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Hog haulers told to avoid recycled wash water Facilities that use recycled water could spread a deadly virus Staff / Reuters

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ivestock truckers are being warned to avoid trailer washes using recycled water to help prevent a deadly virus infecting U.S. pigs from reaching Canada.

“MPC has received new information that suggests many livestock truck washes based in the U.S. and Canada use recycled water. Cleaning livestock trailers using recycled water may pose a significant biosecurity risk,” said Miles Beaudin, the Manitoba Pork Council’s quality assurance manager in a special notice last week.

Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) has now infected 13 states and nearly 200 farms in 12 states. There have been no cases detected or reported in Canada.

“It is important to select a truck wash that does not use recycled water,” Beaudin said.

“Truckers should wash their truck and trailers with only fresh water, use an appropriate disinfectant and follow a sound wash process as prepared by the Canadian Swine Health Board.”

See HOG VIRUS on page 7 »

A border collie eyes up sheep at the Red River Exhibition’s first ever Continental Stock Dog Competition. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

Stock dog competition makes successful Ex debut Eriksdale father-daughter duo beat out competitors from across North America to grab top spots in Continental Stock Dog Competition

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff / headingley

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nly a couple of dozen spectators — huddled beneath umbrellas and blankets — braved rain and gale-force winds to take in the finals of the newest event at the Red River Exhibition.

But the stars of the show didn’t seem to mind the weather at all.

“I think the rain is a lot harder on the handlers than it is the dogs,” said Art Unsworth, a Saskatchewan native and long-time announcer of stock dog competitions. “Rain can bring your morale down. But the dogs, all they want to do is work.”

Despite the heavy downpour, the first ever Continental Stock Dog Competition held at the Ex went off without a hitch.

Ten finalists emerged from three days of arena trials and a cattle dog competition to see which sheep dog would take home the $10,000 grand prize. The event drew about 60 participants from across Canada and as far south as Texas, with Prairie competitors dominating the final card.

“We’re a pretty close-knit group,” said Lara Forchuk, president of the Manitoba Stock Dog Association as she waited for the last trials to begin.

Although she and her dog Max didn’t qualify for the finals, she was proud to say that three other Manitoban competitors had.

Among them was Kaelene Forsyth, who’s been competing for more than a decade, and her border collie Gypsy Rose.

“We got our first dog when I was eight years old... and it became a part

of my life, I just grew up with it,” said the 24-year-old. “I love it. We travel and have been all over.”

But these stock dog trials provided her with some stiff competition: Her dad.

After a wet but smooth run, Campbell Forsyth and his dog Meg edged out his daughter with a time of 1:22 and a full 18 points, a run so fast it was almost over before it began. A series of shrill whistles and shouts directed the border collie around the course and the three sheep she was herding into the small pen to take home the generous purse provided by Red River Exhibition.

“I’m happy that my dad won,” said a smiling Kaelene, who placed second in the competition with a time of 1:39 and 18 points.

See STOCK DOGS on page 6 »

CONTRACTS: Are farmers getting a fair deal? » PAGE 8

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INSIDE

Did you know?

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Square roots?

Scientists say plants are good at math

Silage by design It costs time and money, but it can boost profits

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Internal clock determines overnight starch needs

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Don’t rip out those shelterbelts Rethink them with a view to improving your farm

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FEATURE Glencore founder Mark Rich lived up to his name But the late billionaire worked both sides of the law to do it

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CROSSROADS Keeping a legend alive John Ramsay’s is a story of kindness and tragedy

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Editorials Comments What’s Up Livestock Markets

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Grain Markets Weather Vane Classifieds Sudoku

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lants do complex arithmetic calculations to make sure they have enough food to get them through the night, new research published in journal eLife shows.

Scientists at Britain’s John Innes Centre said plants adjust their rate of starch consumption to prevent starvation during the night when they are unable to feed themselves with energy from the sun.

They can even compensate for an unexpected early night.

“This is the first concrete example in a fundamental biological process of such a sophisticated arithmetic calculation,” mathematical modeller Martin Howard of John Innes Centre (JIC) said.

During the night, mechanisms inside the leaf measure the size of the starch store and estimate the length of time until dawn.

Information about time

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comes from an internal clock, similar to the human body clock.

“The capacity to perform arithmetic calculation is vital for plant growth and produc-

tivity,” JIC metabolic biologist Alison Smith said.

“Understanding how plants continue to grow in the dark could help unlock new ways to boost crop yield.”

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Professional storm chasers follow wild Prairie weather Professional storm chaser says Canadians need a plan of action when severe storms hit

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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anitobans battered by severe summer s t o r m s a re n’t t h e only ones watching to see what the heavens deliver next — storm chasers are also keeping a close eye on the province’s wild weather.

“St o r m c h a s i n g i s n o t nearly as prevalent as it is down here, but there are more and more storm chasers in the Canadian Prairies,” said American celebrity storm chaser Reed Timmer.

The star of the Discovery Channel’s Storm Chasers — who has witnessed more than 400 tornadoes and hurricanes across the American Midwest — said he’s been crossing into Canada more often.

“L a s t ye a r we we re u p there a lot,” he said. “The tornado season on the Canadian prairies was particularly active last year, similar to 2006.”

And while he spends much of his time in Tornado Alley, which runs from Texas to South Dakota, Timmer knows the border is no barrier.

The June 23, 2007 tornado in the rural municipality of Pipestone was one of the biggest Timmer has witnessed this side of the 49th parallel.

“It was almost a mile wide

“You definitely should be ramping up for weather safety on the Canadian Prairies.”

Reed Timmer

and all over the rural countryside,” he said.

On July 3, 2012 they swung back across the border again near Swift Current to watch a spectacular white rope tornado rip through the count r y s i d e s o u t h we s t o f t h e Saskatchewan city.

Storm chasers collect data that improves understanding of how tornadoes form, the damage they cause, and how advance warning systems can be improved.

Timmer said he thinks Canadians aren’t well-prepared for extreme weather events.

“You definitely should be ramping up for weather safety on the Canadian Prairies,” he said.

“There definitely needs to be tornado sirens. Down here in the U.S., people have battery-powered radios with alarms so if a tornado

Tornado chaser Reed Timmer expects to be following more storm systems moving through Canada while deploying scientific probes in the path of tornadoes. photo: Anderson Group Public Relations

warning is issued the alarm will go off and they know to take shelter. And people have above-ground safe rooms if they don’t have basements.”

Manitoba sees, on average, seven to 10 tornados per year, with most occurring in June and July.

Timmer spoke from North Dakota last week, where he was travelling with fellow storm chaser Sean Schofer of TVN Weather. The pair and their team use the tank-like Dominator 3 to enter ‘near tornado environments’ to deploy their data-gathering instruments.

Of course, no one should ever chase a tornado unless they’re trained for the job.

They’re unpredictable and can change course abruptly. Even it if appears to be standing still, it can be moving in your direction. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Reston hit hard by freak thunderstorms Alberta floodwaters heading for The Pas but officials say Ralls Island Dike will handle the crest

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff

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esidents of Reston were left wondering what comes next, after being hit by two severe storms in four days the weekend of June 21.

“It was just like somebody was dumping a big bucket. It came down very quick,” said Onagh Williamson, the local librarian.

Williamson was the only official available to comment last week as municipal staff were manning more than a dozen high-capacity pumps in the town of 600.

About eight inches fell on the evening of June 21 and another four the afternoon of June 25, said Williamson, adding higher elevation parts of the town were spared.

Other areas were also hit, with the province issuing overland flood warnings and high water advisories for the northwest, Interlake and southwest regions of Manitoba, including Reston and low-lying lands around Dauphin. Some creeks were higher than they were during spring runoff and there were washouts on many roads.

And more water is on the way as floodwaters from Alberta move east.

The Saskatchewan River is expected to approach 2011 levels in The Pas area, with a crest expected between July 8 and 15. The Ralls Island Dike in The Pas is expected to handle projected levels.

“It was just like somebody was dumping a big bucket. It came down very quick.”

Onagh Williamson

The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency continues to release water from Lake Diefenbaker and Tobin reservoirs to make room for floodwater from Alberta.

“These steps will significantly reduce the natural flood peak in Manitoba,” stated a provincial press release. Outflows from Lake Diefenbaker reservoir are 71,000 cubic feet per second and the outflow from Tobin Lake downstream of Saskatoon and Prince Albert stands at 106,000 cubic feet per second.

The RMs of Wallace, Albert, Edward, and Pipestone have all declared a state of emergency due to heavy rains and overland flooding. The Pas and the village of Winnipegosis also declared a state of local emergency on June 24 to aid in flood preparations. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

A report worth reading

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e’ve been somewhat skeptical of some of the recent efforts by the Conference Board of Canada to wade into the food and farm policy realm, but we were pleasantly surprised by the newly released report Seeds of Success: Enhancing Canada’s Farming Enterprises.

From our perspective, authors James Stuckey and Erin Butler, do a stellar job of capturing the nuances and idiosyncrasies Laura Rance that make farmers — gotta’ love them — Editor and their approach to business management so hard to analyze. And they identify some of the key characteristics that separate the wheat from the chaff, or rather, the business from the farm, today and into the future.

By that we mean the fundamentals of successful business and the organizational and management structure of many of today’s farms in Canada aren’t necessarily driven by the same motivations. Most of Canada’s farmers are farming because they love the farm; the business side of things is there because, well, that’s how they get to farm.

Perhaps the most notable aspect of this report is that it reflects the shifting focus away from “economies of scale” to “optimal scale,” a recognition that farm scale is not a surefire way to improve profitability.

The authors found that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the largest farms in Canada aren’t the most profitable. As well, the analysis also showed that small farms continue to have a high degree of profit potential.

“Over the past decade, smaller revenue farms have occupied a greater percentage of the top profitability quartile than have larger ones. At the same time, smaller farm revenue classes also have the greatest share of farms in the lowest profitability quartile.”

However, the report noted even having the highest returns per unit of production were not, in many cases, enough to support the family. Hence the reliance on off-farm income.

“The profitability ‘sweet spot’ for Canadian farms is the $250,000 to $499,999 revenue range, in terms of percentage of farms in the top two profitability quartiles,” the report says.

It’s nice to know the medium-sized farm in Canada is not only alive, but thriving — held firmly by family enterprises that have a love for the land.

The Conference Board predicts that while farm sizes will continue to increase in Canada, the sector will not undergo the kind of consolidation that has taken place in other resource industries.

“Significant economies of scale are still not a dominant force in the industry’s organization, owing to the history of the sector’s development, the seasonal nature of farming work, and the difficulties and costs of consolidating non-adjacent land tracts (given the nature of family farm ownership). This is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.”

The report goes further in challenging some of the myths guiding conventional thinking in farm policy, chiefly that it is inherently a risky occupation requiring continued risk-sharing with government.

Relatively speaking, agriculture is lower risk than other natural resource-based industries, this report says.

It also says the sector’s reliance on government supports to bolster incomes is one of its bigger risks. It leaves them vulnerable to political and budgetary risk and the $1 billion in AAFC funds spent on “business risk management” — 55 per cent of its total budget — is money that is not spent on research, innovation, and marketing that helps position the sector for the future.

So it’s not the size, it’s the management that matters the most, and this report found farmers to be somewhat, er, deficient in that regard, namely because farmers by and large like to do, rather than manage others doing for them. They don’t delegate well and improving human resource management was cited as a key challenge going forward. Agriculture already suffers from a shortage of qualified labour and farmers are on the front lines of making agriculture an attractive place to work.

Farmers can also be destructively selective in how they pursue efficiency. While a majority of farmers cite a need to invest in lowering costs, only 18 per cent think it is critical to invest in better processes. In other words, they might invest in bigger equipment to better apply inputs, but they won’t invest in processes that lessen the inputs they need.

Loving farming and operating a good business aren’t mutually exclusive — and the Seeds of Success report contains some solid recommendations for how farmers can have their farming lifestyle and a good business too. (See elsewhere on this page) What’s more, it reinforces why it’s important. The best way to inspire the next generation is to offer up a business proposition that is profitable enough to support a lifestyle — on the farm. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Improving farm business in Canada Optimal scale replaces economies of scale as the mantra

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he following is an excerpt from Seeds of Success: Enhancing Canada’s Farming Enterprises, a new Conference Board of Canada report by Erin Butler and James Stuckey.

The report included a set of recommendations about how to improve farming business in Canada to achieve greater business success.

The full report can be found at: http://www. conferenceboard.ca/e-librar y/abstract. aspx?did=5529 • Maximize assets and operations. Farmers should employ sound financial management to maximize the assets and operations of their businesses. Each must be managed and optimized as part of the business equation.

This means understanding changing capital requirements (in the form of land and equipment and machinery), and creating the right mix to manage costs and optimize returns.

• Seek optimal farming scale — a movable target by region, type of operation, and business model — as a strategy for obtaining capital efficiencies. Most people think of scale in terms of sheer expansion of physical resources. Actually, there are different types of scale that involve very different costs and benefits..

• Increase product differentiation to take advantage of changing consumer demands for greater variety, and increasing demands for products with more specific and functional quality characteristics.

• Specialize farming management to improve business performance. They can specialize management by using more outside labour, and by fostering partnerships and other types of co-operation.

• Invest in product and process innovation to achieve business growth. Most farm businesses have a somewhat conservative attitude toward

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innovation, with most not seeking to be first adopters — but also not wanting to be last adopters. The CFIC’s Industry Survey results suggest that producers generally do not recognize the value that process innovation can play in achieving business objectives. Therefore, there is likely an opportunity for farm businesses to be more innovative in how they manage key business processes and activities.

• Utilize new leasing models. Farmers should utilize new leasing models in cases where the rising costs of farmland make it difficult to finance expansion, or where a farm’s operational continuity is at risk.

Farmland investment funds (companies that purchase land and rent it back to farm operators for a rental fee or under varying types of profit-sharing arrangements) have become more prevalent in the sector to provide liquidity and stability to farmers who have difficulty growing or maintaining their operations. Farming stakeholders should work to identify ways of maximizing the value of this development to improve of farming business.

• Improve human resources standards and practices. The farming industry must strive to make farming a more desirable occupation.

The industry faces a significant labour market gap, and much of this is outside of its control to remedy.

However, there are steps that the industry can take to improve its human capital situation, including adopting human resources standards and practices that rival those of other industries.

• Begin farm planning with marketing. Farmers should begin farm planning with marketing— with a line of sight to the end buyer—rather than ending with it. That is, like other businesses, farming operations must identify opportunities in the market and tailor their business model and operations (what they produce and how) accordingly. Farmers have an opportunity to be “price-makers” and not just “price-takers.”

June 1982

he front page photo of the Stonewall Post office in June 30, 1982 issue was part of a rural buildings series prepared by Bob Hainstock, who later used some of the photos for a book on the barns of Western Canada.

The main story was on a report by University of Manitoba economist Clay Gilson, who recommended that the contentious Crow Rate issue be resolved by progressively increasing rail rates, with the federal government compensation initially paid to the railways but shifted to producers, who would receive 81 per cent of it by 1990.

A Senate report on the beef industry said there was an urgent need for a national stabilization plan, but some feared the recommendations were a step toward supply management, which was favoured by Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan.

The NDP government in Manitoba has put on hold a bill to curb foreign ownership of farmland and plug loopholes in the existing legislation, which were said to have allowed non-farming corporations to purchase 250,000 acres since 1978.

There had been 19 farm bankruptcies in Manitoba so far during the year, mainly in the southwest and mainly among younger farmers — 12 had been under 40. Bank managers interviewed attributed the bankruptcies to high interest rates (Bank of Canada rates reached 18 per cent in 1981), poor management skills and in some cases speculating on the commodity exchange.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Farmer Dale Tuholski adjusts his new pivot-irrigation system in Mill Creek, Indiana, June 11, 2012. A new study questions whether water costs will negate the benefits of ethanol.

photo: REUTERS/John Gress

New study predicts rising irrigation costs, reduced yields for U.S. corn Climate change — and the cost of water for irrigation — could negate the benefits of ethanol Rice University Release

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f the climate continues to evolve as predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United States stands little to no chance of satisfying its current biofuel goals, according to a new study by Rice University and the University of California at Davis.

The study published online in the American Chemical Society journal Environmental Science and Technology suggests that in 40 years, a hotter planet would cut the yield of corn grown for ethanol in the U.S. by an average of seven per cent while increasing the amount of irrigation necessary by nine per cent.

That could sharply hinder a mandate set by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) that by 2022 the nation derive 15 billion gallons per year of ethanol from corn to blend with conventional motor fuels, according to principal investigator Pedro Alvarez, the George R. Brown Professor and chair of Rice’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. Alvarez is a member of the Science Advisory Board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and chair of Rice’s Energy and Environment Initiative.

The policy is based on the idea that blending ethanol into gasoline cuts harmful emissions from vehicles and lowers the nation’s dependence on foreign oil, he said.

But the cost in water may outweigh those concerns.

“Whereas biofuels offer a means to use more renewable energy

while decreasing reliance on imported oil, it is important to recognize the tradeoffs,” Alvarez said.

“One important unintended consequence may be the aggravation of water scarcity by increased irrigation in some regions.”

The authors of the new paper have long questioned the United States’ support of biofuels as a means to cut vehicle emissions.

In a 2010 white paper on U.S. biofuels policy produced by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authors including Alvarez and Rice alumna Rosa Dominguez-Faus found “no scientific consensus on the climate-friendly nature of U.S.-produced corn-based ethanol” and detailed what they saw as economic, environmental and logistical shortcomings in the EISA. Their 2009 feature article in Environmental Science and Technology suggested the amount of water required to bring biofuels to market may be prohibitive; they calculated it takes 50 gallons of water to grow enough Nebraska corn to produce the amount of ethanol needed to drive one mile.

They suggested at the time that potential consequences to the water supply needed further study. With the new research, they have taken on that challenge and tied their models to estimates of how climate change — reflected in predicted regional levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, temperature and precipitation — could affect agriculture in the nation’s heartlands.

The team built computer simulations based on crop data from

the nation’s top 10 corn-producing states – Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Missouri and Kansas. They also used estimates of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and other elements from a number of models, including the government’s well-tested Environmental Policy Integrated Climate (EPIC) model. They used the simulation to predict crop outcomes over the next 40 years in relation to expectations of climate change.

The researchers found states in the Corn Belt (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Missouri) and the Great Lakes (Minnesota and Wisconsin), where corn growth is primarily fed by rainfall, would be subject to more intense but less frequent precipitation, especially during the summer. Maintaining crops would require a five to 25 per cent increase in irrigation, which would in turn require more extensive — and expensive — water catchment infrastructure.

On the Northern Plains of South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas, where the growth of corn for ethanol already depends heavily on irrigation, the study found that crop yields would decline even if irrigation continued to be “applied as needed,” the researchers wrote. In fact, the 2012 drought has already damaged Great Plains farmlands where long-reliable aquifers used for irrigation are beginning to run dry.

The researchers said agriculture costs the water supply in two ways: through the drawdown of groundwater from irrigation and

through loss to the atmosphere via evapotranspiration (ET), by which water moves through plants and evaporates. Higher atmospheric temperatures increase ET at a cost to groundwater, they wrote.

The production of one litre of gasoline requires three litres of water, according to the researchers.

The production of one litre of corn ethanol requires between 350 and 1,400 litres of water from irrigation, depending on location. A litre of ethanol also translates into 1,600 litres of ET water that might not directly replenish the local watershed.

The researchers suggested the growth of crops for ethanol was already questionable because of its impact on the environment. Rising temperatures in the decades to come, they wrote, could lead to reductions in crop yields and an increase in irrigation demands to the degree that the government mandate is no longer economically viable.

“The projected increases in water intensity due to climate change highlight the need to reevaluate the corn ethanol elements of the Renewable Fuel Standard,” Dominguez-Faus said.

Dominguez-Faus, lead author of the paper, is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California at Davis. Co-authors are Christian Folberth of EAWAG Aquatic Research, Dübendorf, Switzerland; Junguo Liu, a professor at the School of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University; and Amy Myers Jaffe, executive director of energy and sustainability at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies.

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FROM PAGE ONE STOCK DOGS Continued from page 1

“It’s a win for both of us,” adding Campbell. “If I would have held back she would have known, and she wouldn’t have been happy. She’s a great competitor.”

The pair had just come back from another competition in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and flood clean-up permitting, Kaelene Forsyth will next compete in Calgary.

“We’re all on the same team, but we do compete against each other quite often,” said Forchuk. “It’s friendly competition, but there is also an element of provincial pride.”

Members of about five families make up the Manitoba Stock Dog Association, but the small group punches above its weight, often dominating finals at out-of-province events, she said.

“There is a lot of enthusiasm and support for it,” she said.

Although Forchuk would like to see the stock dog association expand, the amount of dedication, time, space — not to mention livestock — needed to train a stock dog makes it difficult for many enthusiasts to make it to a competitive level. Most people who run dogs in competitions are shepherds or ranchers who work with their dogs on a regular basis.

“It’s not something you can get ready for in a few weeks,” said Forchuk. “People spend years training their dogs, working with them.”

C a m p b e l l Fo r s y t h , w h o began using stock dogs on his Eriksdale farm almost two decades ago, said they’re an integral part of his 400-head cowcalf operation.

“They work every day and they really become a part of you,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

Ten stock dog handlers prepare to compete in the finals of the first-ever Continental Stock Dog Competition held at the Red River Exhibition. Photos: Shannon VanRaes

Gene Weringa of Grasston Minnesota and his dog Jebediah work to corral sheep during the first-ever Continental Stock Dog Competition held at the Red River Exhibition.

Heavy rain didn’t slow down stock dogs at the Red River Exhibition.

“They work everyday and they really become a part of you.”

Campbell Forsyth

Peter Gonnet travelled from Outlook Saskatchewan to compete in a Continental Stock Dog Competition held at the Red River Exhibition.

A stock dog directs a sheep.

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Made-in-Manitoba ice cream flying off store shelves

HOG VIRUS Continued from page 1

Transportation link

Swine veterinarians, investigators with the U.S. Agriculture Department and others are focusing on the nation’s livestock transportation system as they try to determine how the virus is spreading from farm to farm and state to state.

Mexico said June 25 it has restricted live pork imports from the United States, citing the risk of the virus spreading.

Mexico’s Agriculture Ministry said it would review imports on a case-by-case basis, said it had not detected the virus in Mexico.

It added that pigs imported from the United States prior to May 17 would be quarantined and closely observed.

It is checking all lots of pigs imported from the United States during the past three months.

Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, a swine virus deadly to young pigs, and never before seen in North America until it surfaced several weeks ago in the U.S. hog herd.

Most often fatal to very young pigs, the virus causes diarrhea, vomiting and dehydration. It also sickens older hogs, though their survival rate tends to be high.

Iowa, the largest U.S. hog producer, has the most sites testing positive for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus: 102 sites, as of June 10. The state raises on average 30 million hogs each year, according to the Iowa Pork Producers Association.

Substantial increase

Researchers at veterinarian diagnostic labs, who are testing samples as part of a broad investigation into the outbreak, have seen a substantial increase in positive cases since early June, when data on the PEDV outbreak showed it at some 103 sites nationwide.

The data was compiled and released last week by Iowa State University, University of Minnesota, Kansas State University and South Dakota State University.

The virus does not pose a health risk to humans or other animals and the meat from PEDV-infected pigs is safe for people to eat, according to

Customers are happily forking over between $11 and $12 for a litre of this premium, made-in-Manitoba ice cream “It is important to select a truck wash that does not use recycled water.”

Miles Beaudin

Manitoba Pork Council

federal officials and livestock economists.

Bu t t h e v i r u s, w h i c h i s spreading rapidly across the United States, is proving harder to control than previously believed. In addition to Iowa, Oklahoma has 38 positive sites, Minnesota has 19 and Indiana has 10, according to the data.

PEDV has also been diagnosed in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Dakota.

Spread

PEDV is spread most commonly by pigs ingesting contaminated feces. Investigators are studying physical transmission, such as truck trailers marred with contaminated feces, or a person wearing dirty boots or with dirty nails.

While the virus has not tended to kill older pigs, mortality among very young pigs infected in U.S. farms is commonly 50 per cent, and can be as high at 100 per cent, say veterinarians and scientists who are studying the outbreak.

The strain of the PEDV virus that is making its way across the nation’s hog farms and slaughterhouses is 99.4 per cent similar in genetic structure to the PEDV that hit China’s herds last year, according to the U.S. researchers.

After PEDV was first diagnosed in China in 2010, it overran southern China and killed more than one million piglets, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal.

No direct connection has been found between the U.S. outbreak and previously identified outbreaks in Asia and Europe, say scientists and researchers.

Pig transport trailers could be spreading a new virus. photo: ©thinkstock

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff / near Anola

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isa Dyck is going lickity split as summer arrives, ramping up production of a cool treat Manitobans haven’t tasted in a long time — made-in-Manitoba ice cream.

This spring the Anola-area dair y producer launched Cornell Creme, a premium ice cream made from the milk of the 120 cows that she and husband William Dyck milk.

The rich (19-per-cent butterfat) ice cream began flying off store shelves after articles appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press and her local paper, The Clipper. ”From there my phone didn’t stop ringing,” she said. “Word of mouth got out and social media is big, too. I got a lot of email requests from stores requesting to carry my product. That really made it easy for me, so I’m thankful for that.”

It all began with the gift of an ice-cream maker a year ago.

“I started making ice cream at home,” said Dyck. “It was the best thing we’d ever tasted. My family just loved it.”

A chef she knew also gave it a rave review, and that prompted Dyck to call the Dairy Farmers of Manitoba (to arrange to buy some of their milk back from the milk pool), the Food Development Centre, and ultimately the University of Manitoba’s dairy pilot plant, a facility licensed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. She spent the winter working on recipes and a production process for a pure

Dairy farmer Lisa Dyck launched a line of hand-crafted ice creams made from milk from the dairy farm she and her husband own between Beausejour and Anola. photo: lorraine stevenson

ingredient ice cream made with cream, eggs, milk, and sugar.

She spent considerable time figuring out what natural flavourings to give it.

“My biggest challenge in all of this was just developing the quality of the ice cream that I wanted, ” she said. “That took us a few runs. ” She’s started with five flavours: Natural Vanilla Bean, Raspberry White Chocolate, Lemon Meringue, Velvety Chocolate Truffle and a Malty Ale Pail. She plans to add Black Sesame Seed, Strawberry and Cream, and Blueberry Lavender Dream.

“And I have many more flavours in mind,” said Dyck, who has been running Cornell Dairy — started by William’s father Cornlieus —with her husband since 2000.

PART OF YOUR FARM’S FINANCIAL PLAN

Dairy Farmers of Manitoba would like to see more processing of milk, said general manager Brent Achtemichuk.

“It just takes someone with a passion like this to do it,” he said. “It’s very exciting to have producers who want to showcase their milk in this form of product.”

The growing interest in local food has been a big factor in her success, added Dyck.

“Food trends are changing rapidly,” she said. “Urban people don’t really know what we do. So I thought it would be nice to bring them back to our farm and show them were their food is coming from.”

Cornell Dairy will be among farms opening their gates to visitors on Open Farm Day Sept. 15.

Her biggest challenge at the moment is keeping up with demand, Dyck said.

Currently she’s producing about 200 litres of ice cream weekly and want to reach 1,000 litres by midsummer. Higher production levels would also bring down production costs for her ice cream, which costs about $6 a litre to produce and retails for $11 to $12.

“We produce about 100,000 litres of milk a month, so I’m very small scale,” she said. “I just wanted to test the market first and see how people would respond to the ice cream. And so far it’s been overwhelming.”

For more info and to find retailers carrying Cornell Creme ice cream see www.cornellcreme.com lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Researcher wants to know if farmers are happy with the contracts they sign Production, marketing, and technology-use contracts are increasingly common but are they fair to farmers or tilted in companies’ favour?

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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ots of farmers don’t like them but are production, marketing, and technologyuse contracts unfair to farmers?

“We still hear from our members that the contracts are typically quite one-sided,” said Doug Faller, policy manager with the Agricultural Producers of Saskatchewan.

“Now with the changes to the wheat board and so on, the need for addressing this issue simply grew because we can now add barley and wheat to the list of contracts being signed by farmers.”

To get a better handle on the situation, University of Manitoba agricultural economist Jared Carlberg and a research associ-

ate are surveying farmers. But they’re having trouble getting producers to participate — with only 280 farmers responding after more than 1,000 farmers were mailed the survey. The is now using an online survey (available at www.surveymonkey.com/s/ ZKNZNV6>) and hoping more farmers will participate.

The early results suggest only a minority of farmers don’t like the contracts they sign. Just 24 per cent either strongly disagreed, disagreed or somewhat disagreed with the statement “I am treated fairly by a marketing contract.”

Just over half disagreed with the statement that said their rights were protected by Technical Use Agreements.

“I don’t think the takeaway from our findings is that farmers should

Treated fairly and tua

Source: Jared Carlberg, University of Manitoba

be happy with their contracts,” Carlberg said. “The takeaway should be there are significant areas where farmers might prefer to have changes.”

In recent years, farmers have complained about contracts that allow grain companies to inspect their bins, and Faller said rules governing deliveries can be a source of friction.

“Producers are typically required to deliver within a window, but there’s no obligation on the buyer’s side to accept in the same window,” Faller said.

Other complaints include linking input purchases to future grain sales, and the lack of an “Act of God’ clause.

Wheat contracts typically specify a certain grade and pro-

tein level, but don’t usually spell out the discount if farmer can’t meet those specifications, Faller said.

If farmers give “a clear indication” that they’re unhappy with the contracts they’re signing, his organization is willing to fight for improvements, he said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Glencore founder dies in Switzerland Once a fugitive from justice who was controversially pardoned by Bill Clinton

By Alice Baghdjian lucerne / switzerland / reuters

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illionaire Marc Rich, who invented oil trading and was pardoned by President Bill Clinton over tax evasion, racketeering and busting sanctions with Iran, died June 26 in Switzerland aged 78.

Rich fled the Holocaust with his parents for America to become the most successful and controversial trader of his time and a fugitive from U.S. justice, enjoying decades of comfortable privacy at his sprawling Villa Rosa on Lake Lucerne.

Belgian-born Rich, whose trading group eventually became the global commodities powerhouse Glencore Xstrata, died in hospital from a stroke, spokesman Christian Koenig said.

Many of the biggest players in oil and metals trading trace their roots back to the swashbuckling Rich, whose triumph in the 1970s was to pioneer a spot market for crude oil, wresting business away from the world’s big oil groups.

To his critics, he was a white-collar criminal, a serial sanctions breaker, whom they accused of building a fortune

trading with revolutionary Iran, Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya, apartheid-era South Africa, Nicolae Ceausescu’s Romania, Fidel Castro’s Cuba and Augusto Pinochet’s Chile.

In interviews with journalist Daniel Ammann for his biography, “The King of Oil”, the normally obsessively secretive Rich admitted to bribing officials in countries such as Nigeria and to assisting the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad.

Explaining Rich’s route to riches in an interview with Reuters in 2010, Ammann said: “He was faster and more aggressive than his competitors. He was able to recognize trends and seize opportunities before other traders. And he went where others feared to tread — geographically and morally.”

A U.S. government website once described Rich more simply, as “a white male, 177 centimetres in height... wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Marshall Service.” In 1983, he was on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list indicted for tax evasion, fraud and racketeering. At the time, it was the biggest tax evasion case in U.S. history.

Marc Rich made his fortune by anticipating the price gains during OPEC’s 1973 oil embargo. photo: Reuters

Trust, loyalty and secrecy

On learning of the indictment plans, Rich fled to Switzerland to escape the charges, which included exploiting the U.S. embargo against Iran, while it was holding U.S. hostages, to make huge profits on illicit Iranian oil sales.

“Marc Rich is to asset concealment what Babe Ruth was to baseball,” said Arthur J. Roth, New York state commissioner of taxation and finance.

He remained under threat of a life sentence in a U.S. jail until Clinton pardoned him during the last chaotic days of his

presidency, a move that provoked moral outrage and bewilderment amongst some politicians.

Clinton later said he regretted granting the pardon, calling it “terrible politics.”

“It wasn’t worth the damage to my reputation,” he told Newsweek magazine in 2002.

Rich, who was born Marcell David Reich in Antwerp on December 18, 1934, started his career at Philipp Brothers, a top global commodities trader after World War Two. Posted to Madrid in the late 1960s, he found ways to bypass the “Seven Sisters” major oil companies which controlled world oil supplies, and is credited with inventing spot oil trading, which involves sale or purchase for immediate delivery.

While at Phibro, Rich foresaw the huge price increases imposed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in 1973, earning big profits for the firm.

However, he became infuriated by his pay and trading strictures.

He left in 1974 with a fellow graduate of the Phibro mailroom, Pincus “Pinky” Green, and set up Marc Rich and Co AG in Switzerland, a firm that would eventually become Glencore Xstrata Plc.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices Winnipeg

Alberta South 121.00 — 70.00 - 83.00 60.00 - 73.00 85.88 $ 110.00 - 127.00 118.00 - 132.00 127.00 - 141.00 133.00 - 153.00 140.00 - 161.00 145.00 - 165.00 $ 105.00 - 117.00 110.00 - 123.00 115.00 - 128.00 118.00 - 133.00 120.00 - 138.00 125.00 - 145.00

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

(850+ lbs.)

High River’s flood keeps slaughter cattle at home

Futures (June 21, 2013) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change June 2013 119.95 0.10 August 2013 120.00 0.93 October 2013 123.85 1.00 December 2013 125.92 0.50 February 2014 127.02 0.32 April 2014 128.45 0.35 Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

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

COOL notwithstanding, a weaker loonie attracted U.S. buyers Terryn Shiells CNSC

Ontario $ 114.46 - 133.71 105.51 - 129.62 59.48 - 80.34 59.48 - 80.34 75.78 - 96.01 $ 123.10 - 133.28 123.43 - 139.16 125.46 - 143.46 121.82 - 149.58 110.41 - 151.20 125.15 - 163.74 $ 112.81 - 119.96 116.21 - 123.56 119.06 - 130.60 119.91 - 136.18 121.14 - 145.56 129.32 - 151.08

$

(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.)

Close 144.42 146.75 148.65 150.15 150.25 161.62

Change -1.05 -1.00 -0.70 -1.07 -0.80 -0.13

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending June 15, 2013 48,740 12,660 36,080 NA 644,000

Previous Year­ 56,155 11.408 44,747 NA 655,000

Week Ending June 15, 2013 577 23,245 17,923 1,110 742 4,471 42

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 617 24,499 21,779 1,313 847 6,146 416

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

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

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

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

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

Futures (June 21, 2013) in U.S. Hogs July 2013 August 2013 October 2013 December 2013 February 2014

$1 Cdn: $ .9551 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.0470 Cdn.

June 21, 2013

Steers & Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 67.00 - 74.00 D3 Cows 58.00 - 67.00 Bulls 78.00 - 89.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

110.00 - 117.00 (801-900 lbs.)

114.00 - 123.00 (701-800 lbs.)

120.00 - 130.00 (601-700 lbs.)

125.00 - 137.00 (501-600 lbs.)

125.00 - 140.00 (401-500 lbs.)

130.00 - 140.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

— (801-900 lbs.)

107.00 - 114.00 (701-800 lbs.)

110.00 - 117.00 (601-700 lbs.)

110.00 - 122.00 (501-600 lbs.)

115.00 - 128.00 (401-500 lbs.)

115.00 - 135.00

Heifers

EXCHANGES: June 21, 2013

COLUMN

(Friday to Thursday) Slaughter Cattle

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

Numbers below are reprinted from June 27 issue.

Current Week 199.00 E 183.00E 192.47 193.73

Last Week 191.52 176.47 183.59 185.24

Last Year (Index 100) 187.38 172.62 179.23 182.53

Close 100.25 98.27 85.45 82.25 84.20

Change 1.60 0.97 0.90 0.65 0.70

Other Market Prices

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estward movement of cattle from Manitoba was slow during the week ended June 28, as demand from the West was impacted by recent floods in southern Alberta.

Cargill’s packing plant near High River, Alta., had to close down for a few days during the week, Rick Wright of Heartland Buying Order Co. noted.

“The plant wasn’t flooded but they were having water issues and trouble getting enough workers out because a lot of their worker base comes out of Calgary and High River,” he said.

The closing of the plant had an impact on domestic slaughter cow prices, Wright said, noting values varied day by day, depending on whether or not the plant in High River was open.

But prices on age-verified cows didn’t suffer from the lack of western demand at all, because they were able to go south to the United States.

“The (Canadian) dollar crashing down so low has made it a lot more attractive for the Americans to start thinking about buying Canadian cattle,” said Wright.

The Canadian dollar was trading below the US96-cent mark for the majority of the week, even dipping under 95 cents at some points.

Wright noted that the mandatory countryof-origin labelling regulation issues in the U.S. still need to be worked out, but a sharp drop in the Canadian dollar’s value was enough to entice buying out of the U.S. “Just the (Canadian) dollar move alone probably put one to two cents (per pound) on the exportable cows in the last week,” he said.

Feeder cattle prices in Manitoba also weren’t greatly impacted by the flood and resulting lack of western demand, because there were very few cattle being marketed during the week.

The summertime is always slow for cattle marketing, as many auction yards close down for a couple of months and farmers focus on field work. Things are expected to pick up again in the fall.

“The plant wasn’t flooded but they were having water issues and trouble getting enough workers out because a lot of their worker base comes out of Calgary and High River.”

Rick Wright

Heartland Buying Order Co

Prices on the feeder market were steady to strong, with solid demand. However, the high cost of feed was still an underlying issue.

With high feed costs, break-even levels have risen, which has left far fewer producers forward-contracting this spring and summer. Producers are waiting for cattle prices to move higher, Wright said.

So far, it looks like the feed crop will be large this fall, which could help to alleviate some of the pressure on the market.

“Everybody is expecting and speculating that we’ll have a fairly substantial crop volume-wise and quality-wise (it) could be more into the feed category,” said Wright.

The growing season isn’t over yet, however, and anything can happen to the crop.

So until we get closer to harvest this fall, feed grain cash prices will likely remain very strong, he noted.

Of the feeder cattle that came onto the market, the majority stayed local, as producers were working at building up their pasture cattle. Wright noted pastures across the province are in generally good condition.

However, some localized regions have had excessive rainfall throughout the last half of June, and flooding could become a big concern for farmers in those areas.

“There is pasture land underwater and there is crop land that is underwater, and if we don’t get some relief here fairly soon we’re going to have some concerns; there’s no doubt about that,” said Wright.

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

Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Choice Lambs (110+ lb.)

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

Winnipeg (head) (wooled fats) — — — — — —

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

Turkeys Minimum prices as of June 23, 2013 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.025 Undergrade .............................. $1.935 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.010 Undergrade .............................. $1.910 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.010 Undergrade .............................. $1.910 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.910 Undergrade............................... $1.825 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

Toronto 41.09 - 64.51 116.61 - 125.81 122.38 - 134.62 104.17 - 135.98 106.06 - 152.01 —

SunGold Specialty Meats 10.00

U.S. hog herd holds steady, pigs per litter set record

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 Winnipeg (head) (Fats) Kids — Billys — Mature —

Toronto ($/cwt) 160 - 265.00 — 88.05 - 221.16

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

news

Toronto ($/cwt) 20.00 - 48.28 22.00 - 46.00

reuters / The U.S. hog herd in the latest quarter was mostly steady with a year earlier, a U.S. government report showed June 28, and down slightly from trade forecasts.

However, producers had a record number of pigs per litter during the period at 10.31, up about two per cent from a year earlier.

USDA showed the U.S. hog herd as of June 1 at 100 per cent of a year ago at 66.647 million head. Analysts, on average, expected 66.992 million head, or 100.5 per cent of a year earlier.

The U.S. breeding herd was 100 per cent

of a year earlier at 5.882 million head, compared with average trade expectations for it to be unchanged. A year ago the breeding herd was 5.862 million head.

The June 1 supply of market-ready hogs was 100 per cent of a year earlier at 60.765 million head. Analysts, on average, expected a 0.6 per cent rise, or 61.162 million.

Pork values rose for four straight days last week largely due to surging prices for pork bellies, which are processed into bacon, analysts said. They said fast-food franchises, supermarkets and restaurateurs competed for product at higher costs. “It’s all about the bellies this time of year,” independent hog futures trader Bill Cipolla said.

Looking for results? Check out the market reports from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 22

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GRAIN MARKETS

Numbers below are reprinted from June 27 issue.

Export and International Prices

column

Last Week

All prices close of business June 20, 2013

StatsCan’s acreage estimates meet trade expectations

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

257.36

251.85

243.13

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

299.06

298.33

309.99

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

265.06

253.35

230.91

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

255.96

264.72

203.77

Coarse Grains

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

CNSC

I

CE Futures Canada canola contracts saw some mixed activity ahead of the Canada Day long weekend, as a number of outside market factors spilled over to provide conflicting direction.

Overall, new-crop canola contracts were all lower during the week ended June 27, while old-crop July climbed higher. The activity in the front month was tied to participants holding short positions exiting the contract before being forced to make deliveries of canola they don’t have.

Aside from the last hurrahs of the old-crop canola, attention in the market is now firmly on new-crop production prospects. Statistics Canada released its updated acreage estimates during the week, pegging canola area at 19.7 million acres. That was up from early intentions, but still behind the 21.5 million seeded the previous year.

Industry participants found little to question in the StatsCan numbers, as the official number actually fell in line with trade guesses for once. With the acreage base down on the year, and with old-crop supplies looking very tight, yield prospects will be a hot topic heading through the growing season. Excessive moisture and other weather issues have already caused problems in some areas, but most anecdotal reports point to large crops at this early stage. Good conditions may keep the path of least resistance to the downside, although the tight supplies will heighten any weather-related scares that materialize.

Movements in the U.S. soybean market also have the potential to pull canola one way or the other. Early crop prospects are also looking good in the U.S. but, just as in Canada, there are also areas of concern to watch. While soybeans were a little firmer over the past week, soyoil was down sharply. Canola has a higher oil content compared to beans, and softer vegetable oil markets weighed on Canadian prices.

Activity in outside financial markets, including the continued weakness in the Canadian dollar, can also be expected to remain a factor in canola. Continued weakness in the currency does make exports more attractive for international customers. However, those international customers are also dealing with the general sense of financial uncertainty that caused the sell-off in the currency and economic concerns

Year Ago

Wheat

A low loonie may boost exports, but financial jitters won’t Phil Franz-Warkentin

Week Ago

For three-times-daily market reports from Commodity News Service Canada, visit “Today in Markets” at www.manitobacooperator.ca.

Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)

550.18

554.87

528.50

1,067.22

1,054.87

1,098.31

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business June 21, 2013

abroad may also cause some demand to back away.

In the U.S., wheat was down, corn was mixed and soybeans were mostly higher during the week. Positioning ahead of updated acreage and stocks reports released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on June 28 was a feature in the U.S. markets. Old-crop soybeans found themselves in a similar situation as the canola market, with tight supplies and shortcovering ahead of deliveries pulling the front month higher. The gains were much more subdued in new-crop months as relatively favourable U.S. crop prospects tempered the upside potential.

Corn also managed to see some modest strength in the front month, but was down in the new-crop contracts as improving production prospects were thought to be more than making up for the fact that some intended corn acres likely didn’t get in the ground this year.

For wheat, prices were down in all three U.S. futures markets, with the largest declines in Kansas City and Chicago as farmers in the southern U.S. Plains move forward with the winter wheat harvest. While there have been some reports of disappointing yields, the advancing harvest pressure was enough to keep the bias to the downside.

However, losses in Minneapolis spring wheat futures were a little more subdued as continued wetness in some wheat-growing areas of North Dakota likely limited the acreage base.

Canadian wheat area was pegged at 26.2 million acres by StatsCan on June 25. That was down from an earlier guess, but still well above the 23.8 million seeded in 2012. Of that total, durum area came in 4.9 million acres, from 4.7 million the previous year. All other spring wheat was up by over two million acres on the year, with acreage estimated at 19.1 million acres, from 16.9 million in 2012.

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

barley

Last Week

Week Ago

July 2013

244.00

244.00

October 2013

194.00

194.00

December 2013

199.00

199.00

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

July 2013

605.70

598.60

November 2013

555.90

548.50

January 2014

560.10

551.10

Special Crops Report for June 24, 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

25.50 - 26.50

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

23.75 - 25.50

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

18.75 - 20.75

Desi Chickpeas

25.75 - 27.25 — 25.70 - 27.00

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

Fababeans, large

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Medium Yellow No. 1

14.80 - 17.50

Feed beans

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Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

7.40 - 9.75

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

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Feed Pea (Rail)

No. 1 Great Northern

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Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

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Yellow No. 1

38.75 - 40.75

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

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Brown No. 1

35.75 - 38.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

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Oriental No. 1

29.20 - 30.75

No. 1 Black Beans

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No. 1 Pinto Beans

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6.25 - 8.60

Source: Stat Publishing SUNFLOWERS

No. 1 Small Red

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No. 1 Pink

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Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

NuSun (oilseed)

FH 23.20/LH 23.00

NQ

Confection

32.00* Call for details

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Report for June 21, 2013 in US$ cwt

Source: National Sunflower Association

U.S. corn plantings defy forecasts, highest since 1936 Farmers plant more land to major crops than last year

By Charles Abbott washington / reuters

U

.S. farmers planted more corn than expected and a record amount of soybeans despite a wet, cold spring that slowed fieldwork, the government said on June 28.

The large plantings put corn and soybean crops near records than would end three years of tight supplies and high prices. Corn plantings were the largest since 1936.

In a companion report, the U.S.

Agriculture Department said corn, soybean and wheat stockpiles were smaller than trade expectations as of June 1. But stockpiles were far from the extreme shocks that the USDA sometimes delivers in the quarterly data, which show the pace at which grain is being used.

“The corn acres number is the big story,” said Joe Vaclavik, president of Standard Grain.

Corn and wheat futures prices t u m b l e d a f t e r t h e re p o r t w a s released.

New-crop corn futures fell heav-

ily on the acreage figure, down more than four per cent to test the lowest levels of the year. New-crop soybean futures were also weak, while nearby months drew support from tight supplies expected between now and harvest.

“Stocks report was bullish, acreage was bearish, any other questions? Looks like the trade was awaiting the numbers to sell the market, and they did it in style,” said Charlie Sernatinger, analyst at ED&F Man. Based on a survey of 70,000 farmers, the USDA pegged corn plant-

ings at 97.379 million acres, 2 million acres, or 2 per cent, more than expected by analysts.

“It was mostly the planted acres that caught people by surprise and justifiably so. They’re extremely high numbers for planted acres,” said Jack Scoville, an analyst at the Price Futures Group.

The USDA said corn acres rose for a fifth year in a row.

Soybean plantings were a record 77.728 million acres, up one per cent from last year, but 200,000 acres lower than the average forecast.

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

The legend of John Ramsay: kindness in the face of tragedy Betsey Ramsay’s grave lies near the long-deserted settlement of Sandy Bar in the RM of Bifrost

By Ed Ledohowski Municipal Heritage Consultant, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch

T

imeworn and solitary, the marble gravestone surrounded by picket fence lies in a hayfield overlooking the Lake Winnipeg shoreline about five km. east of Riverton.

Its chiselled inscription, in a strange mixture of script and print fonts, reads: “IN Memory of BETSEY. Beloved Wife of JOHN RUMSAY. WHO DIED September 1876. Aged 35 years.”

Lone gravesites from the province’s early pioneer period are common, but many consider this particular site special. The head stone is credited as the region’s oldest; it is also the sole remnant of the long-abandoned cemetery and community of Sandy Bar. But its chief significance is its connection to John Ramsay, an aboriginal whose contribution to the survival of early Icelandic pioneers is legendary, and whose memory is revered by their descendants more than a century after his passing.

The early 1870s was a time of great change in the Canadian West. The centuries-old fur trade was collapsing, and the new Province of Manitoba (the postage-stamp province) had only just been established in the aftermath of Louis Riel’s “Red River Rebellion.”

Treaties with the aboriginal population were actively being negotiated and signed. The Dominion government had just announced the planned construction of a transcontinental railway. The Dominion survey of the Prairies was well underway and and settlers were beginning to pour into “The Last Best West” to take up prime homesteads.

In 1873, the Dominion government established New Iceland, an exclusive settlement reserve for Icelandic immigrants along the southwest shoreline of Lake Winnipeg. At the time, the lakeshore opposite the southwest tip of Big Island (thereafter called Hecla Island) and a short distance south of the Whitemud (Icelandic) River was home to a mixed aboriginal community of 50 to 60 Saulteaux and Cree.

Their settlement, known as Sandy Bar, consisted of a halfdozen or so well-built winter fishing-season cabins, and a “summer hunting-season” collection of cabins, campsites and potato gardens located a few kilometres inland on the banks of the Icelandic River.

The Sandy Bar band was largely self-reliant and even prosperous, prompting the Hudson’s Bay Company to establish a seasonal trading post nearby and for Roman Catholic missionaries from Fort Alexander, on the east

(depicts marker for John Ramsay).

shore of Lake Winnipeg, to make regular visits.

One of the Icelanders’ first contacts upon their arrival in 1875 was John Ramsay, a Sandy Bar hunter and fisherman known throughout the region for being a reliable, hardworking family man. He was devoted provider for his wife Betsey and they were the proud parents of four children.

Despite being informed by government officials that he, and the rest of his band were being displaced by the new arrivals, Ramsay took pity on the woefully unprepared settlers, offering them friendship and help.

Ramsay taught them how to construct a log cabin and make it windproof, how to make a boat leak-proof, how to hunt and fish.

When able, he even supplied the neediest with moose meat and fish. He is credited with saving as many as 75 of the settlers from starving and freezing to death during the colony’s first few difficult winters.

Smallpox

Tragically, smallpox swept through the New Iceland colony in the autumn and early winter of 1876, while most of the band still resided at nearby Sandy Bar, hitting the youngest and the oldest, especially in the aboriginal population.

Making matters worse for the aboriginal population, several panic-stricken infected members of the Sandy Bar band fled across the frozen lake to aboriginal settlements on the eastern lakeshore, spreading the infection.

Many lost half of their numbers. At least one band was completely wiped out by the disease.

Others were spared only by refusing to accept any refugees,

First Nations communities along the western shores of the big lake were displaced when the government reserved the land for New Iceland.

regardless of how much they pleaded for assistance.

During the winter of 187677, Dr. James Lynch, one of two doctors sent by the Dominion Government to try to bring the epidemic under control, hired John Ramsay and his dog team to transport him, along with food and medical supplies, to the affected communities on both sides of the lake.

After what must have been a very disturbing journey accompanying Dr. Lynch, Ramsay returned home to Sandy Bar to find that the dreaded smallpox had claimed his wife Betsey, three of his four children and most of the members of his band. His beautiful eight-year-old daughter Mary was left horribly and per-

manently scarred by the disease.

Ramsay buried his wife and children in the Sandy Bar cemetery near the lakeshore just south of the town site, where many other aboriginal and Icelandic victims were similarly laid to rest.

The epidemic claimed 105 Icelanders and untold hundreds of aboriginal victims by the time it ran its course in August 1877 and the government lifted the 10-month-long Lake Winnipeg settlements’ quarantine.

Ramsay continued to live in the Sandy Bar area for several years afterwards regularly visiting and tending to his wife and children’s graves. He continued to assist the settlers, becoming a close and trusted friend to many. During that period, he

took a toboggan loaded with his best furs to Lower Fort Garry, near present-day Selkirk, and purchased a marble gravestone for his beloved Betsey. Unable to read or write, he was unaware that the stonemason had misspelled the name Ramsay as “Rumsay” — but it mattered little. The headstone made for Betsey Ramsay is said to have been the first stone grave marker erected in the entire New Iceland region. All others to that point had been wooden crosses or inscribed wooden planks.

Ramsay then erected a picket fence to protect the grave site and soon afterwards he and Mary left the Sandy Bar area for good.

They are said to have lived for a time on Matheson Island, and then on a point of land on the west side of Washow Bay, now officially known as Ramsay’s Point.

By the turn of the 19th century the Sandy Bar townsite and the nearby cemetery had been largely abandoned by both Icelanders and aboriginals. The site soon returned to nature, save for Betsey Ramsay’s now overturned marble headstone and a rotting picket fence.

However, the Icelandic community did not forget the debt owed to John Ramsay.

As local legend has it, years later, newly arrived Icelandic settler Trausti Vigfusson began having dreams of the spirit of John Ramsay beseeching him to right Betsey’s overturned headstone and replace the picket fence.

He had never met the man, but he knew of his legendary status among earlier settlers. Despite being so poor he could barely provide for his family, Vigfusson completed the first restoration of Betsey Ramsay’s grave in 1917.

As a result of often outstanding personal initiatives, Betsey’s Ramsay’s gravesite has been repeatedly restored over the 135 or so years since John Ramsay last tended the site.

In 1989, the Rural Municipality of Bifrost designated it a heritage site under The Heritage Resources Act. During a 1998 restoration, a second stone was placed at the site with the inscription, “In Honor of John Ramsay and His Legacy of Kindness and Love.

July 1998.”

Trausti Vigfusson’s original log cabin was relocated to the Arborg Multicultural Heritage Village and been restored.

More information on Betsey Ra m s a y ’s g ra ve a n d Jo h n Ramsay is available at: http://skemman.is/stream/ get/1946/6365/ h t t p : / / s e r v e f i r . r u v. i s / vesturfarar/e/SamIndianar.html http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/ hrb/mun/m028.html

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RecipeSwap

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

COUNTRY FARE Former tea room owner now has guests help with the baking

Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

T

ea rooms are local gems in rural Mantioba, but what happens when the business isn’t the proprietor’s cup of tea anymore? Sometimes it’s sold, or just shut down — always sorely missed.

Connie Gauthier loved running Thistle Lane Gift Shop and Cafe on her rural property near Grunthal, but after a dozen years making homemade soups, breads and cheese cakes, the work to keep it up became a bit much.

That’s when she decided to find another use for the rustic farmhouse in which she had housed the tea room.

You could say she runs a ‘B and B and B’ now.

She’s now the host of what’s now called Thistle Lane Guesthouse and Bed and Breakfast, and the extra ‘B’ stands for the baking classes she’s offering.

‘Baking 101’ is actually a weekend getaway package at the retreat that occupies the same property on which she and her family live. As part of a two-night stay in the pretty guest house, with all meals cooked by Connie, visitors take part in four sessions alongside Connie in her vintage kitchen learning how to make caramel pecan cinnamon buns, a whole wheat pizza, a quiche and one of her specialty cheese cakes.

There are complimentary aprons and recipes to take home afterward.

The baking instruction in the relaxed farmhouse setting is geared towards giving home bakers more confidence and proficiency, Connie told a tour group visiting Thistle Lane earlier this spring. If there was any question about her own skills she laid it to rest by greeting us with a table laden with treats, including her speciality cheesecakes.

She also gave us a peek through her cozy guest house, a house dating back to the 1920s that was once a general store in Tolstoi, Man. Connie bought it and had it hauled back to her property when the tea room business was still brewing in her mind several years ago. The attached hip roof barn is new. Thistle Lane was included in a day-long tour of small business ventures in eastern Manitoba I joined in early May. Each offers some sort of culinary experience to the vacation packages they offer.

Others were Moon Gate Bed and Breakfast near Elma (featured on these pages a couple of weeks ago), plus the lovely Calder House Bed and Breakfast at Steinbach. Its owners, Carole Tetreault and Grant Milliner, have partnered with Kim Shukla, owner of nearby Stonelane Orchard, which produces gourmet vegetables and fruits. Calder House guests first choose from Stoneland Orchard’s produce, then join in a kitchen party environment to prepare tasty meals alongside their hosts.

Calder House also has an oil and vinegar tasting room featuring 100 per cent extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegars and specialty oils from around the world.

Common between the three businesses is that each offers visitors something beyond just accommodations — a chance not only to eat good food but to prepare it and learn something about how that good food gets to the table.

These businesses are also part of Foodie Adventures network supported through Eastman Tourism and Mantioba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives. The network is looking for other venues offering a ‘country fare experience’ to join in.

If you’d like to know more about Foodie Adventures please contact MAFRI rural leadership specialist Joy Lorette at the Steinbach GO office at (204)392-7268.

To learn more about Thistle Lane log on to www.thistlelane.com. To learn more about Calder House Bed and Breakfast log on to: calderhealinghouse.com Connie knows people love a good recipe as much as they enjoy good food. She published Thistle Lane Recipes this spring, a collection of best-loved recipes from her tea room days, and many still served at the guesthouse. Alas, Connie tells me she is now sold out of books, but she did supply me with three recipes.

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake

It won’t be long before fresh raspberries are in season and what an absolutely decadent way to enjoy them this will be.

Did I mention that Connie can make a cheese cake in 10 minutes! She whipped one up while chatting with her food tour visitors in May.

Crust: 1 c. Oreo crumbs 1/4 c. butter

Combine crust. Press into 9-inch spring form pan. Bake at 350 F for 10 minutes.

Filling: 3-8oz pkg. cream cheese softened 1 c. white chocolate (chopped and melted) 1c. sugar 1tbsp. vanilla 1 c. sour cream 1/3 c. raspberry sauce* 4 eggs *Raspberry sauce: ingredients/directions.

Blend cream cheese and sugar until well blended. Add sour cream, eggs one at a time and melted white chocolate and vanilla. Pour 1/3 batter over crust and drizzle raspberry sauce. Layer top with remaining 2/3 batter. Bake at 350 F for 60 minutes or until centre is set. Cool, overnight. Garnish with remaining raspberry sauce and raspberrries. *For the sauce use a raspberry jam, diluted if it’s too thick, or pureé some fresh raspberries.

Crust: 1-1/2 c. Oreo crumbs 1/4 c. sugar 1/3 c. butter, melted

Mix together crumbs, sugar and butter.

Press firmly in 9-inch spring form pan.

Bake at 350 F for 10 minutes.

Filling: 3 pkg. cream cheese, softened 1 c. sour cream 1 c. sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 3 eggs

Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Pour over crust.

Cookie Dough: 1/4 c. butter, softened 1 tsp. vanilla 1/4 c. sugar 1/2 c. flour 1/4 c. brown sugar 1-1/2 c. mini chocolate chips.

1 tbsp. water Whipped cream for topping

In another bowl combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, water, vanilla and flour. Add 1 cup chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoons over filling, gently pushing dough below surface. Bake one hour. Or until centre is set. Cool. Top with remaining chocolate chips and whip cream.

Rhubarb Muffins Another popular recipe from Thistle Lane.

1-1/2 c. sugar ( brown or white) 3 c. flour 2/3 c. oil 1 tsp. salt 1 egg 3/4 tsp. baking soda 1 c. buttermilk 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. vanilla 2 c. rhubarb

Mix first five ingredients together. In separate bowl stir flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and rhurbarb. Mix liquid into dry just until moistened. Bake at 350 F for 20 minutes.

RECIPE SWAP

Connie Gauthier, owner of Thistle Lane Guest House Bed and Breakfast demonstrates the preparation of a cheese cake to visitors having a taste of her ‘Baking 101’ visitor experience.

PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

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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I

will grant you,” John Peters was saying as Andrew Jackson sat down in his usual chair at the usual table in the usual café, “it is an unusual name for a cat. But then, it is in many ways an unusual cat.”

Andrew took a perplexed look around and made as if to get up. “I think I may have wandered into the wrong café by accident,” he said.

“What makes you say that?” asked Grant Toews, who was sitting in his usual chair by the window.

“Because I could have sworn that just now, when I sat down,” said Andrew, “there was a conversation in progress about a cat.”

“Ah yes,” said Grant. “I can see how that might throw you. But this is not just any ordinary feline we are talking about. This is Charles Adler, mouser extraordinaire.”

Andrew looked even more perplexed. “What the heck does Charles Adler have to do with it?”

“Let me explain,” said John. “Shortly after my wife brought home this puss, of which we speak, I was surprised one day to open the Winnipeg Sun and see what appeared to be a picture of the self-same cat glaring at me from the corner of the page. On closer inspection it turned out that the face in the picture was actually that of Charles Adler and not our cat at all, but the resemblance was so uncanny that we felt compelled to rename the cat Charles Adler.”

“I’m always surprised when I open the Winnipeg Sun,” said Andrew, “so your explanation makes total sense to me.” He paused. “You say this cat is a great mouser?”

“Indeed,” said John. “In fact, as I continued to read the paper that day I became so disgruntled that I eventually folded it up and threw it across the room, inadvertently hitting the cat. When the dust settled and the cat emerged from underneath the sports section, I swear it had caught a mouse under there.”

There was a brief silence.

“I can’t think of anything I would rather do with the Winnipeg Sun than fling it at Charles Adler,” said Grant.

“I have to admit,” said John, “it was immensely gratifying. Although my wife was a little put out,

The

Jacksons

BY ROLLIN PENNER

as was the cat, until I explained that it was an accident and I reminded them that although I recklessly fling newspapers about on a daily basis, it was the first time I had ever hit anything other than the occasional potted plant.”

“Everyone needs a hobby,” said Andrew.

“Exactly,” said John.

“It seems to me,” said Grant, “that with a little bit of thought, you might be able to come up with a hobby more useful than tossing newspapers around the house.”

John looked doubtful. “Like what?” he said.

Grant shrugged. “Harry Gulbrandson flies remote-control helicopters, just for instance,” he said.

“How is flying remote control helicopters more useful than throwing things at Charles Adler?” said John.

“That’s exactly what I would have thought,” said Grant, “but I drove by Harry’s place last week and I saw the strangest thing. Harry was standing in the middle of the pasture with what appeared to be a Nintendo controller in his hand and he was pointing it at his herd of Herefords and at first I could have sworn he was moving those cows around with that controller, but then I happened to look up higher and I saw that he was just using a remote control helicopter to herd his cows to the summer pasture.”

There was another silence.

“I have to admit,” said Andrew, “that seems like a much better way of herding cattle than throwing newspapers at them.”

“Harold says his wife was skeptical at first, when he brought the helicopter home, and even more skeptical after he crashed it through the living room window,” said Grant, “but now she sees the value of it. And how much better it is, just for instance, than a border collie.”

“Really?” said John. “Better than a border collie?”

“Indeed,” said Grant. “Apparently, when you’re not using it, a helicopter just sits there.

Doesn’t beg for table scraps. Doesn’t howl at the moon when you and your spouse are trying to get romantic. Doesn’t roam around the countryside all night looking for other helicopters with which to consort. Not if you take the batteries out anyway.”

“I want one,” said Andrew. “I want a remotecontrol helicopter that’s fitted with a death ray for zapping coyotes. I wonder where I could find one like that.”

“That’s easy,” said Grant. “Any self-respecting pawnshop south of the border will have a supply of those.”

“Time to take a little trip,” said Andrew raising his mug. “North Dakota, here we come.”

Have you met Rosy O’Grady?

This vigorous clematis will put on quite a display

By Albert Parsons FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR

I

n early summer and sporadically thereafter until summer’s end, my old friend Rosy O’Grady puts on a wondrous display of bloom in my landscape. Rosy O’Grady is one of several clematis macro petala that I have growing on a trellis around my garden shed.

This trellis and resulting display of clematis is the result to my question, “What do I do now that my garden shed is full and I still have all this stuff to store?”

The answer was to erect a trellis beside the shed that would allow for additional storage that would be hidden from view by perennial vines.

The macropetala clematis are perfectly designed for such a purpose because they are the type of clematis that does not die back to the ground each winter. In fact, these clematis bloom on old wood so cutting them back would result in no blooms being produced. Other than pruning them back as needed to keep them in bounds just after they have finished their first big flush of bloom in

June and July, they require no pruning. The vines are multistemmed and twining so they do require a sturdy trellis or arbour to support their substantial growth.

Rosy O’Grady is a lady with history! She was developed by the well-known Manitoba horticulturalist, Frank Skinner, in 1964 so she has been around for a long time. I am always astonished at how many gardeners are still unaware of how much beauty these hardy clematis can add to the landscape. Rosy’s nodding bellshaped flowers are composed of bright-mauve outer petals that soften in colour toward the centre to become almost white.

The blooms are produced in abundance.

Like all macropetala clematis, Rosy O’Grady is a vigorous vine that easily covers a three-metre-high arbour. She does tend to be a bit leggy at the bottom with little foliage at the base. This can be remedied by planting something, such as peonies, in front of the vine.

Occasionally, for some reason, the vines will not thoroughly drop all their leaves in the fall

and they are still on the vines in the spring. Although somewhat unsightly, the old leaves soon get covered by the current year’s foliage — or are removed by strong spring winds.

Although Rosy will have her most prolific bloom in early summer, she does continue to produce sporadic bloom throughout the growing season. Her attractive seed heads become an increasingly important feature of the vine as summer progresses. The seed heads have long, silvery threads that are most attractive.

Clematis macropetala are carefree plants to grow. They do best in sun — bloom will be sparse if they are grown in the shade. They grow in any ordinary soil and seem to thrive during dry periods without being watered. They do not like constantly wet conditions so they need to be planted in a well-drained location.

There are other varieties of macropetala clematis including several blue ones, some wine ones and several yellow varieties. My favourite, however, remains my old friend Rosy O’Grady, who came to my

Rosy O’Grady produces an abundance of blooms.

garden over a dozen years ago — the gift of a friend. Hardy clematis are propagated by softwood cuttings and occasionally they self-seed, so I was fortunate enough to get one of

PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

my friend’s seedlings. Rosy and I have been steadfast friends ever since.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Removing labels?

Smelly shoes? Paint on cushions?

Reena has all the answers and more Rena Nerbas Household Solutions Dear Reena,

I often use glass jars for storage but find that I have difficulty cleaning the outside. The paper leaves a sticky residue that I don’t know how to get rid of. Can you help?

– Thanks, Monica

Sure thing Monica!

Next time you need to get rid of a label, begin by soaking the jars in hot, soapy water. Leave overnight. In the morning gently score the paper with a serrated knife and then peel the paper off. If you have a really sticky label that isn’t water soluble, heat the label with a hair dryer on a hot setting. The heat loosens the glue and makes the label easier to peel.

As for the sticky residue that you are experiencing, cover the label seams with peanut butter. The oil from the peanut butter counteracts the glue. Scrub with steel wool. All the best!

Hi Reena,

I’ve just ordered your two books and while I am waiting for them to arrive I

have a question. My new sandals (only worn three times) have stinky footbeds and I usually don’t have stinky feet.

How can I get the smell out and prevent future smells from developing? Thank you so much for saving my new sandals!

– Sincerely, Bonnie

Bonnie,

There are certain types of sandals that smell due to the dyes, finish and fibre structure. What I mean by that is, if the sandals are made with non-breathable textiles, the moisture from your feet has nowhere to go and remains trapped under the sole of your foot causing your sandals to smell. If you can, return the shoes and explain the problem.

If not, when you remove your sandals, coat the insides thoroughly with baking soda, seal them in a plastic bag and put them in the freezer until morning. The cold will kill the bacteria, and the baking soda absorbs odour. When you pull them out, set them in a well-ventilated area for a while to dissipate any remaining excess moisture.

If you don’t have room in your freezer, pour or spray just enough rubbing alcohol into your sandals to coat the insides and then place them on their sides in a wellventilated area. Rubbing alcohol kills bacteria and quickly evaporates. Afterwards,

coat the insides with a little baking soda to soak up any remaining odour or moisture.

Fabulous tips of the week

My plan is to go out and purchase your book this week, but in the meantime, I have an urgent problem (well not physically). I have oil paint on the seat cushions that we just purchased for our boat. The paint has not yet settled. Any suggestions?

– Terri

I often have to clean the bottom of my iron due to the amount of projects that I sew. My method is to heat up the iron. Next UNPLUG the iron and place enough vinegar in the kitchen sink to cover the bottom of the iron; soak for a few minutes. Most grime wipes off easily with a cloth. Do this on a regular basis and the iron won’t ever be hard to keep clean.

– Gail

Terri,

Preparing ribs for perfection

Hi Reena,

Your best bet is to combine 50/50 household ammonia with turpentine. Scrub the area with a stiff brush.

Option 2: Soak the area with paint thinner, scrub with stiff brush. The drawback to both options is the smell. Once the paint is gone, wash with waterless hand cleaner (no pumice) or dish soap and water and air out.

Super feedback from reader

You didn’t really answer the writer’s question regarding lump-free gravy. I have a tip that I’ve used for many years for foolproof gravy. Put flour and broth in a jar and shake it well. You will never have a lump again and the broth adds great flavour.

– Doreen

• Option 1: Spray ribs with a mixture of half apple juice and half whiskey.

Put on a thick coat of your favourite rub. Spray them again with the mixture to keep the rub on. Grill as normal.

• Option 2: Cover the ribs with regular prepared mustard. Next, apply a thick layer of your favourite rub.

The mustard keeps the rub from f a l l i n g o f f a n d p r o d u c e s g re a t flavour.

I enjoy your questions and tips, keep them coming! Missed a column? Can’t remember a solution? Need a speaker for an upcoming event? Interested in grocery coupons? Check out my brand new blog/website: reena.ca.

Don’t forget your spices Containers will only retain freshness for a limited time

By Julie Garden-Robinson NDSU Extension Service

A

fter attending a conference with a session about spices, I was inspired to do an inventory of the spices in my kitchen cabinet. I needed to find recipes to enjoy the underutilized bottles.

As I arranged the spices, I recalled a question I received while doing a talk several years ago.

The person asked, “How long are the spices in my cupboard good to use? I have a bunch I received for a wedding gift.”

I kind of knew she was teasing me by the grin on her face.

“How long have you been married?” I asked.

“It’s been 40 years now,” she replied. Everyone burst out laughing.

If you have old metal spice containers, you may have collectibles that may be worth some money. However, their contents won’t add a lot of flavour for your menu creations.

Sometimes spices and other ingredients get lost in our cupboards. We might not know exactly what to do with the thyme or cumin we bought for a specific recipe. Maybe the

recipe you tried wasn’t that tasty. When we discover the spices again, they might not be at their best any longer.

You can add extra spice to offset the flavour loss.

Howe ve r, s o m e t i m e s t h e amount you need to achieve the same flavour can affect the colour and quality of your dish.

According to a leading spice manufacturer, unopened containers of ground spices maintain their freshness for three years. After opening the container, they remain fresh and flavourful for up to one year.

Unopened containers of whole spices, such as cloves, remain fresh and flavourful for four years. After opening the container, whole spices are flavourful for up to one year.

Don’t worry about vanilla extract, though. It has an infinite shelf life.

If you didn’t label your spices with the date you bought them or opened them, what are some other clues?

You can “sniff” them or taste them. You can check their colour. If the colour has faded, that might mean the flavour has faded, too.

Where do you store your spices? If your spices are stored very close to your dishwasher or oven, you may be reducing their shelf life.

Keep them in a cool, dry spot in your cupboard. Heat and moisture decrease the potency of spices.

Don’t freeze them because that can introduce moisture into the containers. Be

sure your measuring spoons are dry when you measure spices into a recipe. Prevent spices from becoming damp and clumping by not opening them over a steaming pan of food.

Many spices are high in natural antioxidants and may have health-promoting effects.

For example, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon has the antioxidant capacity of 1/2 cup of blueberries. Antioxidants act as potential cancer fighters in our bodies. Spices add flavour and aroma without adding many calories. In addition, most spices contain little, if any, sodium. If you are monitoring your sodium intake, be sure to check the Nutrition Facts labels because some spice mixtures contain added

salt. For instance, lemon pepper may contain more than pepper.

Consider doing an inventory of your spices. I had “spice cabinet chaos” until my kids helped me align them in alphabetical order a few months ago. That system is working pretty well.

To enjoy spices at their best, be sure to label them with the date of purchase and opening. Buy smaller containers of spices unless you plan to use a larger amount within the best storage time.

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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We are now entering hail season South-central Manitoba is relatively prone to visits from the great white combine Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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ometimes it’s tough to come up with a topic to write about, especially when the weather is being quiet. For this issue I have the opposite problem, but it’s making it just as tough to come up with a topic.

Us u a l l y I d o n’t d i s c u s s extreme weather events in detail, as by the time you read it the details have usually already been exhausted in other media. So I’m not going t o t a l k d i re c t l y a b o u t t h e flooding in Alberta or southwestern Manitoba. So there goes one idea.

By the time you read this, Ju l y h a s a l r e a d y s t a r t e d , so you may be expecting a “month in review ” article, along with the look ahead to the long-range forecast for July and August. This time the long weekend played against me, as my deadline is before the long weekend, so that article will have to wait. Next idea, please!

Most of the weather-related problems we’ve seen across t h e Pra i r i e s ov e r t h e l a s t

RECENT PRAIRIE HAILSTORMS AND THEIR DAMAGE (IN $ MILLIONS) Province

Date

Year

Alberta

July 24/25

1996

75

Alberta

July 16-18

1996

103

Manitoba

July 16

1996

105

Alberta

July 13-15

1995

52

Alberta

July 10

1995

26

Alberta

July 4

1995

15

Manitoba

Aug. 27

1994

7

Alberta

June 18

1994

8

Alberta

July 29/30

1993

8

Alberta

Sept. 1

1992

7

Alberta

Aug. 28

1992

5

Alberta

July 31

1992

22

Alberta

Sept. 7

1991

343

Alberta

July 9

1990

16

Alberta

Aug. 16

1988

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month have been related to upper lows. Problem is, I discussed upper lows a couple of issues ago. Hmm… what to write about now?

Personally, my philosophy when writing has always been on the education and understanding side of the weather story. acts and figures are great, but I want people to understand why they experienced the weather they did.

Since we are just entering the

It’s the bumper crop nobody wants — mosquito populations set to soar Don’t forget mosquito basics, cover-up and reduce standing water

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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hey’re back.

Two dry summers kept mosquito numbers low, but the pests — or rather their eggs — have been biding their time and waiting for the return of warm, wet weather.

“The eggs of these nuisance mosquitos overwinter and even go through drought periods on the soil surface and can stay there for years,” said University of Manitoba entomologist Terry Galloway.

“So it’s not impossible that some of the mosquitos we have flying around right now are from eggs laid two or even three years ago. These mosquitos are just like traders, they hedge their bets.”

Conditions this summer have been excellent for floodwater mosquitoes, a species that can hatch within 24 hours of a rainfall.

Manitoba has about 50 species of mosquitoes, but most only have one generation per year,

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unlike the more prolific floodwater species. These annual procreators tend to hatch with the spring melt, Galloway said.

Wet conditions are also good for culex tarsalis mosquitos, which lay their eggs in standing pools of water.

“The thing to do with the culex tarsalis mosquitoes, because they are vectors for pathogens and viruses, is to listen and pay attention to the information Manitoba Health provides to the public,” Galloway said.

The province’s first West Nile Virus update, issued June 21, said the risk of exposure to the virus was low but expected to increase.

It reminded people to dump standing water; wear repellent and light coloured, loose clothing; and keep screens in good repair.

Unlike floodwater mosquitoes and those that hatch in the spring, culex tarsalis somehow overwinter. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

peak summer weather season, I figured I would continue with my look at severe summer weather and this time my topic is one of the most dreaded phenomena: hail.

When you discuss severe summer weather there seems to be some kind of love/hate relationship between heavy rain, lightning and tor nadoes, but when it comes to hail, that relationship is pure hate. Unless the hail occurs

in March or early April, I don’t think there is one farmer or gardener who thinks hail is cool. I used to be one of those who loved hail — that is, until I owned my own car and house and had a vegetable garden.

Ju s t h ow o f t e n c a n y o u expect to see hail across the Prairies? Over most of the Prairies it would be one to three times a year. There are hot spots that can see upward of five days per year, in southcentral Alberta, extreme southern Saskatchewan and south-central Manitoba. By far the most active area is in south-central Alberta — and in particular, Calgary. Looking at the most expensive hail storms across Canada the vast majorities have occurred in Alberta, with a few bad ones in Manitoba. The attached table gives us a list of the most destructive hail storms based on insured damage. An interesting thing to note is the dates of these top hail-damaging storms.

Unfortunately, I could not find a more recent list of hailstorms, as I know Alberta and in par ticular, Calgar y, has seen hailstorms as big if not bigger. While it wasn’t a comprehensive search, I did take a quick look and found refer-

ences to hailstorms with more than $300 million to $400 million in damage in Calgary on July 12, 2010 and Aug. 12-13, 2012, with other mentions of notable hailstorms occurring on July 6, 2006, July 31, 2012, and Aug. 7, 2012. In Alberta alone, hail damage estimates in 2012 totaled $530 million!

The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the frequency, severity and cost of extreme weather in Canada are increasing. Annual payouts from flooding, fire, hail and windstorms increased from $100 million about 10 years ago to $1 billion between 2009 and 2012 (source: CBC, May 29).

The big question: why does Alberta, in particular, and then southern Manitoba, see so many bad or damaging hail storms compared to the rest of the country? Well, for Alberta it has to do with topography, or the lay of the land, whereas in Manitoba it has more to do with its closer proximity to Gulf moisture that can help fuel really big storms.

Unfortunately, I’m running out of room for this week’s article, but will definitely continue with this in July. Until then, let’s hope the first part of the summer is warm and, for most of us, relatively dry.

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

14 Day Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) June 13, 2013 to June 26, 2013

0 mm 0 - 5 mm 5 - 10 mm 10 - 15 mm 15 - 20 mm 20 - 25 mm 25 - 30 mm 30 - 40 mm 40 - 50 mm 50 - 60 mm 60 - 70 mm 70 - 80 mm 80 - 90 mm 90 - 100 mm 100 - 125 mm 125 - 150 mm 150 - 200 mm > 200 mm Extent of Agricultural Land Lakes and Rivers

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

Copyright © 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: 06/27/13 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the 14 days ending June 26 — the time frame in which most of the recent heavy rainfall occurred. Looking at the map you can really get a good feel for just how much rain fell and where. You can see the 100-200 millimetres of rain that fell from Calgary westward in Alberta, another area of heavy rain around Prince Albert, Sask., and a large pocket of heavy rain over western Manitoba.

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CROPS

In this third letter from Northern Blossom Farms, Gary Martens discusses ways to keep trees on the landscape.

By Gary Martens

Rather than removing the trees I believe we should rethink the shelterbelt. Silviculture is the practice of managing a forest for a specific purpose. Managed trees in a farming system is called ‘alley farming.’

In these systems, the trees have many more benefits than just wind erosion control — benefits such as lumber, biomass for energy, fruit, nuts and habitat for beneficial insects. Joanne Thiessen Martens introduced me to a research paper “Pollinators provide economic incentive to preserve natural land in agroecosystems” by Morandin and Winston, which showed that up to 30 per cent of the land could be in pollinator habitat without reducing the total yield of a field of canola because of the enhanced seed set provided by the native pollinators.

We need to figure out how to reduce the trouble shelterbelts cause and how to increase the benefits they provide. If the main trouble caused by shelterbelts is delayed seeding because of snow or wetness near the trees, thinning out the trees and using the biomass for energy could be a solution.

I was introduced to the beneficial possibilities of trees in a farming system by Mark Shepard at the MOSES conference in Wisconsin this spring and by Jaqueline Novakowiski, a

Apple trees alternating with green ash in a field of peas and canola.

PHOTO: GARY MARTENS

visiting student at the University of Manitoba from Brazil where silviculture is much more common than here.

Mark Shepard took a quarter section of land in southwestern Wisconsin and planted it into a productive forest, allowing for the integration of crops and livestock within the forest. Mark Shepard says we are in an oak savanna biome and can emulate the natural landscape but make it productive according to our desires.

Edible forest

The edible forest contains acorns from oak trees as a carbohydrate source both for human consumption and for the pigs. Mixed with the oaks there are apple trees (Boughen Nurseries in Valley River near Dauphin have 20 different apple cultivars to choose from). There are also saskatoons, chokecherries and hazelnuts (a source of vegetable oil and protein called filberts), raspberries, gooseberries, strawberries and more. All of these will be mixed in rows with fields in between. Mark Shepard is involved in developing disease resistant and productive hazelnut trees. Even in Manitoba we have a hybrid hazelnut cultivar called Skinner.

Based on the information I have been introduced to over this last winter, I set about to begin a productive forest on my “nano” farm in Kleefeld. I was fortunate enough to get the last delivery of green ash and silverleaf willow from PFRA, now called AESB. There are many more trees to plant, but this is a start.

Dreaming is much more than half of the fun

We need to figure out how to reduce the trouble shelterbelts cause and how to increase the benefits they provide.

GARY MARTENS

of this project. Doing the actual work will be difficult and the results will be impossibly slow, but a long journey starts with the first step — the summer of 2013.

As Wes Jackson says, “If the problem you are working on can be solved in your lifetime, you are not thinking big enough.”

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Don’t remove, rethink

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n my first letter I advocated integrating livestock and crops for the synergistic benefits of both components to the farming system.

In the next letter, I discussed my crop rotation which includes perennials but is still based mainly on annual crops.

In this letter, I want to propose the integration of trees as a beneficial third component along with livestock and crops in the farming system.

Shelterbelts are common features of the prairie landscape especially in highly wind erodible soil areas. These shelterbelts are now being removed in a number of areas because they cause more trouble than the benefits they bring.

Their primary benefit was to reduce soil erosion. Our seeders are now able to handle more crop residue so some farmers have adopted zero till while many others have reduced their tillage meaning that the soils are less prone to wind erosion, reducing the need for shelterbelts. I noticed this spring that shelterbelts prevented farmers from early seeding because of the accumulated snow in the tree rows.

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Manitobans helping North Korean farmers Manitobans with expertise in zero till and soil health are helping farmers increase productivity in the isolated nation

Farmers want say as Canadian Grain Commission fees soar Canadian Federation of Agriculture says farmers should have a voice in running the agency as they will be paying for 90 per cent of its budget

By Alex Binkley CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR / OTTAWA

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Martin Entz leads a soil workshop in North Korea.

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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hen it comes to North Korea, agriculture may not be the first thing that pops into people’s minds. But for the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) it’s been front and centre for the last five years.

The Winnipeg-based organization has been providing farmers in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with assistance with soil conservation and low-input systems as part of their ongoing work with conservation agriculture.

“Their climate is similar to ours... it’s a temperate climate, it’s not tropical, they get snow and real winters, and Canada is known for its level of expertise in minimum tillage, or conservation agriculture techniques, so it was a good fit,” said Dan Wiens, food security and livelihoods co-ordinator for the MCC. The organization, which first offered assistance to the country during a famine in the 1990s as part of its work with the Canada Foodgrains Bank, was contacted by North Korean officials.

“They contacted MCC and said they’d be interested in working with us on some sort of agricultural project, so we said sure, ‘We’re interested,’” Wiens said.

In addition to staff in MCC’s Beijing office, experts from Manitoba have travelled to the country, including University of Manitoba professor, Martin Entz, who volunteers his time.

“One of the things that’s been so much fun has been talking to farmers and running field schools where we talk about what happens when the carbon goes into the soil and why it’s important to enrich the soil with carbon,” said Entz.

PHOTO: SUBMITTED

“When I go into the field with a North Korean farmer and we’re kicking the soil, trying to figure out how to overcome this or that constraint, or weather a dry period, or a wet period, it’s exactly like talking to a farmer in Manitoba.”

MARTIN ENTZ

Intensive fertilizer use, removal of plant matter, and tillage has reduced carbon, and therefore productivity, in many fields, he said.

In addition to helping to reduce tillage, Entz is encouraging farmers to expand their use of green manure cover crops.

“It’s important to understand the context of farms in that country, they are quite large, and they are communal state farms, about 2,000 acres in size, so they’re not small,” said Entz, adding that despite their size, farm mechanization is not common.

Most farms in the country are diversified operations, although one of the three farms the MCC program works with focuses primarily on rice production, he said.

Wheat, corn, soybeans, cabbage, and potatoes are also important crops in the country.

In addition to limited arable land, long-standing trade embargoes against the communist country make the importation of agricultural

inputs difficult, if not impossible.

But it also makes the country fertile ground for natural cropping systems, such as zero tillage, green manures and cover crops, said Entz. “ T h a t’s b e e n h e l p f u l , because the thinking around agriculture has been all about industrializing it, using inputs, and like many places in the world, they probably need to emphasize the biology of the system a bit more,” said Entz.

During field workshops, training is also provided on how to gauge organic matter in soil, how to determine if soil is becoming less compacted, and using biological indicators, such as earthworm populations, to assess soil health.

Agronomists from North Korea have also visited Manitoba to learn more about conservation techniques used here.

But the Canadians also have learned from the North Koreans, said Entz, who has made three visits to the country.

“One of the most interesting things they’re doing, is how they are very vigorously composting all of the organic material that comes out of the cities and using that as fertilizer,” he said.

Although tensions have been rising on the Korean peninsula, Wiens said the program will continue as normal.

“The farmers are still there on the ground growing food and in need of technical support,” he said.

“We’re supporting farmers to feed more people and have fewer people go hungry.”

Once you’re out in the field discussing a production issue, the cultural divide disappears, added Entz.

“It’s exactly like talking to a farmer in Manitoba,” he said. “A farmer is a farmer is a farmer.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

he federal government has sharply increased inspection fees charged by the Canadian Grain Commission, but is ignoring calls to give farmers a say in the operation of the service they’re paying for, say national farm organizations.

A 5,000-acre farm growing crops for export will, on average, see inspection fees jump by 50 per cent to $12,000 in the next crop year, said Ron Bonnett, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture.

While grain exports generate thousands of jobs in transportation, ports and other services that benefit the entire economy, the government is dumping all the cost increase on to producers, he charged.

Bonnett and others argue Ottawa should cover 20 per c e n t o f t h e c o m m i s s i o n’s budget, double what it plans to pay. If not, farmers should have a say in how the agency is operated.

“We don’t see how we will get any real improvement in service for all the extra cost for farmers,” said Bonnett. “We

want to explore the possibility of cost savings through the use of new technology. We want to see some emphasis on that.”

Calls for changes to the commission “have fallen on deaf ears,” said Richard Phillips, executive director of the Grain Growers of Canada. “ What we want to know is why we should be paying 90 per cent of the cost for the commission when it isn’t accountable to farmers,” he said.

At least one of the agency’s commissioners should be chosen from a slate of candidates nominated by farm groups, he said.

“That person would at least have to answer to us,” said Phillips. “We don’t want it run by political appointees. That way we have no control and no say.”

Elwin Hermanson, the current chief commissioner, is a former Reform MP. Ottawa, which currently pays about half of the commission’s budget, has eliminated some of its functions such as inward inspection and weighing services. This and other changes will save $60 million in commission costs, it says.

U.S. farmers plant after insurance deadline Coverage drops one per cent per day

By Mark Weinraub CHICAGO / REUTERS

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armers in northern areas of the U.S. Midwest planted corn later than ever this year, betting on good summer weather and forgoing government-sponsored insurance designed to cover losses when wet weather prevents them from planting.

Insurance coverage for crop failure drops by one percentage point for every day the crop is seeded past a government-mandated deadline, so farmers who plant late expose themselves to potential financial losses.

“We decided to put it in and take our chances,” said Bob Hemesath, a farmer in Decorah, Iowa who planted 2,100 acres of corn this year, finishing on June 13, more than a week after the deadline. “It is all going to depend on the summer weather and what the frost date is.”

Prevent-plant insurance is designed to compensate farmers when weather keeps them from getting their crops into the ground in a timely manner, typically by the end of May. This year, farmers were expected to take out prevent-plant insurance on 2.8 million acres of land they had planned to seed with corn, according to a survey by Roach Ag Marketing, a commodity brokerage firm. The surge, in response to weatherrelated planting delays, is about double the average of the last five years. Farmers collected prevent-plant insurance on three million acres in 2011, the largest of the last five years.

Farmers were planning to plant at least 964,000 acres of corn beyond the insurance deadline, according to a Reuters calculation based on U.S. Department of Agriculture reports and a farmer survey by Roach Ag Marketing.

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Recent downturn in the price of canola disappoints market bulls The news is always bullish at the top, just as it is bearish at the bottom David Drozd Market Outlook

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ome market bulls were caught off guard when the July 2013 canola futures contract peaked at $650 in the last week of May 2013 and lost $57 per tonne over the following three-week period.

Human nature makes it is very easy for market participants to get caught up in the bullish news and the news is always bullish at the top, just as it is always bearish at the bottom.

A recent example of this was in December 2012, when the nearby futures were around $ 5 7 5 p e r t o n n e and some farmers sold a portion of their canola on the fear of prices going lower.

My February 2013 column was about canola, in which I explained, “The charts portrayed a different picture.

Based on the monthly chart, the major uptrend in the canola market was firmly intact with the harvest low of $570 proving to be a strong area of support.”

To the delight of canola producers who waited, the market did indeed turn up from $570 in December 2012 and rallied $80 per tonne by the first week of February 2013, providing an opportunity to sell canola.

Just as charting and technical analysis succeeded in cutting through the bearish news at the bottom of the canola market in December, these same tools also alerted knowledgeable traders and canola producers of the impending downturn in late May of this year in the face of all the bullish news.

Identifying areas of support and resistance are basic components to determining future price direction. This combined with being attentive to the development of reversal signals at key points of suppor t and resistance invariably provides invaluable buy and sell signals.

The $650 price level was proving to be a tough area of resistance for canola futures prices to overcome not only on the daily charts, but also on the weekly and monthly charts.

Co m b i n e t h i s i m p o r t a n t piece of information with a sell signal on May 29, 2013 re f e r re d t o a s a t w o d a y reversal and it became ever m o re e v i d e n t Ju l y f u t u re s pr ices were about to tur n down from the contract high of $650.80.

CANOLA July 2013 Chart as of June 26, 2013

Two-day reversal

On the first day, at a top, the market advances to new highs and closes very strong at or near the high of the day.

The following session, pr ices open unchanged to s l i g h t l y h i g h e r, b u t c a n not make additional upside p ro g re s s. Qu a n t i t y s e l l i n g appears early in the day to halt the advance and prices begin to erode.

By day’s end, the market drops to around the preceding day’s lows and closes at or near that level. For a twoday reversal to be valid, the second day’s settlement must be below the mid-point of the previous day’s opening and closing price.

Market psychology

T h e t w o - d a y re ve r s a l i s a snapshot of a turn in sentiment. On the first day the longs are comfortable and confident as the market closes

Identifying areas of support and resistance are basic components to determining future price direction. This combined with being attentive to the development of reversal signals at key points of support and resistance invariably provides invaluable buy and sell signals.

higher. The market’s performance provides encouragement and reinforces the expectation of additional gains.

The second day’s activity is psychologically damaging, as it is a complete turnaround from the preceding day and ser ves to shake the confidence of many who are still long the market. The immediate outlook for prices is abruptly put in question. The

Wet field conditions affect up to one-third of the canola acres

By Rod Nickel winnipeg / reuters

Canadian farmers planted less wheat, but more canola, this spring than Statistics Canada estimated earlier, the government agency said in a report on June 25 that offered few surprises.

Statscan said farmers planted 25.9 million acres of all-wheat, the most in 12 years, but less than its previous estimate on April 24 of 26.6 million acres. The trade was expecting Statscan to report 26.2 million acres, according to a Reuters poll.

Farmers seeded 19.7 million acres of canola, down eight per cent from 2012’s record high,

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

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longs respond to weakening prices by exiting the market.

Some at first sell to take a profit, while others sell to cut losses. This action is referred to as long liquidation.

As illustrated in the accompanying chart, prices held up near the contract high for a few days after the two-day reversal developed providing ample opportunity to take advantage of the sell signal.

Once prices settled below the rising line of support “A”, sell stops were quickly triggered dr iving pr ices down under the low “B” in between the two highs and sparked additional long liquidation, which is often responsible for a market selling off in light of bullish news.

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

but up from Statscan’s previous estimate of 19.1 million acres. It matched the average trade estimate. “(It’s) a giant yawn,” said Ken Ball, a commodity futures and options broker at PI Financial Corp. “The report is pretty much as expected.”

Pockets of land that were too wet to plant this spring may have trimmed farmers’ plans for sowing wheat, Ball said.

Ball estimated that nearly one-third of Canada’s canola crop is sitting in wet conditions and will require warm, dry weather to develop.

Severe flooding hit southern Alberta last week, but farmers do not yet have a clear idea of potential damage.

Statistics Canada estimated record-large soybean plantings of 4.6 million acres, more than expected, and record-large corn seedings of 3.6 million acres, a little below expectations.

For the first time Statscan estimated soybean plantings in the top grain-growing province of Saskatchewan, at 170,000 acres. Farmers planted an estimated 7.2 million acres of barley and 3.4 million acres of oats.

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Silage can be your biggest profit centre, but you need to plan ahead Silage may be more costly and labour intensive, but it can pay off in cheaper rations and forage harvest flexibility, says a farm production adviser

By Daniel Winters CO-OPERATOR STAFF / NEEPAWA

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ilage is often looked at as a rescue operation.

There’s a lot of reasons why that’s the case, said Ray Bittner, a MAFRI farm production adviser who also runs a cattle operation near Ashern and has done silage for years.

It is often the only alternative in wet years when it won’t stop raining, when a first crop of alfalfa is so full of weeds it would never dry down, or it’s greenfeed harvested in late fall. Other obvious reasons are manured fields prone to rot, heavily lodged crops lying in a wet mess, or when corn is the feed of choice.

“In those cases, silage can save the day. But silage can make your farm more profitable if you do it by design,” Bittner said in a presentation at the recent Hay and Silage Day field tour hosted by the Manitoba Forage Council.

Forage production — not stockmanship or animal husbandry skills — is the true profit centre of most ranches, and whether it is better to grow your own forages or simply buy from someone else depends on a ranch’s particular circumstances, he said.

But since making silage is extra work and costs money, it has to provide an “edge” in delivering more yield per acre via better water and fertilizer use efficiency as well as superior feed quality and reduced waste, he said.

Citing research on alfalfa done in water-scarce California, Bittner said making an early first cut of the thirsty crop often pays dividends, even in “swampy” Manitoba, because it leaves more water and allows for faster regrowth for the second cut.

“It’s hard to make dry hay in June, but it’s a whole lot easier to make silage,” he said.

Waiting longer to make a first

Forage production is the true profit centre of most ranches.

“Doing a more expensive process can reduce your costs.”

RAY BITTNER

cut may boost total volume, but most of alfalfa’s later growth is in the form of stems, not the protein-rich leaves, and the older it gets, the poorer the digestibility.

Silage can also save the day when manure is overapplied and the lush result is too rich to dry down quickly. Studies show

PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

the optimum application level is 15 tons per acre, but since many farmers just eyeball the dose, it’s easy to overdo it.

“A lot of people don’t realize it, but 15 tons is one big industrial spreader covering 16 feet wide, half a mile long,” Bittner said.

“Nobody drives that far.”

Making silage at 62 to 64 total digestible nutrients (TDN) can pay off in cheaper wintering costs for beef cattle by compensating for poorer, cheaper feed such as slough hay or straw.

For example, 40 pounds of 57 TDN hay for an old beef cow costs $1.40. On the other hand, highquality alfalfa silage with cheap “whatever” hay or straw can work just as well.

“You can get your ration cost down to $1.16 just by having that quality with the same animal performance,” he said.

For 650-pound calves gaining 2.25 pounds/day, 14 pounds of hay and eight pounds of barley cost $1.32. But 11 pounds of good alfalfa and 22 pounds of corn silage at 65 per cent moisture plus five pounds of barley cost only $1.12.

“Doing a more expensive process can reduce your costs,” said Bittner.

Getting a forage crop to ensile properly depends on sugar content, also known as water-soluble carbohydrates.

In early corn at 31 per cent sugar, the milky goo can be

Ray Bittner.

PHOTO: DANIEL WINTERS

Tim Clarke.

PHOTO: DANIEL WINTERS

seen coming out of every hole of the blower.

“That’s water-soluble carbohydrates to the max. That’s the type of stuff that makes ensiling a cakewalk,” he said.

However, late, fully mature corn drops to around eight per cent, and can be tough to ensile.

Barley at the milk stage contains 32 per cent water-soluble carbohydrates, but if it’s left to mature too long, and there’s only grain and straw, problems may arise.

That’s where the reliability of custom harvesters come in, he added.

“If they are late by two or three weeks or some ridiculous time, it’s a mess that costs you more than their bill,” said Bittner.

Run the numbers before deciding on how to store hay Covering good hay can pay, study shows

Leaving round bales outside in rows side by side or “mushroom style” results in spoilage losses of six to 10 per cent, a 1988 study by the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute found. PHOTO:©THINKSTOCK

There are many alternatives for protecting a hay harvest, from full-on storage sheds with walls and doors to tarps and dangling weights.

Leaving round bales outside in rows side by side or “mushroom style” results in spoilage losses of six to 10 per cent, a 1988 study by the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute found.

However, hay kept in a shed saw exactly zero losses, said Tim Clarke, a farm production adviser based in Ashern.

A top-notch, 80x200-foot storage shed 20 feet high with no foundation and a gravel floor would cost $228,000. If it holds 1,077 tons of medium squares and lasts 30 years,

the cost of storage is about $212 per ton in capital costs or $7 per ton per year. If it lasts 25 years, the annual cost per ton is $8.20.

At four cents per pound, you’re probably better off storing hay outside and learning to live with the seven per cent lost to weather, he said.

But if the hay is worth over six cents per pound, the shed pays for itself — if it’s always full and lasts 30 years.

At $200-per-ton hay, weathering losses amount to $14 per ton. At that price, having a hay shed makes sense.

“So, the higher the value of the hay, the easier it is to pay for the hay shed,” said Clarke.

Lower-cost alternatives such as owner-built structures made with salvaged hydro poles or treated timbers can do a good job, too, but the hay may still be subject to rain or snow infiltration and bleaching if the sides aren’t covered.

A tarp can pay for itself, he added, especially if it can be made to last a few years.

A 25x48-foot hay tarp that costs $150 plus $25 of rope and weights covering 42 tons of hay with a threefoot overhang costs $4.17 per ton.

If it lasts three years, the cost is just $1.38/ton per year. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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Electronic sow feeding first choice for productivity Both the pigs and the barn staff need training when moving to open sow-housing systems Bernie Peet Peet on Pigs

W

hen considering group sow-housing systems, electronic sow feeding (ESF) is likely the best choice for pig producers with high productivity expectations, according to Thomas Parsons at the University of Pennsylvania.

“We now have farms pushing above 30 pigs weaned per sow per year and thus the technology itself, if properly managed, is not a barrier to outstanding production,” he says.

ESF is the only alternative to gestation stalls that provides true individual animal nutrition, he notes. It also provides the opportunity to further automate sow management — for example spray marking of animals requiring vaccination or selection of animals needing to move to farrowing. Parsons has gained widespread experience with the system in 40 farms with 70,000 sows and has identified the most important design and management considerations.

One key design aspect is to segregate gilts and young sows from the older sows. “When mixed with higher-parity sows, the smaller, still-growing gilt can be at a disadvantage and suffer negative consequences from being at the bottom of the social order,” Parsons explains.

“These animals can be fed a different ration than the sows and managed differently, perhaps by being attended to by the best available labour.” The overall objective is to reduce stress and competition in the pen environment, he says.

Dynamic or static groups?

Another fundamental design decision is whether to base the system on a dynamic group of sows or static groups.

“Dynamic flows are required on small farms where the weekly breeding group is less than that supported by a single ESF station,” Parsons points out. “This will range between

“No gilt should enter the herd without being fully trained as they will become a problem in the future and are at greatest risk of prematurely leaving the herd.”

Thomas Parsons

University of Pennsylvania

50 and 75 sows depending upon the feeder manufacturer.”

Dynamic flow also works well where sows are mixed immediately after breeding, because the 21 day returns can be rebred and just left in the pen, he says. However, the downside to dynamic grouping is that the integrity of the weekly breeding groups is lost as there are sows at all stages of gestation in the same pen, which makes daily management and identification of individual animals more difficult.

Static groups are constituted once, social hierarchy stabilizes, and the group is then left intact for the duration of gestation.

There are clear management advantages of working with weekly breeding groups. However, Parsons says variations in weekly breeding targets and any unanticipated fallout from a group can lead to sub-optimal space utilization of the facility.

He suggests that the minimum herd size for implementing static groups is 1,400, but most often recommends this method for herds of 2,800 or more.

“Here we would have about 90 sows and 30 gilts comprising the weekly breeding group,” Parsons explains. “We make one static group of about 75 sows per week and then run the gilts and remaining sows in separate dynamic flows. This captures the convenience of a static system, but helps maximize space and feeder utilization as expected from a dynamic flow.”

The time of group formation, relative to breeding, is another important consider-

It’s important to pen gilts separately in ESF systems to reduce competition from bigger sows

ation, according to Parsons.

Sows may be mixed together within three to five days of breeding or at about 35 days into gestation when they have been confir med pregnant.

The argument for mixing at 35 days is that management in early gestation remains the same as a sow stall system and is easier than when sows are in groups. However, despite this apparent advantage, Parsons says that mixing soon after breeding also works well.

“Our experience is that both pre- and post-implantation systems can support good production,” he notes. “Some of our best ESF herds are pushing 28 to 30 pigs weaned per sow per year and are using a preimplantation system.”

Training pigs and people

Training gilts to use ESF feeders is essential, stresses Parsons.

“The key aspects are to get gilts used to stalls prior to ESF training, the use of training feeders modified to accommodate the

size of gilts and dedicated training pens with additional gating to facilitate animal control during the training process,” he says. “No gilt should enter the herd without being fully trained as they will become a problem in the future and are at greatest risk of prematurely leaving the herd.”

Sow housing involving large groups of sows is so different to manage compared to sow stalls that the operators need training too. Staff can be resistant to change, Parsons points out.

“It is important that the barn staff is enthusiastic and committed to the project. The barn staff must take ownership of the ESF and the individual animals that it is feeding,” he says. “Less pig experience and an on-thejob worker training program can in some cases be preferable to trying to re-educate experienced workers.”

One of the biggest challenges of moving to group housing is being able to maintain the same level of individual care as can

be achieved in sow stalls, Parsons believes.

“In large groups it is more difficult to use the physical location of the animal as the identifier of an animal and or the problem to be managed,” he says. “Thus, barn staff needs to more skilled at identifying individual animals with the group as well as recognizing problems within the pen.” He suggests labelling all physically identifiable locations in the barn to aid communication between staff members and clearly marking sows in need of attention so that they can easily be found in the future. He also recommends using the ESF computer to identify those animals that either do not eat all their ration or eat at the end of the feeding cycle as these are the ones most likely to need attention.

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting of Lacombe, Alberta and a director of UK-based Pig Production Training Ltd.

Scale of food challenge the question Attendees at Breadbasket 2.0 conference told world can’t rely on a second Green Revolution

By Gord Gilmour co-operator staff / saskatoon

T

h e w o r l d s h o u l d n’t expect another Green Revolution in its bid to feed nine billion by 2050, says a leading expert on agricultural productivity.

In fact, despite advances in genetics and crop protection products, the rate of increased productivity appears to have slowed dramatically in recent years, University of California agricultural economist Alex McCalla told the recent Breadbasket 2.0 conference.

Citing World Bank figures,

McCalla said the annual increase in crop yields of wheat, maize, and rice in developing countries shot up by an average of 2.0 per cent in the ’70s and ’80s, slowed to 1.1 per cent from 1990 to 2007, and has since declined even more.

“As you can see, in some crops the productivity growth is now below one per cent a year, which is concerning because population growth is at or above one per cent,” said McCalla, noting the average population estimate for 2050 is actually 9.6 billion.

Governments will need to

take a multi-faceted approach to make the best use of their agricultural resources, he said. For example, China will need to modernize and increase production of certain commodities such as cereals for human consumption while at the same time continuing to import livestock meal.

“They simply cannot do everything, so they’re going to make strategic choices,” McCalla said in a followup interview.

In Africa, there needs to be much more research, he said.

“One of the basic things

that needs to be addressed is domestic agriculture research capacity — right now there’s almost none in Africa,” he said.

Biotechnology is likely to be a major part of the solution, he added.

“All of the people I’ve spoken to have told me the same thing — that when it comes to biotechnology we’ve barely scratched the surface of the potential it holds,” McCalla said.

There will also be many opportunities for a handful of key grain-exporting regions — Canada, the U.S., Australia/

New Zealand, Latin America and the former Soviet Union.

“Everywhere else is a net importer of cereal grains,” McCalla said. “For Canada, growth in demand should be a good thing.”

The professor also told the 200 industry leaders at the conference that he is optimistic a food crisis will be averted.

“The question is: ‘How difficult is our food challenge?’”

McCalla said. “Is it small and manageable? Large but manageable? Or is it a crisis? I would say it’s large, but hopefully manageable.”

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

n/a

n/a

Jun-25

Jun-25

Jun-26

n/a

n/a

n/a

No. on offer

n/a

n/a

129

143

358*

n/a

n/a

n/a

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

n/a

n/a

100.00-110.00

106.00-118.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

800-900

n/a

n/a

105.00-115.00

112.00-124.00

116.00-128.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

700-800

n/a

n/a

110.00-120.00

120.00-130.00

124.00-135.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

600-700

n/a

n/a

115.00-130.00

128.00-141.00

129.00-144.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

500-600

n/a

n/a

120.00-140.00

130.00-142.00

130.00-146.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

400-500

n/a

n/a

128.00-142.00

125.00-140.00

130.00-147.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

300-400

n/a

n/a

130.00-145.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

900-1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

90.00-105.00

94.00-105.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

800-900

n/a

n/a

95.00-105.00

100.00-115.00

98.00-111.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

700-800

n/a

n/a

100.00-112.00

110.00-123.00

108.00-120.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

600-700

n/a

n/a

110.00-120.00

115.00-129.00

112.00-128.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

500-600

n/a

n/a

115.00-125.00

118.00-128.00

115.00-130.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

400-500

n/a

n/a

118.00-133.00

120.00-135.00

118.00-133.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

300-400

n/a

n/a

120.00-135.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

No. on offer

n/a

n/a

66

53

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

D1-D2 Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

70.00-75.50

71.00-77.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

D3-D5 Cows

n/a

n/a

55.00-62.00

63.00-70.00

50.00-71.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Age Verified

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

73.00-79.75

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

n/a

n/a

82.00-89.00

77.00-83.50

78.00-86.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

105.00-110.50

103.00-108.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

100.00-104.50

101.00-105.75

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

68.00-75.00

n/a

74.00-88.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

68.00-75.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

60.00-67..00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder heifers

Slaughter Market

* includes slaughter market

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

Beetles, housefly larvae open new frontier in animal feed sector Bugs made a cheap and nutritious livestock feed and fertilizer too

By Axelle du Crest and Valerie Parent paris / reuters

F

rench start-up company Ynsect has identified a cheap, nourishing and locally sourced alternative to soybeans as a vital source of protein in animal feed. The clue is in its name.

Ynsect is not alone in looking to invertebrates to meet a jump in demand for meat and fish, and so for feed, in coming decades.

Black soldier flies, common housefly larvae, silkworms and yellow mealworms were named as among the most promising species for industrial feed output in a report last month by the FAO, the United Nations food agency.

“Given insects’ natural role as food for a number of farmed livestock species, it is worth reconsidering their role as feed for specific poultry and fish species,” the Food and Agriculture Organization’s report said.

Je a n - Ga b r i e l Levon, cofounder of Ynsect, said new protein sources were essential in a market where costs are set to climb.

“Insects are an interesting source which can be bred locally,” Levon said. “We are in the same situation as oil, with

resources getting scarcer and more expensive.”

According to the FAO, protein such as meat meal, fishmeal and soymeal make up 60 to 70 per cent of the price of feed.

Soybean prices have more than doubled over the past decade due to soaring demand and fishmeal prices have also jumped.

The two-year old company has been developing an insectbased meal that could make up five to 30 per cent of feed products, Levon said.

Ynsect, which has around 10 rivals globally, is now raising funds to build the first European insect meal production unit by 2014-2015. One well-heated part of the plant would breed insects and the other would crush them into powder.

It aims to focus on using flies and beetles and Levon says a great advantage is that they can eat just about anything — for example human food leftovers such as potato peelings.

Great fertilizer

What is more, insect droppings make great fertilizer.

“Insects drink very little water.

Their droppings are very dry.

They’re like sand and have all the qualities needed for a classic fertilizers,” Levon said.

Stephane Radet, who heads

“Insects drink very little water. Their droppings are very dry. They’re like sand and have all the qualities needed for a classic fertilizers.”

Jean-Gabriel Levon co-founder of Ynsect

Insects such as silkworms could displace grains and oilseeds as animal protein photo: REUTERS/Kham

France’s animal feed industry lobby (SNIA) said he was cautious as the protein product would have to prove itself to feed makers and win public acceptance.

“For new material to enter the manufacturing chain, it has to meet four major criteria: safety, quality, competitiveness and acceptability in the food sector, processors and at the bottom of the chain, the consumer,” Radet said.

While another pioneering company, South Africa’s AgriProtein Technologies, is rearing house flies and using insect flour for cattle feed, this is not allowed

in the European Union where the “mad cow” disease crisis of the late 1990s has led to caution over the use of processed animal proteins (PAPs).

PAPs, particularly when cattle were given bovine protein, were blamed for the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) outbreak.

The European Commission has approved the use of PAPs to feed fish from June 1, which includes insect meal. It may allow their use in pig and poultry feed from 2014, lifting a ban on animal by-products imposed during the BSE outbreak.

The EU imports about 70 per cent of its protein-rich material for animal feed. According to European Feed Manufacturer’s Federation, Europe’s market for processed animal feed is worth around 45 billion euros ($60 billion) a year.

Ynsect aims to start with fish feed, where insect-based meal could replace increasingly scarce fishmeal and fishoil.

Trials on certain fish species showed that diets where up to 50 per cent of fishmeal was replaced with grass hopper meal produced equally good results as fishmeal only, the FAO added.

A further step one day might be to rear insects for direct human consumption. The FAO said insects already feed more than two billion humans in Africa, Asia and South America.

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

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

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

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

The Pas

Swan River Minitonas Durban

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Langruth

Minnedosa Neepawa

Gladstone

Rapid City

1

Brandon

Treherne

Killarney

Pilot Mound

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

St. Pierre

242

Crystal City

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin

Souris

Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage Carberry

Westman

Waskada

Interlake

Erickson

Hamiota

Melita

Arborg

Lundar Gimli

Shoal Lake

Virden

Reston

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

1

Red River

ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antique Equipment FOR SALE: 1 NICE buggy tongue w/complete eaveners & neck yoke; 1 good set of single harness w/collar & bridle; 1 double set of parade harness, spread rings, scotch tops; Several antique neck yokes for buggy or cutter. Good horse machinery.

(204)242-2809.

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COLLECTORS CHAPTER 38, 2013 show will be held at Olds college grounds July 19th & 20th in conjunction w/the 60th World Plowing Championship. An IH collector will be offering many project units at the Olds College Antique Machinery Auction July 18th, 10:00am. ihc38.com Derald Marin (306)869-2262.

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

1-800-782-0794.

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

PARKS AUCTION SERVICE LTD. Serving MB & SK for over 30 yearS. CONTRACTORS STOCK REDUCTION AND SURPLUS EQUIPMENT AUCTION Brandon, MB Saturday, July 13, 2013 9:30 am Directions: 1540 – 14th Street East, Brandon, MB (East of 1st Street on Richmond Ave, then South on 14th St. East) Watch for PARKS AUCTION SIGNS

Sale includes surplus stock and equipment from J&G Construction, Rona, Allen & Bolack Excavating, C&C Construction, Western Concrete • 2086 Mustang Skid Steer on tracks 2450 hrs.

• 2002 Ford F350 V10 Crew Cab, 272,215 kms, saftied.

• 2003 Chevrolet Express 9 passenger van, 275, 236 kms – saftied.

• 1999 Ford 250, 7.3 Diesel, 344,280 kms.

• 2004 Polaris MV7 Quad.

• 1979 Ford 8000 w 9 cu yd. London Drum Concrete Mixer Body.

• 10 cu. Yd. Yaegar Tandem Axle Trailer Model Concrete mixer.

• 9’ Craig Snow Blade and 12’ wing assembly to fit Champion 740 Grader.

• Older Mack Garbage Truck, side left canister style – plus garbage containers.

• Approx. 50 rolls linoleum, various lengths, colors and patterns.

• Quantity hardwood, laminate, flooring.

• Ass’t Carpet.

• Lg quantity of shingles.

• Lifts of lumber varying dimension.

• Siding, Vinyl & Hardie Board.

• Lg amount of Hardware items for fire places, cabinetry, hinges, handles, fasteners.

• New Hand Tools.

• Lg selections of Concrete Products, Paving Stones, Edgers, Retaining Wall Blocks.

• Ass’t Paint, Stain, Decking Material and Railings, Fencing Material.

• Vanities, Vanity Tops, misc. Cabinet Components.

• Plumbing and Heating Floor Adhesives.

• Large selection of windows and doors, varying sizes and features, interior/exterior.

HOME BUILDERS, COTTAGE OWNERS, HANDYMEN, CONTRACTORS. LANDSCAPERS PLAN TO ATTEND!

This is a partial listing for complete listing visit:

www.globalauctionguide.com PARKS AUCTION SERVICE LTD. GENE PARKS 204-727-2828 or 204-729-7118

RHETT PARKS 306-735-2822 or 306-735-7813

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

Professional Tool Auction Sun., July 7, 2013 @10:00 am Stonewall, MB

#12 Patterson Dr Auction Note: Gerald Barnard of Selkirk, MB Personal Life Time Collection of Tools that are in BRAND NEW CONDITION

• Over 3000 Tools • Snap ON • Blue Point • Metal Lathe • Milling Machine • Mechanical & Machinist Tools • Wood Working • Yard Items Please check out website for full listings

Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 | (204) 886-7027 For full listings visit

www.mcsherryauction.com

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

for Mr. Richard Wright

137 Lawson Blvd., West St. Paul, MB

Saturday, July 13th, 2013 10AM Tractors: 2 M.H. “Pony” Tractors (exc, Cond.); 2 JD “D” Tractors (like new tires & paint); JD “B” Row crop Tractor; 2 JD “A” Tricycle Row Crop Tractors (both excellent); JD “70” Row Crop Gas Tractor; Farmall “400” Tractor (good tires & paint, hyd.); Farmall “Cub” Tractor (exc. tires & paint, c/w 1 btm. Plow); IHC Industrial Cub Tractor (c/w belly mnt. Sickle mower); A.C. “B” Tractor (c/w belly cultivator); M.H. “44” Tractor; IHC “TD-6” Diesel Crawler w. 8’ Blade; 2 Case “D” Tractors for parts; Trucks: 1967? IHC 1 Ton Truck w. 10’ Steel B & H; 1953? IHC “L-130” 3/4 Ton Truck w. hoist; 1951? Chev 2 Ton Truck w. wdn B & H; Machinery: 4 IHC 1½ - 2½ H.P. Stationary Engines (not running); 4’ Cultivator, 4’ Disc and 1 Btm. Plow (fits Pony Tractors); JD 12’ One-way; M.H. 6’ One-way; IHC 8’ Tandenm Disc; IHC 10’ & 12’ Deep Tillers; plus other misc. machinery, scrap iron etc. Be on time for this very short sale! Payment in CASH ONLY!

SATURDAY, JULY 6, 10 AM Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433 • 1975 JD 4430, 158 loader sells after tractor • 1953 Ford Jubilee • Cat D4 crawler with angle dozer, good under carriage • 1975 GMC C-60 Truck, 366 V8 5x2, 18 ft box and hoist only driven 44,000 one owner miles • JD 3100 6 X 16 Plow • JD 9350 20 ft press drills, much older machines and scrap iron • JD Tractors seized = 730 RC diesel start, 3 model B’s and one A. • 4 super 92 MF Combines, two CI 9600, PTO Combines

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS RETIREMENT AUCTION FOR ED & YVONNE KUSHNIRYK

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

SATURDAY JULY 13th 10:00 AM

Location: From Vita, MB 1 Mile East On 201, Then 7 Miles South On Arbakka Rd. #42145

ACREAGE AUCTION Sat., July 13 @ 10:00 am Warren, MB

Directions: Jct Hwy #6 & Hwy #227, West 2 1/8 Mile on Hwy #227 Contact: (204) 322-5413

Utility Tractor & Equip: Kubota B 6200 dsl, MFWA, 3PH PTO w/Allied 180 FEL 1200 hrs * Sovenna 3PH 48” Finishing Mower * Allied 3PH 48” Snowblower * 3PH 48” Single Disc Yard: 84 Citation 32’, A/C * Poulan 15.5 hp 38” R Mower * Yardman 11 HP 38” R Mower * 8HP gas 40” Rotovator Attach * 3 HP Rototiller * MTD 5 HP Push Mower * Mini Rototiller * Weedeater * Lawn Sweeper * Hand Yard Tools * Garden Hose * BBQ * Pedal Bikes Tools: Lincoln 225 amp Welder * Acceylene Torches * Drill Press * Port Air Comp * Battery Charger * Crafts Scroll Saw * Jointer * Table Saws * Chain Saws * Many Power Tools * Drills * Planer * Makita Angle Grinder * Saw * Router * Sander * Mitre Saw * Air Tools * Shop Vac Hand Tools: Socket Sets * 3/4” * 1/2” * 3/8” * Wrench Sets * Pipe * Cresent * Tap & Die Set * Floor Jack * Jackall * Hyd Jacks * Clamps * Vise * Gear Pullers * Micrometer Misc: Mitishbish 6hp 2700 lb Pressure Washer * B&S 5hp Motor * Hyd Cyl * Propane Heater * Tiger Torche * Load Strapping * Chains * Shop Supply * Full Bolt Bin * Ext Cords * Pellet Gun * Some Lumber * Ladders Household: Deep Freeze * Maytag Washer & Dryer * 2) 5pce Oak BR Suite * Gliding Rocker * Couch & Chair * Recliner * K Table & Chairs * Oak China Cabinet * Treadmill * Exercise Bike * Stereo * Filter Queen Vac * Port Sewing Machine * K Items * Appliances * New Pressure Cooker * Pots & Pans * Orns Medical: Victory Pride Medi 3-Wheel Scooter * Go Chair Medi 4-Wheel Scooter Antiques: Cedar Chest * Bicycle Light * Pedal Bike * Coal Oil Lamps * Horse Mantle Clock * Royal Albert Old Country Roses * China * Pyrex * Vases * Wrenches * Press Drill *

This is a Partial Listing

TRACTORS • 350 International Wheatland Tractor w/ Front End Loader • Fordson Major Diesel Tractor, 3 PTH • 815 Massey Harris Tractor (100hrs on rebuilt Engine)

EQUIPMENT • 14ft Tandem Disc • 5ft 3PTH Rotary Brush Mower • 6 Bale Automatic Bale Stooker • 7ft International 3PTH Mower • John Deere 3 Bottom Plow • International 2 Bottom Plow

VEHICLES 1968 Ford Pick-UP w/ 3800 miles on rebuilt motor 1981 Pontiac LeMans, 130,000 KM

Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

MEYERS AUCTION 10:00AM July 13th Arden, MB. Antiques, furniture, lawn & garden, household.

Check the web for full details. Bradley Meyers Auctioneer (204)368-2333 or (204)476-6262 cell. www.meyersauctions.com

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

MONDAY, JULY 29, 6 PM

8.5 SOUTH OF WINKLER ON HWY. 32 AND 1.5 WEST IN BLUMENFELD VILLAGE

Partial Listing • 1979 IHC 584 Diesel Tractor with 3 pth live pto, 16.9 x 30 tires, 5889 hrs, and quick tach 2250 IH Loader, with numours bucket attachments • 1963 Cockschutt 1600 Wheatland axle, Hydra power drive, lpto dual hyd, 18, 4 x 34 tires, runs very well • 1953 IH Super M Wide front hyd good 13.38 tires and mounted saw mandrel • 1966 Dodge 200 ¾ ton truck with HD 318 v8 4 speed pickup style box and hoist • 1983 Honda 3 wheeler 250 cc

See our website: www.billklassen.com or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230 | Owners 204-325-7436

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

TRUCKS

• 1 1996 Kenworth highway tractor no motor • 1 1994 Kenworth highway tractor 60 series Detroit • 1 1994 Kenworth highway tractor 60 series Detroit

FULL LISTING AT

www.pennerauctions.com

218 Brandt Street Steinbach, MB Ph: 204.326.3061 Fax: 204.326.3061

FOR GEORGE & SARAH ELIAS

• 2516 Generator with 1710 Cummins 2400 volt • 2518 2 1994 Kenworth copy of safety will be supplied • 2519 Generator with 1710 Cummins 2400 volt • 2520 Generator with 379 Cat 2400 volt • 2522 1999 Kenworth as is • 2523 1996 Kenworth as is • 2525 Round bale cutter • 2526 Tub grinder proto type • 2528 Portable flax straw processor • Large Power Plants, two 500 kva 2400 Generators with 1710 Cummins • 1 500 KVA 2400 volt generator powered by Detroit 72-16V • 1 500 KVA 2400 Generator with 379 cat • 2 12 kva 240, 240 volt generator diesel engine • 1 Detroit diesel with Clutch assembly • 1 Detroit Diesel with Clutch assembly

PLUS HOUSEHOLD & ANTIQUES!!

PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

EVENING FARM AUCTION

LARGE AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT AND ITEMS

MISCELLANEOUS Complete Horse Harness, Bridal, Halters 2 Wheel Trailer w/ new box #32 Motorized Meat Grinder Welding Steel Lumber, Birch, Maple, Ash, Burr Oak

YARD EQUIPMENT

www.mcsherryauction.com

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

Wood Lathe w/ Copier & Stand 12in Makita Wood Planer on Stand Misc Wood Working Tools

Craftsmen 14HP Lawn Tractor (2) Garden Tillers (2) 500W Generators

Stuart McSherry

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

TOOLS

• International 28 Run Seed Drill • 3PTH Garden Cultivator • Loader Bucket • Cattle Squeeze Gate • Grinders on Stand • Steel Band Saw • Threshing Machine Belt • Tractor Chains

(204) 467-1858 | (204) 886-7027 For full listings visit

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

9 MILES SOUTH OF WINKLER, HWY. 32 & 3 MILES WEST ON ROAD 3 N. SIGNS ON AUCTION DAY.

See our website: www.billklassen.com or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

For more information contact Owner. Ph.: 1-204-334-6865

Milton & Marjorie Sine

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

ESTATE AUCTION FOR THE LATE GEORGE G ELIAS

Antique Tractor Auction Located from Jct. Hwy. #8 and Miller Rd., go 3 miles West on Miller Rd. and 1/4 mile North on Lawson Blvd.

Birch River

Russell

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

SWM INTERNATIONAL FLAX STRAW PROCESSING SURPLUS AUCTION THURSDAY, JULY 18, 10 AM WINKLER, MANITOBA

AUCTION LOCATION: INDUSTRIAL PARK TAKE HWY. 32 SOUTH EDGE OF TOWN WATCH FOR SIGNS

Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions EILEEN STRELIEFF & ESTATE of Harold Strelieff Auction. Acreage Cleanup Auction. Fri., July 12th, 2013 6:00p.m. Directions: 6 West on 651, 1 S, 1/8 E of Canora. Canora, SK. Contact:(306)693-1686.

ACREAGE EQUIPMENT: Ford 9N Tractor: PTO, 3PTH, runs good; 5-ft 3PTH rotary mower, real good; Electric push lawn mower; Wheel barrel; Weed eater; Garden tools; Water pump; Electric chainsaw; Garden bench; 2000 Honda generator inverter; Fishing equipment. RECREATION: 1982 Ford Express 21-ft Motorhome: fully loaded, toilet, 81,000 kms, real nice; Grammun Boat: 14-ft 25 HP Johnson motor & trailer, tarp, seats, steering wheel, power lift, real nice. HOUSEHOLD: Leather recliner, like new; Chesterfield & chair; Arm chair; Bedroom suite; 2 window air conditioners; Computer desk; Wall phone (replica); Apartment size dryer; Pots, pans, appliances, etc. ANTIQUES: Refinished square wood table w/4 press back chairs – excellent; Sewing machine; Telephone desk; Match box; Antique chrome table, grey; 5 HP alto boat motor; Finger lamps; Misc antique lamps. Note* This is a two hour estate sale. Items are really nice condition. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for updated listing & pictures.

MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm equipment auction for Alvin & Marilyn Miller (306)457-2978 Sat., Aug. 17th, 2013 at 10:00am.

Directions from Stoughton, SK. 6-mi South on Hwy. 47, 3-mi East & 1/2-mi South. Watch for Signs! Also a farm dispersal consignment from Tom & Lori Flath (306)457-7598. Live internet bidding at www.Bidspotter.com. Miller Equipment consists of Case IH 9130 4WD tractor; Vers 256 Bidirectional tractor w/FEL & grapple fork; Ford 8N tractor w/3-PTH & PTO; IH McCormick Farmall A tractor; Minneapolis Moline 705 tractor not running; IH 1480 SP combine w/reverser & long auger; Vers 2800 bidirectional 28-ft. swather header; 36-ft. Macdon 960 straight cut draper header w/IH adapter; Koenders Poly swath roller; 41-ft. Case IH 5600 air seeder & Bourgault 2115 air cart plus granular kit; 60-ft. Flexi Coil System 92 harrow packers; 70-ft. Flexi Coil tine harrows; 19-ft. IH deep tillage cultivator; shop built 75-ft. SP sprayer converted from CCIL 5542 combine; 8-ft. Farm King 3-PTH snow blower; Riteway 2 Batt rock picker; shop built rock digger; square water tank & trailer; saw mandrel; hyd log splitter; 1,000-gal fuel tank w/electric pump; slip tanks; fuel tank & stands; 100-gal water tank; Ritchie water bowl; 12x12 storage shed; quantity of fence posts; Farm King 10-50 swing auger; Sakundiak 7-33 auger w/Honda engine; Midwest 552 grain vac; Behlin 5643 HL propane grain dryer; 1,000-gal propane tank; bin crane; 5-HP aeration fans & tubes; 1974 Ford F-500 grain truck w/28,054-mi; 1976 Chev 3/4-Ton truck w/flat deck; 24-ft. shop built tandem axle gooseneck flat deck trailer; Sanborn upright air compressor; Beach tool cabinet plus many shop tools & equipment! The following equipment is Tom & Lori Flath’s (306)457-7598. MF 4840 4WD tractor needs hyd pump; JD 4440 2WD tractor w/Outback GPS; NH TR98 SP combine w/1571 rotor hrs & recent work orders; 36-ft. Macdon 960 draper header w/NH adapter; 30-ft. Macdon 960 draper header; 30-ft. Case IH 8230 PT swather; 41-ft. Harmon 4480 air drill w/Harmon 1830 air cart; 31-ft. Case IH 5600 cultivator; 41-ft. Morris Magnum CP 731 cultivator; 32-ft. of IH 310 discers; Harmon PT field sprayer; Degelman 3 batt PTO rock picker; 1964 Mercury flat deck truck w/water tank & pump; 4 Westeel Rosco 3,300-bu. grain bins on wood floors.

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

AUTO & TRANSPORT AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto & Truck Parts REMANUFACTURED DIESEL ENGINES: GM 6.5L, $4750 installed; Ford/IH 7.3L, $4950 installed; New 6.5L engines, $6500; 24v 5.9L Cummins $7500 installed; G.M. Duramax 6.6L-Ford 6.0L, $8500 installed; Ford 6.4L $9,500 installed. Other New/Used/and Reman Diesel engines available, can ship or install.

Call (204)532-2187, 8:00am-5:30pm Mon. to Fri. Thickett Engine Rebuilding, Binscarth, MB.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks 1975 3-TONNE DODGE GRAIN truck, steel box & hoist w/roll tarp, plumbed for hydraulic drill fills, asking $2500 OBO. Ph:(204)352-4221 ask for Bob. Glenella MB. 2004 FORD 350 DUALLY, 4x4 diesel w/11-ft flat deck, set up for towing trailer, one owner, good farm truck, safetied. Phone:(204)857-8403.

TERRENCE & THERESE ECKEL Auction. Sat., July 13, 2013, 11:00a.m. From Punnichy: 3-mi W, 4 S, 1 W, 1 S, OR From Quinton: 4-mi S, 1 E, 1 S. Raymore, SK. Contact: Cell: (306)746-7026, Home: (403)352-4462.

MACHINERY – TRACTORS: 1987 Kabota M-8950 DT Tractor: FWA, 3PTH, dual PTO, 5,448-hrs, w/Kobota 890 FEL, joystick, 3 hyd, real nice; Case(yellow) 970 :S shift, cab, cooler, w/FEL. COMBINE: 1981 Gleener L2 Windrow Plus Com-bine: Cab, air,standard, chopper, pickup header, 1,220 separator hours, 1,600 motor hours; 24-ft straight cut header on trailer, one owner, real nice; SWATHER: MF 885 21-ft Double Swath Swather: cab, air, UT pickup reels, 1,600-hrs, real nice; TRUCKS: 1967 Chev 1 Ω Ton w/steel box & hoist; 1985 Dodge Ω Ton; 2000 Chev Silverado: 4x4, au-to, 4.8 full load, 340,000 kms. CATTLE TRAILER: 2000 16-ft Triple Angle Horse trailer w/tack room, tandem axle (can convert to stock trailer), excellent; BALERS: 1987 MF #224 Square Baler, quarter turn, chute, never stayed outside, Mint; Vermeer Model 605 Baler: Shedded & nice. TILLAGE: Morris 519 19-ft deep tillage w/mounted harrows; Morris 32-ft Challenger w/B Line applicator & harrows; JD 35-ft #1600 deep tillage: real good degelman har-rows, nice; JD 100 Series 16ft discer. HAYING & CATTLE EQUIPMENT: NH 1033 104 Bale Wagon - nice; Hesston 1014 12-ft hydra-swing crimper - ex-cellent; NH 479 9-ft haybine; NH #56 SD Rake; 2-24-ft Portable wind breaks; Pole bale trailer; 200 used 3-4-in posts; barbwire; 5 round bale feeders; Panels, gates, bale feeders, etc. AUGERS: Secun-diak 8x45 PTO Auger - real nice; Secundiak 7x35 PTO Auger - nice. STONE PICKER: Degelman stone picker w/ clutch – excellent. Plus recreation, misc. equipment, misc. shop, household & guns. NOTE* Terrence & Therese sold the farm. Major equipment is one owner & shedded. This is definite-ly a partial listing. Visit www. ukrainetzauctions.com for updated listing & pictures.

FOR SALE: 04 CHEVY 2500 4x4, 4-dr, gas, new safety, new steer tires, flat deck w/tool boxes, $8500. Phone:(204)871-0925.

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Electrical & Plumbing

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Electrical & Plumbing

AUTO & TRANSPORT Vehicles Various OVER 200 VEHICLES LOTS OF DIESELS www.thoens.com Chrysler Dodge (800)667-4414 Wynyard, SK.

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Lumber ROUGH LUMBER FOR SALE. 1-in & 2-in, also blocking in sizes 4x6, 6x6, 6x8. Phone (204)263-2630.

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Building Supplies FOR SALE: 12-FT H x 16-ft W insulated overhead door w/track & hardware. $1,800 OBO. Phone:(204)648-7136.

WHOLESALE PRICES

• 1 1994 Kenworth highway tractor N 14 Cummins • 1 60 Series Detroit engine • 1 855 Cummins engine

• Plate Heat Exchanger • Radiators • Boiler Pumps • Glycol • Push-Fit Fittings • 1/2" Oxygen Barrier Tubing & More

• 2 Trailer under carriages • 4 Glax straw processing mills • 1 Proto type Tub Grinder

See our website: www.billklassen.com or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

Call Willy: 204-346-4335 email: biomassheat1@gmail.com

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BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Building Supplies

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Building Supplies

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT HYD PULL SCRAPERS, 6-40 yards, Caterpillar,

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

AC/LaPlant, LeTourneau, Kokudo, etc. Pull-type & Post Frame Buildings direct mount available, tires also available. Pull-type

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

pull grader, $14,900; 2010 53-ft step deck, $24,995; New Agricart grain cart, 1050-Bu, complete w/tarp, $27,500. Phone (204)822-3797, Morden MB.

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

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins

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

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

Post Frame Buildings Post Frame Buildings

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

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD.

Let us build you a custom package!

For your farm, residential or commercial project.

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

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

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

Ron Cook

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

CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks.

CONTACT: Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmovers@hotmail.com

Ron Cook

Post Frame SalesINDUSTRY STEEL self feeder bins 10, CYPRESS Representative 20 & 30-ft. Phone (204)436-2571.

Phone 204-638-5303 NEW BROCK BIN PACKAGES starting at Fax 204-622-7053 .80cents/bushel. Let us line up our experienced crews to do the work for you. Call Valley Agro Cell 204-572-5821 (204)746-6783. rcook@mcmunnandyates.com

NEW MERIDIAN BINS AVAILABLE, GM2300, GM3000, GM4000 & GM5000, all w/skids. New feed Everyday! bins at discounted prices, limited quantities.

Helping You Build Better… at Great Prices Call Valley Agro (204)746-6783. w w w . m c m u n n a n d y a t es.com

CONTACT:

Frame Sales Representative Let us build you a Post Ron Cook

custom package! | Fax Phone 204-638-5303 204-622-7053 | Cell 204-572-5821 Post Frame Sales Representative rcook@mcmunnandyates.com For your farm,

CONTRACTING

Phone 204-638-5303

Helping You Build at Great Prices Everyday! residential or Better...

Fax 204-622-7053

CONTRACTING Custom Work ALLAN DAIRY IS TAKING bookings for the 2013 silage season. For more information call (204)371-1367 or (204)371-7302.

5 3,300-BU WESTEEL ROSCO bins w/aeration tubes, best offer. Dan Lovatt: (204)483-2717.

Souris, MB.

MANITOBA BASED CUSTOM HARVESTING opcommercial Cell 204-572-5821 FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS CONTACT: eration equipped w/Case IH & John Deere comrcook@mcmunnandyates.com We also specialize in: Crop Insurance appeals; Letproject. us build you abines. Peas, cereals, canola, & soybeans. Flex www.mcmunnandyates.com

Ron Cook

heads, straight heads & PU headers. Professional Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; Custom operator operation fully insured. Phone:(204)371-9435 or issues; Equipment malfunction; Yield comparisons, Helping You Build Better… at Great Everyday!

Plus Private Investigations of any nature.

With ourPrices (701)520-4036. assistance the majority of our clients have received PASTURE PIPELINE SYSTEMS, we can do comcompensation previously denied. Back-Track plete instillation of your shallow buried pipeline & Investigations investigates, documents your loss and water trough systems. Howard Ganske, Cartwright, MB. Email:hlganske@xplornet.com or Phone: assists in settling your claim.

(204)529-2464.

Licensed Agrologist on Staff.

For more information Round up the cash! Advertise your unwanted equipPlease call 1-866-882-4779 ment in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds.

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TRACK, 4WD & MFWD TRACTORS 2004 Caterpillar MT865, deluxe cab, 16 spd. powershift, 36” tracks, 1,007 hrs. stated actual by owner 2007 JD 9220, 4WD, powershift, 4 hyd., diff locks, 2,780 actual hrs., S/NRW9220PQ51332 1980 Versatile 150 Series II bi-directional, hydro, 3 pt., 540 PTO, loader, manure fork, 3,800 hrs.

2003 Case-IH MXM175, MFWD, powershift with joy stick controls, 19 forward and 6 reverse, LX172 loader with 98 “ bucket, 4,136 hrs., S/NACM206028

ATTACH. (CONT.) Skid steer loader receiver hitch plate, 2” receiver tube sticks out 17”, New Root rake grapple, 6’, skid steer attachment

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HEADS 2008 Case-IH 2020 flex head, 35’, S/NCBJ041547 Case-IH 2020 flex head, 30’, S/NYAZL52884 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 25’, S/NJJC0323041 COMBINES JD 930F flex head, 30’ 2010 JD 9770, STS, Contour1992 JD 925 flex head, Master, 1,310 sep./1,812 S/NH00925F646163 engine hrs., JD 922 flex head, 20’ Sund S/NH09770SCA736377 pickup, S/NH00922P635327 2010 JD 9770, STS, Contour2011 JD 635D Hydra-Float Master, 1,132 sep./1,563 draper head, engine hrs., S/N1H00635DHB0740197 S/NH09770SCA738066 2011 JD 635D Hydra-Float 2009 JD 9770, STS, Contourdraper head, Master, 1,543 sep./2,101 S/N1H00635DHB0740299 engine hrs., 2006 Case-IH 2052 draper S/NH09770S731098 head, 39’, 2WD TRACTORS 2009 JD 9770, STS, ContourS/N205239M292BG 1977 JD 4630, CAH, diesel, Master, 1,533 sep./2,240 Hesston 820D draper head, 8,441 hrs., S/N4630H030852R engine hrs., 14’, S/N30255 JD 4440, CAH, quad range, 2 S/NH09770S731083 2010 JD 608C Stalkmaster hyd., 3 pt., PTO, S/NH011782R 2009 JD 9770, STS, Contourchopping corn head, only 1965 JD 4020, wide front, Master, 1,407 sep./1,972 1,700 acres shows 5,912 hrs., New engine hrs., 2000 Geringhoff RD corn batteries, S/ND97949 S/NH09770S731601 head, 12x30” 1985 Case-IH 2294, CAH, 12 2009 JD 9770, STS, ContourIHC corn head, 8x22”, knife rolls spd. powershift, 2 hyd., 3 pt., Master, 1,548 sep./2,152 JD corn head, 3 row, 8,824 hrs., S/N16263664 engine hrs., S/NE000RCN320290 1976 Case 1570, Spirit of 76 S/NH09770S731358 1998 Case-IH 1015 pickup tractor, 6,153 hrs., S/N785529 2007 Caterpillar 595R track head Case 1175, 2 hyd., 3 pt., shows combine, 35” track, 1,186 NH 970 pickup head, 13’, 5,508 hrs., S/N2478533 sep./1,818 engine hrs., S/N459983 Case 600, gas, single hyd., 3 pt., S/N57900362 NH 971 rigid head, 24’, 540 PTO, shows 4,678 hrs.

2004 NH CR 960, 330 hp., S/N542670 1971 IHC 966, diesel, SKID STEER 2,773 sep./3,726 engine NH 971 rigid head, 20’, shows 1,638 hrs., LOADER & hrs.,$9,000 work order done in S/N563026 S/N2510175U021717 ATTACHMENTS shop in 2013. Dealer Financing 1982 JD 215 head, 8 row, Farmall 706 gas, wide front, 2011 NH L215, open ROPS, Available, S/NHAJ1011219 S/N534166 Dual 345 loader, 72” bucket, hyd., 66” bucket, 4,151 hrs., 2000 JD 9650, STS, Level JD 220 flex bean head, 20’, bale spear, shows 6,708 hrs., S/NJAF0L215KBM43938 Land, corn/bean, deluxe S/NH00220F621846 S/N884S-Y 2005 Case 450 skid steer controls, 2,044 sep./2,856 Case-IH 725 swather, 25’ loader, New 72” dirt bucket, engine hrs., S/N691974 COLLECTIBLE less than 10 hrs. on rebuilt 1990 JD 9600, DAM, DAS, GRAIN CART TRACTORS motor, shows 1,273 hrs., no fore/aft, 2,522 sep./3,392 Brent GC420 grain cart, 420 & LOADERS front door or rear window, engine hrs., always shedded bu., S/N420310 1952 Farmall M, factory wide S/NN5M404192 1994 NH TR97, Terrain Tracer, front, New tires and paint PLANTERS NH 553 skid steer loader, 2,244 sep./3,118 engine hrs.

IH McCormick Farmall Super JD 7200 MaxEmerge II, ROPS, 42 hp. Kubota diesel, Case-IH 1680, Cummins, AHH, A, wide front, Woods L59 12x30”, flex frame, S/N219 material bucket, manure 4,486 hrs., service records mower with New set of blades JD 71 planter, 16x30”, trailing bucket, shows 2,500 hrs., available 1939 IHC A, wide front, 60” type hitch, lift assist S/N776566 1986 JD 7720, Titan II, 3,304 mower, gas, electric start Case-IH 410 Series 3 skid hrs., New batteries in 2012, SEMI TRACTORS 1944 JD A, restored, narrow steer loader, 1 hyd., hand always shedded, S/N615654 2002 Volvo integral sleeper, front, S/N542196 controls, 70” bucket, no 1982 JD 7720, CAH, diesel, VED12 Volvo, Eaton 10 spd., Dual 150 loader, 8’ bucket, off tracks, needs new engine rock trap, chopper, 2WD, 1.2 million miles AC D19 Ram-mer concrete breaker/ shows 3,696 hrs., S/N458670 1996 Freightliner FLD 112 Loader, 102” bucket, off of jackhammer skid steer attach. 1980 JD 7720, turbo hydro, with day cab, 3176 Cat, Eaton 10 1066 or Farmall Hydro 100 Dual cylinder rock bucket JD 5-belt pickup, S/N460791 spd., 883,395 miles 503 loader grapple, 74”, 3” tine spacing, 1979 JD 6620, hydro, chopper, 1986 Kenworth W900 day cab, 45” grapple opening, New 5,159 hrs., S/N355508H HEAVY EQUIPMENT NTC400 Cummins, 400 hp., 13 2010 JCB 416HT Super high Rock bucket, 74”, 3” space in Case-IH 1666, 4,206 engine spd., Kenworth 8 bag air ride between each tine, New hrs., S/N105330 lift wheel loader, CAH, JCB 1996 Mack CH613 day cab, (2) Skid loader loader tree 1979 IHC 1440, axial flow, diesel max, Smoothshift E7-350 Mack engine, Eaton 9 and post pullers, opens up shows 4,324 hrs. powershift, aux. hyd., quick spd., shows 82,390 miles to 16”, New attach, 1-1/2 yd. bucket, 2000 Sterling, ISM Cummins, 350/410 hp., recent rods & For consignor information & location, complete mains, FRO14610C trans.

HEAVY EQUIP. (CONT.) 14.2’ lift height, 1 yr. warranty remaining, loaded, S/NJCB41600C81317785 Caterpillar D8H, ROPS, has not run in 20 yrs., moisture in oil, crack in manifold Caterpillar D8, ROPS, cable PCO, ran 15 yrs ago, parked because of engine noise, pony motor is loose, oil looks good in both engines, S/N212468 Caterpillar D4, Dakota hyd. blade, shows 1,147 hrs, ran 15 yrs. ago, engine is loose, no moisture in oil, S/N7U6291 1999 Fiat Allis Ft 110 tractor loader backhoe, extend-ahoe, 99 hp., 4WD, cab, heat, crab steer, 3 buckets, 12”, 24” & 36”, shows 3,700 hrs., bend in top cylinder, work orders available, S/N31800082 JCB 1700-B loader backhoe, 90 hp. Perkins turbo diesel, cab w/heat, 6-way front bucket w/quick tach forks, two stick control, 4,832 hrs.

Vermeer M-470 trencher, 4x4, gas engine, 8’ ditcher, frost chain, Caterpillar RT80 telescopic forklift, 90 hp. turbo diesel, cab w/heat, 4x4, 3-way steer, 40’ reach, front hydros, engine overhaul in January 2013

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TRUCKS 1995 IHC Paystar 5000 cement truck 1993 IHC Paystar F5070 cement truck 1991 IHC Paystar F570 cement truck 1979 IHC tandem w/lift 3rd axle grain truck 1974 Ford F60 MHV single axle Ford 1 ton dually boom truck SERVICE TRUCK & PICKUPS 1987 GMC 6000 4-door crew cab 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD 1 ton 2003 Ford F450 Super Duty dually 1991 Ford F150 1983 Dodge 250 Custom HOPPER BOTTOM TRAILERS 2008 Timpte Super Hopper hopper bottom trailer, 78” sides 2005 Timpte hopper bottom trailer, 72” sides, air ride 2000 Merritt Millenium hopper bottom trailer, 42’x96”, 68” sides 1997 Timpte hopper bottom, 42’x72” sides 1979 Wilson hopper bottom, 42’x72” sides OTHER TRAILERS 1999 Stoughton flatbed trailer, 45’x102”, wood deck Lorak implement trailer, 40’ Chevrolet pickup box trailer w/contractor box ALSO TO INCLUDE: FORKLIFT, ROW CROP & SUGARBEET EQUIP. RIPPERS, TILLAGE EQUIP., SPRAYERS, FORAGE & HAY EQUIP, LIVESTOCK EQUIP., LAWN & GARDEN, RECREATION ITEMS BINS, GRAIN HANDLING EQUIP., OTHER EQUIP., SHOP EQUIP., POLY TANKS, FUEL TANKS, TIRES, PARTS, & MISC. ITEMS

SUKUP GRAIN BINS: Flat bottom & hopper, heavy built, setup crew available. Call for more info.

(204) 998-9915.

WESTSTEEL ROSCO BINS, 3 1,950-bu, 1 3,300bu, 1 4,600-bu. 2 Belin 3,000-bu. Oak Bluff, MB. Phone:(204)895-8326.

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FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Baling 2007 JD 568 ROUND baler, net wrap, floatation tires, loaded, 10,000 bales, shedded, $26,800; 1995 JD 930 12-ft discbine, rubber rolls, $6500; 2004 Claas 470T rotary rake, $6500. Phone (204)625-5225, (204)625-2702, Elphinstone MB. WANTED: NEW HOLLAND BALE wagons, also accumulators & forks. Roeder Implement, Seneca, Kansas. Phone: 785-336-6103.

FARM MACHINERY Hay & Harvesting – Mower Conditioner 2009 956 JD MOCO w/impeller conditioner, $24,500; 21-ft 885 Massey MacDon gas swather, w/heavy duty wobble box, $4500. No Sunday calls please (204)427-2074, (204)324-7410.

CASE IH 8312 13-FT discbine, rubber rollers, excellent condition, $12,000 OBO. Call Mel (204)427-3341 JD 1600A MOWER CONDITIONER, re-conditioned, good shape, asking $5500 OBO. Ph (204)352-4221 Ask for Bob. Glenella MB.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Swathers 1999 MF 220 Series2 25-ft swather w/pick-up reel, double-saws & lifters, 1,500-hrs. Wilmot Milne, Gladstone, MB. Phone: (204)385-2486 or Cell: (204)212-0531.

400 VERS SWATHER 18-FT. good canvasses, good condition, PU & bat reel, shedded, $1,500 OBO. Phone (204)966-3857 or (204)476-0535.

742 CO-OP SWATHER, 110-HP, 18.4x26 tires, 30ft & 42-ft headers in nice shape, $17,500 OBO; NH 855 round baler, good working cond., $1100 OBO. Phone (204)373-2502.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Various

STOP Climbing Bins!

1, 36-FT. 10-IN. WESTFIELD grain auger w/Honda motor. Phone (204)436-2571.

ALARM SOUNDS WHEN BIN IS FULL

2004 NH HAYBINE, VGC, asking $18,000; 2001 Inland square bale picker, VGC, asking $21,000 1999 Case IH 8575 large square baler, asking $29,000 OBO. Phone (204)467-5984 or (204)461-1641.

THREE IN ONE 1. COMPLETE AUGER SPOUT with “NO SNAG SPOUT” 2. FULL BIN ALARM 3. NIGHT LIGHT • Available for 10, 13 and 16” Augers • No Batteries needed • Enclosed Sensor • Proven Design since 2003 Value Priced from $515 to $560+ shipping 3 DAYS DELIVERY TO YOUR FARM IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT SEND IT BACK AFTER HARVEST FOR A REFUND

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John and Angelika Gehrer NEVER SPILL SPOUT Inc.

www.neverspillspout.com FARM MACHINERY Grain Carts 1999 KILLBROS GRAIN CART, 750-bu., asking, $16,000. Phone (204)324-4352 Emerson, MB.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers NEW SUKUP GRAIN DRYERS in stock and ready for immediate delivery. Canola screens, 1/3ph, LP/NG. Call for more info. www.vzgrain.com (204) 998-9915.

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

FARM MACHINERY Grain Handling

2009 JD 4895 W/895 PWR reverser header, bar ties, HID lights, variable SPD reel, 488-hrs, premium condition, $85,000 OBO. (204)838-2352 e-mail sdryden@rfnow.com 97 1475 NH HAYBINE 200 14-ft. header, $10,500 OBO. Phone (204)762-5779.

CASE IH BALER like new condition, MUST BE SEEN. Phone (204)436-2571.

FOR SALE: 2003 NH 1475 14-ft hay conditioner, w/540 PTO, excellent condition, $14,500; 52-ft Fruehauf flatdeck w/bale extension, $5500; 52-ft Tridem flatdeck w/self unloading bale racks, $14,500; 970 NH 30-ft straight cut header, clean unit, needs a wobble box, $1250. Phone (204)825-7150, Pilot Mound MB. FOR SALE: IHC 810 24-ft straight cut header w/PU reel & transport trailer, very nice condition.

(204)535-2453 FOR SALE: TUBELINE MODEL 5500 bale wrapper. Phone (204)347-5733 or (204)746-0224.

RETIRED FROM FARMING: For sale NH 116 16-ft haybine & 664 round baler in excellent working condition. Ph:(204)767-2109 early morning or after 6:00pm.

Rebuilt Concaves

Rebuild combine table augers Rebuild hydraulic cylinders Roller mills regrooved MFWD housings rebuilt Steel and aluminum welding Machine Shop Service Line boreing and welding

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

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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 Fergus, ON: (519) 787-8227 Carman, MB: (204) 745-2951 Davidson, SK: (306) 567-3031

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Baling 1992 CIH 8460 ROUND baler. 540 RPM, good condition. Ph(204)665-2479 after 6:00pm. Napinka MB. NEW IDEA 4865 BALER w/monitor or 688 NH baler, both VGC. Phone (204)767-2062

Combines FARM MACHINERY Combine – Case/IH 1989 IHC 1660 COMBINE, good cond., shedded, low hours. Phone (204)867-5018 or (204)867-7610.

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 – Caterpillar Lexion 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, $55,000. Nice condition. (204)871-0925, Macgregor, MB

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Ford/New Holland

VERMEER MODEL J BALER, VGC, always stored inside. Call:(204)851-5810. Oaklake, MB.

NH TX66 1994, 2400 separtor hours, Lots of recent work. Shedded, excellent condition w/24-ft straight cut header. Phone (204)476-6137, Neepawa.

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1983 JD 6620 COMBINE 212 PU header approx 3,300 eng hrs, reverser good condition, chopper, recent green light, asking $14,000. Phone (204)324-4352 Emerson, MB.

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FOR SALE: 12 ROW 30-in S-tine row crop cultivator, w/hydraulic wings. Phone (204)535-2453

1987 JD 8820 TITAN 2, Hydro drive dual range cylinder, air foil sieve, fine cut chopper, dual chaff spreaders, 4100-hrs, VGC, shedded, asking $22,000 OBO. Phone (204)274-2054, cell (204)856-9385, Portage MB. 1997 9600 W/914 PU, w/header height, 4012/2,784-hrs, w/hopper topper & 18.4x38 duals, HD lights, wired for JD ATU autosteer, air-ride seat, VGC, Green-light inspected at local JD dealership fall of 2011 & 2012, inspection papers avail., $59,000 OBO. Phone:(204)324-3264.

2000 JD 9650W, 2538-SEP hrs, HHS, DAS, Sunnybrook Cyl, Redekop MAV chopper, hopper topper, chaff spreader, HID lights, 914 PU header complete w/new belts, variable speed FDR house, 32.5x32, 16.9x26 tires. $102,500 OCO; 2003 JD 930F complete w/PU reel, Crary air system, FA, poly skids, Elmers trailer, $22,500 OCO; 224.5x32 Firestone rice tires, on JD rims, VG cond., $3200 OCO. Phone (204)347-5244.

2009 9870 John Deere Combine, 650 Separator Hours, 615P Pickup Header, Always stored inside, 2013 Green Light Insp. $245,000. Call Ron at (204)941-0045 or (204)322-5638

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2, 1983 JD TURBO 8820 combines, 212 PU header, approx 3,250 eng hrs & 3,300 eng hrs, grain loss monitor, reverser, good condition, chopper, 330-bu. Hopper Topper, asking $22,000 each.

Phone (204)324-4352 Emerson, MB. 7700 TURBO DIESEL COMBINE, 2,560 engine hours, straight cut & pick-up headers. $4,500 OBO. Phone:(204)753-2598.

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FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories 1998 JD F 925 header, good condition, asking $10,000. Phone (204)324-4352 Emerson, MB. FOR SALE: JD 930 flexhead, excellent condition, JD conversion to single point hook-up, shedded, Asking $12,000 w/trailer, $10,500 without. IH 770 5 bottom plow w/IH dual hitch, Asking $1,000 OBO. Phone:(204)736-4270. Domain, MB.

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FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Various 2009 BOURGAULT 6000 MIDSIZE harrow, 70-ft. asking, $25,000. Phone (204)324-4352 Emerson, MB. 46-FT. WILRICH FIELD CULTIVATOR 5 fold c/w 3 bar Wilrich mulchers includes tow behind 46-ft. coil packers w/hyd fold, asking $6,800 OBO. Phone days (204)526-5298, evenings (204)743-2145.

TracTors FARM MACHINERY Tractors – White 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.

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FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Case/IH 1070 CASE WHITE CAB, power shift, 5,400-hrs, asking $6,500. Phone (204)344-5016.

1976 INTERNATIONAL 1066, $8000. Pilot Mound.

Phone (204)825-3867.

1982 CASE IH 5288, 160-hp, cab w/heater & A/C. New 20.8 x 38 rear tires w/factory duals, 1000 PTO. Tractor’s in very nice condition, w/9,300-hrs, engine & trans. just recently rebuilt. Asking $18,000. Phone Rob:(204)743-2145 Mornings & evenings or Days (204)526-5298. Cypress River, MB.

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443

2090 Case Tractor: Runs & starts great. 3PTH, dual hydraulics,& duals. New battery & good rear rubber.

6,497-hrs. $7,900 OBO. Phone: (204) 324-8930.

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

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FARM MACHINERY Salvage GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB. MURPHY SALVAGE New & used parts for tractors, combines, swathers, square & round balers, tillage, press drills & other misc machinery. MURPHY SALVAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free 1-877-858-2728.

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FOR SALE: 40-FT. CASE IH 5600 w/NH3 kit, rear hitch, 3/4-in. carbide openers, 3 bar harrows, asking $5,000 OBO. Phone (204)637-2071 days or (204)526-5126 cell, Austin.

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1974 JD 4430, CAB w/heater & A/C, new 18.4 x 38 rear tires w/factory duals, 540 & 1000 PTO. 12,500-hrs on tractor, engine was rebuilt at 9,000-hrs. Comes w/148 JD loader, manure bucket, dirt bucket & bale prong. W/joystick control. Asking $24,000. Phone Rob:(204)743-2145 Mornings & evenings or Days (204)526-5298. Cypress River, MB. 4630 JD TRACTOR, w/duals front weight; 3140 & 3130 w/low hours; 4030 w/sound guard cab, 3PT, 148 FEL, 7405 MFWA, 740 FEL. Phone: (204)828-3460.

JD 4020 W/CAB & duals, 148 loader w/6-ft. bucket & bale fork; 22 Anhydrous Dutch knives. Phone (204)239-0035.

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FOR SALE: BRAY AIR valves off of 854 Rogator.

Also Norgren air/electric control valves, offers.

(204)637-2071 or (204)526-5126 cell, Austin.

1994 FORD/NH 7740 TRACTOR, 3,730-hrs, w/694 Allied loader, bucket & fork. $29,000 OBO Phone:(204)753-2598.

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3PTH - 30-FT WHICKING bar, $300. Phone: (204)753-2598.

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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.

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2012 JD 42-FT. 1890, 7.5-in. Spacing, Semi Pneumatic Gauge Wheels, Blockage & 2012 1910 350 TBT Cart, 12-in. Conveyor, shedded, 5,500-acs, $153,000. Call (204)825-8121.

1948 8N FORD TRACTOR, nice condition, can be seen at Wheat City Stables on Patricia Ave in Brandon. Asking $3000. Call Bob (204)773-3633 or Tyson (204)573-3815.

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

4020 JD 1968, NICE, $9500; 2000 Ford 3 cyl DSL, 3-PTH, PTO, blade, tiller, $4000; 7580 Allis Chalmers, 4WD, Duals, PTO, $9000. (204)427-3469

7700 FORD TRACTOR FRONT end loader; IHC 250 DSL tractor; Vicom 5x6 round baler; 851 NH round baler; New Idea 14-ft haybine; 70-ft hyd. harrows; 16-ft Wing cultivator; JD 10-ft rake; Horse trailer, tandem axle; 14-ft Case double disc. Call for more info (204)322-5614.

JD 8820 914 PICK-UP header & 930 grain header & trailer; MF 860 w/pick-up & MF 20-ft grain header; MF 410 combine, PU header; Honeybee 36-ft draper header, pick-up reel, fits Case 2388 & 2588 combine; D7G, PS, ripper; CAT 235 track hoe; D760 Champion Grater; Tree farmer skidder, mechanical special, new 18.4x34 tires; Calhoun fertilizer spreader, PTO; Grousen dozer, fits a JD 8970 16-ft; 2004 Dodge RumbleBee short box. Phone: (306)236-8023.

TRACTOR ALLIS CHALMERS CA. Comes w/3-PTH for a 2-sheer plow & rear cultivators, plus side cultivators. $2250; 12-ft wide cultivator, must be pulled by a tractor, $100, OBO. (204)661-6840.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 195 NH Spreader Good shape w/ new apron chain ($2,000 value). Recently replaced main sprockets & rear shaft. $7,900 OBO. Phone: (204) 324-8930 1954 MERCURY 600 3-TON grain truck, runs good, brakes & hoist work. Phone (204)773-4798.

1995 AERO MAX FORD 9000, nice condition, but motor has slight knock, Asking $2,800 OBO; 2 18-ft decks w/hoist & front storage, tie down straps, Asking $2,100/each OBO; 45-ft Morris Deep-tillage, w/NH3 shanks, Asking $2,550; IHC 7200 hoe press, built in transport, markers, Asking $1,750 OBO; Antique Oliver Cetrac crawler w/front blade, runs good, asking $1,800; 2050 IHC tandem DSL gravel truck, 15-ft box, asking $4,600; 28-ft Fruehauf flat deck semi-trailer, single axle, safetied, asking $3,500. Phone:(204)728-1861.

1995 JD 930 STRAIGHT cut header, PU reel, reconditioned wobble box 2000-acres ago, w/4-Whl transport trailer, shedded, $10,000; Small edible bean kit to fit 9600 or 9610 combine, $500; 9610 or 9600 combine straw chopper in VGC, $750; Hawkes side-arm markers, hardly used, $700. Could send pictures for all the above. Call John (204)745-7191, (204)379-2371, St Claude.

3PTH, 6-FT ROTARY MOWER, $500 OBO. Phone: (204)753-2598.

450 CASE CRAWLER, 5400-HRS, priced to sell.

Call: (204)467-5646 504 COCKSHUT SWATHER, SELF-PROPELLED 14-ft, shedded, good cond., $750; Hesston 7145 Forage chopper, 2-row corn & hay header, shedded, good condition, $1500 OBO; 60-ft tine harrow, 6-bar, $1000; Steel 100-bu hog feeders, $300 each; Honda Big Red 200 3-wheeler, excellent cond.

Phone (204)835-2433 62-FT 3PTH SPRAYER: 1989 Bloomhardt 62-ft 240 US-gal 3PTH sprayer, Raven 440 auto-rate, from a spray coop, radar speed sensor on sprayer frame, all you need is one hydraulic to run pump, 12V to run monitor (3 boom section & press adj.) & 3PTH, $3,500. 1999 Flexi-coil 67 XL sprayer, 94-ft, 1,250 Imperial-gal tank, hyd. drive pump, wheeled booms, wind screens, triple nozzle bodies, factory auto-rate, 100-gal rinse tank, chemical mixing tank, disc marker, field ready, $10,500. 1998 CIH 8480 soft-core round baler, excellent condition, always shedded, $2,750.

Phone:(306)739-2433 or (306)435-7125.

70HP JD TRACTOR W/CAB, front end loader, & hay forks, $7500; JD Hay mower 10-ft bar hydraulic lift & drop, $1250; NH 273 square baler, $1750; NH hay rake, $400; 2) CCL 14-ft swathers (1 working, 1 for parts) $1000; 48-ft Semi-trailer, $2000. Would consider reasonable offers. Phone:(204)467-7401.

BOURGAULT COIL PACKER, 28-32 ft. adjustable, hyd lift; Behlin 1650 & 3750-bu. granaries. Phone (204)386-2412.

FOR SALE: AIR KIT parts for 52-ft. cultivator, offers. Phone (204)743-2145 or (204)526-5298.

BALERS 2, JD 535, $5,900; JD 530, $3,500; JD 510, $1,250; New Idea 485, $3,500; JD 336, $3,000; Richardton Hi-Dumps, $3,000 & up; JD 3970 Harvester, $8,900; NH 890, $2,500; IH 781 $2,500; Several hay conditioners, $800 & Up; Haybines Gehl 2270, $3,900; JD 1209, $3,000; NH 116, $3,000; Case IH 8312 discbine, $6,900; Manure Spreaders, JD 780, $7,000; NH 800, $7,500; Meyers 550, $11,900; New Idea 3634, $4,000; Dual 340 loader, $2,000. (204)857-8403.

NH SUPER 1049 SP bale wagon, good condition, 1 Claas 13-ft circular rake, very good condition.

Phone:(204)724-3160 or (204)720-5475.

FOR SALE: 25-FT MORRIS 725 cultivator w/harrows, $1500; 60-ft Flexi-Coil harrow bar, $950; 41-ft Westfield 6-in grain auger, Kohler magnum 16HP motor w/starter, $850; 22-ft (28011’s) Morris Seedrite drills, $800; 6-ft swath roller, $175. All the above are in good shape. (204)748-1024, Virden.

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.

FOR SALE: 930 CASE, runs good, hand clutch, needs one rear tire, $2,500. Swather mover 4-wheel, used for 400 Versatile, $400.

Phone:(204)659-4448.

FOR SALE: MACDON MODEL 5000 16-ft mower conditioner. VGC, $4800; Model 358 NH mixmill w/power bale feeder, new hammers, $3500; 200-Bu portable metal creep feeder w/panels, used very little. Phone (204)352-4489 leave message if no answer please.

FOR SALE: MF PT #852 combine, full monitor & new pick-up; Case IH 725 PT swather. All items shedded. Phone:(204)858-2117.

GRAVITY WAGONS NEW: 400B, $7,100; 600B $12,000; used 250-750-bu, used grain carts, 450-1100-bu, EZ475 $7,900; JM875, $20,000; weigh wagon, $2,500; dual stage & Kwik Kleen screeners; REM 552 Grainvac $3,500; REM 2500, $9,500; Brandt 4000, $7,000; Brandt 4500, $8,000; Valmar applicator, $1,500; Phoenix harrow, 42-ft, $9,500; Summers 72-ft, $14,000; usd fertilizer spreaders, 4-9 ton. Phone:(204)857-8403.

JD 450 9-FT TRAILER more w/3 knives, $1,500; MTD 14.5hwp, 42-in cut riding mower, $475; 2 18.4x38 dual tires w/spacers & clamps, $550; 6-ft Douglas 3PTH brush mower, $950; MF 8-ft trailer more, complete for parts, $400; prong-type stone picker, $475.

All equipment OBO. Phone:(204)767-2208.

JD ALL CROP HEADER #653 6 row 30-in. spacing; Farm Fan grain dryer AB 250; Woods brush mower 5-ft. Phone (204)637-2088, Austin.

NEW IDEA 4865 BALER; New Idea 9-ft haybine; 750-gal water tank; 52-f Laurier Harrows; 500-gal fuel tank & metal stand; NH 351 mix mill, PT hay crimper. Offers, Phone:(204)842-5141.

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RETIRING! 2006 CASE IH MXU130 tractor, 1450-hrs w/Case LX156 loader, VGC, $55,000; IH 310 discers, 2x 12-ft, will sell separate, $1500; Power-Matic 60-ft hyd. harrows, $1200. Phone (204)794-5098, (204)334-6885.

VALMAR 240 W/HOSE, $1,500; Valmar PT Honda engine, $5,000; Rotary mowers JD 5-ft., $900; 6-ft.

3PH, $1,100; Woods 6-ft. PT $1,600; 10-ft. Batwing, $3,500; JD 709 PT, $3,000; Sickle Mowers JD 9-ft., $2,200; NH 9-ft., $2,200; IHC 9-ft., $1,750; Vermeer R23 Rake, $7,000; NH 144 swath turner, $3,000; 166 NH, $3,500; 14 Wheel rake, $6,500; Danuser Post auger, $1,200; New hyd post auger for skidsteer, $2,250; Bale spear, $400. Phone (204)857-8403.

VERS HARROW STRETCHER W/16 diamond harrows. Phone (204)386-2775 or (204)476-6631, Plumas.

2003 Dodge Dakota 4 x 4 1/2 ton, 4.7 Engine, loaded, AC, extended cab.

Trade Price $6250 Special $5690

EQUIPMENT SALES 3-170 Murray Park Rd Winnipeg, MB

204-837-1660

www.edgeequipmentsales.com

Exclusive PowerFold® feature allows operators to lift DuraMax® decks with their fingers not with their backs.

USED GRASSHOPPERS AVAILABLE FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted MORRIS MH 310 HOE drill for parts or whole.

Phone (204)734-2236, Swan River.

WANTED: TANDEM HITCH FOR hooking 2 IHC 1100 or New Idea 521 9-ft. sickle mowers together; also approx 21-24 ft. gooseneck cattle trailer.

(204)768-3312

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

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

New Equinox Black or Yellow, 1250 gallon tank.

Retail Price $878 OBO New GX690, 24 HP, Honda Engine loaded. Extra strong to run air seeder $2400 OBO

www.penta.ca

1-800-587-4711

IRON & STEEL

New GX630, V Twin, 20 HP, Honda Motor loaded.

Electric start with muffler $2390 OBO

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.

New GX390, 13 HP, Honda Motor. Rope start Retail Price $1320 OBO

LIVESTOCK

New Sega Scooters, 50CC, electric start, 120 mpg. Starting Price $2190 OBO

A&T Auto Sales Ltd.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus 8 YEARLING ANGUS BULLS semen tested, vaccinated, delivered within 100-miles. Holloway Angus.

Souris, Manitoba. Phone: (204)741-0070 or (204)483-3622.

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.

FORAGE BASED BLACK ANGUS Bulls. Virgin 2-yr olds & herd sires available. Phone: (204)564-2540. www.nerbasbrosangus.com FOR SALE: POLLED BLACK Angus & Hereford bulls. Good selection of yearlings & 2-yr olds, semen tested & delivery available. Call Don: (204)873-2430.

FOR SALE: PUREBRED BLACK Angus yearling bulls & some 2-yr old bulls. Scott Ranch, McCreary (204)835-2087.

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.

1998 Ford LX 1/2 ton, FWD, 4.2 V6 Engine $3490 2005 Chevy Malibu, V6, 3.5 litre, AC, 215,000 km.

Retail Price $3690 OBO

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

EDGE

NEW HOLLAND 815 MANURE SPREADER in excellent working condition. Floored Apron like new condition, has single beater. Reason for selling: Have no livestock.

Price $3200.

Phone (204)728-9895, Brandon, MB.

DISCS: Kewannee 12-ft breaking disc, $18,500; JD #330 22-ft, $9,500; Bushog 21-ft, $7,000; Krause 16-ft, $5,000; JD 15-ft, $5,000. SCRAPERS: JD 12-yd, $12,000; Crown 6-yd, $5,000; Soilmover 7.5-yd, $7,500; Ashland 4.5-yd, $4,500; New 10-ft Land Levelers, $2,250, 12-ft $2,450; SKIDSTEERS: Gehl #4510, $7,000; NH865, $12,900; 3PH 9-ft blade, $900; Artsway mixmill, $1,500; 36in Rollermill, $5,000. PHONE:(204)857-8403.

FOR SALE: 7155 HESTON Forage Harvester, complete w/2-row corn head & PU head, good condition, field ready, $2,650. Phone:(204)325-7278.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

Morden, MB Phone: (204) 822-1354 Cell: (204) 823-1559

REGULAR SALE

Every Friday 9AM NO REGULAR SALE ON FRIDAY JULY 19TH

NEXT SHEEP & GOAT SALE Wednesday, August 7 @ 1:00 pm Gates Open: Mon.-Wed. 8AM-4PM Thurs. 8AM-10PM Friday 8AM-6PM Sat. 8AM-4PM

We Will Buy Cattle Direct On Farm

For more information call: 204-694-8328 Jim Christie 204-771-0753 Scott Anderson 204-782-6222 Mike Nernberg 204-841-0747

www.winnipeglivestocksales.com Licence #1122

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD. Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519

GRUNTHAL, MB.

AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

REGULAR CATTLE SALES

with Holstein Calves every TUESDAY at 9 am July 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th Grunthal Auction Mart will be closed from July 1 - 7th NO SALE JULY 2ND Monday, August 12th & 26th Sheep and Goat Sale with Small Animals at 12:00 Noon

Sales Agent for

HIQUAL INDUSTRIES

We also have a line of Agri-blend all natural products for your livestock needs. (protein tubs, blocks, minerals, etc) For on farm appraisal of livestock or for marketing information please call

Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250 Auction Mart (204) 434-6519 MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM

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.

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.

PB REG BLACK & Red Angus bulls for sale.

2-18-mth Black AI sired Density(ET) & Net Worth.

3-15-mth Red AI sired Makn Waves, Arson & Designer. Semen tested. Drumhaggart Ltd. Corina, (204)268-4478.

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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus 2 YR OLD BULLS PB not papered, semen tested, $1,800 each. Phone (204)371-6404, Ste Anne.

REG RED ANGUS BULLS for sale. 6, 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.

WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM HAS several good quality Red Angus yearling bulls still available, for more info call Sid Wilkinson (204)373-2631.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais 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.

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.

PUREBRED CHARLOIS BULLS FOR Sale. Yearling & 2-yr old, good selection still available.

Phone:(204)427-2589. Walking Plow Charlois.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford FOR SALE: POLLED HEREFORD & Black Angus bulls. Good selection of yearlings & 2-yr olds, semen tested & delivery available. Call Don: (204)873-2430.

FOR SALE: YEARLING & 2-yr old Hereford polled bulls. Good performance tie-broke, quiet, up to date on vaccinations. Can be viewed online at www.rocknabh.com call Allan/Bonnie (204)764-0364 or Kevin/Holly at (204)764-0331.

REG POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, good selection of coming 2 yr olds, naturally developed, quiet, broke to tie, guaranteed, delivery available. Catt Brothers (204)723-2831 Austin, MB.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Holstein HOLSTEIN HEIFERS DUE TO calve in June & July. Phone (204)526-2810.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Limousin FOR SALE: 2 YR old & yearling Limousin bulls, semen tested, will deliver. Contact Diamond T Limousin (204)838-2019 or (204)851-0809.

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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Maine-Anjou WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM HAS several solid Red & solid Black Maine-Anjou yearling bulls. Also 2 2-yr olds, bulls are all polled, semen tested & ready to go. For more info call Sid Wilkinson (204)373-2631.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental 2-YR OLD & YEARLING polled Red bulls, w/A.I. backgrounds, also 10 older Simmental cows w/young calves at side. Acomb Valley Simmentals, Minnedosa (204)867-2203.

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PETS

PEDIGREED SEED

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Grain Wanted

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.

PETS & SUPPLIES

PEDIGREED SEED Oilseed – Various

We are buyers of farm grains.

REAL ESTATE Mobile Homes

COW/CALF PAIRS FOR SALE, Blacks & Reds, cows have had 4-7 calves, good quality cattle, $1600. (204)385-3646.

De Dell Seeds…

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba

FOR SALE: 100 EWES w/lambs at foot, vaccination program, nice flock. Phone (204)768-9090.

LIVESTOCK Horse Auctions

80-ACRE BEEF/HORSE/SHEEP FARM, 60 cultivated, 4-brdm house, barn, machine shed, must see! $275,000. Call Mel (204)427-3341.

27TH ANNUAL ROCKING W Fall Horse Sale. Sat., Aug. 31. Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Consignment deadline July 26th. For more info, www.rockingw.com or Email: rockingw@xplornet.com or Phone:(204)325-7237.

EXCELLENT LIVESTOCK FARM EXTENDING to 1578 deeded acres w/4425-acres of Crown land. All the land is fenced & the farm has very good buildings & metal corral system. The farm can carry up to 400-450 cow calf pairs. There is a small bungalow home. Tel: Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511 or Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc. www.homelifepro.com

LIVESTOCK Horses – Donkeys FOR SALE: 2 YEARLING donkeys, 1 2-yr old & 1 5-yr old Jenny. Will trade for other Jenny’s.

Phone:(204)873-2430.

For Sale: SE 9-18-15 PTH #5 RIDING MOUNTAIN, 156-acs, 93 grainland, 1,816-sq.ft. bungalow, scenic property. 2) RM of MCCREARY 719-acs farm (cattle, elk, bison) 1,064-sq.ft. bungalow & yard site, outbldgs. 3) GLADSTONE 4-mi. N, 1988 1,170-sq.ft. raised bungalow 9.86-acs, attached dbl garage, $149,000 OBO. 4)NEEPAWA: SW 4-ac, 1996 1,617-sqft, 3 bdrm, dbl garage, town water, new field PTH#464. Phone Liz:(204)476-6362 or John: (204)476-6719. Gill & Schmall Agencies.

LIVESTOCK Horses – Mules TEAM OF BELGIUM MULES, 16.2 hands tall, big boys. Broke to drive, one is broke to ride, 10-yrs old. Phone (204)752-2185

Swine

GOOD CATTLE FARM ON the shores of Lake Manitoba. 512-acres deeded & 1500-acres of crown lease. The land is all in a block & contained on a peninsula. The owners produce enough to feed on the farm for 150 beef cows. Mobile home, machine shed built 2009, insulated barn, corrals.

Tel: Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511 or Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc. www.homelifepro.com

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

VERY TIDY FARM OF 160-acres only 11-miles from Killarney, would lend itself to a mixed or dairy operation. Approximately 110-acres cultivated.

Large hayshed & lean-to, built in 2005. Commodity shed 42-ft x 16-ft. Small workshop w/generator. 3 cattle sheds. 4 hopper bottom bins. Good split level house. Tel Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511 or Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753. Homelife Home Professional Realty Inc. www.homelifepro.com

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

COMMON SEED Forage

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale

BLAIN JOHNSON OF WINNIPEGOSIS, MB intends to sell private lands: E1/2 31-29-16W, N1/2 7-30-16W, SW7-30-16W, SW20-30-16W, SE17-30-16W to Tyler Bowes who intends to acquire the following Crown lands: NW31-29-16W, NW32-29-16W, SW32-29-16W, SE06-30-16W, NW29-29-16W, NE30-29-16W, NE12-30-17W, SE12-30-17W, SE29-30-16W, NE29-30-16W, NE06-30-16W, SW17-30-16W, NW17-30-16W, NE17-30-16W, SW21-30-16W, SE20-30-16W, NW03-30-16W, SW03-30-16W, SE04-30-16W, SW04-30-16W by Unit Transfer. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this purchaser please write to: Director, MAFRI, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578.

2012 GUINEA FOWL 4 females & 1 male, $100 for flock. (204)466-2870.

LIVESTOCK Livestock Equipment

SEED / FEED / GRAIN SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Feed Grain 15,000-BU. SPROUTED FEED OATS for sale, $3 per bushel. Phone (204)738-2763.

WANTED: 4000-BU OUT OF condition wheat, Please call Gerald Friesen:(204)822-3633 or (204)362-0678.

BRAND NEW ATVS, DIRTBIKES , Dune Buggies & UTV’s: 110cc ATV $729; 125cc $949; 150cc $1,599; 250cc $1,699; 300cc $2,499; 125cc Dune buggy $1,499; 150cc Dune Buggy/150cc UTV, $2,699. Full Warranty, Brandon,MB will add.

Phone:(204)724-4372. www.canadattatv.com

Real Corn…Profit Ready!

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Wanted

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.

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.

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale LAND FOR SALE: 37.86-ACS cultivated, 45-min NE of Wpg, off #59 on Stead Rd., accessible all weather roads, DAME close to USED beaches, OIL $45,000.

NOTRE (204)667-6461

& FILTER DEPOT

LIVESTOCK Livestock Equipment

LIVESTOCK • Buy Used Oil •Equipment Buy Batteries Livestock • Collect Used Filters • Collect Oil Containers

Southern and Western Manitoba

Check OTR-Recycling.com for more information Tel: 204-248-2110

They're still UGLY They're still TOUGH They're still the best value on the market.

Research proves that providing clean water for your calves can add 20 per cent or more to your weaning weights.

FOR SALE: 1986 250 Honda 3-wheeler w/tow bar. $1500. Phone (204)822-4382

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Campers & Trailers

De Dell Seeds

967 Valetta St., London, ON, N6H 2Z7

P: (519) 473-6175 F: (519) 473-2970

moneytalks@dedellseeds.com

De Dell Seeds

www.responsibletechnology.org

WANTED: DAIRY, BEEF, GRASS & Straw bales in large square bales. Phone Mark 1-800-371-7928, Winnipeg.

SLIDE ON TRUCK CAMPER EDSON w/fridge & stove. Phone (204)637-2088, Austin.

WANTED: STANDING HAY, ALFAFA & brome preferred, mixed.

Over 100-acres.

Phone (204)824-2239, (204)761-6583.

RECYCLING

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Grain Wanted

BUYING:

HEATED & GREEN CANOLA • Competitive Prices • Prompt Movement • Spring Thrashed “ON FARM PICK UP”

1-877-250-5252

800 gallon trough Beauty fades… ugly lasts forever!

• costs less & lasts longer • virtually indestructible • guaranteed not to leak • 200-800 gallon capacity

Call a dealer near you today for more information ARBORG CO-OP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204-376-5201 CO-OP FEEDS, BRANDON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204-727-0571 7-L RANCH, LAKELAND, MB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204-445-2102 GILBERT PLAINS CO-OP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204-548-2099

STE. ROSE DU LAC CO-OP, STE. ROSE DU LAC, MB . . . 204-447-2545 MCGREGOR CO-OP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204-685-2033 NORTHFORK RANCH (CARTWRIGHT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204-529-2881

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Vanderveen Commodity Services Ltd. We BUY used oil & filters

2013 Malt Contracts Available 2013 Malt Contracts Available Box 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0 Box 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0 Phone 204-737-2000 Phone 204-737-2000 Toll-Free 1-800-258-7434 2013Toll-Free Malt Contracts Available 1-800-258-7434 2013 Malt Available Agent: M &Contracts J Weber-Arcola, SK. Box 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0 Agent: MLetellier, & 306-455-2509 J Weber-Arcola, SK. Box 238 MB. R0G 1C0 Phone Phone 204-737-2000 Phone204-737-2000 306-455-2509 Phone Toll-Free 1-800-258-7434 Toll-Free 1-800-258-7434 Agent: M & J Weber-Arcola, SK. Agent: M & J Weber-Arcola, SK. Phone 306-455-2509 Phone 306-455-2509

FARMERS, RANCHERS, SEED PROCESSORS BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS

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.

The UGLY water troughs

BOOTH 1309 COMESEE SEEUS USAT ATAG AG DAYS DAYS IN IN COME THECONVENTION CONVENTION HALL HALL THE BOOTH1309 1309 BOOTH

Licensed & Bonded P.O. Box 1236 129 Manitoba Rd. Winkler, MB. R6W 4B3

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Hay & Feed Wanted

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

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

NOW BUYING Confection and Oil Sunflowers, Brown & Yellow Flax and Red & White Millet

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES RECREATIONAL VEHICLES All Terrain Vehicles

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Contact Denis or Ben for pricing ~ 204-325-9555

De Dell Seeds 967 Valetta St., London, ON, N6H 2Z7 Dell Seeds…

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(519) 473-6175 F: (519) 473-2970 473-6175 F: (519) 473-2970 Real Corn…Profit Ready! P: (519)www.responsibletechnology.org

FARM SPECIALIST: Count on Grant Tweed, informed, professional assistance for sellers & buyers. www.granttweed.com Call (204)761-6884 anytime. Service with integrity.

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.

for pastures and feedlots

FOR SALE: ALFALFA, TIMOTHY, Brome, Clover, hay & pasture blends, millet seed, Crown $0.34, Red Prozo $0.38. Leonard Friesen, (204)685-2376, Austin MB.

THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: S1/2 28-24-15W, E1/2 21-24-15W, NE 16-24-15W, NW 15-24-15W. The following Crown Lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food&Rural Initiatives for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed, as these lands are part of the unit held by Douglas Rath & Rae Flower of Ste. Rose du Lac, MB: Sec. 01-29-13W, NW 36-28-13W, Sec. 07-29-12W, Sec. 02-29-13W, Sec. 03-29-13W, Sec. 10-29-13W, Sec. 11-29-13W, Sec. 12-29-13W, SW 36-28-13W, N1/2 31-28-12W, Sec. 34-28-13W, Sec. 35-28-13W, E1/2 04-29-13W, E1/2 09-29-13W, NW 25-28-13W, E1/2 33-28-13W, N1/2 26-28-13W, N1/2 27-28-13W, NE 28-28-13W, Sec. 06-29-12W. If you wish to purchase the private land & apply for the unit transfer, contact the Lessees Douglas Rath at PO Box 8, Ste. Rose du Lac, MB R0L 1S0 or Rae Flower at 48 Stradbrooke Place, Dauphin, MB R7N 0M9. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this unit transfer, write the Director, MAFRI, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0; or Fax:(204)867-6578.

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WELL LOCATED FARM ONLY 20-min from Virden extending to 311-acres. Approximately 240-acres is presently in cultivation & 50-acres of pasture. The farmhouse is older but is in excellent condition. First class range of farm buildings. Tel: Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511 or Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc. www.homelifepro.com

LIVESTOCK Poultry For Sale

TJ O'Sullivan 204-768-0600 sales@otr-recycling.com

Toll Free 1-888-835-6351 Deloraine, Manitoba

We won’t pull theCOMMON woolSEED over your eyes!

2000 (ALMOST) ACRES GRAIN land of C&E, C32 & E32 soil. Flat, Red River Valley land South. Asking $7,500,000. Offers close July 15th at 4:00pm.

Ray Shaw listing agent, Home Town Real Estate, Box 7, 125 Main St. Morris. MLS #1310224 hometwn1@mymts.net Phone:1(800)497-1132.

Horses

made from mining tires

Phone (204)747-2904

KILLARNEY LAKE, LAKE FRONT 3-bdrm mobile home, 16x68, 1.5 baths, large deck, very good well, septic tank, 2 sheds, lot size is 50 x 170.

Phone(204)729-5264.

YEARLING ewe $5,000 for lot.

WATER TROUGHS

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CANADA SINGLE FAMILY HOME NEW 16 wide & 20 wide MODULAR HOMES at GREAT prices.

(218)751-7720 frontierhomesonline.com

LIVESTOCK Sheep For Sale DORPER breeding,

Licensed & Bonded 0% Shrink Farm Pick-Up Available Planting Seed Available

CABIN HOMES BUILT ON order, ready to move, ready to move into. 16 x 30, or 16 x 32, w/covered porch.

Quality materials & workmanship.

(204)263-2630.

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.

27 COMMERCIAL lambs, ready for (204)466-2870.

Old & New Crop Confection & Oil Sunflowers

MALT BARLEY

BUYING We won’t pull the NOW wool over your eyes!

9 COW/CALF PAIRS; 1 Black bull; 851 NH baler, good condition; 200 Honda 3-wheeler; Portable fuel tank; 4 heifers. Phone (204)425-3016.

• Vomi wheat • Vomi barley • Feed wheat • Feed barley • Feed oats • Corn • Screenings • Peas • Light Weight Barley You can deliver or we can arrange for farm pickup.

Winnipeg 233-8418 Brandon 728-0231 Grunthal 434-6881 *6-Row* *6-Row* “Ask for grain buyer.”

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*6-Row* Celebration & Tradition We buy feed barley, feed wheat, oats, soybeans, corn & canola

REAL ESTATE

COME SEE US AT AG DAYS IN THE CONVENTION HALL BOOTH 1309

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various

2013 Malt Contracts Available Box 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0 Phone 204-737-2000 Toll-Free 1-800-258-7434 Agent: M & J Weber-Arcola, SK. Phone 306-455-2509

De Dell Seeds…

PB BORDER COLLIE PUPS off Top Imported Breeding Parents working cattle & sheep. Ready to go Aug 1st, $225. Go to www.oakwoodgrange.ca For more info phone Martin Penfold (204)722-2036 Virden/ Moosomin Area.

Licensed and Bonded Grain Brokers

37 4th Ave. NE Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Ph. (204) 745-6444 Email: vscltd@mts.net Andy Vanderveen · Brett Vanderveen Jesse Vanderveen

A Season to Grow… Only Days to Pay!

Heated/Spring Threshed Lightweight/Green/Tough, Mixed Grain - Barley, Oats, Rye, Flax, Wheat, Durum, Lentils, Peas, Canola, Chickpeas, Triticale, Sunflowers, Screenings, Organics and By-Products √ ON-FARM PICKUP √ PROMPT PAYMENT √ LICENSED AND BONDED SASKATOON, LLOYDMINSTER, LETHBRIDGE, VANCOUVER, MINNEDOSA

1-204-724-6741

TIRES FEDERATION TIRE: 1100X12, 2000X20, used aircraft. Toll free 1-888-452-3850

TRAILERS Grain Trailers 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.

Side chutes & dual crank hopper openings avail.

Financing avail o.a.c For more details call Glenn (204)895-8547.

TRAILERS Livestock Trailers WANTED: 16-FT. ALUMINUM OR Steel tandem axle V Neck gooseneck stock trailer, in good condition. Phone morning & evenings (204)743-2145 or Dave (204)526-5298.

TRAILERS Trailers Miscellaneous 8 1/2x45-FT TRAILMOBILE TANDEM axle hi-boy semi-trailer, $3,900. 8 1/2x45-ft trail mobile, tandem axle, semi trailer livestock van, $3,500. Dealer #5345, Anderson Supply. Phone:(204)385-2685.

Gladstone, MB. 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

WE BUY OATS Call us today for pricing Box 424, Emerson, MB R0A 0L0 204-373-2328

FLAMAN TRAILTECH, 24-FT TRAILER/PINACLE hitch. Just $2,000 OBO. Phone:(204)753-2598.

STOCK TRAILERS: 6X16 GN, $3,500; 7x20 GN $3,200; 6x16 Bumper, $3,200; Flat bed w/ramps, 24-ft, $5,500; Single axle converter, $1,900, Double $2,000; 48-ft Loboy, $6,500; 9-ft deck for 1-ton truck, $2,350. Phone:(204)857-8403.