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Seed early with caution Whether they survive or fail, these early seeding plots will provide some valuable data on seeding dates

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff /carman

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xtension agronomist Anastasia Kubinec wasn’t heeding her own advice to farmers the first week of April. She was seeding — but not because she’s banking on pulling in a bin-buster. Rather, she’s betting on a bust.

Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture and Rural Initiatives’ oilseed specialist, wants to demonstrate the risks of seeding too early, especially frost-sensitive plants such as canola.

But it’s risky. If canola sown in plots at the University of Manitoba Ian N. Morrison Research Farm, in early April does well, the project could have the opposite effect.

Either way, the results will be on display at this year’s Crop Diagnostic School.

“It’s a calculated risk,” she said in an interview April 5. And that’s just what farmers who seed early do too. Farmers have been calling Kubinec about seeding canola early and some have gone ahead.

“I don’t necessarily agree with what they’re doing,” she said.

“But this year is totally out of whack and who knows what’s going to happen?”

Yield limits

Earlier-seeded crops generally yield more than later-seeded ones. There is a limit, but given an early spring and the inability to see the future, it’s impossible to determine exactly when it hits.

A killing frost over the next five weeks is likely, according to Kubinec. Unlike wheat, the growing point for canola is above the MAFRI’s Anastasia Kubinec installs a temperature probe near early-seeded crop trials at Carman. photo: Laura Rance

See SEED EARLY on page 6 »

Cereal Research Centre axed It’s a big win for Morden and Brandon

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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griculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Cereal Research Centre will be shuttered within two years, but a senior department official says much of its work will continue.

Industry leaders are less confident in the wake of last week’s announcement to close the facility that earned Western Canada its breadbasket reputa-

tion as part of a five to 10 per cent cut in AAFC’s budget.

“What I’m not seeing is a vision for the future from a public agricultural research point of view going forward,” said Keystone Agricultural Producers president Doug Chorney. “I’m just seeing a reaction to a problem, not an explanation of what the vision is for the future and that’s a big concern to me.”

St e p h e n Mo r g a n Jo n e s , AAFC’s director general for sci-

ence partnerships, said infrastructure should not be confused with research priorities.

“I don’t think it’s a secret... the centre in Winnipeg is a facility that has probably gone 10 years past its useful life,” he said.

“There just wasn’t $150 million available to go out and rebuild or replace the structure in Winnipeg.”

Wheat breeding, genomics

“I don’t think it’s a secret... the centre in Winnipeg is a facility that has probably gone 10 years past its useful life.”

Stephen Morgan Jones

See CRC on page 6 »

PERCEPTION: Dissecting the pig industry’s image problem » PAGE 9

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

INSIDE

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

LIVESTOCK Manitoban at the helm

Making perfumes sans the whale barf

Martin Unrau new president of CCA

Ever wonder why perfume is so expensive?

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CROPS It’s a fighter Winter wheat can germinate in the spring too

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FEATURE

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Soil Conservation Week Young farm family from Manitoba are soil champs

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CROSSROADS Everyone benefits Local economic spinoffs from social enterprise

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Editorials Comments What’s Up Livestock Markets

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niversity of British Columbia researchers have identified a gene in balsam fir trees that could substitute for ambergris, a perfume fixative made from whale barf.

When sperm whales consume sharp objects, such as seashells and fish bones, their gut produces a sticky substance to protect their digestive organs.

They then regurgitate the mixture — much like cats throwing up fur balls — and the vomit, reacting with seawater, turns into rock-like objects that wash ashore.

These are collected and refined for their fixative properties. Called ambergris, the scented compound is added to high-end perfumes to help the fragrance stay on the skin longer.

The discovery was led by Prof. Joerg Bohlmann and post-doctoral research associate Philipp Zerbe at UBC’s Michael Smith Laboratories.

Details are published in the April 6 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

“The use of ambergris in the fragrance industry has been controversial,” says Bohlmann, who is a professor of botany and forest sciences. “First of all, it’s an ani-

mal byproduct and the use of such in cosmetics has been problematic, not to mention it comes from the sperm whale, an endangered species.”

Even though much of the ambergris approved for use today is manually collected along the shorelines of known sperm whale habitats in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and in the Caribbean, it is still costly. “ We’ve now discovered that a gene from balsam fir is much more efficient at producing such natural compounds, which could make production of this bioproduct less expensive and more sustainable,” says Bohlmann.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

The Dig In Challenge is seeking 500 families in Manitoba to spend the next five months learning how to source locally grown food and learning new foods skills.

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Manitobans challenged to DIG IN Initiative of Food Matters Manitoba challenges Manitobans to spend $10 a week of their grocery money on a local food purchase

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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n urban-based food issues think-tank is challenging Manitobans to make this the year they start buying more local food and connecting with the people who grow it.

The Dig In Challenge is a five-month initiative of Food Matters Manitoba, being launched in May asking 500 families to commit a portion of their food budget sourcing locally produced food.

Their challenge also aims to open up an ongoing dialogue between urbanites and farmers, while teaching gardening, cooking, and food preservation skills as a means of encouraging lasting lifestyle changes related to food, said Sagan Morrow, Dig In Challenge co-ordinator with FMM. A series of about 40 workshops are also planned to give people a chance to learn some of the skills they need

to change their eating habits, said Morrow.

“Ultimately we just want people to make lifestyle changes towards eating local food,” she said. This isn’t another 100-mile diet project, or push to get people making drastic changes in their lifestyle, she stressed.

“We’re asking people to make small changes that they’ll keep their whole lives,” she said.

Food goals

They already have about 25 per cent of their 500-family goal reached, she added.

The focus of Dig In is a website where participants can sign on and make their pledge. It’s also a great resource to find and share recipes, learn more about cooking from scratch and share “kitchen wisdom” on matters like dealing with kids who are fussy eaters, said Morrow.

They’ve also created a special link on the site where farmers can post their profile,

describing what they produce while making themselves available to those who might want to learn more about their type of farm, or, if available, buy any foodstuffs the farm is direct selling.

That’s where people without links to farmers can “dig in” to what it means to connect with agriculture, by talking directly with farmers, said Morrow.

“Our main goal is to really promote healthy, local, sustainable and fair food in the province and to connect consumers with farmers and to really build community for people to share knowledge,” she said.

Dig In’s workshops will cover topics such as gardening, composting, cooking, canning and preserving — making opportunities to swap tips and learn skills that aren’t accessible to those without connections to those who still have them. An earlyMay workshop, for example will have people digging into gardening with a “Gardening

101” workshop hosted by the Manitoba Master Gardeners Association.

Another hosted by Mennonite Central Committee takes a “make Manitoba delicious” approach by offering tips and help with canning and preserving. Fruit Share, a voluntary Winnipeg-based organization, will host another workshop showing people how to identify local fruits, learn about their nutritional value and find out how to optimize use of the abundant apples and other fruits growing in backyards.

“Our main goal is to really promote healthy, local, sustainable and fair food in the province and to connect consumers with farmers and to really build community for people to share knowledge.”

Workshops

Sagan Morrow

Food label reading, composting and reducing food waste are other workshop topics.

They’ll be creating webcasts of workshops to posting online as a lasting resource, said Morrow.

“We want to make this accessible and successful for as many people as possible,” she said.

Dig In Challenge will continue each growing season

Dig In Challenge co-ordinator

over the next four years and is being supported by Food Matters Manitoba partner organizations.

More information about the campaign, including all the workshops is found at www.

DigInManitoba.ca/challenge. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

OPINION/EDITORIAL

What’s the message here?

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ccording to Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, ending the wheat board monopoly will mean “the sky will be the limit” for wheat, prompting farmers to plant more acres.

That presumably means a need for more and better varieties, so you might expect that the government would back up its claim by continuing support for public research, which is so far the main source of John Morriss new wheat and barley varieties.

Editorial Director Apparently not. Last week we learned that Agriculture Canada’s Cereal Research Centre in Winnipeg would be closed. The initial impression was that this would not affect programs, since the positions were being transferred to Brandon and Morden. It now appears otherwise — 41 out of about 100 positions in Winnipeg are being eliminated. That clearly means a reduction in the wheat-breeding program.

Even if that were not the case, shutting down the CRC in Winnipeg raises concerns. There’s no question that the facilities are old and need renovation or replacement, and perhaps the work could be done elsewhere. On the other hand, it’s a cruel blow to an institution with such a remarkable history of success in breeding new wheat varieties. That includes its early history when it was known as “The Rust Lab,” producing varieties which saved Prairie agriculture from the devastating rust scourges of the 1940s and 1950s. What better location to put new emphasis on fighting new threats, especially the emerging one of the devastating Ug99 rust strain?

The decision puts an end to an Agriculture Canada proposal for a cereals Centre of Excellence in Winnipeg, housing the breeding program, Canadian Grain Commission, Cigi, the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre, University of Manitoba and the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods.

In November when Minister Ritz was promoting changes to the CWB, he said they would “Create new opportunities for (the) Manitoba wheat and barley industry.”

Let’s hope so. Winnipeg now sees more than 300 jobs lost at the Canadian Wheat Board, 100 disappearing or moving from the CRC and the prospect of deep cuts at the Canadian Grain Commission. This follows transfer of many of the AAFC income-stability program positions in Winnipeg to Regina.

Is there some kind of political message here?

Spare a thought

With some exceptions such as farmers who were badly flooded last year, it must be said that at the moment, times in agriculture are not too bad. Those good times are well deserved after some difficult periods when farmers had to turn to government for support.

It will be recalled that during those periods, one of the justifications for asking for help was that it didn’t just benefit farmers — it supported the spinoff benefits to others with jobs related to agriculture.

If during those periods farmers were giving some thought to those whose jobs depended on them, they should now give some thought to those who are either losing some of those same jobs, such as those mentioned earlier. Farmers are not the only ones subject to the whims of the economy, changes in regulation or bad management.

Whatever the reason, it’s become a familiar experience for many in today’s economy. One day, you’re called into a room and handed an envelope. If you’re lucky, you’re given a couple of weeks’ notice and a chance to clean up your cubicle and say goodbye to your colleagues. If you’re not, you are escorted out the door and a box of your stuff is delivered by courier a couple of days later.

You then get to go home and break the news to your family, meanwhile worrying about how you will pay a mortgage, car loan and your kids’ tuition. If you’ve been employed for a few years, you may have a severance package to keep you going for a while. On the other hand, that means you’re in your 50s, looking for a new career in a tight job market, competing with young people who expect a lower salary, and are better looking.

Being transferred isn’t much easier. It isn’t the 1950s anymore, when Dad was the sole breadwinner and he simply accepted the transfer and packed Mom and the kids into the station wagon.

Today there are few one-earner households, and Mom is often the one with a higher salary. Finding an equivalent job for a spouse might not be easy in another community, especially smaller ones such as Morden or Brandon, where some of the AAFC positions are being moved.

Some farmers are all too quick to dismiss these employees as “bureaucrats” making an easy living at their expense. In most cases they’re hard-working individuals dedicated to organizations and the farmers they serve, and many are from farms themselves.

Circumstances change, and no one can expect a guaranteed job for life. But they can expect thanks, and some appreciation of the difficulties they face in finding a new source of income for themselves and their families. john.morriss@fbcpublishing.com

Bigger and bigger and …

By Alan Guebert

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wo years ago March 12, trumpets blasted in Ankeny, Iowa, as America’s new gladiators for agricultural justice — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr., his antitrust chief Christine Varney, U.S. Department of Agriculture boss Tom Vilsack and hundreds of farmers — gathered for a day-long discussion on “competitive dynamics of the seed industry; trends in contracting issues, marketplace transparency and buyer power; and agriculture enforcement and co-operation at the federal and state levels.”

This first-of-its-kind hearing was the start of a year-long, five-meeting examination into what many farmers and ranchers considered was the growing dysfunction of agricultural markets.

Many farmers and ranchers believe markets for inputs like seed and fertilizer have so few players that competition is non-existent. Livestock producers, especially cattle and poultry growers, have long complained about paper-thin, contract-driven slaughter markets dominated by vertically integrated meat packers.

Two years hence, however, nothing — not one major regulatory or ag antitrust case — has been brought. In fact, there’s been more backing up than moving forward.

• USDA’s efforts to strengthen rules and increase market transparency over meat packers — showcased by its politically charged, 18-month battle to update the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) — has been a well-documented bust.

• And, in a show of pure political power, meat packers and “their lackeys,” as Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley calls them, have lobbied Congress to drop all livestock market concentration provisions in the rewrite of the 2008 Farm Bill.

Why not? DOJ’s Antitrust Division, with its comparatively puny $160-million budget, 360

attorneys and 55 economists, is easily outgunned by global ag players.

Ag concentration expert C. Robert Taylor, the Alfa Eminent Scholar and professor of ag economics at Auburn University, gave presentations to USDA, DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission on the size and scope of global fertilizer cartels. Each, he recalls, led to lengthy discussions.

“But when it came time to talk about what to do,” recalls Taylor, “most said that if they proceeded to investigate they’d get a phone call from Capitol Hill in 10 minutes telling them their agency’s budget was being slashed.”

That pressure continues to ensure the big will get bigger. Proof arrived March 20, when Viterra Inc., a $12-billion grain merchandiser that handles 45 per cent of all Western Canada grain, announced it was selling itself to Glencore International, a $186-billion global giant.

As part of the deal, Viterra will sell its agri-products division to Agrium, Inc., a $15.5-billion-peryear company that labels itself “the largest global provider of agricultural crop input products and services.”

Reuters news service viewed the Viterra deal as the opening salvo in “a second wave of consolidation” for new agbiz players like Noble ($57 billion in 2010 sales) and Wilmar International ($44 billion in 2011 sales) to challenge the old “ABCD” lions — Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge, Cargill and Dreyfus — in world food markets.

Some fight. Three of ABCDs (Dreyfus, a private firm, doesn’t report sales) posted $146 billion in collective revenue last year.

Or about $120 billion more than the entire budget of the U.S. Justice Department.

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

OUR HISTORY: April 19, 1962 Our April 26, 1962 issue reported on ice jams and flash floods in southern and western Manitoba, conditions in stark contrast to the news item below, which was on slow pasture recovery following the drought of 1961, the driest year on record in Western Canada. Accordingly, another story reported that on-farm grain stocks were the lowest since the 1930s.

Editor Q.H. Martinson warned that European brome and fescue seed buyers had become insistent on couchfree seed, and said that those with infested fields should “give up all hopes for the future and abandon the couchinfested fields for the purpose of seed production.”

Martinson also noted the increasing popularity of both rapeseed and mustard, but that due to the possibility of cross-contamination, “every effort should be made to grow these respective crops in widely separated areas.”

Another story reported on the bankruptcy of Brandon Packers, which would later be purchased by Manitoba Pool and operated (unsuccessfully after a few years) as Pool Packers.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Pink An object lesson slime for the meat industry? by daryll ray

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ith a long-term decline in per capita consumption — 94 pounds per capita in 1976 to 60 pounds per capita in 2009 — the last thing that U.S. cattle producers need is the current controversy over “pink slime.” And with the controversy in full swing, they certainly don’t need industry and political leaders fighting the wrong battles (science, safety, and attacking the critics).

Pink slime is the moniker given to “lean finely textured beef” (LFTB), not by current critics of the product, but by a USDA microbiologist in 2002 as it was being debated whether or not the USDA should require LFTB to be labelled an additive in ground beef.

(Editor’s note: Treating beef with ammonia is considered an additive by Health Canada, and as such, products having undergone the process cannot be sold in Canada without federal approval. As of today, no such applications have been made.)

In the process of breaking the beef carcass down into the various cuts, fat is trimmed away. As anyone who has trimmed a piece of meat they have brought home from the grocery store knows, some, if not most, of that trim contains strands of meat. While for the average homeowner, it is not worth it to try to recover the meat encased in the fat, for meat packers who handle hundreds of thousands of pounds of beef, those muscle strands, often up to 50 per cent lean, add up to a lot of potentially wasted protein.

Process

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To recover that protein, the packers developed a process using mild heat and a centrifuge to separate the protein from the surrounding fat, resulting in a very lean and finely textured product — LFTB. Because the trimmings come from a large number of pieces of meat it is imperative that the LFTB be treated in some way to ensure that all potentially harmful bacteria are killed. With irradiation effectively off the table, packers are left with chemical treatments like ammonium hydroxide and citric acid.

Because the LFTB is very lean, it is added to ground beef to raise the protein level of the final product that otherwise would require the use of leaner, more expensive cuts of meat.

We have purchased 80 per cent lean ground beef in five-pound plastic sleeves that obviously have had LFTB added. Cut the sleeve open to take the meat out and the presence of a fine-textured pink product is obvious. The term pink slime is accurate.

The advantage: it costs significantly less than the ribbons of 80 per cent lean ground beef in the foam tray in the adjacent display case.

Once the recent controversy began, USDA and industry officials defended LFTB with arguments like “beef is beef” and thus it need not be listed on the label. They also asserted that ammonium hydroxide is a processing aid, not an additive, and does not become a “significant” part of the ground beef, thus it does not need to be listed as an additive. In engaging in arguments like that they effectively shoot themselves (and all cattle producers) in the foot.

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The beef product known as pink slime or lean finely textured beef is displayed on a tray during a tour March 29, 2012, of the Beef Products Inc.’s plant in South Sioux City, Nebraska, where the product is made. REUTERS/Nati Harnik

Ick factor

The concern being voiced is not primarily about these issues. It is the “ick factor” and the fact that consumers cannot determine which products contain pink slime and which do not. The result is falling demand for all hamburger as consumers switch to other meat products, at least temporarily.

Many of the consumers who have raised concern about the presence of pink slime in hamburger still purchase hotdogs and sausage, and “who wants to know how they are produced?” The difference is their labels contain a list of ingredients including things like potassium lactate, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, and sodium nitrate.

In addition, hotdogs are produced in a dizzying number of varieties including “all beef,” “turkey” and “chicken,” and the traditional mixture that produces those yummy “dogs” that we ate as kids. In each case, the consumer can read the label and make a choice about the product they want to buy.

If people will buy hotdogs that contain small amounts of sodium nitrate — a component in some fertilizers as well as fireworks — what is the problem with listing centrifuge-extracted finely textured beef, that has been treated with ammonium hydroxide to kill any bacteria, to the ground beef label? Will people expect the same for other products? Probably, well really, certainly. But what is the problem with that?

Transparency

One of the principles of economics is symmetry of information between the buyer and the seller. In this case, it seems, the lack of symmetry and the unwillingness of the industry to provide symmetry has come back to haunt the markets that are so important to cattle producers.

Ban ATVs on WMA lands “ATV enthusiasts” seeking to “defend public access to public land,” assert a right to use the Mars Hill Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and all Crown lands as playgrounds, but those rights don’t exist in law.

WMAs are protected areas.

Manitoba Conservation states, “Wildlife Management Areas exist for the benefit of wildlife and for the enjoyment of people. They play an important role in biodiversity conservation and provide for a variety of wildlife-related forms of recreation.”

ATV use in Mars Hill is contrary to biodiversity and conservation. ATVs tear up the ground, harm plants, dam-

In engaging in arguments like that they effectively shoot themselves (and all cattle producers) in the foot.

The beyond-the-farm-gate portion of the meat industry, along with its organizations and advocates, has engaged in a long-standing fight against labelling meat. That stance has become counterproductive. It appears to us that by fighting labelling, symmetry of information, and defending questionable production practices, the advocates of “industrial agriculture” have accelerated consumers’ movement toward organics and vegetarianism, both of which “Big Ag” seems to loathe. With organics, consumers feel they have a better handle on what is in the food they eat.

The “take home” message for the industry is that, in an age of web crawlers, search engines, and YouTube videos that can become viral, any attempt to provide less than full transparency will eventually result in a full-blown media circus, to the producer’s detriment.

Full disclosure is the safest way to go — and it improves the level of information the consumer can use in making a choice of which products to purchase.

Daryll E. Ray holds the Blasingame Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Policy, Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, and is the director of UT’s Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC). Harwood D. Schaffer is a research assistant professor at APAC. (865) 974-7407; Fax: (865) 974-7298; dray@utk.edu and hdschaffer@utk.edu; http://www.agpolicy.org.

age aquatic habitat, disrupt wildlife, interfere with and drive away other users like hikers, horseback riders, cyclists, researchers, and birdwatchers.

They claim they’re willing to share the land but no one wants to go on it while they’re driving over it at top speed.

I keep recreational ATV users off my farm because I know how much damage they cause. ATVs can be a useful farm tool, but are destructive when used for fun.

The Manitoba Public Access Land Group is concerned about a precedent being set for all Crown lands if ATV recreation is restricted or banned in Mars Hill. If they get their way, what’s next? A right of access to, or designated trails on, Crown grazing

lands so cattle can be terrorized by joyriders?

Recreational ATV use on public lands must be banned. Conservation has to stop taking “a balanced approach,” recognize ATV activity is incompatible with other uses, destroying Crown lands, and enact specific laws to deal with the problem.

The ATV lobby should stop looking for a “free ride” at the expense of other benign users, farmers and protected areas. ATV’ers should use their own private land to play on (and ruin) and leave public places alone.

Ruth Pryzner Alexander, Man.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

FROM PAGE ONE SEED EARLY Continued from page 1

CRC Continued from page 1

Some farmers aren’t obeying the calendar when it comes to seeding.

While seeding operations aren’t widespread as yet, equipment is on the move. photo: Linda Van Deynze

soil surface. A new canola crop with exposed cotyledons will die after four hours of below-zero temperatures, Kubinec said.

“Prolonged cold periods are what we don’t want,” she said. “If it’s below zero for half an hour you’ll probably lose a few leaves but not the growing point. But if it gets down there for two hours, four hours, six hours yeah, you’re toast.”

Kubinec recommends sowing canola after the soil temperature is at least 5 C throughout the day and within 10 days of when the last average frost usually occurs. For much of Manitoba that’s the first week of May. But this is Manitoba. There are no guarantees when it comes to spring frost. Many canola fields were damaged or destroyed by frost June 9, 2009. That year crops sown in early June were still susceptible.

The soil temperature was 2 C the morning of April 5 and would likely reach 5 C or 6 C, but for only a few hours, Kubinec said.

“It’s still pretty cool.”

Delayed emergence

Cool soils can delay crop emergence, resulting in uneven stands and weak plants.

“Your flea beetle protection (on treated canola seed) is only from three weeks to four weeks and then it wears off and if your canola isn’t big enough the flea beetles are going to chow down,” Kubinec said. “And there are flea beetles out already.”

The high cost of canola seed also raises the ante when considering early seeding. And if it’s a new variety, supplies could be tight or unavailable to the farmer who has to reseed.

While there are deadlines on how late farmers can seed and qualify for crop insurance there are no rules about how early farmers can seed, said David Van Deynze, the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s (MASC) manager of claim services.

“If it’s below zero for half an hour you’ll probably lose a few (canola) leaves but not the growing point. But if it gets down there for two hours, four hours, six hours yeah, you’re toast.”

Anastasia Kubinec

“We try not to dictate producers’ management practices,” he said. “If they believe it to be the right thing to do on their farm that’s up to them.”

However, when assessing claims MASC considers whether the farmer followed accepted practices. Wheat is relatively hardy and tolerates spring frost better than most crops. Canola is susceptible and soybeans more so. Therefore, a claim on wheat sown early in April probably would be approved, but one on soybeans would be closely scrutinized, Van Deynze said.

“Again, we don’t have a rule that says you can’t sow soybeans now but if you do and have a claim I’m sure the corporation would look at that situation very hard and try to evaluate whether that was the prudent thing to do,” he said.

As of early April there had been some seeding, but not a lot, Van Deynze said. There were lots of questions about early seeding in March with the snow gone and record-breaking warm temperatures.

“In many places farmers could’ve been seeding in March (because it was physically possible) and that would’ve made a guy like me very nervous,” he said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

and disease resistance, including work on Ug99, a virulent wheat rust, will continue at AAFC’s Morden facility, he said. Oat breeding and the rest of the centre’s plant pathology research will move to AAFC’s Brandon Research Centre.

Morgan Jones said AAFC will focus on germplasm development, and selling new wheat lines to private companies before the commercialization stage. “ We believe there is an opportunity for the private sector... to run that type of work probably more cost effectively than we can and then we can really put our emphasis on making more crosses and doing what we call the public good stuff like keeping rust resistance genes available in our varieties so there is long-term protection in the industry,” he said.

“I think the fact that we haven’t had a serious outbreak of rust for over 50 years in Western Canada is a tribute to our investment in upstream plant disease work has been effective.”

Other cuts

The CRC is the only one of AAFC’s 19 centres being axed.

But seven of the 36 research farms across the country will also close.

The Agri-Environment Services Branch’s (formerly known as PFRA) Community Pasture Program is winding down. The Farm Income P r o g r a m s D i r e c t o r a t e ’s Manitoba staff will be cut to six, from 16, according to, Jeffrey Vallis, a spokesman for the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSCA). There are also cuts to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and to co-op supports. (See sidebars) The research centre started as the Dominion Rust Research Laboratory in 1925 at the University of Manitoba. Over the decades it has contributed billions of dollars to Canada’s economy and farm income.

The centre’s demise doesn’t bode well for the proposed Cereal Centre of Excellence,

which was to combine the Cereal Research Centre, the Canadian Grain Commission’s Grain Research Laboratory, the Canadian International Grains Institute and Canadian Malt Barley Technical Centre into a new $150- to $300-million facility.

Neither Morgan Jones nor AAFC’s media liaison, would re ve a l h ow m a n y p e o p l e are employed at the Cereal Research Station, never mind how many jobs will be cut or transferred.

According to Richard Phillips, executive director of the Grain Growers of Canada, who was briefed last week by AAFC officials, 41 positions will be cut, including four research scientists.

One research centre employee said three research biologists will go.

AAFC’s website, last updated in 2007, says the centre has 230 people, including those at Morden. There are 29 research scientists, including four in Morden.

According to several sources 51 or 57 positions will move to Morden and six to Brandon.

Difficult week

AAFC will sell its land at Glenlea and buy more land near Morden for plots, a source said.

“It’s been a difficult week, but people have been pretty professional,” one employee said requesting anonymity. Staff have orders not to speak to reporters.

The 97-year-old Morden Research Centre, which opened its new $14.6-million facility in 1989, is currently underutilized, Morgan Jones said.

“It was built for approximately 16 to 18 scientists and... we only have about three scientists at that location,” he said.

“We would need to make a few changes at Morden for it to be able to accommodate the move.... We anticipate the centre can handle between 80 and 100 people.”

However, according to a source the Morden facility lacks sufficient office and workspace,

Winnipeg’s Cereal Research Centre is the only one of 19 federal centres to close.

“What I’m not seeing is a vision for the future from a public agricultural research point of view going forward.” doug chorney

greenhouses and phytotron facilities.

Morden Mayor Ken Wiebe and Brandon’s Shari Decter Hirst said they are overjoyed with the prospect of new, highpaying jobs coming to their communities.

The Grain Growers of Canada supports that approach, but is disappointed Ottawa is cutting research positions, Phillips said. As well, there is no indication that savings from scrapping the old facility will be reinvested in research, he said.

The Grain Growers also oppose AAFC’s decision to cut a Saskatoon-based researcher specializing in sprayer technology. Farmers spray more now because of reduced tillage. They need access to independent information, he said.

The centre will complete its contracts with groups like the foundation before closing, Morgan Jones said.

Kane farmer Bill Toews, a former WGRF director, said he fears Ottawa’s support for research is waning. Publicly funded research is not trade distorting and boosts farmers’ profits. Cutting it could trigger more income support program spending, he said.

“It’s like not fixing the roads but paying truckers to replace broken axles,” Toews said.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz defends the cuts, saying they will lead to long-term prosperity.

Ottawa contributes 75 per cent of the funds invested in Canadian research. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Community pasture program to wind down Responsibility for the pastures will revert to owners

By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

O

ttawa is getting out of the community pasture business and streamlining Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada by rolling the AgriEnvironment Services Branch, formerly known as PFRA, into the new Science and Technology Branch.

Details were still trickling out last week, but according to Cam Dahl, general manager of the Manitoba Beef Producers, cattle farmers will still have access to community pastures this spring.

“We don’t know all of the details yet,” he said in an interview April 13. “It’s my under-

“We want to make sure this land stays in agriculture use and that the producers who were using it still have access to it in some form.”

CAM DAHL

standing it will be a five- to sixyear transition period. The land will go back to who owned it.”

In Manitoba, the province owns most community pastures but some of the land is municipal.

It’s not known if the province or others will take on the job of running the pastures for cattle producers who drop herds off to graze starting in May and pick them up in the fall.

Three years

The Agri-Environment Services Branch, operates 85 pastures in Western Canada totalling 930,000 acres. According to the government website there are 24 in Manitoba, 61 in Saskatchewan and two in Alberta.

Over the next three years, 10 community pastures in Manitoba will close with all 21 to be shut down by 2018, according to Public Service Alliance of Canada spokesman Jeffrey Vallis.

“We’ll have to talk to the producers who use the pastures,” about their future, Dahl said.

“We want to make sure this land stays in agriculture use and that the producers who were using it still have access to it in some form. That’s going to take some consultation and some time.”

An AFFC official said the following seven Agri-Environment Services Branch field locations will close in the next 12 to 18 months: Dawson Creek, B.C., Medicine Hat, Alta., Vegreville, Alta., Hanna, Alta., Gravelbourg, Sask., Rosetown, Sask., and Moose Jaw, Sask.

Meanwhile, the Canadian Co - o p e ra t i v e A s s o c i a t i o n says Ottawa is dropping its Co-operative Development Initiative (CDI), a program that’s backed new and emerging cooperatives since 2003.

Shelterbelts

“We view this as a lack of recognition of the importance of co-operatives in job creation and economic growth in this country,” Brigitte Gagne, executive director of the Conseil canadien de la cooperation et de la mutualite, said in the association’s release.

“Farmers and the industry will benefit from this change, which will simplify the application process and reduce paperwork and other redundancies, while reducing costs.” allan@fbcpublishing.com with files from Dave Bedard

Ottawa is also closing its shelterbelt tree nursery at Indian Head, which has operated since 1901. Local officials hope it will be privatized.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz justified the cuts saying farmers don’t farm now like they did 100 years ago.

“And it’s time to take a long, hard look and refocus the energies and dollars of Agriculture Canada... and what way best builds the future for today’s producers,’’ Ritz was quoted as saying by the Canadian Press.

AAFC’s Rural and Co-operatives Secretariat, which administers programs related to cooperatives, will be significantly reduced in size.

AAFC closing seven smaller research sites Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says it will close the following research farms, most of which have much infrastructure over the next 12 to 18 months: Bouctouche, N.B., Frelighsburg, Que., Lévis (Chapais), Que., Delhi, Ont., Kapuskasing, Ont., Regina, Sask., Fort Vermilion, Alta.

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April 18-21: 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.

May 24-25: University of Manitoba Transport Institute's Supply Chain Connections conference: "The Mid-Continent Cold Chain," Winnipeg. For more info or to register visit www.umti.ca.

June 5-7: International Symposium on Beef Cattle Welfare, Delta Bessborough, 601 Spadina Cres. E., Saskatoon. For more info call 306-955-4868 or visit www.beefwelfare2012.ca.

June 26: Western Beef Development Centre field day, Termuende Research Ranch, Lanigan, Sask. For more info visit www.wbdc.sk.ca or call 1-800567-7264.

July 24-26: Great Plains Windbreak Renovation and Innovation Conference, International Peace Garden south of Boissevain. For more info visit http://www.unl.edu/nac/renova tion.htm, call 402-437-5178 (ext.

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Oct. 23-24: International Wolf and Carnivore Conference, Riverlodge Place, Thompson. For more info visit www.thompsonspiritway.ca.

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news

ICE set to introduce five new U.S. grain and oilseed contracts

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commodity news service canada

ICE Futures US intends to begin offering five new U.S. grain and oilseed contracts, pending review by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

The contracts include U.S. corn, wheat, soybeans, soybean meal and soybean oil, IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) announced. Futures contracts are slated to be available on May 14, with options available May 15.

“These contracts round out ICE’s U.S. and Canadian agricultural products,” said Ben Jackson, COO of ICE Futures US. The contracts will be listed on ICE Futures US, which features sub-millisecond execution speeds, and cleared at ICE Clear US. The contracts will be cash settled with daily settlement based on the CBOT settlement price.

The contracts will join ICE’s current slate of agricultural futures and options contracts, including sugar, cotton, coffee, cocoa, orange juice, Canadian wheat, barley and canola. Through ICE Futures Europe the company also accounts for half of the world’s crude and refined oil trade.

Some traders say new ICE contracts may face challenges luring activity away from the CME Group’s well-established Chicago Board of Trade.

Cargill earnings bounce back

By Christine Stebbins reuters

U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. reported a rebound in earnings after its worst quarter in a decade, led by record profits in its global food ingredient businesses and stronger results in energy trading.

Minneapolis-based Cargill, one of the world’s largest privately held corporations, reported $766 million in earnings from continuing operations for the fiscal third quarter ended Feb. 29, just ahead of $763 million a year earlier.

Revenue rose five per cent to $31.9 billion.

Third-quarter results represent a bounce back after Cargill’s second quarter profits fell 88 per cent to $100 million — the worst quarterly performance since 2001, as earnings were hurt by investments made in equity markets and by distressed assets amid the European debt crisis.

Cargill, which operates in 65 countries, is a leading U.S. grain exporter, food processor, energy trader and biofuels producer. If Cargill were a publicly listed company, its 2011 sales of $119.5 billion would have ranked No. 13 on the Fortune 500 list of largest U.S. companies.

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Three tax changes could boost agriculture The CFA wants more flexible rules for tax-free farm transfers within families

By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor / ottawa

T

he CFA is lobbying for changes to three federal income tax rules and the Agri-Invest program it says would attract badly needed investment and young people into farming, while encouraging small operations to grow.

Garnet Etsell, a member of the Tax Working Group of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture said in an interview the group is gathering data and honing its presentation for federal politicians.

The three provisions the association is targeting for change in The Income Tax Act are Section 31, which covers restricted farm losses, Section 55 (2) on deemed proceeds and Section 84.1 (1) on non-arm’s length share of sales.

The group is focusing on the first two for now, said Etsell, a B.C. farmer and former CFA vicepresident.

Section 31 was a hot political issue a couple of decades ago when the $5,000 limit on farm loss writeoffs against off-farm income was raised to $8,000 after a lot of lobbying. Etsell says the current limit “is hardly meaningful in light of land and equipment prices today. The limit adds to the obstacles facing someone who wants to get into farming, but doesn’t have

a farm to inherit or come from a large farm family.”

Etsell says the group isn’t opposed to Section 31, but wants to see restricted loss set at a more realistic level “because we really need to bring people into agriculture and get new blood in our industry.”

risk management tool particularly during severe and protracted commodity price declines and restricts potential investment into rural economies.”

The deemed proceeds provision in Section 55 (2) “generally allows for the tax-free roll of farming assets between family members

“For farmers, it will allow leveraged dollars to be available for investment in their own operations or the sector that has difficulty raising capital investment funds to invest in innovation.”

Garnet Etsell CFA

New blood

The restricted loss provision is intended to keep rich people from writing off the cost of operating a hobby farm, but it also works against men and women who want to build up a commercial operation while holding outside jobs. It could also inhibit efforts to develop small farms geared to participating in the local food movement.

A backgrounder developed by the working group says the current level of Section 31 “inadvertently creates a barrier for new entrants who depend upon offfarm income in starting up their operations, risks hindering use of off-farm income as a business

(father to son, parent to offspring, including daughters-in-law and sons-in-law). Unfortunately it does not allow for the tax-free transfer between siblings. This is becoming an issue in the continuance of family farming operations beyond two generations. What is needed is the ability for siblings to be able to transfer between themselves or their nephews and nieces, to facilitate the continuance of family farms beyond the second generation.”

The children of a farmer may not wish to be in the business, but a niece or nephew may want to take over the operation, Etsell says.

However, the provision forces the farmer to treat relatives like stran-

gers. This only pushes more farms into the hands of investors instead of farmers.

Denies tax benefits

The provision on non-arm’s length sale of shares “effectively denies the full income tax benefits of accessing the capital gains exemption when the sale of shares occurs between family members.

The general intent of Parliament was to facilitate the tax-free intergenerational transfer of the family farm. Both parties to the transaction need to receive the full benefit in order to have enough funds to properly retire, and to receive access to all of the funds resulting from the transaction.

“With an aging farm population, and with an increasing number of operations being incorporated, this section needs to be reviewed with respect to family farm corporations,” Etsell points out.

The CFA annual meeting unanimously supported a proposal to clarify provisions in the AgriInvest program in light of government questioning about its effectiveness and efficiency because it has built up a surplus of $1.2 billion.

Strategic investments

Etsell noted that producer AgriInvest accounts consist of two funds. “Fund 1 is the farmer’s after-tax contribution, and Fund

2 is the government’s matching pre-tax contribution. There are no triggers or restriction as to when the funds are withdrawn or what they are used for. The only stipulation is that the Fund 2 must be drawn down first before Fund 1 is accessed. The result is that when used for income stabilization, the Fund 2 withdrawal is not likely to attract any tax. If used for any other purpose, and if the operation is in a taxable position, then Fund 2 withdrawals will attract tax.”

CFA wants the government to waive taxes on Fund 2 withdrawals used for strategic investments because there would be benefits for farmers, the agricultural industry, and governments, he noted.

“For farmers, it will allow leveraged dollars to be available for investment in their own operations or the sector that has difficulty raising capital investment funds to invest in innovation.

Innovation has been identified as being key to improving our competitiveness. For the agriculture industry it would create a source of much needed capital. For government, it will reduce some of the pressure created from frequent calls for government investment in various areas, it will stimulate investment in innovation, and may provide a solution to the risk of the possible underutilization of the Agri-Invest program.”

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Pork producers explore ways to improve their public image The pork industry feels unfairly maligned by special interest science

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

P

ork producers want to “be part of the solution” but speakers at the Manitoba Pork Council’s annual meeting recently had trouble spelling out the problem.

“My personal opinion... is that you do have a target on you. If there has ever been an industry targeted in Manitoba, i t ’s t h e p o r k i n d u s t r y,” Graham Starmer, president of the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce told producers.

Starmer wondered if the moratorium was based on public perception, poor science or a political agenda as he moderated a discussion on how to improve public perceptions.

Last spring, the Save Lake Winnipeg Act passed the Manitoba legislature unanimously, expanding the province’s moratorium on new hog barn construction. It also left some people believing the industry had been unfairly maligned.

“You often hear the comment that decisions have to be science based, and I don’t disagree with that, but at the same time science isn’t always enough,” said Curtis Brown, a former journalist who now works with Probe Research.

He has worked with the pork

council on issues of public opinion, and said public perceptions are often more enduring than scientific facts.

Perception problems are compounded when average Manitobans are unfamiliar with the sector. “It’s one of the areas where it’s difficult to get your message across,” Brown said.

While some at the meeting pointed the finger at government policies, others suggested public opinion is the root cause of the current restr ictions producers are facing.

“We see government in an adversarial role, but government is a reflection of what the population wants,” said Doug Chorney, president of Keystone Agricultural Producers.

The key to changing government policy is changing public opinion, he said.

“We have to design a way to change how the public sees all of agriculture, not just hog farmers,” Chorney stressed.

Producers are frustrated by the government’s reliance on a study of Lake Winnipeg by Peter Leavitt, which recommended a 50 per cent reduction in phosphorus levels to reverse regular algae blooms and return the lake to a pre1990 state, as the basis for its expanded moratorium.

“This accusation that hog

Curtis Brown, a former journalist who now works with Probe Research, spoke about public image during the Manitoba Pork Council’s annual general meeting in Winnipeg.

manure running off fields into Lake Winnipeg is causing algae blooms, really, we know there were algae blooms on the lake long before there was ever hog production in Manitoba, and probably a lot thicker than they are today,” said council chairman Karl Kynoch.

He e m p h a s i z e d a n e e d for sound science along with St e v e n S h e p p a rd o f E C O Matters, a soil scientist and environmental consultant.

Sheppard recently released a report titled, What To Do And What Not To Do About Phosphorus In Agro-Manitoba — The Science, on behalf of the Manitoba Pork Council.

“Science has always provided the best way forward,”

he said. “The public relations side of it will help deliver the right science.”

Conservative MLA and former KAP president, Ian Wishart, raised concerns about scientific reports being commissioned by government and special interest groups, although he did not appear to consider the pork council as one of those special interest groups.

“Lately we’ve seen an alarming trend… for government and special interest groups to fund science with a specific goal in mind and to get a study that agrees with them,” he said.

But Sheppard also noted there are environmental issues surrounding the hog industry

“Public perception really isn’t my business, but I have to say odour is an environmental issue, and if there is something stamped in the minds of the public, it’s odour. I don’t know how many times I’ve been in Winnipeg at a mall, sniffed the air, and said ‘that’s not a city smell.’”

Steven Sheppard of ECO Matters, a soil scientist and environmental consultant, spoke during the Manitoba Pork Council’s annual general meeting in Winnipeg. PHOTOS: SHANNON VANRAES

STEVEN SHEPPARD

that don’t need a study to be seen — or smelt.

“Public perception really isn’t my business, but I have to say odour is an environmental issue, and if there is something stamped in the minds of the public, it’s odour,” he said.

“I don’t know how many times I’ve been in Winnipeg at a mall, sniffed the air, and said ‘that’s not a city smell.’”

Kynoch noted the council is working to combat negative perceptions around the hog industry through advertising, partnerships with sports centres and innovative initiatives like the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre.

He said people need to be informed about the economic benefits the hog industr y brings to Manitoba, such as the fact that it accounts for 10 per cent of all manufacturing jobs.

“Can you imagine where the province would be without the hog industry?” he said.

“It would be devastated, and I think that’s one thing we don’t get enough credit for — how much value the hog industry brings to the province.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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EXCHANGES: April 13, 2012

$1 Cdn: $1.002 U.S. $1 U.S: $.9979 Cdn.

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Cattle Prices Winnipeg

(Friday to Thursday) Slaughter Cattle

April 13, 2012

Steers & Heifers No sale D1, 2 Cows April 6 D3 Cows ­ Bulls Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

— (801-900 lbs.)

— (701-800 lbs.)

— (601-700 lbs.)

— (501-600 lbs.)

— (401-500 lbs.)

— Heifers (901+ lbs.)

— (801-900 lbs.)

— (701-800 lbs.)

— (601-700 lbs.)

— (501-600 lbs.)

— (401-500 lbs.)

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

Heifers

Alberta South $ 109.00 - 112.25 109.00 72.00 - 82.00 63.00 - 74.00 — $ 117.00 - 131.00 125.00 - 143.00 138.00 - 155.00 150.00 - 176.00 164.00 - 188.00 170.00 - 195.00 $ 110.00 - 128.00 115.00 - 136.00 125.00 - 146.00 135.00 - 154.00 145.00 - 168.00 160.00 - 180.00

($/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 (April 12, 2012) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change Feeder Cattle April 2012 121.25 3.35 April 2012 June 2012 117.15 2.03 May 2012 August 2012 120.15 2.28 August 2012 October 2012 126.37 2.92 September 2012 December 2012 128.60 3.23 October 2012 February 2013 129.90 3.58 November 2012 Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Auction market activity gears down as seeding nears

Previous Year­ 52,422 15,150 37,272 37,272 630,000

CNSC

Ontario $ 97.50 - 119.74 100.89 - 117.06 61.92 - 81.70 61.92 - 81.70 80.52 - 95.04 $ 114.61 - 139.23 128.72 - 144.92 117.48 - 146.11 129.61 - 159.50 133.06 - 175.99 134.99 - 178.66 $ 107.17 - 121.26 118.73 - 129.50 118.94 - 137.43 124.72 - 147.72 120.84 - 153.69 129.97 - 155.83

Close 151.10 152.25 155.10 156.42 157.42 157.90

Week Ending April 7, 2012 407 21,009 10,021 434 577 6,497 296

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Change 2.43 4.05 4.40 4.62 4.87 4.98

Previous Year 874 25,646 14,805 997 392 2,984 326

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) Current Week 168.00E 154.00E 149.15 153.70

MB. ($/hog) MB. (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.)

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

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

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

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

Last Week 170.03 155.45 148.42 153.95

Close 83.52 93.12 93.22 93.52 93.65

Analysts cite the narrowing choice/select spread as a sign of reduced demand for beef from the U.S. public.

Phil Franz-Warkentin

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending April 7, 2012 41,747 11,653 30,094 30,094 622,000

Feed costs weigh on prices for “plainer” cattle

Last Year (Index 100) 172.84 158.16 161.70 164.00

Change -0.33 0.37 1.22 1.62 1.18

Other Market Prices

T

he number of cattle moving through Manitoba’s auction yards started to slow down during the week ended April 13. For what was moving, the topquality animals continued to be met with solid demand, but prices started to weaken for the lower-quality animals on offer.

“The plainer-type cattle were down a little bit,” said Buddy Bergner of Ashern Auction Mart. The weakness there, he said, was likely tied in part to the rising cost of feed grain.

Feed, freight and fuel prices are all going up, making it more expensive to ship cattle and feed them once they get where they’re going. As costs go up, buyers are unable to spend as much on the cattle, said Bergner.

However, the top-quality animals were still bringing a good price, for the most part, and values on those animals were relatively steady on the week across the province.

The biggest demand for feeder cattle, Bergner said, was coming from eastern feedyards in Ontario, with small numbers moving to Alberta as well.

Volumes held up at the Ashern yard during the week, with around 1,600 cattle on offer at Wednesday’s sale. However, numbers were starting to drop off at many other auctions in Manitoba, as activity shows signs of slowing down for the season. “ We’re a month ahead of time,” said Bergner on the relatively early spring and lack of winter this year. As a result, cattle sales are also a month ahead of schedule for many producers itching to get out on their fields.

It is still too early to expect much seeding, as it is only mid-April and the chance remains for a late winter storm or freezing temperatures. At the same time it won’t be long until farmers are busy with spring seeding, which will further limit activity at auction yards.

On the butcher side, plainer cull cows were also a little weaker on the week, though top-quality animals continued to

see good demand. Bulls were generally stronger at most yards around the province.

Narrow spread on quality

The best prices were for any age-verified animals able to cross the border into the U.S., said Bergner. The start of the summer barbecue season could be one anecdotal reason behind any strength for those animals going to the ground beef market, as baseball parks open for the year and people start eating more hamburgers and hotdogs.

U.S. beef cutout values provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture did see some improvement during the week, posting their first increases after five weeks of trending lower. One interesting thing about those cutout values is the very narrow spread between higher-quality “choice” beef and the lower-quality “select.” The choice boxed beef cutout value increased 75 cents, to US$178.16 per hundredweight, during the week. The select cutout rose

by US$2.36, to US$177.34/cwt. While that spread is historically narrower at this time of year, at less than a dollar, it’s well off the average for this time of year, closer to US$5.

Back in January, the spread between the two grades was around US$12.

Analysts cite the narrowing choice/select spread as a sign of reduced demand for beef from the U.S. public. High prices for steaks and roasts cause consumers to back away from those more expensive cuts of meat — and the recent concerns over ground beef were causing them to turn away from that side of the coin as well. Time will tell whether those patterns have staying power.

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

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

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

Winnipeg Next sale is April 19

Toronto 72.40 - 110.28 194.03 - 221.84 215.18 - 249.70 225.26 - 264.55 283.74 - 406.12 —

SunGold Specialty Meats 50.00 - 60.00

Loonie expected to remain slightly below parity

By Adam Johnston commodity news service canada

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 15, 2012 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.925 Undergrade .............................. $1.835 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.910 Undergrade .............................. $1.810 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.910 Undergrade .............................. $1.810 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.870 Undergrade............................... $1.785 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

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) — — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 50.92 - 289.90 — 82.64 - 323.96

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 19.86 - 40.13 30.84 - 49.02

The loonie will likely remain slightly below parity with the U.S. greenback as continued global economic uncertainty will weigh on the Canadian currency, predicts currency analyst Greg Moore.

The FX Strategist with TD Securities in Toronto expects the Canadian dollar to trade around 97 cents in the second quarter and

around 98 cents in the third, down from the recent level of 99-1/2 cents.

The re-emergence of the euro-zone debt crisis — notably in Spain — will add some downward pressure, as will recent soft Chinese economic data, including disappointing import numbers, he said.

Traders will also be taking cues from the U.S. economic recovery, which is far exceeding analysts’ expectations, he said.

That’s been supportive for the Canadian currency, but if the revival south of the border sputters — and March job numbers

weren’t good — then more pressure will be piled on the loonie, he said.

On the other hand, an increase in the Bank of Canada’s key lending rate would push the dollar up, he said.

Over the long term, Moore says the euro-zone debt crisis and any continued cooling of China’s economy are the key factors to watch.

Meanwhile, Scotia McLeod’s Andrew Pyle warned Canada’s high debt-to-income ratio could undermine the housing market, pushing the dollar downward.

Looking for results? Check out the market reports from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 14

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

GRAIN MARKETS column

Prairie precipitation spurs new-crop canola selling U.S. corn futures are pressured as planting begins Dwayne Klassen CNSC

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he divergence between old- and new-crop canola contracts traded on the ICE Futures Canada platform experienced a bit of a widening during the week ended April 13, as concerns about the record usage pace buoyed the nearby May and July futures.

The deferred futures were undermined by an improvement in the soil moisture situation on the Prairies ahead of spring seeding operations and the record amount of canola that will be planted.

There was sentiment in the market that oldcrop canola futures need to climb further in order for rationing of demand to begin being taken seriously by the domestic and export industries.

Talk of Chinese demand for Canadian canola also surfaced during the reporting period, which in turn provided some buoyancy for values.

The much-needed arrival of precipitation in the dry growing regions of Alberta and Saskatchewan helped to influence some of the

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

selling that emerged in the new-crop months.

The precipitation, which arrived as both snow and rain, was considered timely and will provide for a good start for producers anxiously awaiting to get out on the fields to begin planting.

As for how much canola will actually be seeded this spring, estimates continue to hover around the 21-million- to 23-million-acre range. Statistics Canada will release its first plantings survey on April 24. However, market participants already anticipate the report will come up short in its projection, with the numbers not taking into account any switch into the crop after the survey was conducted.

There was some arbitrary price movement seen in milling wheat, durum and barley contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform, but very little in the way of actual volume.

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures were mixed during the period ended April 13.

Confirmation of tighter-than-anticipated old-crop soybean supplies in the U.S., and on the global market, in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s April 10 supply/demand balance sheets helped to firm up the nearby May and July contracts.

The USDA pegged U.S. soybean ending stocks at 250 million bushels, which was down 25 million from the estimate made in March, but about 10 million higher than what the trade had been anticipating. Demand for U.S. soybeans, however, was increased in the report. World soybean

Freezing temperatures drop on Kansas wheat fields reuters / Potentially crop-damaging freezing temperatures descended on to western Kansas early April 16, where the new crop of hard red winter wheat was maturing rapidly, but wheat experts said the wheat likely held up well.

“It can tolerate some pretty cool temperatures with little or no damage,” said

ending stocks for 2011-12 came in at 55.52 million tonnes, down from the 57.3 million forecast in March and the year-ago level of 69.12 million.

The USDA also lowered its Brazilian soybean output to 66 million tonnes from 68.5 million made a month ago. Argentine soybean production was estimated at 45 million tonnes, down from 46.5 million.

The weakness in new-crop soybeans reflected the favourable weather for seeding operations in the U.S. heading into the spring — as well as the sentiment that values have moved too high, too fast, and were due for a downward correction.

Concerns about the state of China’s economy also tempered some of the price strength seen in soybeans.

Bearish on corn

Corn futures on the CBOT suffered declines, with old-crop months leading the downward price slide. The USDA report, which failed to reduce the old-crop corn supply in the U.S. was the main bearish influence. The USDA estimated 2011-12 U.S. corn ending stocks at 801 million bushels, unchanged from the month-ago projection. The forecast was also about 70 million to 80 million bushels above what pre-report ideas had been anticipating. World corn ending stocks in 2011-12 were pegged by USDA at 122.71 million tonnes, compared with 124.53 million in March.

The anticipation of U.S. farmers planting an extremely large corn crop weighed on deferred values. The rapid pace of those planting operations, amid favourable weather conditions, also added to the bearish sentiment in those contracts.

Wheat futures at the CBOT, KCBT and MGEX were lower on the week. The quick seeding pace for U.S. spring wheat, combined with favourable weather for the development of the U.S. winter wheat crop, facilitated some of the downward price action. The weather for wheat development in Europe also has improved, which contributed to the price weakness.

USDA’s report, meanwhile, was considered supportive for wheat and helped to temper the price declines. The USDA pegged 2011-12 U.S. wheat ending stocks at 793 million bushels, down from the previous month’s 825 million. World wheat carry-over in 2011-12 came in at 206.27 million tonnes, down from the March forecast of 213.1 million.

There are indications that soybean values have established their springtime high and that it will take some weather-related issues in order for prices to make another push to the upside.

Some potentially bearish influences include more acres being seeded to soybeans in the U.S. this spring than anticipated. There have already been some cold-weather scares for corn, which could also translate into more acres to soybeans than expected, especially if those readings return.

China also is a wild card in the soybean market. There is no doubt that this country has front loaded its soybean purchases. This leaves the possibility of cancelled sales by China as we head into the new crop year, especially if prices push significantly lower.

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

Kansas State University agronomist Jim Shroyer.

Six counties in the western part of key producer Kansas saw temperatures dip below freezing from midnight to early morning, according to data gathered by Kansas state climatologists.

Generally for freezing temperatures to do sustained damage, conditions have to be well-below freezing for several hours.

Export and International Prices Last Week

All prices close of business April 12, 2012

Week Ago

Year Ago

Wheat

CWB export 1CW 13.5 St. Lawrence

—

357.40

424.40

US hard winter ord.Gulf ($US)

­­—

292.66

363.25

EU French soft wheat ($US)

277.50

366.00

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

234.86

—

225.03

272.06

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

307.33

289.79

326.89

US corn Gulf ($US)

273.31

277.15

325.38

US barley (PNW) ($US)

280.00

280.00

250.00

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

250.98

237.79

296.95

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

216.57

217.54

247.70

529.42

498.01

489.01

1,261.92

1,181.66

1,253.98

Coarse Grains

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

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business April 13, 2012 Western barley

Last Week

Week Ago

May 2012

235.00

229.00

July 2012

235.00

232.00

October 2012

216.00

211.00

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

May 2012

625.90

622.50

July 2012

620.50

619.90

November 2012

579.80

575.20

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 16, 2012 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan Spot Market

Spot Market

Lentils (Cdn. cents per pound)

Other ( Cdn. cents per pound unless otherwise specified)

Large Green 15/64

24.20 - 25.50

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

24.00 - 25.50

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

26.00 - 30.75

Desi Chickpeas

26.25 - 27.00 — 26.10 - 27.50

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

8.50 - 11.00

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

26.90

26.85

—

—

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

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

Province hopes good things will be cooking in Swan River New food-processing centre meant to encourage food-product entrepreneurs

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff / swan river

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he province expects entrepreneurs will be cooking up some innovation in Swan River’s new food-processing centre.

The government has spent $80,000 to outfit a former meeting room of the War Veterans Community Hall on 6th St. N. — part of a pilot project to provide entrepreneurs from northern communities with the opportunity to test and develop food products for commercial markets. The room is now a fully certified commercial kitchen with commercial-size mixers, kettles, a walk-in cooler and freezer, and a sheeter for rolling dough and pasta products.

“New food and beverage products are the seeds that launch new business opportunities and the development of this centre creates the perfect environment for these ideas to grow,” Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Ron Kostyshyn said at the ribboncutting.

MAFRI staff will offer marketing and business support to users, who can also seek help from staff of the Food Development Centre in Portage la Prairie on a fee-for-service basis.

There are many opportunities in niche food markets, said Kostyshyn, the area’s MLA. “It may not be a large income, but there is potential here,” he said.

The kitchen will be available for large-batch food production and is expected to get a good workout when 1,800 athletes descend on Swan River for the 2012 Manitoba Summer Games.

Kostyshyn credited his predecessor, Rosann Wowchuk, for promoting the project.

“Portage la Prairie is a long way away,” she said. “I would like to see the many entrepreneurs in the area take advantage of this facility, and take the most wonderful products they produce in their homes

“I would like to see the many entrepreneurs in the area take advantage of this facility, and take the most wonderful products they produce in their homes and sell at farmers’ markets to commercialization.”

Rosann Wowchuk

Former MAFRI minister

and sell at farmers’ markets to commercialization.”

Other communities have expressed interest in having small processing facilities and MAFRI staff say they continued to hear interest expressed in the “rent-a-kitchen” concept, with the need sometimes being as simple as having a site to wash bulk volume vegetables for farmers’ market sales.

The Swan River centre has funding until September, as the province wants to assess demand and interest.

Some potential users attending the open house were enthusiastic, but non-committal.

“I’m thinking about it,” said Sylvia Burtnack, a retired D u r b a n - a re a f a r m e r w h o makes a dried fruit and nut bar she sells at craft shows and Christmas markets.

Her interest is in better packaging and having a nutrition label on her product.

“I sell quite a bit as it is, but that would help sales,” she said.

Caterer Verneece Eggie said the kitchen is ideal for feeding large groups.

“It’s just going to make it easier for us to put out a safe product and comply with all the rules and regulations,” she said.

Swan River’s War Veterans Community Hall is now home to a unique food-processing centre in Manitoba providing a fully equipped facility that meets all inspection requirements for small food processors. Renters of the space will also have access to the technical expertise of staff with the Food Development Centre at Portage la Prairie as well as business development advice from MAFRI staff. photos: Lorraine Stevenson

Sisters Betty (l to r) and Verneece Eggie, well known in the Swan Valley for their catered dinners as well as a family cookbook, were impressed with how a new dough mixer and perogy maker at the food-processing centre in Swan River last week both sped up and increased production.

lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Sylvia Burtnack, a retired farmer near Durban, brought her fruit and nut bars to the open house. She was one of several small-scale food product makers and farmers’ market vendors present at the event.

MAFRI Minister Ron Kostyshyn, cut the ribbon and brought greetings from the province at the open house unveiling the new processing facility inside the War Veteran’s Community Hall at Swan River last week. He’s pictured here with Swan River-based MAFRI business development specialist, Trevor Barkman, (l) and Don Dunnigan, (r) manager of MAFRI’s Valleys North GO team together with Shawna Kletka, economic development officer for the Swan Valley, and Jason Delaurier, veteran hall board member and Nick Sasyniuk, hall manager (back right).

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

NEWS

SEEING DOUBLE

Ritz says budget cuts won’t affect food safety

By Alex Binkley CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR / OTTAWA

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is brushing off accusations that cuts at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will eliminate the jobs of 100 veterinarians and inspectors.

Reductions will be predominantly “backroom changes,” said Ritz.

“Anyone who says this will affect food safety is off the mark,” he said.

But the president of the agriculture division of the Public Service Alliance of Canada said the cuts are “unravelling many of the improvements made to the food safety system since the tragic events of the 2008 Maple Leaf Foods listeria outbreak.”

“Ottawa will be firing as many as 100 food safety inspectors, more than it hired after it became painfully obvious that the inspector shortage contributed to the Maple Leaf disaster,” said Bob Kingston.

The union also raised an alarm over the plan to eliminate the jobs of 325 border inspectors, who alert the CFIA to any food imports they’re concerned about.

Meanwhile, budget cuts at Agriculture Canada will result in shutting the rural and co-operatives secretariats, taking over adaptation funding administration currently done by provincial bodies, and cutting agriculture research.

Ritz said the $3 billion in cost savings at Agriculture Canada would be at the administrative level, and focus on making it more efficient.

“It’s high time that governments started to look at their bottom line, the same as you do in business. And that’s exactly what these changes will bring forth,” said Ritz.

The spending cuts for the 2012-13 fiscal year will be nearly $15 million for the department and $2 million for CFIA. Next year, the cuts will rise to $158.4 million and $56 million and by the third year reach $253 million and $56.1 million. At the same time, the government will allocate $51.2 million to CFIA during the next two years “to strengthen Canada’s food safety system.”

It’s rare enough to see one, but this photo captures two great horned owls in a farmyard near Gunton

PHOTO: GEORGE SMALDON

Annual sustainability awards recognize local efforts RMs, researchers and businesses were among those honoured STAFF

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he RM of Dufferin and the Netley-Libau Nutrient-Bioenergy P r o j e c t w e re a m o n g s e v eral recipients of the 2011 Manitoba Excellence in Sustainability Awards honoured April 5.

“These awards are an important mechanism for change as they bring deserved recognition to champions of sustainability and inspire us all to take action,” said Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh. “We need to honour these individuals and groups, and the projects that have turned the province’s principles and guidelines of sustainable development into concrete and lasting achievements.”

The recipients included: • The Marquis Project in Brandon for outstanding achievement in sustainability. Marquis is a communitybased, non-profit organization committed to strengthening international development

for over 30 years. It educates Manit o bans o n e co nomic, political and social issues at local and global levels, and actively participates in sustainable projects and partnerships to improve the quality of life in small, rural communities in developing countries; • The RM of Dufferin for sustainability in water and natural area stewardship.

Dufferin has introduced the Dufferin Wetland Tax Credit Program to encourage wetland preservation and restoration; • Lake Friendly Campaign w a s d e ve l o p e d by m a yo r s and reeves from municipalities along the South Basin of Lake Winnipeg for sustainability in pollution prevention and product stewardship. The campaign educates Manitobans about products that are the best environmental choice for reducing nutrients and improving Lake Winnipeg’s water quality; • T h e Ev e r g re e n S c h o o l Division in Gimli for education for sustainability. The division has implemented a compre-

hensive plan for sustainability in the division. The plan focuses on increasing education for sustainable development and sustainability in governance, human resources, and facilities and operations; • The Netley-Libau Nutrient-Bioenergy Project for innovation and research in sustainability. The project examines how cattail plants capture and store nutrients, how harvesting the plants can reduce nutrients entering Lake Winnipeg and how the plants can be harvested for use as a l ow - c a r b o n f u e l s o u rc e.

The project is a collaborative effort by Richard Grosshans, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the University of Manitoba and Ducks Unlimited Canada; • Shane Johnston, co-owner of Dollar Wise Quality Cleaners in Winnipeg, was named a champion for sustainability.

He has increased sustainability by using an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional dry-cleaning chemicals, creating an eco-friendly

laundry detergent, increasing energy efficiency, and using E n v i ro b a g p ro g ra m s a n d green cleaning products in the company’s operations; • Prairie Architects of Winnipeg was recognized for action on climate change, air quality and energy efficiency for using green building strategies in their building designs to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and improve indoor air quailty.

Recipients of the annual Su s t a i n a b l e D e v e l o p m e n t Scholarships to assist students in Manitoba who are engaged in post-seconda r y s t u d i e s a n d re s e a rc h that embrace the spirit and pr inciples of sustainable development are: Megan K l a s s e n - Wi e b e, Un i ve r s i t y of Manitoba (undergraduate), agriculture (agroecology); and Kayla George Orten-Lederhouse, Red River College (undergraduate), the Joint Applied Environmental Studies Program of Red River College and the University of Winnipeg.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

Easter sale brings in the numbers There appeared to be a strong demand for younger ewes to assist in herd improvements

By Mark Elliot Co-operator contributor

T

here were 360 sheep and goats delivered to the Winnipeg Livestock Auction on April 5 for the Easter season. Individual or small group of animals were purchased by various local individual buyers, for the two Easter celebrations. The meat industry buyers were preparing and restocking their supplies, as well.

T h e re a p p e a re d t o b e a s t ro n g demand for younger ewes to assist in herd improvements. The culls were very noticeable, entering the arena — based upon age and some ail-

ments. The price bidding on the culls remained much lower, than the other ewes. The price range for the hair sheep ranged from $0.80 to $0.99 per pound. The wool sheep price ranged from $0.86 to $0.99 per pound.

Sheared ewes indicated an exception to this price range, as the bidding was much higher. The first group of two 170-pound Suffolk-cross ewes brought $176 ($1.04 per pound). The second group of three 157-pound Rideau-cross ewes brought $174.27 ($1.11 per pound). The audience was interested to see a family unit for bidding at this sale. This family unit was a ewe with two small lambs. The

March 15, 2012 Ewes

$90.27 - $176

$101.26 - $200.07

$46.50 - $84.50 Lambs (lbs.)

110+

$172.20 - $205.32

$162 - $190.97

95 - 110

$180.50 - $201.30

$178.50 - $191.10

80 - 94

$148.80 - $182.20

$166.60 - $188

Under 80 70 / 70 /75

$170 / $182 / $160.50

$136.68 - $173.94 (74 - 78 lbs.)

$122.28

$134.19 - $149.60 (63 - 68 lbs.)

67 50 / 53

$50 / $115.01

$116.25 (50 lbs.)

$75.38

n/a

$122.63 - $234

$141.63 (55 lbs.)

45 NEW CROP 45 - 103

assurance that the value of these two lambs by the fall and inter-season, would be high by the auctioneer created major interest by the audience bidding. The ewe with the two lambs, brought $250.

Once again, the hair and wool rams remained in similar price ranges, with no breed dominating the bidding. The price ranged from $0.67 to $1.03 per pound, with regards to the various rams. A sheared 215-pound Dorset-cross ram, did not follow the pattern of the ewes as the price bidding remained average. Two Scottish black-face rams were delivered for this sale — very impressive animals with their huge set of horns. The first 180-pound Scottish black-face ram (purebred) brought $324 ($1.80 per pound). The other 155-pound Scottish black-face ram brought $139.50 ($0.90 per pound).

The heavyweight lambs kept a strong interest, illustrated by the bidding.

However, the extreme heavier lambs, the price was lower. Lambs ranging in weight from 115 to 117 pounds brought $1.63 to $1.73 per pound, while lambs in the 123- to 145-pound range brought $1.40 to $1.55 per pound.

Market lambs did not dominate this sale. The selection was good, but the hair lambs, brought the lower price bidding. The hair lambs brought a price range of $0.825 to $1.075 per pound. The wool lambs brought a price range of $1.725 to $1.90 per pound.

The selection of feeder lambs was very limited. The bidding remained strong, ranging from $1.78 to $1.96

per pound. The 80-pound Scottish black-face lamb brought $152 ($1.90 per pound).

The price bidding on the lightweight lambs was random, with only the lambs near the feeder weight lambs provided stronger price bidding. Three 67-pound Dorper-cross lambs brought $122.25 ($1.825 per pound). One 50-pound Cheviot-cross lamb brought $50 ($1 per pound). Yet, 11 — 53-pound lambs brought $115 ($2.17 per pound).

A 45-pound Jacob-cross lamb brought $75.38 ($1.675 per pound).

Nine 75-pound Cheviot-cross lambs bro u gh t $ 1 6 0 ($ 2 .1 4 p er p o u n d).

Eight 70-pound Cheviot-cross lambs bro u gh t $ 1 8 2 ($ 2 .6 0 p er p o u n d).

One 70-pound Katahdin-cross lamb brought $170.10 ($2.43 per pound).

The new-crop lambs appeared to dominate this sale, but no breed dominated. The heavier new-crop lambs produced the lower price bidding. The new-crop lambs in the weight range of 80 to 103 pounds, brought $2.02 to $2.22 per pound, (with some variation within this weight range). The newcrop lambs in the weight range of 45 to 78 pounds, brought $2.57 to $2.725 per pound.

In the goat classification, the does were selling under a strong bidding effect from the audience. The meat does were ranging in price from $1.26 to $1.65 per pound. The La Mancha (milking breed) created more interest.

These 71-pound does brought $140$1.97 per pound.

See SHEEP & Goat on next page »

LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Taylor

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

Apr-11

Apr-10

Apr-10

Apr-10

Apr-11

no sale

Apr-12

Apr-12

Apr-13

No. on offer

1,500

300

220

872

988

n/a

1,230

400

1,180

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

120.00-126.50

n/a

118.00-133.50

120.00-129.00

n/a

120.00-129.00

120.00-130.00

n/a

800-900

112.00-132.00

122.00-134.00

118.00-130.00

122.00-138.00

126.00-134.00

n/a

125.00-135.00

130.00-138.00

120.00-135.00

700-800

116.00-144.00

125.00-148.00

125.00-140.00

130.00-152.00

133.00-149.00

n/a

140.00-149.00

145.00-155.00

135.00-149.00

600-700

140.00-172.00

134.00-162.50

135.00-154.00

142.00-163.00

138.00-163.00

n/a

155.00-173.00

155.00-165.00

140.00-170.00

500-600

158.00-186.00

150.00-180.50

148.00-176.00

158.00-178.00

156.00-173.00

n/a

160.00-178.50

165.00-175.00

148.00-182.00

400-500

160.00-182.50

150.00-193.00

165.00-188.00

172.00-190.00

167.00-188.00

n/a

185.00-195.00

175.00-185.00

155.00-185.00

300-400

n/a

175.00-192.50

170.00-205.00

180.00-195.00

170.00-190.00

n/a

170.00-195.00

185.00-195.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

107.00-117.50

n/a

n/a

110.00-115.00

n/a

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

800-900

n/a

115.00-127.50

110.00-122.00

112.00-125.00

115.00-132.00

n/a

110.00-120.00

115.00-120.00

110.00-117.00

700-800

108.00-147.75

100.00-134.25

115.00-125.00

120.00-138.00

121.00-140.00

n/a

125.00-140.00

125.00-130.00

118.00-148.00

600-700

108.00-150.75

115.00-140.00

120.00-134.00

130.00-147.00

132.00-145.00

n/a

130.00-145.00

135.00-148.00

125.00-149.50

500-600

110.00-159.75

110.00-155.00

130.00-149.00

138.00-156.00

138.00-154.00

n/a

145.00-155.00

145.00-150.00

135.00-156.00

400-500

n/a

145.00-162.00

155.00-187.00

140.00-164.00

147.00-164.00

n/a

150.00-165.00

150.00-165.00

140.00-170.00

300-400

n/a

154.00-167.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

155.00-165.00

155.00-170.00

n/a

99

n/a

70

120

n/a

n/a

220

83

240

Slaughter Market No. on offer D1-D2 Cows

60.00-68.00

n/a

n/a

72.00-84.00

73.00-78.00

n/a

71.00-81.00

72.00-80.00

67.00-78.00

D3-D5 Cows

50.00-57.00

n/a

n/a

65.00-72.00

62.00-72.00

n/a

45.00-69.00

65.00-72.00

55.00-67.00

Age Verified

68.00-77.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

75.00-81.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

80.00-97.75

60.00-89.00

84.00-90.00

90.00-96.00

90.00-99.00

n/a

82.00-88.00

90.00-95.00

82.00-94.75

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

98.00-105.00

100.00-105.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

75.00-84.00

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

99.00-104.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

60.00-75.00

75.00-85.00

82.00-94.00

75.00-88.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

69.00-73.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

62.00-67.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

* includes slaughter market

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

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

Flood erodes KAP memberships The failure of some grain companies to collect KAP’s checkoff isn’t helping

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff /portage la prairie

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any Manitobans are still suffering in the wake of last year’s flood, and so is the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP).

The general farm organization projects a $4,600 loss in its 2012 budget largely due to a drop in memberships. But long-standing problems with its funding checkoff aren’t helping.

As of March 31, KAP had 2,177 members, down almost 24 per cent from the same time last year.

“It makes complete sense when you consider 25 per cent of farmland wasn’t seeded last year,” KAP president Doug Chorney said on the sidelines of KAP’s General Council meeting April 10.

So far around 1,000 farmers that were paid-up KAP members last year haven’t contrib-

uted a dime in checkoff this year, Chorney said. He suspects most don’t have any grain to sell because excessive moisture prevented them from seeding last year or drowned what they did seed.

Membership falls

KAP is banking on 3,500 paidup members this year, down from almost 4,200 in 2011.

“There are still a lot of companies not deducting (KAP’s checkoff ),” KAP general manager Yvonne Rideout said.

KAP vice-president Weldon Newton declined to name them, but Viterra isn’t one of them.

Rideout said she wonders if Glencore will be as diligent when it takes over Viterra.

Chorney said some companies have difficulty with KAP’s checkoff because it’s capped at $150 a year. The checkoff would be easier to administer if com-

panies didn’t have to keep track of how much has been collected.

Meanwhile, KAP continues to press the Manitoba government to provide KAP with stable funding in some other form. During last year’s provincial election then agriculture minister Stan Struthers promised to do just that. Chorney said the current minister, Ron Kostyshyn said he would soon inform KAP whether changes will be introduced.

Alternatives to a checkoff include making membership in a farm organization a requirement to be eligible for farm plates, purple fuel or farm programs, Chorney said.

Despite being tight on funding KAP delegates passed a resolution to boost KAP’s president and two vice-presidents’ per diems and honorariums.

Starbuck farmer Reg Dyck said KAP’s leaders need to be better compensated for all the

work they do for Manitoba farmers. The past months have been especially hectic with the flood and changes to the Canadian Wheat Board, he said.

Pay hike

Starting May 1 the president’s per diem will be $275, up from $225 and the honorarium will go to $15,000 a year, up from $12,000.

Vice-presidents will get $225 per diem, up from $200 and their honoraria will be $4,500, instead $3,500.

Rideout reported KAP is now fully staffed with the recent hiring of Val Ominski as communications co-ordinator. Interim communications co-ordinator Wanda McFayden will continue to work part time.

KAP’s other employees are James Battershill, policy analyst, Alanna Gray, administrative coordinator and research assistant

KAP president Doug Chorney says last year’s flood, which took about a quarter of the province’s land out of production, is hurting KAP membership this year. photo: allan dawson

and financial co-ordinator Kathy Ulasy.

High grain prices and early seeding have farmers more optimistic than ever, Chorney said as he opened the meeting.

“I’m really looking forward to Manitoba farmers having a really good crop this year and recovering some of the big losses from last year.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Once again, the bucks can be divided into the meat and dairy bidding. The Boer-cross bucks generated a price range from $1.05 to $2.14 per pound, the heavier bucks producing the lower end of this range.

The Alpine-cross bucks produced a price range from $1.16 to $2.07 per pound. A La Mancha buck brought $1.43 per pound. A very dominant 75-pound Pygmy-cross buck, brought $100 ($1.33 per pound).

Boer-cross goats dominated the wether classification of the goats, sold at this sale.

The heavier wethers produced a lower price bidding, compared to the lighter-weight wethers. The 165- and 130pound wethers brought $170 and $165 ($1.03 and $1.27 per pound), while the wethers in the weight range of 55 to 85 pounds brought $2.22 to $1.65 per pound.

A 70-pound Boer-cross buckling, brought $1.46 per pound.

A 70-pound Boer-cross Alpine buckling brought $1.90 per pound. A group of 75-pound Boer-cross bucklings brought $1.84 per pound.

Six 61-pound Alpine-cross goats brought $126 ($2.07 per pound).

Goats in the weight ranging from 52 to 55 pounds brought a price range of $2.02 to $2.15 per pound.

The demand on the lightweight goats was as high as the new-crop lambs,creating a w i l d e r b i d d i n g s c h e m e, throughout the audience. The lighter goats, ranging in the 43- to 45-pound area brought a price range of $2.22 to $2.26 per pound.

The 35-pound Alpine-cross goat brought $100 ($2.86 per pound). The two 38-pound Boer-cross goats brought $89 ($2.34 per pound).

The Ontario Stockyard Report (April 2, 2012 ), stated the well-fed new-crop lambs sold at high prices ($2.67 to $3.24 per pound). Sheep and the other lambs sold at a steady price. The lightweight goats sold at a premium, while the other goats sold steady.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

Millions of acres expected to exit U.S. federal conservation program Environmentalists say sensitive and unproductive land shouldn’t be farmed

By Tom Polansek reuters

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orth Dakota farmer Justin Zahradka will plant wheat this spring on 40 acres that has been off limits for two decades, protected by a government conservation program that is shrinking as high crop prices make farmland more valuable.

The 18-year-old high school senior leased the land a year ago from a neighbour who opted not to re-enrol it in the federal Conservation Reserve Pr o g ra m , a s c h e m e t h a t pays farmers and landowners nearly $2 billion annually to leave land idle in order to protect wildlife and the environment.

After loosening up the soil

with vegetables last year, he has high hopes for a good harvest. His acres are part of a total 1.7 per cent rise in the number of acres of U.S. field crops that farmers are projected to plant this spring, according to the latest USDA plantings survey.

But while a record acreage could ease food supply fears, it comes at the risk of disrupting wildlife including bald eagles that migrate across North Dakota.

“Obviously there isn’t any more land being made,” Zahradka said. “With the high commodity prices, there’s an interest in gaining more land to get a greater profit.”

A growing number of young farmers like Zahradka have been outbid for established

cropland in the Midwest. For them, the CRP territory offers a rare chance to join the biggest agricultural boom in a generation, although the land in the conservation program is not the most productive.

This year, contracts covering more than 6.5 million acres worth of CRP land will expire, the second-largest turnover in its 26-year history. The amount of land in the reserve will fall to the lowest since 1988, down 20 per cent from a peak of 36.7 million acres in 2007.

To encourage producers to put more acres back into the program, the USDA this month increased a one-time signing bonus for those enrolling land that has been deemed among the most environmentally sensitive. The bonus now

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The potential loss of protected acres “is concerning to a lot of various interests” including wildlife and environmental groups, said Jay Hochhalter, conservation specialist for North Dakota’s Farm Service Agency, a branch of the USDA. In North Dakota, contracts covering almost 840,000 acres are expiring, more than any other state.

However, putting land back into production isn’t easy.

Justin Zahradka and his dad Jeff know the challenges after buying 160 acres that had been in the conservation program for decades. They spent weeks loosening the soil and then planting radishes and turnips, known as “earth’s lit-

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“It takes quite a few acres to make things work,” said Jeff.

Nor th Dakota far mer Anthony Mock was in high school 20 years ago when owners were putting their land into the program because of low crop prices, making it tough for him to break into the business.

Younger farmers “never had that chance to rent land,” he said.

“To me, it was a bad program to start with, with good intentions,” he said. “This day and age, when our population is exploding... it’s not good for the economy.”

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hareholders in Viterra Inc. will vote May 29 whether to approve a $6.1-billion friendly takeover of Canada’s biggest grain handler by Swissbased commodities trader Glencore International PLC. The vote will be taken at a special shareholder meeting in Calgary, Alberta, a Viterra spokeswoman said.

T h e d e a l ’s c o m p l e t i o n requires approval of two-thirds of the votes cast by shareholders or their proxies. If it gets a green light, it is expected to close in Viterra’s third quarter, ending July 31.

Alberta Investment Management Corp., Viterra’s biggest shareholder with a 16.5 per cent stake, has already agreed to support the takeover.

Glencore said on March 20 it had reached a deal to buy Viterra and sell off some parts of it to Canada’s Richardson International Ltd. and Agrium Inc., giving Glencore a huge new presence in the grain industry.

The deal still needs regulatory approval in Canada and Australia. Because it is a foreign takeover, the Canadian government must decide if it is of “net benefit” to the country.

Pr i m e Mi n i s t e r St e p h e n Harper noted Glencore’s global marketing reach in comments on March 26 that signalled Ottawa has little appetite for blocking the deal.

The takeover also requires a review by Canada’s Competition Bu re a u . T h e a r m’s - l e n g t h bureau consults with various industry players when considering a transaction’s impact on competition, spokesman Greg Scott said last week.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

CROPS

It’s off and running. Winter wheat has proven remarkably flexible at adapting to different fall, winter and spring conditions.

By Pam de Rocquigny

• Vernalization may also occur under cool spring conditions.

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here are reports circulating of agronomists telling producers to reseed winter wheat fields that have just germinated this spring. As I understand, it is related to the process of vernalization and whether it has occurred or not.

Last fall I wrote a Crops eNews article titled “What Happens if My Winter Wheat Didn’t Emerge?” – see link http://www.gov.mb.ca/ agriculture/crops/cereals/ bfg01s12.html.

The key points related to vernalization were: • Neither fall seedling growth nor tillering is required for vernalization to occur. This process can begin in seeds as soon as they absorb water and swell. Hence, late-planted wheat that has not emerged prior to winter should be adequately vernalized.

No guarantees, but experience counts

In talking with Brian Fowler of the University of Saskatchewan, who has 40 years of experience with winter wheat production in Canada, he has never seen a fallseeded winter wheat crop that did not head the next year.

This includes situations where the seed supposedly did not germinate in the fall. Here in Manitoba, the long spring we have had with the spells of cool weather (average daily temperature 10 C or lower) is ideal for vernalization.

No guarantees can be made in regards to spring-germinated winter wheat and vernalization.

However, based on what we know about winter wheat physiology and the recent spring weather, vernalization concerns shouldn’t be the reason to reseed in 2012.

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If reseeding

If plant stands are determined to be unacceptable and the decision is made to reseed, remember that winter wheat is hard to kill. Tillage and/or burn-down herbicides will likely not control all plants, especially if some are suffering injury and slow spring regrowth. In-crop volunteer cereal herbicides may also be required.

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The crop may not be as competitive so early weed control and nitrogen fertilizer application will be very important.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

Young farmer champions the soil Creating a “living soil” is well worth the time and effort soil conservation canada release

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t’s the kind of story that the farming industry takes great pride in today.

A young producer, recently graduated with an agriculture degree, recently married, joining his family farm, and building a farming future on high principles of conservation and sustainable management.

Ryan Boyd, who farms with wife Sarah and parents Jim and Joanne Boyd, is that young man.

The Boyd family has been farming near Forrest, just north of Brandon for nearly 70 years.

Ryan and Sarah met at the University of Manitoba where both were studying agriculture.

Today their family’s mixed farm includes over 400 cows, 1,400 acres of perennial pasture and 2,000 acres of crop. In addition, Sarah is a grower for a garden centre operation owned by her family.

There are many parts to this success story in sustainability, but these five areas of management focus stand out.

Cattle are an important soil builder on the Boyd farm. supplied photo

Soil improvement

The farm thinks above and below ground management.

Nearly a third of the tillable acres is devoted to perennial forage. Grazing helps maximize the benefits to the soil, and keeps nutrients on the field. Improving soil organic matter enables greater nutrient cycling and availability, and enhances water-holding capacity, biological activity and soil structure.

Short grazing sessions and long recovery periods give plants time to develop abundant root mass. Bale grazing spreads nutrients and residue on pasture, which has improved yields, animal performance and decreased salinity.

Stubble grazing also helps with the nutrient cycle and hoof action speeds up residue decomposition. The small amount of manure in corrals

is composted and applied to fields. And high-density grazing controls weeds.

The farm has used zero tillage for about 15 years and the Boyds are convinced that has increased fertilizer efficiency and soil structure. “Fields withstand more traffic in wet years and have better moisture efficiency in dry years,” says Boyd.

Crop rotations are carefully planned to break disease and weed cycles. Forage fields that are rotated into croplands are the most productive cropping fields. All fields are soil tested to monitor nutrients and adjust the fertilizer program.

eliminating wind erosion and greatly minimizing water erosion. Creek bottoms in fields have been left in grass to avoid water erosion.

Erosion control

Natural lands management

Residue is left on the soil surface following grazing and after harvest of grain crops,

Water management

Every effort is made to promote infiltration of precipitation to avoid problems related to run-off. The perennial rotation utilizes subsoil moisture and enhances soil water-holding capacity, reducing salinity and the need for surface drainage. All riparian areas are fenced off and grazed only briefly. Cattle are watered off site using solar water pumps and pasture pipelines.

The farm has a real focus on managing natural lands for improving native vegetation

and their grazing program has helped protect native tress and provide wildlife habitat.

The result is abundant wildlife such as deer, geese, ducks and coyotes. Since intensive grazing was started, prairie chicken populations have increased.

Energy, conservation and management

Ze ro t i l l a g e h a s re d u c e d fuel usage in the field, and recently the family began straight cutting canola, avoiding swathing. Bale grazing reduces fuel usage for processing hay, and bale grazing and long grazing rotations have allowed pasture productivity to be increased w i t h o u t e n e rg y- i n t e n s i ve commercial fertilizers.

In addition, portable water-

ing systems use wind and solar power to water cattle. And new technology added this year is an energy-free cattle waterer that uses ground heat to stay thawed in winter.

Benefits and challenges

There are many benefits to thinking in conservation terms but many challenges ahead for the farming industry in meeting those needs, according to Ryan Boyd.

“The challenge is that the benefits of soil conservation are not always immediate as it takes time for the living soil system to get up and running,” he says. “The financial demands of farming are challenging and patience is required because in the long term, soil conservation will always pay.”

Canada’s electoral boundaries are set to change A 10-year review is underway

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lections Canada has launched reviews of Canada’s electoral boundaries in each province as is required every 10 years under the Elections Act. Under the rules for alloc a t i n g s e a t s a m o n g p rov inces, Manitoba is entitled t o 1 4 s e a t s i n t h e Ho u s e of Commons, which is the same number of members of Parliament who represent the province today.

“The main goal of the Manitoba Electoral Boundaries Commission is to readjust boundaries so that each of those 14 ridings will have roughly the same population size, to ensure that the votes of all Manitobans are approximately equal in value,” an Elections Canada

release says. “The commission may depart from that goal to address concerns related to a community of interest or identity, or to geographic size.”

The commission will draft a proposal for new boundaries, taking into consideration various factors, such as population figures, communities of identity or interest, historical patterns, and geographical factors, and the need to balance continuity and change.

After the commission has drafted its proposal, the new electoral map is published and members of the public are invited to comment and make their own suggestions.

After the views from the public are considered, the com-

mission will submit a report to the House of Commons, where members of Parliament will provide feedback that will then be reviewed by a parliamentary committee.

The new map will be used at the first general election called at least seven months after the representation order becomes law – likely the 2015 general election.

Citizens who would like to participate in creating the initial proposal, are invited t o p r ov i d e c o m m e n t s b y email (manitoba@rfed-rcf.ca) or mail by Friday, April 27, 2012. To learn more about the redistribution of Manitoba’s f e d e ra l e l e c t o ra l d i s t r i c t s, visit www.federal-redistribu tion.ca.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

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Conservation congress comes to Winnipeg The event is slated for June 2014 STAFF / The Sixth World Congress on Conservation Agriculture will be held in Winnipeg in June 2014.

“That conference will showcase Canadian farm developments such as no-till farming systems to the world,” says Don McCabe, president of Soils Conservation Council of Canada. “The Beneficial Management Practices employed in conservation agriculture are the backbone of sustainability.

The need in the future will be to ensure farmers get recognized by the marketplace for their efforts.”

Council officials say hosting the conference is just one more way Canadian farmers are driving a new generation of developments in soil management that are changing the face of Canadian agriculture.

Those developments will be in focus during National Soil Conservation Week, April 15 to 21, 2012.

“Farmers are very aware of sustainable soil management today,” says Glen Shaw, executive director of the Soils Conservation Council of Canada (SCCC). “Soil management techniques such as reduced-tillage farming systems have revolutionized cropping systems.”

Another growth area is precision agriculture where producers use new technology such as GPS units linked with newgeneration application capability to precisely apply exact amounts of agricultural inputs and manage their land in the most sustainable way.

“Soil conservation is so much more than erosion control today,” says Shaw. “Food producers see their farms as part of broad food production systems directly linked with issues such as greenhouse gas emissions, carbon sequestration, water quality, air quality and biodiversity.”

Manitoba filmmakers delve into alternative fuels Relatively inexpensive cost of fossil fuels may stifle growth of greener alternative fuels

University of Manitoba’s dean of agriculture and food sciences, Michael Trevan, moderates a discussion panel with (l to r) Noah Erenberg, Richard Sparling, David Levin and Bruce Little after the premiere of the documentary, “Drive For Free: The Alternative Fuel Revolution.” PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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f you have a pile of mouldering Tim Hortons cups in your car, you might have a fuel source at your fingertips: some work required.

It’s one of the alternative fuel sources explored in the Manitoba-made documentary, “Drive For Free: The Alternative Fuel Revolution.”

“We like to do stories that kind of question the status quo and force people to think about things in a different way,” said Noah Erenberg, who made the film with longtime collaborator Bruce Little. “We hope that it might inspire people to do things differently.”

The hour-long film, shot in Winnipeg and the Interlake, investigates emerging sources of biodiesel including the possibility that garbage — like old coffee cups — can be turned into fuel using bacteria.

R i c h a rd Sp a r l i n g o f t h e University of Manitoba’s microbiology department, and David Levin with the university’s biosystems engineering department are leading a $10.4-million study on turning waste into ethanol. Both researchers are featured in the documentary.

“The ethanol we are produc-

ing from waste paper and residual agricultural residue is the same kind of fuel that is produced today by companies like Husky,” said Levin.

Only this process doesn’t divert food into the fuel market, he said.

The next stage of their research will take the findings out of the lab and look at producing large quantities of cellulosic ethanol. But even if it is possible to produce thousands of litres at a time, business expertise and investments will still be needed to make it a success.

T h e re s e a rc h h a s b e e n funded to date by a partnership between the University of Manitoba, Genome Canada, Genome Prairie, the Province of Manitoba’s Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mines and numerous other interested parties.

“The question is not whether or not we can do it, the question is whether it will be economically competitive with other technology,” Levin said.

“It’s not really taken off the way people have hoped because the process is still more expensive than using grain, and it’s still more expensive than the price of gasoline.”

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“The question is not whether or not we can do it, the question is whether it will be economically competitive with other technology.”

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long as oil remains below $150 a barrel, these alternative technologies will remain economically non-viable.

But that hasn’t stopped some people from using used canola oil to make their own biodiesel.

Little and Erenberg’s film features Bifrost Bio-Blends in Arborg, a co-op producing biodiesel, along with an area man who makes biodiesel in his garage.

But in the end, the filmmakers choose to go the route of used vegetable oil, allowing them to convert vehicles using commercially available kits. Local restaurants provide the used vegetable oil, although competition for the french fry-flavoured fuel — which must be filtered before use — can be tough.

“Both Noah and I are now running waste vegetable oil in our vehicles, and we’re saving a lot doing it,” said Little.

Erenberg noted the diesel

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engine was originally designed to run on peanut oil, not fossil fuels.

“Petroleum, in fact is something that doesn’t come naturally to vehicles,” he said, adding oil companies were instrumental in promoting the use of petroleum in the combustion engine.

However, the hour-long documentary doesn’t focus on the political underpinnings of the fossil fuel economy so much as provide a do-it-yourself guide to making and using alternative fuels.

“Most people when they hear about us running our cars on waste vegetable oil are just blown away,” said Little. “People have no idea this is even possible, so when they see it happen they are like, this is really cool.

Hopefully it gets them thinking differently about driving, too.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

Canada lagging in ag research Experts say basic research “provides a clear public benefit”

By Alex Binkley CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR / OTTAWA

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anadian agriculture is being shortchanged by governments when it comes to basic research compared to other countries, according to John Cranfield of the University of Guelph.

“We are standing still while other countries are getting ahead of us,” said Cranfield, citing statistics from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

The professor, an agricultural economist, said government is investing more in food processing and conservation issues, and seems content to leave farm research to the private sector.

“The government should be investing more in agriculture research because it provides a clear public benefit,” Cranfield told attendees at a universitysponsored conference on national food strategies.

“Private companies won’t get involved in work when social benefits are stronger. There is a risk that research and development programs won’t go anywhere. The results could also produce competition.”

National checkoffs

He urged far m groups to develop national checkoffs to support research that would benefit their members much along the lines that Laurent Pellerin, chairman of the Farm Products Council of Canada, recently proposed.

Those programs would be handy insurance to have if government support for agriculture research completely dried up, added Cranfield, who also decried the decline of agriculture extension services and experimental stations.

Food security will become increasingly important as food production is outstripped by higher demand caused by popu-

lation increases and rising affluence in countries such as China and India, said Murray Fulton of the University of Saskatchewan.

“The yield growth rates for most crops have slowed,” said Fulton.

He urged that governments pay more attention to the productivity of the whole food value chain.

“The food-processing sector is not as productive as the agriculture component,” he said.

“Improving it and the productivity of the transportation system would ease the pressure on food prices.”

Cranfield also made a presentation on the role of the agriculture and food industries in the growing obesity epidemic. His conclusion is that the main culprit in expanding waistlines is snacking and overeating. The introduction of microwaves and foods geared to that technology “have generated snacking to the level that’s become a fourth meal.”

Another factor is the approach of government regulators in dealing with unwholesome ingredients such as trans fats and excess salt, he said. The Conservative government is relying on voluntary action by food manufacturers to get rid of trans fats as well as reduce the levels of salt in prepared foods.

Increased costs

Re q u i r i n g t h e re m ova l o f unhealthy ingredients or limiting the use of others increases the cost of producing a food, he added. Meanwhile, taxing people to encourage them to eat healthier foods isn’t productive, he noted.

“The Canada Food Guide outlines a proper diet. A fat tax is likely to hit income earners the hardest,” he added.

More promising is a colourcoded advisory system some countries have adopted to inform shoppers about the most and least healthy foods, he said.

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Solid U.S. demand and interest from China are keeping Canadian forage exports firm, but higher transportation costs and competition from the U.S. Midwest may limit the upside potential, says Wayne Digby of the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association.

The easing of drought conditions in the southern U.S. could lessen demand, but there is growing interest from China, said Digby, the association’s executive director.

“China will be an interesting potential market if we can be competitive in that market,” he said.

The forage industry is working with China on protocol for timothy exports and there are two Canadian plants which can ship alfalfa to China, he said.

Forage producers are also targeting South Korea, Mexico, India, and the Middle East in a bid to boost exports, which currently average about 600,000 tonnes annually.

Canada has a 10 per cent share in the global forage market and in 2011, exported more than $85 million worth of alfalfa, timothy hay, meal, and pellets.

Transportation issues — particularly rising fuel costs and container availability — remain a concern for exporters, Digby said.

Frost, drought hit EU winter grain outlook PARIS / REUTERS / A leading analyst has again cut its forecasts for winter grain crops in the European Union because of both frost and drought, raising the prospect of tight wheat supply in Europe next season.

Strategie Grains lowered by 4.3 million tonnes its forecast of the EU’s main soft wheat crop to 126.8 million tonnes, below last year’s 129.1 million tonnes.

“We now estimate that six per cent of the area originally sown with winter crops will need to be replanted as a result of the severe frosts in February,” Strategie Grains said in a report.

“Soft wheat and winter barley account for more than half of the 2.5 million hectares that will need replanting.”

Drought in southern parts of the EU, meanwhile, intensified in March, with Spain and Portugal worst hit, the analyst said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

Dominoes starting to fall as end of single desk draws nearer Research and market development, keeping an eye on the railways, and the fate of short line railways are just three of the issues KAP is trying to address

By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF / PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE

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“What you’re doing here is starting your own (KAP’s) demise.”

anitoba’s farm leaders are scrambling to plug holes that will be left by the demise of the single-desk CWB. Research and market development, keeping an eye on the railways, and the fate of short lines were high on the agenda when Keystone Agricultural Producers delegates gathered at their General Council meeting last week.

But challenges are many, as illustrated by the effort to create a new organization for spring wheat and barley growers. Delegates voted in favour of KAP leading a steering committee of stakeholders to work to that end and earlier this month met with representatives of the National Farmers Union, Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, Manitoba Seed Growers Association, Prairie Oat Growers Association, and Winter Cereals Manitoba.

“The other organizations were generally supportive and agreed to discuss the issue with their boards and get back (to us) as to whether or not they want to put a name on the steering committee,” said Don Dewar, chair of KAP’s Open Market Transition Working Group.

“I think the individuals present really thought we should be moving forward.”

The need for some sort of body is clear.

Institute (CIGI), which is nearly half of its core funding. Ottawa will set up a temporary checkoff, but wants farmers to take it over in the next four years.

But in a recent news release, the NFU said provincial wheat commissions can never replace the wheat board and said the focus should be on the court battle to save the single desk.

However, others argue it’s better to start preparing now.

“We’re just facing reality,” said Starbuck farmer Reg Dyck.

Another idea making the rounds is the creation of a wheat commission equivalent of the Canola Council of Canada, which represents the whole industry from canola seed developers to processors and exporters.

However, some farmers complain big companies have too much sway over the council.

Others fear even a farmer-only wheat and barley association would drift into farm policy and even draw away members from KAP. “What you’re doing here is starting your own demise,” said Lowe Farm producer Butch Harder.

Checkoff

New organization

When the wheat board loses its single desk on Aug. 1, it will stop collecting a wheat and barley checkoff on behalf of the Western Grains Research Foundation for research. Gone too, will be the $2.2 million it gives to the Canadian International Grains

BUTCH HARDER

Then there’s the time and effort involved in setting up a wheat and barley organization, a process KAP president Doug Chorney said could take two years.

Implementing a checkoff would first have to be approved by farmers through a vote.

And while a single Prairie body would allow sharing of administrative costs, provincial regulations don’t allow for that. Eventually, provincial wheat associations and commissions might voluntarily create a national council, but that’s years away, Dewar said.

Nobody speculated on how much Manitoba’s spring wheat checkoff might be. The new Alberta Wheat Commission plans to collect $1.25 a tonne, according to Lynn Jacobson, president of the Wild Rose Agricultural Producers Association. CIGI and the Western Grains Research Foundation will get 25 and 30 cents a tonne, respectively.

Delegates were also concerned about what will happen in grain transportation once the single desk is gone. Delegates passed a resolution to lobby the federal government to expand its program for monitoring grain handling and transportation beyond shipments to the West Coast and Thunder Bay, to include Eastern Canada and the U.S. The monitoring program was introduced in 2001. It has tracked steady improvement in many areas, including car cycle times, but it has also highlighted problems, such as failures to deliver cars on time. Until now much of that sort of data has come from the CWB, but it won’t after Aug. 1.

“The government already has the legal authority to access the information but the minister has to act on that authority,” noted Dewar.

KAP’s Reg Dyck says Canada’s grain monitor needs access to data to assess challenges and opportunities in Canada’s grain handling and transportation after the wheat board’s single desk is removed Aug. 1. PHOTOS: ALLAN DAWSON

Then there’s the fate of short line railways.

Dewar’s working group has met with the Boundary Trails Railway Company, which operates a short line railway from Manitou to Morden. The company, owned mainly by farmers, has relied on producer cars allocated by the wheat board, but it’s not clear if that will be economic in an open market. An alternative would be to load 50-car trains, but short lines aren’t given the same discount the big grain companies earn for loading 50 or more cars within a specified time. Delegates passed a resolution to lobby Ottawa for equal treatment of short lines.

Examining impact

Dewar’s group has also been examining the potential impact of Glencore International’s purchase of Viterra, which resulted in

Don Dewar, chair of KAP’s Open Market Transition Working Group, makes the case for creating a spring wheat and barley association for Manitoba growers.

fertilizer giant Agrium scooping up the latter’s crop inputs business — a worrisome move in a sector many view as already lacking sufficient competition.

“While we won’t see any elimination of competing retail outlets in the short term in Manitoba, the long-term impact on the marketplace will be significant,” said Dewar. “It’s a big concern and we’re asking the Competition Bureau to look at this issue.”

The Glencore deal is just another sign of how quickly the grain industry is changing, said Chorney.

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U.S. lapping up Canadian canola oil The U.S. EPA approved Canada crops for biofuels in 2011

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anada’s canola crushers are processing the oilseed at a record-brisk pace, as demand for canola oil heats up among U.S. makers of biodiesel and food products like potato chips.

The United States has long been a key export market for canola, Canada’s second-biggest crop after spring wheat, but its appetite has spiked in the past year.

In September, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved use of Canadian crops in U.S. biofuels, allowing fuel makers to collect tax credits for using them.

The move had an almost immediate impact on Canadian canola oil shipments.

“The growth into the U.S. is strong, very strong,” said Pat Van Osch, vice-president of oilseed processing for Richardson International Limited.

Biodiesel-based demand for canola from the United States tends to be sporadic, depending on market conditions for fuel makers and how the price of canola oil compares with soyoil, Van Osch said.

The U.S. food market for

canola oil has also been strong.

“We’ve taken market share there as well and we’ve been able to do that because canola oil has been trading close to or at parity with soybean oil,” Van Osch said.

Canadian canola processors have crushed nearly 4.6 million tonnes of seed in 2011-12, well ahead of last year’s pace, which ended with a record 6.3 million tonnes crushed, according to the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association.

Much of the oil crushers produced headed south, as Canada exported nearly 770,000 tonnes of canola oil to the United States from August through January of 2011-12, up by almost onethird over last year’s recordhigh exports.

The U.S. Congress has set a goal of blending 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel into transportation fuel by 2022.

A fraction of that total — one billion gallons this year — is set aside for biodiesel produced by biomass such as crops, said Alan Weber, an adviser to the Washingtonbased National Biodiesel Board.

Biodiesel is made from a variety of feed stocks including animal fats, recycled cooking grease and soybean oil.

Canola oil is unlikely to threaten soyoil’s nearly 50 per cent market share, but is poised to carve out a piece of the U.S. biodiesel market with the other feed stocks, Weber said.

Crushing canola produces oil, which is used mainly as vegetable oil in salad dressings, margarine and no-stick sprays, as well as meal, used to feed livestock.

Meal is less valuable than canola oil, but still an important part of profit margins for crushers. Canola meal demand is also higher, with U.S. imports from Canada jumping 80 per cent year over year, due to U.S. regulators lifting import restrictions on some Canadian plants over bacteria concerns.

In the past several years, Cargill Inc., Richardson and Louis Dreyfus have dramatically expanded crushing capacity in Western Canada to tap new demand.

Bunge Ltd. plans to expand processing sites in Manitoba and Alberta, while Archer Daniels Midland intends to expand a canola-processing plant and build a biodiesel facility at Lloydminster, Alberta.

Just south of Manitoba, Northstar Agri Industries is set to open a canola-crushing

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“From a grower’s perspective, it’s just the economics of it, the price,” said Halstead, a far mer at Nokomis, Saskatchewan and board chair of the industry organization SaskCanola. “Producers see it year in and year out as the crop, or one of the crops that has the best returns.”

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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 rebuilt 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 built 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; 30ft. 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 Flexi-Coil Harrow Packer Bar; 70-ft. Laurier Tine Harrows; Swather carrier; 40-ft. Bourgault Air Seeder 2130 special 130-bu tank; 36-40 Commander cult htd markers mtd packers; 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, 1,250gal 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 GARTON’S AUCTION SERVICE will be conducting a Farm Auction for Wayne Kotyk, Charles Jeffers & Guests. 10:30am Fri., Apr. 20th, 2012. 3-mi E of Gilbert Plains, MB to Markham Road then 5.5 South. Sale will include: 1989 JD 9600 combine, approx 3200-hrs, 912 PU, shedded; Case-Davis trencher/back hoe; JD 4630, cab, duals; JD 4010 w/JD 148 FEL; JD 2130 c/w JD 48 FEL; JD 535 rd baler w/net wrap; 1998 Westward 9200 SP swather, DSL 22-ft. c/w keer shears, 3,200-hrs; Douglas 8-ft. poly swath roller; Bourgault 35-ft. #8800 air seeder, 1996, 330# trips, knock on openers; Bourgault 3225 twin tank, 1997 VGC; Morris 58-ft. Rangler II harrow packer bar; 40-ft. CIH 4700 vibra chisel; JD 25-ft. #1600 deep tiller; Morris 31-ft. chisel plow c/w NH3; Morris 58-ft. tine harrows o3T Dodge 600 truck; 1482 IH PT combine; NH 851 RD baler; Horse trailer, 5x10-ft., TA; National roller mill; Ajax 45-ft. harrow bar, tines; Vicon lily 9 wheel rake; 9-ft. NH trailing mower; 2 wh 3-pt swath turner; 400gal Great northern sprayer; 6 Bale self unloading bale hauler. Plus many more items. Visit www.gartonsauction.com for complete listing or call Larry (204)648-4541 for more information.

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman ANNUAL SPRING CONSIGNMENT SALE, Sun. Apr 29th, 10:00am DST At MELITA ARENA- Fridges; stoves; deep freezes; washer dryers; all sorts of furniture; 826 JD snowblower (as new); Tools; 8NFord tractor completely restored & running; 2004 Chev Malibu LS (safetied); brand new Scott Air Pacts; Tools; Power washer w/new sandblaster attach. For more info or to consign phone Miller Auctions (204)649-2366 Coulter, MB www.globalauctionguide.com Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad in the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting for your call.

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

Not responsible for errors in description. Subject to additions or deletions. Property owners and Fraser Auction Service not responsible for any accidents. GST & PST where applicable.

Terms: Cash or cheque. NOTE: cheques of $50,000 or more must be accompanied by bank letter of credit.

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 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 • 80’ Flexicoil System 62 Sprayer, 850 Gal Tank w/ rise tank, PTO Drive, Manuals & Monitor • 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 • 7” x 1200 Sakundiak Auger • 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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Farm Auction for Ken & Mary Peluk of Beausejour, MB Saturday, April 28th, 2012 10AM 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

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Farm Auction Sale for Mervin and Glen Sachvie of Beausejour, MB Saturday, May 5th, 2012 10AM Sale located from Beausejour, Mb., 5 miles East on Hwy. #44 and 1/2 mile South on Rd. 47E. Watch for signs.

Farm Equip: J.D. “2950” Tractor; Ford “6600” Tractor w.

Allied “600” FEL; J.D. “1120” Diesel Tractor; McCormick “W-4” Gas Tractor; 2 - IHC “915” S.P. Combines; Vers.

“400” 18’ S.P. Swather; IHC “75” 18’ P.T. Swather “HaulAll” 15’ Dual Compartment Grain/Fertilizer Tank; Grain Auger; HiQual Hydra Shovel Hyd. Bin Sweep; IHC “645” 21’ Vibrachisel; Co-op “203” 15’ Deep Tiller; Herman 25’ Multi-weeder w. harrows; FarmKing 10 sec. x 5’ Hyd. Diamond Harrows; Vers. “580” 66’ Field Sprayer; IHC “45” 19’ Vibrashank; IHC “620” 20’ Press Drill; N.H. “56” S.D. Rake; M.F. 12’ Tandem Disc; J.D. 8’ Tandem Disc; Plows; 2 - Rubber Tire Farm Trailer’s; Truck: 1977 Chev “C 60” 3 Ton Grain Truck; Misc: Floating Slough Pump w. Honda 5 Hp. Gas Engine; Monarch PTO Water Pump Irrigation Pipe & Sprinkler Heads 1992 Indy Trail Snowmobile; 2 Bosak Sleighs; Husqvarna 15 Hp. Lawn Tractor; Cement & Mortar Mixer; plus many more numerous items and antiques. Viewing Friday, May 4th, 2012, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appt. with Mervin Sachvie (203) 268-2106. See www.capitalauction.net for listing and pictures or for more information call:

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

Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds. Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! 1-800-782-0794.

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 x2 P Shuttle 3PH Quad hyd 540/1000 w/FEL ML98 SL w/Bucket & Grapple 2,480-hrs; 03 MF 4370 MFWA Cab P Shift 12-SPD 3PH Triple Hyd 540/1000 w/MF 1080 FEL w/Bucket & Grapple 3,221-hrs; Int 684 DSL 3PH 540 PTO Dual Hyd w/FEL SL 4,424-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.L 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 12V 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

UNRESERVED AUCTION SALE

of TRACTORS, CRAWLERS & TRAILERS At 1965 Loudoun Road (Approx. 1-mile off McGillivray)

Saturday April 28th at 11:00am (Viewing at 9:00am only same day of sale)

(signs posted)

2-Massey 200-C crawlers w/clam bucket w/rear ripper, hyd., diesel* 1977 IHC 1600 Loadstar single axle w/12ft. box, 2-speed dump truck* 2005 Ford F-150 extended cab, long box* 1980 Chev 1-ton model 30 w/duel wheels* 1985 GMC 1-ton dump w/ duals* 4-triple axle trailers (older)* single axle trailer* RIDING MOWER: Craftsman LT1000 riding mower* MISCELLANEOUS: Lincoln AC 225 welder* Power Fist band saw* Beaver table saw* 2-Marshalltown gas power trowels* gas packer* Approx.

1500 gal. water tank* Craftsman gas motor & 2-others* tool boxes* socket sets & wrenches* nuts & bolts* wheel barrow* extension cords* 10-gal. Air compressor* come-along* weed eater* shovels* forks* assort. chains* lumber, timber (Sold in Lots)* plus other misc. items too numerous to mention.

TERMS: Cash, Visa, MasterCard, or Debit Paid in Full Same Day of Sale SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS “Everything Sold As Is, Where Is” with no warranties implied or expressed.

KAYE’S AUCTIONS (204) 668-0183 (WPG.) www.kayesauctions.com

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

Not responsible for errors in description. Subject to additions or deletions. Property owners and Fraser Auction Service not responsible for any accidents. GST & PST where applicable.

Terms: Cash or cheque. NOTE: cheques of $50,000 or more must be accompanied by bank letter of credit.

DON’T MISS OUR SPRING SALES UNRESERVED FARM EQUIPMENT and TACK AUCTION for THE ESTATE of ANDRE GAGNON BALDUR, MB. - WEDNESDAY APRIL 25TH at 10:00am ORDER OF SALE: 10:00am - misc. smalls, tools, and shop equipment, tanks, 3pt equipment, tack Approx 1:00pm – major equipment CRAWLER LOADER & TRACTORS: * JD 350-B power shift crawler loader w/tooth bucket, hyd reverse, showing 3034hrs showing * NH TM130 MFWD w/Buhler Allied 795 loader, 4132hrs showing * 1982 White 2-135 2WD tractor 6990hrs showing * Cockshutt 1350 gas w/1506hrs showing * Cockshutt 1650 w/6077hrs showing HAYING & HARVEST EQUIPMENT: * 2003 16’ Macdon 5020 mower conditioner * 2002 JD 567 rd baler w/Mega Wide pickup * 9-wheel Vicon H1050 rake * 1985 White 8920 dsl hydro combine w/1577 original hrs * 18’ Versatile 400 sp swathe * 25’ IH 725 pt swather * swather transport for Versatile 400 * 8’ Koenders swath roller SEED & TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: * 40’ CCIL 279 field cult w/3-bar harrows * 33’ Morris MP-912 deep tiller w/9” spacing, NH3 kit * 21’ White 256 tandem disk * (2) IH 770 5-bottom plow w/tandem hitch * 20’ IH 620 (2x10’s) D/D press drills * 70’ Summers harrows * 60’ Vicon 800 gal pt sprayer * 36’ Morris rod weeder * drill carrier TRAILERS: * 28’ Univision tilting bale wagon w/winch * 1982 15’ Wy-Lee 5th wheel 2 horse trailer * 1983 15’ Maverick 5th wheel stock trailer FEEDERS & TROUGHS: * (3) metal feed troughs * (5) round bale feeders * (2) Tombstone feeders MANURE SPREADERS: * Dual 600 manure spreader * IH single beater manure spreader * Case 130 single beater manure spreader AUGERS: * 8” x40’ Farm King PTO auger * 7”x 36’ Westfield auger w/16hp Kohler gas * (2) older augers OTHER EQUIPMENT: * 3pt Wikomi 701 post-hole auger * 8’ Farm King 3pt blade * slip tank w/110V Fill-Rite pump * Allied 40’ bale elevator * Ariens 17hp lawn tractor w/48” mower deck, 45” tiller * (2) Westfalia electric cream separators w/bowls, etc TANKS: * 300 gal dsl tank & stand * 500 gal dsl tank & stand * HD steel water tank HORSE DRAWN ITEMS: * 4 wheel Roadster buggy (for Hackney pony) single horse, rubber wheels * 4 wheel parade buggy, 2 seater, double horse, rubber wheel * 4 wheel grain wagon, 2 horse, rubber wheel * 2 wheel Sulkie w/wooden wheels, single horse * 2 wheel Sulkie w/rubber wheels, single horse * single horse cutter w/single seat * single horse cutter w/buddy seat * 7’ cultivator w/steel wheel, front casters * 2 furrow plow * dump rake * wheel covers for buggy * set of wooden Bobsleighs (good shape) SADDLES & TACK: * Eagle Original show saddle w/bridle, breast collar * Miles City Saddelry Co. (Original Coggshall Saddle) Antique * Connolly Bros. Saddelry Co. Saddle w/Diamond 9 Brand on saddle * western saddle * Whitman English saddle * American Saddelry Circle A 640.5 western saddle * Australian Stock saddle * Black & Silver western parade saddle * Original Eamor model 25 roping saddle * western saddle * English saddle * selection of halters * selection of bridles * selection of twitches * Lariats * single driving harness * assortment of harness spreaders * belly band for single harness * show halters * horse blankets * 2 horse pony harness * light duty 2 horse harness * skid boots * pair of muzzles * assortment of stirrups * assortment of Double Trees, Collars, Scotch Tops, Chavez * Beta team driving lines * (2) 2 horse work harness * single horse work harness * tail extensions * misc harness OTHER HORSE & LEATHER RELATED ITEMS: * Landis leather cutter w/12” throat * rolls of leather * Electro-Groom stock vacuum * Sunbeam Clip Master stock clippers * tack boxes * throwing ropes * Ferrier’s apron * Ferrier’s tools and supplies * selection of horse shoes, pads, nails, ect (new & used) * hoof trimmers * (14) 4’x6’ rubber floor mats ANTIQUES: * (17) 7’ section of antique metal fence panels * ice saw & thongs * Scythe * Waterloo scale * post drill * bow saws * hay saw * torch * cream can SHOP ITEMS, PARTS & MISC: * Acklands N-250P AC/DC welder * Smith Roles FM 5/8 – 16 spd drill press, 3/4” cap w/vise * 4 1/2” bandsaw 4”x6” horizontal metal cutting * Sanborne 60 gal upright compressor,140 psi * FMC “Vulcan” HD model IV tire changer * Stihl chain saw * 10” 1hp grinder * torch * Ag & auto parts, etc * tarps, jacks * 2 anvils (100lbs plus) * 2 hubs on frames * disk changer * HD vise * big hay tarp * old drill * construction heater * HD elect cords

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake MCSHERRY AUCTION SITE Estate & Moving Auction Sun., Apr 22nd, 10:30am Stonewall, MB. 12 Patterson Dr. Auction Note: More Items than Listed!

Yard & Rec; Curved China /What Not Combo; Highboy Rocking Chair; Die Cast Collection; Glassware; Carnival; Antique Furniture; Antiques; Coca Cola Model 44 Upright Vending, working; Over 20 SIGNS; Collectibles & Adv; Tools & Misc; Household.

Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com MCSHERRY AUCTION SITE ESTATE of Captain Dan Ritchie. Sun., Apr. 29th, 10:00am Stonewall, MB. 12 Patterson Dr. Amazing LifeTime Collection of Marine Items & Many RARE Antiques Go to Web: www.mcsherryauction.com JD 4230 3PH; Ford 8N 3PH; Cockshutt 70; 40s GMC 9100 Delivery Cab; Approx 50 Pieces Oak, MANY KRUG Furniture; Ship Wheels; SOLID BRASS & OAK Compasses; Telegrams; Sexton; Steam Whistle; Locomotive Bell; Crocks; Store Items; LARGE INCREDIBLE SALE. Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027.

MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Auction Alex Abas Saturday, May 5th 11:00am Fisher Branch, MB North 7 Miles on Hwy 17 then East 6-mi at Jct 325 & Hwy 17 (Marble Ridge Rd) Contact: (780)215-1902 JD 3155 MFWA H L Range Cab 3PH 540/1000 Dual hyd w/JD 740 SL FEL w/Grapple & Frt 15.737-hrs JD 4440 cab 540/1000 Dual hyd w/18.438 Dual & Frt Wgt 7,600-hrs 77 Ford 600 gas 5spdx2, w/15-ft.

Grain B&H 72,000m JD 14-ft. Model 1630 Disc JD 1600A, 14-ft. Hydra Swing Hay Bine JD 535 RD Baler JD 7700 dsl Turbo Combine Chopper, 4,500-hrs Ezeeon 14-ft. Offset Disc Int 6200 12-ft. Press Drill SA FA GA JD Deep Tiller Silver Lake Mfg Trailer Hyd Post Pounder High Qual Maternity Pen; Port Crowding Tub Along w/Farm Haying; Medium Size Grain Equip Livestock Equip; Granaries; 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. 1-800-782-0794.

UNRESERVED FARM DISPERSAL for BABCOCK FARMS Ltd. BIRNIE, MB. - TUESDAY MAY 1, 2012 11:00 AM ORDER OF SALE: 11:00am – 1:00pm– misc, shop equip, fuel tanks, vet supplies, livestock handling equip, grain bins, fans 1:00pm– livestock equip, augers, dryers, seed & tillage, spraying, haying equip, trucks, trailers, harvest equip, tractors, GPS systems TRACTORS: * 2005 NH TM130 MFWD 130hp Tractor w/Quicke SL loader, bucket grapple, joystick control, Power Shift Trans w/ shuttle, 3 PT, 3 Remote Hyd., 1000 PTO, 20.8R38 Rubber, 5000 hrs showing * 1981 Versatile 555 4WD 182hp Tractor w/4 Remote Hyd., Aux return line PTO Drive, 1000 PTO, 18.4-38 Duals, 6700 hrs * 1979 Versatile 500 4WD 160hp Tractor w/ 3 remote hyd., 1000 PTO, 18.4-34 Duals, Approx 12,000 hrs, * CCIL 130-06 Tractor w/2 Remote Hyd., 1000 PTO, 18.4 -38 Duals, Power adjustable rear rims, Approx 6500 hrs * Fordson Major Diesel 2 WD Tractor w/ 3 pt, Single Hyd, 540 PTO, Power Steering * GPS SYSTEMS: * Outback S Guidance System w/ Outback 360 Mapping Version 2 * Outback S2 Guidance System w/Light Bar * HARVEST EQUIPMENT: * 1992 NH TX36 SP Combine w/ NH 971 Pick up header w/ Swath Master pickup, 2870 eng Hrs, 2212 Sep Hrs * 22’ CCIL 722 SP Dsl Swather w/MacDon Pick up Reel, updated to Shoemaker knife drive, Dbl Swath, 1310 hrs showing * 8’ Howser Metal Swath Roller * Swather Transport * Labtronics 919 Moisture Tester w/ Digital Scale. * SEED & TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: * 33’ Flexi-Coil 5000 Air drill w/ Flexi-Coil 1720 Air Tank (Always Shedded), 9” Spacing, 330 lbs Trips, Stealth Openers w/ 3” Splitters, 4” Rubber Packers, Green Drop Liquid Fert Kit, Fine & Course Metering Rolls * 32’ Flexi-Coil 300A Air Seeder w/ Flexi-Coil 1110 Air Tank, Hyd Fan, 12” Spacing, 500 lbs Trips, 3 Bar Harrows, Fine & course Metering Rolls * 50’ Summers Heavy Harrows (New Knuckles in joints) * 50’ Blanchard Hydra-Lift Harrow Packer Bar w/ 2 1/2” Packers, Newer Tines, New Tires * 60’ Inland Hyd Harrows, New Tines * 32’ Flexi Coil System 70 Coil Packers * 19’ Allis 2600 Tandem Disk w/Smooth Blades * Melroe 903, 8 Bottom Plow w/ New 16” Shears * Green Drop 1000 Liquid Fert Caddy w/ 75’ Booms, John Blue Pump, (Complete rebuilt), New Hyd Fill Pump * Ramboc Mobility 900 PTO Drive Fertilizer spreader (Completely Rebuilt) * Wilmar 800 PTO Fertilizer Spreader (For Parts) * SPRAYING EQUIPMENT: * 90’ Bourgault 850 Centurion III Field Sprayer, 1000 gal poly tank, new tires, hyd. pump, chem mix tank, eye wash tank * Shop Built Fence Liner Sprayer w/PTO Pump * 2” Chem Handler I Chem Mix Unit * 1200 Gal Poly Water Tank (Black) * 2” Banjo Pump w/ 5 1/4 HP Motor * HAYING EQUIPMENT: * 1998 14’ MacDon 5000 Haybine w/1000 PTO, Steel Crimping rollers, New Knife * 2007 NH BR780A Round Baler w/ Bale Kicker, 1000 PTO, Hyd Pickup, Auto tie * NH HT154 14 Wheel V-Rake w/ wind deflector, * Gandi Bale Inoculators * GRAIN BINS & AERATION FANS: * (2) 1950 BUS Westeel Bins on Barkman Hopper w/Aeration, on Skid * 2100 BUS Westeel Bin on Barkman Hopper w/Aeration, on Skid * Approx 200bus Friesen Hopper Bottom Feed Bin * 18” Westeel 1 1/2 HP Aeration Fan * (4) Middle State Aeration Fan 3 HP * AUGERS & GRAIN DRYERS: * 10” x 71’ Westfield PTO Swing Hopper Auger * 7” Versatile Auger w/12HP Honda Engine * 6” x 15’ Auger w/5 1/2 hp Honda Engine * TRUCKS: * 1993 GMC Top Kick S/A Truck w/ 366 Propane Engine, 5 Spd Trans, 266,350 kms showing, 5th wheel plate * 1975 Ford F700 Tag Axle Truck w/18’ Metal Ind. Box & Hoist, Roll Tarp (Has Grain & Silage End Gates), 361 Gas, 5 + 2 Tans, 71,020 Miles showing * 1999 Ford F250 4 x 4 Dsl, Reg Cab, 4 Speed, OD Trans, Showing 320,900 kms, Saftied (Owner Babcock Farms) * 1998 Chev 1500 4 x 4 Reg Cab, 350 Gas, auto Trans, 230,000 Kms, Safetied (Owner Babcock Farms) * TRAILERS & WAGONS: * 1988 18’ DWS 5th Wheel, T/A Stock Trailer w/new wood floor, very little rust * 1988 20’ Shop Built T/A 5th Wheel Flat Deck Trailer w/Checker Plate Deck, 7000 lbs Axles, (new shackles) * 16’ Donahue T/A Grain Trailer w/Hoist, electric Brakes, Removable Sides * 14’ S/A Grain Box w/Hoist, silage end gate, steel floor, tractor hitch style * HD T/A Truck Frame * (2) 45’ T/A hay wagons (High Boy Trailer Conversion) * (2) S/A 5th Wheel Dollies * LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT: * Haybuster 2650 Bale Processor * Shultz Bunk Feeder Model 180 PTO Bunk liner Feed Wagon w/Grain Tank * Farm Aid 440 S/A Mixer Feed Wagon w/J Star Scale Head * NH 357 Hammer Mill w/ Pwr Bale Feeder, Mechanical Unload, 2 new sides on hammers, assorted screens * NH 357 w/Peerless 20” Roller Mill Hyd Unload auger * MF Mill Converted to a Hyd Pellet Grain Feeder * LIVESTOCK HANDLING EQUIPMENT: * Hi-Qual Squeeze Chute w/ Scale, Palpation Cage * Hi-Qual 3 Section adjustable S Alley w/Back Up Stop Arms * Hi-Qual 3 Section Crowding Tub System * Real Ind. Squeeze Chute w/ Palpation Cage, Auto Catch Head Gate (New Floor) * Elias Single Animal Weight Scale w/chute 3,000 lbs Cap * Portable Cattle Loading Chute (Adjustable Height) * Maternity Calving Head Gate * 7L Calf Chute w/ Scale * 12’ x 30’ Catch Pen (Drill Stem & Sucker Rod) w/ overhead bracing (Well Built) * Cypress Ind. approx 250 bus Creep Feeder on Wheels w/Panels, Oilers & Mineral Box * approx 150 bus Easyway Creep Feeder on Wheels w/Panels * approx 400 bus Cypress Ind. Creep Feeder on Skids * (6) 30’ Free Standing Windbreak Panels * (12) 30’ Drill Stem Feed Bunk Panels * (17) 12’ Slant Bar Feed Panels * (15) 25’ Sucker Rod Coral Panels * (100) 1” Sq Tube Panels - 10’ - 12’ - 14’ - 16’ * (25) Tractor Tire Feeders * (7) 15’ Metal Bunk Feeders * Selection of Panels with Walk through gates * (2) Lewis Cattle Oilers w/ Mineral Tubs - 1 Single Arm & 1 Dbl Arm * (2) 6’ Shop Built Cattle Oilers (apron Style) * Cattle back scratch Oiler w/ Mineral Tub * 150 Gal Tank used for Bulk Canola Oil for Feed purpose * (8) Round Bale Feeders * S/A Calf Wagon * Complete set of Electric Numeric Branding Irons * SELECTION OF VET SUPPLIES: * (2) Medi Dart Cross Bows * Pistol Grip Syringes * Dehorners * Burdezzos * plus selection of various vet supplies * FUEL TANKS & PUMPS: * 1000 Gal Westeel Fuel Tank w/Fill-Rite 115 Volt Pump & Meter * 1000 Gal Fuel Tank on Wooden Stand * (3) 300 Gal Fuel Tank * 50 Gal Skid Tank w/12 Volt Pump * SHOP EQUIPMENT: * 6.5 HP Gas Powered Air Compressor (New Engine & New Compressor Head) (New Horizontal Tank) * 5 HP Honda Powered Pressure Washer * 10HP Coleman 5000 Generato * MISC. ITEMS: * VHF Radios (Crystal & Programmable) * Hyd. Chaff Spreader * 20.8-38 Duals on rims for 100-06 Deutz w/ Spacers * (50) Rail Ties * HD Loading Ramps * Selection of Farm chemicals * Assortment of Farm Related Smalls & Misc. * FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT OWNERS:

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Warren Babcock 204-476-6574 or Lloyd Babcock 204-476-6427

Check out full listings & pictures at www.fraserauction.com

FARM & TOOL AUCTION SALE for Mrs Rollande & Mr Bill Walker Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 at 5:00pm. Rathwell MB Case 2394 Tractor, Case 970 Agro King, 1975 GMC 6500 & 1980 Chevy C70 Grain Truck, 1991 Deutz Allis R50 Combine, & so much more..

Details on www.gauthierauctions.com or call (204)379-2826.

AUCTION REMINDER Farm retirement auction For GroeninG Farms MF 4880 JD 8430, JD 9600 combine.

JD 2360 swather, Bourgaualt swather.

WAWANESA, MB. - MONDAY APRIL 30th 10:00AM

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT DAVE McNISH 204-724-4991

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

4 miles south of lowe farm on hwy 23

FARM EQUIPMENT DISPERSAL for DAVID & JUANITA McNISH

TRACTORS: * 95 CaseIH 5250 MFWD 112hp w/Quicke 660 loader, 7200hrs showing * 91 CaseIH 5120 MFWD w/CaseIH 510 loader * 80 JD 4440 tractor w/10300hrs showing * JD 4020 tractor w/5541hrs showing * 66 JD 4020 tractor w/9936hrs showing * 64 JD 4020 tractor w/2577hrs showing * Leon loader * 8’ Leon blade HAYING EQUIPMENT: * 2004 NH BR 780 rd Baler * 1992 8465 Case IH rd Baler * 1978 Vermeer 605F rd Baler w/hyd tie * 605G Vermeer rd Baler * 605G Vermeer rd Baler * 13’ Kuhn FC 4000 RG discbine * 12’ Hesston 1150 Haybine * Sovema 12 Wheel V-Rake * Laurier1215 dbl arm 12 Bale, Bale picker LIVESTOCK RELATED EQUIPMENT: * Bale King Vortex 2000 Bale Processor * NH 358 Mix Mill w/pwr Bale Feeder * NH 791 t/a manure spreader * NH 790 t/a Manure Spreader * NH 790 spreader for parts * IH 570 t/a Manure Spreader * Linden trailer type Post Pounder * 3000lbs cap Portable Livestock Scale w/hitch and wheels * New American Farmland Squeeze Chute * High Qual Squeeze Chute w/palpation cage * (3) 22’x8.5’ bale feeders * (2) 24’x8’ metal calf shelters on skids * panel hauling wagon * Calf Tilt Table * 3pt bale forks * Quantity of Twine * Quantity of Gates & panels * Quantity of Bale Feeders * Calf Creep Feeder on Wheels * Real Ind creep feeder * Calf Sheds * 400gal poly molasses tank * Fencers * Stock Prods * Treated Fence Posts * Railroad Ties * Barbed Wire, Elec Wire * Fencing Supplies * Other Livestock Supplies RIDING HORSES & TACK: * Three Broke Riding Horses * Double Driving Harness w/ Collars * Horse Driving Cart * Horse Breaking Cart * one horse sleigh * Other Misc Horse Tack & Equipment TRUCKS: * 1995 Ford Ranger XL * 1994 Chev Cheyenne 1500 1/2 ton, Ext Cab w/capper top * 1988 GMC SLE Sierra 2500, ext cab, long box * 1980 Ford F150 Custom 4x4 * 1976 GMC 6500 Cab Over w/16’x8.5’ Steel B+H * 1972 IH Loadstar w/14’ Steel B+H * 1971 IH Loadstar tag axle w/18’ steel B+H * 1961 BC174 IHC 3 ton w/16’ Steel B+H * 3 Ton trailer w/steel box and hoist * 1 Ton steel box and hoist trailer TRAILERS & WAGONS: * 17’t/a shop built Stock Trailer * 9’ 2 horse t/a BH trailer * trailer w/hoist and 14’ box SEED & TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: * 22’ IH chisel plow w/NH3 Kit, 3 bar harrows * 15’ Land Roller * 53’ Herman Harrows * 16’ Taylor Way Tandem Disc * 9’ IH Deep Tiller * 28’ IH 7200 Hoe Drills w/steel press wheels, Needs work * Atom Jet openers for IH drill * 30’ Drill Mover * Rock-o-Matic Reel Type Stone Picker * Leon Prong Type Stone Picker * Eversman 2SD Scraper * 13’ IH chisel plow AUGERS & AREATION: * 10”x50’ Bergen pto Auger, Hyd lift * 7”x36’ Brandt Auger, 13 HP Honda w/drag auger * 7”x41’ Farm King Auger, 16 HP Kohler * (2) Electric Augers on Wheels * Small Auger on Wheels * (2) drill fill Augers, hyd motors w/down spouts * (2) Drag Augers * Poly Auger Hoppers * 3hp Sukup D3751 aeration fan LAWN & GAREN & RECREATION: * 2007 Honda TRX 420 TM 2WD Quad * 2005 Honda 250 2WD Quad * 2001 Honda 350 2WD Quad * Honda 350 2WD Quad * 2000 Honda 250 2WD Quad * Wooden Canoe * 1995 Polaris 440 fan Sport Snowmobile * 1994 Polaris 440 Super Sport Snowmobile * Cub Cadet 106 lawn tractor w/10hp engine, 44” deck * Cub Cadet LT1045 lawn tractor w/20hp Kohler, 46” deck, std trans * Log Splitters * Sprayer for Quad and Booms * Pull behind Lawn Sweep * (2) Lawn Boy mowers * IH roto tiller w/B+S engine OTHER EQUIPMENT: * 7’ Farm King 3pt single auger Snow Blower * Leon 707 Loader * 3 pt Bale Forks * Aeration Fan * 400 Gallon Water Tank * 1250 Gallon Water Tank on HD wagon TOOLS & MISC: * Air Compressor * Chain Saws * Lincoln AC-225-S Welder * (2) Slip Tank with Pump * Used Metal Siding * Quantity of shop supplies * Small Amount of Tools * loaded bolt bins * Quantity of Scrap Iron * Used PMU Stalls * Used Tires * (2) Slip Tanks, No Pumps

MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Farm Auction John & Louise Karatchuk Saturday, April 21st, 11:00am Arborg, MB Location: 7.25 Miles East on Hwy 68 Contact: (204)376-5037 95 Ford 9680 Vers 4WD 855 Cummins 3x4 Synch, Quad Hyd, 20.8 42, 4,620-hrs 95 NH Tx66 Combine w/NH971 Header w/Swathermaster PU, Chaff Spreader, 2300-hrs 97 Premier 2920 Swather w/25-ft Macdon 960 PU Reel, 1,549-hrs Patriot XL High Clearance Sprayer 120-HP JD Engine, 12.4x38, 75-ft Boom, 4,486-hrs Bourgault 8010 36-ft Air Seeder, 8-in Spacing, Floating Hitch, Knock Down w/Bourgault 2155 Dual Comp Air Tank w/20-HP Kohler 08 Bourgault 7200 48-ft Heavy Springtine Harrows w/ 9/16 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 96 Walinga Agri Vac 510 Farm King 10-in 51-ft Mech Swing Auger Along w/Grainaries; Grain Cleaning Equipment; Farm Misc; Antique Furn; Crockery.

Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

Friday april 20 11 a.m

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL GERALD GAGNON 204-535-2124 or 204-998-3542

ORDER OF SALE: 10:00AM – 12:00PM (tools, misc, recreation, lawn & garden, smaller livestock items) 12:00PM (riding horses, tack, major equipment)

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See www.billklassen.com Bill Klassen Auctions Ltd. 204-325-4433 cell 204-325-6230 The Manitoba Co-operator. Manitoba’s best-read farm publication.

Herb & Helen rempel

Monday May 21, 2012 at 10:00 AM Location: From Steinbach water tower 2.5MI East on Hwy 52 #37081 (watch for signs) TrAcTorS & MAcHINErY * 2555 John Deere Diesel Tractor, MFWD, Cab, 3PTH, 245 Self Leveling Loader * 2010 LA145 John Deere Lawn Tractor, 22HP, 48” Deck * John Deere 350C Crawler * 3PTH 4 Bottom Allis Plow * 12Ft Case Cultivator * 16ft IHC 310 Seeder Discer * John Deere Discer * 18ft Wilrich Cultivator * Hang-up Harrows * 120 Gehl Mix Mill w/ Bale Feeder * 3PTH Danuser Post Hoe Auger * (2) Augers w/ Elec. Motors * TruckS * 1980 Ford F-750 Diesel Grain Truck, 14ft Steel Box, Hoist, Roll Top Tarp, Rebuilt Engine * 1994 Ford Explorer SUV, New Tires, Needs Engine * HAYINg & HArvESTINg EquIpMENT * 385 John Deere Round Baler (4’X5’) * 510 Western Special Massey Ferguson Combine, Self Propelled, Cab * 1090 New Holland 15ft Swather, Self Propelled, Canvas * 1090 New Holland 15ft Swather, Self Propelled, Auger * Big Daddy Auger Hopper * 15 Bale Stooker & Fork * SHop EquIpMENT * Allis Chalmers 20KW PTO Generator * Lincoln 225AMP Stick Welder * Portable Cement Mixer * John Deere Pressure Washer * 2000PSI Pressure Washer * Kerosene 50K BTU Reddy Heater * John Deere 150 Diesel Construction Heater * 4 1/2” Metal Cutting Band Saw * Mastercraft Portable Air Tank * 120pcs Mastercraft Socket Set * Jackall * Electric Hammer Drill * 1/2” Impact Sockets * (7) Crescent Wrenches (24”) * 3/4” Dr Socket Set * Screw Driver Bits & Drill Bits * (2) Bench Vises * 16SPD Bench Drill Press * 7” Makita Angle Grinder * 10” Metal Cut-off Saw & Blades * (2) 4 1/2” Angle Grinders * 1/2” Impact Wrench * Sm. Bench Grinder * Electric Stapler * Jobmate Rolling Tool Cabinet * 12 Drawer Top Tool Cabinet * 8” Bench Grinder * 6/2AMP Battery Charger * Digital Caliper * Post Hole Digger * WooDWorkINg EquIpMENT * 12” 2 1/2HP Thickness Planer * 16” Makita Thickness Planer * Craftsman Dremel * Delta Belt & Disc Sander * 740 Dewalt Radial Arm Saw * 10” Rockwell Beaver Lathe * 6” Rockwell Jointer * Mitre Saw * B&D Electric Planer * Skil Belt Sander * Router Table & Router * 10” Rockwell Beaver Table Saw * King Dowel Set * Quik Grip Clamps * Makita Cordless Tools * Small Air Compressor * Brad Nailer * Mastercraft Mitre Saw * Workmate * B&D Plunge Router * 7 1/4” Circular Saw * B&D Cordless Drill Set * Makita Palm Sanders & Drills * 7 1/4” Mastercraft Cordless Saw * Jig Saws * 3/4” Auto Scroller Saw * Mastercraft Belt & Disc Sander * 8” Delta Wood Band Saw * 16” Dremel Scroll Saw * 60 Liter Craftsman Shop Vac * Table Saw * (6) Pipe Clamps * 4’ Level * Adjustable Material Roller Stand * YArD EquIpMENT * 26’ Aluminum Ext. Ladder * 12’ Aluminum Ext. Ladder * 8’ Aluminum Step Ladder * 6’ Wooden Step Ladder * 5HP Marry Tiller * Yard Works Garden Tiller * 2 Wheel Yard Trailer * Electric Snowblower * Broadcast Spreader * 20” Lawn Mower * 2 (W)heel Barrows * 2 Wheel Hand Truck * Forks, Shovels, Rakes * Cordless Weed Trimmer Set * (2) Gas Weed Trimmers * Coleman Camp Lantern * John Deere Chain Saw * MISc * Chicken Feeders, Waterers * Incubator * Live Animal Trap * (2) Plastic Chicken Crates * Barn Exhaust Fan * Chicken Wire * 300 & 500 Gal. Fuel Tanks & Stands * Qty of Cattle Corral Panels * Sheep Corral Panels * Round Bale Trailer * Railway Ties * 1/4 Turn Bale Chut * Professional Chimney Cleaning System w/ Dust Collector & Vacuum * Assortment Lumber * Barbed Wire * 6X6 Concrete Meshing * Snow Fencing * 6’ 2 Wheel Trailer * Hand Post Hole Digger * Electric Heaters * (3) Fans * Jack-all, Hydraulic Jacks * Hog Waterer * Axes, Sledge Hammers * Chains * Scale * Grease Guns * Jumper Cables * guNS ( p.A.L. rEquIrED) * .22 Cal. Repeater Rifle * .22 Cal. Single Shot Rifle * ANTIquES * 1 & 3 Gallon Crocks * (2) Beacon Lanterns * Brown Jug * Antique Money Wrench * Beet Fork * Buggy Wheels * Kids Trike * Radio Flyer Kids Wagon * Bottle & Tin Collection * Small Gas Engine * 3HP Gas Water Pump * FurNITurE & HouSEHoLD * 8pc Solid Wood Dinning Set, Table & 6 Chairs, China Cabinet * GE Front Load Washer & Dryer Set, Less then 1YR Old * 7PC Dinette Set * 6PC Master Bedroom Suite * Table & Chair Set * 10 pc Wicker Patio Set, Table & 6 Chairs, Couch, Foot Stool * Viking Fridge & Range * (2) Oak End Tables * Wing Chair * Table Lamps * Antique Tea Wagon * Freezer * pLuS MucH MorE!!

Sale Conducted by: penner AUCTIOn SAleS lTD. 218 brandt St, Steinbach, mb Toll Free 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

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

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

EstatE of Isaac D. frIEsEn

Saturday May 5, 2012 at 10:00 AM Location: From Osterwick, MB 1 Miles West on Hwy 201, then 1 1/2 Miles North on Gravel Road (watch for signs) TRAcTORS, TRuck & EquipMENT * 1970 Ford 5000 Diesel Tractor w/ Loader & 3PTH * Model “A” McCormick Farmall, Restored * 2011 Cub Cadet LTX 1146 Lawn Tractor, 46” Deck * John Deere 620 Tractor* 1995 Dodge Ram 1500, 4X4, 173,700KM, 8ft Box * LGT 145 Hydro-Static Lawn Tractor, Snowblower, Roto-tiller, Sickle Mower * Ford RMT 830 Riding Lawn Mower * 80” Farm King 3PTH Snow Blower w/ Hyd Chute * 3PTH Brush Mower * SHOp TOOLS * 10” Beaver Table Saw * Canadian Portable Charger Booster * Coleman Portable Air Compressor * Router & Table * 240V Heater * Water Pro Top Tool Box 6 Drawer * 6 Drawer Top Tool Box * Snap-on Angle Wrenches * 1/2” Impact Sockets (Deep & Shallow) * 250 ft. lb. 1/2” Torque Wrench * Jumbo Wrench Set 7/8 - 2” * 24” Adjustable Wrench * Bearing Puller Set * Wheel Puller Set * Pipe Wrenches * (2) Jack Stands * Grease Gun * Logging Chains * Stihl 034 Chain Saw * Shop Press Frame * Heavy Duty Engine Stand * LKS Electric Metal Hack Saw * (2) Jack-All * 180Amp Forney Welder * HD Welding Table w/ Vise * 6” Bench Grinder w/ Stand * 5” Vise * 5” Makita Angle Grinder (not working) * 4 1/2” Angle Grinder * Skil Jig Saw * Qty of Hand Tools * Air Impact Tools * Assortment of Mac, Snap-on & SK Wrenches & Sockets * (3) Logging Chains * 300 Gallon Fuel Tank * Proto 3/4” Dr Socket Set * Self Contained Hyd. Power Pack * Long Frame Floor Jack * Shop Built Engine Hoist * Pulley Driven Stick Welder * Portable Cement Mixer * YARd EquipMENT * (2) Wheel Barrows * 12V Boom Sprayer on Wheels * (2) Post Augers * Broadcast Spreader * 5HP Ariens Garden Tiller * 5HP Garden Tiller * 31 Ton Power Fist Log Splitter w/ 9HP Honda * Spades & Shovels, Forks * Sledge Hammers * 3” Vise & Anvil * Even Sprayer Back * 14’ & 26’ Aluminum Ext. Ladders * MiSc * Tiger Torch * 3/8” Steel Cable * Load Binders * Qty of Scrap & Welding Steel * Used Tires & Rims * Angle Drive * 1”X8”X6’ Solid steel * Fence Stretcher * Model A McCormick Parts * 5000 Ford Parts * (2) Tractor Mufflers * Tool Belt * 90 Gallon Service Tank & Pump * Chimney Brush * Wood Splitting Ax * ANTiquES & cOLLEcTABLES * Warwood Railway Spike remover * Hand Scythe * Platform Scale * (2) Jerry Cans * (2) Horse Collars * Metal Mail Box * Black Smith Forge * Well Wheel Pulley * Old Milk Stainer * Pump Organ * Piano Stool w/ Glass Ball Feet * (4) Chairs * Razor, Watches, Belt Buckles * Replica Anvil * diE cAST TRAcTOR cOLLEcTiON * 6388 IHC 4WD * McCormick Deering on Steel * F20 McCormick * 8-16 International on Steel * Model A John Deere * R John Deere * WD45 A. C. * WD9 McCormick * M McCormick * 350 IHC * M John Deere * Case on Steel * Fordson on Steel * A JD w/ Rider * D John Deere * 8N Ford* 500 Ford * W9 McCormick * Wix Filter Ford Pickup 1951 * 1933 Chevy True Value Ltd Edition Pickup * HOuSEHOLd * Kids Bike * Horse Shoes * Picnic Table * Maytag Dryer * Bug Zapper * Fishing Rods & Nets * Router Bit Set * Locking Pliers * Soldering Tools * 5’X9’ Banquet Table * 3PC Living Room Set * Recliner * Coffee Table & End Table * China Cabinet * Single Bed * Sm. Table * (2) Fridge, Stove * 15 cu. ft. Chest Freezer * Meat Saw * Propane Camp Stove * Garden Duster * Shuffle Board * Queen Bed * 4 Dr Filing Cabinet * Stewart Elec. Guitar w/ Case * Hunting Knives * pLuS MucH MORE!!

sale conducted by: PEnnEr aUctIon saLEs LtD. 218 Brandt st, steinbach, MB toll free 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

EstatE of PEtE Baduik

Saturday April 28, 2012 at 10:00 AM Location: 419 Main Street Vita, MB (watch for signs) ProPerty: LegAL DeScriPtion: SW22-2-7E - 151 Acres of prime property to be sold to be sold at 1:00PM. 2 Bedroom Bungalow w/ Electric Heat, 2 Car Garage, Small Sheds, Cattle Shelters, 2 Good Wells, Zoned as Restricted Rural. oPen HoUSe: APriL 14, 2012 10AM to 3PM trActorS & crAwLer * Caterpillar D4 Crawler w/ Loader, Dozer Blade & Grapple * 1070 Case Diesel Tractor w/ Cab, Standard, 4473 HRS * 1030 Case Diesel Tractor w/ Duals * 1365 Cockshutt Diesel Tractor w/ Cockshutt Loader, 3PTH, Live PTO, Good Rubber * 1750 Cockshutt Diesel Tractor, Over/Under Hyd. Shift, Live PTO, 18.4X34 Tires * (2) #30 Cockshutt Tractors w/ Farm Hand Loaders * (2) #30 Cockshutt Tractors * (2) #30 Cockshutt Tractors (not running) * D15 Allis Chalmers Tractor, Gas, Good Paint * (2) D14 Allis Chalmers, Gas * trUckS * 1976 Ford 600, 3 Ton, w/ 10ft Steel Gravel Box * 1988 Chevy Cheyenne 8ft Box, 253,000KM * HAying eqUiPMent * (4) 846 New Holland Round Balers * Vicon 9 Wheel Side Delivery Rake * Massy 6 Wheel Side Delivery Rake * Vicon 6 Wheel Side Delivery Rake * 9ft John Deere #38 Sickle Mower * 7ft #8 Sickle Mower w/ Cylinder * (2) 7’ Sickle Mower * #15 Versatile Swather P.T., Self Contained Hydraulics * #38 John Deere Sickle Mower * 7’ JD Trailing Mower * eqUiPMent * 15’ IHC Vibra Shank Cultivator * 5 Bottom IHC Plow * 275 Bushel JD Manure Spreader * 12’ IHC 100 Press Drill * tooLS & yArD eqUiPMent * 180 LKS Welder * Sledge Hammer & Tools * Jack-all * Aluminum Ext. Ladder * Rx75 JD Riding Mower * Portable Air Compressor * Drills * Wrenches, Sockets * Magnetic Trailer Lights * Weed Eater Trimmer * Bench Grinder * MiSc * (7) Round Bale Feeders * Fuel Slip Tank * Qty of Corral Panels * Gas Powered HD Log Splitter * PTO Log Splitter * Firewood Elevator w/ Gas Engine * Air Tight Wood Stove * 300 Gallon Fuel Tank & Stand * Qty of V-Belts * Logging Chains * Lg Qty of Nuts & Bolts * Qty Rolled Barbed Wire * MacCleods Grain Crusher * Grain Cleaning Mill * Scrap Iron / Machinery * PLUS MUcH More!!

sale Conducted by: PENNER auCtioN saLEs Ltd. 218 Brandt st, steinbach, MB toll free 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

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MArCEL CoMTE rETIrEMENT FArM AuCTIoN, NoTrE DAME MANITobA FrIDAy AprIL 27, 11 AM Directions: From Notre Dame 2 miles south on 244 and 2 ¾ miles east on 245 OR 25 miles west of Carman MB on Hwy 245, at mile 45 w Note all tractors have been greenlighted and serviced at Greenland John Deere Carman, Feb 2012. * 1992 John Deere 8560 4x4, quad shift, triple hyd, 18.4 x 38 axle duals serial #02471 * 1997 John Deere 7210 mfwd, 3pth, dual hyd, left hand reverser, complete with 740 loader 8 ft bucket, joy stick, 2575 hours. Serial #001374.

Note this one owner tractor was only used on grain farm * 1982 John Deere 4440, 3pth. triple hyd, 20.8 x 38 axle duals, quad shift, 6707 hrs, serial #65943 * Massey Ferguson 245 diesel tractor, 540 pto 3 pth, only 1452 hours Trucks: * 1993 Mack CH 613 N 900, 9 speed, 20 ft box hoist roll tarp, 385/65-22,5 front . 11.24,5 rear air ride, serial #1M2AA14Y5PW02017, saftied truck * 1967 Ford F-700 truck, pusher axle, 14’ steel box and hoist, roll tarp * 1975 Chev C-60 3 ton truck, 12 ft steel box and hoist, toll tarp * Blanchard tail gate drill fill system, on above truck may sell separate * 1977 Chev 4x4 pickup 350 v8 4 speed manual, farm runner * 1998 Dodge pickup extend a cab v8 automatic 4x4, running but needs body work in front * Alumin tool box in above truck sells separate * Almost new Suzuki King Quad 700 4x4 ATV Tillage and Seeding: * IHC Model 620 press drills disc openers 3 x 8’ with carrier * 24 ft Coil Packers with hyd. folding bar * Ccil 12 ft tandem disc * Morris CP -31 deep tiller * Ccil 16 ft deep tiller * 60 ft tine harrows hyd * 21 ft Westfield harrow cart * Degalman rock picker ground drive reel * Rite way rock rake 12 ft * 3 pth rock hook * Co-op 60 ft field sprayer Augers Etc.: * Walinga 5614 like new grain vac real nice * DMC 54 rotary grain cleaner on transport * Farm King 8 x 51 with Wheatheart self propelled kit, powered by twin briggs * Mooridge 300 pto batch grain dryer * 6’’ x 27 auger * 3 auger hoppers * Superior 394 sickle mower 7 ft 3 pth like new * Log Splitter on trailer uses tractor hydraulics * Farm King 6 ft 3pth finish mower * 3pth King Kutter 5 ft rotary mower * Double wide snow mobile trailer * Honda 2400 watt generator Shop and Misc Items: * LKS 250 amp welder * Comet double end grinder * Bench model ½’’ drill press * Vise and anvil approx 100 lb * Chop saw * Two poulan chain saws * Labtronics 919 grain moisture meter * LKS Kwick kut * Two battery chargers * 6’’ Jointer plainer * Hydraulic press * Snap on puller kit board mounted * A few hydraulic cylinders * Air compressor * Carry air tank * Electric grease gun * Cutting torch * 500 gal diesel tank w/ steel stand * 12 volt ice or post hole auger * Garden tiller * Boat like new used once and stored in side 14 ft aluminum craft with 9 hp Suzki out board and Ezee loader trailer, with tarp, oars, etc. Lawn and Garden: * John Deere 185 hydro garden tractor with mower, * John Deere 40’’ lawn sweep * John Deere 318 yard trailer with dump Antiques: * Forever 42’’ grain cleaner old flat belt model * Single row potato planter pretty nice condition 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

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions KEVIN WEBER AUCTION Sat., Apr. 28th, 2012 10:00am 12-mi North #6 of Southey, West Side to the yard or 25-mi on #6 South of Raymore.

Southey, SK. Contact: (306)726-8044. Online Bidding at 1:00pm. MACHINERY: 1975 Case 2670 tractor cab, air, duals, 7,600-hrs; Case 1175 (White) cab, air, FEL, like new rear tires, 8,600-hrs; Cockshutt 1600 DSL; White 2-135 Tractors Cab, air, recent engine overhaul, 18.4x38 factory duals, 5,600-hrs; COMBINE: 1981 MF 860 DSL, grey cab, chopper, Melroe 388 PU, 6 stnd, 2,600-hrs (306)726-2006; MF 750 Grey cab, hydro, chopper, Melroe PU, 20-ft. straightcut header; JD 6601 PTO Combine; SPRAYERS: Melroe 220 53-ft. Spray coupe, low hrs, foam markers (306)726-2006; Melroe 115 Spray coupe peacock markers, 1,400-hrs; Inland 60-ft. sprayer, foam markers; SEEDING: JD 1610 35-ft. Cultivator, K hart packer wheels, B line applicator w/1610 Flexicoil tank (306)726-2006; JD 32-ft. 655 Air Seeder, 4 bar Degelman harrows, liquid kit, Bourgault carbide liquid side boots, auger (306)726-2007; Wilrich 4153 27-ft. Air Seeder harrows, b line attachments; SWATHERS: IHC #4000 24-ft. SP Swather, Gas, PU reel, good (306)726-2006; MF 25-ft. PTO Swather; HAYING: JD 530 Round Baler, good belts; MF 124 Square Baler, stooker; NH 104 Bale wagon; Anderson Bale wagon; Bale elevator; NH 9-ft. Haybine for parts; AUGERS: Brandt 7x40 Auger ES; Brandt 6x35 Auger & motor; TRUCKS: 1976 Dodge 3-Ton Steel box & hoist w/8 bale steel deck; 1967 Ford Cabover Box, hoist, 5-SPD; TILLAGE: JD 1600 31-ft. Deep Tillage, Mounted Degelman harrows; Morris 50-ft.

Tine bar; CATTLE EQUIPMENT: 2005 Southland 24-ft. Goose Neck cattle trailer; 16-ft. Cattle trailer; Trailer post pounder; Cattle pullers; Cattle chute; Vet supplies; White mix mill for parts, Plus more!

Plus misc equip & misc shop. NOTE: KEVIN SOLD THE FARM & IS SELLING ALL HIS MACHINERY & SHOP SUPPLIES. “OPEN TO CONSIGNMENTS” 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.

2010 new holland h8040 36 ft

2007 new holland cr9070

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!

for up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website:

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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

UNRESERvED fARM AUCTIoN

Sunshine farms Ltd.

Tramping Lake, SK • april 25, 2012 • 10 am

2001 john deere 9650

2001 western star 4962ex & 2007 timpte 45 ft

AUCTIoN LoCATIoN:

from UnitY, sK, go 34.3 km (21.3 miles) south on hwy 21, then 9.6 km (6 miles) east to rd 374, then 1.6 km (1 mile) north or from trampinG LaKe, sK, go 3.2 km (2 miles) west on rd 374, then 1.6 km (1 mile) north. Yard on west side.

A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES:

1997 New Holland 9682 4WD • 1974 Case 2670 4WD • 1979 John Deere 4040 2WD • 2001 John Deere 9650 Combine • 2004 Honey Bee SP36 36 Ft Draper Header • Dyna Fab Industries 14 Ft Swather Transport • 1997 Hesston 8110 30 Ft Swather • 1990 Westward 3000 36 Ft Pull Type Swather • International 9400 Coe T/A Truck Tractor • Mack Superliner T/A Truck Tractor • 2001 Western Star 4964EX T/A Truck Tractor • Chev 60 S/A Grain Truck • International F-1800 T/A Grain Truck • Custombuilt 250 Bushel Tender Wagon • Lode King 32 Ft T/A Grain Trailer • 2007 Timpte 45 Ft Tri/A Grain Trailer • Custombuilt 35 Ft Sprayer Trailer • Case IH 5700 - CHPL 44 Ft Air Drill • Ezee-On 7550 37 Ft Air Drill • Custombuilt 46 Ft Harrows • Flexi- Coil 50 Ft Harrow Packer Draw Bar • Willmar 765 XT 73 Ft High Clearance Sprayer..and much more!

for up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website:

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Leo Volk: 306.755.4300 (h), foR MoRE INfoRMATIoN: 306. 228.0106 (c) cvolk@sasktel.net ritchie Bros. territory manager – jon schultz: 306.291.6697 or 800.491.4494

UNRESERvED fARM AUCTIoN

Gordon & Pat Goldfinch

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

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!

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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 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-ft JD 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 60ft tine harrow packer drawbar; 25-ft Morris Magnum CP 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.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill, video & photos. Join us on Facebook. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

RANDY & GARRY TILLMAN AUCTION Wed., Apr. 25th, 2012. 11:00AM 3 South, 1/2 East, 2 South, 1/4 East of Springside or 4 North, 2 West of Fone Hill Springside, SK. Contact: Randy (306)621-8057 or Garry (306)782-6946. Lunch sold by Springside 4H. Online biding at 1:00pm MACHINERY TRACTORS: JD 8450 FWD Cab, air, 3 hyd, quad, 18.4x38 factory duals, 6,620-hrs, Real Nice; 1983 JD 4250 2WD Quad, dual hyd, PTO, 18.4x38 factory duals, 8,000-hrs, Real nice; SEEDING: Bourgault 8800 32-ft. Cultivator Airseeder Floating hitch, 3/4in. Bourgault knives, on row packers, harrows, plus air package, excellent w/Bourgault 2155 air tank; COMBINE: 1997 TX-66 SP Combine Cab, air, chopper, 1,700 separating hrs, hydro, super 8 victory 8 belt PU, really nice, sold separately; NH 971 30-ft. Straight Cut Header, PU reel, on like new transport. TILLAGE: Bourgault Commander 34-38 34-ft. Cultivator w/mounted harrows; JD 31-ft. 1610 Deep Tillage Anhydrous kit, Degelman harrows; SWATHER: Westward 7000 25-ft. double swath, DSL, PU reel, cab, air, 2,400-hrs, Nice; JD 590 PTO 25-ft. swather, good; TRUCKS: 1981 Ford #700 3-Ton 18-ft. steel box, hoist, tarp, 5x2 trans, 429-4V motor, 121,000-kms; 1973 GMC 6000 3Ton, V8, 5x2, 16-ft. steel box, hoist, tarp, wood floor; AUGERS: Farm King 8x51 PTO Auger; Pool 7x40 16-HP Briggs ES Engine; HARROWS: Morris 60-ft. Tine Bar w/sprayer tank attachment; STONE PICKER: Degelman Stone Picker w/throw out clutch, real good; HAYING & CATTLE EQUIPMENT: NH 66 Round Baler Ser 892820, Bale command, kicker; NH 116 Mower Conditioner Ser 580216, cutting bar, auger, roller, good & straight; 4 Wheel Hay Rake; WW 16-ft. bumper hitch stock trailer; Maternity pen; Calf table, Self locking head gate; Bale feeders Post, wire, slabs; Koenders calf heater; Bardizoes; Calf puller; Vet supplies; BINS: 2, 1650 Friesen Hopper Bins Poxy coated, no skids; 1, 4,000-bus Weststeel on cement; 6, 1950 Weststeel on cement; 1, 1350 Weststeel on cement; EXCAVATING: 5-6 yd scraper. Plus Misc equip & shop. Note: Randy & Garry are both retired from farming & are selling this excellent low houred line of equip. Major equip is all shedded & very well maintained. 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.

BUILDINGS

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.

STRONGEST POSTS INDUSTRY-WIDE Toll Free:1-877-239-0730 www.mcdiarmid.com/farm AUTO & TRANSPORT Vehicles Wanted WANTED: FORD LOUISVILLE TRUCK, gas, 429 tandem, low kms, must have air brakes, clean truck.

Phone: David (204)222-8785 or (204)226-8780.

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS 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.

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 DIESEL $1450. Phone: (204)425-3016.

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.

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.

2006 HONDA ACCORD EXL 4-DR, silver w/black leather, sunroof, navigation, 6-CD, heated front seats, very clean, new brakes, good rubber, 40 MPG hwy, safetied, $12,900 OBO. No GST. (204)488-8451.

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FOR SALE: 1964 CHEV 3-Ton truck, very good 13ft. wood box & hoist, 9.00x20 tires VG, nice older truck, not safetied, $2,650 OBO. Phone (204)874-2180.

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BUILDINGS

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

AUTO & TRANSPORT Autos Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. It’s a sure thing. 1-800-782-0794.

BUILDINGS

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

Monday April 23rd at 10 am DST

Tuesday April 24th at 10 am CST

SALE INCLUDES: • Versatile 800 4 wheel drive • MF 1100 with 3 pth • Versatile 4400 SP 22’ swather w/ PU reel • 1973 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

SALE INCLUDES: • 1992 Case IH 7110 MFD, power shift w/ 6565 hours • 1986 Case 2096 w/ 7240 hours • 1979 John Deere 3140 w/ 3 pth and 707 loader • 1986 Case IH 1660 SP combine w/ 1015 PU header , only 2087 hours • Case 1010 – 25’ straight header w/ batt reel • 1983 Chev 60 w/ 14’ Cancade box & hoist, roll tarp (nice) • Wilrich 27 ½’ cultivator w/ Bourgault 2115 air tank and coil packers • Morris magnum CP 725 – 27’ DT w/ CP 731 center frame & harrows • Outback S- GPS • Labtronics moisture tester • 2003 Kenworth T800 – 18 spd. 72” high rise sleeper & 3” Bowie pump • 1991 IHC tank truck w/ 85bbl tank & 3” PTO pump • 1985 Westtank trailer 150bbl

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

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.

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FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION KARL AND LAURA HEINRICH

NEW, NEVER CONSTRUCTED, Future Steel storage building bundle, 30-ft x 46-ft x14-ft. Includes framed opening for 10-ft x10-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. Reduced asking price $16,000.

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

HIGHWAY TRACTOR AND TRAILER AUCTION HUTTON LIVESTOCK (HAROLD HENDERSON) REDVERS, SK Tuesday April 24th

In conjunction with Peter Kreke, Carievale,SK Auction

SALE INCLUDES: • 2007 Mack Vision 460 w/ 506,000 km’s (Saftied) • 2002 Kenworth w/ 980,000 km’s (Saftied) • 2001 Mack Vision w/ 1.2 million km’s (Saftied) • 2003 Advance 48’ tri axle hopper trailer w/ roll tarp (Saftied) • 2002 Advance 45’ tri-axle hopper trailer w/ roll tarp (Saftied) • 2008 Merritt tri-axle cattle liner (Saftied) • 2002 Merritt tri-axle cattle liner (Saftied) • 2001 Merritt tri-axle cattle liner (Saftied)

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)776-5557 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.

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.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins

For information call Carl

204-748-3933

For information call Peter

306-928-4717

For information call Harold

306-452-3366

FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION REINHOLD AND MARJORIE TETZLAFF

FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION HUGH, EIRWEN ANDDAYLAN THOMAS

CONSTRUCTION AUCTION TREVOR, CHRIS AND WALTER PANYCH

Friday April 27th at 11 am CST

Saturday April 28th at 12 noon DST

HADASHVILLE, MB Saturday May 5th at 1 pm

SALE INCLUDES: • 1985 Versatile 835 Series 3 with only 4451 original hours • JD 70 wide front gas SN # 7026940 • 1927 McCormick Deering 15-30 on steel • 1986 Case IH 1660 SP combine w/ only 2271 hours • IHC 810 24’ straight header • 1980 Versatile 4400 20’ double swath with U2 pickup reel • 1981 GMC 6000 w/ 15’ steel box & hoist, roll tarp with only 19164 km’s • 2 – 14’ Case IH hoe press drills w/ back on transport • Case IH 41’ 5600 deeptillage w/ air package & harrows • Flexi-coil 1100 air cart • Bush Hog # 1450 28’ tandem disc • Walinga 510 grain vac • Crown 6 yard earth scraper PLUS A FULL LINE OF FARM EQUIPMENT, PLUS 2 HOPPER BINS, 7 FLAT BOTTOM BINS AND MORE

SALE INCLUDES: • 2006 JD 7320 MFD w/ 3 pth, JD 741 loader, only 3400 hours • 2005 New Holland 1475 - 16 foot haybine • Highline Bale Pro 7000 HD bale processor • NH 358 mixmill w/ power bale feeder • NH 273 sq. baler • 2 – Rae’s Welding creep feeders w/ wheels and panels • 4 – 30’ free standing pipe panels • Morris 725 – 25’ DT w/ harrows • Sunflower 22’ offset disc • 2 – Case IH 6200 press drills w/ back on transport PLUS A FULL LINE OF FARM EQUIPMENT, LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT, HOPPER & FLAT BOTTOM BINS AND MUCH MORE

ALAMEDA, SK

LENORE, MB

SALE INCLUDES: • 2002 Western Star Model 4864 FX tandem highway tractor with 22.5 rubber • 2002 Mack tandem highway tractor with 22.5 rubber • 1996 Freightliner FL106 tandem highway tractor with 22.5 rubber • 2003 Trail King TK40LP pintal hitch trailer with 235-75 x 17.5 tandem duals, 18’ deck • 1990 LoadLine 29’ end dump gravel trailer with 24.5 good rubber • 24’ gravel conveyor • 1997 Kamatsu PC 128 UU with offset boom • John Deere 17Z TS with offset boom • 1983 Case W11 wheel loader • 1992 White 2-145 MFD with 3 pth • John Deere B # 306 R wide front with saw mandrel

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 NEW HOPPER BOTTOMS FOR grain bins, 16-ft. & 14-ft. in stock. Call for prices & options.

(204)966-3254 or (204)841-1388.

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 Grain Elevators For information call Reinhold

306-489-2189

For information call the Thomas’s

204-838-2237

For information call Floyd

Ross Taylor Auction Service 204-877-3834

rubic@mymts.net

For full listing and photos www.rosstaylorauction.com

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

FARM MACHINERY Grain Handling FOR SALE 2011 BRUN 2-compartment 400 bushel gravity box w/11-tonne wagon. Ed Cavers (204)825-2456 or (204)825-8097, Pilot Mound.

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Walinga agri-Vac! Fergus, On: (519) 787-8227 carman, MB: (204) 745-2951 Davidson, SK: (306) 567-3031

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.

NH BALING WAGON MODEL 1033; Heston small square baler model 4600, centre feed, hyd tension, plus silo guard attachment, like new condition.

Phone:(204)886-2960, Teulon.

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FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Various 10X40-FT HEAVY DUTY HAY wagon, hauls 20 round or square bales, 10.00-20 tires, built from new steel, $4800, delivered. Phone:(204)325-6650.

1999 MODEL 590 NH big square baler, 3x3x8-ft bales, always shedded, good condition, $31,000; Model 790 NH forage harvester, complete w/PU & 2-row corn header, also 12-ft high dump wagon, $5000. Phone:(204)967-2157.

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 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.

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REBUILT CONCAVES Rebuild combine table augers, Rebuild hyd. cyls, Roller mills regrooved, MFWD housings rebuilt, Steel & aluminum welding, Machine Shop Service, Line boreing & welding.

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

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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Combine Ford NH 1988 NH TR 96, 971 header. 2276 engine hrs, 1875 sep. hrs. Good shape. Also have 973 25-ft flex header. (204)745-6231 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.

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.

www.fyfeparts.com 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

Combine ACCessories FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories FOR SALE NH 22-FT straight-cut header w/22-ft sund PU, colter wheels, some spare parts, great for peas. Ed Cavers, (204)825-2456 or (204)825-8097, Pilot Mound.

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

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443 Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca

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

FARM MACHINERY Salvage

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

1986 530 JD ROUND baler, shedded, $5,500 OBO; 271 White 21-ft. discer, $3,900.

Phone (204)744-2413, Somerset.

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.

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2000 MACDON 9350 SWATHER, 1856-hrs, 2-speed, 108HP turbo, hydraulic tilt; 2002 972 header 25-ft, 6-row plastic teeth, 1000-hrs.

Phone:(204)827-2011.

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WANTED: COMBINE IHC 914 PT, in working order. Phone (204)371-5976.

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FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

Combines

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

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

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

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

Tractors Combines Swathers

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; Also for sale Better Built 975 seed cutter w/treater; Portable 36-in grader w/sizing screens; Mayo 48-in portable screener. All in VGC. Phone:(204)757-2887, spudway@mts.net

Spraying EquipmEnt FARM MACHINERY Sprayers 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. FLEXICOIL MODEL 65 SPRAYER 130-ft., windscreens, 5 & 10-gal nozzles, PTO pump, hyd pump avail, extra parts, $4,500. Phone (204)822-3189 or (204)362-2316.

FLEXI-COIL SPRAYER, 100-FT, PTO pump, winds screen, $5000 OBO. Arden area.

Phone:(204)368-2261.

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FARM MACHINERY Sprayers

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere

FOR SALE: 1997 FLEXICOIL system 50 field sprayer 82-ft., hyd drive or PTO, 500 imp gal tank, chemical mixer, wind curtains, foam markers, $3,750 OBO. (204)874-2180.

1980 JD 4400 TRACTOR, 6,000-hrs, 3-PTH, asking $16,900. Phone Gerry (204)736-4296.

FOR SALE FLEX-I-COIL 100-FT sprayer w/wind curtains, w/new nozzle tips, VGC. Ed Cavers (204)825-2456 or (204)825-8097, Pilot Mound.

FARM MACHINERY Spray Various 4X4 GMC 5500 W/HIGH traction tires, 90-ft hyd. fold MARFLEX boom, 1000-gal Poly tank. High clearance. Also 60-ft self-leveling boom-must be seen. Sanford 1-866-736-2609.

Tillage & Seeding FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Air Drills

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FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Ford

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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.

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1988 936 VERSATILE 4WD tractor, 20.8x42 Michelin tires, almost new, approx 8100-hrs, excellent condition, asking $45,000.

Phone:(204)436-2317.

2001 SEED HAWK 48-12 w/357-bu mounted tank, new SS fert meters & NH3 kit. Asking $65,000 OBO Phone:(204)776-5557

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – 2 Wheel Drive

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.

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.

23-FT CONCORD AIR DRILL, 10-in spacing, harrows, double shoot, 2 sets of openers, radial tires, markers; 200 Bushel Air Cart, 18.4x26-in tires, loading auger. Unit in very good condition. Shedded. Can Email pictures, $16,000 OBO. Phone:(204)966-3877 or (204)476-6797.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Various 1975 2670 CASE IH, 18.4 x 38 tires, PTO, good condition. Phone:(204)886-2528.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

Tillage & Seeding - Harrows & Packers Diamond harrows heavy sections, choice of 70-ft or 56-ft units, auto-fold, field ready. Call Bill at Somerset $1,300. (204)744-2525

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.

FLEX-I-COIL 70-FT HARROW PACKER. Ed Cavers, (204)825-2456 or (204)825-8097, Pilot Mound.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

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.

FOR SALE: FLEXICOIL PACKER bar, P30 packers, pulls out from 20-ft. to 40-ft. All new bearings, excellent condition, $3,750 OBO. Phone (204)874-2180.

1,000-GAL GALVANIZED WATER TANK; Bob sleigh w/3 seats; JD 1240 planter 4 row, good shape; round bale feeder & bale fork. Call Reg (204)435-2219, Miami.

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

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Tillage

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Farm machinery

28-FT BOURGAULT AIR SEEDER 8800, 2130 tank, hydraulic fan, steel packers.

Phone:(306)452-3743, Redvers SK. FLEXICOIL CULTIVATOR

32’ Flexicoil cultivator, model 820, 7.2"spacing, 550 lbs trip, 4 bar harrow, rear packer hitch. $16,000.

(204)745-2822, mumenold@sdnet.ca 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 1 PAIR HAUKAAS side arm field markers, 27-45ft., $400. Phone (204)353-4173.

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.

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.

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.

80-14 MORRIS HOE DRILL harrows, $900; 80-11 for parts. Phone:(204)324-6398.

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.

IHC 6200 PRESS DRILLS; 2, 10-ft. w/factory transport, good discs; 2, 12-ft. no transport, very clean, $1,500 each; IHC #475 20-ft, tandem disc, hyd wings, good condition, $3,500. (204)325-8385 or (701)370-8338 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.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Steiger 1978 STEIGER BEARCAT PT 225, engine is 3306-225, 4WD, 3,994-hrs showing, $12,500.

Phone (204)722-2023.

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

Phone (204)268-4317.

1984 2290 CASE TRACTOR, 3-pth & duals; Three 6-ft Coil packers; 1000-gal galvanized water tank on skids.

Laurie Richards, Manitou MB (204)242-3350 evenings or (204)242-4568 daytime.

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. 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.

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. 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.

TRAILER BUILT FROM TANDEM axle truck w/20ft. steel deck, asking $3,250; 2, 1,250-gal poly tanks, half price; Kingsman wood stove, CSA approved, $250; Redekopp chaff collection system paid $2,400, asking $1,600; Cattle head gate, half price. Call (204)268-4792.

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

FOR SALE: 27-FT FLEEXICOIL air seeder w/mulchers. 1110 flexicoil tank, tank can be sold separately. 20-ft IH seed cultivator. 7-ft JD side rake. 1998 FORD F-150, 2WD, four parts. Phone:(204)433-7475 or (204)746-0511. St Pierre-Jolys

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

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.

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

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

FOR SALE: ACD15; JD420C; 2003 258 hayrake.

Phone (204)828-3269, leave msg.

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.

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.

FOR SALE: JD 9340 hoe drill, 30-ft., factory transport, markers, $1,000. Phone (204)386-2043.

FENCING

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.

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.

Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds. Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! 1-800-782-0794.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

FREE STANDING CORRAL PANELS, Feeders & Alley ways, 30ft or order to size. Oil Field Pipe: 1.3, 1.6, 1.9, 1 7/8, 2-in, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2. Sucker Rod: 3/4, 7/8, 1. Casing Pipes: 4-9inch. Sold by the piece or semi load lots, taking Spring bookings. For special pricing call Art (204)685-2628 or cell (204)856-3440.

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.

LANDSCAPING

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.

IRON & STEEL

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.

AIR DRILL EXHAUST COOLING kit, originally sold

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

1-800-587-4711

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus

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 LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

FEEDER/SLAUGHTER SALES Every Friday 8AM Receiving open until 11PM Thursdays Presale Sundays SHEEP & GOAT SALE 1st & 3rd Thursday of Every Month May 3rd & 17th 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

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD. GRUNTHAL, MB. Agent for T.E.A.M. Marketing 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 BATTLE LAKE FARM HAS PB Black & Red yearling Angus bulls & 2, 2 yr old Red bulls for sale.

Phone (204)834-2202, Carberry.

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. HAMCO CATTLE CO. HAS for sale registered Red Angus & Black Angus yearling bulls. Good selection. Semen tested, performance data & EPD’s available. Top genetics. Contact Glen, Albert, Larissa Hamilton (204)827-2358 or David Hamilton (204)325-3635.

GREENBUSH ANGUS HAS A good selection of yearling black angus bulls for sale, semen tested, ready to go & delivered, contact Tim (204)966-3320 or 204-476-6040.

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

Can supply quality Black Angus and Hereford bulls.

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

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. DENBIE RANCH IS PROUD to offer an excellent set of long-yearling and yearling bulls for sale. We have a great group of Red Angus bulls along with a good selection of hybrid bulls, who are half-bred Angus & half-Simmental. The long yearlings are the perfect age bulls, developed on grass so they will stand up for a long time and big enough to go out and breed any size of cow with no problems! The yearling bulls are also a great group out of breed leading A.I. sires as well as our own herd sires!

Contact Denbie Ranch at (204)447-2473, or 447-7608 and 447-7057.

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 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 2-YEAR BULLS, Black & Red yearling Angus bulls, Blue Gentian Angus.

Phone:(204)425-3401 or cell (204)380-2551.

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.

REG PURE BRED RED Angus yearling bulls & two 2-yr old bulls for sale. Semen tested, guaranteed ,papers & delivered. Call Don (204)422-5216.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Blonde d’Aquitaine 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.

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 for (204)857-8056, Portage la Prairie

sale.

Phone

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.

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental

LIVESTOCK Livestock Equipment

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – B.C.

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.

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.

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.

BC Ranch for Sale $990,000 Cattle Horses Hay. 45 min. from Kamloops on 235+/acres, 2 water licenses, 125+/- irrigated & cultivatable acres, 500 ton feed potential. Perimeter & lots of cross fences. 1200-sq.ft. home, several outbuildings, heated shop, outdoor riding arena & round pen. For more info; www.wattranch.com, call (778)930-0115, email: russ.sellsrealty@gmail.com

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.

PORTABLE WINDBREAKS, CALF SHELTERS, free standing rod & pipe panels, fence line & field silage bunks. Also sell Speed-Rite & 7L Livestock fence equipment, drill pipe & sucker rod. Phone (204)827-2104 or (204)827-2551, Glenboro.

FOR SALE: YEARLING & 2 yr old Charolais bulls, coloured & white, quiet, tested, delivered, $2,250-$2,550. Wayne Angus (204)764-2737, Hamiota.

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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.

STILL NEED A BULL? Come see a quiet, purebred, polled Charolais, 2-yr old & yearlings, not papered, proven bloodlines, semen testing & delivery included, Anola area, call evenings, (204)755-2235.

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Gelbvieh FOR SALE: POLLED YEARLING Fullblood & PB Gelbvieh bulls, semen tested & guaranteed. Birth weights from 79-98-lbs.

Gofflot Bar 2 (204)854-2530.

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.

WANTED: HOUSE TRAILER, calves.

Also a riding Phone:(204)937-2658.

MUSICAL

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 12 FALL CALVING ANGUS & Simm/Angus cows bred Black Angus, all vacc & preg checked. Phone (204)871-4411

KORG PIANO $699; KEYBOARD 99.95; Electric Guitar $89.95; Amp $49.95; Student Guitar $79.95; Lapsteel $150; Violin $99.99; Octave Mandolin $299; Autoharp $299; Harmonica $12.98; Trumpet $189; Hildebrand Music, Portage La Prairie mall.

Phone:(204)857-3172.

PETS ORGANIC

PETS & SUPPLIES

ORGANIC Organic – Certified

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.

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

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.

P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123

WANTED TO PURCHASE OLDER house or older mobile home w/2x6 walls w/no land. Phone (204)728-5312.

REAL ESTATE Motels & Hotels

LIVESTOCK Poultry For Sale

190 REPLACEMENT QUALITY HEIFERS, 150 blacks, 30 reds, 10 tans, full vaccination program.

Phone:(204)385-3646, Gladstone.

GOOD HEREFORD BULLS & Commercial females for sale. Phone Wally (204)523-8713 or cell (204)534-8204 or view bulls at roselawnfarms.com

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

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.

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.

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.

FALL CALVING COWS FOR sale, Red Angus & hereford mix, $1300. Expected calving time, August/September.

Phone:(204)348-3125, call after 8pm.

Specialty

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.

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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Maine-Anjou FOR SALE: BLACK 2-YR old & yearling Maine-Anjou bulls, low birth weights, excellent performance, guaranteed and delivered. Phone:(204)523-8408.

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 ATTENTION GRADUATES: Shorthorn Breeders of Manitoba will be accepting applications for the John A. Nevin cattle growers education fund award until June 1, 2012. Susan Armbruster, Box 597, Rossburn, MB, R0J 1V0, Phone/Fax (204)859-2088 e-mail parmbruster@xplornet.com ON FARM YEARLINGS, 2YR-OLDS and herd bulls. Phone: (204)859-2088, www.birchhillshorthorns.com. Birdtail Shorthorns.

REGISTERED SHORTHORN BULLS, 1 and 2-yr olds, reds, & reds with white markings. Call Meadowcreek Shorthorns (204)776-2027.

WANTED: PERSON INTERESTED MB Shorthorn’s as a MB Shorthorn 14 years +. Susan Armbruster, PO burn, MB, R0J 1V0. Phone/fax parmbruster@xplornet.com

IN representing lassie. Must be Box 597, Ross(204)859-2088

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.

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.

FOR SALE 50 SIMMENTAL Red Angus cross open yearling heifers, 800-900-lbs, Thorgilsson Farms, Lundar MB. Phone: Lyle(204)762-5630 cell (204)739-3016.

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 Wanted

TIRED OF THE HIGH COST OF MARKETING YOUR CALVES??

300-700 LBS. Steers & Heifers Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 Ben: 721-3400 800-1000 LBS. Steers & Heifers Don: 528-3477, 729-7240

Contact: D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110 Horses 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 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

REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

FOR SALE: POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, yearlings & two-year olds, current pedigree, reasonably priced. Phone Martin (204)425-3820 or Lanard (204)-425-3809.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Limousin

REAL ESTATE

Swine

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.

POLLED HEREFORD YEARLING BULLS. Call Vern Kartanson (204)867-2627 or (204)867-7315, Minnedosa.

MINIATURE SCHNAUZER PUPS, dewormed & 1st vet check, ready to go to their new homes Apr 11th, $400. Call (204)434-6132.

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

2 QUALITY YEARLING PUREBRED bulls, no papers. Also 2 herd sires. Francis Poulsen (204)436-2284, evenings if possible.

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.

EWE lambs & garden tiller

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

WATER

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SAT APRIL 28 1:00 PM Property located at 419 Main Street in Vita, MB Legal Description SW22-2-7E 151 Acres , 2 bdrm Bungalow w/ elec heat, 2 car garage, Small Sheds, Cattle Shelters, 2 good wells, zones restricted rural Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD. 218 Brandt St, Steinbach, MB Toll Free 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

REAL ESTATE Land For Rent PASTURE LAND FOR RENT: up to 150 cow calf pairs. Seeded down grass, handling facilities.

Phone (204)436-2571.

SUPERVISED PASTURE FOR 150 cow calf, mostly seeded pasture, and will rotate. (204)427-3172, can leave message

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.

Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds. Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! 1-800-782-0794.

Call our toll-free number to take advantage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks for free. That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3. Call 1-800-782-0794 today!

LIVESTOCK Livestock Equipment

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Research proves that providing clean water for your calves can add 20 per cent or more to your weaning weights.

The UGLY water troughs

WANTED: LAND TO RENT in the Landmark, Lorette or St. Anne areas. Phone:(204)346-2224.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES RECREATIONAL VEHICLES All Terrain Vehicles 2010 620I JD GATOR, 98-hrs, windshield, topcap, receiver hitch, like-new condition, asking $10,900 OBO. Phone:(204)825-2799 or (204)825-8340, Pilot Mound.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Boats & Water 14-FT ALUMINUM FISHING BOAT, 15hp Johnson motor, easy hauler trailer, $1850. Phone (204)425-3016.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Motorcycles

800 gallon trough Beauty fades… ugly lasts forever!

• costs less & lasts longer • virtually indestructible • guaranteed not to leak • 200-800 gallon capacity

NOTRE DAME USED OIL

Call a dealer near you today for more information & FILTER DEPOT ARBORG CO-OP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204-376-5201 CO-OP FEEDS, BRANDON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204-727-0571 7-L RANCH, LAKELAND, MB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204-445-2102 GILBERT PLAINS CO-OP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204-548-2099 TWIN VALLEY CO-OP, MINIOTA, MB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204-567-3664

TJ O'Sullivan 204-768-0600 sales@otr-recycling.com

REAL ESTATE PROPERTY AUCTION

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.

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.

made from mining tires

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.

LOOKING TO BUY OR rent land North of Winnipeg. Contact Ron (204)299-6853 or (204)467-8877.

35-BU. FEED BOX W/12V unload auger on tandem axles. Phone (204)655-3391.

for pastures and feedlots

FARM SPECIALIST: COUNT ON GRANT TWEED, informed, professional assistance for sellers & buyers. Call (204)761-6884 anytime, or www.granttweed.com. Service with integrity.

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.

$275.

WATER TROUGHS

482 ACRES FENCED PASTURE land, Waldersee.

Liz Sumner, Gill & Schmall Agencies.

Phone:(204)476-6362.

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Wanted

LIVESTOCK Livestock Equipment 100 HEAD CAPACITY Phone (204)425-3016.

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba

STE.•ROSE LAC CO-OP, LAC,Batteries MB . . . 204-447-2545 BuyDUUsed Oil STE. ROSE•DUBuy PEMBINA CO-OP, GLENBORO, MB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204-827-2228 • Collect Used Filters • Collect Oil Containers MCGREGOR CO-OP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204-685-2033 NORTHFORKSouthern RANCH (CARTWRIGHT) . . . . . . . . . . . Manitoba . . . . 204-529-2881 and Western

Tel: 204-248-2110

OTR TROUGHS Check out our website at OTR-Recycling.com for more information Call Toll Free 1-866-621-5853

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. Parts etc. for Chinese MX bikes.

RECYCLING

BuyUsed Used Oil Oil ••Buy NOTRE •• Buy Buy Batteries Batteries DAME ••Collect CollectUsed Used Filters Filters • Collect Oil Containers • Collect Oil Containers USED • Antifreeze OIL & Southern,Southern Eastern, and Manitoba Western Western FILTER Manitoba DEPOT Tel: 204-248-2110

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COMMON SEED Various

RECYCLING

SEED OATS AC Morgan AC Mustang

Collection of plastic oil jugs Glycol recovery services Specialized waste removal Winter & Summer windshield washer fluid Peak Performance anti-freeze ( available in bulk or drums )

SEED BARLEY

Proud Supporter of Manitoba Businesses & Municipalities

We BUY used oil & filters

Waldern AC Juniper

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Grain Wanted

Vanderveen Commodity Services Ltd. Licensed and Bonded Grain Brokers

AC Metcalfe Seebe Sundre & Busby

37 4th Ave. NE Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Ph. (204) 745-6444 Email: vscltd@mts.net

Winter & Spring Triticale, Silage Peas

A Season to Grow… Only Days to Pay!

Andy Vanderveen · Brett Vanderveen Jesse Vanderveen

CDC Go Wheat Polish Canola

Sundre, AB 403-556-2609 mastinseeds.com

The only company that collects, recycles and re-uses in Manitoba!

888-368-9378 ~ www.envirowestinc.com

SEED / FEED / GRAIN

PEDIGREED SEED

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Feed Grain

PEDIGREED SEED Cereal – Various

NICE LONG OAT STRAW, 3x3x8 bales, $15 each in the yard at Pilot Mound. Can deliver by semiload. Also wheat straw $20. Phone:(204)825-7903.

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, Notre-Dame.

“Your feed grain broker”

Brokers of high/low vomi wheat and barley, corn, rye, feed pea canola and soybeans.

Farm pickup prices available.

Darcy Caners 204-415-3485 dcaners@pvcommodities.com Colin Hoeppner 204-415-3487 choeppner@pvcommodities.com Fax 204-415-3489 www.pvcommodities.com

Corn, Wheat, Barley For our Locations in: Brandon & Winnipeg Call ADRIAAN for Information: 204-947-6107 or 1-800-782-8478

SANDERS SEED FARM FDN, Reg. Cert. Domain Kane, Cert. Carberry, Harvest Wheat, Manitou, MB. Phone (204)242-4200 or (204)242-2576, Daniel Sanders.

E-mail: Adriaan_Albertyn@Cargill.com

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.

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PEDIGREED SEED Oilseed – Canola

We Grow & Process Locally most of the Seed we sell!!

PEDIGREED SEED Oilseed – Various

Specializing in: • Corn, wheat, sunflower, canola,

soymeal, soybeans, soy oil, barley, rye, flax, oats (feed & milling) • Agents of the CWB • Licensed & bonded 5 LOCATIONS to serve you!

“Naturally Better!”

Soybean Crushing Facility (204) 331-3696 Head Office - Winkler (888) 974-7246 Jordan Elevator (204) 343-2323 Gladstone Elevator (204) 385-2292 Somerset Elevator (204) 744-2126 Sperling Elevator (204) 626-3261

Toll Free: 888-974-7246

Go public with an ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. Phone 1-800-782-0794.

COMMON SEED Forage

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.

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. 2000+ satisfied producers. 9th Year in Business! Millet King Seeds of Canada Inc. Reynald (204)379-2987 or (204)526-2719 cell & text (204)794-8550. Leave messages, all calls returned. www.milletkingseeds.com

40 JD Round Bales Alfalfa/brome mix, excellent quality, no rain. $25 loaded. Lake Audy, MB (204)848-7354 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.

2009 KEIFER DELUXE ALUMINUM livestock trailer, 2x7,000-lb axles, $9,990. Phone (204)325-8691 or (204)325-2820.

TRAILERS Trailers Miscellaneous 1998 7X21 REAL INDUSTRIES goose neck stock trailer, good condition $5500; Bale trailer, hauls 14 5x6 round bales, I-beam frame, good condition $3800. Phone:(204)529-2091 or (204)529-2046.

BRANDON TRAILER SALES “You will like our prices!” “It’s that Simple!” “Let’s compare quality & price!” “Certainly worth the call!”

Phone (204)724-4529. Dealer #4383 STOCK TRAILERS GN 7x24, $5,000; 6x16 $3,500; 7x22 $3,500; GN Flat deck 24-ft., $5,000; 25-ft. w/ramps $5,500; New decks for 3/4 IT trucks; 9-ft. $2,350; 11-ft. $2,850; 7-ft $1,500; 25-ft. Pintle hitch w/ramps, $5,900. Phone (204)857-8403

CAREERS Help Wanted DAIRY FARM NEAR LABROQUERIE is looking for a Herdsman to work in a new robotic barn, has to be A.I. experienced, has to enjoy working with cows & electronics. Please call (204)424-5109 or (204)326-0168.

PERMANENT F/T or P/T employee for a dairy/grain/beef farm. Haywood, MB area. Call (204)745-6157 or (204)745-8481.

WANTED ONE FULL-TIME & one part-time person on a Grain farm in Gladstone MB. Phone:(204)385-3340 or (204)871-0040.

Heated/Spring Threshed Lightweight/Green/Tough, Mixed Grain - Barley, Oats, Rye, Flax, Wheat, Durum, Lentils, Peas, Canola, Chickpeas, Triticale, Sunflowers, Screenings, Organics and By-Products √ ON-FARM PICKUP √ PROMPT PAYMENT √ LICENSED AND BONDED SASKATOON, LLOYDMINSTER, LETHBRIDGE, VANCOUVER, MINNEDOSA

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FOR SALE: 2ND CUT alfalfa round bales, dairy quality, $40 each. Phone:(204)683-2267, St Lazare.

FOR SALE: ROUND BROM & alfalfa mix bales, excellent condition, also round wheat straw. Can deliver. Phone:(204)324-9300 or (204)324-7622.

HORSE HAY, BALED DRY Alfalfa Timothy Brome, $65/solid core round bales, $4/small square bales, shedded. Call Paul (204)228-6884

COMMON SEED Various

LARGE ROUND ALFALFA/BROME BALES. Phone: (204)859-2724 evenings, Rossburn MB.

YELLOW BLOSSOM CLOVER (LOW coumarin), also top yielder fox tail millet, triffid-free, suitable for seed; Wanted: older JD 8-ft side del rake(for parts).

D White Seeds, Ph:(204)822-3649, Morden.

FARMERS, RANCHERS, SEED PROCESSORS BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS

• Vomi wheat • Vomi barley • Feed wheat • Feed barley • Feed oats • Corn • Screenings • Peas • Light Weight Barley You can deliver or we can arrange for farm pickup.

Winnipeg 233-8418 Brandon 728-0231 Grunthal 434-6881 “Ask for grain buyer.”

70 SOFT CORE BALES, Grass & Kosha, $20 each. Phone (204)827-2629, evenings.

RED CLOVER, winter hardy, double cut. 75 cents per lb.

Cleaned in 16x25 kilogram bags. Phone (204)534-7843.

CORN SEED $25/ACRE. Lower Cost Alternative for Grazing & Silage. High Yield & Nutrition 7 to 9-ft.

Tall. Leafy Early 2200 to 2350 CHU’s –Open Pollinated Varieties. Phone (204)723-2831.

TRAILERS Livestock Trailers

www.delmarcommodities.com

COMMON SEED

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.

• Competitive Prices • Prompt Movement • Spring Thrashed

TIRES: 4- 20.8X38 BIAS ply Goodyear; 4- 20.5x25 bias ply industrial tires; 2- Firestone 800x70 R38.

Phone:(204)773-2879.

**SERVICE WITH INTEGRITY**

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Hay & Straw

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.

HEATED & GREEN CANOLA

FEDERATION TIRE: 1100X12, 2000X20, used aircraft. Toll free 1-888-452-3850

1-204-724-6741

After waiting years with sweet assurances, Wanted open-market off-patent certified GMO Soybean seed.

Eduard SFX MB 204-864-2102 or eduard57@netscaoe.ca

6X25-KG BAGS OF ALFALFA, Brome Grass, Timothy mix. $600 for the lot. Phone (204)771-3382, Winnipeg.

BUYING:

TIRES

CAREERS

FEED GRAINS:

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.

Northstar Seeds & Brett Young Forages

P.O. Box 1236 129 Manitoba Rd. Winkler, MB. R6W 4B3

WE ARE BUYING

PINNACLE & SUMMIT OATS, Carberry Wheat, CDC Sorrel Flax, Chadburn Soybeans. Krym Farms Ltd (204)955-5562, Rosser, MB.

LIMITED SUPPLY SELLING FAST BOOK NOW!!

NOW BUYING Confection and Oil Sunflowers, Brown & Yellow Flax and Red & White Millet

We are buyers of farm grains.

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.

Flax Lightning

WE BUY OATS Call us today for pricing Box 424, Emerson, MB R0A 0L0 204-373-2328

1-877-250-5252

FOR SALE: CERTIFIED AC Domain wheat, certified Kane wheat. Dudgeon Seeds, Darlingford MB. Phone: (204)246-2357.

Call us for your special crop marketing needs

Contact Denis or Ben for pricing ~ 204-325-9555

“ON FARM PICK UP”

ELIAS SEEDS: Cert AC Carberry & AC Barrie Wheat. Call (204)745-3301, Carman, MB.

Wheat Glenn Kane Harvest Carberry Barley Tradition Conlon Oats Leggett Souris

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Grain Wanted

Licensed & Bonded

Delivery Possible

MASTIN SEEDS

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Grain Wanted

Round Bales Hay. Good quality, big round bales of mostly grass hay, stored under cover, $35 each, Somerset (204)744-2525 Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds. Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! 1-800-782-0794.

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Average spring weather Issued: Monday, April 16, 2012 · Covering: April 18 – April 25, 2012 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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his forecast period will start with us seeing a predominantly westerly flow. To our north there will be an area of high pressure, while to our south we’ll see several weak areas of low pressure moving by within the westerly flow. This makes the first part of the forecast period a little tough to figure out. We should see more sun than clouds, and most of the precipitation associated with the weak southern lows should stay to our south. Temperatures will begin on the cool side, but we should see a warming trend begin late in the week.

By the weekend, a building ridge of high pressure in the upper atmosphere will begin to move eastward. This will allow temperatures to moderate as the winds become more southerly. Exactly how warm it will get over the weekend depends on the amount of sunshine. The weather models are showing several weak

areas of low pressure sliding along the eastern edge of the upper ridge, so we should see a mix of sun and clouds over the weekend with the odd shower. Highs will likely be in the upper teens, and if we get enough sun we could see highs in the low 20s.

These warm temperatures should continue into the early part of next week as the upper ridge slowly pushes east. To our west, the weather model s show a st rong area of low pressure developing on the back side of the ridge.

Confidence in the timing, track and strength of this storm system is low right now, but this system will need to be watched as it moves eastward around Wednesday.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 5 to 19 C; lows, -5 to +5 C. Probability of precipitation falling as rain: 75 per cent.

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

1 Month (30 Days) Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) March 12, 2012 to April 10, 2012

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

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

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.

Copyright © 2012 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies.

Created: 04/11/12 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the total precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the 30-day period ending April 10 — a fairly typical precipitation pattern, with the lightest amounts over Alberta and progressively more precipitation as you head east into Manitoba. Over Manitoba the highest amounts were in the Winnipeg to Portage region, where upward of 40 to 50 millimetres of precipitation fell.

Active thunderstorm season?

The flow we now see across North America may bring a stormy summer with it

By Daniel Bezte co-operator contributor

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ometimes I’m as quick as the next person to jump all over weather forecasters when they’re way off the mark. It’s easy for us to notice when a forecast is wrong, but we rarely notice how often they are right. A lot of people are also quick to say how weather forecasting hasn’t really gotten any better over the years.

Heck, I still hear people saying weather forecasts were much better when they were young!

Personally, I think that selective memory is at work with these people.

Now, I am not saying that weather forecasting is perfect — far from it. I do think it is going to get better, but as I have talked about in the past, this is going to take time. The problem with making a good, accurate forecast lies with the initial data. Forecasting the weather is extremely complicated, but no matter how good your forecasting model is, it is only as good as the data that goes into it at the start. If your starting parameters are off by a little bit, that might not make a big difference in a 24-hour

forecast, but the farther out you go, the more those initial differences will add up, creating a forecast that gets worse and worse the farther out you go.

This is why I get really upset when the government cuts Environment Canada’s budget and we continue to slowly see weather stations being taken offline. Fortunately, computer-based home weather stations have become reliable and fairly affordable and it’s these stations that are filling in the gaps. The more stations we have collecting and sharing data, the better the weather forecasts will be. Maybe this is the best way to go, but in my opinion, the cost of this shouldn’t be fully placed on the shoulders of private individuals, but should be shared by the private companies using this data, along with the government, which also uses and benefits from it.

On that note…

OK, my little rant is over and I feel better. Now, back to what I originally wanted to talk about this week: weather forecasting, and in particular, severe weather forecasting. For those

of you who are weather geeks, you were probably either watching or reading about the severe thunderstorm and tornado outbreak that occurred over the weekend in the U.S. Midwest. An outbreak like this, at this time of the year, is not really that unusual, as we are nearing the peak season for tornadoes in that part of the world. What was fairly unique about this outbreak, however, was the fact that it was forecast to occur two days in advance of the event!

The U.S. National Weather Service issued a high-risk forecast for much of Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska early in the morning on April 13. This was only the second time it has ever issued a high-risk forecast more than one day in advance. As I write this article the final numbers are not yet in, but the forecast was basically right on the money. There were unofficially 98 reports of tornadoes, 70 reports of high winds and 130 reports of hail.

All in all, a pretty impressive bit of forecasting!

With such an active start to the summer severe weather season in the U.S., the big question is whether we’ll

This was only the second time the U.S. National Weather Service has ever issued a high-risk forecast more than one day in advance.

see this active weather push northward as we slowly move toward summer.

I’ve just started looking at what this summer may hold for us, so a full examination of this is still a few weeks away. If I was to go with my gut feeling right now, I would have to say we will see a very active thunderstorm season this year. The reason I have this feeling is that the general atmospheric flow across North America has been very active for over a month now. This means the flow pattern is producing large atmospheric waves extending fairly far north and south. When this happens we see strong pushes of warm air surging northward as one of these waves approaches, then a good push of cool air once the wave passes. In between,

where the warm and cold air meet, is where you see storms develop.

So, the overall pattern looks conducive to storm development. Add on top of this early snow and ice loss over a large portion of North America, which has allowed ground and water bodies to become much warmer than usual for this time of year, and recordwarm sea surface temperatures over the Gulf of Mexico, a large source of water vapour or energy for storm development, and the ingredients are there for the active pattern to take advantage of. But as we all know, Mother Nature seems to hate it when we try to figure her out, and more often than not she throws us a curveball just to keep us off balance.

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New CCA president to focus on processing, foreign trade efforts Manitoba-born Unrau plans to bring his “give and take” philosophy to cattle sector’s top job

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff

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or the first time in decades, a Manitoba rancher has risen to the top job of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association.

Cow-calf producer Martin Unrau, a CCA vice-president, was recently acclaimed as president and will replace Alberta’s Travis Toews.

Along with wife Roxie, son Garett, and a part-time employee, Unrau runs 500 head on Bar 88 Ranch and crops 1,000 acres south of MacGregor.

A call last week found Unrau, former head of the provincial cattle association, in the midst of calving and seeding preparations, as well as planning a run to Brandon to pick up mineral.

“It’s enjoyable, but it’s busy,” said Unrau.

The cattle business has been riding high amid a strong recovery postBSE, but as CCA president he said he plans to keep a watchful eye on maintaining the country’s slaughter and processing infrastructure. Rebuilding the national herd will see more heifers retained as breeding stock and that will put more pressure on the critically important downstream side of the business, he said.

The continued viability of the country’s two largest killing plants, XL Foods and Cargill, is a big concern, as are the smaller 200- to 300-head plants that also play a big role in the supply chain.

“That’s a big deal to me,” he said.

“For the next few years, there’ll be a bit of a crunch on, and we hope these guys can stick around. We’ll have to deal with it as it comes along.”

Opinions seem to vary widely within the industry regarding plans for a government-backed, federally inspected Winnipeg killing plant, but so long as it can sustain itself as a going concern, Unrau said he is in favour of it because it is needed “desperately.”

Martin Unrau, the new president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, looks out over some of the cattle on his farm south of MacGregor. photo: Daniel Winters

“Government has proven in the past that when they own things, they screw it up,” he said. “But any viable plant that would be a benefit to producers — I’m in favour of it.”

Over the past five years, Unrau has been heavily involved in the CCA, serving as chair of the Foreign Trade committee, co-chair of the Animal Health committee, and as a member of the Domestic Agriculture and Policy regulation committee.

But he said his first love is ranching, and it’s all he’s ever wanted to do. But in 2004, he opted to become involved in the “political” side of the business despite the time commitment and extensive travel demands.

The sacrifice has been worth it, he

said, adding efforts to open up foreign markets have convinced him of the need for building trade links with as many countries as possible.

The need for compromise, or “give and take,” is a big part of his philosophy, he added.

“There’s more to it than just raising the calf, feeding the steer, putting it on the truck and making sure it gets to the processing facility,” said Unrau.

“The reason I’m in this game of politics is to ensure that people and governments understand how beneficial we are to this country.”

The opportunity for foreign travel that comes with the job has opened his eyes to new perspectives – and some surprises.

“It’s enjoyable, but it’s busy.” martin unrau

In Belgium, for example, Unrau, who is of Dutch Mennonite descent, discovered that he could converse in his fluent low German with the Flemish farmers.

It’s nice to be bilingual, but he admits that French would be handier in his new job. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

Superbug controversy spurs USDA to seek voluntary antibiotic limits in livestock Environmental groups turn to the courts to limit antibiotic use

By Anna Yukhananov washington / reuters

U.S. regulators are urging food producers to voluntarily stop using antibiotics in livestock for non-medical uses as part of a broad effort to prevent the rise of drug-resistant “superbugs.”

Antibiotics should only be used under the supervision of a veterinarian to prevent or treat illnesses in animals, said the USDA, which is asking companies to start phasing out the use of antibiotics for non-medical purposes such as promoting growth, a process that could take ©canstock

three years. The Food and Drug Administration has banned certain types of antibiotics, such as cephalosporins, for non-medical uses in livestock. Some environmental advocacy groups want it to do the same with common antibiotics like tetracyclines and penicillin.

Scientists say overuse of antibiotics — whether in people or animals — can lead to bacterial resistance as resistant strains become dominant. Perhaps the most publicized antibiotic-resistant bacteria are the methicillinresistant staphylococcus bugs known as MRSA. Veterinary oversight should ensure antibiot-

ics are used properly and only when necessary, said Michael Taylor, deputy FDA commissioner for foods. However, last month a federal judge ordered the FDA to start proceedings to withdraw approval for the non-therapeutic use of some common antibiotics in animal feed, based on a lawsuit filed by environmental groups.

The FDA favours voluntary action.

“We think by virtue of the commitments companies have made... we can get to that result over the next few years rather than litigating over the next couple of decades,” Taylor said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 19, 2012

Wet on top, dry down below

Notoriously wet country looks to better grazing management to solve chronic water infiltration problems

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff

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askatchewan grazier Neil Dennis figures five centuries of continuous grazing has more to do with the drought affecting the British Isles than a lack of rainfall.

“When you get 70 inches of rain, and the water table is dropping, there’s sure something wrong,” said Dennis, who just returned from a U.K. tour where he had been invited to speak about high-density rotational grazing systems.

A serious drought this spring has led to a ban on new wells and using water for cosmetic purposes such as watering lawns, as the authorities brace for looming water shortages in the island nation of 80 million.

But Dennis said the root causes go much deeper — or rather shallower.

During pasture walks in Devon, Yorkshire and Wales, he saw land where water infiltration has ground to a halt after centuries of grazing too short.

The grass has been pounded by continuous grazing, and

never given a chance to fully recover, for so long that the roots underneath barely reach deeper than two inches into the soil. When it rains, puddles form on the pastures because the water can’t penetrate the subsurface hardpan.

“They’ve got no root system under anything and so all their water runs off,” he said. “They are running all their good fresh water into the ocean and the wells are drying up.”

The irony of the situation wasn’t lost on Dennis, who uses a variety of intensively managed grazing practices on his 1,800acre operation to build up grass species diversity and conserve as much of the 12 to 14 inches of precipitation that falls on his land each year.

He has divided his pastures into small, electrified paddocks with a central alleyway and a buried pasture pipeline for supplying water to the herd.

Judging from posts on farmrelated Internet messaging boards, the British stockmen were amazed to hear that he runs up to 1,025 head of cattle on a half-acre for very short

Neil Dennis (c) leads British farmers on a pasture walk. photos: David Hugill.

periods, and moves his cattle up to eight times per day via solar-powered, automatic gate openers.

“I change what I do all the time,” said Dennis, adding that he sometimes grazes short, tall, or just skims the pasture taking less than half the growth.

The key to his strategy is giving the paddocks enough time to recover and set seed. He has counted up to 40 species appearing naturally via animal impact in a field seeded to only crested wheat grass, as well as wider leaves and greater plant density. Mineral consumption is down 90 per cent.

He has also developed a variation on bale grazing that he calls “deep massage.” First, he hits the area “really hard,” then gives it a full year to recover before putting up to 800 head on a half-acre early in spring to consume the leftover stockpiled grass. Once that’s gone,

he rolls out round bales so that the whole area is covered by manure, urine and litter.

The result, he said, is a kind of supercharged topsoil of composting organic matter filled with earthworms that generates its own heat, never freezes deep down, greens up quicker in spring and stays green later in fall.

Unless better grazing practices take hold on the Prairies, ranchers will suffer the same fate as their cousins in England, he said.

“We won’t have to wait 500 years,” he said, with a laugh.

“Tiling (drainage) everything and letting it run down the creek — we’re going to create a desert out here.”

David Hugill, who runs an 80-head cow-calf operation on 400 acres in the northeast of England, attended some of Dennis’s talks.

He began trying out managed intensive grazing about

“When you get 70 inches of rain, and the water table is dropping, there’s sure something wrong.”

Neil Dennis

Neil Dennis

two years ago in a bid to extend his grazing season from the traditional October-May to December-March.

In a country where six inches of snowfall is a “disaster,” the cattle are kept in drylot pens and barns to satisfy European Union regulations, as well as to prevent pugging and compaction damage to pastures, as well as nutrient runoff during the winter when it’s too wet to graze. Wintering cattle accounts for 80 per cent of their cost of production.

“There’s a lot of interest now to try and get more root growth, beat the compaction and get more water into the soil,” said Hugill, in a telephone interview last week.

“In certain parts of the country we haven’t got as much groundwater as we’d like to see.”

Constant grazing with no recovery periods has selected only those pasture species that can withstand that onslaught, he added. That has led to very shallow rooting, and as a consequence, poor water infiltration.

After two years of mob grazing, his pastures are drier in parts that were formerly too wet to drive across with machinery during wet times of the year. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

Naked oats tested for organic chickens Researchers think hulless oats could make up 70-80 per cent of the ration Ohio State release

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cientists with Ohio State University have received a four-year, US$896,000 Department of Agriculture grant to study the feasibility of incorporating “naked oats” into organic farming rotations as a way to cut the cost of producing organic chicken.

The oats, which have a unique protein and amino acid balance, will be tested in the diets of pasture-raised organic broiler chickens.

The chickens will be considered part of the crop rotation within a given year, where they’ll serve as both a product to sell and a source of manure to enhance soil fertility.

The goal of the study is to develop a way to reduce the cost of organic chicken feed by growing the cereal portion of the birds’ diet on the farm, thus making it more cost effective to raise and sell organic chicken, said Mike Lilburn, an animal sciences professor at the university’s

Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in northeast Ohio and the leader of the study.

“What I’m hoping is that in four years we can offer a costeffective crop rotation alternative to organic producers, one that produces a quality organic product but decreases the cost of production,” said Lilburn, who also holds a joint appointment with Ohio State University Extension.

Selling naked oats to other organic poultry producers or for use in high-value organic

foods such as granola could be other options for farmers, he said.

Also called hulless oats, naked oats are named for their lack of an outer hull compared with conventional oats.

“Naked oats are higher in protein than conventional oats and have an amino acid profile that may reduce the proportion of high-cost, high-protein supplements that are currently needed to produce balanced organic diets,” Lilburn said. “If our hypothesis is correct and

naked oats can be used at up to 70 to 80 per cent of the diet for pasture-reared broilers, this becomes a new option for organic producers.”

The grant comes through the Organic Agriculture Re s e a rc h a n d E x t e n s i o n Initiative program of USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. This past fall, USDA announced this and 22 other grants, totalling $19 million, to research and Extension programs at U.S. universities, all designed to advance organic farming.

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Trade deal with South Korea needed And this little piggy stayed home: Fewer Manitoba pigs heading south of the border

By Shannon VanRaes

“It’s a little disappointing to see we don’t have as many farmers on the land, but this is happening right across Canada, and it’s happening in the U.S. as well.”

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anitoba pork producers need to look b e y o n d C a n a d a’s southern border for export markets, according to Manitoba Pork Council chairman Karl Kynoch.

Despite stabilization in Canadian exports to the United States, Manitoba’s U.S. pork exports have not returned to levels seen before country-oforigin labelling (COOL) came into effect, Kynoch said during the organization’s recent annual general meeting.

In 2011, Manitoba produced 8.1 million pigs from about 314,000 sows, exporting about 3.1 million live weanlings and roughly 400,000 slaughter hogs to the U.S. But Kynoch said the number of weanlings exported to the U.S. in 2011 is still 41.8 per cent lower than the peak of 5.5 million seen in 2007.

“This is one area where we have got to continue to work on,” he told producers, noting Manitoba is the largest pork exporter in Canada.

More than 93 per cent of the pork produced in Manitoba leaves the province, destined for other provinces or one of 35 countries.

But despite a positive ruli n g by t h e Wo r l d Tra d e Organization on COOL, Kynoch said an appeal by the U.S. means it will be more than a year before Canadian producers see any benefit from the ruling.

And because future trade

KARL KYNOCH

Karl Kynoch, chairman of the Manitoba Pork Council, speaks during the organization’s 2012 annual general meeting in Winnipeg. PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES

actions are a possibility with any country, the chairman stressed the hog industry should seek to put its eggs in a broad array of baskets.

He cited China, Japan, Mexico and South Korea as areas of growth for hog exports.

But overall Canadian pork exports are strong at $3.2 billion to 140 countries, Kynoch said.

“You know, until a few years ago I didn’t even know that many countries existed,” Kynoch laughed. “That’s huge.”

He added there were also $400 million in global live swine exports in 2011.

But without vigilance Canada could lose its marketing position, particularly as the U.S moves towards a trade deal with the growing South Korean market, he said.

“Our government has been a little behind the eight ball and hasn’t gotten an agreement in place with South Korea,” Kynoch said. “So hopefully they can do something to get an agreement in place, otherwise we are going to be at a 20 per cent disadvantage to our American counterparts going forward.”

The chairman noted demand

for pork is growing across the globe, increasing each year by the equivalent of what Canada produces — 12 million hogs.

It’s an opportunity Kynoch would like to see Manitoba producers capitalize on.

“Manitoba has always been one of the best places to grow things, we have lots of open space, lots of open land and we’re one of the lowest-cost production areas,” he said, adding Manitoba pork also needs to be promoted internationally.

“Around the world people have to know that Manitoba is a huge part of exports and the

production of pork,” Kynoch said. “We’re there and we’re going to be playing with the big boys.”

But the chairman expressed concern about Manitoba’s ability to meet future demands for hog exports, given the province’s moratorium on new hog barn construction.

The number of hogs produced in Manitoba has declined in recent years.

Market hog production peaked in Manitoba in 2005 at 5.35 million and is only estimated at 4.64 million for 2011.

The number of hog farmers has also decreased in Manitoba, although Kynoch said that isn’t surprising.

“It’s a little disappointing to see we don’t have as many farmers on the land, but this is happening right across Canada, and it’s happening in the U.S. as well,” he said.

“It’s just part of the changing times.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Canada counter-appeals COOL ruling Both sides are back at the WTO STAFF / A World Trade Organization panel’s ruling criticizing the U.S. government’s countryof-origin labelling (COOL) law is now under appeal from both sides of the table.

The WTO last week reported receiving formal notice that Canada, like the U.S., plans to appeal parts of last November’s ruling from the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB).

The U.S. filed its appeal on March 23, seeking to overturn the DSB’s ruling that COOL violates Washington’s WTO obligations and does not fulfil its legitimate objective of consumer education.

Canada, however, wants to shut down the part of the DSB’s ruling that implies COOL’s main objective was legitimate in the first place.

Canada’s appeal, dated March 28, disputes the DSB’s view that the panel was supposed to identify a potential objective of COOL rather than its actual objective.

It also disputes the DSB’s finding that COOL’s objective is legitimate within the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.

Canada alleges the DSB panel failed to make an “objective assessment of the facts demonstrating that the objective of the COOL measure is protectionism.”

If, on the other hand, COOL’s objective isn’t actually protectionism, Canada claims the DSB “erred by failing to define the objective at a sufficiently detailed level.”

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If the WTO’s Appellate Body rejects the DSB’s finding that COOL fails to fulfil a legitimate objective, Canada then wants a ruling from the Appellate Body stating “there are less traderestrictive alternative measures” the U.S. could use to meet COOL’s objective.

If such alternative measures are available to the U.S., Canada says, then COOL violates the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.

The DSB panel ruled in November that COOL is “inconsistent with the United States’ WTO obligations” and unfairly affords “less favourable treatment to imported Canadian cattle and hogs than to like domestic products.”

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association has said it expects an oral hearing before the Appellate Body on the U.S. appeal to happen later this month or early May. The Appellate Body generally has up to three months to finish a report after such hearings.

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Adverse consequences of phenylbutazone Indiscriminate use can harm the horse, and does not address the cause of the pain being treated Inflammation and pain when allowed their course are a part of the natural healing process.

Carol Shwetz, DVM Horse Health

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henylbutazone, referred to as “bute” amongst horsemen, is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used for the short-term relief of pain, inflammation, and fever in horses. It is one of the most common medications administered to horses but indiscriminate use is wrought with adverse consequences. Therefore horse owners must be aware of its appropriate and prudent use.

Phenylbutazone is indicated for the treatment of a wide variety of musculoskeletal ailments.

These can include but are not limited to acute sprains, strains, injuries, muscular overuse, tendonitis, degenerative joint diseases, navicular syndrome, laminitis, and arthritis. The hallmark of these ailments is pain and inflammation.

Since phenylbutazone can alleviate pain in horses it may be used inappropriately to mask lameness for competition, work or sale purposes. As such regulations regarding its use varies within disciplines and their governing bodies.

Phenylbutazone is frequently the first drug of choice for pain control and inflammation because it is relatively inexpensive and effective. It is carried under many brand labels and is available in tablet or paste formulation for oral administration, or as an injectable product strictly for intravenous

use. It is not given intramuscularly as it is extremely irritating to the tissues.

Risky practice

Despite the manufacturer’s recommendations that phenylbutazone be administered under veterinary supervision, many horse owners administer their own “bute.” Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID) such as phenylbutazone affect the body by blocking the cascade of chemicals that produce prostaglandins, which are responsible for symptoms of pain and inflammation. Prostaglandins are also responsible for maintaining blood flow to vital tissues such as the lining of the stomach, intestinal tract and kidneys.

As a result phenylbutazone’s mechanism of action in the body places vital tissues at risk, potentially damaging the lining of the gastrointestinal tract and compromising blood flow to the kidneys. Clinical signs of phenylbutazone toxicity include loss of appetite, depression, teeth grinding, mild colic, weight loss, renal failure, and edema under the belly and in the legs. Hemorrhages and ulcers often occur in the mouth, esophagus, stomach, cecum and right dorsal colon.

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Phenylbutazone’s injurious and lethal toxicities often come as a complete surprise to owners due to ignorance, careless dosing, or failing to recognize factors that increase the likelihood of adverse effects.

Certain populations of horses such as foals, ponies, older horses and debilitated or dehydrated horses carry a higher risk for harm. Horses that are dehydrated are particularly susceptible to phenylbutazone toxicity, since blood flow to the kidneys is already compromised.

A phenomena known as “stacking” has become an increasingly common practice whereby non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs and/or medications are combined in hopes of further reducing pain and inflammation. These practices greatly increase the potential of adverse side-effects.

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Bison farmer fined Staff / A McCreary farmer has been fined $1,000 in provincial court for failing to submit his bison herd to Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials for inspection and testing for bovine tuberculosis.

Ron Chotka pled guilty and was fined under the Health of Animals Act Dec. 19, 2011, a CFIA release says. Livestock owners are required to provide CFIA inspectors with “reasonable assistance” in carrying out their duties.

U.S. beef, pork exports to Japan jump tokyo / reuters / U.S. meat exporters expect beef export volumes to Japan to jump about a quarter this year as they see a strong chance Tokyo will relax import curbs on ebbing concerns of mad cow disease, the head of a key U.S. export group said on April 11.

Japan now only allows imports of U.S. and Canadian beef from cattle aged 20 months or less, but its Food Safety Commission (FSC) is assessing the risk of easing the limit to 30 months.

Although the rules, in place since 2005, freed up U.S. beef imports after a total ban in 2003, they have capped U.S. imports while Australian beef has largely retained its dominant market share in Japan’s 500,000-tonnes-a-year market for imported beef.

The federation expects U.S. beef exports to Japan to rise to 150,000 tonnes this year from 120,000 in 2011, said Philip Seng, chairman of the U.S. Meat Export Federation, taking into account the chance of deregulation of the import curbs.

U.S. pork exports to Japan to rise to 340,000 tonnes in 2012, up five per cent from a year earlier. The United States last year took a share of 41 per cent in Japan’s imported pork market of 793,000 tonnes, or 416 billion yen ($5.1 billion) by value, official trade data show.

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS connecting rur a l communities

Social enterprise study reveals an “overlooked” sector’s economic impact Non-profits had a commercial side that generates millions in revenues and wages

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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ood works can pay unexpected dividends.

Take, for example, EPIC de St. Malo Inc. (SMILE of St. Malo Inc.).

The 38-year-old non-profit organization serving people with intellectual disabilities has 62 fulltime and part-time employees — making it the largest employer in the RM of De Salaberry.

Some workers run the recycling program, which serves six surrounding municipalities. Others work in product construction and assembly, make or package a large range of goods, including pet toys, survey stakes, fishing gear and emergency candles, for national companies. A sewing department turns out thousands of bags handed out at conventions.

And their wages stay in the community because those working here live here too.

“Everyone gains from this,” says Hélène Larivière, the organization’s executive director.

A new study that looked at her organization plus another 117 other so-called “social enterprises” in Manitoba shows they pack a considerable economic punch. The organizations, two-thirds of which are located in smaller centres, collectively generated $55.4 million in revenues, made at least $41.5 million in sales, and paid wages of $25.3 million to more than 3,750 people. The data was gleaned from their 2010 fiscal reports and collected by the

Maurice Boisjoli is one of over 60 persons at Epic Smile de St. Malo Inc., the RM of De Salaberry’s largest employer. Boisjoli is employed in the woodworking and assembly departments of Epic/Smile, pictured here applying a logo to MTS survey stakes.

Photo: courtesy of Epic Smile

Canadian Community Economic Development Network.

“I suspect that most people are aware of the rich contributions of these organizations,” said CCEDN official Brendan Reimer.

“But we tend to say ‘that’s a good social program’ or see the social side of their equation instead of seeing that as a good chunk of our local economy.”

The groups surveyed are engaged in a host of activities, including resource management and construction, food services, retail sales, arts and culture, and health and social services.

If you haven’t heard much about “social enterprise,” you’re not alone. It’s not a term used widely because it’s not a legal definition like a co-op, sole proprietorship or charity, said Reimer.

The CCED’s definition for this research was “a business venture owned or operated by a non-profit organization that sells goods or provides service in the market for the primary purpose of creating a blended return on investment, both financial as well as social, environmentally and culturally.”

Organizations known primarily for their social mission aren’t usu-

ally regarded “as real businesses,” but their economic impact certainly is, said Reimer.

“If you look at the employment numbers, revenue generated from market activities and contracts, and sales and even income tax paid, some of them are quite significant,” he said.

The survey could have included more groups, said Reimer, noting social enterprise can encompass a broad range of ventures, such as farmers’ markets or even local curling clubs.

“This was a starting point,” he said. “We got a sampling.”

The challenge now is getting the word out, said Reimer. The organization wants to get the study into the hands of more community leaders and economic development officials, and promote the idea that the social enterprise model is “another tool in the tool box” for pursuing economic development.

“This is a model that, like the co-operative model, offers some answers to those things,” he said.

“The core purpose of this business model is to benefit local people.”

Similar surveys have been done in B.C. and Alberta, and are underway in Ontario and Eastern Canada.

The research is a joint effort between the CCED Network, Mount Royal University’s Institute for Non-Profit Studies, and Simon Fraser University with funding from the United Way, Assiniboine Credit Union and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Netley-Libau project wins innovation award Cattails have the ability to displace coal as a fuel source as research focuses on bioenergy

By Shannon Vanraes co-operator staff

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h e Ne t l e y- L i b a u Nu t r i e n t Bioenergy Project has been recognized by the Manitoba Round Table for Sustainable Development as it seeks commercial opportunities for its findings.

After receiving the award for Innovation and Research for Sustainability at the Manitoba legislature, lead researcher Richard Grosshan said the focus of the project has changed since he began work at the marsh in 2006.

“It’s one of the surprising things,” Grosshan said. “When we first started, we were primarily doing it for nutrient management, and now much of the focus is on the potential for bioenergy.”

For example, project staff have harvested cattails from the Netley-Libau Marsh and turned them into pellets

able to replace coal as a fuel. The process used is one that can be duplicated anywhere cattails are plentiful.

And interest in the process is growing, said Grosshan.

“We now have a partnership with Minnesota, where they are also doing research and looking at starting a similar program,” he said.

Other regions, including in Ontario and as far away as Florida, have also expressed interest in the Netley-Libau project, he added.

“Florida has an issue with nuisance cattails and this is one way to address that,” Grosshan said.

The project, a partnership with the University of Manitoba, Ducks Unlimited Canada, and the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Water Innovation Centre, has also provided information about bioenergy useful in other applications to create a value-added, lowcarbon biofuel.

“Right now we are looking at applications within the agricultural region, looking at obvious areas to get cattails from, such as storm water ditches, retention ponds and things like that,” said the researcher.

But the project hasn’t lost sight of the other benefits the marsh and its cattails provide, such as habitat development, flood mitigation and nutrient management.

Comprised of shallow lakes, channels and wetland, the marsh occupies 250 square kilometres at the mouth of the Red River, offering a valuable opportunity to prevent extra phosphorus from entering Lake Winnipeg.

For every hectare of cattails, between 20 and 40 kilograms of phosphorus can be harvested, Grosshan said.

“And that doesn’t include the phosphorus trapped in the stalks and the roots,” he added. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh (l to r) presents a Sustainability Award to Richard Grosshan, lead researcher at Netley-Libau Nutrient-Bioenergy Project and Hank Venema of the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Water Innovation Centre at the Manitoba legislature. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

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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

The quickening pulse How-to resources for cooking beans, peas, lentils and chickpeas expand Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

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aving lunch with friends a couple of years ago, we naturally began talking about food and the subject came around to “pulses.” Surprisingly, few knew what a “pulse” actually was. Few also ate lentils or chickpeas on any regular basis, although they were curious to learn more.

My friends have definitely heard of pulses now, and eat them more often too, thanks to the growing number of articles they’re seeing with accompanying recipes. Seldom, for instance, does an issue of the popular Canadian magazine Chatelaine now go by without at least one recipe devoted to using a bean, or pea, chickpea or lentil as the main ingredient. Plus, word about the role pulses play in health maintenance now reaches many more of us in the popular press.

All this is the result of an ambitious action plan laid out by the pulse industry to boost consumption of pulse-based foods, followed up with several years of extensive research, including clinical research trials to show how regular consumption of pulses can help lower cholesterol and shed extra weight and help those with diabetes manage their disease.

What we ultimately needed to know, however, is how to cook and bake with pulses.

Another recently launched resource to entice more of us to eat them more often is the website www.lentils.ca launched in September 2011 by Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, and where Canadian chef superstars like Michael Smith list recipes he’s developed, and registered dietitian and author of Go Undiet: 50 Small Actions for Lasting Weight Loss, Gloria Tsang talk about the flavour and tex-

Lentil and Sweet Potato Stew 2 tbsp. canola oil 1 medium onion, chopped 2 medium carrots, peeled and chopped 2 celery stalks, chopped 1 bay leaf 1 garlic clove, minced 1-1/2 tsp. curry powder 2 c. dry green lentils, rinsed 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and diced 9 oz. frozen cut green beans 14.5 oz. diced tomatoes in juice 1/2 c. cilantro leaves, chopped Plain low-fat yogurt for serving Coarse salt and black pepper

In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium high.

Add onion, carrots, celery and bay leaf. Cook, stirring until vegetables are softened, five to seven minutes. Add garlic and curry powder and cook until fragrant, about one more minute.

Add seven cups of water and lentils. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add potatoes and continue to cook, covered, until lentils and potato are just tender, about 15 minutes. Add green beans and tomatoes with juice. Cook until warmed through, two to four minutes. Remove bay leaf. Add cilantro; season with salt and pepper. Serve with yogurt.

Source: www.lentils.ca

ture of lentils, as well as the ease in preparing and using them.

This is a go-to site for everything you ever wanted to know about lentils and a great resource to be inspired to eat them more often. You can also download or order a great recipe book from this website.

Mission ImPulsible

And while still on the topic of pulses, Pulse Canada and Manitoba Pulse Growers Association hosted their annual provincial “Mission ImPulsible” April 4, with three teams of students from the University of Manitoba competing before a panel of judges to create new pulse-food innovations.

The competitors' creations are another indication how pulse-based foods are finding their ways into our diets.

Veggie samosa patty made with 30 per cent chickpea and white kidney bean flour was the first-place winner in the competition.

A Chinese steamed bun made with a combination of wheat flour as well as pea, chickpea, lentil and pinto beans came in second place. Consider the impact such a reformulated staple product like this might have in a country of 1.4 billion people!

Third place went to the creators of a breaded chicken wing, a gluten-free product made with chickpea flour in the batter and mixed with nuts and spices for the original flavour and crunch.

The first-place winners will be taking their tasty samosa on to compete against other provincial winners in the national competitions coming up June 27 at the Canadian Special Crops Association (CSCA) annual convention.

Students from across Canada, in university programs such as food science, nutrition, marketing, home economics, culinary arts and others take part in these annual competitions.

Here are two recipes I’ve selected from lentils.ca. Enjoy!

Red Lentil, White Bean and Beef Sloppy Joes I don’t think I’ve seen directions as simple as these in a long time. This is a low-calorie, delicious meal that couldn’t be easier to make.

2 19-oz. cans navy beans 3 lbs. ground beef 2 c. dry split red lentils 28-oz. can crushed tomatoes 28-oz. can diced tomatoes 3 carrots, chopped 2 celery stalks, chopped 4 cloves garlic, chopped 12 c. water 1/3 c. molasses 1/3 c. brown sugar 1 tbsp. garlic powder 1 tbsp. onion powder 1 tbsp. basil 1/2 c. apple cider vinegar Salt and pepper to taste

Place uncooked ground beef into large roaster; add rest of ingredients and bake for about 2.5 hours at 375 F (190 C). Add salt and pepper to taste. Source: www.lentils.ca

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ook at that! Now isn’t that a sight?”

Rose Jackson gazed out from the lounger on which she was reclining in the middle of the front lawn. Up above a bright-blue sky was dotted with a few wispy clouds. The yard was the usual early-spring greyish-brown colour, and beyond the yard the pasture was beginning to turn a pale shade of green.

“It’s hard to believe.” Rose looked at her husband Andrew who was slouched lazily in a lawn chair next to her. Andrew took a second to respond.

“What’s hard to believe?” he asked.

“That it’s the first week of April and the only white stuff in the pasture is the sheep,” said Rose.

“Yeah, what a difference a year makes,” said Andrew. “Last year the snow stayed around forever and after that it was so wet we had to fence off the ponds to keep the animals from getting snailborne diseases. This year it’s so dry it looks like the Dirty ’30s. Without all the blowing dust and grinding poverty, mind you,” he added. He lapsed into silence.

“What are you thinking?” said Rose eventually.

Andrew chuckled. “Thirty years ago,” he said, “I was sitting here thinking someday this will all be mine. Now I’m sitting here thinking someday this will all be someone else’s.”

Rose looked at him again. “Doesn’t that make you sad?” she asked.

Andrew considered that for a moment. “Not really,” he said. “Mostly it worries me.”

“Worries you?”

Andrew nodded. “It worries me,” he said. “How we’re going to pass this down to the kids and keep everything fair and equitable.”

Rose watched a couple of lambs off in the distance separate from the flock and leaping haphazardly around the pasture for a few moments before they returned to their respective mothers. “Look at that,” she said again. “I believe that’s what’s known as gambolling.”

“Farmers do it all the time,” said Andrew. “Why shouldn’t the livestock?”

“Gambolling,” said Rose. “Not gambling.”

“Right,” said Andrew. “I see the difference.”

“I thought you were working on a plan?” said Rose. “We’ve talked about this before.”

“Yeah, we have,” said Andrew, “and I have been

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working on a plan, but just when I think I’m getting a handle on it something changes and I’m back to Square 1.”

“So what’s the main problem?” said Rose.

“Rapid Escalating Asset Values,” said Andrew without hesitation.

Rose looked at her husband again, this time over the top of her sunglasses. “Rapid Esca-wahaaa?” she said.

“No,” said Andrew. “Not Rapid Esca-wahaaa.

Rapid Escalating Asset Values.”

“What exactly is Rapid Escalating Asset Values?” said Rose.

Andrew shrugged. “I don’t really know,” he said.

“But it’s very different from Rapid Esca-wahaaa.”

“Well, if you don’t know what it is, then how do you know it’s the problem?” asked Rose.

“I read it on the Internet,” said Andrew.

“Ah,” said Rose. “If you read it on the Internet it must be true.”

“Exactly my thinking,” said Andrew. “The closest I can tell is it has something to do with the fact that farmland has increased from $200 an acre to $800 an acre in a single generation which has created what’s known as a paradigm shift.”

Rose furrowed her brow. “Which is just a fancy way of saying that you can’t buy as much as you used to with a pair’a dimes, right?”

“Pretty much,” said Andrew. “But what it also means, apparently, is that for the first time in agricultural history the family farm will no longer be owned by a guy who farms it with his wife and kids.

The family farm will actually be owned by the family.”

“Why?” said Rose.

“Rapid Esca-wahaa,” said Andrew. “Thirty years ago 1,000 acres of farmland was worth $200,000. A farmer could sell it to one of his kids and divvy the money up between the rest of them. Today those 1,000 acres are worth $800,000, and the kid who wants to can’t afford to buy it so there’s no cash for the rest of them. So the only option is for all the kids to own it together. Even if they’re not all farming.”

“That’s going to require a lot of co-operation,” said Rose.

“Exactly,” said Andrew. “Something farmers are notoriously bad at.”

“Families mostly aren’t great at it either,” said Rose.

Andrew heaved a sigh. “Well, we have a few more years,” he said. “We’ll just have to teach the kids how to work together.”

“Too bad we didn’t think of that when they were little,” said Rose dryly.

Andrew smiled. “The Jackson Agricultural Cooperative,” he said. “Think we can make it work?”

“In answer to that question,” said Rose, “I shall quote the great, wise bear, Winnie the Pooh.”

Andrew raised a quizzical eyebrow.

“You never can tell,” said Rose, “till you try.”

Getting an azalea to rebloom With a little effort you may be able to rejuvenate your plant

By Albert Parsons FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR

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ere you lucky enough to receive an azalea as a gift plant for Easter? Azaleas are popular pot plants used as gifts for special occasions such as Easter and Mother’s Day. Although an azalea can be enjoyed until it has finished blooming (a healthy plant will bloom for several weeks) and then discarded, many gardeners simply cannot chuck a healthy plant into the compost bin if there is any chance that it can be rejuvenated and brought back into bloom.

Azaleas are actually shrubs that grow in subtropical and temperate locations; they grow and bloom outdoors on the British Columbia coast. During bloom time the plants are literally covered with flowers, which come in a wide variety of shades from dark red to pink to pure white. The flowers completely hide the shiny, dark-green leaves when a plant is in full bloom.

While we cannot grow azaleas outdoors year round in our cold climate, we can enjoy the plants

indoors during the winter and give them a few weeks outdoors during our short frost-free summer as we work at encouraging them back into bloom.

Keeping a potted azalea after the flowers have faded with the hope of encouraging the plant into bloom is not a terribly difficult process, but it does require diligence in a couple of areas.

Firstly, azaleas are cool-weather plants and will not withstand much sun or high temperatures.

Secondly, they demand that their planting medium never be allowed to dry out — allow this to happen and the project is doomed to failure.

While the plant is flowering indoors, and after the pot is moved outdoors after danger of frost has passed, it must be in as cool a spot as possible and protected from strong sunlight.

An azalea will be happy on an east windowsill where it will get some morning sun; outdoors it will appreciate filtered light that is created by a leafy tree canopy that allows some sunlight to penetrate.

While in bloom indoors, the plant should be watered regularly so that the planting

medium stays constantly moist.

Add an all-purpose soluble fertilizer to the water once a week; a balanced formula will work fine. Remove spent blooms and watch out for insect pests as azaleas are subject to attacks from both aphids and spider mites. Azaleas like humidity so frequent showers under the garden hose will both deter pests, add humidity, and keep the foliage clean and attractive during the summer.

If the plant is quite large, you might like to trim it back a bit after it has finished blooming.

This also would be a good time to repot the plant if the pot seems small for the amount of top growth. Use a pot one size larger than the original pot and make sure the soil mix is at least 3/4 peat moss, as they like an acidic soil, which is supplied by the peat moss.

Before frost threatens in the fall, the plant should be moved indoors to as cool a location as possible, and where the plant will receive bright light — even some morning or late-day sunlight. Make sure insect pests don’t hitch a ride indoors; take suitable precautionary meas-

When in bloom, an azalea’s flowers completely cover the plant and little foliage is visible. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

ures so that this does not occur.

Soon buds will begin to form and will continue to do so into the early winter. The buds form slowly so it will be late winter before the plant will burst into bloom. With any luck you will

enjoy wonderful azalea blooms in your indoor garden next winter without having to purchase a new plant.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Man.

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Hallway of possibilities Here’re a few tips and tricks for painting a hall Connie Oliver Around the House

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hen it comes to painting your home’s hallways, do you have tunnel vision? You’re not alone, according to leading Canadian paint brand CIL Paints.

“The No. 1 question we receive from people across the country is how to paint a hallway,” says Alison Goldman, marketing communications manager for CIL Paints. “Hallways are often a neglected area of the home and the last space to be given any colour consideration, yet they have great potential and are simple to beautify with a little paint and planning.”

For starters, it’s important to take into account the size of the space being painted and its visual relationship to surrounding rooms, Goldman said. “As with any other room in the house, the amount of lighting in the area is also an important consideration, especially because hallways tend to be tunnel-like,” she explains.

Goldman provides this easy three-step guide to choosing the right paint colour for the job: 1. Create colour illusions. Use colour to correct odd-shaped spaces, such as a hallway that is long and narrow. Paint the long walls a lighter colour and the far, short wall a darker colour to compress the space. To make a narrow hallway look larger, paint the ceiling a very dark colour, which creates the feeling of the walls being higher. Another way to create the effect of more volume in a hallway

is to paint architectural details such as door frames, window frames, mouldings and trim the same shade as the walls. If you’re looking to add height to a closedin space, a crisp white ceiling will do the trick.

2. Co-ordinate with adjacent rooms. If the hallway has fixed openings to other rooms, choose paint colours that coordinate throughout the area to give the space visual flow. Rooms off the hallway that have doors that can be closed, offer more colour freedom. The general rule of thumb when it comes to painting small spaces is to use light, neutral colours like beige, grey or white to make the space look larger. Playing it safe with neutral colours also helps brighten up the area and ensure the hallway co-ordinates with adjoining rooms.

3. Deck the walls with creativity. For hallways that can withstand more vibrant colour, yellow is an enduring favourite, ranging from mellow tones to bright, cheery shades. Go for blue-based grey if the space gets some natural light and rose-based grey to add warmth. Icy pink or a pale green give the hallway a shabby chic touch, while antique whites and creams lend a classic look. More dramatic colours like red, brown and even black — framed by light-coloured trim — can be used to create a stunning space. Keep in mind that since walls in the hallway are close together, the colour will appear more intense than it would in other rooms.

“No matter what colour you choose for your hallways, it’s critical to use the right paint product since hallways are hightraffic areas that take a lot of abuse,”

Fruits of our labour Just like growing vegetables and flowers, relationships need to be carefully tended

One way to create the effect of more volume in a hallway is to paint door frames, window frames, mouldings and trim the same shade as the walls. PHOTO: COURTESY CIL PAINTS

Goldman says, explaining that highly durable, washable paints are recommended. “We pass through our home’s hallways likely more than any other space in the house, so we might as well ensure we enjoy the view for a long time to come,” says Goldman. “With these easy guidelines, transforming a hallway from drab to fab is as easy as 1-2-3.”

Other ways to lighten and brighten

Adding light-reflecting mirrors in a hallway will brighten and visually expand a small space. Painting a dark entry or

closet door in a foyer will lighten things up as well. Consider mirrored doors for hall closets to visually open up a tight space. Adding a light-coloured hallway runner over dark flooring will also give the space an open and airy feel.

Keep the hallway free of obstacles and protruding accessories that may hinder traffic flow. Create a little dazzle by installing a light fixture like a chandelier.

Turn your sallow halls into hallowed halls with a quick update.

Connie Oliver is an interior designer from Winnipeg.

READER’S PHOTOS

By Marilyn Goertzen Freelance contributor

Gardening can be a rewarding experience.

First we till, preparing the seedbed. We carefully plan, sow the seed and mark the rows. We expect our vegetables to grow where we have planted them.

Some years the rain and sunshine come in just the right amounts. When we get too much rain or not enough, it becomes more challenging. Last summer was such a year. My delphinium was not doing well. I fertilized it and watered it regularly. Soon a new shoot grew and then blossomed well after I thought it was too late in the season. The flowers still looked nice after a few frosts and a light snowfall. Depending on our efforts, there will be fruit for our labour, whether vegetables or flowers.

Building relationships with people can be equally rewarding. Sowing seeds of kindness — visiting shut-ins, clearing driveways, making a meal for a new mother — can be a good start. You can continue to cultivate the friendship by arranging a play date with

With some tender care, the delphinium finally blossomed late into the season last year. PHOTO: MARILYN GOERTZEN the neighbouring children, or lending a hand when a job needs to get done.

When we plant a good seed we will reap a good harvest, even though, like the delphinium, we may have to wait awhile for the fruit of our labour.

Marilyn Goertzen writes from Grunthal, Man.

Rain quickly turned to ice as the temperature dropped. PHOTO: CINDY MURRAY