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Nerves on edge as spring thaw remains elusive When will winter end?

Long-term forecast suggests another month of below-average temps

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff

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t’s too early to start grumbling about another “year without summer” like 2004, but the forecast for the next month is for more colder-than-normal weather.

That’s the far-from-reassuring word from Peter Cherneski, manager of Agriculture and AgriFood Canada’s climate monitoring and forecasting service.

“It is unique,” said Cherneski.

“The low temperatures that we’ve seen through almost all of April were certainly below normal and we’ve set some records.”

Factor in the amount of snow cover and the flood situation, and farmers could see their normal seeding start pushed back one to three weeks, he added.

“It could be even later if we get additional big storms or low temperatures continue,” said Cherneski.

Many farmers are wondering whether soil will warm up quickly enough to get longseason crops in the ground in a timely fashion.

“We’ll see what comes,” said Pam de Rocquigny, a cereal crops specialist with Manitoba See SPRING on page 6 »

Clinton and Pamela Cavers, owners of Harbourside Farms at Pilot Mound are the 2013 gold medalists in the Great Manitoba Food Fight for their pastured pork prosciutto created in their on-farm meat shop. The Cavers were teamed up with Assiniboine Community College’s Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts student team Maggie Delaurier (l) and Justin Black for the competition, who won Best New Product in an MICA student competition judged separately from the entrepreneurs’ event. photo: Rob Lovatt / Keywest Photo / image by design inc.

Pilot Mound prosciutto wins gold at food fight Prizewinners also include competitors from St. Adolphe, Grand Marais and Carman

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff / brandon

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hin slivers of dry-cured ham passed the ultimate taste test, earning its creator a grand prize of $10,000 at the Great Manitoba Food Fight April 18.

Clinton Cavers used recipes borrowed from his Italian friends to create the gold-medal-winning ‘old world recipe’ prosciutto, made from pork raised outdoors and processed in a meat shop on their Pilot Mound farm.

Four years ago, the Cavers, who also raise and direct sell grass-fed beef, lamb and poultry, began experimenting to create various kinds of charcuterie products.

Around that time they also struck up

conversations with their pork-buying customers in Winnipeg. It’s their advice that helped them perfect their product, says Clinton.

“We are friends with a lot of Italians,” he said, adding that these customers were so enamoured with the taste of their pork and how it was raised, they entrusted them with their family recipes.

Their GMFF prize is a package of services they can use for more shelf life testing and product development, Clinton said. They plan to produce their prosciutto under a private label for a specialty food store in Manitoba.

Silver, bronze

Other rural contenders at the GMFF cleaned up the rest of the prizes.

A silver award of $6,000 went to St. Adolphe-based Bessie Hatzitrifonos for her ‘Bessies’ Best’ tzatziki sauce, one of the all-natural dairy and gluten-free Mediterranean dips and sauces she sells in specialty stores in Winnipeg and the St. Norbert Farmers’ Market.

The $3,000 bronze award was made to Glenda Hart of Grand Marais. Hart and her husband Rory, owners of Canadian Birch Co., have developed golden amber birch syrup. The one-ofa-kind product is also sold at specialty stores in Winnipeg.

A fourth non-monetary ‘tasters choice,’ or people’s choice award, went to Wesley Riedstra of Carman. Just 19 years old, Riedstra is the youngest parSee FOOD FIGHT on page 6 »

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INSIDE

Did you know?

LIVESTOCK Climate no barrier

An E. coli bacteria that we don’t mind

Anaerobic digester project is underway near Winkler

A team from the University of Exeter, with support from Shell, has developed a method to make bacteria produce diesel on demand

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CROPS Making wet weather changes MASC changes rules for excess moisture coverage

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FEATURE Looking for new recruits Farmers need to be creative when hiring

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ost E. coli are har mless or even beneficial, but the bacteria get a bad rap because of toxin-producing strains such as 0157:H7.

Scientists at the University of Exeter in England are using E. coli to produce another toxic product, but in this case a good one — diesel fuel.

According to the university release, the product is almost identical to conventional diesel fuel and so does not need to be blended with petroleum products, as is often required by biodiesels derived from plant oils. This also means that the diesel can be used with current supplies in existing infrastructure because engines, pipelines and tankers do not need to be modified.

The release says that while the technology still faces many significant commercialization challenges, largescale manufacturing using E. coli as the catalyst is already commonplace in the pharmaceutical industry and,

although the biodiesel is currently produced in tiny quantities in the laboratory, work will continue to see if this may be a viable commercial process.

The university work is supported by Shell.

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KAP counting on new checkoff legislation this spring Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn says the province is considering the request

By Allan Dawson

“KAP membership fees are the cheapest expense I have on my farm.”

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eystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) membership and revenues could more than double if the Manitoba government comes through with legislation this spring to revamp the general farm organization’s checkoff system, the organization’s president says. “(Agriculture) Minister (Ron) Kostyshyn has committed to me they will move forward with something in the spring session,” Doug Chorney said in an interview April 18 following KAP’s general council meeting. “So on the basis of that commitment, we’ve postponed going to the provincial ombudsman to enforce the existing legislation.”

However, when asked to comment last week, Kostyshyn’s office was vague. “Minister Kostyshyn meets with Keystone Agriculture Producers regularly and is aware of their request for legislation and is currently reviewing it.”

KAP has complained that the Manitoba government is not enforcing legislation already on the books obliging grain companies to collect KAP’s $210-a-year checkoff as farmers deliver grain.

“It’s a perennial problem as long as I’ve been involved with the KAP executive,” Chorney said. “Even

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KAP president Doug Chorney (l) says Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn has promised legislation this spring to give KAP stable funding. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

in a good year, because of the checkoff system, we could have our budget in jeopardy right up until November because people could opt out. Meanwhile those people could benefit from the member benefits like the magazines and the purchasing power of our member programs.”

The Manitoba ombudsman can compel the Manitoba government to enforce its laws as it did with drainage regulations a few years ago, Chorney said.

“The enforcement stipulations of the act are pretty severe and would be a real burden for companies not collecting the checkoff,” he said. “And it would

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create a lot of work for government to have to go through the Ombudsman.”

That’s why KAP so far hasn’t asked the ombudsman to intervene.

“The next chance I get to talk to the minister I am going to tell him it’s time for him to let us know what’s going to happen because we’re not going to let this go another year,” Chorney said.

According to Statistics Canada Manitoba had almost 22,000 census farmers in 2011. About half, or eight to 10,000, are commercial operators and potential KAP members, Chorney said.

This year KAP is budgeting

for just 3,700 members, up from 3,381 in 2012. KAP had budgeted for 3,500 members last year, but fell short partly because of the flawed checkoff system, but also because of the drop in seeded acres due to flooding in 2011. As a result KAP had a $54,000 deficit in 2012. It’s projecting a $7,800 deficit this year.

KAP’s current policy calls for a mandatory checkoff to fund general farm organizations, which could include the National Farmers Union, as well as KAP, Chorney said. If the province wants the checkoff to be refundable, KAP wants provisions that require farmers to opt out at the beginning of the year.

Chorney noted checkoffs are slow coming in this year partly because farmers are selling less grain. They might be waiting for higher prices, he said. Rail service has also been poor in some areas.

Doug Livingston, a District 3 KAP delegate who farms at Starbuck, said he doesn’t under-

stand why KAP doesn’t garner more support.

“KAP membership fees are the cheapest expense I have on my farm,” he told the general council meeting.

Delegates referred two checkoff resolutions to the executive committee for further refinement.

One said only farmers who belong to a general farm organization should be eligible for provincially administered program benefits.

“I receive $4,500 in school tax rebates (thanks to KAP’s lobbying),” said Bill Campbell, a District 1 delegate who farms at Minto. “For $200 (in membership), this organization has returned me far, far more than my GICs and all the rest of my investments.

“I think it is morally correct that a farmer should belong to an organization that lobbies on his behalf to bring him financial benefits.”

Campbell noted nurses and teachers have organizations and farmers should too.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

OPINION/EDITORIAL

A powerful engine for growth

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esearchers have discovered an environmentally sustainable instrument that could increase world food production by 30 per cent, but they’ve been having a tough time getting it commercialized.

Is it a plant with a novel trait, or a new herbicide perhaps, bogged down by excessive regulations or those silly activists? Or maybe it’s a new type of impleLaura Rance ment — like a biofuel-powered tractor?

Editor Nope. According to the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the secret to boosting world food production is rural women.

When given access to the same resources as men in IFAD-supported projects, women farmers achieve a 30 per cent premium on productivity over their male counterparts. They do business better and look after the environment too.

The problem, IFAD president Kanayo Nwanze told a University of Manitoba seminar last week, is that even though women produce most of the food consumed in developing countries, they get no respect. They suffer from poor access to credit, education and markets.

And so does small-scale farming. In fact, until recently, the attitude in development circles was to get those small farmers out of the way so that large-scale commercial farming could take over.

But there is nothing to be gained, in fact much to lose, from pushing people off the land where they are marginally fed to the cities if there is nothing for them to eat or to do.

“Unless these people can feed themselves, take care of themselves, there is no future. Their kids are being thrown into the streets in northern Africa and now a lot of them are joining extremist groups,” said Kevin Cleaver, IFAD’s associate vice-president.

IFAD, a unique UN partnership of 172 members from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and many developing countries is aiming to put a more successful face on Third World farming.

IFAD’s approach is about making small farms commercial and attractive enough that young people are drawn back to the land. “The farmer in Africa is portrayed as a woman with a baby on her back and a hoe in her hand,” Nwanze told the seminar. “Who is attracted to that kind of image? Farming is attractive when it is a money-making business.”

Redefining the image of farming in poor countries isn’t about displacing that woman with the baby on her back; it’s about making her more productive and profitable.

“At IFAD, we believe that smallholders hold the key to ensuring global food security,” he says, noting the world’s 500 million smallholder farmers — most producing on two hectares or less — already produce 80 per cent of the food consumed in developing countries.

These small farms provide other services too. They create jobs. They keep kids in school, and improve family nutrition.

IFAD, which is quite possibly the most effective international development agency you’ve never heard of, purposely works under the radar through partnerships and co-financing arrangements with local governments, communities and the private sector. Its whole goal is to empower local populations through capacity building and entrepreneurship, rather than sweeping to the rescue with aid. Canada is one of its biggest supporters, contributing $377 million since it was founded in 1977.

Nwanze said converting subsistence farmers into smallscale commercial farmers can be done with incremental changes in production tools and inputs. “I don’t think it is so much the size of the farm that determines the profitability or sustainability, it’s a question of to what extent that inputs are accessible and markets are accessible,” Nwanze said.

While not opposed to new technologies, Nwanze said developments such as genetically modified crops are not a solution for most of the 50 million people IFAD assists.

It is about developing human capacity through improved access to financial services, marketing or machinery cooperatives, and helping farmers develop value chains.

Here’s an interesting concept: those value chains start with the consumer and work back to the farm.

More than anything, it is about local ownership and control. “Development is an intrinsic process. A plant can only make use of the energy of the sunlight if its roots are firmly anchored in its own soil,” Nwanze said.

“IFAD’s role is to see how we can help them to better organize themselves to increase productivity, to produce more, feed their families, have enough to sell on the market, make some money to improve their lives,” he said. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Agricultural innovation in plant biotechnology necessary

By Lorne Hepworth

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nnovation is key to keeping Canada’s agricultural sector strong and science-based regulatory systems ensure that such innovations are safe for human health and the environment.

Innovations derived through modern plant breeding help farmers, are good for the environment and they deliver tangible benefits to consumers by way of lower food costs.

Agricultural innovation, including plant biotechnology, has played a strong role in that success.

Farmers across Canada and around the world are rapidly accepting new GM traits because they help control threats to productivity such as weeds, insects and disease.

These genetically enhanced crops can also reduce or eliminate the need for farmers to plow the land to control weeds, which significantly enriches soil and reduces erosion.

A report released by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) found that Canadian farmers continue to choose to plant genetically modified crops because of the benefits they see in terms of improved yields and quality and environmental sustainability. In 2012, close to 29 million acres of biotech crops were planted in Canada.

Canada isn’t alone in adopting this technology. Millions of farmers in 28 countries around the world planted biotech crops in 2012. The global area of biotech crops has increased one hundredfold since they were first commercialized in 1996 making it the fastest-adopted technology in recent history.

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Unfortunately, many longtime opponents continue to ignore the many benefits of new technologies. Instead, they continue to use the same, false and fear-based messages to try and convince Canadians that these technologies are somehow bad.

Protests that took place across the country were nothing more than a special-interest group trying to get attention to support their fundraising than about any real health concerns.

The truth is that Canada is well known for its exceptional science-based regulatory system and for ensuring that human health, environmental consideration and livestock feed safety are all considered before any new crop is authorized in Canada.

In addition, the industry has a long history of ensuring its products are properly managed throughout their entire life cycle, which includes the developing best management practices to address concerns such as the ability of various farming operations to coexist.

In the case of genetically modified alfalfa, all that would be required to ensure that conventional and organic farms can coexist is for farmers to harvest the plant before it flowers.

No pollen, no seed, no problem.

The reality is, that regardless of the innovation, these same groups would have protested. They continually overkill the proven benefits of modern agriculture and we expect they always will.

Such a shame, really, when one considers that growing food demands mean that innovations in agriculture are more important now than ever before.

Lorne Hepworth is president of CropLife Canada

April 1979

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elarus tractors had recently appeared in the Canadian market in 1979 and were being offered at attractive prices in our April 26 issue. Adjusted for inflation, $31,850 would be $100,368 today.

Buying a new tractor was the last thing on the mind of many farmers that month, as flood water had spread over several million acres of Manitoba the previous week. Provincial officials said more that 60 roads were closed and five bridges had been washed out. The wheat board had diverted every available rail car to move grain from the flooded areas, but 63 of 70 subdivision lines were out of operation.

Many of those rail cars were still boxcars, and the previous week, wheat board minister, Otto Lang had announced funds to rehabilitate 1,000 more boxcars, bringing the total to 3,000.

At Thunder Bay, the opening of navigation had been delayed by four-foot-thick ice which stretched about 40 miles beyond the harbour.

At the annual meeting of the Manitoba Hog Producers Marketing Board, delegates had voted almost unanimously in favour of a resolution opposing vertical integration. “Delegates showed their determination to shut out feed mills, packing plants and other agribusinesses out of a field they want preserved for the free-enterprising farm family,” we reported.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

The crisis deepens in the West Australian wheat lands One economist says that if rural Australia were a member country of the euro zone, international financial markets would be refusing to finance the sector

By Roger Crook

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he closer West Australian farmers get to seeding time, which is any time after the end of April, the more intense the debate becomes whether the eastern Wheat Belt will ever be the same again.

Now there are reports of farmers abandoning their land and walking off. Enough is enough for some. The old men are re telling their father’s tales of when the land was cleared with horses and of the Great Depression that followed.

Times are tough and show no signs of improving.

Breakfast meetings are being organized where men can meet at dawn, cook breakfast over a barbecue with their mates, drink coffee and tea and most importantly, talk. Then they go back to their farms, aware, comforted that they are not on their own — they are in this together — absolutely no one must feel lonely.

The recent forecast of low wheat prices for 2014 is making a grim situation worse for those still waiting for budget decisions from their banks.

Do you believe the forecasts? Do you revise down? These are the questions on everyone’s lips.

“It’s the economy stupid,” is a famous saying from the Clinton era and it is applicable to not only the viability of growing wheat in the east of the West Australian Wheat Belt, but, if we are honest, to all Australian agriculture.

Agriculture in this country is suffering from self-inflicted (financial)

Graph: Ben Rees from ABARE Stats

injury. Emulating Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen, successive federal and state governments, have turned a blind eye on agriculture’s debt.

Nelson won his battle; farmers are going to struggle to staunch the bleeding while their battle continues.

What’s the problem? It’s simple really, basic economics. For the last 30 years the gross value of farm production in Australia has almost flatlined and rural debt has, literally, gone through the roof. Banks have kept on lending and farmers have kept on borrowing and now the lender is getting worried about the borrower, and this is the reason why: Like many crises, the first reaction from those involved has been to try and convince everyone, anyone, that they didn’t see it coming. With a graph like the one above, pleading debt-myopia is stretching the bounds of credibility with most observers, including me.

I believe it cannot be repeated

often enough — farmers asked for money, the banks lent them what they wanted and farmers have not repaid those debts as and when they have fallen due. Now their industry is in serious trouble.

Rural loans have been securitized.

Do we have a mini subprime mortgage scandal on our hands? Nobody knows; A$66.2 billion is a lot of money to have lent to an industry that isn’t going anywhere and where the value of the main security for the loans, land, has done a rapid aboutface and is now falling in value.

It’s a real catch-22. Banks get tough so more farms are forced on the market. There aren’t any buyers — this depresses land values, which changes the debt-to-equity ratio for the rest, and then some fall over the credit limit cliff and they have to sell… and so on.

Pouring kerosene on what is becoming a fiery debate is septuagenarian, economist and farmer from Queensland, Ben Rees, who believes

in calling a spade a shovel. Ben produced this ‘chilling’ graph of farm production and debt.

Ben argues, on those numbers, if Australian agriculture were in the euro zone it wouldn’t get finance.

That’s scary stuff.

There are those who disagree with Ben’s analysis and comments. The numbers Ben has used came from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, so the numbers are the numbers and not a figment of his imagination.

As Ben has shown, no one today can plead ignorance because in 1994 concerns regarding rural debt were being raised and nothing was done.

That’s nearly 20 years ago. The complete paper can be found at: www. benrees.com.au/.

The Troika to which Ben refers are state and federal politicians and farm leaders. Many have been ‘around’ since the 1990s. Some have bristled at Ben’s comments and as far as I know haven’t provided an alternative to a bailout.

The paradox to this crisis is Chinese interests announced last week they will be increasing their land holdings and so exporting ever-increasing amounts of grain direct to China from their farms in Western Australia. They also want to buy grain from other farmers. This move will bypass the state-wide, farmer-owned co-operative monopoly on grain handling in Western Australia.

Roger Crook is a writer and former Austrialian farmer

Dandelions versus pesticides on the playground Dandelions are a useful plant that never hurt anyone. Pesticides on the other hand…

By Andy Pelletier

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any, if not all, of the province’s school divisions plan to conduct “pesticide control” on school property to control dandelions and other unsightly weeds.

I have a problem with this for several reasons.

Firstly, when did unsightly plants become a problem within schoolgrounds that require poisons to eradicate? And to whom are they unsightly, the children? School board officials? Teachers?

How many schoolkids have complained about unsightly plants on the playground?

Do they not pick dandelions and other natural flowers and plants and examine and study them in their own ways? What child has not taken a dandelion seed ball and blown the head apart into the wind?

This is now a problem that requires poison to correct?

Have we looked at the beneficial aspects of the dandelion?

Do we really remember what it is good for?

Dandelion’s leaves contain abundant amounts of vitamins and minerals. A cup of dandelion leaves contains 112 per cent daily recommendation of vitamin A, 32 per cent of vitamin C, and 535 per cent of vitamin K and 218 mg potassium, 103 mg calcium, and 1.7 mg of iron. Dandelions are also an excellent source of vitamin H, which is proven to aid in weight loss when ingested.

Dandelions, flowers, roots and leaves have been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine and medicinal teas, most notably for liver detoxification, as a natural diuretic and for inflammation reduction.

Years ago, clover was a prized inhabitant of many lawns, indeed viewed as a status symbol of a well-tended yard site.

Then a chemical company discovered a product that could kill clover while leaving the rest of the lawn alone. Following a huge marketing campaign, clover fell into disfavour as a lawn ornament.

Let’s examine the labels of the proposed chemicals being

suggested as necessary to eliminate these unsightly blights on our schoolgrounds.

Par III; contains 2,4-D DMA salt, mecoprop DMA salt and dicamba DMA salt.

Effects of Overexposure: May cause loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, general tenseness and muscular weakness.

Casoron G4; active ingredient 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile, dichlobenil. It is considered harmful to aquatic organisms, and may cause long-term adverse effects in the aquatic environment. Do not contaminate surface waters or ditches with chemical.

The EU has outlawed the use of products containing dichlobenil as of March 2010.

Denmark banned its use in 1996 due to many reports of groundwater contamination and is still showing groundwater contamination from it to this day.

This is only a partial list of the products intended to be applied to our schoolyards and surrounding areas where our children and grandchil-

dren play. I challenge people to research these products before blindly allowing them to be used in our public places.

Just because it is government approved does not make it safe. One level of government that we rely heavily on for excellent research work for our well-being just cut a whopping $2 million off its $500-billion budget by cancelling the Experimental Lakes Area program.

Many municipalities and cities are banning the cosmetic use of herbicides and pesticides for various reasons.

Maybe our institutions of learning should take another look at this program and decide if the risks associated are worth the benefits they deem necessary.

I am personally angry that we have come to this point where we must poison virtually every corner of our planet to satisfy our esthetic principals as it were.

As a taxpayer I object to my money being frittered away in this manner.

What child has not taken a dandelion seed ball and blown the head apart into the wind? This is now a problem that requires poison to correct?

Heck, if the various school divisions pooled the money they plan on spending on chemicals and sent it to help maintain the ELA program, we may get some real unbiased answers to what we are doing to our environment.

Please, let my children, grandchildren and others breathe freely without the stench and potential health hazards of chemicals being applied everywhere.

Andy Pelletier writes from Contour, Man.

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FROM PAGE ONE FOOD FIGHT Continued from page 1

ticipant ever in the food fight, bringing to the 2013 competition a sweet cinnamon bread that was a favourite among his late-grandfather’s recipes.

“It’s a tribute to him for me to be standing here today and I take it as an honour to be representing his loaf right now,” said Riedstra, who works with his parents at Carman Bakery and plans to take over the family business one day.

Made in Manitoba

Ten food product developers are selected each year to compete based on scores received for a business plan they submit as part of contest requirements.

Eligible products must be innovative and made-in-Manitoba food products on a path toward commercialization.

“The GMFF is Manitoba’s version of ‘Dragons’ Den,’” said Lynda Lowry, chief operating officer at Food Development Centre in Portage la Prairie staffed with the expertise to develop and commercialize food products.

“Entrepreneurs are pitching their new product idea to a group of very discerning judges in their quest to win prizes.”

“Ever y product on store shelves today started off as an idea,” added Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Ron Kostyshyn, who congratulated all the particpants in the competition and called the food fight an event of Manitoba’s ever-expanding food-processing potential.

This year’s GMFF also added in a one-day workshop to learn how to effectively communicate with decision makers in

the grocery and food-service industries.

Judging the competition for the first time, University of Manitoba professor of food science, Martin Scanlon said in addition to the product lineup, he was impressed with many of the competitors’ grasp of key aspects of business they’re entering.

“Because there’s a lot more to this than just having that passion,” said Scanlon. “You do have to start asking yourself the hard questions... like, ‘is this something we can scale up?’ or, ‘what might impede sales and marketing?’ It’s that ability to be critical to yourself about the recipe.”

“The Great Manitoba Food Fight is Manitoba’s version of ‘Dragons’ Den.’”

University of Manitoba food science professor, Martin Scanlon (l) and Women’s Enterprise Centre business adviser Nancy Brommell discuss one of the 10 entries to the 2013 Great Manitoba Food Fight. Paolo De Luca, (far l), purchasing and sales manager for De Luca’s Specialty Foods in Winnipeg was also a judge as was Scot McTaggart, (not pictured), owner of Fusion Grill Restaurant in Winnipeg. PHOTOS: LORRAINE STEVENSON

LYNDA LOWRY

Chief operating officer at Food Development Centre in Portage la Prairie

Chair of the GMFF and MAFRI business development specialist Kathy Sawchuk said she was really pleased with the diversity of products seen this year. Even the tough questions from judges provided an opportunity for competitors to learn.

The GMFF also provides a networking opportunity for these up-and-coming food entrepreneurs with key people in retail, distribution and food service, she added.

“I know they’ve gone home with lots of contacts,” she said. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Wesley Riedstra talks to visitors attending the Great Manitoba Food Fight reception about his sweet cinnamon bread baked in his family’s bakery in Carman.

Glenda Hart, co-owner of Canadian Birch Co., a Grand Marais company producing Amber Birch Syrup, makes her pitch to judges at the GMFF. Hart’s product won third place in the competition.

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“Guys will make adjustments as needed. I think most farmers do have a Plan B, so we’ll have to wait and see.”

Veteran corn growers will likely wait until the end of May before pulling the pin, but more nervous first-timers might opt to switch to shorter-season crops by an earlier date.

“Each individual producer has their own comfort level for when they start to panic or don’t panic.

It’s wait and see at this point,” she said.

The province’s acting pulse crops specialist said it’s too early to predict what might happen to soybean acreage.

“Talk to me in about 10 days,” Dennis Lange said on April 17.

“We’re still in April and there’s still snow on the ground. At this point, things can happen quickly and the crop can get in the ground.”

The extra month of winter has stretched already-tight hay supplies to the limit, said Cam Dahl, general manager of the Manitoba Beef Producers.

“It’s really short. There’s a lot of producers in significant difficulties,” he said.

Describing the situation as “the perfect storm,” Dahl added that the problem has worsened due to the lingering effects of the flood of 2011, which first deluged and then turned barren many of the best hayfields.

“… with the long winter that is with us yet, there’s a significant number of producers who just don’t have any.”

CAM DAHL

Also, last summer’s drought reduced production, and freight subsidies offered by other jurisdictions sucked a good percentage of what was left out of the province, he said.

“We went into this winter short of hay, and with the long winter that is with us yet, there’s a significant number of producers who just don’t have any,” Dahl said.

Recent calls to hay sellers around the southwest found many of those who also have cattle are holding on to their inventories for fear that they, too, may end up running out.

Manitoba Beef Producers is encouraging hard-pressed ranchers to call their local representatives and MAFRI offices for advice on alternative rations for cattle, while at the same time it lobbies government to pay promised compensation for excessively dry and flooded areas. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

Closure of MAFRI offices expected, but postponing school tax rebate upsets KAP leader NDP backs off on promise to rebate all of the school tax paid on farmland and caps it at $5,000

By Shannon VanRaes and Dave Bedard co-operator staff

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anitoba producers hoping to get back all of the school tax they pay on farmland will have to wait until the province conquers its deficit.

L a s t w e e k’s p r ov i n c i a l budget holds the farmland education tax rebate at 80 per cent, while introducing a new $5,000 cap to limit rebate expenditures, which came in at $34.5 million in 2012.

“With land values going up, there was $4.5 million in additional costs to sust a i n t h e p r o g r a m ,” s a i d Ro n Ko s t y s h y n , m i n i s t e r o f Ma n i t o b a A g r i c u l t u re, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI).

His department’s budget will drop to $214.6 million, a 5.4 per cent cut.

“We’ve had to make some t o u g h d e c i s i o n s ,” s a i d Ko s t y s h y n , s a y i n g f l o o d costs are a significant financial challenge for the provincial government.

Some spending cuts have a l re a d y h i t , w i t h s e ve ra l regional offices being con-

solidated immediately after the move was announced April 11. They include the closures of regional offices a t N e e p a w a , Tr e h e r n e , Stonewall, Shoal Lake and Boissevain.

Farmers who had used the Treherne office will now be directed to Somerset, where Treherne staff will now work, and to Portage la Prairie.

Stonewall office staff have been moved to the Teulon office, and farmers from the Stonewall area can go there or to Beausejour. Meanwhile w i t h t h e Ne e p a w a o f f i c e merged with Minnedosa’s, farmers can go there or to offices in Carberry and Gladstone. As well, Shoal Lake will move to the Russell office, and service provided from there, Minnedosa or Hamiota, while service formerly provided in Boissevain will be provided from Killarney, Melita, Souris and Brandon.

T h e c l o s u r e s d i d n’t come as a surprise to Doug Chor ney, president o f Ke y s t o n e A g r i c u l t u ra l Producers.

“We have to face the reality that extension services are changing and the way farm-

ers access those services is changing, with smartphones a n d t h e I n t e r n e t ,” s a i d Chorney. “Young people don’t go to their local ag office the way they did 25 years ago.”

What’s important is that extension services remain available to producers who rely on them, he said.

H o w e v e r, t h e g o v e r n ment’s decision to hold off on increasing the farmland education tax rebate didn’t sit well with the KAP leader.

T h e re m ov a l o f s c h o o l taxes from farmland was a promise made by the NDP in the 2011 provincial election, and Chorney said the $5,000 cap will put larger farms at a disadvantage.

“I don’t think a flawed tax system should be able to discriminate on farm size, I think all farms should be able to access the rebate in proportionate ways... it just doesn’t make sense,” he said, adding his organization will continue to push the government to keep its promise.

The cap takes effect in the 2013 tax year and is expected to save the province $6.2 million in 2013-14.

Also for the 2013 tax year, applications for the rebate

“We’re disappointed... we had anticipated an increase of the rebate by five per cent each year.”

Doug Chorney

for a given tax year must be filed no later than March 31 of the following year, the province said. Applications related to the 2011 and 2012 property tax years have until March 31, 2014 to apply for the rebate for those years.

The April 16 budget also e x p a n d e d t h e p r ov i n c e’s 1 0 p e r c e n t n o n - re f u n d able corporate income tax c re d i t o n o d o u r - c o n t r o l investments.

Set up in 2004, the tax credit is available for capital expenditures “for the purpose of preventing, eliminating or significantly reducing nuisance odours arising from the use or production of organic waste.”

The credit had been made refundable for farmers, based on income tax and on property tax on farmland paid by the farmer. However, the budget eliminates the

cap, making it fully refundable to farmers — both individuals and corporations — on qualifying property purchased after 2012.

But funding for the jointly funded federal-provincial Manure Management Financial Assistance Program is being reduced from $8.5 million in 2012 to $3.6 million this year.

Kostyshyn said the move results from a lack of uptake in the program.

“It’s really not a cut, it’s a savings,” he said.

Overall, the budget projects a $518-million deficit for 2013-14, a drop of $65 million from the fiscal year that just ended. A one per cent increase to the provincial sales tax is forecast to more than cover increased spending. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

Farmers searching for workers — and the reasons why they find them Workshop series aims to provide farmers with tools for recruiting and retaining workers

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / dauphin

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here’s a lot to be said for a career in agriculture.

Yo u c a n m a k e $ 1 5 to $20 per hour for driving a seeder, sprayer or combine; don’t have to wear a polyester uniform or be stuck in the office; and can live minutes away from some of the best fishing, hunting and recreational spots in the province.

So why aren’t more young people willing to hire on as farm help?

Dave Gerega, who owns a 7,000-acre grain operation north of Roblin, believes the industry isn’t doing a good enough sales pitch.

He’s met three young people in the past year who have all told him that agriculture was

“I can’t offer anyone $15 an hour to come work for me on the farm. They’ll laugh.”

Marvin Kovachik

conspicuous in its absence from high school recruiting fairs.

“Everybody else was there from all industries, services, you name it,” said Gerega, who shared his views at the Dauphin stop of a series of workshops on human resource management.

“At t h re e d i f f e re n t h i g h schools there was not one booth that referred them to agriculture or ag-related industries.”

But the jobs are there.

It’s estimated farms will need 50,000 workers, plus another 38,000 seasonal ones, this year, said Portia McDonaldDewhirst, executive director of the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council, one of the workshop’s co-sponsors.

And demand will grow as aging workers drop out of the labour pool, she said.

“Other industries are competing, and we need an increasing number of workers in Canada,” said McDonald-

Marvin Kovachik (l) and Dave Gerega (r). Two northern farmers say attracting and retaining workers is a major headache on their farms near Swan River. photos: Daniel Winters

Dewhirst, whose organization helps train farmers on how to do a better job of recruiting and retaining workers.

CHALLENGING YEAR AHEAD FOR VOLUNTEER CANOLA

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For a while, last year’s prairie canola crop had the look of a recordsetter. For many growers, however, it didn’t happen that way. Yields came in less than expected in many areas across Western Canada. As it turns out, some of the seed that didn’t end up in the combine will make a comeback this spring – as volunteer canola.

“We had some awful wind events last fall,” says Dan Orchard, Central Alberta Agronomist with the Canola Council of Canada. “It blew the canola swaths around and standing canola started shelling out, and this happened across the prairies. This is one reason I expect to see a lot more volunteer canola in 2013.”

As Orchard explains, another factor supporting higher volunteer canola populations is the legacy of an unusual disease year in 2012.

Long-time foe, sclerotinia, and a less common disease called aster yellows, took yields down a notch or two even before harvest, as crops shelled out prior to being swathed.

“A lot of people thought they had a bigger crop than what ended up in the combine,” says Orchard. “That seed went somewhere and some of it will be coming back this year as volunteer canola.”

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any other products in Western Canada,” says Fehr. “You’ll get tremendous action on volunteer canola as well as many hard-to-kill weeds such as dandelion, narrow-leaved hawk’s-beard, flixweed, stinkweed and wild buckwheat.”

Which Express® is right for the situation? As Fehr explains, if you’re seeding a cereal crop, Express® PRO can deliver up to 15 days† of extended control of un-emerged volunteer Roundup Ready®, InVigor® and conventional canola. Not all glyphosate add-ins can do this. In other words, with Express® PRO, growers have additional flexibility because they do not need to wait for weeds to emerge before the application.

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An unusual set of circumstances made 2012 a challenging year for canola production and could make 2013 a busy year for volunteer canola. Still, as Fehr notes, volunteer canola is never a weed to take lightly. “Canola is very competitive,” he says, “and early removal of volunteer canola always supports higher yields as opposed to later removal. The sooner you get rid of that competitive factor, the better off your crop will be.”

Removing weeds like volunteer canola early with a pre-seed application allows the crop to get off to a great start. The crop is able to utilize the moisture and nutrients, not the weeds.

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“Everyone is competing with the oilfields. Even in the East, workers are looking to move to Alberta.”

T h e w o r k s h o p s p r ov i d e farmers with HR management tools for identifying skills they need and how to attract suitable candidates. That’s what attracted Marvin Kovachik, who farms 3,000 acres east of Swan River.

“Finding younger people is a big concern because the workforce is getting up in age,” said Kovachik, adding that most of his helpers are aged 60 to 70 and are mainly retirees from farming or other trades.

“You don’t know if you’re going to have those people working for you the rest of the season or next year.”

Soaring wages in the oil sector and potash mining have boosted expectations, especially among those who are willing to work hard and endure harsh conditions, he added.

“I can’t offer anyone $15 an hour to come work for me on the farm. They’ll laugh,” said Kovachik.

Farmers need to come up with creative ways to lure workers and keep them, he added.

“Are there other benefits that you can offer to keep them happy?” he said.

Instead of bulldozing the farmhouses on newly acquired properties or selling them off as acreages, they could be offered to recruits as subsidized housing, he said.

For many large-scale farmers, especially in the hog industry, foreign workers from Ukraine or the Philippines are the only option, said Gegera.

But they’re prone to job hopping, too.

“They know the system. They get a job, but then they want to go to the city,” he said. “But then there are some workers who are quite loyal and bring family over. Their work ethic is phenomenal.”

Gerega used to offer company vehicles, but after some bad experiences, he has opted to simply pay the highest hourly wage he can afford.

He’s also using technology to reduce the number of workers on his farm. Auto-steer and GPS allow for longer shifts, and upgrading from three combines to two larger units has cut his labour needs. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

4-H Council gears up for anniversary May 29-31 4-H annual general meeting, Manitoba-style social, visit to Roland part of weekend-long celebrations

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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he tiny village of Roland, Manitoba — birthplace of 4-H — is gearing up to host a big party later this spring.

Busloads of 4-H dignitaries, the premier of Manitoba and the public will descend on the community (est. pop. 400) during the evening of May 31 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Canadian youth development program.

Roland, where the Canadian 4-H program began in 1913, is also home to a unique museum dedicated to the century-old Canadian youth development program.

It’s a bit of a guessing game at this point how many may roll into Roland, say 4-H council officials.

“We’re anticipating possibly about 400 from Winnipeg will be travelling out to Roland and then on top of that there’ll be those who are just coming out for the evening there,”said Dawn Krinke, Manitoba 4-H Council’s administrator. “We’re really hoping for a good turnout.”

Visitors in Roland will see special presentations and displays at the May 31 event dubbed ‘A Night at the 4-H Museum.’ The free-of-charge evening open to all includes fireworks and a rededication of the cairn erected in 1963 for the 50th anniversary.

Member projects will be on display along with some 4-H project cattle and a local club will perform a musical ride. In honour of 4-H’s association with Food Banks Canada, a collection will be taking place for the local food banks throughout the evening.

Other highlights of the 100th anniversary weekend include Canada’s first female astronaut Roberta Bondar speaking at the banquet and gala reception May 30 plus a Manitoba-style social to kick off 4-H Canada’s annual general meeting May 29 at the Fairmont Hotel in Winnipeg.

Anniversary celebrations will continue into summer with 4-H Fun Fest held at the Carman Country Fair July 11 to 13, when 4-H members from around the province will bring their projects to compete for prizes and a chance to win a trip to the 2013 Nova Scotia 4-H Pro Show in September. That weekend will include horse,

WHAT’S UP

May 28-June 1: 4-H Canada annual general meeting, Fairmont Winnipeg, 2 Lombard Place. For more info call 613-234-4448.

June 16-19: BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, Palais des congres de Montreal, 1001 place Jean-Paul-Riopelle. For more info visit www.bio.org or call 202962-9200.

June 19-21: Canada’s Farm Progress Show, Evraz Place, Regina. For more info visit www. myfarmshow.com or call 306-7819200.

July 9-12, 15-19: Manitoba Crop Diagnostic School daily workshops, Ian N. Morrison Research Farm, Carman. For more info visit www.cropdiagnostic.ca or call 204-745-5663.

July 20: Springfield Country Fair, Springfield Agricultural Society Fairgrounds, Hwys. 15 and 206, Dugald. For more info visit www. springfieldagsociety.com or email bouw@highspeedcrow.ca.

July 23-24: Dairy Farmers of Canada annual general meeting, Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front St. W., Toronto. For more info call 613-236-9997 or visit www.dairyfarmers.ca.

Dawn Krinke

Manitoba 4-H Council administrator

A free-of-charge evening dubbed ‘A Night at the 4-H Museum’ and open to all is planned for May 31 in Roland to mark the Canadian 4-H program’s 100th anniversary. photo: lorraine stevenson

beef and dairy shows with July 11 devoted to multi-purpose members who will be bringing their projects for competition as well.

Ten 4-H club members will also travel to Japan in July,

and 20 Japanese students will be hosted by 4-H families in August as part of the 26th annual Manitoba-Japan Homestay Program. In honour of the 100th anniversary, dignitaries of the Japanese York Benimaru

Foundation will be joining the delegation in Manitoba to celebrate our long-standing partnership.

For more information about 4-H’s 100th anniversary celebrations log on to the Manitoba 4-H Council website at www.4h. mb.ca. For local centennial events, contact your local 4-H club or agricultural society.

Tickets for the gala will be available through the 4-H Canada website (www.4-h-canada. ca) until mid-May. All former and current members and leaders are encouraged to attend. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

The Next Generation.

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

April 25: Agriculture in the Classroom - Manitoba annual general meeting, 5 to 9 p.m., Western Canadian Aviation Museum, 958 Ferry Rd., Winnipeg.

For more info visit www.aitc.mb.ca or call 1-866-487-4029.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices Winnipeg

April 19, 2013

Interest in grass cattle tempered by lack of grass

Steers & Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 70.00 - 74.00 D3 Cows 62.00 - 70.00 Bulls 81.00 - 88.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

100.00 - 112.00 (801-900 lbs.)

112.00 - 125.50 (701-800 lbs.)

115.00 - 132.00 (601-700 lbs.)

125.00 - 140.00 (501-600 lbs.)

125.00 - 145.00 (401-500 lbs.)

130.00 - 150.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

— (801-900 lbs.)

95.00 - 110.00 (701-800 lbs.)

105.00 - 118.00 (601-700 lbs.)

115.00 - 126.50 (501-600 lbs.)

118.00 - 131.00 (401-500 lbs.)

120.00 - 142.00

Heifers

Alberta South 114.00 114.00 - 115.00 73.00 - 86.00 65.00 - 77.00 — $ 110.00 - 118.00 115.00 - 127.00 124.00 - 137.00 132.00 - 151.00 143.00 - 160.00 147.00 - 166.00 $ 100.00 - 109.00 106.00 - 123.00 111.00 - 125.00 118.00 - 133.00 124.00 - 141.00 130.00 - 145.00

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

(850+ lbs.)

Futures (April 19, 2013) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change Feeder Cattle April 2013 126.20 0.63 April 2013 June 2013 121.37 0.72 May 2013 August 2013 121.77 0.50 August 2013 October 2013 125.55 0.30 September 2013 December 2013 126.97 0.15 October 2013 February 2014 127.57 -0.38 November 2013 Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Late seeding may require feed to stretch even further Terryn Shiells

Ontario 101.00 - 125.33 103.34 - 121.13 54.25 - 74.06 54.25 - 74.06 72.40 - 92.10 $ 115.87 - 129.19 116.19 - 133.12 121.04 - 140.08 119.64 - 151.12 129.01 - 160.55 125.76 - 167.32 $ 101.68 - 144.60 103.57 - 119.43 108.56 - 126.89 108.75 - 136.47 111.65 - 147.97 115.32 - 146.53

$

(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.)

Close 134.45 140.05 147.17 149.22 150.60 151.20

Change -4.77 -1.72 -1.65 -1.48 -1.70 -1.60

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending April 13, 2013 50,950 12,358 38,592 NA 606,000

Previous Year­ 58,109 13,540 44,569 NA 581,000

Week Ending April 13, 2013 1,164 26,752 13,480 562 743 7,577 129

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 804 31,858 14,605 500 568 7,076 468

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

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

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

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

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

Futures (April 19, 2013) in U.S. Hogs May 2013 June 2013 July 2013 August 2013 October 2013

Current Week 162.00 E 150.00 E 151.37 155.43

Last Week 162.17 149.83 149.33 151.97

Close 87.95 90.60 90.80 90.55 81.10

Last Year (Index 100) 165.79 151.72 148.54 153.24

Change 0.55 1.15 1.25 0.75 0.10

Other Market Prices Winnipeg (350 head wooled fats) 50.00 - 60.00 105.00 - 112.00 105.00 - 112.00 107.00 - 115.00 107.00 - 115.00 130.00 - 140.00

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 28, 2013 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.030 Undergrade .............................. $1.940 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.015 Undergrade .............................. $1.915 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.015 Undergrade .............................. $1.915 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.925 Undergrade............................... $1.840 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

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ight feed supplies continued to pressure feeder cattle prices at auction yards across Manitoba during the week ended April 19.

Prices on good-quality cattle fared better than those on poorer-quality cattle, said Buddy Bergner of Ashern Auction Mart. “The good cattle were fully steady, but plainertype cattle were down 10 to 15 cents (per pound).”

And it doesn’t look like the tight feed supply situation in the province is going to improve any time soon. It’s becoming more and more likely seeding will be delayed this spring, which would mean harvest activities will start later than normal. If that happens, existing feed supplies will have to stretch and last even longer than originally anticipated.

The late spring is also tempering demand, because some producers are interested in buying but just don’t have anything to feed the cattle.

There are people who want to buy grass cattle, Bergner said, but there’s no grass because there’s still a lot of snow on the ground. Persistent cold temperatures aren’t helping snow melt any faster, and unseasonably late April snowstorms in the province have only made the situation worse.

By the time there is grass, there might not be any cattle for interested buyers to acquire. “Everybody is looking over their shoulder for grass,” Bergner said.

Most demand for Manitoba feeder cattle during the week came from buyers in eastern and western parts of Canada. Bergner noted there was some light demand from the U.S., which bought “the odd load here or there; not very much, though.”

The amount of feeder cattle coming on to the market varied at each auction yard, as

“(Fatter cow prices) should be a lot higher.”

buddy bergner,

Ashern Auction Mart

some saw large drop-offs in numbers and others slowly declined but still saw strong volumes.

Some auction yards that had sales earlier in the week saw fewer feeder cattle because a snowstorm kept some producers from marketing their animals.

Feeder cattle numbers are also starting to decline, as there aren’t as many cattle around and farmers are starting to focus on other projects. Spring road restrictions also slowed cattle marketing.

Once the cattle trade starts to slow down a lot, various auction yards may change their schedules, holding only one sale every two weeks until the summer, when many markets will close until fall.

Some auction yards have already changed their schedules, such as Heartland Livestock Services at Brandon which moved from holding two sales a week to just one.

Slaughter cattle numbers were reported as fairly steady as well during the week, with prices steady to stronger. “Cows and bulls are fully steady, they’re a good price,” said Bergner.

Much of the strength on slaughter cows and bulls came from continued strong demand for less expensive beef, such as hamburger.

But some other cattle on the slaughter side of the market weren’t as strong during the week. Bergner noted fatter cow prices “should be a lot higher.”

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

news

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

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

$1 Cdn: $ .9743 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.0264 Cdn.

COLUMN

(Friday to Thursday) Slaughter Cattle

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

EXCHANGES: April 19, 2013

Toronto 48.80 - 76.01 103.53 - 129.07 141.40 - 166.52 149.57 - 180.43 161.48 - 212.71 —

SunGold Specialty Meats 30.00

Farmers say change must be supported by the full value chain

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 Winnipeg (72 head Fats) Kids 100.00 - 135.00 Billys 140.00 - 170.00 Mature —

Toronto ($/cwt) 35.00 - 238.00 — 61.02 - 181.43

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Pork producers discuss common concerns

Toronto ($/cwt) 2.00 - 36.00 30.00 - 45.00

Staff

North American pork producers say their needs weren’t considered by companies that have decided to phase out sow gestation stalls.

“Hog farmers, to survive in the fiercely competitive international pork market, must be able to recover their costs of production,”said Jean-Guy Vincent, who farms in SainteSéraphine, Quebec who chairs the Canadian Pork Council.

“Recent announcements from a wide array of companies engaged in the North American

pork supply chain, outlining new purchasing and sourcing requirements have been made without adequate discussions on the repercussions at the farm level.”

The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) recently hosted a meeting of pork industry leaders at Niagara Falls to discuss common interests with representatives from the U.S. National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and the Mexican pork producer organization, the Confederación de Porcicultores Mexicanos.

“It is quite clear to me from our discussions that pork farmers from all across North America share the same abiding commitment to providing consumers a nutritious, safe and affordable food supply,” Vincent said. “Pork producers will continue to adapt to consumer demands but this must occur in partnership with the entire value chain and government.”

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 25, 2013

GRAIN MARKETS Export and International Prices

column

Last Week

All prices close of business April 18, 2013

New-crop concerns loom large over old-crop canola We can’t keep up this pace of crushing and exporting

Week Ago

Year Ago

Wheat

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

258.19

256.35

229.53

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

263.70

290.06

297.32

Coarse Grains US corn Gulf ($US)

—

—

—

US barley (PNW) ($US)

—

—

—

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

253.74

256.40

244.49

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

251.91

242.35

209.28

Phil Franz-Warkentin CNSC

I

CE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended April 19, with the largest gains coming in the old-crop months.

Those gains nearby may be tied to the tightening supplies in Western Canada, but have as much to do with new-crop perceptions as anything else. Nobody is writing the crop off just yet, as farmers will make short work of spring seeding given the chance, but the slow spring melt will push the start date back in many areas. The later the seed is in the ground, the later it will be harvested in the fall. With exporters and domestic crushers already expected to be scraping the bottom of the barrel this year, the likelihood of a longer wait before new-crop canola hits the pipeline is heightening the need to ration what there is available.

Provided the Statistics Canada production numbers for last year are at least semiaccurate, the current pace of exports and domestic crush cannot possibly be maintained. Even if actual production was a couple of hundred thousand tonnes larger (as some industry participants have theorized), it will take considerably more than whatever fell through the cracks to meet the current demand. This tightening supply situation should keep nearby prices well supported heading into the summer. However, the interconnected nature of the wider markets means losses in soybeans or other broader economic issues could still cause canola prices to decline — just at a slower rate than everything else.

On the charts, old-crop July canola finished the week at its highest levels since September, while new-crop November was more range-bound and barely at its highs for the month. Statistics Canada releases its first official acreage estimates of the year on April 24. Any numbers will be quickly second-guessed due to weather issues that have popped up since the survey was conducted, but the second-guessing should provide some fodder off of which the new-crop contracts may trade.

Weather issues are also a factor in U.S. grains and oilseeds, but the impact of the late spring melt is a little more mixed south of the border. In the U.S., the annual battle for acres pitting corn against soybeans will

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

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

Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)

520.15 1,216.50

ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business April 19, 2013 barley

Last Week

Week Ago

May 2013

243.50

243.50

July 2013

244.00

244.00

194.00

234.00

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

May 2013

640.00

625.40

July 2013

624.40

612.70

November 2013

562.50

560.50

Special Crops Report for April 22, 2013 — 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

25.00 - 25.75

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

21.00 - 25.75

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

19.00 - 21.00

Desi Chickpeas

26.00 - 27.50 — 25.70 - 27.00

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

Fababeans, large

—

Feed beans

—

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

—

Medium Yellow No. 1

15.30 - 17.50 8.75 - 9.25

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

No. 1 Great Northern

—

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

6.25 - 8.10

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

—

Yellow No. 1

38.70 - 40.75

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

—

Brown No. 1

34.75 - 36.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

—

Oriental No. 1

29.75 - 30.75

No. 1 Black Beans

—

No. 1 Pinto Beans

—

Source: Stat Publishing SUNFLOWERS

No. 1 Small Red

—

No. 1 Pink

—

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

22.40

23.35

32.00* Call for details

—

Report for April 19, 2013 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed)

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

515.09 1,097.43

Winnipeg Futures

October 2013

be a contributing factor moving the futures over the next few weeks.

Corn needs a longer growing season and is typically planted first. If it’s too wet for too long, some of that area originally intended for corn might end up with soybeans instead.

While other issues, such as seed supply, will limit any acreage shifts, the idea is enough to be bullish for corn but bearish for soybeans.

Over the past week, new-crop soybean prices moved lower while the front months posted small gains on the back of the tight supply situation. In corn, values were down across the board, but the larger losses were nearby. Wheat futures in Chicago bounced around within a narrow range, but ended lower overall. Wheat in Kansas City was also lower, but spring wheat in Minneapolis managed to move higher, with adverse planting conditions in northern-tier U.S. states behind some of that strength.

The advancing South American soybean and corn harvests are starting to take some of the heat off the tight U.S. supply situation, but logistic issues in Brazil should keep some export interest in the U.S. until soybeans start flowing more freely from the region.

Overhanging all agricultural markets are persistent global economic issues. The Canadian currency dropped by over a penny relative to its U.S. counterpart over the past week, which was relatively supportive for canola. However, that economic uncertainty which weighed on the currency does not bode well for end-user demand in the long run.

525.57 1,095.00

Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

USDA official sees global wheat crop around record levels Key exporters affected by drought last year are predicting a return to normal yields

By Colin Packham canberra / reuters

G

lobal wheat output could climb to record highs in the year to June 2014 on improved crop prospects for some key producers hit by severe droughts last year, an official of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said.

“I think global production should get back to record level,” Joe Glauber, the USDA’s chief economist, told Reuters March 6.

“We saw pretty severe droughts in the Black Sea and southern Europe and, assuming we see some snapback, we should see strong global production levels again and hopefully some significant rebuilding of stocks.”

In the U.S. Plains, warmer temperatures will melt much of the snow cover from a pair of big blizzards in late February, adding cropfriendly moisture to the droughtstricken hard red winter wheat region.

Australia, the world’s secondlargest exporter, on March 5 forecast wheat production in 2013-14 would rise 13 per cent from the previous year, boosted by increased planting and higher yields from better growing conditions.

And Ukraine is likely to produce its largest harvest since gaining independence in 1991 thanks to favourable autumn weather and a larger sowing area, analyst UkrAgroConsult said. The consultancy revised up its forecast

for the 2013-14 grain harvest to 53 million tonnes from 51.85 million.

Glauber, speaking on the sidelines of an Australian agricultural conference, did not give a figure for world wheat output in 2013-14.

Global wheat production stood at 653.6 million tonnes in 201213, according to the USDA’s most recent forecast, down six per cent from a record 696.6 million tonnes the previous season.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

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Cold weather isn’t an obstacle to anaerobic digesters in Manitoba Manitoba’s first anaerobic digester will be completed this fall and experts say it will prove that our cold winters are no problem

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

“If you insulate it properly and it’s heated there shouldn’t be any obstacles to having this technology.”

M

anitoba’s challenging climate won’t leave producers out in the cold when it comes to anaerobic digesters, says a University of Manitoba researcher.

“If you insulate it properly and it’s heated, there shouldn’t be any obstacles to having this technology,” PhD candidate Elsie Jordaan said during a presentation sponsored by the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment.

Just how much insulation is needed is still being debated, but Alberta and Saskatchewan have anaerobic digesters in operation despite similar climatic challenges, said Jordaan.

Manitoba Hydro is working with Natural Resources Canada and the University of Manitoba to develop and install a comprehensive anaerobic digester system at Sweetridge Farms near Winkler.

The operators of the large dair y farm are looking to improve the quality of the manure, as well as generate animal bedding through the

Elsie Jordaan

Elsie Jordaan speaks during a presentation sponsored by the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment at the University of Manitoba. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

process, said Jordaan. Fifty kilowatts of electricity and heat will also be generated from the manure on site.

The project, due to be completed this fall, has encountered some bumps along the way, as have the Ontario-based com-

pany that has undertaken the project. But those setbacks haven’t been climate related.

“I think a lot of it has just been that the company’s learning curve for doing this kind of project in Manitoba has been very steep,” said Jordan Lang-

ner, a renewable energy engineer with Manitoba Hydro.

T h e Sw e e t r i d g e p r o j e c t will not only prove anaerobic digesters are feasible in Manitoba, but make it easier for future digester projects to get off the ground, said Langner.

“There’s a lot of things about Manitoba that make our situation different, climate is one, but also our manure management regulations are something that is unique here,” he said.

Aside from technology, Jordaan said costs associated with building digesters may also be a deterrent for some people.

The digester near Winkler will cost about $750,000 to build, but Langner said some of the research aspects of the project have increased construction costs. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

Pig producers hoping for a bumper corn crop in U.S. Midwest Pork prices have risen and if sky-high feed prices come back to earth, then hard-hit producers may get ‘some profit back,’ says the head of the Manitoba Pork Council

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

H

Karl Kynoch, chairman of the Manitoba Pork Council, spoke to producers about feed costs during the organization’s annual general meeting in Winnipeg. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

og producers could see some relief from high feed costs this year, but not in time for summer, says the chair of the Manitoba Pork Council.

“All signs are for a record corn acreage to be sown in the U.S. this spring, which could really bring some relief to the feed grain prices this fall,” Karl Kynoch said at the council’s recent AGM. “And any time corn comes down a couple dollars a bushel, that is huge for the bottom line and puts producers into profit margins a lot sooner.”

Corn may even drop below $6 per bushel by 2014, but the days of $2-a-bushel corn are gone for good, he added.

The situation is improving in the American Midwest this year following the worst drought in 50 years,

that lowered production by 13 per cent. But spring rains have returned and so has optimism, said Kynoch.

“Right now we’re seeing a lot of moisture in the U.S.,” he said.

Two years of poor production in the U.S. pushed up corn prices and did further damage to the fortunes of Canadian pork producers, who had already been hit hard by the country-of-origin-labelling law and the 2009 H1N1 outbreak.

But there’s hope on the horizon for those producers who have managed to hang on, said Kynoch, who noted pig prices over the past year have been above the five-year average.

“If we can just lower the price of the feed grains and keep the meat prices up where they’ve been the past year... hopefully we’ll get some profit back,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

Beef from a Petri dish?

A watch that tells you what to eat?

Maple Leaf Foods’ director of emerging science says technology is creating wondrous new opportunities and urges food companies and producers to be adventurous

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

P

ineapples growing on pine trees?

Why not? says John Webb, Maple Leaf Foods’ director of emerging science.

The food industry needs to loosen up and at least consider the possibilities that science is making possible, Webb said at a recent presentation at the University of Manitoba.

“G e n o m i c s a s a t o o l t o adjust the world we live in is a huge opportunity,” he said.

“The question is: Are we being adventurous enough?”

For instance, said Webb, instead of working to find ways to more humanely castrate male piglets why not use genomics to ensure only female litters are born and eliminate the need for castration?

“If you’re in an industry, you have to think seriously about who your customer is,” he said, noting consumers are asking more questions, and becoming more aware of where their food comes from as interest in sustainability and welfare grows.

And even though 25 per cent of the average person’s diet consists of snacks — often unhealthy ones — people are also looking to make natural and more healthy choices as concern over issues such as obesity mount, said Webb.

Here too, he said, technology will play a role.

The mapping of the human genome should allow food scientists to create foods and proteins perfectly suited to the needs of humans, Webb said.

“But the digital age is upon us, and again there are so many opportunities there,” he said.

“Soon we are going to be talking to the food we’re buying.”

And he’s not talking about leaning over a farm fence or pig whispering.

With smartphones, people can already scan most products from Maple Leaf and other companies for a “quick response” code to gain more information about a product, or find recipes and nutritional facts.

But in the future, Webb envisions people wearing metabolic meters, like small watches, that monitor food intake and energy output. In the supermarket, these devices will guide the consumer towards foods with the right amount of protein and fat the individual needs that day — and away from unhealthy choices.

Some food packaging has already been designed to hold a small electrical charge, and when triggered by the presence of a nearby smartphone, offers information and a marketing message, he said.

But as technology becomes even more advanced, food processors and consumers may no longer be asking questions about where their food was raised. Instead, the question may be, where was our meat made?

“Artificial meat will happen, and when it does it will be a real threat to the livestock industry,” he said, adding it could prove to be a successful way to eliminate concerns of contamination and animal cruelty.

“I think we need to be developing policies on this now,” said Webb.

However, of all the challenges facing the meat-processing industry, Webb said none are more serious and potentially damaging than food contamination. It’s a problem Maple Leaf is all too familiar with after a listeriosis outbreak at a facility resulted in the deaths of nearly two dozen people in 2008.

“It was a tragedy of major proportions,” he said.

Webb said he hopes technology will soon allow bacteria to be identified through DNA scans, instead of wet chemistry.

Technologies that improve food safety must be embraced, he said, citing irradiation as an example of a missed opportunity.

“The food industry has not sold it to the public, the science hasn’t been explained properly,” said Webb. “We’ve lost an opportunity (and) that could cost lives.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

John Webb, director of emerging science at Maple Leaf Foods, muses on what the future might hold for food processors during a presentation at the University of Manitoba. PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

Flooded markets push prices lower Heavyweight lambs attracted more buyer interest, but bidding on feeder lambs was down

By Mark Elliot co-operator contributor

T

he Winnipeg Livestock Auction received 350 sheep and goats for the sale. The eastern and western markets have become filled with the constant supply of sheep and lambs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with the assistance of regionally supplied animals. Following other meat trends, store prices have not followed producer prices down.

The buyers put extreme pressure on the ewes delivered to this sale. The price ranged from $0.625 to $0.71 per pound for the better-quality ewes. The ewes in the lower class saw prices ranging from $0.16 to $0.39 per pound. There was an exception of a 210-pound Rideau-cross ewe that brought $119.70 ($0.57 per pound).

There appeared to be no separation between wool and hair rams or based upon the ranges of weight. Rams ranged from 170 to 270 lbs., producing a price range from $0.33 to $0.725 per pound.

T h e h e a v y we i g h t l a m b s attracted more buyer interest. The heavier lambs ranged from 108 to 140 pounds, with a price range from $0.975 to $1.12 per pound.

The demand for the market lambs took a severe drop. The bidding was much lower. A group of four 95-pound lambs brought $88.35 ($0.93 per pound). A

group of three 98-pound lambs brought $98.98 ($1.01 per pound).

A 95-pound Cheviot-cross lamb brought $54.63 ($0.575 per pound).

Bidding declined for the feeder lambs, as the demand was quite a bit lower than the last sale. The weight ranged from 80 to 91 lbs., with price ranging from $1 to $1.10 per pound. Lower-quality feeder lambs attracted less interest.

The buyers wanted the lighterweight lambs, and created some stronger bidding throughout the audience. Forty-three 75-pound Rideau-cross lambs brought $83.25 ($1.11 per pound). Seventeen 75-pound Dorper-cross lambs brought $84.75 ($1.13 per pound).

Twelve 68-pound Rideau-cross lambs brought $78.20 ($1.15 per pound). Twelve 64-pound Rideaucross lambs brought $71.68 ($1.12 per pound).

New-crop lambs were represented by two groups, that were just removed from the ewes.

Three 98-pound lambs brought $126.42 ($1.29 per pound). Three 72-pound lambs brought $93.60 ($1.30 per pound). There was a group of Dorper-cross lambs that was passed by the producer at this sale.

Goats

The younger and lighter-weight goat does were of major interest, causing some constant and

April 3, 2013 Ewes

$62.50 - $82.50

$52 - $87.71

$19 - $59.67

$18.60 - $29.05

$108 - $147

$99 - $128

Lambs (lbs.)

110+

$44.80 - $56 95 - 110

$88.35 - $98.98

$100.98 - $117

80 - 94

$80 - $94.60

$90.78 - $100.80

75

$83.25/$84.75

$81.20/$78.84 (70/73 lbs.)

64 / 68

$71.68/$78.2

$76.38/$70.62 (65/66 lbs.)

72

$93.60

($1.30/lb.)

98

$126.42

($1.29/lb.)

Alpine-cross buck brought $122.50 ($1.19 per pound). A 90-pound Boer-cross buck brought $112.50 ($1.25 per pound). A group of four 75-pound Boer-cross bucks brought $116 ($1.55 per pound).

Three 83-pound Alpine-cross goats brought $129 ($1.55 per pound). Two 88-pound La Mancha-cross goats brought $138 ($1.57 per pound).

The classification of goat (kids) or lighter-weight goats was much higher on demand from the buyers throughout the audience at this sale. This tender continued from the previous sale. Four 75-pound Boer-cross kids brought $112 ($1.49 per pound).

Three 60-pound Boer-cross kids brought $93 ($1.55 per pound).

Three 65-pound Boer-cross kids brought $82.50 ($1.27 per pound).

A 55-pound La Mancha-cross Pygmy kid brought $82.50 ($1.50 per pound).

Two 45-pound Boer-cross kids brought $66 ($1.47 per pound). A 45-pound Alpine-cross Pygmy kid brought $75 ($1.67 per pound).

The Ontario Stockyard Report showed that heavier lambs sold for slightly higher prices than the lightweight lambs. The bidding has been constant for the sheep over the past few sales. The demand for the smaller and lightweight goats was the best it has been for the past sales.

Under 80

new-crop lambs

strong bidding. The dairy does drew higher bidding from the audience. A 70-pound Alpinecross doe brought $100 ($1.43 per pound). A 75-pound Alpinecross doe brought $105 ($1.40 per pound).

An 85-pound Boer-cross doe brought $100 ($1.18 per pound). A 95-pound Boer-cross doe brought $107.50 ($1.13 per pound). The heavier-weight does were slightly lower in the price bidding. Two 125-pound Boercross does brought $117 ($0.94 per pound). Five 121-pound Boer-cross does brought $95 ($0.79 per pound).

The quantity of goat bucks was slightly lower. A 105-pound

LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

Apr-17

Apr-16

Apr-16

Apr-16

Apr-17

Apr-15

Apr-18

Apr-19

No. on offer

1474*

*492

291

511*

1,432*

437*

*1,264

800

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

90.00-115.75

n/a

100.00-115.25

105.00-113.00

n/a

105.00-114.00

114.00-118.00

800-900

n/a

100.00-119.00

112.00-122.00

112.00-126.00

110.00-123.75

n/a

114.00-125.00

117.00-127.00

700-800

106.00-139.00

105.00-123.25

120.00-130.00

120.00-133.00

120.00-134.00

119.00-129.00

125.00-135.00

124.00-135.00

600-700

118.00-153.00

110.00-139.25

128.00-143.00

130.00-142.00

130.00-144.00

125.00-141.00

130.00-146.00

125.00-142.00

500-600

120.00-157.50

110.00-145.00

132.00-148.00

132.00-148.00

137.00-153.00

135.00-148.00

145.00-155.00

140.00-155.00

400-500

n/a

140.00-156.00

135.00-155.00

135.00-155.00

143.00-156.00

n/a

140.00-154.00

145.00-160.00

300-400

n/a

n/a

140.00-170.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

90.00-105.00

94.00-107.00

n/a

100.00-111.00

105.00-116.50

800-900

n/a

85.00-112.00

100.00-112.50

95.00-108.00

100.00-110.00

98.00-105.50

105.00-116.00

110.00-118.00

700-800

100.00-120.00

90.00-116.50

110.00-120.00

105.00-115.00

107.00-119.00

110.00-122.25

110.00-121.00

115.00-123.00

600-700

102.00-133.50

100.00-123.00

115.00-130.00

112.00-125.00

112.00-124.75

114.00-126.00

118.00-128.00

117.00-130.00

500-600

105.00-129.75

105.00-123.50

120.00-137.00

120.00-133.00

118.00-130.00

118.00-130.00

120.00-135.00

118.00-135.00

400-500

109.00-136.00

115.00-135.00

130.00-146.00

125.00-135.00

124.00-136.00

n/a

120.00-132.00

120.00-142.00

300-400

n/a

110.00-143.00

125.00-150.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

120.00-145.00

320

n/a

71

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

200

D1-D2 Cows

60.00-69.00

50.00-78.00

n/a

69.00-75.50

68.00-73.00

55.00-64.00

70.00-82.00

70.00-75.00

D3-D5 Cows

45.00 and up

n/a

55.00-62.00

55.00-68.00

50.00-67.00

n/a

55.00-71.00

n/a

Age Verified

70.00-79.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

68.00-76.50

62.00-69.00

n/a

63.00-72.00

Good Bulls

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

Slaughter Market No. on offer

70.00-87.75

60.00-85.00

85.00-90.00

78.00-86.50

78.00-86.00

77.00-84.50

70.00-88.00

81.00-89.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

100.00-107.00

99.00-104.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

99.00-105.00

97.00-102.75

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

68.00-75.50

n/a

70.00-80.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

61.00-66.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

62.00-70.00

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

55.00-60.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

58.00-65.00

* 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 25, 2013

COLUMN

What to watch for in the early days of a foal’s life Recognizing both normal and abnormal signs is important in averting a health crisis Carol Shwetz, DVM Horse Health

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oung foals are both precocious and precarious creatures. They are precocious in being able to arrive in the early hours of the morning and nurse and shadow their dams within hours of arrival. Yet they are precarious should they succumb to any illness which leaves them struggling for survival.

Recognizing healthy behaviour and development of the young foal is critical to identifying when something is amiss. Initial stages of illness in young foals are subtle and unfortunately can be easily overlooked, which is why early detection of problems is critical to a favourable outcome. It is an emergency if a foal that initially appears healthy suddenly deteriorates, and no matter the cause, quick intervention is vital.

At birth a normal foal is bright and alert to its surroundings.

It will quickly assume a sternal position and attempt to rise.

Ideally a vigorous foal stands and nurses easily within two hours. Foals that have not nursed within two to three hours may need assistance or medical attention. Ingestion of colostrum, the mare’s first milk, within a critical time frame is crucial to the foal’s short- and long-term health. This colostrum is energy and nutrient dense, most renowned for its ability to “jump-start” a healthy immune system.

Colostrum also has laxative properties which assist the foal in passing his first stool, called meconium. The meconium is usually dark-greenish brown or black, and sticky. It is typically passed in the first three to four hours after birth. Meconium which is retained causes the foal to express abdominal discomfort, straining to defecate, swishing its tail, and eventually becoming reluctant to nurse. An enema is indicated in foals that have not passed their meconium within 12 hours of birth.

The young foal will lay down and sleep often. It will nurse frequently, sometimes nursing 20 or more times a day. This is normal. Within days the newborn foal “fills out” from its gangly newborn state, continuing to grow and strengthen daily.

Scours

Generally foals develop diarrhea or scours seven to 12 days after birth. As this timing often coincides with the mare’s first heat cycle it is often referred to as “foal heat diarrhea.” This normally runs its course with no apparent ill effects towards the foal and is speculated to be a natural reaction as the foal’s digestive tract matures. Many foals begin experimentally eating manure at around 10 days. This practice does not seem to be harmful to the foal.

It is not uncommon for a foal to begin life with weak legs. It

may be down in the pasterns/ fetlocks, having contracted tendons or deviations of the distal limbs. These generally self-correct with moderate/ modest exercise within the first few days of life as the soft tissues strengthen and/or adjust.

Severe deviations or ones not improving may require veterinary consultation.

Early activity is essential to the foal’s physical development. The practice of keeping foals safe in stables for the first few weeks may be detrimental to the adult horse. Muscular and hoof development benefits from many steps on varied terrain surfaces. Naive hooves expand fully with weight bearing, keeping the frog in contact with the ground. This stimulates development of the caudal part of the young horse’s foot

The practice of keeping foals safe in stables for the first few weeks may be detrimental to the adult horse.

which provides a vital pillar of support as the 100-pound foal matures into a 1,000-pound horse.

Healthy foals are curious and inquisitive, constantly engaging with their environment. Whenever they become dull or lose their focus on the mare there will be a problem. Weak, troubled foals lose strength nursing and will have “milk nose” or dried milk on their face. As healthy foals keep the mare nursed and her udder relieved, whenever the mare’s udder is distended the foal is not thriving. Other not-so-subtle signs of distress in a young foal are nasal

discharge, abnormal respiration, coughing, watery diarrhea, lameness, urine leakage from the navel, and abnormal swellings of the umbilicus or around the genitals. These are indications for veterinary involvement.

Since the health status of a young foal can change rapidly, recognition of both normal and abnormal signs of health during the first few weeks of life is essential to averting a crisis.

Carol Shwetz is a veterinarian specializing in equine practice at Westlock, Alberta

Within days the newborn foal “fills out” from its gangly newborn state, continuing to grow and strengthen daily.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

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Models continue to bring in warm weather Issued: Monday, April 22, 2013 · Covering: April 25 – May 1, 2013 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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fter several weeks of seeing the warmer weather only a week or so away, it finally looks like it will arrive! Is this going to spell an end to our record spring cold snap? I’m not totally convinced of that yet.

On Wednesday it looks like there will be another area of low pressure pushing through southern and central Manitoba. With cold air still in place most, if not all, of the precipitation from this system will fall as wet snow, but luckily it doesn’t look as if there will be much, if any, accumulation.

Weak high pressure will rapidly slide south behind this system on Thursday and we’ll likely see a southerly flow of milder air begin Thursday afternoon. Temperatures will be warmest over western regions with daytime highs in the +10 C range. Farther east, expect highs to be around +5 C. On Friday, weak high pressure will remain to our south and an area of low pressure will be developing along the coast of central B.C. This will combine to continue the pull of milder air into

our region. The weather models forecast high temperatures by Saturday to be in the 12 to 16 C range over southern regions and the 8 to 12 C range over central areas. Temperatures are then forecast to continue warming, with highs of 16 to 20 C forecast for extreme southern regions on Sunday. With a fairly deep and widespread snowpack still in place, I have a hard time seeing temperatures getting quite this mild.

By the end of the weekend and into the start of next week, the models show some of the energy from the western low moving across the north-central Prairies. It looks like we’ll see a quick shot of cooler air on Monday and into Tuesday once this system passes by. The models then show warmer air moving back in by the middle of next week, but forgive me for saying: I will believe it when I see it!

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 6 to 20 C; lows, -4 to 6 C. Probability of precipitation falling as snow: 20 per cent.

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

This issue’s graph shows the 365-day temperature trend for Winnipeg and is used to show the general temperature trends over the last year across southern and central Manitoba.

This figure, created by the U.S. National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, and other graphs can be found at http://www.cpc. ncep.noaa.gov/products/global_monitoring/ temperature/global_temp_accum.shtml. The easiest way to interpret the figure is to look at the top two graphs: any region in red had aboveaverage temperatures and blue regions were below average. From the figure you can see that starting in early March, temperatures have been well below average.

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.

A new look at radiational cooling

If long-wave radiation can easily escape the area, we could see net cooling even if the sun is shining

By Daniel Bezte CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

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c a m e a c ro s s a we a t h e r article last week that was a purely academic discussion about radiational cooling. It was one of those articles that at first glance seemed to be purely a discussion for true weather geeks, meteorologists and university professors, with very little if anything to do with an everyday understanding of the weather, at least for us lay people.

I read the article and tried my best to understand it and then moved on, putting the infor mation into the back of my mind, but as the week went on I found I had an “aha” moment when some of the information in the article clicked into something I have noticed happening with our weather.

I’ll attempt to summarize what the article was discussing, hopefully without getting too boring or technical. Then I’ll go into my “aha” moment and see if you too have noticed this, and I’ll leave it to you to decide if this is a possible explanation.

The focus of the article on radiational cooling was that

Snow and ice are very good at absorbing longwave radiation. That’s why you may have heard the phrase “Fog eats snow.”

there are apparently two definitions of just what radiational cooling is, and then of course, which definition is the correct one. The first definition, the most common one, is more than likely what most people would use. It states radiational cooling occurs when an object’s temperature decreases. To me and most people this definition makes perfect sense. If an object is cooling and its temperature is decreasing that means it is giving off or radiating its heat into the surrounding environment, thus the term radiational cooling.

So n ow yo u’re p ro b a b l y thinking: If the definition of radiational cooling is so simple and intuitive, then how can there be a second definition, and why argue about it? The second definition, I believe, has merit, but is a little more technical and there-

fore difficult to understand.

Before I try to explain this second definition I have to first discuss the differences between shor twave radiation and long-wave radiation. When the sun shines on an object, the energy coming from the sun is referred to as solar radiation or shortwave radiation. The length of the wavelength has to do with the amount of energy available: the shorter the wavelength, the higher the energy level.

When objects on Earth give off heat, they give it off in the form of long-wave radiation.

The second definition of radiational cooling ties directly into this. It states that if the amount of long-wave radiation entering a region is less than the amount of long-wave radiation moving out of a region, then the net result is radiational cooling.

In the first definition, an

object is warmed up by the incoming shortwave radiation and as long as it is increasing in temperature there is no radiational cooling. In the second definition, an object or region can be warming up, but still be cooling — sounds a little strange, doesn’t it? With this definition it sounds like there might never be radiational warming, only cooling.

What we have to remember is that warm air entering or flowing into a region will warm that region up; however, that warming is not coming from shortwave radiation but rather from the heat given off by the warmer air, which is longwave radiation. So we can have times when there will be radiational warming and not just cooling.

Re-radiating

Now where does my “aha” moment fit into this? Have you ever noticed during the spring melt that on some days the temperature will be above 0 C and the snow will be melting everywhere, even in the shade?

On other days, even though the temperature is the same, melting only seems to occur in the sunny areas and not in the shade? Now I know there

are a number of factors that can influence this, such as overnight temperatures, wind speed et cetera, but I have noticed that even when these factors have not really come into play you still see this happening. The cause, I believe, is radiational cooling.

An interesting thing about snow and ice is that they are very good at absorbing long-wave radiation. That is why you may have heard the phrase “Fog eats snow.” It’s not that the fog actually does something to the snow; rather, the fog is absorbing, then reradiating, long-wave radiation back to the ground — and this long-wave radiation is helping to melt the snow. If atmospheric conditions are such that long-wave radiation can easily escape or leave an area, that area will experience radiational cooling even if the sun is shining and the temperatures are warming up. We can see this in the snow melt, usually when the temperatures are in the +1 to +7 C range. Even though the air is warm enough to melt the snow, in the shade very little if any will often melt because that snow is cooling radiationally — something to think about.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

CROPS Crop insurance changes discussed at KAP meeting Concerns about ‘moral hazard’ prompted changes to Excess Moisture Insurance

By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF / PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE

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hanges coming to Excess Moisture Insurance (EMI) a re a i m e d a t re d u c i n g “moral hazard” that could undermine the program’s integrity.

“It just seemed from our experience there was a disproportionate amount of land coming into our program in wet years than there was in dry years,” David Van Deynze, the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s (MASC) manager of claim services told the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ general council meeting April 18.

“That’s the reason for our caution there.”

The deadline for selecting the EMI Reduced Deductible Option and EMI Higher Dollar Value Options will be Nov. 30 of the previous crop year starting this year for the 2014 crop, MASC announced earlier this year.

Also effective for 2014, land must be added to a crop insurance contract by March 31 to be eligible for EMI coverage in that year. Land added after March 31 will continue to be eligible for coverage for seeded crops and hail, but not for EMI. (The deadline for selecting EMI options in 2013 remained March 31 with land added until June 30 continuing to qualify for EMI.) Rob Brunel, a District 11 delegate and farmer at Ste. Rose du Lac, said he was disappointed with the changes.

MASC’s David Van Deynze explained crop insurance changes, including Excess Moisture Insurance, at KAP’s general council meeting April 18.

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“I don’t buy extra health insurance unless I know I’ll be travelling,” he said.

MASC thought carefully because changing deadlines adds complexity to administering the program, but in the end decided it was necessary, Van Deynze said.

“We hope people select insurance because it’s a good idea to always have higher insurance coverage or always have 50 per cent coverage, not necessarily look out your window and say ‘this is what I need this year,’” he said. “It’s kind of like buying insurance for your house when it’s on fire. We don’t want to have that situation.”

Brunel said a farmer could have

KAP’s Rob Brunel said he’s disappointed in changes to Excess Moisture Insurance.

EMI coverage on March 31 but then decide to rent the land to a neighour April 1 and the renter wouldn’t have coverage.

“In wet years we find acres in our program that aren’t normally there and that’s, in my mind, a bigger risk than the March 31 change in selection date,” Van Deynze said in response. “There’s lots of guys who don’t insure and then all of a sudden they’re insured under someone else’s contract when it can’t be seeded (because it’s too wet).

That’s a real big concern for us.”

MASC is also experimenting with insuring later-maturing crops such as corn, soybeans and edible beans, throughout agro-Manitoba.

Future coverage depends on the experiment’s results, Van Deynze

said. For example, MASC might decide farmers in shorter growing season areas can only insure earlier-maturing varieties.

The experiment removes borders that irked farmers. Until now a farmer might be allowed to insure corn on one side of the road, but not the other.

Meanwhile, the Manitoba Corn Growers Association is trying to determine whether the experiment is a good or bad idea, said association secretary-manager Theresa Bergsma.

“We figure they (MASC) must have done some sort of risk analysis and decided the risk wasn’t high or they wouldn’t have done it,” Bergsma said in an interview. “But where are those numbers? And if the risk is so low, is it the program we need?

“We’re really upset they did it without consultation.”

The late spring is a concern to all farmers, but especially corn growers who need a long growing season. So long as farmers can seed corn before the middle of May it should be all right, Bergsma said.

“We’re not afraid of guys trying to push the envelope,” she said.

“Farmers know corn is too risky to do that with.”

Bergsma said she hopes new corn farmers are equally cautious and not emboldened by crop insurance being available in areas that traditionally haven’t grown corn.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

FCC reports rise in Manitoba farmland values The average value of farmland in Manitoba increased 13.9 per cent during the second half of 2012 Farm Credit Canada release

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s t ro n g a g r i c u l t u ra l economy fuelled by low interest rates, growing world food demand and resulting higher commodity prices, continue to underpin a national increase in average farmland values. The average value of farmland in Manitoba increased by 13.9 per cent during the second half of 2012, according to a new Farm Credit Canada.

The latest increase is part of a trend that shows farmland values have been rising in the province since 2001. In the two previous six-month reporting periods, farmland values increased by 10.3 per cent and 1.9 per cent.

The FCC report provides important information about changes in farmland values across Canada. The average value of Canadian farmland increased by 10 per cent during the last six months of 2012, following gains of 8.6 per cent and 6.9 per cent in the previous two semi-annual reporting periods.

Average farmland values remained virtually the same in British Columbia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador. Average farmland values increased in the other provinces. Quebec experienced the highest average increase at 19.4 per cent.

Canadian farmland values have continued to rise over the last decade. The current average national increase of 10 per cent is the highest since FCC began reporting in 1985. The secondhighest increase of 8.6 per cent occurred in the first half of 2012.

The last time the average value decreased was by 0.6 per cent in 2000.

“The market is currently being driven by existing producers interested in expanding their current land base,” said Michael Hoffort, FCC senior

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vice-president of portfolio and credit risk.

“With most transactions involving an incremental addition to the holdings of established operations, it is common to see aggressive bidding to secure land available for sale.

Producers want to achieve economies of scale and use newer technology to farm larger areas. They also recognize limited opportunity to purchase land near their current operations.”

The national value of farmland has increased at the annual rate of 12 per cent on average since 2008, about twice the level it did from 2002 to 2007.

“Strong crop receipts create a favourable environment for higher farmland values,” said J.P. Gervais, FCC chief agricultural economist. “Low interest rates make it easier for producers to consider expanding their farm operation.” He cautioned buyers to do their homework and ensure their budgets have room to flex should commodity prices fall back from current highs or interest rates rise to more traditional levels.

Gervais noted that current farmland values also reflect expectations of future crop receipts. Recent agricultural outlook reports in Canada and the United States suggest that while crop prices are expected

to come down from recent highs, prices are projected to remain above historical averages over the next 10 years. “The outlook for Canadian agriculture is really positive,” Gervais said.

“While there is some concern that farm debt in Canada is increasing, net farm income — especially in the grain and oilseed sector — has roughly increased at the same pace,” Hoffort added.

Increasing farmland values might make it more difficult for young producers to expand or get into the business. Alternatives are to lease some of the land — not giving up the possibility to build equity by purchasing land, but complementing the business model by looking at the leasing market.

Crop-share rental agreements and joint ventures can sometimes meet the needs of the landlord and the farmer, but the decision to buy or lease really depends on the financial situation of individual producers.

According to the 2011 Ag Census, the majority of the total land in agriculture (including areas that were used by others) in Canada was owned by those who operate it, at 61.5 per cent.

This is followed by rented land at 21.9 per cent and land leased from government at 13.1 per cent.

NEWS

Group says GM alfalfa a nightmare scenario Genetically modified alfalfa threatens Canada’s entire organic grain sector, says Manitoba Organic Alliance.

Organic farmers won’t be able to shield their farms from pollen because insects can spread it as far as three miles, says the group.

Contamination will then create a trade barrier for any Canadian crop exported to GM-free countries, said Ken Sabatier of Growers International, a Winnipeg-based exporter of organic grains.

“Canada lost a multimillion-dollar flax market into Europe because of GMO cross-contamination in flax,” said Sabatier. “The risk presented by GM alfalfa puts in jeopardy millions more due to the organic industry’s reliance on alfalfa as a rotation crop. GM alfalfa could put the viability and integrity of the organic grain industry into question.”

Drought hits Cargill’s bottom line REUTERS / Cargill blamed last year’s drought for a 42 per cent drop in quarterly earnings, citing pressure on both its meat and grain operations.

Cargill, one of the world’s largest privately held corporations, said the drought had a “prolonged impact.”

The company has been warning since last summer the drought would hurt its meat operations by tightening cattle supplies and raising production costs. In February, it closed a beef plant in Plainview, Texas, that employed 2,000 people.

The company’s net earnings for the third quarter fell to $445 million, from a record $766 million a year earlier.

Agrium wins proxy battle with Jana REUTERS /Shareholders of Canadian fertilizer company Agrium elected all 12 board candidates from the company and none from activist shareholder Jana Partners, ending a five-month-long proxy battle.

Jana wanted to break up the production and retail parts of the company, arguing it would generate a better return for shareholders.

Jana said earlier that the vote was tainted and should be investigated, but Agrium said the result was “fair and square.”

Winter storms ease drought conditions CHICAGO / REUTERS / Some drought-stricken areas of the U.S. received badly needed moisture, but it also stalled corn seeding.

“It’s getting close to when they would like to plant corn, but there won’t be a whole lot of field work for the next 10 days,” John Dee, meteorologist for Global Weather Monitoring, said recently.

Agronomists said wintry weather probably damaged a portion of the hard red winter wheat crop in Kansas and Oklahoma. However, any moisture is welcome after the worst drought in more than 50 years.

The latest USDA report says 36 per cent of the U.S. winter wheat crop was in good to excellent condition, up from 34 per cent but well below the year-ago rating of 61 per cent.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

Fertilizer industry invests in nutrient stewardship initiative The fertilizer industry will contribute $7 million to measure environmental benefits Staff

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he North American fertilizer industry has pledged $7 million to fund a multiyear research effort aimed at measuring and evaluating the economic, social and environmental impacts of 4R Nutrient Stewardship (use of the right fertilizer source at the right rate at the right time and in the right place). The Fertilizer Institute (TFI), the Canadian Fertilizer Institute (CFI) and the International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) announced April 16 that the fund will support U.S. and Canadian projects in partnership with land-grant universities, watershed stakeholders and government agencies, as well as through industry initiatives.

Current efforts by the United

States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to evaluate the effect of nutrient management practices have identified the need for increased adoption of nutrient best management practices (BMP) tied to source, rate, time, and place. Results of research conducted under the auspices of the fund will help expand information and knowledge regarding specific BMPs, as well as suites of BMPs, to help increase adoption of these practices by growers.

“Improved science-based solutions are critical to meeting crop production and environmental quality challenges,” said Ann Mills, the USDA’s deputy undersecretary for natural resources and environment.

“Public-private partnerships like this one are an effective way to leverage the expertise that improves on-farm solutions that are economical and practical in the short and long term. USDA looks forward to supporting efforts to evaluate and improve nutrient management as part of a systems approach to voluntary conservation.”

Promote priniciples

In recent years, retailers have been working with farmers to promote 4R principles through their branded agronomy programs.

These efforts serve as a means of enhancing water quality and increasing nutrient use efficiency, as well as farmer profitability.

Gaining a better understanding of the air and water quality impacts of on-farm stewardship

practices will help build momentum and increase the use of fertilizer best management practices.

The fund will operate under the umbrella of the Foundation for Agronomic Research (FAR). It will be managed by a committee responsible for strategic decisions and final selection for research program expenditures and advised by a technical advisory group from industry, academic and government agency experts in agronomy, environmental sciences, sustainability, government relations and communications.

“Establishment of the 4R research fund demonstrates that the fertilizer industry is serious about ensuring that science is at the forefront of all that it does in the nutrient stewardship arena,” said TFI president Ford West.

“Through the establishment

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of the research fund, we hope to document and prove that the 4Rs will improve nutrient use efficiency and in doing so, be of benefit for the environment,” said IPNI president Terry Roberts.

In Canada, the fertilizer industry has been working with several provincial partners across the country to increase adoption of 4R implementation on farmland, while addressing the environmental objectives of those provinces. These government and stakeholder partnerships are in co-operation with major farm groups and conservation groups in the regions.

“The strength of the 4R Research Fund lies in the joint effort of government, researchers, farmers and the fertilizer industry working together,” said CFI president Roger Larson.

Rail freight bill chugs ahead

By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor / ottawa

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hippers say they’re disappointed their proposed amendments to the Fair Rail Freight Service Act have been rejected — but hopeful the legislation will see a substantial improvement in rail service.

“We are still supportive of this legislation moving forward,” said Richard Phillips, executive director of the Grain Growers of Canada.

“We are calling on both the railways and the shippers to honour the spirit and intent of the legislation and work together to help improve our international competitiveness with timely and efficient transportation.”

The Coalition of Rail Shippers had proposed several amendments, but they were rejected by the Commons transport committee. The bill still requires third reading in the Commons as well as Senate approval, but is expected to be passed by summer.

The shippers wanted changes “to prevent the railways from mounting legal challenges designed to either frustrate the intent of Parliament, delay decisions and lead shippers, both large and small, into expensive legal battles,” said Bob Ballantyne, chair of the rail shippers’ coalition.

The railways have opposed the legislation, which would require them to negotiate service agreements with shippers. The agreements would deal with issues such as failing to supply adequate freight cars and compensation when shipments are delayed.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

Canada wins China canola access, sees Russia meat barriers

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Global inventories of corn, wheat and soybeans higher than expected

Canada has not ruled out WTO action against Russia for banning meat from Canadian plants over ractopamine

By Rod Nickel

By Charles Abbott

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hina has softened its three-year-old import restrictions on Canadian canola, while Russia is set to erect barriers to some of Canada’s biggest meat-packing plants, Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said April 16.

China approved one additional oilseed-crushing plant, the 600,000-tonne CNOOCBi o l u x p l a n t i n Na n t o n g , Jiangsu province, to accept shipments of Canadian canola seed, a crop used to produce vegetable oil and animal feed.

It c o n t i n u e s t o re s t r i c t imports of Canadian canola due to concerns about the fungal disease blackleg.

China’s latest move is significant because it is the first Chinese plant near the country’s domestic rapeseed crops to accept Canadian canola since 2009, Ritz said in an interview with Reuters. “ We’re b e g i n n i n g t o s e e a change in their methodology and their ability to absorb Canadian canola without that fear of the blackleg,” Ritz said.

China granted the access on a trial basis, which Ritz said is normal, while the two governments and industries work out a long-term solution.

Canada has now been granted access to three additional Chinese plants over the last few months, giving it additional access to a combined one million tonnes of crushing capacity, said Patti

Global inventories of corn, wheat and soybeans will be much larger than expected at the end of 2012-13, with much of the increase driven by bigger U.S. supplies and lower Chinese feed demand, says the USDA. It sharply raised its estimates of ending stocks of the three crops compared with March. Projected corn carry-out was up seven per cent, soybeans up four per cent, and wheat up two per cent. All were larger than analysts had projected.

“World production is going to help plug our gap in tightness in the old crop,” said Don Roose, analyst with U.S. Commodities.

Corn futures prices at the CBOT briefly jumped after the USDA did not raise projected U.S. inventories as much as feared, but gains subsided as traders focused on the bearish world balance sheets. Wheat futures tumbled and soybeans were slightly lower.

The USDA said less corn and wheat is being used as livestock feed in China and the U.S., the world’s top two corn growers.

Miller, president of the Canola Council of Canada. In total, 11 Chinese oilseed-crushing facilities with a combined annual capacity of 5.5 million tonnes now accept Canadian canola.

Canada is the world’s biggest producer of canola, called rapeseed in some countries, just ahead of China. China’s move comes a few weeks after it agreed to allow imports of Australian canola under specific conditions. ICE Canada canola futures continued to trade higher after news of the additional Chinese access.

While Canada gains canola access to China, it is scheduled to see pork and beef shipments to Russia shrink. A post on Russia’s veterinar y and phytosanitary service ( VPSS) website (www.fsvps.ru) said restrictions on meat imports are scheduled to go into place against Canada’s biggest meat packers, Cargill Ltd., JBS, Maple Leaf Foods and Olymel LP. Russia has said it is concerned about use of the livestock feed additive ractopamine, and has already banned U.S. beef, pork and turkey and some meat shipments from Mexico. The VPSS has a lengthy list on its website of restrictions scheduled for some Canadian packers, as well as import approvals for other, mostly smaller Canadian plants.

“That’s their list and we’ll continue to work with them to expand that list to make it as full as possible,” Ritz said. He

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that assessment done,” he said. “We’ll keep our options open until that point.”

The three largest Canadian beef plants — Cargill’s plants at High River, Alberta, and Guelph, Ontario, and the JBS plant at Brooks, Alberta — face restrictions starting April 17, according to the VPSS site.

Russia will accept pork from Maple Leaf Foods Inc.’s plants in Lethbridge, Alberta, and Winnipeg, but is restricting access starting April 17 for the company’s flagship facility in Brandon, Manitoba.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

Province expands subsidies to prevent basement flooding

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he province is strongly encouraging homeowners across Manitoba to take advantage of the current subsidy program offered by 22 municipalities to help reduce the risk of basement flooding, Local Government Minister Ron Lemieux said in an April 15 release.

“The threat of flooding has become an all-too-frequent reality facing Manitoba families and municipalities. That’s why the provincial government is helping more families protect their homes, by extending and expanding the Municipal Sewer Backup Subsidy program,” said Lemieux. “Working together, we’re helping more families install sewer backup protection and sump pumps in their basements to protect their biggest asset.”

With the addition this year of Ericksdale and RM of West St. Paul, there are now 22 municipalities across Manitoba participating so homeowners can install sewer and home drainage protection equipment. The province is providing 50 per cent cost-shared funds to these participating municipalities.

The Manitoba gover nment has allocated $2 million in funding for 2013 across the province, the minister said. Participating municipalities match the provincial contribution and provide the subsidy to qualifying homeowners.

The maximum subsidy offered by municipalities covers 60 per cent of the equipment and installation costs for individual homeowners, up to a maximum per household of $1,000 for in-line backup valves and $2,000 for sump pumps and pits. Some municipalities have chosen to customize their individual subsidy program to meet local needs.

The Municipal Sewer Backup Subsidy program came into effect in 2011 to address the flood risks from heavy summer rainfall in 2010 and concerns about significant flooding in 2011, Lemieux said. The cities of Winnipeg and Brandon were among the first municipalities to participate in the program.

As a result of this program, approximately 2,300 homes across Manitoba have been protected from sewer backup and basement flooding since 2011.

“Manitobans who use this program can make sure their homes are better prepared to handle the prospect of significant flooding,” said Lemieux.

“Investments in flood protection go a long way to reducing damage and costs in the future.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

New grains council president has deep roots in agriculture

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Richard Phillips is a seed grower from Saskatchewan who has worked for several industry organizations

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ichard Phillips is the new president of the Canada Grains Council.

The 54-year-old has been the executive director of the G ra i n G r ow e r s o f Ca n a d a for the past six years and is “ideally suited” for his new role, said grains council chair Chantelle Donohue.

Phillips, a third-generation seed grower from Tisdale, Sask., has worked as an aide to federal and Saskatchewan politicians, and for the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, United Grain Growers, and Canola Council of Canada.

Phillips said his focus will be on “developing better coordination with the grain sector value chain, not just with grower groups.”

He cited the grains council’s leadership in pushing for international policy that would allow for low levels of GM contamination as the type of initiative that benefits the entire grain sector.

It makes sense to have one organization leading these types of efforts, said Phillips, who plans to remain in Ottawa while r unning the Winnipeg-based grains council.

“There’s too much duplication and triplication of effort when we need to pull the whole thing together to get more cost savings,” he said.

Transportation is an issue the grain industry needs to discuss with other bulk shippers “so we have a more effective common voice.”

The grains council’s members include producer organizations, crop input suppliers, grain handling and transportation companies, and primary and further processors.

Phillips succeeds Denn i s St e p h e n s, w h o re t i re d in December after a storied 45-year career in agriculture, including heading the Canad i a n In t e r n a t i o n a l G ra i n s Institute and serving as an assistant deputy minister at Agr iculture and Agr i-Food Canada.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

Canadian farmers in a good place, bank says A bumper crop could lower prices, but demand continues to rise

By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor

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good harvest last year has put Canadian farmers in the driver’s seat for this year as steady production growth should lead to strong exports to emerging markets, says an analysis from BMO. “Rapid economic expansion in emerging markets and lagging demand growth from south of the border has resulted in increasing export market diversification,” Aaron Goertzen, an economist with BMO Capital Markets, said. “Although global competition is stiff, Canadian producers’ productivity edge has contributed to a large and growing trade surplus.”

Even a possible rebound in grain exports from the United States after last year’s crippling drought didn’t temper BMO’s optimism. Nor did a cold, damp spring that has delayed planting in many areas.

Goertzen said a bumper U.S. crop would decrease international prices, but a more important factor is import demand from overseas. “As drought conditions in the U.S. subside, increased production there could lead to lower agricultural prices. Export demand growth will, as a result, be even

more crucial for industry prices and profitability.”

Farm groups offered a more cautious assessment. Ron Bonnett, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, noted that many Ontario farmers suffered drought last summer while the Prairies had good harvests.

Bonnett added that “the BMO study highlights how innovative and resilient the agriculture sector is, and that Canadian farmers — despite the challenges — are doing an excellent job at meeting demand — getting Canadian products into domestic and international markets.

“In terms of the sector as a whole, a number of specific sectors continue to struggle — cattle and hog producers continuing to face high feed costs that haven’t translated to high retail prices and are putting many farmers in difficult financial situations, he added.

“Also, there remains significant weather volatility to contend with, with flooding anticipated out west due to significant snowfalls and the U.S continues to face significant drought conditions,” he said.

“All these factors will have a lot of impact on whether farmers can take advantage of strong prices.”

Richard Phillips, executive director of Grain Growers of Canada, said a key factor in the current prosperity is that farm groups, the food industry and government have put resources into opening and maintaining markets.

“Farmers excel at growing crops, but we need a place to sell them to be successful,” he said.

The BMO study noted farmers have used advances in technology, improvements in management practices and industry consolidation to boost their productivity. “Innovation has consistently and significantly expanded the industry’s productive capacity, with gross output per hectare having more than quadrupled over the past half-century.

“There are few signs that innovation is slowing — with private spending on research and development in the agriculture sector having grown at roughly twice the pace of the Canadian total over the past decade.”

Meanwhile rapid growth in the global demand for food due to population increases and rising incomes has significantly increased agricultural product prices during the past decade, it said.

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“The path of least resistance for the Canadian dollar in the near term is weaker,” said Camilla Sutton.

However, lower global growth along with the less hawkish stance by the Bank of Canada will push the dollar lower in the short term.

“There is a possibility of the Canadian dollar moving to around the 96 U.S. cent mark in the current time period,” Sutton said.

The Bank of Canada is forecasting for lower growth here — although it expects the same for the U.S. and China, she noted.

“The Canadian unit will definitely be pulled in both directions, but ultimately the currency should be able to hold around parity with the U.S. unit heading into the third and fourth quarters,” she said.

The stability of the Canadian government is attractive, while the U.S. political scene is actually quite challenging at this time, she said. An easing of the euro-zone crisis is also favourable for the loonie, Sutton said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

Environmental change triggers rapid evolution The results have important implications in areas such as disease and pest control Staff

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University of Leeds-led study, published in the journal Ecology Letters overturns the common assumption that evolution only occurs gradually over hundreds or thousands of years.

Instead, researchers found significant genetically transmitted changes in laboratory populations of soil mites in just 15 generations, leading to a doubling of the age at which the mites reached adulthood and large changes in population size.

The results have important implications in areas such as disease and pest control, conservation and fisheries management because they demonstrate that evolution can be a game changer even in the short term. “ This demonstrates that short-term ecological change and evolution are completely intertwined and cannot reasonably be considered separate. We found that populations evolve rapidly in response to environmental change and population management. This can have major consequences such as reducing harvesting yields or saving a population heading for extinction,” Tim Benton, of the University of Leeds’ faculty of biological sciences said in a University of Leeds’ release.

Although previous research has implied a link between short-term changes in animal species’ physical characteristics and evolution, the Leedsled study is the first to prove a causal relationship between rapid genetic evolution and animal population dynamics in a controlled experimental setting.

In laboratory experiments in which a proportion of adult mites were removed at pre-set intervals, the remaining populations began to evolve differently within 15 generations.

“We saw significant evolutionary changes relatively quickly,” said lead author Tom Cameron, a post-doctoral fellow in the faculty of biological sciences at Leeds at the time of the research. “The age of maturity of the mites in the tubes doubled over about 15 generations.

“Removing the adults caused them to remain as juveniles even longer because the genetics were responding to the high chance that they were going to die as soon as they matured.

When they did eventually mature, they were so enormous they could lay all of their eggs very quickly.”

The researchers found that the laboratory environment was selecting for those mites that grew more slowly. Under the competitive conditions in the tubes, the slow-growing mites were more fertile when they matured, meaning they could have more babies.

“The genetic evolution that resulted in an investment in egg production at the expense of individual growth rates led to population growth, rescuing the populations from extinction. This is evolutionary rescue in action and suggests that rapid evolution can help populations respond to rapid environmental change,” Cameron said.

It was traditionally thought that the way animals grow relates to variables such as food availability rather than changes to their environment.

“However, our study proves that the evolutionary effect — the change in the underlying biology in response to the environment — can happen at the same time as the ecological response. Ecology and evolution are intertwined,” Benton said.

The researchers said the findings can offer important insights into management of resources such as fisheries.

For example, the size at which cod in the North Sea mature is about half that of 50 years ago.

This change has been linked to a collapse in the cod population because adult fish today are less fertile than their ancestors.

“The big debate has been over whether this is an evolutionary response to the way they are fished or whether this is, for instance, just the amount

of food in the sea having a short-term ecological effect.

Our study underlined that evolution can happen on a short time scale and even small one

to two per cent evolutionary changes in the underlying biology caused by your harvesting strategy can have major consequences on population growth

and yields. You can’t just try to bring the environment back to what it was before and expect everything to return to normal,” Benton said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

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U.S. senators unveil immigration reform bill

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Border security is coupled with hope for illegal immigrants

By Richard Cowan and Rachelle Younglai washington / reuters

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group of Democratic and Republican U.S. senators unveiled long-awaited landmark legislation April 16 to remove the threat of deportation for millions of illegal immigrants and give them an opportunity to eventually become U.S. citizens.

Under the proposal, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States before Dec. 31, 2011, and had stayed in the country continuously could apply for “provisional” legal status as soon as six months after the bill is signed by the president.

But beyond that, they would have to wait a decade or more for full citizenship which would entitle them to federal benefits, while the government works on further securing U.S. borders and enforcing the new immigration law.

The bill’s sponsors — four Democrats and four Republicans — felt such conditions were necessary to

help their plan succeed where similar measures have failed, mostly because of opposition to what opponents see as “amnesty” for lawbreakers.

Even with the many caveats, the proposal faces months of debate, scores of amendments and potentially significant opposition, particularly in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives.

“It’s nothing but a starting point,” Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa told reporters. He is the senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee, the panel that will manage the Immigration Bill.

Billions of dollars in new money would be funnelled into additional border security to discourage people from avoiding detection as they c ro s s e d Me x i c o’s b o rd e r w i t h t h e United States.

The bill sets a goal of stopping 90 per cent of illegal crossings at the riskiest sections of the southern border with Mexico, either by catching people or forcing them to go back to their country.

The proposal would expand access to both low- and high-skilled labour for American businesses, attempting to keep organized labour happy with provisions designed to keep companies from hiring cheap foreign labour or filling jobs with immigrants when U.S. workers are available.

For the technology sector, it increases the number of visas available for educated workers filling specialized jobs, though it imposes new pay requirements designed to keep the hiring from depressing wages for U.S. technology workers.

Heavy lobbying, which could complicate passage, is already underway on the visa provisions, with the construction industry, for example, unhappy with a cap placed on the number of foreigners available for construction jobs.

Still, one immigration expert who had been briefed on details of the measure before the outline was provided to reporters called it “a very smart, strategic and forward-looking bill.”

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By late last week, 87 people, mostly in eastern China, have contracted the H7N9 virus, and 17 had died. It is not clear how people are becoming infected, but the World Health Organization says there is no evidence of the most worrying scenario — sustained transmission between people.

“This is still an animal virus that occasionally infects humans,” said WHO official Michael O’Leary, “With rare exceptions, we know that people are not getting sick from other people.”

Experts say it may be premature to definitely rule in or out whether people sick with the virus have been in contact with poultry, and note that contact with wild birds is even more difficult to establish.

A study published last week showed the H7N9 strain is a so-called “triple reassortant” virus with a mixture of genes from three other flu strains found in birds in Asia. One of those three strains is thought to have come from a brambling, a type of small wild bird.

“We also know that, perhaps with rare exceptions, people are not getting sick from other people,” said Glenn Thomas, another WHO official.

British influenza expert Wendy Barclay said it’s hard to absolutely rule out exposure to poultry.

“The incubation time might be quite long, so visiting a market even 14 days before might have resulted in infection,” she said.

Chinese authorities have slaughtered thousands of birds and closed some live poultry markets to try to slow the rate of human infection. China’s poultry sector has recorded losses of more than 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) since reports of the strain emerged in early April.

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

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

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

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

The Pas

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

UPCOMING MAY SALES See our other ad in this issue of Manitoba Co-operator for full listings.

Birch River

UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION for JAMES and JOANNE STEWART

Swan River Minitonas Durban

Winnipegosis

Roblin

EDEN, MB - SATURDAY MAY 4TH - 12:00 PM

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

McCreary

Langruth

Neepawa

Hamiota

Gladstone

Rapid City

Melita

Carberry

Waskada

Killarney

Elm Creek

Crystal City

Beausejour

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Pilot Mound

Lac du Bonnet

Winnipeg

Austin Treherne

Westman Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Brandon Souris

Reston

Interlake

Erickson Minnedosa

1

Arborg

Lundar Gimli

Shoal Lake

Virden

CONSIGNMENT SALE

Riverton Eriksdale

St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

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Red River

ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antique Equipment HORSE HARNESS & EQUIPMENT. 1 complete set of single harness w/23-in collar, steel hames & leather tugs, $300; 1 complete set of single harness w/flat hames, new tugs & new back pads, $350; 2 sets of good chore harness, bridles & lines $475 each OBO; Good selection of steel eveners, good selection of wooden neck yokes for cutters or buggies. Several pieces of good horse machinery ready to go to the field.

Phone:(204)242-2809, Box 592 Manitou.

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland MEYERS AUCTION ANTIQUES & CollectablesDyck Estate of Portage & Consignors 10:00am Sun., April 28, 2013. 431 Lansdowne Ave, Arden, MB. Eastlake: Loveseat, Rocker & Occasional Chair; Childs’ Press Back Rocker & 2) Potty Chairs; 2) Tea Service Wagons; 4-ft Church Pew; 40’s era Buffet; Sideboards; MakeUp Tables; 8) Royal Doulton Figurines; Tonka, Buddy L & other Tin Toys; Train Sets; Train Books; CN & CP Locks; Redwing Vase; Silver Service Sets; Taxi Cab Meter; Refrigerator Dishes; Flo Blue Plates; Die Cast Cars; Collector Plates; 3) Sets of Silver Ware; Stone Ware Crocks; Barn Lanterns; Thermometers; Chalet Art Glass; Glass Insulators; Collector Tins; Collector Bottles; License Plates; Hudsons Bay 4 point Blanket; Collectable Coins & Paper Money - Sell at 10:00am !! NOTE: There are very little household items in this auction the majority is Antiques & Col-lectables !!! Meyers Auctions & Appraisals, Arden, MB, Bradley Meyers Auctioneer (204)368-2333 or (204)476-6262 cell. Detailed List & Pictures at mey-ersauctions.com Meyers Gun Auction 10:00am Sun., May 5, 2013 431 Lansdowne Ave., Arden, MB. To CONSIGN YOUR GUNS CALL BRAD AT (204)476-6262 Meyers Auctions & Appraisals, Arden, MB www.meyersauctions.com

1st ANNUAL MANITOBA BEE PRODUCERS LIVE BEE SALE Brandon, MB. - WEDNESDAY, MAY 15TH - 12:00 PM

This sale is open to consignment of live bees. We are expecting 1000 - 2000 colonies of bees for this sale. Numbers will be dependant on winter losses of the consignors.

We are now taking consignments of all sizes of colonies for this sale. Singles / Doubles / Nucs All bees will have to be government inspected prior to the sale and test results will be made available to prospective buyers

CALL NOW TO DISCUSS THIS SALE OR TO CONSIGN YOUR BEES!!!

UNRESERVED BEE KEEPERS AUCTION for KNOX APIARIES Ltd NIPAWIN, SK. - WEDNESDAY, MAY 22ND - 11:00 AM

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PARKS AUCTION SERVICE LTD. Serving MB & SK for over 30 yearS. VERNE & DEBBIE WATT FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION Reston Dist., MB Saturday, May 4, 2013 11am Directions: 4 ¾ m (7 km) S. of Reston, Manitoba. (turn S.at Hospital/School.) Watch for Auction Signs.

SALE INCLUDES: • 3788 IHC – 4 WD. • AC 7000 – 2 WD. • 5088 IHC 2WD w Leon 800 FEL. • JD 6600 Combine.

• 20’ Vers 400 Swather.

• Case IH 8465A Round Baler.

• 12’ Hesston 1014 Haybine.

• 40’ Hauser Bale Transport.

• Grain Bins – 2 – 4700B and 1- 1700 B w Storeking Hoppers, (moveable) • Misc: Tillage, Vechiles, Plus more.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Auction Sale Frances Sigurdson Thurs., May 2nd 4:00pm North of Arborg, 3-mi on Hwy 326, then 4-mi on RD 132 BE ON TIME! 3-hr Auction. Contact: (204)376-2425. 2010 Kubota B 2920 4WD DSL hyd PTO 3-PH Turf Tires w/Kubota LA 364 FEL & Belly Mt 60-in. Mower, only 174-hrs, New Cond; Farm King 3-PH 5-ft. Snow Blower; Farm King 3-PH 6-ft. Blade; Trailer Gas Wood Splitter 30-in.

Bed; King Ind 15-in. Planer; Jet Band Saw; Port Air Comp; Stihl MS2500 Chain Saw; Booster/Battery Charger; G2400-lb Gas Pressure Washer; Sliding Mitre Saw; Power Tools; Hand Tools; Shop Supply; EZ Go 4 Wheel Gas Golf Cart w/Canopy; Grass Sweep; Roto Tiller; Push Gas Mower; Weed Eater; Gun: Marlin Model 55 “The Original”, 12 ga, Goose Gun; Duck & Geese Decoys; Upright Freezer; 3 pc Oak BR Suite; Various Household Items; More Furniture; Oak Library Table; Drop Leaf Table; Breaking Plow. Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Estate & Moving Auction Sat., Apr. 27th 10:00am Stonewall #12 Patterson Dr. 1950 JD “A” hyd PTO; 84 Honda 250 Big Red 3-Wheeler w/Reverser; Coleman 6250 Watt Generator; Along w/Tools; Household; Antiques; Antique Toys; Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

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UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION for JAMES & JOANNE STEWART of EDEN, MB - SATURDAY, MAY 4th at 12:00 NOON DIRECTIONS: Sale will be held on the Stewart Farm in the South East corner of the Town of Eden, MB. From Eden, MB. (Jct of #5 & #265 West) Turn east into Eden past school to 4 way stop. (Sale Site just North East of 4 Way Stop) Watch for signs.

ORDER OF SALE: 12:00 – 1:00: Misc, Tools, Grain bins, Aeration Fans • 1:00: Major Equipment Sells AUCTIONEER NOTES: All Major Equipment has always been shedded. Oils and Filters have been changed. Service Records on the Major equipment.

TRACTORS: *1972 Case 2470 4WD 174hp Tractor w/18.4-34 Duals, 2 remote Hyd, 8070hrs showing, s/n8712134 *1973 Case 2470 4WD 174hp Tractor w/20.8-34 Singles, 2 Remote Hyd, 8809hrs showing, s/n8692740 *1967 Case 930 2WD 80hp Tractor w/18.4-34 singles, 5728hrs showing, 6 Spd Trans, Hand Clutch, Single Hyd, 540 PTO, s/n8314395 *1964 Case 930 2WD 80hp Tractor w/Case 70 Loader/Bucket, 23.1-26 singles, 3920hrs showing, 6 Spd Trans, Foot Clutch, 2 Remote Hyd, 540 PTO, s/n8236624 HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *1990 NH TR96 SP Combine w/NH 971head with Melroe 388 Pick-Up, Std Rotor, 2690 Eng Hrs showing, 2244 Rotor hrs showing, Grain loss Monitor Pkg, Variable Speed Feeder House, new intake lugs, New gear boxes, beater bearings replaced, s/n530862 *1989 24’ NH 971 Straight Cut Header w/Bat Reels, 4 Wheel Transport, s/n531937 *1990 25’ Versatile 4750 DSL SP Swather w/UII pick-up Reel, Roto Sheers, Crop Lifters, 2050hrs showing, s/n D460133 *Hart-Carter 30” Threshing machine s/nH40979 *1979 8’ Concave Metal Swath Roller *Labtronics 919 Moisture Tester *Keer Sheers TRUCKS & TRAILER: *1998 Volvo Highway Tractor w/Volvo D12 engine 450 HP, 13 Spd Eaton Fuller Trans, Single Bunk, 22.5 Rubber, 1,027,066kms showing, 12,000 front, 40,000 rear, s/n4VG7DAGH3WN764058, SAFETIED *1970 GMC 6500 S/A Grain Truck w/15’ B&H, Roll Tarp, 10.00 - 20 Rubber, 5+2 Trans, 366 Gas, 23309 miles showing, s/n CE603Z146610 *1959 GMC S/A Grain Truck w/Cancade 12’ B&H with Steel floor (Box is 1983) 49408kms showing, 4 + 2 Trans, V6 Gas, 9.00 - 20 Rubber, s/n 99653602743E SEED & TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: *1997 33’ Flexi-Coil 5000 Air Drill w/Flexi Coil 1720 tow between tank, 7” Spacing w/4” Dutch Splitters, 3 1/2” Steel Packers, Hyd Fan, 3 metering rolls, Disc Markers, Drill s/nT074817, Tank s/nS074128 *1988 35’ JD 610 Tillage w/John Blue NH3 Kit, 3 Bar Harrows *1978 61’ Herman Hyd Harrows *1986 55’ Laurier Harrow Packer Bar w/ P20 Packers *1967 16’ JD 100 Deep Tiller *Degelman 570 Rotary Stone Picker, Ground Drive, s/n7166 *1992 6’ Farm King 620 Rotary Mower (Trailer Type) *1975 15’ G100 CCIL Disk Drill w/Fertilizer boxes *1979 33’ Bee Line Applicator Boxes w/Metering Controls *V-Box Fertilizer Tank *(3) 5’ Sections of Mulching Harrows SPRAYER: *1992 100’ Blanchard Auto Fold PT Sprayer w/800 Gal Harman Poly Tank, Hyd Pump, Wind Cones, Chem Mix tank, 5 Gal & 10 Gal Ext. Range Nozzles, s/nA01057 GRAIN HANDLING & AREATION FANS: *10” x 61’ Westfield PTO Swing Hopper Auger s/n61951 *7” x 36’ Westfield Auger w/13HP Honda Engine *6” Versatile Auger w/10HP B+S Engine *2006 7” x 10’ Johnson Transfer Auger w/6.5HP Honda Engine *6” x 11’ Transfer Auger w/Electric Motor (Shop Built) *Poly Auger Hoppers *(2) Bin Sweeps 9’ & 10’ *(2) 5” Hyd Drill Fill Augers 11’ & 16’ *1976 Meyers Morton 350 Propane Batch Grain Dryer w/PTO Fan, Canola Screen, s/n998 *(3) 18” Field King 230 Volt Aeration Fans GRAIN BINS: *3250 Bushel Westeel bin on StorKing hopper *1350 Bushel Westeel Rosco Hopper Bottom Bin *51 ton Hopper Bottom Fertilizer Bin *(2) 5900 Bus Westeel 21’ Diameter Flat Bottom Bins *(6) 3750 Bushel 19’ Diameter Flat Bottom Bins w/1/2 Round Aeration V Tubing *(7) Wooden Grain Bins (5) 12’ x 14’ (2) 10’ x 14’ WAGONS: *4 Wheel Farm Wagon *4 Wheel NH3 Wagon (No Tank) TANKS, PUMPS & MISC ITEMS: *1250 Gal Poly Water Tank *1000 Gal Fuel Tank w/Wooden Stand *(2) 500 Gal Fuel Tanks w/Wooden Stands *500 Gal Metal Tank w/Stand *400 Gal Poly Tank *100 Gal Skid Tank w/12 Volt Pump *100 Gal Skid Tank w/Hand Pump *3” Honda Water Pump *3” Discharge Hose Approx 200’ *Monarch Water Pump w/B+S Engine SHOP ITEMS: *Air-O-Matic Portable Air Compressor *Tiger Torch *Antique Hand Tools *(2) Old Brass Blow Torches LAWN & GARDEN: *(2) Garden Tiller w/B+S Engine MISC ITEMS: *Lift of Metal Sheeting (Galvanized) *Used Cult Shovels & Beavertails *Platform Scale *Used Tires & Rims *(2) 1/2 Fenders for Semi Truck *(2) NEW continuous canvases for Versatile 4025 Header *NH3 Hose *Aluminum Grain Shovels *NuMac Wood Furnace (Forced Air Style) 14”x14” Opening *Parts for Oil Furnace *Furnace Oil Tank *15 Bale Stooker Wagon *15 Bale Stook Fork FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT JAMES & JOANNE STEWART 204-476-6481 or E-MAIL jasjo@mymts.net

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MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Farm Equipment Auction Brad & Karen Tronrud Sat., May 11th 11:00am Inwood, MB. 3-mi West on 416 then 1/8-mi North. Auction Note: Please be on Time!

There is only 15-min of Small Items Contact: (204)278-3233; Email: mcsherry@mts.net Tractors: 06 Case IH Jx75 MFWA DSL Standard w/F&R Reverser 3-PH Dual hyd 540 PTO w/Allied Buhler 2595 FEL Joystick, 1,275-hrs; Case IH 2394 DSL Cab Power Shift Triple Hyd 1000 PTO Frt Wgts, 520/85-R38 Factory Duals, 6,419-hrs; Case 1175 cab DSL Dual Hyd 540/1000 Factory Duals, 7,387-hrs; Forage Equip: Laurier 4250 Auto Bale Wagon; 98 Hesston 1340 12-ft. Hydra Swing Disc Bine; 93 NH 660 RD Baler Auto Wrap; NH 458 9-ft.

Trailer Sickle Mower; Vicon 6 Wheel Hay Rake; NH 166 Wind Row Inverter; Tubolator Silage Bale Bagger; Grain Equip: HutchMaster 12-ft. Off set Disc; Morris SeedRite 80 18-ft. Hoe Drill w/Harrows; Wilrich 24-ft. Cult w/Mulchers; Cockshutt 12-ft. Chisel Plow w/Mulchers; Int 15-ft. Chisel Plow; 10-ft. Discer Seeder; Livestock Equip: Hesston 5431 Manure Spreader Poly Floor, Tandem 196/16.1xL; NH 790 Tandem Manure Spreader; NH 355 Mix Mill w/Fold Out Ext Auger, 5 Screens; Trucks: 90 Chev 3/4-Ton 5.7, ns; 70 Dodge 1-Ton Dually w/10-ft.

Grain Box hyd Drill Fill Outlet; 60s Int 1900 Tandem w/12-ft. Gravel Box; Misc: Some Implement Parts; Farm Misc. Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

ERNIE & DOLORES HRYNUIK AUCTION Kelliher, SK. Sun., May 5th, 2013 10:00am. Directions: 3 WEST ON #15, 1.5 NORTH OF KELLIHER KELLIHER, SK. Contact (306)675-6008. MACHINERY TRACTORS: JD 4430 DSL, cab, air, 18.4x38 duels, inside like new, 7,500-hrs, nice; JD 4020 Cab, p shift, w/JD 148 Loader, manure fork, bale fork.

TRUCKS: 1967 B170 3-Ton 5-SPD, steel box & hoist; *1997 GMC Sierra 1500 1/2-Ton extended cab, white, 5.7L, 368,000-kms, looks nice* CAR: 1981 Pontiac Sunbird 4 door, 181,000-kms, auto, air; HAYING & CATTLE: Vermeer 605H Round Baler, good belts, real nice; NH 273 Square Baler; NH S delivery rake; Tandem axle 16-ft. Stock Trailer; 4-H Box haulters, show haulters, combs, brushes, etc; 4 round bale feeders; 1, 2 round bale feeder; Gallagher electric fencer; Calf puller, vet supplies, pannels, gates, posts, wire; 3, 50 head watering bowls; Self locking head gate; 16-ft. Calf shelter; Trouphs; Farm King 8-in. electric hammer mill; 8 bale bale wagon. MISC EQUIPMENT: Pool 6x33 auger & motor; Pool 50-ft. sprayer; IHC 27.5-ft. vibrachisel & harrows; MF 12-ft. discer; JD 14-ft. deep tillage; Degelman stone picker; Leons blade.

HOG EQUIPMENT: 3 metal furrowing crates; Metal hog crate; 14x16 walk in butcher cooler w/compressor. BEE EQUIPMENT: Honey extractor; 24 bee boxes; Misc bee equipment; MISC YARD & RECREATION: JD 100 RL Mower 42-in., like new; Lawn sweep; 8x28 snow track snow blower; 1974 14-ft.

Road Runner boat trailer; Paddle boat; Plus shop & misc & excellent household items, antiques. Visit www.ukrainezauction.com for updated listing & pictures. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851.

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Indoor HUGE Wood Working Equipment, Tools & Material Auction Innovative Manufacturing Group Inc Thurs., May 9th 10:00am Wpg- Regent Ave, 1001. Auction Note: After 25 Yrs of Business The Company for the 1st Time is Auctioning off Surplus Equipment & Material All to the HIGHEST Bidder! Contact: Daytime: (204)224-9409; Email: mcsherry@mts.net Truck, Forklift: 03 Ford E450 DSL Dually w/16-ft.

Freight Box, 24,000-km Sft; Hyster 35 3,600-lb Propane Forklift 12-ft. Mast Hyd Side Shift Air Tube Tires 3,600-hrs; TCM 5,000-lb Propane Forklift ext Mast Hyd Side Shift Solid Rubber, 2,352-hrs; Trailers: 05 H&H 16-ft. B& H Enclosed Trailer; 86 Freuhauf 48-ft. Semi Frt Trailer; 85 Freuhauf 48 Semi Frt Trailer; Specialty Equip: Holtzer Triathalon Auto Edgebander (will edge 3mm & solid wood 25mm, hot melt cartridges, quick change over for glue colors, spare glue pot. Well Maintained & in Exc Cond); Holzher Corner Rounding Machine (3mm PVC edgebanding); SCM Olimpic 220, Auto Edgebander (will edge 3mm PVC & solid wood up to 20mm, uses granular glue, equipped w/shaper, very little use, New Cond); Cassedei Beam Saw, Auto CNC Panel Sizing Saw (12-ft. Capacity); Altendorf F45 Sliding Table Saw w/Angle Access; Zelisko Boring Machine; Ritter R26 13 Line Drilling Machine; Sandya UNO SCM Thickness Sander; Delta HD Shaper; SCM T160 Shaper; Black Brothers Panel Cleaner; Delta Uni Saw; Master Model 4 Dual Air Screw Gun; Bee Metal Glass Single Pull Grinder; 6) Dust Collectors 3) Europac 1) 10-HP 1) 7.5-HP 1) 5-HP 3) FC 3-HP; Delta CR3 7.5-HP; 220 to 3 Phase Convertor; Upholstery Button Press; SCM Glass Finger Pull Grinder; Tools: Eagle 5-HP 60-gal Upright Air Comp; Lincoln 5-HP 60gal Upright Air Comp; Ryobi Drum Sander; Paint Can Shaker; Large Amt Power Tools; Cordless; Air Drills; Grinders; Sanders; Routers; Large Amt Hand Tools; Wood Clamps; Workmate; Cutters for Jointers; Router Bits; Drill Bits; Shop Vac; Jackal; Material: ALL NEW Material, LARGE Quantities, VARIOUS Sizes, Color- Sold in Pallet Lots; Kitchen Cabinets; Shelving Units; Solid Surface Counter Top; Cupboard Doors; Moulding Oak, Maple Various; 3) Folding Mall Security Gates; Interior & Exterior Doors; Frames; Windows; Metal Studs; Laminate Sheeting, rolls & rolls; 4x8-ft. Cover Sheeting; Plywood; Fascia; Flashing; Stains; Paint; Cupboard Hardware; Elec Panels; Elec Wire; Plumbing Fixtures; Misc: 2) Medi 3 Wheel Scooters; 1) Tritan PL301 1) Pride Go-Go; Pallet Jack; Roller Conveyor; OH 10x12-ft. Garage Door; Metal Shelving; Slate Board Shelving; Transformer 400 KVA; Air Cond Units; Exhaust Fans 24-in. to 36-in.; Elec Motors; Air Comp Line Filters; Castors; Discharge Water Hose; Office & Furniture: OCE TDS 600 Blue Print Capyer; GAF Print Vac 192 Blue Print Copier; Cannon NP 2120 Photo Copier; Office Desks; Office Chairs; Metal Filing Cabinets; Metal Lockers; Book Case; Various Office Equip; Fans; Bentwood Rocker; Cabinet Stereo; Bunk Bed. Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

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ESTATE OF VICTOR HUZIAK AUCTION Farm Auction Day 1 Togo, SK. Sat., May 4th, 2013 10:30am. Directions: 5S #639 OF TOGO OR 7N OF #10 AT TOGO TURNOFF TOGO, SK. CONTACT: (306)597-4506. MACHINERY TRACTORS: JD 4640 Tractor cab, air, 20.8x38 duels (like new), quad, duel hyd, PTO, excellent paint & tin SERIAL: 4640H010635R, excellent; JD 4320 Tractor DSL, cab, air, 18.4x34 duels (like new), syncro 8-SPD, showing 2,900-hrs? excellent; JD 830 DSL pup, excellent paint & decals. TRUCKS: 1975 Ford 3-Ton SER F75FVW65788 15-ft. wood box, shur tarp, power steering, V8 5x2, air brakes, 34,000-mi, beacan lights, semi horns, like new rubber, excellent; 1978 Ford F700 16-ft. steel box & hoist, tarp, V8 5x2, like new rubber, recent motor, real nice; 1975 Ford 600 flat deck, hoist, 5x2, (water truck), real good; 1974 Ford 1/2-ton farm truck. EXCAVATING & CONSTRUCTION: 1970’s? Ford 750 Gravel Truck, running; 1970? Ford Gravel truck, not running; JD Combine Chassis w/Cat fork lift; COMBINES: 3, JD #105 DSL Combines cab, air, chopper, headers & straight cut attachments on trailers, shedded & excellent condition (must see!).

SWATHER: 1983 Vers 4400 gas, 22-ft., cab, air, shedded, excellent; Homebuilt swather mover, real nice; SEEDING: IHC 20-ft. 620 press drill markers, very nice; 3, 8-ft. 620 drills for extending or parts; 20-ft. Glencoe cultivator w/liquid fertilizer package; Liquid fertilizer tank & trailer; CULTIVATOR: Willrich 27-ft. Vibrachisel Cultivator w/double armed degelman harrows; IHC 27.5-ft. deep tillage w/double armed degelman harrows. STONE PICKER: 2, degelman pickers w/clutches, nice; AUGERS: Secundiak HD8 1600 Auger 8x50 PTO, Nice; Secundiak 7x45 Auger ES motor; Secundiak 6x29 Auger ES motor. SPRAYER: Vers #580 60-ft. sprayer; GRAIN CLEANING EQUIPMENT: Carter disc on trailer, elevator, excellent; Grain cleaner w/elevator on trailer. TRAILERS: 1979 SK400884187 SWS 16-ft. tandem axle car hauler; 24-ft. trailer, hyd, bin or combine mover; 53-ft. Cargo Storage Van. YD EQUIP: JD 400 Riding lawn mower tractor PTO, 3-PTH, hydro, 600-hrs, excellent; yd sprayer; 3-PTH JD snow blower. Plus misc machinery & shop items. NOTE: Victor’s equip may be small in size but very large in condition. Major equip is above average to excellent condition, shedded & very clean. If you need equip this size, don’t miss this sale! This is day one of a two day sale. Online bidding 1:00pm. Visit www.ukrainezauction.com for updated listing & pictures. Sale conducted by Ukrai-netz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851.

AUTO & TRANSPORT AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto & Truck Parts FOR SALE: 7.3L DSL engine w/rebuilt trans, taken from 1993 F350, engine runs well, approx 250,000-km, $1,200 OBO. Phone (204)745-7445.

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

AUCTION SALE

Martin & Pam Hiller

Sat., May 4 @ 10:00am Whitemouth, MB 1/2 Mile East on Hwy # 44, then South on Hwy # 406 appr 2 Miles on #61135 Contact: (204) 345-3542 Email: mcsherry@mts.net Skidsteer, Trucks & Trailers: 2010 Kubota SVL 75 dsl 75 HP, Tracks, Heated Cab, Bucket, 560 hrs * 00 Ford F450 Dually 7.3dsl w/ 12’ Box & Hoist w/ Removable Sides 234,000km Sft * 82 Ford F350 Dually, 351 gas, 11’ Box w/ Hoist, 127,000km Sft* 02 Metro 20’ Galv BH Tandem Flat Deck w/ Ramps * BH 4 place Snowmobile Trailer * BH 2 place Snowmobile Trailer * 2) Storage Containers 1) 40’ 1) 48’ (viewing location is at Ind Park, Pinawa, just off 211) *NH 1400 dsl Combine w/ Straight-Cut Header * Hopper Bins * Grain Bins * 80’s Scamper 18’ Tandem Camper * 02 Bombardier XT 500 4x4 Quad * Polaris 250cc Trail Boss Quad, nr * Baja 75cc Dirt Bike, nr * 98 Arctic Cat 500 ZL Snowmobile 6200 km * 2) Arctic Cat 440Z Snowmobile * 14’ Fibreglass Boat w/ 50 HP Mercury * 2) Sabre by JD Riding Lawnmowers 1) 17 HP 42” 1) 25hp 54” * Troybuilt 5 HP Chipper/Shredder * Gas Mowers * Roto Tiller * Miller Model 11 Spot Welder * 2) Hotsy 3500 Heated Pressure Washers * 2650 lb Gas Pressure Washer * Generator * 3) Air Comp * Drill Press * Chain Saws * Roof Nailers * Lge Amt Power & Cordless Tools * Hand Tools * Boss 92” Hyd Tilt Truck Plow * 2) Whitman 48” Power Troll *150 gal Slip Tank w/ Elec Pump * Paving Brick * Shingles * 20’ Steel Trusses * Lumber * Windows * Sub Deep Well Pump * Household Furniture & Items *

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

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AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto & Truck Parts

BUILDINGS

BUILDINGS

NEW TRUCK ENGINE REBUILD kits, high quality Cummins, B&C series engines 3.9, 5.9, and 8.3, also IH trucks, great savings, our 39th year!

1-800-481-1353 www.diamondfarmtractorparts.com

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

AUTO & TRANSPORT Autos

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

RATTAI BROTHERS JAMES & ALLEN FARM AUCTION

2006 LINCOLN TOWN CAR, sig ltd, 73,000-kms, safetied, private sale, $15,900. 4.6L V8. Power trunk, traction control, moon-roof, 17-in chrome wheels, back-up sensors.

H(204)417-3743.

C(204)795-4352, Remy.

SATURDAy APRIL 27, 2013 10 AM

AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks

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Beausejour 3 easT oN #44 aNd 5 NorTh oN 45e VERy NICE LINE OF MACHINERy JAMES 204-268-3415 • ALLEN 204-268-1975

• 1989 John Deere 8760 four wheel drive tractor quad shift 24 speed 3 remote hyd, 650/65/R38 Michelin 90% rubber, serial #001081 only 5389 one owner hours • John Deere 6420 MFWD cab, 3 pth, Joy stick travels at 30 Mile Per hour 1824 hours, originally purchased as demo unit at 300 hours • John Deere 1830 diesel 3 pth. and 145 loader low hours, Hd front axle, and rims Canopy roll bar • Case IH Model 7230 MFWD 18.4 x 42 rear axle duals, power shift, 3 remote hyd, only 3577 one owner hours Note front suitcase weights sell after 7230 • IHC Model TD261 Crawler 4 cylinder Diesel, with angle dozer, very good under carriage,16 in pads, newer rollers, remote Hydraulics, 4923 hours on clock, shedded, serial #40220 HARVESTING EQUIPMENT: • Trelleberg Tires, $14,000 work order on following up dates done in last 300 hours, fine cut Reddekopp chopper, Sunny Brock HD Cylinder./ concave/Beater & Grate, Feeder plate. One owner unit w/ 1718 sep and 2229 engine hrs. Combine serial #668115, header serial #666448 • Single Pole header transport • John Deere 930F flex head vin # HOO930F672339, 30ft with pickup reel good teeth, fore & aft, very good skid plates (Gagnon) • Case IH 1020 flex head 30 ft pickup reel, good teeth, fore and aft, very good skid plates, crop Dividers, serial # JJCO312084 (Gagnon) • 2005 Case IH 2388 Combine, vin # HAJ293441 2402 engine hours, 1788 sep hours, Specialty Rotor, rock trap, Yield and moisture meter, hopper topper, 30.5 front, 14.9 rears. Hydraulic Reverser, chopper, chaff spreader, sells with CIH 14 ft 1015 pickup head, 7 belt pickup header, Red lighted annually, # JJ0312084, Owner Richard Gagnon 701-520-4036 • 2000 Case IH Model 8825 swather, 25 ft w/ DSA, pickup reel, Trelleberg 600/55-26.5 drive tires, only 1517 one owner hours. Serial #127394 • John Deere model 590 pto 25 ft swather, autofold, shedded • 1998 Freight liner FL80, Cat 3126 engine 300 hp. 6 speed automatic, also Full Lock up Diff, air & cruise, 20000 lb front w/ 385/ 22.5 ’’ tires, and 40,000 lb rears with 11.5 x 22.5, air ride suspension, complete with Midland 20 x 8.5 x 66 in sides, roll tarp, saftied, Note 44000 one owner kms.

• 1980 Chev 7000 single axle, 366 v8 5 & two, only 83000 one owner km, with 16 ft Midland box hoist newer, roll tarp, hyd. Drill fill outlet, 10 x 20 tires, saftied SEEDING AND TILLAGE: • Bourgault model 7200 super harrow 60 ft 24’’ x 5/8 in teeth, very good condition • John Deere model 1610 deep tiller, 40 ft with 3 row mulchers • Summers Vibra tine multi weeder seed bedder, 3 row S tines w/ 5 bar tine harrows real good condition autofold • Case IH Model 6300 double disc opener Press drills, two x 14 ft units with dry fertilizer, markers and factory transport • John Deere 30 ft model 335 tandem disc in shed nice condition • 903 Melroe 8 bottom auto reset plow

Tractors Combines Swathers

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2005 CHEV LS 2500 HD Duramax, ext. cab, 4WD, bucket seats, Bose sound system, trailer brake controls, Raider box cap, 109,000-kms, safetied, silver birch metallic. Avail w/or w/o Reese 20K 5th wheel hitch. (204)736-2951, Domain.

2005 GMC SLE NEVADA edition Z71, 4 door crew cab, short box, 4WD, towing package, 97,000-km, very nice condition, safetied, asking $16,500.

Phone Days: (204)526-5298 or evenings (204)743-2145.

FOR SALE: 04 CHEVY 2500 4x4, 4-dr, gas, new safety, new steer tires, flat deck w/tool boxes, $8500. Phone:(204)871-0925.

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 1985 CASE 450C CRAWLER Dozer, 6 way blade, 65% undercarriage, $18,500. www.waltersequipment.com (204)525-4521 2007 TOREQ 18000 SCRAPER 18-yd $30,000.

Phone (701)521-0581.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Vehicles Various

2008 BOBCAT T250 1,200-HRS CAH HiFlow Excellent Tracks $29,000. Phone (701)521-0581.

OVER 200 VEHICLES LOTS OF DIESELS www.thoens.com Chrysler Dodge (800)667-4414 Wynyard, Sk.

ENGINES ENGINE REBUILD KITS FOR most makes and models of tractors, great selection, thousands of parts! Service manuals, super savings, Our 39th year, www.diamondfarmtractorparts.com.

1-800-481-1353

BEEKEEPING BEEKEEPING Bee Equipment BEE HIVES FOR SALE, Nucs, frames of brood.

Phone (204)434-6918 or (204)392-0410, Grunthal.

FARM MACHINERY

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS

FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

FERTILIZER SPREADERS 4-9 TON, large selection, $2000 up; 10 Ton tender, $2500. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com (204)857-8403, Portage La Prairie.

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

FARM MACHINERY Grain Augers

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

FARM KING 13X70 HYD. mover, hyd winch, low profile hopper, excellent condition. Notre Dame.

Phone:(204)248-2364 or (204)723-5000.

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

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

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins

Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2 Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for archrib buildings BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

552 REM VAC COMPLETE w/hoses & pipes, all offers. Phone (204)436-2067 or cell (204)745-0424.

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.

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD.

CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks.

Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmovers@hotmail.com

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

BUILDINGS

CUSTOM GRAIN BIN MOVING, any kind of bin, up to 19-ft. diameter, reasonable rates. Phone (204)648-7129 or e-mail breckner@goinet.ca Grandview, MB.

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

Website: www.postframebuilding.com

SUKUP GRAIN BINS Flatbottom or hopper, heavy duty, setup crews available, winter pricing now in effect. Call for more info Vince (204)998-9915

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

USED MERIDIAN HOPPER BINS, 4000-5000 Bus; used flat bottom bins. Check out our website www.valleyagro.com Phone Valley Agro Services Ltd (204)746-6783.

BUSINESS SERVICES

WESTEEL GRAIN BINS, EXTENSIONS & parts, 19-ft roof panels $35 each. 14-ft roof panels $20.

Steel & plastic culverts. Colorad & galvanized metal roofing & siding. 108 bin sheets $35. Galvanized flat steel sheets 4x8, 4x10. (204)257-3634.

BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS

Our Spring 2013 Catalog will be in your farm mail box starting March 15th This is a partial listing see our website for more listings and photos www.billklassen.com or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230 Bill Klassen Auctioneers bill@billklassen.com

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

Licensed Agrologist on Staff.

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

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Building Supplies

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Building Supplies

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers NEW SUKUP GRAIN DRYERS w/Canola screens, LP/ NG, 1PH/3PH, Various sizes, Winter pricing now in effect. Call for more info Vince (204)998-9915 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 Handling

Post Frame Buildings

AGRI-VACS

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Post Frame SalesCarman, MB: (204) 745-2951 RepresentativeDavidson, SK: (306) 567-3031 Phone 204-638-5303 FARM MACHINERY Fax 204-622-7053 Haying & Harvesting – Baling Cell 204-572-5821

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FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Swathers

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SWATHER 9260 BIG CAB & Power unit Heston, same as challenger or Massey, Power unit 15/05 36-ft. Head is 2010 w/PU reel, very nice unit, $72,000. (204)871-0925

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.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Various CORN HEADER 2009 16X30 Cat Lexion, C15 16row low profile w/littel change or adaptor, it would fit Case IH or JD w/contour head, HYD deck plates & knife rolls, $60,000. Nice condition. (204)871-0925, Macgregor, MB FOR SALE: 60-FT MOLEHILL Leveler, excellent condition, field ready; mfg. by the Walker’s Kamsack SK. View online www.molehilldestroyer.com $20,000 OBO. Phone (204)522-3538.

Rebuilt Concaves

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

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

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

Combines FARM MACHINERY Combine – Case/IH 1985 CASE IH 1480, 3,950 engine hrs, new front tires, 2 sets concaves, chopper, rock trap, specialty rotor, 12-ft. PU header w/large auger, always stored inside, must see, $26,000 OBO. Call Clint (204)822-9861.

FOR SALE: 2005 CASE IH 8010 combine, AWD, 45-32 front tires, means 45-in wide, 28Lx26 rear tires, approx 1950-separator hrs w/spreader & chopper, 30-ft draper header, $150,000; 2008 Case IH 8010, AWD, 45-32 front tires, 28Lx26 rear tires, spreader & chopper, approx 800-separator hrs, w/30-ft flex draper header, $250,000.

Phone:(204)871-0925.

FARM MACHINERY Combine – John Deere 1997 JD 9600, COMPLETE w/Trelleborg tires, always shedded, field ready, $65,000 OBO. Phone:(204)745-8333.

CORN HEADER 2009 16X30 Cat Lexion, C15 16row low profile w/littel change or adaptor, it would fit Case IH or JD w/contour head, HYD deck plates & knife rolls, $60,000. Nice condition. (204)871-0925, Macgregor, MB

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

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

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443 Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca FARM MACHINERY Salvage GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB. TRACTORS FOR PARTS: IHC 1486, 1086, 886, 1066, 966, 1256, 656, 844, 806, 706, 660, 650, 560, 460, 624, 606, 504, 434, 340, 275, 240-4, W9, WD6, W6, W4, H, 340, B-414; CASE 4890, 4690, 2096, 2394, 2390, 2290, 2090, 2470, 1370, 1270, 1175, 1070, 970, 870, 1030, 930, 830, 730, 900, 800, 700, 600, 400, DC4, SC; MF 2745, 1805, 1155, 1135, 1105, 1100, 2675, 1500, 1085, 1080, 65, Super 90, 88, 202, 44, 30; JD 8640, 3140, 6400, 5020, 4020, 3020, 4010, 3010, 710; Cockshutt 1900, 1855, 1850, 1800, 1655, 1650, 560, 80, 40, 30; Oliver 66; White 4-150, 2-105; AC 7060, 7045, 7040, 190XT, 190, 170, WF; Deutz DX130, DX85, 100-06, 90-06, 80-05, 70-06; Volvo 800, 650; Universal 651, 640; Ford 7600, 6000, 5000, Super Major, Major; Belarus 5170, 952, 825, 425, MM 602, U, M5; Vers 700, 555, 145, 118; Steiger 210 Wildcat; Hesston 780. Also have parts for combines, swathers, square & round balers, tillage, press drills, & other misc machinery. MURPHY SALVAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free 1-877-858-2728 .

FARM MACHINERY Potato & Row Crop Equipment

Combine ACCessories

DAHLMAN 6-ROW, CUP STYLE potato planter; Better Built potato seed cutter. Also assorted potato equipment. Ph (204)757-2887, spudway@mts.net

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories

Spraying EquipmEnt

1997 JD 930 FLEXHEAD, very nice condition, asking $10,000 OBO. 1987 Co-op 742 swather, 30-ft & 42-ft headers, all in good working condition, clean, asking $18,500 OBO. NH 855 round baler, newer airbags, $1,200 OBO. JD Side Delivery Rake, $600 OBO. Phone:(204)373-2502.

FARM MACHINERY Sprayers

CIH FLEX: 2010 CIH 2020 35-ft., PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A, like new $28,500; 2007 CIH 2020 30-ft., PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A $24,500; 2001 CIH 1020 30-ft., PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A $14,900; 1999 CIH 1020 30-ft., Crary Air Reel, PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A $16,500; 1995 CIH 1020 30-ft., Crary Air Reel, PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A $12,500; 2000 CIH 1020 25-ft., PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A $11,900; 1993 CIH 1020 25-ft., PU Reel, Poly Skids $7,500. Most of the above flex platforms are reconditioned. Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment located #12 Hwy N, Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com JD FLEX: 2004 JD 635 Hydra Flex 35-ft., PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/, $18,900; 2011 JD 635 Hydra Flex 35-ft., PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A, Low Acs, $33,500; 2003 JD 930F 30-ft. Crary Air Reel, FF Auger, PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A $19,500; 2001 JD930F 30-ft., FF Auger, PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A $15,900; 1996 JD 930 30-ft, Crary Air Reel, PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A, $14,500; 2001 JD 925F 25-ft., FF Auger, PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A $14,500; 1996 JD 925 25-ft., PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A $11,500; 1992 JD 925 25ft., Steel Points, PU Reel, Poly Skids, $6,900. Most of the above flex platforms are reconditioned.

Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment located #12 Hwy N, Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com

rcook@mcmunnandyates.com

1999 NH MODEL 590 square baler. Med squares 35x32-in bales, only 7000 bales, always shedded.

Asking $26,000 OBO. Phone (204)967-2157, Kelwood.

1990 ALL CROP SPRAYER, mounted on 1982 Ford 700 Truck 4x4, 13.6x24 tractor tires, 66,800-km, 96-ft. boom, 1000 US gal tank, MicroTrak spray controller, Raven guidance, good condition, $15,500. Phone (204)736-2840, Brunkild.

1997 WILMAR 6400 EXPLORER, 3200-hrs, 120-hp JD DSL, 600-gal. tank, rinse tank, 2 sets of tires, crop dividers, 80-ft booms, outback light bar, $39,000. Phone (204)874-2206 or (204)868-5504.

2001 NH SF550 SPRAYER - Equivalent to Rogator 554 - 2,300 hrs., 5.9 Cummins, 660-gal SS Tank, 90-ft Booms, Pressure Washer, Chem Inductor, EZ Steer, Mapping, 5 section EZ Boom. Triple nozzle bodies w/5 & 10-gal tips. 2 sets of tires: 23.1x26 & 9.5R44. Excellent Condition. $63,000 Minnedosa, MB. (204)763-8896.

MELROE 116 SPRA-COUPE 51FT w/15” spacings for better chemical coverage, floatation tires, economical VW engine w/4spd. trans. shedded, $6,250. (403)666-2111

www.mcmunnandyates.com

MODEL 216 MELROE SPRAY-COUPE 970-hrs, 51-ft., foam markers & Trimble light bar, always shedded. Phone (204)776-2326, Minto.

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FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

FOR SALE: JD 567 Baler, silage special, megawide PU w/hyd lift, bale kicker, 1000 PTO, $15,500; JD 930 disc bine, 11.5-ft wide, 1000 PTO, $5500; 10-wheel V rake, 3-PTH, $2500. Call Don (204)873-2430.

NEW HOLLAND MODEL 847 round baler, $1700; New Holland model 479 haybine, $1600. East Selkirk MB (204)785-9036.

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

HIGH CLEARANCE AGSHIELD SPRAYER 1500 US gallons, w/JD 90-ft suspended boom, 3 sets of nozzles, variable auto-rate controller. Asking $7500 OBO; JD 24-ft rubber press drill, $600.

(204)373-2502.

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Tillage & Seeding FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Air Drills 36-FT & 44-FT JD 730’s w/787 carts, $18,000$19,000; 787 carts $12,000- $14,000. 57-ft. Flexicoil 5000 w/2320 cart, 1-in. knife, 3-in. rubber, $23,500. Can deliver. Brian (204)856-6119 or (204)685-2896, MacGregor, MB. FLEXI-COIL 5000 AIR DRILL, 1999, 45-ft, 9-in spacing, 550-lb trips, rubber packers, updated manifolds, stored indoors, VGC. $29,000 OBO. Phone (204)746-5019.

FOR SALE: 42-FT. OF 7200 Case IH hoe press, factory transport, rubber packers, field markers, also equipped w/low speed Canola drive sprockets. These drills are always shedded, well maintained & VGC. Phone (204)773-3252

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Air Seeders BOURGAULT 8800 36-FT. 3/4-IN Bourgault knock on carbide knives, packers, 4 bar harrows, 3165 tank, 8-in. spacing, new manifolds & hoses 2012.

(204)378-0030, (204)364-2337, Arborg, MB.

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Seeding JD 7000 8 ROW, 30-in., Finger PU, Dry Fert. Att., Markers, Monitor, $10,000; JD 7200 Vacuum, 16 Row, 30-in., Front Fold, Markers, 3-bu, Insecticide, Markers, Yetter Row Cleaners, $23,500; JD 7200 Vacuum, 16 Row, 30-in., Front Fold, Liquid Fert.

Att., Markers, Monitor, $26,500. Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment located #12 Hwy N, Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Tillage 33-1/2FT MF 820 DISC, medium duty, notched FT, 19in. smooth rear pans 20in. no welds. Tandem wheels on center section, $14,500. (403)666-2111 FOR SALE: 47-FT INTERNATIONAL Model 4700 Vibra chisel, 5 flex, 10-in spacing, good shape. Asking $5,000.00 OBO. Phone:(204)535-2593. Baldur.

FOR SALE: KRAUS 30-FT. heavy tandem disc.

Phone (204)858-2754

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Various

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus

1995 JD 7200 MWFA, 740 loader & bucket, 3-PTH, 12,355-hrs, 13.6x28 front, 18.4x38 rear, tractor excellent condition, $29,800. Phone (204)448-2348.

LOOKING FOR SMALL SQUARE balers & pulltype swathers, end-wheel drills.

Phone (204)325-4526, ask for Corny.

F BAR & ASSOCIATES ANGUS bulls for sale.

Choose from 20, two yr old & yearling Red & Black Angus bulls. Great genetics, easy-handling, semen tested, delivery avail. Call for sales list. Inquiries & visitors are welcome. We are located in Eddystone, about 20-mi East of Ste Rose, or 25-mi West of Lake Manitoba Narrows, just off Hwy 68. Call Allen & Merilyn Staheli (204)448-2124, E-mail amstaheli@inethome.ca

JD 9350 40-FT. PRESS drill, factory transport, markers, rubber & bearings on packer wheels refurbished in 2012. (204)378-0030, (204)364-2337, Arborg, MB. RETIRED, HAVE FOR SALE: Green-lighted JD7800 MFWD tractor w/GPS; 36-ft Continental Anhydrous applicator on Morris cultivator frame w/mounted harrows; 54-ft Morris 4-bar harrows; 18ft Ezee-On model 400 heavy disc; 30-ft JD 9450 press hoe drill. Wilmot Milne (204)385-2486, cell (204)212-0531, Gladstone MB.

TracTors FARM MACHINERY Tractors – White 2-105 W/COMPLETE ENGINE IN frame 10-hr ago LPTO plus LMH shift on the go, good rubber, $9000. (204)871-0925 FOR SALE: 2-105 WHITE tractor, complete new engine & frame 10-hrs ago, rear tires approx 80%, LPTO, the high-low shift, nice tractor, $9500.

Phone:(204)871-0925.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Case/IH 1370 CASE, NEW BATT, radiator, over $4,000 on repairs, 2 hyd, 7,000-hrs plus good shape, $8,000.

Phone (204)436-2572, Elm Creek.

1995 CIH 4240 OS, MFWD, 3-PT, Dual PTO, 85-HP, Allied 595 Loader, 2,215-hrs., $24,500. Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment located #12 Hwy N, Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com 1997 CASE IH 8930 MFWD, one owner, duals 3-PTH, 2 PTO, 3 hyd, CIH 890 self levelling loader, shedded, outback autosteer, 7,890-hrs, 180 PTO HP, Powershift 18F 4 Rev, $57,000. Call David (204)746-4779.

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.

MACHINERY FOR SALE from William Arnold’s Estate: 1975 3-ton truck 15-ft. cancade box & hoist $7,500 OBO new brake booster 4-SPD; JD 105 combine cab, air, 3 roller 6 belt PU chopper, gas, $3,500; AC HD6 crawler w/10-ft. angle dozer, good under carriage w/ hyd for Implements w/extra clutch, $12,000; Wilrich 24-ft. cult hyd wings plus new shovels & tires, $2,000; 10.5-ft. Bush Hog offset disc notch blades front & back hyd, $5,000; Vermeer 605C round baler new belts top & bottom rubber rollers & rebuilt gear box, will part out; Inland 68-ft. sprayer w/800-gal plastic tank w/foam markers & monitor, hyd pump always shedded, $3,000; IHC 620 & 6200 rubber press wheels new hyd pump for sprayer; New #32 grinder w/1-HP motor & pulley, $200; set of 18.4x26 combine tires w/10-in. hole rims elec meat slicer, industrial Berkel set of 20.8x34 tires; Bus seats, $10 each; wood carved Duck decoys; JD fenders for 1830 tractor BO; GMC 1998 6.5 DSL 2500 4x4 truck reg cab, long box, toe passage 292,000-km new GM motor auto air, good shape, less than 1,000km on motor; 8014 Morris hoe drill, $500; GMC 6000 4-SPD trans good; good used 11-in. shovels for borgall cult rock on; JD deep tiller shovels 16-in.; JD deep tiller 4-in. spikes; 41-ft. Vibra chisel, hyd wings & harrows, $3,000; New 14-ft. Morris 3 bar harrows, $600. Phone (204)848-2205 Fax (204)848-2205.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Various 1990 FIAT-HESSTON 65-46, 58HP, single hydl, 3-PTH. $7250 www.waltersequipment.com (204)525-4521 NEW TRACTOR PARTS AND specializing in engine rebuild kits, great selection, super savings! Not all parts online, service manuals and decals, Our 39th year, www.diamondfarmtractorparts.com 1-800-481-1353

DEGELMAN 70-FT. HEAVY HARROW, $20,000; Summers 70-ft, $14,000; Phoenix 42-ft, $9,500; 52ft, $12,000; Kewannee breaking disc 12-ft, $18,000; JD 330 22-ft. $9500; Bushog 21-ft, $7,000; Krause 16-ft., $5000; John Deere 15-ft, $5,000; Scrapers JD 12-yd, $12,000; Crown 6-yd, $5,000; Soilmover 7.5-yd, $7500; Ashland 4.5-yd, $4,500; New Landlevellers 10-ft, $2,250; 12-ft, $2,450; 3-PH rotary ditcher, $1250; Haybuster 256 shredder, $6000.

Phone (204)857-8403.

FOR SALE: 7000 JD corn planter, 8-row, 30-in spacing w/liquid fert kit; 336 JD small square baler.

Phone (204)526-7963.

FOR SALE: 747 8-FT Leon Front end loader, w/new Peloquin grapple forks.

Phone (204)851-5549, Redvers SK. GOOD QUALITY UPRIGHT PIANO & GOOD QUALITY HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE; Pull-type sprayer, 67-ft, good condition, always shedded; 24ft pull-type swather, good condition. Always shedded. Phone (204)837-4970.

GRAVITY WAGONS NEW 400B, $7,100; 600B, $12,000; Used wagons 250-750 Bu, tarps available; Used grain carts 450-1050 Bu; Ez475 Bu, $7900; JM 875 Bu, $20,000; Kwik Kleen grain screeners 5 tube, $3500; 7 tube, $6500; Dual stage screeners, $1500 up; Rem 552 grain vac, $3500; Rem 2500 vac, $9500; Valmar applicator, $850. Phone (204)857-8403.

JD 7520 FWD 741 loader/grapple; Jd 4020 w/loader; JD 8820 914 Header PU & 30ft. head; MF 860 6cyl, pu & 20ft head; D7G Cats w/ripper, tilts; Ford 7000 diesel vac truck, mf 65 w/3pth, grain trucks, augers and cultivators. (306)236-8023

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere 1982 JD 4040 2-WD tractor. 90 PTO hp, cab, air, heat, factory 3-PTH, triple hyd., power shift transmission, 5200-hrs, in excellent cond.

(204)886-7009, (204)886-2245, Teulon.

1982 JD 4640 7,200-HRS always shedded, nice shape, 3 hyd duals, 16-SPD quad trans. Phone (204)246-2095, Darlingford, MB. 1991 JD 8560 4WD, 20.8x38 duals, 24-SPD trans., diff. lock, 4 hyd., 7,567-hrs. $39,900. Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment located #12 Hwy N, Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com 1993 JD MODEL 6300 MFWD, open station, c/w 640 self levelling JD loader, good rubber, excellent condition, $22,500 OBO. Phone (204)967-2157, Kelwood.

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IRON & STEEL 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.

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

FULL LINE OF COLORED & galvanized roofing, siding & accessories, structural steel, tubing, plate, angles, flats, rounds etc. Phone:1-800-510-3303, Fouillard Steel Supplies Ltd, St Lazare.

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• 1983 steiger st280 • 1990 versatile 900

Haying

• jd 2004-2009 discbines • nh 2000-2009 discbines • nh 688,780a,7090 balers • case,vermeer,challenger balers • jd&nh moco • 3pt & trailer v rakes

Construction

• cat 922b loader • jd 644b loader • jd 325 skidsteer

2wd & mfwd

• ihc 5288 • ihc 986 w loader • ihc 784 w loader • ihc b414

2wd & mfwd

• jd 4555 mfwd • ford tw135 mfwd • jd MT restored

Skid attatchments • brushmower, snowblower, buckets,palle t& hay forks

Misc.

• aloe 790 loader w mounts • nh manure spreader • meyer vertical manure spreader • new 20’ cattle trailer

Tillage

• jd 3100&3600 plows • jd 331 30’ disc •jd 16’deep tiller • farm king 70’hyd harrows

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted

AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

GRUNTHAL, MB.

JD OR INT. PRESS drill, 20 or 24-ft newer model, must be in good shape. Phone (204)379-2046.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

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204-726-3335 www.globalrepair.ca

REGULAR CATTLE SALES with Holstein Calves every TUESDAY at 9 am Saturday, April 27th Horse Sale Tack at 10:00 a.m., Horses at 1:00 pm

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus 3 2-YR OLD BLACK Angus bulls w/experience. Also, Yearling Black Angus bulls. Holloway Angus.

Souris, Manitoba. Phone: (204)741-0070 or (204)483-3622.

BLACK ANGUS BULL, 3-YR old, used on cows & heifers, $2,200. Also 1 Goodyear tire 20.8Rx38 & two 16.9Rx28. Good tires, just taken off. $150/each. Phone:(204)886-2083.

BOTANY ANGUS FARM & Leaning Spruce Stock Farm have for sale yearling & 2 yr old Black Angus bulls. Come early, a deposit will hold your purchase until Spring. For more info & prices contact Ryan Shearer (204)824-2151 or (204)761-5232.

CRANBERRY CREEK ANGUS BULLS for sale on the farm. Bulls are registered, will be semen tested.

Choose now, we will deliver at the end of April.

Hand fed for longevity, not pushed, these bulls have a great disposition. A.I. sired by Pioneer, Final Answer, Coalition, Mohnen Dynamite, Game Day, natural sires are S Square Tiger & Cranberry Creek Networth. All EPD’s & weights available. For more info please call David & Jeanette Neufeld (204)534-2380, Boissevain.

FORAGE BASED BLACK ANGUS Bulls. Virgin 2-yr olds & herd sires available. Phone: (204)564-2540. www.nerbasbrosangus.com FOR SALE: POLLED BLACK Angus & Hereford bulls. Good selection of yearlings & 2-yr olds, semen tested & delivery available. Call Don: (204)873-2430.

FOR SALE: REGISTERED BLACK Angus yearling bulls. Moderate framed w/good dispositions, EPD’s avail., will be semen tested & delivered. Blood lines include Kodiak, KMK Alliance, Peacemaker, Aberdeen, Pioneer, Final Product, Dynamite. Also registered open heifers. Phone Colin at Kembar Angus (204)725-3597, Brandon MB.

GREENBUSH ANGUS HAS YOUR next herd sire ready to go. Top AI sired offspring by SAV density, SAV Providence, S Chism, Harb Windy, Nichols Quiet Lad & TC Aberdeen. All bulls are semen tested & ready to go, delivery available. Cal Tim Baker:(204)966-3320 or Cell:(204)476-6040.

N7 STOCK FARM HAVE 30 top quality yearling Black Angus bulls for sale by private treaty. Sired by some of the Breed’s leading AI sires, bulls are developed on a homemade oat ration & free choice hay. Performance records available, will be 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 information Phone:(204)375-6658.

WWW.REDDIAMONDFARM.COM 18 MTH OLD PB Black Angus bulls for sale. Check out our bull catalogue online. We guarantee & deliver. Phone Michael Becker (204)348-2464, Whitemouth.

YEARLING BULLS FOR SALE, semen tested, delivery available. Contact Wayne at Northwind Red Angus (204)383-5802.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus 2 YR OLD BULLS PB not papered, $1,800 each.

Phone (204)371-6404, Ste Anne.

2-YR OLD RED ANGUS bulls, performance & calving ease. Bulls will be semen tested, delivery available. Ph (204)278-3372 or (204)485-1490, Inwood.

2 YR OLD & yearling bulls for sale, semen tested, delivery available. Contact Wayne at Northwind Red Angus (204)383-5802.

3 RED ANGUS COWS for sale w/Apr calves at foot. Call Don (204)422-5216.

RED ANGUS BULLS for sale: 1, 2 yr old cow bull; 1, 1 yr old heifer bull; 2, 1 yr old cow bulls. Semen tested, delivered, guarantee.

Call Don (204)422-5216.

Monday, May 13th Sheep and Goat Sale with Small Animals at 12:00 Noon

REG RED ANGUS BULLS for sale. 7, 2 yr olds; 1, 3 yr old; 1, 4 yr old. Proven breeders, 250 heifers can’t be wrong. Jim Abbott (204)745-3884 or cell (204)750-1157, Carman.

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ROHAN ANGUS HAS ON offer Black & Red 2-yr old bulls, no seconds all 2-yr olds. Phone (204)467-5093 after 7 pm. Stonewall, MB.

Monday, April 29th Sheep and Goat Sale with Small Animals at 12:00 Noon

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FOR SALE: REG RED & Black Angus yearling bulls, semen tested, EPD’s, performance data avail.

Contact Hamco Cattle Glen/ Albert/ Larissa Hamilton (204)827-2358 or David Hamilton (204)325-3635.

GOOD SELECTION OF 2 yr old & yearling Black Angus bulls; Also Black X Simm hybrid bulls. Guaranteed breeders. Semen tested. B/B Duncan (204)556-2348 (204)556-2342, Cromer.

MATEYCHUK FARM SALES

SUITCASE WEIGHTS, FULL SET plus mounting bracket for 7200 series Case Magnum or MX series tractors. Phone Blaine (204)567-3720.

2006 MXU130, FRONT WHEEL assist, w/LX156 loader, 3-PTH, triple-hyd, 1450-hrs, $55,000.

Phone (204)782-0807.

FOR SALE: FRONT WEIGHTS to fit a 1270-1370 Case tractor. $500 OBO. Phone:(204)648-7136.

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1997 CASE IH 9370 4WD 7,895-hrs, one owner, well maintained, good tires, outback autosteer, front & rear weights, always shedded, $57,500. Call David (204)746-4779.

BEAUTIFUL 1981 IHC 1586 w/IHC 2350 loader 4,900 original hrs, no leaks, very clean, must be seen to be appreciated, $15,500. (204)724-4529

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FARM MACHINERY Tractors – 2 Wheel Drive

BALER BELTS, BRAND NEW 2-ply, 6-in, $85; 4in, 2-in, 5-in; 2, 10-in. $125 each. Phone: (204)589-5438, leave message.

JD 1610 DEEP TILLER 25-ft. Walking axles all around, 3 row Degelman harrows, rear hitch, good shape. $4,850 OBO. Clint (204)362-4532 or (204)822-9861.

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

1995 NH 6640SLE CAB, air, 3-pt, MFWD, dual PTO, Allied 694 Loader, joystick, grapple, 4,531-hrs, $28,900.

Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment located #12 Hwy N, Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com

48FT BOURGAULT PACKER BAR. series 4000 wing up model, heavy P30 packers. tandem wheels on centre section. very little use. like new condition. over $50,000 new. $17,500. (403)666-2111

FLEXI-COIL 33-FT 5000 AIR drill, 7.2-in spacing, rubber packers, factory markers, recent 3/4-in Atom Jet openers, 1720 TBH air tank, 3-metre rollers, good shape.

Phone:(204)836-2406, cell (204)825-7260.

WANTED: NH 8500 ROUND bale wagon. Phone (406)883-2118

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

80 USED 4-IN. PAIRED ROW DUTCH openers (bodies & tips) VGC, $80. Phone (204)648-4945.

WANTED: DEUTZ 100-06 TRACTOR for parts & round bale tubulater; Also wanted, hopper for 14-ft steel bin. Phone (204)278-3438, Inwood.

JD TRACTORS, SPECIALIZING IN quality engine rebuild kits, great selection, thousands of parts, super savings, Our 39th year, 1-800-481-1353 www.diamondfarmtractorparts.com

2008 BOURGAULT 7200 HEAVY Harrow 84-ft. $38,000. Phone (701)521-0581.

48FT WILLRICH CHISEL PLOW, HD, 5plex w/mounted harrows. original harrow tines still measure 12in. walking tandems on centre section. heavy trip shanks on a very well built machine, no welds, $18,500. (403)666-2111

WANTED: 1960-1966 CHEVROLET TRUCKS or parts; Old steel wheel seed drill; WALLIS tractor parts & Massey Harris U frame tractor parts pacemaker & 25. Phone:(204)826-2554.

FOR SALE: 7130 MFWD, PQ, LHR, 3pt, 3hyd; 6400 MFWD, PQ, RHS, 3pt, 2,00-hrs; 7410 MFWD, PQ RHS, 3pt w/740 loader; (2) 4650 MWFD, 15 spd, 3pt, factory duals; (2) 4455 MFWD, 3pt, 15 spd; 3155 MWFD, 3pt, w/loader; 2955 MWFD, 3pt, w/wo loader; 4430 Quad, 3pt, painted; 8760 7,800-hrs, quad, 4 hyd, couplers, quad range trans., 16 spd; JD 725 FEL. All tractors can be sold w/new or used loaders. MITCH’S TRACTOR SALES LTD Box 418 St. Claude, MB R0G 1Z0 Phone:(204)750-2459.

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REG RED ANGUS BULLS for sale both yearlings & 2 yr olds. Also have bred cows & cow/calf pairs for sale. Phone (204)641-5725, Arborg, MB. WWW.REDDIAMONDFARM.COM 18 MTH OLD PB Red Angus bulls for sale. Check out our bull catalogue online. We guarantee & deliver. Phone Michael Becker (204)348-2464, Whitemouth.

SILVER CREEK FARMS of Angusville have on offer Registered Red Angus Yearling Bulls These bulls have been selected for Structural Soundness, Temperament & Easy Fleshing.

For more information please call (204)773-3252

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Blonde d’Aquitaine BELLEVUE BLONDES HAS AN excellent group of performance & semen tested purebred polled Blonde yearling bulls for sale. Call Marcel:(204)379-2426 or (204)745-7412. Haywood, MB.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais CLINE CATTLE COMPANY has for sale purebred yearling Charolais bulls. Quiet, good feet, will be semen tested & guaranteed.

Call Brad (204)537-2367 or Cell (204)523-0062.

DEFOORT STOCK FARM HAS an excellent group of registered Charolais bulls for sale by private treaty. Over 40 bulls on offer, 20 of them are Red. Choose your bull early for best selection. All bulls performance tested, semen tested & delivered. Visit us online at www.defoortstockfarm.com Celebrating 33-yrs in Charolais. Call us at (204)743-2109.

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn

LIVESTOCK Cattle – South Devon

FOR SALE: 2-YR OLD Purebred Charolais bulls.

Polled, colored & white, quiet, $2,250 -$2,500.

Wayne Angus:(204)764-2737.

ATTENTION GRADUATES: SHORTHORN BREEDERS of Manitoba will be accepting applications for the John A. Nevin Cattle Growers Education Fund Award until Jun. 1, 2013. Contact: Susan Armbruster PO Box 597 Rossburn, MB R0J 1B0.

Phone & Fax: (204)859-2088. Email:shorthornsue@gmail.com

BULLS FOR SALE: 2, 3 yr old Solid Red South Devon bulls, will semen test, $2,000 each. Phone (204)425-3362 or cell (204)371-6424.

FOR SALE: PUREBRED CHAROLAIS bulls, 1-1/2 yr olds & yearlings, polled, some red factor, some good for heifers, semen tested, guaranteed & delivered, R & G McDonald Livestock, Sidney MB. Phone:(204)466-2883, cell (204)724-2811.

MARTENS CHAROLAIS EXCELLENT YEARLING & 2-yr old bulls for sale. Dateline sons for calving ease & performance. Specialist sons for consistent thickness. 3-yr old Red Mist son. Call Ben (204)534-8370.

WWW.REDDIAMONDFARM.COM 18 MTH OLD PB Polled Charolais bulls for sale. Check out our bull catalogue online. We guarantee & deliver.

Phone Michael Becker (204)348-2464, Whitemouth.

FOR SALE: RED, POLLED, 2 yr old & yearling bulls. Developed on a growing ration. Birth weights as low as 63-lbs. We also have bulls at Douglas Test Station. Check out our website at www.poplarparkfarm.com (204)764-2382.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental 5 Corner Cattle has Purebred Simmental yearling bulls for sale. Multi-polled. Fully gauranteed and delivered. Contact Wes Hill at (204)435-2585.

Miami. MB. 5cornercattle@gmail.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Galloway

12 OPEN DE-HORNED YEARLING hereford heifers. Call (306)743-5105 or www.vcherefordfarm.com Langenburg, SK.

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FOR SALE: POLLED HEREFORD & Black Angus bulls. Good selection of yearlings & 2-yr olds, semen tested & delivery available. Call Don: (204)873-2430.

FOR SALE: REGISTERED POLLED Hereford bulls, reasonably priced, pick your bulls now, will winter to end of April. Call Martin (204)425-3820 or Lenard (204)425-3809.

GOOD SELECTION OF POLLED hereford yearling bulls. Call Vern Kartanson (204)867-2627 or (204)867-7315.

QUALITY PUREBRED POLLED QUIET bulls. 2 5-yr old herd Sires. 1 herd Sire from Crittenden herd in SK. 1 from our Grand Champion Lacombe bull in AB. 1 2-yr old horned bull purebred no papers, extremely thick & deep, heavy quarters from our heavy milking polled cow. 3 yearling polled bulls sired by our reserved senior bull from Toronto Royal Fair. Thick beef, good round butts. All bulls from heavy-milking purebred no-papered dams. 53-yrs breeding Herefords. Phone Francis Poulsen (204)436-2284, cell (204)745-7894.

REG POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, good selection of coming 2 yr olds, naturally developed, quiet, broke to tie, guaranteed, delivery available. Catt Brothers (204)723-2831 Austin, MB.

COMPLETE DISPERSAL OF MY Commercial herd of 75 Simm cross cow/calf pairs & 2 Simm & 1 Shorthorn herd bulls. Sale: Thurs., May 2nd, 1:00pm. Heartland Livestock Yards, Brandon, MB. Severely culled not only for production & conformation but particular attention has been paid to udders, feet & legs. Strict herd health & vaccination program has been followed. For more info phone John Gillan (204)865-2392 or (204)867-0414.

CONRAY CATTLE CO. HAS for sale 2-yr old & yearling polled red factor bulls. These bulls are quiet, structurally sound & have great hair coats.

They are sired by a proven calving ease sire. They will be semen tested & delivered. Connor:(204)825-2140 or Gayle:(204)825-0163.

KOPP FARMS SIMMENTALS. For sale: yearling bulls Reds, Blacks & Full bloods, 1 long yearling & 3 herd bulls. For more info call (204)843-2769 or (204)843-0090.

PIZZEY SIMMENTALS HAVE YEARLING & extra age Red & Black bulls for sale. Hand fed, quiet, moderate birth weight, semen tested & delivered.

Call Cal:(204)847-2055. Manitoba.

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YEARLING & 2-YR OLD polled Salers bulls for sale. Sons of the top performing sires in Canada.

Red or Black, hand fed & quiet, birth weights from 79lbs. www.sweetlandsalers.com or Phone:(204)762-5512

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HIGH QUALITY BLACK ANGUS & polled Hereford 2-yr old bulls for sale. Bar H Land & Cattle Co. Phone:(306)743-2840. Langenburg SK. W + RANCH HAS 4 beef booster M3 Black bulls: 3 2-yr olds & 1 5-yr old. Special for breeding heifers w/birthweights from 65-68-lbs. On full herd health program, semen tested. 2-yr olds are $2,800, 5-yr old is $2,400. Phone Stewart RM of St. Laurent, MB (204)646-2338.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Wanted WANTED: ALL CLASSES OF feeder cattle, yearlings & calves. Dealer Licence# 1353. Also wanted, light feed grains: wheat, barley & oats.

Phone:(204)325-2416. Manitou, MB.

Swine LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

YEARLING & SEVERAL 2 yr old PB Simm bulls.

Reds & Blacks. Thick & Solid coloured w/moderate birth weights. Sired by A.I. Sires: IPU Revolution, In Due Time & Colossal. Semen tested & ready to go. $2,250-3,000. Valley Field Simm Larry Dyck, Morden. Phone evenings (204)822-3657.

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

For Sale: Red, Polled, Simmental Bulls

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Salers

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FOR SALE BLACK ANGUS heifers, due Apr/May, Red Back to Black & Red Angus, $1,400 OBO Phone:(204)745-7917.

TRIPLE T DIAMOND SIMMENTALS has Fullblood Fleckvieh, Red & Black Simmental Bulls for sale on the farm.

For more info, call Stewart (204)762-6156, cell (204)739-8301 Wade (204)762-5492 cell (204)739-3225 www.tripletdiamondsimmentals.com

AMAGLEN LIMOUSIN BULLS FOR sale. Red, black, performance or calving ease, polled, w/all weights recorded, Semen tested, delivery available when you want them. Phone:(204)246-2312.

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200 BRED HEIFERS, REDS, Blacks, Tans, full herd health program, bred to Black & Red Angus bulls, to start calving April 1st, 2013. All heifers were sourced out of reputation herds.

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100 OPEN BLACK REPLACEMENT Heifers Pfizer Gold Vaccine, no horns, $1,050 choice, $1,000 takes all. Phone (204)966-3868 or (204)476-0597.

FOR SALE: ANGUS HEREFORD cross heifers, bred for calving ease, fertility & maternal traits, out of purebred cows & bulls. Guilford Hereford Ranch, Call Don (204)873-2430.

FOR SALE: PUREBRED RED yearling Gelbvieh bulls, quiet, semen tested & guaranteed. Phone (204)745-7718 or (204)745-7811.

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FOR SALE: 8 BIG Simm Black Angus X open heifers, weighing up to 1,200-lbs. For more info phone (204)375-6658.

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POLLED RED & BLACK Gelbvieh bulls, yearling, 2-yr old. Semen tested & delivered. Call Maple Grove Gelbvieh (204)278-3255.

REGISTERED FULL-BLOOD WELSH BLACK bull, 5-yrs old, very quiet, easy calving, $2200.

Phone (204)373-2162, Ridgeville.

FOR SALE: 25 RED Simmental cross open replacement heifers. Approx 950-lbs.

Phone: (204)379-2613 or Cell:(204)750-2150. Haywood, MB.

FOR SALE: GALLOWAY BULLS. Purebred yearlings & 2-yr olds. Blacks & Duns now available. Willow-Mar Farms. Tom Morrish -Devlin, Ont. Phone:(807)486-3622.

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Welsh Black

1, 5 yr old herd sire (pictured) Also yearling bulls, deep, thick & semen tested.

Call Kelly @ Boynecrest Stock Farm (204)828-3483 or (204)745-7168

CLUCK & QUACK POULTRY Club’s Fourth Annual Spring Auction, Sat., May 4th, 2013, 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 MB POULTRY, RABBIT & Pet Stock Association will be holding their annual spring sale Sun, Apr 28th, 12:00 noon start. Brandon Keystone Centre.

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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.

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.

LIVESTOCK Livestock Services & Vet Supplies The following dealer has applied for a licence under the Livestock Dealers and Agents Licencing regulation, which comes under the Livestock and Livestock Products Act. (C.C.S.M. c. L170)

LIVESTOCK DEALER LICENCE Tyler John Slawinski, McCreary, MB

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WANTED: GRAIN & LIVESTOCK farms for both foreign & domestic buyers. Receiving calls weekly from buyers looking to farm & invest. Considering selling? Now is the time to discuss all options. Professional service & confidentiality guaranteed. Contact Rick Taylor:(204)867-7551, Homelife Home Professional Realty. www.homelifepro.com

NE1/4 36-16-10 W/HYDRO & fenced approx 100-acs cultivatable 2-mi North & 1.5 West of Langruth, priced reasonably. Not needed any more.

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ORGANIC ORGANIC Organic – Certified ORGANIC PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA CO-OPERATIVE (OPAM). Non-profit member owned organic certification body, certifying producers, processors and brokers since 1988.

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ORGANIC Organic – Grains

Bioriginal Food & Science Corp., based in Saskatoon, is actively buying Organic Flax from the 2012 crop year.

If interested, please send a 5lbs sample* to the following address: Attn: Sandy Jolicoeur Bioriginal Food & Science Corp.

102 Melville Street Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7J 0R1 *Please state the Variety & Quantity for Sale

For more information, please contact Sandy at:

306-975-9251 306-975-1166 sjolicoeur@bioriginal.com

PERSONAL SINGLE WHITE MALE. CHRISTIAN, 51-yrs, nonsmoker, non-drinker. 6-ft-6-in, 175-lb. Honest, caring, some sense of humor. Never married, no dependants. Operates small farm w/grain & cattle. Enjoys: wildlife, some arts, down hill skiing. Looking for single white female, Christian, affectionate, values home life, similar interest, in 40’s. Interested in friendship, possible relationship to share life. Reply to Ad# 1021, c/o Manitoba Co-operator, Box 9800, Station Main, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3K7

PETS PETS & SUPPLIES BEAUTIFUL GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES PB black & tan, parents excellent family dogs, $400 each, ready to go. Phone (204)824-2571.

PB AUSTRALIAN BLUE HEELER pups for sale, parents excellent cattle dogs, have been raising pups for 30 yrs. Phone (204)365-0066 or (204)365-6451.

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots READY TO MOVE HOMES available now! Display units completed. Also custom build to your plan.

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Seller looking to lease back 430 cultivated acres. Property has surface rights lease in place currently generating $7300 annual income. Potential for over 5% return on investment plus appreciation on land value.

LAND FOR SALE. NW 1/4 30-16-12W. RM of Westbourne 2-mi NW of Plumas. Contact Ted Mauthe (204)386-2314.

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.homelifepro.com or Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, www.homelifepro.com Home Professional Realty Inc.

THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale 1,470-acs, 900 Cultivated: NW 31-53-27W; NE 32-53-27W; SE 32-53-27W; NW 33-53-27W; NE 35-53-28W; NW 35-53-28W; NE 36-53-28W; SE 04-54-27W; SW 04-54-27W; NE 05-54-27W; SE 05-54-27W; SW 05-54-27W; SW 01-54-28W; SE 01-54-28W; SW 06-54-27W; SE 06-54-27W; NW 11-54-27W; SE 02-54-28W; SW 02-54-28W. The following Crown lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural lnitiatives for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed as these lands are part of the farm units held by Keith Donohoe of The Pas, MB 2,640-acs, 540 cultivated. NE 05-54-27W; NE 04-54-27W; NW 04-54-27W; SW 09-54-27W; SE 09-54-27W; NE 10-54-27W; NW 10-54-27W; SW 10-54-27W; NW 08-54-27W; SE 08-54-27W; SW 08-54-27W; SW 32-53-27W; NE 31-53-27W; SE 31-53-27W; NW 32-53-27W; NW 36-53-28W; NE 36-53-28W; NE 08-54-27W; NE 09-54-27W; NW 09-54-27W. lf you wish to purchase the private lands & apply for the Unit Transfer of Crown Lands, please contact the Lesses; Keith Donohoe at Box 2309, The Pas, MB R9A 1M1. Phone (204)623-5029. If you wish to object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer please write the Director, Agricultural Crown Lands, MAFRI, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0 or Fax (204)867-6578.

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REAL ESTATE Land For Sale THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: NE 7-29-14W, NE 31-28-15W, NW 2-29-14W, SW 17-29-14W, W1/2 7-29-14W, W1/2 8-29-14W, E1/2 32-28-15W. The following Crown lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural lnitiatives for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed as these lands are part of the farm units held by John Didychuk of Toutes Aides & the estate of Laurence Didychuk of Rorketon, MB. SE 27-28-14W; NW 06-29-14W; SE 07-29-14W; SW 27-28-14W; NW 27-28-14W; NE 28-28-14W; SE 28-28-14W; SW 33-28-14W; SW 28-28-14W; SE 18-29-14W; SE 34-28-15W; SW 35-28-15W; NE 32-28-14W; SE 32-28-14W; NW 33-28-14W; NW 04-29-14W; SW 04-29-14W; SW 09-29-14W; NW 28-28-14W; NE 09-29-14W; NW 18-29-14W; SW 18-29-14W; NE 27-28-14W; SW 34-28-14W; NE 04-29-14W; SE 09-29-14W; SE 33-28-14W; NE 05-29-14W; NE 19-29-14W; SE 19-29-14W; NW 20-29-14W; SW 20-29-14W; SW 29-29-14W; NW 29-29-14W; SE 05-29-14W; SE 08-29-14W. lf you wish to purchase the private lands& apply for the Unit Transfer of Crown Lands, please contact the Lesses; John Didychuk at GD Toutes Aides, MB R0L 2A0 or Kevin Didychuk at Box 93, Rorketon, MB R0L 1R0. If you wish to object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer please write the Director, Agricultural Crown Lands, MAFRI, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0 or Fax (204)867-6578.

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Step by step, Kenyan farmers are improving their lot The farms seem impossibly small and the challenges overwhelmingly huge, but Kenyans are creating marketing chains, improving productivity and even doing value added

By Tamara Leigh CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR / NAIROBI, KENYA

K

enya’s story is a familiar one in African agriculture: Small farms, a great need for more production, and yet a high amount of post-harvest waste — often because farmers simply can’t get their product to market.

But things are changing.

“Kenyans need to do it themselves,” says Rien Geuze, agribusiness adviser for Agriterra, a Dutch organization working on agricultural business development in Kenya.

“What we have done for hundreds of years in Europe and North America, they have had to learn since independence in 1963.

What can you do in a lifetime? You can do a lot but not everything.”

Agriculture is a primary driver of the Kenyan economy, accounting for 75 per cent of employment and 25 per cent of the GDP, with cash crops such as tea, coffee, and tobacco, as well as roses and other flowers, dominating exports.

Smallholder farms remain key, producing 80 per cent of the country’s food.

But getting food to market is a challenge.

“If the western world didn’t want to give development aid anymore, if suddenly it was all too much, then just make roads,” says Geuze. “That’s the least you can do.”

Kenya also needs more reliable marketing systems, and organizations able to support farmers.

Farmer-owned co-operatives are increasingly being seen as one solution, and the model has worked particularly well in Kenya’s dairy sector.

The typical dairy farmer in Kenya has one to three cows, but dairy is still big business, contributing $2 billion a year to the economy. Of the 4.2 billion litres of milk produced each year, about 80 per cent comes from the onemillion-plus farmers with fewer than 10 cows.

Dairy co-op success

Dairy co-operatives help organize and provide extension services for these small-scale farmers, as well as collecting and selling milk to the two dominant companies — government-owned New Kenya Co-operative Creameries and privately held Brookside Dairy.

Some co-operatives are also pushing into yogurt production, a competitive market but one that pays premiums which allow them to maintain the price they pay for milk when big companies cut their prices.

“Sometimes the success of the co-operative will drive the competition to step up its act,” says Geuze. “Farmers do not realize they only get at high prices from the companies or the hawkers because the co-op created value and drove up the price. If you take away the co-op, the whole thing falls apart.”

It’s quite different in the cereals sector, which in Kenya means maize. It accounts for 90 per cent of production, with wheat, sorghum, barley, millet and rice making up the remainder. Unlike the dairy sector, small-scale maize growers have struggled to find a marketing system that works.

It’s partly a legacy of the colonial system, says Justus Monda, president of the Kenya Small Scale Cereal Growers and deputy chairman of the Kenya National

“If you produce first and then discuss price when the produce is ready, that’s not business, it’s subsistence. This is the cycle we have to break.”

JUSTUS MONDA

Federation of Agricultural Producers.

After independence, the national government, like its colonial predecessor, played a major role in the markets. When the World Bank pushed for market liberalization in the ’80s and early ’90s, farmers simply weren’t prepared, says Monda.

“When the market opened in the name of liberalization, farmers didn’t understand the new marketing channels,” he says.

“Farmers have not reconciled our thinking to see what we can do, how competitive we can be, how we need to organize in order to meet the current status.”

Supply chain

Canada is a model that Kenya wants to emulate, says Monda.

“We want to learn the models and see the technology in Canada,” he says. “Canada has good supply-chain management and a very strong system. It’s not that we lack resources in this country, but people need to link up and learn a successful model.”

Monda is attempting to pioneer his own version of a reliable supply chain. He grows maize

Justus Monda, president of the Kenya Small Scale Cereal Growers and deputy chairman of the Kenya National Federation of Agricultural Producers.

PHOTO: TAMARA LEIGH

and sorghum on his 2.5-acre plot, and has established contracts with three schools in his region to supply maize. He also works with other farmers in his area to ensure he can get the quality and quantity of maize required by the schools.

“If you produce first and then discuss price when the produce is ready, that’s not business, it’s subsistence,” he says. “This is the cycle we have to break.”

In the village of Engineer, 35 local vegetable growers have collectively marketed their produce since 2011 and improved productivity. Working with the faculty from Nairobi University, they have developed a demonstration plot and farmer field to teach their members new techniques in planting, production and pest management. Just by implement-

ing proper crop rotation, they have more than tripled annual production.

They’ve also focused on seven high-value food crops, negotiated contracts, and, as a collective, obtained bank financing for inputs. They’re currently negotiating with three of the country’s top grocery chains to supply vegetables.

“Marketing is still the biggest challenge,” says Esther Waithira Chege, chair of the group’s marketing committee. “It’s better to be seen as marketing as a group because as individuals we are in the hands of the brokers.”

Tamara Leigh recently participated in Exposure-4-Development, a study tour organized by Netherlandsbased Agriterra, and the International Federation of Agriculture Journalists.

Slaughterhouse incorporates anaerobic digester Gas plant absorbs waste that used to be poured down a hillside

M

ost of Kenya’s cattle are produced by members of the Maasai tribe, who are traditional nomadic herdsmen. In 1981, a group of Maasai families formed an association and established the Keekonyokie livestock market and slaughterhouse in Kiserian, an hour southwest of Nairobi.

The market allows them to earn more by selling directly to customers, and the slaughterhouse produces a higher quality of meat with some veterinary oversight.

The slaughterhouse doesn’t sell meat, but its services to small butchers and restaurants that buy live animals at the market. Kenya is a “warm meat” market, so what is slaughtered in the morning is sold and served that evening. Thirty per cent of the meat eaten in Nairobi comes from the plant in Kiserian.

“A vibrant livestock trade maintains this town,” says Michael Kibue, manager of the project. “Over two hundred thousand traditional Maasai families depend on this market.”

The success of the slaughterhouse means a huge amount of waste, which until 2005 was poured down the side of a hill into a nearby river. Then the association installed two anaerobic digesters and used the

The Keekonyokie livestock market and slaughterhouse allows producers to earn more by selling directly to customers, and produces a higher quality of meat with some veterinary oversight. PHOTOS: TAMARA LEIGH

biogas to generate electricity for the plant. There was a surplus, so biogas was piped to seven hotels in the area for cooking fuel. But there’s still an excess, so now the goal is to sell to local families.

“The vision is to package biogas for the poor,” says Kibue. “Biogas is a good source of e n e r g y, i t b u r n s clean and is low cost.”

Charcoal is the most common Old car tires are used to carry source of cooking biogas for home use from fuel in Kenya, but the anaerobic digester at the it causes air polslaughterhouse. lution, respiratory issues, deforestation and drudgery for the women who walk long distances to collect it. The Keekonyokie group worked with a local manufacturer to develop canisters, developed its own process for compressing the gas, and is now seeking the necessary government approvals to commercialize its system.

“If the packaging works, it will be a first for Kenya,” says Kibue. “Biogas will generate more money than the slaughterhouse.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

Where the green grass grows

Horses near Minnedosa were watching the high ground for signs of the season’s first grass. photo: linda boys

KAP opposes $5,000 cap on farmland education tax rebates

KAP wants the province to remove education taxes from all property including farmland and buildings

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff / portage la prairie

T

he new $5,000 cap on farmland education tax rebates the Manitoba government announced in last week’s budget should be scrapped, farmers meeting here last week said.

A resolution to lobby the government to reverse changes to the program passed at the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ general council meeting April 18.

“If you take a look at what they’re doing, this is the thin edge of the wedge,” said Glenn Young, a District 2 delegate from Cyprus River. “They promised us in the last election they would rebate 100 per cent of the tax and now they’re clawing it back.”

Owners will still be able to apply to get 80 per cent of the education

Cyprus River farmer Glenn Young was one of the KAP delegates who opposes the new $5,000 cap on farmland education tax rebates. photo: allan dawson

tax on their farmland rebated, but to a maximum of $5,000.

Also out-of-province landowners will no longer be eligible for any of the rebate. Reg Dyck, a District 3 delegate who farms at Starbuck predicts that change will force land rent higher.

“Once they put a cap in what’s to say they don’t change the cap?” he said.

KAP’s standing policy remains that education taxes should be removed from all property, including farmland and buildings.

KAP delegates also passed a resolution calling on the federal government to cost share more than 60 per cent of emergency funding related to flood waters entering Manitoba from outside the province.

The Canadian government paid more than 60 per cent during the 1997 flood, said Glen

Franklin, a District 1 delegate from Deloraine.

“We sure don’t see that coming out of this present federal government in any way, shape or form, especially after the 2011 flood when they did squat,” he said.

“They haven’t even paid the 60 per cent yet. With that in mind I think we need to have a very firm discussion with our members of Parliament in this province...”

District 1 withdrew a strongly worded resolution demanding that the Manitoba government “stop bullying rural Manitoba for its own political gain.”

Minto farmer Bill Campbell said the resolution underscores the frustration farmers in his area feel over provincial restrictions on hog production, the ban on sewage ejectors and forced municipal amalgamations.

The late spring was top of mind

with farmers at the meeting.

Colder-than-normal temperatures and deep snow through much of agro-Manitoba is delaying seeding, Chorney said. Seeding was in full swing this time last year, although it was earlier than usual.

“It’s too soon to say this is a crisis, but if it’s like this the first two weeks of May we’re definitely at the point where it will be a challenge to get these crops planted and grown,” he said.

Farmers are also worried about flooding along the Red and Assiniboine rivers because of all the snow in both watersheds, including in Saskatchewan and North Dakota.

“Hopefully we’ll get through this but it all depends on the weather we get and how it thaws,” Chorney said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Battershill, who worked 4-1/2 years as KAP’s policy analyst, has been interim general manager since KAP’s former general manager, Yvonne Rideout, stepped down to pursue other interests in late January.

Battershill told KAP’s general council meeting in Portage la Prairie April 18 he looks forward to the new challenge and thanked the executive and staff for assisting him during the transition. photo: allan dawson

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 25, 2013

Give deer a chance to clear off the roadway before proceeding

By Daniel Winters CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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pril is the cruellest month, as poet T.S. Eliot grimly observed.

For whitetail deer, this year’s longer winter and higher snow levels has been especially hard, says the wildlife branch of Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship.

Drivers may have noticed large herds of them hanging around in ditches even in broad daylight.

Deep snow is making food hard to find in the bush and the deer are also seeking to avoid crusted snow, as their tiny, sharp-pointed hooves break through, and that makes it easier for lighter-stepping predators such as coyotes to run them down.

“It’s been a tough winter on deer. They’re looking for feed anywhere there’s a break in the snow,” said Ken Rebizant, the province’s big game manager.

Manitoba is at the northern limit of the whitetail deer’s range and Mother Nature is a harsh mistress. Typically the fawns die first, followed by the bucks that spent a greater portion of their fat reserves duelling each other and chasing females during the fall rut.

“The does are usually the last to be affected, thankfully,” said Rebizant, noting one buck can impregnate a large number of females, leading to quick population rebounds.

About 15 to 20 per cent don’t survive even the mildest of winters, and moderate to severe weather can boost that to 30 or 40 per cent. Last year, very little snow and an early spring saw numbers rebound from the year previous when, once again, a heavy crust resulted in heavy mortality rates.

As deer search more for food, they are more visible at midday and lose their fear of people, often wandering into yards and along roadsides.

Drivers need to be constantly vigilant to avoid hitting panicked deer.

Fleeing deer choose the path of least resistance, and this year that often means they’ll try to escape a passing vehicle by running along the roadway.

“Even if they are on top of the road, give them an opportunity to get off because that will cause them to expend more energy,” said Rebizant, adding he’s seen many deer that are virtually skin and bones.

Some deer will, of course, survive even in the harshest of winters. Conservation recommends that people not feed deer, at any time of the year. Changing their diet now could be even harder on the animals, as they may not be able to digest rich food.

The heavy winterkill will likely mean that last year’s one deer-per hunter limit will continue, he added. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

France tops EU for levels of horsemeat found in beef products Results show its presence in less than five per cent of meats across the EU

By Charlie Dunmore BRUSSELS / REUTERS

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rance found more cases of illegal horsemeat in beef products than any other European Union country, results of official DNA tests ordered in the wake of the scandal showed, with more than one in every eight samples testing positive.

Announcing the results April 16, the European Commission said that for the EU as a whole, just less than five per cent of all beef products tested had come back positive for horse DNA. But the figures showed that of 353 tests carried out in France, 47 tested positive for horse DNA, giving a rate of more than 13 per cent.

“In terms of image it’s not good. It risks delaying our attempt to regain consumer

confidence to get out of the crisis, because it is not over yet,” Jean-Rene Buisson, chairman of the French food industry group ANIA, told Reuters.

Buisson said it would be important to know how much horsemeat was detected in each positive sample, as tiny traces could be the result of accidental contamination at processing plants rather than deliberate substitution. The commission did not provide that information.

Europe’s horsemeat scandal has damaged confidence in parts of the continent’s food industry, hitting sales of processed ready meals and boosting demand for organic produce.

The program of EU-funded DNA tests was approved by member governments in February in a bid to gauge the extent of the problem and restore con-

sumer confidence in the bloc’s food safety controls.

The results revealed a mixed picture across the EU. Greece had the second-highest level of positive results with 288 tests yielding 36 positive results, a rate of 12.5 per cent. About one in every 10 tests also returned positive in Latvia, Denmark and Estonia. Tests on beef products in Italy found that one in 25 contain more than one per cent horsemeat.

By contrast, Germany found horse DNA in just 3.3 per cent of samples, and in the Netherlands the rate was less than one per cent.

Both Ireland — where the discovery in January of horse DNA in a burger labelled as pure beef first sparked the scandal — and Britain — where retailers including Tesco have been forced to withdraw prod-

ucts found to contain horse — returned no positive results for horsemeat.

Health risk?

Britain, however, had 14 positive tests for the potentially harmful veterinary drug phenylbutazone — known as bute — as part of a second set of EUwide tests on horsemeat destined for human consumption.

The only other countries to find bute in horsemeat were Ireland and the Czech Republic, each recording a single positive result.

“The bute is now really concentrated in the U.K., but mainly because the U.K. has tested every horse slaughtered since February, so they have done a huge number of tests — more than 800,” said a senior EU source who spoke on condition of anonymity.

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

Mini-chucks put on impressive performance Hawreluik Racing Company shows miniatures pack impressive punch in a small-framed horse

Clayton Hawreluik rips through the arena behind a four-up of miniature chuckwagon ponies at the recent Horse 3 event in Brandon. photos: Daniel Winters

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / brandon

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f you thought miniature p o n i e s we re o n l y g o o d for teaching children how to ride or for looking cute, Clayton Hawreluik has news for you — mini chuckwagon races are hot stuff.

“It started out as a little hobby but it has turned into a little more than we expected it to,” said Hawreluik, who started Hawreluik Racing Company, from Sheho, Sask., in 1992.

The ‘mini-chucks’ form a

third category of wagon-pulling equines. At roughly 36 inches high at the withers, they’re considerably smaller than pony chucks — which are about 1,100 pounds and 14.2 hands (58 inches) high — and tiny compared to the thoroughbreds of the Calgary Stampede’s “Half Mile of Hell” fame.

But what they lack in size, they make up for in sheer energy, said Hawreluik, who also races regular-size pony chuckwagons.

“Everything is pretty much the same, it’s just that if they looked

in the mirror, they’d be pretty disappointed about their size,” he joked. “They’re a tough little animal and they sure try hard.”

In a typical show, Hawreluik drives them around the ring for a couple of laps, then has an assistant blow a horn to signal the race has started.

When that happens, the ponies hit the collars hard and their hooves disappear in a jaw-dropping blur of furious motion as they wind their way through a figure-8 pattern, just like their larger cousins in regular competition.

“People can’t believe how fast they can run,” said Hawreluik, adding that at the Saturday night demonstration at Horse 3, the teams were so keyed up that they were almost uncontrollable and missed one loop of the course.

The one-quarter-size, miniature chuckwagons he uses are self-made, with a welded steel frame and tongue. The wooden wheels and hubs are the most expensive part, at about $1,200 for a set of four.

He drives the four-up in a mainly biothane harness with-

out britchen, but uses a strap that runs through the collars of the lead team to help keep things together.

Hawreluik likens the nature of his mini-chucks to draft horses and says, “Big Willie,” who makes up half of the lead team, is his “pride and joy.”

“If someone offered me $50,000, I don’t think I would sell him,” said Hawreluik. “On the other hand, that paint and bay on the back — on some days, they have different names.” daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

Guns and fast horses make for exciting new sport Manitoba’s fledgling mounted shooting association saddles up for six-gun fun

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / brandon

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iding fast horses is a rush and shooting handguns is a blast.

Combining both into a a double-barrelled adrenalin fix is the idea behind mounted shooting, the newest sport to hit Manitoba’s equestrian scene.

“It’s every kid’s dream — you get to shoot guns and ride horses,” said Shawn Parsons, a member of the Manitoba Mounted Shooting Association who was on hand at the recent Horse 3 event.

The year-old association has two dozen members, who dress up in Wild West regalia, strap on a pair of .45-calibre long Colt revolvers, and shoot multi-coloured balloons while riding full tilt through a barrel-racing-style course.

The guns are real, but fire black-powder blanks — ammunition sufficient to pop a balloon without posing a danger to riders or spectators.

Mounted shooting clubs have existed south of the border and in all western provinces for sev-

eral years, and a resurgence of interest in shooting sports has made it the fastest-growing equine sport in decades, said Parsons.

Competitors use two single-action revolvers, an oldfashioned style of handgun that requires the hammer to be drawn back for each shot, loaded with five blank rounds.

The pistols cost $500 to $1,200, while the ammunition consists of a primer and 32 grains of the coarsest black powder available in a crimped brass casing.

No projectile of any sort — not even a paper or wax wad — is allowed. The resulting blast of sparks is enough to pop a balloon at 30 feet, and 15 feet for half loads.

The goal is to complete the course as fast as possible.

There are 100 different course patterns, which are chosen by a random draw beforehand.

Typically, light-coloured balloons are shot first with one pistol, which is holstered after all of its cartridges are spent. Then riders use the second gun to take out the dark balloons. Fivesecond penalties are added to

Mounted shooting, where competitors blast balloons on horseback, is the fastest-growing equestrian sport in Canada. photo: MMSA

a rider’s score for every missed balloon, and 10-second penalties for knocking over barrels or poles.

The blank rounds are loud, and competitors and their mounts often use earplugs.

Getting some horses to tolerate having a sponge-rubber ball stuffed into their ears can take a bit of training, Parsons noted.

Desensitizing horses to the boom of a Colt .45 is a step-bystep process.

“We start out with cap guns on foot, then we go to actually

getting on the horse with cap guns, then real guns with just a primer that just makes a ‘pop,’ then half loads, and finally full loads,” said Parsons.

Because the Manitoba association is new, competitors can dress however they like. But some U.S. clubs require long-sleeve western shirts, cowboy hats, boots, and chaps, or even authentic period dress from the 1800s (they also favour fanciful nicknames such as ‘Whiskey Bill’).

Relaxed firearm laws also means American practitioners of the sport can practise in the corrals behind the barn.

However, in Canada, a singleaction revolver is a restricted firearm. That means the owner must be a member of a gun club, take a one-day training course, pass a written test, provide three personal references including their current or former spouse, pay a fee, and wait 45 days for their application to be considered by the Canadian Firearms Centre. If it is accepted, they receive a photo ID card allowing them to purchase a handgun.

They also need a one-time “authorization to transport” document to take the weapon to a range, and a second authorization to transport the triggerlocked pistol in a locked case to each mounted shooting event. The association has six approved event venues.

It is hosting a “Revolvers for Newbies” information session at Little R Farms in Grunthal on April 27. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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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

Steinbach mom develops gluten-free recipes Jeanine Friesen won the ‘My Cookies are Best’ contest Cheesy Chicken And Spinach Rolls Lorraine Stevenson

Here’s another tasty family meal sourced from Jeanine’s blogsite.

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eaders occasionally request gluten-free recipes, so I’d like to tell you about Jeanine Friesen this week.

The Steinbach mother of two was diagnosed five years ago with Celiac disease, an autoimmune disease that makes the body unable to absorb gluten, affecting about one in every 100 to 200 people in Canada.

The only treatment is to eliminate all sources of gluten from the diet, but it can be a restrictive and expensive way to eat for those who tend to eat a lot of store-bought glutenfree products.

Jeanine was a home-based cook and avid baker. She resolved not to let her disease change her family’s enjoyment of her home cooking.

Initially, she sought recipes online for gluten-free eating, but she wasn’t impressed with what she found. She did try processed glutenfree products too, but often found them dry or heavy.

That’s when she began her own experiments. She began converting recipes and creating her own gluten-free versions. Today, from the hundreds she’s developed, the Friesens eat varied, healthy home-cooked meals, and almost never buy processed food. Nor do they eat out much. This has become a ‘lifestyle,’ rather than a diet, says Jeanine.

“It’s not a diet because I’m not doing this by choice,” she said. (Gluten-free eating) is basically the prescription I was given.”

Jeanine is featured this spring on the Be Well link (www.canolarecipes.com) of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association website. She was the provincial first-place winner in a nationwide ‘My Cookies are Best’ contest hosted by MCGA. She submitted a gluten-free sour cream and sugar cookie (see recipe).

Jeanine’s determination to live well with CD ultimately led to full-time self-employment. She now blogs extensively (www. thebakingbeauties.com), and continues to convert recipes for companies and commodity groups. Her recipes have been featured on a variety of websites including Eat In Eat Out Magazine, Celiac Handbook, Simply Frugal in Canada, Gluten-Free Spinner, Healthy Blender Recipes, and Real Women of Philadelphia (Canada).

Last month she also released The Everything Guide to Living Gluten-Free: The Ultimate Cooking, Diet, and Lifestyle Guide for Gluten-Free Families containing over 100 of her best recipes.

“When I was diagnosed with Celiac disease I could have wallowed in self-pity about what I was about to lose,” says Jeanine. “But I decided that I wouldn’t let a gluten-free life rob me of the traditions I had grown up with, or the foods I really love. Much of what I have learned on my journey, and many of the recipes I’ve developed, can be found in this book.”

You can find The Everything Guide to Living Gluten-Free in stores such as Chapters and Shoppers Drug Mart or on Amazon.com.

Here are two recipes from Jeanine Friesen.

If you’d like to see more recipes online log on to her blog at www.thebakingbeauties.com.

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Gluten-Free Sour Cream Sugar Cookies This is Jeanine’s winning entry — a gluten-free sugar cookie — in the MCGA’s ‘My Cookies Are Best’ contest.

1/4 c. sour cream 1-1/4 c. granulated sugar 1 large egg 1-1/3 c. white rice flour 2/3 c. tapioca starch 1-1/2 tsp. xanthan gum 1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 c. canola oil 2 tsp. vanilla extract 1 egg yolk 2/3 c. potato starch 3 tbsp. cornstarch 1 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. salt

Preheat oven to 350 F and line your baking sheets with parchment paper.

In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together the sour cream, oil, sugar, vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until smooth. Set aside. Place all the remaining dry ingredients in a separate mixing bowl and whisk to combine. With the mixer running on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix on medium speed until completely blended. Scoop two teaspoons of dough on your baking sheet, leaving two inches between cookies to allow for them to expand while baking. Dampen your hands with a small amount of water and roll the scooped dough into a smooth ball. This will give your finished cookies a nice round shape.

Bake cookies in preheated oven for 12-13 minutes, or until just slightly browned around the outside. Allow cookies to cool for a few minutes before moving them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Only frost cookies when they are completely cooled. I prefer to frost the cookies just before serving them, so that the icing does not cause a problem when storing them. Store cookies in an airtight container.

NOTE: Cookies can be rolled in sugar before baking. Just spoon the dough into a bowl of sugar, and roll dough to coat in sugar. Form dough into balls and bake as directed.

1 box gluten-free lasagna noodles 2 small chicken breasts, cut into small pieces 2 tbsp. olive oil, for frying 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 c. fresh chopped spinach 2 c. ricotta cheese 1 large egg 1/4 c. Parmesan cheese, grated 1/2 c. chopped onion 1/2 c. red pepper, chopped 250 g spinach cream cheese 1/2 c. milk 1 small lemon, juiced 2 c. mozzarella cheese, grated

Preheat oven to 375 F. Boil lasagna noodles according to package directions. Drain, and rinse with cold water. Set aside. In a large frying pan, fry the cut-up chicken in the olive oil until the meat is no longer pink. Add the garlic and spinach, and continue frying until the spinach is wilted. Remove from heat.

In a mixing bowl, combine the ricotta cheese, egg, and Parmesan cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Stir the chicken/spinach mixture into the ricotta mixture, and set aside. In the same frying pan you fried the chicken in, over medium heat, cook the onion and red pepper until the onion is translucent.

Turn the heat down to medium/low and add the spinach cream cheese, and stir until the cream cheese has melted. Slowly stir in the milk. Squeeze in the juice of one small lemon.

Once it is all incorporated, remove from heat.

Lay the lasagna noodles out on the counter.

Cover each lasagna noodle with about 1/2 – 3/4 cup of the ricotta cheese and chicken mixture. Spread it out along the pasta. Carefully roll the pasta up into rolls, and place, seam side down, in an oven-safe dish. Repeat until all the filling is used up.

Spoon the spinach cream cheese sauce over the noodle rolls, dividing it evenly between all of the rolls.

Top the rolls with the shredded mozzarella cheese, and bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the sauce is bubbling, and the cheese is melted and browned.

Serve immediately with a large garden salad.

Delicious!

Source: www.thebakingbeauties.com

Frosting: 2 c. confectioners’ sugar (icing sugar), sifted 1/4 c. softened unsalted butter Pinch salt 1 tsp. vanilla extract 3 to 5 tbsp. heavy cream (enough to get the consistency you want) Colour – optional

In a tall mixing bowl, beat all the ingredients with an electric mixer until smooth. Store in an airtight container until you are ready to frost the cookies.

Makes about 45 cookies.

Source: www.thebakingbeauties.com

RECIPE SWAP If you have a recipe or a column suggestion please write to: Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap Box 1794 Carman, Man. R0G 0J0 or email Lorraine Stevenson at: lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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ou don’t look happy dear,” Rose Jackson said, as her daughter Jennifer plopped herself down on her usual chair at the Jackson table. “What’s up?”

Jennifer rested her chin in her hands and stared at the tabletop for a while before she answered. “Who knows?” she said. “I’m a teenager. I’m supposed to be miserable sometimes, aren’t I?” Rose smiled. “True enough,” she said. “There’s not many things in life worse than being a teenager.” She pushed her own chair back from the table. “You want some coffee? Maybe that’ll cheer you up.”

Jennifer sighed. “Sure,” she said. “Why not? I’m a teenager and school sucks and the weather’s horrible and there’s not a decent guy within 50 miles and crazy people just blew up the Boston Marathon, but I’m sure a cup of coffee will make it all better.”

“It can’t hurt,” said Rose. She got up and went to the kitchen counter where she took a mug from the cupboard and filled it with fresh, steaming brew. She walked back to the table and set the mug down in front of Jennifer. “Take a sip of that,” she said, “and then let’s solve the world’s problems, OK?” Jennifer did as she was told. “Ah yes,” she said.

“That IS good coffee.”

“That’s a start,” said Rose. “Now, tell me what’s wrong.”

“Well, for starters,” said Jennifer, “there’s too much news. It’s depressing. Crazy people bombing the Boston Marathon and whatnot.”

“Ah yes,” said Rose. “That is not a happy story.”

She paused. “But,” she continued, “it makes me think of what one of the characters said last night on ‘Game of Thrones.’ He said, ‘sometimes, when I’m in the middle of a war, it helps me to remember that in 99 per cent of the world, absolutely nothing is happening.’”

Jennifer looked up at her mother, brightening perceptibly. “Seriously?” she said. “You guys watch ‘Game of Thrones?’”

“Uh, yeah,” said Rose. “Though I’m not particularly proud of it.”

Jennifer grinned. “I don’t know why that kind of cheers me up,” she said, “but for some

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reason it does.” She took another sip of coffee. “Personally, in ‘Game of Thrones,’ I’m just waiting for the dragons to grow up and fry everybody.”

“Which they definitely will,” said Rose. “It’s obviously just a matter of time. Really,” she added, “that show has way more violence and nudity and whatnot than I would normally watch but for some reason I got sucked into it and now I can’t stop watching. Which makes your father happy anyway, because he really likes it.”

Jennifer looked thoughtful. “Here’s a question,” she said seriously. “How come I can watch a show like ‘Game of Thrones’ and get all carried away by the story and the characters, and the blood and violence doesn’t bother me much, in

fact it all seems kind of heroic. But the blood and violence in Boston just makes me ill. How does that work?”

“That’s a very good question,” said Rose.

“It is, isn’t it?” said Jennifer.

“Yes,” Rose repeated. “A very good question indeed.”

Jennifer laughed. “And one to which you clearly don’t have an answer.”

“Clearly,” said Rose.

“Maybe,” said Jennifer, “it’s because in a TV show it’s all about good versus evil and it’s easy to see who are the good guys and who are the bad guys and you never see the innocent people who get caught in the middle, but in Boston, it just seems like a couple of pathetic idiots who think killing children and innocent bystanders is somehow going to make something better. It’s so insane. Which is what makes it so depressing.”

“It does seem incredibly senseless,” said Rose.

“It makes me think the whole human race is just a really bad mistake,” said Jennifer. “We can make up stories where we’re all heroic and noble and stuff but in real life we’re all completely nuts.”

Rose thought about that for a moment. “You have a point,” she said, “but think about this for a minute. There’s almost half a billion people in the United States, and last week two of those people decided to plant bombs just to kill other people. But almost half a billion people didn’t plant bombs. In fact a whole lot of those people turned out to be unbelievably heroic and brave in the way they responded to the bombs. So maybe it’s not the human race that’s a mistake. Maybe the mistake is something else.”

“Well I hope somebody figures it out pretty soon,” said Jennifer.

“Me too,” said Rose. “And then we can move on to figuring out why there’s no decent guys within 50 miles.”

Jennifer laughed again. “I know why that is,” she said.

“You do?” said Rose. “Why is it?”

“It‘s because,” said Jennifer with a grin, “half of the human race IS a huge mistake.”

Brighten up with a POT OF TULIPS With a little care they may bloom again next year in the garden

By Albert Parsons FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR

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y wife and I had friends visit near the end of February and they brought us a pot of tulips. Although their visit was enough to lighten our spirits on a cloudy, winter day, the tulips continued to perform that task for the next couple of weeks — long after they had departed.

When it arrived, this pot of tulip bulbs had healthy-looking green leaves, and the buds were still not open, in fact they were barely showing colour. I placed the pot in full sun in front of the patio doors to prevent the plants from getting leggy, which they are apt to do if located in a low-light location. I kept the planting medium damp and slipped the pot out of its plastic sleeve and popped it into a decorative jardinière. I don’t trust the sleeves — sometimes they have pinholes in them that allow water to seep out, and they also trap excess water around the bulbs’ roots. In a jardinière I can sit the pot on

an inverted plastic lid so excess water drains away and sits below the bottom of the pot.

When the buds were just ready to open, I moved the pot onto the dining room table so we could enjoy the blooms.

They would have gone past more quickly if left in the sunny location but also we wanted the flowers where we could see them. They lasted for almost two weeks.

Since then I have kept the pot in the sunroom on a windowsill where the tops will gradually die down. I will feed and water it until the foliage begins to yellow. In late spring, after the rush of plant-

“In late spring, after the rush of planting has past, I will plant the bulbs out into my garden.”

ing has past, I will plant the bulbs out into my garden. The bulbs will be dormant by this time and the foliage will have died down. I’ll cover the bulbs with about 10 cm of soil and water the spot after planting — although the bulbs hopefully will remain dor mant until they push up new growth next spring and we may again enjoy the pretty pink blooms.

Sometimes it takes a full year for the bulbs to recover from being forced and to get back into their natural cycle so I will not be too disappointed if the bulbs do not bloom next spring. I won’t give up on them, however, and will feed and water them all next spring and summer until they again go dormant in midsummer. They will most likely bloom the following spring.

If you know someone who is in need of a bit of cheer — or perhaps you yourself are in need of a pick-me-up, a pot of flowering tulips is just the thing to bring a smile.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba.

PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

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What says to you that winter has finally ended?

Whether it’s that first crocus or that first robin, we’re all eager to see some sign of spring

By Donna Gamache FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR

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hat are your favourite signs of spring?

With winter dragging on... and on... this year, faunal and floral signs of spring will be even more welcome than in some past years.

One of the most common and welcome signs of spring is the return of migrating birds. First to come are usually horned larks. These are often noticed in February, occasionally even in January — not spring, by any means, but still an early reminder that winter won’t last forever. By March these birds are usually quite numerous.

“One of the most common and welcome signs of spring is the return of migrating birds.”

Crows are another early bird — although in recent years a fair number of these overwinter in urban areas. However, a crow sighted in a rural area in March is usually a returning migrant, and this is one of the few times when they may actually be welcomed. A loud ‘caw, caw’ assures us that this is indeed a crow, not a raven.

Bluebirds are also early migrants. Last year, the records my husband keeps for his route of bluebird houses, indicate that he saw eastern bluebirds as early as March 17. With the amount of snow still on fields and pastures at the end of March this year, bluebird sightings would have to wait some time yet. The website I check

where avid birders announce their sightings, had not indicated a single eastern or mountain bluebird by end of March.

In contrast, last year had many late-March bluebird sightings across southern Manitoba.

When it stays cold however, it’s better if they don’t return.

Two years ago, a late cold snap spelled death for some of the early-returning bluebirds. My husband discovered several that had tried to seek shelter in some of his bluebird houses.

(See the birding site at: http:// g r o u p s. y a h o o. c o m / g r o u p / Manitobabirds/.)

The American robin is an early arrival recognized by many people. This migrant is common in cities and towns, as well as in parks and farming areas. Its cheerful ‘chirrup, chirrup’ (or ‘cheer up, cheer up’) is welcomed by many as a sure sign of spring, and a notice that meadowlarks, goldfinches, fox sparrows and many other songbirds will not be far behind.

Geese are a frequent early arrival, sometimes starting to appear in March — not surprising since many of them overwinter in the northern U.S. states. A few hardy ones make it back here even while thick ice covers our lakes, but larger flocks wait for open water in April. Overhead Vs of honking geese are another sure spring sign for many.

Spring is also a time to watch for returning eagles and hawks. Keen birders congregate in the Pembina Valley to count returning raptors. The aim there is to cover nearly the whole spring migration of 16 raptor species, from late February to about the end of April.

So m e p e o p l e u s e f l o r a l appearances as their signs of spring — one of the earliest signals being the changing colour of willows. By late

After a long winter, we’re all eager to see signs of spring.

PHOTO: DONNA GAMACHE

March they have become a bright orange, a welcome sight against remaining snowbanks.

Soon pussy willows start to appear, usually in April, and then a week or two later the appearance of catkins on deciduous trees.

The earliest flowers are usually crocuses, sometimes peeking through the ground even while banks of snow lie nearby.

For many it’s a rite of spring to take a walk once or twice on a warm day in April to search for these flowers.

Spring is a time of returning sounds for some people. Maybe it is the trickle of running water in a creek behind the house, or perhaps the croak of frogs singing at night, or the trill of a redwinged blackbird as it sways on a cattail.

Whatever signs you watch for, it’s an exciting time of the year.

Nearly every day something new appears to proclaim that, indeed, spring is here!

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Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba.

Make a sweatshirt bag

By La’Costa Godbout FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR

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his is an easy and inexpensive project to turn a favourite hoodie into a useful bag.

Supplies: • • • • • • •

Old sweatshirt/hoodie Thread to match Sewing machine Rotary cutter Fabric scissors Ruler Pins

Instructions:

Unless otherwise stated the zigzag stitch is used throughout.

Place sweatshirt or hoodie on a flat surface and cut off both sleeves, hood and bottom cuff as close to seams as possible. Set aside. The width of the bag will vary depending on if there is a picture or logo that you want saved. Once the width has been determined, cut off side seams. There will now be two pieces of fabric. Place fabric right sides together. For each piece of material, working

across the top, fold fabric 1/2 inch down and pin. Right side will be pinned facing up. Hem across each piece individually.

Using a 1/2-inch seam allowance, pin the sides and bottom and sew. Turn bag right side out and set aside. Place sleeves on a flat surface. Cut off cuffs at the seam and set cuffs aside. Cut sleeves open lengthwise. Using rotary cutter, cut 12 strips — 1 inch wide by 12 inches long.

Take the ends of two strips and overlap by 1/4 inch. Pin and sew ends together. Repeat

for remaining strips. This will yield six 24-inch strips. Take three strips and sew the ends together. Braid the strands and sew closed at the end. Repeat for remaining strips. Sew ends of both 24-inch strips together.

Take one end of the braid and pin 1 inch of it into the top inside corner of the bag. Repeat for the other side. Sew braid to the inside of the bag.

Enjoy!

La’Costa Godbout writes from Winnipeg.

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