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Dry, windy weather fans grass fires Municipal officials are considering bans

By Allan Dawson Co-operator staff

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pril was a wild, windy and hot month across the province — and some of the heat wasn’t from sunshine.

Volunteer fire departments have been busy dousing grassfires that have raced out of control, claiming one life and several properties.

Despite the weekend rains, all rural residents, including farmers, are being urged to avoid lighting fires. Some municipalities have even imposed bans.

“Pay attention to your local fire bans, respect the law and stop burning,” Manitoba’s Fire Commissioner David Schafer See GRASS FIRES on page 6 »

Ottawa is dropping regulations to protect fish and fish habitat in drainage ditches and other man-made waterways. Protection efforts will focus on where fish are caught for commercial, recreational or cultural purposes. photo: allan dawson

Ritz promises “commonsense” rules on fishery Farm groups and municipalities complain current federal protection of fish and their habitat is often “over the top” and hinders even simple ditch and culvert maintenance

By Allan Dawson

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ttawa says new legislation will mean less meddling in Prairie affairs by fisheries officials.

While the announcement was welcomed by municipalities and farmers fed up with red tape for simple drainage and other waterway projects, environmental groups say the proposals declare open season on all non-commercial fish habitat.

The Conservative government wants to take “a more sensible and practical

approach to protecting Canada’s fisheries,” said Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield.

The new legislation will draw a distinction between “vital waterways that support fisheries” and “unproductive bodies of water like man-made reservoirs, drainage ditches and irrigation channels,” he said.

This means Department of Fishery and Oceans oversight won’t be required if work is being done on a waterway not connected to an established “commercial, recreational or Aboriginal fishery,” even if fish or their habitat are at risk.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz called

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it “a common-sense approach,” but an aquatic habitat specialist with the David Suzuki Foundation said the move will end protection for the majority of fish habitat in Canada.

“It’s taking away the environmental provisions and protections that we have to preserve and protect fish and fish habitat in Canada and limiting it in scope to only those areas where people actually fish, which is the southern part of the country for the most part,” said John Werring.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

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Sea change in salinity heralds shift in rainfall

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New research has established a clear link

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cientists have detected a clear change in salinity of the world’s oceans and have found that the cycle that drives rainfall and evaporation has intensified more than thought because of global warming.

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The finding published April 20 helps refine estimates of how different parts of the globe will be affected by increased rainfall or more intense droughts as the planet heats up, affecting crops, water supplies and flood defences.

Scientists led by Paul Durack of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory reported clear changes in salinity patterns across the world’s oceans between 1950 and 2000.

Oceans cover 71 per cent of the planet’s surface and store 97 per cent of the world’s water and are therefore the main source of moisture in the atmosphere through evaporation.

The global cycle of rainfall and evaporation of water from the land and surface of the ocean comprise the global water cycle, with some areas such as the tropics naturally wetter and

Scientists say increasing temperatures are influencing ocean salinity, which affects life under the surface as well as rainfall patterns on land. REUTERS/Climate change/Handout others, such as large parts of Australia, the United States or northern Africa, drier.

Some ocean regions are saltier, meaning less rainfall and others are fresher, meaning high rainfall, making salinity measurements a good way to measure changes in rainfall patterns.

Durack and team, in a study published in the journal Science, found that the water cycle intensified four per cent from 1950-2000, twice as much as projected by climate models.

“These changes suggest that arid regions have become drier and high-rainfall regions have become wetter in response to observed global warming,” Durack, a post-doctoral fellow, said in a statement.

Durack and team combined salinity data from 1950-2000 and the relationship between salinity, rainfall and evaporation in climate models to find that for every °C of warming at the Earth’s surface, the water cycle strengthens by eight per cent.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

Supporting existing businesses a successful strategy for job creation Business development expert says supporting innovative local entrepreneurs is the best way to boost a community’s economic fortunes

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff / brandon

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elping existing businesses grow, rather than chasing big companies or fostering startups, is the best way to boost a community’s economic fortunes and create jobs.

That’s the core of an economic-development approach dubbed “economic gardening,” business-development expert Robin Phelps told participants at the recent Capturing Opportunities conference.

“You need the startups, but what about these existing businesses?” asked Robin Phelps, founder and director of Denverbased Innovation Economy Partners. “(Economic gardening) is about reaching out to those who have gotten through the startup phase, who have proof of product or service, or proof of market, to help them think strategically about how they can grow their business.”

The term was coined in Littleton, located just south of Denver, in the early 1990s when a major defence contractor — the main employer in the city of 40,000 — laid off thousands of workers. The city’s economic development officer was initially mandated to recruit another big outside company, but he thought it made more sense to foster local businesses, said Phelps. The focus was on “hereto-stay” companies, whose own-

ers and employees were longtime residents, she said.

“He took it as a personal challenge, saying there’s lots of existing businesses here that are loyal to the community, let’s see if there’s a way to help those businesses grow,” said Phelps.

Business owners were encouraged to identify an aspect of their operation with potential to expand beyond the local market, and asked how the city could help.

“It was not forcing anything on the business owner,” said Phelps.

“It was encouraging the business owner to see if there was enough of an opportunity to grow their business while continuing to service the local market.”

It worked. Between 1990 and 2009, employment in the city doubled and sales tax revenue tripled.

The approach has since gained momentum across the U.S. and a National Centre for Economic Gardening has been established.

Among the success stories are a pump manufacturer that expanded sales by tapping into nationwide demand for water service infrastructure and animal feed suppliers that developed new product lines for the organic lawn fertilizer market.

Phelps also described a smalltown antique dealer who built a national market for her decorative flags.

“Economic gardening is about reaching out to existing business

Robin Phelps, Capturing Opportunities conference speaker, is the national research leader at the National Centre for Economic Gardening in Denver, Colorado. photo: lorraine stevenson

owners and those who already have a developed product or service, and giving them access to infrastructure and information that can help them think about strategies and opportunities for growth,” she said.

The approach also strengthens relationship between chambers of commerce and local economic development agencies, Phelps added.

“They become a partner with the local economic development folk and it’s also a program

that they can administer and fund,” she said.

More infor mation about Innovation Economy Partners is found on their website at www. ieconomypartners.com.

The theme of this year’s Capturing Opportunities conference is Local Living Economy and it focused on creating job growth by helping entrepreneurs innovate and realize their full potential.

About 97 per cent of Manitoba businesses fall into the small-

b u s i n e s s c a t e g o r y, n o t e d Minister of Entrepreneurship, Tra i n i n g a n d Tra d e Pe t e r Bjornson.

It’s estimated one-third of all new jobs are generated by firms of this size, he said.

“Rather than using all your resources to encourage large businesses to come to your community you’re better off fostering growth in existing local businesses,” he said. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Campaign will highlight local food products A $3-million jointly funded industry and government campaign supporting local food kicks off April 25

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff /winnipeg

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anitobans can now clearly identify local food on store shelves with the launch of a new Buy Manitoba campaign at Canada Safeway stores in the province.

The three-year local food promotion will see 33 stores decked out with signage and product identifiers encouraging shoppers to choose the more than 1,000 grocery products, including meat, fresh produce, bread, milk and further processed products whose ingredients are sourced or processed here.

The Buy Manitoba Campaign is a way of connecting urban and rural Ma n i t o b a , s o m e t h i n g c o n s u m ers have asked for, said Premier Greg Selinger who was at River East Canada Safeway in Winnipeg April 26 to launch the $3-million campaign jointly funded by the province and industry contributions.

“The public has been ahead of us on this for a long time,” said Selinger.

“They’ve been asking at their retail outlets, ‘how can I buy more local products, and which products are local?’

This marketing program moves us a long way down that road.”

About 50 Manitoba Food Processor Association members are participating to start off but they’re aiming to have at least 200, said Dave Shambrock, executive director of the MFPA. It has hired

staff to co-ordinate and administer Buy Manitoba.

The program will directly support and benefit local food processors and the farmers while helping consumers who want to buy food grown and raised closer to home, Shambrock said.

The program is modelled after a similar Quebec program that’s been running for about five years and has demonstrated significiant economic returns.

“What we’ve found by studying similar programs in other provinces is that each dollar invested in these buy local and support local programs results in about a two to three per cent increase in the sale of local products,” he said.

Shambrock said the distribution networks should enable them to expand this campaign to also include other independent and specialty grocery stores and to farmers’ markets as well.

The Buy Manitoba campaign includes a website — www.buymanitobafoods.ca — listing all grocery products included in the campaign. To be eligible for participation the product must be either made entirely from ingredients sourced in Manitoba or composed of 85 per cent of main ingredients or entirely processed and packaged here.

Safeway has a long tradition of supporting Manitoba-made food and “we are thrilled to be partnering in the Buy Manitoba program,” said Scott Chollak vice-president of retail operations for Canada Safeway. Canada Safeway’s own

Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger kicked off the Buy Manitoba campaign at River East Canada Safeway in Winnipeg last week citing its importance to the economy and a way to create connections between urban and rural Manitoba. photos: lorraine stevenson

Lucerne dairy products are included in the campaign.

“Buy Manitoba will showcase nearly 1,000 offerings and highlight many Manitoba success stories,” Chollak said.

Craig Evans, CEO of Granny’s Poultry Farmers Co-operative said the company is pleased to be part of the campaign.

“More and more often consumers want to know who is producing their food,” he said. “They are seeking quality products from companies that operate with honesty, transparency and integrity. They place their trust in local companies and we take this responsibility very, very seriously.”

Several participating processors offered visitors a taste at River East last

Manitoba foods will be clearly identified with store signage and shelf labelling.

week, including Shoal Lake Wild Rice, which buys wild rice from First Nations harvesters, Nature’s Farm, a specialty egg and pasta processor employing nearly 20 at Steinbach and Winnipeg Old Country Sausage Ltd. Winnipeg Old Country Sausage is celebrating its 100th year in business this summer, said Nina Brown, company sales representative, adding it has been a local processor all these years exclusively sourcing meat raised in Manitoba.

It looks forward to a new way to tell that story.

“We’ve been around so long,” she said.

“We’re hoping that this will be a good way for us to showcase our products.”

The Manitoba Made MFPA trademarked logo, exclusive to MFPA members, was developed in 1994. It will also appear on all Buy Manitoba promotional materials and communications. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

OPINION/EDITORIAL

Travel, trade and local markets

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t was no surprise to learn last week that our federal minister of agriculture has racked up $271,000 in travel expenses since March 2011, the most of anyone in the federal cabinet.

But unlike some of his colleagues, whose expense accounts have raised eyebrows among Canadians and howls of protest from opposition critics, we expect few will find fault with Ritz’s jet setting. In Laura Rance fact, his office was quick to issue a list of Editor comments filled with glowing praise from the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA), the Canadian Pork Council, Canadian Seed Trade Association, and the cattle producers and feeders associations for his efforts to improve Canada’s bilateral trade in farm products after a CBC report publicizing the spending.

From Morocco to Kazakhstan to China, South Korea to Japan, Ritz has been there in recent months backed with the full support of the export commodity organizations.

That’s fair enough. International trade is Canada’s bread and butter. And in the absence of any real progress towards multilateral trade deals through the World Trade Organization after more than a decade of trying, negotiating bilateral trade relationships has become increasingly important. It’s not something easily done via Skype or over the phone.

Agricultural groups, about 50 in all, were out in full force at media events the federal government sponsored last week to promote a new trade deal with the European Union. The European market contains more than 500 million consumers, which makes it significantly larger than the U.S. Yet Canada’s trade with the union is currently only onetenth of the U.S. value.

It’s believed that a European deal could boost overall trade with the EU by 20 per cent, adding $12 billion to the Canadian economy. It is not known how much of that would come to agriculture and it is not yet known what implications this deal might have for Canada’s domestically focused industries.

Given our experiences over the past decade with border closings due to disease, protectionist legislation and economic downturns, it is a good idea to diversify our market base.

But in our pursuit of foreign markets are we allowing markets closer to home to slip from our grasp?

The Manitoba government launched a “buy local” initiative last week in conjunction with Safeway. Locally produced and processed foods will now be flagged in Safeway stores so people have an easier time finding them.

This voluntary labelling and display program is a far cry from the COOL initiative in the U.S., which is a law that requires processors to identify the origins of the meat on packages. This is about giving consumers choice, rather than taking it away. The effect of the U.S. COOL is to discourage processors from using foreign ingredients because of the extra labelling costs.

Retailers don’t get involved in something like the Manitoba initiative on a whim. Safeway has obviously determined that a proportion of its market demographic will find value in locally produced foods. It may also be looking for ways to bring the folks it’s losing to farmers’ markets every summer back through its doors. Other stores will likely follow.

If consumers buy into this, the economic spinoffs to farmers and the local economies could be every bit as significant as the recent gains Canada has made in export trade.

Although Canada is one of the world’s largest agri-food exporters, it is increasingly turning domestic markets over to imports.

As noted by the Hellman’s online Eat Real, Eat Local campaign, this country imports 53 per cent of its vegetables and 98 per cent of its fruit — not because we can’t produce enough, but because imports are cheaper. Those low prices come at a cost. We routinely export cattle and wheat only to buy back beef and pasta.

Various studies have identified several core benefits from supporting local food systems, starting with the economy.

Local food systems keep money circulating and that creates jobs. Producers selling direct see a 40 to 80 per cent higher return over conventional marketing.

One Alberta study estimated that if 25 per cent of Edmonton residents shifted 40 per cent of their food dollars to local food purchases, multiplier effect would bring the economic impact to over $2 billion. Multiply that over major centres in Canada. Local food systems can also be better for the environment, although not always. They also help bridge the urban-rural divide.

Ensuring Canadian markets are served first can create a more robust industry, better able to tackle those international markets with gusto. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Cutting co-op support destabilizes rural economies The Co-operative Development Initiative has been cut from the federal budget

By Brendan Reimer

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he termination of the Co-operative Development Initiative and the drastic cuts to the Rural and Co-operatives Secretariat announced in the federal budget will have a significant impact on the development of new co-operative businesses, jobs, and services for communities throughout Canada.

In the year that the United Nations has declared the “International Year of Co-operatives,” which the federal government endorsed at the United Nations and has been a partner in supporting, the elimination of the only federal government program dedicated to co-op development is not only hard to understand, it is misguided and will result in a negative economic impact much greater than the short-term spending that is “saved.”

With over $330 billion in assets, about 9,000 co-operatives in Canada provide services to 18 million members. They are a significant part of our economy and our communities.

At a time when job creation is needed for economic recovery and growth, why cut support to a sector that employs over 150,000 Canadians and continues to grow?

In an era when economic decisions are increasingly made outside of the communities most impacted by them, and the accumulation of wealth in few pockets is contributing to a growing income gap in our country, what we precisely need is stronger leadership and investment in a business model that roots ownership locally and distributes wealth equitably. In 2007, co-operatives in Manitoba distributed $138 million to members in patronage dividends, a direct economic impact for many Manitobans and for the economies in the communities in which they live.

Co-operatives also build democracy through their core principle of giving every member of a co-op an equal vote in the decisions of the business, including member representation on the co-op’s board of directors, providing the opportunity for more than 100,000 Canadians to participate in the governance of co-operative businesses in their communities.

Co-operatives are businesses oriented to member service rather than maximization of profits. This means that, while being strong businesses, they will operate in circumstances that meet members and communities needs as long as feasible rather than closing its doors as soon as maximum profits are not realized and leaving communities without important jobs, services and econo-

mies. For example, more than 1,000 communities in Canada, 61 in Manitoba, have a financial co-operative as the only financial institution providing important services to the community.

Co-operatives are also more stable businesses. A 2008 study in Quebec found that 62 per cent of new co-ops are still operating after five years, compared with 35 per cent for other new businesses. After 10 years, the figures are 44 per cent and 20 per cent respectively. Similar research in B.C. and Alberta found parallel results.

But while the co-op sector is a huge part of our economy, co-operatives usually start with a group of people looking to collectively address a need in their community, or capture an opportunity, in a way that puts their needs and their local economy first. These initiatives are worth investment in the development, startup and growth phases because of the significant impact and returns that they generate over time.

A 2008 study… found that 62 per cent of new co-ops are still operating after five years, compared with 35 per cent for other new businesses.

The Co-op Development Initiative provided precisely this type of strategic investment.

Since the program’s inception in 2003, more than 300 new co-ops were created with support from the CDI program, and more than 1,600 groups received advice and assistance, which might yet lead to the creation of even more co-ops. For a few hundred thousand dollars here in Manitoba since 2009, over 25 co-operative businesses were provided with technical support and small grants to get started. The return on investment from the Co-op Development Initiative has been significant.

In light of the significant negative impact that this $4-million “saving” will have on the Canadian economy and many communities, we urge the federal government to reverse their decision. Our communities and our economy are worth it.

Brendan Reimer is regional co-ordinator of the Canadian Community Economic Development Network .

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Federal budget hurts more than cut employees Community pasture work was a rare opportunity in modern times to make a living being a cowboy

By Tina Caumartin

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ith the recently announced 2012 budget or more specifically cuts, there are many more affected Canadians than the federal government implies. The PFRA branch is no longer a government agency and within a few short years will cease to exist.

We are a rural family living the dream, or were up until April 11 when we had the rug pulled out from under us. We are one of the affected families in the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration.

Not only did the federal government and its agencies not give prior warning, they have now left us in limbo. We have received no official date of termination, only a vague reference to this year or next year.

Was PFRA eliminated because it is a cost-recovery agency that runs a profit (or close to it) or was it wiped out based on the government ideal that to progress they (the government) cannot run businesses.

Progress or not, it sure feels like purgatory to us.

My husband is a pasture manager in the PFRA system. His job is a professional “cowboy.”

As a young man he wanted to live the dream of riding horses and working cattle. In today’s technological age, there aren’t many such opportunities.

So he sought out a position in the

PFRA system. He worked as a seasonal rider for many years, striving to prove himself and his competency.

He worked hard to move up the ranks to finally become a manager.

This type of job may seem trivial or out of date to many, but to him it was worth its weight in gold. Four years ago, when my husband was promoted to pasture manager, we moved to an area in Manitoba unfamiliar to us. The kids were enrolled in a new school, and I had to find a new job.

all played a part in the success of his job.

Twenty-six out of the 87 pastures on the eastern Prairies are in Manitoba. Each of these pastures has a manager living in a rented home on site. Many pastures have housing for the riders as well, so they too will need homes.

Pasture workers provide their own horses and tack. So in essence, each is a “farmer” but without the personal farm or livestock, as owning more than 12 head of cattle is

We all live his job 365 days a year… if the cattle break fence on the weekend, it’s all of us rounding them up.

We all live his job 365 days a year; inquiries come 24-7. This is more than a job, this is a way of life. On weekends and summer holidays, our kids are right along with him. If the cattle break fence on the weekend, it’s all of us rounding them up.

If a water system stops working on a weekend, we can’t wait for Monday.

Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t phone or stop by asking about programs, rates, pasture availability or a hundred other questions.

Yes, my husband was the only member of our family on payroll, but we

frowned upon and considered a conflict of interest. Those of us whom were planning to spend another 20 to 30 years working, are left with no job and no home.

Their equity was in their animals and equipment and all that equity is worth next to nothing. Each employee on average owns four horses, and all the necessary equipment.

A conservative estimate is there will be 75 people in Manitoba and 300 horses unemployed. Horses previously valued at $3,000 are now worth $700 as the market will be

flooded. Related riding equipment, per employee, valued previously at $10,000 minimum is now worth “best offer.” Now quadruple that number to encompass Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

How are these former employees supposed to go to their bank, apply for mortgages to purchase housing and property to carry on their lives?

I don’t see many ads in any paper looking for a hard-working, honest country boy. Retraining is their only option. We would have appreciated fair treatment, advance notice and proper compensation, for all we sacrificed.

Now with his job loss, we are now looking for a new home. He is looking for a new job. Heck, I may be looking also, depending on where affordable housing can be found. The kids get to move to a new school.

We hope to find a place where we can keep some of our precious animals. How do you say “goodbye” to an animal that has worked alongside of you for the past 13 years, helping you earn your wage, when he is past his prime, blind in one eye, and the only buyer would be a slaughterhouse.

Banks don’t loan out money to hopes and dreams. The next few months would be easier to take if they did.

Tina Caumartin is married to a community pasture manager. She lives near Narcisse.

OUR HISTORY: May Day parade, 1912

By Jim Daun co-operator contributor

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n 1912, approximately 6,200 horses still travelled the streets of Winnipeg. While they were quickly being replaced by automobiles and trucks (chiefly built

by McGlaughlin or Ford), they were still used for fire engines, milk delivery, beer delivery and mostly for short hauling of freight to and from the rail yards. The picture shows the winning team for best decorated horses in the 1912 May Day parade.

The three men on the float are John, Alex and William Daun my grandfather, his brother and their cousin respectively. They arrived in Canada from Scotland in 1909 and immediately went south to the Montana goldfields to make their fortune. They found work as labourers in the reduction works at Deer Pointe Montana. As family lore has it, at the end of the first month the foreman refused to pay them.

Alex Daun was a former champion wrestler in Scotland and a big man. He picked up the foreman and held him over his head, threatening to throw him into the reduction works unless they were paid. He acquiesced.

Knowing that their reputation w a s n ow m a d e i n Mo n t a n a , the three returned to Winnipeg where they set up as teamsters.

My Aunt Ruby, who was a young

child at the time, said that she remembers her father going out every morning to feed and brush the horses. Each day he would painstakingly braid their manes and tail.

What happened to the three men on the float? Alex Daun had joined the 79th Cameron Hi g h l a n d e r s a n d i n 1 9 1 6 h e went overseas to fight. When the war was over he emigrated to

California where he established a successful dairy.

John Daun worked as a teamster until 1818 when he had enough money to tr y farming with his wife and five children on a farm near Snowflake, Manitoba.

After being hailed out for three years in a row, he asked his wife if they should try to make a go of it again on her egg money as the mortgage was due.

She said don’t pay them this t i m e a n d w e’ l l s e e . A w e e k later the bank foreclosed and they were on their way back to Winnipeg where John set up a successful cartage business that was eventually taken over by his two boys as Daun Brothers Carton Exchange. Unfortunately, we don’t know what happened to William as he falls out of sight after this picture.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

FROM PAGE ONE FISHERY Continued from page 1

GRASS FIRES Continued from page 1

Many small creeks and drainage channels support fish, and fisheries officials frequently require steps be taken to protect them. For example, if a culvert is being placed in a stream where fish spawn, an alternative might be to use a curved culvert, locate it elsewhere or even build a bridge. When a drain is to be cleaned, the work could be delayed until after fish spawning is complete. New drains built to reduce erosion also come under scrutiny, as they can hurt water quality and downstream fish habitat.

But Ritz said federal efforts to protect fish habitat sometimes border on the bizarre.

He charged that fisheries officials attempted to shut down the Craven Country Jamboree, Saskatchewan’s biggest music event, last June by declaring a flooded stubble field used for camping as fish habitat.

However, CBC reported at the time that flood waters, penned by dikes around the area, trapped a large number of fish in the field. Some wildlife advocates said thousands of walleye, northern pike and other species were in the field, and a CBC report said federal officials intervened because pumps used by event organizers could have destroyed the fish. Event organizers found another campsite and the event was held.

The government claims incidents like Craven along with inconveniences to farmers and municipalities are behind the policy, but that’s a red herring, according to Werring. The real motivation is to make things easier for big industrial development such as pipelines, mining and forestry, he charged.

“The farmer is only a small

said in an interview at press time Monday. Where fires are allowed, Schafer is urging caution. Burn later in the day when winds are reduced, build a firebreak and have water on hand and a plan to bring a fire under control if necessary, he said.

The same dry, warm, windy weather that’s allowed farmers to start seeding early is behind the rash of grass fires around southern Manitoba.

Many of the fires that got out of control were set by property owners cleaning up dead grass or crop debris, a couple spread from burning garbage barrels, while some were believed to have started from discarded cigarettes.

Arson is suspected in an April 16 ditch fire along Highway 23 in the RM of Roland, a Carman RCMP official said. A witness reported a male lighting the fire and fleeing the scene eastbound in a dark, two-door vehicle. The RCMP and fire department arrived and the fire was put out. The RCMP is still investigating.

Each municipality decides whether or not to ban fires.

Where bans are not in place the public is asked to be careful, said RCMP spokeswoman Sgt. Line Karpish.

“We’ve seen a rash of grass fires and unfortunately one is believed to have contributed to a death,” she said.

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part of that and really not the reason or the rationale for changing the act,” he said.

But Keystone Agricultural Producers president Doug Chorney welcomed the changes.

“It sounds like they’re trying to bring some common sense to the regulations,” he said. “We had a lot of members complain to us in the past that they felt the application of regulations for the work being done was a little over the top, so to speak.”

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture also supports the changes. Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh said Ottawa’s “overreaching approach” has produced overregulation and needless delays. However, fish or fish habitat can’t be put at risk by the move, he said.

Municipalities have no problem with protecting fish, said Doug Dobrowolski, president of the Association of Manitoba Municipalities.

“But when you’re in the middle of prairie Manitoba or Saskatchewan and nowhere near a lake, let’s be realistic,” he said.

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The province already enforces regulations concerning stubble burning, he added.

As a farmer himself, McCutcheon said he understands the need for farmers to sometimes burn field debris.

“If you really have to burn be very careful,” he said. “And if you really don’t have to burn don’t.”

Many parts of Manitoba were wetter than normal in March and April, but it wasn’t enough to offset a dry, warm winter, said Dale Marciski, an outreach officer with Environment Canada in Winnipeg. Winnipeg and Brandon received 21 mm of precipitation between December 2011 and February 2012 — half the average.

April has also been windier than normal. Winnipeg in April, on average, has two days when winds reach 52 km an hour or more, this year there were eight, Marciski said.

Brandon normally gets one but this April recorded nine.

Wind sucks moisture out of the soil and plants, said David Phillips, a senior climatologist Environment Canada based in Toronto. What southern Manitoba needs is some good rains “and not gully washers,” he said.

As things green up, the fire risk should decline, he said, but Environment Canada is forecasting May and June to be warmer and drier than normal.

This year’s dry conditions are sharp contrast to a year ago when Manitoba experienced extremely wet conditions in many parts of the province, Phillips said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Froese was found dead April 26 in a shed on his farm south of Portage la Prairie after firefighters extinguished a grass fire on his property.

A water bomber was called to help douse a blaze at Mandak Metal Processors’ salvage yard near Selkirk April 28. According to the Winnipeg Free Press a grass fire is the suspected cause.

Firefighters from Clandeboye, St. Andrews, East Selkirk, Lockport and West St. Paul were called in to help.

Volunteer rural firefighters across southern Manitoba have been battling grass fires all April. In the RM of Dufferin for example early in the month the local fire department received nine calls and eight were for grass fires, Reeve Shawn McCutcheon said in an interview April 30. The department was called out three times in one day. It’s physically taxing on the firefighters and disruptive at their workplaces, he said.

“These are volunteers and they have to work the next day after attending to a fire,” he said.

The RM of Dufferin hasn’t banned fires in part because enforcing the bylaw would be difficult, he said.

“It would be a lot easier for the province to do because it can utilize the RCMP to enforce it,” McCutcheon said.

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U.S. risks losing gains in fight against hunger chicago / reuters / The U.S. government risks losing the gains it has made in fighting world hunger unless it maintains its effort of the last three years in improving global agricultural practices and food security, a private group said April 25.

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Global Agricultural Development Initiative evaluated the U.S. government and agencies for their leadership in global agricultural development.

It also examined the impact the efforts from Washington had in Ethiopia, Ghana and Bangladesh.

“While the new administration and Congress have managed a three-year revival of U.S. agricultural development assistance in response to the galvanizing fears of a world food crisis that prevailed in 2008, it must now maintain the current momentum for

the entire decade or longer needed to achieve a complete and durable result,” the council’s annual progress report said.

Organ donations made easy

Manitobans can now register their intent to donate their organs and tissues at www.SignUpForLife.ca, the province’s new online organ and tissue donation registry, Premier Greg Selinger has announced.

Any Manitoba resident, 18 years of age and over, can register online their intent to become an organ and tissue donor. Individuals’ donation wishes will be stored in a secure Manitoba eHealth database, where they will be readily accessible to authorized health professionals should the information ever be required.

The new registry website also offers the option for sharing donation decisions using Facebook, Twitter or email to help encourage friends and family to register as well.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

“Socialist” seed money program behind North Dakota boom

North Dakota development agency has many successes and says even innovative failures can pay dividends

By Daniel Winters CO-OPERATOR STAFF / BRANDON

W

hen right-leaning Americans want to make a point about the perils of government involvement in the economy, they often level the accusing finger at socialist Canuckistan.

Bu t i n No r t h D a k o t a — which is enjoying an agriculture and oil boom despite serious economic malaise elsewhere in the union — there are two wildly successful “socialist entities.” “ We have the only stateowned mill and elevator, and the only state-owned bank in the United States,” said Leland “Judge” Barth, executive director of the Dakota Pride Cooperative.

At a time when hundreds of private lenders have gone broke and many more are on life support, the State Bank o f No r t h D a k o t a re c e n t l y announced a $72-million p ro f i t , Ba r t h t o l d p a r t i c i pants in the recent Capturing Opportunities forum. As well, the North Dakota Mill and Elevator, formed in 1922 to provide a state-owned competitor to Minneapolis grain buyers, booked a $6-million profit.

All of that money goes back into State’s general revenue fund, and some of it is used to support the Agricultural Products Utilization Commission, an economic development agency that offers grants over $5,000 for agriculture-based entrepreneurs, researchers, farm diversification, and ag prototype development.

A $5,000 grant may seem like small change, but the program’s goal is to spur innovative ideas, not fund the establishment of companies, said John Schneider, the commission’s executive director.

New ideas often result in blunders, but failure is a great teacher, he said. For example, when farmers decided to diversify into onions, they planted 200 to 300 acres of the crop, and then realized that there was a lot more to the business than growing the crop.

“But out of that spurred companies,” he said, adding that now onions are bagged in North Dakota for out-of-state markets. The same has been true of ventures into carrots and pumpkins, even elk and buffalo.

Dakota Pride Cooperative is one of the agency’s biggest success stories.

It was formed in the late 1990s, when crop prices were d i s m a l , by No r t h D a k o t a Farmers Union members hoping to add value to their products. It now has 200 members and two cleaning and processing facilities — one in Casselton handles non-GMO food-grade soybeans and hard white spring wheat and a sister plant in Wisconsin opened in a 2010 joint venture.

Identity preservation and end-use specific traits have

been the key to their success, said Barth. Members e a r n a p re m i u m f o r n o n GMO soybeans, which are then cleaned, packaged and shipped in 20-foot containers to Japan and South Korea.

Hard white spring wheat is marketed domestically and the co-operative is developing a frozen, whole grain doughnut product.

The Agricultural Products Utilization Commission is helping fund that initiative and has invested in everything from vineyards to agri-tourism. It had a 51 per cent success rate since it was launched in 1979, but is often put on the budgetary chopping block by legislators, said Schneider.

“We are the last granting agency in the state of North Dakota — there used to be

“We are the last granting agency in the state of North Dakota. There used to be seven. What has saved us is our success.”

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When politicians start making threats, the owners of successful ventures call their offices and remind them of how they got their start, he added. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

John Schneider, executive director of North Dakota’s Agricultural Products Utilization Commission (APUC), tells a Capturing Opportunities session how the state funds entrepreneurship via grants. PHOTO: DANIEL WINTERS

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FESTIVALS Contact us with your event, dates, location and contact information at news@fbcpublishing.com.

Youth award goes to Russell siblings

June 2-3: Neepawa High School Rodeo. Call 204-476-2623 or email kjarvis@mymts.net.

June 29-30: Killarney Fair. Call 204523-4468 or email killarneyag@ live.ca.

Young siblings help their hometown welcome — and reunite — newcomer families

June 2-3: Rockwood Summer Fair, Stonewall. Call 204-467-5612 or email janicerutherford@mymts.net.

June 30: MacGregor/North Norfolk Fair, MacGregor. Call 204-274-2273 or email mcgregorfair@hotmail.com.

By Lorraine Stevenson

June 3: Back 40 Folk Festival, Morden.

Visit http://back40folkfest.com.

June 30-July 1: Glenboro Fair. Call Geraldine Kovar at 204-827-2661.

June 4: 4-H Rally, Melita. Call 204522-3774 or email sschudd@ hotmail.com.

June 30-July 1: Manitoba Great Western Harness Racing, 1:30 p.m. each day, Miami. Call 204-435-2288 or email janmoody@mymts.net.

June 6-10: Manitoba Summer Fair, Brandon. Call 204-726-3590, email info@brandonfairs.com or visit www. brandonfairs.com.

June 8-9: Lundar Agricultural Fair. Call 204-278-3255, email lundarfair@ hotmail.com or visit www.lundarfair. com.

June 9: Foxwarren Fair. Call 204-8472055 or email foxyladycattleco@ hotmail.com.

June 15-16: Pelican Lake Fair, Ninette.

Call 204-528-3546 or email pelican_ lake_ag_society@hotmail.com.

June 15-24: Red River Exhibition, 3977 Portage Ave., Winnipeg.

Call 204-888-6990 or visit www. redriverex.com.

June 16: Manitoba Highland Gathering, Selkirk Park, Selkirk. Visit www.manitobahighlandgathering.org.

June 23: Rapid City Fair. Call Myrna Bayes at 204-826-2273.

June 23: Miami Fair. Call 204-4352288 or email janmoody@mymts. net.

July 3-4: Rivers Fair. Call Alice Fast at 204-328-7512.

July 4-8: Winnipeg Folk Festival, Birds Hill Provincial Park. Visit www. winnipegfolkfestival.ca or call 204231-0096.

July 6: Crystal City/Clearwater Fair. Call 204-873-2661 or email deankb@ mts.net.

July 6-8: Montmartre Folk Festival, Montmartre, Sask. Visit www. allfolkedup.ca.

July 7-8: Souris/Glenwood Fair. Call 204-483-3386 or email boyddian@ mts.net.

July 7-8: Carberry Fair and Races.

Call 204-834-3772 or email carberryagsociety@hotmail.com.

July 7-8: Manitou Fair. Call 204-2423337 or email manitouagsociety@ hotmail.ca.

July 7-8: Great Western Harness Racing, Glenboro. Call 204-827-2044 or email carolcullen@mymts.net.

June 23: Miami Rodeo, 2 p.m., Miami. Call 204-435-2288 or email janmoody@mymts.net.

July 7-9: Portagex, the 140th Portage Industrial Exhibition, Portage la Prairie.

Call 204-857-3231 or visit www. portageex.com.

June 23-24: Turtle Mountain Fair, Boissevain. Call 204-534-0857 or email nicolekyle_88@hotmail.com.

July 12-13: Virden Fair. Call 204748-2451 or 204-851-6262 or email circlej@westman.wave.ca.

June 23-24: Great Western Harness Racing, Holland. Call 204-526-2005 or email jelder@mts.net.

July 12-14: Carman Country Fair. Call 204-745-2226 or visit www.carmanfair. ca.

June 23-24: Treherne Fair. Call 204723-2275, fax 204-723-2010 or email pwilcox@mymts.net.

July 12-15: St. Pierre-Jolys Frog Follies and Agricultural Fair. Call 204-2914630 or visit www.frogfollies.com.

June 28-30: Dauphin Agricultural Fair. Call 204-638-4428 or visit www. dauphinagsociety.com.

July 13-15: Deloraine Fair and Harness Racing. Call 204-747-3177 or email mcgeelivestock@goinet.ca.

June 28-July 1: Dauphin Countryfest.

Visit www.countryfest.ca or call 1-800-361-7300.

July 13-15: Gilbert Plains/Grandview Fair and Rodeo. Call 204-572-7678 or visit www.gpgvagsociety.mfbiz.com.

The Manitoba Forage Seed Association is very pleased to announce Kevin Gulay has joined our association as the Research Manager.

Kevin will be responsible for researching solutions to current production problems in the forage seed industry as well as developing management tools. Kevin graduated from the University of Manitoba in 2008 with a degree in Agriculture. Previously he worked in south central Manitoba as an agronomist with Delta Ag Services.

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wo Russell youth who started a fundraiser to help reunite immigrant families in their hometown are the 2012 winners of the Rural Youth Achievement Award presented last week in Brandon at Capturing Opportunities.

Ayla Hamilton, 13 and her brother Van Hamilton, eight, were recognized for their extraordinary effort to start a “Kids Helping Kids” initiative that saw local children, youth and adults in Russell take up the cause of helping to raise cash to help Filipino parents in the community separated from their children after making the move to Canada.

The pair received a standing ovation and several in the audience were visibly moved by Ayla’s short speech.

“This is what you do when you live where we live,” she said.

“What the kids are doing is just living out the spirit of small-town Manitoba.”

The pair has dedicated their $1,000 cash award to the project and said they plan to create a scrapbook to present to each reunited family that includes all the records of donations and events that supported Kids Helping Kids.

“This award will go in it,” said Ayla.

The Rural Youth Award and three others are presented each year at Capturing Opportunities, a business and community forum, to honour significant achievements in community development and innovation.

“This year’s winners were chosen from an impressive group of industrious people who are dedicated to progress, innovation and community service,” said Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Ron Kostyshyn who presented the awards.

“Each of these recipients continues to set an excellent example for others to follow as we work together for a stronger, more vibrant Manitoba.”

Others honoured during the evening included Peter Dueck of Arborg who was presented with an Outstanding Community Leadership Award for his generous support for community projects benefiting local youth, seniors and the larger community.

Kevin Gulay

Dueck has donated land to build a 16-unit (now completed) seniors’ housing project and also bought and restored a vacant building for a local community centre, plus has served on numerous boards dedicated to community enhancement and development. Dueck is also co-president of Vidir Machine, a major manufacturer and employer in the region.

The Economic Development Innovation Award for community involvement by an organization or municipality was presented to Asessippi Parkland Economic Development for its achievement in maximizing regional resources through tax-sharing agreements.

The Economic Development Innovation Award for community involvement by a business was presented to Okno Manufacturing of Arborg, which was instrumental

in launching an initiative to pave gravel roads in the district, while also working with First Nation communities to provide job training and recruitment to address regional labour needs and helping to assist settling new Canadians in the area.

All four category winners received a commemorative glass trophy and $1,000 which they are contributing to a community group of their choice.

Dueck is dedicating his to the Arborg-Bifrost Community Development Corporation. Okno Manufacturing’s prize money will go to Teen Challenge in Winnipeg.

Asessippi Parklands will be turning their $1,000 to the area’s Habitat for Humanity chapter that’s helping to deal with a local housing shortage in Russell. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Grass fire fatality

Kevin can be reached at 204-376-3314 or kgulay@forageseed.net

MAFRI Minister Ron Kostyshyn presented the 2010 Rural Youth Award to Ayla Hamilton, 13 and her brother Van Hamilton, eight at the Capturing Opportunities banquet award ceremonies April 25. photo: lorraine stevenson

An out-of-control grass fire claimed the life of a 78-yearold Portage la Prairie-area man April 26. RCMP say the victim was attempting to control a grass fire that had spread to a shed on his property. Firefighters brought in to contain the blaze located the deceased inside the shed.

RCMP say there has been an unusual number of

grass fires in the province this spring due to the dry conditions.

New cell contract rules staff / Cellphone users may take less of a hit when cancelling a contract with their service provider with the proclamation of the Consumer Protection Amendment Act

(Cellphone Contracts) April 23. The provincial legislation comes into effect Sept. 15 and requires greater transparency in cellphone contracts and promotes fairer practices.

Cellphone companies will have to do a better job explaining contract terms and costs and consumers will be able to cancel contracts at any time by paying a “reasonable” fee based on a pro-rated value of the equipment provided as part of the contract.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

Fish dish wins gold at Food Fight The Great Manitoba Food Fight is attracting high-calibre entries

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff / brandon

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new table-ready fish product called Walleye Wonders knocked out the competition at this year’s Great Manitoba Food Fight and earned Meda Olson first place and $15,000 worth of research-and-development expertise from the Food Development Centre.

“I knew I had a good product that’s different,” said Olson, a homemaker from St. Martin in the northern Interlake and wife of a Lake Manitoba commercial fisher.

She plans to use her prize money to help develop product packaging and labelling.

Olson was one of 10 contestants at the six-year-old competition, held during the Capturing Opportunities business forum.

She also took home a thirdplace win at the same event’s Entrepreneurial Boot Camp.

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ners picked by judges from the Manitoba Institute for Culinary Arts were Keith Murphy of Winnipeg, who won second prize for Buckshots, a buckwheat snack food, and Jo Jo Cormier of Flin Flon, who won third for a boreal berry bar.

Those prizes, worth $10,000 and $5,000 respectively, can also be used for things such as recipe refinement, marketing and business planning at the Food Development Centre in Portage la Prairie, the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals at the University of Manitoba or other Manitoba research facilities.

Buckshots have already hit store shelves, and the Food Fight award will help with product promotion, said Murphy, who also had a top 12 finish in the natural food products at an international gourmet food show in San Francisco earlier this year.

Reaching the podium isn’t easy,

said three-time entrant Reynald Gauthier. The St. Claude farmer won third place last year for a millet cereal and second in 2010 for red millet beer.

“Everyone who comes here has a winning product,” said Gauthier, who entered millet bread this year.

The research and development money won previously has gone towards commercializing a millet flour and baking mix, which Gauthier said is about a year away from market.

It’s no small feat to move from kitchen scale to processing plant, said John Thoroski, one of this year’s judges and a dairy plant manager at the University of Manitoba. His job was to gauge how well competitors understand the technical aspects of food processing, including the scale-up process.

“I saw some really fantastic products, and some of them I think do have potential for value-

added processing,” he said. “The point is, how do they get there?

That’s a different story.”

This year all competitors also had to include a business plan in their entry. Those varied from basic outlines to ones which detailed everything right through to marketing, said Colleen Walmsley, the business-plan judge and a business adviser with the Women’s Enterprise Centre.

Requiring a business plan helps to ensure entrants are serious about developing their product, said Jeff Fidyk, business development specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives.

“The whole purpose of this program is it’s an intake device for us to learn about new clients and build relationships with these clients so that we can work with them and help them commercialize their product,” he said.

Former Food Fight winners include Arborg-area farmer Scott

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Meda Olson of St. Martin, Man. was the first-place winner at the 2012 Great Manitoba Food Fight for a ready-to-eat walleye product. Olson, whose husband is a commercial fisher, said she hopes to see the product expand consumer demand for fish. photo: Keywest

Sigvaldason who launched a hulless oat variety Cavena Nuda as “rice of the Prairies” and awardwinning Winnipeg chocolatier Constance Popp. She spoke about successful business development at this year’s event. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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

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

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

June 20-22: Canada’s Farm Progress Show, Evraz Place, 1700 Elphinstone St., Regina. For more info visit www.myfarmshow.com.

June 25-27: Grain Growers of Canada summer meeting, Delta Prince Edward, 18 Queen St., Charlottetown. For more info visit www.ggc-pgc.ca.

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

July 24-26: Great Plains Windbreak Renovation and Innovation Conference, International Peace Garden south of Boissevain. For more info visit http://www.unl.edu/ nac/renovation.htm, call 402-4375178 (ext. 4024) or email rstraight@ fs.fed.us.

July 24-27: International Bison Conference 2012, Loews Hotel le Concorde, 1225 Cours de GeneralDe Montcalm, Quebec City. For more info visit www.bison2012. com.

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

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS

EXCHANGES: April 27, 2012

$1 Cdn: $1.019 U.S. $1 U.S: $.9807 Cdn.

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Cattle Prices Winnipeg

(Friday to Thursday) Slaughter Cattle

April 27, 2012

Steers & Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 70.00 - 81.00 D3 Cows 60.00 - 70.00 Bulls 85.00 - 100.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

— (801-900 lbs.)

124.00 - 135.00 (701-800 lbs.)

133.00 - 151.00 (601-700 lbs.)

150.00 - 167.00 (501-600 lbs.)

155.00 - 187.00 (401-500 lbs.)

165.00 - 188.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

— (801-900 lbs.)

115.00 - 127.00 (701-800 lbs.)

125.00 - 140.00 (601-700 lbs.)

128.00 - 145.00 (501-600 lbs.)

130.00 - 154.00 (401-500 lbs.)

140.00 - 169.00 Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers

Heifers

Alberta South 110.80 — 74.00 - 86.00 62.00 - 74.00 — $ 118.00 - 131.00 125.00 - 143.00 136.00 - 157.00 150.00 - 171.00 165.00 - 185.00 170.00 - 192.00 $ 112.00 - 122.00 120.00 - 134.00 126.00 - 141.00 134.00 - 152.00 145.00 - 165.00 150.00 - 172.00

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

(850+ lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

Futures (April 26, 2012) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change Feeder Cattle April 2012 118.07 -2.63 April 2012 June 2012 112.37 -3.48 May 2012 August 2012 115.45 -3.30 August 2012 October 2012 120.52 -3.98 September 2012 December 2012 122.95 -4.05 October 2012 February 2013 124.90 -3.40 November 2012 Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Local auction traffic has slowed, but demand is steady Dwayne Klassen CNSC

Ontario $ 102.47 - 120.48 97.49 - 116.04 63.28 - 82.70 63.28 - 82.70 79.56 - 101.12 $ 123.24 - 134.88 124.35 - 143.38 131.22 - 159.37 138.83 - 165.25 140.23 - 183.41 145.42 - 189.07 $ 108.08 - 121.94 116.42 - 131.91 123.12 - 143.60 125.29 - 149.05 129.26 - 157.14 136.96 - 163.48

$

Close 149.10 148.57 151.55 152.97 154.05 155.12

Change -1.77 -3.50 -3.97 -4.38 -4.35 -4.18

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending April 21, 2012 55,285 13,720 41,565 N/A 598,000

Previous Year­ 51,989 13,039 38,950 N/A 649,000

Week Ending April 21, 2012 729 29,871 14,620 629 699 6,080 268

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 757 23,551 16,170 1,163 375 3,772 442

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) Current Week 165.00E 151.00E 147.85 152.47

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 26, 2012) in U.S. Hogs May 2012 June 2012 July 2012 August 2012 October 2012

Last Week 165.79 151.72 148.54 153.24

Close 86.80 87.42 88.47 88.65 81.20

Last Year (Index 100) 174.34 159.77 162.54 167.42

Change -1.67 -1.35 -0.85 -1.05 -0.75

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

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

Winnipeg Next Sale is May 3

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 29, 2012 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.935 Undergrade .............................. $1.845 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.920 Undergrade .............................. $1.820 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.920 Undergrade .............................. $1.820 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.875 Undergrade............................... $1.790 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

Toronto 66.80 - 105.22 205.12 - 212.19 215.15 - 232.99 225.74 - 249.14 236.87 - 283.52 —

SunGold Specialty Meats 50.00 - 60.00

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

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

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 58.77 - 316.89 — 60.06 - 248.73

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

California’s BSE case has no lasting impact here

Toronto ($/cwt) 22.00 - 39.25 25.69 - 46.73

C

attle movement at auction yards in Manitoba slowed somewhat during the week ended April 27 as farmers start to concentrate on spring field work. However, the big news that had the Manitoba cattle market buzzing was the discovery of an animal in the U.S. with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or more commonly known as mad cow disease.

There were a lot of calls made by producers to cattle buyers and sellers over the past week asking for details and seeking input on what kind of impact the news would have on cattle prices, said Robin Hill, manager of Heartland Livestock Services at Virden.

“There certainly was a lot of talk that the BSE news was going to have a negative impact on grass cattle prices, but all it seemed to do was add to the reasons for the value on the heavier-weight cattle, which had already been weakening over the past number of weeks, to decline further,” Hill said.

U.S. officials confirmed that the California cow found with BSE was 10 years and seven months old and came from a dairy farm in Tulare County, California. The cow had been sent from the dairy farm to a rendering operation where it was tested for the disease as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s routine monitoring.

U.S. investigators, however, were having trouble tracking down the animal’s offspring.

If the investigators find any offspring or early herd mates, it will purchase them and take them off the market.

“It’s important to reiterate that (the California dairy cow) was never presented for slaughter for human consumption, did not enter the food supply channels and at no time presented any risk to human health,” the USDA said.

It is the fourth cow ever found with BSE in the U.S. and the first since 2006. The disease can be transmitted to humans through the consumption of tainted meat. USDA officials said the California dairy cow contracted a rare “atypical” strain of the disease, meaning it likely didn’t acquire it through eating contaminated feed.

Herb Lock, a livestock analyst with Farm$ense Marketing in Calgary, said the BSE discovery in the U.S. had little overall impact on cattle markets in Canada. He acknowledged that the news caused live cattle futures in the U.S. to move down the limit initially, but after that, the response was muted.

Canada hog supply edges up winnipeg / reuters / Canada’s hog herd rose in the first quarter for the second straight year, as inventories recover from a period of downsizing spurred on by the Canadian government.

The herd rose 1.8 per cent year over year to 12 million hogs on April 1, following a similar increase at the same

“I think it’s important to remember that this was one cow out of at least 100 million other cattle in the U.S.” herb lock

“I think it’s important to remember that this was one cow out of at least 100 million other cattle in the U.S.,” Lock said. It would be hard to attach the U.S. BSE problem to any of the price weakness seen at the auction yards across Canada during the reporting period, he added.

“None of the cattle-importing countries did anything about the discovery,” he said, noting that while South Korea had initially indicated it would suspend U.S. shipments, the country never followed through on that threat. Both Mexico and Canada are large importers of U.S. beef, and neither of those governments made any move to cut back on those shipments, Lock said.

In terms of prices, Hill agreed that the crash in live cattle futures in the U.S. had individuals worried, but even the futures market has since recovered.

Barbecue demand

Lighter-weight cattle (under 750 pounds) coming in at the auction yards in Manitoba, meanwhile, held fully steady given the demand for grass cattle, Hill said.

He also pointed out that there are still lots of orders for top-end breeding heifers, assuming there are any left out there.

Butcher cow and bull values also held fully steady to strong during the reporting period.

The need to meet barbecue demand from consumers has managed to hold that market steady and keep values firm, Hill said.

The demand that continues to come forward for grass cattle was widespread, from Alberta and Saskatchewan as well as Manitoba, Hill said. He added that with pastures now turning green on the Prairies, more and more producers are turning those animals out.

Feed supplies in the western half of the Prairies were viewed as plentiful.

However, Lock noted, with the price of feed barley continuing to climb higher, there may be an inclination to start sending more cattle into the U.S., especially as the price of feed corn begins to look attractive.

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

time in 2011. Inventories had shrunk four straight years from 2007-10.

The number of hogs rose one per cent in Quebec, the biggest hog-producing province, was flat in Ontario and edged up 0.6 per cent in Manitoba during the first quarter of 2012.

In August 2009, the Canadian government announced $75 million in funding to pay farmers to stop hog production for at

least three years, as high feed costs and weak hog prices weighed down the industry.

Live hog futures have risen for four straight years and are up slightly so far in 2012.

Canada’s live hog exports slipped 0.9 per cent in the first quarter to 1.4 million hogs and are about half of their 2008 level, before the United States introduced its country-of-origin labelling regulation (COOL).

Looking for results? Check out the market reports from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 20

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

GRAIN MARKETS column

Forecasts call for record acres seeded to canola Processor demand is expected to take up that supply Phil Franz-Warkentin CNSC

O

ld-crop canola contracts climbed to new highs on the ICE Futures Canada platform during the week ended April 27, as the tight supply situation in Western Canada provided underlying support. Commercials were also scrambling to cover their short positions rather than be forced to make deliveries on the nearby May contract before it comes off the board. The new-crop months were also up on the week, although the gains there were more subdued and resistance was holding to the upside amid expectations for a record-large canola crop.

Statistics Canada released its first acreage projections of the year on April 24, forecasting canola area at a record 20.4 million acres. While that would be 1.5 million acres above the previous record, set in 2011, the tight supply projections mean that the area

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

will be needed to meet the solid demand.

Over the past few years, actual canola seedings have generally gone up by 500,000 to one million acres from the initial estimates in subsequent StatsCan reports. Even under that scenario, weather conditions over the growing season, and their impact on yield projections, will be important to watch from a marketing standpoint.

Old-crop canola prices could conceivably keep rising to the $700-per-tonne level, but exactly how much is left to be priced that high remains to be seen.

Soybeans in Chicago saw a similar price move during the week, climbing sharply in the front months and lagging to the upside in the new-crop futures. Declining crop prospects out of South America, together with solid demand for U.S. beans from China, was behind some of the strength as the market works to ration nearby demand.

African domestic food prices are especially high reuters / Global food prices are rising again, pushed higher by costlier oil, strong demand from Asia and bad weather in parts of Europe, South America and the United States, the World Bank said April 25.

The latest World Bank food price index showed the cost of food rose eight per cent between December and March. In the previous four months, prices had declined.

Even after the latest rise, food prices

Last Week

All prices close of business April 26, 2012

—

—

437.55

US hard winter ord.Gulf ($US)

N/A

N/A

378.13

EU French soft wheat ($US)

N/A

N/A

377.00

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

229.99

229.53

272.98

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

282.07

297.32

336.81

US corn Gulf ($US)

275.77

266.72

325.18

US barley (PNW) ($US)

280.00

280.00

250.00

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

245.67

244.49

284.65

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

219.00

209.28

219.81

544.21

520.15

498.08

1,220.91

1,216.50

1,244.28

Susceptible

CWB Pool Forecasts

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

remain one per cent below a year ago and six per cent below the February 2011 historical peak, the World Bank said.

“After four months of consecutive price declines, food prices are on the rise again, threatening the food security of millions of people,” Otaviano Canuto, World Bank vicepresident for poverty reduction and economic management, said in a statement.

The international rice price declined, however, due to abundant supplies of the grain and strong competition among exporters, the poverty-fighting institution said.

Developing economies were hit by a food and energy price crisis in 2008-09, sparking social unrest and food export bans in some countries.

Year Ago

CWB export 1CW 13.5 St. Lawrence

While “overbought” and “in need of a p ro f i t - t a k i n g c o r re c t i o n” w o u l d b o t h describe the current state of the canola and soybean markets, there is a case to be made that any correction would be met with solid buying interest.

In canola’s favour, China remains an active buyer and there are indications that more shipments to the country are likely. China’s National Grains and Oils Information Centre released a report during the week predicting an increase in rapeseed oil imports to one million tonnes in 2012, from about half that in 2011. Seed imports are also forecast to rise to two million tonnes, from 1.26 million, as relaxed blackleg restrictions are allowing more Chinese crushers to bring in Canadian canola. Looking further out, the centre is predicting canola imports will rise to three million tonnes or more over the next few years. Canada accounts for the bulk of the canola and canola oil moving into China, but even if that demand is picked up by someone else, it would provide underlying support for the Canadian market.

Activity in the grains was a little more mixed during the week. The nearby corn contracts in Chicago climbed sharply higher, also due to strong Chinese demand and tightening supplies. Chicago wheat futures moved up in sympathy with corn, and also found some support on ideas that the early development of the U.S. crop would leave winter wheat in the country susceptible to a late frost.

However, the spring wheat futures in Minneapolis moved down during the week.

The Minneapolis futures are more closely related to the Canadian wheat market, and the losses there were linked to the quick seeding pace and the expectations for a much better U.S. spring wheat crop this year. Spring wheat plantings are running well ahead of normal in the U.S., as growers in the northern-tier states benefit from good seeding conditions.

Early Canadian seeding reports are also starting to trickle in, and should only gain steam over the next few weeks. Seeding weather, as always, will be a factor in the grain and oilseed markets — at least for the new-crop months. For the old crop, there may be some more fireworks in store, but it’s anybody’s guess how long the show will last.

Week Ago

Wheat

Coarse Grains

news

Global food prices on the rise again

Export and International Prices

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

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business April 27, 2012 Western barley

Last Week

Week Ago

May 2012

242.00

235.00

July 2012

237.00

235.00

October 2012

216.00

216.00

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

May 2012

647.30

622.20

July 2012

638.80

616.20

November 2012

579.80

576.50

April PRO 2011-12

March PRO 2011-12

Total Payments 2010-11

No. 1 CWRS 13.5

319.00

317.00

344.96

No. 1 CWRS 12.5

283.00

283.00

317.73

No. 2 CWRS 13.5

314.00

314.00

337.13

No. 1 CWHWS 13.5

319.00

319.00

344.96

No. 1 CPSR

249.00

249.00

277.77

No. 1 CPSW

244.00

244.00

274.67

No. 1 CWRW

245.00

245.00

284.23

No. 1 CWES

289.00

289.00

314.96

No. 1 CWSWS

250.00

250.00

268.72

344.00

342.00

302.94

N/A

N/A

235.72

Sel CW Two-Row

309.00

309.00

265.74

Sel CW Six-Row

294.00

294.00

247.98

2011-Wheat

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

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

Special Crops Report for April 30, 2012 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan Spot Market

Spot Market

Lentils (Cdn. cents per pound)

Other ( Cdn. cents per pound unless otherwise specified)

Large Green 15/64

24.50 - 25.75

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

24.00 - 25.75

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

26.00 - 28.00

Desi Chickpeas

26.50 - 27.25 — 27.25 - 27.50

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

8.50 - 11.25

Fababeans, large

—

Medium Yellow No. 1

8.40 - 9.00

Feed beans

—

Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

—

Feed Pea (Rail)

No. 1 Great Northern

—

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

—

Yellow No. 1

34.75 - 35.75

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

—

Brown No. 1

28.75 - 30.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

—

Oriental No. 1

22.75 - 25.75

No. 1 Black Beans

—

No. 1 Pinto Beans

—

3.50 - 5.50

Source: Stat Publishing SUNFLOWERS

No. 1 Small Red

—

No. 1 Pink

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Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

27.15

26.95

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Report for April 20, 2012 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed) Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

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The Manitoba Co-Operator | April 26, 2012

COUNTRY CROSSROADS CONNECTING RUR A L COMMUNITIES

Theresa Dyck explains Boundary Creek Farm’s growing methods, while Geoff Dyck brings out hoops for raised vegetable beds.

CSA pioneers say market gardening works for them Geoff and Theresa Dyck of Boundary Creek Farm put down roots in the Interlake, where they produce eggs and vegetables through CSA and the Gimili Farmers' Market. PHOTOS: SHANNON VANRAES

Most of the local food grown

by Theresa and Geoff Dyck is consumed in Winnipeg but they would love to sell to the cottage crowd

By Shannon Vanraes CO-OPERATOR STAFF / WINNIPEG BEACH

G

eoff and Theresa Dyck drop tiny pepper plants into pressed earth squares with the ease of people who have done it before — many, many times before.

“We always remind ourselves when we are tired or cranky and there are mosquitos... that we are not punching a clock,” says Theresa.

“We are making our own choices and when we walk out the door to go to work, it’s right here. It’s a big lifestyle choice.”

The owners of Boundary Creek Farm took up market gardening a decade ago, and founded the Gimli Farmers’ Market before moving into community-supported agriculture (CSA).

“We had a real interest in farming and where our food comes from, and with our rural backgrounds we had this urge to get out of the city and back to the country,” says Geoff.

He grew up on a hobby farm in the WinklerMorden area and jokes his father-in-law had “a real farm.”

“A working farm we called it,” interjects Theresa.

Before taking up market gardening, the pair sold their Wolseley home, packed up four kids, and spent a year and a half in Ontario learning about that type of agriculture and organic dairy production.

“It was a pretty intense decision,” recalls Theresa.

Tiny pepper plants are transplanted into larger pressed earth cubes in Boundary Creek Farm’s wood-heated greenhouse.

Upon their return, they rented land in the Interlake before buying what is now Boundary Creek Farm near Winnipeg Beach. They were only the second farm in the province to start a CSA, in which consumers buy shares in the farm’s annual output and weekly vegetable deliveries during the growing season.

There’s now about 15 CSAs, but they’re not for everyone, says Theresa.

“There are people who love the CSA because they don’t have to go to a market or stand in line, and then there is the flip side of people who want to choose what they buy and where,” she says.

Cost and convenience are also factors. This spring, agroecology students at the University of Manitoba surveyed Interlake cottagers about their food purchases. The survey found most bring food from the city, but are open to buying local food from producers like the Dycks if it is available at weekend farmers’ markets — preferably open long into the afternoon — or easily accessible roadside stands.

More seasonal visitors buying local food could boost the fortunes of some Interlake farmers who have struggled with excess moisture in recent

Curtis Brown (top l), Kristine Blair, Katherine Keller, Becky Vickery (bottom l), and Lindsay Geisel are agroecology students at the University of Manitoba.

years, says student Curtis Brown, who plans to launch his own CSA in the future.

“It would be a farm that mimics natural systems.”

Boundary Creek, which produces eggs and a wide range of vegetables, has seen its customer base grow to more than 100 families. But most are located in Winnipeg.

“I would love to have more cottagers buying shares,” says Geoff. “If I didn’t have to drive into Winnipeg, it would be great.

A few years ago Boundary Creek offered a cottage share program, where people could sign up for the months of July and August only, but it required a lot of additional planning, without much uptake.

“I think the big issues with cottagers is that they might buy a farm pickup share, but the cottage season is really short,” says Theresa.

And in the scramble to pack up and get to the cottage, food often becomes the last detail families consider, adds Geoff.

“That’s were the farmers’ market has its place,” says Theresa. “They can come out bringing the basics and Saturday morning head to the market to get what’s fresh.”

Boundary Creek sends whatever vegetables are left over after filling its 70 CSA shares to the Gimli market, where one of their children usually runs their stall.

“They have picked up a lot of great skills there,” says Theresa.

And although they don’t know if any of their kids will follow in their footsteps, Geoff and Theresa say they don’t see their way of life changing anytime soon.

“I think this is a great time to get into farming,” says Geoff. “If you like to work, and be outdoors doing something different every day, this is for you.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-Operator | April 26, 2012

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

RecipeSwap

Send your recipes or recipe request to: Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap Box 1794, Carman, Man. ROG OJO or email: lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Fast and hearty meals for the field Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

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ith everyone hitting the fields this week, there’s no time for fooling around with fussy stuff, so here’s a few quick-tomake meals, including two “farm tested,” plus a great one-dish “bake-and-take” dessert and my own favourite cookie recipe. Work safe, everyone!

Scrawny Ronnie’s Killer Casserole This recipe comes from Ron and Merna Burr in Lethbridge, Alberta and is found in the CWB’s 70th anniversary cookbook Pasta from the Prairies. The name of this recipe caught my eye first, but I chose it for ease in preparation and easily sourced ingredients. You won’t stay scrawny eating like this!

2 lbs. extra-lean ground beef 1 large, sweet onion, chopped 1 sweet red bell pepper, diced 1 jar (24 oz.) pasta sauce 2 tsp. garlic, minced 1 can (14 oz.) chili-style red kidney beans 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 4 c. rotini pasta, uncooked 1 c. old cheddar cheese, shredded 1 small pkg. back bacon (optional)

In large skillet or Dutch oven, cook ground beef until well done. Drain well. Rinse in colander to remove all fat if desired. Add onion and bell pepper. Cook until onion is translucent. Add pasta sauce, garlic, beans and Worcestershire sauce.

Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 325 F. Cook pasta according to package instructions.

Drain and transfer into a large casserole dish sprayed with non-stick spray. Add meat mixture and mix well. Use large spoon to press mixture into casserole dish. Top with cheddar cheese.

Add layer of sliced back bacon if desired. Bake for 45 minutes or until cheese is crispy. Remove from oven and let stand for five minutes. Serves eight. Enjoy!

Egg and Vegetable Macaroni Bake

Mix-and-Bake Apple Streusel

I recently made this hearty casserole from Manitoba Egg Producers and loved it. It takes about 15 minutes to pull together plus another 30 to bake.

You can prepare this one-dish dessert in no time, plus it goes into a cold oven and bakes in 30 minutes. What could be simpler!

Crust: 1-1/2 c. cooked macaroni, drained 3 eggs, lightly beaten 1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese Filling: 1 tbsp. vegetable oil 1 each small onion and seeded tomato, chopped 4 c. frozen mixed vegetables* 1 tsp. each garlic powder, dried basil and dried oregano

Batter: Mazola Simplicity™ Canola or Olive Oil Cooking Spray 1-1/2 c. all-purpose flour 2 envelopes Fleischmann’s Quick-Rise Yeast 1/4 c. sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 c. butter OR margarine, melted 1/2 c. very warm milk (120 to 130 F) 1 egg 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract Apple Filling: 1 can (570 g) apple pie filling

Topping: 4 eggs 3/4 c. milk 1/4 tsp. each salt, pepper and dry mustard 1 c. shredded cheddar and mozzarella blend *Or use your favourite coarsely chopped fresh vegetables.

To make crust: Combine macaroni, eggs and cheese. Spread over bottom of greased 8-inch square baking dish. Set aside.

To make filling: In large skillet, heat oil on medium-high heat. Stir-fry onion, seeded tomato and mixed vegetables until tender-crisp. Season with garlic powder, basil and oregano. Pour over macaroni crust.

To make topping: In medium bowl, beat together eggs, milk, salt, pepper and dry mustard. Stir in cheese. Pour over vegetable mixture. Bake in 350 F oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Makes 4 to 6 servings.

Suggestion for complete meal: Serve with a slice of whole grain bread, fruit and a glass of milk.

Source: Manitoba Egg Farmers

Streusel Topping: 1/3 c. brown sugar 1/3 c. quick-cooking oats 1/4 c. all-purpose flour 1/4 c. chopped pecans 3 tbsp. butter OR margarine, softened 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Mix batter ingredients together in pre-sprayed 8x8-inch baking dish. Let rest for 10 minutes. Top batter with apple filling. Combine streusel topping ingredients in small bowl mixing with fork until uniform; sprinkle over apple filling. Bake by placing in a cold oven; set temperature to 350 F. Bake for 30 minutes or until done.

Prep Time: 20 min. Bake Time: 30 min. Serves: 9.

Recipe courtesy of ACH Food Companies, Inc. www.achfood.ca You’ll find more mix-and-bake one-dish meals on this website.

Old-Fashioned Soft Molasses Cookies This is my favourite recipe for a no-fail, large and chewy cookie and this recipe also makes a lot!

— Lorraine 1 c. fancy molasses 1 c. sugar 1 c. melted shortening 1 tsp. ginger 1 tsp. nutmeg 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda 2 eggs, beaten 1-1/2 c. raisins 1 c. sour milk 3 c. flour 3 tsp. baking powder

Quick Beef and Pasta Bake This one also comes from Pasta from the Prairies submitted by Ida Donovan from Milestone, Saskatchewan. It is quick to make and doubles well, Ida notes. Serve it with a salad and whole wheat buns.

Mix fancy molasses, sugar and shortening in a bowl. Add spices, salt and baking soda. Add lightly beaten eggs, raisins and sour milk. Stir in flour and baking powder. Mixture should be smooth but not too thick. Drop batter by teaspoons on to a prepared baking sheet. Bake at 375 F for 10 to 15 minutes.

1 lb. ground beef 1 c. elbow pasta, cooked and drained 1/2 c. each chopped onions, green peppers, celery, mushrooms or whatever combo your family likes 1 can (10 oz.) tomato soup 1 to 2 tbsp. soy sauce 1/4 tsp. pepper Mozzarella cheese, grated

Recipe Swap I’m always happy to hear from readers with your recipes and suggestions for columns!

Brown ground beef with vegetable combination.

Add tomato soup, soy sauce and pepper. Stir in pasta and heat to boiling. Pour into casserole dish and top with grated cheese. Bake 20 to 25 minutes at 350 F.

Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap Box 1794, Carman, Man. ROG OJO Or email: lorraine@fbcpublishing.com ©thinkstock

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The Manitoba Co-Operator | April 26, 2012

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

B

right sunshine flooded in through the dining room window of the Jacksons’ house, casting a warm, cheerful light on the family gathered there for a belated Easter dinner. The remnants of a large roasted ham and what had been a huge bowl of scalloped potatoes sat at the centre of the table, and various family members still occasionally reached in for a final bite or two. Not that anyone really needed a final bite after the feast they had already had.

“Good idea to have ham for a change,” said Randy, putting down his fork and leaning back in his chair. “Nice to support the hog industry, considering what a rough go they always have. What with everybody blaming them for everything that’s wrong with the province all the time.”

Andrew gave a wry smile. “I’m pretty sure this ham actually came from Alberta,” he said.

“Well geez Dad,” said Jennifer through a mouthful of potatoes. “Your best friend is a hog farmer five miles down the road and you buy a ham from two provinces over? What kind of a friend are you?”

“Hey don’t blame me.” Andrew put on an aggrieved air. “I called and asked Grant to run out to the barn and get me a fresh ham but he said he couldn’t just then because he was busy watching ‘Modern Family’ on TV with Karen. So I had to buy a ham at the grocery store and this was all they had.”

“Well it’s pretty dang tasty,” said Brady, examining a morsel on his fork before popping it into his mouth. “Which is really all that matters.”

Andrew put his knife and fork down on his plate and pushed his chair away from the table slightly to make himself comfortable and then leaned back in his chair the way he does when he’s about to make a proclamation. The rest of the family paused and looked at him expectantly.

Andrew looked back at them. “What?” he said.

“Oh c’mon Dad, you’re going to say something,” said Jennifer. “Spit it out.”

“Oh all right then.” Andrew picked up his fork and tapped it on his plate. “Kids,” he said, “and kids-in-law. Your mother and I have been talking about what’s going to happen to this place

The

Jacksons

BY ROLLIN PENNER

when we decide to pack it in and head for sunnier climes.”

There was a pause.

“OK,” said Jennifer. “First off, there are no sunnier climes. Warmer maybe, but not sunnier.”

“Jenn’s got a point,” said Brady.

“You’re missing the point,” said Andrew. “The

point is not about sunnier climes, it’s about what happens to our place.”

“Arizona gets lots of sun,” said Jennifer, “if you don’t mind living in a freaking desert.”

“Florida’s warm and sunny,” said Brady, “if you don’t mind living in a freaking lunatic asylum.”

Andrew sighed and turned to Randy. “You have anything to add?” he said.

Randy gave a dark laugh. “I’m too busy plotting how I’m going to seize control of the empire and make the rest of you my faithful minions.

Bwahaha!”

“Well that’s helpful,” said Andrew.

“I picture a sort of ‘Game of Thrones’ scenario,” Randy continued. “Brady with his weapons of autobody work, ball peen hammers and whatnot, Jennifer with her cavalry of high school girl warriors, and me with my doublewide trailer fortress and my army of toddlers, battling it out for the throne. And speaking of the throne Dad, if you keep leaning back on it like that it’s gonna fall apart before any of us ever get to sit in it.”

“Ha! My 12th grade female cavalry will run roughshod over your double-wide trailer fortress,” said Jennifer, “and we’ll take your toddlers prisoner and feed them ice cream and read them stories and watch ‘Finding Nemo’ with them, just like we do now when we babysit them.”

“Ha ha!” Randy laughed what was meant to be an evil laugh. “Won’t you be surprised to find that my army of toddlers is just a distraction to draw your attention away from my surprise assault on the castle! By the time you realize it I will be firmly ensconced on the throne here, with a cup of coffee in my right hand and a hot cinnamon bun slathered with butter in my left. I will be the ruler of all I survey.”

“I will never bow down before the ruler of the kitchen,” said Jennifer disdainfully. “Since that’s really all you can survey from here,” she explained.

Andrew picked up his plate and got up.

“Where are you going?” Rose wanted to know.

“Come with me to Florida, my love,” said Andrew, heading for the kitchen. “If we’re going to live in a lunatic asylum, we might as will live in a warm one.”

Build a Cowboy Program introduces newcomers to rough stock events

By Darrell Nesbitt FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR

The Manitoba High School Rodeo Association (MHSRA) is among the groups promoting the “Build a Cowboy” program, which is geared to newcomers to the sport of rodeo, who have an interest in becoming a rough stock cowboy — bareback, saddle bronc and bull riding.

Male students interested in becoming an eight-second cowboy had their opportunity to gain instruction and practice at the Elkhorn Riding Adventure arena at Onanole over February and March.

Starting out on a Little Bucky machine, the students get a feel for what it’s like to sit on the back of a slippery rawhide surface. In encouraging more participation in rodeo rough stock events, participants in the program learn aspects of riding and how an animal will react.

The MHSRA’s Little Bucky machine, valued at $1,500, was made possible through the sponsorship of Brent and Ginny Collins of Arden, and Wim and Peggy Van Meijl and Brittany Marshall of Minnedosa.

Creating a bucking motion with downward pressure on a steel handle, the man-made machine gives youth a warm-up before they settle down in a steel chute aboard a breathing, bucking animal. For the most part, the young cowboys have some rodeo experience, but may be looking at a rough stock event as a new avenue to play cowboy.

Clinicians at the sessions included Gord Adams and his son Colin, a bareback rider and MHSRA alumni from Deloraine, Kevin Larsen of Inglis, Dallas Lockhart of Brandon, Wayne Rowe of Goodlands, Ward Cutler of Virden, and Kelly Millward of Garland.

Participants included determined youth from a number of Manitoba and Saskatchewan communities.

It’s the goal of the MHSRA to see additional numbers at the rough stock end of the arena in the second half of the 2011-12 season and in future years, thanks to the Build a Cowboy program.

Membership numbers in the timed events are strong, but that doesn’t hold true from a rough stock perspective at this time.

Throughout its early history, the MHSRA has had the presence of a strong

Ryder Millward of Garland tried his hand at bareback riding on the Little Bucky machine at the Onanole clinic. PHOTO: DARRELL NESBITT group of bareback, saddle bronc and bull riders whose grit and determination are both inspiring and entertaining. The majority of these members were from the high school division, as the junior high program has only been around since 2004.

By bringing forth the Build a Cowboy program, the MHSRA is aiming to improve upon rough stock numbers by keeping the younger students inter-

ested and growing into talented high school rodeo athletes. Bareback riders are being deemed as an endangered species, with a mere five per cent of the National High School Rodeo Association (NHSRA) members competing in bareback — a wild eight-second ride on a bucking horse, without a saddle, reins or stirrups!

“With membership down this year at the chute end of the rodeo, we are using

the A (stronger) and B side bulls to keep the younger boys in the event,” said Art Cochrane, the MHSRA national director and the current NHSRA president.

“The Build a Cowboy program is truly beneficial as it touches on all aspects of the event or events, the youth may be interested in.”

Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, Manitoba

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The Manitoba Co-Operator | April 26, 2012

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Keep that

Easter Lily

Try planting outside for possible future blooms

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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erhaps you were fortunate enough to receive a potted Easter lily as a gift this spring or maybe, like me, you bought your own. I was lucky enough to find one with buds not yet open — one bud was just on the verge of opening — so I will get to fully enjoy every single bloom. When buying a flowering plant, choosing one with the fewest blooms and the most buds ensures a longer bloom period and enables you to enjoy blooms that would otherwise go past while the plant is still on the store’s shelf.

An Easter lily does not have to be consigned to the compost bin after it has finished blooming. If you are a gardener, add it to your outdoor lily patch and watch it bloom in your garden in coming years. True, the Easter lily is a trumpet lily and therefore not fully hardy in our area, so it will have to be planted in a sheltered spot with some added protection for the winter. Planting it near the foundation on the south side of the house will provide protection from the wind and allow the plant to benefit from any radiant heat coming through the foundation wall; both will help the lily come through the winter unscathed. Ensure that the plant gets plenty of water and that it goes into the winter with moisture at its roots.

Supply additional protection by piling dry leaves on the lily just before freeze-up and covering with a Styrofoam or plastic cover to keep it dry, making sure that some air can get in to prevent moisture

buildup under the cover. If you fear that rodents such as mice might be a problem, put a couple of clothes dryer sheets such as “Bounce” in with the leaves to deter the pests.

This spring, after the lily has finished blooming, place the pot in a sunny window and begin to feed it.

Make sure that it is watered regularly so that the planting medium is moist but not sodden — lilies don’t like “wet feet” and the bulb may rot if the soil is kept too wet.

As warmer weather arrives, set the pot outside for short periods of time to help it become acclimatized to outdoor conditions, gradually increasing the exposure from day to day. When all danger of frost has passed, the now hardened-off plant can be planted outdoors and allowed to grow during the summer.

I always add a scoop of sand to the bottom of the planting hole as this helps to provide the excellent drainage around their roots that lilies like.

Water it regularly and feed your lily all summer until the top browns off — this may happen sooner than it will for your other lilies as the plant is “out of sync” with its natural rhythm because it was forced into growth early.

Don’t be surprised if your Easter lily does not bloom next spring; it might take it a year to get back into its normal routine and to replenish the bulb that was stressed by being forced. In succeeding springs, however, it should provide some wonderful blooms in your outdoor garden — just not at Easter time!

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

You may be able to enjoy your lily again in the outdoor garden.

PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

Sustainability through xeriscaping Try out some water-efficient gardening in your landscape Red River Basin Commission

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hether it’s called xeriscaping, water-smart gardening or environmentally friendly planting, this water-efficient concept can be built into your existing gardening plans, either all at once or on a year-by-year basis. Xeriscaping involves selection of annual and perennial plants, shrubs, trees and vines that perform well in our region and require minimal supplemental irrigation.

Landscapes of foundation plantings, trees dotted throughout the lawn, and expanses of green, lush turf originated in the East, where rainfall averages 30 inches or more and is distributed fairly regularly over the growing season. This isn’t always compatible with conditions in

Zonal planting concepts can also be adopted in your move to a sustainable landscape.

the Red River basin. Landscapes developed with sustainable practices improve the environment by conserving resources and reducing chemical applications. They also reduce labour inputs, making them less expensive to implement and maintain.

The key to creating a sustainable landscape is the design process. Plant selection, implementation and maintenance build

on the design. The phrase, “right plant, right place,” can help you consider each plant and area’s needs for nutrients, watering and maintenance.

Maintenance is another consideration. The plants selected will determine frequency and rate of watering. Overwatering is detrimental to plants’ health and invites diseases such as root rot and verticillium. A wellmaintained drip irrigation system provides the most efficient delivery.

Mulch provides moisture conservation, weed control and winter protection. There are many types, both organic and synthetic. Organic mulches are often preferred, although they must be added to from time to time. Generally, mulches work best on vegetable, flower and

shrub plantings and some trees, but could be detrimental to native plantings.

Zonal planting concepts can also be adopted in your move to a sustainable landscape. With this concept, plants requiring the most water are planted close to the house, often given the term “oasis zone.” The moderate or regular watering zone would contain plants that, after establishment, require only occasional watering during an extended droughty period. The “no water zone” could have native or adapted plant species acclimated to the usual precipitation patterns of your particular region. Here, plants would need water the first year to become established and then be allowed to go it entirely on their own.

Careful planning is needed, as

the three zones require three different classes of plants. Local communities may have demonstration sites and information.

In Winnipeg, The Living Prairie Museum (http://www.winni peg.ca/publicworks/naturalist/ livingprairie/), a tall grass prairie preserve, is home to over 160 species of prairie plants. It features workshops and other educational programs and offers books and wildflower seeds in its bookstore.

The RRBC is a grassroots organization that is a chartered not-for-profit corporation under the provisions of Manitoba, North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota law. Offices in Moorhead, Minn. and Winnipeg can be reached at 218-291-0422 and 204-982-7254, or check out the website at www. redriverbasincommission.org.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

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Cool and unsettled, then pleasant Issued: Monday, April 30, 2012 · Covering: May 2 – May 9, 2012 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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ast week’s forecast didn’t quite play out as expected, but it was close. The big thing that affected the forecast was the positioning of the area of high pressure that slid down from the Arctic. Instead of moving directly over Manitoba it shifted to the east by a few hundred kilometres. This allowed the western low to push farther east than expected, bringing more clouds and wind, especially over western regions.

For this forecast period it looks like a very similar pattern will take place. By Wednesday, the last piece of energy from the western area of low pressure will be pushing through, bringing clouds and some showers. Once this low moves out, arctic high pressure will begin to sag southward.

Exactly how far south it will make it is a little uncertain, but we’ll likely see cooler temperatures on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with highs only in the low to midteens.

By late in the weekend the weather models show a large

area of low pressure once again developing to our west. Whether this low will be able to affect our region will depend on the positioning and strength of the arctic high. Currently, the models show most of the energy from this system staying well to our south. This should result in partly cloudy skies along with high temperatures in the mid- to upper teens to start next week.

The weather for next week looks really pleasant, with high pressure dominating and bringing plenty of sunshine along with slowly warming temperatures.

We should see high temperatures making it into the low 20s by late in the week, with overnight lows around the 10 C mark.

Looking further ahead the weather models show a relatively quiet pattern with no large storm systems hitting us. Temperatures look to be mild, with highs forecasted to be in the low 20s.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 9 to 23 C; lows, -3 to +7 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

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

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

1 Month (30 Days) Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) March 28, 2012 to April 26, 2012

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Produced using near real-time data that has undergone initial quality control. The map may not be accurate for all regions due to data availability and data errors.

Copyright © 2012 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies.

Created: 04/27/12 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the 30-day period ending April 26. Western and north-central Alberta and east-central Saskatchewan saw significant amounts of precipitation during this period, with some areas seeing more than 60 millimetres. The Interlake region of Manitoba, along with border regions between Alberta and Saskatchewan, saw the least amounts, with some regions seeing fewer than 10 mm.

Above-average warmth continues Even with the above-average precipitation from March, conditions to date are still dry

By Daniel Bezte CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

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n our last issue we began our annual look at severe summer weather and I did indicate we would continue on that theme in this issue. What I forgot was that another month was coming to an end, which means it’s time for our look back at April’s weather, then our look ahead to see what May might have in store.

Looking back at Apr il’s weather I would say it was a month that gave us a little bit of almost everything. We had some nice mild days, but we also had some pretty cold ones, especially some of the nights. The rains came, along with a little snow. When it was all added up, April 2012 came in right around 1.5 C above the long-term average. This continues our very long trend of above-average monthly temperatures. We have now seen 11 months in a row with above-average temperatures across southern and central Manitoba.

It was May of last year when we last experienced a colderthan-average month.

While April did have above-average temperatures,

the extent above average was not as intense as the previous six months. Since last October each month has been above average by at least 2 C or more. In fact, I feel that the early onset of spring in March helped to keep April’s temperatures war mer than they would otherwise have been. The

melt the snow, evaporate water, and then heat the soil and water bodies. Because of the warm March, all of this “extra” heat was available to help boost what I think would have been a much colder April.

Precipitation during April came in near to slightly above average in most areas.

If we had gone into April with more typical spring conditions a lot of the sun’s energy would have been used to melt the snow.

fact that we did not have any snow cover left to melt, there was very little standing water, and that the soil and open water bodies were unusually warm for this time of the year, all contributed to our milder-than-average April. The overall weather pattern in April was not a particularly warm one. If we had gone into April with more typical spring conditions a lot of the sun’s energy would have been used to

Winnipeg recorded around 35 millimetres of precipitation, which was right around average, while the Brandon region recorded about 40 mm, which was about 10 mm above average. Even when we combine this with the aboveave rage precipit atio n we received in March, things are still fairly dry. With seeding really getting underway in most areas, many hope these dry conditions can last just a little longer and that we won’t

see a repeat of some previously wet Mays and Junes.

Who called it?

That leads us to our big question: what will May’s weather be like this year? Well, before we look at that, let’s look back and see who was able to come closest to predicting April’s above-average temperatures and near-average amounts of precipitation.

It appears my forecast was closest, with a call for nearaverage temperatures along with near- to above-average amounts of precipitation.

Environment Canada came in second, with its call for above-average temperatures and below-average amounts of precipitation.

OK, here we go: what kind of weather can we expect for this critical weather month of May? According to Environment Canada, southern regions can expect abovea v e ra g e t e m p e ra t u re s t o continue, while more northern regions will see average temperatures. Precipitation amounts in southern and central regions are predicted to be below average, with more northern areas receiving near-average amounts.

The two almanacs (Old F a r m e r ’s a n d C a n a d i a n Farmers’) both call for belowaverage temperatures, something they have been doing for months now. They seem to be leaning toward a cool start to the month, then a mild period in the middle, followed by a cold end to the month. Along with the colder-than-average conditions the Old Farmer’s Almanac calls for below-average amounts of precipitation, which is kind of unusual, as cold Mays tend to be wet. The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac calls for plenty of unsettled weather, along with the chance for some heavy rain.

F i n a l l y, h e r e a t t h e Co-operator, I am calling for the above-average streak to continue, but we’ll only be above average by a little bit.

Along with the above-average temperatures I also feel we will see near- to maybe even above-average amounts of precipitation. I think the first part of May has the best chance for seeing rain, with the second half being on the dry side. If we miss out on these early May rains, then things could be pretty darned dry by the time June rolls around!

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

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Amalgamation talks put on hold Members of Holstein Canada weren’t ready to proceed

By Anne Cote CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR / BRANDON

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olstein Canada has pulled out of amalgamation talks with the Canadian Dairy Network, officials told the annual meeting here recently.

Following a series of cross-country meetings with the breed association’s members, the organization decided there wasn’t enough overall support within its membership to proceed with the amalgamation.

“The members have spoken and the organization will listen to them... You have to listen to the members or you’ll spend more time fighting than building something,” said Holstein Canada president Paul MacLeod.

The Canadian Dairy Network was formed in 1995 as a private organization which conducts genetic evaluation and genetic research for all dairy cattle in Canada.

MacLeod said although Quebec members supported the idea, the rest of the membership wasn’t ready for amalgamation. People are often afraid of change until they can fully understand the benefits, he said.

Holstein Canada is a financially sound organization with 11,102 members and MacLeod said producers

“The members have spoken and the organization will listen to them... You have to listen to the members or you’ll spend more time fighting than building something.”

PAUL MACLEOD

President, Holstein Canada

may fear losing the stable support the organization provides.

Manitoba producers John Robinson and Michael Andres, both from southeast Manitoba, indicated they were disappointed in the decision. They said they were looking for more discussion at this year’s annual meeting and asked the board not to sweep the idea under the table. “ These things are not dead,” MacLeod said.

Robinson said although he favours the principle of amalgamation, he’s uncomfortable with the amount of control breeders would lose.

MacLeod defended the time, money and staff time spent on the proposal to amalgamate with Canadian Dairy

Network. “If you don’t push the envelope you don’t make any progress; that’s the way we look at it,” he said.

Brian Van Doormaal, the chief executive officer for both organizations for the past two years, reinforced MacLeod’s statements. He said the Joint Management Team didn’t just examine amalgamation, it established new programs and fostered closer alliances with other organizations.

When asked about outside threats to the supply management aspect of dairy production, MacLeod said dairy producers can’t ignore the pressures other countries are putting on the system, but there’s no need for panic.

He said he expects it will face increased pressures as new international trade agreements are negotiated but it won’t disappear.

“The prime minister said he’ll support it (supply management) and so I believe that,” MacLeod said, adding, “All I want people to know is that supply management is going to change. I (just) don’t know how.”

“When we see opportunities we should move towards them... We don’t need to give the government a reason to get rid of it,” MacLeod said.

“I want us to be working towards keeping what we have and adding on, and making it so it can’t be dismissed,” he added.

Marginal effect on trade U.S. finds another mad cow case

BY ROD NICKEL / REUTERS Canada, the third-biggest beef exporter in the world, is unlikely to face any trade backlash from a U.S. mad cow case, even though its beef market is highly integrated with the United States, industry and agriculture officials said April 25.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said April 24 it had detected mad cow disease, formally called bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), in a U.S. cow, but that no part of the animal’s carcass entered the food system.

Major markets, including Canada and Japan, have stayed open to U.S. beef, but two major South Korean retailers halted sales.

Canada was the biggest importer of U.S. beef in 2011, but Canadian buyers do not export beef that they originally purchased from the United States, said John Masswohl, director of government and international relations for the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Canada has also not imported U.S. cattle for slaughter for several years, he said.

“We don’t import U.S. beef to re-export it to other countries,” Masswohl said. “It’s not a scenario that would come up.”

The discovery of a California dairy cow with mad cow disease will also not affect trade between Canada and the United States, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said.

In a statement to Reuters, Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said neither country’s beef trade will likely be affected by the case.

“Our ongoing BSE surveillance program, in addition to a strict enhanced feed ban and a world-class traceability system, helps Canada maintain domestic and international confidence in the safety of our beef industry,” he said.

Both Canada and the United States ban using parts of ruminant animals (including cattle) in feed for ruminant animals, a step that guards against the spread of mad cow through feed.

Mad cow disease was discovered in a Canadian cow in 2003, and later that year in a U.S. cow that had been imported from Canada.

Mexico, South Korea, Japan, Canada and the European Union said they would continue to import U.S. beef, although two major South Korean retailers halted sales and Indonesia, a small buyer, suspended shipments.

In 2011, Canada, Japan, Mexico and South Korea combined took 65 per cent, or 1.82 billion lbs., of U.S. beef exports.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

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Reversal patterns signal a downturn in cattle prices There is an old adage: The trend is your friend David Drozd Market Outlook

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arkets can and often do change direction on a moment’s notice.

Cattle prices were at a record high in early March 2012, but quickly turned and dropped below the uptrending channel, thus ending the rally.

An uptrending channel develops during a period of rising prices and support is determined by a line drawn across the lows of the reactions. Once a trend begins in earnest, it has a very high tendency to persist.

When rallies begin to fall short of the upper channel boundary, this could prove to be an important first indication that the current trend is running out of steam.

There’s the old adage, “The trend is your friend,” so when prices break below the lower boundary (A), of the uptrending channel, this changes the trend and selling increases. As soon as sell-stops are triggered — prices plunge.

After a valid penetration of the channel’s lower boundary, prices will move with an initial thrust in that direction, but then will often turn back to approach the trendline (B), which invariably provides a selling opportunity.

We’ve all heard the expression, “What goes up, must come down.” This is especially true in commodity markets. It is only a matter of time before a fully

entrenched bull market, like live cattle, dies under its own weight.

The news is always bullish at the top, so tops are often elusive and difficult to predict. The outlook for higher prices attracts more willing buyers, who jump in at any price and this propells prices higher. Then without any fundamental change — prices suddenly reverse back down on long liquidation.

I find that the best way to cut through all the positive, marketdriving “news” often associated with the top of bull markets, is to have the discipline to rely on well-defined chart patterns.

Reversal patterns that appear on the daily, weekly and monthly charts are reliable tools for identifying a change in trend, especially when they emerge at the height of a bull market.

The first indication that cattle prices were about to turn down was when a two-day reversal provided a sell signal on March 2, 2012. This reversal pattern occurred on the April 2012 futures contract, as prices were challenging the contract high ($131.50).

Further verification of the impending downturn occurred when a two-week reversal materialized on the weekly nearby chart on March 9, 2012, which was followed by the development of a two-month reversal on the monthly nearby chart on March 30, 2012.

It is not all that uncommon to see a reversal pattern at the top of a rally on the daily charts, but when it is followed by reversal patterns on the weekly and

live cattle weekly nearby — Chart as of april 25, 2012

monthly nearby charts, it adds all the more probability of an ensuing downturn.

I’ve illustrated the two-week reversal in the accompanying chart. On the first week, the market advances to new highs, and closes very strong at or near the high of the day.

During the following week, prices open unchanged to slightly higher, but fail to have follow-through strength. Selling picks up, which stalls the advance and prices begin to erode. By week’s end, the market drops to around the preceding week’s low and closes at or near that level.

Market psychology

The two-week reversal is a snapshot of a 180-degree turn in sentiment. On the first week, the longs are comfortable and confident. The market’s performance provides encouragement and reinforces the expectation for greater profits.

The second week’s activity is psychologically damaging. It is a complete turnaround from the preceding week and shakes the confidence of those who are still long the market. The longs respond to weakening prices by exiting (selling) the market.

Keeping a watchful eye for reversal patterns in a bull

market can provide insight and an opportunity to hedge prices before a market’s trend changes.

Send your questions or comments about this article and chart to info@ag-chieve.ca.

David Drozd is president and senior market analyst for Winnipeg-based Ag-Chieve Corporation. The opinions expressed are those of the writer and are solely intended to assist readers with a better understanding of technical analysis. Visit Ag-Chieve online at www. ag-chieve.ca for information about grainmarketing advisory services, or call us toll free at 1-888-274-3138 for a free consultation.

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xports of fresh, chilled and frozen pork set a record in 2011, but will likely dip this year.

“Demand for Canadian pork products from China, South Korea and Russia were spectacularly strong in 2011,” said Martin Rice, executive director of the Canadian Pork Council.

The final tally came to 1.15 million tonnes, surpassing the previous record of 1.1 million in 2010, Rice said. Sales to South Korea jumped 70 per cent following an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease, while Chinese demand grew by about 35 per cent thanks to rising incomes and demand for meats. Exports to Russia also soared, climbing by 60 per cent in 2011.

However, sales to major markets such as Mexico and Australia fell in 2011. Exports to the U.S. and Japan were also down, but the setback was smaller in comparison, Rice said.

“The U.S. has been and will continue to be a reliable market for Canadian pork products,” said Rice, adding South Korea

is expected to reduce purchases once the foot-and-mouth disease issue under control and hog herds are rebuilt.

Rice also noted Canadian hog production remains stagnant, if not still declining.

“There have been a lot of producers who have gotten out of the hog production industry because of negative profit margins over the past couple of years, and there continues to be little interest in expanding production at this time,” Rice said.

“As a result, weekly hog slaughter capacity in Canada at the processors has been reduced.”

Current slaughter capacity is about 340,000 hogs weekly, down one per cent from last year. Domestic pork demand is slowly declining, as U.S. pork products has been outcompeting Canadian pork, Rice said.

Barrow and gilt exports to the U.S. were down 16 per cent from where they were a year ago at this time.

“We are currently seeing roughly 15,000 live hogs for the U.S. slaughter market being shipped each week and roughly 95,000 isowean piglets for finishing in the U.S. feeder market being shipped on a weekly basis,” Rice said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

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Tetanus — a nasty disease, but easy to prevent Injuries, including those from castration, can be a source of infection Roy Lewis, DVM Beef 911

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n our practice, the incidence of tetanus has definitely been increasing in the last several years. This article will review some of the pertinent signs of tetanus and look at the prevention of this deadly disease.

Tetanus is caused by the bacterium Clostridium Tetani, which is in the same family of organisms that causes blackl e g . T h i s s p o re - p ro d u c i n g bacteria causes fairly sudden death, and treatment is often not successful. There are differences in susceptibility to tetanus among the different species, with horses the most s e n s i t i v e a n d c a t t l e m o re resistant. However it has been in cattle where we have seen the increase in cases. The cases are always associated with a puncture wound or cut.

These wounds can be internal, such as a deep scrape to the genital tract during calving.

Once susceptible animals have been exposed it takes one to three weeks for disease to occur. Clinical signs are a sawhorse stance, prolapse of the third eyelid and lockjaw.

The lockjaw caused by the contraction of the masseter muscles also causes tremendous salivation.

The veterinarian will most likely have you treat with very high doses of penicillin and give large amounts of tetanus antitoxin, especially around the wound. As mentioned, recovery is very rare but has been reported in cattle.

The best solution is prevention. One must be careful as very few of the blackleg vaccines contain tetanus. It is generally only in the eightway or nine-way vaccines and you must check the label to make sure it is present. Your veterinarian can best advise as to which vaccine carries tetanus.

In horses, the yearly threeor four-way vaccines will often carry tetanus. Veterinarians will often ask when castrating your horse or suturing up a cut if the tetanus vaccinations are up to date. If not the horse will be given a booster shot. Often penicillin is given for a few days or if a long-acting shot is given this generally will protect your horse until immunity is established. Giving it yearly in the four-way vaccine is the best approach in horses.

Banding larger bulls with the elastrators really increases the incidence if proper vaccination is not administered. We have also seen it with simply vaccinating with a dirty needle and tail docking or shearing in sheep. A dog attack on a lamb also has caused the disease from the open wound.

Some producers have got away without vaccinating. I think the reason is simple — as the combination vaccines have been developed often hemophilus is combined with the clostridials and with

most companies the combination has included a sevenway NOT an eight-way with tetanus.

Our clinic stresses the eightway especially if banding calves in the feedlot or castrating. Proper disinfection at needling or castrating will also go a long ways to prevent it. With banding you cannot do this plus it does create an open wound for quite a long time.

Retained placentas especially in horses have been known to cause tetanus so boostering at the time of treatment would also be a good idea.

The good news is the tetanus vaccine in combination with the other clostridials is one of the oldest and hence cheapest vaccines on the market. Boostering is imperative

especially in situations such as banding or open castration.

Treatment is unrewarding in clinical cases. Talk to your veterinarian as to what specific vaccination they recommend for your cattle, horses, bison,

also affect humans. Ever y time you see the doctor about a cut or abrasion they will ask you when was the last time you received a tetanus shot.

People are usually boostered every 10 years or so.

This is a disease which can also affect humans.

Every time you see the doctor about a cut or abrasion they will ask you when was the last time you received a tetanus shot.

elk, camelids, or sheep and goats. They should all be current in their vaccination for tetanus.

This is a disease which can

As with the other clostridial diseases another booster will give long immunity. Most producers will booster the cow herd again every several

years. With more producers keeping cows longer because of this BSE crisis, one may want to consider boostering the herd with an eight-way vaccine containing tetanus.

With proper administration of the clostridial vaccines, 99 per cent protection is achieved.

Calves when born to protected cows receive protection in the colostrum, which will last two months. This is why vaccination on them should begin after that time.

I hope by keeping your herd current you will never see a case of tetanus or any other clostridial disease for that matter. They are not a pretty sight.

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

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Feeder Steers

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Taylor

Winnipeg

Apr. 25

Apr. 24

Apr. 24

Apr. 24

Apr. 25

Apr. 23

Apr. 26

Apr. 26

Apr. 27

No. on offer

720

516

323

1,090

842

298

737

427

960

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

114.00-118.50

n/a

110.00-122.00

115.00-125.00

n/a

n/a

100.00-118.50

115.00-123.00

800-900

115.00-134.00

115.00-147.50

110.00-122.00

118.00-133.75

125.00-134.00

127.00-135.00

120.00-132.00

110.00-128.00

125.00-138.25

700-800

130.00-149.00

130.00-152.50

120.00-131.00

130.00-150.00

133.00-149.00

135.00-149.00

135.00-150.00

122.00-153.00

138.00-152.00

600-700

140.00-172.50

135.00-160.50

130.00-163.00

145.00-170.75

143.00-168.00

148.00-163.00

155.00-170.00

146.00-167.00

150.00-165.50

500-600

150.00-180.00

140.00-182.50

155.00-174.50

160.00-187.00

158.00-173.00

160.00-180.00

165.00-186.00

160.00-182.00

165.00-167.00

400-500

150.00-189.00

150.00-191.00

170.00-185.00

170.00-190.00

170.00-193.00

170.00-190.00

180.00-190.00

175.00-195.00

160.00-170.00

300-400

n/a

140.00-191.00

180.00-220.00

175.00-200.00

173.00-198.00

n/a

170.00-191.00

185.00-200.00

170.00-190.00

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

n/a

95.00-108.00

n/a

108.00-120.25

101.00-111.00

n/a

n/a

92.00-108.00

n/a

800-900

108.00-117.25

100.00-123.00

100.00-112.00

110.00-122.00

108.00-121.00

n/a

n/a

100.00-120.00

n/a

700-800

125.00-130.00

105.00-125.25

110.00-124.00

120.00-139.25

119.00-137.00

125.00-136.50

120.00-133.00

115.00-133.00

125.00-135.00

600-700

120.00-140.50

115.00-147.00

125.00-138.00

132.00-153.50

131.00-144.00

137.00-152.00

130.00-145.00

125.00-146.00

132.020-145.00

500-600

130.00-152.50

120.00-153.50

135.00-153.00

140.00-158.00

138.00-155.00

144.00-156.00

145.00-159.00

135.00-152.00

135.00-158.00

400-500

140.00-162.75

120.00-168.00

150.00-180.00

150.00-182.00

148.00-165.00

145.00-165.00

150.00-167.00

150.00-167.00

140.00-160.00

300-400

n/a

125.00-171.00

170.00-211.00

160.00-184.00

n/a

n/a

155.00-172.00

165.00-185.00

n/a

No. on offer

120

n/a

97

n/a

n/a

n/a

161

65

210

D1-D2 Cows

70.00-76.00

n/a

n/a

75.00-84.50

73.00-80.00

68.00-74.00

72.00-80.00

65.00-78.00

70.00-80.00

D3-D5 Cows

60.00-70.00

n/a

n/a

66.00-74.00

68.00-73.00

50.00-65.00

62.00-72.00

54.00-64.00

55.00-69.00

Age Verified

74.00-80.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

75.00-82.00

72.00-78.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

70.00-98.75

85.00-92.50

88.00-95.00

95.00-102.25

91.00-101.00

88.00-97.00

92.00-98.00

82.00-92.00

88.00-100.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

99.00-102.75

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

98.00-101.75

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

55.00-78.00

75.00-85.00

85.00-96.00

80.00-90.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

75.00-85.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

71.00-88.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

62.00-70.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Slaughter Market

* 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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griculture Minister Gerry Ritz is misinformed and passing on incorrect information to consumers about the impact of cuts to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, according to the head of the union that represents some CFIA employees.

Bob Kingston said he believes Ritz is sincere when he says the 10 per cent cut to CFIA’s funding announced in the 2012 budget won’t affect food safety. However, agency officials are telling a different story in meetings with employees across the country.

“It appears CFIA executives did not tell the minister that staff… have already been told their jobs and programs will be eliminated,” said Kingston.

“Conflicting statements like these have CFIA employees concerned that very important decisions are being made without the best, or even accurate, information being available for the politicians who are calling the shots.”

Senior CFIA executives have little, if any, experience

in the food industry and don’t understand food safety issues, charged Kingston, adding plans for new legislation is adding to the confusion.

Many in the farm and food sector want less regulation and a more streamlined system that emphasizes private-public collaboration instead of punishment and a “gotcha” approach to enforcement.

But Kingston said many cuts will simply eliminate inspection. For example, the CFIA is planning to eliminate a special program to pre-clear and track imported meat shipments, and that will result in less scrutiny of high-risk imported products, he said.

No t s o, s a i d a n a g e n c y spokesperson.

“The CFIA is planning to supplement traditional inspection methods that focus on the processing environment and the end product with more sophisticated science and riskbased approaches in order to verify that industry’s controls are effective and that industry is producing safe food, on an ongoing basis,” the spokesperson said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

Community pastures still open for now

SEEING DOUBLE

Ottawa plans to negotiate out of its management role over the next six years AAFC release

T

o ensure long-term prosperity for farmers and the entire agricultural value chain, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is refocusing on the changing priorities of the agriculture industry. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz today reassured patrons of the Community Pasture Program that all pastures will remain open for the 2012 season.

“No pastures will be affected this grazing season and we will work in collaboration with our provincial partners and with all stakeholders to make sure the transition away from federally operated pastures is as smooth as possible for producers,” said Ritz. “Pastures are now well established in the Prairies. This change will create a great opportunity for provinces, stakeholders or those who use the land to take over pasture management.”

T h e Co m m u n i t y Pa s t u re Program is a land-management service provided on 85 pastures in the Prairie provinces. It was created in the 1930s to reclaim land that was badly eroded during the Prairie drought. Today, the program has achieved that goal, having returned more than 145,000 hectares of poor-quality cultivated lands to grass cover, significantly improving the ecological value of these lands and helping to increase the productivity of the area.

Now that AAFC has informed all unions, management and staff, additional information is available: • This transition will not affect pastures in the upcoming season; • Pastures will be transitioned out of federal management gradually over six years, allowing time for provinces, municipalities, users and other stakeholders to help manage the transition; • AAFC will divest 10 pastures in 2013, followed by additional pastures each year until full divestiture is achieved in 2018; • Grazing and breeding services on remaining pastures will be maintained throughout this period; and • Pa s t u re p a t ro n s w i l l receive as much notice as possible.

AAFC has begun discussions with the governments of Manitoba and Saskatchewan (who own 90 per cent of the pasture land) to ensure that the divestiture of the land and the phasing out of the pasture program is undertaken in a manner that optimizes future economic and employment opportunities for the rural communities affected.

AAFC will also work with the provinces, municipalities and the livestock industry to transition the pastures to those with the capacity and expertise to manage them efficiently.

A pair of twins, male and female, were born on the Greaves farm this spring.

PHOTO: JEANNETTE GREAVES

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

ANNOUNCEMENTS NOTICE: WALTER SHEWCHUK OF Garland MB, intends to sell private land (SW 28-31-21W, W1/2 32-31-21W, E1/2 31-31-21W, SE 20-31-21W to Robert & Shawn Campbell who intend to acquire the following Crown Lands. N1/2 20-31-21W, Sec 29-31-21W, Sec 30-31-21W, W1/2 31-31-21W, E1/2 32-31-21W, Sec 5-32-21W, Sec 8-32-21W by Unit Transfer. If you wish to comment on or object to this transfer, write Director, MAFRI, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB, R0J 1E0 or email Robert.Fleming@gov.mb.ca

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Sat., May 12th, 9:00am. 2-mi East of Dauphin on PTH #20, then .5-mi South. 4 wheeled JD Plow Co. Ltd. Buggy; 4 wheeled Doctor’s buggy; 2 Seat Democrat; 3-4 wheeled buggys; 2 seat cutter w/canopy; 2 seat cutter w/upholstered seat; 2 wheeled cart; 4 wheeled wagon on rubber; Double runner sleigh; Extra buggy & cart shafts single & double; F. Eamor, Western Rawhide, Billy Cook saddles; Double set silver studded driving harness; Silver studded bridals; Double set heavy driving harness; Assorted Western bridles & bits; Good horse collars & much more; Case 730 Comfort King DSL w/Cancade loader; Case 430 gas tractor, good tires; Case 530 gas tractor, motor seized, has Case FEL; Laurier 5th wheel 20-ft.x8-ft. flat deck trailer, tandem axle & more; Large collection sleigh & harness bells; Very large estate auction w/excellent quality horse & horse drawn equipment. For info contact: Troy Ash cell (204)612-4365; Reava Gauthier (204)878-9434. Only partial listing. Much more on websites www.mrankinauctions.com or www.rosstaylorauction.com Murray Rankin Auctions Killarney, MB. Murray (204)534-7401 Ross Taylor Auction Service, Reston, MB. Ross (204)522-5356 Brock (204)522-6396.

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MCSHERRY AUCTION SITE Estate & Moving Auction Sun., May 6th, 10:30am Stonewall, MB. 12 Patterson Dr. Over 100 SIGNS; 4-ft. Porc Black Cat; Old Chum w/2 Men; Winchester; Good Year; Crescent Soldier Ice Cream; Porc Street Signs; Antique Furniture; Household Tins; Over 100 Die Cast Construction Collection; Tobacco Cutters; Many Unique Antiques; Along w/Tools & Household; 83 Suziki 750 Street Bike. Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

Auction Sale for Mr. Gordon Regula and Son of Cooks Creek, MB Saturday, May 19th, 2012 10AM Sale located from Jct. Hwy #59 and Hwy #44, go 2 miles east on Hwy #44 then 2 1/2 miles south on Rd.#28. Civic address #70090 Equip. & Trailers: N.H. “LX465” Diesel Skidsteer (only 1,600 hrs., -Exc. Cond.); 2006 Brushcat “72” 6’ Front Mount Brush Cutter for Skidsteer (Exc. Cond.); Case “G310G” Gas Crawler w. FEL (good overall cond.); Belshe Industries 8’ x 25’ Industrial Tandemn Axle Flat Deck Trailer (New 215/75R - 17.5 Duals, Air Brakes, Pintel Hitch, Steel Deck, Beaver Tail & Loading Ramps, Winch Tie-Downs, GVW 25,500); 8 1/2’ x 17’ Flat Deck Tandem Axle Trailer; Farm Machinery: M.F. “1085” Diesel Tractor (Cab, Exc. Tires); J.D. “3020” Diesel Tractor (3 pth., Exc. Tires); Hesston “4600” Square Baler (Exc. Cond.); N.H. “1033” Bale Wagon; IHC “70” 6 1/2’ Snowblower; Groening Aftermarket 3pth; 6’ FEL Stone Picker Fork; 2 Prong 3pth Bale Fork; 2 & 3 prong Rd. Bale Forks; Like new “Worksaver” 3pth Dirt Bucket; M.F. “99” FEL only; Antique/Collector Tractors: M.F. “20C” Ind. Gas Tractor (3pth., Exc. Cond.); IHC “300” Utility Gas Tractor (3 pth., Exc. Tires & Cond.); J.D. “70” Diesel Tractor (Rebuilt Engine); Allis Chalmers “B” Gas Tractor (New Tires); J.D. “AR” Styled Gas Tractor (Rebuilt Engine & Painted); J.D. “A” Unstyled Gas Tractor w. steel wheels; Oliver “80” Gas Tractor w. steel wheels; McCormick “W-4” Gas Tractor; IHC 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 Hp. Stationary Engine Recreational: “Paspar Toute” ATV (12” Rubber Tracks, Onan 2 cyl. air cooled gas engine, c/w 12V. Winch, seats 3 people - Exc. Hunting/Wilderness Vehicle); 1998 Yamaha “Grizzly 600” 4x4 Quad; Yamaha 200cc. Trike; 1996 Polaris XCR Indy 600 Snowmobile; 1995 Arctic Cat Z Snowmobile Misc: Quimpex “81-022” 48” Frt Mount Mower w.

12 1/2 Hp. Engine and Kimpex 44” Frt Mount Snowblower w. 11 hp. Honda Engine (both fit any quad or lawn tractor) Trucks: 1960 “600” Truck w. Wdn. B&H; 1969 & 1970 GMC 1/2 Ton w 327 & 350 engines (runs - no TOD’s) 1951, 1959 & 1969 Chev 1/2 Tons (for parts) Cars (for parts - no TOD’s): 2 - 1970 Mustang 2 dr. Coupe’s w 302 engine; 1970 Meteor Convertible; 1969 Fury III Convertible; 1967 Mustang 2 dr. Coupe; 1968 Olds Delta 88 2 dr. w 400 Big Block; 1967 Chevrolet Impala w 327 Engine; 1965 Olds Delta 88 w 400 Big Block; 1959 Dodge Regent; Misc. 1969 Mustang Fastback parts.

(NOTE: N.H. Skidsteer & Belshe Ind. Trailer only subject to owner approval of last bid.) Viewing Friday, May 18th,2012. 10 am to 5 pm only or by appt. w. Owner Ph. 1-204-981-4917. This will be a short sale as there are no small items. Approx. 2 hrs. so plan to be on time. See www.capitalauction.net for listing and pictures or for more information call:

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

MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Auction Alex Abas Sat., May 5th 11:00am Fisher Branch, MB. Location: North 7-mi on Hwy 17 then East 6-mi at Jct 325 & Hwy 17 (Marble Ridge Rd) Contact: (780)215-1902 JD 3155 MFWA H L Range Cab 3PH, 540/1000 Dual hyd w/JD 740 SL FEL w/Grapple & Frt 15.737-hrs; JD 4440 cab 540/1000 Dual hyd w/18.438 Dual & Frt Wgt 7,600-hrs; 77 Ford 600 gas 5spdx2, w/15-ft. Grain B&H 72,000m; JD 14-ft. Model 1630 Disc; JD 1600A, 14-ft. Hydra Swing Hay Bine; JD 535 RD Baler; JD 7700 DSL Turbo Combine Chopper, 4,500-hrs; Ezeeon 14-ft.

Offset Disc; Int 6200 12-ft. Press Drill SA FA GA; JD Deep Tiller; Silver Lake Mfg Trailer Hyd Post Pounder; High Qual Maternity Pen; Port Crowding Tub; Along w/Farm Haying; Medium Size Grain Equip; Livestock Equip; Granaries; Farm Misc. Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

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all appliances included SHORES OF LAKE OF THE PRAIRIES, MB oak WEST dining room suite with pecan trim included remainder of furniture is negotiable HODGINS AUCTIONEERS AS PRINCIPAL WILL original architect plans/design and surveyor’s certicate are available

OFFER THE FORMER RESIDENCE OF VERA DEMKIW OF ROBLIN, MBgarage & carport, plusMRS. lower level walk-out games room,attached two-car BUILDING & LAYOUT

PROPERTY Approx. 5500 sq. ft. Residence on 60 Acres +/single detachedFEATURES: garage,concrete circle driveway,gorgeous park-like setting FEATURES/LOCATION all appliances included oak dining room suite with several  ower gardens and plenty of trees,in-ground swimming pool,ofce pecan trim included remainder of furniture is negotiable original architect plans/ living room spiral staircase lower level games room,cozy seating design andwith surveyor’s certificatetoare available BUILDING & LAYOUT carport, plus overlooking lower level lake,dining walk-out games two-car garage & with single area room &room, largeattached kitchen,utility/laundry room detachedlarge garage, concreteand circle driveway, gorgeous park-like several shower,4 bedrooms bathrooms,master bedroom withsetting sunken tub flower gardens and plenty of trees, in-ground swimming pool, office living room and huge walk-in closet,carpet, lino, tile and parquet  ooring. with spiral staircase to lower level games room, cozy seating area overlooking

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

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HigHridge Farms Farm auction tolstoi, mb. saturday may 12, 2012, 10 am directions: from Tolstoi 4 miles south on hwy 59 then 1 mile east on Road 1N and 3/4 mile south, farm on right side. Will have signs up auction day.

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Ross Taylor Auction Service 204-877-3834 For full listing and photos www.rosstaylorauction.com MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Auction Bryan & Angie Novak Sat., May 12th, 11:00am, Argyle, MB. Location: 322 West Side of Town then 2-mi North on Meridian Rd then West 1/4-mi on RD 82. Auction Note: Acreage is for Sale! Contact: (204)461-0086. Tractors: White 2-135 Cab DSL, 3-SPD Shuttle, Dual Hyd, 1000 PTO, 18.4x38 Duals 6,750-hrs Haying Equip 99 Case 1H, 8312 Disc Bine 12-ft. w/Centre Pivot; 91 NH 855 RD Baler w/Mesh Wrap & Auto Bale, Command Monitor; 3PH Tonutti 10 Wheel Rake; NH 404 Hay Crimper; Case Model 10, 7-ft. Trailer Sickle Mower; Case Side Delivery Rake; Grain & Misc Equip: JD 6601 Combine; Farm King 840 3PH 7-ft. Snowblower, Hyd Chute; Danuser 3PH Post Auger w/6-in., 12-in.

Bits; 3PH 7-ft. Cult; Case 18-ft. Light Cult; Cockshutt 247 14-ft. Chisel Plow w/Mulchers; 15 sec Hangup Diamond Harrows; 1,000-gal Poly Tank Vehicles & Storage Containers: 48-ft/ Storage Container; 72 Chev C60 gas 5-SPDx2, Tran w/14ft. B&H; 86 Ford Ranger 1500 V6; 76 Ford F150 Livestock Equip: Metal Portable Loading Chute; 6) Metal Gates 12-14-ft.; 6) Metal Corral Panels; 2) 10-ft. Poly Bunk Feeders; RD Bale Feeder; Mineral Wind Guard Feeder; Somona Meat Band Saw; Metal Fencing Yard: Honda F-501 Roto Tiller; Push Mower; Ski Doo Sleigh; Stainless Steel Smoker; Tools & Misc: Miller 225/150 Thunderbolt XL Welder; Welding Cable 1) 40-ft. 1) 100-ft.; Miller Welder on Trailer Propane; Accetylene Torches; 2) 300-gal Fuel Tanks & Stands; Air Compressor; B&S Motor; Table Saw; Chain Saw; 3/4-Ton Chain Block; Elec Motors; Hypro 7700 PTO Pump w/Coupler; Auto Tires 16-in., 17-in.; Implement Tires; New Hyd Cyl 2-3-in.; Implement Part; Scaffolding; Various Tools & Misc Antiques: JD 2B Plow; Implement Seats; License Plates Household: Some Household. Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

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Nestor aNd NaNcy Bially Farm auctioN tolstoi, mB. saturday may 5

directions: 3.5 miles west of Tolstoi Manitoba on road 5 at the Overstoneville mail box. Farm equipment auction Saturday May 5 after the Tony Lazaruk farm auction which is ½ mile south of the Bially Place. Approx 1 p.m. starting time. * 1952 approx, IHC TD9 diesel Crawler, with Angle Dozer and cab, running * Single axle tilt bed trailer used to haul TD9 * Agri 17 large round bale hauler with 10 x 20 duals and fifth wheel single axle converter * Kendon 4 wheel trailer with 10’ x 20 deck * Kendon 4 wheel trailer running gear only * Ashland 2½ yard dirt scraper * 3pth mount log splitter tractor hyd. * 10 ft Case tandem disc * Hutchmaster 10 ft heavy offset breaking disc * Ccil 15 ft deep tiller spring cushion shanks * IHC 2 x12’ #100 press drills with grass seeder, and transport * Vibra shank cultivators 18ft, 13ft and one frame only no shanks and much more.

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THURS, MAY 17 10 AM LOADER BACKHOE• 2007 Case 580 SMII• 2007 Case 580 SMII• 2006 Case 580 SMII• WHEEL LOADERS• Allis 840• EXCAVATORS• 1995 Case 9010B• TRENCHER• Ditch Witch 5110• MOTOR GRADERS• 1996 John Deere 770BH• 1992 Champion 730A• 1991 Champion 720• GRAVEL TRUCKS• 2001 IHC 2600• TRUCKS• 1989 Ford F-350• 1986 Ford LT9000• TRAILERS• 1993 Midland 24 ft End Dump• 1992 Arnes Belly Dump• 1972 Fruehauf 9x22 ft Tri-Axle• Fruehauf 45 ft Tandem Axle• Superior 48 ft Tri-Axle Log Trailer• SKID STEERS• 2008 Takeuchi TL130• 2007 John Deere 317• 2003 John Deere 250• 1997 Bobcat 753• SCISSOR LIFT• 2005 Skyjack 3219• 2005 Genie 1930• STICK BOOM LIFT• 2004 Genie S40• 2002 Genie S60• FORK LIFT• Cat V50.

lake, dining room & large utility/laundry room with shower,4 SUBJECT ONLY TOkitchen, MINIMUM OPENING BID OF large bedrooms and bathrooms, master bedroom with sunken tub and huge walk-in closet, carpet, lino, tile and parquet flooring. $150,000!!!

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5500 MAY sq. ft. Residence on 60 Acres +/ONLY

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Hobby Farm auction For Wayne and Loreine Hunt morden, mb. tHursday may 10, 5 pm directions: 3 miles west of Morden on Hwy #3 and 1 mile south on Road 33 w and ½ mile east.

Will have signs auction day. * 2004 Kubota L3010 tractor FWA, 3pth, pto, only 951 hours * 1963 Case 730 diesel add on 3pth, cab, dual range transmission, loader pallet forks and bucket * Case Tractor Model 1070, Serial # S756883 with Ezee-On Loader. No 3pth. * Complete with 18-4-34 duals. Clock shows 437.2 hrs. * John Deere STX 38 tractor with 38’’ mower * Husqvarna LTH 125 tractor hydrostatic drive, with mower * Homelite 5000 watt generator set powered by 11 hp motor * 8 hp, Troy Built walk behind garden tiller * Troy Built 12 hp wood chipper * Farm King 6 ft 3pth tandem disc * Farm King 5 ft 3pth tiller * Farm King 72 in, 3 pth, finish mower * 3 pth shop built blade * Intersteel 5 ft 3pth rotary mower * MF pto drive manure spreader needs some wood replacement * 5 ft 3pth light cult. * Groening 3 pth 84‘’ snow blower * Log splitter uses tractor hydraulics * 14 ft Glencoe cultivator * Log hauler trailer * 4 wheel trailer running gear * Shop built tree planter * Wagon parts * Saw mandrel * Mayrath 6’’ x 27 auger * Parts vehicles: 75 dodge pickup & 1998 Dodge mini van * 14 ft canoe with paddles etc. * Garden green house 8 ft x 10 ft (see photo).

Owners 204 822 3392 See our website www.billklassen.com for photo’s & 2012 Spring Auction Catalog in your Farm Mailbox bill Klassen auctioneers 204-325-4433 cell 6230 bill@billklassen.com Looking for a hand around the farm? Place a help wanted ad in the classifieds. Call 1-800-782-0794.

tractors: * 1992 Versatile 846, 4x4, designation 6, 18.4 x 38 duals, 4 remotes, only 3788 hours * IHC 3788 Anteater 4 wheel drive, 18.4 x 38 duals, 1000 pto, triple hyd. * IHC 1086, 3pth, dual pto, triple hyd, 2350 loader * IHC 986 3 pth, dual pto triple hyd with 2350 loader * Massey Ferguson 135 gas utility tractor, pto and 3 pth trucks and trailers: * 2000 GMC pickup extendacab, 4x4, 272 000 km * Real industries 30 ft triple axle cattle trailer, goose neck hook up * 1978 IHC Model S-1600 single axle truck v8 5 & 2 and 14 ft box and hoist * 1976 Dodge D-600 V8 5& 2, Cancade 18 ft grain box w/ hoist and tag axle with lift * Mid 70’s Chev 6000 truck with ball hitch v8 4 & 2 yard truck * 1976 Ford F-600 truck w/ box hoist yard truck Harvesting: * 2005 Hew Holland model HW 320 swather power unit 2661 hours, dual drive wheels, * New Holland model 2300 Haybine head 16.5 ft * Honeybee New Holland 21 ft grain head UII pickup reel * 2009 New Holland model BR 7090 round baler * 1983 Massey Ferguson 550 diesel combine cab, pickup, chopper, very good condition * Two Massey Ferguson 510 combines 350 gas western special cab, pickup and chopper * 2000 Brandt model 4500 grain vac seeding and tillage: * IHC 12 ft model 510 end wheel seed drill, with grass and bromegrass attachments * Powermatic 80 ft diamond harrows autofold * Melroe 60 ft 4 bar tines autofold harrows * Degelman rock picker with ground drive reel * Ashland 8 yard scraper * Melroe 903 Plow 6 x 16’’ * Hutchmaster tandem disc 21 ft 22’’ x ¼’’ blades * Case IH 35 ft model 4900 vibra tiller with floating hitch, and 3 row mulchers * Case IH 4800 model Vibra Shank tiller with V fold and floating hitch, 3 row mulchers * IHC #70, 5 x 16’’ plow * IHC 3 bottom 3 pth plow * 14 ft dual compartment drill fill system * Brandt 120 ft sprayer 800 gal tank, hyd pump, wind cones * Great Northern 68 ft field sprayer misc: * Rice tires 18.4 x 26 on 8 hole rims, and other farm tires * Steel deck 4 wheel trailers 10’ x 18 ft and 10’ x 24 ft * Forever 42’’ grain cleaner * Two approx 100 gal service fuel tanks with 12 volt pumps * Cattle Equipment * Silage bale bagger model TL 500 automatic * New Holland model 415 Disc bine, serial #891946 * Inland model hayliner 2000, round bale picker loads 2 x 7 - 14 large rounds * Hew Holland model 195 manure spreader w/ extensions * Thiessen Glenella post pounder * Portable round up corral system (have partial photo on website) * Two heavy duty bale haul trailers 10 ft x 46 ft each, 10 x 20 duals all around * Two moveable calf shelters * School bus body for storage, IHC running engine etc. sells separate * IH snow blower #800 dual auger 3pth * Trailer 6.5 x 14 ft mobile home dual wheels on tandem, with ramps * 3 older wood burning stoves and shop heater * 5 calf creep feeders on trailers with panels etc. * Case IH model 1360 power grinder mixer with 715 scale, always shedded * IHC 3pth, 7 ft sickle mower * 9 round poly bale feeders * 7 water troughs 10 ft * 13 feed troughs steel 11 gal 20 ft length 36’’ wide 10 in deep * Numours pencil augers on and off carts * 15 square bale stooker * 8 ft treated fence post * Older telephone poles * Corral slabs * Quantity of rails * Barb and smooth wire * 3pth pto drive buzzsaw with extension * Fuel tanks two - 300 gal, one - 500 gal on overhead stands * Two trailer loads of farm hardware and shop items at start of auction * Also some household * The two generations of Makoweski family have sold this farm and will be selling this well kept machinery to the highest bidder.

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AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions NICHOLAS YAKIWCHUK AUCTION Sat., May 12th, 2012 10:00am 9 South on #9, 5.25 West of Canora. Canora, SK. Contact: (306)783-1446. MACHINERY: Case 2390 DSL cab, air, 20.8x38 factory duals, power shift redone, 5,572-hrs Ser 10348061; MF 97 DSL, running; MM Z Tricycle, pulley, rebuilt motor; EXCAVATING: Case 350 Crawler 4 cyl DSL large bucket, good; Kurcher V ditcher; TRUCK: 1969 Ford F-700 4-Ton cab over, 18-ft. steel box, hoist, tarp, nice; 1954 Dodge 2-Ton wood box & hoist, brackets not seized; DRILL: IHC 14-ft. 6200 Press Drill, nice; IHC 24-ft. 100 Press Drill; TILLAGE: White #249 21-ft. deep tillage & harrows; Morris #325 27-ft. deep tillage & harrows; IHC #480 22-ft. tandem disc; Morris L320 32-ft. cultivator & harrows; JD tool bar, 10-ft. 3-PTH cultivator; Morris 68-ft. tine harrow bar; COMBINES: MF 750 SP Combine, White top, cab, air, chopper; Cockshutt 5542; SWATHER: IH 21-ft. PTO Swather, Nice. Plus misc equip, shop, antiques, hay etc. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for updated listing & pics. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851.

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AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES WEST SHORES OF LAKE OF Saskatchewan THE PRAIRIES, MB Saskatchewan Auctions Auctions HODGINS AUCTIONEERS AS PRINCIPAL WILL OFFER THE FORMER RESIDENCE OF MRS. VERA DEMKIW OFRyan ROBLIN, Rodney Kim Karcha, Norman Trebick, & Shelly MB Semechuk Rodney &&Kim Karcha, Norman Trebick, Ryan & Shelly Semechuk

JOINT FARM AUCTION JOINT FARM AUCTION Rodney & Kim Karcha, Norman Trebick, Ryan & Shelly Semechuk

PROPERTY FEATURES: 5 • STARTS @AM 9:00 AM SAT.SAT. MAYMAY 5 • STARTS @ 9:00 Approx. 55500 sq. ft.

Residence on 60 Acres +/Mi Preeceville, 55 Mi N. Of SK Hwy ## 9.

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CAT TH 103 TELEHANDLER cab/heater, aux hyd., 90% tires, 2-yd bucket & forks, works well. Asking $39,000 OBO Phone:(204)776-5557

FARM MACHINERY OPENING: Tuesday, May 1  CLOSING: Tuesday, May 8 AUCTION NOTE: This is a condensed listing. See complete list and photos online at ww.iqbid.com

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PARTIAL LISTING OF EQUIPMENT FEATURED all appliances included Partial Partial Listing Listing of of Equipment Equipment Featured Featured oak dining room suite with pecan trim included RODNEY&KIM KARCHA RODNEY & KIM KARCHA RODNEY&KIM KARCHA remainder of furniture is negotiable TRACTOR• 2007 JD •• TRUCKS• 1988 TRACTOR• 2007 JD 6430 6430 TRUCKS• 1988 Ford Ford • 1988 Ford F150 • TRACTOR • 2007 JD 6430 • TRUCKS 1993Freightliner•TRAILERS• Fruehauf 48 original architectF150• plans/design and•surveyor’s certi cate F150• 1993Freightliner•TRAILERS• Fruehauf 48 are 1993Freightliner TRAILERS • Fruehauf 48available Ft. T/A Trailerl • 2009 Degelman Bale King • HAY RAKE • Frontier

RAKE•Frontier WR1212C•HAYING EQUIPMENT• carport, plus lower level walk-out games room,attached two-car garage & RAKE•Frontier EQUIPMENT• 2003 2003 WR1212C WR1212C•HAYING • HAYING EQUIPMENT • 2003 Anderson Anderson RB9000 Bale Wrapper.

Wrapper. single detachedAnderson garage,concrete circle driveway,gorgeous park-like setting RB9000RB9000 Bale Bale Wrapper. several ower gardens and plenty of trees,in-ground swimming pool,ofce NORMAN TREBICK NORMAN TREBICK TREBICK NORMAN TREBICK NORMAN living room with TRACTOR• spiral staircase to lower level games room,cozy seating 1981 JD 8440 4WD• 1979 Case 1070 TRACTOR• 1981 JD 8440 4WD• 1979 Case 1070 2WD• 2WD• TRACTOR • 1981 8440 4WD • 1979 Case 1070room 2WD with • AIR SEEDER• 8” area overlookingAIR lake,dining roomJD &8810 large kitchen,utility/laundry AIR SEEDER• Bourgault Bourgault 8810 8” Spacing,TWA,MTH Spacing,TWA,MTH SEEDER • Bourgault 8810 8” Spacing,TWA,MTH c/w Bourgault c/w Bourgault 3195 Air Tank,Hyd. Fan,Hyd. Auger (Tank c/w Bourgaultand 3195bathrooms,master Air Tank,Hyd. Fan,Hyd. bedroom Auger (Tankwith sunken tub shower,4 large bedrooms 3195 Air Tank,Hyd. Fan,Hyd. Auger (Tank Shedded) • ROCK-OShedded)• Shedded)• ROCK-O-MATIC• ROCK-O-MATIC• Rockpicker•GRAIN Rockpicker•GRAIN and huge walk-in closet,carpet, lino, tile and parquet MATIC • Rockpicker • GRAIN TRUCK •ooring.

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SUBJECT ONLY TO MINIMUM OPENING BID OF RYAN & SEMESCHUK RYAN & SHELLEY SEMESCHUK RYAN & SHELLEY SHELLEY SEMESCHUK 1982 IHC DOZER BLADE• 88 Ft. $150,000!!! TRACTOR• TRACTOR• 1982 IHC 5088• 5088• DOZER BLADE• Leon Leon Ft.• Leon 8 Ft. to Fit TRACTOR • 1982 IHC 5088 • DOZER BLADE to Fit FEL• AUGER• Sakundiak 6x33 Ft•LT133•LIGHT

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

Thickett Engine Rebuilding, 204-532-2187, Binscarth. 8:00am-5:30pm Mon.-Fri.

FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS

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

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

AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS

AUTO & TRANSPORT Autos

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

1979 FORD F700 3-TON graintruck w/Cancade box hoist & rolltarp. 42,000 original miles, $6000 as is. $7500 w/new safey. Neepawa, Phone: (204)476-2445.

1984 TOYOTA (204)425-3016.

DIESEL

$1450.

Phone:

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

SPRING BLOWOUT!!

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

1995 FORD F250 7.3 DSL, 4x4, runs good, 350,000-km, $4,000 OBO. Phone (204)637-2393, evenings or early mornings.

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

2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA, ACCESS cab, 4x4, V8, auto, air, cruise, tilt, PW, PM, PL, tow package, $8995. Allan Gillis Auto Sales, (204)856-3283.

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

2004 FORD F250 XLT Superduty, ext cab, shortbox 4x4, FX4 package, 6-litre power stroke turbo diesel, auto, air, cruise, tilt, PW, PL, PM, tow package, $9995. Allan Gillis Auto Sales, (204)856-3283.

2005 FORD F150 XLT, 5.4V8, Supercrew 4x4, auto, air, cruise, tilt, PW, PL, PM, tow package, $9890. Allan Gillis Auto Sales, (204)856-3283.

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

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

2006 PB 386, C13, 13-SPD, 990-kms. Nice, only $43,900. Phone: (204)324-6298.

NEW, NEVER CONSTRUCTED, Future Steel storage building bundle, 30-ft x 46-ft x14-ft. Includes framed opening for 10-ft x10-ft overhead door, 4-ft x 7-ft service door, 2 24-in x 36-in window frames.

Comes w/industrial base connector plates & certified drawings. Reduced asking price $16,000.

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

2008 GMC SIERRA K2500HD, ext cab 4x4, longbox, 6-litre, auto, air, tilt, tow package, GM warranty, $14,900. Allan Gillis Auto Sales, (204)856-3283.

75 DODGE 3-TON TRUCK, plumbed for hydraulic auger, roll-tarp, asking $3500 OBO. Phone Bob (204)352-4221, Glenella.

SKID STEER LOADERS 2000 Bobcat 873 turbo, 68" bucket, S/N514146759 Bobcat 742B Bobcat S205

CONSTRUCTION EQUIP. 1993 JD 290D excavator, S/N1431 1993 JCB508-40 telescopic loader, S/N50840SP569941 2000 JLG 601S manlift, S/N300045576 LOADERS & ATTACHMENTS 1992 Beuthling B-300 self Dual 325 loader, w/8' snow propelled vibratory bucket compactor, S/N1612 JD 45 Series 1 loader Case 33 backhoe attach., 24" JD bucket 7' bucket Loader, 4-1/2' dirt bucket SWATHERS & PICKUP HEAD COLLECTIBLE TRACTORS 1989 Case-IH 8830 self& DOZERS propelled swather, JD 60 wide front, S/N6014166 S/NCFH0028426 1952 JD 70 gas, S/N7001842 Case-IH 8830 swather 1952 JD R, S/N11720 IHC 810 pickup head w/20' 1951 JD MT, S/N30151 Sund pickup 1949 JD A, S/N630926 TILLAGE EQUIPMENT 1948 JD A, S/N2517 1948 JD G, S/N32048 Leon chisel plow, 41' 1944 JD AR, S/N264334 IHC 55 chisel plow, 35' 1944 JD B, S/N157088 IHC 55 chisel plow, 28' 1943 JD A, S/N565579 (2) IHC 700 auto reset plow, 1940 JD AR for parts 8x16" McCormick-Deering F20 JD 335 tandem disc, 32' narrow front Koehn danish tine cultivator,30' Circa 1940 Slanzi Wil-Rich field cultivator, 38' 1955 JD 50, S/N5026085 Wil-Rich field cultivator, 24'

FORAGE & HAY EQUIP., TERRAGATORS, SEEDERS, SEMI TRACTORS, BINS, AUGER & CONVEYORS, NH3 EQUIPMENT, TRUCKS & PICKUPS, OTHER TRAILERS & EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES, SHOP EQUIPMENT, (22) TANKS, PARTS, & MISC. ITEMS

Contact an IQBID Territory Manager Today:

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Feedlot Cleaning Business For Sale

A gr eat way to Buy and Sell without the ef for t.

3 John Deere Spreaders 3 Massey Tractors Case Crawler Loader Gooseneck Trailer Dodge Diesel Truck Two Way Radios Tool Box Spare Tires Etc.

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BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

Must Sell

$79,000 obo Work Ready

For More Info call Jim @ 204-325-2149 Winkler, MB

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

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

PASTURE PIPELINE SYSTEMS, we can do complete instillation of your shallow buried pipeline & water trough systems. Howard Ganske, Cartwright, MB. Phone:(204)529-2464.

Email hlganske@xplorenet.com.

WANTED: FORD LOUISVILLE TRUCK, gas, 429 tandem, low kms, must have air brakes, clean truck.

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

1 COWAN MINI UNCAPPER; 1, 16 frame w/baskets stainless steel extractor. Phone (204)526-2491 or (204)526-7963.

SPRAYERS 2001 Hardi 1200 Commander pull-type sprayer, 90', S/N9417 Brittonya broadcast sprayer, 90' (3) Summers pickup sprayer Melroe 215 spra-coupe

Dave Krostue, Grand Forks, ND ……..(218) 779-6865 Tom Kosir, Farmington, MN…....(651) 307-4242 Lynn Sather, Fargo, ND …………….…(218) 779-9308 Chris Bair, Sioux Falls, SD….….(605) 271-7730 Dale Jorissen, Rogers, ND…...…….....(605) 228-8721 Phil Kappen, Sioux Falls, SD......(605) 201-1017 Eric Gabrielson, Ashley Huhn or Randy Kath, Litchfield, MN..……(320) 693-9371 Clark Sather, General Manager (701) 361-5048

AUTO & TRANSPORT Vehicles Wanted

BEEKEEPING Bee Equipment

END DUMP & BELLY DUMP TRAILERS 2006 Ranco Anvil end dump, 38'x96"x45" 2004 Ranco Anvil end dump, 36'x96"x45" 1974 Trailmobile aluminum end dump, 30' 1978 Loadking belly dump, 35', 18 yd.

CONSIGN NOW FOR THE IQBID JUNE AUCTION!

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

BEEKEEPING

ROW CROP EQUIPMENT 2004 Hiniker 4836 soybean seeder, 45', S/N48360240108 2002 Nissen bean rod, 8x30" Speedy knifer, 8x30", S/N17920 Alloway 2130 cultivator, 12x22" IHC cultivator, 8x30"

Circa 1940 Davis mini dozer 1931 Cletrac Model 15 Hercules, S/N579 1930 Cletrac 30B, S/N2070

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

2005 FORD F350 XLT Superduty, 6-litre, power stroke turbo diesel, 11200 GVW, auto, air, cruise, tilt, PW, PL , PM, tow package, $9590. Allan Gillis Auto Sales, (204)856-3283.

2008 DODGE RAM 2500HD, quad-cab long box, Cummins turbo diesel, auto, air , cruise, tilt, PDL, PW, PM. $21,900. Allan Gillis Auto Sales (204)856-3283.

TRACTORS 2008 JD 9630, 2,250 hrs., S/NRW9630T004095 JD 8630 50 Series, S/N001916R 2010 JD 5095 MFWD w/JD 543 loader. 200 hrs.

1995 MF 3470, S/NC385043 JD 4230, w/JD 158 loader, 96" bucket with grapple JD 4020, w/JD 158 loader, 8' bucket, S/N197221R JD 3010, gas, S/N30810 JD 2010, gas, S/N60041 IHC 460, gas, dual hyd. loader, S/N20680

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

Website: www.postframebuilding.com

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

6, 2,000-BU. BINS some have aeration; some 1650 1,700-bu. bins.

Phone (204)526-2491 or (204)526-7963.

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2005 FORD F350 XL Superduty, 6L Diesel, Automatic, A/C, dually, 11-ft steel flatdeck, 88,000-kms, excellent condition, new MB safety, $9,500.

Phone:(204)999-6581.

FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins

Ft. T/A Trailerl• ROUND BALER• 2003 JD 557 5x5•

Ft. Trailerl•BALER ROUND • BALER• JD 557 • T/A ROUND 2003 2003 JD 557 5x55x5• • BALE PROCESSOR BUILDING & LAYOUT BALE BALE PROCESSOR• PROCESSOR• 2009 2009 Degelman Degelman Bale Bale King•HAY King•HAY

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

STRONGEST POSTS INDUSTRY-WIDE Toll Free:1-877-239-0730 www.mcdiarmid.com/farm

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

CUSTOM BIN MOVING: Large Flat Bottom Bins & Hoppers. Also Buying & Selling used bins. Phone: (204)362-7103. Email: binmovers@hotmail.com NEW HOPPER BOTTOMS FOR grain bins, 16-ft. & 14-ft. in stock. Call for prices & options.

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

USED HOPPER BINS 1200, 1900, 2300, 5000 bushels. Used 14-ft Weststeel Rosco & 12-ft Behlen bins. New Brock bins in stock, 10,000-60,000 bushels. Phone:(204)746-6783.

WEST STEEL GRAIN BINS, parts & extensions, 19-ft & 14-ft bin roof panels, steel & plastic culverts, colored & galvanized metal roofing & siding. Ridgeville, MB. Phone:(204)373-2685.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers New GSI Grain Dryers - Propane/NG, canola screens, 1 or 3 phase, simple and accurate. Also some used dryers available. Vince Zettler, www.vzgrain.com (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 Elevators 80-FT. BUCKET ELEVATING LEG w/3 phase 10-HP electric motor. Phone (204)886-3304.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Handling

WALINGA GRAIN VACS Tired of shovelling out your bins, unhealthy dust and awkward augers?

Walinga manufactures a complete line of grain vacs to suit your every need.

With no filters to plug and less damage done to your product than an auger, you’re sure to find the right system to suit you. Call now for a free demonstration or trade in your old vac towards a new

Walinga agri-Vac! Fergus, On: (519) 787-8227 carman, MB: (204) 745-2951 Davidson, SK: (306) 567-3031 FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Baling CASE-IH 8575 LARGE SQUARE Baler, GC; Inland 4000 square bale picker, GC; 2004 1475 NH hay-bine, VGC. Phone:(204)467-5984 leave msg, Stonewall.

JD 556 Round Baler, 5x5 round baler, always shedded $7,750.00 (204) 322-5385 lyle@huntsinmanitoba.com NH BALING WAGON MODEL 1033; Heston small square baler model 4600, centre feed, hyd tension, plus silo guard attachment, like new condition.

Phone:(204)886-2960, Teulon.

FARM MACHINERY Hay & Harvesting – Mower Conditioner JD HAYBINE 1600A, FIELD ready, asking $6500 OBO. Phone Bob (204)352-4221, Glenella.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Swathers 2000 MACDON 9350 SWATHER, 1856-hrs, 2-speed, 108HP turbo, hydraulic tilt; 2002 972 header 25-ft, 6-row plastic teeth, 1000-hrs.

Phone:(204)827-2011.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Various JD Side Delivery Rake $450.00 (204) 322-5385 lyle@huntsinmanitoba.com 10X40-FT HEAVY DUTY HAY wagon, hauls 20 round or square bales, 10.00-20 tires, built from new steel, $4800, delivered. Phone:(204)325-6650.

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

Phone (204)744-2413, Somerset.

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

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

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

2009 JD 946 DISCBINE, flail conditioner, 2-pt hookup, like new, only cut 1000-ac.; 2002 NH 688, excellent shape; 2004 RB56 Challenger baler, wide pickup, mesh wrap, fully auto., 9000 bales;Tonuttie 6-wheel V-rake, no broken teeth, ready to rake; 1999 JD 1600 moco, 14-ft cutter.

Phone:(204)371-5478.

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

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

CASE 24B 4X4, 2.5-YD, 123-HP loader, shedded. $18,900. Will seal. Phone: (204)324-6298

FOR SALE 16-FT HAYBINE #116 NH; 31-ft tandem disc White 272, new front blades. Phone Jack Bullied, (204)526-2857.

FOR SALE, 2 1985 Massey Ferguson 860, V8-hydro, 1997 Case IH8820 swather, 25-ft w/U2 PU reel, machines are field ready.

Phone:(204)564-2699 or (204)564-2675, Inglis.

CASE W14 WHEEL LOADER, well maintained, $23,500. Case 450 Crawler dozer, 6-way blade, $17,500. www.waltersequipment.com Phone:(204)525-4521.

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FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Various FOR SALE 5114 NEW Idea Haybine, real good tires, low hours on pump planetaries, new roller lift cylinders, good working condition, $2500.

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

NEW HOLLAND 1116 HAY header w/adaptor for 9030 bi-directional. Phone:(204)373-2631.

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

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

Combines FARM MACHINERY Combine – Case/IH CASE 1688 PICKUP HEADER, 20-ft straightcut header & header carrier.

Phone Jack:(204)270-0233 WANTED: COMBINE IHC 914 PT, in working order. Phone (204)371-5976.

FARM MACHINERY Combine – John Deere 2011 JD 9770 COMBINE, Premier cab, 615 PU, small grains concave, Contour Master, 22.5-ft. auger, duals, 55 engine hrs, like new. Phone (204)467-2109, after 8:00pm 8820 II 1987 212 PU, 4776-hrs, good condition. $15,000 OBO Phone:(204)546-3287. Grandview.

JD 635 FLEX W/CWS Air Bar, A-1 condition, $33,900; 4 wheel trailer, $3900.

Phone (204)324-6298.

Combine ACCessories FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories

FARM MACHINERY Sprayers

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

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

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Air Drills

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

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

AIR DRILL EXHAUST COOLING kit, originally sold

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

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Versatile

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

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Air Seeders

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

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

FOR SALE: EASY-ON AIR seeder, 28-ft harrows, 2175 tank; 1978 International 1700 Loadstar, 3tonne grain truck, 75,000-km, safetied; Inland Harrowbar, 50-ft; Sakundiak 7-inx41-ft grain auger, 14 horse Kohler engine. Phone:(204)867-5018 or (204)867-7610.

BOURGAULT 330 SERIES FH528-34 @ 32-ft, 8-in spacing, knock ons, 2155 tank, good condition. $12,000 OBO Phone:(204)546-3287. Grandview.

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Seeding 7200 hoe drills for sale: 28-ft of Case IH 7200 hoe drills, toews markers, factory transport. Excellent condition $8,000 (204)526-5351 FC 5000, 57-FT, 9-IN, rubber press, double fan, double shoot w/third tank. A-1 condition. $57,900.

Phone: (204)324-6298

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Tillage

FYFE PARTS

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

“For All Your Farm Parts”

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Various 12-FT IH 5100 DD Wheel Drill, C W grass seed attachment. Phone:(204)638-7425.

1 PAIR HAUKAAS side arm field markers, 27-45ft., $400. Phone (204)353-4173.

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.

44-FT ROLLING BASKETS for JD 730 air seeder; 36-ft. Intl press drill track Easors built in transports, taking offers. Phone (204)526-2166, Holland, MB.

WATROUS SALVAGE

I.H.C. 7200 28-FT HOE Press Drill, W/factory transport, H.D. bi-fold markers, new tires on front, good condition, $2500 OBO. Phone:(204)733-2457 or (204)648-5059, Ochre River.

WaTRoUs, sK. Fax: 306-946-2444

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

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

FOR SALE: CASE IH 7200 hoe drill. 28-ft w/rubber press factory IH transport, Eagle Beak openers, folding markers, new tires, field ready. Asking $4,500, open to offers. Phone Jim:(204)664-5447.

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

TracTors FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Allis/Deutz

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

1987 DUETZ 7085 FWA, open-station, 85hp, 5900-hrs, Allied 794 FEL $17,000. (204)525-4521 www.waltersequipment.com

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Case/IH 1976 1066 INTL, $10,000; 60-ft. Herman harrow bar, $1,250. Phone (204)825-3867, Pilot Mound.

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

FARM MACHINERY Salvage

1999 CASE IH CX90 tractor 3170-hrs, new tires, repainted.

Dual PTO 3-PTH, MFWD. Phone:(204)254-4985 or (204)781-0023.

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

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere

FARM MACHINERY Potato & Row Crop Equipment

1979 JD4440 TRACTOR w/10,900-hrs. New front tires, new batteries, clamp-on duals, front weights, VGC, $14,000. Call Rick (204)526-0277, Bruxelles.

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

FOR SALE: 7810 MFWD, PQ, LHR, 3-pt, new tires, low hrs; 7710 MFWD, PQ, LHR, 3-pt, new tires, low hrs; 7710 MFWD, PQ, RHS, 3-pt, VG rubber, low hrs; 4650 MFWD, 15-SPD; 4455 MFWD, 3-pt, engine rebuilt, new paint & interior; 4455 MFWD, 3-pt, 15-SPD; 4250 MFWD, 3-pt, 15-SPD; 4050 MFWD, 3-pt, 15-SPD; 2950 MFWD, 3-pt, w/260 s/l FEL; 4440 quad, fact duals, 4240 quad; 2555 CAH, 3-pt, 4,600 hrs, w/146 FEL; All tractors can be sole w/new or used loaders. We also have loaders, buckets, grapples to fit JD tractors. BEN PETERS JD TRACTORS LTD (204)828-3628 shop, (204)750-2459 cell, Roseisle.

FARM MACHINERY Rockpickers FOR SALE: ROCK-O-MATIC, PTO rock picker, asking $1,700. Phone (204)248-2019.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Ford

FOR SALE: 50-FT RITE Way harrows, Morris 80-14 Seed Rite Hoe Drill, Degelman Rock Picker, 26-ft Vers. Grain Auger w/Orbit motor, Bale wagon.

All in good condition. Phone:(204)564-2251.

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

Phone: (204)476-2458.

3225 BOURGAULT AIR CART for sale, in good condition, single shoot, w/fill auger & holds 225-bu.

It is a tow behind & comes w/monitor & wiring. This unit meters Canola very accurately & is easy to set, asking $12,500. Phone (204)252-2232, Rossendale, MB.

35-FT IHC DEEP TILLER, no harrows or tandem wheels, cable-lift, asking $1200 OBO. Phone Bob (204)352-4221, Glenella.

www.fyfeparts.com

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

Tillage & Seeding

Tractors Combines Swathers

1-800-667-9871 • Regina 1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon 1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg 1-800-222-6594 • Edmonton

FORDSON MAJOR C/W AUXILIARY hydraulics, pwr assist steering, FEL, $2,500; 50-ft. of Allied harrows, $250; Mel Cam side post stone picker, $500; NH haybine, $200; 18-ft. Morris Seedrite, $250; 6-in. grain auger, 24-ft. long w/flexible spout & hyd drive, used as a drill fill; 8-in. Vers PTO auger, 39-ft $500. (204)826-2045

FARM MACHINERY Spray Various

Tillage & Seeding - Harrows & Packers

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

EMERSON 600 SCRAPER, $4,500; Degelman rock picker, $500. (204)483-2717, Souris.

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

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

Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd.

AEROWAY 15FT LOW ACRES, like new, $10,000 (780)524-2987, Valleyview, Ab.

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

Phone:(204)368-2261.

Farm machinery

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

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

Phone:(204)857-8403.

BLUE 80-FT. BRANDT QF, new tank & pump, cam handler, wind cones, foam markers, $5,500.

(204)483-2717, Souris.

FLEXICOIL 800 AIR SEEDER, 40-ft wide. Phone Jack:(204)270-0233.

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

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

Phone:(204)436-2317.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – 2 Wheel Drive STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specializing in JD tractors in need of repair or burnt, or will buy for parts. JD parts available. Phone: 204-466-2927 or cell: 204-871-5170, Austin.

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

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

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

FOR SALE: 1993 JD 6300 FWA, open station, loader, bucket & bale fork, 3-PTH, good condition, $18,000. Phone (204)637-2393, evenings or early mornings.

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

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

Westward 3000 PT swather w/hyd set up; 1560 MF round baler; 20-ft. folding coil packer; homemade post pounder; 24.5-ft. JD C20 cultivator; 22 NH3 knives. (204)386-2507 16-FT. INTL DRILL W/TRANSPORT; 2, 914 Intl combines, good condition, always shedded; Serial Implement swather, 21-ft., always shedded, swather turner. Roland Devos (204)836-2150 Bruxelles, MB. 1979 CASE 2290 TRACTOR, duals, 4850-hrs; 1975 GMC 6500 truck, 5 & 2 transmission w/box & hoist, new 900-20 tires; International 100 rubber press drill, 24-ft. Phone:(204)886-2461, Teulon.

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

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

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

1986 CASE IH 4000 swather, 24.5-ft., cab & air; 1982 IH 1482 combine, both shedded & field ready; 1981 Case 4490, new engine, tires good. Phone (204)528-3202, leave message, Ninette, MB. 1987 CASE 2294 DUEL 3-pt CAHR, excellent rubber, extra clean, inside & out, runs & shifts excellent; IH 784 tractor & 2250 loader, 3-pt, 65 hp w/6800-hrs; Aloe quickie 790 loader & grapple w/JD mounts, like new; JD 3600, 2x5 bottom plows w/ coulters; Schulte rock picker; Vermier H baler, excellent older baler; 1996 Green Valley cattle trailer 6 1/2x24-ft. Phone:(204)425-3466.

1989 FREIGHTLINER 425 CAT engine, 15-SPD trans, 11R24.5 tires 10% worn, 22-ft. cancade box like new, electric & hyd w/2 controls, bought 1997 always shedded, asking $30,000; 1964 4020 JD, 9000-hrs, make offers. (204)353-2499.

1996 GREAT DANE 53-FT van trailer for storage, insulated, no leaks; 1996 Doepker 50-ft step deck, triple axle air ride, 22 winches, extendable lights, 2 storage compartments, excellent shape; 1995 Wabash 48-ft flat deck, triple axle, air ride winches; also all types of new goose necks, car haulers, utility & dump trailers available.

Phone:(204)425-3518.

2001 NH TS110 MFWD loader w/joystick, CAHR 3-pt, 4500-hrs, very tight, clean tractor; JD 450 hyd. push manure spreader; 1999 NH 1431 discbine, rubber rolls, well maintained, clean machine; JD 3100, 2x6 bottom plows w/coulters; 1996 Case 8465 baler, excellent condition, only 5000 bales; NH 116 MOCO, 14-ft cutter; Bueler 510 brush mower, 3-pt or trail type, like new.

Phone:(204)381-9044.

28-FT HILLCREST PRESS DRILL carrier, $800; 30-ft Wil-Rich field cultivator w/Farm King harrows, $2200; 25-ft Flexi-coil deep tiller w/Flexi-coil harrows, $3150; Chuck Norris cattle oiler w/2 tubs & 2 wicks, $1100. Phone:(204)428-3625, Portage.

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

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

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

Phone (204)857-8403.

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

JD 9350 SEED DRILLS, 20-ft.; JD 7100 3-PTH planter, 8R36; JD 777 air cart; Melroe 115 SpraCoupe 60-ft.; JD 654A All Crop Head, 6R36. Call (204)745-0415 or (204)828-3267, Graysville LODEKING 14-FT DRILLFILL; NH3 kit w/hyd shutoff; front fenders for JD MFWD tractor; 16-ft MacDon haybine, shedded; 31-ft Co-op deep tiller.

Phone (204)386-2412, Plumas, MB. MOWERS WOODS 20-FT BATWING, $7500; JD #1518, $8500; Woods 10-ft, $3500; Woods 6-ft, $1600; JD 5-ft, $1000; Allied #2795 loader, $4500; Dual #340, $2000; New Skidsteer grapple-bucket, $1600; Pallet fork, $850; Hydraulic post auger, $2250; Danhauser 3-PTH auger, $1200; Shaver post pounder, $800; Doepker 7-yd scraper, $2500; JD 12-yd, $12,000; Degelman GD rock picker, $2500; Hay buster #106, $2500; Rockmaster 56 hydraulic, $4900. Phone:(204)857-8403.

NELROW SPRAY COUP 216, cab, side gallons, 200-gal tank; Pull-type International 1480 Combine; Wilrich 34 Culitvator; Wilrich 33 Deep-tiller; Mckay& Nickel sweeps. Phone:(204)825-2719.

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

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

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

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted

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, taking Spring bookings. For special pricing call Art (204)685-2628 or cell (204)856-3440.

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

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

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

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FEEDER/SLAUGHTER SALES Every Friday 8AM Receiving open until 11PM Thursdays Presale Sundays SHEEP & GOAT SALE 1st Thursday of Every Month June 1st 1PM Gates Open Mon.-Wed. 8AM-4PM Thurs. 8AM-11PM Friday 8AM-6PM Sat. 8AM-4PM For more information call: 204-694-8328 or Jim Christie 204-771-0753

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus BATTLE LAKE FARM HAS PB Black & Red yearling Angus bulls & 2, 2 yr old Red bulls for sale.

Phone (204)834-2202, Carberry.

BLACK & RED ANGUS bulls for sale, 2 & 3 yr olds, asking $2,300. Phone (204)937-3378.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CRANBERRY CREEK ANGUS BULLS for sale.

Bulls are Reg. & will be semen tested before delivery May 1st. Hand fed & very quiet. These bulls are beefy & will add pounds to your calf crop. Please call for weights & EPD’s. Pics by e-mail also avail David & Jeanette Neufeld (204)534-2380, Boissevain.

FOR SALE: 5 TWO yr old Black Angus Bulls w/experience; 15 Black Angus yearling bulls. Phone Holloway Angus (204)741-0070 or (204)483-3622 Souris, MB. GREENBUSH ANGUS HAS A good selection of yearling black angus bulls for sale, semen tested, ready to go & delivered, contact Tim (204)966-3320 or 204-476-6040.

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

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

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

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WANTED: MULCHERS TO FIT behind an HC cultivator, approximately 20-ft. Phone:(204)256-4664.

WANTED: NARROW FRONT FOR late model A JD, 1290 JD planter, 40 & 45 JD combine, corn binder w/12-ft elevator, mm uni-harvester, drive wheels for cockshutt hay loader, corn picker, corn husker-shredder. Phone Michael:(204)270-0008.

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Can supply quality Black Angus and Hereford bulls.

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

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus 2 YR OLD RED Angus bulls, $1600 each. Phone: (204)371-6404, Ste Anne, MB. DENBIE RANCH IS PROUD to offer an excellent set of long-yearling and yearling bulls for sale. We have a great group of Red Angus bulls along with a good selection of hybrid bulls, who are half-bred Angus & half-Simmental. The long yearlings are the perfect age bulls, developed on grass so they will stand up for a long time and big enough to go out and breed any size of cow with no problems! The yearling bulls are also a great group out of breed leading A.I. sires as well as our own herd sires!

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

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F BAR & ASSOCIATES ANGUS bulls for sale.

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

Black or Red Limousin Bulls Polled, light to moderate birthweights, semen tested, delivery available. Packages of Red and Black cow/calf pairs, bred heifers and open heifer calves available. Call Cheryl @ 204736-2878 or view cattle at www.cherwaylimousin.ca

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

KINARED RED ANGUS OFFERS about 50 2 yr old bulls for sale, complete performance data, guaranteed, semen tested, delivery available. Come select your bulls early, $500 deposit will hold your bull until Spring. Vaughan & Judy Greenslade (204)239-6891, Portage la Prairie.

WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM HAS good quality Maine-Anjou bulls for sale & several Red Angus bulls for sale. Phone:(204)373-2631 Sid Wilkinson.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn

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

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

ATTENTION GRADUATES: Shorthorn Breeders of Manitoba will be accepting applications for the John A. Nevin cattle growers education fund award until June 1, 2012. Susan Armbruster, Box 597, Rossburn, MB, R0J 1V0, Phone/Fax (204)859-2088 e-mail parmbruster@xplornet.com

RED ANGUS & BLACK angus bulls for sale, yearlings and two-year olds, semen tested & delivery available. Contact Wayne (204)383-5802.

REGISTERED PB RED ANGUS bulls, 2 yr olds & yearlings w/low birth weights. Phone: Ren-Ele Red Angus, (204)526-2424, Bruxelles.

REG PB RED ANGUS bulls, 2 yr olds & yearlings.

Many low birth weight bulls, excellent for heifers.

Phone (204)278-3372 or (204)485-1490.

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

WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM HAS several good quality Red Angus bulls for sale, also has Maine-Anjou bulls for sale. Phone:(204)373-2631 Sid Wil-kinson.

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DEFOORT STOCK FARM HAS 1 of the largest groups of Charolais bulls for sale private treaty in MB. Selling both White & Red factor, moderate birth weights, performance tested & semen tested. 32 yrs in the business. Check out our website for both pics & info www.defoortstockfarm.com Phone Gord & Sue (204)743-2109 anytime.

FOR SALE 2 YEARLING Charolais bulls, semen tested, yearling & birth weights, guaranteed & can be delivered. Jack Bullied, (204)526-2857.

FOR SALE: 2 YR old PB Charolais bull, semen tested, guaranteed. Will be an easy calver. Phone (204)748-1024, Keith Hagan KEH Charolais.

FOR SALE: PB CHAROLAIS bulls, yearlings, Polled, some Red factor, semen tested, guaranteed & delivered.

R&G McDonald Livestock (204)466-2883 or (204)724-2811, Sidney, MB.

MARTENS CHAROLAIS 2-YR OLD & yearling bulls, sired by Specialist, (consistant thickness) Dateline for calving ease & performance. Red-Mist (Red factor). Nobleman 3-yr old bull. For beef bulls Martens Charolais. Phone:(204)534-8370.

PB CHAROLAIS BULLS, semen tested & guaranteed breeders. Some AI sired. Solid calving ease bulls from top bloodlines. Phone (204)252-3115.

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

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CHAROLAIS BULLS FOR SALE at the farm. Good selection, come and take a look. Walking Plow Charolais, Phone:(204)427-2589.

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

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FOR SALE: RED POLLED yearling bulls. Performance tested, semen tested, delivery available.

Also 1 red polled 2-yr old. Poplar Park Farm, Hamiota MB. Phone:(204)764-2382.

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

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YEARLING & 2 YR old Shorthorn bulls, Roan & Red. Orville Renwick (204)522-8686, Melita.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental CONRAY CATTLE CO-FOR SALE by private treaty, PB Red Simmental yearling bulls, polled thick high performance bulls. Will keep until spring. Semen tested & delivered. Call (204)825-2140 evenings, Connor or Gayle.

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

Gofflot Bar 2 (204)854-2530.

POLLED PB REG YEARLING Gelbveih bulls. Semen tested, delivered & guaranteed. For more info call (204)436-2655 or (204)745-7811.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford BLACK & RED SIMMENTAL & Polled Hereford yearling bulls. Semen tested, BVD tested, tie broke.

Call Bill Biglieni, WLB Livestock, (204)763-4697, (204)729-7925.

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

GOOD HEREFORD BULLS & Commercial females for sale. Phone Wally (204)523-8713 or cell (204)534-8204 or view bulls at roselawnfarms.com POLLED HEREFORD & BLACK Angus bulls for sale, yearlings & 2 yr olds available. Semen tested, performance records & delivery available. Call Don Guilford (204)873-2430, Clearwater.

Go public with an ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. Phone 1-800-782-0794.

FOR SALE: 2 YEARLING Simm bulls (1 Polled) 1 (2 yr old) polled Simm bull. I am calving heifers to this bull now. 1 mature polled Simm bull. I have calves to see, all born unassisted to cows out in the pasture. Also consigning to “Transcon Cattle Country Simmental & Charolais Bull Sale.” Neepawa Apr 12th. 3 yearling Simm bulls (2 polled) Delight Simmentals (204)836-2116 St. Alphonse, MB. FULL BLOOD, RED & Black Simmental Bulls.

Yearlings & 2-yr old. Semen tested & delivered.

Triple T Diamond Simmentals.

Phone:(204)762-6156, Stewart Cell:(204)739-8301, Wade Cell:(204)739-3225.

FULL FLECKVIEH COMING 2-YR old full blood bull. Very sound, well muscled, thick, meaty bull sired by MFI Whistler 47L. Phone:(204)379-2794 or (204)805-2094, St Claude.

POLLED 2 YR OLD & yearling, PB & Fullblood Simmental bulls. Acomb Valley Simmentals (204)865-2246, Minnedosa.

THICK, RED YEARLING PB Simmental bull. Sired

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WE HAVE RED & Black Polled yearling Simmental bulls for sale at the farm & consigned to the Cattle Country Sale in Neepawa Apr 12th. These are thick, moderate framed, stout bulls, from Our Walking herdsires & AI Sires including Crosby & Red Bull. Due to the number of heifers we have retained we also have for sale our R Plus herdsire. Bulls will be semen tested, guaranteed & delivered. Phone Robert at Handford Simmentals (204)876-4658 or (204)242-4359.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various 14 COWS W/CALVES, 1 bred fall calver. Phone: (204)855-2897 or (204)748-7442.

16 EXCELLENT QUALITY OPEN replacement heifers, 850-900-lb, mostly Red Angus Simm Cross. Pail fed & very quiet, asking $1,100.

(204)825-2799 or (204)825-8340, Pilot Mound.

2 YR OLD BLACK Angus bulls, AI bred; 4 yearling Black Angus bulls; 4 Simm X Red Angus bulls. All bulls semen tested & delivered. 5 Border Collie pups, PB, ready to go May 1st. (204)448-2317 6 PUREBRED &1 Fullblood Full Fleck calving ease, yearling bulls for sale. All bulls, except the fullblood, have been sired by KOPS Livewireson 57W, they are semen tested & ready to go. Contact Dallas Ehr from Forty Creek Ranch to learn more about the pedigree & come down to the farm to check them out. Phone:(204)212-0107 BULL FOR SALE: 1-2yr old Red Angus X Charolais. Will semen test, $1600. Call Mark after 6:00pm (204)422-5914.

FALL CALVING COWS FOR sale, Red Angus & hereford mix, $1300. Expected calving time, August/ September. Phone:(204)348-3125, call after 8pm.

FOR SALE: 30 PB 4 yr old Red Angus cows bred Gelbvieh. 1/2 half calving now, 1/2 fall calvers.

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

FOR SALE: GRASS FEEDER calves, complete health program, no implants.

Call Doug (204)447-2382, St. Rose, MB.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Wanted

TIRED OF THE HIGH COST OF MARKETING YOUR CALVES??

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

Contact: D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110 Horses LIVESTOCK Horse Auctions ROCKING W SPRING HORSE Sale Sat., May 19th, 2012. Tack Sale Fri., May 18th. Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Phone (204)325-7237 www.rockingw.com It doesn’t get any better than this. Prepay your ad for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! Call today! 1-800782-0794.

LIVESTOCK Swine Swine Wanted

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

CLUCK & QUACK POULTRY Club’s Third Annual Spring Auction, Sun., May 6th, 2012, 12:00 noon.

South Barn of the CPTC/Rodeo Grounds off Hwy #302 in Beausejour. For more info, call Susan (204)268-1459 or e-mail pineoak@mymts.net

ORGANIC Organic – Certified

PETS & SUPPLIES

FARM LAND FOR SALE: Approx 235-acs 4 miles Southeast of St Malo in RM of Franklin. Building site & some bush,. Remainder grain farm. Two parcels of land. Approx 711-acs 4 miles South of St Malo in RM of DeSalaberry. Building site. Remainder grain farm. Six parcels of land. Call Lydia Hacking (204)222-3910, 2050 Knowles Ave, Wpg, MB R2G 2K5. Offers to be submitted by June 4th, 2012 to Robert Martens, Loewen & Martens 1101 Henderson Hwy, Wpg, MB R2G 1L4.

SINGLE? CANDLELIGHT MATCHMAKERS can help you find each other! Everyone deserves a Happy Relationship. Confidential, Photos & Profiles to selected matches. Affordable, local, 2 upcoming Weddings! Serving MB, SK, NW Ontario. Call/Write for info: Box 212, Roland, MB, R0G 1T0, (204)343-2475.

REAL ESTATE Commercial Buildings

SEED CLEANING BUSINESS

Specialty

FOR SALE

LIVESTOCK Livestock Equipment Bowler

$275.

FOR SALE: 2 JD model 785 hydro push tandem axle manure spreaders, both equipped with top beaters & wide floatation tires, always shedded when not in use, VGC, Asking $13,500 each. Cypress River.

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

HEAVY BUILT CATTLE FEED bunks & troughs 3/8” thick steel, 500-gal capacity, 3.5ft x 16.5ft, good for grain, silage or water, easily moved, indestructible. (204)362-0780, Morden.

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.

PRICED TO CLEAR Used Conveyor Belting 42” - 52” wide, up to 1100’ long Ideal for windbreaks, stall mats, bunk feeders, etc.

CALL US FOR BEST PRICING *Ask us about fuel allowance on quantity orders

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD. st. lAZAre, MB.

1-800-510-3303 MISCELLANEOUS WANTED WANTED: HOUSE TRAILER, calves.

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

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale

PERSONAL

LIVESTOCK Poultry For Sale

WATER

PETS

ORGANIC PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA CO-OPERATIVE (OPAM). Non-profit member owned organic certification body, certifying producers, processors and brokers since 1988.

Phone: (204)567-3745, Miniota, Manitoba. Email: info@opam-mb.com

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

100 HEAD CAPACITY Phone (204)425-3016.

ORGANIC

EWE lambs & garden tiller

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

FOR SALE: BLUE HEELER pups, from good working parents, born March 4th, 2012. Phone (204)732-2481, evenings.

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

REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE Land For Rent

REAL ESTATE Cottages & Lots

800-ACS OF SUPERVISED PASTURE for rent good water, loading corrals, electric fences, some rotational grazing, reasonable rates. Phone (204)345-3486.

LAKEFRONT CABIN FOR SALE. Open house May 5 & 6th, 2012, Noon to 4:00pm Lot 8N, George Lake, 4-mi N of the Peace Gardens.

Details at http://www.georgelakecabin.com.

Neil MacNair (204)828-3410.

REAL ESTATE Motels & Hotels

AT CROMER, MB Taking sealed bid

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES All Terrain Vehicles

• 2- town lots approximately 160’ x 240’ total.

• 2002 Scaleco truck scale 10’ x 30’ with GSE 460 display.

• 40’ x 30’ building built in 1998 • 4 - approximately 600bu hopper bins • 2 - approximately 300bu hopper bins.

• 1 - dust bin.

• 4 - approximately 25’ legs.

• Clipper 49 BD cleaner.

• 2 - #1539 Carter disc separators.

• 2 - #245 Carter shell cleaners.

2008 YAMAHA RHINO 700 EFI, 15,000-km, good condition. Asking $5500. Phone:(204)375-6547.

2010 620I JD GATOR, 98-hrs, windshield, topcap, receiver hitch, like-new condition, asking $10,900 OBO. Phone:(204)825-2799 or (204)825-8340, Pilot Mound.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Boats & Water 14-FT ALUMINUM FISHING BOAT, 15hp Johnson motor, easy hauler trailer, $1850. Phone (204)425-3016.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Motorcycles CANADA’S LARGEST HELMET SELECTION & shields. Trade-ins taken, new & used parts etc. For motorcycles, motocross, snowmobiles, scooters, mopeds & much more. Canadian 981 Main St R2W 3P6. Phone:(204)582-4130. Parts etc. for Chinese MX bikes.

Bids accepted on single or multiple parcels.

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

HALF SECTION HAY, CULTIVATED & possible Pasture in Fisher Branch area.

Phone (204)228-7063.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

Business includes:

Mail bids to: Murray Jorgenson Pres., Cromer Seed Co-op Box 21, Cromer, Mb R0M 0j0 For information or to view equipment, Call Kerry 748-6685 or 748-7157 Murray 556-2203 Highest or any bid not necessarily accepted.

Grass Now!! 530 ac. bush pasture @ $10/ac. and/or 209 ac. open pasture @ $17.50/ac. Complete sorting facilities. Scale at extra cost. (204)752-2101

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

tenders until June 15

Parcel 1 All above Parcel 2 Scale only Parcel 3 Building, bins and equipment - not including scale or land.

Parcel 4 Building, bins, equipment and land - not including scale.

GOOD PASTURE AVAILABLE FOR up to 300 cow/calf pairs or yearlings. Ample water, well fenced. Phone:(204)437-4671.

RECYCLING

NOTRE DAME USED OIL ESTATE & REAL FILTER DEPOT

Farms & Ranches – B.C. • Buy Used Oil • Buy Batteries BC Ranch for SaleFilters $990,000 • Collect Used • Collect Oil Containers

Cattle Horses Hay. 45 min. from Kamloops on 235+/and 125+/Western Manitoba acres, 2Southern water licenses, irrigated & cultivatable acres, 500 ton feed Perimeter & lots of Tel:potential.

204-248-2110 cross fences. 1200-sq.ft. home, several outbuildings, heated shop, outdoor riding arena & round pen. For more info; www.wattranch.com, call (778)930-0115, email: russ.sellsrealty@gmail.com

BuyUsed Used Oil Oil ••Buy NOTRE •• Buy Buy Batteries Batteries DAME ••Collect CollectUsed Used Filters Filters • Collect Oil Containers • Collect Oil Containers USED • Antifreeze OIL & Southern,Southern Eastern, and Manitoba Western Western FILTER Manitoba DEPOT Tel: 204-248-2110

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba 159-ACRES ARBORG AREA, approx. 100-acres mature bush, balance pasture, $53,000. Call Mike, Golko’s Realty (204)642-7979.

482 ACRES FENCED PASTURE land, Waldersee.

Liz Sumner, Gill & Schmall Agencies.

Phone:(204)476-6362.

FARM SPECIALIST: COUNT ON GRANT TWEED, informed, professional assistance for sellers & buyers. Call (204)761-6884 anytime, or www.granttweed.com. Service with integrity.

FOR SALE BY TENDER. Approximately 321.84 acres of mixed farm land located in the R.M. of Louise, Manitoba owned by Dianne Popplestone.

Parcel One: Title No. 2125888 (301.61 acres) N-1/2 of 18-4-10 WPM Excepting. Firstly-the most Wly 1/4 of Legal Subdivisions 12 & 13. Secondly-all mines & minerals as reserved in the original Grant from the crown. Parcel Two: Title No. 1850449 (20.23 acres) The Wly 330-ft of NW 1/4 18-4-10 WPM; All offers must be received no later than 4-pm on May 9,2012. Please outline in the offer to purchase, price, terms & conditions. Please include your name, address, postal code & contact information.

All offers must acknowledge that the land is rented until Dec 31,2012. The vendor would consider selling the NE 1/4 separately. All Offers to Purchase should be addressed to Dianne Popplestone & forwarded to: Diane Popplestone, Box 155, Gunton MB, R0C 1H0. The vendor reserves the right to refuse any and all offers, and reserves the right to negotiate with any bidders. For further information please contact Garrett Popplestone (204)886-8370 or (204)461-1914.

GOOD CATTLE FARM OF 1,120 deeded acres in the RM of Grahamdale & Northern Affairs & 1,199 acres crown land avail. Good pasture & wooded areas. Machine shops, barns, calf barns, grain bins, various sheds & older home, etc. Phone: Arnold Hillyer (204)659-5788.

SCENIC MINNEDOSA AREA MIXED farm w/631-acres. House, barns, shop, quonset, cattle sheds, grain storage & more. This is a beautiful property with the Little Saskatchewan River running through. Contact Rick Taylor, Homelife Home Professional Realty, (204)867-7551, email rtaylor@homelife.com or website www.homelifepro.com

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Wanted

We BUY used oil & filters Collection of plastic oil jugs Glycol recovery services Specialized waste removal Winter & Summer windshield washer fluid Peak Performance anti-freeze ( available in bulk or drums )

Proud Supporter of Manitoba Businesses & Municipalities

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental

The only company that collects, recycles and re-uses in Manitoba!

888-368-9378 ~ www.envirowestinc.com

PEDIGREED SEED PEDIGREED SEED Cereal – Various BULK CERTIFIED #1 CARBERRY, Kane wheat, Certified Hanley Flax. All very high germ & purity.

Phone: (204)744-2208 or cell (204)825-7249, St Léon MB. ELIAS SEEDS: Cert AC Carberry & AC Barrie Wheat. Call (204)745-3301, Carman, MB. JAMES FARMS LTD: AC Barrie & AC Carberry Wheat, Leggett & Summit Oats, Hanley Flax, Various Canola, Sunflower & Soybean seed varieties, Forage seed. Customer processing. Seed treating & delivery available. Early payment discounts. For info (204)222-8785, toll free 1-866-283-8785, Winnipeg.

PINNACLE & SUMMIT OATS, Carberry Wheat, CDC Sorrel Flax, Chadburn Soybeans. Krym Farms Ltd (204)955-5562, Rosser, MB. PUGH SEEDS: CERT KANE, AC Barrie, Somerset Wheat. Souris Oats. Ronald Oats, Reg & Cert Sorrel Flax. Phone (204)274-2179, Bill’s cell (204)871-1467, Barry’s cell (204)872-1851, Portage.

GOOD QUALITY GRAIN & Cattle Farms wanted for Canadian & Overseas Clients. For a confidential meeting to discuss the possible sale of your farm or to talk about what is involved, telephone Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511, www.farmsofcanada.ca or Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, www.homelifepro.com Home Professional Realty Inc.

SANDERS SEED FARM FDN, Reg. Cert. Domain Kane, Cert. Carberry, Harvest Wheat, Manitou, MB. Phone (204)242-4200 or (204)242-2576, Daniel Sanders.

LOOKING TO BUY OR rent land North of Winnipeg. Contact Ron (204)299-6853 or (204)467-8877.

AFTER WAITING YEARS w/industries’ sweet assurances, Wanted open-market off-patent glyphosphate tolerant certified GMO Soybean seed. Eduard SFX, MB (204)864-2102, or eduard57(at)netscape.ca

Looking for a hand around the farm? Place a help wanted ad in the classifieds. Call 1-800-782-0794.

PEDIGREED SEED Oilseed – Various

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COMMON SEED COMMON SEED Forage ALFALFA, BROME, TIMOTHY, FESCUE, Sweet Clover, Orchard Grass, Pasture & Forage Blends, German Red & Crown Millet, seed. Leonard Friesen (204)685-2376 or (204)871-6856, Austin, MB. CERISE RED PROSO COMMON MILLET seed & Common Crown Millet at $0.40/lb. 90%+ germination, 0% Fusarium Graminearum. Makes great cattle feed, swath grazed, dry or silage bale. Very high in protein. Energy & drought tolerant. Sold in 50-lb bags. $0.16 contracts available for 2012 crop year.

2000+ satisfied producers. 9th Year in Business!

Millet King Seeds of Canada Inc. Reynald (204)379-2987 or (204)526-2719 cell & text (204)794-8550. Leave messages, all calls returned. www.milletkingseeds.com

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Grain Wanted

Vanderveen Commodity Services Ltd. Licensed and Bonded Grain Brokers

37 4th Ave. NE Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Ph. (204) 745-6444 Email: vscltd@mts.net Andy Vanderveen · Brett Vanderveen Jesse Vanderveen

A Season to Grow… Only Days to Pay!

COMMON SEED Various CORN SEED $25/ACRE. Lower Cost Alternative for Grazing & Silage. High Yield & Nutrition 7 to 9-ft.

Tall. Leafy Early 2200 to 2350 CHU’s –Open Pollinated Varieties. Phone (204)723-2831.

FEED WHEAT SEED for sale. Ike (204)461-1751, Grosse Isle.

4 USED 18.4-34 8 ply good Phone:(204)237-4204, leave message.

“Your feed grain broker”

Brokers of high/low vomi wheat and barley, corn, rye, feed pea canola and soybeans.

Farm pickup prices available.

Darcy Caners 204-415-3485 dcaners@pvcommodities.com Colin Hoeppner 204-415-3487 choeppner@pvcommodities.com Fax 204-415-3489 www.pvcommodities.com

RED CLOVER SEED FOR sale, double cut, cert organic, $2.25/lb. Phone:(204)556-2637, Virden.

SEED / FEED / GRAIN SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Feed Grain

Specializing in: • Corn, wheat, sunflower, canola,

soymeal, soybeans, soy oil, barley, rye, flax, oats (feed & milling) • Agents of the CWB • Licensed & bonded

casing.

FEDERATION TIRE: 1100X12, 2000X20, used aircraft. Toll free 1-888-452-3850 TIRES: 4- 20.8X38 BIAS ply Goodyear; 4- 20.5x25 bias ply industrial tires; 2- Firestone 800x70 R38.

Phone:(204)773-2879.

TOOLS

TRAILERS Trailers Miscellaneous

CAREERS Help Wanted

BRANDON TRAILER SALES “You will like our prices!” “It’s that Simple!” “Let’s compare quality & price!” “Certainly worth the call!”

Phone (204)724-4529. Dealer #4383

JODALE PERRY CORP. IS currently accepting applications from energetic and qualified individuals to join our Morden team for the following full time posi-tion: CAD Specialist. The CAD Specialist is respon-sible for the design process in the development of new products at Jodale Perry. The CAD Specialist reports to the Engineering Manager / EIT. The ideal candidate will have experience and abilities in the following: Diploma in Engineering Design & Drafting Technology; CAD Software proficient; Pro Engineer would be preferred but not required; Competent in Microsoft Office programs such as Excel; Competent in BOM maintenance in electronic database software; Manage design responsibilities according to scheduling plan provided by Design Mgr; Develop detailed lists of materials as per design; Provide Engineered Mechanical Dwg. Packages for mfg. purposes; Communicate effectively with production staff & CAD Team; Excellent communication skills; Must be able to work independently and within a team. For more information regarding Jodale Perry Corp. visit our website at: www.jodaleperry.com. Please forward your resume along with references in confidence to: Jodale Perry Corp. 300 Route 100 Morden, MB. R6M 1A8, Fax: (204)822-9111 Email: darmstrong@jodaleperry.com. We appre-ciate all applicants for their interest, however only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

STOCK TRAILERS GN 7x24, $5,000; 6x16 $3,500; 7x22 $3,500; GN Flat deck 24-ft., $5,000; 25-ft. w/ramps $5,500; New decks for 3/4 IT trucks; 9-ft. $2,350; 11-ft. $2,850; 7-ft $1,500; 25-ft. Pintle hitch w/ramps, $5,900. Phone (204)857-8403 WANTED: HEAVY EQUIP TRAILER preferably w/beaver tail ramps, 25 to 30-ton capacity, does not have to be safetied, but useable. Also a converter to pull behind tractor. (204)732-2481, evenings.

CAREERS CAREERS Help Wanted DAIRY FARM NEAR LABROQUERIE is looking for a Herdsman to work in a new robotic barn, has to be A.I. experienced, has to enjoy working with cows & electronics. Please call (204)424-5109 or (204)326-0168.

PERMANENT F/T or P/T employee for a dairy/grain/beef farm. Haywood, MB area. Call (204)745-6157 or (204)745-8481.

WANTED ONE FULL-TIME & one part-time person on a Grain farm in Gladstone MB. Phone:(204)385-3340 or (204)871-0040.

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TRAILERS Livestock Trailers

YELLOW BLOSSOM CLOVER (LOW coumarin), also top yielder fox tail millet; Wanted: older JD 8-ft side del rake(for parts). D White Seeds, Ph:(204)822-3649, Morden.

LOVEDAY MUSHROOM FARMS LTD is accepting tenders to supply wheat straw to our farm at 556 Mission St. Winnipeg, R2J 0A2. We currently use 96-tonnes per week, 5000-tonnes per year. Deliveries will be required approximately every 3rd week.

Preference given to 4x4x8-ft bales. The straw should be an average of no less than 4-in & no greater than 8-in in length. Consistent bale size is important & straw should be between 3 & 15-months of age. Loads must be weighed at a scale, moisture levels will be checked upon deliv-ery.

Deadline for tenders is May 31, 2012. Contact Ian Watson at the mailing address above or e-mail iwatson@ lovedaymushroomfarms.ca Phone:(204)233-4378 or Fax:(204)237-1303.

TIRES

MILLET SEED: Crown, Red & White Proso variety.

Golden German & Red Siberian Foxtail variety.

Cleaned & bagged. Harder Farm Ltd, Carman, MB. (204)745-0187, ask for Evan.

RED CLOVER, winter hardy, double cut. 75 cents per lb. Cleaned in 16x25 kilogram bags. Phone (204)534-7843.

TENDERS

2009 KEIFER DELUXE ALUMINUM livestock trailer, 2x7,000-lb axles, $9,990. Phone (204)325-8691 or (204)325-2820.

Looking for a hand around the farm? Place a help wanted ad in the classifieds. Call 1-800-782-0794.

CAREERS Sales / Marketing

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1-800-782-0794 CAREERS Sales / Marketing

We are buyers of farm grains.

5 LOCATIONS to serve you!

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Soybean Crushing Facility (204) 331-3696 Head Office - Winkler (888) 974-7246 Jordan Elevator (204) 343-2323 Gladstone Elevator (204) 385-2292 Somerset Elevator (204) 744-2126 Sperling Elevator (204) 626-3261

**SERVICE WITH INTEGRITY**

• Vomi wheat • Vomi barley • Feed wheat • Feed barley • Feed oats • Corn • Screenings • Peas • Light Weight Barley You can deliver or we can arrange for farm pickup.

Winnipeg 233-8418 Brandon 728-0231 Grunthal 434-6881 “Ask for grain buyer.”

www.delmarcommodities.com

Toll Free: 888-974-7246 SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Hay & Straw 1ST & 2ND CUT large round hardcore Alfalfa & Horse Quality Hay, feed tested, 1,500-1,800-lbs.

Phone:(204)246-2032 or (204)823-0431, Darling-ford.

200 LARGE ROUND, SECOND cut alfalfa bales, excellent quality, net wrapped. Also 200 1st cut alfalfa grass bales, 80% grass, 20% alfalfa.

Phone:(204)834-2417 or (204)725-6497.

60 ALFALFA BROME MIX round hay bales for sale, no rain, $35 per bale. Phone (204)744-2413, Somerset.

70 SOFT CORE BALES, Grass & Kosha, $20 each. Phone (204)827-2629, evenings.

FOR SALE: 2ND CUT alfalfa round bales, dairy quality, $40 each. Phone:(204)683-2267, St Lazare.

HORSE HAY, BALED DRY Alfalfa Timothy Brome, $65/solid core round bales, $4/small square bales, shedded. Call Paul (204)228-6884 LARGE ROUND ALFALFA/BROME BALES. Phone: (204)859-2724 evenings, Rossburn MB.

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Grain Wanted

WE BUY OATS Call us today for pricing Box 424, Emerson, MB R0A 0L0 204-373-2328

BUYING:

HEATED & GREEN CANOLA • Competitive Prices • Prompt Movement • Spring Thrashed “ON FARM PICK UP”

1-877-250-5252

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

Contact Denis or Ben for pricing ~ 204-325-9555

NOW BUYING Confection and Oil Sunflowers, Brown & Yellow Flax and Red & White Millet

TERRITORY SALES MANAGER BE READY!!....To join the most aggressive and innovative team in the agricultural equipment industry!

Become a Case IH Territory Sales Manager and bring industry leading value to producers with products such as the legendary Steiger Quadtrac, Patriot Sprayer, and industry leading Case IH Axial Flow combines.

Case IH Territory Sales Managers use cutting edge, customer-oriented sales approaches. Be a leader in changing how agricultural equipment is utilized through our Advanced Farming Systems, and how our innovative products bring high customer value recognition and provide bottom line dollars to our customers as well as unparalleled satisfaction in all types of conditions.

If you are an experienced Ag equipment professional who wants to extend your capabilities and your results, this is the place for you. A desire to add value to customers and dealers is an absolute necessity!

This person will manage one of the territories in a geographic region for sales and distribution of agricultural whole goods. The successful candidate will provide leadership to a Case IH field sales team of product specialists, parts specialists, service specialists, and CNH Capital representatives. The goal of this position is to work closely with our Case IH independent dealers to acquire and retain customers through the development and monthly execution of a detailed territory business plan. The position will ideally be based out of Manitoba.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Direct and execute retail sales calls and retail financing with the sales team.

• Manage dealer inventory to meet retail demand.

• Dealer development and performance monitoring.

• Dealer product training at the territory level.

Licensed & Bonded P.O. Box 1236 129 Manitoba Rd. Winkler, MB. R6W 4B3

FARMERS, RANCHERS, SEED PROCESSORS BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS

• Monthly reviews on sales plans and market share objectives.

• Communicate issues, concerns, trends and competitive information from the field to corporate staffs.

• Deliver customer value and ensure customer satisfaction.

• Territory profitability.

REQUIREMENTS

Heated/Spring Threshed Lightweight/Green/Tough, Mixed Grain - Barley, Oats, Rye, Flax, Wheat, Durum, Lentils, Peas, Canola, Chickpeas, Triticale, Sunflowers, Screenings, Organics and By-Products √ ON-FARM PICKUP √ PROMPT PAYMENT √ LICENSED AND BONDED SASKATOON, LLOYDMINSTER, LETHBRIDGE, VANCOUVER, MINNEDOSA

1-204-724-6741

• Meet monthly, quarterly and annual market share and unit objectives by effective leadership of the territory sales team (includes dealers, product specialists, CNH credit and service).

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or industry related area or equivalent work experience (8+ years of industry sales experience).

• 4+ years of work experience as an agricultural equipment professional with an established brand and/or distribution network required.

• Knowledge of agricultural equipment products and practices as well as current events affecting Western Canadian Agriculture.

• Computer skills in Microsoft Office products.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

CROPS

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he discovery of low levels of clubroot DNA in two unrelated Manitoba fields is a wake-up call for the province’s canola producers.

The good news is none of the canola in those fields showed any symptoms of the disease that can cut yields in half or more. As a result Manitoba is still considered “clubroot free,” said Holly Derksen, a plant pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI).

But officials say farmers need to prepare for the likelihood that clubroot (Plasmodiophora brassicai), a soil-based pathogen, will eventually infect Manitoba canola crops.

Prevention is the best way to manage clubroot, known as a protist — an organism with plant, animal, and fungal characteristics.

Since clubroot moves with soil, equipment from infected areas should be cleaned.

Clubroot spores can survive in the soil up to 20 years. Once a field is infected the pathogen can’t be eradicated.

While tight canola rotations do not cause clubroot, if the disease is already present, it accelerates its buildup, which makes it harder to manage, Derksen said.

“It may be present in fields but undetected and so without knowing it, it could be building up,” she said.

First infections often show up at the entrance to a field. In another season there may be an infected patch and then the next time canola is seeded the entire field might be hit.

Data from the Manitoba Agricultural Service Corporation (MASC) shows Manitoba canola growers have been tightening their canola rotations. In 2000, about a third of Manitoba canola fields were seeded back to back to canola or had just a one-year break. By 2010 almost two-thirds of canola fields had either no break or just one year off from canola.

Clubroot, as its name implies, produces galls on canola plant roots, resulting in wilting and pre-

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Manitoba is still “clubroot free” but finding its DNA in two fields is a harbinger farmers shouldn’t ignore. PHOTO: AAFC

mature ripening, said Derwyn Hammond, resource manager with the Canola Council of Canada.

The council’s website says yield losses are about half of the percentage of infected stems. If almost 100 per cent of plants are infected, expect yields to be cut in half.

“Severe field infestations in Alberta have caused total yield loss — not worth harvesting — in a few cases.”

When it comes to tight canola rotations, Hammond says the bigger immediate threat to Manitoba canola is blackleg, a fungal disease that can also cut canola yields.

Clubroot was first discovered near Edmonton in 2003 and has since been found in more than 600 fields in that province, some as far south as Lethbridge. Alberta was caught unawares and as a result, infection levels were high in many fields.

In 2008, soil samples from a field in west-central Saskatchewan tested positive for clubroot, Derksen said.

No symptoms were observed in the field, but a plant bioassay conducted under greenhouse conditions showed low severity clubroot

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symptoms. However, last year two cases of clubroot were found in north-central Saskatchewan.

Minor clubroot symptoms were observed in a Manitoba canola nursery in 2005, but it hasn’t turned up in the soil or plants since.

“I don’t think Manitoba farmers should overreact,” Hammond said.

“Technically we’re still negative for clubroot. Odds are we’ll eventually get it here. Sanitation and scouting will be the key things.”

Cleaning equipment isn’t something busy farmers like to do, but it should be done when bringing in machines from Alberta, Hammond said.

Using a wire brush and/or compressed air will remove approximately 90 per cent of the soil from equipment, Derksen said. Following that with a pressure washer will remove about 99 per cent of the soil. To do an even better job follow that by misting equipment with a weak disinfectant such as a one per cent bleach solution.

Farmers should scout their canola fields for wilted or prematurely ripening plants, Hammond said. Don’t assume those symptoms are from

sclerotinia or blackleg. Examine the roots of suspicious plants. If clubroot is suspected send the plants to MAFRI for testing.

Once a field is infected longer rotations and growing clubrootresistant canola varieties can help keep the disease in check, Hammond said. Longer rotation is important for preventing clubroot from overcoming the resistant varieties, he said.

Planting clubroot-resistant varieties in uninfected fields will not undermine resistance since the crop isn’t exposed to the pathogen.

If a field becomes infected growing a resistant variety will prevent the infection from spreading. The more infected plants there are, the more spores produced making management tougher.

The soil samples that contained the clubroot DNA were collected and tested through the Manitoba Canola Disease Survey, funded by the Manitoba Canola Growers Association, MAFRI said in a news release. The last three years 209 soil samples were collected from across the province.

The 2012 disease survey will include 150 to 175 fields with 70 to 90 fields having soil samples collected and analyzed for clubroot DNA. The fields found to have clubroot DNA in 2011 will be monitored and tested.

Clubroot prefers warm, moist soils and is generally associated with more acidic soils, but has been identified in soils that range from pH 4.5 to 8.1. Derksen said she doesn’t know the pH of the fields where the clubroot DNA was found. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

Green manures fit the forage seed bill Old and new tactics for laying the fertility foundation for organic forage seed production

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / Portage la Prairie

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or organic farmers, the first step in putting in any crop involves manure, either brown or green.

Animal manures offer a wide range of benefits from basic plant nutrients to micronutrients, as well as a cascading benefit derived from its microbial content.

H o w e v e r, t h a t k i n d o f manure is often available only in limited quantities, is expensive to transport, and if it’s not composted properly, could contain weed seeds.

The green kind, whether from terminating a forage legume stand after a number of years, or plowing under an annual crop, can offer more flexibility and lower costs, said University of Manitoba plant sciences professor, Martin Entz.

The weed-suppression effect of green manures, he added, is particularly important when growing top-grade, high-value forage seeds.

“There’s no shortage of legumes that you can use to bring nitrogen into the soil,” said Entz, at a MAFRI-organized workshop on laying the foundations for forage seed crop production at the Portage Food Development Centre.

Green manures for every situation are available for acid, dry, or wet soils, as well as short-season or long-season needs.

Hairy vetch is a versatile option, while faba beans can work in the wet, and lupins

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for acidic conditions. If quack grass needs to be worked under first, tropical warm-season legumes such as cowpeas, mung beans or even the exotic lablab can be seeded as late as July.

“Lablab is my favourite midsummer legume. It grows so fast. The problem is there is no seed source,” said Entz, who joked that “We go to the Bulk Barn (bulk food store) to buy our seed. You don’t want to do that. If you back up your tandem truck, they don’t have an auger.”

Green manure legumes are best grown in mixes because using diverse species have different nitrogen-release patterns that can sustain a crop for longer. Also, diversity helps ensure better field coverage without gaps. Gaps in alfalfa, for example, tend to fill in with weeds.

At the U of M’s Carman research farm, Entz has good success in experiments seeding barley and hairy vetch together. The barley is killed with a blade roller at the flowering stage, which allows the vetch to flourish until frost.

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University of Manitoba professor, Martin Entz explains the soil fertility benefits of forage seed production. photo: Daniel Winters

After the winter, the field is covered with a thick “mat” of flattened leftover crop residue mulch — about 8,000 pounds per acre — that can be seeded with a zero-till disc drill.

The barley residue is key to the weed-suppression goal because it decomposes much more slowly than the legume leftovers, creating a more optimal carbon:nitrogen ratio.

“The soil and the rumen function exactly the same,” said Entz. “If you feed livestock wheat straw, it all moves through them very slowly, and the cow patties are like pyramids. If you feed it all legumes, you don’t want to stand behind the animal.”

Leaving the green manure on the soil surface instead of plowing it under increases volatilization losses slightly, but it helps to release the nitrogen more gradually — a plus for growing perennial forage seed crops over multiple years.

Lablab is a rapidly growing legume that can be used as a green manure crop.

“ Yo u p u t i n y o u r g re e n manure, you build up your n i t r o g e n , t h e n yo u u s e i t over the next three years in your forage seed crop,” said Entz.

Ruminants used for grazing forage seed residues also help to speed up nutrient cycling, he added. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

Organic forage seed a hot market Organic generally pays double conventional, says seed trader

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff/portage la prairie

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he market for organic f o ra g e s e e d i s c u rrently undersupplied and offers large and growing demand over the next few years.

It’s such a good business, said Laura Telford, a MAFRI organic specialist, that even people who hate organic can’t resist its allure.

In p re p a ra t i o n f o r h e r presentation on marketing opportunities at the Portage Food Development Centre, she called a number of seed sellers on both sides of the border. One in Saskatchewan lectured her on the “evils” of organic production, and h ow a l f a l f a c o u l d n’t b e grown without copious use of chemicals.

When he finished his rant, she asked if he had any organic forage seed for sale.

“He said, ‘ Yeah, there’s

a h u g e m a rk e t o p p o r t u nity,’” said Telford, to much l a u g h t e r f ro m w o rk s h o p participants.

A key driver for the organic forage seed market comes from organic, pasture-based dairies in the U.S., a niche that has staged a strong rebound due to consumer concern about hormones used to boost milk production in that country.

Growing organic forage seed in the U.S. has fallen out of favour as more acres are seeded to corn, she was told.

Legumes are sourced from Canada, but grass seed mainly comes from Europe at five to six times the price of conventional seed. “ They said the organic seed seems fairly unlimited right now. They always run out of seed before they run out of market,” said Telford.

Paul Gregory of Interlake Forage Seeds buys seed from growers and sells whole-

sale to retailers in the U.S., Canada and Europe.

Organic legume and grass seed generally pays double conventional, he said.

Organic alfalfa currently fetches $2.35 per pound for common seed, and higher for resistant traits. Doublecut red clover brings $2/lb., alsike clover $1.40-$1.50/lb. for common #1, and black medic pays $1.25, he said.

For grasses, timothy is worth $1.10-$1.50, tall fescue $1.25, meadow fescue $1.40 and orchard grass $1.50.

Buyers of seed should be cautious about ger mination rates and grade, said Gregory. Cheap seed may not be cheap in the end if it brings along a new weed species.

“You don’t have a sprayer in your backyard. You just have the grey matter between your ears,” he said. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

Open-market supporters optimistic post-CWB monopoly There will be challenges after Aug. 1, those attending the Canada Grains Council meeting were told

By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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here’s lots of optimism ahead of ending the wheat board’s monopoly Aug. 1, but there will be challenges too, according to a panel that spoke at the Canada Grain Council’s 43rd annual meeting in Winnipeg April 16.

“I just say the sky is the limit now,” said Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association president Kevin Bender. “There are so many opportunities with what can be done.

“I’m really optimistic.”

Farmers will do more direct selling to processors, which will reduce the need for as much onfarm storage, Bender predicted.

Concerns that grain company contracts are one sided is scaremongering, he said. Reputable companies want farmers’ current and future business.

“One positive I see is the whole monopoly/open-market debate is essentially going to be over,” Bender said. “It’s going to take all of that energy that was devoted to arguing back and forth and fighting and putting that somewhere else so we can move this whole industry forward.”

Canadian maltsters are looking forward to the predictability of an open market, said Phil de Kemp, president of the Malting Industry Association of Canada Ltd. “But I can’t overemphasize the fact that there are a lot of other challenges,” he said.

Among them is cutthroat competition from Chinese maltsters who buy Canadian malting barley, malt it and then undercut Canadian maltsters in foreign markets. De Kemp said he suspects it is because Chinese maltsters don’t pay corporate taxes.

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Canada’s grain handlers will manage grain movement more efficiently in an open market, said Jean-Marc Ruest, Richardson International’s vice-president corporate affairs and general counsel.

But even more changes are needed, he said, including to the wheat variety registration system.

Canada is known for its high-quality wheat, but there’s no reason it can’t also produce slightly lowerquality milling wheat.

Now five or six new wheats are registered annually compared to 100 new canolas, he said.

“I think it underlines a need to find a way to increase the number of varieties that are registered and allow the marketplace to decide whether or not they gain traction,” Ruest said.

“When we make these changes we have to make them responsibly because once the genie is out of the bottle it’s real hard to put it back in.

“We need to make sure we’re not throwing the baby out with the bathwater.”

Grain companies will have to figure out whether it pays to provide the grain quality and service some buyers are asking for, he said.

The whole grain pipeline needs to improve efficiency and CP Rail wants to co-operate to make it happen, said Steve Whitney vice-president of marketing and sales, agribusiness and market development.

“I think the business will take on a more North American complexion in some ways,” he said.

“We anticipate seeing more and more north-south flows for wheat and durum with U.S. acres moving more over to corn in particular and soybeans.”

CP Rail has created eight “hubs” across the West where it drops empty cars, providing some elasticity in car supply when problems arise. As of March 31 CP Rail’s car unloads exceeded its five-year average by 16 per cent, Whitney said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

CROP REPORT

Seeding in full swing across province Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives – Report for April 30, 2012 Weekly Provincial Summary

• Favourable weather and seedbed conditions permitted good seeding progress across most regions in Manitoba.

• Seeding is 10 per cent complete in the southwest region, less than five per cent complete in the northwest region, 50 per cent complete in the central region, 40 per cent complete in the eastern region and 70 per cent complete in the interlake region.

• Majority of acres seeded to date are spring cereals.

However, progress has been made on numerous other crop types.

• Adequate soil moisture levels for germination and stand establishments remain across Manitoba. There are some areas in the central and eastern regions that would welcome precipitation.

• Early-seeded cereal and canola acres are emerging.

Southwest region

Rainfall accumulation in the southwest region ranged from five to 20 mm with some areas reporting higher amounts.

Overall soil moisture conditions are rated as good; however, some areas are reporting concerns with excess moisture.

Winter wheat and fall rye crops are progressing well. Fertilizing

of winter wheat is nearly completed and herbicide applications should start this week.

Seeding in the region is 10 per cent complete with majority of acres planted being cereals. Most seeding progress has been made with spring wheat.

However, producers are making progress on oats, barley and field pea acres. Canola seeding should start this week as seeding conditions remain good. Although recent precipitation did slow field activity, it is expected most producers will be back on the land within the next day or two.

Recent rainfalls have helped development of pasture and hayland.

Northwest region

The northwest region experienced cloudy, cool and windy conditions with some scattered drizzle and snow flurries over the past week. Topsoil moisture conditions are rated as good to adequate.

Fall-seeded crops are developing very slowly with fertilizer applications not yet been made.

Across the region seeding of spring wheat is one to three per cent complete with the exception of the Roblin area where approximately 50 per cent of the spring wheat crop has been seeded.

Pasture and hay crop growth continues to be slow throughout the region.

Central region

In the central region, cooler weather and freezing temperatures slowed field activity last week. Most of the region received less than five mm of rain. Most areas report adequate to excellent soil moisture conditions. However, there are some areas with drier soil conditions where producers are seeding deeper to place seed into moisture.

Winter wheat and fall rye crops look excellent with little to no winterkill. Fertilizer applications are complete.

Field conditions remain good, resulting in excellent seeding progress over the past week. The central region has 50 per cent of its acres seeded with a range of 25 to 70 per cent depending on the area.

Many individual producers have finished seeding their cereal crops. Canola seeding continues with a wide range of acres seeded to date.

Grain corn is being planted, as well as peas, flax, sunflowers and potatoes. A few soybeans acres have been seeded but most producers are waiting for warmer soil temperatures.

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Some of the early-emerged canola has been impacted by frost.

Wild oats, volunteer canola and cereals, and broadleaf weeds are emerging and more pre-seed burn-down will take place going forward.

Forages are just starting to grow. Winter survival has generally been excellent, with little to no excess moisture damage. Over the past week cold weather and below-freezing temperatures has impacted forages, slowing growth.

Dugouts are full or close to full in most of the region.

Eastern region

Most areas of the eastern region received approximately one mm of rain over the past week. Topsoil moisture levels for the majority of cropland remain rated as adequate.

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been seeded is emerged and in the one-leaf stage. Barley seeding is 70 per cent complete, oats 60 per cent, canola 20 per cent, flax 25 per cent soybeans five per cent, sunflowers 10 per cent, field peas 60 per cent and grain corn 30 per cent complete.

Hayland conditions range from good to poor with majority of acres rated as fair to good. Pasture land conditions also range from fair to poor.

Interlake region

Minimal rainfall and cool temperatures have kept soil moisture in good condition for seeding operations.

Winter wheat fertilizing is mostly complete with some producers waiting for rainfall prior to applying.

Seeding of cereal crops is general across the region with good progress made over the past week. Seeding in the south interlake is 80 per cent complete while the northern areas are about 50 per cent complete. Seeding of canola, flax and corn has started; some producers are waiting for warmer soil temperatures.

Hay and pasture conditions are good but growth is slow due to cool temperatures.

Fertilizing of forage crops is ongoing.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

CGC bond pays insolvent mustard miller’s suppliers

It’s early but smooth seeding

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askatchewan growers who supplied a dry mustard milling firm in the province’s southwest will get what they’re owed, while the company’s fate is to be decided by the end of next week.

The Canadian Grain Commission announced April 23 that growers who delivered to Mustard Capital Inc. (MCI) at Gravelbourg, Sask., up until the end of October 2011 will get full compensation through the CGC’s payment protection program.

The company, which had been in the process of expanding its business through a second facility at Vanguard, Sask., was a CGC-licensed grain dealer up until Feb. 1, 2012.

According to CGC chief commissioner Elwin Hermanson, growers who hadn’t been paid for deliveries 90 days before MCI lost its licence are eligible to submit claims for compensation.

MCI announced Feb. 2 it would seek financial reorganization and debt restructuring.

At the time it cited a “combination of expansion cost overruns and operational losses from delayed development” of the site at Vanguard, about 55 km west of Gravelbourg.

The company said it would continue business as usual i n t h e m e a n t i m e, p rov i d ing security to farmers either by dealing with another CGC licensee or by paying cash for purchases.

According to an April 5 affidavit from company CEO Tom Halpenny, MCI got $250,000 in court-approved interim financing in February from one of its customers, Granosa AG — and since then operated at a profit.

He said MCI expects to be able to pay back the Granosa financing in full by the end of this month.

However, since February, MCI hasn’t come up with “any reasonable offers” from any interested party to buy, restructure or recapitalize the business, and the prospects of a new proposal for its creditors “have grown more remote.”

MCI was granted approval of an extension that will allow it to continue operating until May 4.

In that time, MCI expects to collect on outstanding accounts, fulfil contracts and convert inventor y, give its employees appropriate notice and allow for “orderly and costeffective” sale of its assets after that date if no other offers are brought forward.

How e v e r, t h e e x t e n s i o n order, granted by a Queen’s Bench judge in Saskatoon, allows the Bank of Nova Scotia, one of MCI’s creditors, to apply to the same court for appointment of a receiver as of April 23.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 3, 2012

Potato industry adjusts to new reality M anitoba ’ s industry sti l l hea l thy but facing l ower demand and more competition

Water management — drainage is expensive, but so is flooding Panellists at last winter’s Potato Production Days discussed options for handling the excess rain of recent years

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ny farmer will tell you that flooding is a major hassle and cost to any farm when it happens — but just how big that bill can be has always been a bit of a guess.

A recent repor t by BMO Economics (Bank of Montreal) put a figure on it though, says Dr. Ranjan Sri Ranjan, a professor of agricultural engineering at the University of Manitoba.

“BMO estimates that heavy rainfall and flooding costs Prairie farmers $3 billion — if we spent just a fraction of that amount on proper drainage and water management, we could make great improvements,” Sri Ranjan told growers at this winter’s Manitoba Potato Production Days.

Ranjan, who was moderating a discussion on drainage approaches, also stressed that the improvements would stretch well beyond just getting water off fields. It could also make overall potato quality better and more uniform.

“Some of the main problems of the potato industry are storage rot and sugar ends,” he said. “I think we can look to better water management to improve this situation.”

Better water management, sure — but where to start?

There are different approaches, price points and philosophies and none is entirely right or

wrong. Two potato producers told growers about their experiences.

Stan Wiebe of Beaver Creek Fa r m s f a r m s o n p re d o m i nantly Almasippi soils near MacGregor. They have six to 12 inches of topsoil, two to four feet of yellow sand, then a clay base. This combination makes drainage a challenge, especially during heavy rainfalls.

“When the sand becomes saturated, there’s nowhere for the water to go,” he said.

“One- and two-inch rains are appreciated, but a few times a season you suddenly get a very big rain, which is a problem.

When you come to the rain gauge at the end of the field, and it’s already three, four or five inches, you know there’s going to be damage.”

By the mid-1980s, following a number of losses over the years to high moisture, Wiebe began to exper iment with ways to reduce this moisture problem. After doing some re s e a rc h , h e p u rc h a s e d a dammer/diker which rips up the soil to facilitate drainage and pokes well-like holes in the topsoil to trap moisture and prevent it from running to low spots.

“It did a good job — by that I mean it did exactly what it was supposed to do — but it didn’t solve the problem, because of that clay level farther down,” Wiebe said. “Now it wasn’t just the low spots drowning out, it was also the high spots.”

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Manitoba potato producers haven’t needed to turn on the pivots too often in the past few years.

“Now there’s healthy and clean filtered water running out the tile outlet, and it’s a beautiful sight.”

Stan Wiebe

Tile drainage

The next step was a bit of research on tile drainage, including some consultation with Ken McCutcheon, an Ontarian who worked on some of the earliest tile drainage projects in Manitoba. He analyzed the local soils and explained how the system worked, Wiebe said.

“It w a s ov e r w h e l m i n g ,” Wiebe said. “We couldn’t quite understand it, and we knew it would cost a lot. We decided to wait and see how it worked out for others who were trying it.

But after a few years, we realized the only way to know it truly was by trying it out.”

In 1998 Beaver Creek added its first tile drainage to a 270acre field, using equipment imported from Ontario, adding about $100 an acre in shipping costs alone.

“We hadn’t grown potatoes there for 15 years, and we thought if it worked there, it would work anywhere on our farm,” Wiebe said.

It worked so well, they kept tiling every season, adding between 200 and 500 acres to the total every fall, a project Wiebe admits was quite daunting.

“You’d be working after harvest, and the weather would be quite terrible, on something you don’t see the results of right away — so you really had to believe in it,” he said.

“Now it’s very much a turn-

Tile drainage may not pay off every year, but can yield huge savings during years of excess rainfall.

key operation — the contractor will apply for the licence, put in the tile itself and even smooth the field back out.”

The rains kept coming, as expected, and flooded fields continued to be a common sight in the area, said Wiebe.

But he found that he wasn’t going out much searching for damage anymore, but rather making a round of his fields to watch the drainage system in action.

“Now there’s healthy and clean filtered water running out the tile outlet, and it’s a beautiful sight,” he said.

Probably the single greatest test was the 2005 growing season, which featured a wet spring and extreme rain events at the end of June and early July.

“That season, we saw both the benefits and the limitations, because the water was so excessive,” Wiebe said.

Their untiled canola averaged 18 bushels an acre, and the tiled was at 52. One half section of untiled canola yielded just eight bushels an acre, while a nearby tiled

half suffered a bit of damage between the drain runs, but came in at 53 bushels.

That won’t happen ever y season, but Wiebe stresses that historical weather data suggests it will happen enough to make the system worthwhile. A two- to five-inch rain event, for example, happens once every three years in Wiebe’s area, according to Environment Canada data over the past 30 years.

“Tile drainage is not a game changer every year, but it can be a huge game changer those years,” Wiebe said.

Does it pay?

But does it pay in the end over the long haul? That depends on the crops and soils on individual farms, Wiebe said. Over time they’ve seen a 15 to 20 per cent yield increase on average, but he also said it can range from zero to 400 per cent. On their farm it’s worked out, and he ran a quick breakdown of the costs and income impact for the audience.

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Potato production

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“On our farm, it takes about 10 years to pay at 50-foot spacing, financed at seven per cent, based on this crop rotation — potatoes, corn, canola and cereals,” Wiebe said.

Wayne Derksen of Winkler’s Hespeler Farms told the audience he made the decision to make the operation’s first foray into drainage out of sheer frustration during the annual budgeting process. He’d already trimmed all the fat he possibly could from expenses and couldn’t do anything about the price of potatoes when a senior member of the operation asked him to look at the numbers again.

“He said, ‘Run them again, there’s no way we’re working that hard for that little money,’” Derksen recalled with a chuckle.

Derksen knew that if he could tame the moisture challenges the farm faced, he could boost yield and improve quality and consistency of their product and capture a few more dollars.

“I was tired of seeing low spots drown out,” he said. “The ridges were always dry, the low spots too wet.”

Trapping the rain

But he also knew he’d have to find a cost-effective route to this goal and to find one he turned to Wiebe’s first solution — reservoir tillage to trap the rain where it fell.

“It was a rather inexpensive capital cost — we made our own equipment and it took less than $14,000 to build it,” he said. He also said the results they found from it were even better than they’d hoped.

“We budgeted a five per cent yield increase, and wound up with as high as a 15 per cent increase,” he said. “We basically had the totally opposite experience that Stan did, and I think it goes to show the differences in areas.”

For their farm, the lower-cost options have proven suitable, he says, and the baseline for determining success or failure is profitability.

“For me it’s all about where the rubber hits the road, how it affects the bottom line,” Derksen said. “The best bang for buck is not in tile drainage — it’s in land levelling and ditching.

This is where to spend your first dollar and it’s going to give you the best return.”

Derksen also stressed that drainage can come with its own associated issues, especially when infiltration doesn’t keep up with rainfall, leading to water flowing on the surface. In that case both neighbours and regulations have to be taken into consideration, he said.

“We’ve been very fortunate with the people we’ve been working with,” Derksen said.

“We’ve found we can implement drainage plans with them.”

More recently the operation has also experimented a bit with other water management strategies, including tile drainage on some acres. He said his gut feeling is that the system could be refined for individual fields and the soil conditions there, for example, by changing the common 50-foot row spacings.

“I feel we could widen that in some places and narrow it in others,” Derksen said.

Early-dying complex costs growers but control isn’t easy Control options are limited, and getting metam sodium to the right depth is a challenge

By Gord Gilmour fbc staff / brandon

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t’s a catch-22 for the potato industry on the Northern Plains. The soil harbours verticillium inoculum, which is responsible for the yield-robbing early-dying complex. But one of the most susceptible varieties is Russet Burbank, a dominant variety in the region.

“There are resistant varieties, but none of them seem to have gotten much of a toehold in the industry,” North Dakota State University Professor Neil Gudmestad told growers at this winter’s Manitoba Potato Production Days. This makes soil fumigation with metam sodium a common management choice, but he says some of his recent research shows that getting applications done properly can be a big challenge.

G u d m e s t a d s a i d t h a t’s because of the dispersion of the disease-causing infections in the soil. Most is found in the top few inches of the soil profile and typically the metam sodium is shanked in between six and 10 inches deep — but there’s no guarantee it will stay put.

“It’s re a l l y d i f f i c u l t t o trap it at six inches or less,” Gudmestad said. “You can do a water trap or pack it and try to keep the gas in, but ultimately if that top four inches is drier, it’s going to escape and your kill is going to be less effective.

Our work looks at getting that top four inches.”

So far what that work has found is few easy answers, but several management practices may play a role. For example, rotation is important because it takes 18 to 20 months after a potato crop before all the verticillium is released from the soil, and if it isn’t released metam sodium won’t get at it.

“Every other year is not enough time to break down that organic matter and release that verticillium,” he said.

“Two years doesn’t work for us.

There isn’t a single farm that I can think of in North Dakota or Minnesota on a two-year

The industry’s favoured variety is highly susceptible to early-dying complex. photo: canstockphoto.com

“If I’d have thought a bit more deeply 10 years ago, I’d probably have the answers today, but I’m only getting a little closer.”

Neil Gudmestad NDSU professor

NDSU Professor Neil Gudmestad has been researching verticillium control for the past 10 years. photo: Gord Gilmour

rotation. They’ve all gone to a three- and four-year rotation.”

The study also found metam sodium was most effective on sandy loam soils, likely because it had less organic matter to absorb the product.

“Organic matter is really problematic when it comes to getting metam sodium to work,” Gudmestad said.

Fewer control options

For U.S. growers, recent regulatory changes have also high-

lighted the challenges, he said.

New EPA regulations have all but eliminated chemigation applications.

“The regulations call for buffer zones so huge it’s impractical,” he said. “It’s all shank from here on out.”

He said that’s causing “real issues” around whether farmers can even practically make these applications, given temperature recommendations for the product. It requires soil temperatures above 70 F (21 C) to work best according to the label, something that’s rare in North Dakota after Sept. 15 or so.

“We run out of time in North Dakota,” Gudmestad said.

One of the most surprising findings of the study is one Gudmestad says he’s still struggling to explain. Despite the fact that more verticillium was found in the top four inches, that didn’t appear to be the

greatest source of infections.

Those seemed to be coming from the mid-range of four to eight inches.

“There was a more robust and significant relationship with the amount of verticillium in the four- to eight-inches zone than in the zero- to fourinch zone, even though the amount of inoculum was significantly less,” he said.

While more research is n e e d e d t o f i n d o u t w h y, Gudmestadt says he suspects something is making the inoculum in the top part of the soil less efficient at causing infections — something he ruefully conceded he didn’t expect when he began working on verticillium 10 years ago.

“If I’d have thought a bit more deeply 10 years ago, I’d probably have the answers today, but I’m only getting a little closer,” he said.

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fusarium protection, superior seed-borne rhizoctonia control, good activity on silver scurf and unsurpassed insect control,” a company release says.

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Shell, Iogen scrap plans for Canada biofuel plant

Freight rate review needed

Portage la Prairie was considered, but the plans are off

By Jeffrey Jones and Rod Nickel reuters

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oyal Dutch Shell Plc and Iogen Corp. have scrapped plans for a commercial-scale biofuel plant in Manitoba, spelling the loss of 150 jobs and raising questions about widespread and nearterm use of fuel made from agricultural waste in Canada.

The Iogen Energy joint venture had been studying building a plant to make ethanol from straw and other plant waste, rather than from food crops such as corn and sugar. One location discussed was Portage la Prairie, west of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The proposal had been in planning stages and a spokesman for Shell could not provide an estimated cost.

Shell first invested in Iogen 10 years ago and the partners have operated a demonstration plant in the Ottawa area since 2004.

“We do continue to have a relationship with them and continue to retain the licensing rights to the technology developed,” Shell spokesman David Williams said on Monday.

“It’s like a lot of things with R&D, you build demonstration plants, you get that far, and you learn from them, and this has been an important source of knowledge.”

Iogen will still employ 110 people at its Ottawa headquarters and plans to expand new technology for production of the biofuels made from cellulose, the partners said.

Cellulosic ethanol is made from the non-food portion of

crops. Ethanol production from food grains, especially corn, has generated debate about the ethics of diverting food for use in fuel and has been a key reason why U.S. corn stocks are projected to fall to a 16-year low this summer.

The Canadian and provincial governments spend about $250 million annually, according to the agriculture thinktank George Morris Centre, to subsidize production by companies such as Husky Energy Inc. and Suncor Energy Inc. One aim is to cut greenhouse gas emissions from conventional fuel.

Ottawa wants gasoline across the country to contain an average of five per cent ethanol, creating demand for two billion litres, but current production falls short of that level.

The decision by Shell and Iogen doesn’t threaten the future Canadian biofuels production, said Scott Thurlow, president of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association.

“It’s just like any other fuel, it takes time to build up the necessary capital to implement,” he said. “While I am personally disappointed, I don’t see this decision as a threat to the industry in general.”

Thurlow said there are demonstration projects in Canada for cellulosic ethanol, but no commercial production to his knowledge.

For its part, Shell is a partner with other ethanol producers, including Brazil’s Cosan and a U.S. company called Virent, which has developed technology to convert plant sugars into hydrocarbon molecules.

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The railway revenue cap is rising 9.5 per cent

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he Canadian Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n A g e n c y h a s approved a 9.5 per cent i n c re a s e i n t h e r a i l way revenue cap for the coming crop year and t h a t h a s t h e We s t e r n Canadian Wheat Growers Association calling for a review.

“This represents a significant jump in freight rates,” said president Kevin Bender. “The government needs to review the components of the revenue cap and come up with a better approach to ensure farmers are not hit with unwarranted freight increases.”

The 9.5 per cent i n c re a s e i n c l u d e s a n adjustment for increased pension costs (4.6 per cent), a cost of capital adjustment (3.3 per cent) and an inflation component (1.6 per cent).

Noting there is limited competition4188-3D in the western rail industry, the association says the revenue FEB. 9, MAY 3, 2012 cap should not simply be adjusted to reflect railway costSYNGENTA increases. It should reflect costs that would otherwise existPULSES if competCRUISERMAXX AD itive market forces were at play.

MANITOBA COOPERATOR “Simply allowing the railways to automatiCHRISTINE cally pass along their cost increases is• not an acceptable market-based 8.125" X 10"presisolution,” says past d e n t C240% h e r i l y n Na g e l .

“Ultimately we would like to see rates set ________________ in a competitive marketplace, but ________________ first we need to see a lot more growth in ________________ local grain_ processing and livestock ___________________ feed markets, so we are no longer captive to exporting most of our grain by rail.”

The Wheat Growers note the revenue cap is based on a 1992 costing review, with annual inflation adjustments. One glaring deficiency in the ratesetting process is that the revenue cap is adjusted automatically to take into account increases in railway costs (mainly labour, fuel and materials), but no adjustment is made for productivity gains.

Over the past two decades, the railways have made significant productivity gains through an increase in the length of trains, increased rail car capacity, and investment in more fuel-efficient locomotives.

T h e WCWG A sen t a letter today to federal Transport Minister Denis Lebel calling for a review of the cost components of the revenue cap and to ensure a mechanism is introduced to ensure a portion of railway productivity gains are passed on to farmers.