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Shortcomings remain in grain transport bill The bill is now law, but its effectiveness is in doubt By Alex Binkley cooperator staff

fter speedy Senate approval last week, the federal grain transportation bill became law before the end of May. But the upper chamber pointed out many shortcomings remain in transportation law, which need to be rectified in the upcoming review of the Canada Transportation Act. The main concern revolves around the bill’s failure to spell out details of the service level agreements between shippers and carriers that will be regulated by the Canadian Transportation Agency, said Senator Terry Mercer. Despite frequent requests to Transport Minister Lisa Raitt and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, C30 The Fair Rail for Farmers Act does not provide for a definition of adequate and suitable transportation or for the term “service obligations.” It also didn’t require the government to ensure new regulations on farmer-graincompany contracts, interswitching and service-level agreements are in place by this August. As a result of the deficiencies, the ministers should require the CTA review to work on definitions for adequate and suitable and for service-level obligations,

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Turning the sod on water management with multiple benefits The Pelly Lake Watershed Management project will help control spring runoff, boost hay yields, reduce nutrient loads and produce biofuel

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LaSalle Redboine Conservation District manager Justin Reid prepares to turn the sod on the new project using an old coal shovel as board members look on. Photo Laura Rance By Laura Rance Co-operator editor Holland, Man.

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n a symbolic nod to the past, officials here used an old coal shovel to turn the sod on a project many see as a new future of renewable energy and renewed water quality. After decades of failed attempts to drain a picturesque valley located about five km southeast of Holland so that farmers could use it for hay and pasture, local landowners working through the La Salle Redboine Conservation District, have opted to turn it back to the cattails — at least for now. “We really are looking at a cattail farm,” said Manitoba Conservation Minister Gord Macintosh from the lookout point and site of a planned

interpretative centre on the north side of the valley. The Pelly Lake Water Management Area will use two water-retention structures to purposely hold back water in the spring to backflood the area, similar to the Lizard Lake Ducks Unlimited project near Manitou. Approximately 1,200 acrefeet of water, a volume equivalent to onethird of the Stephenfield Lake Reservoir located to the south, will be retained. The water will be released gradually beginning in June of each year to act as a lateseason recharge for that reservoir as well as other downstream reservoirs. But there is a long list of other spinoff benefits associated with this project — flood mitigation, nutrient removal, wetland enhancement, water storage, climate change adaptation, habitat protec-

tion and public education — not to mention the potential for renewable energy production from harvesting cattails for biofuel. That’s why it’s been generating a buzz in the conservation community and how the conservation district was able to enlist support from three levels of government and at least three non-government conservation organizations for the $300,000 plan. “I think we have here so many dividends from this investment. Yes it is about water retention and ensuring that we better manage the flood risk; it also then means we are better managing the drought risk,” Mackintosh said. But it is the potential for projects like See WATER PROJECT on page 6 »

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esearchers have been monitoring honeybee “waggle dances” to track where they find the best nectar and pollen and measure the benefits of biodiverse landscapes. The results reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology May 22 suggest that costly measures to set aside agricultural lands and let the wildflowers grow can be very beneficial to bees. “In the past two decades, the European Union has spent 41 billion euros on agrienvironment schemes, which aim to improve the rural landscape health and are required for all EU-member s t a t e s ,” s a y s M a r g a r e t Couvillon of the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects at the University of Sussex in a release. “Our work uses a novel source of data — the honeybee, an organism that itself can benefit from a healthy rural landscape — to evaluate not only the environment, but also the schemes used to manage that environment.” Couvillon and her coll e a g u e s, l e d by Fra n c i s R a t n i e k s , re c o rd e d a n d

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decoded the waggle dances of bees in three hives over a two-year period. Bees dance to tell their fellow bees where to find the good stuff: the best nectar and pollen. The angle of their dances conveys information about the direction of resources while the duration conveys distance. Researchers can measure those dance characteristics in a matter of minutes with a protractor and timer. The study shows that honeybees can serve as bioindicators to monitor large land areas and provide information relevant to better environmental management, the researchers say. It also gives

new meaning to the term “worker bee.” “Imagine the time, manpower, and cost to survey such an area on foot — to monitor nectar sources for quality and quantity of production, to count the number o f o t h e r f l ow e r- v i s i t i n g insects to account for competition, and then to do this over and over for two foraging years,” Couvillon says. “Instead, we have let the honeybees do the hard work of surveying the landscape and integrating all relevant costs and then providing, through their dance communication, this biologically relevant information about landscape quality.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 5, 2014

Southwestern Manitoba farmers hard-pressed to finish on time Some have barely started and it just keeps raining By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

ome Manitoba fields are so wet it’s unlikely farmers will get them seeded by the June 20 crop insurance deadline, say industry officials. The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) won’t know for sure until seeded acreage reports are tabulated later in the season, but officials are predicting unseeded acres will be higher this year than last due to excess moisture. Seeding progress var ies depending mainly on how much rain has fallen in recent weeks, but most areas including the east and southeast, Interlake and north and south of Riding Mountain National Park are behind normal. The southwest has been especially hard hit. For some farmers it’s the second year in a row. “We really haven’t turned a wheel here yet,” Fred Greig, a seed grower south of Reston said in an interview June 2. “Locally I’d say about 10 per cent is in. “Now that we’re into June and... every second or third day we get rain — so all of sudden we’re not looking at starting until the middle of June and sowing into muck, so I think the white flag has been

“There are some areas that aren’t going to get planted.” Bruce Burnett CWB

raised. Guys are thinking now winter wheat and fall rye.” A Melita-area farmer who asked not to be named said only 10 per cent of his crop has been seeded. Southwest Manitoba and southeast Saskatchewan are the wettest areas in Western Canada, with the highest percentage of unseeded acres, Bruce Burnett, CWB’s weather and crop specialist said May 29. Much of the region went into the winter with saturated soils and has received above normal rainfall this spring, he said. “There are some areas that aren’t going to get planted,” he said. The southwest is pothole country, so water can’t run off, and the wet areas grow with each rain. “In the southwest I’d say some areas are 50 to 60 per cent done and some just nicely getting going,” said Lionel Kaskiw, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development’s farm production advisor at Souris. He guessed as of June 2, 50 to

60 per cent of the region’s cereals were in the ground and 20 to 30 per cent of the oilseeds. Much of region was getting more rain at press time Monday. “Some that are just starting I’m thinking won’t get it done,” he added. “The guys with a fair bit in say they’re leaving, say, 20 per cent of the field because it’s so wet. We definitely have wet conditions.” “The unplanted area in western Manitoba is larger than what it was last year at this time,” Burnett said. “If we get a dry spell... planting can proceed very rapidly and we still have time to get this crop in, but we’re certainly going to be cutting a fine line here because those areas that had heavy rain last week, they can’t afford to have anything more than a quarter inch of rain for the rest of the planting season or that will set them back.” Last year 219,241 insured crop acres were too wet to plant by June 20, triggering $7.9 million of payouts under the

Keystone Agricultural Producers’ president Doug Chorney says wet fields are preventing many Manitoba farmers from seeding. photo: supplied

Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s (MASC) Excess Moisture Insurance program. The year before 117,623 acres were to wet to seed resulting in $2.9 million in EMI payouts. The record was set in 2011 when three million acres went , resulting in $161.7 in payouts. Keystone Agricultural Producers president Doug Chorney said it was been another tough seeding season for many farmers again this year, as he wrapped up planting his crops May 30 near East Selkirk farm. He described himself as a relatively small farmer with larger equipment and some winter wheat in the ground. “Anybody trying to farm say 4,000 acres with one air seeder they’re finding it a nightmare,” he said. ‘There are just not enough days. There are a lot of guys like that.”

Although the crop insurance seeding deadline for cereals in June 20, the odds of getting a good crop seeding that late are low, he added. “Last year was an exception... but we’ll hope for a repeat,” Chorney said. Re c e n t w a r m e r w e a t h e r will help the crop that’s in the ground make up for being seeded later, Burnett said. “This warm up in temperatures that we’ve seen is absolutely very positive for the farmers that have their crops planted,” he said. “If you remember last year we did get the crop planted but it didn’t develop ver y fast because we d i d n’t g e t w a r m t e m peratures right after seeding. That’s one difference this year.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Staff / The federal government has renewed the five-year Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) to assist industry organizations’ response to emerging issues and develop new opportunities, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced May 26. Under CAAP (2014-19), over $50 million will be available for investments in industry-led projects that will help the sector seize opportunities, respond to emerging issues, and investigate and pilot approaches to deal with new and ongoing challenges. The renewed program will enable the agricultural industry to proactively tap into opportunities and tackle unforeseen challenges, similar to the projects pursued by Pulse Canada and the Flax Council of Canada that received investments under the previous CAAP program (2009-14). The program is open

and applications will be accepted on a continuous basis until funds are fully utilized. All projects must be either national or sectorwide in scope. CAAP (2014-19) complements existing investments currently being provided under Growing Forward 2, the five-year federalprovincial-territorial framework that includes a $3-billion investment in strategic initiatives that foster innovation, promote market development and competitiveness. Pulse Canada secured funds under the previous program for a pulse flourmilling project aimed at developing processing techniques to produce pulse flours for food product applications. The flax sector turned to the program to develop and implement a comprehensive farm stewardship, export testing and market awareness program that was instrumental in reopening the export market in the EU, Japan and Brazil after the discovery an unwanted genetically modified variety was found in shipments.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 5, 2014

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Their patience paid off

t’s hard not to think big thoughts as one stands on the ridge overlooking the rolling vista and lush valley that is becoming the Pelly Lake Water Management Area near Holland. Judging from the conversations at last week’s sod-turning, that lookout point was frequented by the big thinkers behind this idea over the 10 years it took to pull this Laura Rance project together. Editor Getting two farmers to agree on a water management issue is tough enough. Just try getting six landowners, three levels of government and three non-government organizations on the same page. When it comes to water management, which in the past has typically been about drainage, there are winners, as in the ones getting rid of the water, and losers, the ones on the receiving end. So it’s no wonder it took a decade to make the Pelly Lake Water Management project a reality. That seems like a long time in a world that is perpetually in fast-forward mode. But in this case, it appears it was time well spent, as the project that is emerging gives all stakeholders an opportunity to emerge a winner. When this project is in place, area cattle farmers will have access to more hay, there will be less nutrient contamination of the province’s waterways — including Lake Winnipeg, and the region may have access to new sources of energy from cattails harvested, baled and burned as biofuel. But it is hoped keeping the water on the land longer than the usual spring drainage flush will encourage fewer cattails and more native forages for local farmers to harvest. That creates a closed nutrient cycle, an additional advantage for area producers. The local conservation district deserves a lot of credit for coaxing this one along, relying on project managers to stickhandle their way through the technical negotiations with funding agencies, and on community leaders to bring local landowners on board. Participation required landowners to agree to conservation easements on their property, which limits how they can manage that land in the future. That is a significant investment on their part at today’s land prices. The thing is, this type of builds resilience in a system that may have to adapt quickly to climate change. Here’s hoping this becomes a model for further developments along a similar vein.

Building a better value chain

2012 report prepared by the Canadian Agricultural Policy Institute (CAPI) that concluded that Canada’s beef sector’s value chain is broken was a wakeup call for the industry. “Canada’s beef sector needs a robust, long-term strategy — and a sustained commitment to execute the strategy — if it wishes to secure its place as a competitive force in domestic and global markets,” the report said. That report became the catalyst for a so-called “Straw Man process,” a sector-wide brainstorming exercise attempting to find out how it is broken and identify how to fix it. One the recommendations emerging from that process was to establish a benchmark of the current situation as the first step towards “advancing greater alignment and synergy.” The summaries of two independently conducted benchmarking exercises carried out in the wake of the Straw Man exercise both reached similar conclusions: the sector has a long way to go. The Canadian Beef Benchmarking Study, based on interviews with a cross-section of the sector, reported that most industry participants don’t feel the sector works well together as a team. The reason is simple. Under its present configuration,

of one part of the chain does well, it tends to be the expense of others. “The overriding transactional nature of the industry in turn drives the need for each sector and each player within that sector to maximize his or her own position. Thus transactions are based on a zero sum game (if I pay you less, then I make more; and vice versa). This dynamic underlies the general ‘opportunistic’ nature of business relationships within the industry and in turn the persistent level of mistrust between chain players.” the report said. The second study, based on a survey by Farm Credit Canada, gave the sector a score of 10.2 out of a possible 100 on a “positivity scale.” “Put another way, nearly nine in 10 beef industry members think something is amiss in the beef industry — whether it’s industry synergy, beef association success, or the effectiveness of the national checkoff,” the FCC report said. When it is all about winners and losers, it’s hard to share the kinds of information that can improve the bottom line for all value chain participants. Judging from this exercise, the sector has a long way to go. But at least it has started the process. Keep talking. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Who is Cereals Canada and why should you care? By Cam Dahl

armers today, no matter what they are producing, belong to, or support a number of agriculture associations and organizations. However, when does it become too much? Does Canadian agriculture really need all these organizations? These are valid questions for farmers to ask. Let me answer these questions from the perspective of one of the new kids on the block, Cereals Canada. Cereals Canada is a national organization that invests both producer and company funds. So how do these investments directly benefit your farm? In Western Canada, the end of the CWB’s marketing monopoly has resulted in gaps in industry co-ordination, and Cereals Canada was created to fill these gaps and to co-ordinate efforts across the entire country. Cereals Canada provides an opportunity for the industry as a whole to guide the growth and development of Canadian cereals research, market outreach and customer support. Our goal is to ensure a profitable and vibrant future for all links in the cereal value chain. Words like “value chain” are often used as catch phrases that don’t really have a lot of meaning. So what do we mean? Cereals Canada’s board of directors has equal representation from producer organizations, grain handling, export and processing firms, and crop development and seed companies. Each sector also pays one-third of Cereals Canada’s budget. This equal representation is both deliberate and important. Everyone involved in growing and marketing cereal grains are better off when the industry works together on common goals. The alternative is each sector retreating to their individual silos and viewing everyone else as a competitor. That approach will quickly lead to duplication, wasted efforts and investment

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flowing to other commodities and other countries. In the past, issues in the Canadian cereals sector have become politicized with strong irrevocable positions taken by the various “sides.” This has not always served the best interest of the value chain as a whole. It is Cereals Canada’s goal to help lead the industry away from the politicization of industry direction and focus on solutions that will maximize the sector’s competitive advantages. Getting everyone involved in the industry and sitting around one table is a critical step to ensure we remain focused on markets and not on politics. Cereals Canada has also been established to co-ordinate market development and innovation. One of the first steps is to develop a clearer understanding of the quality characteristics that will draw a premium from the market and what customers are willing to pay that premium. Canada has a strong reputation for highquality products. This time of transition in the cereals sector presents an opportunity to build on the Canadian brand in both international and domestic markets. Taking advantage of these marketing opportunities will increase the value of Canadian cereals for farmers, grain marketers and crop development companies, while delivering strong value to our customers. That is the ultimate goal for Cereals Canada — ensure that cereal grains are profitable for all involved. I want to see farmers choose to grow cereals because of strong profit margins. I want to see investment in innovation flow into Canada and our cereals industry because of a strong return on this investment. I want to see our customers coming back year after year because Canada consistently delivers what they want. This is how success for Cereals Canada will be measured. Cam Dahl is president of Cereals Canada

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pparently there could be enough wind to fly a kite but still spray safely, according to this advertisement from our June 6, 1968 issue. The main story of the week said that customers were said to be holding back on wheat purchases, anticipating that the U.S. would not ratify the International Grains Arrangement and continue selling wheat below the proposed minimum of $1.95 1/4 per bushel. Canadian wheat exports were running at half the level of the previous year. General rains had improved crop conditions across the Prairies, and seeding was virtually complete except for parts of Manitoba. However warm weather was helping and on June 3 Winnipeg broke a temperature record, reaching 90.8 F (32.7 C). Manitoba Telephone System announced a proposed reduction in longdistance rates in Manitoba. A three-minute call between Brandon and Winnipeg would be reduced from 50 to 40 cents ($3.37 to $2.69 in 2014 dollars). CN Rail demonstrated a dual-purpose rail car, which was a doubledecked livestock container which could be mounted on a flat car and removed when the flat car was needed for other purposes.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

National Geographic article addresses global food needs in 2050 Jonathan Foley outlines a five-point plan for doubling food availability while reducing agriculture’s environmental footprint By Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer

he challenge of feeding an expected world population of over nine billion in 2050 — at least two billion more than today — has attracted considerable attention, resulting in a wide range of responses. A year and a half ago, the expectation was that the world’s agricultural production would have to increase by 70 per cent over the following 38 years. In our November 11, 2012 column (http:// agpolicy.org/weekcol/643.html), we pointed out that using conventional technology we were able to move from feeding a world population of four billion in 1974 to feeding seven billion in 2012 — an increase of 75 per cent over a 38-year period. The expected population increase between 2012 and 2050 was 28 per cent. But the challenge is not simply one of meeting the needs of more than two billion additional people — plus the 850-plus million who currently are unable to meet their nutritional needs. With rising incomes in the major developing countries, the demand for animal-based protein also increases the need for the production of gains and oilseeds. Taken together — along with a slight increase in the projected population — it is now expected that crop production will need to double by 2050.

Five-step plan

Letters

In an article in the May 2014 issue of National Geographic, titled “A Five Step Plan to Feed the World,” Jonathan Foley argues, “It doesn’t have to be industrial farms versus small, organic ones. There’s another way.” Foley directs the Institute on the Environment at the University of Chicago. Foley begins his article by identifying the environmental problems created by current agricultural practices: the release of methane from “cattle and rice fields, nitrous oxide from fertilized fields, and carbon dioxide from the cutting of forests to grow crops or raise livestock.” He also says that agriculture is both a big consumer and polluter of water and it “accelerates the loss of biodiversity.” He makes it clear

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in his article that agriculture needs to both reduce its negative environmental impact and increase its effective agricultural output if agriculture is to feed the 2050 population in a more sustainable way. He also identifies the all-too-familiar battle between those who believe that conventional agriculture is the only way to meet the coming challenge and “the proponents of local and organic farms.” He argues that elements of both arguments are part of the solution to meeting the needs of the increasing demand for agricultural production. “I was,” Foley writes, “fortunate to lead a team of scientists who confronted this simple question: How can the world double the availability of food while simultaneously cutting the environmental harm caused by agriculture? After analyzing reams of data on agriculture and the environment, we proposed five steps that could solve the world’s food dilemma.”

Freeze footprint

The first step for Foley and his team is to “freeze agriculture’s footprint.” In the past agriculture responded to the need for increased production by, in part, converting forests and grasslands to farm fields and pastures for livestock production. This expansion must stop, he argues. Instead, and this is his second step, we need to “grow more on [the] farms we’ve got.” He sees the major gains coming from farmland “where there are ‘yield gaps’ between current production levels and those possible with improved farming practices.” Here he argues that both high-tech and organic techniques can contribute to increasing yields. He notes that “only 55 per cent of food-crop calories directly nourish people. Meat, dairy, and eggs from animals raised on feed supply another four per cent.” “Use resources more efficiently” is Foley’s third step. He takes one paragraph to identify the positive changes that conventional agriculture has made in this direction with the targeted use of fertilizers and pesticides through the use of GPS and soil testing. Foley also devotes a paragraph to the benefits that

PC Party misrepresenting the facts The PC Party of Manitoba is once again misrepresenting the facts in order to score political points. The latest example comes from Blaine Pedersen, the critic for MAFRD in the May 29 letter “More limits on education tax rebates.” For starters, pre-printed application forms for all landowners who had applied for a 2012 rebate were mailed in early October 2013, not December as Mr. Pedersen contends. Blank application forms were available on MASC’s Internet site at the same time. Unlike the opposition, this government is committed to ensuring that rural school divisions don’t face funding

Reducing waste is seen as the most effective measure for sustainably increasing global food supplies. photo: thinkstock

organics can bring “by incorporating cover crops, mulches, and compost to improve soil quality, conserve water, and build up nutrients.” Foley argues that “advances in both conventional and organic farming can give us more ‘crop per drop’ from our water and nutrients.”

Shared responsibility

The first three steps are ones that primarily depend upon the actions of farmers. The fourth step, “shift diets,” is in part targeted at consumers in the developed countries. In a call to change that certainly will draw the ire of the producers of animal protein, particularly beef, Foley calls for the adoption of a less meat-intensive diet. And then by calling for a reduction in the use of food crops and land for biofuels, he will incur the wrath of crop farmers. Both of these actions are aimed at increasing the percentage of crop production that goes to providing additional food without increasing the land area devoted to agriculture. Fifth, Foley argues for reducing waste. When it comes to waste, we are all familiar with the need to improve harvest techniques and storage techniques in the developing world. In addition to talking about that, Foley points out that “in rich countries most of that

cuts while also providing education property tax rebates to Manitobans. This year alone, our investment in education includes an additional $24.4 million for schools across the province. The Farmland School Tax Rebate was put in place by this NDP government in order to help Manitoba farm families. Since its inception, it has saved families a quarter of a billion dollars. It started in 2004 at a rate of 33 per cent, and we have since increased it to 80 per cent. In order to ensure the rebate remains financially sustainable into the future, the province has put in place some reasonable measures. That includes limiting the rebate to only Manitoba residents, capping the annual rate, and reducing the time to apply. For all their

waste occurs in homes, restaurants, or supermarkets… Consumers in the developed world could reduce waste by taking such simple steps as serving smaller portions, eating leftovers, and encouraging cafeterias, restaurants, and supermarkets to develop waste-reducing measures.” He then points out that “of all of the options for boosting food availability, tackling waste would be one of the most effective.” “Taken together, these five steps could more than double the world’s food supplies and dramatically cut the environmental impact of agriculture worldwide. But it won’t be easy. These solutions require a big shift in thinking. For most of our history we have been blinded by the overzealous imperative of more, more, more in agriculture — clearing more land, growing more crops, using more resources. We need to find a balance between producing more food and sustaining the planet for future generations,” Foley writes. Daryll E. Ray holds the Blasingame Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Policy, Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, and is the Director of UT’s Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC). Harwood D. Schaffer is a Research Assistant Professor at APAC. http:// www.agpolicy.org.

complaints about this popular tax incentive, it’s important to remember that when the PCs were in power, there was no farmland school tax rebate. The NDP on the other hand provides Manitobans with more than $336 million in education property tax relief, something Mr. Pedersen conveniently ignores. In his letter, Mr. Pedersen provided his contact information. It is my suggestion that you contact him to ask for a description of his party’s plans for protecting rural schools and providing property tax rebates. Because from what we’ve seen, no such plan exists. Ron Kostyshyn Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development

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this one to retain and recycle nutrients that could become its most important role. An estimated 5,000 kg of phosphorus will be removed from the water flowing through the project annually. That is phosphorus that would otherwise be on a oneway trip to Lake Winnipeg, Macintosh said. “It costs money, increasingly so. We are bringing it all the way from India and China and we’ve got phosphorus right here that we’re flushing away to our great lake where it is making a mess when it could be on the land growing crops,” he said. The International Institute for Sustainable Development has been conducting a pilot project harvesting and baling the cattails, burning them as biofuel, and collecting the phosphorus from the residue. Harold Purkess, a local landowner and municipal councillor said he first became interested in the concept after touring the Lizard Lake project. “I could see the incredible difference it made to the vegetation there, and couldn’t see any reason why it couldn’t work here,” the retired cattle and PMU farmer said. Farmers in the Lizard Lake area saw significant increases in forage production as a result of the backflooding. Purkess is one of six landowners, including the RM of Victoria, that have allowed conservation easements on land that will be used to temporarily store the water. While some landowners in the area were initially hesitant to sign agreements that limited how they could manage their land, Purkess said the benefits far outweigh the costs.

Landowners near Holland are co-operating in a water management project that will hold back spring runoff, serve as a nutrient sink and potentially harvest cattails for biofuel. PHOTOS: LAURA RANCE

“Whether they are harvesting cattails or taking the hay off for livestock, it becomes a phosphorus cycle instead of a phosphorus drain.” JUSTIN REID

La Salle Redboine Conservation District Manager

“We really don’t lose the use of it. We can still use it as pasture, we can still cut hay on it, it’s just that it can never be broken or farmed cultivated,” he said. “I guess the best outcome we could hope for would be for the native grasses to come back and the cattails and the rushes disappear.”

Manitoba Conservation Minister Gord Mackintosh said the project has multiple spinoff benefits, including improved water quality.

“But even if that doesn’t happen, if we can add value to these cattails for the biofuel market, it is a huge plus for the area,” he said. Conservation district manager Justin Reid said the long-

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term objective is to push back the cattails through repeated flooding so that native grasslands can be restored. “Whether they are harvesting cattails or taking the hay off for livestock, it becomes a phos-

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he said. The Senate wants the government and the agency to consult with all stakeholders when establishing mandatory volume requirements and ensure that these take into account producer car, short-line and corridor-by- corridor requirements. Going back to the Fair Rail Freight Law passed in 2012, shippers have been pressing the government to clarify the ambiguous provisions surrounding service level agreements. “There are not enough teeth in the appropriate legislation to define them properly,” Mercer said. The new law doesn’t “go far enough to address the current backlog of grain movement and ensure an efficient supply chain in the future,” he added. As well, its focus on grain transportation could worsen the service available for other commodity shippers. “We are again trying to fix the transportation system without taking into account the entire system.” Mercer said another problem the government won’t discuss is the failure to create a body to take over the transportation coordination role the Canadian Wheat Board used to play before it lost its grain marketing monopoly last year. “While weather problems were a problem for the railways this year … so too was the lack of co-ordination amongst stakeholders in the system to get the grain out. That

Holland area landowner and municipal councillor Harold Purkess said improved water management could improve hay yields from the valley.

phorus cycle instead of a phosphorus drain,” he said. The conservation easements farmers signed with the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation (MHHC) protect more than 850 acres of wetland and riparian habitat. “The appraised value of those agreements is $175,000,” said MHHC chief executive officer Tim Sopuck, noting that is over and above the project costs. “That is the landowners’ contribution in the form of donated agreements.” “ They are basically conceding that they will never be able to annually crop this land — which is an interesting conception given all the climate uncertainties,” he said. “It is a significant concession. A lot of producers do think long-term.” laura@fbcpublishing.com

“We need to get all the players and the industry together to determine how we’re going to orderly market these commodities.” TERRY MERCER

was something the Canadian Wheat Board did — co-ordinate. “When we switched from the single desk to the open market, I do not believe there was another plan to address how individual farmers and suppliers acted on their own in a market where they were now not under the umbrella of a larger organization like the single desk at the wheat board,” he added. The government assumed the open market would look after the needs of the farmers and grain companies. If the system had worked, C30 wouldn’t have been needed. “We need to get all the players and the industry together to determine how we’re going to orderly market these commodities,” he said. “This is important. Again, while C-30 may fix the backlog of problems, what really needs to happen is a larger review of the entire system in order to try to mitigate and hopefully avoid similar problems in the future.”

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Fewer mosquitos than normal... for now The long winter has taken a bite out of spring mosquito populations, but numbers will rebound By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

f you’ve noticed a shortage of Manitoba’s unofficial bird — the mosquito — this spring, you’re not alone. The long winter and late spring have slowed mosquito activity in the province, but don’t expect that lull to last all summer. According to Steve Whyard with the University of Manitoba’s biological sciences department, mosquito populations will rebound in the coming weeks. “I can tell you that the late spring has slowed mosquito activity thus far, with fewer mosquitoes than normal for this time of year,” he said. “However, the long-range forecast of a wet spring favours a faster reproduction for many mosquito populations. So enjoy the low mosquito numbers now — they are likely to increase in the coming weeks.” Mosquito species that overwinter as adults would have been most affected by the harsh winter, adds University of Manitoba entomologist Terry Galloway. That includes the Culex tarsalis mos-

quito, the species responsible for the spread of West Nile virus. “We don’t know very much about what affects their overwintering survival, other than that they have to be somewhere that there has to be an optimal temperature,” Galloway said. “If they’re somewhere where it is too warm, they use up all their fat reserves and they die before it warms up and if it’s too cold they freeze to death, they have to be in a location where it is just the right temperature.” He said that generally speaking, the longer winter persists, the greater the mortality in mosquito populations that go through the winter months as adults. But once spring has arrived, population strength depends on how much standing water is available to them. If dry conditions persist, they will have difficulty finding habitat to reproduce in, but recent rains will have given all mosquito species a boost. Most species of woodland mosquitoes and some Prairie species overwinter as eggs, but they would have been protected from the bitter cold by the snowpack, Galloway said. The eggs are laid in depressions in the

“I don’t think there’ll be many people in Manitoba hoping for a cool summer to keep Culex tarsalis down, I think everyone wants some hot weather now.” Terry Galloway PHOTO: thinkstock

ground and hatch when the spring melt fills the depression with water. Species like Culex tarsalis lay their eggs in rafts on standing water. “And if we get one really heavy thunderstorm, in a particular area where we get two, three or four inches of rain, you get a massive hatch of mosquitoes, they put all their eggs back in the ditches and then those eggs don’t hatch till they’re flooded with rainwater again. So it all depends on the pattern and the amount of rainfall,” the entomologist said. “Over the whole season, it really depends on specific weather events.”

Like most Manitobans, the West Nile vectors also prefer hot summer weather. “A nice hot summer favours them, where if we have a cool summer that’s not so good for them,” Galloway said. “But I don’t think there’ll be many people in Manitoba hoping for a cool summer to keep Culex tarsalis down, I think everyone wants some hot weather now.” Updates on West Nile virus are issued by Manitoba Health throughout the summer and can be found at http:// www.gov.mb.ca/health/wnv/. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

WHAT’S UP Please forward your agricultural events to daveb@fbcpublishing. com or call 204-944-5762.

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June 14-15: Pioneer Power and Equipment Club annual show, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, 300 Commonwealth Way, Brandon Municipal Airport. Free admission. For more info call 204-763-4342. June 17: Hay and Silage Day, Friedensfeld Community Centre, Highway 303 (1.6 km east of Hwy. 12). For more info or to register call MAFRI before June 6 at 204346-6080. June 22-25: World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (WCCA6), RBC Convention Centre, 375 York Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.wcca6.org. July 6-8: Pulse and Special Crops Convention, Sheraton Cavalier, 612 Spadina Cres. E., Saskatoon. For more info visit www.specialcrops.mb.ca. July 18: Advanced organic crop diagnostic school, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Ian N. Morrison Research Farm, Carman. For more info or to pre-register (required) call Monika Menold at 204-745-5663. July 19: Springfield Country Fair, Dugald. Judging July 18. Call 204755-3464 or visit www.springfield agsociety.com July 24-27: Manitoba Threshermen’s Reunion and Stampede, Manitoba Agricultural Museum, Austin. For more info visit http://ag-museum.mb.ca/ events/threshermens-reunionand-stampede/.

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When scouting your crop, starting at flag leaf stage, please consider the following steps to determine whether to spray or not.

The only time you shouldn’t spray is when you have a poor looking crop and you are not in an area where fusarium head blight (FHB) is present.

If your crop doesn’t look good, but there is FHB present, a fungicide application can still pay and safeguard the yield and quality of your grain. Do some calculations and if your potential disease risk and expected return exceed the cost of application – you should protect your crop with a fungicide.

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If your crop looks good, you will definitely want to protect your investment with a fungicide application. Which product will provide the most bang for your buck? It depends on crop staging, current disease pressure and potential disease risks. Here is a quick chart to help make your fungicide decision easier.

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To see how It Pays to Spray in your area visit BayerCropScience.ca/ItPaystoSpray BayerCropScience.ca/ItPaystoSpray or 1 888-283-6847 or contact your Bayer CropScience representative. Always read and follow label directions. Folicur® and Prosaro® are registered trademarks of the Bayer Group. Bayer CropScience is a member of CropLife Canada.

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GAIN IN YIELD* SPRING WHEAT

+ 4.7 bu./ac.

Even when you can’t see disease symptoms, there is no such thing as a disease-free crop. A good crop is worth protecting – consider spraying an application of Folicur® EW or Prosaro® applied at head timing to help ensure top grade, quality and yield.

Folicur EW 3/4 rate, flag leaf OR

+ 5.7 bu./ac. Folicur EW full rate, head OR

+ 8.4 bu./ac. Prosaro, head

+ 2.4 bu./ac. + 3.0 bu./ac.

Folicur EW full rate, head OR

+ 4.2 bu./ac. Prosaro, head

Leaf disease damage to upper leaves or the flag leaf can cause irreparable injury to your crop and immediate action is required. Spray Folicur EW and reassess at head timing to determine whether a Prosaro application is required.

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Spray Folicur EW and re-assess at head timing to determine whether a Prosaro application is required. Consider following up with an application of Prosaro at head timing to help ensure top grade, quality and yield.

+ 9.5 bu./ac. Folicur EW 3/4 rate, flag leaf

+ 4.5 bu./ac. Folicur EW 3/4 rate, flag leaf

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When leaf disease is limited to lower/mid leaves at flag leaf timing, Bayer CropScience would suggest re-assessing at head timing and as disease pressure warrants, protect both your flag leaf and your head by spraying either Folicur EW or Prosaro.

Folicur EW 3/4 rate, flag leaf OR

+ 7.0 bu./ac.

Folicur EW full rate, head OR

+ 10.0 bu./ac.

Prosaro full rate, head

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Whenever you are in an FHB area, you should spray Prosaro or Folicur EW at head timing. However, if leaf disease is limited to the lower/mid leaves you have the ability to make your Prosaro or Folicur EW application at head timing to protect against both leaf disease and FHB.

Folicur EW 3/4 rate, flag leaf OR

+ 5.5 bu./ac.

Folicur EW full rate, head OR

+ 8.2 bu./ac. Prosaro, head

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There is no such thing as a disease-free crop. Even in the absence of disease symptoms, the mere fact that you are in an FHB area means you need to protect your crop. Apply Prosaro or Folicur EW at head timing.

Folicur EW 3/4 rate, flag leaf OR

*Gain in yield based on multi-year wheat Demonstration Strip Trial (DST) results in Western Canada, 107 replicated trials, 2008-2013. Results compared to yield of untreated check. †Yes FHB means yield data is derived from DST trials where both %FDK and DON ppm levels were greater than zero, indicating FHB was present within the trial. †No FHB means yield data is derived from DST trials where both %FDK and DON ppm were zero, indicating that no FHB was present within the trial.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices

Heifers

Alberta South $ 146.25 - 152.00 — 99.00 - 115.00 87.00 - 105.00 — $ 165.00 - 177.00 182.00 - 196.00 198.00 - 210.00 211.00 - 230.00 220.00 - 243.00 228.00 - 248.00 $ 152.00 - 171.00 165.00 - 180.00 179.00 - 196.00 190.00 - 209.00 200.00 - 219.00 201.00 - 222.00

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

(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.)

Futures (May 30, 2014) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change Feeder Cattle June 2014 138.02 0.42 August 2014 August 2014 139.17 0.52 September 2014 October 2014 142.95 0.28 October 2014 December 2014 146.05 0.60 November 2014 February 2015 147.65 0.45 January 2015 April 2015 148.45 0.75 March 2015 Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Week Ending May 24, 2014 45,107 10,319 34,788 NA 599,000

May 30, 2014

Expect lighter cattle volumes soon — just not yet Warm weather has left pastures ready for grazing

Ontario $ 130.57 - 162.36 140.61 - 159.98 79.74 - 113.12 79.74 - 113.12 101.93 - 126.54 $ 163.82 - 183.81 175.28 - 198.00 168.87 - 218.62 189.75 - 236.75 200.48 - 244.42 190.84 - 248.38 $ 152.21 - 166.70 158.11 - 173.14 157.63 - 189.93 170.91 - 205.03 177.26 - 216.90 174.06 - 221.13

Close 197.05 198.07 198.40 197.45 192.37 191.35

Change 1.68 1.52 1.90 2.20 2.17 2.10

Cattle Grades (Canada) Previous Year 41,715 10,096 31,619 NA 653,000

Week Ending May 24, 2014 498 20,109 16,577 879 658 5,877 154

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 627 20,838 14,308 670 740 3,960 53

Source: Manitoba Agriculture

(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg)

Futures (May 30, 2014) in U.S. Hogs June 2014 July 2014 August 2014 October 2014 December 2014

Current Week 227.00 E 210.00 E 218.46 222.89

Last Week 229.24 211.92 220.47 224.76

Close 114.30 120.60 124.90 106.00 94.65

Last Year (Index 100) 183.58 169.48 175.82 180.13

Change -3.30 -4.72 -3.20 -1.30 -0.40

Other Market Prices Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Choice Lambs (110+ lb.) (95 - 109 lb.) (80 - 94 lb.) (Under 80 lb.) (New crop)

Winnipeg (345 head) (wooled fats) — — Next Sale is June 4th — —

Chickens Minimum broiler prices as of April 13, 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 June 1, 2014 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.005 Undergrade .............................. $1.915 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.995 Undergrade .............................. $1.895 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.995 Undergrade .............................. $1.895 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.905 Undergrade............................... $1.820 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

Toronto 63.23 - 90.35 135.57 - 162.25 202.23 - 219.27 193.59 - 212.25 188.29 - 234.37 —

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 Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg (head) (Fats) — — —

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attle volumes at Manitoba auction yards rebounded for the week ended May 30 as producers brought 3,909 animals to market, compared to 3,151 the week before. Virden was the lone yard not to hold a sale due to the biweekly sales schedule, while Killarney saw just 134 animals make their way through the rings. For the most part, weather co-operated with the timing of the sales. Keith Cleaver of Heartland Livestock at Brandon says he expects lighter volumes are on the way. “I t h i n k t h e n u m b e r s w i l l p ro b a b l y decline (with) maybe small runs coming through the summer here.” About half of the 600 cattle Brandon saw last week were feeders, with about 60 to 70 bred cows and cow-calf pairs, he said. He’s not sure why there seems to be so many cows. “It was actually a little bit higher than what we expected. The number (of cows) still coming to market for slaughter is quite high.” Demand remains steady from local areas, the U.S. and Western Canada, but appears to be slipping from the East due to sparse numbers, he said. “For cattle to go east you kind of want to get them bought within a couple of days, so you can get your load on the road.” Prices remain steady overall with some strengthening in certain categories. For i n s t a n c e, A s h e r n re p o r t e d c ow s we re generally five to eight cents higher at its May 28 sale while Killarney said heifers

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were a big-ticket item for its customers, with one package of seven red heifers (400 pounds) bringing in $239 per hundredweight. Steers weighing under 700 lbs. were generally up across the board provincewide. “Cows, bulls were a little bit stronger this week and the feeder cattle were fully steady,” said Cleaver. Recent warm temperatures came at an opportune time, he said, as “some guys were definitely running out of hay, that’s for sure.” Pastures, he added, are at a point now where producers can start to turn their cattle loose. “Actually the grass is coming pretty good now this last week… finally some warmer temperatures, and we have enough moisture; we were just lacking heat.” Cleaver said he thinks conditions should be OK now as long as rains don’t get too intense. Despite the relative warming the province has received in recent days, he noted precipitation never seems to be far away. “It’s raining here again this morning,” he said May 29. “It seem you get a couple of nice days and then it rains again. It’s almost too wet.” Dave Sims writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

briefs

Russia suspends U.S. pig imports over virus fears moscow / reuters / Russia said May 29 it was suspending pig imports from the United States due to concern about outbreaks of the deadly porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv). The suspension took effect May 30, Russian state agricultural oversight agency Rosselkhoznadnor said in a statement. “This disease is spreading over more and more territory of various countries including the United States, Mexico, Canada and Japan,” the agency said, adding it was concerned about the continued worsening of

the situation in the United States. A farm in the state of Indiana became the first to confirm publicly it suffered a second PEDv outbreak, fuelling concerns the disease that has wiped out 10 per cent of the U.S. hog population would be harder to contain than had been expected. The Russian agency said it was halting imports “with the aim of preventing the disease from being brought into Russia.” Russia normally receives substantial supplies of live pigs from the United States, according to the agency. The top importers of live pigs from the United States are China, Mexico and Russia, according

to the U.S. Agriculture Department.

PEDv effect on Tyson Foods new york / reuters/ Tyson Foods Inc., the United States’ largest meat processor, is buying hogs that are 10 to 15 per cent heavier than usual, as it tries to cope with a drop in pig supplies due to a deadly virus. Tyson also expects to reduce hog slaughter and pork production levels more than usual this summer due to the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), chief executive Donnie Smith told Reuters on the sidelines of the BMO Farm to Markets conference in New York.

Toronto ($/cwt) 52.80 - 259.71 — 79.58 - 226.08

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

“Some guys were definitely running out of hay, that’s for sure.”

Dave Sims

Hog Prices E - Estimation MB. ($/hog) MB (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.) MB (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.) ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.) PQ (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)

$1 Cdn: $0.9202 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.0867 Cdn.

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(Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers & Heifers D1, 2 Cows $ 97.00 - 104.50 D3 Cows 90.00 - 97.00 Bulls 110.00 - 127.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 150.00 - 165.00 (801-900 lbs.) 165.00 - 183.00 (701-800 lbs.) 180.00 - 201.00 (601-700 lbs.) 180.00 - 205.00 (501-600 lbs.) 190.00 - 220.00 (401-500 lbs.) 190.00 - 225.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) — (801-900 lbs.) 135.00 - 160.00 (701-800 lbs.) 145.00 - 175.00 (601-700 lbs.) 160.00 - 190.00 (501-600 lbs.) 175.00 - 205.00 (401-500 lbs.) 180.00 - 210.00 Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers

EXCHANGES: May 30, 2014

Toronto ($/cwt) 16.00 - 41.00 27.00 - 43.31

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Good seeding weather casts chill on canola values World wheat supplies appear reasonably comfortable

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h e h o t s u mmer conditions seen a c r o s s We s t e r n C a n a d a d u r i n g the week ended May 30 were welcomed after the seemingly endless winter and helped farmers make good seeding progress in most areas. However, with better weather comes cheaper prices, and most North American grain and oilseed futures markets posted large losses during the week. Canola futures on ICE Futures Canada dropped sharply on May 27 and never fully recovered, losing close to C$30 per tonne in the front month and $20 in the newcrop months as the market shifted back to a full carry. From a chart perspective, it definitely looks as if the highs may be in for canola — at least for the time being. The July contract finished the week well off its major upside resistance near C$500 per tonne, seen only a couple of weeks earlier. Newcrop November also faces stiff resistance in the $490 to $500 per tonne level, and finished the week $30 lower at $466.30 per tonne. Weather always takes precedence at this time of year, and in Canada conditions were generally described as favourable during the last week of May. While there are always areas of concern and there is still a long growing season ahead, the bulk of intended canola acres are expected to be in the ground within the next week.

Week Ago

Year Ago

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

232.41

242.23

256.72

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

262.54

268.60

299.61

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

184.83

187.69

257.58

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

234.40

224.35

238.62

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

550.79

558.05

549.54

Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)

868.99

900.96

1,071.19

oilseeds

Corn, soy declines

Phil Franz-Warkentin

Last Week

All prices close of business May 29, 2014

In the U.S. Midwest, weather conditions were also close to ideal for planting corn and soybeans during the week, with just enough rain falling to help the emergence of those fields already planted. Soybeans lost US20 to 30 cents per bushel during the week, while corn was down by US12 to 18 cents. The biggest declines in both commodities were in the new-crop months, with good enduser demand and tightening supplies still propping up the nearby months to some extent. Wheat futures found themselves in a steady downtrend for most of the month of May, losing US$1 per bushel or more in all three U.S. contracts. Minneapolis and Kansas City futures finished the week near some major support levels, but the same can’t be said for Chicago’s soft wheat contracts. The dr y souther n Plains of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, where the bulk of the U.S. hard red winter wheat crop is grown, finally saw some much-needed rain over the past week, which helped ease some of the drought concerns in the region. However, after six months with no discernible moisture, the rain was likely “too little, too late” to be of much benefit for this year’s crop. The global wheat situation also remains reasonably comfortable, with large Canadian supplies, good Australian production prospects and a lack of disruptions out of the Black Sea region — so far. 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.

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business May 30, 2014 barley

Last Week

Week Ago

July 2014

150.00

October 2014

150.00

December 2014

152.00

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

July 2014

458.30

487.50

November 2014

464.90

485.80

January 2015

470.40

490.40

Special Crops Report for June 2, 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

23.00 - 24.00

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

21.50 - 23.00

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

15.00 - 16.50

Desi Chickpeas

19.00 - 21.50 — 15.20 - 16.00

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

8.80 - 13.00

Fababeans, large

—

Medium Yellow No. 1

6.25 - 7.00

Feed beans

—

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

54.00 - 54.00

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

38.00 - 38.00

Yellow No. 1

36.75 - 38.00

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

53.00 - 53.00

Brown No. 1

32.10 - 33.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

55.00 - 55.00

Oriental No. 1

27.30 - 28.75

Source: Stat Publishing SUNFLOWERS

No. 1 Black Beans

37.00 - 37.00

No. 1 Pinto Beans

28.00 - 32.00

No. 1 Small Red

39.00 - 39.00

No. 1 Pink

39.00 - 39.00

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

21.00

18.35

Report for May 30, 2014 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed)

32.00* Call for

Confection

details

—

Source: National Sunflower Association

China soy industry sees rays of hope, but glut persists Rising pork, egg prices are boosting demand for feed made from soy By Naveen Thukral and Niu Shuping singapore / beijing / reuters

emand for soybeans in China could pick up following defaults on cargoes in April, but it will take several months for processors to come out of the red with near-record imports and ov e r f l ow i n g s i l o s k e e p i n g a l i d on prices. Rising prices for pork and poultry products have buoyed hopes of better margins for crushing soybeans, which are often used to make animal feed ingredient soymeal. Importers in China, which buys

nearly two-thirds of soybeans traded in the world, defaulted on at least 500,000 tonnes of soybean cargoes, the biggest in a decade, as buyers struggled to get credit amid losses in processing beans. “It will take some time before things get back to normal,” said one Singapore-based senior executive at a global trading company which supplies beans to China. “They are still looking at huge arrivals and buyers have no choice b u t t o a c c e p t t h e s e b o a t s,” h e said, declining to be identified as he was not authorized to speak with media.

China’s soybean imports in May and June could climb to near-record highs of six million to seven million tonnes a month after JanuaryApril purchases jumped 41.2 per cent from a year ago to 21.85 million tonnes. That would bring totals in the first half of 2014 to around 34 million tonnes, 26 per cent higher than a year ago, traders and industry officials said. The surge in impor ts came as demand from the livestock industry slowed amid falling pork and poultry prices. But pork prices have been picking up on the back of govern-

ment stockpiling, while appetite for chicken and eggs looks set to grow as memories of a bird flu outbreak fade. China’s soybean stocks at major p o r t s h a ve c l i m b e d t o 6 . 8 m i llion tonnes, according to consult a n c y Sh a n g h a i J C In t e l l i g e n c e ( JCI), just shy of an all-time peak of seven million tonnes and more than four million tonnes at the end of 2013. Soymeal stockpiles with crushers also hit a two-year high of nearly two million tonnes in early-May, nearly double the same period last year.

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Hog shortage forces ‘non-production days’ at Maple Leaf Pork producers say lifting anaerobic digester requirement would make building more barns affordable

By Shannon VanRaes

“It might work with dairy because there is so much fibre in dairy manure... but it’s not working in pigs. With pigs the manure is 93 or 94 per cent water and there’s not enough material in there to bubble away and make something, you can’t make gas out of water.”

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shortage of hogs has forced Maple Leaf Foods to implement one “nonproduction” day a week at its Brandon processing plant. While the reasons for the shortage are complex, some in the industry say the solution is simple‚ more pigs. The Manitoba Pork Council says that means building more finisher barns, which hasn’t happened since 2006 when the province imposed a moratorium on building new hog barns. Today, new barns can be built in many areas of Manitoba, but only if they include an anaerobic digester to handle manure. Pork Council’s general manager Andrew Dickson says that isn’t realistic. “You’re not going to spend $1 million on a manure-handling system, it just doesn’t make any sense, it’s uneconomical and you’re not going to be competitive, so it’s a non-starter, no one is going to build a barn until that is resolved.” Finding enough cash to renew on-farm infrastructure has also presented problems for producers, leading to a reduction in hog production. “The number of market hogs could be increased... but we need some help to lever more private capital investment onfarm, and for government to stop forcing regulations, which discourage investment,” said Pork Council president Karl Kynoch. Talks between pork producers and the federal and provincial governments have been ongoing, with the most recent round in Ottawa last week. The council wants a government-backed assistance program for producers struggling to secure capital following nearly four years of dismal returns. But so far, nothing concrete has come out of those discussions. “At least we’re still talking about it,” said Dickson, while Kynoch described the process as, “very frustrating.”

Declining production

Ma n i t o b a h o g production peaked at 5.3 million finished pigs and 4.48 million weanlings in 2007. By 2013 that number had dropped to about 4.68 million slaughter hogs and 2.7 million export weanlings.

Andrew Dickson

Maple Leaf is operating at less than full capacity because of a hog shortage in its cachment area. file photo

“Now some of those will be sows that would have gone south to the U.S., but the bulk of them would be the finish pigs going into plants,” said Dickson. He added that country-of-origin labelling (COOL), while an ongoing burden for producers and exporters, actually helped buoy Canadian pork processing plants when it was introduced. “From a processing point in Manitoba, COOL wasn’t a bad idea, because it forced about three quarters of a million finish pigs that had been going to the United States... to go to the processing plants in Manitoba,” Dickson said. “So Maple Leaf for example, in the fall 2008 moved to a second shift, which was a big breakthrough. The plant was designed to be two shifts, hadn’t been able to achieve that, and finally was able to do it.” But in the face of tightening hog supplies, Maple Leaf will now stop production at its Brandon plant one day each month until the fall. “It will help us better align production with our operations and supply,” said Maple Leaf spokesman Dave Bauer. “As you know, hog supply across North America remains restricted. It’s an industry challenge and it isn’t something that Maple Leaf is facing alone.” He added that the temporary slowdown will also help facilitate plant upgrades.

But the main factor remains the continued impact of the 2012 U.S. drought and the affects of porcine epidemic diarrhea south of the border, said Bauer. “Simply put, there are less hog producers in the market producing less hogs than a few years ago, which is affecting many industry participants,” he said. Dickson noted that high grain prices and low returns forced out many smaller hog producers in 2012, but added that changes to industry ownership have also affected the supply of hogs in Manitoba. When Big Sky was bought by Quebec-based Olymel in early 2013, hogs that once went to Brandon were redirected to processing plants in Alberta. “So (Maple Leaf ) has moved from about 85,000 pigs a week to about 60 to 65,000 pigs a week,” Dickson said. Maple Leaf had purchased Puratone in 2012 to help shore up its supply of hogs, but the influx was not enough to compensate for other market factors. “We are working on procurement strategies to increase our supply,” Bauer said. “We are also actively involved with the Manitoba Pork Industry Development Plan and collaborating with industry, governments and producers to increase Manitoba’s pork sup-

ply to overcome this temporary supply challenge.”

Discussions continue

Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn said he has spoken to stakeholders, but stopped short of endorsing the Pork Council’s plan to leverage more cash with government assistance. “Hi s t o r i c a l l y, we’ve p rovided financing through Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation,” he said, adding that discussions around investments in the pork industry will continue. “We haven’t closed the door,” he said. Kynoch said what the Pork Council would really like is the Manitoba government to change its policy on anaerobic digesters. He said there are alternatives. “Technologies that protect the environment, but are more cost effective for producers,” he said. That technology is a multicelled manure treatment system that allows for the passive separation of solids from liquids, creating two byproducts that could be injected into the soil. Di c k s o n a d d e d t h a t p i g manure is not suited to the anaerobic digesters mandated by the province. “It might work with dairy because there is so much fibre

in dairy manure... but it’s not working in pigs. With pigs the manure is 93 or 94 per cent water and there’s not enough material in there to bubble away and make something‚ you can’t make gas out of water,” he said. One Hutterite colony in western Manitoba has installed an anaerobic digester at its hog barn, but Dickson said that despite extra investments and years of adjustments, it is not working properly, if it at all. The council discussed the possibility of using alternate manure treatment technology with Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh six months ago, but have not received a response, Dickson said. Mackintosh was unavailable for comment, but in an emailed response his spokeswoman indicated that, “we are currently at work with Maple Leaf to examine options that will strengthen Maple Leaf’s plant and also protect Lake Winnipeg. We are committed to a balance approach that allows for a sustainable hog industry and protects our rivers and lakes.” Even with hog prices on the upswing, Dickson said it will takes years for producers to rebuild capital. Likewise, even if the digester requirement was lifted today, it would be more than a year before the first new barn was completed and shipping pigs. “It’s a trap we’re stuck in, a financial trap,” said Dickson. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Obesity a serious health issue for horses But the treatment is the same as for humans — diet modification, calorie restriction and exercise Carol Shwetz, DVM Horse Health

t is not healthy for horses to be overweight. It may be one of the most serious health conditions a horse can have. Unfortunately many animal owners deem a degree of obesity as normal, acceptable and even desirable. As a result, obesity is commonly disregarded. Nonetheless, as a horse moves from overweight to fat to obese the consequences to their health become dire. Most people readily recognize a thin horse and assume it is ill or has health risks, yet not so many owners are aware of the health risks and welfare issues associated with fat horses. Some of the obvious consequences of obesity can be attributed to the simple accumulation of excessive adipose tissue. These adverse effects include ease of fatigue, heat intolerance, abnormal reproductive performance, fatty tumours, and accelerated osteoarthritic conditions. That which is not so readily apparent about obesity is its devastating metabolic consequences. Adiposity alters insulin function in horses and it is through this pathophysiological pathway that many adverse medical consequences of obesity are being characterized. Insulin is a hormone which effectively moves glucose from the circulating blood, across the cell membrane and into the cells where it can be used for cell metabolism. When horses become insulin resistant or insensitive to the effects of insulin they can no longer control their blood glucose levels and perhaps more importantly

they can no longer nourish their cellular tissue. Thus the consequences of insulin resistance for the entire body are profound. As insulin resistance progresses a number of health problems develop. Insulin resistance has been implicated in the pathogenesis of equine metabolic syndrome, pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (also known as equine Cushing’s disease), developmental orthopedic diseases, systemic inflammation and laminitis/founder. Of these, laminitis is particularly concerning because of its painful and debilitating nature. Insulin resistance, obesity and laminitis are intricately intertwined. There is good evidence that diets containing high-energy rations increase both blood glucose and insulin levels following consumption. Horses consuming these diets show exaggerated post-feeding insulin levels. Presently it is thought that the cell membranes become insensitive to insulin as a result of frequent peaks in blood glucose and therefore insulin concentrations. The unnatural bombardment of cell membrane receptors with insulin appears to dull their sensitivity and interferes with the proper functioning. Over time insulin sensitivity within the body is significantly diminished. It is being proposed that such diets are responsible for altering insulin mechanisms in horses. Diets that contain substantial “refined” and processed cereal grains and thus carbohydrates are at odds with the nature of the foods for which horses are adapted. Forage sources that are relatively high in non-structural carbohydrates further aggravate the insulin resistance in affected individuals. In the healthy natural state, the acquisition of fat stores in preparation for winter is important for survival. When environmental conditions

By Theopolis Waters chicago /reuters

American hogs have started to shed pounds after hitting record weights recently and the trend may continue with warmer weather, underpinning prices for market-ready hogs that have slid 15 per cent in 1-1/2 months from their all-time highs. Hog weights rose to a record high 287.5 lbs. for the week of April 26 as farmers bulked up their animals to counter losses from porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), an infectious agent that has killed roughly seven million pigs since it was first detected in the United States a year ago. While the number of hogs slaughtered so far this year has fallen 4.2 per cent from a year ago, pork output has slipped only one per cent, largely because of heavier hogs.

become harsh, fat stores are mobilized to sustain the horse. In nature, the period of environmental harshness is finite and the acquired fat stores are depleted prior to spring and the growth of new grass. Today, most horses do not lose much weight in the winter and we have fat horses entering the winter whose bodies are preparing for a lean period that never arrives. Fat stores are not mobilized and become stagnant. In many cases, horses continue putting on weight at a time when their bodies are designed to be losing it. Undoubtedly this confusion contributes to metabolic chaos, further disrupting the insulin messenger.

It is important to understand that obese horses are living with some degree of metabolic dysfunction. Each obese horse is uniquely sick and therefore utmost care and kindness must be undertaken with diet, movement and lifestyle programs to restore these horses to a place of wellness. Interestingly, the management tools undertaken to treat obesity will be similar to those management tools utilized to effectively prevent the occurrence of obesity which include calorie restriction, diet modification and movement. Carol Shwetz is a veterinarian specializing in equine practice at Westlock, Alberta.

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As a horse moves from overweight to fat to obese the consequences to their health become dire.

For 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has forecast a two per cent shortfall in pork production pegged to PEDv death losses. Others put that decline closer to seven per cent. On May 21, USDA put the average live-weight hog in Iowa/Minnesota in the last week at 286.6 lbs. That was down 0.4 lb. from the week before but up 9.8 lbs. from a year earlier. A 9.8-lb. bigger live hog yields a 7.35-lb. heavier carcass, resulting in 5.7 lbs. more pork in grocery stores, according to Ron Plain, a University of Missouri livestock economist. It was the second week running that hog weights have come down, snapping a six-week stretch of record highs. Now, traders are watching to see if pigs will lose pounds again this week when data is released on May 21, since the animals usually eat less in warm weather. Hogs likely lost weight as spring temperatures rose in parts of the country, said Plain.

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Feeder Steers

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

May-28

May-27

n/a

May-26

May-29

May-30

834*

697

358*

602

n/a

134

709*

575*

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

150.00-168.00

n/a

140.00-165.00

800-900

n/a

150.00-185.50

148.00-165.00

165.00-184.00

n/a

165.00-190.00 (196.00)

160.00-195.00

No. on offer

700-800

n/a

170.00-212.50

177.00-190.00

190.00-210.00

n/a

185.00-199.99 (218.00)

190.00-217.00

600-700

200.00-237.00

190.00-236.00

200.00-227.50

200.00-225.00

n/a

190.00-218.00 (235.00)

200.00-228.00

500-600

219.00-249.00

210.00-253.00

210.00-245.00

220.00-244.00

n/a

195.00-238.00 (255.00)

200.00-2345.00

400-500

220.00-260.50

210.00-255.00

225.00-250.00

230.00-260.00

n/a

200.00-235.00 (267.00)

210.00-245.00

300-400

230.00-277.00

220.00-259.00

220.00-250.00

n/a

190.00-240.00 (267.00)

n/a

900-1,000 lbs.

n/a

115.00-146.00

n/a

140.00-155.00

n/a

800-900

n/a

160.00-161.00

125.00-145.00

155.00-170.00

n/a

165.00-190.00 (196.00)

130.00-162.00

Feeder heifers

700-800

160.00-185.00

140.00-187.50

145.00-170.00

165.00-187.00

n/a

185.00-199.00 (218.00)

135.00-175.00

600-700

170.00-195.00

180.00-209.00

165.00-190.00

190.00-206.00

n/a

190.00-218.00 (235.00)

155.00-195.00

500-600

190.00-229.00

190.00-238.50

188.00-207.00

195.00-216.00

n/a

195.00-238.00 (255.00)

185.00-220.00

400-500

200.00-246.00

200.00-244.00

200.00-227.50

205.00-236.00

n/a

185.00-205.00 (240.00)

190.00-230.00

300-400

n/a

200.00-231.00

210.00-235.00

n/a

180.00-195.00 (225.00)

n/a

No. on offer

284

n/a

110

n/a

435

220

D1-D2 Cows

90.00-99.00

n/a

95.00-104.00

99.00-109.75

n/a

90.00-105.00 (106.50)

96.00-104.00

D3-D5 Cows

80.00-up

n/a

90.00-95.00

83.00-95.00

n/a

75.00-95.00

90.00-96.00

Age Verified

100.00-114.00

n/a

Good Bulls

100.00-122.75

100.00-117.50

102.00-113.25

105.00-120.00

n/a

108.00-120.00 (125.00)

110.00-121.00

n/a

128.00-136.00

n/a

Slaughter Market

Butcher Steers Butcher Heifers

n/a

125.00-135.00

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

100.00-112.00

n/a

105.00-125.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

95.00-104.50

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

80.00-90.00

n/a

Heiferettes

n/a

110.00-125.00 (129.00)

n/a

* 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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New Zealand farmers see lower prices and higher interest rates Indebted farmers are under pressure to manage finances carefully By Naomi Tajitsu WELLINGTON / REUTERS

e w Z e a l a n d ’s d a i r y farmers are bracing for a sharp drop in earnings as milk prices fall back from record levels this coming dairy season — a headache for a highly indebted industry that also threatens to slow economic growth and pressure the New Zealand dollar. Soaring Chinese demand f o r m i l k p owd e r h a s s e e n farmers supplying the Fonterra dairy co-operative, the world’s top dairy exporter, earn more than NZ$8 per kilogram of milk solids for the season winding down this month, the highest since the co-op was established in 2001. Bu t i n c re a s e d m i l k p ro duction, both at home, in t h e Un i t e d St a t e s a n d i n o t h e r c o u n t r i e s , n ow h a s dairy economists expecting Fonterra to make a final payout around NZ$7/kg this coming season. Some economists also expect that lower global dairy prices, which have already tumbled more than 20 per c e n t t h i s y e a r, c o u l d p u t downward pressure on the

kiwi in the coming months, knocking it towards $0.80 in the next year or so from current levels around $0.8550. In addition, reduced payouts would come at a time when the Reser ve Bank of New Zealand is moving to tighten monetary policy further, giving added urgency to long-standing war nings by the central bank and the nation’s lenders to farmers to manage their finances well. Debt for farmers in New Zealand has tripled in the last decade to total around NZ$30

billion. Borrowing was particularly heavy between 2005 and 2009 as the “white gold rush,” spurred on by growing demand from China, encouraged dairy farmers to increase herds and prompted many struggling sheep farmers to switch to dairy. After three years of recordlow rates of 2.5 per cent, inflation pressures prompted the central bank to hike its official rates twice this year to 3.0 per cent, and it has warned that rates may rise to around 4.5 per cent by 2016.

Cows are seen on a pastoral farm near Hamilton August 6, 2013. PHOTO: REUTERS/NIGEL MARPLE

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Deadly pig virus reinfects U.S. farm, fuels supply fears PEDv outbreaks are recurring in about 30 per cent of previously infected farms in the U.S. By Tom Polansek chicago / reuters

n In d i a n a far m has become the first to confirm publicly it suffered a second outbreak of a deadly pig virus, fuelling concerns that a disease that has wiped out 10 per cent of the U.S. hog population will be harder to contain than producers and veterinarians expected. The farm, through its veterinarian, publicly acknowledged May 27 a repeat incident of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), which has killed up to seven million pigs and pushed pork prices to record highs since it was first identified in the United States a year ago. Matt Ackerman, whose veterinary practice is in southeastern Indiana, told Reuters the farm’s operators did not want to be identified but authorized him to speak on their behalf. The state and federal effort to stamp out PEDv has operated on an assumption that a pig, once infected, develops immunity and will not be afflicted by the disease again for at least several years. Likewise, farms that had endured the disease were not known to suffer secondary outbreaks. But a year after the virus was identified, repeat outbreaks have occurred at farms but not been publicly confirmed before now. These so-called secondary outbreaks are a challenge to efforts to stem the disease, which is almost always fatal to baby piglets.

Nationwide problem

Nationwide, PEDv outbreaks seem to recur in about 30 per cent of infected farms, the American Association of Swine Veterinarians told Reuters, confirming for the first time the likelihood of repeated outbreaks. Hog futures reached a record high last month and are up more than 26 per cent at $115 per hundredweight since the first U.S. outbreak was confirmed last summer. Retail pork prices also have set new records, and a wave of reinfection could cause even more losses to the nation’s hog herd. In the Indiana case, genetic sequencing showed the “exact same strain” of PEDv hit pigs at the Indiana farm in May 2013 and again in March 2014, said Ackerman, who collected samples from the farm. Piglets born to sows that were infected for a second time have a death rate of about 30 per cent, compared to near-total death loss among newborn piglets during the first outbreak, he said. The incidence of the disease “rebreaking” on farms after it appeared to have been wiped out, indicates that the risk for ongoing severe losses from the virus is bigger than previously expected. The lack of long-term immunity also means hog producers must keep up strict biosecurity measures to fight the disease, which has already spread to 30 states.

Reasons unclear

Veterinarians and others have been unable to predict the duration of immunity to PEDv in hogs following exposure, in part because the disease had never been in the United States before last year.

“Just because a farm broke with PEDv last year doesn’t mean that it is protected from rebreaking with it this year.” Matt Ackerman Idaho vet

Ackerman had thought hogs would have a natural immunity to PEDv for three years after being infected because that is the case for a similar disease called transmissible gastroenteritis. “Just because a farm broke with PEDv last year doesn’t mean that it is protected from rebreaking with it this year,” he said in a telephone interview. Ackerman said he did not know why the female pigs, or sows, on the Indiana farm were reinfected

after being exposed to the virus during the original outbreak last year. At the time, they were about six months to a year old. The sows are having piglets and passing limited immunity on to their offspring, he said. The farm “does an excellent job of sanitation,” he said. “That’s why it’s so hard to figure out why they’re struggling with it.” The repeat case of PEDv in Indiana puts to rest gossip about a rebreak in the state that

has passed from one Midwest farmer to another for weeks. Producers are on edge because no vaccine has yet been able to completely protect pigs from the disease. PEDv is transmitted from pig to pig by contact with pig manure, which contains the virus. It can be transmitted from farm to farm on trucks, and many veterinarians also believe it is spreading through animal feed. Harry Snelson, a veterinarian who represents the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, said repeat occurrences tend not to be as severe as the first outbreak, although farms are still losing pigs. One potential reason for repeat outbreaks is that high levels of the virus, found in fecal material, overwhelm hogs’ natural immunity, Snelson said. “It probably doesn’t take a

whole lot to override the level of immunity that we’re getting,” he said. “Obviously immunity is a key part of our being able to control the spread of the virus.” Preliminary results from studies on immunity, directed by the National Pork Board, confirm “immunity does appear not to be very long lived,” said Lisa Becton, director of swine health information for the board. The board has collected more than $2 million for research on PEDv. The rebreaking is causing concern among farmers and meat packers across the country, as the PEDv outbreak continues to spread with no definitive solution in sight. “If you have that disease, it causes a huge death loss, and then you get it again,” said Josh Trenary, executive director of Indiana Pork. “It’s pretty clear why it would be concerning.”

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The active pattern continues Issued: Monday, June 2, 2014 · Covering: June 4 – June 11, 2014 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

fairly active yet slow moving pattern resulted in a tough forecast period last week. The main weather term for last week seemed to be “stalled,” as we saw a trough of low pressure stall out over southeastern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba. This is the trough that brought significant thunderstorms to this region. We also saw another front stall out last weekend, which resulted in warmerthan-expected temperatures over south-central regions. For this forecast period the weather pattern continues to look active, but this time it looks as though temperatures will be a little cooler. We’ll start off with sunshine and warm conditions on Wednesday as an area of low pressure tracks across the northern Prairies. This low will then drag a cold front through our region on Thursday that should bring with it some clouds and a few showers or thundershowers. Depending on the timing of the front we might see one more warm day on Thursday.

Friday and Saturday look to be nice as high pressure builds in. We should see plenty of sunshine with highs expected to be in the low 20s, with overnight lows in the 7 to 10 C range. On Sunday we’ll have to watch out for an area of low pressure forecasted to track through North Dakota. Confidence is not that high with this system, but the potential is there for some heavy rain, especially over extreme southern and eastern regions. For next week the models show the active pattern continuing, as a strong area of low pressure develops to our west. How much cloud or rain we’ll get from this low is very uncertain right now as it looks to stall out and then track north through Saskatchewan. It does look like this low will help to boost the temperatures, with highs pushing the upper 20s to 30s by the second half of next week. Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 16 to 27 C; lows, 3 to 13 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park. Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.

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1 Month (30 Days) Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) April 29, 2014 to May 28, 2014

< 40% 40 - 60% 60 - 85% 85 - 115% 115 - 150% 150 - 200% > 200% Extent of Agricultural Land Lakes and Rivers

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This issue’s map shows the percentage of average precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the 30 days ending May 28, which comes as close as I could find to showing May’s precipitation amounts. There doesn’t seem to be any particular pattern to the wet and dry areas. The driest regions are in northwestern Alberta and northeastern Saskatchewan into northwestern Manitoba, where precipitation amounts were less than 40 per cent of average. North-central Saskatchewan, western Manitoba and western and central Alberta saw above-average amounts during this period.

Close to an average May; a warm June? Most locations saw temperatures rise above 30 C in the last week of May By Daniel Bezte CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

fter a fairly cool and miserable first three weeks of May, all three of our main regions (Dauphin, Brandon, Winnipeg) saw summer arrive with a vengeance on May 22. Even with the very warm end to May it wasn’t enough to overcome the cool of the first three weeks, so while we have hopefully broken out of our seven-month cold snap, May as a whole still ended up cooler than average, but not by much. The month of May began fairly nicely, with highs making it into the upper teens for the first time this year. This mild start helped to raise the hopes of many of us, but within a couple of days those hopes were dashed as cooler air moved back in. Over the next couple of weeks highs on most days struggled to make it to the 10 C mark, with only the odd warm day thrown into the mix. Overnight lows were on the cool side, but were not overly cold. We did see frost on several nights, with the coldest temperatures occurring on or around May 15, when temperatures dropped into the -3 to -5 C range. Then summer decided to

Predicting temperature months in advance is tough, but predicting precipitation is even tougher.

arrive. On May 22 temperatures, for the first time since last September, made it above the 20 C mark and we knew that summer had arrived — you could just feel it! During the final week of May we saw temperatures soar, with most locations seeing highs making it above 30 C at least once or twice. When we add up all the numbers, both the Winnipeg and Dauphin regions were the warm spots, with daily mean temperatures for the month coming in 0.9 C below their long-term May averages. The Brandon region was not that far off, with a mean monthly temperature 1.3 C below average. So while May ended up below average, it was a far cry from the 4 to 7 C below average we’ve been experiencing since February! Precipitation during May varied significantly across the regions thanks mostly to thunderstorms. In the Winnipeg region precipitation for May

was below average, with Winnipeg reporting 42 mm, compared to the average of 59 mm. In the Brandon and Dauphin regions May’s precipitation was well above average thanks to late-month thunderstorms that brought upward of 50 mm to some locations. Brandon’s official precipitation amount for May was 76 mm, about 25 mm above the long-term average. Dauphin reported just over 90 mm of rainfall in May, nearly 40 mm above average.

Who called it?

To summarize May 2014, I would say western and eastern regions had a cooler and wetter than average month, while central regions saw a cooler and drier than average month. How does this compare to the forecasts? Looking back, it appears it is a bit of tie between us here at the Cooperator and the folks over at Environment Canada. Environment Canada had

called for near- to belowaverage temperatures with near-average amounts of precipitation. Here at the Co-operator I had called for colder than average temperatures with above-average precipitation. I had also pointed out we might see a switch to a warmer pattern sometime during the second half of the month. I will leave it up to you to decide who won. Now on to June and the forecast for rest of summer. Environment Canada calls for cooler-than-average temperatures in June along with near-average amounts of precipitation, except for extreme southern areas that will see above-average amounts. EC’s forecast then begins to switch toward war mer-than-average temperatures in July and August, along with near-average amounts of rain. Over at the Old Farmer’s Almanac, they call for nearaverage temperatures and a b ov e - a v e r a g e p r e c i p i t a tion in June, followed by a near-average July. This trend will continue into August, w i t h t e m p e ra t u re s w a r m ing to above average and precipitation dropping to below average. The always tough-tofigure-out Canadian Farmers’ Almanac appears to call for a

warm and wet June followed by an average July. I am calling it average for temperature, but in reality, they are calling for temperatures to be either chilly or very warm, so I figure in the end that will work out to be about average. It then calls for a warm start to August, with temperatures cooling down to below average by the end of the month. Along with the cooler temperatures will come rain and as a result, it predicts above-average amounts of precipitation for August. Finally, here at the Co-operator, I am calling for near- to slightly above-average temperatures in June along with near- to slightly above-average amounts of rain. As you already know, predicting temperature months in advance is tough, but predicting precipitation is even tougher. As some of you have already seen in May, it only takes one thunderstorm to go from below-average precipitation to above. That said, I think July will see above-average temperatures along with near-average rainfall. August will see near-average temperatures with below-average precipitation. By the way, this forecast was created by throwing darts at my weather dartboard! I kind of like it, so I’m sticking with it!

The Manitoba Co-operator | June 5, 2014

CROPS

Making broadcast seeding work for you Incorporation is a prerequisite to getting crop insurance coverage, as well as crop establishment that is equal to or greater than the farmer’s coverage By Allan Dawson

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f you’re broadcast seeding it’s probably because the soil is too wet to permit conventional planting. But ironically, you’ll need more rain to germinate that broadcasted crop because of poor seed-to-soil contact. “Rainfall is important after because if the seed is on the soil surface you’ll need the rain to get it going,” Lionel Kaskiw, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development’s farm production adviser at Souris, said during his weekly Crop Talk webinar May 26. “You’re not going to be getting as uniform a planting as you would with an air seeder. “In some cases if you don’t get a rain it won’t germinate.” With cooler- and wetter-thannormal weather continuing to delay seeding in southwest Manitoba,

Kaskiw said more farmers are inquiring about broadcast seeding, he said. Canola is most commonly the crop of choice, which makes sense since some Manitoba farmers have successfully broadcast seeded it in the past, he added. Crops broadcast seeded by ground equipment or by aircraft can potentially be insured so long as the seed “is incorporated into the soil by mechanical means and the crop establishes to a level that is equal to or greater than the insured producer’s coverage,” the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s (MASC) website states. “The incorporation date will be deemed to be the seeding date, with all aerial-seeded acreage required to be reported on the Seeded Acreage Report by June 22.” Farmers should call MASC for clarification before broadcast seeding, Kaskiw said. “The key thing is incorporation after broadcast seeding from the

ground or the air,” said David Koroscil, MASC’s manager of insurance projects and sales. If a broadcast crop fails to get established and the farmers can’t seed it before the June 20 seeding deadline, the farmer is still eligible for coverage under MASC’s Excess Moisture Insurance program, Koroscil said. Broadcast seeding almost always results in a poorer plant stand, Kaskiw said. Increasing the seeding rate is a way to compensate. Some seed will germinate on top of the soil resulting in poorly rooted crops, which are more susceptible to lodging, he said. That’s why canola is a more suitable crop for broadcast seeding than sunflowers or even cereals. Crop residue from the previous crop can also prevent good seed-tosoil contact, Kaskiw said. Burning the residue might be the only option. If the field is dry enough to cultivate to work in the residue, it’s prob-

ably dry enough to plant with an air seeder. Farmers who broadcast seed may also have to apply their fertilizer the same way. They can apply both at the same time in a mix. But fertilizer is high in salt and therefore toxic to seed, so the mixture shouldn’t sit long before being applied. And there’s a risk not all those nutrients will get to the crop, Kaskiw said. Broadcasted nitrogen can volatilize under warm, windy conditions. Phosphorus moves very little in the soil and could get stranded close to the soil surface. Farmers might consider splitting their fertilizer application, putting some on when they broadcast the seed, and more later if there’s a good crop coming, Kaskiw said. Farmers might also want to reduce how much fertilizer they apply as the longer seeding is delayed the lower the potential yield.

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CROP REPORT

Farmers continue to struggle with excess moisture Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives GO Teams & Crops Knowledge Centre crop report for June 2, 2014 Weekly Provincial Summary

Seeding progress in Manitoba is estimated at 65 per cent complete. Seeding is 45 to 50 per cent complete in the Southwest Region, 50 per cent complete in the Northwest Region, 85 per cent complete in the Central Region, 75 per cent complete in the Eastern Region and 85 to 90 per cent complete in the Interlake Region. There continue to be areas where seeding progress is not as advanced due to wet soil conditions. Producers are modifying their initial seeding plans to account for field availability and seeding date. The majority of seeded crops are experiencing rapid germination, emergence and growth. In-crop herbicide applications are underway in cereal crops, corn and canola. Increased flea beetle activity in the earliest seeded canola fields is reported.

Southwest Region

Areas north of Highway #1 reporting 10 to 25 mm and areas south of Highway #1 at 25 to 60 mm. Hail was also reported in the Melita area causing some damage to emerged crops.

Good seeding progress was made over this past week with the majority of producers between 40 to 70 per cent seeded. However, there are areas in the region still struggling with excessive moisture and are only between 10 to 25 per cent seeded. Areas of concern in regards to excess moisture are areas along and to the north of Highway #45 from Angusville to Oakburn, south of Minnedosa to Forrest and in the area north of Highway #16 from Franklin to Plumas. Areas including Tilston, Pierson, Melita, Reston and Pipestone are wet as well. Many producers are changing seeding plans in these areas. The number of soybean and corn acres will be reduced in the region. Some producers have broadcast seeded their canola. Crops are emerging rapidly; however, early seeded fields are dealing with compaction issues. Weed growth has advanced with the recent warmer temperatures and frequent showers. Flea beetles feeding on volunteer canola were noted in some areas. Winter wheat and fall rye are generally in good condition with most of crop in the three-

to four-leaf stage. There are some reports of nutrient stress due to wet conditions, particularly in southern areas of the region. Weed control is continuing in most winter wheat and has started in other emerging crops. Pasture growth was significant this past week and over 80 per cent of the cattle in the region have been moved to pasture. Continued rainfall is resulting in saturation in many areas of the region. Hay crops are progressing with the continued heat but first cut will be later than normal.

Northwest Region

Rainfall interfered to varying degrees with seeding progress. Rainfall amounts ranged from negligible in the Roblin area to over 100 mm last Thursday in parts of the Swan Valley. Overall, approximately 50 per cent of the intended crop in the Northwest Region is seeded. There was very little seeding activity at The Pas and in areas north and west of Dauphin. Rain showers and thunderstorms mid-week and on the weekend brought seeding activity to a standstill in most parts.

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A small percentage of the seeded crop has begun to emerge with the exception of the Roblin area where over 80 per cent of the cereal crop has emerged and 10 per cent of the canola and soybean acres have emerged. Perennial and annual weed growth, as well as volunteer crop growth, has increased. Warm temperatures during the week resulted in excellent growth of many forages and pastures. Alfalfa grew 150 to 200 mm. Cattle continue to be moved to pastures with some continued supplemental feeding for those that have remained on sacrifice pasture or at wintering sites.

Central Region

Rainfall amounts continue to be extremely variable. Most of the region received amounts ranging from five to 15 mm, with some areas receiving upwards of 20 mm. Ideal temperatures and wind allowed many producers to complete their seeding operations in much of the region. Even areas that received 50 mm and more in thunderstorms last week are able to resume fieldwork and seeding. Overall seeding progress in the Central Region is estimated at 85 per cent complete. The exception is the northwest part of the region as wet conditions continue to hamper seeding progress. Areas south of Highway #16 are 75 per cent complete, while areas north are in the range of 15 per cent complete. Some canola has been broadcast seeded. Producers are doing their best to seed around wet areas to get the crop in. Cereal crop development ranges from emerging to as advanced as four-leaf stage. Emergence is generally uniform and stands look good. Canola growth ranges from emerging to three-leaf stage. Soybeans are germinating to ground crack and early emergence. Emergence is occurring within a week with warm soil temperatures. Winter wheat continues to be written off due to winterkill. However, some producers are reconsidering reseeding, particularly in areas where seeding is not as advanced. Wild oats and volunteer cereals are emerging, as are winter annuals and wild buckwheat. Early spraying of volunteer cereals and wild oats continues in canola; broadleaf control will take place as more weeds germinate. Little insect activity is being reported, although some of the earliest seeded canola fields are seeing enough flea beetle activity to warrant treatment. Warm weather over the past week promoted rapid hay and pasture growth. The condition of hay land is rated as 90 to 100 per cent good, with some in fair shape due to excessive moisture. Pasture conditions vary, ranging from fair to good. The majority of cattle are moved to pasture.

Eastern Region

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cipitation in most central and northern areas. Seeding progress in the Eastern Region is 75 per cent complete, with areas within the region varying from 20 per cent complete in some southern districts to 85 per cent complete in central and northern districts. Producers have altered planned crop rotations because of seeding delays. With rapid crop emergence, both pre- and post-emergent herbicide applications in canola, corn and some cereal crops occurred. Of the crop seeded, about 50 per cent of cereals have emerged along with 35 per cent of planted corn acres. Canola seeded three or more weeks ago is now in the seedling stage and some acres have been sprayed for flea beetle control. Overall about 15 per cent of canola acres are in the emerging to seedling stage. Soybean and sunflower emergence has also been noted. Producers are carefully assessing soybean acres if rolling did not occur immediately after seeding; some will have to delay rolling until the first trifoliate leaf stage. Winter wheat growth is rapid with the crop at the tillering growth stage. Winter wheat is being sprayed with herbicides primarily for broadleaf control, although some wild oat control is also being applied. Winter wheat is rated as 90 per cent good. Growth on pasture and hay fields has picked up considerably with the warm and sunny weather. Majority of cattle in the region are out on pasture with some receiving supplemental feed. Moisture conditions of hay and pastureland is adequate.

Interlake Region

Isolated rain was experienced throughout parts of the Interlake Region. The major ity of the region reported two to nine mm of rainfall, with the Moosehorn area receiving 18 mm on Tuesday and another 10 mm throughout Thursday and Friday. Warm temperatures helped improve soil moisture conditions allowing producers to seed fields which were too wet before. Seeding progress throughout the Interlake Region is 85 to 90 per cent complete. Producers in the Balmoral and Moosehorn area are not as advanced due to heavy rainfall amounts over the last couple of weeks. Cereals and oilseeds started to emerge. Soybeans and corn started to emerge in the South Interlake. In the North Interlake, due to the cooler soil conditions, soybeans and corn were planted at later dates. Spraying for weeds in crops such as winter wheat and perennial forages has begun in the South Interlake, while North Interlake will probably start weed control operations sometime this week. With the warm weather and the plentiful soil moisture conditions, pasture and hay conditions have improved allowing more animals to be released onto pasture.

The Manitoba Co-operator | June 5, 2014

CN Rail touts much improved grain shipping performance It’s too little, too late says Western grain shippers By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

N Rail says it has moved a record amount of Western grain so far this crop year but shippers say that doesn’t make up for poor service earlier in the shipping season. “I’m glad they’re moving the grain but I do take exception to their demeanour and tone,” Keystone Agricultural Producers’ president Doug Chorney said in response to CN’s news release announcing its improved performance. “It tells me they’ve learned nothing about service this winter.” CN seems to be saying it’s doing farmers a favour, he said. “I don’t think they felt our pain,” Chorney said referring to the estimated billions of dollars farmers and grain companies lost due to depressed country grain prices, delayed and missed sales, contract p e n a l t i e s a n d d e m u r ra g e. “Farmers bore the brunt of this poor rail service. They’re now happily hauling all this grain at an entitled freight rate and there’s no pain felt by them at all.” Earlier this month, the railways were still 60,000 cars behind on orders, said Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association. The backlog peaked at 78,000 unfilled car orders. CN said In a May 28 news release its May hopper car deliveries to Western Canadian elevators are expected to average 5,500 a week — 50 per cent more than the eight-year historical average and 38 per cent more than the best-May ever. Crop year-to-date, CN said its grain volumes are four per cent better than its previous best and 13 per cent above average performance. “In the last four to five weeks, CN has turned things around considerably,” said Mark Hemmes, president of Q u o r u m Co r p o ra t i o n , t h e firm hired to monitor Western Canada’s grain handling and transportation system. “They are now slightly ahead of last year and ahead of the five-year average.” Quorum is prohibited for c o m m e rc i a l re a s o n s f r o m releasing specific data about an individual railway. “ We need to move away from comparing this year’s performance to past years,” Sobkowich said in an email. “We weren’t happy with the performance many times in past years.” The railways blamed the record 76-million tonne Western crop harvested last fall and an unusually cold winter for the grain shipping backlog. Grain shippers blamed the railways for not investing more in surge capacity. They say since grain is captive, the railways know they will eventually move it without spending more resulting in greater profits for shareholders. Shippers say that wouldn’t happen in a competitive mar-

ket and that’s why rail regulation that includes penalties for poor service is needed. T h e f e d e ra l g ove r n m e n t agrees. In March, it ordered the railways to move a million tonnes (11,000 cars) a week to export terminals. Then it introduced Bill C-30, the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act, which allows the government to continue setting railshipping targets and extends interswitching limits to 160 km. The bill received Royal Assent last week. The federal government is also speeding up a review of the Canada Transportation Act. Meanwhile, last week the Canadian Canola Growers Association filed a levelof-service complaint against

“True supply chain collaboration and normal commercial alignment, not ill-advised and unwarranted regulation... is what we need...”

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both railways to the Canadian Transportation Agency. The association hopes the CTA will order the railways to invest more to provide better service. L o u i s Dre y f u s h a s f i l e d a complaint with the CTA against CN. CN president Claude Mongeau said in February, before the government order, and the new legislation, he prom-

ised CN would move 4,500 cars a week after the weather warmed up and 5,500 cars after the Port of Thunder Bay opened. “We have done exactly what we promised, without the need for regulatory intervention,” he said. “True supply chain collaboration and normal commercial alignment, not ill-advised and unwarranted regulation...

is what we need to help deliver this significant volume efficiently to the benefit of Canada’s grain-growing sector.” In contrast, CN’s performance and Mongeau’s attitude demonstrate how “absolutely essential government regulation is,” Chorney said. “We’re also not seeing in their news release how they are going to invest in future infrastructure to make sure they can handle this crop every year,” he added. “I think they’ve got enough business to warrant some investment, but they seem to be more focused on profit taking and shortterm cash flow than on longterm business strategies that help their customers.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Soybean market continues its decline Double bottom alerts soybean producers of impending rally, but rallies don’t last! David Drozd Market Outlook

chart formation known as a double bottom developed on the weekly nearby soybean chart while South American producers were harvesting a record soybean crop. Chart formations signalling a trend reversal often appear at market bottoms when the news is bearish. Technical analysts rely on chart patterns such as the double bottom to cut through the news.

Double bottom

A double bottom begins to take shape with prices advancing into new low ground for the current move, which is illustrated as (A) in the accompanying chart. An upward reaction then sets in during which a portion of the decline is retraced (B). A second decline (C) brings prices back down to approximately the lows of the first decline, followed by a price advance which eventually exceeds the reaction high (B). It is important that the two lows are not very close together, time wise. No strict rule exists as to how much time goes by for completion, but it should definitely be more on the order of three to five weeks or more. A time interval for completion measured in months, as with this example in the soybean market, would indicate a sig-

nificant reversal of the major long-term trend. A double-bottom formation is completed after prices exceed the high (B) between the two lows. Once completed, a double-bottom formation provides a minimum objective of the ensuing rally. This objective is derived by measuring the distance from the two lows to the reaction high, and extending this distance above the reaction high. In this illustration, the height was $.96 per bushel, resulting in an objective of $14.50 per bushel. This objective, illustrated as (D), was achieved soon after the double bottom formation was completed. The first low develops after a sustained price drop. It will coincide with a growing willingness on the part of shorts with large unrealized profits to cash in their earnings. As the price declines during this stage, the market starts losing downside momentum and stalls. The supply of contracts available for purchase exceeds the demand and the price begins to rise. Long buyers jump in, convinced that the downward move has gone far enough. Old shorts exit with their profits and are replaced by new longs. The market continues to go up until the price increase causes buyers to withdraw. From a longer-term perspective, the bear market is still intact, so when the price advance falters, sellers again step in and

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prices once again begin to move lower. Shorts who failed to take profits when prices made the first low and sat through the entire correction are watching more closely now that the market has come down to its prior lows. They won’t let the opportunity to cash in slip through their fingers this second time around. Finally, there are the everpresent potential long buyers, the bottom pickers who are waiting to buy the proverbial low of the move. At the low price level this buying surpasses whatever selling

remains and the market begins to gain ground. Once prices fail to mount any sustainable decline, hope begins to wane and covering of short contracts becomes an inevitable reality. As prices rally with increasing acceleration, new longs also enter the market. For the past eight weeks, the soybean market has been consolidating between $15.25 (resistance) and $14.55 (support). A decisive close above $15.25 is needed to extend the recent rally. However, a decisive close below $14.50 would open the door to additional weakness. I covered the sig-

nificance of an area of resistance in last month’s column on wheat. Send your questions or comments about this article and chart to info@ag-chieve.ca. David Drozd is president and senior market analyst for Winnipeg-based Ag-Chieve Corporation. The opinions expressed are those of the writer and are solely intended to assist readers with a better understanding of technical analysis. Visit Ag-Chieve online at www.ag-chieve. ca for information about our grain marketing advisory service and to see our latest grain market analysis. You can call us toll free at 1-888-274-3138 for a free consultation.

EU-Canada trade deal falters Pharmaceuticals, cheese and beef remain stumbling blocks to deal which was announced last October By Robin Emmott and David Ljunggren BRUSSELS / OTTAWA /REUTERS

anada and the European Union are struggling to finalize a multi-billion dollar trade pact six months after political leaders said it was sealed, an embarrassment for Brussels as it seeks a far bigger deal with the United States. Over a celebratory lunch last October, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso termed the accord “a landmark achievement for the transatlantic market” that could come into force next year. But the free trade deal, which could increase bilateral trade by a fifth to 26 billion euros (C$39 billion) a year, has run into trouble over issues ranging from financial services to how beef and cheese quotas are shared. The drawn-out final stage of talks, with each side accusing the other of going back on promises, illustrates the complexity of sealing sophisticated trade deals and bodes ill for the EU’s more ambitious talks with the U.S. The deal would make Can-

ada the world’s only major economy with preferential access to the world’s two largest markets, the EU and the United States, home to a total of 800 million people. For Europe, the accord is meant to be a template for its trade negotiations with the U.S., which would encompass a third of world trade and almost half the global economy. Publicly, EU officials say it is a question of days for the final wording of the Canada trade deal to be agreed. Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast told lawmakers last week that “all of the substantive issues have been resolved.” Harper and Barroso were to hold a bilateral meeting on the margins of the Group of Seven summit in Brussels Wednesday and Thursday, confirming their intention to seal the pact.

Celebrations ‘premature’

Behind closed doors in Brussels and Ottawa, trade delegations, diplomats and business groups complain of long delays and difficult issues that have yet to be resolved. “With hindsight, it was premature for Harper and Barroso to announce a deal,” said

one person close to the talks. “There is a sense of embarrassment in many quarters.” Talks were launched in May 2009 but stalled last year over issues such as the size of quotas for Canadian beef and EU cheese. At their lunch in October, where chefs cheekily served Italian gorgonzola and Greek feta, Harper and Barroso said the big issues were resolved. But both sides are still negotiating the divisive issue of how foreign companies bring claims against either Canada or a European Union country if a government breaches a trade treaty. The Europeans want more protection for their pharmaceutical patents in Canada, a market known for generic medicines. Ottawa does not want to allow European pharmaceutical companies to easily challenge Canadian rules once a trade deal is in place. “The EU will never accept this,” said one diplomat. Other difficult areas include how to regulate financial instruments and how beef and cheese quotas are managed, showing the sheer scope of this new type of free-trade agreement.

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14’, mostly 12’, some 10’ & 8’ *(2) Bale rings *STAFIX M20R Mains Energiser Electric Fencer with remote *Cattle Oiler *Fence Wire Unroller *Pallet - NEW Barb Wire *(2) FrostFree Nosepumps Watering system (Livestock) *Mix Mill *Lewis Cattle OilerVEHICLES *2007 GMC Sierra 3500 SLT 4x4, DSL, Extended Cab, 8’ Box, Leather interior, Approx 300,000 Kms showing, Auto Trans, Blue, SAFETIED *2006 Ford Freestar SEL Passenger Van, 6 Cyl, Gray, VIN# 2FMZA56206BA41936, 228,431 Kms showing, SAFETIED *2005 Chev Top Kick 5500, 8 Ton, Knuckle Picker, Deck, Tool Box, SAFETIED *2004 Ford F150 Supercrew, Crew Cab, 8 Cyl, Black, 263,550 kms showing, VIN# 1FTPW14534FA19279 (AS IS) *2000 Toyota Tundra 4x4, extended Cab, Auto Trans, Leather interior, New tires and come with extra set of wheels and tires, *2000 Ford F150 Super Cab, Extended Cab, 8 Cyl, Black, 279,443 kms showing TRAILERS *2011 Norstar Bin Moving Trailer, 13HP, Honda w/pwr pack, 235/80R-16 tires, tanden axles, w/dual hyd slide cradles and 1 stationary cradle, front controls, bin bar & forks for flat bottom bins or tanks, Rear hyd stabilizer jacks, set up for 1806 (18’ x 6 ring) will haul 1906 bins, 21’6 bed length *NEW TrailTech HC220 Pintle Hitch Sprayer Trailer, 2x20,000 lb Axles, air Brakes, LED Lights, 12” I Beam Main Frame, Heavy Duty Drive Over Fenders, Fixed Width of 11’10.5”, Over all Length of 35’6” Loading Dove Tail *NEW 2013 7’x 14’ Big Tex Utility Trailer *2002 H&H 20’ Flat Deck Trailer, Bumper Hitch, tandem, 7,000 lb Axles, Warn M6000 Winch *1997 Real Cattle Trailer, Red, VIN#2R9G7LC31V1020735 3 PT & ATTACHMENTS *NEW Lowe Hyd Auger 1650ch w/ 9in & 12in & 18in w/ skid steer quick attach, designed for 14-25 GPM/2,000-3,300 PSI and uses augers up to 36” in diameter, solid unit structure, heat-treated alloy shaft, HD reduction drive, 9”, 12” & 18” hex bit, Universal Quick attach plate *NEW Lowe Hyd Auger 1650ch w/ 9in & 12in & 15in w/ skid steer quick attach, designed for 14-25 GPM/2,000-3,300 PSI and uses augers up to 36” in diameter, solid unit structure, heat-treated alloy shaft, HD reduction drive, 9”, 12” & 18” hex bit, Universal Quick attach plate *NEW Lowe Hyd Auger 750ch w/ 9in & 12in w/ skid steer quick attach, designed for 7-20 GPM/2,000-3,300 PSI and uses augers up to 18” in diameter, solid unit structure, heat-treated alloy shaft LAWN & GARDEN, & LEISURE *2008 Prowler Side by Side, 3241 Miles Showing, VIN# 4UF08MPV88T300681(Motor heats up) *2007 Kawasaki 1600 Nomad, Titanium on Black, As New Cond. Excellent 14,050 Kms showing *2003 Bombardier Rolax 400 High Output XT Package, VIN# 2BVEKSF194V0003300, 4951 miles showing *110 CC Maxxum Quad, Good Working Order *15’ Land Fiberglass Boat, 50HP Johnston motor with trailer, NEW lights, hitch and bearing on trailer *Ariens Mini Zoom 1540 Zero Turn Mower, 42” Deck, 15HP Kohler ES Eng *JD F525 Front Deck Mower, 48” Deck, Hydro Trans *JD RX95 Riding Mower w/Grass Catcher, 32” Deck, 12.5 HP ES Eng *JD GX95 Ride-On-Lawn Mower, Runs *Case 446 Garden Tractor w/ tiller, good working order TREEES, ROSES, EVERGREENS, SHRUBS & PATIO BLOCKS *200 – Evergreens *(150) 3’ White Spruce *25 – 50 AspensTENTS & GATES *(2) NEW 30FT X 85FT X 15FT Peak Ceiling Double Door Storage Building C/W: commercial fabric, waterproof, UV and Fire Resistant, 12’ x 12’ drive through doors at two ends, 3’ x 6’ entry door *(2) NEW 20 ft x 40 ft Fully Enclosed Wedding Party Tent, C/W: doors, windows, 4 side walls *(2) NEW 20FT X 30FT X 12FT Peak Ceiling Storage Shelter C/W: Commercial fabric, roll up door *(2) NEW 10 ft x 20 ft Commercial Instant Pop Up Tent *(2) NEW 18FT Heavy Duty Bi-Parting Wrought Iron Driveway Gate SHOP EQUIPMENT *(1) NEW 10FT 20 DRAWER HEAVY DUTY METAL WORK BENCH *(1) NEW 35 Drawer Heavy Duty Tool Box and Cabinet c/w: 85’’ x 26’’ x 57’’, c/w: casters, top tray, alum handle, side cabinet *(2)NEW 2014 Easy Kleen Magnum Plus , 4000 PSI Hot Water Pressure Washer , 53601 53602, C/W 15 HP Gas, Electric Start *(7) NEW 2014 Easy Kleen Magnum Gold, 92195~92201,4000 PSI 12V Hot Water Pressure Washer , C/W 15 HP Gas, Totally Self Contained *(1) NEW 2014 Easy Kleen “Tamper TM270”, Reversible Plate Compactor , C/W 6.5 HP Engine and Throttle Control *(4) NEW Powertek 3000CL - 3.0kw Gas Generator 120/240/12V DC *(4) NEW Powertek 6500CL - 6.5kw Gas Generator 120/240/12V DC 13.0 HP *(2) NEW Powertek IN3500l - 3.5 kw Silent Inverter Generator *(2) NEW Loncin MS10 - Plate Compactor 6.5HP c/w wheel kit *(2) NEW Loncin MS20 - Plate Compactor 6.5HP c/w wheel kit *(2) NEW Loncin MS100 - Plate Compactor 6.5HP, wheels, water tank *(2) NEW Powertek PT36L - Wheel Barrow Air Compressor 10 Gal Tank, 6.5HP *(3) NEW Turo TC180 - 6’ Rototiller, 3 pt hitch, 540 PTO fits 35-55HP Tractor *(4) NEW Kende MIG105G - Wirefeed Welder 120V *(4) NEW Kende CD265-ES Battery Charger/Starter 265 Amp *(2) NEW AERO-PRO DW25 Jack Hammer/weight 22 lbs/motor 1050W *(2) NEW AERO-PRO DW45 Jack Hammer/weight 31 lbs/motor 1700W *(1) NEW AERO -PRO DW50 Demolition Breaker/weight 65 lbs/motor 2050W *(4) NEW AERO-PRO CN45 - Air coil roofing Nailer *(4) NEW Rongpeng RP9800ST - Air Flooring Nailer - Use Staples or Nails *(4) NEW Rongpeng CFH9028 - Air Framing Nailer 28 Degree Clipped Head *(4) NEW Rongpeng CFN9034 - Cordless Gas Powered Framing Nailer use Paslode gas cartridge *(4) NEW Rongpeng RP7460 - Air Impact Wrench 3/4” *NEW 1” Air Impact Wrench *NEW 24 Pce Ratchet Wrench Set (Imperial) TIRES & AXLES *4- LT265/75R16, 10ply *4- LT265/70R17, 10ply *4- LT275/70R18, 10ply *8- 16.5x16.1, 10ply *611x15, 8ply *4- 9.5x15, 8ply *2- 7.6x15 *1 -7.5x18 *2- 10.00x16, 10ply, 3 rib *(2) 18.4 - 42 Used Tractor Tires (60%-70%) *18.4 - 38 Tractor Tire *(2) Firestone 16.9 x 34 w/ Tubes *(2) Good Yr Radial 18.4R42 *Armstrong 15.5-38 *Firestone 18.4-38 *General 15.5x38 w/ Rim *General 14.9x38 w/ rim *Armstrong 31 x 13.5 x 15 *Titan 31x13.5x15 *(2) Firestone 23.5/75R16 *Firestone 24.5/70R17 *General 24.5/70R17 *(2) 26” Implement Rims *(2) Tires *(1) 14-16 Tire *(1) 16.9 – 2 Tire *(4) 245/65R17 M&S *(4) LT285-75R16 M&S *(4) LT245-75R16 M&S Ridge Runner *(4) LT245-75R16 M&S Firestone *(2) 9:00-20 on rims *(2)13.6-24 Tractor, Fair Cond *(2)13.6-24 Tractor, Good Cond *(4) 31x10.50R15LT *(4) Tubes 13.6-24, Good Cond STEEL *(1) Lift of Long Vented Steel *Pallets of Steel MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS *(2) Pallets *Box – Misc Automotive Parts *(8) NEW Chains 516 *(6) NEW Ratchet Binders *(6) NEW Binders *NEW Cab Mechanical Suspension Seat *(2) NEW Universal Tractor Seat *(1) NEW Skid steer Seat *(1) Lawn Tractor Seat *(4) NEW 2” x 27’ Transport Straps *NEW Coveralls 2x2 *JD Space Heater (Needs fan Motor) *Builders Trim Display (Rack) Approx: 500 Pce of trim *(37) Gate Panels - Various Sizes *Desk *Filing Cabinet *(8) Commercial Inflatable Bouncy (these are commercial grade ex-rentals units, good condition) (Kiddie Grand Prix for Toddlers to Age 12 – Average Condition) (Gator – Average cond. Needs minor repairs) *Slip Tank *Pallet of Combine Parts *(20) 5th Wheel Hitches *(2) SS Auger Tubing *(2) Pallets of End Dump Hydraulics *4x4 HD Wire ends *(4) Pallets – Fenders *(6) Rolls – Flannel *(1) Offcut Pces Super Slide *Air Ride Hwy Trailer - Axle Int. Suspension Unit *(2 bundles of 16) 12’ (8x 12) Douglas Fur Timbers *(1 Lift) 3x 12 Bridge Planks *(3) Chain Hoist *Tire Jack – Duals *Parts - Tub Grinder *237 Posts *1000 Liter Oil Tank & Stand *Approx 300’ (3 & 4”) Gal Angle Iron *Pallet of Insulation (Blue)

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2012 CASE IH 500

2008 LOCKWOOD 474H 4 ROW

2009 CASE IH 8120

2005 JOHN DEERE 4720 100 FT

2013 CASE IH EARLY RISER 1235 12 ROW

AUCTION LOCATION: From CARBERRY, MB, at the Jct of Hwy 1 and Hwy 5, go 14.5 km (8 miles) North, then go 3.2 km (2 miles) East on Rd 69, then go 0.4 km (0.25 miles) North on Rd 81. Yard is on West side. GPS: 50.0232, -99.3222 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2012 Case IH 500 Quadtrac Track · (2) 2013 Case IH Magnum Row Crop MFWD · 2011 John Deere 7330 MFWD · 2009 Case IH 8120 · 2006 Case IH 2042 36 Ft Flex Header · 2009 Geringhoff RD1200/E Roto-Disc 12 Row Corn Header · 2007 Case IH WD1203 30 Ft Swather · 2005 International 9900I Eagle Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · (2) 1996 Freightliner FL80 T/A Potato Trucks · 1994 International 9400 Eagle T/A Potato Truck · GMC 7500 1000 Gallon T/A Water Truck · 1997 Ford Super Duty S/A Dually Service Truck · 2010 Ford F250 XL Super Duty Flatbed · 2008 Lode King Prestige Super B Grain Trailer · 2009 Bobcat S185 Skid Steer Loader · 1998 JCB Loadall 550 TU 10000 Lb Telescopic Forklift · 1991 Caterpillar RC60

6000 Lb Rough Terrain Forklift · 2009 Case IH Precision 2280 40 Ft Disc Air Drill · 2012 Summers Diamond Disk Series 10 33 Ft Disc · 2004 Brandt 7000 Contour Commander Heavy Harrows · 2013 Case IH EarlyRiser 1235 12 Row Crop Planter · 2012 Struik Weimer 8ZF90-36 3 Pt Hitch 8 Row Dammer Dyker · 2013 Amazone KG6001-2 20 Ft 3 Pt Hitch Soil Conditioner · 2008 Lockwood 474H 4 Row Potato Harvester · Double L 860 S/A Potato Even Flow Hopper · Milestone MSDS8424 84 In. Picking Table · Elmers Manufacturing 3 Pt Hitch 6 Row Potato Cultivator · 2005 John Deere 4720 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · Qty of Grain Handling Equipment · GPS Equipment · Qty of Attachments...AND MUCH MORE!

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BRANDON, MANITOBA Licensed and bonded. P.L. License #918093. Member of M.A.A., S.A.A., A.A.A., A.A.C. PHONE: (204) 727-2001 FAX: (204) 729-9912 www.fraserauction.com EMAIL: office@fraserauction.com Auctioneer: Scott Campbell

2009 CASE IH PRECISION 2280 40 FT

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AUCTION SALE FOR LORNE & JEAN LEWIS, Morris, MB., go 2-mi West on Hwy 23. Sat., June 14th, 10:00am. JD 70 DSL Tractor Serial #7022939, 2,841-hrs c/w JD 7-ft. Mower; 970 Case Agri King Tractor, 5,163-hrs c/w FEL; Vers 400 18ft. Swather, good running order, shedded; 1988 Ford F150 1/2-Ton Truck XLT Lariat; 1976 Polaris Snowmobile; JD LX 178 Riding Lawn Mower; JD Push Mower; JD 42-in. Lawn Sweeper, Yard PT Sprayer, JD Snow Blower 30-in. new; LKS 250amp Welder; 60-gal Upright Air Compressor, 5-HP; Antiques: 1949 Mercury 1-Ton Truck M68 w/Hoist-not running. Plus lots of shop tools. In case of rain, Auction will be held inside shed. Owners: (204)746-2434, Harder Auctions, W. Butch Harder (204)746-8005, Lowe Farm, MB. www.harderauctions.ca

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UNRESERVED FARM AUCTION

Thurs., June 12 @ 5:30 am Libau, MB

Jct Hwy #59 & 32 North thru town then 2 Miles on 32 then West 1/2 Mile on RD 87 Auction Note: Be on TIME! 2 HOUR SALE Contact: (204) 766-2305

FARM AUCTION FOR MIKE KELEMAN & PHIL & HOLLY KELEMAN Sat., June 14th 11:00am 6-mi North of Langruth on Hwy 50 till RD 100 4.5-mi West & 2-mi North. Tractors: 1990 7130 Case IH MFWD PS fact 3-PTH 3 hyds 1000 PTO 18.4R42 fact duals 8,070-hrs; 1988 7120 Case IH PS 20.8R38 fact duals 3 hyds dual PTO 3,450-hrs; 1968 1256 IHC Turbo 18.4x38 fact duals 2 hyds dual PTO 9,300-hrs; 1973 966 IHC w/2350 IHC ldr 18.4x34 9,800-hrs 2 hyds PTO; 1959 560 IHC DSL 1 hyd PTO 18.4x30; 1944 2N Ford 3-SPD; Combines & Trucks: 1980 1440 Case IH Axial flow PU header 2,710 eng hrs (shedded); 1975 7700 JD PU & chopper 2,790 eng hrs (shedded); 1976 Chev C60 14-ft. box & hoist RT 350 eng 5+2 spd 87,500-mi; 1972 Fleetstar INT Tandem big 6 cyl gas 18-ft. box & hoist RT; 1966 INT 1600 truck 12ft. stl box & hoist 304 eng 4-SPD; 1985 Ford F150 6 cyl 4-SPD std; 14-ft. lode King Drill Fill; 1989 INT school bus w/7.3L DSL; 18-ft. Grain Box & hoist Trailer; Haying Equip: 2008 2756A MF Hesston series Rd Baler (approx 5000 bales); 2003 5020 MacDon 14-ft. Mower Conditioner; 124 MF Sq Baler; 15 Bale Stooker; 26 Bale Rd Bale semi type Trailer w/tandem converter; 17 Bale Rd bale Trailer; Grain & Tillage Equip: 28-ft. 7200 INT HoeDrill stl pan w/carrier; 14-ft. 7200 INT HoeDrill w/grass seed attach; 25-ft. Morris Magnum 3 Deep Tiller w/Mulchers; 27-ft. 179 Co-op Cult; 33-ft. JD 1000 Cult w/mulchers; 27-ft. JD 1610 Deep Tiller w/mulchers; 14-ft. Terra Tandem Disc; Degalman 570 4 batt Stone Picker; Degalman Stone Picker; 20-ft. 400 Vers Swather; 24-ft. 75 INT PT Swather; 18-ft. 500 Co-op sp Swather; Keer Shear; 10 sections of Diamond Harrows; 8x51-ft. Westfield PTO Auger; 7x36-ft. Allied PTO Auger; Cattle Equip: Hi Qual Squeeze Chute w/palpation cage, w/trailer; 40, 10-ft. Panels; 8, 12-ft. Panels; 14-ft. Feeder Panel; 15 Rd Bale Feeders; 7 metal Feed Troughs; 24-in. Robin Grain Roller; Cattle Oiler; 16-ft. SS water Trough w/wood Heater; 7-ft. Manure bucket; 2 Bale Spears; 1/2-Ton Cattle Rack; 250, 5 to 6-in. Fence Posts; Shop & Misc Equip: 1,500-gal Poly Tank; 3, 900 R20 Truck Tires; 2, 10R225 Truck tires; 2, 1100x16-in. JD wheels; 14L16.1SL tires; 3 Farm Wagons; 60-gal 5-HP Air Compressor; 30-gal Portable oilles Air compressor; 2-in. gas water pump; 5-HP gas Karscher 1750 psi Pressure washer; Roller cabinet Tool Box; 8-in. Bench Grinder; Acetylene set; assort of wrenches; 16, 16-ft. rough 2x8s; Misc Lumber; Misc. Auctioneers Note: The Keleman’s have sold their farm & the major equipment has been well maintained & shedded. Should be into equipment by 1:00pm. 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 Sale Final. Statements made on sale day will take precedent over all previous advertisements Auction company and owners are not responsible for any accidents on sale site. Sale conducted by Nickel Auctions Ltd Ph (204)637-3393 cell (204)856-6900 Phil Keleman (204)445-2006 Mike Keleman (204)445-2010 www.nickelauctions.com

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman COMBINED AUCTION FOR HENRY DYCK & ESTATE OF THE LATE HELEN PETERS Sat., June 21st at 11:00am at the Austin Skating Rink. Lawn & Garden: 2009 Yard Machine 38-in. Riding Mower; 10/32 Canadiana Snowblower; 2 wheel utility Trailer; Lawn Mower w/bagger; Truf Power Garden Tiller; Macleods Garden Tiller; Rear Tine Garden Tiller; Household: Wood Cookstove; Antique Kitchen Cupboard; Wood High Chair; Shop Tools: Misc; Estate of Helen Peters: Deutz Allis Riding mower (not running); small Garden Tiller; Violin; 1.5-gal Sausage maker; Furniture & appliances; Antiques & Collectables: Kneading Bowl; Enamel Bowls; Treadle sewing machine; Chest of Drawers; Kids wooden Rocker; Wooden High Chair; Kitchen Chairs; wood Rocking Chair; Rd Cheese box; Scrub board; Flour Bin; Dolls; Blue Ribbon Tin; Rogers Syrup Pails; Wood toy Blocks; misc. Website www.nickelauctions.com Terms Cash or Cheque. Lunch served. Subject to additions & dele-tions. Not responsible for any errors in description. GST & PST Will be charged where applicable. Everything Sells AS IS Where IS All sales Final. Owners & auction company are not responsible for any accidents on sale site. Sale conducted by Nickel Auctions Ltd Phone (204)6373393 cell (204)856-6900.

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3 miles East on 67 then South 2 1/2 Miles on Hwy #7 - #79056 Tractor & Equip: JD 4240 Cab AC 540/1000 PTO Dual hyd. All New Rubber, 20.8.38, 6062 hrs * NH 1037 Square Bale Wagon * Int 21’ Deep Tiller * JD 110 10’ Tandem Disc * Co-op 12’ Cult with Mulchers * Farm King 60’ Spring Tine Harrows * Allied 20’ Bale Elevator on Rubber * Tools & Misc: Kubota T 1400 Hyd. 36” R Mower * Cement Mixer * Bango Water Pump *1700 lb Pressure Washer * Comet 180 amp Welder * Air Comp * Accetylene Torches * Floor Jack * Power Tools * Socket Sets * Wrenches * Shop Supply * 8’ Oil Pipe 3” * Antiques 49 Chev 1430 1 Ton with Deluxe Cab * Int. LN Stationary Engine * Wood Heaters * Beauty Washtub * Ice Tongs * BA Oil Tins *

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Tractors: Case IH 885 Cab HL Shuttle 3PH 54901000 Dual Hyd w/ Allied FEL * Case 1030 Cab 540/1000 Dual Hyd * MM G900 dsl Dual Hyd 540/1000 * MF 1100 dsl Dual Hyd 540 PTO * MF 95 dsl Dual Hyd 540 PTO Hand Clutch Equip: Hayliner 2000 Auto RD Bale Wagon 2 Arm * Mac Don 5000 16’ Hydro Swing Haybine * NH 495 12’ Haybine * Case IH 8350 12’ Haybine * Vers 400 16’ Swather * NH 855 Hyd Tie RD Baler * NH 851 RD Baler * Vicon 9 Wheel Rake * Coop 12’ Deep Tiller * Older 14’ Cult Hay & Misc: 250 Alfalfa, Grass Mix RD Hay Bales * 11 RD Bale Feeders * 200 Galv Water Trough * 3) 12 Volt Elec Fencers * 1) Red Snap 30 mile * Stock Doctor * Dehorner * Calf Puller * Hanson 100 lb Hanging Scale * Animal Hip Lifter * Implement Tires * Coleman 6875 Watt Generator * Wrenches up to 2” * 36” Pipe Wrenches * More Tools & Farm Misc * Antiques: Great Northern Locomotive Brass Bell *

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Sun., June 15 @ 11:00 am Gull Lake, MB

Hwy Jct #12 Stead Rd continue North 2 Miles - #41005 Contact: (204) 635-2145 Truck & Rec: 96 Ford Ranger Ext Cab 4x4 w/ Dozer 250,000 km * 99 Polaris 400cc Explorer 4x4 Quad * 2000 Polaris 500 Touring Snowmobile * Snowmobile Sleigh * EZ GO gas 4 Wheel Golf Cart w/ Canopy * Snowmobile Trailer * Camping Items * Fishing Rods & Tackle * Life Jackets * Ping Pong Table Yard: Canopy Car Port * Crafts YS 4500 22 hp 42” R Mower w/ Bagger * Push Mower * Mini Rotor Tiller * Weed Eater * Hand Yard Tools * Cast Bench * Patio Furniture * Yard Ornaments * Play Structure * Pedal Bikes Tools: Drill Press * Air Comp * Table Saw * Chain Saw * Scroll Saw * Sliding Mitre Saw * Rec Saw * Power Tools * Tool Cabinet * Hand Tools * Wrenches * Socket Sets * Clamps Misc: Pressure Washer * Propane Heater * Air Cond * Ladders * Roller Stands * Home Repair Items * Hyd Jack * Come Along * Chain & Hooks Household: Fridge * Corner China * 3 pc LR Suite * Couches * Desks * Crendensa * Bunk Beds * Flat Screen TVs * Stereo * Appliances * Elec Fire Place * Glassware * 8 pc Setting * Pictures * Halloween & Xmas Items Antiques: Dresser & Mirror * Oak Table * Trunk * 4) DR Chairs * High Chair * Cuckoo Clock * Die Cast Cars * RC Toys * Train Set * Spittoon * Drop Side Toaster * Irons * Milk Bottles * Coal Oil Lamp * Beer Signs * Steins * Decanters Gun & Access: Winchester, Model 1200, PA, 12 ga 3” mag, Shotgun * Kentuckia 45 cal Black Powder * Black Powder Horns *

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Sat., June 14 @ 10:00 am Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Drive More Items than Listed !!

Tractor & Equip: Int 384 dsl HL PS 3PH 540 PTO hyd w/ Buhler/Allied 395 FEL only 1296 hrs * Belarus 465 dsl 3PH hyd 540 PTO 384 hrs * NH 847 Rd Baler * NH 320 Squ Baler * NH 1033 Bale Wagon * 3PH 6’ Cult * Shaver 3PH Post Pounder * 3PH 6’ Tandem Disc * 3PH 6’ Cult * 3PH 10’ Cult * 3PH 10’ Spring Tine Harrows * 3PH 6’ Blade * 3PH 350 gal Water Tank Livestock Equip: 2 pc 8’ Crowding Tub * New Hyd Squeeze * Coral Panels * Curved Panels Vehicles & Trailers: 99 Dodge Lamarie SLT 1500 Auto AC w/ Cap, 49,000 km, Sft * BH 20’ Flat Deck Tandem Trailer * Utility Trailer Rec & Yard: Al 17’ Boat, 50 HP Merc, & Trailer * Razor ZSR 26HP 54” Zero Turn hyd R Mower, 14.3 hrs * Simplicity P1728E Snowblower, * Roto Tiller * Ground Plate Compactor * JD 111 R Mower * Honda Gas Mower * 2) Stihl 026 Chain Saw * Weed Chipper * Stihl BG 75 Yard Blower * Stihl F538 Weedeater * 12 Volt Seed Broadcaster * 3PH Yard 12 V Sprayer * 2) Decorative 18’ Metal Gates New Bldgs: 2) Peak Shelters 20’x30’ * 2) 2040 Party Tents 20’x40’ * 2) 3085 Peak Shelters 30’x85’ * 2) Pop Up Tent 10’x20’ Tools: 35 Drawer Tool Cabinet * 2) Tire Changers * Southbend 145c Metal Lathe 48” hyd Bed 13” Swing w/ 4&3 Jaw Chuck, Center Rest, Narling Tools * LKS Metal Band Saw * Drill Press * Miller 250 AC/DC Welder * 4 cyl Gas 200 Amp Welder * Accetylene Torches * Milwakee Chop Saw * Miller Spot Welder * Air Comp * 36” Wood Lathe * Ridget 16 gal Shop Vac * Hilte Gun * Power Tools * Clamps * Gear Pullers * Chain Ratchet * Floor Jack * 3/8”, 1/2” Snap On Socket Sets * Wrenches * Digital Caliper Misc: Honda EU 1000 Generator * 2) Dsl Generator * Gas Water Pumps * Hay Moisture Tester * Hyd Cyl * 2) 7”x14” 20’ I Beam * 3PH Lift * Al Ladders * Shelving * Accepting Consignments!

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Estate of Larry Mutcher

Sun., June 8 @ 10:00 am Lockport, MB - 184 Lockport Road Auction Note: Partial List

Tractor & Equip: Bobcat 610 4 cyl gas w/ Bucket & Forks * Kubota BX 260 MFWA hyd Static 3 PH hyd PTO w/ FEL only 110 hrs * JD 1120 dsl HL PS 3PH 540 PTO w/ JD FEL only 2478 hrs * Ferg 3PH 2B Plow * 3PH 7’ Offset Disc * Vehicles & Trailers: 98 GMC 1500 SL ext Cab, 5.7:, 210,000 km * 92 Chev Silverado 350 192,000 km * 2) Utility Trailers Rec: 90 Prowler 5th Wheel 17’ Camper w/ Full Bath * 05 Polaris Ranger TM Side by Side, 98 hrs * Larson Sitation 17’ Open Bow Boat w/ Merc 90 HP & EZland Trailer * Camping Items * Pedal Bikes Welding Tools & Material: Swivel 712 Metal Band Saw * Ind Drill Press/Milling Machine * 50 ton hyd Press * Ind Elec Drill Press * Miller Matic 200 Mig Welder * Miller 230 amp AC/DC Welder * “Brown Bog” 36” Metal Shear * 12 ton hyd Pipe Bender * Accety Torches * Peter Wright Anvil * Pipe Benders * Ridget Pipe Threader * Cutters, Vise * Ind Drill Bit * Large Amt Welding Material 4’ to 24’ * Pipe, Flat, Channel, I Beam, Tubing, Angle * Welding Cable * Welding Rods * Shop Engine Lift * Roller Stands * Welding Table * Husq Chain Saw * Crafts 10” Table Saw * Power Tools * Angle Grinders * Drills * Chain Lift * Hyd Jack * Floor Jacks * Various Shop Supply Misc 5th Wheel Hitch * Al Loading Ramps * 300 gal Fuel Tank * 4 Sec Con Scaffolding w/Al Platforms * Pallet Jack * 4) 10’ Roller Conveyor * Warehouse Cart * Pallet Shelving * Com Meat Band Saw * Pressure Washer * Elec Motors * 5 Pallets Patio Bricks * Lumber * Posts * Windows * Home Repair Items * Wood Heaters * Scrap Batteries * Copper Yard: New Crafts YT 3500 Hyd 22HP 42” w/ Rear Bagger * Case 446 hyd Garden Tractor w/Mower, Snowblower, Blade & Rotovator Attach * Crafts 46” R Mower * Crafts 12HP 38” R Mower * JD 314 R Mower * JD STX 70 R Mower * JD 300 Garden Tractor w/ Roto Tiller * Push Gas Mowers *112 Snowblower * Snowblower * Gas Weed Eater * Garden Cart * Windmill * Cement Yard Orns Farm Antiques: 3B Plow * 10’ Cult * Horse Scraper * Walking Plow * Potato Digger * Harness Vise Stand * Set Long Horns * Harness * Cow Bells * Steel Wheels * Implement Seat * Wood Saws * Eco Oil Jar * Blow Torch * Oil Squirt Cans * Beam Scale * Cream Separator * Glass & Metal Butterchurn * Cream Cans * Ice Saw * Hand Water Pump * Copper Boiler * Leg Traps * Galv Tubs Antique Furniture: Oak Secretary * Oak Buffet w/ China Cabinet * Dresser * Wardrobe Closet * Rod Iron Bed * 4) Painted K Cabinet * DR Table * Drop Leaf Table * Tea Wagon * Parlor Table * Wood Cook Stove * Treadle Sewing Machine * Spinning Wheel * 2) Pump Organs * Oak Rocking Chair * Piano Stool * Various Stands * Child Rocker Antiques: Mirror * Pictures * Radios * Phone * Mantle Clock * Cameras * 1911 “Idea” Stencil Machine * Dietz Phone * Ink Well * Shaving Set * Vintage Hats China: Delfite * Depression * Crystal * Huge Avon Collection * Chalkware * Cloths Horse * Washboard * Granite Bread Bowl * Wood Mixing Bowl w/ Original Paint * Ice Cream Maker * Waffle Maker * Enamelware * Sealers * Milk Bottles * Household Tins * Cig Tins * Ashtray Stand * Old Books * Catalogues * Tonka Toys * Child Sleigh * Wicker Carriage Crockery & Lamps: Red Wing Crock2-5 Gal * Foot Warmer * Jugs * Pickle Crocks * Bean Pots * Torch Lamp * Coal Oil Finger Lamp * Lanterns * Gas Lamps Household: 2 Freezers * Couch & Love Seat * Futon * Recliner * China Cabinet * 5 Pc BR Suite * Table & Chairs * Gliding Rocker * Desk * Book Shelf * Hair Dresser Chair & Dryer * Jewellery Box * Fooze Ball Table * Stereo * Sewing Machine * Towel & Linens * Craft Supply * Sewing Material * Fireplace * Ornaments * Vases * Bell Collection * Pots & Pans * Small Kitchen Appliances * Glass Wear * Sealers * Large 2 Ring Auction!

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AUCTION SALE OF McRae Equipment

86 Wheatfield Road (Wpg.) - Off Roy Roche Drive

Monday, June 16th at 7:00 PM (Viewing Monday 3:00 pm till Sale Time Only) (SIGN’S POSTED)

MEAT & MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT

Hollymatic 200 hamburger patty machine* 6-Hollymatic Super-54 patty machines (3-for parts)* Hot Point 15”x15” grill (220 volt)* Smoke-O-Rama pressure cooker* HennyPenny chicken rotisserie* Large BBQ King chicken cooker* Hubert warming oven* 2-old chicken warmers* Hobart meat tenderizer* Hollymatic 175 mixer-grinder* Hobart #52 - 10HP mixer/grinder* Butcher Boy #52 mixer/grinder* 2-hand meat slicers* large fridge* GB Concepts 15 lbs. vacuum tumbler* hydraulic press w/4’bed* 1-ton electric chain hoist w/8ft. Running rail* 600-volt converter (220-600 volts)* New Ishida portion scale* 2-meat slicers (need

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work)* misc. meat processing tools* knife sharpener* etc*

MISCELLANEOUS 7-section of pallet shelving (18’ high)* 4”x8” steel bench* 2-meat cutting tables* 5-new 3-PH motors* 2” pipe bender* cut-off saw* misc. shop tools* 2-office desks* 2-chairs* 3-older lap top computers* plus other misc. items too numerous to mention

TRUCK & FORKLIFT (SUBJECT TO A RESERVE) 2008 Ford F150 Club cab, 4x4, (showing 150,000 km)* Allis Chalmers 5,000 lbs. propane forklift w/solid tires*

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Sale List: • 2003 New Holland CX840 Combine c/w 76c pickup, 12,000 lb axle, 2641 engine hours, 2107 separator hrs (premium unit, one owner, bought new) • 2004 Honeybee 94c straight cut header 36 ft • 1977 John Deere 8430 4wd tractor 6132 hrs. • 1995 Kubota 8580 tractor c/w m640 loader • Deutz 7006 tractor • Case Cruise air Drott 40 Rubber tire, 2 buckets and finger • 1979 GMC 7000 grain truck with 16’ midland box • 2000 Volvo highway tractor, 450 hp, 18 spd trans, safetied • 1989 IH highway tractor 300 Cummins 10 spd • Fruehauf hay trailer, farm use only • (2) 2009, brand new 20 ft car haulers 10000 lb axles (never registered) • 2008 Big tex 20’ goose neck trailer (nice shape) • 4x8 Oasis trailer 3500 lb axle with ramp (new) • 1997 Flexi Coil 5000 air drill c/w 3450 air tank, double shoot atom jet openers • Flexi coil 40’ 340 cultivator • Case 22’ tandem disc • Flexi coil 60’ series 65 harrow packer • Convey air grain vac • Transfer auger c/w Honda motor • Pro tech 10’ snow pusher • 14” pto water transfer pump • 26 KW PTO Alternator • 300 bu Grain Chief PTO grain dryer • TR 51’ x 10” Westfield auger with swing • Stone picker with offset hitch • 14’ Sokal stock trailer • Hesston 3600 Rotary brush mower 6 ft • Danuser 3pth post hole auger c/w 6” and 12” bits • 2560 Kubota Diesel Lawn mower, 72” deck, bought new, 880 hrs. • 2 – 50 ft grain rings c/w tarps • 8 – 1650 bu grain bins • 2 – 3850 bu Westeel grain bins off site • Westeel 500 bu hopper bin • 1994 Corsair Sunbird 18.5’ boat c/w 4.3 liter Mercury inboard motor • Farm King snow blower, 3ph • FEL bale fork • numerous small lots • some vehicles to be determined

PLEASE VIEW WEBSITE www.lamportanddowler.com FOR PHOTOS AND UPDATES Auctioneers Note: *Please join us for this completely unreserved Retirement Auction for JimBern Farms Ltd. of Grosse Isle, Manitoba. *This Retirement Auction consists of very well maintained equipment. *Please plan to attend on time as this Auction consists of mainly large equipment with very few small items up for Auction. *We hope to see you there! www.lamportanddowler.com John Lamport 204-476-2067 Tim Dowler 204-803-6915

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AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions BETTY DUGUID & ESTATE OF DON DUGUID AUCTION FARM AUCTION Sun., June 15th, 2014 10:00am 5.25 SOUTH ON #47 PREECEVILLE SK CONTACT: (306)547-4723. MACHINERY– TRACTORS: 2, MF 1105 DSL cab, air, factory duals, excellent tires, shedded, 6,100-hrs; MH 444 Gas (restored), new rubber, decals, paint, p steering, hyd, PTO, real nice; DC-4 Case Tractor crank start, restored, shedded; HAYING & CATTLE ITEMS: New Idea 486 Soft core baler, shedded, excellent; IH 425 square baler, mint; NH 256 SD Rake, mint; 11 bale truck frame wagon (needs axle repair); 16-ft. MW cattle trailer tandem axle, excellent shape; IHC 1150 mix mill shedded, four screens; Bale elevator; Bale buncher; Hyd FEL mount post hole auger 8in., 12-in. augers. Panels, gates, bale feeders, etc. TILLAGE: 20-ft. MF Deep Tiller Model # MF 25 (20 shanks & 4 Degelman Tine Harrows); 1981 21-ft. Case IH 4500 Vibra-Shank (c/w 4 Morris Tine Harrow Sections); TRUCKS: 1965 Fargo 500 5x2, 318 V8, 14-ft. steel box & hoist, 105,417-mi, nice; 1950 Dodge 300 1-Ton cab, chassey, hoist, good tires, not running; 1978 Dodge Custom 100 (Pick me Up); DRILLS: IH 510 end wheel drill, shedded, excellent; IH 620 24-ft. DD Press drills rubber press, real nice; LANDSCAPING: Will Car 10-ft. box scraper; Crown 600 6-yd scraper, new paint; DISC: Kelo 210 14-ft. offset excellent knotched blades, levelling arm, real nice; HARVEST: IH 403 SP Combine cab, spreader, PU, shedded; 1975 15-ft. 655 MF Swather Hydrostatic Dr, 6 cyl eng (No Hour Gauge); Hopper Tank; AUGER: Brandt 8x42 Supercharged PTO Auger, like new; Robin Grain Auger 7x32 w/12-HP Kohler Engine; RECREATION: Spring box 14-ft. aluminum boat seats, 9.9 Yamaha engine, trailer, tilt, tarp, shedded, good. Plus misc, shop, antiques, household. NOTE: Don’s equip may be small in todays size but is very large in condition. Major items are shedded & above average condition for the year. Online Bidding 1:00pm. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for complete pictures & listing. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851 Manitoba Co-operator classifieds, 1-800-782-0794.

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UPCOMING AUCTIONS EVENING YARD EQUIPMENT & TOOL AUCTION PLUS 75 MARBLE VANITY TOPS THURSDAY JUNE 12th AT 5:30 PM Location: 218 Brandt St. Steinbach, Manitoba

BUILDINGS & SHOP TOOLS • 40X60X21ft Gable Truss Building w/ HD PVC Tarp (Heavy Snow Rating For Manitoba Winter) • 16X22 Marquee Event/ Wedding Tent • King Power Model 10000 Diesel Generator w/ Electric Start • 20 gal Portable Air Compressor • Floor Jacks • 1” Impacts • 10 gal Sandblaster • Mig Welder

• Auto Darken Solar Welding Helmets • Century Buz Box 230 amp welder • Karcher Pressure Washer w/ 4 HP Briggs • Motormaster Battery Charger • Toolboxes YARD EQUIPMENT • 3 pth Yard Sprayer • Homelite Classic 180 Chain Saw • Mighty Lite 26ss Grass Trimmer (straight shaft) • Yardworks Electric Leaf Blower

• HD Steel A frame Stands • Large Steel Ramps • Walk Behind Cultivator NEW VANITIES • 75 Marble Bathroom Counter Tops w/ Poured Sink • Marble Kitchen Counter Top w/ Sink • Marble Bath Tub FURNITURE & APPLIANCES • Leather Sofas • Bedroom Furniture • Newer Appliances Fridge, Stove, Washer, Dryer

BANKRUPTCY AUCTION HEAVY EQUIPMENT, BUILDING MOVING EQUIPMENT & AG CONSIGNMENT SATURDAY JUNE 21st AT 10:00 AM Location: 218 Brandt St. Steinbach, Manitoba

• Excavators • Skid Steers • Gravel Trucks • Tractors • Diesel Trucks • Building Mover Equipment • Haying & Tillage Equipment • Trailers • Harvesting Equipment • Boats • Motorhomes • Caterpillar Crawlers • Wheel Loaders • 3 Point Equipment • Gable Truss Buildings • Canvas Buildings • New Skid Steer Attachments

ESTATE AUCTION CABINET MFR CLOSEOUT PLUS FARM EQUIPMENT & HOUSEHOLD FOR THE LATE JERRY WILGOSH MONDAY EVENING JUNE 23rd AT 5:00 PM

Location: 1 1/2 miles North of Trans Canada Hwy on #12. Then 2 1/2 miles East. #38044 Road 49N.

PARTIAL LIST: • 2012 Sokal 16ft Enclosed Trailer • 2008 Chevrolet Silverado LT, Z71, 4X4, Ext Cab, 1 owner, 165K • 2013 Kioti Diesel 4WD Tractor DK40SE w/ Loader, 3PTH • Toyota 4000lb Propane Forklift • New Husqvarna FT900 Garden Tiller, 9 HP • Large Selection Of Good Cabinetry Making & Woodworking Tools

• 7’ Landpride Pride 3 PTH Blade • 6’ 3 PTH Cultivator • Honda Big Red 3 Wheeler • 4’ 3 PTH Brush Mower • 14ft John Deere Haybine • Vicon Round Baler • Good Selection Of Shop Tools Including: Complete Strapping Machine w/ Clips • Paslode Portable Air Compressor • Husqvarna Chain Saw • King Industrial Dust Collector

Cabinetry Equipment Includes: • Mepla Mat 1500 Hinge Machine Blum Type • Peligro Hinge Graff • Line Boreing Machine Conquest BO111 Woodworking Tools Including: • Makita • Milwaukee • Dewalt • MAC tools PLUS GOOD APPLIANCES, HOUSEHOLD GOODS & Much More!!

SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS “Everything Sold As Is, Where Is” with no warranties implied or expressed.

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UPCOMING JUNE AUCTIONS UNRESERVED AUCTION of FARM EQUIPMENT BINS - FARM BUILDINGS AS ORDERED BY MANITOBA HYDRO of OAKBANK, MB - TUESDAY, JUNE 17th 12:00 NOON DIRECTIONS: : From Oakbank, MB (Jct Hwy 206 & Oakwood Rd 64N )At the Northern edge of Oakbank, Mb just south of the railway tracks turn East 9.4 Kms on Oakwood Rd 64N (At the Jct where you turn East is the Oakbank Credit Union on the West side and The Kin Place Health Center on the East. Make sure to turn East on the South side of the railway tracks. Watch for signs posted sale day. HOUSE, QUONSET & FARM SHED: *House Approx 30’ x 47’ House w/ 30’ x 23’ DBL Attached Garage, Stucco Exterior with Brick Front Accents, Wooden overhead Quad Fold Garage Doors, 3 Bedrooms, Asphalt Shingles, Newer Eaves troughs, sitting on Basement (To Be MOVED) *Quonset 46’ x 82’ Behlen Style Quonset Shed w/ 24’w x 15’h Sliding door on one end, 1 walk through door, 3 whirly bird roof vents, sitting cement grade beam (To be MOVED) *Farm Shed Approx 30’ x 30’ Arch Rib Farm Shed w/ Low rib tin, (1) 10’ Sliding door with man door on one end and 10’ sliding door on other (To be MOVED) TRACTORS: *1982 Versatile 895 4WD Tractor 310hp w/5 remote hyd with return line, 520/85R38 Duals (95%) 7154Hrs showing, 855 Cummins Eng, s/n091745 *JD4440 MFWD Tractor 130hp w/2 remote hyd, 3 pt, dual PTO, drop hitch, 8 spd pwr shift trans, 7825Hrs showing, Decelerator pedal, 20.8-38 Clamp on duals rear (20%), 540/65R24 Single front (70%), Front weight kit, s/n005349R *JD3050 MFWD Tractor 90hp w/BergsJo SL Loader, joystick control, 3PT, Drop hitch, 3 remote hyd, 540 PTO, Syncro Trans with 16 Spd, 7253Hrs showing, decelerator Pedal, 480/80R38 rear singles (95%) 13.6R26 Front singles (75%), Front weight kit, s/n659359 *Fiat 180-90 Turbo DT MFWD Tractor 180hp w/3PT, Dual PTO, 3 Remote, 580/70R38 Rear Singles (90%), 480/70R28 Front Singles (20%), Quad Range Trans, Diff Lock, 6350hrs showing, s/n264792 *MF 65 Diesel Matic Tractor w/Malco loader, Dual hyd, 3pt, 15.5–38 Rear rubber (like NEW), Multi Power, 540 PTO, s/nDW708883 INDUSTRIAL: *14’ Box Blade Scraper

HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *1995 NH TR97 SP Combine w/NH Pick-up Head, 3426Eng Hrs, 2665Sep Hrs showing, chaff Spreader, Fine Cut Chopper, Std Sieves, s/n558264 *1983 NH TR95 SP Combine w/NH Pick up Head, 3845Eng Hrs Showing, STD Chopper, Std Sieves, s/ n501645 *NH TR95 SP Combine (for parts) *1995 30’ NH 971 STR Cut Ridged Header w/ Bat Reel DBL Knife Drive, s/n581825 *1992 24’ NH 973 STR Cut Flex Header w/ pick-up air reel, s/n556110 *1991 24’ NH 971 STR Cut Ridged Header w/ pick-up reel, DBL Knife Drive, s/n548996 *1988 25’ CaseIH 6500 DSL SP Swather w/ pick-up reel, DBL Swath, 1510 Hrs Showing, Cab, Air, Rubber Slat Canvases, s/n000594 *Pallet of Harvest Services Sunflower Parts “enough for 30’ header” HAYING EQUIPMENT: *1993 NH 650 Auto-Wrap Rd Baler w/dual arm tie, bale kicker, 540 PTO, s/n881248 TRUCK & GRAIN WAGON: *1980 GMC Brigadier T/A Grain Truck w/Midland 20’ B&H, roll Tarp, Rear hoist controls, 22.5 rubber, V6 Detroit DSL Engine, 8 Spd Trans, air Brakes, 448,006 Miles showing, s/ nT49CJAV606169 *Approx 300 Bus Dump Wagon (single axle truck conversion) w/16’ B&H, Roll tarp, Clevis Style Hitch, 9.00–20 Rubber SEED & TILLAGE: *2011 42” RD 3PT Rotary Ditcher w/540 PTO, Single Trailing Wheel, Hyd Chute controls, Hyd Depth Control (Like New) *2011 Mandako 45 Land Roller, Model LR-5/8-42, s/nC10-02-45-04-1 *1998 36’ Morris Concept 2000 Air Seeder w/1998 Morris 7240 Air Cart, 4 Bar Morris Harrows, 10” Spacing, Bourgault Knocks,

Side Arm Markers, Single Chute, Hyd Fan, Self Load Auger, Light Kit, Tillage s/n2320003292, Tank s/n7249801215 *BOGBALLE A/S 3pt 4 ton Fertilized Spreader w/twin spreaders (like new), s/n346/07 *1999 82’ Sprayair PT Field Sprayer w/600 Gal Poly Tank, Raven 440 Controls, Hyd Pump, Chem Mix Tank, 500 Gal Poly aux Tank, 1000 PTO, Model 2200, s/n22182 *1997 82’ Sprayair 3pt Field Sprayer w/160 Gal Mounted Poly Tank, 200 Gal Front Mount Poly Tank, Chem Mix Tank, Chem Wash Tank, Foam Marker Kit, Model 1800, s/n18188 *36’ JD 1610 Tillage w/3 bar Harrows *30’ JD 330 Tandem Disc w/notched front, smooth rear blades, s/n013883 *30’ Wilrich Field Cult w/3 bar Summers Harrows *18’ Vaderstad Kultivator w/ HD Spring tine shank, removable Rear mounted discs, s/n 2745 *16’ Haul-All Seed & Fert Tender w/Hyd Augers *14’ Minneapolis-Moline Deep tillage *60’ Farm King Hyd 5 Bar Harrows w/auto fold *40’ Laurier Coil Packer GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT: *Vertec VT5000 Continuous Propane Grain Dryer w/PTO Fan, Wheels, Lights *10”x71’ Westfield PTO Swing Hopper Auger w/Hyd Swing Drive, 540 PTO, Reverser Kit *7”x41’ Westfield Auger w/16HP B&S engine, s/n02532 *6”x36’ Versatile Auger *6”x36’ Westfield Auger *Approx 400 Bus Gravity Hopper Wagon w/Light Kit *Approx 250 Bus M&W Little Red Wagon Gravity Hopper Wagon s/nR3265 *22” Farm Systems Aeration Fan, Model FBB501EC, s/n252400 *18’ Farm Systems Aeration Fan, Model EA18301EC, s/n251605 3PT EQUIPMENT & LOADER ATTACHMENTS: *9’ KP2800 3PT Rotovator, s/n00671 *8’ Snow Bucket *5’ Grapple w/ Manure Forks *4’ Bucket *Pallet Forks *Bale Spike

LAWN & GARDEN: *Yamaha 350 Moto 4 4WD Quad w/Rear Rack *Craftsman LT1000 Lawn Tractor w/ 20HP B&S V-Twin Eng, 42” Mower Deck, Automatic Trans *Garden tiller GRAIN BINS: *BIN1 Approx 4500 Bus Frontier Hopper Bottom w/Epoxy Coating, Lid Opener, Sight Glasses *BIN2 Approx 2500 Bus Friesen Hopper Bottom w/Epoxy Coating, Lid Opener, s/n7731 *BIN3 Approx 5000 Bus Westeel-Rosco Flat Bottom Bin Bolted on Cement w/full Aeration Floor, Center Unload Auger w/5HP Electric Motor *BIN4 Approx 5000 Bus Westeel-Rosco Flat Bottom Bin Bolted on Cement w/Aeration Tube *BIN5 Approx 5000 Bus Westeel-Rosco Flat Bottom Bin Bolted on Cement w/Aeration Tube *BIN6 Approx 5000 Bus Westeel-Rosco Flat Bottom Bin Bolted on Cement w/Aeration Tube *BIN7 Approx 5000 Bus Westeel-Rosco Flat Bottom Bin Bolted on Cement w/Aeration Tube *BIN8 Approx 2000 Bus Westeel-Rosco Flat Bottom Bin Bolted on Cement *BIN9 Approx 2000 Bus WesteelRosco Flat Bottom Bin Bolted on Cement *BIN10 Approx 1650 Bus Westeel-Rosco Flat Bottom Bin on Wood Floor, Lid Openers *BIN11 Approx 1650 Bus Westeel-Rosco Flat Bottom Bin on Wood Floor, Lid Openers *BIN12 Approx 1350 Bus WesteelRosco Flat Bottom Bin on Wood Floor *BIN13 Approx 1350 Bus Inland Flat Bottom Bin on Wood Floor ASSORTMENT OF MISC ITEMS: *(4) Trelleborg Twin 421 Tires 600/60-30.5 on 10 hole Rims w/17.5” Centers (Off Wheel Loader) *1200 Gal Poly Water Tank *2008 Westeel 1000 gal Fuel Tank (Like New) *500 gal Fuel Tank *(2) 300 gal Fuel Tank *Miller G1P A/C Arc Welder, 180 amps, w/ cables s/nE41913

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UNRESERVED FARM AUCTION for SOBRY FARMS LTD

of RESTON, MB - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18th 12:00 NOON DIRECTIONS: From RESTON, MB (Take #2 Hwy East 4.5 Kms to Huston Rd South on Huston Rd 4.8 Kms to Rd 35N West on Rd 35N 0.5 Kms to Sale Site on North Side. Watch for Signs. From (Jct #83 & #2 Hwys) Take #2 Hwy West 4.7 Kms to Huston Rd South on Huston Rd 4.8 Kms to Rd 35N West on Rd 35N 0.5 Kms to Sale Site on North Side. Watch for Signs. ORDER OF SALE: This sale has very little misc selling so please plan to be at the sale site and registered to bid by 12:00 noon (DST).

For online bidding at this sale visit www.fraseronlineauctions.com TRACTORS: *2012 Versatile 375 4WD 375hp Tractor w/450 Hrs showing, 4 Electric/Hyd Remotes, Return Line, Big 1000 PTO, 520/85R42 Duals, Full Weight Pkg, 12 Spd Pwr Shift Trans, HID Lights, Deluxe Cab, s/n306228 *2004 NH TJ500 4WD 500hp Tractor w/4500 Hrs Showing, 4 Remote, 2 Return Lines, 520/85R46 Triples (4 inside tires–NEW), 16 Spd Pwr Shift Trans, Full Raven Hyd Auto Steer System, Invisio Pro Mapping System, DVD Player system, s/nRVS002849 *2004 McCormick MTX135 MFWD 131hp w/1070 Quicke SL Loader, Joystick Controls, Plumbed for Grapple, Pwr Quad Trans, Shuttle Shift, 3PT, 3 Remote Hyd, Dual PTO, 18.4R4 Singles Rear, NEW420/85R28 Front, 4170Hrs Showing, s/nZT35AC4JJE3334239 *1989 CaseIH 9150 4WD 280hp Tractor w/4 remote, return line, 8337Hrs Showing, 20.8R38 Duals, s/nJCB0003161 (For info on this unit call Randy 204-851-1856) *Ford 8N w/Loader, 45” Bucket (New front tires). For info on this unit call Clayton 204-522-5237 HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *2009 CaseIH 8120 SP 420hp Combine w/2013 15’ CaseIH 3016 Pick-Up Head, Pro 600 Monitors, 1271 Threshing Hrs Showing, 1553 Eng Hrs Showing, 20.8R42 Duals, 28L26 Rear Rubber, Michaels Hopper Topper w/Electric Opener, Long Auger, Magna Cut Chopper, Small Tube Rotor, Std Concaves, s/ nY9G206150 *2006 CaseIH 8010 SP 375hp Combine w/14’ CaseIH 2016 Pick Up Header, 1903 Threshing Hrs showing, 2458 Eng Hrs Showing, , Pro 600 Monitors, 20.8R4 Duals, 600/65R28 Rear Rubber, Maurer Hopper Topper, Long Auger, Std Cut Chopper, Big Tube Rotor, Std Concaves, s/nHAJ106492

*2010 MacDon (CaseIH) 35’ 2142 Straight Cut Header w/Self Transport, Pick Up Reel, Single Knife Drive, s/nYAZN24418 *2009 MacDon (Case H) 35’ 2142 Straight Cut Header w/Self Transport, Pick Up Reel, Single Knife Drive, s/nY9ZN00932 *2008 Honey Bee 36’ Flex Straight cut Header w/UII Pickup Reel Self Transport, s/n3655073184 (For info on this unit call Randy 204-851-1856) *Pick-Up Header Trailer (Will Carry 3016 or 2016 Heads) *(2) Sets of Hard Thrash MAD Concaves *(1) Set of Slotted Concaves *25’ JD 590 PT Swather w/Batt Reel *18’ Owatonna SP Swather w/400 6 Cyl Ford Eng, Batt Reel SPRAYER: *2008 100’ 1074 SS Rogator Sprayer w/Auto Farm Full Auto Steer, Invisio Pro Raven Controls, Auto Boom Shut off, 1000gal SS Tank, Air bubble Jet Nozzles (5 way), Air Ride (Narrow Rubber 320-90/50 and Tridekon Crop Dividers - Sell with) *Flotation Rubber for Rogator (650/75/32 Sell Separate) SEED & TILLAGE: *2012 60’ Seed Hawk 45 Series Air Drill w/12” Spacings, Dbl chute, Dry, Semi Pneumatic Packers, Light Kit, s/n121299 *2010 Bourgault 6550 Air Cart w/Dual Fan, Rear Hitch, Bag Lift, Deluxe Auger, Light Kit, 540/65R28 Front Rubber, 650/75R34 Rear Duals, s/n40135AS-03 *2012 70’ Elmer’s Super 7 Heavy Harrows w/Hyd Pressure, Hyd Tine Adjust, (only done 3000 Acres), s/n12159 *2011 72’ Bourgault 7200 Heavy Harrows s/n40700HH-11 *1998 40’ CaseIH 5800 Deep Tillage w/12” Spacings, 600lbs Trips, Nickel Knock Ons, 4 Bar Mounted Harrow, Edge on Shanks, s/n0620875 *96’ Summers Hyd Harrows *22’ Morris Seed Rite Drills *1996 Westeel 1750gal

NH3 Tank w/21L16 Tires, s/nW20D3627 (5 Year cert done July 2013, annual cert done spring 2014) TRUCKS & TRAILERS: *1996 Peterbuilt 379L Tandem Grain Truck w/20’ Cancade Box with 68” Sides, Scissor Lift Hoist, 3406E CAT, 475 HP Eng, 13 Spd Trans, 24.5 Rubber, Pintle Hitch, Plumbed for Pup, Electric Tarp, remote hoist, remote tailgate, rear hoist controls, 300,000 Kms on in frame engine, 1,700,000kms Showing, SAFETIED, s/n1XP-5DB9X-3-T0387810 *2002 Chev Duramax DSL 3500 Dually Crew Cab 4x4 w/8’ Flat Deck Service Body, Auto Trans, Fully Loaded with Leather Interior, Mounted Tool Boxes, 150 gal Skid Tank, Dual Stage Compressor with Honda Eng, 50’ fuel hose reel, 50’ air hose reel, (New injectors and pump) SAFETIED, 218,500 Miles Showing, s/n16CJK33192F194368 *2008 Lode King Prestige Super “B” Grain Trailers w/Load Lights Inside and Out, Aluminum Rims, 24.5 Rubber, Roll Tarps, Dual Side Openers, S/S Fenders, Extra Light Pkg, SAFETIED, Lead s/ n2LDHG28309F048322, Rear s/n2LDHG30219F048323 *2005 Decker 16’ T/A Car Hauler Trailer w/all new tires (For info on this unit call Clayton 204-522-5237) HAYING EQUIPMENT: *2002 NH 688 Rd Baler w/540 PTO, Dual Tie Arms, Rebuilt Pick-up and New Gear Box (only 4 bales since pickup rebuilt), s/ n21985 *Degelman R570S Rotary Stone Picker w/Ground Drive Clutch, s/n15257 *Haybuster 2650 Bale Processor w/1000 PTO, s/n26FJ143550 (For info on this unit call Randy 204-851-1856) GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT *2012 Westfield 13”x70’ PTO Swing Hopper Auger w/Hyd

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT TODD SOBRY 204-522-5328

Swing with Remote, Reverser Kit, 540 PTO, Low Profile Hopper with Dual Auger, s/n241288 *2012 Westfield 10”x41’Auger w/34HP Kohler Eng, Self-propel kit, electric drive clutch, hyd winch, s/n235493 *2012 Wheatheart 10”x41’ Auger w/36HP Kohler Eng, Self-propel Kit, Electric Drive Clutch, Hyd winch, s/nWH11280 *2002 Brandt 4500 Grain Vac w/1000 PTO, s/ n61923 3PT EQUIPMENT & ATTACHMENTS: *2012 Brandt 15’ 3PT Sprayer w/50 Gal Poly Tank, 540 PTO Pump (Like New) *2012 HLA 12’ Front Mount Blade w/Mounts to ALO Loader, spring loaded kick back on cutting edge, hyd angle (only used 2 winters) s/n116624 *2011 Farm King 15’ Rotary Mower w/1000 PTO, Dbl Wing, Front and Rear Chains, Dual Tires on wings, s/nRC00139 *5’ 3pt Mower BINS: *4000 Bus Frontier Hopper Bottom Fertilizer Bin (Epoxy Coated) *4000 Bus Meridian Hopper Bottom Fertilizer Bin (Epoxy Coated) *3200 Bus Frontier Hopper Bottom Fertilizer Bin (Epoxy Coated) *(14) 2000 Bus Westeel Flat Bottom Bins w/New Style Doors, Lid Openers LAWN & GARDEN: *2012 Husqvarna MZ6128 Zero Turn Mower w/61” Deck, 26HP Eng, 106Hrs Showing, s/n090211B002787 ASSORTMENT OF MISC ITEMS: *Box off of 2002 Chev 3500 Dually *48” Flat Top Bunk off 1996 Peterbuilt *(2) Furnace Oil Tanks used for fuel tanks

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FRASER AUCTION SERVICE LTD. BRANDON, MANITOBA Auctionee: Scott Cambell Licensed and bonded. P.L. License #918093. Member of M.A.A., S.A.A., A.A.A., A.A.C.

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UNRESERVED EQUIPMENT & PROPERTY DISPERSAL MANITOBA ZERO TILL RESEARCH FARM of RAPID CITY, MB TUESDAY, JUNE 19th 11:00 AM DIRECTIONS: From the Jct of #10 Hwy and Provincial Road #353 0.6kms East on Provincial Rd #353 to Sale Site North side of Road. Watch for Signs.

HOUSE & GARAGE: (To be moved. Must be removed from property by Aug. 31st) *Double car garage w/2 metal overhead doors and 1 walk through door *Bungalow house approx 48’x28’ -Approx dimensions of interior rooms are as follows: -Kitchen 13’x18’ with pine cabinets with dbl sink and broom closet -1st Bedroom 10’x8’ with closet -2nd Bedroom 9.5’x10’ with closet -3rd Bedroom 13’x12’ with 2 closets -Living room 16’x11’ with 9’ picture window -Dining room 11’x10’ -Entranceway 11’x5.5’ -Bathroom with full tub/shower -Windows are PVC sliders and all ceilings are stippled textured TRACTOR: *1965 4020 JD Tractor w/700 Leon Loader & Bucket, Dual PTO & Hyd, Aftermarket 3PT, 8SPP Std Trans, Plumbed in Hyd for Loader, 2933Hrs Showing, 95HP, s/n 110659 HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *1981 JD 7720 SP Combine w/Chopper, 3434Hrs Showing, s/n461558 *24’ JD 224 Straight Cut Header w/Bat Reel, s/

n612012 *Redecop Chaff Collector *Ag-Leader Guidance System, direct Command, Maps Yield change, Not Auto Steer SEED & TILLAGE: *50’ Hyd Harrows *32’ Valmar 1620 Granular Applicator, Hyd Drive Fan, s/n162081538 *32’ Flexi-Coil Pull Behind Packer Bar *14’ Edwards Zero Till Drill, Steel Packers, Model HD-812-8, s/n94051727, s/n94051726 *Morris 7180 VRT Air Seeder Cart, Tow – Between, Hyd Fan, Single Shoot, 3 Tanks, s/n7289800447 *8’ Tandem Disc w/notched front discs *6’8” Versatile 2200 Zero till Press Drill w/Rubber on Steel Packers, Seed & Fert Boxes *3 Wheel Wagon w/500 Gal Poly Tank GRAIN HANDLING: *8”x51’ Westfield PTO Auger *7”x37’ Sakundiak Auger w/ Kohler 16HP ES Engine, Flighting is bent, s/n22172 *5”x10’ Pencil Auger w/Hyd Motor & Under Carriage *(2) Poly Hopper *Drill Auger (No Motor) *(2) Middle state MFG IHC Aeration Fans, 3HP, 230 V, 1 PH, s/n174036611027002, s/ n174036611027003 *American Ayr Aeration Fan, 3HP, s/ n1071 *Gravity Grain Wagon, Approx 250 Bus TRUCKS & TRAILERS: *10’x40’ ATCO Trailer, 4 Rooms, Has some Roof Damage *1970 Ford F350 Custom, 6 Cyl Gas, Std Trans, 9’ Box w/ hoist, 58,900 Miles Showing

ATTACHMENTS & 3PT: *7’ Leon 350 3PT Blade, s/n1659502 *7’ 3 PT Cultivator *5.5’ 3PT Rotary Mower *3PT Hyd Soil Sampler LIVESTOCK RELATED ITEMS: *(2) 12’ 6 bar Panels *(6) 12’ Cattle Panels *10’ HD Gate *4’ Gate TANKS: *6000 US Gal Poly Tank w/Banjo Valve *(3) 1250 Gal Poly Tanks *325 Gal Poly Tank *300 Gal Poly Tank *500 Gal Fuel Tank, Tuthill 115V Pump w/meter *300 Gal Fuel Tank, Tuthill 115V Pump w/meter *13’x25’x4’ Fuel Tank Berm, metal frame w/wood sides *9’x10.5’x 2’3” Fuel Tank Berm, metal frame w/wood sides LAWN/GARDEN/LEISURE & COMPOUND: *10’x12’ Garden Shed *30’x30’ Chain Link Compound w/14’ (2 – 7’Sections) *JD LT 180 Lawn Tractor w/48” Deck, Hydro Trans *20” Turf Power Rear Tine Tiller w/5HP B&S Eng *Stihl FS45 Weed Trimmer *Sunbeam BBQ *10’-12’ Aluminum Boat *Push Sickle Mower SHOP ITEMS: *Contractor 75000 BTU/HR DSL Heater *Contractor 50000 BTU/HR DSL Heater *Trade Master 13” Floor Drill Press *OxyAcet Kit w/Cart *12’ Work Bench w/leg vise *Schumacher 10A-30A-200A Booster-Charger *Clarke Metal Worker Bench

Grinder *Husky Pro 30 Gallon Air Compressor, 2 HP Motor *All Power 1800 PSI Pressure Washer *Shop Press *6.5 Gal Shop Vac *Ryobi 18V Cordless Drill *Memco AC-DC-225 ARC Welder *Welding Helmets *Grease Guns *Welding Rods *Assortment of Power Tools *Assortment of Flat Wrenches *Assortment of Sockets *Assortment of Hand Tools *Engine Jack *Assortment of Chains *Assortment of Tires ASSORTMENT OF MISC ITEMS: *(9) Picnic Tables *Assortment of Lumber *Assortment of Drill Stem *Assortment of Aeration Tube *Assortment 2” & 1” Black Pipe *Assortment of Posts *2” Fertilizer Hose *4’ Roller *Assortment of Fert Hose *Assortment of Belts *Assortment of Sprays & Fluids *Weeping Tile *Plastic Watering Tubs *Gateway Monitor *Epson Printer *Sign w/Letters *Poly Shelving *(2) Motorola Radios *Dockage Screens *Electronic Scale HOUSEHOLD ITEMS: *Couch & 2 Chairs *Futon *TV Table *Office Desks & Chairs *Kelvinator Fridge *Kelvinator Range *Polar Water Cooler *GE bar Fridge *Hoover Vacuum *(2) File Cabinet *Kenmore Washer *Hotpoint Dryer *Fedders Window Air Conditioner *Cupboards *Fuji T22 Transit w/Tripod

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT BRAD LEWIS 204-868-5579

UNRESERVED CLOSING-OUT AUCTION

for SNOWDON EQUIPMENT REPAIR & SALES THE ESTATE OF GERALD SNOWDON of BRANDON, MB FRIDAY, JUNE 20th 10:00 AM DIRECTIONS: From: BRANDON, MB (From the Jct of Hwy #1 hwy and 1st Street) 1.1 kms South on 1st Street to Glen Ave 1 Block West on Glen Ave to Sale site on North side of the Street Watch for signs

INDUSTRIAL: *Lincoln Red-D-Arc D300K 3 Plus 3 Kubota Welder, 250 amps, 40 Volts, 60% Duty Cycle, 4 Cyl Kubota Dsl Eng, Cables Included, Model: RA-250-V1902, Type: D300K 3+3, s/ n665737-0 *Twin Cylinder Air Compressor w/Twin Cylinder Wisconsin Gas Eng, 80-100 Gal Horizontal Tank *Caterpillar tow behind grader w/Steel Spoke Wheels, (2) Steel wheels lift the blade, (1) Steel Wheel adjust the angle of the blade *C.D. Edwards MFG. CO. Tow Behind Grader, Model F503, Larger Rear Steel Spoke Wheels, Tandem Steel Spoke Wheels on the front, Wooden Tongue *Loader for 420 or 40 JD Crawler, Model 90, s/n1335 TRUCKS & TRAILERS: *1981 Dodge Power Ram 350 Custom 4x4 w/360 Gas eng, 4 Spd Std Trans, Dual Rear Wheels, 11’ Steel Deck w/ Tool Boxes, Hyd Drive Air Compressor w/ Tank & Hose Reel, Vice, 74,056 kms Showing, s/n1B6WW34T6BS122100, SAFTIED *Trailmobile 42’ T/A Van Trailer, Double Doors in the back, STORAGE ONLY – NO TOD *(2) 8.5’W x 9’L x 10’H Storage Containers w/single wide door SHOP EQUIPMENT & TOOLS: *OTC 75 Ton Hydraulic Shop Press w/45” Opening, Sliding Bed, Self Contained Power Pack, 1PH, Adjustable Height, Sliding Hyd Head *Emerson 7” Metal Cutting Band Saw w/ Oiler, 4 Spd *Cincinnati Metal Lathe w/72” Bed, 18” Swing, Hydra-shift, 12 Spd for the chuck, 8 spd for the Travel, Reverse, (2) Steady Rests, Cutter Blocks, Grinder w/ Motor, Adjustment for cutting threads, 3PH *Logan Screw Cutting & Turret Lathe, Model 9B17-1 w/17” Bed, 5 Speed Chuck, 8 Speed Feed, 3 Chucks, Assortment of Bits, 1PH *Hypertherm Powermay 65 Plasma Cutter *Hobart Handler 140 Wire Feed Welder, 115 V, 25-140 AMP Output, Cart, s/nLK350498Y

*Hobart Model M-300 Arc Welder w/Wire Feed Adapter, 300 Amp, 40 Volts, Duty Cycle 60%, 20 HP, 3PH, Volts 230/460, 50’ – 75’ Cables, s/n85WS75869 *SIR Meccanica Bimotor Plus Moveable Multiple Purpose Machine Tool – Automatic Welding *Line Boring Machine *North Star Performance Steam Cleaner, 6 Nozzle Tips, 220 Volts, 1 PH, (Uses either Dsl or Kerosene to heat) *Jet Electric Bench Grinder w/Stand, ¾ HP, 115/220 Volt, 1 PH, 3450RPM *Cascade Technology Air Boy (Smoke Eater), 220 Volt, 1 PH *Oxy-Acet Kit w/Cart *Dake 102 Arbor Press w/11” Opening *Barer Engineering Bench Grinder w/Stand, 3 PH *DeVilbiss Twin Cylinder Air Compressor w/10 HP Robbins & Myers Electric Motor, 3 PH, 100 Gal Tank, s/nTF-1775 *Black & Decker 11/16” Super – Service Valve Refacer, Cat # 282/550, Type –TD, Work Head Motor – 115 Volts & 1.5 AMPS, Wheel Head Motor – 11.5 Volts & 7.5 AMPS, Valve Seat Grinder, Guides, s/n3467399 *Hobart Hefty CC/CV Wire Feed Attachment *Magna-Flux Crack Detector *Arc Weld Gouger *(3) 15 Ton Railway Jacks *Assortment of Jack Stands *50 Ton Hyd (2Way) Lift Cylinders w/10“ Stroke *30 Ton Hollow Ram Lift Cylinder *JD Floor Jack *50 Ton Hollow Ram Lift Cylinder *Assortment of Floor Jacks (one 6000 lb) *Snap –on Combination Puller Set *Parts Washer *Paint Shaker *Assortment of Come-A-Longs *Large Assortment of Chains *Assortment of Stands *Coffing HD Electric Chain Hoist *Lifting A Frame w/Trolley *Used Oil Pump w/9HP B&S engine *Electric Used Oil Pump, 115/208 – 230 Volts, ¾ HP *Solar 360 Battery Charger/Starter, 6V-12V, Low & High/Start *Solar 560 Battery Charger/Tester, 6 Amp, 6 Volt, 60/40/2 Amp, 12 Volt *Herman Nelson Reliamatic 600 Portable Air Heater *Assortment of Extension Cords *Assortment of Booster Cables *Large Assortment of Welding Rods *Assortment of Fire Ext. *Antique Fire Ext. *Assortment

of Metal Work Tables *Assortment of Pipe threaders *Transmission Jack *Port-A-Power *Jobborn Angle Blade Adjustable Reamers *6”, 7.5”, 10” OTC Bearing Splitters *OTC “H” Puller Bars ( (2) – 13.5” & (1) 18” ) *10” H Puller Bar *4” MAC H Puller Bar w/Rod *Combustion Chamber Tools *Oil Pressure Gages Testing Gauges *Power Light HD Halogen Work Lights *16 Gallon Shop Vac *Maximum Impact Socket Set *Assortment of Pry Bars *Large Assortment of C-Clamps – Welding Clamps *Assortment of Roller Stands *Assortment of Racks *Assortment of Angle Grinders *Assortment of 3/8” – ½” Drills *1/2” & ¾” Sioux Drills *Assortment of Hones *Assortment of Flat Wrenches (up to 2 ½”) *MAC ¾” Drive Impact Socket Set *Assortment of Sockets & Socket Sets *Assortment of Air Die Grinding Tools *Assortment of Air Tools *Sets of Fittings, Bolts, Screws, Frost Plugs, Rod Ends, Cotter Pins, Clevis Pins, electrical ends *Large Selection of O-Ring Sets *Assortment of Bolt Bins *Antique Wood & Metal Working Tools *Assortment of Slide Hammers *Selection – 2 & 3 Jaw Pullers *Assortment of Grinding Wheels *Assorted Lift rings *Stanley ½”, 3/8”, ½” Socket Set (NEW) *75-100 lb Anvil *Quantity of pallet Racking *Assortment of Cabinets *Assortment of air hoses *Pipe Tap Set (1/16 – 1 ½) *MAC Provision 100 Inspection Tool *Mastercraft Inspection Camera *B&D Power Planer *Jobmate Rotary Tool Kit *Time Clocks *Large Selection of Shop Manuals *Hopkins Headlight Aimer *Lisle Camshaft Bearing Tool *Assortment of Filter (Most CAT) *Propane Heater CAT TOOLING: *D7 Bottom Roller Puller *3306, 3304 Rear Seal Installer *Assorted Cat Seal installers *Puller for Crank Pulley on D7E *Assorted Cat Crank Pulley Pullers *Large Selection

of Caterpillar Manuals (for Older Machines) *Track Roller Greaser *Selection of 17A Final Drive Parts *Selection of Cat Parts STEEL: *Large Assortment of Dimensional Steel, Pipe, Rod, Heavy Wall Pipe, etc. ASSORTMENT OF MISC ITEMS: *Assortment of electric Motors *(2) Twin Cylinder Air Compressors *Large Selection Starters *Large Selection Alternators *Large Selection of Hyd Cylinders *Assortment of Water Hose *Sure flame 45” Fan *Northern Blower Fan *Older JD Parts (Final Drives) *Assortment of Blocks & Skids *(3) Sets for Klift Extensions *Assortment of Tires *Shop Press Frame for Parts *Railway Dock trailer (Rough) *Rolls of Tow Cable *Assortment of Propane Tanks (500 gal) *Assortment of Bridge Timbers 12” x 16” – 14” x 14” – Various Lengths *Assorted Pallets of Cat Hoses *Assorted Caster Wheels *Slug Wrenches *Misc Terrey Parts *Misc Pup Motors *Ferguson Tractor w/ Allied Loader (300) PARTS ONLY *MF Pony Tractor PARTS ONLY *(2) Pallets of Skids 4” x 5” x 36” *Misc JD Parts *Antique Wooden Wheels & Wooden Wagon Wheels *Antique 4 Wheel Wagon w/ Steel Spoke Wheels, 4’ x 8’ Deck OFFICE FURNITURE: *Wooden Office Desk *Wooden Desk *Office Chair *Cabinet, 4 Glass Door *Gun Cabinet *Cabinet, Metal Sliding Door *(2) Cabinet, 4 Door File *Cabinet, 5 Shelves Wooden *Cabinet, 6 Shelves Metal *Panasonic Fax Machine *Wall Shelves

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT FRASER AUCTION SERVICE LTD. 204-727-2001 OR OFFICE@FRASERAUCTION.COM

LAND - HOUSE - EQUIPMENT - AUCTION for ROD FLAMAN

of Rossburn, MB SATURDAY, JUNE 21TH 12:00 NOON (DST) FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT FRASER AUCTION SERVICE LTD. 204-727-2001 OR OFFICE@FRASERAUCTION.COM

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MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm & livestock equipment auction for Elmer Aichele (306)744-2721 Fri., June 13th, 2014 @ 10:00am. Directions from Saltcoats, SK. 7-mi East on #725 grid, 1-mi South & 1/4-mi East. Vers 835 4WD tractor; JD 4240 2WD tractor; AC XT 190 2WD tractor; JD 4020 tractor; JD 3020 tractor; Caterpillar D-4 crawler tractor w/dozer; Caterpillar D-4 crawler tractor for parts; AC XT 190 tractor for parts; 1996 JD 9600 SP combine w/2215 sep hrs & JD 914 PU header; Gleaner M DSL combine w/3,391-hrs; 1988 CCIL 722 SP DSL 26-ft. swather; Farm King 10-50 swing auger; NH 116 haybine; Vermeer 605 round baler; NH 351 mix mill; JD 11 mower; JD 14T square baler; JD 5 wheel rake; NH square bale thrower; Brandt 7-35 auger w/Kohler engine & mover; Speed King 6-33 auger; shop built hopper box & trailer; JD D 1527 unstyled on steel; JD D styled; JD styled spoke rims; JD AR styled & overhauled; JD AR; JD #12 combine motor; JD feed cutter; Allis B w/3-PTH; Allis B & Bell mower; Allis CA restored; Allis WF w/dozer; Allis WF; Allis WD tricycle; Allis WD for parts; Allis WD45 w/dozer; Allis WD45 w/Allis 2-PTH plow; Allis WD 45; Allis D17 & loader; Allis PTO row crop combine; Allis B motor & welder on trailer; Allis 2-PTH 10-ft. cultivator; 1953 Ford Golden Jubilee; Ford 2 N; Fordson tractor on steel wheels; Case S tractor; McCormick WD-6 DSL w/factory cab; Massey 44; IHC SWD6 DSL; SW6 parts tractor; McCormick A; McCormick 10-ft. PWR binder; McCormick threshing machine; 1981 Ford F700 grain truck w/Cancade box; 1973 IHC 1700 grain truck; Ford F500 grain truck; 1986 GMC 1500 truck; 1975 Chev PU; 1953 Fargo one tone step side; Older Pus for parts; IHC hay rakes; tandem axle manure spreader; Killbury mount post pounder; tandem axle bumper pull stock trailer; various size corral panels; Lewis cattle oiler; round bale feeders; Pool head gate; new fence posts; new 15-in. saddle; saddles bridles & harness; 37-ft. Morris L233 Challenger cultivator; Morris 36 & 48-ft. rod weeders; 24-ft. Morris Challenger cultivator; Mel-cam 27-ft. cultivator; 500-gal TBH liquid fertilizer tank; Massey 14-ft. tandem disc; computer sprayer; Vers 56-ft. sprayer; Flexi Coil 60-ft. tine harrows; Degelman 3 batt rock picker; Melcam 10-ft. cultiva-tor; 12-ft. Ford cultivator; JD 3 bottom plow; 8-ft. Minneapolis one way plow; 3-PTH equip consists of Inland 6-ft. snow blower; 5-ft. finishing mower; post hole auger; bale spear; 2 wheel swath turner; JD 6-ft. finishing mower; IHC 15-ft. cultivator; shop built tandem axle gooseneck trailer; shop built dolly con-vertor; Leon FEL for 4020 JD, banjo pumps; 1,250-gal water tanks; JD 316 lawn tractor w/tiller; MTD riding lawn tractor; Westward yard sprayer; Honda Foreman 450 quad; Honda 650 motorcycle; Anchor 14-ft. boat w/40-HP gale motor & trailer; double wide snow machine trailer; complete selection of shop tools; various antique items & hidden treasures! 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

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm & livestock equip auction for Dayle & Lana Chuckry (306)861-6133 or (306)861-5171 Mon., June 16th, 2014 @ 10:00am. Directions from Weyburn, SK @ Junction Hwy 13 & Hwy 39 go 5-km Northwest & 1-km West. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com 2007 Case IH Puma 125 FWA tractor w/Case IH L760 FEL & 3PTH w/3,650-hrs; 2007 MF 5455 FWA tractor w/MF DL 289 FEL bucket & grapple plus 3PTH w/2,900-hrs; Case IH 7110 2WD tractor w/dual PTO & 2,588-hrs; 2012 16-ft. Hesston MF 1375 Disc Bine w/steel crimpers; Hesston 956A round baler net & twine wrap; 2010 NH BR7090 net wrap round baler w/inoculant liquid applicator & moisture tester; 16-ft. JD 1600A mower conditioner haybine w/rubber crimper; 2012 Kuhn SR 112-SPD V hay rake; 2010 Kuhn GA 4120 TH trailed gyrorake; Highline Bale Pro 7000HD bale processor; Easyway 85-bu creep feeder portable tin clad calf shelters; JD 346 square baler; NH 1034 bale wagon single bale unload; 2005 GMC Duramax 4WD 3500 1-Ton dually extended cab w/5-SPD; 2003 Southland gooseneck 7x20 stock trailer; 30-ft. 2005 Trailtech gooseneck flat deck trailer w/beaver tail & ramps; 25-ft. Westward 7000 SP swather w/674hrs (Jerry Trobert (306)861-0638) 1987 JD 318 garden tractor w/PTO & 3PTH rototiller; 1992 F250 XLT Ford F250 DSL PU (Johnstone (306)861-6281) 1987 GMC Wrangler 2WD PU w/V6 (Johnstone (306)861-6281) 1978 IH Loadstar 3-Ton grain truck (Al Watson Estate); JD 1610 31-ft. seeding tool & Harmaon 1830 air cart (Al Watson Estate); JD 610 DT cultivator w/Degelman harrows (Al Watson Es-tate); Flexi Coil tyne harrow bar (Al Watson Estate); Kirchner V Ditcher (Al Watson Estate); 2 MF 360 discers; Sakundiak 7-33 grain auger w/Honda en-gine (Al Watson Estate); Brandt 7-40 auger (Johnstone); Allied 7-40 auger Bush Hog 5-ft. gyro mow-er; 3, 1650 & 2, 2,750-bu grain bins on cement (Johnstone) Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twit-ter. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

AUCTION 21

JUNE

ERWIN & LINDA HESS WROXTON, SK

Directions: 20 Miles East Of Yorkton Along Highway #10 then 1/2 Mile north.

2 CASE IH 9350

10:30 AM

2001 PREMIER 2940 30 Ft. 1,598 HRS

2000 JD 9650

PARTIAL LISTING: TRACTOR CASE 2290 DOZER BLADE LEON 10 Ft. GRAIN TRUCK 1999 STERLING T/A • 1984 CHEVROLET 70 T/A • 1980 CHEVROLET 60 AIR DRILL MORRIS MAXIM II 40 Ft. W/TANK CULT BOURG 8810-40 Ft. • MORRIS 731-35 Ft. DISK KELLO 13 Ft. SPRAYER BRANDT QF1000PLUS 80 Ft. HH DEGELMAN 50 Ft. HARROWBAR FLEXICOIL 80 Ft. ROCK PICKER DEGELMAN R560S AUGER BUHLER 10X50 • SAKUNDIAK 7X45 • SAKUNDIAK 7X41 GRAIN VACUUM REM 2100 BINS 7 FLAT BOTTOMS, STEEL FLOORS LAWN & GARDEN EQUIPMENT JD X300

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Glen & Rosalyn Gamracy Auction Farm Auction Sat., June 14th, 2014 10:00am 10-KM NORTH OF BIRMINGHAM (MELVILLE AREA) CONTACT: (306)728-3010. MACHINERY– TRACTORS: 1998 MF 6180 FWA, cab, air, 3-PTH, dynashift, 32-SPD, 18.4x38 duals, 4,100-hrs joystick & brackets for quickie FEL, Excellent; CASE 2670 FWD 20.8x38 factory duals, 8,200-hrs, PTO, p shift; CASE 1370 Tractor DSL, 6,500-hrs, like new 20.8x38 tires, real clean; MF 90 DSL Allied 660 FEL; SEEDING–TILLAGE: Leons 35-ft. Vulcan Cultivator w/ air pack-age & harrows & valley on roll packers w/ or w/o Leons 45 tank, auger, Lombardi engine; MF 25-ft. #128 deep tillage & harrows; Willrich 34-ft. cult & harrows; Morris 36-ft. rodweeder– complete; 2 Case 15-ft. discers; TRUCKS: 1984 Western Star 400 cummings, 15SPD overdrive, sleeper, (needs safety); 1965 Ford 500 4x2 V8, 16-ft. wood box & hoist (new paint); 1973 GMC 6000 V8 4-SPD, 8.5x12-ft. box & hoist; 1986 1/2-Ton XLT farm truck; HARVEST– COMBINE: Case IH 1482 PTO Combine updated header, PU, shedded, looks good; SWATHER: CCIL 26-ft. PTO Swather PU reel, bat reel, fully hyd, shedded; AUGERS: Brandt 10x60 swing a way auger hyd swing; Secundiak 6x35 auger & motor; Secundiak 8x52 PTO auger. Plus haying including baler, haybine, tub grinder, shredder & cattle equip, yd, recreation, 7 bins, an-tiques & shop misc. NOTE: Glen & Rosalyn are re-tiring. Major equip shedded. Cattle equip looks good. Online Bidding 1:00pm. Visit www. ukrainet-zauction.com for complete pictures & listing. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm equipment auction for the estate of Vivian Kuntz (Contact persons Cecil Ashworth (306)456-2728 or Garry Kuntz (306)861-6245) Mon., June 23rd, 2014 @ 10:00am. Directions from Tribune, SK go 3-mi South on Hwy. 35, 2-mi West & 1-mi South. JD 7800 2WD tractor w/1,430-hrs; JD 4230 2WD tractor w/JD 148 FEL & grapple; JD 1830 2WD tractor w/JD 145 FEL & 3PTH; JD 6620 SP combine w/1,480 engine hrs; JD 224 straight cut header; 2009 Ford Focus 4 door car w/70,000-km; 1980 Ford F-700 grain truck w/38,200-km; 1974 Chev 30 flatdeck 1-Ton dually w/24,430-mi; 1995 Prowler 5th wheel camper; Prairie Drifter slide in truck camper; Brandt 4500 grain vac w/little use; Sakundiak 7-47 auger; Sakundiak 6-33 auger; JD EZ Trak lawn mower w/90-hrs; JD 318 lawn tractor w/tiller; Honda TRX 200 quad; 31ft. Morris Magnum III DT cultivator; 20-ft. JD 9350 hoe drills; MF 360 2, 15-ft. discers; Morris B-36 rod weeder; 60-ft. Flexi Coil harrow packers; JD 336 square baler; Vermeer 605 super F round baler; JD land leveller; Crown 3-yd scraper; JD manure spreader; Degelman 3-PTH angle blade; JD saddle tank; bucket mount hyd auger; Flexi Coil tractor mount post pounder; Wilcar steel deck bale trailer; Vers 400 SP swather; JD sickle mower; JD gyro mower; JD hay rake; Leon hyd rock picker; Riteway rock rake; Vers field sprayer; Ford 951 3-PTH mower; Gem roller mill; calf tipping table; corral panels & gates; W-4 antique tractor; 5, Westeel 2,750-bu bins on cement; 2, Westeel 1,600-bu bins on cement; 2, Westeel 1,350-bu bins on wood; antique dining room suite plus many other hidden treasures, complete line of shop tools. 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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MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm equipment auction for Adeline Senft & the Estate of El-mer Senft Sat., June 14th, 2014 at 10:00am. Direc-tions from Lemberg, SK go 2-mi West on Hwy 22 &4-mi South on Mile 19 road. Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com Case IH MX 200 FWA tractor w/2,923-hrs; Valtra 900 FWA tractor 1,070-hrs w/Buhler 2595 FEL & 3-PTH; MF 90 2WD tractor w/front mount snow blower; MM G tractor; McCormick Deering steel wheel tractor for restoration; 2002 Dodge 4WD 1500 truck w/leather interior; 1967 GMC 950 grain truck w/wood box; 1965 Chev C 60 grain truck; 1984 Ford F150 4WD truck; 1993 Plymouth Voyager minivan; Morris 14-ft. TD 81 tandem offset disc; Morris Magnum II CP 731 cultivator; 30-ft. Morris M-10 press drills; 50-ft. Flexi Coil tine harrows; Rockomatic 546 rock picker; Degelman 14-ft. rock rake; Jeffery 3-PTH cultivator; 20-ft. Vers 400 SP swather; Coop 9600 PT combine; 3, Twister 2, 750-bu grain bins; 2, Westeel 1,650-bu grain bins; Farm King 8-46 PTO auger; 100-bu hop-per wagon; King Kutter 3-PTH mower; Snow Cruis-er snow machine; Kohler auger engine; 2200 PSI gas powered pressure washer; 100-gal slip tank & pump; Craftsman lawn tractor; Farm King roller mil; Canada Machinery Ltd. 12-in. swing 5-ft. bed lathe; Canada Machinery Ltd. Shaper, milling machine; Omni band saw; HD shop built hyd press; Goodwill drill press; Marquette welder; McClarey wood stove; collectable & household plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & pho-tos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

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

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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.

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1977 C65 CHEVY 3-TON truck. Comes with 2000-gal. fiberglass tank & Honda pump mounted in grain box. $3000. Call Steve (204)242-4163, Manitou. MACK AUCTION CO. presents a very large, multifarm Equipment/RV/Vehicle Auction Sat., June 21st, 2014 at the Estevan Motor Speedway @ 9:00am. Consign your items now by calling (306)421-2097 or email info@mackauctioncompany.com NH 9030 Bidirectional tractor w/NH 7414 FEL; JD 4555 2WD tractor w/duals & 5,300-hours; JD 2550 2WD tractor w/JD 245 FEL & 3-PTH; IH 5288 2WD tractor w/duals; Case 970 tractor w/FEL; Co-op Implements 810 2WD tractor; IH 684 DSL 2WD w/Leon 636 FEL; (2) MacDon 960 36-ft straight-cut header; Vers 9025 swather header; JD 250 Series II skidsteer with A/C; 16-ft. Skidsteer trailer w/7,000-lb axle; 39-ft Case IH 5600 air seeder w/Flexicoil 1100 air tank; Case IH 1680 SP combine; JD 318 garden tractor w/mower & rototiller; JD 316 garden tractor; JD Sabre garden tractor, rear bagger; Case 446 garden tractor; Craftsman garden tractor w/blower; Deutz Allis 5220 FWA tractor w/21-HP engine & 3-PTH; 1985 Mack tandem axle gravel truck; 2003 Sierra 1500 extended cab truck 4WD w/134,167-kms; 2001 Chev 2500 HD regular cab 4WD Duramax DSL; 2008 Ford Taurus SEL AWD, loaded w/leather & only 26,000-kms; 2007 29-ft front kitchen Puma Palimino travel trailer w/large slide; 2003 Trail Lite Cruiser Hybrid travel trailer; 1976 Dodge Triple E 26-ft. motorhome; 1988 Chev 1500 regular cab PU; 1980 GMC 7000 single axle grain truck w/15-ft silage box; 1977 Chev C-60 grain truck w/30,500-kms; 1976 GMC 3-Ton grain truck; 1983 20-ft Keen aluminum gooseneck stock trailer; Lift Off stock trailer w/8 bale lift off bale rack; 2010 Teagle Tomahawk 8080WB straw/feed chopper; 2004 NH BR780 round baler; JD 1600A haybine w/rubber crimpers; NH 660 round baler; NH 1475 16-ft haybine; NH 900 forage harvester w/metal detector; NH 1033 bale wagon; NH 311 square baler; Case IH 563 RBX round baler; Jiffy Blow Deck silage blower w/live floor; Green Belt silage feed wagon; high dump silage wagon; IH forage blower; Jiffy silage feed wagon; (2)605C Vermeer round balers; 30-ft. HD corral panels; 8-ft. & 10ft. corral panels; round bale scale; grain troughs; Farm King 12-in. roller mill; calf tip table; Lift Off bale self-unloading carrier; 80-bu hopper wagon; Sovema 12 wheel hay rake; Summers 50-ft. heavy harrows w/2055 Valmar; Noble 15-ft. 1409 tandem disc; 20-ft. tandem disc; MF 360 18-ft. discer; IH 914 PT combine; Haybuster rock picker; 3-PTH fertilizer spreader; Degelman hyd rock picker; granular chemical hopper transfer; Vers 10-61 swing auger; Westfield 10-60 swing auger; Sakundiak 7-140 auger; Sakundiak 10-65 swing auger; hyd transfer auger; 50 KVAPTO generator; Farm King 7-ft. snow blower; MTD 45-in. walk behind snow blower; (3)36-in. cement power trowels; gas powered jack hammer; gas powered jacks; plate tampers; tree chipper; gas powered post hole; auger; 3-in. water pump w/gas engine; Kubota 2200W generator; Generac 3 PTH 17 KW generator; Poly 350 gallon water tank; construction heaters; stipple machine; lumber planer; insulation blower; tree chipper; rototillers & garden power tools; cement mixers; lawn power rake; cement mixers; concrete vibrators; 3Ton truck box trailer; Leon FEL; 1,250-gal poly water tank; Poly water tank 1/2-Ton size; natural gas furnace for shop; 2007 Polaris Ranger 500 UTV; 1995 Trav L Mate 24-ft. travel trailer bunk model; 1987 24.5-ft. Prowler 5th wheel camper; 1988 Honda Goldwing motorcycle; Harley Davidson golf cart; New 18.4x42 tires & rims; Buhler pallet forks; antique gravity gas bowser pump; wooden garden sheds. 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.

• 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.

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POTATO EQUIPMENT AUCTION

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

ONLINE BIDDING ONLY • JUNE 20, 2014 LONG PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA USA

ITEMS INCLUDE: • JOHN DEERE 4960 MFWD TRACTOR, 380/90R50 rear duals, only 6895 hours • JOHN DEERE 4255 MFWD TRACTOR, 380/90R50 rear singles, 9862 hours • JOHN DEERE 4840 TRACTOR, 20.8x42 duals, new inside rubber • OTHER TRACTORS • 2011 HARRISTON 4 ROW PLANTER w/LIQUID & DRY FERT, STEERING AXLELIKE NEW!! • HARRISTON 12 ROW FLDG CULTIVATOR & HILLER • LOCKWOOD 2 & 4 ROW HARVESTORS • WINDROWERS

• DOUBLE L PLANTER FILL • SUNFLOWER 4411 7 SHANK RIPPER (like new) • SUMMERS 15’ COIL PACKER (can be added on to-like new) • JD DISK & OTHER TILLAGE • HARRISTON CLOD HOPPER • BETTER BUILT SEED CUTTER & DUSTER • QTY OF OLDER BAGGING & CARTON EQUIPMENTincluding sewing machines, quality wire tie machines, carton staplers & box sealers • A VERY GOOD SELECTION OF POTATO EQUIPMENT PARTS & ACCESSORIES • MANY OTHER FARM & POTATO RELATED ITEMS

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

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Some Items from Zinter Bros.

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

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

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Canadian buyers are always welcome, please furnish a letter of credit for registration. Some purchases require payment by wire. Most units move easily across the border, feel free to ask in advance for document assistance if necessary.

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CALL FOR BROCHURE, SEE WEBSITE FOR COMPLETE LISTING, FOR AUCTION & ONLINE BIDDING DETAILS VISIT

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TURN KEY AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR business inRoblin, MB established by present owner in 1992. 32-ft x 54-ft commercial steel building, 2 service bays. Built 1997. Site has never had fuel storage on it. 1-Acre lot. Snap on tools. $399,000.00. MLS #1322001 Karen Goraluk, Salesperson. (204)773-6797 NorthStar Insurance & Real Estate.

REVENUE PROPERTY IN GRANDVIEW, MB: 2,300-SF building w/3 apartments & a laundromat. All apartments occupied. $89,000.00. MLS #1404846 Karen Goraluk, Salesperson. (204)773-6797 NorthStar Insurance & Real Estate.

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FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment FERTILIZER SPREADERS 4-8-TON: 4T Tyler stainless, $4000; 5T Tyler Stainless, $4500; 6T Simonsen, $6000; 8T Willmar, $7000; 8T Willmar 65-ft spread, $8500. (204)857-8403. www.zettler-farmequipment.com

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25 | 10AM Location: 7540 50th Ave S, Sabin, MN. From I-94 Exit 6 (Dilworth/ Glyndon, MN), 1.8 miles south to 50th Ave S, 1/4 mile west. TRACK TRACTORS 2008 Caterpillar MT865B, deluxe cab, C18 Cat, powershift, 5 hyd., hyd. wide swing drawbar, Trimble EZ Guide 500 auto steer, power mirrors, beacon lights, front pull cable, front weights & front idler weights, 36” tracks, shows 2,773 hrs., S/NAGC0865PNTKG1222 2008 Caterpillar MT865B, deluxe cab, C18 Cat, powershift, 5 hyd., hyd. wide swing drawbar, Trimble 500 auto steer, power mirrors, front pull cable, front weights & front idler weights, 36” tracks, shows 3,342 hrs., S/NSTNKG1221 2009 Caterpillar MT765C, deluxe cab, C9 Cat, powershift, 5 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, Reichhardt auto steer less globe, beacon lights, hyd. step lift, front weights, 16” extreme duty tracks, 80” to 120” spacing, shows 3,268 hrs., S/N765ENVC01022 2008 Caterpillar 765B, deluxe cab, C9 Cat, powershift, 5 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, power mirrors, front pull cable, front weights, 24” tracks, shows 4,171 hrs., S/N765HNTCD1497 1998 Caterpillar 95E, buddy seat, 3196 Cat, 500 hp., powershift, 4 hyd., front weights, 30” tracks, shows 8,199 hrs., S/N6KS00341 1995 Caterpillar 85C, 4 hyd., wide swing drawbar, 85%

undercarriage, cast drivers, extreme heavy duty tracks at 70%, shows 11,870 hrs., S/N9TK01458 1991 Caterpillar 75, 3176 Cat, powershift, 4 hyd., PTO, 27” tracks, 12’ hyd. 4-way dozer w/bolt-on cutting edge, shows 12,731 hrs., S/N4CJ00415 2010 JD 8345RT, deluxe cab, IVT, 5 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, auto steer ready, front & side weights, power mirrors, 16” tracks, shows 2,404 hrs., S/N8345READ902120 MFWD TRACTORS 2006 JD 8430, MFWD, ILS, IVT, 5 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, diff lock, auto steer ready, front weights, front pull cable, shows 4,602 hrs., S/N8430D005950 2005 JD 7920, MFWD, IVT, left hand reverser, 4 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, diff lock, auto steer ready, shows 5,538 hrs., S/N7920D036838 2WD TRACTORS 1995 JD 7700, CAH, power quad, 3 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, shows 10,164 hrs., S/N07977 1990 JD 4455, powershift, 3 hyd., power beyond, 3 pt., quick hitch, 540/1000 PTO, step kit, JD 158 loader, 8’ bucket, shows 10,893 hrs., S/N5787 1982 JD 4440, quad range, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, front weights, step kit, shows 10,207 hrs., S/N060236RW

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 facilitate border transfer.

1969 JD 4520, diesel, 8 spd., side console, 2 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, 7,013 hrs., S/N1400 1974 JD 830, ROPS, 45 hp. diesel, 8 spd. HiLo, 2 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, S/N830A143304 MM Z, wide front EXCAVATOR & BUCKET Komatsu PC120 excavator, mechanical thumb, 36” bucket, 6,692 hrs., S/N60553 Ditch bucket, 50”, for excavator SKID STEER LOADER & ATTACHMENTS JD 320 skid steer loader, ROPS, aux. hyd., manual quick tach, 72” bucket, rear weights, 2,278 hrs., S/NT00320A106480 Haugen rock bucket, 78”, 3” space, skid steer loader quick tach mount Pallet fork, 48” forks, skid steer loader mount GPS EQUIPMENT (3) ITC globes (2) JD 2630 displays w/SF2 and Swath Pro (2) JD 2630 displays w/SF1 and Swath Pro (3) Starfire SF3000 globes (3) Starfire globes (3) Brown boxes w/processors

COMBINES 2007 Lexion 595R, deluxe cab, climate control, 4WD, New 35” tracks, shows 1,870 sep. hrs., shows 3,261 engine hrs., S/NC0L88595C57988353 2007 Lexion 570R, deluxe cab, 2 spd. cyl., shows 1,709 sep. hrs., shows 2,860 engine hrs., S/NC0L00570V57800570 2007 Lexion 570R, 4WD, 2 spd. cyl., shows 1,723 sep. hrs., shows 2,871 engine hrs., S/NC0L0057L57800569 2003 Lexion 485R, corn/bean, 4WD, C12 Cat, 400 hp., 2 spd. cyl., 35” tracks, shows 1,869 sep. hrs., shows 3,385 engine hrs., S/NC0L00485V86800818 HEADS 2009 MacDon FD70 flex draper head, 40’, S/N192617 2009 MacDon FD70 flex draper head, 40’, S/N192668 2005 Lexion F540 flex head, 40’, AWS air bar, S/N44100620 2008 Geringhoff Northstar 1800R corn head, 18x22”, S/N721681822/B Clark Machine corn head, 18x22”, S/N0106061624 JD corn head, 12x22”, GVL poly, S/N471115

1982 JD 230 rigid head with Lucke 9” pans, S/N537287 SELF-PROPELLED SPRAYER & SPREADER 2011 Apache AS1020 selfpropelled sprayer, buddy seat, 133’ aluminum boom, triple nozzle bodies, 1,000 gal. SS tank, auto boom height, 1,251 hrs., S/N9110395 Set hubs and 320/90R50 duals for Apache AS1020 sprayer 1998 IHC 3700 self-propelled dry fertilizer spreader, 4,845 hrs., 59,307 miles PLANTERS JD DB66 CCS planter, 36x22”, S/NA0DB66X725014 JD DB58, conversion to 66 CCS planter, 36x22”, S/NA0DB58X72103 JD planter, 36x22”, front-fold Kinze bar JD 71 planter, 1 row TILLAGE EQUIPMENT (2) Wil-Rich Quad X field cultivator, (1) 58’, (1) 54’ Wil-Rich DC III disc cultivator, 35’, S/N156788 2008 Salford 570, RTS, 41’, rolling baskets, S/N0855051 Wishek 862NT rock flex disc, 30’, 24” blades, Gates heavy

BENEDICT FARMS INC.

Summers diamond disc, 32’, 21” blades, S/N86501 Case-IH 930 disc ripper, 9 shank, (10) lead shanks JD 680 chisel plow, 40’, walking tandems, S/N003877 JD 1610 chisel plow, 36’, no harrow, S/N11325 JD 1000 Series field cultivator, 21’, 3 pt., 3-bar harrow 2009 RiteWay 4300 land roller, 45’, S/N09-43-1719 Flexi-Coil 75 coil packer, 56’, S/N88586 JD chisel plow, 20’, S/N1560 Graham Hoeme chisel plow, 11’ (2) Melroe harrows, 70’, hyd. fold Melroe multiweeder, 42’, 2-rank JD disc, 8’, 3 pt., adj. gang angle SUGARBEET EQUIPMENT (2) Artsway 6812A sugarbeet harvester, 12x22”, Kiel row finder, 1000 PTO, poly grab rolls, S/NA100179 (3) Alloway defoliators, 12x22”, 1 row steel & 2 row rubber flails, gauge wheels, lights, 1000 PTO ROW CROP EQUIPMENT (5) SLEEPER SEMI TRACTORS

Blaine, 701.238.2626 or Dave, 701.238.5062

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(16) DAY CAB SEMI TRACTORS (6) HOPPER BOTTOM TRAILERS (13) LIVE BOTTOM & END DUMP TRAILERS (2) DETACH TRAILERS (6) HEADER TRAILERS FORKLIFTS GRAIN CARTS TRUCKS SEED TENDERS, PRODUCT SUPPORT & OTHER TRAILERS PULL-TYPE SPRAYERS CHEMICAL & NH3 EQUIPMENT GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT OTHER EQUIPMENT MOTORS & PICKUPS SUV & BUS ATVS & GOLF CART TANKS PARTS & TIRES BUILDING

Steffes Group, Inc., 2000 Main Ave East, West Fargo, ND 58078 Brad Olstad MN14-70, Scott Steffes MN14-51, Bob Steffes MN 14-09, Ashley Huhn MN47-002, Eric Gabrielson MN47-006, Randy Kath MN47-007 | 701.237.9173 | SteffesGroup.com

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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.

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Our premium system for grain carts and farm boxes that works with you, not against you. Spring loaded spools attached with cable create a tarp guide and hold down system that offers continuous tension, making opening and closing in windy conditions a breeze. The telescoping crank handle adjusts for multiple box applications, so there is no need to move while maneuvering the tarp and handle.

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NEW MC DRYERS IN STOCK w/canola screens 3002,000 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.

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Tractors Combines Swathers FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 1981 JD 6620 COMBINE, $8000; 1984 Versatile 4400 swather, 18-ft, $3500; 1965 JD 3020 tractor, $6000; 1979 32-ft-fifth-wheel camper, $3000; 1975 MF 2135 tractor(needs motor work)$2500; 1953 JD AR, $1500. (204)685-3024 2011 8100 HIGHLINE BALE processor w/chopper, grain tank, large tires, $17,500; Westfield 8x50 swing auger, $2500; Brandt 7x28 auger w/bin sweep, $1,300. Contact (204)851-0732 or (204)851-0730, (204)748-2022. 2, 7700 FORD TRACTORS 3-PTH, FEL; 1 IHC 250 tractor, 3-PTH, DSL; NH 851 round baler; PMI round baler; New Idea haybine 14-ft.; 20-ft. cultivator; JD 10-ft. rake; Horse trailer tandem; 2000 Chevy Silverado Suburban. (204)322-5614

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 250-BU. CHORE TIME HOPPER bin; 2,000-bu. westeel rosco grain bin; 1967 intl truck w/good steel box & hoist 8x12-ft.; 8-inx41-ft. westfield grain auger w/16-HP Briggs & Stratton engine, electric start; 14-ft. Co-op deep tiller; Assort of wire panels. (204)886-2461 25-FT MF 125 DEEPTILLER, cold flow anhydrous, hyd. shut-off; 25-ft Sylie Rototiller; 4000 Cadman irrigation, new gun; 8-hp Honda; 25-ft Danish tine 3-PTH cult. & packers; 6-row MF Danish tine cult. w/finger-weeders; 8-ft metal drum swath roller; MF 20-ft straight-cut headers; 1976 Ford Louisvil truck chassi, 429 gas rebuilt engine allison, auto trans. tag. (2) 500-G fuel tanks & stands. Phone: (204)476-0367 or (204)834-2750. ALLIS DOZER #20, CABLE w/12-ft dozer blade. $5000. Phone evenings (204)646-4226. BOURGAULT 180 AIR SEEDER tank in good running order. (204)759-2409 DISCS JD 22-FT #330, $9500; 30-ft, $10,500; Versatile 36-ft, $25,000; Bushog 25-ft, $7500; JD 16-ft, $5000; Krause 14-ft, $3500; Krause 15-ft Bifold, $5000; Degelman Rock picker, $2500; JD V Drainage plow, $1500; Phoenix Harrow 53-ft, $12,000; Summers 72-ft Harrow, $12,000; Scrapers 4 yd, $3900; 6 yd Eversman, $6000; 8.5 yd Midland, $8000; 6 yd crown, $5500; Rotary Ditcher 3 PH, $1250. (204) 857-8403. FLEXI-COIL #62 SPRAYER, 800-GAL. tank, 95-ft boom, $2000 OBO; JD 9350 drills, 3x10 w/marker, grass seed, fertilizer, plus carrier, $2500 OBO; Westfield 8x41 auger w/self propelled w/25-hp Kohler plus grain drag, $4300 OBO; Honda pump new GX120, $525 OBO; Farm King pencil auger, 8x16, $600 OBO; 3-wheel Caddy wagon, 500-gal. (wont tip), $1800 OBO; Haul-All 17-ft seed fertilizer tank, $1500 OBO. Phone (204)746-8721 FOR SALE: 2006 NH 1475 haybine w/16-ft HS header, $24,000 OBO; 1010 NH bale wagon, $1000 OBO; International tandem disc 20-ft model #48, $2,000 OBO; Truck frame trailer w/8x12 box & hoist, $1,200 OBO. 3) 15.5x38 tractor tires, $100 ea OBO. Phone (204)428-5185 leave msg. FOR SALE: 60-FT WILGER field sprayer, good condition, $400; 1974 JD 4230 tractor, loader & 3-PTH, runs good, $9000; 1982 IHC 6200 press drill w/factory transport, good condition, $2000; Homemade 28-ft cattle alleyway complete w/headgate, excellent condition, $2500 OBO. (204)637-2393, (204)212-2393. FOR SALE: 903 CUMMINGS motor & trans., From 1984 4840 MF tractor. Phone:(306)896-2817 Churchbridge, SK. FOR SALE: BRANDT QUICK-FOLD sprayer 96-ft w/830-gal. tank; Also good roll tarp for 8x15-ft box. Phone (204)799-8130, (204)837-9750. FOR SALE: NH GRINDER/MIXER; 2,500-bu eel metal grainery; 310 Fargo truck w/hoist,; Dodge truck, complete w/hoist; L2 gleaner bine; 4490 Case tractor; sprayer complete tank. Phone:(204)857-7156.

GAS BOWSER; SMALL CANCADE loader; Blade for a Bobcat; 5th Wheel hitch. Phone (204)855-2212 IHC 6 BOTTOM PLOW, 3-PTH, 4-tonne fertilizer spreader, corn cultivator; 30-ft swather; standing poplar; pasture & hayland for rent; Three sheep for sale plus much more. (204)268-1888.

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous GRAVITY WAGONS NEW 400-BU, $7400; 600 Bu, $12,000; 750 Bu, $17,750; Tarps available used; 350 Bu, $3200; 500 Bu, $6000; 750 Bu Parker, $14,000; Used Graincarts: 750-Bu JM, $12,000; 675 EZ, $11,000; JM 650 Bu, $10,500; Brent 450Bu, $7500; Grain Screeners: Hutch 1600, $2500; Hutch 3000, $5000; DMC 54, $5000; Kwik Kleen 5 Tube, $4000; 7 Tube, $5000; 7 Tube Hyd drive, $6500; Extra screens, $150. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com (204)857-8403. JD 105 DSL HYDRO combine, excellent cond., C/W 22-ft and PU headers. 23.1xR30 sprayer tires. Header trailer. 18.4x34 tire. 27x32 HD 10-bolt rims. 30.5x32 tire. 24-ft triple-axle trailer. 91 Dodge Cummins 5-spd transmission assembly. (204)766-2643 text (204)955-8970. JD 330 DOUBLE DISC 27-ft, $6000; 960 MacDon header 1998, 30-ft excellent shape, CIH adaptor, $14,000; 1020 CIH straight header, 25-ft, $5,500. Call Ray or Joel (204)745-7225, (204)750-1106. NEW EQUINOX BLACK 1,250-GAL tank, $390 OBO; New Equinox Yellow HD 1,250-gal tank, special price at $530; New GX 690 Honda Motor 24-HP, extra strong to run 54-ft. air seeder, loaded, hour counter & oil alert, electric start, retail $2,765 special price $2,165; New GX 630 Honda Motor 20-HP, loaded, retail $2,395 special at $1,860; New GX 390 13-HP Honda, rope start, retail $1,312, special $800; New Saga Scooter 50cc, electric start, retail $1690 special at $1,335; All warranty 2 years. A&T Sales Ltd, (204)822-1354 cell (204)823-1559, Morden, MB. QUIT FARMING: 2008 STX 430 4WD, new tires, $160,000; 2008 CIH 8010 4WD combine, 30-ft flex draper, $200,000; 2011 Farm King Auger, 13x85, hyd. swing & hyd. lift on swing, $18,000; 2013 Geringhoff corn chopping header, 8x30-in, w/row stompers, $80,000; (2) 105 White tractors, rebuilt eng., $7,000; Hutchmaster tandem, $5,000; Roadrunner header haul, $8,000; 30-ft MacDon draper header, $20,000; IH 4240 tractor w/15-ft mower, $12,000; 16x30 Westco cult., $1,500; 16x30 Band sprayer, $1,500; 1998 T-800 Kenworth w/N14 Cummins, 18-spd, 4-way locks, SS paving Box, 30-in. live belt, $33,000; 2006 CAT 320 excavator, 10,000-hrs w/QA cleaning bucket, nice, $60,000. Call:(204)871-0925, Macgregor, MB. QUIT FARMING MUST SELL! 1983 555 Versatile, 6134-hrs, $15,000 OBO; 31-ft Case IH field cultivator, $3800; 1976 C65 Chev 5-ton, tag-axle, 61,159-miles, $12,000 OBO. Call Ron (204)918-3169, Gladstone. QUONSET NEW, 35X52X18; JD 2420 DSL, 25-ft & 16-ft hay; JD 7410 FWA, w/loader; MF 860 p/u $5000, & 20-ft straight cut; Ford 5000 w/loader; Vac, sewer tank & pump; Rotex SR7 power parachute for parts; Chev tandem gravel box & hoist; C7 tree farmer skidder; Bison head squeeze (complete); 2004 Rumblebee shortbox; 16-ft dual axle cattle trailer gooseneck, like new. Cyclone PTO Fert spreader; Skid mount Cummins motor w/transmission; D343 CAT motor for parts; Bantam C366 w/471 Track hoe for parts; 21-ft Carter Hart PU/reel; 1-tonne truck hoist; Ford 6-ft, 3-PT angle blade for 40-HP & bigger tractor; CAT IT 28G loader, 2.5-yd. (306)236-8023. WANTED: 14x16.1 front tire tractor, FOR SALE: 2 good 10.00x16 tires, $100 each; 30.5x32 Firestone rice tires, good, $1000; 2 older 30.5x32, $200 each; Good 5th Wheel, $250; 6-ft swath roller, $100. (204)373-2502, please leave msg, cell (204)304-0270, Emerson.

HAYING & HARVESTING Baling Equipment Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds. Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! 1-800-782-0794. 2004 NH 740 AUTO tie, bale ramps, counter, wide Pickup, done only 390 bales. Owner passed away. Has not been used for several years, small operation. $12,900.00 OBO. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com 2007 HESSTON CHALLENGER LB34B 3x4 square baler, $67,000; 2005 Hesston 4760 3x3 square baler w/accumluater, $38,000; 3 NH Forage boxes, 1 w/tandem wagon, offers. Ph (204)728-4784, Brandon. 2009 JD 4895 SP wind roller, bar ties, HID lights, long wiper, variable speed reel w/16-ft 896 hay header, non-clog guards, steel skid shoes, 330 cutting hours, $69,000; 2011 A30D MacDon mower conditioner, 16-ft pull-type w/stub guards on cutting bar, $20,000; 2009 JD 568 Mega-wide round baler, 1000 PTO, w/net wrap, high-moisture kit, auto oiler & Gandi hay preservative applicator, approx 10,000 bales, $29,000; 2005 Morris 1400 Hay hiker, 14 bale w/divide stop, $17,000; 2006 Matador swath turner, model 7900 hyd drive, $3000. Contact (204)851-0732 or (204)851-0730, (204)748-2022. 570 NH SMALL SQUARE baler, with or w/o farm hand bale accumulator & fork. VGC, always shedded. Call (204)736-4227, La Salle. FOR SALE: 2005 CASE IH baler, RBX562, wide PU, belts VG to New, shedded, excellent cond, auto-tie. (204)476-0100, Carberry.

HAYING & HARVESTING Swathers 2007 JD 4895, 18.4x26 Firestone Champion Spade grip tires, 30-ft. Honeybee header, double knife drive, PU reel, 581 swathing hrs, 747 eng hrs, always shedded. Asking $79,000; Vers 4750 w/30-ft. double knife drive & PU reel, 2,760-hrs, always stored inside. Asking $12,000 Phone: (204)782-2846 or (204)488-5030.

HAYING & HARVESTING Various 03 NH HW 320 SP 16-ft. mower conditioner approx 1,100-hrs; 07 NH BR780A baler wide PU & wheels, twine & net, endless belts, 540 PTO, approx 300-hrs; 03 NH HT154 18 wheel V-rake, approx 400-hrs; baler & Mow-Co always shedded, all equipment VGC, used very little last 5 yrs. (204)372-6525. FOR SALE: 2001 NH 1475 Haybine, 14-ft 2300 header, 1000-PTO, low acres, always shedded, excellent condition. (204)728-2949 LIKE NEW 8 WHEEL Hyd. rake, red in colour $4,900.00 OBO. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com NH #1475 HAYBINE 14-FT., cut few acs, in excellent condition, $6,500; Woods 60-in. mower, $550. Phone (204)746-8851, Morris.

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FH 536 40-FT. 1989 Bourgault cultivators, tine harrows, knock on shovels, 230 trip, good condition, $11,000 OBO. (204)744-2312 or (204)825-0141, Somerset, MB.

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08 STX 430 brand new 620-70-42 tires, delux cab, heated leather seat, $160,000. Phone (204)871-0925, McGregor. 1989 7130 3-PTH large PTO, 20.8x38 rear tires, good shape, runs excellent, $30,000 OBO. Phone (204)526-7139. 2010 CIH DX-55 CAB, air, MFWD, 3 pt., 2,000-hrs, like new. $34,900 OBO. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com 886 IHC TRACTOR, 4,135-HRS, VGC, OBO. Call (204)736-4227, La Salle.

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TRACTORS John Deere 1979 4440 6,200-HRS, 3-PTH, extra fuel tank, $24,900; 8.5-yd Leon scraper, made improvements, $14,900; Wooden 16-ft. work bench w/50 drawers & steel top, $2,000. (204)746-6470 cell (204)712-7104. 1997 JD 8970 425-HP, bottom end on motor done 1,000-hrs ago, tires 90%, injectors tested, 24-SPD, 8,400-hrs, field ready, best offer. (306)524-4567 or (306)726-3203. FOR SALE JD 2555 - MFWD, CAH, 3 pt, w/245 loader; JD 2750 - 3 pt, 2wd, w/loader; JD 2950 MFWD, CAH, 3-pt, w/260 loader; JD 4240 Quad shift, 3-pt; JD 4250 MFWD, 15-spd; JD 4430 Quad shift, 3-pt; JD 4440’s (3) Quad shifts, 3-pt; JD 6420 MFWD, 3-pt, 24-spd w/LHR, loader; JD 6430 MFWD, 3-pt, 20-spd w/LHR, premium, w/673 loader, grapple, 5800-hrs; JD 6605 MFWD, 3-pt, PQ w/LHR, 740 loader, grapple; JD 7410 MFWD, 3-pt, PQ w/LHR, w/740 FEL, grapple; JD 8400 MFWD, 3-pt, PS. All tractors can be sold w/new or used loaders. Mitch’s Tractor Sales Ltd. Box 418, St.Claude, MB, R0G 1Z0. Phone:(204)750-2459. JD 4430, CAHR, QUAD range, VG 18.4 x 38 tires, clamp on duals, add-on 3PTH, dual hyd. & PTO, runs excellent, 11,000-hrs, $11,500. Phone: (204)312-0150. JD 444 PAYLOADER, 1 1/2-yd bucket, hyd. works good. $17,500 OBO. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

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IRON & STEEL FOR SALE: RIM FROM an old steam engine wheel. Phone Wilfred Wildeman:(204)564-2251. Inglis, MB. 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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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.

TRACTORS Various 2006 MF 6485, 6600-HRS, dyna-shift transmission, 18.4 R42 duals, cab suspension, electronic joystick, 4 remotes, MF 975 loader. Call (204)745-7864, (204)379-2640. JD 4630, 3-PT, DUALS, $16,500; JD 4430, 23.1 tires, $12,500; JD 4230, cab, air, dual PTO, $11,500; JD 3130, w/add on 3-PT, $8,500; JD 3130 w/Leon loader, cab $8,500; Case 1370, duals, big front rubber, $8,500; IHC 1066, cab, 3-PT, duals, $7,500; Case 730, gas, square fenders w/front mount blower, $4,950. (204)746-2016, (204)746-5345. SWAP 500 VERSATILE FOR International 806 or 856. Phone(204)855-2212 We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Cooperator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800-782-0794.

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus BATTLE LAKE FARM HAS for sale Black & Red PB Angus yearling bulls & 2-yr olds. EPD’s & semen tested. (204)834-2202. HAMCO CATTLE CO. HAS for sale Reg Red & Black Angus yearling bulls & 2 yr olds. Good selection. Semen tested, performance data & EPD’s available. Top genetics, Free Delivery. Contact Glen, Albert, Larissa Hamilton (204)827-2358 or David Hamilton (204)325-3635. RED & BLACK PUREBRED Registered Angus Cows & Heifers For Sale. Will sell part or whole herd; Jan & Feb calves @ foot, rebred AI to Top Sires. Please only serious inquiries (204)422-5216 RIDGE SIDE RED ANGUS: Yearling bulls for sale. From top AI sires, semen tested, guaranteed, will keep & feed till you need & deliver. Call Don: (204)422-5216 or visit our website@ ridgesideredangus.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus 3 REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS bulls, 2, 3-yrs old, 1, 4 yr old birthweight 80-84-lbs. Bismarck, Alliance, Stout bloodlines. Phone Marcel (204)981-6953, Oak Bluff. 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. 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-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. KEMBAR ANGUS HAS REGISTERED Black Angus yearling bulls for sale. Thick w/lots of hair, good disposition & EPD’s available. 70% will work on heifers, Kodiak 5R, FAV Peacemaker & KMK Alliance bloodlines. Also for sale, a select group of Registered Black Angus open replacement heifers. Phone Colin:(204)761-8526, Brandon. ONE 2-YR-OLD REGISTERED BULL sired by KLM KRYPTONITE5R, 3 Registered Black Angus 1-yr old sired Ossaiva 41Y, all passed the semen test, Birth WTS from 80-83-lbs, all quiet. Frank Case (204)428-3961, cell (204)856-6931, Portage. 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. WANTED: OWNER W/GOOD QUALITY Black Angus bull to breed to 4 young healthy Angus cows. (204)534-6185 & leave message.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus 2 RED ANGUS BULLS for sale. 3-yr old, both heifer bulls. $2,500/each. Jim Abbot, Carman, MB. Phone:(204)745-3884 or (204)750-1157. FOR SALE: REG RED Angus bulls yearlings & 2 yr olds. For more info (204)773-3252 FOR SALE: YEARLING RED Angus bulls, semen tested, delivery available. Also White Mammoth Jenny donkey. Phone (204)383-5802, or (204)383-0100.

835 VERSATILE W/RETURN LINE for air seeder, field ready, new inside tires, VGC, asking $20,000. Phone (204)425-3837.

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WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM STILL has several yearling & 2-yr old Red Angus &Maine-Anjou bulls. All bulls are semen tested, vaccinated, can be delivered. Phone:(204)373-2631 or check us out at www.wilkinridge.logspot.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais FOR SALE: 2-YR OLD Charolais Bulls, polled, quiet, low birth weights, tested & delivered, $2300-$2500. Wayne Angus (204)764-2737, Hamiota MB.

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FOR SALE: PUREBRED CHAROLAIS bulls, 2-yr olds & yearlings. Polled, some Red Factor, some good for heifers, semen tested, guaranteed & delivered. R & G McDonald Livestock, Sidney MB. (204)466-2883, (204)724-2811. MARTENS CHAROLAIS has 3 YR old, 2-yr old & yearling bulls for sale. Dateline sons for calving ease & performance. Specialist sons for consistent thickness. Also Pleasant Dawn Marshall sons. Call Ben (204)534-8370. 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 – Hereford FOR SALE: REGISTERED HORNED Hereford bulls, 2-yr olds & yearlings. Semen tested & delivered when needed. Also, yearling open Hereford heifers. Phone Morley Wilson:(204)246-2142. 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 has 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. YEARLING & 2 YR Old Polled Limousin Bulls for sale Black, Red. Semen tested, can deliver. 1, 4 yr old herd sire. Diamond T Limousin, Kenton (204)838-2019 cell (204)851-0809.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Maine-Anjou 2 BLACK PUREBRED 4-YR old, proven herd sires, moderate birth weights. CEE Farms Genetics. Phone Marcel (204)981-6953, Oak Bluff. WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM STILL has several yearling & 2-yr old Maine-Anjou &Red Angus bulls. All bulls are semen tested, vaccinated, can be delivered. Phone:(204)373-2631 or check us out at www.wilkinridge.logspot.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Salers PEDIGREED POLLED SALERS SEEDSTOCK, Black or Red, yearling & 2 yr old bulls, also females available; selected from the strongest performing CDN herd (see SLS stock on www.salerscanada.com). Breeding since 1989 for quality, thickness, docility & performance. Records avail. Assistance to match your needs. Bulls semen tested & guaranteed. Can arrange delivery. Ken at Lundar (204)762-5512, sweetlandsalers@xplornet.ca

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn 1 2-YR OLD WHITE Roan Shorthorn bull, birthweight 83-lbs. Phone (204)365-0066, Shoal Lake. FOR SALE: PUREBRED 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 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 Cattle – Simmental FOR SALE: 4 QUALITY (2 yr old), 1 long yearling, 2 yearling Simm Bulls. These bulls should add growth & performance, & produce excellent females. Polled & horned, Semen tested. Willing to keep the bulls till May 30th. Delight Simmentals Ph: (204)836-2116 or e-mail: G.Delichte@gmail.com FOR SALE: TWO, 2 yr old Black Simm bulls, sired by Cut Above, out of Wheatland 680S daughters. Also 1 Hereford Simm X Black blazed faced bull, sired by Designer Jeans. Call (204)873-2430.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Speckle Park SPECKLE PARK BULLS 1 proven 5-yr old herd sire, 2 2-yr olds, birthweights 70-78-lbs. Phone (204)365-0066, Shoal Lake.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various 2 YEARLING CHAROLAIS BULLS, good disposition, will semen test. Phone (204)428-5185, leave msg. 6 COW-CALF PAIRS, BEEF-TYPE. Calves sired by PB Angus. Also PB Black Angus Bulls, choice of 2 or 3-yr old, have calves on ground which can be viewed. Prairie Lane breeding. Phone:(204)642-7684. Cow calf pairs. I have 19 cow calf pairs. I am asking $2500 a pair or take all 19 pairs for $2400 each (204)250-4796 grumpeltgarry@yahoo.com 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.

Horses LIVESTOCK Horses – Belgian REG BELGIAN STALLION, 6 yrs old, has pasture bred. Richard Reeves (204)748-2166, Virden.

LIVESTOCK Horses – Quarter Horse 20 YOUNG QUARTER HORSE brood mares, Included are 8 daughters of Two Eyed Red Buck. In foal starting May 1st. Also 6 yearlings. Phone (204)326-6016

LIVESTOCK Horses For Sale HAVE SEVERAL H.B. QUARTER horses, young quarter horses that need to be broke or are broke to ride. Also 2 half Gypsy-Vanners. Phone (306)435-3634, lv msg.

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LIVESTOCK Specialty – Goats 50 WOOL SHEEP FOR sale & 16 hair sheep, 3rams. 67 goats. Also 2014 lambs & kids. Phone (204) 372-8929 6 BEAUTIFUL MILK GOATS for sale, Alpine/Nubian/ Saanen cross w/new kids at side from Savanah buck. $200/each. No Sunday calls. Phone: (204)656-4430. Winnipegosis, MB.

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REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba MLS 1320867 156-ACS LAKELAND Clay Loamfenced, outbuildings, older home, mun. water, Glad-stone; MLS 1400601 716-acs mixed farm, fenced elk, bison, cattle, 1,064-sq.ft. bung, outbuildings, 2nd yard site, McCreary; MLS 1320985 24-15-11 RM Lakeview Section of pastureland in block, fenced, 4 dugouts; RM of Odanah, 160-acs grain-land for sale, posession Jan 2015. Call Liz (204)4766362, John (204)476-6719. Gill & Schmall Agencies.

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PEDIGREED SEED PEDIGREED SEED Cereals - Various CERTIFIED CARBERRY WHEAT, CERTIFIED Leggett & Summit oats, Certified Tradition barley. Wilmot Milne, Gladstone, MB. (204)385-2486, (204)212-0531. JAMES FARMS LTD AC Carberry Wheat, Tradition Barley, Souris & Summit Oats, Hanley Flax, Forageseeds, various Canola, Sunflower & Soybean seed varieties. Custom processing, seed treating & delivery avail. Early payment discount. For info call (204)222-8785 or toll free 1-866-283-8785, Wpg. djames@jamesfarms.com PUGH SEEDS: CERT CARDALE, AC Barrie, Kane Wheat, Conlon Barley, Souris Oats. Phone (204)274-2179 or (204)871-1467, Portage.

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12,500-GAL LIQUID FERTILIZER TANKS w/2-in. valves, each $3,500; 15,000-gal liquid fertilizer tanks w/3-in. valves, each $4,800. Phone (204)746-8851, Morris, MB.

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TRAILERS Trailers Miscellaneous 1979 45-FT WILSON DOUBLE decker cattle trailer, nose decking, doghouse safety gates real good farm trailer, $7500; 20-yd tandem Billy Dump Gravel trailer, $7500, $9500; 22-ft ARNES Gravel Trailer, Electric Tarp Box Liner, $9995; Tandem Homemade Low Bed, $7500; 1970 PAY HOUGH LOADER Cummins Motor, $9500; Single offroad converters starting at $1495 up to $2395; Tandem offroad converters starting at $2495 up to $2995; 30-ft hay trailer 8-wheels offroad farm, $5995. STONEY’S SERVICE, EDDYSTONE, MB. PHONE (204)448-2193. 2) 5-TONNE TRAILERS W/8X20-FT decks, 1100x12 aircraft tires, 5th Wheel steering, no sway. Call (204)736-4227, La Salle.

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COMMON SEED COMMON SEED Forage Seeds CERISE RED PROSO COMMON MILLET seed. Buy now to avoid disappointment. 93%+ germination, 0% Fusarium Graminearum. Makes great cattle feed, swath grazed, dry or silage bale. Very high in protein. Energy & drought tolerant. Sold in 50-lb bags. 2000+ satisfied producers. 11th Year in Busi-ness! Millet King Seeds of Canada Inc. Reynald (204)526-2719 office or (204)379-2987, cell & text (204)794-8550. Leave messages, all calls returned. www.milletkingseeds.com reynald@milletking.com FOR SALE: ALFALFA, TIMOTHY, Brome, Clover, hay & pasture blends, millet seed, Crown, Red Prozo, cleaned common seed oats. Leonard Friesen (204)685-2376, Austin, MB. FOR SALE: RED MILLET Seed, $.34/lb. Call Keith:(204)857-2477. MILLET SEED, TOP YIELDING leafy foxtail, harvests in dryer Aug weather. Forage yield 2013 @ 9670 lbs/ac. Info phone D. WHITE SEEDS (204)822-3649, Morden. QUANTITY OF SEMI DWARF white oats, 38/lbs special feed for dairy, poultry or turkey, Millet seed, very high on protein, discount for cash up front. Phone (204)379-2124, (204)379-2138

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SEED / FEED / GRAIN SEED/ FEED/GRAIN Hay & Straw 140 LARGE ROUND TIMOTHY grass hay bales. No rain, 1,700-lb, trucking arranged, Feed Wheat, Oats & Barley. Phone (204)345-8532 FOR SALE: LARGE SQUARE second cut alfalfa bales, 4 cents/lb and up; Also Holstein bull calves for sale. Ph (204)355-4980, (204)371-5744.

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Drones are being considered as another way to spot the herds of the destructive animals By P.J. Huffstutter

he U.S. Agriculture Department is known for its army of statisticians packing yardsticks and calculators to measure wheat and count soybeans. But the agency needs more firepower for another kind of rural reckoning and is gearing up with thermal imaging weapons. In its crosshairs are aggressive feral hogs that can weigh more than 400 lbs. (180 kg) and have been known to carry off newborn calves. They cause about $1.5 billion of damage every year to farm communities and fields, say department officials, and now there are worries they may help spread a deadly pig virus. So the USDA wants to buy thermal scopes that snap onto high-powered rifles to kill the wild beasts. “We’re going to get them, oh yes we are,” said Jason Wilking with USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), which has put out bids for 11 scopes since April 7. The thermal scopes are part of a $20-million nationwide project to combat the feral swine, which have gobbled down apples in New York state, cleaned out cornfields in North Carolina, and even devoured bovine calves in Mississippi. USDA scientists now have concerns the hogs may play a

Feral swine have gobbled down apples in New York state, cleaned out cornfields in North Carolina, and even devoured bovine calves in Mississippi. Photo: USDA/APHIS

part in spreading porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv). While not a danger to humans, the disease has killed seven million piglets. But no evidence has yet been found linking feral swine to the lethal pig disease. The project will also test for the spread of diseases such as swine influenza, swine brucellosis and trichinosis, one of the bacteria that feral swine have been found to carry that can threaten human health. The animals, thought to have been introduced to the

United States centuries ago by early Spanish explorers, have migrated west to California and north to Wisconsin from Texas and southern states, where they plagued farmers for decades. They’re closely related to the Eurasian wild boar, say scientists, and the two have been known to interbreed. Feral hogs travel in herds, breed quickly and are good at adapting to their environment. Bruce Leopold, executive director of the Center for Resolving Human-Wildlife Conflicts at Mississippi State University,

said they have even learned to become nocturnal after one of their group has been shot by a hunter. The thermal scopes, priced around $12,000 apiece on eBay, will allow APHIS to make nighttime attacks and help “lethally remove” the swine, USDA APHIS spokeswoman Carol Bannerman said. Hand held, the expensive devices can be used to search for darkened areas that indicate the location of animals, or they can be attached to weapons, sniper-style.

The USDA has various means to zoom in on herds, including “Judas Pig,” a technique in which feral sows with radio transmitter collars are released back to their wild herds. Another tactic under consideration: drones. “We could use the drones to photograph areas with infrared film that can pick up signatures of pigs on the ground,” Leopold said. “It’d be cheaper than using aircraft.” There is no word yet on whether the drones will join the hunt.

Serious wild boar infestation in Saskatchewan Survey finds the aggressive creatures in 70 per cent of Saskatchewan RMs University of Saskatchewan release

“If nothing is done then we risk having more feral boar than people in the province and at that point the costs of taking action are far greater.”

i l d b o a r are more widespread in Saskatchewan than commonly believed and control is becoming urgent, according to research by University of Saskatchewan biologist Ryan Brook. “If nothing is done then we risk having more feral boar than people in the province and at that point the costs of taking action are far greater,” Brook said. “Early action will have huge economic savings.” Brook, together with colleague Floris van Beest from Aarhus University in Denmark, surveyed community leaders in all 296 Saskatchewan rural municipalities. They determined there is a high probability that feral boar are in 70 per cent of the RMs, and the clock is ticking on getting them under control. “Feral boar are widespread but most likely at low densities. So as of right now, total impacts are probably generally

Ryan Brook

University of Saskatchewan

Wild boar rooting behaviour leaves parks, farmers’ fields and sensitive wildlife habitat looking like a rototiller has gone through. Photo: USDA/APHIS

low,” Brook said. “The big concern is what will happen in the near future if the boar population continues to expand and increase.” Wild boar imported as an alternative livestock option in the 1990s, have easily adapted to Saskatchewan’s harsh climate. They have one of the highest reproductive rates of

any large animal, with sows producing two litters of six or more piglets every year. Omnivorous and aggressive, their rooting behaviour leaves parks, farmers’ fields and sensitive wildlife habitat looking like a rototiller has gone through. They chase livestock from pasture, carry disease, and can pose a danger to humans. Areas

in and near Moose Mountain Provincial Park in southeast Saskatchewan are a particular hot spot. There, local ranchers and farmers have banded together to hunt the animals in a formal eradication program. “I think many people in Saskatchewan are not aware of how severe the impacts of feral boar can be,” Brook said. “In the U.S., the impacts are in the billions of dollars from disease, crop damage, livestock harassment, impacts on natural ecosystems and species at risk, and attacks on humans.” Brook and van Beest call for “aggressive and co-ordinated action” to meet the threat.

Brook explained that sport hunting has no real impact on controlling population growth and in many cases makes the problem worse by dispersing animals. Instead, an international effort is needed. Authorities need to consider options such as hunting from aircraft, at night, using trained dogs, ground trapping and on-farm risk management. “We’ll probably need all of these in the tool box to be reasonably effective,” Brook said. “All regions need to address this in a co-ordinated fashion or animals will continue to be reintroduced from other areas.”

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Processors consulted on food safety regulation The new regulation’s intent is to allow innovation and flexibility for business while ensuring they follow safe food practices, government officials say By Lorraine Stevenson and Daniel Winters

“A small business has to be able to afford to do it. That’s probably the biggest issue.”

co-operator staff / Brandon/Winnipeg

arth Jarvis of Jarvis Meats in Gladstone knows business must follow food safety rules and regulations, but those who make the rules need to understand their impact on business, he says. “A small business has to be able to afford to do it. That’s probably the biggest issue,” said Jarvis, who does custom slaughter for local ranchers. Jarvis was among Manitoba food company owners attending public consultations on pending food safety regulation last week. Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development hosted consultation meetings in Winnipeg and Brandon recently to hear from those who affected by proposed provincial food safety regulations. All food safety regulation in the province is now under review as

Garth Jarvis

owner of Jarvis Meats in Gladstone

the province moves to proclaim its Food Safety Act in 2015. The food safety regulation will apply to any facility where food products are handled, processed, manufactured, prepared, packaged, stored or distributed, including abattoirs and dairy farms. Jarvis is among an estimated 450 food processors and distributors in Manitoba now faced with additional licensing and procedural requirements, including demands for written food safety programs, training and documenting procedures used by processors to ensure safe food handling.

Speaking in Brandon last week, Jarvis said he may have to hire extra staff to keep up with the new paperwork. Jarvis said for local food processors, a reputation for being trustworthy and ethical means more to customers than a stack of papers or computer entries on spreadsheet. MAFRD began conducting food safety inspections in 2009 and has been enforcing the province’s food and food handling regulation, said Diane Roberts, a MAFRD food safety specialist at the consultations to explain the document. Manitoba is bringing in food safety

regulation to deal with the specifics of licensed food processors, she said. “The food and food-handling regulation is really geared towards food retail and food serving handling establishments,” she said. “Our clientele are provincially permitted food processing facilities.” Dave Shambrock, Manitoba Food Processors Association (MFPA) executive director said members of MFPA who’ve seen the proposed regulation are generally satisfied with what they see in it. “It’s not bad news and it’s not unexpected.” B u t i t w i l l p l a c e m o re demands on businesses owners and add complexity to their operating environment, he said. MFPA will offer training this fall to help businesses get up to speed with the regulation and help prepare the written food safety programs they must provide.

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“It’s going to challenging,” Shambrock said. One of the more perplexing aspects of the regulation are who will be exempt. The regulation proposes to exempt those selling more than 75 per cent of their product directly to consumers because they will be regulated by Manitoba Health. Some businesses don’t fall neatly into these categories, said Rudy Reimer, who spoke in Winnipeg. He said his fish and poultry farm, where they gut fish but also sell poultry consumerdirect is probably one of them. “I’m probably your worst nightmare because there’s a lot of grey areas with us,” he said. Jill Zacharias, manager of food safety programs with MAFRD’s Food Knowledge Centre, said the department wants feedback on the best way to classify operations as either the responsibility of MAFRD or Manitoba Health. “This was probably the most challenging piece of the development of the regulations, this division between MAFRD and Manitoba Health,” she said. The food safety regulation is intended to be outcome-based and risk-based, meaning they’re trying to create regulation that will ensure operators follow best safe food handling practices, without impeding innovation and flexibility in the food processing sector, Roberts said. The regulation was drafted after looking at food safety regulation in other jurisdictions and countries, and what was learned from feedback provided by MAFRD inspectors making their rounds, she said. “We’re trying to improve the focus on food safety without stopping innovation and flexibility,” she said. “We’re not telling you how or which method you need to use. We’re saying which ever way you do it let us know how you’re going to do, be able to prove that you do it, and be able to show that it is effective.” Requirements such as written procedures for keeping facilities clean are intended to help processors, by ensuring everyone on staff know the correct ways of doing things, she said. “Inspectors were seeing rooms that are not being kept tidy, pest control issues, or there might be equipment maintenance to be looked at, or unprotected food,” she said. There are four proposed regulations under the Food Safety Act, including the food safety regulation, an abattoir regulation, a dairy farm regulation and a bulk milk transportation regulation. They hope to have draft abattoir and dairy regulations ready for consultation shortly, Roberts said. There will be a transition period for businesses to comply with the new regulation and the province is also providing resources including the Basic Good Manufacturing Practices Guidebook with customized templates and examples to follow. Online consultations with processors on the food safety draft regulations began last month and continue until June 11. The consultation document is posted at www.gov.mb.ca/ agriculture under ‘Surveys and Consultations.’

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Local libraries in the online age Will tablets and e-books mean the end of one of the few public spaces in small communities?

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By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

inawa residents put a lot of effort into stocking a public library in the 1960s, but would they repeat the job today? Maybe, but probably not with the same zeal, says Michael Luke, chair of the eastern Manitoba town’s library board. Now faced with circulation declines, including a recent double-digit drop in books checked out, he’s begun to wonder what’s ahead for small-town libraries such as theirs. Pinawa residents borrow about onethird fewer books than 15 years ago, but a sudden stark decline last year caught everyone’s attention, Luke told the Manitoba Libraries Conference held in Winnipeg in May. “Our circulation dropped 17 per cent in a single year,” he said. So far, 2014 isn’t looking like a repeat, but the sudden decline has made them ask what’s going on. They speculate that people are reading less, or buying more books than they borrow as cheap books are becoming more widely available. More likely it’s a combination of those factors plus the uptick of e-book borrowing, either through e-libraries or purchasing online, to be read on hightech gadgets at home, Luke said. “I think that’s really beginning to bite now,” he said in a presentation that raised questions about how small-town libraries can adapt in the digital age. Not long ago the library without the book was an absurdity, but with Kindles, Kobos and iPads and smartphones putting reading materials instantly at our fingertips, the prospect of the book without the library is at least a possibility. “The library currently still attracts the public who will come in and sit down and read,” said Luke. “But I think that attractiveness is fading because you can also do that from your own home. You can sit down with your tab-

let or your smartphone and dial up the same kinds of things yourself.”

Print still stable

The growth of e-book borrowing from public libraries has been phenomenal, while print book circulation in libraries across the rest of Manitoba (excluding Winnipeg) is seen as stable, say staff with Public Library Services, based in Brandon. In 2013 the combined circulation of 59 public libraries (excluding Winnipeg) print books (children and adult) was 2,260,594, or about 200,000 fewer books than in 2008. By contrast, borrowings through E-Libraries Manitoba has skyrocketed from 3,918 in 2008 to 169,007 in 2013. “I think there’s definitely a shift going on there,” said Will Enns, library program consultant with Public Library Services. “It’s taken the public awhile to catch on to the e-lending service but the growth is incredible.” But Enns also points out that even as people aren’t checking out as many books as they used to, traffic through library doors remains steady. Their “gate count” numbers show over 4.4 million Manitobans visited public libraries outside Winnipeg last year. “Circulation is not the only performance indicator of a library,” said Enns, adding that people often come to libraries because they’re WiFi hot spots, or for computer and Internet access, and the availability of specialized electronic services such as Mango, Manitoba libraries’ online database to learn English or other languages.

Other uses

The public library is also one of the last public spaces in the community with-

out a commercial agenda, said others at the libraries conference last month. Libraries are also used for toy-lending programs, music nights, art displays and writers’ workshops. Pinawa is trying new things too, says Luke, who sees an opportunity ahead for libraries to encourage more local authorship through offerings of writers’ workshops and providing resources to help people get published. But he also believes we’re only on the cusp of a trend started by the uptake of smartphones and tablets. If the trends continue, what happens to local libraries is an open question, he said. “I think if people become generally disinterested in (physical) books, or a smaller and smaller number of people are, then I think it will be harder and harder to justify the funding that flows to the libraries,” Luke said. Tailoring e-book collections to local interests may be one route, but maintaining a physical presence as a library depends on people remaining interested in physical books as well, he said. “I think we’re faced with some very serious challenges,” he said, adding that the small town’s resourcelimited libraries will be particularly challenged. “The question I’m struggling with is what is the function of a local physical presence, if, say 60 or 70 or so per cent (of book loans) becomes e-book reading,” he said. “Our only role could be as simple as handing out library memberships and choosing some e-books to be hosted by E-Libraries Manitoba. That’s not a big role.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

“Our circulation dropped 17 per cent in a single year.” Michael Luke

Chair of the Pinawa Public Library board

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RecipeSwap

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

The prince and his pie ‘Save your fork, prince. There’ll be pie’

his legendary tale of a royal told to hang on to his cutlery is a Canadian favourite. It was no gaff nor embarrassing breach of etiquette. We love this story and we retell it because it’s how we like to see ourselves — helpful, unpretentious, warm hearted — no matter who we’re with. I have no idea if it actually happened. Most references I’ve found say our prince and pie story is just a well-worn Canadian myth, although the late CBC Radio’s Peter Gzowski apparently tried to trace it and concluded it hap-

pened in northern B.C., sometime between 1911 and 1916, and involved a Yukon waitress and Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria, and first member of the Royal Family to become Governor General of Canada. The late Lois Hole, Canadian gardener and lieutenant-governor of Alberta, also known as “the Queen of Hugs” for her tendency to break with protocol, gave us another charming story of a prince and a piece of pie. In an introduction for Rhubarb — More Than Just Pies (University of Alberta Press, 2000) she wrote of serving as chancellor of the University of Alberta in 1999 and devising a plan to present Japanese Prince and Princess Takamodo a fresh-baked rhubarb pie during a reception at Alberta’s Government House. She’d learned the prince had acquired a love of rhubarb while studying in Canada and missed eating it. It was a

last-minute idea, and not on the official agenda, she wrote, so it “raised more than a few eyebrows in the provincial protocol office.” But she convinced officials that presenting a pie would not cause “a diplomatic incident.” It didn’t. In fact, he was absolutely delighted by the gesture. I was thinking about these stories while listening to news reports of Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall briefly visiting friendly Manitoba this spring. I hope they had pie too, and I hope it was rhubarb. Because a sweet slice of rhubarb pie is about as down home, happy to see ya as we can get, eh?

Rhubarb Quick Bread

Rhubarb Pinwheel Cobbler

Rhubarb — More Than Just Pies is one of my favourite cookbooks containing recipes for soups, pies, cobblers, crisps and many other ways to prepare this abundant plant that faithfully returns to our gardens year after year.

1-1/2 c. sugar 2-1/2 tsp. cornstarch 1 lemon 1/4 c. water 2 tbsp. butter, melted 6 c. rhubarb, diced 1-1/2 c. biscuit mix 1 tbsp. sugar 1/3 c. milk 2 tbsp. oil 3 tbsp. sugar Butter, to taste

Rhubarb Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

3 eggs 1 c. oil 2 c. brown sugar, packed 2 tsp. vanilla 2-1/2 c. rhubarb, finely diced 1/2 c. walnuts, chopped 3 c. flour 2 tsp. baking soda 2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg 1/2 tsp. allspice

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans. Combine eggs, oil, brown sugar, and vanilla; beat with mixer until thick and foamy. Stir in rhubarb and walnuts. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, nutmeg and allspice. Add dry ingredients to the rhubarb mixture and stir just until blended. Divide batter between two prepared pans. Bake for 70 minutes or until cooked through. Cool in pans, then turn onto rack. Makes 2 loaves. Source: Rhubarb – More Than Just Pies, by Sandi Vitt and Michael Hickman, 2000. University of Alberta Press

The rhubarb in our gardens is perfect for pie making and including in all kinds of other recipes in early June. Here are three recipes to use it at its most tender stage.

This delicious cake recipe is found in Prairie Fruit Cookbook — The Essential Guide for Picking, Preserving and Preparing Fruit by Getty Stewart, the Winnipeg-based professional home economist who devised the Fruit Share project for harvesting and sharing backyard fruit. She got it from her friend and neighbour Sherilyn Braun McDonough. I made this recipe recently and it will become one of my favourites too.

Preheat oven to 450 F. Prepare lemon so that the juice can be used in fruit mixture and zest can be used in the pinwheels. Mix sugar and cornstarch in saucepan. Add juice from lemon and water. Bring to boil, dissolving sugar. Add butter and rhubarb. Pour into 2-1/2-quart (2.5-litre) baking dish. Set into heated oven while preparing pinwheels. To make pinwheels, combine biscuit mix and 1 tbsp. of sugar. Stir oil into milk, add to dry ingredients. Mix lightly. Roll into rectangle 1/2 inch thick. Spread with butter. Mix remaining three tablespoons sugar with lemon zest and sprinkle half of this mixture over dough. Roll jelly roll fashion. Cut into eight slices and place on rhubarb in baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining zest and sugar. Bake for 25 minutes. Source: Rhubarb – More Than Just Pies, by Sandi Vitt and Michael Hickman, 2000. University of Alberta Press

1/2 c. butter softened 1 c. brown sugar 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 c. whole wheat flour 1 c. all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 c. sour cream 1-1/2 c. rhubarb (diced or frozen) 1/2 c. walnuts or pecans (optional) Topping: 1/2 c. butter 1 c. sugar 1/2 c. cream 1 tsp. vanilla

(If this topping is too rich, use a crumb topping of 3 tbsp. chopped walnuts, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon and 2 tbsp. brown sugar sprinkled on top of the cake just before baking.) Preheat oven to 350 F. Cream together butter and brown sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add flour to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream mixing just until combined after each addition. Stir in rhubarb (if using frozen, do not thaw) and nuts (if using). Spoon into greased 9x13-inch pan. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. In small saucepan, combine topping ingredients and heat until butter melts and sauce is a creamy texture. Pour warm sauce over slightly cooled cake. Serve warm. Makes 18 to 24 slices. Source: Prairie Fruit Cookbook, by Getty Stewart, 2012. Pursuit Communications Winnipeg.

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Lazy Creek Express Family from Kenton shares passion for music By Darrell Nesbitt Freelance contributor

ehearsals at home are a whole lot of fun for the Dyck family, who enjoy sharing their passion for bluegrass, gospel, and traditional music, with appreciative audiences. Going by the name of Lazy Creek Express, this family from Kenton has been singing together for 11 years. The group is comprised of father Dave, along with Peter (18), Anna (16), Talitha or “Lily” (14) and Brian (12). Mom Cathi also joins in from time to time. Their instruments — guitar, standup bass, mandolin, banjo and dobro — add to harmony-rich vocals, and they have been performing in the area since 2012.

The family band is made up of (back row l to r) Dave, Anna, Cathi and (front row l to r) Brian, Lily, and Peter. PHOTO: DARRELL NESBITT

By Julie Garden-Robinson NDSU Extension Service

Eat fish for a healthy meal Frozen or canned is just as nutritious as fresh

very time our wedding anniversary arrives, which is in May, I think about the date we selected — the opening of fishing season. The fishing opener date was a bit of a dilemma for some of my relatives. Would any of my fishermen relatives come to our wedding? My mother was a little worried about that, so I suggested that we elope. We stayed with the fishing opener! Fortunately, our evening wedding allowed people to drop a few fishing lines in a lake earlier in the day. Therefore, every wedding anniversary reminds me of fish and seafood and is a good reminder of the current recommendation. Adults should aim to eat eight ounces of fish and seafood per week. At the same time, we should think about the food preparation methods used for the fish. Deep-fried fish is not as healthful as grilled or broiled fish. Meeting the recommendation could be as easy as having a tuna fish sandwich for lunch one day and a serving of grilled salmon for dinner on another day. Fish and seafood are excellent

sources of protein and they provide a range of nutrients, including omega-3 fatty acids that are both heart and brain healthy. Although some fresh fish like tuna and salmon can be expensive, the frozen and canned versions often are more economical and equally nutritious. Be sure to thaw frozen fish in the refrigerator because it is among our most perishable foods. To add flavour, sprinkle the fish or seafood with your favourite spices, then grill or broil. You can dip it in milk and roll in flour or seasoned cracker crumbs, then broil or fry in a small amount of oil. Fish is done when it flakes with a fork, so be sure not to overcook it. Here are some ways to use canned fish such as salmon and tuna in your menus:

Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, Manitoba

• M ake a sandwich. Combine canned tuna or salmon with plain Greek yogurt or mayonnaise and chopped celery. Add pepper and a little salt to taste, then spread the mixture on a slice of whole wheat bread and top with romaine lettuce, tomato slices and another slice of bread. For extra protein, chop a hard-cooked egg and add that to your mixture, too. • C reate dips and spreads. Combine canned tuna or salmon with mayonnaise or plain Greek yogurt. Add salt and pepper, minced onion and preferred spices. Serve the dip with whole wheat crackers.

erve it with pasta. Make a tuna • S casserole or use it in a macaroni salad.

• T ry fish tacos. Sauté onion, tomato and tuna or salmon in a pan until heated through. Add cilantro and other veggies to add flavour. Pile the mixture onto a flour tortilla and top with a lemon wedge, avocado slice, salsa and/or sour cream.

• P ile it on a green salad. Adding a protein source to a lunchtime salad makes it more filling, so you are less likely to be looking for treats by mid-afternoon.

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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Summer’s coming, right? PHOTO: CINDY MURRAY

Cathi, who is the daughter of musicians, Irene and Brian Todd also of Kenton, said, “Bluegrass is probably one of the youngest and most diverse genres in music. Established in the 1940s by Bill Munro and Earl Scruggs, it has jazz, Irish, Celtic, and countr y leanings.” The band’s music is available on the CD “Longtime Traveller,” containing a gospel/bluegrass collection featuring traditional and original music. It was recorded in their living room by Brandon University undergraduate Dave Thiel. Visit lazycreekexpress.bandcamp.com for more information.

PHOTO: EILEEN MAENDEL

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Build your own ‘book’ shelf Reuse an old hardcover book and create something unique Connie Oliver Around the House

inding unique items for the décor can be difficult. You may happen upon an interesting find at a yard sale or a thrift store but these treasures are few and far between. Sometimes, in order to create that one-of-a-kind look that you desire, you have to make these special items yourself. I decided to make this unique bookshelf that I had seen in a magazine awhile back. The “book” shelf is a floating shelf made from an actual hardcover book. I happened to have an old encyclopedia set that I needed to either toss or repurpose. Because of the Internet, old encyclopedias are difficult to donate and I hated to just toss them into the landfill, so I thought I’d make a few of these bookshelves for myself and as possible gifts. A shelf (or set of shelves) like this can look amazing in the bedroom, kitchen (cookbooks), a craft or sewing room, the cottage, a child’s room/nursery or a den. The book used for the actual shelf will be ruined so scout out the thrift stores for an inexpensive but interesting-looking hardcover book(s). It should not be too thick and heavy and should be no more than around 9x9 inches. Choose a book theme that will be appropriate for the intended room. (A cookbook for the kitchen, for example.)

The finished “book” shelf. PHOTOS: CONNIE OLIVER

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Here’s what you’ll need: • One hardcover book • One 4- to 6-inch outside-mount corner bracket (L shaped). The finish doesn’t matter as it will be hidden. • Two drywall-type screws with flat tops that can be countersunk into the bracket opening. (The screw length should be less than the thickness of the book.) • Wood glue • Small hand clamps • Hand drill with screwdriver bit • Utility knife Method: In order for the bracket to lie flat inside the book, cut out the area in which the bracket will sit. Lay the bracket in the centre of the inside back page of the book then trace around it. Cut out the area with a sharp knife until the bracket sits flush (see photo No. 1). If you’re using a larger book, you’ll need to install two brackets rather than one. When the book is closed the bracket will hit the overhang of the front cover so cut out a small strip of the front cover until the bracket sits flush against the edge of the book (see photo No. 2). Turn the book on its front and lift the back cover. Clamp the open section around the area where the bracket will sit. This will help keep the pages from bowing when you’re screwing in the bracket. Slowly insert the two screws trying to keep the pages as flat as possible. If need be, you can unscrew and reset it until you’re satisfied with the finish (see photo No. 3). Now cover the inside back cover and facing page of the book with wood glue and clamp the book on three sides so it will dry as flat as possible. Leave overnight to dry. Install the shelf onto a stud in your intended room and place four or five books of equal or lesser size onto the shelf. You can also use the bookshelf to display accessories. Voila! You’re done! If you want to create a shelf without damaging the actual book then you’d have to use two L brackets on which the base book will simply sit. The brackets will be seen, however, so use decorative ones for a finished look. Connie Oliver is an interior designer from Winnipeg

Using purple fountain grass in the landscape Works well as a specimen plant, mass planted or in a container By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

Purple fountain grass is perfect as a specimen plant or for mass plantings. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

ne plant that arrived on the gardening scene quite a number of years ago is purple fountain grass, Pennisetum setaceum “Rubrum.” This plant immediately became very popular and nowadays it is used in many home gardens as well as in public parks and civic plantings of all kinds. One thing that makes purple fountain grass so popular is that it can be used in so many different ways in the outdoor landscape. The grass itself grows over a metre tall and is an upright clumping grass with arching burgundy-tinted foliage and purple “bottlebrush” plumes. The waving, soft-purple, foxtail-like plumes are indeed spectacular and move in the slightest breeze, adding mesmerizing movement and soft sound to the landscape. It is pest and disease free, extremely drought tolerant and at home in full sun. Its one drawback is that it is not hardy in our zone and must be viewed as an annual or overwintered. This is best done by cutting the plant right back in the fall, potting it up, and placing it in a sunny, cool

spot for the winter, keeping the soil barely moist. Overwintered specimens will be that much more stunning the following year because of their size. How can such a plant be utilized in the landscape? It is a perfect specimen plant — it has enough interest to stand on its own. It creates colour contrast and adds texture to a mixed border or to a rock garden. Often purple fountain grass is used in xeriscapes, where a single clump can create interest, movement and colour. While useful as a specimen plant, purple fountain grass is well suited for use in mass plantings. Civic horticulturalists use it in mass plantings in medians, park beds, and on slopes. Its drought tolerance makes it a perfect fit for planting in pocket gardens in parking lots and on concrete medians that are difficult to water. It is a tough plant — not at all delicate — and it will stand the abuse it is likely to receive in such locations. Because of its upright, yet arching stature, purple fountain grass can be used in large clumps or in rows. It is even substantial enough to be used as a foundation plant along sheds and garages. It will effectively border walkways and edge cultivated areas. The

purple plumes gradually change to tan as autumn advances, and if the plants are not going to be taken indoors to be overwintered, the waving plumes will add interest to the winter garden. Although used in many different ways, purple fountain grass is probably used most often in containers. It can be used all by itself or it can be combined with other plants. The grass will add a vertical element to any container as well as contributing colour and movement. It can be combined with many other plants in containers, although to be most effective, the grass should be one of the tallest plants in the grouping. The soft plumes of purple fountain grass are spectacular in fresh flower arrangements and bouquets, making it a great filler. The plumes also can be picked and dried — best done during the summer before the purple colour fades. The dried soft-purple heads add beauty to dried flower arrangements. No wonder purple fountain grass has become so popular; it has a myriad of uses. Perhaps you will invite this spectacular plant into your garden this year. Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

The Manitoba Co-operator | June 5, 2014

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