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URBAN FLAP OVER HENHOUSES

Why farmers don’t like Bipole III route

City bylaw banning backyard flocks challenged » PaGe 3

Western route cuts a swath through farm country » PaGe 5

November 8, 2012

SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCE 1925 | Vol. 70, No. 45

Hopes high for soon-to-beappointed TB co-ordinator

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CGC fees to jump 44 per cent

Manitoba Beef Producers wants decisive leadership of TB eradication program

Despite shaving $20 million in costs the CGC proposes a big increase in user fees so Ottawa no longer has to pay the bill

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / eddystone

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he imminent appointment of a TB co-ordinator will hopefully end the “bureaucratic gridlock” and reform the effort to eradicate bovine tuberculosis in the Riding Mountain area, says the general manager of Manitoba Beef Producers.

“It hasn’t been announced, but it’s very close,” Cam Dahl told attendees at the association’s recent District 12 meetSee TB on page 7 »

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n its government-ordered drive to cost recovery, the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) wants the grain industry to pay an extra $16.7 million a year in user fees effective Aug. 2013.

That’s a 44 per cent increase amounting to an extra $1.38 a tonne on total CGC-inspected Canadian grain exports.

The figures are contained in the CGC’s 54-page User Fees Consultation and Pre-proposal Notification.

Some fees will skyrocket. For example, the CGC would charge $149.99 for outward inspection per rail car, truck or container — a whopping fivefold jump from the current charge of $29.

The CGC’s outward inspection fee for ships will rise 58 per cent to $1.60 a tonne from the current 51 cents.

The CGC will charge $46.99 to grade a grain sample versus the $15.10 to $24.47 it charges now.

Producer car application fees will increase 33 per cent to $26.50 compared to the $20 farmers pay now.

Citizens have until Nov. 30 to submit written responses to the CGC about the new fees.

Such a dramatic increase is a concern, Keystone Agricultural Producers’ president Doug Chorney said in an interview Nov. 2, adding KAP wants to study the fees further before passing final judgment.

“If the grain company pays it, it’s

all going to come back through the basis to the farmer,” he said. “Any time we see costs borne by producers we’ve got to scrutinize it very carefully.”

More cost reductions needed

The CGC should make more services optional to reduce operating costs, said Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA). The association also says the federal government should cover the cost of CGC services, which benefit the nation.

Currently Ottawa contributes $5.45 million to CGC services identified as for See CGC FEES on page 6 »

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

INSIDE

on the lighter side

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Ritz to shave his moustache

A new pasture plan A non-profit group will manage community pastures

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CROPS Toxic compost creates a stir Organic greenhouse finds picloram in composted manure

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FEATURE Long and winding road Trucking grain to market in Brazil takes weeks, not hours

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CROSSROADS Soldiers of the soil Who tended the fields when farmers went to war?

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Editorials Comments What’s Up Livestock Markets

But the price has to be right

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gr iculture Minister Gerry Ritz has accepted the chal lenge from Canada’s poultry and egg farmers to shave his moustache in support of prostate cancer awareness and men’s mental health.

C h i c k e n Fa r m e r s o f Canada, Canadian Hatching Egg Producers, Egg Farmers o f C a n a d a a n d Tu r k e y Farmers of Canada issued the challenge in recognition of Movember, the public campaign held each November.

“Last year, Minister Ritz helped raise over $15,000 for prostate cancer research so we decided to up the ante,” said Dave Janzen, chair of Chicken Farmers of Canada. “This year we’re hoping to raise $25,000 in support of prostate cancer and mental health research by getting him to remove his moustache.

“This campaign presents us with the opportunity to show urbanites how rural Canada can step up to the

plate in support of a national initiative that affects all Canadians.”

The idea builds on last year’s successful campaign

by M i n i s t e r R i t z w h i c h topped out at just over $16,500.

“While I have accepted this challenge, I’m hopeful that this year’s steep fundraising goal will keep my moustache firmly in place,” said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz in a release. “Although, it’s clear that Canadian farmers and processors deliver the best food in the world, we’re raising the stakes to see if they can remain the best fundraisers too.” “ We are proud to step forward and work together in support of prostate c a n c e r a n d m e n’s m e n tal health awareness,” said Jack Greydanus, chair of Ca n a d i a n Ha t c h i n g E g g Producers. “Thank you to Minister Ritz for agreeing to participate again this year.

Farmers from coast to coast are challenged to step for-

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ward in support of this fundraising project for these two great causes.”

According to Prostate Cancer Canada, one in seven men will be diagnosed with a form of prostate cancer, making it the most common cancer among Canadian men. One out of five Canadians will experience a mental illness in their lifetime and the remaining four will have a family member or colleague who will.

Donations can be made to Minister Ritz’s Movember Canada campaign online, or you can reference Gerry Ritz and Registration # 2736566 and send it to: Movember Canada, 119 Spadina Avenue, PO Box 65, Toronto, Ont. M5T 2T2.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

Urban poultry enthusiasts want bylaw changed Winnipeg chicken flocks may still run a “fowl” of the city’s exotic animal bylaw, but activists hope city changes rules

By Shannon Vanraes co-operator staff

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here were a few ruffled feathers at Winnipeg’s city hall when a group came to lobby for the right to keep laying hens in their urban backyards, but city officials are studying the issue.

One woman was ordered out of council chambers when she produced a live chicken during a meeting of the city’s protection and community services committee in a bid to the show the birds are quiet. In total, about two dozen people spoke to city councillors about their desire for backyard birds, some dressed as chickens.

Urbanites wanting to raise a few backyard chickens can get pretty passionate, noted Glen Duizer, a veterinarian with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives.

“Some of the stuff we’ve seen — it’s rather emotional,” said Duizer, adding that “people considering keeping poultry need to make sure they are very familiar with what they are doing.”

There are a number of issues to

be considered, he said, including the fact poultry can attract flies, rodents, skunks and raccoons, and become diseased.

Tools are available to small producers looking to maintain flock health, including the Small Flock Avian Influenza Program, which provides producers who have experienced bird mortalities with diagnostic services. All poultry producers — no matter how small — are also required to register their flock under the Premises Identification program.

“If something were to happen in a specific area of the city, it may be very necessary to know where all the poultry flocks are,” said Duizer.

Non-compliance

Currently, urban producers are not registering with the program because they don’t want to be caught by bylaw enforcement officers.

University of Manitoba poultry expert Bill Guenter is also concerned about an outbreak, but said animal welfare is his top concern.

“They might look very nice in

the backyard right now with green grass, but what about January?” he said. “You’re going to have frozen eggs and, eventually, frozen chickens.”

The ideal temperature for chickens is between 11° and 15° in the winter months, he said, requiring heated coops. As well, chicken manure must not only be properly disposed of and, because of the risk of salmonella, can’t come into contact with eggs or be in areas where children might play. And since hens can live a decade, urban chicken owners need to be in for the long haul.

All of this, both proponents and detractors agree, means allowing backyard chickens would require municipal oversight.

“We all know that animal services is overtaxed and overburdened already; this would be another responsibility,” said Louise May, who breeds heritage birds in St. Norbert (on property zoned for agriculture) and brought one to the meeting.

But she said it’s worth the effort.

“This is about a lot of things, including food security,” she said.

Louise May breeds heritage chickens on a farm inside city limits; she is fighting for the right to keep laying hens in urban areas. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

Studying

The committee asked city officials to study the matter and report back.

Several American cities have found ways to accommodate backyard birds, including St. Paul, Minn.

“Based on what kind of complaints I don’t get about chickens, I would say yes, this has been a success,” said St. Paul city councillor, Amy Brendmoen.

The mother of three also keeps five laying hens in her backyard in what she calls the “Taj Mahal” of chicken coops, and notes heating is crucial.

St. Paul officials recently decided to regulate the keeping of laying hens through zoning regulations and animal services inspections. Those wanting to keep chickens must receive

It pays to live in Pipestone co-operator staff

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t pays to live in Pipestone — literally.

Any renter or homeowner who has lived in the rural municipality for a year or more will pocket $500 this fall, thanks to a grant program created by the RM. It’s the second year in a row the local municipal government has decided to share its oil revenues with local residents.

The $500 in cash will be doled out on a household basis with one grant made available per dwelling, or unit within a rental dwelling.

But this isn’t just extra cash for Christmas shopping.

Officials are encouraging residents to donate, at their own discretion, their grants to local groups needing support, said the municipality’s economic development officer Tanis Chalmers. People often say the RM should support certain ini-

tiatives and organizations, she said.

“This is to encourage people to give back to the community into places where they felt it was needed,” Chalmers said.

“It gives ownership to the community to put that money where they feel it should be.”

Last year, people turned their $500 over to organizations such as the local day care and arena, often splitting it several different ways, she added. Many things need support, from local halls and churches to recreation facilities and the community foundation. People could even choose to contribute to infrastructure upgrades such as the water pipeline or paving of streets.

The $500 won’t just appear in the mailbox either. Residents must apply by Dec. 12 and show proof of residency. To be eligible, residents have to be up to date on their taxes and not owe debts to the RM. Approval 9/29/12

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“Off beat”

The cash outlay is another of the “off beat” things that have generated headlines this fall about the southwestern RM. The council was expected to learn this week if they had serious takers on another veritable giveaway — 24 serviced residential lots available for $10 each.

The municipality has had about four million hits to its website since mid-September, and hundreds of callers expressing interest. Those who qualify for the bargain have 90 days to build a foundation and 12 months to construct their home.

Reeve Ross Tycoles said their RM is able to do these “off beat” things because they’ve been setting aside oil revenues in a special fund.

“We’re in a position to do this,” he said.

The long-term goal is to boost the municipal population and see tangible benefits from cash that’s flowing in now. They want something to show after the oil boom ends, Tycoles said.

It’s not all roses having oil extracted from the region, he noted.

Local roadways are in rough shape and quiet backroads are getting pounded by traffic. Out around places like Sinclair and Cromer, people used to stop when traffic went by. But not anymore.

“Now there are 200, 300, 400 heavy trucks going down those roads every day,” he said.

A story appearing in the Nov. 1 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator wrongly said the RM of Pipestone is selling lots in Reston for $1. The price per lot is $10.

Two errors occurred in a story about a meeting on GM alfalfa in the Nov. 1 issue. Stephen Denys is the president of the Canadian Seed Trade Association, not the seed association as reported. And Monsanto oversaw the destruction of an unlicensed field of Roundup Ready alfalfa in Saskatchewan in 2011, not the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. As Roundup Ready alfalfa is approved for use in Canada, Monsanto was not required to inform CFIA about the field, but did so as a courtesy.

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Last year approximately $300,000 was budgeted for the $500 grant program.

“It was well used. I don’t believe they used all of that but just about,” said Chalmers.

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Southwestern municipality shares the wealth from oil revenues

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approval from 75 per cent of their neighbours within 150 feet of their property line. Coops must be five feet away from other structures and cannot be attached to garages. Roosters have also been nixed, although neighbouring Minneapolis still allows them.

Jacques DuBois has been keeping laying hens inside St. Paul city limits for three years, and said he hasn’t had any complaints in that time — not even when one of his birds escaped.

“They’re great, it’s so nice to be able to go out to the backyard if you’re making a cake or something and be able to grab an egg or two,” said DuBois, who averages three eggs per day from his four hens.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

OPINION/EDITORIAL November 11 — remembering more than sacrifice

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his spring I visited Gorizia, which today is in Italy but was formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, where the First World War began, and which collapsed afterward. In Canada we more often hear of the battles on the Western Front and perhaps forget that those on the Eastern Front were equally horrific.

Gorizia has two military museums, and it’s striking to go from one to the next. One John Morriss is in a castle dating to medieval times, and Editorial Director one can’t help admiring the weaponry. The swords, axes, armour and other implements are literally works of art, each meticulously fashioned and individually decorated.

Not that war should be glorified, but one must acknowledge that these weapons needed skill from those who used them, and that they needed the courage to literally meet their enemy face to face.

Just down the street is a second museum featuring the history of the First World War, where many soldiers never saw their enemy. It started after the Industrial Revolution, which allowed mass production of many things, especially weapons. Many are on display at the museum, and they are certainly not pieces of art. They are simply nasty, crude, ugly chunks of steel, refined only to the extent needed to turn them into machines that can fire shells and other devices designed to kill from afar.

Not that it took any less courage to wield them. One particularly disturbing piece of equipment was the crude metal plate — too rough to be called a shield — behind which a soldier crept when advancing on his belly with wire cutters to cut the barbed wire in front of enemy lines. The soldier with that job always died, said the information alongside.

He joined some 8.5 million others in the First World War. They did not lack courage, but unlike those medieval soldiers, many of them died in trenches, never having seen their enemy face to face.

The next war brought the combatants ever farther apart, dropping bombs from thousands of feet in the air. But courage was still needed; bomber crews on those missions faced a slim chance of survival.

Today we’ve evolved to a disturbing combination of medieval and modern. You can’t help acknowledging the technological elegance of today’s weapons. The latest example is the “drone,” flown by someone operating a computer thousands of kilometres away. Elegant technology, but unlike the elegant weaponry of old, it can be wielded with no personal risk, let alone having to meet the enemy face to face.

Aside from the obvious moral questions arising from that is another of how a new generation has been raised to see war as an abstract notion, not much different than a video game.

On November 11 we now honour some members of that generation who know war is for real — those who fought in Afghanistan. Members of the generation who fought in the last world war know better as well, but now every week there are hundreds fewer to remind us of what war is really like.

That means those of us in the generation they raised now have a responsibility to remind new ones of the realities of what they went through. Just as importantly, we need to remind them of what their contributions meant, which means pointing out things that we now take for granted — such as a trip for groceries.

My daughter and her husband live in Gorizia, and their apartment is just a few hundred metres from Slovenia, formerly part of Yugoslavia, which dissolved in 1992. While apparently the border crossing was not quite the dangerous affair as between other Soviet Bloc countries, you can’t help but be struck by the steel fence which still runs along the border, and the concrete buildings at the crossing between the two countries. Today they are locked and empty — no barriers, and no guards toting Kalashnikovs. You just walk past with your shopping bags to the supermarket on the other side.

Walking through that empty border post is a striking experience even if you have only read about the history of the many wars in that region. It must be even more remarkable to those who actually experienced them. Where in living memory bullets and shells were flying, today you just walk or drive across the border without stopping, which is more than we can say about a trip between here and the U.S. This year’s awarding of the Nobel Prize to the European Union was no doubt a deliberate reminder of just how remarkable that is in a part of the world where there had been regular wars for centuries. Problems with the euro look pretty small in comparison.

It’s also a reminder that on November 11, we should not only give thanks to a generation for its sacrifices during the last world war, but for its remarkable wisdom and tolerance in preventing another one. john.morriss@fbcpublishing.com

Flood or drought: Which should we expect?

Few decades have escaped flooding; no decade has escaped drought RRBC release

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ecent rains have been more than welcome here in the Red River basin after a summer of drought-like conditions in much of the basin and surrounding region.

Given the large floods of 1997, 2010, 2011 — and smaller floods in between — you would never have thought we would be looking so anxiously to the skies for rain.

So what are we to think? Is it going to be flood or drought?

The historical records point to the trend in the Red River basin and surrounding areas to fluctuate between flooding and drought.

A variety of records dating back into the 1800s indicate that few decades have escaped flooding. Even after the exceptionally dry 1930s, floods occurred again in the 1940s.

Subsequent floods, including that of 1950, which forced evacuation of 100,000 people in Winnipeg, resulted in the Red River basin being singled out by the U.S. Congress in 1957 as a serious problem that needed remedy.

Recent history has documented the problem of flooding in the basin as even more serious than formerly thought.

But floods were not the only problem. Historical records also point to periodic drought.

A study commissioned by the Red River Basin Commission in 2009 identifies 11 significant drought events occurring in the Red River basin since 1897. No decade has escaped drought conditions.

The study found a duration of most basin droughts of just one to two years. Droughts lasting longer than 24 months occurred in 1909-11, 1950-57, 1960-65, 1974-79, 1979-82, 1987-92, and, of course, in the exceptional stretch from 1929-42.

Long-range predictions

Long-range predictions point to an intensifying of severe weather occurrences, whether flood or drought. The overall warming of the climate, as scientists point out, makes for more intense heat waves and resulting droughts. But, in addition, a warmed climate means precipitation tends to occur as thunderstorms in small areas rather than as region-wide rains. With more precipitation falling on smaller areas, floods can result.

Recent incidents in Minot, N.D., and Duluth, Minn., have come too close for comfort.

As Mark Seeley, an expert on Minnesota climate issues, concludes, the pattern of bigger storms is already happening, and more change is expected in the next 50 years, particularly for northern latitudes.

So, what are we to expect here in the Red River basin — flood or drought? Whether looking at past record or looking ahead, the answer seems to be a certain, and even intensified, “Both!”

REMEMBERING THE FALLEN Many Manitoba towns have cenotaphs honouring those lost in conflict, such as this one in Pilot Mound. Many cemeteries in the province also have graves of war dead which have been documented and photographed through the Maple Leaf Legacy Project, a volunteer endeavour to procure a photograph of each and every Canadian war grave from the South African War (1899-1902), the First World War (1914-18), the Second World War (1939-45), Korean War (1950-52) and all United Nations peacekeeping missions through to the conflict in Afghanistan.

So far, 105,833 photographs have been obtained from many countries around the world.

While still in progress, the aim is to have each photograph available on the Internet. For more information, or to support the project, visit www.mapleleaflegacy. ca/wp. PHOTO: GRACE CRAYSTON

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Bipole route fails to consider effects on farming The needs of agriculture were ranked equally with garter snakes, while birds, mammals and caribou were given extra consideration

By Karen Friesen

The following is an excerpt of a presentation by Niverville farmer Karen Friesen to the Clean Environment Commission hearings on Bipole III last month. The hearings are continuing in Winnipeg through November.

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f the 20 million acres farmed in Manitoba, only 25 per cent is classified as Land Inventory Classes 1, 2, and 3 — our best soils.

Every Class 1 acre is located in the southern portion of the province.

As Manitoba Hydro went through the process of choosing a route for Bipole III through these most productive soils, it set up a matrix to help decide the best option.

What completely astounds me is that, when Hydro was considering the 23 criteria, agriculture was ranked equally among the other 22 criteria, which included amphibians and reptiles. Six of the criteria including birds, mammals, caribou, culture and heritage were even given the opportunity for extra weight.

Agriculture, on the other hand, remained ranked equally with garter snakes. Unbelievable, considering what it contributes to our province and its economy.

I would like now to touch on a few of our concerns. One of our serious concerns will be the severe production constraints we will be forced to work with once the line is built. In any single season, farmers may be in a field a minimum of 10 times pulling different implements with highhorsepower tractors. Working around or near the towers and line will pose problems to many landowners and these problems have not been properly analyzed by Manitoba Hydro.

Farm equipment

One of the production constraints we will deal with is the time and financial cost of manoeuvring large equipment around towers in the field. Overlap and underlap of pesticides and fertilizers around towers will be a continuing problem.

We row crop our entire farm and so special season-long problems of inconvenience and cost with row cropping around towers will be a serious issue. The spreading of noxious weeds from areas beneath and around towers and rights-ofway will give us higher costs on an annual basis from both increased use of pesticides, fertilizer and fuel and increased labour costs.

Manure management

A large portion of the route for Bipole III in the southern section of the province will traverse the most heavily populated Hog, Poultry and Dairy Belt in Manitoba. The land we farm, as well as almost every other acre in the RM of Hanover is dedicated to manure management plans demanded by Manitoba Conservation. These rules are strictly enforced for good reason so that we are all operating in environmentally responsible ways. The majority of these operations work with liquid manure injection and spreading equipment utilizing drag hoses to apply the manure.

This type of specialized equipment is incompatible with large obstructions such as huge towers in the field.

Manitoba Hydro has already admitted that it has not taken any of these serious issues/consequences into account when they were planning the route.

Aerial spraying

The area that we farm uses aerial application every single year. It is an area of the province that grows many special crops such as corn, beans, and canola. For many of the crops, late-season fungicides are applied by aircraft because the crop is too advanced to apply by ground-based equipment.

If we get wet years, as we often do and as was the case in the spring of 2011, air application of herbicides and pesticides may be our only option. If the application of pesticides is not an option, the losses will be catastrophic. Manitoba Hydro has completely underestimated the impact of this serious constraint. On top of

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these obvious problems, when aerial applicators have more work than they can handle at busy times, it is not surprising that they choose not to service fields with a power line traversing them.

Safety and liability

Of utmost concern to me will be the safety and liability issues that will arise from working around such structures in the field.

Today’s farmers are working with huge tractors, many over 500 hp and pulling very wide implements, such as our 110-foot harrow and 120-foot sprayer.

We are working with GPS and autosteer technology. We are also often working 24-hour days and farming large acreages.

If a tractor or an implement it is pulling hits or just even hooks a tower, you will see it buckle in seconds. The risk is so much higher for a tower placed in a field where farm implements will be forced to work constantly around it than along a road allowance.

It is hard for me to believe that this topic has been avoided in discussions. To make matters even more critical, we will have to worry not only about the safety of our operators which includes our young family members as they learn to farm, but about the liability and insurance

issues if the tower is damaged and brought down. When you traverse over 350 km of prime, cultivated farmland, it is guaranteed to happen; it’s only a matter of when and to whom. It is impossible to compensate for the increased risks and liability.

Long-term health effects

It is one thing for those who are forcing the line upon us, to state there are no “known” long-term health concerns or no “direct” links today, but it is a completely different thing to be able to guarantee that these concerns will never exist.

History has proven that this can change over time once more studies have been completed. No one is willing to put into writing that there will never be anything of concern.

It is also one thing to choose to make a decision for yourself and family with any of life’s risks. It is completely another for something to be forced upon you over which you have absolutely no control. There is no denying there has been and will continue to be a large stress factor to all of us that will be the most directly affected because we are forced to live and work alongside Bipole III. There will always be safety concerns which can and will impact long-term health and well-being. No amount of compensation will ever change that.

Rail shippers aren’t looking for taxi service They just want the bus to arrive on time Coalition of Rail Shippers release

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he Coalition of Rail Shippers (CRS) disagrees with statements by the railways that shippers are asking for onerous regulations and oversight that would be “unprecedented in a market-based economy.”

Rail customers are simply looking for an end to the “take it or leave it” approach identified by the independent Rail Service Review Panel in their 2011 final report.

“Shippers expect to bargain commercially with the railways,” says the chairman of the CRS, Bob Ballantyne. “However, this can be difficult in a monopoly situation where railways can unilaterally impose conditions on customers. That’s why customers want the right to a comprehensive Service Level Agreement (SLA) through arbitration, and a dispute resolution process with consequences for non-performance by the railway.

Railways should not fear measures that would only come into effect if normal commercial negotiations fail.”

The CRS proposals support the recommendations of the independent review panel, set

“This is all about getting more consistent, reliable service from the railways so companies can get their products to market and compete in the international marketplace.”

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up by the government after hearing years of complaints from shippers about inadequate railway service. The panel had confirmed the main problem for shippers is the imbalance of market power with many customers captive to the virtual monopoly of a single railway to get their goods to market. The government has rightly pledged to follow up on the independent review panel’s recommendations as a way to ensure effective, commercial negotiations will take place.

Claims that these modest proposals are “unprecedented interference,” is also not consistent with historical or current reality. The modest recommendations of the Rail Service Review Panel, supported by the CRS, are not nearly as intrusive as past regulations and will act as a surrogate for competition where little or none currently exists.

It’s also wrong to suggest that rail customers are asking for an elite on-demand taxi service when they’ve paid for a ride on a bus.

“Actually what shippers want is for the bus to arrive more or less on schedule and in reasonably good shape where the roof doesn’t leak and the doors and windows work,” says Ballantyne. “This is all about getting more consistent, reliable service from the railways so companies can get their products to market and compete in the international marketplace. Unreliable rail service could put many Canadian jobs and communities at risk.”

The Coalition of Rail Shippers represents 17 industry associations that support more than three million jobs.

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FROM PAGE ONE

Fee Name

Unit (per)

Current Fee

Proposed Fee for 2013-14 with proposed amendments to the Canada Grain Act

Inspection

$20.10 - $27.10

Not Applicable

$0.51

$1.60

$29.00

$143.99

$7.50 -$25.00

$70.48

Railcar or truck or container

$5.90

Not Applicable

(Monitoring) Outward Official Weighing – ships

Tonne

$0.27

$0.15

(Monitoring) Outward Official Weighing – railcars/ trucks/containers

Railcar or truck or container

$18.00

$13.87

Not Applicable

$140.97

Inward Inspection Inward Official Inspection railcars/ trucks/containers

CGC FEES Continued from page 1

Outward Inspection

the public good. The plan is to keep it the same.

If the CGC’s proposed user fees are implemented, the grain sector will cover 91 per cent of the CGC’s budget and the federal government the remaining nine per cent. Right now it’s split 50-50 between the government and the industry.

The fee increase could have been worse, according to the CGC. Amendments to the Canada Grain Act contained in the government’s omnibus Bill C-45, will cut CGC operating costs by $20 million.

Initially the grain sector faced a doubling of CGC fees. Making CGC inward grain inspection at terminals and transfer elevators optional and other changes, will reduce costs.

According to the CGC, its new fees will amount to about $1.82 a tonne or just 1.9 and 2.2 per cent of the total cost of handling and transporting grain from the middle of the Prairies to Vancouver or St. Lawrence ports, respectively.

Without changes CGC services would have cost around $3.07 a tonne.

“We found that our proposed fees appear to be low relative to maximum elevator tariffs,” the CGC states in its consultation document.

“Because our fees are low relative to these elevator tariffs, the impact

of our fees should have a lower impact than the fees for elevator services.”

Grain quality leader

The CGC says the services it will continue to charge for are critical to maintaining “Canada’s reputation as a leader in grain quality.”

The WGEA says the following CGC services are for the public good and the government should cover the costs: Grain Research Laboratory, the grain quality assurance system, maintaining grain quality standards, food safety activities, policy development, traceability and monitoring, producer security and other overhead costs.

The WGEA says grain industry users should only pay for the following services: producer car administration, subject to grade and dockage adjudication, elevator licensing and accreditation and certification of third parties to provide inspection services.

“For the remainder of CGC functions competitive alternatives must be allowed,” the WGEA says in a position paper. “This will ensure the CGC provides a competitive quality of service at a competitive price.”

The WGEA also questions whether the CGC has the legal authority to charge fees for many

“We can’t stop having an inspection system just to save money because we’ll pay in the end.”

Doug Chorney

of its services, Sobkowich said. The User Fee Act only allows fees to be charged where the service “results in a direct benefit or advantage to the person paying the fee.”

The CGC document says its proposed user fees are consistent with those charged for similar services in the United States and Australia.

However, the paper also says in 2011 the U.S. government covered 37 per cent of inspection fees with user fees covering the rest. If the CGC’s new fees are implemented the Canadian grain industry will cover 91 per cent of the bill. That puts Canada’s grain industr y at a competitive disadvantage, Sobkowich said.

Outward Official Inspection – ships

Tonne

Outward Official Inspection – railcars/ trucks/containers

Inspection

Reinspection Reinspection of grain

Inward Official Weighing railcars/ trucks/containers Outward Weighing

Inspection and weighing authorization Authorized service provider application

Travel and Accommodation

Trip

Actual

Actual

Time and One-half Overtime

Hour/ employee

$14.20

$64.50

The WGEA is also disappointed the House of Commons agriculture committee has rejected the association’s request to appear to state its position.

“I would think the largest user of CGC services should have a voice at the table, even if it’s only for a few minutes,” he said.

Chorney also says the federal government, not farmers, should pay for services that benefit the country. Where there’s a shared benefit Ottawa should cover 60 per cent of the cost and the industry 40. Services benefiting just users should be totally paid for by the user, he said.

While KAP wants the CGC to be efficient, it doesn’t want cost cutting to weaken its effectiveness.

“We can’t stop having an inspection system just to save money because we’ll pay in the end,” Chorney said. “We need an inspection system to protect the Canada brand and quality. Those are crucial things to maintain.”

Double Time Overtime

Hour/ employee

$21.00

$86.00

Time and One-half Overtime – cancellation

Employee reporting

$107.20

$193.50

Double Time Overtime – cancellation

Employee reporting

$107.20

$258.00

Standby

Employee

$23.20

$43.00

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Tonne

$0.08

Not Applicable

Elevator Receipt Cancellation / Warehousing of inspection and weighing data (Outward)

Tonne

$0.08

Not Applicable

Licensing Full-term Licence

Licence/ month

Short-term Licence

Licence

$5 or $100

$276

Not Applicable

$353

$20.00

$26.50

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$15.10 - $24.47

$46.99

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$31.00

$70.48

$5.00 - $395.00

$35.24 - $1,609.87

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ing. “It’s something that I’m hoping will happen in the near future. But again, this involves government processes and can sometimes take longer than expected.”

For at least two years, the association has lobbied the provincial and federal governments to appoint a TB coordinator with a clear — and sensible — mandate for stopping the spread of the chronic disease from wildlife in the Riding Mountain National Park area. Currently, the eradication effort is overseen by a committee composed of representatives from the Canadian Fo o d I n s p e c t i o n A g e n c y, Pa r k s C a n a d a , M a n i t o b a Conservation, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, and others. That’s created “complete stagnation” due to jurisdictional issues, said Dahl.

“Let’s make it somebody’s

How to make views known on proposed new CGC user fees

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

Citizens have until Nov. 30 to submit, in writing, their views on the Canadian Grain Commission’s proposed new user fees.

The CGC’s User Fees Consultation and Pre-proposal Notification document is available at — https://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/ consultations/2012/fees-frais/ ufcpn-eng.htm.

(See page 39, Annex 2, Table 6, for a list of the CGC’s current fees and proposed new fees.)

Email submissions to: consul tations@grainscanada.gc.ca.

Mail submissions to: User Fees Comments, Canadian Grain Commission, 600-303 Main Street, Winnipeg, Man. R3C 3G8. (Include a return address.

Those dissatisfied with the CGC’s response to submissions can take their case before an independent advisory panel.

The CGC and the complainant each select a panellist. Those two panellists then select a third independent panellist.

The deadline for requesting a panel is Dec. 30, 2012.

If the panel deems the complaint to be inappropriate the complainant covers all the costs.

Before the CGC’s new user fees are implemented they must be tabled in the House of Commons and Senate.

After cabinet approves the new fees they will appear in the Canada Gazette, Part II. Citizens can then comment on them again. After any necessary adjustments, the news fees will be implemented, according to the CGC’s background document. allan@fbcpublishing.com

responsibility and get it done,” he said.

The CFIA has announced that the 2012-13 TB testing season will focus on 3,400 cattle from 26 herds within a 10-kilometre buffer zone next to the so-called “core” area of the park, directly south of Grandview and north of Rossburn. Also, herds in the RMs of Rosedale and McCreary that were in close proximity to the spot where a TB-positive whitetail deer was found in 2009 will be tested. A new riskassessment process created by MAFRI and the CFIA will be used to establish herd-testing frequencies.

Dahl warned producers who use production practices such as bale grazing in the eradication area are likely to see their herds tested more frequently.

Meetings will be held ahead of the upcoming testing season to explain the process in more detail for producers, he added.

Manitoba Beef Producers is also seeking “full compensation” to cover the costs of mustering cattle for the two-day testing regime, which a MAFRI assessment has pegged at $14 per head. However, the provincial government has stopped contributing $6 per head towards that cost, leaving the MBP as the only contributor to the mustering fee support program at $1 per head.

Other initiatives undertaken by the association include a “matchmaking” service in conjunction with the Manitoba Wildlife Federation that would help landowners in the area hook up with hunters in order to increase the number of wildlife samples for TB testing.

Dahl added that a TB co-ordinator would ideally be able to apply decisive leadership and bring all stakeholder groups together to pinpoint a solution.

Action is sorely needed, he

Practices such as bale grazing, which can encourage wildlife to commingle with cattle, in the TB eradication zone surrounding Riding Mountain National Park could result in more frequent testing of producers’ herds.

added, because cattle ranchers in the park area have been quitting the business at a rate four times as high as in other areas.

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WHAT’S UP

Getting ready for winter

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

Nov. 9: Fields on Wheels Conference: Agribusiness Logistics in Turbulent Times, Radisson Hotel, 288 Portage Ave., Winnipeg.

For more info call 204-474-9097 or visit http://umanitoba.ca/facul ties/management/ti.

Nov. 12: Manitoba Beef Producers District 6 meeting, 6 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 291 Assiniboine St. W., Oak Lake. For more info call 1-800-772-0458 or email info@ mbbeef.ca.

Nov. 12-15: Canadian Weed Science Society annual meeting, Fairmont Hotel, 2 Lombard Place, Winnipeg. For more info call 204-753-2915 or visit www.weedscience.ca.

Nov. 13: Manitoba Beef Producers District 1 meeting, 6 p.m., Community Hall, Medora.

Nov. 13: Manitoba Sheep Association district meeting, 7:30 p.m., Superstore, 130 Hwy. 12 N., Steinbach. For more info call 204-421-9434 or email mb@ mbsheep.ca.

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Nov. 14: Beef nutrition workshops, 9 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. (sessions repeated), Vita Arena, 225 Main St. N., Vita. For more info and to pre-register, call MAFRI at 204-425-5050.

Nov. 15: Beef nutrition workshops, 9 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. (sessions repeated), Grunthal Livestock Auction Mart, Hwy. 205, Grunthal. For more info and to preregister, call MAFRI at 204-4255050 by Nov. 9.

Nov. 15: Manitoba Beef Producers District 2 meeting, 6 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, Pilot Mound. For more info call 1-800-772-0458 or email info@mbbeef.ca.

Nov. 15: Manitoba Turkey Producers annual turkey management and health seminar, Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. For more info call 204-489-4635.

Nov. 15: Manitoba Sheep Association district meeting, 7 p.m., MAFRI GO office, Hamiota.

For more info call 204-421-9434 or email mb@mbsheep.ca.

Nov. 15: Canadian Association of Farm Advisors’ (CAFA) “Current and Connected” professional development conference, Heritage Centre, 100 Heritage Trail, Niverville. For more info contact Liz at CAFA 1-877474-2871 or info@cafanet.com.

Nov. 16: Manitoba Beef Producers District 7 meeting, 6 p.m., United Church, 684 Vine St., Birtle.

Nov. 24: Manitoba Sheep Association district meeting, 1 p.m., Memorial Hall, 145 McDonald, Warren. For more info call 204-421-9434 or email mb@ mbsheep.ca.

Dec. 3-4: Manitoba Conservation Districts Association conference, Keystone Centre, Brandon.

Keynote speaker: David Suzuki.

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Manitoba government defends oilpatch oversight Cromer farmer Carlyle Jorgensen says a spike in recorded spills demonstrates there’s a problem

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

“Inspectors attempt to immediately attend to any spill reported by industry or the public and take action that is appropriate to the situation.”

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ompanies caught dumping oilfield waste in ditches are responsible for cleaning it up, a Manitoba government official said in an email to the Manitoba Cooperator last week.

The official was responding to Cromer farmer Carlyle Jorgensen’s complaint, reported in the Nov. 1 Co-operator, that the province’s Petroleum Branch isn’t doing enough to discourage improper waste disposal.

The email states what companies are supposed to do in the event of an “off lease” spill of more than half a cubic metre (500 litres), including reporting it to the Petroleum Branch within 24 hours.

“Inspectors attempt to immediately attend to any spill reported by industry or the public and take action that is appropriate to the situation,” the official wrote.

Jorgensen says inspectors failed to respond when he reported a spill in a ditch in the RM of Wallace earlier this year.

“I guess the ‘attempt’ would

Cromer farmer Carlyle Jorgensen says Manitoba government’s response to his complaints about oilfield spills adds weight to his concerns. photo: allan dawson

be called unsuccessful in this case,” he said in a followup interview Nov. 2.

The official wrote that companies are fully responsible for entirely cleaning up spills and fixing any damage.

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It’s unacceptable that spills of up to 499 litres don’t have to be reported or cleaned up, Jorgensen said. Farmers are required to report and clean up much smaller spills of gasoline or herbicides such as Liberty, he said.

“I think that again reinforces the bias to the oil industry,” he said.

All spill sites must be rehabilitated, the official wrote.

Petroleum Branch inspectors inspect rehabilitation sites to ensure the work is down properly.

In 2011 there were 97 spills in Manitoba — up 73 per cent from the five-year average, the official wrote.

“Ninety-seven spills (in a year) that’s two a week,” Jorgensen said. “Doesn’t that sound like a problem? And a 73 per cent increase, isn’t that something you would consider a problem?”

Although the number of spills was up, the total volume was down 23 per cent from the five-year average to 704 cubic metres (704,000 litres), the official wrote.

“Average spill size in 2011 is 7.6 m3 (7,600 litres), 54 per cent less than the fiveyear average,” the official wrote. “Most spills are quite small and contained on oil and gas facility sites. There are very few spills compared to the large volume of oil and accompanying salt water that is produced each year by the industry.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

Manitoba Livestock Expo brings in nearly 600 head of show cattle Best turnout in recent memory indicates optimism returning to province’s cattle sector after a dismal decade

By Daniel Winters CO-OPERATOR STAFF / BRANDON

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f the record number of entries at the Manitoba Livestock Expo is any indication, the province’s beef sector is well on its way to recovery after a dismal decade.

Event co-chairs Albert Rimke and Ron Kristjansson said about 570 head of purebred and commercial cattle were brought in to compete in over a dozen show categories.

“I think we’re starting to look pretty good,” said Rimke, who brought in 15 head from his own operation, AM Ranching, near Oak Lake.

The lingering effects of BSE hit the commercial cattle sector hard, with many farmers beset by low prices opting to exit the industry.

Purebred breeders took a thumping, too, as many cash-strapped ranchers put off purchases of top genetics or opted for cheaper alternatives such as trading and bartering with neighbours for bulls, added Rimke.

“It took a lot of years to get over that big hump. It seems optimistic now,” added Kristjansson.

Wild weather in recent years also dampened sentiment in the cattle

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Jeff McReur (l) of Boissevain, Manitoba and Albert Boutin of Alida, Saskatchewan take a closer look at the Richmond Ranch of Rumsey, Alberta bull entry.Tiffany Richmond keeps the three bulls together. The National Limousin Show was held at this year’s Manitoba Livestock Expo at the Keystone Centre in Brandon put on by the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba. PHOTO SANDY BLACK

Cooper Brokenshire of Tableland Cattle Company, Estevan, Sakatchewan receives the Grand Champion Showmanship handshake at this year’s Youth Showmanship show at the Manitoba Livestock Expo. The three-day all-breeds cattle show took place at the Westoba Credit Union Ag Centre of Excellence, Keystone Centre, Brandon. PHOTOS: SANDY BLACK

business, with both drought and drenching floods cutting into bottom lines.

“There’s guys within half an hour of Brandon who were severely affected by flooding,” he said. “And then they had neighbours two miles away who were affected by drought at the same time.”

During the depths of BSE, purebred breeders still found good prices for their elite bulls – which often went to other purebred operations – but faced mediocre prices for the bulk of their bull production.

The Brandon show was also host to a sale of top Simmentals formerly held each year in Alberta, drawn by support from the 80 or more purebred breeders active in the province.

In the sale of 50 head plus embryos and semen which sets the pace for upcoming fall sales, one

bred heifer fetched the top price of $28,000.

“We’ve had Simmental sales here before, but not of that calibre,” said Richard Bramley, a second-generation breeder from Minnedosa.

The Taste of Beef promotion, featuring a dozen or so dishes prepared by students from Assiniboine Community College’s Culinary Arts Program, served up a feast of local beef for about 500 diners at the bargain price of $15 each.

Sponsored by the Canadian Limousin Association, the hormonefree, “natural” beef for the buffet was provided by Cochrane Stock Farms of Alexander and processed at Renard’s Meats, a small abattoir near Virden.

Recipes for the dishes have been posted online via the Provincial Exhibition’s website. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

Futures (November 2, 2012) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change December 2012 125.32 -0.33 February 2013 129.22 -0.36 April 2013 133.42 -0.31 June 2013 129.85 -0.58 August 2013 129.75 -0.63 October 2013 133.70 0.10 Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Feeder Cattle November 2012 January 2013 March 2013 April 2013 May 2013 August 2013

It’s worth an extra $75 to $100 per animal Phil Franz-Warkentin

Ontario $ 100.22 - 124.33 102.01 - 117.93 47.82 - 68.60 47.82 - 68.60 61.04 - 77.95 $ 117.06 - 134.51 114.30 - 136.94 112.27 - 141.83 116.56 - 154.59 129.92 - 171.02 136.88 - 178.85 $ 104.39 - 117.95 113.98 - 128.93 111.88 - 133.17 113.28 - 138.96 123.77 - 151.60 121.35 - 156.45

Close 144.65 146.35 148.87 150.32 151.65 155.20

Change -1.40 -1.63 -1.56 -1.68 -1.65 -0.80

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending October 27, 2012 39,047 12,202 26,845 NA 641,000

Previous Year­ 53,001 15,664 37,337 NA 672,000

Week Ending October 27, 2012 288 17,880 13,387 749 774 5,351 17

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 405 20,970 18,042 1,205 1,305 6,848 548

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

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

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

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

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

Current Week 164.00E 151.00E 151.84 157.42

Futures (November 2, 2012) in U.S. Hogs December 2012 February 2013 April 2013 May 2013 June 2013

Last Week 165.28 152.82 153.18 156.22

Close 77.87 84.15 90.02 97.80 100.10

Last Year (Index 100) 174.92 160.73 165.38 169.77

Change -6.41 -5.75 -7.81 -2.78 -0.10

Sheep and Lambs Winnipeg — Next sale is November 7 — —

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 October 21, 2012 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.070 Undergrade .............................. $1.980 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.065 Undergrade .............................. $1.965 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.065 Undergrade .............................. $1.965 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $2.030 Undergrade............................... $1.945 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

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he fall run was in full swing across Manitoba’s cattle auction yards during the week ended November 2, with prices still holding firm and even looking a little better in some cases. Volumes were big at most auctions, with Heartland Livestock Services in Virden seeing the most action on their Halloween Day sale.

“The feeder trade was fully steady to $2 (per hundredweight) higher in spots,” said Robin Hill, of Heartland Livestock Services in Virden.

He described activity as “very aggressive,” with many order buyers in the market. Premiums for the higher-quality animals also remained in place.

“The orders are taking the big volume today,” said Hill. The demand from eastern feedlots was particularly strong, with those customers accounting for about 30 per cent of the business in the province. Roughly 40 per cent to 50 per cent of the animals are moving west, with the remainder staying local.

“We’re seeing good local demand on the lighter cattle,” said Hill, noting that smaller Manitoba feedlots were starting to bring in more cattle. U.S. buyers, looking to feed the animals in Canada, were also showing some demand as the softer Canadian dollar helped encourage buying interest on that front.

The continued strength in the feeder market comes despite the ongoing bearish issues overhanging the cattle sector, such as high feed costs and the fallout from the closure of XL Foods. “It’s better than everyone expected,” said Hill on the current state of the feeder market. He said the declining herd sizes across North America were behind some of the firmness in the market.

Toronto 78.89 - 108.33 137.13 - 146.96 144.40 - 157.36 135.31 - 160.36 123.72 - 199.97 —

SunGold Specialty Meats 40.00 - 60.00

Eggs

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — — —

<1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

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

Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest beef producer, said Nov. 5 it signed a deal to buy local poultry processor Agroveneto for 128 million reais ($63 million) just months after its first move into the Brazilian poultry sector.

JBS said in a statement that it would acquire Agroveneto, which specializes in ground poultry meat and is based in the southern state of Santa Catarina, by taking on its debts plus giving the owners 10 million reais worth of JBS shares. The deal must still be approved by the JBS board and regulatory authorities. Agroveneto has capacity to process 140,000 birds a day,

whose meat is sold in Brazil and export markets.

It would merge with JBS poultry unit JBS Aves and add about 10 per cent to the unit’s daily processing capacity of 1.34 million birds.

“The acquisition of Agroveneto complements JBS’s business in the poultry sector in Brazil,” the company’s statement said.

JBS began poultry operations in Brazil for the first time this year when it leased the assets of Frangosul, controlled by French poultry producer Doux. It already has a large U.S. poultry operation through its subsidiary Pilgrim’s Pride.

Brazil is one of the world’s top producers and exporters of chicken meat, underpinned by the country’s large production of grains such as corn which are used as feed.

The now-giant meat company grew from humble origins as a small family-run meatpacking plant acquired in 1988 through a wave of acquisitions whose pace has slowed in recent years.

Toronto ($/cwt) 60.00 - 202.50 — 79.89 - 199.68

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

The $63-million deal still needs approval sao paulo / reuters

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

Yearlings are pretty much done moving for the year, with calves accounting for most of the feeder animals moving now.

Hill said the calf run had about three more weeks to go before quieting down for the winter.

On the slaughter side, bulls saw a jump of about $2 to $3 per hundredweight during the week. Trade on the cows was a little steadier, with that market already jumping higher a couple of weeks ago.

“We’re definitely seeing quite a premium on age-verified cows,” said Hill. With ageverified animals bringing in up to nine cents per pound more, Hill said farmers would do well to age verify as many cattle as they can as that nine cents translates out to an additional $75 to $100 in their pocket per animal.

“If you can age verify the cows, we have a whole bunch of homes for the cows,” said Hill, “while if you can’t age verify, we have only one in Canada right now – High River.”

From a numbers perspective, Hill said about 200 to 225 butcher cows and bulls have been moving through the Virden yard on a weekly basis. That’s about 100 head less than usual for this time of year. He said those numbers would likely pick up over the next few weeks, with bred cow sales also increasing at this time of year.

In o t h e r n e w s , t h e M a n i t o b a B e e f Producers association will hold meetings across the province through the first half of November to discuss issues in the cattle sector. XL Foods, community pastures, dealer defaults, traceability, predators, Growing Forward II, and bovine TB, among other topics, are on the agenda. New directors will also be elected in the odd-numbered districts.

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Meat packer JBS to buy Brazil poultry producer

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

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

$1 Cdn: $ 1.004 U.S. $1 U.S: $0.9964 Cdn.

COLUMN

(Friday to Thursday) Slaughter Cattle

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

EXCHANGES: November 2, 2012

Toronto ($/cwt) 14.00 - 30.00 20.48 - 34.94

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

GRAIN MARKETS Export and International Prices

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Super-storm Sandy and presidential speculation Outside influences colour the futures outlook Dwayne Klassen CNSC

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N S Ca n o l a f u t u re s o n t h e I C E Canada platform suffered some significant losses during the week ended November 2 with the declines associated with market participants bailing out of long positions.

The taking of profits accounted for a portion of this selling, but the inability of technical support to hold in a number of contracts, prompted speculative and commodity funds to unload canola positions.

The downward price action in the futures market also reflected sentiment that canola is overpriced in comparison to the other oilseeds and needed to see a correction.

The downward push in CBOT soybean and soyoil values during the reporting period certainly didn’t do canola any favours.

Continued talk of record area being planted to soybeans in Brazil and Argentina also added to the bearish sentiment hanging over the oilseed sector.

The decline in canola was slowed by commercials, who continue to try to secure supply in order to meet export and domestic commitments. There appeared to be a pickup in farmer selling this week, with that interest picking up substantially especially as canola futures lost value.

There certainly was some panic selling in the market on Friday (November 2). Now was

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the sell-off in canola a sign of more to come?

The key here is that it is not December and that the soybean crop in South America has not developed to its full potential yet.

If that was the case, then canola futures would definitely be looking to see some further declines. Something else to keep in mind is that export demand for U.S. soybeans also remains strong, which will keep nearby stocks of the commodity tight.

It is also important to remember that canola stocks in Canada are also much smaller than had been originally forecast and that commercials will be looking to attract deliveries through to the new year. There was non-existent activity seen in the ICE Canada milling wheat, durum and barley contracts during the week. There have been industry discussions held on the inactivity in these futures and officials with ICE Canada remain optimistic that interest in trading these contracts will grow with time.

There has been scuttlebutt circulating in the trade over the past week or so, that the U.S. ICE platform is looking to purchase the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. If this does occur, it would certainly raise some questions about the future of the milling wheat and durum contracts on the ICE Canada platform remaining intact, given that Canadian grain companies remain fairly happy hedging risk on the Minneapolis market.

Soybean futures at the CBOT experienced declines during the reporting period, with most of the downward price push associated with the late-week upswing in the value of the U.S. dollar. The taking of profits also filtered into the price weakness. The unloading of risk in the outside market also added to the bearish price sentiment.

However, based on comments from market players, the losses in soybeans were artificial and were not based on any fundamental factors. They pointed out that demand for U.S. soybeans from the export sector continues to be strong, and given the tight supply situation, some further price rationing will need to occur.

The domestic crush pace of soybeans in the U.S. also continues at a brisk pace, further limiting those resources. The USDA will also update its supply-demand balance sheets on November 9, which should help to determine just how tight soybean stocks in the U.S. really are.

Corn futures on the CBOT posted some fractional advances during the week with support stemming from the need to correct values from oversold levels. Some chartbased speculative and commodity fund buying also helped to underpin values. Concern about tight supplies also provided some underlying support.

T h e u p s i d e i n c o r n , h owe ve r, w a s restricted by the continued absence of demand for the commodity from the export and domestic sectors. The late-week climb in the value of the U.S. dollar also did not help corn futures.

The price trend in wheat futures on the CBOT, MGEX and KCBT was generally to the plus side of the market, but the advances were definitely hard earned.

Some of the strength continued to come from the hope that export demand for U.S. wheat will pick up, especially with production in some of the other major wheatproducing nations still coming up short of expectations.

Talk of dryness in the winter wheat-producing areas of the U.S. also influenced some price firmness. Super-storm Sandy certainly dominated the market during the week but failed to have any major impact on the U.S. grain and oilseed futures. There were concerns that with the soybean harvest in North Carolina and Ohio already delayed due to extremely wet conditions, that the moisture associated with the storm would damage those crops.

However, a market participant was quick to point out that a loss of 50 million bushels of soybeans due to the storm, was actually quite small in the big picture. The elections in the U.S. also provided some talk at coffee shops in the country.

The big debate appears to be over who would be better for the U.S. agricultural sector. There are ideas that if President Barack Obama and his Democratic party are elected it would apparently be bearish for CBOT grain and soybean futures.

Meanwhile, a win by Mitt Romney, and his Republican group is believed to be bullish for the futures market. Whether or not either candidate would help the U.S. futures market is speculation at best, but U.S. farmers are leaning towards Romney and his Republicans. Apparently, when Ronald Reagan was voted in as president of the U.S., his strong farm policies greatly benefited the agricultural sector. In discussions with farmers and farm groups in Canada, neither candidate and their farm policies would be of benefit to agriculture on the Canadian Prairies.

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

Last Week

All prices close of business November 1, 2012

Week Ago

Year Ago

Wheat

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

319.09

320.65

233.67

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

346.55

347.28

336.91

Coarse Grains US corn Gulf ($US)

—

—

—

US barley (PNW) ($US)

—

—

—

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

295.67

292.13

257.28

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

246.56

251.42

215.28

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

572.59

574.61

447.95

1,111.98

1,134.47

1,147.26

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business November 2, 2012 Western barley

Last Week

Week Ago

December 2012

250.00

250.00

March 2013

253.00

253.00

May 2013

254.00

254.00

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

November 2012

608.10

618.90

January 2013

603.10

619.90

March 2013

598.90

617.70

Special Crops Report for November 5, 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

20.00 - 21.00

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

19.80 - 21.00

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

17.85 - 22.00

Desi Chickpeas

23.50 - 27.00 — 27.00 - 32.75

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

Fababeans, large

—

Feed beans

—

Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

—

Feed Pea (Rail)

No. 1 Great Northern

—

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

—

Yellow No. 1

34.90 - 36.75

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

—

Brown No. 1

30.20 - 31.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

—

Oriental No. 1

—

No. 1 Black Beans

—

No. 1 Pinto Beans

—

No. 1 Small Red

—

No. 1 Pink

—

Medium Yellow No. 1

11.25 - 12.40 7.75 - 9.05

5.00 - 8.10

Source: Stat Publishing SUNFLOWERS

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

23.95

25.35

—

—

Report for November 2, 2012 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed) Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

U.S. group raps China over proposed rice import rules washington /reuters

Chinese proposals to assure that any rice imported from the United States is safe and free of pests are “onerous and restrictive,” a U.S. rice trade group said Nov. 2, forecasting long negotiations before sales can go ahead.

U.S. groups have pursued access to China, the world’s largest rice consumer, since 2006.

Although their efforts paid off in early October when China produced a draft protocol for phytosanitary standards on milled rice, the proposals have been criticized in the United States as unreasonable.

“We see parts of the protocol as being onerous and restrictive,” said Bob Cummings,

chief operating officer of USA Rice Federation, an umbrella group for growers, millers and merchants.

U.S. rice, which carries a higher price, would be aimed at higher-income Chinese shoppers by highlighting the U.S. reputation for food safety, said USA Rice officials during a telephone news conference.

They said China was interested in quantities ranging from bulk delivery to sealed bags ready for retail sale.

China, the world’s largest rice producer, is forecast by USDA to import 1.5 million tonnes of rice in 2012-13, compared with 1.62 million tonnes in 2011-12 and 540,000 tonnes in 2010-11.

USA Rice said it will ask USDA to seek more reasonable plant safety terms, adding that China’s demands are more stringent than those set by other importers.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

Unblended biofuel takes first flight

TALK OF THE TOWN

An NRC jet running on 100 per cent biofuel flew over Ottawa last week Staff

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Rural retailers might not be too pleased about the pending opening of Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA in Winnipeg late November, but it’s been the talk of the city. The IKEA sign tower stands 136 feet high, almost as tall as a grain elevator. PHOTO: JEANNETTE GREAVES

he National Research Council of Canada (NRC) says it achieved a major milestone for the aviation industry Oct. 29 as it flew the first civil jet powered by 100 per cent unblended biofuel.

“This historic flight symbolizes a significant step not only for the aerospace industry, but also towards advancing sustainable sources of renewable energy,” the NRC said in a release.

“Today, I flew the world’s first 100 per cent biofuel flight,” said Tim Leslie, one of NRC’s pilots. “We have been working hard with our partners for many months, and it is most rewarding to see it all come together.

It is truly inspiring to take this step towards an eco-friendly future!”

“I congratulate the aerospace team at the National Research Council of Canada for achieving today’s milestone in aviation history,” said the Honourable Gary Goodyear, minister of state (science and technology).

“This is a perfect example of how government and industry work together to bridge the gap

between Canadian innovation and commercialization.”

The biofuel flowed into the engine of the Falcon 20 — one of NRC’s specifically equipped and best-suited jet for this challenge — as it flew over the sky of Canada’s capital. A second aircraft, the T-33, tailed the Falcon in flight and collected valuable information on the emissions generated by the biofuel. Research experts at the National Research Council will analyze the data to better understand the environmental impact of biofuel. Preliminary results are expected to be released in the following weeks.

The biofuel used for this flight was transformed by Applied Research Associates and Chevron Lummus Global using oilseed crops commercialized

by Agrisoma Bioscience Inc. The oilseed is Brassica carinata, a new oilseed in the mustard family grown under a closedloop contract in Saskatchewan last summer.

This aviation initiative is funded by the Government of Canada’s Clean Transportation Initiatives and the Green Aviation Research and Development Network.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

BRIEFS

Repairs proceed on Highway 83 STAFF / Engineers have decided the ground beneath Highway 83 north of Russell has stabilized after a landslide in July.

Transportation Minister Steve Ashton announced Nov. 2 work will now begin on rebuilding the damaged road.

“Truckers, farmers and motorists who have been required to take the detour around this washed-out highway will soon be able to return to their accustomed routes,” Ashton said.

Ground movement at the site has been minimal over the past several months so crews will soon be able to continue the rebuilding project.

The reconstructed portion of the road, less than a kilometre in length, will initially be a two-lane, gravel surface able to carry all traffic, including heavy trucks, over the winter.

It is anticipated the project will be tendered in the next few weeks and once work starts, the construction will take approximately a month.

Leaders keen to see farm robotics and “smarter” crops Participants in a vision session like the idea of robots operating equipment 24/7 but still want people on the scene Staff

ers and value-added processors — put forward dozens of suggestions when asked to identify agriculture’s innovation needs in the years ahead.

Many envisioned greater use of robotics in farm machinery that would allow 24/7 harvesting with fewer workers. However, participants did not go so far as to endorse entirely driverless machinery. They also wanted more research on new and improved varieties of high-margin crops, and using genetic engineering to develop crops that provide for each other, such as one crop providing readily available nutrients or pesticides for another crop coming next in the rota-

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obotics, “smarter” crops, and equipment that’s easier to operate and maintain topped the wish list of 30 Saskatchewan agricultural leaders who recently participated in a “vision session” organized by the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute.

“Sessions like this are essential to ensure that our research is focused on producing the new technologies farmers want and need,” said Dave Gullacher, the institute’s president and CEO. Forum participants — representatives from major producer groups as well as manufactur-

The institute also looked back on the past and cited the “Big Four” innovations that have moved Prairie agriculture forward in the past 35 years.

“To see where you are headed, you need to know where you’ve been,” said Gullacher.

The Big Four are air-drills, tractors, sprayers and combines.

“These are the critical pillars of grains and oilseed production in Saskatchewan,” said Gullacher. “We have evolved to the point where we have roughly 26 million tonnes of agricultural products harvested in this province every year, all of which can be traced to the success of these tools.”

Get AheAD AnD stAY AheAD

Illegal firearm sales RCMP have laid charges against a southern Manitoba retailer for selling firearms illegally to people who did not have valid firearms licences.

Police say John Friesen, 45, of Blumenort, did not have a licence to be selling firearms at Blumenort General Store. One of the unlicensed purchasers used the firearm to commit suicide.

Investigators acting on a search warrant seized 39 firearms and various types of ammunition. Friesen has been charged with Weapons Trafficking, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of property obtained by crime, and counsel, aid or abet to commit suicide.

RCMP are reminding the public that in order to possess a firearm a person must have an Active Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL). “If while purchasing a firearm you are not asked to show your PAL, this is indicative of a transaction that is likely not legal,” an RCMP release says.

Anyone that has additional information on this matter is urged to contact Fort Vermilion RCMP at 780-927-3258 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

tion. There were also numerous calls for farm equipment that is easier to operate and maintain, but is also more efficient.

Participants also would like to see better access to training, including machinery operator training; unbiased advice to deal with the increasing complexity of the industry; and farming practices that have less of an environmental impact and ensure crop varieties are viable in the long term, even under changing climatic conditions.

“This isn’t just a wish list for the agriculture industry,” said Gullacher. “These research goals will define a major part of the future of Saskatchewan and the world.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

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Colorado low coming our way Issued: Monday, November 5, 2012 · Covering: November 7 – November 14, 2012 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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ast week’s forecast didn’t turn out quite as well as I would have hoped. High pressure never really made it into our region and temperatures didn’t really warm up like they were supposed to. As a result, any precipitation that did fall ended up falling as snow, and over some western regions it ended up being a fair bit of snow.

For this forecast period all eyes will be focused on a Colorado low that is forecasted to affect our region over the weekend. The weather models have been predicting this low for over a week now; the last time I saw them be this consistent with a storm system this far in advance was back in April of 1997. So, I would say that there is a very good chance for a significant winter storm this upcoming weekend. The only question is, exactly where will the heaviest amounts of snowfall?

Currently the weather models show this low taking a classic path from Colorado northeastwards to pass just east of Lake of the Woods sometime late in the weekend.

This would place most of southern and south-central Manitoba in the main snow zone. If this low does pan out as indicated, then we could expect snow to begin as early as Friday evening, intensify on Saturday, and then slowly taper off on Sunday. It wouldn’t surprise me if some regions see as much as 15 to 25 cm of snow from this system.

Once the system pulls off to the northeast we’ll likely see the coldest temperatures of the fall-winter move in. If significant snow does hit our region, instead of hitting farther to the north or south, then temperatures on Monday and Tuesday will likely only make it to around -5 C for highs, with overnight lows in the -15 C range.

Looking further ahead, the models are hinting at some more active weather later next week. It looks like winter might be moving in to stay.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs: -5 to 7 C Lows: -13 to -2 C Probability of precipitation falling as snow: 85 per cent Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

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

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

1 Month (30 Days) Departure from Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) October 3, 2012 to November 1, 2012

< -60 mm -60 to -50 mm -50 to -40 mm -40 to -30 mm -30 to -20 mm -20 to -10 mm -10 to 0 mm 0 to 10 mm 10 to 20 mm 20 to 30 mm 30 to 40 mm 40 to 50 mm 50 to 60 mm > 60 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: 11/02/12 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

With significant amounts of snow expected across our region over the next week, I figured I would hold off one more week before publishing the first snow cover map of the season. This week’s map shows the amount of precipitation that fell during October compared to the long-term average. From the map you can see that nearly all of agricultural Manitoba saw above average amounts of precipitation, with the eastern two-thirds of this region seeing well above average. Areas east of Dauphin and Brandon saw precipitation amounts that were 30 to 60 mm above average.

Cold and wet – new pattern?

It looks like it will be a stormy month; unsettled conditions could bring significant snowfalls

By Daniel Bezte Co-opeator contributor

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n the last issue we took a look ahead to see what the winter might have in store for us. In this issue we’re going to take our monthly look back at the weather and then look only a little ahead to try and see what November might bring us weather-wise.

Well, I guess we can say it is official. October 2012 was the first month where all regions of southern and central Manitoba saw belowaverage temperatures in over 15 months! That’s right, up until last month, our region h a s s e e n a b ov e - a v e r a g e monthly temperatures for 15 straight months. That’s well over a year of above-average monthly temperatures.

We all knew this amazing streak of above-average temperatures would have to come to an end at some point and I guess it was lucky for us that it didn’t come to a crashing end. Instead, we slowly dipped into below-average conditions which, I think, made the transition a little easier to take.

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T h e m o n t h o f Oc t o b e r started off with some fairly nice weather, with a number of locations seeing high temperatures in the 20 C range on the first and second of the month. We then saw the temperatures drop off during the next seven to 10 days, with some regions even receiving some significant snowfall.

Just when it looked like this was going to be one miserable month, the temperatures recovered back to well above average Oct. 15 and 16. Along with the above-average temperature came some rain and even the odd clap of thunder in some areas.

The last two weeks of the month saw temperatures cool off once again, with daily high temperatures only making it to around 5 to 8 C and overnight lows falling into the -3 to -8 C range. Along with

these cool temperatures came plenty of clouds and a few showers and flurries.

I think the other big weather story for October would be the amount of sunshine we received, or rather the lack of sunshine, at least over central and eastern areas. Unfortunately, sunshine data is tough to get, but this simple observation tells us that there was not a lot of sunshine during October. It was this persistent cloud cover that I believe helped moderate our overnight temperatures, keeping them warmer than what they might have been. This in turn kept us from seeing a really cold month.

When all the numbers were added up, it turns out that most locations across our region in October 2012 came in a good 1.6 C below their long-term averages. With several significant precipitation events occurring during the month, precipitation ended up coming in above average, with both Winnipeg and Brandon recording around 55 mm of precipitation, which is a good 20 mm above the longterm average.

Now the fun part. Who had the best October forecast?

Well, I hate to say it, but when I looked back at the different forecasts the only one that was correct was the forecast made by the Canadian Farmers Almanac. It called for, or at least I interpreted their forecast, as calling for a colderthan-average October along with above-average amounts of precipitation. I guess our hat has to go off to them since no one else even came close!

That leaves us with November’s forecast.

E n v i r o n m e n t C a n a d a’s forecast is calling for nearaverage temperatures across all of southern and central Manitoba, and above-average temperatures just to the east and west of us. As for precipitation, it is calling for near-average amounts over eastern and central regions, with above average amounts over extreme western regions.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac is calling for well-abovea v e ra g e t e m p e ra t u re s i n November with temperatures running a good 3 C above average. It does mention cold conditions several times but

it is always followed quickly by a return to mild temperatures. It says precipitation will be near average during the month.

The Canadian Farmers Almanac appears to be calling for near- to slightly below-average temperatures for November as it mentions fair and then colder several times. It looks like it will be a snowy month according to it, as it mentions unsettled, stormy, and heavy or significant snows several times during the month.

Finally, here at the Coo p e ra t o r , I a m g o i n g t o actually concur with the Canadian Farmers Almanac.

That’s right, you read it correctly. After studying the midrange weather models I would have to go with a really good chance of seeing above-average amounts of precipitation along with near to slightly below-average temperatures.

Combine the two and that would mean there is a good chance of seeing significant amounts of snow this month.

Hey, maybe there is more to this whole dream thing after all.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

CROPS Concern raised about Tordon sprayed in ditches David Neufeld learned the hard way how persistent this herbicide is and now wonders how surface and groundwater are affected

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Boissevain farmer is questioning the safety of a herbicide commonly sprayed on ditch weeds after discovering it makes the compost he uses in his organic greenhouse toxic to bedding plants.

David Neufeld got a nasty surprise when his greenhouse tomatoes suddenly died in 2010. A Winnipeg laboratory found the composted horse manure he was using to feed the plants contained 75 parts per billion of picloram, a herbicide that is combined with 2,4-D in the product Tordon 101.

“It didn’t sound like a lot to us until we found out that three parts per billion can kill tomato seedlings,” Neufeld wrote in an email.

“No wonder we had a problem in the greenhouse. We began to ask ourselves, if picloram is so deadly at such low concentrations, what will it take to clear our land of its effect?”

It turns out the Rural Municipality of Morton had used the product to control leafy spurge and milkweed on the roadside ditches where Neufeld cuts hay for his horses.

Despite going through the horses’ digestive system, followed by composting, the compost contained high enough concentrations to kill the bedding plants Neufeld markets to area gardeners.

Tordon 101 is registered by the Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) for use in Canada. While Tordon 101 is not to be sprayed in waterways, a Health

“I don’t know how Health Canada can start saying that it’s OK in dry ditches when the day after it’s applied we can have a huge thunderstorm.”

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Canada official said in an Oct. 31 email spraying in dry ditches is permitted.

So l o n g a s To rd o n 1 0 1 i s approved by federal and provincial authorities the Rural Municipality of Morton will continue to use it, Councillor Lonnie Graham said in an interview. The province’s Noxious Weeds Act compels municipalities to control noxious weeds.

Neufeld said he should have checked with the municipality to find out if the ditches had been sprayed. (Municipalities are required to advertise their herbicide programs so the public is aware of them.)

The Tordon 101 label and the province’s Guide to Field Crop Protection warn against using plants sprayed with picloram in compost or the manure resulting from the consumption of treated plants because picloram residue can harm susceptible crops.

Neufeld removed the poisonous compost from his greenhouse, but what about his garden? An official from Dow AgroSciences told him rain would flush it out. That caused Neufeld to worry about the impact picloram could have on surface and groundwater and ultimately people’s health.

“I have so many layers of concern when it doesn’t seem that we as a society know what we’re doing,” he said in an interview.

PMRA’s website states picloram poses a risk to fish. And according to Neufeld, California has banned picloram because of the risk it poses to groundwater. The herbicide is also forbidden in Sweden, he said.

The Tordon 101 label states groundwater pollution is a risk with picloram on sandy soils. The label adds precautions should be taken to avoid run-off. Picloram also is recognized for persisting in the soil. That’s how it provides residual weed control.

“I don’t know how Health Canada can start saying that it’s OK in dry ditches when the day after it’s applied we can have a huge thunderstorm,” he said. “All our ditches here go straight down into the Pembina River, which goes

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Many of the soils in the RM of Morton are sandy, according to Neufeld.

“Do applicators stop spraying in low areas where there might be water sitting?” he asked. “Is anybody doing any testing of river water and groundwater for picloram? And if they are not doing any testing how can we be sure that it’s OK to spray the stuff even in dry ditches when we know that it stays in the soil up to five years.”

Municipalities should provide more information about the herbicides they’re spraying and the risks in their advertisements alerting the public to their spray plans, Neufeld said.

Health Canada re-evaluated piclo-

ram in 2009 and implemented new restrictions to reduce the product’s risk, a Health Canada official said in an email.

“These include advisory label statements to reduce potential surface and groundwater contamination, a reduction in the application rates, and specific buffer zones to protect non-target sensitive aquatic organisms and terrestrial plants,” the official wrote.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

Syngenta to enter Prairie canola seed market Glyphosate-tolerant SY4135 will be sold late 2013 Wheat

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yngenta plans to broaden its canola portfolio beyond chemicals and launch its own new canola seed varieties on the Prairies starting next fall.

“This is an exceptional time to be in the canola seed market, given the extent of breeding and varietal development activities going on across the country,” Dave Sippell, Syngenta’s head of diverse field crops for North America, said in a release Oct. 25.

Syngenta Canada’s first entry in the canola seed market will be SY4135, for which it says commercial quantities will be available in the fall of 2013 to seed in 2014.

The company noted its glyphosate-based Touchdown Total herbicide can be used on SY4135.

“Based on grower and market needs, Syngenta will continue to increase its number of canola seed offerings over the coming years,” the company said.

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“Future varieties will also be developed using leading technologies growers desire, offering strong yield and optimal weed control. Efforts in 2013 will focus on strategic trialing of new canola varieties at the field level with commercial growers.”

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seed treatment, Astound fungicide and Matador insecticide.

Syngenta Canada said it will rely on the “experience and expertise gained from these products” as well as its previous work overseas, where the parent company already markets a number of “canolaquality oilseed rape varieties.”

Its experience, the company said, “facilitates the delivery of

a new seed portfolio for western Canadian growers.”

“Our approach is to take advantage of the best that these (breeding) activities have to offer — allowing us to collaborate with a variety of canola providers and breeders to select the germplasm and traits that will deliver the greatest benefit to growers, and commercialize the resulting varieties,” Sippell said.

The company has previously sold wheat seed on the Prairies in a distribution deal with Viterra’s Proven Seed, but Syngenta Seeds’ own branded seed business in Canada has so far been limited to its corn, soybean and sunflower varieties.

The first Syngenta-branded wheat for the Prairie cereals market was its herbicidetolerant Canada Western red spring (CWRS) wheat variety, WR859 CL, sold through Richardson Inter national starting in 2010.

Syngenta added to its Prairie wheat portfolio earlier this month with the launch of SY985, a Canada Prairie spring red (CPSR) variety approved for the Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba markets.

Where CPSR varieties were originally developed for industrial uses such as the ethanol and feed markets, Syngenta said Oct. 5, SY985 marked the launch of a CPSR with milling wheat grain quality.

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Provincial government regulations prohibit the application of synthetic fertilizer and manure between Nov. 10 and April 10. The restriction is based on the presumption the ground is normally frozen then. Fertilizer and manure applied to frozen soil is more vulnerable to spring run-off, which can result in nutrients polluting waterways.

“The whole objective is surface water protection,” John Heard a soil fertility specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives said in an interview Nov. 2.

Dr y soils earlier this fall delayed field work, including fertilizer applications, Heard said. But applications picked up following the recent precipitation, he added.

“I’m encouraged because I ’v e s e e n a l o t o f p e o p l e putting on fertilizer,” Heard said. “From the agronomists I have talked to it sounds like their growers are on the home stretch and finishing up.”

Most far mers work their fertilizer into the soil as it’s applied, which makes it less susceptible to run-off, Heard said. That also means they stop applying when the soil is frozen. Forage and winter wheat fields are the main exceptions. In those fields fertilizer is broadcast on top of the soil.

The Keystone Agricultural Producers will seek an extension to the Nov. 10 deadline,

if weather conditions warrant, KAP president Doug Chorney said last week.

Snow in much of central and western Manitoba Nov. 2 and a forecast for below-freezing temperatures this week could shut down field work, including fertilizing anyway rendering an extension moot.

“Fall is the preferred time for application in our area (East Selkirk) because often in the spring it’s too wet,” Chorney said.

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Many farmers in that area had not finished applying fertilizer because fields were too wet, he said.

An early spring this year prompted the Manitoba government to let farmers start applying fertilizer starting March 20 instead of waiting until April 10. A warmer-thannormal winter and unusually warm March resulted in soils warming up much earlier than normal.

Farmers can also apply to the government for an exception to the winter ban on fertilizer and manure applications. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

New “Mother Earth” law bans GM crops and threatens Bolivia’s farm sector

By Helen Popper LA PAZ / REUTERS

Bolivian soybean farmers are urging leftist President Evo Morales to reconsider a ban on genetically modified crops.

The Andean nation is a small producer of soybeans compared to neighbours Brazil and Argentina, but output and exports of the oilseed have jumped in recent years due to improved crop yields and bigger plantings. Production should reach 2.4 million tonnes this year, of which about 80 per cent would be exported, industry groups say. Virtually all of that is GM varieties, which is why the “Pachamama” (or Mother Earth) law signed by Morales last month has rattled growers in the lowland east.

Mo ra l e s, a f o r m e r c o c a farmer, is a vocal advocate of organic farming methods and says the legislation is a means “to live in equilibrium and har-

Sandy’s torrential rains missed U.S. heartland

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ecent snow, rain and cooler temperatures helped to ease suffering in some droughtstricken areas of the U.S., but others saw conditions worsen.

Monster storm Sandy, which devastated the eastern U.S. with heavy rains and high winds, had little to no impact on the driest areas of the American heartland. Indeed, the worst level of drought — “exceptional” — expanded in the U.S. South, which includes Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas.

Roughly 60.16 per cent of the contiguous United States was suffering from at least “moderate” drought as of Oct. 30. The area under “exceptional” drought — the most dire classification — ticked up to 5.89 per cent, mostly in western Kansas and Nebraska.

Nebraska is the worsthit state, with just over three-quarters of it in the exceptional drought category. Winter wheat farmers who have planted or are wrapping up planting their new crop will need significant rainfall and/or snow to provide enough moisture to grow a healthy crop.

About three-quarters of Kansas is in the secondworst “extreme” category, with half of that rated exceptional.

However, recent widespread rains have helped ease drought conditions in Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota and Iowa.

mony with Mother Earth.” The law also calls for limits on the expansion of farming into new areas and assigns a spiritual value to land beyond its social and economic function.

Some industry figures say uncertainty over the new rules could affect farmers’ plans.

“It’s possible with this uncertainty that some people will avoid sowing or sow less using any non-GM seeds they can get hold of,” said Fernando Asturizaga of the Anapo farming association.

“We want them (government officials) to understand the potential consequences of the measures contained in the Mother Earth legislation and to make changes or clarifications either in the implementation of this law or through a new law.”

Soy exports brought in about $800 million last year, making the oilseed the country’s thirdbiggest foreign currency earner after minerals and natural gas.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

Churchill port wraps up its shipping season

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rain shipments through Churchill have fallen this year, but officials say they’re encouraged because the port attracted new customers and shipped a greater variety of products.

“It was a successful year,” but “probably not as successful as we would have liked it to be,” said Jeff McEachern, executive director of the Churchill Gateway Development Corporation.

The last ship of the season was loaded last week, bringing the year’s handling total to about 430,000 tonnes of grains and oilseeds — down from 515,000 tonnes last year.

Until this year, the Canadian Wheat Board accounted for most, if not all, of Churchill’s grain shipments and the loss of the single desk has some questioning the future of the port.

But while the change resulted in a later-than-normal start to the shipping season, the greater diversity of products moving through the port was a favourable sign, said McEachern. In 2011 only CWB wheat and durum went through the port, but this year it also handled barley, canola, and canola pellets. Two new customers used the port.

All shippers are eligible for subsidies under a $25-million, fiveyear program created by Ottawa to encourage use of the country’s only deepwater Arctic port. The program was oversubscribed in its first year, said McEachern.

A winter storage program is already in place, and it’s expected the port will surpass the 500,000tonne mark next year, he added.

“This year was about evaluating the facility and its capabilities,” said McEachern.

An engineering study of the wharf was conducted and officials hope to diversify the port’s business in coming years.

“Right now it’s a grain-handling facility, and we’d like the capability to deal with more diverse products,” said McEachern.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

India on track to produce surplus wheat for the sixth year in a row

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India, which is also the world’s biggest consumer of grain after China, produced a record 93.9 million tonnes in 2012

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ndia looks likely to harvest a bumper crop of wheat in 2013, its sixth in a row to exceed demand, after late mons o o n r a i n s re p l e n i s h e d soil moisture, strengthening prospects for exports from the world’s secondbiggest producer for a second year.

Annual monsoon rains picked up after a slow start in June, prompting Farm Minister Sharad Pawar to exhort farmers to plant winter-sown crops, such as wheat, early to cash in on good soil texture.

Fa r m e r s t o o k Pa w a r’s advice and have planted wheat on three per cent to five per cent of the normal acreage, which should rise to 40 per cent to 60 per cent by Nov. 20, slightly ahead of the usual pace, Indu Sharma, chief of the state-r un Directorate of Wheat Research, told Reuters.

“If temperatures do not rise abruptly in end February and early March, we are heading for a harvest almost as big as last year,” she said.

India, also the world’s biggest consumer of the g ra i n a f t e r C h i n a , p r o duced a record 93.90 million tonnes in 2012 for an annual increase of eight per cent. Demand amounts to about 76 million tonnes a year.

Inventories have swelled after repeated bumper har-

vests, largely because of higher prices the government assures to farmers, driving the state-run Food Corp of India to store grain in the open.

Stung by criticism over its inability to protect wheat stockpiles from rot a n d d e c a y, t h e g ov e r n ment lifted a four-year-old ban on exports in September 2011 before allowing exports from state-run warehouses as well.

If farmers produce yet another bumper crop, the government will continue unrestricted wheat exports, said P.K. Joshi, a director at the International Food Policy Research Institute.

Exports from India next year could make up for a global shortfall after drought parched other key producing areas.

T h i s ye a r d ro u g h t h i t the Black Sea countries of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, which normally produce about 10 per cent of the world’s wheat, forcing them to slash their harvest by a third. Russia’s 2012 wheat crop will lag officials’ estimates by six per cent.

In t h e Un i t e d St a t e s , the world’s biggest wheat exporter, a severe drought is shrinking but not fast enough. In Australia, the biggest wheat exporter behind the United States, the early harvest is showing poor yields.

Wheat has risen for three out of four sessions as dryness in the U.S. plains and forecasts of rain at harvest time in Australia threat-

ened to tighten global supplies.

Flat price but bumper output

Saddled with unmanageable stocks and a large food subsidy bill, India’s government last week agreed not to raise the price it will pay to buy wheat in 2013 from local farmers for the first time in decades.

The flat wheat price is unlikely to restrain output, trade, industr y and government officials believe.

Ample soil moisture, use of improved, high-yield seeds, and early sowing are factors that boost productivity, Sharma said.

“The early onset of w i n t e r, a c o m f o r t a b l e water level in dams and high prices of wheat in the local market will lure farmers to plant wheat,” said a senior government official from the biggest wheat-producing state of Uttar Pradesh.

Pawar advocated higher wheat prices at last week’s cabinet meeting, gov e r n m e n t o f f i c i a l s s a y.

But Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and Food Minister K.V. Thomas, concerned over a mounting food subsidy and bulging stocks, did not want this.

Higher subsidies of fuel, food and fertilizer have p ro m p t e d m a n y e c o n o m i s t s t o f o re c a s t a f i s cal deficit of six per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) this year, but Chidambaram forecasts 5.3 per cent, up from a target of 5.1 per cent.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

The long, brutal haul from farm to port in Brazil

Bad roads, drugged drivers, hellish traffic, and jammed ports translate into huge freight costs

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hen Marcondes Mendonça hauls corn from Brazil’s Farm Belt to port in the distant south, the young trucker prays for protection from gaping potholes and dangerous drivers, and dreads the squalid toilets on the sevenday journey ahead. He also braces for other hassles: traffic bottlenecks, backlogs at port and a stifling bureaucracy.

Overwhelmed infrastructure is one of the biggest challenges facing Brazil, the world’s sixthbiggest economy and a global breadbasket.

Transporters estimate road haulage rates will rise about 30 per cent once the grains crop is harvested, with a shortage of drivers and new legislation that will keep trucks off the road for longer by requiring minimum rest periods for drivers.

To see the problems up close, a Reuters reporter recently hitched a ride with Mendonça — a 27-year-old father of two and fan of Brazilian country music who hauls freight for a truckers’ collective and doubles as an instructor for aspiring drivers. “ M a y G o d p r o t e c t u s ,” he said, above a hiss of the air brakes at the start of his 2,100-kilometre journey. The trip, from the western farm state of Mato Grosso, across Brazil’s central savannah and southeast to the Atlantic Port of Santos, highlighted rigours of the road familiar to truckers anywhere — long hours, loneliness and bad meals.

But it also made clear how Brazil’s ambition of supplying more of the world’s food is being ham-

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pered by inefficiency. The cost of Mendonça’s haul amounted to nearly 40 per cent of what the 37 tonnes of corn sold for in Santos.

Transport across a similar distance in the United States, mostly by barge, amounts to only 10 per cent of the price of U.S. corn at port. Goods can also take three times as long to move a given distance as they do in China, a country that has used its run of economic success to invest heavily in roads, rail and ports.

“Logistics are jammed up,” says Glauber Silveira, head of Mato Grosso’s association of soy growers, who lose a quarter of their revenue to transport. “The buyer is losing out and the producer is losing out.”

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higher for Brazilian soy just to make sure growers keep planting. It’s also prompted President Dilma Rousseff to search f o r $ 6 6 b i l l i o n i n p r i va t e investment for roads, rail and other facilities.

Off the rails

The cabin of Mendonça’s Scania truck affords ample views of the chasm between Brazil’s firstworld ambitions and the much humbler reality on the ground.

After a three-day round trip north to load his double trailer, Mendonça sets off from Rondonopolis, a dusty logistics hub in southern Mato Grosso. It’s just a three-hour drive to the town of Alto Araguaia, which has a direct rail link to Santos, the country’s biggest port.

An 80-rail-car train carries as much corn as 230 rigs like Mendonça’s, and burns the diesel of just 40 of them. However, slow loading at terminals along the way means shipping by rail is no faster, and at harvest time, the trains run full and at prices producers say don’t save much money.

Brazil’s rail network, spanning 29,000 kilometres, is now smaller than it was 90 years ago.

And while two new rail lines, which will cost $11 billion, are under construction, it will be at least five years before they open.

So Me n d o n ç a d rov e o n , towards Mato Grosso do Sul, the next state down. He talked of crashes caused by reckless driving, fatigue, and long-

haul truckers using cocaine or an amphetamine derivative known as “rebite” to stay awake.

More than 1,200 truckers died on Brazil’s federal highways last year, which prompted the government to recently mandate rest periods for truckers for the first time — no more than eight hours of driving for employees of trucking firms and up to 13 for the selfemployed.

Few disagree with the law’s a i m s, b u t s o m e c o m p l a i n it makes it harder to meet demand and raises costs. And “if they don’t let us drive overnight there won’t be enough trucks,” said Marcelo Galbati, a self-employed trucker.

On the evening of his sixth day, Mendonça bypassed Sao Paulo, South America’s biggest city, and traffic thickened as trucks from across Brazil funnel onto the two highways to Santos, 80 kilometres away.

The lack of rest areas was painfully clear. Mendonça paid a 150-reais ($74) toll for one highway but had to circle back and repay after leaving the road, only to find all rest stops were full. He’d gone beyond his legal driving time but had nowhere to stop.

At 2 a.m., as he descended through Atlantic rainforest, a wreck halted traffic. An hour later, he reached a rest stop.

The next morning, Mendonça waited for clearance to proceed to the Santos terminal just 20 kilometres away from his destination, an ADM elevator. It would be 4 p.m. before he unloaded $10,200 worth of corn. The cost of the haul: $3,800.

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Southern municipalities create a “living” plan for future growth RPGA Planning District sought new ways to keep rural areas populated

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff / altona

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A creative way to plan

Neubergthal, a Parks Canada National Historic Site, is one of a dozen villages in the RM of Rhineland laid out in a historic settlement pattern of 19th century Mennonite settlers. A newly adopted development plan for the region aims to protect that way of life — as well as preserving farmland, accommodating an expanding local population, and the lifestyles of both town and country living.

“We’ve tried to cover off a lot of different things with the plan. Hopefully, we’ve done it in a creative way,” says RM of Rhineland Reeve Don Wiebe, chair of the RPGA Planning District.

The district was formed two years ago by Wiebe’s municipality and the towns of Plum Coulee, Gretna, and Altona with the goal of revising an outdated regional development plan. The new plan eschews the usual language of residential, agricultural, and industrial zones, in favour of “country living,” “village living,” and “town living.”

They took this approach because they could all agree on a couple of fundamentals, said Wiebe.

“We agreed overall that we don’t want to depopulate the rural area,” he said. “We also didn’t want it to be carved up in such a way that it’s a mess.”

Vibrant rural culture

Th e g o a l o f t h e u p d a t e d development plan is to create a place with a “vibrant rural culture and economy,” with each distinct “living” component contributing towards it.

“Country living” recognizes the need to maintain large agricultural land parcels, with policies directing future country homes to existing “countr y living clusters.” These are sites where homes have already been built and tend to have smaller tracts of land in their midst which don’t easily accommodate farm equipment. The plan also allows farmers, if they choose, to split

Policies that protect the unique character of Rhineland-area villages like Neubergthal and its collection of house barns are included in the new development plan for Rhineland, Plum Coulee, Gretna, Altona Planning District. Rhineland Reeve Don Wiebe is chair of the RPGA Planning District. Photo: lorraine stevenson

their yard sites and build an additional home.

For example, a 10-acre farm yard could be split in two, says Mike Rempel CAO of Rhineland. That makes room for more people to live in the country without carving out acreages from larger tracts of farmland.

“By allowing this, we are able to protect farmland,” said Rempel. “ We can put people into established lots, by buying part of an established yard, instead of starting from open field.”

The approach also jived with provincial land-use policies that favour development plans that preserve farmland wherever possible.

The plan also spells out normal farm practices and makes clear what those who choose to live in the country should expect from agricultural activities around them.

Fringe policies

For Gretna, Altona, and Plum Coulee, as well as the local urban district of Rosenfeld, there are policies under “town living” that call for smaller lot sizes and multi-family housing to minimize land use, as well as demands on infrastructure.

There are also policies for dealing with the “fringe” or land that surrounds the towns. Provincial land-use policies require that towns have a buffer of land around them — usually about a mile — so the town can expand.

But that buffer has the effect of leaving a “doughnut” of undeveloped space between a town and surrounding rural municipality. The RPGA Planning District’s plan avoids that by permitting development in this space, provided tax- and service-sharing agreements are in place.

“Both the town and RM will also need to approve developments inside the fringe,” added Rempel.

Me a n w h i l e, t h e “v i l l a g e living” component calls for preser ving the historical

development pattern of the village sites, as well as the lifestyle lived there, while permitting some forms of residential growth.

Incredibly unique

Jacqueline East, a planner with Winnipeg-based Dillon Consulting, who worked with the planning district, calls both the plan and the process used to create it “incredibly unique.”

Officials seized an opportunity to take development planning well beyond a legislative requirement, said East.

“A lot of the development plans out there almost look like zoning bylaws,” she said, adding that using plain-lan-

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guage terms such as village and town living make the concepts easier to understand.

“They’ve called the parts of the community exactly what the community understands them to be,” she said.

The plan also clearly spells out what kind of a place people want it to be in the future, she says.

“Those three different ways of choosing to live are very different development patterns, with different infrastructure requirements,” she said.

“They’ve essentially sorted out all of the issues that are important when you’re trying to plan a community.”

Al s o i m p re s s i ve w a s t h e

throughout the process, she said.

The community-visioning exercises that helped shape the plan were done as a pilot project led by staff with Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives and local government officials. Community engagement is now recommended as a best practice for planning, said Ruth Mealy, MAFRI business development specialist.

The Rhineland, Plum Coulee, Gretna, Altona Planning District Development Plan can be found online at: www.rpga planningdistrict.com. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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ack in the 1960s, Karen Martens’ neighbours kept a cow, some hens, and a few pigs in the backyard of their home in Neubergthal, a village southeast of Altona.

“I took it for granted that I could get milk from across the street,” says Martens. “I took it for granted that eggs were always available.”

Backyard livestock began to disappear in the 1970s, but is making a comeback today, says Martens. A few families are raising chickens again, and one keeps a few cows and pigs, a turkey and a ram.

“Our latest newcomer wanted to come here because he’s a farmer,” she says.

The village life she remembers from her youth is unchanged, and she says there’s still a strong sense of neighbourliness among the 130 or so residents.

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Food Development Centre eyes increased cost recovery Value of development centre outweighs cost increase: Entrepreneur

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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h e M a n i t o b a Fo o d Development Centre in Portage la Prairie has raised its rates for the first time in 14 years.

Manitoba clients recently saw their rates increase by five per cent, while out-of-province clients have experienced a 13 per cent increase.

“These increases are needed to ensure it is recovering cost and to more accurately reflect a higher level of complexity in the services we provide to clients,” said a spokeswoman for Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives.

A Manitoba company doing product development will now pay $777 compared to $740.

An out-of-province company would pay $836 for the same service.

Shelf-life testing — for a nine-month study — has increased to $2,285 for Manitobans, while a client from Alber ta or Saskatchewan would pay $2,597.

“Manitoba taxpayers do not subsidize out-of-province activities,” said the spokeswoman.

International clients also make use of the facility, but are charged cost recovery, plus 10 per cent. Someone from France or India would pay $2,676 for shelf-life testing.

T h a t s e e m s re a s o n a b l e to Kelly Beaulieu, who has been working with the centre in the development of her own company, Canadian Prairie Garden Puree Products Inc. “Their rates are still so reasonable, it’s definitely still a very good deal,” said the entrepreneur. “The cost is minimal compared to the value.”

“We’ve got a cooking system that has never been used before, so we had a lot of trials to do.”

KELLY BEAULIEU

The former agronomist has spent the last two years creating Prairie Garden Puree at the Manitoba Food Development Centre, a base ingredient for food production.

S h e i s n ow b u i l d i n g a large-scale processing plant for the product at the centre, having completed proof of technical concept requirements with the assistance of centre staff.

“We’ve got a cooking system that has never been used before, so we had a lot of trials to do,” she said.

The Manitoba Food Development Centre is raising its rates for the first time since 1998.

The real value of worki n g a t t h e c e n t re i s t h a t staff know what needs to be done to pass Canadian Food Inspection Agency testing, and can assist with complex issues around the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control

Points management system, said Beaulieu.

You could get this kind of expertise in the private sector, she added, but it would likely be cost prohibitive.

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Reconditioning soybeans in storage poses problems Reconditioning causes the beans to expand, which can rupture grain bin walls NDSU EXTENSION SERVICE

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econditioning low-moisture soybeans in storage can damage the grain bin, cautions Ken Hellevang, the North Dakota State University Extension Service’s grain-drying expert.

Warm, dry fall weather can result in soybeans being harvested well below the market moisture content of 13 per cent.

Hellevang says he has heard reports of harvested bean moisture contents as low as six to nine per cent.

The lost value of soybeans with a moisture content of seven per cent rather than the market standard of 13 per cent is a loss of about 97 cents per bushel for beans with a value of $15 per bushel and 66 cents per bushel if they are at nine per cent moisture. This lost value will encourage producers to recondition the beans to 13 per cent.

However, reconditioning causes the beans to expand, which can damage the grain bin’s bolted connections or

even cause the bin to rupture from the increased pressure on the bin wall. “ T h e f o rc e s o n t h e b i n increase much more rapidly than by the percentage of moisture content increases,” Hellevang says. “Therefore, a moisture content increase of more than a point or two can be problematic. The bin warranty may be voided if damage occurs while reconditioning grain.”

One way to reduce the damage is to use a negative pres-

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sure system to pull humid air down through the soybeans and remove the soybeans from the top of the bin as they are reconditioned. Grain flows from the top of the bin in a funnel shape as it is unloaded from the centre bin sump.

Another way to reduce that pressure is to use a verticalstirring auger to mix the beans frequently. However, soybeans become more fragile at lower moisture contents, so stirring may damage the beans.

Producers need to operate fans during weather with an average relative humidity of about 70 per cent if they want to recondition soybeans to 13 per cent during normal fall temperatures of -1 C to 15 C. The moisture doesn’t change gradually throughout the entire bin during reconditioning, Hellevang notes. Instead, a rewetting zone develops and moves slowly through the bin in the direction of the airflow.

Too much reconditioning also can be a problem. Soybeans will be reconditioned to a moisture content exceeding 13 per cent if the humidity of the air entering the soybeans is too high. If that happens, the wet soybeans may deteriorate in storage or be discounted when sold.

One way to control reconditioning is to use a humidistat to turn the fan on any time the humidity is above about 60 per cent. Hellevang recommends adding a second humidistat to stop the fan when the relative humidity reaches very high lev-

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els to prevent excessive moisture contents.

Another method is to install a microprocessor-based controller that monitors temperature and humidity, and runs only when air conditions will bring the crop to the desired moisture content. Running the fan only at night when the humidity is higher will recondition the soybeans but does not provide any control options.

“Reconditioning time primarily depends on the airflow per bushel and weather conditions,” Hellevang says.

“Reconditioning occurs the fastest when the airflow rate is high and the air is warm and humid.”

Reconditioning will be the most successful in a dr ying bin that has a fully perforated floor and a fan that can deliver at least 0.75 cubic feet per minute of airflow per bushel. Even with this airflow, moving a rewetting front all the way through the bin may take more than a month of fan operation. Using lower airflow rates to move the rewetting front through the bin will take several months.

For more information about reconditioning, drying, handling and storing soybeans, v i s i t t h e N D S U Ex t e n s i o n Service’s soybean production guide at http://www.ag.ndsu. edu/pubs/plantsci/rowcrops/ a1172.pdf and NDSU’s grain drying and storage website at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ graindrying.

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IHC 645 vibrachisel, S/N645C1111 Westman 242 2,157 engine hrs., S/NH09650W700514 Red River SPRAYERS 1998 40068810H air drill,air40’, 6” space, 230spacing, bu. cart S/ 1998Case-IH Bourgault drill, 36', 7.5" Profit from our experience. Make a PrePay 1998 JD 9610, DAS,COMBINES DHH, hyd. fore/aft, corn/bean, COMBINES 2010 JD 4930 self-propelled sprayer, 120' boom, NB0011594,drill S/NCKB00150CK 2005 JD Level Land, deluxe controls, HD Variable 3195 tow-behind cart, S/N82584 2005 JD9860, 9860, STS, Level Land, deluxe controls, HD chopper, 20'STS, perforated unloading auger, 3,276 20" space, 937 hrs., S/NN04930X008228 program deposit to your CPS account and spd., Greenstar w/AutoTrac, Y&M, 1,297 sep. hrs., 1,793 1998 Case-IHTILLAGE EQUIPMENT 4006 air drill, 40', 6" space, 230 bu.

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20" space, 2,417 2008 JD 9770 Contourmaster, deluxe controls, sweeps, single pointhrs., depthS/NN04920X002176 control, spike tooth harrow, 50’ 2008 JD 9770 STS, Contourmaster, deluxe controls, TILLAGE EQUIPMENT / 6,167 eng. hrs., new engine 1,000 hrs. ago, new cab, 2 spd. 1,374 sep./1,968 eng hrs., new engine 1,600 10”, S/NN02210X010446 ANTIQUES TRAILERS premier cab, 2S/NH09770S725729 spd. 1,374 sep./1,968 eng hrs., new IHC hrs., warranty, 55JD chisel plow, 31’, S/N3432729 2010 2210 field cultivator, 49', 5-section, walkers 2012, S/NH09600X646679 Antiques For Sale Ask at your local CPS retail store.

4-wheel4900 header trailer 2001 JD 9750, deluxe controls, cultivator, 45’, point S/NJAG0065212 engine 1,600STS, hrs.,Contourmaster, warranty, C-shanks, field 4" sweeps, single depth control, 1992 JD 9600, DAS, DHH, hyd.S/NH09770S725729 fore/aft, 2 range 2WD, cyl., Case-IH 1989 WW tandem axle bumper hitch trailer, 7'x16' Greenstar w/display mapping, 2,591 sep. hrs., 3,778 Case-IH 4900 field cultivator, 45’, S/N7890672 2001 JD 9750, STS,less Contourmaster, controls, CANADIAN PACIFIC DEPOT BAGGAGE wagon spike tooth harrow, 50' 10", S/NN02210X010446 260 hp.., Harvestrac monitor, 4,100 deluxe engine hrs., engine hrs., S/NH09750S691547 IHC 645 vibrachisel, S/N645C1111 2008 Carry On turf trailer, 7'x12', 2 ramps w/steel wheels & roller bearings. Always stored un2WD,JDGreenstar w/display lessLand, mapping, plow,SPRAYERS 31', S/N3432729 S/NH09600X646135 2003 9650, Walker, Level deluxe,2,591 controls, IHC 55 chiselOTHER EQUIPMENT der cover, in excellent condition. $450 OBO. Phone sep. hrs., 3,778 engine S/NH09750S691547 Case-IH 4900 field cultivator, 45', S/NJAG0065212 1983 JD 8820, turbo hydro, CAH, DAM,sep.

RWA, spd. 2010 Greenstar ready wired forhrs., ATU, 1,486 hrs.22,157 sprayer, 16' 120’ boom, 20” 1999 JD NH4930 1475 self-propelled mower conditioner, (204)764-2015.

2003 JD 9650, Walker, Level Land, deluxe controls, engine hrs., S/NH09650W700514 Case-IH 4900 cultivator, 45', cut S/N7890672 cyl., rock trap, 5,000 sep. hrs., 6,364 engine hrs., space, 937 hrs.,field S/NN04930X008228 Farm King mower, 5', 3 pt., rough 1998 JD 9610,ready DAS, wired DHH, hyd. fore/aft, corn/bean, chopper, 2005 Greenstar for ATU, 1,486 sep. hrs.

JD 4920 self-propelled sprayer, 120’ boom, 20” IHC 645 vibrachisel, S/N645C1111 S/NH08820X565099 ANTIQUES SS1080 9', S/N850875 20’ perforated unloading auger, 3,276 sep./4,603 engine Woods space, 2,417 hrs.,snowblower, S/NN04920X002176 2,157 engine hrs., S/NH09650W700514 SPRAYERS FLEX HEADS Antique Equipment hrs., S/NH09610X678607 2010 JD MP66 multi-purpose bucket, 66", TRAILERS 1998 JD 9610, DAS, DHH, hyd. fore/aft, corn/bean, 2010 JDheader 4930 self-propelled sprayer, 120' boom, 2006 635F flex 35', Contourmaster, AHH, 1992 JD JD 9600, 2WD,head, DAS, AHH, fore/aft, 4,062 sep./6,167 S/NT0MP66X13000 4-wheel trailer NEW TRACTOR PARTS and engine rebuild kits, chopper, 20' perforated unloading auger, 3,276 10/12-19585_1C eng. hrs., new engine 1,000 hrs. ago, new walkers 2012, 20"WW space, 937 hrs.,bumper S/NN04930X008228 ARS, telescoping platform drive shafts, 1989 tandem axle hitch trailer, 7’x16’ 2000 Erskine front-mount snowblower, 87", 540 specializing in hard to find parts for older tractors, S/NH09600X646679 sep./4,603 engine hrs., S/NH09610X678607 2005 JD2-stage, 4920 self-propelled S/NH00635F716846 2008 Carry On turf trailer, 7’x12’, sprayer, 2 chute ramps 120' boom, PTO, hyd. discharge tractor seats, service and owners manuals, decals 1992 JD JD 9600, 9600,2WD, DAS, DAS, DHH, AHH, hyd. fore/aft, 24,062 rangesep. cyl. OTHER 1992 fore/aft, EQUIPMENT 20" Craftsman space, 2,417 hrs., S/NN04920X002176 2005 JDhp.., 635F flex head, 35', AHH, hyd.hrs., fore/ and much more, our 38th year! 1 800-481-1353, 1998 926 walk-behind Harvestrac 4,100ARS, engine NH 1475 mower conditioner, 16’ snowblower, /260 6,167 hrs., newmonitor, engine 1,000 hrs. ago, newS/ 1999 aft, reel eng. adj. telescoping platform drive shafts, AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES NH09600X646135 www.diamondfarmtractorparts.com 6 spd., hp., 2 5’, reverse, 26", cut S/N1I098B30028 Farm King9mower, 3TRAILERS pt., rough walkers 2012, S/NH09600X646679 1983 JD 8820, turbo hydro, CAH, DAM, RWA, 2 spd. Woods S/NH00635F711468 4-wheel header trailer snowblower, Alberta Auctions – South Alberta Auctions – South SS1080 snowblower, 9’, S/N850875 Toro 521 walk-behind 21", S/N29334 1992 JD 9600, DAS, DHH, hyd. fore/aft, 2 hyd. range cyl., cyl.,JD rock trap,flex 5,000 sep.35', hrs., 6,364 engine hrs., S/ 2010 10/11/12 12:17 PM2005 635F head, AHH, ARS, fore/ JD1800 MP66 multi-purpose bucket, 66”, S/ AUCTION SALES 19585-1C CPSClassified_4x4.indd 1 1989 JD WW tandem axle S/NPCGU18B20606 bumper hitch trailer, 7'x16' 2010 display, NH08820X565099 260 hp.., Harvestrac monitor, 4,100 engine hrs., NT0MP66X13000 aft, reel adj., telescoping platform drive shafts, 2008 Carry Ondisplay, turf trailer, 7'x12', 2 ramps 2010 JD 1800 S/NPCGU18B20608 FLEX HEADS S/NH09600X646135 2000 Erskine front-mount snowblower, 87”, 540 PTO, S/NH00635F711697 OTHER EQUIPMENT AUCTION SALES 2006 JD JD 8820, 635F flex 35’,CAH, Contourmaster, AHH, ARS, LAWNchute TRACTORS 2-stage, hyd. discharge 1983 turbohead, hydro, DAM, 2 spd.

2005 JD 635F flex head, 35', AHH, ARS,RWA, hyd. fore/ 1999Craftsman NH Z820A 1475 mower conditioner, 16' telescoping platform drive shafts, S/NH00635F716846 Manitoba Auctions – Westman 1998 926 walk-behind snowblower, 6 spd., 9 2009 JD zero turn, S/NTC820AJ020056 cyl., rock trap, 5,000 sep. hrs., 6,364 engine hrs., aft, reel adj.,flex telescoping 2005 JD 635F head, 35’,platform AHH, ARS,drive hyd.shafts, fore/ aft, reel 2008 Farm King mower, 5',turn, 3 pt.,S/NTC820AL010239 rough cut hp., 2JD reverse, 26”, S/N1I098B30028 Z820A zero S/NH08820X565099 adj. telescoping platform drive shafts, S/NH00635F711468 Toro 1980 CESSNA 172 RGLL, Cutless 180-HP, S/NH00635F711469 521 walk-behind snowblower, 21”, S/N29334 Woods SS1080 snowblower, 9', S/N850875 2006JD Hustler Super S/NPCGU18B20606 Z34 mower, S/N8110750 2005 JD JD 635F 635Fflex flex head,35', 35’, AHH, ARS, hyd. fore/ 2010 1,631-hrs TTSN, Mode C, Horton stall kit, Transdisplay, FLEX HEADS 2004 head, Contourmaster, AHH, 2010 JD JD1800 MP66 multi-purpose bucket, 66", 2001 1435 commercial front-mount aft, JD reel635F adj.,flex telescoping platform drive shafts, ponder, ADF, DME, ELT, Appollo equipped, Plane JD 1800 display, S/NPCGU18B20608 2006 head, 35',drive Contourmaster, AHH,S/ 2010 ARS, telescoping platform shafts, S/NT0MP66X13000 NH00635F711697 2003 JD LX277 lawn tractor, S/NM0L277H073710 LAWN TRACTORS hangered since new, clean, well maintained unit, ARS, telescoping platform drive shafts, S/NH00635F706520 2000JD Erskine front-mount snowblower, 87", 540 2005 JD 635F flex head, 35’, AHH, ARS, hyd. fore/ 2009 Z820A zero turn, S/NTC820AJ020056 (Hanger also for Sale). To be sold at Auction at Oak 2001 JD LX277 lawn tractor, S/NM0L277CO41888 S/NH00635F716846 aft, JD reel635adj., platform drive S/ 2008 2009 flextelescoping head, 35', AHH, ARS, hyd.shafts, fore/aft, JD Z820A zero turn, S/NTC820AL010239 PTO, 2-stage, hyd. discharge chute Lake Hall. Oak Lake, MB on Sun., Nov. 18th at Unreserved PUblic AUction 2000 JD LX277 lawn tractor, S/NM0L277CO26516 NH00635F711469 2005 flex head, 35', AHH, hyd. fore/ 2006 Super926 Z34 mower, S/N8110750 reelJD adj.,635F telescoping platform driveARS, shafts, 2:00pm. “SOLD SUBJECT TO OWNERS ACCEP1998Hustler Craftsman snowblower, 2000 JD LX277 lawn walk-behind tractor, S/NM0L277F021442 2004 JD 635F flex head, 35’, Contourmaster, AHH, ARS, 2001 JD 1435 commercial front-mount aft, reel adj. telescoping platform drive shafts, TANCE OF HIGH BID”. Plane & Hanger located at S/NH00635F731056 6 spd., 9 hp., 2 reverse, 26", S/N1I098B30028 2003 JD 737 zero turn S/NTC0737A020478 telescoping platform drive shafts, S/NH00635F706520 2003 JD LX277 lawn tractor, S/NM0L277H073710 S/NH00635F711468 Virden, MB. Plane Hanger built in 2008, 42x42-ft.

2003 JD635 930F head, 30', ARS, AHH,hyd.

ARS, hyd.reel fore/ ToroJD 521 walk-behind snowblower, 21", S/N29334 2009 JD flexflex head, 35’, AHH, fore/aft, adj., 2001 LX277 lawn tractor, S/NM0L277CO41888 1998 JD LT155 lawn tractor, S/NM0L155B24298 metal clad, concrete floor w/piping for heating, bi2005 JD 635F flexplatform, head, 35', AHH, ARS, hyd. fore/ aft, telescoping S/NH00930F701826 telescoping platform drive shafts, S/NH00635F731056 2010JD JDLX277 1800lawn display, S/NPCGU18B20606 2000 tractor, S/NM0L277CO26516 1992 JD F935 lawn tractor, S/NM0F935X420378 fold door w/remote, walk in door, located in Virden. aft, JD reel adj., flex telescoping platform drive shafts, 2003 JD 930F 930F flex head, head, 30', 30’, AHH, ARS, tractor, S/NM0L277F021442 2000 AHH, ARS,hyd. hyd.fore/ fore/aft, 2000 2010JD JDLX277 1800lawn display, S/NPCGU18B20608 1992 JD F525 S/NM0F525A162443 To be sold by Auction at Oak Lake Hall, Sun., Nov. telescoping platform, S/NH00930F701826 2003 JD 737 zerolawn turn tractor, S/NTC0737A020478 S/NH00635F711697 aft, full finger, S/NH00930F687307 LAWN TRACTORS 18th at 2:00pm. Subject to the Sale of Cessna 172 Cub Cadet GT1554 lawn tractor, S/N14AK13BK709 2000 JD 930F flex head, 30’, AHH, ARS, hyd. fore/ aft, full 1998 JD LT155 lawn tractor, S/NM0L155B24298 2005 JD 930F 635F flex head, 30', 35', AHH, ARS, hyd. fore/ 1999 RGll at the same sale. Lots of tools, some firearms, 2009 JD Z820A zero turn, S/NTC820AJ020056 finger, S/NH00930F687307 1992 F935LT1042 lawn tractor, Cub JD Cadet lawnS/NM0F935X420378 tractor, S/N13BX11CG709 reel930F adj., telescoping shafts, aft, JD Crary airflex reel, S/NH00930F681565 WE STILL HAVE ROOM FOR MORE CONSIGN1999 head, 30’, platform AHH, ARS,drive hyd. fore/ aft, Crary 1992 JD F525 lawn tractor, S/NM0F525A162443 2008 JD Z820A zero turn, S/NTC820AL010239 Husqvarna GT2448 lawn tractor, 48” deck S/NH00635F711469 MENTS. For more information call Miller Auctions air reel, S/NH00930F681565 Cub Cadet GT1554 lawnZ34 tractor, S/N14AK13BK709 AIR DRILLS 2006 Hustler Super mower, S/N8110750 JD F525 front-mount,S/NM0F525A141004 Inc (204)649-2366 www.globaluctionguide.com 2004 JD JD 1820 635F air flexdrill, head, 35', Contourmaster, AHH, Cub Cadet LT1042 lawn tractor,front-mount S/N13BX11CG709 AIR60', DRILLS 2005 7.5" spacing, 5-section, 2001 JD 1435 commercial JD STX38 lawn tractor, S/NM00STXJ302391 Husqvarna GT2448 lawn tractor, 48” deck ARS, telescoping platform drive shafts, 2005 JD 1820 air drill, 60’, 7.5” spacing, 5-section, cart S/ S/NA01820X710316 cart S/NA01910H710376, drill 2003 JDfront-mount,S/NM0F525A141004 LX277 tractor, S/NM0L277H073710 AUCTION SALES JD STX38 lawn lawn tractor, S/NM00STXC212216 JD F525 NA01910H710376, drill S/NA01820X710316 S/NH00635F706520 2004 JD 1820 airairdrill, 52',52’, 7.5" 7.5” spacing, cart cart S/ JD 2001 JD270/3004 LX277 lawn tractor, S/NM0L277CO41888 STX38 lawn tractor, S/NM00STXJ302391 Murray lawn tractor, S/N5002753340951 Manitoba Auctions – Interlake 2004 JD 1820 drill, spacing, 2009 JD 635 flex head,drill 35',S/NA01820X705191 AHH, ARS, hyd. fore/aft, JD S/NA01910H705197, STX38 tractor, S/NM00STXC212216 2000 JD lawn LX277 lawn tractor, S/NM0L277CO26516 NA01910H705197, drill S/NA01820X705191 2009 Weed Eater 261, S/N040710L001962 reelJD adj., telescoping platform drive shafts, 270/3004 lawn tractor, S/N5002753340951 MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Estate & 2002 airairdrill, 60',60’, 7.5" 7.5” spacing, cart cart S/ Murray 2002 JD1820 1820 drill, spacing, 2000 JD LX277 lawn tractor, S/NM0L277F021442 JD mower deck, S/NM01002X55681 2009 Weed Eater 261, S/N040710L001962 S/NH00635F731056 Moving Auction Sat., Nov 17th 10:30am Stonewall, NA01900H695183, drill S/NA01820X695179 S/NA01900H695183, drill S/NA01820X695179 2003 JD 737 zero turn S/NTC0737A020478 JD mower deck, S/NM01062X110442 mower deck, S/NM01002X55681 1999 JD JD1820 1820air air drill, 52’, 7.5” spacing, MB. 12 Patterson Dr. Yard & Rec; Antique Furni2003 JD 930F flex head, AHH, ARS, hyd.cart fore/S/ JD 1999 drill, 52',30', 7.5" spacing, cart 1998 JD LT155 lawn tractor tractor, S/NM0L155B24298 Simplicity 12H lawn JD mower deck, S/NM01062X110442 NH01900H675175, drill S/NH01820X680128 ture; Antiques; Adv & Collectibles; Crockery & unused aft, telescoping platform, S/NH00930F701826 S/NH01900H675175, drilldrill, S/NH01820X680128 12H INCLUDE lawn 1992 JD TO F935 lawntractor tractor, S/NM0F935X420378 1998 Bourgault 8810H air 36’, 7.5” spacing, 3195 Simplicity ALSO RECREATION ITEMS Glassware; Household.

Stuart McSherry 2011 Case Ih MagnuM 225 2000 JD 930F flex head, 30', AHH, ARS, hyd. fore/ 2009 john deere 9770sts tow-behind cart, S/N82584 ALSO TO INCLUDE RECREATION ITEMS 1992 JD F525 lawn tractor, S/NM0F525A162443 (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsheraft, full finger, S/NH00930F687307 Cub Cadet GT1554 lawn tractor, S/N14AK13BK709 ryauction.com 1999 JD 930F flex head, 30', AHH, ARS, hyd. fore/ Cub Cadet LT1042 lawn tractor, S/N13BX11CG709 Round up the cash! Advertise your unwanted equipaft, Crary air reel, S/NH00930F681565 Husqvarnaor GT2448 lawn tractor, 48” deck Mike Stenvold (888) 456-0240 (701) 741-4665 ment in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds.

AIR DRILLS JD F525 front-mount,S/NM0F525A141004 2005 JD 1820 air drill, 60', 7.5" spacing, 5-section, JD STX38 lawn tractor, S/NM00STXJ302391 IQBID.com is a division of Steffes Auctioneers cart S/NA01910H710376, drill S/NA01820X710316 JD STX38 lawn tractor, S/NM00STXC212216 2000 Murray Main 270/3004 Ave E, lawn Westtractor, Fargo, ND 58078 2004 JD 1820 air drill, 52', 7.5" spacing, cart S/N5002753340951 S/NA01910H705197, drill S/NA01820X705191 (701) 237-9173 www.iqbid.com 2009 Weed Eater 261, S/N040710L001962 2002 JD 1820 air drill, 60', 7.5" spacing, cart CompleteJDterms, mower S/NM01002X55681 lotdeck, listings & photos at www.IQBID.com Low Meter hours S/NA01900H695183, drill S/NA01820X695179 UNRESERVED JD mower deck, S/NM01062X110442 2006 Case Ih 1902 25 ft 2010 Case Ih PuMa 165 1999 JD 1820 air drill, 52', 7.5" spacing, cart Simplicity 12H lawn tractor AUCTION SALE MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Vintage S/NH01900H675175, drill S/NH01820X680128 AUTO & TRANSPORT ALSO TO INCLUDE RECREATION ITEMS Service Station & Collectibles Sat., Nov. 10th Birch River

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Minitonas

Durban

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac

Riverton

Russell

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McCreary

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Gimli

Shoal Lake

Erickson

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Virden

Carberry

Reston

Austin

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Mariapolis

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St. Pierre

Steinbach

Morris

Pilot Mound

Crystal City

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Ste. Anne

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Melita

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Beausejour

Winkler

Morden

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Lethbridge, aB November 15, 2012 · 9 am

TRUE NORTH EQUIPMENT

Of Trucks, Storage Vans, Containers

TRUE NORTH EQUIPMENT

For Jack’s Heavy Transport 1060 Oxford St. West

(South of Springfield Rd. Near Day St. Transcona, MB) Sat., November 10th at 11:00am (Viewing at 11:00am till 5:00pm Friday, Day Before Sale Only) BOBCAT: 2011 Bob Cat model S250, 2-speed diesel skidsteer/bucket, 48” forks, quick attachment (only 312 hours) like new TRUCKS: 2006 Mack model CXN 613 day cab, tandem, air ride, 350-HP (nice shape) safetied *2005 I.H.C Eagle day cab, tandem, air ride, ISX 435 (nice shape) safetied *2001 Mack model C.H day cab, air ride, tandem, automatic grease system, 350-HP (nice shape) safetied *1996 Mack CH day cab, 350-HP safetied STORAGE TRAILERS: 4-27ft. Pup dry vans* 14-48ft. dry van trailers TRAILER VANS (SAFETIED): 1-53ft. dry van trailer (safetied) *2-48ft. dry van trailers (safetied) CONTAINERS: 2-48’ containers *2-20’ containers CONTAINER CHASSIS: 4-20’ tandem chassis* 2-40’ tandem chassis *3-tri-axle 40-53’ air extendable chassis MISCELLANEOUS: New Herman Nelson diesel heater *200gal. Oil tank w/pumper *4-large bines of nuts & bolts *2-cupboard w/truck seals, filters, etc. *12” shop bench vise *2-120 volt hanging heaters *SnapOn 50-ton floor jack *wheel dollie *2-pallet jacks *12-pallets miscellaneous* etc.

TERMS: Cash, Visa, Mastercard or Debit paid in Full Same Day of Sale.

SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS “Everything Sold As Is, Where Is” with no warranties implied or expressed.

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Auto & Truck Parts 10:00am Stonewall #12 Patterson Dr. HUGE AUCTION of Hard to find Antiques. 1927 Ford Mack “T” REMANUFACTURED DSL ENGINES: GM 6.5L Truck; 1961 Polaris Snowmobile; 1953 Schwinn $4,750 installed; Ford/IH 7.3L $4950 installed; GM Pedal Bike; Wurlitzer Working Stereo Juke Box; Duramax/Ford 6.0L, $8,500 installed; new 6.5L en1930’s English Phone Booth; Oak Phone Booth; gines $6500; 24V 5.9L Cummins, $7,500 installed; 1977 Pinball Game Coca Cola Chest Cooler; Pepsi otherisnew/used & reman. engines available, can Cooler; 30’s Working 5 cent Slot Machine; Lollipop IQBID.com a division of Steffes Auctioneers ship or install. Thickett Engine Rebuilding, Style Penny Scale; Red Indian Electric Gas Bow2000 204-532-2187, Main Ave E, West Fargo, ND 58078 Binscarth.

8:00am-5:30pm Mon.-Fri. ser; Clock Style Air Meter; OVER 40 Service Sta(701) 237-9173 www.iqbid.com tion Signs; Porc. Dodge De Soto Service; B/A; AUTO & TRANSPORT Texaco; Red Indian; White Rose; North Star; Complete Seiterms, lot listings & photos at www.IQBID.com Trucks berling Tire; Castrol; Gulf Sign; Husky; Oil Cans; Over 50 Store Product Signs; Coca Cola; Pepsi 2005 GMC Sierra 2500HD Diesel Crew Cab, Allison Clocks; Push Bars; Horse Vane. Stuart McSherry Auto, 4WD. One owner, no accidents, never towed, (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherwell maintained. Safetied. Excellent condition. ryauction.com $24,995 OBO (204)248-2208 or (204)723-0057

Mike Stenvold (888) 456-0240 or (701) 741-4665

2003 john deere 8420

2004 john deere 7300

2007 john deere 4930 120 ft & 2006 john deere 4920 120 ft

2010 Case Ih PatrIot 4420 120 ft

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BUILDING & RENOVATIONS

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BUILDINGS

BUILDINGS

STILL TIME TO CONSIGN – 403.327.4933 AUCTION SITE: From Lethbridge, AB at intersection of 43rd St and Hwy 4, go 10.5 km (6.5 miles) South to Hwy 508. Yard on West side of road.

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BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

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

FARM MACHINERY Grain Cleaners

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Air Seeders

2-2 ROLL 245 CARTER Day graters w/aspirators.

2-2 roll 245 Carter Day graters wo/aspirators. Many Shelves for the above machines. Magic box w/4 Canola spirals. Phone:Ed Bergen, Sanford, MB. (204)736-2278 or Cell (204)782-3234.

2009 JOHN DEERE 1830 Airseeder, 50-ft, 7.5-in SS, Rubber Packers, Atom Jet Openers, 350 TBH, Conveyor, DS. $124,000; 2004 John Deere 1890 Airseeder, 42-ft, 7.5-in Spacing, Rubber Gauge Wheels, All Run Black, 270 TBH Tank, 8-in Auger. $85,000. Call Ray at (204)825-8121.

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

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers

Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2

NEW SUKUP GRAIN DRYERS w/canola screens, 1 or 3PH, LP or NG. Efficient & easy to operate. Early Order discount pricing now in effect. (204)998-9915

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

Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for archrib buildings BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

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

CCIL MODEL 204, 28-FT. deep tiller, tandem axles, mounted harrows, $4,500; Morris Model TD-81, 14-ft. tandem disc w/updated 5/16x24 new front discs & bearings, $8,500; JD Model 215 tandem discer, Duracushion, 16-ft., 22-in. blades, $8,500. www.waltersequipment.com (204)525-4521, Minitonas, MB.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Swathers

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Various

400 VERS SWATHER 18-FT. good running order, shedded, $1,500 OBO. Phone (204)966-3857.

Combines

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

Website: www.postframebuilding.com

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Case/IH

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

2005 CASE IH 8010 combine, 4-WD, front tire size is 1250-45-32, means they are 45-in wide, rear tires 28L-26, means 28-in wide. Apparently will go as far as a track machine. 4-Spd, hyd trans, straw chopper & spreaders, pro-600 monitor, bin extensions w/205230-ft dripper header, $165,000. Phone:(204)871-0925.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Combine ACCessories

SELLING NEVIN SEEDS, a well established bird seed company, included in sale are all bagging & packaging equip, bins, etc. as well as business contacts.

Reason for selling: semi-retiring.

Phone:(204)763-4470 or (204)761-3931.

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories

BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

16-FT. HUTCHMASTER OFFSET DISC, new tires, all new bearings, new front gang discs, 24-in. notched disc blades, VGC, $9,500. (204)762-5448.

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

BUILDINGS

BUSINESS SERVICES

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Tillage

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories 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.

FLEX PLATFORMS, CORN HEADS, Rigid Platforms- for all makes combines. JD 925, 930, 630, 635 Flex; CIH 1020 25-30 ft. Flex; JD 925 Rigid; NH 971 24 ft. Rigid; JD 643, 843, 893, 1293; CIH 1083 Corn heads. Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment located #12 Hwy N, Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com

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

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS

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

Licensed Agrologist on Staff.

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

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 1988 CASE 580 BACKHOE w/front end loader.

Phone:(204)952-9793.

WANTED TO BUY an excavator, prefer 200-270 JD, Komatsu, Hitachi or Case, prefer 2000-2005, has to have thumb. Phone (204)871-0925.

WHEELED EXCAVATOR CASE 1085B, extend-ahoe, wrist-o-twist, 2 digging buckets, $17,500; Hitachi 300 Track excavator, $35,000.

Phone:(204)871-2708 or (204)685-2124.

FARM MACHINERY FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment FERTILIZER SPREADERS, 4-9-TONNE, $2500 up; Large selection 8T tender, $2500; 16T, $5900. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com (204)857-8403.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins 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

Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

FOR SALE: 45-FT FLEXI-COIL 5000 air drill w/2320 tank, 9-in spacing, rubber packers, & liquid fertilizer kit, always shedded; 41-ft JD 610 floating hitch cultivator, 12-in spacing & 777 air tank. Phone (204)827-2354, cell (204)526-5307.

TracTors

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

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443

FARM MACHINERY Loaders & Dozers

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

BUHLER ALLIED LOADER MODEL 2895-S w/joystick, bucket & grabel fork, fits 9820 Case IH, loader built for 150-250 HP, $7,500. Phone (204)871-0925.

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

FARM MACHINERY Salvage

Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd.

FARM MACHINERY FOR PARTS: COMBINES IHC 1682, 1482, 1480, 1460, 915, 914, 715, 403, 402, 150, MF 860, 760, 850, 751, 750, 550, 510, 410, 405; JD 7701, 7700,6601, 6600, 630, 96, 65; WHITE 8900, 8800, 8600, 8650, 7800, 5542, 545, 542, 431; NH TR95, TR85, TR70, 1500, 990, 980; Coop 9600, 960; Gleaner L2, N6, F, C2; VERS 2000, 42; Case 1600, 1060; FORD 642 BELARUS 1500 Don; SWATHERS VERS 4400, 400, 330, 103, 10; IHC 4000, 230, 210, 175, 201, 75; COOP 550, 500, 601; MF 655, 36, 35; JD 800, 290; NH 1090; WHITE 6200; COCKSHUTT 503 HESSTON 300. We also have parts for tractors, square & round balers, press drills, cultivators, sprayers, haybines, & misc machinery. We handle new & rebuilt parts for tractors & combines. MURPHY SALVAGE (204)858-2727, toll free 1-877-858-2728.

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

Tractors Combines Swathers

FYFE PARTS

1-800-667-9871 • Regina 1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon 1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg 1-800-222-6594 • Edmonton

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

Spraying EquipmEnt

“For All Your Farm Parts”

www.fyfeparts.com

FARM MACHINERY Sprayers 1994 WILLMAR 765HT high clearance sprayer, 600-gal tank, 80-ft. boom, rinse tank, 9.5-48 & 18.4-38 tires, Micro-Trak Spraymate 2 auto rate controller, 2,993-hrs, good condition, $34,000.

(204)436-2534.

Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds.

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

1-800-782-0794.

Tillage & Seeding

RED OR GREEN 1. 10-25% savings on new replacement parts for your Steiger drive train.

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 10-FT 3-PH (204)347-5995.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

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Phone

853 JD ALL CROP header, 8 row x 30-in, high sides & back for sunflowers, PTO drives, lots of new parts, good shape, $8000. Gerald Friesen (204)822-3633 or (204)362-0678, Morden.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Case/IH

FOR SALE: ANTIQUE MODEL JD Model D; Manure Scrapers for cleaning chicken barn; Outback Guidance System; Electric motors 1/4, 1/2, 1 & 2-HP. Phone (204)895-1650

CASE IH 140-HP 5088, 3-PTH, FEL, cab & A/C, very good rubber, $17,000. Phone (204)871-0925.

CIH 4240 MFWD, 3-PT., 2,215-hrs, Loader $24,000. Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment located #12 Hwy N, Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com

TRACKMAN TRACKS FOR STX450 Quad, brand new, $7,500 each. 2 used scraper tracks for STX450, no rips or tears, $4,500 each.

(204)871-0925

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere 1979 JD 4440, W/148 FEL w/joystick, $19,500. www.waltersequipment.com (204)525-4521, Minitonas, MB. 1998 JOHN DEERE 9200 4WD Tractor, 20.8 x 42 Firestones, 12-Spd, Greenstar Ready, 4 SCV’s, Very Clean with 5700-hrs.

Call Ray at (204)825-8121.

FOR SALE: 7810 MFWD, PQ, LHR, 3-pt, new tires; 2, 7710 MFWD, PQ, LHR, 3-pt, new tires; 2, 4650 MFWD, 15-SPD, 3-pt, fact duals; 2, 4455 MFWD, 15-SPD, 3-pt; 2, 4450 MFWD, 15-SPD, 3 pt; 4250 MFWD, 15-SPD, 3-pt; 4055 MFWD, 15-SPD, 3-pt; 2555 MFWD, 3-pt w/245 FEL. All tractors can be sold w/new or used loaders. MITCH’S TRACTOR SALES LTD (Formerly known as Ben Peters JD Tractors, same owner, new location) Box 418 St. Claude, MB R0G 1Z0 Phone: (204)750-2459 JD 7320 24-SPD LH Rev Trans, MFWD, 6,500-hrs, 741 JD Loader, $69,500. Call Gary Reimer (204)3267000. Reimer Farm Equipment Located #12 Hwy N, Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – 2 Wheel Drive JD 4320 115-HP, dual hyds, 540/1000 PTO, crank bearings done, clutch also done, runs nice, good appearance, quit farming. Don’t miss this one! $7,500.

(204)365-0368 STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specializing in JD tractors in need of repair or burnt, or will buy for parts. JD parts available. Phone: 204-466-2927 or cell: 204-871-5170, Austin.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Various MAGNETO FOR OLIVER TRACTOR for sale or trade for a Case Mag. Phone (204)436-2140.

OLIVER 88’ STANDARD PTO & hydraulic, side curtains, excellent tires, runs good, asking $2500.

Phone:(306)898-2343 lvg msg, Bredenbury SK.

FOR SALE: VARIOUS PARTS for Intl crawlers T.D.6 & T.D.9. Also parts for JD 1010 crawler & complete 7-ft. angle dozer. Phone (204)376-5082.

INTERNATIONAL 810 SUNFLOWER HEADER w/trailer 20-ft, $3000; 820 Flexhead, $2000; 1020 30-ft, $8000; JD 925, $6500; JD 930, $7500; Large selection used grain carts, 450-1050-bu also Gravity wagons, 250-750-bu; new 400-bu w/12T wagon, $7100; 600-bu, $12,000; tarps available; grain screeners, hutch #1500, $1500; #1600, $2000; DMI 48-in, $2500; Kwik Kleen 5 tube, $4500; 7 tube, $6500; Hutchmaster rock cushion disc 25-ft, $9500; JD 331 30-ft, $9500; Bushog 21ft, $7000; DMI ripper 7 shank, $11,900; Valmar applicator, $850. Phone (204)857-8403.

ROTARY MOWERS: JD 709, $3000; Woods 7-ft, $3000; Woods 10-ft Batwing, $3500; 15-ft Batwing, $4500; IH 9-ft Sicle mower, $1650; NH 9-ft, $2200; Balers: JD 535, $5900; JD 530, $3900; JD 510, $1500; Scrapers: 440, $3900; 640, $5000; New Box Scrapers: 10-ft, $2250; 12-ft, $2450; 9-ft 3-PH blade, $900; JD 780 spreader, $8000; New Idea #3634, $4000; H-S 400-bu, $2500; Meyers 550, $11,900; Summers 70-ft heavy harrow, $14,000; Degelman 70-ft Strawmaster, $22,000; Leon 12-ft blade, $3000; 10-ft, $2500. Phone (204)857-8403 SKIDSTEERS BOBCAT 530, $4,900; Mustang 332, $4,500; Gehl 6625, $12,900; Snowblowers VType 3-PH, $250; Homemade 3 Auger, $1,000; 8-ft.

Single Auger, $800; Lorentz 8-ft. $1,700; McKee 7ft., $1,400; Front Blade Leon 12-ft., $3,000; 10-ft. $2,000; JD 9-ft., $2,500; Breaking Disc 12-ft. Kewannee, $18,000; Weigh Wagon Auger, $2,500; 150-bu. Feeder Cart, $750; 12-ft. Feed Body, $1,500; Harsh Feed Cart, $6,000; ROORDA Feed Cart, $2,000. Phone (204)857-8403.

WHITE 31-FT TANDEM DISC & Suzuki 4-wheeler. Call Jack Bullied (204)526-2857.

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted 20-24-FT MEDIUM DUTY TANDEM disc, prefer Ezee-on, others considered also 1037 NH bale wagon. Phone: (306)876-4707.

WANTED: FOAM MARKER FOR field sprayer.

Phone (204)854-2560.

WANTED: Intl 7200 42-ft. hoe press drill. WANTED: Wallis & Massey Harris cast top radiators, any condition. WANTED: Wallis tool box lid. Phone (204)826-2554.

WANTED: PT 12-FT. 1150 Heston Crimper as a whole unit or for parts. Phone (204)234-5391.

WANTED: STONE PICKER & Rock Rake. Phone (204)352-4306

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

The Icynene Insulation System® • Sprayed foam insulation • Ideal for shops, barns or homes • Healthier, Quieter, More Energy Efficient®

www.penta.ca

Ask your CPS retailer about the PrePay program and earn 5% toward your crop input purchases.

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STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALIST

1979 WHITE 2/155 2WD 150-HP, 8,800-hrs, lots of new parts, good rubber, w/Leon 808 loader & joystick, like new, can sell separate, $14,500 OBO. (204)825-7337

1998 CONCORD 4010, RED, 5-fold, comes w/2009 Case 3430 variable rate tank, mid-row banders, Dickey John NH3 kit, hyd. winch on tank, blockage monitors, openers, field ready, excellent cond., always shedded, $80,000. Phone:(204)791-3130 or (204)467-8547.

Earn

Geared For The Future

560 INTERNATIONAL MANURE SPREADER, stored inside; Farmall H narrow front tractor; Antique wood-beam plow. Phone (204)324-8080.

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Air Drills

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories

Big Tractor Parts, Inc.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – White

FOR SALE: 2290 CASE 1982 3,300 original hours, very good shape. Phone:(204)768-9090.

SUKUP GRAIN BINS Heavy Duty, hopper or flat bottom, setup available. Early order discount pricing now in effect. Call for more info (204)998-9915

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories

BOOKING SPECIALS FOR ALL makes of Harrow Tines, mounted, Std, drawbar, Heavy Harrows. ex: 9/16x26-in. ST 100 or more $19.95 each. Special ends Nov 30th 2012. Fouillard Implement Ltd (204)683-2441, St Lazare, MB.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Various

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

1-800-587-4711

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

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

LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions BRED COW SALE Gladstone Auction Mart Ltd

Nov 23, 11:00am

Dispersal of 45 mostly Simm Red Angus X Cows Bred to Red Simmental Bulls Bulls exposed June 29th Cows are Age Verified. Plus Other Dispersals We’re Expecting Around 200 Cows For This Sale For More Info Call the Mart at (204)385-2537 Gerald (204)385-2043 License #1108

REGULAR SALE

Every Friday 9AM

BRED COW SALE

November 19 @ 9:00 am

Holstein Feeder Sale

November 30 @ 9:00 am Receiving open until 10PM Thursdays

NEXT SHEEP & GOAT SALE

Wednesday, November 21 @ 1:00 pm Gates Open Mon.-Wed. 8AM-4PM Thurs. 8AM-10PM Friday 8AM-6PM Sat. 8AM-4PM We Will Buy Cattle Direct On Farm For more information call: 204-694-8328 or Jim Christie 204-771-0753

www.winnipeglivestocksales.com Licence #1122

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD. GRUNTHAL, MB. Agent for T.E.A.M. Marketing Regular cattle sales with Holstein Calves every Tuesday @ 9 am

Saturday, November 24th Bred Cow & Heifer Sale @ 10:00 am Monday, November 26th Sheep and Goat sale with small animals @ 12 Noon

Sales Agent for HIQUAL INDUSTRIES

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

We also have a line of Agri-blend all natural products for your livestock needs. (protein tubs, blocks, minerals, etc)

For on farm appraisal of livestock or for marketing information please call Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250 Auction Mart (204) 434-6519

www.grunthallivestock.com MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus FOR SALE: 35 BRED Black Angus cows, bred to registered black angus bull, cows have been preg checked & vaccinated.

Please call Jeff (204)612-1734.

Keystone Klassic Red & Black Angus Sale Sat., Dec. 1st, 1:00pm, Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Offering 75 females, including an elite selection of foundation bred heifers & fancy heifer calves. For a catalogue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd at (306)933-4200 (PL #116061). View the catalogue online at www.BuyAgro.com

RED ANGUS BULLS + cows 4 SALE: 1 herd sire; 2, 20 month old bulls, also will sell 20 cows. U pick, Herd is mostly AI bred from top sires. Calves can be seen. Call Don (204)422-5216.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Maine-Anjou Maine-Anjou For Sale: 60 (+/-) Maine/Maine cross bred cows. Some with papers. Full health program.

Start calving mid Feb. Reds & Blacks. (204)825-7449 mmt.lees@hotmail.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn 6 PB SHORTHORN BRED heifers for sale. Due early to mid Feb. For more info phone Greg Tough (204)748-3136.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental

50 PB REG CHAROLAIS cows, 3-7-yrs of age.

Bred Feb-April to leading herd sires. Starting at $1650. Available now for viewing. Steppler Farms (204)435-2463, (204)750-1951.

4 SIMMENTAL COWS & 4 Simmental heifers, calving Apr-Early May, 6 Simmental heifers calving Feb-Early Mar. Phone:(204)748-1366.

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford MJT CATTLE CO. LTD. Hereford & Black Angus Herd Dispersal. Tues., Dec. 4th, 11:00am MST at the ranch, Edgerton, AB. 14-mi East of Wainwright on Hwy 14, 11.5-mi North on #894. Selling 430 registered Hereford & Black Angus one iron, ranch raised females. Herd bulls sell. View & bid online at www.LiveAuctions.TV For a catalogue or more info Contact Mick (780)755-2224 or T Bar C Cattle Co. (306)933-4200. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Holstein HOLSTEIN & AYRSHIRE HEIFERS, freshening soon. Phone (204)859-2028.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Limousin TRIPLE R LIMOUSIN, HAS bulls for sale for Fall breeding. Also pick out your 2013 Herdsire now.

Take delivery next Spring. Red or Black 40+ to pick from. Plus bred Heifers & 4H projects, steers & heifers. Your source for quality Limousin genetics. Call Art (204)685-2628 or (204)856-3440.

The following dealer has had his licence suspended and/or cancelled under Section 15 of the Livestock Dealers and Agents Licensing regulation, which comes Under the Livestock and Livestock Products Act. (C.C.S.M. c. L170)

LIVESTOCK DEALER LICENCE Myron Tatarniuk Grasslands Cattle Management Ltd., Moose Jaw, SK

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais

SELLING PUREBRED CHAROLAIS HEIFERS & bull calves, good blood lines.

Phone (204)526-2857.

TIRED OF THE HIGH COST OF MARKETING YOUR CALVES??

800-1000 LBS. Steers & Heifers Don: 528-3477, 729-7240

OSSAWA ANGUS AT MARQUETTE, MB has for sale 1-5yr old herd sire & 6-20mo old bulls, ready for fall breeding. Phone:(204)375-6658.

Keystone Klassic Red & Black Angus Sale Sat., Dec. 1st, 1:00pm, Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Offering 75 females, including an elite selection of foundation bred heifers & fancy heifer calves. For a catalogue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd at (306)933-4200 (PL #116061). View the catalogue online at www.BuyAgro.com

LIVESTOCK Livestock Services & Vet Supplies

300-700 LBS. Steers & Heifers Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 Ben: 721-3400

MJT CATTLE CO. LTD. Hereford & Black Angus Herd Dispersal. Tues., Dec. 4th, 11:00am MST at the ranch, Edgerton, AB. 14-mi East of Wainwright on Hwy 14, 11.5-mi North on #894. Selling 430 registered Hereford & Black Angus one iron, ranch raised females. Herd bulls sell. View & bid online at www.LiveAuctions.TV For a catalogue or more info Contact Mick (780)755-2224 or T Bar C Cattle Co. (306)933-4200. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus

LIVESTOCK Cattle Wanted

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various 15-20 PAIRS JULY OCT calves, Red cows, Black calves. Jim Donald (204)546-2220, Grandview.

20 BRED HEIFERS MOST Blacks, some Red Bred to Black Angus bull. To start calving mid March, asking, $1,650. Phone (204)379-2408, St Claude.

LIVESTOCK Sheep For Sale CLUN FOREST RAM LAMBS. Easy lambing, excellent maternal characteristics, works well on ewe lambs, $300. Martin Penfold (204)722-2036, Elkhorn/Moosomin area or check out Cluns www.oakwoodgrange.ca

Horses LIVESTOCK Horses – Belgian

Swine LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

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

38 black angus & black baldy bred heifers. Bred black for April-May calving; exposed for 60 days. Located 8 miles east of Gladstone. $1450/heifer OBO. Please contact Graham at (204)226-5610 or Kristine at (204)857-2377.

Specialty

FOR SALE: 12 SIMMENTAL & Simmental-cross Black Angus cows, 5 Simmental-cross Black Angus bred heifers. Bred to registered Black Angus bull.

Phone:(204)375-6658.

FOR SALE: 66 BRED Heifers, Red & Black Angus & Char X, bred to easy calving Angus Bulls, all preg checked & Ivomec. (204)824-2571.

FOR SALE: 90 BRED heifers bred Black Angus due for Apr calving, average weight 1,100-lbs.

Phone (204)548-2883.

FOR SALE: TOP QUALITY bred heifers, mainly Char cross, but some Red & Blacks, 60 day calving period starting March 1,2013, Bred to proven, easy calving bulls, fully vaccinated & ready to go. Asking $1675, volume discounts, delivery may be available.

Phone Cell:(204)724-6093 or Home:(204)466-2939.

HERD DISPERSAL 115 COWS Charolais, Charolais Angus X bred Charolais. Red & Black Angus bred Black Angus. Bulls also for sale.

(204)732-2664 Please leave msg.

QUALITY BLACK ANGUS HEIFERS bred to easy calving bulls, started late January 1200-1400-lbs.

Phone (204)728-7308.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Wanted WANTED: ALL CLASSES OF feeder cattle, yearlings & calves. Dealer Licence# 1353. Also wanted, light feed grains: wheat, barley & oats.

Phone:(204)325-2416. Manitou, MB.

Call Ken 204-794-8383 #2 Mountain View Rd Winnipeg, MB

Trux-N-Parts Salvage Inc.

5 YR OLD BELGIAN Gelding, Green Broke, 17+ hands, light in colour. Phone (204)371-5120, Vita.

25 COW/CALF PAIRS, STARTED calving mid August, would like to sell as a group.(204)523-6698 cell phone, Killarney.

BRED COWS FOR SALE, having second calf, also bred heifers February & March calving, Black & Red Angus. Call Doug (204)447-2382, Ste Rose.

Various Aluminum Fuel Tanks New & Used From $250 and up

LIVESTOCK Livestock Equipment 1996 358 NH MIXMILL, always shedded, PWR bale feeder, long unload auger & scale. Phone (204)242-0171.

3 15-FT STEEL CATTLE feeder troughs & 1 20-ft cattle feeder trough. Heavy duty. Keith Hagan. Virden, MB. Phone:(204)748-1024.

400-BU. CATTLELAC MIXER WAGON, like new condition. Call (204)855-2897 or (204)748-7442.

APOLLO ROLLER MILLS ELECTRIC & TTO, all sizes. Very cost efficient for both grain & cattle prices. 50 years experience to suit your application.

“Certainly Worth A Call!” Farmers Premium Equipment. Phone:(204)724-4529.

MUSICAL NEW ARRIVALS MARSHALL AMPS, Behrinter Products, Wireless Mics, Casio keyboards, assorted Banjos, Mandolins, Violins, Guitars, Amps, P.A, Harmonicas, Strings, Cases, Accessories. Hildebrand Music Portage La Prairie Mall (204)857-3172.

PERSONAL LOOKING FOR ROMANCE? A best friend, and a happy relationship? CANDLELIGHT MATCHMAKERS can help make it all happen! Confidential, Photos & Profiles to selected matches, affordable, local. Serving MB, SK, NW Ontario. Call/Write for info: Box 212, Roland, MB, R0G 1T0, (204)343-2475.

PETS PETS & SUPPLIES FOR SALE: BORDER COLLIE pups 8 wks old, some tri colours, males & females, out of working parents, $150. Call (204)873-2430.

PB BLUE & RED Heeler puppies for sale, excellent farm & cattle dogs. Call (204)447-2756 or (204)447-0184.

REGISTERED BORDER COLLIE PUPS of top imported breeding. Parents working cattle & sheep, ready to go Oct 1st, $300. Phone Martin Penfold (204)722-2036 (Virden/Moosomin area)

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots

FARM-AID 430 MIXER WAGON, shedded, flotation tires. Phone (204)859-2028.

JD 550 T.A. MANURE spr, $5500; NH 795 manure spr, $7,250. www.waltersequipment.com (204)525-4521, Minitonas, MB. KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING System, provides water in remote areas, improves water quality, increases pasture productivity, extends dugout life.

St. Claude/Portage, 204-379-2763.

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High-flying wings cheer U.S. chicken companies Customers with the munchies pay what it takes CHICAGO /REUTERS Chicken wings, those heavily seasoned tidbits served in sports bars and at-home football parties, are giving the chicken industry a lot to crow about as sales have largely weathered a recession and a doubling of prices.

In addition, industry forecasters predict continued strong demand as sports fans will nosh on wings at sports bars from now through the National Football League’s 2013 Super Bowl in February and college basketball’s March Madness.

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., the No. 2 U.S. chicken producer, last week reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, in part because of the nearly $1-per-lb. increase in wing prices versus a year earlier.

Breast meat, the industry’s top revenue producer, only increased 20 cents.

Tyson Foods Inc., the No. 1 chicken producer, will report earnings later this month and Sanderson Farms Inc., the No. 4 producer, will report in December.

Tyson produces beef, pork, and chicken, while Sanderson is strictly chicken. Analysts expect both to post better-than-year-ago profits.

Privately held Perdue Farms is the No. 3 producer.

The main reason for higher prices is there are fewer wings and other chicken products, because high feed prices have forced the industry to reduce production.

There were will be fewer wings and higher prices in 2013 as well as the chicken industry is expected to trim production some more.

Pilgrim’s Pride told analysts after its earnings that U.S. chicken production in 2013 should be down two to three per cent from 2012.

While wing prices are due to go higher in coming months and there will be fewer of them, analysts doubt demand will greatly suffer at restaurants and bars.

“Wings are relatively inelastic.

People want to eat them, they are not so concerned about price,” said Paul Aho, an economist with the consulting firm Poultry Perspective.

Also, wings are fairly inexpensive when compared with beef, pork and chicken breast meat.

That has kept demand strong despite the recession and high gasoline prices.

“Even if you lost your job, lost your house, I still think you would still want a beer and wings,” said Aho. Once an industry byproduct, wings are now the chicken industry’s No. 2 seller behind breast meat. They account for 25 per cent of the industry’s revenue, versus 17 per cent eight years ago. Breast meat is 37 per cent, down from 53 per cent eight years ago.

Community pasture takeover plan revealed Proposal calls for a new, non-profit corporation with seven elected members to take over former federally managed community pastures

By Daniel Winters CO-OPERATOR STAFF / EDDYSTONE

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he federal government is pulling out, but a new boss is taking up the reins.

A steering committee for the Association of Manitoba Community Pastures, a new not-for-profit group, has developed a business plan for taking over the operation of a million acres of formerly federally managed grazing rangelands in the province.

That’s good news, the general manager of the Manitoba Beef Producers said at last week’s District 12 meeting.

“What does this mean for you? First off, and most importantly, there are going to be no changes to the 2013 grazing season,” said Cam Dahl.

The federal Agro-Environment Services Branch will work the the new association in the coming year. By the end of next year, the association aims to have all land leases on the provincially and municipally owned lands transferred over to it, along with all existing inventory such as buildings, fences, and corrals, at no cost. The group will also seek a transition payment from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to provide “seed money” and put in place an employee retention plan.

The proposed business plan will see the group take over management of all 10 pastures in the province before the 2014 grazing season begins. The association is also in talks to manage the two pastures that straddle the Manitoba and Saskatchewan border, Spy Hill-Ellice and Cote-San Clara.

The non-profit group intends to run the pastures in much the same way as Ottawa did, but with the federal government no longer available to cover financial losses, it will need to operate on a 100 per cent cost recovery basis. And that will mean higher costs. Pasture fees will rise from the current 45 cents per cow per day, plus $25 per accompanying calf, to 60 cents per day and $30 per calf.

“One of the responses to BSE was a freeze on stocking fees, but of course that can’t last forever,” said Dahl, adding Agriculture Canada is planning to hike rates to 55 cents/day for the 2013 season.

In comparison, Saskatchewan provincial pastures are planning to charge 66 cents per day next year, he said.

The current bull program will be phased out over three years, and patrons will be able to supply their own bulls instead. Those with no bulls of their own will be able to rent bulls for the season.

Other uses of the land, such as hunting, timber production, and recreational use, will continue as before.

Association of Manitoba Community Pastures was formed after Manitoba Beef Producers rounded up an 11-member steering committee made up of pasture managers along with MAFRI and AAFC reps to develop a business plan.

“Our role has been to facilitate the development of alternative management,” said Dahl. “This new association is going to be a separate organization, not a division of the Manitoba Beef Producers.”

Once its business plan is approved by the province, the association will form a non-profit corporation with seven members and one non-voting seat reserved for MAFRI.

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“What does this mean for you? First off, and most importantly, there are going to be no changes to the 2013 grazing season.”

CAM DAHL

Board representatives will be elected by patrons at biennial grazing association meetings, with the first election set for the spring of 2013, conditional on approval of the plan for divestiture in 2014.

“Basically, we’re hoping that they will be run the way they are now,” said Kim Crandall, a Manitoba Beef Producers

director who was on the steering committee.

Once elected, directors will set annual grazing fees, approve operating budgets as presented by land managers, and set stocking rates in co-operation with MAFRI staff.

Under the proposed business plan, the new association would reimburse the province to cover the cost of pasture employees, but will be in charge of hiring staff.

Pasture fees will cover operating costs and pay municipal taxes, and an application will be made for the School Tax Rebate.

Dahl said that some loose ends will need to be tied up before the transition, and his group is currently seeking feedback from ranchers. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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Maple Leaf to buy Puratone Maple Leaf Food’s Brandon facility is guaranteed hogs by the purchase of Puratone Corporation

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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a p l e L e a f Fo o d’s agreement to purchase the Nivervillebased Puratone Corporation is good news for Manitoba hog producers, according to Manitoba Pork Council.

“We’re happy to see that a Canadian company has purchased Puratone,” said council chairman, Karl Kynoch. “We want to see plants here that can compete with t h e i r A m e r i c a n c o u n t e rparts.”

With two of the largest hog-producing companies in Western Canada struggling, i n d u s t r y o b s e r v e r s w e re questioning whether Maple Leaf would be able to find

enough pigs to supply its Brandon processing plant.

Big Sky Farms of Saskatchewan had been a Maple Leaf supplier, but went into receivership this fall. Quebecbased Olymel, a Maple Leaf competitor, has an offer in play to buy it.

“This acquisition will ensure a consistent supply of hogs to our processing facility in Brandon, which is an integral supplier to our valueadded prepared meats and pork business,” said Michael McCain, Maple Leaf CEO, in a media release.

Puratone operates roughly 50 barns in the province, producing approximately 500,000 hogs annually.

But more than providing stable processing for produc-

ers, Kynoch said Maple Leaf’s offer of $42 million will show banks and financial institutions that there is still value and promise in the hog sector.

“This sends the right message,” Kynoch said, adding it will also be a relief for Puratone employees.

Puratone first filed for bankruptcy protection in September and extended its creditor protection twice before a purchase plan was announced.

Court documents show that Puratone owes nearly $100 million to a wide variety of creditors, including Farm Credit Canada and the Bank of Montreal.

A sharp increase in the price of corn this summer,

coupled with falling pork prices, hit many hog-related industries hard, leaving some operations unable to recover.

“The agreement reached with Maple Leaf represents a tremendously positive outcome,” said Puratone CEO, Ray Hildebrand. “We are very pleased with the stability it provides our stakeholders, particularly our employees.”

Maple Leaf employs approximately 19,500 people across Canada and had sales of $4.9 billion in 2011.

It also acquires 70 per cent of its hog supply from independent producers, which Kynoch said will allay concerns regarding an increase in vertical integration. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) has been advised of several situations whereby large deposits had been paid, but the hay was not delivered, and a couple of situations where the delivered hay was not of the agreed quality. We urge buyers and sellers to take steps to ensure that the buying and selling is done in a fair and equitable manner benefiting both parties.

If you are considering purchasing or selling hay there are a number of factors that you should take into consideration including: • Have you purchased from or sold hay to this person before?

If not, are you able to obtain at least two independent references?

• Has the hay been analyzed and is the analysis information available? Is the hay free of mould and do you know the moisture content? Do you have some way to visually inspect the hay?

• Are you purchasing from a member of the CFGA who has agreed to the Code of Ethics of the CFGA? A list of our members is available on our website.

If you have concerns regarding the purchasing or selling of Canadian hay products please contact us through our website www.canadianfga.ca/foragemarketing/.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

National biosecurity standard for cattle completed Biosecurity plans started in Canada as the result of avian influenza, but have now spread to all sectors

By Sheri Monk FBC STAFF | PINCHER CREEK

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ust in time for Christmas, the Beef Cattle On-Farm Biosecurity Standard is complete and available online for that hard-to-please bovine on your gift list.

And if all goes to plan, an owner’s version should by ready by then, too. “ The standard has been published. We’re still working on a producer’s manual that will be an aid for producers to implement,” said Rob McNabb, general manager of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA).

Biosecurity is a standardized protocol for reducing the risk of contracting and spreading diseases, pests, and invasive species, and it’s an increasingly important facet of livestock production. Avian influenza prompted industry and the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency to create the nation’s first sector-specific biosecurity protocol, but all other sectors have since initiated the process, such as sheep, goat, dairy, mink and bees.

A u s e r- f r i e n d l y p r o d u c er’s guide is currently being reviewed by the CFIA, and will be available in the near future, said McNabb. The CCA worked with the CFIA to develop the protocol and will help launch the initiative, but once that’s complete, the provinces will have to take the baton.

“The responsibility for implementing biosecurity will be at the provincial level,” said McNabb, adding Manitoba was so gung-ho about the idea it created its own user guide rather than waiting.

“O u r m a i n c o m m i t m e n t was to provide the education and awareness tools that producers can use and then who knows, the future could be

that we incorporate it into our On-Farm Food Safety infrastructure.”

T h e p ro t o c o l i s n’t m a n datory, but McNabb expects good buy-in.

“We think it will be another attribute we can add to the Canadian Beef Advantage if we get that critical mass of production under that,” McNabb said.

Among the practices being recommended are segregation of cattle coming back from community pastures or from other ranches, and keeping an on-farm visitors’ log. In many cases, the protocol will merely formalize what producers have been doing for decades.

“The original process involved an extensive survey of producers and I think what we found is that a lot of these practices are just everyday good management and, for the most part, are being observed or implemented

Among the practices being recommended are segregation of cattle coming back from community pastures or from other ranches, and keeping an onfarm visitors’ log.

without a lot of second thought,” said McNabb. “But now there’s an opportunity to document it or perhaps kick it up a notch.”

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-CALF USA says it’s not happy with the news JBS USA will operate and perhaps purchase XL Foods, now reopened after several weeks of being shut down due to E. coli contamination.

It wasn’t just XL’s Brooks plant on the table — the deal comes with a plant in Calgary and two cow-killing plants in the U.S., one in Idaho and one in Nebraska.

While much of the Canadian industry was celebrating the agreement after fearing Lakeside might be closed forever, R-CALF USA is less enthusiastic.

The controversial American cattle organization has requested the U.S. government investigate what effect the potential change of ownership would have on the American live cattle market, and on the consumers’ beef market.

“The threat to our cattle industry’s fast-receding competitive marketplace is real,” said R-CALF CEO Bill Bullard.

In a letter to the U.S. government, Bullard said JBS would become the second-largest Canadian packer, and likely largest or second-largest packer in the U.S. if the deal goes through. Brazilian-based JBS SA is the parent company of JBS USA, and is currently the largest beef processor in the world.

“R-CALF USA has long held that both U.S. cattle producers and U.S. consumers already are being exploited by monopsony and monopolistic practices facilitated by the monopolistic structure of the U.S. cattle and beef markets in which JBS USA and only three other firms control approximately 82 per cent,” said Bullard.

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Monster storm Sandy spares U.S. livestock sector serious damage chicago / reuters

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he monster storm that pummelled the eastern U . S . a p p e a r s t o h a ve largely spared American livestock operations.

Poultr y producer Perdue Farms temporarily shut down four of its processing plants in the northeast and a distribution centre. The company said two of the large producers had extensive flooding while others were relying on generators to power their operations and ventilation equipment for the chicken houses.

But overall, the news appeared to be relatively positive.

Tyson Foods reported that none of its facilities within reach of the storm had suffered serious damage. It and Smithfield Foods shut down

Tyson Foods reported that none of its facilities within reach of the storm had suffered serious damage.

some plants for a couple of d a y s b u t q u i c k l y re s u m e d o p e ra t i o n s. In Wy a l u s i n g , Pennsylvania, Cargill ran its beef-processing plant on Saturday to produce extra product to supply its customers during the brunt of the storm.

It reduced hours on Monday last week but the facility was back to normal operations the next day.

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Canada and the European Union still have plenty of work to do on a proposed free trade treaty that is supposed to be finished by the end of the year, officials from both sides say.

Canada is keen to diversify its exports away from the U.S. and wants to increase two-way trade with Europe by 20 per cent. But after more than three years of talks, several sensitive matters remain to be settled, including access for agricultural goods, opening up procurement markets, and extension of pharmaceutical patents.

“There is a small basket of issues left and as in any negotiations, they are the toughest ones to resolve,” said Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast.

The two sides are working relentlessly to wrap up their work by the end of 2012, said Maurizio Cellini, head of the economic and trade section at the EU’s delegation in Canada.

“Although we have achieved good results, to reach a truly ambitious agreement that reflects our relationship we both need to do more,” he said in a speech in Ottawa.

Cellini said the 27-member bloc was particularly keen on opening up Canada’s provincial and municipal procurement market.

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Agriculture causes much of global warming New study says food may cause almost a third of greenhouse emissions

By Alister Doyle oslo / reuters

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ood production accounts for up to 29 per cent of man-made greenhouse gases, twice previous UN estimates, according to a new study.

The new study looked at emissions across the food system — including forest clearance, fertilizer production and transport — rather than just farming itself.

But agriculture could profit by cutting its greenhouse emissions, said an official with the agriculture research organization CGIAR, which produced the report.

“There are good economic reasons to improve e f f i c i e n c y i n a g r i c u l t u re, not just to cut greenhouse gas emissions,” said Bruce Campbell, head of CGIAR’s

research program on climate change, agriculture and food security.

China, for instance, could sharply reduce emissions with more efficient manufacture of fertilizers. Britain could cut emissions by consuming lamb transported from more efficient farms in New Zealand rather than raising its own sheep.

Shifting towards vegetarianism from meat would also help, the report says, as growing livestock feed takes up far more land and emits more greenhouse gases than producing crops for human consumption.

In a separate report, CGIAR predicts climate change is likely to reduce yields of maize, wheat and rice in developing nations in coming decades. That could force some farmers to make

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Monsanto has made billions off Roundup Ready soybeans, corn, canola, and other crops since launching a glyphosatetolerant soybean in 1996. But the upcoming expiration of its patent for the herbicide-resistant trait in 2014 raises an array of concerns, including who bears the costs and responsibilities of maintaining regulatory approvals. That involves submitting data to foreign countries to maintain approval for seed sales in those countries.

The American Seed Trade Association and the Biotechnology Industr y Organization say they have completed the first phase of an industry accord that addresses these issues. The announcement marks progress in an ongoing, sometimes contentious, effort by major seed industry players like Monsanto, DuPont, Syngenta, and smaller seed companies to agree on obligations and opportunities as biotech seed patents expire.

Monsanto has said it will maintain Roundup regulatory approvals globally through 2021. But the industry has been seeking a broad mechanism to protect international regulatory approvals and address product stewardship to keep international trade from being disrupted.

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Bone fractures may be linked to dietary mineral levels This relatively new problem has been increasing at some plants Bernie Peet Peet on Pigs

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he incidence of hog carcass contamination and trimming related to spine fractures is increasing at Olymel’s Red Deer processing plant and possibly at other plants, according to Eduardo Beltranena, monogastrics research scientist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

While the incidence is not widespread, for some farms this problem is up to six times more common than for the plant average. The culprit could be a reduction in calcium and phosphorus in hog diets associated with the use of the enzyme phytase, leading to bone weakness, says Beltranena.

Along with Matt Schoonderwoerd, Olymel’s director of veterinary affairs, he has been investigating spine fractures and other associated bone fractures.

“The fractures we are seeing involve one or more adjacent vertebrae or the spine breaking above the pelvis,” says Beltranena.

“Yellowish or bloody bone fluid leaks out of the fracture(s) running down the carcass and causing contamination.”

He notes this seems to happen close to the time of slaughter or carcass dressing as there are no signs of prior swelling, hemor-

rhage, necrosis or nervous tissue damage.

As this appears to be a relatively new problem, processor reports on carcass contamination and trimming do not provide enough information for producers to identify that something is wrong. Therefore, unless they are contacted by the processor, they are largely unaware of this type of mild mineral deficiency, although the packer may report an increase in the number of “downer” hogs.

“Spine fractures may also occur when moving pigs for shipping at the farm, during trucking, or at lairage at the plant,” notes Beltranena. “Affected hogs may still be able to walk, appear normal, and may not be identified by CFIA inspectors during ante-mortem inspection. Most likely, abrupt leg extension and muscle tensing as a result of stunning, followed by scalding and dehairing are the main triggers, he says.

The spine fractures don’t seem to occur until physical trauma takes place, says Beltranena. Thus producers may never see hogs walking abnormally if trauma happens after hogs left the farm or after stunning.

“If spine trauma occurs when moving pigs, during weighing, or when loading onto the truck, the stockman might see the odd hog walking abnormally from the hind limbs, even showing leg tremors, distinct from lameness or lower leg injury symptoms,” he says.

“Seriously affected hogs ‘dog-

sit,’ squeal when disturbed, and should not be shipped. Such hogs may be coded as downers if they arrived like that at the plant or the spine fractured fighting in lairage.”

Suboptimal mineral nutrition on the farm is the most likely predisposing factor for this condition, says Beltranena.

“We see broken ribs that have healed perfectly by the time of slaughter,” he observes. “Broken ribs that have healed suggest that bone mineralization has been compromised since pigs were young.”

While the cause is speculative at this time, a common denominator to farms where hogs are affected is the inclusion of phytase enzyme in hog diets.

“It is unlikely that the cause is the feed enzyme that increases phosphorus availability from cereal grains and protein meals,” comments Dr. Beltranena. “Possibly the cause is the parallel reduction of phosphorus and calcium inclusion from mineral sources in feed, on the assumption that the phytase enzyme makes more phosphorus available from feedstuffs.”

Mono-dicalcium phosphate and limestone are the most common sources of rock-derived phosphorus and calcium, he adds.

“It might be that in affected farms the reduction of rockderived phosphorus and/or calcium in feeds including a phytase enzyme might have gone past the threshold level, resulting in a

Broken ribs that have healed suggest that bone mineralization has been compromised since pigs were young, says Dr. Eduardo Beltranena.

mild but prolonged phosphorus deficiency,” says Beltranena. “It does not mean that the phytase enzyme is at fault or ineffective, just that in farms with increasing incidence of spine fractures, mineral phosphorus and calcium inclusion in feed needs further consideration and adjustment.”

The incidence of spine fractures at slaughter may also be compounded by pen crowding on the farm.

“Nutritionists formulate calcium and phosphorus feed content to expected hog feed intakes,” says Beltranena. “Pen crowding may limit feeder access and reduce feed intake resulting in compromised bone phosphorus uptake from feed.”

He notes gilts and sows likely won’t be affected due to greater phosphorus and calcium inclusion margins in breeder diets.

Producers should monitor their condemnations and trim levels carefully for any indication of a problem with spine fractures, advises Beltranena. If the level is increasing, they should be more gentle when moving pigs and avoid the use of electric prods.

“Any pen crowding should be alleviated and feeder access improved if it is limiting feed intake,” he suggests. “Also ask your nutritionist to review dietary phosphate and limestone inclusions.”

Finally, he recommends discussing any problem with the farm’s veterinarian because there may be other causes compounding the occurrence of spine fractures.

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

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New Mexico coyote-hunting contest pits ranchers against wildlife lovers Cattle ranchers and environmentalists are squaring off over the controversial hunt

A coyote hunts in the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park. While these predators are protected from human hunters, their cousins to the south in New Mexico will soon be the prey. PHOTO: REUTERS / JIM URQUHART

an article about the event was featured in the Sacramento Bee newspaper. Colorado banned

contest hunting in 1997, the only state to do so, she said.

“Contest hunting is not ethi-

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statewide coyote-hunting contest planned for later this month has caused an uproar in New Mexico, pitting environmentalists against ranchers, as heated words flooded social media networks and thousands signed a petition opposing the hunt as cruel.

The furor prompted the Albuquerque gun store owner who originally sponsored the contest to cancel, but a second gun dealer in the southern New Mexico town of Los Lunas, Gunhawk Firearms, stepped in to take over the event on the weekend of Nov. 17-18.

“Coyotes are a direct threat to the cattle industry,” Gunhawk owner Mark Chavez said Nov. 2, accusing environmentalists of trying to stir up sentiment against the contest to further their “hidden agenda.”

“They’re trying to get rid of the hunting industry and the gun industry,” he told Reuters.

According to a New Mexico Cattlegrowers Association, wild predators killed 5,500 sheep and 3,700 lambs in the state in 2009 alone.

Ca re n Cowe n , e x e c u t i ve director of the association, said coyotes pose a greater threat to sheep than larger livestock, such as full-grown cows, though calves also are vulnerable.

“A calf today is worth $1,000,” she said. “In today’s market, how many times can you stand to have $1,000 taken from your wallet?”

But Wendy Keefover, director of carnivore protection for the conservation group WildEarth Guardians, said the threat to livestock from coyotes is overblown by the ranching industry.

Citing U.S. Department of Agriculture figures, she said predators such as coyotes and feral dogs accounted for less than a quarter per cent of all cattle losses nationwide in 2010, the most recent year for which data was available.

The overwhelming majority of livestock deaths are due to disease, bad weather and birthing difficulties, she said.

Nearly 15,000 people responded to an online petition opposing the event as of Nov. 2.

Hundreds more wrote on Gunhawk’s Facebook page in support, Chavez said.

Chavez said 25 two-person hunting teams have signed up for the contest so far, and he expects about 100 teams will be registered by the start date. The team that bags the most coyotes will win an automatic rifle, he said. “ We’ve hunted for many years. It’s my heritage and my right to hunt and to teach my kids to hunt,” Chavez said.

Contestants must register with the Los Lunas gun shop and attend an orientation before the contest, but coyote hunting in general is unregulated in New Mexico and requires no licence.

Keefover said a separate coyote-hunting contest in Montana was cancelled on Friday after

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Although the coyote’s natural range has expanded threefold in recent years, Keefover called the premise of a hunting contest a “myth,” insisting that killing coyotes would fail to reduce their population in the long run.

“Coyotes make up for their losses by changing behaviours, such as more females breeding and with larger litters or increasing migration,” she said.

In addition, coyotes play an important role as natural predators in a healthy ecosystem, helping to maintain rabbit and other rodent populations at balanced levels.

Neither side in the debate had any figures on the current size of the coyote population in New Mexico.

Many other states have held similar annual contests, said Mary Ray, wildlife chair for the Rio Grande chapter of the Sierra Club. But heightened publicity in New Mexico, amplified

by Facebook and other social media, has generated a greater level of attention than usual, she said.

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140.00-159.00

140.00-170.25

136.00-161.00

144.00-174.00

130.00-163.00

140.00-160.00

300-400

140.00-164.00

145.00-174.00

145.00-179.00

160.00-180.00

n/a

148.00-177.00

130.00-178.00

145.00-165.00

No. on offer

100

n/a

105

106

n/a

n/a

n/a

185

D1-D2 Cows

55.00-65.00

n/a

n/a

62.00-68.00

55.00-62.00

48.00-55.00

40.00-51.00

58.00-67.00

Slaughter Market

D3-D5 Cows

45.00+

40.00-67.00

44.00-50.00

54.00-61.00

42.00-56.00

40.00-48.00

25.00-38.00

48.00-56.00

Age Verified

62.00-71.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

61.00-69.00

57.00-66.00

55.00-65.50

n/a

Good Bulls

70.00-83.00

60.00-79.00

67.00-71.50

74.00-79.25

76.00-83.00

68.00-77.00

70.00-80.00

68.00-75.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

96.00-100.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Steers Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

94.00-99.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

55.00-62.00

70.00-90.00

63.00-75.00

n/a

n/a

65.00-77.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

57.00-62.75

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

48.00-55.00

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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Communications breakdown added to emergency Firefighting made more dangerous without communications

By Lorraine Stevenson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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olunteer firefighters racing to reach fire-threatened Vita last week passed hundreds of vehicles headed the other direction and wondered what they were headed into, said veteran firefighter Alain Nadeau.

“I’ve been doing this for 33 years and this was the scariest I’ve seen,” said the weary La Broquerie fire chief on Friday after an exhausting week.

The air was so smoke filled around the southeastern village “we could barely breathe,” he said.

See GRASS FIRES on page 6 »

SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCE 1925 | VOL. 70, NO. 41

GOT SEED?

By Daniel Winters CO-OPERATOR STAFF / MELITA

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ising corn acres and severe drought in the Midwestern United States may crimp supplies of popular corn seed varieties for the com-

ing year.

“It’s really short,” said Ron Rabe, a Dekalb agronomist, who gave a brief talk on corn production in Manitoba at a recent WADO field tour.

Derek Erb, who farms near Oak Bluff and sells Pioneer Hi-Bred corn

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Corn seed might be tight next spring Rising demand and dismal growing conditions in the drought-stricken United States may limit supplies seed, said farmers looking to secure seed for next spring should act quickly to secure their supplies, even if it means placing orders earlier than usual.

Pioneer Hi-Bred’s top varieties, which include D95 and D97, account for roughly half the acres seeded in the province. Erb said that with the harvest and quality testing still underway in some areas, it’s difficult to estimate how much corn seed will be available for next year.

One thing’s for sure, waiting until Ag Days in January to secure supplies will

be too late. “I would pretty much bank on that,” said Erb. Dry conditions throughout the province have seen the corn harvest arriving about a month earlier than usual, and seed orders have started coming in sooner than usual too.

Even with the possibility of a shortage of corn seed, Erb doesn’t expect the price of Pioneer’s supplies to rise much more than it has in recent years.

Rob Park, of RJP Seeds in Carman, who deals in Hyland seed varieties, See CORN SEED on page 6 »

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

Hemp industry receives federal funds

Moisture brings back the green

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he Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance will get federal support to finance research into hemp varieties suited to different regions and to promote hemp products on international markets.

“Investments like these will help Canadian farmers tap into growing demand for hemp, diversify their businesses, and capture new revenue sources,” s a i d M P Bl a i n e Ca l k i n s, (Wetaskawin), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz.

An investment of more than $64,000 from the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) will be used to test and evaluate different hemp varieties across Canada for their food and non-food uses. This project will help the industry identify the best hemp varieties to grow in each region for grain yield and fibre yield.

A second investment of ove r $ 3 1 , 0 0 0 t h ro u g h t h e AgriMarketing Program will support the CHTA in growing Canada’s presence in new and existing international hemp markets. It will help the CHTA develop promotional material, participate in key international tradeshows, attract new clients, and undertake market research to identify market opportunities.

“It is the goal of the Canadian Hemp Industry to grow 100,000 acres of hemp by 2015, which represents more than $100 million to the Canadian economy” said Markus Schmulgen, president of CHTA. “In order to achieve this goal, effective investments into research and development and marketing efforts are vital. The funds provided by AIP and the AgriMarketing program will enable the CHTA to assist industry in reaching our objective.”

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Conservatives block additional scrutiny of food safety bill Critics say the bill is being rammed through without properly considering its implicaitions

By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor / ottawa

F

ood safety legislation and sweeping changes to the Canadian Grain Commission are being rushed through Parliament with scant opportunity for MPs to consider their implications.

Conservative MPs used their majority on the Commons agriculture committee last week to reject a Liberal call to extend hearings on the Safe Food for Canadians Act and have Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz answer questions on sweeping reorganization of the food inspection practices. The government also refused a request for hearings on other contentious provisions, including

changes to the Grains Act, in the omnibus budget bill.

It wasn’t just opposition MPs who were complaining.

As the food safety bill currently stands, some food companies will be forced to relocate to other countries, warned Keith Mussar, vicepresident of regulatory affairs of the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters and co-chair of the group’s food committee. Many Canadian companies produce for export and the bill as written would make it impossible for them to make some of their products for foreign markets, he said.

Leaving matters to the regulatory phase means the industry won’t know what the CFIA is

proposing until the regulations are made public, Mussar said. If they are wrong, it takes almost two years to change them.

“We’re better off to get it right at the start,” he said.

Both the Liberals and NDP support the bill, but will present amendments to fine tune it.

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture also wants Parliament to carefully study the complex provisions of the food safety bill.

While CFA supports the basic thrust of the legislation, CFA first vice-president Christian Lacasse cited six areas of concern, including how farmers will be regulated, requirements for livestock traceability, and protection of confidential business information.

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“We urge you to take the time to explore this bill in depth and to seek answers to the questions that we and other witnesses have raised,” he told the agriculture committee. “This is important and timely legislation. But we don’t need to rush it through.”

Ron Versteeg, vice-president of Dairy Farmers of Canada, also offered suggestions to improve the legislation. He also said it was vital for the government and CFIA to fully consult with farm and food industry groups about the regulations.

“Anything that undermines consumer confidence in our products is not in our interest,” he said. “The dairy industry has many programs to ensure the safety of our products.”

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Maple Leaf Foods profit falls 24 per cent

By Rod Nickel reuters / staff

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anadian food processor Maple Leaf Foods reported a 24 per cent drop in quarterly profit Oct. 31, after the company took a $13-million charge in the value of its hogs.

Net earnings for the third quarter ended Sept.

30 fell to $32.6 million, or 22 cents per share, from $43 million, or 29 cents, a year ago.

Adjusted for one-time charges including the decrease in the value of its hogs, adjusted operating earnings were up four per cent to $76.3 million.

Grain prices soared this summer due to a severe U.S. drought, which drove up the cost of raising hogs as well as baking for Maple Leaf Foods, one of Canada’s biggest bakers.

Given that the hog industry’s problems are well known, Maple Leaf’s performance is “positive,” said analyst Robert Gibson of Octagon Capital.

“Writing down the piggies, they’re taking the hit now as opposed to later.”

Sales dropped 1.8 per cent to $1.2 billion.

The company also announced it has completed an agreement with its syndicate of banks that will increase the existing revolving credit facility by $250 million to a total facility to $1.05 billion. It will also extend the maturity of the facility by one year.

The facility is unsecured and will continue to bear interest based on shortterm interest rates. The financing, which matures on May 16, 2016, increases the weighted average term of the company’s debt to 4.7 years. The facility will be used for general corporate purposes.

PotashCorp interested in buying Israel Chemical Ltd. toronto / reuters PotashCorp has acknowledged it has held talks with Israeli government officials around potentially increasing its ownership stake in Israel Chemical Ltd. (ICL).

The world’s largest fertilizer company issued a statement after ICL’s majority shareholder, Israel Corp Ltd., confirmed media reports of the discussions in a regulatory filing.

In a brief statement, PotashCorp said: “No deal has been formulated; there is no assurance that a deal will be reached, or that parties will sign an agreement.”

The Saskatoon-based fertilizer maker refused further comment.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 8, 2012

Somaliland hopes oil will replace goat dependence

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anted: investors for small African nation with good oil and mineral potential — no seat at the United Nations but history of independence in rough neighbourhood.

The breakaway nation of Somaliland is a tough sell but the recent announcement that serious hydrocarbon exploration is about to kick off there shows that oil talks, regardless of political status.

For Somaliland, an internationally unrecognized state of 3.5 million people that declared independence from Somalia in 1991, it promises to be a game changer.

“We need to find a way to earn hard currency besides selling goats, sheep and camels to Arabs.

This is the only way we earn hard currency now,” said Energy Minister Hussein Abdi Dualeh.

Ophir Energy Plc, Australiabased Jacka Resources and Genel Energy, which is headed by former BP chief executive Tony Hayward, are all about to start exploration in Somaliland.

Dualeh said the investments would be worth tens of millions of dollars, small change in the global oil industry but a windfall to a government that only has a budget of $120 million.

Gas discoveries off Mozambique and Tanzania and oil finds in Uganda and Kenya have sparked a hydrocarbon scramble into previously unexplored parts of Africa.

“Oil companies are concerned about geology, not politics,” said Dualeh, before adding his country offers investors something sorely lacking in anarchic Somalia: stability.

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“The pirate problem is not off our coast, it starts in the Indian Ocean with Somalia. We have a nimble coast guard that does its job with limited resources,” Dualeh said.

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Soldiers of the Soil helped feed the front Farm labour was in short supply during the First World War

By Barb Galbraith Co-operator contributor

M

any who have served during times of war are remembered every November 11. But one group has been all but forgotten.

They never faced combat, but did in fact serve as “Soldiers of the Soil.” Although this phrase has often been broadly used, there was an official Soldiers of the Soil program. Created as an initiative of the newly formed Canada Food Board, they were boys ranging in age from 16 to 19 years who worked in the fields alongside farmers in the last year of the First World War. The board, established in 1918 to increase food exports to Britain, pursued many avenues. In particular, the SOS Movement involved securing agricultural labourers to replace those conscripted to fight.

Conscription

The Military Service Act of 1917 had made mandatory enlistment the law for Canadian men aged 20 to 45 years old. Voluntary recruitment was no longer supplying enough men to replace casualties. Prime Minister Borden wanted a strong Canadian contribution to the war because he hoped it could lead to greater influence over British imperial policy.

While the law allowed for the exemption of men providing essential services by special tribunals in their communities, there were no exemptions specifically for agricultural workers. Those who didn’t receive special certificates of exemption could petition the Final Court of Appeal, presided over by the Honourable Justice Duff. In the first case brought before him in early December 1917, newspapers quoted Justice Duff as having two reasons in allowing the exemption of a farmer’s son. “(1) In order that the military powers of the allies may be adequately sustained, it is essential that in this country and under the present conditions, there should be no diminution in agricultural production. “(2) The supply of competent labour available for the purpose of agricultural production is not abundant, but actually is deficient.”

Borden succumbed to pressure to exempt farmers’ sons in order to get votes in the December 1917 election. He reneged on his promise in the spring of 1918. Conscription had not generated enough enlisted men. All exemptions were removed and the act was revised to include those as young as 19.

Allied supplier

Besides needing food for its own men, Canada was the main supplier to allied forces. Women were encouraged to take the place of agricultural workers who had gone overseas.

Businesses closed early so employees could go out to the fields to help with harvest. It was estimated that 10,000 men were needed for Manitoba alone. The front page of the June 27, 1918 edition of the Manitoba weekly newspaper, the Oakville Standard, mentioned this sighting: “The shortage of labour accounts for another procession seen the same day. A team was drawing a set of discs, attached to which was a light wagon. Tied to the rear of the wagon was another team drawing an engine gang plow. All in charge of one man.”

According to the Report of the Canada Food Board, February 11 – December 31, 1918, “Because of the shortage of farm labourers and

Top: A medal that was awarded to young men who worked on farms. Above: This Canadian War Museum poster depicts the call to the front lines — on the farm. Photo: Courtesy of Canadian War Museum

the urgent need of organized effort in all parts of the dominion, steps were taken before seeding time to enlist this army of teenage boys.”

The Soldiers of the Soil Movement was under the direction of the board of the YMCA and in co-operation with the provincial Departments of Agriculture.

They were aided by the Departments of Labour and Education, as well as by leaders in the Boy Scouts of Canada.

There were 22,385 boys enrolled with 20,431 placed across Canada, of which 1,218 were in Alberta, 1,925 in Saskatchewan and 1,650 in Manitoba. Farmers requiring help applied directly to the program.

Learning experience

Many of these boys lived in urban centres. They received room and board. While doing a full day’s work, by necessity they learned many things which would not have been a part of their life in towns and cities.

Wages ranged from $15 to $30 per month. In 1918, Manitoba, a non-boarding adult male farm labourer could expect about $78 per month. If still in school, the “recruits” were exempted from classes and exams.

Once they had worked for a minimum of three months or more, they were eligible to receive an honourable discharge certificate which entitled them to move on to the next grade, even if they had missed final exams. Bronze lapel badges were bestowed, often at community ceremonies.

There had been concerns at the start, as this statement from the report indicates: “In some parts, at the outset, farmers were skeptical of the value of boy labour, and the co-operation of the Farmers’ Institutes and Association had to be secured in order to encourage the use of boy labour for more extensive seeding operations than had been originally planned by the farmers.”

In the end, it was concluded that “(r)esults secured have more than justified the undertaking.”

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS

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

What rationing tasted like

Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

W

ith Remembrance Day approaching, many teachers turn to resources of Veterans Affairs for ways to help young people understand the meaning of the day.

Here is an idea that you might want to observe in your own home this Sunday. It is called the “Missing Man” dinner setting, and involves setting your dinner table with symbols of remembrance such as a single red flower as a centrepiece or a slice of lemon or pinch of salt on the table as reminders of the bitter fates of so many who served and tears shed for them. Another suggestion is to have one empty chair at the table with a glass inverted as a reminder of those no longer with us.

Other resources found on this website help teach children the role of food during the war years, from growing Victory Gardens to rationing of foods like meat and sugar.

It is a worthy reminder to all of us that our experience of food shortages in this country were relatively minimal in contrast to those whose agriculture and food systems were devastated elsewhere. Food rationing here lasted five years from the beginning of 1942. In the U.K. rationing did not end completely until 1954.

Even so millions of Canadian men, women and children did their best for the war effort by learning to make do with less. That’s a lesson from history from which all of us can learn.

H

ere’s some ideas taken from the Wartime Canada (www.wartimecanada.ca) website if you’d like to serve a simple Sunday meal this weekend and give someone a taste of life on the home front 60 years ago.

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

Increased Beef Ration Recipe Did your mother or grandmother “stretch” her meat loaf with oatmeal? She may have picked up a copy of Ration Recipes, published by Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd. in the early 1940s encouraging householders to reduce consumption of meat, butter and sugar by using rolled oats in food preparation. Note the higher temperature and longer baking times for earlier oven models.

3/4 lbs. minced beef 1/4 lb. minced shoulder of pork 1 egg 1 c. milk or 1 c. diluted gravy 1/2 c. Robin Hood Rolled Oats 1 tsp. salt 1/8 tsp. pepper Pinch of sage (may be omitted) 2 tbsp. finely chopped onion

Mix minced beef and pork. Beat egg, add milk or gravy and blend well with meat mixture. Add Robin Hood Rolled Oats and seasonings, stir until smooth and thoroughly mixed. Pack in loaf tin and cover with greased paper. Bake in modern oven (375 F). Baking time 1 hour 15 minutes.

Serves 5.

Source: Ration Recipes Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd.

Crisp Oat Cookies “This recipe is specially designed for ration days,” the recipe card noted. “It uses no butter and only a small amount of sugar to give a large number of cookies. Busy housewives will find it a time saver since it requires no tedious rolling and cutting of the cookies. They may be medium size for ordinary use, large for the lunch box or small for afternoon tea.”

1 c. shortening 1/2 c. brown sugar, firmly packed 1/4 c. honey 1/3 c. milk 2 c. Robin Hood Rolled Oats 1-3/4 c. Robin Hood Flour (measured after sifting) 2 tsp. baking powder 1/3 tsp. salt 1 tsp. vanilla

Cream shortening, which has been softened to room temperature, add sugar and honey, blend until very smooth. Add Robin Hood Rolled Oats and milk, beat well. Sift flour, baking powder and salt and add to first mixture, then add vanilla.

Shape dough into small balls, place on wellgreased tins. Press flat with fork dipped in Robin Hood Flour. Bake 12 to 15 minutes in a moderate oven (350 F).

Source: Ration Recipes Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd.

A Tasty Meatless Dinner I have cited this excerpt before. It’s from the November 7, 1942 edition of The Winnipeg Free Press. “I wish the sugar rationing had been a little more drastic,” wrote Dr. Logan Glendening. “And every nutritionist believes that the meat rationing, if kept to two meatless days a week, will be good for us.”

Included with the following recipe were these remarks:

Nutrition in wartime

“Here’s the main dish you’ve been wanting for your meatless dinner, with good nutrition and good flavour marching hand in hand. Serve it with cream soup, stuffed egg salad and a baked rhubarb cobbler for dessert.”

In 1943 Nutrition Services Ottawa advises that there are five major and three minor food groups:

1-1/2 c. canned corn, drained or cooked fresh corn 1-1/2 c. strained canned tomatoes 3/4 tsp. salt 1/8 tsp. pepper 1 tsp. sugar 1/2 c. Robin Hood Rolled Oats 1 tbsp. dripping 1/2 c. grated strong cheese

Mix first seven ingredients in baking dish.

Sprinkle grated cheese on top and bake in a moderate oven (360 F). Baking time 20 minutes.

Serves 4 to 5.

Source: Ration Recipes Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd.

Major 1. Milk and cheese 2. Fruits 3. Vegetables 4. Cereals 5. Meat, poultry, fish and eggs Minor: 6. Fats 7. Sugars 8. Extras Oranges and grapefruits are the best yearround sources of vitamin C, with tomatoes a close second, the 1943 article noted. Also rich in this vitamin are black currants, cantaloupe, red currants, loganberries and strawberries, Excerpted from Manitoba Co-operator November 16, 1943

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Hoof Beats of HOPE to auction off horse Funds generated will be donated to Children’s Hospital Foundation

By Darrell Nesbitt Freelance contributor

T

he Fellowship of Christian Cowboys (Manitoba chapter), is looking to make a difference today and tomorrow for the children, their families and staff at the Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg through a special fundraising initiative called Hoof Beats of HOPE. The idea was put forth by Manitoba chapter president, Terry Baker of Newdale, however, it has truly become a board’s project in a way to help others.

The Baker family — Terry and daughter Katelynn (training) and wife/mother Donna (promotions) have lent countless hours to the project. The project focuses on a horse named Regalo (Spanish for “the Gift Horse”), which will be auctioned off to the highest bidder at the Annual Rocking W Ranch Horse Sale next spring in Brandon.

All proceeds generated from now to the sale date of April 20, 2013 will be donated to the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba, in support of child health and child health research.

The Fellowship of Christian Cowboys (FCC) is in the process of purchasing Regalo, a five-year-old registered quarter-horse gelding.

Training of Regalo is already underway and according to the Bakers he is coming along amazingly, accepting the tasks and challenges with virtually no resistance. While very successful in doing ranch horse work, Regalo is also well collected for the show ring.

“It took us a while to find this special horse, he is papered up well and anyone can ride him,” said Baker.

“That’s the type of horse we were looking for, one that was very marketable and a horse you can go anywhere with.”

Regalo will be trained by six or seven of Manitoba’s best Christian Cowboys horse trainers in a variety of disciplines throughout the project, turning him into a well-grounded, solid horse that anyone can ride.

Upon going up for auction, 100 per cent of the sale will go directly to the Children’s Hospital Foundation, a special organization for the advancement of knowledge in the field of pediatric medical research. For more information on the foundation visit www.goodbear.mb.ca.

Dr. Goodbear excited

“The Children’s Hospital is very excited about this project,” said Baker. “Dr. Goodbear came out to the ranch in the middle of August to meet Regalo. Regalo didn’t even spook and in no time at all Dr. Goodbear climbed into the saddle and went for a ride.”

It is the FCC’s goal to raise as many funds as we can through this one-ofa-kind project. Well-broke horses are hard to find and worth their weight in gold. It’s a win-win situation for the buyer — you not only get a wellbroke horse but also the awesome opportunity to help our sick kids.

The focus of this unique project that has never been done before is to promote our kids in need and not the FCC itself, which is an interdenominational group of Christians seeking to bring to the western and rodeo world support, encouragement and cowboy church services that it conducts at various western events.

The Manitoba chapter was formed in the fall of 1997 with its own board of directors and a small membership.

Its membership has grown over the years with some of its original members still sitting on the board.

Public can help

Regalo has been introduced to

Dr. Goodbear enjoyed riding Regalo at Terry and Donna Baker’s ranch near Newdale.

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audiences throughout the summer at a number of local fairs, Heartland Rodeo Finals, and working at the McCreary PFRA pasture, roping and treating cattle. Plans are to showcase Regalo at other horse events.

Sponsors helping with the care of Regalo are onboard including feed and veterinary services, while Rocking W Ranch of Morden is sponsoring the costs associated with the selling of Regalo.

Although some donations have come forth, the general public can help, as you don’t have to purchase the horse to be involved in this special fundraiser.

“We are taking donations towards this project right now! All proceeds after the incurred cost will be forwarded along with the money from the sale of Regalo to the Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg,” said Baker.

“All donations are tax receiptable and can be addressed to FCC-Hoof Beats of HOPE, c/o Terry/Donna Baker, Box 187, Newdale, Man. R0J 1L0.

For more information, photos and updates of Regalo, check out www. canadianchristiancowboys.ca and follow the links or contact the Bakers at (204) 849-2154.

As ranchers, the Bakers know full well that a horse of this nature doesn’t come up for sale too often. The nonprofit organization was able to obtain this horse because of what Hoof Beats of HOPE stood for — the need of making a difference in a sick child’s life. All people are being given an opportunity to be a part of this exciting project through donations made to FCC, a charity that keeps families in mind.

Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, Manitoba

Nutrition and your vision Here’s some foods to help “feed your eyes”

By Julie Garden-Robinson NDSU Extension Service

V

ision acuity is measured on a 20/X basis, where the first number is the standard distance of 20 feet between the eye being tested and the eye chart. A person with 20/40 vision can see clearly at 20 feet what a person with normal vision would see at 40 feet.

Eyeglasses and contact lenses can correct many types of vision issues, including nearsightedness and farsightedness.

However, “low vision” cannot be corrected with glasses.

Some of the main contributors to low vision include a poor diet, smoking, aging and uncontrolled diabetes.

For example, low vision can result from macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy.

Those with low vision may lose the ability to see colours, adjust to glare and see in dark areas. If you or someone you know is experiencing issues with low vision, consider some ways to help yourself or that person with food preparation.

To decrease glare, install blinds over windows in the kitchen. Gooseneck lamps allow you to have light on your preparation area without as much glare as overhead lights.

Use measuring cups that contrast in colour with the item being measured.

For example, use brown or black measuring cups to measure sugar or flour.

To avoid cuts, use cutting boards that contrast in colour with the food being chopped.

To help prevent burns for someone with low vision, obtain oven mitts that cover to the elbow. If you have an oven

with a dial, consider marking the common oven temperatures with a large dot of craft paint near the most common baking temperature.

Be sure to talk to your eye-care professional if you notice any changes in your vision. Have regular eye checkups.

Nutrition plays a key role in helping prevent macular degeneration, which is a leading cause of vision loss. Scientists have reported that lutein and zeaxanthin (natural colourants in food, especially fruits and vegetables) can help “feed your eyes.”

• Eat dark, leafy greens, such as spinach, Swiss chard and kale. They are the best sources of lutein.

• If you don’t like spinach, try these good sources of lutein: corn, egg yolk, romaine lettuce, zucchini, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, peas, yellow/orange vegetables (not carrots because they

have beta-carotene and are good for night vision) and kiwi.

• Enjoy these foods high in zeaxanthin: corn, orange bell peppers, kale, collard greens, Swiss chard, spinach, oranges and mango.

• Try cooking vegetables to increase the absorption of lutein and zeaxanthin.

• Choose healthful fats. Fat allows better absorption of lutein and zeaxanthin. Choose “oil and vinegar” type salad dressing using olive or canola oil instead of the fat-free types.

• Enjoy some eggs. Eggs are a highly absorbable source of lutein and zeaxanthin.

Julie Garden-Robinson, PhD, R.D., L.R.D., is a North Dakota State University Extension Service food and nutrition specialist and professor in the department of health, nutrition and exercise sciences.

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS

More questions from readers Reena answers questions and shares some old-time cooking tips Reena Nerbas Household Solutions

Dear Reena, We recently purchased some wicker baskets for our home. The problem is that they smell like cow manure! We are not able to keep them in the house. I have left them outside for a few weeks and they still smell. I tried Febreze also with no luck. What do you suggest to get the smell out?

Wayne Hi Wayne, Here are three options for removing the unappealing smell expelled by your wicker baskets: Make a solution of one-quarter cup chlorine laundry bleach in two gallons of warm water. Use a medium bristle brush, like a vegetable brush. Dampen the brush and gently scrub the baskets. Rinse with clean water. Another option is to clean the baskets with Murphy’s Oil, making sure that you clean the entire basket (bottom as well). If the smell remains, the basket most likely has a coated finish that smells in which case brushing it with a different finish such as shellac is your best bet.

Hello Reena, I love your column and books. I am helping my son get his place ready for a baby.

Do you have a safe method to rid a room of smoke odours without putting harmful chemicals into the air? I am asking for walls, carpet, etc. Thank you so much for your wonderful and helpful tips.

Shirley

Dear Shirley, You will need to steam clean carpets and wash the walls with bubble bath and water. Wash all furniture, bedding and window coverings. If the smell remains, your next step is to paint the walls using an odourless paint. Also, leave an open bag of charcoal in the room or a big open bottle of vinegar. You might also check out purchasing a diffuser that you can plug into the wall and add some really nice-smelling essential oils.

Dear Reena, I always read your column and have all your books. My colleagues and I are all wondering the best (and easiest) way to thoroughly clean (wash) metal window blinds. Some of us have many, many blinds in our homes. Thanks for the help.

Jan Hello Jan, For everyday dusting, wipe metal blinds with a good-quality microfibre cloth and water or the dust attachment and your vacuum. Once a month, wipe slats with an unused fabric softener sheet, which will repel dust. Every six months, grab an old, clean sock and a bucket of soapy water. Dip the sock into water and wash blinds, and follow up with a clear water rinse. Once a year, remove blinds and fill your bathtub with hot water, one tsp. dish soap and one cup white vinegar. Allow the blinds to soak for a half-hour or so. Drain the tub and rinse with the shower head or a bucket of clean water. Or bring blinds outside and hose them down and let air-dry.

Dear Reena, Perhaps you can help? I burnt a pot of rice; we can’t get the black carbonized rice off the bottom of the pot. We have tried baking soda, Bar Keepers Helper, elbow grease, vinegar, even tinfoil. Any solutions would be appreciated.

P.S. My stepfather loved your solution to remove the yellow stains from vinyl.

Elsbeth Dear Elsbeth, When you say that you tried the baking soda and vinegar, did you boil them or just let the pot soak? Adding the element of heat is a powerful tool that lifts stains, odours and kitchen messes. In other words, pour enough vinegar into the pot to cover the bottom, add one tbsp. baking soda. Bring to a boil for five minutes. Turn element off, cover and leave overnight. Wash in the morning.

Or sprinkle the bottom of the pot with a layer of dishwasher detergent powder.

Fill the pot one-quarter full with water.

Boil for five minutes and remove from element. Leave overnight and wash as normal. Some people have also reported good results with leaving Coke in the pot overnight. Clean with an S.O.S pad in the morning!

Dear Reena, In a previous column you printed an insect/animal repellent recipe that called for soap flakes that I didn’t keep on hand and cannot seem to find in any of the stores I frequent. Could you possibly let me know where one might find these flakes or can I substitute them with laundry detergent, and if so, the quantity

Fabulous old-time cooking hints: · My granddad used to add a pinch of baking soda when presoaking beans. He said they softened more quickly. People on a low-sodium diet might have to take the soda into account. · My father-in-law added a teaspoon of white vinegar to simmering soup bones to draw out the calcium. Enjoy your continuing encouragement in the use of vinegar and baking soda around the house.

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one would use? I do enjoy your column.

Please continue with your economical, and very helpful solutions. Awaiting your reply.

Judy Hi Judy, As a substitute for soap flakes you can make your own by shredding one bar of Ivory soap into flakes.

I enjoy your questions and tips, keep them coming! Check out my new website: www.reena.ca.

Reena is a popular presenter and author of the national bestselling series, Household Solutions 1 with Substitutions, Household Solutions 2 with Kitchen Secrets and Household Solutions 3 with Green Alternatives. If you would like Reena to visit your area and present a workshop, please call (204) 320-2757.

Thoughts on Remembrance Day The Remembrance Day Service

She pinned a single poppy blood red just above her heart — on the navy blazer she would wear to the Remembrance Day Celebration “Please stand,” intoned the chaplain a bugle sounded — all turned to face the back as one by one they stepped in unison to the front a second bugle sound — a third explosive silence “Please be seated.”

He took his place at the podium crippled, old two sons in their uniforms stepped slowly beside him the walk seemed long to his battle-scarred soul tears inched their way down leathery cheeks.

With faltering voice, he beseeched all present to live in peace and harmony for the rest of their days.

She rose from her seat hoping she wouldn’t cry removed the symbolic red poppy then placed it in his hand kissed his weathered cheek and whispered, “God bless you, Dad. I wore this for you.”

— Eva Krawchuk, Winnipeg

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By Addy Oberlin FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR

Are we still remembering: The soldiers who left home to fight in a wartorn country?

The soldiers who came back from war, their bodies and minds torn to pieces?

When the doorbell rang and a messenger brought a message of death?

This Remembrance Day we need to remember, and never forget, what our fathers, grand-

fathers and forefathers did for the freedom of others.

There are still soldiers fighting in different parts of the world. We need to pray that they will know Who brought the ultimate sacrifice, so they can be free from the oppression of sin and be assured of the mansion that is waiting them in heaven (John 14:3), no matter what happens in this world. Our prayers can travel where no words can reach.

Let’s not forget to remember them.

Addy Oberlin writes from Swan River, Manitoba.

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