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ALUS program boosted by new funding Four new projects in Ontario, four in the West

By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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LUS doesn’t live here anymore, but the Manitobaborn conservation program might again thanks to grants from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation.

“We’re looking at delivering ALUS (Alternate Land Use Services) to eight new communities, four of which will be in Ontario and four in the West,” said Jim Fisher, Delta Waterfowl Foundation’s director of conservation policy. “It’s quite possible that we would do one of those in Manitoba.

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The Manitoba government is proposing a surface water management strategy that could involve storing water on farmland. This photo was taken in the Portage area, near lands that became part of the 2011 flood fight. PHOTO: BARBARA JACK

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Touted as critical to flood-mitigation strategy A summit on surface water management told that, when properly done, storing water on agricultural land creates win-win situations

By Shannon Vanraes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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toring water on farmland is one of the big ideas being floated as politicians, water experts and farmers search for ways to minimize future flood damage.

The province has announced, once last June and again in February, plans to develop a province-wide surface water management strategy, and the process kicked off with a day-long summit hosted by the Manitoba Water Council earlier this month.

“We would have liked to have started it sooner, but realize that 2011 kept government busy reacting to the flooding situation,” said Doug Chorney, president of Keystone Agricultural Producers.

“I am really pleased to see so many stakeholders participating and that the minister (Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh) is here — not just to make opening remarks, but he has stayed to take notes and listen and participate.”

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FEATURE Death knell sounding Guelph’s Enviropig runs out of money

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ith a scoop of a net Tokyo chef, Naohito Hashimoto selects a poisonous blowfish, considered a delicacy in Japan, and with a few deft strokes of his gleaming knife starts the delicate process of preparing it for a customer.

In moments, Hashimoto has separated the edible parts of the fish from organs filled with a poison more deadly than cyanide.

For more than six decades, dicing blowfish in Tokyo has been the preserve of a small band of strictly regulated and licensed chefs, usually in exclusive restaurants.

But new laws coming into e f f e c t f ro m Oc t o b e r a re opening the lucrative trade to restaurants without a licence.

“We have spent time and money in order to obtain and use the blowfish licence, but with these new rules anybody can handle blowfish even without a licence,” said Hashimoto, a blowfish chef for some 30 years.

Blowfish, “fugu” in Japanese, swim in a fish tank at a restaurant in the southwestern Japanese city of Shimonoseki. One of Japan’s most famous fish dinners could be a date with death. REUTERS/Toshiyuki Aizawa

The poison known as tetrododoxin is found in parts of the blowfish, including the liver, heart, intestines and eyes, and is so intense that a tiny amount will kill.

Every year there are reports of people dying after preparing blowfish at home.

Tokyo’s food control department says the relaxed rules

should reduce prices and increase sales.

Thrill-seeking diners are reputed to seek out chefs who leave just enough of the poison to make the lips tingle, but blowfish professionals scoff at this as urban legend, noting that ingesting even that much of the poison would be hazardous.

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Looking east off the Manitoba escarpment in the Deerwood area. The sky with sun/without sun was yet to be determined for the day. photo: jeannette greaves

Former CWB directors appealing Queen’s Bench decision The former directors are spending their own money, but other farmers are donating too

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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ight former farmer-elected Canadian Wheat Board directors are appealing Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Shane Perlmutter’s Feb. 24 decision not to protect the board’s single desk while the courts determine the legality of a federal law killing it.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is asking why the directors don’t “move on,” but the directors contend Canadian democracy is ultimately at stake.

“We would move on when the government starts following the law,” Stewart Wells, a former director who farms near Swift Current, said in an interview April 4. “We don’t ever intend to let a government steamroll over farmers, breaking the law while they do it. Either we have a functioning democracy in this country or we have what they did with the wheat board bill.”

Wells said the directors are dipping into their own bank accounts but they have the moral and financial support of a growing number of farmers. Wells wouldn’t say how many farmers have contributed money for the court cases but he said: “It’s quite inspiring to see how large this group is.

“Farmers are understanding that they don’t have to settle and they can fight for their rights instead. It’s quite inspiring...”

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“Farmers are understanding that they don’t have to settle for that and they can fight for their rights instead. It’s quite inspiring...”

Stewart Wells

Campbell ruled Dec. 7 that Ritz broke the wheat board act by introducing into Parliament Bill C-18, the Marketing Freedom Act for Grain Farmers. The bill, which became law Dec. 15, creates an open market Aug. 1.

In a written decision Justice Campbell said under Section 47.1 Ritz had a statutory duty to first consult with the wheat board’s board of directors and get farmers’ approval for the change through a plebiscite. The federal government is appealing the ruling.

Justice Perlmutter ruled he wasn’t bound by Campbell’s decision. He also dismissed the notion that 47.1 required the government to get farmers’ approval to change the board’s mandate.

In addition to the Court of Queen’s Bench appeal and the Federal Court appeal, the directors are involved in the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board’s $17-billion class-action suit against

Ottawa. The plaintiffs want the single desk restored or $17 billion in compensation for approximately 70,000 grain farmers in Western Canada.

In the meantime, the post-monopoly wheat board will be “skimming off money from farmers” to build an empire in hopes of creating value to be converted to shares and sold off, Wells said.

He fears the board will go the way of Viterra — a combination of the former farmer-owned Prairie Pools and United Grain Growers.

“The people who destroy these organizations jam their pockets full of shares and stock options on the way out and cash them in,” Wells said. “So the people who build the organizations get nothing and the people who destroy them try to line their pockets on the way out. And I don’t want to see that happen again.”

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South American soy crop outlook worsens hamburg / reuters / Soybean crops in Argentina and Brazil have suffered from more poor weather and harvest forecasts for the two countries may have to be cut by a combined two million to three million tonnes, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World said April 3.

“New reports have been received confirming additional crop losses, further eroding the potential South American export supplies of soybeans and products,” Oil World said.

“The South American supply situation could really become serious and exports of soybeans and products may be forced to decline significantly in Sept. 2012 to Jan. 2013.”

U.S. soybean prices touched new six-month highs on March 26 on expectations drought damage to South American soybean harvests would transfer global import demand to the United States and rose again on Friday following U.S. planting estimates.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Short-sighted solution to the wrong problem

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t would be giving the animal a gene, which nature made a mistake by not giving them.”

If there is one sentence that captures why the world’s first GMO pig never made it to market, it would be this comment from one of the lead researchers on the University of Guelph project back in 2001.

The notion that nature screwed up by not making pigs the way humans like to raise Laura Rance them was not only misplaced, it was dangerEditor ously short sighted, as demonstrated by the dead end this project now faces.

Researchers had a “eureka” moment in the late 1990s, at the height of scientists’ enthusiasm over their newly emerging abilities to transfer genes between species.

If copious quantities of phosphorus-rich liquid manure was a problem for the rapidly expanding pork industry in North America, why not genetically design a pig that excretes less phosphorus in its manure?

Up to 75 per cent of the phosphorus in modern hog rations is in the form of phytate, which hogs can’t digest. So it passes through the digestive tract and is excreted in the manure, which then contains unnaturally high concentrations of phosphorus relative to nitrogen. To partially address the issue, producers add phytase to the feed, which increases the phosphorus absorption and reduces the amount of P in the poo.

Scientists successfully spliced an E. coli gene that makes phytase with a mouse gene that controls a protein excreted through the salivary glands, and inserted it into Yorkshire pigs, creating what became known as the Enviropig.

Their hypothesis was correct. The Enviropigs didn’t require the added expense of phytase supplements and excreted up to 60 per cent less phosphorus in their manure. They were promoted as an economic and environmental solution.

But 10 years later, the pigs never made it to market, the research funds have dried up and the 16 pigs remaining in the program face euthanasia with their genetic material being put into cold storage.

What happened?

For starters, a low-P pig didn’t come close to solving the economic and environmental sustainability issues facing the sector. Even with manure that contained a better balance of phosphorus to nitrogen, concentration in the industry has still resulted in nutrient overloads on soils located close to large hog barns.

With up to 70 per cent of Manitoba soils seen as phosphorus deficient, the problem isn’t too much phosphorus, which is a finite resource much in demand around the world. The problem is that when it is contained in liquid manure, it can’t be cost effectively moved to the areas that need it.

If a technological fix was in order, it would seem more productive to invest in technologies that extract the P from the manure in a more transportable form, or in production systems that used composting or other means to make it more manageable.

Secondly, genetically modified anything has proven to be a tough sell with consumers, which partly explains why there wasn’t a long list of investors waiting in line to commercialize the Enviropig. The fact that it provided no tangible benefits to consumers, such as better-tasting meat, didn’t help.

And perhaps the problem wasn’t a poorly designed pig but rather the system being used to raise it. Pigs were never made to live on grains alone. Their digestive systems, which aren’t that much different from humans, were designed to extract nutrients from highly varied sources, including the sun, which enhances our own ability to absorb nutrients.

The notion that pigs should be allowed to forage rather than spend their days in biosecure darkness is considered heresy in modern, efficient hog production. But if you think about it, it addresses most of the manure and odour issues. It goes a long way towards silencing the animal welfare critics too.

Of course, that’s not going to happen. But neither, it seems, is the Enviropig. It was a short-sighted solution to the wrong problem. May it rest in peace. “

The dirt on drainage It is laudable that the government is now talking about surface water management strategy for the province, but why don’t we just come out and say what this is really about?

Drainage — the good, the bad and the ugly. The current policies are not enforceable and as a result, they are not respected. The new strategy needs to be

OUR HISTORY:

By Edward M. Ledohowski MUNICIPAL HERITAGE CONSULTANT, HISTORIC RESOURCES BRANCH

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hodes Hall is a well-preserved example of a 1920s-1930s-era wood-frame, boomtown-fronted, rural community hall.

Such structures were commonly located in eastern European districts, where they were erected either as parish halls in conjunction with a nearby rural church, or as secular “National Homes” built by local literary and fraternal organizations.

From the time of initial pioneer settlement until the post Second World War era, such halls were the focal point for most cultural, social, and political activities. However, beginning in the 1950s, as elsewhere on the Prairies, rural electrification and all-weather municipal roads led to “economic centralization” and with it the transference of many rural community events and activities… “into town.”

Modernization spelled the end for many such rural landmarks.

Built between 1931 and 1933, on NW 8-2922 WPM in the RM of Ethelbert, by volunteers under the direction of head carpenter Nicholas Dormaretski, it was the parish hall for the Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Protectoress Ukrainian Catholic Church. The hall was typical of most in that era — woodframe construction, with a rectangular main plan, rear stage area protrusions, and a moderately pitched, front-facing gable roof with a boomtown facade, which in this case consisted of two steps and a central semi-circular peak.

The interior also featured the characteristic painted canvas mural curtain of an idealized pastoral Ukrainian countryside scene – a fixture of virtually all such community halls.

Rhodes Hall stands out because of its elaborate stage area, which included spacious wings,

NW 8-29-22 WPM, Ethelbert area

a large overhead backdrop-storage cupola, a roomy backstage area and an elaborately designed and painted stage surround – an indication of just how popular and important theatrical productions and concerts were to district residents.

It is most fondly remembered for its muchloved Prazniuk supper nights, universally enjoyed by all who had the good fortune of being in attendance. Rhodes Hall enjoyed a longer lifespan than most rural community halls, and continued to be used well into the 1980s.

By the early 1990s it had fallen into disuse, but the site continued to be maintained by area residents as a landmark and local heritage site.

It was designated a protected municipal heritage site by the RM of Ethelbert July 22, 1999. The building was offered to the Ukrainian Folk Arts Centre and Museum, Inc. in 2002 as a possible addition to the Selo Ukraina festival and heritage village site 10 kilometres south of the City of Dauphin.

The gift was gratefully accepted. On September 22, 2002, prior to its relocation, the hall was the scene of one last, very wellattended, Prazniuk banquet.

The relocated, repainted, reshingled hall was placed on a new foundation and now displays and houses the Ukrainian Musicians Hall of Fame. As part of a reconstructed “crossroads” settlement with a Ukrainian church, farmhouse, and schoolhouse, Rhodes Community Hall recalls and commemorates the very active and colourful early decades of Ukrainian settlement in the Dauphin valley. It is open from May long weekend to September long weekend or by appointment by calling 204-638-1554.

More information on Rhodes Hall is available online at: www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/mun/m182; www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu. aspx?id=8456 and www.tourismdauphin.ca/ to-do/attractions-and-activities/selo-ukraina.

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comprehensive and fair, but it also needs to be enforced.

We continue to propose that every farmed section of land should be required to designate a percentage of acres for water retention.

The evidence suggests that rather than it being a cost to farmers, it would make most farms more productive. laura@fbcpublishing.com

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Surface water management strategy a sustainable development imperative It sure would be great to have access to the agricultural nutrients carried away by flood waters, as fertilizer prices continue to climb

By Henry David (Hank) Venema, PhD

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hat a difference a year makes. Last year at this time all of southern Manitoba was in various stages of panic as forecasts revealed just how bad the 2011 flood might be.

Ultimately our traditional flooding hot spot, the Red River Valley was mostly spared with a combination of manageable flows and decades of preparation. However, the Assiniboine River experience was an entirely different matter.

Unprecedented flooding required desperate and heroic measures to mitigate disaster: super-size sandbags stacked three high to protect Brandon, the deliberate breach of the Hoop and Holler Dike, and the emergency construction of the Lake St. Martin channel.

Manitobans literally put in and pulled out all the stops we could to prevent widespread catastrophe.

What a difference a year makes. We have flipped from historic flooding to severe drought conditions. Indeed every millilitre of water we diked, diverted and channelled downstream we may want back as we now confront a serious drought across the Prairies.

As well, it sure would be great to have access to the agricultural nutrients carried away by flood waters, as fertilizer prices continue to climb.

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variability — very similar to our 201112 Manitoba experience.

Fulfilling a campaign promise, the provincial government has now embarked on a comprehensive surface water management strategy.

And not a moment too soon, as we cannot bear the costs of repeat flood episodes like 2011, or the costs of more frequent drought episodes, which can be even more economically debilitating.

A comprehensive surface water management strategy is a core requirement for 21st century sustainable development in Manitoba. A traditional water strategy that is singularly focused on flood protection — channelling water downstream to Lake Winnipeg — misses the major co-benefits of water conservation, nutrient management and rural development.

University of Manitoba researcher Greg McCullough and colleagues have clearly set out the interconnection of issues in last month’s issue of the prestigious Journal of Great Lakes Research. Simply put, flood events are the dominant driver of Lake Winnipeg nutrient loading. This linkage with flooding reveals at least three opportunities for upstream flood protection, water conservation and nutrient recycling.

IISD believes that the provincial surface water management strategy should be approached not as an expensive environmental mitigation problem, but as a sustainable development imperative. It offers a major innovation opportunity and an

Government should help fund transition Regarding the article, “Time to start thinking about group housing” (March 22, 2012), Bernie Peet is right to alert pork producers to the reality that gestation crates are on the way out.

While transitioning to new housing systems, this is an opportune time for producers to improve housing conditions for sows beyond just providing them with an open, slatted-floor pen.

Producers should be encouraged by government and industry bodies to renovate barns to accommodate, at minimum, straw-based group housing.

Cost for barn renovation and construction has been cited by producers as an issue. The government has a key opportunity here to support more animal and environmentally friendly sow housing systems by providing funding for this.

In fact, a report just out from the U.K. Farm Animal Welfare Committee says government should provide funds to help improve farm animal welfare. Moreover, to encourage straw-based systems, preferential funding could be given to producers adopting straw-based systems.

Spending millions to upgrade liquid manure storage systems as is being done in Manitoba is a shortterm solution. The public wants and expects animals to have, at minimum, a decent life. It’s time the industry,

If there was ever ambiguity as to why we need a sustainable development solution, we now have an answer.

investment strategy that yields major public and private benefits.

Novel approach

Indeed, through the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s work on the Lake Winnipeg Bioeconomy Project, IISD has shown that novel watershed management can generate flood and drought protection, higher habitat values, large nutrient load reductions and new agricultural value chains worth hundreds of millions, if not tens of billions of dollars of annual revenue, depending on the level of biotechnology investments.

All of the key principles are on display. IISD’s Netley-Libau Marsh nutrient-bioenergy project demonstrates how biomass harvested for energy can recycle nutrients and improve habitat. Another example is the Tobacco Creek Model Watershed near Miami, Manitoba, where the economic and environmental benefits of distributed water storage have been on display for decades. The North Ottawa Creek project in west-central Minnesota is yet another example where the State of Minnesota has shown the seamless integration of flood storage with enhanced agriculture productivity.

our policy-makers and government acknowledge this and move to a group-housing, straw-based housing system for sows.

Lynn Kavanagh Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals Toronto, Ontario

Don’t trade away homegrown sectors The article “Moving beyond supply management” in the April 5 issue is thought provoking.

As the federal government moves to shift agriculture into a financedominated, dog-eat-dog production state with the decomposition of the Canadian Wheat Board, it is understandable that the University of Guelph should so artfully recommend that supply management should also be euthanized, regardless of how well it has served the country.

The Doha Round foundered, but not because of a concern over the minimal agricultural production of a country whose population is as few as ours. As for CETA and the TransPacific Partnership, do we really want the products of badly regulated financial giants appearing on our table at breakfast (or any other meal)? We like our food fresh, our canned goods

A surface water management strategy for Manitoba infused with bioeconomy principles — recycling water, nutrients and biomass and reaping the major benefits thereof — gives focus, purpose, urgency and the investment case for the key recommendations of the Consultation on Sustainable Development Implementation multi-stakeholder report accepted by the provincial government in 2000.

The COSDI report recommends collaborative, large area planning for sustainable development, preferably on watershed boundaries.

If there was ever ambiguity as to why we need a sustainable development solution, we now have an answer.

Our water management challenges pose profound risks to this and future generations of Manitobans. A creative integrated and modern approach not only deals with the risks but creates the foundation for a century of prosperity for this province. IISD is confident that, given the facts, Manitobans will opt for 21st century wisdom.

Hank Venema is director of the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s natural and social capital program.

safe, our dairy products inspected and regulated, and preferably homegrown.

It is not the distribution of agricultural products that disturb the CETAs of the world (and our own federal government), rather it is the ideology of co-operation and the distribution of profit to the producer that supply management implies.

Without supply management in Canada, the U.S. would swamp our markets with cheaper products, destroying our producers. Canadian production cannot compete with the U.S. treasury. Sure we have lots of land and space to put more and more pig barns and dairy herds but our climate does not allow for three crops a season, open housing for dairy cattle and hillside piggeries.

Any agenda that Canadian producers should be advocating is one that rejects the Doha, CETA, and Pacific rounds. Manitoba carrots, Saskatchewan pork, Quebec maple syrup, B.C. apples, Ontario turkeys, P.E.I. potatoes, etc., can and should be on the grocery shelves of Canadians and will be if the agricultural producers are allowed to make the necessary decisions under Canadian regulation and Canadian standards.

The future of the Canadian food supply should not be at the whim of the federal cabinet and the Frontier Centre for Public Policy or the money managers of the world.

Joan Peters Cartier, Man.

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Greg Bruce of Ducks Unlimited.

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flooding will be challenging, Chorney said.

“Farmers are of course conflicted because they want to have drainage as a tool, but they also realize that drainage causes downstream impacts,” he said.

If farmers are required to store water on farmland during years of high run-off, they have to be compensated, said Chorney, noting that is already done in Dufferin via tax credits.

There are several successful projects in place south of the border, said Henry Venema, director of natural and social capital for the International Institute for Sustainable Development.

The North Ottawa Project on Minnesota’s Rabbit River Watershed has successfully created multi-use water retention on agricultural land, he said.

“The people upstream are quite happy because drainage has actually improved for them and the water has somewhere to go,” said Venema. “The downstream people are also very happy because they are no longer flooded.”

And the farmers? They’re happy, too, said Venema, as they are able to lease back land sold for the retention project, and are compensated in years the land doesn’t drain in time for planting.

“If you look at the landscape differently and look at organized storage for flood waters, and for nutrient management and for conventional agriculture in most years, you can create a new system that doesn’t have losers,” he said.

This system would work in Manitoba, said Venema, point-

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Shannon Stunden Bower, University of Alberta professor and author of Wet Prairie: People, Land, and Water in Agricultural Manitoba.

ing to retention projects already in place such as the Tobacco Creek model and Lizard Lake, as well as work at the Netley-Libau Marsh.

Manitobans need to change their attitude in regard to wetlands, which not only provide flood prevention but also enhance biodiversity, sequester greenhouse gases, generate ecotourism opportunities, and prevent nutrient loading in waterways, said Greg Bruce of Ducks Unlimited.

“Unfortunately, we — society, Manitobans — haven’t done a good job of valuing the role and services that wetlands provide, and as such we’ve lost many of our wetlands,” he said.

Bruce called for the province to act quickly.

“In a year or two, we need to be at a point where we’ve got some idea of where we’re going as a province and what kind of things need to be done — what kind of investments need to be made, what kind of programs and policies are needed — so we can get on with some of the decision-making,” said Bruce.

That view was shared by Venema.

“It’s similar to the old adage, ‘When is the best time to plant a tree? Fifty years ago. When is the second-best time to plant a tree? The second-best time is now’” Venema said.

“The best time to have done distributed storage was decades ago, but the second-best time is right now.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

ALUS is expanding thanks to grants from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation to the Delta Waterfowl Foundation. This is the ALUS Partnership Advisory Committee for a new project in the RMs of Indian Head, Lajord, South Qu’Appelle and Francis. The Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation, Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds and the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan are also key initial partners. photo: delta waterfowl foundation

“We’ve talked to a number of communities in Manitoba over time and we will continue to do that.”

The Weston foundation recently gave Delta Waterfowl two grants totalling $3 million to help expand ALUS (pronounced Alice), a farmer-designed, community-led program that pays farmers for providing ecological benefits, such as protecting riparian areas or ecologically sensitive land. Portage la Prairie farmer Ian Wishart came up with the idea in 1999 and the Keystone Agricultural Producers and Delta Waterfowl have championed it ever since.

The first ALUS pilot project ran in Manitoba’s RM of Blanchard for three years starting in 2006. The pilot cost $2.1 million, with government funding supplemented by the RM of Blanshard, Delta Waterfowl, and the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council.

The project ended when the funds did, but it fulfilled one of its goals — sparking interest. There are now projects in Prince Edward Island, Norfolk County in southern Ontario, and Vermillion River County in east-central Alberta, Fisher said.

In P.E.I., ALUS is funded largely by government but elsewhere it relies on community support, with Delta Waterfowl working with a “partnership

advisory committee” made up of local farmers, municipal councillors, and conservation and agriculture groups.

“They’re heavily engaged,” Fisher said. “We want those communities to run ALUS. “We don’t want to be running ALUS across the country. We like to see ALUS run at the local level.”

The committee sets the prices farmers will receive for the ecological services provided — usually tied to land rentals — and decides which farms get funded. Delta Waterfowl, via the Weston foundation, supplies seed money, which is used to leverage additional funding, said Fisher, noting the Norfolk project is supported by 16 organizations. Farmers also contribute to projects on their own property.

“They’ve got skin in the game too,” Fisher said. “That tells you a lot. They want to pass their farms on to their kids and grandkids in better shape than they found it.”

Two of the four new western Canadian ALUS locations have been selected. One will include four rural municipalities east of Regina — Indian Head, Lajord, South Qu’Appelle and Francis.

The other is Parkland County east of Edmonton.

There’s still lots of support for ALUS in the RM of Blanchard, Fisher said.

“We’re looking at delivering ALUS (Alternate Land Use Services) to eight new communities, four of which will be in Ontario and four in the West.”

Jim Fisher

“The passion for it is there,” he said. “People in the community really want to get it going again. There are a lot of champions for it there.

“We learned a great deal from that. We’ve advanced ALUS on many fronts. Now we’re at the stage of demonstrating it.”

As with anything, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. When other communities, farmers and potential funders see ALUS working, the program gains supporters, Fisher said.

“This is a grassroots, community-led, farmers-delivered process,” he said. “At the end of the day we’d like this for all agricultural Canada and available to all producers in each province.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

NEWS

Latest seeding estimates add another 600,000 acres for canola reuters / Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has slightly raised its forecast for canola plantings, while trimming its wheat estimate.

Dry conditions heading into planting season are expected to boost plantings of most major crops, after

flooding wiped out millions of acres last year.

The latest estimate pegs canola acreage at nearly 20.4 million acres, up from its estimate of about 19.8 million acres recently, with production at 15.4 million tonnes (compared to an estimate of 15 million tonnes).

Canola prices recently spiked to a six-month high, offering attractive returns to farmers.

The department slightly lowered its estimate for

all-wheat plantings to 23.9 million acres from 24 million acres, and lowered its production outlook by 200,000 tonnes to 26.1 million tonnes.

Ag Canada’s estimate for durum plantings slipped to 4.5 million acres from 4.6 million, dropping forecast production by 100,000 tonnes to 4.4 million tonnes.

The department left planting and production estimates unchanged for oats and barley.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 12, 2012

Some trails may become off limits in popular ATV-riding area WMA could “set precedence for other Crown land areas in province,” group says

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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group representing ATV enthusiasts is rallying all recreational users of public lands to fight a proposal by Manitoba Conservation to restrict motorized vehicles in a popular wildlife management area of eastern Manitoba.

ATV Manitoba says all recreational users should be concerned about a proposal in the Mars Hill Wildlife Management Area (WMA) north of Beausejour to limit how trails can be used, saying it could ultimately lead to closing down public access to Crown lands.

A group calling itself the Manitoba Public Land Access Group sent letters last week to editors of community newspapers warning that proposed trail closures in the WMA will not only be a ban on motorized traffic there, but will set a precedent for other Crown lands.

ATV Manitoba president Chris Fox-Decent said they’re part of this new group which was pulled together to defend public access to public land. “We’re grouping ourselves with all public land users basically,” he said.

The site in question is the Mars Hill Wildlife Management Area, a mix of jackpine forest and meadow north of Beausejour and a popular area for hikers and horseback riders as well as motorized vehicle users such as ATV riders.

A spokesperson for Manitoba Conservation said the province is considering closing some trails to motorized vehicles in the Mars Hill area but designating trails specifically for their use.

“There is no ban of motorized vehicles being proposed for the WMA,” said Dennis Brennan, a provincial wildlife biologist. “What is currently being discussed is a proposal to develop a designated trail system for motorized vehicles within the WMA.” The “80 per cent closure of trails” being flagged by the Manitoba Public Land Access Group is “not a hard and fast number,” he said.

“There’s still ongoing talks with local interest groups about what percentage of trails would be reduced on a designated trail system,” he said.

The trail closures are proposed to reduce habitat fragmentation and the overall impact trails have had. The province wants to accommodate some established motorized use while recognizing the role of the WMA in maintaining habitat for wildlife, he said.

Conservation is trying to find solutions to an ongoing conflict in the area between motorized vehicle traffic and area residents who complain about trail breaking and trail damage caused by ATVs. By proposing a designated trail for vehicle traffic, the province is trying to take “a balanced approach” at accommodating everyone’s concerns and needs, Brennan said.

As for concern about Mars Hill setting a precedent, Brennan said a province-wide ATV strategy con-

tinues to try to address issues in other parts of the province.

“There is certainly a larger discussion happening across the province about recreational use of off-road vehicles across Crown land,” he said.

Fox-Decent said ATV Manitoba proposed a motorsport park for the Mars Hill area last year, hoping to manage and maintain an authorized site and “provide stewardship to the area.” The idea was rejected.

He said his association is concerned the province will move to close more trails in popular riding areas without first exploring other management options. ATVManitoba has proposed staging areas, educational signage on trails and land access permits so

that riders could be authorized to maintain trails they use, he said.

What happens at Mars Hill is important because “all of that is teetering on the outcome there,” he said. “Mars Hill is the pilot project for the government.”

The Manitoba Public Lands Access Group plans a rally in support of public land use at the Brokenhead River Community Hall in Beausejour on April 18.

Brennan said Conservation wants to meet with all local interest groups to talk over the proposal for Mars Hill.

“I think we just need to get the message out there and talk with all the groups better.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 12, 2012

Ian White says CWB sees farmers as its “natural shareholders” CWB head says Cargill has not even raised idea of acquiring privatized wheat board

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff / somerset

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s the Canadian Wheat Board inches towards privatization, the debate has begun whether it will be farmers or the likes of Cargill that ultimately own the assets.

The latter has not even raised the idea with the board, CWB president and CEO Ian White said at a recent producers’ meeting.

“There’s been no discussion of that at all,” said White.

Cargill bought the grainmarketing arm of the Australian Wheat Board several years ago after it lost its grainselling monopoly and was the

first to reach an agreement to handle CWB grain — prompting takeover speculation in some quarters.

The same act that’s killing the CWB’s monopoly Aug. 1, requires the organization to be privatized, sold, or wound down no later than five years from now.

“The act doesn’t contemplate who the owner will be in the future,” said White. “The act really just talks about privatization and it’s really up to ourselves and talking with farmers about how that might work going forward.”

But White was quick to add, “We see that our natural shareholders should be farmers.

“Our mandate at the CWB is to operate for the farmers that deal with us,” he added.

“So we won’t be just like any other grain company in that regard, but we’ll be looking as far as we can to be on the farmers’ side with regard to whatever we offer and the way we operate.”

White then went further, suggesting the board is thinking of ways to discourage a takeover in the future.

“One of the things that we’re concerned about is if we just set it up as a certain style of company, which might be easily taken over — we don’t think that’s necessarily the right thing to do,” White said “That’s

why we’ve got to take our time and think through the best alternatives here.”

Another major issue facing the board is how to raise capital as the organization “will need lots of it to survive,” White said.

Although CWB’s assets — hopper cars, its office building, lakers under construction, and contingency fund — are technically government property, there have been calls for them to be sold and a payout made to farmers who sold through the board. But White said they should go to the new CWB. (Money for the contingency fund comes from futures and basis trading and is used to

offset losses that sometimes occur. It is not connected with the CWB’s pools.)

White said the board has met with Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz twice in the last three months and has been very clear on what it requires in order to succeed in an open market.

White also said the railways will be in charge of car allocation and he expects it will work much the way it does now. He also said all grain delivered this crop year will be dealt with in the current pool so the CWB won’t have to determine a value for unsold carry-over grain at the end of the crop year. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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WHAT'S UP Please forward your agricultural events to daveb@fbcpublish ing.com or call 204-944-5762.

April 12: Keystone Agricultural Producers webinar on foreign exchange and currency risk management, 10-11 a.m. Register online at http://tinyurl.com/KAPWUBS or call 1-877-475-2226.

April 12-14: Hudson Bay Route Association annual meeting, Civic Centre, 901-100 St., Tisdale, Sask.

For more info visit www.hbra.ca or call Elden Boon at 204-748-8345.

April 13: Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame annual general meeting, 1:30 p.m., Salon A, Keystone Centre, Brandon. For more info call 204-728-3736 or email info@ manitobaaghalloffame.com.

April 13-14: Manitoba Farm Mentorship farm planning workshop, United Way Building, 580 Main St., Winnipeg. For more info call 204-772-3790 or visit www. manitobafarmmentorship.ca.

April 13-14: Manitoba Women's Institute rural educational conference, Russell. For more info call Joan at 204773-2220 or Rose at 204-773-2011.

April 18-12: National Holstein Convention, Keystone Centre, Brandon. For more info call Holstein Canada at 519-756-8300 or visit http://events.holstein.ca.

April 28: Manitoba Model Forest seminar: Pussy willow/ red dogwood/tamarack wreath making. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. To register call Ken Fosty at 204-340-5013 or email kfosty@treecanada.ca.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 12, 2012

The eagle eye from a one-eyed hawk

Pork council honours Rempel and Flaten Their efforts increased public awareness of farming

A young Swainson’s hawk perches on the arm of Judy Robertson, education director at Ile des Chenes-based Wildlife Haven where injured animals and birds are rehabilitated. Judy was at La Riviére’s Blair Morrison Hall March 31 for Raptor Awareness Day where about 160 visitors spent the day learning about the migratory patterns of eagles, hawks and other raptors while seeing a live great horned owl (in background) and a red-tailed hawk as well. This Swainson’s hawk was found on the side of the highway injured and suffering from a lost eye on Christmas Day. Today he is a permanent resident at Wildlife Haven and aptly named Avro because he’ll never get off the ground again either. Swainson’s hawks begin their migration into Manitoba usually in mid-April. photo: Lorraine Stevenson

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T h e M a n i t o b a Po r k Council has honoured Marg Rempel of Ste. Anne with its award of distinction in recognition of her outstanding contributions to agriculture through her passionate commitment and tireless efforts.

“Her accomplishments and vast contributions have had far-reaching global impact, but perhaps it’s the motivation to her work that impresses most,” the council’s citation says.

Rempel, operates Rempelco Acres, a mixed farm consisting of a 500-sow farrow-to-finish hog enterprise and 1,600 acres of cropland.

Her community service has included three years living in northeastern Brazil along with her late husband Ron, 4-H district and regional councils, Keystone Agricultural Producers, Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. She is currently on the board of directors for the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute.

The pork council also honoured University of Manitoba soil scientist Don Flaten with its education award “in recognition of outstanding contributions in raising public awareness of the environmental sustainability of agriculture through exemplar y efforts in research, teaching and extension activities.”

“Dr. Flaten has consistently distinguished himself by pushing the boundaries of research both in a fundamental way of questioning the current assumptions of our knowledge of soils in Western Canada, and of challenging the agricultural industry to incorporate the latest findings of his research into the mainstream of farming practices,” the council’s citation says.

Flaten, a professor and researcher with the soil science department, is also chair of the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment.

The citation also n o t e s F l a t e n’s a b i l ity to reach out to the wider community to increase the understanding of research and its implications.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 12, 2012

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

EXCHANGES: march 30, 2012

Numbers below are reprinted from April 5 issue.

$1 Cdn: $1.001 U.S. $1 U.S: $.9991 Cdn.

COLUMN

Cattle Prices Winnipeg

(Friday to Thursday) Slaughter Cattle

March 30, 2012

Steers & Heifers $ — D1, 2 Cows 68.00 - 73.00 D3 Cows 58.00 - 68.00 Bulls 80.00 - 92.25 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 118.00 - 127.00 (801-900 lbs.)

125.00 - 136.50 (701-800 lbs.)

135.00 - 152.75 (601-700 lbs.)

150.00 - 169.00 (501-600 lbs.)

160.00 - 180.00 (401-500 lbs.)

170.00 - 191.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

— (801-900 lbs.)

118.00 - 125.00 (701-800 lbs.)

125.00 - 135.00 (601-700 lbs.)

130.00 - 145.50 (501-600 lbs.)

140.00 - 163.50 (401-500 lbs.)

150.00 - 175.00 Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers

Heifers

Alberta South $ 115.25 - 116.00 112.00 - 116.00 71.00 - 83.00 60.00 - 75.00 — $ 117.00 - 133.00 125.00 - 143.00 138.00 - 160.00 150.00 - 175.00 165.00 - 195.00 177.00 - 205.00 $ 112.00 - 126.00 118.00 - 139.00 125.00 - 150.00 135.00 - 159.00 145.00 - 173.00 159.00 - 184.00

($/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 (March 29, 2012) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change April 2012 122.50 -2.75 June 2012 118.47 -3.70 August 2012 121.20 -3.07 October 2012 126.72 -2.28 December 2012 128.05 -2.22 February 2013 128.95 -1.97 Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

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

U.S. feeder and slaughter markets slip on “slime” Phil Franz-Warkentin CNSC

Ontario $ 101.84 - 122.87 104.00 - 119.85 62.73 - 82.96 62.73 - 82.96 76.20 - 96.02 $ 128.19 - 140.22 117.03 - 142.78 124.75 - 151.38 134.01 - 164.94 142.52 - 184.60 141.73 - 185.07 $ 120.89 - 127.76 123.93 - 134.05 124.98 - 142.10 132.13 - 152.02 134.78 - 164.50 134.09 - 164.94

Close 154.25 151.27 151.82 154.77 155.75 156.10

Change 0.80 -2.33 -2.88 -2.13 -1.62 -1.30

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending March 24, 2012 58,531 15,075 43,456 N/A 605,000

Previous Year­ 52,241 15,296 36,945 N/A 633,000

Week Ending March 24, 2012 970 30,883 14,847 550 715 7,210 391

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 762 24,782 15,242 1,060 296 2,652 501

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 166.00E 152.00E 152.15 158.84

Futures (March 29, 2012) in U.S. Hogs April 2012 May 2012 June 2012 July 2012 August 2012

Last Week 171.57 156.90 157.35 162.63

Close 83.02 91.75 90.07 90.55 91.40

Last Year (Index 100) 166.28 152.32 153.48 155.12

Change -2.38 -2.35 -2.75 -2.70 -2.70

Sheep and Lambs Winnipeg Next sale is April 5

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 April 1, 2012 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.915 Undergrade .............................. $1.825 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.895 Undergrade .............................. $1.795 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.895 Undergrade .............................. $1.795 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.880 Undergrade............................... $1.795 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

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ctivity at cattle auction yards across Manitoba was somewhat subdued during the week ended April 6, with a number of facilities taking the week off ahead of the Easter long weekend.

For what was traded, prices held relatively firm on lighter-weight cattle, with demand from eastern and western feedlots continuing to provide support.

However, recent declines in the U.S. feeder and slaughter markets would indicate that the highs may be in for the time being in Manitoba as well. Some of the weakness in the U.S. over the past few weeks was tied to the uproar among U.S. consumers over “pink slime” in ground beef.

Also known as “lean finely textured beef,” the product basically consists of finely ground trimmings and connective tissue that have been processed and then treated with ammonia to remove bacteria. While the “pink slime” is used extensively in the U.S., the product is not used in Canadian ground beef, according to information from industry association Canada Beef.

While consumer concerns over additives in ground beef may remain in the background, an early start to the summer barbecue season in Manitoba has cattle producers in the province looking to more positives than negatives this year.

“There is certainly some optimism in renewal, and in rebuilding herds a little bit,” said Ray Armbruster, president of the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association, noting producers were retaining more heifers and also looking to bring in replacement animals.

However, there are still concerns in those

Canada barley trade losing ground to Argentina

High domestic feed prices curb exports

Other Market Prices $/cwt Ewes Lambs (110+ lb.)

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

Sector’s profitable streak helpful for flood recovery

Toronto 66.27 - 100.66 172.77 - 208.79 201.57 - 219.08 202.11 - 235.93 237.23 - 328.85 —

SunGold Specialty Meats 50.00 - 60.00

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 ($/cwt) Next sale is April 5

Toronto ($/cwt) 67.51 - 314.35 — 91.45 - 283.66

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 22.86 - 35.00 32.97 - 45.99

By Rod Nickel winnipeg / reuters

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anada’s barley exports have dwindled to a fraction of their former might, as Argentina muscles in on trade and domestic cattle feedlots offer farmers better prices than exporters.

Through March 25, Canada was on pace for exports of 1.3 million tonnes in 2011-12 similar to the past two marketing years, according to Canadian Grain Commission data. Those three years have recorded the lowest Canadian barley exports in at least the last three decades, except for the 2002-03 drought year.

“Over the long term, (the

areas which were devastated a year ago by excessive moisture, and he said it was a priority for the industry to get those producers back in business.

As far as production and prices are concerned, “we’re in the most positive position we’ve been in, in a long time,” said Armbruster.

Most cow-calf producers, which represent the largest segment of the cattle sector in the province, should be seeing profits in the current market given the strong prices.

The relatively strong cattle prices come at a time when feed costs are also expensive.

Armbruster said feedlots were still showing good demand for the time being, but their profit margins are tightening as feed costs rise.

Barley bids in the key Lethbridge “Feedlot Alley” have increased by $8-$10 per tonne over the past few weeks.

While feed supplies are generally sufficient in Manitoba, rising prices are starting to become a bit of a concern here as well. As a result, the early spring is expected to see many animals go out to pasture a little sooner than normal this year.

Generally speaking, pasture conditions have improved across the province considerably over the winter, but those areas that were completely saturated a year ago will still need time to get back into production, said Armbruster.

“The flood is over, but the recovery for those guys isn’t,” he said, noting the MCPA was still working with the provincial government to help those most affected.

The full extent of damage to flooded-out land around Lake Manitoba is still unknown.

However, while the recovery in the region will likely take a number of years, the current profitability of the sector does provide a good opportunity to begin that process.

Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

decline) is about just far more competitors coming into the market,” said John Pauch, coarse grains analyst for Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, the federal farm department.

Two years ago, Australia overtook Canada as the top shipper of malting barley, used in brewing, according to International Grains Council data. In total barley trade, Canada looks to slip behind Argentina this year to sixth place.

Argentina’s barley output rose 38 per cent to 4.1 million tonnes in the 2011-12 harvest that finished in January.

More than half of that total is destined for export, with Argentina expected to ship 2.5 million tonnes this year, more than double Canada’s total, according to IGC. While Argentina has made inroads in Saudi Arabia — the world’s biggest barley buyer — Canada’s barley exports there are down 50 per cent from August through January and look to fall far short of the five-year

average, Statistics Canada data shows.

In the past year, domestic feed prices have regularly beat export values, and crops in other countries have avoided weather-related disasters that can force importers to pay a premium, said Bruce Burnett, director of weather and market analysis for the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB).

Canadian barley exports could rebound in 2012-13, partly because there will be more players in the market, said Alberta-based agriculture analyst Ron Frost.

“I believe there will generally be a pickup in export activity, which only makes sense when you have a halfdozen companies out there developing relationships and putting deals together,” Frost said. “As opposed to just one entity, CWB, that may not have always been interested in a small 20,000-tonnes deal with a country or party that they did not have an ongoing relationship with.”

Looking for results? Check out the market reports from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 39

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GRAIN MARKETS

Numbers below are reprinted from April 5 issue.

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Pre-seeding risk premium being built into canola The idea of $700 canola may no longer be comic relief Dwayne Klassen CNSC

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he nearby May and July canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered some minor declines during the week ended April 5, while the remainder of the futures saw small to modest advances. Profittaking sparked some of the losses in the two nearby futures, as did an increase in hedge selling by grain companies.

Sentiment that demand is now shifting to newcrop months also helped to weigh on the two oldcrop contracts. A lot of the action that was seen in the May future reflected the rolling of positions out of that month and into deferred contracts.

Support in canola continued to stem from the record usage of the commodity by the domestic and export sectors. The building of a risk premium into the deferred values was also evident, as the industry takes precautions ahead of the growing season. There were ideas that the dryness that existed on the Prairies heading into spring seeding has been alleviated to some

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

degree. However, any extended periods of dryness during the critical development months in July and August will reduce the yield potential of the crop.

Some concern has already been expressed about the record area that will be seeded to canola this spring, but others are indicating the large acreage will be required to meet demand commitments.

Canola area in Western Canada is expected to range anywhere from 21 million to as high as 23 million acres this spring. In 2011, canola area totalled 18.9 million acres.

The industry is hoping canola-seeded area is at least in the 21-million-acre range. Statistics Canada will release its first plantings survey on April 24, but participants are already writing the numbers off as the survey will not fully reflect actual acreage. Most believe the survey was conducted too soon, and will underestimate what producers plan on seeding.

Activity in the milling wheat, durum and barley contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform remained virtually non-existent. Most of the price action was again tied to arbitrage by ICE Futures Canada and was dependent on the placing of bids or offers by commercials.

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures posted advances during the period ended April 5. Fallout from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s March 30 prospective plantings report continued to generate strength, as did ideas that old-crop stocks of the commodity are tighter than what the USDA is suggesting.

ADM eyes ways to expand reach

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fter passing on Viterra, Archer Daniels Midland is now eyeing acquisitions of smaller assets in North America.

“Other than one-off deals, we can’t really grow too much in North America,” said A.

Additional strength in U.S. soybeans came from further downward revisions to the soybean crop size in both Argentina and Brazil during the week. The production declines, along with the reduced U.S. soybean area, were expected to further tighten the global oilseed supply situation.

The upside in soybeans was tempered by ideas that values were overbought and were in need of a downward correction.

CBOT corn futures also experienced gains, with old-crop values leading the upward price climb. Support in the nearby months was associated with the extremely tight old-crop stocks picture. The advances in new-crop contracts were restricted by the expectation of record area being planted to the crop this spring by U.S. farmers.

Wheat futures at the CBOT and Kansas City Board of Trade were lower on the week while wheat values at Minneapolis’s MGEX saw some small gains. The arrival of beneficial precipitation in the U.S. winter wheat belt stimulated the selling that weighed on KCBT and CBOT wheat values. The improved weather conditions for the European wheat crop also influenced the downward price action.

Much of the support at the MGEX continued to reflect the USDA prospective plantings report that expected spring wheat acreage in the northern-tier states to be down significantly from the year-ago level. Early ideas had called for an increase in area to spring wheat.

November rising

In hopes of not cursing the recent rally in canola by talking about it, there are again ideas circulating that values have the potential to move to the $700-per-tonne level.

For some of the analysts making projections at the farm meetings held each spring, the $700 projection has been seen more as a joke than reality. However, with canola’s recent move to current levels, the projection of $700 may not be as far fetched as once thought.

Granted, the focus on which contract will push to that level is still up for debate — but for the sake of discussion, the November future will be the month that makes the run for that price, or not.

The May future is about to become a cash delivery month, which then leaves July. However, while July will be active, most market participants will look to the November contract, where open interest is already overpowering all the other months.

The potential upward price push for November canola is backed by the tightening global oilseed supply situation. That view is associated with the declining size of South American soybean crops, where output in both Brazil and Argentina is deteriorating as more is known about the harvest.

Palm oil futures in Malaysia have been steadily moving to new highs given that stocks of that commodity are also tightening.

U.S. soybean production is also far from certain, and while area planted to the crop this spring in the U.S. will be larger than what USDA forecast at the end of March, it may still be short of what was planted a year ago. Any issues with the development of that crop this spring will only serve to bolster global oilseed values.

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

James Shafter, the company’s vice-president of mergers and acquisitions.

“We’ll always do one-off deals. Elevator assets, transportation assets, if it’s in our sector, we’ll look at it.”

Investors such as sovereign wealth funds, endowments, and pension plans have been drawn to agricultural investments over the past decade amid the promise of strong returns as global demand for food grows.

Export and International Prices Last Week

Week Ago

Year Ago

CWB export 1CW 13.5 St. Lawrence

357.40

366.85

433.50

US hard winter ord.Gulf ($US)

292.66

293.31

347.12

All prices close of business March 29, 2012 Wheat

EU French soft wheat ($US)

277.50

294.00

358.00

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

225.03

237.43

280.42

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

289.79

296.49

339.39

US corn Gulf ($US)

277.15

279.32

320.06

US barley (PNW) ($US)

280.00

280.00

250.00

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

237.79

253.74

272.93

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

217.54

212.84

238.13

498.01

495.81

518.13

1,181.66

1,189.82

1,296.10

Coarse Grains

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

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business March 30, 2012 Western barley

Last Week

Week Ago

May 2012

229.00

224.00

July 2012

232.00

227.00

October 2012

211.00

211.00

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

May 2012

622.50

598.50

July 2012

619.90

596.80

November 2012

575.20

559.10

CWB Pool Forecasts March PRO 2011-12

February PRO 2011-12

Total Payments 2010-11

No. 1 CWRS 13.5

317.00

309

344.96

No. 1 CWRS 12.5

283.00

272

317.73

No. 2 CWRS 13.5

314.00

304

337.13

No. 1 CWHWS 13.5

319.00

309

344.96

No. 1 CPSR

249.00

242

277.77

No. 1 CPSW

244.00

237

274.67

No. 1 CWRW

245.00

245

284.23

No. 1 CWES

289.00

279

314.96

No. 1 CWSWS

250.00

243

268.72

342.00

342

302.94

N/A

N/A

235.72

Sel CW Two-Row

309.00

311

265.74

Sel CW Six-Row

294.00

296

247.98

Wheat

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

* No. 1 CW feed barley, Pool B 2011-12, as of January 19: $223.

Special Crops Report for April 2, 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

23.80 - 25.00

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

24.00 - 25.00

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

26.00 - 29.00

Desi Chickpeas

26.00 - 27.00 — 26.10 - 27.50

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

8.50 - 10.50

Fababeans, large

—

Medium Yellow No. 1

8.40 - 8.85

Feed beans

—

Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

—

Feed Pea (Rail)

No. 1 Great Northern

—

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

—

Yellow No. 1

34.75 - 35.75

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

—

Brown No. 1

28.75 - 30.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

—

Oriental No. 1

22.75 - 25.75

No. 1 Black Beans

—

No. 1 Pinto Beans

—

3.50 - 5.50

Source: Stat Publishing SUNFLOWERS

No. 1 Small Red

—

No. 1 Pink

—

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

26.45

26.45

—

—

Report for March 30, 2012 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed) Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

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Brandon to host Best of Belgian Breed event Draft horse fans can look forward to an extra treat as the North American Belgian Championships returns July 17-21

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff

I

f you didn’t get enough of the heavy horses at the recent Royal Manitoba Winter Fair, take heart, because more is on the way this summer.

For the first time since 1996, t h e No r t h A m e r i c a n B e l g i a n Championships is coming on July 17 to 21, said Brenda Hunter, secretary of the Manitoba Percheron & Belgian Club committee that is hosting the show at Brandon’s Keystone Centre.

Local talent will figure prominently, she added.

“Western Manitoba has a high concentration of draft horse breeders, partly due to the equine ranching industry,” said Hunter.

The international show will see some 500 head of the finest Belgian horses on both sides of the border compete for over $150,000 in prizes in “halter and hitch” competitions, as well as the RCMP musical ride and a horse pulling contest.

“It’s the Belgian Olympics,” said Robert Berry, a regular heavy horse competitor at the winter fair who operates Bar RB Belgians near Birtle.

From 30 to 40 six-horse hitches are expected to come from places as far away as Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Ohio and across Canada. A wide range of performance events ranging from men’s, ladies’ and youth cart to team and unicorn hitches, as well as stallion, mare and gelding show classes, will be featured.

In recent years, the draft horse industry has evolved from heavily muscled, strong-boned horses bred mainly for docility and work endurance to achieve a modern performance ideal.

“We’re looking for something with style: higher headed, more animation, more action,” said Berry.

Brenda Hunter, secretary of the Manitoba Percheron & Belgian Club committee organizing the 2012 North American Belgian Championships VII, prepares a horse for the ring at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair. photo: Daniel Winters

Rob Gardiner, of Gardiner’s Belgians near Virden, said that the show offers a great opportunity for horse breeders to develop a reputation in the industry.

“It’s a big deal,” he said. “It’s about representing the farm and the breeding operation.”

Top hitch horses with ribbons to their credit can fetch anywhere from $5,000 to $50,000 each, and the foals of mares proven in the ring become more valuable, he added.

Gardiner chose Belgians for his horse operation due to their “heart, guts and power.”

In the past, Percheron horses were famed for their fiery traits in harness, while Belgians were reputed to be the “gentle giants.” But in recent years, the characteristics of the breeds have become more alike as breeders set their sights on developing top athletes for show and hitch ring competition.

“I wouldn’t say one breed is jammier than the other,” he said.

“They’ve all got to have some gas in the tank.”

According to the North American Belgian Championships website, the breed can be traced back to the 1850s, when Remi Vander Schueren saw a need for more muscle to pull the heavier farm machinery that started appearing with the advent of the Industrial Revolution.

He started breeding the four main draft types that existed in the Belgian countryside, and the result gained fame as the “Belgian” horse.

The government of Belgium saw potential in the breed, and the first official stud book was established in 1886, followed by the National Show in Brussels that helped make the breed internationally renowned.

A system of district shows through-

out the country helped determine which horses were the best of the best, and the grand champion winners chosen in Brussels became leading sires.

The result was a rapid improvement in the breed that is regarded as a national treasure, and one of the country’s greatest exports.

The first Belgian horses were brought to Canada in 1902. The event is held every four years, with the last two shows hosted by London, Ont., and Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Tips on practical heat detection for AI programs It’s best to only AI for one or two cycles and then use good-quality clean up bulls Roy Lewis, DVM Beef 911

W

hen looking into any artificial insemination program, several goals must be kept in mind.

Achieving pregnancies is of course the most important.

Improving your genetic base is always a desire of any breeder whether you are a commercial operator or seedstock breeder. In order to be successful though, costs both for supplies and labour must first be considered.

Irregardless of all the programs available heat detection is still a very important key in overall success. Methods to assist in this are the use of detector patches, heat detector paint or marker (gomerized) bulls. The patches can lead to errors when they discharge from cows rubbing them on bush, and with light rubbing they can be partially discharged releasing some of the red colour. You want to see a complete red colour to verify a cow is in heat.

Gomers bulls can be very beneficial in smaller breeding groups. I have tried the numerous ways to create a marker

animal including implanting open cows and juicing up steers with testosterone. The best procedure I have found is using a smaller, quiet bull, either from your herd or a known herd and performing an epididymectomy on him.

Your veterinarian will know how to do this procedure. This is the simplest, most economical surgery and the bull can be shipped after that season. Use a poorer-grade animal, preferably with smaller testicles. The cost of the procedure is much cheaper than overwintering the bull till next season.

Chin ball markers are a great help but a word of caution — let the bull get used to the marker without any ink in it for several days. Otherwise fences, watering bowls and everything around will be marked till the bull gets used to wearing this new device.

Changing ink colour can aid with errors in confusing cows already bred. Many colours of ink are available.

Even though these marker bulls are full-penetration breeders, disease risk is very low since virgin bulls are used from a known source. It has been found that the natural act of breeding with a gomer may increase the AI rates a small percentage as well. Marker bulls should not be considered if the group is too large or if synchronization

is being done. Otherwise the bulls get overworked, burnt out and basically don’t know which way to turn. In the situation of large groups manual detection is still the best by spending time observing towards dawn or dusk.

The biggest mistake many producers make is to get caught up in the glamour of AI and lose sight of the fact they still need to get the cow or heifer pregnant early.

Synchronization

Synchronization programs, if successful, concentrate heatdetection times over just a few days. If wishing to synchronize large groups of heifers, a program using MGA at 0.5 mg per head for 14 days, withdrawing it and either waiting for the second heat (first heat is not a fertile one), or using a prostaglandin 15 to 19 days after withdrawal of the MGA will synchronize most heifers. If your heifer pen is large you may want to stagger groups of heifers so calving does not overwhelm you the following year. Be warned this program does not work successfully in cows.

Several programs have been d e ve l o p e d t o s y n c h ro n i ze cows; some are very labour intensive but conception rates can be very good. Hired labour for breeding can be utilized if AI is not done by the producer.

One shot of prostaglandin if given sufficient time (at least 45 days) after calving should have 65 to 75 per cent of cows coming into heat over five days.

Other programs use GnRh first followed by prostaglandins in seven days which will bring most cycling in over one to two days. The more elaborate CIDR or PRID programs have been talked about in other articles.

Other programs are available and each should be explored with your veterinarian for the best one suited to your operation. Make sure nutrition is adequate, phosphorus and energy are the two keys for cycling to occur.

The biggest mistake many producers make is to get caught up in the glamour of AI and lose sight of the fact they still need to get the cow or heifer pregnant early. It’s best to only AI for one or two cycles and then use good-quality clean up bulls.

Heat detection is still desirable even if naturally breeding is occurring for several reasons.

It ensures the cows are actually cycling.

Especially if new, young, vir-

gin bulls are used, hand mating should occur for the first couple of breedings. This ensures these newcomers are actually getting a successful breeding in.

Mark down dates on any breedings observed. This information can come in handy next year at calving if problems arise or if cows need to be induced. Only a very few cows should be coming back at the next heat otherwise the bull should be rechecked. I know of numerous incidences where diligent farmers have averted a disaster by carefully watching if cows were returning to heat.

These hints hopefully will allow you to have a successful breeding season with high conception rates while at the same time enjoying genetic gain.

Happy breeding!

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

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“One of Agribition’s strongest goals is to promote innovation in agriculture. There is no better way to foster innovation than to feed the minds of the young people who will be our industry’s leaders in the near future,” said Marty Seymour, CEO and general manager of Agribition.

Established in 1994, the Agribition Scholarship program has awarded over $150,000 in scholarships. The fund receives contributions annually from private donations as well as from other Agribition events.

The Canadian Western Agribition Scholarship program is intended to provide financial support and incentive to support young Agribition participants seeking higher education. To qualify for one of the $1,000 grants, applicants must have participated during a past Agribition as an exhibitor (such as in a livestock show, 4-H, grain and forage classes or active trade show exhibitor). Applicants must be pursuing a post-secondary or graduate program that is at least two years long.

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to help cover costs of the second or subsequent year of an education program in Canada or U.S. The deadline for applications for this year’s scholarships is July 1, 2012. For a scholarship application, visit: www.agribition.com/Show_ Information/Education/ Scholarship/.

More agricultural co-operation with Kazakhstan Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and his counterpart from the Republic of Kazakhstan, Minister of Agriculture Asylzhan Mamytbekov signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) April 2.

The MOU will increase co-operation in the areas of animal and plant production and development, and it will also increase knowledge sharing and exchanges of new technologies. A joint Canada– Kazakhstan working group will be established and will meet annually to ensure that the goals of this MOU are met.

In 2011, Canadian agriculture and food exports to Kazakhstan totalled about $14 million, which included exports of Canada’s top-quality breeding cattle. Canada is a trading partner of choice for Kazakhstan, particularly in the livestock and agricultural machinery sectors.

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Death knell may sound for Canada’s GMO pigs

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Without fresh funding, the animals will be euthanized and their genetic material put into cold storage

By Alex Binkley

Officials meet to discuss low-level GMO contamination CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR / OTTAWA

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By Alex Binkley CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR AND

Rod Nickel REUTERS

P

igs that might have become the world’s first genetically modified animals approved for human consumption may instead face an untimely end, as key backers of Canada’s “Enviropig” project withdrew their support for the controversial engineered animal.

Scientists at the University of Guelph, 90 km west of Toronto, bred the first GMO pig that was developed to address an environmental problem in 1999. The animal — known as Enviropig — digests its feed more efficiently than naturally bred pigs, resulting in waste that may cause less environmental damage to lakes and rivers.

The project has produced eight generations of Enviropigs, including the current herd of 16 animals. But they may be the last of their kind, after Ontario Pork — an association of hog farmers in the eastern Canadian province — yanked their funding last month. “ We think we took the genetic research as far as it could possibly go,” said Keith Ro b b i n s, s p o k e s m a n f o r Ontario Pork, which funded Enviropig with more than $1 million (since the late 1990s).

“It’s probably best for industry to take it forward. When you’re the first of anything, it’s tough to get it out of the gate.”

Genetically modified plants and animals intended for the food chain face tough scrutiny from regulators, with some consumers leery of unproven long-term health effects.

“All biotech products face

“The GM pig was going to drive consumers away from eating pork if it was ever approved for market.”

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a daunting task of getting to market,” said Peter Phillips, a professor of public policy at University of Saskatchewan.

Enviropig has not managed to attract funding from a food company that would ultimately seek to commercialize the pigs, possibly because environmental benefit doesn’t necessarily translate into more profit, Phillips said.

Enviropig’s researchers applied several years ago for approval for human food consumption from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada. Those regulators have not made a decision.

Unless the university finds a fresh source of major funding it will euthanize the animals and place their genetic material in cold storage, said Lori Bona Hunt, a spokeswoman for the University of Guelph.

Research could continue without live animals, mainly through analyzing data, she said.

Canadian environmental groups welcomed the setback for the Enviropig.

“The GM pig was going to drive consumers away from eating pork if it was ever approved for market,” said Paul Slomp of the National Farmers Union, in a state-

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ment. “This GM pig fiasco could have permanently damaged (Canada’s) domestic and international pork markets.”

Canada is the third-largest pork exporter.

The Canadian Biotechnology A c t i o n Ne t w o r k ( C B A N ) staged a news conference on Parliament Hill to demand the federal government close the door to any future introduction of other genetically modified animals.

Its target wasn’t so much the pigs, which were never approved as a food source, but the prospect of modified salmon developed by Aqua Bounty of Prince Edward Island, with an extra gene designed to help it grow twice as fast. The only other GM animals in Canada are two elderly spider goats at the Agriculture Canada Museum on an experimental farm in Ottawa.

“There’s no demand or need for genetically modified food animals,” Lucy Sharratt of CBAN told the news conference. “The federal government should stop accepting requests to approve GM food animals.

It’s time to end all attempts to bring GM animals to market.”

She said Health Canada won’t say whether it’s considering an application to approve the GM salmon for sale. Aqua Bounty has said it’s seeking American regulatory approval.

The two female spider goats, named Sugar and Spice, have been an attraction at the museum for about two years.

They were genetically modified to create a silk substance in their milk that is extracted and spun into BioSteel, which is used in bulletproof vests and medical sutures.

T h e g o a t s w e re o r i g i n a l l y c r e a t e d b y Ne x i a Biotechnologies of Montreal, which went bankrupt. The museum purchased them three years ago to put on display for educational purposes and not to produce the spider silk.

“What we’re doing is presenting a piece of information and the visitor can make up his or her own mind about it,” said curator Franz Klingender.

The museum also said it will never breed the animals.

overnment and farm officials are continuing their efforts to bring some clarity to the contentious issue of low-level presence of genetically modified organisms, but it’s not clear how much progress is being made.

Officials from exporting and importing countries recently met in Vancouver to discuss how to prevent trade disruptions when trace levels of a GMO are found because of unintentional mixing during handling or transporting of a shipment.

Finding a way to deal with low-level presence (or LLP) has been one of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s pet projects in his campaign to remove barriers to Canadian agri-food exports.

Governments and industry need to find a way to “free up the pathways of global trade for the good of our customers, our farmers and our industries,” Ritz said at the Vancouver meeting. “By making sure that regulations and policies are rooted in sound science, we improve the predictability and stability of trade.

“A workable policy on LLP is critical to prevent the serious trade impediments that can arise when different countries approve products at different times.”

As expected, no communiqué was issued at the conclusion of the meeting and there’s no talk yet of drafting an international agreement — although that is the ultimate goal.

The meeting attracted officials from 16 countries and lasted three days, two of which were spent behind closed doors, said Jim Everson, vice-president of the Canola Council of Canada.

“The industry walked the officials through all the big issues connected with LLP,” said Everson. “There was a good discussion of the technical requirements for an agreement. The number of GMO products will increase in the future.”

That point was raised

by Ritz, who said the global food sectors “need regulations that foster, not frustrate.”

“More and more countries are committing to the use of innovative agricultural technologies to meet growing demand for food and feed,” Ritz told the delegates. “This makes it all the more critical that we have timely, science-based approaches to approvals and trade rules. We must root out unscientific measures that restrict trade and keep safe, high-quality food from getting where it’s needed.”

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Short warming, then cooler Issued: Monday, April 9, 2012 · Covering: April 11 – April 18, 2012 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

A

fter a fairly cold start to the week it looks like our weather will return to warmer conditions. The big question is whether we will see any precipitation.

The cold arctic air mass that moved in late last weekend, behind the storm system that brought some significant snow to parts of Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba, will slowly move off to the East during the first half of this week. This will be replaced by an upper ridge of high pressure that should bring a return to above-average temperatures by Wednesday or Thursday. High temperatures look like they’ll be in the midteens, with overnight lows in the low single digits.

By Fr i d a y w e’ l l h a v e t o watch a large area of low pressure that is forecast to develop to our west. The models have had a hard time figuring out this system, jumping back and forth between the system staying south of us and

hitting us directly. Given the more northerly track of our last system I’m going to lean toward cloudy and showery weather moving in on Friday and Saturday. Along with the clouds and showers, temperatures will cool off. Southern re g i o n s s h o u l d n’t s e e a n y snow from this system, but more northerly regions might.

Next week looks like it will start off on the cool side as another area of cool arctic air looks to be poised to move in once the weekend low moves out. Expect high temperatures for the start of next week to only be in the low single digits, with overnight lows in the -5 C range. Temperatures look as if they will improve as the week wears on, with highs once again making it into the low to mid-teens later in the week.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 3 to 17 C; lows: -7 to +3 C. Probability of precipitation falling as rain: 55 per cent.

Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

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

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

With the official winter season drawing to a close this issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies over the winter compared to historical averages. Overall it was a dry winter across the Prairies, with a large portion of the region seeing extremely low to record-low amounts. You have to look pretty hard to find any areas that were above average this past winter, with the most obvious being in extreme southwestern Alberta.

How ice loss influences the jet stream Amplification of ridges and troughs may become more frequent in the future

By Daniel Bezte CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

I

’ve spent a fair bit of time d i s c u s s i n g t h e re c o rd warm weather we experienced in March over the last few weeks. We’ve looked at just what led to this remarkable weather and we discussed just how intense it really was. The fact that we saw temperatures that were between three and four standard deviations above th e l o n g -t e r m average is truly remarkable, and for some of us this might be a once-in-a-lifetime event.

To try and put this into a different perspective, I bumped into my good friend Danny Blair, climatologist and associate dean of science over at the University of Winnipeg just last week, and we br iefly discussed the scope of the March heat wave. While I don’t have the exact numbers right now, Dr. Blair informed me he had crunched some of the numbers and discovered this was the most intense above-average period of warm weather our region has experienced

since records began in 1872.

That is, the eight days of record- or near-recordbreaking weather had the most above-average temperatures of any other similar period in Winnipeg’s history, no matter what time of year.

If this had occurred in July we would have seen daily high temperatures in the 40 to 45 C range, with overnight lows around 30 C! This truly could be a once-in-a-lifetime event — or could it?

New research is coming out that has looked at what effects the loss of ice cover in the Arctic is having on the world’s weather. What the early results seem to show is that the increase in available heat in the Arctic seems to be contributing to a much more amplified long wave pattern in the Northern Hemisphere.

In the past we have had discussions about the jet stream and how it meanders around the Earth, creating large ridges and troughs.

These curves in the jet stream control much of our mid-latitude weather. When there is a ridge over us, we have relatively clear and

warm weather; when there is a trough, our weather is unsettled and cool. These ridges and troughs are generally fairly broad and will s l ow l y m ov e a r o u n d t h e Earth, bringing periods of warm and cool weather.

Occasionally these ridges and troughs can become amplified — that is, they become much larger in a

was extremely cold. While there were hundreds of heat records broken, with several all-time heat records, there were only a handful of cold records broken on the cold side of this pattern.

No r m a l l y t h i s t y p e o f amplification of the pattern doesn’t happen very often.

This new research is starting to indicate this type of

Ice cover over the Great Lakes since 1973 has declined by as much as 71 per cent.

north-south direction. When this happens the ridges and troughs can get “stuck” in position. This will then lead not only to longer periods of either cold or warm weather, but more intense temperatures as well. This is exactly what we saw happen in March. The interesting part is that the warm sector was much more extremely warm than the cold sector

pattern may become much more prevalent, meaning we may see more frequent periods of extreme recordbreaking warmth, but we may also see periods of cold as well. So this once-in-alifetime warm spell may not be a once-in-a-lifetime event after all — we may see more of this type of weather in the not-so-distant future.

Another interesting study

came out recently looking at ice cover over the Great Lakes since 1973. What the study found was that ice cover during this period has declined by as much as 71 per cent and winter air temperatures over the southern Great Lakes have warmed around 2 C, while over the northern lakes the increase has been as much as 3 C. This results in increased winter evaporation from the lakes, which results in lower lake levels, but also results in increased lake effect snows.

Now to end off this week’s article I came across a really cool weather-related web page. This page shows the wind pattern and speed across the United States in a rather unique and interesting way. It is updated every hour using data from the U.S. National Digital Forecast Database and was done as part of an art project. It can really help you see how air spirals out of areas of high pressure, and how wind can converge in one area, resulting in lift. You can check it out at http://hint.fm/wind/ index.html.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 12, 2012

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Clubroot hasn’t arrived in Manitoba and farmers are being urged to take special precautions to keep it that way.

By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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anitoba seed and potato growers are being warned about the risk clubrootinfected soil could get to their farm in the seed they bought for spring planting.

The Manitoba Clubroot Action Team, consisting of representatives from the Manitoba government, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and the Canola Council of Canada, issued the warning in separate letters to the Manitoba Seed Growers Association and the province’s potato growers.

“To minimize the introduction of clubroot to your farm, and Manitoba, we would recommend that potato and grain growers need to be cognizant of the clubroot status of their seed suppliers,” the April 2 letter states. “Also, as a seed buyer, request your seed suppliers to employ best practices to minimize the amount of soil in the seed

lot you are purchasing and transporting to your farm.”

C l u b ro o t , w h i c h i s s p re a d through infected soil, can cut canola yields in half. There are no control measures once it infects a field.

The disease, a slime mould that produces galls on the roots of susceptible plants, was discovered in Alberta in 2003 near Edmonton.

Since then it has spread to more than 600 fields and as far south as Lethbridge.

Last October SaskCanola announced two canola fields in north-central Saskatchewan were infected.

Clubroot spores survive in the soil for 15 to 20 years, so avoiding the disease is the best control.

“Clubroot-tolerant canola varieties along with long rotations out of canola may help reduce yield losses,” the action team’s letter states.

Farmers in infected areas are urged to clean their equipment to avoid spreading clubroot. But the

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“Talk to the seed grower to find out if they have clubroot or if they have been tested and if so to make sure they are minimizing the amount of soil moving with that

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Churchill port no solution for forage exporters, report says Demand for forages strong in other countries, but Canadian forage growers face major hurdles getting their products to market

By Daniel Winters CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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o close, but yet so far away.

Although Churchill is the nearest saltwater port for Prairie forage growers, a consultant’s analysis has ruled out its potential as a cheaper option shipping hay to other countries.

“We had hoped the Churchill port would be able to play an important part in the development of an overseas export market, but the study has proven otherwise,” said Brent McCannell, Manitoba Forage Council’s executive director.

A l l e n Ty rc h n i e w i c z , t h e author of the repor t, said that the port offers the lowest

freight costs when on water, but that there are many challenges surrounding Churchill.

One of the biggest is the f a c t t h a t c o m p re s s e d a n d baled forages are typically shipped in containers, and the port currently only handles container traffic within the Hudson Bay region, not overseas shipments.

“With the exception of a few very small container ships that move containers around to the communities around Hudson Bay, there are no ocean-going container ships that actually come in,” said Tyrchniewicz, adding that a minimum shipment for forages would require at least 10-20 containers.

Wi t h t h e Un i t e d A ra b Emirates contracting out for

400,000 tonnes of forages for the Middle Eastern country’s camel, horse and dairy herd, strong demand exists.

“That’s considerabley more than just a couple of containers,” he said.

Mark Cool, vice-president of ter minal operations for OmniTRAX Canada, said that the port can handle containers, but enticing a container ship from a major importing nation like China to the port would require that a critical mass of volume must be achieved.

“If they got to the point where they had a full shipload of containers, that’s easily doable here,” he said. “It’s all about quantities. You need to get 500-600 containers in here

“With the exception of a few very small container ships that move containers around to the communities around Hudson Bay, there are no ocean-going container ships that actually come in.”

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For shippers offering small volumes, busier ports such as Vancouver are better able to accommodate their needs, he added.

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ping is a high-volume, lowcost game, and the companies involved are loath to see their “sea cans” idle for any amount of time. That’s why rates on very heavily used routes such as China to Europe are “ridiculously low” compared to other lanes.

With only a few dozen ships moving into the Port of Churchill every year, and virtually no inbound cargoes aside from a shipment of fertilizer from Russia a few years ago, Churchill is a hard sell for the big players. “When you graph that, Churchill doesn’t even show up because it’s such a small volume moved,” said Tyrchniewicz.

Livestock never takes a holiday from eating, so buyers such as the UAE need constant supplies year round.

With Churchill’s shipping season only running from July to November, and high insurance costs at times when ice is an issue, the port faces serious challenges attracting such trade, he added.

With upgrades, improvements and/or some structural changes, Churchill could potentially become a shipping alternative in the future for forage producers in the eastern Prairies, depending on whether global warming extends the season, and if grain companies find the port advantageous for serving certain markets.

“A l s o, i f t h e C W B f i n d s that the grain companies are charging them too much to move product, maybe they will end up using the Port o f C h u r c h i l l m o r e ,” s a i d Tyrchniewicz.

“One never knows. In transportation, you have to watch closely and don’t blink.”

Sinclair Harr ison, president of the Hudson Bay Route Association, a group dedicated to promoting the Churchill port, was in the northern city last week for a two-day symposium to discuss the port’s future after the CWB monopoly ends this August.

Harrison, who also sits on the Churchill Gateway Development Corporation’s board, said that plans are in the works to look at other commodities, as well as expanding warehouse space.

Improving the port’s capacity for handling container traffic came up in discussions, he added.

“There’s no reason that container ships couldn’t dock at the port here just like grain ships,” said Harrison. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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Hay is here, markets are there

Farmers risk squeezing canola rotations into the yield loss zone

High transportation costs are a problem

Plant 10 per cent less canola and you could boost yields 25 per cent

By Lorraine Stevenson and Daniel Winters

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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he hay is here, it’s moving it that’s the problem.

The Tyrchniewicz report found that the Manitoba and Saskatchewan forage industry has sufficient quality and quantities of forage for export markets, the spotty availability of up-to-date market intelligence and a lack of compressing, pelleting and cubing facilities hinders the export trade.

Portage la Prairie and Saskatoon could be ideal locations for future compressing operations, it added.

Markets in the Middle East and Asia are keen on Canadian forage exports, but the report cautions that unless significant savings in transportation costs are found, only those markets looking for the highest-quality forages should be pursued.

High transportation costs effectively price eastern Prairie forage products out of commodity-type markets. Darren Chapman, of Chapman Farms near Virden, who ships hay regularly to buyers in the United States by truck, echoed that sentiment.

“The growing interest in hay imports from countries such as Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Japan and China is a welcome development, but only if we can get it there in a cost-effective manner,” said Chapman.

The Manitoba and Saskatchewan Forage Councils are planning to continue working together on potential export opportunities for Prairie forage growers.

Manitoba forage marketers are working on a proposal for Western Economic Diversification Canada that will address high transportation costs by compacting forage, thus lowering transportation costs and improving price competitiveness in world markets.

Although Churchill isn’t an option for now, the study also identifies a number of rail system options to help reduce transportation costs, including out of Minot via the Burlington Northern. The potential there lies with Minot possibly doubling the size of containers it ships, from 20 to 40 feet.

If that happened, it will become a cheaper route to move forages on to seaport, says Brent McCannell of the Manitoba Forage Council.

“Ultimately, this comes down to containers and the cost of getting access to containers,” he said, adding that MFC will be watching closely to see what develops at Minot.

The MFC is also talking to Centre Port in Winnipeg and is buoyed by its recent success handling logistics for a soybean sale to China.

There are also ways to reduce transportation costs by shipping more forage per container. Lack of processing is a big part of Prairie forage growers’ struggles of higher freight costs.

The Manitoba Forage Marketers are working on a proposal for Western Economic Diversification Canada to address high transportation costs by possibly purchasing a compressor to reduce standard-size large square bales into smaller packages, McCannell said.

“To be competitive we need to get more forages in a container and if we compress it we can do that.”

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estern Canadian farmers are expected to plant record canola acres this spring, but the tighter rotations may lead to other agronomic issues, crop specialists warn.

After seeding a record 18.9 million acres of canola in 2011, Canadian farmers are poised to shatter that record in 2012. Industry participants are forecasting seedings in the 20-million- to 22-million-acre range — or above.

Many of those additional acres will be planted in land that was unseeded in 2011 due to adverse spring conditions. However, strong canola prices are encouraging some farmers to tighten their rotations and even plant canola

on top of canola in some cases.

A canola-on-canola rotation is believed to reduce yields by 10 per cent to 15 per cent, said Grant McLean, a crop management specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture. However, larger disease issues are also a concern.

“Farmers are trying to run a business, so they are looking at dollars per acre, but there are some agronomic risks,” said McLean.

The industry has improved varieties over the past years to deal with disease, but McLean said there were signs that resistance to the blackleg fungus and other diseases was starting to break down in some locations. Concerns over clubroot are also becoming more prevalent in

cent of farmers were planting canola every other year, and now over 50 per cent are on a two-year rotation.

Strong prices mean that farmers will continue to push rotations as long as the profits are there, said Kubinec.

However, “there will come a time when we’ll run into serious issues,” she added.

“The industry has done an exceptional job with providing the tools to let us have the tight rotations we currently have,” she said. However, those improved varieties currently being planted do not live up to their full potential on a two-year rotation, said Kubinec. If producers planted 10 per cent less canola, they could improve their yields by 25 per cent in the long run with the rotational improvements, she added.

Western Canada, particularly in Alberta.

Flea beetles and lack of moisture utilization are additional problems posed by planting canola in too tight a rotation, said Anastasia Kubinec, oilseeds specialist with Manitoba Agriculture.

Crop rotations of at least one year in three, or one in four, provide the optimal results for canola, said McLean. He noted that even rotating different varieties of canola can provide benefits, as producers consistently using the same variety may also be creating a situation where disease could break through.

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Quick-cooking barley puts a modern spin on an ancient grain Manitoba-made, value-added, hulless barley food product offers ease of preparation, convenience and nutritional benefits

By Daniel Winters CO-OPERATOR STAFF / BRANDON

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verybody has to eat.

On dinner plates around the world, there are three main types of starches: rice, potatoes and pasta.

Now, after years of produ c t d e v e l o p m e n t , Ma r v i n Na k o n e c h n y, t h e C E O o f Edmonton-based Progressive Foods, has an ambitious plan to add his company’s new, fastcooking hulless barley product to that list.

“I just want a small percentage of the starch market,” said Nakonechny. “If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon – that’s the kind of marketing focus we are doing.”

The former seed grower from Wetaskwin, first came up with the idea in 2003 of making barley, an ancient grain that has been around for 8,000 years, more palatable for modern consumers.

As a director on the research committee for the Alberta Barley Commission, he worked on strategies for developing new markets such as hog feed, dairy silage and other applications.

But the holy grail of that research was the food market, because it alone offered the breathtaking possibility of boosting barley’s value from $4.75 per bushel to $5 per pound.

“Everybody was trying to get the concept of barley as a food because food is your highest-value application,” said Nakonechny.

“I just want a small percentage of the starch market.”

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New barley needed

In tapping that market, a new kind of barley had to be developed, because malting barley, with its lower soluble fibre and lower protein, didn’t quite fit the bill in terms of the nutritional qualities that would lure consumers.

“On the food side, we want soluble fibre and we want protein,” he said.

Hulless barley, which has a recessive gene that prevents the hard, fibrous outer shell around the seed from fully developing, had been around for over 20 years. However, developing yield and agronomic qualities took some time.

The next step was developing a processing technique for speeding up and making the home-cooking process foolproof, much as has been done for converted rice. Pearled and pot barley, he noted, have been around for a long time, but they are tricky to get right and take up to 40 minutes to prepare. Also, QC barley is porous, and therefore absorbs flavours better.

“Barley is a very delicate grain to work with. If you make it quick, you can easily end up with mush,” he said.

Clarence Gross, production manager for Progressive Foods, serves up samples of quick-cooking barley jambalaya to trade show visitors at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair. During fair week, sales of 500-gram packages of QC barley were brisk, and some 4,000 ready-cooked spoon-size samples were handed out. PHOTO: DANIEL WINTERS

The nutritional qualities of hulless QC barley are in a “class all by itself,” he added. Ranging from 13-16 per cent protein, it is superior to all other grains except kamut at 19 per cent.

The real advantage, however, is in its high soluble fibre, which contains beta glucans that fight cholesterol and help to regulate blood sugar levels. At three to 11 per cent soluble fibre, barley tops oats at three to seven per cent.

With any value-added new product, pressure from competitors eventually forces price pre-

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Don’t look for it in a bin at the Bulk Barn, because Nakonechny hopes to avoid that inevitability for as long as possible, and right now is targeting adventurous, health-conscious consumers eager to try new products.

“The most adventurous ones are those looking for health solutions,” he said. “Traditional shoppers are looking for value and what they already know.”

The quick-cooking process was first developed via a laboratory research project undertaken at Alberta’s Centre for Agricultural and Industrial Technology in 2003.

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A p a t e n t w a s s e c u re d by Progressive Foods, and then in 2009, the company enlisted the help of the “highly skilled and motivated” labour force a t C a s c a d e C o l o n y, n e a r MacGregor, to produce QC barley on a commercial scale.

The custom-designed facility with a current capacity of 300 tonnes per year buffs the grain to remove outside “skin,” cooks it in large tubs, then dries on a conveyor belt.

Progressive Foods operates a

complete value chain system, from contracting barley production across the Prairies, to distribution and marketing.

Currently, QC barley is made from Falcon, a semi-dwarf, hulless variety, which yields about 80 per cent of malting barley.

The company prefers to have the grain grown on potato stubble, which avoids barley disease cycles and offers high residual fertility. Yields as high as 120 bushels to the acre have been seen under this production system, he said.

A crop grown last year by Springhill Colony was of such high quality that the company bought several years’ supply, he added.

The product is currently available in 500-gram bags at some Sobeys and Save-on-Foods outlets in Alberta, as well as the Two Farm Kids store in Brandon.

A range of recipes, from soup, risotto, tabouleh salad and pilaf have been specially developed for QC barley, and the product is featured on the menus of a number of Alberta restaurants. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale 1950 FARMALL H W/HYD, excellent working condition $1700 OBO; 1954 Chevy 1-ton truck w/10-ton hoist,offers; 1959 International truck 3-ton 268 engine, 20-ft metal box, hyd plumbing for drill fill, roll tarp, $3000 OBO Ph St. Jean(204)758-3897

ANTIQUES Antique Vehicles 63 FARGO 1-TON TRUCK; Farm-all Cub tractor, 46 IH 3-ton; old wringer/washer.

Phone:(204)272-2748

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

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

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

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

The Pas

Birch River

Swan River Minitonas Durban

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Gimli

Shoal Lake

Langruth

Neepawa

Gladstone

Rapid City

Reston Melita

1

Brandon

Carberry

Treherne

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin

Souris

Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Westman

Waskada

Interlake

Erickson Minnedosa

Hamiota

Virden

Arborg

Lundar

St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

1

Red River

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland FARM AUCTION FOR ELDON WIEBE Thurs., Apr 26th 12:00 noon. 1-mi N of Langruth, MB on Hwy 50 till Rd 95 N & 1-mi East. Be on time no misc items. Tractors: 1986 CR1225 Cougar 3306 Cat eng 6,000-hrs, 18.4x38 duals 4 hyds PTO; 16-ft.

Degalman frt mt 6 way Blade; mounting brackets for Steiger tractor; 1980 3588 IHC 2+2 fact 3-PTH 3 hyds PTO 18.4x38, 7,790-hrs, 2,700-hrs on new drop in eng; 1980 3588 IHC 2+2 fact 3-PTH 3 hyds PTO 18.4x38, 6,500-hrs, 2,500-hrs on new drop in eng; 1966 135 MF gas 3-PTH PTO; 1941 Farmal A; 1946 WC AC (restored); 1949 C AC; 1944 102 JR Massey Harris; Combines/Trucks & Swathers: 1996 2188 Case IH combine Axial Flow 2,960 eng hrs 1015 PU header w/SwathMaster PU shedded; Rock Trap & Specialty Rotor; 1993 1688 Case IH combine Axial Flow 4,200 eng hrs 1015 PU Rock Trap & Specialty Rotor shedded; 1980 INT truck S1954; 466 DSL tandem axle cab & chassis; 1980 INT cab/over Transtar ll 350 Cummins w/16-ft. stl box & hoist RT; 1968 INT 1600 345 rebilt eng 5+2 SPD w/15-ft. stl Box & hoist; 1974 1700 INT truck 15-ft. stl box & hoist 392 eng 5-SPD; 1982 IHC 4000 swather 24.5-ft. U2 PU reel Cab & Air; 1980 IHC 4000 24.5 swather batt reel; 19.5-ft. header for 4000 IHC swather w/U2 PU reel; 27.5-ft. M75 IHC PT Swather; Seeding & Tillage Equip: 72-ft. Spray Air Suspended boom 3-PTH Sprayer mounted on shop bilt trailer; 36-ft. Seed Hawk SL 1250 Zero Till Drill; Seed & liquid tanks: 36-ft. 4900 Case IH Vibra Chisel w/mulchers; 44-ft. 4700 Case IH Vibra Chisel w/mulchers; 24-ft. HutchMaster Tandem Disc; 33-ft. Case Deep Tiller; 28-ft. Morris Cult; 30-ft.

Morris Rod Weeder; 60-ft. Ajax Tine Harrows; 50-ft.

Ajax Tine Harrows; 2, 6-ft. Swath Rollers. Consigned: 12-ft. JD 111 Tandem Disc; 790 HSL ldr & grapple mts to fit 4440; 50-ft. System 95 Flex-i-Coil Harrow Packer Bar; 70-ft. Laurier Tine Harrows; Swather carrier; Augers & Misc Equip: 250-bu Behlen batch Dryer; 10x61-ft. MK Westfield swing out PTO Auger; 8x51-ft. Westfield PTO Auger; 7x36-ft. Westfield auger w/10-HP ES; Farm King Dual Grain Screener; 5-in. hyd drive Pencil auger; 7, 3,000-gal Liquid Fert Poly Tanks; 2, 1,250-gal liquid Fert Poly Tanks on deck w/4-HP Honda Pump; 12-ft. Gravel Box & hoist on trailer; set of 18.4x38 dual wheels; 4 IHC 18.4x38 wheels; 5580 Hesston Rd Baler; Ajax 12 Rd Bale mover; IHC side del Rake; 50 12-ft. Corral Panels; RD Bale Feeders; 3 24-ft. Wind break Panels; Double wick Lewis Cattle Oilers; 19 Cases of Round Up Transorb HC; Terms: cash, cheque w/photo ID, debit, M/C Lunch served.

Subject to additions & deletions. Not responsible for any errors in description. GST & PST will be charged where applicable. Everything Sells AS IS where IS. All Sales Final. Owners & auction company are not responsible for any accidents on sale site. Sale conducted by Nickel Auctions Ltd of Austin, MB. Dave Nickel & Marv Buhler auctioneers Phone (204)637-3393 cell (204)856-6900 website www.nickelauctions.com Owner (204)445-2058 JESSIE BEWER FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION THURSDAY APRIL 19, 2012 - 10:30am. From the Virden Airport Corner go 1.6km East on Hwy 259, turn North & go 5km, Road #151 W, turn East on Road 62N and follow the signs to the bottom of the Assinboine Valley. Watch for Auction Signs. FARM EQUIPMENT: 14-ft Hesston #1160 Hydra Swing Haybine; 3388 IHC, 4WD, 2+2, Diesel (5522 hrs); Grain Bins, (2) 1350 Bus, (1) 3300 Bus, 250 Bus Hopper Wagon; IHC -”M” w/FEL Schuler 175 BF Silage Wagon; Hatra Wheel Loader, Diesel; Forrester 3 Bale Hauler; Whetmore Mixmill; 16-ft Morris Double Offset Tandem Disc (24-in blades); 110 MF Manure Spreader, PTO; 22-ft Morris M11 Seed-Rite; McKee Stack Mover, Hyd. Drive Rolling Chain; 4020 JD Tractor, for parts; 2 M.A.N. 4WD, 3 -ton army trucks (1running,1not running.) 2 Antique Tractors complete, Case model SC, Case Model LA. LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT. Calf shelter; Round Bale Feeders (6); Steel Troughs (4); 12 Stand Alone 32-ft heavy duty panels, Aprox 20 10-12-ft panels, 2 Walk through panels. MISCELLANEOUS: Misc smaller Tillage Equipment, harrows, grain augers. Shop & hand tools, pipe,wire, scrap iron. Assorted Vehicle Bodies.CONSIGNED EQUIPMENT: 3632 New Ideal Manure Spreader Tandem Axle, PTO. -PARKS AUCTION SERVICE. Gene Parks Office:(204)727-2828, Cell:(204)729-7118.

Jim Wilson Office:(204)838-2337, Cell:(204)851-0405.

For more information contact: Jessie:(204)748-3897. Aryn: (204)293-1081. Lunch- lenore women institue.

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SPRING CONSIGNMENT AUCTION OF FARM MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 10:00 am, Russell, Mb Directions: From Hwy # 83 and Manitoba Avenue, go ½ mile East. Watch for signs * 1986 2096 Case IH (red) Tractor , 11000 hours , F.E.L. * 1984 2094 Case tractor (white) – 5700 hrs, duals * 1977 Case 1070 tractor, 20.8-38 single, PS, approx. 8000 hrs, motor rebuilt at 5000 hrs * 707 Leon loader w/ 5 ft bucket * 1996 1600 A JD 16 ft haybine * 5000 MacDon 16 ft hydra swing haybine * 1996 Heston 565A Baler ( always shedded) * JD 530 Round Baler ( shedded) * NH 853 Round Baler, automatic oilers, (always shedded, low acre baler) * 4000 IHC 24 ½ ft SP swather, cab, gas, pu reel, * 1900 Premier 30 ft PT swather, U2 PU, always shedded, gd cond * NH 900 Forage Harvestoralways shedded- few acres done, new shields, long spout for truck loading, nice shape * 30 ft JD press Drill w/ transport * 20 ft 6200 Press drills w/ factory transport, w/ fert. attachment * 1994 Flexicoil # 65 field sprayer, 800 gal poly tank, hyd pump, 70 ft booms w/ foam markers, in cab controls, Lilac bubble jet nozzles, chemical mixer * Hume 250 bu. Continuous flow grain dryer, propane heater, 540 PTO, heating & cooling fans fully automatic * 40 ft x 5 in. Farm King fill auger with 5 hp electric motor * 41 ft Auger w/ 16 hp Kohler elec motor * Pencil augers * Walinga Grain vac off semi * 60 ft Morris Harrow bar * Wilrich mounted harrows, 2- 7 ½ sections * Degelman 3000 Heavy Duty cult. w/Degelman harrows w/ knock on clips- Cult in very nice cond, tandem walking axles * 18 ft Melcam Deep Tiller / mulchers * Wilrich 32 ft cult w/ Wilrich mulchers, tandem walking axles * 18 ft IHC # 45 cultivator * 48 – Porier double chute openers for Bourgault 8810 seeder, carbide tips, vgc * set of heavy packers for Bourgault 8810, 10 in. spacing, quick attach. 2 ½ rubber face, 12 sets of 4 * Flexicoil 35 ft packer bar with P20 packers, hyd. Folding * 53 ft Laurier hyd Harrowbar (next to new teeth) * 2- Crown prong type stonepickers * Tandem hay wagon11 bales ( very gd cond) * Hay trailer w/ hoist, 10 x 24 steel deck, dual tandem axles ( trailer in vgc) * Bumper hitch cattle trailer- older * Linden trailer type post pounder, posts * corral panels, gates * Hi- hog cattle squeeze- like new * 1000 gal cattle water (plastic) * mineral feeder * Coates tire changer * Banjo pumpHonda motor * quantity of small tools * blade for Quad * 1974 Kawasaki 100 dirt bike, new seat, engine runs but needs carb work * 1991 Bonair 10 ft Tent camper, sleeps 6, propane stove, sink, cooler, very clean * new 100 lb propane bottle * Sales Tax where Applicable * Terms Cash or Cheque * Lunch sold * Auctioneers are not responsible for errors, additions, or deletions in sale items. All articles sell as is with no further guarantee. Auctioneer and staff are not liable for lost, stolen, or damaged articles, or for any accidents occurring on sale grounds.

All items must be paid before removal from sale site.

Sale conducted by Chescu Auctions, Inglis, Mb Barry (204) 564-2509 or cell (204) 937-7180 Or Joey (204) 821-6022 Member of MB & SK Auctioneers Association #318202 View online at: www.farmauctionguide.com/chescu AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. It’s a sure thing. 1-800782-0794.

ANNEROSE SCHWARZ & ESTATE OF SIEGFRIED SCHWARZ, GLENBORO, MB. FARM ESTATE AUCTION SALE Mon., Apr 30th, 2012.

11:00am. 3-mi South of PTH #2 at Glenboro, 3-mi East. 1981 Case 4690 DSL 4WD 1000 PTO, 12-SPD, P/shift trans, trans & engine overhauled at 5,400-hrs., 5,938-hrs; 1982 Duetz DX160 DSL, MFWD, w/cab, 24-SPD trans w/Hi-low, 1000 & 540 PTO; AC 716 garden tractor, hydrostatic, w/46-in. mower deck, 48-in. tiller; IHC 7200 28-ft. hoe press drill, markers, pan wheel press, factory transport; Morris Magnum II MP912 24-ft. deep tiller w/Morris 3 row mulchers; IHC #45 27-ft. V-shank cultivator w/2 row mulchers; Morris 50-ft. hyd. tine harrowbar; MF 880 7x16 plough, 3-pt; IHC Model 620 16-ft. DD press drill; 2, 8-ft; 2002 New Idea 6365 hard core round baler, 540 PTO; 2002 Macdon 5020 14-ft. hydro swing mower conditioner; New Idea 486 round baler, soft core; Niemeyer 3-pt. rotary rake, 3m; Gehl 1710 soft core round baler; 1992 Westward 3000 PT swather, 25-ft; MF 750 SP combine Perkins DSL 6 cyl. engine, hydrostatic; MF 20-ft. S/cut header; JD 6601 PT combine; Westfield 7-in.x51-ft. auger; Farm King 7-in.x46-ft. auger; 1988 Norberts 16-ft.x7-ft. 5th wheel livestock trailer; UniverthMcCready 375-bus. gravity wagon on HD trailer, divided tank w/roll-tarp; 1970 IHC 1310 1-ton truck w/Cancade steel 9-ft. box, hoist, dual wheels; New Idea 10-ton manure spreader, tandem wheels; Farmhand Feedmaster mix-mill; Farm King PTO roller mill; Hi-Hog cattle squeeze w/headgate; Morand maternity pen w/headgate & other livestock equip; 2 Lewis cattle oilers; 1,000-gal. fuel tank w/electric pump; Steel 1,500-gal. water tank on skid; Scheifele 3-pt. commercial band saw, M500, PTO drive; Rodenator propane & acetylene, used for gopher control; For equipment info please contact Jurgen Schwarz (204)827-3949 or (204)827-2552, evenings. Please visit web sites www.mrankinauctions.com www.rosstaylorauction.com Murray Rankin Auctions Killarney, MB. Murray (204)534-7401 Ross Taylor Auction Service, Reston, MB. Ross (204)522-5356 Brock (204)522-6396.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

DON’T MISS OUR SPRING SALES RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION for JACK & MERVIN STEFANISHYN of RUSSELL, MB. - SATURDAY, APRIL 14th at 11:00 AM ORDER OF SALE: 11am – 1pm (shop items, misc, tanks, aeration equipment, grain bins) 1pm (major equipment will sell) FEATURING: *88 Versatile 876 Designation 6 *75 JD 6030 *65 JD 4020 Dsl *79 White 2-155 MFWD *Leon 747 Loader *Michigan 175 Wheel Loader *04 Premier 2940 sp swather w/ 2005 25’ MacDon 972 header *83 MF 860 sp combine *86 JD 7721 Titan II pt combine *52’ Bourgault 230 Series FH546-52 *42’ Bourgault 534-42 w/air kit and granular kit, Bourgault 138 air tank *29’ Sunflower tandem disk *Walinga 510 std Grain Vac *13” x 61’ Westfield Swing Hopper Auger w/low pro hopper *7” x 37’ Sakundiak Auger w/11 HP Honda *8” x 41’ Sakundiak w/23 HP Kohler *Wheatheart 10” Hyd Transfer Auger *1993 IH Eagle 9300 Highway Tractor Saftied *1978 IH F2575, T/A Grain Truck Safetied *2001 40’ Timpte T/A Dbl Hopper Grain Trailer Safetied *28’ Fruehauf S/A Highboy Flatdeck Trailer Safetied *48’ Fruehauf T/A Flat Deck Safetied *S/A Converter Dolly * Plus grain bins *aeration equipment *tanks *shop equipment *tools *household effects *misc.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT JACK STEFANISHYN 204-773-3098

RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION for ANDY & ANN DUBOIS of CARROLL, MB. - MONDAY APRIL 16th at 10:00AM FEATURING: *98 NH TS110 MFWD w/Allied S 595 loader *93Ford Versatile 9030 Bi-Directional *79 MF 2705 *80 Deutz 160 *2005 NH BR 780 rd baler *2000 14’ NH 1475 haybine w/2300 series header *Laurier H-2125 single row bale picker *Tonutti V14 – 14 wheel “V” rake *Hagedorn 275 t/a manure spreader *Jiffy 900 bale processor *JD 700 mix mill w/power bale feeder *2010 Load Max 32’ 5th wheel flat deck trailer *1997 28’ Blue Hills t/a stock trailer *Real Industries cattle squeeze w/head gate, neck extender, palpation cage & 180 degree crowding tub *Cattle Country squeeze w/head gate & palpation cage *(7) 12’ metal bunk line feeders *(12) 10’ Miami welding feed troughs *(2) 14’ metal feed troughs *Wooden creep feeder w/ metal panels *Quantity round bale feeders *Quantity of 1” corral panels & gates *Plus seed & tillage, vehicles, shop tools, shop equipment, and much more.

FOR MORE INFO ON THIS SALE PLEASE CONTACT LISTING AUCTIONEERS: Peter Downey 204-522-5883 or Brent Crowe 204-522-6224

UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION for BERNARD & LOUISE TRINDER of LANGENBURG, SK. - TUESDAY APRIL 17th at 11:00AM (Sask Time) ORDER OF SALE: 11:00am – 1:00pm (misc, tools, shop equipment, livestock related items, tanks, pumps) 1:00pm (major equipment) TRACTORS: *98 CaseIH MX110 MFWD 95hp w/CaseIH L300 SL, 7395hrs showing *1992 CaseIH 7130 MFWD 172hp, 5574hrs showing *IH 624 dsl *IH 444 dsl HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *1986 JD 7721 Titan II pt combine w/single spd cyl, Airfoil sieve *1999 CaseIH 25’ 8220 pt swather w/pick-up reel *24’ Versatile #10 pt swather *7’ poly swath roller *Dickie John Mini DAC grain moisture tester HAYING & FEED PROCESSING EQUIPMENT: *1998 Hesston 514 rd baler *1991 CaseIH 8370 14’ mower conditioner *Hay moisture test probe *2000 Highline Bale Pro 7000 Plus bale processor *NH 358 hammer mill w/pwr bale feed TRUCKS & TRAILERS: *1983 Chev C70 s/a grain truck w/16’ B+H *1973 Chev C50 s/a grain truck w/14’ B+H *2002 16’ Duncan t/a stock trailer *28’ Shop Built triple axel wagon *Shop Built s/a medium duty converter dolly 3PT MOWERS & YARD SPRAYER: :*5’ MF 3pt rough cut rotary mower *7’ Tecma FM230 3pt finishing mower w/rear discharge *Fimco trailer style yard sprayer w/12volt pump AUGERS & AREATION FANS: *10”X51’ Westfield PTO swing hopper auger *7”X35’ Brandt auger w/NEW 18hp Kohler electric start engine *Wheat Heart bin sweep *6” auger w/3hp 1ph electric motor *6” auger w/hyd motor on running gear *poly auger hoppers *(2) Farm Fans aeration fans *length of 220 volt extension cord SEED & TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: *34’ Bourgault Commander 34-38 tillage w/air seeder kit, Morris Genesis II 100 Series tow between air tank *29’ Morris Magnum CP725 chisel plow w/NH3 kit, 3 bar mounted harrows *60’ Flexi-Coil System 95 harrow packer bar *Crown 6 yd hyd scraper *20’ Kellough 210 Series tandem disk w/notched disks *50’ Herman hyd harrows *68’ Versatile 3000 pt sprayer *14’ deep tillage *Degelman rotary stone picker LIVESTOCK ITEMS: *Ranchers Welding 3 bale feeder w/removable end panel on skids *Shop Built maternity pen w/head gate *Selection of 1” tubing panels (8”-10’-12’) *round bale feeders *treated fence posts *fence stays *(2) poly mineral feeders w/rubber tops *Stock Doctor *Assortment of vet supplies (syringes, taggers, Burdezzos, ect.) *calf puller *poly calf sleigh *fencing tools TANKS, PUMPS & HOSE: *1200gal poly water tank *500gal fuel tank w/stand *50gal skid tank w/hand pump *2” water pump w/5hp B+S engine *2” discharge hose *NH3 hose *air seeder hose SHOP EQUIPMENT, TOOLS & MISC: *Husqvarna 345 chain saw *LKS AC/DC arc welder *oxy/acet torch w/farmer owner mini bottles *16 spd drill press *metal cutting chop saw *(2) portable air compressors *(2) portable air tanks *(2) battery booster chargers *anvil *vise on stand *HD truck ramps *barrel pumps *top and bottom tool chest *assorted hand tools (sockets, wrenches, ect.) *3/4” socket sets *floor jacks *grease guns *Shop Vac *construction heater *Jack-All jacks *yard tools (shovels, forks, ect.) *18hp B+S auger motor *hyd cyl *electric motors *PTO adapters *crystal style FM radios (4-5 units)

For more information contact owners Bernard & Louise Trinder Home 306-743-2868 or Cell 204-796-1282

UNRESERVED FARM DISPERSAL forCRAIG & CONNIE MYERS of BELMONT, MB. - THURSDAY APRIL 19th at 12:00 noon ORDER OF SALE: 12:00pm – 1:00pm – misc farm related smalls, farm tools, tanks 1:00pm – augers, seed & tillage, trucks, harvest equipment, tractors, guidance system TRACTORS: *90 Ford Versatile 946 Designation 6 325hp w/20.8R42 duals, 4 remote hyd, return line, 12 spd std trans, 6217hrs showing *83 MF 4840 w/20.8-38 duals, 4 remote hyd, return line, 3 spd pwr shift, Cummins 903 eng, 6855hrs showing *61 JD 3010 w/18.4-30 singles, 2 remote hyd, syncro Trans, 540 PTO, 6790hrs showing *(3) Turbo II pre-cleaners GUIDANCE SYSTEM: *Trimble 250 Easy Guide light bar system w/AG15 antenna HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *25’ 2001 Premier 2950 sp swather w/2002 MacDon 972 header with canola auger option, pick-up reel, 110hp eng, 2 spd trans, 740hrs showing *8’ poly swath roller *83 MF 860 hydro sp combine w/rear wheel assist, hyd chaff spreader, 7 belt Melroe pick-up, 4978hrs showing *83 MF 860 hydro sp combine w/hyd chaff spreader, 7 belt Melroe pick-up, 3960hrs showing *Labtronics 919 moisture tester TRUCKS *00 Freightliner Classic t/a grain truck SAFTIED w/20’ Neustar B+H, roll tarp, 60 series Detroit 500hp eng, 18 spd trans, engine brakes, 4-way diff lock up, hoist controls at tail gate, 11R24.5 rubber, 1472543kms showing *74 GMC 6500 tag axle grain truck w/20’ B+H, roll tarp, 366 gas eng, 5+2 Trans, 53,395kms showing *1964 Ford 600 s/a grain truck w/14’ B+H, 391 eng, 4+2 Trans, 49223 miles showing SEED & TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: *93 40’ Bourgault 8800 air seeder w/Bourgault 2155 air tank, hyd fan, granular kit, quick attach packers and harrows *01 40’ Bourgault 9400 tillage w/NH3 kit *67’ Laurier harrow /packer bar *82’ Bourgault Centurion III pt field sprayer *Degelman RS570 ground drive rotary stone picker *Leon fork type stone picker *40 Atom jet carbide tip NH3 knives *Model 101 clutch switch & monitor for Bourgault 2155 air tank *(50) ABJ low drift nozzles 10gal – 5mph (only used 500 acres) *Hypro hydraulic sprayer pump (rebuilt) AUGERS: *37’x7” Sakundiak w/13hp engine *51’x8” Westfield PTO *41’x8” Westfield PTO *31’x7” Westfield w/16hp B+S engine, Wheatheart bin sweep TANKS, OTHER EQUIPMENT, & MISC: *1200 gal poly water tank *115 gal skid tank w/12 volt pump *4 wheel farm rack *MF 860 parts *MF 4840 parts *air seeder hose *harrow tines *used cult shovels *grain shovels *poly auger hoppers *Floor model drill press *Arc welder *Battery charger *portable air compressor *selection of farm related hand tools

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT CRAIG MYERS 204-827-2482 home or 204-720-9447 cell

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 12, 2012

DON’T MISS CONSIGNMENT SALES STILL TAKING CONSIGNMENT SALES PLEASE CALL 4th ANNUAL KILLARNEY & DISTRICT EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT AUCTION KILLARNEY, MB. - SATURDAY APRIL 21st 9:00am DIRECTIONS: Salewill be held at the farm of Del & Gert Smith, ½ mile west of the jct of #3 & #18 hwys. (Just off #3 hwy across from water tower) ORDER OF SALE: 10:00am – 12:00pm(misc, tools, palleted lots) 12:00pm– (livestock related items followed by major equipment) CALL NOW TO HAVE YOUR ITEMS ADDED TO THIS COMMUNITY SALE. TRACTORS: • IH 5088 tractor w/38” duals, s/nU004528 • 1983 Case 1390 MFD Allied 580 Loader and Grapple • JD 4020 tractor w/dual hyd, dual pto, recent clutch, new exhaust, new batteries, new seat, new circulating heater, 6500hrs showing • JD 4010 w/JD 148 loader, dual hyd, separate valves for loader, 12 volt system, lights • 930 Case with Square Fenders, 23/130 – Good Condition, New Battery • 1962 JD 3010 w/JD 46A loader, 12 volt system, dual hyd, separate hyd valve for loader, good rubber • JD A row crop tractor • Super H high lift loader • grapple fork off MF loader TRUCKS: • 2005 Kenworth T800 Tandem Truck w/20’ Bow box, Hoist & Roll Tarp, Rear Hoist Control, 475 HP Cat w/ Jake Brake, 13 Speed Trans, 12/40 Axles w/360 Ratio, Aluminum Buds, Aluminum Side Box, AC, Cruise, Front Tires (New) – Rear 75%, Roll Tarp has 1 Year Warranty, All around new paint w/5 Year Limited Warranty, Safetied HARVEST EQUIPMENT: • 79 International 914 Combine • CCIL 9600 pt combine • 20’ Versatile 400 sp swather w/bat reel, s/n048280 • 21’ JD, PT Swather • 21’ #190 Versatile Swather • NH890 pt forage harvester w/NH880W pick-up head • NH880W 36” harvester header • NH 2 row adjustable corn header HAYING EQUIPMENT: * (3) NH BR780 rd balers • 12’ NH 499 hydro swing mo-co • 12’ NH 495 haybine s/n605188 • 16’ CaseIH 8380 hydro swing mo-co • 270 NH Square Baler • Ag Shield Recon II recrimper w/hyd deflector shields, 540 pto, s/n1800160 • Sitrex 6 wheel rake s/n82307 • 2 wheel rake s/n1076 • bale trailer • bale elevator • Case #10 Mower LIVESTOCK RELATED ITEMS: • NH 358 hammer mill w/pwr bale feed, 1000 pto, 2 screens, complete hyd long unload auger (lift, swing, drive), s/n815720 • NH 359 Mix Mill with Power Bale Feeder • IH 1250 mix mill w/supplement hopper, 1000 pto • Farm King model 60 electric hammer mill w/5hp 1ph 220volt motor • Partnership Welding RD-50 bale processor w/3 beaters, self loading, 540 pto, (grinds both round and square bales) • 15’ Cypress Industries Self Feeder • 20’ Cypress Industries Self Feeder • Real Industries portable handling system w/auto catch head gate, 16’ Tub, 16’ adjustable alley with three access panels at head gate, back up stoppers, palpation cage in alley, hitch and wheel kit • 10’x8’ loader mount maternity pen w/North Star auto catch head gate, mounts to JD quick attach • Mr Squeeze chute w/auto catch head gate • head gate • single animal digital stock scale • NH 790 t/a manure spreader w/single beater, 1000 pto, s/n372999 • Gehl Manure Spreader • MF 205 s/a manure spreader, s/n205160 • approx 250 fence posts • (7) Miami Welding bunk feeders • (4) 10’ metal feed troughs • Cattle Oiler with Mineral Feeder • Loader attachment Hyd driven Grain Feeder • (2) Ritchie 150 head stock waterers • 500 Fence Post • 100 Steel Gates • Fence Panels • Metal Posts • Treated Posts • Hay Rack Frame & Top SEED & TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: • 12’ Hutch Master off set disc w/notched front and smooth rear blades • 68’ F3000 Versatile PT Sprayer w/Hypro 1700 PTO pump, Landmark 1400 foam markers, mix tank & windscreens • 68’ Versatile Model 3000 • 28’ CaseIH 7200 hoe press drill w/Atom Jet openers, rubber press wheels, markers, factory transport • 24’ CCIL field cult • 29’ Bush Hog field cult • 25’ CCIL 215 deep tillage • Degelman 6 yd hyd scraper • Degelman fork type stone picker • (2) Crown fork type stone pickers • Willmar 500 Fert Spreader • markers for Flexi-Coil airseeder • 19’ extra high Haul All seed & fert tender w/rear discharge augers • 4 row JD 494A corn planter on 36” rows w/fertilizer attachment • 24’ JD Field Cultivator • 16’ Heavy Duty JD Deep Tiller • 40’ Herman Harrows with Pressure Springs • Haukaas markers • 28’ INT. Hoe Press w/Factory Transport FARMWAGONS: • Shop Built Stock Wagon AUGERS: • 8” x 51’ Farm King Auger • 8” x 41’ Sakundiak Auger, 13 HP Honda • 8” x 39’ Sakundiak Auger, 14 HP Kawasaki • 7” x 39’ Sakundiak Auger, 7.5HP ELC • 8” x 41’ Wheatheart Auger, NO Motor • 10” x 70’ Farmking Swing Auger, Hyd Swing • 8” x 41’ Westfield Auger, ELC Motor TRUCKS & TRAILERS: • 1974 Peterbuilt Cab over 671 Detroit, 13 Spd • 1977 IH 1700 Loadmaster S/A - Truck as is • 18’ Straight Deck Trailer, 7000 gvwr, Front mount Tool Box, Radial Tires, and Aluminium Fenders • 18’ Dovetail Trailer, 7000 gvwr, Front mount Tool Box, Radial Tires, Aluminium Fenders • 11’ Stock Trailer • Rainbow double wide snowmobile trailer • Tilt Sled Trailer, new axles & tires INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT: • NEW shop built HD box blade scraper 3 PT EQUIPMENT: • 3 pt Hitch Post Hole Auger • 3 pt Hitch Round Bale Forks • 6’ Wood 3pt Mower OTHER EQUIPMENT: • Rotary Cutter • 7’ JD Mower Model #37, Extra Knives NEWITEMS: • 11L15 Implement tires, 8-ply, set of 2 (1) • Skid Steer Tires, set of 4, 12-16.5, 12 ply (1) • Universal Spring Suspension Seat in Black (2) • Vinyl Forklift Seat w/ slide rails (2) • John Deere Universal Seat with adjustable angle mount (1) • 1 Box of Hydraulic hose (1) • ATV replacement seat (1) • High back lawn tractor seat (1) • Top links , pack of 2 (2) SHOPEQUIPMENT & TOOLS: • Eagle cast iron air compressor w/9hp Honda engine • Kodiak SGB4000HXS electric start generator w/5hp Honda engine • Honda Generator EB 2200X • Stihl 034 Chain Saw • (2) Jackall Jacks • Trouble Lights • Eye Wash Station • Axes • Tire Wrenches • Jack Alls • Come Alongs • Hand Tools • Cordless Lite • Shovels • Booster Cables • Drills • Impacts • Air Riveters • Air Rachets • Pressure Washer on Wheels, Honda, 250 Gal Tank BUILDING MATERIAL: * (2) Large Metal Doors RECREATIONAL & LAWN and GARDEN ITEMS: • 1978 Artic Cat Panther, s/n 7021956 • 1975 Artic Cat Jag 340 Sled , s/n 5028993• 1973 JD 300 Sled– not running, Relic Restoration or Parts • 8x8 Argo amphibious ATV • JD 214 lawn tractor w/48” mower deck, snowblower • pallets of patio blocks and walk way stones • Honda 150 Motor Bike (Elite) Miscellaneous • Gas Grill – Garland Flat Top – Propane • Danby Air Conditioner, 11800 BTU • (2) Fuel Transfer Pumps • Misc – Tires • Electric Motors • Heating Oven – Tubes • LG Lights • Florescent Lights • Misc - Cell Phone & Charges • Gun Scope • Undercoat Gun’s • Manuals – Haines • Wood Stove • Chimney • Truck Push Guard • Truck Tool Boxes • Truck Camper Topper • 18.4 X 38 Clap-on Duals • Topper for Short Box

For more info or to consign contact Del Smith 204-534-7783

ANNUAL SPRING CONSIGNMENT SALE at FRASER AUCTION BARN BRANDON, MB. - SATURDAY APRIL 28th 9:00am DIRECTIONS: Sale will be held at Fraser Auction Service Ltd. sales yard ¼ mile north of the junction of highways #1 & #10 on Wheatbelt Road. Brandon, MB. THIS SALE WILL FEATURE: *Farm Equipment *Industrial Equipment *Trucks & Trailers *Livestock Handling Equipment *Vehicles *Lawn & Leisure *Shop Equipment & Tools *3pt hitch & Acreage Equipment *Government Surplus *Plus misc. Pallet Lots & more MORE EQUIPMENT IS BEING ADDED TO THIS SALE DAILY! TRACTORS: • 1998 JCD 3/85 Fast Trac, 3 PT, Dual PTO, 4 remote hyd (3 rear & 1 forward end) 60 kms/hr gear box, 6 spd manual w/3 spd shuttle trans, 6400 hrs showing, (pump & injectors just done) • 225HP Steiger Bear Cat PT • 1988 Case IH 5130 FWA Tractor, 86 HP, w/ 3 pt, Approx 4900 hrs showing • 1979 International 886 Tractor, 7741 Hrs Showing, Eng Rebuilt at 5856 Hrs Showing, New clutch & Eng Oil Pump - 1 year ago, Rubber Good, 3688 Cab, Air, Heat • MF 1105 Tractor, 1975?, w/clip on Duals • 1486 IH Tractor, 1982, 3 pt Hitch, Duals, 1200 hrs on complete eng overhaul • JD 4230 Tractor, 100 HP, approx 15000 hrs • Cockshutt 1850 Tractor w/ Dual Loader, Bucket, Grapple • 2745 Massey, 143 HP • JD 4020 w/Loader, 95 HP • 1959 MF 88 Gas Tractor, w/ Dual Front End Loader w/ Bucket & Bale Forks • 1958 JD Tractor • 1946 Model D JD Tractor • McCormick Deering Tractor W30, No hrs Meter • McCormick Deering Tractor W30, s/n 22045, No hrs Meter HARVEST EQUIPMENT: • 24’ 224 JD Flex Header (upgraded with Honey Bee Knifes and Guards) Suitable for 9600 Combine or 8820) * (2) 4400 Versatile Swather • 722 CCIL SP Swather • Elmer’s Header Carrier, • Swath Roller SEED & TILLAGE: • 43 JD787 DBL Disk Air Drill, 240 bushel compartment tanks • 138 Bourgault Air Tank w/ Manifolds • QF 2000 Brant Sprayer, 100’ Booms, 1500 gal, s/n 43289 A, 97 or 98? • 80’ Flexicoil System 62 Sprayer, 850 Gal Tank w/ rise tank, PTO Drive, Manuals & Monitor, s/n S62B000-H020374 • 30’ Sunflower Tandem Disc • 24’ IH 6200 DD Press Drill, rubber press wheels • 22’ Morris M11 Hoe Drill • 16’ IH 6200 DD Press Drill, Always Shedded, Excellent Cond., rubber press Wheels • 72’ Herman Harrows • Morris 519 DT w/ Harrows • 48’ K-Hart Independent Packers, 8” Spacing, 3” Rubber packer • Fertilizer applicators • Liquid fertilizer caddies • NH3 wagons • Heavy Duty 4 Wheel NH3 Wagon (No Tank) • Forever Grain Cleaner w/leg & Screens • Westfield End Gate Drill Fill GPSSYSTEMS: • Raven I-PAQ & Mount & Guide Bar LOADERS AND ATTACHMENTS: • Grapple for Loader SEMITRUCKS: • 1994 Ford Aeromax, 9000, Cat Eng, 13 Speed Trans, Wet Kit, • Truck & Trailer TRUCKS: • 1981 Top Kick Gravel Truck, Tandem, 14’ Box • GMC 6500 C & C, V8 Gas, 5 Spd Trans, 2 Spd Rear Axle, No Brakes, NOT Running, 49541.3 Miles Showing VEHICLES: • 2010 Ford Escape XLT Sport Utility, 4 Door, 4 Cyl, 11666.7 kms showing, • 2005 Chev Cobalt LS, 4 Door, 4 cyl, Gray, 114090 kms showing • 1997 Ford F150 S XLT Super cab Truck, 8 Cyl, Brown, 324325 kms showing, • 1997 Chevrolet K/V 10/1500 4+ Cab, Extended Cab Truck, 8 Cyl, White, 460447 kms Showing, • 1989 BMW 3251 Cabriolet Convertible Car, 6 Cyl, White, 130832 kms Showing, • 1988 Toyota 1/4 Ton Truck, 4 x 4, V6 Eng, Std Trans, 31 x 10.50R 15 LT on Aluminum Rims, 341522 Miles Showing NOT RUNNING, NO KEYS TRAILERS: • 1985 Midland Belly Dump Trailer • 2012 18’ Straight Deck Trailer, 7000 gvwr, Front mount Tool Box, Radial Tires, Aluminum Fenders • 2012 18’ Dovetail Trailer, 7000 gvwr, Front mount Tool Box, Radial Tires, Aluminum Fenders • 2001 Timpte Aluminum Grain Hopper Trailer,78” side wall, aluminum wheels, 11r24.5 tires with over 75% thread, air ride, Safety, nice shape, • 2009 Interstate Mfg Inc. Bumper Hitch Cargo Trailer, 18 1/2’ x 7’w x 7’h, 3175 kg (7000 lb) GVWR, • 2006 H & H Dump Utility, 12’ x 7’ (Bumper Hitch), Electric Over Hyd Dump, Roll Tarp, Side Extensions, 2 way Tailgate, • 2005 5’ X 18’ 8” Other Interstate Utility Trailer, Red, vin 1340 KG GVWR • 2002 Junction RV Inc, Bumper Hitch Cargo Trailer, 19’ x 7’w x 6 1/2’h, 3176kg (7000 lb) GVWR, • 22’L x 7’W x 8’H Horse Trailer, 1976, • 24’ 5th Wheel Flat Deck Trailer • 5’ x 10’ Haul Mark Trailer Cargo, • Stehl Tow Dolly, GVWR - 2999 lbs, Ramps & Wheel Straps, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES & MOTORCYCLES: • 2003 Four Winds International Motor Coach, Class A8 Cyl, Browm,39437.3 kms showing, • 2007 Harley Davidson Softail, Custom Ape Hanger Handlebars, Custom Exhaust, Custom Grips & Pegs, 96 Cu engine, 4353 kms showing, • 2009 Other Forrest River BH Tent Trailer, Model P2100 - Pony, • 1973 Dodge Motor Home, 88798 miles showing, • 2008 Pantera 700 Wolf Side by Side ATV • 1985 Honda 3 wheeler 200S, Not Running, 631 Miles showing, no key required • 3 wheel utility cart • ATV replacement seat (NEW) Lawn and Garden : • JD 300 Garden Tractor, 48” Lawn Mower & Rotary Tiller • NH Zero Turn Mower, Model Mz16, 2004, • Ariens 1540 Minizoom, zeroturn Mower • Dynamark 12 HP Garden Tractor • Mac 110 Chain Saw HAYING: • New Idea 4865 Baler, 1994 • NH 484 Round Baler, 540 PTO • JD 530 Round Baler • 499 NH Haybine • Silage Wagon INDUSTRIAL: • Mid 50’s IH TD9 Crawler w/ 9’ Blade, rebuilt final drive on one side • Self Propelled Roller/Packer • 10’ Box Scraper w/ hyd cylinder & tires • 8’ box Scraper w/hyd cylinder & tires • (4) Skid Steer Tires 12 x 16.5, 12 ply (NEW) * (2) Loncin MS10 Plate Compactor 6.5 HP c/w Wheel Kit (NEW) * (2) Loncin MS20 Plate Compactor 6.5 HO c/w Wheel Kit (NEW) * (3) Plate Compactors (New) • Flight Tech Generator (Air Plane) 3 PT EQUIPMENT: * (3) Turco TC 180 - 6 Foot Roto tiller, 3 pt Hitch, 540 PTO, fits 35 - 55 HP Tractor (NEW) • 5’ Farm King 3PT Finish Mower GRAIN HANDLING: • 8” x 1800 Sakundiak Auger, S/N 47201 • 7” x 1200 Sakundiak Auger, S/N 50993 • 7 x 41’ Westfield Auger w/ 13 HP Honda engine • 6” versatile auger (No engine) • Pencil Auger, 12 Volt Electric • Westfield Pencil Auger w/ Electric Motor • Grain Screener LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT: • 2005 275 Hagendorn Manure Spreader • Bale Trailer, 14 Rd Bales • Silage Wagon - 4 WH w/PTO LIVESTOCK HANDLING EQUIPMENT: • 100 Bus Portble Creep Feeder • 25 Bushel Feeder Tank • Self Locking Headgate • Homemade Lick Tank • (2) Calf Creep Feeders • Hay Rack • Bale Stacker • Straw Bucket • (2) 120 Volt electric Fencer • 2001 Birchwood Cattle Chute

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FRASER AUCTION SERVICE LTD. Brandon, Manitoba 1-800-483-5856 www.fraserauction.com Auctioneer: Scott Campbell

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ALVIN SMITH, BRIAN DRUMMOND, METCALFE FAMILY FARMS, M. DRUMMOND, HOLLAND & TREHERNE AREA, MB. FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION SALE Wed., Apr. 25th, 2012 10:30am.

Located 8-mi N of Holland on PTH #34. Alvin Smith (204)526-2459. 1994 Ford-Vers 9030 Bi-Directional DSL w/Ford engine, 3-SPD hydrostatic, 3-pt both front & back ends, 1000 & 540 PTO front & back ends, w/FEL w/8-ft. bucket, 7,000-hrs on tractor, excellent; TD9 Industrial Cat Bulldozer w/10-ft.

Smith angle dozer blade, tracks & pads are excellent; 1945 & 1948 JD styled “A” tractors; 2001 Vermeer Highline Rebel 5500 round baler, 5x5.5-ft. bale, done only 1,400 bales, like new; Trail King 5th wheel 24x8-ft. flat deck trailer, rebuilt deck, triple axle; Real Industries cattle squeeze & headgate; Brian Drummond (204)526-5166. 1976 White Field Boss 2, 105 DSL tractor, 3-PTH, 2,000-hrs on rebuilt engine, 7,000-hrs on tractor; 2002 New Idea 5212 discbine, 12-ft.; 1997 New Idea H865 soft core round baler, 5x6-ft.; 36-ft. bale trailer w/iron frame deck; 1987 Norbert 7x16-ft. gooseneck livestock trailer; Morand cattle handling system cattle squeeze w/headgate, palpation cage, 3 sections of alleys & crowding tub, complete system; Lewis cattle oiler. Metcalfe Family Farms contact Neil Metcalfe (204)526-7309 cell. 1991 Case-IH 1680 Axial flow Combine, 8.3 Cummins, AFX rotor, 3,900 engine hrs, w/Case IH 1015 PU header, always shedded, very well maintained & many updates; 1994 Case IH 1010 25-ft. s/cut header, PU reel; 1991 Case IH 1010 25-ft. straight cut header, bat reel; 2003 Harvest Pro [MacDon] 8150 SP Windrower, turbo, 2-SPD Hydro, 1,706 header hrs, w/25-ft. 972 MacDon header, PU reel, dual knife drive, hyd deck shift, & hyd header tilt, 1 owner, always shedded; 2006 Rem 2500 Grain Vac, HD flighting; Batco 13in.x85-ft. belt conveyor, swing hopper; IHC 800 row crop planter 8R36-in., hyd markers; Alloway 8R36in. multi-shank row crop cultivator, hyd wings; Lode King 14-ft. drill fill, 2 hoppers; 2 new Case IH/ Trimble EZ-Guide 500 GPS systems, never used; new Case IH/ Trimble RTK base station & tripod; Kyle Welding 2600 Imp. Gal. galvanized water tank; 1991 Ford LTA 9000 Aeromax Hwy Tractor, Cummins N14E-370 HP, 9-SPD trans, safetied & well maintained; 1984 Ford LN700 Grain Truck, 370 V-8, Midland 14-ft. grain box, 72,000-kms, safetied & well maintained; 1994 Ford F-150 regular cab 4x4, 300 6 cyl, 5-SPD, A/C, cruise, tilt, safetied; Morris Drummond (204)526-7672. 1998 Macdon 9300 SP swather w/960 25-ft header w/PU reel, cab w/air DSL engine; 1980 Vers 4400 SP swather, 22-ft, cab w/air, hydrostatic; Doepker 28-ft. drill carrier, hyd; 1999 White 9-HP yd bug rear engine rider mower; Collector tractors: 1947 IH-McCormick W4 gas tractor; 1948 JD ‘B’ w/saw mandrel; 1942 Ford 8N tractor, 3-pt; 1953 IH-McCormick ‘M’ Websites mrankinauctions.com or rosstaylorauction.com Murray Rankin Auctions (204)534-7401, Killarney, MB. Ross Taylor Auction Service Ross (204)877-3834, Brock (204)522-6396, Reston, MB.

DON RICHMOND CYPRESS RIVER, MB. FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION Tues., Apr 17th 11:00am 1/2-mi East of Cypress River, 1-mi S. 1993 Ford Vers 846 4WD w/18.4x38 clamp on duals, 4 remotes & return line, 12-SPD, 3,875 original hrs; 1991 Ford 8730 MFD, p/s, 20.8Rx38 radial factory duals, 16.9x28 front rubber, 3-PTH, 4 remotes, 540 & 1000 PTO, 2,275 original hrs; 1992 Case IH 1680 SP combine w/1015 PU header, chopper, big spreaders, long auger, long sieves, cross flow fan, 30.5L32 rubber, 14.9x24 rear, 2,710 original hrs; Case IH 810 22.5-ft. straight header w/big auger & batt reel; Case IH 810 22.5-ft. straight header w/sm auger, Sunflower attachment & batt reel; Prairie Star 25-ft. hyd fold PTO swather w/MacDon PU reel & crop lifters; Bourgault 8810 33-ft. air seeder cultivator, 10-in. spacings, air package, mulchers & disc markers, sold w/Bourgault 2155 air tank, hyd drive, single chute, loading auger; JD 634 32-ft. tandem disc w/smooth blades & scrapers; White 20.5-ft.

271 tandem disc w/smooth blades & harrows; 2007 Delmar 5500M medium duty 70-ft. hyd harrow outfit; Bourgault 60-ft. harrow packer bar w/spray kit, 5 bar harrows & packers; IHC Cyclone 40 8-36 planter w/transport & markers; IHC #770 6x16 plow w/auto reset; Westgo 4 row 36-in. 3-PTH row cultivator; 2, 16-ft. IHC 300 discers w/Martin hitch; 1978 Chev C65 w/16-ft. Midland box, Nordic hoist, 5&2, 366 gas, roll tarp, 900x20 rear, 98,000-kms; 1986 Chev Capri Classic Brougham loaded only 155,000-km; 14-ft. Haul-All w/hyd augers; Westfield TR 10-in.x51-ft. auger w/hyd side swing hopper; Westfield 41-ft.x7-in. auger w/B&S 13-HP engine & Wheatheart bin sweep; Potato Growers consignment: 1985 Ford F-900 auto, tandem, cab & chassis, DSL; 1974 GMC C-6500 good 427 engine, 5x2 trans, tag axle, 20-ft.x8.5-ft. box; 1966 Chev 292 engine, 5x2 trans, single axle, 14-ft. steel Cancade box; 1974 Ford F250 3/4-ton, 4-SPD trans; 1976 GMC C6000, 350 engine, 5x2 trans, 14-ft.x8.5-ft. box w/hoist, 26,187-mi; IHC #45 Vibra-shank cultivator, 28-ft. MacDon 972 25-ft. PU reel w/9030 Bidirectional header adaptor; MacDon 25-ft. bat reel for 960 header. Plus other farm equip. For info call Don (204)743-2180 Cell (204)526-5391. Watch web sites: www.mrankinauctions.com www.rosstaylorauction.com Murray Rankin Auctions Killarney, MB. Murray (204)534-7401 Ross Taylor Auction Service Reston, MB. Ross (204)877-3834 Brock (204)522-6396

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AUCTION SALE FOR LYNDA & CECIL TURNER Sat., Apr. 21st 10:00am From Lavenham MB 1-mi S 1.5-mi W. Follow signs in on sale day Equip & Internet Bidding starts 1:00pm Bidspotter.com Tractors: 90 Hough pay Loader 5 yd bucket ser #221500Hl2013; 1997 MX135 Case IH mech frt 3-PTH 2 hyds dual PTO L300 Case loader & grapple 14.9R28 & 18.4x38 6,778-hrs; 1977 1570 Case 20.4x38 fact duals 2 hyds PS 1000 PTO 3,013-hrs; 1966 1206 IHC 3,700-hrs dual PTO 2 hyds 18.4x38; 1972 1066 IHC 6,331-hrs 2 hyds 2 PTO 18.4x38 fact duals; 1963 806 IHC PTO 2 hyds 18.4x38 9,200-hrs; 1963 1800 Cockshutt 2 hyds PTO 18.4x34 570 Cockshutt DSL 3,765-hrs 18.4x34 570 Cockshutt for parts 250 Belarus DSL PTO 3-PTH; 1949 30 Massey Harris PTO 1947 8N Ford 3-PTH (maybe a Ford Ferguson) has high & low range 9N Ford (not running). Grain Bins & Augers: 1,250-bu Hopper Bin; 3, 5,000-bu. Westeel Bins; 1, 4,500-bu. Westeel Bin aeration tubes; 1, 3,250-bu. Westeel bin; 2, 1,350-bu. Westeel Bins; 3, 2,500-bu. Inland Bins. Bins to removed by Aug 1/12; 10x70 Mayrath hyd swingout PTO auger; 8x71-ft. Westfield PTO auger; 7x41-ft. Westfield auger; 7x46-ft. Kendon PTO auger 8-in. Transfer auger; Combine /Truck & Trailers: 1979 750 MF stnd 1,620-hrs; 1994 Volvo integral sleeper 3406 Cat 13-SPD w/wet kit; 1988 L9000 Ford Rd bale Hauler Tandem drive 350 Cummins 9-SPD 30-ft.

Bale Deck; 1991 Wilson 42-ft. grain Trailer (has pintol hitch); 1987 54-ft. Manac drop deck Bale Trailer; 1969 Arnes 22-ft. end dump Gravel Trailer; single axle converter; 2000 Norbert 7x20-ft. Gooseneck Stock Trailer; 24-ft. Flatdeck Gooseneck trailer w/beaver Tails triple 7,000-lb axles; Haying Equip: 2002 688 NH RD Baler; 1340 Hesston Discbine; 12 Wheel Sitrec V Rake; 56 NH Hay Rake; 3-PTH Bale Forks 430 INT Baler; 7-ft. NH trailer sickle mower; 7-ft. Case semi mt sickle mower; Stack Mover; Seeding & Tillage Equip: 24-ft. 620 INT rubber Press Drill w/grass Seed attach & transport; 24-ft. 100 INT Press Drill & transport; 400 INT Cyclo 4 row planter; 14-ft. DB Drill Fill w/hyd augers; 20-ft. HutchMaster offset Tandem Disc; 12-ft. Tandem Disc; consigned 30-ft. Vers offset Tandem Disc; Leon C78 337 Cult w/mulchers; 28-ft. Case Deep Tiller; 14 section Diamond Harrows; ft Tine Harrows; 5-16 Allis Plow; 340A Big Blue Manure Spreader; 40 Case Manure Spreader; 1977 400 Vers 18-ft. swather; 20-ft. INT PT swather; 141/2-ft.

210 INT Swather; 7-ft. 3-PTH Sovema Rotovator; 12-ft. Shop bilt Land leveler; 3-PTH Grass seeder; Cattle Equip; Hi Qual Crowding Tub; S alley & Squeeze Chute w/palpation cage; M860 Schwartz Feed Wagon; Corral Panels; Rd Bale Feeders; Cattle Oilers; 500-gal. Rd Poly water Trough; 5 Cattle Waterers; Calf Pullers; Vet supplies; Stock Doctor; Tattoo set; Stack Tarps. MISC YARD & 3-PTH EQUIP: 3-PTH Ferguson 2 bottom Plow; 3-PTH slush Bucket; 3-PTH Lilliston Snowblower; 10-ft.

Shop bilt 3-PTH angle Blade; 9-ft. snow Bucket; Frt MT Schulte Snowblower; 1,000-gal Fuel Tank w/elect pump; Dual Loader; Case loader; 20-HP Husqvarna 42-in. Riding Mower; 18-HP Yardman 46-in. Riding Mower; 317 JD Riding 46-in. mower & 44-in. Tiller w/frt hyds; Van Bodies; 11x22 Truck Tires; Truck Tire Chains; assort of 18-in. 17-in. 16in. Tires; Chains; Tie down Straps; 16-HP Kohler eng 3000 psi Honda Pressure Washer; 19.2V Saw Set; 180A elect Welder; Chain Saws; 3/4-in. Socket set; Jack al Jacks; Tool Boxes; Wrench sets; elect supplies; assort of Roller Chains; assort of Bearings some for Trucks; assort of ISO Board; Misc. Terms: cash, cheque w/photo I.D. debit, M/C Lunch served.

Subject to additions & deletions. Not responsible for any errors in description. GST & PST will be charged where applicable. Everything Sells AS IS where IS All Sales Final. Owners & auction company are not responsible for any accidents on sale site Statements made on sale day take precedent over all advertisements. Sale conducted by Nickel Auctions Ltd of Austin, MB. Dave Nickel & Marv Buhler auctioneers Phone: (204)637-3393 cell (204)856-6900 website www.nickelauctions.com Owners (204)723-2213 Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds.

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GEORGE & MAUREEN FREEMAN, HARTNEY, MB. FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION SALE Sat., Apr 21st, 2012. 11:00am. 1-mi N of Hartney, 1.75-mi W. 1981 JD 4240 DSL, factory 3-pt., quadrange trans, only 2,700-hrs since all engine work done in 2004, tractor is premium; 1981 Case 1690 DSL tractor, w/Dual 205 loader w/grapple & 8-ft bucket; 1961 JD 4010 DSL, 8-SPD trans, 540 & 1000 PTO; IHC 560 DSL w/single hyd; Massey Harris #44 gas tractor, single hyd; JD 7720 turbo DSL combine, JD 6 belt PU, hydrostatic, very good; JD 6601 PT combine w/Sund PU; JD 800 21-ft. SP swather; Sakundiak 37-ft.x6-in. auger w/15-HP Powerfist motor; Westfield 41-ft.x8-in. PTO auger; Rem 552 grain vaccuvator; Hesston Model 5800 round baler; Hesston Model 1150 12-ft. mower conditioner; Sitrex 10 wheel V hay rake 3-pt; IHC 435 square baler; Trucks -All As Is. 1976 Chev C30 truck, w/8x12-ft. steel box, good running; 1967 Chev 1-Ton truck, to restore; 1967 3/4-Ton Chev w/flat deck & hoist, to restore; 1979 Ford Lariet 1/2Ton; 1988 GMC S15 1/2-Ton, 4-SPD, running; 1951 Mercury 1-Ton truck w/box & hoist. Collector Car: 1956 Dodge 4 dr. Sedan car; IHC 7200 28-ft. hoe press drill, 2, 14-ft. sections w/pan wheel press, factory transport; Wisek Model 714 16-ft. heavy tandem disc; IHC #45 27-ft. vibra-shank cultivator; IHC 16-ft. 620 DD press drill; Flexi-coil WB45 45-ft. harrow packer bar; NH 516 manure spreader, 205-bus; Farm King 8-ft. double auger snowblower, hyd chute; Brandt end gate hyd drill fill; Sunbeam hammermill; 3, 300-gal fuel tanks; Springbok 15-ft. boat w/Evenrude 20-HP motor; Eze-load trailer. For info please contact: George Freeman cell (204)483-0391 Home (204)858-2549. Watch websites mrankinauctions.com or rosstaylorauction.com Murray Rankin Auctions, Murray (204)534-7401, Killarney, MB. Ross Taylor Auction Service, Ross (204)877-3834 Brock (204)522-6396, Reston, MB. Round up the cash! Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds.

JACOB & LINDA ENNS, KILLARNEY, MB. FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION SALE Fri., Apr. 20th, 2012, 10:30am. Located 11-mi S of Killarney, 2-mi E. 1984 Case 4494 DSL 4WD, 12-SPD powershift, 8,100-hrs; 1984 JD 2950 DSL, 3-pt., w/JD 148 loader, 13,800-hrs, 1 owner; 1986 Case 448 lawn & garden tractor, 18-HP, 48-in. mower deck & 42-in. mulcher; 1992 Bourgault 330 air seeder w/32-ft. cultivator w/Bourgault 2155 air tank & 4 row harrows; 1988 JD 1610 31-ft. chisel plough, tandem axle w/Degelman 3 row harrows; 1981 Herman hyd harrowbar; 1989 Eversman 6-yd scraper; 1985 JD 7720 Titan II DSL combine, JD PU, hydrostatic, 2-SPD cyl, always shedded, 3,300-hrs; 1984 Vers 4400 22-ft. SP swather, cab w/air, hydrostatic; 2003 FK 41-ftx8-in. auger w/Kohler 18-HP motor; 1983 Allied 41-ftx7-in. auger w/B&S 16-HP engine; 1981 IHC Model 1100 9-ft. mower; 1985 Vicon 6 wheel rake; 1983 NH 519 manure spreader; 2010 Walleinstein GX 920 Backhoe, 3-pt., mechanical thumb sells w/hoe; New Idea 7-ft. snow blower; NH3 dual manifold attachment w/electric shut-off; Melroe 6-ft. prong type stone picker; Wilrich 14-ft. field cultivator 23-ft.x6-in. auger w/B&S motor, Auger dolly to move augers separately, 6-ft. swath roller; 1974 Ford F-500 2-ton truck, V-8 330 engine, 12-ft. steel box; Wheatheart hyd drag auger, like new; 1,250gal poly water tank; Banjo 5-HP pump w/hose; Troybuilt pony mulcher; Watermaster floating pump w/new motor, 485-ft. slough pump hose; Cater disc separator; NH grain tester; Century 230A welder; extension cable for welder; electric post drill; Large stock of shop tools 1/2-HP, 3/4, & 2-HP electric motors; 1/2-in. air impact wrench; hyd cyl never used; S/Roles chop saw; Westward 2 stone grinder; new Wil-rich deep tiller shanks; 31 NH3 drops; 12,000 & 5000W air conditioners; 375 treated sharpened fence posts 4-5-in. Plus much more very good shop & misc. Please contact Jake or Linda Enns (204)523-8659.

Watch websites mrankinauctions.com, rosstaylorauction.com Murray Rankin Auctions, Murray (204)534-7401, Killarney, MB. Ross Taylor Auction Service, Ross (204)877-3834 Brock (204)522-6396, Reston, MB.

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Yard & Rec; Tools & Misc; Antique Furniture; Tools & Misc; Antique Furniture; Antiques; Coca Cola Model 44 Upright Vending, working; Over 20 SIGNS; Collectibles & Adv; Household. Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our tollfree number today. We have friendly staff ready to help.

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Farm Auction for Ken & Mary Peluk of Beausejour, MB Saturday, April 28th, 2012 10AM

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

LargE FarM EquipMEnT aucTion For YuiLL FarMs and EsTaTE oF THE LaTE KEn YuiLL WEdnEsdaY apriL 18, 2012 10 aM directions: Location at the seed plant, HWY 1A Exit east side of Portage La Prairie.

1 mile north of Allis Chalmers Museum on road 34 west. Will have signs up auction Day Tractors: * 1994 Case IH Model 9280 4 wheel drive, Power shift, Raven auto steer, 4 remotes, with 20.8 x 42 triples, 2656 hours, serial #32354 * Case IH MX 110 MFWD, 3pth, pto, 6 remotes, 380/85-46 rear tires, with 300 front end loader, quick bucket etc. 2306 hours * International Model 186 Hydro, 3pth, cab, with 2450 high lift loader, 14.9 x 46 tires serial # 269007412310 * John Deere model 7800, MFWD, 3 pth, dual pto, 4 remotes 320/90/R50 axle duals, serial #17250, . 3993 hrs, * John Deere 1830 utility diesel with 146 front end loader, 3 pth, pto roll bar hi lo shift serial # 232774 * John Deere 1830 utility diesel with Leon 650 loader, 3pth, pto, roll bar and hi lo shift * John Deere diesel 350 C Crawler with loader, and remote hyd, serial # 22163981 * Yanmar 240 diesel yard tractor 3pth, pto, 24 horse power, only 637 hours Harvesting:: * Case IH 2188 combine. Special rotor, new front bars and feeder chain, pickup and hopper topper, Fieldreay terms $20.0000 down balance upon POssession before aug 1. 2012 * 1993 Case IH 1688 Combine special Rotor.feeder throat elephant ears replaced , new pickup head hopper topper etc ,3200 engine hours, serial # 119153 in Field ready condition terms 10.000 down auction day blance uopon possession before aug 1 2012, * 2008 Case IH 30 ft flex header model 1020 in excellent condition * John Deere 1022 corn head with IH adaptor to 2188 etc. * 30 ft pto 730 swather serial # 3124 * New Holland 2550 swather power unit, serial # 606670 with only 818 hrs, with 25 ft Honeybee swath head,model ST 25 UII pickup reel, plumbed to run Kear sheers * Two swath rollers * Belt conveyors used to unload combine hoppers Trucks and Trailers * 1994 Ford 9000 highway tractor, day cab, Cummins, 15 speed, wet kit, 11 x 22.5 tires, saftied SERIAL # IFDXK90W0CKA47985 * 1994 Mack highway tractor, 400 mack 13 speed. , sleeper, air ride * 1993 Mack Highway tractor , 400 mack engine, 13 speed, air Ride, 11 x 22.5 tires, * Midland tandem 11 x 22.5 tires end dump grain trailer 30’ x 8.5’ x 60’’ sides. Roll tarp serial #2M9G2S5CONRO18302 * 1993 Lode King tandem set of super B’S, current saftied, 11.24 ,5 tires #FA004330 * Ford 750 gas V8 5 & 2, Tag axle, 20 ft box hoist roll tarp (no safety) serial # NT6FVX25142 Planting * John Deere Maximerge Plate, 12 row 22 in * John Deere 24 row x 22 in w/ #71 planter units w/ maximerge closers * Verticale Parrallel Fold * Elmers 36 row band spayer set up for beans * 12 row 30’’ Front mount bean cutter , * Flexicoil system 65, 95 ft sprayer, induction tank, wind screens shedded * Flexicoil system 62 sprayer with wind screens 110 ft no wind screens Tillage and other Farm Equipment: * Heavy Harrows Summers 50 ft with 22.5 x 9/16’’ teeth hyd, tilt down pressure etc, 4 line Hydraulic serial # E0033H * SunFlower 33 ft tandem disc nice shape * White 272 tandem disk 28 ft * Case IH 47 ft #4700 Vibra tiller with NH3 kit and hitch * Case IH 30 ft Vibra tiller * Ccil 14 ft cultivator * Western 50 ft harrow packer Bar 1.75” coils hydraulic tilt lift and fold * Melroe #1000, 10 bottom Mouldboard plow * Rau - kombi 14 ft 3 pth seed bedder machine * 90 ft tine harrows * 70 ft diamond harrows * Augers all Sakundiak * 8” x 1400 with Honda power * 8” x 1200 pto, 8” x 1400 pto * 8” x 1600 with swing * 10” x 2000 with swing * 10” x 1800 mounted on self propelled combine chassis * United Farm Tools 760 grain cart, 30.5 x 32 tires hyd drive * Klonskilde grain vac Misc Farm : * Grader converted to regular tractor hitch * Front mounted blade * Snow blower 110 in Inland, nice * Snow blower 84” inland, good * Utility trailers * Lily 3pth 7 ft disc bine * 3pth post pounder * 3pth 3 way blade * 3pth 48” tiller * 3pth 60in Farm King finish mower * 3pth woods 5ft rotary mower See our website www.billklassen.com for photo’s & 2012 Spring Auction Catalog in your Farm Mailbox Bill Klassen auctioneers • 204-325-4433 cell 6230 • bill@billklassen.com Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. It’s a sure thing. 1-800782-0794.

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

Pete Goertzen FArm Auction thursdAy APril 19, 2012 directions: 2 miles east of Winkler on Highway 14. * IHC 6200 Press Drills * 2 x 14’ with factory transport See our website www.billklassen.com for photo’s & 2012 Spring Auction Catalog in your Farm Mailbox Bill Klassen Auctioneers 204-325-4433 cell 6230 bill@billklassen.com

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MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Acreage Auction Sale Masood Azmat. Sun., Apr. 15th 11:00am, St. Andrews, MB. Location: Jct 67 & Hwy 8, South 1 1/8 mile on Hwy 8 on West Side. Auction Note: Viewing by Appt Only.

Contact: (204)293-2135. Tractors & Equip: Cockshutt 1350 Gas P.S Dual Hyd 540 PTO w/FEL; NH 469 9-ft Hay Bine; NH 851 RD Baler; NH 65 Square Baler; MF 10 Square Baler; NH 1010 Auto Square Bale Wagon. Coop 500 15-in Swather; Westfield Pony Cart Harrows; 4-Wheel Hay Trailer. Running Vehicles & Trailers: 99 Chev Tahoe 4x4 220-kms Sft, subject to owner’s approval; 94 Chev 1500 5.7l 4x4, Sft; 91 Chev Z 71 4x4 5.7l, Sft; 83 W. W. 18-ft Bumper Hitch Tandem Stock Trailer; Gooseneck 20-ft Flat Deck Triple Axle Trailer; Utility Trailer; 20ft Metal Framed Trailer.

Vehicles:(Parts, Fix-up All Autopac Issue) 03 Buick Rendezvous LX; 01 Chevy Venture; 99 Mercedes 320 ML; 97 Ford Aerostar; 97 VW Jetta; 96 Nissan Pathfinder LE; 96 Pontiac Transport; 95 Grand Cherokee 4x4, 5.3L; 95 Chev 1500, No Motor Parts; 95 Sunfire 2D; 545 Rocket Engine; 6.2 DSL Engine. Livestock Equip: 2) Metal Rd Bale Panels; 6) Metal Corral Panels: 40) 4-ft H 10-ft W Metal Framed Mesh Panels; Auto Waterer; Galv Water Trough; 2) Galv Animal Shelters w/Doors; Stainless Chicken Plucker (colony made); Chariot Cart; 6) Saddles; 4) Western 2) English; 2) Sets Work Harness; Single Drive Harness; Various Tack Halters; Leads; Bridles; Grooming; Sleigh Bells; Galv Pails. Misc: Com Cold Stream 2D SS Cooler; Galv Sheet Metal; 1,000-sq.ft. Oak Trim; Large Amount Lumber; 2x4in, 2x6-in; 60) 24-in Cement Pads; 2000) Interlock Bricks; Guide Cable; Gas Heaters; 2-in Pipe; Home Repair Items; 40-in Nylon & Rubber Hose; 10) Insulated Tarps; Fuel Tanks & Stands; 3) Fuel Slips Tanks w/Elec Pumps; Engine Stand; Auto Tires; Wood Heater; 4) Propane Heaters; 2,000-lb Platform Scale; Al Ladders; Shelving. Bldg & Yard: 36-ft Insulated Bunk House on Steel Frame Wired w/dsl Furnace; 2011 10x12-ft Yard Shed; Insulated Dog House; Snowblower 8HP 25-in; 5.5HP Push Gas Lawn Mower; 6) Cement Lawn Ornaments; Cement Bird Bath; BBQ Smoker; Snow Fence; Yard Swing. Rec: 2) 1973 Merc 440 Snowmobile; 95 Polaris 800 Storm NEGDS Engine Wk; 17-ft Al Boat; Fishing Rods & Tackle. Tools: Husqv Chain Saws; Radial Arm Saw; Drill Press; Port Air Comp; Pressure Washer; Power Tools; Air Tools; Various Hand Tools; Tool Cabinet; Hyd Jacks; Floor Jacks; Vise; Shop Supplies. Household: Stove; Oak Table; Entertainment Unit; Antique Coal Oil Lamps; Chuck Wagon Lamp; Wood K Chairs; Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Auction Sale Howard & Faye Hilstrom Saturday, April 28th, 10:00am Inwood, MB Location: Sale Site 1/2 Mile West of Inwood on RD 416 Auction Note: Retirement Auction w/ Well Kept Items Contact: (204)278-3411 Tractors: 04 Cat Challenger 535B MFWA Cab 16 spd x 2 P Shuttle 3PH Quad hyd 540/1000 w/FEL ML98 SL w/Bucket & Grapple 2480-hrs; 03 MF 4370 MFWA Cab P Shift 12-spd 3PH Triple Hyd 540/1000 w/MF 1080 FEL w/Bucket & Grapple 3221-hrs; Int 684 dsl 3PH 540 PTO Dual Hyd w/FELoader SL 4424-hrs. Equip: 07 Hesston 1345 12-ft hydra Swing Disc Bine; 92 Case IH 8460 RD Baler; Sitrex 9 Wheel Hay Rake; New Idea 527 Trailer 9-ft Sickle Mower; 2) “Krentz Mfg” 8-Wheel 36-ft Hay Trailer w/Pipe Racks; 06 Buhler/Farm King 8-in 51-in PTO Auger; Farm King 620 3PH Rotary Mower; Buhler 3PH 3- Wheel Swather Turner; 3PH Post Hole Auger; 3PH & FEL Bale Forks. Vehicle & Trailers: 01 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins 5.9-litre dsl STD 4x4 370-km Sft; 86 Dodge 150 318 Gas STD, Sft; Sokal Gooseneck Tandem 24-ft Flat Deck w/Ramps; Sokal Gooseneck 16-ft Tandem Stock Trailer. Livestock Equip: 04 Bale King Vortex 3000 Bale Processor; 3) Cypress Portable Metal Creep Feeders; 2) 300 bus w/Creep Panels; 1) 500 bus; 3) Self Locking Squeeze Chute; 2) Pearson 1) Big Valley; Hi Hogg Maternity Pen; Big Valley Calf Squeeze Chute; 13) Self Standing Metal Corral Panels 24-ft to 30-ft; 30) Metal Corral Panels & Gates 10-ft + 12-ft; 12) 16-ft Metal Panels; Steel Loading Chute; “Galagen MB x 1500” Solar Battery Fencer; Peerless Roller Fencer ; Peerless Solar Mill; 6) Metal Bunk Feeders; 4) RD Bale Feeders; Western Saddle; 3) Calf Pullers; Dehorners; Cattle Medi Equip; 40) 7-ft Treated Fence Posts; 12) 8-ft Corral Posts; 6) Rolls High Tensile Wire. Yard & Rec: 08 Polaris Sportsman 500 HD 4x4 w/Winch 1210-miles; 06 Polaris Sportsman 500 HD 4x4 3369-miles; 2010 Husq YTH 20 42 hyd R Mower 60-hrs; Husq YTH 17 46 Hyd R Mower 286-hrs; Husq DC500 Metal Yard Trailer; Quad 12 volt Sprayer Wand & Boom; Husq 245 R Blade Grass/Brush Cutter; Along w/Tools & Farm Misc; Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. It’s a sure thing. 1-800782-0794.

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AUCTION REMINDER Guy Sabourin Farm Auction Friday, April 13 11AM 4 miles west of St Jean, MB Visit www.billklassen.com for listing & pictures 204-325-4433 cell 6230 Owner Guy 204-758-3527

Sale located from Beausejour, MB., 7 miles North on Hwy. #12 and 1 ¾ mi. West on Rd. #79 (Civic address 40046).

Farm Equipment: IHC “1256” Turbo Diesel Tractor; Belarus “820” Diesel Tractor w. FWA & Factory FEL; White “7800” S.P. Combine; IHC “725” 25’ P.T. Swather; N.H.”495” 12’ Haybine; N.H. “851” Round Baler; Ford “530” Square Baler; M.F. 9’ S.D. Rake; 34’ Truck Flat Deck Trailer (hauls 22 round bales); Approx. 150 Gravity Grain Tank w. trailer; Westfield 7” x 36’ Grain Auger w. gas engine; Vers. 6” x 30’ Grain Auger w. gas engine; IHC “1150” Mixmill (c/w bale feeder & extra screens); Melroe “202” 20’ Press Drill; CCIL “G-100” 2 x 15’ Discers in Tandem; Co-op “350” 20’ H.D. Tandem Disc; CCIL 20’ Deep Tiller w. mulchers; IHC 4 x 14” Hyd. Plow; M.M. 6 x 16” Hyd. Plow; etc. Antique Tractors: IHC “Super WD9” Diesel Tractor; IHC “650” Diesel Tractor; IHC “W-4” Gas Tractor; Trucks: 1995 Chev Silverado 4x4 ½ Ton; 1987 Ford F-150 ½ Ton; 1967 Ford “600” 3 Ton Grain Truck w. 13’ Steel B&H; 1951 Ford 2 Ton Grain Truck w.

Wdn. B&H; Livestock Equip.: 30’ Square Bale Elevator; 4 Rd. Bale Feeders; 6-12’ Steel Panels; Misc.: Deutz Allis 16 Hp. Lawn Tractor; Craftsman 230 amp. Elec.

Welder; Qty. of Metal Sheeting; Fuel Tanks; 1973 Sno-jet Snowmobile; plus some household & antique items.

Viewing: Friday, April 27th, 2012 at 10am. - 6pm or appt. with Owner. 268 1864. See www.capitalauction. net for full listing & pictures or for more information call:

CAPITAL AUCTIONS Beausejour, MB. Auctioneer: Len Pleskacz Ph. 204-268-3052

MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Consignment Auction Saturday, April 14th 10:00am Arborg, MB Jct 68 & Hwy #7, West 1/8 Mile, North Side Consignments Welcomed!

Contact: John Zasitko (204)664 2137 Tractors & Wheel Loader: 79 Ford A-64 3-yrd Ind. Wheel Loader; Heston 8066 MFWA 3PH FEL; 80 Ford TW 20 Cab 540/1000 PTO Duals 5600-hrs; 90 Case IH 485 3PH 540 PTO 600-hrs; JD 4430 Cab 540/1000 w/Duals; Ford 8000 Dual hyd; JD 3020, 5000-hrs; Case 1070 w/Duals & FEL; Cockshutt 1650; Ford 8N 3 PH; MM U. Combine & Headers: NH 92 Tx36 Chopper Chaff Spreader; NH TR 96 Westward PU Chopper 2600-hrs; NH TR 85 Melroe PU Chopper; Int 1480 w/Spinner; Cockshutt 5542; JD 924 Header w/UII PU Reel; NH 20-ft Header. Grain Equip: Int 4000 Cab 25-ft Swather w/PU Reel; JD 590 30-ft P Type Swather; Case IH 7200 3x14-ft Hoe Drill w/Rubber Press; Case IH 5000 27-ft Vibra Shark w/Harrows; HutchMaster 24-ft Offset Disc; HutchMaster 14-ft Tandem Disc; Terra 14-ft Tandem Disc; Anhydrous Tank & Cart; Convey Air Grain Vac; Brittonya 3PH 400-gal 80-ft Sprayer Haying & Misc Equip: 2)Hay Busters 256 Bale Processor; NH 352 Grinder Mixer Shedded; Knight 350-bus Verical Mix 3 Auger Wagon; NH 195 Manure Spreader w/Upper Beaters; “Tubeline” 500 Fully Automatic Bale Wrapper; PMI RP 1511 Elec Tie RD Baler; NH 114 Hyrdo Swing Hay Bine; Kuhn GA 6000 Tedder Rake; JD 3PH 7-ft Sickle Mower. Trucks & Trailers: 95 Mack CH 400 HP 13-SPD, 800,000-kms; 89 Ford 8000 Louiseville Single Axle 5 spd x2 Cab & Chassis, 90,000-kms; 97 Chev 3500 Duals 6.5L dsl 4x4 Quad Cab 235 K; 79 Chev C70 Tandem w/14-ft Gravel B&H; 02 Load King 36-ft Semi Grain Trailer; Older Semi 30-ft Center Dump Grain Trailer; Sokal 28-ft 5th Wheel Stock Trailer; Pintle Hitch Tandem 24-ft Flat Deck w/Ramps; Bumper Hitch 12-ft Snowmobile Trailer. Misc: Set Harkness 40-45 Air Seeder Markers; Galv 175-hrs Hopper; New 9x10-ft Garden Shed; Polaris 450 Sportsman 4x4 Quad; JD R Mower; Honda 5HP Push Mower; Yamaha EF 6000 Generator; Water Pump; Various Farm Misc & Tools.

Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. It’s a sure thing. 1-800782-0794.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Farm Auction John & Louise Karatchuk Sat April 21, @ 11:00 am Arborg, Mb Location: 7 1/4 Miles East on Hwy 68 or 2 3/4 West of Jct 8 & 68 Hwy Auction Note: This is a RETIREMENT AUCTION as theLand is Rented Out. Well Kept Items w/ Low Hours Contact: (204)376-5037 Tractor, Combine: 95 Ford 9680 Vers 4WD 855 Cummins 3x4 Synch, Quad Hyd, 20.8 42, 4620-hrs; 95 NH Tx66 Combine w/NH971 Header w/Swathermaster - P/U, Chaff Spreader, Auto Reverser, 2300-hrs, Always Shedded. Swather, Sprayer: 97 Premier 2920 Swather w/25-ft Macdon 960 P/U Reel, 1549-hrs; Buhler 8-ft Swath Roller; Patriot XL High Clearance Sprayer 120HP JD Engine, 12.4 38, 75-ft Boom, 750-gal, Triple Nozzle, 4486-hrs.

Tillage & Scraper: Bourgault 8010 36-ft Air Seeder, 8-in Spacing, Floating Hitch, Knock Down w/Bourgault 2155 Dual Comp Air Tank w/20HP Kohler; 08 Bourgault 7200 48-ft Heavy Springtine Harrows w/-5/8 Tines; Schulte 2500 Giant Hyd Rock Picker; Rockamatic TM20 V Style Rock Rack Ashland 8-yd Hyd Scraper w/Hyd Push; Inland 70-ft Springtine Harrows; Ezee-on 36-ft Cult. Grainary & Augers: Behlin 3600 bus. Grainery; 5) Westeel 1950 bus Grainary; 50-ton NRW Hopper Bin, poxy line; 96 Walinga Agri Vac 510, 1000 pto; Farm King 10-in 5-ft Mech Swing PTO Auger. Grain Cleaning: All Single Phase Forever 48-in Grain Cleaner w/11-ft Leg w/30+ Screens; Carter 245 Seed Cleaner w/3 Shells; Air Master 54-in Debearder; Screens off Carter; Dicky John Sprayer Control Valves.

Misc Equip: JD 613 3PH Rotary Mower; Custom Built Fire Wood Processor Cuts, Splits, & 16-ft Conveyor Lift, Elec & Hyd; Kendon 7-ton 4 Wheel Wagon. Misc: GPS System; Grain Tester; Honda 5HP Engine; New Elec Motor upto 1/2 HP; Tracks for NH 190 Skidsteer; Implement Tires; 3) JD 420 Carb Throttle Shafts; Field Chemical “Refine Extra Tilt” ‘Target’; Elec Fencer; New Fence Insulators; Cattle Ear Tags; 76 AC EL Tigre 4000 Snowmobile 3600 Mle; Dynamark 16HP 46-in R Mower (deck needs repair); Potato Sprayer; Injection JD Pump 8630 w/Injector; 5) Spools Electric Wire; 22) bags of Timothy from Foundation Pinniacle, 75-lb bags; Inglis Kitchen Stove; 9-ft Fibreglass Sleigh. Antiques: Pressback Rocking Chair; Oak Chair; 4) Display Cases 26-in W 50-in L 36-in H; Ginger Bread Mantle Clock; Coal Oil Lamps; 5-gal R Wing Jug; 3-gal Medalta Butter Churn; Chrome Ash Tray Stand; 50s Bowling Trophy; Walking Doll; 10) Cast Implements & Seats; Moline; McCormick; Massey; Maxwell ; Frost & Wood ; #79 ; JD Die Cast Tractor; Cream Cans; Block Planer; Blow Torque; R Doulton Horse Orns; CanLab Prof Micro Scope.

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Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

FArm retirement Auction For the GroeninG FArmS, Lowe FArm mAnitoBA FridAy ApriL 20 11 A.m. 2012

directions: 4 miles west of Lowe Farm on Highway 23. *1990 John Deere 9600 combine, pickup and chopper, 4496 engine and 3346 seperator hours. Green lighted at Enns Bros. John Deere Morris in 2009* John Deere 930 straight cut head w/ batt reel serial #P6415* 1979 Massey Ferguson 4880 4 wheel drive tractor, 20.8 x 38 duals, 903 cummins, 18 speed trans, newer clutch and wheel bearings done. 10100 hrs, good work horse* 1978 John Deere 8430 tractor 4 wheel drive pto, good 20.8 x 34 duals.

9706 hrs, serial #5678R* 1975 Ford F-700 truck 14 ft box hoist roll tarp. v8 5 & 2, 10 x 20 tires, only 56000 miles *1976 GMC 6500 tandem 427, 5 & 4 tilt hood, 10 x 20 tires, 18 ft box and hoist air brakes * John Deere 2360 swather gas, 25 ft with double swath attachment 2814 hours, serial #19514* Westward swather 3000 pto 25 ft pickup reel and autofold* Two swath rollers* Conveyair model 2975 grain vac, newer pump* Westfield MK 10 X 61 auger* Westfield 7’’ x 36 w/ Kohler engine and sweep* Westfield 7’’ x 36 auger w/ Kohler ES* Grain Chief pto model 500 bushel batch crop dryer *Seeding and tillage * Bourgault 8800 seeding tool 40 ft w/ 8’’spaceing, 4 bar mulchers* Complete with Bourgault 3225 air cart powered by Kohler gas engine. Loading auger, rear hitch tank, serial #4548* 14 ft dual tank drill fill system* Powermatic 80 ft diamond harrows autofold* CCIL model 807 deep tiller 35 ft w/ 3 row mulchers* CCIL model 203 deep tiller 27 ft with mulchers and NH3 Kit* IHC model 645 Vibra chisel 21 ft* 1996 1500 gal NH3 tank* Outback S 2 model light bar, GPS unit used only 1 year, this model can be used with E drive to full auto steer* Misc. 1000 gal fuel tank w/ pump, and some more but very little small selling See our website www.billklassen.com for photo’s & 2012 Spring Auction Catalog in your Farm Mailbox Bill Klassen Auctioneers 204-325-4433 cell 6230 bill@billklassen.com

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Durand farms Ltd. Notre Dame de Lourdes, MB • April 14, 2012 • 10 am

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

Guy SABourin FArmS Ltd. FArm Auction FridAy ApriL 13, 10 A.m. 2012

directions: 3 mile west of st Jean manitoba on road 18 N 2003 John Deere 9750 combine green lighted, 914 pickup head, varaible feeder house kit, 1630 seperator hours, 2200 engine. Owner Eric Vetter 204 712 5137. Terms on Combine 25.000 down auction day. Balance certified Cheque upon possession before Aug, 1 2012.

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1995 john deere 9600 & 2006 john deere 9760sts

1997 john deere 9300 & 2002 john deere 9520

2003 john deere 8320

2005 john deere 4920 120 ft

AUCTIoN LoCATIoN:

from CArMAn, MB, go 30.5 km (19 miles) West on hwy 245 to durand seed sign, then 3.2 km (2 miles) north.

A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES:

2002 John Deere 9520 4WD • 1997 John Deere 9300 4WD • 2003 John Deere 8320 MFWD • 1991 John Deere 4455 2WD • 2006 John Deere 9760STS Combine • 1995 John Deere 9600 Combine • 2000 John Deere 936D 36 Ft Draper Header • International 730 30 Ft Pull Type Swather • 2002 Westward 9352 25 Ft Swather • 2000 Peterbilt 379 T/A Truck Tractor • 1996 Ford Sterling T/A Grain Truck • 1995 Castleton T/A Grain Trailer • 2004 John Deere 1820 45 Ft Air Drill 2005 John Deere 4920 120 Ft High Clearance Sprayer • John Deere Manure Spreader • 2- Vidir 4000± Bushel Epoxy Lined Hopper Bin • Friesen 3600 ± Bushel Hopper Bin • 3- Friesen 1200± Bushel Hopper Bin • 2- Westeel 13500± Bushel Grain Bin • 3- Westeel-Rosco 2500 ± Bushel Grain Bin...and much more!

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers is pleased to announce the appointment of Daryl Martin as Territory Manager for Manitoba.

Daryl Martin 306.421.5066 dmartin@rbauction.com

for up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: Gilbert durand: 204.751.0185 foR MoRE INfoRMATIoN: romeo durand: 204.723.0077

ritchie Bros. territory Manager – daryl Martin: 306.421.5066 or 800.491.4494

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

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UNRESERvED fARM AUCTIoN

Carman & Charlene Bierwagen

AUCTIoN LoCATIoN:

From FeNwood, sK, go 2.4 km (1.5 miles) east on Hwy 15, then 7.2 km (4.5 miles) North.

A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES:

2008 New Holland T9020 4WD • 1978 Case 2290 2WD • 1971 John Deere 4020 2WD • 1996 New Holland TR98 • 1993 New Holland TR96 • 2002 Harvest Pro 8150 30 Ft Swather • 1974 Chev C50 S/A Grain Truck • 1991 Ford L8000 T/A Grain Truck • 1990 GMC 1500 4x4 • 2008 Trailtech 18 Ft T/A • 2004 Morris Maxim II 40 Ft Air Drill • Morris 9000 37 Ft Medium Duty Cultivator • Cockshutt Tandem Disc • 2004 Brandt 5000 50 Ft Heavy Harrows • Morris 60 Ft Harrows • John Deere 375 Round Baler • 2003 MacDon 922 16 Ft Mower Conditioner Header • 14- Westeel-Rosco 3300± Bushel 15 Ft x 5 Ring Hopper Bin • 10- Westeel-Rosco 2000± Bushel 14 Ft x 5 Ring Hopper Bin...AND MUCH MORE!

Fenwood, SK • Monday, april 16, 2012 • 11 am

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

OrcHArd dOn And JAnie FArM AucTiOn MiAMi, MAniTOBA MOndAy April 16, 2012 10AM

FARm AUCTion FoR PeTe & CheRie GoeRTzen 204-362-0241 ThURSDAy, APRil 19 10Am

directions: 3 miles west on hwy 23 and two north on 240 and 1/2 west.

Will have signs up auction day.

All major items are shedded, and mostly one owner or purchased at very low hours.

Many of the engines here have had a fall oil change and will be ready to head for the field.

Tractors**1998 Ford 8870 MFWD tractor, 4236 hrs, super steer Mega flow, front weights, 3 pth, 4 remote hydraulics, Outback auto steer, only 200 hours on new tires all around*20.8 x 42 axle duals, 420 / 90 R - 30 fronts serial #D414394 *1990 Versatile 9030 Bi-directional tractor, front 1000 pto, 540 rear, front and rear draw bars and 3 pth, with Ford mounted loader, 8 ft bucket, only 3770 one owner hours*1982 John Deere 4240, cab, quad shift, dual pto and hyd, 18.4 x 38 clamp on duals with mounted model 48 loader, 6 ft bucket.

Injectors and pump done at 6000 hrs, only 6630 total one owner hours, serial #027980*1981 Versatile 555 four wheel drive, with pto, and 4 remote hydraulics, 18.4 x 38 duals. 4000 one owner hours*Harvesting**1996 Case IH 2188 Combine, Swathmaster pickup, reverser, Fore & Aft, AFX Rotor, special chopper, super spread impeller blades, adjustable air foil sieve, hopper topper, 200 hrs on Case IH red light, 2775 engine hours, 2231 rotor hrs, serial #JJCO194239*2001 Flex head model 1020, 25 ft fore & aft, new reel teeth in very nice condition, serial #JJCO325380 sells with transport*1996 Macdon 25 ft model 960 swather head with Versatile 9030 Bidirectional adaptor kit, good knife and gards.

This unit sells after the 9030.*Case IH 730 pto swather*Unverth Brent 620 grain cart, 24.5 x 32 tires. Pto model, always shedded*Trucks**1986 Ford F-900 tandem, Detriot Diesel with 13 speed Roadranger transmission 18 ft Midland box, roll tarp. 11.R X 22 tires, only 159200 kms. 2nd owner saftied ,*1970’s IHC 2110 truck, V8 5 & 2 tag axle cab and chassis *1976 Ford F-600 V8 5 & 2, 14 ft steel box, yard truck*Tillage**Flexicoil system 65 sprayer 100 ft with wind screens, hyd pump, induction tank etc.*Phoenix 45 ft Tumble Rolling harrows serial #971722*John Deere 1610 deep tiller 37 ft with mulchers*John Deere 1000 field cultivator, 40 ft with mulchers*Shulte Giant 2500 rock picker hydraulic reel, serial #298208*Herman 67 ft 4 bar tine harrows*50 ft 4 bar tine harrows*John Deere 12 ft model 650 deep tiller*Massey Ferguson #36 disker seeders 2 x 15 ft*Farm King 10’’x 60 auger mechical top loader with bin full indicator*Farm King 8’’x 31‘ auger powered by Honda*Fertilzer Tanks**1997 upright steel 34,500 imperial gals.

3/16 in sides, ¼’’ floor*1998 upright steel 15,460 imperial gals. Only used with Phospate*5hp electric 3 in single phase pump with hose and fittings*Grain Bins**Please note all fans sell after bins*Meriadian Frontier 4000 with steel skid. Bin model 1520 serial #18704 with cross jet 3 hp aeration*Meriadian Storm King, 4000, epoxy coated in and out, model 1620 serial #2268w on concrete, air port only *5 - Behlin 2911 bu on Comte hoppers, holds 3250 bushels, two have 8 ft rocket air, and Edwards 3 hp fan*3 have Comte Air system with 3 hp fan, Coldwell 3 hp, and 1.5 hp Behlin Fan*Misc**40 FT SEA Container with vents and full rear door, nice condition*Farm King 6 ft 3pth rotor tiller, like new condition, used very little*Woods Cadet 72 in 3 pth rotary mower with slip clutch *Allied 96in snowblower, nice*28 ft 3pth yard/spot sprayer*3 ft pull type lawn sweeper*Yard Man 12 hp tractor with mower. Project machine*Two 3000 gal US, fiberglass water / liquid fertilizer tanks one is on steel skid*2 inch liquid transfer pump outlet and 3 in filler port, banjo pump sells after tanks*3 - 20.8 x 42 tractor tires*8’’x 8’’x 8ft ties from rail road bridge*Red 500 gal tank currently used for use oil*Project Truck 1964 Dodge 300 one ton duals and deck 6 cylinder 4 speed*Behlin double wide sliding doors, 2 x 12 x 14 ft*Shop*Approx 175 lb anvil*Reciever mount equalizer hitch some small sellng but not Much note internet bidding will begin at 11 am with Bidspotter

Directions: Location 1-3/4 miles east of Winkler MB on Hwy 14. This is 6 miles west of Plum Coulee MB. *1995 Versatile blue 9480, 12 speed, 4 remotes w/Multiplier, 20.8x42 duals, at 4400-hrs, centre pins done & main bearings done only 4700 total one owner hours; *1987 Massey Ferguson 1010 compact diesel 3pth & 540 pto, 475 one owner hours; *6-ft Farm King finish mower; *1994 Massey Ferguson 8460 combine, 366 Mercedes diesel, Swathmaster pickup on pickup head, 80/65-32 tires, only 2237 engine hours, recent work done includes, new variable speed fan drive, new walker crank; *1986 Cereal implements 722 swather, Isuzu diesel 26-ft head w/pickup reel & updated knife drive, 2300-hrs, Serial #3801268050. Side drive-on swather transport; *JD Model 930 flex header, w/pickup reel, rebuilt wobble box, Serial #651424. TRUCKS: *1987 Kenworth T-600 tandem 13 speed Fuller w/400 cummins, air ride suspension. 20-ft.x8.1/2 Loadline box roll tarp. 11R24 tires alum. buds vin #2NKAGGGG7HM977975 Will be safeied; *Flexicoil 35-ft model 820 seeding tool 9” spacing 550lb, trip shanks, w/tow behind 1720 tank dual front casters on tank; *Riteway 36-ft hydraulic P-20 packer bar, w/3 bar mulchers; *Tormaster 60-ft harrow packer bar P-30 w/5 bar mulchers; Wilrich 29-ft deep tiller

MACK AUCTION COMPANY PRESENTS a farm equipment auction for Glenn & Donna Milbrandt (306)782-7182 Sat., Apr 28, 2012 10am. Directions from Yorkton, Sask.

11-mi NW on Hwy. 16, 1-mi N 7.5-mi E. Watch for signs!

JD 4560 2WD tractor w/4840-hrs; JD 7720 SP combine w/2336-hrs; 24-ftJD 665 air seeder w/Degelman harrows; 2 AC 2600D 26-ft double discs; 60-ft Flexicoil 50 PT field sprayer; Degelman 550H ground drive rock picker; 16-ft NH 116 haybine w/rubber rollers; NH 853 round baler; NH 354 mix mill; 30-ft Premier swather w/PU reel; 21-ft Case IH PT swather; 15-ft Vers 400 SP swather; 21-ft JD 580 PT swather; 18-ft Renn 2000 SP swather; MF 510 SP combine; Koenders poly drum swath roller; Wheatheart hyd post hole auger; Friggstad bale trailer; shopbuilt hyd drive wire roller; BT Johnson 3,000-lbs. livestock platform scale; corral panels & bale feeders; 1981 Ford F-600 3 ton grain truck w/73,300-kms; 1981 Chev Silverado PU; 1954 2 ton grain truck for parts; 24-ft JD 665 cultivator w/Degelman harrows; Riteway 60-ft tine harrow packer drawbar; 25-ft Morris MagnumCP 725 cultivator; 15-ft Morris TD-80 tandem disc; Melroe 911 5 bottom plow; Morris 50-ft tine harrows; 27-ft White 249 cultivator; Morris B-36 rod weeder; 30-ft Cockshutt Vibrashank cultivator; Brandt 8-35 PTO auger; Sakundiak 7-37 auger w/Briggs engine; Sakundiak 7-45 PTO auger; Viking fanning mill; 100-bu. grain wagons; Labtronics elevator type moisture tester; Wheatheart hyd bin sweep; Polaris double sled snowmobile trailer; Coleman 5000W generator; Monarch water pump plus much more! Visit www. mackauctioncompa-ny.com for sale bill, video & photos. Join us on Facebook. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

Note: Internet Bidding with Bidspotter begins at 11AM See www.billklassen.com or check our spring 2012 Farm Auction Catalogue.

Bill Klassen Auctioneers 204-325-4433 cell 6230 bill@billklassen.com

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions DENNIS SCARROW AUCTION Sat., Apr. 21st, 2012. 11:00am 6-mi E on Voysey Rd, Spy Hill, SK Contact: (306)534-2213 “OPEN TO CONSIGNMENTS” Online Bidding at 1:00pm MACHINERY TRACTORS: 1979 JD 8440 Cab, air, PTO, 18.4x38 duals, 7,479-hrs, new interior, real nice; 1982 JD 4640 9,600-hrs, 20.8x38 duals, PTO, new interior, real nice; SEEDING: 1989 28-34 Bourgault Air Seeder 32-ft., 400-lb trips, floating hitch, liquid kit, atom jet openings, tech no-till packing system (don’t plug in mud) w/1110 Flexicoil tank, hyd fan, real nice; HARVEST: (306)592-4705. 2003 IH 2388 SP Combine Serial #273236, hydro, cab, air, chopper, IH 1015 PU, 250-HP, 3-SPD rotor, 2,300-hrs, real nice; IHC 1020 30-ft. Straight cut header, like new PU reels, new skid plates, auto height control, w/transport, real nice; SWATHER: (306)592-4705.

1999 Case IH 8860 HP 30-ft., cab, air, PU reel, K shears, double knife, real nice; TRUCK: (306)592-4705. 1988 Volvo full tandem Grain Truck Cat 3408 Engine, 9-SPD Fuller trans, 20-ft. steel box & hoist, tarp, (new paint by sale time) 895,000-kms; AUGERS: (306)592-4705. Farm King 10x51 PTO Swing-A-Way; HAYING: 1996 1475 18ft. Hydroswing Haybine New pump & relief valve; 1998 NH 664 Round Baler Gathering wheels, good belts, bale ejector. Plus Misc & Shop items! NOTE: Dennis is discontinued his farming operation & selling his equipment which is good to real good condition. We want to acknowledge Dziaduck Farms which has discontinued one part of their farming operation. All major equipment is real nice. Not many small items. ONLINE BIDDING AT 1:00PM Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for updated listing & pics. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851.

Hit our readers where it counts… in the classifieds. Place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifed section.

1-800-782-0794.

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2008 New HollaNd T9020

2004 Morris MaxiM ii 40 FT w/7300

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ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – dan steen: 306.361.6154 Toll Free: 1.800.491.4494

UNRESERvED fARM AUCTIoN

Ron & Pat Janes

Leross, SK • Saturday, April 21, 2012 • 10 am

John Deere 3350

MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a land & farm equipment auction for Brian & Dawn Procyshen (306)782-6769 Sat., Apr. 21st, 2012 10:00am Directions from Yorkton, SK. 4-mi SW on Hwy 10 to Protz Memorial Rd. 5.25-mi W & 1.75-mi S. Watch For Signs! Live internet bidding at www.Bidspotter.com. 3 quarter sections of farmland, SE 17-25-7-W2 RM of Garry #245 yd site w/PWR & gravel deposit NE 17-25-7-W2 RM of Garry #245, NW 19-25-6-W2 RM of Orkney #244; Vers 876 4WD tractor w/Degelman dozer; Case 580 Extended Back Hoe w/FWA; Ford Vers 9030 Bi-Directional tractor w/FEL; Case 2870 4WD tractor w/PTO Case 1570 2WD tractor; Cat D7E crawler dozer; Cat 60 10 yd PT scraper; 80-ft. high rise 4640 Melroe Spray Coupe w/Outback STS auto steer, set of high rise sprayer tires; 1999 Volvo tandem axle hwy tractor; 2000 Doepker B train grain trailer; 70-ft.

Morris Field Pro heavy harrows; Morris Magnum CP-745 cultivator; 1978 Ford F-600 grain truck; 1967 GMC 910 1/2 Ton PU truck; 30-ft. White 476 cultivator subsoiler; Morris B-36 rod weeder; Degelman 6800 Super Picker rock picker; Vers 2800 swather header w/UII PU reel for bi-directional tractor; Farm King 8-12 transfer auger w/Honda engine; 1999 Polaris Indy 500; 1997 Polaris Indy 500; numerous pallets of parts & tools; Tri-Dekken crop dividers. Plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for complete printable sale bill, photos & video.

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Carman Bierwagen: 306.728.5598 (h), foR MoRE INfoRMATIoN: 306.728.8147 (c), c.c.bierwagen@yourlink.ca

1995 John Deere 6400

AUCTIoN LoCATIoN:

From LeroSS, SK, go 14.5 km (9 miles) South on hwy 35, then 8 km (5 miles) West, then 0.8 km (0.5 mile) South.

A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES:

1981 Steiger ST225 4WD • 1995 John Deere 6400 MFWD • John Deere 3350 MFWD • 1978 Case 2290 2WD • Deutz 5505 2WD • 1984 International 1480 • 1983 International 1480 • 2- Case IH 1010 25 Ft • New Holland 960 20 Ft • Header Transport • Muxlow 42 Ft Swather • New Holland 1090 25 Ft Swather • Cat D4 • 1979 International 1954 Tag/A Grain Truck • 1979 International 1824 Tag/A Grain Truck • Conserva Pak 27-9 29 Ft Air Drill • Bush Hog 31 Ft • Honey Bee 31 Ft Dead Rod • John Deere 1610 41 Ft • Massey Ferguson 35 Ft • Crustbuster 16 Ft Tandem Disc • Spray-Air 2000 60 Ft Field Sprayer • Degelman R570 Rock Picker • 1977 New Holland 850 Round Baler • Mckee 12x24 Ft Bale Wagon...AND MUCH MORE!

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ron Janes: 306.432.4464 foR MoRE INfoRMATIoN: rpfarms@sasktel.net

ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Dan Steen: 306.361.6154 Toll Free: 1.800.491.4494

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Munkler farms St. Gregor, SK • Wednesday, april 25, 2012 • 10 am

FARMING IS ENOUGH OF A GAMBLE...

2010 new holland h8040 36 ft

2007 new holland cr9070

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Gordon & Pat Goldfinch

Raymore, SK • thursday, april 26, 2012 • 10 am

AUCTIoN LoCATIoN:

from hUMBoldt, SK, go 32 km (20 miles) east on hwy 5, then 0.2 km north. west side of road or from watSon, SK, go 16 km (10 miles) west on hwy 5, then 0.2 km (0.12 mile) north. west side of road.

A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES:

2002 John Deere 9320 4WD • 1995 John Deere 8570 4WD • 2004 Kubota MX5000E 2WD • 2007 New Holland CR9070 Combine • 2010 New Holland H8040 36 Ft Swather • 1995 International 9200 T/A Grain Truck • 1980 GMC S/A Grain Truck • 2010 Morris Contour 47 Ft Air Drill • Flexi-Coil 1720 2 Comp’t Tow-Behind Air Tank • Flexi-Coil 800 38 Ft Air Seeder • John Deere 1610 36 Ft Cultivator • Flexi-Coil 50 Ft Harrows • Riteway 56 Ft Heavy Harrows • Schulte 2500 Rock Picker • 1998 Brandt QF1000 100 Ft Field. Sprayer • Wheatland Meridian 1612E PVWS7 Epoxy Lined Hopper Bin • 8- Westeel-Rosco 1900± Bushel 14 Ft x 5 Ring Hopper Bin • 3- Twister 2050± Bushel 14 Ft x 5 Ring Grain Bin • 2- Chief Westland 1900± Bushel 14 Ft x 5 Ring Grain Bin • 3- Twister 1925± Bushel 14 Ft x 7 Ring Grain Bin • (4) Koenders Poly Hopper Bins • Unverferth 675 Grain Cart...and much more!

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Bob Munkler: 306.287.4142 foR MoRE INfoRMATIoN: Pat Munkler: 306.682.3185

ritchie Bros. territory Manager – dan Steen: 306.361.6154 or 800.491.4494

See our website www.billklassen.com for photo’s & 2012 Spring Auction Catalog in your Farm Mailbox Bill Klassen Auctioneers 204-325-4433 cell 6230 bill@billklassen.com

Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad in the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting for your call. 1-800782-0794.

1991 ford versatile 946

1993 massey ferguson 8570

AUCTIoN LoCATIoN:

from raymore, sK go 9.7 km (6 miles) south on Hwy #6 to mission lake road, 3.2 km (2 miles) West, 0.4 km (0.25) south or from southey, sK go 41.8 km (26 miles) north to mission lake road, 3.2 km (2 miles) West, 0.4 km (0.25) south.

A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES:

Ford Versatile 946 4WD • John Deere 4250 2WD • Massey Ferguson 8570 • White 8920 • 2- White 924 24 Ft Headers • International 4000 25 Ft Swather • Ford CL9000 COE Sleeper Truck Tractor • Peterbilt 379 Sleeper Truck Tractor • Barrett 40 Ft T/A Grain Trailer • Doepker 36 Ft T/A Grain Trailer • Bourgault 40 Ft Air Seeder • Case K23 23 Ft Tandem Disc • Flexi-Coil 60 Ft Harrow Packer • Tor-Master 50 Ft Harrow Packer • Spra-Coupe 220 60 Ft Sprayer • 2- Degelman R570 Rock Picker • Allied 7 In. x 35 Ft Grain Auger • Heenan 10 In. X 50 Ft Hydraulic Swing Grain Auger • Moridge 400 Bushel LPG Batch Grain Dryer • Sakundiak HD7-45 7 In. x 45 Ft Grain Auger • 1000 Gallon Propane Tank...and much more!

for up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: gordon goldfinch: 306.746.4541 foR MoRE INfoRMATIoN: ritchie Bros. territory manager – dan steen: 306.361.6154 Toll Free: 1.800.491.4494

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MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a well kept farm equipment auction for the estate of Cliff Calcutt Fri., Apr. 20th, 2012 10:00am Lemberg, SK. Contact person Bev Calcutt (306)335-2860. Directions from Lemberg 10-kms S on #617 Grid & 1-km E. Live internet bidding at Bidspotter.com Vers 875 4WD tractor; JD 3155 FWA tractor w/260 FEL; IH 1466 2WD tractor; Cockshutt 1600 2WD DSL tractor; Minneapolis Moline Z tractor; Case 500 w/front mount post pounder; Case IH 2188 SP combine w/2485-hrs; 34-ft Bourgault 5710 air drill w/Bourgault 2155 air tank & new hoses; 25-ft Case IH 1020 flex straight cut header; 30-ft Case IH 1010 Rigid straight cut header; Westward 9000 SP swather & 25-ft Macdon 960 grain header w/1908-hrs; 1981 IH DSL tandem axle grain truck w/automatic trans; 1976 Ford F-750 tag axle grain truck; 30-ft Case IH 730 PT swather; Poly drum swath roller; Pattison 1,350-gal liquid fertilizer caddy w/Honda engine; 24-ft JD 230 tandem disc; Flexi Coil 70-ft tine harrows w/poly spray tank; 29-ft Cockshutt 248 cultivator; Morris 20-ft & 36-ft rod weeders; 2, 15-ft JD 1900 discers; Graham Hamey 12-ft cultivator; 3, Behlin 3,500-bu hopper bottom bins; 2, Bader 200-bu hopper bottom bins; Grain Vault 5,000-bu bin on steel floor; Trail Rite 800-bu hopper bottom bin; Edwards Guard 3 & 5-HP aeration fans Edward Grain Guard heaters; Denouden & Bader 3-HP aeration fans; Labtronics elevator type moisture tester; Brandt 10-60 swing auger; Sakundiak 8-47 auger w/20-HP Kohler; Wheatheart hyd bin sweeper; Sakundiak 7-40 auger; 2, Sakundiak 275-bu grain wagons; 2, 100-bu galvanized grain wagons; 2, 200-bu square grain bin hopper on legs; Clipper M 2B grain cleaner; Western Industries seed treater; 1991 Chev 1500 extended cab PU; 1991 Ford F-150 regular cab PU; 80-ft Flexicoil 65 PT field sprayer; Farm King 3-PTH finishing mower; Farm King 3-PTH snow blower; 100-gal slip tank w/electric pump; Vers 20-ft batt reel; Holdon 3-PTH; Polaris Trailboss 250 quad; Arctic Cat Pantera; scaffolding; Allied bale wagon; corral panels & bale feeders; 1956 IH S-120 truck for restoration; 1979 Ford F-250, not running; 1953 GMC 9500 2 Ton truck parts; 1979 Ford van parts; Ford Fairlane 500 parts car; Cockshutt 525 SP combine; Massey 10 square baler; 5 wheel hay rake; drill stem; angle iron; Honda 5-HP 2-in water pump; 20 Ton shop press; Smith Roles Welder; JD AC 165 space heater; Powermate 5000-W generator; Chicago drill press. Plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for complete printable sale bill, photos & video. Join us on Facebook. (306)487-7815 or (306)421-2928 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions ANNUAL SPRING EQUIP AUCTION Sat., Apr. 14th, 10:00am, Drayton, ND. JD 4960 MFWD; 4430; 4620 Tractors; Several More Pending; JD Drills & Planters, IH 8600 & 8500 Air seeders; Summers; Flexicoil & SprayAir Sprayers; Cat 70 Scraper, 44-ft. & 52-ft. Cultivators; 50-ft. Harrow/Packer; 35-ft. Superweeder; 3600 Plows, Disks & Chisel Plows; Peterbuilt & Freightliner Semi Tractors; Refer & Belly Dump Trailers 2 Nice Farm; Trucks; Vers 4400 McDonn & JD 25-ft. Swathers, Alloway & Westfield Augers, Bean Cutters & Much More. Visit midwestauctions.com or farmauctionguide.com for full listing & Photos. Proxibid online Bidding. Mick Rapacz Auctioneers, Argyle, MN. mick@wiktel.com Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds.

Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free!

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Don & Kathy friesen

Ardath, SK • Friday, April 20, 2012 • 11 am

2007 John Deere 9760STS

1997 John Deere 9200

AUCTIoN LoCATIoN:

From oUTLooK, SK, go 11.3 km (7 miles) West on hwy 15 to Conquest turn off, then 12.9 km (8 miles) north, 1.6 km (1 mile) West , then 1.6km (1mile) north.

A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES:

John Deere 9200 4WD • 2007 John Deere 9760STS • 2009 John Deere 635F 35 Ft Hydra Flex • 2007 New Holland HW305S 25 Ft Swather • Chev Tag/A Grain Truck • International S1900 T/A Grain Truck • GMC 6000 S/A • John Deere 567 Round • 2003 John Deere 1820 45 Ft Air Drill • John Deere 610 35 Ft • Case F21-H-7-256 21 Ft Tandem • Flexi-Coil S70 70 Ft Harrows • 2007 New Holland HS Series 18 Ft Mower Conditioner • Convey-all TC1076 10 In. X 70 Ft Grain Conveyor • Sakundiak HD8-1000 8 In. X 53 Ft Hydraulic Swing Grain Auger • Walinga Grain Vac • Apollo 8 Ft Tappered Swath Roller • Kyle Welding 1800 Imp Gallon Galvanized Water • Kyle Welding 600 Gallon Galvanized Water • Kyle Welding 500 Gallon Galvanized Water • Peacock 60 Brand Blower...and much more!

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10X22 OFFICE BUILDING on skids, fully insulated wired & 2 electric heaters, laminate flooring, 2x6 roof & floor, 2x4 walls, two 36x36-in sliders, outswing door. (306)524-4636, (306)528-7588 AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post frame building company. For estimates and information call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322).

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

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Don Friesen, 306.856.4410 (h), foR MoRE INfoRMATIoN: 306. 222.8942 (c), dkfriesen@sasktel.net

NEW, NEVER CONSTRUCTED, Future Steel storage building bundle, 30-ft x 46-ft x 14-ft. Includes framed opening for 10-ft x 10-ft overhead door, 4-ft x 7-ft service door, 2 24-in x 36-in window frames.

Comes w/industrial base connector plates & certified drawings.

Asking $17,500.

Phone:(204)745-3315, Carmen, MB.

ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Jon Schultz: 306.291.6697 Toll Free: 1.800.491.4494

AUTO & TRANSPORT AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto & Truck Parts REMANUFACTURED DSL ENGINES: GM 6.5L $4,750 installed; Ford/IH 7.3L $4950 installed; GM Duramax; new 6.5L engines $6500; 12/24V 5.9L Cummins; other new/used & reman. engines available.

Thickett Engine Rebuilding, 204-532-2187, Binscarth. 8:00am-5:30pm Mon.-Fri. USED MIDLAND GRAIN TRUCK box. 18-ft x 8.5-ft, steel floor, reinforced base, one side dented. $1,500 OBO. Phone:(204)326-7879.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks 1975 GMC 6500 FARM truck, 366 engine, 5x2 trans, box, hoist, tarp, drill fill, plumped, always shedded, only 41,000 plus miles, one owner. Phone (204)265-3302 Beausejour.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Vehicles Wanted BUGGY’S, DEMOCRATS AND CUTTERS for sale, refurbished, large display, wagons, totally restored and upholstered; also saddles, harness and tack.

(204)857-4932, Portage La Prairie, MB

BEEKEEPING BEEKEEPING Bee Equipment

DIESEL

Phone:

$1450.

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

WINTER BLOWOUT!!

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

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

2005 FORD F350 XL Superduty, 6L Diesel, Automatic, A/C, dually, 11-ft steel flatdeck, 88,000-kms, excellent condition, new MB safety, $11,900.

Phone:(204)999-6581.

Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2 BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

FOR SALE: 1996 FREIGHTLINER FL120, Detroit motor, 13-SPD trans, good rubber, will safety. Or cattle in trade. Bob Robinson (204)246-2135, Darlingford.

NEED TO SUPPLEMENT YOUR Agricultural Operation? Work P/T with F/T income potential. No decent “jobs” in your Rural small town? Make your own! Earn 30% commission selling Silpada -Sterling Silver jewelry.

Become an Independent Representative and earn some extra cash/serious money!

(306)468-3189 or silver@yourlink.ca, www.mysilpada.ca/lindsay.taylor

BUSINESS SERVICES BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS

2004 T800 AS NEW, 60,000-km c/w Doepker Super Bees; 1993 GMC Top Kick tandem, new box & hoist; 100kW Gen Set c/w JD DSL motor, as new 1,000-hrs. (204)665-2360.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Semi Trucks & Trailers

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

For Sale: 1- 4 Frame Extractor, 110 Volt motor driven, mounted on wood; 32 supers, fresh o/s white paint, no wax frames (clean) base; 8 Queen excluders, 10-lbs new plain wax, frame wire; 1 smoker, good condition. Call Bill (204)888-9240.

1979 FORD F700 3-TON graintruck w/Cancade box hoist & rolltarp. 42,000 original miles, $6000 as is. $7500 w/new safey.

Neepawa, Phone: (204)476-2445.

1984 TOYOTA (204)425-3016.

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

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD. ST. LAZARE, MB. 1-800-510-3303

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN exploring a rapidly growing and high value market opportunity for organic forage seeds? Learn from researchers and experienced organic forage seed producers what it takes to grow high quality organic forages such as alfalfa, clover, and birdsfoot trefoil for seed and where to sell these crops at this one-day MAFRI workshop. Registration is $20 (includes lunch) & pre-registration is required. Organic and non organic producers are welcome.

Call:(204)239-3362 or email Jacqueline.Simpson-Cleaver@gov.mb.ca

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

Licensed Agrologist on Staff.

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

FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION ThE ESTATE OF CAlvIN SAwyER

CARl ANd MARIlyN JACObI

KARl ANd lAURA hEINRICh

Monday april 16th at 10 am CST

Wednesday april 18th at 10 am CST

Monday april 23rd at 10 am DST

Langbank,Sk Sale includeS:

• 1978 JD 4240 w/ 10,015 hours • 1976 Versatile 750 4 wheel drive w/ 4 remotes • 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 diesel 4 x 4 extended cab w/ fifth wheel hitch, 5 speed and long box • Chev C60 w/ 15’ steel box & hoist with only 33,556 miles • JD 6601 combine • Premier 25’ PTO, hyd. fold swather with pickup reel • Bourgault 8810 - 40’ air seeder w/ 2115 tank and 850 gal. liquid caddy • Case IH 37’ # 5600 DT w/ Degelman harrows • EZEE steer GPS • 6270 litre fertilizer tank • 2 – 9500 litre fertilizer tanks • Hesston 560 round baler

PluS a full line of farm equiPment, liveStock equi equiP Pment P ment and ShoP related equiPment

BUILDINGS

MooSoMin,Sk Sale includeS:

• 2001 JD 7210 MFD w/ 3 pth, 7908 hours and JD 740 loader, bucket & grapple • 1984 JD 8450 w/ 18.4 x 38 new rubber & 7100 hours • 1976 JD 2130 w/ 3 pth, 18.4 x 30 rubber & JD 146 loader, bucket & grapple • 1977 Allis 7040 power shift w/ 18.4 x 38 rubber • 1988 Chev 70 diesel w/ 5 & 2 and 16’ steel box w/ hoist and roll tarp • Cat 10 yard hyd. scraper • Case IH 5600 DT 35’ w/ BeeLine & degelman harrows. Sells with Flexi-coil 1110 air cart • JD 1600 A 16’ hydro swing • JD 535 round baler • NH 357 mixmill • Feeding system and calving barn (subject to prior sale)

PluS a full line of other farm equiPment, S hoP Sho hoP equiPment equi P equiP Pment ment and toolS tool ShoP

ELkhorn, Mb Sale includeS:

• Versatile 800 4 wheel drive • MF 1100 with 3 pth • Versatile 4400 SP 22’ swather w/ PU reel • 973 Gleaner L2 SP combine• Bourgault 26-30 air seeder with 138 tank w/ diesel motor • Co-op 14’ tandem disc • Like new Buhler 6072 Series 11 soft core round baler • NH 499 12’ hydro swing • Morris # 800 hay hiker • NH 358 mixmill w/ power bale feeder

PluS grain truckS, full line of farm equiPment and ShoP related

CONTRACTING CONTRACTING Custom Work GILBRAITH FARM SERVICES is now taking bookings for manure spreading. 4 Vertical Beater spreaders & high hoe loading. Also call us with your acre #’s for the custom silage season!

Phone:(204)379-2843 or (204)745-0092. St Claude.

SUPER CARBIDE PRODUCTS AT VW Mfg. Many products in stock! VW Mfg, Dunmore, AB, See our website: www.vwmfg.com or call (403)528-3350.

TWIN VALLEY FEED LOT Cleaning Track Skid Steer & Track Hi Hoe. 3, 1,000-bu. vertical beater manure spreaders, will travel.

Contact Ron (204)362-0820.

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 1981 CASE W20B WHEEL loader, well maintained, $23,500. www.waltersequipment.com (204)525-4521.

CAT TH 103 TELEHANDLER cab/heater, aux hyd., 90% tires, 2-yd bucket & forks, works well. Asking $39,000 OBO Phone:(204)779-5557 LOOKING FOR 15 OR 16-ft gravel box w/hoist & wet kit to fit Eaton trans. Phone:(204)524-2476 ask for David.

WRECKING 1968 D7E CRAWLER serial #48A10609 tilt, scraper winch; 1982 Ford L9000 tandem tractor, safetied, wet kit, heavy duty hitch, Michelin tires, $8,000. (204)326-3109.

DAIRY EQUIPMENT SMALL ELECTRIC STOCKHOLM CREAM seperator on stand & surge buckets, Batz barn cleaner & cream cans. Phone:(306)453-2843.

FARM MACHINERY FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment FERTILIZER SPREADERS 4T, $2000; 5T, $3000; 6T, $3500; 6T stainless, $4500; 6T Mobility, $5000; 10T tender, $2500; 16T tender, $5900; 18-ft Drillfill, $2500. Phone:(204)857-8403.

FOR SALE: HAUL-ALL 18-ft. slide in drill fill 8-Ton, 220-bu., 6-in. hyd augers, needs paint, offer. Phone (204)758-3897, St Jean.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins 2-2000 HOPPER BINS ON skids, Vidir/Sunrise $12,000 OBO Call St. Jean (204)758-3897 3400-BU WESTSTEEL ROSCO BIN type grain dryer w/Stirway, unloading auger, floodlights, 7.2-hp Aerovent, very good condition, $3500 OBO. Phone:(204)548-2411.

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

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

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers FOR SALE: NEW SQ12D & SQ16A superb grain dryers, last years pricing; 1 used farm fan, AF270.

Call Valley Agro (204)746-6783.

NEW MC DRYERS IN STOCK w/canola screens 300-2,000 BPH units. Why buy used, when you get new fuel efficient & better quality & control w/MC. Call Wall Grain for details (204)269-7616 or (306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Baling CASE-IH 8575 LARGE SQUARE Baler, GC; Inland 4000 square bale picker, GC; 2004 1475 NH haybine, VGC. Phone:(204)467-5984 leave msg, Stonewall.

KINGSMAN 12 BALE - bale mover, $7000; 3PT 8-wheel V rake, $1000; 27-ft Morris Magnum deep tiller, $1500. Phone:(204)848-2107.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Various 1986 530 JD ROUND baler, shedded, $5,500 OBO; 271 White 21-ft. discer, $3,900.

Phone (204)744-2413, Somerset.

2008 MF 12-FT. DISC mower conditioner, VGC, $13,900; 4, 25-ft. heavy panels, $325; 3, 25-ft. wind breaks, $425; 2 Solar fencers, $125 each.

(204)325-8691, (204)325-2820.

5114 NEW IDEA HAYBINE 14-ft knife, new knife & guards, field ready $5850. Phone:(204)425-3016.

FOR SALE: 200 LARGE wheat/straw bales.

Baled by claw baler. $18 Phone:(204)248-2685 leave message.

For information call Mrs. Sawyer

306-538-4503

For information call Carl

306-435-2013

For information call Carl

204-748-3933

Ross Taylor Auction Service 204-877-3834

For full listing and photos www.rosstaylorauction.com

square each.

FOR SALE, 2 1985 Massey Ferguson 860, V8-hydro, 1997 Case IH8820 swather, 25-ft w/U2 PU reel, machines are field ready. Phone:(204)564-2699 or (204)564-2675, Inglis.

FOR SALE 5114 NEW Idea Haybine, real good tires, low hours on pump planetaries, new roller lift cylinders, good working condition, $2500. Phone:(204)733-2457 or (204)648-5059, Ochre River.

SELF-LOADING SILAGE WAGON 30-CU meters, 2-in rotary chopper, good working order, $19,500.

2010 MF 10 wheel V-rake, only done 500-ac, $4,500. Phone:(204)373-2162.

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Rebuilt Concaves

Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd.

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS

Rebuild combine table augers Rebuild hydraulic cylinders Roller mills regrooved MFWD housings rebuilt Steel and aluminum welding Machine Shop Service Line boreing and welding

Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd. Eden, MB 204-966-3221 Fax: 204-966-3248

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Combines

Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

Tractors Combines Swathers

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FARM MACHINERY Combine – Case/IH WANTED: COMBINE IHC 914 PT, in working order. Phone (204)371-5976.

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Ford/New Holland FOR SALE: 1992 TX36 NH combine, approx 2,800-hrs, only 600-acs on new rub bars & concaves, also has newer Super 8 Victory PU, asking $20,000 OBO. (204)768-3791.

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FARM MACHINERY Combine – John Deere 1991 JD 9600 COMBINE, 914 PU, sunny brook cyl, fore & aft, grain star moisture & bushels, 3,000-hrs, A1 condition, $45,000 OBO. (204)758-3897, St Jean.

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

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

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

FARM MACHINERY Potato & Row Crop Equipment DAHLMIN 650 PULL TYPE 6-row potato cup planter, w/markers; Dahlmin 2020-2 row potato harvester w/belted C-flex aprons, star table, blower & chopper. All in VGC, $12,900 for both; Also for sale Better Built 975 seed cutter w/treater; Portable 36in grader w/sizing screens; Mayo 48-in portable screener. Phone:(204)757-2887, spudway@mts.net

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FARM MACHINERY Sprayers

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories

2001 NH SF550 SPRAYER equivalent to Rogator 554, 2,300-hrs, 5.9 Cummins, 660-gal. SS tank, 90ft. booms, pressure washer, chem inductor, EZ steer, EZ boom, mapping. Triple nozzle bodies w/5 & 10-gal tips, 2 sets of tires, 23.1x26 & 9.5R44, excellent condition, $78,000.

(204)763-8896, Minnedsoa, MB.

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FLEXI-COIL SPRAYER, 100-FT, PTO pump, winds screen, $5000 OBO. Arden area. Phone:(204)368-2261.

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

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories 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.

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2001 SEED HAWK 48-12 w/357-bu mounted tank, new SS fert meters & NH3 kit. Asking $65,000 OBO Phone:(204)776-5557 2002 FLEXI-COIL 6000 40-FT air drill, 10-inch spacing, double shutes, variable rate control.

3450 three compartment tow-between tank.

Phone:(204)734-8355.

AIR DRILL EXHAUST COOLING kit, originally sold

by Carlisle Liquid Starters. $35,000 new, will sell for $15,000. Phone:(306)327-4862.

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Tillage CIH 47-FT VIBRACHISEL CULTIVATOR, w/3 row harrows. Phone:(204)729-6803, Elgin.

FOR SALE 34-36-FT L320 Morris Challenger field cultivator, w/MTD harrows, real good, 8-in sweeps, $2000 OBO. Phone:(204)733-2457 or (204)648-5059, Ochre River.

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Various 80-14 MORRIS HOE DRILL harrows, $900; 80-11 for parts. Phone:(204)324-6398.

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FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Various

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Various

2009 JD 1790 PLANTER, Model 16-31, CCS row command, variable rate drive, liquid fertilizer, corn & soybean discs.

Phone: (204)467-5613 or (204)771-6353.

7020 ALLIS CHALMERS W/POWER shift, 2-85 White w/3-PTH, PMI 1211 4x5 round baler, 51-ft Herman harrows. Phone:(204)534-0525.

24-FT IH 620 FACTORY TRANSPORT, RUBBER press wheels, shedded, good condition $1850; JD 1600 25-ft deep tiller, 3-row Degelman harrows $1900. Phone:(204)529-2091 or (204)539-2046.

28-FT. CASE IH 7200 hoe drill, factory transport, Atom jet openers & heavy springs, $2,500. Phone (204)529-2419.

2 WIL-RICH FIELD CULTIVATORS, 45 plus 40-ft, 7-in spacing, 3 row harrows, $4000 each; Also 70-ft Powermatic diamond harrow, $3000.

Phone:(204)324-9300 or (204)324-7622.

FOR SALE: 30-FT. WILRICH cultivator, also harrows, $1,500 BOO. Phone (204)326-5208.

FOR SALE: 6200 IHC press drills, 28-ft. factory transport, rubber packer wheels, have sprocket to seed Canola, asking $1,200. Phone (204)761-7680 after 5:00pm FOR SALE: CASE IH 7200 hoe drill. 28-ft w/rubber press factory IH transport, Eagle Beak openers, folding markers, new tires, field ready. Asking $4,500, open to offers. Phone Jim:(204)664-5447.

FOR SALE: MORRIS L 249 cultivator, 50-ft., harrows, $2,500. Phone (204)326-5208.

FOUR MF DISCERS, 360-4-60-ft w/martin hitch, good condition $3000 Phone St. Jean (204)758-3897 I.H.C. 7200 28-FT HOE Press Drill, W/factory transport, H.D. bi-fold markers, new tires on front, good condition, $2500 OBO. Phone:(204)733-2457 or (204)648-5059, Ochre River.

JD 7000 8-ROW 30-IN planter w/dry fertilizer, $4000; 28-ft CIH 6200 grain drill w/ fertilizer attachment & markers, grass seed attachment included, excellent cond. $4000. Phone:(204)373-2339 or (204)324-7410.

JD 960 44-FT. S tine cultivator, 3 bar harrow, $5,800; Elmers 8R30 multi shank row crop cultivator, tunnel shield, VGC, $2,000.

Phone (204)324-3647.

TILLAGE & SEEDING FLEXI-COIL 67XL sprayer, windscreens, 1250-gal tank, large tires; Bourgault 7200 heavy harrows, 72-ft. Phone:(204)773-2879

TracTors FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Allis/Deutz 1987 DUETZ 7085 FWA, open-station, 85hp, 5900-hrs, Allied 794 FEL $18,000. (204)525-4521 www.waltersequipment.com

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Case/IH 1976 CASE 1070 18.4X38 duals, 4,460-hrs, new cab liner kit, shedded, no 3-PTH, excellent condition, $7,200. Phone (204)324-3647.

1994 CASE 7210 2WD, 4,700-hrs, duals & dual PTO, VGC. Phone (204)722-2107.

2002 CASE IH QUADTRAC w/36-in. trac, always shedded, in VGC, auto steer, w/4,200-hrs $155,000. Phone (204)746-8851, Morris.

2003 CASE IH MXM 130 w/loader 3-PTH, dual PTO, powershift & shuttle FWA, new tires in 2010, 5,300-hrs, heat & A/C. Phone (204)346-3509.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Steiger 1978 STEIGER BEARCAT 3306-225, 4WD, 3,994-hrs Phone (204)722-2023.

PT 225, engine is showing, $12,500.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere 1980 JD 4400 TRACTOR, 6,000-hrs, 3-PTH, asking $16,900. Phone Gerry (204)736-4296.

1986 JD 8650 4WD w/quad trans, 4 hyds, PWR take off, CAHR, 20.8x38 Firestone radials, new inside, 6,940-hrs, always shedded, very good.

(204)773-2868, Russell, MB. 4450 W/3-PT. & MFWA; 4430 w/3-pt., duals, loader, low hrs, new tires; 4010 w/3-pt., knife, cab; 1830 w/3-pt. 145 JD loader; 4650 FWA. (204)828-3460 FOR SALE 7810 MFWD, PQ, LHR, 3-pt, new tires; 7710 MFWD, PQ, LHR, 3-pt, new tires; 7210 MFWD, PQ, 3-pt, w/740 FEL, grapple; 4650 MFWD, 15-SPD; 4455 MFWD, 3-pt, 15-SPD; 4450 MFWD, 3-pt, 15SPD; 4250 MFWD, 3-pt, 15-SPD; 4050 MFWD, 3-pt, 15-SPD; 2950 MFWD, 3-pt, w/260 s/l FEL; 2555 CAH, 3-pt, 4,600 hrs, w/146 FEL; 1830 3-pt.; front weights for 30, 40, 50 series.

We also have loaders, buckets, grapples to fit JD tractors.

BEN PETERS JD TRACTORS LTD (204)828-3628 shop, (204)750-2459 cell, Roseisle.

JD 3140 MODEL, 1982 year, factory 3-PTH, dual hydraulics, no cab, 80-HP, has never had a loader on it. 6805 original hours, 2nd owner, $9000 OBO. Phone:(204)526-7168.

JD 7410 1999 4,300-HRS, new rear tires, pwr quad, delux cab, tight, clean, mint condition, $50,000. Phone (204)427-3311, Woodmore, MB.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Ford FOR SALE: 1993 FORD/VER 846 5,460-hrs, 12-SPD STD, 20.8x38 tires $30,000. FOR SALE: front 3-pt. to fit JD 40, 42, 44, can be adapted, $1,200. Phone (204)376-2604, Arborg.

FOR SALE 1994 FORD NH, 8670 MFWD, 7540-hrs, 16-spd PS, PTO, 3-PTH, 7514 Loader w/ 8-ft bucket.

Phone:(204)873-2022, or (204)873-2344.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Versatile 1984 VERSATILE 895, 20.8 x 38 tires, w/Outback 52 & auto-steer. $23,000. 1985 Versatile 936, 24.5 x 32 tires, recent engine & trans. rebuild. $28,000.

Phone:(204)386-2284, Plumas, MB.

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 1982 4640 JD TRACTOR, 150hp 20.8x38 tires, factory duals, 3 point hitch, triple hyd. air radio has very low hrs, only 3682, always shedded, will take offers; 1980 4440 JD tractor 125hp 18.4x38 tires, factory duals, triple hyd, 3 point hitch, cabin air 8346-hrs, in good condition, $21,400.

Phone:(204)325-8602.

FOR SALE 1850 F.W.A. Cockshutt tractor w/dual loader, w/8-ft bucket, runs good, best offer.

Phone:(204)733-2457 or (204)648-5059, Ochre River.

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STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALIST

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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 1,000-GAL GALVANIZED WATER TANK; Bob sleigh w/3 seats; JD planter 4 row, good shape; round bale feeder & bale fork. Call Reg (204)435-2219, Miami.

120 GEHL MIXMILL W/PWR bale feeder; 25-ft.

Westward 3000 PT swather w/hyd set up; 1560 MF round baler; 20-ft. folding coil packer; homemade post pounder; 24.5-ft. JD C20 cultivator; 22 NH3 knives. (204)386-2507 16-FT. INTL DRILL W/TRANSPORT; 2, 914 Intl combines, good condition, always shedded; Serial Implement swather, 21-ft., always shedded, swather turner. Roland Devos (204)836-2150 Bruxelles, MB. 1971 JD4620 CAB, AIR, heater, power shift; Gooseneck 8-bale trailer, hydraulic unload; 84-ft Great Northern sprayer, 800-gal tank, PTO pump; Auxillary belly fuel tank for JD tractor; Gandy box w/blower for baler or silage harvester; IHC 24-ft 645 Vibro chisel, new shovels; 2 7000-lb tortion bar axles. All in good condition. Phone:(204)724-5673.

1975 GMC-6500 TRUCK, W/BOX & hoist, 10-20 tires, 5x2 transmissions, 366 engine, & roll-tarp; 63ft Herman tine harrows, in good condition.

Phone:(204)745-2784.

1983 CASE 2390 TRACTOR, duals, 4,200-hrs; 1983 MF 850 combine, DSL; MF 560 round baler.

Phone (204)268-4317.

1985 JD 8820 TITAN II, 224 straight cut header, pick-up reel; 1984 IH 1480, specialty rotor, axceller kit; 9350 30-ft JD disc drill, new discs, rubber press, carrier; 60-ft Flexicoil harrow bar, pressure springs; 40-ft Wrangler packer-harrow bar; White 271 tandem disc, 23 1/2-ft; 8-ft poly swath roller. Equipment in very good condition, Phone:(204)526-7135 or (204)526-7134, Treherne.

1986 CASE IH 4000 swather, 24.5-ft., cab & air; 1982 IH 1482 combine, both shedded & field ready; 1981 Case 4490, new engine, tires good. Phone (204)528-3202, leave message, Ninette, MB. 30FT MORRIS DISC DRILL; MF 750 SP combine; 1482 PT CIH combine; 400/gal 68ft Versatile sprayer; 18ft Versatile PT swather w/2 reels; 21ft white PT swather; 21ft MF 775 SP swather, pu and batt reel; 1975 Ford 3/4 ton for parts, good 360 motor.

Reasonable Offers. (306)344-7758, Paradise Hill 60 BOURGAULT NARROW OPENERS, type #600 TIP 7500, $20/each OBO, 2009 JD105 garden tractor, 83-hrs, very nice condition, $1,250 OBO, flexi coil 65XL 120-ft autorate, good condition $5,500 OBO Phone:(204)373-2502, leave message if necessary.

6200 14-FT. INTL PRESS drill w/grass seed attachment; 16-ft. 1475 NH hay conditioner; 2002 688 NH auto wrap round baler. All shedded & in good condition. Phone (204)655-3391.

70-FT SUMMERS HEAVY HARROW, $15,000; H-14 & H-17 Phoenix harrows flexheads JD 925, $6500; JD930, $7500; IH #1020 25-ft, $6000; #1015 Pickup header, $3000; IH #820, $2000; Vermeer #21 twin hydraulic rake, $4000; 14 wheel rake, $7000; 12 wheel, $6000; Hay conditioners, $800 up; Manure spreaders Meyers 550, $11,900; NH #800, $8000; New idea #3634, $4000; H&S 400BU, $3500; Gehl 310 Scavanger, $2500.

Phone:(204)857-8403.

ELMER’S 30-FT. SWATHER MOVER, in new condition, $2,750 OBO. Phone (204)758-3897, St Jean.

FOR SALE:1975 CASE 2670 4WD tractor 20.8 x 34 duals, 9000 hours, asking $6000; 1979 GMC 7000 tag axle grain truck, 14-ft box with roll tarp, 22.5 tires, Detroit diesel engine, 5 speed transmission, not safetied, $5500. Phone: (204)328-7398, Rivers.

FOR SALE: 5 HP B & S 2.5-in water pump, $150; 1000 US Gal poly water tank, 2.5 hose C/W gate valve shut off $125; Crown model apron type stone picker, what offers? 6-in 30-ft scoop a second grain auger, 12 HP B & S electric start, what offers?

Phone: (204)476-2458.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

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FOR SALE: TR70 Combine, chopper, Melroe 378, 7 belt rubber pickup, low hours; MF 410 combine w/pickup, chopper; Allied auger 6x36; 10hp motor; 12V Drill Fill; Cockshutt 225 12ft hyd disker w/seed box; Spring tooth harrow 10ft; Harrows; Metal V box; JD 5-16 hyd plow; 2 Rice tires 18.4x26 on 8 hole rims. Phone: (204)265-3302, Beausejour.

WANTED: HYD-TRACK TIGHTENER FOR 350 JD Crawler; Wanted: Old flail type haybine, brand maybe GEHL??? Wanted: 3-PH attachment to fit 2010 JD. Phone:(204)734-2662.

GRAVITY WAGONS: NEW 400-BU., $6,700; 600bu., $12,000; used 250-750-bu., $2,500 & up; Grain Carts 450-1050-bu.; JM 675, $10,900; Brent 610, $9,500; UFT 4765, $13,900; JM 875, $20,000; Kwik Kleen screeners 5 tube, $4,000; 7 Tube, $6,500; Dual stage rotary screeners, $1,750 & up; Summers heavy harrow 70-ft., $15,000; Gehl 14-ft. haybine, $3,900; NH 116, $3,000; Sickle mower NH 9ft., $2,200; I-H 9-ft., $1,750; Woods batwing 20-ft., $7,500; 10-ft., $3,500; 6-ft., $1,600; JD 5-ft., $1,000; Melroe auto reset plows 8-16, $3,000; 7-18, $3,000; Gehl 60-HP skidsteer, $13,500. Phone (204)857-8403.

USED GREEN PRESSURE TREATED lumber Corral Fence & Gates. Homemade hinges, 168 boards & 134 Posts, very good condition, must be disassembled $2000 OBO. In Charleswood, Wpg Phone:(204)895-9667.

IHC PRESS DRILL 20-FT, rubber press wheels, $1500; Doepker 30-ft seed drill carrier, $400 OBO; 19-ft tri-axle gooseneck trailer, $1800 OBO. Phone:(204)825-8354 or (204)825-2784.

JD 1995 79DELC TRACKHOE, low hrs; Komatsu WA 320-1 3yd loader, Ford 1990655 extend hoe; UH 122 trackhoe; Cat 631 scraped 24-yd; Bomag 170 PD packer Cummings motor. (306)236-8023 JD 4995 16-FT DISCBINE 2009; also Honey Bee 25-ft grain header 47-ft flex coil 800 Deep Tillage; 45-ft Willrich Cultivator; Cummings 240bp skid mount clutch&trans; JD 7410 MFWD PS 740 SL; 860 MF PV & 20-ft grain. (306)236-8023.

JD 9350 SEED DRILLS, 20-ft.; JD 7100 3-PTH planter, 8R36; JD 777 air cart; Melroe 115 SpraCoupe 60-ft.; JD 654A All Crop Head, 6R36. Call (204)745-0415 or (204)828-3267, Graysville JD COMBINE HEADERS FOR 9000 series, 930 flex, 936 drapers, 30-ft. Honeybee; JD 9400 only 1,500-hrs, as new; 84-ft. Bourgault heavy harrows; 1545 Brandt conveyor, real nice; Assortment of like new grain cleaners. (204)665-2360.

LAURIER HARROW DRAWBAR 68-FT.; Artsway 425A mixmill; truck box liner 8-ft. for ‘91-’92 1/2-ton Chev. Phone (204)937-2766.

LODEKING 14-FT DRILLFILL; NH3 kit w/hyd shutoff; front fenders for JD MFWD tractor; 16-ft MacDon haybine, shedded; 31-ft Co-op deep tiller.

Phone (204)386-2412, Plumas, MB. MI-RUST SPRAYER PUMP $150; 600-bu self-unloading grain wagon $2400; 3-PTH sprayer 300-gal $2000; Midtech GPS $400; 13.6x28 Tractor Tire $200; 300L Pressure Tank $250.

Phone:(204)878-2254.

MOWERS WOODS 20-FT BATWING, $7500; JD #1518, $8500; Woods 10-ft, $3500; Woods 6-ft, $1600; JD 5-ft, $1000; Allied #2795 loader, $4500; Dual #340, $2000; New Skidsteer grapple-bucket, $1600; Pallet fork, $850; Hydraulic post auger, $2250; Danhauser 3-PTH auger, $1200; Shaver post pounder, $800; Doepker 7-yd scraper, $2500; JD 12-yd, $12,000; Degelman GD rock picker, $2500; Hay buster #106, $2500; Rockmaster 56 hydraulic, $4900. Phone:(204)857-8403.

RAKES: 12 WHEEL, $6,000; 14 wheel, $7,000; Vermeer $4,000; Balers JD 510, $1,500; JD 535, $5,900; New Idea #485, $3,500; 10-ft. box scraper, $2,150; 25-ft. IH chisel plow, $3,500; Glencoe 10-ft.

3-PTH cultivator, $700; Row crop cultivators 4-12R Lilliston cultivators 6-12R Bushog 21-ft. disc, $7,500; Wishek 14-ft., $16,000; Kewannee 20-ft. breaking disc, $20,000; I-H 770 16-ft., $8,000; I-H 760 16-ft., $5,000; JD 230, $3,000; JD 16-ft., $4,000; 7 Shank DMI ripper, $12,000; 5 Shank, $10,900; Phoenix harrow 40-50-ft. Howard Rotovator, $5,000. Phone (204)857-8403.

SOLD FARM: 29-FT MORRIS Air-seeder, w/6180 tank, $12,500; 70-ft Delmar tine harrows, $12,000; 60-ft Flexi-Coil diamond harrows, $2500; 108-ft Flexi-Coil S62 sprayer, $2500; 77 GMC tandem grain truck w/safety, $7500; 2 Farmking augers, 8-51-ft, $2000 each. Phone:(204)738-4605, Petersfield.

USED EQUIPMENT- 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, Horsch Anderson Joker short disc 8RT, 3 in stock starting at $60,000 Please visit website at www.genag.com or call GenAg Inc. at (204)325-5090

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted

FENCING

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

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Monday April 30th 12:00 Noon Sheep & Goat plus Small Animal Saturday, April 21st 10:00 am Bred cow and heifer plus cow/calf sale Saturday, April 28th Spring horse and tack sale Tack @ 10 am / horses @ 1 pm Please note: Receiving will be open Friday, April 27th till 8 pm for livestock Receiving will be open Saturday, April 28th, from 7 am to 12 noon Receiving for tack will be Saturday, April 28th, from 7 to 9:45 am

Sales Agent for HIQUAL INDUSTRIES

Livestock Handling Equipment for info regarding products or pricing, please call our office.

We also have a line of Agri-blend all natural products for your livestock needs. (protein tubs, blocks, minerals, etc) For on farm appraisal of livestock or for marketing information please call Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250 Auction Mart (204) 434-6519 MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus www.penta.ca

1-800-587-4711

FOR SALE: QUALITY REG Red & Black Angus 2 yr old bulls, easy calving, guaranteed breeders, semen tested, performance data avail, delivery avail.

Wolf Willow Angus (204)821-5108 Rossburn, MB.

IRON & STEEL

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus

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.

12 BLACK ANGUS OPEN replacement heifers from purebred Black Angus bulls, 1000-lbs plus, $1100 each. Phone:(204)735-2340, Starbuck.

LANDSCAPING

BLACK ANGUS BULL FOR SALE 4 yr old, never seen hard work, $2,500. Phone (204)267-2527 or cell (204)871-7013.

LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden FLOOD RESISTANT TREE SPECIES AVAIL NOW SEEDLINGS-2’/6’ POTS TO 12’ FREE EST-PLANS-DEL. (204)771-4211 FOR SALE: 2011 CUB Cadet 50-in cut Garden Tractor, 24HP, Briggs, 40-hrs, asking $1800, OBO. Also Cub Cadet self-propelled 20-in, brand new, $250. Phone:(204)529-2415.

ORDER NOW! SASKATOON TRANSPLANTS $2 each. Volume discount. Evergreens also available.

Break-a-way Farm (204)892-0800.

TREES, NEED A HEDGE, privacy or shelter belt?

Hybrid Poplars, 4 to 6-ft., $3.99. Also Spruce, Linden, Willow & Birch. Call Kevin for prices (204)856-3181.

LIVESTOCK

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

BLACK ANGUS YEARLING BULLS, low birth weights, around 1,100-lbs, price $1,700. Also Rolled grain $140-150 per tote bag. Phone (204)886-2083.

BLACK HAWK ANGUS HAS for sale Reg Yearling Bulls, all bulls are easy calving, hand fed & quiet.

Also selling experienced 2 yr old bulls. Phone Kevin (204)529-2605, Mather.

BLACK MEADOWS ANGUS OFFERS for sale large selection of yearling Angus Bulls & 2 Herd Sires. Blood line’s include HF TIGER, Remitall Rachis, Remitall Hold Mine & others. All bulls are fertility tested. EPD’s & weigh sheets available. Call Bill (204)567-3782.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

BOTANY ANGUS & LEANING SPRUCE STOCK FARMS have for sale yearling Black Angus bulls.

These bulls are fed a grower ration. For performance information and prices contact Ryan. Come early, a deposit will hold your purchase until spring.

Contact Ryan Shearer (204)824-2151 or Lyall Edgerton (204)483-2913.

FEEDER/SLAUGHTER SALES Every Friday 8AM Receiving open until 11PM Thursdays Presale Sundays

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.

BRED COW/FEEDER/SLAUGHTER SALE Monday, April 16th 9AM SHEEP & GOAT SALE 1st & 3rd Thursday of Every Month April 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

www.winnipeglivestocksales.com Licence #1122

212 INTERNATIONAL, 100 PRESS drill, w/working fertilizer attachment. Phone:(204)212-0549.

JOHN DEERE HORSE MOWER; Also Studebaker PU truck; ‘75-’76 Merc Snowtwister & engine parts Snowmobile. (204)668-4245

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD. GRUNTHAL, MB. Agent for T.E.A.M. Marketing

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LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

FORAGE BASED BLACK ANGUS Bulls. Virgin 2-yr & herd sires available. www.nerbasbrosangus.com Ph:(204)564-2540 FOR SALE: 5 TWO yr old Black Angus Bulls w/experience; 15 Black Angus yearling bulls. Phone Holloway Angus (204)741-0070 or (204)483-3622 Souris, MB. KEMBAR ANGUS HAS FOR SALE Reg Black Angus yearling bulls. Good confirmation & excellent dispositions.

Pedigrees include Kodiak, Peace Maker, Heritage & Net Worth. Will be semen tested. Also for sale is a select group of Reg Open Yearling Heifers. EPD’s available on all animals.

Phone Colin (204)725-3597, Brandon.

N7 STOCK FARM HAVE Black Angus yearlings & two-year old bulls for sale, some are AI sired, bulls are fed a grower ration. Semen tested, delivery available. Contact Gerald & Wendy Nykoliation (204)562-3530, or Allan’s cell (204)748-5128.

OSSAWA ANGUS AT MARQUETTE, MB has yearling bulls for sale. For more info phone (204)375-6658.

Section 7 Ranch

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WANTED: 18.4X34-IN RIMS & hubs to fit 2750 JD tractor. Phone:(204)886-2611.

ADVERTISING DOLLAR!

FOR SALE: ACD15; JD420C; 2003 258 hayrake.

Phone (204)828-3269, leave msg.

WANTED: HYDRAULIC STEERING PUMP for 1090 New Holland Swather. Phone:(204)643-5478.

1-800-782-0794

FOR SALE: CASE IH 3640 round baler, soft core, approx 850-lb bale. Phone:(204)529-2100, Cartwright, MB.

WANTED: USED PTO DRIVEN Post Pounder & used 20-ft discs, both in good condition & reasonably priced. Phone John (204)268-4478.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

Can supply quality Black Angus and Hereford bulls.

Call Alain Decorby, Rocanville SK. (306)645-2019

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental

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5 PUREBRED MATURE SIMMENTAL bulls for sale. 3 are of Spring Creek breeding. Reason for selling: have sold cows. Proven breeders. Phone Ted Taylor (204)855-2897 or (204)748-7442.

34th ANNUAL BULL AND HEIFER SALE

SATURDAY APRIL 14th, 2012 1:00 pm on the farm 12 miles west of Souris, MB Contact: Blaine Canning 204-858-2475 Michael Canning 204-858-2457 or visit website at www.prairielaneangus.com LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus 2 YR OLD & 3 yr old Reg Red Angus bull. Also 2 yearling Simmental Angus bulls. All bulls semen tested. Phone (204)727-6988.

2 YR OLD RED Angus bulls, $1600 each. Phone: (204)371-6404, Ste Anne, MB. CORNERSTONE BULL SALE, SAT Apr 21st, 2012 @1:30pm. Whitewood Auction mart, Whitewood SK. 30 yearling Red Angus, 25 yearling Charolais, 6 2-year olds Red Angus. Also featuring 6 fancy pure-bred Red Angus heifers. Also 30+ Red Angus base commercial heifers. Contact Kelly Brimner (306)448-2028, cell (306)577-7698.

Phil Birnie (306)739-2988, cell (306)577-7440. Herdsman Gordon Murray, (306)739-2177, cell (306)646-7980.

Sales Manager-Doug Howe cell (306)631-1209 or home (306)693-2163.

F BAR & ASSOCIATES ANGUS bulls for sale.

Choose from 25, two yr old & yearling Red & Black Angus bulls. Great genetics, easy-handling, semen tested. Terms & delivery can be arranged. Call for sales list or other details. Inquiries & visitors welcome. We are located in Eddystone, MB, about 20-mi East of Ste Rose, or 25-mi West of Lake Manitoba Narrows, just off Hwy 68. Contact Allen & Merilyn Staheli (204)448-2124, E-mail amstaheli@inethome.ca FORSYTH’S FBAR RANCH HAVE for sale 25 yearling & 10, 2 yr old Reg, Red Angus bulls. Bulls will be semen tested & delivered. For info Contact Roy (204)448-2245, Eddystone, MB. KINARED RED ANGUS OFFERS about 50 2 yr old bulls for sale, complete performance data, guaranteed, semen tested, delivery available. Come select your bulls early, $500 deposit will hold your bull until Spring.

Vaughan & Judy Greenslade (204)239-6891, Portage la Prairie.

RED ANGUS & BLACK angus bulls for sale, yearlings and two-year olds, semen tested & delivery available. Contact Wayne (204)383-5802.

REGISTERED PB RED ANGUS bulls, 2 yr olds & yearlings w/low birth weights. Phone: Ren-Ele Red Angus, (204)526-2424, Bruxelles.

REG PB RED ANGUS bulls, 2 yr olds & yearlings.

Many low birth weight bulls, excellent for heifers.

Phone (204)278-3372 or (204)485-1490.

TRIED & TRUE BULL SALE Wilkinridge Stock Farm BAR-M Stock Farm 11th Annual Red Angus and Maine Anjou bull sale Friday April 13th, 1:00pm Grunthal Auction Mart 24 yearling Red Angus bulls 1 2-year-old Red Angus bull 13 Red & Black yearling Maine bulls 2 3-year-old Black Maine bulls -semen tested & vet inspected -performance tested -free delivery & board until May 1 for info call Dean 204-343-2008 Sid 204-373-2631 view catalogue on line at www.wilkinridge.blogspot.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais CHAROLAIS BULLS FOR SALE at the farm. Good selection, come & take a look. Walking Plow Charolais phone (204)427-2589.

CHAROLAIS BULLS FOR SALE at the farm. Good selection, come and take a look. Walking Plow Charolais, Phone:(204)427-2589.

COMING 2 YR OLD bulls (204)857-8056, Portage la Prairie

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Gelbvieh POLLED PB REG YEARLING Gelbveih bulls. Semen tested, delivered & guaranteed. For more info call (204)436-2655 or (204)745-7811.

POLLED YEARLING GELBVIEH BULLS, Red & Black, semen tested & delivered. Also check our bulls out at Douglas Bull Test Station & Lundar Bull Sale. For more info phone Lee at Maple Grove Gelbvieh (204)278-3255.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford 15 DE-HORNED REPLACEMENT HEREFORD heifers. View @ www.vcherefordfarm.com. For info Phone:(306)743-5105, Langenburg, SK. 2 QUALITY YEARLING PUREBRED bulls, no papers.

Also 2 herd sires.

Francis Poulsen (204)436-2284, evenings if possible.

FOR SALE: POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, yearlings & two-year olds, current pedigree, reasonably priced. Phone Martin (204)425-3820 or Lanard (204)-425-3809.

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.

POLLED HEREFORD YEARLING BULLS. Call Vern Kartanson (204)867-2627 or (204)867-7315, Minnedosa.

REG POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, good selection of coming 2 yr olds, naturally developed, quiet, broke to tie, guaranteed, delivery available. Catt Brothers (204)723-2831 Austin, MB.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Limousin AMAGLEN LIMOUSIN BULLS for sale at home or at Douglas Bull Test Station. Black or Red, Polled, birth weights 78-98-lb, semen tested. Home bulls delivered when you need them. (204)246-2312.

OPEN HOUSE MARCH 31 Triple R Limousin, offering bulls by private treaty, 30 yearling & 2-yr olds, Limousin & Limousin Angus, black & red, polled, performance or calving ease for heifers, out cross blood lines, your source for quality Limousin genetics. Call Art (204)685-2628 or (204)856-3440.

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CORNERSTONE BULL SALE, SAT Apr 21st, 2012 @1:30pm. Whitewood Auction mart, Whitewood SK. 30 yearling Red Angus, 25 yearling Charolais, 6 2-year olds Red Angus. Also featuring 6 fancy pure-bred Red Angus heifers. Also 30+ Red Angus base commercial heifers. Contact Kelly Brimner (306)448-2028, cell (306)577-7698.

Phil Birnie (306)739-2988, cell (306)577-7440. Herdsman Gordon Murray, (306)739-2177, cell (306)646-7980.

Sales Manager-Doug Howe cell (306)631-1209 or home (306)693-2163.

DEFOORT STOCK FARM HAS 1 of the largest groups of Charolais bulls for sale private treaty in MB. Selling both White & Red factor, moderate birth weights, performance tested & semen tested. 32 yrs in the business. Check out our website for both pics & info www.defoortstockfarm.com Phone Gord & Sue (204)743-2109 anytime.

FOR SALE: PB CHAROLAIS bulls, yearlings, Polled, some Red factor, semen tested, guaranteed & delivered.

R&G McDonald Livestock (204)466-2883 or (204)724-2811, Sidney, MB. FOR SALE: PB REG Charolais bulls 1 & 2 yr olds avail. All are polled, moderate birthweights & semen tested.

Sunny Ridge Stock Farm (204)824-2115, Wawanesa, MB. FOR SALE: YEARLING & 2 yr old Charolais bulls, coloured & white, quiet, tested, delivered, $2,250-$2,550.

Wayne Angus (204)764-2737, Hamiota.

MARTENS CHAROLAIS 2-YR OLD & yearling bulls, sired by Specialist, (consistant thickness) Dateline for calving ease & performance. Red-Mist (Red factor). Nobleman 3-yr old bull. For beef bulls Martens Charolais. Phone:(204)534-8370.

TRIED & TRUE BULL SALE Wilkinridge Stock Farm BAR-M Stock Farm 11th Annual Red Angus and Maine Anjou bull sale Friday April 13th, 1:00pm Grunthal Auction Mart 24 yearling Red Angus bulls 1 2-year-old Red Angus bull 13 Red & Black yearling Maine bulls 2 3-year-old Black Maine bulls -semen tested & vet inspected -performance tested -free delivery & board until May 1 for info call Dean 204-343-2008 Sid 204-373-2631 view catalogue on line at www.wilkinridge.blogspot.com

FOR SALE: 2 YEARLING Simm bulls (1 Polled) 1 (2 yr old) polled Simm bull. I am calving heifers to this bull now. 1 mature polled Simm bull. I have calves to see, all born unassisted to cows out in the pasture. Also consigning to “Transcon Cattle Country Simmental & Charolais Bull Sale.” Neepawa Apr 12th. 3 yearling Simm bulls (2 polled) Delight Simmentals (204)836-2116 St. Alphonse, MB. FULL BLOOD, RED & Black Simmental Bulls. Yearlings & 2-yr old. Semen tested & delivered. Triple T Diamond Simmentals. Phone:(204)762-6156, Stewart Cell:(204)739-8301, Wade Cell:(204)739-3225.

FULL FLECKVIEH COMING 2-YR old full blood bull. Very sound, well muscled, thick, meaty bull sired by MFI Whistler 47L. Phone:(204)379-2794 or (204)805-2094, St Claude.

POLLED 2 YR OLD & yearling, PB & Fullblood Simmental bulls.

Acomb Valley Simmentals (204)865-2246, Minnedosa.

THICK, RED YEARLING PB Simmental bull. Sired

by A.I. sires; IPU revolution & voyager. Semen tested-ready to go. Valleyfield Simmetals, Larry Dyck, Morden, MB Phone:(204)822-3657 or Cell:(204)823-1914 WE HAVE RED & Black Polled yearling Simmental bulls for sale at the farm & consigned to the Cattle Country Sale in Neepawa Apr 12th. These are thick, moderate framed, stout bulls, from Our Walking herdsires & AI Sires including Crosby & Red Bull. Due to the number of heifers we have retained we also have for sale our R Plus herdsire. Bulls will be semen tested, guaranteed & delivered. Phone Robert at Handford Simmentals (204)876-4658 or (204)242-4359.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various 16 EXCELLENT QUALITY OPEN replacement heifers, 850-900-lb, mostly Red Angus Simm Cross. Pail fed & very quiet, asking $1,100.

(204)825-2799 or (204)825-8340, Pilot Mound.

190 REPLACEMENT QUALITY HEIFERS, 150 blacks, 30 reds, 10 tans, full vaccination program.

Phone:(204)385-3646, Gladstone.

2 YR OLD BLACK Angus bulls, AI bred; 4 yearling Black Angus bulls; 4 Simm X Red Angus bulls. All bulls semen tested & delivered. 5 Border Collie pups, PB, ready to go May 1st. (204)448-2317 90-100 COW CALF PAIRS for sale: calve March, Apr & May, ready for May. Very young cows Black & Red Angus cross Simm. Prefer to sell in 1 group or lots of 50. Call evenings (204)352-4313.

FALL CALVING COWS FOR sale, Red Angus & hereford mix, $1300. Expected calving time, August/September. Phone:(204)348-3125, call after 8pm.

FOR SALE: 10 HEIFER calves, weight about 650lbs, suitable for cows. Phone:(204)526-2169.

FOR SALE: GRASS FEEDER calves, complete health program, no implants.

Call Doug (204)447-2382, St. Rose, MB. W + RANCH HAS 6 Red bulls for sale: 88-94-lbs. b.w-sold cows; 2 beef booster M4bulls, 2-yrs; 1 Simm bull, 2-yr; 1 beef booster M4 bull, 3-yr; 1 beef booster M2 bull 4-yr; 1 Simm bull 4-yr $2,500-3,000, semen tested; 1-year old hef’s sired by older bulls, can be seen. Contact Stewart Tataryn (204)646-2338, RM St Laurent.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Salers POLLED SALERS BULLS on farm at Douglas Test Station & Lundar Bull Sale. Red or Black, hand fed, quiet. BW from 78-lbs. Top performance genetics in Canada. Ken Sweetland (204)762-5512, Lundar MB.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn FOR SALE: AT THE farm & at Douglas Bull Test Station, Sale Apr 7th, 2012. Yearling & 2 yr old bulls, Red, White or Roan, Polled, moderate birth weights, easy fleshing & docile. Call Uphill Shorthorns (204)764-2663 or cell (204)365-7155. rgray4@mymts.net POPLAR PARK FARM HAS 15 Red Polled yearling bulls at the Sun Country Bull Test. Thick, sound bulls from easy keeping, low maintenance cows.

Fed on a high roughage ration, ready to work.

These bulls sell on Apr 14th at Kisbey, SK. Along w/42 more bulls from leading breeders. See more info at www.poplarparkfarm.com Phone (204)764-2382.

REGISTERED SHORTHORN BULLS, 1 and 2-yr olds, reds, & reds with white markings. Call Meadowcreek Shorthorns (204)776-2027.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental 2 YEARLING SIMMENTAL RED Angus bulls. 2 yr old & 3 yr old Reg Red Angus bull. All bulls semen tested. Phone (204)727-6988.

2-YR OLD & YEARLING purebred Simmental bulls. Also, yearling hybrids (blk. simm x black angus), sired by Final Answer & In Focus. Discounts for volume purchases. Contact Sunrise Simmentals, Evan Cuss at Spy Hill, SK. Home phone:(306)534-4700, cell phone (306)745-7431. cuss@sasktel.net.

LIVESTOCK Poultry For Sale MB POULTRY, RABBIT & Pet Stock Association will be holding their annual spring sale Sun, Apr 29th, 12:00 noon start. Brandon Keystone Centre.

For info call Ernie at (204)727-3857.

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FOR SALE: PUREBRED & fullblood Maine-Anjou cows due to start calving early Apr. Purebred 2-yr old bulls - performance info available, will semen test. Check out our purebred & fullblood bulls at the Douglas Bull Test Station - www.manitobabulltest.com. Gains up to 4.56-lbs/day. Sale date at the station is Sat, Apr 7,2012 @ 1:00pm. Contact: Falloon’s Maine-Anjou, Carman & Laura Falloon, Birtle,MB. PH:(204)842-5180.

PERFORMANCE TESTED YEARLING POLLED Blonde bulls, semen tested, quiet w/good disposition.

Bellevue Blondes: Marcel J Dufault (204)379-2426, (204)745-7412, Haywood, MB.

CONRAY CATTLE CO-FOR SALE by private treaty, PB Red Simmental yearling bulls, polled thick high performance bulls. Will keep until spring. Semen tested & delivered. Call (204)825-2140 evenings, Connor or Gayle.

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FOR SALE: BLACK 2-YR old & yearling Maine-Anjou bulls, low birth weights, excellent performance, guaranteed and delivered. Phone:(204)523-8408.

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CASE IH BALER RBX562; BaleKing 3100 shredder; Fruehauf lead 25-ft/ pup 28-ft trailers w/haysides; Hi-Qual squeeze/ palp cage; portable loading chute; Lewis cattle oiler; calf shelters; portable windbreaks/boards; bale seeders; steel troughs; Fencers; Stock DR; Calf-puller; eartags.

Phone:(204)564-2667.

Contact: D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110

FOR SALE: 2 JD model 785 hydro push tandem axle manure spreaders, both equipped with top beaters & wide floatation tires, always shedded when not in use, VGC, Asking $15,000 each. Cypress River.

Phone:(204)743-2145 or cell (204)526-5298.

LIVESTOCK Sheep For Sale

HEAVY BUILT CATTLE FEED bunks & troughs 3/8” thick steel, 500-gal capacity, 3.5ft x 16.5ft, good for grain, silage or water, easily moved, indestructible. (204)362-0780, Morden.

FOR SALE: 15 TEXEL & Suffolk cross female lambs. Phone:(204)248-2443.

Horses

KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING System, provides water in remote areas, improves water quality, increases pasture productivity, extends dugout life.

St. Claude/Portage, 204-379-2763.

LIVESTOCK Horse Auctions 3rd Annual Rafter A Ranch Catalogue Horse Sale May 26 - Strathclair, MB - 1 PM - Strathclair Fair Grounds. Preview Horses from 10 AM - 12 PM Entry Deadline April 15 - Entry Forms, Catalog & Video of Sale Horses online - Contact Jason & Kelly Airey (204)365-2442 or (204)365-0394 www.raftera-ranch.com

PORTABLE WINDBREAKS, CALF free standing rod & pipe panels, fence silage bunks. Also sell Speed-Rite & fence equipment, drill pipe & sucker (204)827-2104 or (204)827-2551, Glenboro.

ROCKING W SPRING HORSE Sale Sat., May 19th, 2012. Tack Sale Fri., May 18th. Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Phone (204)325-7237 www.rockingw.com

SHELTERS, line & field 7L Livestock rod. Phone

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE 780 ALLIED LOADER, NEW pocket & fast couplers plus brackets $1500 Ph (204)476-0905 or (204)357-4037

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Thursday, April 19th at 5:00pm

All Classes Of Horses Welcome!

Will be receiving Thursday up to 4:00pm ------------------------------------------------For more information call: The Mart (204)385-2537 Gerald (204)385-2043 Dave (204)637-3393 License # 1108

WANTED: HOUSE TRAILER, EWE lambs calves. Also a riding garden tiller Phone:(204)937-2658.

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Swine

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WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

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

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LIVESTOCK Poultry For Sale CLUCK & QUACK POULTRY Club’s Third Annual Spring Auction, Sun., May 6th, 2012, 12:00 noon.

South Barn of the CPTC/Rodeo Grounds off Hwy #302 in Beausejour. For more info, call Susan (204)268-1459 or e-mail pineoak@mymts.net

HOUSE FOR SALE: 1,080-sq.ft. A-frame home built 2007 on north shore of Tokaryk Lake, near Rossburn & Shoal Lake. 2 bdrms, 1.5 baths, open concept living area, propane fireplace, 5 appliances. Year round living, 1/2-ac lot, 2 car garage, private well, shed, private dock, 12-ft.x24-ft. deck.

Contact (204)821-5108 or (204)859-2560.

EXOTIC BIRD & ANIMAL AUCTION, Sun April 22, 2012. Skating Rink at Indian Head, SK. 11:00am.

Spectators, all exotic birds & animals welcome.

Lunch Available.

To consign call Yvonne (306)347-1068. For info call Gord (306)695-2184.

READY TO MOVE HOMES: 28x44, 1,232-sq.ft., 3 bdrm, 2 bath, beautiful decor, $68,000; 1,520-sq.ft., 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath, choose your colors, $89,000.

Marvin Homes Inc. Steinbach, MB. (204)355-8990 or (204)355-8484.

EXOTIC BIRD & ANIMAL Auction, Sun April 22 11:00 A.M. Indian Head Skating Rink, Phone 306-347 1068

WANTED TO PURCHASE OLDER house or older mobile home w/2x6 walls w/no land. Phone (204)728-5312.

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REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Wanted MANITOBAFARMS.CA (204)253-7373 If its property, We sell them all! Grain Land, Cattle Ranches, Mixed Farms, Buffalo Ranches, Pastureland & Hay Land. Hunting & Recreational Property, Saw Mill, Suburban & Out of Town Property Homes, Acreages, etc. We attract buyers from Europe, US, Canada & Asian Countries. Have your property advertised where people look. Call Harold, Delta Real Estate (204)253-7373.

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Call ADRIAAN for Information: 204-947-6107 or 1-800-782-8478

WANTED: LAND TO RENT in the Landmark, Lorette or St. Anne areas. Phone:(204)346-2224.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

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RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Boats & Water 14-FT ALUMINUM FISHING BOAT, 15hp Johnson motor, easy hauler trailer, $1850.

Phone (204)425-3016.

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REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba BEAUTIFUL WELL SHELTERED ACREAGE on 14.48-acs near Pilot Mound. The older brick home is in excellent condition & is a credit to the owners.

There are a total of 5 bdrms, main bathroom, half NOTRE DAME USED OIL bathroom, kitchen, dining room, living room, family room, office, There are DEPOT numerous outbuildings & etc.

FILTER in good condition. Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511 www.farmsofcanada.ca Jim McLachlan • Buy Used Oil •orBuy Batteries (204)724-7753 www.homelifepro.com HomeLife • Collect Used Filters • Collect Oil Containers Home Professional Realty Inc.

Southern and Western Manitoba EXCELLENT MACHINE SHOP WHICH does weldTel: 204-248-2110 ing, custom fabrication, hydraulic fittings, spares,

etc. mainly for the agricultural industry. The total building size is 8,220-sq.ft. & is located on 1.95-acs. All machinery & equipment for operating the business is included. The inventory will be available at market cost. Tel: Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511 www.farmsofcanada.ca or Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753 www.homelifepro.com Homelife Home Professional Realty Inc. FARM SPECIALIST: COUNT ON GRANT TWEED, informed, professional assistance for sellers & buyers. Call (204)761-6884 anytime, or www.granttweed.com. Service with integrity.

FOR SALE BY TENDER. Approximately 321.84 acres of mixed farm land located in the R.M. of Louise, Manitoba owned by Dianne Popplestone.

Parcel One: Title No. 2125888 (301.61 acres) N-1/2 of 18-4-10 WPM Excepting. Firstly-the most Wly 1/4 of Legal Subdivisions 12 & 13. Secondly-all mines & minerals as reserved in the original Grant from the crown. Parcel Two: Title No. 1850449 (20.23 acres) The Wly 330-ft of NW 1/4 18-4-10 WPM; All offers must be received no later than 4-pm on May 9,2012. Please outline in the offer to purchase, price, terms & conditions. Please include your name, address, postal code & contact information.

All offers must acknowledge that the land is rented until Dec 31,2012. The vendor would consider selling the NE 1/4 separately. All Offers to Purchase should be addressed to Dianne Popplestone & forwarded to: Diane Popplestone, Box 155, Gunton MB, R0C 1H0. The vendor reserves the right to refuse any and all offers, and reserves the right to negotiate with any bidders. For further information please contact Garrett Popplestone (204)886-8370 or (204)461-1914.

GOOD CATTLE FARM OF 1,733 deeded acs in the RM of Alonsa. Approx 600-acs in Alfalfa & 1,100-acs of pasture. There is an additional 22-acs of crown land avail. Cattle sheds, machine shop, corrals etc. Bungalow home. Tel: Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753 www.homelifepro.com or Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511 www.farmsofcanada.ca HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc.

CANADA’S LARGEST HELMET SELECTION & shields. Trade-ins taken, new & used parts etc. For motorcycles, motocross, snowmobiles, scooters, mopeds & much more. Canadian 981 Main St R2W 3P6. Phone:(204)582-4130.

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Tel: 204-248-2110

PEDIGREED SEED PEDIGREED SEED Cereal – Wheat LESS FUSARIUM MORE BOTTOM LINE. Wheat seed available. Suitable for ethanol production, livestock feed. Western Feed Grain Development Coop Ltd. 1-877-250-1552 www.wfgd.ca

PEDIGREED SEED Cereal – Various 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.

FOR SALE: CERTIFIED AC Domain wheat, certified Kane wheat. Dudgeon Seeds, Darlingford MB. Phone: (204)246-2357.

JAMES FARMS LTD: AC Barrie & AC Carberry Wheat, Leggett & Summit Oats, Hanley Flax, Various Canola, Sunflower & Soybean seed varieties, Forage seed. Customer processing. Seed treating & delivery available. Early payment discounts. For info (204)222-8785, toll free 1-866-283-8785, Winnipeg.

JEFFERIES SEED: Cert Triactor & Furlong Oats, quality & germination is excellent. Call for prices.

Ron Jefferies (204)827-2102, Glenboro.

PINNACLE & SUMMIT OATS, Carberry Wheat, CDC Sorrel Flax, Chadburn Soybeans. Krym Farms Ltd (204)955-5562, Rosser, MB. PUGH SEEDS: CERT KANE, AC Barrie, Somerset Wheat. Souris Oats. Ronald Oats, Reg & Cert Sorrel Flax.

Phone (204)274-2179, Bill’s cell (204)871-1467, Barry’s cell (204)872-1851, Portage.

QUARTER SECTION OF LAND of which 140-acs can be cultivated in the RM of Daly. Land is graded C for crop insurance. Tel: Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511 www.farmsofcanada.ca or Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753 www.homelifepro.com HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc.

WHEAT CITY SEEDS LTD: AC Carberry, AC Kane, CDC Utmost VB & Glenn Wheat. Souris Oats, Newdale Barley. Pasteur CWGP. Canola, Forages & Soybeans.

Seed treating.

(204)727-3337, Brandon.

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. Having just returned from a 6 week marketing trip to England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales & South Africa, we have customers already here looking for good Grain & Mixed Cattle Farms. If you are ready to sell, please give me a ‘no obligation’ call to discuss your plans. I await your call. Maurice Torr, Century 21 Westman.com, Brandon, MB. (204)729-6644 or (204)725-0555. www.century21westman.com LOOKING TO BUY OR rent land North of Winnipeg. Contact Ron (204)299-6853 or (204)467-8877.

SANDERS SEED FARM FDN, Reg. Cert. Domain Kane, Cert. Carberry, Harvest Wheat, Manitou, MB. Phone (204)242-4200 or (204)242-2576, Daniel Sanders.

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FOR SALE: LARGE SQUARE bales 4x4x8, Rye Grass, Oat Straw, Wheat Straw, can deliver. Also 53-ft. drop deck PJ trailer 2007, VGC, safetied.

Phone Phil Cormier (204)771-9700, La Salle, MB.

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FOR SALE: ROUND BROM & alfalfa mix bales, excellent condition, also round wheat straw. Can deliver. Phone:(204)324-9300 or (204)324-7622.

Toll Free 1-888-835-6351 Deloraine, Manitoba

COMMON SEED COMMON SEED Forage Brome lot.

We are buyers of farm grains.

FOR SALE: 200 LARGE wheat/straw square bales.

Baled by claw baler. $18 each. Phone:(204)248-2685 leave message.

Licensed & Bonded 0% Shrink Farm Pick-Up Available Planting Seed Available

ALFALFA, for the

1ST & 2ND CUT large round hardcore Alfalfa, Afalfala Silage & Hay, feed tested, 1,500-1,800-lbs. Phone:(204)246-2032 or (204)823-0431, Darlingford.

70 SOFT CORE BALES, Grass & Kosha, $20 each. Phone (204)827-2629, evenings.

Old & New Crop Confection & Oil Sunflowers

6X25-KG BAGS OF Timothy mix. $600 (204)771-3382, Winnipeg.

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Hay & Straw

200 LARGE ROUND, SECOND cut alfalfa bales, excellent quality, net wrapped. Also 200 1st cut alfalfa grass bales, 80% grass, 20% alfalfa.

Phone:(204)834-2417 or (204)725-6497.

600 LARGE ROUND GRASS mix hay bales, no rain, good quality, 1700-lbs; 150 dry oat & wheat straw bales. Trucking arranged. Call (204)345-8532 60 ALFALFA BROME MIX round hay bales for sale, no rain, $35 per bale. Phone (204)744-2413, Somerset.

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NICE MIXED FARM OF 950-acs of which 800-acs can be cultivated. The land is all in a block. There are a number of excellent farm buildings & a metal corral system. 11,000-bus grain storage. Farm yd has underground electric wiring. The far house though older is in excellent condition & has been upgraded to modern standards. Tel: Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511 www.farmsofcanada.ca or Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753 www.homelifepro.com HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc.

VERY TIDY, VACANT DAIRY farm of 160-acs only 11-mi from Killarney, would also lend itself to other types of livestock operation. Free-stall dairy barn for 108 cows w/12 swing-over milking parlour. Large hayshed & lean-to, built in 2005. Commodity shed 42-ft.x16-ft. Small workshop w/generator. 3 cattle sheds. 4 hopper bottom bins. Good split level house.

Tel: Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511 www.farmsofcanada.ca or Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753 www.homelifepro.com HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc.

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HORSE HAY, BALED DRY Alfalfa Timothy Brome, $65/solid core round bales, $4/small square bales, shedded. Call Paul (204)228-6884 LARGE ROUND ALFALFA/BROME BALES. Phone: (204)859-2724 evenings, Rossburn MB. SQUARE BALES OF HAY for sale, low price.

Phone (204)339-2484

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• 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.

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ALFALFA, BROME, TIMOTHY, FESCUE, Sweet Clover, Orchard Grass, Pasture & Forage Blends, German Red & Crown Millet, seed. Leonard Friesen (204)685-2376 or (204)871-6856, Austin, MB. CANADA COMMON #1, MULTI-FOLIATE alfalfa seed. Pre-inoculated, 99.9% purity, 88% germination, 0 weed seeds.

Price varies from $2.60-$2.75/lb depending on volume purchased.

Delivery can be arranged. Call:(204)642-2572, Riverton.

CERISE RED PROSO COMMON MILLET seed & Common Crown Millet at $0.40/lb. 90%+ germination, 0% Fusarium Graminearum. Makes great cattle feed, swath grazed, dry or silage bale. Very high in protein. Energy & drought tolerant. Sold in 50-lb bags. $0.16 contracts available for 2012 crop year.

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Link builds between weather extremes and warming Extreme rainfall, heat waves and increased pollen-induced allergies are to be expected as climate change unfolds REUTERS

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xtreme weather events over the past decade have increased and were “very likely” caused by manmade global warming, a study in the journal Nature Climate Change said March 25.

Scientists at Germany’s Potsdam Institute for Climate Research used physics, statistical analysis and computer simulations to link extreme rainfall and heat waves to global warming. The link between warming and storms was less clear.

“It is very likely that several of the unprecedented extremes of the past decade would not have occurred without anthropogenic global warming,” said the study.

The past decade was probably the warmest globally for at least a millennium. Last year was the 11th hottest on record, the World Meteorological Organization said.

Extreme weather events were devastating in their impacts and affected nearly all regions of the globe.

They included severe floods and record hot summers in Europe; a record number of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic in 2005; the hottest Russian summer since 1500 in 2010 and the worst flooding in Pakistan’s history.

Last year alone, the United States suffered 14 weather events which caused losses of over $1 billion each.

Abnormal

The high amount of extremes is not normal, the study said.

Even between March 13 and 19 this year, historical heat records were exceeded in more than 7,000 places in North America.

For some types of extreme weather, there are physical reasons why they would increase in a warming climate. For example, if average temperature rises, then so will the number of heat records if all else remains equal, the study said.

Natural weather patterns like El Niño or La Niña can also cause highs in global temperature or increased precipitation which leads to floods.

“Single weather extremes are often related to regional processes, like a blocking high pressure system or natural phenomena like El Niño,” said Stefan Rahmstorf, co-author of the study and

Are these fresh shoots of grass seen March 25 an aberration or a sign of earlier springs to come?

chair of the institute’s earth system analysis department.

“These are complex processes that we are investigating further. But now these processes unfold against the background of climatic warming. That can turn an extreme event into a record-breaking event.”

Recent years have seen an exceptionally large number of record-breaking and destructive heat waves in many parts of the world and research suggests that many or even most of these would not have happened without global warming.

Currently, nearly twice as many record hot days as record cold days are being observed both in the United States and Australia, the length of summer heat waves in western Europe has almost doubled and the frequency of hot days has almost tripled over the period from 1880 to 2005.

Extremely hot summers are now observed in about 10 per cent of the global land area, compared with only about 0.1–0.2 per cent for the period 1951 to 1980, the study said.

The link between storms and hurricanes and global warming is less conclusive but at least some of the recent rainfall extremes can be attributed to human influences on the climate, it added.

A report March 23 said the unprecedented heat wave across much of the U.S. set or tied more than 7,000 high temperature records.

“This heat wave is essentially unprecedented,” said Heidi Cullen of the non-profit science and communication organization Climate Central.

“It’s hard to grasp how massive and significant this is.”

These records include daytime high temperatures and record-high low temperatures overnight, which in some cases are higher than previous record highs for the day, Cullen said.

“When low temperatures are breaking previous record highs, that’s when you see this is incredibly special,” she said.

Spring arriving earlier

Cullen noted that this warmth is part of a trend that is pushing the spring season earlier by an average of three days in the contiguous 48 U.S. states.

The date of first leafing — the day when buds burst open — has moved forward from March 20, where it was during the 30-year period from 1951 to 1980, to March 17, where it has been for the period from 1981 to 2010.

An online report (http://climatecentral. org) accompanying the briefing shows

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that some states have an even earlier spring, with Montana, Washington state, Oregon, Nevada, Utah and Connecticut seeing spring arrive five days or more ahead of the previous average.

This early wake-up call for plants and animals can have disastrous health consequences, especially for children, said Dr. Aaron Bernstein of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School.

Pollen counts are breaking records around the United States, Bernstein said, noting that allergies cost the U.S. economy between $6 billion and $12 billion annually.

The early heat stimulates growth in plants and the pollen season has become longer by one to two weeks over the last half-century, while the higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air stimulate pollen production in highly allergenic plants like ragweed, Bernstein said.

The rates of sensitization to pollen in the United States are also on the rise, he said, which means people who never suffered from pollen-related allergies may feel them now.

“As we juice these plants with carbon dioxide, we’re going to make people have greater allergy symptoms,” Bernstein said.

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“Pink slime” ire prompts key producer to close plants Ammonia-treated beef won’t be on the menu unless the public outcry stops

By P.J. Huffstutter chicago / reuters / staff

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Store manager Jorge Rivera holds packages of the store’s ground beef, weighing two lbs. (one kg) each at a Fresh and Easy market in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles March 28, 2012. Customers have been invited to bring packages of ground beef from other retailers containing USDA-approved ammonia-treated meat filler, also known as “pink slime,” to exchange for one of Fresh and Easy’s ground beef packages. Beef Products Inc. has closed three of its four plants making the product. REUTERS/Phil McCarten

eef Products Inc., the top producer of ammonia-treated beef product dubbed “pink slime” by critics, said it has halted production at three of its four plants in three states for 60 days beginning March 26.

The plant clo sures were hailed as a victory by activists who had argued that the product was unappetizing, but tempered their jubilance due to the temporary loss of about 650 jobs at a time when the economy was showing signs of recovery.

R i c h Jo c h u m , c o r p o r a t e administrator for the South Dakota-based company, said that the temporary closure could become “a permanent suspension.”

“This is a direct reaction to all the misinformation about our lean beef,” Jochum told Reuters.

The company shut down o p e ra t i o n s o n Mo n d a y a t its plants in Amarillo, Texas; Finney County, Kansas; and Waterloo, Iowa.

The closures are because of the recent outcry by food activists over its lean finely textured beef, Jochum said.

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) and industry experts say the meat was safe to eat. Jochum said the company would continue to address the public’s concerns, and blamed media reports and an organized campaign for “bullying” retailers into

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“BPI has gotten crushed by public sentiment that this stuff is icky.”

discontinuing the use of the beef product.

“In the end, today’s developments are a sad day for the families of those who lost their jobs,” said J. Patr ick Boyle, president of the trade association American Meat Institute.

“Other American families will also pay the price at the checkout counter as they see the price of ground beef begin to rise while we work to grow as many as 1.5 million more head of cattle to replace the beef that will no longer be consumed due to this manufactured scare.”

Nancy Huehnergarth, executive director of New York State Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Alliance, a statewide group aimed at promoting healthy eating and changing food policy practices, said: “It’s never a happy victory when you hear people are losing their jobs. But if BPI had been transparent about the process of their products, we would not be at this point right now.”

Two of the biggest U.S. supermarket operators, Safeway Inc. and Supervalu Inc., have said they will stop buying the ammonia-treated beef.

McDonald’s Corp. stopped using USDA-approved ammonia-treated meat in its hamburger products last summer.

Also known as lean finely textured beef, the product has drawn criticism from food activists because of the use of ammonia hydroxide in its manufacture.

“The demand in the market will hopefully resume,” Jochum said.

Tyson Foods Inc., a leading U.S. meat company and one of BPI’s suppliers of beef trimmings, told Reuters that the plant closures had forced the company to adapt to the news.

Though Tyson declined to say what the plant closures would mean to its financial outlook or to the industr y as a whole, spokesman Gary Mickelson said in an email that less availability of lean f i n e l y t e x t u re d b e e f “m a y result in higher consumer prices.”

Mickelson also said, “A l t e r n a t i v e l y, w e b e l i e v e there may be an increase in the supply of some of the raw materials used to produce ground beef, and this may result in lower values that could ultimately affect livestock prices.”

BPI, founded in 1981, began as a processor of frozen beef products. In 2001, the company emerged as a key player in the nation’s ground beef industry after federal regulators approved the firm’s process of using ammonia in the beef processing to remove foodborne pathogens such as salmonella and E. coli 0157:H7.

The product is made out of scraps and fatty trimmings that, for years, typically had been sold off to make pet food or cooking oils because it was too difficult to remove the meat and was somewhat susceptible to contamination.

In general, BPI uses a heat a n d c e n t r i f u g e p ro c e s s t o melt the fat, collect and mash the meat, and spray ammonia hydroxide on it to remove possible bacteria and pathogens. The final product — which is formed into blocks, frozen and shipped in boxes — is relatively low in fat and often used as a cheap filler.

The ammonia process has not been approved for processing in Canada and products made using it are not allowed to be sold in this country, Health Canada says.

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Japan to import less food wheat in 2012-13

By Risa Maeda tokyo /reuters

Japan, the world’s fifth-biggest wheat importer, plans to buy 6.5 per cent less foreign food wheat in the year to March 2013 in anticipation of higher local production, helped by government initiatives to lift food selfsufficiency.

A panel of experts approved a plan March 28 by the Ministry of Agriculture

to buy 4.78 million tonnes of foreign wheat for milling use in 2012-13, compared with the 2011-12 plan for 5.11 million tonnes.

Japan, which keeps a tight grip on wheat imports, sets an import target annually to supplement local crops, and buys foreign wheat via tenders and sells to users at prices revised every six months based on purchase costs.

Japan’s lower wheat import estimate came at a time when the world has a surplus of supply due to healthy harvests in major producing countries.

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Super-size surveys show consumer landscape is changing Consumers today want their Big Mac, but they want hormone- and antibiotic-free meat too

By Sheri Monk STAFF | EDMONTON

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cDonald’s is an iconic brand which has transcended its all-American heritage to become the world’s most renowned fastfood brand leader. Yet to stay at the top, McDonald’s must change some of the same practices that got it there, says a senior company official.

“As the face of Canada truly changes, so does its eating habits,” Jeff Kroll, senior vice-president, supply chain management for McDonald’s Canada told a Cattlemen’s Young Leaders (CYL) seminar hosted by the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA) last month.

Kroll, an ALMA board member, said McDonald’s, like other successful enterprises, must change with its customers.

“The Canadian consumer landscape is changing. Canada’s demographic environment is changing, driven by two things.

One is an aging population, and population growth fuelled by immigration.”

Members of those groups are less interested in what propelled McDonald’s to the top — burgers and french fries.

Kroll said an aging population is increasingly concerned about health and wants more fruits and vegetables.

While most people still associate beef with burgers, that trend is slowly changing, in part due to immigration. Kroll says two-thirds of Canada’s visible minorities are of Asian descent, and cultural preferences are shaping buying decisions.

“When selecting meats, Asians are more likely to choose pork, poultry and fish and the overall decline in beef consumption suggests that Canada’s changing demographic profile is an influence on the proteins that Canadians are eating,” said Kroll. Also, Canadian tastes are becoming more eclectic, and in the last 10 years, more are experimenting with new spice sensations, especially ginger, garlic, basil and curry.

Taste — and information

With 33,000 restaurants in 119 countries, McDonald’s has a lot at stake, and part of protecting and even growing its market share depends on market intelligence.

To that end, McDonald’s conducts regular market research to stay ahead of the curve.

“Canadians are very consistent in what they want,” said Kroll. And what they want, he says, is taste.

“But in addition to taste, they want to be educated about the food they are eating. They want to learn about the food, they want to know where it comes from and that the company they are buying

from is concerned about societal issues.”

Kroll said three of five consumers say it is very important that the meat used to make their burger is sourced from animals that were raised without the use of steroids.

More than half say it’s important that their burger patty is made from meat that is hormone and antibiotic free. Kroll said these concerns have risen considerably in the past two years, especially over antibiotic use. It’s a trend any large retailer is going to be watching closely — if consumers become serious about hormone and antibiotic use, there would be serious ramifications for the livestock industry.

“Managing desires for natural and fresh products needs to be balanced with the ability to offer those options at affordable prices,” said Kroll. Large-volume suppliers like Wal-Mart and McDonald’s would have difficulty even sourcing enough hormoneand antibiotic-free product to meet demand.

Defining “local”

Another new trend is consumer desire for local product.

“Local is an interesting and complex one, because I like to say everything is local to someone, so it’s how you define that local,” Kroll said.

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seen as wholesome, gourmet burgers are increasingly adorning drive-thru menu boards across the country. Consumers equate certain brands like Angus, and certain cuts like sirloin as pivotal to a higherquality sandwich, and specialty cheeses, buns and season ingredients are also prized. This demand for slower, guilt-free, gourmet food is paradoxically at odds with the traditional consumer demand for inexpensive, uniform, high-speed food.

Asked about the fast-food industry’s social responsibility

in a time of increasing obesity, the noticeably fit and trim Kroll ultimately passed the buck to the consumer.

“I think it’s all about balance and choice. I have been e a t i n g Mc D o n a l d’s f o r 3 1 years — almost ever y day when I worked in the restaurant,” he said. “For example, just two days ago I had our new McBistro grilled chicken, no sauce because I tailor it to the way that I want it,” he said. “If you want balance and choice, we have everything available to make that happen.”

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Time is right for free trade agreement push Food security is becoming increasingly important as world hunger increases with its population

By Sheri Monk

“You can already see the order books drying up on Canadian pork exports to Korea right now.”

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seasoned trade negotiator says trade agreements will do a lot to open markets for Canadian beef, but once they’re open, a second ingredient is needed — customer demand.

“Despite all the constraints and problems there may be, the future for Canadian agriculture and for Canadian meat production and beef production, I think is really very bright,” John Weekes told a seminar for members of the Cattlemen’s Young Leaders program here last month.

Weekes, an Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA) board member, served as Canada’s ambassador to the World Trade Organization, as ambassador to GATT during the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations and as a Canadian negotiator for NAFTA. He is now senior business adviser for the law firm Bennett Jones.

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Japan’s beef tariff is 38.5 per cent, and can go up to 50 per cent.

Weekes says that politically, now is the time for the Canadian beef industry to really push for increased foreign market access.

With more than 50 per cent of Canadian beef now exported, increased growth has to come from other countries.

“There’s a lot of opportunity in

taking advantage of markets in Europe and Asia where there’s still increasing demand for meat, and it’s growing quite rapidly in places like China and Korea,” Weekes said, adding that markets in Asia and the EU are significantly more valuable on a per-kilogram basis than exports to the U.S. However,

the potential payoff is often offset by high tariffs.

“The barriers to foreign access are often quite high and this is particularly true in Asia where you have tariffs, for instance in Korea on beef and pork, of 40 per cent. Beef tariff in Japan is 38.5 per cent, and through a trigger mechanism if there’s a certain volume going in it can go up to 50 per cent, and you can see similar numbers when you look at other markets,” Weekes said.

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“You can already see the order books drying up on Canadian pork exports to Korea right now,” Weekes said.

He said the Canadian government is responding. “The Harper government has an ambitious trade negotiations agenda. It’s perhaps the most ambitious trade agenda we’ve ever had.”

New talks with Korea look promising to reignite negotiations, preliminary talks have begun with Japan, India is on the table (albeit not for beef,) and talks with the mega-market of China are progressing.

With a smorgasbord of nations as possible export destinations, it can seem overwhelming to know which countries to target.

“It’s very important to set some priorities. You can’t just say, ‘Well, we want everything.’ It’s just not manageable to go about achieving everything. You should figure out where your key markets are — and this has been done to a large extent — and what the priority barriers are,” Weekes said.

Consumer demand

As the government works on opening the door to foreign markets, Weekes says it’s critical that work to create consumer demand is done at the same time. Market access isn’t worth a red cent if no one is buying the product.

“Canada is a relatively small player and I think we need to make clear to our partners what it is we’re trying to achieve,” said Weekes, emphasizing that industry cannot give the government mixed signals on trade policy.

“We need to work together in advising the government on trade negotiations. If the industry comes at them with fractured voices as to the direction they should be taking, inaction is the mostly likely result.”

Weekes said that with a surge in bilateral free trade negotiations among many countries — what he calls “competitive liberalization” — the time to act is now. Many countries are feeling pressure to sign agreements they believe will increase their security. However, the very meaning of security may be changing, Weekes said.

“Increasingly I think people are not just looking for security of energy supply but are starting to look for security of food supply,” he said. “We’re now seeing a transition to a world that is beginning to run short of food resources. We’re going to be responding to pressures to supply these other markets, which is certainly a much more favourable game to be in.”

Weekes said ALMA’s priority in its business plan has been to increase foreign trade opportunities.

“I think it’s really interesting that a provincial government agency has put this as its No. 1 priority, and that’s quite challenging from the perspective of sitting in this place to think about how you can advance those interests from this vantage point.”

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U.S. organic growers appeal court ruling

By Carey Gillam reuters

A group of U.S. family farmers said March 28 it is appealing its lawsuit against Monsanto Co. to challenge the company’s patents on technologies for genetically modified seeds.

The group of organic farmers and seed dealers says its industry is at risk from Monsanto’s growing market dominance.

“Farmers are under threat.

Our right to farm the way we choose, and to grow pure organic seed and healthy food on our farms for our families and for our customers is under assault,” said Maine organic seed farmer Jim Gerritsen, president of the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association, lead plaintiff in the case.

The group sued Monsanto in March 2011.

U.S. District Court Judge Naomi Buchwald, for the Southern District of New York, threw out the case last month, criticizing the groups for a “transparent effort to create a controversy where none exists.”

The group of more than 50 organizations filed its notice of appeal, seeking review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

The lawsuit challenges the company’s patents on its genetically modified seeds and seeks to prohibit Monsanto from suing the farmers or dealers if their organic seed becomes contaminated with Monsanto’s patented biotech seed germplasm.

World grain prices to stay strong The FAO’s chief economist is warning of possible panic buying

By Hugh Bronstein buenos aires / reuters

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orld grain prices should remain “very firm” over the near term as demand from Asia exceeds forecasts and dry weather cuts into supply, the senior economist of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said March 26.

South American corn and soy yields took a beating from drought this season, while China’s rapidly growing middle class continues its love affair with beef steaks. The shift in diet has held strong in the face of the country’s economic slowdown, underpinning demand for corn and soymeal used to feed cattle.

“Demand is definitely growing faster than what we had expected, while supply ended up being less than we e x p e c t e d ,” FAO s e n i o r e c o n o m i s t Abdolreza Abbassian told Reuters three days ahead of the organization’s meeting of Latin American agriculture ministers in Buenos Aires.

“You put these two factors together and it explains what’s happening today with prices globally,” he said by telephone from his office in Rome while soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade explored six-month highs.

“In the near term — this month and next — we are going to still see very firm prices,” said the economist. “What happens after that depends on crop development and the weather.”

Macroeconomic factors

As South America harvests its 2011-12 soy and corn, U.S. and European growers are heading into planting season.

“A few months ago we were expecting slower growth in demand,” Abbassian said. “Macroeconomic factors were making us believe that demand in feed use, for example, would grow at a slower pace. But I think we always underestimate the growth in emerging countries, in Asia in particular.”

World food prices hit records last year, helping to spawn the Arab Spring revolts that toppled the governments

of Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. Prices have since fallen but their upturn in the first two months of 2012 is raising inflation concerns.

“The fact that the prices of certain crops are approaching the peaks of last year tells you something about market direction and sentiment,” Abbassian said.

The United Nations had expected soy prices to start falling by this point in the year. But the market remains nervous about early-season dryness in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. “ Un p r e d i c t a b i l i t y i n p r i c e s i s increasing,” Abbassian said. “If the Chinese feel that corn prices could still rise, they may surprise us and buy more, which would send prices up. Considering the agitation in the m a rk e t , t h i s c o u l d l e a d t o p a n i c buying.

“If we would have had this conversation a few weeks ago I would not have even considered this as being in the cards,” he added.

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Agency says female farmers key to boosting global food supply

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mpowering female farmers in developing countries is crucial to solving the world’s food problems, according to the chair of a panel which advises governments and donors on agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa.

“If we’re going to feed the world and in particular if Africa is going to be fed, we need every tool we can lay our hands on to make that happen and one component of that is to ensure that women fulfil their potential as farmers,” said Gordon Conway, chair of the Montpellier Panel.

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If women upped their production by this amount, the agricultural output of developing countries would rise by between 2.5 and four per cent, which could slash the number of undernourished people by 12 to 17 per cent, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization.

Women account for around 43 per cent of agricultural labourers in developing countries.

But poor access to land, water, fertilizers, seeds and technical knowledge is limiting their productivity, Conway said.

“In many ways it’s a cultural thing,” he said. “Men tend to have the rights to land in particular and the rights to other resources... the woman is doing the work but she hasn’t got real access to what she needs.

“Everywhere you go in Africa, particularly in rural villages, you can see that women are often regarded as second-class citizens.”

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Russian grain exports are expected to reach between 25 million and 27 million tonnes in the 2012-13 crop year, Putin said during a meeting on spring sowing recently.

Putin said the crop would likely be flat compared to 2011-12 level, when it stood at around 94 million tonnes.

Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, who is in charge of agriculture, reiterated a forecast of 26 million to 27 million in for the current agricultural year, during which the country has been exporting at record rates.

“And if we are able to reach these volumes (in 2011-12), and I think it’s absolutely achievable, we will become the secondlargest wheat exporter in terms of volumes after the U.S.,” he said during the meeting in Voronezh, Russia.

Total area sown to spring grains will reach about 51 million hectares this year, about 300,000 hectare more than last year, Zubkov said.

The total sown area, including winter grains, will reach 78.3 million hectares, up 2.5 per cent, he said.

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Feeder Steers

Ashern

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Gladstone

Apr-03

Grunthal

Apr-03

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Apr-03

Apr-04

Killarney

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no sale

Apr-05

no sale

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950

479

483

952

1,123

n/a

n/a

350

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n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

n/a

n/a

118.00-131.00

120.00-130.50

n/a

n/a

115.00-125.00

n/a

800-900

117.00-137.00

125.00-133.00

120.00-134.00

122.00-137.75

127.00-134.75

n/a

n/a

125.00-134.00

n/a

700-800

120.0-145.00

125.00-151.50

132.00-150.00

130.00-159.50

135.00-154.00

n/a

n/a

135.00-145.00

n/a

600-700

140.00-170.00

140.00-157.00

140.00-162.00

142.00-169.00

148.00-168.00

n/a

n/a

140.00-154.00

n/a

500-600

145.00-176.00

150.00-170.00

160.00-180.00

160.00-180.00

156.00-175.00

n/a

n/a

150.00-160.00

n/a

400-500

150.00-180.00

160.00-186.00

170.00-188.00

172.00-196.00

168.00-187.00

n/a

n/a

160.00-180.00

n/a

300-400

n/a

165.00-183.00

180.00-196.00

180.00-200.00

170.00-190.00

n/a

n/a

170.00-190.00

n/a

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

106.00-116.00

n/a

n/a

110.00-118.00

n/a

800-900

n/a

105.00-123.00

n/a

112.00-123.50

115.00-132.00

n/a

n/a

115.00-125.00

n/a

700-800

118.00-144.00

105.00-135.00

115.00-132.00

120.00-136.50

122.00-137.00

n/a

n/a

120.00-130.00

n/a

600-700

111.00-147.00

110.00-146.50

125.00-142.50

130.00-150.00

132.00-145.00

n/a

n/a

125.00-135.00

n/a

500-600

110.00-146.00

120.00-148.50

135.00-151.00

138.00-159.00

139.00-158.00

n/a

n/a

135.00-145.00

n/a

400-500

122.00-159.00

130.00-164.00

150.00-169.00

140.00-160.00

148.00-168.00

n/a

n/a

145.00-160.00

n/a

300-400

n/a

140.00-164.00

155.00-180.00

150.00-166.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

155.00-180.00

n/a

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250

n/a

n/a

120

n/a

n/a

n/a

58

n/a

D1-D2 Cows

60.00-68.00

n/a

n/a

74.00-84.00

72.00-77.00

n/a

n/a

65.00-89.50

n/a

D3-D5 Cows

54.00-59.00

n/a

n/a

65.00-73.00

61.00-71.00

n/a

n/a

60.00-65.00

n/a

Age Verified

65.00-78.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

74.00-80.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

72.00-101.00

60.00-86.00

85.00-90.50

92.00-97.75

89.00-97.00

n/a

n/a

85.00-89.50

n/a

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

102.00-107.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

50.00-79.00

75.00-85.00

n/a

75.00-88.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

59.00-65.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

66.00-70.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

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North Dakota wheat and durum acreage to rise

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However, expert says “corn is competing hard this year”

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mproved planting conditions will allow North Dakota farmers to seed more spring wheat and durum this spring, but corn will likely steal away potential acres.

“Obviously (wheat) acres will be higher, just because so much was not planted last year,” said Jim Peterson, marketing director with the North Dakota Wheat Commission.

Five million acres of cropland in the state were left unseeded in 2011 due to excess moisture and spring flooding.

“Percentage-wise it will look like a big increase (for spring wheat and durum), but we’ll

still be below our five-year averages,” said Peterson.

“Corn is competing hard this year” and will likely take away some wheat acres in the southeast corner of the state, and high corn prices should also see more corn planted farther west as well, he said.

Based on seed sales and meetings with producers, Peterson predicted spring wheat acres in the state will be about 6.3 million, which compares with 5.7 million the previous year and 6.4 million in 2010. In 2011, initial intentions had been for spring wheat acres as high as 7.1 million acres, before the adverse spring weather arrived.

A rally in new crop bids over the next month “could pull in a few more acres,” said Peterson.

An early start to spring seeding would also favour spring wheat, possibly pushing acres as high as 6.5 million, according to Peterson.

For durum, North Dakota area dropped to about 700,000 acres in 2011 and producers in the prime growing region in the western part of the state were looking to get back into the crop this year, said Peterson, who forecasted 2012 area at about 1.5 million. In 2010, North Dakota farmers planted 1.8 million acres of durum. Strong crop insurance coverage, which is better than the coverage for spring wheat, will also encourage some additional acres, he said.

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Others expect there will be more export opportunities for U.S. suppliers, he added.

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Warm and dry conditions across Western Canada has sparked talk of an earlier-than-normal start to spring seeding, but crop specialists say it all depends on what happens next.

“At this point, it’s really too early to say when guys will be out there seeding...,” said Pam de Rocquigny, an agronomist with Manitoba Agriculture.

Weather over the next month will play a key role in determining when seeding starts, she said.

Warm weather is allowing producers to get a head start on getting their equipment ready “so when it is time to seed, they’ll be ready to go,” said de Rocquigny.

If conditions are right, producers in Manitoba are often in the field by late April, and can have a lot seeded before May 1 in some cases, said de Rocquigny.

Many Saskatchewan farmers are gearing up to plant, but “I don’t think we’ll see people starting much earlier than the later part of April,” said Grant McLean of Saskatchewan Agriculture.

“I don’t see (seeding) being a whole lot earlier than normal, but I also don’t see it being a whole lot later,” added Harry Brook, crop specialist with the Alberta Ag Info Centre.

“It will be dependent on soil temperature.”

Temperatures in most of the province were still dipping below zero overnight, he noted.

“If you seed too early, you’ll be hit by a frost event — guaranteed,” said Brook.

If seeding does get underway by mid-April, shifts in acreage intentions are unlikely as producers have already made those decisions months in advance, said the crop specialists. However, market pricing signals could swing a few acres one way or the other, said McLean.

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“Authority is incredibly safe… but don’t let that fool you,” Deveson says.

“It does a number on some pretty hard to kill weeds. That’s what makes it such a welcome option for those growing these sensitive specialty crops.”

Kochia is a highly prolific seed producer. In addition to spreading seeds through the wind, kochia is a tumbleweed. It can travel quickly and cover great distances – dispersing seeds along the way. Once pollen from glyphosate resistant kochia crossbreeds with other plants, the genetics responsible for the resistance can be passed on.

Farmers and seed producers throughout Western Canada are being urged to reevaluate their burndown practices – and target kochia with products that offer a different mode of action.

“Agronomists and scientists have preached the importance of rotating herbicides. But for whatever reason, this practice has largely been forgotten when it comes to glyphosate.

Taking the proper steps now will help slow the spread,” Deveson says.

Nufarm, a Calgary-based herbicide manufacturer, has recently introduced two new products that are proven to eliminate kochia in a spring burndown application: CleanStart® and Authority®. As Group 14 products, both provide an effective means of controlling glyphosate tolerant kochia plants.

CleanStart®: Kochia control ahead of all key crops.

CleanStart® has become recognized as an advanced burndown solution for safe control of kochia and a broad spectrum of weeds ahead of pulse and canola crops.

But what is not as widely known is that CleanStart is also registered for wheat, barley, flax, soybeans, potatoes, corn and oats… which makes it ideally suited for addressing glyphosate resistant kochia in most key crops grown on the prairies.

And that’s not all.

Deveson notes there are a number of other Nufarm products growers can use to provide early season kochia control. Nufarm 2,4-D Ester and Amitrol 240 can both be tank mixed with glyphosate, and will take out resistant kochia. Meanwhile, Valtera™ is a Group 14 residual soybean herbicide that does an exceptional job.

Do your part to fight resistance.

Herbicide rotation is an essential part of any weed management strategy.

As we’re starting to realize, this applies to glyphosate as well. Ask your retailer or crop advisor about these and other options for early season kochia control.

Fighting resistant kochia in-crop.

If you miss it at burndown Deveson says Nufarm has two exceptional products for taking down kochia (including glyphosate resistant plants) in cereal crops.

Estaprop® is one of the best products available for controlling kochia in-crop. It is a very well established Group 4 chemistry known to clean up even heavily infested fields. Lately, there has been much talk surrounding Nufarm’s launch of Enforcer™, which contains two proven modes of action to battle all types of kochia.

“Moving forward, Enforcer may emerge as the best in-crop broadleaf product for fighting the spread of glyphosate resistant kochia,” Deveson concludes.

“Because it is registered for so many crops, is easy to tank mix and is quite reasonably priced, CleanStart is being touted as the new line of defence for controlling glyphosate resistant kochia,” Deveson reveals.

CleanStart is formulated with carfentrazone and glyphosate. It is the carfentrazone component that provides control of actively growing kochia plants on contact.

This product provides dependable control of kochia plants 4” tall or less. In addition, CleanStart will control Roundup Ready® volunteer canola from the the 1 - 3 leaf stage, spring germinating dandelions and all weeds that are controlled with glyphosate.

1-800-868-5444 CleanStart® and Estaprop® are registered trademarks of Nufarm Agriculture Inc. Enforcer ™ is a trademark of Nufarm Agriculture Inc. Authority® is a trademark of FMC Corporation. Valtera™ is a trademark of Valent USA Corporation. All other products are trademarks of their respective owners.

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Trader sees Ukraine grain exports soaring by 2019 Ukraine harvested a record 56.7 million tonnes of grain in 2011 and the yield stood at 3.7 tonnes per hectare KIEV / REUTERS

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kraine could increase its grain exports to about 35 million tonnes by 2019 from about 20 million in the current season by boosting both the sowing area and yields, a large foreign grain trading house said March 14.

Ivan Miroshnichenko, Black Sea regional director for Noble Resources Ukraine, told an international agricultural business conference that the former Soviet republic could export 17 million to 19 million tonnes of wheat and 17 million of corn.

“The share of Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan in the global wheat-trading balance could reach 32-35 per cent in the next seven to eight years. We are talking about exports of 17 million to 19 million tonnes of wheat from Ukraine,” Miroshnichenko said.

“The same applies to corn.”

Miroshnichenko said that Ukraine could become the world’s second corn exporter in the 2011-12 season.

Ukraine harvested a record 22.7 million tonnes of corn in 2011 and First Deputy Farm Minister Mykola Bezugly said its exports could reach 15 million tonnes in 2011-12.

Corn exports totalled 5.09 million tonnes in 2010-11.

Ukraine harvested a record 56.7 million tonnes of grain in 2011 and the yield stood at 3.7 tonne per hectare.

A worker carries out quality tests at a Ukrainian grain storage facility in the village of Tsentralnaya some 100 km (62 miles) southeast of Kiev. REUTERS/GLEB GARANICH

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A year ago, farmers had planted two per cent of their corn crop, which matches the five-year average for the beginning of April. Forecasters predicted April could be another warmer-thannormal month, though they said temperatures were likely to fluctuate in a more seasonal pattern in the first half of the month and that fewer records would be shattered.

Typically, the first USDA progress report of the season does not include a corn-planting update but the government said it included the information this year as the warm weather has generated intense interest around the pace of planting.

Farmers in the Midwest Grain Belt typically push to finish corn planting when the weather is in their favour — as it is now after the warmest March on record — instead of switching midstream to soybeans.

Growers hope that by seeding their corn early it will be safely past its key pollination phase by the time scorching heat arrives in the U.S. Midwest in July. High temperatures during pollination often result in smaller yields at harvest.

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Growing vegetables in the winter Winter greens are doable, but tomatoes need too much supplemental energy

By Liz Clayton medina, north dakota

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or seven winters, Carol Ford and Chuck Waibel have been supplying weekly boxes of fresh cold-weather vegetables and baby greens to a 12-member CSA (Community Supported Agriculture).

Under the name “Garden Goddess,” they grow the food in their self-designed 16x22 low-energy northern greenhouse. Inside that deceptively small space is 3,520 cubic feet, with roughly 150 row feet of prized baby greens rotating in a simple system of hanging planters suspended by rope harnesses.

The couple shared their experiences and their expertise with about 23 people from surrounding states and provinces at a recent workshop here.

“We’ve nailed low-energy winter food production — and are here to help you do so, too!” they told their audience. Their enthusiasm for vegetables and the potential for the winter greenhouse to bring fresh local food to northern people is contagious.

Not a new idea

The idea of the low-energy northern greenhouse is not new. Back in the ’70s, plans were widely available for passive solar south-glazed lean-tos filled with water barrels to hold the heat.

Chuck, whose interests include polymath, systems analysis and speculative fiction, already had a reference library on hand when he and Carol began to design a northern greenhouse that others could easily adapt or replicate.

“You need a mindset almost like building a spacecraft,” Chuck said. “Make it tight. Make it careful.”

And make it easy.

All materials, with the exception of the polycarbonate panels, are readily available at any local building centre. What was missing from those earlier plans was a planting guide. That research is entirely Carol’s contribution.

Now a master gardener, she grew up in a garden-less household in suburban Iowa, where vegetables came in cans. She developed the love while studying creative writing in college.

In 2005, Chuck and Carol were living in Milan and enjoying fresh vegetables from their local CSA. When the season ended in mid-September, they dreaded the return to store-bought vegetables from far away. They started researching ways to extend the season.

“If you find yourself saying somebody really ought to do it, then it ought to be you,” Chuck said.

The couple enrolled in a holistic Land Stewardship course called “Farm Beginnings,” researched cool-weather crops, designed a greenhouse, developed a business plan and shopped for a business loan. They kept everything small in case of failure. Carol recalls a lot of sleepless nights the first two winters.

Ford and Waibel generously share their expertise in the self-published and very readable Northland Winter Greenhouse Manual — a Unique, LowTech Solution to Vegetable Production in Cold Climates, produced with assistance from the University of Minnesota West Central Partnership.

When the first edition sold out, the book was tweaked and reprinted with additional support from FARRMS (The Foundation for Agriculture, Rural Resources Management and Sustainability), a North Dakota-based not-for-profit organization that enthusiastically endorses their work.

Growing produce in winter

In the manual, Carol lays out a planting schedule by dividing winter into three seasons: Diminishing season (late September to midNovember), Solstice season (late November to early January) and Expansion season (mid-January to late March), each with its own possibilities and pitfalls, along with a detailed list of plants that work, and when and how to plant them.

Carol Ford and Chuck Waibel outside their prototype Northlands Winter Greenhouse. photo: liz clayton

Large slow-growing plants such as broccoli and swiss chard go into the ground for a single harvest, although Carol has recently switched to the fastergrowing broccoli raab.

Three rotations of pac choi and chinese cabbage are harvested from the floor beds. But the real bonus is the fast-growing and tasty greens, started weekly on heat mats and then moved up into slings where they can be cut in as little as three weeks, and be harvested as many as three times before they are sent outside to compost.

The clients of the Garden Goddess CSA live for these little gourmet baby greens, which include sweet lettuces, peppery brassicas, Asian greens and mustards, and colourful baby beets and collards, plus the more unusual Vitamin Green and Claytonia, or miner’s lettuce.

Yes, we grow no tomatoes

People typically ask whether they grow tomatoes.

The answer is a big “no.”

Working beneath the greenhouse is an underground heat sink — an excavation below the frost line filled with loose river rock that is heated by a perforated pipe full of warm air from the black pipe “solar heat collectors” located at the top of the structure.

Chuck calculates that the design uses only onethirtieth the energy of a standard greenhouse, even with a supplementary heat source that tops up temperatures on those rare nights that follow three consecutive cold and cloudy days when the heat sink begins to cool.

It is impossible to grow fruiting veggies without adding massive amounts of supplemental light and heat to this model.

Winter greens with a low carbon footprint

So tomatoes and cucumbers are out. Instead, winter gardeners can enjoy fresh baby greens and tender, sweet, dark-green vegetables that happily grow through the darkest days of winter in temperatures that can drop to -2 C in the corners at night here in Manitoba.

A method on the move

The interest in low-energy greenhouses and win-

ter crop production is growing. Manitoba Hydro and University of Manitoba have experimented with similar designs.

Chuck and Carol envision even more northern winter greenhouses springing up, bringing fresh food security to schools, hospitals and even whole communities. The mayor of Minneapolis recently toured their facility and promised to look at amending codes to make it easier for urban builders. Closer to home in Milan, they are working to create a distribution hub with a very large greenhouse and off-season vegetable storage for local market gardeners. They are always willing to speak on the subject, and invite interested people to contact them through the Garden Goddess network at gardengoddessnetwork.ning.com.

About the author: Liz Clayton lives in the RM of South Norfolk where she and her partner have been enjoying homegrown winter greens in their northern greenhouse inspired by the Winter Greens Manual since January 2011.

Northern greenhouse design requirements* • Use glazing only where the sun directly shines in.

• Store all available solar heat.

• Insulate the foundation, which must extend below the frost line.

• Use passive in-floor heating with access to supplemental heat.

• Heavily insulate all unglazed walls.

• Make the interiors highly reflective.

• Control airflow. *Source: Ford, Carol & Waibel, Chuck. 2009.

The Northlands Winter Greenhouse Manual.

Milan Minnesota: Garden Goddess Publications

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RecipeSwap

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

Asparagus reigns as a favourite Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

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t sounds like the name of a Roman ruler, and for a while it dominates like one in our gardens and fridges too. I’m talking about asparagus, of course, which may show earlier and oftener this spring. As those who grow it know, you can be picking every day as the weather warms up, and we’ve had many fine days already.

I may be a little ahead of things with asparagus recipes in an early-April paper, but not long from now you’ll be looking for ways to use it, as a nice note from Lois Sloane in Clearwater reminded me recently.

Her family is already watching for the first asparagus to appear, she writes. They have a small patch that supplies many people. Lois also sent the accompanying photo of her grandson, Brad, who, after happily helping pick a bunch asked, “Now, what do we do with it?” Here’s a few recipes for young Mr. Sloane and all others who’ll soon be enjoying this delicious spring vegetable.

Asparagus Soup 3 c. asparagus, chopped 2 tbsp. butter 1/2 c. onion, chopped 1 carrot, chopped 1 clove garlic, chopped 2 tbsp. flour 2 c. chicken stock 2 c. milk Salt and pepper to taste Nutmeg to taste

Trim asparagus. Heat butter in medium saucepan. Add onion, carrot, garlic and cook over medium heat five to seven minutes. Add flour and cook, stirring, for two minutes. Do not brown. Remove from heat and whisk in stock and milk. Return to heat and cook, stirring until mixture barely comes to a boil. Add asparagus and cook over medium heat until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Purée mixture in blender or food processor until smooth. Return to heat. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Serves 4.

Source: Peak of the Market

Asparagus Chicken Dinner 1 lb. boneless chicken breasts, cut in thin strips 1 tbsp. oil 1 tsp. ginger 1/4 c. blanched almonds 2 c. assorted vegetables* cooked tender-crisp 1/2 c. chicken stock 1 tbsp. sherry 3 tbsp. soy sauce 1 tbsp. cornstarch 3/4 lb. asparagus, cooked tender-crisp 2 c. rice or thin noodles, cooked

Heat oil in wok over medium-high heat. Sauté chicken three to five minutes until golden. Stir in ginger, almonds, vegetables and stir-fry another three to four minutes.

Now, what do we do with it? Clearwater’s Lois Sloane took this photo last year of her grandson Brad after another plentiful yield of spring asparagus. PHOTO: LOIS SLOANE

In a small bowl, combine stock, sherry, soy sauce and cornstarch. Stir into skillet until bubbling.

Gently add asparagus, reheat and serve over rice or noodles. *Vegetables could include broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, etc. Serves 4.

Garlic Honey Asparagus

Scalloped Asparagus

2 tbsp. peanut oil 1-1/2 tsp. honey 1-1/2 tsp. soy sauce 1 tbsp. garlic, minced 1 lb. asparagus, rinsed and trimmed Red onion, chopped (for garnish)

3 c. asparagus 3 hard boiled eggs, sliced 3 tbsp. butter 4 tbsp. flour 2 c. milk 1/2 c. cheddar cheese, grated 1/2 c. bread crumbs

Heat oil in skillet over medium heat, add honey, soy sauce and garlic. Sauté until garlic is tender.

Lay half the asparagus in skillet, sauté, turning until lightly browned on all sides. Transfer to warming dish and repeat with remaining asparagus. Place on serving plate and sprinkle with red onion. Serves 4.

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Trim and wash asparagus; slice into 1-inch lengths. Steam until tender-crisp; drain well. In a lightly greased casserole dish; arrange layers of asparagus and eggs. In a small bowl; blend butter, flour and milk. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Pour mixture over asparagus and eggs.

Sprinkle with cheese and top with bread crumbs.

Bake in preheated 350 F oven for about 20 to 30 minutes until cheese melts and dish is thoroughly heated. Serves 6.

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Source: Peak of the Market

Sesame Asparagus 1 tbsp. sesame oil 1-1/2 c. sliced asparagus 1 tbsp. sesame seeds 1 tbsp. grated fresh ginger 1 tbsp. minced garlic 1 tbsp. minced shallot 1/2 c. bean sprouts 1/2 c. diced red bell pepper 2 tbsp. fresh lime juice (about 1 lime) 1 tbsp. soy sauce

Heat sesame oil in wok or skillet over high heat.

When hot, add asparagus, sesame seeds, ginger, garlic and shallot. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.

Add sprouts and bell pepper and cook 1 minute, stirring. Add lime juice and soy sauce, stir to coat, and serve immediately.

Source: www.asparagusrecipes.net

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Riding high on the pro circuit Shell Valley Ranch home to rodeo family

By Darrell Nesbitt Freelance contributor

Today, when time allows, they, along with their dad help with the Build a Cowboy program.

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or most of their young-adult lives the Larsen brothers — Tyrel, Orin and Kane — have been involved in one sport and one sport only — rodeo.

But they aren’t complaining. The heritage of the sport is close to the Inglis family’s heart and being involved in rodeo is looked at as being a great experience.

“Over the years, I look to my family as being key mentors in my life,” said Kane, the youngest of four children. “From my dad and brothers to other trail mates today, the help, words of encouragement and pats on the back have been great morale boosters.”

And in terms of the ride for 19-year-old Kane, it has all been about that elusive eight seconds, just as it is for his older brothers, Tyrel (23), who graduated from Oklahoma Panhandle State University with a business degree, and Orin (20), a 2010 graduate of welding and mechanics at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls.

Tyrel is now working on his master’s degree at South Western Oklahoma State University (SWOKSU). Living in Goodwell, Oklahoma as a virtual student, he rides broncs for SWOKSU. As a college athlete, Orin is competing in saddle bronc, bareback and bull riding, while their younger brother is now enrolled at Oklahoma Panhandle State University. Along with studies he is also riding bulls and broncs, focusing more on bull riding.

With all three Larsen broth-

Travis Derkach (l to r), is joined by fiancée Cassie, and her brothers Kane, Orin and Tyrel Larsen. COURTESY PHOTO

ers studying in the States thanks to rodeo scholarships, parents Kevin and Wanda, along with their daughter Cassie (25) — an excellent horsewoman in her own right — and her fiancé Travis Derkach of Russell couldn’t be prouder and happier for them.

Moving from the Hand Hills district south of Hanna, Alta. in June 1999, to Shell Valley, between Inglis and Roblin, the Larsen family settled into ranch life raising Angus and Angus-influenced cattle.

With the cowboy wisdom passed down and shared by their father, the western lifestyle is truly enriched on and off Shell Valley Ranch and Inn, located 16 kilometres from Inglis.

Achievements for the trio have been numerous over the years, including being amongst the rough stock contingent at the National High School Rodeo Finals and the Canadian High School Rodeo Finals, as well as competing at the Calgary Stampede, and yearend finals of the Manitoba Rodeo Cowboys Association and Canadian Cowboys Association.

Today, highlights shine from a college rodeo athlete perspective, along with competing on the world stage as a Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA) member. At time of writing, Tyrel was sitting within top 10 in saddle bronc and Orin was among the top

20 bareback riders. Kane is also on board as a PRCA athlete.

Accomplishments in rodeo come in the form of hardware — buckles and trophy saddles with awards of achievement and pictures of exceptional rides being proudly showcased.

Today, when time allows, they, along with their dad help with the Build a Cowboy program, geared towards drawing a new influx of cowboys to the Manitoba High School Rodeo Association.

“Not a lot of parents would let their kid get into the exciting but dangerous eight-second world of rodeo,” said Tyrel. “Dad used to do it and all of us boys wanted to try it out when we moved out east.”

Backed by a number of championships, from small-town Manitoba to the big-city Texas stage, the Larsen brothers are to be reckoned with as they continue to search for that one elusive ride while sharing the open road with family and friends.

Throughout the years, there has been nothing more uplifting for the Larsen family than honouring the cowboy lifestyle and the history it stands for.

Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, Manitoba

Regal geraniums These plants will put on a wonderful show of blooms

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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he regal or Martha Washington geranium has long been a popular pot plant for the early-spring market and you will see many of them on display in garden centres and retail shops around Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Easter. They produce a wondrous show of bloom — the individual florets of a regal geranium are much larger than those of other pelargoniums so the flower heads are quite striking. Some newer varieties are called pansy faced because the individual florets resemble pansies, even having the telltale pansy blotch on each petal.

While the regals have long been popular seasonal pot plants sold for special occasions in the spring, there is an increasing interest in growing these plants in our outdoor gardens. They do make a spectacular show, but there are some drawbacks. The most significant handicap to having Martha Washington geraniums in the outdoor garden is that they are not continuous bloomers like other bedding pelargoniums. They bloom for four to six weeks maximum and then they have to be coaxed back into bloom, which is not an easy process. However,

as they are generally grown as container plants, when they finish blooming in the outdoor garden they can easily be replaced with other container plants.

Getting a regal geranium to rebloom requires rigid manipulation of light, water and temperature. Bud initiation will occur only if night temperatures are quite cool and daytime temperatures are kept low as well. The plant also requires at least 14 hours of bright light to set bud — and the light must be intense — that is, the intensity of full sunlight.

Finally, water must be withheld so that only enough water is given to prevent wilting. It appears that the plants only initiate bloom when under stress and if treated too kindly — too much fertilizer, too much water, and warmer temperatures with shading from the sun, they will produce lots of vegetative growth but no bloom.

Of course, like other pelargoniums, the Martha Washingtons are not tolerant of frost and must be moved indoors if they are to be overwintered. Unless you have a cool sunroom or all-season greenhouse, you will have difficulty wintering a regal geranium. It will not be happy in the warm temperatures of the average house and there will not be enough light to encourage it to set bloom.

The blooms of many Martha Washington geraniums have attractive dark blotches on their petals and their sharply serrated leaves are different from the smooth-edged leaves of the common geranium. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

Luckily regal geraniums are available at very reasonable prices during the spring and so one can buy the plants with the idea that they will be discarded after they have finished blooming. If you received one for Easter, be sure to water it regularly. Watch for white fly pests, and ensure the pot does not sit in water. If you are prepared to create the specialized condi-

tions necessary to bring the plant into bloom again, then do so. Otherwise, this might be one plant that fits the “disposable plant” category, and will be relegated to the compost bin after it has finished blooming.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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Questions for Reena Useful tips from the queen of household solutions Reena Nerbas Household Solutions Dear Reena, I have taken on a new hobby — growing popcorn in my garden! What is the best way to store popcorn so that it stays fresh?

— Biannce Hi Biannce, Popcorn is a great treat year round. One of the advantages of growing it in your garden is that you can sample some of the many different types. Popcorn is also a healthy snack choice. Compared to beef it has about two-thirds as much protein, more iron and about the same amount of calcium. Plus, the hull provides roughage, similar to bran flakes.

Store popcorn in an airtight container in a cool, dry place such as the fridge or freezer. If stored properly, popcorn can be kept almost indefinitely.

Growing your own popcorn allows you to try many different types. ©THINKSTOCK

Hi Reena, On more than one occasion I have made a batch of homemade soup that ended up tasting a little too salty.

Typically, the entire contents of the pot end up being thrown out. Is there any way to save salty soup?

— Mavis Dear Mavis, The salty soup remedy depends on the type of soup that you are cooking. Add one or more of the following (whichever goes with your soup). Cream, milk, water, chicken stock, beef stock, tomato juice, tomatoes, brown sugar or potatoes. If you choose cream or milk, don’t let the soup return to a boil or the milk may curdle. If you use stock, make sure it is a low-salt version, or better yet, your own homemade, unsalted stock.

Dear Reena, We hired my niece to paint the basement steps while we were away on vacation. She did a great job on the steps but left the paintbrushes out, and they dried up. Is there any way to soften the bristles so that the brushes can be used once again?

— Robert Hi Robert, Dip the paintbrushes in turpentine oil and let them stand for 15 to 20 minutes.

Rub the brushes against a clean piece of cloth to test if the paint is coming off (immerse again if needed). Or bring a pan of white vinegar to a boil on your stove and allow your paintbrushes to simmer for five minutes, in an old pot no longer used for cooking. Remove from pan and wash in hot, soapy water. Other options are soaking paintbrushes in hair conditioner, paint thinner or linseed oil.

Enjoy a scented garden

Dear Reena, I change the water in my fishbowl every week and as I pour the water down the drain I can’t help but wonder if there is a use for fishbowl water. I read once that you can water your plants with it. Is that true?

— Garry Absolutely Garry, Use fishbowl water to feed your plants.

It will make them grow tall and green! Just one word of advice, be careful not to drop the fish into the plant soil when watering your plants (learned that the hard way).

TRIVIA: A town in Italy, Monza, has outlawed the use of fishbowls for keeping goldfish. This law went into effect the summer of 2004.

Dear Reena, I buy large jars of salsa and spaghetti sauce in order to save money. After awhile I often notice mould on the bottom of the lid. How should I store sauce jars to prevent this from happening?

— Lacey Dear Lacey, You are right; purchasing bulk foods typically saves consumers money unless half of it is thrown away. I store large jars of sauce in the fridge upside down. Doing this creates a tight seal between the sauce and the lid. Be sure to use sauces before the expiration date. Another option is to divide the sauce into portions and store in freezable containers in the freezer.

Dear Reena, I’ve had this problem for quite some time and it is a mystery. My husband and I do not share a bathroom and the problem is with his bathroom. Somehow the dark hand towels that he uses get lightcoloured, sometimes pinkish spots or

blotches on them. It’s not bleach as we use microfibre cloths and water to clean.

I’ve asked him not to wipe the sink with the towel in case the blotches come from his aftershave or something chemical like that.

Last week my brother was the only one using the bathroom for a week as he was our guest, and I put out new towels. The same thing happened. Do you think it has something to do with chemicals that men use in aftershave or shaving gel or something like that? I know this doesn’t happen in the washer, it happens in the bathroom. It’s a complete mystery to me.

Can you help?

— Lorraine Dear Lorraine, Before you spend one more second of your time wondering, compare your husband’s (and your brother’s) toothpaste with yours. My guess is that the toothpaste contains bleach and after each use he is wiping his face on the towel and permanently discolouring the fabric.

P.S. Great job using microfibre cloths to clean your home!

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Plan for and plant some species known for their aroma National Garden Bureau One of the many benefits to being in a garden is the heavenly aromas you encounter as you make your way down a garden path. The cause could be the winds gently nudging the viburnum branches or the oils of a scented geranium leaf being released by the brush of a sleeve. Or maybe it’s from the oh-so-Italian smell on your fingers after you pluck a few rosemary sprigs.

Instead of leaving these encounters to chance, why not specifically plant a scented garden that includes some of your favourites? Go to your local garden centre and make your way through the rows of plants by letting your nose be your guide.

Ask an employee and allow their expertise to broaden your choices. Before you know it, your garden can be filled with aromatic plants that will make your gardening experience all the sweeter!

A few to keep in mind are: • Annuals – heliotrope, nicotiana, petunia.

• Perennials — phlox, hyacinth, lily-of-the-valley.

• Shrubs — lilac, mock orange, rose.

• Vines — honeysuckle, sweet pea.

• Herbs — basil, rosemary.

When designing your scent garden: • Place the garden in an area that either gets frequent foot traffic or is next to a seating area so you and your visitors can enjoy it.

• A south-facing garden will not only allow a wider variety of plants, but the sun can release additional scents more so than a shaded area.

• Use an assortment of plants for seasonlong blooms and scents.

Founded in 1920, the National Garden Bureau is a non-profit organization.

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