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Churchill gets another booster A new agency will promote the port By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

he Port of Churchill is getting a boost from the Manitoba government. Legislation to create Churchill Arctic Port Canada Inc., a nongovernment agency, to develop economic opportunities, spur job creation and ensure the viability of Churchill, was introduced in the Manitoba legislature Nov. 21. OmniTRAX Canada, which owns the port and the railway that serves it, supports the move, its president Merv Tweed said in a news release distributed late Friday afternoon. However, earlier in the day the Winnipeg Free Press reported Tweed as saying OmniTRAX was caught flat footed about the announcement. “It just seems odd as the sole owner of the port and the rail (that serves it) that we would not be more intimately involved,” Tweed was quoted as saying. Calls requesting an interview with Tweed were not returned by press time Monday. But Sinc Harrison, president of the Hudson Bay Route Association (HBRA), said he was told OmniTRAX was not consulted. “That isn’t fair to OmniTRAX since it is the major player,” Harrison said.

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Manitoba farmers get one-time amnesty on Faller ADM is the sole buyer and the program ends July 31, 2014

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anitoba farmers who grew Faller from “brown-bagged” seed have a one-time amnesty allowing them to deliver the unregistered American red spring wheat to three ADM-Benson Quinn-affiliated facilities stateside until July 31, 2014. “This is becoming a bit of a management nightmare for producers so they’ve got an option to clean up,” Lorne Hadley, executive director of the Canadian Plant Technology Agency said in an interview Nov. 21. “This is the time to take it.” ADM will remit a nominal royalty on the Canadian Faller it purchases to the variety’s developer, the North Dakota

State University (NDSU) Research Foundation, said ADM president Scott Nagel from his office in Minneapolis. “So it (Faller) will trade at a nominal discount to other Canadian-originated grain because of the royalty,” he said. “It’s not a huge royalty.” Hadley said it’s the right thing to do because it compensates NDSU for its intellectual property. “We don’t want to get the reputation as Canadians as taking someone else’s genetics and using them for free,” he said. Several industry officials said farmers will likely earn more by delivering Faller to the United States under this program than by selling it at home. As an unregistered variety, Faller must be graded “feed” when deliv-

ered to a Canadian elevator. The only exception would be for Faller grown from certified seed under an identitypreserved (IP) contract in 2013 with Richardson Pioneer or Parrish & Heimbecker. The royalty is included in the purchase of certified seed. Farmers who contracted to grow Faller are being paid prices comparable to those for registered varieties in the Canada Western Red Spring wheat class.

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Moreover, market experts say prices American elevators right now are paying are 65 cents to $1 a bushel higher than in Manitoba. The gap could be See FALLER on page 6 »

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few nuts a day might make you live longer, a newly published study in the New England Journal of Medicine says. “Compared with those who did not eat nuts, individuals who consumed nuts (serving size of one ounce) seven or more times per week had a 20 per cent lower death rate and this association was dose dependent,” stated lead author, Ying Bao, MD, ScD, from the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Wo m e n’s H o s p i t a l a n d Har vard Medical School, Boston, MA. “Those who consumed more nuts were also leaner, and tended to have a healthy lifestyle, such as smoking less and exercising more,” added Dr. Bao. Researchers looked at the association of nut consumption with total and causespecific mortality among 76,464 women in the Nurses’ Health Study and 42,498 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study over three decades. They found there were significant inverse associations for deaths due to cancer, heart disease and respiratory disease. This is the largest study to date to examine the relation

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between nut consumption and total mortality, and the results are consistent with previous studies, according to senior author, Charles Fuchs, MD, MPH, from the D e p a r t m e n t o f Me d i c a l O n c o l o g y, D a n a - Fa r b e r Cancer Institute, Boston, MA. “The findings from our study and others suggest a potential benefit of nut consumption for promoting health and longevity,” reported Dr. Fuchs. Nuts contain important nutrients such as unsaturated fats, high-quality protein, vitamins (i.e., vitamin E, folate and niacin) minerals (i.e., magnesium, calcium and potassium) and phytochemi-

cals — all of which may offer cardioprotective, anticarcinogenic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. “With current nut consumption well below the recommended 1.5 ounces of nuts per day (in the FDA qualified health claim for nuts and heart disease) we need to continue to encourage people to have a handful of nuts every day,” said M a u r e e n Te r n u s , M . S . , R.D., executive director of the International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research & Education Foundation (INC NREF). The International Tree Nut Council funded the study.

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Farm women’s conference focuses on tech skills, info technology Networking face to face remains a valued aspect of now 27-year-old annual convention By Lorraine Stevenson

Throughout the year attendees also stay in touch through the MFWC’s Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter sites. Addresses are found on the conference website at www.manitobafarmwo mensconference.ca. Professional home economist Ann Mandziuk, who retired this year from her job as rural leadership specialist with the Department of Agriculture, chaired this year’s conference with its 2013 theme of From Farm to Fork to Facebook.

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Changes continue The 2013 Manitoba Farm Women’s Conference is a networking event for rural and farm women across Manitoba now in its 27th year. This year’s theme was From Farm to Fork to Facebook. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

Gilson recently retired from teaching, and was a first-timer to the MFWC this year. Gilson said she got so much out of it, she’s put it on her calendar for 2014. She attended a panel session on social media marketing, and workshops on human resource

Human resource expert coaches on how to boost brain health It is possible to see things another way, says human resource expert

management and good mental health. She learned a lot from each, Gilson said. She’s also appreciated meeting so many other women who farm in Manitoba. “We’re all in the same profession but we’re doing a lot of different things,” she said.

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“Depression didn’t come in one day. All of us can learn to notice when it’s starting,” she said. Latimer said it was her father’s death that made her realize early in life how critically important good mental health was. He died of a heart attack at 45. It was only after that family found out how much stress he’d been under, she said. Just out of high school at the time, her dad’s death was an early motivator to help others live better and work in psychologically healthy workplaces, she said. “I remember thinking, ‘work should not kill you,’” she said. Latimer gave a T E D x Ma n i t o b a t a l k t i t l e d ‘Choose Life’ earlier this year. It is found online at http:// tedxmanitoba.com/2013.

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h i n k a b o u t h ow y o u think. T h a t ’s a d v i c e f r o m keynote speaker Deri Latimer, author of Wake Up to Your Habits, who spoke at last week’s Manitoba Farm Women’s Conference. “ We don’t see the world as it is. We see the world as w e a r e ,” s a i d L a t i m e r, a Winnipeg-based human resource manager turned professional speaker to share her expertise on practising positive mental health. Unfortunately, we’re susceptible to falling into what she calls our “ruts of thinking.” These are the wrong interpretations we often have of our situation, or how others see us. Unchecked, they can lead to depression and other destructive ways of living, she told a workshop at the threeday conference. “If the rut is deep enough you can let go of the wheel,” she said. The better path is to become a more mindful t h i n k e r, c h a l l e n g i n g y o u r negative thoughts and staying well through personal resourcefulness, she said. “The one thing we do control is our perspective.” That requires staying selfaware, paying attention to thoughts and how they may be affecting you, and adjusting your thoughts before they become overwhelming.

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important networking event, Mandziuk said. Organizers hope the ideas and resources gained at the conference continue to help women in their farm, family and community life, she added. “I always say I hope they’ll take home one thing that they can use,” she said. C h a p p e l l ’s m o m , F r a n Dickenson of Waskada, hasn’t missed many conferences since the first in 1986, and says it’s because she always goes home with something valuable. “I’m not really savvy with the computer, but I’m learning,” said Dickenson, who is also an active member of the Manitoba Women’s Institute. “But when I come to these gatherings, there’s always something to take back to give to others. I’ll often say, ‘I found this out at the farm women’s conference,’ or, ‘I got that idea, or that pamphlet from there.’ That’s what I keep coming for.”

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

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e always appreciate it when readers take the time to write to us, even if you don’t agree with the story or opinion piece in question, and especially when you are pointing out an error. So when a reader emailed the Co-operator to question the prices quoted in a story we carried about research showing flaxseed’s health benefits, our first reaction was Laura Rance to agree that the story couldn’t be right. Editor “In the article on flaxseed lowering blood pressure, you may want to have the author correct the statement about flaxseed costing ‘25-50 cents per ounce!’ That would be a really nice price for flax! ($225-$450/ bu.) However, if she meant ‘per pound,’ then it makes more sense — $14-$28/bushel. “If it really is that price per ounce, I am going to set up my own flax-cleaning-processing centre on the farm and figure out how to break into this market,” our reader wrote. Well, he might want to start building. When we went to the grocery store and looked at what the 15- and 16-oz-packages of flax are selling for, we started wondering if we’re on the wrong side of the business too. Those attractive foil and plastic containers containing flaxseed were selling for prices ranging from $4 to $8. By our calculations, the flax the farmer sells for around $13.25 per bushel these days, which works out to 23 cents per pound based on a 56-pound bushel, is indeed worth more than $400 per bushel by the time it gets to the consumer. Granted, some of the products are ground-up flax, and foil packaging isn’t cheap. If the flax has been raised under an organic production system, the farmer typically gets paid a higher price to compensate for lower yields. But even if the base ingredient cost is double and the cost of packaging worth more than the ingredient, that’s still a sizable return on investment. It’s also important to note that unlike the conversion from wheat into bread, milk into cheese or barley into beer, the end product in this case bears a close resemblance to the product that comes out of the farmer’s bin. All that’s been done to “add value” to it has been to clean out the lint, grind it, package it and stick a “non-GMO” label on it. Obviously the consumers buying these products consider them good value. Our hats go off to the entrepreneurs who are tapping into the growing demand for foods that contribute to good health. We think it’s great that researchers are starting to quantify flax’s value as a health food and here’s hoping those reports convince everyone to sprinkle a spoonful or two onto their morning cereal or into baked goods. But maybe flax farmers need to find ways of capturing a little bigger piece of the action.

Is “adequate” good enough?

griculture Minister Gerry Ritz is doing his best to put a brave face on what appears to be a looming train wreck when it comes to getting this year’s crop to market. While rail movement of 5,000 to 5,500 cars per week to export ports is high by historical standards, grain companies are reporting a backlog of 18,000 cars ordered and not delivered to date, and that backlog is rising by between 1,000 and 2,000 cars per week. The Western Grain Elevators Association says country elevators are about 92 per cent full across the West, while there is lots of space at export terminals. Ritz has told industry conferences this month the railway performance is adequate given the size of this year’s crop. He also suggested part of the problem lies with farmers who were slow to forward contract their grain. He said he agrees with the railway’s position that putting more cars on a freeway during rush hour doesn’t make it more efficient. However, is that “freeway” structured around historic traffic patterns capable of carrying the loads of the future? As farmers

continue to invest in production-enhancing technology, are railway investments keeping pace? This year’s harvest may be a sign of things to come rather than an anomaly. The real story behind this year’s backlog is actually one we’ve heard many times over the past 50 years or so. It is clear that the railways want the freedom to charge what the market will bear for their services and they won’t stop applying commercial and political pressure until they get it. What isn’t clear is whether those services will improve if and when the revenue cap is removed, as the federal agriculture minister is inclined to favour. In the absence of true competition, the railways are free to carry farmers’ grain to market in the fashion that best suits them, not shippers or export customers. If it maximizes their logistics to move this year’s crop next summer, so be it. That won’t change until shippers are given the clout they need to hold the railways accountable, either through commercial leverage or adequate legislation. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Seed trade thanks Gerry Ritz UPOV commitment will attract research and innovation By Peter Entz

n behalf of the board of directors and the members of the Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA), I would like to thank you for taking the time from your busy schedule to speak to delegates at our semi-annual meeting. Your comments were welcomed and appreciated. Your steadfast support of science as the basis for regulatory and trade decisions is sincerely appreciated. Like the Government of Canada, CSTA strongly believes that it is in Canada’s best interests to have clear, predictable and effective regulatory and trading systems that: • Assure the highest level of safety for consumers; • Contribute to the sustainability of our natural environment and our economy; • Ensure timely access to the latest innovative technologies to maintain and increase competitiveness; • Maintain and attract research and innovation to Canada. Your commitment to continue your work to create a regulatory and policy environment that will foster innovation and enable and encourage investment in plant breeding, research and development to bring the best to our farmers is also appreciated. Particularly, we heartily welcomed your

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commitment to bring Canada’s Plant Breeders’ Rights Legislation in line with the rest of the world with amendments to conform to the UPOV convention of 1991. Your statement that legislation will be introduced in the winter session of Parliament was very good news for our members and for the Canadian crop sector. We are confident that this will help to increase domestic investment in plant breeding, but will also give our members and the farmers they serve access to innovative varieties from around the world. CSTA is absolutely committed to supporting you and the Government of Canada as the legislation makes its way through the parliamentary process. CSTA appreciates the government’s investment in our efforts to open and maintain trade in seed around the world. The contribution through the AgriMarketing Program of Growing Forward 2 will help us to continue our work with our international partners to reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade in seed. Thank you for challenging our members to be bold and to think big. We are committed to contributing to the development of a revitalized variety registration system for Canada that will help to drive innovation and success. Once again, we thank you for taking the time to meet with us. CSTA and its members look forward to continuing our productive working relationship with you and your staff. Peter Entz is president of the Canadian Seed Trade Association.

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his advertisement from our Nov. 26, 1998 issue reminds of one of many farm programs that has fallen by the wayside. NISA (Net Income Stabilization Account) allowed producers to deposit three per cent of their “eligible net sales” and have the amount matched by federal and provincial governments. It could be withdrawn as needed by farmers when their income dropped. NISA ran from 1991 to 2003, when it was replaced by the Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS). NISA was apparently not enough to help hog farmers that month, when prices had plunged to a 27-year low. This followed the heady days of the “Manitoba Pork Advantage” program promoted by Premier Gary Filmon two years earlier. Following the end of the Crow freight subsidy in 1995, farmer-investors were happy to follow the government’s advice to invest in new barns. In that week’s issue, we ran a special feature on how the market crash was affecting the barn owners and investors, many of whom had received cash calls to keep the barns afloat. Agriculture Minister Harry Enns had asked MACC to defer principal payments for some clients. However, Enns denied the government had sold investors a pig in a poke. “People walked into it with their eyes wide open,” Enns said.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

A less glamorous — but more effective — approach to feeding the world Better grain storage would save money and feed over a billion. It deserves more attention By Digvir S. Jayas

nnually over 2.6 billion tonnes of grains — cereals, oilseeds and pulses — are grown and then stored along the chain from producers to consumers. Most countries do not systematically report how much grain becomes unfit for human consumption during storage, but anecdotal reports suggest it’s worryingly high. In poorly managed storage systems, such as those leaving grain unprotected on the ground or storing grain without drying, losses can routinely reach 30 per cent, whereas in well-managed systems they are less than one per cent. Let’s assume a global loss of 20 per cent — 494 million tonnes of grain could be saved by reducing that to one per cent, meeting the needs of an estimated 1.35 billion people (based on an average consumption for citizens of China, the EU and India of one kilogram of grain per person per day). This amount of grain saved is equivalent to not seeding 247 million hectares of land (assuming average yields of two tonnes per hectare). Imagine the impact of reforesting that land, and saving the water, fuel and fertilizer used to produce the lost grain. Cutting losses to one per cent could be achieved — using current knowledge about grain storage, supplemented with further research and development.

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Global policy-makers, politicians and agricultural scientists place a very high priority on finding ways to produce more food for the growing world population. Huge resources have gone into developing highyielding cultivars, for example, and bringing marginal land into production. But similar attention has not been paid to preserving harvests. If losses are not controlled, 19 per cent more grains would have to be produced to provide the food available currently (allowing for one per cent acceptable loss). And preserving harvested grain is generally more cost effective than producing enough to replace losses, even for smallholders, despite costs increasing for smaller storage units.

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An increase in production is easier to celebrate. Reducing losses does not raise production, but rather only raises availability of grains — a less glamorous achievement, perhaps.

“Countries should provide proper infrastructure to preserve grains, including appropriately designed systems for handling and storage, aeration and drying, and ongoing grain quality monitoring. ” One reason that policy-makers and politicians are not focusing on reducing losses might be because grains are not treated as a national asset, and wastage is not seen as a national loss. Most of the lost grain belongs to individual farmers — but there are national impacts too. It is the country, in the end, that imports grain to feed its citizens, and loses the potential to export surplus grain. Therefore, countries should provide proper infrastructure to preserve grains, including appropriately designed systems for handling and storage, aeration and drying, and ongoing grain quality monitoring. Another reason for neglecting food losses might be that an increase in production is easier to celebrate. Reducing losses does not raise production, but rather only raises availability of grains — a less glamorous achievement, perhaps.

Understanding storage ecosystems

Stored grain bulk is effectively an ecosystem, where grain can deteriorate because of either abiotic (physical) variables such as temperature, moisture content and the gases between the grains, or biotic (living) variables such as insects, mites, fungi, and the grain itself. By understanding and then properly managing these ecosystems grains can be transformed into nonperishable, stable commodities and preserved for a long time. For exam-

It’s all in the numbers The Oct. 31 article “Waste not, want not,” by Laura Rance refers to food wastage worldwide as a big problem. Some even go so far as to suggest that if the problem were eliminated, the pursuit of higher crop productivity would become irrelevant. To those who say that one-third of the food that the world produces is never consumed (read wasted), I would say… “prove it.” Does all the grain fed to livestock count as “wasted food?” If so, the scope for reducing waste may be very limited. Contrary to popular thinking, reducing food waste is not a new idea.

Students at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines perform calculations of post-harvest loss of rice grains in Oct. 2012. photo: ADM instituTe

ple, grains can be stored safely for up to three years if their moisture content is reduced to safe levels (12-13 per cent of wet weight) using proper drying techniques, and grain kept cool (under 15 C) using aeration or chilled aeration. Sometimes vertebrates such as rodents, birds and other wild animals attack stored grains. However, properly designed systems — such as steel or concrete bins and warehouses on plinths topped with inverted half cylinders — can easily eliminate access. Because bulk grains are ecosystems, there is a need to train people to understand them. Farmers, for example, must know simple things they can do, like cleaning storage sites of the old grain and debris, which reduces cross-contamination of new grain.

Team effort

Young professionals who will deal with food security should understand the typical issues in grain storage. And students around the world must be challenged to develop appropriate technologies, such as solar drying systems and storage structures using local materials. Annual loss of grain translates into a great financial loss for farmers, and for countries’ GDP. World agriculture could save US$148.2 billion by preserving just one year’s global losses (based on 494 million tonnes at US$300 per tonne). Good preservation would quickly pay back significant funds invested in design and training for storage systems. Policy-makers, politicians and scientists need the will to make a change — a commitment to prioritize saving grain as much as increasing its production. How can we truly celebrate any increase in grain production if it does not actually make its way to the tables of a hungry world?

Engineers, biologists, chemists and economists need to work in multidisciplinary teams to solve grain storage problems. For example, engineers are needed to design systems that manipulate abiotic factors, so that living organisms (for example insects, mites and moulds) are minimized. Chemists and electrical engineers are needed to design sensors for quality monitoring.

Digvir S. Jayas is a grain storage specialist and vice-president (research and international) at the Biosystems Engineering Department, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, where he also holds the title of distinguished professor. He can be contacted at digvir.jayas@ umanitoba.ca.

For example, 37 years ago, while still a young man, I visited the renowned Tropical Stored Products Institute in England. Its mandate was to address this very problem in the tropics. And I’m sure that the United Nations FAO has been dabbling in it for at least that long. I don’t doubt that the “know-how” exists to reduce food wastage. It’s the economics, not the know-how, that are missing. Here in Canada, the storage and handling facilities for food are about as good as they get. So what else could we do to stop “wasting” food? Assuming that grain fed to animals is counted as waste, we could eat a little less meat and eat pulses more

regularly as another source of protein. Of course that’s another very old idea which never seems to catch on. Recently I visited Italy, where the world goes for the greatest food on earth. In a land of meat lovers, I was impressed with how they find so many delicious uses for pulses in their cooking. Maybe there is even hope for Canada. As far as the reduction of food wastage is concerned, don’t hold your breath. It’s an ancient problem. Expect the current preoccupation with crop productivity to continue unabated. Bill Anderson Forrest, Man.

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The HBRA was created to p ro m o t e C h u rc hill. If the new corporation will do that the association supports it, Harrison said. However, the devil is in the details and they won’t be spelled out until the regulations are prepared, he added. The Manitoba government’s news release the Churchill Arctic Port Canada Inc. legislation, included words of support from Lloyd Axworthy, president of the University of Winnipeg and chair of the board of directors of the Churchill Gateway Development Corporation and Diane Gray, president and CEO, CentrePort Canada Inc., but not a peep from OmniTRAX. However, in his own release Tw e e d s a i d O m n i T R A X i s pleased. “We look forward to working with the province and to providing our input through the legislative process to ensure that the new corporation continues to build on the joint success we’ve had over the last 16 years,” he said. “This includes key infrastructure investments of over $110 million from OmniTRAX and $20 million each from the governments of Manitoba and Canada.” The corporation will attract and co-ordinate investment linked to the Port of Churchill and support research, planning and partnership development, Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton said. The idea for the new agency was first raised by the CanadaManitoba Task Force on the Future of Churchill. The task force suggested a more inclusive governance model could enable the port to handle mul-

tiple commodities with multiple shippers. The announcement prompted some obser vers to wonder if the new agency would take over ownership of the port. T h a t i s n’t t h e c a s e , a Manitoba government official said in an email. Another official likened the new agency to Winnipeg’s CentrePort Canada. Details about the corporation’s board of directors and definition of the land area involved will be in the regulations, an official said. OmniTRAX and other interested parties will be consulted, he added. The port took a hit when the federal government ended the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk Aug. 1, 2012. The wheat board was the port’s biggest customer and observers predicted grain exports would decline because grain companies would prefer exporting through their own facilities, all located at other ports. T h e f e d e ra l g ove r n m e n t a n n o u n c e d a f i v e - y e a r, $25-million subsidy for firms exporting grain through Churchill. There are three years of funding left. By then OmniTRAX hopes to have built grain exports and have found other products to ship, including light sweet crude oil. Ashton is quoted in the Free Press as saying there are environmental and safety concerns with moving oil through the northern port. O n e o f C h u rc h i l l ’s b e s t shipping seasons ended earlier this month when the last grain ship left the port bringing total grain exports in 2013 to 635,000 tonnes compared to 450,000 last year. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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because elevators here are plugged following a record harvest. Just being able to deliver wheat will be attractive to some farmers. “The three elevators that they (Canadian farmers) are going to, have been built within the last five years that are very fast, high speed,” Nagel said. “It will be a 10- to 15-minute max in and out. You’re dealing with your driving time down and you won’t wait in line.” While it’s legal for western Canadian farmers to grow unregistered wheats, they must declare them when they deliver to a Canadian elevator. And the buyer is obliged to give it the lowest grade in the class the wheat is being delivered into. In the past that almost certainly meant a lower price for unregistered wheats, but now in an open market buyers and sellers have more flexibility to negotiate a price, no matter the grade. However, it is illegal to import an unregistered variety for seed to grow a crop. Clearly, some people broke the law since crop insurance records show Manitoba farmers declared they planted 42,178 acres of Faller wheat this spring. About 16,000 of those acres were grown under contract and comply with Canadian and American plant breeders’ rights rules. Assuming an average yield of 50 bushels an acre, there could be more than two million bushels of Faller wheat in Manitoba bins and almost 40 per cent of it grown from common seed and because of breeders’ rights rules normally ineligible to be exported to the U.S.

Faller is popular among f a r m e r s a n d p r o c e s s o r s. Farmers like the 15 to 20 per cent yield advantage over Canadian wheat varieties. Bakers like the quality of the bread made from Faller, even when its protein is down, said John Smith, president of Seed Depot, the Pilot Mound company with the Canadian distribution rights for Faller seed.

One shot to get it out

Under breeders’ rights law NDSU has the authority to block imports of Canadian Faller wheat that was not grown from certified seed, said NDSU Research Foundation executive director Dale Zetocha. “Our intent is not to allow any Faller from any illegally obtained seed after the 2013 year,” he said. “They’ve got one shot to get it out of their system. And if they want to continue to grow Faller they need to secure certified seed from John Smith. You have a way for getting right with the system, but it’s not our intent at all to do that in the future.” Smith is working to get Faller registered in Canada, probably in the Canada Prairie Spring wheat class because of its lower protein content. Last year Faller was grown under IP contracts and that’s the plan for 2014. Smith said details will be announced in a month. “We anticipate it will be bigger and better than last year,” he added. Smith said all the royalties being collected by ADM are going to NDSU, not to his company. “They need those revenues to keep going,” he said. “We need to support them so they keep producing new varieties.”

DESIGNATED PORTS

The North Dakota State University Research Foundation has notified the designated ports of entry to only allow in commodity grain Faller from Canada that has the appropriate authorization from ADM. The following are the designated ports: Pembina, N.D., Dunseith, N.D., Portal, N.D., Neche, N.D. Roseau, Minn., Warroad, Minn. The following at the three ADM facilities taking delivery:

Dakota Midland Grain, LLC 1219 Highway 52 West, P.O. Box 188 Voltaire, N.D., 58792-0188 Contact: Ted Warehime, GM Tel. 701-728-6430 Email: mfe@srt.com

Walsh Grain Terminal, LLC 6695 135th Avenue NE, P.O. Box 69 Park River, N.D. 58270 Contact: Kelly Westby, GM Tel. 701-284-6900 Email: Kelly@walshgrainterminal.com

Markit County Grain, LLC 36200 330th Street NW, P.O. Box 274, Argyle, Minn. 56713 Contact: Jim Fagerholt, GM Tel. 218-437-6424 Email: jim@markitcountygrain.com

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Pu rd u e a n d Un i v e r s i t y o f Illinois researchers say they may have identified a unique way of combating corn rootworm beetles — planting a corn variety that is especially attractive to them. The researchers have discovered a novel corn mutant which lacks the normal defence mechanism against the beetles. This could allow a “push-pull” strategy of luring them to a specific location where they can be controlled. “Once you can get them where you want, you can use efficient, cost-effective ways of controlling them, either by directly targeting and eliminating them or by keeping them away from your main crop,” said Christian Krupke, Purdue assistant professor of entomology. A Purdue release says western corn rootworm causes more than $1 billion damage a year in yield losses and control costs in the U.S., earning it the nickname “the billion-dollar bug.”

Western corn rootworm beetles strip tissue from the leaves of mutant corn. Photo: Purdue University/Anoop Sindhu

The rootworm larvae chew on the roots of corn plants while the adult beetles eat the silks and pollen. Current control measures include crop rotation, transgenic corn plants and insecticides. But a rise in continuous corn systems, increased rootworm resistance to transgenic plants and changes in rootworm behaviour have rendered these management strategies less effective.

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 28, 2013

Population growth not the cause of world hunger: economist Biofuels and excess meat consumption blamed for higher food prices By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

or some the equation is simple — more people on the planet means more people go hungry. No t f o r Ha r o o n A k ra m Lodhi. The economist and Trent University professor who specializes in the political economy of agrarian change in developing capitalist countries, says equating a growing population with global hunger is not only incorrect, but creates a false moral imperative for intensive industrialized agriculture. “The argument that population growth is faster than growth of food supplies... is simply wrong,” Akram-Lodhi told attendees at a recent Menno Simons College lecture titled “Feeding the World: Is Hunger Inevitable?” “The world, in terms of food production, has witnessed historically unprecedented increases in the amount that we produce,” he said, adding that according to United Nations World Food Program, the planet already produces enough food to feed more than 10 billion people. Yet nearly a billion people — 870 million of the world’s seven billion inhabitants — live with chronic hunger. “If we have record production, why do we have record hunger? And where do these record prices come from?” Akram-Lodhi asked. For the author of Hungry For Change, the answer to this contradiction is found in factors driving increases in food prices, including the move to produce biofuels. “What’s happened over the course of the last decade or so, is that the Europeans and the Americans have used subsidies to try and create a market for biofuels... it’s massively expanded,” Akram-Lodhi said, noting more than 30 per cent of the U.S. corn crop now goes to the production of biofuels. “Grains that used to be used for food are now being used for fuel so that we can drive to the supermarket and buy our groceries,” he said. “And this very large expansion of biofuels has been a major driver increasing prices.”

of the past five years, we’ve seen the real farm economy and food production become unhinged from the financialized farm economy.” Akram-Lodhi noted that more people are eating meat than ever before, resulting in more grain going to feed animals rather than people. In the U.S. and Canada, the a ve ra g e p e r s o n c o n s u m e s about 123 kilos of meat per year. And while countries like China see averages of about half that amount, those numbers are climbing as well. While not advocating vegetarianism, he said he tells his students that if they were to make one change in their lifestyle for the good of the planet, it would be to eat less meat. “ T h e ‘m e a t i f i c a t i o n’ o f global diets is, in strictly eco-

nomic terms, a really poor use of resources,” Akram-Lodhi said. “So biofuels, speculation, meatification; this over the course of the past six years has driven up these increases in global food prices, but it’s not population growth.”

‘Corporate food regime’

He described these changes as part of a “corporate food regime.” “(I)t’s predicated on and requires the massive use of fossil fuels throughout industrialized agriculture; it’s a food regime which is dominated by global agri-food transnational corporations,” said AkramLodhi. “And these global agrifood transnational corporations are driven by financial market imperatives to pursue short-term profitability.”

He said the commodification of food contributes to scarcity, as do poor distribution networks and lacking infrastructure. “Food retailers are the ones that really dominate this system,” Akram-Lodhi said, adding the emphasis has to be placed back on profitability for producers and the return of agricultural jobs. While Akram-Lodhi acknowledges the complexity of world hunger, one of the first steps to addressing it is to debunk the myth that world hunger is caused by population growth. “Many people worry about a world of 10 billion people — I don’t think a world of 10 billion is to be feared,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

Haroon Akram-Lodhi speaks about the causes of world hunger. PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 28, 2013

Research should be easier to commercialize Privately funded research must pick up where governments leave off and take results to market By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

rivate-sector research and development will form the foundation of new agricultural science in the future, the head of the newly formed Global Institute for Food Security told a Winnipeg audience last week. Roger Beachy told a group of corporate leaders, investors and entrepreneurs at the Agri Innovation Forum, he believes academic institutions aren’t geared towards the commercialization of research, and that they need to be restructured to do so more effectively. “I think that the disconnect between what’s important to you and what’s important to the researchers is... a disconnect that has been enlarged in the past two or three decades,” the American biologist and former head of the U.S. National Institute of Food and Agriculture said. “The institutional change that is required, will be to try and find new ways to break down barriers... that exist between colleges,” he said. “The colleges of policy and social sciences and so forth, tend to not know what is going

on in agriculture, and the agriculturalists don’t know what’s going on in the social sciences.” By breaking down those barr i ers, research will be able to meet the demands of society, including those of the private sector, Beachy said. But the private sector should also work to capitalize on the trust and respect universities hold in the public eye, he said. Beachy, who was one of the developers of the world’s first genetically modified food crop — a disease-resistant tomato developed through a research collaboration with Monsanto Company, believes consumers and end-users are more trusting of publicly funded research than private-sector work. “What we’ve seen in the past, especially in the last two decades, is that new technologies are developed at universities and then transferred to companies that develop products that are then company products rather than university products,” he said. “Then we end up with distrust of science and technology.” Beachy quickly dismisses the idea that the addition of private funding to

public institutions will conflict with the idea of academic freedom, pointing to the recently founded Global Institute for Food Security as an example. The institute, which he heads, has received $37 million in private funding and is partnered with the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan and the University of Saskatchewan. “But (the funding) was totally nondesignated, meaning use it for whatever you want... that’s a true gift,” he said. However, he added that if governments were willing to invest more in research, money from the private sector wouldn’t be necessary. If governments invested 10 per cent of the profits from agriculture into research, the private sector wouldn’t be needed, he said. “You need to have this combination of funding, and universities should have both,” the biologist said, stressing that private-sector funding also provides an avenue for commercialization. “If you don’t have the downstream, how do you serve society?” he said. “Because society wants to know how their dollars are spent, if you say I’m just doing basic research, yeah, OK, but for what goal?”

Roger Beachy speaks in Winnipeg. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

Agriculture needs to look beyond the farmer as well, he said. “What you want is an integrated society and an integrated decision-making process, because in fact agriculture is a system, it’s not just a farmer, it’s a buyer,” Beachy said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Prepare now for future climate havoc, IISD report urges Coulter-Waskada bridge to be repaired by early spring, says province By Daniel Winters

“It was heavy rains in Saskatchewan. Is that climate change? I don’t know.”

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outhwestern Manitoba residents know first hand about the lingering inconveniences and costly after-effects associated with weather-related disasters. More than two years after spring flooding wiped out the Souris River bridge between Coulter and Waskada, they’re still waiting on repairs to a key transportation link in their area. In the meantime, area residents as well as oilfield workers must make a lengthy detour until repairs are completed in the spring of 2014. “It was heavy rains in Saskatchewan. Is that climate change? I don’t know,” said Jim Trewin, reeve of Arthur Municipality. Repairs to the bridge are

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Still waiting: Repairs to the bridge between Coulter and Waskada should be completed by the summer of 2014. Residents have had to detour around it since the spring of 2011. file photo

underway, and he’s heard that it’s going to be built higher and sturdier when it is finished. But elsewhere in his municipality,

he sees a lot of other infrastructure that needs to be upgraded simply because it’s past its expiry date.

The damaged bridge is an example of the kind of infrastructure damage a recent report by the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) warns we could see more of in coming years as climate change tests infrastructure that is already past its prime. Sponsored by the Cement Association of Canada, the review of existing government

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and private-sector studies and documents lists a range of possible adverse impacts from more intense storm surges, hotter, drier summers, and melting permafrost. It also notes that 50 per cent of existing public infrastructure will reach the end of its service life by 2027, and added that a 2012 federal report pegged the replacement cost of infrastructure ranked as being “fair” to “very poor” at $171.8 billion nationally. “ With so much of Canada’s infrastructure reaching the end of its life in the very near future, there are opportunities for investments to be rethought and life-cycle costs to be taken into greater consideration. If targeted effectively, new infrastructure investments can significantly improve the long-term resilience of Canada’s infrastructure in the face of climate change,” the report’s authors wrote. Melita’s “machinery row,” so named for the numerous farm equipment dealerships built near a flood plain alongside the Souris River, has been threatened by spring flooding a number of times in recent years. “Ever since the 2011 flood, they promised us a new dike, but they are still doing studies on it,” said Trewin. “I don’t know how many more floods will come and go before we finally get it.” Colin Craig, Prairie director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, wonders who is going to pick up the tab for such a massive rebuilding effort. “The numbers don’t add up,” he said. “Unless we see radical changes, we’re going to see big tax increases.” Gover nment spending is already unsustainable, taxes are too high, and making matters worse is the fact that in the coming decades the baby boomer generation is poised to retire, collect pension cheques and need more health care at a time when household debt levels are “extremely high,” added Craig. In an emailed response, a provincial government spokesman said that engineers are already considering future climate impacts in bridge designs and new routes for northern winter roads, for example. “The design standard used to be to design bridges for a one-in-50-year flood event, but in some cases recently, the government has already used a one-in-100-year flood event when designing bridges,” adding that under a new design code, the life of bridges was given a boost from 50 years to 75 years due to recent advances in materials and technology. As for the bridge on the Coulter-Waskada stretch of PR 251, he stated that MIT is anticipating that this bridge will be open to traffic by mid-March 2014, but some approach roadworks will need to be completed in the summer of 2014.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices Winnipeg

November 22, 2013

Snowfall hasn’t kept buyers, cattle away from sales

Steers & Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 64.00 - 70.00 D3 Cows 58.00 - 65.00 Bulls 82.00 - 90.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) 100.00 - 150.00 (801-900 lbs.) 130.00 - 157.00 (701-800 lbs.) 135.00 - 162.00 (601-700 lbs.) 140.00 - 166.00 (501-600 lbs.) 145.00 - 174.00 (401-500 lbs.) 165.00 - 190.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) 100.00 - 129.00 (801-900 lbs.) 115.00 - 134.00 (701-800 lbs.) 118.00 - 135.00 (601-700 lbs.) 125.00 - 151.00 (501-600 lbs.) 135.00 - 153.00 (401-500 lbs.) 135.00 - 153.00

Heifers

Alberta South 124.50 — 65.00 - 74.00 58.00 - 66.00 — $ 133.00 - 141.00 135.00 - 148.00 140.00 - 156.00 146.00 - 163.00 154.00 - 175.00 169.00 - 195.00 $ 115.00 - 130.00 122.00 - 133.00 125.00 - 139.00 129.00 - 145.00 132.00 - 154.00 142.00 - 165.00

($/cwt) (1,000+ lbs.) (850+ lbs.)

Futures (November 22, 2013) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change December 2013 131.45 -1.52 February 2014 132.35 -2.17 April 2014 133.07 -1.88 June 2014 127.37 -1.68 August 2014 125.90 -1.67 October 2014 128.10 -1.57

Feeder Cattle November 2013 January 2014 March 2014 April 2014 May 2014 August 2014

Cattle Slaughter

Expect COOL to weigh on slaughter cattle values Terryn Shiells CNSC

Ontario $ 104.65 - 128.39 117.46 - 128.84 52.36 - 75.40 52.36 - 75.40 69.27 - 88.21 $ 141.47 - 158.66 127.08 - 159.05 131.94 - 162.67 136.94 - 173.23 133.59 - 182.38 145.84 - 197.31 $ 126.45 - 138.05 132.76 - 142.74 120.31 - 143.95 118.93 - 149.70 128.97 - 162.04 133.49 - 164.86

(901+ lbs.) (801-900 lbs.) (701-800 lbs.) (601-700 lbs.) (501-600 lbs.) (401-500 lbs.) (901+ lbs.) (801-900 lbs.) (701-800 lbs.) (601-700 lbs.) (501-600 lbs.) (401-500 lbs.)

Close 164.80 163.37 163.27 164.30 165.00 165.80

Change -0.22 -1.83 -1.63 -1.35 -0.90 -1.25

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending Previous November 16, 2013 Year Canada 53,024 46,136 East 13,136 13,816 West 39,888 32,320 Manitoba NA NA U.S. 599,000 627,000

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Week Ending November 16, 2013 709 22,505 15,689 867 935 11,775 32

Previous Year 450 21,363 13,726 732 720 8,509 20

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) E - Estimation MB. ($/hog) MB. (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.) MB. (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.) ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.) P.Q. (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)

Current Week 165.00 E 154.00 E 156.82 160.35

Last Week 169.12 158.58 160.98 164.64

Last Year (Index 100) 153.40 142.05 140.65 147.19

he first real snowfall of the year, seen on Nov. 17, didn’t keep the cattle away at Manitoba’s auction yards during the week ended Nov. 22. The snow made for some messier conditions and caused a few cancellations here and there, but overall didn’t interfere too much with cattle marketing in Manitoba during the week. “We probably had about 300 to 400 cattle cancel, but we were still close to 3,000 total for the week,” said Keith Cleaver, manager of Heartland Livestock Services at Brandon. The story was similar at most other auction yards across the province, with many reporting selling steady to higher numbers of cattle compared to a week ago. Cleaver noted each region’s road conditions varied, some very icy and some fine. It all depended on how busy the roads were, how cold it was and how much snow fell in the region. Wintery conditions didn’t keep the buyers away either, which helped prices for feeder cattle stay steady to stronger during the week. Cleaver added there was some interest from U.S. customers in addition to the regular buyers of Manitoba feeder cattle from the east and west. Buyers from the U.S. are coming up to Canada to buy feeder cattle because it’s economical for them, with the Canadian dollar being so much weaker than their currency. On Nov. 22, the Canadian dollar traded below the US95-cent mark for most of the day, though it closed just above that level.

‘Discriminatory effects’

Futures (November 22, 2013) in U.S. Hogs December 2013 February 2014 April 2014 May 2014 June 2014

$1 Cdn: $ .9492 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.0535 Cdn.

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(Friday to Thursday) Slaughter Cattle

Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers

EXCHANGES: November 22, 2013

Close 86.25 90.57 93.25 97.77 99.15

Change 0.65 0.77 1.15 0.55 0.68

Other Market Prices

As long as the Canadian dollar stays weak relative to its U.S. counterpart, buyers from the U.S. will continue to come up to Manitoba to purchase feeder cattle, Cleaver said. But that’s not the same case for slaughter cattle, with Washington’s revised mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rules coming into effect. The U.S. government on May 23 proposed to implement a tougher COOL labelling rule

“We probably had about 300 to 400 cattle cancel, but we were still close to 3,000 total for the week.” Keith Cleaver

in an effort to comply with a WTO ruling. On Nov. 23, that rule came into effect and is expected to cost Canadian producers up to an additional C$90 to $100 per head, much higher than the $25 to $40 a head it cost them previously. The Canadian government is working toward ending the mandatory COOL rules in the U.S., with the most recent effort seen by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz during the week. According to a government news release, Ritz was in Washington on Nov. 21, speaking with US government officials on COOL. The WTO is also trying to determine whether the rules fall within its guidelines, as a committee was formed to work out the issue in late September of this year. “As the 2013 amended regulations increase the discriminatory effects of COOL against Canadian livestock, Canada is confident that the WTO will continue to find the US noncompliant,” the government said in its release. “If Canada prevails in the compliance proceedings, which may include an appeal to the WTO Appellate Body, the next step would be for Canada to seek authorization from the WTO to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports.” Cleaver said the implementing of the rules is in the back of every farmer’s mind in Manitoba, adding they would like the final ruling to come sooner rather than later. The slaughter cattle market was weaker during the week, though it may not be attributed to the COOL rules. Seasonally, Cleaver said, it’s a time when many slaughter cows and bulls come on to the market and the increase in volumes puts downward pressure on prices. Terryn Shiells writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

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Winnipeg (550 head) (wooled fats) 60.00 - 70.00 110.00 - 117.00 127.00 - 134.00 125.00 - 135.00 125.00 - 140.00 —

Chickens Minimum broiler prices as of May 23, 2010 Under 1.2 kg................................... $1.5130 1.2 - 1.65 kg.................................... $1.3230 1.65 - 2.1 kg.................................... $1.3830 2.1 - 2.6 kg...................................... $1.3230

Turkeys Minimum prices as of November 24, 2013 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.940 Undergrade .............................. $1.850 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.925 Undergrade .............................. $1.825 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.925 Undergrade .............................. $1.825 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.840 Undergrade............................... $1.755 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

Toronto 78.30 - 95.31 157.43 - 188.43 181.20 - 194.72 167.88 - 189.07 141.84 - 213.41 —

SunGold Specialty Meats 15.00

Eggs Minimum prices to producers for ungraded eggs, f.o.b. egg grading station, set by the Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board effective June 12, 2011. New Previous A Extra Large $1.8500 $1.8200 A Large 1.8500 1.8200 A Medium 1.6700 1.6400 A Small 1.2500 1.2200 A Pee Wee 0.3675 0.3675 Nest Run 24 + 1.7490 1.7210 B 0.45 0.45 C 0.15 0.15

Goats

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Russia sticks to ban on U.S. meat, to check plants in 2014 moscow / reuters Russia is maintaining its ban on meat imports from most U.S. suppliers due to its concerns about the use of the feed additive ractopamine, Russia’s veterinary and phytosanitary service ( VPSS) said Nov. 22. The VPSS comments could end recent speculation among some meat producers and market participants in the U.S.

that they expected Moscow to remove the ban before Russian ports freeze in the winter and ahead of the upcoming Olympics in Sochi, Russia. “O u r l e g i s l a t i o n d o e s n o t a l l ow their (feed additives) use and will not allow them,” VPSS spokesman Alexei A l e k s e e n k o t o l d R e u t e r s . Mo s c ow banned most U.S., Canadian and Mexican meat imports in early 2013. The service planned to hold an inspection in February or March of several U.S.-based turkey plants, which have said they do not use ractopamine, the spokesman said.

Winnipeg (120 head) Toronto (Fats) ($/cwt) Kids 135.00 - 155.00 88.23 - 225.21 Billys 160.00 - 185.00 — Mature — 85.64 - 198.78

Horses <1,000 lbs. 1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 10.00 - 28.00 16.11 - 40.74

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 28, 2013

GRAIN MARKETS Export and International Prices

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Other vegetable oils’ gains support canola values Wheat futures may be turning the corner back higher Phil Franz-Warkentin CNSC

CE Futures Canada canola contracts dropped to their lowest levels in over three months during the week and were dangerously close to breaking down to fresh contract lows, but managed to uncover some support to the downside and finished with small gains overall. A combination of a weaker Canadian dollar and gains in outside vegetable oil markets helped crush margins improve to their best levels in months, which aided the recovery in canola. With the January margin quoted at $112 above the futures and March at $102, ICE’s canola board crush margin calculations showed that processors should have been seeing about $15 more profits per tonne of canola by the end of the week, compared to the previous week, and about $25 more compared to October. The crushers continue to show some of the best demand, while logistical issues moving canola out of the Prairies have hampered some export interest. From a technical standpoint, the January canola contract faces very significant chart support at $480 per tonne. That level has not been breached in the front-month contract to any serious extent since the fall of 2010. A break lower would likely trigger heavy fund selling, especially as the underlying fundamentals remain relatively bearish. Canada’s record-large crop continues to overhang the market, while good South American crop conditions point to a record soybean crop there as well. While canola will continue to trade on its own unique supply/demand factors, the commodity is a small player in the global vegetable oil market where palm oil is king. Malaysian palm oil futures jumped to their strongest levels in over a year during the week, with reports of production problems in Indonesia and tightening supplies driving prices higher. Chicago soyoil futures jumped off of nearby lows during the week, but remain rangebound overall. Soybeans themselves climbed higher during the week as well, with good export demand underpinning the futures. U.S. soy-

Last Week

All prices close of business November 22, 2013

Week Ago

Year Ago

Chicago wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne)

238.65

236.82

309.26

Minneapolis wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne)

256.93

256.01

334.43

Coarse Grains Chicago corn (nearby future) ($US/tonne)

166.23

166.13

290.85

Chicago oats (nearby future) ($US/tonne)

239.27

222.41

244.78

Chicago soybeans (nearby future) ($US/tonne)

484.84

470.51

512.43

Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)

907.58

892.36

1,055.97

oilseeds

For three-times-daily market reports from Commodity News Service Canada, visit “Today in Markets” at www.manitobacooperator.ca.

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business November 22, 2013 barley

Last Week

Week Ago

December 2013

152.00

March 2014

154.00

May 2014

155.00

Canola

bean exports are running about 30 per cent ahead of the previous year, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.

Last Week

Week Ago

January 2014

492.70

488.90

March 2014

501.90

497.40

Corn crunched

May 2014

509.10

505.20

Corn, meanwhile, failed to see the same kind of strength as soybeans and spent most of the week consolidating around the threeyear lows hit recently. Expectations for a decline in demand from the ethanol sector, if a suggestion from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to lower the country’s ethanol mandate moves forward, kept corn under pressure. However, U.S. corn exports remained steady. There are also some ideas that increased ethanol exports would be able to make up for any reductions in domestic usage, which would allow the country’s ethanol producers to keep operating at the same capacity. Wheat futures in the U.S. chopped around during the week, with Minneapolis and Kansas City futures ending mixed, but the Chicago market posting small gains. After trending lower for most of the past month, U.S. wheat futures were showing signs of turning the corner back higher, with technical support holding to the downside and talk of increased export demand circulating the market. A slight downgrade to the quality of the U.S. winter wheat crop from the USDA was also supportive, although conditions are still considerably better than they were a year ago. Large global wheat supplies, from the Black Sea region and Canada, also continue to overhang the wheat market. Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

Special Crops Report for November 25, 2013 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan Spot Market

Spot Market

Lentils (Cdn. cents per pound)

Other ( Cdn. cents per pound unless otherwise specified)

Large Green 15/64

22.00 - 23.00

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

20.00 - 22.00

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

13.75 - 17.75

Desi Chickpeas

23.00 - 23.75 — 20.90 - 22.00

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

Fababeans, large

11.80 - 12.50

Medium Yellow No. 1

6.40 - 6.85

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Feed beans

—

Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

42.00 - 42.00

Feed Pea (Rail)

No. 1 Great Northern

—

5.00 - 8.60

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

64.00 - 64.00

Yellow No. 1

37.75 - 38.75

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

55.00 - 55.00

Brown No. 1

35.75 - 37.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

50.00 - 50.00

Oriental No. 1

27.30 - 28.75

No. 1 Black Beans

38.00 - 38.00

No. 1 Pinto Beans

37.00 - 39.00

No. 1 Small Red Source: Stat Publishing

No. 1 Pink

— 40.00 - 40.00

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

NuSun (oilseed)

FH 19.80/LH 20.05

19.15

Confection

32.00* Call for details

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SUNFLOWERS Report for November 22, 2013 in US$ cwt

Source: National Sunflower Association

Strong global demand for flaxseed has stabilized prices The flax council president says the market should remain strong By Brandon Logan Commodity News Service Canada

estern Canadian flax prices have stabilized post-harvest amid continued strong export demand from the U.S. and China, Will Hill, president of the Flax Council of Canada said, adding that a poor Black Sea-region crop will likely lead to increased exports to Europe. As of November 21, Prairie Ag Hotwire had f.o.b. farm flax priced at $13.25 to $13.75 per bushel, up from $12.50 to $13 per bushel a month earlier. “Given what’s happened with the other commodities that have been under some pressure since harvest, I think flax has been holding relatively

well,” Hill said. “We have good demand and we’ve had good yields.” According to Ag Canada’s November 21 Outlook for Principal Field Crops’ report, flax exports are pegged at 575,000 tonnes, up from 481,000 tonnes in 2012-13. The Black Sea region, which competes with Canada in the European marketplace, has a disappointing crop this year, meaning Canada is expected to export a fair share of flax to Europe this year, Hill said. “I think they (Black Sea region) had some weather problems at harvest, so it looks like they won’t be as big of a factor as they were two years ago,” he said. “Their problems with harvest are going to allow us to do more European business.”

Europe used to be the biggest importer of Canadian flax, Hill said, noting that the goal is to once again be their dominant supplier of flax. “Traditionally, we used to export 65 per cent of our crop there, but now that’s changed because China has come on board,” he said. “But as we increase the acreage here, it’s always good to have another alternative buyer. Last year, I think we shipped almost 150,000 tonnes to Europe, up from 20,000 the year before. Certainly having that demand there is going to hold up prices, plus it also keeps us in that market. “Obviously if there are weather problems there, it allows them to continue to look at us as an alternative supplier, so eventually we

hope to get to the point where we’re the dominant supplier (to Europe) again.” Looking ahead, Hill said he sees the market staying relatively strong. “I see good demand and there’s nothing on the horizon that I’ve seen that’s going to change the quantity of exports we’re going to send to the U.S. and China,” he said. “I think the big concern in everyone’s mind is, where would the Black Sea region be and where would European demand be? I think that’s going to be as strong as, or stronger than last year. “With that all being said and expectations of a low carry-out, we’ve got a good balance of supply and demand, and I think that’s what the market is showing us.”

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 28, 2013

LIVESTOCK h u s b a n d r y — t h e s c i e n c e , S K I L L O R ART O F F AR M IN G

New calculator assesses financial risk for cattle operations Can show how sensitive an operation is to different selling prices and cattle price insurance coverage levels

Rancher’s Risk and Return will be an important tool as producers consider new ways to manage downside risks and upside potential. file photo

Alberta Agriculture

new decision support tool to assist cattle producers in calculating their cost of production and risk exposure has been posted to Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s website. Rancher’s Risk and Return is an Excel spreadsheet calculator that takes an innovative approach to assessing the market price risk that cow-calf and feedlot producers continually face. “This is really a useful thing and should be in the hands of farmers,” says Peter Papez, risk analyst with AFSC. “The new calculator takes traditional cost of production calculations through to the assessment of financial risk and risk mitigation,” says Bruce Viney, risk management specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. “The calculator estimates the financial risk effects from leverage, and measures the risk protection offered through livestock price insurance strategies. Rancher’s Risk and Return will be an important tool as producers consider new ways to manage downside

threats while staying in position to take advantage of the exiting new upside market opportunities appearing on the horizon.” Rancher’s Risk and Return also helps producers calculate useful information when they are considering making structural changes to their operations or when they are considering the financial return impacts of different borrowing levels. The calculator can easily show how sensitive an operation’s bottom line is to different selling prices and cattle price insurance coverage levels and these results are shown in easy-to-read tables and graphs. “Rancher’s Risk and Return assists in estimating the costs of home-raising replacement heifers and other activities from backgrounding to yearling grazing and through to various finishing scenarios,” says Viney. “The calculator is an easy-to-use enterprise analysis tool that is designed in two parts and is specific to cow-calf and feedlot enterprises. It has a great deal of flexibility to quickly provide valuable information using familiar cow-calf budgets and traditional feedlot profit projections.

“The calculator is an easyto-use enterprise analysis tool that is designed in two parts and is specific to cow-calf and feedlot enterprises.” Bruce Viney

“The big advancement from traditional models is the ability to quickly assess financial risk and calculate the costs and benefits of cattle price insurance strategies specific to your own farm or cattle-feeding venture. While the Rancher’s Risk and Return modelling tool can get down into some detailed calculations, it still allows for easy what-if analyses and scenario comparisons.” Rancher’s Risk and Return is available for free download from the Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development website.

Cattle placements rise as corn costs slide October placements are up 10 per cent year over year chicago / reuters The number of cattle placed in U.S. feedlots in October increased 10 per cent from a year earlier, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Nov. 22. The increase was due to lesscostly corn that improved feedlot profits and allowed feedlots to purchase young, or feeder cattle, to fatten for slaughter, analysts said. Feeder cattle are scarce as years of prolonged dryness hurt U.S. crops and pastures causing ranchers to shrink the herd to its smallest in more than 60 years. While USDA reported October placements at 2.394 million head, up 10 per cent from 2.180 million a year earlier, the 2012 placements were the smallest for that month since 1996. As a result, this year’s placements are still historically small. Analysts, on average, expected an 8.7 per cent increase. Record-high slaughter cattle prices last month also attracted more lightweight animals to feeding pens, said Livestock Marketing Information Center director Jim Robb. “Feedlots being profitable last month didn’t hurt,” he said. The increase in October placements suggests that the industry has returned to a more normal pattern, said Robb. More cattle tend to enter feedlots this time of year as grazing pastures deteriorate and before winter weather sets in, he said. “Last year’s placements were drought influenced and the lightweight animals came well before October. This is one of the first months where demand from feedlots are pulling animals into feedyards,” Robb said. Rich Nelson, Allendale Inc. chief strategist, keyed in on the weight category that showed cattle over 800 lbs. up four per cent year-overyear. Since those cattle will not be market ready until February or March, it suggests there may be extremely tight cattle numbers early in the first quarter of 2014. As a result, cattle and beef prices may remain at or near record highs, he said. “As we go into the period of December through March we’re going to look at severe live cattle deficits. The supply is set, the real question is demand for beef moving forward,” he said. USDA put the feedlot cattle supply as of Nov. 1 at 10.607 million head, down six per cent from a year earlier of 11.254 million. “The number of the cattle in the country is down. So it’s not surprising that there are fewer of them in feedlots,” said University of Missouri livestock economist Ron Plain. The government said the number of cattle sold to packers, or marketings, in October was up one per cent from a year earlier, to 1.856 million head. Analysts forecast a rise of 1.4 per cent from 1.837 million last year.

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 28, 2013

Which is better: big cows or little cows? It depends Heavier-milking, bigger cows are more efficient in some situations, while moderate, lighter-milking cows are more efficient in others By Karin Schmid beef production specialist, alberta beef producers

arketing cows because they are open, calved late or their conformation is breaking down are easy decisions. Marketing cows or retaining heifers based on productive efficiency definitely requires more thought. Biological efficiency is not always the same as economic efficiency. In a cattle production system, efficiency is often a combination of those two. How we optimize efficiency will depend on: • The genetic potential of the cow herd, • The environment in which the cattle are raised, and • Marketing strategy. Selection for the type of cattle that perform best in the feedlot (i.e. produce the most beef in the shortest period) may not produce the ideal replacement animals in a grazing environment, yet selection for improved growth rates has increased average mature cow weights from 1,000 lbs. to 1,400 lbs. over the last 30 years. Almost all producers underestimate the size of their cows, unless or until they weigh them. Maintaining herd performance records can take some of the guesswork out of defining which cows are efficient producers. Adjusted 205-day weaning weights remove the age bias and are quite useful in a tight calving period. However, during long, drawn-out calving seasons (which are inherently inefficient), adjusted weaning weights will tend to favour light, late-born calves which may or may not continue to grow the way the adjustment predicts.

Bigger cow, more feed

Determining cow productive efficiency by using weaning weight as a percentage of cow body weight is definitely biased

towards smaller cows, and not a true measure of efficiency. A 1,100-lb. cow weaning 60 per cent of her body weight weans a 660-lb. calf. A 1,400-lb. cow that weans at 50 per cent of her body weight is weaning a calf that is 40 lbs. heavier. Heavier cows tend to wean heavier calves, and a heavier cow will bring more at auction when it is time to ship her. But a heavier cow means increased maintenance requirements for feed, and the same amount of pasture will carry fewer big cows than smaller cows. This is not a linear relationship, however. Increasing cow weight by 27 per cent (from 1,100 lbs. to 1,400 lbs., assuming a high lactation level for both weight classes) only increases maintenance requirements by 20 per cent. For that reason, 78, 1,400lb. cows require about the same amount of feed for maintenance as 93, 1,100-lb. cows. The total feed energy required increases as cows get bigger, but the amount of energy required per lb. of body weight actually decreases, making a 1,400-lb. cow 5.5 per cent more efficient than a 1,100-lb. cow, assuming similar milk production. Perhaps obviously, cows with higher genetic potential for milk production will have increased maintenance requirements, but also produce a heavier calf at weaning.

Pencilling it out

What needs to be pencilled out is whether the potential increases in weaning weight and salvage value from larger, heaviermilking cows offset the costs of increased feed and decreased carrying capacity. The answer here depends almost entirely on the environment (quality and quantity of forage resources), cost of supplemental winter feed, and marketing strategy. In the table, we can see that heavier-milking, bigger cows are more efficient in some situations, while moderate, lighter-milking

Factors to consider in choosing cow size file photo

cows are more efficient in others. A similar table can be found in the latest Beef Improvement Federation Guidelines. Environments such as the shortgrass parts of the country favour small to moderate cows without extreme milk production, while the Parkland region tends to favour larger, heavier milking cows. An early Agriculture Canada study illustrates this point. In Brandon, Man., a fertile area where feed resources were abundant, heavy milkers were the most profitable cows. However, in the Manyberries, Alta. area, where feed resources were more limited and the environment more stressful, light to moderate milkers proved to be the most profitable. Feed efficiency is one trait that has the ability to dramatically influence the type of cows you match to the environment. A big cow may eat the same as a smaller cow while raising the same-size calf and maintaining the same reproductive cycle and body condition. The way that cows utilize feed (especially in pasture or forage situations) has

not been studied to the same extent as feed efficiency in feeder animals. A project funded by the Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) intends to provide a reliable method of measuring feed efficiency in replacement heifers by comparing residual feed intake (RFI) measurements in confinement and on pasture, while also quantifying the relationship of RFI with first-calving fertility and productivity. Another project funded by ABP and the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) under the second Beef Cattle Industry Science Cluster aims to demonstrate how to build a feed-efficient cow herd without sacrificing reproductive performance and maintaining or improving progeny carcass traits. Results are expected in 2016. There is more to cow efficiency than size, and while bigger is not always better, it might be in some situations. Selecting cows that are the best fit for their environment, available resources, and your marketing strategy will optimize production efficiency and improve profitability.

• What do my cows actually weigh? • Are the bigger cows weaning heavier calves? How much heavier? • What price would they bring at auction? • How much more are the bigger cows eating? What does this cost in winter feed? • Is my environment better suited to larger or smaller cows in terms of pasture resources in an average year? • Assuming my environment is suitable, how many more smaller cows could I stock on my pasture if I got rid of the bigger cows? • Approximately what would those calves from the smaller cows weigh at weaning and what price would they bring at auction? • Is the income from the larger cows’ calves higher than the cost of feeding them during the winter and higher than projected income from more light calves? • What’s the difference in salvage value between my bigger market cows and smaller market cows?

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 28, 2013

SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

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Quality animals drew quality bids at sale Feeder lambs dominated the sale but there was a good selection of dairy goats on offer too By Mark Elliot

November 6, 2013

Co-operator contributor

Ewes

h e re we re 5 7 0 s h e e p and goats on offer at the November 20 Winnipeg Livestock Auction. Bidding was strong. There was stronger bidding on heavyweight ewes than for lighter ewes, but no price distinction between wool and hair ewes. Even the heavy wool ewes blended into the price range. The light ewes’ price ranged from $0.38 to $0.46 per pound. The heavier ewes had a price bidding range from $0.48 to $0.66 per pound. There was strong interest in rams. The bidding was consistent for wool and hair rams, alike. The price ranged from $0.63 to $0.76 per pound for the rams. An exception was two 208-pound Dorset-cross ra m s t h a t b ro u g h t $ 7 6 . 9 6 ($0.37 per pound). The price for heavyweight lambs ranged from $0.71 to $0.88 per pound. Three 132pound Suffolk-cross lambs brought $154.44 ($1.17 per pound). Five 118-pound lambs brought $67.26 ($0.57 per pound) and a 130-pound Suffolk-cross lamb brought $76.70 ($0.59 per pound). The interest for the heavier lambs fell from the last sale. Market lamb prices were up slightly. The price ranged from $1.02 to $1.22 per pound. Ten 98-pound Cheviot-cross lambs sold for $129.36 ($1.32 per pound). Sixty-one 98-pound Rideau-cross lambs brought $131/32 ($1.34 per pound). Feeder lambs dominated this sale. There appeared to be no price differences between wool and hair lambs. The buyers’ interest remained fairly constant, from the last sale. An exception was a 90-pound

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$65.10 – $127.38

$51.20 – $89.04

$49.40 – $64.40

$43.26 – $50.00

110+

$98.00 – $124.08 $67.26 / $76.70

$128.76 /$140.00

95 - 110

$99.75 – $131.32

$94.08 – $125.28

80 - 94

$91.30 – $116.16

$93.79 – $114.08

70 - 78

$87.36 – $102.00

$81.65 – $99.84

60 - 68

$64.66 – $92.48

$72.32 – $83.20

50 - 59

$52.51 – $81.20

$58.00 – $74.34 wool lambs $44.00 – $44.60 hair lambs

40 / 45

$34.80 / $37.35

$28.00 / $41.63

Lambs (lbs.)

Under 80

There was stronger bidding on heavyweight ewes than for lighter ewes, but no price distinction between wool and hair ewes.

GOAT DOES

/ lb.

animal weight

meat

$0.65 - $1.09

45 – 127 lbs.

dairy

$0.74 - $1.08

100 – 121 lbs.

meat

$0.63 - $1.05

150 – 169 lbs.

dairy

$1.00 - $1.33

60 – 150 lbs.

BUCKS

KIDS - Under 80 78 Rideau-cross lamb which brought $63 ($0.70 per pound). The lighter-weight lambs also saw strong bidding. The price ranged from $1.12 to $1.36 per pound for lambs in the 70-pound range. An exception was two 70-pound Katahdin-cross lambs which brought $63 ($0.90 per pound). Prices ranged from $.89 to $1.40 per pound for the lightweight lambs in the 50-pound range. Two 40-pound Katahdincross lambs brought $34.80 ($0.87 per pound) and three 45-pound Katahdin-cross lambs brought $37.35 ($0.83 per pound). The quality of the meat does

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60 / 61

$1.13 / $1.54

52 / 53

$1.37 / $1.26

$1.31

$1.21

ranged widely, causing the variation in the bidding. Prices clearly reflected physical characteristics. Three 50-pound Pygmy-cross does brought $59 per pound. Dairy goat bucks were in high demand. The 60-pound La Mancha-cross buck received the highest price per pound; compared to the two Alpine-cross bucks. The meat goat bucks varied in quality,

but the bucks of quality were very impressive. The goat kids were represented only by Boer-cross goats. Lightweight kids attracted more buyer interest. The Ontario Stockyard Report stated that all classes of lambs brought higher bidding, compared to the last sale. Goats remained with the constant buying, as other sales.

Germany considers labelling GMO-fed meat hamburg / reuters A new German grand coalition government would seek tougher regulations in the European Union for labelling of meat from farm animals that have eaten genetically modified organisms (GMOs), a policy draft showed. Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) are starting a decisive week of German coalition talks and are negotiating policies. “The coalition would seek an EU labelling duty for products from animals which have been fed with genetically modified plants,” said a draft of a coalition agricultural policy document seen by Reuters Nov. 25. Any such policy would have to be agreed and approved by the European Union. If introduced, the labels could potentially have a significant impact on livestock production as many European consumers might be reluctant to knowingly eat GMO-fed meat. Currently most soybeanbased animal feed, which is mainly imported from the United States and South America, contains GMOs while other grains that are often domestically grown for animal feed mostly do not. Soy-based feed is valued and widely used for its high protein content. A new coalition would retain the policy of zero tolerance of non-approved GMOs in human food, it said. Chancellor Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) beat the SPD in an election two months ago, but failed to secure a parliamentary majority, forcing her into prolonged talks with her arch-rivals.

Important Changes to the Farmland School Tax Rebate What they mean to farmland owners As part of the Manitoba government’s ongoing commitment to support the rural economy and provide tax relief to farm families, you are eligible to receive up to an 80% rebate of the school taxes levied on your Manitoba farmland. Here are some of the recent changes to the rebate:

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New deadline for 2011, 2012 and 2013 rebates – Your deadline to apply is now March 31, 2014.

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Applying for the 2010 rebate – Your deadline to apply is December 31, 2013.

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Changes to the 2013 rebate – Budget 2013 introduced more changes starting with the 2013 property tax year: » the rebate will be available only to owners of eligible farmland who are Manitoba residents » the annual rebate is limited to $5,000 per applicant and their spouses, common-law partners and controlled corporations

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

Nov-20

Nov-19

n/a

Nov-19

Nov-20

Nov-18

Nov-21

Nov-22

No. on offer

2,100

1,327*

n/a

2,249

4,327*

1,042*

1,692

1,650

n/a

Over 1,000 lbs. 900-1,000

n/a

115.00-140.00

n/a

124.00-138.00

n/a

115.00-133.00

800-900

137.00-158.00

120.00-145.00

n/a

128.00-145.00

130.00-147.00

130.00-148.00

135.00-147.50

118.00-140.00

700-800

138.00-160.95

130.00-153.00

n/a

148.00-159.00

137.00-156.00

142.00-156.75

140.00-163.00

125.00-154.00

600-700

131.00-172.50

140.00-161.00

n/a

150.00-165.00

143.00-166.00

148.00-165.50

155.00-174.50

140.00-161.00

500-600

147.00-191.00

145.00-177.00

n/a

155.00-174.00

154.00-174.00

154.00-175.75

160.00-187.00

150.00-174.00

400-500

150.00-187.50

160.00-190.00

n/a

170.00-194.00

168.00-194.00

170.00-199.00

165.00-192.00

170.00-188.00

300-400

n/a

165.00-193.00

n/a

180.00-205.00

180.00-200.00

175.00-205.00

165.00-195.00

175.00-210.00

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

190.00-124.00

n/a

115.00-127.00

n/a

800-900

119.00-132.75

115.00-130.00

n/a

120.00-130.00

124.00-136.00

n/a

120.00-130.00

110.00-129.00

700-800

133.00-138.00

120.00-135.00

n/a

125.00-137.00

124.00-138.00

n/a

120.00-132.00

110.00-123.00

600-700

120.00-149.00

125.00-143.50

n/a

130.00-143.00

128.00-142.00

133.00-148.00

130.00-145.00

122.00-144.00

500-600

119.00-158.00

130.00-154.00

n/a

135.00-148.00

132.00-146.50

138.00-151.25

135.00-155.00

130.00-155.00

400-500

120.00-164.50

135.00-162.00

n/a

140.00-168.00

135.00-160.00

145.00-165.00

140.00-164.50

135.00-165.00

300-400

n/a

140.00-173.00

n/a

145.00-171.00

145.00-170.00

145.00-167.00

137.50-168.00

130.00-165.00

Slaughter Market No. on offer

350

n/a

245

n/a

590

400

D1-D2 Cows

60.00-67.00

50.00-80.00

n/a

68.00-74.00

66.00-71.00

58.00-65.00

55.00-74.50

64.00-68.00

D3-D5 Cows

40.00 and up

n/a

58.00-67.00

45.00-66.00

n/a

56.00-62.00

Age Verified

68.00-72.00

n/a

69.00-75.75

62.00-70.00

n/a

Good Bulls

70.00-85.50

65.00-85.25

n/a

78.00-85.00

79.00-87.50

80.00-85.00

76.00-81.50

82.00-87.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

105.00-112.00

106.00-112.75

n/a

n/n

Butcher Heifers

n/a

104.00-110.00

105.00-111.00

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

70.00-82.00

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

80.00-92.00

n/a

70.00-82.00

n/a

Heiferettes * includes slaughter market

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Temperatures on a roller-coaster Issued: Monday, November 25, 2013 · Covering: November 27 – December 4, 2013 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

he weather looks to be settling into a bit more of a predictable pattern. Last week’s forecast was pretty good, with most systems moving and behaving as forecasted by the weather models. For this forecast period it looks like our current up-anddown pattern will continue. The weather models show us in a predominantly northwesterly flow for most of this forecast interval. With this flow we’ll see weak areas of low pressure ripple down from the northwest every couple of days. As each of these systems drop southeastward, we’ll see some warmer air try to move in before a reinforcing shot of cold air drops southward behind the low. Each of these lows will only bring a slight chance for snow, with maybe only a quick shot of one or two centimetres. The best chance for measurable snow will come with a system expected on Thursday or Friday. It doesn’t look like we’ll

see a return to really cold temperatures during this forecast period, with highs on most days expected to be around -8 C and overnight lows around -14 C, depending on cloud cover. Looking further ahead, the weather models show a significant storm system coming in off the Pacific and bringing some heavy snows to the Prairies around the middle of next week. There is not a lot of confidence in this part of the forecast, though, especially when it comes to the exact track of this system, but it is something to keep an eye on. The models are in good agreement with bringing some of the coldest weather so far this winter in behind this system, as a large arctic high builds south. As usual, we’ll have to wait and see just what unfolds. Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, -15 to 0 C; lows, -25 to -8 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park. Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.

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1 Month (30 Days) Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) October 23, 2013 to November 21, 2013

4 - 14 mm 14 - 24 mm 24 - 34 mm 34 - 44 mm 44 - 54 mm 54 - 64 mm 64 - 74 mm 74 - 84 mm 84 - 94 mm 94 - 103 mm 103 - 113 mm 113 - 123 mm 123 - 133 mm 133 - 143 mm 143 - 153 mm 153 - 163 mm 163 - 173 mm 173 - 183 mm Extent of Agricultural Land Lakes and Rivers

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All I want for Christmas is a weather station Don’t expect a basic wireless station that costs less than $20 to last forever By Daniel Bezte CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

ach year as we start to get ready for Christmas, I like to do an article or two about different weather gadgets that the weather enthusiast you know might just like. As usual, I will look at different price points, but this year I think I’ll try to stick a little closer to home, by looking at what some of the local stores have in stock. For those of you interested in getting yourself or someone else started with a computerized or digital weather station, but not sure if this is for them or yourself, and you don’t want to spend too much money, there are a few relatively cheap stations available locally. If you look around at your local hardware store you will probably see some kind of La Crosse weather station available. La Crosse has been making weather stations for years now and for the most part they work as advertised. I have owned a couple of simple indoor/outdoor wireless La Crosse weather stations and they do the job of letting you know what the outdoor temperature is from the comfort of inside your home. I bought both of the stations on sale for only about $10, so the fact that they worked for two to three years before giving up the ghost is not a bad deal. I guess that is the key point with basic wireless stations that cost

The best value, I think, for a full weather station is the Davis Vantage Vue wireless weather station. PHOTO: VANTAGEVUE.COM

less than $20: don’t expect them to last forever. The next types of stations you will find locally are priced in the $50 to $125 range. If these are simply indoor/outdoor wireless weather stations that also provide you with a forecast, then I would say they are not worth the extra money. You should be able to find a simple wireless indoor/ outdoor temperature station for around $20 (see above). The extra they want for the station trying to provide you with a forecast is just not worth the money. You will find that most of the time the forecasts provided by the station

are not even close to being accurate. I have seen a few weather stations that give you wireless indoor/outdoor temperatures, wind speed and even rainfall in the $125 range, but I have never seen one in person, nor have I talked to anyone who has tried one. On a personal level, I get a little nervous about spending this kind of money on a weather station that may only last a year or two. I feel if you are thinking about spending this kind of money on a weather station, you are better off biting the bullet and going for a well-built station that has a good

warranty and will likely last for five years or more. Before we take a look at a couple of these types of stations, here are a few more interesting weather knick-knacks that are available if you look around. Something relatively cheap that almost anyone will like is a simple but easy-to-read large outdoor circular thermometer. These thermometers can be mounted just about anywhere and can be read from a pretty good distance away. Just be careful to mount them so the sun does not shine on them directly. In the winter this will just give you an unusually warm reading; in the summer this could not only give an incorrect reading but end up ruining the thermometer! Another good item in the $20 range is an old-fashioned-style rain gauge. While there are some stand-alone digital rain gauges around, at this price point I personally wouldn’t waste my money on them. These old-fashioned graduated-cylinder-style rain gauges are usually very accurate, and if you spend a little extra they can serve a dual purpose of being a lawn or garden ornament as well as a good conversation piece. Now on to the big-ticket item: the full-blown home weather station. Once again there are full-featured weather stations available for the home that are priced in the $100 to $150 range. Chaney, La Crosse and some of the low-end Oregon Scientific stations are in these price points. Now, I’m not

saying these stations are bad, as I have not had the opportunity to try one personally, but with the knowledge and experience I have with much-higher-end stations, just be prepared for some limitations with these. If you are looking for a full weather station that can be connected to your computer and even allow you to post your weather data to the Internet, here are a couple of stations that I would recommend. I am a little biased in this area as I have been using Davis weather stations for 15 years. Currently I am on my second weather station and the only reason I changed was that I wanted to upgrade my station. With that in mind, the best value, I think, for a full weather station is the Davis Vantage Vue wireless weather station that retails for around $350. The next step up is the Davis Vantage Pro 2 weather stations. The basic cabled model starts around $450, with the wireless station starting around $500. The nice thing with this station is you can add extra sensors such as wireless solar, UV, soil moisture and even leaf moisture sensors, making this a truly fully functional farm-based weather station. All of these features do end up costing with each addition, coming in around $200 to $250. The nice thing is that you can add them one at a time when you can afford them: birthdays, next Christmas, Groundhog Day, hmmm… let’s see… when else?

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 28, 2013

CROPS Canada leads efforts to convince importers to dump zero tolerance Without a low-level-presence policy grain trading could be disrupted By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF /OTTAWA

anada is leading efforts to get an international agreement that would see countries accept small amounts of unapproved genetically modified (GM) crops in their imports, says Dennis Stephens. And the Oakbank-based secretary of the International Grain Trade Coalition credits Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz for leading the charge. Ritz, along with Canada’s flax industry, experienced first hand the economic impact the lowlevel presence of an unapproved GM trait can have on trade. In 2009, the European Union temporarily banned imports of Canadian flax after discovering trace levels of CDC Triffid, a GM flax in shipments. The flax had been approved in Canada, but not Europe. Eventually Canadian flax exports containing less than 0.01 per cent were allowed into the EU, but by then, Canada had lost the lucrative food flax market. As of 2010, Triffid flax had cost Canada’s flax industry $29 million, according to a study done by University of Saskatchewan agricultural economists Camille Ryan and Stuart Smyth. “We see a tsunami coming of new (GM) events hitting the commercial market and we must have a capability of managing that in a way that doesn’t disrupt trade,” Stephens told the Grain Industry Symposium — an annual conference organized by the Canada Grains Council and Grain Growers of Canada. If one country has studied a GM trait and found it to be safe, then other countries should accept traces of it even though they have not yet approved the trait, Stephens said. After all, he said, if a country deems 100 per cent of a product safe, there should be minimal risk if that product

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Dennis Stephens, secretary of the International Grain Trade Coalition, says grain trading is at risk so long as importers don’t have a policy allowing a low-level presence of unapproved GM crop traits. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

makes up five per cent of a shipment, he said. “There has to be some practical common sense on this file,” Stephens said. Because small amounts of GM crops are left in rail cars, the holds of ships and in containers, traces of GM traits are bound to show up. Compounding the risk is that few countries approve a new GM trait at the same time. The IGTC proposes allowing grain shipments to contain unapproved traits of up to five per cent. Stephens said grain companies could meet that threshold for little or no extra cost. The lower the threshold, the higher the cost, with zero being next to impossible to meet. “And that cost impact will be passed on to the buyer of the grain and in effect increase the food costs within that country that’s doing the importing,” Stephens said. After speaking at the same conference Ritz told reporters

he’s optimistic an international low-level-presence policy will be achieved. “I think the world is coming to the realization that if you’re going to have food security and sustainability you’re going to have to start to look at biotechnology and that means a good low-level policy,” he said. “I’d like to see it in place before I retire.” Ritz said European leaders acknowledged during his most recent trip to Europe that the issue needs to be addressed. Europe has set a threshold of 0.1 per cent, but it only applies to feed. According to Stephens that isn’t practical since some feed crops are also used for food. “We’re starting to get some critical mass,” Ritz said, noting 15 countries support a low-levelpresence policy in principle. Ritz said he hopes the issue is discussed by the Cairns Group before the World Trade Organization meeting in Bali next month. He’s also pushing the United

“We see a tsunami coming of new (GM) events hitting the commercial market and we must have a capability of managing that in a way that doesn’t disrupt trade.” DENNIS STEPHENS

Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization to hold a meeting on low-level presence in the spring. A low-level presence protocol could be established in 2014, with some countries implementing it in 2015, Stephens said. “My hope is once you break that ice jam you start to... facilitate a faster track as you move downstream...” he said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Saudi millers wrap up program at Cigi Fee-for-service programming helps Cigi fund other programs, while also drawing people to Manitoba By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

group of millers is taking home a host of new skills, after trading sand dunes for snowbanks to study in Manitoba. Eleven wheat processors from Saudi Arabia have spent the last six months learning all aspects of milling and wheat processing at the Winnipeg-based Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi). “For me I can relate what I’ve learned to my work in the laboratory… so this helps me look at problems and ask, ‘How can I solve this problem?’” said Mohammad Alhammad who, like his fellow students, works for the Grain Silos and Flour Millers Organization of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Winnipeg institute first bid on a request for proposals from the government-operated millers’ organization a few years ago, and has been welcoming groups of grain processors from the Middle Eastern kingdom ever since. The current group heads home this week, but next June another dozen participants will arrive. “In terms of our broad goals Cigi does many things, and one of the things we do is fee-forservice programming,” said Rick Morgan, manager of business development at Cigi. “So a pro-

“For me I can relate what I’ve learned to my work in the laboratory… so this helps me look at problems and ask, ‘How can I solve this problem?’” MOHAMMAD ALHAMMAD

gram like this isn’t particularly tied to increasing the sales of Canadian grain, but the money we make on it enables us to do other things that are related to our research and marketing efforts we do on behalf of Canada’s grain crops.” While classroom sessions are part of the agenda, so are trips to farms, mills, rail lines and grain elevators. Industry experts are also brought in to provide instruction and hands-on training. “They get milling training, they get maintenance training, electrical training, mechanical training, learn about looking after the mill and they spend time in our analytical lab looking at results, doing analysis on flours, as well as spending time in the bakery,” Morgan said. “We want them to have the whole picture.”

Mohammad Alhammad (l) and Waleed Alzahrani have spent the last six months at Cigi.

Participants also take home a new language. For six months before the program begins, they study English in alternate Canadian cities.

Taste of home

Of course, an entire year away from home and family can be tough, Alhammad said. A test batch of Arabic bread at the Cigi test bakery stirred both homesickness and appetites. “We smelled the aroma and we ate all the product,” he said smiling. For Waleed Alzahrani, a mechanical engineer, the year provided many new experi-

ences, including seeing Prairie grain farms. “I am surprised by the huge farms, we don’t have that where we are from, there we have small areas for farms,” he said, adding Saudi Arabia’s arid climate can make growing cereals difficult without intensive irrigation, which threatens groundwater reserves. In recent years the Kingdom has moved to phase out wheat production in an effort to conserve water. According to a report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Saudi Arabia’s wheat crop could

PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES

decline as much as 10 per cent this year, dropping to 700,000 tonnes from 780,000. The country’s goal is to eliminate domestic wheat production by 2016. However, the nation will continue to process its wheat imports domestically. “Saudi Arabia does buy some Canadian wheat and will probably continue to do so, but a program like this isn’t specifically tied to that,” Morgan said. But he added it’s always nice to send people home with knowledge of Canadian field crops. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Philippines typhoon crop damages worth $110 million MILAN / REUTERS / The typhoon that hit the Philippines has resulted in crop losses worth $110 million

and an overall damage to the agriculture sector of more than twice that figure, preliminary estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) showed on Tuesday. Some 153,495 hectares (ha) of rice paddy, maize and other high-value crops such as coconut, banana,

cassava, mango and vegetables have been adversely affected by Typhoon Haiyan, which killed at least 3,900 people when it struck on Nov. 8. The forecast for damaged areas included some 77,476 ha of rice crops and 20,951 ha of maize crops, the FAO said in a statement.

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AAFC official says private companies needed to fill wheat research gap But first a new business model is required so companies can get a return on their investment By Allan Dawson co-operator staff / ottawa

Most recently AAFC researchers have made progress in efforts to develop wheats resistant to a new stem rust called Ug99. Public-private partnerships are useful, but there’s still a necessary role for publicly funded “discovery research,” said Wilf Keller, president and CEO of Ag-West Bio, which helps promote and commercialize biotechnology in Saskatchewan. “In my view — it’s just my AAFC’s Stephen Morgan Jones says opinion — the federal government’s science policy is a bit private investment is necessary to short term and very applied...” fill the wheat variety research gap he said. in Canada. photo: allan dawson “I would worr y that this and it’s a tribute, I think, to will have a negative impact the researchers that over this down the road. I know P3s period of time we’ve never had (pr ivate, public, producer a major outbreak such as that partnerships) and P4s are T:8.125” h i g h l y re c o m m e n d e d b u t since 1954,” he said.

they aren’t the solution to everything. Sometimes I think they’re overemphasized.” The most important science discoveries come from curiosity-driven research rather than applied, Morgan Jones told reporters. And there’s room for both in the public sector. “ W i t h o u r ow n ( A A F C ) investment we’d prefer to move some investment towards the longer term... that takes maybe 10 or 15 years to result in something of value because the private sector won’t do that.” Twenty to 30 per cent of AAFC’s research budget should be spent on curiosity-driven research “bearing in mind we are an applied science organization,” he said. It is about 20 per cent now. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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here’s a multimillion-dollar wheat research funding gap in Canada that the private sector needs to fill, says Stephen Morgan Jones, director general of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Prairie/Boreal Ecozone. It will require stronger plant breeders’ rights rules and partnerships with publicly funded researchers, he told the Grain In d u s t r y Sy m p o s i u m Nov. 20 organized by the Canada Grains Council and Grain Growers of Canada. An annual western Canadian wheat yield increase averaging 0.67 per cent since 1990, “doesn’t cut it in terms of the type of improvement that we actually need,” Morgan Jones said. “It’s really not enough to lead global competitiveness. “Clearly we need to see that innovation gap filled. And in today’s environment, this innovation gap, I would say, is one where the private sector needs to come and play.” A d o p t i n g U P OV ’ 9 1 , a n international treaty giving breeders more power to extract a return from their varieties, including “end-point r oy a l t i e s” c o l l e c t e d w h e n farmers sell their grain, would help, Morgan Jones said. “In that case I think I can confidently predict that there would be significantly increased private-sector investment,” he said. “ We would see a situation like with canola — a blend of public and private investment. We’d likely see a proliferation of innovation. And we’d likely see increased use of new varieties.” Earlier this month Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said he wants to introduce UPOV ’91 legislation in Parliament earlier in the new year with hopes it could be implemented by Aug. 1, 2014. Private companies won’t invest so long as they have to compete with publicly funded research, Morgan Jones added. AAFC is the leading developer of new wheats now in Canada, he said. About $5 million a year is spent on wheat research in Canada compared to $80 million on canola, Morgan Jones said. Currently, for every dollar AAFC invests in wheat research it gets about 35 cents back through royalties collected on sales of certified seed, he said. A portion is shared with the Western Grains Research Foundation, a farmer-funded entity that invests in AAFC wheat research. The returns are even poorer from small-acreage crops. That’s why publicly funded research needs to continue, Morgan Jones said. Morgan Jones told reporters he doesn’t think farmers want to invest more into research, so that leaves the private sector to bridge the shortfall. How e v e r, s o m e f a r m e r s believe since they will ultimately pay for private research

when they purchase varieties farmers should consider owning all, or part, of the research they fund. The National Farmers Union says the federal government should increase wheat research funding because it is good for farmers and the Canadian economy. According to NFU president Terry Boehm UPOV ’91will enrich foreign seed companies at farmers’ expense. Although Morgan Jones is calling for more private investment, he stressed publicly funded research “has been important” in increasing yields, increasing end-use quality and developing insect and disease resistance. “Stem rust in 1954 cost the Canadian industry about 50 per cent of the (wheat) crop

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here’s a big crop on the P r a i r i e s , b u t i t’s t h e same story for many other exporters and buyers are back in the driver’s seat, says an analyst for the FarmLink market advisory service. “It s h i f t s o u r d e c i s i o n s when we think about when to sell and how to market that crop,” Jonathon Driedger told the All Crops Breakfast in Red Deer in early November. “We’re dealing with a great big crop, and a great big crop results in lower prices,” said Driedger. “At least with canola, there’s a home for it, and a lot of that home is right in our own backyard.” The demand for canola will also be partially driven by the price of other oilseeds, particularly soybeans. “Canola isn’t an island unto itself,” he said. “ We might have good demand, but we also have to keep that price competitive relative to soybeans, which are being helped by a relatively firm soybean story through the first half of the year.” Driedger believes that canola prices will hold “relatively firm,” but high ending stocks will make it hard for the market to rally. “We’re looking at about two million tonnes left over at the end of the year, which based on extremely strong demand isn’t necessar ily debilitating in terms of prices, but it shows that even with record demand, we’re just going to have more canola around at the end of the year,” he said. For next year, FarmLink is forecasting a record 22 million acres of canola in Canada. “We think that the economics are just going to dictate that you guys are going to grow an awful lot of canola

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next year,” said Driedger. “I can be bullish on canola acres, but I don’t know if I can be bullish on canola prices.”

Wheat outlook stronger

Wheat has more of a “neutral outlook,” said Driedger. “I certainly wouldn’t describe it as bullish, but it’s not necessarily that bearish in terms of wheat prices.” Higher global production has not offset a tight wheat market in the U.S. And while demand is good overall, the ending stocks are larger than they appear, Driedger said. “If you look at these ending stocks for 2013-14 and you actually wrapped our carryout on top of that and look at it from a North America perspective, suddenly it seems a little more comfortable than maybe it appears.” Canada in particular will have a large carry-over. “Our expectation is that we’re going to have a lot of wheat left in Western Canada,” said Driedger. “As we come into the end of spring and into summer, we think there’s going to be quite a bit of wheat left in the bins, partially because prices for wheat as we look into next year are going to be lower.” Even with high ending stocks and lower prices, there will be some bright spots in the market. “We do see a little bit of a better outlook for some of the higher protein, in particular, and higher grades,” he said. Certain classes will also fare better. As the trend toward

more Canada Prairie Spring (CPS), soft white spring, and winter wheat acres continues, hard red spring acres will likely take a hit, according to Driedger. “The hard red spring is probably where the biggest loss of acres will be.”

Peas unpredictable

Like wheat, peas will also likely see a supply buildup, depending on export demand. “Last year was extremely tight, but if we look at a carryout that gets up towards just shy of 700,000 tonnes, if India we re t o c o m e i n a n d b u y upwards of 300,000 or 400,000 t o n n e s , i t ’s n o t u n t h i n k able if we can get it there,” said Driedger. “That has a dramatic impact on ending stocks and what it means for prices.” Demand for peas in India is hard to predict, however. “India consumes about 18 million tonnes of pulses, and grows over 14 million tonnes, so if they really want these peas and the demand is there, the potential for India to buy more than we expect is there,” he said. “It’s a wild card and one that’s hard to forecast.” But even though international demand for Canadian peas is strong, transportation logistics remain a challenge. “They can want it all they want, but if we can’t actually physically get it there because logistics are strained, that’s a risk,” said Driedger.

Barley bearish

Feed barley prices have been grinding lower as a result of

large supplies of other feed grains, Driedger said. “It’s hard to paint a real bullish outlook for feed barley.” Lower livestock numbers are also impacting the price of feed grains, and it will take time to rebuild herds and feed consumption. “Even if our cattle prices look strong and some of the o u t l o o k s f o r t h e l i ve s t o c k markets aren’t bad, the reality is it takes time to rebuild herds,” he said. “ We don’t see a lot of reasons why we should see any kind of sharp move higher in feed barley prices.” Driedger isn’t ruling out the possibility of the export market being a potential outlet for feed barley because of its ease of processing, but competition with the Black Sea region often poses a challenge. “Feed barley’s one of t h o s e t h i n g s w h e re, e ve r y couple of years, there’s an opportunity to step in and move a lot of it, but the math has got to work. The potent i a l i s t h e re, b u t I ’m n o t sure I would hang my hat on it.” The upside for malt barley prices is also limited for the coming year, par tially because of this year’s large, h i g h - q u a l i t y b a r l e y c r o p. “When the quality of the barley crop is really good, there isn’t a whole lot of incentive for buyers to give a premium for malt because they can find it anywhere.” For the coming year, growers will need to focus on their margins and manage risk to get a good return, but it will take time to whittle supplies down. “It just takes time to work those supplies down,” Dr iedger said. “ There’s no quick fixes. You don’t create demand overnight.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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KAP president tells ag minister rail service unacceptable Gerry Ritz says rail performance, which is being monitored, is adequate given the big crop to move By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF /OTTAWA

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griculture Minister Gerry Ritz says he has yet to see conclusive proof that the railways aren’t doing an adequate job moving this year’s bumper crop to market. “I hear a lot of anecdotal evidence and I follow it up and say, ‘give me the car numbers... give me the dates,’ and nobody can, nobody has,” Ritz told the Grain Industry Symposium Nov. 19. “I know there are some situations out there where there’s a lot of friction, but with the crop we’ve got, the system is working as good as we can expect it to.” As of the first week of November the Canadian Grain Commission reported western farmers had delivered 7.6 million tonnes of wheat, durum and barley, well ahead of last year’s pace and up 30 per cent compared to the same time during the last year of the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk. “In any business that is called cash flow and it’s not a bad thing,” Ritz said. “We will continue to press Transport Canada to monitor it closely, to take the review coming up in 2015 (of the Fair Rail Freight Service Act) seriously,” he said. The railways are each moving 5,000 to 5,500 cars a week to export ports — a traditionally high number, Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA), said in a later interview. “But we compare car supply versus demand, not history,” he said. “We need more rail capacity.” Grain companies report a weekly shortfall of between 1,000 to 2,000 cars with a backlog of around 18,000 cars and rising. However, Sobkowich suspects grain companies are not selling as aggressively as they would like to fearing they won’t be able to deliver on time. Keystone Agricultural Producers president Doug Chorney told Ritz current railway

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performance “is not acceptable.” Ritz said part of the problem was with farmers who didn’t contract to deliver ahead of time. “Those are the guys who will be held for a while,” Ritz said. “If you contracted, that grain is moving.” “Not in my case,” Chorney replied. “I’ve got contracted grain off the combine and haven’t moved a bushel off my farm yet.” Ritz told reporters later he’s in constant contact with grain companies about rail service. “I’ve asked them to keep me up to speed on what’s working, what’s not working, so I can flow it through to Transport Canada and directly to the railways to make sure they understand that we are watching,” he said. Meanwhile, Ritz is also hearing calls from grain shippers to put more teeth in the Fair Rail Freight Service Act, which became law earlier this year. The government said the new law compelling the railways to enter into service agreements with shippers would “improve the predictability, clarity and reliability of rail freight service across Canada.” However, a coalition of rail users, including the WGEA, complains the legislation doesn’t go far enough. “The farm groups and industry are telling me they want to see some more teeth in it so they can put some bite into

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it that has the railways a little more co-operative up front — before there’s a wreck, make sure you have the ability to handle a wreck,” Ritz said. Is it fair to link the new open market with an increase in grain shipping given that traditionally movement increases following a bumper crop? Ritz said farmers now have more direct access to the grain-handling and -transportation system. “I’ve talked to some farmers in my area,” he said. “One guy moved 55 super Bs right off the combine, another guy moved 65. So there’s that ability, whereas they used to sit and wait for a three-bushel quota. They had to bin it first and then move it. There is some stress on the system because the system is much more open than it was before.” During his formal address Ritz said Canada exported a record $47.7 billion of agricultural products last year, and exports so far this year are seven per cent ahead of that pace. Ritz said the open market for western wheat and barley, created Aug. 1, 2012, has been a success. “Today, we are already into the second year of marketing freedom and despite a handful of rumblings from the fullmoon crowd, the sky is still up there where it should be,” Ritz said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

Logistics problems weaken canola basis Basis levels seen higher for the rest of the 2013-14 crop year By Terryn Shiells COMMODITY NEWS SERVICE CANADA

ash prices for canola in Western Canada are trending lower, as basis levels are weaker due to logistical issues in the country. “We’ve got elevators behind on getting cars, and we’ve got such a big crop out there, not just canola but everything else that’s trying to find its way through the system,” said Jon Driedger, market analyst with FarmLink Marketing Solutions in Winnipeg. “I think all of that tends toward a bit of a weaker basis level overall.” Driedger added that the basis levels do vary by location, and they could see a bounce at some elevators if they’re in need of some last-minute supplies. But, overall basis levels will likely remain higher than the levels seen over the past two years for the rest of the 2013-14 crop year. “The past two years have been unusual, whereas what you may find in a lot of places today isn’t necessarily that bad in a lot of cases from what you may have seen several years prior to that when we did have some larger supplies,” said Driedger. There may be some places where basis levels are “substantially” weaker than historical averages because they may be backed up or behind on rail cars, he added. But, things won’t be “crushingly heavy,” because demand for canola this year is pretty good. Farmers have also slowed s a l e s i n re c e n t we e k s, a s prices on the futures and cash markets have weakened. Though, any price bounces will likely spark a pickup in farmer sales.

“There’s still quite a bit of farmer selling that needs to be done, and as some of these delivery windows fill up you maybe start to get a little bit more of a sense of urgency,” Driedger said. He added that with the large crop, many of the nearby delivery opportunities are already filled up, and farmers have to deliver later, and later. “If you wanted to deliver t o m o r r ow, i n s o m e c a s e s the elevators are full so you wouldn’t be able to deliver the next day or week even if you wanted to,” he said. “I think it’s worse for wheat than it is canola, but certainly canola would be feeling some of that.” The market is going to have to continue to monitor the logistical situation, as basis levels for canola will partly depend on how the system is dealing with the large crop. Driedger added that there are some concerns that things will just keep getting further and further backed up throughout the year. “We are a little bit concerned about how much crop is going to be left behind in the country,” he said. “You get in the spring and summer particularly with so many elevators in the system being behind, there’s so much crop left to move. “That’s definitely a risk and it could be a challenge. Particularly if you go into winter and you find a few weeks with real bad weather or something like that, which could only further add to the problem.” But, it could also end up that the system does a better job than the trade expects, and everyone may be pleasantly surprised come spring or summer, Driedger added.

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The lower quality could help underpin U.S. wheat prices

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The reduced quality could prompt buyers like China to seek more volume from North American suppliers By Naveen Thukral and Colin Packham SINGAPORE/SYDNEY / REUTERS

nseasonal rains in Western Australia and frost on the country’s east coast have hit wheat crops in the world’s No. 2 exporter of the grain, dragging down quality and reducing harvests. A decline in supply of highprotein wheat from Australia could force major buyers such as Indonesia and China to seek more volumes from the United States and Canada, underpinning prices there. Australian wheat has seen strong demand this year, with almost half of estimated exports for 2013-14 already sold by traders. China has been at the forefront of this buying after its own crop was damaged by unfavourable weather earlier in 2013. “The impact of frost damage is a greater proportion of small seeds,” said Luke Mathews, commodities strategist at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, referring to grain that must be removed before milling. Crops must contain no more than a limited number of undersized seeds to meet standards set by trade body Grain Trade Australia. “We are seeing screenings (for small seeds) coming in from the east coast harvest higher than we would normally expect, which can obviously push the grades down,” Mathews added. Unsure about grain quality, Australian farmers have been reluctant to forward sell their crops, leading to shortages in the market. About a quarter of the country’s wheat crop has been harvested. “Traders have been able to

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cover just about 30 per cent of what they have sold,” said one Sydney-based broker. “Growers are not selling and offshore demand is very strong.” The crop in parts of New South Wales and Victoria was hit by frost last month, although other regions of the eastern Grain Belt, including Queensland, have produced high-protein wheat. GrainCorp last week warned of the impact of unfavourable weather in areas of New South Wales. “We expect the harvest (quality) to be revised down because of the frost damage,” said Alison Watkins, the company’s chief executive and managing director. “To what extent, is not yet clear.” Elsewhere, unseasonal rains are likely to hurt wheat quality and output in Western Australia, where harvesting is 10 per cent complete. Crop downgrades in Australia are likely to create more demand for hard red winter wheat traded on the Kansas City Board of Trade and spring wheat on the Minneapolis Grains Exchange.

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he Canadian organic industry is getting $500,000 in government funds to update its standards and pursue new domestic and international markets. “Canada’s organic producers are constantly striving for the best quality so they can continue to increase their sales at home and abroad,” said Robert Goguen, the MP for Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “This investment will help the sector improve the certification process so more producers and processors can take advantage of the marketing potential of the organic standard and help increase sales at both home and abroad.” The Organic Federation of Canada is receiving nearly $300,000 to modernize the Canadian Organic Standards and improve processes to encourage small operators to become certified, which will result in a more consistent approach for the organic sector. More than $200,000 will go to the Canada Organics Trade Association to create a marketing campaign to promote Canadian organics at a national and international level. The strategy is to strengthen relationships with partners across Canada to support the launch of a generic Canada Brand-based campaign profiling organic products. “The Organic Federation of Canada is privileged to co-operate with our government partners in mobilizing the huge volunteer effort that is needed to ensure that the integrity of the organic food movement is protected,” said federation president Ted Zettel in a release. “A solid regulatory environment is key to meeting the changing needs of our consumers and this money will allow the industry to conduct a complete review of the standards that define the organic food claim.” “We’re a major exporter of quality organic

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ingredients and products, but there is also a tremendous consumer base right here in Canada, which is now the world’s fourth-largest market for organics,” said Matthew Holmes, executive director of the Canada Organic Trade Association. “These matching funds from the Government of Canada will assist our members in competing in new and established markets, while linking organic farmers and processors with local Canadian consumers.” The organic sector continues to grow at a steady rate, with demand outstripping supply. Sales of organic foods in Canada are estimated to have tripled since 2006. The Canada Organic Trade Association estimated retail sales in 2012 at $3 billion and exports at $458 billion, with most exports going to the United States and the European Union (EU). The funds came from Agriculture and AgriFood Canada’s AgriMarketing Program, a fiveyear, $341-million initiative under Growing Forward 2.

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Menzies says he won’t lobby former government colleagues

New CropLife head says he will focus on dealing with other countries, farm groups and the food industry By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor / ottawa

Ted Menzies is also the former president of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers and the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance.

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ormer cabinet minister Ted Menzies brushes off accusations that he intends to use his political connections as president and CEO of CropLife Canada to influence former colleagues. Menzies recently resigned as MP for the southern Alberta riding of McLeod to succeed Lorne Hepworth, a former Saskatchewan agriculture minister, who retires next year. CropLife represents Canada’s manufacturers and distributors of agricultural chemicals and seed. “The law is quite clear,” Menzies said in an interview. “I can’t lobby my former colleagues or any of the departments I was connected with for five years and I won’t.” Any presentations to ministers or government regulators will be done by CropLife’s directors or staff. The CropLife directors represent top-level companies “that know the industry has to be promoting safe and sustainable production of food,” he said. “They understand the pressure from consumers and farmers for safer foods, environmental sustainability and better agricultural chemicals.” Menzies plans to focus on the agri-food industry’s preoccupation with producing enough food to safely feed a global population expected to reach nine billion by 2050. “If I can contribute, why shouldn’t I?” he said. “Would people criticize me for leaving politics if I spent the rest of my life retired in Florida or Phoenix?” First elected in 2006, the former president of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers and the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance served as minister of international trade and junior minister of finance in the Harper government before announcing last spring he wouldn’t run in the next federal election. He was dropped from cabinet in the summer shuffle, and said he was then approached to take on the CropLife presidency. John Bennett of Sierra Club Canada was among the critics who said Menzies’ hiring was a brazen attempt by the pesticide industry to buy influence with the Harper cabinet. “Because of dangerously weak federal ethics and lobbying rules, Menzies is allowed to become president and CEO of a federally regulated organization that lobbies the federal government regularly,” Bennett said in a release. “Whether or not Mr. Menzies technically does any lobbying, his position as president and CEO of CropLife clearly opens government doors and provides valuable insight on the internal workings of the Harper government,” Bennett said. “Are we supposed to believe Mr. Menzies will lock himself in his new office and not take calls or check his email?” Menzies said CropLife officials were well aware of the lobbying prohibition he faced when they approached him about the job. “They understood I could carry on the leadership of the organi-

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 28, 2013

AUCTION DISTRICTS Parkland – North of Hwy 1; west of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis. Westman – South of Hwy 1; west of PR 242. Interlake – North of Hwy 1; east of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis. Red River – South ofHwy 1; east of PR 242.

The Pas

Birch River

Swan River

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows

EQUIPMENT, CANVAS BUILDINGS & INDUSTRIAL TOOLS AUCTION SATURDAY DECEMBER 7TH 10:00 AM

Location: Indoors 218 Brandt St. Steinbach, Manitoba Note: Large items will be available for viewing on the yard but sold indoors off catalogue.

Minitonas Durban

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

BUILDINGS & INDUSTRIAL TOOLS

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Langruth

Minnedosa Neepawa

Gladstone

Rapid City

Reston Melita

Carberry

Brandon

Treherne

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin

Souris

Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Westman

Waskada

Interlake

Erickson

Hamiota

Virden

Arborg

Lundar Gimli

Shoal Lake

•Gas Powered Water Pumps FARM EQUIPMENT •New Contruction Toolboxes •Patz Bale Shredder •Aluminum Ramps ALSO ACCEPTING •New Bolt Cutters Various Sizes •(2) 30ftX65ftX15ft Peak Ceiling •NEW Black Lynx 3.5cu Ft. Electric CONSIGNMENTS Double Door Storage Building Cement Mixer INCLUDING TRACTORS, Commercial Fabric •Mig Welders •10ft X 20ft Commercial Instant SNOWMOBILES, ATVS, •Chains Saws Pop Up Tents SKID STEERS •Air Compressors •16ft X 22ft Marquee Event Tent Live Internet bidding will not be 320 sqr ft 7 Windows, Heavy Duty NEW SKID STEER available for this Auction. If you ATTACHMENTS Frames & Fabric cannot make it to the Auction •30 Drawer 10ft Heavy Duty Work •FULL LINE OF SKID STEER please call and leave a proxy bid. ATTACHMENTS INCLUDING: Bench w/ Hanging Wall & 220lb Corral Panels & Gates have been Snow Buckets, Pallet Forks, Capacity Stainless Steel Drawers pulled from the sale as they will not Hydraulic Augers, Brush & Rock •New Abraisive Blasters •Gas Powered Generators arrive on time. Grapples Partial List:

Winnipegosis

Roblin

St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

Red River

ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale 1/16 JD TOY COLLECTION including precision, Lindman Crawlers, Case Steamer. Also the 10 Key Series. Send for complete list Box 1023, Morris, MB R0G 1K0, (204)746-8282.

PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD. 218 Brandt Street Steinbach, MB Ph: 204.326.3061 Fax: 204.326.3061 Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto & Truck Parts

3 SEATER DEMOCRAT completely restored, Oak, Leather seats, mint. Wooden wheel wagon, rubber tire wagon, bobsleigh w/box to fit all. (204)564-2513 Dropmore, MB. MULVEY “FLEA” MARKET. Osborne & Mulvey Ave E. Wpg. Sat-Sun-Hol. 10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. 40+ vendors. A/C. Debit, Visa, M/C. Table/Booth rental info:(204)478-1217. mulveymarket.ca

ANTIQUES Antique Equipment WINTER PROJECTS FOR SALE: IH W4; IH WD6; IH Farmall M; IH Farmall H; JD AR styled; JD 70 DSL, PS; JD R; JD 1929 D 2-SPD; Oliver 77 row crop, arrow front; Oliver 880 DSL; MH 44 DSL row crop; MH 55 DSL; Fordson Major DSL. (204)745-7445

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

NOW BOOKING SPRING & SUMMER 2014 FARM AND OTHER AUCTIONS Professional Full Service Auction Company. For No Obligation Auction Consultation See our website: www.billklassen.com or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

MEYERS AUCTION 10:00am Sun., Dec. 8th, 2013 Arden, MB. Indoors at 431 Lansdowne Ave. Estate of D. Brown & Consignors: Antiques & Collectables; Shop Tools; Household Furniture; Household Smalls; Collector Coins. Full List & Pictures at www.meyersauctions.com Meyers Auctions & Appraisals, Arden, MB. Bradley Meyers Auctioneer (204)368-2333 or (204)476-6262 Cell meyersauctions.com

BE AN AUCTIONEER. (507)995-7803 www.auctioneerschool.com

ANNOUNCEMENTS

GREAT PRICES ON NEW, used & remanufactured engines, parts & accessories for diesel pickups. Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call or check us out at www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca Thickett Engine Rebuilding. Ph (204)532-2187, Russell MB.

Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan, NW Ontario & Alberta....Since 1937 • Quality Commercial/Agricultural/Residential Overhead Doors & Operators. • Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available. • Non-Insulated and Insulated Sectional Doors Available. • Liftmaster Heavy Duty Operators. • Mullion Slide Away Centre Posts. • Commercial/Agricultural Steel Man Doors and Frames. • Your washbay door specialists. • Quality Installation & Service. • 24 Hour Service. • Replacement Springs & Cables.

Phone: 204-326-4556 Fax: 204-326-5013 Toll Free: 1-855-326-4556 www.reimeroverheaddoors.com email: kurtis@reimeroverheaddoors.com BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

BUILDINGS

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post frame building company. For estimates and information call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322). Website: www.postframebuilding.com

FOR SALE: 1989 MACK truck model R688ST, 350 engine, Eaton 8LL trans, 22.5 tires 60%, wet kit, A/C, not safetied, $9,000 OBO. (204)648-7136

75 truckloads 29 gauge full hard 100,000PSI high tensile roofing & siding. 16 colours to choose from.

CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design. References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Vehicles Various

B-Gr. coloured......................70¢/ft.2

BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

AUTO & TRANSPORT Semi Trucks & Trailers

OVER 200 VEHICLES LOTS OF DIESELS www.thoens.com Chrysler Dodge (800)667-4414 Wynyard, SK.

Multi-coloured millends.........49¢/ft.

Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2

FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS

Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for archrib buildings BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

We also specialize in: Crop Insurance appeals; Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equipment malfunction; Yield comparisons, Plus Private Investigations of any nature. With our assistance the majority of our clients have received compensation previously denied. Back-Track Investigations investigates, documents your loss and assists in settling your claim. Licensed Agrologist on Staff. For more information Please call 1-866-882-4779

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD.

AUCTION SALES Auctions Various

ST. LAZARE, MB. 1-800-510-3303

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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thousands housands of fully searchable ag product and service listings! for more information on the Farmer’s Product Guide please visit www.farmersproductguide.com or call Terry at 204-981-3730

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CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SINGLE OWNER RM INVITES tenders to purchase 1966 D6C dozer also 1983 613B scraper. Maintenance records available. Send tenders to RM of Edward attn Lisa Pierce to Box 100 Pierson MB, R0M 1S0 or by email admin@rmofedward.ca

Combines

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Various

FYFE PARTS

1999 FORD F250, 7.3 dsl., extended cab, 4x4, 6-spd trans, new paint job, $9,000; Flat deck trailer 8x24, Pinto hitch, 4-whl dbl axle, $2,500; Manure bucket w/grab fork, $1,000. Phone:(204)444-2997.

1-800-667-9871 • Regina 1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon 1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg 1-800-222-6594 • Edmonton

ENGINES

“For All Your Farm Parts”

855 CUMMINS, 7000-MI on complete overhaul plus new injection pump, water pump, turbo. 335-HP decompression start. Asking $6000. Phone Don (204)767-2334 evenings.

www.fyfeparts.com The Real Used FaRm PaRTs sUPeRsToRe Over 2700 Units for Salvage • TRACTORS • COMBINES • SWATHERS • DISCERS Call Joe, leN oR daRWIN (306) 946-2222 monday-Friday - 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

FARM MACHINERY FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins BIG BINS & FLOORS at old prices, 20,000-56,000bu. bins holding prices until spring. NEW MOISTURE CABLES! Call Wall Grain for details (204)269-7616 or (306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662. CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks. Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmovers@hotmail.com

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers NEW MC DRYERS IN STOCK w/canola screens 300-2,000 BPH units. Why buy used, when you get new fuel efficient & better quality & control w/MC. Call Wall Grain for details (204)269-7616 or (306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Elevators

COMBINE WORLD located 20 min. E of Saskatoon, SK on Hwy. #16. 1 year warranty on all new, used, and rebuilt parts. Canada’s largest inventory of late model combines & swathers. 1-800-667-4515 www.combineworld.com

Combine ACCessories

WATROUS SALVAGE WaTRoUs, sK. Fax: 306-946-2444

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories 1500 NH COMBINE, W/GAS motor, motor in good running condition, would consider selling motor only. Phone:(204)434-6386. We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Cooperator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800-782-0794.

80-FT. BUCKET ELEVATING LEG w/3 phase 10-HP electric motor. Phone (204)886-3304.

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories POPLAR LANE FARM of Gladstone Repairing, Rebuilding, Servicing, Buying, Selling and Parting Out. JD round balers Contact Gerald Wall (204)385-2347 (204)872-2347

Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd.

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

1-866-729-9876 5150 Richmond Ave. East BRANDON, MB. www.harvestsalvage.ca New, Used & Re-man. Parts

HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES. Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595 charles@arcfab.ca www.arcfab.ca

Tractors Combines Swathers

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

NEW WOBBLE BOXES for JD, IH, MacDon headers. Made in Europe, factory quality. Get it direct from Western Canada’s sole distributor starting at $1,095. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

OPENING: Sunday, December 1 CLOSING: Monday, December 9

30-FT WHITE TANDEM DISC, new front blades, also a New Holland 116 Haybine. Phone Jack: (204)526-2857. Holland, MB. BELT ELEVATOR, 80-ft long w/undercarriage, PTO driven, excellent cond, $7,500; 5 tanks for liquid fertilizer storage, choice of 15,000-gal. or 20,000-gal. capacity. Hutch cleaner w/unload auger. Phone Morris:(204)746-8851. JD 3970 HARVESTER, $8900; NH890, $2500; I-H 781, $2000; JD Hay head, $3000; 3R Corn head, $3000; NH 822 head 2R, $2000; NH 3R adjustable, $3000; I-H 2R corn head, $800; Harsh 350 feed cart, $5000; Mohrlang 420 feed cart on truck, $5000; KR feeder cart, $2000; Snowco feeder 150Bu cart, $750; Haybuster 256+2 bale shredder, $6000; Weigh wagon, $2500. Phone (204)857-8403. PLOWS MELROE AUTORESET 8-18, $3000; 8-16, $3000; 7-18, $3000; 8-16 w/coulters, $4500; White 5F rollover, $3500; I-H 5-16 Semimount, $750; 3-PH JD-4-16, $1000; JD 3F 3-16, $850; JD drainage V-Plow, $1500; VFT rotary pitcher, $1250; Degelman 14-ft rock rake, $7500; Haybuster L-106 picker, $2500; Case 450 skidsteer, 1260-hrs, $18,000; Tractor cab, $600; Phone (204)857-8403. Silage mixer - Cattlac silage mixer in excellent condition, call Garry at (204)250-4796 for more information $17,900. TD9 PARTS FOR SALE including dozer tracks & other misc parts. Phone (204)378-2763.

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443

EQUIPMENT INVENTORY REDUCTION AUCTION

2008 DEGELMAN BALE KING 3100 bale shredder, RH discharge, w/controls, not used last 2 seasons, as new, asking $12,500. Phone (204)534-7401.

Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca FARM MACHINERY Salvage GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB. MURPHY SALVAGE New & used parts for tractors, combines, swathers, square & round balers, tillage, press drills & other misc machinery. MURPHY SALVAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free 1-877-858-2728.

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Tillage AC 3400 DOUBLE DISC (22-in) 34-ft; Powermatic tine harrows 130-ft; 8-in PTO grain auger 56-ft; 10in x 70-ft PTO auger w/hopper; Richard Wilcox 14x20 overhead door 1 glass panel w/hardware; Portable Lincoln welder w/Chrysler 6-cyl engine. Phone toll free 1-866-736-2609 for info.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted EZ-ON MEDIUM DUTY DISC, 20-26-ft, others considered; Late model 5020 JD tractor; NH 1475 haybine; L3 Gleaner combine. Phone:(306)876-4707. WANTED: 80-HP (+) TRACTOR w/ or w/o loader. Phone (204)242-2362. WANTED JD 530 MODEL, row crop; Also looking for an International Super WD6. Phone Gordon (204)268-2392. WANTED: SCALE FOR WEIGHING cattle and/or round bales. Phone (204)548-2932 or (204)648-7383.

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

The Icynene Insulation System® • Sprayed foam insulation • Ideal for shops, barns or homes • Healthier, Quieter, More Energy Efficient®

Tillage & Seeding FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Various

PREVIEW: By appointment • LOADOUT: By appointment Equipment located at multiple locations. See IQBID.com for details AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: JD financing available, contact dealership for details and pre-approval. Hauling is available call dealership for a quote at 605.946.5444.

FOR SALE: JD 610 41-ft. deep tiller w/Summers mulchers & ammonia kit, $12,000 OBO. Phone (204)745-7445. FOR SALE: KUHN ROTOSPIKE tiller w/crumbler, 9-ft. 6-in. wide, 3-pt., 1000 PTO, 2-SPD gear box, great for breaking land up, $6,000 OBO. (204)648-7136

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere FOR SALE: JD 1840 c/w high-low JD 146 loader, 3-PTH, 540/1000 PTO, 6-ft. bucket & bale forks, 8,300-hrs, good running condition, $12,000 OBO. (204)278-3308.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – 2 Wheel Drive STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specializing in JD tractors in need of repair or burnt, or will buy for parts. JD parts available. Phone: 204-466-2927 or cell: 204-871-5170, Austin.

www.penta.ca

1-800-587-4711

IRON & STEEL FULL LINE OF COLORED & galvanized roofing, siding & accessories, structural steel, tubing, plate, angles, flats, rounds etc. Phone:1-800-510-3303, Fouillard Steel Supplies Ltd, St Lazare. New & Used Steel New 9 5/8-in pipe, collar on one end, $9.50/ft.; 1 1/2-in tubing, 95¢/ft. More info & pictures of these products & many more great deals at www.facebook.com/birchcreekdiscountsteel birchcreekenterprises@gmail.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

BRED COW SALE GLADSTONE AUCTION MART Friday, December 6th at 11:00am 175 cows already consigned For more info Phone Gerald at the mart (204)385-2537 The cows should be in by 12:00pm noon on Thursday for preg checking License # 1108

Tractors / Combines / Flex Heads / Corn Heads Planters / Tillage Equip. Self-Propelled & Pull-Type Sprayers / Augers / Skid Steer Loaders / Balers Mower Conditioners / Snowblowers

Big Tractor Parts, Inc.

SD Sales Tax laws apply. Complete terms, lot listings & photos at IQBID.com

RED OR GREEN 1. 10-25% savings on new replacement parts for your Steiger drive train. 2. We rebuild axles, transmissions and dropboxes with ONE YEAR WARRANTY. 3. 50% savings on used parts.

DISPERSAL FOR MCTAVISH FARMS of Moosomin

1-800-982-1769

For more information please call Whitewood Livestock at 306-735-2822 or check our website at www.whitewoodlivestock.com for more information and pictures on this sale

NOTEBOOM IMPLEMENT INVENTORY REDUCTION Contact IQBID Territory Rep. Chris Bair, 605.271.7730

IQBID is a division of Steffes Auctioneers Inc., 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078 Scott Steffes ND81 | 701.237.9173 SteffesAuctioneers.com | IQBID.com

Geared For The Future

STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALIST

www.bigtractorparts.com

Bred Cow & Heifer Sale Friday, December 6, 11 am

Highway #1 West, Whitewood, Sask.

DISPERSAL FOR MEADOWVIEW RANCH of 280 Black and Red cows, few Charolais, includes 130 2nd calvers, May 1st calving. of 100 Charolais cows bred Charolais.

*** Next Bred Sale - December 13th***

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 28, 2013

REGULAR BUTCHER & FEEDER SALE Every Friday 9AM

SPECIAL BRED COW SALE Monday, December 9 Complete herd dispersal booked See next issue for details

NEXT SHEEP & GOAT SALE Wednesday, December 4 @ 1:00 pm

See our ad in the Sheep Section for Sale Details

Gates Open: Mon.-Wed. 8AM-4PM Thurs. 8AM-10PM Friday 8AM-6PM Sat. 8AM-4PM We have 7 to 10 local buyers and orders and 7 to 8 regular order buyers on our market.

“Where Buyers & Sellers Meet” For more information call: 204-694-8328 Jim Christie 204-771-0753 Scott Anderson 204-782-6222 Mike Nernberg 204-807-0747

www.winnipeglivestocksales.com Licence #1122

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford

LIVESTOCK Sheep For Sale

LIVESTOCK Horses – Donkeys

FOR SALE: REGISTERED POLLED Hereford Heifers, bred to calving ease Hereford bull, to start calving in April. Also Registered Black Angus heifers bred to Black Angus bull. Call Don (204)873-2430

PUREBRED CLUN FOREST RAMS for sale. Born March. Ready to breed this fall. All breeding lines from Imported British Genetics. For more information about our Cluns go to www.oakwoodgrange.ca $250-$300. Phone:(204)722-2036. (Virden area)

3, 2013 MAMMOTH JENNY’S for sale, 2 black, 1 blond. Check out: ridgesideredangus.com or Call Don:(204) 422-5216.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Maine-Anjou WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM Annual Female Sale Dec. 7th, 1:00pm Grunthal Auction Mart. Selling 52 PB Red, Black Maine Anjou bred heifers & several commercial bred heifers. Catalogue & videos of the heifers can be viewed www.wilkinridge.blogspot.ca or www.dlms.ca online bidding avail. Visit DLMS website or call Mark Shologan (780)699-5082 for instructions. For more info call Sid Wilkinson (204)373-2631.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental

MONDAY DECEMBER 2

LARRY & LYNN HENRY, EDDYSTONE 204-448-2053 • 180 CHAR X COWS BRED CHAR, DUE IN FEB, MARCH. BLAIR HOPHNER, STE ROSE, MB 204-732-2483 • 55 CHAR X COWS BRED CHAR, DUE FEB 8 THROUGH MARCH • BULLS EXPOSED FOR 7 WEEKS. • 6 Char heifers, 18 - 3 yr olds, Balance 3-4.5 yr old. BRENT LEPLA, STE ROSE DU LAC, MB 204-447-7185 • 40 SIMX HEIFERS, BRED RED ANGUS, DUE MID FEB.

For pictures and videos click on

www.srauction.ca or contact 204-447-2266

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD. Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519

GRUNTHAL, MB.

AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

REGULAR CATTLE SALES every TUESDAY at 9 am Dec 3rd, 10th & 17th Saturday, December 7th Wilkinridge Production Sale 1:00 pm Monday, December 9th Sheep & Goat Sale with Small Animals & Holstein Calves 12:00 Noon Saturday, December 14th Bred Cow Sale 10:00 am

Sales Agent for

HIQUAL INDUSTRIES

We also have a line of Agri-blend all natural products for your livestock needs. (protein tubs, blocks, minerals, etc)

For on farm appraisal of livestock or for marketing information please call

Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250 Auction Mart (204) 434-6519 MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus 20 PB ANGUS COWS & heifers for sale. You pick out of 40+; culls already gone. Call Don (204)422-5216, evenings. Top producing Black and Red Angus Breeders present the 25th Annual Keystone Klassic Red and Black Sale Sat. Dec. 7, 1:00pm at the Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Featuring fancy heifer calves and an elite selection of bred females. For a catalogue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. (PL # 116061) at (306)220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.BuyAgro.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus FOR SALE: REGISTERED BLACK Angus heifers, bred to calving ease Black Angus bull, to start calving in April. Also Registered polled Hereford heifers bred to Hereford bull. Call Don (204)873-2430 HERD DISPERSAL 18 BLACK Angus heifers, 7 young Black Angus cows for sale. Bred to easy calving Black Angus bulls. Will be preg checked & vaccinated. Call Jeff (204)612-1734.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus HAMCO CATTLE CO has for sale a strong group of Red Angus bred heifers, A.I.’d & bull bred to calve Feb, Mar, & April 2014. Contact Albert, Glen, or Larissa Hamilton (204)827-2358 or (204)526-0705 or David Hamilton (204)325-3635.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais PB BULLS & HEIFER calves born Feb & Mar. Also 1 1/2-yr old bulls. Phone Jack: (204)526-2857. Holland, MB.

LIVESTOCK Horses – Donkeys

LIVESTOCK Horses Wanted WANTED: BELGIAN & PERCHERON COLTS/FILLIES Contracting now for 2013 delivery. Serious inquiries only, please. (360) 791-1868

LIVESTOCK Swine Swine Wanted

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123

2 MATURE FEMALE STANDARD Jennys, 2 standard 2013 Jennettes, 1 2013 standard Jack. Good guardians, experienced w/cattle, sheep & goats. Phone:(204)425-3131.

Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds. Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! 1-800-782-0794.

Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad in the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting for your call. 1-800-782-0794.

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

140 SIMMENTAL & SIMMENTAL Charolais cross heifers. Bred Red Angus, home raised, start calving March 25. Full herd health program. Fisher Branch (204)372-6492 or (204)372-8801.

Dealership

FOR SALE: 30 HEAD of PB & percentage Simm heifer calves, weaned since Sept 23rd, vacc & Ivomec’d, weight 725-800-lbs. Boynecrest Stock Farm (204)828-3483 or (204)745-7168 Stephenfield, MB.

Location: 36648 U.S. Hwy 71. Redwood Falls, MN

SIMM/ ANGUS OPEN HEIFERS & Simm open heifers. Contact (204)767-2327. SIMMENTAL & SIMMENTAL RED Angus heifers bred Black for February calving. Phone (204)748-1366

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various 130 BRED HEIFERS, BLACK Angus, Angus Hereford cross, some Red Angus. From our own range calving herd, bred to calving ease, Black Angus & Angus Hereford cross bulls. Start calving mid-Feb. All shots, Ivomec. $1,200. (204)873-2525, Clearwater.

COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL

YOUNG EWES, 100 SUFFOLK Dorset cross, 25 Katahdin Dorper cross, $125 each or trade for bred cows/heifers or lite calves. Call Rick (204)646-2157.

2 CHAR X COWS w/2, two week old calves, $1,200 OBO; 6 Char X cows. Phone (204)825-8354 or (204)825-2784. 80 RED ANGUS CROSS, Charlois cross, due to calve March/Apr. Bred to PB Red Angus. These cows are 2nd calvers & are age verified. Call Ed:(204)385-2672. BRED YEARLING HEIFERS FOR SALE: Red & Black Angus cross. Exposed from Jun 14-Aug 14 to easy calving bulls. Your choice: $1,700/ each; 50 or more, $1,650/each, or $1,600/each for all 90. St. Lazare, MB. Phone: (204) 683-2208. FOR SALE: 15 RED Angus cross Simmental heifers, bred to Red Angus bull, due to calve March/April. Heifers are 1000+ lbs & very deep bodied. Call (204)746-0377 or (204)347-7490, St Malo. FOR SALE: 18 ANGUS Cross cows & heifers, bred to easy calving Black Angus bulls. To start calving May 15. Asking $1450. Phone (204)758-3374, St Jean. FOR SALE: 30 YOUNG cows bred Red Angus, to calve Mar5-Apr30, full vaccination program, $1,600 OBO. Also 6 Red bred heifers. Howard McDonald: (204)834-2931 or (204)724-5673. FOR SALE: AN AWESOME group of fully vacc Red, Red White face, Blacks & Tans Char bred heifers. Bred to proven easy calving Red Angus bulls, hit the ground running & yet wean heavy. My 2012 calves off 1st calf heifers weaned at 635-lb steers & 588-lb heifers, bred for 60 day calving starting Mar 6th, 2014, your pick $1,700. Also have a select package of all black heifers bred to Black Angus 45 day breeding program to start Apr 1st, 2014, your pick $1,750. All heifers have been preg checked using ultrasound. I guarantee if you come to have a look you won’t be disappointed. Call Jason (204)724-6093 or (204)466-2939. FOR SALE: RED ANGUS & Red Angus Cross bred heifers, bred to easy calving Red Angus bulls, March/April calving. Phone: (204) 873-2530 or (204) 825-8419. HERD DISPERSAL OF 40 young Charolais & Charolais cross cows. Bred Charolais for Mar 04 calving. (204)638-8502 or (204)648-5186, Dauphin. LAZY RAINBOW RIVER RANCH has for sale complete herd of 130 heifers, 77 second calvers, 43rd-5th calvers. $1200-1500. Phone (204)372-6945. PUREBRED & COMMERCIAL SIMMENTAL heifer, bred w/A.I. dates. Also 2-yr old polled Simmental bulls. Bruce Firby (204)867-2203, Minnedosa.

TIRED OF THE HIGH COST OF MARKETING YOUR CATTLE?? 800-1000 LBS. Steers & Heifers Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 Ben: 721-3400 Don: 528-3477, 729-7240

Contact: D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110

SHEEP, LAMB & GOAT SALE

Wednesday, December 4 @ 1:00 pm This sale will feature: • Dispersal of 150 open Crossbred Boer Nannies. Excellent quality and condition 2 to 5 years old • Dispersal of 55 Cheviot Ewes x Bred Ewes 3 to 5 years old, vaccinated. Over 200% lambing Bred Ramboulet and Cheviot. For April 1st lambing. • Various consignments of Breeding Rams. • 30 - Ewe Lambs • 90 - 2nd Lambers • 3/4 Dorset, 1/4 Ram Romonof

**Open and Choice Quality**

For more information or to leave an order call: 204-694-8328 or 204-207-0747

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2013 | 10AM AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: JD Financing available upon pre-qualification, for information, 507-644-3571. Live online bidding available on major equipment. Registration, terms, & details at SteffesAuctioneers.com

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Misc. Support Items Snowblowers, Lawn/Garden, ATVS Other Equipment Shredders, Planters & Pull-Type Sprayers Grain Carts & Self-Propelled Sprayers Skid Steer Loaders & Tractors (2WD, MFWD, Track & 4WD) Tillage Equipment Combines, Flex Heads, Corn Heads

TRACK TRACTORS 2012 JD 9560RT, deluxe cab, leather, JDLink, 1,044 hrs., warranty til Feb. 1, 2014, ext. warranty til Feb. 1, 2015, S/NRW9560RCCP901120 2005 JD 9620T, deluxe cab, buddy seat, powershift, 1,892 hrs., S/NRW9620T905131 2002 JD 9520T, 36” tracks, 5,154 hrs., S/NRW9520T900118 2007 JD 8430T, 3,149 hrs., S/N8430T903057 4WD TRACTORS 2011 JD 9630, 1,650 hrs., S/N1RW9630PC8P023231 2007 Case-IH 9330, 2,855 hrs., S/NZ7F103156 1998 JD 9200, 5,332 hrs., S/NRW9200H010263 1996 Case-IH 9350, 7,905 hrs., S/NJEE0035653 1995 JD 8770, 5,788 hrs., S/NRW8770H002890 1989 JD 8760, 6,480 hrs., S/NRW8760H002058 1989 JD 8760, 6,275 hrs., S/NRW8760H001771

FLEX HEADS 2007 JD 635 flex head, S/NH00635F721313 2005 JD 635 flex head, 35’, S/NH00635F712117 2004 JD 635 flex head, S/NH00635F706790 2006 JD 630 flex head, S/NH00630F716332 2005 JD 630 flex head, 30’, S/NH00630F712267 2005 JD 630 flex head, 30’, S/NH00630F711231 2004 JD 630 flex head, S/NH00630F706172 2004 JD 630 flex head, S/NH00630F706112 2004 JD 630 flex head, 30’, S/NH00630F708065 2001 JD 930 flex head, 30’, S/NH00930F691242 1996 JD 930 flex head, S/NH00930F666993 1995 JD 930 flex head, S/NH00930F661820 1993 JD 925 flex head, S/NH00925F641130 1990 JD 920 flex head, S/NH00920F636819 1989 JD 920 flex head, S/NH00920F631751

CORN HEADS 2011 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x20”, knife rolls, S/N1H0612CCHB0740326 2010 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x30”, MFWD TRACTORS 2012 JD 8335R, shows 674 hrs., factory warranty til knife rolls, S/N1H0612CCAA735719 May 17, 2014, extended warranty til May 17, 2015, 2010 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x30”, knife rolls, S/N1H0612CCEA0735661 S/N1RW8335RLCD057859 2009 JD 608C chopping corn head, 8x30”, 2009 JD 8245R, 1,553 hrs., S/NRW8245R001168 knife rolls, S/NH0608CC730398 2000 JD 8110, 5,099 hrs., S/NRW8110P004606 2009 JD 608C chopping corn head, 8x30”, 1998 JD 6410, S/NL06410V211771 knife rolls, S/NH0608CC725283 1988 JD 4850, 7,576 hrs., S/NRW4850P012855 2012 JD 606C chopping corn head, 6x30”, 1983 JD 4050, 6,005 hrs., S/NRW4050P001049 2008 Kubota, LA 1153 loader, 72” bucket, 475 hrs., knife rolls, S/N1H00606CLCC745533 1998 JD 893 corn head, 8x30”, regular rolls, S/N56726 S/NH00893X676342 2WD TRACTORS 1993 JD 7800, Westendorf WL42 loader, 96” bucket, JD 843 corn head, oil drive, 8x30”, regular rolls 5,420 hrs., S/NRW7800P001719 GRAIN CARTS & GRAVITY BOXES 1973 JD 4030, Allied hyd. loader, 4,387 hrs., 2009 Parker 938 grain cart, 1,000 bu., 18” auger, S/N0102492R set up on tracks, S/NB25800158 2006 Brent 780 grain cart, S/NB22390134 SKID STEER LOADERS 2001 Killbros 690 grain cart, S/ND19360125 2010 JD 320D skid steer loader, 2,980 hrs., Brent 776 grain cart, S/NB19700102 S/NT0320DA182043 Demco 275 gravity box 2006 JD 325B skid steer loader, 2,054 hrs., 1985 A&L 450 grain cart, S/N83712 S/NT00325B129985 COMBINES 2010 JD 9870, STS, Contour-Master, 1,128 sep. hrs., 1,410 engine hrs., S/N1H09870SVA0736000 2010 JD 9770, STS, Contour-Master, 935 sep. hrs., shows 1,275 engine hrs., S/N1H09770SAA0735787 2009 Case-IH 7088, 891 sep. hrs., 1,242 engine hrs., S/NY8G000232 2006 JD 9860, STS, Contour-Master, 1,610 sep. hrs., 2,150 engine hrs., S/NH09860S716112 2004 JD 9760, STS, Contour-Master, 1,658 sep. hrs., 2,220 engine hrs., S/NH09760S706159 2000 JD 9750, STS, 2,807 sep. hrs., 3,997 engine hrs., S/NH09750S685651 2000 JD 9650, Walker, 1,800 sep. hrs., 2,690 engine hrs., S/NH09650W685943 1999 JD 9610, DAM, DAS, 2,507 sep. hrs., 3,698 engine hrs., S/NH09610X680562 1998 JD 9610, DAM, DAS, Contour-Master, 3,534 sep. hrs., 5,635 engine hrs., S/NH09610X677445 1997 JD 9600, DAM, DAS, 2,867 sep. hrs., 4,231 engine hrs., S/NH09600X673219 1994 JD 9400, DAM, DAS, 2,567 sep. hrs., 3,807 engine hrs., S/NH09400X644222

PLANTERS 2003 JD 1770 planter, 24x30”, S/NA01770B705160 2002 White 8222 vacuum planter, 12x30”, S/NHL22200131 1997 Case-IH 955 planter, 12x30”, S/NJAG1011640 1996 JD 7200 front-fold vacuum planter, 2 pt., S/NH07200D665404 1992 JD 7300 vertical fold vacuum planter, 24x22” 1992 JD 7200 front-fold vacuum planter, 16x30”, S/NH07200D502135

FIELD CULTIVATORS & HARROW 2011 JD 2310 field cultivator, 45-1/2’ 2010 JD 2210 field cultivator, 58-1/2’ 2006 JD 2210 field cultivator, 50’ 2002 DMI Tiger II field cultivator, 50-1/2’ 2012 Summers Super Harrow Plus, 60’ FLAIL SHREDDERS Balzer 2000 flail shredder, 20’ 1997 Hiniker 1700 flail shredder, 20’ 2008 JD 520 flail shredder, 20’ 2007 JD 520 flail shredder, 20’ 1998 JD 220 flail shredder, 20’ 1995 JD 120 flail shredder, 20’ 1993 JD 120 flail shredder, 20’ SUGARBEET EQUIPMENT 2004 Amity defoliator, 12x22”, S/ND247904 1998 WIC R998 harvester, 8x22”, S/NH296199 SELF-PROPELLED & PULL-TYPE SPRAYER 2003 Eagle 8500 self-propelled sprayer, 80’ boom, 1,000 gal. SS tank, S/N8500JM85120 1997 JD 4700 self-propelled sprayer, 60’ boom, 750 gal. SS tank, S/NN04700X000161 1993 Ag Chem 664 Rogator self-propelled sprayer, 80’ fast boom, 660 gal. poly tank, S/N6400933 2002 Redball 670 pull-type sprayer, 90’ boom, 1,200 gal. poly tank, S/N02-01049 2000 Wil-Rich sprayer, 3 pt., 80’ boom, 500 gal. poly tank, S/N453469 1998 Wil-Rich 1000 pull-type sprayer, 80’ boom, 1,000 gal. tank, S/N451523 Broyhill 9690 pull-type sprayer, 60’ boom, 1,000 gal. poly tank BALERS 2000 JD 566 round baler 1996 JD 435 baler, S/NE00435X990644 OTHER EQUIPMENT 2006 Maurer HT32 single axle header trailer, 30’ 2008 Friesen 240BWT seed tender Summers reel-type rockpicker, 3 bat SNOWBLOWERS 1989 JD TRS24 walk-behind snowblower, 24” cut 1986 JD 826 walk-behind snowblower, 26” cut Toro 724 walk-behind snowblower, 24” cut

ATVS & LAWN/GARDEN 2011 JD Gator 825I Camo, 4x4, 369 miles 2007 Arctic Cat Prowler, 3,120 miles TANDEM DISC & CHISEL PLOWS 2011 Wishek 862LNT tandem disc, 38’, 13” space, 2010 JD X500 lawn tractor, 48” deck, 352 hrs. 2002 JD X485 lawn tractor, liquid-cooled 25 hp., S/NAGCW0862TCX030081 hydro, 62” deck, power flow bagger, shows 775 hrs. 2011 JD 2410 chisel plow, 44’, 12” spacing, 2000 JD 445 lawn tractor, 60” deck,1,575 hrs., S/N1N02410XCB0740495 S/NM00445C081981 Hiniker chisel plow, 25’, S/NCP11393 2006 Toro GT2200 lawn tractor, 50” deck, 250 hrs. 2005 JD L111 lawn tractor, 42” deck, shows 828 hrs. DISC RIPPERS JD 727A Z-Trak lawn tractor, 54” deck, 680 hrs. 2008 JD 2700 disc ripper, S/N8242 2002 JD F725 front deck lawn tractor, 54” deck 2004 JD 2700 disc ripper, S/NN02700X001997 2005 Snapper HZT zero turn lawn tractor, 48” deck 2002 JD 2700 disc ripper, S/NN02700X00484 Artsway 72A grooming mower, 72”, 3 pt. 2001 JD 2700 disc ripper, S/NN02700X000983 2004 JD broom, 60”, mounts for JD 2210 compact 2008 JD 512 disc ripper, S/NN00512X012377 tractor 2007 JD 512 disc ripper, S/NN00512X010115 FLEX HEADS AC C, NF, PTO, Woods 60” belly mower 2000 JD 512 disc ripper, S/NN00512X000508 2011 JD 635 flex head, S/NH00635FTB0742103 2011 JD 635 flex head, 35’, S/NH00635FVB0741525 1999 JD 512 disc ripper, S/NN00512X000108 DMI EcoloChamp ripper, S/N121849 2010 JD 635 flex head, S/NH00635FJA0737342

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TRACK TRACTORS 2011 JD 9630T, 36” 5500 Series tracks, shows 1,546 hrs., S/N1RW9630TJBP914204 2010 JD 9630T, 36” tracks, show 2,106 hrs., S/N912431 2010 JD 8345RT, 25” tracks, shows 1,200 hrs., S/N901231 2001 JD 9400T, 36” tracks, shows 4,440 hrs., S/N902091 1997 Caterpillar 85D Challenger, 1 25” tracks, 100 hrs. on New Solideal Tiger tread, shows 9,399 hrs., S/N4GR00882 4WD TRACTORS 2012 JD 9560R, shows 527 hrs., warranty til April 7, 2014, PowerGard warranty til April 7, 2015 2012 JD 9560R, S/N1RW9560RTCP001920 2012 JD 9360R, shows 1,089 hrs., warranty til March 21, 2014, PowerGard warranty til March 21, 2015, S/N002027 2011 JD 9630, shows 1,077 hrs., S/N1RW9630PCBP024928 2007 JD 9620, shows 4,582 hrs., S/NRW9620P050659 1988 Versatile 936, 4,499 hrs., S/N330918 MFWD TRACTORS

2010 JD 8345R, MFWD, shows 2,413 hrs., S/N1RW8345RKAD011573 2012 JD 8335R, MFWD, shows 788 hrs., warranty til Sept. 7, 2014, S/N062735 2010 JD 8295R, MFWD, shows 1,650 hrs., S/N003993 2009 JD 8270R, MFWD, shows 1,550 hrs., S/N003026 2012 JD 8260R, MFWD, shows 766 hrs., S/N1RW8260RECD057553 2011 JD 8225R, MFWD, shows 1,714 hrs., S/N1RWR8225RJAD010934 2011 JD 7215, MFWD, shows 417 hrs., warranty til Dec. 29, 2013, PowerGard warranty til Dec. 28, 2016, S/N002680 Kubota B7300, MFWD, 60” mower deck, loader, 625 hrs. 2WD TRACTORS & LOADERS AC 180, diesel, 3 pt., PTO, Farmhand F21 loader 1978 IHC 666, gas, Dual loader, 540 PTO 1970 AC 190XT, Koyker 500 loader, quick tach 8’ bucket, S/N12768 1959 Case 900, wide front, 6,023 hrs., not running 1948 Farmall 400 with loader, needs radiator shield MF 30E industrial tractor, cab, 540 PTO, loader, 2,573 hrs. IHC H, narrow front IHC Super M, wide front, S/NF28728J IHC Super MTA, wide front, power steering 2002 Buhler Allied 995 self-leveling loader, 102” quick tach bucket, tractor hyd., brackets for JD 8000 Series, S/N20029950012 Dual loader, 5’ bucket, front drive hyd. pump Farmhand F11 loader, 8’ bucket, Quick tach bucket w/grapple, 6’, New COMBINES 2011 JD 9870, STS, 440 sep./728 engine hrs., S/N1H09870S1B0740448 TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed. ND Sales Tax laws apply. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facility border transfer.

2010 JD 9870, STS, 697 sep./936 engine hrs., S/N1H09870SCA0736223 2010 JD 9870, STS, 1,148 sep./1,442 engine hrs., S/N735976 2010 JD 9870, STS, 1,840 sep./2,469 engine hrs., S/N735840 2009 JD 9870, STS, 477 sep./shows 672 engine hrs., S/NH09870S731097 2004 JD 9860, 1,988 sep./2,758 engine hrs., S/N705838 2011 JD 9770, 1,075 sep./1,560 engine hrs., S/N740790 2010 JD 9770, STS, 998 sep./1,350 engine hrs., S/N735349 2010 JD 9770, STS, 1,269 sep./1,689 engine hrs., S/N736532 2010 JD 9770, STS, 1,273 sep./1,624 engine hrs., S/N736902 2009 JD 9770, STS, 1,379 sep./1,925 engine hrs., S/N731329 2009 JD 9770, STS, 1,510 sep./2,126 engine hrs., S/N731603 2008 JD 9770, STS, 1,653 sep./2,603 engine hrs., complete JD maint. Prgm in place, S/N725722 2011 JD 9670, 877 sep./1,197 engine hrs., S/N740473 2009 JD 9670, STS, 545 sep./728 engine hrs., S/NH09670S730928 2005 JD 9760, STS, 1,996 sep./2,832 engine hrs., S/N711811 2004 JD 9760, 2,066 sep./2,957 engine hrs., S/N706026 2001 JD 9650, Level Land, 2,902 sep./3,901 engine hrs., S/N690844 1992 JD 9600, DHH, DAS, 3,006 sep./4,405 engine hrs., S/N646222 1991 JD 9600, DAM, RS, 3,155 sep./4,586 engine hrs., S/N642070 HEADS 2011 JD 635F flex head, 35’, S/N1H00635FJB0741554 2010 JD 635 flex head, 35’, S/N737282 2010 JD 635 flex head, 35’, S/N736863 2010 JD 635 flex head, 35’, S/N737606 2009 JD 635 flex head, 35’, wind bar, S/N730577 2009 JD 635 flex head, 35’, S/N730770 2009 JD 635 flex head, 35’, S/N732141 2008 JD 635 flex head, 35’, S/N726184 2008 JD 635 flex head, 35’, S/NH00635F726788 2008 JD 635 flex head, 35’, S/NH00635F726787 2008 JD 635 flex head, 35’, S/NH00635F726068 2007 JD 635 flex head, fore/aft, poly, stubble lights 2006 JD 635 flex head, 35’, S/N716112 2005 JD 635 flex head, S/NH00635F712069 2003 JD 930 flex head, 30’, S/NH00930F702473 2001 JD 930 flex head, 30’, S/N692303 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 30’, S/N225364 2004 JD 936D draper head, fore/aft 2011 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x22”, S/N740124 2011 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x22”, S/N740301 2010 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x22”, S/N735850 2010 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x30” 2010 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x22”, S/N735689 2009 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x30”, S/N730162

Red River Valley Fairgrounds, 1805 West Main Ave, West Fargo, ND. I-94 & Exit 343. Enter Fairground from the East at Grand Stand Avenue.

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2008 JD 608C chopping corn head, 8x30”, S/N725256 2004 Geringhoff RD chopping corn head, 12x22” 2003 Geringhoff RD chopping corn head, 12x22”, S/N937921222 2004 JD 893 corn head, S/N705619 1990 JD 843 corn head, 8x30”, S/N640812 1987 JD 643 corn head, 10x22”, S/N625478 JD 643 corn head, oil bath, S/N569283 JD corn head, 10x22”, S/N625771 2002 JD 914P pickup head, 7-belt pickup, single pt. hookup 2001 JD 914P pickup head, 7-belt pickup, single pt. hookup GRAIN CARTS 2012 Brent 1194 grain cart, 1,100 bu., S/NB29230134 2007 Brent 1084 grain cart, 1,000 bu., S/NB22610126 2004 Brent 1084 grain cart, 1,100 bu., S/N18500132 2003 Balzer 1250 grain cart, 1,250 bu., S/N33-0503 AIR DRILLS 2005 JD 1890 air drill, 42-1/2’, 7-1/2” & 15” spacing, JD 1910 towbetween commodity cart, 270 bu., cart S/N710289, drill, S/N710257 1997 JD 1850 no till drill, 42’, 7-1/2” spacing, JD 1900 tow-between commodity cart, S/NH01850X670731 2002 Concord ATX50 air drill, 50’, ADX3360 towbehind commodity cart, twin compartment, varirate, 10” hyd. 1993 Flexi-Coil 1610 Plus pull-behind cart, 160 bu. JD 777 commodity cart PLANTERS 2010 JD DB80, 32x30”, S/N1A0DB80XKAM740108 2009 JD DB90, 36x30”, S/NA0DB90X735107 2004 JD DB58 planter, S/N705102 2002 Wil-Rich 2200 pulltype planter, S/N461851 FIELD CULT. 2008 JD 2210 field cultivator, 50-1/2’, 6” space, 7” sweeps, S/N006141 2007 JD 2210 field cultivator, 49-1/2’, 6” space, 7” sweeps, S/N004112 1998 Wil-Rich Quad 5 field cultivator, 45’ 1998 DMI Tigermate II field cultivator, 54-1/2’, 6” space, 7” sweeps, S/N820244 CHISEL PLOWS 2012 JD 2410 chisel plow, 33’, 16” space, S/N745750 2009 Summers chisel plow, 30’ 2009 Wil-Rich 5800 chisel plow, 61’, 30” space, S/N458848 JD 610 chisel plow, 23’, flat-fold TANDEM DISCS 2012 JD 637 tandem disc, 45’, 5-section fold, 9” space, S/N745419 Hutchmaster tandem disc, 36’, 9” space Krause rock flex tandem offset disc, 26’ OTHER TILLAGE EQUIPMENT 2013 land roller, 38’, 36” OD 1/2” thick drums, New 2009 JD 2700 disc ripper, 18’, 9-shank, 24” space, S/N01047 2001 JD 2700 disc ripper, 18’, 9-shank, 24” space, S/N000415 Wil-Rich 2900 auto reset plow, 6x18” Flexi-Coil S-tine harrow packer, 50’

JD 724 soil finisher, 30’, 5-bar harrow Freedom cultivator, 5’, 3 pt. SLEEPER SEMI TRACTORS 2007 IHC 9400I, mid-rise 72” sleeper, 435 hp., 230” WB, red 2007 Freightliner CL120, 70” mid-roof sleeper, 410470 hp., 236” WB 2007 Freightliner CL120, 48” mid-roof sleeper, 450 hp., 224” WB 2000 Freightliner Century Class, sleeper, 10 spd., 235” WB (2) 1999 IHC 9200 Eagle, 48” mid-roof integral sleepers, 380 hp., 212” WB 1998 Peterbilt 379 American Classic, 64” mid-roof Unibuilt sleeper, 435 hp. 250” WB 1997 Volvo, integral sleeper, M11 Cummins, 370 hp., 200” WB NON-SLEEPER SEMI TRACTORS 2006 Mack CH613, E6 Mack, 385 hp., 13 spd., 202” WB 2006 Peterbilt 385, C13 Cat, 10 spd. 178” WB (2) 2005 Peterbilt 385, day cabs, 430 hp., 10 spd., 190” WB 2005 Mack CXN612, AC 427, 427 hp., Eaton Fuller 10 spd., 234” WB 2004 Freightliner Columbia, 60 Series Detroit, 10 spd. (2) 2004 Peterbilt 385, day cabs, C13 Cat, 430 hp., 10 spd.,190” WB 2002 Freightliner FLD120, C12 Cat, Eaton Fuller 10 spd., 212” WB 2002 Freightliner FLC120 Classic, ISM Cummins, 380 hp., Eaton Fuller 10 spd., 210” WB 2000 IHC 9400I, 60 Series Detroit, 500 hp., 18 spd., 260” WB 1998 Freightliner FLD120, 60 Series Detroit, Eaton Fuller RTLO16713A, 208” WB 1998 Freightliner FLC112, M11 Cummins, Meritor 18 spd. automatic, 186” WB 1998 Kenworth T800B, M11 Cummins, 370 hp., Eaton Fuller 9 spd., 1998 IHC 9200, M11 Cummins, 9 spd.,167” WB 1998 Peterbilt 385, C12 Cat, Eaton Fuller 10 spd., 234” WB 1998 Peterbilt 385, M11 Cummins, 9 spd., 186” WB 1996 Peterbilt 385, day cab, 3176 Cat, 10 spd. 1996 Freightliner FLD112, N14 Cummins, 500 hp., Eaton Fuller 15 spd., 174” WB 1996 Freightliner FLD120, 3406 Cat, 410 hp., Rockwell RMX10145A, 222” WB 1988 Kenworth T800, twin screw, heavy spec, Cat engine, 13 spd., 262” WB Mack CX612 Vision single axle, Mack turbo diesel, 10 spd. Peterbilt 379 twin screw, 3406 Cat, 15 spd., 230” WB GRAVEL TRUCK & BOX TRUCKS 2007 Peterbilt 330, Cat, 300 hp., 10 spd., factory double-framed, New 20’ Frontier box, hoist, New tarp, combo gate, blue 2001 Freightliner FLD, C12 Cat, 410 hp., 10 spd., double-framed, New 20’ Frontier box, hoist, combo gate, rear controls, red 1992 Ford L8000 single axle, 8.3 liter Ford, 5&2 spd., spring ride, 174” WB, gravel box, snow plow, rear hyd., pintle hitch, shows 74,068 miles

1991 Freightliner FLC112 manure spreader truck, N14 Cummins, Rockwell 9 spd., spring ride, 230” WB, Mohrlang XHD20 box, double beater, hyd. gate 1989 Peterbilt 375 manure spreader truck, Cat engine, Eaton Fuller 9 spd., air ride, double-framed, 18’6” body, 248” WB 1987 Ford L9000 twin screw, 16’ Crysteel box, hoist, poly liner 1974 Ford 880 twin screw, 477 gas, 5&4 spd., 19’ Westgo box, hoist, roll tarp 1974 Chevrolet C60 single axle, 350 gas, 16’ box, hoist, roll tarp, shows 59,515 miles 1966 GMC 4000 single axle, V6 gas, 4 spd., 15’ box, hoist, shows 136,130 miles VAN TRUCKS 2005 Chevrolet 3500 Express cutaway van, w/service body 2003 GMC C4500, Duramax, automatic, 16’ van body, lift gate 2003 GMC C4500, Duramax, automatic, 16’ van body, lift gate 1999 Isuzu NQR, diesel, automatic, 16’ van body, lift gate CAB/CHASSIS & OTHER TRUCKS 2001 Freightliner FL70 single axle day cab, 238” WB 1996 IHC 4700 single axle, EZ Loader implement bed 1995 Freightliner 112 tag tandem, 370 hp., 9 spd., 192” WB 1992 IHC 7100 single axle, DT466, 144” WB 1971 Chevrolet 2-1/2 ton dually, gas, 12’ flatbed HOPPER BOTTOM TRAILERS 2008 Maurer hopper bottom, 42’, ag hopper, electric roll tarp, spring ride, side sight glass 2005 Wilson hopper bottom, 43’x96”x66” sides, air ride, split tub, SS corners 1999 Wilson hopper bottom, 42’, non-ag hoppers, air ride, ABS brakes 1995 Jet tandem axle hopper bottom, 30’, roll tarp, spring ride, side chutes 1980 Timpte hopper bottom, 40’x96”x66” sides, spring ride, roll tarp, S/N48612 PICKUPS 2005 Ford F450 XLT Super Duty, 8’x11’ flatbed 2004 Ford F350 XL crew cab dually, 4WD 2002 Ford F350, 1 ton dually, service body 2001 Ford F150, Super Crew cab, short box 1999 Chevrolet Silverado, 1/2 ton 1994 Ford F150, std. cab, 8’ box, 2WD 1994 Ford Ranger, ext. cab, 5 spd., 4WD 1990 Chevrolet, 1 ton dually, 2WD, 8’x12’ flatbed 1989 GMC, 1 ton, crew cab, 2WD, aluminum 9’x8’ flatbed 1974 Chevrolet, std. cab, 4WD, 8’ flatbed, wired with mount for Boss snow plow HOPPER BOTTOM TRAILERS (3) 2011 Wilson hopper bottom trailers, 43’x96”x78” sides 2010 Timpte hopper bottom, 34’x96”x72” sides 2009 Timpte hopper bottom, 42’x96”x66” sides 2008 Maurer hopper bottom, 42’, ag hopper

2006 Timpte hopper bottom, 42’, ag hopper 2005 Wilson hopper bottom, 43’x96”x66” sides 2002 Loadhandler steel hopper bottom, 38’ 1999 Wilson hopper bottom, 42’, non-ag hoppers 1995 Jet tandem axle hopper bottom, 30’ 1980 Timpte hopper bottom, 40’x96”x66” sides, S/N48612 DROP DECK & FLATBED TRAILERS 2007 PJ drop deck, 53’x102”, spread axle, wood floor, winches 1996 Fontaine drop deck, 48’x102”, steel spread axle, wood deck, air ride 2000 Wilson flatbed, 48’, air ride 1996 Transcraft TL2000 flatbed, 48’x96” wide, air ride, spread axle 1995 Wilson flatbed, 48’, air ride 1992 Butler, 21’x102” wide, dual tandem axle, pintle hitch, 5’ beavertail & ramps, spring ride, air brakes 1988 Utility flatbed, 48’, spring ride, tandem slider HEADER TRAILERS (3) Header trailers, 36’, New Header trailer, 32’, New (5) Header trailers, 35’, New (3) Header trailers, 30’, New SELF-PROPELLED & PULL-TYPE SPRAYERS To include: ’12 JD 4940, ’08 JD 4930, ’10 JD 4830, (2) ’08 JD 4830, ’11 JD 4730, ‘09 Miller Nitro 200, ‘00 Summers Ultimate NT DRY SPREADER 1995 Ag Chem TerraGator 1803, 60’ boom, shows 4,722 hrs., S/N1837015 HEAVY EQUIP. 2007 Caterpillar 924G wheel loader, high lift, aux. hyd., ride control, quick attach & bucket, S/NDVA03785 1994 Komatsu WA-250-1 wheel loader, CAH, ACS quick tach bucket & forks, 20.5-25 tires, 8,950 hrs. 2005 Gehl AWS 280, cab w/ heat, Yanmar 4 cyl. diesel, 2 spd., joystick controls, 3rd hyd., AM/FM/CD, skid plate quick tach, dirt bucket, 12.5/80R18 tires at 90%, shows 2,285 hrs., parts & service manual included, S/N341020185 2000 JD 310SE tractor loader backhoe, cab, heat, JD turbo diesel, 80 net hp., 4WD, 24” hoe bucket, GP loader, standard stick, 4,000 hrs., S/NT0310SE892214 1983 JD 710B loader backhoe, cab, bucket & hoe bucket FORKLIFTS & BOOM LIFTS 2000 Lull rough terrain forklift, 10,000 lb. cap. JD 482C rough terrain forklift, 4x4, 48” forks, S/N798751 1975 JD 480BD rough terrain tractor-style forklift Clark forklift, LP, 16’ reach, 4,500 lb. lift cap. Forklift, 6 cyl. gas, 6,000 lb. Lull 1044C-54 boom lift, cab, heat, 4x4, 5,803 hrs 1992 JLG 60HA manlift boom, 60’, gas, 4x4, engine remfg. at 12,000 hrs., S/N30016283 CHEMICAL/ FERTILIZER & NH3 EQUIPMENT 2004 Bourgault LFC1800 cone bottom fertilizer cart, 500 gal. horizontal

poly tank mounted on front, electric clutch & fertilizer pump, wiring, harness, tires 80% Tandem axle bumper hitch fertilizer spreader, 8 ton, tires at 60% (2) John Blue CDS squeeze pumps, 37 tube run, used for liquid fertilizer w/Banjo fittings 110 gal. poly chemical tank, 12v pump, shut-off valve (2) 1,000 gal. NH3 tank, flotation tires, no valves or hoses SKID STEER LOADERS 2008 JD CT332 track skid steer loader, 84” bucket, 18” tracks, 741 hrs., S/N170354 2006 Case 430 skid steer loader, shows 2,990 hrs. Melroe T190 skid steer loader, 2,900 hrs. LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT Brady grinder mixer,, 540 PTO (40) 10’ portable interlocking corral panels, New, sold price per panel (120) 20’ continuous fence panels, 6-bar, w/ connectors & caps, New, sold price per panel, have to take 10 (8) Rubber tire water tanks, 200-400 gal. (2) Silage feeders, New Hay feeder, New Steel fence T-posts Pallet horse tack (2) Pallets T-posts, approx. 150 each pallet GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPEMNT Kwik Kleen grain cleaner, 7 tube, 7.5 hp. electric Rotary grain cleaner screens Kongskilde grain vac Walinga 510 grain vac, tubes & cleanup package Feterl commercial auger,, 86’x12” Hutchinson auger, 85’x12” 2010 Westfield takeout auger, 36’x10” Drill fill augers, steel flighting (2) Drill fills w/hyd. augers SCRAPERS & BLADES Pull-type box scraper, 10’, angle tilt, New Pull-type box scraper, 12’, New (6) Box scrapers,, 10’, New (4) Box scrapers,, 12’, New Bush Hog pull-type box blade, 10’ Weisgram Mfg. snow push blade, 18’, bucket mount, rubber blade (2) Blades, 9’, 3 pt., New (2) Blades,, 10’, 3 pt., New Blade, 72”, 3 pt., for utility tractor UTV snow plow, 6’

ALSO TO INCLUDE:

OTHER TRAILERS ATTACHMENTS, CONST. ITEMS SKID STEER LOADER ATTACHMENTS SKID STEER LOADER TRACKS, TIRES, RIMS TRUCK ACCESSORIES LAWN & GARDEN AERATION EQUIP. SNOWBLOWERS OTHER EQUIPMENT VEHICLES & RECREATION SHOP EQUIPMENT TANKS, TIRES ENGINES & MOTORS PARTS & MISC. ITEMS

Auctioneers & Clerk Steffes Auctioneers Inc., 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078 Scott Steffes ND81, Brad Olstad ND319, Bob Steffes ND82, Max Steffes ND999, Ashley Huhn ND843, Eric Gabrielson ND890, Randy Kath ND894 | 701.237.9173 | SteffesAuctioneers.com | IQBID.com

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LIVESTOCK Livestock Equipment

ORGANIC Organic – Grains

ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind generators, aeration. Carl Driedger, (204)556-2346 or (204)851-0145, Virden. FOR SALE: 2 NEWLY rebuilt Bobsleighs w/2.5-in wide runners for horses, $1000 each OBO; 1 smaller Bobsleigh, newly built, $500; 1 single horse cutter, almost new, $300. Call Leon (204)866-4141. FOR SALE: BALE KING 3100 Bale processor, excellent condition, will do partial trade for JD-4240 or JD-4040 w/loader. HAY FOR SALE: 1400-lb ALFALFA/Brome round bales. Phone:(204)733-2436, Ochre River. KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING System, provides water in remote areas, improves water quality, increases pasture productivity, extends dugout life. St. Claude/Portage, 204-379-2763.

12V. or Hydraulic Electronic Scale Opt.

Bioriginal Food & Science Corp., based in Saskatoon, is actively buying Organic Flax from the 2013 crop year. If interested, please send an 8lb sample* to the following address: Attn: Sandy Jolicoeur Bioriginal Food & Science Corp. 102 Melville Street Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7J 0R1

www.ezefeeder.ca

MUSICAL FOR ALL YOUR MUSICAL instruments & accessories, shop Hildebrand Music, Portage La Prairie Mall. (204)857-3172. Large variety of student & professional instruments, famous name brands, new arrivals weekly, strings, sound equip, keyboards, percussion, band & wireless.

For more information, please contact Sandy at:

306-975-9251 306-975-1166 purchasing@bioriginal.com

ORGANIC Organic – Grains M&M ORGANIC MARKETING: Now buying milling oats & these feed grains: oats, flax, soybeans, peas. Phone:(204)379-2451.

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE Cottages & Lots LAKEFRONT COTTAGE AT LAKE of the Prairies: 1,104-sq.ft, w/full finished walkout basement. 3bdrms, 3-bths, Vaulted ceiling. Low maintenance exterior, Deck, Infloor Heat & FA furnace. Built 2013. $395,000.00 Karen Goraluk, Salesperson. Northstar Ins. & Real Estate. (204)773-6797. www.north-star.ca LAKEVIEW COTTAGE AT LAKE of the Prairies: 864-sq.ft w/3-bdrms, 1-bth. Deck, Great View, Well, Septic holding tank. $155,000.00. Karen Goraluk, Salesperson. Northstar Ins. & Real Estate. (204)773-6797. www.north-star.ca

REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots 1,400-SQFT HOME, FULL BASEMENT, attached & detached garage, 4 other bldgs, 2-ac lot, garden plots, shows like new. Phone:(204)768-3044 or (204)302-9106. READY TO MOVE HOMES -1,320-sqft, 3 bdrm, master bedroom has ensuite & walk-in closet, main floor laundry, kitchen has island & corner pantry. $75,000. Call MARVIN HOMES INC: (204)326-1493 or (204)355-8484. Steinbach, MB www.marvinhomes.ca

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GRAIN & CATTLE FARMS wanted for both overseas & Canadian buyers. Call me to discuss all options & current farmland market prices. Rick Taylor: (204)867-7551. rtaylor@homelife.com Homelife Realty, Brandon, MB.

LARRY & PHYLLIS HENRY of Ste. Rose du Lac, MB intends to sell private lands: NE 31-24-12W, NE 30-2412W, SW 32-24-12W to John & Deana Martin & Katherine Lansdell who intend to acquire the following agricultural Crown land leases: Sec 7-23-11W, S1/2 18-23-11W, W1/2 20-24-12W Sec 29-24-12W, S1/2 31-24-12W, NW 31-24-12W, W1/2 31-24-12W, NE 18-23-18W, W1/2 1225-31W by Unit Transfer. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this purchaser please write to: Director, MAFRI, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578.

640-ACS PICTURESQUE FARM LAND adjacent to Turtle Mountain near Boissevain in the RM of Morton. All land is well drained, could all be broken, or left for good wildlife viewing, or wildlife hunting. Can be purchased as a package or in separate units. SW 3-2-20 80-acs, 50-acs broke, rest wooded pasture, w/10-yr old home, 2,400+ sq.ft., 30-ft.x80-ft. biotech; SW 3-2-20 80-acs w/50-acs broke, the rest wooded pasture, w/restored older home, 3,900+ sq.ft.; NW 3-2-20 160-acs w/69-acs broke, the rest partially wooded pasture; NE 4-2-20 160-acs w/94-acs broke, rest partially wooded pastures; SE 4-2-20 160-acs w/125-acs broke, rest wooded pasture. (204)534-6979

*Please state the Variety & Quantity for Sale

MISSING A GREAT RELATIONSHIP? CANDLELIGHT MATCHMAKERS can help. Confidential, Photos & Profiles to selected matches, Affordable, Local. Serving MB, SK, NW Ontario. Call/Write for info: Box 212, Roland, MB, R0G 1T0, (204)343-2475.

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ROY FORSYTH OF EDDYSTONE, MB intends to sell private lands: NE 01-25-13W, SW 06-25-12W, SW 0825-13W to John & Deana Martin & Katherine Lansdell, who intend to acquire the following agricultural Crown land leases: SW 05-25-12W, N1/2 10-25-13W, SE 1825-12W, Section 11-25-13W, Section 35-24-13W, NW 13-25-13W, NW 07-25-12W, S1/2 13-25-13W, NW 0125-13W, E1/2 14-25-13W, Section 02-25-13W by Unit Transfer. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this purchaser please write to: Director, MAFRI, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578.

FARM LAND FOR SALE: 4 quarters hay land & 4 quarters pasture, $500,000. Phone (204)646-4226

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba

Sealed, written tenders for property in the RM of Pembina will be received by:

SELBY LAW OFFICE

351 Main St., PO Box 279 Manitou, MB. R0G 1G0 PROPERTY

FOR SALE 320-ACS IN the RM of Clanwilliam only 1-mi east of Otter Lake, & 3-mi from Riding Mountain National Park. One of the quarters is bush & native pasture & would be great for recreation or hunting. The other quarter has 120-acs of cultivatable land & is presently sown to hay. Tel: Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511. HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc.

FOR SALE: WOODSIDE 160-ACS fenced pasture w/1982 built bungalow, 1056-sq.ft, efa, $164,000. 2) PLUMAS 1,156-sq.ft. 2+ BDRM MODERN HOME 4.17-ACS, ca c vac, WORKSHOPS & MORE! 2) ARDEN 5-acs 2+ bdrm renov. Home dbl garage. Also 2-ac lot only $8,000; 4) 1 section of pastureland NE of GLADSTONE, fenced & dugouts, $269,000; 5) GLADSTONE, 157-acs Lakeland, fenced, arable. older home, outbldgs, $360,000. 6) Acerage w/3-bdrm home w/trucker’s shed 72x36, in OBERON, $229,000. Phone Liz:(204)476-6362 or John:(204)476-6719. Gill & Schmall Agencies.

Parcel 1: NW ¼ 2-4-9 WPM Excepting firstly: Mines and Minerals Excepting secondly: Water Pipeline Plan 797 MLTO (being approximately 159 acres) Parcel 2: SW ¼ 2-4-9 WPM Excepting firstly: Mines and Minerals Excepting secondly - Water Pipeline Plan 797 MLTO (being approximately 156.5 acres) including four (4) steel bins, all on cement and 40’ x 60’ quonset with cement floor

FOR SALE: 604-ACS OF vacant land, of which 500-acs is good grain land, only 12-min from Brandon in the RM of Daly. Tel: Gordon Gentles (204)7610511. HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc. GUY & SUSAN JOHNSON of Eddystone, MB intend to sell private lands: SW 11-25-12W; NW 11-25-12W; NE 10-25-12W FR; SE 10-25-12W FR; NE 02-25-12W; NW 02-25-12W; SE 02-25-12 W; SW 02-25-12W; NE 03-25-12W; SE 03-25-12W; NW 05-24-12W; SE 05-24-12W; NW 17-24-12W; SE 33-23-12W to John & Deana Martin & Katherine Lansdell who intend to acquire the following agricultural Crown land leases: N1/2 28-23-12W; NE 29-23-12W; E1/2 32-23-12W; N1/2 33-23-12W; SW 33-23-12W; W1/2 3-24-12W; Sec 4-24-12W; NE 5-24-12W; NE 08-24-12W; SE 08-24-12W; Sec 09-24-12W; NW 08-12-24W E1/2; SW 10-24-12W, SW 16-24-12W; NE 17-24-12W; SW 08-24-12W E1/2; SE 17-24-12W; SW 17-24-12W E1/2 by Unit Transfer. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this purchaser please write to: Director, MAFRI, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578.

KOMARNO 1,200-AC BEEF RANCH, solid 3-bdrm home; Inwood 1,020-ac, ranch only $500,000; Fisher Branch 574-ac grain, 1,800-sqft bungalow; Eriksdale 640-ac, right on Hwy 68, $150,000; Dallas 1,000-ac, presently hayland, good for grain; 2,061-ac N of Fisher Branch, 600-ac cultivated, very reasonable; 1,260-ac Red Rose, 500 in hay, only $360,000, offers. See these and others on manitobafarms.ca. Manitobafarms.ca sells Manitoba farms, so list yours now. Call Harold: (204)253-7373. Delta Real Estate. GRANT TWEED Your Farm Real Estate Specialist. Developing a successful farm takes years of hard work. When it’s time to sell there are many factors to consider. I can provide the experience & expertise to help you through the process. To arrange a confidential, obligation free meeting, please call (204)761-6884 anytime. Website; www.granttweed.com

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FARM LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER

FARM LAND FOR SALE. SW 33-5-2W, 160-acs, SE 33-5-2W, 160-acs in the RM of Morris. Deadline for bids December 13, 2013. Highest or any bid not necessarily accepted. Mail bids to Bill Rempel, Box 81 Rosenort MB, R0G 1W0. Ph:(204)746-2092, Fx:(204)746-2112.

PERSONAL

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REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Wanted

TENDERS CLOSE: December 18, 2013.

For further information contact Larry J. Selby at Phone:(204) 242-2801 Fax: (204) 242-2723 Email: selbylaw@mts.net

QUARTER SECTION NEAR GRANDVIEW, MB.: 163-acs, pasture w/rolling hills, mix of spruce, poplar trees, 20-acs of hay. Very scenic, Good hunting, $95,000.00. SE 8-25-25 W1; Karen Goraluk, Salesperson. Northstar Ins. & Real Estate. (204)773-6797. www.north-star.ca

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SPECIAL EDITION Manitoba Ag Days Taking place Jan. 21, 22 & 23, 2014

at the Brandon Keystone Centre

The Manitoba Co-operator is presenting a great opportunity for you to feature your business, products or booth at Manitoba Ag Days in the Jan. 10th edition. The Manitoba Ag Days Show is a winter indoor exposition of agricultural production expertise, technology, and equipment held in Brandon every January. The Show attracts exhibitors and visitors from across Canada and North Central United States and provides an annual opportunity for producers to comparison shop for everything they need for their agricultural operations.

DEADLINE: JAN. 2nd · ISSUE DATE: JAN. 9th Contact your Manitoba Co-operator Sales representative to book your space today!

Terry McGarry Ph: 204-981-3730 Fax: 204-253-0879 Email: trmcgarr@mts.net

SEE YOU AT THE SHOW!

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GREAT GORP PROJECT Triathlete creates home-grown energy bar » PAGE 44

The pros and cons of applying in dry soil » PAGE 17

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Communications breakdown added to emergency Firefighting made more dangerous without communications By Lorraine Stevenson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

olunteer firefighters racing to reach fire-threatened Vita last week passed hundreds of vehicles headed the other direction and wondered what they were headed into, said veteran firefighter Alain Nadeau. “I’ve been doing this for 33 years and this was the scariest I’ve seen,” said the weary La Broquerie fire chief on Friday after an exhausting week. The air was so smoke filled around the southeastern village “we could barely breathe,” he said. See GRASS FIRES on page 6 »

SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCE 1925 | VOL. 70, NO. 41

GOT SEED? By Daniel Winters CO-OPERATOR STAFF / MELITA

ising corn acres and severe drought in the Midwestern United States may crimp supplies of popular corn seed varieties for the com-

ing year. “It’s really short,” said Ron Rabe, a Dekalb agronomist, who gave a brief talk on corn production in Manitoba at a recent WADO field tour. Derek Erb, who farms near Oak Bluff and sells Pioneer Hi-Bred corn

$1.75

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Corn seed might be tight next spring Rising demand and dismal growing conditions in the drought-stricken United States may limit supplies seed, said farmers looking to secure seed for next spring should act quickly to secure their supplies, even if it means placing orders earlier than usual. Pioneer Hi-Bred’s top varieties, which include D95 and D97, account for roughly half the acres seeded in the province. Erb said that with the harvest and quality testing still underway in some areas, it’s difficult to estimate how much corn seed will be available for next year. One thing’s for sure, waiting until Ag Days in January to secure supplies will

be too late. “I would pretty much bank on that,” said Erb. Dry conditions throughout the province have seen the corn harvest arriving about a month earlier than usual, and seed orders have started coming in sooner than usual too. Even with the possibility of a shortage of corn seed, Erb doesn’t expect the price of Pioneer’s supplies to rise much more than it has in recent years. Rob Park, of RJP Seeds in Carman, who deals in Hyland seed varieties, See CORN SEED on page 6 »

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save! Renew early and

REAL ESTATE Land For Rent FARMLAND PROPERTY FOR RENT: Tenders for the rental of farmland shall be considered for property located in the R.M. of Stanley, MB & legally described as: The W1/2 24-1-6 WPM EXCEPTING THEREOUT: All Mines & Minerals as reserved in the original Grant from the Crown. The property consists of approximately 310 cultivated acres. Landlord will consider a cash Lease with a term of up to 3-yrs, beginning 2014. Interested parties are asked to submit written bids with respect to the rental of the property no later than 12:00 noon, Jan 6, 2014, to: Attention: John Fergusson, Barrister & Solicitor Confidential . Tender Suite 500, 155 Carlton Street Winnipeg, MB R3C 5R9. For more information regarding the property, please contact Larry Friesen (204)362-1053. In submitting any Tender, any interested parties shall rely upon their own inspection of the property. The Vendor is not obligated to accept the highest or any Tender submitted.

Farm Land for Rent by Tender R.M. of Lawrence Legals: West 1/2 15-26-15WPM, W 1/2 22-26-15WPM, NE 1/4 21-26-15 WPM Acres: 780 - Cultivated Two Crop Years - 2014 and 2015 Directions: All land is located 13 miles north of St. Rose & boarders Highway 276 Payment Dates: April 1st & November 1st Tenders Close: December 6, 2013

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New EPA biofuel targets dent corn’s demand prospects At the very least, lower usage targets for both ethanol and other biofuels are expected to reduce interest in expanding production in the sector By Gavin Maguire CHICAGO / REUTERS

any corn traders tried to shrug off the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to trim the U.S. renewable fuels usage targets for 2014 and 2015, noting that U.S. ethanol production is driven more by operating margins than government-mandated blending requirements and is likely to remain high as long as ethanol makers can make profits. But since the announcement it is clear from the drop in the entire forward curve of corn prices — and not just neardated values — that other traders view this as bad news for corn’s longer-term price prospects, as the proposed changes effectively lower corn’s demand floor from the fuel sector and place greater pressure on ethanol producers to restrain output during times of low ethanol prices and demand.

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While the EPA’s cut to renewable fuel mandate targets does have some far-reaching repercussions across the grain and fuel industries, the actual details of the proposal were not too surprising given that they had been leaked to the market beforehand in what was likely a gauge of public sentiment by officials who were unsure about the potential backlash of such a move. To be sure, the leaked reports initially caused some uproar and complaints from members of the renewable fuels industry, many of whom viewed the proposed demand changes as a threat to their businesses. But over time a consensus emerged — even among biofuel advocates — that actual usage levels were constrained more by the U.S. fuel ‘Blend Wall’ than by any government usage targets, and that any potential

adjustments to official demand goals would only have a limited impact on actual consumption patterns. (The Blend Wall refers to the 10 per cent limit of ethanol that can be legally added to the U.S. fuel stream.) Indeed, most analysts still expect the ethanol demand to remain fairly steady over the near to medium term as ethanol’s steep price discount to gasoline encourages blenders to use as much ethanol as possible for the time being. The production side to the ethanol equation is also not expected to change much over the near term, as manufacturers continue to face robust profit margins amid the current low corn-price environment and so remain incentivized to maintain output levels.

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Long-term implications

Even if the near-term supplyand-demand story remains unchanged for the U.S. ethanol industry, the longer-term situation is clearly in flux given the new proposals. At the very least, lower usage targets for both ethanol and other biofuels are expected to reduce interest in expanding production in the sector, and indeed may trigger the permanent shutdown of any plants that are currently mothballed due to poor cost structure or outdated technology. The lower demand floor is also likely to mean that output restraint among producers will become the chief mechanism to avert any oversupply issues. Such a problem may seem a distant possibility currently given that present U.S. inventories are at multi-year lows. But with producers facing positive margins across the country a collective ramp-up in output is expected over the coming months. In that environment, inventories will quickly be replenished,

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especially if usage levels fall off over the same period that supply outpaces demand. And while ethanol exports can be expected to climb next year if ethanol prices remain attractive to overseas buyers, demand growth in top markets such as Brazil may be constrained over the near term as domestic ethanol production in that country picks up following the sugar cane harvest. This may leave U.S. ethanol producers facing a deteriorating landscape in 2014 and beyond as domestic usage slows just as inventories climb on the back of robust output. Indeed, this challenging environment has already been telegraphed by the share prices of major U.S. ethanol manufacturers such as Archer Daniels Midland. In the immediate wake of the EPA announcement, ADM’s

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For the time being, ethanol producers remain fully incentivized to secure large quantities of corn as a feedstock, and in many areas happily outbid their counterparts from the feeding industry. Bu t i t i s c l e a r f ro m t h e pretty consistent decline in corn values all along the forward curve that the EPA’s proposals have dealt this market a significant blow, and have clouded its outlook over the longer term. Certainly lower overall corn prices will trigger upticks in usage from the export and feed sectors over time. But given that the ethanol sector has accounted for more than 40 per cent of total U.S. corn demand for the past few years, the cut to required consumption from this sector going forward will clearly have a lasting effect.

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Agriculture speculators’ honeymoon with crops fades

Now that there’s plenty of crops to go around, the speculative money thinks meat is the place to be Looming livestock boom?

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While the past five to seven years are widely considered the heyday for crop producers, the opposite is true for many participants in the livestock industry, who rely on easy access to cheap feed ingredients for commercial survival. This is especially true for the cattle industry, which not only faced unprecedented growth in competition for corn from ethanol producers during this era but also had to work out how to accommodate historically high input costs while facing declining demand for its chief end product — beef. Hog and poultry producers had their fair share of hardship during this spell too, as each was forced to scramble for grain coverage on multiple occasions over the past few years due to either supply tightness or robust demand growth from other sectors. In addition, many feed ing operations suffered from a contraction in investment interest and credit availability over the past few years as potential lenders and investors balked at pouring money into an industry faced with such acute challenges. This reduction in investment dollars pre-

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t looks like large speculators have taken a page out of the farmer’s playbook and have started to practise their own form of crop rotation. Bu t ra t h e r t h a n s w i t c h ing ownership of one crop for another, they seem to be jettisoning crop markets altogether in favour of greater ownership across the meat markets. This appears to be a bet that the strong rebound in global crop supplies from North and South America this year will foster strong growth conditions across the protein sector over the course of 2014. Since 2006, most of the large speculator activity in the agricultural arena was confined to grains and oilseeds, with only a modest proportion deployed in the livestock markets. Further, there was a clear long bias to non-commercial positions for a majority of that period as booming demand growth from the biofuel industry, coupled with rising protein consumption throughout emerging markets, served to support crop prices and foster a generally upbeat outlook throughout all crop markets. Global production issues in

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2010 and again in 2012 offered additional lift to crop prices during that spell. B u t f o l l ow i n g a s t r o n g rebound in U.S. crop production this year, and a promising start to the 2013-14 South American growing campaign, there has been a clear shift in non-commercial attitudes toward row crop markets. That has caused the combined non-

and wheat all scaled all-time highs. But just because speculators have adopted a sour tone with regard to the crop arena does not mean they have turned their backs on the agriculture industry entirely, as at least some of the bullish enthusiasm that had been previously confined to the crop markets has been transferred elsewhere.

commercial corn, CBOT wheat and soybean net position to swing from a near-record long in late summer of 2012 to close to a record short currently. This switch in large speculator crop positions from predominantly long to historically short potentially marks the end of the “boom era” in the grain markets, during which the prices of corn, soybeans

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Strategies for protecting your downside risk Some ideas to avoid setting your prices all at the same time or at the same level By David Derwin COMMODITY FUTURES ADVISER, PI FINANCIAL CORP.

very now and then, we all need to take a step back and remove ourselves from our day-to-day activities to see the big picture. At this time of year coming into the fall and winter, we speak a lot with clients about protecting not just any of this year’s crops sitting in the bins but also next year’s that will be sitting in the fields. The question we ask is, “Have you thought enough about the protection plan for your crops both sitting in the bins and to be harvested next year?”

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While current prices aren’t nearly as high as they were in the fall/winter of 2012, it still does make sense to follow the process again this year to analyze next year’s futures prices for your grains:

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vented many operations from being able to modernize and improve efficiencies in their businesses, which served to exacerbate many of the problems they faced. But now that global grain and oilseed supplies are projected to climb to record levels this coming year — and spur a lift in crop inventories to their highest level in more than a decade — the overall business environment for meat producers is projected to improve dramatically compared with the past few years. This br ighter outlook is already clearly reflected in the share prices of major U.S. meat manufacturers such as Tyson Foods and Sanderson Farms, which both hit all-time highs this year and have well-established negative correlations with the price of corn.

Short grain, long livestock

Commodity speculators have also been paying attention, and have built up their largestever net long combined position in cattle and hog futures and options lately as grain and feed prices slipped to multimonth lows. On the opposite side of this the commercial community has racked up a record-large net short position in those same markets, indicating that commercial players hold a similarly upbeat view with regard to cash market potential and are hedging long cash positions with short exposure in futures and options. Ironically, if this widely held upbeat view on livestock markets holds true, that will be good news for the demand prospects for corn and other feed grains, as any meat production expansion that occurs will necessarily be fuelled in large part by corn. But for the time being, it appears that the livestock arena is set to take much of the spotlight away from the crop markets in 2014, which could well fuel even more position rotations out of corn, soybeans and wheat and into the cattle and hog arenas.

Current soybean futures are about $13/bu. while next Nove m b e r i s s i t t i n g n e a r $11.50/bu., not a bad level given farm break-even and margin levels. November 2014 canola is at $520/tonne, close to today’s prices of $490-$500. Minneapolis wheat futures are showing some decent levels at about $7.40/bu. all throughout 2014. While a lot of things can and will happen between now and next year, there are many ways to put protection in place in case grain prices fall further. Consider the following strategies to help diversify your decisions across time, strategy and price: • Time: Put on protection for a portion, initially 25 per cent, of your production without having to be too concerned about the final acres and bushels produced. As time goes on, increase this to 33 per cent, 50 per cent or 75 per cent.

• Price: Be a little more proactive adding protection if prices do go lower over time. However, maybe you get a really big rally and prices move back to the highs of the past year, be more aggressive up at those higher levels. Lock in your basis when you want knowing you at least have some part of the outright price risk taken care of. • Strategy: Greater storage capability gives you some flexibility to sell your grain when you want. This is a big advantage, but along with this opportunity comes greater risk. If you store your grain without putting some protection in place, you are actually taking on more risk.

consider a straightforward put option purchase strategy to protect your downside and give you some peace of mind: • Soybeans: With November 2014 at $11.60/bu., a new-crop option to protect an $11.20/bu. level costs about $0.50/bu. If you assume a basis of about $1, this still gives you a floor price of almost C$10/bu. • Wheat: Establish a six-month floor price on wheat at today’s price level using options for approximately $0.40/bu. In both these option scenarios, you have downside protection, but still have the opportunity to benefit if prices move higher.

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All these ideas are about diversifying your grain marketing so you are not setting your prices all at the same time or at the same level. While there are many futures and options strategies available,

Despite many ideas and strategies available, there is still hesitancy on the part of farmers towards hedging so I ask you this question: “You buy insurance on equipment, buildings and tractors.

Why not get a bit of protection on one of your biggest assets: your crops sitting in the fields and in the bins?” There are many ways to protect against falling prices by managing your risk across time and many tools you can use. Don’t be afraid of all the hedging tools available — understand how to use them. This will let you focus on next year’s crop, not the next month’s prices. Using all the tools in your tool box means using a combination of futures and options to determine how and when to put those strategies into play. This marketing approach gives you the flexibility to determine where, to whom and how much of your crop you will ultimately deliver, or store in your bins. David Derwin is a commodity futures adviser with PI Financial Corp. in Winnipeg. He can be reached at dderwin@pifinancial.com or 1-800661-0298.

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Zambia’s staple food crop, maize, looks set to be significantly dented next year by a lack of rain that is delaying planting. Most of the harvest comes from small-scale farmers around the capital, Lusaka, and these have been badly affected by the dry spell. “We planted a small section of maize because we were not sure about the rains,” said Eunice Bwalya, a 56-year-old peasant farmer who ekes out a living just north of Lusaka. “But it’s drying up because there’s been no rain.” Landlocked Zambia’s maize production for the 2012-13 growing season fell by 11 per cent to 2.5 million tonnes because of poor weather and a worm infestation, contributing to what is likely to be a fall in GDP growth from last year’s brisk 7.2 per cent. The sector is more resilient than it used to be, as state subsidies and improved farming practices have helped Zambia to go from being a maize importer to an exporter, boosting output to a peak of 2.8 million tonnes from about 600,000 in just over a decade. But this year the state has raised the burden on farmers by cutting a subsidy on fertilizer to 50 per cent from 75 per cent — an unusual case of the state scaling back assistance to the poor under the populist president, Michael Sata. The most immediate concern for the smallscale farmers, however, is the weather. They would generally be planting their maize now for harvesting around April. Rains came to Lusaka Nov. 18 — the first in the capital in four weeks — but it is not wet enough yet to plant. “The soil moisture has not deepened enough to sustain germination,” Joseph Kanyanga, chief meteorologist with the Zambia Meteorological Department, told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday. Zambia is Africa’s biggest copper producer but farming remains crucial to its economic fortunes, accounting for about 20 per cent of its gross domestic product. Any shortages or reduced harvests can fan inflation. Other countries in the region, such as Angola, have also seen economic growth slowed by drought.

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Brazil farmers race to protect grain crop from caterpillars Chemical to control the pest is not registered for use in Brazil By Gustavo Bonato SAO PAULO / REUTERS

razilian soy, corn and cotton farmers are in a costly battle to protect what they had hoped to be a record grain crop from an exotic threat: the Helicoverpa armigera caterpillar that showed up for the first time in fields earlier in 2013. The government has declared a state of emergency in the top grain state that is already having trouble keeping up with demand for insecticide. Experts said the pest has shown up in all of Brazil’s major soybean states, but it was too early to quantify monetary losses or losses to crop output. Brazil is the world’s biggest exporter of soybeans and one of the biggest corn exporters. The last time Brazilian farmers faced such a threat was in 2004 when Asian rust spread across the tropical Grain Belt, causing as much as four million tonnes in crop losses in one year, and also forcing farmers to spend more for fungicide spraying. Helicoverpa armigera showed up in the western Farm Belt of Bahia state earlier this year. The state is not among the top producers but the pest quickly spread across state borders into 70 per cent of Brazil’s Grain Belt,

including Mato Grosso the biggest soy, corn and cotton producer state. The exact cost of the pest to Bahian producers last harvest is hard to pinpoint given the drought that also caused losses. But the state’s producers’ association estimates farmers lost two billion reais ($900 million) from the soy, corn and cotton crops. When the Agriculture Ministry declared a state of emergency in Mato Grosso on Nov. 18, and in Bahia a couple weeks earlier, it opened the doors to commercially used pest control chemicals that have not cleared the red tape of Brazilian regulators. The decision came down after insecticide suppliers reported that their shelves had already been cleared as producers grew concerned over the rapid appearance of the pest and started buying up all they could to assure they could contain it. “We had soy just germinating and already being attacked by a big caterpillar. The pest didn’t come from soy, but was the legacy of crops during the interharvest period,” the technical director of Mato Grosso’s soy producers’ association Aprosoja, Nery Ribas, said. The strain of caterpillar is so new that authorities had not even started approving new insecticides for use against it.

“We had soy just germinating and already being attacked by a big caterpillar. The pest didn’t come from soy, but was the legacy of crops during the inter-harvest period.” NERY RIBAS

The Mato Grosso farm economy institute, Imea, estimates that the costs of applying insecticide rose 88 per cent in the past few months to 263 reais ($115) per hectare, mainly due to the new pest. That marks a 92 per cent increase from a year ago in chemical application costs. Crops in the state are 20 days into vegetation and have already had three applications for Helicoverpa armigera. Last year, producers only applied one or two sprays at most, he said.

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A less harmful form of Helicoverpa had long existed in Brazil but entomologists recently detected the more

Helicoverpa armigera showed up in the western Farm Belt of Bahia state earlier this year.

robust armigera species of the genus in the country. B r a z i l ’s f e d e r a l c r o p research company Embrapa warns that farmers will not only have to learn to control the bug but how to avoid upsetting other parts of the environment. For instance, farmers need to protect the caterpillar’s natural enemies when spraying insecticide. They must also try to destroy its natural refuges where it may multiply to devastating proportions. “The lack of rational use of agrochemicals may not only destabilize the biological sys-

tems but cause problems for human health,” Embrapa said in a report on control of the threat. Emamectin benzoate is recognized as the main defence against Helicoverpa armigera in countries, such as Australia which has a histor y of the pest. Emamectin benzoate has managed to control the pest in other places around the world. The main risk for Brazilian farmers is that state bureaucracy may take too long to allow the product to reach farms in time to do any good, said Aprosoja’s Ribas.

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Small Zambia cash grants pay big dividends for rural poor Recipients boosted their crop production and diversified their household income By Ed Stoddard LUSAKA / REUTERS

n rural Africa, where money is scarce and subsistence farming the norm, even small injections of cash can go far and help grow a local economy in surprising ways. These are among the findings of a study by the Washington-based American Institutes for Research (AIR), which over a two-year period analyzed Zambia’s monthly child grants to extremely poor households in three rural districts. It comes against the backdrop of a wider debate about the role of aid in Africa, especially handouts, which critics say stifle economic activity by creating a culture of dependency and removing incentives to work. But supporters of aid have long argued that direct cash transfers can give those at the very bottom of the income ladder a leg up, and this seems to be one of these cases. Aside from greater food security — and it would be expected that such poor family units would spend additional cash on calories — the study found recipients boosted their c ro p p ro d u c t i o n a n d a l s o diversified their household

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income base by setting up small businesses. “It has impacts across the board. People can take this money and grow it so it is helping to grow the economy. These households are starting short-term microbusinesses such as small shops,” David Seidenfeld, a senior researcher with AIR who directed the study, told Reuters in a telephone interview. “We know they have more money than they did before, which has enabled them to do all of these things,” he said. A simulation model used by the researchers found that each Zambian kwacha ($0.18)

A mother and child transport a bag of maize meal on a bicycle along the Mchinji road — the highway linking Malawi to Zambia’s eastern province. PHOTO: REUTERS/SIPHIWE SIBEKO

transferred to poor households raised, through multiplier effects, the income in the local economy by 1.79 kwachas. This suggests that such transfers not only alleviate poverty but also stimulate economic activity — though

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Australian kangaroo exporters look to hop into meat-hungry China With meat consumption growing, exporters are hoping Chinese will take a liking to the meat By Colin Packham

with shipments worth A$616 million ($577 million) in the 2012-13 season. The kangaroo industry hopes to jump into the action. “It would be huge if we could get access to the Chinese market and they are certainty very interested,” said Ray Borda, founder and managing director of Macro Meats, Australia’s largest processor of kangaroo and wild game meat.

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nce considered pet food, kangaroo meat could soon be sold to China as a luxury product, to encourage Chinese consumers to do something few Australians will — eat it. With a booming middle class, China’s appetite for meat is expected to rise nearly 17 per cent over the next eight years, the World Trade Organization says. Exporters do not yet have permission to sell kangaroo meat to China but recent comments by Australian officials have put the industry in a bullish mood. “This is something that ticks a whole range of boxes,” Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. “I’m going to try and look at further discussions with the Chinese because I think there is a big prospect for a market there.” Wang Jun, the owner of a small restaurant in Beijing, said he would be keen to try kangaroo. “Why not? As long as it is delicious,” Wang said. Beef, pork and chicken are staples in China but some diners also tuck into cat, rat, dog and more exotic animals in the belief that they have medicinal quali-

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ties. Still, not everyone may be so adventurous when it comes to kangaroo. “How could we lay our chopsticks on such cute animals?” said Liu Xinxin, a 21-year-old university student from Beijing. Liu’s comments echo senti-

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Kangaroos, protected by state and federal law, are caught in the wild, not farmed. Licensed hunters make a cull of a fixed number and specific types every year. Some of the impetus for exports follows a boom in the population of the animals after good rains last year. Drought this season in the largest cattle-producing state of Queensland has prompted farmers to demand a bigger cull as kangaroos compete with cows for grazing space. Australian super markets sell kangaroo fillets for about A$20 per kg ($8.54 per pound), or about 30 per cent to 50 per cent less than beef. The kangaroo industry aims for a different story in China, by promoting it as an exclusive item, touting its health benefits as a high-protein, low-fat food.

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French farmers protest ‘overtaxation’ as tractors block roads Cereal growers protest switch of support to livestock producers By Pauline Mevel saint-arnoult-en-yvelines, france / reuters

armers blocked roads around Paris with tractors last Thursday in a protest against rising taxes, adding to President Francois Hollande’s troubles as surprising new data showed France risks slipping into a new recession. Anger at taxation is growing and sometimes violent protests in recent weeks have been aimed especially at a planned levy on road freight which trade unions in agriculture and the food industry say will cost thousands of jobs at a time when French unemployment remains stuck at 11 per cent. A fireman died in a road accident during Thursday’s protests, which snarled up traffic around the capital for hours. Revealing a surprise weakening in French business activity this month, a poll of purchasing managers piled pressure on Hollande, a Socialist elected 18 months ago on a promise to revive growth and get the jobless back to work. “Fed up with taxes,” read one of many placards on the 30 tractors that blocked the Pa r i s - B o rd e a u x m o t o r w a y near Saint Arnoult, 50 km (30 miles) southwest of the capital. Similar blockades snarled rush-hour traffic on at least five major routes into Paris from the west and north, police said. The fireman was killed when his vehicle crashed near a blockade and six policemen were injured in another collision linked to the protest, the transport minister said. Urging an end to the protests, Frederic Cuvillier added, “Blocking roads without any s e c u r i t y o r p re c a u t i o n a r y measures is simply too dangerous.” Farmers’ unions called on the tractor drivers to make way around midday, but denied causing accidents: “It was a great success,” union representative Francois LeCoq told Reuters TV. “It’s only the start. Mr. Hollande has to listen to us.” One farmer, Christophe Lerebours, said the protests pointed to “general dissatisfaction” across the country: “People will have to realize that today it’s farmers but tomorrow it will be the truck drivers,” he said. “After that it will be employees in the private sector.” Another factor in protests has been jostling among different types of farmer for EU aid. French cereal growers — the driving force behind Thursday’s blockades — reject moves by Hollande’s government under

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Protesters wearing red caps, the symbol of protest in Brittany, and with their regional flag, attend a demonstration to maintain jobs in Quimper, western France, November 2, 2013. France’s aim to shift nearly one billion euros in European subsidies to help struggling livestock farmers could be stymied by a crisis in the meat-processing sector faced with a wave of plant closures in Brittany. Photo: Reuters/Stephane Mahe

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Manitoban receives Agribition scholarship STAFF / Justin Kristjansson of Forrest, Man., is among three western Canadian students to receive a $1,500 Canadian Western Agribition scholarship towards their post-secondary education. Kristjansson, who has completed an animal science degree and is now in his first year of veterinary medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, has been a regular beef show competitor at Agribition. Jeremy Andrew of Regina and Megan Bergsveinson of Alameda, Sask. were the other two recipients for 2013. The CWA scholarship fund receives contributions annually from private donations as well as proceeds from the CWA Auctions and the CWA Grounds Crew.

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AAFC scientist receives CFGA award To be presented at CFGA conference in Olds Dec. 10 Staff

he Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) has announced that Gilles Bélanger is recipient of the 2013 CFGA Leadership Award. Bélanger is a Quebecbased research scientist with Agriculture and A g r i - Fo o d Ca n a d a i n the area of physiology and agronomy of forage crops. “Dr. Bélanger’s contribution to improving the productivity and adaptation of forages in Eastern Canada has been outstanding,” said CFGA chair Doug Wray. The CFGA said Bélanger has significantly contributed to the development of innovations related to growth and quality of forage crops, winter survival of perennial crops, potential impact of climate change to forage crops, diagnostic methods of nitrogen and phosphorus deficiency, potential of perennial crops for biomass production on marginal lands and the benefits of legume-grass mixtures. He has been instrum e n t a l i n t h e d e ve l opment of cropping practices to increase the level of non-structural carbohydrates in forage crops, to produce forages for dry cows, and to improve the digestibility of forage crops while maintaining their yield and persistence. He developed the first model of growth and nutritive value of timothy (CATIMO), and plants-based diagnostic tools for phosphorus and nitrogen in forage grasses. Bélanger will be presented with the award Dec. 10 at the CFGA conference in Olds, Alta.

New Taiwan bird flu shows animal virus risk to humans A woman in Taiwan is first human case of H6N1 bird flu

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woman in Taiwan has become the first person in the world with a confirmed case of a new strain of bird flu, adding to a growing body of evidence of the potential threat from animal viruses that mutate to be able to infect people. S c i e n t i s t s f r o m Ta i w a n said the infection — with a bird flu strain called H6N1 — appeared to be one isolated human case and probably posed little threat for the moment. But it showed how this virus, like others in the past, had been able to acquire genetic changes allowing it to jump across species. Another new strain of bird flu, called H7N9, is continu-

ing to infect and kill people in China after it first emerged in humans there earlier this year. Infectious diseases that pass from animals into humans are known as zoonoses and have kept scientists on the alert for decades. Several major human epidemics, including the worldwide outbreak of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV ) that causes AIDS and the 2009-10 H1N1 flu pandemic, began as zoonotic events. Many diseases also make the jump and then just peter out. “This again underscores that there are so many viruses out there and we just don’t really know which pose the greatest threats to us,” Wendy Barclay, a flu virologist at Imperial College London, told Reuters when asked about the H6N1 case.

She called for more vigilance, surveillance and research into animal diseases with the potential to jump to humans. In a study in the journal Lancet Respiratory Medicine Nov. 14, scientists said the H6N1 case was found in a 20-year-old woman from central Taiwan who went into hospital in May with flu-like symptoms and shortness of breath. Initial tests on throatswab samples taken from the patient indicated an unclassified subtype of a flu virus, the researchers said, and further genetic analysis showed it was a new H6N1 bird flu virus very similar to chicken H6N1 viruses that have been circulating in Taiwan since 1972. The woman responded to treatment with Roche’s flu

medicine Tamiflu and has since fully recovered, they added. Ho-Sheng Wu, who led the case study from the Centres for Disease Control in Taipei, said the important feature of the genetic analysis was that it showed the virus had a mutation in the haemagglutinin — a binding protein on the virus’s surface — that enables it to get into human cells and cause infection. Further investigations into the patient found that she worked in a delicatessen, had not been abroad for three months prior to her infection, and had not been in close proximity to poultry or wild birds. “The source of infection remains unknown,” Ho-Sheng wrote in the study.

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Common-sense strategies drive sustainable agriculture A recent Iowa conference looked at the role women have in creating sustainable agricultural networks

By Louise May CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

ow can agr iculture transform our food system, save the planet and create a just global society? In mid-November, I attended a gathering of more than 400 farmers, industry professionals and food activists all seeking to answer that question. They gathered at the 4th National Conference for Women in Sustainable Agriculture in Des Moines, Iowa organized by the Women’s Food and Ag Network. For me, the answers lie in common-sense strategies. The conference and trade show had participants from across the states, Central and South America and myself as the lone Canadian. Des Moines is a mere 10-hour drive to the edge of our Lake Winnipeg watershed, reminding me of our shared neighbourly ecological and economic interests. In Fargo, I met up with Holly Ma w by, a c u li na r y he r b f a r m er a s w e l l a s t h e d i re c t o r a t t h e Entrepreneurial Center for Horticulture at Dakota College in North Dakota. Between the two of us we had a truckload of experiences to share, so the last seven hours of driving passed quickly. With no less than seven consecutive workshops at any given time, numerous tours and inspiring keynote addresses, the three-day conference was packed with information and insight. The first workshop I attended was on tractor repair and maintenance. For myself, learning the basics enough to manage a 120-acre hay crop, a windrow-composting yard, bale stacking, feed delivery and yard work has been a painful and expensive learning curve. Surely, this one factor can make or break a beginner who has not grown up in farming. I attended workshops on urban agriculture and seed saving — good

reminders to build more gardens and to do my part in protecting heirloom varieties. As my own farm is on the edge of Winnipeg, I am often called on to support city folks wanting to grow their own food. While at the conference, I received an email from Food Matters Manitoba asking for input on the idea of building a rentable commercial kitchen for producers to increase value-added products. My travelling companion Holly told me of a government-owned and -managed mobile commercial kitchen that has been operating successfully in North Dakota for several years. Imagine — a kitchen gets dropped off at your farm and all you have to do is plug it in and hook up with a food-grade water hose. A small cash crop of salsa, pesto or raspberry jam could make a great extra revenue stream. A workshop called “Profitable Niches,” led by Lynn Byczynski, edi-

tor of Growing for Market listed her pick of top cash crops. As a good Canadian, I got excited when she mentioned hops for the microbrewery market. We could make a small U-pick with great sex appeal for the home brewing market. So look out for an Aurora Farm HomeBrew U-pick Hops Festival. You heard it here first. The workshop I gave called “Ideas in Action” invited participants to create an action plan for their farming passions. I based my talk on my own experience over the past nine years building Aurora Farm. My own creative and ethical drive has been tempered with many hard knocks. I often think about the pioneering farming and homesteading spirit of my grandparents. I think they must

be looking down bemusedly at my herd of dairy goats and goat-milk soap business, my alpaca herd and crafty alpaca products, my heritage chickens, my daughter’s horse boarding and coaching business, my gardens, my composting yard, my rainwater collection, my activism. I am living my dream, and it is action packed! An unexpected bonus for me was sharing a hotel room with Leigh Adcock, the executive director of Women Food and Ag Network. To see the dedication that she and so many other women demonstrated advocating for sustainable farming was truly inspiring. It is something that we simply do not have with such abundance here in Manitoba. It felt great to be surrounded by that energy. I look forward to crossing paths again with Leigh and the other women I met. I came away from the conference empowered and excited by the new vision for growth. But mostly, my focus is on the next generation and how to provide younger women the mentorship to fulfil their visions. Community building must be at the heart of farming. Yes, there is a special role that women can and do play in transforming our food systems towards eco-system health and social equali t y — p u t t i n g a n e n d t o p ro f i t through exploitation. I am excited to have a part.

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Bake with barley flour But you may have to search for it first Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

n occasional dilemma with this column is whether to run a recipe that calls for an ingredient hard to find where most of us live. Recipes are guides, of course, and substitutions usually work. But I don’t want to send you on a goose chase looking for a main ingredient. Barley flour is a case in point. I’ve been trying it and like it, and a reader recently prompted me to share a few recipes using it too. It imparts a really rich, nutty taste to breads and muffins, plus barley is a very healthy ingredient, tripling the fibre intake of baked goods. But where is this flour? Not where I usually shop, which is my local Co-op. I suspect more of you may discover the same. The good news is you can always ask your local store to carry it, as I have done. Store managers will try very hard to respond to customer requests, and it is that demand, of course, that gets them stocking new things. So this week I’d like to share a few barley flour recipes with you. You may have to go to a Safeway, Sobeys or a Bulk Barn for the flour. The latter is where I’ve found mine. According to Go Barley, the consumer website of Alberta Barley Commission, you can directly substitute all-purpose flour with barley flour in recipes for muffins, quick breads or cookies. (You may want to experiment with that as this flour does make the finished good slightly denser.) But don’t try substituting barley flour in yeast breads. Barley doesn’t have enough gluten to make it rise. Instead, the Go Barley site advises swapping a quarter of all-purpose for barley flour in those recipes (i.e. 1/4 c. of barley flour with 3/4 c. of all-purpose). This is definitely worth trying, and not just for the taste. Barley is a whole grain high in both soluble and insoluble fibre and milling it into flour doesn’t alter its health benefits. As we heard last summer, when barley was permitted a health claim, barley’s soluble fibre beta-glucans can help reduce your cholesterol. Its insoluble fibre helps you feel full and keeps your bowels healthy. Here are four recipes from the Go Barley website (www.gobarley.com) to try — if and when you get your hands on the flour.

Barley Herb Loaf

Blueberry Barley Muffins

2 c. whole barley flour 1 c. all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley 1 tsp. dried dill weed 1/2 tsp. dried oregano 1/2 tsp. dried basil 1/2 tsp. dried thyme 1/2 tsp. dried marjoram 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 c. canola oil 1/4 c. honey 2 eggs 1 c. yogurt 1 tsp. sesame seeds

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Lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, parsley, dill, oregano, basil, thyme, marjoram and salt. Mix oil and honey in a medium bowl. Add eggs and beat well; stir in yogurt. Stir the liquid ingredients into the flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon into loaf pan. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top. Bake at 350 F for 40 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool on rack. Source: Alberta Barley Commission

Cranberry Orange Loaf 1 c. whole barley flour 1 c. all-purpose flour 3/4 c. granulated sugar 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/4 c. butter or margarine 2 eggs, beaten 3/4 c. orange juice 1 tbsp. orange rind 1 c. fresh or frozen and thawed cranberries, chopped 1/3 c. pecans, chopped

Lightly spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray or line with parchment paper. In a large bowl, combine flours, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Cut in butter until it resembles coarse cornmeal. Combine beaten eggs, orange juice and rind; pour over dry ingredients and mix until dry ingredients are just blended. Pour batter into pan. Fold cranberries and nuts into batter. Bake in a 350 F oven for 55 to 60 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes. Then turn loaf out of pan and cool on rack. Makes 16 slices. Source: Alberta Barley Commission

2 c. whole barley flour 1/2 c. granulated sugar 4 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1 c. fresh or frozen blueberries 2 eggs 1 c. milk 1/4 c. canola oil

In a large bowl, combine barley flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and blueberries. In a small bowl, lightly beat eggs; stir in milk and oil and pour into the flour mixture. Stir until just combined. Fill 12 lightly greased or paper-lined medium muffin cups almost full. Bake in 400 F oven for 18 minutes or until the centre springs back when lightly touched. Makes 12 muffins. Source: Alberta Barley Commission

Chocolate Banana Muffins 1 c. whole barley flour 1 c. all-purpose flour 1/4 c. brown sugar 1/4 c. unsweetened cocoa powder 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 tsp. nutmeg 2 eggs 1/2 c. milk 3 tbsp. canola oil 2 medium ripe bananas, mashed (1 c.) 1/3 c. maple syrup 1 tsp. vanilla

In a large bowl, combine flours, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. In a medium bowl, lightly beat eggs. Stir in milk, oil, mashed banana, maple syrup and vanilla and pour into flour mixture. Stir until just combined. Spoon into lightly greased or paper-lined muffin cups. Bake in 400 F oven for 20 minutes or until the centre springs back when lightly touched. Makes 12 muffins.

Awhile back we shared some recipes with you from Precious Grains Cookbook, compiled and written by Frieda Martens here in Manitoba. Frieda recently passed along a new email address if you’d like to contact her. It is friedamartens@shaw.ca.

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Make a framed garden Inspired by the concept of a living wall, this is a much easier project By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

uring the long period of the year when we c a n n o t g a rd e n o u t doors, our green thumbs yearn for some gardening action. Innovative gardeners come up with all sorts of novel indoor g a rd e n i n g i d e a s t o w h i l e away the long winter months. Sometimes we learn about a unique indoor gardening project that captures our attention and that is just what happened to me. I have read a number of magazine/newspaper articles about the concept of living walls, and although the idea intrigued me, I mostly dismissed the whole thing as being too upscale. All of the articles seemed to focus on projects in multimillion-dollar homes or lavish hotel lobbies, and included elaborate tumbling waterfalls and were composed of many dozens of plants. Such a project seemed to be out of the realm of the ordinary rural gardener. This past spring, however, I saw a more modest example of a living wall as I was walking through a local garden centre. It was quite a simple project and manageable for the ordinary gardener to undertake. The person who made the living wall that I saw had simply made a wooden box with a frame around it that was designed to hang on the wall — not really a living wall, more like a framed garden. The framed box was a modest size, less than a metre square, and made of ordinary unstained

wood. Anyone with a few carpentry skills could create such a box and could use more exotic woods, or the wood could be stained or painted. Did you ever create a diorama as a child in school? These framed gardens actually reminded me of those dioramas — perhaps it was nostalgia that drew me to them! The plants used were in pots and seemed to be sitting in a preformed plastic tray with potshaped indentations, although some of the living wall projects that I have read about have the plants actually planted right into the box. The advantage of having the plants in individual pots is that if one flags, it can easily be replaced. The individual pots also are easily taken out for grooming and watering, removing the need to take the whole thing down off the wall to water the plants. The wooden frame around the box was at right angles to the box itself, and I wondered why the frame couldn’t have been slanted back to hide the sides of the box and meet the wall on which the box was hung. Another thing I noticed was that the box was quite deep, and I think it would be worthwhile to try to make the box as shallow as possible so that it wouldn’t protrude out from the wall as much. Many plants will perform well in very shallow containers. One of the definite requirements of such a system is that the box-like structure be waterproof. The other necessity would be some sort of method to hold the plants and soil in place when the framed garden is hung. It would be best if the pots could

be in somewhat of an upright position rather than lying completely on their sides when the whole thing is hung on the wall. Maybe some sort of unobtrusive wire system could ensure that the soil did not tumble out of the pots — the soil would have to have a high percentage of organic matter to make it less apt to fall out. Sphagnum moss used on the soil surface might hold the soil in place. Choosing trailing plants that have a vigorous enough growth habit to cover the pots and soil surface and hide any mechanics or pot rims would work best. Easy-care plants that drop little debris, grow slowly and require lower light levels would probably be the most suitable as the framed garden probably would be positioned in a relatively low-light location. Small ferns, heartleaf philodendron, various ivies, baby’s tears, spider plant, arrowhead vine, tradescantia and grape ivy come to mind. If you think foliage-only plants would not provide enough interest, a couple of more exotic plants, including flowering ones, could be rotated in and out of the framed garden to provide bright focal points. Although creating and caring for a framed garden is not a project that everyone will want to undertake, if someone in your household possesses some carpentry skills and your green thumbs are itching to try a unique indoor gardening project, you just might try this one. Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba.

Trailing plants that will cover the pots and soil surfaces will work best in this project. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

Gordo Bones calling it a day He’s been making people smile as a rodeo clown for 17 years

By Darrell Nesbitt Freelance contributor

Gordo Bones entertains a rodeo crowd. PHOTO: DARRELL NESBITT

is family and friends know him as Gordon Mark — thousands of others across Canada know him as Gordo Bones. The 52-year-old has made young and old smile while entertaining in the world of rodeo for the past 17 years. Mark, who has been the Triple H Rodeo’s best friend over the years, marked his final hurrah at the end of the 2013 rodeo season. The family man who has performed at various levels of rodeo, not only humoured through jokes and actions, he also highly entertained within a custom-made barrel during bull-riding events. Starting at the age of 35, Mark attended at approximately 50 Manitoba rodeos per year including Hamiota’s spring show where he caused

many smiles with his variety of inflatable costumes. Mark, who lives in Petersfield, but commutes to Beausejour to his day job as service manager at Melnick Motors, has also clowned at rodeos from souther n Ontario to Vancouver Island. The clown is a crucial feature at rodeo, filling in lulls a n d u n s c h e d u l e d d e l a y s. Mark, who became very successful behind the face paint and outlandish costumes, loved every aspect of it. “It’s a lucrative and dying art. Not many guys are doing it,” he said. Away from the rodeo circle of friends, he performs at children’s burn wards and seniors homes. Mark wrapped up his days of hijinks at the indoor Bull-oRama in Eriksdale Oct. 19. Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, Manitoba.

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Want to know what’s going on?

Check at the post office In many cases it’s the hub of the community By Alison McEvoy Murray Freelance contributor

hen you think of working in a post office, what comes to mind? Sorting cheques and magazines, letters, packages from afar and… casserole dishes? Yes, even casserole dishes. For those who work in a rural post office, life isn’t about just sorting the mail. The post office, in many cases, is the epicentre of a small community. If there is a bridal shower, collections are taken at the post office. Casserole dishes left unclaimed after a fall supper at the church are left at the post office. Deaths, births, celebrations, invitations are all announced there. And for one family in Alexander, Manitoba, this past summer marked the third generation of postmistresses at the village post office. The Alexander post office was designated as a Municipal Heritage site in September 1993. Built in 1887 by Alexander’s first postmaster, James

Frederick Walker, it is one of the oldest privately owned ones in use in Manitoba. Walker’s daughter, Janie became postmistress in 1912, followed by Frances Gamley in 1949, Judy Watt (Gamley’s niece) in 1979 and in August 2013 Stacey Wakewich, Watt’s daughter, is now at the helm. Not only does this occasion mark three generations, but 101 years with a woman as postmistress. Watt said the biggest changes she had seen over her 34 years as postmistress were “the price of stamps, going metric in ’79, and the (use of ) computers.” New boxes were also added in 2005 and new flooring put in. But the constant throughout her time was contact with the people in the community. “The people… the people were good to meet,” she said. And now that she has passed the reins over to her daughter Stacey, that’s what she’ll miss the most. For Stacey, meeting people in the post office is something she has been

doing since she was a toddler. With their home being part of the building that contains the post office, customers saw her grow up. People saw me “in PJs, and my hair in a towel,” she

Judy Watt (l) and daughter Stacey Wakewich — second-and third-generation postmistresses. photo: ALISON MCEVOY MURRAY

said. Living where you work had its advantages for their family, though. “Mom was at home… you appreciate that when you’re a parent,” says Stacey, who now has two children of her own. Stacey’s day at the post office begins at 8 a.m., sorting mail that has been dropped off by the mail truck at 4:30 a.m. The wicket opens at 8:30 a.m. and stays open until 5 p.m. with an hour closure from 12 to 1 p.m. Many changes have taken place in the Alexander community and post office since it was built in 1887. For the third generation of postmistresses, though, one thing remains constant — the people who rely on their service. And this service means not only sorting and sending mail, but maintaining a focal point of the community which has existed for over 100 years and will hopefully continue for many more. Alison McEvoy Murray writes from Brandon, Manitoba.

Try growing an avocado plant Root the seed, plant it, and you just may get a houseplant By Julie Garden-Robinson NDSU Extension Service

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et’s grow the avocado seed into a plant,” my 15-yearold daughter said one day as we prepared an avocado. We have tried this before without success, but sometimes persistence pays off. The process to root an avocado is straightforward. Rinse the avocado seed and then insert three toothpicks halfway up the seed. Next, fill a small, clear glass with water and balance the seed in the water using the toothpicks to prop the seed on the edges of the glass. Be sure the pointed end is pointing upward. About an inch of the seed should be submerged in the water. Set the container in a warm place out of direct sunlight. With any luck, a small root will emerge from the flat (bottom) side of the seed and small shoots will appear from the top in two to six weeks. We regularly watered the seed as it sat on the windowsill by our kitchen sink. When roots appeared, we planted it in soil, but left half of the seed exposed. Maybe we will have a houseplant. If we lived in a much warmer climate, we could grow a tree. Popular in Mexican cuisine, avocados are mashed and mixed with chopped onion, tomatoes and spices to form a tasty green dip known as guacamole. Avocado spread has been used for a long time, according to food history documentation. Because of its fat content, avocado was mashed to form

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a butter-like spread by early European sailors. Avocados technically are a fruit, but used as a vegetable. They contain more fat and calories than other fruits and veg-

etables, but the type of fat primarily is monounsaturated or polyunsaturated, and is heart healthy. They contain a trace amount of saturated fat and no trans fat. One-fourth cup of

puréed avocado has about 96 calories, nine grams of fat and four grams of fibre. Most domestic avocados are grown in California and Florida. When selecting avocados at

the grocery store, pick them up and gently squeeze them in the palm of your hand. A ripe one yields slightly to pressure. If the avocado is not fully ripe, you can place it in a brown paper bag and hold it at room temperature for a few days. Sometimes referred to as “alligator pears” due to their shape and rough green exterior, avocados can be peeled like other fruits and vegetables. Or if you want diced avocado, you can try another technique to avoid slippery hands. Simply rinse it thoroughly with water, then cut it in half lengthwise, going around the big seed. Set the avocado on a cutting board, seed end up, and hit the seed with the sharp end of a knife, keeping your hands away. Next, pull the seed from the avocado with the knife, or carefully twist the seed. To slice it, hold the avocado in your hand flesh end up and slice long cuts to the skin, but not through. To make cubes, cut crosswise, again not cutting through the skin. Finally, using a spoon, scoop the diced avocado out. Keep in mind that avocados oxidize (turn brown) in the presence of oxygen, so be ready to use it as soon as you prepare it. You can sprinkle the surface with lemon or lime juice to counteract the oxidation. Julie Garden-Robinson, PhD, R.D., L.R.D., is a North Dakota State University Extension Service food and nutrition specialist and professor in the department of health, nutrition and exercise sciences.

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