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GO office closures spark questions about role of public extension

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t’s time to discuss and refocus Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiative’s (MAFRI) role in extension, says Keystone Agricultural Producers’ president Doug Chorney.

The Deloraine office is being merged with the office in Brandon.

MAFRI’s Starbuck GO office will be merged with Carman’s.

The GO office in Fisher Branch will close, but the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation office remains.

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The debate has strong proponents on both sides of the question

By Lorraine Stevenson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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ust four votes defeated a resolution sharply dividing municipal leaders at their convention last week over the question of whether conservation agreements signed between private landowners and agencies should have expiry dates.

Conservation agreements that last forever “tie the hands of the municipalities for future land development and use of land,” stated a resolution from the Municipality of Shoal Lake that calls for 20-year time limits imposed on agreements.

Shoal Lake Mayor Don Yanick said their main concern lies with not knowing what the future needs for land use will be.

“With climate changing coming, who knows what that land could be used for?” he said, adding that long after the landowners who’ve signed these agreements are gone, the impact of their decisions will be felt forever.

“You shouldn’t be able to dictate land use from the grave.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 6, 2012

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Zapping away bread mould for two months

Cool is the new hot in cattle Lower core temp means more feed efficiency

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CROPS Variety registration Farm-saved seed stifles investment in new varieties

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FEATURE A “combine” ahead of its time The gas-powered Sylvester Auto Harvester

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CROSSROADS Good books for a Prairie winter A few Christmas gift ideas for the rural reader

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Editorials Comments What’s Up Livestock Markets

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Grain Markets Weather Vane Classifieds Sudoku

U.K. government says 32 per cent of bread goes to waste

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BC reports that a U.S. company has developed a technique that it says can make bread stay mould free for 60 days.

Microzap, a commercial division of Texas Tech University, has developed microwave technology which can kill bacteria in food, as well as being used for other applications such as in clothes dryers to kill antibioticresistant bacteria in hospital bedding.

Bread nor mally will go mouldy in about 10 days, but Microzap says its treatment will keep it mould free for two months.

“We treated a slice of bread in the device, we then checked the mould that was in that bread over time against a control,” a Microzap executive told the BBC. “And at 60 days it had the same mould content as it had when it came out of the oven.”

The U.K. government says that 32 per cent of the bread in the country is thrown away, and a recent U.S. report said the average American family throws away 40 per cent of the food it purchases.

No more science experiments in the back of the bread cupboard?

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 6, 2012

Municipalities missing out on federal transfer funds Too many municipalities and not enough accountants creating an accounting bottleneck

By Lorraine Stevenson

Correction

A photo cutline in the Nov. 15 issue incorrectly said a new seed production facility opened near Wingham, Ont. Nov. 8 belongs to Dow AgroSciences. In fact, the new facility belongs to DuPont Pioneer.

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ome municipalities are so small they can’t do paperwork needed to claim millions in federal gas tax revenues they should be receiving, Minister of Local Government Ron Lemieux said in an address to the Association of Manitoba Municipalities last week.

Lemieux said more than half of smaller municipalities, or those with fewer than 1,000 residents, have failed to submit required financial audits to receive an estimated $14 million in revenues that could be flowing into the province.

Some of the backlogged funds date back to 2009.

“This is delaying investments in your community,” Minister of Local Government Ron Lemieux said in an address to delegates.

“Fourteen million dollars could be put to better use, quite frankly, than sitting in a bank account.”

The AMM is fully aware of the problem, said Doug Dobrowolski, president of the AMM, but he called it “a bit unfair” to lay blame on municipalities for not getting their statements done.

The new accounting system is now required by all three levels of government to increase transparency and accountability.

“A lot of municipalities have been after auditing firms, but it’s the auditing firms that aren’t getting them back to them in a timely fashion,” Dobrowolski said. The problem seems to be that auditing firms don’t have enough staff to handle the demand, he added.

Lemieux said the matter points to the need for smaller locales to get larger and create new economies of scale to meet these kinds of legislative and fiscal challenges.

He was on the hot seat much of last week as delegates pressed him about the

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Fewer councillors and larger municipalities are on the horizon with a call in November 27 throne speech to have the province’s smaller municipalities begin amalgamating. photo: lorraine stevenson

“This is delaying investments in your community.”

Ron Lemieux

Provincial Minister of Local Government

government’s plans to have smaller municipalities begin amalgamating.

The province said in its November 27 throne speech those with populations now under a provincial law threshold of 1,000 need to begin to engage neighbouring municipalities and have new boundaries redrawn in time for the 2014 elections.

Ninety-two of the total 197 municipalities are now below 1,000.

Reaction among municipal leaders is mixed.

Some insist their accounting difficulties shouldn’t be rationale for amalgamating. Many cite worries with the tight timeline to start amalgamating.

Some said they fear what distancing local government across a broader region will do to small towns.

“We just got a day care going in our small community,” said Debbie McMechan of the RM of Edward (pop. 574) in southwestern Manitoba. “We were able to do that because we were right there on the ground working with our local groups.

We couldn’t have done that if we were working from a giant centre.”

Archie Heinrichs, mayor of Plum Coulee (pop. 843) said they already share many services with their nearby RM and their population is growing.

By 2014 they expect to reach the 1,000-person threshold.

They don’t want to amalgamate, he said.

“We would like to stay the way we are,” he said to wide applause.

Other delegates said they’re already on the road to amalgamation.

“We’re in favour of it,” Gus Wruck, reeve of Lac du Bonnet (pop. 2,672) told an assembly of Cabinet ministers during the

“bear pit” session Thursday. His council and the Town of Lac du Bonnet have agreed they should amalgamate and all they need now is help getting on with the job, he said.

Seated in the audience was the mayor of the recently amalgamated RM and town of Shoal Lake which merged in time for the 2010 municipal elections.

In an interview Don Yanick said talk of amalgamating went on for years before they finally bit the bullet.

“It’s a slow process,” he said. “I was on council from 1983 to 1989 and we talked about it even then,” he said.

Amalgamation has created efficiencies in governance, sped up decision-making and there’s been some cost savings too, Yanick added.

Lemieux said municipalities can expect to get full support from provincial staff as they begin to amalgamate.

The province was expected to send out detailed letters to all municipalities before Christmas. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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4-H Canada to seek new CEO

4-H Canada says it has launched a nationwide search for a new chief executive officer following the retirement of Mike Nowosad after more than 22 years with the organization.

“Mike Nowosad made a major contribution to 4-H in Canada,” Canadian 4-H Council president Rob Black said in a release. “In recent years he was instrumental in moving the organization to a governance model of leadership and undertaking a collaborative initiative nationally to define what our organization will stand for over the next 100 years.”

Class-action lawsuit on hold until high court rules Supreme Court needs to give no explanation in rejecting or accepting CWB court challenge

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF / SASKATOON

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class-action lawsuit regarding the end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) single-desk system will move towards certification regardless of whether or not the Supreme Court of Canada agrees to hear a case on the same issue.

But until that decision is announced, the lawsuit is on hold, waiting to challenge a motion to dismiss by government lawyers, said Stewart Wells.

“We know we’re right,” said the former CWB director and current chairperson of The Friends of the CWB. “We’re now

waiting for the courts to catch up and we just have to play this out.”

The Supreme Cour t is expected to make a decision in February or March.

In December 2011, a Federal Court ruled in favour of singledesk supporters who said the government had acted illegally by dismantling the board without a farmer vote, but that decision was later overturned by a Court of Appeal.

“Based on the same arguments, we’ve had two different decisions, so now it’s up to the Supreme Court,” said Ian Robson, Manitoba co-ordinator for the National Farmers Union.

If the Supreme Court refuses to hear the case, it’s not required to give any explanation.

Wells said it’s impossible to predict what action the court might take.

“You can try to weigh it from political angles — the prime minister has now appointed, I believe, the majority of the Supreme Court, five out of the nine; you can try to read the tea leaves, but you just don’t know,” he said.

In a perfect scenario, Wells said Canada’s highest court would hear the case, find the government had acted illegally and the single-desk system would be reinstated.

That would be the preferable outcome for Nathan Macklin as well. The Alberta-based farmer is one of four plaintiffs named on the yet-to-be-certified classaction lawsuit.

“The first and main focus of this lawsuit is to actually reinstate the status quo prior to when the government started making those changes,” he told delegates at the National Farmers Union conference in Saskatoon.

“This lawsuit, as any lawsuit I suppose, is based on the premise that the plaintiff be made whole,” said Macklin.

That could be done in one of two ways. Either reinstate the

single desk, while offsetting damages caused in the interim, or by returning the assets of the board to farmers, he said.

Wells said a positive ruling from the Supreme Court could also open up the possibility of actually holding a farmer vote on the issue.

“Farmers will decide... we have always said we will live or die by the wishes of the farmers,” said the former director. “But we’re not prepared to knuckle under to a majority government that just says, ‘no, no, we’re going to do whatever we want and farmers just don’t matter.’” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 6, 2012

OPINION/EDITORIAL

A good first taste

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heat and barley farmers are getting their first bite of the open market in 69 years this fall and by most accounts they like how it tastes.

The first three months have seen a record 14 million tonnes delivered into the handling system at cash prices farmers could only dream about only a few short years ago.

Some farmers are reporting they did in Laura Rance fact sell their whole crop straight off the Editor combine. Their biggest problem this year might be deciding how to avoid paying all that income tax now that they don’t have to wait 18 months for their final payments and they don’t have the option of deferring payments until the next year. We’re sure the implement dealers will be more than willing to lend a helping hand.

It must be noted however, that farmers were blessed with a consistently high-quality crop, after an early, dry harvest in the midst of a historically significant drought affecting much of the U.S. It’s entirely possible that the performance would have been similarly stellar under the old system, but that’s beside the point. Conditions this fall have given the grain-handling system a near-perfect opportunity to make a smooth transition to the new marketing environment, and for that, we must all be thankful.

This also gives the sector time to prepare for the inevitable — a wet, delayed harvest producing a range of weatherdamaged grades that are tough to store and even tougher to blend and sell.

Even the veterans of the grain trade are warning this first few months is a bit of a honeymoon. As Cargill’s Len Penner points out, this year’s conditions have so far been ideal, but only 21 per cent of the crop has been marketed to date.

Canada’s grain-handling system is unique in that it is a “pipeline,” with grain stored on farms until it is moved to port. Other major exporting countries stockpile grain in commercial storage.

This means that in order for the Canadian system to function, farmers must steadily feed the pipeline 12 months of the year, whether it’s convenient, -40 or spring seeding.

While it’s too soon to write it off, the outlook isn’t quite as peachy for the voluntary pooling system under the new CWB, which officials acknowledge is suffering from lower-thananticipated interest. This was to be expected as voluntary pools have historically suffered from low producer interest when prices are high and grain is flowing smoothly through export channels. Nor is CWB likely to be competitive with its cash contracts, as it is bidding against the same companies that it depends upon for moving its grain.

It also doesn’t look good for the newly launched ICE Futures Canada contracts, for which open interest remains slim to non-existent. No surprises there either.

There were bound to be “I told you so’s” flying around the Prairies no matter which way it went this fall. In this instance, the open-market supporters are free to gloat. Had there been problems, some single-desk supporters would have delighted in saying, “See, I told you.”

It was discouraging to hear the mood coming from the National Farmers Union convention in Saskatoon, at which single-desk proponents were refusing to concede that the old CWB is history.

If a vote were held tomorrow, our hunch is the single desk would lose, albeit for the wrong reasons. To suggest that the Supreme Court of Canada should somehow reinstate what has been lost is not only unrealistic, but it prevents the organization from providing something badly needed in the farming community going forward — a reasoned alternative view.

Equally unrealistic is to claim farmers have been thrown a century back in time and now need the government to step up with regulations. It’s doubly ironic coming from longtime and vociferous single-desk opponents Paul Earl and John De Pape — now that they’ve achieved their objective, which necessarily meant neutering the farmer-controlled board.

Good luck with getting the federal government involved with any controversial regulations. So where is that promised rail service legislation anyway?

It just wants to play the good guy, and in the process keep the farm voice splintered by doling out largesse commodity by commodity. Last month, MPs fanned out across the country, firing off a blizzard of press releases announcing funding for some 18 projects ranging from blueberries to pet food. In other words, “We’ll harvest some PR, but you’re on your own now.”

This is what many farmers wanted. The open market is here, and so far, it’s working. Whether farmers have lost something valuable, and whether they will recognize that if they have, is now something for historians to decide. laura@fbcpublishing.com

After 41 years, freedom to innovate Dennis Stephens reflects on then and now Dennis Stephens has seen lots of change during his career.

The secretary/consultant for the Canada Grains Council is stepping down at year’s end. After being thanked for his long service to the grain industry at a reception in Ottawa Nov. 21, Stephens reflected on the evolution of grain handling and transportation logistics in Canada.

When Stephens was head of transportation at Federal Grain in 1971 the company owned 1,200 elevators across the West and two Vancouver terminals. The car cycle was 24 days, compared to just seven for potash, which unlike grain, was shipped in unit trains.

In December 1971 Federal Grain experimented with the first unit train hauling grain in Western Canada.

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was very lucky because I had a point man — Clare Taylor of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers (then known as the Palliser Wheat Growers Association) who you just had to wind up a little bit and give him a rudder to where to steer. But he paved the way and we got permission for this unit train.

And this unit train went slick. It took six men to unload that train, probably in less than four or five hours. That (is what) we wanted to introduce into this industry.

We went to the railways. We asked, “What rate would you give us if all that we need from you is locomotive power and trackage?” And they said after a couple of weeks, “We can’t give you a rate lower than the Crow rate.”

We went to the wheat board and said, “Look, we could take the Chinese contract and we will put (in) five trains a week of 100

Increased CO2 weakens Green Revolution rice The Our History feature is not available this week

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onventional thinking until now is that there’s an upside to global warming caused by increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Since plants grow by taking CO2 from the atmosphere, increased levels should mean higher yields.

Not necessarily, say scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology and the University of Potsdam.

They tested a variety of rice called IR8, a dwarf variety which dramatically increased

cars for 45 weeks. Because it costs you $13 a tonne from Thunder Bay before you get to salt water you can afford to throw another $10 a tonne into the pool. We’d be able to do that for $3 a tonne.”

The wheat board came back and said, “Can’t do that. The Bracken formula won’t allow it.” The Bracken formula dictates you can only receive the number of cars relative to your percentage of business. We said, “This shouldn’t apply. We’re bringing our cars into the fleet. It doesn’t matter.”

That unit train pilot project occurred in December of 1971. In February of ’72, 2-1/2 months later, I was at a board meeting with Federal. The board of directors... said we can’t retain our assets in this industry if we can’t bring in innovation. Federal sold its grain assets. Each (Prairie) Pool bought the assets.

And I tell that story now because now you do have that opportunity to bring in that innovation and allow real market forces to dictate the evolution of your future.

We went through a long period in our country — and I was part of it as assistant deputy minister — trying to change the Western Grain Transportation Act a couple of times. It was tough sledding. But what we, in effect, did was create a cocoon and that cocoon isolated the industry from the real market forces.

I think now you have an opportunity in front of you because now without a dual-marketing system you’re no longer going down separate tracks. You’re now on one track.

You’re now marketing a complete package to that buyer. The logistics opportunities associated with that and the whole combination of being able to bring to the buyer whatever he requires and to be able to do it in a lower-cost manner is something that’s a tremendous advantage to the country.

yields in the 1960s, and was hailed as one of the first successes of the “Green Revolution.”

However, yields have since declined steadily by about 15 per cent, while atmospheric CO2 has increased by 25 per cent.

Using another plant called thale cress, the researchers were able to observe that a higher carbon dioxide concentration results in the unblocking of the capacity of dwarf plant to form gibberellic acid, a yield stimulator. The scientists say carbon dioxide appears to have the same growth-stimulating effect as that triggered by the gibberellic acid. Thus, in the experiment, the dwarf plants gradually lost their advantage and increasingly resembled the control plants.

“Breeders now face the challenge of developing new plants that can continue to provide good yields under the altered climatic conditions,” says Jos Schippers, one of the authors of the study.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 6, 2012

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

There are ways to feed another two billion people by 2050 The choice is not either full-blown modern technology or subsistence organic

By Daryll E. Ray and Harwood Schaffer

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ecently we were asked to take part in a symposium at the Entomologic a l So c i e t y o f A m e r i c a a n n u a l meeting titled: “Feeding future generations: Expanding a global science to answer a global challenge.”

The focus of that challenge was to identify ways to feed nine billion people in 2050.

We p re f a c e t h i s s y n o p s i s by noting that it appears to us that the multinational biotech seed a n d c h e m i c a l c o m p a n i e s h a ve responded to this challenge by positioning their products as the primary solution. Not incidentally, they are also using this challenge as a justification for pressing the case for the extension of their intellectual property rights through trade negotiations.

It appears to us that much of the discussion about feeding nine billion people by 2050 has been captured by these firms by setting up a false dichotomy.

On the one side, we have what might be called the current mechanized agricultural model. Its goal is to bring the latest technologies (read GMOs and agricultural chemicals) to bear on solving this problem. It is argued that through the use of patented products and technologies, U.S. farmers can boost their production to help meet the increased demand for food.

Similarly farmers in developing nations can use these same patented technologies and products to boost their crop production. But in order to make them available, the agribusiness firms need to make

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Hydro lines and towers not safe I farm with my husband, daughter and brother-in-law and they operate a pedigreed seed farm just west of Portage la Prairie.

Manitoba Hydro and the NDP government intend to place nine or 10 of the Bipole III Hydro towers on our pedigreed seed fields. The placement of the Bipole III Hydro

sure that their intellectual property is protected. So they offer free use of products like a GMO cassava to a country’s farmers in exchange for their setting up U.S.-style intellectual property rights and regulatory agencies in their country.

The vision is to remould subsistence farmers into entrepreneurial export-oriented producers.

On the other side, they offer organic production, essentially viewing it as a post-industrial philosophical reaction to the mechanization of agriculture. They go on to characterize organic production as offering lower yields and increased labour requirements as a result of higher weed and insect pressure.

By positing organics as the only alternative to the full use of their products, they hope to quash any challenge to their vision. They also ignore a lot of other actions that could be helpful in meeting the challenge of feeding two billion additional people by 2050.

Alternatives

One needed action is to reduce post-harvest loss, which can be as much as a quarter to a third of the crop. To do this, low-input storage technologies need to be identified that use resources available to farm households and can be maintained over the long haul by the poorest of the poor.

Returning to a theme that we have touched on before in this column, we need long-term funding for conventional breeding programs that will produce public varieties of “lost crops”: teff, various sorghums, amaranth, fonio, African rice, millets and pulses.

Many of these crops currently

line will change many aspects in the way we farm and none of them for the better.

These Bipole III towers and lines will force us to increase our insurance liability, thus raising our premiums should one of our implements make contact with a tower and cause damage.

Our GPS-aided equipment will be ineffective near these towers as the equipment will need to be steered manually to avoid contact. Seeding operations are greatly affected with missing and overlapping, costing us time and money and putting extra carbon emissions into the air.

The area under and around the Bipole III towers will need a lot of special attention to keep clean, like with hand pulling of noxious weeds like leafy spurge.

Our local aerial applicators have indicated that they will not spray our crops as we live not far from the NH3 anhydrous ammonia fertilizer tank on the Trans-Canada Highway just west of Portage la Prairie.

The aerial applicators are too afraid when they are trying to do their manoeuvres that they will come into contact with one of the Bipole III lines and the tower or line will land on the CN railway,

One needed action is to reduce post-harvest loss, which can be as much as a quarter to a third of the crop.

yield about one tonne per hectare.

Research plots have identified landraces of these crops that can yield triple or quadruple that. A conventional breeding program could breed these high-yielding characteristics back into the local varieties that would be acceptable to local households.

Intercropping can increase total food output from a given plot of land through techniques like succ e s s i o n p l a n t i n g . W h i l e i n t e rcropping would be a problem for farmers using diesel tractors, it is more common among farmers who depend upon hand labour.

As a recent Iowa State study s h ow e d , t h re e - a n d f o u r- y e a r rotations that include crops and livestock can reduce the need for synthetic nitrogen fertilizers and herbicides. In some cases the task will be to help subsistence farmers recover traditional rotations that used local crops and crop varieties.

We cannot underestimate the importance of the issue of soil and water management. We need to pay attention to soil biotics and soil structure. Doing so could decrease water run-off, increase water infiltration, and improve nutrient availability to the plants.

derail a train and hit the NH3 anhydrous ammonia fertilizer tank. Neither one of us wants that responsibility, that is for sure.

The surrounding area of each of the Bipole III towers will be wasted land that could be feeding people.

The government and Manitoba Hydro need to go back to the bargaining table. When they find the money in the bank to put all of this underground and away from the NH3 anhydrous ammonia fertilizer tank on the Trans-Canada Highway, then they can build it. But until then, we are not allowing the Manitoba Hydro and this government to put the Bipole III towers and lines on our land because they are not safe.

Sincerely Pam Pugh Portage la Prairie, Man.

Rose-coloured glasses coming off Regarding the Nov. 22 story “Regulations, farmer voice needed,” so now we have the comedy to go along with the tragedy.

John De Pape and Paul Earl

None of this is difficult. The science is relatively easy. What it takes is the political will to fund programs in these areas. In saying this we are not arguing that the role of mechanized agriculture in the global North does not play a role in meeting this goal; it does. But there is more to it than that.

Oh! and we almost forgot our most important point.

The real challenge in feeding all nine billion people in 2050 is not production; it is distribution.

Remember 1998-2001? The price of corn was $1.85 a bushel and we had 800 million hungry people in the world. But because they lacked purchasing power, 800 million people went to bed hungry while U.S. producers were told that the low prices were caused by their “overproduction.”

The first step in meeting this challenge is to enable the farme r s w h o a re a m o n g t h e p o o rest of the poor to produce their own food using sustainable technologies that are within their resource base.

Daryll E. Ray is the director, and Harwood D. Schaffer a research assistant professor, at the Agricultural Policy Analysis Center at the University of Tennessee. www.agpolicy.org.

lament the lack of transparency and regulation in the grain trade. It appears they have finally removed their rose-coloured glasses to see what supporters of the Canadian Wheat Board were saying all along.

De Pape would like the multinational grain giants to report their sales every week. Good luck with that, John.

Do you really believe this government would consider legislation to regulate the free market power of their buddies in Big Grain?

De Pape suggests that farmers will do just fine in the new marketplace as long as they hire “good, intelligent” marketing advisers. He also suggests these advisers should be regulated in some way. Some advisers will be getting a bit itchy at that suggestion. I wonder if the intelligent ones cost more than the ones who are just good? If they are neither good nor intelligent, do they still cost the same?

I sure hope my adviser is more intelligent than my neighbours’. If I can’t have any real market power, at least I can maximize my profit at the expense of my friend on the next section over.

Darrell Stokes Hussar, Alta.

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FROM PAGE ONE CONSERVATION Continued from page 1

MAFRI Continued from page 1

The resolution was close — defeated 279 opposed to 275 in favour. In an interview later Yanick said the municipality will bring the matter before the AMM again.

He said he’s not opposed to putting land into conservation. He just disagrees with an approach that makes the move irreversible.

“I just don’t like the way it’s set up, as far as caveats. Nothing should be forever,” he said.

The reeve added that he also thinks new approaches for conservation are needed.

“ALUS (Alternative Land Use Services) worked well. If you want to keep wetlands, that’s the way to do it.”

among several announced for rural services last week.

“In this day and age it might not be practical to have the traditional GO office structure,” Chorney said in an interview when asked about the Manitoba government’s plan to close the MAFRI offices. “It (MAFRI) evolved in 2004 but maybe it has to evolve through another iteration.”

A rethink might be in order, especially with the emphasis under the federal-provincial Growing Forward 2 being on competitiveness and innovation, Chorney said.

MAFRI used to be farmers’ main source of new information on farming techniques, but these days there are many sources, Chorney said. Most grain companies and independent crop input suppliers have agronomists to advise farmers.

Many commodity groups do as well. For example the Canola Council of Canada has agronomists across the West and also transfers information to farmers through meetings, email and webinars.

“We’re in a whole new world now with Internet and Skype,” Chorney said. “Having a community-based ag specialist is not as important as it might have been 20 years ago.”

MAFRI is important though for providing farmers with independent, unbiased information, he added.

“We have some really great specialists at MAFRI,” Chorney said. “Maybe we should give them some more resources so they can spend time on these public-interest issues. Maybe there’s less of a role for MAFRI in business planning and production planning.”

MAFRI has shifted its extension focus over the years. For example the annual Crop Diagnostic School is aimed at private and commodity agronomists so they can better serve their farmer-clients.

“Let’s figure out what they (MAFRI) do best and concentrate on putting resources where they are going to be best utilized, rather than have the department live in a constant state of fear about whose office is going to close next,” Chorney said.

Other rural provincial gove r n m e n t o f f i c e s a re a l s o being consolidated. The Local Government office in Thompson is being reduced, while the department’s mapping expertise in Brandon and Selkirk is being consolidated.

Conser vation and Water Stewardship’s district office in Leaf Rapids is being downsized with some services moving to Thompson.

The department’s district office in Mafeking is being merged with its office in Swan River, while its Grandview office is being merged in Roblin and Dauphin.

In Winnipeg conservation library services will merge with the Manitoba Legislative Library for annual saving of more than $210,000 a year.

The rural Manitoba mergers are expected to save the government $140,000 a year.

“It boils down to a landowner’s individual rights.

As soon as we start infringing on those it becomes, to me, a slippery slope.”

MIKE DILLABOUGH Reeve of the RM of Winchester

Forest and wetlands are seen as part of the provincial water-management strategy.

Landowner rights

Despite the near standoff in the vote, only a couple of delegates rose to speak to the resolution.

Mi k e Di l l a b o u g h , re e ve of the RM of Winchester said he objected to the idea of imposing the time limit.

Municipalities shouldn’t be telling private landowners what they can and can’t do with their own land, he said.

“It boils down to a landowner’s individual rights,” he said.

“As soon as we start infringing on those it becomes, to me, a slippery slope.”

Another delegate said a 20-year limit is too short a time frame and would be a disin-

centive to pursuing conservation projects.

Water management

Speaking to delegates during a “bear pit” session later, Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh said the matter merits more scrutiny.

Conservation lands do play a key role in water management and that role will be looked at closely as the provincial surface water management strategy develops.

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Mackintosh pointed out that the legislation now permits landowners to enter into term agreements if they choose.

However, most agreements aren’t negotiated for time limited terms.

“We know that the agencies and the landowners have entered into agreements, by and large, in perpetuity,” he said.

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Two other resolutions defeated at last week’s convention included a call to start taxing

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 6, 2012

First gas-powered “combine” was an idea ahead of its time The Sylvester Auto Harvester arrived on the scene in 1906 — an era when the arrival of the internal combustion engine was revolutionizing farm equipment

A

t the turn of the last century, affordable internal combustion engines were becoming available and sparking a flurry of innovation — including in the small Ontario town of Lindsay.

It was there that Richard Sylvester came up with an audacious idea of what today we would call a combine.

Sylvester dubbed his self-propelled threshing machine an “auto harvester” and although it ultimately proved to be an idea ahead of its time, it remains a symbol of the age of innovation in farm mechanization.

Sylvester and his brother founded the Sylvester Manufacturing Company and in the 1880s, it was turning out a variety of farm machinery, including grain binders, seed drills, pumps, gas engines and cultivators. Sylvester seed drills were held in high regard with their disc-bearing arrangement considered to be the best of the early seed drills. Even though internal combustion tractors were still in the prototype stage, a first version of the Sylvester Auto Harvester was sent for tests at the Brandon Experimental Farm in 1906.

The prototype was powered by a 25-horsepower, two-cylinder engine. Men walking on the ground pitched sheaves onto a platform on either side of the threshing body, with co-workers then feeding the sheaves into the thresher.

A refined edition came out the next year. It had a 40-horsepower, four-cylinder engine and also had a blower to distribute the threshed straw. Always the innovator, Sylvester also created what kids today might call a transformer. Realizing the machine’s propulsion unit was basically a tractor, Sylvester designed the threshing body to be removable. A farmer only had to remove eight bolts to allow the threshing body to be taken off, and it was claimed the resulting “tractor” could pull an eight-bottom plow.

Sylvester continued to redesign the machine and by 1914, had a version that could pull a wagon to receive grain as it was threshed. This final design also featured a feeder which picked up sheaves from the ground and delivered them to a platform where men forked them into the thresher.

The Sylvester Auto Harvester attracted widespread attention, prompting one enthusiast to predict “demand for this class of machine is practically unlimited” and another to suggest as much as $3 million worth of the $2,800 machines might be sold on the Prairies. But it was not to be.

U l t i m a t e l y, t e c h n o l o g y issues, farming practices of the day, and economics thwarted Sylvester. The machine was always too heavy and early internal combustion engines simply weren’t powerful enough — especially when the grain cart and blower were added.

And while stooking was an effective way to dry sheaves, getting a smooth flow of mate-

A late-edition Sylvester Auto Harvester in the field piloted by an elegantly dressed young woman. Although not equipped with a straw blower, it is towing a grain wagon and features a pickup to carry sheaves to men whose job was to smooth out the feeding of sheaves into the thresher.

rial required having men on the platform to hand feed the thresher.

Sylvester also lacked the money needed to bring the

machine into production, a situation common among early equipment makers. Since most farmers didn’t have the money to buy equipment, manufactur-

ers had to offer credit, which created formidable cash flow issues. Small equipment makers were pushed to the wall when International Harvester and other large companies appeared on the scene, and by 1911, the overextended Sylvester Manufacturing Company sold its farm equipm e n t b u s i n e s s. T h e Au t o Harvester was not included in the sale and Sylvester, whose company continued as a rail equipment maker, seems to have given up his efforts with the 1914 model.

But he did sell some m a c h i n e s. T h e re i s m e n tion that a Fred Engen of the Saskatoon area purchased one and was satisfied enough that he purchased a second

machine. There may have been another machine sold in the Indian Head area.

While the Manitoba Agricultural Museum (www.agmuseum.mb.ca) does not have any Sylvester equipment in the collection, it is open year round and this winter, the Pioneer Centre is featuring “Oddballs and Orphans,” a display of tractors with odd design features or whose manufacturers are long out of business.

WINTER WONDERLAND The Manitoba Agricultural Museum’s Winter Wonderland takes place Dec.7-8 and Dec.14-15, with Christmas lights in the pioneer village.

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

December 5-6: Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association annual meeting and 2013 Seed Guide launch, Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria Ave., Brandon. For more info call 204-745-6274, email jennifer.stow@seedmanitoba.ca or visit www.seedmanitoba.ca.

Dec. 5-6: Manitoba Hog and Poultry Days, Winnipeg Convention Centre, 375 York Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.hogandpoultrydays.ca, email info@hogandpoultrydays. ca or call 204-475-8585.

Dec. 6: Prairie Oat Growers Association annual general meeting, Ramada Saskatoon, 806 Idylwyld Dr. N., Saskatoon.

For more info call 306-530-8545 or visit www.poga.ca.

Dec. 10: CORRECTION. Keystone Agricultural Producers District 6 meeting, 1:30 p.m., ANAF Hall, Elie. Non-members welcome to attend and discuss proposed spring wheat and barley organizations. For more info call 204697-1140.

Dec. 10-12: Canadian Forage and Grassland Association annual general meeting, Radisson Plaza Mississauga Toronto Airport, 175 Derry Rd. E., Mississauga, Ont. For more info visit www.canadianfga.ca or call 204-726-9393.

2013 Jan. 6-7: Manitoba Forage Seed Conference, Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.forageseed. net.

Jan. 7-11: MAFRI 2013 Beef and Forage Week: Vita – Jan. 7th, Eriksdale - Jan. 8th, Ste. Rose du Lac – Jan. 9th , Holland – Jan. 10th, Teulon – Jan. 11th. For more information or to register, contact your local MAFRI office.

Frustration growing as Ottawa steps away from certifying seed production Executive director of the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association says Ottawa placing “huge financial burden” on his members and not allowing enough time for a smooth transition

By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF / OTTAWA

S

eed growers will be hit hard

by Ottawa’s decision to pull the Canadian Food Inspection Agency out of pedigreed seed field inspection, says the executive director of the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association.

“That’s passing on a huge financial burden to the seed industry,” said Dale Adolphe. “I keep hearing about these (government) handouts but I don’t get any transition funding for what we’re facing.”

Adolphe took the unusual step of criticizing the federal government just minutes after David Anderson, parliamentary secretary for the Canadian Wheat Board, announced $208,000 in funding to support market promotion and on-farm food safety at a reception at the recent Grain Industry Symposium.

Slamming the government at what is essentially a social event raised some eyebrows. But one seeder grower in attendance said it’s a sign of their frustration with the government over the change, announced in the March cost-cutting budget.

Beginning in April 2014, seed growers will have to rely on private companies, instead of the Canadian Food Inspection

Agency, to inspect prospective pedigreed seed crops to see if plant stands meet purity standards required for seed certification. (The federal agency will license and audit private-sector inspectors.)

That’s a tight deadline, and it means the new system needs to be set up and tested in the coming year to ensure it works properly, said Adolphe.

“We’ve set up some systems that we want to test in 2013,” he said. “We think it will cost about a million dollars to test those systems and we have no money.”

In addition to that cost, testing requires knowing who will do the inspections, “and we don’t know if we’re going to have a single-service provider or a multiple-service provider,” he said.

Adding to the frustration is that the Conservative government seems to have lots of money for other agricultural projects, said Adolphe. There seems to be funding announcements nearly every week and the CWB is receiving millions to assist in its five-year transition to an open market, he said.

“This is the same thing, but they gave us basically one production year and no transition funding,” he said. “And so that’s our fight with the federal government right

Dale Adolphe, executive director of the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association, says the federal government needs to help seed growers with the transition to private seed inspection in 2014. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

now — trying to get some transition funding.”

Seed growers are also worried about the ongoing costs. Under the current system they pay 75 cents an acre, a fee that was set in 1997. It’s estimated the real cost is about $3.

“What we think under alternative service delivery there could be multiple fees,” Adolphe said. “Big-

acreage fields in Western Canada might still get by with 75 cents (an acre). Small-acreage fields in Eastern Canada might be $3, but we don’t know. It’s all speculation, but we’ve only got another year to speculate. And during that year of speculation, we’re trying to put together a system.”

Federal inspection of pedigreed seed crops goes back more than 75 years, and his 108-year-old organization began its existence as a part of the federal Agriculture Department, he added.

“It wasn’t until 1923 that a grower was elected president,” Adolphe said. “Prior to that it was Ag Department employees.”

But the time has come to let the private sector handle this type of inspection, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said in an email.

“The use of third-party crop inspectors will provide the industry more flexibility and efficiency as they can be better integrated into the overall quality assurance practices required by the seed companies,” he wrote. “By maintaining an audit and oversight role, the CFIA will ensure that farmers continue to have access to high-quality seed and that the integrity of Canada’s seed certification system remains strong.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

MAJOR BREAKTHROUGHS IN HISTORY

Jan. 14: Manitoba Farm and Rural Support Services free workshop on sleeplessness with Dr. Carlyle Smith, 7-9 p.m., MAFRI GO Office, 1129 Queens Ave., Brandon. To register call 1-866367-3276 or 204-571-4183.

Jan. 16: Manitoba Farm and Rural Support Services workshop on sleeplessness, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Super 8, 1457 Main St. S., Dauphin. Registration $20, lunch included. Pre-register at 1-866367-3276 or 204-571-4183.

Jan. 17: Manitoba Farm and Rural Support Services workshop on sleeplessness, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 425 Brown Ave., Neepawa.

Registration $20, lunch included.

Pre-register at 1-866-367-3276 or 204-571-4183.

Jan. 18: Manitoba Farm and Rural Support Services workshop on sleeplessness with Dr. Carlyle Smith, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sun Gro Centre, 360 Veterans Lane, Beausejour. Registration $20, lunch included. Pre-register at 1-866-367-3276 or 204-5714183.

Jan. 19: Manitoba Farm and Rural Support Services workshop on sleeplessness with Dr. Carlyle Smith, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friendship Centre, 306 N. Railway St., Morden. Registration $20, lunch included. Pre-register at 1-866-367-3276 or 204-5714183.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 6, 2012

End of cheap energy could boost farm numbers It’s like Viagra, it’s good for a while but the effects don’t last

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF | SASKATOON

“Oil is the viagra of the species.”

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ANDREW NIKIFORUK

Author Andrew Nikiforuk speaks about the impact hydrocarbons have had on agriculture during the National Farmers Union conference in Saskatoon. PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES

won’t be easy, but Nikiforuk said there are examples to turn to, including Cuba.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, the small island nation saw 60 per cent of its oil imports disappear overnight. As a result, food production and caloric intake dropped to dangerous levels — until the old farm equipment came out that is.

“There were still some small farmers left, and the government opened it up to them and said you guys save our asses, which is what they did,” said Nikiforuk.

Agriculture, arguably more than any other industry, has been affected by the advent of fossil fuels, and the ramifications have been far reaching.

In 1900, 70 per cent of North Americans farmed, but not so today.

“This industrial revolution — cheap oil combined with the combustion engine — changed all that, and began this massive, almost unending exodus that has reduced the rural population that farms to an amazing one per cent,” he said.

That’s not all fossil fuels did.

As the mechanization of

farming eliminated the need for labourers and horses, it also sped up the rate at which the natural landscape could be transformed.

“You plow up 40 million acres in the space of 10 years that was once grassland, without actually thinking about where the hell you are... and then we had the extreme dust storms,” said Nikiforuk, referring to the Prairie dust bowl of the 1930s.

But it didn’t stop with mechanization. The author said the next hydrocarbon-assisted step made by agriculture was chemical fertilizer, which allowed greater food production aimed at export, larger human populations and intensified urban centres.

“Oil is the viagra of the species,” he said. However, like the effects of viagra, this existence is not sustainable.

Nikiforuk said the move away from hydrocarbons will result in a return to more sustainable practices — particu-

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he end of cheap energy could mean a resurgence of interest in small-scale farming, awardwinning author Andrew Nikiforuk told farmers meeting here recently.

“I think we’re going to see a lot of dramatic events in the next five years,” Nikiforuk told a rapt audience at the annual National Farmers Union conference in Saskatoon.

The decline of fossil fuels is having a direct impact on western nations, their economies and their societies, he said.

“You know the middle class is suffering and experiencing contractions,” said Nikiforuk, sharing details of a recent trip to Arizona where he noticed motorists filling their gas tanks with $4 or $5 of fuel at a time.

He added the present unrest in Europe is another sign of things to come, noting Spain’s youth unemployment rate has hit 40 per cent.

Governments should prepare people for shrinking economies and changing lifestyles now to lessen the risk of social unrest when the inevitable happens, he stressed.

Like any addiction, withdrawal from hydrocarbons

larly small-scale farming — as North America works to feed itself in the face of less available energy.

This isn’t the first time the world has gotten hooked on cheap energy though, in his book The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude, Nikiforuk compares the use of fossil fuels to the use of slaves.

“Slavery I think, has conditioned many of our attitudes about energy and how we use energy without us even thinking about it, so there is one of our first experiences with a concentrated form of energy — human muscle shackled,” he said.

When slavery ended in the United States, there was the equivalent of one slave per citizen. But if you were to convert the energy provided by an enslaved individual and quantify it in terms of the fossil fuels used today, every American would use energy equivalent to 39 slaves.

“Our current system has no resilience,” Nikiforuk said, adding now is the time to add flexibility.

The presenter said he does have hope for the future.

“But we have to be the driving force of that change,” he said.

group of grain traders can proceed with a lawsuit to over tur n new price-settlement rules at CME Group that they say are killing business in the historic openoutcry trading pits.

A Chicago judge denied a motion from CME, owner of the Chicago Board of Trade, to dismiss the lawsuit.

“It’s a big win,” said Richard Goldwasser, a lawyer for the traders.

The traders in the openoutcry pits on the Chicago trading floor, sued CME in June to halt end-of-day settlement rules that factor in transactions executed electronically, where most of the volume takes place.

Prior to the change, CME had a century-old tradition of settling futures prices for crops based on transactions executed in the pits.

The lawsuit represents the last stand for traders on the floor, who traditionally did much of their business at the close of trading and say the new procedures are making the pits irrelevant. Some believe CME wants to shut down the floor in favour of electronic trading because the pits are expensive to keep open.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 6, 2012

LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices Winnipeg

November 30, 2012

Higher volumes of cattle create “spottier” markets

Steers & Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 60.00 - 67.00 D3 Cows 52.00 - 60.00 Bulls 70.00 - 75.50 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

100.00 - 119.75 (801-900 lbs.)

110.00 - 125.00 (701-800 lbs.)

120.00 - 136.50 (601-700 lbs.)

135.00 - 147.00 (501-600 lbs.)

140.00 - 155.00 (401-500 lbs.)

160.00 - 183.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

106.00 - 114.00 (801-900 lbs.)

110.00 - 121.00 (701-800 lbs.)

115.00 - 123.50 (601-700 lbs.)

120.00 - 130.00 (501-600 lbs.)

125.00 - 140.00 (401-500 lbs.)

130.00 - 148.00

Heifers

Alberta South $ 118.00 - 118.25 — 55.00 - 77.00 45.00 - 65.00 74.52 - 74.52 $ 115.00 - 135.00 123.00 - 137.00 128.00 - 144.00 135.00 - 154.00 143.00 - 171.00 160.00 - 197.00 $ 110.00 - 126.00 115.00 - 130.00 117.00 - 135.00 120.00 - 142.00 125.00 - 150.00 135.00 - 167.00

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

(850+ lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

Futures (November 30, 2012) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change December 2012 128.20 -0.75 February 2013 132.10 -0.62 April 2013 135.90 -0.55 June 2013 131.15 -0.35 August 2013 134.35 -0.32 October 2013 134.95 -0.10 Cattle Slaughter

Feeder Cattle January 2013 March 2013 April 2013 May 2013 August 2013 September 2013

Bred cow dispersal sales may weigh on cattle supplies later Dwayne Klassen CNSC

Ontario $ 96.84 - 122.49 105.61 - 118.77 46.66 - 65.22 46.63 - 65.20 46.63 - 65.20 $ 118.93 - 136.29 109.53 - 135.53 112.13 - 143.93 123.55 - 152.54 127.74 - 161.45 133.17 - 170.95 $ 109.82 - 123.65 112.60 - 127.28 108.55 - 124.91 109.71 - 135.17 117.99 - 142.89 123.14 - 152.19

Close 146.75 149.55 150.92 152.42 156.65 157.50

Change -1.12 -0.87 -1.03 -0.95 -0.50 -0.50

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending Previous November 24, 2012 Year­ Canada 45,799 56,095 East 13,959 15,863 West 31,840 40,232 Manitoba NA NA U.S. 583,000 561,000

Week Ending November 24, 2012 570 21,927 12,927 795 657 8,451 15

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 484 20,481 17,903 918 913 11,259 512

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.)

$1 Cdn: $ 1.00684 U.S. $1 U.S: $0.9932 Cdn.

COLUMN

(Friday to Thursday) Slaughter Cattle

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

EXCHANGES: November 23, 2012

Current Week 154.00E 144.00E 142.19 144.89

Last Week 153.40 142.05 140.65 147.19

Futures (November 30, 2012) in U.S. Hogs Close December 2012 83.70 February 2013 87.12 April 2013 91.40 May 2013 99.05 June 2013 101.27

Last Year (Index 100) 158.12 146.68 146.73 152.73

Change 1.23 -0.25 -0.50 -0.05 0.25

Auction markets’ holiday schedules

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ovement of cattle to auction yards in Manitoba continued at a fairly brisk pace during the week ended Nov. 30. A lot of farmers were able to clean up cattle marketings that had been a bit backed up by the snowstorm that covered the province roughly two weeks ago.

Prices were generally steady to fractionally weaker, although top-quality cattle continued to see a bit of a price premium. “ We definitely saw a spottier market this week on most classes of calves,” said Robin Hill, manager of Heartland Livestock Services at Virden. “The top-quality cattle brought a few cents better, while the second and third cuts of cattle saw values discounted by at least a couple of cents than over the past couple of weeks.”

Hill linked some of the price weakness in the cattle market to the large volumes of cattle that have been brought to auction yards over the past couple of weeks.

“The big volumes we have seen over the past two weeks have probably hurt the values being offered for the cattle as much as anything else,” he said.

“Demand for the cattle has been fairly strong and there are definitely homes for the cattle being marketed, but because they are coming in droves, there has been some price decline.”

Movement of cattle continues to be predominantly east as well as west, but there are still cattle moving to areas south of the Canada/U.S. border.

Most of the cattle moving south of the border have consisted of yearlings, Hill said.

“I think the cattle that are moving to the U.S. are being backgrounded in the province for a period of 60 to 90 days,” Hill said.

The age verification of the cattle, particularly the slaughter cows and bulls, will provide a benefit to the producers of at

Last sale of 2012

First sale of 2013

Killarney

Dec. 17, 2012

Jan. 14, 2013

Gladstone

Dec. 18, 2012

Jan. 15, 2013

Grunthal

Dec. 18, 2012

Jan. 8, 2013

Heartland, Brandon

Dec. 20, 2012

Jan. 8, 2013

Heartland, Virden

Dec. 19, 2012

Jan. 9, 2013

Ashern

Dec. 19, 2012

Jan. 16, 2013

Ste. Rose

Dec. 20, 2012

Jan. 10, 2013

Winnipeg

*Dec. 14/17, 2012

Jan. 4, 2013

* — Winnipeg has its last Friday sale Dec. 14, but will have a special sale Dec. 17 before the break.

least a few cents, he said. “When you are talking heavier animals, the price benefit is apparent.”

The amount of cattle available to market, however, was expected to decline given the level of bred cow dispersals covering the province.

“We have a number of bred cow dispersal sales upcoming, but what exactly that means is still up for debate,” Hill noted.

“Cattle farmers have not exactly been financially viable and in turn have been deciding to get out of the business.”

While some of the neighbours have been buying up these bred cow herds, he added, it’s unlikely to be enough to offset the loss of these cattle in the longer run.

“There are some cattle farmers who have an interest in herd expansion, while there are a greater number that are just not interested,” he said.

Even the mixed farms, where both cattle and grain are produced, have decisions pending that will see the cattle sold and the grain side expanded, he predicted.

“One has to remember that the grain sector over the past two years has done better in terms of making money than the cattle industry has,” Hill explained.

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

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

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

Winnipeg Next sale is Dec.5th

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 December 2, 2012 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.060 Undergrade .............................. $1.970 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.050 Undergrade .............................. $1.950 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.050 Undergrade .............................. $1.950 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $2.020 Undergrade............................... $1.935 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

Toronto 66.80 - 99.17 114.18 - 129.81 128.56 - 141.33 134.05 - 158.93 156.74 - 239.71 —

SunGold Specialty Meats 40.00 - 60.00

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CME to compensate traders

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

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

An erroneous report was issued chicago / reuters / CME Group Inc. said Nov. 30 it would compensate traders for losses incurred after the exchange issued an erroneous daily report on the amount of wheat registered for delivery with the Chicago Board of Trade.

The exchange later revised the report.

CME Group reports CBOT registrations

as of 4 p.m. Chicago time on each business day. The exchange’s initial report, issued shortly after 4 p.m. (2200 GMT) Thursday, showed 164 contracts of CBOT wheat registered for delivery, unchanged from the previous day.

CME later said that figure did not include 2,000 contracts of wheat registered by The Andersons, a commercial grain handler that operates several CBOT wheat delivery elevators.

“The company will assume responsibility for actual losses associated with this reporting error,” CME said in the statement.

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 80.50 - 217.71 — 78.53 - 219.07

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 2.00 - 24.00 13.05 - 34.03

Looking for results? Check out the market reports from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 36

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 6, 2012

GRAIN MARKETS Export and International Prices

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Oilseed markets shift focus to South American crops Statistics Canada’s numbers could goose canola futures Phil Franz-Warkentin CNSC

I

CE Futures Canada canola contracts posted gains during the week ended Nov. 30, as solid commercial buying interest and spillover from the stronger tone in CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybeans provided support. However, after rising for four straight sessions, canola ran into some speculative profit-taking on Friday that took some shine off of the rally.

From a technical standpoint, the January canola contract finds itself in a range between roughly $575 and $600 per tonne.

Consolidation within that range is thought to be likely in the short term, as fundamental news typically slows down around this time of year.

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

Statistics Canada releases its final production estimates of the year on Dec. 5, and further cuts to the crop size could provide a bullish spark to the futures. Traders will be watching the numbers closely, as the supply/ demand projections are already very tight for canola. Back in October, StatsCan estimated canola production in 2012 at 13.4 million tonnes, which was well off early forecasts and about a million tonnes smaller than last year’s crop.

Milling wheat, durum and barley futures at ICE Futures Canada did experience some modest activity during the week, as participants exited December contracts ahead of it becoming the delivery month.

In the U.S., soybeans, corn and wheat were all mostly higher, although month-end profittaking on Friday did put some pressure on values to limit the gains.

Friday’s setback was hardest on wheat, which dropped in reaction to unexpectedly large deliveries against the December contract. Corn deliveries also beat expectations, and were taken as a sign that supplies of the

two crops may not be as tight as some had feared.

However, ongoing concerns over drought conditions across most of the U.S. Plains did help prop up both wheat and corn. Technical signals were also said to be turning a little higher.

For soybeans, much of the attention in that market is shifting to South America, where farmers are in the midst of planting their latest crop.

Soybean plantings in both Brazil and Argentina, the two major South American soybean growers, are running behind where they were at this time last year. Brazil is too dry in some regions, while Argentina is too wet. The adverse conditions could hurt yield prospects for what is in the ground and may also limit some acreage. However, at the same time there are also some ideas that planting delays in Argentina will see some areas originally intended for corn go into beans instead, so we’ll see what happens there.

The focus on South American production is due to the fact that North American crops didn’t live up to expectations this year.

Supplies are tight and prices are high, which means end-users will be looking to source cheaper South American production as soon as possible.

In the soybean and canola futures markets the front month is typically the cheapest of the futures contracts, with each subsequent deferred contract a little more expensive due to the cost of carry. However, both commodities are currently trading at an inverse, with the March-forward contracts trading at discounts to the nearby January futures.

New-crop South American soybeans will start to become available in March — and they will displace North American supplies in the international market.

A key difference between the South American and North American agricultural sectors is the lack of sizable storage options in the South. While U.S. soybean and Canadian canola growers have the option of binning their crop and holding out for higher prices when the time is right, their counterparts in South America don’t typically have that same option. The grain generally goes directly from the field to the port, where it must be priced in such a way to draw in export interest and make sure product doesn’t pile up.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture releases updated U.S. and international supply/demand estimates on Dec. 11. Traders will be watching the reports for the agency’s thoughts on U.S. export potential and the resulting adjustments to ending stocks.

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

Great Lakes water levels near record lows Reuters / The worst drought in the United States in over a half-century is now drawing down water in the U.S. Great Lakes, particularly Lake Michigan.

The low water was exposing broad expanses of shoreline to owners of lakeside property, but so far no significant impact has been reported by commercial

shipping interests, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said this week.

The water level in Lake Michigan is within two inches of its December record low set 48 years ago.

“There is a good chance of setting record lows. We’ve been falling below average for over a decade due to lean winter snowfalls,” said Keith Kompoltowicz, chief of watershed hydrology for the Army Corps of Engineers.

Water levels have been dropping since the 1990s.

Week Ago

Year Ago

Wheat

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

319.36

309.26

221.17

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

342.14

334.43

313.94

Coarse Grains US corn Gulf ($US)

—

—

—

US barley (PNW) ($US)

—

—

—

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

295.87

290.85

234.15

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

233.92

244.78

208.79

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

532.00

512.43

414.43

1,097.43

1,055.97

1,091.92

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business November 30, 2012 Western barley

Last Week

Week Ago

December 2012

245.00

250.00

March 2013

248.00

253.00

May 2013

249.00

254.00

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

January 2013

594.30

575.10

March 2013

594.10

573.20

May 2013

592.60

572.60

Special Crops Report for December 3, 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

20.85 - 21.00

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

19.90 - 20.85

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

19.85 - 22.00

24.85 - 28.50 —

Desi Chickpeas

25.70 - 27.00

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

Fababeans, large

—

Medium Yellow No. 1

13.00 - 13.75

Feed beans

—

Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

8.25 - 8.75

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

—

Feed Pea (Rail)

No. 1 Great Northern

—

5.00 - 8.80

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

—

Yellow No. 1

38.75 - 40.75

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

—

Brown No. 1

33.75 - 36.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

—

Oriental No. 1

25.40 - 26.75

No. 1 Black Beans

—

No. 1 Pinto Beans

—

Source: Stat Publishing SUNFLOWERS

No. 1 Small Red

—

No. 1 Pink

—

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

FH 22.75/LH 23.25

25.25

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—

Report for November 23, 2012 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed) Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

Cash hog prices may soften with pork demand

By Theopolis Waters Reuters

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Last Week

All prices close of business November 29, 2012

U.S. hog futures turned lower Monday on profit-taking and sentiment cash prices are about to top out, wiping out an early-session spike to a six-month high, said traders and analysts.

Spot December hogs settled at 83.925 cents per lb., down 0.150 cent, or 0.18 per cent, after peaking at its highest level in nine months.

“Cash has been on a tear lately while wholesale pork demand was so-so, which wore down packer margins.

They (packers) are not going after hogs knowing pork

demand may fade after ham business is done for the year-end holidays,” a trader said.

Still, others believe some processors may need supplies to accommodate this week’s slaughter schedule and because of declining year-over-year hog weights that suggest tightening supplies.

The average hog price Monday morning in the most-watched Iowa/ Minnesota hog market was $85.46 per cwt, $2.15 higher than on Friday, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

HedgersEdge.com put pork packer margins for Monday at negative 60 cents per cwt, compared with positive $2.25 on Friday and positive $8.75 for Nov. 26.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 6, 2012

NEWS

A good day to move bales

Expert warns Canada to be on guard in TPP talks

By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor / ottawa

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The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks are overhyped and are mostly a bid by Washington to “restore its military and political influence in Asia,” according to one of Canada’s leading trade experts.

The much-discussed talks — generally known as “the TPP” — will begin in earnest this month when representatives from the 11 participating countries sit down in Auckland.

But Peter Clark says Canada has little to gain and much to lose in the talks.

“The hype about the TPP being a high-quality comprehensive deal is hogwash,” said Clark, president of Grey, Clark, Shih and Associates.

“There is already evidence of many deficiencies, exclusions and reservations. There will be more to come from all sides. Like any other trade negotiation the TPP is, and will be, a negotiation about exclusions.”

For example, the deal, as currently proposed, wouldn’t limit U.S. subsidies for its agriculture and manufacturing sectors, while making it easier for American food companies “to serve Canada from their U.S. plants, which will hurt their Canadian counterparts,” he said. As well, New Zealand is hoping a deal will see Canada drop supply management while leaving it with the ability to ban Canadian pork and poultry imports, said Clark.

“Our research suggests that the TPP was never what it was advertised to be,” he said.

Clark released a study he conducted that is highly critical of the talks, saying the U.S. is putting little on the table and trying to extract concessions from smaller nations. Canada, he said, already has bilateral deals with most participating countries, which include Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. Japan is considering joining the talks.

“Right now, the benefits to Canada appear illusory as Canada already has deals with 90 per cent of the TPP economy,” said Clark. “A deal with Japan, on the other hand, could bring real gains for Canada.”

Negotiators hope to strike a deal by next October, but Clark warned they could suffer the same fate as the failed Doha Round of world trade talks, which never came close to its promise of finding a way to give developing economies the ability to catch up with developed ones.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 6, 2012

OPAM shakes off yoke of debt Manitoba’s homegrown organic certifier back in the black after three years of shaky finances

By Daniel Winters

“When I first came here, my job was to find markets for organic products. Now I spend most of my time trying to find products for buyers.”

CO-OPERATOR STAFF / BRANDON

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anitoba’s homegrown organic certifying body is riding high on a resurgence in the sector’s fortunes.

After taking a tumble due to the recession of 2008, which f o rc e d m a j o r c u t b a c k s i n staff and operating expenses, the group is back on a firmer financial footing.

“Our bottom line has improved immensely again.

By this time next year we will be operating on a cash basis for our line of credit,” said Ed Lelond, president of the Organic Producers Association of Manitoba (OPAM), following the group’s annual finance committee meeting.

After receiving a lifeline in the form of a $100,000 loan guarantee from the Co-operative Loans Board in 2009, OPAM has chiselled down its debt by about $30,000 per year to the point that it is now virtually zero.

An application for an extension to that guarantee will see it through the annual winter lull in certification cash flow, and Lelond expects that OPAM will soon be able to operate on loans extended on a cash basis from its local credit union.

Lelond credits the group’s recovery from the financial brink to the loyalty of its members, who have continued paying increased annual certification fees despite reduced services and an office move from Virden to Miniota.

Board member John Finnie, an organic bison producer from Kenton, added that it was necessary to charge “somewhat” higher fees than competing certifying bodies in order to “keep the doors open.”

“Things have turned around economically for organic producers within the last six months. That has also helped,” said Finnie, who is getting around $3.60 per pound “hothanging” weight for his bison.

Bring costs down

If, in the future, more organic producers choose OPAM as their certifying body, then costs for its members overall can be brought down, he added.

Almost two-thirds of the group’s 90-odd members have farms of under 1,000 acres.

T h e y c u r re n t l y pay about $1,250 per year to have their products certified by OPAM due to a special 15 to 20 per cent discount rate offered to alleviate the cost per acre for smaller operations.

Annual inspection fees are the responsibility of the operator, and that cost brings the total to roughly $2,000 per year.

OPAM’s membership includes about 65 farms and 15 processors, with a target of 100.

Judging from talks with the sectors “buy” side, the glut of organic grains that emerged after 2008 is long gone, and the biggest concern on the part of processors and marketers is where to source future supplies amid red hot demand.

“I think that organic is going to be a good business for the future because there’s more demand than there is supply,” said Lelond.

LAURA TELFORD

Small and precarious

Ed Lelond, president of OPAM.

PHOTO: DANIEL WINTERS

Kent Mathieson, vice-president, said that marketers are faced with serious shortages in the future because older farmers are exiting the business and many of the younger farmers aren’t going into organic.

“If we don’t have enough product, then they’ll have to start bringing it in from offshore,” said Mathieson, adding that may include products from dubious sources such as China.

L a u r a Te l f o r d , a M A F R I organic business development specialist, said that at the recent Organic Connections conference in Regina, buyers were present “in droves, and circling like vultures.”

Shor t supplies have crea t e d a s e l l e r’s m a rk e t f o r organic grains, but unless farmers start unlocking their bins, processors may begin dropping out of the sector.

“Organics is very, very small and precar ious,” she said.

“It’s all about creating a good value chain where we all trust e a c h o t h e r. Fa r m e r s h a v e some control; you’re not just helpless ‘takers’ in the system.”

Telford noted that the turnaround in the organic sector has been stunning over the past year. “ When I first came here, my job was to find markets for organic products. Now I spend most of my time trying to find products for buyers,” said Telford. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 6, 2012

AMM calls for immediate action on inadequate cellphone coverage Reeve says time for talking is over and phone companies need to start upgrading their networks now

By Lorraine Stevenson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

A

rmed with recent examples of the benefits of rural cellphone coverage — and the peril that results when it fails — municipal leaders are again urging the province to take “immediate steps” to improve service.

Cell service helped prevent what could have been a worse tragedy following the plane crash near Snow Lake last month, the town’s mayor told delegates at the recent Association Of Manitoba Municipalities’ annual convention.

“They were rescued because of a cellphone call they made,” said Clarence Fisher, adding, “that disaster could have been much worse,” if the passenger’s 911 call hadn’t been received by emergency personnel.

“They were rescued because of a cellphone call they made.”

CLARENCE FISHER Mayor of Snow Lake

The pilot was killed and seven passengers injured when a Cessna 208 Caravan crashed in bush two kilometres from Snow Lake’s airport on Nov. 11.

It was a much different story in the RM of Stuartburn in October, when crews battling devastating wildfires had virtually no way to communicate with each other. Fleet Net service (a wireless MTS network for two-way radios) was inoperable for two days that week and cellphone

service was “spotty to non-existent,” said Jim Swidersky, reeve of the area in the province’s southwest corner.

Lack of communications put both emergency personnel and the public at additional risk, the reeve said in an impassioned plea to delegates.

“This is a critical plea for public safety,” Swidersky said.

The association has long lobbied for improved service, although the emphasis has been on the economic benefits that better Internet and cellphone service brings to rural areas.

But the minister of infrastructure and transportation said the province continues to press federal officials on the matter, but doesn’t have the authority to legislate upgraded service. Steve Ashton said it would have been different if MTS had not been privatized.

“We used to own the phone company,” said Ashton. “We sold it in 1996. We can’t tell them directly what to do.”

But the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission has the power to order phone companies to improve rural service, he said.

“They have the direct ability to regulate it and the ability to make it happen, and quite frankly in short order,” said Ashton. “We’re going to pressure them to make it happen.”

But the incidents at Snow Lake and in Stuartburn show that the time for talking is over, said Swidersky. Phone companies should be actively working on upgrading their networks, he said.

“Those things take years,” he said. “The time to act is now.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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FCC supports language projects For the sixth year in a row, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) will award $50,000 from the FCC Expression Fund to encourage the use of Canada’s official languages in communities across Canada. The Expression Fund supports projects that contribute to the vitality of official language minority communities and help residents express the cultural and linguistic diversity of the area.

Successful projects will receive between $2,000 and $10,000 to fund initiatives, including community centres, day-care centres and artistic projects, such as theatrical productions.

“As a self-sustaining federal Crown corporation serving the agriculture and agribusiness sectors across Canada, FCC values the ability to offer service in both official languages,” says Kellie Garrett, FCC senior vice-president, strategy, knowledge and reputation. “As a bilingual employee, I’m proud that FCC serves our customers in the official language of their choice. Our bilingual heritage is so unique and FCC is pleased to support it by offering funding to worthy projects that promote both official languages.”

Last year, the FCC Expression Fund donated $50,000 to nine linguistic minority community projects in Canada. Community and volunteer groups located in English and French linguistic minority communities are encouraged to view the eligibility criteria and apply online at http:// www.fccexpressionfund. ca/. Applications for the FCC Expression Fund will be accepted until December 14. FCC will announce the selected projects in spring 2013.

For a project to be considered for funding, the organization must be a registered charity or a registered non-profit organization.

As a federal Crown corporation, FCC supports the Official Languages Act and encourages the development of English and French linguistic minority communities.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 6, 2012

Selective application of law

The dismantling of the Canadian Wheat Board may be a test case for the health of democracy in Canada

By Shannon VanRaes

“A society without the respect for the rule of law is a society that could so easily degenerate into a society that forfeits democracy.”

CO-OPERATOR STAFF | SASKATOON

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University of Manitoba

Stewart Wells, a former CWB director, speaks about the dismantling of the CWB’s singledesk system at the National Farmers Union conference in Saskatoon. PHOTOS: SHANNON VANRAES

What troubles Schafer is the federal government’s involvement in allowing some of these producers to

Arthur Schafer, director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba, speaks about the state of Canadian democracy at the National Farmers Union conference in Saskatoon.

become “freeriders,” people who take advantage of a collective system without paying into it. In this case, it was

taking advantage of CWB prices when they were high, but trucking grain into the U.S. when markets there were favourable.

Pr i m e Mi n i s t e r St e p h e n Harper retroactively pardoned farmers convicted of breaching the Customs Act by exporting grain without a permit.

“The law was applied selectively,” said Schafer. “I find this deeply worrying... it’s a worry about the integrity of our society, because a society without the respect for the rule of law is a society

that could so easily degenerate into a society that forfeits democracy.”

We l l s u rg e d a l l f a r m e r s, both those who suppor t a single desk and those who do not, to examine the policy framework used by the federal government in making its decision.

“There is no way farmers can stand idly by... and just acquiesce and let the government push them around,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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f non-farming Canadians aren’t concerned about the dismantling of the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) single-desk system, they should be.

“They unfortunately don’t see all this undemocratic and illegal action on behalf of the federal government as being a cautionary tale for every other sector of society,” Stewar t Wells told delegates at a meeting of the National Farmers Union in Saskatoon.

The former CWB director and current chairperson of The Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board, said the federal government failed to meet the three requirements required under a 1998 policy to make substantial changes to the board, including holding a member vote.

Canada’s Supreme Cour t has not yet announced whether it will hear a case regarding the legality of the dismantling of the single-desk system.

Re g a rd l e s s o f w h a t t h a t court decides, Wells said the dismantling of the single desk has been a litmus test for what type of actions the Canadian public will accept from government.

And the results aren’t good, said Wells. “ T h e re w a s v i r t u a l l y n o pushback from the Canadian public,” he said, adding that may have been in part due to inadequate coverage of the issue by national media.

But Wells believes this is an issue anyone who eats food or who supports democracy should be interested in.

“We are witnessing at the moment the largest transfer of wealth and influence away from farmers that this country has seen since Confederation,” said Wells.

Beyond the method by which the single desk was dismantled, ethics analyst Arthur Schafer says the reasons this government chose to end the single-desk system also raise concerns about the health of Canadian democracy.

“I’m all in favour of ideology. Let the government have its ideology and you and I have our ideology,” said Schafer. “But when ideology is so dogmatic that it is blind to evidence, that is a real danger to any society.”

S c h a f e r, d i re c t o r o f t h e Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba, pointed to an American study that showed for barley alone, the CWB put an extra $428 mill i o n i n f a r m e r s’ p o c k e t s between 2007 and 2012.

“You’d think this evidence of tremendous economic benefit would weigh with them,” he said, adding the benefits with other crops were even greater.

He a c k n ow l e d g e s s o m e individual farmers, perhaps those living close to the U.S. border, could have gotten better prices at times had they been able to sell independently of the board, but notes some benefits can only be achieved collectively.

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CROPS Variety registration system under the microscope Some claim Canada’s varietal registration system impedes the development of new varieties, but others blame the difficulty getting a return on investment when there’s so much farm-saved seed

By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF /OTTAWA

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nsuring seed developers get a better return on investment will do more to encourage wheat breeding for Western Canada than scrapping the wheat variety registration system, a senior seed industry executive says.

“Variety registration isn’t preventing innovation, it’s the return on invest that’s hampering innovation,” Todd Hyra, SeCan’s business manager for Western Canada told the Grain Industry Symposium here Nov. 22.

“What we really need to do is look at adding the incentive to ensure the international breeding programs — private breeding and public — are attracted to work in Canada.”

Some farmers and private research companies want changes in the registration system so it’s easier to commercialize new wheats, some of which they believe will be higher yielding.

However, others worry that could undermine Canada’s reputation for producing high quality, lowering returns to farmers.

Public or private wheat breeders receive a royalty when farmers buy pedigreed seed. But farmers seldom do because they can save and grow their own.

Not so for crops like corn, canola and soybeans, where farmers buy new seed annually because the crop is either hybrid (corn and canola) and/or comes with patented traits, prohibiting saved seed.

Another option would be for farmers to invest directly into wheat research, earning a $20 return on every dollar invested, University of Saskatchewan economist Richard Gray said in a later interview.

The registration system can improve, but it is serving farmers well, Hyra said. It’s given farmers access to some unique varieties such as durums low in the heavy metal cadmium.

Hyra noted that while the U.S.

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doesn’t have a varietal registration system and never had kernel visual distinguishability or regulated marketing, the state of its cereal varietal innovation is similar.

Fo r e x a m p l e, C D C Fa l c o n , developed at the University of Saskatchewan, is the secondmost popular winter wheat in Montana. Glenn, North Dakota’s second-most popular spring milling wheat, developed at North Dakota State University, is registered and grown in Western Canada.

Most of the top varieties in those two states were developed by public breeders, not companies.

Elwin Hermanson, chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission said the problem isn’t the registration system, it’s how non-Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Western Amber durum (CWAD) wheats were priced under the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly. “(W )e’ve had the varieties but we have not matched our marketing strategies to take full advantage of the classes that were in place,” he said.

“Some people are saying the

variety registration system is a blockage to new varieties coming forward. That has not been the case,” he said.

“The system is flexible and... is industry driven,” he added, noting the variety recommending committees include public and private plant breeders, farmers, millers and grain handlers.

But the system has its critics.

Canada can streamline registration and keep its quality brand, said Norm Dreger, Syngenta’s North America Head of Cereals.

The current system is “overbuilt” and complex, he said. It needs to change or companies such as Syngenta will invest elsewhere.

“The process ends up discarding prematurely good var ieties,” he said. “And with limited resources, we are going to lose traits.”

Since 1973, Syngenta has commercialized just three cultivars in Canada.

Farmers want to encourage research, but also want to keep Canada’s reputation for quality, said Lynn Jacobson, co-chair of the Alberta Wheat Council.

Gordon Harrison, president of the Canadian National Millers

“Some people are saying the variety registration system is a blockage to new varieties coming forward. That has not been the case.”

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Seed developers would have more faith in the system if registration was less subjective, said Blair Rutter of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association. But Mike Scheffel, national manager of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s seed section, countered that the process is science-based, open and with welldefined criteria. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Iowa scientists warn of need for climate change action A group of Iowa scientists says adapting to climate change isn’t a choice, it’s a reality

By Kay Henderson des moines / reuters

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group of scientists in the top U.S. grain-growing state of Iowa said Nov. 19 that this year’s harsh drought was a sign of things to come and should spur more action to prepare for the challenges of a warming climate.

“Weather varies too much and has too many drivers to attribute any particular event to a single cause like climate change, but there is a clear pattern of crop loss and property damage from increasingly frequent events such as flooding, drought and dangerous storms,” said Dave Courard-Hauri, chairman of Drake University’s Environmental Science and Policy Program, at a press briefing.

This year’s drought is a sign of more extreme weather to come, a group of Iowa-based scientists warns. photo: REUTERS/Larry Downing

“ We don’t face a choice between our economy and the planet. The choice is between addressing the causes and effects of climate change or spending ever-more money cleaning up from events like we’ve seen in the past several years,” he said.

The top grower of U.S. corn and soybeans, the two biggest cash grain crops, Iowa is also a big hog and cattle producer. Iowa and Illinois together produce about one-third of the nation’s corn and soybeans for food, feed and fuels. The 2012 drought, the most intense in more than a halfcentury, cut Iowa’s corn output by 19 per cent and soybeans by 14 per cent from last year, according to government crop estimates.

Livestock and dairy producers, with less insurance protection, are being hit hardest as feed and forage prices soar, causing farmers to cull herds or go out of business.

Christopher Anderson, the assistant director of Iowa State University’s climate science program, says there is “clear, statistical evidence” that extreme high temperatures are happening more often than extreme low temperatures in Iowa.

“Since 1981, the likelihood of severely wet springs has more than doubled. What was once a one-in-10-year wet spring is now occurring two to three times in every 10 years,” he said. “Yet 2012 reminds us that dry summers can still happen. The 2012 July and August statewide rainfall was the lowest since 1976.”

“The choice is between addressing the causes and effects of climate change or spending ever-more money cleaning up from events like we’ve seen in the past several years.”

Dave Courard-Hauri Drake University

Jerald Schnoor, co-director of the University of Iowa’s Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, said state policy-makers should use 2012 climate data to make new decisions, like doubling wind energy production and using methane from livestock manure and city sewage treatment plants.

“We have confidence in recent findings that climate change is real and having an impact on the Iowa economy and on our natural resources,” Schnoor said.

The group issued an “Iowa Climate Statement” signed by 138 scientists at 27 Iowa colleges and universities.

“The climate likely will continue to warm due to increasing global emissions and accumulation of greenhouse gases,” the statement said. “Iowa should lead innovation in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improve resilience in agriculture and communities, and move towards greater energy efficiency and increased use of renewable energy.”

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PotashCorp sees “lots of hurdles” to a takeover of ICL Any deal would need approval from the Israeli government

By Rod Nickel REUTERS

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otashCorp of Saskatchewan Inc., the world’s biggest potash producer by capacity, sees “lots of hurdles” to its plans to take over Israel Chemicals Ltd., an executive of the Canadian fertilizer company said Nov. 28.

“We just think the possibility of that transaction and what it can do for us in a soft market, and in a strong market, is quite a compelling story,” chief financial officer Wayne Brownlee said at a Citi investor conference in New York monitored over the Internet. “The trick is, can we get there? Lots of hurdles to deal with, and we’re trying to do that process right now.”

Brownlee declined to identify the obstacles to any deal to increase Potash’s current 14 per cent stake in ICL, the sixthlargest producer of potash, an important crop nutrient.

He said it was difficult to say whether the hurdles were mainly within Israel or with international authorities.

“The truth is, you’re not going to get to the international hurdle unless you get past the Israeli hurdle first,” Brownlee said. “You’ve got to get there and see if there’s a transaction that’s a win-win for (ICL) shareholders and the countries that we have exposure to.”

He said the key markets for PotashCorp and ICL are mostly complementary, not overlapping, which should bode well for antitrust rulings around the world.

“The question is, is there a price you’d be prepared to pay that would be good and also be the lowest-cost supplier to any customer in the world as a result of that?” he said. “If you can get that to work, how much effort do you want to put in to see if you can move this through the various approval processes? We’re still trying to make that determination.”

Israeli officials have said they plan to meet PotashCorp officials this month before deciding whether to allow the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based company to take over ICL. Israel’s government holds a so-called golden share in ICL, so any deal would need approval from the Finance Ministry’s Government Companies Authority, the prime minister and the Antitrust Authority, among others.

Scientists make wheat genetic code breakthrough The data should speed up development of new wheat varieties LONDON / REUTERS

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cientists from Britain, Germany and the Un i t e d S t a t e s h a v e unlocked key components of the genetic code for wheat, which could help speed up development of varieties that are more productive and better able to cope with disease, drought and other crop stresses.

The identification of around 96,000 wheat genes, and insights into the links between them, comes just two years after U.K. researchers published the raw data of the wheat genome.

The study was welcomed by other scientists.

“As we struggle to confront the increasing challenges of population increase, land degradation and climate change that are contributing to food insecur ity, it will be vital to understand the underlying genetics of staple crops like wheat,” said Denis Murphy of the University of Glamorgan.

“The newly published wheat genome will be a vital resource for researchers and crop breeders across the world in their efforts to maintain global food supplies.”

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large; in total it is almost five times bigger than the human genome,” said another of the project’s leaders, Klaus Mayer of Helmholtz-Zentrum Munchen.

“Because of this, we took a novel approach to analyzing the data and we have been successful in turning it into an accessible and useful resource that will accelerate breeding and the discovery of varieties with improved performance — for example better disease resistance and stress tolerance.”

Jan Dvorak of the University of California, Davis led the U.S. contribution to the project.

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“Since 1980, the rate of increase in wheat yields has declined,” said one of the project leaders, Keith Edwards of the University of Bristol.

“A n a l y s i s o f t h e w h e a t genome sequence data provides a new and very powerful foundation for breeding future generations of wheat more quickly and more precisely, to help address this problem,” he added.

The research was published in the journal Nature Nov. 28.

“Bread wheat is a complex hybrid, composed of the complete genomes of three closely related grasses. This makes it very complex and

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Soybean prices reach objective and then fall off At some point bull markets start to fall under their own weight David Drozd Market Outlook

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he soybean market has b e e n u n d e r p re s s u re since prices peaked at a new historical high of $17.943/4 Sept. 4, 2012.

This market has been under the influence of long liquidation for the past three months.

Given the fundamental situation, some traders may be bewildered by the market’s weakness, while those who study charting and technical analysis were patiently waiting for the market to achieve the double-top objective of $14.18 per bushel.

This objective was achieved Nov. 12, 2012 and is derived from measuring the distance between the reaction low (A) ($16.02) and the two highs (B) ($17.86). This value is then extrapolated under the reaction low to arrive at a new objective ($14.18).

Double top

Double tops are basic formations which appear with regularity in the futures markets.

Once completed, they provide a reliable indication of a trend reversal.

A double top begins to take shape with prices advancing into new high ground for the current move. A reaction then sets in during which a portion of the advance is retraced, which I’ve identified as point “A” i n t h e a c c o m p a n y i n g chart.

A second advance brings

prices back up to approximately the highs of the first advance, followed by a price d e c l i n e, w h i c h e v e n t u a l l y drops below the reaction low (A).

Time-wise, it is important that the two tops are not very close together. If they are, what is more likely to be happening is a normal consolidation of the existing trend.

Often at a top, the second advance will slightly exceed the first top and appear very pronounced or spiked. However, it could also fall shy of the first top.

This formation is completed when, after a double top, prices fall beneath the reaction low that occurred between the two tops.

SOYBEAN WEEKLY NEARBY Chart as of November 28, 2012

Market psychology

The first top develops after a sustained price rise. It will coincide with a growing willingness on the part of longs with large, unrealized profits to cash in their earnings.

The market stalls or at the very least starts losing upside momentum. The supply of contracts for sale exceeds the demand and the market turns down. Short sellers jump in convinced that the upward move has gone far enough.

A reactionary phase ensues during which ownership of contracts continues to change hands. Old longs exiting with their profits are replaced by new longs. The market continues to decline until the price drop causes sellers to withdraw.

From a longer-term perspective, the bull market is still intact, so when the price

decline halts, buyers once again step in and prices begin to move higher.

At approximately the level of the first top, the longs looking for a short-term profit become particularly sensitive to the price action because they remember what occurred the last time prices were up at these levels.

Longer-term traders who failed to take profits when prices formed the first top and sat through the entire correction are likely to be watching more closely now that the market has come back up to its prior high. They won’t let the opportunity to cash in slip so easily through

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From a longer-term perspective, the bull market is still intact, so when the price decline halts, buyers once again step in and prices begin to move higher.

their fingers this second time around.

There are also the everpresent potential short sellers, who are trying to pick the top, by selling the proverbial high of the move.

When prices penetrate the re a c t i o n l ow ( A ) t h a t w a s between the two tops, all recent buyers will have paper losses and sooner or later will be potential sellers. Once prices fail to mount any sustainable rally, hope begins to wane and liquidation of long contracts becomes an inevitable reality. As prices fall with increasing acceleration, new shorts also enter the market.

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This type of topping action is typical in a bull market and is where the proverbial phrase “a bull market dies under its own weight” is coined.

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

David Drozd is president and senior market analyst for Winnipeg-based Ag-Chieve Corporation. The opinions expressed are those of the writer and are solely intended to assist readers with a better understanding of technical analysis.

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Glanbia to rebuild Angusville flax plant — in South Dakota Reeve says the plant’s loss is major blow for his RM and the local region

By Daniel Winters CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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he decision by an Irish multinational to rebuild a flaxseed-processing plant in South Dakota instead of Manitoba is a “huge hit” to the local area, says the reeve of the Silver Creek rural municipality.

And Fred Dunn was pointing a finger at the provincial g ov e r n m e n t a f t e r Gl a n b i a Nutritionals Ingredients Technologies announced it will build a new plant in Sioux Falls to replace the one that burned down in Angusville in March.

That will mean the loss of 60 jobs that paid $15 to $25 an hour, and will cost the municipality about one-fifth of its commercial tax base, said Dunn.

“It’s a huge hit for the area,” said Dunn. “We’ve got bills to pay like everywhere else.

Once you lose the commercial tax base like that, the landowners and property owners have to make up the difference.”

The enterprise, founded by Glenn and Linda Pizzey, had been the pride of the small community 20 kilometres east of Russell and seemed destined for even bigger things when the couple sold it to Ir ish food-processing firm Glanbia in 2007. Even after the fire, caused by flax meal overheating in a pasteurizing unit and resulting in $7 million in damages, it was hoped that the company’s Wisconsin-based subsidiary would rebuild in the area. Those hopes were dashed last week when it announced plans for a n e w 4 0 , 0 0 0 - s q u a re - f o o t cereal ingredient-processing plant at Sioux Falls.

“After years in Angusville, this was a very difficult decision, given our long-standing relationship with the comm u n i t y,” Je r r y O ’ De a , t h e head of the subsidiary, said in a release. “ We spoke to our employees and will look to retain as many as we can through an offer of relocation to Sioux Falls.”

G l a n b i a c o n s i d e re d “a l l options” including rebuilding in Manitoba, but moving to South Dakota was “the best decision for our customers, suppliers and company,” he said.

But Dunn said the province deserves some of the blame for the loss of the plant. For up to six weeks after the fire, he said it was “hard to get any response at all” from provincial officials.

For at least a decade prior to the fire, the RM had asked that a three-mile stretch of road to the plant south of Angusville be paved.

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In an email response, a provincial spokesperson said the government is “disappointed” by the decision. She said Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Ron Kostyshyn met with the company’s president, the local plant manager and officials after the fire in March, and the province had offered support through the Ma n i t o b a In v e s t m e n t Ta x C re d i t a n d t h e M a n i t o b a Industrial Opportunities Program.

The new plant, slated to open in July, will produce whole and milled flaxseed ingredients as well as other seed and grain products for the food, beverage, supplement and animal nutrition sectors. It “will continue to source flaxseed from Sask a t c h e w a n , Ma n i t o b a a n d

“It’s a huge hit for the area.”

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Making matters worse were the 65 per cent load restrictions on Highway 45 in spring that forced as many as eight super-B trucks per day to be rerouted over municipal roads.

“We could never get anywhere with them,” said Dunn.

The Associated Press quoted O’Dea as saying “supp o r t f ro m s t a t e a n d l o c a l leaders” played a key role in the decision, although he also cited proximity to flaxgrowing regions and the area’s transportation infrastructure.

northern U.S. states as before,” the company said.

Those workers who don’t relocate will be given severance packages.

Meanwhile, the future of Silver Creek, population 483, is an open question, said Dunn, especially in light of the province’s recent call for small RMs to amalgamate.

Simply expanding boundaries to encompass two or three RMs to meet the minimum population requirement w o u l d n’t m a k e o p e ra t i o n s more efficient, he added. “ We have a hard enough time to get people to sit on council without them having to drive another 40 to 50 miles to cover more territory,” he said.

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“We are ready to stop (milling wheat exports),” said Volodymyr Klymenko, head of the Ukrainian Grain Association UZA. Exports of milling wheat have reached 5.2 million tonnes so far this season, said the ministry, which had earlier agreed to allow traders to ship abroad no more than 5.5 million tonnes in order to prevent a rise in bread prices at home.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 6, 2012

Anti-GE groups attack 2,4-D decision Some fear the decision will result in more resistant weeds and more toxic pesticides

By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor / ottawa

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he approval of genetically modified corn and soybean varieties that tolerate the herbicide 2,4-D is being attacked by social and environmental groups.

“The federal government has recklessly approved a GM food crop that is tolerant to yet another toxic pesticide, even though earlier GM glyphosatetolerant crops already created superweeds and increased pesticide use,” said Dr. Warren Bell of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.

The decision will result in “more toxic pesticides in the environment,” said Bell.

Not so, countered Richard

Phillips, executive director of Grain Growers of Canada.

GM crops have greatly decreased pesticide use — a fact ignored by “anti-science activist groups,” he said.

“Although their supposed facts have been repeatedly proven to be baseless, they continue to increase the level of shrillness in hopes of attracting attention and, in some cases, funds to support their causes,” said Phillips.

After years of being shunned, 2,4-D has enjoyed a revival in recent years following extensive re-examinations of its safety. However, critics contend exposure to the herbicide increases the risk of cancer and neurological impairment, and may affect the immune system.

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Analyst says fertilizer prices should soften over the winter

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ertilizer prices should soften this winter before rising prior to planting, says a market analyst.

Ammonia stocks are getting tight, but inventories will rebuild over the winter before U.S. corn growers up their buying, said David Asbridge, president and senior economist with NPK Fertilizer Advisory Service.

Urea is already likely close to its winter lows, and has little room for downside, he said. The U.S. is both importing and producing liquid nitrogen at record levels but Asbridge predicts the price will still jump in the spring.

North American farmers are generally coming off a good year, and will likely start booking product for the spring season before the new year, said Asbridge. High commodity prices should make fertilizer a “good buy for farmers,” he added.

He predicts U.S. farmers will be using six to eight per cent less phosphate and potash. American farmers applied a lot of both last year and, in many cases, much of it is still in the ground because drought hindered plant growth.

Phosphate and potash prices are also forecast to be stable, or down slightly, through the winter before moving back up in the spring.

India and China are also not stepping up to the table to renegotiate contracts for potash in the coming year, said Asbridge. There’s also an oversupply of potash in Canada and Eastern Europe right now.

Phosphate came out of the spring season with tight inventories, but export demand has been relatively slow as India has cut back on its demand, said Asbridge.

That’s causing stocks to start to build up, which should put some pressure on values. If India doesn’t start buying, prices should hold through winter before seeing a seasonal bounce in the spring, he said.

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Locals skeptical but foreigners keen to own Aussie farmland Chinese are keen buyers, including a 1,000 sq. km cotton farm, the country’s largest

By Maggie Lu Yueyang and Colin Packham canberra / sydney / reuters

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oreign buyers are keen on Australian farmland, but many locals have a different view.

“Overseas investors are too dumb to realize that they are not going to make money out of Australia agriculture,” said David Leyonhjelm, an Australia-based agriculture consultant at Baron Strategic Services.

He may have a point.

Australian farms’ return on capital has seldom exceeded more than two per cent a n n u a l l y o n a v e ra g e d u ring the past decade, excluding changes in land values, a c c o rd i n g t o g ov e r n m e n t research. Although farm returns are volatile anyway — owing to the vagaries of the weather — the unpredictability of Australian earnings is much greater than in the U.S. In the past 30 years, Australia’s net farm income has experienced annual drops of more than 40 per cent on five occasions compared to just once in the U.S. Even when it comes to the w e a t h e r, Au s t r a l i a s e e m s worse off.

It has the lowest and most variable rainfall patterns of any inhabited continent, periodically baking much of the country in hot, dry weather interspersed with flooding rains.

But foreign investors, particularly from China, aren’t deterred. Chinese investors have been involved in a number of high-profile farm deals, including buying the country’s biggest cotton farm, the 1,000-square-kilometre Cubbie Station.

Australia lacks comprehensive data on foreign ownership, but the government says the vast majority of farms are locally owned and that has not changed much over the past 30 years. But spurred by a number of high-profile foreign deals, the issue has become politically sensitive as the sector struggles to attract much-needed investment at home.

Despite local skepticism at the prospects for Australia’s farming sector, the increase in offshore interest comes at a time when returns have seldom been better and adds to other evidence suggesting the foreign investment may not be mistimed after all.

“For the first time in more than 30 years, all states and all industries are expected to record positive farm business profits and rates of return,” states the government’s most re c e n t f a r m p e r f o r m a n c e report.

Average farm cash income jumped to A$117,300 ($122,000) in 2010-11, about 40 per cent above its real, long-term average.

Some analysts say a global rush for agricultural land is just beginning, driven by i n c re a s i n g c o n c e r n s ov e r long-ter m food and water security.

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Wheat area in Britain seen down 12 per cent london / reuters Britain’s wheat area is forecast to shrink by 12 per cent due to a late harvest this year, heavy rain, and poor soil conditions, according to an early planting survey issued by the Home-Grown Cereals Authority.

The “Early Bird Survey,” which polls agronomists rather than farmers, put the wheat area in Britain for next year’s harvest at 1.76 million hectares, down from 1.99 million for this year’s harvest.

“A lot of it this year has been planting intentions rather than what has been planted,” said analyst Graham Redman.

“We had to say to them (agronomists) to assume that weather conditions turn normal because that is the only thing you can work from. But so far they haven’t, in fact they have got worse.”

Britain faced fresh flood warnings last week following a year that has included the wettest June since records began more than a century ago.

The country’s wheat imports are expected to more than double in 201213 to 2.05 million tonnes because of this year’s poor harvest, making it a net importer of wheat for the first time in a decade. Its major wheat suppliers are usually Canada, Germany, France, and the U.S., but it’s now buying from Lithuania, Denmark, Sweden and Poland.

A fresh snowfall last week provided a sharp contrast to these brown cattle and the darker trees in the background. photo: jeannette greaves

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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.

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.

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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

Some corn seed companies were predicting a shortage of seed for next year, even before the season’s first snowstorm Oct. 5 put a crimp in this year’s harvest.

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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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Brazilian farmland prices nearly quadruple in last decade High commodity prices and stability are key attractions for investors

By Gustavo Bonato SAO PAULO / REUTERS

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rices for farmland in Brazil surged by an average 14 per cent a year to nearly quadruple over the past decade, well outpacing inflation and nearly matching gains made by Sao Paulo’s blue-chip Ibovespa stock index, a new study shows.

Improving diets in economies such as China have driven up prices of commodities like soybeans, corn and animal proteins, which in turn have led investment and pension funds to buy Brazilian farmland.

This has steadily pushed up the prices of and investment returns from Brazil’s increasingly productive tropical farmland, according to research from Sao Paulo-based consultancy Informa Economics FNP. Between January 2002 and December 2011, farmland appreciated 278 per cent on average in Brazil, while cumulative inflation in that period came to around 88 per cent.

Du r i n g t h o s e 1 0 y e a r s, Ibovespa — the main blue-chip index on the Sao Paulo exchange — gained 294 per cent but took investors on a roller-coaster ride after the financial crisis in late 2008.

High sustained prices of grains such as soy and corn over the past year have induced both farmers and investors to expand into frontier areas where land is cheaper due to the lack of transport infrastructure.

Investors following farmers’ lead into these areas is heating up land prices all the more quickly.

“Until 10 years ago, the land market was made up of mostly those who get their boots dirty... today no,” FNP director José Vicente Ferraz said. “But for sure, (interest from investment funds) has made a big difference.”

Ferraz considers investments in land to be safe even though they lack the liquidity that investors can get from a bond or stock.

And the financial crisis has fed into interest from investors seeking better returns.

“Interest rates are very low around the world, and funds, especially pension funds, need safe investments,” Ferraz said.

“Land is not like paper (shares). It can’t vanish suddenly.”

Buyers have flocked increasingly to more remote areas in the northeast tropical savannah known as the Cerrado.

States such as Maranhão, Piauí, Tocantins and Bahia have become known as “Mapitoba,” the fast-growing farming frontier.

The price of marginal farmland in Balsas, Maranhão, has risen 24 per cent annually, quintupling to 5,000 reais (US$2,500) a hectare (2.47 acres) from 1,000 reais 10 years ago, Ferraz said.

Brazil is expected this year to surpass the United States in soy production for the first time ever, with an eight per cent increase in planted area due in part to the opening of new farmland.

Still, not all land in Brazil is appreciating as it is in Balsas.

Prices of some semi-arid lands are only rising one per cent a year due to their lack of productive potential, Ferraz said.

He said there are three basic ways to profit from land investments: selling land as prices appreciate; selling agricultural commodities produced on the land; and turning raw, cheap, unproductive land into a property ready to plant and produce.

Sometimes investors can profit from all three activities.

“When you sum up those three gains, you can reach returns of 15 to 18 per cent on capital,” Ferraz said.

In 2010, Brazil’s attorney general imposed severe limits on how much land foreigners can control in the country. Although this may have made investors more cautious, it has not stopped foreigners from buying.

Instead, they have been teaming up with Brazilian nationals to get around the law, Ferraz said.

Workers harvest soybeans at a farm in Tangara da Serra, Mato Grosso state in western Brazil. Land prices in Brazil have quadrupled in the last decade. PHOTO: REUTERS/PAULO WHITAKER/FILES

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS CON N EC T I NG RU R A L FA M I L I E S

Good books for a Prairie winter Made In Manitoba: Best Of The Open Road Stories

By Bill Redekop

From the slow-motion collapse of a trapezoid farm building to the discovery of a rusted vintage car on the edge of a field, the sights and stories chronicled in this provincial travelogue convey the idiosyncrasy of daily life in Manitoba. This is a collection of the best of the best by the Winnipeg Free Press rural reporter.

“There’s nothing to match curling up with a good book when there’s a repair job to be done around the house.” — Joe Ryan Great as gifts or to treat yourself, we present you with a list of Manitoba books we’re sure you’ll enjoy reading or giving at Christmas this year.

All books are available at McNally Robinson Booksellers and most other bookstores across the province unless otherwise noted.

— Compiled by Lorraine Stevenson

From Asessippi To Zed Lake: A Guide to Manitoba’s Provincial Parks

By Shelley Penziwol

Historical information, first-hand experiences and park trivia are included in this beautifully illustrated guide to the province’s 80 provincial parks. A wonderful book to take with you on a trip or enjoy from the comfort of your favourite armchair.

Price: $29.95

Price: $19.95

Silver Screens On The Prairies

An Illustrated History of Motion Picture Theaters in Manitoba

By Russ Gourluck Manitobans have thrilled to the magic of motion pictures for more than a century. This 294-page book is a tribute to all the movie houses, theatres and drive-ins that have entertained the generations over the years. With photos and collected memories of owners, staff members and theatre-goers this book explores the enchantment of “going to the show.”

Price: $29.95

Return To The River And Other Stories

By Donna Gamache

Popular author Donna Gamache has recently released this collection of 20 short stories, many set in rural Manitoba, including a tale of a lonely Canadian living in Mexico and dreaming of returning to the river valley in Manitoba and a recently widowed senior trying to live out her husband’s dream of visiting Montreal. This collection includes both new and previously published stories by the MacGregor-area writer and retired teacher.

Red River Remembered

A Bicentennial Collection of Stories and Recipes

By Noni Campbell-Horner Timed with the 200th year since the Selkirk Settlers arrived in what is now Manitoba, Noni CampbellHorner’s book of recipes and stories sheds light on the incredible contribution of the women of Red River, especially through their efforts in the kitchen and at the dining room table. Campbell-Horner is a direct descendant of two of the original families that arrived in North America in the 1800s.

Price: $24.95

Winnipeg Beach Leisure and Courtship in a Resort Town, 1900-1967

By Dale Barbour

Through photographs, interviews, and newspaper clippings Dale Barbour presents a lively history of this resort area and its surprising role in the evolution of local courtship and dating practices. During the first half of the 20th century, Winnipeg Beach proudly marketed itself as the Coney Island of the West, attracting as many as 40,000 visitors a day.

Price: $24.95

Price: $14.95

Prairie And Beyond

By Mike Grandmaison

Sisters in Transit is the sequel to Travelling Light, an earlier release by this Portage la Prairie writer.

This time the character Lorna takes her mother, her mother’s sister and her own sister on a road trip from Winnipeg to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The time spent together becomes a true voyage of discovery for all of them.

In lush, full colour, award-winning photographer Mike Grandmaison’s expert lens captures the vastness of sky and land with scenes of the elusive northern lights, misty fields at dawn, endless horizons, and the immense skies that define the Prairie landscape. From birds soaring over wetlands, to wildlife grazing across rolling grasslands, Grandmaison’s trained eye misses nothing to bring the Prairie to life in this remarkable volume.

Price: $20

Price: $40

Sisters In Transit

By Wanda Ryder

Kings Of The Rings 125 Years of the World’s Biggest Bonspiel

By Sean Grassie

2009 mixed champion Sean Grassie chronicles the long history of the Manitoba Curling Association’s bonspiel, offering a unique insight into the grind, opportunity and prestige of playing in the world’s largest bonspiel while examining how curlers from all walks of life have been swept up by the bonspiel craze since 1889. The careers of many champions such as Ken Watson, Don Duguid and Kerry Burtnyk are covered in detail.

Price: $29.95

Farm Philosophy

By Mel Groening This is a collection of columns on the humour, politics and lessons of farming by the late Mel Groening, a newspaper columnist and Lowe Farm-area farmer. The book is a compilation of articles published over 10 years in the AgriPost. Poking fun at poor farming and business practices, money management and politics is found in most every article. His family has published this collection in Mel’s memory. He passed away in July 2012 after a brief illness. This book is available by contacting farmphilosophy@gmail. com or visiting the website.

Price: $19.95

For Elise

Unveiling The Forgotten Woman On The Criddle Homestead

By Oriole A. Vane Veldhuis This non-fiction story by a Winnipeg writer who grew up on a farm near Stockton has produced a wonderful, creative, non-fiction story about her great-grandmother, who shared the homestead southeast of Brandon with her former partner Percy Criddle and his wife. An informative and enjoyable read, the book explores the life of women during the settlement period between 1882 to 1903.

Price: $24.95

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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

Canadian group promotes whole grains

While the Healthy Grains Institute is just getting launched, the U.S.-based Whole Grains Council, a program of the Oldways Preservation Trust has been around since 2002. Supported by grain millers, food makers, scientists and chefs, the Whole Grains Council’s aim also is helping people understand whole grains and their health benefits and learning how to use them more often in day-to-day cooking and baking. Here’s a delicious “winter salad” recipe from the WGC.

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bowl of oatmeal or a slice of toast is a regular breakfast at our house. It tastes good, fills us up and provides great food energy to begin the day. It’s comfort food for heading out into a cold winter day too.

But I often hear remarks from others saying they wouldn’t touch it, and that they’ve stopped eating bread and cereal altogether.

Why? The reasons often aren’t clear, except, when pressed, they will say an article or book they’ve read has advised them to cut grainbased foods to lose weight or have more energy.

The Healthy Grains Institute, a newly launched not-for-profit Canadian group wants to set the record straight and help Canadians avoid the inherent risks to health that go with eliminating a whole food group from the diet.

Guided by an independent scientific advisory council and supported by the Canadian Millers Association, Baking Association of Canada, Canada Bread Co. Ltd., and Weston Bakeries Ltd. its mandate is to direct Canadians to science-based information on the role of whole grains in the diet.

“There is a wealth of scientific information available supporting the role whole grains can play in a healthy diet,” said registered dietitian Shelley Case, who you’ve heard from before on these pages. Author of Gluten-Free Diet, A Comprehensive Resource Guide and member of the Healthy Grains Institute’s independent Scientific Advisory Council, she points out that only a small portion of the population needs to consider going gluten free because they have celiac disease. It affects one per cent of the Canadian population. Up to six per cent is also categorized as gluten sensitive.

Yet many consumers are unnecessarily choosing a gluten-free diet, which is more expensive and may be nutritionally deficient, said Case.

There’s also a whole lot of unsubstantiated claims, couched in fad diet advice, being made about whole grains such as wheat, barley, oats and quinoa. If people are eliminating them from their diet, they can be missing out on

vital nutrients which are beneficial for cardiovascular health and weight management, adds Case.

The Healthy Grains Institute has just launched a new website to provide current evaluations of the health effects of whole grains. You can log on to it at www.healthygrains.ca.

Meanwhile, dietitians stress all foods have a place in the diet and that you can’t eliminate an entire food group without nutritional consequences.

“There is no such thing as a single magic bullet to lose weight and fad diets can do more harm than good. While certain diets may work in the short term, they are not sustainable nor are they necessarily healthy,” said Cara Rosenbloom, a Toronto-based registered dietitian. “All foods have many components and they fit together like puzzle pieces. When you take out one significant part you risk missing essential nutrients in your diet that can help support a healthy weight and prevent chronic disease.”

Dietitians also note whole grains have a scientifically valid role in healthy weight management, as well as lowering the risk of developing chronic diseases including diabetes and heart disease.

“The research we have identified is just the tip of the iceberg. Scientific studies support a healthy diet that includes whole grains. It is the mandate of the Healthy Grains Institute to continue to inform Canadians on this topic and call for ongoing research on the role of whole grains in human health,” says Dr. Ravindra Chibbar, professor and Canada research chair in crop quality, department of plant sciences, University of Saskatchewan and HGI Scientific Advisory Council member.

Go for the whole grain How many servings a day?

The number of servings you eat depends on your age and gender. A Food Guide Serving equals one slice of bread, 1/2 a bun or bagel, or 1/2 cup of cooked rice, pasta, or 3/4 cup hot cereal. Check the labels of cold cereals for the portion size. A Food Guide Serving of cold cereal is 30 grams.

For good health, make at least half of your grain choices whole grain each day. Whole grains include all parts of the grain kernel – the bran, germ and endosperm. The more a whole grain is refined during processing, the more nutrients are lost. Enriched products like pasta, white flour and some breakfast cereals have vitamins and minerals added back, however, the original fibre and some micronutrients and minerals of the whole grain are still missing. Choose foods with “whole” in front of the grain in the ingredient list. For example, whole grain wheat or whole rye flour instead of wheat or rye flour.

Citrus-scented fruit and wheat salad

Age Servings Toddlers 2-3 years 3 Children 4-8 years 4 Youth 9-13 years 6 Teens (females) 14-18 years 6 Teens (males) 14-18 years 7 Adults (females) 19-50 years 6-7 Adults (males) 19-50 years 8 Adults (females) 51 years + 6 Adults (males) 51 years + 7

Source: Dietitians of Canada

For the salad: 3/4 c. water 1 c. cracked wheat 1/2 c. dried cranberries 1/2 c. grated carrots

1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 c. diced dried apricots 2 tbsp. sesame seeds

For the dressing: 1 tbsp. orange zest or a scant 1/8 tsp. orange oil 2 tbsp. lemon juice 2 tbsp. orange juice 2 tbsp. olive oil 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper 1/4 tsp. salt, to taste For the garnish: 1/2 c. toasted chopped pecans 1/2 c. toasted sunflower seeds

Mix the water and salt, and bring to a boil. Add the cracked wheat and boil for one minute. Cover and let rest for 20 minutes. Uncover the pan; if the water hasn’t been absorbed, bring back to a boil and cook for several minutes, until the mixture is no longer soupy. Stir in the dried fruits, and set aside to cool.

Stir together all of the dressing ingredients. Stir the dressing into the cracked wheat mixture, then add the sesame seeds and grated carrots. Refrigerate for several hours, to allow the flavours to blend. Just before serving, stir in the toasted pecans and sunflower seeds. Makes: 8 servings. Serving size: 1/2 cup.

— Recipe courtesy of the Whole Grains Council and The King Arthur Flour Company.

For a wealth of good information about whole grains and plenty more recipes log on to www.wholegrains council.org.

The Healthy Grains Institute’s website includes recipes too.

Lunch box granola bars These granola bars make a fun and tasty treat to brighten up any lunch box.

2 c. rolled oats 1 c. whole wheat flour 1/2 c. ground flaxseed 1/3 c. packed brown sugar 1 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 c. raisins, chocolate chips or your favourite dried fruit 1/2 c. sunflower seeds 1/2 tsp. salt 1/3 c. honey 1 egg, beaten 1/4 c. canola oil 1/4 c. applesauce 2 tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 F. Oil a 9x13-inch baking pan. In a large bowl, mix together the oats, flour, flaxseed, brown sugar, cinnamon, raisins, sunflower seeds and salt. Make a well in the centre; set aside. In a small bowl, combine honey, egg, canola oil, applesauce and vanilla. Add liquid ingredients to well and mix. Pat the mixture evenly into a prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until bars begin to turn golden at the edges. Cool for five minutes, then cut into bars while still warm. Do not allow the bars to cool completely before cutting, or they will be too hard to cut. Prep time: 15 minutes. Cooking time: 20 to 25 minutes. Serving size: 24 portions — Recipe courtesy of Canola Info and Healthy Grains Institute www.healthygrains.ca.

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS

All dressed up for the season Fewer decorations will be needed if you use existing plants

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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any people, when they a re d e c o ra t i n g f o r the holidays, remove objects that are normally on display in the home and replace them with Christmas items.

Shelves, small tables, the tops of buffets and TVs and even the dining room table no longer hold vases, bowls, picture frames or ornaments, rather they sport Christmas candles, cone baskets, glass balls in clear glass containers and so on. During the year, however, avid indoor gardeners often use existing surfaces to display houseplants and these cannot simply be packed into boxes and banished to some dark closet until after the holiday season.

Instead of removing the plants from view, the innovative gardener must try to incorporate houseplants into the holiday décor and dress them up for the season. This has its advantages as fewer Christmas decorations will be required; the plants themselves become part of the décor. Also, much of the decorative material added to the plant displays will often include things already on hand.

• Use short lengths of red yarn or red ribbon — the narrow

kind — to decorate a couple of foliage plants. Simply scatter the pieces on the foliage, entwining them enough so that they will stay in place.

You might curl the pieces of ribbon with the scissors to make them more decorative.

• Create a focal point with a large, decorative container by fastening a festive bow, some cones or a Christmas ball or two to a pick and inserting it into the soil at the base of a large floor plant. Smaller decorations can be fashioned for smaller table plants; in all cases, the focal point must be in scale with the size of the plant.

• Use an attractive tray, perhaps one with a seasonal motif, to create a display using a trailing plant and s o m e f e s t i ve i t e m s. Fo r example, a heart-shaped philodendron or an ivy could be placed on the tray and be allowed to ramble b e t we e n s o m e Ol d Ma n Christmas figures, a few large decorative balls, a grouping of pillar candles or even some unusually large and unique cones.

• Lovely Christmas jardinières abound in stores. Treat yourself to one of these decorative pots every year, or put them on your “wish list.” In

a few years you will have a collection of these containers that you can use instead of the conventional ones you use the rest of the year.

• If you have a Norfolk Island pine, obtain some small, lightweight Christmas decorations and place them on the pine. Take care not to damage the tree while fastening the items to the tree and ensure that they are not so heavy as to cause the branches to sag under their weight.

• Wind a piece of tinsel rope in and around a tabletop plant display. This will work best if the plants are in containers and not sitting in saucers so that there is no possibility of the rope coming into contact with water.

• Placing a plant or a plant grouping on a brightly coloured Christmas placemat or runner will add a festive note to the indoor landscape.

Use your imagination and make your houseplant collection a part of your holiday décor. The plants will be able to stay where they will continue to receive enough light and you will have created a unique Christmas decorating scheme.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Man.

A panda plant, a variegated plectranthus, and a small wire vine, all in festive jardinières, and displayed on a Christmas placemat. pHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

Mailing food gifts this year?

Some things to consider before sending those presents

By Julie Garden-Robinson NDSU Extension Service

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gift package filled with favourite foods can conjure up fond memories of home when you cannot be together during the holiday season. Besides deciding on the treats to send, keep postal regulations, safety and quality in mind.

Consider moisture content of the foods when deciding what to mail. Moist carrot bread or pumpkin bread may become mouldy during shipment. Quality can be an issue if you’re thinking about sending delicate holiday cookies.

Cookies can become crumbs

without some special precautions. To keep them from crumbling, pack them back to back and wrap with plastic wrap. Put the wrapped pairs between two plastic foam plates and tape the plates together. Finally, surround the items with bubble wrap, foam or newspaper and pack in a sturdy box.

These are some ideas for foods that travel well: • Beef jerky or other dried meat.

• Dehydrated soup and drink mixes.

• Condiments in single-serve packets.

• Canned items, such as corned beef, cracker spreads or dips.

• Dense, dry baked goods, such as biscotti, prepackaged cakes and cookies in airtight tins and dry cookies, such as gingersnaps.

• Dried fruits, such as raisins and apricots, canned nuts and fruit or trail mix.

• Hard candies. Avoid sending candy, such as fudge, that may melt during the trip.

photo: Thinkstock

Think about non-food gifts, too, such as a favourite soap, cosy blanket, or other special products that remind a person of home. Slip in some stationery, stamps, books, crossword puzzle books or magazines, but don’t include hand sanitizers or aerosol cans.

Be sure to pack items in a cardboard box designed for shipping. Use packing mate-

rial to protect the inner containers and professional packing tape. Print the address clearly on the package, and double check the address.

Julie Garden-Robinson, PhD, L.R.D., is a North Dakota State University Extension Service food and nutrition specialist and associate professor in the department of health, nutrition and exercise sciences.

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Add a cabin to the Christmas decorations

By Blythe Kneeshaw Freelance contributor

This Christmas decoration is a lot of fun to construct. Children love to peek in the windows or open and close the door. If you want to let the kids play with the cabin, you would not have to glue down the furniture.

Supplies:

• Table saw • Router or a dado head for the table saw • 1-inch x 6-inch x 6-foot board • Carpenter’s glue and clamps or a power stapler • 1/2-inch or 3/4-inch plywood cut to 10x20 inches (this is the base) • White fleece or quilt batting (or white paint could also be applied to the base) • 1/4-inch or 1/8-inch plywood (cut two pieces to 14-1/2x63/4 inches (these are the roof pieces — or use cedar shingles cut and pieced to same size) • 1/4-inch plywood or shingle cut to 2x3 inches (this is the door) • Two tiny hinges for the door • Three pieces of Plexiglas: two pieces cut to 2x1-1/2 inches and one piece cut to 2x2-1/4 inches • Collection of small stones for the fireplace • Glue gun to attach stones • 6 inches of fine wire and cotton batting (for smoke in chimney) • Various tiny Christmas decorations, dollhouse furniture, wooden craft items • Mini light set to light interior of cabin

Directions:

Cut the 1x6-inch board into: Two lengths at 14 inches Two lengths at 8-1/2 inches Two lengths at 6 inches Using a dado head in the table saw, or using a router, cut a square notch 3/8 inch from each end of each piece of lumber. Make the cut 1/4 inch deep and 3/4 inch wide. Try to be accurate when cutting. Cut the notched channel on both ends and both sides of the boards.

After the notched channels have been made on each end and each side of the boards, set the table saw to make a 3/4inch cut. Slice each board into 3/4-inch strips and you have

notched logs as shown in the photo.

Now you will have to “thin” down four of the 14-inch logs to a width of 1/2 inch. These thinner logs are used to start and end the courses of the front and back wall. One notched side is to be cut off so the log sits flat on the base with notches facing upward.

Count out:

• Four “thinned” 14-inch logs • Three 14-inch logs • 12 8-1/2-inch logs • 10 6-inch logs • Eight 2-inch logs (these will be cut from scraps as follows): To cut the 2-inch logs, use the extra logs. Four of the 2-inch logs should have no notches and four should be notched on one end. After all the logs are cut, dry fit them. They will not notch together tightly on every course but when fastened together, will look appropriate. The end walls use all of the 8-1/2-inch logs. The front wall starts with a thinned log. Four of the 6-1/2-inch logs go beneath the windows.

The 2-inch logs go on either sides of the windows with the unnotched ones stacking next to the door. The door will be dead centre. When the unnotched 2-inch logs are glued or fastened, they will be secure. A full-size 14-inch log is next with a thinned 14-inch log on top. The back wall starts with a thinned 14-inch log followed by two full 14-inch logs.

Then three 6-inch logs stack on either side of a single window.

A thinned log tops off the back wall. When you are happy with your dry fit, staple or glue and clamp the walls together.

Cut the gable pieces from the remainder of the board.

Gable pieces have a base of 8-1/2 inches. Find the centre of the base. Measure 4 inches up from the centre of the base.

This should fashion a triangle with sides at 6 inches. Cut two of these triangles. Attach the gables to the top of the side walls.

Attach the roof pieces. Since I used a joined piece of cedar shingle, an extra gable piece was used at the join. In hindsight, it would have been more convenient to access the interior of the cabin if the roof were built with a hinge. If you

PHOTOS: BLYTHE KNEESHAW

wish to do this, plywood would be the better choice and a hinge would be required.

Hinge the door and fit it to the door opening. I used a small piece of leather screwed onto the door for a handle but a screw could work as a doorknob.

With a black marker, draw a frame and mullions on each Plexiglas window. Carefully fasten the windows in place using hot glue.

Position the cabin on the base and arrange and glue the batting around the cabin.

Hot glue the stones to fashion a chimney. Hot glue the wire coming out of the chimney and thread the cotton batting onto the wire so it looks like smoke.

Decorate the interior and exterior. I had a ceramic fireplace ornament that I hot glued to an interior wall. A Christmas tree with presents and a toy

train were glued in place. A rug was made out of yarn glued to heavy paper. Various wooden craft items and tiny decorations were glued in place. Two flat stones made the doorstep. The sleigh was made out of popsicle sticks.

Install a battery-operated mini-light set in the ceiling of the cabin.

Blythe Kneeshaw writes from Carberry, Man.

Make a Budget Birdfeeder

By Fern Reimer Freelance contributor

I

like to feed the birds but have a not-so-large budget. I keep the consumption of birdseed down by placing a feeder near the window. Only the chickadees dare to sit on the other side of the glass across from two pairs of eyes — mine and the cat’s.

I made a simple feeder out of a plastic juice jar. This was chosen

over a pop bottle as the wider mouth allows for easier filling with a funnel that is made from the top of a pop bottle. Because the juice jar is transparent, I can see when it needs refilling, and the cap screws on well to keep the elements out.

In order to secure it to the wooden base, I drilled holes in both the sides and bottom of the jar as well as the platform base. Wire is used to tie the jar down and the base sits over a pipe that is held upright by an old

TV antenna brace from a roof. The three legs act as a tripod and raise the feeder to window height. The feeder was placed 1-1/2 feet from the window. This not only keeps the jays away, (which can be voracious feeders), but any greater distance away may create a tendency for the birds to mistake the window for sky, try to fly through, and hit the window with potentially fatal speed.

Fern Reimer writes from Teulon, Man.

PHOTO: FERN REIMER

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WEATHER VANE

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No major storm systems expected Issued: Monday, December 3, 2012 · Covering: December 5 – December 12, 2012 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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s I pointed out last week, the weather models have been having a heck of a time determining the track and intensity of storm systems. This was once again evident early this week as the West Coast low finally moved inland. Initially it looked like this low would take the usual southerly route, bringing only light snow to our region. Instead, it took a much more northerly route, bringing freezing rain and showers to southern regions, and heavy snow to more northerly areas.

It looks as though this pattern of uncertainty will cont i n u e d u r i n g t h is forecast period. There don’t appear to be any large storm systems that will affect our region, but there are few nearby systems that may bring us a little light snow.

The first of these systems will travel across northern Manitoba on Wednesday or T h u r s d a y. Te m p e r a t u r e s

ahead of this system will be fairly mild, with highs expected to be near the 0 C mark. As this low moves by, a cold front will drop southward, bringing with it some flurries or light snow along with colder temperatures. By Friday, high temperatures will only be around -15 C, with overnight lows expected to be around -20 to -25 C. Temperatures look to moderate late in the weekend and into the early par t of next week as a weak area of low pressure develops to our southwest. Once again we’ll likely only see a little light snow from this system, as it’s forecast to remain south of our region. As it slides by, arctic high pressure will build in during the middle of next week, bringing a return to cool, yet seasonable temperatures.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, -16 to -2 C; lows, -27 to -10 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

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

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) November 1, 2012 to November 29, 2012

< 40% 40 - 60% 60 - 85% 85 - 115% 115 - 150% 150 - 200% > 200% 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: 11/30/12 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that has fallen across the Prairies since Nov. 1 as a percentage of the longterm average. A large portion of Manitoba has seen near- to above-average precipitation, with an area near the Saskatchewan border receiving well-above-average amounts. The only dry area was the extreme south-central region.

Below-average temperatures to continue?

Winter storm tracks appear to have been moving north in recent years

By Daniel Bezte co-operator contributor

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ell, another month has come and gone and we are slowly sliding into the depths of winter. As always, the big question is whether this will finally be the old-fashioned winter everyone is expecting — or have those years come and gone?

What I mean by that is not that we’ll never see cold winter weather ever again, but the more I look at the weather we’ve seen this past five to 10 winters, the more these winters are reminding me of the type of weather North Dakota would expect.

Stor m tracks seem to be farther north than what is typically expected, and as a result, we are seeing warmer air and more melting going on during the winter. I am going to dig deeper into this to see if it is simply observational bias — or are we actually seeing more melting days during the winter? Hopefully I’ll have this ready for you in a week or two.

For this issue, it’s time for us to do our usual look back

November averages High

-10.0 C

Low

-19.0 C

Mean

-14.5 C

Precipitation

18 mm

at last month’s weather, then look ahead to see what the medium- and long-range f o re c a s t s p re d i c t f o r t h e remainder of this month.

November started off fairly mild, with high temperatures around the 5 C mark and overnight lows dropping only a few degrees below 0. Everything changed around Nov. 10, when a strong Colorado low moved in, bringing fairly heavy snow to south-central and northern regions. Temperatures didn’t crash after this storm, but they did cool down, with highs dropping to around -5 C and overnight lows bottoming out around -15 C. Te m p e r a t u r e s d u r i n g the middle of the month rebounded with highs once again breaking the 0 C mark for several days in a row. In fact, if it wasn’t for the fairly d e e p s n ow c ov e r ov e r a

large portion of western and south-central Manitoba, we probably would have seen record-high temperatures during this period. The warm weather melted and compacted the snowpack, greatly reducing the snow depth. As the month drew to a close, temperatures plunged, with overnight lows dropping to the -25 C mark over southern regions, with some -30 C temperatures recorded farther north. In fact, over nor ther n Manitoba some locations broke record-low temperatures, with the mercury dropping as low as -40 C. Most of the monthly precipitation came from two major storm systems. The first was the Colorado low that brought around five millimetres of precipitation to southeastern regions and over 40 mm to northwestern areas. A second storm system brought mostly snow to a large portion of southern Manitoba late in the month, with a number of locations seeing between 10 and 20 cm of snow.

When it was all added up, November 2012 temperatures

came in a little below average, with a mean monthly temperature about 0.7 C below the long-term average. Precipitation was above average for the month, with the Winnipeg region reporting close to 50 mm of precipitation — nearly double the average amount. Farther west, Brandon recorded about 40 mm — nearly double its long-term average.

Who called it?

Looking back at the November predictions, it appears both the Canadian Farme r s’ Al m a n a c a n d m y s e l f here at the Co-operator correctly predicted the nearto slightly-below-average temperatures, along with above-average amounts of precipitation.

Now, w h a t’s a h e a d f o r De c e m b e r ? On c e a g a i n I have the advantage, since I’m writing this on Dec. 2.

That said, here are the forecasts: According to Environm e n t Ca n a d a , De c e m b e r will see near-average temperatures over most of agricultural Manitoba, with eastern regions seeing the best chance of above-average

temperatures. EC also calls for above-average amounts of precipitation, which could mean a fairly snowy month!

O v e r a t t h e Ol d Fa r m er’s Almanac, they call for a mild start to the month, w i t h f r i g i d t e m p e ra t u re s by the end of the month, resulting in temperatures notably below average.

Along with cold temperatures they also call for above-average amounts of snow. The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac seems to call for near- to slightly belowaverage temperatures, as it mentions fair and then very cold a few times. It also mentions heavy snow early and late in the month, so to me that means above-average amounts of precipitation.

Finally, here at the Cooperator, I am calling for near- to even slightly aboveaverage temperatures, as the first-half of the month looks fairly mild. Precipitation is always difficult, especially in the winter, but my gut says we’ll see the main storm path stay farther north than usual during December, resulting in above-average amounts of snow.

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Preston put to work on TB file

KEEPING THE FARMYARD SAFE

It took co-operation from two levels of government

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he Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) is applauding the appointment of Dr. Allan Preston, the province’s former chief veterinarian and assistant deputy minister, as co-ordinator of the TB eradication effort in areas around Riding Mountain National Park.

“MBP has long called for the appointment of a TB co-ordinator and we are pleased that governments have made our request a priority,” said Ray Armbruster, MBP president.

Fe d e r a l A g r i c u l t u re Minister Gerry Ritz, Ron Kostyshyn, minister of agr iculture, food and rural initiatives, Gord Mackintosh, minister of conservation and water stewardship; and Peter Kent, minister of the environment had a hand in making it happen.

“Agreements between two levels of government, four ministers and five departments are not often easy to reach,” noted Armbruster. “Ministers have taken this important, coordinated step towards the eradication of bovine TB in the RMEA because they recognize the impact the disease is having on both cattle herds and wildlife.”

MBP would especially like to thank Minister Ritz for his work in spearheading the effort to introduce this important new role.

“Dr. Preston brings a tremendous amount of industry knowledge and expertise to this position and we look forward to working with him,” said Armbruster.

Beef producers continue to participate in bovine tuberculosis testing while carrying out best management practices to limit interactions between wildlife and their cattle in order to keep their herds disease free. Testing and mitigation efforts inflict considerable costs on producers. MBP will continue to work with governments and other stakeholders on efforts to eradicate bovine tuberculosis from the RMEA.

Our good friend and companion Sheba watching over the farm on a beautiful November day at the Bennie place last week.

PHOTO: SHARLENE BENNIE

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Some cattle need more feed to produce the same amount of beef. New technology could help producers weed them out of their breeding stock. photo: barb alston

When it comes to cattle, cool is the new hot Infrared thermography shows promise for selecting more efficient cattle by weeding out “hot” cattle that consume more feed than cooler ones

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / brandon

W

hat if there was a handy gadget that you could point at a cow or replacement heifer and instantly know if the animal was an easy keeper or a drain on your ranch’s resources?

Well, in a couple of years, you might just have it.

The latest research into residual feed intake (RFI) has found a cow’s core body temperature is one of the best indicators of metabolic efficiency, and that it can be quickly measured with 80 per cent accuracy by pointing an infrared thermography camera at the eye and cheek area.

“This is brand new technology — it needs to be tested more, but it sure looks good,” said John Basarab, a senior research scientist with Alberta Agriculture.

Research into RFI has shown that even though two animals virtually identical in terms of outward physical characteristics such as age, weight and conformation, one may require more feed for gain and maintenance, Basarab told attendees at a recent ranchers’ forum hosted by the Manitoba Forage Council.

It appears some cattle produce

more body heat, which is radiated out into the atmosphere, benefiting nobody, he said.

At the University of Manitoba, Basarab and other researchers placed an infrared camera at a water trough where it could quickly measure the core body temperature of 20 cows previously ranked for feed efficiency using the traditional automated feed tub measurements as they came up to drink.

The more efficient, low-RFI cattle had a cooler infrared reading, while high-RFI cattle were “hotter.” The cattle that were determined to be more efficient by infrared screening consumed 0.9 kg of dry matter per day less on average.

“That’s huge,” said Basarab. “And that’s just us fiddling around with a camera.”

A patent is pending on the technology, and Basarab said it may be available commercially in two to five years. It’s likely to be used to identify high-heat-producing cows and replacement heifers, while the traditional method of using computerized GrowSafe feed bunks would still be used to determine the feed efficiency of bulls.

Because it is an inheritable trait, an accurate assessment of RFI for sires is

Researcher John Basarab explains how selecting for residual feed intake (RFI) could improve overall bottom lines for the cattle industry. photo: Daniel Winters

of great value due to the large potential amount of offspring. For an individual cow or replacement heifer, not so much, he added.

After weeding out poor performers and open cows, a “bottom cull” of inefficient, high-heat producers could be used to improve RFI in the overall cow herd once an accurate infrared measuring tool is available.

More efficient cows tend to be less “fidgety,” which seems to indicate that they are better able to cope with stress, and research shows that they

offer a better calf survival rate as well as reduced methane emissions from rumen processes.

The only apparent downside to selecting more efficient cattle can be found in meat tenderness, Basarab added, with mechanical measuring devices detecting a slight increase in toughness. However, that difference is so slight that it is likely to be imperceptible to knife-and-fork-wielding humans. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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COLUMN

Revised welfare codes of practice on the way Balancing assorted views has meant a delay in report expected last July Bernie Peet Peet on Pigs

H

ow do you get a group of hog producers, industry representatives, researchers and people from humane societies to agree on standards for pig welfare? As you might expect, the process involves reviewing a lot of scientific information, considerable deliberation and compromise between groups with different views.

It is hardly surprising then, that the revision of the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs, which should have been released in July this year, is taking far more time than anticipated.

At the recent Saskatchewan Pork Symposium, Dr. Harold Gonyou, chair of the Pig Code Scientists Committee, and Florian Possberg, chair of the Pig Code Development Committee, updated delegates on the changes that are likely and the implications for producers.

The existing codes, published in 1993, are now long overdue for a major revision, not least because The National Farmed Animal Care Council is mandated to update them every 10 years.

“The current codes are voluntary and are intended to provide education and information,” Gonyou said. “However, they have gradually become adopted as the basis for legal action and their requirements have been incorporated into the Animal Care Assessment (ACA) component of the CQA program.”

Gonyou said the expectations of the new codes will be higher than the existing ones. “They will include definitions of basic requirements that will use the word ‘must,’ in addition to recommendations for a higher level of care, which use the word ‘should.’”

Gonyou expects that the codes will continue to be used as part of the CQA program and that Canadian packers will require their suppliers to be ACA certified. He said consumer interest in animal welfare has increased dramatically since the previous codes were published and that there is now a need to provide reassurance to consumers that pigs are raised to acceptable standards.

“Essentially, compliance with the codes and ACA certification will be a license to farm,” he said.

Priority areas

The scientific committee identified six priority areas for review — controlling pain during procedures such as castration, tail docking, teeth clipping and detusking; methods of euthanasia, space allowances, sow housing, social management of sows and space allowances for sows.

“We reviewed each of these with reference to the three overlapping components of animal welfare,” Gonyou said. “First, we considered biological function, in other words, how a particular practice affects such things as growth rate or fertility. We also considered the pig’s affective state, which is based on the premise that animals should be housed and handled so as to minimize suffering and to be comfortable.

“Essentially, compliance with the codes and ACA certification will be a license to farm.”

DR. HAROLD GONYOU

Dr. Harold Gonyou told the recent Saskatchewan Swine Symposium that expectations of the new codes will be higher than the existing ones.

Finally, we considered natural living, which is the degree to which the pig’s environment accommodates its natural behaviour.”

The committee’s report made conclusions, but did not make recommendations. Final decisions on recommendations will be made by the code committee.

Possberg outlined the likely changes in the new codes, in particular the framework for the industry to move towards group sow housing for the majority of gestation.

“We are doing this because the public is demanding it; they can’t accept that sows spend their whole life in a crate,” he said. “We have to come up with a compromise and, although not everyone will be happy, what we are suggesting is a reasonable consensus.”

Possberg explained that the new codes will prescribe that no new stall housing be built after July 1, 2014 and that existing barns must be converted by July 1, 2024.

“There was a lot of pressure to make the change by 2017, but doing it by 2024 is a big enough challenge,” he added. Sows may be kept in stalls for the first 28 days of gestation, with an additional seven-day window after that to facilitate the management of grouping sows.

Larger stalls

In answer to a question, Dr. Gonyou commented that the sow stalls currently used are too small for many of today’s larger sows and are only suitable for gilts and second-parity sows. “A new requirement will be included in the codes, which relates the size of the stall to the size of the sow,” he said. “If older sows are going to be kept in stalls in early gestation, these stalls will have to be larger.”

With increasing public concern about procedures such as castration, there is pressure to eliminate it altogether as the EU is proposing, or make provision for the use of anesthetics and

analgesics to relieve pain during and after the procedure. The new codes will require this, but only for pigs over 14 days of age, which will have little impact on the industry. However, from July 1, 2019, castration of pigs at any age must be done with the use of an analgesic to control postprocedure pain.

There is evidence that when this is done, pig performance is better, so it is cost effective,” Possberg said.

Similarly, tail docking, when carried out on pigs over seven days of age, will require pain control to be used.

Possberg noted that the new codes were due to be released in July, but CPC asked for a delay due to current market conditions. “The committee needs more time to analyze the implications for producers,” he said.

There is no doubt that the proposals on sow housing will have the most financial impact on producers and will not be popular when the industry has been in a long-term squeeze for the last five years. However, a move by the industry itself to set the agenda and take action on the issue, rather than be forced to change by animal welfare groups or retailers, will be better for producers in the long term.

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

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National food strategy needs feds New trade agreements could make food sovereignty more difficult by curbing the ability of governments to enact buy-local policies

By Shannon VanRaes

“There’s problems for farmers, there’s the problem of dumping, there are problems trying to have progressive procurement policies at the local level.”

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he federal government is notably absent when citizens and organizations sit down to discuss food security issues, proponents of a national food strategy say.

“It’s kind of a question we end up asking ourselves frequently, ‘where is the federal government?’” said Diana Bronson, executive director of Food Secure Canada (FSC).

All major Canadian political parties had “food and farm strategies” in their platforms during the last federal election that included the concept of a national food policy, but Bronson said information on where that idea is today is hard to find.

“I just don’t have any information on what is going on inside the federal government,” she said.

Last April, FSC testified at a hearing held by the senate committee on agriculture and last week the organization appeared before the parliamentary finance committee to speak about similar issues.

“We again talked about the need for a national food policy, but also put forward a very concrete recommendation for something that can be done now, which is for the federal government to play its part in a national student nutrition strategy,” said Bronson.

DIANA BRONSON

Preventing buy-local

National Farmers Union president, Terry Boehm, speaks to delegates during a conference in Saskatoon. PHOTOS: SHANNON VANRAES

he said. “At least the concept is being expressed and in Europe certainly, and in Latin American countries, they do talk about food security and food sovereignty.”

However, those who pro-

NDP Agriculture Critic Malcolm Allen speaks to delegates during a conference of the National Farmers Union in Saskatoon.

mote buying local as a path to greater food security may s o o n b e u p a g a i n s t m o re obstacles if the Comprehensive European Trade Agreement (CETA) is enacted, said Boehm.

Buck stopped

So far that’s where the buck has stopped, she said, adding a national food policy was not part of discussions for Growing Forward 2.

Other interest groups, including the Conference Board of Canada and Canadian Federation of Agriculture, are also pushing for a national food strategy, but may have different goals in mind than FSC. “That is very much an industry-driven process,” said Bronson. “It’s not the kind of process we’d like to see going forward for a national food strategy, which should involve people and organizations concerned with hunger, health and other issues not so focused on industry prosperity and increasing export markets.”

O t h e r s a g re e, a n d h a v e floated the idea of a non-partisan parliamentary committee to examine possibilities around a national food strategy. “ We’re s t i l l p u r s u i n g a national food strategy as a cause, and as a major policy piece,” said Malcolm Allen, agriculture critic for the official opposition in Ottawa.

But he expressed concern over the number of agriculturerelated items the current Conservative government is putting to the finance committee. Agriculture is not just about industry, he said.

“We actively believe that when it comes to agriculture it really should come before the agriculture committee,” Allen said.

Terry Boehm, president of the National Farmers Union, said the importance of food sovereignty is making it on to international agendas, even if the federal government in Canada has been slow to react.

“Increasingly, internationally it’s being given lip service,”

The deal could prevent governments from enacting buy-local policies, as well as restrict farmers’ right to save seeds, he said.

Food Secure Canada also has concerns regarding the CETA, as well as the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

“Clearly there are problems in these emerging and very comprehensive trade agreements,” said Bronson. “There’s problems for farmers, there’s the problem of dumping, there are problems trying to have pro-

gressive procurement policies at the local level.”

Without the federal government at the table, it’s hard to discuss the issues to any effect, said Bronson, who holds hope for the possibility of a non-partisan look at the matter.

“I think we really need a forum where all the actors can sit around the table and bring different levels of expertise to it,” she said. “So we can devise a policy that really makes sense. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

Nov-28

Nov-27

Nov-27

Nov-27

Nov-28

Nov-26

Nov-29

Nov-30

No. on offer

2,360

1,275

448

2,127

3,694

662

2,150

1,160

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

107.00-114.00

900-1,000

n/a

90.00-112.00

n/a

115.00-129.00

116.00-128.00

n/a

n/a

110.00-120.00

800-900

129.00-138.00

125.00-132.00

120.00-131.25

120.00-131.50

121.00-131.00

n/a

120.00-133.00

115.00-133.00

700-800

131.00-144.50

120.00-135.25

124.00-134.50

128.00-140.25

126.00-137.00

130.00-140.00

127.00-138.00

120.00-137.00

600-700

130.00-151.50

130.00-142.50

128.00-140.00

138.00-147.00

130.00-147.00

137.00-148.00

135.00-157.00

125.00-146.00

500-600

140.00-169.50

140.00-162.00

140.00-160.00

145.00-170.00

138.00-158.00

146.00-157.00

145.00-164.00

130.00-158.00

400-500

150.00-170.00

145.00-183.25

155.00*-168.00

165.00-*178.50

155.00-175.00

155.00-178.00

155.00-182.00

145.00-170.00

300-400

n/a

150.00-186.00

165.00-175.00

175.00-190.00

170.00-188.00

170.00-194.00

150.00-190.00

150.00-180.00

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

100.00-115.00

108.00-115.00

n/a

n/a

107.00-123.00

800-900

n/a

110.00-115.75

100.00-111.00

110.00-120.00

110.00-121.00

n/a

n/a

110.00-124.00

700-800

118.00-128.50

109.00-120.00

110.00-120.00

115.00-123.50

115.00-123.00

n/a

n/a

115.00-128.50

600-700

118.00-135.50

110.00-130.00

114.00-125.50

120.00-129.00

118.00-127.00

120.00-132.00

120.00-129.00

120.00-136.00

500-600

112.00-147.00

120.00-140.00

125.00-139.00

125.00-138.75

120.00-137.00

128.00-140.50

123.00-139.00

120.00-136.00

400-500

125.00-153.00

130.00-154.00

138.00-155.00

135.00-150.00

130.00-148.00

132.00-154.00

130.00-150.00

125.00-145.00

300-400

125.00-142.00

130.00-157.00

140.00-155.00

140.00-155.00

n/a

140.00-161.00

130.00-143.00

130.00-155.00

Slaughter Market No. on offer

360

n/a

146

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

410

D1-D2 Cows

35.00-62.00

n/a

n/a

64.00-69.50

56.00-63.00

50.00-57.00

45.00-58.00

60.00-66.00

D3-D5 Cows

40.00 and up

40.00-70.00

46.00-50.00

55.00-63.00

51.00-56.00

40.00-48.00

35.00-48.00

54.00-58.00

Age Verified

60.00-68.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

62.00-68.00

56.00-63.00

55.00-65.00

n/a

Good Bulls

70.00-85.50

60.00-68.50

70.00-76.00

75.00-85.00

75.00-82.75

73.00-79.00

72.00-80.00

70.00-78.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

99.00-100.00

n/a

n/a

100.00-103.00

Butcher Steers Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

97.00-103.00

n/a

n/a

95.00-100.00

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

62.00-75.00

70.00-85.00

64.00-78.00

n/a

n/a

70.00-78.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

52.00-60.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

46.00-50.00

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

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

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

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

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AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

INTERNET ONLY AUCTION 

OPENING: Saturday, Dec. 1

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CLOSING: Tuesday, Dec. 11

AUCTION NOTE: This is a condensed listing. See complete list and photos online at www.iqbid.com or www.steffesautioneers.com.

OPENING: Dec. 1

CLOSING: Dec. 12

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: THIS IS A CONDENSED LISTING! PREVIEW: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM & Saturdays 8:00AM-2:00PM. LOADOUT: Friday, December 14 from 8:00AM-4:00PM Equipment located at multiple locations. Visit www.IQBID.com for details.

Birch River

Swan River Minitonas Durban

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Langruth

Minnedosa Neepawa

Gladstone

Rapid City

Reston Melita

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Brandon

Carberry

Elm Creek

Treherne

Killarney

Crystal City

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Pilot Mound

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin

Souris

Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Westman

Waskada

Interlake

Erickson

Hamiota

Virden

Arborg

Lundar Gimli

Shoal Lake

St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

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Red River

ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale 2 SETS OF LIGHT driving harness; 2 sets of general purpose leather harness; Scotch tops; Antique ivory spread rings; several horse collars; several leather halters; cutter tongue eaveners & neck yokes; a good selection of antique horse machinery. Phone:(204)242-2809.

ANTIQUES Antique Equipment

WORKING STEAM TRACTORS UNIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFTS Recapture The Golden Age Of Steam

liVe steam tractor D405 Quality made all metal. Brass boiler, forward, reverse, neutral control & working whistle (double acting brass cylinder & piston). Engine runs 15 mins per fueling supplied. 11"Lx 5 3/4"W x 7 1/4"H. Reg $449.95 SPECIAL! $299.96 + tax steam catalogue $6.95

shiPPing $16 • extra Fuel $6.95/Box - 5 Boxes For $24.95

YesterYear toYs & books Inc. DePt. BF • 16385 telePhone rD. s., Brighton, on k0k 1h0

4WD TRACTORS COMBINES/HEADS 1976 Versatile 900, 12 spd., 3 hyd., shows 2,276 2010 Cat Lexion 590R, 2WD, Field Tracker, hrs. chaff spreader, chopper, Ag Leader monitor 1980 Versatile 875, Cummins, 12 spd., CAH, 4 w/mapping, Cebus display, tailings monitor, HD hyd., shows 3,533 hrs., approx. 10,000 hrs. unloading auger, 28L26 fronts, 620/70R42 1978 Versatile 875, 855 Cummins, 12 spd. gear, duals, 483 sep., 717 engine hrs., S/N57900588 CAH, 4 hyd., 6,542 hrs., major overhaul 300 hrs. 2010 Cat Lexion 590R, 2WD, Field Tracker, Ag ago, S/N52835 Leader monitor w/mapping, Cebus display, Tailing monitor, chaff spreader, chopper, HD MFWD TRACTORS unloading auger, 28L26 fronts, 620/70R42 2004 Case-IH MXM175, 19 spd., 4 hyd., 3 pt., duals, 483 sep., 717 engine hrs., S/N57900586 PTO, 6,688 hrs.

PLUS: 1990 Gleaner R60; 1987 Case-IH 1680; 1994 NH 8970, 10 spd. powershift, Supersteer, Case-IH 1680; 1984 JD 8820; NH TR96, Terrain Mega Flow, 4 hyd., 3 pt., big 1000 PTO, with Tracer, RWA, reverser, electric rock trap, shows Farmhand XL1340 loader, joystick control, 2,938 sep. hrs.; (2) MacDon draper heads, D50 new 16.9R30 fronts, 18.4R46 rear duals, 8,515 & D60; (6) JD 630 & 930 flex heads; & others hrs., S/NB401578 CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT 1988 Case-IH 7110, 3 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, 2012 Farm King 1460 liquid side dresser, 11,000 hrs., S/NJJA0007045 24x22"/16x30", adj. width axle, 1,600 gal. tank, 2007 JD 5425, 12 forward/12 reverse, power 3" bottom fill, Raven rate control, 450 monitor, reverser, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540 PTO, CAH, w/542 quick tach loader, no bucket included, 1,493 hrs. Redball blockage monitor, 380/90R46 tires, Greenstar controller not included , S/N1460121 2010 JD 5095, MFWD, power reverser, w/563 2006 Fast 8120 liquid side dresser, 24x22" loader, 301 hours COMPACT TRACTOR & COLLECTORS 2011 LS J2030H compact tractor, 4WD, PS, hydro 2 range, Mitsubishi S3L2 diesel, 27 hp., 3 pt., rear 540 PTO, mid PTO 2000 rpm, with LL2100 loader, roll bar, 7 engine hrs., 23/8.5-12 fronts, 33/12-16.5 rears, new Fordson 2N, 3 pt., PTO, loader Case FC, dual narrow front, PTO, cast grill Massey Harris Pacemaker, wide frt, twin-power McCormick-Deering Farmall Regular, dual narrow front McCormick-Deering Farmall F12, narrow front HOE DRILL Flexi-Coil 5000 hoe drill, 45', 9" spacing, tow-behind 2320 tank, 7" loading auger TILLAGE EQUIPMENT 2013 Krause 8000-40 vertical tillage system, 40', New Wishek 742 tandem disc, 26', 10" spacing Summers diamond disc, 38', hyd. fold JD 1610 chisel plow, 39', w/Summers 3-bar hrw Summers Super Harrow Plus, 60', HD 9/16 tines, average 23" length, 5-bar harrow

HAY EQUIPMENT (2) 2011 NH 6750 mower conditioners, 9', 3 pt.

NH 1431 mower conditioner, 13.5', 2 pt.

2008 NH BR7070 round baler, Silage Special, twine/net wrap, 4x6 bale, 5,000 bales 2006 NH BR780A round baler, 5x6 bales, net Wrap or twin tie, Command plus monitor 1998 JD 566 round baler, hyd. pickup 2010 Rolin Manufacturing round bale accumulator, hyd. drive, mounts behind baler, 6 bale capacity Agway BF50003PH round bale feed processor, 3 pt.

SEMI TRACTORS 2001 IHC 8100 day cab, 310 hp, ISM Cummins 1998 FRT Century Class sleeper, 375 hp Detroit 1996 Volvo integral sleeper, D12, VT1414 trans.

PLUS Trimble/Case-IH RTK GPS system; (3) AgChem Terragators; ‘09 Brent Avalanche 1594 grain cart; Sugarbeet & Bean equipment; Heavy equip.; Planters; Skid Steers; Shop Equip.; Recreation & Vehicles; Construction items; Snow blowers & much, much more!

CONSIGN NOW FOR THE IQBID JANUARY AUCTION! Contact an IQBID Territory Manager Today:

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

For consignor information, terms, complete listing & photos visit www.IQBID.com

(6) TRACTORS 1997 Caterpillar CH75D, 10 spd. PS, 330 hp, 4 hyd., new 30" tracks, 6,143 hrs (2) 2012 Case-IH STX350, 4WD, 16F/2R spd PS, deluxe cab, cab susp., 6 hyd., power beyond & return, high capacity pump, 1000 PTO, heavy duty draw bar, diff lock, factory guidance ready, GPS antenna ready, cold weather pkg., front and rear HID lights, dual beacon light, 380/90R54 tires, 640 hrs, & 532 hrs.

2012 JD 9510R, deluxe cab, 18/6 PS, 5 hyd., 7" color touch display, integrated AutoTrac w/SF1, XM radio, Cat 5 draw bar, premium HID lights, weight pkg., 520/85R46 triples, 477 hrs.

2012 JD 9510R, deluxe cab, 18/6 PS, 5 hyd., 7" color touch display, integrated AutoTrac w/SF1, XM radio, Cat 5 draw bar, premium HID lights, weight pkg., 520/85R46 triples, 498 hrs.

1975 Case 1270, 2WD, 120 hp., PS, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 6,933 hrs.

COMBINES (2) 2011 Case-IH 9120, axial flow, deluxe cab, leather, AFX rotor, deluxe controls, contour feeder house, Y&M, RWD, auto guide ready, large color touch screen, fine cut chopper, rock trap, round bar concaves, long auger, self-leveling sieves, HID lights, 520/85R42 duals, 664 sep. hrs., 921 engine hrs. & 660 sep. hrs., 949 engine hrs.

2009 Case-IH 9120, axial flow, deluxe cab, leather, AFX rotor, deluxe controls, contour feeder house, Y&M, RWD, Pro 600 display with full integrated auto steer, ext. wear pkg., fine cut chopper, rock trap, small grain & round bar concaves, long auger, 620/70R42 duals, 620 sep. hrs., 865 engine hrs.

2010 Case-IH 8120, AFX rotor, deluxe cab, leather, deluxe controls, contour feeder house, Y&M, RWD, ext. wear pkg., auto fold hopper, fine cut chopper, rock trap, HID lights, ext. length unload auger, straddle duals, 720 sep. hrs., 1,102 engine hrs.

2000 Case-IH 2388, axial flow, specialty rotor, AHH, fore/aft, deluxe cab, AFS Y&M, chopper, rock trap, rotor discharge, long unloading auger, small wire concaves, slotted grates, 2,305 sep. hrs., 3,019 engine hrs.

1999 Case-IH 2388, axial flow, specialty grain rotor, edible beans, AHH, RS, fore/aft, deluxe cab, AFS Y&M w/display, chopper, small wire concave & slotted, rotor discharge, 30.5L-32 tires, 2,209 sep. hrs., 2,957 engine hrs.

1998 Case-IH 2388, axial flow, 280 hp, AHH, RS, fore/aft, deluxe cab, Ag Leader Y&M, monitor, chopper, rotor discharge, long unloading auger, large wire concaves, 30.5-32 singles, 2,217 sep. hrs., 3,045 engine hrs.

1994 Case-IH 1688, 3,599 sep. hrs., 5,023 engine hrs.

1992 Case-IH 1680, RWD, Specialty rotor, 3,932 hrs.

2007 JD 9760, STS, Bullet rotor, Contourmaster, 1,653 sep. hrs., 2,285 engine hrs.

2007 JD 9760, STS, Bullet rotor, Contourmaster, deluxe cab, deluxe controls, variable spd., Greenstar Y&M, 1,694 sep. hrs., 2,376 engine hrs.

2004 JD 9760, STS, 4WD w/rear 2 spd., AHH, 2,344 sep. hrs., 3,183 engine hrs.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Estate & Moving Sat., Dec. 15th 10:30am Stonewall. #12 Patterson Dr. Large AUCTION Yard; Tools; Household; Antiques; Modern Coke Collection; 400 Plus Die Cast Collection. Growing List on Web. Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

AUTO & TRANSPORT AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto Service & Repairs

Earn Profit from our experience. Make a PrePay program deposit to your CPS account and earn 5% toward crop input purchases.

Ask at your local CPS retail store.

DOES YOUR POWERSTROKE NEED help? Does it run rough? Lose coolant? Hard start? We have scanners & equipment to repair your diesel. Specializing in the 7.3L & 6.0L Powerstroke. We repair anything from injectors to head gaskets to turbos to transmissions to brakes. We can supply reasonably priced injectors & high performance turbos. Give us a call to get your Superduty running smooth. Friesen Tractor, Riding Mountain (204)476-0791.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto & Truck Parts

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FLEX DRAPER & DRAPER HEADS (3) 2012 Case-IH 2162 flex draper, 40', finger reel, double knife drive, for AFX, transport 2011 Case-IH FD70 flex draper, 45', transport, air system not included (3) JD 936D draper heads, 36', fore/aft, finger reel, one w/bat reel, w/trailers or transports Plus MacDon 974 36’ flex draper; MacDon 1052 30’ draper & MacDon 960 25’ draper SPRAYERS 2007 Hardi Commander 6600, 132' boom, 1,800 gal. tank, 1000 PTO, HC5500 rate controller, medium flow meter, external cleaning system, triple nozzle body w/inject set, 7-section electric boom control, suspended adj. axle, steerable hitch, 380/105R50 duals, S/N66-0034 2002 Summers Super Sprayer, 90' boom, 1,000 gal. tank, 200 gal. rinse, mix and fill, 14.9R46 singles, wind screens, Raven 450 monitor, S/N94744 1997 Hardi Navigator 1000, 90' boom, 1,000 gal. tank, hyd. pump, foam markers, wash tank, triple nozzle, S/N4132 AIR DRILLS 1996 Case-IH ATX4710, 47', 10" spacing, LD shanks & harrow leveling, radial packer tires, 3400 air cart w/diesel drive, S/NCKB00014048/CKB0013014 Case-IH ATX4710, 47', 10" spacing, single shoot, radial packer tires, harrows, LD sweeps, 3400 cart, 340 bu. w/hyd. drive, S/NCKB0013100 1998 Case-IH 4006 air drill, 40' double disc openers, 6" spacing, 2300 cart, 230 bu., hyd. drive cart, S/NCKB0015008, cart S/N11440 Case-IH 4006 air drill, 40', double disc openers, 6" spacing, tow-behind 2300 commodity cart, 230 bu., cart S/NCKB011852, drill S/NCKB0015028 1996 Concord 4010, radial packer tires, disc levelers, tow-between 2400 tank, S/NCKB0014022 Concord 3310 air drill, 33', 10" spacing, diesel drive, 2300 commodity cart, S/NATD1184 Concord 3310 air drill, disc levelers, edge on shank, 2300 cart, fill auger, hyd. drive, radial tires, tractor lug tires, S/NCKB0019011 1997 Flexi-Coil 5700 hoe drill, 57', tow-behind 2320 tank, sweeps, rubber press, tank S/NT078197, drill S/NTO75494 JD 730/787 air disc drill, 32' OTHER EQUIPMENT 2008 Case-IH 6-bat finger reel, 30', for Case-IH 2020 heads Case-IH 6-bat finger reel, 35', for Case-IH 2020 heads Case-IH RWD off 80-88 Series combine 

Brian or Chris (701) 352-3600 (218) 779-6865

IQBID is a division of Steffes Auctioneers Inc. 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND

(701) 237-9173

See complete listing & photos online at www.IQBID.com

BUSINESS SERVICES

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS

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

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 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!

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BUILDINGS

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

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BUILDINGS

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

AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks BUCKET TRUCK 32-FT Sale- Trade, good working order. (204)726-1760.

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(7) FLEX HEADS 2011 Case-IH 3020 flex head, 30', full finger auger, finger, for AFX combine Plus Case-IH 1020’s JD 635F & JD 930F

For additional info contact IQBID Territory Mgr. Dave Krostue

IQBID is a division of Steffes Auctioneers 2000 Main Avenue E., West Fargo ND (701) 237-9173 Scott Steffes ND81 www.steffesauctioneers.com We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Cooperator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help.

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COMBINES CONTINUED 2002 JD 9650, STS, Contourmaster, fore/aft, variable spd., Greenstar Y&M w/display, Custom Cutter pkg., 3,142 sep. hrs., 4,456 engine hrs.

1997 JD 9600, DAS, DAM, fore/aft, 3,200 sep. hrs., 4,600 engine hrs.

1991 JD 9600, DAS, DAM, fore/aft, HarvestTrac

FOR SALE: 1975 GMC 6500 truck 8x16 box & hoist, 5x2 trans, 10-20 tires, new safety, $6,300 OBO; 1993 F250 7.3 engine, automatic trans, extended cab, bucket seats, $2,600 OBO. Phone (204)745-2784.

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LOCATION: RDO Equipment, 2900 Main Ave SE, Moorhead, MN. AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: No small items, please be on time. Live online bidding available.

Registration, terms, & details at www.steffesauctioneers.com

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TRACK & 4WD TRACTORS 1998 JD 8100T, CAH, powershift, 4 hyd., return flow, 3 pt., PTO, AutoTrac ready, front weights, 16” belts set at 88”, on 22” rows, 7,066 hrs., S/NRW8100T902028 2010 JD 9630, SGB w/HTAR Deluxe, powershift, 4 hyd., 78 gpm w/5th hyd., no PTO or 3 pt., AutoTrac ready, True ground speed radar, diff lock, Field Vision xenon lights, front weights, rear wheel weights, 520/85R46 factory triples, 905 hrs., S/N1RW9630PPAP018810 2010 JD 9630, SGB w/HTAR deluxe, deluxe comfort pkg., buddy seat, 18F/6R powershift, high flow hyd. system, category 5 drawbar, AutoTrac ready, Plug-N-Play, front/rear power diff lock, premier lighting pkg., Field Vision xenon rear lights, rotary beacon light, weights, (4) cast 800/70R38, (4) steel 800/70R38, 2,115 hrs., S/N1RW9630PVAP018506 2010 JD 9630, 4WD, powershift, deluxe cab, active seat, 4 hyd., 78 gpm pump w/5th valve, Greenstar AutoTrac ready, True ground speed radar, diff lock, Field Vision xenon lights, front weights, rear wheel weights, 520/85R46 band triples, 1,063 hrs., S/N1RW9630PJAP018776 2009 Case-IH 535, 4WD, luxury cab, leather seat, leather buddy seat, AutoTrac ready, Ag Leader display, powershift, 4 hyd., diff lock, 800/70R38 factory hub duals, full weights, rear wheel weights, 2,019 hrs., S/NZ8F111610 2009 NH TV6070 bi-directional, CAH, deluxe cab, hydro, 5 hyd., front & rear 3 pt.&PTO, diff lock, rear fenders, rear wheel weights, 84LB loader, (2) 100” buckets, one w/4-tine grapple,3,441hrs.

2007 JD 9630, 4WD, powershift, SGB w/HTAR deluxe, 4 hyd., no PTO or 3 pt., AutoTrac ready, GreenStar ready, diff lock, True ground speed radar, Field Vision xenon lights, front weights, rear wheel weights, 800/70R38 duals, 2,193 hrs., S/NRW9630P001228 2005 JD 9520, 4WD, powershift, deluxe cab, 4 hyd., return flow, Greenstar AutoTrac ready, diff lock, 800/70R38 factory hub duals, 2,599 hrs., S/NRW9520P030060 2004 Buhler 2425, 4WD, CAH, 12 spd., 4 hyd., 710/70R38 band duals, 2,086 hrs., S/ND300965 2002 JD 9220, 4WD, powershift, deluxe cab, 4 hyd., return flow, AutoTrac ready, 480/80R46 duals, 4,180 hrs., S/NRW9220P001007 1995 Ford 9030 bi-directional, CAH, hydro, 5 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, front 3 pt., 420/85R28's, 7414 loader, 8' bucket w/4-tine grapple, 10,909 hrs., S/ND201158 1992 Case 9280, CAH, 12 spd., 4 hyd., return flow, Outback Edrive auto steer, 24.5-32 duals, 5,687 hrs., engine rebuilt 2011, trans. rebuilt 2010, S/NJCB0029226

TRACK & 4WD TRACTORS CONT. 1990 Versatile 946, Designation 6, CAH, 12 spd., 4 hyd., 650/65R42 Michelin band duals, no PTO or 3 pt., 7,447 hrs., approx. 3,000 hrs. on complete engine OH, 250 hrs. on new turbo & head, S/N0450994 1978 Versatile 835, cab, 12 spd., 4 hyd., no PTO or 3 pt., 18.4-38 duals, 6,125 hrs., S/N033060 MFWD & 2WD TRACTORS 2010 JD 8345R, MFWD, ILS, IVT, active seat, AutoTrac ready, 4 hyd., return flow, 60 gpm pump, 3 pt. quick hitch, 540/1000 PTO, True ground speed radar, Field Vision Xenon HID lights, front weights, 380/90R54 factory hub duals, 380/80R38 front duals, 1,686 hrs., S/N1RW8345RCAD004893 2010 JD 8295R, MFWD, ILS, IVT, deluxe cab, 4 hyd., return flow, 60 gpm pump, 3 pt. quick hitch, 1000 PTO, AutoTrac ready, diff lock, Field Vision Xenon HID light pkg., 380/90R54 duals, 380/80R38 front duals, 1,512 hrs., S/N1RW8295RKAD013372 2009 JD 8230, MFWD, 16F/4R deluxe powershift, 60 gpm hyd. pump, 3 pt. quick hitch, 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., quick tach weight support w/12 weights, (2) 1,400 lb. inside wheel weights, 118.5" rear axle, 480/80R50 rear duals, 380/80R38 fronts, 2,730 hrs., S/NRW8230P043377 2006 Case-IH MXU135, MFWD, CAH, 16/4 powershift, left hand reverser, 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 540/1000 PTO, diff lock, front weights, 480/80R42 singles, 380/85R30, LX156 loader, 8' bucket w/4-tine grapple, joystick control 2,064 hrs., S/NAPC266900 1980 Case 2390, CAH, 2WD, powershift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 20.8-38 duals, 7,992 hrs., S/N9901032 SELF-PROPELLED SPRAYERS 2009 JD 4930 self-propelled sprayer, 120', 1,200 gal. SS tank, AutoTrac ready, electronic control, chemical eductor, foam marker, hyd. tread adjust, traction control, auto air spring level, fenders, 380/105R50 tires, 773 hrs., S/NN04930X006354 2008 JD 4930 self-propelled sprayer, 120', 1,200 gal. SS tank, AutoTrac ready, electronic control, chemical eductor, foam marker, hyd. tread adjust, traction control, 5-sensor boom leveler, fenders, 380/105R50 tires, 1,252 hrs., S/NN04930X004329 JD COMBINES 2009 JD 9870, STS, Contourmaster, deluxe cab, AHH, DAS, extended wear separator, small wire concave, high cap. unload, high cap. cyl lift, fine cut chopper, HD rear spindles w/28L-26 steering tires, 20.8R42 duals, 1,575 hrs., S/NH09870S730151 2008 JD 9870, STS, Contourmaster, corn/bean, aftermarket RWA, Touch set, reverser, Greenstar Y&M less display, AutoTrac ready, small wire &

JD COMBINES CONTINUED round bar concaves, Big Top hopper extension, fine cut chopper, high capacity unload, 22.5' unload auger, 20.8-42 duals, 28L-26 steering tires, 2,184 hrs., S/NH09870S725296 2007 JD 9760, STS, Contourmaster, corn/bean, AHH, DAM, DAS, fore/aft, rock trap, Greenstar Y&M less display, small wire & round bar concaves, fine cut chopper, 20' unload auger, 20.8-42 duals, 18.4-26 steering tires, 1,946 hrs., S/NH09760S720905 2007 JD 9760, STS, Contourmaster, deluxe header height control, Touchset, variable speed reverser, high cap unload, Greenstar Y&M less display, HD final drive, fine cut chopper, 22.5' unload auger, 20.8-38 duals, 28Lx38 steering tires, 3,222 hrs., S/NH09760S720648 2005 JD 9760, STS, Contourmaster, corn/bean, deluxe header height control, rock trap, variable speed, reverser, high cap unload, Greenstar Y&M less display, grain loss monitor, HD final drive, deep tooth chaffer, fine cut chopper, bin extension, 22.5' unload auger, 20.8-42 duals, 3,090 hrs., S/NH09760S710835 2004 JD 9760, STS, Contourmaster, corn/bean, AHH, DAM, DAS, fore/aft, rock trap, variable speed reverser, Greenstar Y&M less display, grain loss monitor, fine cut chopper, HD final drive, 20.8-42 duals, 18.4-26 steering tires, 2,784 hrs., S/NH09760S707302 2003 JD 9650, STS, level land, corn/ bean, deluxe header height control, variable speed, reverser, Greenstar Y&M w/display, fine cut chopper, 20' unload auger, 18.4-42 duals, 18.4-26 steering tires, 2,292 hrs., S/NH09650S700675 2003 JD 9650, STS, deluxe header height control, rock trap, round bar concave, Greenstar Y&M less display, fine cut chopper, 20' unload auger, 20.8-42 duals, 2,863 hrs. , S/NH09650S701655 2003 JD 9650, Walker, Contourmaster, deluxe header height control, rock trap, variable speed, reverser, rasp bar cylinder, HD final drive, Greenstar Y&M w/display, fine cut chopper, 20' unload auger, 800/65R32 tires, 4,023 hrs.

S/NH09650W700388 2002 JD 9650, STS, level land, corn/ bean, deluxe header height control, DAM, DAS, fore/aft, variable speed, reverser, rock trap, Greenstar Y&M less display, fine cut chopper, 18.4-42 duals, 18.4-26 steering tires, 2,700 hrs., S/NH09650S695969 2002 JD 9650, STS, Contourmaster, corn/bean, deluxe header height control, variable speed, reverser, round bar concave, Greenstar Y&M less display, fine cut chopper, 20' unload auger, 20.8-42 duals, 18.4-26 steering tires, 3,177 hrs., S/NH09650S696492 2002 JD 9750, STS, level land, corn/ bean, AHH, DAM, DAS, fore/aft, rock

JD COMBINES CONTINUED trap, Y&M w/display, HD final drive, chopper, 22.5' unload auger, 800/65R32 tires, 3,736 hrs., S/NH09750S695670 2001 JD 9750, STS, Contourmaster, corn/bean, AHH, DAS, fore/aft, rock trap, variable speed, reverser, small wire & round bar concaves, Greenstar Y&M w/display, HD final drive, fine cut chopper, 22.5' unload auger, bin extension, 20.8-38 duals, 18.4-26 steering tires, 3,715 hrs., S/NH09750S691176 2001 JD 9650, Walker, level land, corn/ bean, deluxe header height control, DAS, rock trap, variable speed, reverser, Greenstar Y&M less display, straw chopper, Vittetoe chaff spreader, 20' unload auger, 800/65R32 tires, 2,109 sep. hrs., 2,815 engine hrs., S/NH09650W690906 2000 JD 9650, Walker, Countourmaster, corn/bean, RWA, deluxe header height control, rock trap, variable speed, reverser, dual range cylinder, 2 spd. straw chopper, bin extension, 20' unload auger, 30.5-32 tires, 18.4-26 steering tires, 3,353 hrs., S/NH09650W686102 1999 JD 9610, Level Land, corn/ soybean, hydro, DAM, DAS, fore/aft, variable speed, reverser, dual range cylinder, 20' unload auger, 20.8-42 duals, 3,583 hrs., S/NH09610X681786 1999 JD 9610, Level Land, hydro, DAM, DAS, fore/aft, reverser, Greenstar Y&M less display, chaff spreader, 20' unload auger, 30.5-32 tires, 16.9-26 rears, 4,659 hrs., S/NH09610X681970 1996 JD 9600, AHH, DAS, DAM, variable speed, reverser, 2 spd. straw chopper, 20' unload auger, 30.5-32 tires, 3,226 hrs., S/NH09600X665835 1996 JD 9600, corn/soybean, DAS, DAM, fore/aft, reverser, rock trap, grain loss monitor, rasp bar cylinder, perforated unloading, 20' unload auger, 30.5-32 tires, 3,987 hrs., S/NH09600X666307 1996 JD 9600, corn/soybean, DAS, DAM, fore/aft, rock trap, variable speed, reverser, rasp bar cylinder, Y&M less display, grain loss monitor, 20' unload auger, 20.8-38 tires, 4,797 hrs., S/NH09600X667403 1996 JD 9600, Contourmaster, RWA, AHH, DAS, DAM, fore/aft, rock trap, variable speed, reverser, rasp bar cylinder, Greenstar Y&M w/ display, 2 spd straw chopper, perforated unloading, 20' unload auger, 18.4-38 duals, 18.4-26 steering tires, 5,851 hrs., S/NH09600X667064 1979 JD 8820, RWA, CAH, straw chopper, 30.5-32 tires, 16.9-26 steering tires, 1,563 hrs. , S/N364492 1982 JD 8820, corn/soybean, hydro, rock trap, variable speed, reverser, rasp bar cylinder, straw chopper, 17' unload auger, 30.5-32 tires, 4,500 hrs., S/N14172

AUCTIONEERS AND CLERK

Steffes Auctioneers Inc., 2000 Main Ave East, West Fargo ND (701) 237-9173 Scott Steffes ND81, Brad Olstad ND319 www.steffesauctioneers.com

TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed.

MN Sales Tax laws apply.

CAT & AGCO COMBINES 2008 Cat 595R, lateral tilt, corn/ soybean, RWA, factory front tracks, AHH, DAS, DAM, fore/aft, reverser, 2 spd. chopper, specialty rotor, Y&M w/ display, grain loss monitor, high cap acity unload, hopper extensions, 1,427 hrs., S/NC0100S95E57900352 2000 Agco R72, AHH, DAS, fore/aft, grain loss monitor, chaff spreader, 30.5-32 tires, 2,418 hrs., S/NR72-MJ72112 GRAIN CART 2007 Unverferth 1084, grain cart, 1,000 bu., 22" unload auger, roll tarp, 1000 PTO w/slip clutch, 520 straddle duals, S/NB23070109 AIR DRILLS Case SDX40 air disc drill, 40', 7-1/2" spacing, 3-section fold, tow-between 2-compartment tank, primary blockage monitor, display, 6" auger, 5 degree, closing wheels, high flotation tires, S/NCBJ0017018 Case 3310 air hoe drill, C-shank, 10" spacing, 3-section fold, tow-between 2-compartment tank, primary blockage monitor, display, 3-section harrow, S/N0018272 1998 JD 1850 air drill, 42', 7-1/2" spacing, 3-section fold, tow between 270 bu. 2-compartment tank, all run blockage monitor, no display, 8" auger, 28L-26 singles, S/NA01850X671839 PLANTERS White Farm Equipment 6182 planter, 12x30", hyd. wing fold, TruVee openers, mechanical, markers, corn, S/N608724 Kinze 2600 planter, 12x30", finger pickup, TruVee openers, 1.9 bu., mechanical, markers, corn/soybean, S/N613623 SKID STEER LOADERS 2009 NH C185 skid steer loader, cab, A/C, 2 spd., aux hyd., 1,115 hrs., S/NM8M400442 2006 Cat 277B skid steer track loader, cab w/heat, 2 spd., high flow, 5,087 hrs., S/NCAT0277BLMDH03150 2000 Bobcat 864 skid steer track loader, cab, A/C, 4,677 hrs., S/N518913024 1998 Bobcat 863 skid steer loader, cab w/heat, foot controls, high flow, 4,462 hrs., S/N514417551 1998 Bobcat 773 skid steer loader, ROPS, foot controls, 6,421 hrs., S/N509645020 1996 Case 1835C skid steer loader, ROPS, hand controls, 2,897 hrs., S/NJAF01833107 WHEEL LOADER & MINI EXCAVATOR 1974 Michigan 45C wheel loader, cab w/heat, aux. hyd., 2 yd. bucket w/ grapple, 15.5-25 tires, 5,472 hrs., S/N459A117CB 2003 Vermeer CX224 mini excavator, ROPS, rubber tracks, medium arm, standard coupler, standard thumb, blade, 1,690 hrs., S/N1VRY100P233000128

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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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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YEAR END SALE AT WHOLESALE PRICES: JD 930 Flex w/Crary air reel,$10,900; 930 Flex w/new Crary air reel, $16,750; 06 635 Hydraflex, $18,840.

Also have new 30-ft pole header trailer w/lights, $3,000; New 38-ft header trailer w/front dollies, 2-rear axles w/brakes & lights $6,800.

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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.

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1-800-667-9871 • Regina 1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon 1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg 1-800-222-6594 • Edmonton “For All Your Farm Parts”

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Various

Tillage & Seeding FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Air Drills 2006 CASE CONCORD ATX 3310 w/ADX 2230 tank, C-shank, Bourgault knock-ons, 3-in. Carbide Tip Openers, 10-in. spacing, excellent condition, low acs. Always shedded. (204)467-2787.

FOR SALE: 33-FT FLEXI-COIL 5000 Air Drill w/1720 tank, 9-in spacing. Phone (204)825-2334 or (204)825-7127.

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FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Seeding

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.

JD 610 AIR SEEDER 41-ft., harrows Haukaas markers c/w flexicoil air cart, 3 tanks, 2320 model, good working condition, $17,000 OBO. Phone (204)792-4257, Oakbank, MB.

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

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

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Tillage 2008 7450 EZEE-ON CHISEL plow, 45-ft. w/12-in. spacing, knock-on shovels, VGC, asking $31,000 OBO. Phone (204)248-2268 or (204)745-7557, Notre Dame, MB. JD 61-FT, 2410 DEEP tiller w/harrows 2 yrs old, like new; Summers 60-ft. deep tiller w/ or w/o anhydrous unit & hitch. Call Ron (204)626-3283 or 1-855-272-5070.

TracTors FARM MACHINERY Tractors – White 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

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Case/IH

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443

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

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

FARM MACHINERY Potato & Row Crop Equipment LOOKING FOR POTATO WASHER & white potatoes. Phone (204)638-8415, Dauphin.

FARM MACHINERY Rockpickers WANTED: COMPLETE FORK OR grille for a 7800 Degelman Super Picker. Phone:(204)648-7338. St. Rose, MB.

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

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.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

Big Tractor Parts, Inc. Geared For The Future

STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALIST

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.

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JD 4020 W/CAB, Phone:(204)239-0035.

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JD 7320 24-SPD LH Rev Trans, MFWD, 6,500-hrs, 741 JD Loader, $69,500. Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000. Reimer Farm Equipment Located #12 Hwy N, Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – 2 Wheel Drive

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.

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

LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden 2001 JD 445 GARDEN tractor under 600-hrs, 54-in mower, VGC, asking $6300 OBO. Phone (204)436-2364.

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted 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.

www.mancec.com 204-452-6353 - In Winnipeg 1-866-441-6232 - Toll Free

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

WANTED: USED JD 635 or 637 disc, about 30-ft.

Phone:(701)593-6168.

1981 MF 4840 4WD, 20.8x38 tires, 4750-hrs; 1987 Heston 6455 swather, 18-ft grain header PU reels, w/14-ft hay header, shedded; HD 6 Allis Chalmers crawler angle dozer, 3800-hrs, new Rad & Starter; 68-ft Inland sprayer, 800 gal. plastic tank, new HYD pump; Vermeer 605 C round baler, wide belts & new transmission; JD 1967 105 combine, overhauled motor by JD, belt PU, chopper, new starter; 24-ft Wilrich cult & harrows; HD 5 Allis Chalmers crawler, good clutches; 2500 Wilrich 25-ft 3-PTH cult, done 800-Ac. Contact (204)848-2205 or (204)867-7380.

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CONSIGNING TO SPRING CREEK Simm & Guest Consignors Sale at Virden Auction Market in Virden, MB. Dec 14th 2012 at 1:00pm. Featuring registered Red & Black Angus X Simm. Bred heifers.

Mostly bred Black Angus. Visitors Welcome. Check out our bull pen. Sun Rise Simmentals Spy Hill, SK. Phone (306)534-4700 cell (306)745-7431.

1998 FORD LX 4X4, 4WD drive, half ton, 143,992-km, V6, 4.2 engine, safetied, $5,490 OBO, very good; 1999 Ols Intrigue GLS Sedan, V6, 3.8 engine, counsel trans, bronze colour, no rust, safetied, $3,290 OBO; New HD LR 177 1,250-gal Equinox tank, yellow, retail $878, special $565; New LR 175 Equinox tank, 1,250-gal tank, black retail $578, 1 left special $425; 1 New Honda motor 20-HP electric start, V twin, oil alert, retail $2,080 special $1,800. (204)822-1354, cell (204)823-1559.

70-FT. HEAVY DIAMOND HARROWS, $1,750; 7x41 Allied Auger, $300; Service tank w/pump, $165. Phone (204)745-2784.

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

FOR SALE: 7610 MFWD, PQ, LHR, 3-pt, 4,600 OMG hrs, w/740 S/L FEL, Grapple, Mint; 2, 4650 MFWD, 15-SPD, 3-pt, fact duals; 2, 4455 MFWD, 15-SPD, 3-pt w/280 FEL; 2, 4450 MFWD, 15-SPD, 3 pt; 4250 MFWD, 15-SPD, 3-pt; 4055 MFWD, 15-SPD, 3-pt; 2555 MFWD, 3-pt. 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 3130 W/CAB HEAT, low hrs, 3PTH, excellent for snowblower & all around utility tractor, $12,500.

Can take trade. Phone: (204)746-6605 or (204)325-2496.

LANDSCAPING

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

REGULAR SALE

Every Friday 9AM

www.penta.ca

1-800-587-4711

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.

FARMING IS ENOUGH OF A GAMBLE...

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.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

BRED COW SALE

December 19 @ 9:00 am

Last Chance Butcher and Feeder Sale

December 17 @ 9:00 am Receiving open until 10PM Thursdays

NEXT SHEEP & GOAT SALE

Wednesday, December 19 @ 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

Advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator Classifieds, it’s a Sure Thing!

1-800-782-0794 FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

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 Snowblowers, Plows FOR SALE: SHULTE 7-FT front mount snow blower, cylinders included, good condition, $800; Loader arms & cylinders for Leon front-end loader, no mounts, $500.

Phone:(204)825-8354 or (204)825-2784.

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LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

Bred Cow & Heifer Sale

Friday, December 14, 2012 at 11:00 am Highway #1 West, Whitewood, Sask.

EXPECTING 350 HEAD FOR THIS SALE • 103 Black Heifers, 18 Red Heifers, 4 Tan Heifers Bred Black Angus • DISPERAL of 14 Black Cows Bred Black Agnus

HERD REDUCTION:

•55 CharX, Red Angus Cows Bred Red Angus • 30 AngusX, Mixed Cows Bred Red Angus & Simm

PLUS: • 90 Blacks & Reds Bred Red & Balck Angus • 6 Angus/ GallowayX Bred Angus or Galloway • 15 SimmX Cows Bred Simm For more information please call Whitewood Livestock at 306-735-2822 or check our website at www.whitewoodlivestock.com for more information and pictures of this sale

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus

LIVESTOCK Livestock Equipment

REAL ESTATE Land For Rent

HAMCO CATTLE CO. HAS registered Red Angus bred heifers for sale. Calving Feb-Apr. Some AI bred. Call Glen, Albert or Larissa Hamilton:(204)827-2358 or (204)526-0705.

JD 550 T.A. MANURE spr, $5500; NH 795 manure spr, $7,250. www.waltersequipment.com (204)525-4521, Minitonas, MB.

WANTED: LOOKING FOR CROPLAND in Argyle, Stonewall, Warren, Balmoral, Grosse Isle & surrounding area. Please call Deric (204)513-0332, leave msg.

North America’s Largest Charolais Sale! PerrotMartin Complete Dispersal, Sat., Dec. 15th, 10:30am CST, at the farm, Naicam, SK. 7-mi North on Hwy #6, 8-mi West, 1.5-mi South. Over 600 head sell, including all the bulls (50 long yearlings & 120 bull calves). Wintering & terms avail on bulls.

Also selling semen & embryos. Watch & bid online at www.LiveAuctions.TV For more info or a catalogue contact John (306)874-5496; Collin (306)874-2186 or T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. (306)933-4200 View the catalogue online at www.BuyAgro.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Maine-Anjou

Monday, December 10th Sheep and Goat sale with small animals at 12 Noon Tuesday, December 18th Last Regular Sale for 2012

Sales Agent for

HIQUAL INDUSTRIES

Livestock Handling Equipment for info regarding products or pricing, please call our office. We also have a line of Agri-blend all natural products for your livestock needs. (protein tubs, blocks, minerals, etc) For on farm appraisal of livestock or for marketing information please call Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250 Auction Mart (204) 434-6519 MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM

FOR SALE: 50 BRED heifers, 50% solid black, 50% solid red, home raised, full herd health program, preg checked Oct 15th, bred to proven calving ease Black Angus bull, due to start calving Jan 20th. Can also supply hay for these cattle.

Phone:(204)476-6447, Plumas.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn MANITOBA SHORTHORN CLUB SALE of commercially oriented bred heifers & young cows at Heartland Livestock Services, Virden MB on Friday Dec 7th, 11:00am. For more information Phone (204)748-3136.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental 20 PUREBRED SIMMENTAL BRED heifers, many with AI bloodlines, also red cows & Cumming 2-yr old bulls. Acomb Family Farms, Minnedosa.

Phone:(204)867-2203.

BRED REGISTERED SIMMENTAL cows. 2 bred heifers & 6 young cows.

January calving. Most females are bulls. $1450 each for package.

(204)822-3657, Morden MB.

HEIFERS & Most bred for sired by A.I. Larry Dyck

OPEN RED SIMM HEIFERS, born Jan-Mar 2012, will make excellent replacement females. Boynecrest Stock Farm (204)828-3483 or (204)745-7168.

BRED COW & HEIFER SALE TUESDAY DEC. 11th - 11:00am COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL KAREN & MALCOLM SCOTT, RORKETON, MB. (204) 732-2884 80 BLACK & TAN COLORED COWS, BRED BLACK *22 – 1st calvers *16 – 2nd calvers *10 – 3rd and up COMPLETE (SPRING)HERD DISPERSAL FRED TAYLOR, RORKETON, MB. (204) 732-2664 35 RED & BLACK COWS, BRED BLACK 65 CHAR & CHARX COWS BRED CHAR All due to calf in mid FEBRUARY PLUS FROM OTHER CONSIGNORS 40 SIMX HEIFERS, BRED RED ANGUS, 40 WHITE HEIFERS BRED RED ANGUS 60 CHAR HEIFERS, BRED LIMO

For complete information, pictures, and videos click on

www.srauctionmart.com or contact Myles Masson 204-447-2266 or Clint Robertson 204-843-2986

SPRING CREEK SIMMENTALS & guest consigners bred heifer sale. Heartland Livestock, Virden MB Dec 14th, 1:00pm. Selling 180 Simmental & Simm/Angus bred heifers.

Brian McCarthy (306)435-3590, cell (306)435-7527.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various 12 BRED COWS START calving mid March asking $1,300. Also 6 bred heifers start calving Apr 1st asking $1,450. All animals are Simm X. Call (204)825-4289.

130 BLACK & 20 Red bred heifers. Composite Cross heifers. Bred to easy calving, AI bulls w/60 day breeding season. Their Brothers sold at Douglas Test Station last Spring. Will fit into any natural program.

Price reduced.

Guy Johnson (204)448-2101 www.shorelinestockfarm.com 15-20 PAIRS JULY OCT calves, Red cows, Black calves. Jim Donald (204)546-2220, Grandview.

15 SIMM ANGUS COWS bred Red Angus, preg checked; 1 coming 3 yr old Reg Red Angus bull, 2 coming 2 yr old Simm Angus bulls. (204)727-6988 18 SIMMENTAL X BRED heifers, bred Red Angus, calving April 1st, $1650 each. Will sell in smaller groups. Phone:(204)248-2493 cell (204)526-5836, Notre Dame.

250 BRED HEIFERS. Blacks, Tans, Reds bred to Red Angus heifer bulls. Herd health program, plus pelvic measure & preg checked, start calving March 20. Your choice $1,450. Volume Discount. Jim Abbott (204)745-3884 or cell (204)750-1157 Carman, MB.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus

30 ANGUS x LIMOUSIN cows bred to purebred Limousin bulls. For Apr 1 on, pick out of 45. Also 1570 CASE manure spreader.

Phone: (204)422-8643.

10 ANGUS HEIFERS, 1000-LBS, bred to Black Anugs bull. To calve spring of 2013. Also 10 black cows bred Black Angus, due March-April. Phone (204)886-2083, Teulon.

400 BRED HEIFERS, REDS, Blacks, Tans, full herd health program, bred to Black & Red Angus bulls, to start calving April 1st, 2013, over 200 are 1 Iron Blacks from a reputation herd.

Phone:(204)325-2416.

200 VERY GOOD BRED BLACK ANGUS heifers born Spring 2011 in Southwest SK. AI bred to Final Answer, Right Answer & other easy calving BW 74, 78, 88, Angus bulls. Calving date approx March 24th, 2013. Call Harry Dalke (204)822-3643 cell (204)362-4101, Morden, MB.

40 QUALITY ANGUS HEIFERS, bred Feb-Mar, bred to easy calving Red Angus bull, $1400 pick $1350 takes all. Phone:(204)728-7308.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus

BRED HEIFERS FOR SALE, bred Black Angus to start calving about April 1st, mostly black but some good colored also. Dale Smith (204)876-4798, Snowflake MB.

90 BRED HEIFERS ANGUS, Angus Hereford cross from our own range, calving herd begin calving Feb 20th. Bred to calving ease Black Angus bulls, preg checked, vaccinated. Phone mornings or evenings (204)873-2525, Clearwater.

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.

63 GOOD CHAROLAIS HEIFERS bred Limousin, calving Mar-Apr, pick of $1,385, for all them $1,285.

Phone (204)728-7308.

Complete Herd Dispersal 170 Simm X Cows, 80 Simm Angus X Heifers, $1800 choice or $1600 for all. Excellent line of bulls available.

Benito, MB; (204)539-2662 FOR SALE: 110 700-800-LB yearling steers, Angus, some Galloway crosses, never had grain, antibiotics, or growth hormones. Phone:(204)758-3374.

REG BLACK ANGUS BULL calves for sale, low birth weight & very quiet, started on grain & ready to go, buy now & save. EPD’s & delivery avail.

(204)843-2287.

FOR SALE: 18 RED Angus cross Simmental heifers, approx 1000-lbs, very nice & deep, calving Mar-Apr. Call (204)746-0377 or (204)347-7490, St Malo.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus

FOR SALE: 20 BRED heifers mostly Black, some Red Bred to Black Angus bull. To start calving mid March, asking, $1,650. Phone (204)379-2408, St Claude.

F BAR & ASSOCIATES ANGUS bulls for sale.

Choose from 20, two yr old & yearling Red & Black Angus bulls. Great genetics, easy-handling, semen tested, delivery avail. Discount if purchased & delivered before Dec 31st. Call for sales list or other details. Inquiries & visitors are welcome. We are located in Eddystone, MB, about 20-mi East of Ste Rose, or 25-mi West of Lake Manitoba Narrows, just off Hwy 68. Call Allen & Merilyn Staheli (204)448-2124, E-mail amstaheli@inethome.ca

THANK YOU To all our Customers & Happy Holidays!

NOTRE DAME USED OIL & FILTER DEPOT

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Limousin

REGULAR CATTLE SALES EVERY TUESDAY AT 9 AM

FOR SALE: 50 BRED heifers, 50% solid black, 50% solid red, home raised, full herd health program, preg checked Oct 15th, bred to proven calving ease Black Angus bull, due to start calving Jan 20th. Can also supply hay for these cattle.

Phone:(204)476-6447, Plumas.

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

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES RECREATIONAL VEHICLES All Terrain Vehicles 2008 SUZUZKI 750, 4100-KMS, well maintained, farm use only, VGC, asking $5400 OBO. Phone (204)436-2364

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Snowmobiles

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

Phone (204)526-2857.

GRUNTHAL, MB.

Saturday, December 8th Bred Cow & Heifer Sale at 10:00 a.m.

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

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais

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.

AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

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.

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 Various FOR SALE: 75 GOOD young Simmental X bred cows, April 1st calving, bred Simmental. Will sell in smaller groups.

Phone:(204)248-2493, cell (204)526-5836, Notre Dame.

FOR SALE: 80 RED Angus cross heifers bred Black Angus to start calving Apr 15th. Phone (204)748-7829 or (204)748-3889.

GEILSER CATTLE CO HAS for sale top quality Black & Red Simm X bred heifers, due to start calving early Apr, bred to easy calving Black & Red Angus bulls. For more info (204)739-3011 or (204)768-3633.

HERD DISPERSAL: 80 BRED cows, Tan Char X & Red Simmental Salers X. Bred Black Angus due Apr 10. Phone:(204)748-2873.

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO feed, calve & pasture cows for the 2013 season. Mostly Black Angus cows, starting to calve Apr 15th. Call Darrell (204)937-3719, Roblin, MB. W + RANCH HAS 40 bred heifers, 1 Iron, Red Simmental + M4 Beef Booster crosses, exposed to M3 Beef Booster bulls July 9th, birth weights of 65-67lbs, full herd health program, $1400. Call Stewart (204)646-2338, RM of St Laurent.

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.

TIRED OF THE HIGH COST OF MARKETING YOUR CALVES??

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

• Buy Used1-888-848-6196 Oil • Buy Batteries • Collect Used Filters • Collect Oil Containers

www.realindustries.com Southern and Western Manitoba Tel:MUSICAL 204-248-2110

MARSHALL STACK, $650; Deluxe Banjo, $899; Sigma Guitars, $295-$730; Wireless Mics, $50-$259; Electric Auto Harp, $399; German Violin $399; Electric Guitars, $99.95-$650; Amplifiers $50-$1,200; Student Guitars $79.95; Drums, Cymbals $399; Large Variety of Student & Pro Instruments & Accessories. Hildebrand Music Portage La Prairie Mall (204)857-3172.

PERSONAL

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

Swine LIVESTOCK Swine For Sale PB DUROCK BOAR, 3 yr old, $300. Phone (204)835-2433, McCreary, MB.

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

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

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

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.

HEAVY BUILT CATTLE FEEDERS/TROUGHS 3/8-in. steel, 500 or 750-gal capacity, 4-ft.x18-ft. size, good for any type of feed or water, lifetime quality, $495 & up. Phone (204)362-0780, Morden.

RECYCLING

BuyUsed Used Oil Oil ••Buy NOTRE •• Buy Buy Batteries Batteries DAME ••Collect CollectUsed Used Filters Filters • Collect Oil Containers • Collect Oil Containers USED • Antifreeze OIL & Southern,Southern Eastern, and Manitoba Western Western FILTER Manitoba DEPOT Tel: 204-248-2110 SCALES

ELIAS SCALES “NO WEIGH LIKE IT”

I AM A SINGLE white male, 5’8” 155-lbs w/good sense of humour, financially secure, honest, trustworthy. Looking for Filipino lady between 50-60 yrs of age to love & be loved by. Reply to Ad# 1019, c/o MB Co-operator, Box 9800, Station Main, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3K7 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

Platform Scales Several sizes to choose from (no electrics)

Crate scales stationary & portable

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

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba FARM SPECIALIST: COUNT ON GRANT TWEED, informed, professional assistance for sellers & buyers. www.granttweed.com Call (204)761-6884 anytime. Service with integrity.

Bale scales

Hopper Feeders w/Scale, 3pt., trk. mt. or trailer, hyd. motor or electric

306-445-2111 NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK. www.eliasscales.com

PEDIGREED SEED PEDIGREED SEED Cereal – Various DURAND SEEDS: CERT AC Carberry, Kane & Harvest wheat; Souris Oats; Conlon Barley; CDC Bethune & Sorrel flax; Mancan & Koma Buckwheat; Canola & Forage seed.

(204)248-2268,(204)745-7577, NotreDame, MB.

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

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

WANTED: A TRACK FOR 1977 or 1978 JD Spitfire snowmobile.

Phone:(204)483-2274 or (204)523-4877.

Following An Excellent Year of Farm & Land Sales, We Are Actively Seeking Farm Property To Sell, & To Present At Our Farm Marketing Presentations I Will Be Making In The UK, Ireland, & South Africa During February 2013. To Obtain The Best Exposure For Your Farm, Please Give Me A ‘No Obligation’ Call To Discuss Your Plans (204)729-6644 Or You Can E-mail Me: mctorr@inethome.ca www.century21westman.com MINNEDOSA AREA MIXED FARM in a great location. Whole section of land w/1500-sq.ft home, 36x24-ft heated shop, calving barn, quonset, cattle facilities, good water supply. Very scenic w/the Little Saskatchewan River running through the farm.

Rick Taylor, Homelife Home Professional Realty.

(204)867-7551 email rtaylor@homelife.com

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Wanted GOOD QUALITY GRAIN & Cattle Farms wanted for Canadian & Overseas Clients. For a confidential meeting to discuss the possible sale of your farm or to talk about what is involved, telephone Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511 www.homelifepro.com or Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, www.homelifepro.com Home Professional Realty Inc. WANTED: GRAIN & LIVESTOCK farms for both foreign & domestic buyers. Receiving calls weekly from buyers looking to farm & invest. Considering selling? Now is the time to discuss all options. Professional service & confidentiality guaranteed. Contact Rick Taylor:(204)867-7551, Homelife Home Professional Realty. www.homelifepro.com

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale FOR SALE: 1/2 SECTION (S 1/2 1-15-21W) of Newdale clay loam in th RM of Blanchard, East of Cardale, MB. For more details, Call:(204)775-6698 or (204)793-5496.

NOTICE ANDY KALIVOVICH of Garland, MB intends to sell private land SE 35-31-22W to Trevor & Emily Stevens, who intend to acquire the following Crown Lands NE 35-31-22W, NW 35-31-22W, SW 35-31-22W, SE 3-31-22W, SW 2-32-22W. If you wish to purchase the private land & apply for the Unit Transfer, contact the Lessee Andy Kalivovich at Box 117 Hamiota, MB R0M 0T0. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer write Director, MAFRI, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1266, Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0 or Fax (204)867-6578.

LARGE, APX. 2,000-AC, HIGH-PRODUCING Newdale clay loam soil farm, North of Brandon.

Phone:(204)856-3140 or Office:(204)885-5500. Royal LaPage Alliance. Buying or Selling? Farm Specialist Henry Kuhl.

Phone: 204-526-2145 Toll Free: 1-866-526-2145 Email: info@zeghersseed.com

2013 PEDIGREED SEED VARIETIES: Carberry, Glenn, Harvest, Kane & Pasteur wheat, Conlon barley, Lightning flax, Souris oats, Meadow peas

Earn up to 12% SAVINGS! early payment discounts volume discounts

www.zeghersseed.com

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PEDIGREED SEED Forage – Various

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Hay & Straw

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Grain Wanted

LARGE QUANTITY OF WHEAT straw bales, 4x4x8. Can deliver. Phone Phil:(204)771-9700.

La Salle, MB.

We are buyers of farm grains.

MEDIUM SQUARE STRAW BALES of wheat, barley, peas or alfalfa, $15. Also, small square straw bales of wheat & barley, $2.20. Phone Brandon:(204)721-1542.

Phone: 204-526-2145 Toll Free: 1-866-526-2145 Email: info@zeghersseed.com

Call us right now! For all your FORAGE SEED needs!

Be sure to drop by & visit our booth at

Holland Beef & Forage Day January 10, 2013!!

Order and pay for your quality Northstar Seed at Zeghers Seed Inc. before January 31, 2013 …

YOU’LL SAVE 8%!!

ROUND HARDCORE 2ND CUT Alfalfa Grass bales, dry, no rain, feed test results avail. Phone (204)966-3868 or (204)476-0597.

WHEAT & OAT STRAW bales for sale, 3 x 3 x 8.

Phone (204)343-2144 or cell (204)745-0085.

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Grain Wanted

BUYING:

HEATED & GREEN CANOLA • Competitive Prices • Prompt Movement • Spring Thrashed “ON FARM PICK UP”

www.zeghersseed.com PEDIGREED SEED Oilseed – Various

1-877-250-5252

Vanderveen Commodity Services Ltd. Licensed and Bonded Grain Brokers

NOW BUYING

37 4th Ave. NE Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Ph. (204) 745-6444 Email: vscltd@mts.net Andy Vanderveen · Brett Vanderveen Jesse Vanderveen

Old & New Crop Confection & Oil Sunflowers

A Season to Grow… Only Days to Pay!

Licensed & Bonded 0% Shrink Farm Pick-Up Available Planting Seed Available

CANOLA WANTED

Call For Pricing Phone (204)747-2904

Toll Free 1-888-835-6351 Deloraine, Manitoba PEDIGREED SEED Specialty – Various

Heated, Green, Damaged Buying all levels of damaged canola.

Excellent Market Prices.

Bonded, Insured.

CALL 1-866-388-6284 www.milliganbiotech.com

INC. Bioriginal Food & Science Corp., based in Saskatoon, are looking to contract Borage acres for the upcoming 2013 growing season.

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306-229-9976 (cell) 306-975-9271 (office) sfalk@bioriginal.com

SWAP 56 INTERNATIONAL HALF-TONNE, partly restored, will swap for W6 or W9 tractor. Phone: (204)855-2212.

TIRES FEDERATION TIRE: 1100X12, 2000X20, used aircraft. Toll free 1-888-452-3850

AT Halarda Farms. Full-time w/shift work. The successful applicant will be self-motivated & a team player. No experience needed. Competitive wages and an extensive health & benefit package offered. Halarda Farms is a modern, large mixed farm located in the Elm Creek area. Fax resume to (204)436-3034 or call (204)436-2032.

SEASONAL FARM LABORERS SOUGHT for asparagus & potato related duties. Position will be seasonal full time, 40+ hr/week. Wage $10.25/hr.

Period of employment anticipated to be from April 15, 2013 until September 30, 2013. Job description includes cutting seed potatoes & general potato harvesting duties, such as picking dirt. Also, work includes cutting & packing of asparagus. Must be willing to work long hours & do repetitive tasks as well as bending & some heavy lifting. Applicants must be able to work in a variety of conditions in outdoor environment & must be able to work well with others. Location of work is MacGregor and area, Manitoba. Please apply in writing to Northern Potato Company Ltd., Box 33, Bagot, MB R0H 0E0 Round up the cash! Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds.

FARMING IS ENOUGH OF A GAMBLE...

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CAREERS CAREERS Farm / Ranch

SEED / FEED / GRAIN

Philgo Farms has employment opportunities for FT, year-round positions on our dairy farm. We are located near St. Claude & offer competitive salary/benefits. Experience with cattle/equipment an asset; willing to train. Contact Roger at (204)239-8152 or email resume to philgo@inetlink.ca

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Feed Grain WE BUY OATS Call us today for pricing Box 424, Emerson, MB R0A 0L0 204-373-2328

DAIRY, BEEF & HORSE hay for sale, large squares.

Phone: (204)526-7139 (day) or (204)827-2629 (evenings).

SEEKING INDIVIDUAL TO ASSIST in farm operations. Will be required to operate & maintain equipment, maintain buildings, yard, ranch house & garden. Must be mechanically inclined, clean & responsible. Will be required to cook farm meals at times. Welding & some carpentry experience an asset. $11.50, housing available, full-time starting early spring 2013. Inquire to (204)745-8303.

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FOR SALE: 100 2011 & 50 2012 solid core alfalfa hay bales. Rossburn, MB Phone:(204)859-2695.

HAY FOR SALE. Grass hay in 5x5 round bales.

Call after 8:00pm (204)646-4226.

Ask your CPS retailer how to earn 5% toward your crop input purchases.

STOCK TRAILERS 6X16 GN, $3,500; 7x22 GN, $3,300; Real 8.5x24 GN, $5,000; 2 Axle Dolly, $2,000; Single Axle Dolly, $1,900; 48-ft. Loboy, $6,500; New Decks for 1-Ton Trucks 9-ft., $2,350; 11-ft., $2,850. Phone (204)857-8403.

For more information, please contact Shane at:

FOR SALE: 75 ROUND bales of second cut alfalfa, 100% alfalfa, feed analysis available, no rain.

Phone:(204)476-6447, Plumas.

SWAP

GOOSENECK GRAIN TRAILER, 11-FT box, extensions, roll tarp, Honda power pack, $4,200.

Phone Brandon:(204)721-1542.

Flexible contracting options available as well.

4X4 SQUARE WHEAT STRAW bales, about 600 for sale, asking $20 per bale. Phone:(204)248-2407 or (204)526-5002, Notre Dame.

1-204-724-6741

CAREERS Help Wanted

CPS Prepay Program

Heated/Spring Threshed Lightweight/Green/Tough, Mixed Grain - Barley, Oats, Rye, Flax, Wheat, Durum, Lentils, Peas, Canola, Chickpeas, Triticale, Sunflowers, Screenings, Organics and By-Products 10/12-19585_3C √ ON-FARM PICKUP √ PROMPT PAYMENT √ LICENSED AND BONDED CAREERS SASKATOON, LLOYDMINSTER, Help Wanted 19585-3C CPSClassified_4x4.indd 1 LETHBRIDGE, VANCOUVER, DAIRY ASSISTANT REQUIRED MINNEDOSA

BRANDON TRAILER SALES “You will like our prices!” “It’s that Simple!” “Let’s compare quality & price!” “Certainly worth the call!”

Phone (204)724-4529. Dealer #4383

Attractive oil premiums and free on-farm pick-up.

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Hay & Straw

FARMERS, RANCHERS, SEED PROCESSORS BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS

TRAILERS Trailers Miscellaneous

Great profit potential based on high yields, high prices and low input costs.

CONVENTIONAL & ROUNDUP READY corn seed. CanaMaize Seed Inc, 1-877-262-4046 or www.canamaize.com

• Vomi wheat • Vomi barley • Feed wheat • Feed barley • Feed oats • Corn • Screenings • Peas • Light Weight Barley You can deliver or we can arrange for farm pickup.

Winnipeg 233-8418 Brandon 728-0231 Grunthal 434-6881 “Ask for grain buyer.”

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