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and remains a “safe deposit box with a view” L for the ultra-wealthy, CROPS according to the publication 2013 Land Report 100, an annual survey and ranking of the largest private landown- Pushing the ers in the United States. It says that in 2012, the coun- limit on barley try’s top 100 landowners cumu- Alberta researchers latively increased their private target 180-bushel holdings by 700,000 acres to a total of 33 million acres, nearly yield 17 two per cent of U.S. land mass. Liberty Media chairman John Malone tops the list with 2.2 million acres, edging out CNN founder Ted Turner, who has FEATURE more than two million. Rounding out the top five in AMM order were the Emmerson fam- Media mogul Ted Turner likes to keep a few bison in his backyard. ily, Brad Kelley and Canada’s photo: thinkstock unhappy with Irving family. The report says this year Stan New additions to the top 100 Another new addition is No. amalgamation Kroenke elevated his position list included No. 28, Dan and 96, Arthur Nicholas. The co- Struthers says it could from No. 10 to No. 8 after his Farris Wilks, billionaire broth- founder of Nicholas Investment recent purchase of the historic ers who recently purchased Properties owns Wyoming’s his- have been handled Broken O Ranch, described more than 400 square miles of toric Wagonhound Land and better 9 nationally as “one of the largest land, mostly in the eastern half Livestock, an AQHA Ranching agricultural operations in the of Montana. The Wilks broth- Heritage Breeder. Rocky Mountain West.” Kroenke ers, oilfield services entrepre- The report can be down- also owns the 540,000-acre Q neurs, own the prized N Bar loaded at http://fayranches. CROSSROADS Creek Ranch, the largest con- Ranch in Montana, which is com/blog/2013/10/01/2013- tiguous ranch in the Rocky known for its wildlife and fish- land-report-100-sponsored-fay- Mountains. ery resources. ranches. How to kill your community

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By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / Oak Lake “The main principle is to he Khosa family has followed an work hard at honest work. age-old mantra for those looking to Second is share with others, T make a fresh start in a land of plenty. and the third is to remember They’ve come west. God.” On a quarter section of rolling grain land just east of Oak Lake, the Sikh family that spans three generations is keen to put Harbans Singh Khosa down roots. They’ve lived in Toronto for nearly two decades. But about 18 months ago, the Khosas decided to try farming — not for the money — but more to experi- aged four and five, currently enrolled in ence the “fun” of growing food. the local school, may one day be part of an “I am trucking right now, but maybe expanded family operation. next year we will start farming as well,” said But for now, he’s pleased to give the boys Harbinder Singh Khosa, 47. the opportunity to run and play outdoors All vegetarians, they are excited about in the farm’s wide-open spaces. growing their own food. This past sum- The latest Statistic Canada report, enti- mer they planted a vegetable garden, but tled “Get to know Canadian farmers and for now have opted to rent the rest of their their families,” states that of the roughly acres to a neighbour until they can buy 45,000 immigrant farmers in Canada that enough machinery to grow their own crops. make up about seven per cent of the total An engineer by training and an experi- farming population, about eight per cent enced diesel mechanic, Harbinder is plan- listed their mother tongue as Punjabi. ning to open a repair shop on the property, In comparison, the most common which lies right next to the Trans-Canada mother tongues for Canada’s immigrant Highway. Grandparents Harbans Singh Khosa and Harbans Kaur Khosa pose for a picture in their home with farm population were English (34.5 per But right now, he’s been busy replacing son Harbinder Singh Khosa and his wife Shaminder Kaur Khosa, along with sons Harsimarjit Singh cent), Dutch (17.8 per cent), German (16.7 the block on one of the three semi-trailers Khosa and Prabhsimarjit Singh Khosa. (In Sikh cultural tradition, Singh denotes a man, while Kaur per cent), and French (3.8 per cent). parked in the yard. means woman.) photo: Daniel Winters According to numbers gathered in 2011, With no roof overhead, working in God’s of the almost 550,000 Indian immigrants, Great Garage doesn’t bother him — so long only 3,785 of them became farmers. What’s as it doesn’t get any colder than -8 C. Still, experience at farming, they plan to start out powerful god, is the core of the religion, more, most of them settled in the balmy it’s not much fun when tools or stray bolts with the same crops that their neighbours followed by a firm belief in the universal climes of British Columbia. fall in the snow, he said. have good success growing, he said. equality of all humans. Roman Catholic was the most frequently Harbans Singh Khosa is the family patri- He is looking forward to bringing his “The main principle is to work hard at reported religious affiliation for the immi- arch. A schoolmaster in his native Punjab, other son, Parmpal, 44, over from India to honest work. Second is share with others, grant farm population in each province, the spry 78-year-old with twinkling eyes help out. and the third is to remember God,” said except for British Columbia where Sikh was and a ready smile credits a vegetarian diet “One and one makes 11,” he joked, Harbans. the most frequently reported religion. for his excellent health. meaning that two brothers working Sikhs make up only two per cent of the Of the immigrant farm population “I can take meat and eggs, but I find together can accomplish as much as 11 population of India, but under British rule, reporting a religious affiliation, the most that I don’t need it,” he said, adding that men. they made up a large proportion of the mil- frequently reported religions were Roman the Sikh religion doesn’t prohibit meat Most people are unfamiliar with the itary due to their “boldness and bravery,” Catholic (30.4 per cent), Sikh (9.9 per cent), consumption. Sikh religion, but Harbans does his best to he said. and Christian (7.2 per cent). In Punjab, most farmers grow crop rota- explain the salient features at every oppor- Harbinder hopes that their farming tions of wheat-pulse-rice, but with no prior tunity. Monotheism, the belief in an all- venture is a success and that his two sons, [email protected] 4-H launches new video of Youth Ag-Summit Staff sumer awareness of agricultural Canada’s Annual Ag Outlook Conference practices and farming efficiencies. 4-H Canada and Bayer The final vision reached by CropScience have posted a new attendees was “to increase sus- February 24 & 25, 2014 video that highlights the global tainable access to nutrient-dense 4-H Youth Ag-Summit held in food for women and children The Fairmont Winnipeg Calgary last August. worldwide to alleviate global As part of 4-H Canada’s 100th hunger.” anniversary celebrations, 118 “We were very proud to have young delegates from 18 to 25 had the global network to help gathered from 24 different coun- facilitate bringing these bright Get detailed outlooks for all the crops we grow in western Canada. tries to discuss how their genera- minds to Canada,” Kamel Beliazi, tion can overcome the challenges president and CEO of Bayer Speakers include: of feeding a growing world popu- CropScience said in a release. “We lation of over seven billion people. need new and fresh thinking to Every farmer has been a marketing - Canola - Tracy Lussier, Dreyfus 4-H members discussed the solve these problems — the future genius for the last two years. 2012 theme of “Feeding a Hungry relies on these young minds.” - Feed Barley – Jim Beusekom, Market Place Commodities Planet” and tackled topics such The video can be accessed saw a good crop and the best prices as food waste, climate change, the at www.youtube.com/ we’ve ever had. 2013 saw the best - Durum – John Grifﬁ th, CHS growing human footprint, con- watch?v=QW9tYXDdc7k. crop ever grown in western Canada and still decent prices. - Red Spring Wheat – Trevor Letkeman, Parrish & Heimbecker - Oats – Randy Strychar, Ag Commodity Research You’ll have to sharpen your pencil for 2014 however. Two years of good - Soybeans – Karl Skold, Bunge prices have farmers around the world producing to the max. Making money In addition, hear Charlie Mayer on the value of farmers, an will be a challenge in 2014. international panel of grain customers, a review of where the seed industry is headed and Dennis Gartman, publisher of the Gartman Arm yourself with information on the Letter, on ﬁ nancial policy. market outlooks for the various crops we can plant in western Canada. Wild Join us at the Fairmont Hotel at the corner of Portage and Main Oats Grainworld 2014 will provide you in Winnipeg. Early-bird registration is $400 and includes all with detailed outlooks from traders sessions and meals. Register at wildoatsgrainworld.com or call As part of 4-H Canada’s 100th anniversary celebrations, 118 young delegates who handle the crops. 1-800-567-5671. from 18 to 25 gathered from 24 different countries in Calgary last August. 4 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 OPINION/EDITORIAL

Cell companies bad, railways good

ust as there’s good stress and bad stress, there’s good excitement and J bad excitement. There’s the good excitement you get when watching the Grey Cup, especially if you’re a Riders fan. Then there’s the other kind of excitement (as in riled up) you got watching this year’s Grey Cup commercials about how the Harper government is stomping John Morriss on those big bad cellphone companies. Editorial Director This follows the speech from the throne, in which we were told the government would defend citizens against those evil cable providers. Isn’t it nice to know that a “conservative” government that preaches the virtues of free markets and staying out of citizens’ business will pass an act of Parlia- ment to let you subscribe to the Space channel without having to pay the full three bucks a month to get Spike, History and Bravo as well? And then use your tax money to tell you about it? Big Ag and Big Data meet Big Iron If you were a grain farmer watching the Grey Cup, it might have occurred to you that it seems odd that the Harper gov- An algorithm may determine Climate Corp.’s whiz-bang crop insurance ernment has one attitude toward competition in the cell- scheme stands on two pillars. First, it lifts buckets phone business, but another toward the railways. crop insurance payments of free weather and yield information from the Speaking to the Grain Industry Symposium in Ottawa National Weather Service and the U.S. Depart- last month, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said he hasn’t in the future ment of Agriculture and, second, Monsanto’s seen any evidence that the railways aren’t performing. 2012 purchase of Precision Planting, an Illinois Apparently the grain companies reporting a weekly short- By Alan Guebert firm that specializes in on-the-go seed selection fall of between 1,000 to 2,000 cars isn’t evidence. and placement. However, “I’ve asked (the grain companies) to keep me very day, according to the coconut milk- Together it’s Big Data meets Big Seed meets up to speed on what’s working, what’s not working, so I drinking nerds in Silicon Valley, the world Big Iron and the pairings will drive your tractor, can flow it through to Transport Canada and directly to E generates 2.5 quintillion bytes of electronic select and place your seed (from personalized the railways to make sure they understand that we are data. varieties) by the foot or metre and fertilize, irri- watching.” Think two, comma, five and then 17 zeroes. gate and insure the crop while you’re monitoring The reference to flowing through Transport Canada You get the idea. Big data is really big and Big it all from your kitchen or farm office. directly to the railways is particularly telling. Mr. Ritz Ag is investing big bucks in what it sees is the next This isn’t a touch screen, agronaut fantasy. In may not be aware that in certain quarters, the joke is that big thing on your farm or ranch. July, Informa Economics floated an investment Transport Canada is otherwise known as the railways’ On Nov. 1, Monsanto Co. completed its prospectus to underwrite a broad study of what it unofficial lobbying office in Ottawa. $930-million cash purchase of The Climate called “AgInformatics.” The minister is also a fan of removing the revenue cap on Corp., a San Francisco-based tech company The offer listed Deere, Dow, Monsanto, Pio- grain shipments, which would be the railways’ final victory that, under Monsanto’s umbrella, hopes to neer, and Syngenta — “on the verge of going ‘all in a long-running campaign to get absolutely everything change global farming. A profile titled “Climate in’ on data collection, analysis and operational their way. Perhaps it’s ancient history now, but some of us By Numbers” in the Nov. 11 New Yorker maga- planning.” remember when the railways hinted if not outright prom- zine explains how. No one, however, will go boldly into a data- ised that if the government got rid of the Crow rate, they The company, writes author Michael Specter, driven tomorrow alone. Climate Corp. was might be able to afford to improve service. The railways “hopes to transform the weather business… into approved to peddle heavily subsidized — and, also said they could improve efficiency by getting rid of all a system driven solely by numbers. And there very likely, expanding — U.S. crop insurance those old wooden elevators and all those branch lines. are a lot of numbers. Company scientists proc- three months before Monsanto bought it. Deere So let’s go back to 1983-84, when there were 3,000 ess 50 terabytes” — 52.43 million megabytes — already owns a crop insurance arm. elevators, not 300, and most of the cars were boxes, not “of weather information every day… The data None of this is free. Climate Corp. “charges hoppers. In the final week of that year, Thunder Bay took include eight years’ worth of soil, moisture and roughly $40 per acre to insure crops,” notes the off 9,672 cars, and Vancouver unloaded 3,000-plus. Back precipitation records for each of the 29 million New Yorker. Monsanto believes the $1 billion it then, 5,000 unloads would have been a disaster. Today it’s farm fields in the U.S.” spent on the company will yield $20 billion in the considered a good week. A Climate Corp. “algorithm divides the country coming years. So the railways got what they wanted. The Crow is gone. into nearly a half a million plots, then generates Curiously, that big money will be spent to do The boxcars are gone. The branch lines are gone. The 10,000 daily weather scenarios for each of them. pretty much what small-farm agriculture has wooden elevators are gone. The wheat board is gone. But This information is used to create individualized done for millennia: grow better crops and live- the railways are shipping half as many cars as they did insurance policies for corn, soybean and wheat stock through small plot management using soil 30 years ago. Their solution to improve things — and one farmers covering major perils… and weather knowledge gained over years of apparently shared by Minister Ritz — is to get rid of the “When data show that a field is too wet, for farming and ranching. revenue cap so they can charge even more. instance, or that hot nights will interfere with the Did we mention that the revenue cap is set at a level to growth of a crop, an insured farmer simply gets a The Farm and Food File is published weekly in more guarantee a profit, and is adjusted for inflation? cheque. No claims, forms, adjusters, or negotia- than 70 newspapers in North America. Contact Alan The theory behind this, by the way, is that by allowing tions are required.” Guebert at [email protected]. the railways to charge more in total, they could raise rates at some points to encourage more efficiency in the system. When there are four elevators in Western Canada — one per railway at the foothills of the Rockies and at the Manitoba-Ontario border — perhaps the system will be OUR HISTORY: December 1971 sufficiently efficient from the railways’ point of view. The wholesale deregulation of the system over the past 30 years was marked by a number of reports, many ur issues in 1972 carried a series of products available prepared with helpful support from the railways’ lobby from Frank Lawson and Sons Ltd. in Brandon. This office in Ottawa… er, Transport Canada. One of the last, O hammer mill was advertised in our Dec. 7 edition. by retired Supreme Court Justice Willard Estey, supported That was the year of the “Great Grain Robbery” when the continued deregulation. However, it’s somehow been Soviet Union had cleaned an unsuspecting U.S. out of grain, forgotten that he also made another recommendation to and there was strong demand and high prices for remaining encourage competition, which was that the rail system be supplies. Speaking to the annual meeting of Alberta Wheat Pool, deregulated in the same way as telecommunications, and wheat board chief commissioner Gerry Vogel said the board was that there be joint running rights. In other words, anyone planning to send a questionnaire to all permit book holders to could start a railway and run it on CN and CP tracks. get a better idea of what remained to be sold. Well, that didn’t happen, but the current government A revolution in grain handling had begun that month. The first ad campaign tells us that it wants at least four cellphone 200 of an order of 2,000 government hopper cars were on their companies competing in every region of the country — way to the West Coast. Previously all grain was hauled in boxcars. and sharing cell towers. The previous summer had seen a test of trucking grain to large In kowtowing to the railways, the Harper government is government terminals at Saskatoon and Moose Jaw to determine only carrying a tradition followed by previous Liberal and whether it was more efficient than using local elevators. The Progressive Conservative governments. But never have Palliser Wheat Growers Association hailed the experiment as a we seen such a stark ideological contrast. You must have success, but a wheat board analysis reported on that week said it the choice of four cell companies, but two railways are resulted in an extra 12 cents per bushel in trucking costs. enough. Elsewhere we reported on a new method of making silage by sealing it in plastic bags, and a Manitoba Department of Agriculture [email protected] study which indicated a favourable future for faba beans. The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 5 COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Municipal amalgamation: why all the fuss? What is the point of sticking so closely to the past that the future appears identical?

By Duncan Stewart and designed to fit the topography of It seems to me, after a century, only the most incorrigible the state. Their population is 672,591. he provincial government’s edict Each N.D. county has an elected gov- that small rural municipalities Luddite will argue some tweaking of our policies is not ernment of not more than five commis- T must amalgamate has caused necessary, and this is all the province was suggesting. sioners, including a chairperson. Each great consternation, but there is reason county has a county seat, in which there to examine resistance to the idea. is an office housing their auditor (equiv- Manitoba RMs have been operating alent to our CAO), and several staff. under the same policies for over 100 North Dakota’s system is not perfect. years — since the days horse and buggy It has divided its counties into a large were the preferred mode of transporta- One is the reluctance of a conserva- involved in the deliberations. Ratepay- number of townships for which they are tion to our meetings. It seems to me, tive population to accept change. This ers’ wishes have to be considered, but at having difficulty finding volunteers. after a century, only the most incorri- becomes most evident if one examines the end of the day “the buck stops with It seems to me a combination of our gible Luddite will argue some tweak- the content of the plans submitted to us.” We were elected to make the right two systems could result in a much ing of our policies is not necessary, and date: most, if not all, adhere very closely decision when thorny issues arise. If it improved municipal government which this is all the province was suggesting. to policies in place before amalgama- turns out the decisions are wrong, well, uses the good elements and discards the The imposition of a requirement that we tion — same number of wards, same that is what the next election is for. weak. must do it was necessary as well. number of councillors. In other words, Amalgamation should result in This letter may seem intemperate to The directors of the Association of they stick so closely to the past that the municipal government best suited for some, and for that I apologize. It is writ- Manitoba Municipalities have insisted future appears identical. Some progress! the 21st century. Not some warmed-up ten in frustration at the fact we had an they are not opposed to amalgamation, The fact that this “change” makes it rehash of 100-year-old policies. offer — unique I believe in the annals of but it should be voluntary. This, as they more likely incumbent councillors will And we have — right under our noses provincial legislation — to manage our had to know, would happen only on a retain their seats, can’t be a reason for — a template for a much better system own local municipalities in a way that similar timeline to the second coming it — or can it? of municipal government. could have been a major improvement of Christ. My own RM of Brenda amalgamated In the early 1900s, North Dakota and over our antiquated system of govern- Dissenters insist municipalities were with the town of Waskada; this elimi- Manitoba were roughly at the same ment. We failed to take advantage of this “forced to confront ideas with which nated one council, but made no change stage of political development. But the offer. we don’t agree” and “we were having to the municipal map or to efficiency. state and province chose radically differ- No future provincial government is unpalatable policies rammed down our I’ve seen the same happen with other ent systems to open up their local gov- going to allow our present chaotic and throats.” RMs. ernments. Manitoba chose the method inefficient system of municipal govern- What ideas? What policies? We were The process was further compli- which has resulted in what we see today ment to continue for much longer. It will told we must choose partners and for- cated by the inappropriate involvement — 116 RMs of varying shapes and sizes, certainly change it, and this time it is not mulate an amalgamation plan, but the of some chief administrative officers. with no apparent rhyme nor reason for likely to ask for our advice. content of this plan was left entirely to A minority took an active part in their their boundaries. They have, as of 2011, us. We were given the chance and we council’s policy discussions, a role way a population of 259,000. Duncan Stewart is the reeve of the RM of blew it. beyond their job description. North Dakota has 53 counties, with Brenda. The views expressed here are his There are many reasons for this. Many councils wanted ratepayers borders appearing to be symmetrical own.

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Letters R3H 0H1 or Fax: 204-954-1422 culture are common under Conservative leader- or email: [email protected] A ship. Tor Tolhurst and Shuang Li, M.Sc. students, (subject: To the editor) FARE and John Cranfield, professor, FARE examined the seemingly contradictory nature of Conservative fiscal support for farmers. Known for espousing small government and fiscal conservatism, Conservative governments in Canada have instead shown a consistently “leviathan” approach Organic support for to agriculture. trade misguided The researchers examined data — specifically the number of Conservative-held seats in Parliament rela- I was happy to hear of the federal tive to direct and indirect federal transfers — over a government’s support for the organic 25-year period from 1986 to 2010 using figures from the sector in your Nov. 28 paper until I organization for Economic Co-operation and Develop- learned that most of the money will ment. go to improve international trade. They also included controls for state of the agri- There was no mention of support for cultural economy, trade negotiations, importance of organic farmers whose crops may be agricultural trade and the general state of the Cana- contaminated by blow-overs from dian economy. The study demonstrated a statistically GMO crops nearby. significant and positive relationship between trans- The researchers concluded that these theories might The money will mainly go to sup- fers to agricultural producers and Conservative Party be overly simplistic due to the complexities of the port increased trade which is always power. ever-changing makeup of political parties in Canada. high on the Conservative agenda. If The researchers then went on to ask the natural fol- Instead, they pointed to their data that suggests the the Conservative MP Robert Goguen lowup question, “Why are governments of the right best use of political resources was to capture social con- was serious in a quest to assist — against party ideology and rhetoric — leviathan for servative and fiscal liberals among agricultural produc- organic growers more and the federal agriculture?” ers. government’s interests less, then the They outline several theories espoused in research More specifically, investment in agriculture equalled support would be more diverse. literature, including: successful, well-organized farm votes from individuals in the margins. A government with more wisdom group lobbying; vote pandering; and the relationship It might surprise some Canadians to know how much would see that organic farmers hold between the tax burden of farm support relative to of their taxes go to support those in the agriculture greater promise to help feed people national income, among others. industry; it might surprise them even more that the than the factory farming model now But these theories don’t address the question of data supports the reality that Conservative govern- practised in most locales in Canada. “why Conservative parties?” in particular. For this, the ments are often the leviathan for the industry. Increasing trade is good, but it would researchers found a number of authors who support be better if we provided healthier the notion of a long history of agrarianism that took The FARE Share Newsletter is a collection of research articles written food. root over time. by graduate students in the department of food, agricultural and This trend was developing at the same time that Lib- resource economics (FARE) at the University of Guelph. It can be Barry Hammond eral parties were aligning themselves with urban and found online at: http://www.uoguelph.ca/fare/institute/newsletter. Winnipeg, Man. labour interests. html. 6 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 FROM PAGE ONE

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Doug Chorney, worry the con- was made because of grain to forgo the contingency fund tingency fund is being misused. sales made for farmers,” Wells money. “They (federal government) said. “It was made in the nor- “I contend overall most farm- should be paying for this (pur- mal operations that the wheat ers are happy with the final chase), not farmers,” Chorney board had marketing grain outcome and we want a strong said in an interview. “That’s from western Canadian farm- competitor out there in the an opinion I’ve heard a thou- ers. Period.” CWB and to do that they need sand times from all farmers I’ve Grain Growers of Canada some export capability because talked to.” president Stephen Vandervalk they’re struggling to get into the “We’re certain that money is said his personal view is that West Coast,” Vandervalk said. not farmers,’” White said in an the money is farmers’. The Western Canadian Wheat interview. “I know that farmers “There was a precedent for Growers Association holds a felt that was their money but that because they (wheat board) similar view, said president Levi in actual fact it was never their did give some money back... Wood. money. It wasn’t quite right to when they had too much (in the “If we can’t get equity out of be saying at the time that it was fund),” he said. “It’s pretty hard the CWB it’s important to note their money. There was always for them to say it’s their money that at this point as farmers a view put around that the when the one year they did give we’re benefiting from an open CWB was farmer owned, but in it back (to farmers).” market as well as having the effect the CWB was farmer con- That was in 2005 when the CWB being a strong competitor trolled by a board of directors. fund exceeded the $60-mil- in the market,” he said. The ownership was always ulti- lion cap by $7.5 million. Later mately with the government.” the cap was increased to $200 Varied assets According to former farmer- million. Mission Terminal’s assets CWB’s planned purchase of grain handling and port terminal assets from the elected wheat board director However, Vandervalk said he include a 136,500-tonne-capac- Soumat arm of Toronto’s Upper Lakes Group Inc. has renewed calls for the Stewart Wells, the contingency is so pleased the government ity grain terminal at Thunder fund belongs to the farmers. ended the wheat board’s mar- Bay that handles about 1.5 mil- wheat board’s contingency fund to be paid to farmers. “Every cent of that money keting monopoly, he is willing lion tonnes of grain a year. It owns a 5,800-tonne-capacity primary elevator at Alexander, Man. Mission Terminal has equity in three producer- car loading facilities: White Mud Trading Co. at Frontier in the southwestern corner of Saskatchewan, Willows Grain Co. at Willows, Sask., and the Boundary Loading Group of four facilities on the Boundary Trails RailwayJOB line ID: in southern Manitoba. 6048- D Mission TerminalDATE: has equity stakes in fiveOCT short 17, 31 line rail NOV 21, DEC 5 operations: the Great Western Railway,CLIENT: Great Sandhills Railway and LongSYNGENTA Creek Railway in southernPROJECT: Saskatchewan and the BoundaryWR859 Trails + RICHARDSON Railway Co. and CO-PROMO AD Lake Line Railway in Manitoba. LesPUBLICATION: Élévateurs des Trois- RiviéresMANITOBA (ETR) CO-OPERATORhas a transfer elevator UCR:on the St. Lawrence River, which240% handles about six million tonnesDESIGNER: of grain a year and can also handleDC alumina (aluminum oxide)[ and ] MECHANIC fuel coke.AL [•] PDF/X

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“This is clearly a last resort,” who agree boundary reform is They’ve tried to convince the tion and the province has the Dobrowolski said. “We are necessary. province to do so without suc- right to do what it’s doing. I “I don’t want my under no illusions that this “If they’re going to fight cess, he said. truly believe they (the province) municipality named action will prevent amalgama- things like this then they have “I firmly believe our members have made some mistakes in in a lawsuit suing tion from happening. We’re to take a look at the entire would not have come to this this, and I think consultation is going to be consulting with structure of the AMM right decision if they had any other something we need to do. But the province for our lawyers to see what is now,” said Pauls. “I am in an options,” he later told report- legal action is not going to bring something that we appropriate.” amalgamated municipality. And ers. “The province has left us on consultation. It’s going to think is the best I don’t want my municipality with no choice. We have tried have two parties drawing lines Passionate named in a lawsuit suing the many, many times to make sug- in the sand.” thing to happen for Sixty per cent of 700 dele- province for something that we gestions and offer compromises Reeve of the RM of Brenda, Manitoba.” gates at the convention sup- think is the best thing to hap- which would allow municpal- Duncan Stewart called the ported the action, but those pen for Manitoba.” ities and their citizens to fol- prospect of court action RICK PAULS opposed to the idea were Pauls said this matter will low a smoother path toward “ridiculous.” Mayor of Killarney- equally passionate — and only further divide leaders on amaglamation.” In a scathing opinion piece Turtle Mountain not just because a court chal- what’s already a deeply divisive recently published in the lenge could become a costly issue. Botched Winnipeg Free Press Stewart “That’s what an awful lot of undertaking. “I really think this is the Garry Wasylowski, reeve of the takes his colleagues to task for this boils down to,” he said. “I think this is a very, very beginning of the end of the RM of Armstrong is among submitting plans that comply “Rather than look at what is slippery slope,” said Rick AMM,” he said. those who say the province with the province’s Dec. 1 dead- best for the municipality, and Pauls, mayor of Killarney- Dobrowolski acknowledged has botched the transition line, redrawing the map and what is best for the south- Turtle Mountain Municipality the dissension among AMM with a top-down approach. enlarging municipalities — but west, and we do need a lot of who called it “a sad day” and members. AMM has repeatedly But he doesn’t think AMM not eliminating existing wards improvements out here, they’re “American politics coming to said it is not against amalgama- is right to take the matter to or council positions. thinking of what’s good for Manitoba.” Pauls said the AMM tion, but wants the province to court either. He thinks the root of resist- themselves and being able to board needs reminding it’s sup- back off and let amalgamation “Municipalities are a creature ance to amalgamation is turf keep their positions.” posed to represent all munic- occur at a slower pace and by of the province,” he said. “We protection. Leaders don’t want ipalities, and there are others community choice, he said. are there by provincial legisla- to lose their jobs. [email protected]

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Production Contact Numbers: 403 261 7161 403 261 7152 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 9 Struthers says amalgamation could have been handled better The newly appointed minister of municipal government says the province will help with the amalgamation process

By Lorraine Stevenson Struthers said he recognizes co-operator staff / brandon the toll the deadlines have taken on both elected officials and municipal “The majority of you have he room was pin-drop quiet as staff. expressed your displeasure. Stan Struthers, Manitoba’s new “I understand that when you put You’ve all been honest minister of municipal government, deadlines in place and we ask you to, T telling me that you don’t addressed the Association of Manitoba without consulting with you before- Municipalities convention here last week. hand, meet those deadlines that we are like it.” His speech largely focused on fence asking a lot of you,” he said. mending after a year of tension between “You have CAOs who have taken the province and municipalities over this on the chin as well,” he contin- forced amalgamation. ued. “They are very talented people Most of his 40-minute talk was spent who work hard, who have shouldered Stan Struthers defending the province’s decision to a good chunk of the burden of our ask push for mergers, but Struthers also to move toward amalgamated munici- said things could have been handled palities.” Dobrowolski told delegates they’ve better. tried, without success, to convince “I regret that you were taken by sur- Will work with RMs AMM president Doug Dobrowolski says the province there were other ways to prise,” he told a room of about 800 December 1 was the deadline for the relationship between the province and approach amalgamation, including local leaders. The 2012 throne speech municipalities to submit merger plans, municipalities has deteriorated. supplied photo highlighting successes of voluntary announcement, made without prior and Struthers said “the vast majority” mergers while providing more assis- consultation, said all municipalities of leaders he’s been working with will “Most importantly, I am looking to tance to those that wanted go forward. with populations under 1,000 must meet it. rebuild the kind of relationship that I “That would light the path for oth- begin an amalgamation process in His job now is to work with AMM think is necessary between our govern- ers,” he said. time for 2014 elections. executive and find ways to ease implement and your AMM executive,” he What AMM wants at this point is to Struthers, a former provincial mentation, he said. told delegates. “get fair treatment through the rest of finance and agriculture minister who “I want to be very clear that we’ve In an speech prior to Struthers’, this amalgamation process,” he later took over the municipal government got you into this mess and we’re not AMM president Doug Dobrowolski told reporters. file in a cabinet shuffle in October, going to just walk away now,” he said. said the relationship between the prov- Municipalities say they’re going to said his government also knows how “I’m looking forward to talking with ince and municipalities has deterio- need more resources if they’re going unpopular the idea is. (AMM president) Doug (Dobrowol- rated. to get this job done, including more “A few of you thought it was about ski) about ideas about how we can “Last year I said I know the province help answering difficult technical and time and you’ve told me that,” he said. be helpful in the next stage which is wants to see municipalities grow and financial questions that have arisen. “But I’m under no illusion that that’s a implementation of the plans before prosper,” he said. “It angers me that I “We need better resources,” he said. majority here. The majority of you have us. “ can no longer make that statement one “This shouldn’t be an unfunded man- expressed your displeasure. You’ve all Struthers also said he wants to see short year later. The relationship has date.” been honest telling me that you don’t the province rebuild a relationship eroded over the past year and trust has T:21.6” like it.” with municipal leaders. been lost.” [email protected]

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EXCHANGES: $1 Cdn: $ .9435 U.S. LIVESTOCK MARKETS November 29, 2013 $1 U.S: $1.0599 Cdn.

Cattle Prices COLUMN (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg November 29, 2013 Slaughter Cattle

Steers & Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 64.00 - 68.00 D3 Cows 56.00 - 62.00 Manitoba’s fall cattle run Bulls 82.00 - 87.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) 115.00 - 133.00 (801-900 lbs.) 118.00 - 140.00 just keeps on running (701-800 lbs.) 125.00 - 154.00 (601-700 lbs.) 140.00 - 161.00 (501-600 lbs.) 150.00 - 174.00 Cheaper feed and ample forage encourage buyer interest (401-500 lbs.) 170.00 - 188.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) — (801-900 lbs.) 110.00 - 129.00 (701-800 lbs.) 110.00 - 123.00 (601-700 lbs.) 122.00 - 144.00 Brandon Logan “There’s not a lot of U.S. interest (501-600 lbs.) 130.00 - 155.00 (401-500 lbs.) 135.00 - 165.00 CNSC right now, but I anticipate that Slaughter Cattle ($/cwt) Alberta South Ontario interest from (U.S. buyers) will Grade A Steers (1,000+ lbs.) $ 126.50 $ 105.02 - 133.11 Grade A Heifers (850+ lbs.) — 120.56 - 130.65 start to pick up.” D1, 2 Cows 65.00 - 75.00 52.62 - 75.70 D3 Cows 59.00 - 70.00 52.62 - 75.70 attle volumes across Manitoba’s auction Bulls 80.61 70.23 - 89.84 yards were strong during the week ended Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 133.00 - 145.00 $ 127.73 - 159.26 Nov. 29, but Dave Nickel of Gladstone dave nickel (801-900 lbs.) 138.00 - 149.00 124.05 - 160.03 C Gladstone Auction Mart (701-800 lbs.) 140.00 - 156.00 132.42 - 162.55 Auction Mart said he sees volume slowing down (601-700 lbs.) 145.00 - 163.00 137.96 - 171.83 as the holiday season approaches. (501-600 lbs.) 154.00 - 172.00 138.93 - 184.25 (401-500 lbs.) 168.00 - 190.00 149.99 - 198.89 Usually Manitoba’s fall cattle run starts to slow Heifers (901+ lbs.) $ 118.00 - 131.00 $ 119.35 - 134.99 down at the end of November, but a delayed Nickel expects that to change next week, with (801-900 lbs.) 123.00 - 136.00 125.07 - 144.91 harvest, along with producers deciding to keep Canada’s dollar significantly weaker than its U.S. (701-800 lbs.) 125.00 - 139.00 119.00 - 142.51 (601-700 lbs.) 130.00 - 145.00 121.93 - 150.89 their cattle longer because of low grain prices, counterpart. (501-600 lbs.) 135.00 - 152.00 126.63 - 162.00 have led to a later run than normal. “There’s not a lot of U.S. interest right now, but (401-500 lbs.) 144.00 - 166.00 125.05 - 165.59 “We’ve been running a full house all fall,” I anticipate that interest from (U.S. buyers) will Nickel said, noting that volume was slightly start to pick up,” he said. Futures (November 29, 2013) in U.S. down from last week. “I’d say we’ll have another Fed Cattle Close Change Feeder Cattle Close Change At the start of the week, the Canadian dol- December 2013 133.10 1.65 January 2014 165.32 1.95 week (of strong volume) and then I think it’s lar was valued at US95.02 cents before closing February 2014 134.10 1.75 March 2014 165.15 1.88 going to start slowing down.” Friday at 94.16. The loonie dipped even lower on April 2014 134.70 1.63 April 2014 166.00 1.70 June 2014 128.62 1.25 May 2014 166.80 1.80 In terms of buying interest, Nickel said it was Dec. 2, falling below the 94-cent level. August 2014 127.07 1.17 August 2014 167.37 1.57 status quo again this week. Transportation has been an issue all fall with October 2014 129.35 1.25 September 2014 166.25 1.00 “I think interest was pretty normal this week,” the high volumes of cattle being auctioned, but he said. “We had some local farmers buying last week it was the weather that affected trans- Cattle Slaughter Cattle Grades (Canada) pretty good this week, with interest also coming portation, as Manitoba got its first major snow- Week Ending Previous Week Ending Previous November 23, 2013 Year November 23, 2013 Year from the east and west.” fall of the winter. Canada 48,220 45,799 Prime 666 570 Farmer buying interest is due to the comple- “Transportation has been pretty good this East 12,400 13,959 AAA 20,572 21,927 tion of harvest, cheap feed prices and good for- week,” Nickel said, despite the snowy conditions West 35,820 31,840 AA 12,791 12,674 age supplies heading into the winter. earlier in the week. “The cattle have been mov- Manitoba NA NA A 559 795 U.S. 623,000 581,000 B 793 657 According to the Alberta Canola Producers ing out pretty well.” D 12,122 8,451 Commission, Lethbridge barley was valued at In terms of prices, Nickel said there was a E 116 15 C$156.48 per tonne on Nov. 29, making it the slight decline seen in the butcher market this cheapest feed option for the Prairies. week. Feed wheat is another viable option for pro- “Butcher cows and bulls were a little off this Hog Prices ducers, as it was valued at $159.85 per tonne week,” he said. “I noticed they were starting to (Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) Source: Manitoba Agriculture at Lethbridge. Competition between the two soften a bit.” E - Estimation options could push prices even lower heading However, the feeder market was much stead- MB. ($/hog) Current Week Last Week Last Year (Index 100) into the new year. ier despite the large volumes, as demand keeps MB. (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.) 166.00 E 167.43 154.13 Along with cheap western Canadian feed prices from declining. MB. (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.) 157.00 E 156.16 143.04 prices, Manitoba farmers also grew strong forage “It was very steady,” Nickel said. “The good ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.) 154.87 156.55 142.19 crops which have allowed them to be aggressive cattle were selling well and the plainer cattle P.Q. (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.) 157.64 160.35 144.89 in terms of buying the past few weeks. were a little bit under pressure. Good feeder cat- According to Manitoba Agriculture, Food and tle demand is still fairly strong.” Futures (November 29, 2013) in U.S. Rural Development, producers will have ade- Hogs Close Change quate forage supplies heading into the long win- Brandon Logan writes for Commodity News Service December 2013 85.80 -0.45 ter months. Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and February 2014 90.47 -0.10 commodity market reporting. April 2014 93.80 0.55 While U.S. interest wasn’t overly strong, May 2014 98.45 0.68 June 2014 100.17 1.02 briefs Other Market Prices

Sheep and Lambs New videos nel (MBPorkfan) and on behaviour and identifying Winnipeg (head) SunGold $/cwt (wooled fats) Toronto Specialty Meats on smart pig its website. MPC says pro- proven handling methods Ewes Choice — 68.86 - 93.00 15.00 ducers can also request an reduces stress on both work- Lambs (110+ lb.) Next 133.44 - 160.99 extended version of the vid- ers and hogs, promoting (95 - 109 lb.) Sale 168.66 - 179.73 handling (80 - 94 lb.) Is 165.65 - 183.89 eos, which are customizable safe practices in agriculture, (Under 80 lb.) Dec. 4 130.16 - 233.68 Staff to any farm type. which is a great use of FCC (New crop) — — “This training video will Ag Safety Fund dollars.” The Manitoba Pork Council help equip stockpeople, Development of thee Chickens E ggs (MPC) has released a new both new and practising, videos was supported by Minimum broiler prices as of May 23, 2010 Minimum prices to producers for ungraded “Smart Pig Handling” series with tools to handle pigs in Alberta Pork, Sask Pork, Under 1.2 kg...... $1.5130 eggs, f.o.b. egg grading station, set by the of six videos on safe, low- a manner that minimizes Ontario Pork and FPPQ. 1.2 - 1.65 kg...... $1.3230 Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board stress pig handling. stress for pigs and people,” It was also supported by 1.65 - 2.1 kg...... $1.3830 effective June 12, 2011. 2.1 - 2.6 kg...... $1.3230 New Previous MPC says the information Laurie Connor, department Growing Forward 2, a A Extra Large $1.8500 $1.8200 will help to lessen stress on head of Animal Sciences at federal-provincial-terri- A Large 1.8500 1.8200 both workers and livestock, the University of Manitoba torial initiative, and the Turkeys A Medium 1.6700 1.6400 prevent workplace injuries, said in a release. Government of Alberta. The Minimum prices as of December 8, 2013 A Small 1.2500 1.2200 improve workplace satisfac- Marcel Hacault, execu- project’s main support came Broiler Turkeys A Pee Wee 0.3675 0.3675 (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Nest Run 24 + 1.7490 1.7210 tion, reduce in-transit losses, tive director of Canadian from the FCC Ag Safety Grade A ...... $1.920 B 0.45 0.45 improve meat quality and A g r i c u l t u r a l S a f e t y Fund, administered by the Undergrade ...... $1.830 C 0.15 0.15 ensure animal well-being. Association and a for- Canadian Agricultural Safety Hen Turkeys The videos are available mer hog producer, said, Association with funding Goats (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) on MPC’s YouTube chan- “Understanding animal from Farm Credit Canada. Grade A ...... $1.905 Winnipeg (head) Toronto Undergrade ...... $1.805 (Fats) ($/cwt) L ight Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys Kids — 130.92 - 235.61 (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Billys — — Grade A ...... $1.905 Mature — 82.59 - 193.73 Undergrade ...... $1.805 Tom Turkeys H orses (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A...... $1.820 Winnipeg Toronto Looking for results? Check out the market reports Undergrade...... $1.735 ($/cwt) ($/cwt) Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm. <1,000 lbs. — 11.00 - 29.40 from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 16 1,000 lbs.+ — 14.75 - 41.21 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 11 GRAIN MARKETS column Export and International Prices

All prices close of business November 29, 2013 Last Week Week Ago Year Ago Chicago wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne) 240.67 238.65 319.36 Weaker loonie couldn’t Minneapolis wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne) 252.34 256.93 342.14 Coarse Grains break tight range on canola Chicago corn (nearby future) ($US/tonne) 163.48 166.23 295.87 Chicago oats (nearby future) ($US/tonne) 236.84 239.27 233.92 Crop issues in Argentina supported U.S. wheat values oilseeds Chicago soybeans (nearby future) ($US/tonne) 491.08 484.84 532.00 was some uncertainty over how long the Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne) 886.85 907.58 1,097.43 Phil Franz-Warkentin advances may hold up. CNSC U.S. soybean exports are running well ahead of the previous year’s pace, although Winnipeg Futures much of that buying interest has come from China. In the past, China has been ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business November 29, 2013 CE Futures Canada canola contracts a bit of a wild card in the market and has held within a very narrow range during been known to cancel purchases if it can barley Last Week Week Ago I the week ended Nov. 29, but finished get a better price by doing so. December 2013 152.00 152.00 with small losses in the most active nearby For the grains, Chicago and Kansas City March 2014 154.00 154.00 contracts despite gains in CBOT soybeans. wheat futures moved higher during the Canola remains right in the middle of a week, while Minneapolis futures were May 2014 155.00 155.00 well-established range, with the January unchanged in the most active months and Canola Last Week Week Ago contract facing very solid support to the corn settled slightly lower. January 2014 490.60 492.70 downside at around C$490 per tonne and Issues with Argentina’s wheat crop were resistance the other way at $500. It will somewhat supportive for the U.S. futures, March 2014 500.00 501.90 likely take some sort of outside influence as the country’s government pegged pro- May 2014 507.50 509.10 to break values out of that range, as the duction well below other official estimates large supply situation remains a burden- at only 8.5 million tonnes. some influence on the upside but good Chart-based buying kept wheat under- Special Crops demand is lurking at the lows. pinned as well, as the Chicago futures Weakness in the Canadian dollar, which managed to move above nearby resistance. Report for December 2, 2013 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan dropped by nearly a cent relative to its U.S. On the other side, global wheat supplies counterpart during the week, was sup- remain large and the International Grains Spot Market Spot Market portive for canola. However, soyoil futures Council raised its projection for the world Other (Cdn. cents per pound unless dropped to the low end of their recent wheat crop in 2013-14. Lentils (Cdn. cents per pound) otherwise specified) trading range and the net impact on crush The gains in wheat and soybeans were a Large Green 15/64 22.00 - 23.00 Canaryseed 23.00 - 23.75 margins was relatively neutral. little supportive for corn, but the record- Laird No. 1 20.25 - 22.00 Oil Sunflower Seed — U.S. markets were shut down Thursday, large U.S. crop kept corn prices under Nov. 28 for Thanksgiving and only opened pressure for the most part. The March Eston No. 2 13.75 - 17.75 Desi Chickpeas 20.90 - 22.00 for a shortened session Friday. The holiday contract in Chicago held within a narrow Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel) Beans (Cdn. cents per pound) kept some participants to the sidelines and 10-cent range during the week, just above Green No. 1 11.80 - 12.50 Fababeans, large — led to some choppy activity overall. three-year lows of US$4.20 per bushel. A Supposedly there is an old say- move below that point could trigger addi- Medium Yellow No. 1 6.40 - 6.85 Feed beans — ing among grain traders that “the bulls tional speculative selling, although steady Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel) No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans 44.00 - 44.00 get Thanksgiving and the bears get export and domestic crusher demand Feed Pea (Rail) 5.00 - 5.50 No. 1 Great Northern 60.00 - 60.00 Christmas.” The first part of that adage should provide some support. held true for soybeans this year, with Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound) No. 1 Cranberry Beans 64.00 - 64.00 nearly all of their gains coming Friday. Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Yellow No. 1 37.75 - 38.75 No. 1 Light Red Kidney 55.00 - 55.00 Good weekly export demand provided Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and the trigger for the rally in beans, but there commodity market reporting. Brown No. 1 35.75 - 37.75 No. 1 Dark Red Kidney 60.00 - 60.00 Oriental No. 1 27.30 - 28.75 No. 1 Black Beans 38.00 - 38.00 No. 1 Pinto Beans 35.00 - 36.00 No. 1 Small Red — For three-times-daily market reports from Source: Stat Publishing No. 1 Pink 40.00 - 40.00

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China will gradually let market decide grain prices Government interventions have driven up cheaper imports

beiji ng / reuters prices for rice and wheat, and reform agenda for the next decade stockpiled corn, soybeans, sugar earlier this month. hina will gradually let the and cotton at fixed prices to pro- But Beijing may take a slow market decide grain and tect farmers’ margins and encour- approach for staple grains such as C other major crop prices age output. rice and wheat, and “will gradually instead of the government set- “Grain prices have come to the allow the market to decide prices ting levels that have driven up stage to be decided by the market,” of major agricultural prices,” Fang cheap imports of commodities the China Economic Times cited said. including cotton, sugar, rice and Fang Yan, head of rural department During the shift, government corn, the China Economic Times of the National Development and authorities will still be looking reported. Reform Commission (NDRC), as into target prices on major crops China’s agricultural price incen- saying. plus more subsidies and insur- tives triggered traders to import “(The existing policy) has sup- ance incentives to help boost in large volumes over the past two ported domestic grain prices to rise farmers’ income, she said, without years, and in 2012 its cotton and only but not fall, which is against elaborating. sugar imports hit the highest ever. the basic rule of value,” Fang Industrial officials had earlier Its corn and rice imports this year told a conference, the newspaper expected Beijing to scrap a contro- are also likely to hit new record reported. versial scheme to stockpile cotton highs. China is the world’s largest China’s leaders pledged to let as early as next year, but concern cotton buyer. markets play a “decisive” role in over grain and food security could Beijing has since 2004 set floor the economy when they unveiled a drag on grain price reform. file PHOTO 12 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 LIVESTOCK husbandry — the science, S K I L L O R A r t O F F A R M I N G Producers slowly becoming aware of antimicrobial resistance

AGRICULTURE & ANTIBIOTICS & AGRICULTURE Despite repeated calls for action on growing antimicrobial resistance, the status quo remains

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff “We haven’t changed heir misuse has the power anything from the to render the most power- regulatory side, but Tful tools in modern medi- we are certainly cine impotent, yet in Manitoba continuing on with there is more regulation around the sale of pesticides than anti- the education and microbials used in livestock awareness program.” production. Mounting evidence points to an increase in antimicrobial- Glenn Duizer resistant diseases worldwide, MAFRD and a research paper published recently in The Lancet calls for greater political oversight, as decreased greatly in recent well as more judicious use of years adding that human medi- antibiotics in human medicine cine is still responsible for the and animal agriculture. bulk of antibiotic-resistant But government action has organisms. been slow or non-existent. “I think our livestock produc- “We’ve been actively lobbying ers are getting a bit of a bad rap the provincial government to here,” he said. “That doesn’t get some controls over antibi- mean that we can’t improve otics, how they’re distributed, and certainly, we are trying making sure that when they’re to make headway in making dispensed, that they’re dis- improvements in our manage- pensed with some appropriate ment systems so we reduce our advice to the producer,” said reliance on antibiotics, through Wayne Tomlinson, president of proper nutrition, through the Manitoba Veterinary Medi- proper ventilation and through cal Association. “This is such a proper housing. We’re making multi-layered issue, you’ve got tweaks to reduce our need for the federal jurisdiction, you’ve antibiotics.” got provincial jurisdiction, Lead author of the Lancet you’ve got the international piece, Professor Otto Cars, of community dealing with this, Uppsala University in Sweden it’s a huge issue.” and ReAct Action on Antibi- otic Resistance, notes that fin- Call for improvement ger pointing has been an issue N early two years ago, the Cana- when it comes to finding solu- dian Food Inspection Agency’s tions. then chief veterinary officer “We need to move on from Brian Evans, made an impas- ‘blaming and shaming’ among sioned call to improve usage the many stakeholders who of antimicrobials to avoid A worker collecting cucumbers inside a greenhouse in La Mojonera, southeastern Spain, June 2, 2011. An outbreak have all contributed to the the development of resistant of antibiotic-resistant E. coli contaminated vegetables in Europe that year, killing 17 and sickening more than 1,500 problem, towards concrete organisms and keep antibiotics in 10 European countries. Antibiotic-resistant bugs are linked to overuse of antibiotics in human medicine and political action and commit- in the disease-fighting tool box. agriculture. photo: REUTERS/Francisco Bonilla ment to address this threat,” he In 2011, the World Health said in an excerpt from the arti- Organization warned that civi- cle. lization is on the cusp of losing The federal government does nationwide regulatory system awareness program,” he said, But even if calls to action its “miracle cures” to the devel- monitor antimicrobial resist- is the way to go, preferring to adding producers also have on- haven’t resulted in sweeping opment and spread of drug- ance, but it does not control focus on awareness and educa- farm food safety programs, and reforms, they have resulted resistant diseases, while the production, distribution or use tion for producers. veterinary advice to guide them in a greater awareness among World Organization for Animal of veterinary drugs in Canada; “We’ve been promoting in the responsible use of antibi- producers about the issues sur- Health identified antimicrobial that role belongs to the prov- evidence-based usage of anti- otics and other antimicrobials. rounding antimicrobial resist- resistance as its top priority in inces. biotics,” he said. “So let’s use But the 26 researchers who ance and responsible antibiotic 2012. the right antibiotic at the right authored the recent Lan- use. But governments, including More regulation dose, at the right time.” cet article — titled “Antibiotic “I think it’s slow, but we’re Manitoba’s, have not moved T omlinson said he would like Glenn Duizer, an animal Resistance: the need for global seeing producers who are more forward with new regulations. to see regulation in Manitoba health veterinarian with Mani- solutions” — go further, call- and more concerned about it, Currently, Manitoba Agri- around veterinary antibiotics toba Agriculture, Food and ing for the banning of non-pre- I think that producers are real- culture, Food and Rural that is similar to the pesticide Rural Development (MAFRD) scription antibiotic sales, and izing that it’s no longer just Development does not track licence. “Where we can make agrees that education is key for the curbing of non-therapeutic about residue... that it’s moved antimicrobial resistance in the sure that the people who are producers and veterinarians antibiotic use in animal agri- beyond just a food safety con- province, nor does Manitoba dispensing pharmaceuticals when it comes to stymieing culture. cern, that resistance is appli- Health, although some human have some training, so that they antimicrobial resistance. cable to all of us, from animals pathogens are reportable can help guide the people who “We haven’t changed any- Bad rap to people, to the environment,” if found to be drug resistant, are using them,” said the veteri- thing from the regulatory side, T omlinson said that the Duizer said. including methicillin-resistant narian. but we are certainly continu- amount of antibiotics used staphylococcus. But he doesn’t believe a ing on with the education and at sub-therapeutic levels has [email protected] The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 13

column Horse hay quality is in the eyes of the beholder The overall health and appearance of your horse tells you a lot about the quality of its feed

teristics. Their identification in Carol Shwetz, DVM a hay crop is equally important. Horse Health Stage of maturity The stage of maturity when the plant is harvested will be of next ay is one of those prod- importance to the horse. As a ucts that does not come plant matures towards seed H with a label, feed tag or formation, its growth pattern guaranteed analysis, yet what is changes from leaf production in “it” or even what is not in “it” to stem formation. Hays cut are valuable questions when shortly after emergence of seed meeting your horse’s dietary heads, are “soft” to the touch needs. Since forage comprises and leafy. They are relatively the largest volume, and at high in protein content, nutri- times, all of your horse’s diet, ent dense and of good palat- hay assessment is a worthwhile ability. Early-maturing hay may exercise. be ideal for growing horses and Seemingly simple parameters lactating mares, yet may not such a how the hay “looks,” be the best choice for horses “feels” and “smells” can be sur- requiring less nutrients. These prisingly effective at assessing horses are better matched to its quality. Hay with the best mid- to late-maturing hays. combination of desirable physi- Metabolically challenged cal characteristics will generally horses, sedentary horses or be of good nutritional value. horses in light work thrive on Although numbers generated coarse mature hays. by forage test stations are valua- The colour of hay reveals its ble and at times necessary, they plant type, stage of harvest, and play a role of secondary impor- its growing and storage condi- tance to the physical qualities tions. The natural green colour p hoto: submitted of hay. is preferred as such indicates odour will alert one to mould. analyzed by a laboratory when pretative support offered to Understanding the physi- absence of rain damage, weath- Learn to recognize the ‘right’ the quality of the hay is of con- horse owners varies signifi- cal nature of hay enables horse ering, moulds and heat damage. weight range for a bale of hay. cern, rations require balancing cantly between laboratories. owners to match ideal hay with Hay rained on or weathered Hay baled too dry will be very or supplementation or when Equine nutritionists and vet- horse type and demands. Typi- will turn pale. A little rain soon light and have leaf shatter and/ a nutritional problem is per- erinarians are additional cally the nutritional needs of after cutting does little harm to or crumble when touched or ceived. resources available to interpret individual horses will be better hays and may even be favour- disturbed. Its nutritional value Fortunately most hay dealers results generated by forage- suited towards certain forage able to some horses as up to 30 will be limited. will eagerly provide a labora- testing stations. The services species. per cent of a hay’s sugars can be These bales will often be very tory analysis for their hay. If not, of specialty labs may also be Timothy grass hays may fall washed away with the rain. dusty. When a single bale is many local agriculture exten- necessary when the levels of short of meeting the nutri- Ideally hay is baled when its ‘very’ heavy to lift it may have sion services or feed stores offer trace mineral and vitamins are ent requirements of high- moisture content is 15 to 17 per been baled too moist and is analysis services. in question. production life stages, but cent. Hay put up with a higher now heating, breeding mould, One might also consider Remember to include the is an excellent hay for horses moisture content is at risk for and caramelizing/degrading sending a sample to Equi-Ana- health and appearance of the that require bulk in their diet. heating and provides ideal the sugars and proteins. Once lytical Laboratories (http:// horse(s) as feedback when Timothy, alfalfa, orchard grass, growing conditions for mould. again your sense of smell will www.horsechannel.com/ assessing forage quality. Ulti- fescue, brome and clover all Although mould can show itself alarm you. Avoid dusty and redirect.aspx?location=http mately this is the true determi- have easily recognizable physi- as patches of darker discoloura- mouldy hays as both cause per cent3a per cent2f per cent nant of forage quality. cal characteristics and distinct tion, it is not always visible. damage to the horse’s respira- 2fwww.equi-analytical.com nutrient profiles. Weeds and tory system. www.equi-analytical.com). Carol Shwetz is a veterinarian noxious plants will also have Follow your nose Horse owners are encour- Sampling requirements, specializing in equine practice at readily distinguishable charac- A sharp, musty, and/or metallic aged to have their hay further numbers provided and inter- Westlock, Alta.

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10801A-Gen Legal Trait Stewardship-AF.indd 1 7/26/13 2:33 PM 14 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 CFIA flubs food failure followup The agency doesn’t do an adequate job making sure recalls aren’t repeated

By Alex Binkley were conducting investiga- clear process for ensuring all CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR tions and recalls according to recalled product is properly its policies. We found that disposed of rather than find- anada’s auditor general the CFIA did not conduct all ing its way back into the food has identified weak- of the quality assessments it system, Ferguson noted. C nesses in how the Cana- had planned in 2010, 2011 and CFIA also falls short of fol- dian Food Inspection Agency 2012.” lowing up to verify that recall- manages recalls of contami- Ferguson’s findings bring ing firms had corrected the nated foods and its followups added attention to CFIA as it underlying cause of the recall with processors to prevent fur- works its way through a mas- on a timely basis. ther incidents. sive rejigging and operational Meat processors should be “While illnesses were con- streamlining to fulfil the terms required to correct problems tained in the recalls we exam- of C52, the Safe Food for within 60 days, Ferguson said. ined, I am not confident that Canadians Act, passed earlier At the same time, CFIA needs the system will always yield this year by Parliament. Food to continue monitoring com- similar results,” Auditor Gen- processors have expressed panies involved in a recall eral Michael Ferguson said in frustration with some of the to make sure the corrective his fall report to Parliament. consultations the agency is actions are fully completed. Even with the experience of conducting. CFIA’s implementation of two massive food safety inci- Last year’s massive recall of emergency response plans dents and numerous smaller beef products from XL Foods to deal with major recalls has ones, he said the agency has in Alberta and the deadly lis- created confusion among too many shortcomings in its teria outbreak in 2008 high- staff at headquarters and in PHOTO: THINKSTOCK food safety management sys- lighted CFIA’s problems in the regions, the report said. tem. collecting data from proces- “Important food safety deci- conducted during 2012 didn’t and recall, and it must ensure Ferguson said the agency sors which are vital to ensur- sions were not communicated meet the CFIA’s own require- it’s getting the information it does a good job of reacting to ing all contaminated product to key stakeholders, includ- ments for completeness. needs to monitor the progress. food safety issues and remov- is removed from the market. ing many food safety experts “These reviews should include “Incomplete record-keeping ing tainted product from the Ferguson said stronger meas- within the agency,” Ferguson the perspectives of key stake- limited the agency’s ability to marketplace, “the weaknesses ures are needed to make clear said. holders and should examine track investigation… We found we found in decision-making what information processors Both the food industry and the strengths and weaknesses many examples of incomplete and followup stand in the way must provide. “For registered CFIA staff are not familiar with of the investigation, the recall documentation.” of the continuous improve- establishments, inspectors a draft plan for managing food process and the emergency As well, a lack of informa- ment of a system intended to should regularly validate that safety incidents. management process.” tion “limits the agency’s ability deal with food safety incidents the information maintained Ferguson was also critical He said the CFIA needs to to develop a national picture in Canada.” by the establishment is com- of reviews conducted by the do a better job of keeping the of how well it is delivering its He also said CFIA inade- plete and accessible.” agency in the aftermath of a paperwork up to date dur- recall activities and areas for quately verifies “that inspectors The CFIA doesn’t have a major recall. Three reviews ing a food safety investigation improvement,” Ferguson said.

Pricey calves threaten U.S. feedlot return to profitability Drought last year whittled the national herd to its lowest level in more than 60 years

By Theopolis Waters corn, feedyards continue to CHICAGO / REUTERS “We have ratcheted snatch up available feeder cat- up feeder cattle tle to offset surplus feeding pen sharp drop in feed corn space. They are also guided by prices caused by the huge prices to such high the belief those animals will be A U.S. harvest last month levels that we won’t worth even more as ranchers has put the nation’s cattle feed- see that euphoria restock herds amid tight sup- lots in the black for the first time plies. in more than two years. for placing cattle “With roughly 10 million cattle But analysts warn those prof- in feedlots in the on feed in feedlots that can hold its could soon disappear as months ahead.” more than 1,000 head, you’re the prices they pay for scarce only using about 60 per cent of lightweight calves remain near bunk or feedlot capacity,” said record high. JIM ROBB Elaine Johnson at CattleHedg- Feedyards and packing plants, ing.com in Denver, Colorado. such as Cargill Inc. and Tyson “You’ve got a lot cheaper corn Foods Inc., are drawing from Those prices have since come than you used to and most feed- a shallow pool of cattle after down to an average of about lots are selling cattle with a little multi-year droughts in the coun- $169 per cwt last week, based on profit, which has ignited compe- try whittled the herd to its lowest USDA data. That price reduction tition to fill the feedlots.” in more than 60 years. coincided with costs for slaugh- John Nalivka, president of The Denver-based Livestock ter-ready cattle that pulled back Sterling Marketing Inc. in Vale, Marketing Information Center from last month’s record high of Oregon, said that, even though (LMIC) calculated that feedlots $132 per cwt to roughly $130 to corn prices have come down in October, on average, made $131 last week. well below a year ago, feedlots about $39 per head on cattle sold Feedlots made money on have had to invest the margin to meat companies. That com- feeder cattle that they purchased opportunity in feeder cattle as pares with a loss of $21 per head four to five months prior to those supplies have tightened, in September, which was the 29th them surging in October, said likely resulting in little or no consecutive month of losses. the Denver-based LMIC’s direc- profit gain. Feedlots last month saw less tor Jim Robb. Nalivka calculated feedlot red ink on their books largely Even with the decline in the break-evens for the young cattle because farmers reaped a boun- costs for feedstuffs, cattle feed- currently being placed on feed tiful fall harvest, which sank the ing returns will be tempered by in the low to mid-$130s. These price for corn, the main ingredi- record-high feeder cattle values, break-evens compare with the ent in livestock feed, to its lowest said Robb who forecast a likely upper $120s for cattle that are in three years. return to losses by feedyards as now being marketed and is the In October, the prices for soon as December of this year. result of record prices paid for 651- to 700-lb. yearling steers at “We have ratcheted up feeder feeder cattle and calves, he said. the benchmark Oklahoma City cattle prices to such high levels “It’s a hustle to make as many National Stockyards Company that we won’t see that euphoria of these $100-per-head margins peaked at their highest ever at for placing cattle in feedlots in as possible before the hammer $174 per hundredweight (cwt), the months ahead,” Robb said. comes down again, and it will,” according to stockyard sources. Armed with less-expensive Nalivka added. The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 15

column China’s pork industry reflects economic revolution China is making the transition from backyard herds to larger modern operations

Bernie Peet Peet on Pigs

have just come back from my fourth visit to China inside 18 I months and am now beginning to understand the structure of the pork industry in this rapidly evolving and fascinating country. The scale of change in China has to be seen to be believed and is witnessed by myriads of construction projects, from high-rise A typical barn in southern China, with open sides and hand-adjusted curtain apartment blocks and industrial ventilation. A worker feeds gruel to recently weaned piglets at a farm in southern China. buildings to shopping malls and new roads. In the pork industry, the transi- of Statistics of China giving a fig- The modernization of the pork Large-scale, or “commercial” pigs and the processes involved tion from traditional “backyard” ure of 698 million for 2012 and industry has been supported farms are defined as those pro- in production, and so are not production to large-scale indus- the Ministry of Commerce saying by the government because it ducing more than 3,000 pigs per equipped to achieve the perform- trial farms, often within integrated 355 million. The discrepancy is wants the industry to become year, and this sector is expand- ance levels we expect in the West. companies, has been taking likely due to the large numbers of more professional and efficient, ing the most. A number of major However, the production com- place at a speed that can only be hogs that are slaughtered on farm while improving food safety. A processors have established their panies are very aware that this is defined as revolution, rather than or by small-scale butchers, which per-sow subsidy was initiated in own farms to create vertically an issue and are now starting to evolution. is difficult to quantify. Assuming 2007, withdrawn in 2010-11, then integrated systems, often send- address it, opening up the oppor- China has a slightly smaller the higher figure is correct, this is reintroduced again at a rate of 100 ing pigs from their own breeding tunity to improve performance land area than Canada, with 9.6 equivalent to an average of just 14 yuan ($15) per sow. In addition, units to contract finisher farms, significantly in the future. million square kilometres, com- pigs marketed per sow per year. there are a variety of incentives, which they also supply with feed. Finally, a word about econom- pared to Canada’s 9.9 million. But Average carcass weight is rela- grants and tax breaks that encour- These companies are developing ics. Since 2006, hog prices have Canada’s 34 million population is tively low at 76 kg, but anticipated age structural change. Official sta- rapidly, building new farms which increased considerably, partly eclipsed by the 1.4 billion people to rise to 80 kg by 2015. tistics show that the percentage of utilize North American or Euro- because the development of in China, roughly 20 per cent of Meat consumption in China pigs produced on backyard farms pean technology and genetics. large-scale operations failed to the world’s population. has risen more than fourfold since — those marketing less than 50 However, while the newer keep up with the reduction in While the government’s “one economic reform started in the pigs per year — fell from 73 per farms provide excellent facilities, backyard producers. Also, dis- child” policy has contained popu- late 1970s and now stands at 37 cent in 2002, to 34 per cent in productivity is constrained by a eases such as PRRS, Circovirus lation growth compared to many kg of pork, 13 kg of poultry and 2010. shortage of skilled and experi- and PEDv have led to large pro- western countries, that is still a nine kg of beef and sheepmeat enced staff. Typically, these farms duction losses and tight pork sup- lot of mouths to feed. It is hardly per capita. Although pork is still Herd size increasing are weaning about 20 pigs per plies, notably in 2008 and 2011. surprising that a key part of the the most popular meat, its share Independent “professional” pro- sow, so have a lot of potential for While high feed prices bit into national government’s policy is to of total meat consumption has ducers — typically those with improvement. margins in 2012-13, currently pro- ensure that its people have access fallen from 80 per cent in 1985 10 to 100 sows — have taken up Over the past 18 months, I have ducers are making good profits, to affordable staple foods such to 64 per cent in 2012. Growth in the slack and still represent the been working with two integrated with the hog price at $3/kg carcass as rice and pork. In fact, it inter- pork demand has now slowed to a majority sector in the indus- companies to train staff in mod- weight, double that of 10 years venes directly to control the sup- rate of one or two per cent per try. Herd size is increasing as the ern pig production techniques, ago. ply of pork and consequently the year. industry consolidates, but there and also teaching them to deliver price, through a variety of means The rapidly changing struc- are still a lot of farms with 20 to 30 training in production skills to Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain such as increasing or decreasing ture of the pork production and sows. Breeding herd productiv- workers on their farms. While Consulting of Lacombe, Alberta and a imports and purchasing pork as a processing sectors has been the ity averages about 13 to 14 pigs many of the staff are well edu- director of U.K.-based Pig Production price-support mechanism. most important development weaned per sow. cated, they lack knowledge about Training Ltd. over the last 20 years. There has Half the world’s pigs been a massive exodus of back- Estimates of the number of pigs in yard producers, which are being China vary, but are in the region of replaced either by independent 455 million, or half the world’s pig specialist producers or large-scale, population. Sow numbers totalled often integrated operations. This just over 50 million in September reflects China’s urbanization, 2013. The number of hogs slaugh- whereby people have left villages tered each year is not so easy to in the country to get jobs in the quantify, with the National Bureau cities.

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Weight Category Ashern Gladstone Grunthal Heartland Heartland Killarney Ste. Rose Winnipeg Brandon Virden Feeder Steers Nov-27 Nov-26 Nov-26 Nov-28 Nov-27 Nov-25 Nov-28 Nov-29 No. on offer 2,855 1,241 562 2,629 4,302 990 1,830 1,000 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 105.00-136.00 n/a n/a 124.00-138.00 n/a n/a 110.00-135.50 800-900 n/a 120.00-141.50 125.00-141.00 130.00-143.00 130.00-144.75 130.00-148.00 135.00-147.50 125.00-144.50 700-800 142.00-154.00 135.00-156.00 132.00-145.50 145.00-155.00 141.00-154.00 144.00-157.00 140.00-160.00 130.00-156.00 600-700 135.00-175.00 140.00-170.50 140.00-155.00 145.00-160.00 144.00-162.00 150.00-165.00 155.00-165.50 142.00-161.00 500-600 140.00-176.00 150.00-174.50 148.00-166.00 155.00-170.00 154.00-168.00 160.00-176.00 160.00-176.00 150.00-171.50 400-500 150.00-185.50 170.00-188.00 160.00-192.50 175.00-197.00 168.00-194.00 170.00-190.00 165.00-185.00 160.00-181.00 300-400 n/a 175.00-203.00 185.00-225.00 180.00-205.00 180.00-206.00 175.00-209.00 165.00-196.00 170.00-196.00 Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs. n/a n/a n/a n/a 115.00-127.00 n/a n/a 100.00-128.00 800-900 n/a 100.00-121.50 110.00-124.00 120.00-130.00 124.00-136.00 n/a 120.00-130.00 110.00-131.00 700-800 111.00-133.25 110.00-136.75 120.00-134.00 122.00-133.00 126.00-136.00 n/a 120.00-137.00 115.00-130.00 600-700 120.00-152.00 120.00-143.25 128.00-142.00 130.00-138.00 129.00-141.50 133.00-148.00 130.00-147.00 125.00-157.00 500-600 127.00-152.50 130.00-149.00 135.00-149.00 135.00-148.00 132.00-146.50 140.00-153.50 135.00-151.00 130.00-155.00 400-500 130.00-159.50 140.00-164.00 145.00-172.00 145.00-164.00 136.00-167.00 145.00-163.00 140.00-157.50 140.00-164.00 300-400 n/a 140.00-165.00 160.00-180.00 140.00-170.00 145.00-170.00 n/a 137.50-160.00 150.00-160.00 Slaughter Market No. on offer 300 1,241 228 178 4,302 990 285 450 D1-D2 Cows 60.00-67.00 n/a n/a 65.00-72.00 62.00-67.00 50.00-58.00 64.00-69.50 62.00-68.50 D3-D5 Cows 45.00 and up n/a n/a 55.00-65.00 58.00-62.00 n/a n/a 57.00-63.00 Age Verified 68.00-73.00 n/a n/a n/a 67.00-72.75 60.00-70.00 n/a n/a Good Bulls 72.00-90.00 65.00-80.00 78.00-79.00 78.00-85.50 77.00-85.75 n/a n/a 82.00-87.00 Butcher Steers n/a n/a n/a 105.00-112.00 106.00-113.25 n/a n/a n/n Butcher Heifers n/a n/a n/a 104.00-111.00 105.00-111.50 n/a n/a n/a Feeder Cows n/a n/a 70.00-90.00 n/a 70.00-82.00 n/a n/a 68.00-78.00 Fleshy Export Cows n/a n/a 62.00-68.50 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Lean Export Cows n/a n/a 55.00-64.00 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a * includes slaughter market

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

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COLUMN Spring wheat prices continue down a slippery slope Prices have been pressured since a ‘tweezer top’ developed in July 2012

MGEX wheat weekly nearby begin to move down, some of David Drozd these sellers jump in for fear Market Outlook Chart as of November 26, 2013 of missing the move. The balance of unfilled selling will continue to trail the market in hopes of catching a price reac- heat prices have been tion. Most of these sellers will drifting lower for gradually lower their offers as W the past five weeks, the market declines. taking back the 65-cent gain Some profit-taking and experienced during the sea- short covering emerges on sonal rally into October. price bulges and as this Spring wheat futures prices occurs the offers which had at the Minneapolis Grain trailed the market are gradu- Exchange have slid to a three- ally being absorbed. When the year low of $6.93-1/4 per price finally does turn up for bushel, a price not seen since real, trendlines will be broken October 2010. because the selling has totally Prices have been under dried up or the volume of buy- pressure since a Tweezer Top ing simply overpowers what developed in July 2012 with the little selling remains. market topping out at $10.35 After a period of down- per bushel. A Tweezer Top is a ward movement, one must technical formation that indi- be on the alert for any sub- cates a change in trend and it tle changes in this repetitive materializes when a market process, as they will show up posts the same high in two clearly on the price charts. consecutive periods. This pat- When price declines begin to tern is illustrated in the MGEX fall short of the lower chan- weekly nearby chart accompa- trend can be identified and There are five reaction inability to reach the return nel boundary, it is a clue that nying this article. followed to its conclusion, it highs depicted in the channel line, this could prove to be an the existing price trend may Since then, the market has translates into opportunity. I’ve illustrated in the accom- important first indication that be waning or at least getting been putting in lower lows The use of trendlines is a val- panying chart. Similarly, the the current trend is waning. ready to consolidate. and lower highs and this uable tool for accomplishing longer the trendline contin- Send your questions or price action has subsequently this. ues without being penetrated, Market psychology comments about this article evolved into a downtrending In a falling market, for a the greater becomes its tech- Price activity that lends itself and chart to info@ag-chieve. channel. trendline to be both valid and nical significance. to trendline and channel con- ca. reliable there should be at In a downtrend, the chan- struction reflects a particular Downtrending channel least three points of price con- nel’s upper boundary is the sequence of behaviour. As a David Drozd is president and senior During the course of a trend tact, each of which coincides downtrend line. It is drawn new downtrend begins to market analyst for Winnipeg-based and all the fluctuations which with a rally high, and each across the highs. The lower emerge, sell orders materi- Ag-Chieve Corporation. The opinions compose it, there is a well- topping out at a progressively boundary is the return line alize but many are at a limit expressed are those of the writer and observed characteristic for lower level. Beyond the mini- and it is drawn parallel across price above the market. In are solely intended to assist readers prices to closely follow a slop- mum of three contact points, the lows of each progressively the normal ebb and flow of with a better understanding of technical ing straight line path. During the more times a trendline lower decline. the market some of this sell- analysis. Visit Ag-Chieve online at www. Headline: We know corn Type Area: NA Colours: CMYK a period of falling prices, this can check a price advance in One should be on the alert, ing is satisfied when prices ag-chieve.ca for information about grain- path is determinedPublication: by aManitoba line Cooperatora bear market,Size: the more6 x 6.625 val- studyingResolution: the300 ppi price activity bounce. However, a portion of marketing advisory services, or call us drawn across theIO: highs ofMBC the 2013- uable it becomesBleed: as NAa trend duringInsertion the Seecourse Dates onof a trend. the offers are too high to be toll free at 1-888-274-3138 for a free reactions. When an emerging002,003,004,005 indicator. IfDates: prices startinsertion to orders display an filled and when prices again consultation.

IGC raises forecasts for 2013-14 wheat, maize crops The global maize crop to rise 10 per cent to record 950 million tonnes

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he International Grains Council increased its T forecast for the 2013- 14 global wheat crop Nov. 28, reflecting upward revisions for China and the United States. The IGC, in a monthly report,

projected a 2013-14 crop of 698 file PHOTO million tonnes, up two million from its previous forecast and The IGC raised its forecast for we know corn now seven per cent above the the 2013-14 global maize crop by prior season’s 655 million. two million tonnes to 950 million Global wheat consumption tonnes, sharply above the prior was expected to rise by just season’s 863 million. three per cent in 2013-14 to 692 “Global (maize) production is million tonnes, leading to an expected to expand 10 per cent Technology you want. Yield you can count on. increase in stocks of six million year on year to a record 950 tonnes to 181 million by the end million tonnes mainly due to a When it comes to early corn with proven yields - look to Maizex. of the season from year-earlier rebound in the U.S.,” the IGC said. Exclusively distributed by NorthStar Genetics. Contact a dealer levels. The U.S. maize crop was esti- near you or visit weknowbeans.com The IGC raised its forecast for mated at a record 355 million China’s wheat crop to 120 mil- tonnes, up from a previous fore- lion tonnes, up from a previous cast of 352 million and sharply up forecast of 118 million and now from the prior season’s 273.8 mil- barely changed from the prior lion. season’s 120.6 million. Global maize stocks were seen The U.S. wheat crop was also rising 21 per cent, year on year, by upwardly revised to 58 million the end of the 2013-14 season to tonnes from 57.5 million. 157 million tonnes.

We know corn MBC.indd 1 9/13/13 4:21 PM The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 19 More downside risk than upside potential for corn prices? USDA export forecast depends on U.S. capturing 90 per cent of world import demand increase

By Daryll E. Ray and to the point it is significantly Harwood Shaffer increasing its use of feed. Even with lower corn prices, it will take several Dairy use of feed has been n the week after the United on a decline since 1984. years to rebuild the cattle herd to the point it is States Department of Agri- While swine numbers are significantly increasing its use of feed. I culture’s (USDA) Novem- currently projected to increase ber 8, 2013 World Agricultural in the next 13 months, there Supply and Demand Esti- are clouds on the horizon. In mates (WASDE) report, corn the past couple of months, prices initially rose, only to the porcine epidemic diarrhea begin a week-long decline. virus (PEDV) has begun to The immediate response can take its toll on the U.S. swine poultry, and poultry produces Everything considered, there be attributed to U.S. corn pro- herd, reducing the number more pounds of meat per seems to be more downside duction numbers that were of pigs per sow in infected pound of feed than either cat- risk than upside potential for slightly below trade estimates herds. Steve Meyer, in an arti- tle or swine. So with a 498,000- corn prices in the months while the utilization numbers cle “PEDV may thwart pork’s tonne increase in poultry ahead. were above the levels in the chance to grab beef market production and a feed conver- September WASDE report — share” on the National Hog sion rate of 2:1, we will need Daryll E. Ray holds the Blasingame there was no October report Farmer website writes that about one million tonnes or 40 Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Policy, because of the government his best guess in that second- million bushels — out of the Institute of Agriculture, University of shutdown. quarter 2014 hog numbers will 900 million additional bush- Tennessee, and is the director of UT’s In 2009 a year-ending stock- be “near or just below those of els the USDA projects for feed Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC). to-use ratio of 13.9 per cent 2013.” and residual utilization in the Harwood D. Schaffer is a research resulted in a season average That would leave the heavy coming year — of corn to feed assistant professor at APAC. www. price paid to farmers of $3.55, lifting in corn feed demand to the extra chickens. agpolicy.org. 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Usef ul relics Manitoba leads country in farm receipts gain Increasing farm cash receipts don’t tell the whole story, as the cost of inputs like fuel and fertilizer continue to rise

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff “We also saw a arm cash receipts are up very big increase in Manitoba for the first in expenses, with F nine months of 2013. Way fuel and nitrogen up. fertilizer... we had According to numbers released by Statistics Canada, very good gross Manitoba has seen an increase income numbers, of 14.7 per cent or $500 million but net income was — the largest increase in Can- ada — over the same period last not positive, in fact it year. declined in the same Farm cash receipts for Cana- period.” dian farmers totalled $39.9 billion between January and September, up 1.9 per cent from Doug Chorney the same period in 2012. This follows an 8.5 per cent gain between the first nine months of 2011 and 2012. Farm cash positive, in fact it declined in receipts include market receipts the same period,” he said. from the sale of crops and live- Farm receipts also include stock, as well as program pay- money received from governments. ment support programs. “There’s no doubt that Mani- And while 2013 will go down toba producers grew a big crop as a harvest to remember for on average across the province. Manitoba’s grain farmers — There are some areas where pro- crop receipts grew by a whop- duction challenges affected out- ping 28.7 per cent, livestock comes, but by and large it was a producers only saw an increase big crop here and in Saskatch- of 2.9 per cent. ewan and Alberta,” said Doug Chorney notes the biggest Chorney, president of the Key- reason for the increase seen in stone Agricultural Producers. Manitoba grain farm receipts And those numbers only rep- this year dates back to 2011. resent the tip of the iceberg. Widespread flooding that year The bulk of the 2013 crop is still saw 25 per cent of the province’s making its way to final desti- cropland go unseeded, while nations as farmers deal with a an additional half-million acres A pair of old snowshoes waits for a little more snow. photo: Gracie Crayston plugged transportation system. were flooded out. That reduced “The farm income numbers farm cash receipts throughout that were released this week 2012. don’t really reflect that,” Chor- “So comparably it looks really ney said, noting only early 2013 good, that’s why it appears crops such as winter wheat to show such a significant were delivered in the first three increase,” he said. quarters of the year. A 2012 drought in the U.S. has Much of what has increased also helped to increase prices, cash receipts for 2013, has actu- again leading to higher cash ally been the old crop from receipts for farmers in Manitoba. 2012, he said. “It really depends on condi- it is a habit.” “On average, 2012 was a tions, but we seem to have hit pretty decent crop for Manitoba a new plateau of commodity – Aristotle as well, but more importantly prices for coarse grains and oil- we had high commodity prices, seeds worldwide,” Chorney said. so regardless of tonnes, the dol- The data also shows that lars were there for most people on a commodity basis, canola on a gross basis,” said Chorney. continues to be the top crop in “The crop we grew in 2013 Canada by way of cash receipts, will now be sold through the but its performance declined balance of 2013 and into 2014, nearly 12 per cent over the and with the transportation same period last year as mar- problems that may be dragged ketings fell 16.7 per cent. out right to the end of the crop Canola receipts totalled $5.3 year, so I expect to see pretty billion, accounting for 24 per strong numbers for the next cent of total crop receipts. reporting period as well,” he Wheat (excluding durum) added. receipts totalled $3.9 billion TRADE SHOW & But the KAP representative from January to September, up ANNUAL MEETING cautioned that farm receipts $980 million or 33.5 per cent don’t tell the whole story in higher than the same period Find out your responsibilities under Manitoba, or any other prov- in 2012. Both a 25.9 per cent ince for that matter. increase in average prices and Alternative Service Delivery for 2014 “We also saw a very big a six per cent gain in market- increase in expenses, with fuel ings contributed to the strong DECEMBER 12TH, 2013 and nitrogen fertilizer... we had growth. Victoria Inn, Winnipeg very good gross income numbers, but net income was not [email protected]

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By Jennifer Blair but the fungicide really had staff the most profound impact,” she said. ooking for higher wheat The research was conducted yields? Then consider on small plot sites at Lacombe, L upping the budget for Willingdon, and Barrhead. fungicide. Yields at Barrhead ranged That’s the advice of Sheri between 106 to 148 bushels Strydhorst, an agronomy per acre. Applying Headline research scientist with Alberta fungicide at flag leaf boosted Agriculture and Rural Devel- yields by 20 bushels over the opment. check, while Prosaro fungicide This past summer, Stryd- applied at head emergence horst evaluated 48 differ- added 21 bushels. ent management practices But the “real winner,” Stryd- to determine the economic horst said, came from apply- benefits of stacking agro- ing both. That treatment nomic practices for maximum increased yields by 30 bushels wheat yield. Only fungicide an acre. application had a significant “That was the real big win- impact. ning management practice Agriculture and Rural Development’s Bill Chapman watches Sheri Strydhorst speak about the effect of fungicide on “Supplemental nitrogen at Barrhead, and we saw the didn’t significantly affect yield, same trend at Lacombe, just stripe rust occurrence during a plot tour in Willingdon this summer. Photo: Alberta Wheat Commission nor did the growth regulators, with slightly different yield numbers.” At Lacombe, yields ranged between 102 and 151 bushels an acre. Headline applied at flag leaf added 23 bushels compared to the check, and Prosaro applied at head emergence added 25 bushels. “But when we applied both With Fuse fungicide, it doesn’t stand a chance. Headline and Prosaro, there was a 33-bushel-per-acre yield increase,” said Strydhorst. There was a major boost to the bottom line, too. “At Barrhead, with those yield increases that we’re seeing with the dual fungicide less the cost of applying it, we’re seeing a return of $111 per acre,” said Strydhorst. “At Lacombe, because we did have the slightly higher yields, the return was $144 per acre. It’s a really wonderful return with these dual fungicide applications.”

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NEWS Small disasters wait under Agriculture U.S. sees 2013 farm income Canada disaster relief program highest since It seldom meets its own targets for delivering assistance under Agri-Recovery 1973 By Alex Binkley payouts often wait more than As well, the department has Net income has co-operator contributor a year for financial help.” not done enough research “Providing quick been on an almost The odd situation raises to determine whether Agri- griculture Canada is questions about how ade- Recovery is assisting produc- assistance to unbroken upward g o o d a t d e l i v e r i n g quately the department man- ers in a timely fashion, he agricultural trend A financial help to farm- ages Agri-Recovery, Ferguson added. Nor does it have appro- producers is a key ers caught in large-scale dis- says. For starters, it seldom priate performance measures goal of the Agri- was hiNGTon / reuters asters but rather tardy in meets “a 45-day target for to assess how well Agri-Recov- U.S. farm income will hit assisting in smaller incidents, assessments necessary to ery helps producers recover. It Recovery program.” a 40-year high in 2013, says Auditor General Michel deliver quick, targeted assist- doesn’t even “have a stream- driven by gains in live- Ferguson. ance to get producers back lined process for smaller ini- stock income, according “Providing quick assistance in operations.” In one-third tiatives even though they Michel Ferguson to a new forecast from to agricultural producers is a of the instances, Agri-Recov- should be simpler to adminis- Auditor general the U.S. Department of key goal of the Agri-Recovery ery took an average of 15.5 ter than large disasters.” Agriculture on Nov. 26. program,” Ferguson says in months to make payments. Its “Natural disasters impose U S D A’s E c o n o m i c his fall report to Parliament. goal is 10.5 months. significant economic and government programming, Research Service esti- Timeliness is important to get- “We found that the depart- social consequences on indi- and to provide quick, targeted mated net farm income ting farmers back in operation ment did not have an adequate vidual farmers and the agri- assistance to agricultural of $131 billion for 2013, and was one of the key reasons process to monitor timeliness, cultural industry,” Ferguson producers so as to facili- up significantly from an the federal-provincial program lacked real-time identification said. “Those consequences tate their return to business earlier forecast of $120.6 was established. of delays, and did not moni- include production and rev- as rapidly as possible. Since billion and up 15 per “While Agriculture Canada tor the timeliness of initiatives enue losses and, in the case of the launch of Agri-Recovery cent from $113.8 billion has delivered assistance to in the assessment phase,” Fer- some disease outbreaks, bor- in December 2007, federal in 2012. producers for large disasters guson said. “The department der closures that can have far- and provincial governments After adjusting for within their targeted timeline, does not ensure that it gets the reaching effects.” have committed $1.2 billion i n f l a t i o n , n e t f a r m those producers impacted by information it needs to assess Agri-Recovery was estab- to 37 disaster relief initiatives i n c o m e f o r 2 0 1 3 i s disasters with smaller total the timeliness of payments.” lished to fill gaps in existing across Canada. expected to be the highest since 1973, USDA said. Net farm income has been on an almost unbroken upward trend since 2002. 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By Kate Kelland london / reuters “Ultimately, the he publisher of a contro- results presented — versial and much-criti- while not incorrect T cized study suggesting — are inconclusive, genetically modified corn caused tumours in rats has withdrawn and therefore do not the paper after a year-long inves- reach the threshold tigation found it did not meet sci- of publication for entific standards. Food and Chemical Reed Elsevier’s Food and Chemical Toxicology (FCT) jour- Toxicology.” nal, which published the study by the French researcher Gilles- Eric Seralini in September 2012, Reed Elsevier’s said the retraction was because Food and Chemical the study’s small sample size Toxicology (FCT) journal meant no definitive conclusions could be reached. “This retraction comes after “The major flaws in this a thorough and time-consum- paper make its retraction the ing analysis of the published right thing to do,” said Cathie article and the data it reports, Martin, a professor at John along with an investigation Innes Centre. “The strain of rats into the peer review behind the used is highly susceptible to article,” the journal said in a tumours after 18 months with statement. or without GMO (genetically Another researcher says the strain of rats used in the study is highly susceptible to tumours after 18 months with or “Ultimately, the results pre- modified organisms) in their without genetically modified organisms in their diets. photo: thinkstock sented — while not incorrect — diets.” are inconclusive, and therefore do not reach the threshold of publication for Food and Chem- ical Toxicology.” At the time of its original publication, hundreds of scientists across the world questioned Seralini’s research, which said rats fed Monsanto’s GM corn had suffered tumours and multiple organ failure. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued a statement in November 2012 saying the study by Seralini, who was based at France’s University of Caen, had serious defects in design and methodology and did not meet acceptable scientific standards. Within weeks of its appearance in the peer-reviewed journal, more than 700 scientists had signed an online petition calling on Seralini to release all the data from his research. In its retraction statement, the FCT said that, in light of these concerns, it too had asked to view the raw data. Seralini “agreed and supplied all material that was requested by the editor-in-chief,” it said. The journal said that, while it had received many letters JOB ID: expressing concerns about 6506_1A the validity of the findings, DATE: the proper use of animals and DEC. 5, 2013 even allegations of fraud, its own investigation found “no CLIENT: evidence of fraud or inten- SYNGENTA CANADA tional misrepresentation of PROJECT: the data.” ASTOUND AD

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HAMBURG / REUTERS crops, the coalition agree- sumers may be reluctant to ment said. knowingly eat meat from ermany’s new grand The agreement also con- GMO-fed animals. coalition government firmed the new government Currently most soy-based G will curb the cultivation would seek tougher regula- animal feed, mainly imported of maize (corn) for bioelec- tions in the European Union from the United States and tricity production, the new for labelling meat from farm South America, contains coalition showed on Nov. 26. animals fed on genetically GMOs while other grains that Under the agreement, the modified (GMO) crops. are often domestically grown new government will limit “We recognize the reserva- for feed mostly do not. Soy- any expansion of bioenergy tions of the majority of the based feed is widely used for production to use only waste population against agricul- its high protein content. or leftover materials as feed- tural genetic technology,” it A new coalition would stock. said. retain the policy of zero toler- Chancellor Angela Merkel’s “We will seek an EU label- ance of non-approved GMOs conservatives and the centre- ling duty for products from in human food, it said. left Social Democrats (SPD) animals which have been fed The coalition contract agreed a coalition contract with genetically modified made no mention of whether that puts Germany on track plants,” it said, confirming the current German policy to have a new government in a draft coalition agricultural restricting GMO crop culti- place by Christmas. policy document seen by vation would be continued. German farmers cultivate Reuters Nov. 25. The draft had said the par- A cornfield in front of wind turbines at the western town of Fuechtorf. large volumes of maize for Any such policy would have ties were unable to agree on PHOTO: REUTERS/INA FASSBENDER electricity, often selling to to be agreed and approved by the issue. power utilities from on-farm the EU, which is likely to be a Former agriculture minister generators and benefit from maize cultivation, mostly out- Using more waste for bio- lengthy process. Ilse Aigner took a tough stand high feed-in tariffs introduced side official harvest figures, power would protect nature, If introduced, labels could against GMO cultivation but to stimulate Germany’s switch has generated criticism about prevent maize dominating the potentially have a significant she left the government after to renewable energy. a one-sided agricultural pol- countryside and reduce com- impact on livestock produc- the September elections to But the huge expansion of icy. petition for land with other tion as many European con- return to local politics.

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CWB lowered its PROs for wheat in the 2013-14 Winter Pool and Futures Choice Winter Pool, while it upped PROs for durum, See leading a release from the company said Nov. 28. PROs for wheat in the Winter Pool were lowered by $1 to $2 per tonne compared to the previous ag experts report on Nov. 7, due to a sharp drop in U.S. wheat futures prices recently. Good conditions for the U.S. winter wheat crop and a proposal by the Environ- in your area mental Protection Agency to reduce its U.S. ethanol mandate were bearish. However, some concerns It’s a perfect match: you know your business, and these farm management experts know theirs. about crop production problems in Argentina and At FCC Ag Knowledge Exchange events, you get practical advice you can use. Australia kept a firm floor under prices. Farmers who choose to market their wheat through the Futures Minimize Taxes and Maximize Lance Stockrugger Oak Hammock Marsh Dec. 9 Choice Winter Pool can Purchasing Power Altona Dec. 10 expect to achieve a final return for 1 CWRS 13.5 in- store port position made up of the March 2014 futures value they lock in plus $14 per tonne, the report said. Register for free today Durum PROs were Visit our website to submit your free registration, confirm the date, place and time* raised by $16 to $19 per tonne for the 2013-14 of upcoming events, and see a full list of what FCC Ag Knowledge Exchange has for you. Winter Pool from the pre- Everyone is welcome, so register your family members, friends and business partners too. vious report. Much of the fcc.ca/AgKnowledge 1-888-332-3301 *Dates and locations are subject to change. recent strength in prices is due to strong nearby demand and logistical issues in moving the large crop in Canada. PROs for canola in the 2013-14 Winter Pool were unchanged. The large Canadian canola crop continues to be bearish for prices, while a weaker Canadian dollar and strong demand are supportive. The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 27 Japan to phase out rice subsidies as part of farm reform The government is attempting to overhaul its agricultural policy

By James Topham first nine months of this year, TOKYO / REUTERS according to the Ministry of Finance. In 2012, the country apan is to end a rice sub- harvested 8.5 million tonnes, sidy scheme designed to according to the Farm Ministry. J cut excess crops that dates In contrast, India, the big- back more than 40 years, gest rice exporter in 2012, the Farming Ministry said shipped about 10.5 mil- Nov. 26, as the government lion tonnes, while Vietnam embarks on an overhaul of exported 7.2 million and agriculture, one of the coun- Thailand seven million. try’s most protected sectors. Many businesses are keen The move is unlikely to for Japan to join the TPP trade have an immediate impact area so that exporters can on rice trade due to Japan’s compete with overseas rivals, high import duties and cost but powerful agricultural lob- of production, but it will help bies oppose participation for competitiveness of the farm- fear that it will let in a flood of ing sector as the government overseas farm products. negotiates to join the Trans- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Pacific Partnership (TPP), a is pushing economic reform U.S.-led free trade area. along with aggressive expan- It may also help the coun- sionary policies aimed at end- try fend off pressure from ing deflation and two decades A farmer plants rice in Takashima, central Japan. PHOTO: REUTERS/YURIKO NAKAO the United States, Australia of stagnation. and others to lift tariffs and remove other barriers to trade in protected areas such as agriculture. The government will abol- ish the long-standing “gen- tan” production adjustment system for rice by the year ending March 2019, an official What’s the in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said. It will begin phasing out the program — under which the government pays farmers subsidies in exchange for reducing rice output to adjust supply and protect prices — by halving the payment from the fiscal year that starts in April 2014, the official said. Under the program, introduced in 1970, farmers who BIG reduce sowing to government-set limits receive about 150,000 yen ($1,500) for each hectare (2.5 acres) under cultivation. HAIRY Rice in Japan is farmed on relatively small plots. The farming population is aging and shrinking as young people move to the cities for alternative work. DEAL? “Exports are not likely to rise even if the government stops the subsidy to farmers as Japanese rice is extremely expensive,” said a Tokyo- based trader. “They don’t have any cost competitiveness.” The price of sticky or glu- tinous rice in Japan is about $2,000 per tonne, compared Dual inoculation for even bigger yields with $1,000 in the United States and $940 in China, the Supercharge your soybean crop for maximum yields, especially in new ground, with TagTeam® and trader said. ® Japan exports very little of its Optimize . Two products, one bin busting team. TagTeam promotes root hair growth, increasing sites rice, with overseas sales total- for nodulation, and Optimize starts the nodulation process earlier. ling just 16,403 tonnes valued at 1.3 billion yen in the The result? Your soybean crop gets nitrogen earlier, for a longer period which ultimately drives yields. And that’s the big hairy deal.

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By Daniel Winters with cellulosic feedstocks tar- CO-OPERATOR STAFF “It shouldn’t be geted at 16 billion gallons a year too big of an issue and corn ethanol at 15 billion he U.S. government’s deci- gallons by 2015. sion to scale back ethanol for us. We’re lucky “This is the first time the T targets could affect prices because most of our U.S. government has bowed to but it won’t lower demand for corn stays in the petroleum industry pressure Manitoba-grown corn, an offi- and cut renewable fuel targets, cial with the Manitoba Corn province.” setting a dangerous precedent Growers Association says. for the global biofuels industry,” “It shouldn’t be too big of an MORGAN COTTS stated Bliss Baker, spokesper- issue for us. We’re lucky because son for the Toronto-based Glo- most of our corn stays in the bal Renewable Fuels Alliance, in province,” said Morgan Cotts, a press release. the association’s field agrono- and set the cellulosic biofuel Canadian Renewable Fuels mist. Most of the corn produced category at 17 million gallons. Association president W. Scott in the province is used for seed, The changes, which must first Thurlow said in a statement animal feed or the Husky etha- pass a 60-day comment period, the policy would undermine nol plant in Minnedosa. represent a significant setback biofuel use and lead to severe Less overall demand for corn, for the ethanol lobby which economic and environmental however, could weigh on prices, had long been pushing for an impacts, but that the Canadian she added. expanded mandate that would industry would not be affected. For the first time since 2007, PHOTO: THINKSTOCK have seen the inclusion rate in “We do not expect Canadian the United States government is gasoline raised to 15 per cent, ethanol producers to be nega- scaling back ethanol targets set proposed to reduce its 2014 target from 16.55 billion gallons up from the current 10 per cent tively impacted by the EPA pro- in 2007 by the Bush administra- Renewable Volume Obligations (BG) to 15.21 billion gallons. known as E10. posal,” he stated, noting that a tion, citing difficulties in meet- (RVO) for corn-based ethanol It has also proposed a cut to In 2007, the Energy Inde- five per cent blend is still man- ing them. by well over a billion gallons. the so-called advanced biofuel pendence and Security Act dated in Canada. The U.S. Environmental For 2014, the EPA has pro- requirement from 2.75 BG to 2.2 targeted 36 billion gallons of Canadian ethanol plants are Protection Agency (EPA) has posed cutting the renewable fuel BG, hold biodiesel at 1.28 BG, renewable fuel use by 2022, producing almost two billion litres of ethanol a year. Annual consumption of ethanol in Canada stands at close to 2.8 billion litres per year. Most of the additional ethanol comes from the U.S., but even with the proposed reduction, he did not expect imports to rise further. Provincial livestock associa- tions welcomed the develop- ments south of the border. Manitoba Pork council general manager Andrew Dickson said that if less corn is soaked up by ethanol producers, the NITROGEN LOSS result will likely be lower prices for livestock users. That’s because the legislated requirement that gasoline refineries buy ethanol to add to gasoline has created a “floor price” for corn that in turn lifted STINKS the price of all feed grains as a consequence. “There’s still a huge pile of corn that’s going into ethanol With untreated urea and UAN, you can lose and it’s of questionable value to the environment,” said Dickson. valuable nitrogen as ammonia gas. That’s The EPA decision is just one ™ part of an overall “good news why you need SUPERU fertilizer. It’s story” that began with this fall’s ready-to-use stabilized nitrogen fertilizer bumper crop in the Midwest Corn Belt that has brought feed that works above and below ground for grains prices down and boosted proven protection against volatilization, profitability for the beleaguered pork industry, he added. denitrification and leaching. If pork prices stay “decent” and feed costs dip, there is a good chance that margins for hog producers will stay at $10- $20 per pig for at least two years until U.S. producers respond by expanding their sow herd. “But to be honest, we need two or three years in a row of good margins to recover to where we were seven or eight years ago,” said Dickson. Cam Dahl, general manager of the Manitoba Beef Producers, said the cattle industry has long been critical of the legislated requirement to add ethanol to gasoline due to its potential to distort feed grains prices. If the intent of the law was to create a viable, self-sustaining ethanol industry, then clearly, it’s high time to declare mission accomplished and move on, he added. “I think it’s always good to have a second look at policies over time,” said Dahl. “When government policies disrupt Sniff out the truth at . . 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Ann Slater of St. Marys, n Arizona-based com- many times you Ont. was acclaimed as first pany has developed a rat- shower in and out of vice-president (policy). A control product that could those facilities, it’s Coral Sproule of Perth, Ont. spell the end of the adage, if you going to spoil your was acclaimed as second have one rat, there are probably vice-president (operations). more. day when you find a Joan Brady of Dashwood, “I call it rat-o-pause,” rat that is carrying Ont. was acclaimed as SenesTech CEO Loretta Mayer that disease.” women’s president and told a crowd at the annual Agri Marcella Pedersen of Cut Innovation Forum in Winnipeg Knife, Sask. was elected as last month, explaining the com- LORETTA MAYER NFU women’s vice-presi- pound her company has devel- dent. oped essentially causes female Alex Fletcher of Victo- rats to prematurely enter meno- neighbouring rat populations Loretta Mayer speaks about rat sterilization. PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES ria, B.C. was acclaimed as pause. simply move in to capitalize on youth president and Lisa The result? No more baby rats. the sudden increase in available Lundgard of Grimshaw, And as a brown rat can produce down their reproductive cycle can able,” she said. “The reason it’s resources, Mayer said. B.C. was elected NFU youth five to seven litters of seven to 14 have impressive results. not sustainable — scientists have However, if you decrease a rat vice-president. babies each year, and their off- “The state of the art right now is known this for years — is because population more slowly, through spring will start doing the same to kill them, and... yes, that strat- of the rebound effect.” attrition and natural death with- within four months — shutting egy will work, but it’s not sustain- Once you clear one area of rats, out reproduction, remaining rats become territorial, prevent- ing new rodent hordes from encroaching. The rodent population is reduced to a tiny fraction of its previous level, and there is no risk of a rebound effect. Using poison to control rat populations also carries the risk that other species, including humans, can be affected by the poison, Mayer said. She noted 16,000 children accidently ingest raticides each year in the U.S. In developing countries the risk of inadvert- ently ingesting rat poison is even higher. So far the SenesTech compound has been tested in the New York City subway system, as well as in hog barns in North Carolina, where swine dysentery is spread by the rodents. “I don’t care how many times you shower in and out of those facilities, it’s going to spoil your day when you find a rat that is carrying that disease,” Mayer said. Granaries, and other food storage areas could also benefit from a rodent sterilization program. Although rats may be most closely associated with times past, Mayer notes current food production levels are working in favour of a growing rat population. “On behalf of rodents every- where, I would like to say thank you for increasing your crop yield, it’s a banquet for rodents,” she said. But the former cardiac researcher, who first developed the rodent sterilizer for a research project, is still searching for funding and partnerships to get the novel compound to market. “We are looking for partners, global partners who can help us We want to hear from you! Manitoba Farmers - Keeping It Clean. get this technology out into the global market,” the CEO said, The challenge - should you choose to accept Calling all This is a great opportunity to get together adding the company is currently it - tell us how you and your family look after family-operated and brainstorm as a family. Identify what looking for about $10 million in the environment on your farm. 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[email protected] The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 31 WHAT’S UP Meat industry singled out Please forward your agricultural events to daveb@fbcpublishing. com or call 204-944-5762. for new penalties Dec. 9: Keystone Agricultural Producers District 10 meeting, Meat council expected regulations would also apply to all food producers 7:30p.m., Arborg Bifrost Curling Club, Arborg. For more info call By Alex Binkley to avoid the expense of taking changes in agreed-to meat the meat industry. For exam- 204-697-1140. co -oPERATOR contributor people to court. container labelling regula- ple, they may be applied if “So we’re surprised that the tions. a company withholds infor- Dec. 9-11: Canadian Forage and h e C a n a d i a n m e a t CFIA has moved more quickly The new food safety law mation, such as a positive E. Grassland Association conference, industry was surprised to implement this system on included a clause that ena- coli test result, or records that Pomeroy Inn and Suites, Olds by an out-of-the-blue us,” Laws said. His group has bled the government to are needed as part of a food College, 4601-46th Ave., Olds, Alta. T announcement by the Cana- fully participated in consul- bring in an AMPs program safety investigation, or if a For more info call 204-726-9393 dian Food Inspection Agency tations with CFIA on a new for processors of all food company is regularly identi- or visit www.canadianfga.ca/ that it is being singled out for regulatory regime to imple- categories. fied for not complying with events/current-events/. a financial penalty regime for ment the provisions of C52, “Consumers want a strong requirements.” Dec. 10: Keystone Agricultural food safety infractions. the Safe Food for Canadians and reliable food inspection Martine Dubuc, chief food Producers District 4 meeting, 1:30 Jim Laws, president of the Act, passed earlier this year system on which they can safety officer and CFIA vice- p.m., Real Canadian Superstore, Canadian Meat Council, by Parliament. “We’re look- depend to provide safe food. president, said AMPs “provide Hwy. 12 N., Steinbach. For more says the agency had said the ing forward to discussing Introducing these new penal- an additional option for deal- info call 204-697-1140. administrative monetary pen- with government on how the ties demonstrates our coming with the small number of alty system (AMPs) would be system will be applied to us. mitment to ensuring that food producers that fail to fol- Dec. 10: Keystone Agricultural introduced to the entire food We want a fair and efficient Canada’s stringent food safety low federal food safety regula- Producers District 5 meeting, industry at the same time administrative monetary pen- requirements are being fol- tions.” 7:30 p.m., Community Centennial after consultations on its alty system for meat prod- lowed,” Health Minister Rona The government is planning Centre, 11 Thompson Ave., Garson. implementation and opera- ucts.” Ambrose said in announcing to have the new food safety For more info call 204-697-1140. tions. 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Android-able. The Manitoba Co-operator mobile app WEATHER VANE is available for Android mobile phones. Download the free app at agreader.ca/mbc “ E v e r yon e t al k s a b o u t t he w eathe r , b ut n o o n e d o e s a n y t hi n g a b o u t i t .” Mark Twain, 1897 We ride the temperature roller-coaster Issued: Monday, December 2, 2013 · Covering: December 4 – December 11, 2013

with temperatures in the -15 to WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA Daniel Bezte -20 C range and wind chills will Co-operator become an issue, with values contributor expected to drop into the -30s. The cold weather looks like it’ll stick around for at least the first half of next week as 1 Month (30 Days) Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) y the time you read this another arctic high drops October 29, 2013 to November 27, 2013 forecast, we’ve either southward, bringing with it B just dodged a big winter a reinforcing shot of cold air. storm to our south or are just Highs are only expected to be starting to dig ourselves out of it! in the -16 to -20 C range to start The weather models have been the week, with overnight lows < 40% pretty consistent with bringing in the -25 to -30 area, near the 40 - 60% 60 - 85% a strong, slow-moving storm bottom end of the usual tem- 85 - 115% system across the northern U.S. perature range for this time of 115 - 150% during the middle of this week. the year. 150 - 200% > 200% Whether this system hits us or Looking a little further ahead, Extent of Agricultural Land not, we’ll definitely see a major the weather models are keeping Lakes and Rivers shot of cold air later in the week. cold air in place right through As the strong area of low to the weekend before another pressure pulls out to our north- storm system is forecast to move east on Thursday, we’ll see a in off of the Pacific. This will large area of arctic high pres- allow for some milder air to begin sure begin dropping south- moving back in. Along with the ward. The centre of this high milder temperatures will come looks like it will track through the chance for more snow! Saskatchewan and then move Usual temperature range for through the Dakotas over the this period: Highs, -17 to -1 C; Produced using near real-time data that has undergone initial quality control. The map weekend. This should keep lows, -27 to -9 C. may not be accurate for all regions due to data us from seeing the really cold availability and data errors. temperatures, but we are still Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession Copyright © 2013 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Created: 11/28/13 going to be cold. In fact, with with a BA (Hon.) in geography, Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies. www.agr.gc.ca/drought the departing low to our east specializing in climatology, from the and strong high pressure to U of W. He operates a computerized This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies over the 30 days ending Nov. 27. Southern Alberta, our west, it looks like Thursday weather station near Birds Hill Park. Saskatchewan and pretty much all of Manitoba saw below-average amounts during this period. Central and northern agricultural and Friday will also be fairly Contact him with your questions and Saskatchewan saw well-above-average amounts during this time, as did much of central Alberta. breezy. Combine these winds comments at [email protected].

A cold and snowy month ahead? Last month turned out to be both cooler and drier than the average November

By Daniel Bezte recorded. The only areas that came along with near-average amounts c o-operator contributor Overall, it was a pretty close to seeing average amounts of of precipitation (snow) over south- precipitation during the month were ern regions and above-average in the nother month has come and quiet month, with no major the far eastern regions, along with the northwest. The Old Farmer’s Alma- gone and 2013 is quickly com- storm systems. Interlake. Overall, November 2013 will nac is following EC’s forecast, with A ing to an end. While it is a little go down as a cooler- and drier-than- a prediction of below-average tem- too soon to make a summary of this average November. peratures and near- to above-average past year’s weather, it’s time to see amounts of snow. The ever-so-easy- how November’s numbers added up. Who called it? to-figure-out Canadian Farmers’ November started off fairly nice, Which of our four different forecast- Almanac appears to also call for with daytime highs pushing the 10 C ers were able to predict this? Well, it below-average temperatures as it mark in the first few days. Tempera- last week of the month saw average appears that the winner is… my fore- mentions cold several times. Along tures then began to cool down a bit, late November temperatures, along cast! Environment Canada had called with the colder temperatures it looks with highs dropping down to around with a few light dustings of snow here for above-average temperatures and like the Almanac calls for a snowy +2 C and overnight lows slipping and there. near-average amounts of precipita- month, with snow or heavy snow down to around -14 C. Along with Overall, it was a pretty quiet month, tion, with above-average amounts mentioned several times. So, all three the colder temperatures came a little with no major storm systems. When the farther north you went, so they forecasts are for a cold and fairly snow, at least in some regions, but for all the numbers are added up, south- were off by a fair bit. The Old Farm- snowy month. the most part, accumulations were ern regions saw slightly below-aver- er’s Almanac had also predicted Last but not least is my forecast. less than five centimetres. With some age temperatures for the month, with above-average temperatures and Based on the medium-range weather snow around, temperatures were both Winnipeg and Brandon experi- near-average amounts of precipita- models, it looks like we will have a able to really cool off, with overnight encing a mean monthly temperature tion. The Canadian Farmers’ Alma- pretty cold first half of the month, and lows pushing -20 C by the 11th of the of about -6.5 C, about 1° below aver- nac went in the opposite direction I think we’ll have a hard time making month. age. Farther north, around Dauphin, and had predicted a colder-than- up for the cold during the second half Luckily these cold tempera- it was a little milder, with a mean average month along with above- of the month. So, I have to go with tures didn’t stick around for long, as monthly temperature of -5.7 C, right average amounts of snow. Finally, the other three forecasters and call highs by the 13th were once again around average. here at the Co-operator, I did pre- for below-average temperatures. As I approaching +10 C. These mild tem- With no major storm systems hitting dict above-average temperatures for always point out, monthly precipita- peratures stayed around for about our part of the world during Novem- the month, but mentioned we could tion forecasts in the winter are super four or five days before a system came ber it is not surprising that all three see some cold weather move in dur- tough. The general pattern setting along and dumped five to 10 cm of regions saw below-average amounts ing the second half of the month. In up at the moment looks to be fairly snow across a good portion of south- of precipitation. The Brandon-to- regards to precipitation amounts, I active, though, so I think I’ll have ern and central Manitoba. A push of Winnipeg corridor saw around 15 predicted we would see a below-aver- to go along with the two almanacs cold air behind this system, combined millimetres of precipitation recorded age month. So, while I wasn’t the out- and call for a snowier-than-average with the fresh snow cover, allowed during the month, but areas farther right winner, my forecast, I think, was December. I will have to do some back temperatures to really drop during the south were very dry, with fewer than the closest. checking, but I think this might be third week of November. Overnight five mm reported in most regions. Now on to December’s forecasts: the first time all of the forecasts call lows were in the -25 C range, with Dauphin was pretty dry as well, with Environment Canada calls for below- for the same thing! Could we all be some locations making it to -30 C. The only about six mm of precipitation average temperatures for the month wrong? Only time will tell. The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 33 COUNTRY CROSSROADS CONNECTING RURAL FAMILIES

How to kill your community A marketing strategist warns local leaders of what comes from rejecting change and acting ‘dumb’ so less is expected of them

People want to genuinely love the place they live, marketing strategist tells Manitoba municipal leaders. photo: Thinkstock

By Lorraine Stevenson His presentation, equal parts months ago said to me, “We at a price people are willing to co-operator staff entertaining humour, sarcasm “Government has have so many goddamned pay, he said, noting it’s the set- and rebuke spoke of how local plans I don’t know what we’re ting direction part that is failing, Brandon councils likewise wreck com- become a very doing.” he said. All small-town coffee shops munities, when they shoot efficient operational A council fails to engage the “You need to be asking your- should have a designated ‘be down new ideas, resist change, services provider, public in what they’re up to at selves what plan are you pro- happy’ section, says Chris and “act dumb so people ask and not much more.” their peril. His firm has sur- ducing that creates that emo- Fields. less of you.” veyed people about how they tional engagement with your Coffee shop critics with all Fields criticized government perceive municipal-level gov- community,” he said. Sixty- their “nattering and chittering” in general, and local govern- ernment in general and logged nine per cent of Canadians are part of what’s killing rural ment in particular, for their ten- words such as “boring.” When don’t live in the town they were communities, says Fields, a sen- dency to hunker down to man- Chris Fields asked how confident they were born, and seven per cent live ior marketing strategist with the age and maintain, rather than in their current representatives in a place they first visited as a Alberta-based Twist Marketing set vision and new direction for a third replied they “don’t know.” tourist. Firm, and author of 13 Ways to their communities. to business, live in the past, and It leads to the dismally low “Think about this as a mat- Kill Your Community a guide to Local-level government is reject change — contributing to voter turnout in municipal elec- ter of communities,” he said. helping municipal leaders iden- best positioned to do the bold, the community-killing culture tions, he said, citing a 25 per “When I work with communi- tify ways to make the places original, creative stuff people of naysayers that dominates the cent voter turnout in Alberta ties on their brand, I ask these they govern stronger. want for the places they live, local coffee shop. during its recent elections. questions: Why do you matter, “Coffee shops are horrible because it’s government closest “Government has become a “And how many people do you to a visitor, to regular folks, to places for that. They’re the bane to people, said Fields. Trends very efficient operational serv- have at your council meetings an investor?” of rural existence. It’s where all that bode really well are the ices provider, and not much these days?” he asked AMM con- Their citizens are craving a the, ‘this can’t work’ and, ‘that buy-local movement and an more,” he said. Too much time vention delegates. “One? Two? place to live that matters. It’s can’t work’ talk goes on,” the emerging ‘creative class’ across is spent producing incompre- Are they even alive back there?” government’s job to imagine a marketing strategist told about all of North America — people hensible reports and plans that He challenged community community that’s different and 900 municipal leaders at their who are seeking real mean- are basically “jumble puzzles” leaders to take a lesson from better than what they currently annual convention in Brandon ing and engagement with the no one would even attempt to history, when political life was a have. last week. places they live. read, he said. high calling, and town leaders a “We all secretly want to love Headquartered in Calgary, “My argument is we’re the “It’s where we’re really lack- century ago were building places where we live,” he said. “A Fields’ firm helps towns and cit- closest thing for people to be ing. You’re investing all of this of beauty and aspiring to leave barometer of whether we’re ies across Canada and the U.S. able to achieve meaning in energy in strategic planning a legacy to serve generations to happy or not tends to relate to become better places to live these places,” Fields said. but, by the way, there are 47 come. where we live.” and more attractive to investors But what local councils do is plans. A councillor in Stony It is about government setting and tourists. ignore youth, put up roadblocks Plain, west of Edmonton six direction, and providing services [email protected] 34 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 COUNTRY CROSSROADS

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Quinoa-Oatmeal Sunrise Egg Sandwiches Lorraine Stevenson Breakfast I found this recipe among Egg Farmers Favourites, a recipe booklet of Egg Farmers Crossroads Recipe Swap Carol Morris sent us this made-in-a- of Canada. It’s from Curtis Somerton, whose crockpot breakfast porridge made from family is third-generation egg farmers in quinoa and steel-cut oats. I tried it Portugal Cove, Newfoundland. If you think recently and it gently cooks overnight t’s been about a year since we told you about this is a little “fussy” to make on a weekday, Colleen Dyck, the Manitoba farmer launch- into a warm mash that’s really good keep it as a treat for the weekend, or serve it ing her GORP energy bar made with the with some prunes, raisins or apricots, I as a simple meal any other time of day. hemp, oats, flax, sunflower seeds and honey and honey added the next morning. You and other ingredients grown on her Niverville could try substituting Red River cereal if 3 tbsp. light mayonnaise or salad dressing farm. you don’t have quinoa. Thanks Carol! 2 tbsp. milk Colleen was gearing up production after 1/2 c. steel-cut oats 1 tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese more than seven years creating the recipe and 1 tsp. lemon juice marketing strategy for GORP bars, and she had 1/2 c. quinoa 1/2 tsp. grated lemon rind high hopes her product would score. So did we, 1 apple (unpeeled, cut up) so it’s been great to hear of her recent marketing 2 c. water 4 eggs successes, including finding customers among Generous amount of cinnamon 1 medium tomato, thinly sliced the Winnipeg Jets, who now nibble on GORP Dash of sea salt 4 slices multi-grain, French or Italian bread bars as they train. Add a handful of dried apricots, blueber- Place mayonnaise in small microwave- “Someone got it into their hands… and then safe bowl; whisk in milk. Microwave on the Winnipeg Jets just started ordering,” she ries, raisins, or nuts such as walnuts or medium just until hot, about 45 seconds, said in a recent CBC interview, adding that she’ll slivered almonds or pecans to the mix stirring after 30 seconds. Whisk in Parmesan happily take credit for their recent wins. in the morning. Fresh fruit is great too. GORP bars also fuel the team Manitoba Serves about 4. cheese, lemon juice and rind until smooth. sends to the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Set sauce aside. Spray large non-stick skil- Championships. “We just love them,” said Team let with cooking spray. Heat skillet over Manitoba’s skip Dennis Thiessen. “We chew on medium heat. Crack eggs into skillet. Break them during our game or between games and Flax Molasses Muffins yolks with edge of spatula. Cook eggs to pre- the energy in them is fantastic.” A flax snack of any kind will deliver excel- ferred doneness. Place tomato slices on two More GORP is around the corner. They’re lent omega-3 and fibre nutrition — along slices of bread. Top with fried eggs. Spoon about to go national with a big shipment going with great taste. Did you know that one about 1 tablespoon warm sauce over each out in January to Mountain Equipment Co-op tablespoon of milled flax contains as egg. Cover with second slice of bread. stores. Colleen said she’s also targeting other much total dietary fibre as a slice of small chains across the country. Right now whole wheat bread? I love anything made about 40 stores and gyms, plus chiropractors’ with molasses and these muffins are Smoothies For The and naturopaths’ offices are stocked with GORP. yummy. That’s ramping up production to anywhere Breakfast Challenged from 2,800 to 5,000 bars a week, but Colleen isn’t 1/2 c. dark raisins making them all herself anymore. Demand has Kim Rempel sent us this recipe recently created about six new jobs in Niverville, offering 1-1/2 c. all-purpose flour with a note that eating first thing in the flexible hours in the small food-processing 2/3 c. milled flax morning doesn’t help her digestion, so she plant she had constructed in the lower level 1 tsp. baking powder drinks smoothies instead. Kim sends this of her home. A mother of four herself, Colleen 1/2 tsp. salt recipe for all the other non-breakfast eaters knows working parents need hours that fit with 2/3 c. brown sugar out there. Thanks Kim. the rest of their lives. 1 egg Her morning mix includes... “It’s mostly stay-at-home moms working 1/4 c. molasses here, so we try to make the hours really flexible 1 c. skim milk 1 c. frozen berries so that they can get their kids off to school, 1 c. cold water come in, work a shift and then be back home Preheat oven to 350 F. Cover raisins 1/2 banana with hot water and soak for 1/2 hour. before the kids are off the bus,” she said. 1/2 scoop chia seeds Combine flour, milled flax, baking pow- The story of this bar, and the farm family 1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder behind it is as good as it gets. ‘The Great Gorp der and salt; mix well. In a separate Project,’ as she’s called it on a blog, is about bowl, beat together brown sugar and egg Yours can include... what it’s like to raise a family, build a house, until sugar is dissolved. Add molasses; 1 c. fruit farm and generally embrace life with joy and mix. Add skim milk and mix. Add dry energy. I encourage you to stay tuned with ingredients to liquid; gently stir until dry 1 c. liquid (water, milk, fruit juice) what’s next for this big little company, and log ingredients are thoroughly moistened. 1/2 - 1 c. thickener (a banana, avocado, yogurt) on to www.gorpworld.com/home. And try one Drain raisins. Add raisins to batter and of these bars yourself. The Peanut Butter and stir. Spray muffin tin with non-stick veg- Apple is my favourite. etable spray. Fill each muffin cup with 1/4 cup of batter. Bake for 20 minutes or RECIPE SWAP There’s a saying that if we were really meant to until inserted toothpick comes out clean. If you have a recipe or a column pop out of bed in the morning, we’d all sleep in Remove from oven. Cool on wire rack for suggestion please write to: toasters. You’ll want to get up early these frosty Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap, five minutes. Remove from tin and cool early days of winter when there’s a hot break- Box 1794 Carman, Man. R0G 0J0 fast waiting. Here’s a few recipes and breakfasts to room temperature. Yields: 12 muffins. or email Lorraine Stevenson at: and mid-morning snacks to get you moving. [email protected] Source: Flax Quick Snacks/Flax Council of Canada The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 35 COUNTRY CROSSROADS

“ ou’d think after 50 years I’d be used to “That was the best concert ever,” said Rose, this.” Rose Jackson pulled the hood of her many hours later. Night had fallen and the snow Y parka over her head as she stepped out- The continued to do the same. The lights of the city side. Freshly fallen snow crunched under her gleamed brightly, the softly falling snowflakes boots as she walked across the porch and down creating a halo around every shining point of the steps. “Every year there’s that day when Jacksons light. “Look at it,” said Rose. “It’s like a Thomas I step outside and go, ‘How the heck did this BY ROLLIN PENNER Kincaid painting.” happen?’” “Only less cheesy,” said Andrew. “You Andrew, who was a step behind his wife, enjoyed the show?” laughed. “It’s like the Spanish Inquisition,” he “How could I ever not enjoy Emmylou said. “Nobody expects it.” Harris?” said Rose. “She played all of my “Even though everybody knows it’s coming.” favourite songs. Except for ‘Save The Last Rose stopped and gazed up at the leafless elm Dance For Me.’” She reached for her husband’s tree on the front lawn, its branches now covered arm and held it tightly as they walked. “Thank in crisp white snow. Drifting flakes reflected you so much for taking me,” she said. the light of the late-afternoon sun, sparkling “It was my pleasure,” said Andrew. “And I and shining like a million falling stars. “Hard to mean that.” believe it can be so beautiful,” she said. “When she came out for her encore,” said “Everything is beautiful in its own way,” said Rose, “I kept saying please play ‘Boulder To Andrew. He grinned. “I just made that up,” he Birmingham’ under my breath. And then added. she did.” Rose glanced up at Andrew’s face. “Sure you did,” said Rose. She shivered. “Get “And I imagined that I hadn’t seen you for me to the car,” she said, and made her way like, a year, and I changed the words of the through the snow to the vehicle which waited in song in my head to ‘I would walk all the way the yard, engine already running. “I can’t believe from Brandon to Boissevain, if I thought I after all these years we still don’t have a garage,” could see your face.” She pressed her cheek she said opening the door and getting in. against Andrew’s shoulder. “I would,” she Andrew closed the door and walked around said. the car to get in behind the wheel. “You know “You wouldn’t have to,” said Andrew, how it is,” he said. “Every winter you think, next “because I’d be coming to meet you. You’d only summer we really have to build a garage, but have to walk to about the junction of the No. 2 then summer comes and you forget all about and the No. 10.” it. Who wants to think about winter when it’s “I’d like that,” said Rose. “But if I had to, I sunny and 25° outside.” would walk all the way to Boissevain.” Rose pulled the hood of her parka back and Andrew looked down at her. “Just to see my attempted to straighten her hair. “You know,” face?” he said. she said, “you could build a garage, and instead “Just to see your face,” said Rose. of thinking about winter, just think about build- miss the sweet homey feeling of stepping into “I believe you,” said Andrew. They walked in ing the garage.” a toasty warm house when you’ve just walked silence till they reached the car. Andrew put the car in gear and spun the tires from the car and it’s -30 with a wind chill of -45? “Gus Pankratz could build us a garage in a as he made a neat U-turn out of the yard. “We’re You’d never have that if you could just drive into week,” said Andrew. not even going to be here in a year,” he said, a warm garage and go straight into the house.” “Randy and Jackie would be very happy,” “and if Randy wants a garage he can build his “It would take me about 10 seconds to get said Rose. own.” used to the sweet homey feeling of driving into “I was thinking more about you,” said “No doubt he will,” said Rose. “And every time a heated garage,” said Rose. Andrew. we come to visit we’ll think we should have “You have a point,” said Andrew, and the two Rose turned her face towards him and done it years ago.” of them lapsed into silence as he steered the car reached up to kiss his cheek. “Oh I don’t know,” said Andrew. “Wouldn’t you onto the highway and headed towards the city. “I believe you,” she said.

Learning from mistakes What started as a careless accident ended as a learning experience By Albert Parsons into a bud vase accompanied by My accident had taught me FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR an amaryllis leaf to complement something — that amaryllis the bud. buds, if cut when showing col- ometimes I make a mistake I had my doubts about whether our, will perform well in a vase. or an accident happens and the bud would open and flower, This might be useful information Safter I stop beating myself since most flowers with hollow in the future. Sometime amaryl- up about it, I take stock of what stems do not perform well as cut lis plants, particularly old bulbs I might learn from the mishap. flowers. The bud was showing col- that have been kept over for a Such was the case in mid-October our but had not started to open. few years, don’t make the most when I was cleaning up the sun- I took the vase into the house attractive plants. As well, amaryl- room after it had been the cen- where it sat for a week or so with lis plants are quite large and don’t tre of activity for several weeks little noticeable change. Then necessarily lend themselves to — preparing show exhibits, creat- the buds began to open — there being displayed where you want ing Thanksgiving gourd baskets where two buds on the flower to have a flowering plant. for sale by our local horticultural stalk — and both opened fully In the future, if I have a rela- society, and potting up and bring- and flowered for about a week. tively unattractive amaryllis plant ing plants indoors for the winter. They lasted almost as long as they or one too large for where I want One of the things I was cleaning would have if they had still been to display the flowers, I will wait up was the pile of amaryllis bulbs attached to the plant. until the buds show colour and I had lying on the floor on an old cut them to use as cut flowers. Of blanket to dry off before going course I will have a longer stem into storage. During the hustle and to work with so that the vase will One of the bulbs had sent out be more attractive than the one a bud and so I potted it up and bustle of my cleaning resulting from my accident. So had it sitting on the coffee table. efforts, I accidently all was not lost by my careless- During the hustle and bustle of brushed past the ness — I gained an attractive vase my cleaning efforts, I accidently plant and broke off of bloom for display in the house brushed past the plant and broke and I learned of a new way to dis- off the bud. I had never consid- the bud play amaryllis flowers. I learned ered amaryllis as a cut flower but from my mistake! I thought I had nothing to lose so I put the bud — it had broken off Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, leaving only an eight-cm stem — Manitoba A broken-off amaryllis bud became a successful cut flower. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS 36 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 COUNTRY CROSSROADS Reena answers your questions Plus, reader feedback and tips

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Dear Reena, Feedback from caring reader: After a while, the collars of my husband’s Hi Reena, shirts tend to turn yellow. I haven’t been The smell of perfume does not just able to find a product that works well. bother me, I quit breathing around per- Any ideas? fume. Obviously, this is extremely annoy- – Nadia ing — and might kill me someday. There should be a criminal charge against peo- Dear Nadia, ple who stink of perfume. All perfume A great trick for getting rid of ring stinks and none of it smells good. In my around the collar is to rub the stain opinion, perfume was invented to cover with white chalkboard chalk. Doing this up body odour. Take a bath if you stink of absorbs the grease that causes the mess. body odour. Next scrub the stain with shampoo and On another note, please encourage your wash as usual. Washing soda is also a readers to reuse or recycle anything they great solution for zapping ring around can. Christmas cards, books, paper, gift the collar. bags, blank paper, and especially magazines can be donated to public schools or day cares. Never, never throw magazines Dear Reena, away; your magazine could help a child I respect and appreciate your solu- read. Always, always recycle clothes. Most tions to so many household problems. optometrists recycle glasses and some I purchased a black TV stand with side retailers recycle: ink cartridges, televisions, shelves as a surprise for my mother’s VCRs, DVDs, computers, record players. birthday. All went well except for the When you buy a new phone, ask where piece reeks of PVC vinyl plastic. It is so Hot chocolate over the holidays is sure to be a popular beverage. PHoto: thinkstock old phones can be recycled. Most com- strong, I have had the windows open for puter stores will recycle old computers. days now and have put out many dishes Encourage your readers to call their local of vinegar but the smell is still over- will fade over the next few weeks. In the should remove any deposits and leave paper or MP and ask for a comprehensive powering. She is sleeping with her door meantime, into a spray bottle combine your oven racks looking great. list of recycling venues. closed and a window open, but I fear for 15 drops of tea tree oil with water. Spray –Love your column, Marisa her health. Do you have any idea how the furniture and wipe to overpower the Dear Reena, long it takes for that smell to dissipate or plastic smell. Tea tree oil may be pur- Years ago you printed a recipe for, The Fabulous tip of the week: any way of eliminating it? I would appre- chased at most grocery or health food World’s Best Hot Chocolate. I lost the rec- • While cooking homemade soup, con- ciate any advice, as returning the unit stores. ipe; can you reprint it? sider not skimming off the foamy solids would be difficult because it is assem- – Thanks, Darren that rise to the top of soup pots. The bled (we initially thought the smell was Hello Reena, solids are packed with flavour and nutri- from the packaging). Thank you! What is the best method for cleaning Dear Darren, tion. Sieve the broth towards the end of – Gwenda and returning oven racks to their original I enjoy making this recipe at cooking, just before adding veggies. steel colour after being left in the oven Christmastime. In your slow cooker, Dear Gwenda, during an auto-clean cycle? Thanks! combine 2 cups unwhipped cream, I enjoy your questions and tips, keep Setting bowls of vinegar might help a – Joanne 6 cups milk, 3/4 teaspoon vanilla and them coming! Missed a column? Can’t little but PVC products contain VOCs one 12-ounce package of white choco- remember a solution? Need a speaker (volatile organic compounds) so that the Dear Joanne, late chips. Cook on low for two hours for an upcoming event? Interested plastic can be shaped and formed during The easiest solution is to wipe them with (stir every 15 minutes). When this holiday in grocery coupons? Check out my the manufacturing process. The smell good old-fashioned white vinegar. This delight has melted into a big pot of good- brand new blog/website: reena.ca. Let it snow! These snow globes are inexpensive to make for yourself or a gift idea

By Patricia Gerbrandt Experiment with arrangement before gluing pieces Freelance contributor in place. If the lid is deeper, build up the base with glue, adding shells, pebbles or other suitable mate- n ornament or figurine breaks. Perhaps some rial as desired. Make sure the jar is deep enough small Nativity figures have disappeared. There for your finished design. When satisfied with the A is hope! Treasured miniatures can be beautiful, arrangement, glue components in place. Let hot glue even if they are not perfect. If you get hooked on this set just a little, then apply more glue to the bottom of craft, as I did, you can find tiny treasures at thrift shops! the figure and position it. Add another round of glue With inexpensive supplies, you can create a lovely snow to finish the base and sprinkle glitter on it immedi- globe for yourself, or for a last-minute gift. ately. When the glue has set, carefully fill the jar with water and add snow and glitter. Don’t skimp on glit- Supplies: ter; some may get stuck in greenery. • A glass jar with tight-fitting lid or small plastic jar, Tighten the lid, and test before sealing it. If you such as peanut butter jar, washed in hot, soapy PH Oto: PAtricia GERBRANDT plan to update the design, or if accidental opening is water, rinsed well and dried not an issue, you can skip this step. Add a tiny bead • Miniature figures (glass, porcelain, or plastic are Instructions: of glue around lid to seal it. After the seal has dried best) Carefully washed and dried eggshell, crushed with a add felt circle cover or ribbon trim. Put some glue • Bits of plastic greenery, such as trees or snippets rolling pin, serves nicely as “snow.” Use a colander to on the felt circle, centre the lid on it and then work of artificial garland sift out bits of membrane. in sections to glue the edges, working ripples evenly • Sculpting clay (optional — for minor repairs) If your figurine or greenery has any metal (such around the lid. Make sure to overlap raw ribbon • Pebbles, seashells, or coloured stones, if desired as hangers from tiny ornaments), remove it if possi- edges just a bit, and add an appropriate embellish- • Artificial snow, or finely crushed eggshell ble. Rust is not pretty! Use pliers to remove tiny wire ment to cover the joint… maybe a tiny bell or bow. • Glitter hangers. Modelling clay serves for very simple recon- Christmas themes are popular, but you could also • A glue gun or epoxy struction on chipped figures. Make sure the clay has design a sea-globe using shells and aquarium figures. • Spray paint, ribbon, or felt, cut about 1 inch larger a chance to set. Brush a bit of clear-drying glue on Tiny collectible toys become keepsakes in the magi- than lid repaired areas for waterproofing. cal sphere of sparkly water globes. Let it snow! • Embellishment to cover ribbon seam (optional) If you plan to spray paint the lid, do it now. Other • Distilled water finishing will be done later. Patricia Gerbrandt writes from Grunthal, Manitoba The Manitoba Co-operator | December 5, 2013 37

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MEADOW PORTAGE, MB This sale will feature: • 180 BLK COWS, ALL 2ND CALVING • DISPERSAL FOR JEAN DECORBY of 50 /Bwf/ 204-732-2454 COWS, VERY YOUNG • 21 Simmental Char Cows Bred Red Angus Bbf cows and 10 Black heifers bred Black Simmental. • 190 RED & BLK COWS, BRED • 120 BULL CALVES AND HEIFER • 80 Black and Red Cows Bred Red and Black ANGUS, DUE END OF FEB - MARCH www.penta.ca 1-800-587-4711 CALVES • DISPERSAL FOR D & L HOEHNE • 10 Char Cows/Calf Pairs and 30 Char Cows of 50 Black cows and 6 heifers. (35 HFRS & 130 COWS UNDER 5 YR OLD) Bred Char For pictures and videos click on *20 Purebred Red Angus Cows (Papered) • 30 Black, BWF and Red Cows Bred Saler www.srauction.ca • DISPERSAL FOR ROBERT SOANNES • 12 BWF and Bruckle 2nd Calvers Bred Factory Direct Outlet of 40 mixed cows bred Red Angus. PAUL VEGHEAGHE Horned Hereford or contact 204-447-2266 • 27 Choice BWF and Bruckle Hereford Bred SELLING FAST - BOOK NOW • DISPERSAL FOR THE ESTATE STE ROSE DU LAC, MB OF DARWIN MINTY of 60 Red/Char cows bred Black • 20 BLK & BWF HEIFERS Black Don’t be disappointed! & Red Simmental. • 25 Char Cows Bred Red Angus KILLARNEY AUCTION MART LTD • 5 RED, RDWF & BRKL FACE HEIFERS DELUXE WOOD & WATER OUTDOOR • DISPERSAL FOR STORLIE FARMS ALL BRED BLACK ANGUS, DUE MID FEB All dispersals are 2 to 8 years old. BRED COW SALE of 70 Char X, Red Angus X cows bred Red Angus. Expecting 150 to 200 other FURNACES CSA APPROVED ROY & ROBIN FLOWER consignment Now available North American wide at prices never seen before December 12, at 11:30 AM • 25 Black & Horned Hereford Heifers bred STE ROSE DU LAC, MB. 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You receive base pump, rad hose, insulation, 60 Red & Blk Feb Calving Cows GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK fittings, rust inhibitor PLUS our FC30HD (can LIVESTOCK 25 BRED HEIFERS Simm Angus X, exposed from Brian Lee 204-634-2232 AUCTION MART. LTD. May 1st-July 3rd to Red or Black Angus bulls, full heat 1 building) WOOD WATER FURNACE 50 Sim/Angus Feb Calving Cows Cattle – Angus Some claim this is “North America’s Hottest Deal!” vacc & Ivomec. Norman Lussier (204)345-8492, Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519 Lac du Bonnet. Or visit the website at GRUNTHAL, MB. 20 PB ANGUS COWS & heifers for sale. You pick Friesen Built Inc. killarneyauctionmart.com out of 40+; culls already gone. Call Don AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING (204)422-5216, evenings. 2 CHAR X COWS w/2, two week old calves, $1,200 1-204-388-6150 • Toll Free 1-855-897-7278 DEALER LICENCE #1361 OBO; 6 Char X cows. Phone (204)825-8354 or REGULAR CATTLE SALES (204)825-2784. every TUESDAY at 9 am Top producing Black and Red Angus Breeders present the 25th Annual Keystone Klassic Red HOBBIE & HANDICRAFTS Dec 10th & 17th 30 BRED YEARLING HEIFERS, Red & Black An- and Black Sale Sat. Dec. 7, 1:00pm at the Key- gus X, exposed July 1st to Aug 15th to easy calving Saturday, December 7th stone Centre, Brandon, MB. Featuring fancy heifer Angus bulls, $1,500 each. Phone (204)278-3372, calves and an elite selection of bred females. For a (204)485-1490. CASH FOR SILVER COINS, GOLD COINS, Wilkinridge Production Sale catalogue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. GOLD JEWELLERY 1:00 pm Ltd. (PL # 116061) at (306)220-5006. View the Monday, December 9th catalogue online at www.BuyAgro.com 500 BRED HEIFERS, REDS, Blacks & Tans, start Sheep & Goat Sale with calving April 5th, 2014. Had all shots, preg checked, Ivomec, pelvic measured, weigh approx Small Animals & Holstein Calves LIVESTOCK 1100-lbs. (204)325-2416, Darlingford. 12:00 Noon REGULAR BUTCHER & Cattle – Black Angus Saturday, December 14th 65 BRED HEIFERS, BLACK Angus, Angus Here- FEEDER SALE Bred Cow Sale 10:00 am FOR SALE: REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS bulls ford cross, some Red Angus. From our own range Every Friday 9AM Sales Agent for low birth weight, very quiet, hand fed, no disap- calving herd, bred to calving ease, Black Angus & SPECIAL BRED COW & pointments, EPD’s & delivery avail. Amaranth Angus Hereford cross bulls. Start calving mid-Feb. HIQUAL INDUSTRIES (204)843-2287. All shots, Ivomec. $1,200. (204)873-2525 evenings, A. B. COINS COMPANY HEIFER SALE We also have a line of Agri-blend all natural Clearwater. Monday, December 9 products for your livestock needs. 1418 MAIN ST. WINNIPEG (204)339-4988 FOR SALE: REGISTERED BLACK Angus heifers, [email protected] * See our ad for full details in the Various (protein tubs, blocks, minerals, etc) BRED YEARLING HEIFERS FOR SALE: Red & Cattle section* bred to calving ease Black Angus bull, to start calv- Black Angus cross. Exposed from Jun 14-Aug 14 For on farm appraisal of livestock ing in April. Also Registered polled Hereford heifers or for marketing information please call to easy calving bulls. Your choice: $1,700/ each; NEXT BRED COW & bred to Hereford bull. Call Don (204)873-2430 50 or more, $1,650/each, or $1,600/each for all 90. IRON & STEEL Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250 HEIFER SALE Auction Mart (204) 434-6519 St. Lazare, MB. Phone: (204) 683-2208. Friday, December 20 @ 1:00 pm MB. Livestock Dealer #1111 HERD DISPERSAL 18 BLACK Angus heifers, 7 young Black Angus cows for sale. Bred to easy FOR SALE: 15 RED Angus cross Simmental heif- FREE STANDING CORRAL PANELS, Feeders & This will be the last sale of 2013! WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM calving Black Angus bulls. Will be preg checked & ers, bred to Red Angus bull, due to calve Alley ways, 30ft or order to size. Oil Field Pipe: 1.3, Gates Open: vaccinated. Call Jeff (204)612-1734. March/April. Heifers are 1000+ lbs & very deep 1.6, 1.9, 1 7/8, 2-in, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2. Sucker Rod: Mon.-Wed. 8AM-4PM bodied. Call (204)746-0377 or (204)347-7490, St Malo. 3/4, 7/8, 1. Casing Pipes: 4-9inch. Sold by the piece Thurs. 8AM-10PM LIVESTOCK or semi load lots. For special pricing call Art Friday 8AM-6PM FARMING IS ENOUGH OF (204)685-2628 or cell (204)856-3440. Cattle – Red Angus FOR SALE: 18 ANGUS Cross cows & heifers, bred Sat. 8AM-4PM A GAMBLE... to easy calving Black Angus bulls. To start calving We have 7 to 10 local buyers and May 15. Asking $1450. Phone (204)758-3374, St Jean. HAMCO CATTLE CO has for sale a strong group FULL LINE OF COLORED & galvanized roofing, orders and 7 to 8 regular order buyers on our market. of Red Angus bred heifers, A.I.’d & bull bred to siding & accessories, structural steel, tubing, plate, FOR SALE: AN AWESOME group of fully vacc calve Feb, Mar, & April 2014. Contact Albert, Glen, angles, flats, rounds etc. Phone:1-800-510-3303, “Where Buyers & Sellers Meet” Red, Red White face, Blacks & Tans Char bred or Larissa Hamilton (204)827-2358 or Fouillard Steel Supplies Ltd, St Lazare. For more information call: 204-694-8328 heifers. Bred to proven easy calving Red Angus (204)526-0705 or David Hamilton (204)325-3635. Jim Christie 204-771-0753 Advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator bulls, hit the ground running & yet wean heavy. My Scott Anderson 204-782-6222 Classifieds, it’s a Sure Thing! 2012 calves off 1st calf heifers weaned at 635-lb Call our toll-free number to take advantage of our Pre- Mike Nernberg 204-807-0747 LIVESTOCK steers & 588-lb heifers, bred for 60 day calving payment Bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and we’ll run your www.winnipeglivestocksales.com Cattle – Charolais starting Mar 6th, 2014, your pick $1,700. Also have ad 2 more weeks for free. That’s 5 weeks for the price Licence #1122 1-800-782-0794 a select package of all black heifers bred to Black of 3. Call 1-800-782-0794 today! Angus 45 day breeding program to start Apr 1st, PB BULLS & HEIFER calves born Feb & Mar. Also 1 2014, your pick $1,750. All heifers have been preg 1/2-yr old bulls. Phone Jack: (204)526-2857. Holland, MB. checked using ultrasound. I guarantee if you come to have a look you won’t be disappointed. Call Ja- LIVESTOCK son (204)724-6093 or (204)466-2939. Cattle – Hereford FOR SALE: RED ANGUS & Red Angus Cross FOR SALE: REGISTERED POLLED Hereford bred heifers, bred to easy calving Red Angus bulls, Heifers, bred to calving ease Hereford bull, to start March/April calving. Phone: (204) 873-2530 or calving in April. Also Registered Black Angus heif- (204) 825-8419. ers bred to Black Angus bull. Call Don (204)873-2430 LAZY RAINBOW RIVER RANCH has for sale complete herd of 130 heifers, 77 second calvers, LIVESTOCK 43rd-5th calvers. $1200-1500. Phone Cattle – Maine-Anjou (204)372-6945.

PUREBRED & COMMERCIAL SIMMENTAL heif- WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM Annual Female Sale er, bred w/A.I. dates. Also 2-yr old polled Simmen- Dec. 7th, 1:00pm Grunthal Auction Mart. Selling 52 tal bulls. Bruce Firby (204)867-2203, Minnedosa. PB Red, Black Maine Anjou bred heifers & several commercial bred heifers. Catalogue & videos of the heifers can be viewed www.wilkinridge.blogspot.ca LIVESTOCK or www.dlms.ca online bidding avail. Visit DLMS Cattle Wanted website or call Mark Shologan (780)699-5082 for instructions. For more info call Sid Wilkinson WANTED: ALL CLASSES OF feeder cattle, year- (204)373-2631. lings & calves. Dealer Licence# 1353. Also wanted, light feed grains: wheat, barley & oats. LIVESTOCK Phone:(204)325-2416, Manitou. Cattle – Simmental

140 SIMMENTAL & SIMMENTAL Charolais cross TIRED OF THE heifers. Bred Red Angus, home raised, start calving HIGH COST OF March 25. Full herd health program. Fisher Branch (204)372-6492 or (204)372-8801. MARKETING YOUR CATTLE?? FOR SALE: 30 HEAD of PB & percentage Simm heifer calves, weaned since Sept 23rd, vacc & Ivo- 800-1000 LBS. mec’d, weight 725-800-lbs. Boynecrest Stock Farm (204)828-3483 or (204)745-7168 Stephenfield, MB. Steers & Heifers Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 SIMM/ ANGUS OPEN HEIFERS & Simm open heifers. Contact (204)767-2327. Ben: 721-3400 Don: 528-3477, 729-7240 SIMMENTAL & SIMMENTAL RED Angus heifers bred Black for February calving. Phone Contact: (204)748-1366 D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110

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YOUNG EWES, 100 SUFFOLK Dorset cross, 25 PETS & SUPPLIES NOTRELAND FORDAME SALE BY USED TENDER OIL •• Buy Used Oil Katahdin Dorper cross, $125 each or trade for bred NOTRE Buy Used Oil cows/heifers or lite calves. Call Rick Completed& TendersFILTER & a $20,000 DEPOT Deposit of the • Buy Batteries Tender Price are invited to be received up to • Buy Batteries (204)646-2157. AUSTRAILIAN SHEPHERD PUPS FROM working 12:00pm (noon) on December 17th, 2013 • Collect Used Filters trial champion lines, Hangin Tree & Las Rocosa • Buy Used Oil • Buy Batteries DAME • Collect Used Filters (the “Deadline”) on the property described below, breeding. Available to farm & ranch homes, ready • Collect Oil Containers Horses • Collectwhich Tenders Used Filters & Deposits • Collect shall beOil received Containers at: • Collect Oil Containers to go w/vaccinations & vet exams. Phone Brown & Associates Law Office USED • Antifreeze (204)859-2167 or [email protected] Southern and Western Manitoba LIVESTOCK Tel:Box 1240,204-248-2110 71 Main St OIL & Southern,Southern Eastern, Horses – Donkeys Carman, MB R0G 0J0 REAL ESTATE Attention: Mona Brown or Nichole Hiebert Westernand ManitobaWestern 3, 2013 MAMMOTH JENNY’S for sale, 2 black, 1 Phone: (204)745-2028 FILTER Manitoba blond. Check out: ridgesideredangus.com or Call Property for sale: All or any of: Don:(204) 422-5216. REAL ESTATE S 1/2 of NW 1/4 22-8-3W (80 acs) DEPOT Tel: 204-248-2110 W 1/2 of SW 1/4 22-8-3W (80 acs) Cottages & Lots (together, the “Land”) Swine -Located in the Rural Municipality of Grey LAKEFRONT COTTAGE AT LAKE of the Prairies: -No buildings LIVESTOCK 1,104-sq.ft, w/full finished walkout basement. 3- Conditions of Tender bdrms, 3-bths, Vaulted ceiling. Low maintenance 1. Completed tenders, in the form prepared by Swine Wanted exterior, Deck, Infloor Heat & FA furnace. Built Brown & Associates Law Office, must be 2013. $395,000.00 Karen Goraluk, Salesperson. received by the Deadline to be considered. Northstar Ins. & Real Estate. (204)773-6797. 2. Each Tender must be accompanied by a WANTED: www.north-star.ca certified cheque, money order or bank draft, payable to Brown & Associates Law Office used & BUTCHER (in trust), in the amount of $20,000. We BUY oil filters LAKEVIEW COTTAGE AT LAKE of the Prairies: HOGS 3. Highest Tender or any Tender need not Collection of plastic oil jugs 864-sq.ft w/3-bdrms, 1-bth. Deck, Great View, Well, necessarily be accepted. SOWS AND BOARS Septic holding tank. $155,000.00. Karen Goraluk, 4. The Possession date & the due date of the Glycol recovery services Salesperson. Northstar Ins. & Real Estate. balance of Tender Price shall be FOR EXPORT (204)773-6797. www.north-star.ca the 23rd day of December 2013. Specialized waste removal P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 5. Tender forms & further information with regard 728-7549 REAL ESTATE to the Land are available at the above referenced Winter & Summer windshield Licence No. 1123 Houses & Lots REAL ESTATE address & telephone number. washer fluid Land For Sale 6. The deposit of $20,000 will be forfeited if a successful Tenderer does not finalize Peak Performance anti-freeze READY TO MOVE HOMES -1,320-sqft, 3 bdrm, or complete the terms of the ( available in bulk or drums ) Specialty master bedroom has ensuite & walk-in closet, main 640-ACS PICTURESQUE FARM LAND adjacent to Agreement of Purchase & Sale. floor laundry, kitchen has island & corner pantry. Turtle Mountain near Boissevain in the RM of Mor- 7. The maker of any Tender relies entirely upon $75,000. Call MARVIN HOMES INC: ton. All land is well drained, could all be broken, or his/her personal inspection & knowledge of the LIVESTOCK (204)326-1493 or (204)355-8484. Steinbach, MB left for good wildlife viewing, or wildlife hunting. Can Land, independent of the representations made Livestock Equipment www.marvinhomes.ca be purchased as a package or in separate units. by the vendor or the solicitor & agent of the Proud Supporter of Manitoba Businesses & Municipalities SW 3-2-20 80-acs, 50-acs broke, rest wooded pas- vendor. The Land will be sold “as is” & the bidder ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, REAL ESTATE ture, w/10-yr old home, 2,400+ sq.ft., 30-ft.x80-ft. is solely responsible to determine the value & The only company that collects, portable/remote solar water pumping for win- Farms & Ranches – Manitoba biotech; SW 3-2-20 80-acs w/50-acs broke, the rest condition of the Land, Land quality, Land use, recycles and re-uses in Manitoba! ter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind wooded pasture, w/restored older home, 3,900+ environmental condition & any other information 888-368-9378 ~ www.envirowestinc.com generators, aeration. Carl Driedger, (204)556-2346 sq.ft.; NW 3-2-20 160-acs w/69-acs broke, the rest pertaining to the Land. or (204)851-0145, Virden. CROP LAND - N 1/2 & SW 1/4 of 27-12-16W in the partially wooded pasture; NE 4-2-20 160-acs RM of North Cypress. Rick Taylor (204)867-7551 w/94-acs broke, rest partially wooded pastures; SE PEDIGREED SEED FOR SALE: 2 NEWLY rebuilt Bobsleighs w/2.5-in HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc. 4-2-20 160-acs w/125-acs broke, rest wooded pas- REAL ESTATE wide runners for horses, $1000 each OBO; 1 small- [email protected] www.homelifepro.com ture. (204)534-6979 er Bobsleigh, newly built, $500; 1 single horse Land For Rent PEDIGREED SEED cutter, almost new, $300. Call Leon (204)866-4141. FOR SALE: WOODSIDE 160-ACS fenced pasture Cereal – Various LARRY & PHYLLIS HENRY of Ste. Rose du Lac, FOR SALE: BALE KING 3100 Bale processor, ex- w/1982 built bungalow, 1056-sq.ft, efa, $164,000. MB intends to sell private lands: NE 31-24-12W, NE DURAND SEEDS: CERT CARDALE, Carberry & cellent condition, will do partial trade for JD-4240 or 2) PLUMAS 1,156-sq.ft. 2+ BDRM MODERN Farm Land for Rent by 30-24-12W, SW 32-24-12W to John & Deana Mar- Harvest wheat; Souris & Stride Oats; Conlon Bar- JD-4040 w/loader. HAY FOR SALE: 1400-lb AL- HOME 4.17-ACS, ca c vac, WORKSHOPS & tin & Katherine Lansdell who intend to acquire the ley; CDC Bethune & CDC Glas Flax; Mancan, AC FALFA/Brome round bales. Phone:(204)733-2436, MORE! 2) ARDEN 5-acs 2+ bdrm renov. Home dbl Tender R.M. of Lawrence following agricultural Crown land leases: Sec Manisoba & Koma Buckwheat; Canola, Forage & Ochre River. garage. Also 2-ac lot only $8,000; 4) 1 section of 7-23-11W, S1/2 18-23-11W, W1/2 20-24-12W Sec Legals: West 1/2 15-26-15WPM, lawn seed. (204)248-2268, (204)745-7577, Notre- pastureland NE of GLADSTONE, fenced & dug- KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING 29-24-12W, S1/2 31-24-12W, NW 31-24-12W, W 1/2 22-26-15WPM, NE 1/4 21-26-15 WPM Dame,MB. outs, $269,000; 5) GLADSTONE, 157-acs Lake- System, provides water in remote areas, improves W1/2 31-24-12W, NE 18-23-18W, W1/2 12-25-31W land, fenced, arable. older home, outbldgs, Acres: 780 - Cultivated water quality, increases pasture productivity, ex- by Unit Transfer. If you wish to comment on or ob- LARGE QUANTITY OF CERTIFIED harvest wheat $360,000. 6) Acerage w/3-bdrm home w/trucker’s Two Crop Years - 2014 and 2015 tends dugout life. St. Claude/Portage, ject to the eligibility of this purchaser please write for sale, wholesale pricing & selling in truckload lots shed 72x36, in OBERON, $229,000. Phone 204-379-2763. to: Director, MAFRI, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Directions: All land is located 13 miles north only. Also certified Newdale 2-Row malt barley. In- Liz:(204)476-6362 or John:(204)476-6719. Gill & Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax land Seed Corp. Binscarth MB. (204)683-2316. Schmall Agencies. of St. Rose & boarders Highway 276 (204)867-6578. Payment Dates: April 1st & November 1st Tenders Close: December 6, 2013 KOMARNO 1,200-AC BEEF RANCH, solid 3-bdrm home; Inwood 1,020-ac, ranch only $500,000; Fish- QUARTER SECTION NEAR GRANDVIEW, MB.: HIGHEST OR ANY TENDER er Branch 574-ac grain, 1,800-sqft bungalow; Eriks- 163-acs, pasture w/rolling hills, mix of spruce, pop- THANK YOU dale 640-ac, right on Hwy 68, $150,000; Dallas lar trees, 20-acs of hay. Very scenic, Good hunting, NOT NECESSARILY ACCEPTED. To all our Customers 1,000-ac, presently hayland, good for grain; $95,000.00. SE 8-25-25 W1; Karen Goraluk, Sales- Fax Tenders To: 1-204-745-6525 2,061-ac N of Fisher Branch, 600-ac cultivated, person. Northstar Ins. & Real Estate. & Happy Holidays! very reasonable; 1,260-ac Red Rose, 500 in hay, (204)773-6797. www.north-star.ca or send to only $360,000, offers. See these and others on Golden Plains Realty manitobafarms.ca. Manitobafarms.ca sells Manito- Box 1019 ba farms, so list yours now. Call Harold: ROY FORSYTH OF EDDYSTONE, MB intends to Carman, Manitoba R0G 0J0 (204)253-7373. Delta Real Estate. sell private lands: NE 01-25-13W, SW 06-25-12W, SW 08-25-13W to John & Deana Martin & Kathe- Attention: Melvin Towes MORE SELECTION 1-888-848-6196 GRANT TWEED rine Lansdell, who intend to acquire the following Tel: 1-204-745-3677 Your Farm Real Estate Specialist. agricultural Crown land leases: SW 05-25-12W, MORE OFTEN www.realindustries.com Developing a successful farm takes years of N1/2 10-25-13W, SE 18-25-12W, Section hard work. When it’s time to sell there are many 11-25-13W, Section 35-24-13W, NW 13-25-13W, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES factors to consider. I can provide the NW 07-25-12W, S1/2 13-25-13W, NW 01-25-13W, MORE MUSICAL experience & expertise E1/2 14-25-13W, Section 02-25-13W by Unit Trans- OVER fer. If you wish to comment on or object to the eli- to help you through the process. To arrange a RECREATIONAL VEHICLES confidential, obligation free meeting, gibility of this purchaser please write to: Director, DEALS... 43,000 FOR ALL YOUR MUSICAL instruments & acces- please call (204)761-6884 anytime. MAFRI, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Campers & Trailers PIECES OF AG sories, shop Hildebrand Music, Portage La Prairie Website; www.granttweed.com Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578. EQUIPMENT! Mall. (204)857-3172. Large variety of student & pro- FALL CLEARANCE SALE, Save Now! Good se- fessional instruments, famous name brands, new lection 5th wheels & travel trailers. Call John Wil- arrivals weekly, strings, sound equip, keyboards, FARM LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER REAL ESTATE liams @ GNR Camping World:(204)233-4478 or percussion, band & wireless. Find it fast at Farms & Ranches – Wanted Sealed, written tenders for property in the RM of Toll Free:(800)448-4667. Email: [email protected] ORGANIC Pembina will be received by: GOOD QUALITY GRAIN & Cattle Farms wanted SELBY LAW OFFICE Round up the cash! Advertise your unwanted equip- for Canadian & Overseas Clients. For a confidential 351 Main St., PO Box 279 ment in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. ORGANIC meeting to discuss the possible sale of your farm or Manitou, MB. R0G 1G0 Organic – Grains to talk about what is involved, telephone Gordon PEDIGREED SEED PEDIGREED SEED Gentles (204)761-0511 www.homelifepro.com or PROPERTY M&M ORGANIC MARKETING: Now buying milling Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, www.homelife- Parcel 1: NW ¼ 2-4-9 WPM Excepting Cereal – Wheat Cereal – Wheat oats & these feed grains: oats, flax, soybeans, pro.com Home Professional Realty Inc. firstly: Mines and Minerals peas. Phone:(204)379-2451. Excepting secondly: Water GRAIN & CATTLE FARMS wanted for both over- Pipeline Plan 797 MLTO seas & Canadian buyers. Call me to discuss all op- (being approximately 159 acres) New tions & current farmland market prices. Rick Taylor: (204)867-7551. [email protected] Homelife Re- Parcel 2: SW ¼ 2-4-9 WPM Excepting Bioriginal Food & Science Corp., based alty, Brandon, MB. firstly: Mines and Minerals in Saskatoon, is actively buying “Straight Cut” Excepting secondly - Water Organic Flax from the 2013 crop year. REAL ESTATE Pipeline Plan 797 MLTO Land For Sale Cardale If interested, please send an 8lb sample* to (being approximately 156.5 the following address: acres) including four (4) steel Attn: Sandy Jolicoeur FARM LAND FOR SALE: 4 quarters hay land & 4 bins, all on cement and 40’ x 60’ “More Wheat...Less Shatter” quarters pasture, $500,000. Phone (204)646-4226 Bioriginal Food & Science Corp. quonset with cement floor 102 Melville Street Saskatoon, Saskatchewan FARM LAND FOR SALE. SW 33-5-2W, 160-acs, Manitoba Cardale Dealers TENDERS CLOSE: December 18, 2013. S7J 0R1 SE 33-5-2W, 160-acs in the RM of Morris. Deadline “Working Hard To Earn Your Trust” *Please state the Variety & Quantity for Sale for bids December 13, 2013. Highest or any bid not necessarily accepted. Mail bids to Bill Rempel, Box For further information contact For more information, 81 Rosenort MB, R0G 1W0. Ph:(204)746-2092, John M. Smith Hulme Agri Products Inc. 685-2627 Bob Wiens 736-2951 please contact Sandy at: Fx:(204)746-2112. Larry J. Selby at Seed Depot 825-2000 Inland Seed Corp. 683-2316 Seine River Seed 355-4495 Phone:(204) 242-2801 306-975-9251 Agassiz Seed Farm Ltd. 745-2868 J.S. Henry & Sons Ltd. 566-2422 Sierens Seed Service 744-2883 Fax: (204) 242-2723 Avondale Seed Farm Ltd. 877-3813 Jeffries Seed Service 827-2102 Smith Seeds 873-2248 306-975-1166 FOR SALE 320-ACS IN the RM of Clanwilliam only Email: [email protected] Boissevain Select Seeds 534-6846 Keating Seed Farms 773-3854 [email protected] 1-mi east of Otter Lake, & 3-mi from Riding Moun- Catellier Seeds 347-5588 Kletke Seed Farms 886-2822 Southern Seeds Ltd 776-2333 tain National Park. One of the quarters is bush & Clearview Acres Ltd. 748-2666 L&L Farms 324 5798 Swan Valley Seeds 734-2526 native pasture & would be great for recreation or Court Seeds 386-2354 MB Seeds 746-4652 T&S Seeds 548-2117 hunting. The other quarter has 120-acs of culti- vatable land & is presently sown to hay. Tel: Gor- Dauphin Plains Seeds Ltd. 638-7800 Miller Agritec 267-2363 Timchishen Seeds 376-5116 PERSONAL don Gentles (204)761-0511. HomeLife Home Pro- David Kohut Ltd. 483-3063 Nickel Bros. 773-6734 Triple “S” Seeds Ltd. 546-2590 fessional Realty Inc. Durand Seeds Inc 745-7577 Pitura Seed Service Ltd. 736-2849 Unger Seed Farm Ltd. 467-8630 Ellis Farm Supplies Ltd. 824-2290 Pugh Seeds Ltd. 274-2179 MISSING A GREAT RELATIONSHIP? CANDLE- Westman Aerial Spray 763-8998 LIGHT MATCHMAKERS can help. Confidential, Ens Quality Seeds 325-4658 David Hamblin 746-4779 FOR SALE: 604-ACS OF vacant land, of which Wheat City Seeds 727-3337 Photos & Profiles to selected matches, Affordable, Fisher Seeds Ltd. 622-8800 Redsper Ent. 328 5346 500-acs is good grain land, only 12-min from Local. Serving MB, SK, NW Ontario. Call/Write for Friesen Seeds Ltd. 746-8325 Riddel Seed Co 227-5679 Wilson Seeds Ltd. 246-2388 Brandon in the RM of Daly. Tel: Gordon Gentles| info: Box 212, Roland, MB, R0G 1T0, Gagnon Seed Service 447-2118 Rutherford Farms Ltd. 467-5613 Zeghers Seed Farm 526-2145 (204)761-0511. HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc. (204)343-2475. PEDIGREED SEED PEDIGREED SEED PEDIGREED SEED PEDIGREED SEED PEDIGREED SEED Cereal – Wheat Cereal – Wheat Cereal – Wheat Cereal – Wheat Cereal – Wheat New “Straight Cut”CARDALE 204-825-2000 | www.seeddepot.ca “More Wheat...Less Shatter” De Dell Seeds… We won’t pull the wool over your eyes! De Dell Seeds… We won’t pull the wool over your eyes!

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