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Short-term aid, longterm solutions needed The province is assessing whether AgriRecovery can be triggered

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff/brandon

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pecial programs will be needed to help compensate far mers for nearly 3.5 million acres of cropland either unseeded or drowned out by flood waters, Keystone Agricultural Producers said last week.

Manitoba farmers need short-term aid through AgriRecovery to offset an estimated billion dollars in losses caused by flooding and excessive rains and longer-term efforts to mitigate future flooding, including establishment of the Assiniboine Basin Commission, said Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Doug Chorney.

“I don’t think anyone expected it to be as bad as this,” Chorney told KAP delegates attending their general council meeting here July 10.

“There is a case to be made for some type of assistance for the producers affected.”

Frustrated KAP delegates

MAFRD’s Rejean Picard was spreading the word about drones and the required certification for flying them at the recent Crop Diagnostic School.

Photo: Laura Rance

Get a permit before flying that drone

See COMPENSATION on page 7 »

Transport Canada deems field-scouting activities as commercial and therefore a Special Flight Operations Certificate is required

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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armers flying drones to check their crops or livestock could get their wings clipped by Transport Canada if they don’t have a Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC).

“It is Transport Canada’s policy that UAVs operating in

Canada must meet equivalent levels of safety as manned aircraft,” Transport Canada’s website says. “Requirements for the operation of a UAV fall under the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs).”

It can take 10 to 20 business days to get an SFOC, said Martin Eley, director general of civil aviation at Transport Canada, in an interview July

11. The process can take longer if the applicant doesn’t clearly explain where and when the proposed flight or flights are to occur. And the operator needs to have liability insurance.

Every time

In some cases applicants have to apply for SFOC every time they want to fly, which would

be impractical for farmers.

However, Transport Canada has issued certificates allowing applicants to fly in different areas, multiple times under certain circumstances, Eley said.

“If the farmer wants to fly over his own fields that’s one thing, but if he wants to go to See DRONES on page 6 »

Alfalfa: How to reduce drying time » PAGE 8

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INSIDE

Did you know?

LIVESTOCK Adopt a chicken

Plants can hear the difference

An unusual plan to preserve heritage breeds in Alberta

They respond differently to vibrations caused by chewing insects than to wind

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CROPS Sclerotinia alert How high is the risk and does it pay to spray?

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FEATURE Grain handling and storage High carryovers prompt farmers to invest in more storage

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esearchers at the University of MissouriColumbia have found plants can not only tell the difference between the sound waves caused by insects chewing and wind but they respond with more defences.

‘We found that feeding vibrations signal changes in the plant cells’ metabolism, creating more defensive chemicals that can repel attacks from caterpillars,” said lead researcher Heidi Appel, senior research scientist in the Division of Plant Sciences in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and the Bond Life Sciences Center at MU. “Previous research has investigated how plants respond to acoustic energy, including music,” she said. “However, our work is the first example of how plants respond to an ecologically relevant vibration.”

In the study, caterpillars were placed on Arabidopsis, a small flowering plant related to cabbage and mustard. Using a laser and a tiny piece of reflective material on the leaf of the plant, researchers were able to measure the movement of the leaf in response to the chewing caterpillar.

They then played back recordings of caterpillar feeding vibrations to one set of plants, but played back only silence to the other set of plants.

When caterpillars later fed on both sets of plants, the researchers found that the plants previously exposed to feeding vibrations produced more mustard oils, a chemical that is unappealing to many caterpillars.

This is a cabbage butterfly caterpillar feeding on an Arabidopsis plant where, on an adjacent leaf, a piece of reflective tape helps record vibrations.

Photo: University of Missouri-Columbia

“What is remarkable is that the plants exposed to different vibrations, including those made by a gentle wind or different insect sounds that share some acoustic features with caterpillar feeding vibrations did not increase their chemical defences,” said Rex Cocroft, professor of biological sciences. “This indicates that the plants are able to distinguish feeding vibrations from other common sources of environmental vibration.”

“Caterpillars react to this chemical defence by crawling away, so using vibrations to enhance plant defences could be useful to agriculture,” Appel said. “This research also opens the window of plant behaviour a little wider, showing that plants have many of the same responses to outside influences that animals do, even though the responses look different.”

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Lingering effects of flood waters not covered by compensation Repeated flooding along the Portage Diversion has some producers wondering how they will keep their businesses afloat

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

“We weren’t living in a flood plain until the diversion was built.”

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or farmers along the Portage Diversion it’s déjà vu all over again — again.

“This is three times in four years for us — a person doesn’t have fun when that kind of flooding is going on,” said Kevin Yuill, who has land on both sides of the diversion channel, which begins just west of Portage la Prairie.

That kind of flooding also doesn’t allow for much farming.

“We’ve lost so much already,” said Mark Peters, taking a brief break from sandbagging his home. “At this point we’ve lost 400 acres of hay ground that was all newly seeded.”

Newly seeded because the same land was also flooded in 2011, during what was then referred to as a one-in-300-year occurrence. Flood waters lingered through 2012 and Peters and others in the area were only able to reseed in 2013.

“And now it’s all lost again — so I’m really beginning to give up,” he said. “Next year will be too wet again, so it’s going to be another three-year loss, and it will be a total of six years... I can’t keep going like this.”

What irks most farmers along the diversion is that the flooding they’re experiencing is deliberate, done to save communities downstream, including the City of Winnipeg.

And while they understand that sacrifices need to be made to protect people from flood waters, they also expect to be compensated by government.

“I haven’t been compensated fairly for 2011 and not gotten a single dollar for 2012,” said Yuill. “And I’m not holding my breath... we’ll be out over a quarter of a million dollars now.”

Most programs aimed at flood and disaster recovery are cost shared between the federal and provincial governments, including programs like AgriRecovery. However, Agr iculture and Agri-Food Canada has previously indi-

Mark Peters

Kevin Yuill has land on both sides of the diversion channel. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

cated that “AgriRecovery is not intended to pay for the same event more than once” and that it “was never intended to provide long-term compensation for situations that have affected the production capacity of a region for extended periods.”

In April of 2013, a group of angry farmers including Yuill temporarily blocked the Portage Diversion spillway with tractors in protest, demanding a meeting with Manitoba’s Emergency Measures Minister Steve Ashton and flood officials.

“We never did meet with them,” said Yuill, adding he did have an opportunity to speak briefly with Ashton later on, following a press conference.

Peters said he was compensated for 2011, but like his neighbours is still seeking compensation for 2012 and 2013.

He’s also urging the province to better maintain the diversion channel.

W h i l e t h e p r ov i n c e h a s shored up and reinforced channel walls along the outlet, Peters said overgrown sections along the rest of the channel have decreased its depth by allowing silt to accumulate.

Built with an intended capacity of 25,000 cubic feet of water per second, the Portage

Diversion is now seeing flows of 34,000 cubic feet per second in order to ease pressure on the flooding Assiniboine River.

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“I’ll put it this way, we haven’t met with our lawyer yet, but there’s no question — we’re planning legal action, we don’t have any choice because these clowns won’t come to the table and come up with anything realistic,” said Yuill.

Both Yuill and Peters would also like to see city-dwellers get on board, and help farm-

ers apply the political pressure needed to get compensation for flooding primarily aimed at protecting those who live in Winnipeg.

Public comments made by some indicating that producers should stop farming in “flood plains” have been particularly frustrating and counterproductive, said Peters.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

The rooster’s wake-up call

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nyone who has lived on or near a farmyard with chickens is well aware of the rooster’s ability to trumpet the arrival of morning long before the sun peeks over the horizon.

But roosters have been delivering a wakeup call of a different sort lately — sounding the alarm over the risks inherent with the increasingly narrow gene pool used in commercial production (see page 12).

Laura Rance The U.S. broiler industry recently discovEditor ered the Ross breed of rooster, which sires as much as 25 per cent of the U.S. broiler chicken supply, has developed a fertility problem.

After investigating why up to 17 per cent of the eggs these roosters fertilized failed to hatch, the breeder, German-based Aviagen, acknowledged an unspecified change made to its genetics boosted growth rates at the expense of fertility.

We are told the problem has since been fixed through more genetic tweaking, but this seemingly temporary genetic glitch is having costly effects.

The USDA’s chicken production forecast for 2014 released last month predicted only a one per cent increase in poundage from 2013, well below the long-run annual average of four per cent. The agency predicted 2015 production would be up only 2.6 per cent. That’s cutting into the country’s export potential at a time when foreign demand is growing.

The fertility problem exacerbated an already existing shortage of breeder birds.

According to Reuters, breeders reduced their flocks when a spike in feed prices in 2011 squeezed their profit margins.

Breeders have been trying to rebuild their flocks ever since and are now looking for other options, such as attempting to hatch eggs that would otherwise have been discarded and keeping their laying hens longer.

The shortages in the U.S. are pushing up prices at a time when beef and pork prices are already at record highs.

Canada sources all of its breeding stock from the U.S. and relies solely on the Ross rooster. But it has been unaffected — at least so far.

Thanks to stability of supply management, Canadian hatcheries are able to contract for their hatching eggs up to two years in advance. The industry reports those contracts are being honoured to date. As such, it appears Canadian consumers will be spared any potential price shock.

But it’s a wake-up call nonetheless about agriculture’s tendency to put all its eggs in one genetic basket.

And it underscores the irony of the University of Alberta’s reliance on charitable donations to preserve its flock of heritage poultry breeds (see page 12).

Two years ago, the flock was threatened by budget cuts, prompting the university’s Poultry Research Centre to appeal for public support under an innovative “adopt a heritage chicken” program. Individual donors — who now number 400 — pay $150 a year in exchange for receiving 24-dozen eggs over a 10-month period.

There are lots of great things we could say about how this approach supports the local food movement and offers urbanites an opportunity to connect with agriculture.

But it’s questionable whether as a society we want to rely on such methods to preserve genetic diversity. The need for such resources is not some nicety — the threat to supply from unforeseen genetic breakdowns is clearly not theoretical.

While the public’s support for this program is heartwarming, what’s needed is a long-term commitment from government.

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t is easy to see why drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are without a doubt the hottest new technology to hit the Farm Belt.

They offer a relatively inexpensive option for comprehensive field scouting, allowing farmers to easily pinpoint troubled spots in their fields for closer inspection.

We suspect that over time they will prove powerfully transformative, changing agriculture in ways not yet anticipated. For example, drones could end so-called “drive-by crop scouting” when a farmer inspects the crop out the window of the pickup. It may also replace the evening crop tour, which is the closest some farm cou-

ples get to a date during the busy summer months.

But it won’t happen any time soon the way Transport Canada’s rules are written.

Flights over the farm are deemed commercial, and as such, the operator is required to apply for a permit, which takes 10 to 20 business days, specific to each flight. This is clearly unworkable for agricultural applications. The federal agency has, however, left the door open to reviewing those requirements. Farm organizations will undoubtedly be anxious to get that process off the ground.

But don’t expect the missus to thank you. laura@fbcpublishing.com

International Year of the Pulse is worth getting excited about

By Allison Ammeter SYLVAN LAKE

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ome of you read this article title and decided to read one sentence before moving on. Some of you have already moved on.

Like many of you, I haven’t had a lot of respect for many of the things the UN thinks, endorses, or gets involved in. So why am I, a self-proclaimed redneck Alberta grain farmer, excited about the International Year of the Pulse in 2016?

So many reasons!

First, full disclosure — I serve on the board of the Alberta Pulse Growers, so I am obviously a pulse promoter. Second, we grow pulses — in our area, that means yellow or green peas and faba beans — and we appreciate they are our only crops that make the soil better after having grown them due to nitrogen fixation. Third, I like to know what’s in my food, and I know how good pulses are for our diet, not to mention our taste buds.

So in my mind, anything that promotes pulse consumption, and therefore pulse production, is something I’ll get behind.

But it goes deeper than that. Before you say, “Nobody pays any attention to the UN Year ofs,” consider 2013 — the International Year of Quinoa.

How many of you had tasted quinoa before 2013? How many of you had purchased it? Had it in a restaurant side dish?

Not many, I would venture.

And yet, today, it is a common item in the “small grains” section of grocery stores, and trendy in our restaurants. If a UN designation can do that for a grain that was hardly heard of 10 years ago, imagine what UN promotion can do for a food item that has been eaten around the world for millennia.

Now, to a key question: Why should you try eating more peas, beans, or lentils?

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First of all, variety is important in all healthy diets. Secondly, pulses are very high in fibre, in protein, and are very nutrient dense. They contain complex carbohydrates, which keep blood sugars very normal (good for a diabetic diet).

They are gluten free, which is important for celiacs. And when eaten regularly, they can reduce bad cholesterol.

So why don’t Canadians, who grow so many pulses and account for 35 per cent of the world’s pulse trade, eat more of them?

The main reason is we think they give us gas.

Most dietitians will tell you that your body needs to eat something regularly in order to adapt to it and not have side-effects. This is a basic food rule, whether it is meat, milk, a fruit, a vegetable, or the pulses which you are avoiding.

In other words, if you eat beans more regularly, you’ll actually stop having gas issues. Give them a chance.

Now back to the original question. Why would I, as a farmer, be excited about the International Year of the Pulse?

In my market-oriented mind, if the UN promotes pulses worldwide and consumers around the world decide to eat more pulses, there will be more demand for them. Large companies such as PepsiCo and Unilever will put even more whole pulses, pulse purée, and fractionated pulses in their prepared foods. More restaurants will prepare meals and side dishes with pulses.

Farmers worldwide will be asked to produce more pulses and should see higher prices. That will also generate demand for better varieties, better disease control, better herbicides, etc.

That’s all good for farmers, right?

So yes, I’m excited about the International Year of the Pulse. I’ll be promoting it wherever I find a venue, as will many others in pulse-producing countries around the world.

How about you? Grow more pulses, eat more pulses!

July 1977

f you were interested in purchasing this International 914 pull-type combine advertised in our July 14, 1977 issue, you had your choice of 32 dealers in Manitoba and one in Saskatchewan.

The lead story that week reported that Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan indicated the federal government was preparing legislation to introduce plant breeders’ rights to Canada.

Also on the front page was a story that the House of Commons broadcasting committee had issued a report criticizing the CBC for its declining standards of farm broadcasting.

We published the latest in a series of articles from the Manitoba Wild Oat Action Committee, inviting farmers to a series of field days demonstrating the effectiveness of herbicides for control.

In the following issue, we reported that Conservative opposition MPs said the federal government was willing to negotiate the contentious issue of discarding the acre for the hectare as part of the metric bill. They said that while they were also opposed to the change from bushels to tonnes, that would be acceptable if acres were maintained as the official land measurement. They said the acre was part of western Canadian culture and the government had “no right to shove metric down the throats of western Canadian farmers.”

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Regaining access to China markets Tainted food scandals have convinced Chinese buyers that imports are safer

By Ian Thorleifson

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ervid (elk and other deer) products have been used and prized in China for at least 2,700 years. That makes China a very valuable marketplace for cervid products. Indeed, it was a good market until Canada and the U.S. took action to contain and eradicate BSE in early 2003. China immediately closed its markets to all products from ruminants — including cervids — as did most countries around the world.

The farmed cervid industry in Canada has struggled, worked and negotiated for 10 years to slowly and incrementally reopen those closed borders to our ruminant products.

We’ve met with some success, such as protocols for moving antler to Hong Kong, Mongolia, Vietnam, Taiwan and a few others.

But China and Korea are the big prizes. Direct access to either or both would mean dramatically more competition amongst buyers and an increase in antler prices of at least 50 per cent.

The Canadian Cervid Alliance (CCA) has met with many government officials — from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Foreign Affairs, CFIA, embassy staff and more — but little progress was made until the minister of agriculture set up the Market Access Secretariat (MAS).

This group of carefully selected people had complete focus on regaining the agricultural markets lost after BSE — with emphasis on beef, of course. The successes started to mount up, with great co-operation between the MAS and industry. The cervid alliance met with MAS, and they took on the cause. They used the tools at their disposal for a time, then got back to the cervid producers and said, “OK, now it’s your turn. The way business works in Asia is on the basis of personal relationships — you need to go there and make friends and business partners.”

The cer vid alliance directors were pleased and surprised when they were offered the opportunity to accompany Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and 70 other influential people from Canadian agriculture and agribusiness on a trade mission to China. The group was very diverse

Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners prefer antler in slices for mixing with herbs and other nutraceuticals to treat many ailments and to balance the body’s yin and yang forces.

— including provincial ministers and deputy ministers of agriculture, the canola, beef, blueberry and pork sectors. The cervid alliance selected Connie Seutter from the Alberta Elk Commission, Harvey Petracek from the Saskatchewan Cervid Alliance, myself, Don Bamber from Royal Elk Products — Canada’s largest and most successful velvet antler processor, and Larry Kessler, a marketing agent from Montreal.

Our trade values are relatively small — about equal to cherries at $4 million per year, compared to $2.8 billion worth of canola products, or $240 million for beef. Beyond that, we were also not technically allowed to move our products directly into mainland China; it all goes to Hong Kong, then who knows where. Our goal is to establish protocol for all cervid products to go directly to any port and any buyer in China.

Our plan on the trade mission was to meet with government officials from the agencies that govern imports and treat them to gifts and dinners, plus meet with and exchange contact information with as many prospective buyers as possible. We did that quite successfully. Now we need to follow up, from both ends — with Chinese buyers requesting import permits from their government, and us nudging the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to not impede these trade opportunities. It seems odd that we need to worry about our own government

Most North Americans use velvet antler as dried powder in capsules, for recovery from injury or exercise, to boost testosterone, and improve circulation. photos: ian thorleifson

denying us opportunities, but experience shows that has happened far too many times in the past.

Our secondary goal was to learn as much as possible about the current market for our products in China.

We noticed there has been a watershed change in consumer preferences based on food safety concerns.

Twenty years ago, buyers wanted our products in a raw form, to allow them to capture the processing markups and to produce products in China that consumers were familiar with and accepted.

Unfortunately, unscrupulous processors added useless and even dangerous ingredients to what should have been healthy products, all to increase their profits. They have been exposed and punished, but the

greater effect has been to convince Chinese consumers that imported products are safer than those processed in China.

The ones who can afford these imported goods — which is an increasingly large percentage of the population, want products that are sealed, labelled and processed in countries that enjoy good reputations for quality control and food safety — including Canada and the U.S. This is a huge opportunity for us to produce and process in North America, institute complete traceability systems to support our safety and quality claims, and market all we can produce in that manner.

Ian Thorleifson is a consultant and elk rancher from Minnedosa, Man.

Study documents benefits of organic farming Organic crops had 18 to 69 per cent higher concentrations of antioxidant compounds meaning consumers get more nutrition per calorie Washington State University Release Pullman, Wash.

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he largest study of its kind has found that organic foods and crops have a suite of advantages over their conventional counterparts, including more antioxidants and fewer, less frequent pesticide residues.

The study looked at an unprecedented 343 peer-reviewed publications comparing the nutritional quality and safety of organic and conventional plantbased foods, including fruits, vegetables, and grains. The study team applied sophisticated metaanalysis techniques to quantify

differences between organic and non-organic foods.

Most of the publications covered in the study looked at crops grown in the same area, on similar soils. This approach reduces other possible sources of variation in nutritional and safety parameters.

The British Journal of Nutrition study was led by scientists at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. In general, the team found that organic crops have several nutritional benefits that stem from the way the crops are produced. A plant on a conventionally managed field will typically have access to high levels of synthetic nitrogen, and will

marshal the extra resources into producing sugars and starches.

As a result, the harvested portion of the plant will often contain lower concentrations of other nutrients, including health-promoting antioxidants.

Without the synthetic chemical pesticides applied on conventional crops, organic plants also tend to produce more phenols and polyphenols to defend against pest attacks and related injuries. In people, phenols and polyphenols can help prevent diseases triggered or promoted by oxidative-damage like coronary heart disease, stroke and certain cancers.

Overall, organic crops had 18

to 69 per cent higher concentrations of antioxidant compounds.

The team concludes that consumers who switch to organic fruit, vegetables, and cereals would get 20 to 40 per cent more antioxidants. That’s the equivalent of about two extra portions of fruit and vegetables a day, with no increase in caloric intake.

While crops harvested from organically managed fields sometimes contain pesticide residues, the levels are usually tenfold to a hundredfold lower in organic food, compared to the corresponding, conventionally grown food.

“This study is telling a powerful story of how organic

plant-based foods are nutritionally superior and deliver bona fide health benefits,” said Charles Benbrook, a Washington State University researcher and the lone American co-author of the paper.

In a surprising finding, the team concluded that conventional crops had roughly twice as much cadmium, a toxic heavy metal contaminant, as organic crops. The leading explanation is that certain fertilizers approved for use only on conventional farms somehow make cadmium more available to plant roots. A doubling of cadmium from food could push some individuals over safe daily intake levels.

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Application requirements for a Special Flight Operations Certificate 1) The following standards apply to the application for and the operation of an unmanned aeroplane, rotorcraft or airship pursuant to CAR 602.41.

(2) An application for a Special Flight Operations Certificate for the purpose of conducting the flight of an unmanned aircraft other than an unmanned free balloon or a model aircraft shall be received by the appropriate Regional Transport Canada General Aviation Office, at least 20 working days prior to the date of the proposed operation or by a date mutually agreed upon between the applicant and Transport Canada.

(3) The following constitutes an application for a Special Flight Operations Certificate for the purpose of operations in paragraph (1) above: (a) the name, address, and where applicable, the telephone number and facsimile number of the applicant; (b) the name, address, and where applicable the telephone number and facsimile number of the person designated by the applicant to have operational control over the operation (operation manager); (c) method by which the operation manager may be contacted directly during operation;

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(e) the dates, alternate dates and times of the proposed operation;

(f) a complete description, including all pertinent flight data on the aircraft to be flown; (g) the security plan for the area(s) of operation and security plan for the area(s) to be overflown to ensure no hazard is created to persons or property on the surface; (h) the emergency contingency plan to deal with any disaster resulting from the operation; (i) the name, address, telephone and facsimile numbers of the person designated to be responsible for supervision of the operation area (ground supervisor), if different from the operation manager during the operation; (j) a detailed plan describing how the operation shall be carried out. The plan shall include a clear, legible presentation of the area to be used during the operation. The presentation may be in the form of a scale diagram, aerial photograph or large-scale topographical chart and must include at least the following information: (i) the altitudes and routes to be used on the approach and departure to and from the area where the operation will be carried out; (ii) the location and height above ground of all obstacles in the approach and departure path to the areas where the operation will be carried out; (iii) the exact boundaries of the area where the actual operation will be carried out; (iv) the altitudes and routes to be used while carrying out the operation; (v) any other information pertinent to the safe conduct of the operation requested by the minister.

his neighbour’s that’s something else,” he said. “If he wants to do something very specific it would normally be limited to that area. As people do it a number of times and demonstrate they have the capability there would probably be more flexibility there. You might start off saying, ‘you can do this in your field Tuesday but with more experience you can do it any time you like in your field under these conditions.’”

Rejean Picard, a farm production adviser with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development in Somerset, has been experimenting with a camera-equipped UAV and believes they are a new and useful tool for farmers. He hopes Transport Canada’s regulations don’t ground farmer UAVs just as they’re about to take off.

A story about UAVs published in the Manitoba Co-operator June 26 incorrectly inferred farmers checking crops or animals, like those flying for fun, wouldn’t require an SFOC. Eley stressed anyone flying a UAV for commercial purposes must have an SFOC. And since a farmer could benefit economically from checking crops with a UAV, it’s considered a commercial use.

Reviewing policies

Transport Canada is reviewing its policies to see if it can be more flexible given the growing interest among farmers in drones, also known as unmanned aer ial vehicles (UAVs), Eley said.

“As people demonstrate they understand their responsibilities and they can do it properly that sort of leads to flexibility,” Eley said. “So it may seem a little tough at first...”

“I see the need for safety,” Picard said, adding farmers understand that and are accustomed to dealing with regulations around pesticide and fertilizer use. “I think farmers

“As people demonstrate they understand their responsibilities and they can do it properly that sort of leads to flexibility.”

Martin Eley

would need a blanket certificate because they need to be able to fly in a timely manner.”

UAV pilots also need to use common sense, Picard said.

For example, UAVs shouldn’t be flown near airports or when crop dusters are flying, he said.

“But Western Canada has a lot of wide open spaces with few people around and there aren’t many airports in rural areas,” he said.

UAVs are getting cheaper to buy and easier to fly. The fourpropeller, battery-powered DGI Phantom 2 drone Picard flies costs around $700, but adding a gimbal (a pivoted support that allows the rotation of an object about a single axis) and GoPro still and video camera brought the price to $2,500. It also includes a seven-inch screen that allows the pilot to see live what the camera sees.

Some UAVs have a return-tohome application if the pilot loses contact with the device.

Some can be programmed to fly a predetermined flight path.

Bird’s eye view

Getting a bird’s eye view of fields will help farmers monitor crops for damage from pests, bad weather, nutrient defi-

ciencies or spray drift. While a UAV won’t eliminate the need to walk fields, it can help point farmers in the right direction, Picard said.

“It can hover a couple of feet off the ground, take a picture and then you can upload it to your computer,” he said in an earlier interview. “I think you could even do plant counts if you know the seed row spacing.”

Eley acknowledged Transport Canada doesn’t have a lot of inspectors looking for farmers flying UAVs illegally.

“It’s like wearing a seatbelt in your car,” he said. “You might get away with not wearing it, but if you get caught, don’t complain.”

Failing to have an SFOC can result in fines of several thousands of dollars, he added.

“There are potential consequences. Does that mean we’ll be checking every farmer’s field? No. What we want to do is educate people to understand the risk. And as we move forward and look at the way we manage these things there may be more flexibility as we get our heads around that.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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COMPENSATION Cont. from page 1

complained bitterly that the Manitoba government had forgotten the west.

“It’s kind of a tough pill to see a state of emergency (declared) once the water gets to Portage and 500 soldiers have been sandbagging,” Foxwarren farmer George Graham said. “I’m glad for the people in Cartier and St. Francois (Xavier) but there was no help for the people in St. Lazare. None.”

The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) says around 950,000 acres of Manitoba farmland were too wet to seed. KAP estimates 2.5 million acres of crops were either destroyed or severely damaged.

Across the province

And the damage isn’t restricted to the southwest, which has received up to three times the normal rainfall this season, or along the Assiniboine River swollen by heavy rains in eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba, but across most of Manitoba, Chorney said.

KAP delegates passed a resolution to lobby the Manitoba government for an AgriRecovery program. KAP leaders were pushing for just that July 9 at a meeting with Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostychyn and senior staff.

Although the federal-provincial program is supposed to fill gaps in existing programs, Chorney said changes could prevent payments on unseeded acres because farmers could buy insurance.

In 2011, a $448-million AgriRecovery was announced, with $195 million for Manitoba.

Eligible Manitoba farmers could get:

Souris farmer Walter Finlay (r) shows KAP president Doug Chorney one of his fields that was too wet to seed this spring. Photo: Allan Dawson

Flooded and unseeded land near Souris. Photo: Walter Finlay

• $30 an acre for unseeded and flooded-out acres; • Assistance for forage shortfalls; • Assistance to move feed to animals and animals to feed; • $15 an acre to plant greenfeed; • $50 an acre for forage restoration.

The Manitoba government, in co-operation with KAP and the Manitoba Beef Producers is assessing the damage, Dori Gingera-Beauchemin, deputy minister of Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, said during a briefing July 11.

“Once we do the assessment then we need to look at what programs are already in place and look to the gaps,” she said. “And then if there indeed is enough justification, then make the call to the federal government about the possibility of us working with them on AgriRecovery.”

Premier Greg Selinger said the 2014 flood had cost Manitoba $200 million “and rising,” not including losses to farmers. Sixty million dollars for bridge repairs,

$40 million for roads and $100 million for expected Disaster Financial Assistance, including $70 million for rural municipalities and individual citizens.

New outlet

Selinger repeated the Manitoba government is committed to building another outlet to lower levels on Lake Manitoba, where water from the Assiniboine River is diverted to prevent flooding east of Portage la Prairie.

Lake Manitoba flooding devastated Arnthor and Jackie Jonasson’s farm near Siglunes on the lake’s eastern shore in 2011 and it’s happening again. The lake is 814 feet above sea level, Jonasson’s native hay, just nicely re-established after drowning in 2011 and 2012, under water.

“We’re going to lose as much feed as we did in 2011,” Arnthor Jonasson said in an interview last week.

Griswold farmer Stan Cochrane’s land along the Assiniboine River downstream from the Shellmouth Dam

flooded in 2011 and is flooded again. He didn’t get compensated for artificial flooding in 2011 because the province said it was natural. His resolution at the KAP meeting calling for changes in crop insurance to temper the impact of repeated flooding was tabled for further study.

Chorney said to ensure crop insurance remains actuarially sound, it would be better to address the problem through another program.

Commission

Establishing the Assiniboine Basin Commission is one way to mitigate future flooding, Chorney said. It could co-ordinate wetland preservation and compensate farmers to store water on their land.

“It doesn’t mean we can’t use drainage as a tool,” he added. “It just needs to be done with better planning. We need to look at the whole watershed when we plan drainage works and there has been an absence of planning... not just in Manitoba, but also Saskatchewan...”

Brandon-Souris Conservative MP Larry Maguire sees the

Assiniboine Basin Commission as key.

“I will be a strong ally in Ottawa to get this commission up and running,” he said. “Let me be crystal clear — the time is now. To the governments of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and North Dakota I say come to the table, work hard. We need to establish an Assiniboine Basin Commission and we need your involvement to make it happen.”

Souris farmer Walter Finlay is just one of the thousands of farmers with waterlogged fields.

His farm has had 390 mm of rail since April 23 — more than double the normal amount.

Finlay planted just 850 of his 2,900 acres this spring and of that just 300 acres are normal. Finlay reckons his gross revenue will plunge by $500,000.

Following a tour to the Deloraine area July 12 Chorney said he was shocked by the devastation.

“Many have only 20 per cent of their land seeded and those fields are poor,” Chorney said. “Hope is slipping away for many.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Drying time can be reduced With wet weather wreaking havoc in many parts of the province, some producers are cutting their forage when the weather lets them, not when it’s optimal quality

By Shannon VanRaes Co-operator Staff

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armers use a variety of methods to determine when alfalfa is ready for the first cut of the year, but this season a lot of those methods went straight out the window.

“So how many of you are just cutting when it’s dry enough to get on the field?” Dan Undersander, an extension and forage agronomist at the University of Wisconsin, recently asked a group of producers gathered near Steinbach.

In response, most hands in the room shot up.

A cool, wet spring in much of the province has slowed growth and made it difficult for producers to get on the land to make hay or silage.

“For the fellows who got their first cut off around the 9th and 10th of June — there was quite

a few in the southeast because there was a good window of opportunity there if you were taking it off for silage — those fellows are probably looking at starting to cut again next week, around the 17th to the 20th of July,” said John McGregor, an extension specialist with the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association.

“But there are areas of the province where fellows are just now doing first cut,” he added.

Undersander said height is a good indicator when it is time to make the first cut.

“Cut at 28 inches or when it gets to the bud stage, whichever comes first,” he told producers looking for dairy-quality hay. For beef cattle, he said first cutting should come once the stand reached 30 or 31 inches.

But while height can put you in the ballpark, McGregor advocates for greater attention to growth stage.

“In Manitoba, what we’ve found is that 26 to 30 inches is not a bad range to be at, but there are a number of years where we either have cool growing conditions, where the alfalfa doesn’t grow very quickly, or we get environmental conditions that cause it to be ready at 16 or 17 inches of height,” he said. “You want to watch the height, but you also want to watch the stage of the crop.

If it’s short and it’s starting to go into the early-bud stage, you might want to start thinking about doing some cutting.”

This year, weather will also be a big factor when it comes to how and when producers make their hay and silage. If producers see a dry period of three or four days on the horizon, McGregor said they should be making hay, even if it means cutting on the early side.

“You can always work with

high-quality feed, it’s more difficult with low-quality feed,” he said.

Producers can also change how they put up their hay to save time.

“They can do things like laying out a wide swath, and letting it dry down very quickly... some farmers are putting it up as round bale silage and you know they can cut it one day and put it up the next day,” McGregor said. “So for some, it’s changing the way that they cut or swath their hay that could conceivably knock a day off the drying process — so we could go to needing only 2-1/2 days or three days to put up dry hay instead of the typical four to five days.”

The recent stretch of dry weather has seen many farmers head out onto the fields to make hay, the extension adviser said, adding that producers

have had plenty of experience in Manitoba when it comes to balancing production schedules and the weather.

But defining normal weather is no longer possible, he said, adding that can make it more difficult for producers to plan.

St i l l , Mc G re g o r s a i d h e believes farmers will get a strong second cutting of alfalfa later in the year, which will help balance out lower-quality first cuttings.

“I think that we’re going to see some fairly large volumes of hay, and I don’t mean a bumper crop or anything like that.

But right now the crop that’s out there has had the opportunity to grow a lot, so there’s going to be a lot of volume there, but it’s going to probably be lower quality than they’re used to,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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July 24-27: Manitoba Threshermen’s Reunion and Stampede, Manitoba Agricultural Museum, Austin. For more info visit http://ag-museum.mb.ca/ events/threshermens-reunionand-stampede/.

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Shots fired at spray plane The plane was hit but not the pilot STAFF / A 51-year-old Portage la Prairie man faces multiple charges after an aerial applicator’s plane was hit by gunfire as it was spraying a field near Fortier, Man. Portage la Prairie RCMP say they responded to a report of shots being fired at the plane July 9. The plane was hit, causing damage to the side and bottom of the aircraft. No injuries were reported.

Police executed a search warrant at a residence and outbuildings in the RM of Portage la Prairie where a firearm and ammunition were seized.

Luc Arnal of the RM of Portage la Prairie has been charged with discharging a firearm, mischief over $5,000, pointing a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm and endangering an aircraft.

Manitoba aerial sprayers flooded with business Ground spayers have been unable to get onto the saturated fields

By Marney Blunt Commodity News Service Canada

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xcessive moisture conditions in southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan have not only caused flooding and complications for farmers on the ground, but also for the aerial spraying industry.

“We’re busy here every year at this time, but there is increased demand for the airplanes because the ground sprayers are not able to get on some fields,” said Jon Bagley, owner and pilot at Westman Aerial Spraying, east of Brandon, Man. “So we have picked up extra work, there’s no two ways about it.”

Bagley says right now his business is filled with requests for spraying fungicides and herbicides.

“We’ve had a lot of requests to spray herbicides and so on, which unfortunately we weren’t

able to do because we’re busy in the fungicide season now,” said Bagley. “So it’s definitely an increase in demand.”

The delayed seeding due to the late spring brought expectations of delayed spraying, Bagley said. But surprisingly, that wasn’t the case.

“We were expecting to have a late start with aerial spraying, we normally start around the third week of June,” said Bagley. “But we started doing some aerial spraying right around the first week of June this year, so it was earlier than normal.”

The aerial spraying business is booming right now with the wet fields, according to Bagley.

“We probably got the biggest surge in demand right about the time we had that four- to fiveday rain,” said Bagley. “That’s when it was kind of all building and as soon as that ended, a lot of crops were ready for fungicide

spraying and a lot of late-seeded crops were ready for herbicide applications.”

Bagley says the intense demand for aerial spraying makes it hard to keep up at times.

“There was just no way possible any ground sprayers were going to be moving so we were just absolutely flooded,” said Bagley. “Right now, we’ve got conservatively 20,000 acres on the books that need to be done right away and we probably have that same amount coming over the next week for sure. So we’re just having trouble keeping up.”

At times, weather conditions make it difficult to get any significant amount of aerial spraying done.

“We get days where we start out fine but wind comes up by 8 a.m. and it was time to shut down because the wind was 35 km an hour,” said Bagley.

“It’s too windy really for anything to spray in, but for airplanes it’s definitely too windy to spray.”

“So we start flying at 5 a.m., and when you shut down at 8:30 or 9 a.m., that’s only four or five hours, that’s not a big day,” added Bagley.

Beneficial weather conditions have slowly been helping improve the situation. Bagley says this week he started using the ground sprayers again on select fields.

“It is drying up enough that we can start to get some ground spraying done again, which will hopefully take a bit of pressure off the airplanes,” said Bagley.

“We do have some acres to do by ground down around the Minto area and tomorrow we’re going to try to go down around there, but we’re going to make sure there’s a tractor nearby in case we get stuck.”

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices

Heifers

(901+ lbs.)

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(401-500 lbs.)

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Futures (July 11, 2014) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change Feeder Cattle August 2014 148.15 -8.75 August 2014 October 2014 150.72 -5.33 September 2014 December 2014 152.40 -3.35 October 2014 February 2015 151.87 -4.38 November 2014 April 2015 151.90 3.15 January 2015 June 2015 143.92 -3.98 March 2015 Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

July 11, 2014

Maintaining cattle through wet weather now priority Cattle markets should still be strong afterward CNSC

Close 210.60 212.20 211.87 211.85 207.00 205.25

Change -7.02 -6.62 -6.98 -6.70 -6.00 -6.60

Cattle Grades (Canada) Previous Year­ 40,572 12,531 28,041 N/A 557,000

Week Ending July 5, 2014 436 17,819 16,622 886 780 5,508 139

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Previous Year 276 15,233 15,715 1,141 836 6,785 157

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.)

Current Week 257.00 E 237.00 E 253.06 254.52

Futures (July 11, 2014) in U.S. Hogs July 2014 August 2014 October 2014 December 2014 February 2015

Last Week 251.00 231.20 247.88 250.23

Close 132.80 127.95 112.95 103.95 97.90

Last Year (Index 100) 204.20 188.24 195.81 201.23

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cattle expert says the push is on right now for Manitoba producers to find ways of keeping their animals dry and well fed, as flood waters creep onto their pasture land.

Rick Wright of Heartland Order Buying Co. said the southwest corner of the province has been devastated by recent flooding. Many bridges are only open to light traffic while some grid roads are impassable and municipal roads have plugged culverts.

“It’s difficult to move much of anything,” he said.

Just a few stockyards held cattle sales last week as part of the summer schedule.

Winnipeg, Virden and Brandon ushered over 1,100 animals through the rings. Wright noted many of the animals were on the slaughter end and the feeder cattle that were offered drew premium prices as expected.

With prices remaining strong, Wright said it’s important for growers to realize they should still see those types of numbers in the fall.

“Keeping those cattle healthy, getting as many pounds on them as you can, is going to be a priority once we get this flooding solved, because the cattle are going to be worth more than they’ve ever dreamed of when it comes time to sell them this fall.”

Wright doubted the weather will really impact values during the summer season. He noted there aren’t really any volumes to speak of.

At the same time, he and other industry experts know the task of keeping cattle healthy until then can be a challenge with the excess water.

Many producers in the southwest are treating

Winnipeg (wooled fats) — — Next sale is August 6 — —

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 July 9, 2014 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.000 Undergrade .............................. $1.910 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.985 Undergrade .............................. $1.885 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.985 Undergrade .............................. $1.885 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.910 Undergrade............................... $1.825 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

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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

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their cattle for foot rot due to the extremely wet conditions, according to Melinda German, general manager of Manitoba Beef Producers.

Many dugouts are full to overcapacity and foot rot incidents are on the rise, she said.

“Foot rot can be serious because if you don’t treat it early, the infection actually goes down into the joints, and into the bones of the foot.”

The problem often occurs when the skin between the animal’s toes softens up, allowing bacteria to enter, she said.

Proper nutrition and mineral combinations high in iodine and copper can help with foot rot, she said, adding she’s heard increased reports of pink eye as well.

Both German and Wright said hay land will be under pressure this fall as ranchers turn to them now to supplement their herds.

Wright has been keeping an eye on auctions across the West, however, and likes what he sees.

“We are seeing in Western Canada right now record-high cattle prices. There’s been some cattle that have been sold for delivery in September and October that are bringing record-high prices.”

That bodes well for Manitoba producers, he said, because it indicates the market will be strong once they emerge from their current troubles.

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

Huge grain, soy supplies on tap, USDA says washington / reuters

The United States government forecast July 11 abundant U.S. and world grain, soybean and cotton supplies in the coming year, consistent with the recent steep decline in prices.

Although futures markets have braced for bearish reports, Chicago markets tumbled again.

Soybean futures slid six per cent to their lowest point since early 2012, and wheat tumbled by 2.8 per cent to the lowest point since July 2010.

Corn also fell to the lowest on an active-month

basis since August 2010 before finding support near the $4-per-bushel level and turning slightly higher.

“This report does not really tell us all that much that we do not already know,” said Sterling Smith, futures specialist at CitiGroup. “The report confirms a bearish sentiment. It does not bring anything new to the table really.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s projected 201415 U.S. corn carry-out, or ending stocks, which is the amount of the crop left over after all demand has been satisfied, was 1.801 billion bushels, which was above analysts’ average forecast.

USDA forecast the corn crop at almost 13.9 billion bushels, not much below the record high of 13.925 billion bushels harvested last year.

Old-crop U.S. corn feed usage was lowered, but corn used to produce ethanol was projected 25 million bushels higher, based on the blistering pace of production to date.

U . S . s oy b e a n e n d i n g stocks for 2014-15 were pegged at 415 million bushels, close to trade expectations. If realized, that would be the highest since 2006-07.

USDA now sees the total U.S. wheat crop at 1.992 billion bushels, down six per cent on the year but up 50 million bushels on the month, bolstered by a big spring wheat crop.

Projected season-average prices for wheat, corn and soybeans were all lowered as USDA caught up with the sharp price drops seen in markets recently.

Toronto ($/cwt) 93.50 - 269.27 — 74.26 - 220.06

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

rick wright

briefs

By Ros Krasny

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

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

“It’s difficult to move much of anything.”

Dave Sims

Alberta South Ontario $ 164.50 $ 160.70 - 179.80 — 146.53 - 171.78 107.00 - 124.00 86.06 - 121.42 95.00 - 109.00 86.06 - 121.41 upper $130s - lower $140s 109.04 - 139.24 $ 185.00 - 202.00 $ 185.18 - 205.21 190.00 - 220.00 176.55 - 218.92 204.00 - 231.00 180.23 - 240.65 220.00 - 250.00 189.99 - 272.07 228.00 - 256.00 209.73 - 293.66 225.00 - 265.00 204.77 - 302.56 $ 175.00 - 195.00 $ 158.71 - 187.55 180.00 - 201.00 173.49 - 195.23 190.00 - 210.00 179.29 - 221.67 200.00 - 228.00 184.28 - 237.22 209.00 - 238.00 208.30 - 256.04 220.00 - 245.00 216.32 - 269.72

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

(850+ lbs.)

Week Ending July 5, 2014 42,447 10,244 32,203 N/A 491,000

$1 Cdn: $0.9328 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.0720 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 11, 2014

Toronto ($/cwt) 13.49 - 23.19 18.04 - 43.53

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GRAIN MARKETS Export and International Prices

column

Last Week

All prices close of business July 10, 2014

Week Ago

Year Ago

Flood concerns on Prairies add support to ICE canola

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

201.54

212.93

249.56

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

235.53

247.10

292.63

Expectations for U.S. soybeans are bearish for oilseeds

oilseeds

Terryn Shiells CNSC

I

CE Futures Canada canola contracts moved sharply lower in sympathy with U.S. soy markets during the week ended July 11, but managed to hold up a bit better than the Chicago futures.

Concerns about flooded-out fields in western Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan remained supportive overall, which helped to keep canola from seeing the same extremely large losses as soybean futures posted.

There is definitely some significant damage done by the flood, but traders are still waiting for some more concrete estimates, which may start to pop up around mid-July, or whenever flooded areas get a good seven to 10 days of warm, dry weather.

Though some producers are very hard hit, unfortunately they may not see good prices for whatever they do produce, at least for now, as conditions for the U.S. soybean crop are just too good. Talk is that the flood damage won’t likely be reflected in futures prices, but could be accounted for in the cash market through improving basis levels.

Demand has also slowed for canola as it lost its cheapness relative to competing oilseeds during the week.

Expectations that U.S. and global ending stocks of soybeans will be very large in 201415, as well as increased production estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, were also bearish for canola and soybeans.

U.S. soybean futures dropped significantly during the week, with the August contract losing more than $1 a bushel and losses of 56 to 68 cents per bushel in new-crop values.

A bearish USDA report on July 11, chartbased selling as the market broke through many levels of support, and good conditions

Coarse Grains

for the U.S. crop all contributed to the large declines.

As long as conditions remain favourable, prices for soybeans could continue to plunge down and have the potential to break below $10 per bushel in the November contract.

Corn futures fell to fresh four-year lows, as conditions remain very favourable for an expected record-large 2014-15 U.S. crop.

USDA did lower its expectations for the 201415 U.S. crop slightly, to 13.86 billion bushels from 13.94 billion, due to lower harvested area — but the crop will still be very large.

The market is starting to look oversold, which could be supportive going forward, but a lack of fresh bullish news will likely keep values under pressure. A weather scare or fresh demand headlines could help to lift corn prices going forward, but any rallies will likely be met with farmer selling and profit-taking.

Wheat futures continued to reach fresh lows in Kansas City, Minneapolis and Chicago. Reports of good harvesting weather in the U.S. Midwest, paired with chart-based selling, weighed on the markets.

The July 11 USDA report was also bearish for wheat, as it pegged U.S. all-wheat production at a larger-than-expected 1.99 million bushels for 2014-15.

The winter wheat crop was pegged at 1.37 billion bushels, slightly below expectations of 1.38 billion. The 2014-15 hard red spring wheat crop was pegged at 520 million bushels, an increase of six per cent from 2013.

There could be more downside left in U.S. wheat futures, as U.S. winter wheat crops keep looking better and better as the harvest moves north. Futures could be headed back to their late-January lows, which saw Minneapolis futures fall to US$6.12 per bushel.

Terryn Shiells 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)

152.06

161.21

242.81

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

218.36

227.76

254.99

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

452.96

477.58

588.30

Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)

826.43

852.67

1,025.10

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business July 11, 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

459.00

476.50

November 2014

439.90

457.40

January 2015

442.80

460.80

Special Crops Report for July 14, 2014 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan Spot Market

Lentils (Cdn. cents per pound)

Spot Market

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

19.00 - 21.00

21.75 - 23.00 —

Desi Chickpeas

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

Feed beans

—

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 - 40.00

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

No. 1 Pinto Beans

28.00 - 32.00

No. 1 Small Red

38.00 - 38.00

No. 1 Pink

SUNFLOWERS

38.00 - 38.00

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

20.40

18.05

Report for July 11, 2014 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed)

32.00*

Confection

Call for details

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Source: National Sunflower Association

Rising food output to meet global needs over next decade Surplus stocks and rising production expected to keep prices stable

By Isla Binnie rome / reuters

W

orld food output is on track to meet the needs of a growing population after a decade punctuated by supply concerns, the OECD and UN food agency (FAO) said July 11.

Global agricultural production and consumption will rise in the next 10 years, as people in emerging countries become wealthier and eat more protein, but the increases will be slower than in the previous decade, the agencies said.

Surplus stocks and rising production should keep commodity prices stable after the “roller-coaster” of the last decade marked by a record high in 2008 and global recession in 2009.

“We are recovering from a period of marked turbulence in the agricultural markets but there is no room for complacency,” said OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria, presenting the OECD-FAO 2014-23 agricultural outlook in Rome.

“The world can grow enough food over the next 10 years and it can respond to the broader challenge of feeding nine billion people by 2050,” Gurria said.

He added, however, that waste remained a threat to food security, saying around one-third of crops produced in developing countries were lost post-harvest.

A g r i c u l t u r a l m a r k e t s a re s t i l l unstable, after near-record prices in 2012 prompted increased production which led to surpluses for wheat, rice, sugar and vegetable meal.

Global food price inflation now a p p e a r s l owe r a n d m o re s t a b l e than it has since the 2008 crisis, the OECD and FAO said.

Crop prices would drop for one

or two more years before stabilizi n g a b ov e p re - 2 0 0 8 l e v e l s , b u t below recent peaks. Wheat prices are projected to slide about one per cent a year in real terms for the next 10 years, staying around 13 per cent below the previous decade’s average.

Strong demand for meat from an expanding middle class in the Middle East and Asia will keep meat prices from falling as much as feed grain prices, and meat prices in real terms will average higher than the previous decade after general price inflation.

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Community comes together to save rare chickens Poultry centre now providing community with farm fresh eggs and heritage chicks

By Alexis Kienlen

“It’s amazing how much the general population wants to support the chickens and how much they understand about genetic preservation.”

staff / edmonton

A

n outpouring of community support has saved a rare — and potentially priceless — collection of heritage chickens.

“It’s amazing how much the general population wants to support the chickens and how much they understand about genetic preservation,” said Agnes Kulinski, business director of the University of Alberta’s Poultry Research Centre.

Two years ago, when the centre’s program to preserve heritage chickens was threatened by budget constraints, Kulinski did a market analysis and wondered if it could tap into interest in local food and the varieties grown or raised by generations past.

“People signed up without even knowing what it was about,” she said. “They wanted to support the genetic preservation.”

There are now 400 people in the Edmonton area — with another 400 on the waiting list — who pay $150 a year to “adopt” a heritage chicken. In return, they are rewarded with 24 dozen eggs in a 10-month period. The program is especially popular with retired farmers who have recently moved to the city and families with young children, said Kulinski.

“They want to pay extra to support the program,” she said. “The eggs that you get in a store are $3 a dozen and these are $6.25. People and the industry are very supportive.

They understand the importance.”

The centre houses several breeds on Rare Breeds Canada’s endangered species list: Barred Plymouth Rock, Light Su s s e x , Ne w Ha m p s h i re, White Leghorn, and Brown Leghorn, as well as two varieties from the lines of famed

Agnes Kulinski

Agnes Kulinski of the Poultry Research Centre, holds a Barred Plymouth Rock chick. The chicks are now available for sale through a new partnership with Peavy Mart. Photos: Alexis Kienlen

Ontario chicken breeder Don Shaver used to breed the original commercial chicken. They are descended from birds that arrived at the centre two decades ago. They’ve never been bred for any specific trait, are suited for both meat and egg production, and are “the same kinds of chickens that our grandparents had on the farm,” said Kulinski.

But they are not kept for nostalgic reasons.

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“They’re a backup if anything happens to the industry chickens,” she said. “They have the genetic variability, so if anything happens, you can look for the genes to help the commercial breeds.”

Since modern commercial chickens are bred from just a few lines, older ones may one day be needed if, for example, a new strain of avian influenza threatened poultry production.

“There hasn’t been too

much research done on heritage breeds, so we don’t know if they are resistant,” said Kulinski. “But we do know that there is a potential that they have the disease-resistant gene.”

Those who adopt heritage birds can’t actually visit them, but get updates through email and Facebook.

“Because of the biosecurity, we can’t really take people into the barns. So we’re trying different methods. People just really enjoy the program.”

However, this spring, the centre started a pilot partnership with Peavy Mart to distribute day-old chicks to western Canadian farmers.

Interested farmers pre-ordered their chicks and picked them up at Peavy Mart stores in Spruce Grove, Leduc and Red Deer.

“It’s another opportunity to create awareness and generate revenue,” said Kulinski. “I think it’s a great partnership for us because we can’t really bring farmers here because of the way that we’re set up, because of biosecurity reasons. It gives us another means of preserving these breeds and generating some revenue.”

Anyone looking to pre-order heritage chickens can do so at www.heritagechickens.ca.

Infertile roosters increase shortage in U.S. chicken supplies Canadian hatcheries depend on U.S. imports but have been unaffected to date

By Ron Friesen Co-operator contributor

A

genetic problem in a key breed of U.S. rooster could affect Canada’s broiler chicken industry, which imports nearly all its parent breeding stock from south of the border.

The U.S. is already experiencing a shortage of breeder birds and the genetic issue could make supplies even tighter, American officials say.

If that happens, it could put Canadian broiler producers in a bind because this country has no companies of its own that supply breeding stock.

“It’s the U.S. or nothing,” said Giuseppe Caminiti, general manager of Canadian Hatching Egg Producers in Ottawa.

So far, however, Canadian broiler hatcheries report no disruption to parent breeding stock imports.

“We haven’t had any shortages in terms of our placement,” said Craig Evans, chief executive officer of Granny’s Poultry in Winnipeg. “It’s business as usual.”

Aviagen, the world’s biggest chicken breeder, discovered a genetic problem in its main breed of rooster that was causing a reduction in fertility.

The breed, Aviagen’s standard Ross male, was believed responsible for an unusual reduction in chick output when 17 per cent eggs laid by the company’s hens mated with the rooster breed failed to hatch. Normal hatching failure rates are around 15 per cent.

“It’s the U.S. or nothing.”

Giuseppe Caminiti CHEP

akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

Ruled out

A group of Rhode Island Red chicks at the University of Alberta’s Poultry Research Centre, which has housed collections of heritage chickens for more than 20 years.

This Brown Leghorn chick is one of several heritage breeds that is being preserved at the University of Alberta’s Poultry Research Centre, thanks to community support.

Sanderson Farms, the thirdlargest U.S. poultry producer and one of Aviagen’s largest customers, said it and Aviagen systematically ruled out other possible causes for a decline in fertility before determining a genetic issue was at the root of the problem.

Aviagen, owned privately by EW Group of Germany, sent a team of scientists to Sanderson last autumn to study the issue and has acknowledged that an Continued on next page »

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Pork council stung by province’s stance on hog barn expansion The Manitoba Pork Council is shocked and disappointed by Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh’s stance on hog barn expansion

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

The Manitoba government is playing politics when it comes to hog barns, says the Manitoba Pork Council.

Reacting to a letter from Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh and published in the Manitoba Co-operator, council chairman Karl Kynoch said he was extremely disappointed by the minister’s position on hog barn expansion and alternative manure-handling technologies.

“Gord Mackintosh completely drop kicked the industry when he released that letter,” Kynoch said. “What this boils down to is strictly elections, there’s an election coming up in a year and a half,

Continued from previous page »

undisclosed change it made to the breed’s genetics made the birds “very sensitive” to being overfed, said Mike Cockrell, Sanderson’s chief financial officer.

“We fed him too much. He got fat. When he got big, he did not breed as much as he was intended to,” Cockrell said about the breed of rooster.

“The fertilization went way down, and our hatch has been way down.”

Aviagen has reportedly since replaced that particular breed with a new one and is mating it with the same type of hens.

The Ross is sire through its offspring to as much as 25 per cent of the chickens in the U.S. raised for slaughter. The majority of broiler parent stock in Canada is Aviagen’s Ross breed, Caminiti said.

the government is in the bottom of the poll... it’s all about politics and it’s not about doing the right thing for business.”

In the letter, Mackintosh indicates the government will stand firm on commitments made in the Save Lake Winnipeg Act and will not “allow unrestricted province-wide hog production in Manitoba at the expense of the environment.”

Pork producers don’t want to damage the environment either, said Kynoch. What they want are alternatives to the current requirement that new hog barns be accompanied by anaerobic digesters — something the council has said is too expensive and too ineffective.

They also want to see an

He said it’s difficult to compare the U.S. situation with Canada’s, because American companies sometimes use a combination of other breeds, such as Cobb or Hubbard, in producing parent stock.

In Canada, the same breed is used in mating males and females.

Canadian imports

Canadian broiler hatcheries order parent stock from the U.S. as day-old chicks, based on quota allocations. The chicks are delivered to broiler breeder farms where they are grown and mated. They start to lay fertile eggs at 24 to 25 weeks of age. The eggs go to the hatcheries where they are hatched and delivered to broiler farms as day-old chicks.

The birds are then grown for meat.

“Basically what they wanted was zero impact on their election.”

Karl Kynoch

increase in hog production as porcine epidemic diarrhea and other factors reduce hog supplies. Recently, the Maple Leaf hog-processing plant in Brandon instituted “non-production days” to cope with the shortage.

Increased production will require new barns, said Kynoch.

The minister didn’t rule out alternative manure technolo-

Manitoba has 24 regist e re d h a t c h i n g e g g f a r m s.

Manitoba Chicken Producers, a provincially regulated agency, represents hatching egg and broiler producers in the province.

Ma n i t o b a’s t o t a l a l l o c a tion for parent stock of broiler breeders is 226,100 hens, said Karen Armstrong, Manitoba Chicken Producers assistant manager. The agency does not keep track of the roosters.

“All of our parent stock comes from the United States,” Armstrong said, adding the birds are all Ross.

The news of genetic problems in a major breed of broiler chicken comes at a time when the U.S. is already suffering from a short supply of breeder birds.

Stocks are also tight worldwide, partly because of an

gies for new barns. Rather, he wrote that “any pilot project proposal coming forward from the hog industry to the province must demonstrate zero negative impact on water quality and include effective odour control measures.”

“There is no such thing as a zero impact. What does zero impact mean?” asked Kynoch.

“Basically what they wanted was zero impact on their election.”

The pork council had been working with the province on an alternative manurehandling system composed of a series of lagoons or holding cells, he said, noting he believed they were in agreement on how to move forward.

“We had worked with government for a number of years here to come to an agree-

avian influenza outbreak in Mexico last year.

But Caminiti said there is no fallout in Canada just yet.

Canadian impor ts of parent breeding stock from the U.S. are secure so far because orders are placed under contract two years in advance.

“We’re receiving the birds that we have ordered,” said Caminiti. “We have not been shorted. The market for breeders is tight but I understand is getting better.”

Shortages

The shortage of breeder birds in the U.S. appears to be affecting that country’s chicken production. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is predicting only a one per cent increase in poundage for 2014, compared to the long-term annual average of four per cent. Production for

ment... we had agreements on ways to move forward with manure application and handling of manure lagoons that was achieving the government’s goal and allowing industry to again replace some of the hogs that are missing,” he said.

The pork council will now review its options and decide if it’s financially prudent to continue researching digester alternatives. Kynoch added that he doesn’t believe any technology they put forward will be accepted by the province, regardless of the science behind it.

“For some reason — I don’t know why — but this government seems to have a hatred on for family farms,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

2015 is projected to increase by 2.6 per cent.

At the same time, U.S. poultry exports for meat are predicted to increase nearly 10 per cent this year, creating a strain on domestic supplies.

Lisa Bishop-Spencer, communications manager for Chicken Farmers of Canada, said Canada’s supply management system helps shield the poultry industry from shortages and surpluses by matching supply with demand through the quota system.

“This way, from the consumer’s perspective, the supply of chicken available is steady, without shorting the market or flooding it. In essence, it ensures a consistently reliable supply of fresh, high-quality chicken,” Bishop-Spencer said.

With files from Reuters

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Genetic tweaking caused a fertility problem in Ross roosters, which sire 25 per cent of the commercial broiler flock in the U.S. and virtually all of Canada’s. photo: thinkstock

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‘Best before’ dates add to food waste EU paper

When a tree falls in the forest

The European Commission working on food waste policy document

By Barbara Lewis athens / reuters

B

est before” dates on food add to a mountain of waste in Europe and could be scrapped for some long-life produce, a group of European Union states have argued in a discussion paper prepared for an agriculture ministers’ meeting May 19.

Food waste in the West has become a hot topic because of its environmental and humanitarian implications. A report last year found up to half of the food produced worldwide was wasted because of poor harvesting, storage and transport methods, as well as irresponsible retailer and consumer behaviour.

The discussion paper, seen

by Reuters and put forward by the Netherlands and Sweden, says date labelling in many EU countries is adding to the problem and calls on the European Commission to consider whether products with a very long shelf life could be exempt from best before labels.

It also wants EU policy-makers to explore how to make consumers better understand durability dates.

The paper, which also has the backing of Austria, Denmark, Germany and Luxembourg, says food waste has a social, environmental and economic dimension. “The need to reduce food losses and food waste is also closely linked to the principle that everyone in the world has a right to adequate food,” it says.

According to figures from the commission, up to 100 million tonnes of food are wasted in Europe each year, while last year’s report from the Londonbased Institution of Mechanical Engineers found that between 30 per cent and 50 per cent of the food which gets to supermarket shelves is wasted — often because of poor understanding of best before and use by dates.

A use by date is applied if there is a health risk in eating food after that date, whereas a best before date is more about quality — when it expires it does not necessarily mean food is harmful, but it may lose flavour and texture.

The commission says it is looking at solutions to food waste, including how to end the confusion over date labelling, and will issue a policy paper on the issue later this year.

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

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Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

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800-900

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190.00-212.00

185.00-202.00 (205.00)

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700-800

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225.00-260.00

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190.00-235.00

400-500

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235.00-265.00

230.00-285.00

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190.00-240.00

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900-1,000 lbs.

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145.00-160.00

143.00-163.00

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140.00-158.00

800-900

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170.00-195.00

160.00-176.00 (184.00)

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700-800

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600-700

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200.00-215.00 (220.00)

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185.00-215.00

500-600

n/a

n/a

n/a

215.00-235.00

210.00-225.00

n/a

n/a

190.00-235.00

400-500

n/a

n/a

n/a

220.00-245.00

220.00-240.00

n/a

n/a

190.00-240.00

300-400

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

No. on offer

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

245

D1-D2 Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

106.00-114.00

102.00-109.00

n/a

n/a

104.00-110.00

D3-D5 Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

93.00-104.00

97.00-101.00

n/a

n/a

94.00-104.00

Age Verified

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

n/a

n/a

n/a

118.00-126.50

114.00-128.00

n/a

n/a

124.00-132.50

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

145.00-157.75

146.00-155.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

143.00-155.00

144.00-149.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

112.00-135.00

n/a

n/a

125.00-130.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder heifers

Slaughter Market

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Heiferettes

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

* includes slaughter market

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

HOW CUSTOMERS USE CANADIAN FIELD CROPS

Think durum wheat.

Think delicious bread.

Flour from high protein Canada Western Amber Durum wheat is exceptional to work with in the production of hearth-style, artisan and flat breads. Durum wheat has been used in bread making in many countries for centuries, including Italy, North Africa and the Middle East. Canadian durum is known for its exceptional brightness and it gives a very pleasing yellow colour to the end product, something many consumers find appealing.

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Slight chance of thundershowers Issued: Monday, July 14, 2014 · Covering: July 16 – July 23, 2014 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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t just seems to be that kind of year. We saw yet another upper low drop into our region last weekend, bringing with it some record-cold temperatures on Sunday. Winnipeg’s official high temperature on July 13 was 15.7 C, which easily broke the previous record for the lowest daily high of 16.7 C, set back in 1950 and 1884.

Fortunately, it looks like summer weather will be moving back in and hopefully this will be the end to these unusually strong systems.

High pressure should be firmly in place by the middle of this week. With the strong summer sunshine, temperatures should moderate a little bit each day this week, with highs pushing the upper 20s to low 30s by the end of the week. This area of high pressure will slowly slide off to our southeast by the weekend, while an area of low pressure will begin to organize itself to our west.

The weather models show a small piece of energy from this western low sliding through central regions sometime on Sat-

urday or Sunday. This will likely bring a mix of sun and cloud along with the chance of a few scattered showers or afternoon thundershowers. Temperatures should remain warm, with the main area of the low remaining to our northwest.

This western low is then forecast to slowly track across the northern Prairies during the first half of next week. It should stay far enough away that southern regions will be mainly sunny, with central areas seeing a mix of sun and cloud. Being on the south side of the low, temperatures will continue to be warm, with highs expected to be in the upper 20s and lows in the mid-teens. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that this low doesn’t decide to drop straight south like the last system. If it does take a more southerly route, then clouds, showers and cooler temperatures will be the rule next week.

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.

Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

14 Day Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) June 27, 2014 to July 10, 2014

0 mm 0 - 5 mm 5 - 10 mm 10 - 15 mm 15 - 20 mm 20 - 25 mm 25 - 30 mm 30 - 40 mm 40 - 50 mm 50 - 60 mm 60 - 70 mm 70 - 80 mm 80 - 90 mm 90 - 100 mm 100 - 125 mm 125 - 150 mm 150 - 200 mm > 200 mm Extent of Agricultural Land Lakes and Rivers

Produced using near real-time data that has undergone initial quality control. The map may not be accurate for all regions due to data availability and data errors.

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

Created: 07/11/14 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the 14-day period ending July 10, which captures the heavy rainfall event that hit southeastern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba. You can see just how large of an area was affected.

Upper-level lows and cut-off lows Upper-level lows aren’t necessarily bad, unless they break away from the jet stream

By Daniel Bezte CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

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d o n’t k n ow a b o u t y o u , but I’ve pretty much had it up to you-know-where with upper-level lows and cut-off lows. They just seem to keep on coming and coming. Usually during the summer we will see one, maybe two strong upper lows, and for the most part they tend to affect us later in August. So far this year there have been five strong upper-level lows that have impacted us either directly or indirectly, bringing clouds, cool weather, wind and plenty of rain.

I’ll have to admit, whenever I hear mention of an upperlevel low or a cut-off low I kind of cringe. Unless you are in a drought and praying for rain, upper-level lows are never a good thing. They are tough to forecast, they often move very slowly and because of that, they can stick around for days or even weeks! This slow movement then results in plenty of chances for rain.

So m e t i m e s, d e p e n d i n g o n the nature of the upper-level l ow, w e’ l l s e e w i d e s p re a d rains, while other times the rain will come in the form of scattered showers or thundershowers.

In the summer, because these upper lows are pools of cold air in the upper atmosphere, we tend to see a lot of showers and thunderstorms develop.

How much rain a region will get from an upper low is probably the biggest question I get when we get stuck in this type of pattern, and to be honest, it is probably the toughest question to answer. The best way I can approach this question is to use a dice analogy: if Mother Nature rolls a six, it will rain; when an upper low moves through, Mother Nature is going to roll the dice 10 to 20 times.

For your area you could get lucky and not see a six come up, while other areas might see Mother Nature roll a six three or four times in a row. For most areas, the chance of seeing a six come up, and rain falling, is pretty darned high.

Meandering lows

What are upper-level lows and cut-off lows and what causes them? Upper-level lows are often associated, at least at first, with strong surface lows. Surface lows can form

for a number of reasons, but a vast majority of them form along the boundary between two different air masses and are associated with the jet stream. If you remember back to some of the articles I have written about the jet stream and waves, you might remember that areas of low pressure tend to form in the turbulent flow along the edges of the jet stream. This is kind of like watching eddies form in the water when two different currents meet. These eddies, or lows, if they stay along the edge of the two different currents or jet stream, tend to move along fairly quickly.

Occasionally, these features can break away from this region and when they do, they tend to meander around until they either slowly weaken or get caught up in the main current once again and then quickly move away.

This is what has been hap-

pening to the strong areas of low pressure that have been coming in off the Pacific this June. The current positioning and strength of the jet stream is such that it helps to intensify these Pacific lows as they cross the Rocky Mountains.

As they strengthen, cold air in the upper atmosphere gets pulled into the low, creating a pool of cold air above the low.

This helps to reduce the height of the atmosphere over that region, which lowers the pressure in the upper atmosphere, creating an upper low. Upper lows in themselves are not that unusual; having them break away and become a cut-off low is.

If the jet stream is strong enough, or the curving around the area of low pressure becomes exaggerated, the upper low can break away from the main flow of the jet stream. Once this happens, the upper low does not have any strong steering currents and it tends to just meander or wander around. In the summer, because these upper lows are pools of cold air in the upper atmosphere, we tend to see a lot of showers and thunderstorms develop. During the day the sun tries to warm the surface area under these lows.

This warming air starts to rise

and it finds a cold atmosphere around it. This allows the air to continue to rise, creating showers and thunderstorms, usually by mid- to late afternoon.

These showers and storms tend to weaken overnight, only for the whole cycle to begin again the next day.

Occasionally the thunderstorms that develop will be strong enough that instead of weakening and disappearing overnight, they morph into a large area of rain. When this happens, we often get the daylong rains that can bring significant amounts of precipitation to a region.

So, to sum it all up, upperlevel lows on their own are not necessarily a bad thing.

Things get bad when they break away from the jet s t re a m o r b e c o m e c u t o f f from it, for ming a cut-off low. These lows move ver y slowly and meander around, which means they bring prolonged periods of unsettled weather and because of their slow movement we often see large amounts of rain. Will we see more of these annoying upper-level lows this summer? I wish I knew. The way the atmosphere is behaving this year I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re not quite done with them yet.

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

Oats at a slower pace

Good food should be an excuse to slow down, say made-in-Manitoba cereal makers

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff / Lundar

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ome think boiling water for porridge takes too much time. The Nikkel household grows the oats and rolls them in their own mill first.

Amy and Donald Nikkel, Interlake school teachers, set out five years ago to start farming at a pace and scale that made sense for their own busy lives.

Today they are marketing Adagio Acres Rolled Naked Oats, produced from crops they’ve grown on their farm near Lundar, rolled into large flakes in a mill they built themselves and packaged in attractive 900-gram brown paper bags.

A fifth generation of Nikkels to farm in this part of Manitoba, Donald, 30, said he and his wife started mapping out the business idea while still living and teaching in Montreal. Farm life beckoned as they contemplated starting a family. But they knew they couldn’t do exactly as their predecessors had done if they came back.

“I’ve had lots of family involved in farming around here, and over the years they’ve all had to find different ways to make farming work for them,” he said.

Amy and Donald Nikkel live with their two young children, Eli, age 2-1/2, and Alexis, five, on their small farm where they grow naked oats near Lundar. PHOTOs: LORRAINE STEVENSON

Natural fit

Oats was a natural fit. The Nikkels have grown oats and raised horses out this way for generations. But as teachers and with a much smaller farm in mind, they needed a different vision.

“We started to think about what we could do with a crop I know something about and grows well in this area,” said Donald.

To map out a plan for Adagio Acres, they visited small mills across Canada learning how each was built and operated. They read up on naked oats, learning how the oat variety could be processed without heat and was better suited to a small-scale mill, as well as its excellent nutritional benefits.

Naked oats are higher in protein and fibre and have a greater proportion of soluble beta-glucan fibre. They also taste especially good, with a slightly nutty flavour and fuller texture, making them highly appealing to those on a raw food diet.

“Naked oats really stood out,” he said. “It has a number of attributes, one being they mainly lose their hulls when combined, that makes milling a lot easier than the conventional hulled oat. And they also have lots of health benefits.”

Their plans to develop a small-scale mill and sell a made-in-Manitoba product were built around consumer trends, including a growing desire to eat healthy, wholesome, unprocessed food grown as close to home and connected to a farmer as possible.

Local niche

This had nothing to do with establishing a product to go head to head with other big-name oat brands, says Amy. “We were looking at what makes sense for local consumers and local agriculture,” she said.

The couple’s easygoing demeanour and intentionally slower-paced life-

Amy and Donald Nikkel carefully researched the nutrition of naked oats as well as how suited they were to a small-scale mill they pieced together themselves after visiting other mill operations of similar size in Canada.

style belies their ambitious project, and the intense legwork put into getting their rolled naked oats onto store shelves.

They transitioned their 80 acres to organic and contracted with two other farmers in Manitoba for additional production for the oats, which are rolled into large flakes in the mill they built.

Housed inside a farm building on his parents’ farm, Donald describes it as “a bit of an eclectic mix.” Some parts are new, while others are museum pieces bought at auction, he said. It’s built in such a way that they can move oats right through from bin to the mill and into a packaged retail-ready product.

“It’s made from a variety of machines we cobbled together from a number of different sources and it has

been an evolution,” he said. “There’s no rule book when it comes to small mills.

“In a larger mill you hire engineers and ask them to design it for you. At our scale it’s been a lot of trial and error,” then adds, with a laugh “a lot of error.”

Food processor

Now fully operational as a permitted food-processing facility by MAFRD, the Nikkels are able to certify their oats wheat free because their hand-built mill was built to handle oats exclusively. The oats are also tested, using an approved enzyme test for glutenfree food manufacturers. It’s proved helpful with their marketing, says Amy. They needed a niche as a smallerscale cereal product, and the wheat-

free claim has been beneficial alongside their made-in-Manitoba attribute.

“It certainly helped us to gain a lot of momentum quickly,” she said.

They were careful about their launch of Adagio Acres Rolled Naked Oats, putting it on a limited number of store shelves in March of 2013, and doing in-store demos to familiarize consumers with the nutritional value and flavour of naked oats. Just two other mills in Canada produce naked oat flakes.

Adagio Acres oats are now found in more than 20 stores around Manitoba and sales now exceed supply. They could get a lot busier, says the couple, but they’re committed to pacing Adagio Acres’ growth to its underlying philosophy — food and life at a slower tempo.

“We’ve seen a lot of situations where people overestimate demand and how easy it is to get that customer base,” said Donald. “We’re trying to go at this slowly.”

Amy was a guest speaker at the recent Western Canadian Functional Food Ingredients: Strategies to Manage Costs and Enhance Products conference held at the Richardson Centre for Functional Food in Winnipeg last month and spoke about the milling advantages and nutritional advantages of naked oats.

She hopes their minimally processed cereal can take the definition of functional food beyond merely nutrition and convenience, to be part of a foodcentred gentler-paced lifestyle.

“Functional food should be something that fits into your routines and your lifestyle, but also enriches it,” said Amy. They hope their cereal is a reminder and an excuse to slow down, she said.

The ‘adagio tempo’ for eating, she adds, is taking five minutes in the morning and realizing you do, in fact, have the time for it. website: adagioacres.com lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS

RecipeSwap

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

Pie season’s high season Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

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veryone born on the Prairies has their favourite pie. Make that favourite pies. Do you linger over the pie table at the summer fair not sure which to choose? I do.

Especially if strawberry-rhubarb is an option when there’s also saskatoon, various cream types and cherry to choose from. Oh, what to do?

“Strawbarb” is always my first choice, a lovely pie whose flavours signal the changing of spring to summer, combining the last of the rhubarb with the first of the strawberries. But saskatoon is a close contender. My mom made loads of these luscious, purple-veined pies each summer. To smell and taste one evokes a time when there was no such things as clocks nor calendars, and summer lasted a long, long time.

What seldom stuck around more than a day or two was a cherry pie. This was my father’s favourite, a man who did not dither over choices. Now that we grow our own sour, or tart, cherries, and have plenty more available at the local U-pick Prairie Adventure in Carman — the biggest cherry orchard in Manitoba — cherry pie has become an outstanding summer dessert around our house.

Incidentally, these cherries are not sour. They were named so only to distinguish them from other varieties. Bake sour cherries into pies and their intense sweetness will explode on your taste buds.

Apple is my husband’s fav. He always gets particular about the apples they’re made with, though. No one makes an apple pie quite as good as those his mom makes with her plentiful farm apples.

I did a little reading up on pies as I worked on this column. Pies, many say, are a traditional working man’s food, a staple of farm labourers from the colder parts of Europe. Pies could be

carried, stored, and packed easily. Pie makers learned the secrets to making the perfect fruit or meat pie in recipes we still love today. To eat a pie, or to take one out to the field where the guys are working, is to keep on enjoying a very long food tradition.

With berry picking just starting here’s a few pie recipes to make the most of local fruit season.

Saskatoon Meringue Pie

Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie

A saskatoon pie with a difference has a creamy mauve filling topped with fluffy meringue.

A strawberry-rhubarb pie is a bit runny if you cut it when it’s still warm. Cooled to room temperature, the juices will thicken.

1 c. water 1 c. saskatoons 2 tbsp. grated lemon rind 3 tbsp. cornstarch 3/4 c. granulated sugar 3 egg yolks 2 tbsp. lemon juice 2 tbsp. butter or margarine

3-1/2 c. rhubarb cut into 1/2-inch pieces 2 c. strawberries, sliced 3/4 c. sugar 4 tbsp. quick-cooking or “Minute” tapioca* 1/4 tsp. salt 1 tsp. orange zest 1 double-crust pie dough recipe for a 9-inch pie *Or use an equivalent amount of cornstarch

Meringue: 3 egg whites 4 tbsp. granulated sugar

Combine water, saskatoons, lemon rind, sugar and cornstarch in a heavy saucepan. Crush some of the berries to release the juice and cook over low heat until mixture is thick and clear. Add a tablespoon of hot mixture to beaten egg yolks then add egg yolks to saucepan and continue cooking and stirring for five minutes. Remove from heat and add lemon juice and butter. Cool.

Pour into cooled 9-inch pie shell and top with meringue.

To make meringue: Beat egg whites until frothy then slowly add sugar and continue beating until all sugar is dissolved and meringue will stand in stiff peaks.

Spread evenly on pie filling and bake in 350 F 15 minutes or until evenly browned. Cool before serving.

Recipe courtesy of Alberta Fruit Growers Association

Recipe Swap column If you have a recipe or a suggestion please write to: ipe Swap, Manitoba Co-operator Rec R0G 0J0 Box 1794 Carman, Man. at: son ven Ste e rain Lor or email m .co ing lish pub fbc lorraine@

PHOTOS: THINKSTOCK

Tart Cherry Pie 4 c. pitted cherries 4 tbsp. quick-cooking tapioca 1/8 tsp. salt 1-1/4 c. white sugar 1/4 tsp. almond extract 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 1/2 tsp. cinnamon (optional) 1-1/2 tbsp. butter Grandma’s Pie Pastry 3 c. flour 1-1/2 c. shortening 1-1/2 tsp. baking powder 3/4 tsp. salt

Mix dry ingredients and cut in shortening. Put approximately 1 to 1-1/2 cups of mixture in bowl. Add enough cold water to moisten and cut in with knife. When sticky, turn out onto floured surface to roll to desired pie plate size. Preheat oven to 400 F. Combine pie ingredients and let stand 15 minutes. Turn out into bottom crust and dot with butter. Cover with top crust and vent or arrange lattice pastry top. Bake for 50 minutes.

Recipe courtesy of Prairie Adventure Farm, Carman, Man.

Preheat oven to 400 F. In a large bowl, gently combine the rhubarb and the strawberries with the sugar, tapioca, salt, and orange zest. Let sit for 10 minutes. Prepare pastry dough and line the bottom of a pie plate with it. Trim to 1/2 inch from the edge. Place the filling into a pastrylined pie dish. Roll out the second pastry dough and place over the pie. Trim the edges to an inch from the edge of the pie dish. Bake at 400 F for 20 minutes (with a baking sheet on lower rack to catch juices that may spill out). Then reduce heat to 350 F, and bake for 40 to 50 minutes, watching to make sure it is nicely browned and the filling is bubbling. Remove from oven and let cool on a rack.

Prep time: 25 minutes Cook time: 1 hour

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Try an ‘island adventure’ this summer Hecla will definitely provide you with that experience

By Donna Gamache FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR

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f you’re looking for a different provincial park to explore in Manitoba, how about visiting an island? Take a trip to Hecla/ Grindstone Provincial Park, located along Lake Winnipeg, east and north of Riverton. My husband and I visited the Hecla Island section of the park last summer and found it an enjoyable spot to spend a few days.

Hecla, the largest island in Lake Winnipeg, is technically no longer an island, since the connecting causeway was completed in 1971, but in many ways it remains one as it is virtually surrounded by water.

Standing on the eastern shore gazing across Lake Winnipeg, and seeing nothing but water, sky and a sailboat or two in the distance, can soon give visitors that “island feeling.”

The island has been a provincial park since 1969. Prior to that it was inhabited mainly by people of Icelandic descent who made a living by fishing. Later, with the near collapse of the fishing industry, the provincial government created the park in an effort to revitalize the area.

As a destination for campers and tourists, the region has had some success. The resort and golf course were originally owned by the province, then sold to private owners, who revitalized it as the Lakeview Hecla Resort. The golf course is considered one of Manitoba’s most scenic.

Boaters, hikers, golfers, fishers and those who simply want a day to swim and relax at the beach can all find something of interest.

An evening of fishing for perch or pickerel on the dock at Gull

Harbour or Hecla Village is one good way to relax, or spend some time watching the pelicans and gulls.

Plan to take the Hecla Village Scenic Drive which winds along the shoreline for seven km. Then spend an hour or two in Hecla Village, following the self-guided tour and exploring the historic buildings, some of which are open in summer. Brochures are available at the trailhead. Six buildings have been restored, including a church, a 1920s school and the Hecla Island Heritage Home Museum, a 1928 house with furniture from the 1920s to 1940s. There is also a village store, which still operates, and the Hecla Fish Station, a former ice house with commercial fishing displays. A couple of times each summer a commercial fishing demonstration and fish fry are held.

Other walks can also be taken throughout the park, a couple at the south end near the Grassy Narrows Marsh and others closer to the campground. Watch for birds and wildlife as you walk. I recommend the Lighthouse Trail (three km return), and the Harbour Trail which follows the lakeshore around the northern point (5.5 km if you go the whole way). There’s a viewing tower at the north point and views of the island, Lake Winnipeg, and nearby Black Island make the climb worthwhile.

If the weather is nice, plan on some beach time. There are two beaches: Gull Harbour Beach on the east side near the campground and resort, and Sunset Beach north of the campground, but neither beach is easily accessible for wheelchairs.

The campground has over 200 sites, plus 15 cabins for rent. It is very spread out, however, with the

Top: Lighthouse on Lighthouse Trail. Above: Restored room in the museum.

Boaters, hikers, golfers, fishers and those who simply want a day to swim and relax at the beach can all find something of interest.

amphitheatre, tennis court and beaches a good distance away, so those with small children should be prepared to drive and/or bring bicycles.

If you don’t enjoy camping, plan a night at the Lakeview Hecla Resort, reserve a room or cabin at the Gull Harbour Motel, or try a bed and breakfast at the Solmundson Gesta Hus B & B & Wellness Centre. It’s a good idea to reserve ahead for any of these

GAMACHE PHOTOS

(and for the campground on a weekend).

If you choose the right time for a visit you may find wild fruit for the picking. We were there at the start of August last year and picked enough each day for our dessert — raspberries (at the north end and out on the point towards the lighthouse) and saskatoons (throughout the campground).

Another possible activity is looking for fossils among the stones and rocks of the western shore.

We’ve found some previous times, but last year’s high water on Lake Winnipeg covered most of the rocks.

Bid farewell to your “island experience” as you drive back across the causeway. If you have time, however, consider a drive north to the Grindstone section of the park.

Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS Think about your beverage choices

By Julie Garden-Robinson NDSU Extension Service

Making healthful beverage choices plays a role in maintaining a healthy weight.

Here’s some tips for choosing wisely:  Drink water. Try water instead of sweetened drinks such as regular soda, and energy or sports drinks.  Be guided by your thirst. We all have different fluid needs, and most of us get enough water from the foods we eat and the beverages we drink.

A healthy body can balance water needs throughout the day. Pay extra attention to your water/fluid consumption if you are very active, work in hot conditions or are an older adult.

 Have nutrient-rich milk to get your calcium, vitamin D and potassium.

Children ages nine and older and adults need three cups of milk per day. Children ages four to eight years old need 2-1/2 cups, and children two to three years old need two cups.  Enjoy an occasional special beverage but trim the serving size. For example, select smaller cans, cups or glasses instead of the super-size options.  Use reusable water bottles as a convenient and environment-friendly option to stay hydrated.  Be sure to read and compare the Nutrition Facts labels on food products so you know what you are getting.

 Save money by ordering water more often when you dine outside of the home.

All foods, including treat-type beverages on occasion, can fit in a healthful diet.

 Make water, low-fat or fat-free milk and 100 per cent juice the easy options in your home. Keep these beverages cold and ready to grab in your refrigerator.

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.

Try water instead of sweetened drinks such as regular soda, and energy or sports drinks. photo: thinkstock

Go natural!

By La’Costa Godbout Freelance contributor

Vinegar, lemons and baking soda are great natural products and when used in a variety of combinations, they are helpful disinfectants and deodorizers.

Always test on small surface area first.

Vinegar

• Grease: Clean inside the oven, or anywhere grease gathers with a sponge soaked in distilled white vinegar.

• Remove hard water or rust stains: Mix 1 tsp. of salt with 1/2 cup of white vinegar and scrub vigorously.

• Disinfect bathroom: Spray full strength, wipe clean with a damp cloth.

• Fabric stains: Be sure to do a spot test first! Soak the stain area in straight vinegar for about 1 hour.

Rinse and launder.

Lemons

• Store-bought concentrate works just as well as fresh lemon juice and tends to be more economical.

• Lemon juice works well with vinegar and/or baking soda to make cleaning pastes.

• Fabric stains: Be sure to do a spot test first! Dab salt and lemon juice onto the mark, let sit, rinse and wash as normal.

• Microwave: Put half a lemon in a bowl of cold water into the microwave and cook for three minutes.

This will get rid of the cooking odours and the condensation from the steam will loosen any baked-on foods. Wipe with a damp cloth.

• Tools: Soak rusty tools, screws, nails, etc. in lemon juice to break down the rust. Add some baking soda for added scouring.

• DO NOT use lemons on marble or granite surfaces as they are too corrosive.

Sharing our yard with hornets Instead of discouraging the nest building we watched and learned

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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ften it seems that gardening is a battle between Mother Nature and the gardener, with the gardener often on the losing end of things.

It makes a lot of sense to work with nature as much as possible instead of always trying to be in opposition — growing plants in appropriate environments, using ones that don’t require extra water, companion planting, managing pest control in natural ways instead of using chemicals, and learning to coexist with nature’s creatures are just some of the ways we can live more harmoniously with Mother Nature.

Last summer my wife and I had an opportunity to test our beliefs about living in harmony instead of in defiance of nature. In early summer we noticed a small nest under the eave just outside our garden doors to the back patio and adjacent to the outside sunroom door.

It appeared to be a small wasps’ nest.

Since we go in and out of both the garden doors and the sunroom door many times every day, we pondered the situation. What action should we take?

We procrastinated long enough — neither one of us is keen on destroying living things in our surroundings — that the nest became so large that we could not bring ourselves to tear it down. Also, we had discovered that it was a hornets’ nest, not a wasps’ nest, as the large black and white insects could be seen coming and going.

Contributing to our decision to leave the nest alone was that in all this time the hornets had not seemed to be bothered by our presence at all; they seemed to be simply ignoring us!

We were rewarded with a most interesting summer watching the ever-busy insects going about their daily lives.

They continually added to their nest in a series of layers, often having several layers under construction at any one time. They always headed off in the same direction — over the patio and beyond the fence — so one day we followed them and discovered that they were harvesting wood fibre from a neighbour’s fence. The fence had been constructed using old lumber and the hornets could be seen landing on the fence and chewing fibre off the boards, taking this fibre mixed with saliva back to the ever-expanding nest.

Hornets constructed the nest with thin layers of wood fibre mixed with saliva.

PHOTOS: ALBERT PARSONS

Never once all summer did a hornet buzz about our heads or bother us although they were only metres away and we made no effort to limit our comings and goings. They seemed to sense that we were not a danger and simply ignored us. In late fall we noticed that there were not as many insects around and that they had stopped adding to the size of the nest; construction stopped. We began to see dead and dying hornets on the patio, one or two at first, then several every day. Finally, by early October, the nest was silent. The hornets were gone.

We did some research and found out that in autumn the resident queen lays eggs that instead of producing more female worker bees, produce new queens and drones (males). The original queen then leaves the nest and dies. These fertile eggs hatch and pupate and then as fully formed insects the new queens leave the nest to mate with drones and then find places to hibernate for the winter.

The drones die soon after mating. The worker bees die off quickly after that and the nest is empty.

We were glad we chose to let nature take its course with the hornets’ nest.

It was a learning experience for us and they entertained us all summer. What energetic creatures, surely deserving of a place in our world!

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

Baking soda

• Works well to scrub surfaces such as glass, chrome, steel, enamel, and plastic. Be sure to test on a small area first.

• Crayons: Scrub crayon marks off walls with a paste of baking soda and water.

• Mops: Soak mops in 1 gallon of water with 4 tbsp. of baking soda to get rid of their unwanted odours.

• Unclog drains: Pour baking soda into drain. Pour lemon juice over it. The bubbling action will break up clogs.

• Stains on surfaces: Mix 3 parts baking soda with one part water. Apply to stain, let stand. Scrub or wipe clean. Works well on marble, Formica or plastic.

La’Costa Godbout writes from Winnipeg

The nest consists of layers of the fibrous material surrounding a central system of cones and cells. Here the nest is in a box ready for delivery to the local elementary school where it now is displayed in the science room.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antique Equipment

JD M SERIAL #33476 restored; Fordson F unique.

Phone (204)467-9900.

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.

SURPLUS AUCTION SALE M&L General Contracting

Sat., July 19 @ 10:00 am

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

36TH ANNUAL KILLARNEY HARVEST Antique & Collector Auction Sat., Aug. 2nd 9:30am DST. Located Killarney Shamrock Centre, MB. Features: Beautiful Antique Furniture 1/4 cut oak, walnut etc., curved glass chinas, secretary-bookcases; stacking bookcases, roll top, hall seats, dining tables & chairs, dining room suite, plus much more. Glassware: Royal Albert, Nippon, Limoges, Carnival, etc. Clocks. Lamps. Advertising Porcelain & Metal Signs. Toys & Die Cast Replicas. Money & Coins features: Very Rare 1947 & 1948 Canadian silver dollars plus more. Crocks include 1-gal RW. Great variety Other Antique & Collectibles. See Websites: www.mrankinauctions.com www.rosstaylorauction.com Murray Rankin Auctions Killarney, MB Murray (204)534-7401 Ross Taylor Auction Service Reston, MB (204)522-5356.

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: approx 30-gal. air compressor w/7.5 motor large 2 piston 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.

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Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Langruth

Minnedosa Neepawa

Gladstone

Rapid City

Reston Melita

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Brandon

Carberry

Treherne

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin

Souris

Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Westman

Waskada

Interlake

Erickson

Hamiota

Virden

Arborg

Lundar Gimli

Shoal Lake

St. Pierre

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Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

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Steinbach

Red River

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

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AUCTION SALE FOR MRS DONNA RICHARDSON Sat., Aug. 2nd at 12:00noon 1-mi West of the Arden Ridge corner Hwy 16 & pth 352 on north side of Hwy 16 yard # 78155. 1992 Chev 1500 4x4 350 O/D PL PW, 178,323-km saftied; 1986 Pontiac Parisiene Brougham 305 O/D loaded, 113,691-km saftied; 65 MF gas multi power, 3-PTH MF Loader PTO 3,100-hrs; 6-ft. McKee 3-PTH Snowblower; 5ft. Farm King 3-PTH finishing mower; 6-ft. IHC trailer type mower; 7-ft. IHC 3-PTH cultivator; 2 sections of Harrows & draw bar; 16-HP Deutz Allis hydro riding mower lawn sweep; 10/29 Yard Machine snowblower; Antiques & Collectables: single Furrow Sulky Plow; Harrow Cart; model 20 JD pedal tractor; CCM Tricycle; Kids Sleigh; Chest of drawers; Side Board; 2 Coal Oil Lamps; Stable Lanterns; Sad Iron; 2, 5-gal Cream Cans; White Rose Tin; Household misc. Website www.nickelauctions.com Terms Cash or Cheque. Lunch served. In case of inclement weather the small items will be sold inside the shop. Subject to additions & deletions. Not responsible for any errors in description GST & PST will be charged where applicable. Everything sells AS IS Where Is All Sales Final. Auction company & owners are not responsible for accidents on sale site. Sale conducted by Nickel Auctions Ltd Dave Nickel auctioneer ph (204)637-3393 cell (204)856-6900 owner (204)368-2272 Dave Nickel Nickel Auctions Ltd. (204)637-3393 (204)856-6900 nickelauctions@mymts.net

Stretch your

Machinery • Late 1996 Case IH maxium 5230 front wheel assist, cab, 3 pth, with allied 694 loader, joy stick, hydraulic remote outlets, 12 x 24 front 18, 4 x 38 rear, 10600 hrs.

• Serial #1050343, tractor sells with loader and dirt bucket, Grapple, bale spear, and 10 ft snow blade sell after tractor, also pintle hitch bar for 3 pth sells separate, see pictures.

• 1974 tractors case 1070 diesel standard shift, duals pto serial

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Estate of Glen Smith

TRACTORS: • 1977 JD 8630 Power Quad, PTO, newer 50 series engine, 18.4-38 tires • 1990 Case IH 9170 HARVESTING EQUIP: • 1997 Case IH 2188 combine, 3392 eng. hrs, 2655 sep. hrs • 1997 24 1/2 ft 1015 Straight cut header • 1996 Prairie Star 9420 swather 2592 hrs • IHC 4000 Self propelled swather • 8-51 Buhler Farm King Auger, 16 hp Briggs engine • 1972 Ford F 700, 5 speed trans. 2 speed axle TILLAGE EQUIP: • Degelman ground drive rock picker • Wilrich Cultivator • IHC Cultivator • Case one way disc • Eze-on Tandem Disc • Harrow bar CATTLE EQUIP: • Panel gates • Bale rings • Water troughs • Shop tools and household items also available.

PLEASE VIEW WEBSITE www.lamportanddowler.com FOR PHOTOS AND LISTING

www.lamportanddowler.com John Lamport 204-476-2067 Tim Dowler 204-803-6915

AUCTION SALE

Sun., July 27 @ 11:00 am

Winnipeg, MB Location: 321 Forbes at the Corner of St Mary’s Road, Winnipeg, MB Auction Note: Viewing by Appt. (204) 880-3636 Tractor & Equip: Case 380 Ind Dsl Cab HL 3PH 540 hyd w/ Case FEL, 6822 hrs * 3PH 5’ Rotary Mower * Ford 917 3PH 6’ Rotary Mower * Allied 3PH 7’ Blade * McKee 6 1/2” 3PH Snowblower * Vehicles Modern & Vintage: 63 Volvo B18 Sports 2D 93,000 mi, Kept Inside, Gd Cond * 92 Dodge 2500 Ext Cab, Cummins dsl 5 spd STD, 180,000 Sft * 04 GMC Jimmy 4x4, Fully Loaded Leather, Sft * 03 Kia Rio RX-v 4D Hatchback, 71,000 km Sft * 97 Ford Taurus GL 40 168,000 km * 90 Ford F350 Frontend smashed, w 12’ B&H * Trailers: BH 16’ Tandem Flat Deck Trailer w/ Ramps * BH 12’ Trailer w/ Wood Box * Yard & Rec: EZ Go 4 Wheel Battery Golf Cart w/ Canopy * 2) JD 165 hyd R Mower * 5HP Rear Tine Tiller * Push Gas Mowers * Yard Trailer Sprayer * Gas Weed Eaters * Pedal Bikes * Camping Items * Eskimo Ice Auger * Tools: Miller Matic 35 Welder * 230 Amp Welder * 2) Air Comp * Accetylene Torches * Anvil * Radial Arm Saw * Table Saw * Husq Chain Saw * Power Hack Saw * Mitre Saw * Mag Drill Press * Bench Grinder * Power Tools *Dewalt Cordless Set * Air Tools * Battery Charger * Hand Tools * Socket Set upto 3/4” * Wrenches * Chisels * Punchs * Hammers * Tool Cabinets * Floor Jack * Hyd Jacks * Shop Supply * Storage & Misc: 2) Truck Frt Boxes 1) 18’ 1) 20’ * 53’ Shipping Container * Asphalt Gas Packer 30” * Asphalt Trailer * 6’ Bucket Hyd Pinch * Gas Water Pump * New 3500 lb Winch * 5HP B&S Engine * Generator * 2) 5th Wheel Hitch * Receiver Hitchs * Pintle Hitchs * Al Bldg Jack * Auto Parts* Tires 16” * Tow Straps * Chains * Load Binders * Construction Scaffolding * Al Ladders * Shelving * 10) Packages Laminate Flooring * Welding Material * Antiques: China Cabinet * Child Rocker * Balloon Tired Bike * Mantle Clock * Crock * Painted Medicine Cabinet * Saw * Household: Fridge * Stove * 32” Flat Screen * 5000 BTU Air Cond *

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

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#8750950. Good running machine.

Gehl. model 1475 round baler auto tie, makes 4 x 5 ‘ bales, gathering wheels etc.

C I soft core baler model 260 makes 4 x 5’ bales auto tie some new belts.

New Holland model 499 Mower conditioner.

New Holland model 273 square baler. Nice.

New Holland 1033 square bale stacker hauler 104 bales, in good condition, Serial #7717

See pictures and listing on www.billklassen.com

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

Auction Note: The Businesses Are Sold Contact: (204) 941-0754 Email: mcsherry@mts.net Tractors: 08 MF 7495 Dyna VT Cab MFWA 3PH 540/1000 Triple Hyd 3800 hrs * MF 8120 Cab Dyna Shift MFWA 3PH 540/1000 Triple Hyd w/ FEL & Graffle, 6319 hrs * Vers 835 4WD 3PH 1000 Triple Hyd 5748 Hrs * Steiger Cougar II 4WD Triple Hyd 4652 hrs * Ford 7740 Cab MFWA 3PH 540/1000 Triple Hyd w/ Allied 694 FEL * Dietz 7120 Cab MFWA 3PH 540/1000 PTO Triple Hyd * Dietz 7110 Cab MFWA 3PH 540/1000 dual Hyd * MF 230 Dsl HL 3PH 540 Hyd 5629 hrs * Ford 5000 3PH * MF 20c Ind dsl HL 3PH 540, 4394 Hrs * Ford 340 3PH * Haying & Livestock: 2012 Case 162 16’ Disc Bine w/ Rubber Crimper used 1000 Acres * 2011 New Direction Equipment 2804 2 Bale Vertical Cutter Mixer Feeder * Delmar 1620 Auto Rd Bale Wagon *Anderson Bale Wrapper * Scraper & Grain Equip: 12 Yard Hyd Scraper * Bush Hog 24’ Tandem Disc * Flexicoil 75 48’ Coil Packer * 70’ Diamond Harrows * Int 6200 24’ Press Drill & Carrier * JD 3200 6B Plow * Riteway 901 46’ Fertilizer Injector * Westward 3000 30’ PT Swather * Weed Badger Hyd Auto In-Row Weeder * Amazone Jet 1202-12 3PH Fertilizer Spreader * 3PH 60’ Sprayer * 6’ Swath Roller * Misc Equip: Schutz 10’ Rotary Mower * Buhler Farm King 3PH 60” Finishing Mower * Kodiak 3PH 60” Rotary Mower * 3PH 10’ 2 Blade Road Leveler * 12’ Land Roller * MF 3PH 7’ Box Scraper * Weidiler 3PH PTO 12’ Power Harrows * Sittler Composter Wind Row Tuner * Dietz Dsl 6” Water Pump Trailer * Leon 707 FEL * Case w/ Loader * 3PH System * Brush Bandit Gas 2 Cyl Chipper * Skidster, Forklift, Riding Mower: Thomas T133 dsl Skidster * 2) Thomas 250 Turbo Skidster 1) 2901 hrs 1) 3379 hrs * 96 Mustang 2060 62 HP Dsl Enclosed Cab Skidster * Clark C500-55 Cushion Tines Forklift * Clark C-80 8000 lb Hyd Side Shift 6 cyl Cont Forklift * 86 Clark TM 15 3000 lb, Hyd Side Shift, 6 Cyl Forklift * 89 Nissan N01 3000 lb Pneumatic Nissan H-20 Engine w/ Side Shift Forklift * 81 Hyster SS03 5000 lb 3 Stage Forklift * 86” Hyd Skidster Dozer * Bobcat 6’ Mower Graffle * 6’ Skidster Snowblade * Ford SL 5034 dsl All Terrian Forklift * Kubota F2400 4WD dsl Hyd w/ Front Mt 6’ Mower 2017 hrs * Semi & Trailers: 04 Int 9400 w/ Wet Kit * 89 Univision Flatdeck B Trains * Westank 5000 gal Tanker Semi Trailer * BH 20’ Flat Deck Triple Axle w/ Beaver * 2) Pintle H 24’ Plus Beaver Flat Deck Dually Tandem * Pintle H 20’ Plus Beaver Flat Deck Triple Axle * Pintle H 14’ Tilt Flat Deck Tandem * 4 Wheel 12’ Farm Wagon * Norbert Snowmobile Trailer * Misc: Skidoo 500cc * Quantity 4’to8’ Chain Link Fencing * 12) Pallets Patio Bricks * 2) Culverts * 2) 15000 BTU Ready Heaters * Baler Twine * Baler Belt * Oils * Hyd Controls, Pumps * 3PH Pintle Hitch * Implement Parts & Auto Tires * Sets Tractor Tires & Rims * Storage & Tools: 10’x20’ Party Tent * 10’x20’ Pop Up Tents Enclosed * 20’x40’ Wedding Party Tent * 20x30’ Storage Shelter * 30’x85’ Peak Ceiling Storage Bldg * 20’ Decorative Wrought Iron Driveway Gate * King New 10,000 Dsl Generator * New Tire Changer * 32 Drawer Tool Cabinet * 10’ Work Bench w/ Drawers * Concrete Vibrator *Water Pumps 3”, 6 ½” HP *

LOCATION AT THE FARM FROM BALMORAL 3 MILES WEST ON ROAD 85 NORTH THEN 1 NORTH AND ¾ WEST ON MILE 86 DRIVE WAY MARKER 2044E

See our website: www.billklassen.com or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Drive

Sat., August 16, 2014 Directions: Take Hwy #45 to Elphinstone. Drive north through town on #354 to second stop sign. Drive west 1 mile then 2 1/2 miles north. Sale site on west side.

Watch for signs.

SATURDAY, JULY 19 11 AM BALMORAL, MB

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

1-800-782-0794

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

at 10:00 AM Equipment to sell at 1:00 PM Elphinstone, Manitoba, Canada

1-800-782-0794 FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION FOR RICK BEAN

Former Owners of Lach Sod Farms & Rockwood Bison Ranch

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

Advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator Classifieds, it’s a Sure Thing!

ADVERTISING DOLLAR!

LARGE FARM AUCTION

for David & Diane Pinuta

A GAMBLE...

www.mcsherryauction.com

AUCTION SALE

Winnipegosis

IS ENOUGH OF

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 * 2000 FORD F450 7.3l Dsl 22 Passenger Shuttle Bus * 98 Ford F350 7.3 dsl Cube Van * Lowe Skidster 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.

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

Minitonas Durban

FARMING

Auction Note: Continuing Business 1st Time Reduction in Equipment & Stock Contact: (204) 781-1590

Birch River

Swan River

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

Lockport, MB Hwy # 44 & Henderson Hwy 2 Miles East on 44 then South 180 1XL Crescent - St Clements Industrial Park

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

AUCTION DISTRICTS

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

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 CAT D2 VERY NICE, $7,500; Cat D4, $7,500; Cat D35 gas, $7,500; IHC TD9 w/blade, $8,500; IHC TD6 w/blade, $7,500; JD 420 5 roller w/blade, $3,750; Case 750 w/loader, $3,500; Oliver OC3 w/loader, $3,950; JD 830 running, new drill, $7,250; JD 730, choice of 4, electric or pop start, $4,750; 1957 Mercedes Benz 6 cyl DSL dump truck, good shape, $5,750; Rugby truck 1920’s partial restoration, rebuilt eng, etc, $2,250. (204)746-2016 (204)746-5345, Morris.

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

27TH ANNUAL CONSIGNMENT AUCTION MONDAY, AUGUST 4 9 AM

3/4 MILE SOUTH OF JCT 3 AND 14 HWYS WINKLER/MORDEN, MB

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

• Yard opens Monday, July 28th, 8 am to 5 pm daily • Yard closes for receiving on Friday, August 1st at noon or sooner if full See pictures and listing on www.billklassen.com

See our website: www.billklassen.com or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS EVENING ESTATE AUCTION THURSDAY JULY 31st AT 5:30 PM Location: 218 Brandt St. Steinbach, Manitoba

Partial List:

HOUSEHOLD & ELECTRONICS

VEHICLES & BUILDINGS

• • • • •

• 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix, 188,000 kms, Safetied, 3800 engine • 30WX85LX15H Cover All Fabric Storage Building

TOOLS & GARDEN SUPPLIES • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Rolling Tool Cabinet Upper & Lower 198pc Tool Set Large 10 Ton Platform Scale New 3 PTH Wood Chipper PTO Drive New Tire Changing Machine New Flux Core Mig Welder (110V) New Leather Welding Gloves Paslode Continuous Duty Air Compressor New 100ft Ext Cords New 18” Chain Saws 50ft Air Hose Reel w/ Soft Rubber Hose 2 Ton Floor Jack Garden Hoses 12V Wet/Dry Auto Vac 27ft Ratchet Tie Downs Sears Portable Air Compressor Stihl Portable Pressure Washer PALLET LOTS OF TOOLS & MISC

32” Flat Screen TV ATV & Snowmobile Helmets Bicycle Helmets Sony Stereo Desktop Computer w/ Flat Screen Monitor & Windows 7 OS • Misc Housewares

FURNITURE & NEWER APPLIANCES • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Palliser Love Seat (like new) Microfiber Recliner Swivel Rocker Leather Couches Dining Room Table & 4 Chairs (like new) Small Patio Table w/ Chairs Computer Desk & Leather Office Chair Flat Screen TV Stand Cabinet Single Mattress & Boxspring (almost new) Queen Boxspring & Mattress Black Dresser w/ Mirror Fridge Stove Washer & Dryer Microwave

Full Listing At www.pennerauctions.com

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

Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Building Supplies

BUILDINGS

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

ESTATE FARM AUCTION

GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6th 5:00 PM

Location: From La Broquerie, MB 1 Mile North on 302, then 3 1/2 miles East on 36N and 1 1/4 miles North on Road 45E. Note: Partial List. See Our Website for Full Listing

TRUCKS • 2008 GMC Sierra 1500, 4.8L, Tow Package, 2WD, Long Box, 26,500km • 1984 Chevrolet Silverado 4X4 • 1991 Dodge Pickup, 318, Long Box • 1977 F-750 Ford, Tag axle, 22ft B&H • 1979 IHC 1824 Series w/ 16ft B&H

TRACTORS & DOZERS • 855 Versatile 4WD Tractor, 5411 hrs, Cummins Diesel, 250 HP • 1650 Cockshutt Diesel Tractor, 8958 hrs, Dual Hydraulics • 145 Versatile 4WD Tractor (not running) • 8N Ford Tractor, 3 PTH (engine seized) • 165 Massey Ferguson 3 PTH, 9260 hrs, Perkins Diesel • 1950 D6 Caterpillar Dozer, Canopy, 10ft Blade • 1951 D6 Caterpillar Dozer, Canopy, 12ft Blade • 1938 D6 Caterpillar Crawler • 760 Massey Ferguson Combine, 354 Perkins Diesel

POST FRAME BUILDINGS

EQUIPMENT • 530 John Deere Round Baler, 5X6 Bales (shedded) • 16ft New Holland 116 Hydra-Swing Haybine, 5 Bat Reel (field ready) • Walinga Agri-Vac Grain Vac (shedded) • New Holland Flail Type Discharge Manure Spreader • 606-41 Westfield Auger, Electric Motor • Grain Chief 300 Series Grain Dryer • 4 Row 3 PTH Row Crop Cultivator • John Deere 26ft Field Cultivator • 56 New Holland Side Delivery Rakes • 24ft Allis Chalmers 3300 Discer • 15in Gehl Hammer Mill w/ Transport & Dust Collector • 5ft Wood 3PTH Brush Mower • Charlynn Hydraulic PTO Pumps • 3PTH Boom Crane • 18ft IHC #45 Vibra Shank Cultivator • 24ft Wilrich Deep Tiller • 18ft Melroe Chiesel Plow w/ Hydraulic Cylinder • 35ft John Deere 1000 Cultivator

AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks

BILL & ADELINE MADUCK AUCTION Sun., July 27th, 2014 11:00am Directions: 1 NORTH, 1/2 WEST ON PARKERVIEW GRID OFF HWY #52 ITUNA SK (PARKERVIEW AREA) CONTACT: (306)795-2779 or (306)782-1800. MACHINERY– TRACTORS: 1979 Ford 8700 DSL Tractor cab, air, dual hyd, PTO, dual power, 7,700-hrs, one owner, 20.8x38, excellent; 1979 Ford 7700 DSL cab, air, 3-PTH, 5,400-hrs, w/Leons 707 Loader, excellent; Romanian 656 DSL 65-HP; HAYING & CATTLE: New Idea 486 Round Baler– real nice; IHC S D Rake; MF 7-ft. trailer mower; 8 bale pipe wagon; bale feeders; steel gates; head gate; SWATHER: Vers 400 15-ft. SP Swather, real nice; STONE PICKER: Degelman stone picker; YARD & RECREATION: JD 125 Riding Lawn Mower 42-in, 2 yrs old, like new; Farm King 84-in. 3-PTH snow blower, like new; 2001 Artic Cat 400 4x4 Quad, nice; Yard sprayer, like new; BINS: 7, 1650 Weststeel Rosco bins on floors; 1, 1950 Weststeel Rosco bin on floor; MEAT HOUSE: 12x16 meat house cooler w/rail, new roof, painted, real clean. Plus butcher shop equip sold separate. Plus misc machinery, shop, household. NOTE: Bill & Adeline are moving.

Equipment is shedded & definitely above average condition. Online Bidding 1:00pm. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for complete pictures & listing.

Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851.

1-1956 CHEVROLET MODEL 1433, 1-tonne truck or parts. Phone (204)227-7333.

AUTO & TRANSPORT

1982 R600 MACK TANDEM Grain truck, 19-ft box, 8 1/2-ft wide, 60-in deep, w/roll tarp. $16,500.

Phone:(204)871-0925.

WANTED TO BUY: MACK Superliner truck, 19861989, w/CAT engine only. Call Cell: (204)798-8746 or Home:(204)800-1527. Leave message.

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

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

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS

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.

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows

Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan, NW Ontario & Alberta....Since 1937 • Quality Commercial/Agricultural/Residential Overhead Doors & Operators.

• Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available.

• Non-Insulated and Insulated Sectional Doors Available.

• Liftmaster Heavy Duty Operators.

• Mullion Slide Away Centre Posts.

• Commercial/Agricultural Steel Man Doors and Frames.

• Your washbay door specialists. • Quality Installation & Service.

• 24 Hour Service. • Replacement Springs & Cables.

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

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.

BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS We also specialize in: Crop Insurance appeals; Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equipment malfunction; Yield comparisons, Plus Private Investigations of any nature. With our assistance the majority of our clients have received compensation previously denied. Back-Track Investigations investigates, documents your loss and assists in settling your claim.

Licensed Agrologist on Staff.

For more information Please call 1-866-882-4779

CONTRACTING CONTRACTING Custom Work

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.

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

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins BIG BINS & FLOORS at old prices, 20,000-56,000bu. bins holding prices until spring. NEW MOISTURE CABLES! Call Wall Grain for details (204)269-7616 or (306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662.

CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks.

Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmover50@gmail.com GRAIN BINS WANTED: 1000 or 2000-bushel hopper bottom bin. Also Wanted: 1680 Case combine for parts. Phone (204)636-2637.

Prairie-Wide Display Classifieds

MORE OPTIONS TO SAVE YOU MONEY

Buy one province, buy two provinces or buy all three.

Great rates whatever you choose

AUTO & TRANSPORT Autos 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.

BUSINESS SERVICES

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.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto & Truck Parts GREAT PRICES ON NEW, used & remanufactured engines, parts & accessories for diesel pickups.

Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call or check us out at www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca Thickett Engine Rebuilding.

Ph (204)532-2187, Russell MB.

Make it better

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD.

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 Elevators

Contact Sharon

Email: sharon.komoski@fbcpublishing.com ALBERTA

SASKATCHEWAN

MURPHY SALVAGE New & used parts for tractors, combines, swathers, square & round balers, tillage, press drills & other misc machinery. MURPHY SALVAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free 1-877-858-2728.

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

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

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

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

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

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

Jan Ward

P. 204-478-8291 F. 204-284-8284 jward@mcmunnandyates.com

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

Website: www.postframebuilding.com

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

Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

Ron Cook

P. 204-638-5303 C. 204-572-5821 F. 204-622-7053 rcook@mcmunnandyates.com

www.mcmunnandyates.com

Multi-coloured millends.........49¢/ft.2

218 Brandt Street Steinbach, MB Ph: 204.326.3061 Fax: 204.326.3061

CALL TOLL FREE 1-855-962-6866

McMunn & Yates post frame building systems are the ultimate in post frame construction for the agricultural, commercial and industrial markets.

McMunn & Yates post frame buildings are economocial, functional and attractive. Our attention to detail ensure that you receive a high quality building that will last and perform for many years.

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

PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

LEE & LINDA ABDAI Auction Sat., July 26th, 2014 10:00am Directions: 10 NORTH OF ESTERHAZY ON #637 OR 10-mi South of Bredenbury on #637 CONTACT: (306)745-2087. TRACTORS: CASE 1070 Tractor cab, air, dual hyd, p shift; BACKHOE: Case 580D Backhoe cab, shuttle shift, extend a hoe, 4,000-hrs, real good; Uni- Loader skidsteer; TRUCK: 1974 GMC 6500 3-Ton Truck 5x2 V8, 16ft. box & hoist; SWATHER: IHC 16-ft. #210 SP Swather; AIR SEEDER: Leons 30-ft. cult w/harrows, air package, & Morris 600 tank; CATTLE EQUIPMENT: Vermeer 605 C Baler; NH 357 Mix Mill (one owner, shedded, nice); Trailer mount post pounder; 8x24 3 axle flat deck trailer; Plus corral panels, troughs, bale feeders, headgate, furrowin stall; RECREATION & YARD: JD LA 165 24-HP Riding Lawn Mower hydro, 48-in.; 14-ft. aluminum boat, trailer, 6-HP Evenrude motor; 16-ft. Thundercraft Tri Hall boat 85-HP Mercury motor & trailer; 16-in. roping saddle; 16-in. riding saddle; MISC EQUIPMENT: Westward 7000 30-ft. SP Swather, DSL (306)745-3774; White 24-ft. Tandem Disc (306)745-3774; Degelman stone picker; 7x41 auger ES engine; Swather transport; 1,300-gal water tank; 4 roller grain cleaner; Robin FEL; Trailer mount PTO Drive wood saw; Homemade tree planter; new & used tin. Plus machine shop- 2 lathes, drilling machine, 50-Ton press, arbour press, coats tire changer, plus more shop items!! NOTE: Lee due to health reasons is selling & moving. backhoe looks good. machine shop has real good equipment & tools. this is an excellent opportunity to update your shop. online bidding 1:00pm. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for complete pictures & listing.

Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851.

BUILT TO LAST

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

Full Listing At www.pennerauctions.com

Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

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

FARM MACHINERY Grain Vacuums CURT’S GRAIN VAC SERVICES, parts & repair for all makes & models. Craik SK, (306)734-2228.

FYFE PARTS

1-800-667-9871 • Regina 1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon 1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg 1-800-222-6594 • Edmonton “For All Your Farm Parts”

www.fyfeparts.com NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443 Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca FARM MACHINERY Salvage 1978 MF 760 COMBINE for parts. Many new parts. $2300 OBO. Phone (204)770-0040.

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.

1998 JD 9610 COMBINE, 2,360-hrs; 1998 JD 925, 25-ft flex header. Phone Days: (204)764-2544, Evenings/Weekends:(204)764-2035.

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.

5-WHEEL HAY RAKE; BEHLEN 3750-bu bin; 1500-gal., liquid fert bandwagon w/23x26 flotation tires, Honda fill pump, John Blue ground drive metering pump, tow-between, shedded.

(204)386-2412.

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.

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.

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: JD 7700 dsl; Co-op & White MF dsl; Versa & Co-op swather; 30-ft IH; discer co-op; JD & Nelroe plow; Moline G 1000 tractor; Case 1030 tractor; Staman sprayer, and much more! Also, pasture & hayland for rent. Phone:(204)268-1888.

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.

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AgIron

West Fargo

Red River Valley Fairgrounds, 1805 West Main Ave, West Fargo, ND. I-94 & Exit 343.

Enter Fairground from the East at Grand Stand Avenue.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2014 • 9AM

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Auctioneers will run multiple rings with live online bidding. There will be no loading assistance until 2:00PM on sale day. Cars and pickups may enter grounds at 12:00 Noon for self-loading. Registration, terms, and details at SteffesGroup.com. Equipment removal by Friday, August 1, unless other arrangements are made. Hauling and loading are available. Contact auctioneers for owner information, new consignments, or changes at 701.237.9173 or 800.726.8609.

TRACK TRACTORS

Details at SteffesGroup.com

2012 JD 9560RT, deluxe cab, JDLink, powershift, 4 hyd., 36” Camoplast tracks, 482 hrs., PowerGard warranty until 6/23/15, S/NRW9560RHCP901468 2012 JD 9560RT, deluxe cab, leather trim, JDLink, powershift, 4 hyd., Durabilt 3500 30” tracks, 510 hrs., ext. warranty to 7/17/15, S/N901406 2012 JD 9510RT, deluxe cab, buddy seat, powershift, 4 hyd., 36” tracks, 502 hrs., S/N1RW9510RTCP901672 2013 JD 8360RT, IVT, premium cab, JDLink, 4 hyd., Durabilt 3500 16” tracks, 386 hrs., warranty until 11/22/14, ext. warranty until 11/22/15, S/N909033 2012 JD 8335RT, IVT, premium cab, JDLink, 5 hyd., Durabilt 5500 16” tracks, wide stance 72”-120”, 607 hrs., warranty until 9/7/14, S/N907974 2010 Caterpillar Challenger MT865C, powershift, 5 hyd., 30” tracks, 1,798 hrs., S/NAGCC865JNVKG1048 1994 Caterpillar 75C, 10 spd. powershift, 4 hyd., Durabilt 3500 30” tracks at 50%, S/N4KK00611 1990 Caterpillar 65, 4 hyd., 24” tracks at approx. 20%, 6,746 hrs.,

4WD TRACTORS

2013 JD 9410R, premium cab, JDLink, 18 spd. powershift, 5 hyd., 845 hrs., warranty until 2/9/15, ext. warranty to 2/9/16, S/N006962 2011 JD 9630, deluxe cab, powershift, 5 hyd., 781 hrs., PowerGard engine and power train until Oct. 4, 2014, S/N1RW9630PHBP025056 2011 Case-IH Steiger 385, deluxe cab, 16 spd. powershift, 5 hyd., 968 hrs., S/NZBF1213243 2002 NH TJ375, 24 spd., 5 hyd., high iron & positive coolant, shows 4,971 hrs., S/NRVS001180 1998 NH TV140 bi-directional, hydro, front & rear PTO, front & rear hyd., loader w/grapple, shows 3,725 hrs. but hrs. & S/N unknown 1998 Ford NH TV140, hydro, 3 hyd., 3 pt., NH 7614 selfleveling loader, shows 2,615 hrs., S/ND203289 1997 JD 9300, deluxe seat, 24 spd., 4 hyd., shows 4,633 hrs., S/NRW9300H001772 1997 JD 9200, 24 spd., 4 hyd., shows 8,418 hrs., S/NRW9200H001642 1996 Case-IH 9370, 12 spd. powershift, 4 hyd., 4,652 actual hrs.

1994 Ford NH Versatile 9680, 855 Cummins, 350 hp., 12 spd., 4 hyd., shows 5,978 hrs., center pins replace in 2011, S/N0102924 1992 JD 8760, 24 spd., 3 hyd., diff lock, shows 6,873 hrs., S/NRW8760H004742 1988 JD 8650, quad range, 3 hyd., shows 9,699 hrs., New A/C compressor & starter, S/NH009012 JD 8640, PTO, shows 3,820 hrs., engine replaced in 1994 1982 Versatile 875, 12 spd., 4 hyd., S/N150640 Versatile 800, converted to hydro, used for pull tractor 1979 Case 4690, 12 spd. powershift, 3 hyd., rear hyd. pump needs repair, shows 6,831 hrs., S/N 881728 1976 Case 2470, powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., no PTO, shows 6,358 hrs.

MFWD TRACTORS

2011 JD 8360R, MFWD, IVT, ILS, premium cab, JDLink, 5 hyd., 696 hrs., S/N046384 2012 JD 8335R, MFWD, IVT, ILS, premium cab, JDLink, 5 hyd., 811 hrs., ext. warranty until 10/01/16, S/N062677 2013 JD 8310R, MFWD, IVT, ILS, deluxe cab, integrated auto steer, 5 hyd., 684 hrs., S/N1RW8310PDD069305 2011 JD 8310R, MFWD, deluxe cab, IVT, ILS, 4 hyd., shows 1,276 hrs., S/N1RW8310RHBD047165 2012 JD 8285R, MFWD, IVT, ILS, premium cab, JDLink, 5 hyd., 479 hrs., warranty until 9/21/14, S/N063200 2011 JD 8285R, MFWD, powershift, deluxe cab, JDLink, 4 hyd., 1,600 hrs., ext. warranty until 8/9/16, S/N044590

2013 JD 8235R, MFWD, IVT, ILS, premium cab, JDLink, 5 hyd., 777 hrs., warranty until 9/20/14, S/N062540 2014 JD 7230R, MFWD, premium cab, JDLink, auto quad 20/20, 4 hyd., 84 hrs., warranty until 11/8/15, S/N015039 2014 JD 7215R, MFWD, premium cab, JDLink, auto quad 20/20, 4 hyd., 48 hrs., warranty until 11/8/15, S/N015075 2014 JD 7200R, MFWD, premium cab, JDLink, auto quad 20/20, 4 hyd., 112 hrs., warranty until 11/8/15, S/N015037 2013 JD 7140R, MFWD, premium cab, auto quad 20/20 40K, 4 hyd., JD H360 self-leveling loader, 183 hrs., warranty until 7/3/15, S/N008722 2014 JD 6170R, MFWD, premium cab, JDLink, auto quad 20/20, 4 hyd., JD H360 self-leveling loader, 93 hrs., warranty until 10/26/15, S/N010138 2013 JD 6150R, MFWD, premium cab, JDLink, auto quad 20/20 40K, 4 hyd., JD H360 selfleveling loader, 191 hrs., warranty until 7/3/15, S/N008660 2004 JD 8320, MFWD, deluxe cab, buddy seat, powershift, 3 hyd., 3,164 hrs., S/NRW8320P021675 1999 JD 8200, MFWD, deluxe cab, buddy seat, 4 hyd., 3 pt., 7,400 hrs., S/NRW8200T026855 2002 JD 8120, MFWD, deluxe cab, active seat, powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., shows 5,937 hrs., S/NRW8120P003812 1996 JD 8100, MFWD, powershift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., shows 10,460 hrs., S/NRW8100P01288 1994 JD 7800, MFWD, deluxe cab, 16 spd. power quad, 3 hyd., 3 pt., shows 11,081 hrs., S/NRW7800H009949 2004 JD 6420, MFWD, 16 spd. quad range, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO 2012 JD 6210, MFWD, deluxe cab, IVT, integrated auto steer, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 350 hrs., S/N1RW6210RECD002708 2013 JD 4720, MFWD, deluxe cab, radio, HST 25 spd., 1 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, warranty until 7/11/16, S/N947035 2011 Case-IH Steiger Puma 165C, MFWD, 4 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, 460 hrs., S/NZA13H10135 2006 Case-IH MX230, MFWD, 5 hyd., 3 pt., 3 PTOs, 3,500 hrs., S/NJAZ133266 2006 Agco GT45, MFWD, CAH, 46 hp., 16F/8R, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 1,167 hrs., S/NGT454WDATN060095 2012 JD 1026R, MFWD, 25 hp. diesel, hydro, New drive-over 60” mower, front-mount 54” quick hitch snowblower, hyd. controls 2008 Kubota M135X, MFWD, CAH, 8 spd. powershift w/Hi-Low, LH reverser, 2 hyd., 3 pt., Kubota LA2253 quick tach loader, 7’ quick tach bucket, joystick, 1,840 hrs., loader S/NA0160, tractor, S/N50133 2003 NH TG285, MFWD, powershift, 5 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, shows 5,393 hrs., S/NJAW127086 Ford NH 455D landscape tractor, MFWD, EROPS, 3 pt., 5,058 hrs., New paint Gannon box, 6-way rear, w/scarifiers, for Ford 455D Quick attach plate bucket w/rippers, for Ford 455D

2WD TRACTORS

1981 JD 4440, quad range, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, JD 148’ loader, 8’ bucket, shows 11,121 hrs., single owner 1977 JD 4430, quad range, 2 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, 9,629 hrs.

1976 JD 4430, quad range, 3 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 540/1000 PTO, shows 13,540 hrs., S/N048466 JD 4430, CAH, quad range, 3 hyd., 3 pt., JD 158 loader 1965 JD 4020, diesel, 8 spd., 2 hyd., PTO, shows 6,051 hrs., cracked block, S/NT213R102190R JD 2755, CAH, diesel, 8 spd. syncro, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 4,180 hrs., S/N02755G744346 1981 IHC 1586, 3 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, recent cab kit, paint & A/C 1974 AC 7050, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, shows 4,521 hrs.

AC 190, wide front, open station, diesel, hyd., 3 pt., PTO

Farmall 826, cab, 2 hyd., 540/1000 PTO IHC 706, wide front, open station, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 6,800 hrs., some engine work done IHC 706, no cab, wide front, diesel, 2 hyd., Farmhand hyd. loader, 7’ bucket IHC 184 Lowboy, 60” deck, 3 pt., S/N2000115U044262

COMBINES

2012 JD S680, STS, ContourMaster, premium cab, deluxe controls, PRWD, high cap.

26’ unloading auger, 654 sep. hrs., 972 engine hrs., extended warranty until 9/2/15 or 1,000 hrs., S/N1H0S680SCC0747344 2012 JD S680, STS, premium cab, Contour-Master, Pro drive, PRWD, 669 sep. hrs., 1,054 engine hrs., ext. warranty to 9/25/15, S/N745615 2009 JD 9870, STS, ContourMaster, premium cab, deluxe controls, PRWD, high cap. unloading auger, 1,027 sep. hrs., 1,456 engine hrs., S/N1H09870S730672 2006 JD 9860, STS, ContourMaster, PRWD, deluxe controls, Bullet rotor, Y&M, high cap. unloading, 1,811 sep. hrs., 3,008 engine hrs., S/NH09860S715941 2006 JD 9860, STS, ContourMaster, Bullet rotor, deluxe controls, Y&M, HID lights, high cap. unloading auger, 2,152 sep. hrs., 3,061 engine hrs., S/NH09860S716158 2010 JD 9770, STS, ContourMaster, Pro drive, PRWD, integrated auto steer, Y&M, high cap. 22-1/2’ unloading auger,1,668 sep. hrs., 2,304 engine hrs., S/N1H09770STA0738499 2009 JD 9770, STS, ContourMaster, premium cab, deluxe controls, PRWD, integrated auto steer, Y&M, high cap. unloading auger, 1,165 sep. hrs., 1,647 engine hrs., S/NH09770S730885 2009 JD 9770, STS, Contour-Master, deluxe controls, PRWD, integrated auto steer, Y&M, 5 spd. feeder house, high cap. 26’ unloading auger, 1,384 sep. hrs., 1,797 engine hrs., S/NH09770731916 2001 JD 9750, STS, deluxe controls, JD auto steer, Y&M, long auger, MAV straw chopper, 2,230 sep. hrs., 2,966 engine hrs., S/N691165 2001 JD 9750, STS, deluxe controls, Y&M, long auger, 2,812 sep. hrs., 4,044 engine hrs., S/N691288 2003 JD 9650, Walker, deluxe controls, PRWD, 20’ unloading auger, 2,665 sep. hrs., 3,673 engine hrs., S/N700393 2002 JD 9650, STS, fore/aft, GreenStar ready, long auger, 2,204 sep. hrs., 2,888 engine hrs., S/NH09650S696898 1998 JD 9610, Contour-Master, DHH, DAS, fore/aft, chaff spreader, Y&M, long auger, 2,820 sep. hrs., 3,960 engine hrs., S/NH09610X678418 1997 JD 9600, DHH, DAS, fore/ aft, factory PRWD, 3,310 sep. hrs., 4,626 engine hrs., S/NH09600X673281 1997 JD 9600, DHH, DAS, fore/ aft, GreenStar Y&M, no display, long auger, 3,507 sep. hrs., 4,970 engine hrs., S/NH09600X672022 1991 JD 9600, chaff spreader, 1,006 sep. hrs, 3,807 engine hrs., S/N640801 1990 JD 9600, DHH, DAS, fore/aft, long auger, 3,194 sep. hrs., 4,799 engine hrs., S/NH9600X635374 1990 JD 9600, DHH, DAS, fore/aft, long auger, 4,738 sep. hrs., 6,778 engine hrs., S/NH09600X636564 1998 JD 9510, deluxe controls, Ag Leader Yield w/Nav II and Ag Leader Insight, long auger, 2,264 sep. hrs., 3,166 engine hrs., JD Harvester Works combine, many 9550 controls, parts, shielding on combine for testing, S/N shows 9510, all working operations of combine JD 9550, S/N676831 1981 JD 8820, air foil sieve, 6,051 engine hrs.

1986 JD 7720, diesel, DAM, Ag Leader grain monitor, 3,680 hrs., S/N600873 1981 JD 7720, A/C, DAM, chaff spreader, S/N461788

1979 JD 7720, 2 spd. cyl., bean slow down kit 1975 JD 7700, diesel, posi torque drive, 8,230 hrs., S/N166029 JD 7700, turbo diesel, posi torque, 4,825 hrs.

1997 Case-IH 2188, axial flow, AFX rotor, 2,774 sep. hrs., 3,464 engine hrs., S/NJJC0195737 Case-IH 1680, straw chopper, S/NJJC0048931X 1994 Gleaner R72, 330 hp. Deutz, hydro, deluxe controls, grain loss monitor, shows 2,519 sep. hrs., 3,700 engine hrs., S/NR7240922 1993 Gleaner R62, Deutz aircooled engine, 325 hp., heavy feeder drives, 3,484 sep. hrs., 4,802 engine hrs., 2 yrs. on elevator chains AC Gleaner L2, 6 cyl., gear drive, Windrow Plus, with LM 13’ pickup head w/Sund pickup, S/NLW19026

PICKUP HEADS

2013 JD 615P pickup head, 15’ belt pickup 2010 JD 615P pickup head, 15-belt, single pt. hookup, wind guard, S/N1H00615PCA0735654 JD 914 pickup head, JD 7-belt pickup, S/NH00914W675213 JD 214 pickup head, 7-belt pickup JD 212 pickup head, 5-belt pickup, S/N541072 (2) JD 212 pickup head, 6-belt pickup, S/N372599H, S/N372354H JD 212 pickup head, Melroe hyd. drive pickup JD pickup head, 5-belt pickup (2) JD 100 pickup head, JD 5-belt pickup Westward 914 pickup with 397 Westward 8-belt pickup (2) Case-IH 1015 pickup head IHC 810 pickup head, Case-IH 5-belt pickup, S/N33427

DRAPER HEADS

2011 MacDon FD70 flex draper head, 45’, dual sickle drive 2010 MacDon D60 draper head, 35’, steel drum fingers, S/N169548 2009 MacDon flex draper, 40’, hyd. fore/aft, S/N193854

FLEX HEADS

(2) 2009 JD 635 flex head 2008 JD 635 flex head, 35’, S/N725364 2011 JD 635 flex head, S/NCACC755125 2010 JD 635 flex head, S/N1H00635FKA0737436 (4) 2009 JD 635 flex heads (4) 2008 JD 635 flex heads (2) 2007 JD 635 flex heads, 35’, S/N721141, S/NH00635F721203 (2) 2005 JD 635 flex heads, S/NH00635F711141, S/N711863 2004 JD 635 flex head, S/N706338 2008 JD 630 flex head, S/NH00630F725183 2007 JD 630 flex head, S/N721310 (2) 2005 JD 630 flex heads, S/NH00630F712273, S/NH00630F711084 (3) 2004 JD 630 flex heads 2002 JD 930, Contour-Master, S/NH00930F697499 2002 JD 930 flex head, S/N697280 2001 JD 930 flex head, S/N692883 1998 JD 930 flex head, 30’, S/N671651 1997 JD 930 flex head, S/N671354 (6) JD 930 flex heads 2002 JD 925 flex head, S/NH000925F696679 2001 JD 925 flex head, S/NH00925F696001 1990 JD 925 flex head, 25’, S/NH00925F635687 JD 925 flex head, fore/aft 1992 JD 925 flex head, fore/aft, steel snouts, stubble lights, finger reel, S/N656094 1999 JD 920 flex head, poly, SS decking, stubble lights, S/NH00920F681158 2000 NH 73C flex head, fore/aft, lateral tilt, 3” cut, Crary air reel, S/N663812 2000 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 25’, poly skids, finger reel, S/NJJC0316617 1997 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 30’, poly, EasyCut sickle, set up for Field Tracker, S/NJJC0223603

w/hyd. drive, light kit, S/NB22-190-100 Brent 880 grain cart, 20” auger, roll tarp, 1000 PTO, 30.5-32 tires, S/NB21140116 Unverferth 5000 grain cart, corner auger, SRT II roll tarp, 24.5-32 tires Unverferth 4500 grain cart, 450 bu., 1000 PTO, 20.8-38 tires Brent 620 grain cart, 14” side auger, 1000 PTO, 24.5-32 tires, CHOPPING CORN always stored inside HEADS 1998 J&M 525 grain cart, corner 2013 JD 618C chopping corn unload, 1000 PTO, roll tarp, head, 18x22”, S/N1H00618 23.1-34 tires, S/N4849 2012 JD 618C chopping corn 1993 Killbros 1200 grain cart, head, 18x22”, S/N745348 650 bu., tarp, modified for easy 2012 JD 612C chopping corn cleanout head, 12x22”, S/N746049 Parker 310 gravity box, 24’ 2011 JD 612C chopping corn head, ext., center divider, tarp, 13 ton 12x20”, S/N1H0612CCJB0740397 running gear 2010 JD 612C chopping corn head, PKH 400 grain cart, hyd., tarp 12x30”, S/N1H0612CCLA0735608 (2) 2009 JD 612C chopping corn HEADER TRAILERS head, 12x22”, (2) 2014 Stomper King tandem S/NH0612CC730354, S/N730107 axle header trailers, 36’, torsion 2009 JD 612C chopping corn head, axles, light pkg., New 12x30”, S/NH0612CC730223 Wemco tandem axle header 2012 JD 608C chopping corn trailer, 42’, torsion axles, rear head, 8x30”, brakes, New S/N1H00608CKB0745201 Wemco tandem axle header 2011 Capella chopping corn trailer, 38’, rear brakes, New head, 18x22”, S/N8319 (5) Wemco tandem axle header 2008 Case-IH 2612 chopping corn trailers, 36’, New head, 12x30”, S/N686506006 (2) Wemco tandem axle header 2009 Drago chopping corn head, trailers, 32’, rear brakes, New 12x22”, S/N25639 Wemco header trailer, 30’, 2008 Geringhoff RD chopping 6-wheel, corn head, 6x30”, S/N90047630 S/N80206282 2008 Geringhoff RD chopping DMC double pickup header corn head, 18x22” trailer 2005 Geringhoff RD chopping Elmers single pole header corn head, 8x30”, trailer, 30’ S/N91485830/B (2) EZ Trail header trailers, 4-wheel STANDARD CORN Hart single pole header trailer, 30’ HEADS Johnson single pole header 2008 Case-IH 2208 corn head, trailer, 30’ 8x22”, S/NCBJ038503 2009 JD 612C corn head, 12x22” Johnson header trailer, 30’, 2-wheel, w/brackets , S/NH0612CX730105 Klugman header trailer, corn (2) 2004 JD 1293 corn head, head brackets, 2 yrs. old S/NH01293X70564 1998 JD 1291 corn head, 12x22”, Klugman header trailer, 2-wheel Matson single pole header S/NH01291X680702 1997 JD 1291 corn head, 12x22”, trailer, 30’ Shop-built header trailer, 25’, S/NH01291X670729 2005 JD 1290 corn head, 12x20”, 2-wheel SSR Pump header trailer S/NH01290X670692 1993 V Trailer single pole 2008 JD 893 corn head, 8x30”, header trailer, 25’ S/N721574 2004 JD Clark conv. corn head, Elmers single pole header trailer, 30’, with light pkg.

12x22” Single pole single axle header 2003 Clark corn head, 12x22”, trailer S/N0906021222 Header trailer, 30’, 4-wheel JD Clark conv. corn head, Single pole header trailer, 25’ 10x22”, S/N625771 1820 corn head on Clark frame, 30’ (2) Header trailers, 35’, New (2) Header trailers, 30’, New JD corn head, 8x22”

1987 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 25’, fore/aft, finger reel, 3” sickle, 2007 Crary air reel, S/N003064 (2) Case-IH 1020 flex head, 30’, 25’ IHC 1020 flex head, 25’, fore/aft, finger reel, poly (2) MF 1859 flex heads, 20’, UII aluminum reel MF 1859 flex head, 20’, standard reel

VERTICAL TILLAGE JD corn head, 12x22” 1996 JD 693 corn head, 6x30”, 2013 Great Plains Turbo Max S/N665749 3000TM, 30’, 7-1/2” spacing, used JD corn head, 12x22” on 500 acres, S/NGP-C2469H JD 444 corn head, high tin 2007 Great Plains TurboTill Case-IH 983 corn head, 4000TT, 40’, rolling harrows, converted to 1083 S/N2399 IHC 883 corn head, 8x22” FIELD CULTIVATORS IHC corn head, 8x22” 1994 Agco Gleaner hugger corn 2012 JD 2210 field cultivator, 55, 6” space, 7” JD knock-on head, 8x30”, S/N83017277 sweeps, walking tandems MF 63 corn head, 6x30” across, single pt. depth, rear MF corn head, 8x22” hitch, 4-bar harrow, RIGID HEADS S/N1N02210XPC0746123 (2) JD 925 rigid heads, bat reel, 2010 JD 2210 field cultivator, pro plates, S/N646226, tandems across, AccuDepth, S/N646240 4-bar harrow JD 230 rigid head, 30’, bat reel, 2003 JD 2200 field cultivator, S/N616871 54’, 12” space, 7” sweeps, full JD 230 rigid head, 30’, bat reel floating hitch, tandems across, (2) MF 1859 rigid heads, 20’, bat reels AccuDepth, 3-bar harrow, MF rigid head, 20 S/NN02200X001196 2003 JD 2200 field cultivator, ALL CROP, 64-1/2’, full floating hitch, SUNFLOWER, & AccuDepth, walking tandems BEAN HEADS across, 7” sweeps, 3-bar harrow JD 853A all crop head, 8x30” 1995 JD 1050 field cultivator, JD 853A all crop head, 8x30” 54’, tandems across, single pt.

JD 653 all crop head, converted depth, 7” sweeps, 4-bar harrow, to 8x22” S/NX466759 JD 454A all crop head, 38” rows 1996 JD 985 field cultivator, 54’, JD 100 Series head, 22’, SSR 12” walking tandems across, single sunflower pans & reel pt. depth, 7” sweeps, 6” space, JD 853 all crop head, 8x30” rear hitch, 3-bar harrow, JD 222 head with sunflower pans S/NN00985X000459 JD 100 Series head, 20’ w/Sund JD 985 field cultivator, 60’, pickup, perforated floor tandems across, single pt. depth, JD 924 pickup head, Sund pickups, wing stabilizer wheels, 6” space, bean roller, screen bottom 3-bar harrow, GRAIN CARTS & S/NN00985X000390 GRAVITY BOXES JD 980 field cultivator, 41-1/2’, single pt. depth, walking tandems, Unverferth 8250 grain cart, corner auger, 30.5L-32 diamond 3-bar harrow tires, PTO

TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed. ND Sales Tax laws apply. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facilitate border transfer.

Auctioneers & Clerk: Steffes Group, Inc., 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078 Scott Steffes ND81, Brad Olstad ND319, Bob Steffes ND82, Max Steffes ND999, Ashley Huhn ND843, Eric Gabrielson ND890, Randy Kath ND894 | 701.237.9173 | 800.726.8609 | SteffesGroup.com

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AgIron

West Fargo WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2014 • 9AM

JD 960 field cultivator, 40’ JD 960 field cultivator, 40’, tandems across, single pt. depth, 3-bar harrow JD 960 field cultivator, 44’, Herman 3-bar harrow Morris L225 field cultivator, 25’, Gandy 6212 applicator, 3-bar harrow 1999 Wil-Rich 3400 field cultivator, 44’, 7” space, 7” sweeps, tandems across, 4-bar harrow, S/N341572 Wil-Rich field cultivator, 38’, tandems across, 3-bar harrow S-tine cultivator, 7’, 3 pt. w/shop-built harrow

RIPPERS, COULTER CHISELS, MULCH FINISHERS

2004 JD 2700 ripper, 18’, 9 shank, 14.5L tires, S/N2700X001274 2001 JD 2700 disc ripper, 9 shank, hyd. disc levelers, walking tandems, single pt. depth, S/NN02700X000246 1995 JD 726 mulch finisher, 36/39’, tandems, single pt. depth, 5-bar harrow, S/NN00726X000356 JD 712 disc chisel, 13 shank, New Summers harrow JD 712 disc chisel, no discs 2009 JD 512 ripper, 22-1/2’, 9 shank, wing gauge wheels, walking tandems across, single pt. depth control 2011 Summers disc chisel, 28’, single pt. depth, tandems across, 4-bar Summers 104 heavy duty harrow, less than 1,700 acres 1997 Sunflower 4410 disc ripper, 9 shank, front & rear disc gang, walking tandems, S/N4496902 Case-IH ET730 disc ripper, 9 shank, disc levelers, 12” sweep, S/NJFH0025364 2003 Case-IH 9300 Ecolotiger disc ripper, 9 shank, disc levelers, S/NJFH0017312 Case-IH 9300 disc ripper, 9 shank, lead shank, hyd. fold, disc levelers, light pkg., New 7” & 5” points 2003 Case-IH 730B ripper, 18’, 9 shank, 14.5L tires, S/NJFH0012783 Case-IH 730B disc ripper, 9 shank, disc levelers, S/N1FH0007829 Case-IH 930 disc ripper, 9 shank, hyd. fold, disc levelers, S/NJFH0017320 DMI Ecolotiger, 9 shank, wing fold, disc levelers, S/NJFH0002495 Brillion ripper, 4 shank, spring reset, gauge wheels Landoll Soilmaster, 13 shank, S-tine leveler Summers Super Coulter, 40’, tandems across, Summers 104 3-bar harrow, S/NJ0206 Summers coulter chisel, 35’, full floating hitch, tandems across, WilRich wave coulters, 3-bar harrow IHC McCormick 21 subsoiler, single shank, 3 pt.

King Kutter single pt. ripper, 3 pt.

SELF-PROPELLED SPRAYERS

hp., 9 spd., Knapheide 22-1/2’ grain box, Headlift hoist, Shur-Lok roll tarp, 3 pc. endgate, beet gate w/closer, 385/65R22.5 front tires, low pro 22.5 rear tires 1983 IHC 9670 cabover tri-axle, rear lift tag, 855 Cummins, 350 hp., 9 spd., Knapheide 22-1/2’ grain box, Headlift hoist, Shur-Lok roll tarp, 3 pc. endgate, beet gate w/closer, plumbed for drill fill, 385/65R22.5 front tires, 10:00-20 rear tires, low pro 22.5 tires on rear tag 1989 Simon Duplex 6x6, 4x4 w/tag axle, 6V92 Detroit, 350 hp., Allison HT750 direct automatic, Rockwell deep reduction, 1999 Reitan 25’ aluminum box, Headlift hoist, roll tarp, combo gate, poly liner, 425/65R22.5 front axle, 11-24.5 rear tires, shows 63,000 miles 1980 IHC F2575 tandem axle w/ pusher axle, Big Cam Cummins, 350 hp., 9 spd., power steering, spring ride, block heater, Loadline 20’x60”x96” box, roll tarp, Saf-TPull hitch, 12,000 lb. fronts, 40,000 lb. rears, rear dump, 236”” WB, 22.5 tires, steel wheels, 72,000 miles on OH 1980 IHC S1954 twin screw, DT466, Allison automatic, 18’ Cancade box, hoist, roll tarp, combination endgate, plumbed for drill fill, 11-22.5 front tires, 10:0020 rear tires, New injection pump 1979 GMC General tri-axle w/ rear lift, 6V92 Detroit, 13 spd., aluminum box, 11R22.5 tires on steel rims, poor roll tarp 1979 GMC Brigadier twin screw, 3rd axle single pusher, 6V92 Detroit, 9 spd., 21’ Magnum box, roll tarp, sugarbeet endgate, 11-22.5 tires, engine OH’d 70,000 miles ago 1979 Chevrolet C60 twin screw, 427 gas, Allison automatic, 20’ Loadline box, roll tarp, 3 pc. endgate, 10:0020 tires, shows 89,160 miles 1978 Chevrolet twin screw, 427 gas, 5&2 spd., 18’ box, roll tarp, 10:00-20 tires, shows 90,000 miles 1978 GMC twin screw, 427 gas, 5&2 spd., 18’ box, roll tarp, 9:0020 tires, shows 90,000 miles 1974 Chevrolet lift tag, 366, 5&2 spd., 19-1/2’ Frontier box, roll tarp, 10:00-20 tires, used as water/ fertilizer truck, includes (2) 1,200 gal. tanks 1974 Ford F750 tag tandem, 391 V8, 5&2 spd., power steering, 22’ steel box, tall sides, hoist, roll tarp 1972 GMC Astro cabover twin screw, 8V71 Detroit diesel, 10 spd., 18’ box, 10:00-20 tires 1969 Chevrolet tandem axle, 427 gas, 5&2 spd., hoist, roll tarp, 10:00-20 tires at 40%, steel rims, END DUMP, BELLY unknown miles DUMP, & LIVE 1968 Ford F700 tag tandem, V8, 5&2 BOTTOM TRAILERS spd., power steering, 19’ steel box, hoist, roll tarp 2003 MAC half round end dump, 1963 Chevrolet tag tandem, V8, quarter frame, 36’ 1997 East end dump, 25’x68” sides 4&2 spd., 18’ box, hoist, roll tarp, 1985 East tandem axle end dump, 9:00-20 tires 1959 Chevrolet 3/4 ton 32’x96”x66” 1973 IHC Loadstar 1800 single 1986 Fruehauf aluminum end axle, 345 V8, 4&2 spd., 16’ dump, 34’ Magnum box, hoist, 9:00-20 tires 1981 Fruehauf aluminum end dump, 32’ TRI-AXLE, TANDEM 1978 East tri-axle end dump, 30’ & SINGLE AXLE 1978 Schein tri-axle end dump, 30’ BOXED TRUCKS 2003 Sidump’r tri-axle gravel 2000 Volvo VNL42300 tandem trailer, 46’ axle, ISM Cummins, 370 hp., Super 1999 Dakota gravel trailer, 50’ 10 spd., air ride, cruise, double 1987 Allwell tandem axle gravel frame, 18’ frame behind cab, 12,000 trailer lb. fronts, 40,000 lb. rears, 232” WB, 1984 Load King clam dump 22.5 low pro tires, steel wheels gravel trailer, 45’ 2009 Freightliner single axle van 1999 Ranco belly dump gravel truck, 230 hp., 6 spd. manual, 28’ trailer, 42’ van, side door, rear roll-up door, 1964 Cook tri-axle belly dump 3:58 ratio, shows 657,000 miles 1996 Trail King potato & grain 1998 Ford F800 single axle, 5.9 live bottom trailer Cummins, manual, refrigerated BOOM/CRANE van body, 10:00-20 tires TRUCKS 1991 Freightliner FLA086 cabover, 350 Cummins, 9 spd., air 2002 Freightliner FL70 single ride, 22.5 tires axle, 3126 Cat, 175 hp., 5 spd., 2 ton 2 section 20’ crane w/Kohler 1994 GMC Topkick service truck, Command Pro 12.5, 146,000 miles 3116 Cat, 5 spd., crane, welder, air compressor 1996 Freightliner FL80 single 1978 Chevrolet C30, 1 ton service axle boom truck, Cummins, truck, 454, 4 spd., fuel & oil platform height 49’, 2,800 lb. tanks, Lincoln 6000 watt welder/ platform bucket, 14’ service body, generator, 100,507 miles inspection expired May 2014 2001 Freightliner FL80, 3126 Cat, CAB/CHASSIS, 230 hp., 6 spd., 10’ utility box, SERVICE & OTHER pintle hitch, 2-5/16” 5th wheel TRUCKS plate, 11R22.5 tires, 222,500 miles, jumps out of 3rd gear 1997 Ford Aeromax tandem 1970 GMC 5500, V6 gas, 5 spd., tri-axle, front steerable pusher, 8’x21’ flatbed, used as water truck Loadliner 21’ box w/2,000 gal. water tank, Wisconsin 1994 Kenworth T800 tri-axle, air pump, hose reel, 29,930 miles up/down steerable 3rd axle, 60 Series Detroit, 425 hp., 9 spd., PULL-TYPE New Loadline 22-1/2’ box, hoist, SPRAYERS 3 pc. endgate, roll tarp, 11-24.5 2003 Summers sprayer, 2 pt., 90’ tires on aluminum rims, 579,000 boom, 20” space, 2” fill, 500 gal. actual miles poly tank, 15 gal. foamer, MicroTrak 1983 IHC 9670 cabover tri-axle, rate controller, S/ND0163 rear lift 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2013 Timpte Super Hopper, 40’x72” 2009 Wilson Commander hopper bottom, 41’ 2009 JD 4930 self-propelled 2009 Wilson hopper bottom, sprayer, 120’ boom, 1,200 gal.

50’x96”x72” sides SS tank, shows 2,630 hrs., 2005 Timpte Super Cubed hopper S/NN04930X008212 bottom, 43’x102”x78” 2007 JD 4930 self-propelled 2005 Wilson hopper bottom, sprayer, 120’ boom, 1,200 gal.

50’x96” SS tank, shows 2,440 hrs., 2003 Cornhusker Ultralite hopper S/NN04930X00245 bottom, 43’x102”x84” 2005 JD 4920 self-propelled 2002 Field Master hopper bottom, 42’ sprayer, 120’ boom, 1,200 gal.

2001 Timpte tri-axle hopper SS tank, shows 3,764 hrs., bottom, 46’x102”x78” S/NN04920X004038 2000 Wilson hopper bottom, 2009 JD 4830 self-propelled 43’x102”x78” sprayer, 90’ boom, 1,000 gal.

1999 Wilson tri-axle hopper SS tank, shows 2,100 hrs., bottom, 50’x102”x86” S/NN04830X003198 1999 Wilson hopper bottom, 2008 Apache AS1010 sprayer, 41’x102”x78” AM/FM, A/C, Cummins 6 spd., 1998 Timpte hopper bottom, 42’ 100’ auto fold boom, 1,000 gal.

1997 Jetco hopper bottom, 42’ tank, 1,455 hrs.

2005 Ag Chem Rogator 1074 self- 1996 Merritt hopper bottom, propelled sprayer, 100’ 5-section 43’x74” sides boom, 20” spacing, 1,000 gal. SS 1988 Timpte hopper bottom, 42’x66” sides tank, shows 3,497 hrs., 1987 Timpte Super Hopper, 42’ S/N107010205 2001 Ag Chem Rogator 854 self- 1985 Wilson tandem axle hopper propelled sprayer, 100’ boom, 20” bottom, 42’ Shop-built tandem axle hopper space, 800 gal. SS tank, shows bottom, 40’ 4,996 hrs., S/N850434901 DROP DECK, RGN, 1994 Ag Chem Rogator 664 selfIMPLEMENT & propelled sprayer, 80’ boom, hyd.

LOWBOY TRAILERS tread adj., 800 gal. SS tank 2002 Loral 3000SS, 60’ AirMax V 1998 BT drop deck, 40’ system, Allison automatic, 8 ton 1997 Load King. 53’ SS tank, 37,066 miles 2003 Transcraft drop deck, NYB pickup sprayer, 60’, 500 50’x102” gal. tank Fontaine 352 tandem axle drop Summers pickup sprayer, 350 gal. deck, 42’x102” tank, 60’, S/N8622 1965 American drop deck, 43’ Melroe 216 spra-coupe, cab 1998 Globe hyd. RGN tri-axle, air Melroe 210 spra-coupe, 3-wheel, lift tag, 52’ long 50’, 200 gal. tank 1999 Talbert TSDW fixed neck Melroe 103 spra-coupe, 58’ spread tandem axle, 48’x102” booms, 130 gal. tank 1999 Talbert NR2008 detach ATV sprayer, 25 gal. w/boom trailer, 53’ 1997 Trail Eze fixed tri-axle RGN, SELF-PROPELLED 50’x102” SPREADERS 2001 Ag Chem Terragator TG8103, 1990 Trail King lowboy, 45’, hyd. beavertail Air Spread 70’ boom, shows 4,408 2006 DCT tandem axle gooseneck engine hrs., S/N83076901 flatbed trailer, 30’ 1998 Ag Chem Terragator 1998 Fontaine flatbed, 48’ TG8103, Air Spread 70’ boom, 1999 Econoline tilt deck shows 4,696 hrs., S/N83009598 equipment trailer, 30’ total deck 1995 Ag Chem Terragator 1977 Dorsey tandem axle flatbed, 38’ TG1803, Air Spread 67’ boom, 1979 Wisconsin tandem axle shows 3,982 hrs., S/N1835435 lowboy, 20’x8’ main deck SLEEPER SEMI 2007 Delta gooseneck trailer, 27’ bed TRACTORS 2005 May tri-axle trailer, 33’x8-1/2’ 1999 Towmaster pintle hitch 1993 Volvo WIA64T, sleeper, trailer, 29’ 855 Cummins 1980 tandem axle flatbed trailer 1992 Peterbilt 377, conventional, w/ramps 3176 Cat, 9 spd.

1985 White, integral sleeper, 3406 Donahue equipment trailer, 32’x10’ Donahue trailer, 28’ Cat, 9 spd.

NON-SLEEPER SEMI Donahue trailer, 28’x8’

TRACTORS

2007 Freightliner Columbia CL12064ST, day cab conventional 2006 Freightliner C12064ST Century 120 day cab 2006 Freightliner Columbia, CHISEL PLOWS day cab, 460 Mercedes 2006 Peterbilt 385, day cab 2008 JD 2410 chisel plow, 33’, conventional, C13 Cat TruDepth standards, tandems 2006 Sterling AT9500, day cab, across, single pt. depth, 4-bar C12 Cat Summers harrow, 9/16” teeth 2005 Peterbilt 385, day cab 2004 JD 2410 chisel plow, 45’, conventional, C13 Cat full floating hitch, 28” true position 2002 Volvo VNL, day cab shanks, AccuDepth, 12” space, conventional, ISM Cummins tandems across, 4-bar harrow, 2001 Freightliner Century, S/NN02410X000306 day cab, 12.7 Detroit JD 1610 chisel plow, 15’, ext. to 2000 IHC 9100I, day cab, 17’, S/N01610X015070 N14 Cummins JD 1600 chisel plow, 16’, 3-bar 1999 Mack CH613, day cab, harrow JD 1600 chisel plow, 29’, tandems E7 Mack 1999 Peterbilt 379, day cab, across, no harrow 3176 Cat JD 737 chisel plow, 40’, floating 1999 Peterbilt 379 tandem axle, hitch, heavy duty 4-bar harrow, 3406 Cat low acres 1999 IHC 8100, day cab, JD 680 chisel plow, 31’, walking M11 Cummins tandems, single pt. depth, 1998 IHC 9300 Eagle, day cab, Summers 3-bar harrow 2005 Wil-Rich Quad 4 chisel plow, M11 Cummins 1998 Mack CH613, day cab, 39’, full floating hitch, tandems E7 Mack across, single pt. depth, 3-bar 1997 Peterbilt 385, day cab, harrow, S/N456422 3176 Cat Wil-Rich 4400 chisel plow, 43’, tandems across, Raven NH3 cold 1997 Volvo, day cab, M11 Cummins 1994 Kenworth T600, day cab, flow, 3-bar harrow 3406 Cat Wil-Rich 4400 chisel plow, 39’, 1993 Kenworth T800, day cab, walking tandems around, 3-bar 12.7 liter 60 Series Detroit harrow 1993 Volvo, day cab, N14 Cummins IHC 5500 chisel plow, 29’, 3-bar 1992 Peterbilt 377, day cab, 3406B harrow Cat Flexi-Coil 820 chisel plow, 12” spacing, walking tandems, heavy 1991 Kenworth T800, day cab, 3176 Cat 800 lb. shanks IHC 55 chisel plow, 27’, no harrow 1990 Kenworth T400, day cab, L10 Cummins IHC 55 chisel plow, 19’ 1988 Kenworth T600, day cab, Melroe Gysler chisel plow, 24’, 3406B Cat 3-bar harrow 1978 IHC 2275, day cab, 290 Melroe Gysler chisel plow, 24’, NH3 knives, John Blue applicator, Cummins 3-bar harrow HOPPER BOTTOM Oliver chisel plow, 20’, 3-bar TRAILERS harrow 2013 Maurer aluminum hopper bottom, 42’

Flexi-Coil 65 pull-type sprayer, 110’ booms w/parts for 120’ boom, 1,000 gal. poly tank, hyd. pump, Flexi-Coil monitor Pleasure Products pull-type sprayer, 90’ booms, 1,200 gal. tank, Hypro pump, PTO, basic shut-off Riverbend Industries pull-type sprayer, 90’ manual fold booms, hyd. height adj., 1,000 gal. tank, walking tandems, hyd. drive centrifugal pump Shop-built sprayer, 30’, 300 gal. tank, gas engine Shop-built ATV pull-type sprayer, 30’ folding booms, 110 gal. poly tank, hand wand, Raven 2-valve control, Honda 5 hp. gas engine Pull-type ATV sprayer, 22’ Gas weed sprayer, 50 gal.

Elmers band sprayer, 24x22”, 500 gal. tank, hyd. pump, hyd. fold, cab control, lift assist Jake band sprayer, 24x22”, 500 gal. tank, hyd. fold, hyd. pump, 3-valve shut-off cab controls Keller band sprayer, 24 row, 500 gal. tank

MOTOR PATROL & GRADERS

1989 Champion 720A Motor Patrol, Cummins, 8 spd. powershift, 12’ blade, 2,420 actual hrs.

Galion pull-type grader, 14’ HyGrade pull-type grader, 14’ blade

LAND PLANE & LASER EQUIPMENT

Ashland land plane, 48’x12’ General LB4 laser ditching system, 360 degree sensor, hyd. mast, laser stand on cart, cab monitor, batterypowered stick-mounted receiver Laser Beacon 5030AG laser with MCP400 cab monitor, receiver unit Shop-built laser trailer

WHEEL LOADERS & TRACTOR LOADER BACKHOE

1996 JD 644E wheel loader, 3-1/2 yd. bucket, tires 60%, 11,000 hrs.

Caterpillar 966A Traxcavator wheel loader, rear steer, 2 yd. bucket 1973 Caterpillar 920 wheel loader, 17.5-25 tires at 90%, shows 5,800 hrs., New transmission & AIR DRILLS & DRILLS converter, S/N62K5210 Fiat Allis G45B wheel loader, 2004 JD 1820 air drill, 59-1/2’, 2-1/2 yd. bucket 7-1/2” space, 5-section fold, 1978 JD 410 tractor loader 4-rank, rubber press wheels, Stealth points, single/double shoot, backhoe, S/N420-0304313T JD 1910 tow-between commodity EXCAVATOR cart, 270 bu., variable rate, 28L& DOZER 26 diamond tires, full blockage 1985 Caterpillar 225 excavator, monitor, cart S/NA01910T700243, 5,100 actual hrs., second owner, drill S/NA01820X705177 S/N76U05172 Case-IH 8600 air drill, 30’, 7-1/2” 1980 JD 850 dozer, hydro, shows space, rubber press wheels, dry 7,642 hrs. fertilizer, monitor Dipper stick for Bobcat 331 or Concord 3310 air seeder, disc 334 mini excavator, extend-a-hoe, levelers, markers, 2300 cart, 60/40 complete w/cyl. & hoses split tank, all hyd., Raven cold flow ASPHALT EQUIP. NH3, no Raven cab control Case-IH press drills, (2) 6300-14’, Dresser 10 ton asphalt roller, (1) 6200-14’, fertilizer, markers, Cummins diesel, 50” wide smooth transport, 90% discs, all purchased drums, 8 ton, smooth, vibratory, new together, second owner hydrostatic, former United Rentals IHC 100 Series hoe drill w/hyd. piece transport Gillcrest/Bomag 8-14RT asphalt IHC 100 double disc drill, (2) 14’s, paver, diesel, automatic augers, markers 8 ton bin w/folding hopper, 8’ Grain drill screed & (2) 3’ ext. screeds, New rubber tracks, New paint, low hrs., PLANTERS purchased new in 1995, single owner 2004 JD DB44 vacuum planter, Layton towable 30 gal. asphalt tack 24x22”, front fold, 1.6 bu. hoppers, and seal coat sprayer, gas motor in-furrow liquid fertilizer, Yetter row Concrete saw, walk-behind, gas cleaners, vari-rate, Tru Count, poly engine, water system scrapers, SeedStar monitor, corn & sorghum discs, S/NA0DB44X705103 Plate compacter, Honda motor

TELEHANDLERS & 1998 JD 1780 vacuum planter, PLATFORM LIFTS 24x20”, 3 bu. hopper, liquid fertilizer, hyd. fold markers, S/N381821 2002 Lull 644B telehandler, 99 JD 71 flex planter, 6x22”, 3 pt., hyd. hp. Cummins, 42’ reach, 6,000 lb. markers lift, 4x4x4 1999 Gehl DL8H telescoping LOADERS & forklift, open station, ROPS, 8,000 ATTACHMENTS Woods Dual 355 loader, 8’ bucket, lb. cap., 42’ reach, 4x4 outriggers, grapple, Case-IH Magnum mounts 3,900 hrs., S/N8H44PP1030268 Schwartz 1800 quick tach loader, 2007 Genie 3268RT scissor lift, 1,037 hrs.

7’ bucket, joystick control, Case 2007 Genie 3268RT scissor lift, 730 mounts, very straight and 1,103 hrs. clean, no welds, S/N44216 JD 746 loader, New 5-tine grapple, 2001 JLG 4005 boom lift, Deutz 49 hp. diesel, 40’, 46’ working 7820 mounts & grill guard height, 43’7” horizontal reach, 360 Ford NH 5450 tractor loader, degree boom rotation, 180 degree self-leveling platform rotation, 4WD, 45 degree Koyker loader, 7’ w/JD 20 Series grade ability, 1,000 lbs., unrestricted mounts JD 48 loader, straight, good pins & platform cap. 500 lbs., donated by Acme Tools & all proceeds to be bushings Dual hyd. loader, w/bucket & 3-tine donated to American Cancer Society JLG Candor MRI 126 scissor lift, grapple, mounts for IHC 350 26’, 1,000 lb., AWD, Honda gas Farmhand F11C loader, 3 spool, JLG 7225 scissor lift, LP, 4x4 PTO pump, 5’ bucket Loader, for small MF or Ford tractor Farmhand 9’ bucket w/4-tine grapple, New Dual loader bucket, 5’ Versatech grapple bucket, 5-1/2’, for loader Snow bucket, 8’, quick tach, for JD 840 loader Snow bucket, 7’, quick tach, for loader Rock bucket, 80” w/hyd. grapple, quick tach mounts Virnig pallet forks, quick tach, 48” forks Set 48” forks Baker heavy duty forklift, 3 pt., 40” forks, hyd. cyl. for 3rd link MDS loader bucket adapter, JD 740 Series to Global

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SKID STEER LOADERS & Garwood 400 scraper, 12 hyd., ATTACHMENTS hyd. push-off GENERATORS & CONST. ITEMS Scraper, 8 yd.

COLLECTIBLE TRACTORS & Midland scraper, 6 yd.

HORSE EQUIPMENT Midland scraper, 4-1/2 yd.

OTHER EQUIPMENT JD scraper, 3 yd.

GPS EQUIPMENT Hyd. dirt scraper, 1-1/2 yd.

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

HAYING & HARVESTING Mower Conditioner

TRACTORS Various

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais

JD 3010 EXCELLENT PAINT, good condition, good tires, $5,900; AC 21-ft. disc model 2600, good blades approx 22-in., $5,500; A&L 850S grain cart 30.5x32 tires, good flighting, roll tarp, 850-bu., $13,900. (204)529-2046.

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.

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.

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.

TRACTOR ALLIS CHALMERS CA. Comes w/3-PTH for a 2-sheer plow, rear cultivators, plus side cultivators, $2,250; 12-ft wide cultivator, must be pulled by a tractor, $100 OBO. Phone:(204)661-6840.

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.

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,

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 2008 MF 9435, 25-FT, PU reel, roto-shears, 445-hrs, asking $79,000. Phone:(204)248-2372 or (204)723-0277.

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

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

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.

SOVEMA HD 6-FT. 3-PT. tiller, very good, $2,250; 5-ft. 3-pt. rough cut mower, nice, $750; Allied 7-ft. blower, $950; Farm King 80-in. blower, $850; JD 24T baler, $1,250; Vicon 4-ft. round baler, $1,050; Land pride HD 7-ft. 3-pt. blade, excellent, $1,350; Allied 595 loader as, new bucket, quick attach, $3,850. (204)746-2016, (204)746-5345, Morris.

FOR SALE: 166 NH Swath Turner, excellent condition, always shedded, quit faming. Phone Lawrence Allen (204)745-3056, Carman.

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

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

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: 1949-1954 CHEV OR GMC half-tonne truck, running or not. Phone (204)223-0923.

WANTED: NH BALER, MODEL 855. Must be good. Also TD6 crawler. Phone (204)378-5543.

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.

HAYING & HARVESTING Various 2000 CASE IH 8750 Forage Harvester, 1000 PTO, shedded, $6,500. www.waltersequipment.com Phone:(204)525-4521. Minitonas, MB. 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

FOR SALE: 1150 HESTON hay conditioner; 7900 Matador swath turner; 404 NH crimper. Phone (204)835-2345 ask for Merv.

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: (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.

JD MODEL 348 SMALL square baler, shedded.

Phone (204)770-0040.

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.

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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: 34-FT. CASE IH 4600 cultivator w/3 row harrows, VGC. Phone (204)425-3837 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.

TRACTORS Case/ IH

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

08 STX 430 brand new 620-70-42 tires, delux cab, heated leather seat, $160,000.

Phone (204)871-0925, McGregor.

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.

Krone Chopper Selling at no reserve auction July 30 2008 Krone Big X 650 forage harvester, 2,117 engine hrs on meters, 1,579 sep. hrs on meter, Daimler Chrylser OM502LA 15.9L eight cyl Tier III diesel engine 653-HP. Bid now, view detailed descriptions & photos at www.purplewave.com (866)608-9283

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.

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 INT. 186 HYDRO 1978, 6400-hrs. Cab, 100-Hp, 540-1000 PTO, good shape, $15,500 OBO. (204)888-8577, Wpg.

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

COMBINES Ford/New Holland

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.

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,.

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

COMBINES John Deere 1974 MODEL 6601 always shedded, field ready, $3,000. Phone (204)822-3855, Morden, MB.

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

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.

JD 4630 3-PT. DUALS power shift, runs well, $15,950; JD 4430 good 20.8 tires, $11,250; JD 4230 good rubber, showing 8,650-hrs, $11,250; JD 3130 cab, good rubber, add on 3-pt., $8,500; JD 4020 Allied 694 self levelling loader, quick attach, very good 23.1 tires, $8,750; IHC 1086 cab, good rubber, eng been rebuilt, $8,750. (204)746-2016 (204)746-5345, Morris.

TRACTORS Massey Ferguson WANTED: MASSEY FERGUSON 35 tractor in good to excellent working condition, with good sheet metal. Phone (204)668-0608, evenings.

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

MARTENS CHAROLAIS has 3 YR old, 2-yr old & yearling bulls for sale. Dateline sons for calving ease & performance. Specialist sons for consistent thickness. Also Pleasant Dawn Marshall sons. Call Ben (204)534-8370.

STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALIST

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.

RED OR GREEN 1. 10-25% savings on new replacement parts for your Steiger drive train.

2. We rebuild axles, transmissions and dropboxes with ONE YEAR WARRANTY. 3. 50% savings on used parts.

1-800-982-1769 www.bigtractorparts.com

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

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

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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford POLLED HEREFORD & BLACK ANGUS bulls for sale. Yearlings & 2-yr olds available, natural muscled bulls developed w/high forage rations. Semen tested, delivery available. Call Don Guilford (204)873-2430.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn 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

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

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

TracTors

FOR SALE: HESSTON 565A round baler, always shedded; NH 56 side delivery rake. Phone: (204)385-2527.

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.

Spraying EquipmEnt

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.

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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.

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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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

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.

LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD.

Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123 LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT 2013 LEON 425V MANURE spreader, only used season, excellent condition. Brian McCarthy (306)435-3590 or cell (306)435-7527.

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.

NEW CONCEPT ROLLER MIXMILL, VGC. Brian McCarthy (306)435-3590 or cell (306)435-7527.

12V. or Hydraulic Electronic Scale Opt.

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REGULAR CATTLE SALES every TUESDAY at 9 am 22nd & 29th Sales Agent for

HIQUAL INDUSTRIES

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

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

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

WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus 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 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.

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McLaughlin’s BUYERS OF SCRAP:

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CALL KEN OR RANDY PHONE: 204-428-3318 CELL: 204-750-1289 “Proudly Serving Manitoba & Saskatchewan”

MUSICAL 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.

PERSONAL SUMMER IS MEANT to be shared. CANDLELIGHT MATCHMAKERS is here to help. 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.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 17, 2014

CROPS

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Tools to assess sclerotinia risk in canola The risk was high last week, but it might not be this week

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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“Keep in mind what the majority of the field looks like.”

Anastasia Kubinec

Ten per cent bloom is when there are 10 open flowers on the main stem.

Twenty per cent bloom is when there are 14 to 16 open flowers, aborted flowers and developing pods on the main stem.

Thirty per cent bloom is when there are 20 open flowers, aborted flowers and developing pods on the main stem.

After 30 per cent bloom is when petals start to drop and pod set starts.

The falling petals, some of which get caught between stems and branches, provide the material for sclerotinia to grow on and then spread.

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This photo of canola is at the 50 per cent bloom stage. The optimum time to apply a fungicide to protect canola from sclerotinia is at 20 to 30 per cent bloom, but it can be applied up to 50 per cent bloom. photo: lionel kaskiw, mafrd

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he sclerotinia risk was high in most of Manitoba last week, but it may have changed this week and the risk could be different a week from now, says Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD) oilseed specialist Anastasia Kubinec.

That’s why it pays farmers to assess the risk to their own canola crops before making the decision to apply a fungicide.

Even if apothecia — the tiny mushroom-like bodies that emit sclerotinia spores — are present and the weather conducive — warm and humid — it might not pay to spray if it’s a poor crop, or a good crop that is more than 50 per cent flowered.

If there’s little yield potential, there’s no point in spraying. And if it’s more than 50 per cent flowered it’s too late for the fungicide to protect the crop, Kubinec said during the Crop Talk - Westman webinar July 9 hosted by MAFRD’s Souris-based farm production specialist Lionel Kaskiw. The optimum time to apply a fungicide varies between fungicides. Some should be applied at 20 to 30 per cent bloom. Check the label for the correct timing.

Earlier is also better if the sclerotinia risk is high.

A lot of Manitoba’s canola is late this year because of delayed seeding. Much of it is also under stress due to excessive moisture. Stress can cause canola to bolt and flower prematurely, Kubinec said.

When sclerotinia is present in a canola field, it will thrive under warm, humid conditions. But it won’t when it’s hot and dry.

Apothecia can show up in fields until the end of August. Scout for them in the morning, because they can dry out and disappear later in the day, Kubinec said. Look for apothecia in last year’s canola fields.

A thick canola crop with a closed canopy can create a humid microclimate ideal for the disease. Walk the field at 10 a.m. and if you get wet, conditions are right for the disease.

To assist farmers MAFRD has a spreadsheet-based Sclerotinia Treatment Decision Tool on its website at http://www.gov.mb.ca/ agriculture/business-and-economics/financial-management/farmsoftware-and-worksheets.html.

Farmers can plug in information about their field and sclerotinia history, crop density, whether there has been rain recently and the expected weather. Canola prices and spraying costs are also part of the equation.

Determining the stage of a canola flowering can be a challenge because plants are not all at the same stage. The Ontario Canola Growers Association has pictures at http://www.ontariocanolagrowers.ca/linked/bloom_guide_bayer. pdf.

The site recommends the following steps when determining a canola crop’s bloom stage: • Find the main stem.

• Pull off the secondary branches.

• Count only the open flowers on the main stem including aborted flowers and newly formed pods.

• Sample several plants across the field.

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The small, mushroom-like body in this photograph, is an apothecium, which produces the spores that cause sclerotinia in canola. photo: todd drummond, Bayer CropScience

Fields at 50 per cent flower are at their brightest-yellow colour.

“Keep in mind what the majority of the field looks like,” Kubinec said.

“Look at a few spots in the field not just the best part of the field. Don’t just look at the headland or just the top of the hill because... they may be just a little bit more advanced.”

In fields where the crop stand varies a lot, farmers should make their spraying assessment based on the areas that have the most yield potential, she said.

According to research at this time of year a crop that averages five plants per square foot still has full yield potential, Kubinec said. Then it’s a matter of assessing the risk to

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the crop. A thin crop is unlikely to have a thick canopy, but if it’s moist and humid the crop could still be susceptible.

“If your canopy is still wet in the middle of the day even though you’ve only got five plants (per square foot) you’d still consider it high risk,” Kubinec said. “If it’s thinner and the whole field is thin you might think it is lower risk. But if you think there is potential for branching to occur you may still want to be spraying it.

“We do have the potential to see canola flowering for six weeks. We saw that in 2009 and 2010.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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CROP REPORT

Crops in all areas affected by excess moisture Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development GO Teams & Crops Knowledge Centre crop report for July 14, 2014 Weekly Provincial Summary

• Generally, the early-seeded crops are rated in better condition than the late-seeded crops, although impacts of excess moisture are also evident in early-seeded fields.

As fields continue to dry, the impact of the excessive moisture to crop stands becomes more evident.

• Producers are assessing crop stands and yield potentials to justify further input costs in some fields.

• Rainfall, high humidity and e x c e s s i v e m o i s t u re a n d flooding continue to impact first-cut haying operations, although producers in some areas were able to make progress.

Southwest Region

Precipitation amounts ranged from five to 30 mm. There was also isolated hailstorms reported.

The extreme southwest areas of the region remain very wet, as well as land near the Assiniboine River. In other areas of the region, favourable weather conditions over the past seven to 10 days are allowing crops to recover. Crop losses due to flooding and standing water are still being assessed. Most producers have completed weed control applications.

Canola is flowering and fungicide spraying is being done on most fields due to high risk of sclerotinia infection. Spring wheat is in the flag-leaf to heading stages. Most producers are considering spraying for fusarium head blight. The soybean crop is handling the moisture

very well. Peas are starting to flower as well and are showing the effects of wet conditions as disease is impacting most lowlying areas. Winter wheat and fall rye are in good condition with some reports of lodging due to high winds. Insect pressure is low.

Limited haying has occurred and is being hampered by the wet conditions. Reduced yields and little to no native hay harvest is expected to result in a forage shortage throughout much of the region. Producers are actively securing feed supplies for the upcoming winter.

The Virden area reports pasture lost to flooding is in the range of 20 to 30 per cent.

Northwest Region

Intermittent thunderstorms in the Parkland area have limited drying. Canola appears more impacted by the excessive moisture than wheat.

Canola growth is variable with 20 per cent of the crop at seedling stage, 50 per cent rosette and 30 per cent flowering. Spring wheat development ranges from 10 per cent emerging, 20 per cent tillering, 40 per cent stem elongation and 30 per cent heading/ flowering. Soybeans are in the vegetative stage while 75 per cent of field pea acres are in the flowering stage. Corn in the region is generally rated as poor. Seeding of greenfeed continues where field conditions allow.

T h e re w a s s o m e h a y i n g progress made. However, the weekend rains halted progress.

Yields are estimated to be aver-

age to above average. Pasture growth is very good with the improved warm conditions and excess moisture.

Central Region

Most of the region received at least 10 to 15 mm. Thunderstorms accounted for higher rainfall amounts in scattered areas. A hailstorm hit the area from east of Crystal City through Manitou to Kaleida (along the U.S. border) over a week ago. Some fields were severely impacted.

Crop conditions vary across the region. A few areas with lighter soils would benefit from some rain. Other areas are showing extreme excess moisture stress. In general, earlyseeded crops of all types are faring better than late-seeded crops.

The most advanced spring cereals are finished flowering.

Late-seeded canola is bolting and flowering early due to excess moisture stress. Blackleg lesions are evident on leaves in many canola fields. Corn is variable with most advanced fields up to 14-leaf stage.

Some fields may not be sprayed. Weeds are growing rapidly, and rains, field conditions and winds are making these operations a challenge.

Fungicide applications for sclerotinia in canola continue.

Many later-seeded canola fields will not receive fungicide treatment as the crop’s yield potential doesn’t warrant treatment.

Wheat fields are being monitored for wheat midge. Sunflower fields are being scouted

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Eastern Region

Varying amounts of rainfall occurred throughout the Eastern Region, ranging from three to 25 mm.

Winter wheat started to show the effects of excess moisture stress. Dead or stressed areas in the fields became more defined in the spring cereals, canola, soybeans, sunflower and corn over the past week. Yield expectations for all crops are being estimated at below average. Some fields with low yield potential will not be receiving any further inputs. Corn and sunflower stages rapidly advanced in the heat, and soybeans started flowering.

Pr o d u c e r s a re t r y i n g t o complete herbicide spraying but wet field conditions are hampering applications. First application of herbicides has not occurred on some fields, and some will not be sprayed as they are inaccessible by ground rig. In other cases, crop yield potential does not justify further inputs. Fungicide on spring wheat and canola are being applied through aerial application.

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Interlake Region

Scattered showers fell throughout the Interlake Region resulting in 15 to 25 mm of rainfall.

Strong winds blew over bins and trees in the Arborg area over the weekend.

Crop spraying is being completed by ground rigs and by airplanes. Fungicide application is ongoing in spring cereals for fusarium head blight and leaf diseases, as well as canola fields for sclerotinia.

Some late applications of herbicides are still ongoing due to excess moisture conditions. Crop damage can now be seen where overland flooding occurred earlier in the month. Canola and spring cereals are showing the most damage. Soybeans appear to be handling the excess moisture doing better than most other crops. Soybean and corn development has been slowed due to cooler weather. However, with the recent warmer weather crop development has advanced. Grasshoppers are still an issue in some cereal and forage fields in the North Interlake.

Pasture and hay land affected by recent huge rainfall events, as well as those affected by high lake levels, are suffering from excess moisture stress or flooded conditions. Production and quality will be reduced as a consequence. Dugout conditions are good.

Researchers at the University of Alberta have identified at least three genes in another oilseed crop that could create blackleg resistance in canola

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Haying is in full swing with about 30 per cent of the hay harvested. Rain on the weekend will stop haying for a couple of days.

Cousin to canola shows strong blackleg resistance

thiopian mustard could hold the key to blackleg resistance in Canadian canola crops, says a University of Alberta researcher.

“Almost all varieties (of canola) are susceptible to blackleg,” said Habibur Rahman. “But now, the pathogen has shifted, and it’s become a new pathogen that’s more resilient and more aggressive.

“The resistance cannot protect the plant. We have resistance breakdown.”

Across Western Canada, blackleg in canola is on the rise, hitting canola yields and creating trade barriers for Canadian canola destined for Asia. Rahman and his team are working on identifying new resistant genes from brassica carinata — commonly grown as an oilseed in Ethiopia — to introduce into brassica napus, better known as canola.

“Carinata shows strong resistance to all the new pathotypes,” he said. “If there’s single gene resistance, it’s relatively easy to

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for sunflower beetle activity, with no reports to date of numbers sufficient to require insecticide.

First-cut haying continues as conditions allow, with some acres beginning second cut in the Morden and Winkler areas.

Farther west and north in the region, haying is occurring where possible. Yield reports vary, ranging from 1.5 to four bales per acre. There are concerns of a hay shortage.

introduce. If it is more than one gene resistance, it’s more difficult.

“We’re at the stage of determining how many genes there are, while at the same time trying to introduce the genes from brassica carinata.”

So far, his research has shown at least three resistant genes of brassica carinata chromosome that could make it easier for researchers to introduce into canola.

“We’re studying further whether a single gene is enough to give resistance to this more severe pathotype or if it needs more than one gene.”

But his preliminary findings suggest that one gene is not enough to create resistance to the more virulent strains of blackleg that can devastate canola fields.

“It seems that more than one gene is required for resistance.

In the meantime, we have introduced one gene from the brassica carinata, and we have also mapped another gene in another chromosome.

“We have a ways to go.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Grower groups look to PAMI for summer canola storage tips Last winter’s transportation backlog is expected to result in higher-than-usual carry-overs on the farm Staff humboldt, sask.

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anola grower groups have teamed up with the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) to address an issue Prairie farmers don’t have a lot of experience with — storing canola through the hot summer months.

Last year’s record harvest combined with nationwide grain transportation issues have resulted in more grain being stored far longer than usual in Western Canada.

Producers are asking questions about how to keep their grain from spoiling in the bin — questions that until now haven’t been thoroughly researched.

They’ve turned to a team of PAMI researchers led by Joy Agnew to collect information in order to determine best practices for summer storage of canola in Western Canada.

Earlier this spring, Agnew relied on knowledge PAMI researchers have gained over the years studying how grain behaves at different temperatures to support her recommendation to slowly warm grain that was cooled last fall to reduce the temperature difference between the grain and the ambient air.

Warming the grain (to 10 C or 15 C) should be done gradually by blowing air through it starting in early spring, while the difference in air temperature and grain temperature is far less than it is in the middle of July or August. The theory is that if you wait until summer to start warming the grain, the hot air hitting cold grain in the bin could result in large amounts of condensation which could freeze, restrict airflow, and possibly create large pockets of spoilage.

The PAMI team also noted that another management option is to turn the grain — remove it from the bin and put it back in, in order to even out the temperature and moisture variations, redistribute cold and warm spots, and help warm the grain.

This new research collaboration will test those theories as well as others in a bid to develop practical information and best management practices for prolonged grain storage.

“A lot of questions arise when canola is stored for a longer term, especially if it will be stored over the warm summer months,” said Agnew. “Our team at PAMI has suggested that cooled seed should be warmed slowly in the spring. But specific guidelines on the length of time required to warm canola and the ideal ambient conditions for warming were not available due to a lack of research.”

The PAMI researchers will conduct bin testing and bench-scale testing to try and answer some fundamental questions related to warming stored canola.

The bin testing involves three bins (approximately 3,500 bushels each) of cooled canola that will be stored until at least the end of June. Temperature and relative humidity sensors were

installed in the bins in early June. to researchers; data that can be In all bins, the canola was frozen viewed in real time through a link on the PAMI website at www. over the winter.

One bin was turned before the pami.ca. Additional informasensors were installed. Approxi- tion and results from the project mately 700 bushels of canola will be posted on the Canola were pulled out of the bin and Council’s blog called “Canola augered back in. All of the grain Watch” at www.canolawatch. on the top surface was removed, org/2014/06/13/blog-canola-binensuring the entire top layer of watch/.

PAMI is also conducting grain and any moisture that had migrated to the top was dis- smaller bench-scale bin trials using different starting grain temturbed.

Another bin will be aerated, peratures and different airflow with the fan operated at night to rates to help assess warming rates slowly warm the grain. The third and conditions that result in conbin will be left alone for the dura- densation in the grain.

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GRAIN-HANDLING FOCUS

Grain bins designed to stand the test of time Common types each have their own advantages and downsides

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ime has essentially stood still when it comes to grain bin design. The general design of grain bins has remained the same for many years, and there appears to be no big changes afoot.

With the large carry-over of grain from recent crop yields, farmers are seeing a significant increase in the need for grain storage. Grain farmers are being forced to make longterm decisions about what kind of bin and how big of a bin that they want to invest in.

The two most common types of grain bins are bolt storage bins and hopper bottom bins. Both types have been proven to be successful and their design has been adapted over time.

The bolt grain bins are the most common. These grain b i n s re q u i re l o a d i n g a n d unloading equipment and tend to be larger in capacity.

They are plant manufactured and delivered to the far m in pieces on flatbed trucks.

Up o n a r r i va l t h e b i n s a re assembled from the top down using temporary jacks to hoist the structure. The panels are then bolted together. Once the bin is erected to full size, it is then anchored to a solid concrete foundation.

“We are seeing larger bins being built,” says Aaron Dyck, o f Me r i d i a n In d u s t r i e s i n Winkler, Man. “Farmers are putting in bigger crops and are starting to focus on individual commodities, so they require more storage.”

Hopper bottom bins are i n c r e a s i n g i n p o p u l a r i t y.

They are also manufactured at the plant, however, they are welded and transported fully assembled to arrive on the site. The special trailers used to transport the hopper bottom bins are designed to stand the bin upright onto the foundation where they are then bolted down.

Because the hopper bottom

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bins are elevated on supports and once fully operational, the grain discharges out of the bottom of the bin. This allows for easier cleaning of the smooth-sided hopper bottom bins.

“More far mers are leaning to installing hopper bottom bins because of their s e l f - c l e a n i n g s y s t e m d u ring the unloading process,” says Digvir Jayas, a University of Manitoba grain storage researcher. “With the average age of farmers increasing, they are tending to lean towards this type of bin to avoid the strenuous labour.”

Both types of bins include aeration systems that help m o n i t o r a n d p re s e r ve t h e grain inside. With storage bins containing their own monitoring systems it allows the farmers to put more time into other aspects of their crops.

They do not need to worry about insect infestations or grain spoilage because the systems control the risk of that occurring.

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Choosing a site for new bin construction Consider drainage, soil types and elevation for a firm foundation

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ising crop yields and delayed transportation have made grain storage a top-of-mind issue for farmers, leading some industry observers to predict more permanent storage will be erected throughout the countryside.

With this trend, grain farmers need to be careful when deciding where they want to install their new grain bins. Proper siting techniques need to be considered when choosing the best site for the new bin.

Siting is an evaluation of the perspective site and includes areas such as soil conditions, compass of the land, and proper drainage of the area.

There are a lot of factors that go into installing a new grain bin, such as the type of bin, its size, and the location of a bin. Proper siting procedures and foundations are crucial.

When choosing a new location for a grain bin, farmers should choose a firm, level, well-drained site. Farmers should seek a spot of elevated land such as a small hill or incline. This elevation will ensure that water or snow will not collect near the bin thereby hampering access and stability. At the same time, existing buildings need to be taken into planning to allow the most coordinated farmyard operations.

To support the new grain bin properly, soil should be utilized that will allow for the concrete

foundation to fully support the weight of the bin without shifting in the soil.

Aaron Dyck of Meridian Industries in Winkler, Man. specializes in the manufacturing of hopper bottom bins. He says the foundation and the soil it sits on is often the most critical decision that farmers are faced with.

“Concrete foundations are usually one to 1-1/2 feet thick for the average-size hopper bottom bin,” said Dyck. “But the industry is seeing an increase in bin size preferences by individual grain producers, so with each new bin, the foundation needs to be tailored for the size and location.”

When putting the foundation in place, the grain farmer

should factor in the potential for frost movement in the ground during the cold Prairie winters. If the farmer i s u n a w a re o r h a s d o u b t s about this, it is best for them to consult a building engineer familiar with the conditions in the area. Because the bins are anchored to concrete foundations, knowing the potential shift in the winter is critical information to plan around.

Power lines represent another scenario that grain farmers should consider when erecting new bins. Bins must always be placed a safe distance away from power lines.

The larger bins need to be a far ther distance from the power line. Manitoba Hydro

has a very proactive program in place to help grain farmers plan around the power lines on their properties.

For the electrical usage side of the grain bin, the farmer should always consider the electrical needs, including access to electrical outlets during the assembly and erecting of the bin. Also needed is enough electrical power to operate machinery in and around the bin after it has been erected.

A key factor in determining the site for a bin is the farmer’s access point. They will need to have quick access to the area, along with all their machinery. The easier access for the m a c h i n e s a n d t r u c k s, t h e easier storing and unloading grain will be.

Bin rentals a growing option for grain storage Farmers can now have temporary bins delivered to their yards

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new trend available for Manitoba farmers dealing with excess harvest yield and delayed shipping is the ability to rent grain storage bins. Farmers can now rent out 5,000-bushel hopper bottom bins if they are in sudden need of more storage.

“This is a very new option to grain farmers,” says Dan Maynard, of Avonlea Grain Bins in Domain, Manitoba. “We started offering this service last fall and didn’t see much interest. But because of last year’s large crops we have seen more of a market.”

Avonlea Grain Bins will deliver the rental bins to the farmer’s property, putting them on skids, so that the farmer does not have to put down a concrete foundation. This saves the costs associated with permanent purchase and installation via the temporary setup.

Farmers are able to rent the bins at an upfront cost of about $1 per bushel.

This is a great option for a farmer who is looking to add storage for two or less years. Any time longer, Maynard recommends that farmers purchase their own bin.

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Beware of beetlemania in temporary storage solutions Controlling insects is a challenge in grain bags

By Duncan Morrison Co-operator contributor

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armers deal with a number of annual issues during each harvest season, including readiness of crops and optimal weather for growing and harvest. Just as paramount is the ability to keep the harvested yield pest free after being taken off the fields.

From a grain farmer’s perspective, Manitoba’s pest problems come from two main culprits. The rusty grain beetle and the red flour beetle are responsible for 95 per cent of all infestations in Manitoba crops.

These two pests can do their nastiest work in temporary storage bins when the grain is on the ground in a bag or a ring. The temporary storage bins offer limited effectiveness to keep the beetles out and there are limited options for pesticides that can help with the insects while the grain is still in temporar y storage.

Experts say the best way to beat the beetles is to get the grain off the field and then

hopefully off the ground as soon as possible.

“Temporary storage is just temporary. It is not meant to be used for a very long period of time,” says Brent Elliot, a program officer of infestation control and sanitation at Canadian Grain Commission. “The longer that you leave the grain out there, the more susceptible you are to infestations and grain spoilage.

Farmers need to get their grain off the ground as soon as possible because there is really no way to prevent infestations.”

Pesticides do not work effectively with temporary storage bins. This is because when the grain is sprayed while still in the bags, the spray usually only reaches the top layer of grain, or about 10 per cent of the temporarily stored crop.

“The metal rings are the most common way to store grains temporarily, but we are seeing plastic grain bags becoming more common,” said Elliot.

“These storage systems have a maximum lifespan of four to six months before problems may start to develop.”

The longer grain remains in temporary storage, such as a grain bag, the higher the likelihood of quality loss.

The rusty grain beetle and red flour beetle are constantly mobile and usually gain access to the grain via the floor of the temporary storage bins. Both of these insects are known to devour the seeds completely.

The best way to handle insect infestation is by detecting it early. If a farmer is experiencing an infestation in his temporary bin, then it is recommended that the grain be moved into a per-

manent storage bin and fumigated as soon as possible.

It is important to note that fumigation will only be effective if done in an enclosed area.

According to Elliot, the insecticide best recommended for harvested grain crops is diatomaceous earth (DE) and it must be used in an enclosed area. DE dehydrates the pest by ruining the waxy exterior layer causing them to dry out.

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For those having to use temporary storage, it is recommended that the temporary storage bins be monitored at least once every two weeks.

Temporary storage is designed to be used in the fall and winter months. Once spring and summer seasons are upon us, temporary storage systems should be decommissioned and the previous season’s grain stored or moved off the ground.

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INNOVATIVE QUALITY SOLU INNOVATIVE QUALITY SOLUTIONS

Full capacity drives bin purchases More farmers are investing in more grain storage

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s our calendars turn to the dog days of summer, many Prairie farmers are still attempting to move the grain out of their storage bins from last season’s productive harvest.

In fact, the need for post-harvest grain storage in the wake of a bumper crop and a backlogged transportation system was so problematic last year that some farmers had to resort to placing temporary storage units on their fields to hold the surplus. Indeed, it was a stopgap measure that caught some off guard. Experts believe farmers will look at ensuring they do everything they can to lessen any similar issues in the future.

University of Manitoba grain storage researcher Digvir Jayas thinks that farmers are indeed investing in more storage.

“We have no data publicly on this topic because the manufacturers hold on to that information,” said Jayas. “But with what I have seen, farmers are investing in larger storage bins. They are putting in larger crops, which means that they are harvesting larger amounts of product which is forcing them to upsize.”

Larger crops and longer shipping processes would seem to be alleviated in part by larger bins.

These gigantic grain holders also allow farmers to get their crops off the fields quickly, especially in short windows when conditions are optimal. This reduces risk of lost revenue and profits.

On the other side of the coin, if a farmer has ample storage, it allows for them to hang on to their product and take advantage of grain prices when the product is in high demand.

The average crop storage bin can hold up to 100-120 tons of grain. Permanent storage allows the farmer to have a storage bin on location that they can have access to at all times. These bins have built-in monitoring systems to keep tabs on the sitting grain to help prevent spoilage and pest damage.

Temporary storage bins usually consist of grain bags or grain rings. The grain bags are usually about 200 feet long and can hold up to 8,000 bushels.

Grain rings are tarp-covered shallow walls that can be put up just about anywhere. Farmers use temporary storage in the fall when they are out of storage space or if they want to bag the grain in the field and continue to combine. Tem-

When breaking up crusted grain from the outside of the bin with a long pole check to ensure it doesn’t come into contact with electric lines.

• If you must enter a bin, wear a harness attached to a properly secured rope.

• Stay near the outer wall of the bin and keep walking if the grain should start to flow. Get to the bin ladder or safety rope as quickly as possible.

• Have another person, preferably two people, trained in rescue procedures outside the bin who can help if you become entrapped.

• Wear an appropriate dust filter or filter respirator.

• Stay out when unloading equipment is running.

• Shut off the power to augers and fans before entering.

• Children should not be allowed to play in or around grain bins, wagons or truck beds.

• Where possible, ladders with brightly painted strips should be installed inside grain bins for an emergency exit.

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porary storage is only meant for up to six months. Expensive for just one use, temporary storage can be effective and most valuable if the farmer is able to move the grain quickly after storage.

“I f t h e p r o d u c t i o n h a s increased to a level that they feel confident that they can sustain, I suggest the farmers invest in permanent storage,” says Jayas. “But if it is only a one-year spike, then they should strongly consider using temporary storage.”

When investing in new storage equipment, it is important to remember that the longer the grain sits in storage, the bigger chance there is for spoilage if it is left unchecked or not monitored.

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