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June 21, 2012

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Fantastic for fishers, dreadful for farmers Fingers pointed across the border as spring rains send Shellmouth flows over the top

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / Shellmouth dam

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Water flows over the Shellmouth Dam. While good news for fisherfolk, farmers downstream are accusing the province of mismanaging flows from the Lake of the Prairies reservoir. photo: Daniel Winters

henever water spills over the Shellmouth Dam, local fishers whoop with joy as they catch bucketfuls of jackfish in the foaming waters.

But for farmers downstream it heralds disaster as they face another summer of flooding.

“It means they’ve lost control,” said Cliff Trinder, who ranches 650 cattle on 30 quarters near the historic Millwood Bridge downstream.

Trinder received a notice last week from the province, which said water would be released to ease the heightened risk of flooding due to heavy rainfall in the watershed that feeds Lake of the Prairies.

“By the end of the week, there’ll be a lot of folks up here who will be flooding,” said Trinder.

Last year, some of his property was flooded for “just about the whole summer” and in 2010, his farm was deluged for about 100 days. In the winter of 2009, they opened the gates to release excess See SHELLMOUTH on page 6 »

Municipalities eye PFRA community pastures There are 30 municipalities in Manitoba that have PFRA pastures in their jurisdictions

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff / Sandy Lake

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unicipalities are interested in managing or even owning PFRA community pastures now that the federal government is getting out of the job.

Leaders at the Midwestern District meeting last week showed unanimous support for a resolution calling for control of PFRA pastures to be turned over to municipalities.

“Our priority is making sure that the community pasture program survives,” said RM of Ellice Reeve Guy Huberdeau as

he addressed the resolution his municipality brought to the June district meeting last week.

The best scenario is for the province to take over and continue the program, Huberdeau said.

“If that doesn’t happen then we’d like the municipalities that have pastures in them having the option to take them over and run them themselves.”

There are 30 municipalities in Manitoba that have PFRA pasture lands within their jurisdictions; 11 actually own some of the pasture land. The majority of PFRA pastures (81 per cent) are on provincial Crown land.

Ellice has about 300 quarters, or one-third of its entire RM under PFRA pasture, added the CAO Richard Fouillard in an interview. It doesn’t own any of that land.

The council’s main concerns are that local cattle producers retain access to these lands.

Councillors don’t want to see any of this land divvied up and sold off to private buyers, Fouillard said.

“We don’t want gravel companies buying it, for example. You break that land up and it will blow away on you.”

Plus, if a new owner wanted to develop it, the RM is in no posi-

tion to handle requests for new infrastructure.

“There is no way we can afford to build roads into all those areas,” he said.

Ellice has talked over the costs of taking over management of these lands with neighbouring RM of Archie, which also has PFRA pasture land. It believes the RMs could run a cost-effective program, said Fouillard.

The resolution passed at district now goes before all AMM delegates at the fall convention before becoming standing policy.

The federal gover nment See PASTURES on page 6 »

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INSIDE

on the lighter side

LIVESTOCK

Beef producers find their place at the table

Milk thieves in the pasture Cross-suckling cows can suck into profits

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Producer mugs will share the limelight with Big Macs CCA release

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CROPS Is it really tan spot?

A chloride deficiency can have similar symptoms

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FEATURE Protecting native prairie A Manitoba RM hopes other landowners will follow its lead

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anadian beef producers may notice a familiar face or two joining them at the table as they dig into their favourite hamburger at McDonald’s.

C a n a d i a n C a t t l e m e n’s Association (CCA) vice-president Dave Solverson and his daughter, Joanne Solverson, are featured on a new paper tray liner at McDonald’s restaurants across Canada.

A fourth-generation farm family, the Solversons produce beef at their ranch near Camrose, Alberta. The father and daughter duo are featured alongside the iconic image of a Big Mac, made from 100 per cent pure Canadian beef.

“Canadian producers really appreciate McDonald’s commitment to 100 per cent Canadian product,” said Solverson.

Solverson said he is pleased to be a part of the tray liner campaign as it raises awareness among McDonald’s cus-

tomers about the level of care and attention that Canadian producers put into cattle production every day.

The Solversons take great care to ensure the production practices used at their ranch produce healthy and nutritious beef. As well, as the long-standing chairman of the CCA’s animal care committee,

Solverson is actively involved in animal welfare issues, including the ongoing evolution of national farm animal care guidelines to ensure they reflect best practices.

Printed on 100 per cent recycled paper, the tray liner will appear at McDonald’s locations across Canada throughout the summer.

CROSSROADS Starting from scratch Film follows a wannabe farmer fulfilling his dream

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Editorials Comments What’s Up Livestock Markets

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Grain Markets Classifieds Sudoku Weather

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

BRIEFS

Monsanto defends Roundup Ready royalties in Brazil BRASILIA / REUTERS / Monsanto is locked in a court battle with Brazilian soybean growers that could cost the company billions if farmers succeed in defending their right to save seed.

Brazilian law recognizes international patents but it also has a law that permits producers, especially small ones, to save seed without paying the original seed provider.

Last year, soybean producer groups in the southern grain state of Rio Grande do Sul brought a class-action case against Monsanto for levying royalties on Roundup Ready soybeans. Last week, the court ruled that its findings will have national application once a decision was reached. The court estimated that would cost Monsanto US$7.5 billion.

Brazil is the world’s No. 2 soybean producer and one of Monsanto’s most important markets.

For now, the royalty system is still in place. If a producer can’t produce a receipt showing the royalty was paid when the seed was bought, then the buyer of the crop must deduct it and remit it to Monsanto.

“Farmers accept paying for intellectual property when they buy seeds legally,” said a legal adviser to the soybean producers.

“They don’t accept paying to replant the fruit of these products.”

Peru ends nineyear ban on Canadian beef REUTERS / Peru has lowered trade restrictions on imported Canadian beef, ending the country’s nineyear ban.

Peru will accept Canadian bone-in beef from cattle under 30 months of age, boneless beef from all ages of cattle, and offal — ending a ban imposed in 2003 after the discovery of cattle with BSE. Canada Beef estimates that Peru could import up to $2 million worth of beef annually.

Report concludes significant benefits with Roundup Ready alfalfa The report is flawed, according to two Manitoba forage seed producers

By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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report on Roundup Ready alfalfa (RRA) and its potential impact on the Canadian forage industry says it has limited appeal to producers today, but it opens the door to the development of new biotech traits that farmers here need.

The 91-page report released June 13, concludes based on American data, growing Roundup Ready alfalfa would give growers a net gain of $10.87 an acre due to slightly higher yields and reduced herbicide costs.

But despite the higher return, Doug Wray, chair of the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA), which commissioned the study, said he doubts many farmers would grow it if it were commercialized here. Most farmers mix grasses with their alfalfa, which would be killed by the glyphosate treatments.

“From the reaction we’ve seen, we wouldn’t expect there would be much uptake in the market,” the Irricana, Alta. cowcalf and forage producer said in an interview June 14.

“This thing isn’t coming because the industry is asking for it. It’ll come because Monsanto, or the people who have the rights to it, decide they’re going to try and market it here.”

Not released

Roundup Ready alfalfa has been approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, however, the agency has not registered any varieties for commercial production in Canada.

Canadian alfalfa seed producers and organic alfalfa seed and forage producers fear production of Roundup Ready alfalfa will make it impossible to produce GM-free alfalfa, resulting in lost sales and reduced incomes.

The CFGA held a meeting on Roundup Ready alfalfa last December in Saskatoon. That, along with the study prepared by

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Douglas Yungblut and Jacques Jalbert, is intended to provide an unemotional, scientific forum for discussion, Wray said.

Fa r m e r s w i l l b e m o re attracted to future GM alfalfa that offers traits such as reduced bloat, improved nutrition or winter hardiness, he said. Now the industry has a template for exploring their merits, he said.

The report acknowledges seed and organic farmers’ concerns and concludes a way must be found to protect them if GM alfalfa goes ahead.

It also says most alfalfa is fed to cattle and Roundup Ready “should present few issues.”

The report, which pulls data from other studies, says on the one hand gene flow from alfalfa is less likely than from other GM crops because most is harvested before full bloom.

But on the other, it notes alfalfa grows wild “... and is not a good candidate crop for traits that require absolute containment.”

In the United States “Grower Opportunity Zones” have been set up banning GM alfalfa production to reduce the chances of contamination. Monsanto has established guidelines to help prevent GM alfalfa genes from getting into non-GM alfalfa.

Meanwhile, the Canadian Seed Trade Association is work-

ing on a Canadian protocol with Monsanto and the commercializing company to come up with a “coexistence” plan by year’s end.

Higher yields

The report says GM corn yields are double those of alfalfa, making conventional alfalfa less competitive.

“Roundup Ready is the first of several possible GE (genetically enhanced) traits to be introduced into alfalfa,” the report says. “If it is not commercialized in Canada, the industry will have little interest in developing these other traits for the Canadian market.

“In summary it would appear that RRA and subsequent GE traits in alfalfa could have significant benefits for the Canadian forage industry.”

Wray stressed the council has no position on Roundup Ready alfalfa. “We didn’t set out with any agenda to take a position,” he said.

Two Manitoba producers and vocal opponents of Roundup Ready alfalfa are critical of the report.

Jim Lintott, a Dugald forage seed producer and chair of the Manitoba Forage Council and Paul Gregory, a Fisher Branch forage seed grower and head

of Interlake Forage Seeds, said they’re disappointed in the report.

“I’m shocked at how pro Roundup Ready the report was,” Gregory said.

The Manitoba Forage Council opposes commercialization in Canada.

Gregory noted the $10.87-anacre benefit is based on savings in U.S. herbicides that aren’t available in Canada. As well, it is rare for farmers to apply herbicides to their alfalfa.

It also threatens seed and organic markets. Farmers will balk at the seed price too. It’s hard to get them to pay more than $3 a pound, never mind the $6 Roundup Ready will cost, they said.

Both stressed because alfalfa is a perennial and feral, once a GM version is released those genes will spread, including to common and even certified seed.

“You can’t stop a cross-pollinated perennial crop like alfalfa,” Gregory said.

As glyphosate use increases so to do the number of glyphosate-tolerant weeds, he noted.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

OPINION/EDITORIAL

Conservation on the clock?

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onservation was high on delegates’ minds at the southwestern district meeting for the Association of Manitoba Municipalities. But as is often the case when economics and environmental stewardship go head to head, it got second billing as a priority.

Delegates passed resolutions calling for a 20-year time limit on conservation agreements, and an outright moratorium Laura Rance on land purchases by Nature Conservancy Editor Canada.

Proponents of this idea say they want an opportunity to review how lands are used in light of changing times and opportunities. For example, the way land-conservation deals are currently structured, it can’t be used for wind farming. There were also concerns raised about how such lands are classified for tax purposes.

There is no denying rural municipalities find themselves squeezed between declining populations, a shortage of new economic opportunities and an agricultural industry that has largely outgrown the service capacity of local communities.

It’s easy to understand fears about their potential tax base being further eroded when, with the stroke of a pen, an oftenretired and sometimes absentee landowner removes the land from potential economic development forever.

Under conservation agreements, such as those signed with Nature Conservancy Canada, landowners retain ownership of the land but its use and development are restricted to the terms of the agreement. In the case of a recent agreement signed between the RM of Edward and NCC, a block of native unbroken prairie will continue to be grazed, but will never be subjected to tillage.

It must be noted that these conservation lands are typically parcels that have limited production value. The landowners signing these agreements have had a long relationship with these properties before making the decision to protect them from future development.

They’ve also seen the worth, which can’t aways be measured in economic terms, of maintaining natural habitat, whether it is for the birds and wildlife or the people who come to view them.

We have only to look across the border to see what can happen when conservation reserves are protected for limited time, rather than in perpetuity. Farmers are now pulling millions of acres out of the U.S. Conservation Reserve Program to cash in on high commodity prices.

Even if production is lower, it’s still production. And if prices are high enough, growing crops on it becomes economically attractive, albeit environmentally destructive.

We also know from the community pasture experience across Western Canada that it took decades for the acres drawn into that program during the early days of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration to recover from their brief exposure to tillage and dryland farming.

People back then were caught up in short-term economic thinking. A vast section of the Prairies was at risk of becoming a desert before the federal government stepped in to contain the disaster.

The PFRA legislation was amended to allow the administration to negotiate with private landowners, municipal and provincial governments to permanently remove large chunks of highly marginal and erosion-prone lands from cultivation and restore them to grass.

For the next 75 years, those community pastures, now numbering 85 across the West, would play an integral role in allowing sustainable commercial activity to take place while preserving the land in a natural state.

What is disturbing about the recent discussions within AMM is that municipalities are also among those interested in stepping up to take over management of community pastures now that the federal government is bowing out.

These pastures need to be managed under a long-term strategy that recognizes not only their value to cattle producers but to the public at large.

The facts that the RM of Edward recently signed on to an NCC agreement and that support for last week’s resolution was far from unanimous suggests there is a healthy diversity of opinion among municipalities on this issue. Opponents to the resolution to put time limits on conservation included RMs of Langford and Lansdowne, which have agreed to protect in perpetuity over 21,000 acres of native prairie at Langford Community Pasture near Neepawa.

AMM delegates also called on the federal government to reinstate support for the shelterbelt program, which is laudable. But conversely, without some restrictions on landowners’ ability to remove those publicly supported trees, there’s really no point.

The federal government’s withdrawal from environmental stewardship puts local governments in a difficult spot.

Despite the pressures they are under, we urge them to reject putting conservation on the clock. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Farm programs under review

By Les McEwan

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ime is running out for producers wanting to have input on the next round of farm programming. Business risk programs, research and marketing initiatives are all back on the table as negotiations for the new Agricultural Policy Framework, Growing Forward 2 are winding down.

The present framework, Growing Forward is set to expire in March 2013. If you feel that changes need to be made, you have until June 30 to speak up.

One could hardly blame producers for becoming somewhat skeptical. Despite widespread dismay with the previous CAIS (Canadian Agricultural Income Support) program, many of the same complaints in program timing, lack of bankability, and disparities in levels of protection for farm size still exist with AgriStability.

The search for input hasn’t exactly been exhaustive either. For the most part, producer input has been collected at a handful of meetings across the country, mostly held in urban centres. While reports state that meetings were held nationally with young farmers, national organizations and innovators, the lone meeting listed for Manitoba in Phase 1 was in Winnipeg on March 14.

There is good reason why Manitoba farmers should be more involved. Issues of sustainability seem to be focused on the involvement of organic certification. Given our own concerns with phosphate pollution in Lake Winnipeg, and the resulting nutrient regulations, the real issue of sustainability here may be our inability to effectively recycle phosphate movement through the human food chain like we have with livestock.

Many researchers are telling us that the reserves of rock phosphate are becoming very limited and could become scarce over the next 200 years. That could have a serious impact on the future of crop production worldwide.

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How we deal with that at the individual farm level is going to depend on how we develop, implement and co-ordinate farm management practices.

If market acceptance is going to continue to govern the levels of support through Environmental Farm Plans, then how do we fund the research and innovation required to address the larger social needs of our environmental footprint? Without the ability to work collectively at a watershed level, how do we make systematic changes within the landscape?

Under the first Environmental Farm Plans there was an option to implement BMPs (Beneficial Management Practices) at a community level through Equivalent Farm Plans; that option should be revisited.

While at first blush, that may reduce the resources an individual farm can access, it also has the potential to alleviate the need for increased regulation.

At some point we need to use the funding that is going into hopper bins, lagoon covers and GPS equipment into something that has a tangible benefit for society at large. Ultimately we are expending public dollars, and unless the public is seeing direct benefit, the reason for their support becomes questionable.

My advice is to take some time, and search out the government (federal and provincial) websites reporting the progress of Growing Forward 2. Think long and hard about what you want to see in terms of government support, programs and research and what you think their role is in your future.

If you have concerns about the direction of the programs, or the transparency of the process itself, let them know. Written presentations can be made online, or mailed to: Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives 810-401 York Avenue Winnipeg, Man. R3C 0P8 Les McEwan farms near Altamont.

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ur June 1, 1972 issue reported Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s announcement of a $42-million purchase of 2,000 hopper cars to help speed a persistent transportation backlog.

Until then, all grain shipments were in boxcars.

NFU president Roy Atkinson called it an unjustifiable subsidy to the railways, while Palliser Wheat Growers president Walter Nelson saw it as another step toward more efficient shipping through larger inland elevators.

Amid accusations of B.C. producers dumping eggs in Ontario, provincial representatives were meeting in Ottawa to flesh out production and marketshare agreements under a proposed national eggmarketing plan.

The provincial minimum wage was being raised to $1.75 per hour, and federal and provincial governments announced $23.5 million in funding to boost conservation and livestock diversification under the Agricultural and Rural Development Agreement (ARDA) program.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

“Old School” gardens in today’s schools Learning how to grow food was once an important skill for schools to teach

By Barb Galbraith co-operator contributor

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hat’s old is new again. In the 21st century, schools across Canada are cultivating garden plots. The website of School Garden Network, an initiative of the Ottawa-based charity Nutrients for Life Canada, states: “One of the great virtues of a school garden is the potential to be a cross-curriculum learning centre.”

A century ago, many people thought the same and school-based gardening flourished. Government-documented cases in Manitoba numbered 350 in 1915 and 400 in both 1916 and 1917.

Since their formation, rural schools have generated debate about what was best for students and families.

Farmers did not always see the value in a formal education for their children — especially during harvest time — in rigidly defined classrooms that did not favour the practical.

Farm groups pressed for educational opportunities more relevant for rural society, but also equal in quality to their urban cousins. Economically this was difficult with so few students in one-room schools.

Even with great waves of immigration in the early years, Canada’s rural population declined as urban populations grew. A worldwide depression in the 1890s, the difficult work of breaking virgin land, isolation and the unstable economic conditions of farming all played a part. The increasing congestion of cities worried the Dominion government.

As well, the federal policy of opening up the West to avoid an American takeover required that settlers

““One of the great virtues of a school garden is the potential to be a crosscurriculum learning centre.” website of School Garden Network

remain on the land. Portraying farming as a noble profession became a priority.

Martin Burrell, then federal minister of agriculture, quoted agrarian advocate George W. Russell: “Our princes and captains of industry with all they control — the high-built factories and titanic mills — might all disappear without man disappearing, but cut away men from the fields and fruits of the earth and in six months there will be silence in the streets.”

Burrell introduced the Agricultural Aid Act which passed in 1912 and granted the provinces $500,000 towards agricultural education for one year. It was not implemented in response to a disaster, but in the hope of preventing one.

In 1913, the Agricultural Instruction Act was passed. The government gave $10 million over 10 years on the basis of population to be put toward agricultural colleges, rural women’s groups, hands-on instruction for farmers, and activities for rural youth and schoolchildren. Some money went to supplies for plots of grains, vegetables and flowers grown on school grounds.

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Instruction in Nature Study, deemed preferable over urban science classes as less academic and more practical, was given at the elementary level.

Senior grades were taught elementary agriculture. Funds were allotted so teachers could take a rural science course during the summer.

In the January 1915 edition of the Agricultural Gazette of Canada, H.W. Watson, director of Elementary Agriculture for the Department of Education reported on materials purchased in Manitoba: During September, 1913, over 5,000 bulbs to about 50 schools.

During the winter, about 600 grain germination testers, and 130 egg testers to 130 schools. In April, to about 300 schools, 8,400 packets of vegetable and

Changes are a-comin’ Significant impact is expected on Canadian food law and practice

By Ronald Doering food lawyer

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o everyone’s surprise, the federal government has announced its intention to repeal the famous standard container size regulations that are set out in its Processed Products Regulations (PPR). These stipulate mandatory requirements for grades and standards, including standard container sizes, for canned and frozen fruits and vegetables that are imported, exported or that are traded interprovincially.

The regulations are voluminous — there are 73 sections and 12 schedules with dozens of pages of mind-numbing detail. Most consumers don’t even know they exist. How many know, for example, that vegetable soup and pork and beans can be in 10- and 14-fl.-oz. cans, but it is an offence to use 12-fl.-oz. cans? Or that ketchup containers must be 375-, 575-, or 750-millilitre sizes?

Changes to the PPR have been a divisive issue for years because they create winners and losers. For some, the PPR is a small but helpful protectionist measure; for others, a barrier to the importation of new or cheaper products. It did provide modest consumer protection, but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) wasted resources and wrongly, in my view, even applied it to the importation of wholesale bulk product to manufacturers who used it for further processing.

The announcement in the 2012 federal budget was limited to the repeal of “regulations related to container standards to enable industry to take advantage of new packaging formats and technologies, while removing an unnecessary barrier for the importation of new products from international markets.”

Other changes to the PPR will be done as part of the broader legislative consolidation of CFIA regulations that is coming very soon.

Complaints and appeals

Kudos also to Agriculture Minister Ritz and CFIA president George da Pont for bringing into force an important new administrative redress mechanism for the CFIA. Readers of this column will know that I have argued for over a decade that the scope of discretion and the range of CFIA authorities required a step-wise process to have regulatory decisions reviewed in an independent and timely way. If industry is not satisfied with CFIA staff actions in the enforcement of rules, if there has been undue delay in decisions or if the regulated party disagrees with decisions made by CFIA employees related to licensing, registration, permits, orders, inspection results, seizure, labelling or other regulatory action, then the CFIA now has a clear process to address the complaint in a timely way and provide redress if warranted.

After trying to resolve the matter directly with the employee, the regulated party now has

flower seeds, 4,415 packets of various grains for childrens [sic] plots, 1,054 parcels of potatoes (three varieties) for childrens’ [sic] plots, 60 lbs. alfalfa seed for small plots on the school ground, 12,000 seedlings, etc., for windbreaks about the school ground, 5,264 shade trees and ornamental shrubs, 618 perennial roots.

Many schools obtained their material locally, and some bought it wholesale.

School gardens remained popular through the Great Depression and were redubbed Victory Gardens during the First and Second world wars to promote patriotism and show support for the war effort through food production.

Done right, this modest regulatory innovation could significantly improve the quality of agriculture and food law enforcement in Canada.

automatic access to a formal written complaint procedure with a new Complaints and Appeal Office. The new office will be guided by the recently released CFIA Statement of Rights and Service for Producers, Consumers and Other Stakeholders.

Done right, this modest regulatory innovation could significantly improve the quality of agriculture and food law enforcement in Canada and could provide a useful precedent for other areas of regulation.

More changes

By the time this is published, we’ll have details on legislative consolidation at the CFIA and, from Health Canada, some decisions on foodlike “natural health products.” And following the budget commitment to “streamline and accelerate the process for how foods are regulated,” the introduction of modest amendments to the Food and Drugs Act to expedite, inter alia, the process for additive changes.

Ronald L. Doering is a past president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. He practises food law in the Ottawa offices of Gowling Lafleur Henderson, LLP. Contact him at Ronald.doering@gowlings.com.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

FROM PAGE ONE SHELLMOUTH Continued from page 1

water from the Shellmouth Dam and ruined his tame hayfields and drowned a number of his cattle along the river. His $160,000 claim for that disaster still hasn’t been paid.

“It’s sitting on somebody’s desk,” said Trinder. “They don’t refuse it. They don’t pay it. I can’t even appeal the situation.

So I’m just sitting in limbo.”

Part of the problem is geographic — from the mouth of the dam to St. Lazare, the Assiniboine River is far narrower than farther downstream and that means any extra water has a tendency to spill over its banks.

But it’s the operation of the dam that upsets Trinder and others. He said he believes that earlier this spring, amid fears of an imminent summer drought, flows from the dam were cut back to provide irrigation water for the province’s lucrative potato industry.

“It’s not an accident,” he said.

Managing water levels behind the dam has become more difficult in the past decade, he added, because “hundreds of thousands of acres” of farmland upstream in the area north of Yorkton, Sask., has had its bush pushed, potholes filled, and drains dug. The reduced water-holding capac-

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ity now means that any rainfall goes straight into the rivers and streams, said Trinder.

“Corporations are making millions of dollars — they’ll buy a quarter section for $40,000, completely drain it and level it, then sell it for more than $200,000 within the year,” he said.

Farther downstream near Oak Lake, Stan Cochrane is dreading the arrival of the spill water.

“There’s nothing they can do now — it’s full,” said Cochrane, chair of the Assiniboine Valley Producers Association’s flood committee.

Cochrane said he’s worried about losing production from his prime river bottom lands.

“How would you like to lose $600,000? Wouldn’t be very good, would it?” he asked.

“That’s what we could lose.”

As of last Thursday, outflows from the reservoir were at 2,040 cubic feet per second compared to inflows of 4,600 cfs, said Steve Topping, executive director of Water Stewardship.

That means about two feet of water is currently spilling over the dam.

But the decision to hold back water earlier this spring was not an arbitrary decision, he said. It was approved via consensus by

“How would you like to lose $600,000?

Wouldn’t be very good, would it?”

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the Shellmouth operations liaison committee, a group of area stakeholders made up of local conservation districts, municipalities and downstream farmers, including the Association of Manitoba Irrigators, he said.

“To date, we’ve accepted all their recommendations,” said Topping. “It’s a multi-purpose reservoir and it’s very difficult to balance the interests of all stakeholders.”

Mitigating flood damage is just one aspect of operations, because Shellmouth regulates flows for municipal water supplies, irrigation, downstream fisheries, and other needs.

With spring snowpack forecast to be “very low,” holding back water seemed like a wise decision. Dry conditions persisted through March and there were fears of a drought. Over the winter, the reservoir was lowered to 1,397.5 feet, compared to 1,383 in 2011.

“It was a very conscious decision by the committee that water would be required on the lower Assiniboine.”

But in April, Mother Nature turned on the taps. Yorkton, for example, received just 51 mm of precipitation from November to March but more than 250 mm of rain has fallen since April.

Drainage practices in Saskatchewan are an issue, said Topping.

In Manitoba, drainage is strictly supervised, with about 25 officers empowered to hand out hefty fines for illegal work.

“That’s not being practised in Saskatchewan to any degree near what Manitoba is doing,” said Topping. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

Don’t miss the boat

Thirty municipalities in Manitoba have PFRA pasture within their boundaries and 11 actually own some of the land. PHOTO: LAURA RANCE

announced it was getting out of the pasture management business in the 2012 budget.

Manitoba is now gearing for a transition to a new program.

Cam Dahl, general manager of Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) said he’s glad to hear municipalities want to be involved.

A new steering committee representing MBP and chairs of pasture patron advisory committees was struck this month, and it will need to draw municipalities into future discussions, Dahl said.

“I’m glad municipalities are engaged in the issue. They’re a critical part of this process.

Producers, municipalities and the province need to sit down around the table and come to a common position. That’s absolutely something that needs to happen.”

They’re just beginning to formulate a plan, but there are some things that the steering committee is already clear about.

“There’s strong support for keeping this land used the way it is used today, and available for grazing under a system like the community pastures,” he said.

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WHAT’S UP Please forward your agricultural events to daveb@fbcpublishing.com or call 204-944-5762.

June 25-27: Grain Growers of Canada summer meeting and ag tour, Delta Prince Edward, 18 Queen St., Charlottetown. For more info contact the GGC at office@ggc-pgc.ca.

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

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province-wide policies together.

Now pastures are managed in a similar way and there’s support for keeping that going forward as well.”

MBP’s June edition of Cattle Country says the best option currently appears to be setting up a producer association that would administer community pastures much as they are run today.

The BMP together with the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association and the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association have also put forward a four-point position statement on the issue calling for full consultations to occur before any changes are made to the structure of the pasture system, for current land use to remain unchanged despite changes to administration, and that in the event any land is put up for sale that current and past users be given right of first refusal.

They are also asking that more time be allowed to prepare for the transition, said Dahl. They’d like this process to begin in 2014 not 2013.

“We’re not asking for an extension at the end of the timetable,” he said. “Just give us a little more time to get the process started.”

outreach/naturalagriculture/ or call 204-474-6077.

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 402-437-5178 (ext.

4024) or email rstraight@fs.fed.us.

July 10: AAFC Cereal Research Centre field day, 1:30 p.m., Portage la Prairie.

Theme: “Oats: 2012 and beyond.” For more info call 204-983-1460.

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

July 10: Manitoba Forage Seed Association buffet breakfast and summer crop tour, Bridges Golf Course, Starbuck. Registration 8 a.m. For more info call 204-376-3309.

July 25-26: Provincial Pasture Tour of eastern Manitoba. For more info call Kathy Wintoniw at 204-346-6080 or visit http://mbforagecouncil.mb.ca/ provincial-pasture-tour-2/.

July 14: National Farmers Union Region 5 (Manitoba) annual convention, 1-5 p.m., Onanole and District Drop-In Centre, Onanole. For more info call 204-858-2479 or 204-7453252.

July 26: AAFC Indian Head research farm’s annual sunflower field day, Indian Head, Sask. For more info call 306-695-5225.

July 22: AAFC Brandon Research Centre’s beef production program field day, Brandon. For more info call 204-578-3601.

July 23: Ecological and Organic Farming Systems Field Day, Ian Morrison Research Farm, Carman. For more info visit www.umanitoba.ca/

Aug. 1: AAFC Morden research station’s annual pulse tour, Morden. For more info call 204-822-7228.

Oct. 17-18: Canadian Swine Health Forum, location TBA, Winnipeg. For more info visit www.swinehealth.ca.

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

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

Conservation agreements should have expiry dates, says municipal leader Delegates at June municipal meetings debate merit of imposing a time limit on conservation agreements

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff / Sandy Lake

F

orever is too long to set land aside for conservation, according to some municipal leaders who are proposing these agreements should expire in a much shorter time: 20 years.

The RM of Shoal Lake got support at last week’s Midwestern June District meeting for a resolution calling on the province of Manitoba to place a time limit on conservation agreements of no more than two decades.

The problem with agreements in perpetuity is that they tie the hands of municipalities for future land development and use of lands, said Don Yanick, mayor of Shoal Lake.

“Especially with climate change, things are chang-

ing with how we might use the land,” Yanick said.

Wind turbines will never be allowed on these sites, he said.

Yanick added that he believes a definite timeline would result in more, not fewer, landowners signing conservation agreements.

“I seriously thought about caveating our own land,” he said. “I would promote caveats if they were on a time limit.”

Not all delegates agreed with the proposal, however.

Reeve of the RM of Langford, Kathy Jasienczyk, said many people worked very hard to get a conservation agreement signed in Langford and Lansdowne two years ago.

In 2010, the two RMs signed what is the largest conservation agreement ever in Manitoba, protecting in perpetuity over 21,000 acres of native prairie at

Langford Community Pasture near Neepawa.

“We don’t want that expiring in 20 years,” she said.

Arnold Coutts, a councillor with the RM of Westbourne, who also sits on the Manitoba Conservation Districts Association (MCDA) board, also voted against the resolution. He said he doesn’t like leaving it to the province to impose time limits.

“We have fought for years and years to take control back from the province,” he said. The matter would be better taken up directly with MCDA or perhaps by bringing in mediation where problems exist between municipalities and conservation agencies, he added.

Coutts didn’t like a 20-year time limit either.

“I think the main concern is that there’s been so much land

that’s been cleared,” he said.

“We’ve probably waited too long in some areas to do our conservation work. Now we’re trying to catch up.”

Perhaps terms should be imposed on shelterbelts too, he added.

“I wish we had a 20-year or a 30-year program on those tree lines. A lot of them would still be there today.”

The delegates supported a resolution from the RM of Miniota calling on the federal government to restore funding for the Prairie shelterbelt program.

Another conservationrelated resolution supported at Midwestern calls on the province to classify, for tax purposes, land owned by Ducks Unlimited or other conservation groups as seasonal recreational instead of agricultural in order to reflect

the costs borne by municipalities to maintain projects or repair infrastructure adversely affected by them.

A resolution from the RM of Rossburn, calling for a moratorium on the purchasing of land by the Nature Conservancy of Canada and imposing a recreational tax on exiting NCC properties, was also supported.

Indicative of ongoing tensions between some municipalities and conservation agencies, that resolution also calls for a study on the impact NCC-held lands are having on municipalities throughout the province.

The resolutions will come up for debate before all delegates at the November convention of the AMM. Midwestern is one of seven districts under the AMM. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Food-safety bill finally released

By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor / ottawa

I

t’s been years in the making, but the federal government has introduced a bill to improve food safety by streamlining the operation of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

In essence, the bill will put all the CFIA inspection activities under a common set of rules, establish a registry of food importers, and toughen penalties for violation of safety rules.

The bill isn’t set in stone, said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, as both Senate and Commons committees will hold public hearings, which “will present a tremendous opportunity to make changes.”

The new legislation was welcomed by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association.

“I am particularly pleased that under the act imported foods will be required to meet the same high standards that Canadian producers and processors now meet,” said CCA president Martin Unrau.

The legislation will advance a national traceability system, he said.

“The CCA and industry partners are working to ensure a national traceability system is practical and affordable for producers to implement, and does not impede commerce,” said Unrau.

Industry associations also welcomed the proposed bill, with the Food & Consumer Products of Canada citing higher penalties for foodsafety violations (which will see fines rise to $5 million from the current $250,000) and new offences related to product tampering.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

Cutting waste key to feeding the world

enough already

Food output needs to increase by 60 per cent before 2050 milan/ reuters

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The drought fears have been drowned, but so far crops are holding up despite the frequent rains. This photo was taken after 57 mm fell in the Deerwood area. photo: jeannette greaves

COULDA

he world can feed itself with less food output than previously forecast if it turns to sustainable farming, cuts waste and stops excessive consumption, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said May 31.

If current consumption patterns persist, the world will need to raise food output by 60 per cent by 2050 from 200507 levels to feed a population expected to rise to nine billion from about seven billion now, according to FAO estimates.

However, it is possible to feed the population with a smaller rise in food output than that, the FAO said in a policy report ahead of a sustainable development summit in Rio de Janeiro.

On the production side, agricultural and food systems should reduce their negative environmental impacts, including soil and water depletion as well as greenhouse gas emissions, the report said.

On the consumption side, people need to cut food losses and waste which amount to 1.3 billion tonnes a year, roughly one-third of world food production for human consumption.

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growth patterns, changes in dietary preferences, levels of food waste and how agricultural production is used for non-food purposes,” the report said.

The governments attending the Rio+20 summit in June should commit themselves to speed up efforts to reduce hunger and malnutrition and use the UN’s voluntary guidelines on the right to food, the FAO said.

The Rio+20 meeting on June 20-22 is expected to attract more than 50,000 participants, with politicians under pressure

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from environmentalists to agree goals for sustainable development, in the spirit of the Rio Earth Summit 20 years ago.

Sustainable development is impossible without eradicating hunger in a world where over 900 million people do not get enough to eat, the FAO’s director general Jose Graziano da Silva said in the report.

“We cannot call development sustainable while this situation persists, while nearly one out of every seven men, women and children are left behind, victims of undernourishment,” he said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Feeder Steers

Ashern

n/a

Gladstone

n/a

Grunthal

n/a

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Jun. 12

Jun. 13

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Taylor

Winnipeg

n/a

Jun. 14

Jun. 14

Jun. 15

No. on offer

n/a

n/a

n/a

183

466

n/a

250

30

176

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

n/a

n/a

n/a

118.00-130.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

800-900

n/a

n/a

n/a

130.00-144.00

130.00-145.75

n/a

n/a

120.00-135.00

n/a

700-800

n/a

n/a

n/a

135.00-153.25

140.00-156.00

n/a

n/a

130.00-145.00

138.00-151.00

600-700

n/a

n/a

n/a

140.00-166.00

152.00-168.00

n/a

n/a

140.00-155.00

145.00-161.00

500-600

n/a

n/a

n/a

155.00-172.00

163.00-181.00

n/a

n/a

153.00-165.00

150.00-170.00

400-500

n/a

n/a

n/a

165.00-185.00

175.00-198.00

n/a

n/a

170.00-190.00

n/a

300-400

n/a

n/a

n/a

180.00-204.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

110.00-123.00

108.00-120.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

115.00-124.00

800-900

n/a

n/a

n/a

118.00-136.00

118.00-130.00

n/a

n/a

115.00-120.00

118.00-126.00

700-800

n/a

n/a

n/a

122.00-140.50

125.00-139.75

n/a

125.00-145.00

120.00-135.00

125.00-137.00

600-700

n/a

n/a

n/a

135.00-152.00

137.00-152.00

n/a

128.00-151.00

120.00-140.00

130.00-145.00

500-600

n/a

n/a

n/a

140.00-160.00

145.00-159.00

n/a

n/a

140.00-155.00

142.00-152.00

400-500

n/a

n/a

n/a

145.00-163.00

152.00-168.00

n/a

n/a

145.00-165.00

145.00-165.00

300-400

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Slaughter Market No. on offer

n/a

n/a

n/a

128

n/a

n/a

188

82

210

D1-D2 Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

76.00-85.50

74.00-79.00

n/a

76.00-82.00

75.00-82.00

73.00-82.00

D3-D5 Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

72.00-75.00

65.00-74.00

n/a

45.00-75.00

65.00-75.00

62.00-73.00

Age Verified

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

76.00-82.75

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

n/a

n/a

n/a

100.00-106.00

86.00-103.75

n/a

95.00-102.00

n/a

88.00-100.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

102.00-106.00

101.00-105.25

n/a

n/a

102.00-106.00

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

100.00-104.00

99.00-103.50

n/a

n/a

100.00-104.00

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

86.00-100.00

81.00-91.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

78.00-88.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

* includes slaughter market

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

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

EXCHANGES: June 18, 2012

$1 Cdn: $1.0244 U.S. $1 U.S: $.9761 Cdn.

COLUMN

Cattle Prices Winnipeg

(Friday to Thursday) Slaughter Cattle

June 15, 2012

Steers & Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 76.00 - 81.00 D3 Cows 65.00 - 76.00 Bulls 88.00 - 101.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

— (801-900 lbs.)

130.00 - 140.00 (701-800 lbs.)

138.00 - 150.00 (601-700 lbs.)

145.00 - 161.00 (501-600 lbs.)

150.00 - 168.00 (401-500 lbs.)

— Heifers (901+ lbs.)

— (801-900 lbs.)

— (701-800 lbs.)

120.00 - 128.00 (601-700 lbs.)

125.00 - 144.00 (501-600 lbs.)

130.00 - 153.50 (401-500 lbs.)

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

Heifers

Alberta South $ 110.80 - 113.00 — 79.00 - 91.00 70.00 - 82.00 99.17 $ 120.00 - 137.00 130.00 - 146.00 143.00 - 157.00 154.00 - 175.00 165.00 - 190.00 170.00 - 196.00 $ 112.00 - 130.00 122.00 - 139.00 130.00 - 145.00 134.00 - 155.00 140.00 - 161.00 149.00 - 175.00

($/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 (June 14, 2012) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change June 2012 116.35 -3.00 August 2012 117.02 -3.40 October 2012 121.05 -3.95 December 2012 124.70 -3.77 February 2013 126.75 -3.75 April 2013 128.70 -3.40 Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Feeder Cattle August 2012 September 2012 October 2012 November 2012 January 2013 March 2013

Markets continue to pare back their summer schedules Terryn Shiells CNSC

Ontario $ 108.05 - 125.31 109.09 - 124.11 66.61 - 86.21 66.61 - 86.21 89.37 - 103.32 $ 130.10 - 139.79 130.38 - 148.00 134.25 - 155.56 144.49 - 172.82 142.76 - 182.15 159.96 - 194.98 $ 119.72 - 127.68 121.59 - 133.48 123.40 - 138.42 133.00 - 156.00 143.50 - 165.97 146.77 - 165.20

Close 156.20 157.50 158.70 159.90 159.22 160.20

Change -2.90 -2.70 -2.52 -2.35 -2.65 -1.80

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending June 9, 2012 56,597 12,276 44,321 — 652,000

Previous Year­ 61,929 12,709 49,220 — 681,000

Week Ending June 9, 2012 599 27,019 20,491 981 823 5,823 268

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 446 26,012 22,642 2,082 775 4,554 449

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) Current Week 193.00E 177.00E 171.15 173.07

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

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

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

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

Futures (June 14, 2012) in U.S. Hogs June 2012 July 2012 August 2012 October 2012 December 2012

Last Week 181.54 166.23 163.45 164.56

Close 94.75 94.52 93.00 82.57 79.75

Last Year (Index 100) 176.07 161.49 157.46 162.14

Change 1.68 1.20 0.98 -0.65 -0.57

Sheep and Lambs Winnipeg Next Sale is July 5

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

Turkeys Minimum prices as of June 24, 2012 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.990 Undergrade .............................. $1.900 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.970 Undergrade .............................. $1.870 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.970 Undergrade .............................. $1.870 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.935 Undergrade............................... $1.850 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

L

ivestock auctions in Manitoba saw a smaller number of cattle up for sale during the week ended June 15, as farmers are putting more cows out to pasture.

“It’s just that time of year when cattle get out to pasture and calves are going through their annual process with vaccinations and everything else,” said Cam Dahl, general manager of Manitoba Beef Producers.

Some auction markets had such a small number of cattle that they weren’t able to make up market reports for the sales they held during the week. Killarney Auction Mart, Ashern Auction Mart and Grunthal Livestock Auction Mart all had too few head to make up reports for the week. Killarney, for example, had 68 head; only 10 of them were feeders.

Prices at the auction marts able to create reports for sales that took place during the week ended June 15 reported that prices were fully steady to stronger as local demand was “very” good.

The decline in the number of cattle heading to auction because of the season is prompting some Manitoba markets to close or reduce the number of sales to be held during the summer months. See the table to find out which ones will be open, and when.

Note: There was some confusion about when Gladstone will be holding auctions, and I apologize as they are not yet closed for the summer. Gladstone will hold two more sales: one on June 26 and the other on July 10 before shutting down until mid-August.

The smaller number of cattle heading to auction may be due to the fact that there hasn’t been as much beef production in Manitoba in the past couple of years because of the flood in 2011.

“There’s an awful lot of land under water, which is something that people don’t realize very much,” Dahl said. “There’s probably still about 400,000 acres of pasture that are either under water or completely unusable at this point.”

Table: Cattle market schedules Ashern Now closed until August Gladstone Sales June 26 and July 10,

then closed until August Grunthal Sales continue every Tuesday

throughout the summer Brandon Sales continue throughout the summer Virden Biweekly sales in July and August

(Note: no butcher sales on Mondays

until fall 2012) Killarney Regular biweekly sales throughout

the summer Ste. Rose Sale June 21, then closed until fall Taylor (Melita) Closed June 21 to Aug. 21 Winnipeg Sales continue throughout the summer

Recent rains seen across Manitoba probably haven’t worsened the flooding problem, but haven’t helped producers either, Dahl said.

“Most areas have probably had enough rain, so some sun and some heat to get pasture and hay moving along would be really quite helpful.”

The impact of the 2011 flood is still hitting beef producers harder than any other sector in the province, he said.

The number of cattle at auction may have been small, but Dahl thinks numbers are higher than in past years because values have been good for producers amid strong demand.

Farmers may be sending fewer cattle to auction right now, but are occupied with many other things at this time of year, Dahl said.

“Farmers are busy with vaccinations and getting cattle out into pasture,” Dahl said. “I think producers are going to start processing the hay crop fairly shortly as well, so it’s still a busy time of year.”

What happens in the market and what happens in the field aren’t really related, he said; it’s more about the timing of things, as farmers are sending the cattle out to pasture to fatten up in time for the fall.

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

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

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

Demand stays strong, cattle supplies trickling

Toronto 66.95 - 103.67 131.86 - 168.94 172.50 - 192.81 178.95 - 200.35 183.88 - 246.76 —

SunGold Specialty Meats 30.00 - 40.00

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) 82.40 - 278.62 — 67.82 - 200.53

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1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 14.25 - 36.08 31.09 - 45.09

Import duty suspension continues The European Union’s executive will extend the suspension of the bloc’s import duties on feed wheat from July 1 until the end of the year, despite EU governments failing to approve the move, an official said June 14.

The European Commission proposed the extension to help EU livestock producers cope with high grain prices, but government officials failed to reach a majority for or against the plan in a vote in Brussels, the official said.

“In the absence of a majority for or against the proposal, the commission is empowered to adopt the measure itself, which it will do shortly,” he told Reuters.

The decision relates to the EU’s preferential grain import quota of 3.11 million tonnes for low- and medium-quality wheat,

which usually attract duties of 12 euros per tonne.

The duty suspension was first introduced last June, and subsequently extended until the end of this month.

Corn ending stocks unchanged The U.S. Department of Agriculture left unchanged its estimate of U.S. corn ending stocks in the 2011-12 season ending August 31 in its monthly supply-demand report June 13, taking traders who were expecting a reduction by surprise.

USDA pegged U.S. old-crop corn ending stocks at 851 million bushels, above trade expectations for 821 million bushels. Stocks in the 2012-13 season were also unchanged at 1.881 billion bushels, above expectations for 1.750 billion.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

GRAIN MARKETS column

Unloading of farmers’ bins weighs down canola values Officials expect new-crop canola predictions to prevail Dwayne Klassen CNSC

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anola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform eased during the week ended June 15 with losses tied in part to the sell-off experienced in CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybean and soyoil values. A pickup in deliveries of old-crop canola into the cash pipeline, as producers begin the process of cleaning out their bins to make room for new-crop supplies, helped to encourage the downward price slide.

The unloading of risk by global investors in all commodities, including canola, further depressed values. A lot of that interest was tied to the uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the voting process in Greece on June 17, and what the outcome means for the euro zone.

Sell-stops on the way down amplified the price declines posted by canola.

Support in canola came from sentiment that values were oversold and in need of a correction to the upside. Concerns about the excessively wet weather on the Canadian Prairies and the impact on canola production also restricted some of the price weakness.

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

As indicated last week, a lot of the volume total in canola consisted of the large corporate and regular fund account holders rolling positions out of the nearby July future and into the November contract ahead of July becoming a cash delivery month.

Trade in the milling wheat and durum contracts on the ICE platform were virtually nonexistent, although the new barley contracts experienced some upward price fluctuations amid some light commercial bidding.

The “risk off” selling by global investors also resulted in Chicago corn and soybean futures experiencing losses during the week. The declines in both commodities were also linked to the generally favourable weather conditions for the development of those crops in the U.S. Midwest.

Chart-related speculative and commodity fund liquidation orders were also triggered and contributed to the bearish price sentiment.

Some underlying support in soybeans came from continued strong demand from the export sector. The tight global oilseed supply situation further restricted the sell-off in soybeans.

Firmness in the cash market provided underlying support for corn, with concerns about extremely tight old-crop stocks also generating a firm floor for the commodity.

U.S. wheat futures posted modest to sharp

Corn prices may fall significantly london / reuters / An anticipated rise in corn stocks could combine with flat demand from the ethanol sector to bring prices down significantly, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief economist said June 7.

Joseph Glauber told the International Grains Council’s annual conference that U.S. corn yields should reach record levels,

declines in all three futures markets with the advancing U.S. winter wheat harvest and the better-than-anticipated yield potential fuelling the declines. Macroeconomic worries also generated the downward price slide.

The losses in the wheat market were tempered by the overly wet weather in the U.S. spring Wheat Belt, as well as by the continued dryness in the major wheat-producing regions of Australia, China and the former Soviet Union.

Export and International Prices Last Week

Week Ago

Year Ago

CWB export 1CW 13.5 St. Lawrence

—

—

471.95

US hard winter ord.Gulf ($US)

—

—

350.92

All prices close of business June 18, 2012 Wheat

EU French soft wheat ($US)

—

341.00

—

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

229.07

235.78

247.35

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

291.81

281.70

330.75

US corn Gulf ($US)

263.75

268.89

311.80

US barley (PNW) ($US)

260.00

270.00

290.00

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

236.81

233.86

276.18

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

198.25

194.53

230.84

509.22

524.65

496.17

1,058.40

1,111.10

1,241.86

Coarse Grains

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

Canola concerns

The recent wet weather on the Prairies has certainly created a lot of talk about production problems in canola, but to tell you the truth, some of the information coming forward seems to suggest otherwise.

There is no doubt that producers in some areas of the Prairies have suffered from the heavy rains as of late — and the outlooks calling for more are not exactly helpful.

However, after conversations with some groups in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the feeling is that canola has never seen better growing conditions.

The heavy rains that were received in Alberta were generally welcomed by most areas, even the regions that were a bit on the wetter side. Soil conditions, while receiving timely rains just after seeding, were becoming dry in a lot of areas.

In Manitoba, farmers who wanted to spray canola, but have had to hold off those operations because of the precipitation, found that the moisture was easily absorbed into the ground and that there was no problem getting the tractors on the field the next day.

One producer described his canola fields as the “lushest” and “best” seen in years.

There were also ideas circulating this week that the wet weather in the eastern areas of Saskatchewan would result in Statistics Canada lowering its canola acreage estimate from 20.4 million in its June 25 seeding intentions update.

However, a lot of high-ranking industry officials continue to believe canola area will easily exceed 21 million acres.

The question then becomes: How large is the crop? The trade continues to feel production could hit the 17.5-million-tonne level, if not higher. By comparison, Agriculture and AgriFood Canada supply/demand numbers released during the week have canola production in Canada only estimated at 15.1 million tonnes, which compares with the 2011-12 level of 14.165 million.

The large canola production estimate certainly will cause some anxiety among producers in regards to the price outlook. However, the saving grace will be that those supplies will be needed to meet both domestic and export demand.

With Canada’s canola ending stocks for both 2011-12 and 2012-13 only seen at 600,000 tonnes, which is considered to be on the tight side, the downside in value does appear to be limited.

Tight global oilseed stocks, as revealed recently by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in its supply/demand balance sheets, further confirms that any downside in canola will be limited.

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

assuming normal weather, while demand for corn from the ethanol sector was flattening.

“I think what that will lead to is a pretty rapid rebuilding in corn stocks, at least for this year,” he said.

“It (the rise in stocks) will certainly help with volatility and bring down corn prices significantly,” Glauber added.

Glauber said corn use for ethanol had begun to flatten and its use could drop close to 36 per cent this year if a record crop is achieved.

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business June 15, 2012 Western barley

Last Week

Week Ago

July 2012

237.00

237.00

October 2012

210.00

210.00

December 2012

212.00

212.00

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

July 2012

601.90

615.00

November 2012

559.70

575.40

January 2013

563.70

580.40

CWB Pool Forecasts May PRO 2011-12

April PRO 2011-12

Total Payments 2010-11

No. 1 CWRS 13.5

321.00

319.00

344.96

No. 1 CWRS 12.5

284.00

283.00

317.73

No. 2 CWRS 13.5

316.00

314.00

337.13

No. 1 CWHWS 13.5

321.00

319.00

344.96

No. 1 CPSR

249.00

249.00

277.77

No. 1 CPSW

245.00

244.00

274.67

No. 1 CWRW

253.00

245.00

284.23

No. 1 CWES

291.00

289.00

314.96

No. 1 CWSWS

250.00

250.00

268.72

344.00

344.00

302.94

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 Designated Barley

Special Crops Report for June 18, 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

24.00 - 26.00

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

22.50 - 26.00

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

17.00 - 28.75

24.50 - 26.50 —

Desi Chickpeas

26.10 - 27.50

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

8.50 - 12.00

Fababeans, large

—

Medium Yellow No. 1

7.50 - 8.30

Feed beans

—

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

—

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

No. 1 Great Northern

—

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

3.50 - 5.50

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

—

Yellow No. 1

36.75 - 37.75

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

—

Brown No. 1

30.75 - 32.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

—

Oriental No. 1

25.75 - 27.75

No. 1 Black Beans

—

No. 1 Pinto Beans

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Source: Stat Publishing SUNFLOWERS

No. 1 Small Red

—

No. 1 Pink

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Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

24.60

25.15

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Report for June 15, 2012 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed) Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

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A cow sneaks a suck alongside a calf. Joe Stookey, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan, says separating a milk thief from the source is the only long-term solution. photo: Daniel Winters

Cross-suckling sucks in more ways than one Although precise research is lacking, it’s believed cross-suckling has a negative effect on weaning weights

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff

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ilk-stealing adult cows are rare, but are a major source of aggravation when they appear.

Over the years, a range of prickly nosering devices have been invented to prevent cross-suckling by adult cows, said Joe Stookey, a professor in the sustainable beef systems research department at the University of Saskatchewan.

Many of them can be found decorating museum and barn walls in cattle country, he noted.

His research with the latest incarnation — made of high-density plastic — found weaning rings worked well on calves for short periods of five to seven days. A two-stage weaning process, which first cuts off the milk, then the mother, helped alleviate some of the symptoms of weaning stress.

But for determined adults, the effect is generally temporary.

“Probably within two weeks, they’d learn

to flip that thing out of their way and go back to cheating,” he said.

Leaving the device in the cow’s nose can lead to pressure necrosis where it pinches the septum. This doesn’t normally cause harm to the animal, but can make the device difficult to remove.

Cross-suckling by adult cows is relatively rare, and is believed to have a negative effect on weaning weights — although research on this is virtually non-existent.

The best approach is to separate a thief from the source, said Stookey. Typically, a milk thief only preys on just one cow in a herd. Culling the offending cow, or moving her willing victim to a different pasture to break the aberrant relationship, could offer a permanent solution.

“It’s almost a two-party thing. Not only do you have one that tries to steal, but the other one somehow allows it to happen — neither of which are good,” said Stookey.

“I’d be tempted to get rid of the stealer because if they’ve learned to do it, there’s

“It’s almost a two-party thing.

Not only do you have one that tries to steal, but the other one somehow allows it to happen — neither of which are good.”

Joe Stookey

nothing to say they couldn’t find another supplier in the herd.”

About two to three per cent of calves learn to steal milk from cows other than their mothers, whether it’s because their own mother isn’t producing enough milk to satisfy their needs, or they have simply learned that they can get away with it.

“Cows are usually pretty protective of their udder,” Stookey said. “It’s a pretty rare thing, but it does happen.”

Some ranchers view cross-suckling among calves as a kind of survival strategy and are willing to tolerate it.

Stookey said one rancher told him how, during a drought, he was forced to move a herd of 50 cows with young calves to a new pasture in another province. When he saw that three of the cows had completely dried up on arrival, he figured that he’d lose their calves. However, the calves survived, apparently because they learned to cheat.

“They just had figured out that they had to find another mom,” said Stookey.

In Brazil, some dairy cattle are allowed to raise their own calves as well as produce milk. The calves are penned at night, then reunited with the mothers after milking to improve milk letdown.

A study of those bos indicus (tropical Zebu) cattle that looked at how many mistakes the calves made in correctly identifying their mothers found they always occurred with cows of similar colour patterns and appearance.

That shows that calves rely mainly on visual cues to find the right mother and vice versa, said Stookey. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

reuters / Canada will move to end an agricultural trade dispute with South Korea after the Asian country resumed importing beef from Canada early this year.

Canadian International Trade Minister Ed Fast said June 18 his department will work with South Korea to end Canada’s complaint at the World Trade Organization over South Korea’s ban on Canadian beef imports.

As of last week, more than 30 commercial beef shipments from Canada had cleared South Korean customs, a statement from the Canadian government said.

South Korea, along with many other countries, banned Canadian beef in 2003 following the discovery of mad cow disease in Canadian cattle.

The Seoul government was one of the last to resume imports of Canadian beef, leading Canada to complain to the WTO in 2009.

Canada suspended its WTO case last year after Seoul said it would resume trade soon. South Korea then agreed in January to accept Canadian beef from cattle under 30 months of age.

The Canadian beef industry estimates its access to South Korea could be worth $30 million annually by 2015.

Korean seafood products contaminated washington / reuters / The U.S. Food and Drug Administration urged the removal of South Korean oysters, clams, mussels and scallops from the market, saying the products may have been exposed to human fecal waste and contaminated with norovirus.

At least four people in the United States have become sick after eating South Korean seafood — three in October and one in December, the FDA said June 14.

The regulatory warning spans the range of fresh, canned and processed seafood products that contain the seafood types known as molluscan shellfish that entered the United States before May 1, when the FDA first removed them from an interstate list of certified shellfish shippers.

An FDA official said U.S. representatives are in talks with South Korean officials about the problem that involves polluted fishing waters where the seafood was harvested.

Some food companies have already removed the products from their distribution networks.

But the agency said not all have complied.

“These products and any products made with them may have been exposed to human fecal waste and are potentially contaminated with norovirus,” the FDA said in a statement.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

Sustainable agriculture degree offered

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Kwantlen Polytechnic University is now offering a bachelor of applied science in sustainable agriculture Staff

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ancouver-based Kwantlen Polytechnic University is launching a new bachelor of applied science program in sustainable agriculture beginning September 2012. This unique curriculum combines classroom and fieldbased learning designed to prepare students for professions including small-scale farming, community organization leadership, government staff, consulting and public service. After completing their courses students will also be exceptional candidates for graduate studies should they decide to continue their education.

“The sustainable agriculture program is an innovative degree program unique to Nor th America,” said Kent Mullinix, director of sustainable agriculture and food security, institute of sustainable agriculture at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in a release. “We are very proud and excited to be offering this forward-thinking program, and the level of interest from prospective students has been encouraging. We already have many students accepted into the program.”

The demand for healthy, locally produced foods and creating a robust regional food system is on the minds of the public and governments alike.

This program offers a comprehensive perspective on sustainable food production, crop production, agro-ecosystems management, small farm business planning, and contemporary issues that face society and the food system.

Students will spend their first two years learning about fundamental dimensions of our natural and social environment, biology, ecology, geography, agriculture and food.

The second half of the program emphasizes hands-on learning where students will spend most of their time at a teaching and research farm.

Through participation in crop and animal production and year-round agro-ecosystem management classes as well as community-based research and internships, undergraduates will become knowledgeable of the scientific, practical and business elements of sustainable small-scale, human-intensive, alternate market farming, the release said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

Manitoba prices remain strong There were plenty on offer and strong buyer interest

By Mark Elliot co-operator contributor

T

he June 7 sale at the Winnipeg Livestock Auction matched the weather.

It was hot with 560 sheep and goats on offer and bidding was active.

The younger ewes drew the attention from the audience for future replacement or herd increase. The breed and weight was not an issue in the bidding.

The ewes brought $1.02 to $1.12 per pound. The bidding on the average structured frame ewes ranged from $0.67 to $0.94 per pound. The sheared ewes prices maintained within this price range. The bidding on the cull ewes, was low and followed last sale pattern.

The bidding on the rams was affected by the weight but not the breed. The heavyweight ra m s p r o d u c e d t h e l ow e r price range, $0.68 to $0.80 per pound. The interest in the lighter rams produced a price range of $0.99 to $1.2759 per pound.

There were only two groups of heavyweight lambs, keeping a strong demand for lambs (compared to the Ontario Stockyard Report).

Two 123-pound Dorper-cross lambs brought $140.80 ($1.10 per pound). Eight 134-pound Suffolk-cross lambs brought $182.24 ($1.36 per pound).

The market lambs appeared to be divided into the lighterweight lambs and heavier lambs. The 95- to 98-pound market lambs brought a price range of $1.73 to $1.90 per pound. The 100- to 110pound market lambs brought a price range of $1.14 to $1.66 per pound. A group of nine 110-pound yearlings (Suffolkcross and Rideau-cross lambs) brought $1.41 per pound.

Strong interest by the buyers on the feeder lambs created strong bidding. No breed or weight differences seemed to create any variations in the pricing. However, appearance was a factor on a group of Katahdin-cross lambs, where the bidding appeared to be lower.

In the lighter-weight classification, the 70- to 78-pound lambs continued the strong demand. The price ranged from $1.71 to $1.91 per pound. However, a couple mixed groups of lambs brought $1.26 and $1.32 per pound.

The demand remained strong for the lambs in the 61to 68-pound range. The price ranged from $1.71 to $2.03 per pound for the lambs.

Two large groups of Cheviotcross lambs were passed.

Two 55-pound Dorper-cross lambs brought $111.10 ($2.02 per pound).

Two 42-pound Rideau-cross

June 7, 2012 Ewes

May 3, 2012

$95.58 - $160.16

$101.12 - $214.32

$45.10 - $490.75

$34.00 - $91.01

110+

$140.80/$182.24 (128/134 lbs.)

$131.11 - $166.60

95 - 110

$155.10 - $182.60

$140.00 - $199.02

80 - 94

$90.72 - $166.32

$240.70

70 - 79

$119.88 - $150.10 $97.68 - $99.54

$156.75 - $211.88 (70-75 lbs.)

60 - 65

Lambs (lbs.)

Under 80

$111.00 - $129.88

$126.75/$131.63 (65 lbs.)

55

$111.10

$42.50 (50 lbs.)

42

$86.10

lambs brought $86.10 ($2.05 per pound).

Bidding interest was strong in goats. The dairy selection of the does drew the highest attention. Three 103-pound Alpine-cross does brought $167.50 ($1.63 per pound).

The meat industry was represented by two Boer-cross does.

The first 100-pound Boer-cross doe brought $152.50 ($1.53 per pound). The other 115-pound Boer-cross doe brought $175 ($1.52 per pound).

The lighter-weight Boer-cross bucks produced the higher price range. The weight range of the Boer-cross bucks was 60 to 175 pounds, and brought $2.50 to $1.43 per pound. The

Alpine-cross bucks represented the dairy industry, at this sale.

The 160-pound Alpine-cross buck brought $1.44 per pound and the 170-pound Alpinecross buck brought $1.27 per pound. The bidding was much lower for a 120-pound Alpinecross (cull) buck.

There were no doelings of either dairy or meat breeds delivered for this sale.

A 75-pound Boer-cross buckling brought $165 ($2.20 per pound).

A group of four 65-pound Boer-cross bucklings brought $162.50 ($2.50 per pound). A 65-pound Boer-cross buckling brought $142.50 ($2.19 per pound). A group of eight

60-pound Nubian-cross wethers brought $167 ($2.78 per pound).

Two 53-pound Boer-cross buckling brought $157 ($2.97 per pound).

Boer-cross bucklings in the weight range of 40+ pounds, the price ranged from $2.50 to $2.94 per pound.

A group of eight 38-pound Boer-cross bucklings brought $103 ($2.71 per pound). Three 33-pound Boer-cross bucklings brought $93 ($2.82 per pound).

Two 35-pound Alpine-cross bucklings brought $100 ($2.86 per pound).

Two 20-pound Alpine-cross bucklings brought $70 ($3.50 per pound).

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Brits add technology to traceability

World food prices fall in May

British pig producers are eyeing DNA marker technology to root out foreign pork masquerading under their successful Red Tractor label Bernie Peet Peet on Pigs

T

he British pig industry has differentiated itself as a high welfare producer and, understandably, puts considerable effort into protecting its markets.

Having lost nearly half of the U.K. sow herd over the past 14 years, industry organizations have worked hard to ensure consumers are aware of the advantages of home-produced pork. The “Red Tractor” quality assurance scheme, combined with accurate traceability, is an important component of the marketing strategy. In a recent survey, 64 per cent of shoppers said the Red Tractor quality mark positively influences them when choosing which food to buy.

Ensuring pork carrying the quality mark is from farms meeting quality assurance standards requires good traceability.

But with large amounts of imported product, how does the industry stop foreign pork from masquerading under the Red Tractor label? Industry body the British Pig Executive (BPEX) has been working on two high-tech methods of tracing the origin of pork in the grocery store.

DNA tracking

The first of these new techniques is DNA marker technology, in particular the VeriSpec system (Sygen/PIC), which can allow a

piglet, carcass or a retail pack of pork to be traced to a specific sire or dam. A BPEX trial set out to establish whether VeriSpec can be utilized in a large production system and whether it can identify sires within a line.

Initial trials involved taking DNA samples from boars used to supply semen to a production unit, then testing the progeny from this farm and another control farm post-slaughter.

This showed that VeriSpec could identify pigs that were not from the test farm and that 90 per cent of the pigs from the test farm could be traced back to known sires. The 10 per cent that were not identifiable were likely the progeny of “chaser” boars used to identify sows returning to service in a group sow housing or outdoor system.

This was tested by analyzing hair samples from these boars and found to be the case.

In the second part of the trial, DNA samples were taken from the PIC 327 AI boars and from 15 individual sows from each of the two units. When the progeny were slaughtered, DNA samples were taken from a random selection of carcasses within the supply chain and from a different supply chain also using PIC 327 boars. This trial again verified VeriSpec could identify carcasses not sired by one of the known sires, and therefore not part of the specific supply chain. It also showed that VeriSpec was able to differentiate between sires of the same line or breed, because the control carcasses were also sired by PIC 327 boars.

Farm subsidies help prevent food crisis in AIDS-ravaged Africa

By Ed Stoddard johannesburg / reuters

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decade ago, many predicted the AIDS pandemic would sharply curtail African economic growth, especially food production.

Some said Africa would be hit harder than medieval Europe was by the bubonic plague because instead of killing the very young and old, AIDS hits those in the prime of life who provide most of the labour in subsistence farming.

But instead there’s been a series of bumper maize harvests in two of the worsthit countries, Zambia and Malawi.

A few years ago, Malawi was gripped by food shortages and rural residents risked crocodile attacks to scour rivers for plants to stave off starvation.

But in the past seven years, Malawi’s maize output has more than doubled to 3.8 million tonnes — an aston-

ishing turnaround that has been matched in Zambia.

Both countries have more than enough to feed themselves.

Experts say subsidy programs providing seed and fertilizer to hundreds of thousands of peasant farmers have been key. Antiretroviral therapy and drugs have also been critical and AIDS death rates have been steadily declining since peaking in 2004 — even though infection rates have doubled in the past two decades. In Malawi, more than 250,000 people have received such treatment.

Rural economies may also be showing unexpected resilience in the face of the pandemic because of extended family ties. When the household head dies, a sibling or cousin may step in to help.

AIDS is clearly an ongoing human and social tragedy in Africa. But it seems the risks to economic growth and food security have not been as great as feared.

The final stage of the trial was to take DNA samples from retail packs and trace them back to the sires and dams of origin. It showed VeriSpec was able to identify pork direct from the retail shelves from a specific supply chain.

The BPEX report notes it is essential to ensure all potential sires, AI, natural service and chaser boars have DNA samples on record as soon as there is a possibility of progeny entering the supply chain. It also says DNA samples should be taken via tissue or blood samples, as the quality and amount of DNA in each sample is critical in the accuracy of the VeriSpec technique. The DNA analysis carried out using hair samples was not very successful due to the low quality of DNA in that material.

Isotope analysis

Another interesting approach being investigated is isotope analysis. The ratio of the different isotopic forms of an element can give useful information related to the route by which that element was accumulated in a particular plant or animal tissue and therefore its geographical origin.

A BPEX research project evaluated stable isotope analysis for the origin verification of pork and pork products and established a reference database as the benchmark against which future test samples can be compared for origin verification.

Samples were taken from pork and pork products from

England, Scotland, Ireland and other European countries. It was found there was good separation of the samples from Britain against those from other countries. Samples from Ireland were difficult to separate, partly because it was impossible to clearly separate isotopic signatures from Northern and Southern Ireland, but also because Irish pork shows a greater similarity with pork from continental Europe than does British pork. This is probably due to feed imports to Ireland from Europe.

It was also possible to identify cured products such as bacon and ham, but sausages proved more difficult due to the inclusion of non-meat ingredients.

BPEX therefore recommended this approach be only used for products that have a declared meat content of 90 per cent or greater.

The trial report concluded isotope analysis against a known database is a very useful tool to use alongside more traditional supply chain auditing techniques to provide increased confidence to customers that the correct information is on the label. The aim in future, it says, is to use the technology for verification and BPEX says it offers considerable potential for supplementing and strengthening elements of the British Quality Assured Pigs paper trail audit with the latest technology.

rome / reuters / World food prices dropped in May for a second month in a row, hit by steep falls in dairy products, sugar and other commodities, and are likely to fall further in the coming months, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said June 7.

Food prices grabbed attention of the world leaders after their spike to record highs in February 2011 helped fuel the protests known as the Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa. Food prices have fallen since.

Improvement in the security of food supplies amid the economic downturn was high on the agenda of a summit of leaders of the G8 industrial powers last month.

The FAO Food Price Index, which measures monthly price changes for a food basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy, meat and sugar, averaged 204 points in May, down from 213 points in April, the FAO said in its monthly index update.

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

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

Growing places: Farmers’ markets more popular Ready, set, sell! The St. Norbert Farmers’ Market kicks of the market season in Manitoba

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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f the season’s first sales at the St. Norbert Farmers’ Market are any indication, 2012 will be a very good year for direct farm marketing.

“All the vendors say they have never seen anything like it before; there were thousands here on the first day, and it was steady traffic the whole time,” said Marilyn Firth, the market’s community relations co-ordinator.

The St. Norbert Farmers’ Market held its first Saturday market of the year June 2, followed by its earliest-ever Wednesday market later that week.

Unseasonably warm weather, with a healthy dose of sunny skies, may have helped bump opening day numbers, but Firth said interest in farmers’ markets has grown since the market began in 1988. The Farmers’ Markets Association of Manitoba now has 46 member markets.

“When we started 24 years ago we had eight vendors — three of those are still with us — and this year we’ll have a total of 115 vendors at our Saturday market,” she said.

The first Wednesday market of the year started off with about 20 vendors and will grow to close to 50 vendors during the height of summer, Firth said.

Sellers must cut their teeth on Wednesday markets before moving up to the Saturday event, but that hasn’t deterred new vendors, who said business was also brisk during the first Wednesday market of the year.

“This is the main market to go to in Winnipeg, so it’s the place to be to get connected with other growers and a wide client base,” said Michael Henderson-Castle,

“I really like being involved with growing food and the whole process of selling it directly to the people who are going to be eating it.”

Exotic perennials line a stall at the first Wednesday market held in St. Norbert this year. The market runs Wednesdays until late September and Saturdays until the end of October. Photos: Shannon VanRaes

Michael Henderson-Castle

a market gardener based south of Winnipeg.

As the only stand offering fresh produce that day, he and partner Thomas Kroeker, had a steady stream of customers.

“I’ve done farmers’ markets for a couple of years, but I had been in Saskatchewan farming and then selling at the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market, so this one is new to me,” said Henderson-Castle.

Although not certified as organic, he said his small-scale operation uses no chemical fertilizers or pesticides — and no machinery.

“We are doing it all by hand,” he said. “We want to produce really good food and hopefully make a living doing it for a little while.”

The 23-year-old grower said part of the appeal of the market is talking to the people who are purchasing your product.

“I really like being involved with growing food and the whole process of selling it directly to the people who are going to be eating it,” said Henderson-Castle.

Kroeker agreed, adding concerns about sustainability and diminishing awareness of food production prompted him to get into the business of growing and selling produce.

“But this is my first year, and my first market, so I’m a total rookie,” said the 28-year-old.

Other first-time St. Norbert

Keith Murphy of Stone Milled Grains, and son Ryan Murphy, sell “Buckshots” at the first Wednesday market held in St. Norbert this year.

vendors had more experience under their belts.

Keith Murphy of Stone Milled Grains has joined the market to promote Buckshots, a roasted buckwheat snack that finished second in this year’s Manitoba Food Fight Challenge. The glutenfree snack also gained recognition at an international gourmet food show in San Francisco earlier this year.

“St. Norbert Market is kinda the granddaddy of the farmers’ markets in Winnipeg and we want to get our product out there to as many people as possible,” said Murphy.

Shoppers who came out to the first Wednesday market where pleased to see the market off to a strong start.

Lorne Lavallee lives near the market and said during the sum-

mer months he gets most of his groceries there.

“It’s nice to have it close by,” said the retiree. “And the Wednesday market is a little quieter, and that’s nice for walking around.”

St. Norbert Farmers’ Market is open Saturdays until October 27, and every Wednesday until September 26. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

Farmers’ market organizations hitting the wall Groups representing farmers’ markets run on shoestring budgets

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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armers’ markets are thriving, but the organizations behind them are struggling to survive.

Most provincial groups, as well as Farmers’ Markets Canada, were founded in the last 10 years. Although member markets pay dues, most of their funding comes from government grants and even that is scanty.

For example, Farmers’ Markets Canada, started in 2006, is still run by volunteers and struggling to survive, said Robert Chorney, founder and president of the national body.

“We are just limping along,” he said.

It has received some one-time government funding, including $400,000 from Agriculture and

Agri-Food Canada several years ago. Some of that money went for a 2008 economic impact study that showed farmers’ markets in this country generate $1 billion in annual sales, and have a total economic impact of triple that amount. It was hoped the study would convince governments to provide funding to the organizations that help foster farmers’ markets, but that didn’t happen, said Chorney, also executive director (a paid position) at Farmers’ Market Ontario.

“We applied for further funding and lobbied and did everything imaginable and could not get to first base,” he said. “So here we sit two or three years later.”

Money is so tight, Farmers’ Markets Canada can’t even keep its website up to date.

“It’s an embarrassment,” said Chorney.

It’s the same story in most of the country, and only B.C. and Ontario have seen substantive support provided to grow the farmers’ market sector, said Chorney. The rest of the eight provincial groups rely mainly on occasional grants.

“They’re getting money in dibs and drabs (of funding) but not enough to function effectively,” said Chorney.

Alberta and Manitoba are cases in point. Both have let their executive directors go because of a lack of money.

“Our funding is definitely a bit iffy,” said Alan Graham, volunteer treasurer for the Farmers’ Markets Association of Manitoba.

Founded in 2007, the Manitoba group picked up a $45,000 provincial grant in 2009, and another $450,000 in the same year through the fed-

eral Canada Economic Action Plan for market site upgrades.

But the money was for specific projects and it doesn’t cover organizational operating expenses. (It also did an economic impact study four years ago, which pegged the economic value of Manitoba farmers’ markets at $10 million annually.) Funding from Heifer International, an international charitable organization, allowed it to operate an office and have a paid executive director until last fall. But the grant is now used up and the search for new money hasn’t yielded results.

“We really haven’t come up with anything yet that seems to fly,” said Graham.

Increasing dues for member markets has been considered, but that’s a tough sell because it’s difficult to demonstrate how

the work of a provincial body benefits an individual market, he noted.

In fact, in the short term, markets can get along nicely without a provincial or national body, said Chorney.

“Farmers’ markets individually are going to be just fine,” he said. “This local food thing is really quite a wave for the markets to ride.”

But the associations still play a vital role by serving as a voice for the entire sector, identifying training needs for market managers and vendors, and representing markets on legislative and regulatory matters. That sort of work makes a difference over the longer term and without it, markets are “not going to grow the way they might,” said Chorney. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

CROPS

Physiological leaf spot looks similar but isn’t as harmful and fungicides won’t cure it

By Pam de Rocquigny, provincial cereals specialist, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives and Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

This winter wheat suffers from physiological leaf spot, but it sometimes is confused with tan spot or septoria. Physiological leaf spot is usually caused by a combination of the weather and a lack of chloride. Fungicides will not cure physiological leaf spot. And even though it looks bad, often it has little impact on yield. PHOTOS: ALLAN DAWSON

And remember that both may actually occur on the same leaves.

• Physiological leaf spot is strongly related to genetic predisposition and only appears in certain environmental conditions.

• Physiological leaf spot is favoured by cool, wet spring and summer conditions that promote vigorous plant growth. Rainy days in combination with sunny, warm days can also favour it.

• CDC Falcon, which is a popular winter wheat variety in Manitoba, is very susceptible. However in Saskatchewan studies, non-spotting varieties responded similarly to low levels of chloride.

• Physiological leaf spot is not reduced by fungicide applications.

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• There are no corrective chloride treatments.

• Visible observations of leaf tissue affected would suggest that yield reduction could occur, but yield responses to applied potassium chloride have been modest at best. In Saskatchewan trials yield response ranged from zero to 15 per cent, with an average of three per cent. In one Manitoba trial in 1999, the flag leaf had 36 per cent leaf spotting versus 22 per cent where potassium chloride was applied yet no yield difference was measured.

• If physiological leaf spot is observed, soil test and consider applying potash on future winter wheat crops.

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hat might look like tan spot or septoria on winter wheat could be physiological leaf spot. Knowing the difference could save you money.

If it’s physiological leaf spot, there’s no point spending money on a fungicide because it won’t cure the problem, which usually has little impact on yield anyway.

Suspected cases of physiological leaf spot have been seen in the eastern region of Manitoba.

Physiological leaf spot symptoms start as small, yellow, necrotic spots (one to three mm) on the upper leaves. As they develop, a darkbrown centre forms in this necrotic spot, which is similar to tan spot.

However, physiological leaf spots are usually more “blocky” or “angular” and are often defined by the leaf veins.

Tan spot lesions are more oval or elliptical and often have a yellow halo surrounding the necrotic (dead) spot. This is more evident as the lesions expand.

Physiological leaf spot is associated with low chloride levels in the plant and soil.

Tissue analysis to determine tissue chloride levels can be done quickly by most soil test laboratories. For a list of soil test labs, visit MAFRI’s website at http://www. gov.mb.ca/agriculture/soilwater/ soil/fbd05s01.html.

Contact the lab to determine the proper way to obtain and ship a sample.

The sufficient level for flag leaf chloride in wheat is between 0.2 to 0.5 per cent.

Plant diseases can be cultured and identified at the Crop Diagnostic Centre in Winnipeg. However, this isn’t the best route for confirming physiological leaf spot as it does so through the process of elimination.

Regardless of how physiological leaf spot is confirmed, confirmation should be performed on a field-by-field basis.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

RM moves to protect native mixed-grass prairie Municipal leaders hope other landowners will follow their lead

By Bill Stilwell nature conservancy canada

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southwest Manitoba municipality is leading by example in showing that conserving our natural spaces and maintaining agricultural practices can successfully coexist on the landscape.

The RM of Edward is working with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) in protecting one of the largest remaining tracts of native mixed-grass prairie through the Conservation Agreement program.

“This is natural prairie that has never been broken,” said Ralph Wang, reeve of the RM of Edward. “It is pastured now and that is what it is best suited for,” he said, adding that the grazing will continue as part of the agreement reached with NCC. “Located south of Pierson, this 230-acre parcel of mixedgrass prairie is extremely valuable wildlife habitat,” according to Josh Dillabough, securement representative with the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

“Undisturbed native prairie is home to many species including several that are on the verge of extinction. NCC is focusing efforts on this area known as the West Souris Mixed-Grass Prairie Natural Area as it supports one of the province’s last habitat strongholds for grassland birds such as the burrowing owl, Baird’s sparrow, Sprague’s pipit, loggerhead shrike and ferruginous hawk.”

The RM of Edward hopes that other landowners will take notice and consider protecting their native grasslands as well, according to Wang. In the 65-plus years that he has lived in the area he watched the native prairie gradually disappear. He hopes the municipality’s decision will help to prevent further decline of this habitat and the wildlife it supports.

This is a very unique and valu-

RM of Edward Reeve Ralph Wang signs conservation agreement with Nature Conservancy Canada’s Josh Dillabough. Supplied photo.

able piece of property, according to Audrey Bird, the RM of Edward chief administrative officer. “We felt it was a good idea to protect it because it has some unique plant life, as well as birds and animals.”

“NCC is excited to be working with the RM of Edward to protect its native grasslands and to help promote local tourism with the Watchable Wildlife’s Grasslands Birding Trail,” says Dillabough.

“Birdwatching is important here as shown by viewing the RM of Edward’s website which describes it as a ‘birdwatcher’s paradise.’ Our area is widely known for its vast assortment of both east and west birds. Our wildlife management areas are heavily populated with birds such as: ferruginous hawk, Swainson’s hawk, turkey vulture, pheasant, sharp-tailed grouse, grey partridge, short-eared owl,

“Undisturbed native prairie is home to many species including several that are on the verge of extinction.”

Josh Dillabough NCC

Say’s phoebe, loggerhead shrike, Sprague’s pipit, eastern and mountain bluebirds, bobolinks, orchard orioles and lark bunting.”

Under conservation agreements, landowners continue to hold title to their lands but voluntarily agree to limit the amount and type of development that can take place upon them, according to information supplied by NCC. Conservation agreements are filed on the title to the land, and apply to all future owners. They are a tool for landowners to ensure that the lands they love will always

remain in a natural state. A conservation agreement enables you to formalize your commitment to the long-term conservation of your land while retaining ownership.

For more information about conservation agreements and other Nature Conservancy of Canada programs, please call the Manitoba Region’s toll-free number: (866) 683-6934 or visit the NCC website: www.nature conservancy.ca/mb. Josh Dillabough, can be reached directly by email at: Josh.Dillabough@ natureconservancy.ca.

Durum prices to fall on CWB deregulation Futures market seen as too small to offer effective hedging London/Reuters / Prices of durum wheat could ease this year as deregulation in top exporter Canada and reasonable harvest prospects offer relief from tight supplies, a buying manager at Italian pasta group Barilla said June 7.

Durum prices soared last year due to bad weather during the growing season in North America and forecasts for declining world stocks.

But the end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly on marketing wheat from Western Canada, the source of half of durum exports worldwide, should increase competition, said Emilio Ferrari, durum and semolina purchasing director at Barilla.

“This year we were waiting for higher prices because

the stocks in the world were declining and most of the stocks were in the hands of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB),” he told Reuters on the sidelines of an Interna-

“This year we were waiting for higher prices because the stocks in the world were declining and most of the stocks were in the hands of the Canadian Wheat Board.”

Emilio Ferrari Barilla

tional Grains Council conference.

“But with this change of market, the price went down and there is an opportunity this way of managing the stocks will reduce prices in the next few months,” he said, citing a greater willingness by the CWB to sell stocks as it prepares to surrender its monopoly this summer.

Very favourable planting conditions in Canada and the United States, plus satisfactory harvest prospects in Mediterranean producing countries — with the exception of drought-hit Spain — could also curb durum prices, he said.

“I don’t see strong volatility; probably a little bit lower (prices) but not strongly down or strongly up.”

In Greece, where Barilla has a durum mill, the quality of the crop may be lower than last year, however, as farmers in the crisis-stricken country had less money to spend on crop inputs like fertilizers, he added.

Privately owned Barilla is one of the world’s top durum users, with about 1.4 million tonnes processed annually.

Despite the expected easing in prices, durum remains a tight market prone to volatility, with a futures market in Winnipeg, Canada, too small to offer effective hedging, he said.

Barilla has developed supply contracts with growers in Italy and other major supply countries, with prices hedged against common wheat futures, he added.

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Tyson stops buying wheat for feed due to cost chicago / reuters / Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. poultry company, has stopped using wheat in its feed rations due to prices rising above those for corn.

Tyson joins some livestock and poultry producers in ending the use of wheat as feed that began about a year ago when wheat prices fell below corn’s for the first time in 15 years.

The prospect of livestock feeders using more corn threatens U.S. corn supplies that are already set to drop to their lowest level in 16 years this summer. But some analysts say wheat’s exclusion from feed rations will be short lived.

The USDA expects feed and residual use of U.S. wheat for the 2012-13 marketing year to hit 230 million bushels, a 50-million-bushel rise from last year and the highest level in four years.

Wheat futures fell below the price of corn a year ago, but in May gained sharply and began rebuilding its premium over corn as commodity funds covered short positions in wheat, part of a broad move to limit exposure to commodities and other risky assets. Worries about crop damage in Russia added support.

Wheat’s premium to corn topped $1 a bushel on May 7, but has since eroded to about 38 cents a bushel.

Farmers back checkoffs staff / Most Prairie farmers support checkoffs for wheat and barley research, according to a survey conducted for the Western Grains Research Foundation.

“Seventy-five per cent of producers believe that the wheat and barley checkoffs are important to producers for variety research,” said Garth Patterson, the foundation’s executive director.

Wheat and barley checkoffs and funds from an endowment fund generated more than $6.3 million for breeding and crop production research last year, the farmer-funded and -directed non-profit organization said in a press release.

“Through investments of over $60 million, WGRF has assisted in the development and release of more than 110 new wheat and barley varieties over the past decade and a half — many of which are today seeded to large portions of the cropland in Western Canada,” the release stated.

The telephone survey of 600 producers conducted in March found 65 per cent linked increased funding of wheat breeding to higher profitability. Top research priorities listed in the survey included improving disease and pest resistance management, and the development of higher-yielding varieties.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

CROP REPORT

Continued cool, wet weather hampering crops Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives – Report for June 18, 2012 Weekly Provincial Summary

• Seeding is essentially complete in Manitoba.

• Majority of crops are either at or ahead of their normal stages of development for this time of year due to an earlierthan-normal start to seeding.

• Continuing wet and cool weather is starting to impact crop conditions in areas of Manitoba. Crop types such as soybeans, edible beans, canola, peas, flax and corn are showing symptoms of excess moisture stress and slowed crop development. However, a return to warmer temperatures should allow some of the impacted acres to recover.

• Manitoba’s spring and fall cereals appear to be handling the cool, wet conditions and are rated in good condition.

• Weather conditions have also hampered herbicide and fungicide applications, and caused delays in haying progress. Aerial application has increased as some fields remain too wet for ground application.

Southwest Region

The Southwest Region received significant rainfall over the past week with amounts varying from 25 to 100 mm.

Seeding is essentially complete with the exception of

some greenfeed acres; reseeding due to flea beetle and cutworm damage is occurring.

Ra i n f a l l a n d w i n d h a v e slowed herbicide applications.

Changes in herbicide products for the more advanced staging of crops and weeds may be necessary. Powdery mildew and leaf diseases are being reported in winter wheat. Weather conditions are also hampering fungicide applications by ground so aerial applications are occurring.

Pastures and hay lands are rated in good condition. Heat would be welcomed for continued growth.

Northwest Region

General rains and thunderstorms resulted in precipitation ranging from 55 mm up to 100 mm. Some hail damage was reported at Ochre River.

Crop condition is now being impacted by the excess moisture. More fields now have water ponding and 50 to 75 per cent of soils are considered saturated.

Crop yellowing and plant death is evident where the greatest precipitation has occurred over the previous two weeks.

Winter w he at is flowe ring. Approximately five to 10 per cent of spring wheat and

barley acres are into flag and heading stages. Some earlyseeded canola is beginning to early flower while 25 to 35 per cent of acres are in the rosette stages. Field peas are into vegetative stages. Soybeans range from second to fourth trifoliate stages.

Spraying operations throughout the region were sporadic and hampered by poor weather and field conditions. Fungicides were being applied on winter and spring wheat as conditions allow. Aerial application is more prevalent.

Hay crops and pastures are in good condition. Initial first-cut dairy hay had just begun prior to the rains.

Central Region

Central Region ranged from 25 to 60 mm over the week. All areas of the region report some excess moisture conditions and crops are showing signs of moisture stress. Overall cereals are looking good in the region.

Bacterial blight continues to be seen in oats and other cereal crops. Wheat streak mosaic and barley yellow dwarf continue to be observed.

All of the reseeded canola has emerged and is looking good.

Pesticide applications have been hampered by the frequent rainfalls. Herbicide spraying

ranges from 90 to 100 per cent complete. Spraying continues in edible beans, along with some second applications in soybeans and canola.

Dairy and export hay harvest has started with much of it put up as haylage/silage.

Hay crop appears to be average this year with moderate to slow growth.

Majority of pastures are in good shape. Livestock water supplies are adequate through the region.

Eastern Region

There was sporadic rainfall during the week. Amounts ranged from 10 mm to as much as 64 mm. There were also reports of localized heavy rainfall events with up to golf ball-sized hail in some northern areas. Standing water in fields is prevalent in the northern areas and symptoms of excess moisture stress are evident on crops.

Physiological leaf spot has been reported in winter wheat.

Most fields look lush and thick and monitoring continues for leaf diseases. Some tan spot and powdery mildew is evident below the canopy. In general, the condition of annual crops is rated as good although crop yellowing due to excess soil moisture is now being noted.

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majority of hay and pasture lands in the Eastern Region is rated as adequate with some dry areas still present in southern areas.

Pasture conditions are generally rated as fair to good.

Interlake Region

Rainfall amounts of 40 to 50 mm were received in the eastern portion. Western portions of the region near Fisherton and Moosehorn received upwards of 70 mm of rainfall.

Fungicide application continues as weather permits. Aerial application will be the main method of applying pesticides as most fields are too wet for ground equipment.

Crops are advancing well with some crop injury expected in areas of excess rainfall. Herbicide application is up to date with only late-seeded crops left to spray.

Ha y i n g o p e ra t i o n s we re halted during the week due to weather. Alfalfa has started to bloom on some fields. Alfalfa weevils are active with fairly high populations in the Arborg and Riverton areas. Insecticide applications are general on alfalfa seed fields as leafcutter bee release will soon take place.

Pasture conditions are excellent.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

Weed scientists sound caution on crops grown for biofuel Today’s new energy crop could become tomorrow’s new invasive species Staff

“Voluntary precautions taken by stakeholders are virtually our only line of defence.”

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he Weed Science Society of America ( WSSA) is warning the biofuel industry to be careful not to introduce new energy crops that turn into invasive weeds.

“We don’t yet have sufficient research and risk models to predict the environmental impact of these new crops in the field,” Jacob Barney, PhD, assistant professor of invasive plant ecology at Virginia Tech says in a WSSA release. “In many ways it’s a large-scale experiment, with few regulations or policy guidelines. Voluntary precautions taken by stakeholders are virtually our only line of defence.”

The WSSA says a recent report from the U.S. National Wildlife Federation cites several examples of species cultivated for biofuels that have the potential to become harmful invaders.

Among them are: • G iant reed (Arundo donax) an invasive weed known for crowding out native plants in fragile riparian areas.

• Reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea), a great threat to America’s wetlands, rivers and lakes.

• Cylindro (Cylindrospermopsis

Jacob Barney Virginia Tech

Reed canarygrass, widespread in Western Canada, is considered one of North America’s most invasive wetland species. Photo: Indiana Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey

raciborskii), an algae associated with toxic blooms in the Great Lakes region.

• Napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum), an invasive plant known as one of the most problematic weeds in the world.

One of the most popular bio-

Kazakhstan sees booming grain exports aktau, kazakhstan / reuters / Kazakhstan expects to export around 15 million tonnes of grain in the current marketing year and wants to boost them further by building a new terminal on the Caspian Sea. The country more than doubled its grain harvest to 27 million tonnes last year, but exports beyond Kazakhstan’s core markets of Central Asia, Iran and Afghanistan are hampered by a shortage of rail wagons. High rail freight costs for exports from the landlocked nation make its grain more expensive compared to its main Black Sea rivals Russia and Ukraine.

However, windswept Aktau, laid out on a shell-rock plateau 2,600 kilometres southwest of the capital Astana, provides gateway to the Caspian and a direct link to Iran. A new terminal slated for there would be able to handle 1.5 million to two million tonnes annually.

fuels crops is giant miscanthus.

It is a fast-growing hybrid that is unable to produce seed, making it less likely to spread unintentionally than other miscanthus species. However the WSSA says it too can represent a threat if planted in the wrong location and that weed scientists are

concerned about a now-abandoned miscanthus farm located in Kentucky, on the flood plain of the Ohio River. Any plant fragments washed into the river could travel hundreds of miles, spreading miscanthus well beyond the planted fields, the WSSA said.

Kudzu, originally imported to the southern U.S. to control soil erosion, has become a difficult-to-control weed that smothers trees and wildlife habitats.

Worthy cassava transformed into lucrative cash crop Mobile processing improves the crop’s quality

By Ed Stoddard johannesburg / reuters

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he seeds of prosperity for some rural Africans may lie in a crop that has sustained them with calories for centuries but has generated virtually no wealth for their poor countries.

Cassava — with its starchy root used to make tapioca— thrives in Africa’s tropical climates, through drought or deluge, but maize and other crops have had distinct advantages over the hardy tuber. Until now.

Cassava can remain in the soil for a couple of years but its main drawback has been that it has to be processed within 48 hours of harvesting or it spoils.

An unlisted Dutch-based company called DADTCO has developed a processing method for cassava and dispatches a mobile unit with the equipment to rural villages, so farmers don’t have to harvest their crop until it arrives.

The implications could be revolutionary on a cont i n e n t w h e re m u c h e c o nomic activity still centres on small-scale farming.

The potential has already b e e n s p o t t e d by g l o b a l brewer SABMiller, which has

started making beer from cassava in northern Mozambique.

“This creates, we believe, a f l y w h e e l f o r c o m m e rcial cassava production in Mozambique,” Mark Bowman, the brewer’s managing director for Africa, told the Reuters Africa Investment Summit in April.

“In the short term, 1,400 or 1,500 far mers benefit directly. We expect we can grow that up to 6,000 farmers as the product grows,” he said.

DADTCO chief executive Peter Bolt told Reuters that similar projects are being rolled out in Zambia, Ghana and South Sudan with more to follow.

“Our target is to roll out in 26 or 27 sub-Saharan African countries in the next couple of years,” he said in a telephone interview from his Netherlands base.

And it’s not only brewers that are focusing on cassava.

Unilever the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant, is targeting the root to make sorbitol, a key ingredient in toothpaste and other products.

Unilever and some of its business partners are currently in talks about investing in a starch complex to process cassava into starch or sorbitol in Nigeria, which

is the world’s biggest producer of the root and a big market for Unilever’s threebillion-euro-a-year Africa business.

“We are already in exploratory talks to source 100,000 tonnes of cassava per year for processing in Africa into sorbitol for use in our oralcare products like toothpaste,” said Frank Braeken, Unilever’s executive vicepresident for Africa.

It remains to be seen how far the “cassava revolution” can go but it surely raises new hope on the economic and food security fronts for the world’s poorest continent.

When it comes to pure sustenance and sur vival, c a s s a v a i s h a rd t o b e a t because of its durability, even if maize and other staples generally have higher starch contents.

According to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 37 per cent of Africa’s dietar y energy comes from cassava and per capita consumption on the continent is close to 80 kgs per year.

But instead of being grown primarily for household consumption, expect more cassava to be stored in the ground for eventual sale.

Almost like money in the bank.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

NEWS

‘Tis the season

Report backs GM crops but urges caution

By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor / ottawa

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l t h o u g h t h e y ’v e b e e n g r ow n f o r almost 20 years, genetically modified crops remain as controversial as ever, says a new report from the Commons agriculture committee.

The report, mainly reflecting the views of the governing Conservatives, says GM crops have improved weed control and increased zero tillage, and cites studies estimating farmers have earned hundreds of millions of dollars from GM canola through better yields and lower input costs.

The NDP, long-standing opponents of GMOs, objected to the report’s conclusion that there’s no substantive evidence that modified crops are a health or environmental threat and called for an immediate moratorium on further GM developments “until such time as a regulatory review has been conducted and modernized rules brought into effect.”

Existing GM regulations have too many gaps and rely on research funded by seed and herbicide companies, said the NDP, adding the financial benefits enjoyed by some farmers are often “outweighed by negative impacts such as increasing pest and weed resistance… and unwanted contamination of nonGM seed stock, to name just a few.”

But 20 years of studies have shown GM crops are safe, said Stephen Yarrow, vice-president of plant biotechnology with CropLife Canada.

“It’s time critics give the weight of scientific evidence supporting the safety and benefits of GM crops the respect it deserves,” said Yarrow, adding the technology is needed to feed a burgeoning global population and deal with climate change.

However, the Commons report said vigilance and further study is still needed for several reasons. Along with issues such as herbicide resistance and unintended gene transfer to wild species, consumer wariness of GMOs impacts markets and spread of GM plants is a major challenge for organic farming, the report states.

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The Manitoba Co-Operator | June 21, 2012

COUNTRY CROSSROADS connecting rur a l communities

Minnedosa-area farmer featured in documentary Breaking new ground: Documentary follows green farmers during their first year in the field

By Shannon Vanraes co-operator staff

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iving in a tent, breaking virgin land, and eking out a living as a market gardener isn’t for everyone, but Wes Huyghe knew it was the right path for him.

“I always hoped and dreamed that I would be able to live on the land, but how to make that work was the question,” said the Minnedosa-area farmer, taking a break from planting celery to discuss his role in a new documentary film.

Huyghe and two farming couples, both based in Ontario, allowed filmmaker Steve Suderman to follow them during their first year of farming with camera in hand. The result was a full-length film, entitled “To Make A Farm.”

“I was happy to have the company,” said Huyghe, who doesn’t get many visitors during the workday.

He actually had Suderman as a house guest — or rather tent guest — when he was shooting, as the film’s low budget not only meant the film’s creator was its entire production crew but also in need of a place to stay while filming.

“It would be two weeks in Ontario, one in Manitoba, then one at home,” said the Saskatchewan-based filmmaker. “And then we started all over again, so I got to know these people pretty intimately.”

The film is Suderman’s second on farming — he documented his own family’s exit from agriculture in his first feature-length film, “Over Land,” completed in 2008.

Wes Huyghe of Little Path Farm. photos: Courtesy of Orangeville Road Pictures

“I felt like a bit of an idiot standing there, so there were times when I would help out, weeding or planting seeds, and if things got interesting, or conversation moved in an interesting direction I would pick up the camera again.”

Wes Huyghe of Little Path Farm.

“I grew up on a farm and my family had to give it up in 2006, they couldn’t make a go of it,” said Suderman, adding he still feels connected to agriculture.

“But my other passion is filmmaking, and both are very intensive,” he said. “There just isn’t time to do both.”

That was also true during filming when he forced himself to play the role of observer and tried to refrain from pitching in and lending a hand.

“That was really hard actually, I’m just used to helping out and I have some knowledge on how things should be done,” he said. “I felt like a bit of an idiot standing there. So there were times when I would help out, weeding or planting seeds, and if things got interesting or the conversation moved in an interesting direction, I would pick up the camera again.”

One of the conditions he set for the project was that his subjects be taking up farming without a lot of formal know-how.

He found Huyghe through the Manitoba Farm Mentorship program, which connects

Steve Suderman, director of "To Make A Farm."

people interested in small-scale farming with experienced mentors.

“There are a few moments when I watch the film and cringe a little bit at what I was doing — I’ve learned a lot,” Huyghe said. “But it was a great experience. I’m really glad I was part of the film.”

Since the film was made, much has changed for the 30-year-old farmer, who returned to Minnedosa after 10 years exploring Canada’s West Coast and living in the Yukon. Little Path Farm (littlepath.ca) is now in its third year, and Huyghe — a former vegetarian — has expanded his vegetable production, and also added chickens and pigs to the mix.

Although his summer accommodations are still rustic — a small cabin — he’s also built a greenhouse to start seedlings in for his approximately two acres of broken land.

Huyghe and his family have also acquired what all farmers dream of owning.

“A used car wash,” he said proudly. “It’s the perfect place to wash your vegetables.”

But the cinder block building on Minnedosa’s

Steve Suderman

main drag has become so much more. After renovating the building with his father and brother, he now plays host to the local farmers’ market; one of four he sells through.

Although his first year ate up all of his savings, Huyghe expects his investments to be recouped in four or five years.

Eventually, the market gardener and entrepreneur would like to have a commercial kitchen on site that would allow for food processing, canning, and possibly a café. The building is also being used for storage.

“I would like to see the food all the way through from seed to market,” he said.

Community-supported agriculture is also an avenue Huyghe is exploring, but no matter what developments come his way he won’t forget his early beginnings.

“I can’t,” he said laughing. “It’s all there on film.”

For more information on the movie and its schedule, visit tomakeafarm.ca. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-Operator | June 21, 2012

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

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Onion-Smothered Country-Style Ribs 2 lbs. Spanish onions (6 onions) 1 tbsp. minced garlic 1 tbsp. salt 1 tbsp. black pepper 1 slab Canadian Pork country-style ribs (about 2 lbs./1 kg)

Finely slice or grate onions and garlic (a food processor is useful here). Mix in salt and pepper.

Marinate ribs in the onion mixture, refrigerated, for 4 to 12 hours. Remove ribs from onion mixture. Preheat barbecue to medium. Turn off one side of grill. Place ribs on non-heated side and close lid. Cook ribs for about one hour, or until the pork reaches an internal temperature of 160 F on meat thermometer. Slice into chops by cutting between ribs and serve. Alternatively, roast in oven at 325 F. Yield: Serves 6. Cooking Time: 1 hour. Preparation Time: 20 minutes.

RIB TYPE TO USE : Loin Rib Country Style

These are not really ribs at all as they are cut from the rib end of the loin. They are excellent for grilling and should be cooked as you would rib-end pork chops. To make this cut, the butcher cuts across the loin and then opens up the loin like a book. Tender and succulent and offering very good value.

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Fare that’s square Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

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hat exactly is a “square” meal? I started thinking about that after chatting with an elderly lady at a local restaurant the other day.

“There is good food here,” she remarked as she rose to leave. “Fills all corners.”

The term, according to some references, was coined in the 1920s by a British doctor who used a square as a simple way to illustrate to patients a balanced, substantial meal.

Shapes are certainly helpful, and still used to explain nutrition — think of the rainbow used to illustrate Canada’s Food Guide or the pyramid used in the U.S. I’ve also heard that “square meal” goes back to medieval times when plates were wooden and square, or when square plates were used in the navy.

Square often means honest and straightforward, as in the square deal or something “fair and square.”

At any rate, a square meal for most of us means simple, satisfying, not too fancy (nothing standing up on the plate, please) and tastes really good.

I’m late with these recipes because fall-off-thebone meaty ribs would have been a perfect meal for Father’s Day last weekend. But, then again, Dad enjoys a square meal any time.

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hese rib recipes are from the Manitoba Pork Council website (www.manitobapork. com), where you can also find The Virtual Meat Counter, explaining not only the different cuts of meat but recipes for each of them.

Jerk Ribs 2 lbs. Canadian Pork back ribs 2 tbsp. dried minced onion 1 tbsp. onion powder 4 tsp. ground thyme 2 tsp. ground allspice 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 tbsp. granulated sugar 2 tsp. black pepper 1 tsp. cayenne

In a small jar with a tight-fitting lid or a plastic bag, shake all dry ingredients until well blended.

Rub mixture on all surfaces of ribs.

Preheat barbecue on high; reduce temperature to medium. Place ribs on grill, close cover, and grill ribs, turning occasionally, 1-1/4 hours or until ribs are very tender. Cut into portions to serve.

Yield: Serves 4. Cooking Time: 1-1/4 hrs.

RIB TYPE TO USE: Back ribs

This cut results when the whole loin is deboned.

Some people prefer these for grilling. Somewhat meatier and more expensive than side ribs.

Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs (Slow Cooker) 3 lbs. Canadian pork side ribs 3/4 c. brown sugar, packed 1/4 c. all-purpose flour 14 oz. (398 ml) pineapple tidbits in juice, undrained 2 tbsp. EACH: soy sauce and ketchup 1/2 c. white vinegar 1 garlic clove, minced 1 tsp. ginger, grated

Cut pork ribs into 2 to 3 rib sections. Over medium-high heat, mix together all ingredients (except ribs) in a small saucepan; heat and stir until boiling and thickened. Layer ribs in a slow cooker, spooning sauce over each layer. Cover and cook on LOW for 10 to 12 hours or on HIGH for 5 to 6 hours until ribs are very tender. If you want to thicken the sauce after removing the ribs, just pour the juice into a saucepan, add 2 tablespoons of cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 cup of water, and bring to a boil. Yield: Serves 6. Cooking Time: 10 - 12 hours (in slow cooker).

Preparation Time: 10 minutes.

RIBS TO USE: Side Ribs These are usually cut about one inch thick and sold in a long strip. Ideal for use in Chinese-style dishes. Cut the strips between the bones prior to cooking.

Recipe Swap…

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

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

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The Manitoba Co-Operator | June 21, 2012

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

From the land Down Under Aussie cowboys ready to ride in Canada

By Darrell Nesbitt Freelance contributor

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bucking horse with no name coming into the Onanole high school rodeo in May, had one before too long thanks to an Aussie cowboy enjoying his first rodeo on Canadian soil in this Manitoba community.

Being a bronc rider himself, 23-yearold Jack Bredhaer of Queensland, Australia tagged the Prime Time Rodeos’ horse with the name of Outback Jack.

Stock contractor, Jim Lawrence of Kennedy, Sask. explained that young horses brought to high school rodeos don’t normally have names until they have earned the right. But on this occasion, Lawrence felt it was fitting to have Bredhaer, a true friend of rough stock events, name the bronc that tossed Austin Kemp of Pilot Mound to the ground.

Standing next to the chutes, Bredhaer and his travelling partner, 22-year-old Luke Chaplain, said they were looking forward to getting aboard tougher broncs in Canada over the course of the summer, as other Australians had done prior to them.

“Many cowboys from Australia have enjoyed the experience before us, and as winter arrives in our home country, we will kick back and enjoy some warmer climes and our time here,” said Chaplain. “I guess you could say it’s like work experience, as along with helping Jimmy (Lawrence) at rodeos, we will also be learning off him.”

With rodeo being much more popular in Canada and amateur rodeos being more professional, Bredhaer and Chaplain are looking to offset their costs of landing in Manitoba in May with a little rodeo jingle in their pockets to head home in December.

“The circuits in which we are looking at have more money up for grabs than in Australia,” said Bredhaer.

“Stock is definitely much better in Canada, and as cowboys, if all goes as planned, we can make better rides on North American soil.”

The Australian cowboys will put their riding skills to the test at

Stock contractor Jim Lawrence (centre) with Australian cowboys, Jack Bredhaer (l), and Luke Chaplain. PHOTO: DARRELL NESBITT

Manitoba Rodeo Cowboys Association (MRCA) and Canadian Cowboys Association (CCA) sanctioned events across the Prairies, and likely at the ranch of Prime Time Rodeos, where they will call home while experiencing new-found trials and tribulations in the rodeo world.

Bredhaer competed on the Australia pro tour in saddle bronc riding, while Chaplain, being a working cowboy, settled down on both bareback and saddle bronc horses when time allowed.

“We enjoy laying it on the line against broncs but bulls are another story,” said Bredhaer. “We may be crazy, but not that crazy.”

Prime Time ranch

The largest rodeo that Prime Time Rodeos is involved in is the Ponoka Stampede in the Alberta city, as a subcontractor.

“All told we contract or subcontract 20 events over the summer, along with supplying stock to the Canadian High School Rodeo Finals in Virden, and the

MRCA and CCA Finals in the fall,” said Lawrence. “Some of the larger rodeos on Manitoba soil where Prime Time stock is featured include the Selkirk Triple S Fair & Rodeo, Northwest Roundup & Exhibition in Swan River, and Virden Wild West Daze.”

While his Australian friends are bronc riders, Lawrence is a former professional bull rider. Having spent 12 seasons on the pro circuit, Lawrence had the opportunity to compete at many of North America’s top rodeos such as the Calgary Stampede, Cheyenne Frontier Days and the Canadian Finals Rodeo in Edmonton.

Lawrence also had the distinction of representing Canada in a Canada versus United States tournament-style rodeo competing against rodeo legends Tuff Hedeman and Lane Frost.

While holding his professional rodeo card, Lawrence also began a bucking horse and bull program by tapping into some of the rankest bloodlines in North America with assistance from Calgary Stampede, Myers-T Rodeo, Harvey Northcott Rodeo, and many

other prominent bucking horse and bull breeders.

Today, calling Kennedy, Sask. home, the Lawrence ranch raises its bucking stock that includes approximately 150 horses including foals, along with a selection of bulls.

“I’m proud to say as a rodeo stock contractor we won the Triple Crown in Manitoba in 2011,” said Lawrence.

“We had the top bull, bareback and saddle bronc.”

Prime Time Rodeos is a family-run business that is also proud of its reputation among cowboys and committees alike. Drawing on his 12 years on the professional rodeo trail, Lawrence and his wife Leanne have built a strong reputation for producing exciting, quality rodeos, bull ridings or rough stock events.

Today, Prime Time Rodeos is embarking on its 15th year of service, and sharing the cowboy dream passed down from generation to generation.

Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, Manitoba

’Tis the season for garage sales Your “trash” may just be someone’s treasure

By Alma Barkman Freelance contributor

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arage sale fever had swept our community like a communicable disease that year. Having low resistance, we succumbed to the proposal of holding one for charity. The idea was contagious.

Before we knew what had overtaken us, there were white elephants trampling across the lawn, leaning up against the house, stampeding down the stairwell, spilling over into the kitchen. Eventually we rounded them all up, herded them into the dining room and began branding each one with a price tag.

Dragging out all our old odds and ends from various nooks and crannies in the basement, carting them up the stairs and then arranging them on the lawn certainly put my endurance to the test. But then I watched the people who came to browse and decided that getting out of bed at seven on a Saturday morning and haggling over prices while shivering in a cold spring breeze is not exactly a picnic either. But what really took a toll was the decisionmaking.

Just how much do I charge for half a roll of tarpaper, or the ugly picture with the nice frame, or the patched inner tube or the garish glassware

from Great-Aunt Matilda? The magnitude of such decisions was second only to those confronting our customers, who had to decide if they needed an aquarium pump, (is that what it was!) orange drapes, a copper ornament, tin ductwork or an aluminum breadbox.

When we were cleaning out closets in anticipation of the sale, I found an unpainted Styrofoam duck decoy our oldest son, long since married, had made in shops. Hmmm… what could I do with a stark naked duck? If I painted its eyes black and its beak orange, put a 10-cent price tag on it, maybe some little toddler would

have fun playing with it in his bathtub...

Who bought it? A bold young rascal with a toy six shooter on each hip. Just what he needed for target practice! Ran down the driveway with a racing car in one hand, a sack of marbles in the other and the duck tucked underneath his arm.

A woman bought four mismatched horseshoes “for good luck.” I didn’t tell her how many times I’d stubbed my toe on them in the furnace room.

A sophisticated lady in high heels came mincing up the driveway cradling a toy poodle in her arms. What had caught her attention was our house sign at the end of the driveway

— a plywood dog with a bone in its mouth on which our number was painted.

“But it’s old, and faded and you’d have to redo it all,” I protested.

She was not to be put off.

“I will repaint it with our own house number and Mitzi here will be the only doggie on our street with her very own sign, won’t you cuddles?”

The poodle licked her face e x u b e ra n t l y, m y h u s b a n d removed the sign from the telephone post and another unexpected sale had just transpired.

Unpredictability — it’s the one constant of garage sales.

Alma Barkman writes from Winnipeg

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The Manitoba Co-Operator | June 21, 2012

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Explore the Whitemud Watershed WMAs Trails are open early spring to late fall and offer lots to see

By Donna Gamache Freelance contributor

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f you’re looking for a different spot in rural Manitoba for a visit or hike, consider checking out one of the many Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs). Scattered all over the province, some of these are quite large, while others contain only a few hectares. Many are popular tourist sites such as Oak Hammock, north of Winnipeg; Whitewater Lake southwest of Boissevain; and Narcisse, northwest of Teulon. But there are numerous others, less well known and often wilder areas where, on any given day, you may be the only hiker around. The Neepawa/ Wellwood area contains some of these wildlife regions, just waiting to be explored.

Most recently, my husband and I hiked an easily accessible WMA region southeast of Neepawa. The Langford Recreational Trails, which are part of the Whitemud Watershed WMA, encompass a variety of landforms, ranging from fairly flat to rolling hills. These are actually old sand dunes covered with a variety of vegetation, for the area was once part of a delta on the Assiniboine River where it emptied into Glacial Lake Agassiz.

We hiked the trails on a beautiful Sunday in mid-May. Red squirrels chattered in the trees, and deer tracks were evident, though we didn’t see any deer. Blue jays shrilled a warning and a Swainson’s thrush posed for us. We hiked about seven km and met only two other hikers. The wood ticks were numerous, but these should decrease before too long.

The trails wind through a variety of vegetation ranging from white and black poplars, to pines, to bur oaks, to grassy, open meadows and — along the southern edge — a boggy section with thick tamaracks. Flowers were still a little sparse when we visited, but purple violets, wild strawberries, saskatoon bushes, cowslips and three-flowered avens were blooming. Later in summer, the area sports goldenrod, wild bergamot and blue asters. Autumn would also be a good time for a visit, when the tamarack needles would be a showy golden.

The trails go through many types of vegetation including these poplars. PHOTOS: DONNA GAMACHE

There are many flowers to be seen along the way and spring violets were making their appearance.

I found the Langford Recreational Trails an impressive trail system with excellent signage, information plaques, maps and distance markers, as well as frequent benches and a picnic table at the parking lot. There are several loops, so you can choose shorter or longer hikes. The trails are open from early spring to late fall. Carry water with you, if you plan a long hike.

To reach the Langford Trails, drive 10 km east of Neepawa (or 27 km west of

Gardening — the next generation Joy of working the land never gets old

terized by sand dune formations, aspenoak forest and mixed-grass prairie. If you’d like to hike, you can stop after about 11 km and hike north to an abandoned rail line. There are also longer trails stretching off to the south, but be warned: there is no official signage, so be sure to mark your route or carry a GPS. Climb to some of the hilltops for excellent views stretching off into the distance.

For pictures and more information on both sections of the Whitemud Watershed WMA, read sections in Bill Stillwell’s book, Manitoba Wild.

For these and other rural drives, use the Manitoba version of Backroad Mapbook,w which we find very useful.

Be adventurous this summer: check out one of our province’s Wildlife Management Areas. For more WMAs, in other sections of Manitoba, use this website: http://www.gov.mb.ca/conser vation/wildlife/habcons/wmas/index. html.

Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba

Stop and “smell the roses” Slow down this summer and take time to look around

By Fern Reimer Freelance contributor

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“really neat.” She tilled, sowed, weeded, watered and harvested then canned, froze, pickled and made grape jam from the vines her grandpa planted many years ago.

One more example of — the more things change, the more they stay the same.

hile cycling on a woodland trail a small flash of colour caught my eye. Tired and on my way home I questioned whether to stop, but as I stooped down to investigate I found an unusual flowering stem 12 inches tall with 18 florets. I later discovered this is an uncommon plant called coral root.

This perennial grows on decaying organic material and has no green matter, the stalks having sheaths instead of leaves. It is a type of orchid native to North America and the variety I saw is unmistakably corallorhiza striata, also known as hooded or striped coral root. It flowers from mid-June to early July and is the first of the coral roots to bloom.

What a thrill to catch sight of this single specimen and learn about a plant I didn’t know existed. It was a gentle reminder that these opportunities are all around us if we but take the moment. This summer, take the time to be interrupted; stoop down and “smell those roses.”

Eva Krawchuk writes from Winnipeg

Fern Reimer writes from Teulon, Manitoba

By Eva Krawchuk Freelance contributor

Nothing in this world can ever take away my love of gardening and country life in general.

Our three children were preschoolers when due to health issues, we left the farm and moved to a Winnipeg suburb, which at that time was as close as you could get to country living in the city. Youngsters aren’t always thrilled when asked to help with chores, but gardening was an unwritten lesson as to how food is grown. (They still talk about that mosquito-infested raspberry patch!)

Years flew by — 4-H gardens became part of school projects — high marks for a job well done made it all the more worthwhile.

Imagine my delight when my now-grownup granddaughter asked if she could plant some “things” here. She too had once been a 4-H’er, sowing, hoeing and growing.

Handling the five-hp tiller last summer was

Gladstone) on Highway No. 16. Turn south on Road 81 W and drive five km to the parking lot. Maps are available at the trail entrance or download one from the Internet at: http://www. neepawa.ca/leisure/trails/Langford%20 Recreational%20Trails.pdf.

If the roads are dry, there is a second entrance 1.6 km farther east, but we didn’t try that one. It connects with the east end of the trail system.

Close by, to the south and west of the recreational trails, is the Langford Community Pasture. Hiking trails also exist there — as described in some detail in the Prairie Pathfinders’ book, Hiking the Heartland — but these are closed to the public from May to October, while cattle are pastured there.

Another part of the Whitemud Watershed WMA, not too far off, is the Edrans unit with several scattered sections stretching about 15 km north to south. To get there, drive 27 km south from Neepawa on PTH 5 and then take the turnoff to Wellwood (east on No. 70).

This road takes you through the northern section of the Edrans unit, charac-

Granddaughter Erin has inherited the love of gardening. PHOTO: EVA KRAWCHUK

PHOTO: fern reimer

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

ANNOUNCEMENTS IH COLLECTORS OF WESTERN Canada present our 2012 show at the Western Development Museum in Yorkton, SK, August 4th & 5th, 2012. Featuring L, R, S trucks & lettered series tractors. Member meeting & banquet, www.ihc38.com. Derald Marin (306)869-2262

ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale 1901 EATONS CATALOGUE, SEARS 1923-1900 tins, best offers; 100-yr old baler; 73 Pontiac, 82 Bronco, $1,200 ea; 2 horse rubber tired show wagon, $950; Implement wheels; Avon bottles; Motor home, $1,850; $1 & $2 dollar bills; 5,000 hub caps, car & truck. Selkirk, (204)482-7251 1956 IHC 1/2-TON; 1952 W4 tractor; 4-ft. Ford roto tiller w/3-PTH. Phone (204)855-2212 FOR SALE: 1919 10-18 Case tractor. It was recently painted. In parade condition. It is shedded in rural MB. Asking $20,000 OBO. Eleanor Loewen (204)256-2170 MULVEY FLEA MARKET, Manitoba’s Largest yearround indoor flea market, weekends 10-5. Collectables, Antiques & More. Lots of great stuff new & old. Fun place to shop. Osborne @ Mulvey Ave. E., Wpg. 204478-1217. Visa, MasterCard, Interac accepted. Visit us online at www.mulveymarket.ca

ANTIQUES Antique Equipment 1929 CHEVY 1-TON TRUCK; No 4 & No 5 JD mowers; Railroad Motor cars; Stationary engines 1.5 to 20-HP; 2 to 6 cyl magnetos; 224 Case garden tractor needs hyd pump w/40-in. rototiller & mower deck; 9N Ford tractor; Horse dump rake; 1, 2, 4 Cyl air cooled motors; 1960’s gasoline bowser. Phone (204)757-2091.

1939 JD A row crop tractor, original owner, fully restored to nicer than new condition, new fenders, new tires, $7,000 OBO. (204)822-3616, Morden, MB. e-mail for pics lajanzen@mts.net 720 JD 1964 GAS Engine Tractor, good rubber, no rust, good running condition. Asking $4,500. Call Haywood, (204)379-2613 or cell (204)745-8775

AUCTION DISTRICTS

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

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

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

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

The Pas

Birch River

Swan River Minitonas Durban

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Gimli

Shoal Lake

Langruth

Neepawa

Hamiota

Gladstone

Rapid City

Reston Melita

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Brandon

Carberry

Treherne

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin

Souris

Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Westman

Waskada

Interlake

Erickson Minnedosa

Virden

Arborg

Lundar

St. Pierre

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Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

1

Red River

AUCTION SALES

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AUCTION SERVICE FARm EqUIpmENT AUCTION GORdON & JOYCE REA Deloraine,MB WeDnesDay June 27th, 2012 at 10 aM Cst Sale includeS: * 2003 JD 6420 MFD w/ JD 640 loader, bucket & grapple, joy stick, IVT trans., 18.4 x 38 rear, 14.9 x 24 front, 3 pth, 5460 hours. * 2003 JD 5205 MFD w/ JD 521 loader w/ new bucket, Sync Reverser trans., 3 pth, 540, 2 remotes, 16.9 x 28 rear, 9.5 x 24 front, roll bar, 899 original hours. * 1988 Versatile 846 w/ 20.8 x 38 good clamp-on duals, power shift, 1000 pto, 4 remotes & return line, 5530 hours. * Case 930 diesel w/ hand clutch * JD LA 165 lawn tractor w/ 24 hp B & S, hydro, 48” deck, 8 hours. * 1991 JD 9500 w/ JD 912 pickup header, approx. 4500 hours (Very Good) * JD 930 - 30’ straight header w/ batt reel & trailer * Case IH 8230 30’ hyd. fold pto swather w/ batt reel * Rem 552 grain vac 540 shaft * 1981 Ford 600 w/ 16’ Cancade box ,roll tarp, 13,900 km’s showing (Saftied) * 2002 Duncan 5th wheel stock trailer w/ tandem axle, 7’ x 20’ x 84” w/ divider gate, 16” tandems (Saftied) * 1996 Duncan 30’ tandem dual 5th wheel flat deck trailer w/ Beaver tails & ramps (Saftied) * Hutch Master tandem disc (needs repair) * Blanchard 33’ folding packer bar * Bergen 6000 – 65’ heavy harrow * Flexi-coil 800 cultivator w/ air package w/ 350lb. Trip.

Sells w/ 1610 air tank * IHC 5600 27’ DT w/ 3 bar Summers harrows * IHC 42’ vibra chisel * Hesston 4600 inline square baler * 2004 JD 567 round baler w/ hyd. pickup, approx. 6000 bales done. * 1993 Suzuki Carrier 4 x 4 – 4 way lock ups, rear hitch, 79,690 km’s # DBSIT * NH 357 mixmill * Hi-Qual squeeze chute w/ palp cage * Large horse chute * 12 – 30’ free standing pipe panels * Ezee-Way 4 bale feeder w/ wheels & hitch * Large steel self feeder * Approx. 310 big square hay bales * 45 round bales * large quantity of big square straw bales * some small square hay bales * Farm King 82” 3 pth roto tiller * Allied 3 pth snowblower * Farm King 7’ 3 pth finishing mower * ILCHUK 3 pth tree mover * 3 sets fancy heavy horse harness * 1 set of pulling harness * halters * vet supplies * Plus lots of other equipment, livestock supplies & equipment. * Full line of shop equipment and shop tools * 2011 Maytag front load washer and dryer * Plus much more For inFormation call Gordon 204-534-2973

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

EISNER AUCTION CENTRE SAT., JUNE 30th 9:00AM SWAN RIVER, MB. Manitoba’s Largest 42nd Annual June Equipment Consignment Sale INCLUDES SEVERAL FARM SALES 100’S OF ITEMS CHECK www. eisnerauctions.com COME EARLY. NEW ITEMS CONSIGNED DAILY. CONSIGN TODAY! PHONE AHEAD EQUIPMENT TAKEN IN SALE WEEK TILL THURSDAY. Pancake Breakfast 7:30-9:00am For Info Call Lawrence Eisner Auctions (204)525-2225 Minitonas

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Auction Sale Abe’s Cylinder Head Clinic Ltd. Wed., July 4th, 4:00 pm.

Steinbach, MB. Industrial Park (West Low-en Windows) Auction Note: After 33 years Abe’s Retiring & he sold the Property. Quality Looked After Tool Sale! Contact: Viewing

by Appt Call Business Hours (204)326-4424. Specialty Tools: “Kwik-Way” Model FN Boring Bar; “Van Norman” Model 570 AF Rotary Broach; “Kwik Way” Model 92 Power Stroke Cyl hone; ‘KwikWay” Model 855-5 16-in. stone Refaces w/Accessories & Trevor; “Cardiff” 36-in.

Bed 9-ft. Swing Metal Lathe w/Access; “IDL” Model 550 Cyl Drill & Cutter w/Access; “Sioux” Model 2075 Valve Grinder; Valve Seat Grinder w/Access; “Kwik Way’ Model 274 Cabinet Sand Blaster; “Wiseco” hyd Press w/Cyl w/ Head Pres-sure Tester; “Sunnen” Connecting Rod & Wrist Pin Resizer & Access; “Sunnex” Ag-300 Precision Gauge; Crank Polisher; Manual Seat Cutters for JD 2 cyl Engine; Cyl Measurer; “Mac” Model EE6500 Engine Ear Tools: Snap-On Sollus Engine Scanner (updated); “Canbuilt” Opt 540 Prof Headlight & Aimer; “Bear” Model 1418 Brake Drum Lath; “Bear” Model 1469 Rotor Machine; Strut Tamer Model 6985; Ball Joint Kit; Cam Bearing Tool; Ball Joint Tool & Adapter; Hastings Magnetizer; AirLift Coolant Vacuum Full Line Disconnect Set; Fuel Pressure Inject Set - Fuel Nylon Repair Kit; Ward Astro Clean Power Swing Parts & Washer; 2) Parts Washer; 1,500-lb. Elec Pressure Washer; Rinse Booth; Acetylene Torches; 2) Bench Grinders on Stands; Battery Booster Charger; “Willard” 6 & 12 Volt Battery Charger; Battery Load Tester; Various Air, Power & Hand Tools; Snap On Air Drill; Power Grease Gun; Metal Quad/ Lawn Mower Repair Table w/Ramps; Truck Wheel Dolly; Carolina 500-lb. Shop Crane; Engine Stand; 2) Shop Port Lift Tables; Trans Jack; Fuel Recovery 28-gal Caddy; Chain Hoist Parts: Rebuilt & Cyl Heads; Cranks; Valve Spring Insert Kits; Reamer Kits; Lge Amt of Repair Manuals; Auto Motive; Tractor; 1940s & Up; “Chilton”; IT Office: Desks; Filing Cabinets; Shelving; Waiting Room Bench; Printer. Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE Moving & Estate Tues., July 3rd 4:00 pm Stonewall, MB. #12 Patterson Dr. Quality Household; Antiques; Yard & Rec; Tools & Misc. Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

Ross Taylor Auction Service 204-877-3834 For full listing and photos www. rosstaylorauction.com AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Consignment Auction Saturday, June 23rd 10:00am Stonewall, MB. 12 Patterson Dr. Consignments Welcomed!

Auction Note: 2 Rings 10:00am (Rings 1-Guns; Ring 2-Tools) 1 Ring 12:30 - Yard, Rec; Vehicles; Misc 2:00-Equip; 4:00- Tractors Tractors: JD 2755 MFWA Cab 3PH 540/1000 Dual Hyd FEL 5,800-hrs; JD 2130 DSL PS HL Range 3PH hyd 540 PTO w/JD 620 FEL; MF 1085 Cab Dual Hyd 540 PTO, 5,126-hrs; MF 1155 Cab 540/1000 PTO dual hyd, 18.4.38 Duals, 4,080-hrs; Case 930 Cab hyd Dual, 540 PTO 4,840-hrs; White 1370 HL 3PH 540 PTO Hyd w/FEL; Int 5088 Cab HL Shuttle Triple Hyd 1000 PTO 20.8x38 Factory Duals 4,615-hrs; Int 884 DSL PS HL 3PH 540/1000 Dual hyd 18.4.30 4,800-hrs; Allied FEL & Bucket; Int 434 3PH 540 PTO Combines & Equip: JD 95 Combine; NH TR 85 hyd Rev 2,435 Engine hrs; MF 750 Combine 2,497-hrs; Vers 4018 Header (fits Vers 256, 276, 9030); Case 750 15-ft. PT Swather; Int 55 16-ft.

Chisel Plow; Int 10 24 Run Seed Drill; Brady 18ft. Cult; AC 20-ft. Tandem Disc; JD 16-ft. 100 Deep Tiller; Int 45 18-ft. Vibra Cult; Int 10-ft. Chisel Plow; Hay Rack; 250-Gal Water Trailer; JD 330 RD Baler; New Idea Manure Spreader; Vicon 1050 9 Wheel Rake; NH 456 Trailer 9-ft. Sickle Mower; Cast 3PH 3B Plow; 3PH Bale Forks; Bale Forks for FEL; 3PH 7-ft. Blade; 3PH 7-ft. Cult; 3PH 5-ft. Disc; Miskin Model 4010 Scraper; Case IH 70 7-ft. 3PH Snowblower; 3PH 6-ft. Cult; Clark 5,000-lb 16-ft. lift Forklift Farm Misc: Elk Squeeze Chute; 30) Metal Corral Panels; 20) Metal Corral Gates; Farm King 10x70 Swing Auger; Farm King 7x36-in.; Westfield 41-ft.

7-in. Auger; Pencil Augers; 2) 300-gal Fuel Tank & Stand; Hyd Cyl; Lumbers; Shop Supplies Tools & Misc: 3750W Generator; Port Air Comp; 3) 225 Arc Welder; A Coats 1010 Tire Machine; Buffalo Universal 1/2 Iron Worker; Husq 440 Chain Saw; Makita Mitre Saw; Delta Belt/Disc Sander; Paslode Cordless Gas Nailer; Hilti DX450 Gun; Vise; Jackal; Hand Tools; Propane Engine Heater; Truck Tool Box; Snap on Tool Box; Al Ext Ladder; 4-ft. Cement Float; New Tractor Tires; Various Tires; Car Ramps Vehicles & Trailers: 02 Sonoma 4x4 Ext Cab, Sft; 2001 Chev S10 Step Side Ext Cab, Sft; 1989 Plymouth K Car, 160,000-km 20-ft. Gooseneck Flat Deck Tandem 24-ft. Gooseneck Trailer w/Beavertail Boat, Yard & Rec: Starcraft 16-ft. Boat w/Trailer, 50-HP Merc, 4 Stroke; 96 Polaris Sportsman 500 4x4 Quad; 07 Bango 300cc 4x4 Quad, 275-mi; Craftsman YT 3000 21-HP 42-ft. R Mower; JD 216 R Mower w/30-in. RotoVator; Yardman 14.5-HP Snowblower; Ariens Snowblower; 5-HP Roto Tiller; Mini Roto Tiller; Push Gas Mower; Snowblower Ft Mt for ATV; Trailer Yard Sprayer; Wheel Barrow Antique: Cockshutt Plow Co Cast Seat OVER 100 Guns; Modern; Vintage; Military; 22’s; Shotguns; Rifles; Hand Guns; Along w/Ammo; Hunting; Accessories.

Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858, (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Auction Sale John & Mary Lucek Sun., June 24th 10:00 am Tyndall, MB. Hwy #44 South 2-Mi on Stoneridge Rd. Auction Note: Main Items Shedded & Exc Cond. Contact: (204)268-1035.

Alot More Items to Come. Family Decision Still Being Made! Check Back Later! Tractor, Combine: JD 4630 Cab 540/1000 PTO, Dual Hyd, 20.8x38 Duals Exc Cond, 5,330-hrs; JD 8820 Turbo Combine Feed Reverser, Chopper 4,200-hrs, Green Light Service; JD 25-ft. Straight Cut Header Truck & Equip: 1979 GMC 6000 gas 4SPDx2, w/15-ft. B&H Roll Tarp, hyd Outlets, 50,000 Original Miles, Sft; 1975 Chev C 65 366 gas w/15-in. B&H Roll Tarp 60,750-mi SFT; Melroe 7B 16-in. Plow Hyd Kickback; Westfield 7-in. 46-ft. Auger B&S Engine; Vers 6-in. 35-ft.

Auger B&S Engine; 20-ft. Auger B&S Engine; JD Straight Cut Header 25-ft. Misc: 3) Westeel 1700bus Bins; 2) 12-ft. x14 Wood Grainerys; Swather Keer Sheer; 3Phase 15-HP Motor & Blower; Roto Tiller; 5-in. 16-ft. Hyd Drill Fill; Fanning Mill; Hy Cyl; Implement Parts; Battery Fork Lift; 200A Service; 40) Galv Sheet Metal 24-ft.; 8-ft. w/OH Garage Door; CN T&G Planks; Cedar Board Fencing; Various Lumber; Steel Doors; Metal Shelving; 300-gal Fuel Tank; Ladders; 10-ft. Conveyor Roller; Plat-form Scale; VR Rims 14-ft. Alum; Outdoor Wood Garbage Container on Steel & Cement Stand; Selkirk Chimney; Filters; Semi Truck Tire Chains & Load Locks Tools: 5-HP 2500W Generator; Air Compressor; Beaver Drill Press; Chain Saws; Block & Tackle; Chains; Various Tools; Power Tools; Air Greaser; Socket Sets; 1/2-in. Air Impact Rec &Yard: 2 Wheel 10-ft.

Flat Deck Trailer; 19-ft. Mulching Mower B&D Cordless 24v; Lawn Mowers; Toro Reel Lawn Mower; Roto Tiller; Weed Eaters; Chica-go Blower 3600 RPM 75-HP 220v ; Metal Fencing; Pedal Bikes; Bent Willow Patio Furniture; Selkirk Chimney Household: Oak Pedestal Table; Ent Unit; Desk; Card Table; Fluroscent Light Fixtures; Dishwasher; Stoves; Freezer; Doors; Flooring Antiques: 2) Fanning Mills; Box Stove w/Legs; Con-nor Wringer Washer; Wardrobe Closet; Dresser w/Swing Mirror; Lge Cabbage Cutter; Hay Knife; Buck Saw; Block & Tackle; Nail Keg; Scale; Cream Cans; Wooden Keg; License Plates; Poplar Me-chanics Mags; White Rose Oil Tin; License Plate; Metal Bread Carrier.

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

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

Farm Auction

for Gayle & the late John Dowler Saturday, June 23/12 • 11:00AM Oakbank, MB, Canada

Directions: From Oakbank, 1 mile north on Hwy#206, then 3/4 mile west on Hazelridge Rd. 1st driveway on the right (#26025) Watch for signs.

Tractors: • Minneapolis Moline U • Case 400 Recreational: 1983 Honda Big Red • 1985 Honda Big Red, shaft drive, reverse Lawn & Garden: Cub Cadet riding mower, 18 HP • Honda push mower • electric lawn mower • decrative concrete ornaments • steel wheels • wagon wheels Antiques & Collectibles: boiler • washboard*pickle jugs • #20, #12, #4 Imperial crocks • pay phone • twin barrels • tea cart • lanterns • milk bottles • butter press • bean pot • horse collar mirror • Cedar hope chest • Cream Separator flower pot • cow bells • milk cans • Quaker State motor oil metal sign Household: pine table & 4 chairs • glider • brassware • glassware • ceramics • coffee & end tables • kerosine lanterns • hide-abed • American Family food scale • desks • chairs • paint • (2)pine rocking chairs Tools: hand tools • battery charger • Echo chain saw • backpack sprayer • pull behind sprayer • heaters • farm jacks • toobox & tools • lg press (for bearings) • drill press • greaser • extention ladders • nuts • bolts • lubricants • grinder • air compressor • lg vice Farm & Livestock: Westfield grain auger w/ Wisconsin motor • 1250 gal water tank • bits • halters • racing saddle • english stirrups • electric fencer • (20) 12’ farm panels • (2) 20’ farm panels • (3)round bale rings • Norris cattle oiler • head gate • stock prod Vehicle: 1990 Chevy hearse John Lamport 204-476-2067 Tim Dowler 204-803-6915 www.lamportanddowler.com

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Auction Sale Anko & Esther Havedings Thurs., July 5th 4:00 pm Argyle, MB. West Side of Town on 322 then 3.25-mi North on Meridion Rd. Auction Note: The Acreage is Sold! Low Hrs & Excellent Cond on Tractor, Baler, Hay Bine. Viewing

by Appt: Contact: (204)471-9639. Tractors: 09 Montana P9084C MFWA Cab 3PH 540/750/1000 PTO w/FEL Bucket & Bale Fork, only 828-hrs NEW Cond; Int 1086 Cab Triple hyd 540/1000 18.438 dual 7,574-hrs Equip: 99 Hesston 1340 12-ft. Disc Bine; 2003 NH BR 780 Auto Tie RD Baler, only 3200 Bales; NH 271 Square Baler; 8 Wheel Hay Rake; Rockomatic Stone Picker; JD 20-ft.

Single Disc; 3PH 5-ft. Ro-tary Mower; 2) Allied PTO 7-in.

46-ft. Augers; 4 Wheel Farm Trailer 14-ft. Deck; Livestock Equip & Trailers: 94 Sokal Fifth Wheel 24-ft. Tandem Stock Trailer; 99 Fifth Wheel 20-ft. Tandem Flat Deck w/ Ramps; 75) Sheltered RD Bales Mix Tame Hay w/some Alfalfa; 2) Stationery Roller Mills; 7) 11-ft. Metal Hse Bale Feeders; 6) Metal Rd Bale Feeders; 13) 12-ft. Metal Corral Panels; 4) Metal Horse Stalls; 2) Wall Mt Hse Feeders; 3) Water Troughs 100-200 gal; 2) Single Driving Harness; 1) For Pony 1) For Horse; 2) Western Saddles; Halters; Lead Shanks; Tack Grooming Equipment; Sheep Medi Equipment; Burdizzos; Broader Lights; Water Trough Heaters Tools & Misc: 89 Ford Broncoxl 4x4 NS; Chain Saw; Power Tools; Hand Tools; Shop Supplies; Shop Vac; 3000L Tank on 14-ft. Metal Truck Deck; 5) 200-gal Poly Tank; Poly & Steel 45-gal Barrels; Al Ladders; Fencing Tools; 75) Railway Ties; Treated Posts; Welding Material; Bolt Bin Full; Pedestal Tire Changer; Elec Motors; Roll 14/3 Wire; Building Jacks; Truck Tool Box; 18.4x30 Tractor Tires & Rims; Hyd Hose; Baler Twine; Epsen Salt; 36x60ft. BioTeck Metal Frame, No Cover Yard: 83 Honda 185 3 Wheeler; Husquavna LGTH 25k54 Hyd w/Bagger 80-hrs; 2) Craftsman Push Gas Mowers; Agri Fab Grass Sweeper; Wheel Barrow; Hand Yard Tools; Picnic Table; Yard Furniture; Patio Furniture & Chairs Household: Deep Freeze; Fridge; 2 Sets Washer & Dryer; Treadmill; Bunk Beds; Ent Unit; Various Household; Xmas Items; Antique 5-gal, 8-gal Crocks. Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com Call our toll-free number to take advantage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks for free. That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3. Call 1-800-782-0794 today!

Geoff’s Metal works Business auction saturday June 23, 9 aM directions: Geoff’s Metal Works 4 miles south of Altona on highway 30 long driveway to East into Yard tractors: * Kubota M8200 tractor with 595 loader and bucket, 85 HP * Kubota BX 1500 lawn tractor, 48” mower deck, 625 hours * 18 ft.Rainbowcar hauler trailer, 2 axle, 15000 pounds * Home built, 10 ft. service trailer with 4 service boxes * 26 ft. Sprinter camper, bumper hitch, year 2000, some water damage in front corner * Arctic Cat 400 Auto 4 Wheeler * 2 smaller 4 wheelers, need some work * Attachments to fit 595 Loader: forks, snow bucket, equipment mover, grapple forks * 3 point hitch equipment: 6 foot Woods rotary mower, 8 ft. Farm King dual stage snow blower, 8 ft. Leon3 way blade, log splitter, border cultivator * 2- 10 yard scrapers, unconverted * Scraper tires, tubes and liners * 40 inch Farm King tiller * 3 ton A-frame crane * Shop Tools: * 7x13 King CanadaBand Saw, water cooled * Tida 14x40 Lathe, 1 9/16 inch spindle bore, 2 chucks, steady rest and cutting tools * King Canada ¾ inch capacity drill * King Canada 1 ½ inch capacity drill * Home built Hydraulic press, dual cylinder, centre cylinder 55 ton, side cylinder 30 ton * Portable Hydraulic power pack, 15 gallon tank, * Almost new, hydraulic hose crimper * 8” pedastal grinder * LKS stick welder * Thermal Arc Fabricator Welder, 400 amp w.

2210 wire feeder, * Thermal Arc SPC-2001 aluminum spool gun kit * Thermal Dynamics STAK-PAC plasma cutter, 3/8 inch capacity * 2 cutting torches * 2011 Miller Trailblazer 302 EFI Portable Welder, 200 hours, dual generator, 320 amp welding, 12000 watt generator * 250 ft. welding cable with stinger and ground clamp * Lemmer 1500 portable painter * 14” chop saw * ¾ inch Mag drill * Ridgid 400A threader * Eagle 80 gallon air compressor, 30 cfm, 125 psi * 30 gallon portable air compressor * 20 gallon parts washer * 10 gallon sprayer for 4 wheeler * 5 hp Honda pressure washer * Snap-On Puller Set. Full business closing auction please be on time Payment cash good cheque or credit card Bill klassen auctioneers 204-325-4433 cell 6230 bill@billklassen.com

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman CONSIGNMENT AUCTION OF FARM & Cattle Equip, Vehicles, Tools, etc. 10:00 am DST on Sat., June 23rd at Heartland Auction Mart Yard Virden, MB. JD 4020 w/ loader; JD 8450; 1951 MH w/blade; 2003 Ford 1/2-Ton; 1991 Mercury Marquis both safetied; Boats; Trailers; Motors; Balers; Haybines; 70-ft. Conveyer; Swather; Lumber; Tools. Partial list only, more being consigned daily. To consign call Miller Auctions (204)649-2366 www.globalauctionguide.com Do you want to target Manitoba farmers? Place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator. Manitoba’s bestread farm publication.

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River UNRESERvED fARM AUCTIoN

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

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

other Denis & Rita Robert – and consignors

Aubigny, MB • saturday, june 30, 2012 • 10 am

1997 john deere 9400

2000 john deere 9750sts

1998 premier 2930 30 ft

rogator 1254 100 ft

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

Manure Handling equipMent auction tHursday July 5tH at 6 pM

directions: 10 miles south of Winkler, MB on Highway 32 and 3 East on 243 in Village of Reinland equipment: *Case 455C Diesel Crawler with heavy duty loader, power shift, street tracs, manure bucket and split dirt bucket serial #CBE0004344 *White 2270 Diesel 130 HP Tractor 18.4 x 38 duals, cab, dual pto and hyd, 500 hrs on rebuilt engine including heads *2005 New Holland model 195 manure spreader 1000 pto *2001 Hesston S390 manure spreader 540 pto. *1997 model 275 Hagedorn Hydra spreader, with new plastic side boards and 425 R22 tandem tires presently on 540 pto can be changed to 1000 pto trucks and trailers *1991 Dodge 2500 4x4 ¾ ton with Cummins diesel 5 speed, standard, only 500 km on new clutch , 398000 km, will be safety checked *1984 Chev 4x4 pickup 350 4 barrel, rebuilt 700 R4 automatic transmission and rebuilt NP 208 transfer case, 3 in lift sells as is no safety *1990 Real Industries tandem goose neck stock trailer 18 ft floor, newer planks with rubber mat, one Divider, dual rear door *Goose neck trailer 9000 lb, triple axle, two with brakes 14 ft bed with ramps used to haul crawler etc. *4 new 245 x16 LT tires on new 10 bolt rims *Fifth wheel hitch unit complete ready for your pickup truck *1997 Honda CR 250 Dirt Bike *2007 three 49 cc pocket Rockets mini bikes this is a partial listing please see www.billkassen.com for complete list and photos. owner’s - call after 6 pm 204-325-4581 Bill Klassen auctioneers • 204-325-4433 cell 6230 • bill@billklassen.com

AUCTIoN LoCATIoN:

from morris, mB, go north on hwy 75 to 205, then 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north, Yard on east side.

A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES:

1997 John Deere 9400 4WD • 1996 John Deere 6400 MFWD • 1993 John Deere 6300 MFWD • 1998 John Deere 955 MFWD Utility • 2000 John Deere 9750STS • 1994 John Deere 9600 • 2006 John Deere 635F 35 Ft Hydra Flex • 1997 Agco 30 Ft Draper • 1998 Premier 2930 30 Ft Swather • Case IH 730 30 Pull Type Swather • 1998 Peterbilt 379 Sleeper T/A • 1997 Freightliner Classic Sleeper T/A • 1999 Lode Handler 40 Ft T/A Grain Truck • Chevrolet C65 Cheyenne Tag/A Grain Truck • Allis-Chalmers 645 Wheel Loader • Cat 80 18 Cy Pull Scraper • Concord 40 Ft Air Drill • Alloway 3030 8 Row Cultivator • Rogator 1254 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer • Great Northern 70 Ft Field Sprayer • United Farm Tools 750 Bushel Grain Cart • Hutch Master 18 Ft Offset Disc • 1999 Ford Crown Victoria LX 4 Door Car • 1997 Massey Ferguson 8680 • 1985 Massey Ferguson 865...and much more!

for up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: denis robert: 204.882.2188 (h), foR MoRE INfoRMATIoN: 204.746.5688 (c), derobert@gninc.ca paul robert: 204.746.0461

ritchie Bros. territory manager – daryl martin: 306.421.5066 or 800.491.4494

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AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions UNRESERvED fARM AUCTIoN

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

Stan & Glenda Lofgren

Strasbourg, SK • Saturday, June 23, 2012 • 10 am

1998 NEW HOLLAND VERSATILE 9482

1995 NEW HOLLAND TR97

AUCTIoN LoCATIoN:

From STRASBOURG, SK, go 16 km (10 miles) East on Grid 731, 0.5 km (0.3 mile) North OR from the Intersection of Hwy 6 & Grid 731 go 16 km (10 miles) West, 0.5 km (0.3 mile) North.

A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES:

1998 New Holland Versatile 9482 4WD • 1983 Case 2294 2WD • Cockshutt 30 Utility • 1995 New Holland TR97 • 1998 Honey Bee 994 30 Ft Draper •1980 International 4000 25 Ft Swather • Case IH 730 30 Ft Pull Type Swather • 1980 Chevrolet C60 S/A • Bourgault 5710 40 Ft Air Drill • Morris 543 43 Ft Deep Tillage Cultivator • Flexi-Coil 65 80 Ft Field Sparyer • Douglas Industries 60 In. 3 Pt Hitch Brush Mower • (2) Stor-King 70± Tonne Epoxy Lined Hopper Bin • (2) Westeel 2200± Bushel 14 Ft x 6 Ring Hopper Bin •(2) Chief Westland 2200± Bushel 14 Ft x 5 Ring Hopper Bin • (4) Twister 3950± Bushel Grain Bin • Westeel 3300± Bushel Grain Bin • Sakundiak HD10-1800 10 In. x 60 Ft Mechanical Swing Grain Auger...and much more!

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

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Stan Lofgren: 306.725.4400 foR MoRE INfoRMATIoN:

MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm & livestock equipment auction for Bar C Ranch (Dick & Diane Coombs) Mon., June 25th, 2012 10:00 am Directions from Wroxton, SK. From Wroxton Juction Hwy #8, #80 & #10 go 3-mi S on Hwy 80 & 1.5-mi E into yard. Watch for signs! 2005 Buhler Vers 2145 Genesis II FWA tractor w/Vers 3895 SLS loader & grapple; 1998 Valtra Valmet 6400 FWA tractor w/675 SLS loader & 3PTH; Case 2090 2 WD tractor; Minneapolis Moline G-1000 2WD DSL tractor; Yard Works 17.5-HP lawn tractor; 2010 Leon 425 Silver manure spreader w/twin vertical spreaders; 16-ft 2004 Macdon 5020 mower conditioner w/crimpers; Case IH 8465A round baler, new Westward F-1300 3PTH grass seeder; Flexicoil trailer type post pounder; IH 435 square baler; NH 57 3PTH hay rake; Westward trailer type gyro mower; MF 12 square baler; Brillion Sure Stand 10-ft grass seeder; Farm King 3PTH snow blower, chain & diamond harrows; 2001 Chrysler Intrepid SE 4 door car; 1972 IH Loadstar 1600 grain truck; 1971 Ford F-600 that needs work; 2000 Southland 7x20 gooseneck stock trailer; 30-ft Richards Welding tandem axle gooseneck flat deck trailer w/ramps & beavertail; 20-ft Innovation Fabricating tandem axle gooseneck flat deck trailer; 30-ft shopbuilt hay trailer w/triple axle; antique wooden grain wagon; Honda Foreman ATV quad; Honda Fourtrax ES ATV quad; ATV snow plow; ATV utility cart; wireless camera system for calving; 2-solar powered water pumping system; solar powered electric fencers; new Two-W head gate; calf tipping table; 4 saddles & horse tack; 10 free standing windbreaks panels; 6 free standing 24-ft. panels; partial lift of 2x6 lumber; quality of corral panels & gates; quantity of round bale feeders; Lewis cattle oilers; mineral feeders calf pullers; calf scale; fencing supplies; lots of vet supplies; plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. Phone (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815. Mack Auction Co. PL 311962.

JOHN KOSAR AUCTION Sat., June 30th, 2012 11:00am 2 South, 1 West, 1/2 South of Canora Ca-nora, SK. CONTACT: (306)563-6859. MACHINERY TRACTORS: Case 1270 DSL cab, air, p shift, duel hyd, PTO, 3 yr old tires, looks good; Cockshutt 1850 FWA cab, hyd, new clutch, like new rear rub-ber; MF Super 90 DSL w/700 Jobmaster FEL, all new rubber; MF #25 3 cyl DSL 3-PTH, all new rubber, real good; MF 1800 4WD 3160 engine, 18.4x34 tires (2 like new), (jumps out of high range) MM A4T-1400: motor seized; COMBINES: 1981MF 750 DSL, grey cab, 3,200-hrs, new front tires, chopper, 7 belt melroe PU; 1974 MF 750 DSL, red cab, PU, chopper, 6 belt PU; TRUCKS: 1989 Freightliner single axle, 5-SPD, 5th wheel, 6 cyl cat engine, like new rubber, good; 1988 IHC 3-Ton 404 gas, 4x2 trans, 16-ft. steel box & hoist; CAT: AC HD 11 FEL, bucket, 90% undercarriage, looks good; CAT mower trailer; YARD: Grasshopper 721 D 60in. deck, new blades, real good, 3-PTH king cutter: 5-ft. mower; MTD 16-HP riding lawn mower 44-in, deck; Case 444 (new Kohler engine) 54-in. deck, rotor tiller; BINS: 1, 1 yr old Twister 2,250-bus hopper bin w/aeration, skids, mint; 1 Westfield 1,900-bus hopper bin, skids; 1 Westfield 1,800-bus hopper, skids; 1 Westfield 2,100-bus, new floor; 1 Westfield 1,900-bus, steel floor. Plus Tillage, disc, harrows, sprayers, swathers, augers, vac, misc. NOTE: John sold the farm, Most equipment good condition, not many small items. Online bidding 1:00pm. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for updat-ed listing & pics. Sale conducted

by Ukrainetz Auc-tion Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851.

AUTO & TRANSPORT AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto & Truck Parts REMANUFACTURED DSL ENGINES: GM 6.5L $4,750 installed; Ford/IH 7.3L $4950 installed; GM Duramax/Ford 6.0L, $8,500 installed; new 6.5L engines $6500; 24V 5.9L Cummins, $7,500 installed; other new/used & reman. engines available. Thickett Engine Rebuilding, 204-532-2187, Binscarth. 8:00am-5:30pm Mon.-Fri.

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

CLOSEOUT TRAIL 8 STEEL INC AUCTION Thurs., June 28th, 2012 10:30 am 15-mi South on #8 of Kamsack.

Kamsack, SK. Contact: (306)542-3132. TRAIL 8 STEEL INVENTORY: “CHECK FOR AVAILABILITY PRIOR TO SALE DATE” Quantity of new steel, tubing, pipe, flats, angles, sheets, shafts, DOM & CDSM. Steel racks, plate racks, steel stands, cut-off saws, banding equipment. New water-bowls, Cattle mineral feeders, calving sleds & much more! EQUIPMENT: 1998 JCB 930 All-terrain 4 wheel dr Forklift, 4 cyl Perkins DSL, cab, 5-ft prongs, side shift, 5,000-hrs; MF all-terrain forklift, 3 cyl Perkins DSL, side-shift; 1994 3500 Chev dually 4x4 6.5L 5-SPD, steel deck & fuel tank w/elec pump; 1987 Peterbilt 400 Cat recent major, RTLO14713 new trans; 45-ft Ram flat deck, semi trailer, wide-spread tandem; Steel headache rack for semi truck w/chain lock up & tray; Large V-plow for making snow-traps; 1969 GMC gravel truck, b&h, Toro-flow 7.8L V-6 DSL (motor good); 1985 Ford F250, V-8, stnd; 1984 Nissan 4x4 light truck; 1977 Datsun torch truck; 2005 Agco 5200 30-ft. draper header w/PU reels ser#HP10442 done only 600-acs, shedded; 2003 Anderson RB9000 bale-wrapper, mint cond; NH 195, 400bus. manure-spreader, mint cond; Leon 550 hyd. push-off scraper excellent cond; JD 3010 DSL tractor w/Nor-Plains FEL; IHC 470 14-ft. tandem disc. hyd. lift on rubber; Melcam 410 fork-type stonepicker; Single prong bale fork for late model FEL; Shulte 3-PTH heavy-duty 6-ft. brush mower; MF 3-PTH, 4 bottom plow; 4 wheel 3-PTH hay rake; 3-PTH bale fork; Fenders & other parts for 4020 JD tractor; Complete set of dual wheels for JD 4020; Root fork for FEL; 21-in. hammer-mill has balefeeder, 4 new screens, (off NH 357 mix-mill); Antique grain-cleaner, quite complete, good shape; JD tractor parts. Call (306)542-3132, (306)542-4252, (306)542-7885. Fax (306)542-3315 Due to health concerns Ernie & Kathy are closing Trail 8 steel & downsizing their workload. Major cattle & Trail 8 Steel equipment in good & above average condition. Iron sold upon availability. Online biding at 1:00pm. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for updated listing & pics. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661.

License #915851.

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks 1982 CHEVY 1/2-TON, 2WD, motor needs work, after market rims, sunroof, buckets, lots of potential, $1,750 OBO; 1991 GMC Sierra Z71, 4WD, regular cab, runs well, needs tranny, approx 300,000-km, aluminum rims, $1,750 OBO. Phone Bernie (204)825-8558.

2000 FORD 150 SUPER cab, short box, 4x4, red, safetied, $5,000 OBO. Phone (204)955-2209.

MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a large equipment yard auction & estate auction for Bryan Lawson Sat., June 23rd, 2012 10:00 am at the Estevan Motor Speedway on the Shand Access Road E. Side of Estevan, Sask. Watch for signs! Up for auction 20-ftx50ft insulated & lined shop for removal before Oct. 31st, 2012. Up for auction Vers 856 4WD tractor w/PTO; Hesston 956 round bale w/net wrap & bale kicker, Hesston 856A round baler auto-matic w/net wrap & bale kicker; Case RS 561 round baler automatic w/twine tie; JD 4240 2WD tractor; JD 4430 2WD tractor w/JD 148 FEL & grapple fork; JD 8440 4WD tractor; JD 8430 4WD tractor; JD 2130 2WD tractor w/JD 145 FEL; JD 4010 2WD DSL tractor w/Case 70 FEL; JD 401 C 2WD indus-trial tractor; JD 544G wheeled loader w/quick coupler; Cat 950 F wheeled loader w/4.5-yd bucket needs some work; Elgin 3 wheel street sweeper; Cockshutt 1550 2WD tractor; Vers 700 4WD tractor w/12-ft dozer blade & rear mount Allied 895 loader; Case 1370 2WD tractor w/ clamp on duals; 2005 Dodge Laramie DSL 2500 quad cab 4WD; 2005 PJ gooseneck tandem flat deck trailer; 1996 Lode King 53-ft. Drop Deck triple axle trailer; transport chain & semi tie down straps; 2, 200 barrel oilfield drilling tanks on skids; 1999 Chev Z71 LS extended cab 4WD, Belarus 611 2WD DSL tractor w/PTO; Gleaner L-2 SP combine; Gleaner 24-ft straight cut header; MF 24-ft 9024 combine header; Case IH 7200 Hoe Drills w/ eagle beaks & Bergen transport; Vers 20-ft PT swather w/ Macdon PU reel; Koenders Poly swath roller; SP swather transport, many 3-PTH im-plements; 1986 IH Cargostar 466 DSL 1750 B sin-gle axle truck w/Case IH 595 manure spreader & automatic trans; Case 8465 Round baler; MF #12 square baler & stooker; MF 124 square baler; NH 852 round baler; NH 1100 SP haybine; NH hay rake; 5 bundles 1x8-8-ft windbreak slabs; 4 Ritchie livestock water bowls; Sven roller mill; IH 3-PTH snowblower; Minneapolis Moline 3-PTH blade; 10x60 Bergen swing auger, 1999 Skyjack 7027 scissor lift w/Kubota gas engine; 2007 Polaris Ranger 4WD side by side quad w/332-hrs; Polaris 400 4WD quad; 16-ft. Edson open bow boat w/90-HP Johnson engine, Columbia gas powered golf cart; vintage Honda XL80 trail bike; 1976 440 Sno Jet; 1971 338 Sno Jet Star Jet; JD 400 garden tractor; hard top canopy’s to fit Polaris Rangers; 2 place snowmobile trailer; 1966 Oldsmobile Cutlass 2 door hardtop car; 1959 4 door Impala 4 door for restoration; Craftsman 15.5-HP garden tractor; 1981 Cargostar single axle grain truck w/Allison automatic; 1995 Chev extended cab short box PU; 1995 Ford 150 4WD truck; 1998 Ford F150 4WD extended cab PU; 1994 Ford F150 4WD extended cab; 2003 Dodge mini van; 1997 Mercury Marquis car; 1993 GMC Jimmy; 1994 Chrysler Intrepid; 1993 Chev 2WD PU; 1993 GMC Safari mini van; 1993 Freightliner single axle 24-ft delivery van w/ ramp; 1985 IHC delivery van w/466 engine, 1986 48ft. Dorsey semi trailer van; 1980 45-ft. Trail Mobile semi trailer van; 1986 3-ton gravel truck; 1979 GMC motorhome camper van w/87,000-km; 1967 Dodge 1-Ton dually w/steel box & hoist; 1974 GMC 5000 grain truck w/steel box & hoist; Farm King 7-46 grain auger w/Onan engine; Sakundiak 6-33 grain auger; Westfield 7-33 auger w/13-HP Honda engine; Sakundiak 6-36 grain auger; 28-ft JD 655 air seeder; 33-ft Allis Chalmers 2600D Double Disc, 35-ft IH 55 chisel plow cultivator; 27-ft IH Vibra cultivator; 12-ft acreage cultivator; Rockomatic rock picker; 12-ft rock rake PTO drive; Land Pride 3-PTH 5-ft finishing mower; cement mixer; Leon FEL; 100 Barrel tri axle pup trailer; 2002 tilt 24-ft trailer flat deck trailer w/7,000-lbs winch; Well site mobile rig shack w/10x32 living quarters, shopbuilt 20-ft hi-boy flatdeck trailer; Arnold Bros storage reefer van, enclosed B train storage trailers w/fuel storage & parts shelving; tandem axle dolly convertor; Rhino aluminum tub ATV trailer; Aluminum jet ski lift; Cub Cadet zero turn RZT lawn mower w/40-hrs; Eagle gas engine air compressor, slip tanks; 1,250-gal poly water tanks, aluminum ladders & step ladders; Metal Industries 1,500-bu hopper bottom bin.

Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for complete printable sale bill, photos & video. Join us on Facebook.

(306)487-7815 or (306)421-2928. Mack Auction Co. PL 311962.

BULL BARS & BRACKET for a highway tractor, in excellent shape. Phone:(204)868-5040.

FOR SALE: BRUSH GUARDS & brackets for vehicles. For more info, Phone:(204)868-5040 T800 KENWORTH 15-SPD, BRAND new box, $50,000 OBO. Phone:(204)436-2364 or (204)750-1019.

CONTRACTING CONTRACTING Custom Harvest WILL DO CUSTOM HARVESTING: Peas, cereals, canola, & soybeans. Flex heads, straight heads & PU headers. Professional operation fully insured.

Phone:(204)433-7557 or (701)520-4036

CONTRACTING Custom Work ALLAN DAIRY IS TAKING bookings for the 2012 silage season. For more information call (204)3711367 or (204)371-7302 C & C DIGGING, ditching, dug outs, clean outs, lagoons, demolition, land clearing, disking, heavy disc rentals, manure stockpiling, verticle beater ma-nure spreading, dirt & gravel hauling w/track hoes, long-reach track hoe, bulldozer, loader, trucks, laser & brush cutter. Phone:(204)749-2222 (204)856-3646

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. Find us on Facebook!

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 PRAIRIE SILAGE SERVICES are now taking bookings for the 2012 silage season in Western MB & Eastern SK. We offer full, efficient service at competitive rates, for ensilaging alfalfa, grain & corn crops. Call Alec (204)867-0939

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 2008 BOBCAT T250, 1100-hrs CAH, hiflo hyd. VG tracks, excellent machine. Asking $31,000. Phone:(701)521-0581 CASE W14 WHEEL LOADER, well maintained, $17,500.

Case 450 Crawler dozer, 6-way blade, $17,500. Cat 931 crawler loader, Powershift trans, pedal steer, good undercarriage, $13,500. www.waltersequipment.com Phone (204)525-4521 D6C 310 JD BACKHOE; 945 Liebherr excavator.

Phone (204)352-4306 HYD PULL SCRAPERS, 6-40-YDS caterpillar A.C./LePlant, LeTourneau, etc. PT & direct mount available. Bucyrus Erie, 20-yds, cable, $5,000. PT motor grater $14,900; tires available. Phone: (204)822-3797. Morden, MB.

EQUINE FOR SALE: TWO SEAT horse drawn buggy, Democrat by McLaughlin, Asking $1,750. Phone Robert:(204)233-6789

AUTO & TRANSPORT Semi Trucks & Trailers

FARM MACHINERY

1998 KENWORTH T-2000, new steering tires, newer drives, new tranny, clutch, new injector cups, 1.3m km’s, drives great, safetied, 475-HP Cat, 13-SPD, $13,900. Bernie (204)825-8558.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Augers

1 SET OF B-TRAINS; 1 Hi-Boy & 1 step, 30-ft. each, will split; 1985 640 Universal tractor, 2WD; 1991 486 round baler, shedded. (204)252-2266 (204)871-1185.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Vans 2000 GMC SLE SAVANA 3500, passenger van w/removable seats for cargo, tow hitch, 166,500-kms, VGC, $6,100 OBO. Phone: (204)785-0888, Lockport.

BEEKEEPING BEEKEEPING Bee Equipment 68 WOOD TRAYS, SIZE 40x15, nesting box, 25x42, bee tumbler, black lights. Phone:(204)367-2522.

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS

JG MODULAR AUGER COMPONENTS. Eight sizes up to 12-in diameter. Galvanized tubing. Custom installations our specialty. Performance Feed Works, Wawanesa MB. Phone:toll free 1-866-903-2068

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins

4-2200-BU HOPPER BINS W/AERATION & fans. 2-2,000bu Westeel hopper bins w/aeration, no fans. 2-1,650-bu Westeel bins on wood floors. 2-1,600-bu Metal Industries hopper bins. Call for pricing Phone:(204)375-6547 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 Book now! Fert Tanks.

Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmovers@hotmail.com STORE KING HOPPER BINS: 3-5,000-bu skid air; 6-3,200-bu skids & 3 air; 6-2,400-bu, 2 air; 6-4,000 bu, air; 5 flat bottom bins, various sizes. 9 Grain guard fans, used very little. Mover available. Phone:(204)658-3537

SPRING BLOWOUT!!

WESTSTEEL BINS 3- 2000-BUSHEL, 1 - 3850, 1 4450, 2 - Belen 2900 Bushel, Oak Bluff.

Phone:(204)895-8326 or (204)795-4191

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

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers

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

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

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

BUILDINGS AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post frame building company. For estimates and information call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322). Website: www. postframebuilding.com

NEW MC DRYERS IN STOCK w/canola screens 3002,000 BPH units. Why buy used, when you get new fuel efficient & better quality & control w/MC. Call Wall Grain for details (204)269-7616 or (306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Baling 1033 BALE WAGON, $3,000 OBO. Phone:(204)367-2929, Pine Falls.

1998 NH 688 ROUND baler good condition, $10,500; 1033 NH bale stacker, new treated plywood sides, good condition. Call (204)745-3301 or (204)750-8187, Carman, MB. 2000 JD 566 ROUND baler, new belts, 13,500 bales on monitor; 2001 4865 New Idea baler, 7,800 bales on monitor. Phone (204)744-2470 or (204)825-7202 2001 NH 688, $7000; NH 664 w/net wrap, $6500; NH 664; CIH RBX 562. Phone:(204)636-2448, Erikson, MB. CASE-IH 8575 LARGE SQUARE Baler, GC; Inland 4000 square bale picker, GC; 2004 1475 NH haybine, VGC. Phone:(204)467-5984 leave msg, Stonewall.

CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design.

References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.

HESSTON 565T ROUND BALER, land core, new belts, good condition. $6,500, offers considered.

Cell:(204)857-1873 or House:(204)637-2425.

C.S.A CONSTRUCTION, SPECIALIZING IN concrete, flatwork & foundations. We also postframe & frame buildings. Anywhere in Manitoba. Phone:(204)212-2970 or Email:csapenner11@hot-mail.com.

JD 1991 535 ROUND baler, nice shape, $9,000; Looking for JD 8820 or a 9600 Combine; Phone:(204)638-8415

BUSINESS SERVICES

John Deere 567 Round Baler silage and mega wide, all but wrap, purchased Nov. 2005, not used in 2010, 2011 only approx. 1100 bales lifetime. Excellent shape. Roblin, Ph: (204)937-7562

BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

NH 644 AUTOWRAP ROUND baler, 1,000 PTO, reliable, field ready, 2nd owner, $6,900 OBO. Stuart (204)762-5805, Lundar.

FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS

NH 853 ROUND BALER, new chain & PU, rebuilt PU last year, $3,500. (204)722-2023

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

VERMEER 605 J round baler, good condition, always stored inside. Phone:(204)851-5810 or (204)855-3268. Oak Lake, MB. VERMEER BALER 605XL, EXCELLENT condition, asking price $17,500. Phone:(204)739-3667

FARM MACHINERY Hay & Harvesting – Mower Conditioner 2000 NH 1441, Disc, Rubber Rolls, 15-ft., Sale $13,750; NH 415, Disc, Rubber Rolls, 10-ft., As Is, Sale $4,950. Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com FOR SALE: 16-FT. MACDON 5000 haybine, in excellent condition, $6,500 OBO. Phone (204)768-2788, early mornings or evenings.

NH 1475 16-FT MOWER conditioner, shedded & in good condition. Phone:(204)655-3391

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Swathers 2002 8152 30-FT MACDON swather w/mounted roller, 1900 engine, bought new, VGC, asking $55,000. Phone:(204)436-2364 or (204)750-1019 FOR SALE: 1996 MASSY 220 25-ft swather, diesel, Shumacher drive, 2,330-hrs, U2 PU reel, real good condition, asking $25,000. Phone:(204)825-7427 night, (204)825-0132, Charles.

MACDON WESTWARD 9250 SWATHER in excellent condition, 25-ft 972 header, always shedded, low hours, canvas & knife very good. Asking $60,000 OBO. 25% non-refundable deposit will hold until on or before Sept 1, 2012. Elm Creek, Jim Phone:(204)745-8007, (204)745-3543 home.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Various 2001 NH 648, Silage Special, Ramps, 4x5, Sale $7,750; 2001 NH 688, Tandem Wheels, Ramps, 5x6, Sale $7,750; 2001 JD 567, Std PU, Monitor, Push Bar, 5x6, Sale $14,750; 1998 NH 664, Autotie, Ramp, 5x6, shows nice, Sale $8,750; 1996 NH 664, Autotie, Ramp, 5x6, Sale $7,750. Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com 2002 688 NH BALER, auto-wrap, 540 PTO, always shedded, $9,400. Phone:(204)767-2327 2002 NH DISC BINE model 1432 serial 661357 price $14,000, ready to go to work. Phone Roland (204)372-6201 Kris (204)308-0256 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 FOR SALE: 1 TUBE line model 5500 bale wrapper.

Phone (204)347-5761 FOR SALE: 499 12-FT NH Haybine, in VGC, asking $6,250; NH 275 Manure spreader, VGC, $2,000.

Phone:(204)526-7687 or (204)723-2034, Treherne.

FOR SALE: 6-ROW 30-IN Cressoni chopping corn head in VGC. Phone:(204)379-2031, St Claude.

GEM SILAGE 30-IN. STRETCH rolls, $88; Bunker covers 5.3 cents sq. ft.; Also vinyl hay tarps 16 ounces square yard, $280 each. (204)522-8514 SELF-LOADING SILAGE WAGON rotary cutter, 30-CU meters, good working order, $18,500 OBO. 2010 MF 10 wheel carted V-rake, as new condition, $4,500 OBO. Phone: (204)373-2162

2-2000 HOPPER BINS ON skids, Vidir/Sunrise $12,000 OBO Call St. Jean (204)758-3897

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

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

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Baling

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.

SILAGE SPECIAL JD COVEREDGE net wrap or twine, 2007 #582(#854) SS w/14 spring loaded serrated knives for dense pack option. Reverser. 4-ft. wide x5-ft. diameter. Shedded & JD inspected. GR (204)534-7843 WANTED: NEW HOLLAND BALE wagons, also accumulator and forks. Roeder Implement, Seneca, Kansas (785)336-6103

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

FOR SALE Sovema 14 wheel rake

$5,500

204-325-4433 cell 6230

Rebuilt Concaves

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

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

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

Combines FARM MACHINERY Combine – Case/IH 1020 IH FLEX-HEAD, 25-FT, new knives & guards 1-yr ago, $7,500. Phone:(204)348-2795 or (204)348-2802 2008 CASE-IH 2588 combine w/2015 PU, 476 sep hrs, 594 engine hrs, Pro 600 monitor, y/m, rice tires, shedded, heavy soil machine, $193,000. (204)735-2886, (204)981-5366

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Caterpillar Lexion 2008 36-FT HONEYBEE DRAPER header, Lexion adapter, PU reel, factory transport, 2000 acres, always shedded. Phone:(204)886-3441 2009 LEXION 595R 760ENG, 550Sep, loaded machine, GPS/mapping. All maint. records. $275,000.

Headers available. Phone:(701)521-0581

FARM MACHINERY Combine – John Deere 1982 6620, 222 RIGID Header, 220 Flex Header shedded, one owner, premium condition, 2265 engine hours, $22,500. Phone:(204)771-2169 1991 JD 9600 COMBINE, 914 PU, sunny brook cyl, fore & aft, green star moisture & bushels, 3,000-hrs, A1 condition, $45,000 OBO. (204)758-3897, St Jean.

2004 9760 STS LOADED w/PU, big rubber, 1316 separator, asking $139,000; Also 2006 630F w/air bar, excellent condition, $29,000. Phone:(204)436-2364 or (204)750-1019 2005 JD 630 FLEX, poly skids, dividers, single point, full finger auger, HHS, stubble lights, 100-ac on green light, nice condition. Phone:(204)723-5000 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 8:00 pm 930 FLEX HEAD, 2 available, 1 w/carry air reel.

Also have Header trailers, 30-ft & 36-ft in stock.

Phone:(204)746-6605 or (204)325-2496

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FARM MACHINERY Combine – John Deere

FARM MACHINERY Sprayers

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Various

JD 635F FLEX HEADS 2007 635F Hydraflex platform, HH&CM sensors, PU reel w/hyd fore/aft&resume, 24,900. 2006 635F w/same options, 21,900. 7721 pt excellent, 4500. $21,900 (204)324-7248 tim_doris@hotmail.com

2001 NH SF550 SPRAYER equivalent to Rogator 554, 2,300-hrs, 5.9 Cummins, 660-gal. SS tank, 90ft. booms, pressure washer, chem inductor, EZ steer, EZ boom, mapping. Triple nozzle bodies w/5 & 10-gal tips, 2 sets of tires, 23.1x26 & 9.5R44, excellent condition, $78,000. (204)763-8896, Minnedsoa, MB.

FOR SALE : 4020 JD 1964, 9,000-hrs, 4,000 on new piston rings & sleets, has cab. Asking $8,000.

Phone:(204)353-2499

JD 222 STRAIGHT CUT header w/Sunflower attachment, asking $3,800. Phone (204)822-3856 or (204)362-0732

Combine ACCessories FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories 1997-2002 CIH 1020 Flex Platforms 25-ft., 30-ft., Reconditioned, Sale $9,950-$14,900; 2007 CIH 2020 Flex Platforms, 35-ft. Sale $24,900; 1990-1995 JD 925, 930 Flex Platforms, Steel Pts, Poly Skids, Sale $6,900; 1996-1999 JD 925, 930 Flex Platforms, Poly Pts, Reconditioned, New PU Teeth, Poly Skids, Cutter Bar, Mint, Sale $12,900; 2000-2003 JD 925, 930 Flex Platforms, F.F. Auger, PU Reel, Poly Skids, Sale $13,900-$17,900. 2007 JD 630 Hydra Flex Platforms, Reconditioned, Like New, Sale $28,900; 2004 JD 635 Hydra Flex Platform, Reconditioned, Sale $24,900; Install a JD Flex Platform on your combine any make. We make adapter kits. Delivery anywhere in Western Canada.

Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com 1998 JD 925 R w/PU reel, new wobble box, always shedded, $8,500; 1994 224 JD header w/Lucke sunflower pans, $4,500. Phone:(204)325-2468 230/930 STRAIGHT CUT RIGID headers, starting from $5,750. Phone Bernie (204)825-8558 JD 930 FLEX HEADER, newer wobble box, guard & knife, good poly, $9500; Wanted: Pair of 18.4x26 rice tires. Phone:(204)373-2502, please leave message.

2006 AG CHEM ROGATOR 1074, 2,900-hrs, 1,080-gal SS tank, 60/100-ft. booms, auto steer mapping equipped. Raven 5000 monitor 4 new floaters, 2 new skinny tires, runs excellent, field ready, $139,900. Phone Bernie (204)825-8558 96-FT. FLEXICOIL SERIES 62 PT sprayer, wind screens, pump only 4 yrs old, 800-gal tank, foam markers, $2,175. Phone Bernie (204)825-8558 FELIXCOIL 67XL 90-FT. SUSPENDED boom sprayer, hyd drive, wind screens, 1,200-gal tank, $20,000 OBO. Phone Harder Farm Ltd. (204)745-0187, Carman.

Tillage & Seeding FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Air Drills 1994 JD 787/730 air disc drill, 44-ft., new discs, carbide scrapes, many bearings, shovels, markers, tank is like new, always shedded, field ready, $21,900. Bernie (204)825-8558 CASE IH/CONCORD ATX5010, 10-IN, 50-ft, excellent condition, w/Case IH/2300 tank, 3 1/2-in Dutch openers, lots of maintenance done. $34,900.

Phone:(204)391-1011 or Email: pro_terra@hotmail.com

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Air Seeders 1995-1996 5000 57-FT. FLEXICOIL air drill, 2320 tank, 4-in. rubber press, 7.5-in. spacing, new bearings & metering rollers, field ready, asking $36,500 OBO. (204)476-6907 FLEXI-COIL 33-FT 800 W/1610 plus tank, new 3.5in shovels, new primary hoses, markers. Tank has been sand blasted & painted, new auger, $18,500 OBO. Phone:(204)325-2468

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Tillage HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES. Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595 charles@arcfab.ca www.arcfab.ca

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories USED JD CRAWLER PARTS for 420, 440, 1010, 350B, 350C; 350 JD bucket; 4 cyl reefer engines & electric motors; 1 truck reefer MD2; used KD2 reefer parts & rebuilt compressors; 1956 Chev 1-Ton truck 6 cyl engine. (204)667-0675, (204)227-7333

Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd.

41-FT 680 JD chisel plow w/summers 3 row harrows anhydrous kit & hitch. Phone (204)375-6547

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Various FOR SALE: SUNFLOWER TANDEM disc 32-ft cflex in VGC. Phone:(204)379-2031,St Claude.

TracTors FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Allis/Deutz

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

1987 DUETZ 7085 FWA, open-station, 85 hp, 5,900-hrs, Allied 794 FEL $17,000. (204)525-4521 www.waltersequipment.com

Tractors Combines Swathers

1985 4-270 WHITE, 270-300-hp, PTO, 4spd p-shift 4,300-hrs, Asking $26,500. Phone:(204)322-5483 or (204)461-0854

FYFE PARTS

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

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

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

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

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – White

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Case/IH 1990 CASE IH 7140, 198 hp, MSWD, 3 remotes, 1000 PTO, 6,875-hrs, new rubber, 420/85R28’s & 520/85R42 singles, $39,500 or $45,500 w/JD Starfire auto-steer system. Phone:(204)955-5562. Rosser, MB. INTL B414 INCLUDES 3-PTH, forks, bucket, blade, snow blower, $8,000 OBO. Phone (204)766-2397

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere 1996 JD 8100, MFWD, 7500-hrs, 3PT quikhitch PTO 4Hyd., 14.9x46 duals & front duals, GPS ready. $60,000. Phone:(701)825-6247 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, v.g rubber, low hrs; 4650 MFWD, 15-SPD; 4455 MFWD, 3-pt, 15-SPD; 4455 MFWD, 15-SPD; 4250 MFWD, 3-pt, 15-SPD; 2950 MFWD, 3-pt, w/260 s/l FEL; 2950 MFWD, 3-pt, w/740 S.L FEL, grapple; 4440 quad, fact duals; 4240 quad, 3-pt; 2755 MFWD, 3-pt, w/245 FEL; 2555 MFWD, 3-pt, w/245 FEL, grapple; 2555 CAH, 3-pt, 4,600 hrs, w/146 FEL; All tractors can be sold w/new or used loaders. BEN PETERS JD TRACTORS LTD. (204)828-3628 shop, (204)750-2459 cell. Roseisle, MB.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Massey Ferguson 1985 3545 MF TRACTOR 2WD, 125 PTO HP, 4,500-hrs, trans 16 forward gears 8 reverse, $14,000. Phone (204)727-8038

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

Spraying EquipmEnt FARM MACHINERY Sprayers 1996 FLEXICOIL 65 130-FT. 1,000 US gallons, 18.x4-26 tires 10 ply, basic on/off monitor, disc markers, nozzles XR8003 or 11003-50 mesh, rebuilt pump & solenoids & boom cyls, spent $1,200.

(204)746-5507 or (204)746-8122, St Jean.

1998 MELROE 4640 SPRAY Coup, 2030hrs, 25 on rebuilt trans, Trimble 250 GPS, 60ft, $35,000; 120-ft Flexi-Coil Model 65, $3,500.

Phone:(204)636-2448 2000 AG CHEM ROGATOR 854, 4,590-hrs, 800gal SS tank, 2 sets of tires, runs excellent, 60/90-ft. booms, Raven Monitor, $67,900 OBO. Phone Bernie (204)825-8558

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Versatile FOR SALE: 1985 VERSATILE 876 4-WD, 280HP, 20.8-38 tires, PTO, re-built power shift, always shedded, $25,000. Phone:(204)743-2173, Cypress River.

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 – 4 Wheel Drive 1978 VERS 825 SERIES II 250-HP newer inside drives, batteries, new seat, outback auto, 1,600-hrs on new engine, steer equipped, atom jet kit, $13,750. Bernie (204)825-8558 1982 VERS 835, 235-HP, 20.8 tires, 5,100-hrs, air ride seat, outback auto steer equipped, runs excellent, $17,900. Phone Bernie (204)825-8558

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Various 1206 IHC; MINNEAPOLIS G; Minneapolis 670.

Phone (204)352-4306 1994 JD 6400, CAH, MFWD, PQ w/RH Rev, 3-PTH, JD 640 Ldr, 5,200-hrs, One Owner, Sale $37,750; 2008 NH T6040 Elite, CAH, MFWD, LH Rev, 3-PTH, NH 840 TL Ldr, 2,440-hrs, One Owner, Sale $64,750. Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com

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STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALIST

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

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

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 1049 NH BALE PICKER, has new hyd pump, brakes, king pins, runs well; Case IH 685 tractor, w/cab, air, heater, 2255 CIH loader, 3-PTH, only 1600-hrs. Phone:(204)334-1378 1978 FORD(700) 16X8 BOX, $2,900. Mayrath g.auger, 10x60, $1,150. 10-ft, 3P.H D.tiller $275 W/ trade on misc. mach. Phone:(204)347-5995. St. Malo.

1980 JD TRACTOR 4440; 1979 JD combine 6620; 1980 GMC 3-ton truck; JD 21-ft Swather; 2 12-ft tandem discers; 7-in 36-ft auger. Phone Gerry (204)736-4296 1983 MF 860 COMBINE, 9001 belt PU, chopper, chaff spreader, hopper ext, rear traction tires, 6-cyl, standard trans, VGC, always shedded, $6,400; 18ft MF straight cut header w/sunflower attach, VCG, $1,000; JD 444 corn header, 4 x 36-in row, will fit MF combines, VGC, $2,600. Phone:(204)828-3396, Graysville.

1990 28-FT. IHC HOE drill built in transport, has new toews folding markers, asking $1,750; AC cultivator w/anhydrous applicator NH3 35-ft., asking $850. Phone (204)728-1861 or (204)720-3800 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 1998 FORD XL STANDARD cab 4x4 wheel drive, 4.2 engine 144,000-kms, $4,470; 1 new 16-ft beavertail trailer tandem axles $2740 retail, spec $2,625. Phone:(204)822-1354 1 FARM KING 7X31-FT auger, 1 Sakundiak 7x41-ft auger, both 5hp w/electric motors; 1 Haysaver 3-PTH, 2-wheel hay rake, like new; 1 4-row row crop rolling cultivator w/new spiders.

Phone:(204)745-2851 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

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

GRASSHOPPER® AVAILABLE

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204-837-1660

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www.edgeequipmentsales.com FOR SALE: 1680 CASE IH combine 1993, Cum-mins DSL, specialty rotor, long auger, approx 2,850 eng hrs, straw chopper, rock trap, hopper topper.Well maintained & very reliable, always shedded, asking $35,000 OBO. Contact Claude (204)744-2501 home or (204)825-0001 cell.

FOR SALE: 22-FT OF Morris 8011 seed-drills; 56-ft field sprayer w/400-gal aluminum tank; Degelman 4 bat stone picker, ground driven; Swath roller; JD umbrella (like new). All are in good shape. Phone: (204)748-1024 FOR SALE: 30-FT. JD straight header knife, will fit on 600 series, like new; 3 large grain concave JD will fit on axle flow, 60 & 70 series combine, like new; 3 chaffers sieve will fit on 8820 JD Titan II combine, sell cheap; Suitcase weight for Summer double disc, approx 2,000-lb; 8-ft. roller packer for Canola & Flax, sell cheap. (204)758-3417, (204)746-5727, St Jean, MB. FOR SALE 3350 BUS. Weststeel Rosco bin, new style door, ready to move, open to offers; 10-ft Farm King swath roller, open to offers.

Phone:(204)822-3086 FOR SALE: ROCK-O-MATIC, PTO stone picker, for $1,400. For Sale: Deep Tiller 12-ft for $250.

Phone (204)248-2019 GRAVITY WAGONS: NEW 400-BU., $6,700; 600bu., $12,000; used 250-750-bu., $2,000 & up; Grain Carts 450-1,050-bu. Brent 610, $9,500; Brent 410, $8,500; JM 875, $20,000; Grain Screeners, $200 & up; Kwik Kleen 5 Tube, $4,000; 7 Tube, $6,500; Extra Screens, $150 each; Gehl 14-ft. haybine, $3,900; NH 116 Needs some work, $3,000; 9-ft. NH mower, $2,200; IH #1100, $1,500; Melroe plows 7-18, $3,000; 8-18, $3,000; 8-16, $3,000. Phone (204)857-8403 HEAVY DUTY BOX SCRAPERS, built with 5/8 steel, 2 hyd. cyl for larger tractors, 10-ft. $3,950.

12ft & 14ft superduty also available. All Sizes in Available. (204)746-6605 or (204)325-2496 INTL 986 w/2350 Loader 3-pt & duals, NH 195 manure spreader, like new; 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 JD 1995 790 ELC TRACKHOE, low hrs; Komatsu WA 320-1 3yd loader, JD 3830 16ft hay header; UH 122 trackhoe; Cat 631 scraped 24-yd; Bomag 170 PD packer Cummings motor. (306)236-8023 JD 4995 16-FT DISCBINE 2009; also Honey Bee 25-ft grain header 47-ft flex coil 800 Deep Tillage; 45-ft Willrich Cultivator; Cummings 240bp skid mount clutch & trans; 860 MF PU & 20-ft grain.

(306)236-8023

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

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

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1-800-587-4711

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

LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD. GRUNTHAL, MB. Agent for T.E.A.M. Marketing Regular cattle sales every Tuesday @ 9 am Accepting holstein calves every Tuesday to be sold at noon

JD 8430 TRACTOR PTO, runs & looks good, $19,250; NH TV140 tractor w/grapple or manure fork, $60,000; NH TX66 w/Swathmaster PU, $27,500; JD 28-ft. heavy duty tandem discer, $10,500; JD 590 PT swather, excellent condition, $4,000; Sakundiak HD10-2000 PTO auger, asking $3,000. (204)825-4289

Saturday, June 23rd Horse and Tack sale Tack @ 10 am / horses @ 1 pm Please note: We will be accepting livestock till 8pm Friday, June 22nd and until 12 noon sale day.

2003 567 JD ROUND baler w/hyd mega-wide PU, push bar & 1000 PTO, VGC. 6931 bales. $20,000; IHC #10 12-ft end wheel grain drill in good condition. $800. Call:(204)526-2025, Holland, MB.

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.

Sales Agent for HIQUAL INDUSTRIES

2012 MANDAKO 45-FT LANDROLLER, low acres, like new. $29,000. Phone:(701)825-6247

NH 1475 14-FT HAYBINE w/2300 header, shedded & field ready, $12,800; New Concept Industries 150-bushel roller mix mill, shedded & excellent shape, $14,500; Used baler belts from BR780 NH baler, good shape, $150 per belt; Complete Xtra wide PU assembly for BR780 NH baler, in good shape, $1200; 4, 900x20 truck tires on rims, ready to go, good for farm use, $80 per tire.

Phone:(204)425-3802

41-FT 680 JD chisel plow w/summers 3 row harrows anhydrous kit & hitch. NH 680 manure spreader w/double beater. Phone:(204)375-6547 960 22-FT NH STRAIGHT header, converted to fit TR75 & TR85, $1,000; 203 20-ft Co-op deep tiller, $1,500; 3,500-gal Wic manure tank, $2,000; Irrigation system w/forty 40-ft lengths of 6-in aluminum pipe w/pump & quarter mile of hose on reel, $8,000.

Phone:(204)371-7374, Landmark.

BALERS JD 535, $5,900; JD 530, $3,900; JD 510, $1,500; New Idea 485, $3,500; Row Crop Cultivators 4-12R Lilliston 6-8R, priced to sell; Wishek 14ft. dics, $16,000; IH #760, $5,000; IH #770, $8,000; JD 16-ft. $4,000; Rippers DMI 5 shank, $10,900; 7 shank, $12,900; 10-ft. box scraper, $2,150; 12-ft., $2,450; Cattle squeeze, $1,600; Creep Feeder, $1,200; Hesston 2410 Disc 40-ft., $6,000. Phone (204)857-8403 BRENT 876 GRAIN CART w/tarp, 850-bu, excellent condition, $26,900; 2005 Kilbros 1400 grain cart w/tarp, 850-bu, $19,900; Kilbros 575 grain cart, 600-bu, new rubber, $14,900. Can convert all to hyd. (204)746-6605 CENTERLINE 220 GPS SYSTEM by Teejet, $800 OBO; 95-ft. Flexicoil #62 sprayer w/disc markers & foam markers, $3,800 OBO; New Honda GX120 2in. water pump, $425 OBO; Westfield 8x41 w/25-HP Kohler engine self propelled & wheat heart drag swing auger, $4,700 OBO; JD 9350 drill 3x10ft. w/drill carrier seed, fertilizer & grass seed attachment, $2,700 OBO; Haulall seed tanks 9x8-ft., $800 OBO. (204)746-8721 FORD REVERSIBLE REAR SCOOP, lever trip dump, 3-PTH, $475 OBO; 60-in Ford adjustable angle blade, 3-PTH, $350 OBO; MF 2 furrow plow, 3-PTH, $325 OBO, all in excellent working condition. Phone:(204)269-1056

NH DISCBINE 1432, BEHLER 10 Wheel Rake, Mole Hill Leveler, all excellent condition. Shellmouth, MB. Phone:(204)564-2540. www.buyandsellfarmmachinery.com WANTED: 23.1X26 RIMS W/WO tires to fit JD 1900 commodity cart. Phone (204)825-0257

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

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

WANTED: 25-30-GAL FEED COOKER in good condition. Phone:(204)685-2810 WIRELESS DRIVEWAY ALARMS, calving/foaling barn cameras, video surveillance, rear view cameras for RV’s, trucks, combines, seeders, sprayers and augers. Mounted on magnet. Calgary, AB (403)616-6610 www.FAAsecurity.com

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted 91 OR 93 MCCORMICK Deering IHC combine, parts or whole combine. Phone:(204)737-2275 between 6 & 7 p.m.

WANTED: 6-FT. PRESS DRILL, 3-PTH sprayer.

Phone (204)750-4000 WANTED: PARTS FOR JD offset disc; 28-ft model 6200 I.H.C drill w/factory transport; 20.8x38 duals for Case tractor. Phone:(204)768-2196

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

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FEEDER/SLAUGHTER SALES Every Friday 9AM Receiving open until 11PM Thursdays

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various

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

20 MIXED BRED HEIFERS bred to easy calving reg Hereford bull, start calving 3rd week of July.

Phone (204)379-2408, St Claude.

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SUMMER SHEEP & GOAT SALES 1st Thursday of Every Month July 5th 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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BATTLE LAKE FARM HAS PB Black & Red yearling Angus bulls & 2, 2 yr old Red bulls for sale. Phone (204)834-2202, Carberry.

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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

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DRUMHAGGART LTD HAS 2 yearling Reg AI sired Black Angus bulls for sale. One: March/11(81lbs), sire Sitz Upward, Dam Bennet Total/Dateline.

Second: April/11(80-lbs), sire Providence, Dam Bennet Total/Bando. Semen tested & breeding soundness examined. $2500 each, firm. Beausejour, John or Corina (204)268-4478 FOR SALE:15 Black Angus yearling bulls. Phone Holloway Angus (204)741-0070 or (204)483-3622 Souris, MB.

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FOR SALE: 45 YEARLING Black Angus bulls, excellent quality, $2,000-$2,500 & some 2 to 4 yr old bulls. Merlin Scott (204)835-2087, McCreary, MB. FOR SALE: REG YEARLING Black Angus bulls $1,500 each, birth weights 75-85 lbs. Phone (204)428-3625, Portage.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus 2 YR OLD & yearling Red & Black PB Angus bulls for sale, semen tested. Phone (204)834-2202, Carberry.

REG PURE BRED RED Angus yearling bulls & two 2-yr old bulls for sale. Semen tested, guaranteed, papers & delivered. Call Don (204)422-5216 YEARLING RED ANGUS BULLS for sale, semen tested & guarenteed w/papers, Phone: (204)252-3136 or (204)871-2197 after 5:00 p.m.

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2 TWO-YR OLD BULLS. Not overconditioned. One Red factor, above average testicular, semen tested, on grass & ready to go. Excellent feet & legs, delivered. Ian Milliken. Phone:(204)877-3346, Reston. imilliken@mts.net FOR SALE: YEARLING & 2 yr old Charolais bulls, coloured & white, quiet, tested, delivered, $2,100.

Wayne Angus (204)764-2737, Hamiota.

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

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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)8542530

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

POLLED YEARLING GELBVIEH BULLS & also Red Angus Gelbvieh cross bulls. Birthweight from 72-lbs. Phone Wayne at Selin’s Gelbvieh (306)793-4568, Stockholm, SK

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford 1 QUALITY YEARLING PB horned bull, no papers, out of a perfect uddered heavy milking Polled cow.

Phone Francis Poulsen (204)436-2284 or (204)745-7894, Elm Creek.

Horses LIVESTOCK Horse Auctions 26TH ANNUAL Rocking Sept 1st, 2012. Keystone Catalogue deadline July (204)325-7237 e-mail www.rockingw.com

REG POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, good selection of coming 2 yr olds, naturally developed, quiet, broke to tie, guaranteed, delivery available. Catt Brothers (204)723-2831 Austin, MB

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Center Brandon, MB. 15th. For more info rockingw@xplornet.com

LIVESTOCK Horses – Quarter Horse

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

FOR SALE: 3 & 4-yr old black angus bulls, quiet, semen tested. Phone:(204)365-0066. Shoal Lake, MB.

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REGISTERED QUARTER HORSE PERFORMANCE stallion for sale. Tivio Pep San, sired by Sonny Pep San grullo. 15 hands, EUA tested, 15 years. Asking $1,600 Phone:(204)762-5892

Swine

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Limousin

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

FOR SALE: 4-YR OLD polled black limousin bull, quiet, semen tested. Phone:(204)365-0066. Shoal Lake, MB

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

TRIPLE R LIMOUSIN, OFFERING bulls by private treaty, 30 yearling & 2-yr olds, Limousin & Limousin Angus, black & red, polled, performance or calving ease for heifers, out cross blood lines, your source for quality Limousin genetics. Call Art (204)685-2628 or (204)856-3440

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental

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

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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POLLED 2 YR OLD & yearling, PB & Fullblood Simmental bulls; 10 cow/calf pairs. Acomb Valley Simmentals (204)865-2246, Minnedosa.

LIVESTOCK Livestock Equipment

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Welsh Black

HAY BUSTER BIG BITE H1000, new v-belts last year, 2/3 good sides of hammers left. For more info Phone:(204)868-5040

POLLED WELSH BLACK BULLS, all ages.

Forage raised. For the most efficient crossbred cows you will ever own use Welsh Black. Studer’s at Virden MB. Phone:(204)748-1251

NH 195 400 BUSHEL tandem manure spreader, new floor chains, good shape, $6,500; 1580 IHC 380 bushel tandem spreader, good shape $4,800; Phone:(204)655-3286 or (204)655-3352, Sifton MB.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

NOTICES JOHN HILL OF THE RM of Lawrence intends to sell private land “SE 23-28-16 W, NW 23-28-16 W, NW 35-28-16 W” along w/following crown lands, SE 28-28-16 W, NW 28-28-16 W, NE 28-28-16 W, SW 27-28-16 W, NW 27-28-16 W by unit transfer. If you wish to comment or object to this transfer write Director, MAFRI Agricultural Crown Land, P.O. Box 1286, Minnedosa, MB, R0J 1E0

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REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba GYPSUMVILLE: 2,329-AC RANCH, 1,209-AC C/L Land is all close by. $399,000. Grahamdale: 3,300-ac ranch, 1,360 deeded, mach. included. $715,000. Moosehorn: 3,200-ac, 1,440 deeded, 2 Mdrn homes, self sufficient. Dallas-Red Rose: 2,560-ac, 640-ac grain, 155-ac hay, 871-ac hay & grain, 2,640-ac, 1,680-ac deeded. Fisher Branch: 574 Grain Lovely, 1,950-sq.ft. bungalow. Broadvalley: 1,440-ac, 640-ac deeded, sell w/cattle & machinery.

Eriksdale: 160-ac sheep farm, 2 bdrm bungalow, barn, bin, well fenced for sheep. Hodgson,MB: 480-ac buffalo ranch, taxes $60.00, adjoining is a 2,061ac grain & hay farm. Inwood: 1,195-ac ranch all joins handles 175 c/calf pair. Ashern: 160-ac farm w/ a 40 x 240-ft barn excellent cement floor good for sheep. Eriksdale: 630-ac on Hwy 68, $130,000. 800-ac grain land in hay, bung-bldgs, 160-ac hay land, 160-ac bush, great hunting property. Dog Lake: 480-ac great hunting & hayland. Oak Bluff: 40-ac bung., barn, great shelter priced to sell. Buying or selling Call your Manitoba Farm Realtor. See www.manitobafarms.ca. Call Harold@Delta Real Estate (204)253-7373

PETS & SUPPLIES

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Wanted

2 BORDER COLLIE FEMALE puppies for sale, father is excellent cattle dog, $150. Phone: (204)685-2376

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.

ASCA Registered Australian Shepherd Puppies. 6 Registered puppies for sale. They will be vet checked dewormed, 1st vaccinations. Parents are DNA profiled. Ready July 6th. $500. For pictures go to www.ccandk.ca (204)367-8945; lorichartier1@hotmail.com AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD PUPS, ready early July, Black tri’s & bi’s, males & females, Hangin’ Tree bloodlines, bred to work stock, pictures available, reasonably priced to farm & ranch homes.

(204)859-0064 oli.joslin@gmail.com BLUE HEELER PUPS BORN June 2 2012, mother is Blue Merle & father is Red Heeler. Excellent cattle dogs. Phone:(204)425-7702 or (204)371-5120 FOR SALE: APPROX. 150 whole frozen rabbits, suitable for pet food. Average 6-lbs each. Phone Gary:(204)749-2006 or Cell:(204)723-0082

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE Cottages & Lots 3 BDRM COTTAGE at Lake Manitoba Narrows, fully winterized & furnished, new 24x24-ft. garage, walking distance to lake, lot size 145-ft.x175-ft. For more info call (204)646-4047 or cell (204)280-9180

REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots NEW READY TO MOVE homes. 28x44, 1,232-sq. ft., 3 bdrm, 2 bath, $68,000; 30x44, 1,320-sq.ft., 3 bdrm, $75,000; 1,520-sq.ft., 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath, $85,000. Marvin Homes Inc. (204)326-1493 or (204)355-8484 OLDER ONE BDRM HOUSE for sale, to be moved, 38x20, tin roof & newer siding. Located near Dauphin.

Phone:(204)638-7320

REAL ESTATE Motels & Hotels

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Grain Wanted

REQUIRE LARGE GRAIN & cattle farms, ranches, dairies, chicken farms, hobby farms, suburban properties for our clients coming from other parts of Canada, US and Europe. Call Harold @ Delta Real Estate (204)253-7373. www.manitobafarms.ca.

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale 320-AC ALFALFA GRASS HAY, can be fenced for pasture. St. Laurent. Phone:(204)646-2060 or (204)739-3494 360-AC OF NATIVE PASTURE w/some bush.

Dugouts & natural water. Excellent perimeter fence & cross fenced into 3x80-ac & 1x120-ac to accommodate rotational grazing. East of St. Laurent.

Municipal road on 3 sides. Never over-grazed. Asking $275/acre. Phone:(204)646-2543 75.76 ACRES. BEAUTIFUL LARGE yard. Mature shelter belts around yard. Several large buildings wired. Water & hydro. Nice neighbours - me! 10-mi NE of Selkirk, Rd 33-80076. $149,000. Call Harry (204)482-7251 LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER 2 quarters of Land located in the RM of Sifton, being part of the SE1/4 & SW1/4’s of 26-9-23W, extending to 229.65-acs or thereabouts w/approx 225-ac cult being suitable for crop or forage production. Older yard with M/c shed & 5 grain bins. Also, the SW1/4 19-9-22W in the RM of Whitehead extending to 156.94-acs w/approx 100-acs cult. Tenders close July 6th 2012, w/tender forms avail from Century 21 Westman.com, 244-10th St, Brandon, MB, R7A 4E8, or call Maurice Torr (204)725-0555 LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER 621.77-ACS of Land located in the RM of Morton, comprising pt of the SE1/4 & SW1/4’s of 21-3-20W, & the NW & SW quarters of 20-3-20W, w/approx 225 cult acs suitable for crop or forage production, w/the balance in hay/pasture. Available as a whole or in parcels. Tenders close July 6th 2012, w/tender forms available from Century 21 Westman.com, 244-10th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 4E8, or call Maurice Torr at (204)725-0555 NOTICE: GILBERT SOUCY of Laurier, MB intends to sell private land (SW 13-22-16W) quarter to Collin Gamache who intends to acquire the following Crown Lands 80-acs of (NW-16-22-16) quarter 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 e-mail Robert.Fleming@gov.mb.ca

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

EXISS ALUMINUM LIVESTOCK TRAILERS. NEW STOCK. 10-yr Warranty. Prices starting at $15,100.

Leasing available. Available at Sokal Industries Ltd. Phone: (204)334-6596 e-mail: sokalind@mymts.net

TRAILERS Trailers Miscellaneous Box 144, Medora, MB. R0M 1K0 Ph: 204-665-2384

RYE GRAIN WANTED

Also Buying Brown & Yellow Flax & Field Peas Farm Pickup Available CGC Licensed and Bonded Call Cal Vandaele the “Rye Guy” Today!

“Your feed grain broker”

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.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Motorcycles CANADA’S LARGEST HELMET SELECTION & shields. Trade-ins taken, for new & used parts, etc. For motorcycles, motocross, snowmobiles, scooters, mopeds & much more. CANADIAN, 981 MainSt., Winnipeg, R2W 3P6. Phone:(204)582-4130.

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Interlake Farmland Meleb, MB. 157acres, 60/40 hay & mature trees, alongside water source 3 miles E of Hwy 7. $59,900.(204)477-9140,shelleyhenn@shaw.ca 2600-ACRE BLOCK, ALL GRASS divided into 5 rotational grazing units. Good water, fences, facilities.

3-brdm house. Phone:(204)967-2290 EXCELLENT HOBBY FARM OF 158-acres, very nice upgraded 4 level splilt home w/5 bdrms.

Beautifully sheltered yard, only 1-mile from pavement, approx 110-acres of cultivated land. Telephone Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511 www.farmsofcanada. ca Homelife Home Professional Realty Inc. FARM SPECIALIST: COUNT ON GRANT TWEED, informed, professional assistance for sellers & buyers. www.granttweed.com Call (204)761-6884 anytime. Service with integrity.

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PEDIGREED SEED PEDIGREED SEED Oilseed – Various

FOR SALE: 250 LARGE, ROUND hay bales, Alfalfa brome, no rain, good quality, excellent condition.$45/each. Can arrange delivery.

Phone:(204)746-5121 FOR SALE: SMALL SQUARE Wheat Straw bales.

Phone (204)347-5761

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

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Licensed & Bonded 0% Shrink Farm Pick-Up Available Planting Seed Available Phone (204)747-2904

Toll Free 1-888-835-6351 Deloraine, Manitoba

• 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.”

FARMERS, RANCHERS, SEED PROCESSORS BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS Heated/Spring Threshed Lightweight/Green/Tough, Mixed Grain - Barley, Oats, Rye, Flax, Wheat, Durum, Lentils, Peas, Canola, Chickpeas, Triticale, Sunflowers, Screenings, Organics and By-Products √ ON-FARM PICKUP √ PROMPT PAYMENT √ LICENSED AND BONDED SASKATOON, LLOYDMINSTER, LETHBRIDGE, VANCOUVER, MINNEDOSA

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Heated, Green, Damaged Buying all levels of damaged canola.

Excellent Market Prices.

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CORN SEED, $25/ACRE Lower cost Alternative for Grazing & Silage High Yield & Nutrition –7 to 9-ft Tall– Leafy 2200 to 2350 CHU’s Open Pollinated Varieties Phone (204)723-2831

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Hay & Straw

Agriculture Tours

CAREERS

CROWN & RED MILLET for sale, cleaned & bagged.

Phone Doug:(204)745-3370 or (204)745-7602. Carmen, MB.

SEED / FEED / GRAIN

TRAVEL

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COMMON SEED Various

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2008 TIMPTE 40-FT x 72-in AG hoppers 24.5 alum outsides, good condition. $28,000. Phone: (701)825-6247

CRYSTAL CITY, MB 204-873-2395

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.

A Season to Grow… Only Days to Pay!

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

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

CERISE RED PROSO COMMON MILLET seed & Common Crown Millet at $0.40/lb. 90%+ germination, 0% Fusarium Graminearum. Makes great cattle feed, swath grazed, dry or silage bale. Very high in protein. Energy & drought tolerant. Sold in 50-lb bags. $0.16 contracts available for 2012 crop year.

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RECREATIONAL VEHICLES All Terrain Vehicles BRAND NEW ATVS, DIRTBIKES & go-carts; 110cc $699; 125cc $899; 150cc $1,375; 250cc $1,575; 300cc $2,495; W/6 mth warranty.

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CARPENTERS, SKILLED LABORERS AND SITE SAFETY SPECIALIST REQUIRED. The FWS Group of Companies, a leading design-build contractor, is recruiting for Carpenters, Skilled Laborers & a Site Safety Specialist for our Industrial construction jobsites in Southern Manitoba. The successful candidate will possess: a productive, efficient work ethic with a positive team based attitude. Valid driver’s license & reliable transportation. Suitable qualifications as listed on our website. We offer competitive wages commensurate with level of experience & skills, group health & dental benefits, an employer sponsored retirement plan, as well as opportunities for advancement. Expected project duration is 12-16 months, however potential exists for permanent, full-time employment. For full details & the application process please visit our website at www.fwsgroup.com. We thank all applicants in advance for your interest in working with the FWS Group, however advise that contact will be made only with those under consideration.

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 MB BASE CUSTOM HARVEST Operation looking for Class 1 truck drivers & combine operators, no experience needed, good driving abstract, working in SW MB & South of Wpg, starting July 20th.

Phone (204)433-7557 or (701)520-4036 WRIGHT SPUD FARMS, a large mixed farm at Wellwood, MB has 2 F/T permanent positions available. 1st position being the operation & maintenance of all equip involved in crop production. 2nd position relates to all duties involved in management of cow/calf herd. Modern equip. Good working atmosphere, competitive wages, complete benefit package, housing is avail. For more information phone (204)834-2257 or e-mail wrightspudfarms@ hotmail.com

CAREERS Sales / Marketing

Pioneer Hi-Bred Limited is currently recruiting for a Sales Representative for Gladstone and surrounding area Responsibilities: • Call directly on customers and prospects to promote, sell and provide superior service for line-up of top quality Pioneer® brand products.

• Warehouse, invoice and deliver products.

• Conduct on-farm yield trials.

Qualifications: • Excellent knowledge of local area with an agricultural background.

• Motivated and personable with desire to build relationships with customers.

• An attitude of continual self-improvement.

• Computer skills are an asset.

• Candidate must live in area or be willing to relocate.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | June 21, 2012

WEATHER VANE

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Shift in active weather pattern Issued: Monday, June 17, 2012 · Covering: June 20 – June 27, 2012 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

I

t looks more and more like the active weather pattern we’ve been in for a couple of weeks will begin to break down during this forecast period. I find it kind of interesting that with our current active weather pattern, the temperatures have been as warm as they’ve been.

Typically, this type of pattern would bring fairly cool conditions with it as we have seen in previous years. So far this year, June temperatures are still coming in above average. This makes me wonder how warm we might get when a warmer overall pattern moves in.

We might just find out during this forecast period, as the weather models show the persistent trough of low pressure that has been sitting over much of Western and Central Canada will start to break down later this week. In its place the models show a ridge of high pressure developing over the centre of North America, with a trough of low pressure digging on each side of this ridge. This should

allow things to start drying out

by Thursday, and as the ridge continues to develop and push slowly eastward we should see high temperatures climb to the mid- or even upper 20s by the weekend.

This pattern should continue into next week but the models are pulling back a little bit on building the ridge of high pressure. Temperatures look to remain on the mild side with highs expected to be in the midto upper 20s. The biggest factor limiting the temperatures will be cloud cover and thunderstorms. While an upper ridge will be in place, the weather models are keeping a fair bit of low-level moisture around, along with several weak surface lows. These features may be enough to kick off a few thunderstorms during the week, but no large-scale significant rain events are expected.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 20 to 29 C; lows, 8 to 16 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

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

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

14 Day Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) May 31, 2012 to June 13, 2012

0 mm 0 - 5 mm 5 - 10 mm 10 - 15 mm 15 - 20 mm 20 - 25 mm 25 - 30 mm 30 - 40 mm 40 - 50 mm 50 - 60 mm 60 - 70 mm 70 - 80 mm 80 - 90 mm 90 - 100 mm 100 - 125 mm 125 - 150 mm 150 - 200 mm > 200 mm Extent of Agricultural Land Lakes and Rivers

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

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: 06/14/12 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the total amount of rain that has fallen across the Prairies during the first half of June. While the data collection network continues to get better, these maps are still only a rough snapshot of how much precipitation has fallen. For example, I know of several sites around the southern end of Lake Winnipeg that have received between 100 and 150 mm of rain in the last week or so, but this does not show up on the map. Nevertheless, there have been some significant rains across several areas of Manitoba bringing upward of 80 mm of rain. Farther west, central Saskatchewan has been able to dry out while western Alberta has been very wet.

The Elie tornado: Canada’s only F5 The size of a tornado doesn’t necessarily relate to its strength

By Daniel Bezte CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

W

hen most people hear the word tornado it usually brings about a feeling of fear and maybe even a little awe. I think the fear of tornadoes comes from the fact that they are kind of mysterious. We know they occur during thunderstorms — but which thunderstorms will produce tornadoes, where will they occur in a thunderstorm, and will you see it coming? All these unknowns, combined with the power behind even a weak tornado, make them something to be rightfully feared.

Worldwide, Canada is second only to the United States in the number of tornadoes occurring each year, with an average of about 70 reported.

Southern Ontario experiences the highest number of tornadoes, followed by southern Manitoba, Saskatchewan and central Alberta. While these areas report most of Canada’s tornadoes, tornadoes have occurred in nearly all regions of Canada.

Tornadoes can strike at any time of the year, but in Can-

ada, tornado season runs from April to October, with the peak months being June, July and August. This differs from the U.S., where tornadoes peak in April and May. This is due to the amount of cold air that is available for severe storm development. In the spring, the southern and central U.S. have become quite hot, but cold air is still closely available to help develop thunderstorms. By midsummer, most of the cold air has retreated well into Canada, putting our region into warm conditions; however, we still have cold air fairly close by to our north.

Before I try to attempt an explanation of just what tornadoes are and how they form, I figured I would discuss how strong tornadoes can be. Direct measurements of wind speed inside a tornado do not really exist. So how can we know how strong these winds are? The basic answer is by indirect methods. Observations can be made of a tornado, and by watching the movement and kind of debris that occur around the tornado you can get a fairly good idea of just how strong the tornado is. For most tornadoes this is

If you’re close enough to observe the debris field surrounding a tornado, you should be taking cover.

usually impractical, since if you are close enough to be observing the debris field surrounding the tornado, then you should be taking cover!

So, wind speed for most tornadoes is determined by the evidence left after the tornado has moved through.

The scale developed by American meteorologist Tetsuya ( Ted) Fujita, known as the F scale (the Americans are now using a new enhanced F scale or EF scale, but it is still basically the same), breaks down tornado wind speed or tornado strength into five categories as follows, according to Environment Canada: • F0 light (winds of 64-116 km/h; some damage to chimneys, TV antennas, roof shingles, trees, signs, and windows), accounts for about 28 per cent of all tornadoes in Canada;

• F1 moderate (winds of 117180 km/h; automobiles overturned, carports destroyed, trees uprooted), accounts for about 39 per cent of all tornadoes in Canada; • F2 considerable (winds of 181-252 km/h; roofs blown off homes, sheds and outbuildings demolished, mobile homes overturned), accounts for about 24 per cent of all tornadoes in Canada; • F3 severe (winds of 253330 km/h; exterior walls and roofs blown off homes, metal buildings collapsed or severely damaged, forests and farmland flattened), accounts for about six per cent of all tornadoes in Canada; • F4 devastating (winds of 331-417 km/h; few walls, i f a n y, l e f t s t a n d i n g i n well-built homes; large

steel and concrete objects thrown great distances), accounts for about two per cent of all tornadoes in Canada; and • F5 incredible (winds of 418509 km/h; strong frame houses lifted off foundations and carried considerable distances; automobile-sized objects fly through the air in excess of 100 metres; trees debarked; steel-reinforced concrete structures badly damaged), accounts for about 0.1 per cent of all tornadoes in Canada.

Until the June 2007 Elie tornado, there had been no F5 tornadoes officially recorded in Canada. From talking with a few people involved with some of the video of the Elie tornado, the F5 rating came from part of a video showing a tanker truck being thrown through the air.

One important point to note is that the size of a tornado does not necessarily relate to its strength. A small tornado can be very strong, while a large tornado can be weak.

Next week we’ll continue our look at tornadoes by trying to understand just how they form.