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Swistun Buddas, Olha area Rural Municipality of Park

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Finding shelter in a budda in the late 1880s » PAGE 4

Social media extends the reach for ag events » PAGE 23

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JANUARY 19, 2012

SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCE 1925 | VOL. 70, NO. 3

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Chronically flooded farmers offered buyout

Kochia is added to list of glyphosate-resistant weeds in Canada

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By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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With no natural outlet, the future of farming in the waterlogged area is uncertain

A third species of glyphosateresistant weed has been confirmed in Canada — and this one is right at home on the Prairies.

In a January 11 press release, Monsanto states Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada weed scientists have completed evaluations on kochia samp l e s c o l l e c t e d f ro m t h re e fields in southern Alberta and found them to be glyphosate resistant.

“We began this particular investigation of kochia in three

By Shannon Vanraes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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heir land is disappearing, their roads are under water and the rising Shoal Lakes are creeping closer to their homesteads. Now, as lifelong ranchers in this inundated area of the Interlake mull over the province’s buyout offers, they face the likelihood of forced retirement.

About half a dozen property owners have received offers from the province so far, although 70 applications were made to the voluntary program.

John Dyck says the province’s offer is less than he expected.

“Some of these programs sound pretty sugar coated, but when you bite

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into them the taste is pretty sour,” said the 65-year-old rancher. “If you take a quick look at (the offer), and your wife has been away for six months and you’re living on the edge, you could think it might be OK. But when you start to look at it close, they’re offering only 60 per cent of what my house is worth.”

Last summer Dyck and his wife were placed under an evacuation notice as water cut off the only road access to their property. He was allowed to return to the property after some negotiation so he could tend their herd, but had to use an amphibious all-terrain vehicle and hip waders to reach his home.

“I don’t want to retire, we spent the last 28 years building up a herd. I don’t

know what we will do, I don’t know what we can do,” Dyck said.

He would like to appeal the province’s appraisal, but that means hiring a lawyer and a secondary appraiser, which Dyck says is prohibitively expensive.

Howard Hilstrom expects an offer to be made for his property on North Shoal Lake in the near future.

“We’ve talked and there have been meetings, but after that it kind of gets down to individual business dealings between the government and the farmer,” said the former MP and head of the Shoal Lakes Flooded Landowners Association.

Exiting the ranching business will be difficult, he said.

See BUYOUT on page 6 »

With land roads through the Shoal Lakes area inundated by water, local residents have made their own ice road to reach the other side — against the advice of provincial officials. PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES

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The Manitoba Co-operator | January 19, 2012

INSIDE

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Can-food sculpture sets world record

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It took 170 tons of food, all of which was donated to a local food bank

CROPS An unhealthy year for roots Root diseases had a field day in the spring of 2011

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FEATURE This Can-Do Combine was built by John Deere’s Moline, Illinois employees and volunteers in November. The structure took more than 1,800 hours to build and contains more than 15 different kinds of canned food. It was on display at the John Deere Pavilion in Moline, Illinois, until December 12 when it was dismantled and the food donated to River Bend Foodbank. supplied photo

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ohn Deere’s Project “Can Do” created a full-size combine made entirely from food – 308,448 cans of food and 11,268 bags of food to be exact.

According to Guinness World Records, Project “Can Do” is by far the largest sculpture ever built from canned food, more than doubling the

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number of cans used in the previous record set two years ago.

The combine can-food sculpture was 60 feet wide, 80 feet long and 16 feet tall and weighed approximately 170 tons.

The world-record can-food sculpture was built November 12 to 17 by a team of 450 John Deere volunteers including employees, retirees, employee families and friends. The

structure took more than 1,800 hours to build and contains more than 15 different kinds of canned food. In addition to the cans of food, the sculpture contains 11,268 bags of popcorn, peas and beans.

The sculpture was on display at the John Deere Pavilion in Moline, Illinois, until December 12 when it was dismantled and all the food was donated to River Bend Foodbank.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | January 19, 2012

Museum’s future looking brighter Hiring of a consultant and strategic planning has allayed many concerns that funding cutbacks could hurt operations at the agricultural museum at Austin

By Lorraine Stevenson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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he Manitoba Agricultural Mu s e u m a t Au s t i n begins 2012 on a much more optimistic note than it ended 2011.

Late last fall the board president sounded an alarm that a significant cut in provincial funding could pose a threat to the facility’s ability to continue to operate.

A series of meetings this past two months between the museum’s board, Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural In i t i a t i ve s a n d Cu l t u re, Heritage and Tourism staff have allayed many of their fears, said Chad Bodnarchuk.

They’ve since hired a consultant and completed a strategic planning process. They’re now working on a five-year business plan for release in mid-March and have approved a budget that’s actually slightly larger than last year’s approximately $400,000 operating budget. They have not laid off any staff and have posted a position to hire a new chief museum officer-curator, hoping to have the job filled by April 1.

“Things are moving in a

Agricultural Museum at Austin showcases the agricultural history of the entire province, not a single locality.

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very positive direction,” said Bodnarchuk. “As long as things keep going the way they are now, I don’t see any problems going into the future.”

A key part of the plan going forward is more deliberate pursuit of corporate sponsorship and public donations, Bodnarchuk said.

“We’re looking for support,” he said. “We don’t have a large sponsorship base. It probably would be about maybe five to seven per cent of our

total budget. We’re looking at increasing that to about 10 per cent of our budget.”

The museum will also begin staging travelling exhibits and will host its annual Threshermen’s Reunion, a major fundraiser, again this summer. If turnout is anything like last year, with over 10,000 through the gates, it will be another very good revenue generator, he added.

At the root of their optimism is the show of public

support they’ve been receiving, Bodnarchuk said. What’s become evident is that a whole lot of Manitobans well beyond Austin see the Manitoba Agricultural Museum as their museum too.

“We never really thought of ourselves as being big as we are,” said Bodnarchuk, adding that there’s been a tendency in the past to see themselves as a local museum and to lean on local support.

“And it’s been absolutely out-

standing what they’ve done for us, but it’s time to spread our wings a bit and do a little more with all of Manitobans. We are a museum for all Manitobans and, at the end of the day, we have to look at all of Manitoba for help. We’re going to lean on Manitobans to help us through this.”

Fears grew throughout last year after word that a cutback of upwards of $75,000 in provincial funding could put the museum operations in jeopardy. The funding reduction is the result of a move by the province to put the Manitoba Agricultural Museum on par with funding five other signature museums in Manitoba receive.

The 320-acre agricultural museum, which has massive vintage farm machinery displays dating back to the early 1900s, shares its signature museum status with the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, the Mennonite Heritage Museum in Steinbach, the Museé de Saint-Boniface and the Western Canada Aviation Museum in Winnipeg and the New Iceland Heritage Museum in Gimli. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Ron Kostyshyn appointed to cabinet Ethelbert rancher set to wrangle in a new political area

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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e may be a rookie MLA, but Manitoba’s newly appointed minister of Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) has extensive experience with politics — and farming.

Swan River ML A Ron Kostyshyn and his wife Judy have been farming for three decades, building up a cow-calf operation in the Ethelbert area.

“I was born and raised in the Mossey River area, Fork River, Winnipegosis, that’s my backyard,” said Kostyshyn.

The father of two adult daughters began his political career with the rural municipality of Mossey,

where he served for two decades, including a term as reeve.

He has also served on the board of the Association of M a n i t o b a Mu n i c i p a l i t i e s and is the former chair of the Manitoba Conservation Districts Association.

The rancher said the move to the legislature after being elected in October 2011 was a bit of a learning curve, but one that he enjoyed.

“The staff at the legislature have been extremely helpful, just great,” said the minister.

Kostyshyn said he is now looking forward to settling into his new role and wants to bring forward ideas that will support farm families and rural communities.

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“I was thrilled and excited about the position, I’m looking forward to being a representative for the agriculture industr y in the province of Manitoba,” he said.

“Agriculture is a key component of the economy in the province of Manitoba.”

One thing he wants to improve as head of MAFRI is financial safeguards for producers.

“The time has come to have safety factors in place so that the younger generations choosing to go that way will have some financial safety... in place,” he said. “Our commodities tend to run on a cycle of high prices and low p r i c e s, a n d w h e n t h e l ow

prices come we have to be prepared financially.”

This could be accomplished through tweaking programs, building new initiatives, or working with the federal government, he said.

As he moves for ward, Kostyshyn said he will look to past MAFRI ministers, like Rosann Wowchuk and Stan Struthers as mentors.

Struthers served as agriculture minister since 2009, but was appointed to Finance in the fall of 2011. He replaces Wowchuk as finance minister after she chose not to run for re-election in 2011.

Wowchuk served as minister of MAFRI from 1999 to 2009. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | January 19, 2012

OPINION/EDITORIAL

The scales of happiness

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t’s been relatively quiet on the animal welfare front lately, at least as it pertains to livestock production.

That’s a good thing, but it doesn’t mean the issue has gone away. In fact, two economists with Oklahoma State University believe animal welfare has moved from the fringes to the forefront of discussions over the future of animal agriculture.

Further, they warn in a recent paper that Laura Rance the agricultural industry’s mantra that their Editor profits are tied to having happy animals doesn’t hold up to economic analysis.

Now keep in mind that this work is intended to point out why economists should get involved in the animal welfare debate.

They aren’t taking sides, only pointing out where the rhetoric fails under economic analysis.

“The underlying logic is that farm animals that receive better care will be more productive, and as a result will be more profitable,” write Jayson L. Lusk, professor and Willard Sparks Endowed Chair and F. Bailey Norwood, associate professor in the department of agricultural economics.

Research has shown hens that have more space and a more natural environment may well produce more eggs in a year.

However, the producer’s economic reality is maximizing the volume of eggs produced by the barn, not from individual hens.

Invariably, it makes better economic sense to forgo a degree of individual productivity in favour of having more hens in the barn producing eggs.

“In a competitive environment, producers who wish to stay in business face incentives to adopt production systems and practices that maximize profit, and profit-maximizing outcomes are not the same as animal welfare-maximizing outcomes.

“Thus, the real question of interest is not whether profitability must be sacrificed to achieve higher levels of animal welfare, but rather how much?” they say.

If the objective of animal welfare proponents is reducing the degree of harm, it leads to some interesting dilemmas.

The assumption is that less intensive or more animal welfarefriendly practices compromise some degree of productivity. But in the extreme view, any animal kept in captivity is suffering to a degree.

So is it more ethical for a meat eater to support animal agriculture that makes fewer animals suffer more, or more animals suffer to a lesser degree?

And whose feelings are we measuring here? Do consumers who support welfare-friendly practices do so because it makes the animals feel better, or because it gives them a warm, fuzzy feeling?

This is an important consideration when it comes to determining whether society should turn to market-based incentives that offer premium prices to producers voluntarily adopting more humane practices or resort to regulatory measures.

For example, in the months leading up to the referendum on Proposition 2 in California, which bans the use of battery cages, consumer demand for cage-free and organic eggs rose relative to demand for conventional eggs as consumers became generally more aware of egg-production practices.

“The results… suggest that the debate surrounding Prop 2 partially alleviated the need for the proposition in the first place, as it caused consumers to voluntarily shift to those higher-priced options that provide hens more space,” the paper says.

Now that the proposition has passed, forcing all producers to move away from battery cages, it’s probable that the premiums previously enjoyed by producers serving the niche market will disappear.

“Thus, animal-advocacy groups (perhaps inadvertently) brought economic harm to those producers already providing the practices the activists sought to promote.”

And last but not least, is the subconscious economy, the difference between what people say they want and what they actually do.

“Data suggest that most consumers, when informed about modern production practices such as battery cages or gestation crates, express a willingness to pay for the more “humane” alternatives that exceed the costs of providing them. However, most consumers are not informed and will never become so.”

“The market share of cage-free and organic meat and egg products is far lower than what would seem to be suggested by people’s behaviour in voting booths on animal welfare policies,” the paper says.

This is a huge dilemma for animal agriculture, which has invested resources into “educating” consumers in the hopes they will accept modern agricultural practices if only they understood them better.

Keeping consumers in the dark plays into the hands of activists whose exposés of isolated incidents taint the whole industry. But making sure non-farmers understand how their meat and eggs are produced may require industry to change the very practices it is defending. laura@fbcpublishing.com

OUR HISTORY:

Settlers’ first homes

By Ed Ledohowski HISTORIC RESOURCES BRANCH, MUNICIPAL HERITAGE CONSULTANT

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hen Ukrainian settlers arrived in the Olha District south of Riding Mountain in 1889, the first shelters they built were small semi subterranean A frame pole structures known as “buddas” or “boordays.”

Such shelters were not uncommon in early Ukrainian settled districts, but were normally solitary structures built on individual homesteads and used for a single season or less — quite unlike the Olha buddas.

Here, the district’s first settlers collectively built a group of seven buddas at the same site on what would become Wasyl Swistun’s homestead claim, living in them until their own homesteads were allocated and more permanent log homes built.

The buddas were repaired and occupied by a succession of new arrivals to the district, with sometimes as many as three families sheltering in a structure measuring only 17-1⁄2 feet long, 17 feet wide and 11 feet high at the peak.

After a number of years, as the district was settled, the budda site became redundant and was abandoned.

Wasyl Swistun’s son, Michael, was born in one of the buddas in 1900. During the early 1920s, Michael worked for the Barnum & Bailey’s Circus, touring the world as The World’s Strongest Man. After returning home, he became a church builder, musician and illusionist — a gift fuelled by his personal friendship with no less than Harry Houdini. In 1978, he directed the reconstruction of two of the buddas on their original

locations, by members of the Parkland Pioneers Association, a local heritage group. Afterwards he donated the site, along with 80 acres of surrounding land, for use as a historic site.

As were the originals, the triangular end walls of the buddas were built with a framing of poles and sealed and finished with a daubing plaster mixture of clay reinforced with straw and horse hair. The roofs were finished with rows of rye straw thatching, although for the very first structures marsh grass would most likely have been used. The Parkland Pioneer Association also installed directional and interpretive signs at the site.

Over the years, as the south Riding Mountain region’s natural beauty and many other heritage sites became better known and appreciated by tourists, particularly the many ornate Ukrainian churches, the “Swistun Pioneer Settlement Park” site has become a frequently visited regional heritage attraction with visitors from countries around the world signing the guestbook. In 2006, the buddas were reconditioned with new thatch roofs and mud plaster daubing.

It was also filmed and a “thatching techniques” instruction video tape produced. This latest restoration project was undertaken with financial assistance from, among other sources and in addition to local fundraising efforts: the Thomas Sill Foundation, The J.M. Kaplan Fund and the Province of Manitoba’s Heritage grants program. More information on Michael Swistun and the Swistun Pioneer Settlement Park is available online at www.town.rossburn.mb.ca/ pag_cms_id_133_p_buddhas.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | January 19, 2012

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Policies give lie to farmers’ mantra Farmers are embedded with a “feed the world” gene

By Alan Guebert

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ome people believe in tillage, others in no till. Some people believe in planning, others in

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fate.

Ask an American farmer if he believes a big part of his destiny includes feeding the world and he’ll likely say, “Yep.” The answer is quick and sincere because somewhere in every farmer and rancher’s makeup is a “feed the world” gene. Our fathers probably picked it up back in the 1970s. They passed it to us and now it’s just part of our DNA. But believe as we may, the numbers — here, there, everywhere — continue to conspire against us.

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the world has never produced more food, fed more people and, simultaneously, never had so many hungry people.

Recent FAO data shows that about 13 per cent of the world’s population, or nearly one billion people, now live in chronic hunger. In 1981 the percentage was higher, 21, but the number was 150 million lower.

Part of the problem is math. The world’s people simply outreproduce what the world’s farmers and ranchers increasingly produce.

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CWB supporters feeling robbed Farmers who were expecting something substantial in their Christmas stocking were sorely disappointed at the end of 2011. Not only was there nothing left in their stocking, but what they had was stolen

by Harper and his henchmen Ritz and Anderson and given to Viterra, ADM, Louis Dreyfus, Cargill and Parrish & Heimbecker.

The lies these three spread to accomplish this are unbelievable, such as western farmers now have the same opportunity as other farmers (referring to the former Ontario Wheat Producers Marketing Board which was started by farmers in 1958).

What they haven’t told farmers is: Ontario wheat farmers ended their single desk through a farmer-led democratic process.

They produce wheat that is used for pastries, cookies and cakes.

If forecasts prove accurate, however, birth rates will decline and global population will peak near nine billion in 2050. That suggests global hunger will peak, hopefully, in the next 40 years, too.

It also suggests that global hunger has a life of its own. Sure, we send the world massive tonnages of grains, red meat, poultry and other foodstuffs; record dollar amounts, in fact, in 2011.

The story is similar in soybeans: “In 2009, more than half of U.S. soybean exports went to China. After China, the largest export destinations… were Mexico, Japan and the European Union.

LIFD (food-deficient nations) received only one per cent of the total.”

Neither fact is an indictment of U.S. farmers. Each, however, is a direct consequence of U.S. farm policy. While we may believe our destiny includes feeding the world’s hungry, Farm Bills

Kinda tough to feed the world if you’re fuelling Escalades and Range Rovers.

But very tiny amounts of U.S. food exports are sent to hungry nations.

Indeed, explains a new report from the Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy in Minneapolis, in 2009 “72 per cent of all U.S. corn exports went to the top five export destinations” — Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan and Egypt — “while only nine per cent went to the 70 nations designated by the United Nations FAO as Low-Income Food Deficient (LIFD).”

are directed toward selling food to the world’s wealthy.

And that makes perfect sense because you can’t sell corn or wheat or beef or pork to people who have no money.

But government policy plays a hand, too. “While corn production rose 28 per cent from 2000-09,” Julia Olmstead writes in the IATP report, corn “exports only increased two per cent over the same period, mainly due to increased demand for corn for ethanol production.”

They produce less than one-tenth the volume of wheat that Prairie farmers produce and sell about 90 per cent of their product within Canada and northern U.S. They have low transportation distances and costs and they now pay grain companies more to handle their crops.

Prairie wheat farmers voted in favour of keeping the CWB, and face having it taken away against their will. They produce 80 per cent of Canada’s wheat. They must pay freight costs to transport grain long distances and they relied on the CWB to ensure fair market access for all, including users of producer cars.

Why and from whom, is Viterra expecting to make eight-figure gains from CWB deregulation?

The stupid thing is that those wanting “marketing freedom” could sell to whoever they want. They just can’t sell for a price lower than what the CWB is getting.

Harper, Ritz and Anderson should be among the first to be charged under their own “Tough on Crime Bill.”

they worked with. Me being a oneto two-booth exhibitor was made to feel just as important to the success of AG Days as anyone else. I have seen enough political games and moves in this type of venue and it seemed to me that Owen and Pat were an honest pair. It was for this reason I make this effort to support them and this article. The Beevers treated you like anyone would like to be treated. Dedication was obvious. I wish them well in their semi-retirement and safe travelling in their trips ahead. They will be missed.

Joyce Neufeld Waldeck, Sask.

Tribute to the Beevers It was with satisfaction that I read the tribute written to Owen and Pat Beever in the Jan. 12 Manitoba Co-operator.

They were truly people who cared about their job and the people who

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Flood inquiry needed For thousands of Manitobans, 2011 will be remembered as the year of the flood. Unfortunately, hundreds of flood victims from around Lake Manitoba still can’t return to their homes. Complete flood cleanup and restoration could take years in some regions.

Flood-related costs are expected to hit $815 million by the end of the current fiscal year, and will continue to rise. Many flood victims are growing increasingly frustrated trying to navigate the compensation system. Still others need to know when added flood mitigation strategies will be implemented to help reduce the impact of future floods. People deserve answers.

Months ago Manitoba’s

As a nation we made policy choices that directed corn to be planted for fuel on many acres once planted for food.

“From 1999 to 2009,” Olmstead writes, “the number of acres of wheat (sown) declined by six per cent, rice by 13 per cent and peanuts by a startling 27 per cent.”

All are crops consumed directly by humans, she adds.

Kinda tough to feed the world if you’re fuelling Escalades and Range Rovers.

Moreover, those choices continue to drive tomorrow’s farm policy. Just last month producers of crops that lost acres to corn and ethanol in the last decade asked the writers of the 2012 Farm Bill to sweeten their federal protections — better target prices, better crop insurance — to stave off corn’s acreage raids.

While that policy effort failed when the Super Committee effort failed, the requests did not go unheeded. Rice, like ethanol, has its share of believers in Congress.

So, what do you believe in — feeding the world or driving to the mailbox?

Congress, and a billion or so hungry people around the world, want to know.

The Farm and Food File is published weekly in more than 70 newspapers in North America. Contact Alan Guebert at http://www. farmandfoodfile.com.

Progressive Conservatives called for an independent inquiry into the handling and impact of the flood. Given that the flood’s size, scale, cost and severity were so great it seems negligent not to call such an inquiry. It is needed to examine both provincial actions and resources, and to ensure compensation programs are being delivered in a fair and timely fashion. Yet the NDP government refuses to call such an independent inquiry.

We need answers on issues such as why the gates on the Shellmouth Dam promised by the NDP weren’t built. We need answers about why the Assiniboine River dikes weren’t rehabilitated well in advance of the 2011 flood. We need answers about questions related to the forecasting.

We recognize many things were done right during the flood, but there is always room for improvement. While the events are still fresh in people’s minds we need a transparent process to evaluate the actions taken and to look at alternatives. A review was done after the 1997 Red River flood and it led to some good long-term recommendations.

Events of this scale are very disruptive to individuals, communities and the economy, and a huge cost to governments. It’s high time for the NDP government to be more open and accountable when it comes to its handling of this devastating event.

Ian Wishart MLA for Portage la Prairie, Man. PC Water Stewardship Critic

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FROM PAGE ONE BUYOUT Continued from page 1

KOCHIA Continued from page 1

“It’s not the way we expected to be leaving the ranching world,” said the 64-year-old. “But we’ve made the best decision we can with the information we have. ... Our herd is gone and we are winding our farm down.”

Road closures

High water has also resulted in the closure of three provincial roads in the area, forcing some to make an hour-long detour to get to work, changing school bus routes, and raising concerns about emergency response times.

Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation plans to rebuild PR 229, which runs from Hwy. 17 north of Inwood to Hwy. 6 at Clarkleigh this spring. The road has been closed for nearly a year.

“Tenders should be going out soon,” said Larry Halayko, director of contract services for Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation. The project will move ahead following final environmental approvals.

In the meantime, Hilstrom

“This program isn’t based on buying all of a producer’s land, it is based on how much moisture and inundation there has been. Our intent is to keep as much land in production as possible.”

Tim Hore

said area residents have come together to build their own ice road across the flooded lakes.

“It’s made travel much easier,” he said.

But Halayko cautions that motorists who use the ice road do so at their own risk. It is not part of the provincial highway system and is not an inspected route.

“It’s not our policy to build winter roads where all-weather access roads are accessible,” he said, noting the local municipality had made a request for a winter road to be built.

“I was a bit nervous the first time, but you get used to it,” said Christine Tom, who farms with her husband Gerald near the junction of Ideal Rd. and PR 229

Getting used to it

As North Shoal Lake creeps closer to their front door they have also applied for the voluntary buyout program, but have yet to receive an offer.

“We’ve heard from some who have, and they said the land prices are fair but they’re not offering enough for the buildings,” she said.

Tom’s grandfather built her home in 1907, and she doesn’t think it would hold up well enough to move it to a new location.

“We would have to let it go ... it’s very difficult,” she said.

“Farming is in our blood, like a lot of people out here.”

Tom said their operation hasn’t started winding down yet, and despite flooding they’ve been able to rent sufficient land to feed their herd.

“It truly is a difficult decision for many of the producers in that area,” said Tim Hore, a GO

Teams director with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives.

Once applicants receive offers they have until July 31 to accept, he said. Appeals can be made to the Crown Land Values Appeal Board.

“Certainly time is of the essence with this,” said Hore. He said he hopes to see all applicants with offers in their hands as soon as possible.

Pasture land

The province may rent pasture land purchased in the buyout when water levels permit, but Hore said it was just one of many ideas in the early stages of discussion.

“This program isn’t based on buying all of a producer’s land, it is based on how much moisture and inundation there has been,” he said. “Our intent is to keep as much land in production as possible.”

Last fall, the province opened an emergency outflow channel from Lake St. Martin to Big Buffalo Lake to lower water levels on Lake Manitoba. From Big Buffalo Lake, the water will follow natural channels to the Dauphin River. Both Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin drain into Lake Winnipeg through the Dauphin River. No such outlet exists on the Shoal Lakes.

“I think the lake will continue to go up and down with nature, depending on rain, the weather,” said Hilstrom. “At the present time there is no drain out of the lakes, and there is no intention to build one, so it is all up to nature.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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chemfallow fields in southern Alberta last summer where we saw little to no kochia control after receiving multiple applications of glyphosate,” said weed specialist Bob Blackshaw, an AAFC scientist based in Lethbridge.

“That prompted us to do further work through the fall and winter that involved collecting samples of seed and completing the necessary growout and spraying of plants to confirm resistance.”

Blackshaw and fellow AAFC weed researcher Hugh Beckie completed tests on seed samples collected from the fields to validate their findings, testing the survival of the kochia plants at increasing rates of glyphosate, as per standard practice to confirm herbicide resistance, Monsanto said.

Different

“What makes this particular case different from some of the previous situations where glyphosate resistance has been confirmed, is that it does not appear to have developed in a Roundup Ready cropping system,” Monsanto said.

The suspected weed species was found in fields where the “typical crop rotation... does not appear to have included regular use of Roundup Ready crops.”

Fa r t h e r s o u t h , g l y p h o sate-resistant kochia has previously been confirmed in Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska, with suspected cases in South Dakota and the border states of North Dakota and Montana.

Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives adviser Ingrid Kristjanson said selection pressure for glyphosateresistant biotypes is lower in Manitoba because chemfallow isn’t widely practised here.

But she said resistance prevention is still important.

“The key thing for delaying the onset of resistance is to be maintaining those rotations with crop types,” she said. “With oilseeds, cereals, pulses, anything you can do to be switching up the types is only going to prolong the lifespan of a herbicide on your farm.”

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Monsanto recommends best management practices including using a burn-down herbicide or tillage to achieve a clean field before seeding, controlling weeds throughout the season to reduce the weed seed bank and using Roundup Ready technology as the “foundation of a total weed management program,” adding other herbicides

or cultural practices when appropriate.

“We devote a lot of research to explore practical and costeffective solutions for growers who are faced with glyphosate-resistant weeds on their farm. We have been fortunate in Canada in that this is not a large-scale weed management issue,” said Sean Dilk, technology development manager for Monsanto’s crop protection division.

“Our history tells us that farmers can, and are, effectively managing the situation with good agronomic practices such as using tank mixes and/or cultural weed control methods,” he said. “We recognize this particular finding could present new challenges if it spreads because of the prevalence of Roundup Ready canola and Roundup Ready sugar beets in this region.”

It was only last spring that glyphosate-resistant fleabane was discovered in Ontario, where farmers are also contending with glyphosateresistant giant ragweed.

Worldwide, 21 biotypes have developed a resistance to glyphosate. The first to hit North America was rigid ryegrass, which turned up in 1998 but has not appeared in Canada.

Historically, Manitoba has dealt with issues around herbicide-resistant wild oats and green foxtail, but it’s not unreasonable to assume glyphosate resistance will eventually reach Manitoba.

“It’s potentially a matter of time for us,” said Kristjanson.

“But because of our cropping systems — at this point anyways — the risk is lower that we’ll have problems... we are growing Roundup Ready crops here, but we are also growing LibertyLink canolas, we’ve got some Clearfield canolas in terms of herbicide tolerance as well.”

She added Manitoba farmers are also rotating canola crops with edible beans, flax, wheat, oats and sunflowers.

“Prevention is always the best tool,” said MAFRI weed specialist Nasir Shaikh.

He notes even without the presence of glyphosate resistance, Manitoba has 5.4 million acres of farmland affected by other forms of herbicide-resistant weeds, or 58 per cent of all annually cropped land.

If glyphosate resistance does find its way into Manitoba, he expects it to arrive with fleabane.

“We haven’t documented it yet, but it’s just a matter of time,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | January 19, 2012

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The product, called MarketPower Assurance, will offer protection for nonpayment by a customer for grain once it has been delivered. It is being offered

by FNA, Atradius Credit Insurance NV, and Pangaea Global Risk Management, and is similar to insurance used by large grain companies, the companies said in a press release.

“Individual farmers have not had the ability to get credit insurance because the industry was not interested in issuing thousands of individual insurance policies to farmers across Canada,” said Doug Roff, national sales director for Atradius. “This new program will provide this ability.”

Farmers who buy the insurance will have access to a pre-screened buyer pool and will also be able to borrow against secured payment. Banks will lend up to 90 per cent of the value of receivables when they are insured, often at lower rates than farmers typically pay, according to FNA. “With the uncertainty in the grains industry right now, this is going to help reduce one more concern, and help farmers feel more confident selling to a new buyer, selling to a buyer they are unsure of, and leveraging their grain while it is still in the bin,” said Bob Friesen, CEO of FNA, a not-for-profit organization (www.fnastrategicag.ca).

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The Manitoba Co-operator | January 19, 2012

On the move

Drivers in the Ninette area have to be on the lookout for a new driving hazard due to what appears to be a healthy elk population in the region. Photo: jeannette greaves

Ag societies finding a new lease on life Success stories, challenges shared at MAAS conference

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff /brandon

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ny ag society that thinks it’s on its last legs will take heart to hear what’s happening at The Pas. T h e n e a r l y 1 0 0 - ye a r- o l d Opasquia Agricultural Society was down to just one member caring for aging fairgrounds a few years ago when a small group decided to breathe new life into the annual fair.

On e o f t h e m w a s Pe g g y Wilson, who had returned to her hometown after a career in Alberta. In the early 2000s, she and others began to talk about lost traditions such as the local fair, which by then had become basically just a midway. A group of about 20 people got together and started brainstorming.

Today the ag society has 90 members and has established a committee that is undertaking an ambitious project to completely refurbish their 37-acre fairgrounds. A landscape architect has been hired to design a new site with gardens, demonstration crop plots, walking paths, a covered picnic area, an RV park and a therapeutic horseback riding program.

It has also established partnerships with the town, RM of Kelsey and Opaskwayak Cree Nation, which are helping fund the overhaul.

“What we did was set priorities and decide what we wanted to become,” Wilson, a director of the now thriving ag society, told delegates at the Manitoba Association of Agricultural Societies convention earlier this month.

One of Opasquia’s goals is to showcase where food comes from, she said.

Rebuilding an ag society isn’t easy. Not everyone was happy with the new approach, said Wilson, citing a disagreement over whether to demolish

the 50-year-old grandstands, which by then were a liability. But a decision was made to press ahead, she said.

“If we’d waited for everyone to come on board we’d never have done anything,” Wilson said.

Pursuing new ideas and resources is critical, said Garth Rogerson, CEO of the Red River Exhibition in Winnipeg.

Despite its size, the organization struggles with the same kinds of problems that small events have, including the need to do more with less, said Rogerson.

“Talk to your local community and brainstorm for lowcost ideas. You’ve got the community engagement that they need. You have something of value.”

Garth Rogerson

CEO, Red River Exhibition

But his organization had discovered there are many new attractions, and funding sources, which can be found just by going door knocking, Rogerson said.

Ne w p a r t n e r s h i p s w i t h dog clubs, tackle shops and schools, for example, have helped the exhibition add a popular dog show, a fishing pond where experienced fishers teach kids to cast, and a children’s mobile container garden exhibit.

The latter was no more complicated than getting a few donations of wheelbarrows, dirt and seed and turning it over to schools, Rogerson said. The kids

planted the wheelbarrows then proudly wheeled them into the exhibition’s grounds.

“Community gardens are a big thing now,” he said. “The teachers went crazy for it and it got kids excited about the fair.”

The key is recognizing there’s more interest in fairs than you might think, Rogerson said.

“Talk to your local community and brainstorm for low-cost ideas, ” he said. “You’ve got the community engagement that they need. You have something of value.”

Organizers of the successful southwestern Manitoba’s “Milk Run” clearly understand that. It’s a six-day, six-fair event held between six towns and villages less than 50 miles apart the third week of July. Exhibitors travel in a caravan of horse trailers, trucks and RVs between Oak River, Strathclair, Shoal Lake, Hamiota, Oak Lake and Harding.

It’s a week of tremendous camaraderie and fun, said Shoal Lake’s ag society secretary Shelley Green.

“Families have been enjoying country fairs over 100 years and fairs offer quality memories that last a lifetime,” she said. “We think the Milk Run is a great opportunity to continue to give families that memorable time.”

T h e Mi l k Ru n i s e n j oying very good turnout from a large number of exhibitors coming from Manitoba and Saskatchewan, said Jim Wilson, a director with Harding Agricultural Society. The communities involved, meanwhile, enjoy bigger and better events than they could possibly have if they each tried to run one by themselves.

“You don’t need to be a big town to have a good fair and a good organization,” said Wilson. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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End of wheat monopoly to boost Viterra profits winnipeg / reuters / Viterra expects to see higher earnings and grain-handling volumes thanks to the end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s marketing monopoly. The company expects to see pretax earnings jump by $40 million to $50 million a year.

Additional grain volumes at elevators and port terminals will generate higher revenues from facilities with fixed costs, the company said.

Viterra’s guidance is positive, but “decidedly conservative,” wrote BMO Capital Markets analyst Kenneth Zaslow in a note to clients.

The company will likely see the higher earnings it is forecasting for 2014 a year earlier, Zaslow wrote.

Viterra and other grain handlers, such as Cargill and Richardson International, are already signing forward contracts with farmers for delivery of grain once the board’s monopoly ends on Aug. 1.

U.S. farmers expect costs up more than income honolulu / reuters / U.S. farmers expect another year of rising income and even higher costs, and plan to boost their plantings of soybeans and corn this year, according to a Reuters survey.

Farmers said they expect to increase their corn plantings by six per cent, soybean acres by 2.5 per cent and wheat acres by 7.1 per cent. Only cotton acreage was seen down, with respondents saying they would plant 11 per cent less of the fibre this year.

Farmers expect a slight

increase in income this year but are bracing for higher farm costs due to rising fuel and fertilizer prices.

About 24 per cent of respondents expect their farm income to rise by as much as five per cent compared to 2011. But almost 40 per cent of those surveyed predicted costs would rise between 5.1 and 10 per cent, and 19 per cent saw costs going higher than that.

“Prices are going up and costs are going up, but costs are going to increase more,” said Louisiana dairy farmer Victor Womack.

Other farmers said land values were stabilizing and they did not believe high grain prices could be sustained.

The most recent USDA estimate said farm income increased 19 per cent in 2011.

It’s getting hotter london / reuters / This year may be one of the top 10 hottest since 1850, with global temperatures expected to be almost .5 C warmer than the long-term average.

Last year was the 11th warmest on record, according to figures from the British government’s Met Office and the University of East Anglia, even though there was a La Niña, which can temporarily cool global temperatures.

“2012 is expected to be around 0.48° warmer than the long-term (1961-90) global average of 14.0°,” the Met Office said.

The World Meteorological Organization, put the global average temperature at 0.41° above the norm.

It lists 2010 as its warmest year on record, and all of its 12 warmest years fall between 1998 and 2011.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | January 19, 2012

International Year of the Co-operative launched Nearly 800,000 Manitobans belong to co-ops and another 6,500 work for one

By Lorraine Stevenson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

M

anitoba’s 400 co-operatives and their contributions to community economic development will be in the spotlight this year as the province joins an international effort to celebrate International Year of the Co-operative.

The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2012 the year in order to raise the profile of the economic model and its national launch was recently held at the Manitoba legislature.

Nearly 800,000 Manitobans have a membership in one or more co-operatives that range from agricultural and food-processing co-ops to fitness centres, child-care co-ops and grocery stores, said Gord Mackintosh in one of his last acts as minister of Family Services and Consumer Affairs.

“Co-operatives help build communities by creating jobs

and keep wealth in the community by returning dividends to members,” said Mackintosh, who took over Conservation following a cabinet shuffle last week.

“They are especially important in rural and remote communities where they are often the only providers of key services.”

Manitoba introduced a cooperative development tax credit in 2010 and last year changed the rules governing how co-op businesses are structured so that multiple classes of membership can form co-ops together. The province will continue to foster co-op development and reduce red tape involved in forming them, he said.

“We can’t have processes and barriers to neighbourhoods and communities developing co-ops.”

Ho u s i n g , f i n a n c i a l a n d retail co-operatives have been the main types of co-ops in Manitoba, and many have long

histories. Credit unions and Caisses Populaires, and the Red River Co-op are both marking their 75th anniversary in 2012.

Co-ops employ more than 6,500 Manitobans and collectively hold over $19 billion in assets. There are 367 co-ops plus an additional 41 credit unions located in 185 locations around Manitoba. There are 65 Manitoba communities today that would have no financial services if it were not for credit unions, said Dale Ward, vice-president of the Manitoba Co-operative Association.

“They are an essential element to the quality of life of those communities,” said Ward.

In 2009, the top five nonfinancial Manitoba-based coops were the Red River Co-op, Manitoba Pork Marketing, Arctic Cooperatives, Granny’s Poultry Farmers, and Pembina Consumers Co-op.

There has also been an upswing of new agricultural

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business so we didn’t have to go to the next town.’ The co-op model provides a good structure to pursue these things if you don’t have an individual in your community who can take on the risk alone.”

The International Year of the Co-operative is a great way to showcase the co-op model, said Goussaert. Exhibits on what co-ops are and their governing principles will tour the province and a co-op film festival, free to all co-ops and credit unions, will also be available.

“We’re looking for local coops to bring the message to their communities,” she said. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Jan. 24-26: Red River Basin Land and Water International Summit Conference, Fort Garry Hotel, 222 Broadway, Winnipeg. For more info visit www.redriverbasincom mission.org or call 204-982-7250.

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Jan. 25-27: Keystone Agricultural Producers 28th annual meeting, Delta Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.kap.mb.ca or call 204-6971140.

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Jan. 26-28: Canadian Beekeeping Convention, Fort Garry Hotel, 222 Broadway, Winnipeg. For more info visit http://manitobabee.org/ hive/.

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co-operatives in the province, including a lamb marketing co-op, a compost service co-op, a wind energy co-op and interest is growing in using the co-op business model for housing development. In Winnipeg a new car sharing co-operative, Peg City Car Co-op, has recently launched.

“There’s been a resurgence for using the co-op model,” said Vera Goussaert, executive director of the Manitoba Co-operative Association.

But there is a lot of untapped potential, said economic development expert Brendan Reimer.

“I think the potential uptake is a lot greater than current uptake has been,” said Reimer, regional co-ordinator for the Prairies and northern territories of the Canadian Community Economic Development Network.

“How often do people sit around saying, ‘We wish we had this service in our rural community,’ or, ‘We wish we had this

“I think the potential uptake is a lot greater than current uptake has been.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | January 19, 2012

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

EXCHANGES: January 13, 2012

$1 Cdn: $1.0245 U.S. $1 U.S: $0.98 Cdn.

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Cattle Prices Winnipeg

(Friday to Thursday) Slaughter Cattle

January 13, 2012

Steers & Heifers $ — D1,2 Cows 56.00 - 60.00 D3 Cows 50.00 - 56.00 Bulls 65.00 - 75.75 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 120.00 (801-900 lbs.)

127.00 (701-800 lbs.)

132.00 (601-700 lbs.)

130.00 - 140.00 (501-600 lbs.)

140.00 - 150.00 (401-500 lbs.)

145.00 - 165.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

— (801-900 lbs.)

— (701-800 lbs.)

120.00 (601-700 lbs.)

120.00 - 134.00 (501-600 lbs.)

125.00 - 137.00 (401-500 lbs.)

130.00 - 140.00 Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers

Heifers

Alberta South 113.75 115.00 64.00 - 75.00 55.00 - 66.00 — $ 118.00 - 139.00 125.00 - 145.00 132.00 - 150.00 140.00 - 162.00 150.00 - 177.00 165.00 - 193.00 $ 108.00 - 124.00 115.00 - 131.00 120.00 - 136.00 126.00 - 144.00 133.00 - 153.00 140.00 - 165.00

($/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 (January 12, 2012) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change February 2012 121.25 0.30 April 2012 125.25 0.35 June 2012 124.50 -0.02 August 2012 126.25 -0.25 October 2012 129.22 0.05 December 2012 129.50 -0.20 Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Feeder Cattle January 2012 March 2012 April 2012 May 2012 August 2012 September 2012

Time to consider managing the risk of a dry 2012 Adam Johnston CNSC

Ontario $ 115.40 - 126.69 112.55 - 127.66 54.24 - 72.76 54.24 - 72.76 69.00 - 86.94 $ 122.84 - 141.90 122.87 - 142.84 122.33 - 151.77 126.58 - 160.57 131.21 - 174.59 148.20 - 187.34 $ 118.02 - 128.17 117.76 - 131.88 116.55 - 134.78 122.52 - 143.36 122.11 - 150.55 130.10 - 161.79

$

Close 149.47 151.80 153.32 154.22 155.50 155.52

Change 1.60 0.95 1.40 1.35 1.20 1.22

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending January 7, 2012 42,880 11,442 31,438 N/A 560,000

Previous Year­ 52,690 11,426 41,264 N/A 640,000

Week Ending January 7, 2012 351 16,927 16,099 497 444 6,109 85

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Previous Year 359 21,841 19,992 850 338 3,922 272

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

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

MB. (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.)

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

P.Q. (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)

Current Week 152.00E 141.00E 154.64 158.25

Futures (January 12, 2012) in U.S. Hogs February 2012 April 2012 May 2012 June 2012 July 2012

Last Week 162.52 150.82 150.53 154.82

Close 83.95 86.57 94.20 95.02 94.77

Cattle traffic light at auctions so far in new year

Last Year (Index 100) 142.51 131.66 130.82 134.57

Change 0.10 -0.55 -0.05 0.52 0.12

Other Market Prices

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attle movement was light across Manitoba, with various auction yards still in the process of reopening after the holiday season.

Feeder steer prices remained strong during the week ended Jan. 13, said Harold Unrau of Grunthal Auction Mart. Much of the advances came from locals who bought cattle, in order to get them ready for summertime pasture, he said.

Demand for cattle from both eastern and western feedlots was slow during the first week of auction sales in the new year.

Activity during the first week was slow, as buyers tested the market; however, sales should pick up next week, Unrau said.

Demand for both grass-fed and heavier cattle will provide some underlying support toward short-term values as volume starts to pick up, he said.

Western feedlots will be selling heavier cattle over the next few weeks, which will also help firm cattle prices as demand for replacements picks up, Unrau said.

With activity at the auction yards starting to pick up, thoughts are beginning to turn to the possibility of drought in Western Canada this spring.

“I think any time you get this level of dry weather that we have seen over the winter, some cattle producers become concerned about a drought,” said Beaverlodge, Alta. producer Travis Toews, president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association.

Precipitation in Western Canada has been really low, 40-85 per cent below normal during the fall and early parts of this winter.

High-risk regions of Western Canada that could be affected by prolonged drought include parts of the cattle-producing areas of southern Manitoba, Toews said. Areas affected by last year’s flooding have completely dried up, thanks to last year’s sizzling hot summer, he said.

Cattle-producing areas of Alberta’s Peace River region, while receiving good rainfall early last summer, have been shut out of moisture since the start of August, adding toward the risk within Alberta, Toews said.

A severe drought could hurt the Canadian cattle industry, he said. Feed costs would

“I think any time you get this level of dry weather that we have seen over the winter, some cattle producers become concerned about a drought.” travis toews

Canadian Cattlemen’s Association

go up, as a tight supply of barley from the drier conditions would advance values, he said. An increase in feed prices would add to production costs, lowering profit margins for cattle producers, he said.

As feed costs go up, other problems would arise for producers also, Toews said.

Cattle would go to feedlots at much lighter weights, given the diminished feed supply, he said. Lighter-weight cattle would reduce cattle values and bring in less money for producers, he said.

While a severe drought on the Prairies can’t be ruled out, Toews cautioned there was still plenty of time for beneficial moisture to arrive.

The chances of an extreme drought, similar to that seen in the southern U.S., are very small, he said. That drought was created from very little precipitation falling in the region within the past two to three years, while previous years’ steady rainfall on the Prairies has helped to reduce some of those concerns of a southern U.S.-type drought, he said.

Warm winter weather seen earlier this winter has helped with the overall feed supply, Toews added. The abundant feed supply would be supportive in a dry spring, he said. This would allow ranchers to feed their cattle longer in the springtime without having to worry about extra supply, he said.

While there should be some moisture to work with this spring and enough feed supply available in most Prairie locations, cattle producers should have contingency plans in place just in case, to cushion future economic damage.

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

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

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

Winnipeg Next Sale is January 19

Chickens Minimum broiler prices as of May 23, 2010 Under 1.2 kg................................... $1.5130 1.2 - 1.65 kg.................................... $1.3230 1.65 - 2.1 kg.................................... $1.3830 2.1 - 2.6 kg...................................... $1.3230

Turkeys Minimum prices as of January 8, 2012 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.910 Undergrade .............................. $1.820 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.890 Undergrade .............................. $1.790 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.890 Undergrade .............................. $1.790 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.900 Undergrade............................... $1.815 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

Toronto 115.69 - 149.04 196.65 - 208.71 206.36 - 217.73 217.58 - 232.12 221.58 - 294.49 —

SunGold Specialty Meats 40.00 - 65.00 —

Eggs Minimum prices to producers for ungraded eggs, f.o.b. egg grading station, set by the Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board effective June 12, 2011.

New Previous A Extra Large $1.8500 $1.8200 A Large 1.8500 1.8200 A Medium 1.6700 1.6400 A Small 1.2500 1.2200 A Pee Wee 0.3675 0.3675 Nest Run 24 + 1.7490 1.7210 B 0.45 0.45 C 0.15 0.15

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg ($/each) Next Sale is January 19/12

Toronto ($/cwt) 95.00 - 251.00 — 105.25 - 232.82

Horses 1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 18.03 - 25.00 17.21 - 33.71

U.S. feeder cattle hit all-time high as corn slumps Hogs moved higher too ahead of seasonal business chicago / reuters / U.S. feeder cattle futures rose to a record high late last week amid tight supplies and another day of steep declines in cor n futures, which would slash feed costs.

Mo s t a c t i ve l y t ra d e d

March feeder cattle futures rose to an all-time high Jan. 13 of 152.775 cents per lb., eclipsing previous day’s peak of 152.300 cents and set when Chicago Board of Trade corn futures tumbled the 40-cent daily trading limit.

“It is not surprising that feeders are high — we are running out of feeder type cattle,” said Joe Ocrant, president of Oak Investment Group. “Weaker corn also certainly supported stronger feeder cattle,” he said.

Hog futures closed higher on short covering and antic-

ipated seasonal strength in pork demand.

Retailers tend to feature bacon in Februar y and ramp up promotions of ham for the Easter holiday in April, analysts said.

On Jan. 12, the USDA projected corn ending stocks at 846 million bushels, two million bushels lower than its estimate last month, but a whopping 13 per cent higher than what traders were expecting, on average, in a Reuters survey.

Soybean ending stocks at 275 million bushels were 18 per cent higher than traders had been expecting.

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GRAIN MARKETS column

Supply-and-demand reports take trade by surprise Yes, there’s still a lot of wheat available worldwide Dwayne Klassen CNSA

C

anola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered a price setback during the week ended Jan. 13. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s bearishly construed soybean production and inventory numbers helped to spark some of the price slide experienced by canola, with the timely arrival of muchneeded moisture in soybean-producing regions of South America adding to the weakness.

Price declines in canola were halted to some degree by the emergence of some fresh export demand, believed to be with China, and by continued strong domestic processor need for the commodity.

Western barley futures on the ICE Futures Canada platform finally found a few individuals willing to trade the commodity, but a lot of the action was just the bailing out of nearby contracts and adjusting positions in the May and July contracts. Activity in western barley was seen picking up with the relaunch of the contract on Jan. 23 alongside wheat and durum.

For three-times-daily market reports from Commodity News Service Canada, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca.

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures experienced some significant losses during the period ended Jan. 13. Much of the downward price action was associated with the surprise increase in the USDA’s estimates for U.S. 2011 soybean production and current inventory.

Weakness in soybeans was augmented by the arrival of much-needed moisture in the key soybean-growing regions of both Argentina and Brazil. There had been worries that the precipitation would not be enough to alleviate the dry conditions but, true to form, the amounts of rain and the coverage was much wider than anticipated.

Absence of demand and chart-based liquidation orders contributed to a bearish price sentiment in soybeans.

CBOT corn futures also took it on the chin during the week, with USDA’s increase in production and inventory projections also catching participants well off guard. The rains in the grain-growing regions of Argentina were also believed to have helped corn crops there and, in turn, helped to stimulate some of the price weakness.

Euro-zone financial problems also surfaced again at the end of the reporting period, adding to the bearish price sentiment at the CBOT. Wheat futures at the CBOT, Kansas City and Minneapolis exchanges also suffered losses with the bearish USDA numbers and the downtrend in CBOT corn futures encouraging the downward price action. Confirmation from USDA

Canadian Wheat Board not yet buying new crop reuters / The Canadian Wheat Board said Jan. 13 it will offer farmers grain pools, cash contracts and marketing advice in its new role after it loses its monopoly this year.

But it is still working out details and is

that world wheat supplies are indeed ample further weighed on prices.

Larger-than-anticipated area seeded to the U.S. winter wheat crop also had bearish price implications for U.S. wheat values.

Come again?

“Wow” might be a good word to describe the impact of the USDA supply/demand reports released Jan. 12. Participants had certainly been expecting a totally different outcome.

The USDA said U.S. farmers harvested 12.36 billion bushels of corn in 2011, which was up from the agency’s December forecast. Market participants had been anticipating a decrease that would have reflected the volatile weather during the growing season, including severe spring flooding and a heat wave during the critical growing period of July.

USDA in its January report projected U.S. corn ending stockpiles for the 2011-12 crop year at 846 million bushels, just below December’s estimate of 848 million bushels. While corn supplies are still tight by historical standards, they came in higher than pre-report ideas.

USDA projected 2011 U.S. soybean production at 3.056 billion bushels, up 10 million from its November forecast. Projected U.S. 2011-12 soybean ending stocks were pegged at 275 million bushels, up 45 million from the December estimate of 230 million.

USDA’s estimates were also considered negative for wheat prices. USDA increased its projected world wheat stockpile estimate, due to higher production in Kazakhstan, Brazil and Russia helping global wheat stocks climb to the highest level in history. The report was an important reminder that there is a lot of wheat available globally.

The government agency also estimated U.S. winter wheat plantings at 41.9 million acres, up from 40.7 million a year ago, despite concerns about severe drought in the southern U.S. Plains and wet weather in the eastern Midwest that kept farmers out of their fields this fall.

The higher-than-expected U.S. winter wheat area was associated with producers in the dry southern regions taking advantage of high crop insurance rates.

The report from the USDA was also seen having a major impact on U.S. planted area this spring, with a possible major downward correction in corn and soybean values meaning farmers in the U.S. will seek out cropping alternatives.

There has been some suggestion that CBOT corn values are going to drift down into the low US$5-a-bushel range, given the larger crop and the improved South American conditions. Some participants have gone so far as to indicate they wouldn’t be surprised to see a “three” as one of the front numbers for the price of corn.

The possibility of U.S. corn futures dropping so low so quickly is unlikely, but one has to take into consideration that high prices have translated into significantly reduced usage. It’s also important to note world corn and wheat inventory estimates are also well above expectations.

“We’re going to have more corn than we know what to do with” unless prices drop, one participant indicated.

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

not yet offering those programs, said CWB spokeswoman Maureen Fitzhenry, while grain handlers lock up more of the 2012-13 crop through forward contracts.

Grain handlers like Viterra, Cargill and Richardson International are already signing forward contracts with farmers for delivery of the 2012-13 harvest after the CWB’s monopoly ends on August 1.

Export and International Prices Last Week

Week Ago

Year Ago

CWB export 1CW 13.5 St. Lawrence

386.55

392.50

429.20

US hard winter ord.Gulf ($US)

294.06

299.74

333.67

All prices close of business January 12, 2012.

Wheat

EU French soft wheat ($US)

264.00

266.25

343.00

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

222.28

231.19

287.86

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

296.68

300.72

328.36

US corn Gulf ($US)

260.62

277.84

280.40

US barley (PNW) ($US)

287.00

287.00

204.00

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

240.75

253.35

252.95

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

184.31

188.04

257.10

432.98

441.34

518.03

1,127.86

1,141.53

1,263.47

Coarse Grains

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

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business January 13, 2012.

Western barley

Last Week

Week Ago

March 2012

212.00

217.00

May 2012

215.00

224.00

July 2012

220.00

224.00

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

January 2012

508.10

516.40

March 2012

515.10

523.40

May 2012

519.20

528.80

CWB Pool Forecasts December PRO 2011-12

Total Payments 2010-11

November PRO 2011-12

Wheat No. 1 CWRS 13.5

305

344.96

304

No. 1 CWRS 12.5

271

317.73

273

No. 2 CWRS 13.5

299

337.13

299

No. 1 CWHWS 13.5

305

344.96

304

No. 1 CPSR

238

277.77

241

No. 1 CPSW

232

274.67

235

No. 1 CWRW

241

284.23

243

No. 1 CWES

275

314.96

274

No. 1 CWSWS

233

268.72

233

352

302.94

371

223.00

235.72

N/A

Sel CW Two-Row

314

265.74

318

Sel CW Six-Row

298

247.98

302

Durum No. 1 CWAD 13.0 Feed Barley No. 1 CW Pool B Designated Barley

* No. 1 CW feed barley, Pool A 2011-12, as of December 15: $229.

Special Crops Report for January 16, 2012 — 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

27.10 - 28.50

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

27.50 - 28.50

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

24.00 - 25.50

Desi Chickpeas

25.00 - 27.25 — 26.10 - 27.50

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

8.50 - 9.00

Fababeans, large

—

Medium Yellow No. 1

8.40 - 8.55

Feed beans

—

Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

—

No. 1 Great Northern

—

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

—

Yellow No. 1

35.75 - 37.75

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

—

Brown No. 1

30.75 - 32.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

—

Oriental No. 1

24.75 - 28.75

No. 1 Black Beans

—

No. 1 Pinto Beans

—

Feed Pea (Rail)

—

Source: Stat Publishing SUNFLOWERS

No. 1 Small Red

—

No. 1 Pink

—

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

28.00

26.90

—

—

Report for January 13, 2012 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed) Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

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GUARD DOGS:

How they can be the solution to predators

High Prairie sheep farmer and guard dog trainer has lost only one ewe in three years to predators

By Alexis Kienlen FBC STAFF / LEDUC

G

uard dogs are an important part of the team on a sheep operation, but you have to choose the right breed and raise ’em right.

“What works for one rancher does not necessarily work for another,” guard dog trainer Louise Liebenberg told attendees at a recent sheep production information event.

“Choosing what type of dog and which puppy out of the litter will make a big impact on your ranch.”

Liebenberg runs a flock of ewes with her husband Eric Verstappen near High Prairie.

They have wolves, bears, cougars and coyotes on their land, but they’ve lost only one ewe in the past three years, and don’t use any lethal methods to control wildlife on their property.

They do not believe it is a long-term solution, said Liebenberg, but added guard dogs have to be raised properly to be effective.

Guard dogs only arrived in Canada around the 1970s, she said.

“That’s when the borders to a lot of eastern European countries opened up and people could really get hold of these dogs. That’s when research started taking off.”

There are about 25 to 30 guardian dog breeds, each developed to suit a specific region, but all require people to spend time raising and supervising them when they’re young.

“The guidance of a shepherd is really crucial to the raising and training of guardian dogs,” she said.

Liebenberg tailors her training regime to the dog’s age.

Birth to 16 weeks

This is the bonding stage. Pups need to be exposed to the livestock they will be guarding or it will be a challenge to get them to bond with the sheep at a later stage. They should be put in a small, well-fenced paddock with a small number of sheep.

The pen needs to be safe as young dogs hurt by livestock will be fearful of the animals.

“Puppies also need their own space to eat, because sheep like dog food,” Liebenberg said. She uses a number of kennels that allow puppies to crawl in and out of the sheep pen. The dogs

Sarplaninac or Yugoslav shepherd dog is a livestock guardian type originally from Serbia and Macedonia.

can get a bit of privacy from the sheep, but they are always around them.

“You always want livestock in with your dog,” she said. “You never want it away from the livestock. From the day that he is born, sheep are part of his world.”

Five to eight months

During this stage, puppies will generally behave well but like to test boundaries.

“At this age, the pup should be in a paddock that it cannot escape out of,” Liebenberg said.

Dogs that learn to wander during this stage may end up being wanderers for life.

“If the puppy never learns to escape, he will never do it,” she said.

Eight to 18 months

During this stage, young dogs act like teenagers and often get into trouble. Liebenberg recommends that producers set boundaries, and keep a close watch.

“This is not the age that you want them to go out with the sheep in the bush and look after themselves and the sheep,” she said. “You want them where you can see them, as this is the age when the dogs will chew the sheep’s ears and pull the wool, bite the tail and chase them around.”

Puppies engaging in this type of play behaviour can later start killing, Liebenberg said.

Dogs should be supervised when exposed to new things so they are calmer when they encounter these things later

PHOTOS: LOUISE LIEBENBERG AND ERIC VERSTAPPEN.

“Most people in Alberta have too few guardian dogs for the job that they want to do. Too few dogs is a bad situation…”

LOUISE LIEBENBERG

in life. Examples of new things include new breeding rams, and newborn lambs.

It takes about two years to raise a puppy to be a good working dog, so people need to think about getting a replacement while their current dog is still in good shape, Liebenberg said.

Producers should first learn what predators are on their ranch and which dogs will work most effectively against that predator. Some dog breeds are much more physically active and will be better suited to a larger ranch.

“Choose a dog that comes from parents that work in a similar situation to what you have at home,” Liebenberg said. “That gives you the highest chance of success.”

Liebenberg said many producers in Canada do not have enough guard dogs and dogs should work in groups.

“Most people in Alberta have too few guardian dogs for the job that they want to do,” she said. “Too few dogs is a bad situation, because you give wildlife the opportunity to come in.”

Pups need to be exposed to the livestock they will be guarding or it will be a challenge to get them to bond with the sheep at a later stage.

“From the day that he is born, sheep are part of his world,” says Liebenberg.

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COLUMN

Piglet survival — focus on “The Big Five” Careful attention is helping some operations exceed 30 pigs per sow per year “Clipping teeth, docking tails, notching ears, tattooing and injecting with iron and antibiotics is too much stress for the piglet and can be a subtle cause of increased mortality.”

Bernie Peet Peet on Pigs

F

ocusing on five key aspects of management is the route to maximizing piglet survival, Dr. Tim Loula from the Swine Vet Center, Saint Peter, Minnesota, told delegates at the Banff Pork Seminar.

The “Big Five” he refers to are correct preparation of the sow prior to farrowing, provision of a clean, warm and draft-free environment for the piglet, an efficient work plan, good colostrum management and not allowing starve-outs to occur.

During gestation, it’s important to feed sows as individuals, Dr. Loula says. “Feed to condition up to three to four weeks pre-farrowing, striving to have all sows at a body condition score of 3.0,” he advises. “Then increase the feed by two to four lbs. to provide adequate nutrition in order to get a big pig at birth. Sows should farrow at a body condition score of 3.25 to 3.50.”

Dr. Loula cautions against inducing sows to farrow too early, saying that this results in smaller, weaker pigs at birth.

“This can easily be checked by stopping the induction program for a couple of weeks to determine true gestation length,” he notes. “Gestation length in swine varies from 111 to 119 days and if a farm is inducing on day 114, it may be farrowing piglets four to five days early, reducing the piglets’ chances of survival. Farms inducing early often have more scour problems, which can elevate death loss.”

DR. TIM LOULA

Colostrum essential to survival

With today’s highly prolific sows, focusing on five key areas of management will maximize piglet survival.

Good environment crucial

Newborn piglets come from an environment of 40 C in the sow’s uterus and are born into one of 20-23 C which is a 17 C drop in temperature in a few seconds, Dr. Loula points out. “Placing heat lamps behind the sow during farrowing reduces mortality by three per cent and we recommend using two heat lamps during farrowing,” he says.

He advises the use of two heat lamps, one near the back of the crate at farrowing and one alongside the sow for the first 24-48 hours. “Use a thermometer or an infrared ray gun to determine the actual temperature at piglet level. Optimal temperature there is 35-38 C.” Ideally, a telescoping swing arm should be used to hang the lamps, allowing them to be moved towards the front of the pen after farrowing is complete.

Minor ventilation problems resulting in drafts can also increase pre-weaning mortality, adds Dr. Loula.

Piglets should be dried off immediately after birth, either using a towel or with a drying powder, says Dr. Loula. Split suckling boxes can initially be used as dry-off boxes, he suggests. “A small amount of rolled oats or sow feed is put in the bottom of the boxes and a heat lamp placed over them. Pigs are placed in the boxes immediately after farrowing and allowed to warm up and dry off before they are put back on the sow. Newly f a r rowe d p i g s c o n t i n u a l l y replace the pigs in the box,” he explains. “The result is a much more vigorous piglet that will nurse much more aggressively and ingest maximum amounts of colostrum.

Of course, the hot boxes also accomplish split suckling since not all pigs are nursing at the same time. This process of warming the pigs and split suckling is the most important thing you can accomplish on the day of farrowing.”

be good work organizers and also capable of multi-tasking.”

The focus is to get colostrum into all piglets within the first six hours after birth, he says. “Many farms are extending hours for Day 1 coverage and some are even going to 24-hour coverage.”

However, he cautions against doing too much to piglets soon after farrowing. “Clipping teeth, docking tails, notching ears, tattooing and injecting with iron and antibiotics is too much stress for the piglet and can be a subtle cause of increased mortality,” points out Dr. Loula. “Some producers have stopped clipping teeth altogether.”

Proper care and management of the sow is critical in piglet survivability, Dr. Loula stresses, and close observation of the sow to ensure that she is eating, drinking and defecating normally is essential. It is also important to check that her piglets are full bellied, indicating they are suckling well.

“With high sow feed costs, it is important to maximize piglet output,” Dr. Loula says. “By saving more pigs, feed cost/pig is reduced. More and more farms are paying attention to this and are achieving 30 pigs/sow/year or better.”

All pigs must get colostrum within the first six hours after birth, stresses Dr. Loula. “A high percentage of mortality occurs because pigs never received colostrum.” He says that many producers mark piglets that they have observed suckling colostrum so that they can stop worrying about those individuals. “Most of them also mark the ‘at risk’ piglets on their heads and observe them to make sure they are getting sufficient colostrum,” he notes.

Dr. Loula advises that piglets should receive colostrum from their own mother prior to fostering and that piglet movements should be kept to a minimum. He suggests that where litter size is 11-14, pigs should only be moved if there are insufficient functional teats. Excess piglets from litters of 15-21 can be moved to sows with 10 or less piglets, moving the biggest piglets where possible.

Dedicated staff beneficial

Dr. Loula notes that many farms now have dedicated “Day 1” staff that stay in rooms that are farrowing. “Today’s sows very often have 15 total born and 13-plus born alive, which is a big challenge,” he notes. “The dedicated Day 1 staff must be able to provide a high level of TLC, be decision makers and goal oriented,

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal.

NEWS

Dreaming about starting, growing or passing on your business?

USDA plans to save $150 million annually by closing 249 offices

Plan on it!

HONOLULU / REUTERS / The U.S. Agriculture Department plans to close 249 offices this year in a cost-cutting program, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced.

USDA says the package will save $150 million a year and help reduce the yawning federal deficit. Some 7,000 USDA employees have accepted early retirement in the past 15 months “and that number is sure to grow as this year progresses,” said Vilsack.

USDA, with roughly 100,000 employees, has at least one office in each rural county and thousands of offices overall and past proposals to close some ran into a buzzsaw of opposition. It is developing technology that will allow producers to use the Internet to handle USDA programs.

“Over the long haul, we believe farmers and ranchers across the country will be better served by the choice we made,” said Vilsack.

Milk a health hazard in India NEW DELHI / REUTERS /Indians may think twice before gulping down a glass of milk after the country’s food safety regulator found most samples collected in a survey were either diluted or, more shockingly, adulterated with hydrogen peroxide, urea and detergent.

Hydrogen peroxide is used in bleach, while urea is commonly used in fertilizer.

“Consumption of milk with detergent may cause health hazards and indicates lack of hygiene and sanitation in the milk handling,” the regulator said in a report.

India has long struggled with adulteration of food and milk by unscrupulous traders. Almost 70 per cent of the 1,791 samples taken nationwide were contaminated or watered down, according to the report.

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Feeder Steers

n/a

Gladstone

n/a

Grunthal

Jan-10

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Jan-10

Jan-11

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Taylor

Winnipeg

n/a

Jan-12

Jan-12

Jan-13

105

No. on offer

n/a

n/a

348

672

796

n/a

610

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

475 n/a

900-1,000

n/a

n/a

n/a

120.00-132.00

120.00-131.25

n/a

n/a

110.00-125.00

115-124.00

800-900

n/a

n/a

120.00-131.00

130.00-139.50

129.00-138.75

n/a

120.00-138.00

125.00-135.00

125.00-135.00

700-800

n/a

n/a

125.00-134.00

140.00-146.00

135.00-147.00

n/a

132.00-147.00

135.00-148.00

130.00-144.75

600-700

n/a

n/a

130.00-148.00

145.00-161.00

140.00-160.00

n/a

145.00-160.00

140.00-160.00

135.00-160.75

500-600

n/a

n/a

145.00-160.00

165.00-174.00

153.00-175.00

n/a

155.00-176.00

165.00-180.00

140.00-168.50

400-500

n/a

n/a

160.00-187.50

170.00-193.00

165.00-195.00

n/a

175.00-185.00

175.00-192.00

150.0-186.00

300-400

n/a

n/a

185.00-192.50

175.00-200.00

180.00-200.00

n/a

170.00-195.00

185.00-199.00

150.00-191.00

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

100.00-122.50

110.00-118.00

n/a

n/a

105.00-115.00

n/a

800-900

n/a

n/a

103.00-113.50

112.00-126.50

114.00-125.00

n/a

110.00-120.00

110.00-120.00

n/a

700-800

n/a

n/a

112.00-122.00

118.00-131.00

120.00-130.00

n/a

118.00-143.00

120.00-135.00

120.00-131.25

600-700

n/a

n/a

120.00-133.00

130.00-146.00

128.00-142.00

n/a

125.00-146.00

125.00-145.00

125.00-137.50

500-600

n/a

n/a

130.00-148.00

137.00-156.50

135.00-155.00

n/a

130.00-159.00

135.00-155.00

130.00-161.00

400-500

n/a

n/a

145.00-165.00

140.00-170.00

145.00-163.00

n/a

150.00-160.00

145.00-165.00

135.00-165.00

300-400

n/a

n/a

155.00-172.50

n/a

150.00-180.00

n/a

150.00-177.00

155.00-175.00

n/a

Slaughter Market No. on offer

n/a

n/a

282

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

160

225

D1-D2 Cows

n/a

n/a

49.00-55.00

60.00-67.00

59.00-64.00

n/a

60.00-68.00

58.00-65.00

60.00-65.00

D3-D5 Cows

n/a

n/a

48.00-54.00

52.00-59.00

48.00-60.00

n/a

50.00-58.00

52.00-58.00

55.00-60.00

Age Verified

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

62.00-68.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

50.00-55.00

Good Bulls

n/a

n/a

n/a

72.00-77.25

74.00-79.50

n/a

75.00-82.00

73.00-80.00

52.00-69.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

105.00-110.00

106.00-109.75

n/a

n/a

n/a

67.00-80.75

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

100.00-107.75

105.00-109.00

n/a

n/a

n.a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

62.00-70.50

n/a

n/a*

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

54-58.50

n/a

62.00-73.00

n/a

40.00-49.00

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

49.00-55.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

* includes slaughter market

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

Tips on turning muck into grass The grass will come back eventually but with a little help, it can be brought back quicker and better

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / holland

T

hink getting the grass growing again on your flooded-out pastures and hayfields is tough?

You might want to take a few pointers from the folks who were in charge of the daunting task of greening the banks of the Winnipeg floodway.

“It’s a pretty harsh environment to get anything established,” said Glenn Friesen, a MAFRI forage specialist based in Carman.

After severe flooding in 2004,

the best tools and technology were deployed on the massive mound of clay-based soil that lies northeast of the city in a bid to turn it green and get it to stay that way, even in the face of future flooding.

As it turned out, said Friesen at the recent Beef and Forage Days meeting, rhizomonous, or sod-forming, species such as quack grass, reed canary, slough sedge, American vetch and bluegrass performed best.

On native pastures, doing nothing at all might be the best, and of course, cheapest option, especially if lingering moisture

No snow and -20 C a deadly combination for alfalfa With very little snow cover so far, and intermittent warm weather possibly stirring alfalfa out of dormancy, it might be time to start worrying about stand survival.

As long as the temperature stays above -12 C at the crown, which is one-half to two inches below the surface, alfalfa will survive.

“But with -20 C temperatures, you should have about four inches of snow on top to buffer the temperature about 10°,” said Glenn Friesen, a MAFRI forage specialist.

“We don’t have that in a lot of places.”

Four inches of snow is a kind of “magic number” for stand viability, he added.

For those who plan to reseed alfalfa straight back onto a depleted stand, it’s important to remember that medicarpin, a toxin produced by the plant to inhibit new seedlings from germinating too close, is mainly found in the leaves and stems.

That means a clean cut with very little leftovers on the ground is best. Also, medicarpin is water soluble, so flooding on sandy or Almassippi soils tends to wash it down into the soil profile out of the rooting zone.

“That doesn’t mean you’re free and clear, but it is a good thing and may mean that you can bend the rules a little,” said Friesen.

“It’s a pretty harsh environment to get anything established.” glenn friesen

makes it difficult to drive over with a tractor.

For haylands strewn with debris, such as uprooted trees and shrubs, cleaning up is in order. An I-beam drag can make the job of gathering it into piles for burning easier.

“That ash is actually quite fertile,” said Friesen. “It’s ideal to get in there as soon as you can, get your forage seeded, and take advantage of those nutrients.”

In one case, an extensive burn was broadcast with a grass-legume mixture with no harrowing. The fire set back regrowth and competition for the newly seeded forage, and the result was waist-high growth.

A herbicide burn-down can create a similar effect, he added, and a weed whacker works well for knocking back woody species.

In some areas, standing water can bring salinity to the surface. Budget constraints are key when choosing seed mixes, and a “shotgun” approach using a ratio of 80:20 grass and legumes is best.

Salinity tolerance

A new wheat grass variety developed at AAFC Swift Current, AC Saltlander, offers excellent salinity tolerance as well as forage quality. An ideal stand contains 25 to 30 plants per square foot.

But getting there requires some margin for error, so targeting 60 to 70 seeds per square foot helps account for misses.

“Not everything is going to make it or germinate at the same time. Also, you want a high stand density to compete against the weeds and fill the gaps,” said Friesen.

Timothy doesn’t have great feed value, but if added to the mix, it does help the forage cure in the swath. With a mix of seven pounds of alfalfa, four pounds of meadow brome, and one pound of timothy, it’s not unusual to see it punch above its weight and end up becoming half the stand.

Flood water can carry a bit of fertility along with, but generally it changes the soil biology, which affects nutrient cycling, and washes away more than it brings. Denitrification is especially a concern.

Research has shown that adding 30 pounds of phosphorus can quadruple seedling size in the first three to four weeks of growth, and potassium gives forage on sandy soils a boost.

Elemental sulphur tends to get tied up in high pH soils, so sulphate versions, although more pricey, give better results.

Broadcasting seed without harrowing afterwards is a risky business, he said, adding that germination could be as low as 30 to 40 per cent on unprepped soils.

“You’ll get some, no doubt about it, but I wouldn’t put $5-a-pound alfalfa on without incorporating it some way,” said Friesen.

As many bale grazers know, one way to put fertility on land at virtually no cost is by running it through the cow first. The value of a ton of alfalfa hay at current fertilizer prices is about $77, once you tally up the N, P, K, and S. Flooding can affect rhizobia populations in the soil, so it’s best to use inoculated legume seed, he added. Fall broadcasting leaves the sensitive bacteria exposed to the elements, so seed should be harrowed to give it some protection over the winter months.

“Otherwise, you’ll have a seed that germinates in spring, but the rhizobia won’t be on it anymore,” he said. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | January 19, 2012

SOAKING UP THE SUN

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World animal health body calls for fewer antibiotics in livestock industry

BY SYBILLE DE LA HAMAIDE

PARIS / REUTERS / The world body in charge of fighting animal diseases is calling for action against widespread abuse of antibiotics in livestock farming, which leads to drug-resistant bacteria. But it warned a ban would leave the world short of protein.

“The use of antibiotics is today essential to ensure sufficient animal production to feed the planet. Without antibiotics there would be supply problems of animal protein for the human population,” said Bernard Vallat, director of the World Organization for Animal Health.

Scientists say overuse of antibiotics can allow resistant strains of bacteria to become dominant, undermining the efficacy of the drugs, and both the U.S. and Germany are taking or considering new measures to control it.

Vallat called for better training of veterinarians worldwide and for a fight against the illegal trade in antibiotics, which is widespread in poor countries and on the Internet, to avoid misuse.

“If you take the 100 poorest countries that take no precaution on this matter, we can see antibiotics passed around just like candies, without prescription,” he said, noting that this was true for both human and animal antibiotics.

Livestock industry groups argue that using antibiotics in animals keeps them healthy and does not have a direct link to development of resistant strains of bacteria affecting humans.

Lack of investment

U.S. health regulators last week placed restrictions on animal use of a class of antibiotics often used to treat diseases like pneumonia in humans, while Germany is considering similar measures.

A recent survey by German environmental group Bund found that 10 of 20 samples of chicken meat sold in German supermarkets showed antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which can affect humans, especially if the meat is not properly cooked.

Similarly, a study showed in April that meat found on U.S. grocery store shelves often contained high levels of bacteria, with more than half of the bacteria resistant to multiple types of antibiotics.

The European Union banned the feeding of all antibiotics to livestock for growth promotion purposes as of 2006, a rare move that Vallat advocated at the global level, including in the United States.

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The virus was detected in 24 live pigs in the county of Badong on Dec. 27 and all the sick pigs along with another 71 raised together have been culled, the ministry said, adding that the epidemic is under control.

Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly infectious and sometimes fatal disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals. China’s hog herd is often hit with diseases, including blue-ear disease, which was widespread in 2008 and led to pork shortages and surging meat prices.

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I

t’s been an interesting winter so far, at least in terms of how the weather models have been handling things. Overall, the models have been pretty good at forecasting the general weather patterns, but they’ve been having some trouble with the intensity of the different weather systems.

For this forecast period the models are starting us off with some pretty cold mid-winter temperatures. By mid-week, a ridge of arctic high pressure will stretch from north of Alaska all the way down into the northern United States. This ridge will likely bring the coldest temperatures of the winter, with lows dropping to around -30 C later this week and highs struggling to make it to -20 C. This ridge of high pressure will prevent any storm systems from moving inland from the Pacific. By the weekend some of this Pacific energy is expected to finally begin pushing eastward.

The models are having a very hard time figuring out just what will happen with all this energy.

One model run has a strong storm system affecting us late in the weekend; then the next run shows a much weaker system.

I’ll go with the weaker scenario, which will mean milder temperatures over the weekend along with clouds and some light snow or flurries.

For the first half of next week the models show the main area of Pacific energy developing well to our south. This will mean we’ll stay fairly dry, with only a slight chance for a few flurries around Tuesday as the system passes by. Temperatures now look as though they’ll be on the mild side for much of next week, as a large area of low pressure takes up residence off the coast of northern B.C. Combine this with a building ridge of high pressure over the western U.S., and it looks like we’ll be returning to the warm, dry pattern we’ve seen for much of this winter.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, -23 to -6 C; lows, -34 to -16 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

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

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3 Month (90 Days) Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) October 15, 2011 to January 12, 2012

< 40% 40 - 60% 60 - 85% 85 - 115% 115 - 150% 150 - 200% > 200% 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.

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This issue’s map shows the amount of precipitation that has fallen across the Prairies over the last 90 days as a percentage of the longterm average. You can really see how dry it’s been this winter, with a large portion of the Prairies seeing less than 40 per cent of average precipitation. Also, with the exception of a few small areas in western Alberta and northern Manitoba, no place has seen above-average amounts of precipitation.

The top weather stories of 2011 A weird weather reversal followed this spring’s floods in Manitoba and Saskatchewan

By Daniel Bezte CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

I

n this issue we’ll look at a few of the big weather stories from 2011 across Canada. The first and indisputably biggest weather story happened in our own backyard. Before last winter had even started, the discussion across the eastern Prairies was about the upcoming spring flooding. The talk wasn’t about whether there would be flooding, but rather, how bad it would be. It all started way back in October 2010 when a huge storm system dumped upward of 100 millimetres of precipitation across our region, pushing river and lake levels to near their highest levels ever recorded for that time of the year.

Things only got worse over the winter as average to above-average snowfalls were recorded. When spring finally rolled around and the snowpack melted, water began pouring into river and lake systems all across Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The Manitoba government on May 9 declared a provincial state of emergency, issuing evacuation notices for several munic-

ipalities along the Assiniboine River. Brandon was at the epicentre of the months-long flood battle. In Brandon the Assiniboine reached its highest level since 1923 and kept rising. The river was nearly seven metres higher than normal and 20 to 30 times wider in some places. Flooding on the Assiniboine near Brandon lasted 120 days and was the largest on record.

story of the year was tied directly into our record spring flooding, and that was the weather reversal that we saw this summer. What started out as one of the wettest growing seasons ever, quickly morphed into one of the driest seasons ever. In Winnipeg, July was the driest month since recordkeeping began in 1872. Even the most rain-soaked areas dried out by August. The best

The talk wasn’t about whether there would be flooding, but rather, how bad it would be.

When all was said and done, 7,100 Manitobans were displaced from their homes, with 2,700 still unable to return at the end of the year. Flooding swamped three million hectares of farmland and local states of emergency were declared in 70 Manitoba communities. In addition, flood waters forced the closure of 850 roads, including parts of the Trans-Canada Highway.

The second-biggest weather

statement that summarized this weather was: “I could be receiving flood and drought insurance payments at the same time.”

Hot, hot heat

Our third story, just like the second story, has ties not only to our area but also is really an extension of the previous story: the hot weather experienced across much of Canada during the summer and fall of

2011. The heat was a result of a large area of high pressure centred over much of central and eastern North America and it brought with it several records. Windsor recorded its warmest July ever, with a mean daily temperature of 25.9 C. Windsor also recorded its hottest day ever on July 21,with an average daily temperature of 32.1 C. Quebec also saw record heat, with the hottest temperature occurring at St-Hubert at 36 C. Our region also saw some record heat: Winnipeg recorded 24 days when the daytime high rose above 30 C, exceeding the total for the past three years combined. Winnipeg also recorded its hottest day in 16 years, with a temperature of 37.2 C on Aug. 23.

Our last weather story of 2011 occurred to our west and had nothing to do with temperatures, precipitation or flooding.

If you’ve ever spent some time in southern Alberta you’d know it can be very windy, but I don’t think anyone was prepared for the winds that occurred during the last week of November.

A near-perfect setup of strong low pressure over northern B.C. combined with a ridge of

high pressure over the western United States created a very strong pressure gradient.

Combine this with the Rocky Mountains that help to squeeze the air flow even more, and we have the perfect setup for high winds.

This super Chinook, as it has been called, did break temperature records across Alberta, but the record-breaking winds were the real story.

According to Environment Canada, surface-based wind gusts measured 144 kilometres per hour at Claresholm, 131 km/h at Stavely and 117 km/h in Lethbridge, and at a home weather station in Pincher Creek, winds were clocked at 204 km/h. On Nov. 22, wind gusts were so strong near Nanton that eight vehicles were blown off the highway and the roof of a high school gymnasium was peeled away, forcing students and staff to evacuate the premises.

At the beginning of every year I hope for the same thing, weather-wise, and that’s for the weather to be exactly what you need — but something tells me there will still be some interesting weather stories happening this year.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | January 19, 2012

CROPS

“We had on average very small root systems and when root rot came in it just had that much of a harsher effect.”

HOLLY DERKSEN

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hanks to a soggy spring, experts say wheat and soybeans saw significant root rot in 2011.

Dennis Lange said phytophthora sojae, or root rot, was likely the No. 1 disease affecting Manitoba soybeans in 2011.

“I was quite shocked to see how many dead plants were in the fields,” he told farmers during St. Jean Farm Days XXVII. The phytophthora pathogen is soil-borne and in wet conditions it produces zoospores that can travel in water, infecting new plants along the way. Diseased roots then develop lesions that can eventually spread and kill an entire plant.

Lange said given wet conditions in early 2011, it’s not surprising root

rot was an issue, noting it could have been much more severe than it was.

A damp spring also meant iron chlorosis was prevalent in soybeans, according to the Manitoba Agr iculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) farm production adviser. But there was a simple solution.

“Go away, come back in a week,” said Lange. “Once the weather warms up that will disappear.”

Identified by interveinal yellowing, he said iron chlorosis is easy to distinguish from other plant-yellowing conditions, such as nitrogen deficiencies.

Holly Derksen, a MAFRI crops pathologist, noted dryland root rot was an issue with wheat in 2011.

Although infected plants with big, healthy root systems may not exhibit any symptoms above ground, they are still leaving pathogens in the soil.

“Dryland root rot is caused by fusarium, the same pathogen that causes head blight,” she said, adding scouting for root rot and taking precautions is an important part of controlling the disease.

Environmental stresses also exacerbated root rot in wheat in 2011.

“This year when we planted, things were really wet, and our root systems developed, but the water table was so high that they didn’t have to develop extensively to get enough moisture to continue developing,” Derksen said. That didn’t bode well for the dry conditions experienced in July and August.

“We had on average very small root systems and when root rot came in it just had that much of a harsher effect,” she said.

In addition to root rot, wheat also suffered from barley stripe mosaic and ergot, but not to the same extent.

Both experts stressed the importance of using best management practices to control disease.

“There is just no substitute for good crop rotation,” said Lange.

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Root rot was a big factor cutting into plant health in 2011.

Derksen said seed treatments, tillage techniques and disease resistance plant varieties can also be used to fight against disease.

Equipment being brought into one area from another should also be cleaned to prevent plant pathogens from hitchhiking on to your farm.

She added volunteer plants can also be an issue during rotations and fallow years.

“If an empty field is full of volunteer canola, does that really count as without a crop? You have to consider that,” she said.

As for what this year will bring, Derksen said it is too early to tell.

“Every year is a new experience,” she said. “In 2012 disease issues will be largely dependent on weather conditions.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | January 19, 2012

Leafcutter beekeepers urged to keep a close watch on their colonies Pesticides may cause health issues for larva, even when adults appear healthy

By Shannon VanRaes

“Basically, what the research is telling me is that you have to monitor multiple factors and see how they all merge together. Every year is going to be different.”

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nvironmental factors clearly affect the health of leafcutter bees and colony development, but more research is needed to determine which factors affect what aspects of the bee’s life cycle, according to an American bee expert.

“The last questions left are always the most difficult to answer,” Theresa Pitts-Singer of Utah State University told alfalfa producers at the Manitoba Fo ra g e Se e d A s s o c i a t i o n’s annual conference in Winnipeg.

Leafcutter bees have been spared from colony collapse disorder, which has had a devastating impact on many honeybee populations.

“The honeybee is such a different beast, and it’s used very differently,” she pointed out.

“It’s completely domestic in its ways.”

Stressors

The expert added the way honeybees are moved and expected to forage on less-than-ideal crops, like almond blooms, immediately after hibernation also causes them stress.

One environmental factor facing both honeybees and leafcutter bees is pesticides.

“Even pesticides that don’t specifically kill or target bees may be affecting the larva and

Theresa Pitts-Singer

Theresa Pitts-Singer. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

things you wouldn’t expect,” said Pitts-Singer. “The thing that is similar are the sublethal effects pesticides can have on bees. Pesticides can affect bees of all sorts, natives bees and managed bees as well.”

Bee pollen shows how prevalent pesticides are in the environment, she said. Pesticides can be found in pollen even when bees forage in an area that has never been sprayed.

“The other unknown is when

you combine other types of pesticides, like a fungicide and an insecticide,” she said.

Although a bee’s immune system may be able to individually handle both types of pesticide, the combination might be overwhelming.

Pitts-Singer and her team have been following the lives of leafcutting bees from larva to adult, and then following the bees’ children and grandchildren as well. The research includes

monitoring temperatures inside bee shelters and individual cells, marking thousands of individual bees, and building many different shelters positioned in many different ways.

Facing south

Along the way she has made some interesting observations, such as south-facing boards tend to have higher rates of chalkbrood than north-facing ones.

The researcher also noted more male bees emerge in Canada, roughly two or three for every female, compared to more southern bees that see a one-toone ratio. Pitts-Singer said the effect of temperature and light on bee sex ratios is one of the many things being examined in her work.

Even though Pitts-Singer’s study has not concluded, she said farmers can work to improve the efficiency of their bees by monitoring conditions on their own farms.

“Basically, what the research is telling me is that you have to monitor multiple factors and see how they all merge together,” she said. “Every year is going to be different.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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A s e c o n d g e n e ra t i o n o f Roundup Ready soybeans will be available for 2012, but that doesn’t mean you can save your 2011 Roundup Ready seed for next spring.

“Any seed that was planted this year still falls under that technical use agreement,” cautioned Dennis Lange, a farm production adviser for Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives.

But you can save firstgeneration Roundup Ready soybeans grown in 2012 as seed for 2013 — provided t h e re a re n o s e c o n d a r y agreements placed on the seed by your supplier.

“You always want to check, to make sure there aren’t any restrictions,” said Lange.

He spoke to farmers about Roundup Ready 2 varieties during St. Jean Farm Days in early January, touching on the end of technical use agreements and what the new varieties offer.

The adviser stressed the need to weigh risks against potential gains when choosing what variety of Roundup Ready 2 soybeans to plant this spring.

“Realize we have only tested these varieties for one year,”

“You always want to check to make sure there aren’t any restrictions.”

Dennis Lange, MAFRI

said Lange. He added some second-generation varieties were available in the U.S. in 2010, but were grown under conditions very different from those in Manitoba.

Some farmers may be tempted by new varieties of high-yielding soybeans offered this year, said Lange.

He added those varieties are often slow maturing, with maturity at 120 or 125 days.

“The risk versus reward is that if you want to grow a long-season variety, your yield is definitely going to be higher, however there is more risk in maturity ... how long is the season going to be?” he said.

Will Peters far ms near Randolph and plans to increase his soybean acres from 700 to 900 this year, although that may change along with spring weather conditions.

He plans to purchase second-generation Roundup Ready seed this spring, but he has yet to pin down the variety.

“We don’t really have much choice, we have to go with it whether we like it or not,” said Peters, adding he would like to have more options when it comes to who he buys his seed from.

“If we can keep a bit of our seed, or buy from someone else ... we could save ourselves some money,” he said.

Lange noted 95 per cent of the soybeans grown in Manitoba are Roundup Ready, the other option is generally conventional varieties destined for the food market. But the adviser added without value-added elements or premiums in place, conventional varieties aren’t financially viable for most farmers. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Australian wheat board experience different to Canada’s

By Phil Franz-Warkentin commodity news service Canada / saskatoon

Canada will experience similar challenges and opportunities as Australia did when it lost its single desk for wheat marketing, but the outcome may be different, says Geoff Honey of Grain Trade Australia.

While Canada is poised to see a relatively abrupt end to the single desk this summer, Honey noted a transition fund was set up in Australia and had grown to A$600 million by the mid-2000s. The Australian Wheat Board became a publicly traded company in 2001 and following a scandal involving wheat sales to Iraq, the single desk was eliminated entirely in 2008.

When the changes took place in Australia, all the levels of government were in favour, and no court actions were pursued, said Honey, noting that is far different from the current situation here. As a result, Canada appears to be entering the open market from a “standing start,” Honey told reporters prior to a presentation at Crop Week in Saskatoon. The uncertain legal situation in Canada also may be causing some concern amongst importers, he added.

As wheat had been Australia’s major grain export prior to the end of the AWB single desk, Honey said there were some growing pains in terms of logistics and moving grain from the ports in the immediate aftermath of the changes.

However, he said those problems have since worked themselves out.

Other changes to the Australian structure include an increase in international trading houses now participating in the Australian market.

In addition, Honey said accredited wheat exporters have climbed from one to 25. Pooling is also still an option in Australia, with up to nine different companies offering pooling options for producers.

Another interesting development in the Australian wheat market over the past few years has been the sharp increase in wheat exported by container. Smaller companies and individual operations are shipping more than two million tonnes of wheat annually via container into niche markets, said Honey.

When asked if Australian farmers were better off with or without a single desk, Honey was diplomatic, but said overall profitability will come down to the individual grower’s marketing skills.

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AAFC says it doesn’t suffer from bronze leaf and rust diseases AC-Sundancer lastest poplar from agroforestry centre AAFC release

AC-Sundancer is designed to be small and narrow for smaller properties.

Tree nursery owners across the Prairies are eagerly awaiting the release of a new poplar variety developed by researchers at Agriculture and AgriFood Canada (AAFC). The AC-Sundancer, a new hybrid poplar variety developed through AAFC’s Agroforestry Development Centre is expected to garner new commercial opportunities for the Canadian nursery sector.

“We’ve found a real gem with the AC-Sundancer,” said Henry de Gooijer, manager at the Agroforestry Development Centre in Indian Head, Saskatchewan.

“While developing a suite of hybrid poplars, we came up with one that has a lot of potential for the ornamental and nursery trade in Canada.”

Originally developed for environmental purposes, the AC-Sundancer has taken on a life of its own — the tree is now being released as a commercial cultivar for the landscape industry and is in high demand from rural landowners.

“What’s great about the AC-Sundancer is that it is not particularly big or broad, so it can easily fit on smaller properties,” said Bill Schroeder, researcher at the Agroforestry Development Centre. “It’s a very clean tree in that it doesn’t suffer

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“… it might be the type of tree that a strawberry grower would put on the west side of his strawberry patch to provide some microclimate modification and wind control, because it is extremely narrow and doesn’t take up a lot of space.”

Henry de Gooijer

Manager at the Agroforestry Development Centre

from diseases usually associated with other hybrid poplars, such as bronze leaf and rust disease.

Its root systems are controlled and don’t spread; it’s male so it doesn’t have seeding problems.

And, unlike other hybrid poplars, the AC-Sundancer doesn’t grow very fast and systematically die too early.”

The AC-Sundancer came from the Poplar Breeding Program at the Agroforestry Development Centre, which has been developing hybrids since the 1940s. The mandate is to grow hybrid poplar varieties for ecological purposes — environmental applications on the farm for the interception of nutrients, protection from wind erosion, carbon sequestration and biodiversity enhancement.

The program is all about developing highly adapted, resilient poplar trees that work on the landscape. These poplars are then delivered to producers through the Prairie Shelterbelt Program.

“We’ve developed 17 hybrid poplar clones for Prairie farmers to plant since the 1940s,”

said de Gooijer. “Virtually every hybrid poplar tree growing on Prairie farms originated from our program.”

Every once in a while a new poplar will come along through the program and have a different kind of potential, as in the case of the AC-Sundancer, for the commercial landscape industry.

“It’s not necessarily the sort of hybrid variety that one would put into a riparian buffer that will intercept nitrogen run-off moving from a potato field into a stream,” said de Gooijer. “But it might be the type of tree that a strawberry grower would put on the west side of his strawberry patch to provide some microclimate modification and wind control, because it is extremely narrow and doesn’t take up a lot of space.”

The AC-Sundancer also provides a source of revenue for the Agroforestry Development Centre because every poplar grown and sold through the commercial nursery trade results in a royalty for the centre.

Grain Growers want feds to focus on research and trade deals Group says a good start would be to allow Ag Canada to use its royalty income for additional research

By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor / ottawa

With the battle over the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly behind it, the Harper government should focus on issues such as research and trade, says the Grain Growers of Canada.

“In a hungr y world, research needs to remain a top priority, so we suggest the federal government consider allowing all royalty streams generated by Agriculture Canada discoveries to be added on top of the current research budget,” Grain Growers executive director Richard Phillips stated in a press release.

“Even without any new government cash, the agric u l t u re re s e a rc h b u d g e t would grow by $5 million to $6 million next year.”

Canada also needs a successful conclusion to the

free trade negotiations with Europe, said Phillips.

“Outside of NAFTA, the European Union trade agreement is the greatest trade opportunity we have seen in decades. With a population of 500 million people, Europeans have an appreciation for the high level of quality we grow and manufacture, and their tastes are very similar to our own. This is a market where we have a lot of room to grow and despite the recent news on Greece, it is a market that has cash to pay for quality.”

Any deal, with Europe or other nations, should include a “low-level presence policy” so minute quantities of genetically modified crop cannot become a trade barrier, he said.

“As science has advanced, yo u c a n s e e m i n g l y f i n d trace amounts of anything anywhere,” said Phillips.

“Regulatory authorities need to concentrate on genuine health and safety risks rather than GM witch hunts.”

Bilateral trade deals with countries such as India, Japan and South Korea are also important, he said. Also on the group’s wish list is improved rail freight service for shippers and changes to the next version of Growing Fo r w a rd t o m a k e b u s i ness risk management programs more predictable and bankable.

While it seems like a tall order with the passions from last fall’s CWB debate being renewed by a proposed classaction suit against the federal government, Grain Growers urges Prairie farmers “to set aside past differences” and work together on potential initiatives such as provincial market development commissions and a national wheat council.

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Registered on wheat, barley and oats, Twinline fungicide provides dual modes of action to control leaf diseases with the added power of AgCelence.

Twinline controls a broad range of leaf diseases in cereals, including tan spot, septoria leaf spot, leaf rust, stripe rust, spot blotch, net blotch, scald, crown rust and powdery mildew.

“Twinline is truly a unique fungicide for today’s cereal grower,” says Mike Bakker, brand manager of fungicides at BASF. “I believe growers are looking for a new level of leaf disease control for cereals, and Twinline delivers.”

As a product that contains pyraclostrobin (the active ingredient in Headline), Twinline provides AgCelence benefits which often include greener leaves, stronger stems for better harvestability and higher yield potential compared to untreated acres.

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Manitoba companies are projecting $45 million in sales after attending Agritechnica 2011 in Germany last fall, Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade Minister Peter Bjornson said Jan. 16.

“Taking part in the world’s largest exhibition where 40 per cent of the global annual agricultural equipment sales take place has led to successful results for Manitoba companies,” said Bjornson.

“Manitoba agricultural machinery and equipment manufacturers took advantage of this opportunity, making close to $2 million in sales at the show and projecting up to $45 million in sales in the next 18 to 24 months.”

Agritechnica 2011 was held in Hanover, Germany, in November 2011. The show had more than 2,700 exhibitors representing 48 countries and attracting 415,000 visitors. This year, a record 20 Manitoba companies took part in the event.

In 2010, Manitoba exported $405 million in agriculture-related equipment and technology, which is approximately 31 per cent of Canada’s agricultural machinery exports abroad.

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CP, Pershing Square raise the stakes Both sides say operational problems need to be addressed

By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor / ottawa

detailed, credible plan” for rejuvenating CP, which has the highest operating ratio among the major North American railways.

“Pershing Square suggests an unrealistic operating ratio reduction at a pace never before achieved by any railway management team,” stated Cleghorn, adding rising costs for “legacy pension plans” are also dragging down results.

Ackman wants to install former CN CEO Hunter Harrison as CP’s boss and plans to make him available to meet investors at a meeting in Toronto next month.

Od d l y, Ac k m a n s a i d t h e session would be open to employees, unions and customers. All three groups are well aware of Harrison’s abrasive conduct at CN, which was probably the biggest motivator for the push by shippers for the Rail Freight Service Review that recommended legislation to force the rail-

ways to properly serve their customers.

Cleghorn says CP aims to cut its operating ratio to the low 70s from the current high 70s within three years.

“We will not stop there – as we achieve our goals, we will set new targets,” he said.

“Our 2011 actions have included increasing our locomotive fleet and manpower to improve reliability for customers, and position ourselves for future growth. Today, as management continues to execute on the plan, we expect to deliver meaningful improvements in CP’s financial performance starting in the first quarter of 2012.”

Cleghorn also firmly rejected Pershing’s demand that Green be replaced by Harrison as not being in “the best interests of CP or its shareholders.”

CP is also working on boosting its traffic levels through “innovative relationships with customers and supply chain partners.”

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RCMP working with Canada Post in the investigation

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RCMP say due to o n g o i n g i n ve s t i g a t i o n they can only say boxes broken into have been mostly in rural areas surrounding Winnipeg.

At least one rural post office has also had a break-in and theft.

Va n d a l i s m d o e s n’t seem to be the goal, but rather theft from these boxes, said RCMP media spokesperson Corporal Miles Hiebert.

“Access is being gained and it appears mail is being stolen from them,” he said, adding that the challenge to their investigation is some people may not be aware that their mail was taken.

“If they’ve come to find their box broken into, they can’t be really sure if mail has been taken or not. We’re working with Canada Post to determine that.”

Police are urging rural residents to clear out t h e i r m a i l b ox e s m o re regularly and to report any damages or any suspicious activity observed on these boxes to their local police detachment.

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he chairman and directors of CP Rail have squared off against the company’s biggest shareholder, American hedge fund Pershing Square.

Pershing acquired a 14.2 per cent stake in CP last year and is pushing for improvements in operational performance and financial results, as well as the dismissal of president and CEO Fred Green. Pershing owner Bill Ackman has been publicly cr itical of Green, which prompted CP chairman John Cleghorn to issue a letter backing the CEO and his senior management team. The letter quotes the two most recent board appointees, veteran railroaders Tony Ingram and Ed Harris, who were considered appeasements for Pershing because of their success on the operational side of other railways.

Ingram says Green “and his

management team have developed a well-thought-out plan to improve CP’s operating ratio and I look forward to the opportunity to work closely with management to ensure that the plan is executed with appropriate accountability.”

“It is a mistake to underestimate the differences between the infrastructure of CP and CN,” added Harris, who has been a senior executive for both companies.

“On the one hand, in CN you have a railroad that was built

by Canadian taxpayers with twice the proportion of sidings and double track and that therefore benefits from significantly enhanced operating flexibility. On the other hand, CP has to contend with greater geographic challenges.

I am pleased to see significant improvement in CP’s operating metrics as a result of planned initiatives.”

In the letter, Cleghorn says Pe r s h i n g d o e s n’t h a v e “a

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS connecting rur a l communities

People are talking Social media offers potential for volunteer recruitment, promotions and soliciting feedback to improve events Harness social media and you’ll be amazed at the ideas, resources, feedback and even people it helps you find.

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff /Brandon

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gnore it and you’ll be left in the dust — and it won’t be the stuff that’s kicked up at summer light-horse shows.

That was the guest speaker’s take-home message at the 25th annual Manitoba Association of Agricultural Societies convention.

“So c i a l m e d i a i s i n c re d ibly powerful,” said Dorothy Engelman, Toronto-based executive producer of Get Involved. ca., who speaks to groups across the country on engaging digital media.

Social media have created a digital global world where people now instantly and constantly network and interact through sites such as Facebook, blogs, Twitter, she said. Engaging social media can serve organizations well, whether they are large or small.

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Social media link you to what people are thinking and saying about you. It has created the global village, said Engelman.

“It has incredible reach,” she said. “The Internet has allowed like-minded people to find each other.

“And it allows for collaboration. That’s the most powerful thing of all.”

The need for agricultural societies to find new ways to promote events and refresh their brand was evident in stories shared around tables. Events put on to fundraise bring in scant cash. Grumbling about lack of volunteers was constant.

Yet other ag societies say using social media is helping address

Don’t be nervous about using social media, says Darren Damsgaard, vice-chair of Dauphin Agricultural Society attending last weekend’s 25th annual Manitoba Association of Agricultural Societies general meeting. photo: lorraine stevenson

both those issues as they build an online presence.

Hanover Agricultural Society has a web page and they are now seriously looking at creating a Facebook site, said Wayne LeMay, president of the fast-growing association at Grunthal.

They’ve already seen what Facebook can do for them.

“Our volunteer co-ordinator contacts most of our volunteers through Facebook,” he said, adding that it has proved a far more effective recruitment tool than the phone.

“She was able to fill about 200 positions in two weeks using Facebook.”

LeMay said he’s confident ag societies are genuinely interested in engaging social media.

“I definitely sense an openness

“It has incredible reach. The Internet has allowed likeminded people to find each other.

And it allows for collaboration. That’s the most powerful thing of all.”

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and a willingness to do this,” he said.

The hurdle may be how.

Building a blog or creating a Twitter account is daunting to anyone who didn’t grow up in the digital age, and there may be temptation to ignore it out of confusion.

Engaging youth

But this is where young people that everyone wants to engage can really be a resource, said Engelman. It presents a perfect opportunity for an agricultural society to engage local youth and in a meaningful way and for mutual benefit, she said.

“They know how to do this and they could share this with you,” she said. “Get a young person to help you develop the Facebook page, or moderate it and then have that dialogue with a whole bunch of people talking on your web page.”

And if the idea of using social media makes organizations nervous because it’s a two-way form of communication — opening you potentially up to criticism — others familiar with using it say stop worrying.

“The point of social media is to get people talking about your event,” said Darren Damsgaard, vice-chair of the Dauphin Agricultural Society.

“If people aren’t happy, that gives you the opportunity to get feedback and to get their ideas and to make your event better.”

People also needn’t feel overwhelmed about doing this, Engelman stressed.

Start slow and commit to one thing, she said. “Blogging is probably one of the best ways for people to start, or Facebook.

But don’t try to do both at the same time.”

Don’t hand it off to one person to do it all either. Get a group to commit to sharing the load, such as finding a dozen people to post one blog each a year.

And keep sites updated and monitored by putting a couple of volunteer hours to it every week.

However, others at the convention said having an online presence that’s out of date and hasn’t had a post in months sends out a very bad message about an organization or event and “probably is doing you more harm than good.”

L eMa y p redi c ts mo re a g societies will start to engage social media and use it to help them. They can’t afford not to.

“I think if we don’t stay on this, it will hurt us for sure. I think the ones who use it will continue to grow and thrive.

But the surefire way to not grow and sort of fade off will be to completely ignore it,” he said.

“And that’s regardless of the size of the ag society.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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100 Per Cent Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread Moist, easy to slice, and 100 per cent whole wheat? No, these are not contradictory phrases!

This whole wheat loaf is the ideal everyday bread, perfect for sandwiches, toast, and French toast or grilled cheese sandwiches.

The two-pound bread loaf law A weighty issue for local governments a century or so ago Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

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ow try to imagine a town council passing a law that local bakers must, at all times, have bread of that weight for sale.

Moreover, each loaf must be distinctly inscribed with the figure “2.”

The Town of Carman did just that, 112 years ago today, on January 19, 1900, when it passed Bylaw No. 7 To Provide For The Weight and Sale of Bread.

It was a sweeping piece of local legislation, not only regulating the weight of bread sold locally but its ingredients. The town also decreed it would have an inspector, or other person “whom the council... may appoint” check local bakeries’ premises, as well as all wagons and sleighs delivering bread, for evidence of “any unwholesome flour” or “deleterious materials” used in its making. And woe to anyone getting caught; the fine set was $50 — a lot of dough for 1900!

It’s hilarious to contemplate a town council passing such a law, until you think about the furor that must have preceded (and followed) it.

Who complained and about what exactly? What was “deleterious material?” (I cringe to think.)

Who got caught and who got hurt in the fist fights?

And what sort of loaves were these anyways?

What sort of flour was used to make them? Were they small and dense as bricks from the nearby Leary’s brick plant? Lighter loaves would have been the size of dachshunds.

Bylaw No. 7 is a vivid snapshot of early 1900s small-town life, when wheat growing and local milling and baking was everyone’s business, and town councils evidently had their fingers in a lot of pies — or bread pans.

The state of bread mattered and Carman wasn’t letting anyone fiddle with it.

Carman has recently posted online all bylaws dating back to the town’s incorporation in 1899.

You can read this delightful bit of food history yourself, by going online to the Town of Carman’s website (wwwtownofcarman.ca), then clicking on Local Government, then Minutes, then Archives, then Village Bylaw 1900-No. 7.

Just don’t go charging into Carman’s local bakery and demand they sell you a two-pound loaf — even if you can. Unless the town later rescinded it, its January 19, 1900 ByLaw No. 7 remains the law.

2-1/2 tsp. active dry yeast or 2-1/2 tsp. instant yeast 1/2 c. lukewarm water* 1/2 c. lukewarm milk 1/2 c. orange juice 5 tbsp. melted butter 1-1/2 tsp. salt 3 tbsp. sugar 1/4 c. non-fat dry milk 3/4 c. instant mashed potato flakes 3-3/4 c. whole wheat flour or white all-purpose flour *Use 2 tbsp. less water in summer (or in a humid environment), 2 tbsp. more in winter (or in a dry climate).

MIXING: Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm water with a pinch of sugar. Allow it to rest for 15 minutes, till it becomes puffy. If you’re using instant yeast, you can skip this step. Combine the yeast/water with the remaining ingredients, and mix and knead — by hand, mixer, or bread machine — until you’ve made a cohesive dough.

If you’re using a stand mixer, knead at low speed for about seven minutes. Note that 100 per cent whole wheat dough will never become smooth and supple like dough made with all-purpose flour; it’ll feel more like clay under your hands, and may appear a bit rough.

SHAPING: Place the dough in a lightly greased

bowl, cover the bowl, and allow it to rise till it’s expanded and looks somewhat puffy, about 60 to 90 minutes. Note that dough kneaded in a bread machine will rise faster and higher than bread kneaded in a mixer, which in turn will rise faster and higher than one kneaded by hand. So if you’re kneading by hand, you may want to let the dough rise longer than 90 minutes. Lightly grease a 9-inch x 5-inch loaf pan. Gently shape the dough into a smooth log, and settle it into the pan, smooth side up. Tent the pan with lightly greased plastic wrap, and allow the loaf to rise till it’s crowned over the rim of the pan by about 3/4 inch, about 75 minutes. Don’t let it rise too high; it’ll continue to rise as it bakes. Towards the end of the rising time, preheat the oven to 350 F.

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Wheat Bran Cranberry Quickbread Never sure what to do with those frozen cranberries left over from the holidays? This quickbread is as tasty as it is easy to make — just mix, pour and bake! The combination of cranberries and orange juice makes it a perfect bread to slice and eat for breakfast.

1/2 c. unbleached white flour 1 c. whole wheat flour 1 c. wheat bran 3/4 c. brown sugar 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. sea salt 1/2 c. walnut pieces 1 c. cranberries 1 egg 1/2 c. milk 1 c. orange juice 1/3 c. oil

tent it with aluminum foil, and bake for an additional 30 to 35 minutes, or until the centre registers 190 F on an instant-read thermometer.

Remove it from the oven, and turn it out of the pan onto a rack. Run a stick of butter over the top of the hot loaf, if desired, for a softer crust. Allow the bread to cool completely before slicing.

Preheat oven to 350 F. In a large bowl, mix together the egg, milk, orange juice and oil. In a separate bowl, combine flours, bran, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, walnuts and cranberries. Add dry mixture into wet and mix until just combined. Pour into a greased 9x5x3-inch loaf pan. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, or until the bread is firm in the centre. Cool in pan 10 minutes, remove to rack and cool before slicing.

Makes: 1 loaf

Makes: 1 loaf (12 slices)

Recipe courtesy of Whole Grains Council and The King Arthur Flour Company www.kingarthurflour.com

Recipe courtesy of Whole Grains Council and Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods www.bobsredmill.com

BAKING: Bake the bread for 10 minutes. Lightly

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hese aren’t two-pound loaves but they’re delicious bread recipes sourced from the Whole Grains Council, a website devoted to helping us learn more about whole grain foods and understand their health benefits. For a wealth of good information about whole grains visit www.wholegrainscouncil.org.

Or email: lorraine@fbcpublishing.com ©THINKSTOCK

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Come out and join a loppet Participate with fellow cross-country ski enthusiasts of all ages

By Donna Gamache Freelance contributor

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he usual answer, last winter, when I said I was going to a loppet was, “What in the world is a loppet?” Well, the definition in my dictionary is “a timed long-distance cross-country ski race in which all competitors start together.” But that isn’t how many of the loppets operate in Canada, including the one I attended.

Sponsored by our local ski club, it was held in February at the Bittersweet Trails that are located just off Highway 242, north of Treherne and south of Rossendale.

Ski loppets originated in the Scandinavian countries where Nordic or cross-country skiing is believed to have started. The first loppets were marathon competitions designed to challenge participants, both mentally and physically, over a course with varied terrains and obstacles. For many, though, the term now has less to do with competition and more to do with a friendly and co-operative social event.

Some loppets still are timed events and begin with a mass start, and in that type many of the participants do compete with each other. Some of these competitions are huge but all levels of skiers can still take part, with shorter distances for those who are less skilled, not so athletic, or just not interested in competing.

Usual lengths range from five or 10 km up to 35 or even 50 km.

On many trail systems, however, the loppet has become a family affair, a much more leisurely activity.

Grandparents can ski shorter, flatter or easier routes with young grandchildren, while the middle generation and older children may opt for the longer, more strenuous trails.

Both classic and freestyle (skate-skiing) disciplines may be used, if the

Trail maps at Bittersweet can be checked out at the trailhead. photos: donna gamache

trails are set for those. A small fee is usually charged to cover expenses.

Some loppets do have volunteers to time the participants but many don’t try to do this. There are no winners or losers, just some enjoyable social interaction and exercise.

Last year’s Bittersweet loppet was held on the Sunday of the Family Day long weekend to accommodate those on holiday. It was a first for our club, but we’re planning another for this year, set for February 19. Last year 117 skiers signed on Loppet Day and we’re hoping for more this time round. Last year’s event was a fun time for all, despite the rather cold and icy conditions — following an earlier thaw. The loppet began at the new Nordic Centre building located at the Oak Meadows Trailhead (the north entrance to the trails).

Registrations were taken, and maps were given to those who didn’t know the trails.

We did not use the mass start; participants could begin at any time and could choose the length they wished to ski. They could take a

break at the Nordic Centre, or at the older ski hut a short distance farther on. The event started in the morning, but many skiers waited until afternoon, when it had warmed up a little. Skiers ranged in age from about four up to 86-year-old Hartley Woodward, one of the original skiers from the area. Those who wished could also partake in a catered meal in the late afternoon, but this had to be ordered a few days ahead, so we knew how many meals would be needed.

At Bittersweet we have about 33 km of trails of various difficulties — 21 km of classic trails and 12 km of skate trails, through a wooded, rolling area. A total of 1,048 skiers signed our guest book over the year. If you’d like to join us, for the loppet or any other time, check us out on the Internet at http://www. ccsam.ca/where-to-ski/where-toski-central-manitoba/. Bittersweet trail maps are available online or at the trailhead. Please sign before you start, as non-members who ski without signing are not insured. For

A ski hut is provided along the trail for taking a break.

regular skiing, non-members can use the donation box at the start of the trails.

Several other Manitoba clubs also run loppets or ski events. With a little Internet surfing I found several listed: the Manitoba Loppet, on the Pinawa Trails set for January 29; the Landmark Feeds Loppet (competitive) on February 4; and the Riding Mountain Loppet scheduled for March 3. Other events shown include a “Mystery Tour” at Pumpkin Creek Trails (February 12); the recreational “Birch Tour” on February 5; and the Shannondale Ski Day on February 26 — a fundraiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Check the Manitoba cross-country site for other events, at http://www.ccsam. ca/events/.

Remember, if you’d like to come to the Bittersweet Loppet, it’s scheduled for February 19. Let’s hope that snow and weather conditions co-operate!

Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba

Lipstick: Dream plant?

Trailing Aeschynanthus has many desirable characteristics

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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asy to grow, blooms most of the year, compact size; sounds like a dream plant. These are all characteristics that we look for in houseplants, and when we gardeners find a plant that has several of these desirable characteristics, we wisely grab one when we get the chance. The lipstick plant Aeschynanthus spp. is just such a plant. It is an old favourite that many gardeners have had in their collections for years. If you are unfamiliar with it, see if one of your gardening friends has one and beg for a slip — or go to a garden centre and purchase one.

The lipstick plant is a trailing one, making it best suited as a hanging plant. It is relatively compact so it does not take up too much space and can perch on a small shelf or ledge or hang in front of a small kitchen window without overwhelming the space.

The branches, which have shiny, dark-green leaves that are hard sur-

faced, arch downward and clusters of tubular flowers are produced toward the ends of the stems. The flowers are red or red with yellow throats. Lately, hybrids have appeared on the market that have blooms that are shades of burgundy, dark wine or pink.

Being plants that originate in the tropical regions of South America and the Caribbean, lipstick plants like warm temperatures and moist soil. The planting medium should be kept moist at all times without being sodden. Provide for good drainage by having a porous soil and good drainage in the container. If the plant is inside a decorative pot — which is usually the case with hanging plants — sit the pot on an inverted saucer or plastic lid to allow excess water to gather without allowing the pot to sit in water. Adding a soluble fertilizer to the water, which should be at room temperature, will also increase the amount of bloom.

The lipstick plant is well suited to being hung in front of a sunny window. It likes lots of sun — although

the direct rays in the summer might be too much for it — and you’ll either have to move the plant at that time or have a sheer curtain drawn closed to reduce the light. The plant will bloom most of the year with the heaviest bloom period being in autumn and early winter. It likes to be root-bound — more flowers will be produced if the plant is not overpotted — but when the plant does need to be repotted, perform this task in early spring when there is less bloom being produced. At this time the plant might be pinched back to encourage the growth of more new stems (the pinched-off stems can be used to start new plants).

If you have a sunny window just begging for a flowering plant to be hung in front of it, consider getting a lipstick plant. This dependable, almost ever-blooming plant with its bright-red flowers, will add a cheery note to the indoor landscape during the cold, dark days of winter.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

Clusters of bright-red, tubular flowers and arching stems sporting shiny, dark-green leaves are characteristic of the beautiful lipstick plant. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS COLUMN

Questions for Reena You’ve been asking and here’s the answers Reena Nerbas Household Solutions Dear Reena, I recently renovated a bathroom in my rumpus room and one of the plumbers accidentally dropped plumber’s putty on my new cream-colour Berber carpet. Any suggestions as to how to clean the carpet?

— Joanne Hi Joanne, Plumber’s putty is a pliable substance used to create watertight seals around plumbing joints and fittings. The putty is considered one of the basic plumber tools and is used any time pipes and plumbing fittings of any kind are replaced.

Since the carpet is new you will hopefully have a few remnants lying around to test the following solution on. Whether you are tackling Silly Putty or plumber’s putty you can use this easy cleaner. Spray the area with

WD-40, leave for 10 minutes.

Scrape putty off of the carpet.

Next, make a solution of dish soap and water. Dab the area liberally with the mixture. Blot and leave to air dry. I am sure that you will be happy with the results.

Just in case you ever find yourself with the urge to make your own Silly Putty, here is an easy and inexpensive recipe to try.

Easy Silly Putty Recipe

Combine 1 part white Elmer’s glue with 1 part cornstarch in a bowl and mix well. Let dry until the putty is workable. You might need to add a bit more glue or cornstarch. (This may not work well on a humid day.) Store in an airtight container.

Dear Reena, I was given a 100 per cent blue long-sleeved cotton shirt that I love. Across the back in big, bold white letters it says “STAFF.” I would like to remove the letters. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

— Yvette

Fabulous tip of the week: Sweet potatoes have a short shelf life. Do NOT store them in the fridge; they are best stored in a cool, dry, dark place. Use within seven days. (Taken from Household Solutions 1 with Substitutions.)

Hi Yvette, I am not clear on what kind of lettering you are referring to. It sounds to me like you are describing iron-on letters. If this is the case, your first step is to press the lettering with a warm iron or hold a blow-dryer under the corner of each letter.

After heat has permeated the letters, peel them off. The drawback is that chances are, once removed, you will likely be left with an imprint of the letters.

Dear Reena, In Household Solutions 2, you state that one should not use vinegar to clean the surface of granite countertops; however no mention was made of the consequences if it was used. You guessed it; I have used vinegar on a couple of occasions on my wife’s beloved granite countertop. Will this harm the finish or alter the sealer? If so, what do you recommend to repair my mistake? I haven’t noticed any difference in the appearance of the granite... so far. Thanks in advance for your reply.

— Regards, Don Dear Don, Don’t worry, it is unlikely that you have damaged your granite, but some manufacturers insist that over time vinegar removes the surface shine. Other manufacturers argue that granite is mined far beneath the ground and therefore acid will not damage it as long as it is properly sealed. The bottom line is that it’s better to be safe than sorry and a combination of soap and water work just fine for daily use, as well as mild commercial products.

Just as a side note, let me ask you — Are your countertops sealed? Some countertops are

Protect your pet’s food

For daily use on granite countertops use a combination of soap and water or a mild commercial product. ©THINKSTOCK

sealed prior to installation.

Some stones will only need sealing every few years depending on the stone’s porosity and your daily use of the countertops. To determine if your countertop needs resealing, perform a “water test.” Place some water onto your stone. If within 15-20 minutes the water begins to absorb into the stone, it is time to reseal. Wait for the water spot to evaporate before resealing. Few granite and most marble, limestone and travertine require an immediate application or multiple applications of sealer by the homeowner. The natural porosity of these stones and its use in your home requires them to have more initial sealing. Sealing works as a stain inhibitor and prevents most stains and soil from being absorbed into the surface, but it is not a guarantee against staining.

Dear Reena, Do you have a recipe for spray starch? I need to wash and iron several older doilies, some as old as 40 years, (hoping they won’t fall apart). I hope you have a solution, since I want to try and sell them. I inherited them from my mom when she

passed on and I have no use for them, now. Hope you can come to my rescue.

— Thanks Lee Hi Lee, Recipes for starch: In a large bowl or pot, stir 1/2 cup cornstarch (or 1 cup flour) into 1 cup of cold water. Stir in boiling water (2 quarts for a heavy solution; 4 quarts for medium and 6 quarts for a light solution). Dip the cloth into the starch solution and let dry. To iron, sprinkle the garments lightly with warm water, roll up and place in a plastic bag until evenly moistened, then iron as usual. Or peel, wash and grate 2 potatoes. Add boiling water to cover, and let sit overnight.

The next morning, strain, pour into spray bottle and use (keeps for two days). Or dilute white glue with water and spray; also works great.

Reena Nerbas is a highly popular professional speaker on the topic “Set Yourself Apart” and author of the national bestselling series, Household Solutions 1 with Substitutions, Household Solutions 2 with Kitchen Secrets and Household Solutions 3 with Green Alternatives. Corporate workshops available by calling: 204-320-2757.

READER’S PHOTO

Here’s a way to deter magpies from stealing

By Stan Harder FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR

I enjoy seeing most species of birds but not magpies. These birds are known to attack the eyes, rectums and foot bottoms of newborn calves and have the repulsive practice of taking struggling baby songbirds from their nests in order to feed themselves or their own young.

Magpies are all but impossible to control, but they can be suppressed by depriving them of as many food sources as possible.

They are incorrigible scroungers and will eat just about anything, and what they can’t eat is hauled away. This is a costly annoyance for folks who leave cat and dog food outdoors for their pets.

Magpies are claustrophobic and will do their utmost to avoid getting into places where there is no ready exit. Based on this, I designed a feeding station that works well for my cats. Cats have no problem entering confined, dim or dark spaces, so I constructed a wooden box four feet in length, a foot

Cats have no problem entering an enclosed space to eat but magpies will not. PHOTO: STAN HARDER high and wide, with a 20-inch top lid and an entry door at one end.

The cats go in and eat in comfort and security with lots of turnaround room.

Magpies won’t go near it and the cost of (dry) cat food has now plummeted.

Now there is always feed available for the cats and magpies are only seen high in the distance as they travel from farm to farm where feed is still available.

A colourful gathering at the feeder.

PHOTO: CINDY MURRAY

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2008 CASE-IH 2588 combine w/2015 PU, 476 sep hrs, 594 engine hrs, Pro 600 monitor, y/m, rice tires, shedded, heavy soil machine, $193,000.

(204)735-2886, (204)981-5366.

FARM MACHINERY Combine – John Deere 1990 9600 JD, 2900 sep hrs, 914 p/u, long auger, hopper-topper, 2-spd cyl, new tires, new chopper knives after 2011 harvest, in VGC, $55,000. OBO. Phone:(204)239-7874, Austin, MB. 2011 JD 9770 COMBINE, Premier cab, 615 PU, small grains concave, Contour Master, 22.5-ft. auger, duals, 55 engine hrs, like new. Phone (204)467-2109, after 8:00pm FOR SALE: JD 7700 combine, D, equipped to do hemp, trade for 500-bu. of Canola or cash; JD 8820 Titan II, good condition, trade for Canola.

(204)655-3458.

1993, 1995, 2000 JD 925 Flex Platforms, 25-ft. w/PU Reel, Poly skids $6000-$16,500; 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 JD 930 Flex Platforms, 30ft PU Reels, Poly skids $7900-$18,900; 2007 JD 630 Hydra Flex Platform, 30ft., PU Reel, Poly skids, Full Fgr Auger $28,500; 06 JD 635 Hydra Flex Platform, 35-ft., PU Reel, Poly skids, Full Fgr Auger $27500. Call Gary (204)326-7000 Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com

3 2011 635F FLEXHEADS & 2 2011 635D Draperheads, very low acres, like new. Call Ron @ (204) 272-5070 or (204) 626-3283.

NEW GSI GRAIN DRYERS FOR SALE. Canola screens, propane/NG, single or 3-phase. Efficient, reliable, and easy to operate. Significant early order discount pricing now in effect. Call for more information. 204-998-9915 www.vzgrain.com NEW MC DRYERS IN STOCK w/canola screens 300-2,000 BPH units. Why buy used, when you get new fuel efficient & better quality & control w/MC. Call Wall Grain for details (204)269-7616 or (306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662.

WANTED: 570-BU. OR LARGER batch dryer.

Phone (204)655-3458.

FARM MACHINERY Hay & Harvesting – Mower Conditioner NH 1441 DISC MOWER CONDITIONER 15-ft. $17,900 OBO. Call Gary 204-326-7000 Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Various

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

Check out A & I online parts store www.pennosmachining.com

Combines FARM MACHINERY Combine – Case/IH 2008 5710 BOURGAULT AIRDRILL, updated to 5810, comes w/6550 Bourgault tank, done 6500 acres, $168,000, OBO. Phone:(204)352-4037, evenings.

AUCTION SALES Auctions Various

JD 212 PU PLATFORM 6-belt $950-$2500; JD 214 PU platform 7-belt $3450; JD 914 PU platform 7belt $7500. Call Gary (204)326-7000 Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com NEW ELMERS 30-FT. HEADER Trailers w/flex kit $3000; New Arc Tec 30-ft. Header Trailers w/flex kit $2950; New Arc Fab 36-ft. Header Trailers w/flex kit, front dolly wheels, $5500; New Arc Fab 38-ft. Header Trailers w/flex kit, front dolly wheels, tandem rear suspension axles $6500. Call Gary (204)326-7000 Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

Spring 2012 Auction Guide.

Every year, more farmers are choosing Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers to conduct their farm auctions. Showcase your agricultural equipment & real estate in our Spring 2012 Auction Guide and maximize your exposure.

The deadline to be included is February 15, 2012.

Call your local representative today for a free, no hassle, proposal: Daryl Martin – Agricultural Territory Manager Manitoba dmartin@rbauction.com or 306.421.5066

800.491.4494

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WaTRoUs, sK. Fax: 306-946-2444

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443 Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca FARM MACHINERY Salvage GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB.

FARM MACHINERY Specialty Equipment POTATO EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS seed cutters, treaters, live bottom truck boxes, trailers, pilers, conveyors, clodhoppers & much more. Visit our website at www.gallantsales.com Call Dave 204-254-8126.

Spraying EquipmEnt FARM MACHINERY Sprayers 2002 FLEXICOIL 67, SUSPENDED boom, 90ft. air curtain, 1000/gal tank, 100/gal rinse tank, $22,000 OBO (306)921-8217, Melfort, Sk.

Tillage & Seeding

TRACTORS FOR PARTS: IHC 1486, 1086, 886, 1066, 966, 1256, 656, 844, 806, 706, 660, 650, 560, 460, 624, 606, 504, 434, 340, 240-4, W9, WD6, W6, W4, H, 340, B-414; 275 CASE 4890, 4690, 2394, 2390, 2290, 2090, 2470, 1370, 1270, 1175, 1070, 970, 870, 1030, 930, 830, 730, 900, 800, 700, 600, 400, DC4, SC; MF 2745, 1155, 1135, 1105, 1100, 2675, 1500, 1085, 1080, 65, Super 90, 88, 202, 44, 30; JD 6400, 3140, 5020, 4020, 4010, 3020, 3010, 710; Cockshutt 1900, 1855, 1850, 1800, 1655, 1650, 560, 80, 40, 30; White 4-150, 2-105; Allis Chalmers 7045, 7040, 190XT, 190, 170, WF; Deutz DX130, DX 85, 100-06, 90-06, 80-05; Volvo 800, 650; Universal 651, 640; Ford 7600, 6000, 5000, Super Major, Major; Belarus 5170, 952, 825, 425; MM 602, U, M5; Versatile 700, 555, 145, 118; Steiger 210 Wildcat; Hesston 780.

Also have parts for combines, swathers, square & round balers, tillage, press drills and other misc. machinery. Buying machinery, working or not.

MURPHY SALVAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free 1-877-858-2728

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

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Air Seeders 1997 EZEE-ON 28FT AIR SEEDER, 10-in. spacing, 175-bu. tank, rubber packers, harrows $30,000. Call Gary (204)326-7000 Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com

Farm machinery

Tillage & Seeding - Harrows & Packers HARROW TINES FOR ALL makes of mounted harrows, standard harrow bars plus 9/16-in. & 5/8-in dia tines for heavy harrows. Book now for best prices.

Booking ends Jan 20, 2012. Call Fouillard Implement (204)683-2221.

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Tillage 1991 CCIL 807 35FT deeptiller, complete w/mulchers, gauge wheels, 12in. shovels, excellent condition. Phone: (204)376-5905 or cell (204)641-4175.

FOR SALE: 3400 WIL-RICH field cultivator, 50.5-ft, 4 row harrows, excellent condition; 2001 Flexi-Coil 5000 air seeder, 57-ft, 7.2-inch spacing, rubber packer, tow-between 2340 tank, like new. Phone:(204)324-9300 or 324-7622.

TracTors

Tractors Combines Swathers

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Allis/Deutz

FYFE PARTS

1987 DUETZ 7085 FWA, open-station, 85hp, 5900-hrs, Allied 794 FEL $18,000. (204)525-4521 www.waltersequipment.com

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

Before auction day, you need the

WATROUS SALVAGE

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories

CUSTOM BIN MOVING: Large Flat Bottom Bins & Hoppers. Also Buying & Selling used bins. Phone: (204)362-7103. Email: binmovers@hotmail.com

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers

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.

Combine ACCessories

1994 CIH 1010 RIGID platform 25-ft w/PU Reel $5500; 1997, 1999, 2002 CIH 1020 Flex Platforms, 30ft w/PU Reels, Poly skids, mint condition $12,500- $16,500. Call Gary (204)326-7000 Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com

Eden, MB 204-966-3221 Fax: 204-966-3248

AUCTION SALES Auctions Various

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

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

Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd.

AUCTION SALES Auctions Various

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Case/IH

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Case/IH 2006 CASEIH DX55 TRACTOR, w/lx 360 loader, fwa, 1-hyd, 3-PTH, 927-hrs. Phone:(204)825-2641.

www.fyfeparts.com

CIH 784 tractor, 3-pth, loader, $10,900. Call Gary (204)326-7000 Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com

FARM MACHINERY Loaders & Dozers

FARM MACHINERY Loaders & Dozers

YEAR

END SALE

Leon Compact Mid-Mount Front End Loaders Rated for 10 to 40 HP Tractors

Act Now! Call us Toll Free: 1-800-667-1581 Or Call: 306-786-2600 Today!

Email: Sales@leonsmfg.com

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FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Case/IH

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

LIVESTOCK

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various

INTL INDUSTRIAL 484 W/INDUSTRIAL loader factory cab & air, 4,500 actual hrs, tractor is in excellent condition, price $12,500.

Phone (204)853-7755, Wpg.

MANURE SPREADERS NH 195, $5,500; NH 500bu, $9,000; New Idea 3634, $4,000; H & S 400-bu., $3,500; Gehl scavenger, $2,500; JD 1,500-gal slurry, $2,500; Meyers 550 for poultry horse, sheep manure, $11,900; Henke 36-in. rollermill, $5,000; Farmhand mixmill, $1,500; Allied 2795 loader, $4,500; Dual 340 loader, $2,000; Dual 320 loader, $1,500. Phone (204)857-8403.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

BLACK ANGUS & POLLED Hereford bulls for sale, yearling & 2 yr olds. Semen tested, performance records & delivery available. Call Don Guilford (204)873-2430, Clearwater.

Large Volume of Red & Black AI bred heifers. Black & BWF heifers bred to SAV Final Answer 0035 (69-lb BW). Red & RWF heifers bred to Seddes Big Sky R9 (74-lb BW). 50 Tan heifers bred the same way, begin calving mid Apr. Pics & info at www.cloverleafcattleco.com $1,500 on choice Randy (204)483-0228 or Morgan (204)741-0748, Elgin, MB.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere 2004 JD 7320 MFWD, 16x16 Partial Powershift Trans, LH Reverser, 3400-hrs $49,500. OBO; 1982 JD 1040 w/cab, 3-pth, JD 175 Loader, $12,900 OBO; 1961 JD 3010 Diesel, real nice, $6,900 OBO. Phone: Gary (204)326-7000, Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com 2004 JD 7520 MSWD, 5400-hrs, 741 self-leveling loader/ grapple, PS/LHR, exc-cond, $72,500, OBO, would trade for 200HP MSWD tractor.

Phone:(204)239-7874 Austin, MB. JD 4240 W/CAB, 148 FEL, 3-PTH; 1830 w/3-PTH, FEL avail; 4010 w/cab, side door, 3-PTH, 46A loader; 280 & 740 FEL w/grapple, bucket, joystick.

(204)828-3460.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Ford 1993 FORD 4630 MECHANICAL front wheel drive w/FEL, good condition, approx 1,700-hrs, $16,500 OBO. Phone (204)267-2043, evenings.

FARM MACHINERY 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 Tractors – Various

MAYRATH PTO GRAIN AUGER, 10x60, used very little. $1175.00; 3-PTH deep tiller $250.00 (would trade); Westfield PTO auger, 8x32. Phone:(204)347-5995.

MID SIZED LOADER COMPLETE w/mounting brackets, hoses, spool, fittings, dirt bucket, bale fork, angled or straight dozer blade, $4,000. Phone (204)637-2090.

SCRAPERS FOR SALE!!! Cat, Laplante, Allis, Letourneau, converted to hyd., can direct mount. Will also do custom conversion. Looking for cable scrapers. Phone Borderview Enterprises toll free 1-866-602-4093.

USED EQUIPMENT: 1995 JD tractor 8300 MFWD, 3PT, P/S, less than 5800-hrs $77,500; Brand new 2011 Parker 739 grain cart w/tarp SALE PRICE $24,900; 2004 JD 630F SALE PRICE $20,500; 2004 JD 635F SALE PRICE $23,900. Please visit website at www. genag.com or call Shelton Kehler 701-330-7401 or Tom Wiebe 204-312-0604 WIRELESS DRIVEWAY ALARMS, calving/foaling barn cameras, video surveillance, rear view cameras for RV’s, trucks, combines, seeders, sprayers and augers. Mounted on magnet. Calgary, Ab. (403)616-6610. www.FAAsecurity.com

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted

Big Tractor Parts, Inc.

WANTED: 23.1X26 TIRES; ACETEYLENE torch set; Drill press; Dozer blade for 800 Versatile; JD 8row 30-in. corn planter; Cast iron sausage stuffer; Cast iron feed cooker; Maple syrup tapping equipment. (204)685-2376, Austin.

STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALIST

WANTED: ALLIED 795 LOADER to fit 1175 Case.

Phone (204)781-7988.

Geared For The Future

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

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

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

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 70-FT. SUMMERS HEAVY HARROW, $15,000; Phoenix 42/53-ft. harrow, flexheads I-H 820, $2,000; 1020 25-ft., $6,000; 30-ft., $8,500; JD 925, $6,500; 12 wheel rake, $6,000; 14 wheel, $7,000; Vermeer hyd rake, $4,000; NH 9-ft. mower $2,200; IH 9-ft., $1,800; Haybuster 256+2 shredder, 4,000lb creep feeder, $1,200; Harsh 350 feedmixer cart, $6,000; Roorda feed cart, $2,000; 12-yd. JD scraper, $12,000; Haybuster 106 rockpicker, $2,500.

Phone (204)857-8403.

DISCS WISHEK 14FT $16,000; Kewannee breaking disc $20,000; IH #770 16ft $8000; DMI 7 shank ripper $10,900; Sunflower 14ft ripper $12,000; New 400-bu gravity wagon $6700; 600-bu $12,000; New 13ft wagon $3000; Large selection used gravity wagons $2000 up; Used grain carts 450-1050bu; 4000lb creep feeder $1200; 150-bu feeder cart $750; Harsh 350 mixer wagon $6000; Mohrlang 420 mixer w/truck $6000. (204)857-8403 FOR SALE: ACD15; JD420C; NH499 hay bine; 2003 258 hayrake. Phone:(204)828-3269 leave msg.

FOR SALE: HD FRONT 3PT hitch to fit JD 40-42-44 series, can be adapted for all tractors, incl rear mount. $1200. Phone Arborg: (204)376-2604.

GEHL 120 MX MIXMILL, always shedded, $2,500 OBO. Phone (204)937-2631.

GRAIN MASTER PNEUMATIC GRAIN vac, 540 PTO, all hoses, excellent condition, $2050 OBO. 730 Case tractor, gas, standard shift, PTO, 3-pth, good rear tires, $3000. Phone: (204)728-1861

WANTED: GRAPPLE FORKS for JD 265 loader.

Also 4020 JD engine or tractor for parts. Phone (204)768-3664, Ashern.

WANTED: Ford Versatile 1156 tractor JD 2520, 3020, 4000, 4020 or 4620 powershift ‘69-72 JD 6030 tractor without cab JD 370 disc Phone: (306)423-5983.

FEEDER/SLAUGHTER SALES Every Friday 9AM Receiving open until 11PM Thursdays Presale Sundays BRED COW/FEEDER/SLAUGHTER SALE Monday, January 23 9AM SHEEP & GOAT SALE 1st & 3rd Thursday of Every Month January 5th & 19th 1PM Gates Open Mon.-Wed. 8AM-4PM Thurs. 8AM-11PM Friday 8AM-6PM Sat. 8AM-4PM For more information call: 204-694-8328 or Jim Christie 204-771-0753

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

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD. GRUNTHAL, MB.

1-800-587-4711

Factory Direct Outlet SELLING FAST - BOOK NOW Don’t be disappointed!

DELUXE WOOD & WATER OUTDOOR FURNACES CSA APPROVED Now available North American wide at prices never seen before

$

4997

This is not a misprint!!

FC30HD Unit plus accessories

Mastercard, Visa &Interac available Introductory Doorcrasher Special

JIFFY ROUND BALE SHREDDER, used very little, always shedded, asking $8000. Phone:(204)436-2192, Elm Creek.

You receive base pump, rad hose, insulation, fittings, rust inhibitor PLUS our FC30 (can heat 1 building) WOOD WATER FURNACE

KWIK KLEEN GRAIN SCREENER, 5 tube $4000; 7 tube $6500; Hutchinson #1500 $1750; Hutchinson #3000 $5000; Hicap 5-48 $2500; 10ft land leveller $2150; Lowe hydraulic post auger $2250; Danuser post auger $575; 8ft Lorenz snowblower $1700; Schweiss 8ft $1000; Gehl #6625 Skidsteer $13,900; New Holland #455 $6500; 10in. skidsteer tracks $750; New grapple bucket 66in. $1600; JD tractor cab $600. (204)857-8403

Some claim this is “North America’s Hottest Deal!”

Friesen Built Inc. 1-866-388-4004

1-204-388-6150

REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS BRED heifers for sale bred to Black Angus bull. Due to start calving late March. Call Don Guilford (204)873-2430, Clearwater.

PRAIRIELANE FARMS LTD

Agent for T.E.A.M. Marketing

34th ANNUAL BULL AND HEIFER SALE

SATURDAY APRIL 14th, 2012 1:00 pm on the farm 12 miles west of Souris, MB

Monday Jan. 30 - Sheep & Goat Sale with small animals - 12Noon Saturday, Feb. 18 - Bred Cow & Heifer Sale - 10am Regular Cattle Sales every Tuesday 9AM

Contact: Blaine Canning 204-858-2475 Michael Canning 204-858-2457 or visit website at www.prairielaneangus.com

Sales Agent for HIQUAL INDUSTRIES

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus

Livestock Handling Equipment for info regarding products or pricing, please call our office.

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

BRED COW SALE Fri. Jan 27th at 11:00am Complete Herd Dispersal of 30 Char Sim X cows bred Gelbvieh To start calving 1st week of March These are mostly 4 & 5 yr old home raised cows age verified ---------------------------------------

Complete herd dispersal of 25 Char Sim X cows bred Char ---------------------------------------

Complete herd dispersal of 50 home raised Red Sim X cows bred Black Sim Bulls where turned out June 1st ---------------------------------------

www.penta.ca

RED SHIRT BLACK ANGUS bulls for sale, low birth weight & very quiet, no disappointments, epd & delivery available. Phone:(204)843-2287, Amaranth.

W + RANCH HAS complete 1 iron 200 bred cow dispersal for sale Charolais, Simmental & beef booster M4 crosses.

30 bred heifers balance young cows under 8 yrs old, good feet & udders, no culls. Full herd health program. Heifers exposed on May 15th, cows exposed June 1st. Call Stewart Tataryn (204)646-2338 RM of St Laurent, MB.

Licence #1122

GLADSTONE AUCTION MART

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

CRANBERRY CREEK ANGUS BULLS for sale. Bulls are Reg. & will be semen tested before delivery May 1st. Hand fed & very quiet. These bulls are beefy & will add pounds to your calf crop. Please call for weights & EPD’s. Pics by e-mail also avail David & Jeanette Neufeld (204)534-2380, Boissevain.

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO feed calve & pasture cows for the 2012 season. Mostly Black Angus cows, starting to calve Apr 15th. Call Darrell (204)937-3719, Roblin, MB.

www.winnipeglivestocksales.com

GENERATORS DIESEL GENERATOR SET. BF8M1015C, rebuilt Deutz Diesel, 400 KW, 60 cycle, 600 Vac. New generator, automatic shut down, $29,000. Blue Ball, PA (717)351-5081

CATTLEMAN’S CONNECTION BULL SALE March 2, 2012, Heartland Livestock, Brandon. For catalogue or more information call BROOKMORE ANGUS, Jack Hart (204)476-2607, (204)476-6696 or email brookmoreangus@mts.net

WE HAVE APPROX 150 COWS BOOKED FOR THIS SALE. PHONE AHEAD TO CONSIGN YOUR COWS. COWS SHOULD BE IN THE MART BY 2:00PM ON THURS. FOR PREG CHECKING

For more information call: The mart (204)385-2537 Dave Nickel (204)637-3393 Gerald McGowan (204)385-2043 License #1108 LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus 25 RED & BLACK angus heifers, bred back to registered red & black angus bulls, to calf March & April. Phone:(204)824-2571, Brandon.

BLACK ANGUS HEIFERS BRED black angus, to start calving in April. Also have some later calvers and some herford heifers. Asking $1250 each. Call (204)937-3378.

STEWART CATTLE CO. & GUESTS BULL SALE 50 Black Angus bulls & 4 Simm X Angus bulls, February 23, 2012 at 1:30pm Neepawa Ag-plex, Neepawa, MB. Contact Brent Stewart (204)773-2356 home, (204)773-6392 cell. View catalogue online at www.stewartcattle.com

DENBIE RANCH IS PROUD to offer an excellent set of long-yearling and yearling bulls for sale. We have a great group of Red Angus bulls along with a good selection of hybrid bulls, who are half-bred Angus & half-Simmental. The long yearlings are the perfect age bulls, developed on grass so they will stand up for a long time and big enough to go out and breed any size of cow with no problems! The yearling bulls are also a great group out of breed leading A.I. sires as well as our own herd sires!

Contact Denbie Ranch at (204)447-2473, or 447-7608 and 447-7057.

Kopp Farms Simmentals

8th Annual Bull & Female Sale ON THE FARM - AMARANTH, MB

February 20, 2012 - 1:00PM

REGISTERED PB RED ANGUS bulls, 2 yr olds & yearlings w/low birth weights. Phone: Ren-Ele Red Angus, (204)526-2424, Bruxelles.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais FOR SALE: PB CHAROLAIS bulls 1.5 yr olds & yearlings, Polled, some Red factor, some good for heifers, semen tested in Spring, guaranteed & delivered. R&G McDonald Livestock (204)466-2883 or (204)724-2811, Sidney, MB.

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford EXCELLENT HEREFORD BULL, VERY quiet, was used on heifers, 5 1/2 yrs old, only reason for selling: end of bloodline. Phone: (204)242-4302.

POLLED HEREFORD & BLACK Angus bulls for sale, yearlings & 2 yr olds available. Semen tested, performance records & delivery available. Call Don Guilford (204)873-2430, Clearwater.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental 12 TRADITIONAL SIMMENTAL BRED HEIFERS, (1 black WF, 1 red blaze, 4 polled). Bred to polled red blaze Simmental bull. Due to start calving Feb. 1, 2012. Vaccinated at breeding time, treated w/Noromectin pour-on.

Delight Simmentals (204)836-2116, St. Alphonse.

FOR SALE: PB BLACK Simmental bull, Polled, good legs & feet, papers avail, asking $3,000. Call Mark (204)252-3158 or cell (204)872-2029.

IRON & STEEL

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus

TD9 PARTS, 10-FT DOZER blade, 5/8-inch & 3/4-inch logging chains, various lengths. Phone:(204)378-2763, Riverton.

2 1/8, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2-in oilfield pipe; 3/4, 7/8, 1in sucker rod; 4.5, 5.5, 7-in., 8 5/8, 9 5/8s casing pipe. (204)252-3413, (204)871-0956.

BLACK ANGUS HEIFERS FOR SALE bred to Black Angus bulls, start calving about Apr 6th, 2012. Dale Smith (204)876-4798, Snowflake, MB.

PB YEARLING SIMMENTAL BULLS, 9 Red, 1 Black, from Top Performance AI Sires. Birth weights 80-106-lbs, yearling weights 1,400-lb average. Weaning weight gain per day 3.47-lbs. Weaning to yearling gain 4.44-lbs per day. Will keep till Spring. Wilcox Simmentals (204)723-2735, Ernie cell (204)526-7183, Pat cell (204)526-7060.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various 2-9 YEAR-OLDS, RED ANGUS cross, bred black angus & quantock herford, out June 1st. Full herd health program, age verified, will preg check.

Phone:(204)238-4849.

30 RED ANGUS X cows bred Red Angus and easy calving Simmental bulls, start calving July/August.

Phone: (204)325-8691 or (204)325-2820.

35 RED ANGUS/CHAR X bred heifers $1400; 20 mature Char X bred cows $1100. Phone Larry (204)267-2438 or (204)871-0867, Oakville.

80 HOME RAISED BRED heifers Angus/Simmental X bred to Red & Black Angus bulls. Start calving mid-March, all vaccinations & treatments current.

Performance guaranteed. Horner Cattle Company (204)867-2087 or (204)867-7117, Minnedosa.

FOR SALE: 7 BRED cows Charlois-Red Angus cross 3 with month old calves at foot. Wanted: Small sq straw bales. Call (204)749-2018 or (204)723-0747 cell.

B E E F

Offering Approx. 100 Bulls

B U L L S

Offering Approx. 40 Heifers

Semen tested & guaranteed Remember, bull shopping doesn’t have to be a gamble.

Kopp Farms produces bulls that are beneficial to the beef industry.

View Catalogue & Sale Videos Online www.koppfarms.com For Information or Catalogue Inquiries call 204-843-2769 Edmunds Cell: 204-856-3064 Steven’s Cell: 204-843-0090 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 Now CoNtRaCtiNg calves for delivery Sept 1 - Nov. 15

Contact: D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110

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The following dealers and agents have had their licence suspended and/or cancelled under Section 15 of the Livestock Dealers and Agents Licencing regulation, which comes under the Livestock and Livestock Products Act. (C.C.S.M. c. L170)

HEALTHY MALE SCOTCH COLLIE puppies for sale. Born Oct 2011 and ready to go, $75.

Phone:(807)274-2111, Fort Frances Ontario.

Horses

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Danny Rheault, Winnipeg, MB Dealer for Hudson Marketing Ltd Danny Rheault, Winnipeg, MB Dealer for Granite Ag Sales Ltd

MAMMOTH/STANDARD FEMALE DONKEYS BORN May 2011. Weaned, dewormed, good working stock for cattle, sheep & goats. Parents good guard animals. Phone: (204)425-3131

Helene Bouvier, Winnipeg, MB Dealer for MVOC Inc. Organic Ranchers

Swine

Brian J Pottinger, Neepawa, MB Peter Funk, Winnipeg, MB South East Livestock Ltd.

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

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2 CALF CREEP FEEDERS, 90-bushel; Bale King model #2010 processor, 40-bu grain tank, 2 new hydraulic motors, new PTO shaft, knives like new; NH 358 mixmill, reconditioned. Phone: (204)427-3172, leave message.

ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind generators, aeration, powerflex fencing products. Carl Driedger, (204)5562346 or (204)851-0145, Virden.

FOR SALE: 2 NEW BOBSLEIGHS for horses w/2.5in. wide oak bent runners c/w 4ft.x12ft. deck, poles, double tree, neck yoke, $1100 each. Phone (204)866-4141.

RETIREMENT SALE: MOBILE CALF chute w/scale, calf sled, sling, creep panel, calf hoodies, semen tank, squeeze chute, tub w/bifold door. Call (204)728-6080.

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WANTED: PARTS OFF OLD 8-ft. JD side delivery rake; Fixed plow shears for Oliver/White 16-in.; new or used “pencil” block heaters (Freeman); Any source of a product “Black Leaf 40”. (204)822-3649, Morden.

The following dealers and agents have applied for a licence under the Livestock Dealers and Agents Licencing regulation, which comes under the Livestock and Livestock Products Act. (C.C.S.M. c. L170)

ORGANIC ORGANIC Organic – Certified

LIVESTOCK DEALER LICENCE Gregory Rigaux, Winnipeg, MB Hudson Marketing Ltd

ORGANIC PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA CO-OPERATIVE (OPAM). Non-profit member owned organic certification body, certifying producers, processors and brokers since 1988.

Phone: (204)567-3745, Miniota, Manitoba. Email: info@opam-mb.com

Gregory Rigaux, Winnipeg, MB Granite Ag Sales Ltd Patrick Bieleny, Edmonton, AB XL Foods Inc. - Lakeside Packers

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LIVESTOCK AGENT LICENCE Ed Schroeder, Kleefeld, MB Southeast Livestock Ltd.

SINGLE? CANDLELIGHT MATCHMAKERS can help you find each other! Everyone deserves a Happy Relationship. Confidential, Photos & Profiles to selected matches. Affordable, local, 5 recent Weddings & an Engagement! Serving MB, SK, NW Ontario. Call/Write for info: Box 212, Roland, MB, R0G 1T0, (204)343-2475.

Todd Clayton, Gladstone, MB D.A.M. Cattle Buyers Ltd.

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PORTABLE WINDBREAKS, CALF SHELTERS, free standing rod & pipe panels, fence line & field silage bunks. Also sell Speed-Rite & 7L Livestock fence equipment, drill pipe & sucker rod. Phone (204)827-2104 or (204)827-2551, Glenboro.

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COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL 50 Boer Cashmere cross, 10 mth to 4 yr old goats, $175 each.

Phone (204)646-2157.

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AVAILABLE BACHELORETTES Energy to boot. This single parent is 47, 5’6, 150lbs with a pretty smile, long hair & the energy of a girl half her age.

I have a catering business, I have employees, customers and I have three teenage daughters. I live on my family farm and have the rest of the land leased. I am busy & dont have time to find a MAN. I want a man in my life with all this estrogen around me I need a man to balance everything. I am always on the go except when I relax on my front porch in the summertime. Our house is almost 100 years old and I have completely remodelled, refurbished and redecorated. I have a wonfderful place by the sea in Mexico me and the girls like to go. I want a man who is farmer, has kids, is a big kid himself, and wants to have a fun and interesting companion in his life Boring I am not that’s for sure Widow 52 toned, slim, fit. This lady has abs that would put many gym bunnies to shame.

She is 5’6 131lbs not a inch of fat. A farmer & a government worker. Her family farm is profitable, stable & earns a considerable amount but it wasn’t always that way. Anyone who farms knows the bad time and what need to be done to get through on a day to day basis. I come from a large family so I know how to get along. I love to garden, work out, cook, visit friends & family. I would love to take a road trip across Canada. I have never tried white water rafting that looks like fun. I would like to do something different on the weekends. There is always something to do on the farm but my boys handle all the work, so I am free to go to dinner, plan a weekend away or cook a romantic meal for two I NOTRE have not done thatDAME in while USED OIL

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Southern and Western Manitoba Face to face matchmaking 204-248-2110 11 yearsTel: established Canada/US

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REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Wanted

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Hay & Straw

GOOD QUALITY GRAIN & Cattle Farms wanted for Canadian & Overseas Clients. For a confidential meeting to discuss the possible sale of your farm or to talk about what is involved, telephone Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511, www.farmsofcanada.ca or Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, www.homelifepro.com Home Professional Realty Inc.

LARGE ROUND ALFALFA GRASS Mix Bales, Phone (204)467-5984, leave msg.

WANTED: GRAIN & LIVESTOCK farms for both foreign & domestic buyers. Considering selling w/2012 or 2013 possessions. Now is the time to discuss all options. Professional service & confidentiality guaranteed. Call Rick Taylor (204)867-7551, HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc., www.homelifepro.com

ROUND BALES 1,200 1ST cut alfalfa grass, excellent condition, 1,300-lbs, $32; 200 2nd cut, 1,300lbs, $40. Phone (204)625-5225 or (204)625-2702, Elphinstone.

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale PASTURELAND 1/2 SECTION ON South 10-17-13W in the Municipality of Lansdowne; 2004 26-ft. flat deck trailer w/loading ramps w/two 7-ton axles, c/w 4 semi holders & straps. Ken Oswald (204)386-2223.

SCENIC LAND FOR SALE in Riverside Municipality. 334-acres, all fenced, good water & trees.

Very pretty, rustic land, great for pasture, hunting or house acreage. East half of 32-6-17. Phone: (204)824-2571.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

SMALL SQUARE HAY BALES, alfalfa/orchard grass.

Call 204-388-6864. If no answer please leave message. Also pet baby bunnies & guineapigs.

STRAW FOR SALE: Rye grass 1,500 bales; Oats, 575 bales; All in big square bales 4x4x8, can deliver. Phil Cormier (204)771-9700, La Salle, MB.

Box 144, Medora, MB. R0M 1K0 Ph: 204-665-2384

RYE GRAIN WANTED

Also Buying Brown & Yellow Flax & Field Peas Farm Pickup Available CGC Licensed and Bonded Call Cal Vandaele the “Rye Guy” Today!

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Hay & Feed Wanted 3000-LB NON-ELECTRIC BALE SCALES, craddle type, skid steer, 3-pt & truck mount. Also various varieties of livestock units. ELIAS SCALES (306)445-2111 www.eliasscales.com

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Snowmobiles BIGGEST HELMET SALE EVER! “Canada’s Largest Helmet & Shield Selection & MUCH MORE!” For Snowmobiles, Motorcycles, Motocross, ATVs, Scooters & Mopeds. 981 Main Street. Wpg (204)582-4130.

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Feed Wanted

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“Your feed grain broker”

Brokers of high/low vomi wheat and barley, corn, rye, feed pea canola and soybeans.

Farm pickup prices available.

Darcy Caners 204-415-3485 dcaners@pvcommodities.com Colin Hoeppner 204-415-3487 choeppner@pvcommodities.com Brian Harland 204-415-7123 bharland@pvcommodities.com Fax 204-415-3489 www.pvcommodities.com

Southern,Southern Eastern, and Manitoba Western Western

2011 & 2012 EXISS ALUMINUM LIVESTOCK TRAILERS: SELLING OFF STOCK FOR NEW INVENTORY UP TO $1,500 IN SAVINGS DIRECT TO YOU. 18-ft., 20-ft. & 24-ft. Gooseneck starting at $14,200. Avail at SOKAL INDUSTRIES LTD. Phone: (204)334-6596. Email: sokalind@mymts.net FOR SALE: 1996 SOKAL 48-ft. fifth wheel ground load cattle trailer, 4 compartments, good condition, asking $10,000. Phone (204)375-6547.

TRAILERS Trailers Miscellaneous 2007 DAKOTA ALUM SUPER B grain trailers; 2000 Doepker steel tridem grain trailer; 1991 Fabrex 50ft walking floor aluminum bulk trailer (tridem); 2 1991 Arne’s hyd steel push-off trailers; 1967 trailmobile alum tridem end dump. Phone: (204)764-2449 BRANDON TRAILER SALES “You will like our prices!”

“It’s that Simple!” “Let’s compare quality & price!” “Certainly worth the call!” Phone (204)724-4529. Dealer #4383 STOCK TRAILERS GN Titan 7x24 $5500; 7x22 $3500; 6x18 $3500; 6x20 $3000; 6x16 BP $2750.

New Decks for 3/4-1ton Trucks 9ft $2350; 11ft $2850; 11ft service body $1200; 48ft Loboy trailer $6500; Double axle dolly $2000. (204)857-8403

PEDIGREED SEED Cereal – Various

CAREERS CAREERS Help Wanted

We are buyers of farm grains.

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Grain Wanted WANTED: A SEED GRAIN cleaner for wheat & barley, capacity 40-bu or more per hr. Phone (204)848-2485 Fax (204)848-4659.

NOW BUYING Old & New Crop Confection & Oil Sunflowers

• Vomi wheat • Vomi barley • Feed wheat • Feed barley • Feed oats • Corn • Screenings • Peas • Light Weight Barley You can deliver or we can arrange for farm pickup.

Winnipeg 233-8418 Brandon 728-0231 Grunthal 434-6881 “Ask for grain buyer.”

Licensed & Bonded 0% Shrink Farm Pick-Up Available Planting Seed Available

TENDERS FARMLAND FOR SALE S 1/2 of SW 1-78W Approx 40 cult acs, approx 80-acs total, 3.5 million BTU boiler, 5000 head nursury barn, 250 head finisher barn, 4.3 million gal Earthen manure storage, 600-volt, 3-phase power, 14 ac w/yard, 50x80 shed; 60x120 shed, 40x50 shop, 3 cattle shelters w/corrals (seperate ownership title of 5.9 ac, 2000 sq/ft 2-storey home built in 1983). N 1/2 of SW 1-7-8W approx 35 cult acs, approx 94-acs total. SE 1-7-8W approx 135 cult acs, approx 80-acs total. NW 1-7-8W approx 145 cult acs, approx 160-acs total. W 1/2 22-7-8W approx 293 cult. acs, approx 310-acs total. SW 32-6-7W approx 115 cult acs, approx 160-acs total. W 1/2 of NE 6-7-7W approx 74 cult acs, approx 80-acs total. NE 8-6-8W approx 125 cult acs, approx 159-acs total. NE 9-6-8W approx 125 cult acs, approx 142-acs total. NE 15-6-8W approx 100 cult acs, approx 163-acs total. SW 16-6-8W approx 95 cult acs, approx 165-acs total. SE 17-6-8W approx 108 cult acs, approx 109-acs total. NW 25-6-8W approx 86 cult acs, approx 155-acs total. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Purchaser will be responsible for 2012 taxes starting March 1, 2012. For any additional info call Gilbert (204)751-0185 or Romeo (204)7230077. Marked & Sealed tenders will be received by the undersigned for the above described land up to 12:00pm Jan 31, 2012. Submit offers to: Farmland Tenders, Box 490, Notre Dame de Lourdes, MB R0G 1M0.

Any other offers will be considered invalid.

TRAILERS Livestock Trailers

PEDIGREED SEED

Tel: 204-248-2110

PEDIGREED SEED Oilseed – Various

RANCH FOR SALE: NE, NW & SE 4-32-22 Crown Lands approved by MAFRI for transfer to purchase of Dianne Mayuks unit at Pine River 15 quarter township 31 & 32 Range 21 & 22W to purchase private land & apply for unit transfer Contact Dianne (204)263-5296. Comment on or object to this unit transfer write direct MAFRI Agriculture Crown Lands PO Box 1288, Minnedosa, MB. R0J 1E0 or e-mail robertflemming@gov.mb.ca

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SANDERS SEED FARM FDN, Reg. Cert. Domain Kane, Cert. Carberry, Harvest Wheat, Manitou, MB. Phone (204)242-4200 or (204)242-2576, Daniel Sanders.

RANCHES, GRAINLAND, BUILDING LOTS, Buffalo farm, homes, mobile homes, hunting land, pastures, hayland, hobby farms, large & small. We got them all. Call Harold (204)253-7373, www.manitobafarms.ca

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JAMES FARMS LTD: AC Barrie Wheat, Tradition Barley, Leggett & Summit Oats, Hanley Flax, Various Canola, Sunflower & Soybean seed varieties, Forage seed. Customer processing. Seed treating & delivery available. Early payment discounts. For info call (204)222-8785 or toll free 1-866-283-8785, Winnipeg.

FARM SPECIALIST: COUNT ON GRANT TWEED, informed, professional assistance for sellers & buyers. Call (204)761-6884 anytime, or www.granttweed.com. Service with integrity.

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DURAND SEEDS: CERT AC Carberry & Harvest & Kane wheat; Souris Oats; Conlon Barley; CDC Bethune & Sorrel flax; Mancan Buckwheat; Canola & Forage seed. (204)248-2268,(204)745-7577, NotreDame.

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Seed Wanted

Vomitoxin Testing (+Other Toxins, Falling No.)

OAT STRAW ROUND BALES, baled by JD 567 baler. Freight available. Phone:(204)234-5411.

WANTED: DAIRY, BEEF, GRASS & Straw bales in large square bales. Phone Mark 1-800-371-7928, Winnipeg.

NOTRE DAME USED OIL & FILTER DEPOT

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Grain Wanted

Toll Free 1-888-835-6351 Deloraine, Manitoba

SEED / FEED / GRAIN SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Feed Grain FEED OATS 28-32 LBS/BU. Clean but light $2.00/bu at farm. Phone: (204)722-2023 McAuley, MB.

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Hay & Straw 1ST CUT ROUND ALFALFA grass bales, no rain, approx wgt. 1,450-lbs. Phone (204)871-1129.

2500 MEDIUM SQUARE BALES Timothy hay, horse quality, stored in hay shed. Also 500 large round bales Alfalfa/Timothy mix, no rain, can deliver. Phone: (204)372-6937.

300 4X8 SQUARE BALES of Perennial rye grass and 50 bales of Annual rye grass. 1400-1600lbs, $15/bale. Phone: (204)723-5002 or (204)526-5225 Notre Dame.

3X4 OAT STRAW BALES. Phone Chester or Lynn (204)746-2053, Morris, MB. 400 LARGE ROUND RED Clover Hay bales; 700 large round volunteer Canola & Wild Oats Bales; Hardcore & half net-wrapped, feed tested. Delivery avail. Jim Kaleta (204)638-7800, Dauphin.

750 LARGE ROUND GRASS mix hay bales, no rain, good quality, 1700lb bales; 150 dry Oat & Wheat straw bales. Trucking arranged. (204)345-8532.

ALFALFA HAY MIX, 1ST & 2nd cut, round bales approx 1600-lbs, can deliver. Phone Bill (204)822-4962 leave message, or cell (204)325-3240, Morden.

FIRST & SECOND CUT hardcore round bales of Alfalfa/Grass mix. Feed tested & no rain. Phone: (204)836-2434, Swan Lake.

FOR SALE: ROUND BROM & alfalfa mix bales, excellent condition, also round wheat straw. Can deliver. Phone:(204)324-9300 or (204)324-7622.

LARGE ROUND ALFALFA/BROME BALES. Phone: (204)859-2724 evenings, Rossburn MB.

RM OF WALPOLE NO. 92 LOCATED IN SE SASK. AT WAWOTA, SK REQUIRES MOTOR GRADER OPERATOR. Applicant must have skills and experience in maintenance and operation of heavy equipment including a grader, back-hoe, tractor w/attached mower.

Have a valid 3A drivers license (minimum). Duties include but not exclusive to: Grading, mowing, backhoe operation maintenance of roads, shop, tools, and equipment, installing culverts, and signs, etc. Must be willing to work inconsistent hours, dictated by weather.

Resume should include previous experience, references and salary expected. Please submit your application to the RM Office at Box 117, Wawota, SK S0G 5A0, on or before 2:00pm Wednesday, February 8, 2012.

SILVER WEANLINGS IS LOOKING for a fulltime hog barn worker. Silver Weanlings is a 2800 sow barn unit located 7-miles south west of Arborg, MB. Weekend work will be required. Experience an asset, but not required. Starting wage $13.90/hr.

Please forward all resumes to silwean@mymts.net WANTED: FARM LABOUR on cattle operation, working w/cattle & equipment. Fax resume to Yellow Rose Farms (204)535-2072.

Call For Pricing Phone (204)747-2904

CHRISTIAN RANCH WORKING WITH KIDS from single parent, foster and group homes requires fulltime year-round Horsemanship Instructor, Summer Barn Staff plus Counselors and Other Staff May - August.

Salary plus housing. bright.wood@hopemission.com www.brightwoodranchcamps.com

BUYING:

HEATED & GREEN CANOLA • Competitive Prices • Prompt Movement • Spring Thrashed “ON FARM PICK UP”

1-877-250-5252

Vanderveen Commodity Services Ltd. Licensed and Bonded Grain Brokers

37 4th Ave. NE Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Ph. (204) 745-6444 Email: vscltd@mts.net Andy Vanderveen · Brett Vanderveen Jesse Vanderveen

A Season to Grow… Only Days to Pay!

CANOLA WANTED

Heated, Green, Damaged Buying all levels of damaged canola. Best Prices.

Bonded, Insured.

CALL US 1-866-388-6284 www.milliganbiotech.com

Contact Denis or Ben for pricing ~ 204-325-9555

NOW BUYING Confection and Oil Sunflowers, Brown & Yellow Flax and Red & White Millet Licensed & Bonded P.O. Box 1236 129 Manitoba Rd. Winkler, MB. R6W 4B3

FARMERS, RANCHERS, SEED PROCESSORS BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS Heated/Spring Threshed Lightweight/Green/Tough, Mixed Grain - Barley, Oats, Rye, Flax, Wheat, Durum, Lentils, Peas, Canola, Chickpeas, Triticale, Sunflowers, Screenings, Organics and By-Products √ ON-FARM PICKUP √ PROMPT PAYMENT √ LICENSED AND BONDED SASKATOON, LLOYDMINSTER, LETHBRIDGE, VANCOUVER, MINNEDOSA

1-204-724-6741

CAREERS Sales / Marketing LOOKING FOR A CHALLENGE? Horse Country & Hearts of the Country, are two unique Manitoba magazines that share similar demographics, but are unique in their editorial mandates. Publishers are looking for an experienced Advertising Sales Representative. The ideal candidate must have proven experience in print advertising sales, accurate knowledge of a rural Canadian audience, database experience, high-speed internet, and a strong desire to match clients with campaigns.

Candidates must have good communication skills, be independent, creative, honest, dependable and excited about the potential of both magazines. Commission with advancement opportunities, send resumes to contact@ horsecountry.ca. Phone:(204)372-6121.

CAREERS Trades / Tech GAS FITTER/PLUMBER San Gold Corporation has rapidly moved from development into full production at its 2 underground gold mines in Bissett, MB. A third underground mine, the Cohiba/007 is in development. We are also exploring for more deposits along the Rice Lake gold belt w/4 surface & 7 underground drills working yr round. Help us turn Manitoba’s Rice Lake greenstone belt into one of the richest gold camps in the world. Gas Fitter/Plumber Candidates must hold a current MB Gas Fitter’s License. A preferred candidate will have experience in installation & maintenance of propane fired furnaces & HVAC units. The main focus of the job is to maintain the heating & HVAC units on site under the direction of the Millwright Supervisor. This person will be expected to perform minor plumbing repairs & assist the millwrights when required. Compensation San Gold Corporation offers competitive wages & a comprehensive benefit package including extended health, dental & prescription eyeglasses as well as a company funded pension plan. Tradesmen are working 12-hr shifts, 14 days on followed by 14 days off work schedule. The company provides travel allowance to & from the mine for all employees. The company provides camp accommodations on site. Bissett is located a 3-hr drive from Wpg, MB & is a small picturesque community located along the shores of Rice Lake. See out fact sheet at http://www.sangoldcorp.com Contact: San Gold Corporation Tel: (204)277-5552 www.sangold.ca

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