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Farmers, government spar over use of Portage Diversion The channel ‘park-in’ demonstration by Lake Manitoba farmers and landowners was aimed at bringing attention to the government’s handling of 2011 flood

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff

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protest by 60 fed-up L a k e M a n i t o b a - a re a farmers and landowners at the Portage Diversion April 29 was still making waves this week as organizers prepared for a court hearing into the province’s injunction against them.

Kevin Yuill, who farms about 3,000 acres north of Portage la Prairie, organized the event that saw tractors and heavy equipment parked in the bottom of the channel for about 12 hours just as flood waters started to rise and the government was preparing to open the gates.

“Our timing was perfect,” said Yuill May 2. “We knew it was awful close to when they would want to pop that diversion open and it was the only way we could put big pressure on them.”

The protest’s main goal was to call for an outlet on the north end of the lake to balance inflows from the Portage Diversion, and secondly, to bring attention to the government’s broken promise of See DIVERSION on page 6 »

Protesting farmers used farm equipment to temporarily block access to the Portage Diversion April 29.

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KAP ups ante on push for stable funding It will complain to the ombudsman to push the province to enforce checkoff collections

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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he president of Keystone Agricultural Producers says it will seek the Manitoba ombudsman’s assistance to enforce current checkoff laws if the provincial government balks at introducing better legislation for funding farm organizations this spring.

“We have to do, what we have to do,” KAP president Doug Chorney said May 3.

“We’ll have no choice if we don’t get a commitment that they are moving this forward this

spring... I’ve been instructed by the general council and executive to do that.”

Chorney remains hopeful the province will move forward with legislation making it easier for farmers to fund KAP rather than pressure the government to enforce the current legislation.

“It’s just an administratively awkward and cumbersome system,” Chorney said.

Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn says he agrees general farm organizations need stable funding, but when asked May 1 if legislation was coming this session, he said: “It’s still ongo-

ing discussions. I think it would be premature to make that commitment at this time.”

Farm groups are important to Manitoba’s agricultural industry, Kostyshyn said in his address to the Manitoba Farm Writers and Broadcasters Association.

Chorney said the minister committed to moving forward at a private meeting in January but there have been no talks since.

“That worries me more because that might mean they aren’t even considering it or for some reason decided it’s not going to happen. As an organization we do so much work on so many

fronts for Manitoba farmers and it’s getting more and more difficult to keep that pace.”

However, Chorney added that Kostyshyn has said he wants to discuss the issue with him before spring seeding.

Regulations under the A g r i c u l t u ra l Pro d u c e r s’ Organization Funding Act requires a long list of mainly grain buyers to deduct 0.75 per cent of the gross selling price of agricultural products and remit the money to KAP. However, many so-called See KAP on page 7 »

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INSIDE

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Tired of social networking?

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Penned in More buyers back away from sow stalls

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CROPS The million-acre question Are there really that many acres of glyphosate-resistant weeds in Canada?

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FEATURE Bipole fight Plan B Landowners unite to seek a better deal

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CROSSROADS Today’s weeds/ yesterday’s grub Ancient farmers cultivated lamb’s quarters

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Editorials Comments What’s Up Livestock Markets

Researchers are exploring why some rebels are quitting

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Grain Markets Weather Vane Classifieds Sudoku

acebook may have more than a billion active accounts worldwide, but Cornell University researchers have found up to a third of users are deactivating their accounts, some never to return.

And a significant number of sur vey respondents had refused to join up in the first place.

The study results found that of the onethird of Facebook users who deactivated their account, one in 10 completely quit.

Of 410 people who responded to an online questionnaire, 75 reported never having an account, and 46 had completely deleted it.

“More than 90 per cent said they were happy with their decision, and most stayed away,” a Cornell University release says.

Of the 110 respondents who had deactivated their account, which retains data and allows them to reactivate at any time, onethird subsequently returned.

A few respondents reported using other creative means to limit their use of the site, according to the study’s lead author, Eric P.S. Baumer, a post-doctoral associate in communication at Cornell. The study was presented on May 2 at the Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Paris, France.

The motivations for leaving were varied, from concerns about privacy and data misuse, to problems with productivity and addiction. Some respondents said they were tired of engaging in shallow or banal social interactions. Others left or suspended activity to avoid being friended by a boss, a student or

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former romantic partners, Baumer said in the release.

“In some cases, people reported feeling pressured to leave based on an institutional status, such as being a military officer or parolee,” he added.

“While some respondents reported simply not having a use for the site, others provided elaborate lists of reasons they would not join,” Baumer said. “Some did not want to be on display or live ‘life in a global aquarium.’ We also observed a sense of rebelliousness and pride among those who resisted Facebook.”

The study is considered to be among the first to measure the prevalence of nonuse. Researchers also found evidence that Facebook users who deactivate their account are more likely to know someone else who has also deactivated.

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Merger saved money, sped up decision-making, says mayor The voluntary merger that created the Municipality of Shoal Lake saves taxpayers $60,000 annually and improved local government efficiency

By Lorraine Stevenson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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on Yanick is getting a l o t o f c a l l s f ro m municipal officials across the province these days about the hot-button issue of amalgamation.

And when asked if it was worth it, the mayor of the Municipality of Shoal Lake points to $60,000 in annual savings and a much more efficient local government.

“Right off the top, we figured it was over $30,000 savings in councillors’ indemnities,” said Yanick, the former reeve of the rural municipality, which merged with the town of Shoal Lake just over two years ago. “ It w o u l d b e a n a v e rage of $6,000 to $7,000 per councillor.”

The merged municipality — which no longer needs a reeve and has six councillors instead of a combined 10 — saved another $20,000 by reducing four full-time positions to 3.4 and $10,000 more from a smaller council budget for travel and other expenses.

Saving money wasn’t the driver behind their decision to combine two municipal governments into one, just the bonus. The real reason for getting together was to

“We decided if we wanted to be more efficient it (amalgamating) would probably be a good thing to do.”

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Mayor of the Municipality of Shoal Lake

i m p rove s e r v i c e s f o r t h e 1,250 residents they serve, Yanick said.

“We decided if we wanted to be more efficient, it would probably be a good thing to do,” he said.

For example, a half-dozen h o m e ow n e r s l i v i n g j u s t beyond the town’s boundary could never get water and sewer service because the town and the RM couldn’t agree on how to share the cost.

“We could never seem to come up with an agreement that we were both comfortable with,” says Yanick, who was first elected reeve in 1988.

Amalgamation got the ball rolling — and the water flowing, he said.

S i m i l a r l y, a r o u n d t h e time of the amalgamation, a developer, sought and received approval for water and sewer service for a development on the

west side of the lake. If they hadn’t amalgamated, “we’d probably still be discussing it,” said Yanick.

Then there were the residents living on both sides of a former boundary road who jointly approached the newly merged council asking for street lights.

All it took was one meeting to discuss it, some consultation with Manitoba Hydro, and a second meeting to give it the go-ahead.

“It took two weeks to make that decision,” said Yanick, adding it likely would have taken six months prior to amalgamation.

“We’d have had to go to a joint council meeting. And then the joint council would have had to get all the information. And then once you had it, even if you were good to go, you’d still have had to wait for your regular council meeting to make a final decision because joint coun-

cils can recommend, they can’t make final decisions.”

The new efficiency sometimes caught residents off guard — like the icy winter day the town’s sanding truck turned up in the small village of Oakburn.

“The guy who was doing the sanding phoned me on a cellphone and said, ‘There’s people opening their doors and wondering what we’re doing here,’” he said.

“We could never do that before because we could never agree on what the fair price was (for use of town equipment).”

The merger also dropped the town’s mill rate by eight mills, the RMs by two. A $60,000 surplus might not sound like a lot of money to some, “but for a small m u n i c i p a l i t y i t i s ,” s a i d Yanick.

Shoal Lake’s story is one of five “amalgamation success stories” posted on the website of the Department of Local Government. Last w e e k , t h e N D P g ov e r n ment introduced legislation requiring the 92 municipalities with fewer than 1,000 residents to submit amalgamation plans by Dec. 1, with the mergers slated to take place Jan. 1, 2015 (following municipal elections in October 2014).

The legislative move was denounced by the A s s o c i a t i o n o f Ma n i t o b a Municipalities, which doesn’t object to amalgamation, but says it should be voluntary.

“This bill threatens to not only damage the relationship between our two orders of government, but to tear apart communities that have built their partnerships over decades, not only because of what is in the bill, but because of the undemocratic way it is being forced on our members,” association president Doug Dobrowolski said in a press release.

Many municipalities under the 1,000 threshold “are functioning very well” and “since the number of br idges, community centres, and kilometres of road repairs won’t change with amalgamation, there is no logical reason to force a municipality to go through a complicated process that may result in higher costs,” he said.

Four other Manitoba communities have merged since 2003: the municipalities of Killarney-Turtle Mountain, Gimli, and Brokenhead, a l o n g w i t h t h e t ow n s o f Powerview-Pinefalls. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Growing Forward 2 program launched in Manitoba The agreement represents a CanadaManitoba investment of $176 million STAFF / Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced the Growing Forward 2 program details for the agricultural sector in Manitoba April 22. The announcement signals the beginning of the Canada-Manitoba Growing Forward 2 bilateral agreement.

With its focus on innovation, competitiveness, and market development, Growing Forward 2 programs will help the industry seize future opportunities and realize its full potential as a major driver of the Canadian economy, a government release says. Programs are also tailored with the flexibility to meet diverse Manitoba regional requirements such as protection from losses due to more frequent flooding.

Launching the Manitoba’s Growing Forward 2 priorities focus on three areas: competitiveness and market development, innovation, and adaptability and industry capacity. The first costshared initiative to be launched is directed at Growing Assurance programs and includes beneficial management practices (BMPs) that support environmental farm plans.

“Keystone Agricultural Producers is pleased the Environmental Farm Plan program will continue, and we anticipate continued positive response from producers,” said Doug Chorney, KAP president. “Manitoba farmers have great respect for our water and land resources, and through the assistance announced today we will be able to add to the 8.8 million acres that have already been assessed for best management practices.”

The new five-year Growing Forward 2 agreement represents a Canada-Manitoba investment of $176 million towards strategic initiatives, a 50 per cent increase in cost-shared funding, as well as $1 billion for federal-only strategic initiatives.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Supporting farm organizations

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eystone Agricultural Producers has fought long and hard for an effective funding mechanism for memberships.

The current system, which is reverse-onus legislation, is unworkable. Although membership in the organization is voluntary, membership fees are automatically collected from farmers at the point of sale, and then returned to those farmers who go to the trouble of asking for it back.

Laura Rance It is designed to make not belonging to KAP Editor into a conscious decision requiring action, the theory being that most farmers will simply acquiesce to membership.

At least, that’s the way it is supposed to work. The problem is, some of the agencies charged with the task of collecting the fees are failing to do so, which makes the whole premise somewhat empty.

There appears to be no easy remedy short of some heavyhanded enforcement of existing regulations or changes to how funds are collected through the legislation.

For KAP, the situation is not just frustrating — it’s crippling. KAP draws delegates from across the province in an honest effort to be representative. If it achieves its membership goal of 3,500 for this operating year, it will have just slightly over one-third of the estimated 10,000 commercial farmers in this province, and about 15 per cent of the 22,000 census farmers as members. It is budgeting for a deficit for the second year running.

KAP wants a mandatory checkoff for general farm organizations — a rather ironic position, given farmers’ often-vociferous criticism of unions. KAP says Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn has made promises to that effect, but the minister has so far refused to confirm that, saying only that he supports stable funding for farm groups.

Alternatively, the KAP executive has zeroed in on ways it can pressure the government into penalizing vendors that fail to collect its membership fees. Its latest pledge is really a threat to the government, either enforce its own legislation, or KAP will ask the Manitoba ombudsman to investigate.

In the past, damning ombudsman’s reports on issues such as lack of enforcement of environmental or drainage regulations have embarrassed governments into action.

With respect, we aren’t convinced that even if an ombudsman’s investigation confirmed KAP’s position on this, that government would feel forced to act. The ombudsman can only make recommendations.

Helping farmers form a pseudo union simply doesn’t have the same political currency as, say, enforcement of regulations towards environmental protection.

In fact, the trend in government, particularly at the national level, is towards eroding or eliminating the ability of special-interest groups to make government’s life difficult.

The real question is, why aren’t farmers choosing to support KAP? In our view, the whole premise behind reverse-onus membership is flawed, as it capitalizes on the very apathy that is so crippling to farm organizations. A more proactive approach would be to address farmer attitudes.

At a time when a shrinking population should make farmers cling together like never before, being a general farm group has become a disadvantage. It’s much easier making policy if everyone who belongs shares the same view. If KAP comes down on one side or the other in a divisive debate, it loses members. If it stays right out of it, it loses members for being too wishy washy.

Farmers write cheques all the time. Why is it so hard to write out a cheque for an organization that ensures farmers’ collective interests are heard, and sometimes even listened to, by government?

We think KAP is a valuable asset for farmers. As some delegates pointed out at a recent meeting, education tax rebates alone are a multifold return on their investment in the organization. It took years of lobbying to achieve the gains farmers have received; maintaining them will take continued effort as evidenced by the latest provincial budget. And that’s just one example. It takes money, it takes time, and it takes a committed leadership to lobby.

But what we think doesn’t matter. It’s up to you.

A voice to remember

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he soil conser vation movement lost one of its most dedicated researchers April 26. Guy Lafond, 59, succumbed to cancer.

Lafond worked for more than 30 years contributing to better knowledge and technology around soil health and productivity through his work at the Indian Head Experimental Station. His passion

for better management of soil, plant and water resources, was shared across the Northern Great Plains and many countries abroad, including China, Russia and Kazakhstan.

A tribute to his memory sums it well. “He loved the farmers and the farmers loved and respected him.” laura@fbcpublishing.com

Two steps backward for education tax fairness

By Doug Chorney

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wo pieces of news delivered via the recent provincial budget make it clear that the province is watering down its education tax rebate program on farmland — and its promise to completely eliminate, through rebates, the long-disputed education tax on farmland.

The first piece of disappointing news is that the rebate remains once again at 80 per cent — even though farmers were promised in the 2011 election that the rebate would go right up to 100 per cent in order to make the education tax system fair.

The other disappointment is that the rebate has been capped at $5,000, a blatant discrimination against producers with a larger land base.

Farmers were once taxed on all farm property. This was unreasonable because land and production buildings are needed to carry on the business of farming.

After years of pressure from KAP, the province gradually reduced the tax through an increasing rebate.

There are many farmers who pay far in excess of $5,000 in education tax, so with the new rebate cap, they will see their education tax bill skyrocket.

For example, a farmer who was receiving a $20,000 rebate will now lose $15,000, or threequarters of the benefit.

This change, in combination with several other program modifications, will result in $6.2 million of the promised rebate not being paid to farmers.

Is this fair?

Farm families should not have to bear this tax burden, based on the way in which they operate their farm business. Many farmers, especially younger ones, see the opportunity in expanding

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their land bases and have gone into debt to do so.

What a way for them to start out, with huge education tax bills looming every year.

The province has found a way to cling to this antiquated method of collecting education taxes — still on the backs of those who own farmland.

I recognize the need for fiscal restraint, but it should not be done by unfairly taxing farmers so that they carry more than their share of the cost of educating our children.

Manitoba is one of the last jurisdictions still funding education through property taxes. Once and for all, we need a new model — one in which funding comes from general revenues and is truly sustainable. Everyone pays their fair share, based on their ability to pay.

In the current model, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives is paying for the farmland tax rebate. Think of it — an Agriculture Department making a very significant contribution to education, and one group of society paying more than their share. It just doesn’t make sense.

The province, through the education tax rebate on farmland, and more recently through its promised rebate on principal property to seniors, has admitted that the system is broken. It’s clear that it needs to be fixed.

In conclusion, we ask the Manitoba government to reverse the changes to the rebate program for farmland immediately, and make plans for the next budget that will see it live up to its promise of removing education tax completely from farmland.

Doug Chorney is a farmer from East Selkirk and president of Keystone Agricultural Producers, Manitoba’s largest general farm policy organization representing more than 7,000 farm families and 23 commodity groups in Manitoba.

May 1926

his advertisement from the May 1926 issue of our predecessor publication The Scoop Shovel invited farmers to “Get started in the best-paying livestock industry of the present age,” silver black foxes.

After early success with a pooled marketing system through the Prairie Pools Central Selling Agencies, farmers were keen to build their own elevator system, and Manitoba Pool was having trouble handling the number of requests from groups wanting to build their local elevator.

General manager R.H. Mahoney warned them that they could not wait too long to make the decision, or elevators could not be complete by the end of the year, as “Six weeks is the minimum period you can figure on from the time the contract is let until the elevator is completed.” “(I)f you wait and put in a request for an elevator in July or August, you will be disappointed,” Mahoney wrote.

A brief article said that William Stibbon, who farmed a quarter 17 miles south of Brandon, had to go into hospital for an operation just before seeding. Neighbour Samuel Latchman met with others in the district and “took the job in hand.”

“Sixteen complete seeding outfits appeared one day at Stibbon’s.

Horses, plows, seed drills and harrows all went to work; the women of the district came and put up meals; and the end of the day saw William Stibbon’s seeding all done.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 9, 2013

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Salt, sugar, fat: Food for thought Retired developers tell the author they’d never eat the foods they invented

By Ronald Doering food lawyer

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he most thought-provoking book I read during my winter vacation this year was Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss. Its main thesis is clear from the title — the big food companies overuse salt, sugar and fat in their manufacturing of processed food, causing a health crisis in America that includes a huge growth in obesity, heart disease and diabetes. He says that they’ve discovered through new scientific research how these ingredients can be mixed and added to foods in multiple ways to turn consumers into virtual addicts.

Moss is not as irritatingly preachy and elitist as his urban foodie colleague Michael Pollan, but the book is a trenchant polemic by yet another New Yorker who doesn’t like big food corporations. I have my own biases, as the former regulator of these food giants and later having acted for many of them, and I’m not a scientist, so I’ll refrain from listing my many concerns with his main premise. But the issues he raises deserve serious debate.

By now the book is a bestseller.

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Blithe assessment of genetic modification irritating I take exception to CropLife Canada president Lorne Hepworth’s blithe assessment of modern genetic plant technology in the April 25 Manitoba Cooperator.

With a flippant, casual remark, he notes “conventional” farmers growing GM alfalfa (in reality, they are “chemical” farmers, because for a millennium the “convention” has been organic) can coexist with organic farmers.

All that need be done is “to harvest the plant before it flowers.” Sheer arrogance.

The same sort of dismissal of concern was used when GM canola was first introduced. It would never “cross-pollinate,” it would never become a problem. Wrong. It has now become a weed.

To top it off, he suggests that protesters protest without reason, that they “overkill” proven benefits.

But what most concerns me is the misguided use of the word “science.”

Science (Webster), is knowledge reduced to a system, which most often is a system of numbers. Science understands that events are interconnected, that there is a cause and effect, that things happen for a reason. A basic scientific principal is the idea that change produces change, the idea of equal and opposite reaction.

have issued gushing reviews, never missing a chance to beat up on the food-processing industry. So this is not a conventional book review — I’ll just share three points.

Moss is a good storyteller. For example, we learn of the young Canadian farmer from Stevensville, Ont. who ends up in 1912 as a street vendor in Chicago. Tinkering at night in his boarding house, James Kraft discovers a way to pasteurize cheese and begins selling it in tin cans. We learn about William Wallace Cargill, the son of a Scottish sea captain, who buys his first warehouse to store grain in Iowa in 1865. Today his company is one of the richest in the world, with sales in 2012 of $133.9 billion, and is still private, being controlled by his 100 descendants.

The exciting story of the invention of the highly successful Oscar Mayer Lunchables line is told by the inventor himself. Dean Southworth tells the story of why and how he invented one of my favourite foods, Cheez Whiz.

We get the inside scoop about how the marketing people at one of the food giants discovered how to turn its drink made with sugar and artificial flavours into marketing gold simply by adding a minuscule amount of real fruit juice. Moss’s retelling of his 2009 story of how he “exposed” as “pink

When we are talking about switching and swapping genes between species of living organisms, we are in the realm of theoretical science. This means that we cannot say GM technology is safe, because while we might know how a system works, we don’t know why it works the way it does.

We would do well to think of a life system as a harmonic, with all aspects of that life system working to common purpose, a shared vision of task, working in synchronicity.

When we treat life as being a technical problem of genetic manipulation, we open ourselves, and more importantly future generations to the madness of unknown consequence. And from where I stand, I see money as being the driving force of this change in perception of ‘safe.’ I grow seeds, and in all my years of farming I’ve never been able to grow money. I suspect this is because no other life form recognizes it as being real, because it’s not. It’s a purely human construct.

Wayne James Beausejour, Man.

Follow EU lead on pollinator protection Oh, to be in Europe, now that they have put us to shame, once again!

Member states of the European Union have just voted to ban that “devil family” of bee-killing pesticides known as “neonicotinoids.” It is now illegal to apply the stuff anywhere over that entire continent. While Europe has finally seen the light, oceans of it continue to be applied on food crops in North America.

The seeds of crops such as corn and canola are now shot full of it before they even go into the ground.

I guess authorities here and chemical giants like Bayer (which make these poisons) don’t want us to know certain things. For example, when Italy acted on its own a few years ago and banned it, pollinator populations bounced back the following season,

Michael Moss’s retelling of how he “exposed” “pink slime” should serve as a cautionary tale for any innovative food processor.

slime” what many still think is a good product (lean fine textured beef ) should serve as a cautionary tale for any innovative food processor.

Moss’s main sources are his many interviews with retired or fired former food company scientists and executives. Time and again, fascinating accounts of highly confidential internal meetings and material are readily given to Moss. These industry veterans seem to feel no sense of loyalty to their former employers and, in comfortable retirement in their lovely homes in southern Florida or California, are beyond reproach and happy to spill the beans. Many of them insist they never did or would actually eat the food they invented or sold, and they seem to relish the chance to try to make amends for their life’s work, to unburden themselves for their many past sins.

Finally, the book ends on an interesting regulatory note. When a former CEO of one of the largest food giants

is asked whether he thought government should be more aggressive in setting limits on salt, sugar and fat, he replies: “Regulation may well be the best way.”

I have often noticed this paradox.

While publicly critical of regulation, privately companies often welcome regulation, as this is the only way to have a level playing field. This is particularly relevant to Canada today as rumours persist that Canadian regulators are moving scarce resources away from food standard setting and enforcement of quality and nutritional labelling in order to focus on food safety.

This is a mistake. As Moss’s book demonstrates, what’s in our food and how it’s labelled may be as important to our health as the safety of it.

with little or no effect on crop production. A year ago, during corn-planting season in Ontario and Quebec, there were well over 200 separate complaints from beekeepers of honeybee kills. Regulators have responded by promising to “review” the complaints and possibly “tighten up” the warning labels on the products! Scary!

In the U.S. last year, commercial beekeepers report they lost up to onehalf of their hives.

Authorities described honeybee losses in Canada during the winter of 2010-11 as “drastic” and “extreme.”

The following winter, for some reason, they were much better. Still, given the “Wild West” mentality that prevails in this country, and the resurgence of corn (treated with you know what) as a livestock feed on the Prairies as well as Central Canada, it’s hard to imagine how that state of affairs can last.

Larry Powell Roblin, Manitoba

It is also unfortunate that Berman did not do his research on the Manitoba Pork Council prior to his speaking engagement at their recent annual meeting. He might have discovered that chairman Karl Kynoch is now backing away from Embracing a Sustainable Approach a policy document that the council spent a huge amount of time and money producing.

The following commitment is No. 37 in the document. “Manitoba Pork commits to encouraging producers to phase out by 2025, the current style of dry stalls currently used.”

Funny that the hog producers gave the go-ahead to put this document out to the public and ask for feedback, and then have the chair of the board state “our board has never taken a position of phasing out stalls.”

You, and your Washington lobbyist want to “push back on people who are trying to enforce regulations on us.” It would seem to me that the producers should do a little pushing themselves, and push you out of office as suggested

by Laura Rance.

As part of the Five Freedoms clearly spelled out in Sustainable Commitment No. 40, it would seem that council members want to encourage fellow producers to allow pigs the opportunity to “express normal behaviour.”

I would argue that not being able to back up, move forward, sideways or go around in a circle is nowhere close to normal behaviour. I doubt I will ever meet a pig farmer who says to me that pigs don’t like to move around.

This past week the Retail Council of Canada announced that all eight of the country’s leading grocery chains will only buy pork from producers that are cage free by 2022. The fight is over.

Is it not time to just give up your strange behaviour and if you can’t, then simply move aside and let the producers move forward as the public, and those radical animal welfare types, are demanding?

Bill McDonald Chief Executive Officer Winnipeg Humane Society

Rick Berman and Karl Kynoch’s strange behaviour It takes a writer with some imagination to link “animal liberation activists” with Neville Chamberlain and his appeasement of Nazi Germany, alongside with negotiating with terrorists, but Rick Berman, the Dr. Evil of Washington-based lobbyists, has done it well.

His response to the editorial by Laura Rance was, to put it mildly, a little over the top.

The Winnipeg Humane Society has never once tied farm animal welfare issues with not wanting animals to be used for food, as suggested by Berman.

We want the agricultural industry to humanely raise, humanely transport and humanely slaughter animals for human consumption. These are not demands of “the vegan crowd.” These are the suggestions of normal people across this country who are concerned about farm animal welfare.

Ronald L. Doering is a past president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and is counsel in the Ottawa offices of Gowlings.

Contact him at Ronald.doering@gowlings.com.

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“multi-year” compensation for losses due to the 2011 flood.

“We did not have any intention to disrupt anybody’s lives or put anyone in danger,” said Yuill. “Our plan was to put pressure on the idiots running the government and flowing water willy-nilly wherever they want.”

A provincial spokesman said that the injunction was issued to protect people along the Assiniboine who were threatened by ice-jam-related flooding, and the opening of the diversion to allow 15,000 cfs to pass through was aimed at keeping Assiniboine River levels upstream at a safe level of 5,000 cfs.

The event sparked heated debate in the provincial legislature, with Emergency Measures Minister Steve Ashton denouncing the landowners as “irresponsible” and demanding that the opposition Progressive Conservatives apologize for allegedly orchestrating the event that he claimed put lives

“He said that we had 30 minutes to get out or they would open the diversion and, if we were there, fine, we’d get flushed away.”

KEVIN YUILL

Farmers removed their equipment after learning of a court injunction against their protest.

and property at risk by delaying the opening of the water control structure that flows water from the Assiniboine River into Lake Manitoba.

The barbs were still flying this week as organizers of the protest were subpoenaed to appear in provincial court

Tuesday, May 7. The farmers said they fear they will face charges for their actions and may be assigned costs. They were organizing a rally outside the courthouse. “We’ve had to hire a lawyer to protect ourselves so they don’t bite us in the ass,” said Yuill.

PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES

However, a provincial official said Monday that no charges are being laid and none are contemplated.

“They have not been ordered to come to court.

T h e y a re b e i n g g i v e n a n opportunity to come to court if they wish to oppose the

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continuation of the injunction,” he said.

Late last week, the province tabled a new law that would make interfering with flood protection efforts punishable by a $10,000 fine, and give police the power to arrest anyone for refusing an evacuation order.

At one point during the protest, an official from MIT arrived on site and “read the riot act,” Yuill said.

“He said that we had 30 minutes to get out or they would open the diversion and, if we were there, fine, we’d get flushed away,” said Yuill, who disputes the province’s claim that an ice jam downstream on the Assiniboine posed an immediate threat to communities alongside the river.

The protesters decided to remove their equipment shortly before midnight the same day after receiving an email from the CBC that a court injunction to remove them had been obtained by the provincial government.

The injunction was never served to the protesters, and Yuill said that he went to the local RCMP detachment and picked up the document the following morning.

Although provincial officials deny it, Yuill said that the injunction prevents him from “entering Crown land or any land adjacent to the Portage Diversion.”

With 200 acres of winter wheat already under water due to flooding from the “fail safe” built in to the channel running at 15,000 cfs, Yuill said he was dismayed provincial officials have resorted to legal measures to silence critics instead of working towards a long-term solution.

Jonas Johnson, a farmer from Langruth who was also at the protest, said the aim was to “ruffle some feathers” and bring the plight of flooded farmers to the public’s attention.

He was disappointed by the province’s response in the aftermath of the protest, especially the proposed amendments to the Emergency Measures Act. He also said the claim from Premier Greg Selinger that payments for the 2011 flood averaged $300,000 per farm was misleading, as most farmers didn’t receive anywhere near that amount.

“That’s just another tactic to make it look like they’re really going to keep on top of these terrorists who live around Lake Manitoba,” said Johnson.

He also denied the province’s claim that the protest put “lives in danger” by delaying the opening of the diversion. “ We’re not dummies. We know the water levels that can be handled by the Portage Diversion,” said Johnson. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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Farmers downstream of Shellmouth Dam hope to avoid flooding this year Lowering reservoir levels has created ‘lots of room’ behind the dam while inflow levels are far below what they were two years ago

By Daniel Winters CO-OPERATOR STAFF

Despite rising spring temperatures and plenty of snowpack left to melt on the upper reaches of the Assiniboine River basin in Saskatchewan, farmers downstream of the Shellmouth Dam are hopeful they won’t see a repeat of last summer’s crop-destroying deluge.

So far, provincial officials appear to be doing a better job this year, said Cliff Trinder, a rancher near Millwood who has followed the operation of the reservoir very closely for decades.

“They’ve probably done about all they can do with it,” said Trinder. “They’ve lowered it to unprecedented levels, and they’re letting out as much as they can considering downstream interests.”

Even though much of the snowpack still remains, there’s less risk of a 2011-scale flood, said Steve Topping, executive director of hydrologic forecasting and water management for the province.

Inflows to Shellmouth are expected to stay below 11,000 cubic feet per second this year — well below the 20,000-plus rate of two years ago. Officials also brought the reservoir level down to 1,382 feet above sea level, or

almost 30 feet below the spillway level, prior to spring.

“Our best guess is that Shellmouth will manage it. We might go over the spillway marginally, but it’s looking like the reservoir will trim the peak substantially,” said Topping, who is in charge of managing the dam.

Last week, outflows were bumped up to around 1,500 cubic feet per second after the level was allowed to rise four feet to benefit the lake’s fishery.

Ironically, the heavy snowpack this year may work in the farmers’ favour by allowing the ground underneath to thaw faster and absorb more of the snowmelt, he added.

“The per cent of the snowpack that is infiltrating into the ground is much higher than normal,” said Topping.

For farmers downstream wondering whether to seed low-lying areas along the Assiniboine, Topping couldn’t offer much in the way of assurances, saying that the risk of summer rainfall events like those seen in 2012 are ever present.

Stan Cochrane, who farms along the Assiniboine near Griswold, said that it’s still too early to predict what the upcoming growing season will bring.

There’s so much snow in some parts of Saskatchewan, he added,

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“They’ve probably done about all they can do with it.”

CLIFF TRINDER

that a summer flood is still a possibility.

As for his valley acres, he’ll seed his crops as soon as it’s dry enough to get on the fields.

“We’ll just seed them and collect crop insurance,” said Cochrane.

“We’ve always said that they’ll do anything to protect Winnipeg and not worry about us. It’s pretty evident that that’s the plan.”

Virden-area farmer Keith Pearn also said he plans to seed whatever land is ready, too.

He’s heartened by “lots of room behind the dam,” but not impressed by talk of restricting flows early on and increasing them later — a situation that he argues constitutes artificial flooding.

“I had a good feeling about last year, but what happened to us at the end of June and July was unbelievable,” said Pearn. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

“designated purchasers” are not collecting the checkoff.

Moreover, if the checkoff collected throughout the year doesn’t hit $210 — the cost of an annual KAP membership — it’s returned to the farmer. Farmers can also have their checkoff money refunded.

If the Manitoba government enforced the current law, buyers who fail to collect KAP’s checkoff could be fined, Chorney said.

“That will create a lot of potential revenue if the legislation was enforced,” he said.

“It will also be a real inconvenience... If they are not in compliance they will be put through a pretty time-consuming and difficult process...”

The Manitoba ombudsman’s office can investigate complaints pertaining to unfairness in government legislation or administration, and make recommendations. But it has no authority to require the government to take action.

Chorney declined to spell out what KAP wants in new legislation. However, during KAP’s general council meeting last month some delegates suggested program payments, such as the Manitoba government’s education tax rebate, be tied to membership in KAP or another general farm organization. No membership, no refund.

“Even if we get mandatory checkoff legislation we have to do more to market ourselves to make sure our constituency sees value,” Chorney said.

“There’s a bit of a knowledge void,” he added. “I’m sure if people knew what we were doing they would be more interested in having a membership.”

Agriculture Minister Kostyshyn told the Manitoba Farm Writers and Broadcasters Association May 1 he supports stable funding for general farm organizations but said later in an interview it was premature to commit to introducing legislation this spring. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

According to Statistics Canada Manitoba had almost 22,000 census farmers in 2011.

About half, or 8,000 to 10,000, are commercial operators and potential KAP members, Chorney said.

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

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Dairy farmers, restaurants strike a deal on mozzarella dispute

The Manitoba Co-operator | May 9, 2013

SPRING CROP

The price for Canadian mozzarella cheese will drop five to 10 per cent for restaurants

By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor / ottawa

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he restaurant sect o r w a s o f f e r i n g ra re words of praise for the dairy industry following an announcement of a new milk class for mozzarella cheese to be used on fresh pizzas.

“This new restaurant mozzarella cheese class responds to long-standing concerns raised

by CRFA on behalf of our members and fresh pizza makers across the country,” said Garth Whyte, president and CEO of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association. “We congratulate the dairy industry for making this important announcement.”

The deal will cut the price for Canadian mozzarella by five to 10 per cent for restaurants, which have been sharp critics of supply management. Frozen pizza makers already have access to lower-priced mozzarella.

It’s hoped the change will boost pizza sales and thereby also increase sales for Canadian mozzarella, said Wally Smith, president of the Dairy Farmers of Canada.

“It is the farmers’ sincerest hope that this class will bring growth in sales of cheese in the restaurant pizza cate gory,” said Smith.

The new deal, a 15-month trial which takes effect June 1, was praised by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “ This is a good example o f h ow g re a t e r c o l l a b o ra tion between the whole value chain can help grow markets for our farmers while keeping Canada’s restaurant industry competitive,” said Ritz.

The Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association said it has been pushing for a price break “for more than 10 years” and the deal will put it on even footing with frozen pizza makers.

However, food processors said the new milk class doesn’t address their concerns.

“Boston Pizza doesn’t compete with pizzas from Boston but we do,” said Chris Kyte, president of Food Processors of Canada. “ We need a level playing field with our American competitors, we need leadership to address the fundamental competitiveness issues facing the industry. Let’s begin with the first problem: competitively priced inputs.”

An Agriculture Canada study showed Canadian companies pay 30 per cent more for dairy products than their American competitors. But the Dairy Farmers of Canada and other supply management advocates say that’s only because American dairy farmers can sell below their cost of production thanks to generous subsidies from Washington.

Belgian mares and foals on the Bennie Farm near Waskada enjoy the warm spring sun and good hay. Soon they’ll be nibbling grass too. Photo: Sharlene Bennie

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ATE IT • BE NO MORE • SMOKED • FINALLY GOT HIS TAB CALLED AT THE BAR BECAME A ROOT INSPECTOR • BELLY OF LIFE • FINISHED • FLATLINE • FLEW UP • BITE THE DUST • DECIMATED • THE COOP • FRAGGED • GATHERING BOUGHT THE FARM • BREATHE ONE’S THE ASPHALT • GAVE UP THE GHOST • LAST • BUMP OFF • WITHERED • GET YOUR WINGS • GO HOME IN A BOX BURIED • BUY A PINE CONDO • TO AN • GO OFF THE HOOKS • GO OUT LIKE END • CASH IN ONE’S CHIPS • CEASED THE SNUFF OF A CANDLE • GO TO DAVY TO BE • CHECKED OUT • CHECKING JONES’S LOCKER • GO TO MEET ONE’S OUT THE GRASS FROM UNDERNEATH • MAKER • GO TO ONE’S JUST REWARD • CARCASS • CROSSED OVER • CROSSED GO TO ONE’S REST • GO TO THE HAPPY THE RIVER STYX• CUT OFF • DANCE THE HUNTING GROUND • GO TO THE LAST LAST DANCE • DECEASED • DEFINITELY ROUNDUP • GO WEST • GOING TO THE DONE DANCING • DEFUNCT • DEMISED BIG BARLEY FIELD IN THE SKY • GONE • DEPARTED •DIRT NAP • DONE • DONE • GONER • GONE INTO THE WEST • GONE FOR • END ONE’S EARTHLY CAREER • TO A BETTER PLACE • GOT A ONE-WAY ERASED • STOPPED GROWING • EXPIRED TICKET • EXAMINING THE RADISHES • EXTINCT • FALLEN OFF THEIR PERCH • FROM BELOW • HE’S JUGGLING HALOS FEELING NO PAIN • FINAL CHAPTER • NOW • NOT COMING BACK • STAMPED FINAL CURTAIN CALL • FINALLY GOT RETURN TO SENDER • PASSED THE SELLHIS TAB CALLED AT THE BAR OF LIFE •

BY DATE • NOTHING LEFT • IMMORTALLY FINISHED • FLATLINE • FLEW THE COOP CHALLENGED • IN A BETTER PLACE • FRAGGED • GATHERING THE ASPHALT • • IN REPOSE • IN THE HORIZONTAL GAVE UP THE GHOST • GET YOUR WINGS PHONE BOOTH • IT WAS CURTAINS • • GO HOME IN A BOX • GO OFF THE HOOKS • GO OUT LIKE THE SNUFF OF A CANDLE • GO TO DAVY JONES’S LOCKER • GO TO MEET ONE’S MAKER • GO TO ONE’S JUST REWARD • GO TO ONE’S REST • GO TO THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUND • GO TO THE LAST ROUNDUP • GO WEST • GOING TO THE BIG BARLEY FIELD IN THE SKY • GONE • GONER • GONE INTO THE WEST • GONE TO A BETTER PLACE • GOT A ONE-WAY TICKET • EXAMINING THE RADISHES FROM BELOW • HE’S JUGGLING HALOS NOW • NOT COMING BACK • STAMPED RETURN TO SENDER • PASSED THE SELL-BY DATE • NOTHING LEFT • IMMORTALLY CHALLENGED • IN A BETTER PLACE • IN REPOSE • IN THE HORIZONTAL PHONE BOOTH • IT WAS CURTAINS • JOINED THE CHOIR INVISIBLE • JOINED THE MAJORITY • KICKED OFF • KICKED THE BUCKET • KICKED THE OXYGEN HABIT • LATE • LEFT THE BUILDING • LIFELESS • LIGHTS OUT• LIQUIDATED • LIVING-IMPAIRED • LOST • MEET ONE’S END • MEET YOUR MAKER • MORTIFIED • MUMMIFIED • NO LONGER WITH US • NO MORE • NOT BLINKING ANYMORE • OFF THE TWIG • ON THE HEAVENLY SHORES • ON THE UNABLE TO BREATHE LIST • ONE’S HOUR IS COME • OUT OF HIS/HER MISERY • PAID CHARON’S FARE • PASSED AWAY • PAYING A DEBT TO NATURE • PERISHED • PERMANENTLY OUT OF PRINT • PICKING TURNIPS WITH A STEP LADDER • PUSHING UP THE DAISIES • PUT DOWN • CEMENT BOOTS • REACHED THE FINISH LINE • RESTING IN PEACE • RETURN TO THE GROUND • RETURNED TO DUST • RETURNED TO THE GO HOME IN A BOX • GO OFF THE HOOKS SOURCE • RIDING THE PERMA-PINE • • GO OUT LIKE THE SNUFF OF A CANDLE RUBBED OUT • RUN DOWN THE CURTAIN • GO TO DAVY JONES’S LOCKER • GO • SIX FEET UNDER • SEEN THE LIGHT TO MEET ONE’S MAKER • GO TO ONE’S SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES • SLIPPED JUST REWARD • GO TO ONE’S REST • AWAY QUIETLY • SNUFFED • SNUFFED GO TO THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUND • OUT • SPROUTED WINGS • STIFF • STIFF GO TO THE LAST ROUNDUP • GO WEST AS A BOARD • SUCCUMBED • SWAN • GOING TO THE BIG BARLEY FIELD IN SONG • CLEANED UP • TAKEN OUT OF THE SKY • GONE • GONER • GONE INTO PRODUCTION • TAKING A DIRT NAP • THE WEST • GONE TO A BETTER PLACE TERMINATED • THAT GOOD NIGHT • THAT • GOT A ONE-WAY TICKET • EXAMINING WAS ALL SHE WROTE • THE BIG NAP • THE RADISHES FROM BELOW • HE’S THE LONE COUCH OF THIS EVERLASTING JUGGLING HALOS NOW • NOT COMING SLEEP • TOOK A HARP • TRADED TO BACK • STAMPED RETURN TO SENDER THE ANGELS • TURN ONE’S FACE TO • PASSED THE SELL-BY DATE • NOTHING THE WALL • TURN TO DUST • TURN UP LEFT • IMMORTALLY CHALLENGED • ONE’S TOES • TURNED THEIR TOES UP IN A BETTER PLACE • IN REPOSE • IN • TURNING UP DAISIES • WANDERING THE HORIZONTAL PHONE BOOTH • IT THE ELYSIAN FIELDS • WAS A GONER • WAS CURTAINS • JOINED THE CHOIR WINNING ONE FOR THE REAPER • WITH INVISIBLE • JOINED THE MAJORITY THE ANCESTORS • WITH THE ANGELS • KICKED OFF • KICKED THE BUCKET • YIELD ONE’S BREATH • YIELD UP • KICKED THE OXYGEN HABIT • LATE THE GHOST A RACE WELL RUN • NOT • LEFT THE BUILDING • LIFELESS • GOING TO PRODUCE SEED • WITHERED LIGHTS OUT• LIQUIDATED • LIVING• ATE IT • BE NO MORE • SMOKED IMPAIRED • LOST • MEET ONE’S END

BECAME A ROOT INSPECTOR • BELLY UP • BITE THE DUST • DECIMATED • BOUGHT THE FARM • BREATHE ONE’S LAST • BUMP OFF • WITHERED • BURIED • BUY A PINE CONDO • TO AN END • CASH IN ONE’S CHIPS • CEASED TO BE • CHECKED OUT • CHECKING OUT THE GRASS FROM UNDERNEATH • CARCASS • CROSSED OVER • CROSSED THE RIVER STYX• CUT OFF • DANCE THE LAST DANCE • DECEASED • DEFINITELY DONE DANCING • DEFUNCT • DEMISED • DEPARTED •DIRT NAP • DONE • DONE FOR • END ONE’S EARTHLY CAREER • ERASED • STOPPED GROWING • EXPIRED • EXTINCT • FALLEN OFF THEIR PERCH • FEELING NO PAIN • FINAL CHAPTER • FINAL CURTAIN CALL • FINALLY GOT HIS TAB CALLED AT THE BAR OF LIFE • FINISHED • FLATLINE • FLEW THE COOP • FRAGGED • GATHERING THE ASPHALT • GAVE UP THE GHOST • GET YOUR WINGS • GO HOME IN A BOX • GO OFF THE HOOKS • GO OUT LIKE THE SNUFF OF A CANDLE • GO TO DAVY JONES’S LOCKER • GO TO MEET ONE’S MAKER • GO TO ONE’S JUST REWARD • GO TO ONE’S REST • GO TO THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUND • GO TO THE LAST ROUNDUP • GO WEST • GOING TO THE BIG BARLEY FIELD IN THE SKY • GONE • GONER • GONE INTO THE WEST • GONE TO A BETTER PLACE • GOT A ONEWAY TICKET • EXAMINING THE RADISHES FROM BELOW • HE’S JUGGLING HALOS NOW • NOT COMING BACK • STAMPED RETURN TO SENDER • PASSED THE SELLBY DATE • NOTHING LEFT • IMMORTALLY CHALLENGED • IN A BETTER PLACE • IN REPOSE • IN THE HORIZONTAL PHONE BOOTH • IT WAS CURTAINS • JOINED THE CHOIR INVISIBLE • JOINED THE MAJORITY • KICKED OFF • KICKED THE BUCKET • KICKED THE OXYGEN HABIT • LATE • LEFT THE BUILDING • LIFELESS • LIGHTS OUT• LIQUIDATED • LIVINGIMPAIRED • LOST • MEET ONE’S END • MEET YOUR MAKER • MORTIFIED • MUMMIFIED • NO LONGER WITH US • NO MORE • NOT BLINKING ANYMORE • OFF THE TWIG • ON THE HEAVENLY SHORES • ON THE UNABLE TO BREATHE LIST • ONE’S HOUR IS COME • OUT OF HIS/HER MISERY • PAID CHARON’S FARE • PASSED AWAY • PAYING A DEBT TO NATURE • PERISHED • PERMANENTLY OUT OF PRINT • PICKING TURNIPS WITH A STEP LADDER • PUSHING UP THE DAISIES • PUT DOWN • CEMENT BOOTS • REACHED THE FINISH LINE • RESTING IN PEACE • RETURN TO THE GROUND • RETURNED TO DUST • RETURNED TO THE SOURCE • RIDING THE PERMA-PINE

RUBBED OUT • RUN DOWN THE CURTAIN • SIX FEET UNDER • SEEN THE LIGHT - SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES • SLIPPED AWAY QUIETLY • SNUFFED • SNUFFED OUT • SPROUTED WINGS • STIFF • STIFF AS A BOARD • SUCCUMBED • SWAN SONG • CLEANED UP • TAKEN OUT OF PRODUCTION • TAKING A DIRT NAP • TERMINATED • THAT GOOD NIGHT • THAT WAS ALL SHE WROTE • THE BIG NAP • THE LONE COUCH OF THIS EVERLASTING SLEEP • TOOK A HARP • TRADED TO THE ANGELS • TURN ONE’S FACE TO THE WALL • TURN TO DUST • TURN UP ONE’S TOES • TURNED THEIR TOES UP • TURNING UP DAISIES • WANDERING THE ELYSIAN FIELDS • WAS A GONER • WINNING ONE FOR THE REAPER • WITH THE ANCESTORS • WITH THE ANGELS • YIELD ONE’S BREATH • YIELD UP THE GHOST A RACE WELL RUN • NOT GOING TO PRODUCE SEED • WITHERED • ATE IT • BE NO MORE • SMOKED • BECAME A ROOT INSPECTOR • BELLY UP • BITE THE DUST • DECIMATED • BOUGHT THE FARM • BREATHE ONE’S LAST • BUMP OFF • WITHERED • BURIED • BUY A PINE CONDO • TO AN END • CASH IN ONE’S CHIPS • CEASED TO BE • CHECKED OUT • CHECKING OUT THE GRASS FROM UNDERNEATH • CARCASS • CROSSED OVER • CROSSED THE RIVER STYX• CUT OFF • DANCE THE LAST DANCE • DECEASED • DEFINITELY DONE DANCING • DEFUNCT • DEMISED • DEPARTED •DIRT NAP • DONE • DONE FOR • END ONE’S EARTHLY CAREER • ERASED • STOPPED GROWING • EXPIRED • EXTINCT • FALLEN OFF THEIR PERCH • FEELING NO PAIN • FINAL CHAPTER • FINAL CURTAIN CALL • FINALLY GOT HIS TAB CALLED AT THE BAR OF LIFE • FINISHED • FLATLINE • FLEW THE COOP • FRAGGED • GATHERING THE ASPHALT • GAVE UP THE GHOST • GET YOUR WINGS • GO HOME IN A BOX • GO OFF THE HOOKS • GO OUT LIKE THE SNUFF OF A CANDLE • GO TO DAVY JONES’S LOCKER • GO TO MEET ONE’S MAKER • GO TO ONE’S JUST REWARD • GO TO ONE’S REST • GO TO THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUND • GO TO THE LAST ROUNDUP • GO WEST • GOING TO THE BIG BARLEY FIELD IN THE SKY • GONE • GONER • GONE INTO THE WEST • GONE TO A BETTER PLACE • GOT A ONEWAY TICKET • EXAMINING THE RADISHES FROM BELOW • HE’S JUGGLING HALOS NOW • NOT COMING BACK • STAMPED RETURN TO SENDER • PASSED THE SELLBY DATE • NOTHING LEFT • IMMORTALLY CHALLENGED • IN A BETTER PLACE • IN REPOSE • IN THE HORIZONTAL PHONE BOOTH • IT WAS CURTAINS • JOINED THE CHOIR INVISIBLE • JOINED THE MAJORITY • KICKED OFF • KICKED THE BUCKET • KICKED THE OXYGEN HABIT • LATE • LEFT THE BUILDING • LIFELESS • LIGHTS OUT• LIQUIDATED • LIVINGIMPAIRED • LOST • MEET ONE’S END • MEET YOUR MAKER • MORTIFIED • MUMMIFIED • NO LONGER WITH US • NO MORE • NOT BLINKING ANYMORE • OFF THE TWIG • ON THE HEAVENLY SHORES • ON THE UNABLE TO BREATHE LIST • ONE’S HOUR IS COME • OUT OF HIS/HER MISERY • PAID CHARON’S FARE • PASSED AWAY • PAYING A DEBT TO NATURE • PERISHED • PERMANENTLY OUT OF PRINT • PICKING TURNIPS WITH A STEP LADDER • PUSHING UP THE DAISIES • PUT DOWN • CEMENT BOOTS • REACHED THE FINISH LINE • RESTING IN PEACE • RETURN TO THE GROUND • RETURNED TO DUST • RETURNED TO THE SOURCE • RIDING THE PERMA-PINE

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 9, 2013

Home economics program at risk The WI is backing a resolution calling for program to continue beyond a U of M revamp

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff / Winkler

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he Manitoba Women’s Institute is worried the University of Manitoba’s home economics program will get lost in the shuffle as the university undergoes a major restructuring to reduce the number of faculties.

The university wants to reduce its 20 faculties to 13 and has proposed merging as many as five faculties into one ‘super faculty’ including programs such as including nursing and human ecology-home economics.

This isn’t the first time the MWI has defended home economics studies. In the mid1990s the women’s oganization played a key role in helping reverse a proposal at that time to dissolve the faculty.

Ties between the rural women’s organization and the faculty are historic, with both

entities co-founded in 1910.

The ties are also personal.

“I now have a granddaughter who is graduating (from highschool) in another year and she would like to become a home economist,” said MWI past president Audrey Grier of Woodmore. Grier’s daughter is a professional home economist.

They’re both wondering if the next generation will have the career option.

“She says, ‘I don’t think there’ll be a faculty,’” Grier said.

“That really has worried me.”

The WI passed a resolution at its annual general meeting April 26 calling for the home economics program to remain “a clearly identifiable program of study” that will continue to meet the needs of the professional practice of home economics.

The University of Manitoba’s faculty of human ecology is the only standalone and fully interdisciplinary faculty left

in Canada. Universities elsewhere have shifted their academic structures in ways that now offer human ecology studies couched within other faculties of education, agriculture or medicine.

Debora Durnin-Richards, president of the Manitoba Association of Home Economists (MAHE) and a WI member said this isn’t about keeping a faculty so much as retaining the program.

They want the university to take steps to ensure human ecology and home economics studies remain visible and accessible to students with whatever larger entity it ends up within, she said.

“We’re expecting that there would be at least a collegelevel structure within a larger faculty and also we are wanting to make sure that it’s a college that can be clearly identified for human ecology and home economics,” she said.

“We’re expecting that there would be at least a college-level structure within a larger faculty and also we are wanting to make sure that it’s a college that can be clearly identified for human ecology and home economics.”

Debora Durnin-Richards

Manitoba Association of Home Economists (MAHE) president

“We’re saying if you’re going to change the structure of the university, you’ve got to make sure that human ecology has the same kind of identity and accessibility as all the others that are being amalgamated.

Medicine is going to have a college. You’re going to know you’re in a college of medicine.”

Durnin-Richards added that strong labour market demand for trained professional home economists is why this program must continue.

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There is resurgent demand for professional home economists trained in family-centred skills in areas such as financial literacy, nutrition and health, she said.

Schools are trying to reintroduce home economics but can’t find teachers.

“Right now school divisions are not able to hire qualified human ecology, home economics teachers,” she said. They are struggling to get people who can actually teach the curriculum.”

Joan Clement, current president of MWI said their organization will be closely watching developments at the university.

“Hopefully they move it as an entity so that it still remains a viable program for students to go into,” she said.

MWI member and past president Barbara Stienwandt of Grandview said it’s frustrating to be going to bat once again for the program.

“It’s unfortunate that we have to be looking at this again,” she said. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices Winnipeg

May 3, 2013

Feeder demand rises as pastures come out of hiding

Steers & Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 70.00 - 75.00 D3 Cows 67.00 - 72.00 Bulls 82.00 - 87.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

110.00 - 117.00 (801-900 lbs.)

115.00 - 125.00 (701-800 lbs.)

118.00 - 135.00 (601-700 lbs.)

128.00 - 150.00 (501-600 lbs.)

138.00 - 150.00 (401-500 lbs.)

140.00 - 160.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

95.00 - 113.00 (801-900 lbs.)

100.00 - 116.00 (701-800 lbs.)

108.00 - 125.00 (601-700 lbs.)

114.00 - 125.00 (501-600 lbs.)

120.00 - 132.00 (401-500 lbs.)

130.00 - 150.00

Heifers

Alberta South $ 120.50 - 120.50 120.00 - 120.00 72.00 - 85.00 64.00 - 74.00 — $ 110.00 - 120.00 118.00 - 128.00 127.00 - 141.00 135.00 - 152.00 142.00 - 161.00 146.00 - 163.00 $ 104.00 - 114.00 107.00 - 120.00 113.00 - 126.00 118.00 - 133.00 125.00 - 142.00 130.00 - 146.00

($/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 (May 3, 2013) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close June 2013 123.65 August 2013 123.87 October 2013 127.00 December 2013 128.47 February 2014 129.95 April 2014 130.57

Change 0.75 0.15 0.03 0.25 0.70 0.67

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Feeder Cattle May 2013 August 2013 September 2013 October 2013 November 2013 January 2014

Packers want butcher cattle as grilling season looms

Previous Year­ 55,999 14,264 41,735 NA 615,000

Ontario $ 95.30 - 123.28 106.94 - 122.57 53.99 - 74.87 53.99 - 74.87 71.48 - 91.84 $ 114.01 - 129.17 117.76 - 133.71 119.54 - 142.55 128.10 - 156.80 124.35 - 161.67 121.46 - 157.53 $ 102.39 - 116.37 111.46 - 122.32 110.70 - 124.50 106.33 - 134.83 105.79 - 141.26 110.77 - 145.17

Close 140.60 149.65 151.25 152.95 154.27 153.25

Week Ending April 27, 2013 1,341 29,700 13,780 613 785 6,647 121

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Change -1.60 -2.50 -2.70 -2.70 -1.93 -1.95

Previous Year 785 29,983 15,884 808 803 4,885 263

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

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

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

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

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

Futures (May 3, 2013) in U.S. Hogs May 2013 June 2013 July 2013 August 2013 October 2013

Current Week 168.00 E 155.00 E 154.39 156.57

Last Week 163.00 E 150.00 E 150.00 155.12

Close 91.30 92.82 93.02 92.05 82.30

Last Year (Index 100) 163.34 149.20 146.61 150.92

Change -0.52 0.80 1.67 10.85 4.30

Sheep and Lambs Winnipeg (350 head wooled fats) 35.00 - 45.00 90.00 - 100.00 100.00 - 110.00 95.00 - 110.00 100.00 - 130.00 130.00 - 165.00

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

Turkeys Minimum prices as of May 5, 2013 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.020 Undergrade .............................. $1.930 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.005 Undergrade .............................. $1.905 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.005 Undergrade .............................. $1.905 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.915 Undergrade............................... $1.830 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

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ctivity at cattle auction yards in Manitoba was a bit of a hit-and-miss situation with some operations in more northern reaches of the province having to cancel sales due to bad weather and road closures.

Operations in more central and southerly locations, meanwhile, were said to have had at least decent cattle marketings to work with during the week ended May 3.

Muddy yards were also a factor behind some of the reduced marketings at some locations.

“There is likely to be a bit of a jump in cattle being sold at the auction yards located in the more northerly areas of the province over the next week as farmers try to catch up on sales,” said Robin Hill, manager of Heartland Livestock Services at Virden.

However, he also cautioned that if the weather turns warmer and drier, marketings were likely to slow as farmers begin to concentrate on spring field work and ultimately seeding operations. Once farmers were current with their cattle sales, the numbers were likely to be slow until sometime in the fall.

There was good demand for feeder cattle brought to the auction yards, Hill said. Some of that interest was tied to the melting snow on the fields and the appearance of pasture land. The potential for flooding in parts of Manitoba, however, kept the interest limited in some areas.

Strong demand and limited numbers of feeders resulted in values for that class of cattle firming a few dollars per hundredweight during the week, Hill said.

“Producers are starting to look for grass cattle to put out on pastures, and with that demand came a firming in value,” he said.

Demand for butcher cattle also was rated as strong, with packers looking to build up some supply ahead of the barbecue season

robin hill

Heartland Livestock Services, Virden

on the Canadian Prairies picking up steam.

As a result, values were fully steady if not a bit better.

Defying the dollar

Good interest was evident from packers in both Eastern and Western Canada for butcher animals, Hill said. He also pointed out some good demand from U.S. buyers, which came as a bit of a surprise given that the Canadian dollar managed to strengthen back into the US99-cent area during the week.

“Somehow they are making the economics of bringing Canadian cattle down south work, which is a good thing for cattle farmers in the province,” Hill said. Much of the need for Canadian butcher cattle comes from the fact that U.S. outlets are short on numbers.

The Canadian dollar has been forecast by financial strategists to remain at just below or at par with the U.S. currency from now through to the end of the current calendar year.

On a bit of a belated note, congratulations are in order to Scott Campbell of Killarney Auction Mart who won the recent Manitoba/ Saskatchewan auctioneer championship held at Whitewood Livestock Sales in Saskatchewan on April 26. Reportedly there were numerous representatives from the various auction yards in both provinces, and we are hoping for more details.

The winner of the competition will now represent both provinces at the Canadian auctioneer championship, to be held at the beginning of June in Strathmore, Alta.

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

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

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

“Somehow they are making the economics of bringing Canadian cattle down south work.”

Dwayne Klassen

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending April 27, 2013 53.489 12,483 41,006 NA 625,000

$1 Cdn: $ .9922 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.0079 Cdn.

COLUMN

(Friday to Thursday) Slaughter Cattle

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

EXCHANGES: May 3, 2013

Toronto 36.89 - 70.59 106.98 - 138.83 127.66 - 149.69 145.92 - 175.15 148.80 - 194.45 —

SunGold Specialty Meats 30.00

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

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

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg (Fats) 90.00 - 125.00 150.00 - 170.00 —

Toronto ($/cwt) 40.00 - 250.00 — 79.12 - 264.36

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 12.26 - 46.00 27.63 - 51.70

Barbecue season lights a fire under U.S. beef prices chicago / reuters / U.S. beef prices jumped to a 10-year high last week as the arrival of warm, dry weather had backyard chefs firing up grills.

The wholesale price of choice beef, or cut-out, jumped $3.10 to $199.49 per 100 pounds (cwt), the highest since $200.65 on Oct. 20, 2003, according to USDA data.

“We’ve not yet seen the big demand push we normally get by this time of year because of weather issues. But the cut-out

surge suggests a kick-start for grilling, Mother’s Day features and Memorial Day bookings,” said Don Roose, analyst with U.S. Commodities in Des Moines, Iowa.

Consumers already are paying record-high prices for beef and the latest surge in the wholesale market may push supermarket prices even higher.

Maple Leaf Foods loss widens on lower meat sales reuters / Maple Leaf Foods has reported a bigger quarterly loss, hurt in part

by lower meat sales.

The company is carrying out a multi-year program of closing older processing plants and modernizing others, as it seeks to boost profit and better compete with U.S. rivals.

Sales for the company’s protein group, which includes the meat products and agribusiness groups, fell about six per cent to $744 million in the first quarter, with total sales falling four per cent to $1.11 billion.

The company’s net loss widened to $14.7 million, or 11 cents per share, in the first quarter from $5.8 million, or four cents per share, a year earlier.

Looking for results? Check out the market reports from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 15

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GRAIN MARKETS Export and International Prices

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Last Week

All prices close of business May 2, 2013

StatsCan stocks report quickly digested, ignored CNSC

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CE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended May 3, with fund traders liquidating long positions behind much of the weakness.

Overall losses in canola came despite a firmer tone in the U.S. soy complex. The unwinding of spreads between the two markets was thought to be behind some of the relative weakness in the Canadian oilseed.

A bounce over the week in the Canadian dollar, which was within a cent of parity by Friday, was also cutting into canola values.

Positioning in the lead-up to Statistics Canada’s stocks report was a feature of the trade for a while, but the data came and went with little overall market impact.

Canola stocks, as of March 31, were pegged at 3.9 million tonnes, well behind last year’s level and the tightest for this time of year in nearly a decade. While stocks were a little tighter than many pre-report guesses, the trade was quickly downplaying the number and second-guessing the survey results. A common refrain from many analysts was that StatsCan was underestimating the size of last year’s crop. Conspiracy theories aside, the most likely explanation, as to why the actual canola supplies still out there may not be as tight as the official data, is that farmers — particularly in a tight year — may not be 100 per cent accurate in their survey responses. A few bins unreported here or there add up, and there could be 500,000 more tonnes of canola out there than officially documented. Even if that’s the case, stocks are still tight, and demand rationing of old-crop canola ahead of the new-crop harvest should provide support going forward.

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

264.07

257.64

229.99

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

310.36

302.46

282.07

Coarse Grains

The overall direction in canola will continue to be dictated by movements in the U.S. futures, with Canada’s own supplyand-demand fundamentals a secondary influence.

In the U.S., soybeans, corn and wheat all moved higher during the week. Weather conditions remain at the forefront of U.S. grains and oilseeds markets, as farmers struggle with spring seeding and cold temperatures damage winter wheat fields.

Yet another snowstorm caused more problems for some U.S. Midwestern farmers trying to get their corn crops in at the start of May, but forecasts were starting to show some improvement by the weekend.

Meanwhile, wheat fields were being hurt by freeze damage in the southern Plains.

The weather forecasts this spring could best be likened to a carrot constantly being pulled farther away. The warmer temperatures always seem to be just a week out. The days are getting longer, and it’s looking like the elusive carrot will finally be caught.

Problem areas will inevitably persist, but the bulk of the crops in both Canada and the U.S. will get in the ground (with only minor adjustments to what’s seeded). Over the seeding period, prices can be expected to chop around, but attention will soon be shifting away from the late planting to the good start the crops are getting given all the moisture out there.

As always, shifting sentiment in the wider financial markets will also come to play in the grains and oilseeds. South American production, Chinese demand and weather in other parts of the world will also remain in the background and be there to move prices around once the dust — or, more likely, mud — settles from spring planting.

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

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

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Wheat

U.S. oilseed futures will continue to steer canola Phil Franz-Warkentin

Week Ago

US corn Gulf ($US)

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US barley (PNW) ($US)

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

274.61

254.03

245.67

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

269.90

255.80

219.00

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

529.42

255.99

544.21

1,067.66

1,097.43

1,220.91

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business May 3, 2013 barley

Last Week

Week Ago

May 2013

243.50

243.50

July 2013

244.00

244.00

October 2013

194.00

194.00

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

May 2013

630.40

634.10

July 2013

601.40

616.50

November 2013

541.30

550.20

Special Crops Report for May 6, 2013 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan Spot Market

Spot Market

Lentils (Cdn. cents per pound)

Other ( Cdn. cents per pound unless otherwise specified)

Large Green 15/64

25.00 - 25.75

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

21.00 - 25.75

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

19.00 - 21.00

Desi Chickpeas

26.00 - 28.00 — 25.70 - 27.00

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

Fababeans, large

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Feed beans

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No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

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Medium Yellow No. 1

15.30 - 17.50 8.75 - 9.50

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

No. 1 Great Northern

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Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

6.25 - 8.10

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

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Yellow No. 1

38.70 - 40.75

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

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Brown No. 1

34.75 - 36.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

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Oriental No. 1

27.30 - 28.75

No. 1 Black Beans

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No. 1 Pinto Beans

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Source: Stat Publishing SUNFLOWERS

No. 1 Small Red

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No. 1 Pink

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Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

22.85

23.60

32.00* Call for details

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Report for May 3, 2013 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed) Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

Jack Frost bites U.S. plains wheat fields As much as 25 per cent of the hard red winter crop has been damaged

By Sam Nelson chicago / reuters

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reezing temperatures in the U.S. southwest Plains early Apr il 24 probably harmed more of the U.S. winter wheat crop, an agricultural meteorologist said.

“There was another freeze, and this may be the most damag ing one so far,” said Andy Karst,

meteorologist for World Weather Inc. “ Temperatures fell to the teens and low 20s (°F) in most of the Texas Panhandle, southwest Oklahoma and extended into southern Kansas.”

Commodity Weather Group said the temperatures fell to lowerthan-expected levels in the Plains states early April 24.

“The net result is up to 30 per cent losses possibly from southwestern

Oklahoma and bordering sections of the Texas Panhandle northward into southwestern Kansas,” said CWG meteorologist Joel Widenor. Those areas represent more than 25 per cent of the hard red winter wheat acreage, Widenor said.

A series of freezes in April has harmed the chief bread-making hard red winter wheat in the U.S. Plains states of Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and Kansas.

The crop has been growing in spurts due to volatile fluctuations of warm and cold weather and has reached its vulnerable jointing stage of development.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on April 22 said eight per cent of the U.S. winter wheat crop had headed, or formed heads.

Drought and winterkill has sharply reduced the condition of the 2013 winter wheat crop.

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Animal rights groups applaud retailers’ move against gestation stalls The Retail Council of Canada’s apparent plan to phase out gestation stalls won’t influence how the Manitoba Pork Council advises its producers

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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anitoba Pork Council says a sweeping endorsement of updated sow housing practices, including phasing out gestation stalls by 2022, by the Retail Council of Canada won’t change how its producers raise their animals.

“It really changes nothing in our position at all, a whole host of independent retailers, like Tim Hortons and like Walmart have already been coming out and stating they wanted to move away from these sow stalls,” said Karl Kynoch, chairman of the Manitoba Pork Council. “At the end of the day it’s up to the retailers whether they buy the product or not.”

The retailers’ association — whose members include Co-op Atlantic, Canada Safeway, Costco Wholesale Canada, Federated Cooperatives, Loblaws, Metro, Sobeys, and Walmart Canada — are working with the pork industry on an updated Pig Codes of Practice to be released June 1. It’s expected the new code will address the use of gestation stalls.

“While these stalls have allowed for easier management of sows through more consistent feeding and less injuries from aggression, the restriction in movement has led to concerns that this system inhibits natural behaviours,” the Retail Council of Canada said in a statement.

The retailer group does not specifically indicate support for a ban on gestation stalls. But it states: “RCC grocery members support the Canadian Pork Council’s process to update its Codes of Practice and

will work towards sourcing fresh pork products from sows raised in alternative housing practices as defined in the updated codes by the end of 2022.“ However, many consumer and animal rights groups have interpreted the statement as a commitment to shift buying away from producers using the stalls.

“We praise Canada’s top grocers for making the humane and socially responsible choice to phase out inherently cruel gestation crates,” said Twyla Francois, a director with the group Mercy for Animals. “We are pleased that retailers have finally listened to their ethically minded customers and are taking action to end the abusive practice.”

There are some very good reasons why the industry moved to stalls a number of years ago.”

KARL KYNOCH

An undercover video taken at a Manitoba hog barn and released by the activist group last fall, sparked a public outcry over the use of sow stalls. However, local campaigns such as “Quit Stalling” have fought the use of gestation stalls for more than a decade.

Kynoch said he is concerned a move away from gestation stalls could be a step backwards in terms of animal welfare.

“At the end of the day, the producer will always strive to do what

is best for the animal, but our biggest concern is that when we make change, we make change in a positive way,” he said. “There are some very good reasons why the industry moved to stalls a number of years ago.”

In recent weeks there has been confusion about the pork council’s commitment to a voluntary phase-out of the stalls by 2025, first espoused in 2011.

A document released that year entitled Embracing a Sustainable Future, makes the statement that “Manitoba Pork commits to encouraging producers to phase out by 2025, the style of dry sow stalls currently used. New forms of housing must be practical and provide protection to animals and humans alike.”

However, Kynoch recently indicated the council is only asking producers to look at other sow housing options by 2025.

He clarified the council’s position on phasing out gestation stalls last week.

“We’re not forcing them to do it, we’re not telling them to do it, we’re encouraging them to do it... in a way that allows them to look at other options and to do the research,” he said.

In a press release, the Canadian Pork Council said it views the commitment made by the retail council on sow housing as an opportunity for productive dialogue between farmers and retailers.

The national council is also on the record as stating the value chain needs to recognize the additional cost to producers making the adjustment. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

Karl Kynoch, chairman of the Manitoba Pork Council PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

Twyla Francois, a director from the group Mercy for Animals PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES

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Grain handlers New grass hybrid could wary of toxin reduce the impact of flooding The hybrid cut water run-off from grassland by up to 51 per cent lingering in ‘12 U.S. corn harvest A Most of the contaminated corn is now being blended into feed for hogs and beef cattle

By Julie Ingwersen chicago / reuters

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roblems with the toxic residue of a mould that attacked the 2012 drought-hit U.S. corn crop may worsen this summer and autumn as Midwest farmers blend off tainted supplies held in storage, grain experts say.

The substance, aflatoxin, is a chronic problem in dry, hot, southern states like Texas where stressed crops are vulnerable to the mould. But in 2012, the worst U.S. drought in more than half a century extended the aflatoxin threat moving it northward into the heart of the Midwest, resulting in the biggest outbreak since the 1980s.

“As we get into summer, you are going to see the worst of it,” said Doug Bartlett, coowner of Midwest Farm Services, an advisory service in Higginsville, Missouri. “We have tight corn supplies and when we get down to the nittygritty, there is going to be a lot of the aflatoxin left over, and it will have to be blended off into the new crop,” he said.

Aflatoxin can sicken humans and animals if ingested and is carcinogenic. So corn users — from pet food and livestock feed makers to vegoil and sweetener producers — test for it, and reject tainted supplies.

Ethanol makers, which consume 40 per cent of U.S. corn output, can be even more picky because the aflatoxins concentrate during the distilling process, contaminating dried distillers’ grains, a valuable ethanol byproduct sold for feed.

Months after the harvest, aflatoxin continues to cause headaches along the corn supply chain.

“From eastern Kansas across nor ther n Missouri and up into central and southern Illinois — there is an area there that has significant aflatoxin issues,” said Charles Hurburgh, an agricultural engineering professor at Iowa State University who specializes in grain quality.

Tainted corn blended into feed

Most of the contaminated corn is now being blended into feed for hogs and beef cattle, large animals that can tolerate low levels of aflatoxin.

Under guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, certain types of feed can contain an aflatoxin concentration of up to 300 parts per billion. Human foods must contain less than 20 ppb, while the threshold for milk is even lower, at 0.5 ppb.

For the export market, outbound U.S. corn must also test at less than 20 ppb.

Cows that eat tainted corn can pass on aflatoxin through their milk. Dairy processors

“We have tight corn supplies and when we get down to the nitty-gritty, there is going to be a lot of the aflatoxin left over, and it will have to be blended off into the new crop.”

Doug Bartlett

Midwest Farm Services

in the St. Louis area have had to dump loads of milk found to contain elevated levels of aflatoxin, said Max Hawkins, a nutritionist with Alltech, a Kentucky-based feed supplement company.

“A f l a t o x i n a n d s p r i n g weather — that is their major, m a j o r f o c u s r i g h t n o w,” Hawkins said.

The mould that causes aflatoxin can spread inside grain storage bins as temperatures rise in spring, creating the potential for a second wave of problems after the initial outbreak at harvest.

“We’ve already seen some flourishing of the moulds that can produce aflatoxin,” said Hawkins. “Because corn is in short supply, everybody wants to get every kernel, everything they can out of the bin,” Hawkins said.

Several major Cor n Belt states, including Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Nebraska, received temporary approval from the FDA last fall to let grain handlers blend cor n contain ing aflatoxin with clean grain, and some of those states have extended the blending allowances into this summer.

Corn handlers have stepped up testing for aflatoxin but sampling the grain can be difficult since contamination levels vary greatly.

In February, the Hy-Vee Inc. grocery chain recalled five product lines of its privately branded dog food due to elevated levels of aflatoxin in the corn used to make the pet food.

U.S. corn stocks are historically tight, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture projecting a 17-year low by Aug. 31, the end of the 2012-13 marketing year. Cash corn prices remain strong because buyers are scrambling to cover their needs through the summer and up until the 2013 harvest.

Aflatoxin has complicated that job, forcing some to source grain from farther away.

“It’s a difficult year in working through this crop,” said Jeffrey Adkisson, executive vice-president of the Illinois Grain & Feed Association. “It’s probably one of the most challenging years some of our people have had to go through.”

collaboration of plant and soil scie n t i s t s f ro m a c ro s s the U.K. has shown a grass hybrid species could help reduce the impact of flooding.

The BBSRC-funded scientists, from Rothamsted Research, the James Hutton Institute, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University, Lancaster University and the University of Nottingham, used a hybridized species of grass called perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) with a closely related species called meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis).

They hoped to integrate the rapid establishment and growth rate of the ryegrass with the large, well-developed root systems and efficient water capture of the meadow fescue.

More than two years of field exper iments in the southwest the team demonstrated that the hybrid, named Festulolium, reduced water run-off from agricultural grassland by up to 51 per cent compared to a leading U.K. nationally recommended perennial ryegrass cultivar and by 43 per cent compared to meadow fescue.

It is thought the reduced run-off is achieved because Festulolium’s intense initial root growth and subs e q u e n t r a p i d t u r n ov e r, especially at depth, allows more water to be retained within the soil.

The hybrid grass also pro-

U.K. researchers say certain grasses do a better job of helping soil absorb moisture. photo: les mcewan

vides high-quality forage with resilience to weather extremes, making the grass doubly useful to farmers.

“Hybr id grasses of this t y p e s h ow p o t e n t i a l f o r reducing the likelihood of f l o o d g e n e ra t i o n , w h i l s t providing pasture for food production under conditions of changing climate,” said Kit Macleod, catchment scientist at the James Hutton Institute and one of the authors of the paper.

“In areas with similar climate and soils, then there is potential for reducing the likelihood of flood generation based on increased soil water storage within a river’s catchment.”

“ We u s u a l l y t h i n k o f improving food crops solely in terms of traits such as the yield and quality of the food itself, and apart from root crops such as potatoes and carrots these are easily visible, above-ground traits.

However, there is increasi n g re c o g n i t i o n t h a t t h e health and utility of plants can be greatly enhanced by i m p rov i n g b e l ow - g ro u n d traits such as root growth,” s a i d D o u g l a s Ke l l , c h i e f executive of BBSRC. “The enormous savings that will be possible by mitigating flooding through planting grasses such as these, dwarf any possible cost of producing them.”

Hi-Pro Expanding Leadership Team Hi-Pro Feeds welcomes Brad Cramer as the new Regional Manager for Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The addition of Cramer to the Sales team is a big win for Hi-Pro and a testament to the company’s long term growth plans.

Cramer will be responsible for building and growing the sales teams for all species in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The aggressive recruitment strategy will tap into the significant growth potential in both provinces attributed to a variety of variables including mill capacity, the potential to expand Hi-Pro’s footprint, growing the existing customers and gaining new customers.

Both Manitoba and Saskatchewan have been identified as key growth markets.

Cramer has deep experience in the feed industry.

He has taken on increasingly larger responsibilities ranging from multi species Territory Manager, Business Development Manager and Swine Business Manager. In addition, Brad has 12 years experience in large scale pork production in central Saskatchewan and the mid-western United States, manufacturing and end-customer experience he can leverage for Hi-Pro’s continued success.

Current priorities include building a Sales team that will drive strategic business development in this market area.

Pictured Above: Ste Anne Mill Cramer graduated from the University of Manitoba with a diploma in Agriculture. He’s married to Crystal and has a son, Logan, and a daughter, Zoe. Brad’s interests outside of work include fishing, big game hunting, quading, snowmobiling and northern wilderness adventures with family.

Hi-Pro welcomes Brad Cramer to the team.

Hi-Pro’s 429 employees manufacture, sell and distribute animal nutrition products and services to over 10,000 customers that range from hobby farmers and lifestyle animal customers to large commercial livestock producers. The latter include dairy, beef, swine and poultry farmers as well as horse and specialty (fish, pet food).

Headquartered in Okotoks, Alberta, Hi-Pro Feeds is a leading North American manufacturer and distributor of livestock feed with 13 facilities across western Canada and the southwestern United States.

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Province, feds, two peas in a pod on COOL If country-of-origin labelling is really about food safety, Canadian regulations should do the trick without resorting to costly labelling

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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hen it comes to country-of-origin labelling, Manitoba’s agriculture minister says he will staunchly support the actions of federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz.

“The province of Manitoba is standing behind Minister Ritz’s opinions and whatever choice he makes, we’re in favour of that decision,” Manitoba’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, Ron Kostyshyn, told a group of farm writers and broadcasters in Winnipeg last week.

“Minister Ritz and I have talked numerous times about that, and I want to assure you all that Minister Ritz and I are on the same page,” he added.

Although the World Trade Organization has given the United States until later this month to amend its COOL requirements, action has yet to be seen on the issue. Canadian officials recently met with Mexican counterparts about possible strategies to respond to COOL. Mexico, along with Canada, successfully challenged COOL regulations in 2011 via the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement body.

That decision was upheld last year by the WTO’s appellate body.

The United States now has until May 23 to comply with the ruling.

Last month, Gerry Ritz said trade retaliations against our southern neighbours could add up to $1 billion annually, while possibly expanding beyond U.S. beef and pork.

Kostyshyn said he supports the move towards trade retaliation, and rejected the idea that the fight over COOL has already been lost.

“At the end of the day, we’re all here to enhance the financial benefits to the producers.”

Ron Kostyshyn

If the labelling regulations are truly about increased food safety, and not U.S. protectionism as some have speculated, the minister said industry and government should work towards illustrating the effectiveness of the safety regulations already in place in Manitoba and across Canada.

“If the rationale of COOL labelling is kind of premised on food safety, then let’s go back, let’s do a report card on what we do in the province of Manitoba, in Canada and the proof will be in the pudding that we’ve done our due homework of making... good, safe food,” Kostyshyn said.

He added Canadian traceability programs have been effective in increasing food safety as well.

American producers, particularly in the pork sector, are also fond of Canadian genetics and technology he said, adding that the flow of goods and information needs to be open in both directions.

Kostyshyn said many American producers oppose COOL too. However, those voices have not swayed opinion in Washington. A continued, united front with allies in the United States continues to be a necessary component of the fight against COOL, he said.

“At the end of the day, we’re all here to enhance the financial benefits to the producers,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Continued uncertainty for hog producers in 2013 Some producers are hanging in hoping for price increase, but it may be muted by higher hog numbers Bernie Peet Peet on Pigs

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fter a six-year period of poor profitability, Canadian producers are on a knife edge, especially those in the West. With the hog price at around $1.45 and production costs of at least $170 per hog, they have been bleeding cash over the winter. And now the latest census data suggests that the supply of hogs in North America this year is going to be larger than expected.

Couple that with issues such as export barriers, COOL, the situation in the EU and unknown harvest prospects and it’s not surprising that the current mood is one of uncertainty.

First, the combined U.S. and Canadian total hog inventory for December 2012 was only slightly down compared with 2011, while the breeding herd, at 7.03 million head, was up a little. Expectations were that high feed prices would have led to lower numbers. But it appears that U.S. producers have held their nerve, despite significant losses, and are banking on a big drop in the price of corn after this year’s harvest.

In Western Canada, producers continue to quit production as their equity runs out, but the attrition is not yet reflected in the census figures. Those still in business are hoping for a surge in summer prices, but this seasonal rise will probably be muted by the higher-than-expected hog numbers.

Futures prices and the pundits’ predictions have already weakened. The George Morris Centre’s Canadian Pork Market Review published in the middle of last month predicted an average price of $1.60-65/kg for Alberta during March, yet the price has stayed around the $1.45 mark so far, and that with the Canadian dollar weakening. It predicted a peak of $1.70-75 in May, and a fourth-quarter price of $1.50-55.

If the current price weakness persists and the mid-year price peak is only $1.60-65, that means that producers will be unprofitable for the whole year unless feed prices weaken substantially prior to the harvest.

Continued productivity

The other factor working against higher prices is the continuing improvement in the productivity of the U.S. industry. Over the last 10 years, the number of pigs weaned per sow has increased by 0.2 and passed the milestone of 10 per litter in 2011. With nearly six million sows in the U.S. breeding herd, that’s about 1.2 million extra pigs coming to market each year, with plenty of scope for more improvement. My concern right now is that, in the fall, prices will weaken even more than predicted and, despite lower feed prices, Canadian producers will be under severe economic pressure.

Each time this happens, it has been Canadian producers who have quit, not those in the U.S. who receive a higher price for their hogs and have much better hedging opportunities.

EU production down

While I remain somewhat pessimistic about prospects this year, there are several things that may change the situation. The latest forecasts of pig production in the EU have been revised sharply downwards, with Eurostat reporting that member countries predict a 6.9 per cent drop in slaughterings during the third quarter of this year compared to last and a drop of 7.2 per cent for the fourth quarter. This is partly in response to high feed prices, but probably more likely due to the partial sow stall ban which is leading to a significant exodus from the industry in some countries.

Fewer pigs in the EU will mean that they have fewer to export, opening up opportunities for North American exporters and increasing the demand for pigs, which would support prices.

The second factor is the possible impact of changes in U.S.

COOL legislation. Recently released proposed changes to the country-of-origin laws have been met with dismay by both Canadian and U.S. livestock and meat organizations.

“The proposed rule is even more onerous, disruptive and expensive than the current regulation implemented in 2009,” said J. Patrick Boyle, president of the American Meat Institute. If the change goes ahead as currently written, Canada will likely be in a position to levy retaliatory tariffs that should flow to its pig producers.

If by some miracle, the U.S. capitulates and complies with the spirit of the WTO ruling, then that will be beneficial to the trade in live pigs from Canada.

Finally, U.S. pork exports have helped to support hog prices over the last few years and have mopped up surplus product.

Exports set a record during 2012, reaching 2.26 million tonnes, valued at $6.3 billion, up 3.5 per cent on 2011 and representing 23.5 per cent of U.S. pork and pork production. Exporting has not been without its problems, though.

Russia stopped pork and beef imports from the U.S. in December, claiming it had detected traces of ractopamine.

However, such non-tariff barriers are designed to support the developing Russian industry in which some of the powerful oligarchy have money invested.

Their aim is to eventually be selfsufficient, although this will take a long time. In the meantime, they do not want to stop further expansion in response to low profitability and will seek to support the hog price by restricting imports by one means or another.

There are a lot of unknowns facing western Canadian producers during the rest of this year. Unless some of the stars align more favourably for producers, there could be a significant drop in production over the winter period.

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

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Over the last 10 years, the number of pigs weaned per sow has increased by 0.2 and passed the milestone of 10 per litter in 2011.

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Brandon

Virden

Feeder Steers

May-01

Apr-30

Apr-30

Apr-30

No. on offer

220

458

444

Over 1,000 lbs.

too

n/a

n/a

900-1,000

Heartland

Heartland

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

May-01

Apr-29

May-02

May-03

715

971

317

n/a

780

n/a

n/a

n/a

sale

107.00-113.00

few

n/a

n/a

100.00-115.00

107.00-115.75

n/a

cancelled

114.00-117.00

800-900

cattle

100.00-121.50

110.00-120.00

110.00-123.00

113.00-127.00

n/a

due to

117.00-128.00

700-800

to make

110.00-133.50

118.00-131.50

122.00-141.00

124.00-141.00

119.00-133.50

bad weather

124.00-137.00

600-700

a cattle

110.00-144.00

135.00-148.00

127.00-148.00

135.00-147.00

131.00-146.00

and

128.00-146.00

500-600

report

125.00-144.00

140.00-153.50

135.00-150.00

140.00-158.00

135.00-150.00

road closures

140.00-155.00

400-500

n/a

130.00-154.00

150.00-163.00

140.00-155.00

145.00-160.00

140.00-158.00

n/a

145.00-165.00

300-400

n/a

135.00-151.00

155.00-175.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

145.00-165.00

900-1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

90.00-103.00

96.00-106.00

n/a

n/a

105.00-112.00

800-900

n/a

90.00-100.00

100.00-115.50

97.00-110.00

100.00-111.00

n/a

n/a

110.00-116.00

700-800

n/a

100.00-121.50

108.00-117.50

105.00-118.00

109.00-121.00

112.00-121.00

n/a

115.00-125.50

600-700

n/a

105.00-120.50

115.00-128.00

112.00-127.00

115.00-128.50

117.00-125.00

n/a

117.00-132.00

500-600

n/a

110.00-128.00

120.00-135.00

115.00-131.00

118.00-132.00

117.00-129.00

n/a

118.00-135.00

400-500

n/a

115.00-124.50

128.00-140.00

120.00-135.00

126.00-144.00

120.00-130.00

n/a

120.00-135.00

300-400

n/a

n/a

135.00-150.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

120.00-145.00

n/a

n/a

83

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

165

D1-D2 Cows

58.00-67.00

45.00-75.00

n/a

70.00-75.50

68.00-73.00

56.00-66.00

n/a

62.00-68.00

D3-D5 Cows

40.00 and up

n/a

n/a

60.00-69.00

61.00-67.00

n/a

n/a

58.00-65.00

Feeder heifers

Slaughter Market No. on offer

Age Verified

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

69.00-77.00

64.00-73.00

n/a

63.00-72.00

Good Bulls

85.00-92.00

65.00-86.00

85.00-91.50

78.00-84.50

78.00-85.00

77.00-83.25

n/a

81.00-87.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

95.00-103.00

100.00-105.25

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

94.00-102.00

97.00-103.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

65.00-75.00

n/a

70.00-80.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

63.00-69.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

55.00-63.00

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.)

news

Manitoba Egg Farmers scholarship STAFF / Manitoba Egg Farmers (MEF) has awarded Lisa Weins, a fourth-year University of Manitoba agriculture student, a $1,200 bursary for

exemplary achievement in animal systems.

Weins, whose background is in dairy farming, was recognized for her high gradepoint average, but also her community involvement through 4-H, students’ associations and the University of Manitoba’s Stockman’s Club.

Cattle graze near a plantation of soybeans in a farm in Campo Verde, in the central Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. photo: REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker Wish you had time for healthy, local food in your busy life?

Coal and cattle worst environmental offenders, says new report

There is an urgency and an opportunity in transitioning to a green economy oslo / reuters

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oal-fired power generation in Asia and cattle ranching in South America are the most damaging businesses for nature with hidden costs that exceed the value of their production, says a new report.

Global output of basic goods from cement to wheat caused damage totalling $7.3 trillion a year if pollution, water, greenhouse gases and waste were priced in, the report says.

The study was conducted by a business coalition for The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, whose backers include the UN, World Bank, businesses and conser vation groups.

“The numbers in this report underline the urgency but also the opportunities for all economies in transitioning to a green e c o n o m y,” s a i d A c h i m St e i n e r, h e a d o f t h e U N Environment Program.

Coal-fired power genera-

tion in Asia, led by China, generates revenues of $443 billion a year but causes $452 billion in damage to nature, largely because greenhouse gases cause climate change and pollution harms people’s health, says the report.

It also estimated that cattle ranching in South America, especially in cleared parts of the Amazon forest, ranked second with damage estimated at $353 billion, which far exceeded revenues of $16.6 billion.

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WEATHER VANE

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Overall pattern starting to change Issued: Monday, May 6, 2013 · Covering: May 7 – May 14, 2013 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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he battle has begun and t h e q u e s t i o n i s, W h o will win? The blocking pattern that has dominated our weather over the last two months — or the summerlike weather that seems to really want to move in? After an amazing start to the week it looks like the old and cold blocking pattern will try to re-establish itself during the second half of the week.

C u r r e n t l y, t h e w e a t h e r models show an area of low pressure developing around mid-week, forecast to track a c r o s s t h e n o r t h e r n Pra i ries. Behind this low, an area of arctic high pressure will slide south and east, bringing cooler air into our region by Wednesday. A second area of low pressure will then follow a similar path on Thursday, bringing a reinforcing shot of cold air on Friday. Highs look to drop back down to around the 10 C range on Friday and

Saturday before a warming trend moves back in on Sunday.

Once this arctic high pushes to the East we’ll see a large area of low pressure develop off the West Coast.

This will help to pump up a ridge of high pressure over the Prairies and should allow temperatures to warm u p. Hi g h t e m p e ra t u re s by next Tuesday or Wednesday should be back into the low 20s, with overnight lows forecast to stay well above freezing.

Looking further ahead, the l o n g e r- ra n g e m o d e l s k e e p hinting at even warmer temperatures moving in, with highs on the long weekend pushing 30 C. Like always, I’ll believe it when I see it!

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 10 to 24 C; lows, -1 to 9 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

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

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

1 Month (30 Days) Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) April 3, 2013 to May 2, 2013

< 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 © 2013 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: 05/03/13 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the 30 days ending May 2, compared to the long-term average. Most of agricultural Manitoba saw near-average amounts of precipitation, with southwestern areas a little drier. Farther west, central Saskatchewan was quite dry, while southwestern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta saw well-aboveaverage amounts.

Cold April, warm May?

April broke modern-day records for overall mean monthly temperature and mean overnight low

By Daniel Bezte CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

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or most of us, this was an April we’d like to forget! After experiencing average temperatures over the winter, with maybe a bit more snow than what we’re used to, things started to go south (or maybe I should say north) in March, and it just got worse during April. This cold weather was brought to us by two large ridges of high pressure, one located to our west and the other over Greenland. These two ridges created a blocking pattern that forced a large trough of low pressure to form over central North America and allowed for plenty of arctic air to work its way south.

When all was said and done, April 2013 was definitely one for the record books, and not in a good way. Maybe not breaking all-time records, but we had record cold nonetheless. If it is any consolation, we were not the only ones to experience record-setting cold and April snow. April and early-May records for both t e m p e ra t u re a n d s n ow f a l l have been set as far south as Oklahoma for snow and Texas for temperature. One positive note with the cold weather was that it slowed down the

I think the switching back and forth between cold and warm weather will weaken as May rolls on.

spring melt, allowing a good amount of water to soak into the soil rather than run off.

So, just how cold was April?

Once again I have to rely on W i n n i p e g ’s w e a t h e r d a t a a s E n v i r o n m e n t C a n a d a’s weather data out of Brandon and Dauphin is still either not available or reliable. Given the nature of the weather during April, I think Winnipeg’s data will be fairly indicative of the general weather everyone experienced. Winnipeg saw a mean daily high temperature during April of 3.2 C. This did not set a record, as the coldest mean daily high was 2.1 C set back in 1950. Winnipeg’s mean overnight low or minimum temperature was -7.3 C and this did break the modern-day record of -6.3 C set back in 1996. It did not break the all-time record, which was a bone chilling -9.5 C set way back in 1874. Finally, we move on to the overall mean monthly temperature for April, which came in at -2.1 C. This

also broke the modern-day record which was -1.6 C set in 1996, but did not break the alltime record, -2.8 C, set back in 1893.

Precipitation for April was running below average until a late-month storm system brought significant rains to eastern regions along with heavy snow to central regions.

Winnipeg ended up recording 33.6 millimetres of moisture, which was right around average. Southwestern Manitoba missed out on most of this moisture and, as a result, had below-average precipitation in April.

Who called it?

Now, who was able to predict April’s cold temperatures and average to below-average amounts of precipitation?

Looking back it appears to be a toss-up between Environment Canada and us here at the Co-operator. I’ll let you decide who did the best job.

Environment Canada called

for below-average temperat u re s a n d p re c i p i t a t i o n . I called for well-below-average temperatures with near-average amounts of precipitation.

We both got the temperature part correct and I guess for the precipitation, it all depends on where you live.

Now it’s time to look ahead.

Will the blocking pattern continue keeping us in the cold or will it start to break down and allow summer to start moving in? The Old Farmer’s Almanac calls for temperatures in May to be slightly below average, along with below-average amounts of precipitation. It calls for things to get worse in June, with well-below-average temperatures and near average amounts of precipitation.

T h e C a n a d i a n Fa r m e r s’ Almanac appears to call for near- to below-average temperatures during May, along with above-average amounts o f p re c i p i t a t i o n . It m e n tions fair a few times along with stormy conditions and showers. It starts off June with stormy conditions, then switches to sunny, hot weather for the rest of the month.

Environment Canada calls for near-average temperatures in May over western and central regions and below-average temperatures in the East. It then

shows temperatures moderating in June to above-average over western regions and near average in the East. As for precipitation, it calls for dry conditions in both May and June.

Fi n a l l y, h e re a t t h e C o operator, I’m calling for nearaverage temperatures in May, along with near-average amounts of rain. After an extremely cold start to the month it looks like we’ll see some warmer weather move in, but these warm spells look like they will be offset by several short cold snaps. It also looks like we’ll see a good chance of getting rain every time one of these cold snaps moves in. June’s forecast is a little tougher, but here’s how I see it. I think the switching back and forth between cold and warm weather will weaken as May rolls on. By June we will only see a few one- or two-day shots of cool weather and the warm to hot weather will dominate. Precipitation is always tough to figure out, but if this scenario does play out, we’ll likely see near- to aboveaverage amounts of precipitation, with most of the rain coming from strong thunderstorms. Now as usual, it’s time to sit back and see just what c u r v e b a l l s Mo t h e r Na t u re throws at us next!

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CROPS

A million acres of glyphosate-resistant weeds in Canada?

That’s what farmers told Stratus Agri-Marketing in a survey

By Allan Dawson

GLYPHOSATE-RESISTANT WEEDS

CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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ore than one million acres of Canadian farmland have glyphosate-resistant weeds growing on them, including 43,000 in Manitoba, according to an online survey of 2,028 farmers conducted by Stratus Agri-Marketing Inc. based in Guelph, Ont. The shockingly high Canadian numbers met with skepticism from some experts who suggest farmers might be mistaking hard-to-kill weeds with glyphosate resistance. But others say the farmers are probably right.

Even though there hasn’t been a single documented case of a glyphosate-resistant weed in Manitoba, the 281 Manitoba farmers surveyed said they believe there’s glyphosate-resistant kochia on 23,000 acres in this province.

“That’s probably an underestimate,” Hugh Beckie, an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research scientist based in Saskatoon who specializes in herbicide-resistant weeds, said in an interview May 3.

“The farmers are pretty perceptive when it comes to their suspicions about resistance.

They’re usually on the mark,” he said noting it’s already prevalent in provinces west of Manitoba. “Why wouldn’t it be in Manitoba, especially in the southwest where kochia is such a prevalent weed?”

As resistance spreads, weed control will get a lot more expensive and complicated, especially for conservation tillers, he said.

Some weeds have natural herbicide resistance. It’s believed using the same herbicide in a field over many years kills the susceptible weeds leaving only the resistant ones.

“I think these surveys are important because they give us researchers, the public and other farmers an awareness about glyphosate resistance and (remind us) to keep a lookout on your farm,” Beckie said. “If a lot of farmers are perceiving they have glyphosate resistance then you should be looking in your fields as well.”

Closer look

The development of glyphosate-resistant weeds is relatively new to Canada. The first documented case was giant ragweed in Ontario in 2009 followed by Canada fleabane in 2011, also in Ontario.

Kochia seed collected in Alberta in 2011 was confirmed to be glyphosate resistant in 2012.

Later in the year it was confirmed in Saskatchewan.

This graph illustrates the % of growers who reported the presence of glyphosate weeds on their farms, the total crop acres infested with resistant weeds and the % of total crop acres infested.

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“If a lot of farmers are perceiving they have glyphosate resistance then you should be looking in your fields as well.”

HUGH BECKIE

The 401 Alberta farmers surveyed said they had 126,000 acres infected with glyphosateresistant kochia.

The 821 farmers surveyed in Saskatchewan said 502,000 acres are infested.

In both Ontario cases, the infestations were believed to have been small. Nevertheless, the 407 Ontario farmers surveyed said they believed they had glyphosate-resistant weeds on 270,000 acres of land — most of them (180,000 acres) infested with Canada fleabane.

Nasir Shaikh, provincial weed specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI), said he doubts there is

glyphosate-resistant weeds on 43,000 acres in Manitoba.

“I think it’s more of a farmer perception,” he said in an interview.

Farmers might think a weed is glyphosate resistant because it survived. But there are other explanations such as poor growing conditions. Bigger weeds are also harder to kill, he said. “Unless it has been tested in a lab, I’m not going to buy those numbers,” Shaikh said.

Gary Martens, an agronomy instructor at the University of Manitoba, said the numbers don’t mesh with his own observations. Last year he flew over some Manitoba canola fields looking for surviving weed patches. “If they’re not dead, they’re likely resistant,” Martens said. “And I just found nothing.”

But Martens said the survey does show farmers are more concerned. “But I don’t think they’ve changed their behaviour. They’re still growing Roundup Ready crops and they’re still spraying Roundup (glyphosate) more than once a year.”

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said they were ver y concerned about glyphosate-resistant weeds and another 35 per cent were somewhat concerned.

That’s similar to the concern among American farmers, where glyphosate-resistant weeds are an even bigger problem, said Kent Fraser, vice-president of Stratus AgriMarketing.

Alternatives

Rotating herbicides — specifically their modes of action or the way they kill weeds, is one way to delay herbicide resistance, Martens said.

Applying a tank mix of herbicides with two different modes of action is even better, he said.

That’s especially important when applying glyphosate before seeding to “burn down” weeds, Beckie said. Failing to do that led to the development of glyphosate-resistant kochia, he said.

“Farmers were just using glyphosate alone at high rates and that quickly selected for resistance. They should be tank mixing another mode of action whenever possible with

glyphosate and to only spray glyphosate when it’s really needed...”

Just because a farmer seeds a Roundup Ready crop, which is tolerant to glyphosate, doesn’t mean the farmer has to apply glyphosate, Martens said.

“If it’s not economical to do so we shouldn’t be spraying, even if we plant a Roundup Ready crop.”

University of Manitoba research has shown some years farmers can skip an incrop herbicide application and make as much or more money, Martens said. It’s possible through the combination of a pre-seed glyphosate treatment and growing a weedcompetitive crop. There are more weeds in the crop, but not enough more to reduce yield, he said.

Meanwhile, a search for glyphosate resistant kochia is planned for this fall in Manitoba, Shaikh said. The Western Grains Research Foundation will contribute just over $17,000, foundation executive director Garth Garth Patterson said in an interview May 6. allan@fbcpublishing.com

A million acres of Canadian farmland are infested with glyphosate-resistant weeds, according to a survey conducted by Stratus Agri-Marketing Inc. One of those weeds, is kochia photographed here in a southern Alberta chem-fallow field in August 2011. photo: hugh beckie, aafc

Glyphosate weed resistance grows fast stateside AAFC’s Hugh Beckie is optimistic Western Canada can avoid the severe problems experienced in the southern U.S.

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

Glyphosate-resistant weeds are a big problem in the United States and getting worse, according to surveys conducted by Stratus Agri-Marketing Inc. the last three years.

“Those completing the online survey in 2012 report that almost one out of every four acres is now infested with glyphosate-resistant weeds,” Stratus Agri-Marketing vice-president Kent Fraser said in an email. “That represents 61.2 million acres of cropland, almost double what it was in 2010.”

More farms have at least two resistant species in their fields, Fraser said.

In 2010 just 12 per cent of farms reported that, but it rose to 27 per cent in 2012.

Marestail (horseweed) was the most often reported glyphosate-resistant weed, followed by Palmer amaranth (pigweed).

Another half-dozen species were tracked in the study.

Nearly half (49 per cent) of the farmers surveyed in 31 states said they have glyphosate-resistant weeds on their farms.

The south has the biggest problem.

Ninety-two per cent of Georgian farmers said they have glyphosate-resistant weeds.

But the mid-south and mid-west states are losing ground too. From

2011 to 2012 the acres with resistance almost doubled in Nebraska, Iowa and Indiana, Fraser said.

Hugh Beckie, an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research scientist based in Saskatoon, doesn’t think glyphosate-resistant weeds will get to be as bad in Western Canada as they are in the southern U.S. “Because of our climate and because of our cropping systems, which are much more diverse, I don’t think we’ll ever see a scenario as bad as that,” he said.

In Georgia for example, some farmers are growing Roundup Ready cotton year after year and applying glyphosate to a field many times in a season.

Beckie said he’s optimistic western Canadian farmers, using the right techniques, can maintain glyphosate as an effective herbicide for a long time.

“Glyphosate really is a low-risk herbicide for selection for resistance,” he said. “However, when you’ve reached 30 to 40 applications of glyphosate in a field since the 1970s then you could be at a moderate or high risk so we encourage growers to scout their fields, especially after they apply glyphosate, to see if there are any patches that have escaped.”

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Incentives urged for habitat conservation Protecting habitat often has economic consequences for the farmer

By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor / ottawa

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armers already go to great lengths to protect wildlife habitat and should be encouraged — rather than forced — to do more, say farm leaders.

“The National Conservation Plan should enhance the value placed on habitat by promoting innovative incentive programs for ecological goods and services,” Canadian Federation of Agriculture president Ron Bonnett told the Commons environment committee.

“We need to complete the development of compensation regulations to really drive results.”

A good model is the one developed by Ducks Unlimited and farmers, said Richard Phillips, executive director of Grain Farmers of Canada.

“I just want to say that farmers do like being good stewards of our land, we do like habitat, and we do like having waterfowl and wildlife around,” said Phillips.

Bonnett noted 550 wildlife species use agricultural land.

“If you look at species at risk, over 220 species of terrestrial vertebrates on agricultural land are assessed at risk,” he said. “I think what we need to look at with any national conservation plan is how to lever up this private land to get results for habitat protection.”

He also said that 35 per cent of farms, which account for half of agricultural land, have an environmental farm plan.

But protecting habitat often has an economic consequence for the farmer, said Bonnett.

“One of the big challenges in conserving habitat on agricultural land is that the most productive agricultural land coincides with areas of high biodiversity,” he said. “The value for this land in production means that natural and semi-natural land removes agricultural production.”

Issuing decrees and increasing regulations isn’t the way to increase habitat preservation, Bonnett added.

“If you come in with a regulation there is immediately a pushback,” he said. “But if you come in with a partnership with an incentive, there’s a willingness to try and co-operate.”

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Rail revenue cap dropping 1.8 per cent CTA says cheaper-than-forecast diesel fuel costs are the reason for the drop

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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he maximum revenue Canada’s two main railways can earn from shipping Prairie grain next crop year will fall by 1.8 per cent.

That could potentially save grain farmers millions on their 2013-14 freight bills, but on average only knock half a buck off a tonne. And it doesn’t come close to offsetting the record 9.5 per cent increase that came into effect this crop year.

The Canadian Transportation Agency announced the 1.8 per cent reduction in its Volume-Related Composite Price Index, which it uses along with other factors to determine the railways’ revenue caps. The index reflects a composite of the forecasted prices for labour, fuel, mate-

rial and capital purchases.

The drop in the coming year is mainly due to lower-thanforecast diesel fuel prices, the agency said.

Predicting precisely how much farmers will save is almost impossible as the revenue cap changes every year to reflect the number of tonnes of grain shipped and the distance they are hauled. As well, the railways might not collect all the revenue they are entitled to — although most years they’re just under or over the cap. If they go over the cap, the railways must remit the difference, plus a five per cent penalty, to the Western Grains Research Foundation.

Based on 2011-12 grain movement and tonnage, a 1.8 per cent reduction would cut the $1-billion total cap for the two railways by $19.2 million, or about 57 cents a tonne.

Based on last year’s cap, the average per-tonne cost for shipping grain was $31.37.

What farmers in fact paid varied, depending on where they delivered their grain and the deals they struck with grain buyers.

Many farm groups have long argued for a federal government review of what it costs the railways to ship grain to see if they have passed on the savings from having fewer, more efficient elevators on fewer branch lines.

When grain freight rates were deregulated in the mid1990s farmers expected to share in the savings from a more efficient grain handling and transportation system, which for many added to their costs because of longer trucking distances.

The current revenue cap formula is adjusted to reflect

higher railway costs for fuel and labour but not improved rail efficiency.

The federal government introduced the cap in 2000 so the railways could set their own freight rates, while protecting farmers from being gouged. The railways said competition would keep revenues well under the cap, although that hasn’t happened most years.

Meanwhile, farmers and other rail shippers are waiting for Ottawa to pass legislation aimed at improving rail service. Bill C-52 is supposed to compel the railways to reach service level agreements with shippers making it easier to resolve service complaints.

In March, shippers complained rail service was the worst it has been in three years. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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U.S. crop outlook brightens reuters / Heavy rains and cold temperatures are slowing corn seeding in the U.S. Midwest, while drought fears are rising again in Australia’s Wheat Belt.

Moisture is badly needed in the parched U.S. Crop Belt, but is also slowing seeding of corn. Seeding in more southern areas was expected to start recently, but winter wheat in the southwestern quarter of the Plains Wheat Belt is being stressed by dry conditions.

The story is much different farther north after recent storms dumped as much as two feet of snow in eastern parts of North Dakota, raising the prospect of a serious delay in seeding as well as the expectation of severe flooding.

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But drought concerns are mounting in Australia’s eastern Grain Belt.

The market in Australia has already started building a weather premium into new-crop wheat prices as farmers plant grain in dry soil in New South Wales and Victoria, parts of which have seen little rainfall over the past months.

“We have some real issues in Australia at the moment as quite a few producers are saying that they are not going to plant anything now as they don’t have subsoil moisture,” said Ole Houe, an analyst with IKON Commodities.

“There are cracks on the ground.”

But many farmers are proceeding with seeding and gambling the rains will come.

“Planting in dry soil is OK if you get well-timed rains, but if you don’t then it could be a problem,” said a Melbourne-based analyst. “The worry is that we haven’t seen a break in the dryness trend.”

China wet and dry China is seeing both problems: Wet weather is also delaying seeding in China’s northeast Corn Belt while dryness is threatening emergence in parts of the northwest.

A lower corn output in China, the world’s secondlargest consumer of the grain, may further boost its imports which are forecast to hit a record high in the 2013-14 marketing year.

Heavy rains and snow since October have flooded some cornfields in China’s northeast, including the country’s top corn-growing region Heilongjiang, which is also suffering from lingering low temperatures.

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Treated corn seed linked to bee kills, Health Canada urges farmers to use best practices Government issues list of 25 best practices to lower the risk of contamination instead of following Europe’s lead and banning neonicotinoid insecticides

By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor / ottawa

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nother round of “bee incidents” last year has prompted Health Canada to issue an updated list of mitigation measures to corn farmers who may have inadvertently killed the pollinators.

A severe death rate during planting season in 2012 has been linked to a dry spell and widespread use of nitroguanidine neonicotinoid insecticides on corn seed.

“Health Canada evaluated the incidents and concluded that the bees were believed to have been exposed to t h e s e p e s t i c i d e s t h ro u g h

dust containing pesticide re s i d u e s, g e n e ra t e d d u ring planting of treated corn seed,” the department said in a statement.

Health Canada says its list of more than 25 best practices should “reduce the risk to pollinators, particularly honeybees, from exposure to dust from treated seed.”

Among the recommendations are improved “communication and co-operation among growers, seeders and beekeepers” on when seeding will take place and where hives are located, and not seeding dur ing “ver y dr y and/or windy conditions” because the insecticidal dust on the seed can travel widely.

Co-operation and further research is the right approach, said John Cowan, vice-president of Grain Farmers of Ontario. Farmers, beekeepers, government agencies, the crop protection industry, and equipment manufacturers “need to work together to protect pollinators and ensure profitable growth for farmers,” he said.

Health Canada’s response to bee kills is quite different than Europe’s. Last week, the European Union announced it will ban three of the world’s most widely used pesticides, including neonicotinoids, for two years because they’ve been linked to bee deaths.

The ban, which will take effect in December, was criticized by Syngenta, a maker of the pesticide. It said the decision ignores the role that habitat loss and diseases carried by parasites such as the Varroa mite have played in the so-called colony collapse disorder.

“The proposal is based on poor science and ignores a wealth of evidence from the field that these pesticides do not damage the health of bees,” the company said in a statement.

Cowan said the situation in Ontario isn’t comparable to Europe because of “different production techniques, the equipment we use and

the size of the fields we plant.”

Other measures being re c o m m e n d e d by He a l t h Ca n a d a i n c l u d e c o n t r o l ling flowering weeds that attract bees, trying to minimize dust when handling and loading seed in planters, keeping field equipment clean, proper disposal of seed bags, using deflector shields to reduce dust emissions, and not loading or cleaning equipment near bee colonies, flowering crops or weeds, and hedges.

Farmers are also being urged to report suspected pollinator poisonings.

— with files from Reuters

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t. Andrews farmer Curtis McRae is one of two winners announced last week in the My Be Well Story contest run by the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA).

Mc R a e, w h o o p e r a t e s a mixed farm including cattle with his wife Nancy, and their three daughters in the RM of St. Andrews is the current vice-president of Keystone Agriculture Producers (KAP) and a member of the KAP Manitoba Young Farmers Committee.

“Not only am I very excited, but my family is thrilled,” Curtis said about winning the contest. “I hope that I am able to express the hardships, fun, excitement and passion involved in farming.” He also hopes to showcase his judo club, another great passion of his.

He is joined by Mairlyn Smith, a professional home e c o n o m i s t , f o o d w r i t e r, cookbook author and alumnus of the Second CityComedy Troupe, who was named national winner of the contest.

Both winners receive a video p r i ze p a c k a g e w o r t h ove r $5,000 that will capture their Be Well Story and give them the opportunity to inspire and motivate others.

The contest received 61 entries. Ellen Pruden, education and promotion manager with MCGA was happy with the amount of entries and impressed with the stories.

“Everyone who was entered had incredible stories to tell, from different walks of life,” Pruden said. Winners were selected at random.

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A GOLDEN YEAR

New technology speeding progress on bird flu vaccine Work had begun before samples of the virus arrived in U.S. labs

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO / REUTERS

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ven before they got a sample of the new bird flu virus from China — typically the first step in making a flu vaccine — U.S. researchers had already begun testing a “seed” strain of the virus made from the genetic code posted on the Internet.

This new, faster approach is the result of a collaboration among the U.S. government, vaccine maker Novartis and a unit of the J. Craig Venter Institute, which is using synthetic biology in which scientists take the genetic code of the virus and use it as a recipe to build the virus from scratch.

It was an idea born in the aftermath of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, in which production delays and poor-quality seed strain slowed delivery of the vac-

cine until October, late enough that people were already sick with swine flu.

The new method has shaved two weeks off the vaccine-making process. It will take five to six months to ramp up production, but even weeks could make a difference in the case of a potentially deadly flu pandemic, said Robin Robinson, director of the federal government’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.

“We’ll take it,” Robinson said. “If the virus turns out to be a tough one, that could be very important.”

So far, at least 33 people have been infected and 10 have died from the strain of bird flu, known as H7N9, was first found in humans last month.

When the genetic sequence for the virus became available on March 30, Robinson said U.S.

health officials decided to try the new synthetic biology technique to try to speed the process. That’s when Novartis and Venter’s company, Synthetic Genomics Vaccines Inc., went to work. By April 4, they had synthetic DNA ready and had started to grow the virus in dog kidney cells.

A sample of the virus collected in China only arrived in the U.S. last week. Scientists will now grow that sample and then find a way to ensure it will grow well in chicken eggs or cells.

That involves a certain amount of guesswork, however. The new process of building the virus based on its genetic code allows “almost guaranteed success,” said Mike Shaw, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“That is because you’re creating a virus that is almost tailor-made,” he said.

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Weather not co-operating for farmers seeding in the U.S. Midwest CHICAGO / REUTERS / Heavy rainfall and some snow across the western two-thirds of the U.S. Midwest last week set back seeding efforts.

Weather forecasters were also calling for a cold snap in the U.S. Plains, which could damage some developing hard red winter wheat in western Kansas, eastern Colorado and the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma.

Wet soils have prevented most growers from making good progress on their planting tasks this spring. A USDA report early last week pegged U.S. corn planting at just five per cent complete, matching the pace set in 1984 as the slowest on record.

But while fears of a repeat of last year’s epic drought are fading, many of last year’s driest areas are still very dry.

Nebraska and the southern Plains into Texas, which were ground zero for some of the worst-hit crop areas last year, remain mostly in extreme to exceptional drought.

East of the Mississippi River rain and snow have largely erased the surface effects of drought.

But it is a different story to the west, especially in the central and southern Plains where several years of abnormal dryness has turned soils bone dry a foot or more below the surface.

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Cellulosic biofuel remains a pipe dream Every year the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency forecasts millions of gallons of cellulosic biofuel will be produced, but so far production has been virtually non-existent

By Gerard Wynn london / reuters

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he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has consistently overestimated the prospects for production of advanced biofuels from non-food crops, adding to the impression its biofuel policy is out of step with reality.

By law, fuel producers must blend a certain portion of biofuels with gasoline. Some of it must be “advanced” (ethanol is classed as non-advanced) or the refiners must buy compliance credits called Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs).

The trouble is that one of the hoped-for biofuels — cellulosic, which is made from woody fibre — is still in a test phase with negligible commercial sales.

EPA can downgrade the cellulosic biofuel target where output is expected to fall short, but it has still, perplexingly, consistently overestimated volumes.

It seems plausible that EPA wants to provide an extra support for cellulosic ethanol producers by driving demand for cellulosic biofuel RINs from refiners.

The overestimate only inflicts a small penalty on the U.S. refining industry (less than $5 million in 2011), but more importantly adds to the impression of a policy lagging

reality, where the separate corn ethanol mandate is on the cusp of exceeding distribution capacity at filling stations.

That so-called blend wall has been blamed for driving up gasoline prices.

Overestimate

Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA is required to set the renewable fuel standards each November for the following year.

In general, the standards reflect production capacity, but in the case of cellulosic biofuel, the statute specifies that EPA must base the standard on projected volumes, if the latter are less than the original mandated volume.

Accordingly for 2010, EPA downgraded the target to six million gallons of cellulosic ethanol from the 100 million gallons anticipated under the energy act. In the end, there was zero commercial production.

Notwithstanding, EPA anticipated six million gallons again in 2011, down from the mandate for that year of 250 million gallons. Again, there was no output.

EPA cut the mandate again in 2012, this time to 10.45 million gallons from an original mandate target of 500 million gallons.

For the first time, the industry produced some commercial volume — 20,069 gallons.

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EPA has targeted 14 million gallons this year, a volume which again appears hopelessly optimistic.

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“If these facilities are able to operate as anticipated, the uncertainty associated with commercial-scale cellulosic biofuel production will decrease, and the expansion of the industry could be rapid,” EPA said in its rule published in February.

However, it made a similar prediction last year and they had nearly zero production.

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Coalition considering Bipole III legal action Coalition says an out-of-province company is signing contracts with local farmers on behalf of the Crown corporation

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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acing likely defeat in their bid to reroute the Bipole III transmission line, affected landowners are now organizing to fight for a fairer deal from Manitoba Hydro.

Members of the Bipole III Coalition are contacting those who will see the huge towers run through their fields about forming a landowners’ association, and will meet with lawyers in coming weeks to assess their legal options, said coalition president Karen Friesen. “ We wanted to let landowners know that we’re kind o f p re d i c t i n g B i p o l e I I I ’s licence will be granted,” she said. “It might be with some recommended changes, perhaps even some slight route adjustments, but regardless there will be some landowners somewhere who will be affected.”

The southern portion of the controversial multibillion-dollar transmission line is slated to run south of Langruth, jog around MacGregor, and eventually head east, running past St. Claude, Brunkild and Niverville before heading north to the Riel Converter Station on the east side of

“We had to spend money in advance on the project in a number of spheres in terms of environmental reviews, in terms of this kind of work going on. But it doesn’t mean that it’s a foregone conclusion, all it means is we’re trying to approach the project in the most economical way and we’ll leave the decision on the final route to the CEC.”

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Winnipeg. There will be three or four towers every mile — each rising about 148 feet above the ground and sitting on a base 23 feet square. Navigating large, modern equipment around the towers will be a major challenge for field operators. They will also pose risks for aerial crop spraying, opponents say.

The coalition has held one meeting in Brunkild, as well as a teleconference to discuss options, said Friesen, who operates a mixed farm with her family near Niverville.

“Really there is not a lot we can do except wait and see right now,” said Friesen. “ This meeting is just... to discuss strategy moving forward, because the licence

will be granted, or will likely be granted at some point this summer. So we’re in the very early stages of making some decisions on how to proceed as a stand-alone landowners’ group.”

A class-action lawsuit is one option, she said.

“There are definitely a growing number of concerned landowners who are unwilling to sign easement agreements,” she said.

But that would just lead to expropriation, she said.

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best interest... we want to do what’s right in the long run,” Friesen said.

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Hearings completed

The Clean Environment Commission (CEC) finished hearing submissions on the Bipole III route in March. Its report isn’t expected until mid-June at the earliest. But opponents expect a licence will be granted a few months later.

Manitoba Hydro employees have been marking property lines in her area, while an outof-province company is signing contracts with local farmers on behalf of the Crown corporation, said Pam Pugh, whose family has a pedigreed seed operation near Portage la Prairie.

“They decided this a long time ago, they had already planned it,” said Pugh. “They’ve sent this company out of Alberta around and they’re wanting to sign people up to have towers on their land... a lot of farmers are very, very upset about this.”

Her family is facing the prospect of nine or 10 towers on their property, covering a distance of about three miles, she said.

“It’s really ridiculous that they’re out there doing this now,” added Friesen.

A Manitoba Hydro official confirmed crews are working along the proposed route to confirm the location of property markers and make sure delineations between private property, Crown land, and easements are clear.

B u t t h a t d o e s n’t m e a n changes to the route won’t be made, said Glenn Schneider.

“The route isn’t finalized and it won’t be until we hear from the CEC,” said Schneider. “We had to spend money in advance on the project in a number of spheres in terms of environmental reviews, in terms of this kind of work going on, but it doesn’t mean that it’s a foregone conclusion. All it means is we’re trying to approach the project in the most economical way and we’ll leave the decision on the final route to the CEC.” Without advance preparations, keeping the new bipole line on schedule would be very difficult, he said, noting there are a sizable number of property owners who need to be contacted.

“Is the (CEC) going to select an entirely new route? That’s highly unlikely,” he said. “Is it possible they’ll select some deviation to certain portions of the route? That’s possible, and if they do we’ll adjust to that.”

The Bipole III Coalition wants the line to be built on the east side of the province, but westside proponents argue that route faces other obstacles and would jeopardize the chance of the boreal forest on the east side of Lake Winnipeg being designated a UNESCO heritage site.

CEC only has a mandate to review the west-side route.

Not allowing the commission to consider whether an eastside route is better shows the province doesn’t understand how farmland is used, said Pugh.

“It’s going to hurt the agriculture industry and they don’t realize how important the agriculture industry is in this province; without the farmers, people would starve,” she said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

While rare in Manitoba, what appears to be a white-faced Ibis has been observed feeding along the edges of sloughs near Minnedosa. The native of Florida has also been spotted in Pine Falls, Powerview and near Shilo. It has sucessfully nested at Whitewater Lake. photo: linda boys

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Manitoba-based Hemp Oil Canada Inc. wins export award Hemp Oil Canada Inc. (HOCI) is adding a 2013 Canada Brand Business Award to its collection.

The award presented at the Agri-Food Export Gala in Toronto April 30, 2013 recognizes the efforts a company has made to hold the promise of excellence embodied in the Canada Brand, symbolized by the maple leaf, when exporting its premium-quality, healthy, fresh, and natural products.

HOCI currently exports to 15 different international destinations on a regular basis and displays the Canada Brand maple leaf on promotional materials and product labels.

Its markets include the United States, Italy, Slovakia, Japan, Korea, France, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, South Africa, United Kingdom, Finland, Ireland, Israel, Trinidad and Tobago.

Already Canada’s largest producer, processor and distributor of hemp, the company is planning construction of a larger-capacity facility near Ste. Agathe, Man. in the Louis Riel Industrial Park to meet growing export demand.

Calving season has begun. photo: Hermina Janz

Winter wheat crops poor in dusty Kansas

By Julie Ingwersen lakin, kansas / reuters

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Winter wheat yield prospects in western Kansas are down significantly from a year ago due to drought with some fields expected to yield nothing, according to scouts on an annual crop tour of the state.

Scouts on one leg of the tour checked five fields in Logan, Wichita and Kearney counties and calculated an average yield of 16.8 bushels per acre. That compares with the tour’s year-ago average for the same route of 39.9.

Most fields were behind in maturity, with plants less than 10 inches high, largely because of dry conditions at seeding last autumn, said Aaron Harries, director of marketing for Kansas Wheat.

Some fields likely won’t be harvested but farmers will probably leave the wheat in the ground to reduce soil erosion.

“Now it’s just a matter of soil preservation.

It’s only a matter of time before this part of the country goes airborne,” Harries said, referring to topsoil loss.

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Climate inaction likely to deepen EU divisions Vulnerable sectors include agriculture, fisheries, tourism Brussels / Reuters

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transportation nightmare that has slowed e x p o r t s o f B r a z i l ’s record soybean crop this season could inflict further damage in the 2013-14 crop year by hindering sales and lowering local prices, say industry experts.

Brazilian producers planted more soybeans than ever before this season in hopes of making up for a weak U.S. crop, but shipping delays have caused buyers to cancel orders. Top purchaser China has threatened to cancel up to two million tonnes, though

most analysts think the actual amount will be less.

“The Chinese are using this as a bit of a threat this season, but next season Brazil may have to offer lower prices to compensate for the increased logistical risk,” said Leandro Bovo, commodities trader at Espirito Santo Securities.

For the 2012-13 crop year, international trading firms have mostly absorbed the cost of dealing with Brazil’s inadequate transport system.

Farmers sold some 60 per cent of their soybeans before they were even planted, leaving the trading firms stuck with the shipping costs.

Freight costs then tripled in many parts of Brazil on strong

demand for trucks to haul the record crop and a new law that limited the number of hours drivers can be on the road. Brazil is often criticized for not developing rail and waterways sufficiently to be able to handle large-scale grain transport to its ports.

SLC Agrícola, one of Brazil’s largest producers, said trading firms aren’t likely to repeat this year’s experience next season.

“We aren’t making any forward sales for the next crop because (trading firms) are estimating very high freight costs for 2013-14,” said chief executive Aurélio Pavinato.

Despite the lack of forward sales, Pavinato said SLC will likely increase the area it

plants with corn, soy and cotton by about 10.5 per cent next season to 310,000 hectares from the 280,400 hectares planted this season.

Although the wait for the lineup of ships that want to load soybeans at Brazil’s main ports has soared to more than 60 days recently due to rain delays and unusually strong corn exports, the real problem is transport from the interior, said Adrian Isman of Louis Dreyfus Commodities in Brazil.

“2013 was the year we truly saw a logistical blackout, but everyone knew this was coming,” Isman said. “It’s time to tackle the problem of transportation to the ports.”

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The discussion paper, seen

by Reuters, calls for a preemptive, EU-wide strategy, taking account of factors such as disruption to energy and food supplies.

While most scientists agree that the planet has been w a r m i n g , t h e re i s a h i g h degree of uncertainty over the pace of temperature rises in the future. The EU paper said uncertainty about the exact nature of climate change was no reason for inaction.

“Failing to act or delaying action may put pressure on EU cohesion. Climate change impacts are also expected to widen social differences across the EU,” the document said. “It is therefore opportune to launch an adaptation strategy covering the whole of the EU.” Over the decade 200211, the temperature of the European land area was on average 1.3° above the preindustr ial level, the paper said.

Southern EU nations such as Spain, Greece and Cyprus, have experienced severe d ro u g h t s, w h i l e i n c re a s e d rain in the north has led to flooding in Britain and Denmark.

While scientists have said they are virtually certain of the link between human activity and a more extreme climate, the precise impact is complex.

In some places, growing seasons have got longer, while in others, yields from traditional grain crops have shrunk.

Measures such as better f l o o d d e f e n c e s , i m p r ov e d water management and more resilient transport and building infrastructure could save six euros for every euro spent, the commission paper said.

It estimated the cost of not adapting to extreme weather at a minimum of 100 billion euros ($131 billion) a year in 2020 and 250 billion euros in 2050 for the European Union as a whole.

Between 1980 and 2011, direct economic losses from flooding totalled more than 90 billion euros. The bill is expected to keep rising, with an annual cost from r iver floods of 20 billion euros by the 2020s and 46 billion by the 2050s, the paper said.

There is also a heavy human toll. Across the European Union more than 2,500 people were killed by floods between 1980 and 2011.

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Cattlemen urge Health Canada to take a second look at irradiation of meat

By Alex Binkley CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR / OTTAWA

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t’s time to take another look at irradiation of g ro u n d b e e f , s a y s t h e Canadian Cattlemen’s Association.

The association says it will ask Health Canada to reactivate a process started in 1998 to approve irradiation for meat.

Consumer acceptance will be critical, but the association likens irradiation to pasteurization, which took decades to win public approval.

Increasing the use of food irradiation would require “support from the industry, government, the scientific community and the medical profession will be required to

support consumer education initiatives,” it says.

The move comes in the wake of E. coli contamination of beef from XL Foods that sickened 18 people and prompted the country’s largest-ever food recall.

Support for irradiation is increasing, said the president of the Consumers Association of Canada. A recent survey found most Canadians “would support having irradiated food at the grocery store as a choice,” said Bruce Cran.

“What Canadians are telling us is they would like to have the choice of eluding any possible risk,” he said.

The process can be used to reduce the number of parasites and harmful bacteria, such as E. coli 0157:H7, sal-

monella and campylobacter, in meat. It also prevents food spoilage by killing bacteria, yeasts, and moulds that reduce shelf life.

Although widely used in many countries, Health Canada currently only a l l ow s i r r a d i a tion for onions, potatoes, wheat, f l o u r, w h o l e wheat flour, and whole or ground spices and dehydrated seasonings — although irradiation facilities in Laval and Peterborough primarily deal with spices. All irradiated foods sold in Canada must be labelled with the distinctive radura logo.

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The H7N9 strain has killed 24 people and infected more than 125, according to the Genevabased World Health Organization, which describes it as “one of the most lethal” flu viruses.

The high mortality rate, together with relatively large numbers of cases in a short period and the possibility it might acquire the ability to transmit between people, make H7N9 a pandemic risk, experts said.

Experts in virology said initial studies suggest the virus has several worrisome characteristics, including two genetic mutations that make it more likely to eventually spread from person to person.

“The longer the virus is unchecked in circulation, the higher the probability that this virus will start transmitting from person to person,” said Colin Butte, an expert in avian viruses at Britain’s Pirbright Institute.

“This is a very, very serious disease in those who have been infected. So if this were to become more widespread it would be an extraordinarily devastating outbreak,” added Peter Openshaw, director of the centre for respiratory infection at Imperial College London.

Scientists who have analyzed genetic sequence data from samples from three H7N9 victims say the strain is a so-called “triple reassortant” virus with a mixture of genes from three other flu strains found in birds in Asia.

Pure birdflu strains are generally more deadly for people than ones mixed with mammalian strains, such as the H1N1 “swine flu” of 2009-10.

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Manitoba’s agriculture history started long before the sodbusters arrived Researchers say plants such as lamb’s quarters aren’t here by accident, and growing corn goes back more than a millennium “Prior to 900 AD the main crops would have been things like knotweed and lamb’s quarters, but we begin to see corn widely after that time.”

Leigh Syms

Leigh Syms, retired associate curator of archeology at the Manitoba Museum, holds a replica of a bone hoe once used by First Nations farmers.

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

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oes it ever seem that unrelenting weeds such as lamb’s quarters and amaranth were somehow bred to thrive on the Canadian Prairie?

In fact, they were.

But if you think cor n is a new crop in this part of the world, think again — Aboriginal farmers were growing it more than a millennium ago.

Technology is giving scientists powerful new tools to assess the history of Prairie a g r i c u l t u re, a n d i t b e g i n s l o n g b e f o re t h e a r r i va l o f Europeans, says archeologist Leigh Syms.

L a m b’s q u a r t e r s, a re l a tive of suddenly trendy quinoa, was selectively bred for several thousand years by Aboriginal farmers, with the resulting var ieties so well suited, they’re almost impossible to thwart.

“What you will find is that things like lamb’s quarters and pigweed are phenomenal, they’re richer nutritionally than wheat and barley... and incredibly prolific,” said Syms. “All these things that are the nemesis of modern

farmers, were very important to agriculture at that time...

We’ve called them weeds, but they’re not.”

And these weren’t smallscale gardens, he said. Often located in flood plains, fields could be a quarter of an acre to four acres in size and would require intensive, manual management.

“An acre is slightly less than half a football field including the end zones,” says Syms, now retired from his job as curator of archeology at the Manitoba Museum but still very active in his profession.

“That’s a lot of plants, you can actually plant about 2,500 hills in there, and if you have five plants per hill, you’ve got 12,000 plants.”

With no draft animals, all field work was done by hand w i t h b o n e o r s t o n e h o e s, often made with the shoulder blade of a bison or elk, along with wooden digging and prying sticks.

Many of the plants we categorize as “wild,” such as wild rice, have actually been cultivated for at least a millennia, he said.

For example, First Nations farmers would replant the rice in areas damaged by high water using mud balls imbed-

ded with rice grains, which would be placed on the ice in the winter so they would sink in spring and seed the lake or riverbed below. It’s not known if there were domesticated rice varieties, although it’s hoped DNA testing will one day answer that question.

But in some cases, domestication of plant varieties is clear.

Corn, beans and squash, which made their way north

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from South and Central America, were further domesticated as they travelled into cooler climates, Syms said.

“Prior to 900 AD the main crops would have been things like knotweed and lamb’s quarters, but we begin to see corn widely after that time,” he said.

At one archeological dig that examined a native site in southwestern Manitoba that was occupied after 1000 AD,

Leigh Syms, studies what was being eaten on the Canadian Prairies prior to the arrival of Europeans.

approximately 96 per cent of all cooking pots and grinding stones showed evidence of having been used for corn or beans — a discovery made possible by technology able to analyse phytoliths, a mineralized plant secretion.

During excavations for the Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg, this new techn o l o g y re ve a l e d t h e p re s ence of foods such as corn, beans, sunflower leaves and seeds, lotus tubers, sumac fruit, beeweed, rosehips, wild onions, cocklebur, currents, snowberry, pine nuts, plum, hazelnut, saltbush and many others.

Excavation at Lockport and other sites have revealed dozens of other plants cultivated and eaten by First Peoples, including poke, sedge, willow, purslane, dodder, bindweed, and prair ie tur nips, along with a variety of pulses and grasses.

This sort of research is turning our understanding of the Prairie past on its head, said Syms.

“When you read Canadian history, they were out hunting bison and then they mashed up berries to go with the bison and make pemmican, that’s about all you hear,” he said.

“But before the first Europeans, they were into plants for stews, they were making a lot of stews, they were into flavouring, there’s a huge variety,” said Syms.

The idea of a purely nomadic society, one that followed the buffalo and just set up camps along the way doesn’t hold up when compared to the evidence of agriculture, fields that would need to be tended, and storage pits that illustrate surplus, he said.

There’s much more to be discovered, although a lack of ethnobotanists and archeologists dedicated to the study of plant remains is slowing the effort, he said.

“We’re on the cusp of really getting an appreciation of what’s involved here,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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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

Study finds one-third of older Canadians at risk of malnutrition Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

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ating alone isn’t much fun — and it can be bad for your health, too.

A new study says an astonishing one-third of Canadian seniors are at risk of some form of malnutrition.

The study, based on a detailed 2009 survey of 15,000 Canadians aged 65 or older, found many said they rarely ate fruit or vegetables, avoided cooking, and sometimes skipped meals altogether. The seniors gave numerous reasons, including medications that interfered with digestion, poor dental health, limited incomes, being more house bound and a loss of appetite because a declining sense of taste and smell made food less enjoyable.

Many resorted to cheaper convenience foods, often ones high in salt, such as canned soup.

The study also highlighted the role that social connections play in how and what we eat. About half of seniors living alone were in danger of malnourishment, it found. Older men living alone were at double that risk compared to those living with others.

However, the study also found that people’s eating habits improved when they regularly participated in community activities, such as volunteering or going to church. The less time spent among other people, the greater the risk of eating poorly and suffering from nutritional deficiencies, the study found.

But cooking doesn’t have to be a chore. Here are two quick, no-fuss recipes I think you’ll appreciate when the days get busy and you need a meal in no time. I’ve made a version of the banana streusel using apple pie filling and it produces a wonderfully easy, sweet and chewy pudding.

RECIPE SWAP If you have a recipe or a column suggestion please write to: Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap Box 1794 Carman, Man. R0G 0J0 or email Lorraine Stevenson at: lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Mix-And-Bake Shepherd’s Pie

Mix-And-Bake Banana Walnut Streusel

Batter: Mazola original canola or olive oil cooking spray 3 c. all-purpose flour 3 envelopes Fleischmann’s Quick-Rise Yeast 1-1/2 tsp. salt 1-1/2 c. warm water (120-130 F/50-55 C) 1/4 c. Mazola canola or corn oil 1 egg

Everyone will go bananas over this quick and easy treat. You’ll discover sweet banana taste and plenty of delicious walnuts in every bite.

Filling: 1 tbsp. Mazola canola or corn oil 1 onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tsp. Italian seasoning 1/2 tsp. each salt and pepper 1 lb. lean ground beef 1 can (19 oz./540 ml) stewed tomatoes 1-1/2 c. frozen mixed vegetables 2 c. shredded cheddar cheese

Mix batter ingredients together in a presprayed 13x9-inch baking dish until soft, sticky batter is formed. Cover and let stand at room temperature for 10 minutes. Heat oil in large, non-stick skillet set over medium heat. Cook onion, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper for three minutes. Stir in beef, breaking up with wooden spoon; cook, stirring, for about 10 minutes, or until no longer pink inside. Add tomatoes, breaking up larger pieces; bring to boil. Boil for five minutes. Stir in vegetables until well coated. Pour mixture over batter. Sprinkle with cheese. Place in COLD oven; set temperature to 350 F. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes; cut into squares and serve.

RECIPE NOTE: If desired, batter may be mixed in a separate bowl. Proceed as directed above.

Source: Recipe courtesy of ACH Food Companies, Inc. www.achfood.ca

Batter: Mazola original canola or olive oil cooking spray 1-1/2 c. all-purpose flour 2 envelopes Fleischmann’s Quick-Rise Yeast 1/4 c. sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. ground allspice 1/4 c. butter OR margarine, melted 1/2 c. very warm milk (120 F to 130 F) 1 egg 3/4 c. (2 medium) mashed ripe banana 1/3 c. walnuts, chopped Streusel Topping: 1/4 c. all-purpose flour 1/3 c. brown sugar 2 tbsp. butter OR margarine, softened 1 tsp. ground cinnamon Icing: 1 c. powdered sugar 1 to 2 tbsp. milk 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

Mix batter ingredients together in a presprayed 8x8-inch baking dish. Set aside for 10 minutes. Combine streusel topping ingredients in small bowl mixing with fork until uniform.

Beat together icing ingredients until smooth; set aside. Top batter with streusel topping.

Using fingers, poke topping thoroughly into batter. Bake by placing in a COLD oven and set temperature to 350 F. Bake for 30 minutes or until done. Cool 10 minutes, then spread icing over top.

RECIPE NOTE: If desired, batter may be mixed in a separate bowl. Proceed as directed above.

Yield: 9 servings Prep Time: 20 minutes Bake Time: 30 minutes Source: Recipe courtesy of ACH Food Companies, Inc. www.achfood.ca

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ndrew Jackson steered his dark-blue Silverado onto the highway and hit the gas pedal, heading to town. The warm spring sun shone high overhead and Andrew reached over and picked up his sunglasses from the passenger seat. He popped them on and looked around at the awakening countryside.

The snow was gone. A small stream of water flowed lazily in the ditch beside the road, and not much of a stream either considering the prodigious amount of snow that had been covering the world a few short weeks earlier. The slowest melt in history had clearly caught the flood forecasters by surprise and their predictions of watery disaster had turned out to be nothing but hot air. Not hot enough, mind you, to speed up the melt. Andrew could see a few puddles remaining in the fields here and there but for the most part the snow had just sort of faded away, the resulting water dissipating like a thick Vancouver fog, a great improvement over its usual habit of rampaging off the set like Christian Bale on a bad day.

Andrew pulled into town a short 15 minutes later and angled the Silverado into its usual parking space in front of the café, sliding niftily in between Grant Toews’ Silver F150 and Bert McLeod’s red Dodge Ram. You can pretty much tell what day of the week it is by the colour of the trucks parked in front of the café at 10 in the morning. Silver, red and blue, means it’s probably Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, although it could also be Friday or Saturday.

The hum of conversation in the café did not let up when Andrew entered. He helped himself to a cup of coffee at the counter and then headed over to the table by the window to join his friends.

“Hey howdy,” said Grant as Andrew seated himself and set his coffee on the table. “How’s everything?”

“Fine,” said Andrew. “Can’t complain. Don’t let me interrupt.”

“Interrupt what?” said Grant.

“Whatever,” said Andrew. “I assume you weren’t sitting in silence waiting for me.”

“True enough,” said Bert pushing a just-finished breakfast plate and leaning back in his

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chair. “Grant was telling me about the suffragette problem he’s having at home.”

“Suffragette’s eh?” said Andrew. “Interesting problem to have in this day and age.”

“It’s not really suffragettes,” said Grant.

“Bert’s terminology, not mine. I call it the awakening of the feminine political awareness, which at my house of course is everyone’s political awareness except mine.”

“Ah yes,” said Andrew. “Because at your house you are the only one who is not of the feminine persuasion.”

“Exactly,” said Grant. “Up till now the only political opinions in my house have been my own. But now suddenly I am surrounded by young female persons tweeting and twittering and book-facing and whatnot, about the sorry

state of Canadian politics. It’s disconcerting to say the least.”

Andrew took a sip of coffee. “I think you mean face-booking,” he said. “But what has precipitated this sudden paradigm political shift?”

“Justin Trudeau,” said Grant.

“Ah yes,” said Andrew, putting down his cup.

“Justin Trudeau. Even Jennifer has noticed him. I believe she refers to him as ‘the only hottie in Ottawa.’”

“Which he is,” said Bert.

“Yesterday,” said Grant, “Kendra went so far as to announce that, if Justin were ever to ask her, she would marry him in a flash, and have half a dozen of his babies.”

“Really now,” said Andrew. “I’m sure Kendra’s mother voiced a strongly worded disapproval?”

“On the contrary,” said Grant. “Kendra’s mother said something like, ‘oh my god, you would have the cutest kids ever.’”

“Good lord,” said Andrew. “What is this world coming to?”

“I know,” said Grant. “I was forced to remind them that Kendra is still short of 18 years old and that she is under no circumstances allowed to have babies until she’s at least 30, and most importantly, that when she does, I prefer not to know anything about it till at least 30 minutes after the baby is born.”

“Good for you,” said Andrew. “Keep it real.”

“Ninety-nine per cent,” said Bert.

Andrew and Grant stared at Bert in silence for a second.

“Huh?” said Grant. “What’s ninety-nine per cent?”

“The percentage of voters under the age of 30 who will vote for Trudeau purely on the basis,” said Bert, “of his hairstyle.”

“That can’t be accurate,” said Andrew.

“No kidding,” said Grant. “There’s no way Harper can get even one per cent of the hairstyle demographic. I may still vote for that helmet-haired wonder, but I am in the minority in my house.”

“And that,” said Bert, “is exactly where Harper will find himself after the next election.

In the minority in the House.”

Planning a herb garden With a little thought you’ll be able to achieve your desired effect

By Albert Parsons FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR

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erbs add a lot of interest to many food dishes and fresh ones harvested from your own garden during the growing season will add even more flavour to your summer cuisine. Although many grocery stores stock fresh herbs, nothing can rival the taste of those harvested from your own garden just minutes before you add them to the food you are preparing.

A herb garden can take many forms, from a formal Mediterranean-like one to an informal patch at the edge of the vegetable garden. They can be planted in rows or in patches, or scattered here and there. Some incorporate a few herbs into their flower borders or in their decorative flower containers (parsley and thyme are good for this).

A herb garden can be composed of annual herbs, perennials, or a combination of the two.

Some common perennials are thyme, mint, sage, rosemary,

oregano, and tarragon. The latter three will require a sheltered location to winter successfully.

Some of the perennial herbs, such as tarragon and sage are tall plants and will need to be located where they do not shade other plants. Thyme and mint are invasive and will have to be contained in some way.

A number of annual herbs, such as parsley, lemon balm, and sweet marjoram, are slow growing so they are usually purchased as established plants or seeded early indoors. Basil, summer savory, sorrel, cilantro, are all quite fast-growing plants and usually are seeded directly into the garden. The many basil varieties are all very cold sensitive and so some gardeners start basil indoors and plant the seedlings outdoors when the weather is reliably warm. Dill, a common annual herb, will self-seed in the vegetable garden and volunteer plants can be relied upon to provide fresh dill throughout the growing season if care is taken not to destroy the seedlings when hoeing the garden. I like to have dill plants

In this herb garden plants of a small-leafed basil, sage, and chives are mulched with chips to deter weeds.

PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

growing here and there in the garden because I think such aromatic plants help to protect garden plants from insect pests.

If a more formal herb garden is desired, the perennial herbs will have to be positioned first and then the annual ones added later in appropriate places to achieve balance and to accommodate the growth habits of the individual herbs.

Reclaimed brick can be used to create a Mediterranean-type

herb garden. The bricks can be used to define the perimeter of the garden and divide the garden into segments. A circular garden, for example, would have a row of bricks around its perimeter and rows of brick cutting the garden into pieshaped wedges. Perhaps a brick platform in the centre would hold a decorative object or a large container of herbs.

Most herbs like lots of sun and are mostly drought tolerant

— with the exception of basil — so a minimum of watering will have to be done. Consider locating herbs that are not as resilient and drought tolerant in a different location so that the herb garden itself will be low maintenance. Planning a herb garden carefully will ensure that you achieve the desired effect you are looking for.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Proud to be a farm mom Challenging but very rewarding

By Sheila Braun Freelance contributor

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thought I was prepared for being a farm mom.

I grew up on a farm and watched my mother handle tasks with ease.

As a teen, I loved raising animals and babysitting young children, and dreamed of the day when I would be a farm mom. I had years of experience of being a farmer’s daughter and brought many valuable skills into motherhood. I learned to work hard, garden, and remove grease stains.

Regardless of these abilities, I was not prepared for being a farm mom.

When our children began arriving in quick succession, I had not anticipated the long hours a dairy farmer works each day. I remember my own father baling all evening after coming home from his day job, while Mom was responsible for us children — never yelling or complaining. We knew she was tired at times, but I never understood how exhausting children were until I walked in her shoes years later.

I did not foresee how the unpredictability of farming would affect our family life. A rigid time for meals

was unrealistic, and I spent more time alone with the children than I expected.

Over the past few years I have discovered a few coping strategies. I never just sit and wait for my husband to come home. Winter used to be the best time for me to tackle indoor projects and hobbies, however, I now save these for summer evenings. In winter when my husband is at home, we spend time together as a family playing floor hockey, watching old movies, and just being together. My individual projects wait for summer evenings when he isn’t home.

I have also realized that the kids and I can always go to him. Sure, we can’t always enjoy quality time together as he is lying underneath a piece of equipment trying to get it field ready, but we can open our van doors and sit and watch Daddy work. And while there, we deliver more finger food for him to enjoy as he goes to fetch another tool.

Being a farm mom is difficult, but I still wouldn’t trade it. I have the oppor tunity to suppor t my hardworking husband and we can live, work, and play together. My children

Farm mom, Sheila Braun treasures the teaching moments she has with her children on the farm. photo: BRAUN FAMILY

have the chance to dance in Prairie grass and chase butterflies. They tumble in corn silage and jump into pools of shallow straw. For night lunch, nothing beats the taste of our delicious, creamy milkshakes, and the farm is a great place to teach our

Triple P formula Try this tip to help manage weight control

By Maria Rogalski Freelance contributor

Sheila Braun writes from Landmark, Manitoba

Know your cereals

Compare labels and cost to make the best choices

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ost of us who have ever tried them know that diets don’t work. We start out with good intentions, but they don’t last and disappointed, we just give up. Recently I read about a formula that some have used with great success to manage weight control — the triple P formula — Pleasure, Portion, Planning. Just three words that can be written down and kept out as a constant reminder.

The amount of Pleasure we derive from the food we eat should determine the amount we consume. But it takes more than just the resolve to take less food on our plate. Unless we derive a great amount of Pleasure from a certain food we choose to eat, we are not likely to give it a high degree o f i m p o r t a n c e, a “m u s t do” to compensate for the proper adjustment. The

children responsibility, a strong work ethic, and healthy goals and values.

I don’t know what surprises await me this Mother’s Day but I do know my life bouquet is rich and full.

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PHOTO: MARIA ROGALSKI

Pleasure aspect is a powerful motivator for Portion control.

Planning needs to be a part of the necessary process before we fill our plate. If we know there will be dessert after dinner, for instance, we adjust the amount of starchy foods on our plate, by choosing less starchy vegetables or salad, always keeping the Portion size in mind. That is

where the Planning comes in. Sometimes it might mean forgoing one thing in order to be able to indulge in something else we enjoy more.

Focusing on keeping the triple Ps, — Pleasure, Portion, Planning — the main thing will help us to keep on track and reach our goal.

Maria Rogalski writes from Winnipeg

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ell-chosen cereal plays a vital role in nutrition by providing fibre, vitamins, minerals and other key nutrients. To make the most nutrient-rich choices, you have to be a good label reader.

Many types of cereals provide whole grains in the diet. A whole grain cereal includes all the parts of the grain, including the fibre-containing bran, the starchy endosperm and the fatcontaining germ.

Most people fall short of the 25 to 35 grams of fibre that we need each day. Some types of fibre, such as soluble fibre found in oats, may help lower blood cholesterol levels and potentially our risk for heart disease.

Fibre also can help you feel full longer and reduce constipation. Kids and adults need to drink plenty of fluids with increased fibre intake.

Check out the amount of added sweeteners, which can be in the form of high-fructose corn syrup, dextrose, sucrose (table sugar), molasses, brown sugar or others. Compare the Nutrition Facts labels on several brands at the store.

You can “blend down” the sweetness of some cereals by combining sweetened cereals with unsweetened cereal. You can boost nutrition by adding antioxidant-rich fresh or dried

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fruit, and nuts or seeds to your cereal bowl and top with calcium-rich milk.

Compare prices. Look at the “price per ounce” on the edge of many store shelves. Usually, ser vings for cereal are in ounces. Volume-wise, an ounce of puffed cereal will appear like more in your bowl than an ounce of granola, so remember that nutrition information is based on serving size.

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

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special feature: ready-to-move homes

RTM and modular construction moves into the city Shortage of local construction labour boosts demand for RTM and prefab buildings

By Angela Lovell

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ost ready to move (RTM) homes 10 years ago would have been found in rural areas, and most were single-family dwellings.

But over the past five years, there’s also been increased interest in urban areas, and prefabricated or modular construction is being used for multi-family dwellings, apartments and motels and hotels.

In rural areas, much of that interest is being driven by a shortage of contractors. Development in natural resource industries such as potash mining and oilfields has drained carpenters and other contractors out of small rural towns, especially in western Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan.

It’s not uncommon to have to wait two or more years for a new house to be built on site, so many people in search of a new home or farm building are turning to the RTM and modular market.

A new RTM home can be delivered from the manufacturer in as little as 12 weeks. As long as the site has been properly prepared it can be hooked up with services and ready to go in days once it reaches the site.

An RTM is generally fully constructed off site and is moved as

a completed unit to the homeowner’s site. Modular buildings, which can include some farm buildings like sheds or barns, are built in sections inside a factory and then assembled at the site. Depending on the use, these buildings have to be built and tested to meet specific codes and CSA standards and also conform to local building codes, which can vary by province.

Another driving factor for some new homeowners is the desire to own a “greener” home.

Research at the University of Alberta has shown that RTM buildings are more environmentally friendly. It showed a 40 per cent lower carbon footprint for a modular apartment building built alongside an on-site building of the same size and specifications.

Air quality inside the home is also becoming an important factor for many allergy sufferers.

“When you build a house outside, the lumber and other components of the building can get rain soaked, sometimes several times during the construction phase,” says John Froese of Grandeur Housing in Winkler, Manitoba, who is also president of the Modular Housing Association for the Prairie provinces.

“If there is moisture present inside the finished walls it can sometimes lead to the development of mould. We sometimes have customers with allergies come to us and say we specifically need a house that is built inside so that we know there won’t be mould issues.”

Prefab buildings

Another popular and costeffective option for farmers and rural property owners is prefabricated steel buildings which arrive in DIY kit form and are assembled at the site, usually by the purchaser. A 30x34-foot Quonset-style building on the website of Pioneer Steel Buildings, a manufacturer in Ontario, sells for around $7,000 plus taxes and freight.

“The main advantage is the price and the fact that it’s a DIY product that comes with everything you need to build it,” says Paul Rizzuto, Pioneer’s vicepresident of manufacturing. “It comes with a 30-year warranty and because it is made of topquality steel it’s maintenance free and won’t rot.”

A few RTM and modular manufacturers, such as Grandeur Housing, will handle all aspects of the house construction for the customer, from building the house to hiring the contractors required to prepare

Modular construction, in which individual pieces are built in a factory and then assembled on site, is becoming more popular in urban centres. photo: thinkstock

the site and basement and will obtain all necessary building permits.

The industr y as a whole is being steered in this direction due to consumer demand, says Froese. “People are more inclined to say ‘just give me a price on a finished product and I only want to deal with one person,’” he says. “They don’t want to have to go to a contractor and a plumber and an electrician and so on.”

A big advantage of RTM homes is that the homeowner knows the exact final cost and won’t incur any additional costs

because of time overruns or material increases, as is often the case with a home built on site.

“When we sell a home we give the customer their price and that doesn’t change because it took longer to build because of the weather or this or that factor. There are no cost overruns from the factory,” says Froese, who adds this can make it easier for RTM customers to get mortgage financing from lenders who have more comfort that their customer isn’t going to come back for more money to complete the construction.

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SPECIAL FEATURE:

READY-TO-MOVE HOMES

Getting the ready-to-move home ‘home’ Electrical, plumbing, ductwork and the time of year are among factors to consider

By Angela Lovell

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ost people choosing a ready-to-move (RTM) home are doing so because of convenience and the speed with which it can be completed. But there are important details to consider to ensure the home makes a fast and safe journey to its new “home.”

Clear access to the site of the new home, that allows plenty of space for the moving equipment to manoeuvre is all important, says Bernie Wiebe of BB Wiebe & Sons Ltd. of Osterwick, Manitoba.

The approach to the site should be wide enough and clear of overhanging trees or other possible obstructions.

“If maybe the neighbour’s tree is in the way or it is someone else’s property we have to cross, that all needs to be prearranged beforehand,” says Wiebe.

Preparing the site for arrival of the house can include the need to prepare and excavate

the site if the house is going to sit on a basement, which then has to be constructed and adequate time allowed for the poured concrete foundation to cure. Any ductwork for furnaces and necessary plumbing and electrical wiring must be installed. On-site hook-ups may be necessary for town sewer, water or electricity, or with rural properties a septic field or tank will be needed.

Some RTM manufacturers will arrange the site prepara t i o n a n d t h e m ov e a n d include the cost of ever ything in the final price for the home. “It was a really smooth process,” says Kourtlin Redd i c k o f M a n o r, Sa s k a t c h ewan, who purchased an RTM home last year from Grandeur Housing of Winkler. “Grand e u r d i d e ve r y t h i n g , t h e y arranged for the basement to be prepared, arranged the move and it was all included in the price of the home, so we didn’t have the headache of looking after contractors.”

Generally an RTM shouldn’t be much wider than 34 feet and no more than about 16.5 feet high to save on cost and make the move as simple as possible. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

Dimensions

Generally an RTM shouldn’t be much wider than 34 feet and no more than about 16.5 feet high to save on cost and make the move as simple as possible. Larger loads may require special permits if the utility company needs to raise power lines along the moving route and the cost to move the house is based on its size and the distance it is being moved.

T h e m ove r u s u a l l y h a n dles all the permits associated with the move. “We look

after all the permits related to the actual travel on the highways,” says Wiebe. “That incl u d e s Ma n i t o b a Hyd ro, Manitoba Telephone System, highways and railway permits.”

If the homeowner is arranging the move it’s advisable to try and book the move as far in advance as possible; at least two months, says Wiebe, who has seen a big increase in business over the last few years.

The homeowner also needs to keep in mind that

spring road restrictions, which impose the maximum weight that is allowed o n s p r i n g ro a d s, a re u s u ally in force between March and the end of May depending on the province and the area. This can delay delivery if it’s planned around that time.

It’s probably also a good idea to check whether there are any special zoning requirements for the home site before the house arrives, as these can vary by municipality.

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RTM NEWS

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f you are moving a building or commercial equipment or structure, a 10-day work clearance/permit is required. Building and structure move applications are available on Manitoba Hydro’s website or by calling 1-888-MBHYDRO (1-888-624-9376) and at your local district office.

The building or structure move application form provides Manitoba Hydro with information on: • the mover; • the type of structure; • load height; • route and map; • requested time and date.

It will also: • provide the mover with the terms and conditions which must be agreed to before a move takes place; • assist in the completion of the Electric and/ or Natural Gas Facilities Locate form to comply with the Workplace Safety and Health Act, W210. This form is separate from the application and a copy of the Electric and/or Natural Gas Facilities Locate form will accompany the move.

Regulations and permits for oversize moves

Oversized loads that exceed 4.15 metres (13 feet, seven inches) require the mover to contact Manitoba Transportation and Government Services or the local municipality where the move is taking place.

This includes the cities of Brandon and Winnipeg jurisdictions.

If the oversize load exceeds the height of 4.8 m (15 feet, nine inches), written instructions are required from Manitoba Hydro prior to conducting the move.

These written instructions will indicate the types of hazards present and what actions are required on the mover’s part to ensure their safety, and the safety of others, while working near overhead lines.

We require a minimum of 10 working days notice for loads up to 5.9 metres (19 feet, four inches) in height. Loads taller than 5.9 metres will need additional notice.

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SPECIAL FEATURE:

READY-TO-MOVE HOMES

Financial considerations for an RTM or modular home Financial institutions may vary, but other than the deposit, details are similar

By Angela Lovell

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ou’ve decided on your ready-to-move or modular home, but what about the financial details such as mortgage, taxes and insurance?

Are they any different than a conventional home?

G etting a mor tgage can sometimes be easier than for a new on-site construction, says John Froese of Grandeur Housing in Winkler.

“When we give the customer a price it’s locked in and the banks like that because when they qualify that person for a mortgage they know that the customer doesn’t have to come back later and say they need more to finish it,” he says.

Kourtlin Reddick and his wife Brittany of Manor, Sask., purchased an RTM last year. They say that although it wasn’t hard to get a mortgage from their

bank, they couldn’t actually get the money until the house had been delivered and was completed on site. This meant that they had to come up with the 25 per cent deposit for the manufacturer themselves. Different financial institutions, however, may have different policies.

Tax savings

RTMs and modular homes that are sold as a domestic residence are taxed at a reduced retail sales tax rate of four per cent in Manitoba, rather than the current seven per cent which applies to commercial buildings or recreational motorhomes or travel trailers.

The reduced rate applies only to the “basic selling price” of the manufactured home, which does not include any charges for furniture, appliances or any other goods sold with the home, which are taxable at the

regular rate. Delivery within Manitoba and installation charges are also excluded from the reduced tax rate.

Insurance

Insuring a new RTM or modular home is the same process as any other home.

“Once the home is moved in and on its foundation and hooked up to the services it can be insured the same as any other home,” says Kevin Bailey of Wawanesa Insurance. All new homes whether they are RTM, modular or built on site must meet the applicable national, provincial and in some cases municipal building codes that exist where the home is located and must be certified to Canadian Standards Association (CSA) A277 standard.

Most manufacturers provide some kind of warranty of RTM homes and they can vary

anywhere from one to five or more years. Product warranties on items such as windows will be whatever is standard for the manufacturer of that component. What manufacturers will provide as part of the warranty can vary but most will offer followup after the house is settled to fix any cracks that can occur during the move.

Reddick is pleased with the warranty service he received from his manufacturer.

“With an RTM you are going to have a few cracks after the move and they came back and fixed all those,” he says. “And after a year in the house they come back and do another walk around and will fix any other things that are an issue.”

A n o t h e r m a n u f a c t u r e r ’s website says it provides a free touch-up service kit with each of their RTM homes, which includes shingles, siding, dry-

wall tape and compound for minor maintenance repairs.

The Manitoba government is planning to introduce a mandatory five-year warranty on new homes, including RTM and modular houses, says Froese.

He believes that dealing with one manufacturer, rather than a number of different contractors, will simplify the process for homeowners if they have any warranty issues.

“If the homeowner hires someone else to build the basement for example, the warranty program of the manufacturer of the RTM is not going to cover that,” Froese says. “From the point of view of the insurance companies who are covering warranty programs they will probably prefer to see the whole process being handled by one company so they have one point of contact for anything that goes wrong.”

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The program warrants that, during the first year, the registered builder will repair defects in materials and workmanship as defined in the program’s warranty certificate. The program will ensure that the necessary work is complete up to a maximum of $50,000 per residential unit. Materials and workmanship covered by the program include those supplied and installed by the registered builder, its employees and those trades and others contracted directly by the registered builder.

Structural defects affecting the loadbearing portion of a new home are protected over a five-year period up to a maximum of $50,000 per residential unit. In the event you are required to move out while major structural repairs are underway, the warranty allows for an additional relocation expense up to a maximum of $3,000.

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READY-TO-MOVE HOMES

The different types of pre-built housing Modular, manufactured, panelized and pre-engineered

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s the name implies, factory-built housing refers to homes that are built in a factory, or manufacturing facility. There are a number of building systems that result in varying degrees of completion in the factory before delivery to the building site. Factory-built homes are available in many sizes, designs, and layouts, with a wide selection of standard and customized features.

blies. Panels may be partially or fully completed in the factory, with windows, doors and siding often installed already.

They are shipped flat to the site where they are assembled, and the home is finished inside and out. The use of panels reduces on-site construction time significantly.

• Pre - e n g i n e e re d h o m e s are essentially “prepackaged”

homes. All major building components are prepared in the factory and shipped to the building site ready for assembly — including framing materials, doors, windows, roofing, siding, interior wall partitions and subflooring. The pre-engineered building system emphasizes precision design and pre-cutting, and can be used for virtually any home design.

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• Modular homes are built in a factory as three-dimensional modules that may be combined on site to make one-, two- or three-storey homes. Typically, a bungalow will consist of one or two modules, while a two-storey home will use four or five, or more modules. The homes are typically set on full-perimeter foundations — a crawl space or full basement — but may also be placed on surf a c e - m o u n t f o u n d a t i o n s.

Insulation, air/vapour barrier, plumbing, wiring, exterior siding and other construction details are largely completed in the factory. Interior work is usually well advanced, including drywall, trim, flooring, cabinets and bathroom fixtures. Finishing the home on site generally takes a couple of weeks, sometimes more, depending on the size, style and features of the home.

Some features are best done on site, such as brick siding and some types of flooring.

• Manufactured homes are typically built in one section, although some manufacturers offer these homes in two sections as well. Manufactured homes are virtually complete when they leave the factory — often ready for move-in the same day or a few days after arriving on the site. Due to their unique structural design, these homes can be installed on surface-mount foundations, such as piers. They can also be relocated, although most are never moved from their original site.

• Panelized homes refer to homes built with prefabricated wall, floor and/or roof assem-

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antique Equipment HORSE HARNESS & EQUIPMENT. 1 complete set of single harness w/23-in collar, steel hames & leather tugs, $300; 1 complete set of single harness w/flat hames, new tugs & new back pads, $350; 2 sets of good chore harness, bridles & lines $475 each OBO; Good selection of steel eveners, good selection of wooden neck yokes for cutters or buggies. Several pieces of good horse machinery ready to go to the field. Phone:(204)242-2809, Box 592 Manitou.

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland GARTON’S AUCTION SERVICE will be conducting an Air Conditioning Business Closeout Auction for JR Service (formerly of Flin Flon, MB) on May 11th, 2013 at 10:30am located at 305 Buchannon Ave in Dauphin, MB. The auction will include: 5x10 flat deck trailer c/w tilt deck; 53-ft. semi-trailer, insulated; Intl 444 British made gas tractor c/w cab, Ezeeon FEL, 3-PTH; Mastercraft 14.5-HP x42-in. lawn tractor c/w bagger; Very lg qty of new parts for all types of heating/refrigeration & electrical service; Treated 2x6 & 2x4; Firehose 1-in.; New insulation; New propane decorative stove c/w remote; Automotive air conditioners; Misc lg qty dryers; New universal A/C compressor for trucks/tractors; Sump pump (submersible); Propane fork lift tank; Ice cube making machine; Metal shelving units; 1.5-ton central A/C unit; 5x10 utility trailer; 4000# winch c/w control; Hand & power tools; A/C manuals; Auto repair manuals; Qty copper pipe; Crimper for sheet metal; Floor tool box; Miner’s pick; Bridge railing; Oak kids sleigh w/jingle bells; Rd piano stool w/glass lamb feet; Oak Table. For complete listing & photos please visit our website www.gartonsauction.com For more info call Jim (204)897-2998 or (204)687-0204.

GLADSTONE AUCTION MART Sale Schedule for May, June & July May 14th Regular Cattle Sale May 21th Closed May 28th Regular Cattle Sale & Cow/Calf Sale June 4th Closed June 11th Regular Cattle Sale June 18th Closed June 25th Regular Cattle Sale July 2nd Closed July 9th Regular Cattle Sale Closed for Summer Break Check Website Online www.gladstoneauctionmart.com Phone (204)385-2537 License #1108

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

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

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

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

The Pas

MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Auction Sale Brian & Janice Halowaty Sun., May 12th 11:00am Beausejour, MB. Poplar Ave #227 Contact: (204)268-1520. Yard & Rec: Reel Mower; Trimmers; Fishing Items; Fish Mounts; 10x10-ft.

Gazebo; 8x10-ft. Dog Run; Yard Furniture & Items; Tools & Misc: Com Air Paint Sprayer; Table Saw; Circular Saw; Wood Lathe; Elec Chain Saw; Sand Blaster; Power & Hand Tools; Shop Supply; Cedar Boards; 350-sq.ft. Oak Hardwood Flooring; 18) Boxes Tile; Track Lighting; R12 Insulation; Assorted Hardware; Antiques: DR Table; Settee & Rocker; 1950s GM Fridge; Oregon Chain Saw Sign; Sweppes Clock; Oregon Chain Saw Clock; Ignition Cabinet; Battery Bartender; Coca Cola Collectibles; R Doulton Figurines; 8 place Setting; Old Country Rose; Crystal; Lladro; Die Cast; Trucks; Tractors; Washboard; Trunk; Oil Bottles; Ouboard Motor; Addison Radio; Mantle Clock; Barber Kit; Movie Posters; Comics; Household: 2) Chest Freezers; Wood/ Coal Stove; K Table w/6 Chairs; Couch & Love Seat; Leather Love Seat; Swivel Rocker; Bar Stools; Bunn Com Coffee Makers; Exercise Equip; Sewing Machine; Various Household; Hot Wheels; Tonka.

Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com email: mcsherry@mts.net MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Auction Sale Adeline Johnson (Late Kris) Sat., May 18th 10:00am Arborg, MB. Jct Hwy 7 & 68 East 2-mi on Hwy #68.

Auction Note: Contact: Mike (204)378-5269. Tractors: Vers 875 Serious 3, 4WD Quad Hyd 9,915-hrs; JD 7020 4WD 1000 PTO Dual Hyd 8,700-hrs; Grain Equip: NH TR95 Combine Melroe PU & 4WD 3,485-hrs; Flexicoil 820 41-ft. Cult 9-in. Spacing; Floating Hitch 550-lb Trip w/Flexcoil 1610 Air Cart w/20-HP Honda; Coop 807 32-ft. Deep Tiller w/Mulchers, Ext Hyd; Coop 807 Tandem 26-ft. Disc; MF 52 20-ft. Tandem Disc; MF 52 20-ft. Tandem Disc; Int 645 41-ft. Vibra Cult w/Mulchers; 36-ft. Coil Packers Bar; Brandt 800-gal 80-ft. Sprayer; 20-ft. Hyd Lift Grain Box Trailer; Grain Handler 5250 Grain Vac; Westfield 8-in. 36-ft.

Auger w/16-HP & Elec Start; Misc Equip: Buhler/Farm King 3 PH 9-ft. 2 Way Hyd Blade; Howard P Type 80-in. Rotovator; Farm King 3PH 8-ft. 2 Stage Snowblower w/Hyd Chute; Cement Mixer on Trailer; 4 Wheel Farm Trailer; Dalman Chain Stack Mover; Vehicle & Rec: 93 GMC ext cab DSL 4x4; 96 Polaris Sportsman 4x4 Quad; 95 Polaris 425 mag 4x4 Quad; Honda XL 75 Mini Bike; Princess 50cc Mini Bike; Johnson 10-HP; Merc 11-HP; Gale 5-HP Outboards; Utility Trailer; JD SX95 RMower; Along w/Tools & Farm Misc; Some Antiques. Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com MCSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD Farm Equipment Auction Brad & Karen Tronrud Sat., May 11th 11:00am Inwood, MB. 3-mi West on 416. Contact: (204)278-3233; Email: mcsherry@mts.net 06 Case IH Jx75 MFWA DSL 3PH w/Allied Buhler FEL 1,275-hrs; Case IH 2394 DSL Cab PS 6,419-hrs; Case 1175 7,387-hrs; Laurier 4250 Auto Bale Wagon; 98 Hesston 1340 12-ft. Hydra Swing Disc Bine; 93 NH 660 RD Baler; HutchMaster 12-ft. Off set Disc; Morris SeedRite 80 18-ft. Hoe Drill; Hesston 5431 Manure Spreader Poly Floor, Tandem; Along w/More Medium Size Grain & Hay Equip; GO TO Web www.mcsherryauction.com Stuart McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

Birch River

16TH ANNUAL CONSIGNMENT AUCTION Saturday, May 25th, 2013 Elm Creek, MB Consign your Farm, Construction & Yard items by emailing your list by May 12th to gauthierauctions@mts.net or call at (204)379-2826 GILBERT GAUTHIER AUCTIONS

Swan River Minitonas Durban

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Gimli

Shoal Lake

Langruth

Neepawa

Gladstone

Rapid City Virden

Melita

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Brandon

Carberry

Treherne

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin

Souris

Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Westman

Waskada

Interlake

Erickson Minnedosa

Hamiota

Reston

Arborg

Lundar

St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

1

Red River

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

Farm auction For allan charbonneau Manitou, Mb

monDaY maY 13, 2013 10 am

FroM HigHway 23 East oF altaMont Jct. takE 45 w soutH For 3 MilEs, 1 East on 23n and soutH 1/2 MilE on 44w

Collectible Tractor Auction for Victor and Kathy Bellemore Ph: 204-966-7779

Saturday, June 8, 2013

at 11:00AM, (22 km North of) Neepawa, MB Directions: From Neepawa, travel 22 km north on Hwy #5 to Mountain Road hwy, then west 2 3/4 km, then turn north to yard. Watch for signs.

TRACTORS 1952 Massey Harris 44 gas SN # 18971 • 1948 Massey Harris 30 gas SN # 2366 • Massey Harris 444 gas with high-low range SN # 74273 • • 1947 Massey Harris 55 with fiber-belt pulley SN # 4205 • Massey Harris 555 four speed SN # 20514 • 1951 Massey Harris 44 SN # 5315 • Massey Harris 33 SN # 1130 • Massey Harris 44 with front end loader EQUIPMENT Ford #542 square baler • IHC #210 Self propelled swather • JD 15 1/2 ft field cultivator • 24 ft Fifth wheel trailer • 12 ft tandem axle livestock trailer • 8 ft utility trailer • 4 in. x 12 ft Westfield auger • 4 in. x 16 ft Speedking auger with 12 volt motor and cables • 6 in, x 26 ft Versatile auger • 60 in. snow blade for garden tractor • Boleno 36 in. rototiller 3PTH, PTO • 40 in. rototiller 3PTH, PTO • 60 in. Wood brush mower 3PTH, PTO • 6 in. hydraulic manure pump • 13 HP gas engine--2 years old • 3000 psi pressure washer with electric motor

Please check lamportanddowler.com for picures and full listing John Lamport 204-476-2067 Tim Dowler 204-803-6915 www.lamportanddowler.com

• IH 1486, 1086 tractor, 706 with workmaster loader, from neighbour Fernand Rondeau, • IH 1586 AND Case 4490 tractor pto and 3pth, Mf 885 swather, versatile 4400 and 400 • IH 1480 combine with pickup • Trucks: 1979 GMC 427 V8 5&2 single axle 450 bu Box hoist, Hyd drill fill outlet • 1975 GMC 5000, 350 V8 4 speed, 300 bu box • 1966 Chevy tag axle 400 bu head lift hoist, drill fill outlet • Seeding and Tillage • Flexicoil system XL 65 Sprayer 100 ft , windscreens, induction tank, hyd, pump

See full list in our Spring catalog out march 20th or on our website see our website www.billklassen.com or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230 bill Klassen auctioneers bill@billklassen.com

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

AG EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT AUCTION

VICTORIA DAY MONDAY MAY 20th 10:00 AM This is a Partial Listing

TRACTORS & FORKLIFT

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm & livestock equipment auction for Don & Warren Wilhelm (306)487-2601 Sat., June 15th, 2013 10:00am. Directions from Lampman, SK. 5-mi West of Lampman, SK on Hwy 361 & 1.5-mi South. Watch for Signs! Live Internet Bidding www.Bidspotter.com 2008 NH 6070 FWA tractor w/NH 840TL FEL & 3-PTH showing 1,250-hrs; JD 8570 4WD tractor w/4,729-hrs; JD 4440 2WD tractor w/less than 200-hrs on complete engine overhaul; JD 332 lawn tractor w/tiller; JD 125 lawn tractor; JD 9600 combine w/2,105 sep hrs; JD 9500 SP combine w/2,485 sep hrs (Kevin Schaff (306)421-0272); 36-ft. Macdon 962 straight cut split PU reel draper header; 30-ft. JD 230 straight cut header; 30-ft. JD 590 PT swather; 18-ft. 2008 NH 1475 PT haybine w/upgraded PTO shaft; 2010 Buhler Inland Harvestman 14 wheel V rake; Morris 881 hay hiker bale hauler; 16-ft. W-W tandem axle bumper pull stock trailer; NH 358 mix mill; Morand maternity pen; Koenders calf warmer; Hi Hog alley section & palpation cage, squeeze chute; quantity of panels & gates; 90-ft.

NH/Flexicoil SF115 suspended boom sprayer; 1989 White/Volvo/GMC highway tractor w/Cat engine; 36-ft. 1994 Doepker 2 compartment tandem axle grain trailer; 1980 GMC 7000 tandem axle grain truck w/87,950-km; 1976 Chev C-60 3-ton grain truck w/34,800-mi; 1997 GMC 1500 extended cab PU; 39-ft. Morris Maxim double shoot air drill w/Morris Maxim 6180 air tank; 49-ft. JD 1650 cultivator w/Valmar 2420; 60-ft. Flexicoil System 90 harrow packer bar; Allied 3-PTH snowblower; Rockomatic 546 rock picker; shopbuilt 8-ft. land leveller; Honda Big Red ATC; 130-gal slip tank w/electric pump; Chem Handler I mixer; New P-3 15-HP auger engine; Westeel Seedstor 3,000-bu hopper bottom bin; Stor King 74-ton hopper bottom bins; Metal Industries 40-ton hopper bottom bin; Westeel Rosco 2,000-bu hopper bottom bin; Edwards Grain Guard 3-HP aeration fans; Walinga 5614 grain vac; Sakundiak 10-70 swing auger; Sakundiak 10-60 swing auger; 7-47 auger w/Kohler engine; Sakundiak 7-47 auger w/Briggs engine; Sakundiak 6-33 auger w/Briggs; JD A150C construction heater plus a complete line of shop tools. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter.

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

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm & livestock equipment auction for Dallas & Carol Piller (306)697-3286 Mon., June 10th, 2013 10:00am. Directions from Grenfell, SK. go 14-mi North on Hwy 47 and 1/2-mi West. Watch for Signs! JD 4440 2WD tractor w/duals; JD 2130 2WD tractor w/JD 145 FEL & 3-PTH; 1981 GMC 7000 grain truck; 1990 Mack single axle 10-SPD truck w/NH 195 manure spreader; NH 195 PT tandem axle manure spreader; 20-ft. gooseneck stock trailer; Jiffy 220 bunk feeder; 16-ft. Hesston 1170 Pivot tongue hay bine; NH 605F round baler w/recent new belts; MF 850 SP combine; JD 6601PT combine; 18-ft. JD 800 SP swather, Farm King swath roller, 25’ JD 580 PT swather; Degelman 6700 Super Picker; Degelman ground drive rock picker; 18-ft. Ezee On tandem disc; Morris 14-ft. tandem disc; Degelman 12ft. dozer blade; JD 3-PTH snow blower; JD 506 3-PTH gyro mower; JD 3-PTH spring tooth cultivator; Wilmar 500 granular spreader on tandem axle trailer w/roll tarp; Degelman 2520 cultivator; 33-ft.

IH vibra shank chisel cultivator w/1620 Valmar; IH 6200 press drills; Morris 32-ft. field cultivator; Hillcrest 24-ft. drill transport; 68-ft. Vers PT field sprayer; 50-ft. Melcam tine harrows w/sprayer tank; JD 400 mix mill for parts; JD 22 trailer mounted roller mill; Lewis 250-bu creep feeder; cattle squeeze chute & palpation cage; shop built 14 bale wagon; FEL & 3-PTH bale spear; new frost free nose pump; new rolls of barb wire; 30-ft. portable feed bunk; round bale feeders; tire feeders; corral panels & gates; solar & 100V electric fencers; semen tank; Goebel 3,660-bu bin on wood floor; 3 Twister 2,400-bu bins on steel floors; Sakundiak 7-41 auger w/Kohler engine & bins sweep; Sakundiak 7-33 auger w/Briggs engine; Clipper Model M-2B grain cleaner; 14-ft. Haul All Dual compartment grain fertilizer tote; 100-bu gravity grain wagons; plywood temporary grain wagons; hyd drill fills, plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter.

(306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962 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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• 2006 Gehl 6640E Skid Steer Loader Cab, heat/ac, 1593hrs • Allis Chalmers B, Restored • Allis Chalmers D14 •CAT DP40 Forklift, 8000lb, 11ft,84 HP Diesel •Gehl 3635 Skid Steer w/ Bucket • 35 Massey Fergusson w/ 3 PTH, Loader • 444 International w/ 3 PTH

HAYING EQUIPMENT

• New Holland 640 Round Baler, Wide Pickup • John Deere 567 Round Baler, Mega Wide • 7’ New Holland Disc Mower • 5 Wheel Hay Rake Vicon Lilly • MF 7’ Sickle Bar Mower Trailer Type • 25’ IHC Self Propelled Swather

Location: 218 Brandt St. Steinbach, MB

• 7’ Semi Mount Sickle Mower • New Stout Brush Grapple HDU72 • 2007 Ariens Zoom 2348XL Zero w/ skid steer quick attach Turn Mower 23HP • New Stout Rock Bucket Grapple XHD82 w/ skid steer quick attach EQUIPMENT • New Stout Material Bucket 72 w/ • Friesen 3 Ton Hopper Bin skid steer quick attach • 1997 16’ Bluehills Gooseneck • New Stout Receiver Hitch Plate Livestock Trailer • New Stout Receiver Hitch Plate • 16’ Real Gooseneck Livestock • New Stout Solid Weld-on Skid Trailer • 1990 International 4900 Dump steer Plate Truck, 466 Diesel, Automatic • New Stout Solid Weld-on Skid • Brandt 10X70 Grain Auger steer Plate • 95’ Flexi Coil Sprayer F762 • New Stout Walk-Through Pallet Forks 48 in. w/ skid steer quick • IHC Loader (Off 786) attach NEW SKID STEER • New Stout Full-Back Pallet Forks ATTACHMENTS 48 in. w/ skid steer quick attach • New Lowe Hyd Auger 1650ch w/ • New Stout Bale Spear, Skid Steer 9in & 12 in & 15 in w/ skid steer Mount quick attach PLUS MUCH MORE!!

• New Lowe Hyd Auger 750ch w/ FULL LISTING AT 9in & 12 in w/ skid steer quick www.pennerauctions.com attach

PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD. 218 Brandt Street Steinbach, MB Ph: 204.326.3061 Fax: 204.326.3061 Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

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

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

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

AUTO & TRANSPORT Vehicles Various MACK AUCTION CO. presents a large multi farm equipment auction for Ray & Ann Luhr & Scott Hewitt Sat., June 8th, 2013 10:00am. Directions from Arcola, SK. 14-km South on grid #604 & 1-km West. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding at www.Bidspotter.com JD 8560 4WD tractor w/GPS & recent work orders; JD 4760 FWA tractor; JD 4455 2WD tractor 2WD tractor; JD 4450 FWA tractor w/JD 740 loader; JD 4240 2WD tractor; JD 9750 STS combine & JD 914 PU header w/1,862 separator hrs; 35-ft. JD 635F straight cut header w/new knife & new guards; JD 7721 Titan II PT combine; 30-ft. Premier 1900 PT swather w/PU reel; Co-op SP swather, steel & poly swath rollers; 35-ft. JD 610 air seeder w/JD 777 air tank w/Degelman harrows; 20-ft. JD 355 offset disc; 31-ft. JD 610 cultivator; 63-ft. JD 1050 field cultivator; 59-ft. JD 1650 DT cultivator; JD 14-ft. cultivator; 2 Flexicoil System 92 60-ft. harrow packers; Melroe 8 bottom plow; JD 6 bottom plow; 2, 18-ft. spring tooth harrows; 1983 Chev C-60 single axle grain truck w/37,755-km; Sakundiak 10-60 HD swing auger; Sakundiak 7-33 auger; Walinga 510 grain vac; Brandt 7-35 auger; Bergen 10-54 auger; Westfield 6-36 auger w/Briggs engine; Comet 6-in. auger; 5 Westeel Rosco 2,000bu bins on cement; 2 Twister 5,000-bu bins on cement; 2, Westeel 2,000-bu hopper bottom bins; Metal Ind. 40-ton fertilizer hopper bottom bin; Bader 2,500-bu hopper bottom bin; Bader 1,200-bu hopper bottom bin; Variety of 3-HP aeration fans; 90-ft.

Flexi Coil System 62 PT field sprayer; 12-ft. JD dozer blade; Degelman 10-ft. dozer blade; JD 55 HD 3-PTH blade; Degelman 4 Batt PTO rock picker; Schulte 3020 Rotary mower; 10-ft. trailer type land leveller; Rockomatc TM-20 rock picker; Ezee-on FEL w/JD grapple fork; MF hay rake; bale elevator; 300 & 500 fuel tanks; JD snow machine; Vanguard 14-HP generator never used; garden tiller; lawn mower; complete set of shop tools & equipment, buffalo hide coat; buffalo hide blankets; stained glass window, plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

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

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

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

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

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

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

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

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

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

AUTO & TRANSPORT

BUILDINGS

AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks 1975 GMC 6500 FARM truck, 366 engine, 5x2 trans, box, hoist, tarp, drill fill, plumped, always shedded, only 42,000 plus miles, one-owner, safetied. Must be seen! Phone:(204)265-3302 Beausejour.

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

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.

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

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

1-800-782-0794.

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BUILDINGS

BUILDINGS

Combine ACCessories

Spraying EquipmEnt

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories

FARM MACHINERY Sprayers

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

BUSINESS SERVICES

FARM MACHINERY Grain Cleaners

BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

SPECIAL OFFER Can-Seed Equipment Ltd. has received some Buhler Sortex Demo machines and we are able to pass this unique sale onto you.

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

Licensed Agrologist on Staff.

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

1985 CASE 450C CRAWLER Dozer, 6 way blade, 65% undercarriage, $18,500. www.waltersequipment.com (204)525-4521

We have a Z+1BL, Z+1B and a Z+1VL available for $65,000 to $93,500 these full colour optical sorters come with 1 year warranty.

Call Can-Seed Equipment Ltd today at 1-800-644-8397 for more details on these great deals!

2007 TOREQ 18000 SCRAPER 18-yd $30,000.

Phone (701)521-0581.

www.canseedequip.com

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

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers

FARM MACHINERY

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.

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

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

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd. FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Swathers SWATHER 9260 BIG CAB & Power unit Heston, same as challenger or Massey, Power unit 15/05 36-ft. Head is 2010 w/PU reel, very nice unit, $72,000. (204)871-0925

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Various 1979 NH 495 12-FT. haybine needs work, lots of new parts, i.e. bars bearings, rollers good condition.

New shaft for wobble box. (204)732-2734.

2007 NH 780A ROUND baler. Hydra lift wide PU. Always shedded! Excellent condition! Asking $20,000 OBO. (204)522-5883 or (204)522-8164 2011 MACDON R85 DISC bine for sale. Cut approx 800-acs, Shedded, Excellent condition! Asking $35,000 OBO! (204)522-5883 or (204)522-8164.

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

FARM MACHINERY Grain Handling

FOR SALE: 60-FT MOLEHILL Leveler, excellent condition, field ready; mfg. by the Walker’s Kamsack SK. View online www.molehilldestroyer.com $20,000 OBO. Phone (204)522-3538.

AGRI-VACS

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

Rebuilt Concaves

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.

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

Walinga manufactures a complete line of grain vacs to suit your every need. With no filters to plug and less damage done to your product than an auger, you’re sure to find the right system to suit you. Call now for a free demonstration or trade in your old vac towards a new WALINGA AGRI-VACS

CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks.

Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmovers@hotmail.com USED MERIDIAN HOPPER BINS, 4000-5000 Bus; used flat bottom bins. Check out our website www.valleyagro.com Phone Valley Agro Services Ltd (204)746-6783.

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

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

Fergus, ON: (519) 787-8227 Carman, MB: (204) 745-2951 Davidson, SK: (306) 567-3031

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Baling 1999 NH MODEL 590 square baler. Med squares 35x32-in bales, only 7000 bales, always shedded.

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

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.

1-800-782-0794.

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

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

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

CONTRACTING Custom Work

CONTRACTING Custom Work

Eden, MB 204-966-3221 Fax: 204-966-3248

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

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

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

Phone:(204)871-0925.

FARM MACHINERY Combine – John Deere

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

✓ Precision agriculture techniques ✓ Flooding ✓ Health and size of crop ✓ Assessment for pesticide and irrigation application ✓ Precise Drainage Planning

For crop management used extensively for crop monitoring; drainage, flooding and environmental issues.

Ideal for variable rate technology.

Volume prices available.

Aerial Imaging Solutions

1-800-374-8078 | www.aerialimagingsolution.com

Tractors Combines Swathers

FYFE PARTS

1-800-667-9871 • Regina 1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon 1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg 1-800-222-6594 • Edmonton “For All Your Farm Parts”

www.fyfeparts.com The Real Used FaRm PaRTs sUPeRsToRe Over 2700 Units for Salvage • TRACTORS • COMBINES • SWATHERS • DISCERS Call Joe, leN oR daRWIN (306) 946-2222 monday-Friday - 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

WATROUS SALVAGE

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

MELROE 116 SPRA-COUPE 51FT w/15” spacings for better chemical coverage, floatation tires, economical VW engine w/4spd. trans. shedded, $6,250. (403)666-2111 MODEL 216 MELROE SPRAY-COUPE 970-hrs, 51-ft., foam markers & Trimble light bar, always shedded. Phone (204)776-2326, Minto.

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

(204)373-2502.

Tillage & Seeding FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Air Drills FLEXI-COIL 5000 AIR DRILL, 1999, 45-ft, 9-in spacing, 550-lb trips, rubber packers, updated manifolds, stored indoors, VGC. $29,000 OBO. Phone (204)746-5019.

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

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Air Seeders

WaTRoUs, sK. Fax: 306-946-2444

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

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

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS

BOURGAULT MODEL 2195 AIR seeder tank, Honda engine drive fan, plus monitors, good condition, no rust, stored inside, can e-mail pictures. Bob (204)745-2265.

Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Tillage 33-1/2FT MF 820 DISC, medium duty, notched FT, 19in. smooth rear pans 20in. no welds. Tandem wheels on center section, $14,500. (403)666-2111

Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd.

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

Formerly Prairie Agri Photo Ltd.

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

1990 ALL CROP SPRAYER, mounted on 1982 Ford 700 Truck 4x4, 13.6x24 tractor tires, 66,800-km, 96-ft. boom, 1000 US gal tank, MicroTrak spray controller, Raven guidance, good condition, $12,000. Phone (204)736-2840, Brunkild.

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

FOR SALE: 47-FT INTERNATIONAL Model 4700 Vibra chisel, 5 flex, 10-in spacing, good shape. Asking $5,000.00 OBO. Phone:(204)535-2593. Baldur.

FOR SALE: HUTCHMASTER 30-FT. heavy tandem disc. Phone (204)858-2754 FOR SALE: JD 1060 Phone:(204)744-2762.

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FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Various

FARM MACHINERY Salvage

16-FT HUTCHMASTER OFFSET DISC, notched blades, new bearings, front blades, tires, very good condition. $8,500 OBO. Phone:(204)762-5448. Lundar, MB.

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

2008 BOURGAULT 7200 HEAVY Harrow 84-ft. $38,000. Phone (701)521-0581.

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 .

48FT BOURGAULT PACKER BAR. series 4000 wing up model, heavy P30 packers. tandem wheels on centre section. very little use. like new condition. over $50,000 new. $17,500. (403)666-2111 48FT WILLRICH CHISEL PLOW, HD, 5plex w/mounted harrows. original harrow tines still measure 12in. walking tandems on centre section. heavy trip shanks on a very well built machine, no welds, $18,500. (403)666-2111 60-FT FARM KING DIAMOND harrows; 620 IHC Press Drill, 28-ft, rubber packers, hydraulic transport Loewen hydraulic markers; 24-ft Duplex CCIL discer, fertilizer, seed; 18-ft CCIL discer, seed, extension fertilizer; 18-ft Vibra Shank Cultivator, hitch.

(204)745-7740, (204)745-3878.

80 USED 4-IN. PAIRED ROW DUTCH openers (bodies & tips) VGC, $80. Phone (204)648-4945.

JD 1610 DEEP TILLER 25-ft. Walking axles all around, 3 row Degelman harrows, rear hitch, good shape. $4,850 OBO. Clint (204)362-4532 or (204)822-9861.

Your Time is Better Spent

CLASSIFIEDS 1- 800 -782- 0794 Email: mbclassif ieds@fbcpublishing.com

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FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Various

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FLEXI-COIL 33-FT 5000 AIR drill, 7.2-in spacing, rubber packers, factory markers, recent 3/4-in Atom Jet openers, 1720 TBH air tank, 3-metre rollers, good shape.

Phone:(204)836-2406, cell (204)825-7260.

FOR SALE: TR70 Combine, chopper, Melroe 378, 7 belt rubber pickup, low hours; MF 410 combine w/pickup, chopper; Allied auger 6x36; 10hp motor; 12V Drill Fill; Cockshutt 225 12ft hyd disker w/seed box; Spring tooth harrow 10ft; Harrows; Metal V box; JD 5-16 hyd plow; Grain moisture tester.

Phone:(204)265-3302, Beausejour.

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

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

Phone:(204)871-0925.

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

Phone (204)436-2572, Elm Creek.

1995 CIH 9270 3,845-hrs, front weights, 650/65 R42 Michelin at 85%, 24-SPD, $69,000 OBO. Phone (204)612-8379, Starbuck, MB. 1997 CASE IH 8930 MFWD, one owner, duals 3-PTH, 2 PTO, 3 hyd, CIH 890 self levelling loader, shedded, outback autosteer, 7,890-hrs, 180 PTO HP, Powershift 18F 4 Rev, $57,000. Call David (204)746-4779.

1997 CASE IH 9370 4WD 7,895-hrs, one owner, well maintained, good tires, outback autosteer, front & rear weights, always shedded, $57,500. Call David (204)746-4779.

2006 MXU130, FRONT WHEEL assist, w/LX156 loader, 3-PTH, triple-hyd, 1450-hrs, $55,000.

Phone (204)782-0807.

BEAUTIFUL 1981 IHC 1586 w/IHC 2350 loader 4,900 original hrs, no leaks, very clean, must be seen to be appreciated, $15,500. (204)724-4529 FOR SALE: FRONT WEIGHTS to fit a 1270-1370 Case tractor. $500 OBO. Phone:(204)648-7136.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere 1982 JD 4640 7,200-HRS always shedded, nice shape, 3 hyd duals, 16-SPD quad trans. Phone (204)246-2095, Darlingford, MB. 1993 JD MODEL 6300 MFWD, open station, c/w 640 self levelling JD loader, good rubber, excellent condition, $22,500 OBO. Phone (204)967-2157, Kelwood.

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

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Versatile

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – 2 Wheel Drive

Every Friday 9AM

NEXT SHEEP & GOAT SALE Wednesday, May 15 @ 1:00 pm Gates Open: Mon.-Wed. 8AM-4PM Thurs. 8AM-10PM Friday 8AM-6PM Sat. 8AM-4PM

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

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

SUITCASE WEIGHTS, FULL SET plus mounting bracket for 7200 series Case Magnum or MX series tractors. Phone Blaine (204)567-3720.

SUPER W6 W/F11 LOADER, older wire & diamond harrows, 21-ft 100 IHC drill, 70-ft IHC deep tiller cultivator. Phone (204)445-2220 morning or evenings.

MATEYCHUK FARM SALES

Tractors (4wd)

• 1983 steiger st280 • 1990 versatile 900

Haying

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

Construction

• cat 922b loader • jd 644b loader • jd 325 skidsteer • ihc 5288 • ihc 986 w loader • ihc 784 w loader • ihc b414

2wd & mfwd

We Will Buy Cattle Direct On Farm

For more information call: 204-694-8328 Jim Christie 204-771-0753 Scott Anderson 204-782-6222 Mike Nernberg 204-841-0747

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted WANTED: DEUTZ 100-06 TRACTOR for parts & round bale tubulater; Also wanted, hopper for 14-ft steel bin. Phone (204)278-3438, Inwood.

WANTED: NH 8500 ROUND bale wagon. Phone (406)883-2118

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

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

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

Tillage

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

1990 FIAT-HESSTON 65-46, 58HP, single hydl, 3-PTH. $7250 www.waltersequipment.com (204)525-4521

www.penta.ca

1-800-587-4711

IRON & STEEL 2 1/8, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2-in oilfield pipe; 3/4, 7/8, 1in sucker rod; 4.5, 5.5, 7-in., 8 5/8, 9 5/8s casing pipe. (204)252-3413, (204)871-0956.

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.

Round up the cash! Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds.

ALLIS CHALMERS CA TRACTOR, 17-hp. Comes w/3-PTH for a 2-sheer plow & rear cultivators, plus side cultivators. $2250. (204)661-6840.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 1995 AERO MAX FORD 9000, nice condition, but motor has slight knock, Asking $3,000 OBO. 2 18-ft decks w/hoist & front storage, tie down straps, Asking $3,000/each OBO. 45-ft Morris Deep-tillage, w/NH3 shanks, Asking $3,000. IHC 7200 hoe press, built in transport, markers, Asking $1,900 OBO. Phone:(204)728-1861.

1998 FORD LX reg cab, 4.2 engine, 4WD, 4-spd auto trans., 144,020-kms: Retail $4,490, Special $3,850; 1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue, V6, 3.8 engine, auto trans, console, very good: Retail $2,290, Special $1,890; New Equinox tank, black, 1 250-gal: Special $425; New Equinox yellow $1,250-gal tank: Retail $878, Special $560. 2,500-gal holding tanks available; New GX Honda, V-twin, 24hp, loaded, electric start, hour counter, oil alert: Retail $2,725, Special $2,075. New GX 620, KQXF V-twin 20hp Honda, oil alert, electric start, hour counter: Retail $2,018, Special $1,635. Phone A&T Sales Ltd. (204)822-1354 or (204)823-1559. 2 year warranty on Honda motors & the liquid tanks.

Asking

28-FT. INTL 7200 HOE drill. Call (204)733-2324.

565T HESSTON SOLID CORE baler, $4,000; Silverlake post pounder, $1,500; Westfield auger 7x46 PTO, $500; 2 Hopper drill fill 500-bu., $750; Water tanks 1,200-gal., $100; Used livestock panels, $35-50. Phone (204)834-2747, Carberry.

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Saturday, May 25th Horse Sale Tack at 10:00 a.m., Horses at 1:00 pm Monday, May 13th & 27th Sheep and Goat Sale with Small Animals at 12:00 Noon Tuesday, May 28th Regular Cattle Sale with Holstein Calves & Bred Cow Sale to Follow! at 9:00 am

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

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus BATTLE LAKE FARM HAS one 2-yr old Red Angus bull and Black & Red yearling bulls for sale. Semen tested & EPD’s. Carberry (204)834-2202.

F BAR & ASSOCIATES ANGUS bulls for sale.

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

Contact Hamco Cattle Glen/ Albert/ Larissa Hamilton (204)827-2358 or David Hamilton (204)325-3635.

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519

HIQUAL INDUSTRIES

Misc.

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

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD.

Sales Agent for

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

All types of trailers ( dump,carhaulers,utility,gooseneck )

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Various

920,

REGULAR SALE

Dealer for Diamond C Trailers

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.

2007 BALE SHREDDER JIFFY $7,000. Phone:(204)248-2685.

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

2wd & mfwd

1982 855 VERS. 9,042-HRS showing, 20.8x38 tires, w/approx 60% rubber left.

Phone: (204)763-8846 or Cell: (204)721-0940

LIVESTOCK

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EDGE

ROHAN ANGUS HAS ON offer Black & Red 2-yr old bulls, no seconds all 2-yr olds. Phone (204)467-5093 after 7 pm. Stonewall, MB.

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

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

EQUIPMENT SALES 3-170 Murray Park Rd Winnipeg, MB

204-837-1660

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Exclusive PowerFold® feature allows operators to lift DuraMax® decks with their fingers not with their backs.

USED GRASSHOPPERS AVAILABLE

BLACK HAWK ANGUS HAS Registered Yearling bulls for sale, these bulls have been hand fed to last. Bulls are semen tested & can be delivered.

Call Kevin (204)529-2605, Mather.

BLACK MEADOWS ANGUS OFFERS for sale 40 yearling & 1 2-yr old registered Black Angus bulls.

Top bloodlines, EPD’s available, fertility tested, bunk fed.

Call Bill:(204)567-3782 or cell:(204)851-1109.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted

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

INT HOE PRESS DRILLS, 28-ft, must be good condition, also hopper bottom bins, Phone: (204)268-5703.

FORAGE BASED BLACK ANGUS Bulls. Virgin 2-yr olds & herd sires available. Phone: (204)564-2540. www.nerbasbrosangus.com

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

ADVERTISING DOLLAR!

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

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

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GOOD SELECTION OF 2 yr old & yearling Black Angus bulls; Also Black X Simm hybrid bulls. Guaranteed breeders. Semen tested. B/B Duncan (204)556-2348 (204)556-2342, Cromer.

WANTED: 2 6-FT P30 coil packers. Phone days (204)526-5298 or evenings (204)743-2145.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FOR SALE: POLLED BLACK Angus & Hereford bulls. Good selection of yearlings & 2-yr olds, semen tested & delivery available. Call Don: (204)873-2430.

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus FOR SALE: REGISTERED BLACK Angus yearling bulls. Moderate framed w/good dispositions, EPD’s avail., will be semen tested & delivered. Blood lines include Kodiak, KMK Alliance, Peacemaker, Aberdeen, Pioneer, Final Product, Dynamite. Also registered open heifers. Phone Colin at Kembar Angus (204)725-3597, Brandon MB. GREENBUSH ANGUS HAS YOUR next herd sire ready to go. Top AI sired offspring by SAV density, SAV Providence, S Chism, Harb Windy, Nichols Quiet Lad & TC Aberdeen. All bulls are semen tested & ready to go, delivery available. Cal Tim Baker:(204)966-3320 or Cell:(204)476-6040.

N7 STOCK FARM HAVE 30 top quality yearling Black Angus bulls for sale by private treaty. Sired by some of the Breed’s leading AI sires, bulls are developed on a homemade oat ration & free choice hay. Performance records available, will be semen tested, delivery available. Contact Gerald & Wendy Nykoliation (204)562-3530 or Allan’s cell (204)748-5128.

OSSAWA ANGUS AT MARQUETTE, MB has yearling bulls for sale. For more information Phone:(204)375-6658.

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

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

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

Phone (204)371-6404, Ste Anne.

2-YR OLD RED ANGUS bulls, performance & calving ease. Bulls will be semen tested, delivery available.

Ph (204)278-3372 or (204)485-1490, Inwood.

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

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

RED ANGUS BULLS for sale: 1, 2 yr old cow bull; 1, 1 yr old heifer bull; 2, 1 yr old cow bulls. Semen tested, delivered, guarantee.

Call Don (204)422-5216.

REG RED ANGUS BULLS for sale. 7, 2 yr olds; 1, 3 yr old; 1, 4 yr old. Proven breeders, 250 heifers can’t be wrong. Jim Abbott (204)745-3884 or cell (204)750-1157, Carman.

REG RED ANGUS BULLS for sale both yearlings & 2 yr olds. Also have bred cows & cow/calf pairs for sale. Phone (204)641-5725, Arborg, MB. WWW.REDDIAMONDFARM.COM 18 MTH OLD PB Red Angus bulls for sale. Check out our bull catalogue online. We guarantee & deliver. Phone Michael Becker (204)348-2464, Whitemouth.

SILVER CREEK FARMS of Angusville have on offer Registered Red Angus Yearling Bulls These bulls have been selected for Structural Soundness, Temperament & Easy Fleshing.

For more information please call (204)773-3252

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Blonde d’Aquitaine BELLEVUE BLONDES HAS AN excellent group of performance & semen tested purebred polled Blonde yearling bulls for sale. Call Marcel:(204)379-2426 or (204)745-7412. Haywood, MB.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais CLINE CATTLE COMPANY has for sale purebred yearling Charolais bulls. Quiet, good feet, will be semen tested & guaranteed.

Call Brad (204)537-2367 or Cell (204)523-0062.

DEFOORT STOCK FARM HAS an excellent group of registered Charolais bulls for sale by private treaty. Over 40 bulls on offer, 20 of them are Red. Choose your bull early for best selection. All bulls performance tested, semen tested & delivered. Visit us online at www.defoortstockfarm.com Celebrating 33-yrs in Charolais. Call us at (204)743-2109.

DOMAINE DU CHAROLAIS HAS for sale PB yearling & 2 yr old Charolais bulls, very quiet, will be semen tested & guaranteed. Phone Pierre (204)427-2806.

FOR SALE: 2-YR OLD Purebred Charolais bulls.

Polled, colored & white, quiet, $2,250 -$2,500.

Wayne Angus:(204)764-2737.

FOR SALE: 5 YEARLING Charolais bulls, $2,000/each. 1 2-yr old Charlois bull, $2,500. Thick bulls off cows with good dispositions. Phone Donald Toms:(204)843-2917. Amaranth, MB. FOR SALE: PUREBRED CHAROLAIS bulls, 1-1/2 yr olds & yearlings, polled, some red factor, some good for heifers, semen tested, guaranteed & delivered, R & G McDonald Livestock, Sidney MB. Phone:(204)466-2883, cell (204)724-2811.

MARTENS CHAROLAIS EXCELLENT YEARLING & 2-yr old bulls for sale. Dateline sons for calving ease & performance. Specialist sons for consistent thickness. 3-yr old Red Mist son. Call Ben (204)534-8370.

WWW.REDDIAMONDFARM.COM 18 MTH OLD PB Polled Charolais bulls for sale. Check out our bull catalogue online. We guarantee & deliver.

Phone Michael Becker (204)348-2464, Whitemouth.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Dexter CANADIAN REGISTERED YEARLING DUN Bull, good udders & feet in his background. Phone Evelyn Wilton (204)239-1913, Portage La Prairie, MB.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Gelbvieh

784 INTL TRACTOR 65-HP, loader & 3-pt.; 30-ft Hi-Boy trailer, tandem axle; 486 round baler, shedded. All in good condition. Phone (204)252-2266.

FOR SALE: PUREBRED RED yearling Gelbvieh bulls, quiet, semen tested & guaranteed. Phone (204)745-7718 or (204)745-7811.

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

Phone (204)857-8403.

POLLED PB RED & Black Gelbvieh bulls. Call Wayne (306)793-4568, Stockholm, SK.

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

Phone (204)526-7963.

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

Phone (204)851-5549, Redvers SK.

POLLED RED & BLACK Gelbvieh bulls, yearling, 2-yr old. Semen tested & delivered. Call Maple Grove Gelbvieh (204)278-3255.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford 12 OPEN DE-HORNED YEARLING hereford heifers. Call (306)743-5105 or www.vcherefordfarm.com Langenburg, SK. FOR SALE: POLLED HEREFORD & Black Angus bulls. Good selection of yearlings & 2-yr olds, semen tested & delivery available. Call Don: (204)873-2430.

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental

FOR SALE: REGISTERED POLLED Hereford bulls, reasonably priced, pick your bulls now, will winter to end of April. Call Martin (204)425-3820 or Lenard (204)425-3809.

PIZZEY SIMMENTALS HAVE YEARLING & extra age Red & Black bulls for sale. Hand fed, quiet, moderate birth weight, semen tested & delivered.

Call Cal:(204)847-2055. Manitoba.

GOOD SELECTION OF POLLED hereford yearling bulls. Call Vern Kartanson (204)867-2627 or (204)867-7315.

YEARLING & SEVERAL 2 yr old PB Simm bulls.

Reds & Blacks. Thick & Solid coloured w/moderate birth weights. Sired by A.I. Sires: IPU Revolution, In Due Time & Colossal. Semen tested & ready to go. $2,250-3,000. Valley Field Simm Larry Dyck, Morden. Phone evenings (204)822-3657.

QUALITY PUREBRED POLLED QUIET bulls. 2 5-yr old herd Sires. 1 herd Sire from Crittenden herd in SK. 1 from our Grand Champion Lacombe bull in AB. 1 2-yr old horned bull purebred no papers, extremely thick & deep, heavy quarters from our heavy milking polled cow. 3 yearling polled bulls sired by our reserved senior bull from Toronto Royal Fair. Thick beef, good round butts. All bulls from heavy-milking purebred no-papered dams. 53-yrs breeding Herefords. Phone Francis Poulsen (204)436-2284, cell (204)745-7894.

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FOR SALE: HI-HOG BISON squeeze w/crash gate. Hardly used. $2,500. Phone:(306)534-4620.

Spy Hill, SK. 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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Limousin

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.

FOR SALE: 20 BRED heifers, red, blacks & Herefords bred to easy calving Black Angus bull. Start calving Aug 1st 2013; 10 cross-bred open replacement heifers. (204)379-2408, St Claude.

WANTED: PEERLESS ROLLER MILL, must be shedded and in very good condition. Phone: (204)773-3252.

FOR SALE: 8 BIG Simm Black Angus X open heifers, weighing up to 1,200-lbs. For more info phone (204)375-6658.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

FOR SALE: ANGUS HEREFORD cross heifers, bred for calving ease, fertility & maternal traits, out of purebred cows & bulls. Guilford Hereford Ranch, Call Don (204)873-2430.

NATURAL WOOD MULCH, PICKUP. $10/yrd, minimum 10-yrds, South Winnipeg pickup, call for directions. (204)257-5497.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Salers

HIGH QUALITY BLACK ANGUS & polled Hereford 2-yr old bulls for sale. Bar H Land & Cattle Co. Phone:(306)743-2840. Langenburg SK.

YEARLING & 2-YR OLD polled Salers bulls for sale. Sons of the top performing sires in Canada.

Red or Black, hand fed & quiet, birth weights from 79lbs. www.sweetlandsalers.com or Phone:(204)762-5512

OPEN BREEDING HEIFERS, FULL herd health program, weighing 800-900-lbs, 800 to choose from. Call (204)325-2416.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn ATTENTION GRADUATES: SHORTHORN BREEDERS of Manitoba will be accepting applications for the John A. Nevin Cattle Growers Education Fund Award until Jun. 1, 2013. Contact: Susan Armbruster PO Box 597 Rossburn, MB R0J 1B0.

Phone & Fax: (204)859-2088. Email:shorthornsue@gmail.com FOR SALE: RED, POLLED, 2 yr old & yearling bulls. Developed on a growing ration. Birth weights as low as 63-lbs. We also have bulls at Douglas Test Station. Check out our website at www.poplarparkfarm.com (204)764-2382.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental 2 YEARLING BLACK SIMMENTAL bulls, 1 4-yr old black calving ease bull & 1 3-yr old red bull, calves can be seen. Call Mike:(204)745-8750.

W + RANCH HAS 4 beef booster M3 Black bulls: 3 2-yr olds & 1 5-yr old. Special for breeding heifers w/birthweights from 65-68-lbs. On full herd health program, semen tested. 2-yr olds are $2,800, 5-yr old is $2,400. Phone Stewart RM of St. Laurent, MB (204)646-2338.

1000 Litre Plastic Caged Storage Tanks $74.50 ea.

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

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

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

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LIVESTOCK Horses For Sale

ORGANIC

FOR SALE: 5 YR Old Sorrel Reg Belgian stallion, Jay-Kay Victor, bought at 2 yrs old, as broke to drive single, we have used him 3 seasons to pasture breed. Richard Reeves (204)748-2166.

ORGANIC Organic – Certified

Swine LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

5 Corner Cattle has Purebred Simmental yearling bulls for sale. Multi-polled. Fully gauranteed and delivered. Contact Wes Hill at (204)435-2585.

Miami. MB. 5cornercattle@gmail.com

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

CONRAY CATTLE CO. HAS for sale 2-yr old & yearling polled red factor bulls. These bulls are quiet, structurally sound & have great hair coats.

They are sired by a proven calving ease sire. They will be semen tested & delivered. Connor:(204)825-2140 or Gayle:(204)825-0163.

ORGANIC PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA CO-OPERATIVE (OPAM). Non-profit member owned organic certification body, certifying producers, processors and brokers since 1988.

Phone: (204)567-3745, Miniota, Manitoba. Email: info@opam-mb.com Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. It’s a sure thing.

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KOPP FARMS SIMMENTALS. For sale: yearling bulls Reds, Blacks & Full bloods, 1 long yearling & 3 herd bulls. For more info call (204)843-2769 or (204)843-0090.

Payment Enclosed

BERG GUTTER CLEANER w/20-ft. ramp; Buddex calf dehorner; Small calf squeeze; Poly calf sleigh.

Phone (204)825-8354 or (204)825-2784.

11 FANCY OPEN SHORTHORNED heifers, docile, vaccinated, ready for breeding, 825-900 lbs. Call (204)362-4614.

2-YR OLD & YEARLING polled Red bulls, w/A.I. backgrounds. Acomb Valley Simmentals, Minnedosa (204)867-2203.

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ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind generators, aeration. Carl Driedger, (204)556-2346 or (204)851-0145, Virden.

100 OPEN BLACK REPLACEMENT Heifers Pfizer Gold Vaccine, no horns, $1,050 choice, $1,000 takes all. Phone (204)966-3868 or (204)476-0597.

LIMOUSIN BULLS FOR SALE 2 yr old & yearling Red & Black & Polled, Bred for calving ease or Performance Ready for breeding season & priced to sell, guaranteed. Delivery available. Your source for quality Limousin genetics. Call Art (204)685-2628 or (204)856-3440.

Call, email or mail us today!

REGISTERED FULL-BLOOD WELSH BLACK bull, 5-yrs old, very quiet, easy calving, $2200.

Phone (204)373-2162, Ridgeville.

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REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots

Bioriginal Food & Science Corp., based in Saskatoon, is actively buying Organic Flax from the 2012 crop year.

If interested, please send a 5lbs sample* to the following address: Attn: Sandy Jolicoeur Bioriginal Food & Science Corp.

102 Melville Street Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7J 0R1 *Please state the Variety & Quantity for Sale

For more information, please contact Sandy at:

READY TO MOVE HOMES available now! Display units completed. Also custom build to your plan.

Only $75,000 for 1,320-sq.ft., 3 bdrm, 1.5 baths, beautiful kitchen. Also available for $85,000 3 bdrm, 2.5 baths, espresso kitchen, 1,520-sq.ft. Must see!

MARVIN HOMES, Steinbach, MB (204)326-1493 or (204)355-8484 or www.marvinhomes.ca

AVAILABLE BACHELORETTES At 39, 5’6 138 lbs I have my life in order, I have great girlfriends, a nice home, my wonderful canine companion, and I am very successful at what I do. Money is no concern for me, I am heathly in great shape, look good in blue jeans, I’ve been told I have a nice booty, but I have a personality & brains too. I love sports, I enjoy being out on the water on a summers day, with the sun shinning. I love chilling at bar with great food, watching a game too. Love motors sports & motor cycles, I was previous a model for a major beer company, but now that I am older & wiser all that stuff is only fun once in while I am looking for my soulmate. I like to cook, I enjoy dancing & yes I do attend church. I give back to my community & believe love conquers all.

Mirander Lambert is a lady I admire.

CANADA SINGLE FAMILY HOME NEW 16 wide & 20 wide MODULAR HOMES at GREAT prices.

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PETS PETS & SUPPLIES AUSTRAILAN SHEPPARD PUPPIES, PUREBRED w/1st shots & deworming, 14 avail, Ready to go May 10, $400 each. Call (204)513-0382 or (204)955-6119.

FARM SPECIALIST: Count on Grant Tweed, informed, professional assistance for sellers & buyers. www.granttweed.com Call (204)761-6884 anytime. Service with integrity.

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: A MIXED FARM in Western MB or Eastern SK. 1/2-2 sections, consider livestock & equipment also. Contact Phil Schwarz (204)842-3491, Box 40 Birtle MB, R0M 0C0.

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale NE1/4 36-16-10 W/HYDRO & fenced approx 100-acs cultivatable 2-mi North & 1.5 West of Langruth, priced reasonably. Not needed any more.

Phone (204)386-2713.

THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: S1/2 NE 06-34-19W; E1/2 NE 03-33-20W; SE 18-34-19W; NW 34-32-20W; NE 12-34-20W; NW 12-34-20W; SE 01-34-20W; W1/2 SE 06-34-19W. The following Crown lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural lnitiatives for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed as these lands are part of the ranch unit held by Edward Duncalfe of Winnipegosis, MB. NE 06-34-19W FR N1/2 East of Road Plan No. 1801 DLTO; NE 06-34-19W West of Road Plan No. 1801 DLTO; NW 06-34-19W Ex Road Plan No. 1801 DLTO; SW 06-34-19W; NW 07-34-19W West of Road Plan No. 1801 DLTO subject to MHYD Resv; NW 07-34-19W East of Road Plan No. 1801 DLTO; SW 07-34-19W West of Road Plan No. 1801 DLTO; SW 07-34-19W East of Road Plan No. 1801 DLTO; SE 07-34-19W FR; NE 07-34-19W FR Lying West of Lake; NE 01-34-20W. lf you wish to purchase the private lands & apply for the Unit Transfer contact the Lesse Edward Duncalfe at RR #1 Winnipegosis, MB R0L 2G0. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer please write the Director, MAFRI, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0 or Fax (204)867-6578.

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DURAND SEEDS: CERT AC Carberry&Harvest wheat; Souris Oats; Conlon Barley; CDC Bethune & Sorrel flax; Mancan & Koma Buckwheat; Canola & Forage seed. (204)248-2268,(204)745-7577, NotreDame,MB. FOR SALE: CERTIFIED AC Carberry, Cert AC Domain, Cert CDC Austenson. Dudgeon Seeds (204)246-2357.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Campers & Trailers

JAMES FARMS LTD: Carberry & Pasteur Wheat, Tradition Barley, Souris & Summit Oats, Hanley Flax, Various Canola, Sunflower & Soybean seed varieties, Forage seed. Customer processing. Seed treating & delivery available. Early payment discounts. For info (204)222-8785, toll free 1-866-283-8785, Winnipeg.

1994 25-FT 5TH WHEEL, Golden Falcon tour edition. Single slide, a/c, rear kitchen, free-standing table, stored inside; 4) MOTOROLA 2-WAY RADIOS, includes base radio, $225. Phone (204)745-3773.

PUGH SEEDS: CERT AC Barrie, Carberry, Kane, Somerset, HRS Wheat. Souris Oats, Conlon Barley, Sorrel Flax. Phone (204)274-2179 or (204)871-1467, Portage.

FOR SALE: 1997 26-FT Fifth Wheel, Triple E Topaz. No slides, rear kitchen, A.C. Excellent cond., always shedded, $10,400.

Call Denis (204)228-8031, Winnipeg.

SANDERS SEED FARM Cert, Reg, FDN Carberry, Domain, Kane, Harvest, Glenn Wheat, Cert Celebration Barley Canterra Canola varieties also.

Phone (204)242-4200, Manitou, MB.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Snowmobiles

SHANAWAN FARMS LTD DOMAIN. Fdn, Reg & Cert Carberry & Kane wheat. Cert Souris oats, Fdn Reg. & Cert Hanley flax. Phone (204)736-2951.

WANTED: 1974-76 295 RF JD - 340 RS JD snowmobile w/Kiortz motor. Phone:(204)728-1861.

PEDIGREED SEED Oilseed – Various

2011 ARCTIC CAT PROWLER XTZ 1000 UTV Blue, Power Steering, Windshield 1,750-mi $9,500.

Phone (701)521-0582.

REAL ESTATE Mobile Homes

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Wanted

WANTING PASTURE FOR 50 Cow Calf pairs.

Must have adequate water & proper fencing. Phone (204)773-3252.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES All Terrain Vehicles

Ranch for Sale by Retiring Owners: 23 quarters; 3 deeded, 18 leased, 2 rented. 600-ac Grain/Hay. House 3456 sqft Cattle ,machinery. Call Larry: 204448-2053 Cell 204-447-7587 larlyn@inetlink.ca

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REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba

306-975-9251 306-975-1166 sjolicoeur@bioriginal.com

REAL ESTATE Land For Rent

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NOTRE DAME USED OIL

THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for & sale 1,470-acs, DEPOT 900 Cultivated: NW FILTER 31-53-27W; NE 32-53-27W; SE 32-53-27W; NW • Buy UsedNE Oil 35-53-28W; • BuyNW Batteries 33-53-27W; 35-53-28W; NE 36-53-28W; SE Filters 04-54-27W; SW Oil 04-54-27W; • Collect Used • Collect ContainersNE 05-54-27W; SE 05-54-27W; SW 05-54-27W; SW Southern and Western Manitoba 01-54-28W; SE 01-54-28W; SW 06-54-27W; SE 06-54-27W; NW SE 02-54-28W; SW Tel:11-54-27W; 204-248-2110 02-54-28W. The following Crown lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural lnitiatives for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed as these lands are part of the farm units held by Keith Donohoe of The Pas, MB 2,640-acs, 540 cultivated. NE 05-54-27W; NE 04-54-27W; NW 04-54-27W; SW 09-54-27W; SE 09-54-27W; NE 10-54-27W; NW 10-54-27W; SW 10-54-27W; NW 08-54-27W; SE 08-54-27W; SW 08-54-27W; SW 32-53-27W; NE 31-53-27W; SE 31-53-27W; NW 32-53-27W; NW 36-53-28W; NE 36-53-28W; NE 08-54-27W; NE 09-54-27W; NW 09-54-27W. lf you wish to purchase the private lands & apply for the Unit Transfer of Crown Lands, please contact the Lesses; Keith Donohoe at Box 2309, The Pas, MB R9A 1M1. Phone (204)623-5029. If you wish to object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer please write the Director, Agricultural Crown Lands, MAFRI, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0 or Fax (204)867-6578.

THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: NE 7-29-14W, NE 31-28-15W, NW 2-29-14W, SW 17-29-14W, W1/2 7-29-14W, W1/2 8-29-14W, E1/2 32-28-15W. The following Crown lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural lnitiatives for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed as these lands are part of the farm units held by John Didychuk of Toutes Aides & the estate of Laurence Didychuk of Rorketon, MB. SE 27-28-14W; NW 06-29-14W; SE 07-29-14W; SW 27-28-14W; NW 27-28-14W; NE 28-28-14W; SE 28-28-14W; SW 33-28-14W; SW 28-28-14W; SE 18-29-14W; SE 34-28-15W; SW 35-28-15W; NE 32-28-14W; SE 32-28-14W; NW 33-28-14W; NW 04-29-14W; SW 04-29-14W; SW 09-29-14W; NW 28-28-14W; NE 09-29-14W; NW 18-29-14W; SW 18-29-14W; NE 27-28-14W; SW 34-28-14W; NE 04-29-14W; SE 09-29-14W; SE 33-28-14W; NE 05-29-14W; NE 19-29-14W; SE 19-29-14W; NW 20-29-14W; SW 20-29-14W; SW 29-29-14W; NW 29-29-14W; SE 05-29-14W; SE 08-29-14W. lf you wish to purchase the private lands& apply for the Unit Transfer of Crown Lands, please contact the Lesses; John Didychuk at GD Toutes Aides, MB R0L 2A0 or Kevin Didychuk at Box 93, Rorketon, MB R0L 1R0. If you wish to object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer please write the Director, Agricultural Crown Lands, MAFRI, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0 or Fax (204)867-6578.

BEAUTIFUL GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES PB black & tan, parents excellent family dogs, $400 each, ready to go. Phone (204)824-2571.

REAL ESTATE Land For Rent

PB AUSTRALIAN BLUE HEELER pups for sale, parents excellent cattle dogs, have been raising pups for 30 yrs. Phone (204)365-0066 or (204)365-6451.

SUPERVISED PASTURE AVAILABLE FOR 100-120 pairs. Electric fences, corrals, dugouts, sorting facilities. Some rotational grazing, reasonable rates, Ref .(204)345-8532

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

NOW BUYING Old & New Crop Confection & Oil Sunflowers Licensed & Bonded 0% Shrink Farm Pick-Up Available Planting Seed Available

Call For Pricing Phone (204)747-2904

Toll Free 1-888-835-6351 Deloraine, Manitoba PEDIGREED SEED Specialty – Various We BUY used oil & filters Collection of plastic oil jugs Glycol recovery services Specialized waste removal Winter & Summer windshield washer fluid Peak Performance anti-freeze ( available in bulk or drums )

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ORGANIC Organic – Grains

Bioriginal Food & Science Corp., based in Saskatoon, are looking to contract Borage acres for the upcoming 2013 growing season.

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Great profit potential based on high yields, high prices and low input costs.

Attractive oil premiums and free on-farm pick-up.

Flexible contracting options available as well.

For more information, please contact Bioriginal at:

306-229-9976 (cell) 306-975-9271 (office) crops@bioriginal.com

The only company that collects, recycles and re-uses in Manitoba!

888-368-9378 ~ www.envirowestinc.com

SCALES

COMMON SEED

3000-LB LIVESTOCK SCALES made to fit in your chute or alley. We have larger & smaller sizes to choose from, no electric. Also bale scales & hopper feeders w/s in various types & sizes. ELIAS SCALES (306)445-2111. www.eliasscales.com

PEDIGREED SEED PEDIGREED SEED Cereal – Various CERTIFIED KANE & CARBERRY wheat, Certified Tradition Barley, Certifed Leggett & Summit oats.

Will custom clean canola. Wilmot Milne (204)385-2486, cell (204)212-0531, Gladstone MB. ELIAS SEEDS A.C. CARBERRY & Kane Wheat, Cert, CDC Copeland Barley. Please Call (204)745-3301, Carman.

COMMON SEED Forage CANADA’S #1 CERTIFIED MF 5301 alfalfa seed. $2.90/lb, pre-inoculated 25-kg bags. CANADA COMMON #1, MULTI-FOLIATE alfalfa seed, $2.80/lb, pre-inoculated 25-kg bags. Certified varities of all grass seeds available. Delivery can be arranged. Call:(204)642-2572, Riverton.

FOR SALE: ALFALFA, TIMOTHY, brome, clover, hay & pasture blends, millet seed, common seed oats. Leonard Friesen, (204)685-2376, Austin MB. HAIRY VETCH SEED FOR sale, cleaned & bagged, high germination, excellent forage & nitrogen fixation source. Phone: Ron at (204)723-2831, Austin, MB.

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SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Grain Wanted

YELLOW BLOSSOM CLOVER, a yard full of bales & a field full of Nitrogen as a bonus. Flax & Y.B. excel on breaking, & can save 3-yrs of costly “N”. Also starts, clean new pastures w/high Nitrogen Boost.

Perk up old perennial pastures by overseeding w/clover, packaging w/bags & totes April. D WHITE SEEDS Ph (204)822-3649, Morden.

BUYING:

QUALITY SEMI DWARF WHITE oats, grade 2CW, weigh 38-lb per bushel; Organic millet seed for bird feed, bulk or bag. Phone (204)379-2138.

WANTED: 4000-BU OUT OF condition wheat, Please call Gerald Friesen:(204)822-3633 or (204)362-0678.

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37 4th Ave. NE Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Ph. (204) 745-6444 Email: vscltd@mts.net Andy Vanderveen · Brett Vanderveen Jesse Vanderveen

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We feed feed wheat, Webuy buy feedbarley, barley, feed wheat, MALT BARLEY MALT BARLEY oats, corn & canola oats,soybeans, soybeans, corn canola *6-Row* *6-Row* Celebration&&Tradition Tradition Celebration COME SEE US IN COME SEE US AT AT AG AG DAYS DAYS IN We buy feed barley, feed wheat, THE CONVENTION HALL We buy barley, feed wheat, THEfeed CONVENTION HALL oats,soybeans, soybeans, corn & & canola canola oats, BOOTH corn 1309

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SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Hay & Straw FOR SALE: ALFALFA & Corn silage; Corn & Wheat Straw large square bales. can deliver all of the above. Also selling bull calves. Phone Alvin Plett (204)355-4980 or (204)371-5744, Landmark.

FOR SALE: LARGE ROUND bales of Grass Hay, Perennial Rye Grass Straw & Millet Straw. Delivery can be arranged. Phone (204)278-3438, Inwood.

LARGE QUANTITY OF WHEAT straw bales, 4x4x8. Can deliver. Phone Phil:(204)771-9700.

La Salle, MB. LARGE ROUND WHEAT STRAW bales, trucking available. Phone:(204)325-2416. Manitou, MB. OAT STRAW & BARLEY Straw for sale, medium square bales. Phone (204)483-2990.

FARMERS, RANCHERS, SEED PROCESSORS BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS Heated/Spring Threshed Lightweight/Green/Tough, Mixed Grain - Barley, Oats, Rye, Flax, Wheat, Durum, Lentils, Peas, Canola, Chickpeas, Triticale, Sunflowers, Screenings, Organics and By-Products √ ON-FARM PICKUP √ PROMPT PAYMENT √ LICENSED AND BONDED SASKATOON, LLOYDMINSTER, LETHBRIDGE, VANCOUVER, MINNEDOSA

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NEW EMERALD GRAIN TRAILERS made in MB 36-ft. 2 hopper t/a air ride 24.5 tires on bud wheels manual tarp. Starting as low as $34,000 or lease to own for as low as $725 per mth.

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Financing avail o.a.c For more details call Glenn (204)895-8547.

TRAILERS Livestock Trailers EXISS ALUMINUM LIVESTOCK TRAILERS. $1000 Rebate offered on instock 2013 trailers. Only 2 left - one 16 x 7 x 7-ft & one 24 x 7 x 7-ft. New 2014 arriving next month!! All sizes available. SOKAL INDUSTRIES LTD. Phone (204)334-6596 email: sokalind@mymts.net REELS INDUSTRY GOOSENECK STOCK trailer, 7x16, Torsion bar tandem axle, centered, divided door, rubber matted floor, no rust. Asking $4,600.

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WANTED: GOOSE NECK V-NECK aluminum 6 x 16 tandem axle stock trailer or Norberts Manufacturing. In good shape. Phone Days Cell (204)526-5298, or Evenings (204)743-2145.

TRAILERS Trailers Miscellaneous 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

WATER PUMPS New Water Pumps

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MAPLE LEAF AGRI-FARMS A Division of Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

Join one of Canada’s industry-leading Agribusinesses providing long-term value, quality, researchbased products, services and information in an environmentally responsible manner.

Maintenance Person (SE-0017) Niverville, Manitoba

Reporting to the Production Supervisor this position will be responsible for the overall maintenance of the feed manufacturing plant in Niverville, MB. Key duties & accountabilities: • Daily maintenance and checks on boiler.

• Daily maintenance on feed manufacturing equipment.

• Perform preventive maintenance program.

• Ordering parts and maintaining inventory.

• Perform PLC distributor changes as required.

Required qualifications: • Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a maintenance role.

• Knowledge of feed batching software.

• Inventory management skills.

• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

• Welding experience.

• Capable of lifting up to 70 lbs.

• An ability to live and teach our Maple Leaf Values.

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Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity in the workplace and encourages applications from qualified women, men, visible minorities, aboriginal peoples and persons with disabilities. We welcome applications from all interested individuals, however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Please send a cover letter and résumé by May 17th, 2013 to: Maple Leaf Agri-Farms Phillip Carriere, Production Supervisor Email: Philip.Carriere@mapleleaf.com

Philgo Farms has a permanent employment opportunity available for a full-time, year-round Assistant Herdsperson to contribute to the daily operation of the dairy farm. Suitable candidates must have two years experience as an assistant herdsperson or milking cows. The position offers an annual salary of $50,000 plus benefits and is located near St. Claude, MB. Contact Roger at (204):239-8152 or email resume to philgo@inetlink.ca

CAREERS Help Wanted ROCKWOOD-ROSSER WEED DISTRICT at Stonewall is accepting applications for the position of assistant Weed Supervisor for the summer of 2013 with the opportunity to become a full time position. The potential applicant should be familiar with agriculture with a diploma or degree being an asset. The applicant should have knowledge of pesticides & pest control methodologies & be able to complete Provincial licensing requirements. Must possess a valid driver’s license & have basic computer skills. Please submit resumes to RockwoodRosser District, Box 752, Stonewall MB, R0C 2Z0 before May 10, 2013. For more information contact George Willis at (204)467-4704.

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