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KAP calls for special assistance It’s urging the province to request AgriRecovery

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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arm leaders are calling for special disaster assistance as flood losses in Manitoba appear ready to top the billiondollar flood of 2011.

“It’s pretty hard to ignore the fact that there is a widespread problem that needs attention from all levels of government because rural municipalities and farmers on their own just can’t cope with it,” Chorney said in an interview July 4, just before Premier Greg Selinger declared a provincial state of emergency and called on the Canadian Forces to help protect homes and property along the Assiniboine River.

The Agriculture Producers of Saskatchewan (APAS) supports KAP’s request, said association president Norm Hall.

The National Farmers Union is calling for emergency farm disaster relief, regulated drainage in Saskatchewan and a reduction in greenhouse gases to mitigate climate change, which it believes played a role in the flooding.

A spokesman for federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said a provincial government has to request an AgriRecovery program before one can be implemented.

Chorney was to meet Kostyshyn this week to make the See KAP on page 6 »

Brittney Dekeyser was among the competitors who braved the pouring rain to keep the show going at Killarney Fair June 28. That same deluge has unleashed what is now expected to be record flooding on southern Manitoba. Photo: Sharlene Bennie

Prairie ‘islanders’ struggling to keep spirits afloat

Inundated southwestern Manitobans rally in the face of unprecedented flood damage

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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t was when all the eggs, milk and bread were gone, and the canned goods started running out that staff at Pierson Co-op conceded things were getting “kind of scary.”

“Everyone is just holding their breath.

I’m not sure how long we can keep on like this,” said Louise Goforth July 3. She was tending the store while its manager and local volunteers figured out how to get grocery supplies in washed-out roads.

The local RM of Edward also restricted gas sales last week to ensure supplies for emergency vehicles.

But no one was going anywhere anyways.

The small southwestern village and surrounding farms had become virtual islands by mid-week following a late-June deluge over a region that had already received twice the normal rainfall since April. The familiar landscape became a surreal terrain of swamp and submerged farmland, washed-out roads and impassable bridges.

Grocery shelves were restocked in Pierson by the next day, and mostly sunshine through the week had helped reduce panic to brooding anxiety, but their evolving predicament remained among the worst in a province declaring a provincial state of emergency July 4.

Provincial officials warned of more overland flooding to come and a surge from the Assiniboine in the coming days that could be even worse than 2011.

Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation Steve Ashton noted record water flows on at least 17 streams and rivers in the regional watershed.

As of July 7, 55 municipalities and communities had declared local states of emergency and approximately 725 people had been evacuated.

Municipal officials say mopping up the mess will easily top what was spent cleaning up after the last record flood in 2011.

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INSIDE

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hen it comes to resolving a big global food problem, a new breed of farmers and their financial backers are thinking small.

Work on the world’s largest fly farm has begun in South Africa after the European firm behind the project won much-needed funding from investors, propelling the use of insects as livestock feed beyond academic theory to a commercial venture.

The project near Cape Town was conceived by a group of scientists and environmentalists racing to find protein alternatives as rising production of livestock feed such as soy gobbles up more and more valuable agricultural land.

The farm, being built by Gibraltar-based AgriProtein, will house 8.5 billion flies that will produce tons of protein-rich larvae as they feed on organic waste. The tallest barrier to such startups has been the availability of capital, with potential investors deterred by legislative hurdles.

“The world has an issue with waste management and also sourcing protein,” said Johnny Kahlbetzer, director of Australian agricultural company Twynam, one of several global investors in the fly farm.

“If farming insects can solve the two problems, then that is a great outcome, and that is what has motivated our investment,” he said.

Livestock production, which accounts for 70 per cent of all agricultural land, is seen by the United Nations as a leading cause of environmental problems including global

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warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.

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Housing billions of flies that feed on more than 110 tonnes of rotting food and waste every day, the South Africa farm will be capable of producing 20 tonnes of larvae a day, 3.5 tonnes of larvae high in fatty acids, and 50 tonnes of organic fertilizer, Jason Drew, co-founder of AgriProtein, told Reuters last week.

AgriProtein will use a combination of the black soldier fly, the blowfly and the common housefly. In cages, the flies will be fed a mix of spoiled or leftover food, manure, and abattoir waste. They will then be left to breed. Their larvae will afterwards be dried and processed into an animal feed.

When sold, Drew said, the AgriProtein feed is likely to be 15 per cent cheaper than fishmeal.

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Seeking a balance between regulations and market access The challenge is to ensure food safety while allowing small-scale innovation and diversity into the marketplace

By Meghan Mast CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

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hil Veldhuis says he would not be a beekeeper today if it wasn’t for the farmers’ market. Low entry costs — $5 a table at the time — and faceto-face marketing allowed him to grow his business with little upfront investment.

But he is afraid current food regulations in Manitoba limit the market’s diversity and impede many small producers.

The Starbuck-area honey farmer represents the Manitoba Farmers’ Market Association in a small-scale food group created by Manitoba’s minister of agriculture after a growing number of small-scale producers in Manitoba voiced concerns over how pending new food safety rules will affect their businesses.

The group, which met for the first time June 26, is chaired by former chief veterinary officer Dr. Wayne Lees. “We’re hoping we can achieve a balance between food safety and opportunity,” says Veldhuis, whose family was recently named the Red River Exhibition’s 2014 Farm Family of the Year.

He acknowledges recent history supports the need for strict food safety regulations.

Last fall 26 cases of E-coli 0157:H7 illness was linked to Gort’s Gouda cheese, a British Columbia dairy farm that sold unpasteurized cheese. One of the affected women died.

“Of course no one wants that,” he says. But Veldhuis believes food safety doesn’t have to come at the expense of innovative new products.

Current regulations, according to him, favour large producers because of high startup costs and the long process of accreditation and audits.

“You could invest $10 million to build a facility that would pass the appropriate regulations,” he says, “but are you going to start your farm home yogurt business with that kind of an investment? I don’t think so.”

High startup costs

Artisan cheese and yogurt and free-range eggs are staples at farmers’ markets in many

“You could invest $10 million to build a facility that would pass the appropriate regulations but are you going to start your farm home yogurt business with that kind of an investment? I don’t think so.”

PHIL VELDHUIS

Starbuck-area honey farmer

Canadian provinces, including British Columbia and Alberta, but specialty dairy is elusive in Manitoba.

There are some exceptions.

Well-established, larger-scale productions have the capacity to follow detailed provincial regulations and audit requirements.

Nature’s Farm eggs started selling several years ago at the St. Norbert Farmers’ Market.

Last year Lisa Dyck, co-owner of Cornell Dairy, launched a craft ice-cream business called Cornell Creme, made with her farm’s milk.

However, this kind of specialty dairy is uncommon, despite a growing consumer demand for local food. A national study conducted by Farmers Markets Canada, with the help of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada found that 92 per cent of shoppers said it was important to be able to buy food directly from the farmer who produced it, while 62 per cent said it was “extremely important.”

A desire for better connection with food is apparent also by looking at the increased popularity of farmers’ markets. The St. Norbert Farmers’ Market has grown from eight to 130 fulltime vendors since the market first opened in 1988.

Veldhuis thinks Manitoba still has a long way to go, especially when it comes to diversity.

He’s sold at the St. Norbert Farmers’ Market for 23 years and served as president for most of that time. While he was

Phil Veldhuis represents the Manitoba Farmers’ Markets Association on a newly appointed roundtable to discuss the regulatory hurdles they face. PHOTOS: MEGHAN MAST

president he received many requests for live goats from new Canadians who are accustomed to marking celebrations by butchering and eating the animals. He says these same immigrants are surprised to find flash-frozen, already-butchered meat is the North American definition of ‘fresh.’

“The way other countries address food safety is to keep it fresh as long as possible, right into the marketplace,” he says.

“Whereas the way we’ve done it is to take safety through more hoops and more steps.”

Doing better

Veldhuis doesn’t expect live animals will be sold to consumers any time soon. But he does think Manitoba can do better.

“The inspectors on the ground are feeling very empowered to impose more restrictions now,” he said.

Last year health inspectors seized five years’ worth of aged charcuterie from Harbourside Farm near Pilot Mound, claiming the meat unsafe for human consumption. The meat wasn’t found to contain any illnesscausing pathogens, but they were told they were not following proper protocols. The

Phil Veldhuis sells his honey at the St. Norbert Farmers’ Market.

irony was that same product won first prize and $10,000 at the Great Manitoba Food Fight, hosted by the provincial government.

The incident served as a catalyst for the small-scale food movement in the province, bringing together food advocates and producers to push for more flexibility. Groups such as FEAST — farmers and eaters actively sharing the table — have formed, calling for agriculture policy

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changes for small producers in Manitoba.

“Small food groups and foodies have been banging on doors for years,” Veldhuis said. Judging by the new working group formed by the province, policymakers have taken notice.

The group is working on a report it will submit to the province at the end of the year.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Difficult questions

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he short-term questions arising from what is shaping up to be another billion-dollar-plus flood for the province are clear, although they may not be easily answered.

How do you care for livestock that has no pasture and for which there is vastly reduced prospects for winter feed? Or how to get people back into their damaged homes and provide the necessary fixes to Laura Rance infrastructure that allows them reasonable Editor access to supplies and services?

Assessors will determine farmers’ eligibility for crop insurance and how much municipalities qualify for under disaster relief assistance.

Thankfully, such programs exist, but the fact that this process is becoming all too familiar for affected folks, mostly in rural areas, makes one wonder — for how long? Dealing with the devastation caused by a deluge of up to six inches of rain over a few days is one thing, but how do people on the receiving end of drainage cope with water rushing into the ditches, rivers and streams at the same time?

Then there are the long-term questions. How long can government, which is another word for taxpayers, continue paying compensation under programs that were designed to cover smaller, less frequent disasters? And considering the reality that these compensation programs don’t cover all of a farmer’s losses, how long can they continue to absorb the difference, much less make a living?

How many times can a road, bridge or culvert be replaced before municipalities have to tell the ever-fewer families they serve that these services are no longer sustainable?

The Manitoba government set an interesting precedent in 2012 when it offered to buy out Interlake landowners whose properties became unusable due to rising Shoal Lakes’ waters. At what point does it become more affordable for the Crown to buy the land back — essentially reversing the Homestead Act after little more than a century?

What makes this scenario ironic is that the farming systems in these areas are predicated on a cultural mindset of drought. As evidenced by California’s plight, drought raises similar questions.

The climate has changed over the past 20 years. It has become more volatile, and more prone to extremes. No one knows for sure whether it is a short-term blip but we do know that it has affected an entire generation of farmers and many scientists believe it is a sign of more to come.

Is it time to adapt to a new reality, and if so, how?

“The Calgary and Toronto floods of 2013, and now those of Brandon in 2014, are effectively canaries in the coal mine,” Blair Feltmate, chair of the Climate Change Adaptation Project at the University of Waterloo’s School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, wrote in the Globe and Mail last week.

Feltmate said Canada’s greenhouse gas mitigation efforts have been somewhat successful, but only at reducing the rate at which emissions are rising.

“Recognizing that the climate change ship has left the harbour, Canada needs to embrace adaption now, aggressively, or the damage currently at play with the Manitoba floods will be the low end of the new normal for cities,” he says.

Feltmate offered up some rather gloomy statistics to support his argument.

For nine out of the past 11 years in Canada, claims have exceeded premiums in the property-and-casualty insurance sector, driven largely by basement flooding.

“In the past five years in Canada, insurable catastrophic loss claims have exceeded $1 billion for the first time, and the upward curve continues with 2014 offering no let-up.”

Feltmate cites four courses of action developed by the insurance sector, starting with the development of up-to-date flood plain maps. Based on the current situation, that could well include many parts of agro-Manitoba.

Secondly, retain natural infrastructure, such as wetlands, and weather harden built infrastructure, such as building diversion channels, to direct water to non-harmful locations within and around cities. While Manitoba politicians haven’t done enough to preserve wetlands, they did show foresight when they conceived projects such as the Red River Floodway and ring dikes surrounding communities in the path of the Red River.

Thirdly, develop guidance for homeowners for safeguarding their homes, and fourthly, modify building codes to ensure residential and commercial housing is better designed for extreme weather.

“Australia found that for every $1 allocated to adaptation, $10 of avoided losses (or more) resulted. This is a pretty good return on investment, and it would apply equally to Canada,” Feltmate said.

It was short-sighted thinking that got us into this mess. It’s time for a long-term strategy that does more than maintain the status quo. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Worn down by the weather A Manitoba farmer asks the sky ‘why?’

Dear Mother Nature,

As Manitobans, we have developed a deep appreciation for the change of seasons and the wide variety of conditions you throw our way. We consider ourselves hardy, tough and adaptive.

Normally, we embrace each season, grateful for the opportunities our environment provides for agriculture.

But this year, sigh… you are wearing us down… You challenged us with the coldest and snowiest winter since 1898.

Eventually spring began a long drawn-out tug of war with winter. You lifted the shroud of white, slowly revealing stubble and soil in surrounding fields. Wisps of fog above any exposed patch of ground spoke to the power of the sun as it released the frost held captive for so long.

Blocked back roads and snow fences reemerged. Fields awakened as snowdrifts slowly dissipated. Robins, orioles and goldfinches decorated our backyards with colour and filled the air with song.

You could feel the collective sigh of relief as temperatures jumped to the plus side for more than two days in a row. Then jubilation as we hit double digits!

Yards brightened as flowers and gardens were planted. Striking shades of green contrasted against brilliant blue skies as grass, trees and hayfields came to life. You finally had spring take a stance and make its presence known.

As temperatures soared, conditions improved for many across the province to complete seeding. Unfortunately flooding and excessive rains wreaked havoc for others making it impossible to get their crops in the ground.

To top it off, you made conditions ideal for a population explosion of the small but mighty mosquito. They are here in swarms, forming

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clouds around us whenever we venture out the door. Checking fields, working on equipment or in our yards is a challenge unless gale-force winds are blowing.

Regarding all things green and growing, forest tent caterpillars are thriving equally as well as mosquitoes, draping our poor trees, stripping away the green and forming grey-black masses everywhere.

Sigh… And then the rain, which instead of being gentle and soaking, you are sending in deluges. Some fields have been transformed into lakes. Emerging crops are struggling to survive waterlogged conditions.

Mother Nature, we are wondering what exactly is it that we as Manitobans have done to deserve your ire? We are friendly, easygoing, adaptable and rather accepting of what you throw our way.

But is a happy medium not possible?

We really don’t mind our four seasons but an equal split among them would be appreciated — winter doesn’t need to dominate for six long months. And when you finally give us warm weather, does it have to be filled with continual trials and tribulations as we attempt to make a living in agriculture? And pests that drive us indoors and once again make us look longingly out our windows?

We were so excited and grateful for the opportunity of another growing season, but the optimism that spurred us on this spring is waning.

We love our jobs in food production, we really do, but can you please curtail the challenges? We await your response.

In the meantime, perhaps overland boat tours, dragonfly farming and developing protein pellets from insect pests are worth considering…

Always looking for the silver lining, we remain yours, The persistent and ever-hopeful farmers of Manitoba Sandi Knight farms near Macdonald, Man.

July 1988

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he headlines on the front page of the July 7, 1988 Co-operator don’t bear much resemblance to the ones we’ve run recently. Manitoba cattle producers were to get $26 million of federal and provincial aid allocated to help them through the drought of 1988, which turned out to be the driest year on record in Western Canada. Grain companies were taking steps to reduce costs in anticipation of exports being cut in half from the previous year.

“1988 is a crop disaster,” said UGG chief operating officer Gerry Moore. “No other word describes it.”

Also in the news was a change to the Manitoba Beef Plan, in which about one-third of the province’s cattle producers were registered. Agriculture Minister Glenn Findlay announced that producers in the program would no longer be required to sell cattle through the Manitoba Beef Commission, which administered the plan.

We reported that a World Bank official told a meeting in Britain that, “While models of the world’s climatic forces are still very primitive, the rising concentration of these ‘greenhouse’ gases in the atmosphere seems quite pervasive.” He said a warming trend could bring droughts to areas now plentiful with rain and floods to desert areas.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Betting against climate change While Manitoba farmers struggle with too much water, California’s agriculture is in dire straits because of not enough

By Alan Guebert

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ccording to 2013 data compiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, you and I owe our very existence to water. After all, 92 per cent of our blood, 75 per cent of our brains and muscles, 60 per cent bodies and 22 per cent of our bones is plain, simple old water.

Even more to the point, while most of us might live a month or so without food, not one of us could live much over a week without water.

Farming and ranching are in the same life raft; water is their key element and they use a lot. Nearly 80 per cent of every drop, bucket and stock tank of water used in the U.S. every day is slurped and guzzled by American agriculture.

That’s 320 billion gallons every day of every week of every year.

(Links to source material are posted at http://farmandfoodfile. com/in-the-news/.)

By contrast, American households collectively use less than one-tenth, or 29 billion gallons, of agriculture’s thirsty total each day.

If you think that 10-to-1 ratio can or will continue, go to California.

As that state’s years-long drought drags on with no end in sight, people — not cows or corn or cotton — are winning every fight for water, according to March 2014 data released by the California Farm Water Coalition.

For example, this year, estimates the CFWC, 800,000 acres of California farmland will not be planted due to the lack of irrigation water.

Last year that number was 500,000 acres. Next year, it guesses, the acreage will be even bigger.

The idled land in the nation’s biggest farm state carries big costs.

Fa r m - r e l a t e d u n e m p l oy m e n t is expected to top 40 per cent in California’s rich, but now bone-dry Central Valley and the state’s agrelated supply businesses will see sales drop $7.5 billion. Sales from farms and ranches are forecast to drop $3.6 billion.

A hard hint of a much smaller drought in the Midwest in 2012 sent U.S. corn prices over $8 per

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bu., notes a detailed June 2014 report by Ceres, a non-profit group that “mobilizes business and investor leadership on climate change, water scarcity and other sustainable challenges.”

But it just wasn’t — and, if another drought strikes, just won’t be — corn farmers who were nailed, the report notes. “Investors,” it explains, “need to understand how companies in the grain-processing, food, beverage, livestock, ethanol, grocery and restaurant sectors are addressing these risks…”

In s h o r t , w h i l e m a n y f a r m organizations dismiss or discredit climate change as a governmentsponsored plot to impose new regulations on farmers and ranchers, the multitrillion-dollar food, feed and fuel sectors that rely on U.S. farm and ranch output to gener-

Poor provincial response to southwest flood crisis We sat down to watch the news after a hot day working calves for a neighbour. There our premier sat, announcing with an appropriately sad face, that he had declared a province-wide state of emergency due to the flooding. The armed forces were called out to help sandbag and do whatever was necessary to protect the cities of Brandon, Portage and Winnipeg.

Where has he been? It is our understanding that he flew over the southwest corner of Manitoba where we have been in the midst of flood-

ate product and profit do not see a bogeyman. To them and their shareholders, climate change is a serious threat that needs to be managed.

The Ceres report lays out the size of that threat to the U.S. corn sector. For example, “87 per cent of irrigated corn is grown in regions with high or extremely high water stress” and “over half of the country’s irrigated corn production — worth nearly $9 billion annually — depends on groundwater from the overexploited High Plains aquifer.”

Additionally, “36 ethanol refineries are located in and source corn (that is) irrigated” with that High Plains aquifer. It’s a big investment at big risk, suggests Ceres, which directs a group of more than 100 institutional investors whose collective assets top $13 trillion.

ing at least 10 times worse than the 2011 flood. Did he or anyone with him even look out the window of the plane?

We have people out here whose homes have been destroyed. Where is the help for them and others like them? In this corner of Manitoba, we were in desperate need of soldiers to come and give our firefighters and other volunteers a much-needed break from manning the pumps 24/7 trying to keep the lift stations working, pumping out basements, etc.

We have people here whose wells are flooded and their cisterns are dry.

They can’t get in with a truck and tank of water to fill their cistern as the bridges and/or roads are out. Is this

But that’s just the tip of the melting iceberg.

According to the Ceres report, “16 separate sectors” of the U.S. economy “depend on corn as a key ingredient.” Last year, “The top 45 companies in the corn value chain earned $1.7 trillion in revenue,” or more than “Australia’s annual GDP.” Given those numbers for just corn, consider the impact climate change will have across not just farming and ranching but the entire U.S. economy.

Or, as most American farm and ranch groups prefer, don’t. The really big, really smart money, however, already is.

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a health hazard if they can’t shower, brush their teeth or flush a toilet? We have dead livestock floating down the raging creeks. Is that a health hazard?

The councillors and staff of Edward, Arthur and Albert municipalities have worked hard to help their respective ratepayers in this time of need and are all to be commended for their efforts.

We urge everyone to keep this in mind at the next provincial election.

We know where we stand with this government and it is time to let them know by the ballot box the respect we have for them as our leaders.

Neale and Gail Daniels Pierson, Man.

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Volunteers in Portage la Prairie fill sandbags that will be used to shore up dikes and protect properties along the Assinboine River. Photo: Shannon VanRaes FLOODING Continued from page 1

This is a situation “many times worse” than 2011, said Edward councillor, Debbie McMechan, whose municipality declared a state of emergency June 5. The cost will be far higher too and the bill harder to foot.

Their entire municipal budget is just over $2 million and the extent of the damages to their roads and bridges is massive, she said.

“It’ll be a lot easier to count the roads that aren’t (damaged),” she said. “I don’t want to sound dramatic but this is definitely going to cost in the millions (to repair).”

Crop insurance won’t come anywhere near compensating farmers this time around, she added.

“It is in no way a tool that can be used in a situation like this,” she said. “That’s like emptying one of these spots with a teaspoon.”

McMechan also expressed frustration that years of pleading for long-term flood mitigation from the region has been ignored.

Provincial premier, Greg Selinger said at week’s end the extent of flood damages won’t be known for some time, and would depend on how the situ-

ation unfolded in the coming days.

Heroism

What residents in the flooded southwest were able to tally last week were the local acts of heroism and resiliency as the week unfolded.

“We’re farm people. We just cope. We are people who help each other,” said Pierson resident Aileen Tucker who teamed up with other local women to assist Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization in finding out what people in the area needed.

That led to what they jokingly called an organized “drug run,” taking orders and co-ordinating deliveries of critical medications such as insulin.

With only two routes left into Pierson, a handful of volunteer drivers made the treacherous trips over watery roads and a makeshift, two-plank bridge to the Melita pharmacy to bring back deliveries of medicine and groceries.

A helicopter was on call in Brandon in case any residents cut off due to road closures required immediate emergency help.

Outside town, farm families were marooned on their yards as stories of floating quads and tractors swept off roadways circulated.

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“We’re farm people.

We just cope. We are people who help each other.”

Aileen Tucker

Emergency response volunteer at Pierson

“We could probably get to Pierson if we drove over some roads with four to six inches of water on it, but we won’t try it,” said cattle producer Ted Artz July 3 whose farm, divided by the now-raging Gainsborough Creek, is just a half-dozen miles from the Saskatchewan and North Dakota borders. Surveying fields they’d ordinarily be cutting hay from by now, Artz said he’s never seen the rainfall or a landscape so inundated by water in the 40 years they’ve farmed here.

Muster resources

Selinger, accompanied by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, said July 6 governments will muster all possible resources to help restore infrastructure and get people moving again throughout what he called the “very stressed communities” of the southwest.

But eyeing the watery world around them last week, Artz said the cash and time needed for it is practically incomprehensible.

“We’ll put this thing back together,” he said. “But it will take time and a lot of money. It took three years to get the bridge at Coulter (over the Souris River on PR 251) put back together.

That was one bridge.”

A mobile recovery office was scheduled to be set up in communities in the southwest area of Manitoba beginning with the town of Virden this week, with staff available to answer questions and take applications for disaster financial assistance.

Meanwhile, at week’s start a massive effort was underway to protect up to 350 properties as soldiers from CFB Shilo arrived in Portage la Prairie to help municipal workers and volunteers begin sandbagging and protect properties along the Assiniboine there, including about 150 properties south of the Hoop and Holler Bend southeast of Portage la Prairie.

The province had warned that a controlled release through the Hoop and Holler outlet would be used as a last resort to prevent dike breaches farther downstream. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

case, bolstered by the fact there was a $195-million assistance program following the 2011 flood. Of that, $150 million was cost shared 60-40 by the federal and Manitoba governments with the province picking up the remaining $45 million on its own.

Although both levels of government point to crop insurance, which includes excess moisture insurance for unseeded land, as well as potential support through AgriStability and AgriInvest, Chorney said changes introduced April 1, 2013 have substantially reduced support under AgriStability.

Gutted AgriStability

One KAP member who saw h i s i n c o m e re d u c e d d u e to flooding in 2011 would have received 50 per cent less money had the new AgriStability program been in place then, based on calculations made by a reputable accounting firm, Chorney said.

“It j u s t s h ow s a l l t h e things we predicted about AgriStability cuts are true,” he said. “Farmers are going to be... very surprised when they find out there’s not a lot there to help people.”

AgriRecovery, the so-called third line of defence, is meant to fill gaps left in existing farm programs, according to Chorney.

Selinger hasn’t ruled out triggering the program.

“The (Manitoba agriculture) minister will make a recommendation to us and we will follow up with him on that, but we expect there will be an ag recovery requirement as we go forward,” he told reporters July 4.

“There are currently enhanced risk management programs available to help producers deal with excess moisture,” an official with the Manitoba government said later in an email. “The province will continue to monitor the situation and take steps to address any gaps identified, which could include AgriRecovery.

Producers who have questions about available programs and resources can contact their local GO office for assistance.”

Kostyshyn will continue to consult with organizations such as KAP and Manitoba Beef Producers, the official said.

The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) was hoping to release an estimate of how many acres were too wet to seed this spring this week. Industry observers are estimating 800,000 to one million acres.

That would be much less than the nearly three million acres unseeded because of excessive moisture in 2011, which triggered $162 million in payouts under the Excess Moisture Insurance program.

In addition almost 502,000 acres of crops were destroyed by excessive rains.

A record $326.9 million was paid out under the federalprovincial crop insurance (AgriInsurance) program in 2011.

Different causes

The 2011 flood was mainly due to melting snow. This year’s flood is due to up to eight inches of rain falling across eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba at the end of June.

It’s too soon to know the full extent of the damage to crops, hayfields and pastures, officials with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development said last week. Much depends on how long crops are under water, their stage of growth and the type of crop.

Longer term, KAP wants farmers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and their provincial governments to work on mitigating future floods, Chorney said. That could include restoring wetlands or building regional reservoirs to store flood waters, he said.

KAP and APAS both support the creation of the Assiniboine Basin Commission to work on flood mitigation, although Hall said this year’s event has more to do with saturated land than drainage.

However, the NFU is less sanguine.

“Saskatchewan has been turning a blind eye to illegal ditching too long,” Melville, Sask., farmer and NFU Region 6 (Saskatchewan) co-ordinator Ed Sagan said in a news release. “Thousands of sloughs have been drained to create nice square fields that are easy to work. Now, with these big storms all that drainage adds up to worse floods downstream.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

The Assiniboine was expected to crest at the Portage la Prairie Diversion earlier this week. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

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Farm lenders offer flood support

FLOOD OF 2014

FCC and RBC Royal Bank have made donations Staff

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arm Credit Canada (FCC) is offer ing suppor t to customers in eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba facing personal and financial hardship as a result of widespread flooding.

“We stand by our customers over the long term, helping them pursue opportunities and overcome challenges, and this year’s weather has certainly been challenging for many farmers and agricultural business owners,” said Michael Hoffort, FCC president and CEO. FCC says it will work with customers to come up with solutions for their operation and will consider deferral of principal payments and/or other loan payment schedule amendments to reduce the financial pressure on producers impacted by flooding.

Customers in eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba are encouraged to contact their FCC relationship manager or the FCC Customer Service Centre at 1-888-3323301 to discuss their individual situation and options.

F C C h a s a l s o p r ov i d e d $75,000 in funding through its Ag Crisis Fund. The Sa s k a t c h e w a n A s s o c i a t i o n of Rural Municipalities and Association of Manitoba Mu n i c i p a l i t i e s w i l l e a c h receive $25,000 to be distributed by associations to member municipalities facing the greatest need. In March, FCC also contributed $25,000 to the Red Cross to provide flood relief kits to Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

RBC Royal Bank has also announced a $30,000 donat i o n t o t h e Ca n a d i a n Re d Cross in support of Canadians affected by extensive moisture and rising flood waters in communities across Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

“We extend our hearts to every client, colleague, and community affected by the devastation of rising flood waters,” shared RBC regional president Kim Ulmer. “In addition to the financial relief we will be extending to our valued clients, we at RBC are committed to doing what we can to support families and communities in need through this donation.”

RBC customers affected by flooding may postpone residential mortgage and personal loans payments by up to two months. In addition, clients may be eligible to have their credit card minimum monthly payments set to $0 for up to four months.

Anyone interested in maki n g d o n a t i o n s t o t h e Re d Cross may do so at any RBC R oy a l B a n k b r a n c h , e a r marking the funds to either t h e “Ma n i t o b a Fl o o d s” o r “ S a s k a t c h e w a n F l o o d” appeals.

Flood waters created a whirlpool in this creek located just north of Melita. photo: dale dobbyn

Hay shortages loom for cattle sector Many producers are having to graze their hayfields

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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eavy rains and overland flooding have put the status of this year’s grazing and hay supplies in serious doubt, cattle producers say.

It’s an evolving situation, but the financial impact of flooding and excess moisture will devastate producers especially since many have not recovered from 2011 flooding, says Manitoba Beef Producers. The association is meeting with provincial officials this week to call for both short- and longterm strategies.

“After two difficult winters, available hay and straw supplies have been reduced. Greenfeed production could be limited,” said MBP president Heinz Reimer in a news release July 4. “Waterrelated issues are continuing to evolve and a variety of strategies is needed to help producers face these challenges.”

Losses are rising from pasture and hay lands affected by flooding.

“We’re worried about quality of feed coming into the winter as well as just the overall supply,” said Melinda German, general manager.

2014 is a repeat of 2011 when flooded pastures forced producers to move cattle to hay land, she said.

“Lots of people are sacrificing their hay land to graze cattle now,” she said. “If the duration of the water is significant, we’re going to use up those resources.”

Their meeting this week will include discussion about what producers are going to need beyond existing risk management programs, she said.

“I think right now the specific needs for the livestock producer will be a winter feed program,” she said. “The province has utilized a program over the last few crises we’ve had. It’s a needs-based pasture and hay forage shortfall program and it’s worked quite well.”

Transportation assistance for hay, straw and moving cattle may also be necessary, German said.

This alfalfa field turned lake near Broad Valley might not be producing much forage this year. photo: jennifer berry

“We don’t know how far we may have to go for resources,” she added.

MBP is also requesting updated pasture, hay and transportation listings for producers who need to source feed or relocate cattle in the days and weeks ahead. It is stressing the need for timely information to make informed management decisions as water volumes move across Manitoba.

“It is critical to have the information and management tools readily available; that is a key lesson coming from the recent floods,” Reimer added.

Virden-based MAFRD beef specialist Tod Wallace said last week he estimates as much as 40 per cent of pasture land remained under water in Manitoba’s southwest at week’s end. That was an improvement over the 80 per cent at week’s beginning, he added.

Producers contacting MAFRD were expressing concerns about how much longer their animals could stay where they were, he said. However, they were able to move them to higher ground and Wallace wasn’t aware of any animals needing evacuation as of July 4.

“Lots of people are sacrificing their hay land to graze cattle now. If the duration of the water is significant, we’re going to use up those resources.”

Melinda German

Manitoba Beef Producers

Ted Artz, a Pierson-area farmer and director for MBP, said getting feed into the area is a serious concern with many of the roads impassable and seriously damaged.

“We rely on greenfeed, and it looks like it is going to be a challenge to get any in,” he said. “It’s going to be a challenge just getting around. We don’t know what roads will be put back together or if they can even get equipment into certain fields.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 10, 2014

Oat sculpture unveiled in Ituna, Sask.

A local artist has made the lowly oat plant into a work of art

By Barb Galbraith co-operator contributor / Ituna, Sask.

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espite the recent poor weather across much of the Prairies, a giant oat plant now stands in the small, but vibrant community of Ituna, Sask.

Dennis Muzyka, a Melville high school shops teacher and local metal sculpture artist, designed and created the powder-coated steel structure.

After intensive study of a single oat plant, Muzyka initially thought that in order to create an oat statue on a scale of 1:25 for the width he wanted to use, it would have to be over 100 feet high. Returning to the field for further study, he discovered that no matter the height, the width across the plant was always the same.

With three stems to represent

Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the sculpture weighs about one tonne. It stands almost 34 feet tall and is 15.5 feet wide. In order to work in his shop, Muzyka set the structure on its side and rotated it so he would not have to stand on a ladder while individually welding all 106 kernels hanging from the panicles.

Four commemorative plaques surround the oat stems in the specially created park, Avena Gardens. (Oats are known by the scientific name Avena sativa.)

The significance of this sculpture is both current and historic.

Canada is one of the largest oat producers in the world, third only to the European Union and Russia. The Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA) was officially formed in Ituna in 1998.

Prairie pioneers relied on oats as food and bedding for both themselves and their horses. In the

late 1890s, it was discovered that sawflies would infest wheat crops but not oats. A crop rotation of oats and wheat kept sawfly numbers down.

At the June 28 unveiling ceremony, dignitaries paused in their speeches on several occasions for passing trains as Avena Gardens is situated beside the CN Railway main line.

MC Terry Korchinski, Ituna town councillor, recommended the crowd give a friendly wave to crews as locomotive horns blared, since CN was one of several major contributors to the project through its EcoConnexions program.

The idea of a themed marker originated with the Ituna and District Museum, but the donations of funds, hard work and time by numerous businesses, organizations and individuals made it a reality.

Local dignitaries unveiled the sculpture by artist Dennis Muzyka June 28.

Photo: Barb Galbraith

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

July 17: Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame induction ceremony, 1:30 p.m., William Glesby Centre, 11 Second St. NE, Portage la Prairie.

For more info call 204-728-3736 or email info@manitobaaghallof fame.com.

Quality meets quantity.

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 204-755-3464 or visit www.springfieldagsociety.com.

July 22: Long-Term Field Studies Tour, 1-4 p.m., University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station. For more info visit www. ncle.ca.

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/.

Aug. 1-3: Manitoba Youth Beef Roundup, Beautiful Plains Ag Society grounds, Neepawa. For more info call Lois McRae at 204-728-3058.

Aug. 9: Southeastern Manitoba Draft Horse Association annual plowing match, Steinbach. For more info call John Hildebrand at 204-346-4323.

Oct. 6-9: International Summit of Co-operatives, Centre des Congres de Quebec, 1000 boul.

Rene-Levesque E., Quebec City.

For more info visit http://www. sommetinter.coop.

Oct. 28-30: Cereals North America second annual conference, Fairmont Winnipeg, 2 Lombard Place, Winnipeg.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 10, 2014

CWB drops wheat price expectations However, the durum outlook is higher

U.S. cellulosic fuel makers say expansion finally at hand A number of production facilities are coming online

By Commodity News Service Canada

By Ayesha Rascoe

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washington / reuters

WB, formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board, has lowered its Pool Return Outlooks (PROs) for most classes of wheat marketed in the upcoming 2014-15 crop year, while raising price projections for durum.

Projected wheat returns were down $25 to $26 per tonne from the previous month. CWB cited relatively favourable North American crop conditions, declining Minneapolis spring wheat futures, and a stronger Canadian dollar as accounting for the declines in the pooled prices.

Meanwhile, projected durum PROs were raised by $10 per tonne from May, with quality issues in Italy and Greece behind some of the strength, according to CWB. Canola PROs were down $15 to $18 compared to the previous month, as the futures have also declined over the period.

Malting barley and field pea price expectations were left unchanged.

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.S. producers of cellulosic ethanol said April 29 the industry is poised for rapid growth in 2014 after years of false starts, and that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed usage target is too low.

Lawmakers set ambitious goals for use of cellulosic biofuels in the 2007 law establishing the Renewable Fuel Standard, which requires increasing amounts of various types of biofuels to be blended into the U.S. fuel supply.

Production of cellulosic fuels, made from sources such as grasses, trees and crop waste, has so far not been anywhere near the targets set by Congress, forcing EPA to repeatedly slash its annual mandates.

But producers say the industry is

finally on the verge of success, with a handful of plants soon to open.

The EPA’s draft proposal for 2014 would require the use of 17 million gallons of the innovative fuel, about one per cent of the 1.75 billion gallons originally stipulated by Congress.

“They are being conservative at this point,” Doug Berven, vice-president of corporate affairs for biofuel producer POET LLC, said at a press event.

“They should be a little bit higher.

We’ve got a number of production facilities coming online and I do think they are going to be successful,” Berven said, although he declined to specify an alternative target.

A $250-million cellulosic ethanol plant backed by POET and Dutch food and chemicals group DSM is set to come online by June. The plant could eventually produce 25 million gallons of fuel a year.

Biofuel officials warned that the EPA’s proposed cut to the overall 2014 biofuel mandate, including conventional corn-based ethanol, would hurt the entire renewable fuel industry.

The draft EPA rule cut the 18.15 billion gallons (68.7 billion litres) of biofuels mandated for use in 2014 down to 15.21 billion gallons. The rule is set to be finalized by June.

Abengoa’s cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kansas will begin producing fuel within weeks and at full capacity could produce 25 million gallons a year.

Other projects discussed at the April 29 event included DuPont’s Nevada, Iowa plant, expected to start operations in the fourth quarter, and Quad County Corn Processors’ Galva, Iowa plant, scheduled to come online in June.

FESTIVALS Contact us with your event, dates, location and contact info at news@fbcpublishing.com.

July 10-13: St. Pierre Jolys Frog Follies and Agricultural Fair. Visit www.frogfollies.com.

July 11-13: Triple S Fair, Rodeo and Children’s Festival, Selkirk. Call 204485-4854, email ppen@mts.net or visit selkirkfairandrodeo.com.

July 12-13: Minnedosa Fair.

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July 15: Strathclair Fair. Call 204365-2579 or email krothnie@ hotmail.com.

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July 17: Hamiota Fair. Call 204764-2642 or email gkwilson@ mts.net.

July 17-20: Manitoba Stampede and Exhibition, Morris. Call 204746-2552, email vas@mts.net or visit manitobastampede.ca.

July 18: Harding Fair. Call 204838-2241 or email hardingfair@ inethome.ca.

July 18-20: Arborg Fair and Rodeo. Call 204-642-2700 or email lenoreolafson@hotmail. com.

July 19: Springfield Country Fair, Dugald. Call 204-755-3464, email ldseadon@mts.net or visit www. springfieldagsociety.com.

July 19: Oak Lake Fair. Call 204-855-2030 or email oaklakeagsociety@yahoo.ca.

July 19-20: Cypress River Fair. Call 204-743-2123 or email truelove@ mts.net.

July 23: Elkhorn Fair. Call 204845-2622 or 204-748-5131 or email shenry10@yahoo.ca.

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July 24-27: Manitoba Sunflower Festival, Altona. Visit http://altona. ca/msf.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices

Heifers

Alberta South $ — — 103.00 - 123.25 95.00 - 109.00 207.00 - 212.00 $ 175.00 - 197.00 190.00 - 218.00 195.00 - 224.00 210.00 - 245.00 210.00 - 255.00 215.00 - 265.00 $ 175.00 - 190.00 180.00 - 200.00 185.00 - 212.00 195.00 - 221.00 200.00 - 234.00 210.00 - 245.00

($/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.)

July 4, 2014

Waterlogged producers not missing much sale action Flooding shouldn’t affect prices in any major way

Close 155.00 156.90 156.05 155.75 156.25 148.75

Change 1.25 4.15 0.53 -0.05 0.63 -7.55

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Feeder Cattle August 2014 September 2014 October 2014 November 2014 January 2015 March 2015

CNSC

Ontario $ 150.90 - 172.97 141.40 - 167.25 79.59 - 117.97 79.59 - 117.97 115.22 - 136.06 $ 183.44 - 214.41 201.68 - 216.65 178.26 - 230.71 203.49 - 263.24 210.87 - 289.67 209.41 - 280.19 $ 159.34 - 187.63 168.17 - 195.77 198.08 - 224.62 196.82 - 224.95 204.52 - 249.67 223.65 - 253.52

Close 217.62 218.82 218.85 218.55 213.00 211.85

Change 2.50 1.92 1.78 2.00 0.95 1.75

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending June 28, 2014 55,646 12,452 43,194 N/A 615,000

Previous Year­ 49,406 13,368 36,038 N/A 654,000

Week Ending June 28, 2014 407 22,172 23,404 1,400 893 6,953 116

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 257 11,148 11,849 1,068 547 4,578 94

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) E - Estimation MB. ($/hog) MB (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.)

MB (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.)

ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.)

PQ (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)

Futures (July 4, 2014) in U.S. Hogs July 2014 August 2014 October 2014 December 2014 February 2015

Current Week 253.00 E 234.00 E 247.68 250.23

Last Week 246.88 227.38 240.63 240.30

Close 131.72 131.60 116.75 102.85 96.05

Last Year (Index 100) 199.59 183.86 197.10 200.90

Change 2.92 21.00 21.10 13.85 5.55

Other Market Prices

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here were no auctions at Manitoba stockyards for the week ended July 4.

Most yards were closed for the July 1 holiday while others were in an off week of their regular summer schedule.

The lax schedule may have been a welcome respite for some cattle ranchers, however, who are dealing with localized flooding issues across much of southwestern Manitoba.

R o b i n H i l l o f He a r t l a n d L i v e s t o c k Services at Virden said there is “one pile” of water west of the community that growers are eyeing. Speaking on July 3 he said there were many roads to the southwest that were washed out or in danger of washouts. Those same problems were also being felt south of Virden down to the U.S. border.

Hill hadn’t heard of any local herds that had been hurt or threatened by the water but he noted it is impacting feed availability. “We’re losing our pasture and hay lands, just like the grain farmers.”

He said he’s not sure whether any producers have had to bring in alternate feedstocks yet, but that’s a decision some may have to make depending on the situation.

“There could be some pastures that are flooded bad enough that they may have to move some cattle to another pasture or something like that. I haven’t heard of any bad, bad stories so hopefully everyone is getting along decently.”

As far as auctions go, he said it’s fortunate the week was a quiet one, as producers

Rain makes grain as U.S. Midwest set for big crops chicago / reuters

Winnipeg (wooled fats) 75.00 - 95.00 — 107.00 - 180.00 160.00 - 185.00 160.00 - 185.00 —

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 29, 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 .................................... $1.990 Undergrade .............................. $1.895 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.990 Undergrade .............................. $1.895 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.915 Undergrade............................... $1.830 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

Toronto 83.57 - 103.56 147.34 - 169.06 168.90 - 180.41 173.01 - 192.02 163.52 - 226.29 —

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 November 10, 2013.

New Previous A Extra Large $2.00 $2.05 A Large 2.00 2.05 A Medium 1.82 1.87 A Small 1.40 1.45 A Pee Wee 0.3775 0.3775 Nest Run 24 + 1.8910 1.9390 B 0.45 0.45 C 0.15 0.15

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg (Fats) 120.00 - 165.00 200.00 - 275.00 —

Toronto ($/cwt) 114.70 - 270.32 — 84.58 - 231.27

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 13.00 - 71.11 38.00 - 51.00

robin hill

When’s the next sale?

Ashern

Aug. 20 Regular Tuesday sales through summer

Brandon Gladstone

Aug. 19

Grunthal

Regular Tuesday sales through summer

Killarney

Sept. 8

Ste. Rose

Aug. 21

Virden

Regular Wednesday sales through summer

Winnipeg

Regular Friday sales through summer

likely would have had to scramble to get their herds to market.

“There’ll be people with the highways and the roads closed that can’t get any animals to the auction.”

The flooding has a slight chance of impacting prices, he said, but added if that happens, it should just be temporary.

“There may be something short term (affecting prices) but I don’t think so, as long as our No. 1 highway is open to the west.”

Hill said he hopes for warm weather soon so the situation doesn’t get any worse.

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

briefs

By Christine Stebbins

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

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

“We’re losing our pasture and hay lands, just like the grain farmers.”

Dave Sims

Futures (July 4, 2014) in U.S. Fed Cattle August 2014 October 2014 December 2014 February 2015 April 2015 June 2015

$1 Cdn: $0.9399 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.0639 Cdn.

COLUMN

(Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers & Heifers No sale July 4 & 18 D1, 2 Cows Next sale is D3 Cows July 11 & 25 Bulls Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) $ — (801-900 lbs.)

— (701-800 lbs.)

— (601-700 lbs.)

— (501-600 lbs.)

— (401-500 lbs.)

— Heifers (901+ lbs.)

— (801-900 lbs.)

— (701-800 lbs.)

— (601-700 lbs.)

— (501-600 lbs.)

— (401-500 lbs.)

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

EXCHANGES: July 4, 2014

A wet June across the main U.S. Grain Belt and the continuing outlook for a mild summer are pointing to another bumper corn and soybean harvest for the world’s largest food exporter, analysts say.

By the eve of the Fourth of July holiday, heavy rains across the Midwest and Plains had replenished soil moisture in most of the nation’s big crop-growing region. For many meteorologists and farm forecasters, the second straight year of favourable early-summer weather is making the record drought of two years ago a distant memory. “ We feel pretty good about the outlook in general,” said Elwynn Taylor, a veteran climatologist and agronomist at Iowa State University. “The odds right now are that the U.S. Corn Belt will have a yield that is well above the average.”

T h e U . S . A g r i c u l t u re Department forecasts record yields this year: corn at 165.3 bushels per acre and soybeans at 45.2 bpa, equating to record harvests.

Some analysts are pencilling in even bigger yields, as high as 170 bushels for corn.

Big crops are good news for food processors, livestock producers, ethanol makers and exporters that have been paying hefty prices for corn and soybeans the past few years after grain supplies shrank due to the 2012 drought.

Grain futures prices are now at their lowest in four to six months, with corn near $4.20 and beans at $13.90.

But too much rain the past week in norther n Iowa and souther n Minnesota flooded a small percentage of the states’ acreage, maybe one to two per cent experts say. But Taylor said higher overall yields will counter any such shortfalls.

“There are some places that because of too much moisture have flooding, washouts, erosion. That’s regrettable but if farmers

had to have one, they’d take the moisture rather than drought,” Taylor said.

A good chunk of the southern Plains, big wheat and cattle country hit by several years of drought, also benefited from abovenormal rains last month.

But rains put the Kansas winter wheat harvest behind a couple weeks and damaged some mature wheat, crop specialists say.

Iowa, the top corn and soy state, received nearly 10 inches of rain in June, almost double the normal June rainfall, according to the state climatologist office. That sets up perfectly for corn, which enters its key pollination stage this month.

The U.S. Drought Monitor (http://droughtmonitor. unl.edu/) released July 3 shows drought has eased since the start of planting, particularly in Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota.

The National Weather Service July outlook issued this week called for normal to below-normal temperatures and generally normal rainfall across the heart of the Grain Belt.

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Last Week

All prices close of business July 3, 2014

Week Ago

Year Ago

Concerns over lost acres can’t lift canola market

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

212.93

221.38

241.66

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

247.10

257.85

279.68

Soy will trend down, barring changes in U.S. weather

oilseeds

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looding on the Prairies made the national news during the week ended July 4, and the Manitoba government even called a state of emergency, but excessive moisture cutting into production prospects wasn’t enough to keep the canola futures market afloat, as the anchor of the U.S. soy market weighed on prices.

Estimates on just how much crop was lost are still being calculated, with up to two million acres of cropland in western Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan likely unseeded or flooded out, according to reports. Rains were widespread, and between 10 and 30 per cent of other fields are facing questions over production.

Those lost crops and flooded land are obviously a serious concern for those farmers feeling the immediate effects, but the sad reality is that a few million acres in Western Canada are but a small drop in the global bucket.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture put out updated acreage estimates Monday morning, June 30, that set the tone for the U.S. futures throughout the week. The agency pegged U.S. soybean acres this year at a record 84.8 million, well above trade estimates and the previous record of 77.5 million set in 2009.

November soybeans started the week at US$12.28 per bushel, but had lost nearly

Coarse Grains

a dollar by Thursday’s close before U.S. traders left for the Independence Day long weekend.

Weather conditions remain close to ideal for crop development across the U.S. Midwest, with reports from the region continuing to point to great yields. While a damaging hot spell is always a possibility in the region, the path of least resistance is expected to keep pointing down f o r s oy b e a n s a s l o n g a s t h e we a t h e r holds up.

U.S. corn futures posted large losses over the course of the week as well, as that market also took a hit from the bearish USDA stocks and acreage report. U.S. corn stocks, as of June 1, were pegged at 3.8 billion bushels — over a billion bushels above the level seen at the same time the previous year. In addition to the large stocks, the 91.6 million acres of corn planted in the country this year are also dealing with the same favourable conditions as soybeans.

Contributing to declines in corn was a report showing declines in the U.S. hog herd, which should lead to a decline in demand for the feed grain.

Wheat futures were down as well during the week, as expectations for large global wheat supplies more than made up for yield concerns with the U.S. winter wheat crop and excess moisture problems for spring wheat in North Dakota and Canada.

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.

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

161.21

174.89

267.03

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

227.76

220.62

254.18

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

477.58

503.03

581.78

Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)

852.67

897.66

1,041.20

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business July 4, 2014 barley

Last Week

Week Ago

July 2014

125.00

125.00

October 2014

132.50

132.50

December 2014

134.50

134.50

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

July 2014

476.50

474.20

November 2014

457.40

461.40

January 2015

460.80

465.10

Special Crops Report for July 7, 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

21.50 - 22.75

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

19.00 - 22.75

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

15.00 - 16.00

Desi Chickpeas

21.75 - 22.75 — 15.20 - 16.00

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

8.80 - 12.00

Fababeans, large

Medium Yellow No. 1

6.00 - 6.65

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Feed beans

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Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

33.00 - 33.00

Feed Pea (Rail)

No. 1 Great Northern

51.00 - 51.00

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

37.00 - 37.00

Yellow No. 1

38.00 - 39.00

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

52.00 - 52.00

Brown No. 1

33.30 - 35.00

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

54.00 - 54.00

Oriental No. 1

28.50 - 30.00

No. 1 Black Beans

36.00 - 36.00

4.25 - 4.35

Source: Stat Publishing SUNFLOWERS

No. 1 Pinto Beans

28.00 - 32.00

No. 1 Small Red

38.00 - 38.00

No. 1 Pink

38.00 - 38.00

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

21.05

18.70

Report for July 3, 2014 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed)

32.00*

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CME wheat spread triggers storage fee hike The variable storage rate, set in 2010, has not changed in three years chicago / reuters

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he CME Group will raise the maximum storage fee for its wheat futures contract in July, the first hike in three years, since the price difference or spread between the two front contract months was wide enough over the last month to trigger an increase, the exchange said.

The storage fee scheme, called the variable storage rate — or VSR mechanism — was introduced in 2010 as a way to keep cash and futures prices properly converging during futures delivery periods.

CME July wheat futures first delivery notices are due on June 30.

According to the CME’s calculations, the July and September wheat

contracts in the last 30 days ending on Friday traded at between 12 cents and 13 cents a bushel difference and averaged 84.26 per cent of full “carry,” or the estimated cost to store wheat from one contract delivery to the next.

Normal storage is five cents a bushel per month. But since the spread averaged above 80 per cent of carry for the last 30 days, the VSR formula will prompt an extra three cents — to eight cents total — beginning on July 18, which follows the delivery period of the July contract, the CME said on its website.

Some wheat traders have been puzzled about the VSR trigger, since soft red winter wheat cash prices in the main delivery area around Toledo,

Traders say the VSR boost will further build incentives to store wheat and possibly disrupt grain storage for the fall corn and soybean harvest.

Ohio, are about even with July wheat futures. When the scheme went into effect in 2010, cash prices were as much as $2 a bushel below futures, prompting the emergency measures to remedy convergence and assure proper hedging transactions.

Traders say the VSR boost will further build incentives to store wheat and possibly disrupt grain stor-

age for the fall corn and soybean harvest. CME said last week that, responding to trader requests, it looked into trading activity on CME wheat futures over the last month to see if there was any evidence of manipulating futures prices to trigger the VSR. CME economist Dave Lehman said no evidence had been found.

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Manitoba arthropod populations expanding Although rare in Manitoba, bovine anaplasmosis can be spread by wood ticks

By Shannon VanRaes

“You don’t burn it, you don’t put vaseline on it, you don’t use kerosene, and you definitely don’t use kerosene and fire.”

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hey only have eight tiny legs, but ticks are on the move in Manitoba and across the Prai-

ries.

“They’re moving north for sure,” said entomologist Kateryn Rochon, noting the arthropods travel with their hosts, including deer, birds, rabbits and other animals.

The University of Manitoba professor is tracking the movement of the American dog tick in the province, as part of a three-year research project with the backing of the Beef Cattle Research Council.

“We’re looking at variations in abundance in two species of tick — two very closely related species — one is the Rocky Mountain wood tick, which they have in Alberta and the western part of Saskatchewan, and then the wood tick that we have here.

The proper name is the American dog tick, but everybody here calls them wood ticks,” she said.

Both have the ability to transmit bovine anaplasmosis.

“It’s a bacterial disease... it invades blood cells and it destroys blood cells,” said Reynold Bergen of the research council. “It can cause anemia, jaundice, fever, reduced milk production, abortion and in severe cases, it can kill animals.”

The last time tick populations were comprehensively mapped in Manitoba was nearly half a century ago, Rochon said, adding that new surveys show that ticks have since expanded their territory northward.

“Last year, in 2013, pretty much everywhere we went we found a fairly large amount of ticks,” said the researcher. “We’re finding them in areas north of the traditional distribution line... so we’re trying to figure out how these populations change between years and is there something that we can actually model — is there something here we can predict?”

For many years, the transmission

American dog tick.

KATERYN ROCHON

of anaplasmosis — generally considered a rare occurrence in Canada — was monitored by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). But on April 1 this year, it lost its status as a reportable disease.

Bergen said the change to reporting requirements comes as the CFIA shifts its mandate towards diseases that impact trade or human health.

“If there is a positive test, labs still need to report it, but now it is just record-keeping. It’s not an active surveillance, and there’s not a response,” he said.

Anaplasmosis is not a threat to human health, and because it already occurs in American herds, a Canadian outbreak wouldn’t impact trade relations, Bergen said.

“It has never gained a foothold here, it’s never become established,” he said, but he added that it still benefits producers to better understand the disease and the ticks that spread it.

“The CFIA and the federal government are sort of getting out of this, but there is a value to industry to have a better baseline for what kind of ticks we see, and where,” he said.

W h i l e c o m p l i c a t e d , Ro c h o n believes the main factor in the northward tick trajectory is climate change, which opens up new, more northern territory for tick hosts.

Thus far, her work has taken her north of Manigotagan, past the Duck Mountains and to Steep Rock Junction — all of which are now home to wood ticks.

PHOTO: CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL ARCHIVE

Black-legged tick.

PHOTO: SCOT BAUER, USDA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

“I talk to producers when I’m out on their land to get ticks, and they would say, you know I never saw ticks when I was growing up — I’ve been here all my life and never saw ticks, and now they’re everywhere,” Rochon said.

In addition to examining the impacts of climate and weather on anaplasmosis-carrying ticks, the study also aims to examine genetic relationships between arthropod populations.

“A re t h e t i c k s f r o m a r o u n d Dauphin related to ticks in the Sandilands, or are they actually different populations that don’t mingle?” asked Rochon.

Few options exist for protecting cattle from ticks, although some insecticides designed for flying insects can offer some protection.

“It’s tricky, because in areas where there are a lot of ticks, there’s not much you can do, especially in pastures — you can’t mow and remove their food.”

However, wet areas tend to have fewer ticks, while transition areas between forest and pasture tend to have the most. If possible, avoid pastures with high tick populations during mid-June when populations peak, said Rochon.

“But I realize that not everybody

has the luxury of moving their animals to a pasture that is less “ticky,” but if you can, that would probably be your best bet,” she said. Practices such as mowing the grass on trails used to move animals — especially if they are tree lined — also assist in lessening tick exposure.

While not part of the cattle study, the entomologist noted that blacklegged ticks, the species that carries Lyme disease, are also expanding their range northward, although not as quickly as the wood tick.

“Pretty much, you’re at risk getting a bite from a black-legged tick almost anywhere in Manitoba... I mean the chances are really low in some areas, but it is possible,” she said.

If a tick does latch on to you, stay calm and remove it with tweezers.

“You don’t burn it, you don’t put vaseline on it, you don’t use kerosene, and you definitely don’t use kerosene and fire,” Rochon said. “The best way is to use thin tweezers, you want to use the thin ones more than the flat thick ones, because the goal is to not press on the body... lift the tick perpendicular to skin, pull up slowly, but steady and eventually it will just pop off.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Hyperthermia (overheating) in farm animals Calving during hot weather with no shade is a recipe for trouble Roy Lewis, DVM Beef 911

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very year during the first few hot days of summer we hear media warnings about leaving pets unattended in closed vehicles, where temperatures can rise to over 50 C. We often don’t realize how susceptible livestock are to the same condition.

Many a farmer or veterinarian has been fooled by symptoms resembling a toxemia or pneumonia. It is very important to recognize it and then treat, but more importantly, simple steps that can be taken to prevent it.

We used to see very little hyperthermia, but with the advent of more open pastures and especially with people now birthing out cattle and camelids towards summer, more cases are seen. Elk and deer naturally calve late spring, but with no access to shade, their offspring are also susceptible.

There is definitely a higher susceptibility in the newborn to three weeks of age.

A combination of small body size, no fat for insulation and hot milk as the main diet all contribute to a much higher susceptibility in young animals.

Black colouring on cattle exacerbates the problem with the dark colour really heating up in the sun. Younger animals such as yearling bison don’t shed out as quickly as mature animals in the spring a n d t h i s t h i c k h a i r c ov e r doesn’t allow the body heat to dissipate.

Springtime shearing

This is why camelids (llamas and alpacas) should be shorn every spring. The pregnant females need to dissipate heat and the birthing process in itself produces extra heat from physical exertion.

Downer animals need to be provided with shade as they a r e u n a b l e t o m ov e i n t o shaded areas.

Hyperthermia results from a combination of too high an ambient temperature for too long a period of time. That in combination with the absence of shade, no breeze and a heavy hair or wool cover and clinical cases will develop.

Physical activity such as processing, loading, or overcrowding during transport can cause the body temperature to also rise, resulting in hyperthermia.

morning to get the task done by noon.

When over heating, the body’s response is to have the blood vessels open up and allow heat loss. With young animals, especially if they are somewhat dehydrated from scours, this ability to expand the blood vessels is lost. So they are many more times susceptible to overheating.

With overheating you first see an increase in temperature. Not uncommon to see body temp. rise to 42 C and higher. Respiratory rate will also increase but the breathing will be quite shallow. It is often confused with pneumonia. Animals will appear very depressed and lethargic and young ones often will not want to nurse. They initially will want to lay down lots and this can be followed

by an inability to rise. Stress will often cause diarrhea and can even lead to a coma from depression of respiration.

Treatment

Treatment involves getting the internal body temperature back down by cooling.

Depending on the severity using fans, placing in cool buildings, spraying with water a n d i n s e ve re c a s e s c o l d water enemas all contribute to bringing body temperature down. Spraying with water is the easiest. As well, evaporation is a cooling process, so this secondarily cools the animal down. This is why high humidity is worse for hyperthermia, as evaporation from sweating horses for examp l e, d o e s n’t h a p p e n . Gi ve fluids if necessar y to keep hydration up.

I often cover with antibiotics as the heat stress and cooling with water may lead to a susceptibility of contracting pneumonia or scours — but discuss this with your veterinarian.

If animals are down and unable to rise products given such as selenium and vitamin E (antioxidants) minimize muscle damage. The recover y period may be long in these instances.

I believe the critical temperature is in the 28 to 29 C mark, especially if temperatures this high and above continue for more than one day in a row. Obviously how low the temperature drops to at night will have a great influence. As mentioned, the trend towards later calving has them giving birth when e v e n i n Ca n a d a t e m p e ra -

tures can get quite hot. As a preventive, try to calve in pastures with some bush or shaded areas. Missing the odd calving will be a small sacrifice compared to preventing cases of hyperthermia when the temperature gets too hot.

The newborns should be the ones in the pastures with the most shade. Watch the weather channel and if they are predicting high temperatures, be proactive and move the livestock ahead of time.

Even open-faced sheds or porosity fences provide some relief from the sun. If all these proactive things are done, you hopefully will never need to deal with hyperthermia.

Roy Lewis was a practising large-animal veterinarian in Westlock, Alta. for more than 30 years. He is a part-time technical services vet for Merck Animal Health.

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Hay will continue to head south U.S. demand for livestock feed could put pressure on local prices

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

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s American farmers grappling with drought decide which crops to irrigate and which to abandon, experts say it will be forage crops that lose the bet. That could mean higher hay prices and greater exports for Canadian producers.

“California is really going to be down on hay production and silage,” said Dan Undersander, an extension and forage agronomist at the University of Wisconsin. “But the other thing that is happening is that Kansas and Nebraska are also in a drought... so both of our major hay-producing regions are going to be way down on hay production because of the drought at this point.”

In Wisconsin, dairy farmers squeaked through the winter months, but were then stymied by a late first alfalfa cut.

“Some dairy guys had to cut early — they couldn’t stretch it anymore,” Undersander said.

Glenn Friesen, a production specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, noted that forage stands in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, damaged by winterkill a few years ago have yet to be fully re-established, further constricting supply.

“It takes a long time for a perennial crop to get back up to

“The exporters like to think this is the new norm, beef producers and livestock producers not so much.”

Glenn Friesen

speed again, so that’s a factor,” said Friesen.

Historically, most of the hay exported to the U.S. by Canadian producers has been highquality forage destined for dairy farms.

But Friesen says that has changed over the last few years, creating issues for beef producers who rely on buying lowerquality hay.

“Where that changed was in about 2011 — there was major shortages of beef-quality hay in the U.S., and now you’ve started to see demand for beef-quality hay,” said the production specialist. “And so we’ve also started to see prices for beef hay in Canada to creep up, particularly in Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan near the border.”

Manitoba’s position in the middle of the continent is ideal for exporting hay.

“We’re closer to the dairy sector in the U.S., and as the crow flies we’re closer to the feedlots in Iowa and down in that direction... Texas is also pretty close,” Friesen said.

Years of shipping high-quality hay south also means that producers, brokers and exporters already have a well-established supply chain that can be expanded to include beefquality hay.

“So now when you get movement in the U.S. hay supply, hay producers here are much more in tune,” he said.

Friesen said he is surprised that the high prices have been sustained this long, but it’s too early to tell if these prices will be the new normal moving forward.

“The exporters like to think this is the new norm, beef producers and livestock producers not so much,” he said. “We really don’t know.”

Undersander said the deciding factor will likely hinge on weather, although cattle prices and U.S. hay exports also play a role.

“We’ll get by, I don’t want to paint an unduly bleak picture, but the point is that we don’t have very great hay reserves and the production nation-

Dan Undersander speaks at Manitoba’s annual hay and forage day near Steinbach. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

ally in the U.S. isn’t going to be what it has been in the past. So I think that’s going to keep our hay prices pretty high,” he said. “And I think that there are some opportunities for some people — there will be demand.”

In Manitoba, Friesen descr ibes the situation as bittersweet.

“Many (beef producers) do rely on purchasing hay. They’re often in areas of the province where they can’t always get good-quality hay, so they end up having to buy supplemental hay,” he said. “And I know there’s been a lot of concern

from producers about the rising price of hay.”

The upside is that as more producers begin growing forage for export in order to take advantage of high prices, more hay will become available — particularly beef hay, while choice dairy hay is shipped south, Friesen said.

“If you have 100 acres of highquality forage... you only end up getting about half or a quarter at that quality, that leaves up to three-quarters of your crop at a lower quality that needs to be sold elsewhere,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

McDonald’s pilot could be game changer Two members of the straw man task force say pilot will require cattle producers, feedlots, and packers to co-operate

By Alexis Kienlen

that because the consumer is telling McDonald’s and McDonald’s is telling the industry.”

A greater level of co-operation between sectors and a detailed information-sharing system were key recommendations of both the straw man task force and the Canadian AgriFood Policy Institute, which issued the highly critical report in 2012. That report accused the beef sector of falling behind its competitors, failing to grasp opportunities to grow the industry, and not doing enough to meet consumer expectations.

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cDonald’s decision to pilot its “sustainable beef” project in Canada, could lead to a sea change in the country’s beef industry, according to two members of the straw man task force.

The task force was struck after a think-tank slammed the beef industry for being fractured, unable to develop a true Canada brand, and choosing to be reliant on the U.S. instead of pursuing high-value export opportunities.

The McDonald’s pilot could change all of that by requiring cattle producers, feedlots, and packers to co-operate, said Kim McConnell and John Kolk, two of the three members of the straw man task force.

“In my mind, it has the potential to happen whether we want it or not and if we have the potential to embrace it and work together, then that really does help bring synergy and everyone to come together,” said McConnell.

“It’s somewhat intuitive that an industry with good clear communication, information exchange, and governance that goes to all players it needs to, will be better equipped to chase opportunities than one where you have to chase around and talk to four different associations and five different industry supplier groups before you can get an answer,” added Kolk.

“A less fragmented industry does not guarantee success, but it will be better able to grasp the opportunities that stand in front of it.”

Extensive database

The McDonald’s pilot would require

Information sharing

McDonald’s pilot project will be good for the entire Canadian beef sector, said Kim McConnell, a member of the straw man task force. photo: supplied

an extensive database, which would not only track production and carcass information but also data on environmental stewardship, animal health and welfare, and food safety.

That database would allow buyers — such as restaurant or grocery chains — to select beef on specific attributes and that, in turn, could encourage producers, feedlots, and packers to work together to supply what the market is looking for, said McConnell.

“The whole (food) system today is being consumer pulled, rather than supply pushed,” he said. “But this whole initiative is a good example of

It is expected this information-sharing system will be based on the recently relaunched BIXS (Beef InfoXchange System) that will be expanded to include data from the Verified Beef Production program.

“In order for McDonald’s to do what they are after and the producers to accomplish this, we need a strong, robust, information system,” said McConnell.

The McDonald’s pilot still hasn’t been officially announced, but the company said in an email it is working with the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association to develop the sustainable beef pilot.

“At this time we do not have further details to share, but we plan on working directly with producers, feeders and packers around practical guidelines that address environmental stewardship, animal health and welfare, and food safety,” said Jeff FitzpatrickStilwell, senior manager of sustainability for McDonald’s Canada.

And while there is no definition of

sustainable beef, the company has pledged it won’t be imposing new rules on beef production, but rather seeking ways to verify that current practices in Canada are sustainable when it comes to things such as the environment and animal welfare.

“I think that Canada already has a lot of things that they’re looking for,” said Kolk. “The fact that they picked us tells us already that they felt the chances of success were higher working with the Canadian industry than some of the other choices they had.”

“We have an exceptional beef product. In most cases, we’re doing all the right things,” added McConnell.

Co-operation good

The McDonald’s pilot can not only bring the various sectors within the beef industry together, but also show them that co-operation is good for the bottom line, said Kolk.

“It’s no surprise that they’re going down this road — we see Walmart doing it, we see petroleum companies doing it, we see all kinds of companies doing it,” he said.

“Whoever gets to work with these companies to set the metrics, the measurements, and the criteria has a better chance of being able to satisfy the customer over time. I’m of the opinion that he who sets the metrics will garner the profits. The chance that we have in Alberta and with the Canadian beef industry is that McDonald’s has committed to working with industry to figure this out.”

McDonald’s has promised to start using some sustainable beef by 2016. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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PED vaccine no replacement for biosecurity The U.S. product is only available through a vet

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

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vaccine for the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) has been approved in the United States and is now available to Canadian producers on a limited basis, but it’s effectiveness has yet to be established, leaving some wary.

“If we have a vaccine that works and it’s universal and it prevents the disease from occurring in herds, yeah, we’re interested, but if it’s of questionable value — only 40 or 60 per cent effective — then the disease can still get through, and we don’t want that false sense of security,” said Andrew Dickson, general manager of the Manitoba Pork Council. “You have to be cautious with these types of things, and I’m not saying this is a bad vaccine, I just don’t know.”

Ha r r i s v a c c i n e s o f Iow a — t h e U.S.’s largest hog-producing state — d e v e l o p e d t h e v a c c i n e, w h i c h i s administered to sows. Once inoculated the sows build up a supply of antibody that is then transferred

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“I think the bottom line for us, our message to producers, is biosecurity, biosecurity, biosecurity.”

Glen Duizer

to newbor n piglets through their colostrum.

“What we do know is that the vaccine is certainly capable of producing antibodies and the idea is that the more antibodies that are out there the greater the ability is to prevent the disease, but there are certain aspects of this that are unproven,” said Glen Duizer, Manitoba’s acting chief veterinary officer. That includes how effective the vaccine is in preventing or diminishing infection among piglets.

Cu r re n t l y, t h e PE D v va c c i n e i s only available to producers through restricted use import permits issued to veter inar ians as par t of emer-

gency drug relief. No exemptions will be granted to allow for importation under the Own Use Permit Program (OUI), according the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

To become fully licensed, CFIA said, “the manufacturer is required to provide data to demonstrate that the vaccine works properly when used according to label recommendations.”

The manufacturer is also required to demonstrate that consecutively manufactured batches of the vaccine consistently meet established quality control standards, such as uniform potency.

“This vaccine is not a silver bullet,” said Duizer. “It may, in theory, reduce the number of piglets that gets infected with the disease or gets affected by the disease, it may decrease the shedding inside the herd, but it’s not going to replace biosecurity.”

Information on how many import permits have been issued has not been released by the CFIA, and the Pork Council has not collected information on how many producers in Manitoba have tried the vaccine.

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The announcement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson said the funds will be delivered through three Natural Resources Conservation Service programs, focusing on environmental quality incentives, conservation stewardship and agricultural conservation easements across the 25-millionacre Red River watershed in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.

“The Red River Basin is a mosaic of farmlands, grasslands, forests, and wetlands with a unique set of conservation challenges. This Farm Bill funding will help us work with local partners to implement water retention projects to help reduce flooding and mitigate the damage repeated flooding creates,” Vilsack said in a release. “Along with better protection from flooding, these conservation efforts can help provide improved farming and ranching opportunities, cleaner water, and homes for a variety of wildlife. This will help boost the region’s economy in a number of areas, including in agriculture, hunting and fishing, and other outdoor recreation.”

However, that doesn’t mean swine farmers are not investing in the prophylactic.

“I would expect that there are some, maybe even a fair number that are making use of it,” said the chief vet.

According to Harrisvaccines, more than two million doses of the vaccine have been sold through veterinary prescription since late 2013.

“We really hope it works,” said Dickson, adding that producers are also watching developments in Ontario and Saskatchewan, where attempts are being made to identify proteins on the virus’s coat that can be used in the production of antibodies.

But until more is known, Duizer said producers can’t afford to let their guard down.

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or a change, this forecast period will start off dry, and while I don’t think we’ll escape seeing any rainfall, it doesn’t look like we’ll see any significant amounts either.

By the middle of the week a ridge of high pressure will build into the region, bringing sunny skies and warm temperatures. This will continue into Thursday, but a low crossing the northern Prairies will drag a cold front through our region sometime late on Thursday or early Friday. This front will likely trigger a few thunderstorms as it pushes through.

As has been the trend over the last month, the low to our north will then sag into northwestern Ontario, bringing a pocket of cold air in the upper atmosphere to our region over the weekend. This will result in partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Western regions will likely miss out on this and hopefully remain mostly sunny. Temperatures

will be in the low 20s over eastern regions and in the mid-20s over western regions.

Next week currently looks to be unsettled, as a ridge of high pressure rebuilds to our west and a trough of low pressure lingers to our east. This will place us right between the two, which is also the path that most storm systems will take.

Confidence is not high on this part of the forecast, but the current weather models show a system moving along this path around the middle of next week that could bring another round of significant rain to our region. Luckily, this pattern shouldn’t allow any systems to close off or become cut off, which means they should move through fairly quickly. Temperatures, depending on cloud cover, should be in the low to mid-20s for highs, with overnight lows in the mid-teens.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 22 to 31 C; lows, 9 to 17 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.

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This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the month of June. The Prairies start off dry over northwestern Alberta and get progressively wetter as you work your way toward eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba.

You can also see just how wet it has been over a large portion of the Prairies, with areas in green or blue seeing average to well-aboveaverage amounts of rain.

A record-wet June for Brandon Only three spots in agricultural Manitoba booked June rainfall under 100 mm

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here to begin? First, I have to apologize to all of my readers, as a timing error on my part meant that the article about upper-level lows (oh, how I’m growing to hate them) didn’t make it in on time for the last issue. Unless something unusual happens d u r i n g t h e n e x t f o re c a s t period — which, thankfully, doesn’t look like it will — I’ll finally get around to looking at these notorious upper lows in our next issue. For this issue it is our usual look back at the previous month and then a look ahead to see what the rest of the summer might have in store for us, and all I can say is, it had better be good!

June has come and gone and, well, let’s just leave it at that. We all know it was an extraordinarily wet June across all of agr icultural Ma n i t o b a . Be f o re we g e t into the rainfall numbers let’s see how temperatures f a re d d u r i n g t h e m o n t h .

When we look at our three main areas (Dauphin, Brandon and Winnipeg), only the

Winnipeg region came in right around average, with a monthly mean temperature of 17 C. Dauphin, with a mean June temperature of 15.5 C, was pretty close to average, coming in only 0.3 C below its long-term average. Brandon was the cold spot, at least compared to average, and with all the rain and clouds it saw, it’s not really that surprising.

Brandon’s mean June temperature was 15.8 C, almost 1° below average. Overall, I would say most regions experienced near to just slightly below-average temperatures during June.

Now, on to rainfall; all I can say is, what a month!

Average rainfall across most of agricultural Manitoba in June ranges from around 70 to 90 mm. When I looked through all of the rainfall totals I could find, I couldn’t locate one place that did not see above-average rainfall. In fact, I could only find three places that did not record over 100 mm of rain during the month. These locations were: Sprague, 85 mm; Cypress River, 89.6 mm; and Pilot Mound, 97.1 mm.

The vast majority of locations reported rainfall amounts in the 125- to 175mm range. There were four locations I could find that topped 200 mm of rain during June: Brandon, 251.6 mm; Virden, 218.8 mm; Teulon, 210.2 mm; and Pierson, 201.2 mm.

Looking back through the records, I found only one monthly June rainfall record was actually broken, and that was in Brandon. The city not only broke its previous record — it shattered it. The previous June rainfall record occurred in 2005 when 216.2 mm of rain fell on the city.

The first three weeks of Ju n e we re p re t t y d a r n e d nice, with fairly warm temperatures and only the occasional light shower or thundershower. Everything was drying out nicely from the cool, wet spring we had just made it through. Then, starting around June 19, we saw a series of upper-level lows move through, which brought intense rain that just seemed to keep coming and coming. I did a little bit of calculating and, using an average of 150 mm of rain-

fall over an area of 150,000 square km (which is a ballpark area for southern Manitoba), I calculated that we would have received 22.5 cubic km of rainfall, which converts to 2.25 x 10 13 litres of rain! Add in all the rain in Saskatchewan and the Dakotas, and you begin to get an idea of just how much water fell onto our region!

Who called it?

June 2014 will go down as a wet and slightly colderthan-average month. If we look back at the forecasts, it looks like our winner is Environment Canada, with a call for below-average temperatures and near- to aboveaverage amounts of rain, although the Old Farmer’s Almanac wasn’t too far off with its call for near-average temperatures and above average amounts of rain.

Let’s just say that no one hit it bang on!

Looking ahead to the rest of July and August, Environment Canada calls for nearaverage temperatures and below-average rainfall. The Old Farmer’s Almanac calls for near-average temperatures and precipitation in

July, followed by a warm and dry August. So far so good.

T h e C a n a d i a n F a r m e r s’ Almanac calls for near-average temperatures for July, but lots of temperature swings. It seems the Almanac is calling for drier-than-average conditions as it uses the word dry a few times, although it also mentions unsettled and that local heavy thunderstorms will occur in the month.

August will start off warm but cool down as we get closer to the end of the month; it also forecasts August will get wetter as we near the end of the month.

Finally, here at the Coo p e ra t o r, I a m c h a n g i n g my tune a little bit from a month ago. So far I don’t see any indication our current weather pattern is going to c h a n g e. T h i s m e a n s t h a t July will likely see near- to slightly below-average temperatures with above-average rainfall. I still think we’ll see a break from the rain in August, but I’m not sure we’ll see the heat move in.

That said, I think I’ll take the optimistic view, follow the Old Farmer’s Almanac and predict a warm and dry August; here’s hoping!

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Farmer panel discusses 4R nutrient stewardship

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Four farmers discussed nutrient management during the 4R Nutrient Field Day at Kelburn Farm July 3. Curtis McRae (l to r), Ed Peters, Frank Prince and Jonathan Hodson. photo: allan dawson

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farmers to employ practices that might otherwise have been regulated. The old saying goes “the customer is always right.” And more farm customers are asking for commodities produced in an environmentally sustainable way, said Don Heaney, a soil fertility specialist working with the Canadian Fertilizer Institute to promote the 4R program.

“Keep that in mind,” he said.

“There is a push from the customers of farmers — the guys who are going to buy and process and finally retail the products — for the adoption of the four Rs.” The panel, which also included Ed Peters of Mitchell and Frank Pr i n c e o f D e l o ra i n e, a g re e d

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adopting new techniques will be critical to keeping their farms environmentally sustainable.

Herbicide-tolerant weeds are a threat, Peters said.

“We have come to rely on certain chemicals a lot and if we aren’t very careful, I think our long-term sustainability is going to be very difficult if we can’t make use of those,” he said. “So I think we have to really seriously think about rotations.”

Both Prince and Hodson said they are moving away from minimum till — a practice that made sense when they were trying to maintain every drop of moisture for their crops, but less so now when too much water is the problem.

Both also grow corn in western Manitoba and need blacker soils to get more heat, they said.

“We don’t want to go back to the way it was, but we’ve got to do something different to manage the new reality,” Hodson said. “The new reality is a lot more moisture in a shorter period of time than we used to have.

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“It’s sort of going against everything we’ve been trying to do, but as farmers we evolve and evolve the way the weather dictates.”

KAP, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development and the Canadian Fertilizer Institute are co-operating on the 4R Nutrient Stewardship program. Agronomists and farmers can take a short or longer course to get a 4R d e s i g n a t i o n , Hea n e y s a i d i n an interview.

Trained agronomists can then work with farmers to get a 4R designation. KAP will record the farms and crops grown under the program. KAP will also track how many acres are under the program in each eco-zone of the province.

Each farm starts out with the practices it currently uses and works how to use nutrients better, Heaney said.

“The environment and economics are not in conflict on a lot of nutrient management practices,” he said. “If you’re doing things that get the product into the plant it’s an economic benefit.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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he 4R Nutrient Stewardship program aimed at promoting nutrient management on Canadian farms is short an R. The four “Rs” are using the right source of fertilizer, applied at the right time, at the right rate and in the right place. The fifth “R” is the right economics.

“Economics determine the rate of change,” Virden farmer Jonathan Hodson said during a panel discussion at the 4R Nutrient Field Day here July 4. “Everything has to have an economic reason to do it. Farmers are always trying new things, but at the end of the day it has to make economic sense. And to make economic sense it has to make economic sense with the environment. That’s what our goal is.”

At first blush one might conclude following the four Rs is the most economic approach, because it’s the most efficient way to use nutrients. But that isn’t always the most economic. For example, spring banding fertilizer is one of the best ways to get nutrients to crops with the least risk of them leaving the soil. But it’s also time consuming. Bigger farmers are broadcasting fertilizer because it’s faster, but it makes nitrogen vulnerable to volatilization, contributing to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

The biggest impediment to sustainable agriculture is regulation, according to Curtis McRae who farms at St. Andrews and is vicepresident of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP).

“I think regulation stifles innovation and we need innovation to keep moving forward,” McRae said.

“Once we get a playbook that only has three or four rules we have to abide by we can’t develop technologies and things become stagnant.”

Regulations exist, driven partly by concerns over excessive phosphorus loading in Lake Winnipeg.

Winter application of fertilizer and manure has been banned and the rules around hog production have made new barn construction uneconomic, according to the Manitoba Pork Council.

But even if there are no new regulations “the market” might drive

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crop report

Warm, dry weather welcomed, but came too late for some fields Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development GO Teams & Crops Knowledge Centre crop report for July 7, 2014 Weekly Provincial Summary

More favourable weather conditions are allowing some acres impacted by excess moisture to recover. However, symptoms of excess moisture and crop death continue to be noted across most regions.

Herbicide applications continue as field conditions allow.

Fungicide applications are also ongoing, with many producers opting for aerial application where fields remain too wet for ground application.

Southwest Region

Rainfall amounts ranged from zero to 35 mm, accompanied by normal to below-normal temperatures. A severe thunderstorm also resulted in hail and high winds in the areas of Hartney and Brandon.

Symptoms of water stress are evident in low areas including crop yellowing, stunting, and in the most severe cases crop death.

Drier weather over the past week in most areas of the region is providing an opportunity for crops to recover from excess moisture and flooding.

Early-seeded spring wheat fields are starting to head with producers preparing to apply fungicides targeting fusarium head blight. The most advanced canola is at the bolting and flowering stages, while the laterseeded acres are in the rosette stages. Soybean fields are at the three- to four-trifoliate stages.

Sunflower and corn are progressing well in non-flooded fields. Peas are showing symptoms of mycosphaerella disease.

Winter wheat and fall rye crops are past the heading stage and are looking good.

Fungicide applications continued in winter wheat, as well as in spring-seeded crops.

Hay land and pastures continue to be impacted by flooding in many areas. However, sunshine and warm temperatures over the weekend allowed some cutting of hay on higher ground to begin. Producers are concerned about winter feed supplies. Many producers are treating cattle for foot rot due to the extremely wet conditions.

Northwest Region

High temperatures and windy conditions throughout the

Stoms brought hail, rain and high winds to many parts of Manitoba last Saturday night and early Sunday morning. This field of canola in the Pembina Valley south of Darlingford was damaged by hail that ranged from marble- to nickel-sized with winds of 89 km per hour and almost 14 mm of rain. photo: Dena LaBossiere

week aided in drying of cropland throughout the Northwest Region. Rainfall varied between scattered showers in the Roblin and Dauphin areas to up to 30 mm in the Swan Valley and The Pas areas. Crops are showing the effects of excess moisture with drowned-out areas and yellowing plants.

Earlier-seeded spring wheat is progressing into the stemelongation stage with a small per cent of the fields advancing into heading. Canola crops remain variable throughout the region with 25 per cent of the acres at emerging, 30 per cent at seedling stage, 30 per cent at rosette stages and 15 per cent at flowering. Drying conditions are needed to allow for spraying operations to resume.

Hay land continues to be saturated, delaying haying operations until dry weather permits field access. Grasses are heading out with legume flowering almost ending. Wet weather has also delayed seeding of greenfeed.

Foot rot is reported by some producers due to wet conditions.

Central Region

Standing water in fields is still evident throughout the region.

Large drains and creeks are running full.

In general, early-seeded crops of all types are faring better than late-seeded crops, and have handled the excess moisture far better.

The most advanced spring cereal fields are starting to flower, with the later-seeded fields tillering. Late-seeded canola is in the rosette stage and many fields are starting to bolt early due to excess moisture stress. The earliest-seeded soybeans are starting to flower. Most fields are exhibiting some yellowing or iron chlorosis, although many fields are starting to green up with warmer weather and nodulation. Edible beans are also showing iron chlorosis. Many fields are suffering due to excess moisture and herbicide applications are delayed.

Areas that are the wettest, and with later-seeded crops, are struggling to complete applications.

Fungicide applications are

mostly complete for winter wheat fields, and continue in spring cereals for leaf diseases.

Fusarium head blight applications are occurring in spring wheat as those fields start to flower. Fungicide applications for sclerotinia in canola continue.

The majority of acres receiving fungicide treatments will be done by aerial application due to saturated field conditions.

Monitoring started for bertha army worm moths with numbers low to date. Some headlands and roadsides were treated for grasshoppers.

Pasture conditions are generally good, with some rated as fair or poor due to excess moisture.

Weather conditions continue to interfere with haying operations. Strong winds caused Lake Manitoba to surge, raising water levels at the south end, flooding crop, hay and pasture.

Eastern Region

Rainfall amounts ranged from 25 to 150 mm.

Temperatures were cool early in the week but warmed

as the week went on to normal or above-normal levels. Crop growth benefited from the heat, particularly the warm-season crops. Water is still standing in some fields. Signs of crop damage and stress are still evident, especially in cereals and canola.

Early-seeded spring cereals and canola are generally rated in good condition. The laterseeded spring cereals and canola are being impacted more by the excess moisture. Premature bolting in canola and flag leaf emergence in cereals are noted, along with drowned-out areas in fields.

The first pass of herbicide applications is 95 per cent complete. Due to reduced yield potential in some fields, producers are carefully assessing which fields receive a fungicide application. Spraying for cutworm in canola is still occurring in northern parts of the region.

Haying in the region was at a standstill last week due to the frequent rains and high humidity levels. Dairy farms have completed their first cut of alfalfa with most of this feed being preserved as silage. Pastures continue to be wet with standing water evident in some locations. Foot rot and flies are issues this year.

Interlake Region

Scattered showers fell throughout the Interlake Region resulting in rainfall amounts ranging from five to 20 mm. Warm temperatures and strong winds also occurred over the weekend which helped with drying fields.

Spraying throughout the region is 75 per cent complete.

Applications of herbicides are still ongoing, along with fungicide applications in canola and spring wheat fields. Winter wheat crops have headed and flowered.

Canola is starting to flower, but in areas where crops were stressed canola plants are starting to bolt prematurely. Leafcutter bees were released on alfalfa seed acres this past week. There were reports of grasshoppers in spring cereals in the North Interlake.

Lake Manitoba continues to rise, impacting cropland, hay fields and pastures. In other areas, the recent rainfall events have resulted in lowlands, drains and ditches being over capacity, causing inundation of cropland, hay fields and pastures.

CGC launches online producer car application Producers are urged to register early

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he Canadian Grain Commission launched an online producer car application site July 7.

Beginning July 7, 2014, producers who administer their own producer cars, producer car administrators and agents may register at www. grainscanada.gc.ca for an account in the online system.

On July 14, 2014, the online system

will begin accepting applications for producer cars, said a release from the CGC. All outstanding producer car applications from the 2013-14 crop year will be carried into the new crop year at no charge to producers and with no need to reapply for those cars.

The CGC is encouraging those using producer cars to register early to avoid unnecessary delays when

the application period for producer cars begins.

Spotting updates for cars loaded on CN lines can be found on CN’s website. Spotting updates for cars loaded on CP lines can be obtained from CP (producers administering their own cars or producer car administrators may contact CP to become an “associated party,” giving them access to information on CP’s website), said the release.

“This new system will allow the Ca n a d i a n Gra i n Co m m i s s i o n t o p ro c e s s a p p l i c a t i o n s m o re e f f i ciently. It’s also more convenient for producers and industry because you can apply for a producer car from anywhere you have an Internet connection,” said Elwin Hermanson, chief commissioner with the CGC. Producers without an Internet connection can still apply to administer producer cars by fax.

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Conservation not a hippie delusion Small-scale farmers can implement conservation agriculture and improve soil health in developing areas, often by using a mix of science and local knowledge

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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he damaging effects of tillage on soils is well documented on Europe and North American soils. So why is that approach still being exported to developing nations, proponents of conservation agriculture asked the recent World Conference on Conservation Agriculture.

“We’re taking that paradigm to developing countries, so one has to ask, what is actually going on, why are we doing it?” said Amir Kassam of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. “We are cutting our own legs off, and we are basically promoting the chopping off the legs of others.”

Kassam, who is also an adviser to the Aga Khan Foundation and the European Conservation Agriculture Federation when he is not fulfilling his role as a visiting professor at the University of Reading, noted that science provided the Green Revolution “when we needed it most.” But he said that the time for solely production-focused agriculture has passed.

Instead, soil health, water conservation and resource management needs to play an integral role in farming, as producers also strive for yield and profit.

“Whichever way sustainable intensification is defined... in the end, it must have ecological underpinnings,” said Kassam. “Without ecological underpinnings — of our productions systems, of our agricultural landscape — there is no way we can harness sustainability.”

As the world’s population expands, the focus on intensification has increased as well. As a result, some have pushed for a

move away from smaller farms to larger, more industrial operations.

Author and geologist David Montgomery said those operations are often focused on tillage-based production models and high inputs.

He said that many “myths of agriculture” are deeply embedded — such as the idea that conventional agriculture is feeding the world.

“Well no, actually if you look at the whole world, it’s sort of small-scale agriculture that is feeding most people on the planet,” Montgomery said.

Neil Rowe Miller is working with small-scale farmers in Southern and Eastern Africa as a technical adviser with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. He believes small-scale farming and conservation are a good fit.

“There are skeptics regarding whether conservation agriculture is a viable approach for farming on a small scale, I think it’s clear from my experience... that it is,” he said.

But that doesn’t mean that conservation agriculture is a panacea for the developing world, Miller added.

“We need to verify the impacts of the conservation agriculture system that we are promoting,” he said. “Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t — and if we operate with the assumption that what we’re promoting is in fact superior to what farmers are already doing, but we don’t monitor that, I think we’re doing the farmers we work with a disservice.”

Howard Buffett of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation believes there are opportunities to draw from biotechnologies and conventional agriculture, as well as from organics, as conservation agriculture takes root in areas of

the world moving towards intensive agriculture.

“There will be a lot of things that we can bring as Americans, there will be a lot of things that American companies can bring that are hugely beneficial,” he said “But we also have to realize that there’s a lot of different cultures and a lot of different needs and a lot of different growing systems and a huge amount of variation in the wealth of farmers.”

But development plans too focused on foreign companies or on business opportunities leave some wary, even if they acknowledge a need for private investment in development.

Kassam notes that many poverty alleviation strategies are “coated with ideals of entrepreneurship.”

“Somehow we assume that these entrepreneurs, money-seeking people, will understand what is the cause of degradation,” he said, stressing that the goals of those looking to build business are often at odds with those looking to build soil and reduce inputs.

“We need to focus on building knowledge, not on supplying inputs,” said Miller, who noted that some farmers in the programs he advises do purchase fertilizer, but that they don’t do it using subsidies.

The ultimate goal is to move farmers towards cover crops and green manures, and improved soil health.

However, the current health of African soils — as diverse as they are — is an important factor as well.

“The FAO claims that 75 per cent of (African) soils have been degraded by human activity,” said Buffett. “And from what I’ve seen, I’d say that’s definitely accurate, so then you’re now try-

ing to rebuild — you’re not just starting from scratch, you’re trying to rebuild something.”

That claim of soil degradation has not, however, stopped countries like China, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands or India from buying vast tracks of land in Africa for agricultural purposes. Many foreign and international companies have also grabbed land in Africa.

Oxfam International reports that 560 million acres of farmland in developing countries are now owned by companies based in Asia or the Middle East. Some of the land was reportedly purchased for less than US$1 per hectare.

How this will affect conservation agriculture, soil health, poverty and food security remains to be seen, but it has caused concerns. At least for those who are aware of it.

“Most of us don’t see what’s happening around the globe,” said Kassam.

Montgomery expressed frustration that some notable proponents of international development are not doing more to assist in establishing conservation agriculture and support small-scale farmers.

“They are being told by people that conservation agriculture and organic agriculture can’t feed the world, it’s a hippie fantasy. Well look at the data,” he said.

What is needed, according to Miller, is a move away from prescriptive education and greater integration with local knowledge.

“These farmers are not confused, they are not deviating from best practices, they are in fact teaching us what the best practices are,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Grain transportation gets lead billing The process has been moved ahead by a year due to the grain transportation fiasco

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rain transportation is expected to take centre stage as a newly appointed panel begins its review of the Canada Transportation Act. Heading the federal panel is David Emerson, a former Liberal and Conservative cabinet minister, who is joined by Murad Al-Katib, president and CEO of the Alliance Grain Traders and Marcella Szel, a former CPR senior executive, both of whom are well acquainted with the challenges of moving Prairie grain to port terminals.

The other members of the review panel are David Cardin, president of Maersk Canada, Duncan Dee, who has worked at Air Canada and in the federal government and MarieLucie Morin, a former national secur ity adviser to Pr ime Minister Harper.

The 18-month-long review was scheduled to start next year, but the federal government offered to move it ahead as part of its response to last winter’s grain transportation fiasco.

Bob Ballantyne, president of the Freight Management Association of Canada, said the country’s freight shippers welcome the early review. The act, “which governs the commercial aspects of civil aviation and railways, is of fundamental importance to the success of the Canadian economy,” he said.

Even though it appears grain transportation will be the opening focus, the review will study the marine and air transport modes as well, he noted.

Planning within Transport Canada for the review began several years ago. The report is due by the end of 2015.

The review will focus on i m p r ov e m e n t s n e e d e d i n

“transportation gateways and corr idors; the transpor tation safety and environmental regimes; the role of technological innovation in improving transportation services and infrastructure; the safe movement of goods through communities; support for the northern transportation system; federally regulated passenger rail services; the vitality of our aviation sector and air connectivity; and governance and service delivery for key federal operations, assets, and agencies.”

Other tasks for the review are studying how existing laws and regulations affect competitiveness and what governments can do to ensure “Canada’s supply chains have the capacity, flexibility and resiliency to meet future demands,” Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said.

In addition to Emerson’s experience in both the Martin and Harper governments, he is a founder of Power of Canada,

a group that brings together organizations representing Canada’s export-dependent natural resource industries such as agri-food, mining, forest product and energy to both lobby governments and educate the public about the sector’s importance to the national economy.

The review will also examine the extent to which the mix of rail, road, water and air transport “has the capacity and adaptability that will allow it, and its users, to respond effectively to evolving international and domestic conditions and markets.”

It is also to examine “whether current governance and service delivery models for key federal operations, assets and agencies — including the Canadian Transportation Agency, Canadian Pilotage Authorities, the St. Lawrence Seaway, and airport and port authorities — can be improved.”

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Transportation forum holds inaugural meeting The membership meets twice a year to discuss transportation issues

By Alex Binkley Co-operator contributor

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he Commodity Supply Chain Table (CSCT) held its inaugural meeting in late June more than three years after the government accepted a recommendation to create the forum for the railways, ports and shippers to examine how efficiently the transportation system is working.

The CSCT was proposed in the final report of the Rail Freight Service Review that was released on March 18, 2011. The Harper government said at the time it would proceed with the creation of the forum. Many of the report’s recommendations were included in the Fair Rail Freight Act passed in 2012.

“It has taken over three years to get action on this one!” notes Bob Ballantyne, president of the Freight Management Association of Canada, which speaks for a wide variety of shipper organizations.

“It is the one outstanding government commitment following from their acceptance of the Rail Service Review final report.”

Membership of the table, which will meet twice a year, includes railways, grain terminals, ports, shipowners and shippers of agricultural, forestry, chemical and petroleum products.

Transport Minister Lisa Raitt told the inaugural meeting that “collaboration across the rail supply chain would help improve the efficiency, effectiveness and reliability of the rail-based supply chain for bulk commodities.”

The table will “identify issues and explore a variety of potential solutions to the challenges facing Canada’s rail-based supply chain.”

Collaboration and a consensus-based approach are essential to the success of the whole system.

A news release said the table will “promote exchanges on logistical issues affecting supply chains in Canada for bulk commodities that are shipped by rail, to provide a forum for service providers and shippers in these supply chains to share overall trends and expected future traffic in commodity movements, to explore and assess potential solutions to these issues, and to develop supply chain performance metrics to increase the visibility of the overall system performance.

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Cherry on top Carman couple Edith and Wayne Smith took up tending a not-so-small cherry orchard after retirement

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff / Carman

I

t was an idyll of white flowers and buzzing bees in June. In July, it will be popping with bright fruit and filled with U-pickers.

This is Wayne and Edith Smith’s Prairie adventure, their fruit farm of the same name, where the 1,000 dwarf sour cherry trees they grow have shed their spring blossoms and will soon be hung with fruit.

Planting a cherry orchard was how they chose to have fun during retirement, say the Smiths who moved here in 2002 and decided they’d rather grow something, than put their feet up.

“I just didn’t want to spend my time reading the paper and golfing,” said Wayne, who now spends his days pruning, keeping the weeds at bay and getting their two-acre orchard ready for a short harvest season in mid-July.

You could say it’s kind of a “romantic” thing to be doing too. The five varieties of dwarf sour cherries he and his wife chose to grow are all of the University of Saskatchewan’s Romance series, aptly named Romeo, Juliet, Cupid, Valentine and Crimson Passion.

These varieties were released from the University of Saskatchewan in

2004, where work has been underway since the 1940s to develop shorter cherry trees with great-tasting fruit and high sugar content while being hardy enough to withstand the Prairies’ cold winters.

The Smiths first learned of them by attending lectures by Bob Bors, assistant professor of plant science at the university, studying his production manual Dwarf Sour Cherries: A Guide for Commercial Production and consulting with Manitoba’s fruit specialist Anthony Mintenko.

They started planting in 2005. They know they went out on a limb to pick a thing this new to try, Edith said. Even today, there are very few growers of cherries in Manitoba and most have only a couple hundred trees, according to Mintenko.

“We just wanted to try something that other people weren’t doing yet,” said Edith. “This was a niche market that no one was filling.”

Today Manitobans are filling their cherry pies with Smiths’ fruit, plucked from an orchard that’s been as successful as the couple growing it could ever have imagined.

Most mature trees are actually two to three feet taller than these varieties are expected to get. They are expecting

Edith and Wayne Smith retired from jobs in the city and moved back to Edith’s family farm in 2002. In early June the trees in their orchard are covered in delicate white blossoms.

About a third of their annual harvest goes to U-pickers and the rest is sold direct marketed or wholesale. Edith also bags and freezes “just enough for a cherry pie.” PHOTOs: LORRAINE STEVENSON

to harvest about 2,000 lbs. of fruit this year, and about half that much more again next year.

“In perfect conditions we could get 24,000 pounds, but that’ll never happen,” she says.

“It seems to have worked out for us fairly well,” adds Wayne.

But idyllic as owning a cherry orchard might sound, it’s also plenty of work.

Keeping down bird predation has proven their biggest challenge, says Wayne.

They have rigged up their own system to cover up their youngest trees and those the U-pickers will be in, but it isn’t a perfect system. But they appear now to have enough fruit to keep the birds happy and leave some left over for them.

“When we started the birds would strip a tree in nothing flat,” says Edith.

“They do some damage but there’s enough production now that we can get away with not having a mass of protection.”

They’re not troubled by any other pests, but are keeping an eye out for a fly also known as Spotted Wing Drosophila that’s done damage to cherry production in the U.S. Harvest generally begins the third week of July and lasts about two weeks.

That’s when the U-pickers arrive and their orchard becomes a lively and frequently multicultural place. Word of mouth spread quickly among Winnipeg’s ethnic communities that fresh sour cherries are now grown in Manitoba.

They hear many languages spoken, including Polish, Hungarian, German, Ukrainian, among their customers.

“The Eastern European people in Winnipeg really know these cherries,” says Edith.

“We just wanted to try something that other people weren’t doing yet.

This was a niche market that no one was filling.”

Edith Smith

co-owner of Prairie Adventure Farm

But they aren’t as familiar to others.

The “sour” reference has added some challenges to familiarizing eaters with them.

These cherries won’t make you pucker, but the “sour” reference does make Edith pout.

“I prefer to call them tart cherries,” she said. “As you eat them, you’ll get that sweetness, and then a little bit of zing flavour to them. But if you freeze them, or cook with them, then that real cherry flavour just pops out of them.”

That’s why sour cherries varieties are those used by cherry pie filling makers who find them most suited to processing, she adds.

Presently, about 35 per cent of their harvest goes home with U-pickers and the rest is sold through direct marketing and to Crampton’s Market and Tall Grass Prairie in Winnipeg.

They bought a pitter to be able to sell pre-picked pails of pitted cherries, but have just tinkered so far with doing some value-added products.

They’ve heard Dr. Oz enthuse about the attributes of cherry juice as a sleep aid, says the couple.

“We’ve tried it. It works,” said Edith. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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

One good W thing about rain

Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

as your garden slow to start this spring? Mine limped along too. Then we had that little sprinkle over the July long weekend.

Outside inspecting it the first dry evening afterward, I found masses of squeaky pea vines, huge frilly lettuces, bouquets of basil and parsley, zucchini plants that may take over the planet, dill everywhere, and soon-to-be tomatoes and cucumbers galore. Weeds too, naturally, but lamb’s quarters can taste pretty good.

You can get too much of a good thing, like rain that won’t stop, but this flush of flavour, colour and scent when it finally does isn’t one of them. The garden is now a great big walk-in salad.

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No two potato salads are alike. Dijon mustard really adds depth of flavour to potato salad.

Serves 4.

Recipe source: All recipes courtesy of Peak of the Market.

4 medium zucchini 2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 4 oz. mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced 2 large tomatoes, seeded and diced 2 tsp. fresh oregano or basil, chopped

Slice zucchini lengthwise into 4 strips each.

Brush with oil and place on cookie sheet. Bake in preheated 400 F oven for 10 minutes without letting them get too floppy.

Remove zucchini from oven. Arrange slices of cheese on top and sprinkle with diced tomatoes and herbs. Return to oven for five minutes or until cheese melts. Remove from oven and transfer to serving plate.

Serves 4.

Chickpea and Cucumber Salad

1-1/2 c. dried chickpeas 1 small English cucumber 2 small tomatoes 1 red onion 3 tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped 1/2 c. pitted black olives 1 tbsp. lemon juice 3 tbsp. olive oil 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 tsp. honey

1-1/2 lb. small red potatoes, quartered 2 carrots, thinly sliced 1/4 c. vinegar 1 tbsp. Dijon mustard 3/4 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. black pepper 6 radishes, thinly sliced 4 green onions, thinly sliced 1 red pepper, diced 1 rib celery, thinly sliced 3/4 c. plain yogurt 2 tbsp. mayonnaise

Add radishes, onions, pepper and celery and toss to combine. Add yogurt and mayonnaise; stir gently to combine and serve.

This recipe is high-summer Italian eating — simple, delicious, light. It’s a perfect side dish or even a very light supper on the hottest days.

This makes a wonderful light supper and you can change it up as you like. A can of chickpeas is a quick substitute for dried called for in this recipe.

Garden Fresh Potato Salad

In a large pot of boiling water, cook potatoes for 18 minutes. Add carrots and cook until vegetables are tender; drain well. Meanwhile, in a large serving bowl, whisk together vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper. Add warm potatoes and carrots and toss well to coat.

Cheese Baked Zucchini

Place chickpeas in a large bowl and cover with cold water. Leave to soak overnight. Drain; place in pan, cover with fresh water and cook for 25 minutes or until just tender. Drain and allow to cool. Slice cucumber. Cut tomatoes into cubes and finely chop onion.

Spinach Supper Salad Cool weather and rain produce abundant lettuce and spinach. Here’s a way to make a salad meal with it.

4 c. torn spinach leaves 1/2 head leaf lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces 2 c. alfalfa sprouts 1/4 lb. mushrooms, sliced 1 large tomato, cut in chunks 2 green onions, chopped 1/2 c. feta cheese, crumbled 1 hard-cooked egg, peeled and coarsely chopped BUTTERMILK HERB DRESSING: 1 c. buttermilk 2/3 c. plain yogurt 1/4 c. vegetable oil 1 tbsp. white vinegar 3 tbsp. fresh dill, chopped 1 tsp. Dijon mustard 1/2 tsp. salt 1 clove garlic, minced Pepper 1/3 c. fresh parsley, chopped

In a large salad bowl, toss spinach, lettuce and alfalfa sprouts. Sprinkle with mushrooms, tomato, green onions, feta cheese and egg.

Buttermilk herb dressing: In a mixing bowl; combine all ingredients. Using whisk, mix well.

Cover and refrigerate for up to one week.

Pour desired amount of dressing over salad.

Serves 4.

Combine chickpeas, cucumber, tomato, onion, parsley and olives in a serving bowl. Place lemon juice, oil, garlic and honey in a small screw-top jar and shake well. Pour dressing over salad and toss lightly to combine.

Serves 6.

Cucumber Cream Soup I love to grow lots of cucumber every summer, but often lack recipes to use it. This is one of my favourite summer soups, delicious for a hot July lunch.

3 medium cucumbers, peeled and cut into cubes 1 clove garlic, halved 3 tbsp. each parsley and onion, chopped 1 c. chicken or vegetable broth 3 tbsp. white wine vinegar 2 c. plain yogurt 1 c. sour cream Salt and pepper to taste

In a blender; combine cucumbers, garlic, parsley, onion, broth and vinegar; whirl until well blended. Pour about half the mixture into a small container; set aside.

Add about half the yogurt and half the sour cream to cucumber mixture remaining in blender. Whirl until smooth; pour into a small bowl. Repeat with reserved cucumber mixture and remaining yogurt and sour cream. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or until next day.

Stir well, then pour into small serving bowls.

Servings: 6.

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A

ndrew Jackson put his glass of iced tea down on the low table beside his chair, and leaned back to survey his surroundings. A cool breeze stirred the leaves on the willow tree overhead and then moved on to do the same to the lilac hedge at the edge of the yard.

He nodded approvingly.

“It’s a nice place,” he said. “Lots of potential.”

Brady and Amanda both nodded in agreement. “We like it,” said Brady. “It’s real quiet.

Almost like living in the country.”

“There’s basically no traffic on the street,” said Amanda. “Old man Bartel drives by every so often just to make sure he doesn’t miss anything exciting, but sometimes even he won’t show up for a week or two.”

“It helps to be the last house on the street,” said Andrew. “I like that.”

There was a brief silence which was broken by the sound of a diesel truck approaching town on the main street a few blocks away.

“Even that’s pretty quiet,” said Andrew.

“You can’t hear it from inside the house at all,” said Amanda, “unless you have the window open and the truck’s got a Jake brake.”

Andrew picked up his tea and took a long drink. “So,” he said, “you guys are really sure you want to move out to the country? I mean it seems like this is the perfect place for you right here. Especially since you’re just a few blocks from the body shop, Brady.”

“Yeah,” said Brady. “Actually, that’s not as ideal as it might seem.”

Andrew raised an eyebrow. “How so?”

“It’s real nice when I’m working,” said Brady, “but it’s actually a problem when I wanna take a day off.” He took a sip of his drink. “If I take a day off,” he continued, “and I’m hanging around at home, the guys at the shop are always calling me about every little thing, and then because I’m so close, it’s easier to just pop over and deal with whatever than to try to do it from home.

And here’s the thing. If I take a day off and go to the city with Amanda the guys don’t call me.

Somehow they figure stuff out on their own, or

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else it just waits till the next day. So I figure if I move out of town they’ll get the picture and leave me alone on my days off.”

“I see your point,” said Andrew. “In some ways that’s the same reason I think it’s time for us to move off the farm. Let Randy feel more like it’s his to run. Between him and Jennifer they can handle it without me being there every minute of every day.”

“You can go out a couple of times a week,” said Amanda, “just to tell them everything they’re doing wrong and then go back to the coffee shop with the satisfied feeling of a job well done.”

Andrew looked at Brady. “I like the way she

thinks,” he said.

“So do I,” said Brady. “Most of the time.”

“Speaking of the shop,” said Andrew, “how are things over there?”

“Good, good,” said Brady. “I’ve got a couple good guys working and we’ve been busy and making good money.” He paused and grinned.

“All I need now,” he said, “is a couple of heavyduty hailstorms.”

Andrew looked appalled. “You realize you just said that out loud, right?” he said. “You better not let the neighbours hear you or they’ll all take their trucks over to Winkler next time it hails.

Just to teach you a lesson.”

“Point taken,” said Brady. “But hey, it’s an ill wind that blows nobody good. But I hope it doesn’t hail, cause hail sucks. Even if it’s good for business.”

“So it’s all good then, at the shop?” said Andrew.

“Well, there is one thing that would make it perfect,” said Brady. “There is one thing I could do without.”

“Oh yeah? What’s that?” Andrew wanted to know.

“Customers,” said Brady. “Customers are a pain. They bring in their 30-year-old rustedout Chevy Chevelle and then they complain because the bumper we paint doesn’t match the colour of the hood, or they get mad because somebody rear ended them and Autopac won’t pay to fix the dent in the front fender when they used the car to herd cattle and got run into by a 600-pound steer. Seriously. The customer may always be right, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t nuts.”

“You been doing work for Floyd Peterson again?” said Andrew.

“How did you know?” said Brady.

“Just an educated guess,” said Andrew.

Brady sighed. “God grant me the serenity,” he said, “to accept the people I cannot stand.”

“Amen,” said Amanda.

“Amen indeed,” said Andrew.

Time to clean out your freezer?

It’s easy to lose track of what’s there and for how long so use up the old and date and label the new

By Julie Garden-Robinson NDSU EXTENSION SERVICE

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s my frozen turkey still safe to eat? I think it has been frozen for two years. I also found a roast at the bottom of my freezer, and I’m not sure how long it has been there. Is that OK to eat?” my caller asked.

“Let me ask you a couple of questions. Was your food solidly frozen the entire time? Did you have any power outages?”

I asked.

“The freezer was on all the time,” she replied.

“If the food remained frozen, it is safe to eat indefinitely. However, you probably will see some quality changes that affect the flavour and texture with long storage. If you see areas that are dry or discoloured, that could mean that the meat is freezer burned. That is a quality issue, not a safety issue,” I said.

“Would you eat it?” she asked.

“I probably would, but I might baste the turkey more often and add a marinade to the roast. Be sure to thaw it in the refrigerator. If it has off odours after thawing, I probably wouldn’t eat it, though,” I added.

Food storage questions are

If you can’t remember what’s in all those frozen packages or how long they’ve been in the freezer it’s time to take inventory. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

common for NDSU Extension Service family and consumer sciences agents. No one likes to waste food because that is like throwing money in the trash.

Freezing is a convenient and versatile method of preserving meat, fruits and vegetables and also making your own “convenience foods” at home, but be sure to manage your frozen food inventory.

Consider posting an inven-

tory sheet on the front or top of your freezer and noting when you add or subtract foods from the inventory.

Unlike canning, which “sterilizes” food, freezing does not kill bacteria; it simply stops them from growing. Upon thawing, any bacteria that were present “wake up” and grow if the food is allowed to thaw at room temperature.

Buying meat in bulk and

repackaging in recipe-sized por tions can stretch your budget at home. In fact, proper freezing is considered an excellent preservation method for maintaining the quality, colour and nutrition of foods. Proper packing is of primary importance when freezing because exposure to air can promote flavour and colour changes.

Be sure to use moisture-proof wrapping paper or freezer bags.

Do you know how to do the butcher wrap, drugstore wrap and the casserole wrap? To wrap meat securely using the butcher wrap, simply place the food at one corner of the freezer wrap, then fold the food and wrap over two times in the direction of the opposite corner. Fold the ends up and push the air out as you fold.

With ends tucked, continue to fold food. Finally, pull the end tight and seal with freezer tape.

Label the package with the contents and date you froze it.

See the Food Freezing Guide at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ pubs/yf/foods/fn403.pdf for directions and illustrations for other wrapping methods.

If you decide to freeze your own casseroles and desserts, remember that foods such as celery and lettuce do not freeze well. Custards and sauces may separate during freezing. Be sure to slightly undercook pasta-based dishes such as lasagna prior to freezing to avoid mushiness.

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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Reena answers questions Plus, here’s some aluminum foil tips Reena Nerbas Household Solutions

Dear Reena, My husband purchased hand lotion that smells horrible. Short of throwing the lotion out, do you have any ideas of another way to use it?

Leslie

Dear Leslie, No point in wasting money by tossing the bottle out. Instead of smearing the lotion onto your skin, use it to shine your shoes.

Place a few drops onto leather and buff with a soft cloth. Or, as an alternative to shaving cream, use hand lotion. Shave and rinse with water. If you have static hair, smooth your hair with hand lotion. The smell won’t stick around for more than a few minutes. This trick also works on static pet fur.

Why not make your own hand lotion using this unbelievably easy recipe? Soak a handful of rose petals in 2/3 cup water for 30 minutes. Strain and add 1/3 cup glycerin (found in the pharmacy of any grocery store). Store in a bottle. Shake before each use.

Dear Reena, I would like to make my own Oil of Oregano. Do you have a recipe for this?

Philip

Hi Philip, Oregano has had a wonderful reputation for centuries, and Oil of Oregano is not difficult to make. Into a double boiler, put water in the bottom pot. In the top pot put three sprigs of chopped fresh oregano and 2/3 cup olive oil. Simmer for six hours, being careful not to let the solution boil. Cool and strain oregano.

Store in a bottle in the fridge.

Warning: Heating oil for several hours requires constant supervision.

Make your own hand lotion with rose petals, water and glycerin.

PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

Dear Reena, How can glacé fruit or candied peel that has hardened be softened or refreshed? I’ve tried putting a “brown sugar bear” that softens hard brown sugar in the container, but that had no effect.

Thanks, Carol

Hi Carol, One process that sometimes works to soften fruit pieces is to blanch them in water. Next cook 1 cup water together with 2 cups white sugar, stir until dissolved.

Add 1/2 cup corn syrup to the mixture. Cook for 15 minutes then set the pot in ice water. Use tongs to recoat each piece of fruit.

Reader feedback: Hi Reena, With regard to the burnt pot dilemma: One solution I found that works well (in most cases) is cooking some rhubarb in the scorched pot; must be the acid in the fruit that helps remove the burned-on food. Great column, look forward to it.

Barb Foil tips of the week: • Now available in stores is nonstick aluminum foil; great for covering foods with a sticky or cheesy top layer.

• Instead of adding fabric softener sheets to your dryer, take a piece of aluminum foil and crumple into a ball. Run the dryer as normal. The foil will attract the hair off of your fabrics.

• Instead of wrapping potatoes in foil before baking, consider the following. When potatoes are baked and wrapped, they will be steamed and may become soggy because excess moisture cannot escape.

For baked potatoes that are crispy on the outside and flaky on the inside, poke the potatoes several times with a fork and bake in a 400 F oven on a baking sheet.

• Before putting lasagna in a baking pan to cook, line the pan with foil. Makes cleanup easy.

• Sharpen scissors by cutting through layers of aluminum foil several times.

• Do not place aluminum foil on the bottom of a self-cleaning oven.

The foil will adhere to the bottom of the oven making it difficult to remove.

• Experiment for yourself and challenge the debate between whether or not placing the dull side up or down makes a difference regarding the speed at which foods are heated. Tests prove that either side up makes very little difference in the speed of cooking and baking foods. The reason why foil is shiny on one side is due to the heavy rollers compressing one side of the foil in the manufacturing process.

• Soften hardened brown sugar by wrapping up the sugar in aluminum foil. Bake at 300 F for five minutes. Your brown sugar will be soft once again.

I enjoy your questions and tips, keep them coming. Missed a column? Can’t remember a solution? Need a motivational speaker for an upcoming event? Check out my brand new website: reena.ca.

The martagon lily will begin to show buds in June and by early July they are in full bloom.

PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

An earlyblooming lily Martagons are in full bloom by early July

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

J

uly is lily season. Yes, there are lilies that wait until August to bloom, such as the orientals and trumpets, and the hybrids bred from them, but all of the tiger and Asiatic lilies will have finished blooming by the time August rolls around. One lily that is sought after because of its early bloom time is the martagon lily. The martagons begin to show buds in June and by early July they are in full bloom.

Martagons differ from other lilies in several ways. First, their foliage is quite different from the ordinary lily foliage in that it grows in whorls around the long stems. Each whorl is located about 15 cm above the previous one, giving the whole stem a tiered looked.

Unfortunately, one downside to this leaf arrangement is that spent flowers and other debris tend to get lodged on these “shelves” and occasional removal will be necessary to keep the clump of lilies looking its best.

The blooms are small, Turkish captype flowers that face down and are produced in great abundance on the stems. It is not unusual for a stem in a large clump of martagon lilies to carry well over a dozen blooms. The flowers come in various colours, the most common being copper and dark burgundy, but there are yellow, orange, and pink martagons as well. They are quite tall, reaching a height of over a metre. The tall, stiff stems are quite sturdy and martagons rarely require support, especially if they receive

adequate direct sun. They are remarkably shade tolerant however, and will bloom well even if they are grown in semi-shade, but will be less sturdy and the bloom less prolific.

Like other lilies, martagons do not like wet feet and if they are planted in heavy-clay soil, sand should be added to the hole when the bulbs are planted. Also, like most lilies, they are drought tolerant and require only infrequent watering during extremely dry spells. They are not particularly heavy feeders and when grown in ordinary garden soil require no additional nutrients.

A clump of martagon lilies is very long lived in the garden and will not need to be dug and divided for many years. The clump merely gets larger and larger but the amount of bloom does not decrease as the clump increases in size, which is not the case with some other lilies. Choose the location of your martagon lily carefully as it might be in that spot for years — although they are easily transplanted and suffer little setback if this is done in the spring when top growth is just emerging, and a good clump of soil is dug up with the bulbs intact so that they are not unduly disturbed.

If a fellow gardener offers you a martagon lily, jump at the opportunity to get one — these lilies are very expensive to buy and are much sought after by gardeners. You should consider yourself lucky if you can get one of these lovely plants for free!

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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Belting Biodiesel Equipment Books & Magazines BuiLDinG & RenOVATiOnS – Building Supplies – Concrete Repair – Doors & Windows

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– Grain Testers – Grain Vacuums – Hydraulics – Irrigation Equipment – Loaders & Dozers – Parts & Accessories – Potato & Row Crop Equipment – Repairs – Rockpickers – Salvage – Silage Equipment – Snowblowers/Plows – Specialty Equipment – Machinery Miscellaneous – Machinery Wanted

Fencing Firewood Fish Farm Forestry/Logging Fork Lifts/Pallets Fur Farming Generators GPS Health Care Heat & Air Conditioning Hides/Furs/Leathers Hobby & Handicrafts Household Items Iron & Steel

hAyinG & hARVeSTinG – Baling Equipment – Mower Conditioners – Swathers – Swather Accessories – Various COMBineS – Belarus – Case/IH – Cl – Caterpillar Lexion – Deutz – Ford/NH – Gleaner – John Deere – Massey Ferguson – Versatile – White – Combines - Various – Accessories

LAnDSCApinG – Greenhouses – Lawn & Garden LiVeSTOCK Cattle – Cattle Auctions – Angus – Black Angus – Red Angus – Aryshire – Belgian Blue – Blonde d’Aquitaine – Brahman – Brangus – Braunvieh – BueLingo – Charolais – Dairy – Dexter – Excellerator – Galloway – Gelbvieh – Guernsey

SpRAyinG equipMenT – Sprayers – Various TiLLAGe & SeeDinG – Air Drills – Air Seeders – Harrows & Packers – Seeding Various – Tillage Equipment – Tillage Various

– Hereford – Highland – Holstein – Jersey – Limousin – Lowline – Luing – Maine-Anjou – Miniature – Murray Grey – Piedmontese – Pinzgauer – Red Poll – Salers – Santa Gertrudis – Shaver Beefblend – Shorthorn – Simmental – South Devon – Speckle Park – Tarentaise – Texas Longhorn – Wagyu – Welsh Black – Cattle Composite – Cattle Various – Cattle Wanted Horses – Horse Auctions – American Saddlebred – Appaloosa – Arabian – Belgian – Canadian – Clydesdale – Draft – Donkeys – Haflinger – Miniature – Morgan – Mules – Norwegian Ford – Paint – Palomino – Percheron – Peruvian – Pinto – Ponies – Quarter Horse – Shetland – Sport Horses – Standardbred – Tennessee Walker – Thoroughbred – Warmblood – Welsh – Horses For Sale – Horses Wanted

poultry – Poultry For Sale – Poultry Wanted Sheep – Sheep Auction – Arcott – Columbia – Dorper – Dorset – Katahdin – Lincoln – Suffolk – Texel Sheep – Sheep For Sale – Sheep Wanted Swine – Swine Auction – Swine For Sale – Swine Wanted Speciality – Alpacas – Bison (Buffalo) – Deer – Elk – Goats – Llama – Rabbits – Emu/Ostrich/Rhea – Yaks – Various Livestock Equipment Livestock Services & Vet Supplies Misc. Articles For Sale Misc. Articles Wanted Musical Notices On-Line Services ORGAniC – Organic Certified – Organic Food – Organic Grains Outfitters Personal Pest Control Pets & Supplies Photography Propane Pumps Radio, TV & Satellite ReAL eSTATe – Commercial Buildings – Condos – Cottages & Lots – Houses & Lots – Land For Rent

– Land For Sale – Mobile Homes – Motels & Hotels – Resorts – Vacation Property – farms & Ranches – Acreages/Hobby Farms – Manitoba – Saskatchewan – Alberta – British Columbia – Pastureland – Farms/Ranches Wanted ReCReATiOnAL VehiCLeS – All Terrain Vehicles – Boats & Water – Campers & Trailers – Golf Carts – Motor Homes – Motorcycles – Snowmobiles Recycling Refrigeration Restaurant Supplies Sausage Equipment Sawmills Scales peDiGReeD SeeD Cereal – Barley – Durum – Oats – Rye – Triticale – Wheat – Cereals Various forage – Alfalfa – Annual Forage – Clover – Forages Various – Grass Seeds oilseed – Canola – Flax – Oilseeds Various pulse – Beans – Chickpeas – Lentil – Peas – Pulses Various Specialty – Canary Seeds – Mustard – Potatoes

– Sunflower – Specialty Crops Various COMMOn SeeD – Cereal Seeds – Forage Seeds – Grass Seeds – Oilseeds – Pulse Crops – Common Seed Various SeeD/FeeD/GRAin – Feed Grain – Hay & Straw – Feed Wanted – Grain Wanted – Hay & Feed Wanted – Seed Wanted Sewing Machines Sharpening Services Silos Sporting Goods Stamps & Coins Swap Tanks Tarpaulins Tenders Tickets Tires Tools TRAiLeRS – Grain Trailers – Livestock Trailers – Trailers Miscellaneous Travel Water Pumps Water Treatment Welding Well Drilling Well & Cistern Winches CAReeRS – Career Training – Child Care – Construction – Domestic Services – Farm/Ranch – Forestry/Log – Health Care – Help Wanted – Management – Mining – Oil Field – Professional – Resume Services – Sales/Marketing – Trades/Tech – Truck Drivers – Employment Wanted

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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 10, 2014

AUCTION DISTRICTS

ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale

Parkland – North of Hwy 1; west of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis.

Westman – South of Hwy 1; west of PR 242.

Interlake – North of Hwy 1; east of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis.

Red River – South ofHwy 1; east of PR 242.

The Pas

MULVEY “FLEA” MARKET. Osborne & Mulvey Ave E. Wpg. Sat-Sun-Hol. 10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.

40+ vendors. A/C. Debit, Visa, M/C. Table/Booth rental info: (204)478-1217. mulveymarket.ca

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

AUGUST 9 &10, 2014 the Eighth Annual IHCC Ch 38 show will be held on the grounds of the Western Development Museum in North Battleford Sask.

We will be joining WDM to celebrate their annual “Those were the days” & join them on the occasion of their 65th birthday. www.nbattleford@wdm.ca All IH machinery, trucks, tractors, household, stationary engines, power units, cub cadets & anything else marketed by IH are welcome. Membership annual meeting w/banquet & guest speaker. More information available from show chairman Gary Algot.

(780)741-2115. www.ihc38.com

Miner Creek Farms Ltd.

JD M SERIAL #33476 restored; Fordson F unique.

Phone (204)467-9900.

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.

ANTIQUES Antique Vehicles ANTIQUE 1976 BUICK LASABRE, 4-door hard top, V8 engine, new brakes, new parts where needed. VGC, always shedded. Phone:(204)746-8851.

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland MEYERS AUCTION ACREAGE AUCTION FOR VIOLA NIEMAN (LATE GILBERT) 10:00am SAT., JULY 19th, 2014, LAURIER, MB. TWO RINGS SELLING AT TIMES THRU THE DAY. JD 1450 Front Wheel Assist DSL Tractor w/JD 100 Loader, 3-PTH, Dual Hyd, 2,072-hrs showing Husqvarna YTH1542XP Lawn Tractor; Medi Chair Scooter; 3-PTH EQUIPMENT: Farm King 6-ft. Mower; Farm King 5-ft. STD Duty Rotivator; 7-ft. Discer w/nocked Blades; Log Splitter; 6-ft. Cultivator; Farm King Drag Harrows; 7-ft. Shop Built Blade; HORSE DRAWN EQUIP: Buggy; JD No 3 Sickle Mower; 3) Dump Rakes; Int;l Sickle Mower; Single Bottom Plow; Manure Spreader; Wagons; Steel Wagon Wheels; GUNS: 303 Enfield marked: MA LITHGOW S.M. LE II 1941; J G Anschutz .22 Repeater w/clip; Single Shot .22; SADDLES: 2) 15-in. Saddles; Pony Saddle; TACK: New & used items from Gilbert’s Shop: Halters; Rings & Buckles; Snaps; Bridles; Saddle Hardware; Lariats; Halter Shanks; Mexican Saddle Tree; Reins; Cinches; Collars; Tie Downs; Breast Collars; Bits; Twitches; Hobbles; Hames; Harness Hdwe; Hay Nets; 2) Saddle Stands; Saddle Blankets; Combs & Brushes; Spread Rings; Single Driving Harness; Stirrups; Show Halters; Whips & Quirts; Bridle Hooks; Measuring Stick; Plus many more items to numerous to mention - a horse owner’s dream; Vers 6-in.x30-ft.

Auger; JD 12-ft. PT Swather; Bale Stooker; Wagons; 1940’s or 50’s GMC Truck; 286 NH Square Baler; Trailer w/sm Hopper; Corral Panels- approx 20; 6) Asst Gates; Feed Bunks; 85-gal approx Slip Tank w/Pump; 2 Fuel Tanks on Stands; Out Door Wood Furnace; Tongue & Groove Lumber; Fence Posts; Page Wire; Snow Fence; COLLECTIBLES: Tin Child’s Pedal Car; JD: Toy Tractors; Plates & Cups; Towels; Chalet Style Art Glass; 4 Horse Team & Coach Clock; Beer Steins; Brake Centre Storage Cabinet; Wooden Barrels; Glass Ware; Avon; Tea Cups & Saucers; Blue Mountain Pottery Horse; Guitar; Set of Texas Longhorns; Horse Collar Mirror; ORNAMENTS & FIGURINES: Horse Statues & Figurines; Covered Wagon; Stage Coach; Fibre Optic Light; Buddha; Collector Dolls & Clowns; Water Fountain; Cowboy & Cowgirl; Maytag Washer & Dryer; Coronado Deep Freeze; GE Microwave & Stand; 2) Quartz Heaters; Whirlpool Portable Dishwasher; Woods Deep Freeze; FF Fridge; Wringer Washer; China Cabinet; Leather Sofa; Leather Recliner; Coffee & End Tables; Wicker Shelving Unit; 4 drw Dresser; Apt Size Table; Side Chairs; Exerciser; Bdrm Suites; Queen Size Beds; Homesafe Gun Cabinet; Futon; 2 Dr Storage Cabinet; Wicker & Glass Side Table; Deck Storage Trunk; TV & VCR; Radios; Book Cases; Wall Mirrors; Tulip Style Lamp; Lamps; Key Boards; CEMENT LAWN ORNAMENTS: Deer; Toad Stool; German Shepard; Metal 8-ft. Windmill; Homelite ST-175G Weed Eater; Toro Cordless Trimmer; Yd Machines 31cc Cultivator; Mechanics Tool Box; Trade Master 2-in. Sander/ 6-in. Grinder; Cordless Drills; Nuts & Bolts; Bolt Bin w/Contents; Portable Air Compressor; Torcan Bat Charger; Qty of Chains; Portable Air Tank; Metal Cutting Chop Saw; Mastercraft 9-in. Two Speed Band Saw; Bench Grinder; Skil Saws; Jig Saws; KFF 12-SPD 3/4-HP Drill Press; Wrenches; Saber Saw; Sm Anvil; Assorted Bearings & parts; Shovels; Rakes; Garden Tools; 2) Dog Houses; Dog Run; MUCH, MUCH MORE! LUNCH AVAILABLE. BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS. TWO RINGS SELLING AT TIMES THRU THE DAY SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS. Meyers Auctions & Appraisals, Arden, MB Bradley Meyers Auctioneer (204)368-2333 or (204)476-6262 cell meyersauctions.com Call our toll-free number to take advantage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks for free. That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3. Call 1-800-782-0794 today!

MEYERS AUCTION for VIOLA NIEMAN (LATE GILBERT) 1:00pm SAT., JULY 19th, 2014, LAURIER, MB. 74-AC PROPERTY BY AUCTION. SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION OF FINAL BID. The Subject property is approx a 74-ac parcel located in the RM of STE. Rose. The property is 4.5-km North of the Laurier corner (junction of Hwy #5 & #480) or 14-km South of Ste. Rose on Hwy #5. The property is on the West side of #5 Hwy. Situated on the property are: 2 Story 720-sq.ft. approx Framed House w/3 bdrms & full bath upstairs, 2 pc bath on the main floor; 48x32 approx Machinery Shed/ Work Shop; 30x30 approx Barn set up w/box stalls for horses; 60x40 approx Hay Shed; 24x34 approx Pole Shed/ Animal Shelter; 6 misc smaller out buildings. The property has mature trees & is landscaped. It is estimated that the property is one third treed & two thirds fenced pastures/ fields. All of the above descriptions are for information purposes & are not deemed to be accurate. Potential purchasers must verify all information to their own satisfaction. A 10% non refundable deposit in certified funds will be required Auction Day. VIEWING IS AVAILABLE BY CONTACTING VIOLA AT (204)447-3410.

PLEASE PHONE BETWEEN 9:00AM & 9:00PM & MAKE ALL ARRANGEMENTS TO VIEW W/12-HRS PRIOR NOTICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION! Meyers Auctions & Appraisals, Arden, MB. Bradley Meyers Auctioneer (204)368-2333 or (204)476-6262 cell meyersauctions.com

Swan River Minitonas

Tisdale, SK | July 22, 2014 · 11 am

Durban

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Langruth

Neepawa

Hamiota

Gladstone

Rapid City

Reston Melita

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Killarney

Elm Creek

Sanford

Beausejour

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Lac du Bonnet

Winnipeg

Austin Treherne

Westman Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage Carberry

Brandon Souris

Waskada

Interlake

Erickson Minnedosa

Virden

Arborg

Lundar Gimli

Shoal Lake

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

UNRESERVED PUBLIC FARM AUCTION

Birch River

ANTIQUES Antique Equipment

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

St. Pierre

242

Steinbach

1

Red River

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake AUCTION SALE FOR MR ALVIN NICHOLLS Sat., July 26th at 11:00am. 65147 West Nairn Rd at east end of Portage La Prairie. **1989 GMC 3500 3+3 crew cab long box 4x4 350 eng 4-SPD std w/11-ft.

Vanguard slide in camper plus ad on room 227,126-km**; 8-ft. Truck cap; Double snowmobile trailer; 30-in. Simplicity Riding Mower w/bagger; 8/32 Simplicity snowblower; 3-HP 21-in. snowblower; 21-in. Rear tine Roper Garden tiller; Merry Tiller; 2 self propelled Lawn Mowers; 4-HP Merc outboard; TRX125 Honda 4 wheeler; Shop Tools: ap-prox 30gal. air compressor w/7.5 motor large 2 pis-ton pump; 75-lb. Anvil; Wrench sets; Socket sets; Household: Fishing Tackle. Check website for full listing www.nickelauctions.com Terms Cash or Cheque. Lunch served.

Sale conducted by Nickel Auctions Ltd. Dave Nickel Auctioneer contact Wayne Nicholls (204)871-1131.

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

AUCTION SALE Estate of Ted Zaik

FARM AUCTION FOR HAROLD “Buck” Dunn Fri., July 11th, 2014, at 10:00am, Roseisle, MB. Featuring: 1975 Vers 800. List on website: www.gauthierauctions.com GAUTHIER AUCTIONS at (204)379-2826.

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions DENIS & DIANN PUTLAND AUCTION Sat., July 19th, 2014 10:00am Directions: 5.9-KM SOUTH OF CHURCHBRIDGE ON HWY 80, 3.6-KM WEST ON LISCARD RD CHURCHBRIDGE, SK. CONTACT: (306)896-2992. TRACTORS: IHC 1086 DSL Tractor Jobber 3-PTH, cab, hyd, w/707 Leons Loader, 18.4x38 good rear tires; IHC 1086 Tractor cab, fair tires, weak hyd & poor shifting forks; IHC 756 Tractor, parts; 1948 Intl cub tractor for parts; YARD EQUIPMENT: 8-ft. SCHULTE 3-PTH Snowblower; XZT 60 Swisher Zero Turn riding lawn mower; Yard sprayer; *Richardson Grader* 1,500-gal water tank; 8-ft. homemade cultivator; 4.5-yd scraper (no apron); YARD & RECREATION: Par Three gas Golf Cart; Crafts man 20-HP lawn mower, 40-in. deck w/Dual bag grass catcher. Plus misc equip, trucks, large assortment of carpentry & shop tools, also assortment of artistic wood turning dishes, bowls, etc. Manitoba maple craftwood, plus household & antiques. NOTE: Denis & Diann are selling the acreage & moving to town. This is a cleanup sale. Karla’s Auction in conjunction w/Ukrainetz Auctioneering. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for complete pictures & listing. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661.

License #915851.

2011, 2010 & 2009 NEW HOLLAND CR9080

2012 CASE IH 550 & 2012 SEED HAWK 8412 w/ SEED HAWK 800 & 2012 WADENA STEEL T4200

2— 2011 WESTWARD M150 35 FT

2011 ELMER’S HAUL MASTER 1600

Sat., July 12 @ 10:00 am Gimli, MB

2009 MILLER NITRO 4275 120 FT

Gimli Jct 231 & 8 then West 3 1/2 miles.

Contact: Doris (204)-642-7957

2010 CASE IH 485

2007 NEW HOLLAND T7030

10) Older Tractors * 3PH Equip * Mediums Size Grain Equip * Vehicles * Tools * Farm Misc * Skidsteer & Yard * Rec * Guns * Go to the Website for Full Listing & Pictures!

(204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

www.mcsherryauction.com

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

2005 PETERBILT 379 & 2007 DOEPKER SUPER B

2007 PETERBILT 379 & 2008 WILSON SUPER B

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

SURPLUS AUCTION SALE M&L General Contracting

Sat., July 19 @ 10:00 am

Lockport, MB Hwy #44 & Henderson Hwy. 2 Miles East on 44 then South 180 1XL Crescent - St Clements Industrial Park Auction Note: Continuing Business 1st Time Reduction in Equipment & Stock Contact: (204) 781-1590 ATCO Trailers: 2) 2BR Self Contained ATCO On Skids * 2) Heated ATCO 1000 gal Septic Tanks Equip & Trailers: Ditch Witch 651000 4x4 Trencher * 2) 53” Semi Freight Trailers * Gradall 544D -10 10,000 lb Tele Handler * 2010 Rainbow Tandem 16’ Flat Deck Trailer * Lowe Skidsteer hyd Auger Concrete Equip & Supply: Western 5cu ft. Elec Cement Mixer * One Yard Cement Gas Powered On Trailer * Gas Powered Vibrator * Concrete Form Braces * Hilti Wedge Anchors * 48” Mag Float * Al 6’ Floats * Multiquip BA4811 Power Trowel * Multiquip Electro Rebar Cutter Tools: HP Dust Collector * Gas Air Comp * Dewalt Comp * Battery/Booster Charger * Gas Powered Welder / Generator * Hyd Press * 6) Mitre Saw w/ Stand * 3) 10’ Table Saw * OVER 100 BRAND NAME Power Tools * Air Tools * Good Roofing Nailers * Cordless Tools * Hand Tools Heating Units & Misc: Port Scaffolding * 4800 Watt Construction Heater * Renegade Jobox * Crawl Space Heater * Propane Forced Air Heater * Propane Convection Heater * Propane Buddy Heater * 100 gal dsl Slip Tanks * Al 12’ Ramps * Auto Tires * Honda 2” Water Pumps Construction Misc: HM Water Line Steamer * Cub 700 72,000 BTU Propane Portable Furnace * Paint Sprayer * Spectra AL 224 Auto Level * Roberts 8” Laminate Cutter * Viegra Crimping Tool * Ladder Roof Rests * Roto Router * Carpet Tools * Wall Blower * Skidill G20D Post Driver * Aqua Dri Air Mover * 36” Steel Doors * Italian Security Doors * Interior Doors * 40) New Windows * Pallet of Shingles * 110) Plywood * Ever Trough * Insulation Blower * Duct Work * Metal Shelving * Chain & Hoists Some Yard & Office.

(204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

www.mcsherryauction.com

UNRESERVED BANKRUPTCY

AUCTION SALE OF Westnofa of Canada Ltd. At 92 Merit Crescent (West St. Paul)

Monday, July 14th at 6:30 PM (Viewing at 1:00pm Day of Sale Only)

Having received instructions from MNP Ltd., TRUSTEE in BANKRUPTCY, We will sell the folllowing by UNRESERVED AUCTION:

FORKLIFTS

Caterpillar 50 model Gp25 w/side shift, all terrain, 3-mast, propane* older Raymond electric forklift*

SHOP EQUIPMENT & TOOLS

Altendorf F-45 table saw* Elumatec multi chop saw model Dg79* Pro Point 120-gal. air compressor model 8475022, 2-stage, 3-phase, 10-HP* Atlas Copco GX7-FF air compressor* 1986 FC Machinery 18HP Tenon model RUI-6D* Delmac Acimall 10’ press* Priess-Horstmann multi drill* 4-bag Europac dust collector model EP-7040* 2-Kraemer dust collector (1-1 bag & 1-2 bag)*

Rigid table saw* Northfield Uni-Point cut off saw* Airtek Lancaster refrigerated air dryer model M-100* 2-Titan XT 330 paint sprayers* King floor drill press* router, Ridgid cut-off saw, bench grinder, ect.*

MISCELLANEOUS

Assort. 300 ft. rollers* pallet jack* 6’ 2-door yellow flammable cabinet* forklift garbage can* Champ router table* multi drill router table* homemade hyd. press table* assort. wood tables & cabinets, work benches, etc.* warehouse cart* mobile tool box* oak trim* plus other misc. items too numerous to mention.

TERMS: Cash, Visa, Mastercard or Debit Paid in Full Same Day of Sale. 5% Buyers Fee “Everything Sold As is, Where is” with no warranties implied or expressed

1931 FORD MODEL A & 1926 FORD MODEL T

1950 JOHN DEERE AR & 1946 JOHN DEERE D

1949 MASSEY HARRIS 44 & 2— FORD 8 N

AUCTION LOCATION: From TISDALE, SK, go 14.4 km (9 miles) East on Hwy #3, then 6.4 km (4 miles) South, then 0.8 KM (0.5 mile) West. GPS: 52.78267, -103.83119 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2012 Case IH 550 Quadtrac Tractor · 2010 Case IH 485 Quadtrac Tractor · 2008 New Holland T9040HD 4WD Tractor · 2007 New Holland T7030 MFWD Tractor · 1946 John Deere D Antique Tractor · 1949 Massey Harris 44 Antique Tractor · 2011, 2010 & 2009 New Holland CR9080 Combines · (2) 2011 Westward M150 35 Ft Swathers · 2007 & 2005 Peterbilt 379 Sleeper T/A Truck Tractors · 2003 Peterbilt 378 T/A Grain Truck · 2008

Wilson 28 Ft Aluminum Super B Grain Trailer · 1977 Caterpillar D7G Crawler Tractor · 2012 Seed Hawk 8412 84 Ft Air Drill · 2009 John Deere 1890 42 Ft Disc Air Drill · 1999 John Deere 1900 340± Bushel Tow-Between Air Tank · 2009 Miller Nitro 4275 120 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 2012 Wadena Steel T4200 Twin 2000 Gallon NH3 Tank · 2010 Brandt 1390-HP 13 In. x 90 Ft Mechanical Swing Grain Auger · 2011 Elmer’s Haul Master 1600± Bushel Grain Cart ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Samuel Rey: 306.873.9868, minercreekfarmsltd@hotmail.com Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Luke Fritshaw: 306.260.2189 800.491.4494

ESTATE OF RAYMOND NAGY AUCTION Sun., July 20th, 2014 10:00am Directions: 1.5 EAST ON #15, 1.5 SOUTH OF QUINTON, SK. CONTACT: (306)291-1242 OR (306)835-2631. MACHINERYTRACTORS: IH 4386 Tractor 4WD, cab, air, 3 hyd, 18.4x38 factory duels, good; IHC 1486 Tractor DSL, cab, air, 18.4x38 factory duels, w/Leons 707 Loader; IHC 806 Tractor DSL, duel hyd, duel PTO, cab, 23.1x30 tires; IHC 560 Tractor DSL, like new rubber, hyd, mounted mandrill; COMBINE: 1991 TR 96 Combine Cab, air, chopper, swath master PU, good; TRUCKS: 1977 IH 800 Loadstar Tandem Truck gas, tarp, 18-ft. box & hoist, fuller 9-SPD; 30ft. Doepker grain trailer tarp, good tires, last plated 2010; AIR SEEDER & CULTIVATORS: Bourgault 36-ft. 34-38 Cultivator harrows, air package, w/2115 Bourgault tank, w/gas engine; IH 38-ft. #55 Chisel Plow Degelman harrows; SPRAYER: Flexicoil #50 60-ft. sprayer 650-gal poly tank, mixing tank, good; HARROWS: Flexicoil System 80 60-ft. tine harrow bar w/sprayer attachment; BALER: New Idea #486 round baler good belts, nice; AUGER: Brandt 7x40 20-HP omni ES motor; SWATHER: Vers #4400 20ft. Swather cab, bat reel; DISC: Kello 10-ft. offset Disc, nice; CAR: *1969 Camero auto, 500-HP engine, headers, large rear tires (excellent for restoring), running* Chev Caprice 4 door, auto* CHINOOK PLANE: Chinook 11 ultralite plane 503 Rotex motor, approx yr 1986, registration C-ICKK, 94.4-hrs on motor rebuild, visual flight instruments; BINS: 2, 2,000-bus Westeel Rosco Hopper Bins on skids, like new; 2 Behlen bins on hopper w/skids, good, Bus?, 1,350-bus Westeel Rosco on floor; 2 Behlen on cement, bus?; Plus misc equip, shop, household. NOTE: Main tractors, combines, bins look good. This is a partial listing, there are many more items. Online bidding 1:00PM. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for complete pictures & listing. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851.

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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.

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AUTO & TRANSPORT Autos

With continued heavy rains throughout the region & an already delayed growing season, we have decided it is in the best interest of all of our clients and customers to delay our large pre-harvest auction at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks.

2009 BUICK LUCERNE CXL in mint condition, very low mileage, fully-loaded, silver gray leather, diamond white ext. Safetied, warranty to 2015, very clean, 32,695-kms. $17,500 OBO. (204)488-8451, Winnipeg.

NEW DATE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2014

IMMACULATE WELL MAINTAINED WIFE’S 2002 Cadillac STS, 110 K’s, fully loaded, $4500 OBO. Sunroof, tinted windows, Michelins 4.5. No GST. (204)694-3979.

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AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks 1-1956 CHEVROLET MODEL 1433, 1-tonne truck or parts. Phone (204)227-7333.

1982 R600 MACK TANDEM Grain truck, 19-ft box, 8 1/2-ft wide, 60-in deep, w/roll tarp. $16,500.

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

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PREVIEW: Monday-Friday, 7am-6pm Saturday, 7:30am-4:30pm LOADOUT: Wed., July 23 - Fri., Aug 1, 2014 *After August 1st at 5:00 PM, any items not removed will be charged $50 per day lot rent and shop time to load.

TRACK & 4WD TRACTORS 2012 JD 9560RT, deluxe cab, powershift, JDLink, 7” touch screen, 4 hyd., integrated auto steer, radar, 36” tracks, PowerGard warranty until 3/31/15 or 2,000 hrs., shows 1,202 hrs., S/N1RW9560RTBP901067 2013 JD 8360RT, deluxe cab, leather interior, IVT, 6 hyd., big hyd. pump, radar, electric mirrors, weight pkg., wide drive wheels, 30” Camoplast 5500 tracks, approx. 800 hrs., warranty until April 19, 2015 2006 JD 8430T, deluxe cab, buddy seat, powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, integrated auto steer, shows 3,680 hrs., S/NRW8430T903079 2009 JD 9630, deluxe cab, powershift, 4 hyd., integrated auto steer, radar, shows 1,980 hrs., S/NRW9630P013517 2000 JD 9400, 24 spd., 4 hyd., shows 4,300 hrs., S/NRW9400H031389 1998 JD 9300, deluxe cab, 24 spd., shows 4,379 hrs., S/NRW9300H010633

JDLink, 7” display, 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 540/1000 PTO, integrated auto steer, PowerGard warranty until 10/16/15, shows 489 hrs., S/N1RW8235RCCP064646 2009 JD 8230, MFWD, deluxe cab, powershift, 4 hyd., power beyond, 3 pt., quick hitch, 540/1000 PTO, integrated auto steer, shows 3,634 hrs., S/NRW8230P040503 2010 Case-IH Magnum 245, MFWD, powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 540/1000 PTO, shows 1,681 hrs., S/NSNZARZ04132 2003 JD 8120, MFWD, deluxe cab, powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, shows 6,131 hrs., S/NRW8120P011949 2000 JD 8110, MFWD, deluxe cab, powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, shows 4,029 hrs., S/NRW8110P002140 1977 JD 4840, 2WD, powershift, 2 hyd., 1000 PTO, shows 9,846 hrs., S/N1368

GPS EQUIPMENT 2010 Universal Row Sense kit, PF90742, for “60” Series combine, PF91002 (sensor), PF90843 harness for 600 Series MFWD & 2WD TRACTORS corn head 2012 JD 8335R, MFWD, deluxe 2005 JD original GreenStar cab, IVT, ILS, JDLink, 6 hyd., display w/processor, SF2 key power beyond, 3 pt., quick hitch, card, S/NPCGU02E122984 1000 PTO, integrated auto steer, 2009 JD GU02 original display radar, shows 831 hrs., with processor, SF2 key card, S/N1RW8335RACD061909 S/NPCGU02A197231 2012 JD 8235R, MFWD, premium 2005 JD original GreenStar CommandView cab, powershift, display, brown buttons

Travis, 507.387.8201

JD key card with SF2 and basic software, S/NPCKCNAA156069 2007 JD original mobile processor, S/NPCGV02D146855 2006 JD GreenStar II 2600 display less activations, S/NPCGU26E135271 JD Starfire 300 receiver 2008 JD Universal steering kit, off JD 4760, S/NPCUT00A116134 COMBINES 2012 JD S680, STS, ContourMaster, deluxe controls, JDLink, Pro Drive, Y&M, shows 545 sep. hrs., shows 620 engine hrs., S/N1H0S680SC0747254 2012 JD S670, STS, ContourMaster, deluxe controls, PRWD, JDLink, Pro Drive, Y&M, shows 665 sep. hrs., shows 939 engine hrs., S/N1H0S670SAB0745791 2010 JD 9870, STS, ContourMaster, deluxe controls, PRWD, ProDrive, 5 spd. feeder house, integrated auto steer, self-leveling shoe, TouchSet, Y&M, 22-1/2’ high cap. unloading, shows 913 sep. hrs., shows 1,203 engine hrs., S/N1H09870SJA0736642 2010 JD 9770, STS, Contour-Master, deluxe controls, PRWD, Y&M, integrated auto steer, high cap. unloading, fine cut chopper, shows 689 sep. hrs., shows 943 engine hrs., S/N1H09770SAA0738365 2009 JD 9770, STS, ContourMaster, deluxe controls, PRWD, 5 spd. feeder house, Y&M, 22-1/2’ high cap. unloading, shows 1,143

sep. hrs., 1,500 engine hrs., S/NH09770S732433 2001 JD 9650, STS, Level Land, deluxe controls, Maurer hopper ext., 20’ unloading auger, shows 2,433 sep. hrs., shows 3,118 engine hrs., S/NH09650S690911 1997 JD 9600, Level Land, DHH, DAS, 20’ unloading auger, shows 2,120 sep. hrs., shows 3,352 engine hrs., S/NH09600X670423 1990 JD 9600, DHH, DAS, fore/aft, PRWD, Ag Leader Y&M, shows 4,840 hrs., S/NH09600X637727 1992 JD 9500, DHH, fore/aft, shows 3,907 hrs., S/NH09500X645601 HEADS 2012 JD 635 flex draper head, 35’, AHH, ARS, S/NH0635FDLB0740857 2012 JD 635 flex head, 35’, S/N1H00635FHC0745712 2011 JD 635 flex head, S/N1H00635FEB0741773 2010 JD 635 flex head, full finger auger, S/N1H00635FAA0737653 2010 JD 635 flex head, S/N1H00635FCA0736539 2006 JD 635 flex head, 35’, AHH, ARS, S/NH00635F716551 2009 JD 630 flex head, full finger auger, S/NH00630F731678 2004 JD 630 flex head, full finger auger, S/NH00630F707336 2002 JD 930 flex head, 30’, AHH, S/NH00930F696954 2013 JD 618C chopping corn head, 18x22”, Contour-Master, AHH, S/N1H00618CTCC755102

2011 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x22”, AHH, S/N1H0612CCPB0740364 2011 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x30”, Contour-Master, S/N1H0612CCLB740437 2009 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x30”, Contour-Master, S/NH0612CC730202 2012 JD 608C chopping corn head, 8x30”, S Series knife rolls, S/N1H00608CJCC746270 2009 JD 608C chopping corn head, 8x30”, Contour-Master, S/NH0608CC730327 2009 JD 608C chopping corn head, 8x30”, Contour-Master, S/NH0608CC730280 2000 JD 893 corn head, 8x30”, S/NH00893X685769 1999 JD 893 corn head, 8x30”, S/NH0893X680102 1996 JD 893 corn head, 8x30”, S/NH00893X665759 2004 JD 693 corn head, 6x30”, S/NH00693X705634 PLANTERS 2011 JD DB60 vacuum planter, 24x30”, front-fold, ProMini CCS, S/N1A0DB44XHBG740217 2008 JD 1770NT CCS vacuum planter, 24x30”, front-fold, SeedStar, S/NA01770E725350 2008 Case-IH 1250 vacuum planter, 24x30”, S/NY8S007158 2004 JD 1770NT CCS vacuum planter, 16x30”, S/NA01770M705105

1150 South Victory Drive Mankato, MN 56601 For additional info contact Brad Olstad at Steffes Group, 701.237.9173 or 701.238.0240

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: JD 2.9% financing available on 20 Series Tractors and newer & 50 Series Combines and newer for 5 years. Contact dealership for details and pre-approval at 507.387.8201. 15% parts discount on auction items until Friday, August 1, 2014. Shop rates apply for any assistance required outside of normal loading. For trucking info, contact Joleen or Kelcy at Warmka Transport, Inc. 507.787.2289.

2002 JD 1770 vacuum planter, 16x30”, S/NA01770A695230 Case-IH 900 vacuum planter, 12x30”, vertical fold, 2 pt.

1988 White 5100 planter, 12x30”, vertical fold, S/N601444 FIELD CULTIVATORS 2010 JD 2310 field cultivator, 45’, 9” spacing, S/NN02310X006370 2012 JD 2210 field cultivator, 50’6”, 7” sweeps, S/N1N02210XPC0745585 2011 JD 2210 field cultivator, 58’, double fold, S/N1N02210XVB0745347 2010 JD 2210 field cultivator, 55’, 6” spacing, S/NN02210X010231 2007 JD 2210 field cultivator, 58’, double fold, S/NN02210X004142 1997 JD 985 field cultivator, 59’, double fold, 6” spacing, S/NN00985X000543 SPRAYER 2000 Hardi CM1200 pull-type sprayer, 90’ boom, 1,200 gal. poly tank, suspended boom, S/N7380 CHISEL PLOWS DISC RIPPERS PLOWS GRAIN CARTS DRILL SKID STEER LOADER COMPACT UTILITY TRACTORS LAWN TRACTORS

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BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

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

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

Multi-coloured millends.........49¢/ft.2

Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2 Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for archrib buildings BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD. ST. LAZARE, MB. 1-800-510-3303

BUILDINGS AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post frame building company. For estimates and information call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322).

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

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

3 BEHLEN 3700-BU. BINS mounted on brand new PRP hopper cones c/w aeration, ladders & remote lids, $7,500 each. Phone or text Wpg area, (204)782-1015 evgs.

BRANDT 4000 GRAIN VAC, $7,000; 8x31 Westfield Auger, $1,800; Balers JD 510, $1,250; JD 530, $3,500; JD 535, $5,000; IH 9-ft. Sickle Mower, $1,500; JD 450 9-ft. Mower, $2,200; NH 9-ft., $2,200; IH 7-ft., $850; Brush Mowers Wood 7-ft., $3,000; JD #709, $3,000; JD 15-ft., $6,000; Woods #315, $6,000; JD 10-ft. HD $6,000; JD 5-ft. PT, $1,000; JD 6-ft. 3-PH, $650; 6-ft. 3PH, $1,150; Woods 5-ft. Finishing Mower, $650; 6-ft. Finishing Mower, $1,000. Phone (204)857-8403.

EDGE

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.

www.edgeequipmentsales.com

BIG BINS & FLOORS at old prices, 20,000-56,000bu. bins holding prices until spring. NEW MOISTURE CABLES! Call Wall Grain for details (204)269-7616 or (306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662.

CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks.

Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmover50@gmail.com GRAIN BINS WANTED: 1000 or 2000-bushel hopper bottom bin. Also Wanted: 1680 Case combine for parts. Phone (204)636-2637.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Carts M & W GRAIN carts, 500-bu, 1000 Rpm PTO, 18.4x26 tires, $10,000 OBO. Phone (204)864-2498

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

FARM MACHINERY Grain Vacuums CURT’S GRAIN VAC SERVICES, parts & repair for all makes & models. Craik SK, (306)734-2228.

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories 350C JOHN DEERE CRAWLER parts: 1 loader bucket; 2-3-cyl DSL engine block; 1 hyd tank assembly; 1 rear fuel tank & other parts; parts for 420 & 1010 JD crawlers. (204)227-7333 GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB.

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From The Ground Up

MURPHY SALVAGE New & used parts for tractors, combines, swathers, square & round balers, tillage, press drills & other misc machinery. MURPHY SALVAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free 1-877-858-2728.

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

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

FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS We also specialize in: Crop Insurance appeals; Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equipment malfunction; Yield comparisons, Plus Private Investigations of any nature. With our assistance the majority of our clients have received compensation previously denied. Back-Track Investigations investigates, documents your loss and assists in settling your claim.

Licensed Agrologist on Staff.

For more information Please call 1-866-882-4779

CONTRACTING CONTRACTING Custom Work ALLAN DAIRY IS TAKING bookings for the 2014 silage season, trucks equipped with floatation tires, For more information call (204)371-1367 or (204)371-7302.

MANITOBA BASED CUSTOM HARVESTING operation equipped w/Case IH & John Deere combines. Peas, cereals, canola, & soybeans. Flex heads, straight heads & PU headers. Professional operation fully insured. Phone:(204)371-9435 or (204)391-5491.

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1-800-667-9871 • Regina 1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon 1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg 1-800-222-6594 • Edmonton “For All Your Farm Parts”

www.fyfeparts.com NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 2008 KOMATSU HYD EXCAVATOR PC 308 zeroturn USLC-3 w/hyd quick attach clean up bucket, 13-ft. stick, A/C, plumbed for GPS, also has auxillary hyd for thumb, $75,000; JD 270 LC hyd excavator, quick attach, hyd thumb, 12-ft. stick, A/C, $55,000; 06 Volvo EC-210 BLC hyd excavator quick attach bucket, hyd thumb, A/C, 3,190-hrs, $75,000. (204)871-0925, MacGregor.

435 CAT SCRAPER, CONVERTED to hydraulics, in excellent condition. $35,000.

Phone (204)669-9626.

LETOURNEAU LS 13-YD HYD scraper, sand blasted & painted, matching tires, VGC, $32,000.

(204)326-3109, Steinbach.

FARM MACHINERY

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443 Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 18-FT CASE DEEP TILLER; 18-ft MF disc; 40-ft JD cult.; 12-ft C.I. discer; 18-ft C.I. discer, tandem hook-up; 8-in x 60-ft Vers. PTO auger; 8-ft stock trailer.

Steiger w/3208 Motor, 3200-hrs.

Phone:(204)376-2056.

FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment

1998 JD 9610 COMBINE, 2,360-hrs; 1998 JD 925, 25-ft flex header. Phone Days: (204)764-2544, Evenings/Weekends:(204)764-2035.

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.zettlerfarmequipment.com

45-FT. FLEXICOIL 800 DEEP tiller w/4 bar harrows & rear hitch; 46-ft. Morris Deep Tiller w/3 bar harrows & rear hitch; JD 7000 8 row x30-in. planter w/dry fertilizer attachment. Phone (204)827-2354 or (204)526-5307.

BUILDINGS

BUILDINGS

FOR SALE: 1982 2290 Case tractor 8,147-hrs, 18.4x38 duals, good condition; 7720 JD combine 4,886-hrs, hydrostatic, 6 belt PU, 24-ft. straight cut header, reverser, chopper & chaff spreader; rear mount hyd drill fill auger. (204)725-6873.

FOR SALE: ARTSWAY GRINDER-MIXER (Same as international) 20-in hammermill, $700; 2 portable platform scales, $100 ea; 2290 Case tractor w/dual wheels, triple hydraulics; 4020 JD tractor w/duals, dual hydraulics & cab. Phone (204)433-7475, (204)746-0511, St Pierre.

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.

HAYBINES GEHL 14-FT., $3,900; NH 116, $3,000; Hay Conditioners, $800 up; 14 Wheel Rake, $6,500; Vermeer 23R Hyd Rake, $8,500; NH 166 Swath Turner, $3,500; NH 144 Swath Turner, $3,000; Bean Windrower, $5,000; Flexheads JD 925, $6,500; JD 930, $6,500; Case IH 1020 25-ft., $6,000; IH 1020 30-ft., $8,000; IH 820, $2,000; Artsway Mixmill, $1,500; Champion 20-in. Rollermill, $2,000; JD 780 Hydrapush Spreader, $9,000; Phone (204)857-8403.

IHC TRUCK CHASSEY, 920 tires new; Ford tractor 3400 Model Industrial w/loader. Phone (204)735-2567 MARKET GARDEN EQUIP: Irrigation system, approx., 3700-ft of pipe, 3-in, 4-in & 5-in, sprinklers, fittings, parts & 4-in PTO pump, $6800 OBO; Allis Chalmers CA tractor, c/w 2-row cultivators & potato hillers, $2300 OBO; 1987 International 274 tractor, DSL, c/w 3-PTH, belly-mounted cultivators, asking $6000 OBO; Misc potato, cabbage, onion bags & Potato bag sewing machine.

Call Gil (701)213-6826, Portage La Prairie.

MISC EQUIPMENT. IHC 4366 4WD, 180-Hp, 7531-hrs, $13,500; Case 1070, standard, 107-Hp, std trans, 6180-hrs, $7500; 1978 White 2-105 6780-hrs, 105-hp, $7500; JD Model 215, 16-ft tandem disc Duracushion, $7500; NH 795 TA manure spreader $7250. www.waltersequipment.com Minitonas, MB, (204)525-4521 NH 316 BALER, HYD tension, GC, shedded, $2750; INT 470 18-ft tandem disc, notched front blades, GC, $1950; NH 455 7-ft tow behind PTO sickle mower, GC, $450; Case 5/16 Molboard plow, $400; Case 4/14 Molboard plow, $250; Surge Alamo vacuum pump, stand & tank needs 3 HP motor, $250. Patz barn cleaner, approx 200-ft c/w gutter chain for 18-ft gutter, $200. (204)325-7278, (204)362-7082, 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; Roadrunner header haul, $8,000; 30ft MacDon draper header, $20,000; IH 4240 tractor w/15-ft mower, $12,000; 16x30 Westco cult., $1,500; 16x30 Band sprayer, $1,500; 32-ft Ezee-on tandem disc cushion spring loaded gangs, almost like new, $25,000; 1998 T-800 Kenworth w/N14 Cummins, 18-spd, 4-way locks, SS paving Box, 30in. live belt, $33,000; 2006 CAT 320 excavator, 10,000-hrs w/QA cleaning bucket, nice, $60,000.

Call:(204)871-0925, Macgregor, MB. 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.

RETIRED FARMER. 1989 IHC 1680 combine, 3100-hrs, shedded, done canola & wheat only; 1991 MF200 26-ft SP swather, U2 reel, canola auger, new tires, knife, wobble box, 250-hrs, 2053 total hours, shedded; 1995 Prairie Star PTO 25-ft swather, U2 reel; IHC 5600 35-ft deep tiller. Used on small farm, offers. For info & more machinery call Manitou (204)242-2221 SUPER M FARMALL GOOD, running, $1,200; Farmall H Wide Front, all new tires, good, running, $1,800; Super C Farmall wide front, good tires & metal, $1,400; McKee 6-ft. single auger snow blower, $800; 7-ft. PT cultivator, $250; 2,500-gal & 1,000-gal fuel tanks w/stands.

Phone (204)736-2619 TD 20 IHC CRAWLER for parts or scrap, $3500; Also Cummins 855 Engine 335 HP, 4000-miles on complete overhaul, $5,500 OBO. Phone (204)767-2334.

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EQUIPMENT SALES 3-170 Murray Park Rd Winnipeg, MB

204-837-1660

Exclusive PowerFold® feature allows operators to lift DuraMax® decks with their fingers not with their backs.

USED GRASSHOPPERS AVAILABLE WISHEK 14-FT. DISC, $20,000; Towner Breaking Disc Kewannee 13-ft. Breaking Disc 36-in. Blades Row Crop Cultivators 4-12R Lilliston 8R Richardton Hi-Dump Silage Wagons 12-ft. $3,000; New Style 12-ft. #700, $7,000; Richardton #770 1050 CF lifts to 15-ft., $21,000; Rex Forage Wagon Front Conveyor w/6 Wheel Wagon, $3,000; JD 3970 Harvester, $8,900; NH 890, $2,500; IH 781, $2,500; Danhauser Post Auger, $650. Phone (204)857-8403.

New Equinox yellow 1250-gal tank Retail Price $878 Special Price $560 New GX 630 Honda motor, 20-hp electric start Retail Price $2395 Special Price $1850 New GX 390 Honda 13-hp motor rope start Retail Price $1514 Special Price $810 New GX 690 Honda motor, electric start Retail Price $2765 Special Price $2175 New Sega scooters, 50cc, electric start Retail Price $2290 Special Price $1660 2-yrs warranty as above

A&T Auto Sales Ltd.

Morden, MB Phone: (204) 822-1354 Cell: (204) 823-1559

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted WANTED: 12-FT. WIND RAKE for 914 or 212 JD PU. Phone (204)825-2799 cell (204)825-8340, Pilot Mound.

WANTED TO BUY: 21 or 18-ft. Co-op swather must be field ready, preferred green colour, must be gas engine; Also wanted swather carrier. Call Cliff (204)269-1481 or (204)423-2195.

HAYING & HARVESTING HAYING & HARVESTING Baling Equipment 2003 JOHN DEERE 567 Baler, Mega Wide PU, HYD PU, Push Bar, Shedded, Clean Baler. $18,000. Call (204)825-8121.

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.

348 JD SQUARE BALER, category 5 PTO shaft, always shedded, VGC, $9800.

Phone (204)324-7622.

CASE 8575 3X3 BALER w/preservative kit, roller chute, low bale count, shedded, $24,000 or interesting trades.

Phone (204)721-2629 or (204)730-3139.

FOR SALE: 1998 CASE IH 8455 rd baler, 540 PTO, 4x6 hardcore, twin hyd tie, bale kicker, gathering wheels, excellent condition, $7,500 OBO; 2003 Case IH RBX462, auto electric dual tie, 540 PTO, 4x6 bales, bale ramp, extra wide PU, auto chain oiler, as new $11,500 OBO. Phone (204)383-5875, Woodlands.

FOR SALE: 2000 JD baler model 566 only 18,000 bales, always shedded, VGC, asking $12,000 OBO. Phone (204)967-2157, Kelwood.

VERMEER 605 J BALER, VGC, always stored inside, $4500 OBO. Phone (204)748-5609 or (204)851-5810

HAYING & HARVESTING Mower Conditioner 2009 NH MODEL 7560 16-ft. discbine mower conditioner, swivel hitch, flail conditioning, $24,000 OBO; 2003 Case IH model 1701 self propelled 16ft. discbine mower conditioner (same as NH 340) 1,450-hrs, $38,000 OBO. Both in excellent condition. (204)886-7009, (204)886-2245, Teulon.

8850 CASE (SAME AS 8500 Hesston) 15-ft. SP discbine, in good working order, low hrs, $40,000 OBO; 1998 Hesston 8830 14-ft. SP haybine, 1,400-hrs, new knife & stubb guards, shedded, $30,000 OBO. Phone (204)721-2629 or (204)730-3139

HAYING & HARVESTING Swathers 2007 WESTWARD (MACDON) 9352C SP swather c/w Cummins 4.5 turbo DSL engine, 25-ft. 972 header & Bourgault mounted swath roller, only 600 eng hrs, shedded, mint condition, $75,000; 992 Case/IH 725 PT swather c/w PU reel & 1974 CCIL 30-ft SP swather. Phone or text Wpg area (204)782-1015 evgs.

HAYING & HARVESTING Swather Accessories 14-FT JD AUGER HEAD w/crimper, built by Mac Don, also fits older MacDon machines; 14-ft Case auger head w/crimper fits 8820 Case & 8100 Hesston machines.

Phone (204)721-2629 or (204)730-3139 HALF-MOON CROP LIFTERS, $5.00 each; Keer sheer, $150.00. Phone (204)669-9626

HAYING & HARVESTING Various 2010 MF 1375 15-FT. discbine, has cut approx 1,000-acs, draw bar hitch, hyd tilt, asking $30,000; several 14 wheel V rakes, various prices. Phone (204)721-2629 or (204)730-3139 BALE WRAPPER 3 YRS old, done less than 500 bales, 3-pt. mounted; Bale hugger for wrapped bales. Both as new, made by AG-wrap. $13,000 OBO for both. (204)483-2494, cell (204)483-0782 CASE IH 8570 MEDIUM square baler, 41,000 bales, reason for sale quit hay operation, very clean reliable baler, $16,000 OBO. (204)268-3024 cell (204)266-1015.

FOR SALE: 1150 HESTON hay conditioner; 7900 Matador swath turner; 404 NH crimper. Phone (204)835-2345 ask for Merv.

FOR SALE: 14-FT. MACDON haybine, real nice condition; 18-ft. self propelled Vers swather, real good; 15-ft. Vers swather hyd lift. Phone (204)526-2169 FOR SALE: 166 NH Swath Turner, excellent condition, always shedded, quit faming. Phone Lawrence Allen (204)745-3056, Carman.

FOR SALE: 2005 JD 635 flex-head, $14,000 OBO; 1 JD power board straw chopper, fits JD 60 or 70 series combine, $2500.

(204)745-8334, (204)745-8381, Carman MB. FOR SALE: 2011 JD 946 Moco V-10 steel crimper, draw bar hitch, hyd tilt, 1000-PTO, $27,500 OBO. Will consider cattle or hay trade. (204)526-0236 FOR SALE: (2) 5-ton trailers w/aircraft tires, 8x20ft hay rack decks; Gooseneck tailer, 8x20-ft deck; Farmhand 8-bale accumulator & grapple, VGC, always shedded. Phone:(204)736-4227.

FOR SALE: HESSTON 565A round baler, always shedded; NH 56 side delivery rake. Phone: (204)385-2527.

FOR SALE: JD 567 baler, mega-wide PU, neck wrap & twine-tying system. bought new in 2007, Green lighted June 2014, field ready.

(204)749-2194 FOR SALE: NH 1034 bale wagon, new pump, good tires, VGC. $4,000, OBO. Phone:(204)836-2056.

HESSTON 1008 3PTH DISC mower, 12-ft, excellent condition, field ready. $6,000. Steinbach, MB. Phone:(204)355-8484.

Rebuilt Concaves

Rebuild combine table augers Rebuild hydraulic cylinders Roller mills regrooved MFWD housings rebuilt Steel and aluminum welding Machine Shop Service Line boreing and welding

Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd. Eden, MB 204-966-3221 Fax: 204-966-3248

Check out A & I online parts store www.pennosmachining.com

Combines COMBINES Case/IH FOR SALE: 1992 1680 Case IH combine. 1 owner since 1995. Cummins engine, 3,230-hrs, regular maintenance in Rocky Mountain shop. New concaves & elevator chains. Includes 1015 pick-up, 1010 25-ft straight-cut header & Dutch Industries chaff spreader.

Offers?

Phone Brandon: (204)725-7941 Cell:(204)720-4310, (204)724-2306.

COMBINES Ford/New Holland

2008 MF 9435, 25-FT, PU reel, roto-shears, 445-hrs, asking $79,000. Phone:(204)248-2372 or (204)723-0277.

1995 TR97 NH, 4WD, rotors re-done, newer feeder chain, 2,300 threshing hrs, always shedded, asking $32,000 OBO; 1981 2/155 White Tractor, dual tires like new, 1000 PTO, 5,000-hrs, Asking $9,000 OBO Phone:(204)364-2292 or (204)378-0325,.

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COMBINES John Deere

TRACTORS John Deere

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais

1974 MODEL 6601 always shedded, field ready, $3,000. Phone (204)822-3855, Morden, MB.

3 JD TRACTORS for sale: Model 1630 w/loader; 1982 Model 1840 w/146 loader, 5,500-hrs; 1995 Model 6300 w/loader, MFWD, grapple & 6,100-hrs.

Phone:(204)425-3820.

FOR SALE: 2 YR Old Charolais bull, not registered, off of heavy milking cow, $3,000. Phone (204)843-2917.

COMBINES Accessories 1989 JD 924, 1992-2003 925’s, 1991-2003 930’s w/ or w/o air, many reconditioned w/warranty. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com 1993-1998 NH 973 30-FT. in stock one w/air; 1998 AGCO 800 Flex 30-ft. reconditioned; JD 843-893 corn heads in stock. Please call me for any combine platforms you need. If I do not have it I can probably get it for you. We also stock Arc Fab 30-36 ft. header trailers, Harvest International DB 38-42 ft. Platform trailers. Can be used for all heads including drapers. Special pre-harvest pricing in effect now. Delivery avail in all Western provinces at very reasonable rates. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com 2004-2011 JD 630 & JD 635 Hydra Flex w/ or w/o air, CIH 2020 Flex 30 & 35-ft. in stock, one 2020 30-ft. w/air. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

WANTED: MASSEY FERGUSON 35 tractor in good to excellent working condition, with good sheet metal. Phone (204)668-0608, evenings.

Spraying EquipmEnt SPRAYING EQUIPMENT Sprayers 1997 ROGATOR 854, 90-FT. booms, 800-gal tank, brand new drop in 5.9L Cummins 200-HP motor, track erasers, 3 sets of tires, outback autosteer, triple nozzles, 4,300-hrs, VGC, $65,000.

(204)242-4106.

Tillage & Seeding TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Equipment 42-FT LEON CHISEL PLOW, 4 bar harrows, rear hitch, nice condition. $6000. Call (204)825-8121

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.

FOR SALE: JD F1145 Front mount mower, snowblower, cab, DSL, 4x4; Polaris RZR side by side, low miles, mint; Clarke Forklift, propane, side shift, 5000-lb; JD 2555 (2) MFWD, CAH, 3-PT w/245 loader; JD 2750 2wd, O.S., 3-PT, Hi/Low shift w/146 FEL; JD 4055 MFWD, 3-PT, 15-spd w/265 FEL; JD 4240 (2) 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 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.

TRACTORS Massey Ferguson

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

FOR SALE: PB REG yearling charolais bulls, One Polled Solomon 2S grandson, all are semen tested & guaranteed. K.E.H. Charolais (204)748-1024 Keith Hagan.

4250 120-HP, NEW TIRES, 20.8x38, front weights; 7405 115-hp, MFWA w/740 loader; 4630 150-hp, good tires w/duals, 20.8x42, front weights. Various JD front end loaders. (204)828-3460

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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!

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TRACTORS New Holland 1996 NH 3930- MFWD, LH Reverser, 3-pt., Ford Loader, bucket, one owner, only 619 original hrs, shedded, $17,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

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

TRACTORS 4-Wheel Drive 2009 2375 VERS 4WD, 1,520-HRS, 710X38 Fire stones, Weights, 12-SPD, $129,500. Call (204)825-8121.

LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD.

Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519

GRUNTHAL, MB.

AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

REGULAR CATTLE SALES every TUESDAY at 9 am 15th, 22nd & 29th Sales Agent for

HIQUAL INDUSTRIES

WANTED: FLEXI-COIL 800 OR 820 or JD 1610 deep tillage cultivator, 12-in spacing, heavy trips, 37-41-ft. Must be in very good condition.

(204)748-5520, (204)556-2622.

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.

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

TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Various

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

TracTors TRACTORS Case/IH

2010 CIH 55 (FARMAL)- cab, MFWD, L320 Loader, 2,095-hrs $35,900 OBO. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

TRACTORS John Deere 1976 JD 444 WHEEL loader- hydro, reverser, $17,500 OBO. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com 1982 4040 JD TRACTOR 2WD, 90 PTO HP, cab, air, heat, 8-SPD power shift, factory 3-PTH, triple hyds, 5,450-hrs, in excellent condition, $24,000 OBO. Phone (204)886-7009 or (204)886-2245, Teulon.

2004 JD 7320- IVT, MFWD, 3-pt, JD 741 Loader, joystick, bucket 8,400-hrs. Price reduced $59,900 OBO. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

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

WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus HAMCO CATTLE CO. HAS for sale Reg Red & Black Angus yearling bulls. 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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus

08 STX 430 brand new 620-70-42 tires, delux cab, heated leather seat, $160,000.

Phone (204)871-0925, McGregor.

www.penta.ca

1-800-587-4711

HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TREADMILL FOR SALE, 50-INX17-IN surface, 1.5-Hp, power incline to 15 degrees, 1-10-Mph, $250 OBO. Phone (204)864-2498 The Manitoba Co-operator. Manitoba’s best-read farm publication.

IRON & STEEL 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.

Trux-N-Parts Salvage Inc.

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.

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

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

Call Ken 204-794-8383 #45 Mountain View Rd. Winnipeg, MB

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford

TRACTORS Various

The Icynene Insulation System®

1000 Litre Caged Storage Tanks $60.00 each

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.

FOR SALE: 34-FT. CASE IH 4600 cultivator w/3 row harrows, VGC. Phone (204)425-3837

33-FT JD 1000 FIELD cultivator w/Herman harrows; 31-ft Case IH 4700 Vibratiller, nice shape, good 3-row harrows; 50-ft Farm King harrows, 60-ft of Herman harrows & 70-ft of Herman harrows, all w/new teeth; Flexi-coil 1610 plus 3-wheeled air tank; 100-ft System 62 Flexi-coil sprayer w/windscreens & hydraulic disc markers. (204)325-2416

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus RIDGE SIDE RED ANGUS has 18 month old bulls for sale, semen tested, ready to go. Call Don (204)422-5216.

POLLED HEREFORD BULLS 20-30 months, quiet, broke to tie, guaranteed delivery avail, naturally developed on forage based feeding program. Catt Brothers (204)723-2831 Austin, MB. Round up the cash! Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds.

3 ROW ACCORDION, $650; Q-cord, $400; Washburn banjo, $350; Ovation electric mandolin, $699; German violin, $500; trumpet, $200; flute, $250; clarinet, $299; trombone, $299; saxophone, $599; drums & cymbals, $400; Gretch lapsteel, $250; guitar banjos, $250-500; Huge guitar sale, all sizes.

Hildebrand Music, Portage La Prairie Mall (204)857-3172.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn

PERSONAL

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

SHARE YOUR LIFE, as it’s meant to be! A Lasting Relationship. CANDLELIGHT MATCHMAKERS is here to help you. Confidential, Rural, Photos and Profiles to selected matches, Affordable, Local.

Serving MB, SK, NW Ontario. Call/Write for info: Box 212, Roland, MB, R0G 1T0, (204)343-2475.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental

REAL ESTATE

2 YR OLD & Yearling Red Simm bulls; Also 6 cow calf pairs. Bruce Firby (204)867-2203, Minnedosa.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various 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.

LIVESTOCK Horse Auctions SAVE THIS DATE! Rocking W Horse sale, Sat., Aug 30th, Keystone Centre, Brandon MB. Consignment forms available at www.rockingw.com or Phone (204)325-7237

REAL ESTATE Commercial Buildings FOR RENT: VACANT HOG barn 44x108-ft in the Landmark area. Any interest call Alvin Plett (204)355-4980 cell (204)371-5744.

REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots RTM’s - AVAIL IMMEDIATELY. 3 bdrm homes w/beautiful espresso kitchens; Ensuite in Master bdrm; Main floor laundry. 1,320-sq.ft. home, $75,000; 1,520-sq.ft. home, $90,000. Also will custom build your RTM plan. Call MARVIN HOMES Steinbach, MB. (204)326-1493 or (204)355-8484. www.marvinhomes.ca Building Quality RTM Homes since 1976.

LIVESTOCK Sheep Wanted

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale

WANTED TO BUY: All classes of lambs & sheep.

Phone:(204)761-3760.

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123 LIVESTOCK Specialty – Goats WANTED TO BUY: Phone:(204)761-3760.

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DUNCAN & SANDRA GANO of Meadow Portage MB intends to sell private lands: NE 8-31-15W, SW 8-31-15W, NW 8-31-15W, NE 6-31-15W to Kevin Beyak & Jeff Beyak who intend to acquire the following agricultural Crown land leases: SW 06-31-15W, NW 06-31-15W, NE 07-31-15W, SE 07-31-15W, NW 09-31-15W, SW 09-31-15W, NE 09-31-15W, NE 16-31-15W, NW 16-31-15W, SE 16-31-15W, SW 16-31-15W, NW 17-31-15W, SE 17-31-15W, SW 17-31-15W, E 1/2 20 & W 1/2 21-31-15 W PT ISLAND NO. 1 by Unit Transfer. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this purchaser please write to: Director, MAFRI, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578.

FOR SALE: QUARTER SECTION of pasture land, house & outbuildings, good water, nice yard, second quarter possibly available. (204)835-2524 (204)496-2147.

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LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais

2013 LEON 425V MANURE spreader, only used season, excellent condition. Brian McCarthy (306)435-3590 or cell (306)435-7527.

COWS ARE SOLD HAVE excellent 3, 4 & 5 yr old PB Charolais herdsires for sale, semen tested, proven breeders. Andres Ranch (204)937-2922, Roblin, MB.

KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING System, provides water in remote areas, improves water quality, increases pasture productivity, extends dugout life.

St. Claude/Portage, 204-379-2763.

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NEW CONCEPT ROLLER MIXMILL, VGC. Brian McCarthy (306)435-3590 or cell (306)435-7527.

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