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SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCE 1925 | VOL. 72, NO. 40

Beef producers ask province for help with feed shortage Wet, cold weather stunts forage production yields

By Meghan Mast CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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Sale of MCEC property raising questions The provincial government says the MCEC failed because federal funding never materialized, but it isn’t releasing details of a recent property transaction

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any beef producers in the province are struggling to find enough feed for their cattle this winter, according to the Manitoba Beef Producers.

Ranchers in flood-affected areas, including the areas flooded by the Por tage Diversion, the northwest and southwest corners of the province are facing poor-quality forage and feed shortages after a cold, wet summer.

“It’s going to be a tough go for a lot of people,” Heinz Reimer, president of the Manitoba Beef Producers, said in a telephone interview.

The organization issued a statement Sept. 25 renewing its plea for government assistance to help producers acquire and transport forage. The MBP has been in ongoing discussions with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Minister Ron Kostyshyn.

“We’ve been pushing the province since July 1 or whenever the flood happened,” said Reimer.

“Trying to get something done and there seems to be nothing.

We haven’t gotten any answers yet.”

In an emailed statement Kostyshyn said the province is See BEEF HELP on page 7 »

The site for a proposed federally inspected beef slaughter facility in St. Boniface was recently sold for half the Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council’s asking price. PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES

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t was supposed to be the site of a new, federally inspected cattle slaughter facility — one that would buoy a flagging industry in the wake of BSE. But now Manitoba’s opposition Tories say a property at 663 Marion Street in Winnipeg has been sold for half its value as the Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council winds down its operations.

“Our information says that they sold it for about $650,000 unconditionally,” said Blaine Pedersen, MLA for Midlands.

He added that the asking price had been $1.2 million — the same amount as the property was purchased for in 2008.

The provincial government wouldn’t confirm that figure when contacted last week.

“At the purchaser’s request, the sale price has been kept confidential until the sale in finalized, and therefore we cannot comment directly about the numbers,” said a spokesman for Manitoba’s minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.

Questions

Where money from the sale ends up is of particular interest to Heinz Reimer, president of the Manitoba Beef Producers, who has more than a few questions about where producers’ checkoff dollars went.

“That’s been our concern all along, we haven’t gotten full disclosure on where that money went,” said Reimer. “And that has been a concern for Manitoba beef producers because we put a fair amount of money into it and we’ve never been privy to where that money went to.”

After purchasing the defunct porkprocessing plant six years ago, the MCEC began to redesign it for cattle.

Media reports at that time indicated it was expected to employ approximately 80 people by 2010.

That never happened.

“They purchased the property at 663 See MCEC on page 7 »

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 2, 2014

INSIDE

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LIVESTOCK A grassy solution

Climate change doesn’t follow the rules

Annual forages could be the way of the future in livestock production

New research suggests the drier-gets-drier and wet-becomes-wetter rule of thumb is broken

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CROPS Pulling out the old guns Pre-emergent herbicides enlisted in the resistant weed fight

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FEATURE Leave PEDv at the gate Pork producers aren’t doing enough to ensure biosecurity

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ew research is challenging the theor y that climate change will cause drier areas to get drier and wetter areas to become wetter.

The simplified formula, based on models and observations, is inaccurate most of the time, a team of climate researchers suggests in Nature Geoscience.

An evaluation of trends in specific regions’ humidity and dryness by researchers with the Zurich-based Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science found no clear trends towards a drier or wetter climate across three-quarters of the land area studied. There were solid trends in the remaining quarter. However, only half of that surface area followed the DDWW principle.

Some regions which should have become wetter, according to the simple DDWW formula, have actually become drier in the past — this includes parts of the Amazon,

Areas that have traditionally been considered drought prone could actually become wetter under climate change. file photo

Central America, tropical Africa and Asia. On the other hand, there are dry areas that have become wetter: parts of Patagonia, central Australia and the Midwestern United States.

The ‘wet-gets-wetter’ rule is largely confirmed for the Eastern United States, No r t h e r n Au s t r a l i a a n d northern Eurasia. ‘Dry gets drier’ also corresponds to

indications in the Sahel region, the Arabian Peninsula and parts of Central Asia and Australia.

“Our results emphasize how we should not overly rely on simplifying principles to assess past developments in dryness and humidity,” said lead author Peter Greve. This can be misleading, as it cannot do justice to the complexity of the underlying systems.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 2, 2014

Will railways be fined $100,000 a week instead of daily?

Ottawa isn’t saying, but the Canada Transportation Act states fines apply ‘per violation’

By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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N Rail is facing federal fines for failing to meet legislated weekly targets for moving grain — this much is known.

But the big question in the grain industry last week was whether those $100,000 fines will be levied per day — as federal officials indicated in press statements last winter — or whether the penalty has quietly been changed to per week.

“If the government changes the fine to $100,000 a week there won’t be as much teeth in the legislation and that will be a major concern to us,” Western Grain Elevator Association e x e c u t i v e d i r e c t o r Wa d e Sobkowich, said in an interview Sept. 24.

Keystone Agricultural Producers president Doug Chorney said reduced railway fines would be a concern, but added since rail performance is measured weekly, weekly fines make sense. The Western Ca n a d i a n W h e a t G r ow e r s Association is pressing for fines of $1 million per violation, along with the right for shippers to seek penalities through their service agreements with the railways.

Both Sobkowich and Chorney said they would prefer the railways meet their requirements — making fines moot.

A massive backlog of grain on western Canadian farms and in country elevators that began last fall, prompted the federal government to issue an orderin-council March 7 obliging the railways to each move 500,000 tonnes of western grain a week.

The government loudly proclaimed failure to do so would trigger fines of $100,000 per day.

Some critics complained that was a pittance when railways earn more $350,000 in revenue per train, totalling more than $1 billion a year.

Which is it?

Government ministers and officials continued to refer to $100,000-a-day fines during House of Common hearings on Bill C-30, the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act, given royal assent this spring, allowing the federal government to continue setting the amount of grain the railways move.

Scott Steiner, an assistant deputy minister at Transport Canada, speaking to the agriculture committee March 31 said in part: “The only other thing I would underscore, and it comes back to an earlier question about the $100,000-perday (fine), is that under the (March 7) order-in-council the fine would apply upon conviction... which requires prosecution. Under the legislation it will be an administrative monetary penalty, so it will be easier to apply in the event of non-compliance.”

So what, if anything, has changed with the fines?

New regulations under the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act took effect Aug. 1 ordering the railways to each transport 536,250 tonnes of grain until the end of November 2014 “with

The federal government hasn’t clarified whether railway fines first announced as $100,000 per day will switch to weekly. The Canada Transportation Act states fines can be levied “per violation.” PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

penalties of $100,000 per violation should they fail to meet the requirement,” the government said in a news release.

The reference to $100,000 fines “per violation” led some to conclude fines would be $100,000 per week instead of per day.

Per violation

A Transport Canada official confirmed in an email Sept.

23 CN failed to meet its weekly grain movement requirement and the penalty process under the Canada Transportation Act had started.

“As this process is underway, it would be inappropriate to comment further,” the official wrote, declining to say whether rail fines had been cut, when CN’s alleged shortfall occurred, or the amount.

In a Se p t . 1 7 e m a i l t o A g Ca n a d a . c o m , Tra n s p o r t Minister Lisa Raitt’s press secretary Jana Regimbal, wrote the fine will be “up to the minister’s discretion.”

Ottawa’s July 31 order-incouncil is silent on penalties. However, the Canada Transportation Act says the maximum fine for contravening the act is $100,000 “for each violation.”

Sect. 179. (1) (1.1) of the act states: “A violation that is committed or continued on more than one day constitutes a separate violation for each day on which it is committed or continued.”

Based on that, Liberal memb e r o f Pa r l i a m e n t , Ra l p h Goodale believes the railways can be fined $100,000 a day, just as the government announced March 7.

NDP Agriculture Critic Malcolm Allen said if the fines have been softened, it would be a betrayal of the opposition efforts to help the government fast track the legislation. The NDP agreed to pass the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act quickly to help farmers and grain companies, he said.

“They said these penalties (of $100,000 per day) would be such that railroaders would sit up and take notice,” Allen said.

“It was using the big stick and lo and behold they changed the big stick into a twig.

“One hundred thousand dollars a week to CN is like pocket change for you and I.” Both Goodale and Allen said if rail fines have been cut it’s another sign of railway influence over Transport Canada.

“It d o e s n o t b o d e w e l l for farmers and shippers across this country when the rail review (of the Canada Transportation Act) starts,” Allen said.

“In my view the Ministry of Transportation has won the day and it has set up the table for the rail review that’s coming next year and ceded to railroaders before they even get to the table.”

Clarity on the question could be a long time coming. Industry observers say it is almost certain CN will appeal any fines imposed.

On Sept. 17, CN CEO Claude Mongeau told an investors’ meeting there hadn’t been enough grain in the system for CN to meet its weekly shipping requirements recently.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz disagrees.

“I’m not sure where CN is getting the idea there isn’t grain to handle,” Ritz told reporters on a conference call from India last week. “The fines will be assessed, they will be levied, and we expect CN to actually pick up its game.”

In total, CN has exceeded the amount of grain ordered to move by the federal government by one million tonnes, CN spokesman Mark Hallman said in an email Sept. 26.

“CN believes any Canadian government penalties levied against the company in connection with its transportation of western Canadian grain would be unfounded, given that it was the current balance of the grain supply chain that did not allow CN to meet the order-in-council weekly requirement lately,” Hallman wrote. allan@fbcpublishing.com with files from Dave Bedard

“If the government changes the fine to $100,000 a week there won’t be as much teeth in the legislation and that will be a major concern to us.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 2, 2014

OPINION/EDITORIAL

The ‘wicked problem’

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hen I first tuned into a recent summit on herbicide resistance being broadcast live by webinar from Washington, D.C., my first thought was that I had virtually stumbled into the wrong conference.

The keynote speaker wasn’t a weed scientist. He is a sociologist. But as I listened, it became clear this speaker, and the ones who followed, were discussing the problem of Laura Rance herbicide-resistant weeds, and with urgency.

Editor So who organized this event — the antipesticide lobby, perhaps?

Nope. It was sponsored by the Weed Science Society of America and hosted by the National Research Council. And the speakers lined up by the summit’s organizers made a compelling case that something has to change — and fast — about how weeds are managed in modern farming systems.

“Do you know what the definition of insanity is?” asked David Shaw, PhD, a past president of WSSA and chair of the WSSA Herbicide Resistance Education Committee. “It’s continuing to do what we have been doing expecting different results.”

It pretty much sums up where the industry is at with the lengthening list of herbicide-resistant weeds. As the speakers at this event pointed out, the discussion over herbicide-resistance management needs to move beyond raising awareness and telling farmers what to do about it.

Farmers are aware. The management tools and options are well documented. The lastest BASF poll of Canadian farmers says 94 per cent of Manitoba farmers are worried about it, nearly 60 per cent think they already have resistance on their farms, and their hunch is supported by the data.

But when it comes to controlling weeds, they, like farmers across North America, continue to rely almost solely on chemical weed control.

Some characterize this as a biological problem. Farmers’ dependence on chemistry creates selection pressure that causes weeds to evolve resistance.

Others will say it is a technological problem, focusing on the need for different combinations and new active ingredients to preserve or replace wonder herbicides such as glyphosate.

But Shaw said it goes much deeper than that. “Fundamentally, at its core, it is a problem of human behaviour — it’s the choices you and I have been making,” he said.

Hence the enlistment of sociologists to help explore and explain why farmers, with full support of the pest-control industry, continue to make decisions today that threaten their future ability to farm.

An overexaggeration, you say? Stephen Powles, an Australian weed scientist considered one of the world’s leading experts in herbicide resistance, even calls it a threat to global food security because it predominantly affects the world’s top grain exporters.

These production powerhouses are characterized by big farms, a high reliance on herbicides, low biodiversity and a farming culture fixated on the next technological solution. He compares farmers’ chemical addiction to an illness — HOS (herbicide-only syndrome.)

In other words, that’s the problem. The herbicide-resistant weeds are only a symptom.

Powles said the surge in multiple-resistant weeds, some of which are resistant to chemistry that isn’t even in use yet, is a strong indicator that herbicides alone are not sustainable.

In sociological terms, HOS is considered a “wicked problem,” meaning it involves “multiple, complex and uncertain causes and effects over time in the way humans and nature interact,” said Raymond Jussaume, head of sociology at Michigan State University.

Farmers’ management decisions are driven by multiple factors, including financial, but also time management, the surge in rented land, and farming culture. As such, Jussaume said it defies simple technological fixes such as stacked traits, and requires adaption to a more holistic approach to weed management by the whole community.

One potentially powerful motivator for change is the looming reality that farmers may have to return to tillage, a prospect many find abhorrent. Another, is the possibility that governments will look to regulation if the farm community doesn’t come up with a plan on its own.

Last week a British weed specialist brought a chilling message to farmer meetings in Manitoba and Saskatchewan about the difficulty and cost of controlling herbicide-resistant blackgrass in Europe. In the U.S., some farms are now being lost because of the difficulty of controlling glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth.

Herbicide manufacturers and distributors are already well aware of the threat, which ultimately means no market for their product. The message to rotate herbicides to prevent resistance is well taken, but to keep them in the tool box, it may also mean using them less often.

Don’t take my word for it. On the next rainy day, tune in yourself at http://wssa.net/weed/resistance-summit-ii/. laura@fbcpublishing.com

PED cases show biosecurity breakdown Service providers are a pathway into the barn Manitoba Pork Council

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n Sept. 25, the Office of the Chief Veterinarian posted a notice on the MAFRD website notifying the industry about a fourth on-farm case of PED in Manitoba. Like the third detected case announced the week before, this case is also in a sow barn.

The combination of surveillance and disease investigations into PED over the last nine months has identified several key components of biosecurity that need attention on many swine farms. In particular, biosecurity practices for service providers — such as feed and semen deliverers, meter readers, and rendering collectors — are substandard. Here are some common shortcomings and their potential solutions: Service providers are visiting multiple farms between car washes and not planning their visits to move from high to low health herds.

Many service people are not familiar with our industry. You have to be asking your service provider which pig facilities they have previously visited, when they were there, and when they last washed their vehicle. They could potentially be coming from an assembly yard, abattoir or other higher-risk site without washing. It is your right and responsibility to protect your farm.

Service providers who have no need to enter the barns are entering the barns. When service providers do not need to enter a barn, every step should be taken to avoid it. Feed deliverers are an example of this; discuss a protocol for them to enter your site, deliver the feed and then exit the site. There is no need to be anywhere on the site that is not a direct route from the road to the location they are servicing. In

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general, ensure the barn doors are locked and arrange for service people to call you before they arrive at your site.

When service people are on site, they are not wearing disposable boot covers. In turn, they are carrying whatever is on the site back into their vehicles and likely to the next farm even if they are washing their vehicle between visits!

This could be PED virus! Encourage service providers to put on disposable boot covers when they are outside of their vehicle. Have the boot covers available at the end of your driveway and provide on-site options for their disposal.

Service providers who have no need to enter the site are entering the site. For some deliveries or pickups, such as semen, medications, deadstock or regular garbage, it is not necessary for service people to drive down your driveway. These contacts should occur either at the end of the driveway or well away from the site. We do a good job of protecting the inside of our barns, but we should prevent non-essential people from getting anywhere close to the barns too. You need to take the initiative and make arrangements for deliveries and pickups to be done at the end of your driveway or at another safer location, either by meeting the service provider for the exchange or providing a storage fridge/unit to facilitate the exchange.

Installing a gate at the end of the driveway is an excellent way to limit visitors and remind everyone of the importance you put on your farm’s biosecurity.

Virus on infected sites can be found in the yard as well as the barn. It is your responsibility and to your benefit to educate service providers on how to minimize the risk they pose to your farm and your industry. Ask the difficult questions and insist they follow your biosecurity protocols.

October 1927

f you were planning a trip to the “Old Country” for Christmas in 1927, Canadian Pacific was offering special trains direct to the ship side in this advertisement in the October 1928 Scoop Shovel.

News that month included a final payment of 12 cents per bushel on the Central Selling Agency pool for the 1926 crop, bringing the total to $1.42 per bushel for No. 1 Northern.

Manitoba Pool’s general manager reported that the province’s seed and feed oats situation was very serious, and advised farmers to hold on to any seed grain. “There are literally dozens of letters coming into our office from members, asking for prices on seed and feed oats, many orders coming in for carlots.”

The issue featured a long article by another Pool manager on the basics of grain grading, apparently a hot topic at the time. He said that every time he wrote on the subject, “I have rather a sinking sensation, very much as I would expect to have if I were juggling a couple of sticks of dynamite.”

Grading was also the subject of an article by Manitoba Co-operative Dairies Ltd. in response to “(S)ome misunderstanding with regard to the system of cream grading followed by practically all provinces of the Dominion.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 2, 2014

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Sustainability is not a four-letter word Urban consumers don’t appreciate the economic powerhouse agriculture has become

By Cam Dahl

The goal of all those involved is to add value to Canadian agricultural production. Farm groups from coast to coast are at the table and are able to provide feedback on the work being done to any of their members who are interested.

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national pollster once told me that “Canadians really like farmers, but they don’t always like what farmers do.” He followed that up by noting that the second half of the statement was the more important part, and that it is the agriculture industry’s responsibility to address the misinformation circulating about modern-day farming.

Misinformation, unfortunately, is a large contributor to Canadian opinion.

The majority of consumers have become disconnected from the reality of modern agriculture. The picture they have in mind as the “right” way to do it seems to come out of the 1930s. Farming practices from that era are seen by many as idyllic, pure and healthy. Conversely, farms that don’t conform to this image are viewed as somehow unhealthy or unsustainable.

This view is inaccurate, but an opinion does not have to be right to have influence. Food companies and marketers know this, and the skewed view of what agriculture is, and what some think it should be, is a big driver behind many of the food fads we see today.

Urban consumers in our cities (or even our small towns) don’t see the economic powerhouse that agriculture has become. They don’t realize that modern agriculture is on the cutting edge of science and technology. They don’t understand the benefits of precision agriculture. They don’t know about the environmental advancements farmers have made since the dust bowls of the Dirty ’30s.

We need to do a much better job of telling agriculture’s story. And by “we” I mean every part of the value chain, including crop developers,

farmers, grain companies and food companies.

Part of telling our story is having the facts to back things up. People are bombarded with “facts” today — but many of these facts are not all that factual. Consumers can’t be blamed for asking us to prove our claims of environmental sustainability and food safety. Ronald Reagan made the phrase “trust but verify” famous. While we are not talking about nuclear disarmament, we do need to honour the trust our customers have placed in us and be prepared to demonstrate why Canadian agriculture has a well-deserved reputation for safe food sustainably produced.

Farmers are integral in telling agriculture’s story. I know many producers wince when they hear words like “sustainability” and “verification.” But these are not swear words invented in some downtown office and they are not designed to simply increase farmers’ paperwork and costs. It’s quite the opposite — these are tools that Canadian agriculture will need to maintain markets and continue to attract a strong premium from domestic and international customers.

The industry, including farmers, is working on this issue through the newly formed Canadian Roundtable

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Conservative policy reforms destructive W.C. Fields’ line, “Never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a chump,” has never been better executed than by the Conservative government and its farmer-disenfranchisement policies.

Its first move upon election in 2006 was to tear up the farmer-rail car agreement. While it wouldn’t have solved all the marketing problems from last year it would have at least given farmers a look behind the curtain.

This move was followed by taking away the community pasture network that farmers have relied on

for Sustainable Crops. This roundtable includes all parts of the agriculture value chain. The goal of all those involved is to add value to Canadian agricultural production. Farm groups from coast to coast are at the table and are able to provide feedback on the work being done to any of their members who are interested. This is an important issue for individual farmers, and I encourage you to become directly involved.

I am proud of the Canadian agricultural record. Modern practices such as minimum and zero tillage conserve soil and water and help deliver a crop in drought conditions that would have been considered a disaster a generation or two ago.

Modern precision agriculture helps ensure that fertilizer and crop protection chemicals are not wasted by running into our streams and rivers.

The science behind plant-breeding techniques is truly cutting edge and will help meet the demands of a growing world population. Canada’s science-based regulatory system is envied around the world and is a key reason why consumers can have confidence in the food that we grow. This is the story that needs to be told. This is the story you need to help tell.

Cam Dahl, is president of Cereals Canada

for decades, destroying the PFRA and the tree nursery, vaporizing the support that farmers had through the margin-based AgriStability program, and weakening the Canadian Grain Commission.

In parallel was the defunding and destruction of the grain varietal development and research capacity — and this at a time when the world’s population has never been higher and the climate has increasing variability.

Decimation of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) was next — farmers were disenfranchised and not allowed to vote on the matter according to the existing law, taxpayers were billed an unnecessary $349 million in 2011, and the $16-billion world-leading exporter was reduced from a business to a political manoeuvre with a few hundred million in assets.

Predictably the destruction of orderly marketing through the real CWB cost farmers $4 billion in lost income for the 2013 crop (money that ended up in grain company pockets, lost sales and demurrage charges), and the government now refuses to publish any financial reports for the Ritz-run CWB since 2012.

With financial coverups and fast-tracking the giveaway of farmer-paid CWB assets, it looks like the government is trying to bury a dead skunk as fast as it can.

An agriculture minister from Ontario or B.C. could not have accomplished this much destruction. No, the minister had to be a short-term thinker from the Prairies where Conservative votes could be taken for granted.

Stewart Wells Swift Current

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NDP waste and mismanagement of MCEC

NDP mismanagement of the Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council (MCEC) continues with the recent sale of the old Canada Meat Packers Plant property at 663 Marion St. in Winnipeg.

The government approved the sale of this property at 50 per cent of the asking price and 25 per cent of the original purchase price.

This loss will add to the ongoing financial mismanagement of the MCEC’s $12 million in cattle industry and taxpayer dollars.

Besides the lack of accountability within the MCEC, the next question is, will the proceeds from the property sale go back into the cattle industry or will the NDP pocket this money and continue its record of financial mismanagement?

The minister of agriculture needs to explain to the Manitoba cattle industry where the $12 million disappeared to and what will happen to the diminished returns from the property sale.

More NDP waste and mismanagement means less for Manitoba taxpayers and is not in their best interest.

Blaine Pedersen PC Agricultural Critic and MLA for Midland

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 2, 2014

Federal government loans money to hemp-processing facility expansion New facility for growing demand for hemp production

By Meghan Mast Co-operator Staff/ Ste. Agathe

“This indeed has turned into a trail-blazing experience.”

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Shaun Crew

Shaun Crew started Hemp Oil Canada a month before Canada re-legalized cultivating hemp.

Ted Falk is the member of Parliament for Provencher. photos: meghan Mast

Crew jumped at the opportunity to be involved when a colleague told him hemp was going to be reintroduced and re-legalized. The risk paid off. His company has doubled in size every two years. Today, it makes a variety of products, including hemp seed oil, protein powder, flour and coffee. It transports hemp across Canada and internationally.

About 90,000 acres of hemp were grown across Canada in 2014, up from

last year’s 66,671. According to crop insurance data, an estimated 17,300 acres were to be grown in Manitoba — up from last year’s 14,732.

Hemp production has proved to be a lucrative business. Contracts on the crop range from 65 cents to 90 cents a pound for conventional and $1.20 for organic production.

In 2012, Canada exported over $21 million worth of hemp products to international markets.

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“This indeed has turned into a trail-blazing experience,” said Crew.

“We were challenged to make new products using new processes and then selling those into new markets worldwide.”

The new facility will integrate new technology for enhanced food safety and quality standards. Crew was sure to stress the importance of the government loan in securing the balance for the expansion — which will cost $13.6 million.

“To be quite honest with you, if we hadn’t obtained it, it would have been much more difficult for us to raise the rest of the capital.”

Hemp Oil Canada’s new processing facility is set to open in March. meghan.mast@fbcpublishing.com

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hen Shaun Crew stepped up to the podium to accept a sizable loan from the federal government for Hemp Oil Canada’s new processing facility, it was fitting the president and CEO wore hemp pants. And hemp shoes. And even hemp socks, he confessed later.

Te d Fa l k , M P f o r Pr ov e n c h e r, announced the $4.6 million of re p a y a b l e f u n d i n g o n b e h a l f o f Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Sept. 26. The investment is through the government’s Growing Forward 2 program.

“This is a dream I’ve had for 16 years,” said Crew about the new processing facility set to open along Highway 75 near Ste. Agathe.

No t l o n g a g o, h e m p c o u l d b e f o u n d o n t h e “c o n t r o l l e d s u b stances” list. Production was illegal and many people thought the crop was synonymous with marijuana.

Crew started the company, which produces hemp food products, near the beginning of 1998 — one month before Canada re-legalized cultivating hemp following 60 years of prohibition.

“I’ll never forget the look on both my late mother or my wife’s face,” he laughed. “‘Hemp what? You’re going to do what!?’”

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FROM PAGE ONE BEEF HELP Continued from page 1

MCEC Continued from page 1

monitoring the situation. “The Manitoba government is working closely with the federal government to address the issue and it is my hope that we can find additional solutions to the problem.

“Along with officials from my department, I will study their suggestions closely and I look forward to future consultations with MBP that will hopefully lead to an effective action plan.”

Reimer said there is some surplus in other parts of the province, but even that is limited.

Plus trucking the feed in from other areas is costly.

Craig Thomson, vice-president of the agriculture insurance at the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation, said harvest production reports are not due until the end of November and anecdotal reports of forage supplies vary.

Marion Street for $1.2 million, they then spent $793,000 on plant redesign and renovations, then they spent $237,000 on demolition, because they decided they would build a new building,” said Pedersen. “So why did they spend almost $800,000 and then decide this building isn’t going to work and tear it down?…

This is not prudent planning.”

The MLA said he obtained the figures through a freedom of information request, but that detailed breakdowns haven’t been available.

The province disagrees with that assessment.

“Every aspect of MCEC operations has been open to the public,” said Minister Ro n Ko s t y s h y n’s s p o k e s m a n . “M r.

Pedersen is not only hiding this fact, he’s making up numbers.”

No paper trail

Pedersen said that the information that is publicly available is lacking.

“The financial statement is online, but that doesn’t tell you where money is spent, it just tells you how much is spent,” he said, describing the information as “pretty vague.”

Categories such as project management list expenses at $1.1 million, but don’t break down costs any further, Pedersen said.

Reimer said his organization passed a resolution at its last annual general meeting aimed at acquiring more information on how the MCEC money was spent.

The Manitoba Beef Producers began calling for the elimination of the $2-perhead levy in 2011, but it wasn’t until September 2013 that collection was halted.

In an emailed statement, the province noted that the “producer levy was never mandatory” and that $2.4 million was returned to producers who requested it.

In total, just over $8 million was collected through the levy.

However, had the federal government provided the $11 million it has promised through the Slaughter Improvement Program, provincial officials said the planned slaughter plant would have gone ahead. Instead, those federal funds went to an expansion of Hylife Foods’ porkprocessing facility at Neepawa.

Hogwash, said Pedersen.

“If you talk to the feds, the reason the feds pulled out is because the plant was not viable; they didn’t have a viable plan,”

“They purchased the property at 663 Marion Street for $1.2 million, they then spent $793,000 on plant redesign and renovations, then they spent $237,000 on demolition, because they decided they would build a new building.”

Blaine Pedersen

he said. “It’s very easy for the province to blame the feds for this, but in the meantime $12 million has disappeared out of cattlemen’s and taxpayers’ pockets with nothing to show for it.”

Frieda Krpan, a producer at St. Laurent, is the MCEC chairperson, but she declined to comment on the issue, referring queries to MCEC’s lawyer. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

“We’re still a little bit optimistic but it’s getting pretty late in the year.”

Heinz Reimer

“Some areas where there was too much moisture (has) obviously poor yields. Some areas where the crops didn’t look so good I think the producers are being surprised at how good the yields are. It’s really all over the map.”

Melinda German, general manager at the MBP, said it’s true there is variation in the feed yields. But she estimates 30 to 60 per cent of producers will be short of feed.

“There are significant pockets where there will be feed shortages,” she said. “Producers in those areas may be short anywhere from 50-60 per cent of what their winter feed needs may be.”

The MBP is asking for a transportation assistance program and a business risk management program including forage insurance. The organization has also requested a livestock tax deferral from the federal government for producers who will be forced to sell their breeding stock because of feed shortages.

Meanwhile ranchers are exploring other options. Some plan to supplement their feed with grain for added protein.

Others are eyeing the high cattle prices.

“Producers need to make a decision very shortly whether they’re going to keep cows or they’re going to sell them,” said Reimer.

“We’re still a little bit optimistic but it’s getting pretty late in the year.” meghan.mast@fbcpublishing.com

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

Sept. 30-Oct. 4: World Dairy Expo, Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, Wisconsin. For more info visit www. worlddairyexpo.com.

Oct. 1: Red River Basin Commission (south chapter) barbecue fundraiser dinner, Morris MultiPlex, Highway 75, Morris. For more info or to buy tickets (deadline Sept. 22) call Sara at 204-9827250 or email sara@redriverbasincommission.org.

Oct. 4: Roland Pumpkin Fair. Call 204-343-2314 or email artccam@ gmail.com.

Oct. 6-9: International Summit of Co-operatives, Centre des Congres de Quebec, 1000 boul. ReneLevesque E., Quebec City. For more info visit http://www.sommetinter. coop.

Oct. 7-9: Canadian Agricultural Safety Association annual conference and AGM, Lord Elgin Hotel, 100 Elgin St., Ottawa. For more info visit http://conference.casa-acsa. ca.

Manitoba farmers host fifth annual Open Farm Day The September 21 event remains popular with visitors

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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urveys of the 48 farms that participated in Open Farm Day earlier this month will show precise numbers, but the now-annual event that has attracted upwards of 7,000 visitors other years was just as popular this year.

This is the fifth year farmers have hosted visitors to their farm in the event organized by Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD).

MAFRD’s Somerset GO Centre’s rural leadership specialist Danielle Cabernel visited host farms along with other department colleagues Sept. 21. She said 2014 appears to have attracted plenty of visitors again this year.

“I don’t know numbers for sure, but from what we saw happening we’re

hoping that we were getting at least the same as last year and hopefully more,” she said.

Co-workers in other parts of the province also reported good turnouts.

Joy Lorette, business development specialist for MAFRD in the Steinbach GO Centre, said the host farms she visited in eastern Manitoba may possibly have had higher turnouts than ever.

“Southeastern Manitoba saw hundreds out,” she said. “I think the traffic even increased this year.”

Host far ms are always sur veyed afterward to gauge precise numbers and provide more in-depth evaluation of the event.

Far m families who h a ve a f a r m product they direct market espe cially benefit from Open Farm Day because it provides an opportunity to meet potential customers and garner

new business. But other farmers get involved as well because they see it as a unique opportunity to interact with the non-farming public.

The 2014 event was planned in a partnership with the Manitoba Association of Agricultural Societies (MAAS) whose members also helped distribute the informational materials about the event.

A new component of this year was encouraging visitors to tweet their e x p e r i e n c e by u s i n g t h e # O p e n Far mDay hashtag. They were also encouraged to take a selfie with the farmers they visited and re-tweeting other #OpenFarmDay posts.

The hashtag was the same as used elsewhere in Canada, and last weekend New Brunswick and Nova Scotia also hosted Open Farm Days. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Oct. 9: MAFRD beef meeting, 7 to 10 p.m., Grunthal Livestock Auction Mart, PR 205, Grunthal. Topics: Nutrition, herd health, backgrounding economics, price insurance. For more info call 204-425-5050.

Oct. 16: Red River Exhibition Association/Manitoba Agriculture Hall of Fame Harvest Gala, Viscount Gort Hotel, 1670 Portage Ave., Winnipeg. For more info or to buy tickets email foundation@ redriverex.com or call Judy at 204888-6990.

Oct. 28: Manitoba Pork fall producer meeting, 2 p.m., Heritage Centre, 100 Heritage Trail, Niverville.

Meeting for producers east of Red River. For more info or to register call 204-237-7447 or email info@ manitobapork.com.

Oct. 28-30: Cereals North America second annual conference, Fairmont Winnipeg, 2 Lombard Place, Winnipeg. For more info visit www.cerealsnorthamerica.com.

Oct. 29: Manitoba Pork fall producer meeting, 2 p.m., Glesby Centre, 11 Second St. NE, Portage la Prairie. For producers west of Red River and Hutterian Brethren producers. For more info or to register call 204-237-7447 or email info@ manitobapork.com.

Nov. 6-8: Manitoba Livestock Expo, Brandon. Call 204-726-3590 or visit www.brandonfairs.com.

Nov. 12-14: Canadian Seed Trade Association semi-annual meeting, Hilton Montreal Bonaventure, 900 Rue de la Gaucheterie W., Montreal.

For more info call 613-829-9527 or visit cdnseed.org.

Nov. 17-19: Canadian Forage and Grassland Association conference and AGM, Chateau Bromont, 90 rue Stanstead, Bromont, Que. For more info email c_arbuckle@canadianfga.ca or call 204-254-4192.

Nov. 20: Canadian Association of Farm Advisors “Current and Connected” conference, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Heritage Centre, 100 Heritage Trail, Niverville. For more info call Liz Robertson at 1-877474-2871 or visit cafanet.com/ Conferences.aspx.

Dec. 2: University of Manitoba Transport Institute’s Fields on Wheels conference, Delta Winnipeg Hotel, 350 St. Mary Ave., Winnipeg.

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‘Mixed bag’ of interest shown among candidates for October 22 civic elections There are acclamations in some municipalities, but candidates lined up in others

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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here will be no elections in 11 Manitoba municipalities this month with entire councils now returned by acclamation.

But there are also strong competitions, and multiple candidates vying for seats as councillors and heads of council as Manitoba’s 137 municipalities gear up for civic elections October 22.

Prospective new council candidates and incumbents had until September 16 to register their campaigns.

Association of Manitoba Municipalities executive director Joe Masi says interest in the October 22 election is varied across the province.

“It’s kind of a mixed bag,” he

said. “Certainly in some areas there are very competitive races and it’s very important for their community. In others there’s acclamations and little interest.”

Mayor of Altona Mel Klassen, who was acclaimed along with his entire council isn’t sure what to make of the disinterest shown in the 2014 elections. One seat has also been left vacant because there were no candidates.

It’s the first time in his memory there have been no contests and it’s disappointing, he said.

“I used to be a teacher and I really pushed that in a democracy you get out there and be involved,” he said.

Neepawa, Carman, Arborg, Melita, St. Pierre-Jolys and Morris have also acclaimed entire councils and 48 out of 137 municipalities have returned

their reeves, mayors, or what some now call “head of council” to office without contests.

But elsewhere, there are candidates getting in line for a term in office. In the RM of Gimli there are candidates for the role of reeve and 11 others vying for four seats on council.

In the RM of Pembina 16 candidates are bidding for six councillor roles, and two for head of council.

The AMM is interested to see what impact amalgamation will have had on interest in the elections and voter turnout, Masi said.

Since registrations closed September 16, what’s already evident is several long-serving leaders are not seeking re-election.

AMM staff have been told some of those decisions relate to the bitter battles around amalgamation, Masi said.

This election will be especially critical where newly amalgamated councils will begin setting budgets and priorities for their new entities, he added.

“Certainly with the amalgamated municipalities it’s going to be, in some cases, a brand new municipality, with two or maybe three getting together, and it’s going to be very important who is elected on the council because they’re going to be setting direction of this new municipality for the next four years,” he said.

AMM is interested to see how many women are elected on October 22 too, he added.

The AMM has pushed for more female representation on councils.

Election results October 22 for both municipalities and school board trustees will be made

public more quickly than in previous years.

The Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) and the Manitoba School Boards Association (MSBA) have launched an election website called Manitoba Votes — www.manito bavotes.ca — listing council and school board candidates. It will be updated October 22 as polls come in.

Both organizations hope to see an enthusiastic voter turnout this election. “Municipal elected officials and school trustees work very closely within the communities they represent,” said AMM president Doug Dobrowolski in a news release.

“It is really important that citizens take part in this democratic process.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Gathering up for the journey

Canada geese have been having a good feed this fall. This flock was photographed on the Bennie farm near Waskada.

photo: Sharlene Bennie

Opposition MPs decry decision to not make CWB’s 2012-13 annual report public Wheat board critics, including the government, accused it of secrecy, but now Gerry Ritz has deemed CWB’s activities are too commercially sensitive to release

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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griculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s decision to keep CWB’s 2012-13 annual report from the public is being criticized by opposition members of Parliament.

Farmers and taxpayers have a right to see CWB’s financial statements Liberal MP Ralph Goodale and NDP Agriculture Critic Malcolm Allen said in separate interviews last week.

“It should be remembered whatever revenue and assets this new creature (CWB) has inherited, it has inherited all of that value from farmers,” Goodale, a former Canadian Wheat Board minister, said in an interview Sept. 25. “This is farmers’ money, farmers’ assets, not to be played with arbitrarily and secretly by the government.”

Allen said Ritz’s move is distressing, but not surprising.

“Once again this government lacks transparency and accountability to far mers and the Canadian public around an asset they still actually own.”

Amended act

CWB is the government-owned grain company created Aug. 1, 2012 when Ottawa ended the Canadian Wheat Board’s sales monopoly on western wheat and barley destined for domestic human consumption or export.

Un d e r t h e a m e n d e d C a n a d i a n Wheat Board Act, CWB is obliged to present Canada’s agriculture minister with an annual report, including its audited financial statements, and the minister must table it in Parliament.

The same applied to the old Canadian Wheat Board. However, Section 21(1)3 of the act allows the minister to withhold information he deems to be commercially sensitive.

One of Ritz’s officials said the minister tabled CWB’s annual repor t in July, but only the notes to CWB’s

“It should be remembered whatever revenue and assets this new creature (CWB) has inherited it has inherited all of that value from farmers. This is farmers’ money. Farmers’ assets, not to be played with arbitrarily and secretly by the government.”

Ralph Goodale

financial statement are available. The notes refer to accounting practices and potential liabilities, but provide no information about the company’s finances.

According to Allen the notes weren’t tabled in Parliament, but with Parliament’s Journals Branch.

Neither Goodale nor Allen believes CWB’s entire annual report to be too commercially sensitive to release.

The annual reports released to Parliament and the public by the old wheat board reported included a complete accounting of its revenues and expenses, broken out by each pool, as well as volumes of grain sold and to which markets.

The salaries of the highest-paid employees were also included as well as the per diems and expenses of both elected and appointed directors.

Challenge

Goodale said Ritz’s decision to keep the report essentially secret should be challenged in court and reviewed by Canada’s auditor general.

“This is a healthy dose of hypocrisy from this government,” Goodale said.

“It would rail at the so-called secrecy of the former Canadian Wheat Board... but this new entity is a complete black box. It’s just a joke.”

Goodale said he suspects CWB didn’t do well in its first year in an open market. If it had, Ritz would be bragging about it, Goodale said.

In April, CWB president and CEO Ian White said CWB intends to provide a privatization plan to Ritz before the 2016 deadline set out in legislation, which requires CWB to be privatized or wound down by 2017.

“We expect our privatization to happen sooner than that,” White said. “We are expecting to be able to get a plan to government this year and then the process will take place after that.”

L a s t m o n t h , Fa r m e r s o f No r t h America (FNA) proposed creating a farmer-owned company that would take majority ownership of CWB. FNA also proposed the new company distribute nitrogen manufactured by the farmer-controlled nitrogen plant FNA is promoting.

When Liberal MP Wayne Easter asked about CWB’s annual report in the House of Commons Sept. 26 Pierre Lemieux, parliamentary secretary to the minister of agriculture, replied: Mr. Speaker, much to the joy of our western Canadian grain farmers, our government delivered on its promise to free them of an obligatory marketing board. We were elected on a platform to deliver marketing freedom to farmers and we followed through on that commitment.

However, as the Canadian Wheat Board now competes in the open market, it has a right to protect commercially sensitive information. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Aggie bedpush coming to a community near you Staff / The University of Manitoba’s faculty of agricultural and food sciences student council will be holding its 33rd annual charity fundraiser “Aggie Bedpush” in a number of Manitoba communities beginning Friday, Oct. 3.

Each year, a large team of aggie students led by FASO (the faculty of agriculture students’ organization) pushes a custom-made, burgundycoloured steel bed frame on wheels across the province in support of charity.

Although the students have braved the Trans-Canada Highway between Winnipeg and Brandon in the past, this year, the bedpush will be travelling to the communities of Carman, Holland, Glenboro, Carberry, Brandon, Minnedosa, Neepawa, Gladstone and Portage.

The 2014 Bedpush will support the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba.

Donations will be accepted along the route of the bedpush in each of the individual towns and after for a period of time before they pack up to head to their next destination. Cash or cheques (payable to the “faculty of agriculture students’ organization”) can be sent by mail to: Faculty of agriculture students organization, 160-66 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Man. R3T 2N2. Tax receipts will be issued to donations over $20.

FASO will be accepting donations until November 22, 2014.

The students will start at 11 a.m. Carman and move to Holland at 2:30, Glenboro 3:30, and Carberry at 5:30 p.m. On the second day, they start in Brandon at 8 a.m. and then move to Minnedosa for 11 a.m., Neepawa, at 2 p.m., Gladstone at 3:30 p.m. and Portage at 5:30 p.m.

On Day 3, Monday, Oct. 6, the students will finish their push at the university campus.

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Soaring U.S. dollar puts additional pressure on bearish grain markets A strong dollar reduces foreign buyers’ purchasing power of U.S. commodities David Drozd Market Outlook

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he U.S. dollar can and does have a major impact on commodity prices.

A strong U.S. dollar weighs on U.S. commodity prices, just as a weak U.S. dollar is supportive to grain prices.

The U.S. dollar index has gained 7.6 per cent since the first week of May 2014, after a two-week reversal materialized on the weekly nearby futures chart. This is a reliable reversal pattern that indicated the U.S. dollar index was turning up from an area of support at 79.00. This is illustrated in the accompanying chart.

A strong U.S. dollar reduces foreign nations’ purchasing power of U.S. commodities.

The U.S. dollar index is a measurement of the United States dollar relative to a basket of six major foreign currencies. The euro, which comprises 57.6 per cent of the U.S. dollar index also developed the same reversal pattern on May 9, 2014. However, this two-week reversal materialized at the height of the euro’s rally, so it forewarned of the euro turning down. The euro has since lost 8.3 per cent of its value.

A lower euro makes European wheat more attractive to importing nations, as it increases their purchasing power.

Therefore, a higher U.S. dollar and a lower euro negatively impact the price of U.S. wheat, as North American wheat prices decline to be competitive with European wheat export values.

Interestingly, the U.S. wheat and corn futures markets peaked in the first week of May 2014, coinciding with the turnaround in the euro and U.S. dollar index. Since then, the nearby corn and wheat futures have declined 37 per cent.

There are other bearish fundamental factors weighing on grain prices, such as the potential for a record U.S. corn and soybean crop, but the strong U.S. dollar is most certainly a contributing factor.

After the U.S. dollar index turned up from 79.00, it pushed through resistance at 81.50 (A) and quickly picked up momentum — gaining 4.3 per cent in the past five weeks. The 81.50 level was the top of a rectangular pattern, so the breakout (A) was significant, as it forecasted a move to 84.00, thus putting additional pressure on commodity prices.

Rectangles

Rectangles are sideways consolidation patterns. A rectangular formation consists of a trading range which is bounded on both the top and bottom by horizontal lines (see chart).

The pattern reaches completion when the price exceeds either the upper or lower boundary. The breakout from a rectangle is a reliable forecasting tool. In this example, a minimum measurement is determined by taking the vertical distance of the rectangle and projecting it up from the point of breakout.

Market psychology

Since the rectangle outlines a sideways trading range, the buying and selling which comprises this pattern denotes support

U.S. DOLLAR INDEX WEEKLY NEARBY Chart as of September 23, 2014

and resistance levels. In this example a downtrend was in progress, so the lower horizontal boundary begins to form due to profit-taking by shorts and bargain hunting by longs which turns prices up.

The upper boundary represents a line of resistance where the supply of contracts for sale exceeds the demand. Between these two extremes, the market is in relative balance, with neither buyers nor sellers able to gain a lasting advantage.

Prices trends don’t occur until either the buying at the upper boundary exceeds the selling, or the selling at the lower boundary exceeds the buying. When either occurs, the scales are tipped and prices break out of the formation.

When a rectangle develops in a downtrending market, a breakout through the

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices

Heifers

Alberta South $ 161.75 - 163.00 — 115.00 - 133.00 100.00 - 120.00 — $ 212.00 - 226.00 222.00 - 239.00 231.00 - 250.00 245.00 - 264.00 267.00 - 293.00 298.00 - 328.00 $ 199.00 - 212.00 207.00 - 221.00 215.00 - 230.00 226.00 - 245.00 240.00 - 264.00 272.00 - 302.00

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

(850+ lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

Futures (September 25, 2014) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change October 2014 155.45 -0.15 December 2014 159.10 0.18 February 2015 160.00 0.63 April 2015 160.37 1.95 June 2015 151.85 1.50 August 2015 149.75 1.25

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

Cattle Slaughter

Ontario $ 141.69 - 172.85 144.55 - 161.97 80.81 - 120.58 80.81 - 120.58 107.09 - 137.74 $ 193.61 - 229.11 213.22 - 242.61 211.44 - 260.09 221.12 - 285.91 209.57 - 310.66 252.79 - 337.01 $ 181.02 - 197.77 189.72 - 225.64 182.22 - 239.33 196.57 - 247.12 184.29 - 281.30 220.51 - 291.80

Close 230.87 230.10 228.60 223.17 221.60 221.50

Change 0.97 2.40 3.68 3.47 3.15 3.18

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending Previous September 20, 2014 Year­ Canada 54,973 56,692 East 13,120 12,045 West 41,853 44,647 Manitoba N/A N/A U.S. 71,000 631,000

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Week Ending September 20, 2014 719 25,701 19,759 1,216 1,097 5,766 258

Previous Year 550 22,886 19,715 1,196 1,208 7,489 262

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 231.00 E 213.00 E 213.42 214.28

Last Week 224.40 207.04 207.44 208.35

Last Year (Index 100) 187.50 173.77 181.84 185.32

Futures (September 26, 2014) in U.S. Hogs October 2014 December 2014 February 2015 April 2015 May 2015

Close 106.32 93.60 89.60 91.00 91.00

Change 3.35 -0.20 -1.15 0.70 0.40

Other Market Prices Winnipeg (880 h wooled fats) — Next sale is Oct. 1 — —

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 October 5, 2014 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.970 Undergrade .............................. $1.880 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.950 Undergrade .............................. $1.850 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.950 Undergrade .............................. $1.850 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.885 Undergrade............................... $1.800 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

Weakening loonie helps support cattle markets More yearlings are expected at sales in coming weeks Dave Sims

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attle volumes at Manitoba stockyards were steady for the week ended Sept. 26 as producers continued to receive skyhigh prices for their animals. About 5,320 animals made their way through the ring, almost 1,000 head more than the previous week.

Top-end bids at one auction mart hit $400 per hundredweight for steers between 300 and 400 pounds. A year ago those same animals were receiving bids under $200.

“Prices were very steady; cows, butcher cattle were very steady; feeders appeared to be a little bit stronger,” said Keith Cleaver of Heartland Livestock in Brandon.

Eastern buyers, he noted, were especially interested in feeder cattle while many yearlings still had yet to enter the market.

Cleaver expected more cows will start to arrive in the next few weeks as ranchers get their calves weaned “so they can do the cull on their herds,” he said.

Even for steers in the 800- to 900-lb. range, the floor price has remained exceptionally solid, with low-end bids starting at $200 and in some cases $220. On the slaughter end, values have stayed consistent, with good bulls in the $120-$150 range. “(I’m) maybe surprised the slaughter market has stayed as high as it is,” said Cleaver.

Market prices show no sign of weakening and U.S. buyers have been one of the reasons why, he said. “A lot of feeder cattle, yearlings

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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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and calves are going south, but it’s definitely helping the slaughter market.”

The feeder cattle market continues to gain strength, he added, and he has begun to wonder where the ceiling might be.

One reason could be the continued weakness of the Canadian dollar. Last week it broke below the psychologically important US90cent mark. Some analysts expect it to settle around US85 cents, long term.

“A weaker dollar does help the cattle market, which in turn is helping the slaughter (market) stay where it’s at,” said Cleaver.

Recent warm weather has helped some producers in their struggle to put up hay on wet ground, he noted. He expected to see more yearlings at auctions in coming weeks, as well as a jump in numbers overall.

“Volumes are also likely to increase in the next couple of weeks,” he said. “Starting maybe next week, definitely into the first week of October, I think the numbers will start increasing.”

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

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Australian drought likely to boost cattle slaughter sydney / reuters

Toronto 86.90 - 124.05 133.54 - 191.12 197.45 - 219.28 210.42 - 233.59 175.27 - 235.59 —

“(I’m) maybe surprised the slaughter market has stayed as high as it is.”

CNSC

By Colin Packham

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

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

$1 Cdn: $0.8957 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.164 Cdn.

COLUMN

(Friday to Thursday) September 26, 2014 Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 118.00 - 126.00 D3 Cows 108.00 - 115.00 Bulls 138.00 - 152.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 180.00 - 222.00 (801-900 lbs.)

220.00 - 236.00 (701-800 lbs.)

230.00 - 248.00 (601-700 lbs.)

235.00 - 255.00 (501-600 lbs.)

245.00 - 290.00 (401-500 lbs.)

285.00 - 315.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

170.00 - 207.00 (801-900 lbs.)

200.00 - 222.00 (701-800 lbs.)

215.00 - 235.00 (601-700 lbs.)

217.00 - 240.00 (501-600 lbs.)

220.00 - 265.00 (401-500 lbs.)

230.00 - 285.00 Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers

EXCHANGES: September 26, 2014

Drought conditions across Australia’s east coast are unlikely to improve before 2015, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said, fuelling expectations that beef supply from the world’s No. 3 exporter may beat estimates as wilting pastures force farmers to slaughter more animals.

Queensland, Australia’s largest cattle-producing state — home to about half the national herd, has been plagued by drought conditions throughout 2014. Much of the state has received less than half

the typical rainfall levels over the last nine months, data from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) shows.

The chance of getting average rainfall between October and December across most of Queensland is seen at less than 40 per cent, the BOM said Sept. 25.

“If we’ve ever needed a good hit of rain through spring and into summer, it is probably this one after the past few years.

The BOM outlook is certainly not a good start and while we need to see what eventuates, it would be bad news for farmers in Queensland,” said Matt Costello, animal proteins analyst, Rabobank.

Australia’s official commodity forecaster last week raised its 2014-15 beef exports forecast by one per cent to 1.13 mil-

lion tonnes as dry conditions continued to drive slaughter of cattle to nearrecord levels, and warned the figure may be higher if the dry weather persists.

“If seasonal conditions fail to improve in the short term, the calving rate will be lower and slaughter higher than currently assumed. This would result in the beef cattle herd falling below the current forecast,” the Australian Bureau of Agriculture, Resource Economics and Rural Science had said.

Unable to find enough food and water to keep animals alive, the Australian cattle herd is set to fall to a five-year low of 27.1 million at the end of the 2014-15 season, reflecting two consecutive years of soaring slaughter rates, Australia’s commodity forecaster said.

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg (370 h Fats) — — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 136.41 - 278.44 — 112.18 - 235.65

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 12.00 - 30.47 19.53 - 39.03

Looking for results? Check out the market reports from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 36

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GRAIN MARKETS Export and International Prices

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Chicago soybeans drag ICE canola below $400 mark Demand may perk up as the loonie keeps weakening Terryn Shiells CNSC

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he ICE Futures Canada canola market continued to tumble along with Chicago soybean and soyoil futures during the week ended Sept. 26.

The November contract plunged below $400 per tonne on Sept. 19, then managed to end slightly above that level by Wednesday (Sept. 24). But the move was short lived and canola ended the week below the psychologically important $400 level.

Pressure from the advancing Canadian har vest, as weather was unseasonably warm and dry during the week in many regions, also undermined prices.

Farmers’ selling was limited, however, as they want to hold out for that $10-perbushel level in the cash market. Producers were also focused on finishing as much of the harvest as possible before the good weather runs out.

Canola is likely to keep dropping further, as soybeans in the U.S. and other commodities such as corn and wheat are expected to see even more weakness in the coming weeks.

Some analysts say canola futures could drop to $370 per tonne before finding major support. Soybeans could drop below US$9 and corn futures could fall down below US$3 per bushel.

The one bright spot for canola is a weakening Canadian dollar, which looks poised to fall to the US85-cent mark. The further it drops, the more attractive canola looks to exporters and crushers.

The possibility of extremely tight canola stocks at the end of 2014-15, if production isn’t big enough, could also help canola

Week Ago

Year Ago

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

174.17

179.49

249.19

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

197.04

202.18

266.18

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

128.34

133.16

179.82

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

214.79

221.92

206.52

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

339.06

356.97

483.77

Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)

721.04

721.48

921.47

Coarse Grains

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futures down the road. Traders say if the crop is 14 million tonnes or less, the industry will run out of canola, but if it’s 15 million tonnes, they should be OK. How big this year’s canola crop will be is still up in the air, though the Oct. 3 Statistics Canada production report should give a better estimate than its guess of 13.9 million tonnes in August. But the survey was done when almost no canola was combined, so it still won’t give a clear picture of how big the crop will actually be.

The only way corn and beans in the U.S. could find support would be if there was a weather scare in South America, where production of both crops is expected to be large this year as well.

Wheat under pressure

Wheat futures saw small losses in most Minneapolis spring wheat and Chicago Board of Trade contracts, with Kansas City futures seeing small gains.

All three wheat markets were attempting to consolidate after dropping to fresh lows recently. Talk that the recent weak prices were making U.S. wheat more competitive on the global export market provided support.

Worries about dry conditions in Australia and the Black Sea region were also underpinning the futures.

G l o b a l s u p p l i e s o f w h e a t a re s t i l l expected to be large, which continued to overhang the markets. Weakness in corn was also putting downward pressure on wheat, as was pressure from the advancing U.S. spring wheat harvest.

We a k n e s s i n o t h e r w h e a t m a r k e t s, including the French futures, was also undermining wheat.

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.

Last Week

All prices close of business September 25, 2014

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business September 26, 2014 barley

Last Week

Week Ago

October 2014

123.50

123.50

December 2014

125.50

125.50

March 2015

126.50

126.50

Last Week

Week Ago

November 2014

395.30

397.50

January 2015

402.90

404.50

March 2015

410.90

411.70

Canola

Special Crops Report for September 29, 2014 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan Spot Market

Spot Market

Lentils (Cdn. cents per pound)

Other ( Cdn. cents per pound unless otherwise specified)

Large Green 15/64

Canaryseed

35.50 - 36.75

Laird No. 1

33.00 - 36.75

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

23.00 - 25.50

Desi Chickpeas

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

23.00 - 24.00 — 15.20 - 16.00

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

7.80 - 8.50

Fababeans, large

—

Medium Yellow No. 1

6.15 - 6.25

Feed beans

—

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

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

4.00 - 4.10

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

25.00 - 25.00

No. 1 Great Northern

42.00 - 42.00

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

39.00 - 39.00

Yellow No. 1

30.40 - 32.00

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

52.00 - 52.00

Brown No. 1

27.60 - 29.00

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

58.00 - 58.00

Oriental No. 1

29.50 - 31.00

Source: Stat Publishing SUNFLOWERS

No. 1 Black Beans

25.00 - 25.00

No. 1 Pinto Beans

24.00 - 32.00

No. 1 Small Red

43.00 - 43.00

No. 1 Pink

43.00 - 43.00

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

17.10

16.60

Ask

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Report for September 26 2014 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed) Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

IGC increases production outlook Wheat stocks are expected to climb to a five-year peak while total grain stocks will be the highest in 15 years london - reuters

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he International Grains Council raised its forecast for the 2014-15 global wheat crop by four million tonnes to a now-record 717 million tonnes Sept.

25, largely reflecting an improved outlook in the European Union and Ukraine.

The IGC, in a monthly update, increased its forecast for the EU’s wheat crop by 2.3 million tonnes to 153.1 million and Ukraine’s produc-

tion by 1.5 million tonnes to 23.0 million.

“Despite smaller crops in North America, Australia and Near East Asia, larger out-turns are expected across Europe, the CIS (former Soviet Union) and in China,” the IGC said.

The IGC said global wheat stocks at the end of the 2014-15 season were expected to climb to a fiveyear peak while total grain stocks were projected to rise to the highest level since the end of the 1999-2000 season.

World wheat production in 201314 was put at 713 million tonnes.

The IGC said seeding of the 2015-16 winter wheat crop in the Northern Hemisphere was underway and total area was projected to increase slightly, year on year.

The organization projected world corn production at 974 million tonnes, up one million from last month’s forecast but still below the prior season’s record 983-milliontonne harvest.

“Production forecasts for the

U.S., EU and Russia are raised due to good yield potential. Because of drought damage, China’s crop is expected to show its first contraction in five years,” the IGC said.

China’s corn crop in 2014-15 was forecast at 215 million tonnes, down from a previous projection of 220 million and now below last season’s 218.5 million.

The U.S. corn crop was put at 360 million tonnes, up from a previous forecast of 355 million and the prior season’s 353.7 million.

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People worst hit by climate change voiceless in the debate Communities are finding their own solutions to cope with new challenges

By Maria Caspani new york/thomson reuters foundation

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ommunities hard hit by climate change impacts are finding ways to adapt on their own, but they need a larger voice in international decision-making about how to deal with climate change, activists said at a UN climate summit last week.

Speaking at a New York gathering of world leaders called by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to spur action on climate threats, three young activists from Nepal, the Solomon Islands and Uganda said their communities were finding their own solutions to cope with dramatic new challenges posed by climate change.

“We are working on local solutions and resilience to mitigate the impact of climate change,” said Sylvia Atugonza Kapello, the head of a civil society network in Karamoja, Uganda. “The

challenge is that (we’re) not part of the decision-making.”

She said the most marginalized must be given a seat at the table or, “if it continues like this, solutions will always be artificial,” with few connections to realities on the ground.

Lack of representation in politics generally and in negotiations toward a new global climate agreement in 2015 means that people who are losing their livelihoods to climate change are left without a clear voice — a problem when they are the ones testing out practical solutions, the activists said.

Alina Saba, a researcher and community organizer from rural Nepal, said that for the past five years communities in her region have lost crops to more frequent landslides but struggled to receive assistance because of their remote location.

With no outside help, people are “fighting back with their own very poor resources,” Saba said.

Atugonza Kapello, of Uganda, said that “although communities are coping, this shouldn’t be our responsibility.

It should be our governments’ and our leaders’.”

Civil society groups have voiced their discontent at the outcome of the UN climate summit, saying that world leaders made too few commitments to effectively take action on climate change.

UN climate envoy Mary Robinson, who also spoke at the event, said that there were too few resources available to deal with climate change impacts at the local level, and called for greater involvement of women in negotiations and decision-making.

“If we took away barriers to women’s leadership, we would solve the climate change problem a lot faster,” said Robinson, a former president of Ireland.

“Women tend to be more practical,” she added. “Women lead in a different way.”

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WSU researchers explain mystery of cereal grain defence Barley genes leap into action to extend plant life and vigour Washington State University Release pullman, wash.

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rop scientists at Washington State University have explained how genes in the barley plant turn on defences against aging and stressors like drought, heat and disease.

Professor Diter von Wettstein and assistant research professor, Sachin Rustgi showed that specific genes act as a switch that enables barley to live longer and become more tolerant of stress, including attack by common diseases like mildew and spot blotch.

The finding, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science solves a long-standing mystery and offers hope for the production of grain crops able to thrive during unpredictable weather and climate change.

Cereal grains such as wheat, barley, corn and rice need an essential amount of growing time to produce abundant yields. Environmental stressors such as heat and drought can trigger early aging of plants, which slows growth and decreases yield and grain quality.

Von Wettstein and Rustgi discovered that two barley genes, called JIP60 and JIP60-like, play a major role in the protective actions triggered by a key plant defence hormone called jasmonate or JA. Like a watchful sentry, JA takes action at the first sign of plant distress, producing proteins that prepare the plant to combat excess heat, lack of water, or attack by disease organisms. They also slow aging.

It had been known since the 1990s that JA played a role in plant resistance but von Wettstein and Rustgi are the first to document how it actually takes place.

The genes lie in close proximity to these other plant traits, providing a unique target for future crop-breeding programs.

“It is possible that we could tweak the JA pathway and increase yields by slowing the aging of plants and making them more resistant to diseases, drought and temperature stress,” he said. “This can be done without genetic engineering.”

The findings are important for grain farmers around the world.

“This year was a good example,” said Rustgi. “In Washington state, we had a cold spell in May and June just when winter wheat was flowering. It actually affected the long-term grain yield by causing injury to the plants.”

In India and Pakistan, he said that very hot temperatures – up to about 57 C – cause heat injury to wheat, barley, and rice.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 2, 2014

Alberta beekeepers object to Ontario class-action lawsuit The decision could mean it doesn’t qualify as a class action

By Alex Binkley Co-operator contributor

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lberta beekeepers are refusing to support a proposed class-action suit seeking damages from two chemical giants for bee losses blamed on neonicotinoids.

The suit, filed in Ontario Superior Court on behalf of Munro Honey and Sun Parlour Honey, seeks $450 million in damages from Bayer Crop Science and Syngenta, alleging their widely used seed treatments are responsible for bee losses.

The Alberta Beekeepers Commission, which accounts for 45 per cent of the Canadian honey industry, is refusing to endorse the lawsuit, which lowers the likelihood it will get the neces-

sary court certification to proceed as a class action. Part of that process usually involves ensuring that there is widespread support among the potential plaintiffs.

The Alberta commission said seed treatment technology reduces honeybee exposure.

The commission “believes that the agrochemical industry recognizes the value of honeybees and other pollinators. We believe that working together with appropriate research, management and education of all stakeholders will ensure that modern agriculture and honeybees can coexist.”

The Ontario suit singles out the neonic seed treatment for causing widespread bee deaths in Ontario during 2012 and 2013. However, the Alberta

group says the pesticides used before neonics were adopted by corn, soybean and canola growers were more damaging to bees.

Meanwhile, the Canadian Senate agriculture committee heard from bee health expert Geoffrey Williams who said introduced exotic parasites, agriculture, beekeeping pesticides and land use contribute to the bee deaths.

Williams works for the University of Bern’s Bee Health group as well as being secretary of COLOSS, which represents bee specialists from 60 countries. He studied for four years in Canada.

“A single honeybee colony can be concurrently exposed to a number of stressors,” he said. “Our Canadian data show

“A single honeybee colony can be concurrently exposed to a number of stressors.”

Geoffrey Williams bee health expert

that a single honeybee colony can be infested by both varroa mites, up to six viruses and a couple of parasites.” As well, it is often fed “a nutritionally deficient sucrose solution in the autumn,” he said.

Wi l l i a m s s a i d h o n e y b e e research needs to focus on the varroa mite. The greatest pesticide threat comes from the chemical residues of the pesticides used to combat the varroa mites, he added. “Exposures

to these residues are known to affect honeybees, particularly queens, during development.

Furthermore, these chemicals support the propagation of colonies susceptible to mites, essentially propping up unhealthy colonies year after year.”

However, he also urged further research into the impact of neonic pesticides to better understand what effect, if any, they have on honeybee colony productivity and survival.”

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Manitoba Chicken Producers opens new quota

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MCP release / Manitoba Chicken Producers (MCP) will begin accepting applications on Oct. 1, from Manitobans interested in becoming registered chicken broiler farmers. Applicants will be selected by random draw for one of six new quota registrations, each for 30,000 kilograms.

These new quotas will be phased into production, two per year for three years, to allow the successful applicants time to meet the requirements for land and facilities.

The application package is available on the Manitoba Chicken Producers website.

Applications will only be accepted by mail, or in person, and must be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of $787.50. The deadline for applications is Oct. 31, 2014.

“Population increases and strong demand for chicken created this opportunity to expand chicken farming in Manitoba. We’re excited to offer new quota, and add six more farms to the industry,”said Jake Wiebe, chair of Manitoba Chicken Producers.

Manitoba Chicken Producers is a not-for-profit farm organization representing 115 registered chicken broiler producers and 24 registered hatching egg producers.

For more information contact: Wayne Hiltz, executive director Manitoba Chicken Producers 204 489 4603 whiltz@ chicken.mb.ca.

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Typical fall weather en route Issued: Monday, September 29, 2014 · Covering: October 1 – October 8, 2014 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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ast week’s forecast played out pretty close to what was expected. The warm air moved in by late in the week, bringing record temperatures to many areas, and the cold front came through a little earlier than expected, bringing with it a return to more seasonable values.

This forecast period will begin with a fairly strong area of low pressure anticipated to develop to our southwest, then track fairly quickly to the northeast. As the low pulls northward it will bring up some mild air Wednesday, but we’ll also see plenty of clouds and showers or periods of rain, all of which will help to keep temperatures down a little bit. With the clouds and rain we should expect to see highs in the upper teens on Wednesday. As the low moves northward it will drag down a cold front sometime Thursday, bringing clearing skies and cooler temperatures.

Depending on the timing of the cold front, Thursday might not be that cool, but by Fri-

day highs will likely struggle to make it into the low teens.

Over the weekend, temperatures look like they’ll warm up a little bit as a weak low passes by to our north and our winds b e c o m e s o u t h e r l y. Ex p e c t high temperatures to be in the mid- to possibly upper teens, under what looks to be plenty of sunshine. We could see a few clouds Sunday as the weak low slides by, but it doesn’t look like we’ll see any precipitation from this system.

Next week looks as if our weather will be more active as the general flow becomes more northwesterly. Several lows are expected to drop southeastward in the flow, bringing a mix of sun and clouds along with scattered showers on most days. High temperatures should be in the low teens depending on cloud cover, with overnight lows in the 0 to 4 C range.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 9 to 19 C; lows, -2 to 7 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

2 Month ( 60 Days) Departure from Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) July 25, 2014 to September 22, 2014

< -120 mm -120 to -100 mm -100 to -80 mm -80 to -60 mm -60 to -40 mm -40 to -20 mm -20 to 0 mm 0 to 20 mm 20 to 40 mm 40 to 60 mm 60 to 80 mm 80 to 100 mm 100 to 120 mm > 120 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: 09/23/14 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the departure from the average amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the 60 days ending Sept. 22, or what can be considered the second half of summer. A good portion of agricultural Manitoba saw more than average amounts during this time period, with the wettest areas running from the northern Interlake southwestward. The area just south of Dauphin was the wettest, with amounts as much as 120 mm above average reported.

Warmest fall temperatures ever recorded Medium-range models suggest October may be a bit of a roller-coaster ride

By Daniel Bezte CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

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or some areas of Manitoba and Saskatchewan it took until nearly the end of September to see the warmest temperatures of the year. A late-season heat wave brought record-breaking temperatures to a number of locations last week as we experienced warmer daytime highs than Texas!

Thanks to a strong upper ridge of high pressure, along with a deepening area of low pressure over Alberta, temperatures were able to soar to record heights during the week of Sept. 21-27. The warm air covered pretty much all of Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, southern and central Saskatchewan and Manitoba. In the States, Miles City, Montana and Williston, N.D. both hit 36.1 C during the heat wave, which was their hottest fall temperature ever recorded (fall starts on Sept.

22). In Canada, and Manitoba in particular, several sites broke records. Brandon’s high temperature on Sept. 25 was 34 C, which easily broke the previous record of 31.1 C set in 1950. The next day Brandon once again broke the record with a daytime high of 32.8 C, well above the 30.6 C record set back in 1956.

Over the last 16 years we’ve seen three Octobers that were around average, seven that have been warmer than average and six colder than average.

The heat continued as you travelled northward. Dauphin recorded high temperatures of 33.9 C and 33.5 C on Sept. 25 and 26. Both of these readings smashed the previous records of 30 C and 30.6 C recorded back in 1950. The 33.9 C reading also tied the record for the warmest fall day ever recorded.

This reading has occurred twice before on Sept. 22, 1938 and on Sept. 24, 1917. The hot weather made it as far north as Swan River; at this location the numbers were truly remarkable. Swan River recorded high temperatures of 33.1 C on the 25th and 35.1 C on the 26th. The 33.1 C reading on the 25th easily broke the previous record of 30.6 C set in 1950, and the 35.1 C reading on the 26th absolutely shattered the previous record of 30 C set back in 1909.

Both of these readings were also the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the fall for this location, with the previous

record being 32.8 C set back on Sept. 28, 1922. In fact, according to Weather Underground’s Christopher C. Bert, the 35.1 C reading may be the warmest fall temperature ever recorded this far north anywhere on the North American continent.

Farther east it was still warm, with temperatures topping out in the low 30s at a number of locations, although these daytime highs came short of breaking any records. Of interest were the overnight lows on Sept. 26.

With the help of summer-like humidity, the lowest temperature recorded in Winnipeg on this date was 17.4 C. This was only the seventh time this year that Winnipeg had such a warm night, and it easily beat the previous record of 14.4 C set back in 1950.

Who called it?

Once all of the values for the month were taken into account it turned out that September 2014 came in warmer than

average, with our three main locations all coming in at least 1 C above the long-term average. Precipitation was near average over northwestern regions, dropping to below average as you travelled southward and especially eastward.

Looking back at the forecasts for the month, it turns out my forecast came closest, as I called for near- to slightly above-average temperatures along with near-average amounts of rain.

Now on to October. Before looking at the different forecasts I looked back to see what the last 16 Octobers were like, because, for some reason, my weather memory has been telling me Octobers have recently been cold and miserable. As it turns out, my memory seems to be a little flawed. Over the last 16 years we’ve seen three Octobers that were around average, seven that have been warmer than average and six colder than average. So that doesn’t help to predict what this October will be like.

So m e o f y o u m a y h a v e noticed a number of the heat reco rd s t h a t we re b ro k e n occurred back in 1950. Looking back at that year, I found October was warm and dry over western regions, with near-average amounts of precipitation over eastern regions.

Before you start getting all excited, the winter of 1950-51 was cold with average amounts of snow.

On to the official October forecasts. Environment Canada calls for near-average temperatures and precipitation. The Old Farmer’s Almanac also predicts near-average temperatures, but below-average amounts of precipitation. The folks over at the Canadian Farmers’ Almanac seem to call for a cold first half of the month, followed by wellabove-average temperatures in the second half. While they do predict showers and stormy conditions, they also mention dust storms late in the month for parts of the Prairies. To me this means it has to be pretty dry.

Finally, my forecast. I’ll have to admit, I usually have some kind of gut feeling to go off of, but so far, I have nothing.

From the current mediumrange weather models it looks like October is going to be a bit of a roller-coaster ride, as we see the winter battle between warm and cold air begin. The big swings in temperatures will probably even out the overall monthly temperature to around average. Along with the temperature swings will come several chances for precipitation, so I won’t be surprised if we end up with slightly above-average amounts.

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CROPS Old chemistry conscripted in battle with herbicide-resistant weeds It’s an expensive fight in Europe that farmers here can expect to have if they don’t adjust first

By Allan Dawson

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Herbicide-resistant black-grass is costing English farmers $55 to $100 an acre in herbicide costs and if Canadian farmers aren’t careful they can expect similar problems with herbicide-resistant grass weeds, Gowan’s John Edmonds warned herbicide sellers last week. photo: john edmonds, Gowan

That’s where Avadex and Fortress come in. Avadex (triallate) is in Group 8 and Fortress (triallate and trifluralin) contains Groups 8 and 3. Neither group is much used these days, although the soilapplied herbicides were popular 25 to 30 years ago.

Avadex sales have jumped in England, where farmers follow up with post-emergent herbicides to control Group 1- and 2-resistant grassy weeds.

He r b i c i d e re s i s t a n c e c a n develop in weeds in as few as four years when a herbicide is repeatedly used on the same land, said Mike Grenier, Gowan Canada’s research and development manager. Alternating between two herbicides with different modes of action, or ways of killing a plant, can double the time before resistance occurs. Adding another mode of action through a tank mix or separate application can stretch it out to 10 years, he said.

“If you bring in the others (Avadex and Fortress) as well, hopefully you might even avoid getting resistance.”

Diversity is key, Grenier said, noting that in addition to using different modes of actions, farmers should rotate crops and use other techniques to make crops more competitive against weeds.

University of Manitoba weed scientist Rob Gulden agrees.

“All the things that help the crop help the herbicide are probably just as important, if not more important, in terms of an integrated-management approach to lessen the risk even more,” he said later in a telephone interview.

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Bringing back Avadex and Fortress is a good strategy, but rotating or applying different modes of actions sequentially are not enough by themselves, he said.

“It can be a tool to delay it, but we need to think a bit broader. It’s more about having a crop helping the herbicide work more effectively.”

Farmers should also be aware that Group 3-resistant wild oats were discovered in southwest Manitoba in the late 1980s. How prevalent they are now isn’t known, Hugh Beckie, a Saskatoonbased weed researcher with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said in an email.

The last Manitoba weed-resistance survey done in 2008 showed 11 per cent of fields had Group 8 (triallate)-resistant wild oats.

“So overall, triallate (Avadex or Fortress) is still a good pre-emergence option to control wild oat susceptible or Group 1 or Group 2 resistant,” he wrote. “Similarly, Fortress (triallate and trifluralin) is still a good option for wild oat populations that are not Group 8 resistant, or green foxtail populations that are not Group 3 resistant. We have not documented Group 3 (trifluralin)-resistant wild oat anywhere across the Prairies, so this active ingredient is still useful for wild oat management.”

The same survey found 55 per cent of Manitoba fields had Group 1-resistant wild oats, 18 per cent had Group 2-resistant wild oats and nine per cent of fields had both.

Fall is a good time to apply Avadex and Fortress after the surface soil temperature is below 5 C or any time after Sept.

15 followed by a harrow.

Good soil contact is necessary for these herbicides to work, said Cory Bourdeaud’hui, Gowan Canada’s Manitoba sales representative.

That means ensuring crop residue or lumps of soil don’t prevent the herbicide granules from reaching the soil, he said.

“There’s no way the Avadex can penetrate those lumps,” Bourdeaud’hui said. “If there’s a lumpy field the farmer has to harrow it to break those lumps up before he applies it.”

Avadex and Fortress shouldn’t be applied to burned fields for 12 months because the carbon prevents them from working, he added.

A shallow harrowing will ensure soil contact but might not be necessary in the fall. Snowpack will help push the granules down to the soil, he said.

Harrowing in the spring will also “sharpen” control of both herbicides, he said. But farmers should avoid sweeping their fields moving piles of straw, which can pull the granules into concentrated areas leaving other areas untreated.

Application rates for both Avadex and Fortress are based on soil organic matter. Fields with higher organic matter require higher rates.

Avadex controls wild oats in barley, canola, spring and durum wheat, flax (not including low linoleic acid varieties), peas and canary seed.

Fortress controls wild oats, green foxtail and yellow foxtail in canola, flax (not including low linoleic acid varieties), mustard, barley and spring and durum wheat.

It also suppresses lamb’s quarters, kochia, redroot pigweed, Russian thistle and wild buckwheat. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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vadex and Fortress are old soil-applied, pre-emergence herbicides with a new purpose — helping delay the onset of herbicide-resistant weeds.

And fall is the right time to apply both, herbicide retailers were told at a meeting here Sept. 22 held by Gowan Canada.

Manitoba already has some herbicide-resistant weeds, including glyphosate- and Group 2-resistant kochia and wild oats, green foxtail that are resistant to Groups 1 and 2, and wild oats that are resistant to both Groups 1 and 2.

But Manitoba’s weed-resistance problems pale compared to England’s and other parts of Europe.

Herbicide-resistant black-grass and ryegrass are so prevalent in some fields farmers are paying $55 to $100 an acre after applying five or six different weed killers and often only getting 80 per cent control, Gowan’s U.K.-based product development manager John Edmonds said. In some cases, the weed infestations are so heavy farmers are thinking about switching from winter cereals to spring crops, which have lower yields and therefore lower potential revenue.

“Resistance (in Western Canada) in my mind is eight to 10 years behind where they are (in Europe),” said Gowan Canada’s general manager Garth Render.

“Are we on the same set of railway tracks headed to where they are? Absolutely. We’ve had some delays in our trip because of the introduction of herbicide-resistant crops. We’ve added a couple of different modes of action they didn’t have.”

Whether herbicide-resistant weeds become as bad in Canada depends on what farmers here do over the next five to 10 years, Edmonds said.

“If you keep using the same chemistry time after time you’re only going to select out the resistant populations,” he said in an interview. “You have to think about alternating the modes of action and the products and not just alternating the product by name.”

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Unapproved GMO wheat find not expected to hurt exports Roundup Ready wheat was found growing on the Montana State University’s campus

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.S. wheat exports should not be hurt by the second discovery of experimental Monsanto Co. genetically modified wheat growing in a U.S. state where it was not approved, industry leaders said Sept. 26, because the wheat is not believed to be in commercial channels.

The U.S. Department of Agr iculture’s Animal and P l a n t He a l t h In s p e c t i o n Service (APHIS) announced that it was investigating the discovery of wheat plants containing an unapproved genetic alteration in Montana.

L a s t y e a r, a n O r e g o n farmer’s discovery of Mon-

santo’s experimental wheat in his field roiled intern a t i o n a l m a r k e t s. So u t h Korea and Japan tempo rarily halted purchases of U.S. wheat due to fears t h e u n a p p r ov e d b i o t e c h wheat might have contaminated U.S. wheat supplies.

So m e U . S . f a r m e r s s u e d Monsanto over the market disruption. “ We are in the process now of informing our intern a t i o n a l w h e a t b u y e r s ,” Alan Tracy, president of U.S. Wheat Associates, said in a statement. The organization handles global marketing for the U.S. wheat industry.

“We do not expect any disruption in sales.”

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W h e a t G r ow e r s ( N AW G ) said the industry is reassured by regulatory assurances that no biotech wheat has entered the commercial supply chain.

The groups said APHIS notified them in mid-August of the discovery of Monsanto’s “Roundup Ready” wheat in Montana.

Arlan Suderman, market analyst with Water Street Solutions, said some Asian buyers of American wheat could pull back from new purchases, but the reaction would likely be more muted than last year.

APHIS launched its investigation into the Montana situation on July 14, according to Bernadette Juarez, director of investigative and

enforcement ser vices for APHIS. The biotech wheat was found growing at a research facility for Montana State University in Huntley, Montana, where field trials of Monsanto’s wheat were conducted between 2000 and 2003, she said.

Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of the Center for Food Safety and a critic of GMO crops, said the fact that unapproved GMO wheat has again been found uncontrolled in the environment underscores fears that many farmers have about contamination of non-GMO crops by the biotech types.

“This new incident shows once again that coexistence is a fantasy,” he said.

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“The FCC AgriSpirit Fund is about making life better for people in rural Canada — giving back to the communities where our customers and employees live and work,” said Sophie Perreault, FCC executive vice-president and chief operating officer. “We’re proud to work in partnership with these great organizations that are making a positive difference. Congratulations to all the recipients.”

The FCC AgriSpirit Fund awards rural community groups between $5,000 and $25,000 for community improvement projects, such as recreation and community centres, libraries, and emergency services training facilities. All projects are based in communities with populations less than 150,000 and selected groups must complete their projects by December 31, 2016.

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“Thank you to those who are dedicated to raising funds and turning those dollars into something concrete.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 2, 2014

Calculators needed to make sense of western Canadian wheat bids Different prices for different grades make uniform comparisons difficult

By Phil Franz-Warkentin COMMODITY NEWS SERVICE CANADA

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onsistent wheat pricing can still be a struggle to find across Western Canada two years into the new open market. The lack of consistency can make it difficult to compare pricing from one delivery point to the next, leaving farmers uncertain just how much their wheat is worth.

While one elevator may quote a price for No. 1 CWRS wheat with a protein content of 13.5 per cent, a neighbouring delivery point may be using a No. 2 at 13.0 per cent protein for its base quote, and a third elevator may be factoring in the currency exchange in a different way than the other two.

“If you don’t do all of the math you risk leaving a lot of money on the table, because there is a lot of variability in the wheat basis, and there is a lot of variability in the grade spreads from one company to the next,” said Brenda Tjaden Lepp, of FarmLink Marketing Solutions in Winnipeg.

“It makes comparing very difficult,” said John DePape, of Farmers Advanced Risk Management Co. (FARMCO) in Winnipeg. He added that some companies don’t put out any public prices and only make them available to customers.

“As a market observer, I don’t like that. I think we need more visibility in prices,” said DePape.

However, he didn’t think there would be any pressure for the grain companies to streamline their wheat pricing, as long as it was working for them. “If it affects their business, they’ll look at changing,” said DePape, but he was uncertain that streamlined pricing for wheat was on the agenda for the time being.

While greater consistency in wheat pricing from one elevator to the next would make comparison shopping easier, there are other factors to consider as well.

“Different companies are selling to different markets, so let the companies decide what meets their needs, and likewise farmers can decide what meets their needs,” said Blair Rutter, executive director of the West-

ern Canadian Wheat Growers Association. “As long as there is competition and farmers have choices, then that’s the ideal marketplace,” he added.

Rutter added that regulations put in place by the Canadian Grain Commission that put penalties in place for line-companies if they don’t accept deliveries in the contracted window, do create some uniformity.

However, there is still room for improvement. Rutter said capacity on the rail lines remained a key priority, as “that is the basis of competition among the grain companies. If the rail system is plugged, we don’t see good competition among the grain handlers.”

There is also a need for greater market information on prices and exports, said Rutter, pointing to the readily available U.S.

data that does not currently have an equivalent in Canada.

Tjaden Lepp added that in many other countries, a farmer could “just click on a website and see where prices are at,” while the same process takes a number of phone calls in Canada.

“This is all part of the adjustment to the open market,” said Rutter, noting that after over 70 years under the Canadian Wheat Board single desk the current market is still in a period of adjustment.

Tjaden Lepp agreed, noting that such a transition will take time. In addition to improved public reporting of export business and prices, she said a movement to using ICE Canada wheat futures as the hedging mechanism of choice would also help simplify matters in terms of wheat pricing.

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he Western Feed Grain Development ( WFGD) Co-op has received $400,000 from the federalprovincial Growing Forward 2 program to research feed wheat varieties.

The four-year project will develop new feed wheat varieties that offer high yield, flood tolerance, fusarium resistance and tolerance for Manitoba soils with high salinity, the federal announcement said.

It will use traditional plantbreeding techniques, so any resulting varieties will not be considered genetically modified and could be used in all livestock operations.

“Advanced research is key to developing new wheat varieties to help satisfy global demand for high-quality C a n a d i a n w h e a t ,” f e d e r a l Agriculture Minister Gerr y Ritz said in a release. “This investment will create more opportunities for farmers to generate revenue and grow their business.”

“It’s important for Manitoba farmers and the biofuels sector to have access to feed wheat varieties tailored to our growing conditions,” said Minister Kostyshyn. “This research is based on the priorities of Manitoba’s farmers. Growing more of our own animal feed within the province will lead to economic benefits for grain farmers, livestock producers and rural communities.”

The WFGD Co-op was established in 2005 to find new wheat varieties suitable for livestock feed and the ethanol industry. WFGD and its farmer-members are also contributing $1.8 million toward t h i s re s e a rc h . T h e W F G D Co-op registered its first Canada Western General Purpose wheat, WFT603, in 2014.

“The WFGD Co-op is unique because farmers can invest and participate in the development of varieties they can use on their own farm and we’re pleased to receive funding from Growing Forward 2,” said David Rourke, WFGD Co-op director. “We are looking forward to applying these funds to our breeding program and addressing major areas of concern for Prairie producers, including post-seeding excess moisture, salinity, and aster yellows.

WFGD Co-op is developing wheat varieties that will help to minimize the economic losses that result from these crop production challenges.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 2, 2014

‘Free fall’ has farm leaders talking about improving support programs Alberta farm leaders have been cool to additional aid — but that stance may be changing

By Alexis Kienlen STAFF

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lberta farm leaders have stayed on the sidelines while their Prairie counterparts have been lobbying for improved farm support programs — but that may soon change.

Last month’s snowstor m and early frost coupled with the massive American harvest that has “hammered” the futures markets has dramatically changed the outlook in Alberta, said Greg Porozni, president of Cereals Canada.

“We haven’t discussed this yet, but we will be,” said Porozni, who farms near Mundare and is also a director with the Alberta Wheat Commission.

“After harvest, I guess all the commissions will be discussing this.”

Most of the crop commissions met in July when the outlook on yield and quality was good, and price prospects weren’t nearly as gloomy.

“We knew there was a possibility of a big crop at the time and prices were correcting,” said Porozni. “But since then, it has been a free fall.”

As soon as this harvest is over, directors will consider asking Ottawa for increased assistance.

For Porozni, the biggest issue is changes to AgriStability that were made in 2012 when grain and oilseed prices were at record levels. Those 2012 changes require a 30 per cent drop in margin (down from 15 per cent) in order to qualify for a payment. As well, payouts are now based on the lesser of the producer’s reference margin or eligible expenses.

“I don’t think anybody wants to get a handout, but at the same time, we had a good program there and built up some good indexes for our downturn, only to find out that the feds slashed the level of support,” said Porozni.

It also takes a long time for money to flow, he added.

“Unless you had applied for an advance, it’s probably a year out depending on what your year-end is. Cash flow will be a concern, no doubt about it.”

AgriStability is one of a trio in Ottawa’s ‘agri’ suite of programs, and the Grain Growers of Canada will work co-operatively with federal officials to

“I don’t think anybody wants to get a handout, but at the same time, we had a good program there and built up some good indexes for our downturn, only to find out that the feds slashed the level of support.”

GREG POROZNI

find ways to improve all three, said Gary Stanford, the group’s president.

“Some of the other provinces want a higher AgriInvest, so you can put money in there if you have a problem,” said Stanford, who farms near Magrath. “Other provinces want a better AgriStability, so if there is a wreck they can get money out of it. With the Agri-

Recovery, can we get compensation if there’s a disaster?”

Alberta’s Agricultural Financial Services Corporation programs offer better recovery and crop insurance than some of the programs in some of the other provinces, noted Stanford, who is also an Alberta Wheat Commission director. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 2, 2014

Young EU farmers struggle as Russian sanctions bite The loss of Russia’s growing market for high-end fruits and vegetables is causing a ripple effect

By Chris Arsenault CAMPOSANTO, ITALY

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he neat rows of manicured trees seem a w o r l d a w a y f ro m t h e barricades of eastern Ukraine, but political tensions between the European Union and Russia are reverberating in Fabio Lambertini’s pear farm in the tranquil Italian countryside.

“There is a lot of fear,” said Lambertini, 25, at his fami l y ’s f a r m h o u s e s i t ti n g o n the breezy, open plains of Modena. “ We are seeing a decrease in prices.”

In August, Russia declared a one-year embargo on meat, f i s h , d a i r y, f r u i t a n d ve g etables from the European Un i o n , t h e Un i t e d St a t e s and other western nations in retaliation for economic sanc-

“These political decisions have nothing to do with simple citizens. We farmers are the ones paying for this situation.”

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tions over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine.

Before anger over Russia’s support for rebels in Ukraine e r u p t e d i n t o a t ra d e w a r, the future looked bright for Lambertini. Rising demand from emerging markets, and i n v e s t m e n t s i n b u i l d i n g s, solar panels and an irrigation system meant sales were expected to rise.

Across the continent, figures are not yet available on

how much money EU farmers have lost since Aug. 7 when Moscow imposed the ban. Russia’s move followed EU sanctions on key Russian energy and defence firms.

EU farm exports to Russia had been worth about 11 billion euros a year, roughly 10 per cent of all EU agricultural sales. The tit-for-tat sanctions could cost farmers dearly.

“These political decisions have nothing to do with sim-

ple citizens,” Lambertini told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview at his f a r m n o r t h o f Ro m e. “ We farmers are the ones paying for this situation.”

Italian farmers like Lambertini sold about 706 mill i o n e u ro s’ w o r t h o f f o o d and drink to Russia last year, trailing other EU members including Poland, Germany, France and the Netherlands.

The loss Russia’s growing market for high-end fruits and vegetables is causing a ripple effect throughout Europe as farmers seek to unload perishable produce as harvests peak.

Francesco Vincenzi, president of Coldiretti Modena, a local farming association, said Europe had entered a “vicious cycle” on fruit prices.

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“Italian pears had 10 to 15 per cent of the Russian market. Other countries had the remaining 90 per cent,” Vincenzi told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

“Because of the sanctions, other producers like Holland and Spain are now exporting to European countries that were the typical market for Italian products.”

Last year, farmers received about 50 cents per kilo of pears, but Coldiretti said it feared prices would dip to 40 cents as a result of the trade dispute.

In 2013, Russia bought 72 million euros’ worth of Italian fruit and vegetables, meat worth 61 million euros, dairy products worth 72 million euros and pasta worth 50 million euros, Coldiretti reported.

“We invested a lot of money to enter into the Russian market,” through new promotions and agreements, said Vincenzi. “Now that it isn’t accepting our products, we are losing that investment.”

Turkey, China and Latin American countries are rushing to fill Russian shelves now emptied of European food products. Even if the sanctions end, some European farmers worr y they will be permanently displaced from the market.

Wine protected

The Russian ban does not affect alcohol, which should protect wine, which accounted for 16 per cent of Italy’s food and drink exports to Russia last year, according to Coldiretti.

If the sanctions drag on, some farmers could consider planting different crops, responding to market demands. But pear trees take about six years before they start bearing fruit. “It isn’t so easy to change the production,” said Fabio’s father, Gaetano Lambertini.

T h e Eu r o p e a n Un i o n i n August announced an initial aid package of 125 million euros for EU fruit and vegetable growers hit by the sanctions. An updated plan is expected to be announced soon, EU officials said.

Playing with the family’s dogs and chatting with his father about their newly constructed barn with solar p a n e l s o n t h e ro o f , Fa b i o Lambertini is optimistic Russians will once again be able to enjoy his pears. He just h o p e s i t h a p p e n s s o o n e r, rather than later.

“Agriculture is a tough business, there are a lot of ups and downs,” he said. “The farming market always has problems. But this is a new one.”

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Russia values reputation as reliable trade partner The agriculture minister says the list of banned food could be reviewed if tensions ease

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ussia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, will use only state purchases of grain from the domestic market if it needs to regulate its market, Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov said Sept. 24.

A grain export ban, with which Russia shocked markets in 2010 when drought ravaged its harvest, is now seen as an “absolutely unacceptable” instrument for market regulation, Fyodorov said at a summit held at the Reuters office in Moscow.

“Russia’s reputation as a reliable trade partner is seen among two (other) values: maintaining market balance and ensuring price acceptability,” the minister said.

“That’s why... we will use civilized instruments of influence,” Fyodorov said in his first major interview to foreign media since his appointment two years ago.

Russia is har vesting its largest

grain crop in six years and the second-largest crop in its post-Soviet history, amid worsening relations with western countries, which sanctioned it for the Kremlin’s role in the Ukraine crisis.

To protect its economy, in early August Moscow reacted with a oneyear ban on most food imports, worth about $9 billion, from the European Union, the United States, Canada, Australia and Norway, in its strongest response to sanctions so far.

Forced measure

Fyodorov said in an interview at the Reuters Russia Investment Summit that the food ban was a forced measure after western sanctions had been imposed on some of Russia’s banks — key creditors of the agriculture sector.

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rubles ($47 billion of debt from the sector),” the minister said.

Russia imposed the ban on all meat, fish, dairy, fruit and vegetable imports, but the list of banned countries and products can be changed if tensions ease, he said.

“In the president’s order (about the food ban) it said that all this (list) can be reviewed... depending on how trade and political relations with these countries develop,” Fyodorov said. “We are ready to return to this decision review... as soon as a signal comes from our partners who started this sanctioning activity.”

The ministry currently sees the 2014-15 grain crop at more than 100 million tonnes of grains, including at least 56 million tonnes of wheat, Fyodorov said.

The country will have a 2014-15 exportable surplus of 27 million to 30 million tonnes of grains, of which wheat is likely to account for 70 per cent, if the crop exceeds 100 million tonnes, he said.

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Projected wheat returns were down $5 to $14 per tonne from the previous month. CWB cited sharply weaker U.S. wheat futures as one reason for lowering the PROs. Though, the weakening Canadian dollar and “considerable” strengthening in wheat export basis levels helped to offset weakness in the U.S. futures. Quality continues to be a major problem due to recent unfavourable weather conditions in Western Canada.

Crops were also impacted by excess moisture, early frost and untimely snowfall in Alberta in September.

Projected durum PROs were raised for No. 1 and 2 quality, seeing gains from $4 to $12 per tonne. No. 3 durum PROs were lowered by $11 to $14. The gains in higher-quality durum were linked to unfavourable weather in Canada, lack of quality in Europe and poor logistics in the U.S. Quality is also a serious concern in Western Canada due to wet conditions in late August and early September, CWB said in the report.

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Late harvest could limit fertilizer demand

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But nutrient levels are also depleted

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However, whether farmers will actually purchase less fertilizer remains to be seen, as record-large U.S. crops have also depleted nutrient levels, increasing the need for applications. “ T h a t ’s t h e $ 6 4 - m i l lion question,” said David Asbridge, president and senior economist with NPK Fertilizer Advisory Service in Missouri.

He pointed to 2009, “when fertilizer prices were stubbornly holding up and grain prices were dropping, we had a 30 per cent drop in usage that year for both phosphate and potash.”

Farmers, he said, were not showing much interest in purchasing fertilizer right now, which was backing into the system. However, rather than seeing a similar drop in applications as in 2009, he expected fertilizer demand would be pushed back instead.

Record-large U.S. crops are taking nutrients out of the soil, which will need to be replaced, “but at this point it’s debatable whether they will do it now, or whether they’ll wait to the spring, or until next fall,” said Asbridge.

Pr o d u c e r s w i l l b e m o re prone to wait, he noted, if their soil test levels are good.

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CETA negotiations finally conclude Some farm groups are enthusiastic about the potential for more trade, while others are skeptical

By Dave Bedard

reach more than 100,000 tonnes per year of duty-free access for Canadian beef,” the CCA said.

The Canadian Meat Council said CETA will give Canadian pork producers a quota volume equivalent to 81,011 tonnes of pork cuts.

The meat council also noted CETA provides for duty-free exports of 3,000 tonnes of Canadian bison meat, unlimited duty-free exports of Canadian horsemeat and unlimited dutyfree exports of Canadian prepared meats.

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The deal will also provide “new market access opportunities” for Canadian beef and pork, which “will now benefit from preferential treatment in the EU.” Specifically, for Canada’s beef sector, CETA will produce dutyfree access for 64,950 tonnes, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper, European Council president Herman Van Rompuy (l) and European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso (r) announced the conclusion of free trade negotiations Friday in Ottawa. photo: Deb Ransom / courtesy PMO

said Friday. Of this, 50,000 tonnes — 35,000 tonnes of fresh/chilled beef and 15,000 tonnes of frozen beef — are reserved for Canada.

Canada will also see the 20 per cent duty on the existing 14,950tonne “Hilton quota” shared with

Critics of the trade pact include Canada’s National Farmers Union, which warned the facts do not support the government’s spin.

“While the government claims the U.S. reduced immediately to CETA gives farmers access to (EU) zero, the CCA said, and Canada markets, CETA changes nothwill also still have access to the ing regarding Europe’s commitexisting shared duty-free quota for ment to avoiding food made from high-quality grain-fed beef. genetically modified crops, beef “Combined with the new raised with hormones and pork T:8.125” access, there is a potential to raised with growth promoters,”

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper, European Council president Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso released the negotiated text of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in English and French in Ottawa.

The parties announced last month they had settled on the deal’s final text, pending legal review.

The federal government reiterated that the deal “will provide Canada with preferential market access to the largest and most lucrative integrated market in the world, a market of more than 500 million consumers that generates almost $18 trillion in economic activity annually.”

The government cited a Canada-EU joint study which forecasts that a trade pact could boost Canada’s income by $12 billion a year and bilateral trade by 20 per cent.

Canada’s ag exports alone to the EU between 2011 and 2013 were valued at $2.5 billion per year on average, led by wheat (including durum), soybeans and other oilseeds and canola oil.

Absent a deal, Canadian agricultural exports face EU agriculture tariffs averaging 13.9 per cent, the government said.

From the ag and agri-food sectors’ perspective, CETA’s elimination of tariffs — and provisions to deal with the EU’s “non-tariff measures,” such as those related to animal and plant health and food safety — are expected to be of greatest benefit to Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, the government said.

When the deal comes into force, almost 94 per cent of EU agricultural tariff lines are to become duty free, including durum wheat (up to $190 per ton), other wheat (up to $122 per ton), and oils such as canola oil (3.2 to 9.6 per cent), the government said.

While the government’s commitment to securing the deal is appreciated, Canola Council of Canada president Patti Miller said members remain “cautious, because the value of the agreement to Canada’s canola sector will depend on the EU living up to its commitment to ensure timely approvals of biotechnology products.”

Up o n i m p l e m e n t a t i o n , expected in early 2016, Miller said the deal is expected to provide opportunities for canola oil exporters to boost sales by up to $90 million a year.

Also, she said, “our industry is also encouraged by commitments to find solutions to trade uncertainty and disruption related to biotechnology” and that the EU has agreed to approve new traits “as quickly as possible.”

Ann Slater, the NFU’s vice-president for policy, said in a release.

Meanwhile, she said, “CETA takes away the equivalent of all of Nova Scotia’s milk production from Canadian dairy producers by allowing increased tariff-free imports of cheese from the heavily subsidized EU.” Intellectual property rights measures in CETA are also “deeply concerning,” Terry Boehm, chair of the NFU’s seed and trade committee, said in the same release.

Bloc Quebecois MP Claude Patry last week criticized the government for not yet confirming compensation for Quebec’s dairy sector against losses it could incur due to increased tariff rate quotas for EU cheeses under CETA. Patry said the federal government last November budgeted $280 million in CETA-related compensation for Newfoundland’s fisheries, but the government’s previous pledge to indemnify Quebec cheese producers has so far only been “nothing but wind.”

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A family affair

Hillary Bennie and her Grandpa Tom Bennie Sr. combining canola, northwest of Waskada, Man. Sept. 11. A fifth generation and a third generation loving the farm.

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A welcome week of good weather helped the harvest Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development GO Teams & Crops Knowledge Centre crop report for Sept. 29, 2014 Weekly Provincial Summary

Above-normal temperatures allowed for excellent harvest progress over the past week in Manitoba. Weekend rainfall did halt harvest operations, but they will resume once field and weather conditions permit.

Southwest Region

Above-normal temperatures during the week allowed the moisture of most cereal crops to reach dry moisture levels. The cereal harvest is estimated at 50 to 60 per cent complete; some areas within the region are almost complete, while other areas are just getting underway. The western areas of South Parkland have made the greatest progress, with areas from Newdale to Minnedosa experiencing significant delays. Quality to date is generally good; however, there are some reports of mildew and sprouting issues. Spring wheat, barley and oat yields continue to be at or above longterm averages.

Approximately 25 to 30 per cent of the canola acres are harvested with the majority of yields coming in at or above long-term averages. Overall, cereal and canola harvest are estimated at being 45 to 50 per cent complete in the region.

The soybean crop benefited from the above-normal temperatures. Earlier light frosts resulted in leaf burn and subsequent leaf drop. The majority of the soybean crop is virtually at full maturity with 90 to 95 per cent brown pod development.

With the warmer weather, majority of the second cut of alfalfa is harvested.

Silage and greenfeed harvest is ongoing with average yields reported. Many producers are baling straw if it is available, but in some areas there is limited supply due to reduced seeded acres. Producers are starting to supplement feed on pasture. Dugouts and sloughs remain full.

Northwest Region

There was good harvest progress for most producers. A few showers over the weekend contributed to wet field conditions in localized areas. In the Ste. Rose, McCreary and Dauphin areas, a number of fields are unable to support harvest equipment.

Regionally, approximately 95 per cent of the wheat crop is mature. The wheat harvest ranges from approximately 20

per cent complete in the McCreary area to 99 per cent in the Swan Valley. Regionally, the wheat harvest is about 65 per cent complete. Good wheat yields and average quality are reported.

About 80 per cent of the canola crop is swathed and 30 to 35 per cent is combined. There are a few reports from producers indicating they are waiting for the green seed count to decrease before combining. Reported canola yields range from 20 bu./acre to over 30 bu./acre.

The quality of canola harvested to date is good.

The majority of the soybean and flax acres are still standing with harvest likely a couple of weeks away. Some of the earlier-seeded fields of soybeans are beginning to dry down. Harvest of the field pea crop is complete with average yields and good quality reported. Producers in some parts of the region are caught up on field work. At least a couple of weeks of favourable harvest weather are needed in order for producers to finish this year’s harvest.

Hay harvest is on hold due to weekend rains. Greenfeed was harvested over the last week. Most cattle are still on pastures that were managed well over the grazing season, with the exception of those along the lakes that were inundated with water from the summer rainfall. Hay shortages still reported to be an issue for those producers along the lakes.

Central Region

Warmer temperatures, winds and a break from rain got harvest operations back on track in the Central Region.

Shorter September days and heavy dews were limiting factors, but excellent progress was made. Rains on Saturday night and Sunday morning halted harvest, and more seasonal temperatures and cloudy conditions will slow things down again. Most of the region saw accumulations of five to 10 mm, with the northwest seeing up to 15 mm. Harvest is reported as 70 to 80 per cent complete.

Much of the cereal grain harvested last week was done at dry kernel moisture levels due to the favourable harvest weather conditions. Most cereals are harvested. Cereal grain quality has declined, with downgrading factors including sprouting, mildew, fusariumdamaged kernels and ergot. Yields are above average.

Canola harvest continues, with good yields and quality reported. Yields are averaging in the 40 to 45 bu./acre range.

Most of the canola is harvested.

Last week’s warm temperatures aided maturity in the longer-season crops. The majority of soybean fields are seeing leaf drop and seed colour change. Harvest in the southeast part of the region is general. Yields are reported in the 25 to 55 bu./acre range; average yields are reported in the mid- to high 30 bu./acre.

Frost damage is more evident on the western side of the region; yield should not be impacted greatly, but quality will depend on plant stage at time of frost.

Edible bean harvest continues with quality in the southern areas reported as good. Yield reports include pintos at 1,600 to 2,100 lbs./acre and navies at 1,700 to 2,100 lbs./acre; good quality as well. Desiccation of sunflowers has started and will continue this week.

Early sunflower harvest is also reported with yields at 2,500 lbs./acre. Potatoes are being dug with very good yields and quality. Grain corn harvest is 10 days to two weeks away.

Fewer acres of winter cereals are seeded, in part due to the later harvest.

Acres seeded are emerging well with the excellent soil moisture conditions. Fall field work is progressing well. Early soil test reports indicate low nitrate levels and declining phosphorus levels.

Second- and third-cut hay is still being harvested. Quality has been affected by the rainy weather. Straw baling continues. Hay and pasture remain flooded along Lake Manitoba, in the Delta, Lakeland, Westlake and Whitemud River areas. Most producers in southern areas of the region expect to have adequate hay supplies for the winter, with some small amounts of surplus reported.

Some producers in the northwest areas of the region face less-than-adequate feed supplies.

Eastern Region

Unseasonably warm weather allowed for good harvest progress. The above-normal temperatures also aided crop maturity on later-season crops and helped crop moisture contents dry down. However, early Sunday morning harvest was stopped due to rainfall, with accumulated amounts ranging from eight to 15 mm.

Producers made good progress on finishing up most spring cereals, getting as much canola done as possible and also getting significant soybean acres harvested. Spring wheat yields are reported in the 60 to 80 bu./acre range and canola in the 30 to 50 bu./acre range. The majority of soybeans are in the R8 stage with 95 per cent brown pods, with early yields reported in the 25 to 35 bu./acre range. Corn is progressing with black layer forming, indicating physiological maturity.

Winter wheat seeding continued, while more acres may still be seeded in the coming days as canola is harvested.

Some winter wheat was seeded into unseeded acres, or into fields that were terminated in the spring due to failed crop establishment. The earlier-seeded winter wheat ranges from emergence to the first-leaf stage. Fall tillage started on a more widespread basis.

With the good weather conditions producers were able to bale; 75 per cent are done baling second-cut grass hay.

Pastures are still holding on as cattle are grazing regrowth on hayfields.

Interlake Region

In the Interlake Region, warmer temperatures with no precipitation started the week off with promising weather to continue harvest. However, heavy morning dews, fog, and overcast skies slowed drying time throughout the week, limiting harvest. Precipitation on Sunday of three to 13 mm also slowed harvest.

Harvest progress is estimated to be 45 to 50 per cent complete in the Interlake Region. Spring cereals and oilseeds continue to slowly get harvested. Downgrading in wheat continues as crops remain in the fields. Soybean harvest has begun in the south Interlake as producers are able to harvest the earliest-maturing varieties; sunflower harvest also started but most fields continue to dry down.

Alfalfa seed acres continue to be desiccated with some fields being harvested as well. Canola harvest also continues with moisture levels averaging 10 to 12 per cent. Limited acres of winter wheat were seeded in the region due to delayed harvest and soil moisture conditions.

Pastures are still holding out reasonably well with recent rains. Some secondcut alfalfa is being taken; however, it is a challenge to dry with intermittent rains.

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France usually imports small amounts of highquality Canadian wheat — used by some millers to blend with domestic wheat — but the wettest summer since 1959 has left much of the French crop below normal standards for flour making.

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Ebola-hit Liberia secures food staples The farming sector has been hard hit london / reuters

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iberia, the West African state hardest hit by the worst Ebola outbreak in history, has secured imports of basic food staples until December, but the blow to its mining sector may trigger a recession next year, a minister said on Sept. 25.

Co m m e rc e a n d In d u s t r y Mi n i s t e r A x e l Ad d y u rg e d foreign donors to do more — and more rapidly — to help tackle the epidemic, which has killed almost 3,000 people since March in five countries, including more than 1,670 in Liberia.

The deadly virus has badly hurt Liberia’s economy, dis-

rupting mining and trade, and prompting airline operators to suspend flights while expatriate workers have fled.

The agricultural sector has also been hard hit, although the Liberian government has managed to secure enough rice shipments to adequately supply the population until December, Addy said in an interview in London.

“For staples, we are getting commodities, we are getting rice into the country, but it is a little more expensive,” Addy told Reuters. “On the local production side is where the challenge lies... We have to work with the farmers to see how we can mitigate the effects.”

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hen it comes to deciding on expanding a cow herd, or taking over an existing one, there are a few critical checkpoints to be considered.

“In recent months there has been a lot of talk about the potential for beef herd expansion due to the historically high beef and cattle prices the industry is experiencing,” said Bruce Viney, a business development and risk specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development in Olds.

“Experts from all facets of the industry have been writing and talking about the oppor tunities and limiting factors to start the next expansion phase of the cattle cycle.”

Once a family or business has decided that expanding the cow herd fits within its long-term business strategy, discussions should switch over to focus on expected long-term profitability, and eventually to the risk factors associated with the change,” said Viney. “ The new or expanded cow-calf enterprise must have a reasonable chance of providing the business with an acceptable level of profit while not unduly placing the business’s equity at risk should unforeseen risk events occur,” he said. “But before the farm or enterprise analysis gets bogged down in risk and discussions around all of the bad things that have happened in the last dozen or so years, the analysis should first look at expected profitability.”

Estimating future profitability requires an assessment of potential costs and returns. These are made up of selling prices, feed prices and other production costs.

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“Before the farm or enterprise analysis gets bogged down in risk and discussions around all of the bad things that have happened in the last dozen or so years, the analysis should first look at expected profitability.”

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you even consider expansion, managers should have a good handle on current production costs and how changes in commodity prices and other inputs can affect those costs. Production costs should be estimated out into the future for at least five years so that net cash flow and enterprise profit forecasts are reasonable.”

In preparing unit production cost forecasts, it’s important to assess changes in efficiency resulting from the expansion.

“In some cases, expansion can reduce the per-unit overhead costs due to more efficient use of capital assets and other resources,” said Viney.

“However, it’s also important to realize that some herd expansions can actually cause an increase in the unit cost of production or breakeven selling prices. If large additional capital investments or increases in labour expenses are required, those changes must be carefully evaluated in unit cost-of-production terms.”

With a reasonable forecast of physical production and corresponding unit costs in hand, the next big challenge is to try and anticipate future selling prices.

“The recent climb to historically high prices is seen by some people as too high and an excellent time to sell out,” said Viney. “Others view this price move as merely the first advance to a new higher trading range

in a tight supply and strong global demand environment.

It is generally agreed that while no one can accurately predict future market prices, having the best available information is extremely important and will give confidence to your own price estimates.”

A well-researched price forecast will provide a road map so that timely risk management strategies can be implemented when prices deviate up or down from the forecast.

“In the last decade or so, producers that had pre defined plans were able to quickly implement risk reduction strategies that minimized negative impacts on their financial position.

Well-researched price forecasts and risk management plans also helped place many producers in a better position to capture current opportunities.”

To help in creating annual cost and return budgets, producers can access the ‘Rancher’s Return’ downloadable spreadsheet template from Alberta Agriculture’s website. Go to www.agr i culture.alberta.ca and type ‘Rancher’s Risk and Return’ in the search box.

For further information and tools to assist with herd expansion and a variety of other management decisions, go to the Farm Manager home page on the Alberta Agriculture website or call the Ag Info Centre at 301FARM (3276).

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Summer decline in U.S. hog herd less than expected The Sept. 1 inventory of hogs is at an eight-year low reuters

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he U.S. hog herd continued to shrink during the June-August quarter as a deadly pig virus lingered on farms, but the decline was less than expected, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed Sept. 26.

The data also showed that producers least affected by the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) added to their herds, encouraged by cheaper corn and higher prices for their animals, analysts said.

Investors actively sold futures prior to the report, which could mitigate some of the data’s bearish bias, they said.

The USDA report showed the U.S. hog herd as of September 1 at 98 per cent of the year-ago level, at 65.361 million head. Analysts, on average, expected 64.698 million head, or 96.7 per cent of the year-earlier herd.

The hog herd total, as of September 1, was the smallest for the period since the 62.915 million head in 2006.

The U.S. breeding herd was 102 per cent of the year-ago level, at 5.920 million head, compared with average trade expectations for 101.7 per cent, or 5.915 million.

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The September 1 breeding herd total was the largest for the summer period since 2008’s 6.061 million.

“We thought that as we go into the fourth quarter we were going start to see the numbers ramp up, encouraged by cheap grain,” said Don Roose, analyst with Iowabased U.S. Commodities Inc. C h i c a g o B o a rd o f Tra d e corn prices hit their lowest level in five years Sept. 26 on forecasts for a record harvest.

Dan Vaught, an economist with Doane Advisory Services in St. Louis, said warm summer temperatures made PEDv less virulent.

U l t i m a t e l y, t h e r e p o r t implies that producers wholeheartedly committed to expansion during the summer after hog prices soared to record highs, said Vaught. The

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The Sept. 1 supply of market-ready hogs for sale to packers was 97 per cent of the year-earlier level at 59.441 million head. Analysts, on average, expected a 3.8 per cent decline, or 58.769 million.

The data showed pigs per litter during the summer at 10.16 head, or 98.0 per cent of the 10.33 in the year-ago period. Analysts expected an average 10.06 head.

The two-percentage-point d e c l i n e i n p i g s p e r l i t t e r, compared with recent fivepercentage-point declines, suggests the virus was not as disastrous this summer as it was last winter, said University of Missouri livestock economist Ron Plain.

“Heading into winter the q u e s t i o n i s h ow m u c h o f a PEDv increase we’ll see, which has yet to be determined,” said Plain.

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Energy-dense forage for the future Energy-dense forage could present a viable alternative to feedlots in some instances

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

I

t’s time for producers to take an annual look at a perennial issue.

“What we need to do is get away from our conventional thinking,” said Clayton Robins during a special seminar presented by the University of Manitoba’s department of animal science.

The beef producer and former Agriculture Canada research assistant believes annual forage mixes can play a key role in both beef and dairy production, as well as with sheep.

But producers first need to accept that forage need not be perennial.

“Let’s grow them for a year, assume they are going to die, and figure out how to make them work because we can plug them into our system in a very key way,” said Robins, who visited 11 countries and met with nearly 200 experts, while researching energydense forages as a 2013 Nuffield Scholar.

Many of the highest-energy forages, such as Italian ryegrass, chicory, Festuloliums or narrow-leaf plantain are not perennial — at least not in Manitoba’s harsh climate, he noted.

However, integrating them strategically into a field grazing system can boost animal performance while also improving soil health.

Chicory’s tap root has been proven to assist in breaking up compacted soil, and the diuretic effects of plantain can increase an animal’s water intake, resulting in fewer urine spots in your pasture as ammonia is diluted, said Robins.

The increased energy supplied to the rumen may also decrease greenhouse gas emissions in cattle, he added.

What led Robins down this path of exploration was an epiphany that sugars play a huge role in how effectively and efficiently livestock process any given forage. The higher the sugar content, the better the livestock’s performance.

“But in North America we don’t really look at sugars,” he said, adding the focus in Canada tends to centre on fibre and digestibility.

Robins was in Argentina several years ago when he was shown information linking plant sugars to average daily gain. Since then he knew that forages needed a different approach.

And while the Prairies may not have the mild winters that would allow some perennials to function as such, it does have a great intensity of sunlight, said Robins.

“Ryegrass only needs about 10 hours to max out sugar content. We have that,” he said. “So I think we have to reconsider these really highquality forages that we’ve passed over before.”

And it’s not just the livestock that benefit from the introduction of annual forages.

Perennial forages like alfalfa need a break from grazing to recover so that they can survive the winter, said Robins.

“So it will get two grazing passes, then it will all get rested and we will maybe or maybe not go back and get it after it’s long dormant,” Robins said.

“So we will get grazing out of that, we just won’t get it during the critical period when perennials need to be getting rested. And in theory, this will help maintain our legume component, which is incredibly important in terms of energetic efficiency and longevity, input costs, yield, animal performance, all those things.”

He added that a grazing system including high-density forages could be used as an alternative to feedlots.

“We still need feedlots, we’ve got wintertime and feedlots are an important part of our system, but I do think we need to look at alternatives for them because at some point energy is going to become very expensive and some of the models we have right now are going to present a lot of challenges,” he said.

Clayton Robins believes energy-dense forages can play a bigger role in livestock production. PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES

“We still need feedlots, we’ve got wintertime and feedlots are an important part of our system, but I do think we need to look at alternatives for them because at some point energy is going to become very expensive and some of the models we have right now are going to present a lot of challenges.”

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Cold, wet weather means increased risk of PED virus Vigilant biosecurity practices are important as seasons change

By Meghan Mast

“In the summer months, temperatures denature the virus. Dried conditions as well don’t favour the virus surviving.”

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og producers are warned to be particularly vigilant about biosecurity practices this fall because the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) is more likely to survive in cold, wet weather.

“We expect to see more cases in the fall,” said Mark Fynn, animal care specialist at the Manitoba Pork Council.

Manitoba’s Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) has recently confirmed two new cases of PEDv in the province, bringing the total to four. Both were discovered on sow farms in the southeast. The virus, though not dangerous to human beings, is often lethal for pigs, particularly piglets, and devastating to production and operations in the pork industry.

A spokesperson for Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development said in an emailed statement the department could not yet confirm the source because “the epidemiological investigation is ongoing.”

Manitoba Pork Council released a statement earlier reminding producers to follow the proper biosecurity measures, such as wearing

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disposable boot covers when walking around high-risk sites and properly washing trucks and equipment before reentering the farm.

“Although it is disheartening to see another case arise, we should use this as a lesson learned and elevate our biosecurity practices, especially with cold, wet weather looming,” Manitoba Pork said. “As we know, the risk of the virus spreading increases exponentially in colder seasons.”

Symptoms of PED in older animals such as sows are generally limited to “loose feces,” the CVO said.

Fynn said determining the

causes of single cases is difficult. “It’s hard to pinpoint those factors having an effect on one case because it’s rather anecdotal.”

He looks to areas with higher occurrences of the virus, such as the United States and Ontario, for seasonal patterns.

This year there were 63 cases of PEDv in Ontario, according to Ontario’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs website. Fiftyeight of those cases were spotted near the end of January until the end of April. Only five cases were reported during the summer.

The U.S. has also seen the virus incident rates decrease in the summer. The percentage of PED-positive environmental samples more than doubled between November and May (an average of 24.19 per cent), compared to the summer — between June and September (an average of 9.5 per cent).

“In the summer months, temperatures denature the virus. Dried conditions as well don’t favour the virus surviving,” said Fynn. “The probability increases exponentially when we’re dealing with colder months.”

Research in 2013 by Sagar Goyal, at the University of Minnesota, explored the PEDv survivability in manure and confirmed it survived longer in colder conditions.

He tested samples of slurry containing PEDv stored at 25 C, 4 C and -20 C and at different levels of humidity. The virus lived for 14 days at room temperature. However, PEDv in the samples stored at the

colder temperatures survived 28 days, which was the duration of the study.

Goyal also found the virus lived longer in wet conditions — it survived only a week in dry feed, but in wet feed, it survived for the entire 28 days of the study.

Andrew Dickson, general manager of the Manitoba Pork Council, said the latest case and cooler weather are both good reasons to be more diligent about biosecurity.

“This is the time producers have to be more vigilant,” he said.

Producers are reminded to follow proper procedures as they clean out manure storage facilities and spread their fields. This means more work, but ultimately the precaution is worth it.

“If producers follow the standards we developed four years ago they should be well protected,” said Dickson. meghan.mast@fbcpublishing.com

Good times the ‘new normal,’ says cattle leader

ABP chair Greg Bowie says there is plenty of opportunity in the beef business

By Alexis Kienlen staff

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ood times have finally returned to the beef sector, and now is the time to focus on bringing in the next generation, says the chair of Alberta Beef Producers.

The entire industry has turned greyer during the difficult decade following the discovery of BSE, said Greg Bowie.

“Not only is the average producer in the beef industry older than in most industries, but the people involved in the industry end of things tend to be a little older as well,” said Bowie, a seed stock producer from Ponoka.

“But in the last few years, we have seen a number of younger people getting involved and becoming delegates, so that is a positive sign.”

The Canadian and Alberta cattle herds are still contracting, with many older, smaller producers taking advantage of the price rebound over the past couple of years to exit the business.

The rebuilding process will take time, but will accelerate once people see that raising cattle is a good business to be in.

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that we’re looking at this as the new normal,” he said. “We’ve just caught up for a lot of bad years, and now things are looking more positive.”

There are tremendous opportunities for those wanting to expand and for new entrants, he said. But young people face an additional barrier in getting started compared to those in the grain sector.

“We can insure price, but as far as production insurance, there’s really nothing that allows us to cover off some of those things. For a young person going to a bank, it’s more difficult for them to go in if they’re proposing a beef operation rather than a grain operation.”

Moreover, building a herd doesn’t happen in a season.

“When someone thinks about keeping back heifer calves, that’s a long-term investment,” noted Bowie. “For an established producer, it’s a little easier to do because they’ve got the equity and they can make it happen.

For a young producer to do that, it’s very hard to justify that and keep the cash flow going.”

It takes determination to get into the cattle business, especially in a province where there are an abundance of good-paying jobs in the energy industry and other sectors, and there’s

been fierce competition for farmland, he said.

“When we have a few years of these good prices and it becomes the new normal, instead of just a peak in the cycle, people will start being able to justify the price that they are going to have to pay for that land, to be competitive with other industries,” he said.

One of the main challenges for his, and other organizations in the beef sector, is fighting for more research dollars, he said.

Research funding has decreased in recent years, and it’s critical to get that money back and attract a new generation of researchers.

“Our competitiveness compared to other beef-exporting nations around the world is crucial to maintaining our reasonable prices,” he said. “If we can’t be competitive with other nations and we start to fall back, it’s very difficult to regain that again.”

But the decision by McDonald’s to pilot “sustainable beef” initiative is a sign that there’s a bright future for the Canadian beef industry, he said.

“McDonald’s could have chosen another place to do its pilot project, but it chose Canada.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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Monsanto Fund scholarships awarded Thanks to the farmers who know them best, 65 rural high school graduates have received $1,500 scholarships from the Monsanto Fund to pursue a future in agriculture.

This was the first time in the 23-year history of the Monsanto Fund Opportunity Scholarship program that applicants were required to submit a nomination from a local farmer along with high school transcripts, general reference letter, lists of achievements, community involvement, and an essay explaining, “In what area of agriculture would you like to work and why?”

The 2014 Monsanto Fund Opportunity Scholarship winners are all Grade 12 graduates from farm families who are enrolled in a first-year degree or diploma program in agriculture or an agricultural-related field this fall at a recognized Canadian educational institution.

“I am so inspired by the quality of the applicants.

It amazes me what these people have accomplished at such a young age,” said Sue Clayton, community liaison coordinator with the Faculty of agricultural and food sciences at the University of Manitoba, one of the program judges. “It made for some terribly difficult decisions for the judges, but it made us marvel at what the future of agriculture holds.”

All applications were reviewed by an independent judging panel comprised of: Clayton; Robert Adamson, consultant and program director with Pembina Trails School Division; Delaney Ross Burtnack, president of the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers (CAAR); Don Pincock, Monsanto Canada retiree, Geeta Chopra, account executive with Think Shift Inc., and John Morriss, associate publisher with Farm Business Communications.

The scholarship program received 173 applications from across Canada this year.

Manitoba recipients included: Julie Campbell of Isabella, Stephanie Dousselaere, of Cartright, Joseph Holtmann of Rosser, Tomina Jackson of Inglis, Monique Janssen of Brunkild, Elliott Kiel of Teulon, Zachary Koscielny of Strathclair, Brayden Kreshewski of Minnedosa, Karleigh Lewis of Gladstone, Sonya Michaleski of Ashville, Melanie Mueller of Arnaud, Jake Rawluk of Moosehorn, Rianna Tonn of Plumas, and Bradley Wright of MacGregor.

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‘Hardware disease’ is a common problem in cow herds Good pasture sanitation is important, and rumen magnets are a good investment Modern farms use a lot of large equipment such as silage choppers and feed wagons that can be the source of metal.

Roy Lewis, DVM Beef 911

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ets call it traumatic reticuloperitonitis, but it’s better known as “hardware disease,” a term referring to a medical condition caused when an object penetrates through the reticulum, or second stomach causing infection in the abdomen.

If a sharp object goes through the diaphragm, the cow can die of heart failure.

Hardware disease drains production of a cow herd since penetration can also cause infection and abscesses with adhesions (scarring). This can lead to the cow losing weight and having intestinal problems. Diarrhea may result, or it appears to “walk on eggs” (humped back and stiff gait).

With advanced hardware disease there may be infection around the heart, and brisket edema resulting from the heart failure. When they reach this stage treatment is seldom successful.

Occasionally the infection will damage or overstimulate the vagus nerve (this nerve is responsible for rumen contractions). If overstimulated the cow or bull may appear bloated.

Grunting from the pain is another common finding. Veterinarians often diagnose hardware by listening for a grunt with the stethoscope at the same time as doing a withers pinch.

Prevention is key

The key to this disease is prevention. A heavy exceptionally strong rumen magnet can sit in the retic-

ulum. The magnets are a low-cost investment ($3-$5) and stay in the reticulum for the life of the cow or bull. As ruminal contractions push the feed past this area (all feed must pass this area), ferriccontaining metal objects attach to the magnet. The digestive juices gradually degrade the metal pieces, so there is a continual transition of metal being attracted and degraded so the magnets never lose their effectiveness.

Modern farms use a lot of large equipment such as silage choppers and feed wagons that can be the source of metal. For instance, a silage cutter can pick up a chunk of wire in a swath and turn it into many sharp, bite-size pieces.

Cattle are indiscriminate eaters.

They do not sift through their feed the way some other species such as horses do. This is why we find things such as metal and twine balls in their stomachs.

It is a good idea that many equipment manufacturers already put large strong magnets on equipment such as feed wagons, silage choppers and blowers. It is amazing how much metal accumulates in these areas after only a few days of use. These magnets should be cleaned weekly to allow new pieces to be attracted.

Unfortunately, these magnets do not protect cows on pasture or eating baled hay. Magnets or metal detectors are also used in commercial feed mills.

If you have ever had cows doing poorly, hardware disease is a possibility. A magnet can easily be administered. Insert the magnet into the animal’s mouth with a plastic or aluminum balling gun and wait to be sure it is swallowed.

Routine with dairy cows

In our practice, almost all dairy cows have magnets inserted when they enter the breeding herd. Purebred breeders put a lot of value on their stock and should consider magnets. It may be wise for purebred breeders and commercial producers to put them in valuable breeding bulls or if hardware has been a problem give all breeding-age heifers a magnet. They stay in for the life of the animal so are a small investment for a long-term gain.

Magnets can often be purchased in bulk for a reduced price. Several brands are on the market and generally speaking the better the quality (strength), the higher the price (most are less than $4). Test them before use — coins, nails etc. should be very hard to pull off. If they aren’t, the magnet isn’t strong enough. Two magnets are no improvement because they will attach to one another, perhaps increasing the surface area to attach to but that is all.

If an animal requires a postmortem, the vet can retrieve

the magnet for use in another animal. It also provides useful evidence of the metal sources to your operation. I have seen these magnets attract such things as fencing staples, chain links, grease nipples, wire nails, screws… the list goes on and on. Unfortunately the magnets will not attract aluminum and some other metals used in today’s modern farming practices.

Keep pastures clean

We must try and minimize exposure of cattle to metal objects by keeping pastures clean. Picking up wire fragments when fencing and keeping equipment in good repair all minimize the exposure our cattle have to picking up metal objects. Old deteriorating fences are a very common source of metal.

For every case of clinical hardware disease there are probably many subclinical cases where decreased production is the only real sign. In situations where you have one or more cases of clinical hardware yearly or if pasturing very metal-littered pastures, consider magnetizing every animal.

This may be an investment well worth it. For sure valuable bulls and breeding stock should be routinely given magnets as yearlings when they enter the breeding herd. Place heavy magnets on feeding equipment and be sure and have your vet retrieve a magnet if doing a post-mortem. It can reveal much about how and what types of sharp metal objects your cattle are exposed to.

Roy Lewis is a large-animal veterinarian practising at the Westlock, Alberta Veterinary Centre. His main interests are bovine reproduction and herd health.

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Interested parties should take note that the Board does not have jurisdiction over the MPI lines of business denoted as Extension or SRE, or as to MPI’s Driver and Vehicle Licensing operation.

RATE IMPACT: The Corporation is requesting approval for Basic Autopac vehicle and drivers licence insurance rates and premiums effective March 1, 2015, which, if approved, would result in a 3.4% overall increase. The 3.4% increase is comprised of a 2.4% increase in premium revenue (excluding the impact of vehicle upgrades and an increased overall driver and vehicle population) and a 1.0% Rate Stabilization Reserve Rebuilding Fee. Actual vehicle and driver premiums would vary depending on claim and driving experience, insurance use, territory and vehicle rate group. Full particulars, including the rate impact and application, can be found on the Manitoba Public Insurance website www.mpi.mb.ca.

Persons seeking further information as to MPI’s application, or with respect to the Board’s process, and/or wishing to address the public hearing in French should notify the Board Secretary by October 3, 2014. As well, interested parties may examine MPI’s application and supporting materials, either at the offices of the Corporation or on its website, or the Board’s office or on its website.

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Feeder Steers

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Sep-24

Sep-23

Sep-23

Sep-23

Sep-17

n/a

Sep-25

Sep-26

561*

631*

401*

710*

1,144*

n/a

1,065*

810*

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

185.00-207.00

900-1,000

180.00-223.00

190.00-219.50

185.00-208.00

200.00-229.00

196.00-221.00

n/a

n/a

200.00-223.00

800-900

200.00-236.75

205.00-239.00

200.00-225.00

210.00-243.00

215.00-233.50

n/a

200.00-231.00 (240.00)

215.00-246.00

700-800

210.00-250.00

215.00-258.00

210.00-240.00

245.00-269.00

230.00-261.00

n/a

220.00-250.00 (260.00)

230.00-249.00

600-700

235.00-265.00

220.00-267.00

225.00-252.00

260.00-290.00

240.00-273.00

n/a

240.00-270.00 (276.00)

230.00-265.00

500-600

244.00-264.00

240.00-290.25

235.00-267.00

285.00-310.00

258.00-308.00

n/a

275.00-300.00 (305.00)

245.00-280.00

400-500

274.00-310.00

280.00-320.00

250.00-325.00

310.00-335.00

280.00-331.00

n/a

270.00-316.00 (320.00)

285.00-320.00

300-400

300.00-359.00

300.00-371.00

300.00-400.00

325.00-374.00

300.00-375.00

n/a

225.00-325.00 (330.00)

300.00-377.00

900-1,000 lbs.

190.00-204.50

n/a

n/a

165.00-190.00

172.00-197.00

n/a

n/a

170.00-205.00

800-900

192.00-219.75

180.00-218.50

185.00-210.00

195.00-215.00

195.00-217.00

n/a

180.00-215.00 (215.00)

200.00-217.00

700-800

190.00-231.00

180.00-225.00

190.00-228.00

200.00-225.00

205.00-231.00

n/a

200.00-230.00 (237.00)

215.00-230.00

600-700

200.00-236.00

200.00-247.50

200.00-230.00

225.00-240.00

220.00-241.00

n/a

200.00-265.00 (255.00)

217.00-245.00

500-600

210.00-238.00

210.00-260.00

225.00-262.00

245.00-270.00

220.00-270.00

n/a

220.00-255.00 (260.00)

220.00-255.00

400-500

220.00-257.00

250.00-282.00

245.00-310.00

285.00-310.00

245.00-305.00

n/a

230.00-280.00 (291.00)

230.00-285.00

300-400

259.00-290.00

250.00-285.00

275.00-350.00

290.00-345.00

260.00-315.00

n/a

240.00-285.00 (290.00)

250.00-310.00

150

n/a

115

116

n/a

n/a

223

200

No. on offer Over 1,000 lbs.

Feeder heifers

Slaughter Market No. on offer D1-D2 Cows

115.00-127.00

80.00-131.00

n/a

120.00-131.00

113.00-127.00

n/a

118.00-128.00 (129.50)

120.00-126

D3-D5 Cows

100.00-115.50

n/a

110.00-117.00

100.00-119.00

80.00-113.00

n/a

105.00-118.00

110.00-115.00

Age Verified

120.00-135.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

115.00-130.00

n/a

136

n/a

Good Bulls

120.00-150.50

125.00-140.50

128.00-143.25

135.00-151.00

127.00-153.00

n/a

135.00-151.00 (153.00)

145.00-152.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

145.00-154.00

148.00-155.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

143.00-153.00

147.00-153.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

120.00-130.00

n/a

125.00-139.00

n/a

n/a

100.00-126.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

118.00-122.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

110.00-115.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Heiferettes

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

105.00-132.00

n/a

* includes slaughter market

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

Brant-Argyle School principal Laura Perrella (l to r), parent and part-time bus driver Gwen Buchanan, and former students Tracy Dunstan and Charlie Amy, are excited about the upcoming Oct. 4 centennial celebrations of the Brant-Argyle School. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

Heritage school building reaches 100 years Brant-Argyle School, the only school of the consolidation era that’s continuously operated as a school, turns 100 this weekend

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff / Argyle

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chool started here on October 5, 1914 and it never stopped.

A hundred years later, BrantArgyle School, a handsome two-storey building of yesteryear, still bustles with students filling its four classrooms each day — right after they hang up their outerwear in what they still call “the cloakrooms.”

This weekend hundreds of families, supporters, and anyone with some connection to Manitoba’s only continuously operated consolidated school will celebrate that century milestone.

Their community grew up around this school and many say its continuous presence here has, without a doubt, fostered the village of Argyle’s own longevity and viability.

The school is why her family lives here, says Tracy Dunstan. Her three children are the third generation to attend Brant-Argyle.

“We moved back here from Calgary so my kids could start school here,” said Dunstan, who recalls her own first day passing through its doors in 1965.

Her great-grandfather, John Morrison, was the general contractor for the first west half of the school. (Additions were made to the school as the community expanded over the years.)

The Buchanans, another Argyle farm family, have five generations connected to the school. Their own three children, and their son’s kids have attended the same school as their father and his parents, Gwen Buchanan said.

Her husband, Bruce, can remember being jammed in a van that picked up all the farm kids in the early 1960s, says Buchanan.

“There were so many. It was nothing to put nine or 10 kids in a single vehicle and drive them to school.”

He’ll also tell you about the time he mistakenly addressed one of his teachers as “Mom.” She was a relative.

“This school has always been like a family. If you did something bad at school you knew when you got home you’d be in serious trouble.”

The only serious trouble the school itself has faced were the times it’s been threatened with closure. In the early 1990s, Interlake School Division trustees, fretting over costs, class sizes, and declining student numbers, proposed such a fate.

Community support

Argyle stood its ground. Residents did their homework about why such a school could, and should stay open.

The community also vowed to fundraise and support the school.

“We made a conscious effort to help keep the school open,” says Dunstan, who has chaired the parent council and been a school trustee.

The building was designated a provincial heritage site by the province of Manitoba in 1999, deemed worthy of the status because of its well-preserved features, including the banks of windows and hardwood staircase.

School consolidation in the 1950s and 1960s saw many schools with similar features closed and eventually bulldozed.

But families currently sending 52 children to the Kindergarten to Grade 8 classes offered here do so because the site is an architectural gem.

Their small school, with its multiage classrooms, offers a quality progressive education to all its students, and something more besides, says school principal Laura Perrella.

This is a school environment where children learn to be leaders as well as the importance of contributing and taking part. “Our kids aren’t scared to participate in things because they always have,” she said. “Here you’re on the volleyball team because it’s not really a choice. We need you.

Whereas in some of our larger schools not everyone who wants to play gets to play.”

The community’s ties, and parental and volunteer support for it also teach the students they belong to something.

“And a very important part of being a healthy person is feeling like you belong,” said Perrella. “Community is very, very important in a school and when your school is settled in an environment that is very community minded like this, and everybody participates, that’s very important for students.”

“It’s our community centre,” said Shayne Campbell, today a high school teacher in nearby Teulon who while in Grade 7 here started a museum as a school project.

T h e Se t t l e r s, Ra i l s a n d Tra i l s Museum is today a communitybased non-profit organization with Campbell as its executive director.

Surrounded by history

His love of history was fostered by attending a school like this one, says Campbell.

“I was surrounded by history. Every day I walked into a building that was pretty much a museum, with its original floors and ceiling and it was just the love of this building and family going to it and the connection to it that really drove me to want to protect that and tell that story,” he said.

Campbell has now collected hundreds more stories as well as photos and other documents in time for the Oct. 4 centennial, which will include speeches and entertainment, and various displays including a three-dimensional lasercut model of the school created at the University of Manitoba.

Another centrepiece of a rural education will be on display too: school buses.

Charlie Amy started school here in 1951 and is bringing an old school van his family owns to park alongside a present-day bus.

“In the Dirty ’30s, people were able to take turns driving the school van to pay their taxes,” said Amy, who has been a bus driver himself for 40 years with Interlake School Division. “My grandmother used to drive it in September and October.”

Amy’s family’s recollections can route right back to Brant-Argyle’s beginnings.

“My grandparents moved here in 1917, just after the school was built,” he said.

“My dad went to school here. My grandfather was on the school board.” 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

Potato and Apple Salad with Cream Dressing There are many variations on the classic potato salad recipe. This one renews the tradition with the addition of apples, celery and walnuts and a pleasantly creamy dressing. Crisp, fresh and nutritious, this salad is simple to prepare and can be served as a side dish or a light lunch.

1 lb. small red potatoes, diced 2 tsp. chopped parsley 1/2 tsp. sugar 1 tsp. salt Ground black pepper, to taste 1/2 c. 35% cream 1 tbsp. Dijon mustard 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice 2 medium red apples 2 celery ribs, sliced 1/4 c. chopped green onions Walnuts or crumbled Canadian blue cheese

The crunch has come Lorraine Stevenson CROSSROADS RECIPE SWAP

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alk about slow food. First we planted that apple tree (a Millstream purchased from our local nursery). Then we watched it grow. It was definitely worth the wait. This fall that tree has produced a huge load of wonderful apples, so many we are wondering what to do with them all.

Yummy Apple Breakfast Cookies Cookies for breakfast? These moist cookies loaded with oats, milk and fresh apples are a terrific start to the day at home or on the go.

2 c. quick-cooking rolled oats 1-1/2 c. whole wheat flour 2 tbsp. ground cinnamon 1-1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 3/4 c. packed brown sugar 2 eggs 1 c. milk 1/4 c. butter, melted 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1-1/2 c. finely chopped apples (about 1 large)

The apples are crisp and delicious to eat right off the tree, but they also bake into some very sweet apple crisps. We’ve made several and put more in the freezer for winter. Still, that’s barely making a dent in all those apples.

Do you have more apples than you can wag a stick at right now? You can only eat so many cakes and muffins made with them. You’ll find many apple recipes on the www.dairygoodness website of Dairy Farmers of Canada, including these ideas for eating your apple surplus at different meals and different times of the day.

In a covered saucepan simmer potatoes until tender, about seven to 10 minutes; cool. In a small bowl whisk next seven ingredients. Dice apples and combine in a large bowl with cooled potatoes, celery and green onions. Pour cream dressing over the potato mixture and toss.

Sprinkle with chopped walnuts or blue cheese.

Serves 4.

Apple and Onion Sausages I tried this recipe last week with a mild beef sausage. This is a very quick, delicious and filling supper.

12 mild Italian sausages or other mild sausages, sliced 1 inch thick 1/4 c. butter 4 large apples, peeled, cored and sliced 2 onions, sliced Salt and pepper, to taste

Preheat oven to 375 F with racks in top and bottom thirds of oven. Butter two large baking sheets or line with parchment paper. In a large bowl, whisk together oats, flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, milk, butter and vanilla. Pour over dry ingredients and sprinkle with apples; stir until just blended. Drop batter by 1/4 cup for each cookie onto prepared baking sheets at least two inches apart. Bake for about 15 minutes, switching pans on racks halfway, or until a tester inserted in the centre comes out clean. Let cool on pans on racks for two minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely.

In large saucepan, sauté sausage in half the butter over medium heat for 15 minutes. Add apples, onions and remaining butter and cook for another 10 minutes, or until apples and onions are tender, stirring occasionally. Salt and pepper to taste.

Variations:

Sweet Potato, Apple and Parsnip Purée

Reduce the apples to 1 cup and add 1/2 cup chopped toasted hazelnuts, walnuts or pecans and/or 1/3 cup chopped dried cherries.

Source: All recipes courtesy of Dairy Farmers of Canada

Recipe Swap If you have a recipe or a column suggestion please write to: Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap, Box 1794 Carman, Manitoba R0G 0J0 or email Lorraine Stevenson at: lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Serve immediately with home-fried potatoes.

Preparation time: 10 minutes.

Cooking time: 25 minutes.

Serves 8.

This would be a perfect side dish for the Thanksgiving table.

4 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks 1 lb. parsnips, peeled and cut into thick slices 2 apples, peeled and cored and cut into chunks 1 c. 35% cream 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg Salt and pepper, to taste

Place sweet potatoes and parsnips in large pot.

Cover with cold salted water and bring to boil.

Reduce heat and simmer covered for 20 minutes.

Add apples and continue to simmer about 10 minutes until vegetables and apples are very tender. Drain well and return to pot.

Set pot over low heat; mash vegetables and apples, while gradually adding cream. Stir in seasonings.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Serves 8.

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ndrew Jackson leaned back in his chair and rapped his knuckles on the table.

“I call this meeting of the Jackson Amalgamated Agricultural Enterprises to order,” he said in the most official tone he could muster. “Let’s get down to business.” To his evident surprise, conversation around the table actually stopped.

“OK,” he said. “I didn’t think anyone was paying attention.”

“We are,” said Randy who was seated to Andrew’s left. “Lead on.”

“Right,” said Andrew. He paused and looked at Rose across the table. “What was our first order of business again?”

Jennifer raised her hand. “Oh I know!” she said.

“I vote we change the name of our farm to Jacksons Amalgamated Agricultural Management! Then all our letterhead could say JAAM at the top! Yummy!”

“You can’t vote yet,” said Brady disdainfully. “First there has to be a motion and then a debate and THEN the chairman has to call for a vote.”

“Quick Dad!” said Jennifer. “Call for a vote!”

“Settle down,” said Andrew. “I just remembered what we’re here for.”

There was an expectant pause during which Andrew raised his mug and took a sip of coffee. He set the mug back down.

“Moving day,” he said.

“Oh, that,” said Jennifer. “Well that doesn’t even include me, so why am I here?”

“You are here,” said Andrew, “because whether we like it or not, you are part of the family. And sometimes you have good ideas. So far today, not so much,” he added.

“I vote we look for a chairman who can keep our meetings focused on business,” said Brady.

“Oh really?” said Andrew. “And who do you think that might be?”

Brady looked around the table. “We’d probably have to hire one,” he said.

“Good luck finding room for that in the budget,” said Andrew.

“When is moving day?” asked Randy. “Have we settled on that?”

“Well I wouldn’t say we’ve settled on it,” said

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Andrew, “but Rose and I have been tossing around the idea of doing it on Thanksgiving Day.” There was another pause while the others considered this.

“I think even Jennifer could come up with a better idea than that,” said Randy at length.

“Yeah, no kidding,” said Jennifer. “Why Thanksgiving Day exactly?”

“Well,” said Rose, “I thought to myself, which is easier? Moving or cooking Thanksgiving dinner?”

“You obviously haven’t moved in a long time,”said Brady.

“You obviously haven’t ever cooked Thanksgiving dinner,” said Rose.

“I think it would be worthwhile,” said Randy, “to try to come up with a plan that would allow us to both move and have Thanksgiving dinner.”

“We could move later,” said Jennifer. “We could just have Thanksgiving dinner like normal and then we could move on, like, Christmas Day.”

“Why ARE you here?” said Brady. “Your ideas are horrible.”

“I’m reading between the lines here Mom,” said Randy, “but are you saying you find cooking Thanksgiving dinner to be a big job?”

“It is a big job,” said Rose. “I’m no spring chicken you know.”

“Well then,” said Randy, “here is the obvious solution. We need to move before Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving is on Monday so we need to move on, like, Saturday. That gives everybody a day, Sunday, to settle in. Then on Monday all you have to do Mom, is cook the turkey and get it over here, to what will then be our house. Jackie and I can do the potatoes and the squash and Amanda can do vegetables and Jennifer can…” He looked over at Jennifer. “There must be something you can do, no?”

“Pumpkin pie?” said Jennifer.

“Right up until there,” said Brady, “it was a really good plan.”

“What?” said Jennifer. “You think I can’t make a good pumpkin pie?”

“I’m pretty sure,” said Brady.

“Pumpkin pie is not that much work,” said Rose. “I can probably manage that. And Jennifer will be here anyway so she can do the setting up and whatnot.”

“The real question,” said Andrew, “is, will everybody actually be ready to move by Saturday?”

There was a brief silence.

“We’re pretty much ready now,” said Brady. “You and Mom are mostly leaving your furniture here and buying new stuff right? So we don’t have a lot to move. I already talked to the guys at the secondhand store and they’re ready to come by with a truck to pick up our furniture to make room for you so that’s looked after.”

“It’s not a long move for us,” said Randy, “and Jackie’s been packing all summer so we’re good to go.”

Andrew looked over at Rose. “What do you think?” he asked.

Rose looked around the table, then raised her coffee cup in the air.

“The time has come,” she said. “Let’s git’er done!”

Add some texture to your room Without it an area can be cold and stark, so here’s some ideas Connie Oliver Around the House

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room without textiles is a room without visual and tactile warmth.

Yet we often consider textiles as an afterthought when planning an update to our décor. We might paint our bedroom in a fresh new colour, for instance, but continue to use our faded bedding and window coverings. Perhaps the living room has been updated with new furniture but the area rug, toss cushions and draperies are original. Textiles play an important part in most rooms in the home so they require attention at the onset of a decorating plan.

Inspiration

Fabric can be a wonderful inspiration for your colour palette and overall design scheme when planning a redo. Whether you happen upon fabulous curtains or fantastic bedding, fabric can be the jumpingoff point for an entirely new décor style. If the pattern and colours are attractive then the colours will work well together as an overall colour plan.

Tactile comfort

Plush carpeting, sumptuous bedding, cosy furniture throws all combine to make a room comfy, and the right textiles make for a soothing space. Take a look at the tranquil bedroom photograph, for example. The bedding, bed skirt and pillows, the upholstered furniture and rich carpeting all say comfort, and softness abounds here. The monochromatic colour creates a serene

oasis — perfect for a restful bedroom — and fabric even provides auditory softness because it absorbs sound.

Textiles room by room

In a bedroom consider including a padded headboard covered in a fabric like faux suede. Soft curtains that pool on the floor might be an excellent choice in lieu of, or in addition to, linear blinds or shades. Consider installing a padded, fabric-covered valance for additional visual softness.

A living room without textiles can be cold and stark. Toss cushions are an easy fix as are furniture throws. Fabric upholstery versus leather is a visually warmer choice. If you already have leather furniture consider including a fabric-covered ottoman and/ or accent chair in a fresh, new pattern to bring in some warmth and colour. A plush area rug under the furniture grouping will ground the arrangement, add colour and pattern and also provide softness underfoot. Draperies in common rooms like this usually dominate a large portion of the wall space so it’s important to give them the attention they require.

Linens in the kitchen and bathroom, while necessary, can also be a great way to add colour and pattern. Treat yourself to new linens that will update your kitchen and/or bath. A new shower curtain, towels and bath mats can give your tired bathroom an updated, fresh look. Bright new curtains can help dress up a boring kitchen and a fresh tablecloth in co-ordinating colours will help finish the new look.

For kids’ rooms incorporate plush animals, floor cushions, padded bedrails, bed skirts, wall art made from felt, (like

Textiles can be added to a room with an area rug, upholstered furniture and extra pillows and throws. PHOTO: COURTESY DULUX

growth charts) extra bed pillows and throws to add softness and warmth to their bedroom and/or playroom.

Textiles can even be added through accessories. Fabric-covered photo frames, upholstered footstools, canvas artwork, wall tapestries and fabric-covered lampshades are just a few examples. Add fabrics to the backs of open bookshelves. Use table runners on a long coffee table, the top of a piano or on a dresser. Add decorative textiles like tassels to curtain tiebacks or

braided fringe on lampshades. Include a decorative throw rug to the foyer or threshold to provide softness underfoot. Even a few of these small additions can add texture and visual warmth to any room.

Keep textiles in mind when planning to update your décor. They can provide inspiration for your colour scheme, will add texture and warmth, and will help finish off your space with style and comfort.

Connie Oliver is an interior designer from Gimli, Manitoba

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS Make a quick and easy table runner

Reader’s Photo

Front. PHOTO: Myrlene Currie

By Myrlene Currie Freelance contributor

You will surprise yourself by how quickly you can create a new runner for your table.

Supplies:

• 12 inches x width of fabric (wof) of feature fabric • 18 inches x wof of co-ordinating fabric for back and front trim • Iron-on interfacing to back fabrics (optional to create stiffer finished piece)

Instructions:

A good day’s work. PHOTO: BARBARA WOLLMAN

Cut the top piece 12 inches x wof

and the trim 18 inches x wof. Sew these two pieces together lengthwise, right sides together, forming a tube. Press the seams away from the centre piece. Turn right side out and arrange so the side trim is equal on both sides. Press. Trim the short ends even (as fabric isn’t always exactly the same width). Fold the runner in half lengthwise and sew the ends (I use 1/4-inch seams). Press seams open. Open, turn right side and you now have your “V” on each end.

Press. Put tassels, buttons or whatever you like on each end.

Myrlene Currie writes from Carman, Manitoba

EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to Country Crossroads If you have any stories, ideas, photos or a comment on what you’d like to see on these pages, send it to Country Crossroads, 1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1, phone 1-800-782-0794, fax 204-944-5562, email susan@fbcpublishing.com. I’d love to hear from you.

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Forcing bulbs to flower Pot up some bulbs and store now to enjoy flowers in winter

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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When your pot of forced bulbs begins to flower, you can imagine for a moment that spring has arrived. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

f you are not looking forward to a long Prairie winter spent indoors without much gardening to do, you might like to take some action now to partially alleviate the upcoming winter blues. Just when you feel that you cannot endure another snowflake, you will enjoy a burst of spring to cheer you up. What you have to do now is pot up some spring flowering bulbs and put them into storage to be brought out after Christmas when they will burst into bloom.

Although pots of spring-flowering bulbs are readily available for sale in retail outlets, some gardeners still like to force their own bulbs simply because it gives them another gardening activity to work at during the long winter. That way, they can choose the varieties they want rather than having to take what is available. Also, stores don’t normally start bringing in pots of flowering bulbs until late winter and it is a real treat to have your own forced bulbs bloom in January and February just when the need for a spring tonic is greatest. When the bulbs finally bloom, the satisfaction you get from having forced the bulbs yourself provides an additional reward.

Good-quality tulip, crocus, daffodil and hyacinth bulbs are still available at garden centres, perhaps even at reduced prices this late in the fall. To force bulbs

successfully, you will need space either in a refrigerator or in a storage area in the house that is very cool — where the temperature is maintained consistently just above freezing. Many people have a second refrigerator which is ideal for this purpose, as is a cold room in the basement if you are lucky enough to have one.

A single hyacinth can be planted in a four-inch pot while three will fit nicely into a six-inch pot. Half a dozen tulip bulbs will create a nice display planted in a six-inch pot, while daffodil bulbs, particularly the bigger varieties whose bulbs are often double nosed, will require larger pots — perhaps eight- or 10-inch pots. Determine how many potted bulbs you have space to force.

Besides bulbs and containers, you will need a planting medium; you don’t have to be too particular about it because the bulbs will require few nutrients from the soil as the flower buds are already developed within the bulbs. Use a mix that drains well — bulbs planted in a sodden medium may rot in storage.

Cover the pot’s drainage holes with an old coffee filter or piece of newspaper to keep the soil from coming out, then place some dampened planting medium in the pot until the desired depth is reached upon which to set the bulbs. Set the bulbs onto the planting medium and fill in around and over

top of the bulbs until only the tips are visible. Plant the bulbs shoulder to shoulder, close but not touching each other. Finally, dust the top of the soil with a bit of soil insecticide powder to deter fungus gnats.

Check the pot(s) from time to time during the winter to ensure that the soil is moist — if it gets dry, add water, and if it seems to be too wet, bring the pot out of the storage area for a couple of hours, rough up the soil and allow some of the moisture to evaporate before returning the pot to storage. After 10 to 12 weeks — probably right after the Christmas holidays, bring the first pot(s) out of storage and gradually introduce them to direct light. The foliage will green up, buds will appear, and the plants will be in flower within a couple of weeks.

Stagger bringing the pots out of storage so that you can enjoy the bulbs flowering one pot at a time. You will want to keep the foliage growing in bright light after the spent blooms have been clipped off if you wish to plant the bulbs into your outdoor garden come spring. Water and fertilize to ensure the bulbs remain healthy and get enough nutrients to set buds for the following year. If you don’t want to bother doing this, compost the pot’s contents; you will have enjoyed a glorious breath of spring when you most needed it.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba.

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ANTIQUES

AUCTION SALES

AUCTION SALES

ANTIQUES Antique Equipment

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

WINTER PROJECTS: IH W4; IH WD6; IH H; JD AR; JD R; JD 70 DSL; JD 730 RC DSL; 1929 JD D;Oliver 77 RC; MH 44 RC DSL; MH 55 DSL; Fordson Major; Caterpillar RD4. (204)745-7445.

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

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

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

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

The Pas

Swan River Minitonas Durban

Winnipegosis

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Langruth

Neepawa

Hamiota

Gladstone

Rapid City

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Melita

Brandon

Carberry

Waskada

Elm Creek

Killarney

Crystal City

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Pilot Mound

Sanford

St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Sunday, October 5 @ 11:00 am Winnipeg, MB - 4348 Main Street Contact: (204) 781-7625

Lac du Bonnet

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

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Treherne

Westman Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage Austin

Souris

Reston

Interlake

Erickson Minnedosa

Virden

Arborg

Lundar Gimli

Shoal Lake

SURPLUS AUCTION Young & Yaremchuk Memorials

Garage 20 x 20 to be moved * Daewoo G30P Propane 6000 lb 3 Stage Forklift 4602 hrs * Hiab 071 4000 KG * Pintle Hitch 12’ Tandem Flat Deck Equip: Ordway Programmable Slab(s) Polisher * Thibault Top Polisher * Patch Wagner Gantry Diamond Saw/Profile Contour Grinder * Masonry Diamond Saw * Patch Wagner 8 1/2” Diameter Diamond Saw * 34’ Wide OH Crane w/ 3 ton Budget Hoist * 2) Above Ground Columbarium LARGE AMT Material: Granite Slab * Marble * Cut Offs * Blue Pearl * 1000 Calibrated Polished Black Slate Tile * Granite Plaques * 50 Chev 1/2 ton Deluxe Cab nc New Retail: 2) Ball Magical Fountain * Granite 19” Horse Head * Granite 24” Jets Plaque * Granite Numbers * Go to the Website for Full Listing!

Birch River

Roblin

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

Steinbach

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AUCTION SALE

AUCTION SALES

MJ Millar Ranch Inc

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland GARTON’S AUCTION SERVICE will be conducting a Private Museum Dispersal Auction for Turtle River Relics at 10:30am on Oct. 4th, 2014 located 3-mi S and 3/4-mi W of Ste. Rose, MB. Museum consists of cars, trucks, tractors, farm machines & tools dating back to 1910. For more info contact Albert or Pat Thompson (204)447-3078. Complete listing & photos can be viewed at www.gartonsauction.com

2000 John Deere 7510 Wawota, SK – October 9

Ottawa Auction Site

Saskatoon Auction Site

1929 Ford Model A Roadster & 1927 Ford Model A Cabriolet Saskatoon, SK – October 16

Bill & Helen Colwell

Sat., October 4 @ 10:00 am

Lundar, MB South 5 Mile on Hwy #6 then West 1 Mile on Hatchery Rd then 1/2 South Contact: (204) 280-0822

INTERNET BIDDING - PARTIAL LIST!!

Fendt 920 Vario MFWA 3PH, 4937 hrs * Fendt 712 Vario TMS MFWA 3PH w/ FEL 2075 hrs * 12 JD Mo Co 956 15 1/2” Disc Bine * 2) 2012 JD 568 RD Balers * 08 Morris Hay Hiker 1400 Auto Bale Wagon * 08 Tube Line TL 5500 Wrapper * Case 1H WRX301 14 Wheel V Rake * 2) New Idea 521 9’ Sickle Mowers * Morris CP 725 25’ Cult More Equip: 01 Feather Light Al 5th Wheel 24’ Stock Trailer * 95 Duncan 5th Wheel 24’ Flatdeck * 25) Breeding Rams * Sheep Working Dogs Large Amt of Livestock Handling: Equip For Sheep & Cattle, Horse * Go to the Website for full Listing!

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Red River

Fall 2014 Upcoming Unreserved Public Auctions

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

2007 New Holland TJ380 Ottawa, ON – October 16

Justin Newton

Home Quarter & 12 Parcels of Farmland Sunset Prairie, BC – October 21

Bill Lawrence

www.mcsherryauction.com AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

2010 Case IH 8120 Farmington, BC – October 22

Anderson/Herauf

2003 Freightliner Century Classic Peace River, AB – October 23

R Rowein Farms Ltd.

UNRESERVED FALL CONSIGNMENT SALE EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT BRANDON, MB • SATURDAY OCTOBER 18TH 9:00 AM DIRECTIONS: Sale will be held at Fraser Auction Service Ltd. Sales yard 1/2 mile north of the junction of highways #1 & #10 on Wheatbelt Road. Brandon, MB.

2010 & 2009 John Deere 9770STS White City, SK – October 24

2007 John Deere 9520 Macklin, SK – November 1

Wilfred & Mary Dunne

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Doug's Tank Truck Service

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Ironwood Lake Ranch

2 Deeded Quarters, Grazing Lease & License Lac La Biche, AB — October 29

Sandor Enterprises Ltd.

1996 Concord 4012 40 Ft w/ 2300 Consul, SK – November 3

Lethbridge Auction Site

2008 Bourgault 5710 47 Ft w/ 6550 Lethbridge, AB – November 20

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2011 Case IH 4420 120 Ft Rouleau, SK – November 4

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Unused— 2013 Seed Hawk 45 Series 60 Ft w/ 600 SCT Saskatoon, SK – December 2

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Wawota, SK | October 9, 2014 · 10 am

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2000 JOHN DEERE 7510

2011 JOHN DEERE 946 14 FT

1979 JOHN DEERE 4440 HIGHLINE 7000HD

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2010 JOHN DEERE 568

1998 CHEVROLET 1500

AUCTION LOCATION: From WAWOTA, SK, go 6.4 km (4 miles) West on Hwy 48, then 3.2 km (2 miles) North, then 1.6 km (1 mile) West. GPS: 49.9381, -102.1314 PARTIAL LIST OF EQUIPMENT INCLUDES: 2000 John Deere 7510 MFWD Tractor · 1979 John Deere 4440 2WD Tractor · 1990 Massey Ferguson 210 Swather · 1998 Chevrolet 1500 Pickup Truck · 16 Ft Stock Trailer · Massey Ferguson 360 28 Ft Discer · 2010 John Deere 568 Round Baler · 2011 John Deere 946 14 Ft Hydra Swing Mower Conditioner · Custombuilt T/A Bale Hauler ·

Sovema 12 Wheel Hydraulic Hay Rake · Highline 7000HD Bale Processor · John Deere 700 Mix Mill · Brandt 745 7 In. x 45 Ft Grain Auger · Sakundiak HD8-1600 8 In. x 30 Ft Grain Auger · Kubota L210 Utility Tractor · 2000 Honda Fourtrax 350cc 4x4 Quad · Qty of Livestock Equipment · Shop Tools · Asst. Panels & Gates ...AND MUCH MORE!

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TRACTORS 2000 JD 8410T, air ride cab and seat, 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, PTO, 120”, AutoTrac ready, top link, 24” tracks, front weights, LED lights, New radiator, water pump and thermostat, S/NRW8410T901608 1982 Versatile 835, A/C, heat, 855 Cummins, 12 spd., 3 hyd., 18.4-38 tires, 60%, approx. 12,000 hrs., New starter, always shedded, $20,000 spent on trans. & drive line within last 500 hrs., S/N35678 1973 Versatile 800, A/C, heat, 855 Cummins, 12 spd., 3 hyd., aux. hyd. for air seeder, 18.4-38 inside duals, 90%, outside 70%, shows 13,285 hrs., 500 hrs. on bottom end engine, front & rear diff, New hyd. pumps, S/N500684 Case-IH 9230, Row Crop Special, powershift, 3 pt., PTO, heavy duty drawbar, 18.4-38 tires, Newer insides, hub duals, 7,700 hrs.

JD 4020, 2WD, wide front, cab w/heat, powershift, 1 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, Tilt-O-Matic rock box, Goodyear 18.4-34 tires w/duals, 6,842 hrs., New starter, second documented owner, sold new in Litchfield, MN, owner can help remove duals and load, S/N113082R MF 50A industrial, 4 cyl. Perkins, MF 300 loader, 7’ bucket, MF 54 backhoe, 23” bucket, 11L-16 front tires, 16.9-24 rear tires, S/N9AI44977 1951 Farmall Super M, wide front, gas, 5 spd., 1 hyd., 540 PTO, 15.5-38 tires, starts, runs, drives well, S/NF40670J MM 705, wide front, diesel, 2 hyd., 540 PTO, 5 spd., 18.4-38 tires, shows 2,832 hrs., (1) New tire, starts, runs, drives well JD 70, narrow front, gas, 1 hyd., 540 PTO, Roll-O-Matic, Goodyear 14.9-38 tires, original, unrestored, S/N7012397 1951 JD MT, 6V system, 2 pt., fast hitch, 540 PTO, single front 7.5-10 tire, 11.2-34/10-34 rear tires, S/N28786 COMBINES 2003 JD 9750, STS, PRWD, Mud Hog w/2 spd., 20.5-32 tires, 28L26 rear tires, 2,347 sep. hrs., 3,553 engine hrs., 5 years of service history with work orders, owner states unit is field ready, S/N700765 HEADS Kuhn chopping corn head, $18,000 work order on grain tank and unload system, S/NH09600X635729 1999 Caterpillar corn head, 12x30”, hyd. deck plates, knife rolls, steel snouts, newer Case-IH single pt. hookups, S/N2ZZ00470 2009 Case-IH 3208 corn head, 8x30”, level land, single pt. hookup, hyd. deck plates, S/NY85018369 Case-IH corn head, 12x22”, Clark conversion, knife rollers, manual adj.

deck plates, GVL poly, low acres on conversion, always shedded JD corn head, 8x22”, oil drive, knife rolls, light kit, cob saver, GVL poly snouts, 9000/10 Series hookups JD 643 corn head, poly snouts, ear savers, Calmer stalk rolls, stalk rolls were new in 2013, only used on 490 acres, S/N466426 2009 MacDon FD70 flex draper, 40’, finger reel, fore/aft, tilt, factory transport, low acres, stored inside, New draper canvases, rebuilt clutch in auger drum, Case-IH/NH mounts, JD mount available 2006 JD 635F flex head, Crary air system, hyd. fore/aft, single pt. hookup, S/NH0635F721389 TILLAGE EQUIPMENT 2013 Sunflower 6333 land finisher, 37’, single pass, hyd. disc gang adj., easy screw frame leveling, 20” disc blades, S/NAGCS63330CZ600222X37 2012 EarthMaster MWT 3400 vertical tillage machine, 34’, Verti-Go, walking tandems across, gauge wheels, rolling baskets, S/N10044 JD 510 disc ripper, rock flex, 7-shank, 11” spacing, depth adj., lights, New scrapers & ripper points, rebuilt rear gangs, S/NN00510X002963 JD 1010 field cultivator, 42’, walking tandems, wing gauge wheels, 3-bar harrow, some recent hoses JD 1010 field cultivator, 36’, walking tandems all around, 3-bar harrow Case-IH 4700 vibrashank, 37’, walking tandems all around, 3-bar harrow, New center rock shaft professionally installed, knock-ons Wil-Rich field cultivator, 38’, double springs, walking tandems all around, gauge wheels, 3-bar harrow, (2) New cyl. on wings (4) Summers 6’ sections mounted 3 bar harrow, for field cultivator, excellent condition WHEEL LOADER & ATTACHMENTS 1994 Volvo L50B wheel loader, cab w/heat, hyd. quick tach coupler, 3rd valve, 90” wide material bucket w/ bolt-on cutting edge, Michelin 15.5R25 radial tires, 85%, 11,275 hrs., excellent service history, some new hoses and exhaust muffler, S/NXL50BP9363X Volvo set of 5’ forks, 5’ wide carriage, fits Volvo quick coupler Oversized 92” wide bucket, bolt-on cutting edge, w/Volvo quick coupler SKID STEER LOADER & ATTACHMENT 1996 Case-IH 1845C skid steer loader, aux. hyd., 12-16.5 tires, 5,248 hrs., less than 100 hrs. on remfg. engine, recent right hand chain case work, S/NJAF0203121

Backhoe attachment for Bobcat 909 skid steer, 12” tooth bucket, 9.5’ dig depth, universal face plate TRENCHER & FORKLIFT Ditch Witch 4010 DD trencher, Deutz diesel, 4WD, hydro, 29x12.50 traction tires, 6-way hyd. front blade, A411 chain trencher, 6’ depth cap., chain is 1 year old, 1,413 hrs., S/N409931 2001 Daewoo G30E-3 forklift, LP, 3 stage mast, 48” forks, 28x9-15 pnuematic front tires, 6.50-10 pnuematic rear tires, 348 hrs., S/NCX-04119 SEMI TRACTORS 2007 Volvo VNL64, 48” integral sleeper, Volvo D13, 485 hp., automatic, air ride, diff lock, tilt, cruise, power windows & locks, Ali Arc HD aluminum front bumper, HD rear hitch, 275/80R22.5 tires on all aluminum rims, shows 546,196 miles 2010 Peterbilt 386, 66” removable bunk, ISX Cummins, 485 hp., Eaton 13 spd., diff lock, jake brake, air slide 5th, cruise, power windows, locks & mirrors, CD player, info center, Merritt headache rack, 270/80R22.5 tires on all aluminum, 95%, 569,710 actual miles, includes extensive service history & work orders, owner states truck is DOT’d, detailed, serviced, and ready to work 2000 Sterling, day cab, M11 Cummins, jake brake, diff lock, cruise, A/C, 174” WB, 22.5 tires on steel budds, shows 288,768 miles, Title will take extra 4-6 weeks TRUCK WITH TREE SPADE 1995 Ford L9000 Aeromax tandem axle, Cat diesel, 7 spd., air ride, rear hitch, 227” WB, 275/80R24.5 rear duals, 702,036 miles, 2000 Big John 80B tree spade, S/N317, 80” spade, interior controls, large water reservoir, cab over catwalk, spade lock downs BOX TRUCKS 1991 IHC 2554 tandem axle, IHC 466 diesel, Eaton 13 spd., 16’ steel gravel box, direct drive hyd. pump, hyd. vibrator, pintle hitch rear air and electric, 11R22.5 tires on steel rims, shows 421,171 miles, rebuilt trans.

5 yrs ago, New air compressor 1974 Chevrolet C65 tag tandem, 366 gas, 5&2 spd., 22’ Knapheide box, hoist, combo endgate, electric hyd. lift tag, 9:00-20 tires, 53,000 actual miles, single owner 1963 Ford Super Duty twin screw, V8 gas, 5&3 spd., diff lock, 19.5’ Midwest steel box, micro brake,10.00-20 tires 1981 Ford 8000 single axle, 3208 Cat, 5 spd., automatic, 11-22.5 tires, 95,054 miles, good running condition, dump box is completely rusted, used

for sanding & salting city streets, has broken rear leaf spring 1978 Chevrolet C65 single axle, V8 gas, 5&2 spd., air brake, 60’ boom w/ basket controls in bucket & on ground, 11R22.5 tires, 51,430 miles PICKUP 2005 Ford F450 Super Duty, Powerstroke V8 turbo diesel, automatic, 4WD, all inside controls, 11’x88” Henderson dump body, 108” Pro Plus blade, Western UltraMount, halogen lights, 225/70R19.5 tires, rear duals, aluminum outside rims, 60,565 actual miles, single owner, fuel gauge does not work DRY VAN TRAILERS 1987 Trailmobile tandem axle dry van, 42x8’, (2) side doors, spring ride, shelving, 11R22.5 tires 1987 Fruehauf tandem axle dry van, 45’x102”, 6’ sliding side door, sliding tandems, shelving, spring ride, 295/75R22.5 tires on steel rims, frame cracked 1983 Theurer tandem axle dry van, 40x8’, sliding tandems, spring ride, rollup rear door, side door shelves & front office, 11R22.5 tires on steel rims 1983 Theurer tandem axle dry van, 45x8’, side door, roll-up rear door, sliding tandems, 11R22.5 tires on steel rims 1977 American tandem axle dry van, 44x8’, shelving, spring ride, 385/65R22.5 super singles, newer dolly stand, doors on back need work 1973 Fruehauf dry van, 40x8’, roll-up rear door, (3) side doors, air ride, hyd. jack OTHER TRAILERS 2002 Doonan drop deck, 53’x102”, beavertail & ramps, air ride, 235/75R17.5 tires on aluminum, round hay bale rack goes w/New air bags last year 1985 Western live bottom trailer, spring ride, roll tarp, smooth side, 24.5 tires on steel wheels, (2) seasons on new chain and poly floor PK Mfg. tandem axle header trailer, dolly, tie down, adj. tongue Header trailer, 4-wheel, 12’ pole, 30’ cap., lights, 8.5L-14 tires 2009 DCT T20-14 EZ Load tandem axle tilt bed trailer, 20’x81”, wood deck, fenders, ST235/80R16 tires, like new, never used SPRAYERS GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT SNOWBLOWERS OTHER EQUIPMENT SHOP EQUIPMENT RECREATION & CAR TANKS, TIRES, & PARTS FARM SUPPORT ITEMS

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

EX200 LC HITACHI, W/QUICK attach, bucket, aux. hyd. & thumb, D6 C CAT & D7 E, barber green trencher. Call:(204)352-4306.

AUCTION FOR LYLE & JOAN SWITZER AND NEIGHBOUR EVEYLN CURRIE Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433 • 2003 Chevy Silverado Lt. 2500, 4/4, 4 door extended extended cab, 6 litre gas, automatic, white in colour, 138,000 original one owner kms, safetied. Fifth wheel camper hitch sells separate • 1982 GMC regular cab long box, 6 cylinder automatic with 139,461 original one owner miles, has current licence, not safetied • 1964 JD 2010 gas tractor with JD#36 front end loader and add on 3ph, like new rubber all around.

This tractor has been used a total of 440 hrs in the last 14 years. 1926 hrs showing on clock? Maybe second clock? Very good looking running, tractor • 2008 Honda TRX420 4 x 4 electric shift.This unit has a total of 298 original one owner miles.

Better than new • PJ single axle 5000lb GVW bumper hitch utility trailer with full fold down rear ramp, like new • JD #318 Garden tractor, hydro, 950 hrs, no mower deck • JD 3 ft tiller, fits on JD tractors, sells separate • 8hp Bearcat wood chipper • Poulan 5hp rear tine tiller • Dynamic 1 ft tiller • Craftsman 11hp 30 in electric start snow blower, looks like new • Buhler 6 ft Finishing mower • FK 4 ft 3ph blade 6 ft 3ph cult, trailing yard sprayer, steel yard drag • 2 steel stone boats Guns; Will sell at 12:00 noon • 1904 Winchester model 1897 12 gauge full choke pump action shot gun with exposed hammer, serial #290696 • 1920 Nickel steel Winchester model 1912 12 gauge 30 full choke pump action shot gun, serial #223597 • Lakefield Mosberg 12 gauge 30 full choke pump action shot gun, serial #500ab • Remmington model 222 Bolt action top loader with scope • Cooey single shot 22 model 75 more collectables see www.billklassen.com for listing owners 204-782-1400

Auction held in conjunction with Lyle Switzer Auction

• Case 870 with Leon loader and add on cab, No 3ph about 6900 hrs • Ferguson #35 3ph and hydraulic • Yamaha Moto 4 Quad • Farm King double auger snow blower • 4 ft Chase finishing mower • 5 ft Gyro mower • Yard Machine 10hp wood chipper

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 10 AM DARLINGFORD, MB AUCTION WILL BE HELD AT LYLE SWITZER YARD. FROM DARLINGFORD 2 MILES EAST ON PTH #3, NORTH ON RD 39 FOR 3 1/2 MILES, FROM MORDEN WEST UNTIL RD 39

Saturday, October 11th 2 miles west of Austin on Hwy 1 at 11:00AM at the NTL Trucking yard 545 IND Ford MFWD LDR 3-PTH 85-in. 3-PTH Box Scraper & Rake 28-ft. Concord Air Seeder 8N Ford tractor 6-ft. finishing mower 250R Suzuki quad racer Shop tools Household Antiques & Collectibles Check Website for Updates This is a unreserved auction To consign phone (204)637-3393 e-mail: nickelauctions@mymts.net Fax (204)637-3395

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

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

Ph (204)532-2187, Russell MB.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks 1975 INTERNATIONAL CAB OVER, w/350 Cummins motor, 13-spd; also 50-ft x 10.5-ft hay trailer, holds up to 30 bales, asking $7000 for the pair. (204)868-5040.

FOR SALE: 1974 DODGE D300 1-ton, w/318 motor. 46,000-mi, 7x9-ft box w/removable sides, ball & plate for gooseneck hitch, wired for trailer w/electric brakes, good tires, VGC. Also, 500-gal propane tank. Phone:(204)825-8354 or (204)825-2784.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Semi Trucks & Trailers 2006 INTERNATIONAL 9900I, C15, 18-spd, 373 ratio, 22.5 tires, recent engine rebuild, good condition. Asking $30,000. Phone:(204)857-1700. Glad-stone, MB.

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FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks.

Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmover50@gmail.com

• Greenhouse to be dismanteled-17’ by 32’ Greenhouse be dismanteled-17’ by 32’, c/w all electrical and furnace, will be sold by picture at auction (to preview this greenhouse call Morris Olafson at 204-822-3742 or 204-325-2141 for directions) Shop • LKS 250 AC DC welder • Clark Torbo 150 wire feed • Big 3 cylinder air compressor • Free standing drill press • Small sand blaster • Metal band saw • Carpel pressure washer and a small trailer load of misc. tools and the like • New chimney • Stationary Engines -10 of them • 1-Fairbanks Morse 3hp green • 2-International LB 2 ½ hp • 3-International LB 2 ½ hp • 4-Fairbanks Morse D 2hp • 5-International LB 1 ½-2 ½hp • 6-Fairbanks Morse 6hp • 7-John Deere 3hp • 8-International 3-5hp • 9-International/mcormic 3-5hp • 10- International 1 ½-2 ½ hp • 2-One quart measure pumps Antiques • 2 Lightning rods • Some old jars i.e. gorona, crown, best, improved gem, perfect seal, ball • 20 or so good coal oil lamps with chimneys • Old railway signal lantern • Steamer trunk • Some crocks and other misc. older items of interest • And so much more....For information on this auction please call Morris Olafson @ 204-325-2141 or 204-822-3742.

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

1995 CASE 621B WHEEL loader, 11,500-hrs, light farm use the last 10-yrs, tires 85%, new cutting blade, 3rd valve, excellent condition, $48,000.

(204)824-2018, (204)761-6709.

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, $65,000; JD 270 LC hyd excavator, quick attach, hyd thumb, 12-ft. stick, A/C, $55,000. Phone:(204)871-0925, MacGregor.

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FOR SALE: BEHLEN CONTINUOUS dryer, Model 850, 3 phase, two fans, 230V, $10,000 OBO. Phone:(204)871-0925. Macgregor, MB.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Elevators 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.

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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.

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FORD TRACTORS 4000 & 3600, Diesels; JD 440 crawler loader; 120 Gehl mix mill; NH 660 & 851 balers; hay wagons & more. All shedded & ready to work. (204)372-6912

DISCS VERSATILE #1800 36-FT, $25,000; Wishek 842 26-ft, $39,000; IH 25-ft #490, $7500; Bushog 25-ft, $7500; JD 330 22-ft, $9500; JD 15-ft DOT, $5000; Kewannee breaking discs 12 & 15-ft disc rippers DMI 5-shank, $8900; 7-shank, $10,900; Phoenix Harrow 35, 42 & 53-ft; Bat Wing mowers, John Deere 15-ft, $6000; Woods 15-ft, $6000; Woods HD 3180, $7500; JD 2018, $11,000; Bushwhacker 20-ft, $12,000; JD 709, $3000; JD 3-PH 6ft, $650; JD 5-ft Pull-type, $1000. (204)857-8403.

DOWNSIZING: 2001 JD 7410 FWA 740 loader 6,870-hrs; MF 860 6 cyl, PU, $5,000; 20-ft. straight cut PU reel; 25-ft. UII reel; 21-ft. Hart Carter PU reel; New Quonset future steel 52x35x18 in crate; GMC 1981 7000 series 17-ft. factory grain box & hoist, A1; 1980 Chev 6500 tandem gravel box & hoist, propane, $3,500; 18-ft. Vac tank & pump, off Ford 750 truck, A1; MF 410 combine PU, runs good, $1,200; Power parachute Rotex SR7, as is $3,000; Steel mounted skid mount cummins w/trans $2,200; 1999 Cat loader IT28G, A1; 2003 Hitachi ZX200LC, A1. (306)236-8023 FOR

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GRAIN VACS BRANDT 4000, $7,000; REM 2500 HD, $9,500; Jump Auger, $500; 8x31 Westfield Auger, $1,800; Fertilizer Spreaders 4-9 Ton large selection conveyor grain carts for beans 4-ft. 750-bu. hyd drive, $17,000; Kinze 450 bean cart scales, $12,000; Flex heads JD 925 air reel, $8,500; JD 924, $6,000; Case IH 25-ft. 1020, $6,000; 30-ft., $8,000; IH 820, $2,000; Case IH straight header 25-ft., $4,000; 30-ft., $4,500; JD 930 Rigid, $3,000; Phone (204)857-8403.

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620 SCREEN MACHINE, $5,000; Parallel Flow 245, $7,500; 3, #3s, $7,500; Aspirator, $1,500; 6 legs, $7,500. (604)491-3513, located in MB.

GRAIN CARTS LARGE SELECTION used carts JM 650, $10,500; EZ 675, $11,000; Brent 620 scales, $11,500; Brent 770, $14,000; JM 875, $18,000; Brent 976, $28,000; Bourgault 1100 $17,500. We have others. Disk rippers DMI 5 shank, $8,900; 7 shank, $10,900; Disks IH 490 25ft., $7,500; Bushog 25-ft., $7,500; JD 330 22-ft., $9,500; JD 30-ft., $10,500; Vers 36-ft., $25,000; Kewannee & Towner breaking discs. Phone (204)857-8403.

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1998 JD 9610 COMBINE, 2,360 engine hrs. $80,000 OBO. Phone Days: (204)764-2544, Evenings/Weekends:(204)764-2035.

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1975 CASE 1070 TRACTOR: 3-PTH, 5566-hrs; 1981 3/4 Ton GMC 4x4 truck: brand new tires, 52,244-kms, 5th wheel ball in box; 1999 Bobcat 873 Loader: 6036-hrs, 3 attachments - bale fork, bucket, and grapple; New Idea haybine.

Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon.

FOR SALE: HESTON 1014 haybine, 14-ft, good condition; Vermeer 605A round baler, wide belts, good condition. Phone:(204)825-8354 or (204)825-2784.

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

TRACTORS Versatile NEW VERSATILE TRACTOR PARTS: #51416 clutch pressure plate assembly for Series I, II & III PTO equipped tractors, $2,995; #48320 PTO gear box housing, $995; Axle tube for Series I, II & III tractors #21730 - $795, #35972 - $995; #17920 rad (core measures 30-in W X 31-in H) fits 800, 850, & 900 Series I, $995; #56688 hyd pump for 800, 850, 835, 855, 875 & 895 single pump tractors, $795; #27072/#41714 double hyd oil cooler for most tractors, $795; #48084 hyd charge pump for 150/160 bi-directional, $795. Fouillard Implement Ltd. St. La- zare, MB. Call:(204)683-2441.

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

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous GRAVITY WAGONS NEW 400-BU, $7,400; 600bu, $12,000; 750-bu, $17,750; Tarps available.

Used 350-bu, $3,200; 500-bu, $6,000; 616-bu., $10,500; Large Selection 250-750 bu grain screeners Hutch #1500, $1,500; DMC 48-in., $2,500; DMC 54-in., $4,000; Kwik Kleen 5-7 Tube Screeners, $4,000 & up; V Drainage plow, $1,500; Scrapers 4-yd, $3,900; 6-yd Crown, $5,500; Eversman 6.5-yd., $6,000; 7.5-yd., $8,000; 10-ft. Landlevellers $2,450; 3-PH 9-ft. blade, $950. Phone (204)857-8403.

HAYBINES GEHL 14-FT., $3,900; NH 116, $3,000; Hay Conditioners, $800 up; 14 Wheel Rake, $6,500; 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; JD 709 mower, $3,000; JD 15-ft. bat wing mower $6,000; Woods 315, $6,000; JD 9ft. #450 mower, $2,200. Phone (204)857-8403.

JD 15-FT. AW TANDEM discer; Vers 6x36 gas auger; 2-Ton fertilizer spreader; 8-ft. Canola roller; Loader mt flax pusher; Ford 5 bottom plow. Call Brian:(204)981-6480.

JD 930 30-FT FLEX header, asking $4,200 OBO; In good condition. (204)882-2413.

PARTING OUT FARM MACHINERY from harrows to tractors & combines. Pasture & hayland for rent; Wanted Case 2290 tractor for parts. A few cars for sale too. (204)268-1888 QUIT FARMING: 2008 STX 430 4WD, new tires, $160,000; 2008 CIH 8010 4WD combine.(it will drive as far as a track machine in mud), 30-ft flex draper, $200,000 OBO; 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; 30-ft Case IH 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.

Call:(204)871-0925, Macgregor, MB. RICHARDTON 770 HI-DUMP, $21,000; 12-ft, $3000; Jiffy 14-ft, $4900; JD 3970 Harvester 3RN, $8900; NH 890, $2500; IH 791, $2500; Balers JD 535, $5000; JD 530, $3500; Corn Shredder attachment for JD Baler, $500; 10-ft Land-levellers, $2450; 12-ft, $2650; 12-ft w/ tilt, $3650; V-Ditchers, $1500 up; Scrapers 4-yd, $3900; 4.5-yd, $4500; 6-yd, $6000; Snowblowers JD 2-Auger 7-ft, $1500; 8-ft Single auger, $1000; (204)857-8403.

TOWNER BREAKING DISC KEWANNEE 13-ft. & 16-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; Degelman rock picker, $3,500; Degelman 14-ft. rock rake, $9,500. Phone (204)857-8403.

USED FERTILIZER SPREADERS 4-9 Ton: 8T Willmar, $8000; 4T Tyler, $3500; 5T Dempster, $3000; 6T Willmar, $6500; Valmar 3255 Applicator, $3000.

No Jet Applicator, $1500. (204)857-8403.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted WANTED: 10-FT DEEP TILLER, either Cockshot or International. Phone:(204)526-2169.

WANTED: FLAIL TYPE FORAGE harvester or harvester w/PU or sickle, twin bar rakes, NH sickle mower, NH haybine for parts, 3/4 or 1-ton. 3-PTH or small sprayer. Pick-up Phone or Text (204)266-9059

HAYING & HARVESTING HAYING & HARVESTING Swathers 1994 MACDON 1900 WINDROWER, 25-ft, PU Reel, 2485-HRS, $21,000. Call (204)825-8121.

2008 MF 9220 WINDROWER 30-ft, 860 ENG HRS, PU Reel, $57,000. Call (204)825-8121.

HAYING & HARVESTING Various VERSATILE SWATHER, 20-FT, PTO, good condition, $600; 430 Case tractor, dual-triple range, good condition, $2100. Call Jack (204)827-2162, Glenboro.

Rebuilt Concaves

Rebuild combine table augers Rebuild hydraulic cylinders Roller mills regrooved MFWD housings rebuilt Steel and aluminum welding Machine Shop Service Line boreing and welding

Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd. Eden, MB 204-966-3221 Fax: 204-966-3248

Check out A & I online parts store www.pennosmachining.com

Combines COMBINES Case/IH 2008 CIH 8010 4WD combine.(it will drive as far as a track machine in mud), 30-ft flex draper, $200,000 OBO. Phone (204)871-0925

TRACTORS Various

EDGE

TRACTOR ALLIS CHALMERS CA. Comes w/3PTH for a 2-sheer plow, rear cultivators, plus side cultivators, $2,000; 12-ft wide cultivator, must be pulled by a tractor, $100 OBO. Phone:(204)661-6840.

EQUIPMENT SALES 3-170 Murray Park Rd Winnipeg, MB

WANTED: 3-CYL PERKINS DIESEL engine from Massey 200 Crawler or tractor. Will Purchase complete machine; Also wanted 16.9x28, 16.9x24 or 17.5x24 tractor tires. Please call (204)878-9973.

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Exclusive PowerFold® feature allows operators to lift DuraMax® decks with their fingers not with their backs.

USED GRASSHOPPERS AVAILABLE COMBINES Case/IH

COMBINES Accessories

2009 CASE IH AF8120, 1,440 separator hrs, Firestone 520 85R42 duals, RWA, pro-600, sharp looking combine, auto-steer, Phone:(218)770-4771. Ask for Mick.

RETIRED FROM FARMING: CAT flex 30-ft header w/PU reel, $9500; Grain screener C-1600, Hutch cleaner w/unload auger, to separate weed seeds from grain, mounted on 2 wheels, electric driven, $1100. Phone (204)746-8851, Morris.

COMBINES Caterpillar Lexion 2005 CAT 585R2012/P516 PU header for sale. $165,000. Location: The Pas. 2,345 engine/1,575 sep-hrs. S/N J57600389 Sunnybrook cylinder, HP feeder house, jet stream fan, RWA 400 series adapter included, VGC, serviced by Toromont, Elie, MB. Also available, 2005 F540 max flex S/N 44100235, AWS air reel, laser pilot, $30,000; 2005 HoneyBee SP 36 S/N 360500914 single PU reel, single knives, new guards & knife last year; Cat 500 series adapter, $30,000. Phone:(204)623-4357, (204)623-0664. Can text/e-mail pictures.

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

COMBINES Ford/New Holland

Tillage & Seeding

1998 NH TR98, 914 header w/Swathmaster PU, has 900 Trelleberg on front, 600 Trellebergs on rear, Harvest services, wide spaced, wide wire cocaves, terrain tracer, long auger, hopper extensions, electronic stone trap, high-speed chopper, new chopper blades &flails, jewel chaff spreader, rotors balanced, recently re-built rotor boxes, tunnel covers & side covers replaced, c/w 994 30-ft Honeybee draper header, w/U2 PU reel. Headers can be sold seperately. Well maintained machine, $30,000 OBO.(204)632-4390,(204)797-4821.

TILLAGE & SEEDING Air Seeders

COMBINES John Deere 1974 MODEL 6601 always shedded, field ready.

Phone (204)822-3855, Morden, MB. WET FIELDS? 2 JD 9600 combines w/Mudhog rear-wheel assist: 1989 w/212 PU, $25,000; 1992 w/912 PU, $35,000. Also, 930 header w/UII pickup reel, $7,000; 925 Flexhead w/transport, $9,500.

Phone:(204)635-2625, Cell:(204)268-5539. Stead, MB.

COMBINES Massey Ferguson FOR SALE: 1979 MF 760 combine V8 Perkins, hydrostatic, grey cab, includes extra spare parts, field ready, asking $3,000 OBO. Phone (204)265-3365, Beausejour.

COMBINES Accessories 1998 994 HONEY BEE 30-ft draper header, UII pick-up reel, for & aft, w/TR, TX adapter, $15,000 OBO; 2005 94C NH 30-ft draper header, UII pickup reel, for & aft, w/TR, TX adapter. $27,500.

Phone:(204)632-4390 or Cell:(204)797-4821.

2007 CAT F540 FLEX Platform, 40-ft., reconditioned, $25,900; Crary 35-ft. Flex Platform w/air bar, $15,900; 2010 NH 74C Flex Platform, 30-ft., $23,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer: (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com 3-JD 630 HYDRA FLEX Platforms, Priced for quick sale. 1-2004 w/HD auger, Quick sale $12,500; 1-2006 $14,500; 1-2006 w/crary air bar, $18,500.

Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy#12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer:(204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com AGCO GLEANER, R SERIES, 27-ft straight-cut header w/bat-reel, $2,950; 1992 Silverado ext cab, original paint, no rust, $4,950. East Selkirk, MB. Phone:(204)268-2853.

CASE IH ALL CROP header, 8-rows 30-in, PTO drive, fits on to 8010 or 8120 combine. Good condition, $6,000. Phone:(204)857-1700. Gladstone, MB. CASE IH MACDON 30-FT. flex draper header fits 8010 combine, model 6220, $48,000. (204)871-0925.

CIH 2020 FLEX PLATFORMS in stock: 2008, 35-ft.

Reconditioned; 2010, 35-ft., nice; 2007, 30-ft. w/air bar- Take your pick, $21,500/each. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy#12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer:(204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com DEUTZ-ALLIS FLEX-HEADER, 22-ft, for gleaner combine w/39-in opening, pick-up reel w/poly-tines, $3,500 OBO. Call Evenings:(204)367-8807.

FLEX PLATFORMS IN STOCK, ready for immediate delivery: JD 920-925-930-630-635; CIH 1020 25-ft-30-ft, 2020 30-ft & 35-ft; NH 74C 30-ft; Cat F540-Crary 35-ft; Header trailers 30-ft, 36-ft, 38-ft, 42-ft. w/flex bars & Double beam; Arc Fab-Harvest International, & MD Stud King. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy#12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer: (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

300 GREEN PRESSURE TREATED sharpened, fence posts, 8-ft. by 5 to 6-in., never been used, still in bundles, $8.50 per post. Call (204)346-4050, Kleefeld, MB. TO BE REMOVED: 3+ miles of 5 strand high-tensile electric fencing & fence line materials; 1+ mile single strand high-tensile w/off-set insulators and 3 strand barb wire: poles, insulators, line tighteners, swinging gates. 8300 PowerBox solar energizer w/new deep cycle battery and/ or Speed-Rite electric energizer. Also plastic step-in fence posts & electric fence tapes, handles, insulators, & two 4-mile solar energizers. Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon.

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

The Icynene Insulation System®

1996 36-FT. BOURGAULT AIR seeder, 8880 cultivator w/2155 tank, good condition, $25,000 OBO. (204)745-7445.

TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Various 2012 20-FT SALFORD 5100 disc 3 bar harrows rolling baskets. Has only done 600-ac. Excellent condition. Phone:(204)673-2406.

TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Various 2, 42-FT. CASE IH 7200 hoe drills, $3,000 each OBO; Case IH 36-ft. 6200 disc drill for parts, $700; 65-ft. Tourmaster diamond harrows, $1,500 OBO; JD 220 tandem disc good condition, $3,500 OBO; 21-ft. CCIL deep tiller, $1,500 OBO. (204)745-7445.

TracTors

08 STX 430 brand new 620-70-42 tires, delux cab, heated leather seat, $150,000.

Phone (204)871-0925, McGregor.

1986 CASE IH 3394, 6230-hrs, new tires, MFWD, transmission overhauled, CAHR, 1000-PTO, 24-spd, 3-hyd, good condition. Phone (204)648-7136 2011 CASE IH 550 motes, 36-in tracks, lighting, pro-700 nav. powershift, excellent Ask for Mick.

quad track, 1,469-hrs, 6 recab w/A/C, 360 degree HID controller, 262 GPS receiver, condition. Call:(218)770-4771.

4490 & 4690 TRACTORS, $13,000 OBO. (204)730-3139

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FOR SALE: 1949 VA Case tractor, good running order, good rubber, PTO & pulley, $2000. Call (204)641-0204 or (204)376-2971.

1-800-587-4711

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 – Red Angus 4 SALE, REG RED Angus cows & heifers; bred AI, due Jan & Feb, also heifer calves for sale. Call Don (204)422-5216.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Holstein HAND

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Phone

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental 250 SIMMENTAL CROSS COWS, bred Black Angus, bulls complete line of equipment & pasture.

Neepawa (204)402-0780.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various HERD REDUCTION PICK 15 of out 35 Angus cross Limousin cows, pasture exposed to Purebred Limousin bull, June 20th on. $2350 each. (204)422-8643 evenings.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD.

Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519

1997 9400 4WD, very good tires, 7,000-hrs, VGC, $95,000 OBO. (204)745-7445.

AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

FOR SALE: 1976 JD 8430 4WD tractor, 20.4x34 tires, c/w 12-ft. Degelman blade, VGC, asking $16,000 OBO. Phone (204)265-3365, Beausejour.

REGULAR CATTLE SALES

JD 8450, 4WD, DUALS, clean, showing 7,199-hrs, $19,500; JD 4630, duals, powershift, 3pt, $14,950; JD 4430, 3pt, good running, $13,000; IHC 1466, duals, nice shape, $7,950. Phone:(204)746-2016 or Cell:(204)746-5345. Morris, MB. Do you want to target Manitoba farmers? Place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator. Manitoba’s best-read farm publication.

TRACTORS Massey Ferguson 2007 MF 5455 TRACTOR - 80 PTO HP, Cab, Air, MFWD, LH Reversor, 540-1000 PTO, Front End Loader, 1,541-hrs., consignment unit, priced right for quick sale! $47,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

Mon., Oct. 20, 2014 @ 9 a.m.

(Call Market Reps for More Details) Limited to 2200 Head Consignments Only We have 6 to 8 Cow Buyers, 7 to 8 Feeder Buyers and 4 to 8 Local Buyers with over 1000 Sellers

“Where Buyers & Sellers Meet”

We Buy Cattle Direct on Farm For more information call: 204-694-8328 or call Mike at 204-807-0747

www.winnipeglivestocksales.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle Wanted

TIRED OF THE HIGH COST OF MARKETING YOUR CALVES??

300-700 LBS. Steers & Heifers Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 Ben: 721-3400 800-1000 LBS. Steers & Heifers Don: 528-3477, 729-7240

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

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123 LIVESTOCK Specialty – Alpacas

TRACTORS John Deere

JD 3020, PWR SHIFT, never had a loader, only used for swathing, excellent paint & tires, no 3-PT, always shedded, $9000. (204)824-2018, (204)761-6709.

SPECIAL RANCHERS CHOICE CALF SALE

ONE YEARLING INTACT MALE donkey w/cross shaped mark on back. Phone (204)482-5183.

IRON & STEEL

FOR SALE: 2 (204)482-3735.

TRACTORS Case/ IH

SPECIAL ANGUS CALF SALE

Fri., Oct. 3, 2014 @ 11:00 a.m.

Dispersal of 25 Choice Black Angus Cows, 3 to 8 years old with Black.

Aug-Sept Calves on Side.

Licence #1122

FENCING

www.penta.ca

SHEEP, LAMB & GOAT SALE

Wed., Oct. 15, 2014 @ 1:00 p.m

GRUNTHAL, MB.

HERD DISPERSAL DUE TO personal health issues dual registered, champion bloodlines, 26 females, 17 males, open to offers as must sell. For more info alpacas@eidnet.org

LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT 2003 BALE KING 3100 hay processor, right hand delivery, large tires, very nice shape, $8,500. Call (204)346-4050, Kleefeld, MB. 2013 LEON 425V MANURE spreader, only used season, excellent condition. Brian McCarthy (306)435-3590 or cell (306)435-7527.

8-FT, 10-FT, 12-FT, 16-FT, varied length panels & gates; 16-ft light duty panels; cattle oiler brand new.

Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon.

CORRAL CLEANER W/3-YD LOADER, & 3 vertical spreaders, taking new customers. South-Central or South-Western Manitoba. (204)730-3139.

HART POULTRY FEEDING EQUIPMENT drive units, motors, corner wheels, chain, winches, cables, Stainless Steel scrapers, etc. Call (204)346-4050, Kleefeld, MB. NEW CONCEPT ROLLER MIXMILL, VGC. Brian McCarthy (306)435-3590 or cell (306)435-7527.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

every TUESDAY at 9 am October 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th

Saturday, October 25th at 10 am

Tack and Horse Sale (Horses to follow)

Monday, October 27th at 12 pm

Sheep and Goat with Small Animals & Holstein Calves

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

1000 Litre Caged Storage Tanks $60.00 each Call Ken 204-794-8383 #45 Mountain View Rd. Winnipeg, MB

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 2, 2014

SEED/ FEED/GRAIN Grain Wanted

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REAL ESTATE Land For Sale FARMLAND FOR SALE BY Tender. Sealed tenders to be received by 12:00pm Nov. 10th, 2014.

Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Some acs suitable for potatoes. Includes yard site w/upgraded house(1980); approx. 30,000-bu. Grain storage; plus a Zipperlock shed. All land is in one block in RM of Roland. NE14-5-5W 160-acs; NW 14-5-5W 80.5-acs; SE 14-5-5W 160-acs. Please mail tenders to: Box 144 Roland, MB R0G 1T0 Email: csutton@pmcnet.ca Call Chris for details: (204)343-2160(home) or (204)745-7493(cell) FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER. The NE1/4, NW1/4, SE1/4, & SW1/4 of Section 9-11-9 WPM consisting of approximately 640-acres, including yard site, is hereby offered for sale by Tender. The Owner advises that there is approximately 600 cultivated acres. Bids will be accepted on any or all of the above noted quarter-sections. The Owner advises that the yard site is located on the NE1/4 of 9-119 WPM & includes the following buildings: 2-Story, 5-bdrm, Character Home, located on Hwy #242. 40-ft x 60-ft Steel clad Pole Shed; 28-ft x 30ft Hip-Roof Barn in good shape; 30-ft x 40-ft Wooden Quonset; 6- 1800-Bushel Grain Bins. The residence is connected to municipal water. Interested parties must forward formal Tenders, together with a deposit of 5% of the tendered price payable to “D’Arcy & Deacon LLP in Trust” no later than October 15th, 2014. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Prospective Purchasers must rely entirely on their own inspection of the property and shall be responsible for payment of the GST or shall self-assess for purposes of the GST. Closing of the sale and transfer of possession of the property shall be on December 1st, 2014 or earlier by mutual agreement. The successful Bidder will enter into an Offer to Purchase with Owner confirming the details of the transaction. Tenders must be submitted to: D’Arcy & Deacon LLP, 2200-One Lombard Place Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0X7 Attention: John C. Stewart. Tenders Close: October 15th, 2015.

PASTURE SPACE AVAILABLE The Association of MB Community Pastures (AMCP) will be operating the following former PFRA pastures in MB in 2015: Alonsa, Gardenton-Pansy, Langford, LenswoodBirch River, McCreary, Mulvihill, Narcisse, Pasquia, Sylvan-Dale.

Grazing applications for the 2015 grazing season are due Nov. 1st, 2014. To receive an application or for more info please contact us at: (204)868-0430 Email: amcp@pastures.ca

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FOR SALE: ALFALFA, TIMOTHY, Brome, Clover, hay & pasture blends, millet seed, Crown, Red Prozo, cleaned common seed oats. Leonard Friesen (204)685-2376, Austin, MB.

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REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba FARMLAND FOR SALE BY Tender. Sealed tenders to be received by 12:00p.m. Nov. 10, 2014.

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Some acres suitable for potatoes. Includes yard site w/upgraded house(1980); approx. 30,000-bu. grain storage; plus a Zipperlock shed. All land is in one block in RM of Roland: NE14-5-5W- 160-ac, NW 14-5-5W- 80.5-ac, SE14-5-5W- 160-ac. Please mail tenders to: Box 144 Roland, MB R0G 1T0. Email to: csutton@pmcnet.ca Call Chris for details: (204)343-2160(home) or (204)745-7493(cell).

NEWER HOME ON 160-ACS only 30-min from the city of Brandon & 16-min from Virden. Construction on the custom built two-story home began in 2008 w/some finishing work on the lower level just recently completed. There are 2 dugouts on the property & the crop for 2014 was hay. This is a good property in a secluded location but only 1.5-mi from the TransCanada Hwy. Tel: Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511 or Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753.

Homelife Home Professional Realty Inc. www.homelifepro.com STONEWALL MB 15-MINS TO Perimeter, 152.3-acs for sale, all cultivated good grain land, some good gravel deposits, great investment. Call Harold (204)253-7373, Delta Real Estate.

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SEEKING A F/T YEAR round employee on grain farm operation in the Neepawa, MB area. The successful applicant must have good organizational skills, be self motivated & team player. Applicant must have experience in welding for shop mainte-nance & a mechanical background. Must have valid Class 5 license. Class 1 license would also be an asset. Salary depending on experience. If interested please email resume to deborad@hotmail.ca or Fax to (204)966-3885.

We can also be reached at (204)476-0601.

SEEKING A F/T YEAR round employee on grain/cattle operation in the Neepawa, MB area.

The successful applicant must have good organizational skills, be self motivated & team player. Must have valid Class 5 license. We are seeking a person w/ machinery operating skills & cattle experi-ence. Salary depending on experience. If interested please email resume to deborad@hotmail.ca or Fax to (204)966-3885.

We can also be reached at (204)476-0601.

CAREERS Help Wanted F/T POSITION AVAILABLE WORKING on a grain & livestock hog operation. Need a valid driver’s license, Class 1 would be an asset. Annual salary starting at $30,000. Phone Luc:(204)248-2107, (204)745-7306 or Email: lluc@mymts.net Notre Dame de Lourdes, MB. HELP WANTED: We are looking to hire a person to take responsibility for the feeding & care of our dairy cattle. The position requires the ability to work efficiently with a front end loader for feeding, bedding, & manure removal, close attention to detail, & reliability. Experience w/cattle an asset. If interested, please call (204)379-2640 or (204)745-7864.

Used Trailer Suspensions Starting at $950.00 Call Ken 204-794-8383 #45 Mountain View Rd. Winnipeg, MB

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Philgo Farms has PT&FT employment opportunities available for year-round work on our dairy farm with competitive salary & benefits. Experience with machinery necessary; experience with cattle an asset. Fax resume to (204)379-2293 or email philgo@inetlink.ca

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MODULAR HOME: 1999 Bowes/SRI mobile home w/vaulted ceiling. 3 bdrms, 2 bthrms w/Jacuzzi in ensuite; abundant cupboard space w/2 pantries in kitchen area. Single family owned- to be moved.

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For Pricing ~ 204-325-9555

ALFALFA FOR SALE IN 3x4 square bales, stored inside delivery available. (204)746-4505.

2013 Malt Contracts Available Box 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0 Phone 204-737-2000 Toll-Free 1-800-258-7434 Agent: M & J Weber-Arcola, SK. Phone 306-455-2509

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For further information contact Larry J. Selby at SELBY LAW OFFICE 351 Main St., PO Box 279 Manitou, MB. R0G 1G0 Phone: (204) 242-2801 Fax: (204) 242-2723 Email: selbylaw@mts.net

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