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Canadian Grain Commission seeks fairer funding model One-third of the production is paying twothirds of the costs

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Transportation crisis boosts grain company profits There’s an extraordinary difference between country and port prices

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new checkoff on grain deliveries might be a fairer way to fund the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), says assistant chief CGC commissioner Jim Smolik.

But he is open to suggestions.

“I think the simplest is a dealer point deduction,” Smolik told Winter Cereals Manitoba’s annual meeting March 12. “Is there a better model, something that you guys see as fairer?”

As of last Aug. 1 the CGC, the government-mandated grainSee CGC on page 8 »

A farmer blows a path in to some of his grain bins, but with industry officials now predicting this year’s backlog of grain movements pushing well into 2015, it’s not clear when he’ll be hauling the grain out. PHOTO: JEANNETTE GREAVES

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armers unable to move crops this winter have had plenty of time to notice the difference between what grain companies are paying in the country and selling for off the West Coast.

“Our calculations demonstrate the grain companies have taken over $1.6 billion in excess profits from wheat alone so far this crop year,” said CWBA spokesman and former Canadian Wheat Board director Kyle Korneychuk last week.

University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray independently reached a similar conclusion after compar-

ing prices in the country, where elevators are plugged, against export sales at West Coast ports where prices are in some cases double.

The result is unprecedented grain company margins, despite what is expected to be record demurrage costs.

The CWBA estimates grain companies are earning almost $169 a tonne in excess profit from wheat, based on exports of 9.7 million tonnes to date. (See sidebar for calculations.) Gray’s calculations put company profits at $160 per tonne.

“These record-high basis levels (gap between futures and elevator prices) are costing farmers $100 to $200 per acre in forgone revenue and several billion dollars in total,” Gray wrote in an op-ed piece

published in this week’s edition. “At the same time, these margins have substantially increased the bottom line of grain companies and processors (and they) will likely post record profits this year.”

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The Western Grain Elevators Association denies grain companies are profiting from the transportation crisis.

“Grain companies don’t make money if they can’t move grain,” executive director Wade Sobkowich said in a statement. “We question the numbers put forward by the CWB Alliance.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 27, 2014

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ne invasive species leads to another, says an article published in the current issue of Rangeland Ecology & Management.

A release from the magazine’s publisher, the Society for Range Management, says the authors began with the idea that as people develop a rural area, they change the original habitat by introducing foreign species and spreading them, sometimes unintentionally.

Their study covered three million hectares of northern sagebrush steppe in southwestern Wyoming. The authors targeted infrastructure such as roads, oil and gas well pads, pipelines and power lines and then created 1,000-metre-long sample sites extending outward from these man-made features.

The authors expected that invasive species would be densest within 50 to 100 metres of

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the man-made features and drop steeply as the sample site became less disturbed. This pattern did appear in some cases, however, they often did not see a decline until 500 or even 700 metres out.

More invasive plant species lined informal roads than other human-built features, but all roads, well pads, and

pipelines were surrounded by more invasive species compared with semi-remote reference sites.

Full text of the article “Human infrastructure and invasive plant occurrence across rangelands of southwestern Wyoming, USA” is available at www.rangelands. org.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 27, 2014

Virden meeting draws ideas together for improved water management in Assiniboine River Basin The Prairie Improvement Network (PIN) hosted a grassroots workshop on March 26 to explore development of a sustainable management structure for Assiniboine River Basin

By Lorraine Stevenson

“We want them to start thinking about models and what they can do.”

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ork began this week on a comprehensive plan for managing water in the Assiniboine River Basin.

About 140 representatives of municipalities and counties plus water-governing organizations and associations from Manitoba, North Dakota and Saskatchewan gathered in Virden March 26 for a workshop to define water management issues and needs of the Assiniboine River Basin.

Organizers hope an agreement will emerge to form a multi-jurisdictional water m a n a g e m e n t o rganization that spans the entire basin, which includes large areas of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and North Dakota and encompasses the sub-basins of the Qu’Appelle, Souris and Assiniboine rivers.

The catalyst for the meeting is the Prairie Improvement Ne t w o r k ( P I N ) , f o r m e r l y known as the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council, which

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executive director of the Red River Basin Commission and strategic adviser to the Assiniboine River Basin Initiative

has been working on what it’s dubbed the Assiniboine River Basin Initiative for about a year.

A planning committee for the ARB Initiative commenced last fall and now has nearly 50 members, including those representing Keystone Agricultural Producers, Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, the associations for municipalities in both provinces, conservation districts and other grassroots and government organizations.

Lance Yohe, executive director for the Red River Basin Commission described how his organization developed at PIN’s annual meeting last week.

In an interview Yohe said the Virden meeting was designed to allow stakeholders to identify priorities, whether that is

flood protection, water quality or groundwater issues, and determine whether there is enough common ground to work together addressing them.

The RRBC ultimately evolved into a multi-jurisdictional entity that is today funded by all three levels of government. It has no specific authority of its own, but it provides great value to legislators because of its ongoing data and information gathering and the big picture it provides, Yohe said.

“They see value in what we do for everybody in trying to think of the bigger picture and create that path foward,” he said.

Keystone Agricultural Producers vice-president Dan Mazier, one of nearly 50 now serving on the ARB Initiative’s planning committee, said he

The Assiniboine River Basin (ARB) Initiative aims to bring together stakeholders who have an interest in sustainable water management of the Qu’Appelle, Souris and Assiniboine river basins. photo: Prairie Improvement Network

was confident there would be a collaborative effort going forward.

“As a farmer the one thing I can never get over is how many different entities are looking after water management in the same basin,” he said.

“There are conservation dis-

tricts, the municipalties, the towns and cities, water users, and no one is really tying them together,” he said. “This organization should tie us all together and get us all going in the same direction.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Prairie Improvement Network continues to evolve Former MRAC board trimming budget, looking for new directions, as role administering Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program funding ends

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he Prairie Improvement Network is busy trying to live up to its new name by inventing a new role for itself as March 31 brings to an end its 18-year role divvying out federal cash for rural economic development.

Directors and staff of what used to be the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council have worked hard to “rebrand” their organization and have set their sights on several new initiatives including water management, its membership

heard during the annual meeting here last week.

This week PIN hosted a workshop in Virden, bringing together an anticipated 140 municipal leaders, conservation groups, academics and agricultural groups from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and North Dakota to discuss the potential of forming a multijurisdictional project.

PIN’s well-connected board is ideal for facilitating these kinds of ventures and others, said board chair Terry Fehr, who describes the current status of PIN as “essentially a new and fledgling company.”

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“This is a model for future PIN activities,” he said.

The March 26 meeting is expected to define what role PIN may have ongoing if the Assiniboine River Basin Initiative moves forward.

Fehr said PIN continues to operate using the residual funding it has from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, but is trimming its budget, made staff reductions and “everything now is on the table,” as it continues to search for new revenue sources.

“That search will undoubtedly cause many changes in the coming months,” he said.

“This is a model for future PIN activities.”

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Meanwhile, PIN retains a board of a dozen directors who continue to focus on its Initiative Development Education Advocate (IDEA) Committee exploring other initiatives that it could eventually steer and administer.

The one director position that remains vacant is for a youth director (under age 40.)

Limited time among those of that age plus the uncer-

tainty about the direction PIN will eventually take have combined to make it more challenging to fill that role, said Dr. Allan Preston.

Bylaw changes made at last week’s annual meeting now permit PIN to operate with a minimum six-member board, should it need to slim down in the future. Other bylaw changes also allow PIN to recruit new directors from beyond Manitoba’s borders.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 27, 2014

OPINION/EDITORIAL

Our ‘efficient’ transportation system

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recently spoke to a group of Kansas farmers that I’d last met in 1987, and they asked for an update on what had happened to the Canadian grain industry since.

Well, one or two things. The Pools and UGG almost collapsed, eventually merged and then were taken over by the world’s largest commodity trader. The wheat board has disappeared. Canola producJohn Morriss tion has exploded, barley production has Editorial Director dropped by almost half, soybean and other pulse crop production has taken off…

In other words, it’s quite the list of changes, especially when you also mention the roller-coaster ride of the beef cattle and hog sectors over the same period.

Explaining all this required some context, and explaining the basics of the Canadian system compared to the U.S. That’s an interesting exercise, because it makes you realize that while we’ve adopted the same open-market system as the U.S., we haven’t yet adopted the system that underpins it, and parts of it we never will — especially the size of the commercial storage and handling system.

For much of the period during the 1950s through the 1980s, the U.S. had a problem with surplus production.

Until the Export Enhancement Program of the 1980s, which paid huge subsidies to dump grain offshore, the U.S. government dealt with the problem in two ways. One was to pay farmers to take land out of production, and the other was to pay for storage. The payments were high enough to make it profitable to build elevators and get a rapid return on investment through storage payments.

The result was a lot of concrete and steel storage that is still there today, and in fact, U.S. elevator capacity continues to increase. Off-farm commercial capacity in December 2012 was 10.2 billion bushels, up five per cent from 2010.

That means that about half the U.S. grain and oilseed crop can go into commercial storage.

When I talked to the Kansas farm group in 1987, there were 1,845 facilities with 15.1 million tonnes of storage.

Today there are 415 facilities with 11.6 million tonnes. That means that in Canada, we can put about one-eighth of our crop in commercial storage, compared to about half in the U.S. In North Dakota, there is 357 million bushels (9.7 million tonnes wheat equivalent) of capacity in 342 elevators. Compare that with Manitoba, which has 1.4 million tonnes of capacity in 100 elevators.

Another notable difference between the two systems is that a large proportion of U.S. elevators is owned by local co-ops. In Canada, the system is mainly owned by six companies, which in turn are dominated by the top two — Viterra and Richardson/Pioneer.

The Canadian companies deserve compliments for doing such a good job compared to their U.S. counterparts, turning their facilities much more efficiently while also doing a better job of segregating grades and delivering consistent quality.

However, they also have some advantages compared to the U.S., where companies are required to report grain sales and there is more market information, such as the number of vessels waiting for what grain, available to all market participants. In Canada, since the end of the CWB monopoly, the companies control most of the information.

It’s also interesting to consider that the Canadian companies were able to shrink their systems and achieve such efficiency while the old wheat board was controlling much of the sales and transportation system. Was this despite the board, or because of the board? Should the system have shrunk as much?

Furthermore, is it “efficient?” Measured by the number of times the capacity turns over, yes. But if you’re a farmer looking to deliver right now, you don’t think things are very efficient.

Whatever the size of the elevator system, you can only move as much as the railways will ship, but we’re now seeing a somewhat perverse definition of “efficiency” on their part. The national business press has been lauding CP Rail CEO Hunter Harrison for his success in reducing the company’s “operating ratio” (operating expenses as a percentage of revenue). The next paragraph in their story inevitably refers to one of Harrison’s first accomplishments as getting rid of 400 locomotives and 10,000 rail cars. That’s not particularly efficient if you want to ship grain, but shareholders are happy — CP stock was up 50 per cent last year. So is Mr. Harrison. He was Canada’s highest-paid CEO in 2012, with a salary and compensation package of $49 million. (There is no word yet on whether his pay package this year will be affected by the cold winter.)

It seems we now have a grain-handling and transportation system that is “efficient” — except for farmers and customers. john.morriss@fbcpublishing.com

Canada on the verge of agricultural export bonanza

By Peter G. Hall

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griculture is rarely found in the “wow” segments of the media. It typically operates in the economic background, a critical but unsung sector of industry. Until some crisis interrupts its supply chain, that is. Mere rumours of food shortage are enough to incite panic; grocery store shelves empty instantly when some event sparks a stock-up of basic foodstuffs. There’s a growing sense now that this economic second fiddle could be set to take centre stage.

Why the sudden stardom?

It is not immediately evident in the data. Primary agriculture accounts for a mere 1.1 per cent of Canadian GDP. Add in processed food, and the total number adds up to three per cent of GDP. As a share of trade, primary and processed food adds up to 11 per cent of merchandise exports.

Significant, but hardly stardom.

So what is it that is vaulting this sector up the popularity rankings?

In short, the world is getting hungrier. The rise of emerging markets over the past three decades is now vaulting millions into the ranks of the middle class. China alone is graduating 40 million a year. India is somewhere between 10 million and 20 million, but its goal of 30 million annually is not far fetched. These are staggering figures, and it is just a beginning: Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines, Vietnam and others are also aggressively adding to this income cohort.

The significance of these graduates is their appetite. It grows with their incomes, and is putting what soon could be inexorable pressure on global food supply.

Is our breadbasket nation participating in this bonanza? Indeed we are. Back in 2002, emerging markets accounted for 14 per cent of Canadian agricultural exports; today it has grown to over 30 per cent.

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From 2000 to 2013, growth to OECD nations averaged four per cent, not a bad pace, but it was more than double that, at 8.8 per cent, to emerging markets. It is likely that the pace will increase.

Isolating the trend to particular countries is not easy. Here, China stands alone, accounting for over a third of our agricultural exports to emerging markets, and increasing at a hefty 16 per cent each year. Beyond that, it is hard to differentiate for size and growth. The next 10 emerging markets are rising by an average of over 10 per cent per annum, led by growth to India, Russia and more recently, Indonesia.

Cynics may say at this point that this trade is all in primary products, and that again, we are not adding much value to what we ship. True, 65 per cent of this aggressive trade is crop production. But of crops, animal products and processed foods, it is the slowest-growing category. At the same time, foodmanufacturing exports to emerging markets, 30 per cent of the total, are up on average by 12 per cent yearly. Animal production, just five per cent of the total, is seeing 18 per cent annual growth.

These numbers have been largely unsullied by the global crisis. As the world gets back to growth, it is not hard to imagine this aggressive growth pace picking up even more. Growth alone will further boost middle-class entrants, but next-generation free trade deals promise further liberalization of global agriculture. For nations like Canada that are net exporters of food, this is on balance great news, and promises even greater potential gains.

The bottom line?

At the dawn of the next global growth cycle, Canada’s agriculture sector is poised to reap huge gains.

Peter G. Hall is vice-president and chief economist of the Export Development Corp.

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his advertisement for a mercury-based seed treatment from our March 28, 1957 issue reminds of a time when farm chemicals were more toxic than those used today.

The front page that week reported that for the seventh time, a resolution to lift the ban on colouring margarine had been defeated in the Manitoba legislature, this time by a vote of 28 to 17. However, the legislature supported a resolution that the province co-operate with the federal governments, Saskatchewan and Alberta to study the possibilities of a crop insurance program. Also on the front page, we reported that the Vegetable Growers Association of Manitoba had presented a proposal for a marketing board.

Editor Quincy Martinson commented on a report that the quality of Manitoba livestock was causing concern. “Hog quality has shown no appreciable improvement over the past 20 years… if every farmer would take time and effort to weigh his hogs before sending them to market, the percentage of Grade As could be increased several points from the current 27 per cent.” As for cattle, “Breeding and conformation in many cases are fair to good. All that is required is a longer feeding period.”

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Removing the rail bottleneck is only a partial solution West Coast export capacity must also be increased or farmers stand to lose billions

By Richard Gray

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he inability to export this record crop is having a profound impact on farm grain prices across the Prairies.

With West Coast No. 1 wheat prices close to $11 per bushel and cash prices in Saskatchewan at $5.25 per bushel, farmers are currently paying $160 per tonne beyond normal freight and handling costs to export their crop.

With record-high crush margins canola producers are facing similar increases in the basis between their cash price and what it is worth on

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Time for a reality check The new free trade deal with Korea eliminates tariffs and as we know, Asia is the future.

But were tariffs the problem? Trade development is an area where I’ve had some involvement.

The “in” thinking for decades has been that we must lessen our dependence on the U.S. as an export destination and penetrate those huge Asian markets — a great idea in principle.

This has spawned a status quo in maintaining the perception that success in Asia is just around the corner.

Results so far have been modest, to say the least.

Despite all the trade missions, and all those exporters beating the Asian bushes, large trade deficits with the Asian nations is the norm and our exports to Asia are still a relative pittance compared to exports to the United States.

Looking at readily available official statistics, it can be seen that Canadian exports to Korea haven’t changed much in the past 20 years and now run around the $3.5-billion mark, dominated by coal, crude and wood pulp. Nothing that gets a Manitoba farmer very excited.

Meanwhile, Canadian exports to the United States have virtually tripled during that same 20 years, to well over $300 billion. And more than $20 billion of that is agricultural in nature. This, despite the growing strength of the Canadian dollar compared to 10 years ago and Canada’s continuing fall in productivity relative to the United States.

And what does this all have to do with agricultural markets? Agriculture’s experience is much the same.

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international markets. These recordhigh basis levels are costing farmers $100 to $200 per acre in forgone revenue and several billion dollars in total.

At the same time, these margins have substantially increased the bottom line of grain companies and processors.

The federal government is now taking action to increase rail grain movement with new legislation planned for March 24. Even if rail movement is increased by this legislation, a new crop harvest is only six months away.

With the large impending carryover, Agriculture Canada is forecast-

ing that grain stocks will remain high for the next crop year as well, meaning at least another year of high basis levels.

While increased rail movement is critical, it is only part of the solution.

West Coast grain-handling capacity is currently limited to about 20 million tonnes and this capacity is tightly controlled by three privately owned grain companies, that will likely post record profits this year.

Wi t h p ro j e c t e d g ra i n e x p o r t demand of 36 million to 40 million tonnes, most of additional rail movement will be used to send more shipments east and south. However, the

basis will remain high as these are long and costly routes to salt water and a very long way to the large Asian markets.

If governments are going to address high basis levels over the long term, and increase the bottom line for grain producers, they need to also consider how to significantly increase the West Coast export capacity because this remains a critical bottleneck for grain exports. Billions of dollars are at stake.

Now the argument will be made that trade agreements, such as the one with Korea, will make all the difference. Maybe it’s time for a reality check.

reasonable living. How does this help Canada?

The other question I have is about exporting milk products. Milk has an expiry date and it has to be kept under strict sterile and temperatureregulated conditions. With oil prices going up how will this help the world?

We have trouble taking milk to northern communities, maybe we should tackle that problem first before we export to Asia.

Another question is about disease.

Keeping 1,000 cows on one operation must increase the disease potential.

With the new age of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, how will a 1,000-cow operation deal with diseases, when antibiotics will be limited?

Anthony Parker created more myths than he debunked. Is the obscure language around UPOV ’91 perhaps to hide the end goal and not to clarify the meaning?

Bill Anderson Forrest, Man.

Export by blimp I have been suggesting the formation of a Canadian or Manitoba co-operative for transporting farmers’ and other business products that are “natural/organic/non-GMO by “blimp” for use of a better word.

I read an article years ago about Boeing making a blimp that could travel up to 600 miles per hour.

The shipping of products could be from across Canada. Independent businesses that sell their own products could belong to the co-operative, but could not sell “back and forth to the private sector. They would be in or out.

You could put a survey in the Co-operator or Internet to see if it would be a viable venture.

Allan Peterson Winnipeg, Man.

Doing the math on dairy systems I just read the article “Consumers would compensate farmers for supply management phase-out,” by Alex Binkley on milk and egg supply management in the March 13 edition of the Co-operator.

The Conference Board of Canada’s math is flawed. The way I see it, if the average dairy farm in Canada has 75 cows and the supposedly more efficient 1,000-cow farm from the U.S. is to be the ideal, what is the impact on our communities? What type of community do we want to live in?

By my math, 1,000 cows in Canada would provide about 10 families with a reasonable income. The 1,000-cow operation in the U.S. would provide a company or one family a good living.

I assume that the workers on the 1,000-cow operation will be workers brought in from South America and they would be paid less or about minimum wage. Those workers would not be helping our communities as they would not be able to afford a

Myriam Duke Beausejour, Man.

More confusion than clarity I have read the National Farmers Union’s suggestion that we vote no to Bill C-18. I have also read Anthony Parker, commissioner of Canada’s Plant Breeders’ Rights Office in the March 13 Manitoba Co-operator whose article “Debunking myths around Canada’s UPOV ’91 legislation” recommending that C-18 ought to have a yes vote.

Neither article mentions that the roots of Plant Breeders’ Rights legislation rest basically in patents. If the fact of patenting seeds could be abolished, the world would be a better place for all. Can we not forge legislation that abolishes patents on seeds, but protects both farmers and plant breeders? Such legislation might suggest that no one should profit unduly from buying or selling seeds.

Patents for seeds arose largely from corporations that hoped to profit from special varieties. Likely farmers also wished to capitalize on the saving and selling of seeds. It appears both could benefit from legislation banning the excessive profiteering from spreading good seed.

The phrases “if and only if, implicit, explicit, privilege, right, and necessary and sufficient” are sometimes confusing logical statements. To use them regarding Bill C-18 will not add to the clarity of supporting or not supporting the bill. To say farmers won’t automatically be paying end-use royalties says nothing since “automatically” may be of short- or long-term meaning. In brief, I felt

Richard Gray is an agricultural economist with the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.

The university hosted a public grain-handling and transportation summit March 26.

Barry Hammond Winnipeg, Man.

Safety of GMOs versus ‘man-made climate change’ In a letter to the editor March 13, Wayne James made an interesting comment regarding the Feb. 27 editorial “Mind Games” where Mark Lynas explained why he had crossed over from being “anti-GMO” to become a supporter.

Mr. James stated that it is an easy conclusion to draw that “man-made climate change” is real but that the safety of GMOs is a much more complicated question. I would like to add that the “man-made climate change” theory is by no means as settled among all scientists as the mainstream media want us to believe.

There is a very informative video made in 2007, originally broadcast on British Channel 4, and uploaded on YouTube. It is now seven years since it was made, but it is still well worth watching.

Search on YouTube for “The great global warming swindle.” It contains interviews with among others, the following: Professor John Christy, lead author of the UN Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC); Professor Paul Reiter, IPCC and the Pasteur Institute in Paris; Professor Richard Lindzen, IPCC and M.I.T.; Professor Tim Ball, department of climatology, University of Winnipeg; Professor Patrick Michaels, department of environmental science, University of Virginia; Professor Syun Ichi Aka Sofu, director, International Arctic Research Centre; Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace; Nigel Calder, former editor of the New Scientist.

This “global warming” or as they prefer to call it now after several cold winters, “climate change science” is a multibillion-dollar industry, yes, almost a new religion, which no one is supposed to question. Please, take an hour of your time to watch this video and deem for yourself. “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32 Eric Eriksson Hazelridge, Man.

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FROM PAGE ONE GRAIN PROFITS Continued from page 1

With four months left in the crop year grain companies have already paid an estimated $55 million in demurrage, Sobkowich said in an interview.

The previous record of $50 million was set in 2010-11, according to Quorum Corporation, Canada’s grain monitor.

Demurrage is costing $15,000 to $25,000 per vessel per day, Sobkowich said. At the peak, 53 ships were waiting off the West Coast.

“My members have said, ‘we are bleeding badly,’” he said.

However, Gray said companies can make back their entire demurrage in one week of shipping. “And they will have change left over.”

Ca n o l a - c r u s h i n g p l a n t s, also owned by grain companies, enjoy similar margins, he added.

“If they crush 10 million tonnes that’s $1.6 billion, so I suspect they’re doing pretty well,” Gray said.

Solutions differ

Gray and Korneychuk agree getting the railways to move more grain will help, but beyond that their solutions differ.

Kor neychuk wants the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk reinstated.

“The farmers’ share of the international price of grain has gone down from 84 per cent under our single-desk Canadian Wheat Board to around 40 per cent today,” he said. “It is the grain companies that have taken the lion’s share... because the railways are constrained by legislation from taking much more than 12 per cent.”

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exports through their own terminals.

It would be more competitive with one owner, even if it was one of the big three, Gray said.

West Coast constraints

University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray expects western grain companies to earn record profits this crop year despite record demurrage charges. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

and system oversight was more efficient, he said.

Gray said the single desk would not have prevented this year’s anomalies in shipping and basis levels. He’s calling for expanded West Coast grainhandling capacity and more competition.

“We’ll get our highest net prices if grain goes west,” Gray said. “But for that to happen we need to nearly double West Coast capacity.”

The West’s three biggest grain companies — Richardson International, Viterra (Glencore) and Cargill own most of Vancouver’s terminal space.

“It’s not a lot of competition,” Gray said.

“Prince Rupert is particularly sinister,” he added, because the same three firms jointly own the grain terminal there. As a result, it gets used as a last resort because companies would rather maximize

There’s little room to expand export capacity in Vancouver and even if there was, there is no incentive for existing players to solve the problem, Gray said.

Sobkowich said grain movement appears to be improving. In Week 34, the railways planned to move 8,000 cars, up a bit from previous weeks.

On March 7, the federal government gave the railways four weeks to start shipping at least 11,000 cars a week in total or face fines of $100,000 a day.

The government also promised to introduce legislation, perhaps as early as this week, to encourage better rail service for grain.

With a projected carry-over of 23.6 million tonnes there is no quick fix.

“Whether we have a normal, large or even a short crop (this fall) we’re still in this for 18 months to two years minimum,” Sobkowich said.

“Even if the railways hit the government numbers... we’re still going to have a problem.”

Farmers can also expect the basis to remain wide as more grain should be exported from the West Coast than it can handle, Gray said.

“This is a really complex thing and it’s going to require some real investment and not just a policy change,” he said.

“We need to think long term and we need to think big and create capacity.

“Billions of dollars are at stake.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

Here is how the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance determined grain companies “scooped up... an excess profit” of $168.93 a tonne on wheat.

The Feb. 26 edition of the CWB’s Market Research Services Newsletter reported wheat in Vancouver was being offered at $11.38 a bushel and bought in the country for $4.89 — a difference of $6.89 a bushel or $246 a tonne.

Based on posted Canadian Grain Commission elevator tariffs, which presumably earn grain companies a profit, and average rail freight costs, the CWBA says it should cost $77.07 a tonne to get wheat to Vancouver. Subtract $77.07 from the $246 the companies were paid in Vancouver and you get $168.93.

The $77.07 a tonne breaks down this way: Rail cost: $40 Primary elevation: $15.50 Primary cleaning: $5.70 Terminal elevation: $10.15 Terminal cleaning: $5.72 The CWBA said grain commission statistics show Canada exported almost 9.7 million tonnes of wheat and durum. The CWBA multiplied the exports by the $169

a tonne to get what it says is an excess profit to grain companies of $1.6 billion as of Jan. 26.

Working independently University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray came up with similar figures. He puts the Vancouver price for No. 1 wheat at close to $11 a bushel and the cash price in Saskatchewan at $5.25, resulting, he says, in farmers “paying $160 per tonne beyond normal freight and handling costs to export their crop.”

University of Manitoba agricultural economist Derek Brewin said last week Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development put country prices for Canada Western Red Spring wheat at $5.57 a bushel or about $2.30 CDN below the price of Minneapolis Dark Northern Spring. A year ago the gap was just 58 cents a bushel.

While Brewin agrees with Gray that grain companies are making huge margins based on spot prices, it can be misleading to compare one price during a short period and extrapolate them.

The only way to get exact prices is to know what every company bought and sold for, Kyle Korneychuk said, adding he believes his calculations are conservative. allan@fbcpublishing.com

Why don’t grain companies fight poor rail service in court?

By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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rain companies should be filing a level-of-service complaint with the Canadian Transportation Agency over poor rail service, Kyle Korneychuk of the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance says.

The former Canadian Wheat Board did that in the late 1990s, and it was able to recover some of the losses farmers incurred that year.

Level-of-service cases are launched after the damage is done, said Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association, which represents the West’s major grain firms.

“You can’t use them to stop a problem from happening,” he said. “You can only use them to recover damages well after the fact.”

Sobkowich declined to comment on whether the WGEA will take legal action once the current grain backlog is cleared.

However, he stressed the asso-

ciation’s members sincerely want better rail service.

“We’re definitely not happy with the situation,” Sobkowich said. “If we were... you wouldn’t have seen me out there complaining about it the past eight months.

“We’re defaulting on contracts now with our customers overseas. We are losing sales because we’re not confident in our ability to deliver. We have contract extension penalties. We have vessel demurrage and that is hurting us quite badly here.”

It’s assumed grain companies pass demurrage costs back to farmers.

“You might take that into account when pricing down the road but there are competitive factors at play so you can’t necessarily recover that from the farmer,” he said. “But when the wheat board was doing it, it was all factored into the pool account 100 per cent. That’s a point worth noting.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Grain bin listings available to farmers facing spring floods With spring officially here, producers in flood-prone areas will need to move grain to higher ground

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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he Manitoba government has launched a grain bin listing service to assist farmers who may have to move grain out of the way of spring flooding.

“Our first priority is getting this grain moving, but secondly, we need to ensure we have ample space should f a r m e r s n e e d e m e rg e n c y alternate locations for at-risk grain in flood-prone areas,” said Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn, speaking at the Manitoba legislature last week.

In late Fe b r u a r y, Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre issued a preliminary spring flood outlook, indicating that without significant precipitation between now and the spring thaw, the potential for flooding is below or near normal in most areas.

However, with large volumes of grain on farms and in temporary grain bag storage there are concerns some will have to be moved to higher ground in coming weeks.

“It is, obviously, with the volume of grain there is sitting in the bins, it’s going to take a number of months to move... first and foremost we feel it’s very important that we don’t get any spoilage,” Kostyshyn said.

The minister urged farmers with extra space to contact their local GO office.

Filled to capacity

Currently, grain elevators in the province are filled to a capacity of 112 per cent when the amount of grain stored outside of the elevators considered.

“I would suspect there will be some available, you know, it would be interesting to see what there is available... because when we talk about the 112, that’s elevator capacity, and outside the elevators, so obviously some of the grain has been moved from the farmers’

CGC Continued from page 1

sector watchdog and protector of Canada’s grain quality brand, is required by law to be self-funded.

Currently about $40 million or two-thirds of the CGC’s average annual $60-million budget comes from the $1.82 a tonne charged for outward inspection on about 23 million tonnes of grain exports. That represents just a third of Canada’s annual grain production, Smolik said.

“We don’t have someone we can hand that bill to (for other CGC services) so it has forced us to kind of off-load a lot of our costs on that outward inspection,” he said.

“Two-thirds of the grain is receiving CGC value for virtually no cost,” he said. “How do we make sure everybody pays for the benefit they are receiving from the CGC, whether it’s the Canada brand or grain safety?”

Fairer approach Ron Kostyshyn, Manitoba’s minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, speaks at the province’s legislature. PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES

bins to the elevators,” he said, adding that spring road restrictions will also be lifted for atrisk grain transportation.

But the province is also optimistic that there will be more grain moving through Thunder Bay, following the federal government’s imposition of minimum shipping requirements on rail companies.

“It does appear that there will be an extra effort now to move some grain to Thunder Bay. But let’s be realistic, Thunder Bay, the seaway is frozen over, so for the ships to come in, vessels to come in, would be challenging,” said Kostyshyn, adding that he spoke to Canadian Pacific CEO Hunter Harrison about the issue during a conference call March 17.

Historically, 64 per cent o f Ma n i t o b a’s g r a i n h a s been shipped via the Port of Thunder Bay. Some have speculated that Manitoba’s grain will only move once Saskatchewan’s and Alberta’s have reached the Port of Vancouver, as rail companies move grain that is easiest to reach in order to meet their new quotas and avoid fines.

Kostyshyn doesn’t think that will be an issue, noting a provincial task force was created

on March 12, which will work with the other Prairie provinces, industry, farmers and the rail companies to ensure equitable distribution of rail cars.

Late to the party

Tory Agriculture Critic Blaine Pedersen, isn’t so sure.

“They’re late to the party for one thing,” said the representative for Midland. “Where has the province been all winter on this? We’ve known all winter that this is a problem and it’s just gotten worse as every week has gone by.”

A provincial task force should have been created months ago, he added, noting Manitoba only got onboard after Alberta and Saskatchewan led the way.

Kostyshyn said the government has been exploring all options, as well as looking at long-term solutions, like processing more of Manitoba’s agricultural products within the province and expanding the use of the Port of Churchill.

“We need to have a plan in place for the next five years, 10 years, 20 years, so we have a guaranteed movement of cargo, whether it’s raw product that’s produced here or finished product,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Other fees cover 27 per cent of the CGC’s budget. The remaining nine per cent or $5.4 million comes from the federal government to cover benefits the CGC provides to Canada for such things as grain safety.

Some grain companies and farmers want mandatory CGC outward inspection, which guarantees Canadian grain meets customers’ specifications, made optional. Fewer outward inspections would cut CGC revenue.

While it’s grain companies that pay most CGC fees, it is believed much of the cost is passed back to farmers. But no matter who pays, clearly the burden now is on exported grain.

Besides the CGC’s “Certificate Final” issued on Canadian grain exports, CGC services include grain safety, monitoring, grain quality research, market access, dealing with grain customer complaints, export statistics and a program to protect farmers when grain companies don’t pay.

The CGC isn’t sure making outward inspection optional will save much money, Smolik said.

“We’ll likely have to be overstaffed because we’ll never really know when we’ll be called upon to do (inspect) a vessel,” he said.

“We can’t impede business.”

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tors and certify them to comply with requirements under the Canada Grain Act, he said.

Buyer complaints

The change could also hurt trade. A buyer might reject CGC inspection leaving Canada more vulnerable to phytosanitary complaints launched by the importing government, Smolik said.

“Ultimately the most important thing is country customer satisfaction,” he added. “So whatever we do we don’t want to impact the Canada brand.”

Some countries, such as Japan, will continue to insist on CGC inspection “for the foreseeable future,” he said.

Smolik noted the CGC has introduced more flexibility to outward inspection. Now it will certify to buyers’ specifications rather than just CGC grades if a buyer requests that. Composite sampling is another option.

“We’ve added a bunch of options... to help facilitate trade for whatever the countries want,” Smolik said.

There is a long list of issues to consider if the CGC were to change its funding model, Smolik said. One is whether to collect a checkoff in Eastern Canada where the CGC does not license primary grain elevators or provide farmer security on delivered grain.

Eastern grain accounts for five to seven per cent of Canada’s average total grain crop of 70 million to 80 million tonnes, Smolik said.

It’s unclear whether the CGC could collect a checkoff directly or whether it would have to hire another agency, he said.

It’s also unknown if that revenue could flow directly to the CGC or be collected by the federal government and then paid to the CGC. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Tenth annual Ag Awareness Day looks at hemp Once outlawed, Manitoba hemp is a sought-after food product and is returning to its manufacturing roots

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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anitoba is growing good things, in particular, hemp.

The fibrous plant — touted as having more than 25,000 uses in a 1913 edition of Popular Mechanics — was lauded last week, during the annual Agriculture Awareness Day at the Manitoba legislature.

The all-party event is in its 10th year and Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn took to the microphone to note that hemp is one of the key crops produced in the province when it comes to creating value-added agricultural products.

“We want to showcase the valued added and sophistication of the industry,” he said, noting the industry in Manitoba has undergone remarkable changes over the past 20 years.

Mike Fata, who co-founded Manitoba Har vest Hemp Foods in 1998, said the province’s climate is well suited to hemp production, which has been grown and used for fibre and food for more than 3,000 years.

“We really see hemp as part of that thriving future in Manitoba,” said Fata.

Hemp was once so important to the development of industry and transportation that farmers who immigrated to Canada and received free land parcels were required by law to dedicate a certain amount of their acreage to the crop.

All that changed when fear of hemp’s cousin, marijuana, led to the prohibition of the plant in the 1930s.

But now that the hemp prohibition is over — although the crop is still regulated by

Local farm and urban media participate in a hemp trivia contest at the Manitoba legislature. From left, Ron Kostyshyn, Laura Rance, Kelvin Heppner and Karen Roznik. PHOTOS: SHANNON VANRAES

“We are creating something brave and something new here, something that can frankly only be done here.”

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Health Canada — Simon Potter of the Composites Innovation Centre hopes that the tall, fibre-, food- and oilproducing plant will become an important resource in manufacturing.

“These materials — renewable, environmentally friendly, inexpensive and in many ways superior to traditional synthetic materials — will provide a win-win for our local economy, with new value streams for our farming communities,” he told the crowd assembled for Agriculture Awareness Day. The centre is working on developing new products for the aerospace and automo-

tive industries, using research to find ways to move the resin-coated fibres of hemp, flax and other plants, towards replacing plastics.

“We are creating something brave and something new here, something that can frankly only be done here,” Potter said, citing the support from all levels of government, while also making a nod to Winnipeg — recently listed as one of the seven most intelligent communities in the world.

Blaine Pedersen, agriculture critic for the Progressive Conservatives, also spoke to the development of such new industries, adding he believes

Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods co-founder Mike Fata speaks during Agriculture Awareness Day.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices Winnipeg

March 21, 2014

Auctions emerging as price discovery tool of choice

Steers & Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 94.00 - 101.50 D3 Cows 85.00 - 92.00 Bulls 95.00 - 102.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

130.00 - 160.00 (801-900 lbs.)

150.00 - 167.00 (701-800 lbs.)

165.00 - 185.00 (601-700 lbs.)

175.00 - 202.00 (501-600 lbs.)

190.00 - 218.00 (401-500 lbs.)

190.00 - 235.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

110.00 - 138.00 (801-900 lbs.)

130.00 - 145.00 (701-800 lbs.)

135.00 - 165.00 (601-700 lbs.)

155.00 - 182.00 (501-600 lbs.)

168.00 - 199.00 (401-500 lbs.)

175.00 - 205.00

Heifers

Alberta South — 143.00 90.00 - 110.00 80.00 - 94.00 — $ 150.00 - 163.00 159.00 - 174.00 173.00 - 190.00 187.00 - 208.00 200.00 - 224.00 209.00 - 230.00 $ 134.00 - 148.00 143.00 - 160.00 156.00 - 174.00 169.00 - 189.00 175.00 - 196.00 182.00 - 203.00

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

(850+ lbs.)

Close 144.42 136.20 133.75 137.55 138.55 138.70

Change 0.79 -0.68 -1.03 -0.55 -0.47 -1.00

Feeder Cattle March 2014 April 2014 May 2014 August 2014 September 2014 October 2014

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Week Ending March 15, 2014 50,229 12,376 37,853 — 564,000

Close 173.62 174.65 176.20 177.62 177.00 176.75

Change -0.35 -1.28 -0.80 -0.73 -0.65 -0.05

Cattle Grades (Canada) Previous Year­ 51,536 12,112 39,424 — 608,000

Week Ending March 15, 2014 992 27,840 13,093 571 745 6,437 66

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 900 27,345 14,332 481 640 7,275 71

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 238.00 E 222.00 E 235.34 230.07

Futures (March 21, 2014) in U.S. Hogs April 2014 May 2014 June 2014 July 2014 August 2014

Last Week 219.71 205.08 217.89 213.84

Close 124.80 126.50 130.80 127.25 127.10

Last Year (Index 100) 153.27 142.35 140.68 146.31

Change 5.88 3.30 3.20 2.40 4.00

Other Market Prices Winnipeg (165 head) (wooled fats) — 140.00 - 150.00 155.00 - 163.00 160.00 - 165.00 160.00 - 170.00 187.50

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 March 16, 2014 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.935 Undergrade .............................. $1.845 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..................................... $1.825 Undergrade............................... $1.740 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

“Some other guys are getting pretty close to calving and they need the pen space.”

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allan munroe

arge volumes continued to come to Manitoba’s cattle auction yards during the week ended March 21, with numbers staying mostly steady compared to the week prior.

Volumes have continued to stay strong, though expectations have been that activity would start to slow down over the last month, Allan Munroe of Killarney Auction Mart said.

His auction yard saw an increase in volume compared to a week ago, with a new customer and the warmer weather helping to increase the number of cattle coming through the ring.

“Some other guys are getting pretty close to calving and they need the pen space,” he said. “And the market has just been continually rising.”

Prices for feeder cattle continued to strengthen across the province during the week, with the futures market continuing to rise. Strong demand and the weaker Canadian dollar, which dropped below US89 cents during the week, also helped prices move higher.

The demand continues to come mostly from the west, and south in the U.S., Munroe said, adding it’s been difficult to get trucks heading east.

But the lack of trucks heading east hasn’t put a damper on prices that continue to rise.

Strong values at the Killarney market also had a lot to do with the high number of premium cattle sold there on March 17, Munroe noted.

From now on, volumes will likely drop off across the province as supplies start to tighten, though Munroe thought the activity would have slowed down by now.

More and more cattle are coming to the province’s auction yards than before, because some auction marts have closed down in recent years, said Munroe.

“Our area has expanded drastically. We’re going farther west, farther east,” he said.

“There are always boundaries to our area, and we are always trying to push them a little bit.”

‘Age of uncertainty’

More farmers are choosing to use auction marts as a marketing tool right now, he added, because it’s the best way to take advantage of the recent strong prices.

“There’s cattle coming to the ring that have been sold out of the yard the last few years, just because it’s so hard to put a value on the cattle with one offer out of the country,” said Munroe. “This is where the auction marts are really making a difference. It’s where we find price discovery.”

The slaughter market is also continuing to offer strong prices, encouraging farmers to sell any cows that lose a calf right away, keeping volumes steady in that category as well.

Good demand for hamburger has also helped slaughter prices move higher, reaching record levels in recent weeks at some of the province’s auction marts.

Strong prices on both the feeder and slaughter cattle will likely continue going forward, as “I don’t see anything that’s going to stop it right now,” Munroe said.

“We live in an age of uncertainty because anything can happen at any time, but the fundamentals are saying it’s going to be strong.”

Terryn Shiells writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

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Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Choice Lambs (110+ lb.)

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

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Ontario $ 129.40 - 159.51 125.84 - 152.02 77.50 - 104.40 77.50 - 104.40 89.19 - 115.68 $ 153.24 - 175.01 131.99 - 176.42 137.33 - 191.65 145.56 - 210.61 152.99 - 219.03 155.74 - 218.49 $ 139.16 - 153.67 130.12 - 160.59 123.53 - 166.82 132.02 - 181.61 144.63 - 187.04 144.86 - 193.02

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(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.)

Strength continues in both feeder and slaughter cattle

Futures (March 21, 2014) in U.S. Fed Cattle April 2014 June 2014 August 2014 October 2014 December 2014 February 2015

$1 Cdn: $0.8933 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.1194 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: MARCH 21, 2014

Toronto 71.67 - 101.84 146.52 - 176.44 193.04 - 208.43 184.99 - 215.47 190.54 - 256.37 —

SunGold Specialty Meats 40.00

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 Winnipeg (45head) Toronto (Fats) ($/cwt) Kids 280.00 - 300.00 54.03 - 2,889.16 Billys 220.00 - 250.00 Mature — 64.89 - 222.88

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 26.00 - 43.00 40.00 - 55.00

Deadly pig virus numbers rise in U.S. hog herd reuters / C o n f i r m e d cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) increased by 296 in the we e k e n d e d Ma rc h 1 5 , bringing the total number t o 4 , 7 5 7 , a c c o rd i n g t o data released March 20 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN).

The U.S. and Canadian hog industries have recently developed part-

nerships to research what role, if any, feed or feed ingredients have had in the transmission of PEDv, the National Pork Board said earlier this week.

Hog industr y analysts estimate PEDv has killed an estimated five million U.S. hogs since it was discovered in May 2013.

The spread of the virus has already crimped market-ready hog supply not only in the U.S. Midwest but also along the East Coast, forcing some pork packing plants to reduce slaughter operations.

There is talk in the hog

industry of some Midwest pork packing facilities considering several operations of either cutting one day a week, trimming daily operating hours, or eliminating Saturdays and overtime in order to re d u c e t o t a l o p e ra t i n g hours, hog dealers have said.

Last week, Smithfield Foods Inc. suspended hog slaughter March 21 at its Tar Heel, North Carolina, plant which has a slaughter capacity of 30,000 to 34,000 head as PEDv has tightened hog supplies, industry sources said.

Looking for results? Check out the market reports from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 14

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GRAIN MARKETS Export and International Prices

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Canola values still tied to the railroad tracks Other bearish pressures are piling in on oilseeds Phil Franz-Warkentin CNSC

I

CE Futures Canada canola contracts ran into resistance during the week ended March 21 and dropped sharply lower overall, as speculators returned to the sell side after covering their short positions over most of the past month.

Increased farmer selling, as countr y pricing started to show a bit of life, added to the softer tone. That producer selling built on itself in the futures when canola crashed on Thursday and Friday, but any actual opportunities were relatively short lived, as overarching logistical issues remain slow in sorting themselves out.

The ongoing container truckers strike in Vancouver, the possibility of a Canadian National Railway (CN) conductors’ strike, thick ice on the Great Lakes and persistent winter weather across the Prairies were all overhanging the market.

May canola hit a session high of $466.60 per tonne on March 19, having risen by over $60 per tonne since mid-February on the back of speculative short-covering. Large fund traders had held a short position as large as 40,000 contracts when canola was at the lows, according to some reports, and were actually thought to be switching over to a net long by the time canola hit its highs March 19. However, that spec selling quickly materialized the next day, with weakness in the U.S. soyoil market somewhat responsible.

The well-documented difficulties moving this year’s crops out of the Prairies have largely insulated canola from any supportive news in the outside oilseed markets, but bearish news seems to have an easier time worming its way into the conver-

Last Week

All prices close of business March 20, 2014

Week Ago

Year Ago

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

235.78

247.56

262.42

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

264.74

264.74

294.10

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

190.93

190.93

288.48

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

285.30

285.30

277.85

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

513.04

513.04

535.39

Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)

947.93

947.93

1082.43

oilseeds

sation. For canola, that bearish news is starting to come from a number of fronts: Malaysian palm oil has backed off of its highs, as the strength of that market causes buyers to slow their export demand; South American soybean crops will still be record large, despite any downgrades; and it’s thought to be only a matter of time before China starts cancelling more previous U.S. soybean purchases.

Soybeans did move higher overall in the most active front months during the week, but failed in an attempt at breaki ng a b ove n ea r by res i st a nc e a n d fe l l sharply on Friday as speculative selling came forward. Fund traders are holding a large net-long position in soybeans, leaving plenty of room for more liquidation going forward.

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business March 21, 2014 barley

Last Week

Week Ago

May 2014

130.50

128.50

July 2014

128.50

128.50

October 2014

128.50

—

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

May 2014

440.50

461.10

July 2014

449.90

470.10

November 2014

466.50

—

Parched Plains

Wheat futures were also up during the week, with the biggest gains in the Kansas City hard red winter wheat market. Crop conditions in the southern Great Plains are dry, and the lack of moisture is creating concerns over the winter wheat in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas as the fields emerge for the spring.

The situation in Ukraine and Russia is creating some tensions in the global wheat market as well, with traders still on edge over any possible supply disruptions from the Black Sea region of the world.

Cor n was down slightly dur ing the week, with farmer selling a feature as U.S. growers were opening their bins and making sales for cash flow needs ahead of spring seeding. On the other side, demand for U.S. corn is still strong, while Ukraine is also a major player in the corn market.

Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

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

Special Crops Report for March 24, 2014 — 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

19.00 - 20.00

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

19.00 - 20.00

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

18.50 - 19.00

19.00 - 20.00 —

Desi Chickpeas

19.00 - 20.00

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

Fababeans, large

—

Feed beans

—

11.30 - 11.50

Medium Yellow No. 1

5.50 - 6.00

Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel) Feed Pea (Rail)

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

4.25 - 4.35

37.00 - 37.00

No. 1 Great Northern

60.00 - 60.00

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

64.00 - 64.00

Yellow No. 1

34.75 - 35.75

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

55.00 - 55.00

Brown No. 1

32.10 - 33.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

60.00 - 60.00

Oriental No. 1

24.50 - 25.75

No. 1 Black Beans

35.00 - 35.00

No. 1 Pinto Beans

30.00 - 30.00

No. 1 Small Red Source: Stat Publishing

No. 1 Pink

SUNFLOWERS

— 40.00 - 40.00

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

20.45

18.70

32.00* Call for details

—

Report for March 21, 2014 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed) Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

Western Canadian producers look to lock in prices Producers are also looking to shift production decisions to specialty crops

By Dave Sims Commodity News Service

W

estern Canadian farmers are starting to show more interest in locking in new crop contracts, as pricing opportunities finally show some improvement across the Prairies, said industry participants.

“I think if there’s some decent prices out there people will be locking them in,” said Lynn Jacobson, president of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture, noting a month ago, locking in a price was simply not profitable. “There was

too wide a gap in between what you could earn and what you could produce it for.”

Other producers have begun to look at shifting their traditional crop patterns or adopting new ones. Flax, fava beans, peas and soybeans are just some of the crops that could get more attention in Alberta this year, said Jacobson.

In Manitoba, many producers are starting to lock in delivery contracts because the prices are now more in line with the true value of the grain they want to sell.

“I think there’s going to be producers taking cash bids and nearterm contract deliveries between now and spring, before seeding and road restrictions (begin),” said Doug Chor ney, presiden t o f Ke y s t o n e Agricultural Producers.

No r m Ha l l , p r e s i d e n t o f t h e Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS), said producers who signed early contracts last year were the ones who were able to sell the crop and get some cash flow.

“The ones who normally market

later in the year are the ones who are generally in a little more dire straits this year,” he said.

In just a few weeks, the three leaders are scheduled to have breakfast with Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz in Ottawa. The grain transportation crisis stands to be front and centre at the meeting with Jacobson already calling for more grain to be shipped east, “especially out of Manitoba and the eastern part of Saskatchewan,” h e s a i d . Ru l e s a n d re g u l a t i o n s around grain transportation should also be on the table.

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Manitoba’s hog industry holding the line against PED Discovery of Delta coronavirus at six Ontario sites shows a ‘portal’ is letting in new diseases, says vet

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By Daniel Winters co-operator staff

B

iosecurity measures undertaken by all sectors of the hog industry have managed to hold the line against the highly contagious porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, (PEDv).

Manitoba has experienced just one infected premise in Manitoba and two positive swabs at high hog traffic areas, said Karl Kynoch, chair of the Manitoba Pork Council.

“That’s hugely positive and it goes to show that the biosecurity being delivered on Manitoba farms is actually working,” said Kynoch, in a PED town hall conference call March 21.

Dr. Glenn Duizer, Manitoba’s acting chief veterinarian, said that “traceouts” of 60 sites that have had some contact with the infected farm have all tested negative.

Environmental sampling since Feb. 1 on nine high-traffic assembly yards, packing plants and truck wash stations sites for a total of 429 samples has turned up two positives. To date, no farms have been found to be infected after followup surveillance.

“High-traffic sites need to be considered positives because of their level of contact with sites outside of Manitoba,” said Duizer, who added that environmental testing would continue.

Andrew Dickson, MPC general manager, said that trucks returning from deliveries of live hogs to farms in the United States were being sealed at the border and directed to accredited wash stations where they are properly washed by trained staff.

However, trailers coming back from packing plants south of the border represent “a gap” in the program, because Canadian Border Services Agency regulations do not require them to be sealed.

“We’re encouraging them to have their vehicles properly washed and disinfected at stations in Manitoba, and we’ve had excellent co-operation from them so far,” said Dickson, who added that he hopes the federal government will update border regulations.

“If we keep this up, we can hold this disease at bay,” said Dickson.

Elusive

Dr. Craig Pr ice, Alber ta-based regional director for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, said that confirmation of whether spray-dried porcine plasma and other pig-based products in pelleted feed could serve as a vector for spreading PED infection continues to be elusive, despite initial results that found that one lot of plasma from the U.S contained the virus and was deemed capable of infecting pigs.

“The lab test wasn’t able to demonstrate that feed could transmit PED, and that’s a bit different from saying that the feed did not transmit PED,” said Price.

Lab testing, he added, is a process of exclusion or confirmation, but “in this case we weren’t able to confirm it as a vector.”

“But that doesn’t mean that we can say it wasn’t a vector,” added Price.

“We still have a provincial epidemiologist working on the bigger picture of

what the role of feed is in the transmission of this disease.”

The CFIA is still working with its counterparts in the U.S. to try and establish what happened with the particular lot of plasma that has since been recalled.

“Does the ingredient itself have an inherent risk for transmission of the disease, or was there something else going on? That I can’t answer for you today,” said Price.

Dr. Doug MacDougald, a veterinarian with South West Ontario Veterinary Services, said that Canada now has a total of 35 PEDinfected sites.

The 24 cases were either sow or nursery production sites, and 17 of the first 18 cases, along with a site in P.E.I., were directly linked to the recalled plasma that was found to contain live PED virus.

The first infected herds are now starting to wean a new crop of piglets, which shows that infected sites are out of commission for about a five-week interval.

Second virus surfaces

After extensive cleanouts, many of the previously infected nurseries are now filled with negative pigs, but testing will continue.

Finishers, from farrow-to-finish herds that were infected, are now at the six-week post-infection stage where viral shedding typically ends.

“We are hoping to find little to no virus,” said MacDougald, adding that once past that stage, the risk of spreading the disease will be much lower.

“I see this as an incredibly urgent situation that we need to address before we have another virus here.”

Dr. Doug MacDougald

However, Delta coronavirus, a second virus related to both the PED and TGE coronaviruses has been diagnosed at six sites by Ontario’s Agriculture Ministry. First identified in the U.S. in February, Delta coronavirus is “distinctly different” with milder clinical signs which may make it more difficult to detect at the farm level.

“Very little is known at this point,” he said. “But the take-home for all of us is that we now have had two new swine viruses in Canada in the last two months.”

The national swine industry’s health and biosecurity is being “compromised” by “a portal” that is allowing new viruses into North America, said MacDougald, and that means there is also a risk of more serious foreign animal diseases arriving in the future.

“I see this as an incredibly urgent situation that we need to address before we have another virus here,” he added. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

BRIEFS

National dairy traceability and assurance funds Dairy Farmers of Canada is getting $416,000 in federal and provincial funds to design and implement a national traceability program for dairy cattle, federal officials announced March 21.

The plan will entail updating standards for milk producers to meet traceability requirements and provide the necessary training at provincial and producer levels.

In addition, $529,000 will be used to implement the proAction Initiative, a national assurance program for dairy production that includes on-farm pilot testing of assessment tools and producer training.

Pigs dumped in southern Chinese river BEIJING /REUTERS / The decaying bodies of at least 131 dead pigs were found in a major river in China’s eastern province of Jiangxi, the official Xinhua news agency said March 19.

China’s new leadership has identified pollution, long a source of public discontent, as one of its top challenges, and vowed to more strictly police firms that get free rein to pollute from local governments eager to maintain jobs and revenue.

Last March, thousands of dead pigs dumped into a river that provides water to Shanghai sparked widespread outrage about environmental degradation, which has been the price of China’s rapid economic growth.

The water authority in the provincial capital of Nanchang said it found the dead pigs on Saturday in the Ganjiang River, which is a major tributary of the Yangtze.

It was unclear where exactly the carcasses came from or why they had been dumped.

Xinhua did not say what steps authorities were taking to find out why the animals were thrown into the river, but the pigs are believed to originate from the river’s upper reaches.

In last year’s incident, authorities said traces of a common virus were found in some of the animals, indicating that farmers might have dumped them.

Easter lamb prices continue to rise on strong bidding There was also strong demand for goat kids with prices reaching $2.87 per pound

By Mark Elliot

March 4, 2014

CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

T

he warm weather drew about 200 sheep and goats to the March 19 Winnipeg Livestock Auction sale. Determined buyers made for some wild and exciting bidding. Prices of the lambs have increased from the last sale.

Ewes were strictly graded upon the quality of the animal, with culls facing limited interest from buyers and low bids.

Prices ranged from $0.30 to $0.42 per pound on culls, while buyers kept the price range for the quality ewes in the range of $0.76 to $0.92 per pound. A pair of 113-pound Icelandiccross sheep brought $89.27 ($0.79 per pound).

A 200-pound British blackface-cross ram brought $190 ($0.95 per pound). A 140p o u n d Su f f o l k - c r o s s r a m brought $14.80 ($0.82 per pound).

No heavyweight lambs were delivered.

There were limited market lambs on offer but buyers showed great interest and the bidding remained strong.

A 100-pound Cheviot-cross lamb brought $145 ($1.45 per pound). A 95-pound Rideaucross lamb brought $159.60 ($1.68 per pound). A group of 98-pound lambs brought $155.82 ($1.59 per pound).

Feeder lambs dominated this sale. The quality was not what buyers wanted, but the interest was still high, possibly because supplies are limited.

Bidding became quite exciting and the bids were shouted from all corners of the room.

Prices ranged from $1.51 to $1.73 per pound for weight ranging from 80 to 93 pounds.

An exception was a group of 84-pound Cheviot-cross lambs

EWES

$96.60 – $124.64

$102.70 – $151.3

$32.40 – $69.93

$39.60 – $100

n/a

$132.16 – $175

95 - 110

$145 - $159.60

n/a

80 - 94

$116.76 – $160.89

$100.32 – $142.40

$115.92 – $140.60

$71.40 – $113.49

$106.26

$92.40/$97.80 (66/67 lbs.)

$70.20 – $89.09

n/a

LAMBS (LBS.) 110+

Under 80 72 - 76 66 53 - 59 which brought $116.76 ($1.39 per pound).

The lightweight lambs continued to attract strong bidding. Ten 72-pound Suffolk-cross lambs brought $115.92 ($1.61 per pound). Two 73-pound Rideau-cross lambs brought $127.75 ($1.75 per pound). A group of 76-pound lambs brought $140.60 ($1.85 per pound).

A group of 66-pound lambs brought $106.26 ($1.61 per pound).

Three 53-pound Cheviotcross lambs brought $89.04 ( $ 1 . 6 8 p e r p o u n d ) . Se ve n 54-pound lambs brought $70.20 ($1.30 per pound). A group of 59-pound lambs brought $89.09 ($1.51 per pound).

The nineteen 78-pound Boer-cross (goat) does showed excellent conditioning and quality. The goat does brought $165 ($2.12 per pound). Eleven 96-pound Boer-cross (goat) does brought $173 ($1.80 per pound). The other does were not equal in quality, so the bidding and interest was lower.

A 140-pound Boer-cross (goat) buck brought $187.50

GOAT DOES

PRICE $ / lb.

ANIMAL WEIGHT

MEAT

$2.12 / $1.80 / $1.43

78 / 96 / 82 lbs.

DAIRY

$0.86 / $1.43

70 / 82 lbs.

MEAT

$1.34

140 lbs.

PYGMY CROSS

$1.98

45 lbs.

MEAT

$2.62 / $2.23

60 lbs.

MEAT

$2.21

58 lbs.

DAIRY

$2.21

58 lbs.

MEAT

$2.87

45 lbs.

MEAT

$2.53

38 lbs.

DAIRY

$2.03

33 lbs.

BUCKS

KIDS - Under 80

( $ 1 . 3 4 p e r p o u n d ) . Tw o 45-pound Pygmy-cross (goat) bucks brought $89 ($1.98 per pound).

The demand for goat kids was strong and the bidding became excited. Five 60-pound Boer-cross goat (kids) brought $157 ($2.62 per pound). A 60-pound Pygmy-cross Alpine (goat) kid brought $140 ($2.23 per pound).

A group of Boer-cross and Alpine-cross (goat) kids brought $128 ($2.21 per pound).

Three 45-pound Boer-cross (goat) kids brought $129 ($2.87 per pound).

Two 38-pound Boer-cross (goat) kids brought $96 ($2.53 per pound).

Two 33-pound, thin-framed Alpine-cross (goat) kids brought $67 ($2.03 per pound).

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

Mar-19

Mar-18

Mar-18

Mar-20

Mar-19

Mar-17

Mar-20

Mar-21

No. on offer

1,900

1,003*

553

1,630

2,442*

916*

2,099*

1,420

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

140.00-155.00

900-1,000

n/a

140.00-156.50

135.00-153.00

148.00-160.00

151.00-162.00

n/a

135.00-157.00 (165.00)

140.00-162.00

800-900

158.00-173.00

150.00-168.50

150.00-160.00

155.00-171.00

157.00-170.00 (174.00)

155.00-170.00

150.00-164.00 (175.00)

155.00-167.00

700-800

155.00-190.50

160.00-181.50

160.00-177.00

170.00-184.00

171.00-187.00 (191.00)

170.00-185.50

165.00-180.00 (188.00)

170.00-190.00 (192.50)

600-700

97.00-207.00

175.00-206.50

170.00-205.00

185.00-215.00

186.00-205.00 (207.00)

188.00-204.00 (209.00)

180.00-203.00 (200.00)

185.00-208.00

500-600

100.00-226.00

190.00-226.00

180.00-237.00

195.00-228.00

199.00-221.00 (224.00)

197.00-215.00 (224.00)

185.00-218.00 (219.00)

190.00-230.00

400-500

103.00-225.50

200.00-232.00

190.00-225.00

210.00-234.00

218.00-242.00

210.00-228.00 (240.00)

190.00-220.00 (231.00)

195.00-240.00

300-400

n/a

200.00-233.00

200.00-250.00

215.00-245.00

n/a

n/a

190.00-210.00 (231.00)

195.00-148.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

133.00-145.00

136.00-146.00

n/a

115.00-135.00 (154.00)

135.00-148.00

800-900

140.00-160.00

140.00-154.00

130.00-145.00

155.00-171.00

146.00-156.00 (158.00)

148.00-155.00

140.00-152.00 (158.00)

140.00-158.00

700-800

160.00-179.75

150.00-171.00

150.00-167.00

170.00-184.00

155.00-166.00 (172.00)

157.00-168.00

145.00-163.00 (179.50)

152.00-173.50

600-700

166.00-196.00

165.00-187.50

170.00-190.00

185.00-215.00

168.00-188.00

165.00-178.00 (183.50)

165.00-192.00 (191.00)

165.00-190.00

500-600

180.00-206.00

175.00-205.00

180.00-207.00

195.00-228.00

180.00-205.00

178.00-192.00 (199.00)

170.00-190.00 (200.00)

175.00-209.00

400-500

170.00-206.00

185.00-206.00

190.00-225.00

210.00-234.00

190.00-215.00

182.00-200.00 (209.00)

175.00-198.00 (207.00)

185.00-215.00

300-400

n/a

190.00-205.00

200.00-240.00

215.00-245.00

n/a

n/a

180.00-195.00 (197.00)

190.00-218.00

No. on offer

177

n/a

148

187

n/a

n/a

n/a

210

D1-D2 Cows

80.00-90.00

75.00-100.00

n/a

93.00-103.00

91.00-99.00

77.00-90.00

90.00-101.00

95.00-104.50

D3-D5 Cows

70.00-80.00

n/a

70.00-82.00

80.00-90.00

65.00-90.00

n/a

75.00-95.00

88.00-96.00

Age Verified

92.00-100.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

92.00-101.00 (104.00)

89.00-101.00

106.50-119.00

n/a

Good Bulls

90.00-107.50

88.00-100.00

90.00-96.00

98.00-112.00

99.00-110.75

n/a

95.00-108.50 (113.00)

102.00-113.50

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

115.00-126.00

117.00-126.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

114.00-124.00

115.00-124.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

90.00-100.00

n/a

92.00-107.00

n/a

n/a

100.00-115.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

85.00-94.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

75.00-85.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Heiferettes

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

100.00-112.00

n/a

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

Slaughter Market

* includes slaughter market

(Note all prices in CDN$ per cwt. These prices also generally represent the top one-third of sales reported by the auction yard.)

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On-farm semen collection is a valuable tool With a valuable bull, on-farm collection becomes like an insurance plan preserving his genetics for the future Roy Lewis, DVM Beef 911

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his is the time of year when either your own hot breeding prospects or ones for sale are coming to the forefront.

A good insurance plan is collecting semen on these hot new or proven prospects, especially when you incorporate artificial insemination into your program. This article will review some of the finer points of onfarm semen collection.

On-farm semen collection has evolved greatly over the last several years, and now involves much less testing for disease than previously.

Today, some simple reporting to the government is all that is necessary — we no longer need to test for brucellosis. It must be emphasized that onfarm semen collection is only for your own use. If multiple owners own a syndicated bull, each owner can receive some semen but it cannot be resold commercially.

With a valuable bull, on-farm collection becomes like an insurance plan preserving the genetics of that bull for future usage in the event he is sold, dies, becomes incapable of natural service, or his testicles degenerate. There are, as you all know, a myriad of things making a bull incapable of breeding. So semen in the tank is breeding insurance if the bull’s genetics are important to maintain your breeding program.

However, you still may want to insure a valuable bull through the normal channels so he can be replaced in the event some unforeseen event happens.

On-farm collection resembles a semen evaluation but there are many further steps taken.

In my opinion, it is very important to help ensure success of the collection by conducting a breeding soundness evaluation or BSE (this is the good abbreviation, not the one for bovine spongiform encephalopathy) done shortly before (within two weeks) of collection. This ensures the semen is fresh, very low in defects and that you can get adequate volume to make collection worthwhile.

There are three avenues for collection. There are a small number of accredited private veterinarians in Western Canada who collect semen. The commercial stud operations also run on-farm collection — often as a day service whereby the bull is transported to the farm, its semen collected and returned home. Again the tests are avoided. But for resale in Canada or any other country, appropriate testing must be done by your accredited veterinarian and the collection made at an AI stud which is appropriately certified and has quarantine facilities set up.

The semen must then be quarantined as well as stored and distributed out of these facilities when sold. Yet another avenue for on-farm collection has private veterinarians collect and extend the semen then ship it via courier in specially

designed containers, which chill the semen en route. This may be simpler for the producer but there are many variables out of our control such as speed of the courier and ambient temperatures. Often the semen is then chilled for at least a day before processing.

In remote locations this may be an option, but be warned the failure rate is definitely higher than direct on-farm collection.

Private veterinarians will use an electroejaculator like they do for normal testing, but the object is to stimulate longer to get the maximum amount.

The sample is still checked for motility and morphology. I like a high standard for morphological defects, and keeping the semen warm (around 35 C) is critical at this point. A count is done to determine the concentration (number of sperm per millilitre) and based on the

volume collected, a final calculation gives us the number of straws to put up. The goal is to strive for 10 million live sperm per straw, taking into account the freezing and thawing process will kill up to half of the live sperm (some are dead to start with). Most times 30 million to 40 million sperm are put up in each straw. More is not always better as too many sperm can lead to detrimental results. The semen is extended (diluted) to the proper concentration using a commercially made product mixed in exacting proportions with egg yolk and distilled water.

Cooling

Once diluted properly with extender, the semen is gradually chilled over at least a threehour period and then loaded into the properly labelled straws and sealed. Another

timed process has the semen gradually frozen in liquid nitrogen. The straws are then loaded into canes, which are also properly labelled and placed in your tank.

The final test is performing a post thaw on the semen to ensure it has survived well enough through the freezing process. This is where all the hard work hopefully pays off.

Semen from some bulls simply does not freeze well and even though all the parameters are good going in, the post thaw fails and the semen must be destroyed. You need certain criteria on frozen semen or conception rates would suffer and that would be more of a disaster than discarding some semen.

Hopefully this article has explained the process clearly and for some, this may be a very viable procedure on some

young herd bull prospects this spring. Costs are generally based on a collection fee and a per-straw fee for putting up the semen. There are probably fellow breeders who have had this done who would be worth talking to. This will give you the producer perspective and make your decision easier.

As the cattle industry recovers, AI is increasing in popularity to maximize gain and that is where having semen in the tank from good-quality bulls will give you genetic gain. It can be done for both bulls in purebred herds and commercial herd sires.

Have a great breeding season and may all the sperm swim straight.

Roy Lewis is a Westlock, Alberta-based veterinarian specializing in large-animal practice. He is also a part-time technical services vet for Merck Animal Health.

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Cold start, then moderating Issued: Monday, March 24, 2014 · Covering: March 26 – April 2, 2014 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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ell, at least last weekend played out pretty much as expected, weather-wise, as cold arctic high pressure settled in, bringing plenty of sunshine and well-below-average temperatures. Thanks to the relatively light winds it didn’t feel that bad. For this forecast period, we’ll have to deal with a couple more arctic highs. The first is expected to slump southward star ting on Wednesday, bringing a continuation of colder-than-average temperatures right through to the weekend.

One of a couple of positives from these arctic highs is that they should keep us mostly dry as they force the main storm track to our south.

We might see a few flurries Wednesday, especially in western regions as a low tracks by, but after that it looks to be pretty dry. The other slight positive is that these highs do not look to be that strong and will slowly weaken as they drift southeast. This means that

while it will be colder than average, it won’t be brutally cold.

Over the weekend and into early next week we’ll see another area of low pressure slide by to our south, kept there by a second arctic high trying to push in from the north. This should help push our temperatures closer to the freezing mark by Sunday or Monday, but we could also see some light snow, especially in southern regions. The weather models then show what looks to be a fairly major shift in the overall weather pattern as deep low pressure develops off the West Coast. Should this shift happen, we might actually see what looks to be more springlike weather with some sustained melting occurring later next week. That said, the way this winter has been going, I’m not holding my breath quite yet!

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, -5 to +7 C; lows, -17 to -2 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.

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

Precipitation Compared to Historical Distribution (Prairie Region) November 1, 2013 to March 20, 2014

Record Dry Extremely Low (0-10) Very Low (10-20) Low (20-40) Mid-Range (40-60) High (60-80) Very High (80-90) Extremely High (90-100) Record Wet Extent of Agricultural Land Lakes and Rivers

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Copyright © 2014 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies.

Created: 03/21/14 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that has fallen across the Prairies so far this winter (Nov. 1 to March 20) compared to historical amounts. Looking at Alberta, you can see western regions have been fairly wet this winter, with southern and eastern regions on the dry side. In Saskatchewan, most areas have seen average to well-above-average amounts. Finally, in Manitoba, extreme eastern regions have had a very wet winter, while areas north of the Trans-Canada Highway have seen average amounts. South of Highway 1, it has been very dry, with some regions reporting near-record dryness.

Average date for snow to melt?

It’ll take almost as much heat to melt snow as it would to bring water to a boil A lake of snow

By Daniel Bezte CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

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s we head toward the end of March with plenty of snow still on the ground and little in the way of any serious melting taking place, my thoughts go back to last spring and I’m hoping we don’t see a repeat.

Over the last 10 years I have looked at the topic of when we should expect the snowpack to melt, and it seems like each year people’s expectations change. Maybe it’s all the talk about global warming, or maybe it’s just a sign that global warming is occurring, but when the discussion turns to the spring melt, most people I hear talking seem to think we should see the snow melt begin by the middle of March and the snow should pretty much be gone by the end of the month. If we look back at long-term records, this is just not the case.

Just when should we expect the snow to melt and disappear across southern Manitoba? Using data going back over the last 30 years to determine when spring starts, I decided that for spring to have officially sprung, the majority of snow needs to have

“… to see temperatures over 10 C, you pretty much need no snow on the ground.”

melted and daytime high temperatures (for the most part) need to be consistently above +5 C or better. Using Winnipeg’s data as an average for southern Manitoba, I found spring has arrived as early as March 14 in 2012 and as late as April 29 in 1996 and April 26 in 1997. Last year we had a record-cold April and came close to breaking the record for latest snow melt, with the snow finally melting on April 24. When I tried to determine the average date for spring’s arrival, I found the majority of the dates fell into the week of April 5-12. When I did comparisons against Brandon’s records, I found spring usually arrived around one week earlier in the southwestern region, due mostly to lower snow cover and higher elevation. Farther north, spring’s arrival is a few days later, with the average date coming in around April 15.

I also found nearly every

year with a late spring had significant snow cover going into April. What always amazes me is how quick the s n ow p a c k c a n d i s a p p e a r.

For most years, it seems that when spring decides it’s time to make an appearance, it only takes a few days for it to take hold. Whether it’s March or April, or whether we have 10 or 40 cm of snow on the ground, when spring arrives it’s usually with a vengeance!

Under the strong spring sunshine (mid-Apr il sunshine is equivalent to late August in strength), even the deepest snowpack can be literally wiped out in less than a week.

An example of this was in 1955, a record year for snowfall. On March 29 of that year there were 51 cm of snow on the ground in Winnipeg; by April 4, pretty much all of it had melted. Last year we had around 30 cm of snow on the ground on April 15 and by the 23rd it had all melted.

So, when should we expect to see temperatures warm enough to melt all this snow?

Well, the basic answer lies within the snow — literally.

How many of us have headed out on a warm spring day and gone for a visit to the local swimming hole or lake? What did you end up experiencing? I would bet that if there was a wind blowing off of the lake, you would have noticed how much colder it felt. This is due to the cold water and ice on the lake cooling down the air around it. The same thing holds true when there is snow on the ground.

Sn ow a c t s i n a n u m b e r of ways to keep temperature down. First of all, snow, being the frozen state of water, is by its very definition, cold. Secondly, if you remember back to your junior high or high school science, you’ll hopefully remember that to change a solid to a liquid (melting) requires energy, and in this case the energy is heat. Thirdly, snow is usually white, and white objects do a remarkably good job of reflecting sunshine.

So, if we have a large area, such as Manitoba, covered in snow, and we have above-zero air moving into the region, the

snow itself acts to cool the air as it comes into contact with it.

Along with this, as the heat of the air interacts with the snow, that heat is used to melt the snow instead of warming the air — and it takes a lot of heat to melt snow. In fact, it takes almost as much heat to melt snow as it does to bring water to the boiling point. Finally, if the ground is covered in snow it acts as a very efficient reflector of sunshine, reflecting much of the sun’s energy back toward space, whereas black soil will absorb the sun’s energy and in turn, heat the air around it. Something we really saw in March 2012!

Now, there can always be exceptions to this. Very warm air can move into our region and even with all the snow around, temperatures can get quite warm, but to see temperatures over 10 C, you pretty much need no snow on the ground.

Will we see any really warm air moving into our region any time soon? If you take a look at this week’s forecast, it is not looking that promising. All I can say is I really hope this spring doesn’t end up like last spring, but knowing how our weather works it wouldn’t surprise me if it does.

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CROPS husband r y — th e sci e nc e , S K I L L O R A R T O F F A R M I N G

CGC’s new farmer payment protection program delayed

The new insurance scheme will provide 45 days of protection after farmers deliver their grain

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff / selkirk

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Questions

That is raising questions about protection for crops — often pulses — stored by buyers without having issued a CGC-approved grain receipt. Those deliveries are unprotected now, which won’t change under the new system.

“You’re at risk,” Smolik said.

Some farmers might be concerned about fewer days of protection, but it also reduces the risk of a payment default, which means lower premium costs for grain companies, Smolik said.

“What we’re trying to do is strike a balance,” he said.

The total amount of coverage changes too.

Under the current program grain companies are supposed to post enough security

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Underwritten

The CGC’s new insurance program being underwritten by Atradius will save grain companies, the Canadian Grain Commission and ultimately farmers, money, Smolik said.

Now grain companies collectively tie up $900 million to $1 billion of capital to cover farmer liabilities, he said.

“This way, by kind of pooling that (risk through insurance) it will allow them to put a whole bunch of money back into their operations and businesses and hopefully back through you guys,” Smolik said.

Currently companies must provide the CGC with monthly updates on their finances, including what is owed to farmers.

And the CGC must track and audit grain company finances. The new insurance approach will cut company and CGC administration costs, Smolik said.

All licensed grain companies will be required to be insured against defaults and premiums will be based on each company’s risk of default.

“So the riskier they are the higher the premium will be,” he said.

The insurance plan will cover up to $100 million in annual grain payment defaults.

That might not seem like much given the total value of Western Canada’s crop, but Smolik said according to Deloitte Touche there’s only a 0.6 per cent chance of payouts exceeding the limit.

When a company fails to pay a farmer, he or she must apply to the CGC, which will then submit a claim to Atradius. If the claim is legitimate, a payout will be issued to the CGC, which will then pay the farmer.

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t’s taking longer than expected to roll out the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) new insurance program to protect farmers against payment defaults by grain companies.

But farmers need not worry because the current security program will continue until the new one is ready to go, Jim Smolik, the CGC’s assistant chief commissioner told Winter Cereals Manitoba’s annual meeting March 12.

Last fall the CGC had expected the new program to start Dec. 1.

“But there’s a lot of stuff we didn’t anticipate that needs to get done especially when the government is engaging with a private company,” Smolik said.

That company is Atradius Credit Insurance, which offers trade credit insurance around the world.

Among other things, the government wants to be sure grain company and farmer information supplied to Atradius is secure, he said.

One of the biggest changes between the new and existing program will be the length of time farmers are protected after they deliver any of 20 eligible crops (listed below) to a licensed grain company. Now farmers are protected for 90 days after delivering or 30 days after receiving a cheque.

Under the new scheme, protection runs out 45 days after delivering, Smolik said. (Farmers will have 30 days to file a claim with the CGC after a payment default.)

through letters of credit or bonds to cover what they owe farmers for their grain. In theory, 100 per cent of a farmer’s claim could be covered if a grain buyer fails to pay. However, in past, some companies didn’t have enough security to cover all what farmers were owed, so payments were pro-rated.

Under the new program farmers will be guaranteed 95 per cent of what they are owed, Smolik said.

“The farmer will have a little bit of skin in the game and ensure that he is dealing with a reputable company,” he said. “What we’re also trying to do is encourage you when you deliver your grain to get a cheque and cash it as quickly as possible.”

The Canadian Grain Commission is still working on its new insurance-based farmer payment protection program, says assistant chief commissioner Jim Smolik. photo: allan dawson

Crops protected

by CGC security The Canadian Grain Commission’s current and future security program protects western farmers against payment defaults when they deliver the following crops to a CGC licensed grain company: barley, beans, buckwheat, canola, chickpea, corn, faba beans, flaxseed, lentils, mixed grain, mustard seed, oats, peas, rapeseed, rye, safflower seed, soybeans, sunflower seed, triticale and wheat.

Source: Canadian Grain Commission

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Need for speed reduces sprayer efficacy Expert says a bigger tank, wider boom, and faster tank filling is a better alternative to increased speed

By Jennifer Blair

“We don’t have to go fast to be more productive.”

staff / red deer, alta.

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low and steady is the better bet when spraying, says a sprayer specialist.

“When you have to cover each acre five times per year, you may be very tempted to travel fast,” said AgriMetrix’s Tom Wolf at the recent Cereal Disease Conference.

“I’m going to try to convince people to go slower. I know it’s a losing battle, but I’ll go down fighting.”

Manufacturers are pouring research dollars into developing faster sprayers, but higher travel speeds can cause uneven spray distribution on the plant, reducing the overall effectiveness of the spray, he said.

In most cases, spray droplets fall “more vertically” at higher speeds, landing mainly on the forward side of the plant, and the challenge is “getting it to deposit on the side facing away.”

“The faster you go with a vertical target, the more deposition you get on the forward-facing side.”

Nozzles are also “aerodynamically non-porous” — which means some air

Tom Wolf

Using an asymmetric nozzle design with an air-induction tip, Wolf had “terrific results” at five miles per hour. At 10 miles per hour, the deposit became “less uniform.”

moves through the nozzles, but most of the air moves around them, a problem that becomes more pronounced at faster speeds.

“(Nozzles) essentially behave like pieces of plywood hanging off your boom,” said Wolf. “They’re aerodynamic walls.”

Forcing air to go around nozzles creates negative pressure, which draws any small droplets out and disperses them.

“When we go fast, we lose control over the droplets,” he said. “You lose an increasing proportion of your small droplets, and you lose control over whether they go into the canopy.”

Producers improve spray distribution by moving to an asymmetric nozzle that varies fan angles and flow rates.

“It’s very difficult to get the same amount of spray on both sides of the head when you have the same fan angles and the same flow rates,” said Wolf.

Bu t o n e re c e n t s t u d y s u g g e s t s that producers can achieve a better spray distribution with the right nozzle, regardless of sprayer travel speeds.

Using an asymmetric nozzle design with an air-induction tip, Wolf had “terrific results” at five miles per hour.

At 10 miles per hour, the deposit became “less uniform,” but the sprayer did a “reasonably consistent job over a range of travel speeds.”

“We found the same basic deposition at all speeds. That was good news,” said Wolf, who will be conducting more research on travel speeds over the next three years as part of a research project with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

But in the meantime, producers can increase their productivity without increasing their speed, said Wolf.

Using a bigger tank, a wider boom, and a faster fill speed can double the rate of application — without the risks that come at higher speeds.

“We don’t have to go fast to be more productive.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Under the new title of the Canadian Global Crops Symposium, the event will feature presentations from senior officials of Canada’s major grain industry organizations, but will also introduce a customer perspective.

“The symposium program includes a panel of long-standing customers in key export markets who will speak to why they do business with Canada and what their quality and service expectations will be in coming years,” grains council president Richard Phillips said in a release.

In conjunction with the symposium, on April 14 the Canadian International Grains Institute is hosting a half-day short course on Canada’s grain quality assurance system, presented by the Canadian Grain Commission. Cigi is also opening its doors to a limited number of conference delegates for tours of its facilities immediately following the close of the program on April 16.

Phillips said the council will continue to partner with the Grain Growers of Canada in hosting an annual outlook symposium in Ottawa in November.

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Consumer demand and farmer needs not always compatible Those in the business of agricultural advocacy say that consumers who oppose some biotechnologies are ignorant of the facts

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

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e t t i n g yo u r m e s s a g e across about agriculture isn’t about spewing out data — it’s about connecting with people, a Winnipeg seminar organized by the Manitoba Canola Growers Association was told last week.

“We in agriculture have a tendency to always use science, and to always use data, we puke data on people’s shoes frankly, and we wonder why they run away,” said Michele Payn-Knoper, a selfdescribed agricultural advocate and founder of Cause M a t t e r s C o r p. “I a m n o t against science... but I know that if we lead with science, and we position it from an educational standpoint, we lose.”

The session was aimed at finding ways to open dialogues between producers and consumers.

She said not getting defensive when asked about chemical or biotechnology is key for forming personal connections, which raises the odds that the producers’ message will be heard.

But agricultural advocacy isn’t about the “warm fuzzies” according to the speaker’s online promotional material, “it’s about protecting our bottom line.”

Participants in the seminar said modern agriculture is victim of a backlash based on consumer misinformation and spread by social media.

“Our consumers, our cust o m e r s, t h e i r c h o i c e s a re i m p o r t a n t a n d i t’s a f re e country, so if a certain choice makes a shopper feel good, while God bless them, but let us please at least stick to the facts,” said Ed Rempel, president of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association. “If the customer genuinely fears something, and wants to avoid something, then it’s our job to provide that customer with the facts and when they’re armed with the facts, then they can make an informed decision, at least don’t wander around in ignorance.”

if you are interested I can give you the right information, the correct, the accurate information,” she said. “Now what’s done with that information is entirely up to them, because I believe in the whole consumer sovereignty.”

However, what the con sumer wants and what a farmer can realistically produce may not always be compatible, Ryan said.

“So it becomes about rights versus rights, and that’s a very difficult space to navigate, and I’m not sure how we’re going to do it, but I don’t think it ever hurts to have that conversation to increase awareness and understanding,” she said.

“How that actually translates out there, I don’t know.”

More voices

A variety of individuals attended the event, including farmers, bloggers, educators, dietitians and representatives of biotechnology companies like Monsanto, Rempel noted, adding the more voices communicating a message the better.

One of those in attendance was Lindsey Mazur, a home economist and reg istered dietitian, who said she has seen a “mass confusion” among her clients when it comes to making food decisions.

“So I want to help people sort through that confusion and make choices that are right for them,” she said, adding the session has

i n s p i re d h e r t o c o n t i n u e to p u r s u e o p e n d i a l o g u e s with people about why they make the food choices they do.

“I want food to be an import a n t b u t n o t ov e r w h e l m ing part of people’s lives,” Mazur said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 27, 2014

Agriculture Canada adjusts grainoilseed outlooks

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Carry-out stocks are expected to be higher this year than previously forecast

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Ending stocks of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds in 2014-15 (Aug.-July) are expected to come in a little tighter than earlier forecasts, while the current crop year carry-out was revised slightly higher.

Total ending stocks for the major grains and oilseeds are expected to be 20.125 million tonnes by the end of the 201415 crop year, which is down from the February estimate of 20.270 million. Expected carryout from the current 2013-14 crop year, at 22.810 million tonnes, was up slightly from the previous forecast of 22.675 million tonnes. Carry-out in 2012-13 was only 8.817 million tonnes.

The eight major grains and oilseeds include: canola, flaxseed, soybeans, wheat, oats, barley, corn and rye.

AAFC forecast total grain and oilseed production in 201415 at 75.630 million tonnes, which compares with the February estimate of 76.180 million tonnes and with the 90.083 million tonnes grown in 201314. Production estimates for barley and corn were both revised lower, while the other major crops held steady.

Exports of the major grains and oilseeds in Canada during 2014-15 were projected at 39.578 million tonnes, down slightly from an earlier estimate of 39.728 million, but above an expected 38.685 million 2013-14.

Total domestic usage of the various grains and oilseeds for the 2014-15 crop year was revised to 39.593 million tonnes, from 39.713 million tonnes in February, which compares with the 2013-14 forecast of 38.667 million tonnes.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 27, 2014

More than a pipe dream?

Farm Genesis factory may become grow-op

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CME to trade wheat futures in Europe reuters / CME Group Inc., the world’s largest futures exchange operator, is working on plans to launch a European milling wheat contract in a direct challenge to Euronext’s Paris-based wheat market, several sources familiar with the matter said.

CME, which owns the Chicago Board of Trade, has presented to French operators an outline of a wheat contract which it hopes to launch before the end of this year, the sources said.

Driven by price swings in grain markets since 2007, Euronext’s wheat futures have seen volumes rise steeply to make it a European benchmark and a credible counterpart to the Chicago Board of Trade, the world’s biggest grain exchange.

While far from a done deal, a Vancouver company is taking a serious look at an empty building in Waskada as its next marijuana development site

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

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Vancouver-based company has been sniffing around an unfinished hemp-processing plant in Waskada with a view towards setting up a medical marijuana factory.

Abattis Bioceuticals Corporation wants to buy Farm Genesis Group along with its unfinished hemp-processing factory located on the outskirts of the tiny community, a spokesman said in an interview.

“The interest is there,” said Abattis CEO Mike Withrow, but he added that there are some issues with the property that need to be addressed before the deal can go forward.

“We’re figuring out the zoning, and there was an issue that came up with the water pressure... but that’s something that our due diligence team has been looking at,” he said. “We’re not going to go through with it until we know that we can do what we need to do with it.”

Diane Woodworth, chief administrative officer for the Village of Waskada, has been speaking to Abattis representatives about the issues, including water pressure at the location.

“Honestly, I think they’re still at the tire-kicking stage,” she said, noting that the factory is situated on the main waterline into the village.

“I don’t know how much pressure they need, or how much volume they need. I suggested perhaps they want to put a large holding tank inside the building and put their own pressure system in it,” she said.

However, zoning won’t be an issue, according to the administrator.

“They would fit under greenhouses and agricultural processing, so there really isn’t a problem there,” Woodworth said.

If water issues are resolved, Withrow said his company would apply to Health Canada for a licence to cultivate marijuana for medical purposes in Waskada this fall. Abattis and its subsidiaries have already applied for three other licences in British Columbia and Quebec.

But it’s far too soon to tell if a licence will be granted, said the CEO. “I don’t really want to speculate on it right now, I’m pretty conservative when it comes to making statements,” he said.

Todd Cain, executive director of market development at Health Canada, said there are some key requirements that must be met to obtain a licence, but noted that rural and urban locations are given equal preference.

“There’s a process for clearances of all of the key actors with any licence applicant, there are physical security requirements for cultivation and then for storage, and then the balance of the application gets at things like manufacturing practices, record-keeping, and... testing,” he said.

All operations must also be

located indoors; field production is prohibited.

If viable, Abattis hopes to use the Waskada site for research and development, and marijuana production, but is also looking at extracting flavonoids from locally produced hemp.

Withrow said that kind of operation will also take expertise, plant scientists, bioengineers and other professionals.

“We would need to hire some people and we don’t know if they’re actually in the area because it’s a small town... people may need to relocate, so that’s also a consideration,” he said.

“Because we represent shareholders in a public company... we have

to make sure we’re making good decisions.”

Back in Waskada, Woodworth said the proposed facility could create as many as 25 jobs, a huge number for a community with a population of only 189 people.

But so far, the proposed facility hasn’t garnered much reaction from local residents, either for the jobs it may create or for the product it would produce.

“Haven’t heard a thing, haven’t had any phone calls,” the CAO said. “However, I’m sure that over in the court of public opinion, a.k.a. the coffee shop, there’s probably been a fair bit of banter.”

“I’m sure that over in the court of public opinion, a.k.a. the coffee shop, there’s probably been a fair bit of banter, but I haven’t heard anything here either positive or negative.”

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Climate change will reduce crop yields sooner than we thought Despite farm efforts at adaptation, yields are expected to decrease as much as 25 per cent in the second half of this century University of Leeds

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study led by the University of Leeds has shown that global warming of only 2 C will be detrimental to crops in temperate and tropical regions, with reduced yields from the 2030s onwards.

Professor Andy Challinor, from the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds and lead author of the study, said: “Our research shows that crop yields will be negatively affected by climate change much earlier than expected.

“Furthermore, the impact of climate change on crops will vary both from year to year and from place to place — with the variability becoming greater as the weather becomes increasingly erratic.”

The study, published today by the journal Nature Climate Change, feeds directly into the Working Group II report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report, which is due to be published at the end of March 2014.

In the study, the researchers created a new data set by combining and comparing results from 1,700 published assessments of the response that

climate change will have on the yields of rice, maize and wheat.

Due to increased interest in climate change research, the new study was able to create the largest dataset to date on crop responses, with more than double the number of studies that were available for researchers to analyze for the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report in 2007.

Shift in consensus

In the Four th Assessment Report, scientists had reported that regions of the world with t e m p e ra t e c l i m a t e s, s u c h as Europe and most of North America, could withstand a couple of degrees of warming without a noticeable effect on harvests, or possibly even benefit from a bumper crop.

“As more data have become available, we’ve seen a shift in consensus, telling us that the impacts of climate change in temperate regions will happen sooner rather than later,” said Professor Challinor.

The researchers state that we will see, on average, an increasingly negative impact of climate change on crop yields from the 2030s onwards. The impact will be greatest in the second half of the century, when decreases

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 27, 2014

CWB to build highthroughput elevator The facility will be located west of Portage la Prairie Staff

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WB says construction has begun on its first stateof-the-art grain elevator west of Portage la Prairie in Bloom, Manitoba.

The elevator, which is expected to be operating in time for the 2015 harvest will feature industryleading rail car loading times and 33,900 tonnes of storage.

“Customer service was top of mind when choosing to invest in Bloom as the site for our first elevator,” said CWB president and CEO Ian White in a release. “As one of the highest-efficiency elevators in Western Canada, farmers will be able to pull in and out of our elevator yard in record time. The site is easily accessible from a number of highways, including the Trans-Canada and the Yellowhead, and it is located in an area with a clear need for more grain-handling capacity.”

Elevator construction has begun next to the CN main line four miles west of the intersection of the Trans-Canada and Yellowhead highways.

The elevator will feature a 17,400-tonne workhouse with cleaning facilities, and 16,500 tonnes of steel storage capacity. A 130car loop track will facilitate fast and efficient car loading at up to 60,000 bushels per hour. The elevator will be serviced by the CN main line.

The building of this elevator marks CWB’s first construction of a grainhandling facility, and adds to the company’s growing asset network that includes Mission Terminal in Thunder Bay, Les Élévateurs des TroisRivières in Quebec, as well as a minority interest in Prairie West Terminal, the CWB release said.

“Every tonne of grain delivered to Bloom will be tracked for the purposes of CWB’s farmer ownership plan. We want farmers to have a stake in their value chain after privatization,” said White.

“As we continue to grow, the benefits to farmers will grow with us.”

CWB’s farmer ownership plan provides that far mers who deliver grain to CWB will receive an equity interest in the company after privatization and is the only opportunity for farmers to gain an ownership stake in a Canadian-focused grain company.

Rising energy demand a threat to strained water supplies The link between the two resources cannot be ignored by policy-makers

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ising demand for energy, from biofuels to shale gas, is a threat to freshwater supplies that are already under strain from climate change, the United Nations said in a report March 21.

It urged energy companies to do more to limit use of water in everything from cooling coalfired power plants to irrigation for crops grown to produce biofuels.

“Demand for energy and freshwater will increase significantly in the coming decades,” UN agencies said in the World Water Development Report.

“This increase will present big challenges and strain resources in nearly all regions.”

By 2030, the world will need 40 per cent more water and 50 per cent more energy than now,

the report said. Water is under pressure from factors such as a rising population, pollution and droughts, floods and heat waves linked to global warming.

Around the world, about 770 million of the world’s seven billion people now lack access to safe drinking water, it said. And the energy sector accounts for about 15 per cent of water withdrawals from sources such as rivers, lakes and aquifers.

“This interdependence calls for vastly improved co-operation” between water and energy, said Irina Bokova, director general of UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).

The report lamented the lack of influence of the water sector compared to what it called the “great political clout” of energy.

March 22 is World Water Day in the UN calendar.

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All energy production used water, often as a coolant, it said.

Least water was used in wind and solar power, while heavy users included hydraulic fracking to produce shale gas or the extraction of oil from tarsands.

Hydropower dams were sometimes built with little thought for other water users. And the report urged caution about biofuels, partly because of water used for irrigation.

“China and India, the world’s two largest producers and consumers of many agricultural commodities, already face severe water limitations in agricultural production, yet both have initiated programs to boost biofuel production,” it said.

Zafar Adeel, head of the UN University’s Institute for Water, Environment and Health, said that governments should rethink subsidies for both energy and water.

“Pricing water is much more challenging” than energy, he told a telephone news briefing. The UN General Assembly declared water a human right in 2010, strengthening arguments that basic supplies should be free.

Energy companies say they try to limit water use. Exxon Mobil, for instance, said that net freshwater consumption at its operations fell 11 per cent to 2.1 billion barrels in 2012 from 2011.

The UN study said there were examples where energy could successfully recycle water. In Stockholm, buses and taxes run on biogas produced from waste water, which is rich in methane.

A draft report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, due for release on March 29, says that global warming will disrupt water supplies, especially in developing nations, with damaging impacts from food to health.

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More than grain shipments affected by slow rail system Other shippers fear their interests will be sidelined in the government’s bid to get the grain moving

By Alex Binkley Co-operator contributor

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ajor shipper organizations h a v e a p p e a l e d t o Pr i m e Minister Harper to include their interests in promised legislation to improve grain transportation by rail.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says legislation will be introduced after Parliament returns on March 24 “to ensure Canada maintains a world-class logistics system that gets agricultural products to market more efficiently.” The government has already ordered the railways to pump up weekly grain shipments to 500,000 tonnes each by mid-April.

Lumber, potash, sulphur and other industries dependent on rail service are suffering from poor rail service this winter as much as grain farmers and companies, says Bob Ballantyne, president of the Freight Management Association of Canada and chairman of the 19-member Coalition of Railway Shippers

in a letter to Harper. They fear that measures to move more grain will disrupt shipments of their products.

“The rail freight market is not a normally functioning competitive market,” he adds.

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The Rail Service Review Panel final report in 2008 recognized CN’s and CP’s domination of rail transportation results in an imbalance for large segments of the railways’ customer base.”

Shippers had hoped the situation would have been rectified in the Fair Rail Service Bill the Conservatives muscled through Parliament t w o ye a r s a g o. Bu t t h e g ove r nment ignored crucial amendments advanced by shippers and the legislation has been ineffective.

The coalition hopes the government will incorporate its suggestions this time to put real teeth into the bill.

Ballantyne said the upcoming bill must “ensure reliable rail service is available for the broad

range of rail customers, from agriculture and other natural resource industries to manufacturing and retailing.”

The Coalition of Rail Shippers speaks for industries that account for more than 80 per cent of CN’s and CPR’s annual revenues.

Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association, said the rail freight bill failed to correct the commercial imbalance between shippers and the railways. “Railways are in a monopoly position. If rail service is poor, shippers have no practical means of moving their business elsewhere.

No incentive

What incentive is there for the railways to agree to negotiate meaningful service commitments with penalties should they fail to provide proper service? While the legislation was supposed to provide for negotiating level-of-service agreements between shippers and the railways, there was no way to require the railways to accept one that would

impose financial penalties on them if they failed to meet commitments, Sobkowich said.

All the bill did was provide for an arbitration process to set service levels for the railways, which if not fulfilled could result in financial penalties of up to $100,000 a day, he added. However, any fines imposed that way would go to the federal government and not the harmed shipper.

“To add insult to injury, the agreement is only good for one year, meaning the process never ends,” he added. The grain industry didn’t bother with this provision in the Canada Transportation Act because it would have incurred “hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars to get through a process to end up with a service agreement that is unlikely to be useful, so that penalties can be paid to the government?”

The amendments shippers want to see included in the bill would see any fines go to the grain companies to be passed on to their grain farmer customers.

Frozen Great Lakes next hurdle for grain movements CN warns it may have trouble meeting mandatory federal targets

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anadian National Rail (CN) has been delivering an average of more than 4,000 cars to grain elevators in Western Canada over the past three weeks, up 23 per cent from the winter season, as harsh weather conditions ease, a news release from the company said March 24.

But, it may have trouble reaching the Canadian government’s order-in-council that calls for 5,500 cars per week from each rail company, including CN, starting after the week ended April 4.

On March 7, Canada’s agriculture and transportation ministers implemented the order-in-council that called for Canada’s two railway companies to move a minimum of 5,500 cars of grain each week, or 500,000 tonnes.

The rail companies were given four weeks from that date to ramp up to the minimum amount, and if they fail to do so they could face fines of up to $100,000 per day.

CN believes it’s going to be difficult to ship 5,500 cars per

week because grain elevator terminals may hit capacity with rail volumes quickly increasing, the release said. If they hit capacity, export volumes would be limited until the Great Lakes shipping lane reopens.

“The Great Lakes have been frozen over by this winter’s polar vortex to a degree not seen in several decades,” said Claude Mongeau, CN president and chief executive officer. “We need urgent support from the Canadian Coast Guard to open navigation channels if we are to meet the federal government’s order-in-council requir ing CN to move 500,000 tonnes, or close to 5,500 cars of grain per week.”

“Railways are not the only ones facing a significant challenge in moving this 100-year grain crop. It is becoming clear that other supply chain participants — grain elevator companies, shipping lines and ports — are also straining to handle the harvest given a full 50 per cent increase in the amount of grain to move to export markets,” Mongeau added.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 27, 2014

Agroforestry key to boosting world food production

Crop intensification and organic fertilizers can be a long-term solution to perennial food shortages in Africa World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

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This is Rose Koech, at her farm in Kembu, Bomet County in Kenya. She grows fodder trees, shrubs.

armers in Africa can increase their food production if they avoid overdependence on chemical fertilizers, pesticides and practise agricultural intensification — growing more food on the same amount of land — using natural and resource-conserving approaches such as agroforestry.

According to scientists at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), crop production in Africa is seriously hampered by the degradation of soil fertility, water and biodiversity resources. Currently, yields for important cereals such as maize have stagnated at one tonne per hectare. Climate change and increasing demand for food, animal fodder and fuel is likely to worsen the situation.

To meet the needs of an evergrowing population, scientists say farmers can increase production and conserve natural resources by turning to agricultural intensification through agroforestry, an integrated land use management technique that incorporates trees and shrubs with crops and livestock on farms.

This approach brings ecosystems, livelihoods and agriculture together, replenishing soils, improving biodiversity and lessening agricultural pollution.

It also decreases threats to food security and earned farming incomes — according to Sammy Carsan, a tree domestication scientist with ICRAF and lead author of a recent article on agroforestry and agricultural intensification.

In many parts of Asia, intensification has been achieved through the use of greater inputs such as chemical fertilizers, but it has come at a cost — causing soil degradation, loss of biodiversity and pollution which has impacted on food security and income earned from farming.

While growing more food on the same area of land is key to increasing sustainable food production and meeting the needs of an ever-growing population, farmers should avoid intensification that relies on heavy use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the centre says.

Chemical fertilizers increase production in the short term, but with time soils become increasingly degraded and broken down until there is very little organic matter or nutrients left. When soils are in this state, crops are unable to utilize the fertilizer and production is low.

“A long-term solution to intensification in Africa should not purely be based on an imported intensification model but instead consider approaches that can maintain the quality of the available resource base through ensuring nutrient cycling, organic matter buildup, biodiversity improvements and water quality regulation,” says Carsan.

Agroforestry practices provide appropriate technologies for maintaining resilient farms and ecosystems that make up the landscapes that provide food and livelihoods across rural Africa.

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“I want last year’s bumper crop to have the best chance of getting to market so our grain farmers get paid,” said Manitoba Agriculture Food, and Rural Development Minister Kostyshyn. “With this flexibility on spring road restrictions, grain can move to strategic locations while the railways ramp up service levels for farmers.”

Manitoba’s grain elevators are operating at 116 per cent of working capacity, up from 112 per cent a week ago, and on-farm storage at Manitoba farms is overwhelmed, Kostyshyn said. Given the large crop, some farmers have had to store their grain in inappropriate, temporary storage. As spring approaches and the weather warms up, improperly stored grain is at risk of degradation and spoilage.

“The urgent nature of this exceptional situation is our first priority,” said Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton.

“Usually the province will wait for the frost to come out of the ground, but for this spring, we are relaxing restrictions for trucks hauling grain.”

This season’s policy change to Spring Road Restrictions means that all grain will be considered an essential commodity this spring and may be transported at restricted Level 1 weights (90 per cent of normal axle loading) on all Level 2 highways without a permit, as long as the vehicles are compliant with all posted weight restrictions on bridges.

Other steps the task force has made to address immediate concerns include launching a review of floodprone areas to help farmers move at-risk grain and establishing a grain bin listing service that will assist producers in obtaining alternate storage locations for at-risk grain.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 27, 2014

Farmers’ market opens early in downtown Winnipeg Downtown Winnipeg BIZ offered a March market to whet appetites for the 2014 farmers’ market season

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innipeggers who love visiting farmers’ markets can start shopping early this week.

The Downtown Winnipeg BIZ’s popular indoor farmers’ market at the Manitoba Hydro Place Gallery opened up for a one-day market today (March 27) bringing together about 30 vendors to sell baked goods, perogies, vinegars, jams and preserves, potatoes as well as a variety of meats including bison and pastured pork and chicken.

The next market will open June 5 with plans to extend the season until October.

Like another late-year market held last November, this early opening is a “test run” to

see what sort of interest there is in an ongoing indoor market, said Jason Syvixay, managing director of the Downtown Winnipeg BIZ. Downtown Winnipeg BIZ has a waiting list of vendors and continuously fields calls from more interested in selling at this market, Syvixay said. All the interest has combined to make a year-round indoor market a subject for “ongoing conversation,” he said.

“We’re kind of a nice little pop-up initiative that can help gauge response and need,” he said, adding that Downtown BIZ and Centre Venture and others with a stake in city centre economic development see the need for improved food access as part of downtown development.

“ With the absence of a full-line grocery store downtown, perhaps now is the time to think outside the box and into our local gardens, when it comes to food access in our city’s core,”

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“With the absence of a full-line grocery store downtown, perhaps now is the time to think outside the box and into our local gardens, when it comes to food access in our city’s core.”

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streets and sidewalks and attracting business for downtown stores and restaurants nearby.”

Other Canadian cities have

permanent infrastructure for farmers’ markets where they can be indoor or outdoor, or sometimes they pop up in existing spaces but many questions need to be asked about how one could fit in Winnipeg, Syvixay added.

In the warmer months as many as 70 vendors sell at this market when part of Edmonton Street is closed off to accommodate the market and the initiative has had “tremendous impact on the perception of downtown Winnipeg,” a Downtown BIZ press release states.

It’s estimated there were about 7,000 visitors to it last year, while it ran every Thursday between July and end of September. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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CBOC food strategy missing key ingredient — farmers Farm groups weren’t involved in drafting the plan to bolster the agri-food sector in Canada Co-operator contributor

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he Conference Board of Canada’s newly released Canadian Food Strategy offers 69 proposals for boosting agri-food industry, ranging from expanded sustainability, to improved food safety to obesity prevention and healthy diets.

The board’s Centre for Food in Canada, largely financed by large food companies, has produced 19 detailed research reports, but the effort lacks o n e k e y i n g re d ient — the involvement of the farm sector.

This is most evident in its call for the end of supply management in the dairy and poultry sectors. It took this position at the start of its extensive work on the food industry four years ago.

That put it at odds with the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, the country’s largest farm group, which has been developing its own food policy for much of the last decade. It has released a document, Towards a National Food Strategy: A framework for secur ing the future of food. “The NFS is meant to help guide policy developm e n t a n d i s b u i l t a ro u n d nine strategic objectives that the food system must meet to feed our growing population — domestic and abroad — and to manage our food system sustainably,” the CFA says.

Economists’ view

While the CBOC takes the usual position of economists in arguing in favour of market-based solutions to problems in the food industry, it acknowledges that “governments have a leadership role to play in achieving many of the strategy’s goals and outcomes. This includes creating policies, laws, regulations and programs to improve the food sector’s operating environment.

“Governments are particularly important in initiating change in areas where there is a market failure,” it said.

“Their efforts are key to prom o t i n g e c o n o m i c g r ow t h and expanded domestic and inter national trade; maintaining efficient and effective oversight of food safety; broadening household food security; promoting healthy diets and choices; safeguardi n g t h e e n v i ro n m e n t ; a n d supporting fundamental food research.”

The report says the food industry has evolved to provide Canadians with a vast array of food choices at market prices through improved international and domestic trade.

CFA said its effort focused on long-term plans because “short-term, band-aid solutions are not enough for the lasting and evolving chal lenges we face today.” The NFS was developed by t h e a g r i c u l t u re a n d a g r i food industr y to ensure a

more holistic and strategic approach to food and agriculture to meet the needs of the food system and future generations, as well as the global community.”

The CFA notes that in a 2012 compar ison of foodat-home budget shares conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Canadians were found to be s p e n d i n g t h e t h i rd - l owe s t share of their total expenditures on food in the world, behind only the U.S. and Britain. Statistics Canada says Canadians spent 10.6 per cent of their disposable income on food in 2013.

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The CBOC described its strate g y a s “a c o m p re h e n s i v e,

action-oriented framework to guide and stimulate change in food and the food system.

It has been developed from a conviction that changing our nation’s food system is both an opportunity and an imperative. The strategy’s five key elements are industr y prosperity, healthy food, food safety, household food security, and environmental sustainability.”

It says a food strategy is needed because the challenges facing the industr y h a v e n o t b e e n a d d re s s e d comprehensively. “At the root of the problem is the lack of a shared national vision for food that promotes collaboration to achieve widely shared economic, social and environmental goals.”

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS CON N EC T I NG RU R A L FA M I L I E S

Souris mayor fears faster crude shipments could put residents at risk Crude from Williston Basin implicated in massive infernos in Quebec and North Dakota

A school bus crosses one of three rail crossings in Souris. photos: Daniel Winters

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / Souris

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ouris might be about the only place in Western Canada this winter that is worried about trains moving too fast.

CP Rail’s plan to increase the speed limit of trains rolling through the southwestern Manitoba community has the town’s mayor worried that it might also increase the risk of a tragedy.

Darryl Jackson said CP notified his office in early February that the speed limit would be upped from 20 miles per hour to 26 m.p.h. within a week, and that at some as yet undetermined date, it would be increased to 40 m.p.h., or 64 km/h.

“Our position is that if truck and car traffic is limited to 50 km/h through town, why would we want rail traffic whirling through at 64 km/h? So we’re trying to find an avenue to buck this,” said Jackson.

Originating in southeast Saskatchewan, the CP line that angles through Souris on its way from Melita to Brandon passes through three crossings in the town.

One, on a side street, is guarded by little more than a stop sign, while the two major crossings have red warning lights installed, but no protective arms.

The busiest of the two crosses No. 2 highway, which also happens to be the town’s main artery, at a neck-straining angle, and the third intersects a Highway No. 250 heading north near a large grain elevator.

What worries Jackson most is the fact that much of the renewed rail traf-

fic appears to be shipments of crude oil coming up from the booming oilpatch near Lyleton and Waskada, and possibly farther east.

“I’m not sure where it’s coming from, but there is a lot more oil traffic than we’ve ever seen before,” said Jackson. “ We’r e w o r r i e d t h a t a t t h o s e increased speeds — we’re not talking about grain, we’re talking about a combustible material — that for some people living near the tracks that it’s a potential danger.”

The light sweet crude from the Williston Basin, a major oil deposit that is being tapped in Montana, Nor th Dakota, Saskatchewan and the southwest corner of Manitoba, is rumoured to be “quite inflammable and combustible,” he added.

Crude from the area has already been implicated in a number of tragic accidents, including the Lac-Megantic, Que., disaster that killed 47 people and took four days to extinguish, and an accident and inferno in Casselton, North Dakota that caused the evacuation of 3,000 people.

Unlike most crude oil, which is typically black and gooey, production from the area is of such high quality that it reportedly has similar properties to gasoline, even in an unrefined state.

“It just adds up to the possibility of an issue,” said Jackson, who estimated that up to five trains pass through the town each day, with one late at night and another early in the morning.

Jackson said while there haven’t been any fatal rail accidents in town in recent years, there have been incidents involving livestock trailers at a rail crossing about eight miles north of Souris.

“We’re worried that at those increased speeds — we’re not talking about grain, we’re talking about a combustible material — that for some people living near the tracks that it’s a potential danger.”

Darryl Jackson

Ed Greenberg, a spokesman for CP Rail, confirmed that the company had issued a public service announcement advising local residents that the maximum operating track speed would be raised to 25 m.p.h. within the town of Souris, and 40 m.p.h. within the Rural Municipality of Glenwood, effective immediately.

“We have indicated and let town officials and residents know that we are looking at potentially raising the regulated track speed within the town of Souris to 40 m.p.h.,” said Greenberg.

“But before we get to 40 m.p.h. maximum regulated track speed, there’s going to be extensive due diligence done, not only ensuring that our track meets the required standards set down by federal regulators and our own company, but also to ensure the crossings meet requirements.”

Greenberg said that he could not d i v u l g e t h e n a t u re o r q u a n t i t i e s

of the com m o d i t i e s b e i n g t ra n s ported, calling it “security-sensitive” information.

“But what I can say is that we do provide that infor mation to local first responders so that they have the information for planning and training purposes,” he said.

Greenberg added that CP Rail has strict safety inspection rules that cover every aspect of its operations, from rolling stock to rail yards. Tanker cars are “shipper supplied,” but they are inspected to ensure safety before any are moved, he added.

“The safety and security of communities along our network is very important. We have employees and their families living in the region as well and we take safety ver y seriously,” said Greenberg. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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Send your recipes or recipe request to: Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap Box 1794, Carman, Man. ROG OJO or email: lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Six meals by 16 years Do your kids know the basics?

Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

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pring can’t come soon enough this year, and neither can spring break.

It’s a great time for families to take a short vacation, or spend some downtime together at home.

Will you cook or bake with your kids this week, or let the older ones make a few meals?

Many wouldn’t dream of letting the kids cook supper. Why? Because they seldom cook at home themselves.

Ontario Federation of Agriculture president Mark Wales recently posted these thoughts about kids, cooking skills and parents without any.

“There was a time when students in the Ontario school system learned food basics in home economics class. As a result, parents were able to supplement this knowledge at home through family meal preparation,” he writes at Home Economics News (www. homeeconomicsnews.ca/).

But changes at school — and at home — have left young adults learning “on their own,” says Wade.

Frequently, that means not much more than knowing which button on the microwave to push.

Take the Roast Beef Challenge Here’s an idea from Canada Beef to get your 16-year-old cooking what’s sure one of the simplest and yummiest meals you can possibly make for a home meal.

1. SEASON a beef oven roast all over with coarse salt and pepper (try top sirloin, sirloin tip or inside round). Place on rack in shallow roasting pan (no water necessary). Insert ovensafe meat thermometer into centre of roast (try a programmable thermometer, so you can set the doneness temperature you want).

2. PLACE roast uncovered in preheated 450 F oven for 10 minutes.

Reduce oven heat to 275 F; cook to 145 F for medium rare (about 1-1/2 hours for a 3-lb./1.5-kg roast).

3. COVER with foil and let stand for at least 15 minutes – make Easy Pan-Gravy. Carve into thin slices and serve with gravy, steamed veggies and baked potatoes or rice.

4. EASY PAN-GRAVY: Place roasting pan over medium-high heat and pour in 1-1⁄2 cups low-sodium beef broth. Bring to boil, stirring up any brown bits from bottom of pan. Dissolve 1 tbsp. cornstarch in 1 tbsp. cold water and gradually stir into pan. Cook, stirring until thickened slightly, about five minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Source: Canada Beef (www.beefinfo.org)

I’ve heard home economists say some parents are so unsure themselves in the kitchen, they warn their kids never to go near it.

They’re hardly equipped then to teach someone else what to do. Kids growing up in these kinds of households are doubly disadvantaged because they aren’t necessarily learning at school either. It’s a problem right across the country as schools shift their curriculum to topics deemed more important than learning food skills in home economics classes.

That’s why the OFA, after the province of Ontario tabled its new Local Food Act last year, suggested programs must do more than improve access to local food. They must also help young people learn something about how to prepare it at home.

The federation has come up with what it’s calling the ‘6 x 16’ approach, with parents, relatives, teachers and other organizations urged to start helping more youth, by the time they’ve reached 16, know how to plan and prepare six wholesome meals from scratch.

That’s one of the objectives of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s national food strategy too.

Ideas for advancing 6 x 16 include talking to kids about food choices, families posting Canada’s Food Guide on the fridge, and setting better examples for their younger members by choosing healthier, less-processed ingredients and setting an evening a week aside when everyone cooks together.

Think of it this way. Your 16-year-old is usually ready to get behind the wheel and drive the family car. But have they learned how to cook the family dinner?

Slow Cooker Marvellous Mushroom Pot Roast If a roast beef is simple, doing it up in the slow cooker is even easier.

Just brown meat and flavourings, add a liquid for cooking, cover and slow simmer — that’s all there is to it!

4-lb. beef pot roast (e.g. cross rib, blade or brisket) Coarsely ground sea salt or kosher salt and pepper 2 tbsp. vegetable oil 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 cooking onion, cut into wedges lengthwise 1/4 c. red wine or beef broth 1 can (284 ml) condensed mushroom soup, undiluted 1/2 c. dried mushrooms (optional) 1 c. quartered button mushrooms 1 c. diced green beans (optional)

1. Pat roast dry; season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in Dutch oven on medium-high heat. Add roast; brown well on all sides, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove roast from pan.

2. Add garlic and onion to pan. Reduce heat to medium; cook until lightly browned, about three to four minutes (NOTE: add splash of water to prevent scorching if needed). Stir in wine, scraping up browned bits from bottom of pan. Stir in soup. Soak dried mushrooms (if using) in 1/2 cup hot water. Strain, reserving liquid; add soaked mushrooms and reserved liquid to pan.

3. Transfer roast and liquid from pan to slow cooker insert. Add fresh mushrooms; cover and cook on LOW for six to eight hours until roast is fork tender.

4. Remove roast to cutting board; cover with foil and towel to keep warm. Add green beans (if using) to sauce; cover and cook on HIGH for 30 minutes or until veggies are tender. Season sauce to taste. Serve roast with the vegetables and sauce. * Stovetop method: After Step 2, add roast to pan; cover with tightfitting lid. Simmer on stovetop over low heat or in 325 F oven for two hours, maintaining a constant simmer. Turn roast over; scatter with button mushrooms. Cook an additional 30 to 45 minutes until vegetables and meat are fork tender. Remove roast and vegetables to platter; tent with foil. Season sauce to taste; finish by stirring in parsley.

Source: Canada Beef (www.beefinfo.org)

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So many to choose from Peperomia family is huge with many different varieties

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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he peperomia plant family is a huge one.

There are over 1,500 different peperomias, ranging from taller versions that grow half a metre tall to dwarf ones that only get 15 cm tall. There are upright varieties as well as trailing types, and the leaves d i f f e r s u b s t a n t i a l l y f ro m variety to variety, with some being deeply waffled while others are smooth. Still others have a waxy coating that gives an almost succulent look to the foliage — in fact, some peperomias are classified as succulents.

Peperomia leaves are often heart shaped, such as the popular “Emerald Ripple” whose dark-green leaves are heavily rippled. Several common varieties of peperomia go by the name “Watermelon” because their heart-shaped leaves have striping on them like on the rind of a watermelon. Often the striping is white on green leaves, but there are varieties with yellow stripes as well. There are pure-green peperomias and varieties with elongated or teardrop-shaped leaves.

With such a wide variety of types to choose from, it is no wonder that most indoor gardens have at least one. They are used as specimen plants for tabletops or on shelves, they are included in dish gardens and groupings of tabletop plants, and they are often found in terrariums and bottle gardens. This last use stems from their fondness for high humidity, which is present in most glass-enclosed planters.

If a peperomia is used as a specimen plant, it will benefit from being placed on a pebble tray to afford it more humidity. Inclusion in a dish garden also means that there will be a moister air surrounding the plants — the more plants, the more moisture is given off.

Peperomias prefer a rich organic soil that provides good drainage. The plants do not like to be too wet so the planting medium should be allowed to dry out somewhat between waterings. Providing too much water will lead to wilt and rot; too little moisture will cause leaf drop. If a plant wilts, check the moisture level of the soil because the wilt might be due to too much water cutting off the oxygen supply to the roots.

These plants like a moderate amount of light so a location in front of a north- or east-facing window would be ideal. Their preference for only moderate light levels means that they can be displayed in many locations in the interior landscape and are not restricted to just sunny spots. Although pests, including mites, scale and aphids, sometimes attack peperomias, they are not notorious for pest problems. They do like to be slightly pot bound, so don’t need to be transplanted very often. In the spring, rather than repotting, it is often advisable simply to refresh the upper section of planting medium and leave the plant in its original pot. If repotting is undertaken, move up just one pot size.

Having both versatility and variation, the peperomia family is one from which any gardener can easily choose at least one plant that will fit into the indoor landscape. With the variety of plants available, however, the problem will be to limit yourself to just one or two choices.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

This variety from the peperomia plant family has fleshy, succulent-like, shiny green leaves. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

Take a milk break Dairy products have health benefits for all ages

By Julie Garden-Robinson NDSU Extension Service

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’ll have chocolate milk,” my nine-year-old daughter said the other night at a restaurant as we celebrated her sister’s birthday.

Like white milk, chocolate milk has nine essential nutrients, including calcium, potassium a n d v i t a m i n D. These nutrients often are lack-

ing in the diets of children and adults.

Studies have shown that flavoured milks are a way to get growing kids to drink more milk. In our case, chocolate milk has become the restaurant “treat” because we always have gallons of white milk in our fridge at home.

Dairy breaks are a good idea for adults to boost calcium intake. If you like coffee, consider whitening it with milk. You also could try a yogurt break or a cheese-and-cracker break.

Athletes may want to take advantage of chocolate milk as a means of quenching thirst and refuelling muscles.

Chocolate milk has the nearperfect combination of protein and carbohydrate to refuel muscle glycogen, the storage form of glucose, after a workout.

Dairy foods also may help with weight management, according to researchers. In a six-month study, two groups of people consumed the same

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Dairy foods also may help with weight management, according to researchers.

amount of calories, but one group ate three or four servings of dairy products as part of their diet. The high-dairy group lost 24 pounds, significantly more than the lowdair y group, and they lost more weight in the abdominal area. In other words, eat dairy foods, trim calories and get more exercise if your goal is to lose a “spare tire.”

Many kids of all ages may opt for soda pop and other sweetened beverages instead of milk as their preferred form of refreshment. This cuts calcium intake and fills them up with empty calories, which can lead to weight gain. Drinking more milk, however, can crowd o u t s we e t e n e d b e ve ra g e s.

University of Iowa researchers surveyed the parents of 645 children. They found that

kids as young as two who drank more milk were less likely to drink many sweetened beverages.

Here are some tips to help keep you and your family ahead of the curve when it comes to nutrition practices: • Drink milk with meals. Aim for at least three daily servings of milk and other dairy f o o d s. Ha v e w a t e r w i t h snacks and save sweetened beverages for occasional treats.

• Eat meals as a family as often as possible. Kids who eat with their families have a healthier overall diet, and they consume more calciumrich milk and fewer sweetened soft drinks.

• Try some new dairy-based recipes or add some dairy to your favourites. Aim for three servings of dairy a day.

Sprinkle cheese on eggs, top baked potatoes with nonfat yogurt and chives, and experiment with refreshing smoothie recipes. Try Greek yogur t as a protein-r ich snack.

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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Get ready for the returning birds What a welcome sight and sound after such a long, cold winter

By Donna Gamache Freelance contributor

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s winter is finally drawing to a close, many birders turn their thoughts to the return of our migrating birds. My husband and I have enjoyed feeding and watching the hardy species that stay here all year; we have been excited when a few that usually migrate have overwintered — such as the single junco that came all this winter to the backyard feeder and the mourning dove that has reappeared there for the last seven winters. But as temperatures warm up and snow begins to melt, our thoughts turn instead to other birds — to returning species and to those birds which begin their nesting season early. Even that returning crow is a welcome sight and sound after a long winter.

First on the list are usually the horned larks, which begin to appear as early as January or February. We catch sight of them flying up along highways as vehicles approach. These small birds are difficult to photograph because they usually scare as you get near. I always wonder why they return quite that early; they are ground nesters, and there are usually no bare spots available that soon.

Another early arrival, often beginning in March, is the Canada goose. A ver y few occasionally stay over winter, if they can find open water below a dam, but most migrate at least some distance south.

Some geese may only travel as far south as Wisconsin or Michigan before finding

enough open water to overwinter. These ones may begin to arrive back in Manitoba before the lakes or rivers begin to open up. We hear their plaintive honking and watch as they land on ice and search for open water. Ducks and occasionally gulls are other water species that sometimes return too early. They, also, may find many of their favourite spots still covered by ice.

Other early arrivals are robins, often by the end of March, despite lingering banks of snow and a scarcity of worms and insects. We welcome their cheerful chirping, a sign of spring to those who are tired of winter! Bluebirds and some types of sparrows may also arrive early, sometimes coming too soon. Sudden cold spells or blizzards can mean death for these birds. In 2011 my husband discovered dead eastern bluebirds in one of his houses following a blizzard, while last year’s bluebirds were very late returning, and fewer in number. It was presumed that storms in the central U.S. had delayed or killed some of them.

Besides watching for returning migrants in spring, birders can watch and listen for birds that are beginning to nest. A number of species actually start building nests while spring still seems a long way off. Ravens are one such species. A Winnipeg birder remarked on the Internet that a raven was seen carrying nesting material the third week of February!

Owls also begin nesting early in the season. From February to April is when we hear them most often, a sign that these

birds are beginning to pair up.

Some types of owls are migratory. Burrowing owls, shorteared owls and some northern saw-whet owls spend their winters farther south. But

by March these have usually returned to join other types that stay all year.

For birders who are interested in owls, late March and early April is when the annual Manitoba Nocturnal Owl Survey is held. My husband and I have helped with this for several years and find it an interesting way to spend a l a t e - w i n t e r / e a r l y- s p r i n g e ve n i n g . Be g i n n i n g a b o u t 9 p.m., we drive a pre-set 10-mile route through the hills south of MacGregor, stopping every mile (each 1.6 km) to listen for owls. Most years we hear a couple of great-horned owls and several northern saw-whet owls, but last year we heard no saw-whets; apparently with the long winter/late spring they were slow returning from the south, all across the province.

If you would like to participate in the owl survey, contact Dr. James Duncan at James.

Duncan@gov.mb.ca or at 204945-7465. For more information, or to listen to the owl calls, check out the website at http://www.naturenorth.com/ summer/creature/owl/owl_ new/owl2005.html.

Whatever birds interest you, as winter draws to a close it’s time to turn your attention to the new arrivals. But don’t forget, the winter birds will still be visiting your feeders for a while yet.

Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba

Things to keep in mind as you plan the garden

By Kimberly Rempel Freelance contributor

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ardening is about more than growing food. For many in Manitoba, it is also about giving, and the methods of garden gifting are varied.

• Lending out plots

Generous people in communities across the province lend their land as a garden plot for those who do not have. Many people also volunteer their time and energy to maintain these community gardens.

• Donating excess

Most of us have benefited from someone else’s bumper crop. Things like cucumbers and zucchini often abound, and gardeners desperately search for someone who will take their extras.

Many gardeners intentionally grow more than they need so they can share. My parents and in-laws for example, love to give their friends, families and neighbours produce from their garden. Still others purposely grow extra to donate to community organizations like food

Geese searching for some open water.

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banks. “There’s something so rewarding about providing for my own family and others,” said one such generous gardener.

• Down-home gifts

Ever thought of gardening as growing birthday or Christmas gifts? That’s exactly what some green thumbs are up to. Salsas, jams and apple butters are canned from garden-fresh produce to give as presents. Organic, sustainable and hand made, these garden gifts are ideal.

• Donations from the kitchen

Still others use their harvest to create soups and casseroles to donate to local community outreach programs. This allows people to enjoy homegrown, home-cooked meals.

I’m inspired by the generosity I’ve seen around me. As I draw up this year’s garden plan, maybe I’ll sketch in a few extra rows. Maybe I’ll can a few extra jars of jam or salsa. They’ll make great presents for a few people I know…

Kimberly Rempel writes from Steinbach, Manitoba

Goldfinch braving the cold. PHOTO: CINDY MURRAY

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Planter adjustment key to getting corn off to a good start Mother Nature can’t fix mistakes made by a poorly adjusted planter

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / Brandon

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here are few things more pleasing to the eye than perfectly spaced corn seedlings emerging in neat rows from rich black soil.

But whether you’re a home gardener or a farmer with thousands of acres, the sight of missed spots and doubles crowded together leaves you with that aggravating, sinking feeling that your chances for getting the best possible corn yield have already left the station.

That’s because the ideal corn crop should be as “uniform as a picket fence, with carbon copy ears,” said Bill Lemkuhl, an independent crop consultant and farmer from Ohio who has led planter clinics all across the U.S. and Canada since 1996.

Just how much does a double or a miss cost from a poorly set, maintained or defective planter?

On 30-inch row spacing, a 17.5foot row of corn amounts to oneone-thousandth of an acre. That means if the planter missed a single seed, that’s one lost ear. If it fumbles two of them closer than six inches apart, the result could be two puny ears, or even two lost ears due to needless, season-long competition.

Mistakes made by machines tend to be repeated with moronic consistency. Ramp those lost ears up to an acre and that’s five to seven bushels per acre in lost yield.

“Most guys spend more time setting their combine than they do their corn planter. Remember this, the sins of planting will haunt you all season long,” said Lemkuhl, who explained how to set a corn planter from “hitch to closing wheel” at a recent DuPont Pioneer corn production workshop attended by well over 200 farmers.

Growing good corn crops starts with uniform spacing, seeding depth, and maintaining an optimal microenvironment for every plant.

Effect on yields

How much will mistakes in those three particulars affect yields?

Ideal depth is 1-3/4 inches, but seed planted too deep or too shallow, or too close together, or any other negative factor at seeding will leave the corn with thinner stalks and smaller cobs.

“Our goal is to put an ear on every plant. After we do that, it’s up to Mother Nature to provide sunlight and rain,” said Lemkuhl.

“In our operation, the planter pass is sacred. It sets the maximum yield of that seed at the beginning.”

Going back to the one-onethousandth of an acre yield-estimating technique, Lemkuhl said that a good cob of corn should have 34-35 kernels in length, and 16-18 kernel rows around it.

“Most guys spend more time setting their combine than they do their corn planter. Remember this, the sins of planting will haunt you all season long.”

Bill Lemkuhl

Every two kernel rows missing around the cob amounts to a yield loss of 20 bushels per acre.

In other words, small cobs cost money.

First, set the hitch height level, or slightly high, in the actual working conditions in the field, not on gravel in the yard. It’s impossible to do it yourself, so Lemkuhl advises farmers to have someone else drive the tractor and seeder past them for a good look.

Ohio-based corn planter expert Bill Lemkuhl explains the pitfalls of poor planter adjustment at the second annual DuPont Pioneer Corn Planter Clinic. photoS: Daniel Winters

Deviation

Any deviation will affect the pitch angle of the seed tubes and therefore seeding depth, which in turn affects seedling emergence.

Ever since manufacturers started adding “down force” measurement capability to planters, that metric has become a buzzword among farmers concerned about maintaining uniform seeding depth on multi-row units.

Lemkuhl prefers air bag or hydraulic adjustments over springs, but he acknowledged that Monosem’s design is very effective.

Too little, means the planter units may bounce along the field, especially at higher speeds, but too much down force can trap the crown roots — the all-important “pipelines” of corn plant development — in the seed trench and limit cob development.

“If the No. 3 crown root can’t get out, or struggles to get out, you have hurt yourself the entire year,” said Lemkuhl, citing side-by-side research plots that showed 400 pounds of down force yielded 20 bushels less per acre than 100 pounds.

Seeding efficiency

Ce n t ra l - f i l l p l a n t e r s o f f e r greater seeding efficiency, but he dislikes their tendency to concentrate too much weight over the centre frame section while leaving the wings riding higher. A three-year study has found that there was a 22 bushel/acre yield difference between the two areas, he added.

Depth gauge wheels should roll very tightly up against the seed opener discs. With the planter parked in a raised position, test

No-till slit openers shouldn’t cut deeper than the double discs.

Lemkuhl likes to pair spike and rubber closing wheels followed by a drag chain.

each one by lifting it up against the depth stop while checking for fit.

In wet conditions, too much space can cause balling up in the gap. In minimal moisture conditions, it could be funnelling dry soil into the seed trench where it can delay germination.

Wavy no-till coulters are often used to clear residue out of the way of the disc openers, but care must be taken to ensure that they are not penetrating deeper than the openers and creating a “false bottom” in the seed trench.

To check, he advises laying down a 2x6 underneath and lowering the planter down until the double discs touch it. If the no-till coulter still spins, you’re good.

“We want the double-disc openers making a good, firm bottom to the seed trench,” said Lemkuhl.

Spreading chaff

Whether farming no till, minimum till or conventional, chaff and straw need to be spread

Row cleaners keep trouble out of the seed trench.

the width of the machine as it comes out the back of the combine in the fall — not in the spring.

Row cleaners must sweep crop residue and large clods aside, away from the depth gauge wheels.

If not, such junk can affect seeding depth, wick out moisture away from the seed, cause a skip or miss, or create conditions for disease and delayed emergence.

“That’s going to be our problem child when it comes to ear count.

They’ll either be behind, or won’t set an ear,” said Lemkuhl.

Closing wheels are the last thing to roll over the seed trench, but some designs are little more than “blunt force trauma” — especially if the ground is too wet.

Two spiked wheels can be too aggressive, so Lemkuhl prefers to stagger a single spike wheel in the front position paired with a rubber wheel in the rear, followed by a drag chain.

“I really like what a drag chain does in terms of keeping a uniform environment above the seed,” said Lemkuhl. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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China draws up plan to tackle widespread soil pollution Top government officials are concerned, but they are finding it hard to rein in industry and local governments obsessed with growth beijing / reuters

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Farmers dig ditches to lead water from a white polluted stream into farm fields, in Dongchuan district of Kunming, Yunnan province. According to local media, the sources of the pollution are production waste water discharged by nearby mining industries. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

h i n a’s e n v i ro n m e n t a l authorities have passed a plan to tackle soil pollution as the government becomes increasingly concerned about the risk to food posed by widespread contamination of farmland.

About 3.33 million hectares (eight million acres) of China’s farmland — about the size of Belgium — is too polluted for crops, a government official said in December, after decades of industrial development and poorly enforced laws allowed poisonous metals and discharge to seep into soil and water.

The plan, together with a soil pollution law in the draft-

ing stage, is expected to focus on protecting food supplies and ensuring that contaminated crops do not enter the food chain.

China has time and again published policies and plans aimed at addressing envi ronmental problems but it has long struggled to bring big polluting industries and growth-obsessed local governments to heel.

The top leadership is increasingly worried about the problem, with Premier Li Keqiang declaring a ‘war on pollution’ during his opening speech of parliament this month.

The vice-environment minister, Wu Xiaoqing, told reporters this month the new soil pollution plan would help to create the legal mechanism to stop the soil problem from getting any worse.

First priority

Meeting last week, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said cleaning up soil was a first priority for food safety and a fundamental basis for creating a healthy environment, according to a report published by the ministry’s official newspaper on Wednesday.

The discovery last year of dangerous levels of cadmium in rice produced in Hunan, the country’s top rice-growing region, caused an outcry with members of the public venting frustration that even their staple food appeared to be unsafe.

The plan proposes measures including targeting various sources of soil pollution as well as management of land for agriculture and setting up a process for cleaning damaged soil.

A recent government agency survey found that restoration of contaminated soil accounted for only 3.7 per cent of the environmental protection business in China, highlighting the potential for growth.

Agriculture Minister Han Changfu said this month pilot projects had been launched to rehabilitate farmland.

However, pollution experts have told Reuters the projects were only small and did not begin to redress the extent of the problem. One of the major concerns is who will eventually pay for clearing up polluted soil.

The action plan, approved in principle, will be submitted to the State Council, or cabinet, for approval. The ministry is also working on a draft law on soil pollution.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 27, 2014

World conservation congress coming to Winnipeg

EITHER KEEP MOVING OR FREEZE

International conference focuses on principles of putting conservation into action WCCA release

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e are running out of dirt, and it’s no laughing matter.”

So says Dr. David Montgomery, professor of earth and space sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle, and author of Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations.

Montgomery, who sees the recent rise of no-till farming as “the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate of previous civilizations,” is one of the keynote speakers at the 6th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture ( WCCA6), which will be held in Winnipeg June 22-25, 2014.

Another keynote speaker is Howard Buffett, chair of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, a private family foundation working to improve the standard of living and quality of life for the world’s most impoverished and marginalized populations, and author of several books on conservation. Buffett also operates a 1,400-acre family farm in central Illinois and oversees research farms in Illinois and South Africa.

The conference will end with an address by Dwayne Beck, manager of the Dakota Lakes Research Farm in South Dakota, and well-known speaker on the principles of putting conservation into action to minimize costs and maximize returns.

Organizers say that will be an overall theme of WCCA6, and it will be programmed differently than previous conferences, with more emphasis on highlighting innovations and grower success stories. There are three main conference themes: • Growing more, more efficiently — sustainable intensification • Weatherproof your crop — climate-resilient systems • Increasing adoption through innovation — knowledge sharing and faster implementation WCCA6 will also include an Exhibit Hall and Resource Centre featuring displays of the latest conservation-related technologies and resources and an opportunity to connect with international researchers and adopters in conservation agriculture.

The Great Plains of the U.S. and Canada saw some of the earliest development of tools and techniques for reducing tillage and reducing erosion, and WCCA6 will be followed by a one-day tour of southern Manitoba and a three-day tour of western Manitoba, South and North Dakota.

Early-bird reservation discounts of 25 per cent are available until April 1, and there are also discounts for farmers and students.

For more information or to register, visitwww.wcca6.org.

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Incentives needed to improve grain markets in India Farmers in India remain unable to cash in on market reforms a decade after their implementation Staff

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mproving the ability of farmers in India to market grain is about more than developing better storage options and better access to markets, two University of Illinois economists say.

Unless those markets are functioning in a way that farmers can get a better price as a result of storing their grain and delaying the sale, there is little incentive for them to make that investment.

An analysis of infrastructure of interstate trade for foodgrain crops in three Indian states found that grain farmers are unable to cash in on market reforms implemented by the Indian government a decade ago.

“We wanted to see if there w a s m o re i n t e g r a t i o n i n the markets since the 2002 reforms,” said Kathy Baylis.

“We were surprised at how little integration we saw. Apparently there are still a lot of regulations in place. A lot of the wholesale markets are not open other than right around harvest. There is a strong incentive to sell at harvest because if you don’t you’d have to travel to Delhi or another major city.

“The ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss that provided the funding for this research is interested in storage, and what we found in India is that there was a huge disincentive to invest in on-

farm storage because even if farmers could store their grain for six months or so, they wouldn’t be able to sell it then.”

Crossing state lines

Prior to the reforms of the early 2000s, it was difficult in India to transport grain across state lines. The reforms made that easier and also expanded the number of people who could purchase and trade grain. Farmers used to have to go through a long, arduous process to become certified. The reforms eliminated some of those issues, but other problems still plague the system.

“Some people may think of this as only an engineering problem,” Baylis said, “where we just need to develop a really good place for them to store the grain. But if there isn’t an incentive to store grain to sell later and get a better price, the extra storage won’t help farm income.”

According to Baylis and her colleague Mindy Mallory, small innovations could be facilitated to encourage more independent traders to get into the market.

“Anecdotally we heard that in places where there were more active traders, farmers were able to benefit from this market arbitrage potential,” Baylis said. “They weren’t stuck looking at their own local market. If they worked with a trader, they could keep an eye on what’s happening in the city and sell

A farmer sifts his wheat crop at a farm on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad in March 2013.

Photo: REUTERS/Amit Dave

their grain two or three months after harvest.”

Baylis said that fruit and vegetable crops, which are highly perishable, tend to have less regulation than the grains and oilseeds.

B e c a u s e t h e y d o n’t g o through the government markets, traders are making investments to get the food from the farmer to the city.

“You have B:10.25” these parallel systems going T:10.25” on,” Baylis said.

“One is regulated, very structured and not very efficient.

One is unregulated and in some cases works well; in other cases, it is also a mess. For vegetable crops, if farmers don’t have those linkages, they really can’t sell perishable products. There’s a massive lack of cold storage in India, for example.”

Policy headaches

As an economist, Baylis said that she studies how policy can

create headaches for farmers and on the consumer end of the supply chain.

“Global food security is often seen as a production issue, but often it’s not just lack of water or access to the right seeds,” she said. “There has been evidence that major famines, weren’t due to a lack of food production, they occurred because you had all of these other institutional crises or economic crises.

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No meeting date in sight for Council of Beef leaders Fixing Canada’s beef industry will have to wait STAFF

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he Council of Beef Leaders proposed in last year’s Straw Man Beef Industry Initiative may not meet until the fall, said the man in charge of bringing all the players to the table.

“We haven’t had a meeting yet,” said Colin Jeffares, a former provincial assistant deputy minister of agriculture.

“I’m not sure when a meeting will take place — certainly not in the near future.”

The council is one of the key recommendations of the straw man task force, which was struck after a leading think-tank accused the beef industry of

Dangle tags no longer allowed for bison

By Jennifer Blair STAFF / PONOKA

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ison that are still sporting dangle tags as of April 1 will need to be retagged with radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags before being moved.

“Traceability is always a concern for the livestock industry, so effective April 1, the RFID tag is the only legal tag for bison,” said Terry Kremeniuk, executive director of the Canadian Bison Association.

The move should come as no surprise to bison producers, he said. “ We m a d e t h e d e c i s i o n about eight years ago to move away from dangle tags, and we believe that most dangle tags have gone through the system,” said Kremeniuk.

The switch was made at the request of “those involved in the industry,” and just makes sense now that RFID tags have become the standard, he said.

“It creates a hassle if you don’t stick to the one (system).”

While bison being sold to another producer or moved off from their farm of origin will need an RFID tag, those headed for the slaughterhouse can keep their old tags.

“It’s my understanding that CCIA and the slaughter facility will work with you as long as you have a tag in hand,” said Kremeniuk.

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“Traceability is always a concern for the livestock industry, so effective April 1, the RFID tag is the only legal tag for bison.”

TERRY KREMENIUK

complacency and being overly reliant on a U.S. market instead of developing an independent Canada brand and pursuing high-value export markets.

Jeffares said there is “pretty good interest” in creating the council, but it’s been a challenge to find a date for a meeting.

However, at least one industry player has signalled its reluctance to participate. Earlier this year, Canada Beef Inc. president Rob Meijer said his organization is “nowhere near accepting of an advisory council.”

“The beef industry has enough structures and organizations and committees,” Meijer said in January. “We’re not of the view that we need yet another one.”

Jeffares said some organiza-

tions have misinterpreted what the council is intended to do.

“Some (groups) see it as a new organization, and if you

the common problems plaguing the industry, he said.

“That’s going to take some convincing for some people,

“(The canola industry) seems to be able to work very well together at all points along that value chain. The beef industry… needs to be in that mindset.”

COLIN JEFFARES

read the straw man recommendations, it’s clearly not,” he said.

R a t h e r, t h e c o u n c i l i s intended to be a forum for all players in the beef value chain to develop solutions to some of

(but) other people are very willing to do that,” said Jeffares, adding some organizations are overly focused on their own “little corner… of the industry.”

“People have different goals,

like anything else, and I think they’ve been unable to push aside their own particular goals and look at the bigger picture.”

The canola industry is a model for what could be done, he said. “(The canola industry) seems to be able to work very well together at all points along that value chain,” he said. “The beef industry… needs to be in that mindset.”

The sector needs to “do something different” if it hopes to overcome the challenges it is facing, he added.

“Standing still is not an option here. We can’t continue with the status quo.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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TRACK & 4WD MFWD TRACTORS quick tach 84” bucket, front 7” display, JD link, GreenStar seed delivery, Refuge cold weather pkg., (20) plEASE pRInT youR AD BEloW: TRACTORS & LOADERS fenders, rear wheel weights, Y&M, power fold hopper, high Plus, Tru-Count double front weights, front fenders, 2013 JD 8360RT, deluxe cab, 2012 JD 8235R, MFWD, ILS, Firestone 460/85R34 rears cap, 26’ auger, side hill pkg., row shut-off, JD rate 480/80R48 rear duals, leather trim, IVT, 6 hyd., 60 deluxe cab, powershift, 4 hyd., 16.9-30 fronts, 2,112 hrs., at 60%, 380/85R24 fronts at HID lights, extended wear controller, gpm pump, 3 pt., quick hitch, 60 gpm pump, 3 pt., quick 60%, shows 1,057 hrs., S/ pkg., adj. rear axle, 650/85R38 S/NA01770P720277 S/N1RW8245REAP006255 PTO, JDLink, 2630 display, hitch, 540/1000 PTO, AutoTrac 2013 JD 6210R, MFWD, NL06430D588826 straddle duals, 750/65R26 AutoTrac ready, premium ready, HID lights, front fenders, premium cab, Auto Quad Plus, 1992 JD 4760, MFWD, rears, 581 sep. hrs., 781 engine TILLAGE radio, HID lights, power (16) front weights, 380/90R54 powershift, CAH, 3 hyd., 3 hrs., S/N1H0S680SHC0746630 EQUIPMENT left hand reverser, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 2000 JD 637 rock flex mirrors, cold weather pkg., 25” rear duals, 380/80R38 front pt., quick hitch, radar, front 2008 JD 9770, STS, Contour540/1000 PTO, front fenders, disc, 29’3”, single pt. tracks, 292 hrs., Warranty until duals, 804 hrs., fenders, 18.4-46 duals, 14.9Master, deluxe controls, HID lights, power mirrors, Dec. 27, 2014 or 2,000 hrs., S/N1RW8235RPCP064089 30 fronts, 10,506 hrs., rebuilt integrated AutoTrac, high cap. lift depth control, hyd. rear wheel weights, (12) front S/N1RW8360RACD909036 2010 JD 8295R, MFWD, deluxe weights, 480/85R46 press steel engine, S/NRW4760P001350 cyl., 777 sep. hrs., 1,184 engine leveling 1998 JD 980 field 2009 JD 9230, 4WD, 24 spd., 4 cab, powershift, 4 hyd., 60 1997 JD 870, MFWD, diesel, hrs., S/NH09770S727849 duals, 420/90R30 fronts, 314 cultivator, 38’ hyd., 48 gpm pump, integrated gpm pump, 3 pt., quick hitch, open station, 3 pt., 540 PTO, 2001 JD 9650, STS, Contourhrs., factory warranty until April AutoTrac, diff lock, (4) 450 540/1000 PTO, AutoTrac Master, deluxe controls, 20, 2015 or 2,000 hrs., S/N6474 JD 430 hyd. loader, 60” SPRAYERS lb.-2165 lb. rear wheel___________________________ weights, ready, (2) 250 lbs. wheel bucket, 355/80R20 rear turf spd. feeder house, 2012 JD 5115M, MFWD, CAH, 2008 IJDprepay 4730 selfClassification: ❏ I would like to take advantage of the Prepayment variable Bonus of 2 FREE weeks when for 3 weeks.

480/80R46 press steel duals, weights, (8) front weights, front power reverser, (2) rear & (2) tires, 25-8.5-14 fronts, GreenStar Y&M, hopper ext., propelled sprayer, 90’ 767 hrs., S/NRW9230H010583 fenders, 480/80R50 rear duals, mid hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, S/NM00870B162222 20’ unload auger, chopper, boom, 20” nozzle spacing, No. of words ________________ x $0.45 x No. of weeks ____________________ = ____________________ 1998 JD 9200, 4WD, 24 spd., 4 380/85R38 fronts, 1,255 hrs., 1,928 sep. hrs., 2,833 engine diff lock, grill guard, cold weather 5-way nozzle bodies, 800 GPS & NAVIGATION hyd., front & rear diff lock, rear S/N1RW8295RAAP006975 hrs., S/NH09650S691933 pkg., 18.4-30 rears,12R24 Minimum charge perhrs., week gal. $11.25 SS tank, 1,800 ❏ wheel VISA ❏ MASTERCARD DISplAy ClASSIfIED weights, Firestone 20.8- 2010 JD 8245R, MFWD, deluxe fronts, 347 hrs., Warranty until EQUIPMENT 1987 JD 643 corn head, 6x30”, S/NN04730X002988 JD 2630 display 42 press steel duals, 2,731 cab, active seat, powershift, oil bath, low tin, poly snout April 20, 2015 or 2,000 hrs., Add $2.50 if being billed / Minus 10% if prepaying: ______________________ • Advertising copy deviating in any way from the regular 2005 Demco 1100 Card No. JD 1800 GreenStar display, hrs., single owner, 4 hyd., 60 gpm pump, 3 pt., S/N1LV5115MJCL541003 pull-type sprayer, 1,100 classified style will be considered display and charged at S/NPCGU18B224060 GRAIN CARTS S/NRW9200H010613 quick hitch, 540/1000 PTO, 2008 JD 6430, MFWD, open Add 5% GST: ______________________ Expiry Date: gal. poly tank, 60’ boom, the display rate of $32.20 per column inch ($2.30 per JD 1800 GreenStar display, 2010 Brent 1082 grain cart, AutoTrac ready, HID lights, station, 95 hp., power quad, GreenStar rate controller, S/NPCGU18B230609 1000 bu., 20” unloading auger, agate line). left hand reverser, 3 pt., PTO, T-Jet nozzles, rinse tank, Also to Include: SKID STEER LOADER ______________________ Complete terms, lot listings Signature: _______________________________________________ spout, w/JD 673 self-leveling loader, JD light bar system, S/N101023 hyd. adjustableTOTAL: • Minimum charge $32.20 week + $5.00 S/N25026 & ATTACHMENTS, HAYper EQUIPMENT, JD light bar system S/NB25760113 for online per week. & photos at SteffesGroup.com aux. hyd., joystick control, FORAGE EQUIPMENT, LIVESTOCK 2008 Parker 938 grain cart, TRACTOR AGREEMENT CAUTION tion Privacy Policy, write to: Information Protection Officer, Farm Business Published by COMBINES EQUIPMENT, GROOMING & • Illustrations and logos are allowedMOWER with full border. adj. spout,1666 Dublin The publisher reserves the right to refuse any or all advertising for any reason The Manitoba Co-operator, while assuming no responsibility for 1000 PTO, hyd.

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LOADER BACKHOE Farm Business Communications, & CORN HEAD LAWN TRACTORS, ATVS stated or unstated. advertisements appearing in its columns, exercises the greatest care in Occasionally we make our list of subscribers available to otherloader reputable S/NB23730110 1995 JD 310D tractor • Spot color: 25% of ad cost, with a 1666 Dublin Avenue, S680,to STS, PRWD, an endeavor to 2012 restrict JD advertising wholly reliable firms or individuals. firms whose products and services might be of interest to you. If you would Advertisers requesting publication of either display or classified advertisements Winnipeg, MB R3H 0H1 backhoe, 2WD, 3 spd., minimum charge of $15.00.

However, please premium do not send money a Manitoba Co-operator PLANTER box prefer not to receive such offers, please contact us at turbo, the address in the cab, todeluxe controls, agree that should the advertisement be omitted from the issue ordered for number. Buyers are advised to request shipment C.O.D. when ordering preceding paragraph, or call 1-800-782-0794. left shuttle shift, 7’ bucket, 23” whatever reason, the Manitoba Co-operator shall not be held liable.

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2007 JD 1770NT planter, WINNIPEG OFFICE • Advertising rates are flat with no discount for from an unknown advertiser, minimizing the chance of fraud and The editors and journalists who write, contribute and provide opinions to backhoe bucket, 4,922 hrs., agreed that in the event of an error appearing in the published advertisement, command touch feeder house, Manitoba 16x30”, front-fold, CCS eliminating the necessity of a refund where the goods have already Manitoba Co-operator and Farm Business Communications attempt to frequency of insertion or volume of space used. or Co-operator Ashley Huhn at Steffes Group, the Manitoba Co-operator accepts no liability beyond320.693.9371 the amount paid for that S/NT0310DB812606 1666 Dublin Avenue, been sold. provide accurate and useful opinions, information and analysis. However, portion of the advertisement in which the error appears or affects. Claims for • Telephone orders accepted At Farm Business Communications we have a firm commitment to protectthe editors, journalists and Manitoba Co-operator and Farm Business Winnipeg, MB R3H 0H1 adjustment are limited to errors appearing in the first insertion only. ing your privacy and securityMN as our customer.

Farm22 Business Communica- Litchfield, Communications, cannot do not guarantee the accuracy of the inforToll-Free in Canada 1-800-782-0794IQBID is a division ofboxSteffes Inc., 24400 Hwy South, MNand 55355 • Terms: Payment due upon receipt of invoice.

While every endeavor will be made to forward number replies asGroup, soon as tions will only collect personal information if it is required for the proper mation contained in this publication and the editors as well as Manitoba Phone 204-954-1415 in Winnipeg possible, we accept no liability in respect to loss or damage alleged to a rise functioning of our business. As part of our commitment to enhance cusCo-operator and Farm Business Communication assume no responsibility • Price quoted does not include GST. | | Ashley Huhn Gabrielson MN47-006, Randy Kath MN47-007 320.693.9371 SteffesGroup.com FAX 204-954-1422 Mailing Address: MN47-002, through either failure or Eric delay in forwarding such replies, however caused, tomer service, we may share this personal information with other strategic for any actions or decisions taken by any reader for this publication based whether by negligence or otherwise.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 27, 2014

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.

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AUCTION

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CONSTRUCTION ATTACHMENTS, TOOLS, FARM EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES SATURDAY APRIL 12TH 10:00 AM

Gordon & rosalie White Hartney, MB | April 11, 2014 · 10am

Birch River

Swan River Minitonas

Location: Indoors 218 Brandt St. Steinbach, Manitoba (Hwy #12 South) Note: ACCEPTING EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL TYPES FOR THIS SALE

Durban

FARM SUPPLIES

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Langruth

Minnedosa Neepawa

Gladstone

Rapid City

Reston Melita

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Brandon

Carberry

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

St. Pierre

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Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

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2012 neW hoLLAnd T9.450

2007 neW hoLLAnd cr9060

AucTion LocATion: From Hartney, MB go 3.2 km (2 miles) South on Hwy 21 to Hwy 23, then go 4.8 km (3 miles) East to Rd 132W, then 2 km (1.25 miles) North. Yard on West side. GPS: 49.4624, -100.4490 A PArTiAL equiPmenT LiST incLudeS: 2012 New Holland T9.450 4WD · 2009 New Holland T7040 MFWD · 2007 New Holland CR9060 Combine · 2006 Westward 9250 30 Ft Swather · 2008 Seedmaster 42

Ft Air Drill · 2007 New Holland SC430 Tow-Behind Air Tank · 2012 Hy Grade 1600RS 16 Ft Pull Grader · 2007

• Stout Rock Bucket Grapple HD72 w/ skid steer quick attach • Stout Receiver Hitch Plate • Stout Regular Weld-on Skid steer Plate • Stout Solid Weld-on Skid steer Plate • Stout Walk-Through Pallet Forks 48 in. w/ skid steer quick attach • Stout Full-Back Pallet Forks 48 SKID STEER in. w/ skid steer quick attach • Pallet Forks 48 in. w/ skid steer ATTACHMENTS quick attach & TIRES • Lowe Hyd Auger 750ch w/ 9in & • 84’’ Hydraulic Skid Steer Snow Plow Dozer 12 in w/ skid steer quick attach • Lowe Hyd Auger 750ch w/ 9in & INDUSTRIAL TOOLS 12 in & 15 in w/ skid steer quick • KING POWER 10,000LN DIESEL SILENT GENERATOR, 5KW attach • Stout Brush Grapple XHD84 w/ • 10,000Lbs 24V Truck & ATV Winch skid steer quick attach • New Rugged Ranch Squeeze Chute w/ Head Gate • 10ft Corral Panels & Gates • 8ft Coral Panels & Gates • 6ft Range Panels & Gates (new) • Quantity Sheep Panels & Gates • 330ft Rolls Galvanized Farm Fence

Flexi-Coil 67XL 90 Ft Field Sprayer...And much more!

Sunova Centre For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com West St Paul Rec Centre 48 Holland Rd Located North of the Gordon White: 204.858.2006 (h), North Perimeter Hwy 204.522.6128 (c), grwhite@mymts.net between McPhillips & Main St off Kapelus Rd Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Travis Sack: 306.280.0829 800.491.4494 WINNIPEG, MB. SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2014 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Adults $5.00 – Women free Children under 12 accompanied AUCTION SALES by an adult free Manitoba Auctions – Interlake There will be dealers from Ontario, Saskatchewan White man coop.indd 1 14-03-19 6:11 PM and Manitoba McSherry Auction Service Ltd Show Sponsored by the MCC of C

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Antiques Antiques For Sale 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 AUGUST 9 &10, 2014 the Eighth Annual IHCC Ch 38 show will be held on the grounds of the Western Development Museum in North Battleford Sask.

We will be joining WDM to celebrate their annual “Those were the days” & join them on the occasion of their 65th birthday. www.nbattleford@wdm.ca All IH machinery, trucks, tractors, household, stationary engines, power units, cub cadets & anything else marketed by IH are welcome. Membership annual meeting w/banquet & guest speaker. More information available from show chairman Gary Algot.

(780)741-2115. www.ihc38.com

Estate & Moving

BUCKINGHAM BROS., KILLARNEY, MB. Farm Retirement Auction Thurs., April 24th, 10:00am.

DST. 3.5-mi East of Killarney. 1987 Deutz-Allis 7145 DSL MFD, 540 & 1000 PTO., good front & rear rubber, 3 spool hyd., w/Allied 895 loader w/bucket, grapple & joystick, 7100-hrs., VG. Bale spear sells separate; 1976 Case 970 DSL w/cab, 3-PTH., 540 & 1000 PTO., 6100-hrs., w/Allied 760 loader w/bucket; Case 680 Back-hoe w/loader & bucket, cab, 4-spd. trans; Case 400 DSL tractor, 8-spd., engine stuck; Case 1830 Skid-Steer loader, gas; 1994 Dodge Ram 1500, 4X4- 1/2-ton, V-8 auto., 337,340-kms., new tires, as is; 1967 GMC 1-ton truck w/box & hoist; Suzuki J410- 4-cyl., 5-spd., 4X4- 1/4 ton; 1990 Case-IH 8460 round baler w/auto. tie & bale kicker, 1000-PTO; John Deere 121412-ft. hydro-swing mower conditioner; JD 7-ft. sickle mower; Wood deck hay trailer- 24-ft. X 10-ft., 4 wheel; 16-ft. X 8 1/2-ft; Wood deck trailer w/tandem walking axle; Cockshutt 7-ft. SD rake; 2010 PoulanPro 26-HP ride-on mower, hydrostatic w/54-in deck, 226-hrs., like new; Case 446 ride-on tractor, 16-HP, w/mower & mulcher; Case 444 ride-on tractor, 14-HP, w/mulcher; Roper 18T ride-on tractor w/42-in mower; Rally 12-HP ride-on w/38-in mower deck; IHC #80- 3-PT snow blower; Allied 7-ft. snow blower; Crown prong rock picker; JD 18-ft. discer w/seed box; 2 poly water tanks on trailers- 400 & 500-gal; 3-PT 6-ft blade; 3-PT wire roller; 500-gal. fuel tank w/stand; Yamaha 3-wheel Tri-moto 175 ATV; 1980 Ski-Doo 4500 snowmobile; 1979 Arctic Cat snowmobile - both need restoration; Firearm, Scopes, & Ammunition; Excellent Quality Shop Equipment & Tools - Best variety we have sold in years. Check web site for detailed listing. More misc. listed. For info Contact: Fred (204)523-0026, Will (204)523-0455. Web sites www.mrankinauctions.com www.rosstaylorauction.com Murray Rankin Auctions Murray (204)534-7401 Killarney, MB. Ross Taylor Auction Service (204)522-5356 Reston, MB.

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LARGE SURPLUS PARTS AUCTION FOR GENAG SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 10 AM AT THE DEALERSHIP 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF #3 & #14 HIGHWAYS - MORDEN/WINKLER, MB

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

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Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

Classifieds ESTATE OF DEAN SIMONSON FARM AUCTION THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 10 AM Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

FROM FANNYSTELLE, MB, 5 MILES SOUTH ON #248 AND 1 MILE EAST ON #247

• 2002 CIH Steiger, STX375, standard shift 3590 hrs.

• 2003 CIH MX 210 FWA, 4270 Hrs. w/ CIH LX192 loader, trimble Auto steer • 2011 Kubota B2630, 194 hrs., FWA, LA403 loader, 3pth, diesel 26hp.

• 2005 CIH 2388 Combine, 880 sep. hrs., two 30 ft, flexheaders • Two MacDon 9200 and 2920 Swathers, 30 ft.

• Good trucks 05 Ford F-150, TWO Freightliners 2000 and 96 W/ newer grain bodies, sprayer tender Ford 9000, 66 Mercury 1 ton, 4710 Concord air seeder with 2300 tank

See our website: www.billklassen.com for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION CLARE & SANDRA HALSTEAD

Our website has a more detailed listing or watch for our Auction Catalog in your farm mail box approximately March 15th to 20th

See our website: www.billklassen.com for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS LARGE FARM AUCTION R A DYCK FARMS LTD. THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 10 AM 1 MILE SOUTH OF STARBUCK, MB

• 1995 Case IH Steiger, 9270 IHC B-275 diesel utility tractor, allis • 7045, Case DC Antique, 2006 CIH 8010 combine, 8820 swather • 2006 model 2062 Macdon 36 ft Flex head. 200 • 4 Freightliner tandem grain Truck 425 hp, 1938 Maple Leaf truck • Concord air Seeder 37 ft, 3 twister 6000 bu, hopper bins w/ air

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

Tractors • 1978 Case e 2670 4 wheel drive, 20.8 x 34 duals, 4 remote hyd, power shift and engine both redone at 4090 hrs., now 7380 hrs., SERIAL #8795128, Oil and Filters changed Trucks • 1979 IHC 4200 load star, full tandem, 19 ft steel box hoist rolltrap, 8V71 Detroit 13 speed Road ranger, drill fill out let, 11R22.5 tires spring suspension, local truck only 66,700 original miles, serial #D2157GB13373. DATE OF MFG. 10.10.79

FRIDAY, APRIL 25 11 AM

FARM IS 5 MILES SOUTH OF STARBUCK ON PR #332 & 1/4 MILE WEST ON RD #47N Harvesting Equipment • 1986 Case IH 1680 combine, 1015 pickup head, 30.5 x 32 tires, hopper extension, fine cut chopper, new aux., hyd pump, non ajustable air Foil chaffer, Oil and filters changed main bearings replaced at 2600 hrs., total hrs. 4090 serial #019084 • Concord 3310 seeder, 4 rank, 10’’ spacing, dual spring trip, 4’’ knock on shovels, extra 10’’ shovels sells complete with concord 1502 air cart powered by lombardini diesel fan And so much more........

See our Spring Catalog for more detailed listing. Owners 204-735-2474

See our website: www.billklassen.com for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS RETIREMENT AUCTION FOR FRED & HELEN REMPEL

See www.billklassen.com for complete listing

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BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

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AUCTION SALE FOR ABE & DOREEN WIEBE Sat., Apr. 12th, 2014, in the Austin Skating Rink Austin, MB at 1:00pm. 2008 Yamaha Bruin Quad 350 4x4 464-km tool box & winch; 8/27 TRS JD snowblower elect start; Gun rack Quad Cover; Toboggan w/hitch; Loading ramps; TG1200 watt power generator elect Garden Tiller; 4 wheel wagon; lawn mower; Patio Chairs; Park Bench; Handi Walker; Shelving Units; Bar Fridge; new 32-in. Door Frame; electric stone Fireplace; Bird Feeder; Antiques & Collectibles: writing Desk; China cabinets; coffee Table w/claw feet; old Violin; 2 oak end Tables; JD Cookie Jar; 385 pces of Amber Glass Ware; amber Pitcher & Glasses; Few pces of Depression Glass; Milk Glass; Hobnail Milk Glass; Milk Glass mixing bowls; Fenton Hobnail Bowl; Red & White Salt & Pepper Shakers; Red & White Sugar & Flour Shakers; Green Glass Ware; Old Marbles; Out Doors: portable Fishing Shack; Goose Decoys; Hunting Clothes; PowerFist Sausage maker; Fishing Supplies; 8-in. Jiffy auger; loading winch, tarps; kerosene heater; gas stove; 5th wheel tail gate for 98 Ford. Shop Tools, Other Misc items.

Photos on website www.nickelauctionsltd.com Terms Cash or Cheque. Lunch served. Subject to additions & deletions. Not responsible for any errors in description GST & PST will be charged where applicable. Everything sells AS IS Where Is all sales Final. Auction company & owners are not responsible for any accidents on sale site. Sale conducted by Nickel Auctions Ltd phone (204)637-3393 Cell (204)856-6900.

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• 880 Lbs Electric Cable Hoist • MIG Electric Welder • 50’ Air Hose Reel with Hose 3/8’’ x 50’ • 1” Dr. Air Impact Wrench Kit • 2 Ton Floor Jack with Blow Case • 3 Ton Floor Jack • 10 Ton Hydraulic Porta Power Kit • 50 Ton Air Hydraulic Jack

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OAKVILLE, MB HWY. #1 AND FORTIER, 1.5 MILES SOUTH AND 1/2 MILE WEST ON #62N

• Tractor Ford Versatile • 9680, IHC 1086 only 4427 hrs.

• CIH 1688 Combine, 2600 E, hrs.

• 1998 MacDon 2930 swather 22 ft.

• 1997 Bourgault 8810 seeder, 40 ft w/ 2320 tank.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 26 11 AM ELM CREEK, MB DIRECTIONS TO FARM FROM ELM CREEK, JCT

13 & #2 HIGHWAYS, 2 MILES NORTH ON HWY 13 • 1990 CIH Steiger 9130, 4 wheel drive, pto, 18,4 x 38 38 AND 1 MILE WEST ON ROAD 48N Duals, 80 %, power shift 6361 hrs., serial # 05529 • 1976 Massey Ferguson 1135 Diesel cab, 3pth dual pto, 75% 18,4 x 38 clamp on duals, engine overhauled at 6700 hrs., now 8155 hrs.

• 82 Ford F-250 with service deck • 1974 Dodge 600 with grain box • 1976 Ford f-600 with grain box • 1986 New Holland TR 96, W/ 971 Pickup head 388 melroe pickup, 30.5 x32 newer Rice tires, serial #5227937 • Bish adapter NH Combine too JD Heads • 2004 John Deere 494 corn head 4 row x 36’’, one good owner, combined 100 acres for 10 years, very good condition, serial #494 705107 • Bourgault Air seeder 24’ FH 424 Seed tool 8’’ Bourgault Air seeder 24’ FH 424 Seed tool 8’’ • John Deere 925 Flex head fore and aft, pickup reel, space, with 2155, air cart. Fan powered by 20 serial #645923 hp Kohler, gas • Ccil model 722 swather 26 ft pickup reel, rebuilt • John Deere 7000 Planter, 8 row 36 in with wobble box, tractor # 8017-0002 corn and bean cups. Dry fertilizer Watch for our Auction Catalog in your farm mail box March 13th with a more detailed listing. Owners 204-436-2521

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FRASER AUCTION SERVICE LTD. Brandon, MB

Auctioneer: Scott Campbell

Licensed and bonded. P.L. License #918093. Member of M.A.A., S.A.A., A.A.A., A.A.C.

P: 204.727.2001 F: 204.729.9912 W: www.fraserauction.com E: office@fraserauction.com

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UNRESERVED PREMIUM FARM AUCTION for RICK LEE (TIGER HILLS DEVELOPMENTS LTD) of HOLLAND, MB. - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th 12:00 NOON

DIRECTIONS: From Holland, MB (Jct #2 & #34 Hwys) 10km North on Hwy #34 to Road 63W 0.2kms west to sale site on north side of road. Watch for signs.

From Austin, MB (Jct #1 & #34 Hwys) 31kms South on Hwy # 34 to Road 63W 0.2kms west to sale site on north side of road. Watch for signs.

ORDER OF SALE: 12:00 - 1:00: (Assorted farm smalls, tanks, tools, etc. ) 1:00: (Bins, Fans, Augers, Trucks & Equipment) AUCTIONEER NOTES: This is a premier low hour equipment auction. All very low houred JD equipment and exceptional trucks. Rick is a home builder as well as a farmer and has decided to sell his farm assets to allow him to concentrate on his construction business. If you want or need extremely well cared for JD equipment you don’t want to miss this sale. Everything except the harrows has always been shedded.

For online bidding at this sale visit www.fraseronlineauctions.com HARVEST EQUIPMENT: • NEW JD S670 SP Combine w/JD615P pickup, 9 Eng Hrs showing & 0.3 Sep Hrs Showing • 2011 JD D450 SP Swather w/30’ JD 630D Hydra Float Header, 196 Cutting Hrs Showing, • JD Throat Adapter JD 630D Header to JDS670 Combine • 2012 Elmers Header Transport w/ Tandem Axles on rear & dbl wheel on hitch, light kit • Ballast Box for JD D450 Swather • 10’ Farm King Metal Swath Roller • 30’ Batt Reel

Fert Roll for JD 1910 Air Cart (Black) • High Rate Fert Roll for JD 1910 Air Cart (Blue) • 70’ Flexi Coil System 82 Harrows • 32’ John National 496 Tandem Disc

TRACTOR: • 2010 JD 8295R MFWD 295HP 605Hrs Showing

TRUCKS & TRAILER: • 2007 Volvo T/A Truck w/20’ Tocoma B&H, 365HP Engine, 10 Speed Automatic trans with clutch, 973,150Kms Showing, SAFETIED • 2006 Volvo T/A Truck w/20’ Loadline B&H, 435HP Engine, 10 Spd Automatic trans with clutch, 1,069,795Kms showing, SAFETIED • 1998 IH 4700 S/A w/New 20’ Flat Deck, 210HP IH 466 DSL Engine, 491,970Kms showing, SAFETIED • 28’ PJ 5th Wheel Flat Deck Trailer w/Tandem Duals, Fold Down Ramps, Fold Down Deck on Beaver Tails • 6’x9’ S/A Utility Trailer (Shop Built) • Chrome Front Truck Bumper

SPRAYER: • 2003 90’ JD 4710 SP Sprayer 200HP w/800 Gal SS Tank, 3730hrs showing • Tridekon SS Crop Dividers for JD 4710 Sprayer • Hydraulic Sprayer Mount Jack for Changing Tires on High Clearance Sprayer • Flow Serve Chemical Pump w/Metering system SEED & TILLAGE: • 30’ JD 1890 Zero Till Air Drill w/JD 1910 Air Cart, 7.5” Spacing • Sunflower Metering Roll for JD 1910 Air Cart (Green) • Medium Rate

GUIDANCE SYSTEMS: • Star Fire 3000 Receiver • 2600 GS2 Display w/mapping, swath control, etc. • ATU Auto Steer Steering Wheel

GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT: • 2010 10”X61’ Farm King Auger w/Self Propel Kit, 38HP Kohler

engine, reversible gearbox • 2011 10”x36’ Farm King Auger w/Self Propel Kit, GC690 Honda engine • 8”x46’ Westfield Auger w/20HP Honda Engine • 10” Farm King transfer Auger w/5HP Electric Motor • (NEW) Farm King 480 Rotary Screener • (4) Poly auger Hoppers • No Spill Spout for a 10” Auger • 8” Poly Auger Flex Spout GRAIN BINS & AREATION FAN: • 1450 Bus Friesen Hopper Bottom Bin w/Aeration • (5) 1450 Bus Friesen Hopper Bottom Bins • 18” Field King 3HP Aeration Fan, S/ N200221642 TANKS & PUMPS: • 1250 Gal Poly Water Tank • 1000 Gal Galvanized Water Tank • (2) 1000 Gal Poly Water Tanks (Green) • 500 Gal Fuel Tank on Stand w/110 Volt Pump • 300 Gal Fuel Tank on Stand • 75 Gal Poly Fuel Tank w/12 Volt Pump • 2” Banjo Pump w/B&S Engine • Honda 2” Water Pump LAWN, GARDEN & ATV: • 2010 JD 2305 HST MFWD w/62” Mower Deck, 48” Tiller, 3 PT, Front

Weight Kit, Hydrostatic Drive, 100hrs Showing • JD LA140 Lawn Tractor w/48” Deck, Hydrostatic Drive, 275Hrs Showing • Fimco Yard Sprayer • 8’x8’ Garden Shed SHOP ITEMS, TOOLS & OTHER ITEMS: • 20 Ton Shop Press • Bostitch 2HP Compressor w/ Gal Pancake Tank • Husky 5HP 26 Gal Air Compressor • Honda 5000 gas powered generator • Honda GX160 Pressure Washer • American 4.5” Metal Cutting Band Saw • 10” King Table Saw • Delta Checker Plate Tool Box • HVLP Paint Sprayer System • Rockford 14 Drill Press • Shop Built Receiver Mount Crane w/12 Volt Winch • Booster Cables • 5000lbs Truck Winch • Portable Air Tank • Oxy/Acet Torch Set w/Cart ASSORTMENT OF MISC ITEMS: • 3 Ton Central Air Unit w/ Coil (Used 1 Year) • NEW 2” x 8” Steel Studs • NEW 2” x 4” Steel Studs • (12) VHF FM Radios • Hyd Fence Post Puller • Aeration Parts • Assorted Tires • Hyd Tail Gate • Ball Hitches • Knock on Sweeps • Shovels, Rakes, Etc. • 2.5” Air Seeder Hose

For more information contact: RICK LEE 1-204-526-5004 or tigerhomesltd@yahoo.ca

UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION for BILL & LUCY ELLIOTT, HAWARDEN FARMS Ltd. of PIPESTONE, MB. - MONDAY, APRIL 14th 11:00 AM

DIRECTIONS: From Virden, MB (Jct #1 & 83) 31 kms South on #83 West 1 Kms to sale site on South Side. Watch for signs From Pipestone MB (#2 & #83) 2.5 Kms North on #83 West 1 Kms to sale site on South Side. Watch for signs.

ORDER OF SALE: 11:00 - 1:00: (shop tools, tanks, pumps, and misc farm related items ) 1:00: (major equipment begins to sell) AUCTIONEER NOTES: This is a premium sale. All items are very well looked after and many of the pieces are shedded. Oils and filters will be charged and equipment is field ready. Don’t miss this sale.

For online bidding at this sale visit www.fraseronlineauctions.com TRACTORS: • 1998 JD 9200 4WD Tractor 310HP w/3535hrs Showing, (1 Owner) ) Zero Hrs on Green light Inspection) • 1984 JD 4250 2WD Tractor 120HP w/5298 Hrs Showing (130Hrs since Green light Inspection) HARVEST EQUIPMENT: • 2007 JD 9860 STS Combine w/JD 615P Pick-up, 375 HP (147hrs on Green light Inspection) • 2009 35’ JD 635D Hydra Float Draper Header w/transport • 2009 Westward M100 Swather w/30’ MacDon D50 Header, 160 Header Hrs • S/A Header Transport • 8’ Inland Metal Swath Roller SEED & TILLAGE: • 2008 40’ Bourgault 5710 Series II Air Drill w/9” Spacing, 330lbs Trips, Midrow Banders, 3” Mounted Packers, Dbl Chute, (1 Owner) •

2008 Bourgault 6450 Air Cart w/4 compartments dual fans, Variable rate controls, 1 Owner) • 1999 70’ Degelman 7000 Strawmaster Heavy Harrows (1 Owner) • 41’ CCIL 807 Tillage w/3 Bar Harrows • 29.5’ Ezee-On Tandem Disc • 90’ Summer PT Sprayer w/850 gal Poly tank • 67’ Herman Harrow Bar • Degelman Ground Drive Rotary Stone Picker • Anhydrous Knives (Knock-On-Nickel) TRUCKS & TRAILER: • 1997 IH Eagle 9200 T/A w/20’ Cancade B&H, 13 Spd Trans, Cummins M11 Plus Engine, 370 HP, SAFETIED, (New Box & Hoist put on in 2004) • 1992 18’ Cancade T/A Grain Pup Trailer, SAFETIED (New Box in 2003) • 1987 Ford L9000 T/A w/20’ Cancade B&H, 3406B 400 HP Cat Eng, SAFETIED (New box in 2003) • 1972 Dodge 600 Tag Axle Truck w/18’ B&H • 1982 GMC 1500 4x4 Reg Cab • Black ½ Ton (Info to come) • 4 Wheel Farm Wagon w/ oil pipe bale deck • 11R22.5 Truck Tire • 9.00 – 20 Truck Tire

GRAIN HANDLING & AUGERS: • 2005 Brandt 5000 Grain Vac w/1000 PTO • 2007 13”x70’ Buhler/Farm King PTO Swing Auger w/hyd mover on hopper, hyd hopper winch, reverser, full bin sensor • 2009 8”x48’ Brandt Auger w/Brandt Track Mover Kit, 27HP Kohler Pro Engine • 10” Hyd End Gate Cross Auger for Truck (Bring grain to side of truck when have pup on) • Wheatheart Bin Sweep • Kendon Hopper Wagon Approx 200 Bus Cap • Poly Hoppers • Bin Probe • Flexi-fingers SHOP ITEMS: • 6.5HP Magna Force Air Compressor • Propane Heater • Pressure Washer w/Honda Eng • Oxy/Acetylene Torch with Cart • Booster Cables • Impact Wrenches • 8Gal S/S Shop Vac • Extension Cords • selection of farm related Hand tools • Floor Jack • Bottle Jacks

TANK & PUMPS: • Skid Tank (125 gal) w/12 Volt Pump & Meter • Sotera Chemical Pump w/ Meter • (2) Barrel Pumps • Floating Slough Pump – Tecumseh Eng • 12 Volt Fuel Pump ASSORTMENT OF MISC ITEMS: • Yard Sprayer • PTO Drive Grass/Fert Spreader • (4) Motorola Programmable FM Radios • (1) Motorola Base Station • 4 Shelf 10’ HD Shelving w/ Misc Steel Cut Offs • Aeration Tubing • Ladder • Grain Shovels • Tow Ropes – Straps • Refillable Fire Extinguisher w/ Air Valve • Logging Chains • Roller Chain • Steel • selection of farm related misc items

For more information contact: Hawarden Farms Ltd (Bill & Lucy Elliott) 204-748-5485 Email: hawarden@rfnow.com

UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION for DAVIS KNOWLING FARMS Ltd

of BASSWOOD, MB. - TUESDAY, APRIL 15th 11:00 AM DIRECTIONS: (From the Jct of #10 & #16 Hwys) 7.7kms West on #16 hwy to Road 110W 1.4kms South on Road 110W to sale site on east side of road Watch for signs! (From the Jct of #270 & #16 Hwys) 1.9kms east on #16 hwy to Rd 110W 1.4kms South on Road 110W to sale site on east side of road Watch for signs!

ORDER OF SALE: 11:00 - 1:00: (misc farm related smalls, tools, tanks, 3pt equipment ) 1:00: Major equipment sells AUCTIONEER NOTES: This is a very clean and tidy line up of equipment. Davis Knowling was an approx 1000 acre farm so much of the equipment is on the lower houred side and always shedded. Oils and filters will be changed and ready to go. The JD 9600 will be Green lighted March 2014 at SH Dayton in Shoal Lake, MB. Plan to attend this great sale!

TRACTORS: • 1991 CaseIH 9250 4wd tractor 300hp w/5280hrs showing, 4 remote hyd, return line, pwr shift trans, 20.8R38 duals • 1987 CaseIH 9130 4wd tractor 220hp w/6655hrs showing, 3 remote hyd, pwr shift trans, 18.4-38 duals • 1980 Case 2290 2wd tractor w/pwr shift, dual pto, 4 remote hyd, aftermarket 3pt, 18.4-34 axle duals, 6899hrs showing • 1987 Ford 6610 2wd tractor 78hp w/Cab, 3pt, 540 pto, 2 remote hyd, 18.4-34 singles, front weight kit, 3300hrs showing, s/nBB31561 (Very clean and straight unit with excellent rubber) • 1963 Fordson Major dsl 2wd tractor 45hp w/3pt, single remote hyd, 540 pto HARVEST EQUIPMENT: • 1997 JD 9600 sp combine w/JD 914 pick-up, 2287 sep hours, 3165 eng hours showing, JD sieves, chopper, long auger, Harvest

Trac monitors, (Green lighted March 2014) • 30’ JD 930 straight cut header w/pick-up reel, transport • 1984 JD 7720 Turbo sp combine w/JD 912 pick-up, Air foil sieves • 1998 Westward 9300 sp dsl swather w/25’ MacDon 972 header, 1695hrs showing • 25’ CaseIH 725 pt swather w/bat reel • Labtronics 919 moisture tester • Acculab digital grain scale • 7”x41’ Sakundiak auger w/15hp Kohler eng • 10”x61’ Westfield pto swing hopper auger • 8’ ploy swath roller • Approx 3800 bushel cap temporary grain storage ring w/tarp TRUCKS & GRAIN WAGONS: • 2006 Freightliner CL120 t/a grain truck w/20’B+H, 13 spd trans, MBE 460 Eng, hoist controls at rear, electric roll tarp, Pintle hitch, 994,950kms showing, Safetied • 1973 IH Loadstar s/a grain truck w/16’ B+H, 4+2 Trans, gas engine, plumbed

for drill fills • 1980 Chev C60 s/a grain truck w/16’ B+H, 5+2 Trans, roll tarp, V8 gas, plumbed for drill fills • 1996 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 truck w/5 spd std trans, Ext cab, 255,700kms showing • 14’ metal grain box converted to grain wagon w/hoist, pusher axle • 10’ wooden grain box converted to grain wagon w/hoist SEED & TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: • 40’ Bourgault 8800 Air seeder w/3195 Bourgault air cart, 10” Spacings, Atom Jet openers, single chute, mounted packers, hyd fan (Air cart is always shedded) • 29’ CaseIH 4500 chisel plow w/NH3 kit, Raven GPS controls, and Atom Jet knives • 60’ Ajax hyd harrows • Rock-O-Matic rotary pto drive stone picker • 10’ Plose land roller (water fillable)

For more information contact: 1-204-874-2106 davisknowling@yahoo.com

3PT EQUIPMENT & OTHER ITEMS: • McConnell 3pt mount back hoe • 7’ IH 80 3pt dbl auger Snowblower • 2010 Agric 6’ 3pt AFMJ 70 Rototiller • 6’ 3pt cultivator • 5’ JD 503 3pt rotary mower • Parmiter 3pt post pounder hydraulically adjustable • MF #10 sq baler (works well) • Kubota TG1860 hydrostatic drive lawn tractor • (9) 10’ 1x1 sq tube panels • (5) 12’ 1x1 sq tube panels • 1200 gallon poly water tank (white) • Assortment of various horse Tack and horse related smalls • Various shop tools and assorted shop related smalls • Approx 12’x9’ HD Triad Trampoline w/9” compression spring • Coleman 15’ canoe • JD JX75 self-propelled walk behind lawn mower • (2) wooden dog Kennels • Bin drag augers • used cult shovels (knock-on and bolt on styles) • Keer sheer canola end cutter • misc farm chemicals • 500 gallon S/S tank on tandem wagon

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FRASER AUCTION SERVICE LTD. Brandon, MB

Auctioneer: Scott Campbell

Licensed and bonded. P.L. License #918093. Member of M.A.A., S.A.A., A.A.A., A.A.C.

P: 204.727.2001 F: 204.729.9912 W: www.fraserauction.com E: office@fraserauction.com

2014 Auction Spring Calendar UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION for JIM & GARY SHOPLAND

of BRANDON, MB. - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16th 10:00 AM DIRECTIONS: From Brandon, MB (Jct #10 & #110 Eastern Access South of Brandon) 3.6 Kms South to Spring Valley Road #52N West 1.9 Kms to Sale site (Lane Marker 111038) South side of Road. Watch fro signs.

From (Jct #10 & #2 Hwy) 15.5Kms North to Spring Valley Road #52N West 1.9Kms to Sale Site (Lane Market 111038) South side of Road. Watch for signs.

ORDER OF SALE: 10:00 - 1:00: (misc, shop items, parts, panels, tanks, etc.) 1:00: (major equipment begins to sell) TRACTOR: • 1995 Ford Versatile 9480 4WD 300HP w/855 Cummins Eng, 12 Spd Std Trans, 4 Remote Hyd w/Air Seeder Return Line, 5947Hrs Showing • 1980 JD 4440 Tractor 130 HP w/Quad Range Trans, 2 Remote Hyd, 3PT, Aux Hyd Valve, Dual PTO, 9084Hrs Showing • 1992 JD 2955 MFWA Tractor w/JD 265 Self Levelling Loader, Bucket & Grapple, Joystick, (Open Station), 8 Spd Trans w/Hi & Low Power Shift, Dual Hyd, Dual PTO, 3PT, Canopy, 7127Hrs showing HARVEST EQUIPMENT: • 1998 TX66 Combine w/NH 971 Pickup Header, Swath Master PU, Lateral Float, Auto Height Control, Vittetoe Chaff Spreader, Fine Cut Chopper, 2267Sep Hrs Showing • 30’ Honey Bee SP30S Draper Header w/Adapter to Fit TX66, UII Pick-up Reel, Self-Transport • 2001 Prairie Star 4950 SP Swather w/30’ MacDon 972 Header, PU Reel, Cummins Turbo DSL Eng, 2 Spd Drive, 3336 Cutting Hrs Showing • Bergen Model 4WJ1 Side-Pull Swather Transport • Homemade Swather Header Transport • 8’ Metal Swath Roller

HAYING: • 2000 16’ MacDon 922 Crimper Header, Fits Prairie Star 4950 • 2002 16’ NH 1475 moco w/HS Series header • 1987 NH Stackliner 1037 Bale Wagon, Auto Tie Tier, In-Cab Controls • NH BR 7090 Round Baler w/Xtra Sweep PU, Net Wrap, 1000 PTO, Light Kit • Kirchner Hay Fluffer • Hay Wagon w/JD Undercarriage, 18’ Deck SPRAYER: • 80’ Spra-Coupe 4640 High Clearance Sprayer w/GPS Auto rate, Auto Shut Off, Perkins DSL Eng, 5 Spd Trans, Extendable Axles, 2WD, 827Hrs Showing, 3 Way Height Control, Foam Marker, 400 Gal Poly Tank, Hitch, Clean Water Tank, 9.00-24 Front Rubber, 12.4-24 Rear Rubber, EZ-Steer GPS w/Monitor Screen & Control Box SEED & TILLAGE: • 48’ Bourgault 9200 Chisel Plow w/Bourgault Knock-Ons, 4 Bar Mounted Harrows, Continental NH3 Kit, NH3 Hitch, Floating Hitch, 12” Spacing • 1997 40’ CaseIH Concord 4700 Air Drill w/Case IH-Concord 2300 Air Tank, HD Trip Systems w/Edge-On Shanks, 5.00-15SL Packer Tires, Dual Compartment Air Tank, Single Shoot,

Hyd Fan, Hyd Fill Auger, Master Mfg. 15 Gal (Poly Tank) 12 Volt Seed Tester, 10” Spacing • 70’ Bourgault Vers-A-Bar 5400 Harrows, Auto-Fold, 5 Bar harrows • MF 880 8 Bottom Plow w/Nitro resets GUIDANCE SYSTEMS: • E-Z Steer Guidance system (New Fall 2012) TRUCKS & TRAILER: • 1993 Stock King 8’x20’ Gooseneck Stock Trailer • 1980 Ford F600 w/370 Gas Eng, 5+2 Trans, 15’ B+H GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT: • Sakundiak SLMD 10-2000 Swing Hopper Auger • 7’x18’ Agri-Box Seed-Fert Drill Fill w/2 Hyd Augers LIVESTOCK: • NH195 T/A Manure Spreader w/Dbl Beater, Dbl Chains, Poly Floor, 540 PTO • Tyler Fertilizer Spreader, Approx 1-2 Ton, No Spreader

Wheels, Converted from Ground Drive to Hyd Drive (Converted to feed livestock) • (3) 8’x16’ Round Bale Feeders • Lewis Oiler w/ Wick, Draper & Mineral Feeder • Lewis Oiler w/Wick & Mineral Feeder • (2) Metal Feed Bunks LAWN, GARDEN: • Snapper 1650 Garden Tractor w/16HP Kohler Eng, Triple Hyd, 43” Mower, 44” Tiller, 3 PT, Rear PTO ASSORTMENT OF MISC ITEMS: • 1250 Gal Poly Tank • 130 Gal Skid Tank • 100 Gal Skid Tank • Assortment of Wrenches • Assortment of Sockets • Assortment of Hand Tools • Assortment of Power Tools • Assorted Pallets of Lumber • Assorted Rolls of Hose • Pallet of pick-up belts for Straw Master Pick-up • Assortment of parts for 922 MacDon Auger Header • Auger Flighting • Assortment of Nails • Assortment of Bolts • Assorted Rolls of Fence Wire

For more information contact: Gary Shopland 204-573-0078

6th ANNUAL KILLARNEY & DISTRICT EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT AUCTION of KILLARNEY, MB. - SATURDAY, APRIL 19th 10:00 AM

DIRECTIONS: Sale will be held at the farm of Del & Gert Smith, 1/2 Mile West of the Jct of #3 & #18 Hwys.

(Just off #3 across from water tower) ORDER OF SALE: 10:00 - 1:00: (misc, tools, palleted lots, Livestock related items) 1:00: Major equipment sells

THIS WILL BE A VERY LARGE AUCTION BY SALE DAY!!!

CALL NOW TO HAVE YOUR ITEMS ADDED TO THIS GREAT ANNUAL SALE. TRACTORS: • 1985 Versatile 836 Designation 6 4WD w/1000 PTO, 15 speed std trans, 4 remote hyd, 18.4-38 duals (50%), AC/Heat, manual and parts book, 5100hrs showing • Ford Versatile 9030 bi-Directional w/ Loader, bucket, Grapple, 3 PT both ends, PTO Both ends, 6141 Hrs showing, s/nD490892 • NH TM150 MFWD tractor w/ 4 Remote Hyd, Dual PTO, 36 Spd Auto Shift Trans, 520/85R42 Rear rubber, 18.4R30 Front Rubber, Left Hand Reverser, s/n18874 M4C7BG H33663 • 1986 CaseIH 2393 2wd w/dual pto, duals • 8’ Leon Loader 790 Bucket, Model 790-S, s/n1257109

SEED & TILLAGE: • 114’ Flexi-Coil System 65 pt field sprayer w/hyd pump, poly tank, Chem wash tank • 40’ Morris 9000 Field Cultivator • 40’ Morris Rangler II Packer Bar • 20’ Ezze-on Tandem Disc • 114’ Summer PT Field Sprayer • 48’ Summer Packer Bar • 45’ Wilrich Field Cultivator w/ Wilrich Harrows • 40’ Laurier Packer Bar • 37’ Wilrich Deep Tiller w/ Herman Harrows • 20’ NH Tandem Disc • Glencoe Cultivator • Degelman Stone Picker, Model R570S, s/n15020 • Degelman Stone Picker – Prong Type • Applicator Kit for inoculating the hay complete with monitor • NH3 Kit – 2 Manifolds • Morris Distribution Tubing

LIVESTOCK RELATED ITEMS: • Case IH 575 Manure Spreader, DBL Beater • Hoof Trimming Cattle Shute • Cattle Squeeze Chute • Big Valley Headgate • Smith Roles Headgate • Assortment of Stock Panels – Various Sizes • (3) Miami 10’ Creep Feeders • Round Bale Feeder • Oval Water Trough – like new – Approx 200 Gallons • Calf Puller

OTHER EQUIPMENT: • 500 Gal Fuel Tank • 300 Gal Fuel Tank • Water Tank on Trailer • (2) 160 Gal Plastic Tanks

TRUCKS & TRAILERS: • 1978 Chev C65 s/a truck w/grain box • 20’ NEW Grain Box • 20’ T/A Flat Deck Bumper Hitch Trailer w/ Beaver Tails & Ramps (3500 lbs Axles) • 12’ NEW Gravel box w/ End Gate (raw – no paint)

RECREATIONAL & LAWN and GARDEN ITEMS: • Overland Truck Camper, Model 5-38, s/n10532 • Arctic Cat Skidoo Z440 • Dolly for moving Skidoo • Stand for Track End of Skidoo • Rolling Table for Skidoo

HARVEST EQUIPMENT: • 1982 7720 JD Combine, Yellow Top, Pickup and Chopper, Some New Parts, Chaff Spreader, 4101 Eng Hrs, s/n462926 • 8650 White Combine, Pick-up, Chopper, always Shedded • 30’ NH 971 Straight Cut Header w/ CX840 Adaptor • 25’ JD 590 PT Swather, s/n E00590A959580 • 8’ Douglas Swath Roller

HAYING EQUIPMENT: • Case Baler 8760 • MF 1560 rd baler • 16’ NH Haybine

INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT: • (2) NEW 12’ Box Scrapers

FANS: • Grain Guard 3PH Fan, 10HP, Model FC18-3-380/415, s/n200868016 • Grain Guard 3PH Fan, 10HP, Model GGF-81033B, s/n201068008 • Grain Guard 3PH Fan, 10HP, Model FC18-3-380/415, s/n200868017 • (5) Caldwell transitions • JD Ventilation Fan

ATTACHMENTS & 3 PT EQUIPMENT: • C53 Tractor Mower IH • Allied Snow Blower • 3PT Harrows Approx 13’ • 3PT Harrows Approx 10’ • Farm King 3PT Blade • Farm King Brush Cutter • 6’ Farm King 3PT Finishing Mower

MISCELLANEOUS: • 38HP Kohler auger motor • 10HP Single Phase Motor • Hydraulic Cylinder • Cables for Herman Harrows • Electric Mosquito Zapper • (Approx 40) Fence Post for Electric Wire • NEW – Roll of Barb Wire • 10.00 x 16 Implement Tires w/ 6 Bolt Rims

SHOP EQUIPMENT: • Forney Welder • Wire Cutters

For more information contact: Del Smith 204-534-7783 or Fraser Auction Service 204-727-2001

UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION for VARCOE FARMS Ltd (Jamie Byrom) of Rapid City, MB. - MONDAY, APRIL 21st 12:00 PM

DIRECTIONS: (Sale is located between Brandon, MB. and Minnedosa, MB. Right on #10 hwy) From Jct #10 & #25 Hwys: North 6.5kms on #10 hwy to sale site on west side. From Jct #10 & #24 Hwy: South 5kms on #10 hwy to sale site on west side. Watch for signs!!!

ORDER OF SALE: 12:00 - 1:00: (parts, tools, tanks, misc farm related items) 1:00: (Internet bidding starts) Major equipment sells AUCTIONEER NOTES: Jamie has sold his farm and will be retiring from his farmer career to pursue other ventures. This quality line up of equipment was used on a 1200 acre farm so it is very low houred, always shedded and incredibly cared for. Plan to attend this premium spring sale.

For online bidding at this sale visit www.fraseronlineauctions.com

TRACTORS: • 1999 NH 9682 4wd tractor 360hp w/855 Cummins eng, 12 spd std trans, 4 remote hyd, return line, 20.8R42 triples, 5012hrs showing • 2004 MF 6480 MFWD tractor 120hp w/MF 1080 loader, bucket, grapple. Joystick controls, Deluxe cab, air ride suspension, 12 spd electronic Dyna Shift trans, 12x12 shuttle shift, Visi roof, 4 remote hyd, dual pto, 3pt with assist cylinders, 480/80R42 rear singles, 16.9R28 front, 1212hrs showing • 1972 MF 1080 2wd tractor 80hp w/Allied 580 loader, bucket, Perkins 212 eng, new starter, 6 spd trans with Multi Power, dual hyd, 540 pto, 18.4-34 singles, 6214hrs showing HARVEST EQUIPMENT: • 2004 NH CX840 combine 295hp w/NH head with Swath Master pick up, Terrain Tracer lateral float, self leveling shoe, fine cut chopper, 1681ep hours, 2225eng hours showing, 900/60R32 front, 540/65R30 rear • MacDon header adapter (D series MacDon to NH CX combine) • header transport • 2008 MacDon M100 sp swather w/30’ MacDon D50 header with p/u reel, +/- 300hrs, turbo eng, 2 spd hydro, poly skid plates, 18.4-26 and 16.5-16.1 rubber • 10’ buhler Farm King metal swath roller

TRUCKS & TRAILERS: • 2005 Freightliner Century Classic ST t/a grain truck w/20’ Neustar B+H, roll tarp, 450hp eng, 10 spd semi auto trans with clutch, air assisted hoist control on both sides and rear of box, Pintle hitch, rear air supply, 22.5 rubber, approx 1,930,000kms (New engine at 500,00kms), SAFTIED • 2011 Neustar 20’ triple axel pup trailer w/hoist, roll tarp, air ride suspension, air assisted hoist controls on both sides and rear of box, 22.5 rubber, SAFTIED • 2014 Chevrolet Silverado Z71 1500 LT double cab 4x4 w/EcoTec3 5.3L direct inj.

V8, auto trans, 18” chrome wheels, rear view camera, auto climate controls, 10 way power seat, remote start, Mylink audio system with 8” touch screen, heated front seats, Z71 Pkg, (FULLY LOADED), spray in box liner, only 6000kms, TRUCK IS AS NEW!!!, Exterior color is “Silver Ice”, Interior color is “Jet Black” • NEW 18’ Forest River t/a car hauler trailer w/beavertail, hide away ramps, (2) 3500lbs axels MOTORCYCLE: • 2011 Can-Am Spyder RTS w/10,305kms showing, full faring, rear and top storage compartments, adjustable windshield, adjustable rear air suspension, fog lights, stereo system with I-Pod ports, cruise

control, heated hand grips for driver and passenger, rear speakers, passenger audio controls SEED & TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: • 2006 NH SD440A 46 ½’ air drill w/2006 NH SC380 triple compartment air cart, 10” spacing, 550lbs trips, single chute, Stealth openers, 3 ½” spread, 4” rubber packers, light kit, drill s/nY5S003350, Tank has dual fans, 10” self-loading auger with hyd lift and swing, hyd assist on metering rolls, (Unit has only sown approx 14,000 acres) • 2013 70’ Brandt Commander 7000 heavy harrows w/lateral float, on the go adjustable, (Unit has only done 400 acres) • 2002 90’ Flexi-Coil System 67 Suspended Boom pt sprayer w/4 way sectional boom control, 2 way nozzles, 800gal poly tank, Rich Way foam markers, Chem mix tank, Chem wash tank, Hypro hyd pump • Sotera Systems safe accurate chemical transfer pump w/Chem traveller frame, 12 volt, ¼ hp • Sotera Systems 850 chemical meter • 16’ MF 730 tandem disc w/ notched front and smooth rear discs GRAIN AUGERS & MOISTURE TESTER: • 2012 Westfield TFX 100-41 auger w/30hp Kohler engine, factory self-propel kit, fitted augured hopper, electronic drive clutch with controls at

For more information contact: Jamie Byrom 1-204-826-2664 jbyrom@live.ca

top and bottom end • 2010 Westfield MK 100-61 mechanical drive swing hopper auger w/540pto • Dickie John Mini GAC Plus moisture tester 3PT & LAWN – GARDEN ITEMS: • 8’ buhler Farm King dbl auger Snowblower w/540 PTO, hyd chute controls • Exmark Lazer Z zero turn mower w/3 blade 60” deck, 30hp engine, stripe kit, 271hrs showing • 8’ Fimco lawn sprayer w/40 gal poly tank, 25’ hose with wand TANKS: • 1000 gallon Northern Steel fuel tank w/Tuthill 115 volt pump • 1000 gallon fuel tank on metal stand • 100 gallon Westeel Rosco skid tank w/ 12 volt Angola pump • (2) 1250 gallon poly water tanks SHOP & MISC ITEMS: • Coleman 40 gallon upright shop compressor w/100’ of hose • Lincoln AC/DC 225 arc welder • Stihl 044 chainsaw • Assorted sockets, wrenches, and other small farm related tools and shop items • Assortment of oils, and farm related fluids • Assortment of farm related parts for various equipment • (2) 6’ sliding glass patio doors • Assortment of window glass • plus more • There may be a small amount of household related furniture items

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Kamsack, SK | April 3, 2014 · 10am

Birsay, SK | April 9, 2014 · 12 Noon – Sharp

dJf Holdings ltd.

paul cherkas

3– 2013 CASe iH 500 quADtrAC

2– 2009 John Deere 9770StS

2– cASe ih 7120

Auction LocAtion: From Birsay, sK, go 9.6 km (6 miles) North on Hwy 45, then 0.8 km (0.5 miles) East. GPS: 51.1833, -106.9669 A PArtiAL equiPment LiSt incLuDeS: 2008 New Holland T9060HD 4WD · 2011 New Holland T8050 MFWD · 2010 Case IH 7120 Combine · 2009 Case IH 7120 Combine · (2) 2009 John Deere 9770STS Combines ·

2011 Case IH 3020 35 Ft Terra Flex Header · 2010 Case IH 2162 35 Ft Flex Draper Header · 2005 John Deere 4995 36 Ft Swather · 2005 Bourgault 5710 Series III 74 Ft Air Drill...AnD much more!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com 4 oF 5– CASe iH 9230 AuCtion LoCAtion: From KamsacK, sK go 12.9 km (8 miles) South on Hwy 8, then go 2.4 km (1.5 miles) East, 0.4 km (0.25 mile) South. GPS: 51.4257, -101.8418 A PArtiAL equiPment LiSt inCLuDeS: 3– 2013 Case IH 500 Quadtracs · 2013 Case IH 400HD 4WD · 2013 Case IH Puma 145 MFWD · 2012 Case IH Puma 170 MFWD · 5– 2013 Case IH 9230 Combines · 4– 2013 Case IH 2142 35 Ft Draper Headers · 3– 2013 MacDon M155 35 Ft Swathers · 2008 International 9900I T/A ·

2008 Lode King 28 Ft Super B · 2– Unused 2014 Seed Hawk 72 Ft Air Drills · 2013 Seed Hawk 72 Ft Air Drill · 3– 2013 Morris 8650XL Tow-Between Air Tanks · 2013 & 2012 Case IH 4430 120 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · Grain handing equipment · Landscape equipment... and much more!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com

Dan Flynn: 306.859.7885, djfholdings@ gmail.com Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Jon Schultz: 306.291.6697 800.491.4494

UNRESERVED PUBLIC FARM AUCTION

Brian & Dana Soke

Bredenbury, SK | April 14, 2014 · 10am

Paul Cherkas: 306.542.7992 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Dan Steen: 306.361.6154 800.491.4494

UNRESERVED PUBLIC FARM AUCTION

Nussbaumer Farms Inc. Yorkton, SK | April 12, 2014 · 10am

2003 NEW HOLLAND TJ375

2010 JOHN DEERE 9770STS

AUCTION LOCATION: From BREDENBURY, SK, go 2.4 km (1.5 miles) East, North to yard. GPS: 51.1439, -102.2051 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2003 New Holland TJ375 4WD · 1994 John Deere 6400 MFWD · 2010 John Deere 9770STS · 2002 John Deere 930R 30 Ft Header · 2009 Case IH WD1203 36 Ft Swather ·2000

Freightliner Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 2009 Wilson DWH-550 36 Ft T/A Grain Trailer · 2011 Morris Contour 61 Ft Air Drill ·2006 John Deere 4720 90 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · Qty of Hopper Bins...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com

2004 NEW HOLLAND CR940

2004 INTERNATIONAL 8600 & 2008 INTERNATIONAL PROSTAR

AUCTION LOCATION: From YORKTON, SK, go 13 km (8.1 miles) East on Hwy 10 to Tonkin, SK, then go 6.4 km (4 miles) South, then 3.2 km (2 miles) East. GPS: 51.1439, -102.2051 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2007 New Holland TJ430 4WD · 1996 John Deere 8570 4WD · 2004 New Holland CR940 · 1998 New Holland TR98 · 2012 MacDon M155 35 Ft Swather · 2008 International

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Brian Soke: 306.621.7206 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Dan Steen: 306.361.6154 800.491.4494

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a large premium farm equipment auction for Maple Ridge Farms Ltd. John & Jakki Stephhenson (306)331-7625 or (306)331-9682 Sat., Apr. 5th, 2014 10:00am. Directions from Abernethy, SK 5-mi South, 1-mi West, 2.5-mi South. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding @ www.bidspotter.com JD 9630 4WD tractor w/2,100-hrs & Green Star ready; JD 9420 4WD tractor w/2,360-hrs & Green Star ready; JD 7820 FWA tractor w/2,940-hrs & Green Star ready; JD 7210 FWA tractor w/5,940-hrs; JD 6410 FWA tractor w/JD 640 FEL & 3-PTH; IH 1086 2WD tractor w/duals; White 1270 2WD DSL tractor w/3-PTH; 2010 Case IH 8120 SP combine w/Case IH 2016 PU header w/680 sep hrs; 2009 JD 9770 STS SP combine w/895-hrs & Green Star ready; 2009 JD 9770 STS SP combine w/620-hrs & Green Star Ready; 2010 Case IH 2152 36-ft. draper header; 2009 Macdon D60-S 36-ft. draper header w/JD Adapter; 2009 JD 635D 36-ft. draper header; 2009 Brent 1082 grain cart w/scale & roll tarp; 2008 Brent 620 grain cart w/scale & roll tarp; 65-ft. Bourgault 3310 PHD air drill w/Bourgault 6450 air cart & Atom Jet openers; Pattison CB 3200 liquid fertilizer caddy w/Honda pump; 70-ft. Degelman Strawmaster 7000 heavy harrow w/3255 Valmar; Degelman 7651 land roller; 39-ft. Degelman 2000 DT cultivator; 2010 Case 120-ft. IH Patriot 4420 SP sprayer w/1,570-hrs; 4 Goodyear 380/90R-46 sprayer tires & rims; Vale Solutions sprayer tire jack, Chem Handler III, 2, 1,400-gal poly tanks, Star ITC, Star Fire 300; 2006 IH 9400i tandem axle grain truck w/autoshift & Cancade box; 1997 Freightliner tandem grain truck w/Newstar box; 2003 Volvo tandem axle highway truck w/sleeper; 1997 IH Eagle 9400 tandem axle Hwy truck w/13-SPD; 2007 Dodge Cummins 3500 1-Yon dually automatic 4WD; 2001 Dodge Cummins 2500 extended cab 4WD truck; 2009 53-ft. Wilson tri axle grain trailer w/3 compartments; 2000 Doepker 53-ft. tandem axle step deck trailer w/high clearance sprayer cradle; 2009 Tailtech 30-ft. triple axle gooseneck flat deck trailer w/beaver tail & ramps; 2009 18-ft. Trailtech tandem axle bumper pull flatdeck trailer; 2008 Silverlite Freedom tandem axle 2 horse bumper pull trailer; Marshall S-5 single axle utility trailer w/hyd dump; Loftness GBL grain bagger; Loftness GBL grain bag extractor; 2009 REM 27 hundred grain vac; 2010 Brandt 13x90 swing auger w/remote; Wheatheart 8-51 auger mover & Kohler engine; Brandt 10-60 swing auger; Westfield 10-61 swing auger; Sakundiak 7-41 auger w/Honda engine; Kendon 150-bu hopper wagon; Graham Seeds G-3 stainless 7-10 seed treater, galvanized upright seed treater; Schulte XH-1500 20-ft. rotary mower; Schulte 9600 3-PTH snow blower; Degelman ground drive rock picker; Frontier bale spear; Agrator 3-PTH box scraper; 3-PTH cultivator; Corral panels & gates. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

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Pro Star T/A Grain Truck ·2005 Seed Master 60 Ft Air Drill ·2005 New Holland SC430 Tow-Behind Air Tank · Ezee-On 1250 14 Ft Tandem Disc · 2002 Rogator 854 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer...AND MUCH MORE!

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For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Dave Nussbaumer: 306.621.1611 Shelley Nussbaumer: 306.782.0537 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Dan Steen: 306.361.6154 800.491.4494

MACK AUCTION CO presents a farm equipment auction for Wilfred & Joan Messer (306)461-5145 Mon., Apr. 14th, 2014 at 10:00am. Directions from Macoun, SK 4-mi South. Watch for Signs! Live internet bidding at Bidspotter.com JD 8450 4WD tractor; Case 2290 2WD tractor w/duals; Case 1494 2WD tractor w/Case 66L FEL & 3-PTH; 24-ft. Seed Hawk air drill w/onboard Magnum 257 air tank; 32ft. Case field cultivator w/Degelman harrows; 29-ft.

IH 55 DT cultivator; Malcam 24-ft. DT cultivator; Melroe 5 bottom plow; Co-op G100 discers; diamond harrow packer drawbar; MF 860 SP combine w/2,750 hours; MF 9024 straight cut header; MF 9030 straight cut header; 30-ft. JD 590 PT swather; Buhler Farm King steel drum roller; 90-ft. Flexicoil field sprayer; Degelman PTO rock picker; 100-gal slip tank w/electric pump; 1,250-gal poly water tank; Trimble EZ Guide 500 GPS; 1977 Dodge 600 3Ton grain truck; 1977 Dodge 600 3-Ton grain truck; 1984 GMC Sierra 1500 PU; 4, Twister 2,300-bu hopper bottom grain bins; Twister 4,000-bu hopper bottom bin; 2, Behlen 2,950-bu grain bins on cement; 2, Westeel 3,300-bu grain bins on cement; Westeel 2,750-bu grain bin on cement; Westeel 1,650-bu grain bin on wood floor; OPI Stormax grain temp monitor & cables; Motomco 919 moisture tester; Sakundiak 7-45 auger w/Kohler engine; Sakundiak 7-51 auger w/Onan engine, hyd bin sweep; Honda 250 Big Red; Deines zero turn mower; Craftsman snow blower; JD lawn mower; Shur Lift pressure washer; 3-PTH flail mower; 3-PTH cul-tivator; 3-PTH disc; 3-PTH Allied snow blower, complete line of shop tools & much more!! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962 Hit our readers where it counts… in the classifieds.

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm equipment auction for Gordon & Edith Kolish (306)722-3610 or (306)737-0610 Sat., Apr 19th, 2014 10:00am. Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com Directions from East side of Creelman, SK. go 18-mi North to dead end & 1/4-mi W. Watch for signs! Case 9370 4WD tractor w/5,120-hrs; IH 1086 2WD tractor w/6,000-hrs; 2013 MF Hesston WR9725 SP swather w/75-hrs & 30-ft. PU reel; Case IH 2188 Axial Flow SP combine w/2,230 Rotor hrs; 30-ft. Case IH 1020 straight cut header; straight cut header trailer; Koenders poly swath roller; 49-ft. Morris Maxim air drill double shoot w/Morris 7300 air cart; 53-ft.

Friggstad 420 cultivator w/tine harrows; JD 20-ft. offset disc; 32-ft. IH 4700 vibra tiller cultivator; Degelman ground drive rock picker; Crown ground drive rock picker; 100-ft. Bourgault 1450 field sprayer; 1,250-gal poly water tank; 1,000-gal steel water tank; 2001 Volvo tandem axle Hwy tractor w/sleeper; 1996 Doepker tri axle grain truck w/3 compartments & air ride; 1977 GMC 6500 grain truck w/74,500-km; Brandt 10-60 swing auger; Sakundiak 7-41 auger w/Briggs engine; 3, Westeel 2,500-bu bins on wood floor; 2, Westeel 1,600-bu bins on wood floors, plus shop tools & a whole bunch more!

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm & livestock equipment auction for Dave & Doreen MacCuish (306)486-4911 Tues., Apr. 15th, 2014 10:00am. Directions from Frobisher, SK 3-mi South. Watch for Signs! Live internet bidding @ www.bidspotter.com Ford Vers 876 4WD tractor w/5,195-hrs; NH TM135 FWA tractor & FEL w/2,455-hrs; Versatile 836 4WD tractor with professional rebuilt engine and PTO; MF 2745 2WD tractor w/3,609-hrs; MF 35 2WD tractor w/3-PTH, JD 9500 SP combine & JD 214 PU header w/2,472 sep hrs; 30-ft. JD 930R straight cut header; 32-ft. Seedhawk 32-12 air drill w/onboard 110-bu seed tank & 1,450-gal onboard liquid fertilizer tank; 35-ft. Bourgault 8810 air seeder w/JD 787 air cart; Willmar Eagle 8200 SP 90-ft. high clearance sprayer & Auto Steer Trimble Auto Mapping w/2,500-hrs; JD 567 round baler w/net wrap & silage kit; Premier 2900 SP Cummins turbo swather w/30-ft. Macdon 960 draper header; 16-ft. Macdon 922 hay header w/steel crimper; Golden Bell straight cut header trailer; Gleaner N-6 SP combine w/2,238-hrs; 30-ft. Gleaner straight cut header; Jiffy Bale processor; Morris 14 bale Hay Hiker trailer; Degelman Strawmaster 7000 heavy harrows w/Valmar 4400; Farm King roller mill; Morris 43-ft. cultivator w/Valmar 240; Morris Magnum CP-731 cultivator; Big G 24-ft. tandem disc; Valmar 240 granular applicator; Chem Handler I, 12V Chemical transfer pump & meter; 1988 IH S1900 tandem axle grain truck; 1976 Ford F600 grain truck; 1975 Western Star tandem water truck; 2003 Wilkinson 14-ft. bumper pull stock trailer; 3, Goebel 3,500-bu hopper bins; 2, Goebel 4,200-bu. hopper bins, 10,000bu steel grain ring; Westfield MK 13-71 swing auger; Walinga 510 grain vac; Brandt 7-45 auger w/Kohler engine; Farm King 8-51 PTO auger; Pattison 8,300-gal liquid tank; 2, Hold On 4,500-gal liquid tank; Hold On 1,500-gal liquid tank, approx 3,000-gal of liquid fertilizer; Schulte 9600 3-PTH snow blower; Leon 36-14 6 way dozer blade w/Vers 876 mounts; Harley high dump rock picker; 20-ft.

Harley rock windrower; C&J trailer post pounder, 4-YKS 20.5-25 wheel loader tires; JD HPX Gator ATV w/hyd dump & 380-hrs; Artic Cat 3000 snow machine; snow machine sleigh; Generac SVP 5000 generator; Eagle horizontal air compressor; Easy clean steam washer; electric DSL fired washer; floating slough pumps; 2-in. gas water pumps; Degelman single acting hyd tine angle kit 7000 heavy harrow, plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 8 | 11AM Location: From Jct. of US Hwy. 281 & Hwy. 15, 11 miles west, 2 miles south to 56th Ave., 1/2 mile east; or from Jct. of US Hwy. 52 & Hwy. 30, 11 miles north, 3-1/2 miles east on 14th Street.

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Most equipment was stored inside with a JD inspection program in place. Major equipment sells at 11:30 AM. Live online bidding available on major equipment. Registration, terms, & details at SteffesGroup.com.

TRACTOR / GPS EQUIPMENT / HARVEST EQUIP. AIR DRILL / PLANTER / TILLAGE EQUIP. / TRUCKS TRAILERS / SERVICE PICKUP / SPRAYER, NH3 & CHEMICAL EQUIP. / HOPPER BINS / GRAIN HANDLING EQUIP. / CART CONVEYOR / OTHER EQUIP. / TANKS / SHOP EQUIP. & FARM SUPPORT ITEMS / BUILDING (To be removed) 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.

Jerry, Maxine & Kyle Seibold 701.302.0264

Steffes Group Inc., 2000 Main Ave E, West Fargo, ND Brad Olstad ND319, Scott Steffes ND81, Bob Steffes ND82, Ashley Huhn ND843, Eric Gabrielson ND890, Randy Kath ND894

701.237.9173 | SteffesGroup.com

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm equipment auction for Garnet & Barb Hart (306)861-2905 Fri., Apr. 11th, 2014 10:00am. Directions from Weyburn, SK go 9-mi East on Hwy 13 & 10.5-mi North. Watch for Signs! Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com Ford Vers 846 4WD tractor w/4,270-hrs; Case 2390 2WD tractor w/5,595-hrs; MF 90 2WD tractor w/FEL; JD 9610 Maximizer SP combine w/2,648 sep hrs & fresh Green Light; 30-ft. JD 930 straight cut header; straight cut header trailer; 24-ft. Case IH 4000 SP swather w/Honeybee knife; JD swath fluffer; 36-ft. Harmon 3680 air drill double shoot w/Flexi Coil 1610 air cart; 42-ft. Friggstad cultivator w/Beeline applicator; 35-ft. IH 645 cultivator w/Anhydrous kit; 45-ft. IH medium duty cultivator; 22-ft.

MF DT cultivator; 2, 12-ft. Melroe disc drills; Flexi Coil end tow tine harrow packer bar; 1978 Chev C-60 grain truck w/steel box & roll tarp; 2001 Chev Silverado 2500 extended cab truck; 1964 Dodge 500 grain truck; 1978 GMC 3/4-Ton truck; 36-ft. farm use grain cart; shopbuilt tandem dual dolly converter trailer; 70-ft. Flexi Coil 55 field sprayer, Chem Handler III, Honda 2-in. water pump, 1,200gal poly water tank; Trimble EZ Guide & EZ Steer GPS; 2, Westeel 3,800-bu hopper bottom bins; 5 Westeel Rosco 1,900-bu hopper bottom bin; Westeel & Twister 2,250-bu hopper bottom bins; Friesen 50-Ton fertilizer bin; 2, Westeel 2,000-bu bins on wood; 2, Twister 2,000-bu bins on wood floors; Westeel Rosco 2,500-bu bin on cement; Westeel Rosco 1,900-bu bin on cement; Rosco 1,350-bu bin on cement; Inland 1,400-bu bins on cement; 5, wood grain bins; Westfield MK 10-61 swing auger; Wheatheart BH 8-51 auger w/hyd mover; Brandt 8-45 auger w/Kohler 20-HP engine; Pool 8-35 auger w/bin sweep & 16-HP Kohler engine; Pool 8-40 auger w/20-HP Wisconscin; Grain Guard 3-HP aeration fan; Caldwell 3-HP aeration fans; Grain Guard heater; Stormax Deluxe Bin temperature monitor; Degelman PTO rock picker; 1,000-gal anhydrous tank & trailer; shopbuilt land leveler; Yardworks riding lawn mower; floating slough pump & hose; propane scare cannon, plus much more!! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter.

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MACK AUCTION CO presents a farm & livestock equipment auction for Ross & Ron Moncrief (306)489-4913 or (306)489-4813 Wed., Apr. 16th, 2014 Alameda, SK. Directions from Alameda 5-mi West & 3/4-mi North @ 10:00am. Watch for signs!

Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com JD 8570 4WD tractor w/4,490-hrs; JD 6300L FWA tractor w/JD 640 FEL & open cab; JD 9500 SP combine w/JD 914 PU header & 2500 sep hrs; JD 930R straight cut header; Trail Tech straight cut header trailer; 25-ft. Premier 1900 PT swather; Koenders poly swath roller; Labtronics moisture tester; 1987 IH 466 DSL single axle S1900 grain truck; 1980 Chev C-60 3-Ton grain truck; 1965 Dodge 500 grain truck; NH BR780 round baler; NH 116 haybine; NH 1033 PT square bale wagon; Jiffy bale processor; NH 357 Mix Mill; NH 791 manure spreader; NH side delivery rake; MF 124 square baler; Real Industries tandem axle gooseneck stock trailer; Peerless PTO roller mill; Horst 18 bale hay trailer; Pearson squeeze chute; Lewis cattle oilers; Dust Actor mineral feeders; metal clad calf shelter; quantity of corral panels & gates; windbreak panels; barb wire & electric fencing supplies; round bale feeders, vet & misc cattle supplies; 14-in. & 15-in. western saddles; 35-ft. Morris 8900 air seeder & Morris 6130 air cart; 35-ft. Morris CP 732 cultivator w/anhydrous kit; 37-ft. Morris CP 731 cultivator; 36ft. Morris rod weeder; 56-ft. Morris tine harrows; 15ft. Cockshutt cultivator; 14-ft. Oliver tandem disc; Farm King 10-70 swing auger; Sakundiak 7-40 auger w/Kohler engine & Wheatheart bin sweep; EZ Guide GPS, Schulte front mount snow blower, Easy Load 2 compartment tote tank; 25-ft. Brandt 3-PTH sprayer; Bush Hog 3-PTH mower; Wilkomi PTO grass weeder; ATV yard sprayer; Polaris 300 Explorer quad; 1971 Yamaha 650 motorcycle; Artic Cat 340 snow machine; MF 832 lawn tractor; Yd Machine; roto tiller; Honda 2-in. & 3-in. water pumps; 1,000-gal fuel tank & stand, slip tanks & pumps, complete line of shop tools plus much more!! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter.

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a real estate auction for Robert Moffat (306)695-7795 Fri., Apr. 4th, 2014 @ 10:00am. Directions from Abernethy, SK 11-mi South. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com 1,196-sq.ft. home situated on 12-acs of land NE-2-19-11-W2. Also 40x60 quonset & 24x26 garage surrounded by mature shelter belt. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962.

• 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.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Semi Trucks & Trailers TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2005 IHC 9900I Cummins ISX 475 HP, 13 SP, 3:73 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5in Aluminum Wheels, 244-in Wheel Base, 72-in Mid-Rise Bunk, 1,409,137-kms. $19,000.00

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

TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2005 IHC 9900I Cummins ISX 500 HP, 18 SP, 3:73 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5in Aluminum Wheels, 244-in Wheel Base, 72-in Mid-Rise Bunk, Four-Way Differential Locks, 1,428,989-kms. $29,000.00 TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2005 Peterbilt 379 Cat C15 475 HP, 13 SP, 3:55 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5in Aluminum Wheels, 244-in Wheel Base, 70-in Bunk, 2,013,769-kms. $30,000.00

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AUTO & TRANSPORT Semi Trucks & Trailers

TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2006 Freightliner Cabover Detroit 515 HP, 13 SP, 4:11 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, 154-in Wheel Base, 876,810-kms. $20,000.00

TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2007 Freightliner Columbia Mercedes MBE4000 450 HP, 13 SP Ultrashift, 3:58 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, 228-in Wheel Base, 919,524-kms. $22,000.00

TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2009 Peterbilt 388 Cummins ISX 450 HP, 18 SP, 3:55 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, 244-in Wheel Base, 63in Mid-Rise Bunk, Three-Way Differential Locks, 1,145,366-kms. $49,000.00

TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2007 Peterbilt 379 Cat C15 470 HP, 13 SP, 3:36 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5in Alloy Wheels, 244-in Wheel Base, 70-in Bunk, 1,536,191-kms. $49,000.00

TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2010 Peterbilt 388 Cummins ISX 550 HP, 18 SP, 4:10 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, Super 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, 244-in Wheel Base, 63-in Mid-Rise Bunk, Three-Way Differential Locks, 739,252-kms. $65,000.00

TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2006 IHC 9400I Cummins ISX 450 HP, 13 SP, 12000-lbs Front, 40000 lbs Rear, 22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, 236-in Wheel Base, 72-in Mid-Rise Bunk, 3 X 4 Way Differential Locks, 1,231,432-kms. $25,000.00 TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2006 Peterbilt 379X Cat C15 475 HP, 18 SP, 3:55 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5in Aluminum Wheels, 275-in Wheel Base, 70-in Bunk, 1,657,883-kms. $65,000.00 TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2007 IHC 9400I Cummins ISX 455 HP, 13 SP, 4:11 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5in Aluminum Wheels, 222-in Wheel Base, 72-in Mid-Rise Bunk, 1,210,399-kms. $22,000.00

TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2007 Peterbilt 379L 379L Legacy, Cat C15 475 HP, 18 SP, 3:55 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, 244-in Wheel Base, 70-in Bunk, 1,373,064-kms. $70,000.00 Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad in the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting for your call.

1-800-782-0794.

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm equipment auction for Bill & Bev Tatarliov Sat., Apr. 12th, 2014 10:00am. Directions from Minton, SK 6-mi North on Hwy #6 & 2.5-mi East & 1/2-mi North, Watch for Signs! Live internet bidding at Bidspotter.com Vers 846 Designation 6 4WD tractor w/4,400-hrs; IH 886 2WD tractor w/IH 2350 FEL w/grapple fork; Ford 1510 FWA DSL yd tractor w/3-PTH & PTO; 2002 NH FWA extended back hoe; JD 70 antique tractor; JD 9400 SP combine w/2,822 sep hrs & 2013 Greenlighted; 25-ft. JD 925 straight cut header, straight cut header trailer; 40-ft. JD 737 air drill w/flexi coil 1720 air cart; 33-ft. Ezee On 3590 tandem disc; 39-ft. CCIL 807 cultivator; 39-ft. CCIL 807 cultivator w/Degelman harrows; CCIL 22-ft. cultivator; 48-ft. Ezee On tine harrow bar w/Beeline granular applicator; 2, G100 CCIL 18-ft. discers; 1982 Chev 70 3-Ton grain truck w/47,100-km; 1978 GMC 6000 3-Ton grain truck w/48,754-km; WWII era Chev military truck for restoration; 2003 Vermeer 605 Accu-Bale Plus SL round baler; 16-ft. NH 1475 2300 Series haybine; 2002 Southland 5th Wheel 16-ft. livestock trailer; Ezee On post pounder; Cockshutt hay rake; quantity of livestock steel gates & panels; quantity of round bale feeders; calf squeeze chute tipping table; Farm King roller mill; homebuilt 30-ft. hay wagon; 5, Westeel Rosco 1,950-bu hopper bottom bins; 2, Twister 1,950-bu hopper bottom bins; 2, Twister 2,000-bu grain bins w/wood floors; Twister 1,100-bu hopper bottom bin; 2 Flaman 3-HP aeration fans; 2, Sakundiak 7-45 PTO grain augers; 7-41 PTO grain augers; Farm King 1365 grain cleaner; Sakundiak 300-bu hopper wagon; Ford 930A 3-PTH 5-ft. finishing mower Allied 3-PTH 7-ft. snow blower; hyd post hole auger FEL loader mount; Schulte 7-ft. front mount snow blower; gas powered floatation pump; Honda gas blower broadcaster; JD DSL 6x4 gator UTV; JD Big Buck 650 quad ATV; Honda 250 Big Red ATC; 2, Panterra 90 CC ATV quads 2WD; quantity of rail road ties; quantity of lumber; 3, 500-gal fuel tanks & stands; antique Defiance store scale; Assort. of crocks & copper boilers; antique kitchen cupboards; Forney stick welder; household & shop tools, plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter.

(306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

10TH ANNUAL SPRING EQUIPMENT AUCTION Drayton, ND.

Sat. April 12-9:30am • Tractors • Trucks • Tillage • Sprayers • Row Crop • Headers • Recreational • Lawn & Garden.

Full listing after March 26th on midwestauctions.com, Agweek, or Farm & Ranch - Proxi-Bid

Argyle, MN

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a real estate & farm equipment auction for Robert Moffat (306)695-7795 Fri., Apr. 4th, 2014 @ 10:00am. Directions from Abernethy, SK. 11-mi South. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com 1,196-sq.ft. home situated on 12-acs of land NE-2-19-11-W2. Also 40x60 quonset & 24x26 garage surrounded by mature shelter belt. Case 9270 4WD tractor w/7,890-hrs; Case 2390 2WD tractor; 40-ft. Morris Maxim II air drill w/Morris 8336 triple compartment air tank w/Midrow anhydrous banders; MF 180 2WD DSL tractor w/Robin FEL; IH 706 DSL tractor; Massey Harris 44 tractor; 2. Massey Harris tractors; Case IH 2388 SP combine & Case 1015 PU header w/2,290 sep hrs; Case 2188 SP combine & Case 1015 PU header w/2,720 sep hrs; 30-ft. Case IH 1042 straight cut draper header; 30-ft. Macdon 960 straight cut draper header; 26-ft.

Co-op 550D DSL SP swather; 25-ft. Case IH 8220 PT swather; 30-ft. Prairie Star 4600 PT swather; Co-op 550D SP swather for parts; Vers 18-ft. PT swather; Koenders swath roller; 70-ft. Degelman Strawmaster 7000 heavy harrow w/curved tines; 29-ft. Morris CP-725 Magnum cultivator; MF 35-ft. cultivator w/anhydrous kit; Morris 36-ft. rod weeder, MF 14-ft. cultivator; Co-op discers; 1983 DSL GMC 3500 1-Ton flat deck truck; 1974 Chev C-60 grain truck w/steel box & hoist; 1975 Ford F-700 flat deck truck; 100-ft. Brandt QF 1000 field sprayer w/850gal pol tank; EZ Guide Plus Lightbar; EZ Steer 500 Auto Steer; 9-Goebel 2,495-bu bins on wood floors; 4, Westeel 2,070-bu bins on steel floors; 3, Westeel 5,500-bu bins on steel floors; 4, Rosco 1,600-bu bins hopper bottom bins; 3, Butler 2,400-bu bins on steel floors; Westeel 4,300-bu bin on steel floor; Brandt 10-60 swing auger; Wheatheart 8-51 auger & mover; Johnson transfer auger w/Honda engine; Haul All 2 compartment tote tank; antique grain wagons; JD 445 EZ Trak 27-HP Zero turn mower; Swisher 60-ft. PT mower; Case 446 garden tractor & tiller; acreage sprayers; Degelman 10-ft. dozer blade; Degelman ground drive rock picker; Farm Eze HD 170 manure wagon; Anderson square bale wagon; Cockshutt hay rake; sickle mower; 1, 1,000gal water tanks; 2, 150-gal slip tanks w/electric pumps; Sandborn 220V air compressor, plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter.

(306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto & Truck Parts 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.

auto & transport Trucks 2004 FORD 350 DUALLY, 11-ft flat deck, diesel, 6spd, 4x4, one owner, $8,000 OBO; 7x22 GN stock trailer, $3,300. 7x24 Stock Trailer, $3,000. Phone:1 (204)857-8403.

FUEL TRUCK 1992 FREIGHTLINER S/A 8.3 Cummins 310 K, 13,000-Litre tank, 5-yr PVIR ot/2013.

(204)534-6891, Mel Maynes, Boissevain MB.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Semi Trucks & Trailers 48-FT TRIDEM HIBOY ALUMINUM steel combo, bale extensions to 53-ft; 53-ft Tin Scow for hauling scrap. (204)827-2629 (204)526-7139.

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

Estate Farm

FRIDAY, APRIL 11 | 11AM

Location: From the south edge of Hatton, ND, 2-3/4 miles east on the south side of the road.

TRACTORS

2010 Versatile 435, deluxe cab, 12 spd. gear, 4 hyd., Field Cruise, HID lights, power adj. mirrors, 640 actual hrs., single owner, S/N701608 1983 JD 8450, quad range, 4 hyd., 1000 PTO, A/C 134 conv., 18.4-38 press steel duals, shows 11,830 hrs., S/NRW8450H002198 2002 JD 7710, 2WD, power quad, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, diff lock, 480/80R38 press steel duals, 2,063 hrs., single owner, S/NRW7710H075334 2002 Buhler Allied 2795 heavy duty true self-leveling loader, 96” bucket, tractor hyd.

1949 IHC H, wide front, PTO, Woods 306 belly mower, 13.6-38 rear tires, S/N320988 IHC H, narrow front, PTO, Woods L306 belly mower, 12.4-38 tires, does not run

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Short auction with half hour of smalls. Major equipment sells at 11:30 AM. Most of the equipment was purchased new and has low miles and hours. Live online bidding available on major equipment. Registration, terms & details at SteffesGroup.com.

COMBINES

1997 JD 9600, DHH, DAS, fore/aft, Data Center, chaff spreader, long unload auger, 30.532 single tires, 14.9-24 rear tires, 2,203 sep. hrs., 2,993 engine hrs., S/NH09600X671937 1997 JD 9600, DHH, DAS, fore/ aft, Data Center, ATU guidance wheel, 600 Series head conversion, Crary bin ext., chaff spreader, long unloading auger, 30.5-32 single tires, 14.9-24 rear tires, 2,145 sep. hrs., 3,149 engine hrs., S/NH09600X670521 HEADS & SWATHER

1983 JD 212 pickup head, 6-belt pickup, S/N585050 2001 Premier 1900 pull-type swather, 21’, auto-fold, finger reel, S/N143041 TRUCKS

1979 Chevrolet C70 Custom Deluxe twin screw tandem, 427, Eaton 5&2 spd., 20’ Strong box, roll tarp, 3 pc. endgate, 9:00-20 tires, 27,979 miles, single owner 1974 Chevrolet C60 single axle, 350, 4&2 spd., Frontier 14’ box, hoist, plumbed for drill fill, 9:00-20 tires, 23,216 actual miles

2008 JD 630 flex head, 30’, fore/aft, DRILL poly, CWS wind bar, 00/10 Series JD 455 drill, 35’, 6” space, front-fold, dry fertilizer, 2” rubber hookup packer wheel, hyd. fold, markers, 2002 JD 925F flex head, fore/aft, poly, stubble lights, full finger drum, S/N00455H004324 S/NH00925F696524

TILLAGE EQUIPMENT

JD 980 field cultivator, 44-1/2’, tandems across, single pt. depth, 9” sweeps, 3-bar harrow, S/N980X017928 Yetter rotary hoe, 30’, 3 pt., flat-fold, gauge wheels, cab guard GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT

Grain Handler 6350 grain vac, PTO, cleanup pkg.

Westfield auger, 51’x10”, swing hopper, needs repair Drill fill auger, 16’ OTHER EQUIPMENT

Speedy edible bean cutter, 8 row Track wacker, 3 pt.

JD STX38 lawn tractor 1,000 gal. fuel tank, Gasboy pump (6) JD rear weights, 20 Series JD front-mount fuel tank Wagon wheel frame & wheels

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. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facility border transfer.

Glenn Skjoiten Estate

Gale Skjoiten, PR

For information contact Tim, 701.789.1029 or Brad at Steffes Group, 701.237.9173

Steffes Group Inc. 2000 Main Ave E, West Fargo, ND 58078 Brad Olstad ND319, Scott Steffes ND81, Bob Steffes ND82, Ashley Huhn ND843, Eric Gabrielson ND890, Randy Kath ND894

701.237.9173 | SteffesGroup.com

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BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

Combines Accessories

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

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

A great way to Buy and Sell without the ef for t.

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

Multi-coloured millends.........49¢/ft.2

Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2 Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for archrib buildings BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD. ST. LAZARE, MB. 1-800-510-3303

BUILDINGS AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post frame building company. For estimates and information call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322).

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

FOR SALE: 1 FUTURE steel building X frame model, dimension 110-ft. long x 40-ft. wide x 21-ft. high, all steel building, asking $55,000, valued at $90,000. (204)867-2436, (204)868-1212.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AUTO BODY SHOP AND Equipment in Baldur MB. 60-ft x 30-ft, wood frame w/metal roof, built in 1980.

Would sell building only, Priced right.

(204)245-0165.

Business services Crop Consulting

FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS 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

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

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories 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.

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

Tractors Combines Swathers 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.

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

FYFE PARTS

1-800-667-9871 • Regina 1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon 1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg 1-800-222-6594 • Edmonton “For All Your Farm Parts”

Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443 Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca

SANDERS SEED FARM FDN, Reg, Cert Domain, Carberry & Glenn Wheat, Cert Celebration Barley Canterra 1990, 1970, Canola.

Phone (204)242-4200, Manitou, MB.

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 FOR SALE: AERATION ROCKET w/duct 14-in. diameter, $800. Phone (204)648-7136.

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.

Air Seeders 1997 BOURGAULT 8800 40-FT. 8-in. spacing, new style manifolds, Ridgeland boots w/removable mulchers & packers, 3,195 tank, all in very nice shape, $26,500 OBO; 74-ft. Tormaster heavy harrows, 5/8 time, 21-in. long, big rubber all around, $18,500 OBO. (204)373-2502, Emerson.

tillage & seeding Harrows & Packers WELD-ON HARROW TEETH, HEAT treated, hardened to 50 Rockwell hardness. Size 3/8: 7/16: 9/16 & 5/8. Diameter sample 9/16 $3.00, G.B. Mfg. Ltd. Yorkton SK, (306)273-4235.

tillage & seeding Seeding Various JD 1997 750 15-FT no-till drill. Rebuilt w/new blades, seed boots, & rubber. All bearings & seals checked over, very nice machine, $24,000 OBO. Phone (204)822-3005, Morden.

tillage & seeding Tillage Various 28-FT CASE HOE DRILL, always shedded, in great shape. $5500 OBO. Phone (204)295-8417 CARBIDE DRILL POINTS & openers for air drills.

VW Manufacturing Ltd Dunmore (Medicine Hat) (403)528-3350 US: Loren Hawks Chester, Montana (406)460-3810 www.vwmfg.com

FARM MACHINERY Grain Elevators

tractors Case/IH

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

1981 MODEL 1086 W/DUALS 3-PTH, Ezee On FEL. Phone (204)797-7049.

Combine ACCessories

1990 CASE IH 9180, 7900-hrs, 12-spd power shift, VGC, $41,000 OBO. Phone (204)523-7469 cell, (204)534-8115.

Combines

tractors John Deere

Accessories JD STRAW CHOPPER, TAKEN from 1997 9600.

New knives & hammers, VGC. $1200 OBO. Phone (204)745-7445.

2009 JD 9330 2,102-HRS, 24-SPD high/low trans, diff locks, Goodyear 800/70R38 duals, Greenstar Ready, 48 GPM, hyd pump, rear wheel weights, 4 SCV hyd. Phone (204)841-0258.

What are your manure clean-out plans this spring?

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.

FARMING IS ENOUGH OF A GAMBLE...

Geared For The Future

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.

www.bigtractorparts.com

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 2000 NH TV 140, excellent condition, not re-furbished or re-painted, original condition, very light use, 2,700-hrs, loader, 3PT, excellent tires, was $69,000, now $64,000; 2009 NH disc-bine, 2PT hook-up, flail conditioner, very low acres, was $21,500, now $19,000; 2008 Meyers 3954 V-Max spreader, only used 4 seasons, vertical beater, tandem axle, auto-oiler, 580-bu, spreads everything from liquid to solid. Was $14,000, now $9,800.

Phone:(204)425-3518.

BOURGAULT 28-32-FT COIL PACKER w/hyd wing lift; Farm King portable PTO roller mill; Farm King 10-ft hyd drill fill auger; Phone (204)386-2412, Plumas.

DISCS: JD 335 30-FT, $10,500; JD 300 22-ft $9,500; Bushog 21-ft $7,000, 25-ft $7,500; IH #490 25-ft $7,500; Krause 16-ft $5,000; JD 15-ft $5,000; Rowcrop cultivators 4-12R, Call; Lilliston 6-8R DMI rippers 5 & 7 shank $8,900 up; JD 7000 planter 8-30 $5,500; #7100 3PT 8-30 $4,000; Phoenix harrow 42-ft $9,500, 53-ft, as new, $18,000; Summers heavy harrow 70-ft $12,000; Scrappers Midland 8.5-yd $8,000; Soilmover 7.5-yd $8,000; Eversman 6.5-yd $6,500; Fieldmaster 4-yd $3,900.

Phone:(204)857-8403.

FOR SALE: 1975 SILAGE truck Chev 366 5-SPD, 2-SPD axle, tilt hood w/attached David batch mixer (approx 4,000-lbs) w/scale, $4,000 OBO. Phone (204)672-0061 GRAIN CARTS 450-1080-BU: NEW Gravity wagons 400-bu, $7,100; 600-bu, $12,000; 750-bu, $17,750; tarps available. Used 250-750-bu: $2,250 up Grainvacs; Brandt 4000, $7,000; Brandt 4500, $7,500. Balers: JD 510, $1,250; JD 530, $3,500; JD 535, $5,000; Flexheads Case-IH 1020 25-ft, $5,000; 30-ft, $8,000; JD 925, $6,500; JD 930, $6,500; Case-IH 1015 pick-up head, $3,500; Vermeer R23 hyd. rake. Phone:(204)857-8403.

SCREENERS DUAL STAGE HICAP 5-48 $2,500; DMC 54 $5,000; Hutch 3000 $5,000, Hutch 1500 $2,200; Kwik Kleen 5 tube $4,000, 7 tube $5,000; Small Screener $200; Eversman V-Ditcher $2,000; UFT 3PH Rotary Ditcher $1,250; Degelman 14-ft rock rake $7,900; Double axle dolly $2,000, Single Axle dolly $2,000; 35.5 x 32 tires w/rims off log skidder $4,000 OBO; JD rops canopy $450; Tractor cab $600; Pallet fork for skidsteer 48-ft new $850, extensions $475. Phone:(204)857-8403.

THE 10TH ANNUAL “BEST OF THE BREEDS” BULL SALE Sun., March 30th, 2:00pm at Parkland Livestock Market, Leross, SK. On offer Charolais, Red & Black Angus, Simmental & Gelbvieh, yearlings and two-year olds. For catalogues or information contact T Bar C Cattle Co.(306)220-5006 (PL# 116061) View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com

REGULAR BUTCHER & FEEDER SALE Every Friday 9AM

SPECIAL GRASS CATTLE SALE Wednesday, April 2 @ 1:00 pm

New Crop Fat Lambs 65 - 75 lbs. @ 185 70 - 90 lbs. Feeder Lambs @ 150 -165 90 - 110 lbs. Fat Lambs @ 150 - 163 Cull Sheep @ 78 - 88 Kid Goats @ 2.70 - 3.00 a pound

Book now to receive 10% off any spring manure spreading completed

by June 1, 2014!!

We offer four large vertical beater spreaders to give you well-mulched, evenly spread coverage on any field.

Our trucks are equipped with flotation tires for less compaction. Loading is also available.

GILBRAITH

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

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD.

Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted

GRUNTHAL, MB.

AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

WANTED: 20-FT OF JD 9450 hoe drills, 7-in spacing, in good condition. Phone Doug (306)695-3389, Indian Head, SK. WANTED TO BUY #6200 International press drill w/factory transport, must be field ready, other makes will be considered. Call Cliff:(204)423-2195 (204)269-1481.

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

REGULAR CATTLE SALES

every TUESDAY at 9 am April 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th Monday March 31st

Sheep & Goat Sale with Small Animal and Holstein Calves 12:00pm

Saturday April 5th

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

Bred Cow Sale at 10:00am

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)

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Farm Services

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FREE STANDING CORRAL PANELS, Feeders & Alley ways, 30ft or order to size. Oil Field Pipe: 1.3, 1.6, 1.9, 1 7/8, 2-in, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2. Sucker Rod: 3/4, 7/8, 1. Casing Pipes: 4-9inch. Sold by the piece or semi load lots. For special pricing call Art (204)685-2628 or cell (204)856-3440.

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tractors 2-Wheel Drive

Snowblowers / Plows

tillage & seeding

QUIT FARMING: 08 8010 4WD Combine, 30-ft.

Flex draper, $200,000; 011 Massey Swather 36-ft.

9260 Big cab w/swath roller, $65,000; 08 STX 430 4WD, new tires, $160,000; 05 2, 9900I Semi tractor, CAT C15, 13-spd, 4-way locks, 72-in sleeper, $30,000 each; Hyway tractor, 550 Cat, 13-SPD, 4-way lock, $30,000 each; 03 Advance SuperB grain, $28,000; 95 front trailer of the Super B Flat, $5000; Farm King Auger 13x85, hyd swing & hyd lift on swing, $18,000; IH sprayer 3320, $200,000; 012 CovyAll Tender unit, $10,000; 010 41-ft. Salford as new, $70,000; Tormaster Hvy Harrow, 70-ft, new tines, $16,000; 013 Gearinghof corn chopping head, 8x30, w/row stompers, like new, $80,000; 2, 105 White rebilt, $7,000; Hutchmaster tandem, $8,000; 10x70 FarmKing, $6,000; Roadrunner Header Hauler, $8,000; 30-ft. MacDon Drap Hd, Tandem w/duals Trailer $20,000; To haul sprayer, $5,000; IH 4240 tractor w/15-ft mower, $12,000; 16x30 Westco cult, $3,000; 16x30 band sprayer, $3,000; 06 320 Cat Excavator, has quick-attach clean out bucket 10,000-hrs, nice, $60,000; 98 T-800 Kenworth w/N-14 Cummins, 19-spd, 4-way locks, stainless steel paving Box w/30-in. Live Belt, $33,000; 04 Chev 4x4 4-dr w/8-ft. deck, new tire, new safety, $6,500; 18-yd. Reynolds pushoff scraper, $30,000. Call:(204)871-0925, Macgregor, MB.

FOR SALE:1985 836 Designation 6. Very nice condition, next to new radial tires all around, 15-spd trans, w/PTO. Asking $35,000 OBO. Phone: (204)743-2145 or (204)526-5298.

STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALIST

SCHULTE SDX960 SNOWBLOWER W/HYD deflector, like new, $6750. Phone (204)436-2049. matt_tkachyk_sons@mymts.net

FERTILIZER SPREADS 4-8 TON. 4T Tyler stainers, $4,000; 5T, $5,000; 6T Simousen w/tarp, $6,500; 8T Willmar $7,000; Valmar applicator, $1,500. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com Phone: (204)857-8403.

tractors Versatile

Big Tractor Parts, Inc.

farm machinery

FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment

JD 1998 9400 4WD, 12-spd, 4-hyd, 710 x 38 radial Pirelli tires, 75%. Recent work order, always shedded, 7000-hrs, very nice condition. (204)745-7445.

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS

PUGH SEEDS: CERT CARDALE, AC Barrie, Kane Wheat, Conlon Barley, Souris Oats. Phone (204)274-2179 or (204)871-1467, Portage.

FARM MACHINERY

2010 JD 9630T, 36-in. Tracks Autotrac ready, Clearview caps, 18-SPD, PS, 3,400-hrs, $214,000.

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tractors Various

HONDA AUGER ENGINE 20-HP, used very little, $1200 OBO. Phone (204)745-7445.

FOR SALE: NH 1089 bale wagon w/2130-hrs, $77,000 OBO; 2 Hesston 4655 small square balers, $6000, $9000; 2005 Hesston 4760 medium square baler w/accumulator, ISO updated, $38,000 OBO. Phone (204)728-4784, Brandon MB.

tractors John Deere

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ENGINES

haying & harvesting Balers Equipment

Classifieds

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LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus 2 Yr Old Angus Eligible Bachelors For Sale via Private treaty. Long, thick Reds & Blacks available with low birth weights. We will hold until your ladies are ready. Free Delivery. Come & have a look any time. Contact Trevor Woychyshyn for details.

Phone (204)821-5108 Oakburn, MB. ANDERSON CATTLE CO Bull Sale, Mar. 29th, 2014 1:00pm at the farm, Swan River, MB. 50, Two Yr Old & Yearling Red & Black Angus Bulls. www.andersoncattle.ca or (204)734-2073 for a catalog.

NON-REGISTERED 2-YR OLD ANGUS Bulls & bred Heifers for sale. Phone (204)467-5093.

RIDGE SIDE RED ANGUS: (3)2-yr old, 15 Reds & 1 Black yearling bulls for sale. From top AI sires, semen tested, guarented, will keep & feed till you need & deliver. Call Don:(204)422-5216 or visit our website@ ridgesideredangus.com WWW.REDDIAMONDFARM.COM 18 MTH OLD PB Black& Red Angus bulls for sale. Check out our bull catalogue online. We guarantee & deliver. We also have Purebred Black & Red Angus cows to calve Aug/Sep for sale. Phone Michael Becker:(204)348-2464, Whitemouth.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

TRANSCON’S CATTLE COUNTRY SIMMENTAL & CHAROLAIS BULL SALE SATURDAY APRIL 5TH, 2014, 1PM

Beautiful Plains Ag Complex, Neepawa, MB

CONSIGNORS: Antrim Simmentals • Delight Simmentals • Handford Simmentals • Homestead-T Simmentals • Silver Lake Farms • Sunville Simmentals • Weeks Simmentals • Blair Workman & Sons Simmentals • JR Simmental • Northern Light Simmentals • C-2 Charolais • Johnston Charolais • Sunblade Charolais

Catalog can be viewed on line at: www.transconlivestock.com

Catalog can be viewed on line at: www.transconlivestock.com

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus BLUE GENTIAN HAS 12 bulls at the Douglas Bull Test Station, April 5th, including the High Gainer & 9 of the top 10 High Gainers.

7 sons of Blue Gentian Black Spear 332, who was the High Gaining bull the year he was tested.

Norman Bednar, Vita (204)425-3401 or (204)380-2551.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus 5 2-YR OLD/15 YEARLING Registered Black Angus Bulls, semen tested & delivered within 100-mi.

(204)741-0070, (204)483-3622, Souris.

BLACK ANGUS & POLLED HEREFORD bulls for sale. Yearlings & 2-yr olds available, natural muscled bulls developed w/high forage rations. Semen tested, delivery available. Call Don Guilford (204)873-2430.

BOTANY ANGUS FARM & Leaning Spruce Stock Farm have for sale yearling Black Angus bulls.

Come early, a deposit will hold your purchase until Spring. For more info & prices contact Ryan Shearer (204)824-2151 or Cell:(204)761-5232.

CRANBERRY CREEK ANGUS REGISTERED bulls for sale. Sired by HF Tiger 5T, SAV Pioneer, Cranberry CRK Dynamite, Cranberry CRK Highlander, J Square S Tiger. Bulls are easy doing with great dispositions. Hand fed for longevity. Semen tested, guaranteed & delivered. Will hold until the end of April. All weights & EPD’s available. Call (204)534-2380, or cranberrycreek27@gmail.com for more info, David & Jeanette Neufeld, Boissevain FORAGE BASED Black Angus Bulls. Virgin 2-yr olds & herd sires available www.nerbasbrosangus.com (204)564-2540 or (204)773-6800 FOR SALE: 2 1/2-YR old Black Angus bull, sired by Iron Mountain. Asking $2,800 OBO. Phone: (204)743-2145 or (204)526-5298.

FOR SALE: 2-YR OLD & yearling Black Angus bulls, bunk fed, fertility tested, weigh sheets available, low birth weights, many industry leading bloodlines, delivery available, Black Meadows Angus. Call Bill (204)567-3782.

FOR SALE: REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS bulls low birth weight, very quiet, hand fed, no disappointments, EPD’s & delivery avail. Amaranth (204)843-2287.

N7 STOCK FARM HAVE 30 top quality yearling Black Angus Bulls for sale by private treaty. Sired by some of the breed’s leading AI sires, bulls are developed on a homemade oat ration & free choice hay. Performance records available, will be semen tested, delivery available, contact Gerald & Wendy Nykoliation (204)562-3530 or Allan’s cell (204)748-5128.

OSSAWA ANGUS AT MARQUETTE, MB. For sale: yearling & 2-yr old bulls. Also, a couple of herd sires.

Phone: (204) 375-6658 or (204)383-0703.

SELLING 2 REGISTERED BLACK Angus bulls, 23-mo old. Birth weight 83-85-lbs, sired by KLM Kryptonite 5R. Also young bulls born Apr & May 2013 sired by Ossawa Tix41Y, birth weight avg for males 81-lbs, females 80-lbs, all quiet. Semen test & delivery up to 100-mi. Phone: (204)428-3961 or Cell: (204)856-6931 Frank Case, Portage.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus DB MICHIELS RED ANGUS purebred 2-yr old bulls for sale. Catalogue information available by email. Contact David at (204)723-0288 or Brian at (204)526-0942 Holland Email: DBMREDANGUS@gmail.com WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM BULL sale April 12, 1:00pm Grunthal Auction Mart, featuring 18 yearling Red Angus Bulls. 18 Red & Black polled yearling Maine-Anjou Bulls. Also new this year 18 yearling & 2-yr old Charolais Bulls from Walking Plow Charolais, videos of the bulls will be online at www.wilkinridge.blogspot.ca early in March. For more info call Sid Wilkinson (204)373-2631.

WWW.REDDIAMONDFARM.COM 18 MTH OLD PB Red Angus bulls for sale. Check out our bull catalogue online. We guarantee & deliver. We also have Purebred Black & Red Angus cows to calve Aug/Sep for sale. Phone Michael Becker (204)348-2464, Whitemouth.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Blonde d’Aquitaine BELLEVUE BLONDES HAS AN excellent group of performance & semen tested, polled Purebred Reg. Blonde yearling bulls for sale. Reasonably priced.

Call Marcel (204)379-2426 or (204)745-7412, Haywood MB.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais BAR J CHARLOIS HAS performance tested bulls for sale yearlings & 2-yr olds. For more information Phone Amaranth, MB:(204)843-2246.

CLINE CATTLE CO. has for sale purebred Charolais yearlings & 2-yr old bulls. Bulls are quiet, hairy & easy calving, will be semen tested & guaranteed.

Drop in anytime to have a look. (204)537-2367 or Brad’s cell (204)523-0062.

FOR SALE: 2-YR OLD Charolais Bulls, polled, quiet, low birth weights, tested & delivered, $2300-$2500.

Wayne Angus (204)764-2737, Hamiota MB. FOR SALE: POLLED YEARLING Charolais bulls, Silverado grandsons, will be semen tested. Jack Bullied:(204)526-2857.

FOR SALE: PUREBRED CHAROLAIS bulls, 2-yr olds & yearlings. Polled, some Red Factor, some good for heifers, semen tested in spring, guaranteed & delivered. R & G McDonald Livestock, Sidney MB. (204)466-2883, (204)724-2811.

LEG CHAROLAIS HAS 2-YR old & yearling bulls for sale. Both White & Red factor, all polled, bred for calving ease & performance, all bulls semen tested. Check out our consignments to Cattlemen’s Classic Sale in Verdon, April 6th. Phone (204)252-3115, (204)856-6357.

MARTENS CHAROLAIS EXCELLENT YEARLING & 2-yr old bulls for sale. Dateline sons for calving ease & performance. Specialist sons for consistent thickness. Also Pleasant Dawn Marshall sons. Call Ben (204)534-8370.

PB CHAROLAIS YEARLING BULLS for sale.

Sired from easy calving bulls, fed hay ration, excellent growth. Call Ken (204)824-2115, Wawanesa.

WALKING PLOW CHAROLAIS IS consigning 18 yearling & 2-yr old Charolais bulls to Wilkinridge Stock farm Maine-Anjou Red Angus bull sale. April 12, 1:00pm Grunthal Auction Mart. Videos of the bulls will be online at www.wilkinridge.blogspot.ca early in March. For more info call Cliff or Warren Graydon (204)427-2589.

WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT selection of PB Charolais bulls, both Red & white. Pictures & info on the net www.defoortstockfarm.com. Call Gord or Sue: (204)743-2109. Celebrating 34 years in Charolais.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais

livestock equipment

WWW.REDDIAMONDFARM.COM 18 MTH OLD PB Polled Charolais bulls for sale. Check out our bull catalogue online. We guarantee & deliver. We also have Purebred Charolais cows to calve Aug/Sep for sale. Phone Michael Becker (204)348-2464, Whitemouth.

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.

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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Gelbvieh POLLED RED & BLACK Gelbvieh bulls also Glancers (Gelbvieh X Red Angus) for sale, semen tested & delivered. Maple Grove Gelbvieh (204)278-3255 email maplegrove@xplornet.com

12V. or Hydraulic Electronic Scale Opt.

PRAIRIE GELBVIEH ALLIANCE BULL sale Apr. 5 1:30p.m. Johnstone Auction Mart, Moosejaw, SK. Selling 50+ Red & Black bulls. Download catalogue: www.johnstoneauction.ca or Phone Selin’s Gelbvieh: (306)793-4568.

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford

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ORGANIC

2 PB LONG YEARLING bulls sired by Reserve Senior Champion from Toronto Royal Winter Fair, very quiet, heavy muscled, from good uddered heavy milking dams; 1 Herdsire from Crittenden herd from SK. 3 Polled Bull Calves, same sire. 54 yrs of Raising Quality Herefords. Francis Poulsen (204)436-2284, cell (204)745-7894, Elm Creek.

FOR SALE: BIG, STOUT PB Polled Hereford Bulls for sale. Yearling & 2-yr old bulls available. Good, balanced EPD’s. Will semen test, deliver & winter until May 1st. Call Allan/Bonnie:(204)764-0364 or Kevin/Holly:(204)764-0331. Hamiota,MB. Can be viewed online @ www.rocknabh.com FOR SALE: REG POLLED Hereford bulls, yearlings & 2 yr olds, current Pedigrees, reasonably priced. Phone Martin (204)425-3820 or Lanard (204)425-3809, Vita, MB. HORNED HEREFORD 2-YR & yearling bulls for sale. Performance tested; fertility tested; guaranteed & delivered. Raising & selling Horned Herefords since 1973.

Call Wendell Reimer: (204)379-2773. Located at St. Cloud, MB. POLLED HEREFORD & BLACK ANGUS bulls for sale. Yearlings & 2-yr olds available, natural muscled bulls developed w/high forage rations. Semen tested, delivery available. Call Don Guilford (204)873-2430.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Limousin TRIPLE R LIMOUSIN open house & bull sale at the farm Apr 4th, 2014. Selling 15, 2 yr olds, 21 yearling bulls, Red & Black & Polled, Red bred for performance or calving ease, semen tested, guaranteed & delivery avail. Call Art (204)856-3440 or (204)685-2628.

ORGANIC Organic – Certified LIVESTOCK Cattle Wanted YOUNG PRODUCER WANTING TO lease spring calving cows.

For Details, please call: (204)424-5895.

TIRED OF THE HIGH COST OF MARKETING YOUR CALVES??

300-700 LBS. Steers & Heifers Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 Ben: 721-3400 800-1000 LBS. Steers & Heifers Don: 528-3477, 729-7240

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Maine-Anjou

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

FOR SALE: BLACK & Red Polled Maine-Anjou 2 yr old & yearling bulls, Moderate birth weights, excellent performance, semen tested & guaranteed.

(204)534-8222.

LIVESTOCK Sheep For Sale

WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM BULL sale April 12, 1:00pm Grunthal Auction Mart, featuring 18 Red & Black polled yearling Maine-Anjou Bulls. 18 yearling Red Angus Bulls. Also new this year 18 yearling & 2-yr old Charolais Bulls from Walking Plow Charolais, videos of the bulls will be online at www.wilkinridge.blogspot.ca early in March. For more info call Sid Wilkinson (204)373-2631.

100 GOOD 2-3-YR OLD Arcott, Suffolk’s cross Ewes, to lamb May 1st, $150 each firm. Call Rick (204)646-2157.

Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. It’s a sure thing.

1-800-782-0794.

ORGANIC PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA CO-OPERATIVE (OPAM). Non-profit members owned organic certification body. Certifying producers, processors & brokers in Western Canada since 1988, Miniota, MB. Contact: (204)567-3745, info@opam-mb.com

ORGANIC Organic – Grains

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 *Please state the Variety & Quantity for Sale

For more information, please contact Sandy at:

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

PERSONAL SHARE YOUR LIFE! Find Love, have Fun & Enjoy Life. CANDLELIGHT MATCHMAKERS. Confidential, Rural, Photos & Profiles, Affordable, Local.

Serving MB, SK, NW Ontario. Call/Write for info: Box 212, Roland, MB, R0G 1T0, (204)343-2475.

SINGLE WHITE MALE 68-YR old widower N.S S.D. Hobbies:All outdoor rec.; boating, fishing, quading & motorcycles. Self-employed. Wants to meet lady 50-70-yrs for lasting relationship. Reply to Ad#1022, c/o Manitoba Co-operator, Box 9800, Station Main, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3K7.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn

Horses

ATTENTION GRADUATES: SHORTHORN BREEDERS of Manitoba will be accepting applications for the John A. Nevin Cattle Growers Education Fund Award until Apr. 7, 2014. Contact: Susan Armbruster PO Box 597 Rossburn, MB R0J 1B0.

Phone & Fax: (204)859-2088. Email:shorthornsue@gmail.com

LIVESTOCK Horse Auctions

REAL ESTATE

NAERIC DRAFT HORSE CLASSIC sale, approx 30 yearlings. Royal Manitoba Winter Fair, April 5th, 2014, Brandon MB. www.naeric.org

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba

FOR SALE: PUREBERD YEARLING Shorthorn bulls. Red & Roan, thick & beefy w/moderate birth weights. Get the maternal edge w/Shorthorn sired females. Call Uphill Shorthorns. (204)764-2663 cell, (204)365-7155, rgray4@mymts.net

ROCKING W SPRING HORSE Sale, Apr. 25 &26.

Tax sale Fri., Apr. 25 @5:00p.m., For sale Sat., Apr. 26 @12:00p.m. Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Email: rockingw@xplornet.com Phone: (204)325-7237.

FOR SALE: YEARLING & 2-yr old bulls. Polled, mostly Red. Birthweights starting at 63-lbs. Developed on a growing ration. Out of practical, hardworking cows. Phone (204)764-2382.

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

HATFIELD SHORTHORNS HAS NICE thick Red & Roan Shorthorn bulls for sale. Yearlings and 2-yr olds.

Monty Thomson (204)782-3549 or (204)870-0089.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental BLACK & RED YEARLING PB Simm bulls. Thick & Solid coloured. Sired by A.I. Sires: Full Throttle, 680S, IPU Revolution, Poker Face & Red Force.

Heifer bulls also avail. Valleyfield Simmentals, Larry Dyck (204)822-3657, Morden.

POLLED 2 YR OLD & yearling Red factor Simm bulls from AI sires. Acomb Valley Simmentals (204)867-2203, Minnedosa.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various BLACK ANGUS COWS, 2nd time calvers, due Mar-Apr, bred back to Black, very quiet. Also have 63 fall calvers, Black Angus, bred back to Black.

Phone (204)745-7917.

BUYING ALL CLASSES OF livestock. Phone George (204)278-3564. Dealer license #1152.

HERD SALE: 120 BRED cows, mostly Red Angus.

Quiet large cows, had all shots, will calve out & keep till May 25/2014. Started calving Feb 15. $1,900 for the pair. Phone:(204)261-3664, evening, Winnipeg Area, Richard. Cell:(204)782-3659.

HIGH QUALITY BLACK ANGUS & polled Hereford 2-yr old bulls for sale. Bar H Land & Cattle Co. Phone:(306)743-2840, cell (306)743-7490. Langenburg SK. N.O.L. SIMMENTAL DISPERSAL OF winter calving cows & heifers. Approx. 150 Simmental & Simmental/Angus cross cows & 35 heifers. Deposit by May 1, will pasture & breed to your calving needs.

Preg. check by Oct 1. Phone:(204)345-8492 Norman Lussier. Lac Du Bonnet, MB. PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS 3-YR old bull, Prairie Lane Breeding; Also some hay for sale. Phone (204)642-7684.

WE SELL ALL OUR purbred fall calving cows & heifers, 25 Angus, (20 Red & 5 Black), 18 Charolais. Will sell w/or w/o papers. Phone Michael Becker at Red Diamond Farm, Whitemouth MB (204)348-2464 W + RANCH HAS 2 beef boosters M3 Black bulls: 3 yr old special for breeding heifers, low birth weights from 65-68-lbs. On full herd health program, will semen test. $2,800 each. Phone Stewart RM of St. Laurent, MB (204)646-2338.

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123 LIVESTOCK Poultry For Sale 19-WK OLD PULLETS, BROWN ($9.00) or white ($8.00), egg layers, available for pickup first week of June. Hutch’s Poultry (306)435-3530, Moosomin SK.

Specialty LIVESTOCK Specialty – Goats MINIATURE SILKY FAINTING GOATS, $500 each. Check us out www.aspenvalleysilkies.com or call (204)773-7872.

livestock equipment 2,000 BALE PROCESSOR, HiLand Model7000, CattleMaster, very low hours, always shedded, $7,950; 2003 Jiffy silage bunk feeder, 250 cubic ft, low hours, nice clean unit, $6,500. Phone Carman:(204)745-2908.

3000-G VACUUM MANURE TANK, in good condition, $5,000 OBO; 35 BSM farrowing crates w/stainless steel feeders, like new. CW/ baby pig dividers & heat pads, also includes Tender Foot flooring 5x7-ft, $150/each; 50 self feeders for grower to finishing hogs, like new, $60/each. Assorted fans & flooring, etc, free w/purchase of above items.

Phone:(204)683-2396.

Call our toll-free number to take advantage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks for free. That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3. Call 1-800-782-0794 today!

800-AC OF PASTURE NORTH of Warren, MB. Hydro & well. Phone:(204)461-0704.

LAND FOR SALE: ACCEPTING offers on West half of NE 17-19-23. RM of Rossburn, 80-acs w/50-acs broke. Dennis Kowal, Box 658 Rossburn (204)842-3643.

MIXED CATTLE & GRAIN farm in the RM of Birtle & Miniota, 7-quarters, older 5-bdrm house, machine shed, 2 large cattle shelters, calving barn, well water, 10,000-bu grain storage. Asking $897,000. For more info call Century 21 Brandon (204)725-0555.

MLS 1323498 160-ACS FENCED pasture, 1982 bungalow, 1056-sq.ft, Woodside, $164,000; MLS 1320867 156-acs Lakeland Clay Loam fenced, outbuildings, older home, mun. water, Gladstone $350,000; MLS 1400601 716-acs mixed farm, fenced elk, bison, cattle, 1,064-sq.ft. bung, outbuildings, 2nd yard site, McCreary $400,000; MLS 1320985 24-15-11 RM Lakeview Section of pastureland in block, fenced, 4 dugouts, $259,000; SW 9-18-15 RM of Rosedale Rdg Mtn., Erickson clay loam, ideal grain/forage. Beautiful bldg site, 2-mi to RMNP, $145,000. Call Liz (204)476-6362, John (204)476-6719. Gill & Schmall Agencies.

PART SW 3030 RANGE 9, 105-ac taxable, 60-ac cultivated, some hay, poplar & spruce trees. Buildings need major renovations. House has full basement w/septic tank & field. Phone:(204)449-2117.

GRANT TWEED Farm Specialist If you are Buying, Selling or Renting Farm Land You Can Benefit from my Experience & Expertise the Decisions you Make Can Have Long Lasting Impact, So Take the Time to Know your Options.

Call (204)761-6884 to Arrange an Obligation Free Consultation.

Visit: www.granttweed.com

real estate Land For Sale Glenlea area property. S 1/2 of S/E 1/4 of 12-8-2E, 72-ac. RM of Macdonald. Gravel road access. RTK drainage has been done. Phone: (204)227-8593 MANITOBA FARM LAND- FOR sale 2000-acs 1977 cultivated R.M. of Stanley & Pembina, Good productive land, Manitoba Crop insurance C & D, Option to lease back to vendor. Contact: Melvin Toews at Golden Plains Realty Ltd. Tel:(204)745-3677.

MANITOBA- RED RIVER VALLEY 153-acs Soybean, Cash Crop Farm Located on an Paved road NW1/4 3-3-6wpm, 2.5-mi west of Morden, on Hwy No:3. Invest now in Agriculture. Contact, Melvin Toews at Golden Plains Realty Ltd. Tel:(204)745-3677.

SECTION OF PASTURELAND for rent, new fence, 4 dugouts, corral system, excellent for faraway owners. (204)436-2571

real estate Land For Sale REVISED ADVERTISEMENT FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER IN THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF DUFFERIN. This advertisement has been revised to include an additional piece of land (PARCEL IV below) described in Certificate of Title No. 35817 MLTO (Roll No. 45200.000), as well as the originally advertised land (PARCELS I,II, AND III below), described in Certificate of Title No. 2695380/4 (Roll Nos. 45000.000 and 45100.000) PARCEL I: SE 1/4 19-6-4 WPM EXCEPTING - ALL THAT PORTION THEREOF CONVEYED TO THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY OF MANITOBA. PARCEL II: SW 1/4 19-6-4 WPM EXCEPTING FIRSTLY- THE NLY 1287 FEET OF THE WLY 880 FEET. SECONDLY- ALL THAT PORTION DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A POINT IN THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF SAID QUARTER SECTION DISTANT ELY FROM THE WESTERN LIMIT OF SAID QUARTER SECTION 880 FEET; THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF SAID QUARTER SECTION 713 FEET; THENCE SOUTH PARALLEL TO THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF SAID QUARTER SECTION 1221 FEET; THENCE WEST PARALLEL TO THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF SAID QUARTER SECTION 713 FEET; THENCE NORTH AND PARALLEL WITH THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF SAID QUARTER SECTION 1221 FEET TO THE POINT OF COMMENCEMENT. THIRDLYROAD PLAN NOS. 1086 MLTO AND 1173 MLTO. PARCEL III: ALL THAT PORTION OF SE 1/4 19-6-4 WPM TAKEN FOR RAILWAY RIGHT-OFWAY PLAN 779 MLTO (C DIV) EXCEPTING THEREOUT- ALL MINES AND MINERALS AS IN DEED 92-7809 MLTO. PARCEL IV: ALL THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTH-WEST QUARTER OF SECTION NINETEEN, IN TOWNSHIP SIX AND RANGE FOUR, WEST OF THE PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE PROVINCE OF MANITOBA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE NORTHERN LIMIT OF SAID QUARTER SECTION DISTANT EASTERLY FROM THE WESTERN LIMIT OF SAID QUARTER SECTION, EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FEET: THENCE EAST AND ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDRY OF SAID QUARTER SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN FEET: THENCE SOUTH AND PARALELL WITH THE WESTERN LIMIT OF SAID QUARTER SECTION, TWELVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE FEET: THENCE WEST AND PARALELL WITH THE NORTHERN LIMIT OF SAID QUARTER SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN FEET: THENCE NORTH AND PARALLEL WITH THE WESTERN LIMIT OF SAID QUARTER SECTION, TWELVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE FEET TO THE POINT OF COMMENCEMENT. TENDER MUST BE for the entirety of the land described above, and all buildings attached thereto. SEALED TENDERS TO PURCHASE the land will be received by: QUEEN’S BENCH B28-25 Tupper Street North, Portage La Prairie MB R1N 1M9 until 4:30pm on April 3, 2014. SEALED TENDERS will be opened at a session of the Court of Queen’s Bench at 12:30pm April 4, 2014, or so soon after as this matter may be heard at: QUEEN’S BENCH COURT HOUSE 20-3rd Street South East, Portage La Prairie MB R1N 1M9. TERMS OF TENDER ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. Each Tender shall be in writing and in a sealed envelope, plainly marked as to its contents and shall be submitted with a certified cheque payable to GREENBERG & GREENBERG, IN TRUST, in an amount equal to 5% of the tender price. 2. If the Tender is accepted, the certified cheque shall become a non-refundable deposit. If the Tender fails to complete the purchase of the property the Seller shall retain the deposit as liquidated damages. On April 7, 2014 unsuccessful Tenders will have their certified cheques returned to them by regular mail. 3. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by cash, certified cheque, or lawyer’s trust cheque and trust conditions on May 1, 2014 (the Closing Date). 4. Vacant possession will be provided on Closing Date. 5. The Buyers will pay the 2014 taxes. 6. The Vendors will pay all the property taxes and penalties relating to taxes accruing to December 31, 2013. 7. The Tenderer will pay the applicable Goods and Services Tax or provide an acceptable undertaking to self-assess.

8. Time is to be of the essence in submission of tender and closing of sale. 9. Highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. 10. The Purchasers rely entirely on their own knowledge and inspection of the property independent of any representations made by or on behalf of the owners. 11.

This sale is by order of the court in the matter of Derksen v. Derksen, Queen’s Bench File No. FD 13-03-00909. For further particulars and inspection contact: John A. Jones, Greenberg & Greenberg, Box 157 Portage La Prairie MB R1N 3B2. Phone (204)857-6878 FARMLAND FOR SALE IN THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE. Murraydale Farms Ltd. is now open to accepting offers to purchase for the following farmland: E1/2 SE1/4 32-10-04W approx. 73.34-ac, SW1/4 33-10-04W approx. 146.62-ac, NE1/4 23-10-04W approx.

160-ac. All land had 35 phosphate and 20 potash applied last fall for fertilizer to be ready to crop soybeans. TERMS OF SUBMITTING OFFERS: Written offers to purchase the land will be received by Ammeter Law Group, 7 Donald St, Winnipeg, MB R3L 2S6, Attention Caitlin Schmidt until 5:00pm on APRIL 4, 2014. Offers to purchase shall be open for acceptance until 5:00pm on APRIL 11, 2014. The offers to purchase must be accompanied by a certified cheque in an amount equal to 5% of the purchase price in the offer to purchase, made payable to Ammeter Law Group, in trust. A copy of the offer to purchase must also be e-mailed to Corey D. Murray at coreydmurray@gmail.com. Any specific questions pertaining to the land should be directed to Corey Murray at (204)856-9380 or coreydmurray@gmail.com. The offers to purchase must be on the approved form. Parties interested in submitting an offer can contact Corey Murray to get a copy of the approved form of offer to purchase. Once an offer to purchase is accepted, the cheque shall become the deposit, refundable only according to the terms set out in the offer to purchase. Deposit cheques accompanying unaccepted offers to purchase will be returned after the period for accepting the offers to purchase have expired. The offer to purchase with the highest purchase price will not necessarily be accepted. TERMS & CONDITIONS OF SALE: The specific terms and conditions of the sale shall be contained in the offers to purchase. Interested parties must rely on their own inspection & knowledge of the land. Possession date April 2014, negotiable. The successful purchaser will be responsible for all property taxes for 2014.

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FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER IN THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF DUFFERIN. NE1/4 35-7-5 WPM Excepting- Nly 1,096-ft of Ely 874 & 3/10ths ft The farmland is currently owned by Marcel & Cheryl Lehmann. SEALED TENDERS TO PURCHASE the land will be received by: LEE & LEE LAW OFFICE 5 Centre Ave W PO Box 656 Carman, MB R0G 0J0 until 5:00pm Mar. 18th, 2014. TERMS OF TENDER ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. Each Tender shall be in writing & in a sealed envelope, plainly marked as to its contents & shall be submitted w/a cheque payable to Lee & Lee, IN TRUST, in an amount equal to 5% of the tender price. 2. If the Tender is accepted, the cheque shall become a non-refundable deposit. If the Tenderer fails to complete the purchase of the property the Seller shall retain the deposit as liquidated damages. The successful Tenderer shall immediately enter into an agreement for sale setting out the terms of the Tender. 3. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by cash, certified cheque, or lawyer’s trust cheque on Apr. 15th, 2014 (the Closing Date). 4. Vacant possession will be provided on the Closing Date. 5. The Buyers will pay the 2014 taxes. 6. The Vendors will pay all the property taxes & penalties relating to taxes accruing to Dec. 31st, 2013. 7. The Tenderer will pay the applicable Goods & Services Tax or provide an acceptable undertaking to self-assess. 8. Time is to be of the essence in submission of the tender & closing of sale. 9. Highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. 10. The Purchasers rely entirely on their own knowledge & inspection of the property independent of any representations made by or on behalf of the owners. For further particulars contact: Brock G. Lee, Q.C. Lee & Lee Law Office 5 Centre Ave W PO Box 656 Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Phone (204)745-6751.

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