Small Towns with a Big Heart

December 24, 2015 24, December for the Winter Wonderland event held on the first three weekends of December. HotdogsVolunteer and hotArt Gibsonchocolate of concludeBrookdale thewith sleighthe helpride. of Alec Christianson drives his team through the Pioneer Village at the Manitoba Agriculture Museum. Each year volunteers decorate the village at the museum Winter evening tour...

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bla ck ogl $500 o pno a sponsor to $25,000 requires roughly it estimates government federal The of amount fundraising. significant a takes this time. the arrival of refugees. But not so sponsors for prepare to weeks few a Usually have leases. sign to five notice days’ few a only had Village a Build fact the of light in challenging more the all able,”It’ssaid. he was that feat a avail- units rental many so only are there because community, Sponsoring families also also families Sponsoring See manitobacooperator.ca SMALL TOWNS on page 6 » 2 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 INE SID Di d you know? L IVESTOCK Save the planet: Eat Appearances are deceiving more bacon, less lettuce It’s not foot-and-mouth Vegetables use more resources and produce more disease, but Seneca greenhouse gases per calorie Valley virus has 12 similar symptoms CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

ontrary to recent headlines — and a CROPS talk by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger C at the United Nations Paris Climate Change Conference — eating a vegetarian diet could contribute to climate change. Reaping the In fact, according to new research from PHOTO:h t inkstock rewards Carnegie Mellon University, following the USDA recommendations to consume more On one hand, the results showed that get- Look after your wheat fruits, vegetables, dairy and seafood is more ting our weight under control and eating crop and it will pay you harmful to the environment because those fewer calories, have a positive effect on the back by the tonne 17 foods have relatively high resource uses and environment and reduce energy use, water greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per calo- use and GHG emissions from the food sup- rie. Published in Environment Systems and ply chain by approximately nine per cent. Decisions, the study measured the changes However, eating the recommended in energy use, blue water footprint and GHG “healthier” foods — a mix of fruits, veg- emissions associated with U.S. food con- etables, dairy and seafood — increased FEATURE sumption patterns. the environmental impact in all three cat- “Eating lettuce is over three times worse egories: energy use went up by 38 per cent, in greenhouse gas emissions than eating water use by 10 per cent and GHG emissions A new deal for bacon,” said Paul Fischbeck, professor of by six per cent. social and decisions sciences and engineer- “There’s a complex relationship between Churchill ing and public policy. “Lots of common veg- diet and the environment,” Michelle Tom, etables require more resources per calorie a PhD student in civil and environmen- A purchase offer is on than you would think. Eggplant, celery and tal engineering said. “What is good for us the table 7 cucumbers look particularly bad when com- health-wise isn’t always what’s best for the pared to pork or chicken.” environment. That’s important for public Researchers studied the food supply chain officials to know and for them to be cogni- to determine how the obesity epidemic zant of these trade-offs as they develop or in the U.S. is affecting the environment. continue to develop dietary guidelines in Specifically, they examined how growing, the future.” CROSSROADS processing and transporting food, food sales CMU’s Steinbrenner Institute for and service, and household storage and use Environmental Education and Research take a toll on resources in the form of energy and the Colcom Foundation funded this use, water use and GHG emissions. research. Prairie sentinels

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By Laura Rance Editor/Manitoba Co-operator “We need to make sure our critical infrastructures ust as it takes a village to raise a child, such as power, water, it takes a community to prepare for communication and roads J disaster. The Association of Manitoba can also withstand extreme Municipalities (AMM) and the Manitoba conditions.” governments Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) want input from municipal leaders, emergency co-ordi- nators, rural businesses and ordinary Lee Spencer citizens on how best to prepare for climate change in the face of a changing rural demographic. At the same time as the risk of climate- As well, new threats have emerged, induced emergencies appears to be ris- such as cyber security, terrorism and ing, the population in rural Manitoba chemical spills, he noted. is becoming older and more culturally “Decreasing population in rural diverse, Lee Spencer, Manitoba’s assis- municipalities will mean fewer resources tant deputy minister emergency mea- to support emergency management sures and protective services says. activities. This may hamper the ability “The risk environment is changing,” of the municipality to maintain pub- Spencer said. “In the last five years lic infrastructures to its optimum state, alone, we have experienced more com- which can both cause an emergency plex and diverse types of emergencies.” situation, such as a bridge collapse and Manitoba saw the worst flooding in delay emergency response,” he said. 350 years on the Assiniboine River in As well, an older, more dispersed 2011 after five major storms dumped rural population may need more assis- record rain on already-saturated tance during an emergency. “A culturally soils. Wildfires swept through east- diverse population means emergency ern Manitoba in 2012; 2013 saw spring managers may have to attend to peo- flooding, then fires in the northeast ple who are not well versed in English, come June, and extreme cold brought on and are not well integrated in the by a polar vortex in December. community.” There was flooding in the spring and They may not understand the risks summer in 2014, in fact, flash flooding and they may respond differently to many had never seen before on the flat emergency personnel due to language Prairie landscape. In 2015, a tornado barriers and experiences in their past. touched down in western Manitoba AMM and EMO are hoping a one- and hung around on the ground for an day seminar planned for Jan. 14 in unprecedented two hours. Portage la Prairie called “Creating a The impacts of a natural disaster can Vision for a Resilient Future: Emergency quickly escalate, affecting technology, Management in Manitoba 2020,” will infrastructure and the local economy for help raise awareness of some of these months, if not years to follow. issues and get people thinking about “The potential for natural disasters how best to address them. turning into technological disasters is “We know the “what.” It’s the “so what” also high because we rely on technol- that we want to address,” Spencer said. ogy not just for our daily activities, but “So what if we will have warmer winters? also for our survival during emergencies: What does it mean to us? How will that heating our homes, relaying informa- affect us and what can we do about it?” Manitoba Hydro staff have been running hard this week clearing ice from power lines. This Hydro tion and advisories to communities and The meeting is open to anyone but employee was knocking hoarfrost off a line three miles west of Miami, Man., Thursday (Dec. 17) afternoon. transporting people to safer places,” he registration is limited to 200. For more Power outages have occurred in many areas of Manitoba, especially in south-central and western regions. said. “We need to make sure our criti- information or to register go to: mani In some cases transmission lines have been damaged, while in others Manitoba Hydro has turned cal infrastructures such as power, water, toba.ca/emo or amm.mb.ca. the power off so staff could clear the lines. Some people on social media have reported being without communication and roads can also electricity for 12 hours. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON withstand extreme conditions.” [email protected]

COOL demise a costly victory for Canadian producers It took eight years and billions of dollars, but ultimately trade law prevailed in securing the labelling law’s repeal

our North American partners to advance BY ALEX BINKLEY our shared prosperity.” Co-operator contributor The CCA spent close to $4 billion in legal fees campaigning against COOL at the fter nearly eight years and millions WTO and in the United States while the of dollars spent fighting it at the tab for the pork council was in the million- A World Trade Organization and bil- dollar range. Global Affairs Canada did lions in lower prices for Canadian beef not respond to a request for the govern- and hog producers, the U.S. mandatory ment’s expenses in the long battle, which country-of-origin labelling program has included four clear rulings by the WTO been repealed. that COOL violated international trade The end came Dec. 18 when both rules the U.S. was instrumental in writing. houses of the U.S. Congress passed U.S. COOL has been in effect since 2008 a massive omnibus appropriations bill as a consumer information measure. that included provisions to end COOL. file photo However, it required extensive and expen- President Obama ratified the bill ending sive tracking and labelling for all imported the prospect of a trade war with Canada Earlier this month, the WTO authorized We look forward to the restoration of full meat and livestock. and Mexico. about $1.1 billion in retaliatory tariffs for access to the U.S. market for Canada’s beef At every step of the process, the WTO “Challenging COOL has been a long and Canada and $230 million for Mexico if the and pork, benefiting our farmers and our has repeatedly found that the U.S. is in expensive fight for Canadian livestock pro- U.S. failed to terminate COOL. economy. breach of its WTO obligations. The ducers,” said Rick Bergmann, chairman of The livestock groups thanked the federal He and Trade Minister Chrystia only revision the U.S. has made, in the Canadian Pork Council. “We look for- government for its support and praised Freeland noted that despite the tortur- 2013, increased the negative impact on ward to closing the book on this dispute.” former agriculture minister Gerry Ritz for ous path the dispute took, “The outcome Canadian farmers and meat processors. “This is fantastic news for Canada’s beef championing the farmers’ case from the also demonstrates the importance of the Canada had claimed that COOL was cattle producers,” added Dave Solverson, start. World Trade Organization as a dispute inflicting about $3 billion annually in president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Lawrence MacAulay, the current agri- settlement body. lower prices and lost marketing opportu- Association. Canada opposed COOL from culture minister, told reporters the govern- “The decision is a reflection of Canada’s nities on its farmers. the start “because the U.S. failed to live up ment would closely monitor the situation renewed and collaborative approach to It had served notice that retaliatory to its international trade obligations. The “to ensure that the incentives to discrimi- our vital relationship with the United tariffs could be imposed on beef, pork, cumulative losses for the Canadian beef nate against Canadian cattle and hogs are States and Mexico. It is a demonstration of apples, rice, corn, maple syrup, wine, jew- and pork sectors have been staggering.” quickly removed from the marketplace. our commitment to working closely with elry, wooden furniture and mattresses. 4 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 OPINION/EDITORIAL

A place of refuge

he news, including our own front page, is full of stories these days T about the preparations for and arrival of Canada’s newest citizens, many of them refugees from wartorn Syria. The stories are heartwarming and hopeful: Toronto schoolchildren learning to sing a welcome song in Arabic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau person- Laura Rance ally greeting new arrivals at the airport Editor and the frenetic gathering of furniture, housewares, clothing and money taking place in small towns organizing sponsorships. It is an abrupt reversal of the headlines during our recent federal election campaign, a face of Canada that was fearful and threatened by the prospect of inviting strangers into our midst. Although it ultimately backfired on the Harper government’s re-election bid, the niqab issue that dominated in the later half of the campaign did this country a favour. It drew a toxic Considering Churchill’s future undercurrent in Canadian society to the surface like a festering sliver. Many were shocked at the deeply rooted bias of friends Sport fishing and hunting could remain a key and neighbours. Although those feelings haven’t disappeared, By Jim Collinson element of any future plan. Beyond tours in “tun- they are now in the open. dra buggies,” a charter flight from Churchill down In the end, the majority of Canadians decided this wasn’t the sudden, substantial drop in grain exports the coast to abandoned Port Nelson and York face of their country they wanted to show the world. We hope from Churchill this summer raises ques- Factory in August/September is guaranteed to the same will happen for our neighbours to the south, where A tions about the long-term economic enhance the experience of seeing polar bears and Donald Trump is actually supporting the terrorist cause by rep- viability of the port. A comprehensive review is caribou. Earlier in the year, beluga can be seen resenting a face of America that its enemies want new recruits needed to identify costs, benefits and risks asso- in the mouth of the Churchill, Nelson and Hayes to see. ciated with saving the railway, along with alterna- rivers. York Factory (National Historic Site) depot It’s important to remember that all the hard work and gen- tive economic opportunities for a port commu- stands as the ultimate marker for the fur trade erosity that is going into helping new Canadians settle in is nity on Hudson Bay without rail access. industry that operated in Canada for some 300 only the beginning. As communities that have done this before Federal and provincial governments have pro- years. already know, supporting refugees as they adapt to their new vided capital to build infrastructure associated A tourism industry based largely on polar country is a long-term commitment that extends far beyond with the rail bed, port and community ever since bears is not without risk. The reduced ice cover providing physical infrastructure and financial support for the the folly of Port Nelson was acknowledged a cen- period has become a concern, as it prevents the first year. tury ago, and Manitoba’s port aspirations shifted bears from having time to bulk up on seals for The newcomers will need language training, job skills and to Churchill. Rail access to a Hudson Bay port the summer period. The belugas will survive, as help adapting to their cold and snowy new climate. was important to Prairie farmers to compete with will the caribou and sport fish. But at present, Rural sponsors can help youth find activities and friends that “eastern interests” associated with grain ship- polar bears are the prime attraction for tour- steer them away harmful alliances. Street gangs are the antith- ments for export. ists. Consequentially, consideration might have esis of team sports, but strangely both meet a basic human The weak link today is the rail bed. It sits on dis- to be given to help them modify their feeding need for connection and feeling that one belongs. continuous permafrost that is thawing due to cli- pattern with alternatives. Over the longer term, Those who see downsides to welcoming newcomers to our mate change. Ironically, the same climate change denning sites in beach ridges south of Churchill land have a point. It is risky. Not everyone will stay in the com- opens the bay up for a longer shipping season. may eventually be affected by a rise in water munities that adopted them. Not all will successfully resettle. However, if government money is to be allo- levels. It may change ‘our’ country. But this country has been cated to make Churchill viable, a more compre- Absent the railway, supply transport to changing since the first Europeans arrived. hensive assessment of the overall situation is Churchill needs analysis. Trial of lighter-than-air There are also rewards. Newcomers — many of them farm- needed. Considering the rail line and port alone vehicles deserves consideration. A road from ers — could bring relief to industries, including agriculture, could lead to expensive and risky conclusions. Gillam to Churchill might be practical if it used that are chronically short of workers. Many will bring skills that Churchill is now a modern, secure and com- the most inland beach ridges. However, this are needed in our rural communities, not to mention children fortable “town,” but what is assumed to be its would cut through polar bear denning areas and to keep schools operating and consumers to support local major industry, export shipping, is probably cause additional stress for the animals. businesses. going under. There is an urgent need for an overall eco- Roméo Dallaire, the retired military commander and human- The cost of stabilizing the rail bed to prevent nomic/risk assessment. It’s time to seriously itarian, asked this question of the GrowCanada conference damage from melting permafrost may be finan- acknowledge that the rail line may not be hosted by CropLife Canada in Calgary earlier this month: Is cially prohibitive. viable over the long term, and consider new humanity to survive the future, or will it thrive? Today, tourism is a major factor; people come investments for transport and the tourism For him, it is the defining question of our time. How we from all over to see the bears, belugas and cari- industry for future successes. answer determines whether we will seek solutions to the bou, and experience the Canadian North. They world’s problems or retreat behind defensive walls in a bid to willingly pay substantial amounts for the experi- Jim Collinson is an agricultural economist and consultant be the last ones standing. ence. Building on this base makes sense. based in Kanata, Ont. “It is a fundamental ethos of your being,” he said. “If you take the very pejorative position that we are in survival mode, you are not going to lead the future, you are going to manage it.” The second question he asked of his audience was this: Are all humans, human? OUR HISTORY: December 1925 If we truly see all humans as human, then how can we not offer those in need what is in our power to give? Not to take away from the generosity of Canada’s donors his ad from the October 1925 issue of The Scoop and sponsors, it mustn’t end with the household furniture and Shovel offered European farmers the chance to catch a spare pots and pans we offer up. People will need more and T vessel home for Christmas, with the last vessel leaving there will be more who need to come. St. John, N.B. for Liverpool on Dec. 16. Reuters reported during the recent climate talks in Paris In the December issue, editor J.T. Hull offered his own ver- that environmental refugees created as weather extremes sion of a Christmas story, but with a twist to extol the virtues of strengthen and oceans rise around the world, could dwarf co-operative marketing. existing flows of refugees from conflict. A. Blanche Gibson, author of “The Pool Woman” column, Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee also reflected on the joys of Christmas. Apparently, concerns Council, said last year 11 million people fled conflict or vio- over Christmas being too commercial have been around for lence in Syria, Afghanistan and other troubled regions of the some time. world. The average number of people displaced by natural “Frequently we hear the phrase, ‘Thank goodness, disasters, including floods, storms and droughts, has averaged Christmas comes but once a year.’ But if it does mean loosen- 22.5 million a year since 2008, and that number is growing. ing of our purse strings, and a healthy weariness from days of Canada is one of the few regions of the world that could see shopping and tying up parcels, we think it would be a sad old overall benefits from climate change. It is a highly developed world if it were suddenly put a stop to.” country with a well-functioning democracy. One of the few In other news, the shareholders of the Saskatchewan resources it remains short of — is people. Co-operative Elevator Company were considering an offer from Saskatchewan Wheat Pool to purchase One of the many ways Canada can lead in this troubled their elevator system — at that time the Pools were only a marketing organization, not elevator companies. world is by becoming a place of refuge. In Manitoba, the push was still on to sign up farmers who would commit their entire production to the All of us at the Manitoba Co-operator wish you and your fam- Pool for five years and the Scoop Shovel reported on several sign-up meetings — one at Virden had ily a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. attracted 450 farmers. “Very particular attention is being given to these meetings by the grain trade. In the majority of cases [email protected] they have their men present taking notes, and they are required to send in their reports to head office.” The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 5 COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Railway rate deregulation arguments don’t add up, skeptics say Competitive markets work, but the key is competition and that’s lacking in Canada’s rail sector

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

onsensus is rare in western Canadian grain transporta- C tion policy. That’s why when two econo- mists who have spent decades sparring over contentious issues actually agree, people take notice. The sky didn’t fall, as Paul Earl joked it might, after admitting at a recent Winnipeg meeting that he is in agreement with University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray “to some very small extent” on whether further deregulation of rail freight rates would benefit farmers. Earl, a senior scholar at the University of Manitoba’s Transport Institute, and Gray shared concerns at the annual Fields on Wheels conference in Winnipeg Dec. 2 that in the absence of the so-called maximum revenue entitlement (MRE), grain shippers would pay much higher freight costs. They weren’t alone. John De Pape, president of Farmers Advanced Risk Management

Company, Harvey Brooks, gen- PHOTO: laura rance eral manager of the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission, Keystone Agricultural Producers Grain Growers and the Western president Dan Mazier and Canadian Wheat Growers “(An intermodal trailer is) not like grain, or it’s not like Murdoch MacKay, chair of Association, said Parsons failed to the Grain Logistics Working convince. coal, (where) if you’re a little bit late you’re still going to Group and a Canadian Grain For starters, Parsons wrongly haul it. If that trailer comes in Friday night and you’re Commission commissioner, all blamed the MRE for the decline not able to handle it, it’s probably not going to be there challenged the proposition that in Canada’s share of world wheat Monday.” ending the MRE would result in markets, ignoring the fact the better railway service for grain United States’ share has declined shippers. too. Market share has dropped in The Western Grain Elevator both countries due to increasing Hunter Harrison Association (WGEA) has taken exports from Ukraine, Kazakhstan that position as well. Its mem- and Russia, which in some years bers have noted that’s the case accounts for 23 per cent of glo- mum entitlement most years. “It’s not like farmers today are now when moving grain where the bal wheat trade. U.S. share has They have a good idea of what to captive to just export markets as MRE doesn’t apply. also dropped as American farmers charge, because every April the they were in the past,” Prentice There’s also general agreement grew less wheat in favour of other Canadian Transportation Agency said. “So this whole notion that the the railways must be compelled crops, according to a report from announces the Volume-Related railways have such market power by regulation to agree to service Kansas State University. Composite Price Index for the new and just dictate revenues and agreements with grain shippers “Simply restoring (Canadian) crop year. capacity at will, I think is a hango- and be subject to penalties when market share would increase grain Parsons also argued the MRE for- ver from previous ideology.” they fail to fulfil them. exports by 20.8 million tonnes, mula doesn’t allow the railways to That prompted some eye rolling. increasing grain revenues per- buy new cars. It does provide for Tell a farmer in the Peace River or Critics haps by $8.2 trillion,” Parsons car replacements, although, since even Swan River he can truck his The MRE has its critics. Graham said. “Perhaps half would end the formula applies equally to both wheat to an American elevator if he Parsons, a consulting econo- up in farmers’ pockets. It’s a big railways, if one purchases 500 cars doesn’t like Canadian rail rates. mist, Barry Prentice, a University number. You can do the calcula- and the other doesn’t the company We’ll soon learn whether the of Manitoba transportation tions forwards and backwards, it that bought the cars would only team appointed by the previous and agricultural economist and doesn’t really matter.” recoup half its cost — a flaw that federal government to conduct “an John Coleman, a senior fellow could be fixed easily by changing arm’s length” review of the Canada at Carleton University’s School Wrong math the MRE regulations. Transportation Act sees the MRE as of Public Policy, condemned the Even if there was a link between Earl noted that CP Rail boss a help or a hinderance. Its report is MRE at Fields on Wheels, arguing market share and the MRE, Hunter Harrison himself acknowl- due on the transport minister’s desk it discourages railways and grain Parsons’ math was wrong. In 2013, edged grain is captive to the this month. companies from investing to move Canada’s total gross domestic railways. Even if the review chaired by more grain, ultimately hurting product was US$1.8 trillion, a frac- “(An intermodal trailer is) former cabinet minister David farmers and Canada’s economy. tion of the gains he said could be not like grain, or it’s not like Emerson recommends scrap- Their message: let the mar- made marketing wheat. He later coal, (where) if you’re a little bit ping the MRE, the current govern- ket work and rail freight rates said it was a slip of the tongue. late you’re still going to haul it,” ment isn’t likely to comply. Veteran will ration the demand for rail Parsons also misleadingly Harrison said during a meeting Saskatchewan Liberal MP Ralph services. referred to the railways hav- in New York March 12, 2014. “If Goodale knows the file well and rec- Most would agree — if there was ing to move a minimum amount that trailer comes in Friday night ognizes grain shippers are captive competition between the railways. of grain. While that was true for and you’re not able to handle it, to the railways. Without it, the railways have no about a year after the federal gov- it’s probably not going to be there Still, never underestimate the rail- incentive to invest in surge capac- ernment ordered the railways to Monday.” ways. They are powerful and criti- ity because they know they’ll get meet weekly minimum volumes in cally important to Canada’s econ- the grain eventually. response to the 2014 grain backlog, Hangover omy. They must be profitable. In In the meantime, they can that order ended last March. Harrison’s admission didn’t res- 2000, the government thought it charge what the market will bear. The formula used to establish onate with Parsons or Prentice. struck the right balance between In fact, they have a fiduciary duty the MRE is applied retroactively, Prentice, who co-authored a study farmer and railway interests. Will to shareholders to do just that. according to Parsons, making it criticizing the MRE with Parsons today’s government reach the same Earl, who lobbied for deregu- difficult for the railways to know for the Railway Association of conclusion? lated grain transportation for what to charge. But the railways Canada, claimed the railways are years while working for United are amazingly close to their maxi- not captive. [email protected] 6 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 FROM PAGE ONE

SMALL TOWNS Continued from page 1 family of four, more for larger families. But it’s not the first time that Loewen and the Build a Village team have faced this challenge head on. In partnership with Cit- izenship and Immigration Can- ada, and the Mennonite Cen- tral Committee, the grassroots charity has already brought 25 refugee families from across the world to Altona. Doaa Abukhousa’s family came to Altona from Iraq nearly six years ago. Doaa Abukhousa, (centre) translates for the newly arrived Daas family, who will live in “It was hard, I’m going to be Altona after fleeing their home in Syria more than three years ago. Photos: ShANNon VanRaes honest with you, the first year here was very hard, yes. We came from an Arab world, I don’t the Mennonite Central Commit- “There’s people in need, who want to say country because of tee to sponsor two families from can’t stay where they’re at, and the situation, but we came from Burma — otherwise known as this is about looking at what we this Arab world to Canada, and Myanmar — as well as a single have to offer,” said Pastor Earl then straight to Altona,” said woman currently living in an Toews, pointing to the congre- the 18-year-old. “What helped Ethiopian refugee camp. gation’s decision to subdivide us here, what helped me, is that Ryan Toews, general manager the church’s five-acre Ste. Anne The Daas family arrives in Winnipeg after fleeing their home in Syria more than the people here are so kind… it of Green Valley Equipment, will property to build two single three years ago. They were greeted by a drum group, well-wishers, officials and doesn’t matter how you dress, host one of the families. The role family homes and a duplex. volunteers from the Altona-based charity that sponsored them. or how you talk, or if you even includes guiding them as they And yet for many people, rural know any English, the people find doctors and schools, set up communities fly under the ra- here, they understand.” bank accounts, learn English dar when it comes to resettling Long histories Canada, and then if they choose and generally settle into life in refugees. Bequie Lake, director Like Altona, many rural com- to — for family reasons or other Paying it forward Canada. of the Manitoba Immigrant and munities also have long his- reasons — to move somewhere Today Abukhousa is paying that “It’s a big responsibility,” said Refugee Settlement Sector As- tories of sponsoring refugees else in a year or two, or even five kindness forward by volunteer- Toews, but he already knows sociation, said some people as- through community organi- or 10, I mean we’re quite fine ing with Build a Village and the rewards that go with helping sume incorrectly that only large zations, said Ben Rempel, with that,” he said. “Our com- Regional Connections, which refugees make a new life. As a urban centres can meet new- assistant deputy minister with mitment is to make sure they get provides immigration and set- child, his parents hosted a Viet- comer needs. Manitoba’s Department of acclimatized to life in Canada. If tlement services in south-cen- namese refugee family that their “One thing about refugee Labour and Immigration. they have family that ends up in tral Manitoba. She has taught church sponsored. populations is that they are “They have been sponsoring Alberta, or Ontario, or wherever newcomers computer literacy “We got to know them quite enormously diverse, so just like refugees from Syria, from Africa, and want to join up with them, and helps provide childcare well over the years,” he said. “It the Canadian population there from all parts of the world,” he that’s great.” so mothers can attend English was a big adjustment for them are people who are from smaller said. “So refugees are already go- That said, between one-third classes. and for us, but they’ve become communities, who feel very at ing to communities like Morden and half of all refugees who ar- Having recently finished high part of my family. They are still home in a small community,” and Altona, where there are ser- rive in rural communities go on school, she plans to take six at all of our Christmas gather- she said. There are already ex- vices in place.” to make permanent lives there. months off for volunteer work. ings and they are as much a tensive services established in Immigration and settlement The family the Toews family “When I decided to do that, brother and sister to me as my rural Manitoba when it comes providers also work to inform sponsored decades ago still calls I didn’t even know the Syrian own family is.” to meeting newcomers’ needs. government-sponsored arrivals Steinbach home. families were coming,” she said. At the risk of sounding cli- about smaller communities in And whether they stay for a “This timing is good.” Like family ché, Ryan Toews offered that the province, in an effort to find few years or a lifetime, what Altona is not alone in its ef- Laurie Dyck, who is co-ordi- smaller centres really do have the best fit for them and their newcomers add to rural com- forts to bring refugees from Syr- nating the effort in Winkler, that “sense of community” that families, said Rempel. munities is indelible. ia and other countries to rural said they are in the process of helps people feel at home. And while not all refugees who “Every new family brings their Manitoba. Communities across gathering furnishings and nail- Loewen agreed. first arrive in tiny villages and own cultures, their own tradi- the province are pulling togeth- ing down housing for families “While there might be some small towns will settle there per- tions, their own experiences, er to sponsor families that have expected to arrive sometime disadvantages to being in a small manently, Loewen said that’s all and as a community, we are just lost their homes to war and up- before the end of next March. community, I think there are also right too. enriched any time that kind of heaval. “We want them to be support- some advantages,” he said. “One “We see our role as helping diversity happens,” Loewen said. Before long, refugees will be ed… to make this as positive as of the things we’re very fortunate these families get settled into calling places like Carman, Aus- we can,” she said, adding that to have here, is a very large and life here, to get a good start in [email protected] tin, Dauphin, Cartwright, Killar- there has been an “outpouring very dedicated group of volun- ney, Carberry, Virden, Russell, of support” from the commu- teers who are willing to sort of Grandview, Portage la Prairie, nity so far. walk with the newcomer families Riverton and Steinbach home. A little farther to the east, through their first year or two In Winkler, Southern Potato, Dayspring Fellowship Church and then even longer in many WHAT’S UP Green Valley Equipment, Kroek- is taking a different approach cases, just to help them get set- er Farms, and Emmanuel Men- to housing refugees — the con- tled into life in Canada and do all nonite Church, have partnered gregation plans to build new the things that need to happen Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] with the federal government and houses. when they get here.” or call 204-944-5762. Jan. 6-7: St. Jean Farm Days, Feb. 4-5: Manitoba Beef Producers Centennial Hall, 203 Caron St., St. annual general meeting, Victoria Jean Baptiste. For more info call Inn, 3550 Victoria Ave., Brandon. For 204-746-2312. more info or to register visit www. mbbeef.ca/annual-meeting/. Jan. 11: Beef and Forage Day, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Ukrainian National Home Feb. 10-11: CropConnect Hall, 106 Main St., Vita. For more info Conference, Victoria Inn, 1808 call MAFRD at 204-425-5050. Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit cropconnectconference.ca. Jan. 14: Direct Marketing Your Meat Products workshop, 9 a.m. to 3:30 Feb. 14-16: Western Canadian p.m., Sun Gro Centre, 360 Veterans Holistic Management Conference, Lane, Beausejour. For more info or Russell Inn and George P. Buleziuk to register ($20, lunch included), call Conference Centre, Russell. For MAFRD at 204-392-7268 or 204-461- more info call 204-648-3965 or to 2978. register and get details visit www. canadianfga.com. Jan. 19-21: Red River Basin Land and Water International Summit March 1: Manitoba Turkey Producers Conference, Alerus Center, 1200 annual meeting, Victoria Inn, 1808 S. 42nd St., Grand Forks, N.D. Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. For more For more info or to register visit info call 204-489-4635. RedRiverBasinCommission.org. March 11-12: Direct Farm Marketing Jan. 26-28: Keystone Agricultural Conference, Canad Inns, 2401 Producers annual meeting and Saskatchewan Ave., Portage la Young Farmers Conference, Delta Prairie. For more info visit www. Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Ave., directfarmmarketing.com. Winnipeg. For more info visit kap. Ray Loewen and Annie Doerksen carry a donation into a former furniture store being used as a depot for household goods for mb.ca or call 204-697-1140. Syrian refugees who will settle in Altona. The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 7 First Nations interested in buying Churchill port and railway from OmniTrax Canada A letter of intent has been accepted triggering a 45-day due diligence period in which both parties will work together to ensure that a purchase becomes a reality

tiations are underway that The HBRA is confident the BY ALLAN DAWSON could see this strategic railway “We’re heading into another year and so long as line and port can be viable, Co-operator staff and the Port of Churchill main- Harrison said. With not much tained and enhanced through there’s no solution to this, it’s going to be difficult effort the port could export a he sooner the Port of a made-in-Manitoba owner- to get any marketing through the port next year.” million tonnes of grain annu- Churchill and the rail line ship model,” Steve Ashton, ally, he said. With the port’s T that serves it have a new Manitoba’s minister of infra- short shipping season due to owner the better, says Sinclair structure and transportation Sinclair Harrison ice, it make sense to operate the Harrison, president of the said in an email Dec. 18. “While port around the clock, seven Hudson Bay Route Association we are not involved in the nego- days a week. (HBRA), an organization that tiations we will continue to sup- “I think if there’s an aggres- supports and promotes the port this critical infrastructure buyers “until the comfort level supply chain management at sive owner that wants to turn a Hudson Bay Railway and that is vitally important to the and knowledge transfer allow the University of Manitoba, says million tonnes the potential is Canada’s only deepwater ocean economy of the North and a key them to operate independ- governments should consider there,” he said. port. part of the Arctic gateway.” ently,” Tweed said. the transportation demand Churchill has the advantage “We’re heading into another The federal and Manitoba and allow the data to inform over some other Canadian ports year and so long as there’s no Little information governments invested $68 mil- decisions. It might make more of being closer to Europe, Africa solution to this, it’s going to be Tweed declined to name the lion in the port and line when economic sense to rip up the and many South American des- difficult to get any marketing First Nations interested in the OmniTrax bought them 18 years railway to Churchill and build tinations. However, Prentice through the port next year,” purchase. He was also mum ago. OmniTrax has invested a road, Prentice said in an and others have said grain com- Harrison said in an interview about the asking price and nearly $100 million, Tweed said. interview Dec. 2. However, he panies prefer to export through Dec. 18. whether governments would According to studies, the line’s added if the line was removed, their own terminals and none “You get into late April or May have to assist in the purchase. value to northern economy is in it would never be rebuilt, which own facilities in Churchill. and if this (sale) hasn’t hap- If the sale goes through, excess of $40 million annually. could hurt future mining and pened by then it’s going to be OmniTrax will work with the Barry Prentice, a professor of Hydro development. [email protected] very difficult to convince shippers that’s the route to go.” OmniTrax Canada, which owns the port and railway, issued a news release Dec. 18 stating it had accepted a letter of intent from a group of northern Manitoba First Nations for the purchase of its Manitoba GENERATIONS OF assets. The deadline to complete the deal is Feb. 1, 2016, but it could occur sooner, OmniTrax Canada president Merv Tweed told CBC Radio in Firsts Field an interview Dec. 18. in the “It’s a group of communities along the line and others that I think always believed the railway was theirs and this now can become a reality based on current negotiations,” Tweed said.

Precedent There’s precedent for such a transaction. OmniTrax sold its 185-mile line that runs from Sherritt Junction to Lynn Lake, Man., to a First Nations con- sortium called the Keewatin in 2006. News broke last month that the port and line were for sale following a disappointing grain- shipping season. Churchill exported 186,000 tonnes of grain — well under the 10-year average of 554,548 tonnes. Tweed said the drop was an “anomaly.” “If the grain shipments return into that 500,000-metric-ton level, both the rail and the port will do OK,” he said. But if OmniTrax is so confident, why sell? Tweed has repeatedly called the railway, which it bought with the port in 1997, a “utility.” “And I think it should be operated that way and I think there’s a real interest among both levels of government to see that the railway continues to serve those communities,” he said. The Manitoba and federal governments have publicly con- AND THE FIRST TO BRING SOYBEANS TO firmed that the line and port are important and won’t be WESTERN CANADA abandoned. The railway, some of which is built on permafrost making it difficult to maintain, Trust in the soybean agronomic leader. We’re first to introduce is the only land link to many soybeans to western Canada. Be first to secure the region’s top northern communities, including the Town of Churchill. And yielding soybean seed for your field. the port is the gateway to many communities farther north www.thunderseed.ca linked only by sea in summer QUARRY SEED 888-274-9243 and air the rest of the year. “We understand that nego- 8 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

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column Cattle Prices (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg December 11, 2015 Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — Beef lurches into 2016 on D1, 2 Cows 90.00 - 101.00 D3 Cows 85.00 - 92.00 Bulls 120.00 - 125.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) heavier supplies, shaky demand Steers (901+ lbs.) 165.00 - 197.00 (801-900 lbs.) 190.00 - 207.00 (701-800 lbs.) 195.00 - 219.00 Record prices in much of 2015 took a turn for the worse (601-700 lbs.) 210.00 - 253.00 (501-600 lbs.) 230.00 - 284.00 (401-500 lbs.) 260.00 - 300.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) 160.00 - 180.00 (801-900 lbs.) 175.00 - 190.00 (701-800 lbs.) 180.00 - 205.00 Jade MarkuS “What’s driving Canadian cattle (601-700 lbs.) 190.00 - 220.00 CNSC (501-600 lbs.) 210.00 - 250.00 and beef prices lower today is (401-500 lbs.) 225.00 - 260.00 largely what’s going on south of Slaughter Cattle ($/cwt) Alberta South Ontario Grade A Steers (1,000+ lbs.) $ — $ 144.48 - 158.82 the border.” Grade A Heifers (850+ lbs.) — 142.65 - 156.83 D1, 2 Cows 94.00 - 111.00 67.71 - 92.92 he atmosphere in the cattle market D3 Cows 80.00 - 95.00 67.71 - 92.92 anne wasko Bulls 119.60 - 119.60 110.63 - 138.02 shifted throughout 2015, as the futures Gateway Cattle Marketing Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 191.00 - 205.00 $ 180.24 - 215.18 hit record highs, then saw a steep (801-900 lbs.) 195.00 - 210.00 174.07 - 218.59 T drop-off near the end of the year, which was (701-800 lbs.) 206.00 - 221.00 174.56 - 231.72 (601-700 lbs.) 216.00 - 221.00 183.53 - 256.09 reflected in lower local prices, according to have further pressured prices, Perillat said. (501-600 lbs.) 234.00 - 263.00 191.61 - 273.99 one market analyst. “We’ve seen consumer demand choices (401-500 lbs.) 272.00 - 300.00 206.99 - 282.86 Heifers (901+ lbs.) $ 175.00 - 195.00 $ 158.65 - 182.01 “Everything hinges off of the futures, and challenging the market a bit.” (801-900 lbs.) 189.00 - 200.00 167.45 - 193.85 they have dropped so much that the market During the course of the year, the sup- (701-800 lbs.) 190.00 - 205.00 157.28 - 204.21 is not very aggressive,” said Dave Nickel of ply side of the beef industry has shifted, he (601-700 lbs.) 197.00 - 215.00 162.18 - 218.30 (501-600 lbs.) 213.00 - 233.00 179.37 - 235.23 Gladstone Auction Mart. “Demand is slower added. North America has switched from (401-500 lbs.) 235.00 - 269.00 210.39 - 255.09 because the futures are off so much.” being a net exporter of beef to being a net When auctions opened in 2015, the mar- importer of beef, due to extremely high Futures (December 11 2015) in U.S. ket was strong, Nickel said, but prices and prices, which affected supply. Fed Cattle Close Change Feeder Cattle Close Change December 2015 125.70 -6.12 January 2016 159.75 -6.28 demand fell sharply throughout the year. There was also a slowdown in global February 2016 129.45 -4.40 March 2016 157.80 -5.88 At peak levels in early June, feeder cattle demand due to changes in currencies and April 2016 129.68 -4.45 April 2016 158.90 -6.22 futures in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s domestic challenges to beef — namely, those June 2016 122.13 -3.00 May 2016 159.30 -6.02 August 2016 119.95 -3.02 August 2016 161.28 -5.53 (CME) January 2016 contract sat around competing meat supplies.

October 2016 121.38 -3.10 September 2016 159.48 -5.53 US$228 per hundredweight. “We’ve gone from one extreme to the On Dec. 17, CME live cattle futures hit the other. On average it’s going to be a record- Cattle Slaughter Cattle Grades (Canada) lowest levels seen since mid-2012, falling to high year,” said Anne Wasko of Gateway Week Ending Previous Week Ending Previous December 5, 2015 Year December 5, 2015 Year about US$144. Cattle Marketing at Taber, Alta. Canada 49,494 55,405 Prime 1,349 1,447 That means from high to low in 2015, Since Sept. 1, markets have taken a nose- East 11,990 12,406 AAA 25,340 25,523 cattle futures shed close to US$85 per dive, following depreciation in U.S. markets, West 37,504 42,999 AA 11,806 12,507 hundredweight. resulting in prices well below where they sat Manitoba N/A N/A A 464 520 U.S. 560,000 564,000 B 651 520 “It was crazy,” said Brian Perillat, manager earlier in the year. “It’s been a bit of both D 8,993 11,428 and senior analyst at Canfax, the Canadian worlds here in 2015.” E 192 229 Cattlemen’s Association’s market analysis Export markets for U.S. commodities have arm in Calgary. also been weak as the strong dollar and “We saw a huge shift. Basically through weak global economy weighed on the mar- Hog Prices the year of 2015, we averaged record-high ket. High supplies and poor exports have (Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) Source: Manitoba Agriculture prices, but the tone completely changed in been the two main drivers of the deprecia- E - Estimation the fourth quarter.” tion, Wasko said. MB. ($/hog) Current Week Last Week Last Year (Index 100) After several years of decreasing cattle “What’s driving Canadian cattle and beef MB (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.) 152 E 149.42 192.33 numbers in North America, there was a shift prices lower today is largely what’s going on MB (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.) 142 E 138.70 178.86 in 2015 to greater numbers, which were one south of the border,” she said. ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.) 138.44 134.84 183.61 cause of the pressure on the market, Perillat “We’re following suit, even though our PQ (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.) 140.11 136.95 186.30 said. Canadian dollar continues to be weak.” Expansion in the U.S. resulted in more Futures (December 11, 2015) in U.S. cattle and beef, a trend which will continue Jade Markus writes for Commodity News Service Canada, Hogs Close Change into 2016. a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity December 2015 56.00 -2.35 Increased pork and poultry production market reporting. February 2016 60.55 1.72 April 2016 64.70 1.55 May 2016 72.00 1.50 June 2016 76.18 1.97 briefs Other Market Prices U.S. November prompted feed yards to delay November placements at Sheep and Lambs buying younger calves for 1.601 million head, down 11 Winnipeg SunGold feedlot cattle fattening. per cent from 1.794 million $/cwt Wooled Fats T oronto Specialty Meats Available grazing pastures last year. Ewes Choice — 100.60 - 135.08 — placements slump Lambs (110+ lb.) — 150.72 - 184.93 in parts of the U.S. Plains The USDA put the feedlot (95 - 109 lb.) Next Sale 175.82 - 198.81 allowed ranchers and feed- cattle supply as of Dec. 1 at (80 - 94 lb.) December 16th 184.91 - 222.74 lots to feed cattle longer out- 10.794 million head, almost (Under 80 lb.) — 190.05 - 301.16 BY THEOPOLIS WATERS (New crop) — — side of commercial feeding in line with 10.816 million a Chicago / Reuters pens. year ago. Analysts, on aver- USDA’s data showed the age, had forecast an increase Chickens E ggs Cattle movement into U.S. number of cattle placed in of 1.0 per cent. Minimum broiler prices as of April 13, 2010 Minimum prices to producers for ungraded feedlots in November fell 11 November weighing over 800 The government said the Under 1.2 kg...... $1.5130 eggs, f.o.b. egg grading station, set by the 1.2 - 1.65 kg...... $1.3230 Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board per cent from a year ago to lbs. declined from the year- number of cattle sold to 1.65 - 2.1 kg...... $1.3830 effective November 10, 2013. their lowest level since the ago month, their first annual packers, or marketings, rose 2.1 - 2.6 kg...... $1.3230 New Previous government began compil- decrease so far in 2015 — four per cent in November A Extra Large $2.00 $2.05 A Large 2.00 2.05 ing the data in 1996, a U.S. another bullish market indi- from a year ago, to 1.532 mil- A Medium 1.82 1.87 Department of Agriculture cator, said analysts. lion head. T urkeys A Small 1.40 1.45 report showed Dec. 18. Cattle that entered feedlots “It’s a pretty big deal, Minimum prices as of December 27, 2015 A Pee Wee 0.3775 0.3775 Analysts attributed last in November will be ready for record-low placements for Nest Run 24 + 1.8910 1.9390 Broiler Turkeys month’s much smaller-than- slaughter beginning around November,” said Allendale (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) B 0.45 0.45 C 0.15 0.15 expected placements to April 2016. Inc. chief strategist Rich Grade A ...... $1.930 Undergrade ...... $1.840 deteriorating margins that The USDA report showed Nelson. Hen Turkeys Goats (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Winnipeg Toronto Grade A ...... $1.920 (Hd Fats) ($/cwt) Undergrade ...... $1.820 Kids — 187.80 - 323.89 L ight Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys Billys — — (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Mature — 120.56 - 297.97 Grade A ...... $1.920 Undergrade ...... $1.820 H orses Tom Turkeys Winnipeg Toronto Looking for results? Check out the market reports (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) ($/cwt) ($/cwt) Grade A...... $1.895 <1,000 lbs. — 15.00 - 70.00 from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 14 Undergrade...... $1.810 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise. 1,000 lbs.+ — 41.00 - 56.00 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 11 GRAIN MARKETS column Manitoba Elevator Prices

Average quotes as of December 21, 2015 ($/tonne)

Future Basis Net Weekly Change Weather in 2016 will trump Red spring wheat 186.60 39.31 225.91 0.65 Red winter wheat 175.99 12.23 188.22 -9.66 supply-and-demand unknowns Prairie spring wheat 176.35 13.91 190.26 -2.34 Canola 487.20 -33.84 453.36 2.08 A strong U.S. dollar will keep dragging on U.S. grains

DAVE SIMS For three-times-daily market Port Prices CNSC reports and more from As of Friday, December 18, 2015 ($/tonne) Commodity News Service Last Week Weekly Change Canada, visit the Markets section U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston 198.32 6.34 CE Futures Canada canola contracts fin- at www.manitobacooperator.ca. U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland 233.78 -1.47 ished slightly lower for the week ended Dec. Canola Thunder Bay 488.60 4.60 18, as losses in the vegetable oil market offset I Canola Vancouver 508.60 6.60 declines in the Canadian dollar. The week started off with bullish indicators as crush margins moved to some of the best levels in a year. This kept buyers interested as farm- others say, “Sell now!” due to large supplies on ers began to wind down selling ahead of the hand and an uncertain economic picture. Some Closing Futures Prices Christmas holiday. Chart-based selling was also a believe equity markets will be stiff and unable to As of Monday, December 21, 2015 ($/tonne) feature in the first few days of the week, due to a throw large sums of cash around with the recent lack of fundamental news. Some large funds also U.S. rate increase and bearish crude oil scene. Still, Last Week Weekly Change took cash off the table with the end of the calendar others remain steadfast that the world will chew its ICE canola 480.60 6.60 year almost here. way through the supplies. They also point to crude By mid-week, events had heated up on the oil prices in the early 2000s that were far cheaper ICE milling wheat 241.00 -2.00 world stage as the U.S. Federal Reserve and than in 2015. ICE barley 184.00 -7.00 new government in Argentina made headlines. Weather will retain its usual dominance in most Mpls. HRS wheat However, despite a rate cut by the U.S. Fed and matters, though. The impact of El Niño in 2015-16 186.66 -2.76 slashes on Argentina’s export taxes from its newly hasn’t been felt as dominantly in North America Chicago SRW wheat 177.84 -4.23 elected government, canola hung relatively steady, as in other regions in the world, but that could Kansas City HRW wheat 176.55 -3.40 with no major price swings as both moves were change in 2016. well anticipated. CBOT wheat values were hit hard by a stronger Corn 147.33 -1.97 Looking back on 2015, the near-term contract U.S. dollar for much of the year. It caused numer- Oats 147.84 -6.16 for canola generally hung in a range between $440 ous headaches for exporters who found many cus- Soybeans 322.52 -0.18 and $475 per tonne through the beginning of the tomers turning to cheaper supplies from Ukraine year. It was in springtime that things turned inter- and South America. There doesn’t seem to be any- Soymeal 305.92 4.19 esting when an early frost wiped out some crops in thing that would keep buyers from continuing Soyoil 668.34 -32.63 southern Manitoba. On the yearly price chart, one on that same path, as long as the U.S. greenback notices that was when a fairly major rise in values retains its strength. began, one that wouldn’t come down until the end U.S. soybeans also had difficulties with foreign of summer. The early days of June were a dry affair, competitors in the face of large world supplies. The Cash Prices Winnipeg leading many to worry about the overall yield economic slowdown happening in China curtailed Canada’s canola crop could attain. At one point U.S. exports and has cast a shadow over the com- As of Monday, December 21, 2015 ($/tonne) (June 18) Statistics Canada’s pegged the 2015-16 ing year, as China weighs how badly it needs soy crop at 14.9 million tonnes. Both speculators and compared to other substitutes in the vegetable oil Last Week Weekly Change commercials were on the buy side of the market market. Feed wheat 202.80 3.67 due to drought worries. CBOT corn looks like it will exit the calendar Feed barley 185.10 6.43 August rains helped alleviate the drought year at about the same price level it entered Rye n/a n/a threat, though, and the outlook shifted from (US$3.75 per bushel, nearby contract). Weather one of potential supply shortages to one of hefty issues gave life to values in the middle of July, Flaxseed 455.09 0.39 overall volumes. A massive U.S. harvest of soy- sending prices soaring about US$4.25, but large Feed peas n/a n/a beans began to crowd the world supply and from world supplies eventually pulled values back to September through to the end of the year, the earth. Oats 198.42 -3.89 nearby contract generally hung between $460 and Soybeans 372.95 3.67 $480 per tonne. Dave Sims writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Sunflower (NuSun) Fargo, ND ($U.S./CWT) 16.75 0.10 Looking ahead to the new year, there are those Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity who think canola can’t help but go higher, while market reporting. Sunflower (Confection) Fargo, ND ($U.S./CWT) Ask Ask

Western Canadian spring wheat bids down as basis erodes Quoted basis levels varied but declined on average by $2 per tonne

above the futures when using the Spring (CPRS) bids were down by most CWRS contracts in Canada are BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN grain company methodology of $2 to $7 per tonne. Average CPRS based, was quoted at US$5.0625 per Commodity News Service Canada quoting the basis as the difference prices came in at about $190 per bushel on December 18, down 1.50 between the U.S. dollar-denom- tonne in Manitoba, $200 to $201 U.S. cents from the week prior. ash spring wheat bids across inated futures and the Canadian per tonne in Saskatchewan, and The Kansas City hard red win- Western Canada moved dollar cash bids. $210 to $213 per tonne in Alberta. ter wheat futures, which are now C lower during the week ended When accounting for the cur- Soft white spring wheat prices traded in Chicago, are more closely December 18, as basis levels rency exchange rates by adjusting were down by $2 to $4 per tonne, linked to CPRS in Canada. The deteriorated. the Canadian prices to U.S. dollars ranging from $215 to $217 per March Kansas City wheat contract Average Canada Western Red ($1=US$0.7171 as of December 18) tonne in Alberta. was quoted at US$4.8225 per bushel Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were CWRS bids ranged from US$162 to Winter wheat prices were down on December 18, down 0.25 U.S. down by $1 to $5 per tonne during US$171 per tonne. That would put by $1 to $5 per tonne on the week. cents from the week before. the week, according to price quotes the currency adjusted basis levels Prices ranged from roughly $185 The March Chicago Board of from a cross-section of delivery at about US$15 to US$24 below the to $193 per tonne across the Trade soft wheat contract settled at points across the Prairie provinces. futures. Prairies. US$4.8675 on December 18, which Average prices ranged from about Looking at it the other way Average durum prices were up, was 3.75 U.S. cents weaker com- $226 per tonne in Manitoba to as around, if the Minneapolis futures rising by $1 to $2 per tonne. Bids in pared to the week prior. high as $239 in central Alberta and are converted to Canadian dollars, southern Saskatchewan, where the The Canadian dollar closed at the Peace River region. CWRS basis levels across Western bulk of the crop is grown, were up 71.71 U.S. cents on December 18, Quoted basis levels varied from Canada range from $21 to $33 by $2 at $296 per tonne. which was down by about half a location to location, but declined below the futures. The March spring wheat con- cent relative to its U.S. counterpart by about $2 on average to sit at $46 Average Canada Prairie Red tract in Minneapolis, on which compared to the previous week. 12 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 LIVESTOCK h u s b a n d r y — the science, S K I L L O R A r t O F F A R M I N G Pig producers warned to be on the lookout for virus Seneca Valley virus is a concern because its symptoms are the same as those for foot-and-mouth

By ALEXIS KIENLEN AND SHANNON VANRAES STAFF

ork industry leaders are warning producers to be on the Plookout for a new virus that has been showing up in hogs in the midwestern U.S. and Canada in recent months. Producers are advised to contact their veterinarians immediately and not move hogs if they detect blisters around their mouth, hoof, or nose. Seneca Valley virus has has been sporadically identified in the U.S. since 1988, and was identified in Canada this year, a notice from Manitoba Pork to producers says. “Very little is known about the disease, how it spreads, how to prevent and/or control it, although direct animal contact and transportation vehicles are the most likely risk pathways.” “Seneca Valley virus is a concern because you can’t distinguish it from the really scary reportable foreign animal diseases such as foot-and- mouth, without doing lab testing,” provincial veterinary epidemiologist Julia Keenliside said during Alberta Pork’s monthly pork town hall. “Just by looking at the animal, you can’t tell what virus caused those blisters. If you see blisters, call your vet right away and get it checked out.” Dr. Megan Bergman, Manitoba’s chief veterinary officer, said in an email her office has been working with industry, private veterinarians and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to monitor the situation.

Photos: Courtesy Dr. Paisley Canning, Swine Medicine Education Center

“Manitoba’s animal health lab pigs, to be on the lookout for blis- Do not move (Veterinary Diagnostic Services) ters because it can be a very seri- Pigs with blisters should not be plans on implementing a diagnos- ous issue if we do have a serious moved and should not be taken to tic test when it becomes available. animal disease,” said Keenliside. slaughter. Other reportable diseases MAFRD is also working with indus- “It’s really important that we get that cause blisters in swine are swine try to address implications if a posi- everything looked at by a veterinar- vesicular disease, vesicular stomatitis tive case is found in Manitoba,” she ian, tested by CFIA and confirmed and swine vesicular exanthema. said. that it is not a foreign animal dis- Foot-and-mouth is currently not ease and that it is in fact Seneca in North America but if there was Detected at plant Valley.” a case, it would cause an immedi- In October 2015, two pigs from Although not as severe as porcine ate border closure and a cessation of Manitoba, upon arrival at a U.S. epidemic diarrhea, the virus can trade. slaughter facility, presented with cause increased mortality in pig- “It would be quite a disaster for symptoms and subsequently tested lets under seven days of age. The our pig industry, and possibly other positive for Seneca Valley virus. blisters only appear for a day or so, industries such as the cattle indus- “We want to send out the However, followup testing of all before rupturing. This causes sores try,” said Keenliside. source herds in Manitoba were near a pig’s nose and mouth or on It is not known how the virus is word to producers and found to be negative. No cases have their tongue. Sows and gilts may transmitted. To see a slide show people in the industry, been identified in pigs at any farm develop a fever and be off feed. about the disease and what it looks especially those who in Manitoba, she said. In growing or slaughter pigs, like, go to www.nationalhogfarmer. About 70 premises in the U.S. the animals will develop lameness com and search for ‘seneca facts.’ transport pigs, to be on were affected by the virus in 2015. because of painful blisters where There is also a fact sheet with the lookout for blisters Although it is not reportable, it does the hoof attaches to the foot, so photos posted here: http://mani because it can be a very not seem to be spreading rapidly. producers should watch out for tobapork.com/wp-content/ serious issue.” The disease, which affects pigs, acute, sudden lameness in a whole uploads/2015/09/Seneca-Valley- cows and mice, has been found here group of pigs. Virus-SVV-Fact-Sheet-Dec-15-2015. in the past. “The good news is that it does pdf. “We want to send out the word to seem to resolve very quickly and Julia Keenliside producers and people in the indus- there’s not a lot of mortality,” said [email protected] and try, especially those who transport Keenliside. [email protected] The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 13 Dairy support price gets boost February 1 The support price is increased for butter, decreased for skim milk powder

butter and skim milk powder, capital investments, and such STAFF the commission said. “Our industry wants to grow the market for investments should result in That 2.2 per cent hike fol- efficiencies and lower prices, anada’s dairy farmers lows the decrease of about 1.8 Canadian dairy products, but relentless price Restaurants Canada said. can expect a two per per cent announced in January, increases are having the opposite effect.” “Unfortunately, any savings C cent bump in their over- after increases of 1.5 per cent appear to go to the dairy pro- all revenue from industrial in 2011 and 2012, 0.9 per cent ducer’s bottom line.” milk sales starting Feb. 1 next in 2013 and one per cent in In its latest market bulletin, donna dooher year. 2014. CEO, Restaurants Canada dated Dec. 15, the dairy com- Citing dairy producers’ The support prices for skim mission said total Canadian increased costs of produc- milk powder and butter are milk production for the 12 tion, the Canadian Dairy the prices at which the com- months ending in October was Commission on Dec. 16 mission buys and sells those mal butter stocks, will remain The previous “one-off” price 4.8 per cent higher than in the announced its support price products to balance seasonal unchanged, the commission reduction in January this year year-earlier period. of butter will increase effective changes in demand on the said Dec. 16. was passed on to dairy pro- The commission said its Feb. 1 to $7.7815 per kilogram, domestic market. “These adjustments in sup- cessors, the food-service sector revised production fore- from $7.4046 currently. Provincial marketing boards port prices acknowledge the group said, but was not passed casts suggest “this strong milk Its support price for skim also use those prices as refer- 3.11 per cent rise in the cost along to restaurateurs or con- production trend will per- milk powder, however, will be ence points in pricing indus- of producing milk and are sumers as it had hoped. sist throughout the coming reduced from its current level trial milk. The prices produc- adapted to changing market “Our industry wants to grow months.” of $6.3109 per kilogram, to ers get for fluid milk are deter- conditions,” commission chair- the market for Canadian dairy Overall butter consumption $4.4176, its lowest level since mined through a separate man Alistair Johnston said in a products, but relentless price has risen by about three per 1997. process. release. increases are having the oppo- cent year over year during the For dairy farmers, that works The margins received by Restaurants Canada, a long- site effect,” Donna Dooher, the same period, the commission out to an increase of about 2.2 processors for butter and skim time critic of Canada’s dairy group’s CEO, said in a release. said. “Additional butter imports per cent in what will be paid milk powder the commission pricing frameworks, criticized The cost-of-production and increased milk production for the industrial milk they buys, and the carrying charges the dairy commission’s deci- formula by which the dairy at the farm level are being used supply to make products such collected by the commission in a separate release Dec. commission sets its sup- to alleviate butter supply issues as yogurt, cheese, ice cream, sion to pay for storage of nor- 16. ports includes dairy farms’ in the industry.”

Hay producers see more sellers, lower prices Prices are down off the peaks seen in August and September

BY JADE MARKUS CNS Canada

anada’s export hay prices have come down from C summer highs and now sit at less than half their previous levels, but despite competition abroad, a weak loonie is helping Canadian producers. South Africa, Eastern Europe and Argentina have increased their alfalfa production, said Edward J. Shaw, director of market development at Green Prairie International. “So we’ve got more competitors out there,” he said. The U.S. is also adding to global supplies, especially as China has been buying less from the country, said Shaw. “The U.S. is awash with alfalfa. A lot of farmers sat on inventory. They thought it was worth gold.” The exchange rate is helping Canadian producers, Shaw added — a sentiment echoed by Tara Mulhern Davidson, project Wishing you the happiness, joy and peace of the season. co-ordinator at the Saskatchewan Forage Council. Meridian is celebrating decades of serving farming communities “When hay is already worth across North America with innovative storage and handling solutions. quite a bit in Canada, it’s going to be hard to encourage people to buy hay from the States.” At their summer highs, hay prices sat around C$200 for a round bale, according to Shaw — Celebrate Christmas with the Meridian family. but now prices are around $75- $100, he said. Join our Win a Bin draw (up to CAD$25,000 in value) by Dec. 31, 2015. Prices peaked in August and Visit meridianmfg.com for promo details. into September on supply concerns. Saskatchewan producers weren’t able to get two cuts of hay, “so that kind of freaked people out,” Mulhern Davidson said. World Class Quality. Locally Made Relationships. Prices softened after timely rains across Saskatchewan eased supply concerns. A relatively warm winter is also dragging on prices. Enter our Win a Bin draw Mulhern Davidson said she meridianmfg.com/winabin/ expects increased acres next year, meridianmfg.com as many producers postponed seeding last season. 14 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 Quebec banks, funds boost stake in Agropur The dairy co-operative plans aggressive growth to ‘remain a major player’

part of our strategy aimed at STAFF furthering the development of high-performing Quebec airy giant Agropur is get- businesses.” ting a second nine-fig- Noting Agropur’s recent D ure cash injection from growth has been based outside a group of Quebec institutional Quebec, Normand Chouinard, investors and banks, further executive vice-president for backing the Quebec dairy investments at Fonds de sol- farmer co-op’s expansion plans idarite FTQ, said that growth against an uncertain domestic has “contributed to the con- market. solidation of Quebec jobs at The investor group, led by Agropur and its thousands of Caisse de depot et placement dairy producers.” du Quebec (CDPQ), said Dec. The co-op’s acquisitions 17 it will put up $300 million, have slowed in recent months, on top of the $470 million it but in 2014 included Sobeys’ pledged in December last year. former Canada Safeway dairy CDPQ on Dec. 17 said it plants in Western Canada and would put in $150 million, New Brunswick dairy-process- on top of $37.4 million from ing co-ops Dairytown and National Bank, $35.2 million Northumberland. from development capital fund Agropur, whose dairy brands Fonds de solidarite FTQ, $32.4 include Natrel, Quebon and million from provincial invest- Island Farms, also spent over ment firm Investissement $100 million on upgrades at its Quebec, $25 million from Lethbridge, Alta. and Oka and Capital regional et coopera- St-Hyacinthe, Que. plants, plus tif Desjardins (CRCD) and $20 new lab and head office space million from economic devel- at Longueuil, Que. opment agency Fondaction During 2015, Agropur On an aggressive expansion track in North America, Agropur’s acquisitions in recent years have included the former Canada CSN. announced plans to close milk Safeway dairy plant in Winnipeg. Photo: Dave Bedard The new investment from plants at Chilliwack, B.C. and CDPQ, which manages funds St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Que., Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) dairy imports that will replace remain a major player in the mainly for public and para- and pledged upgrades for the trade deal. more than five per cent of our North American market.” public pension and insurance former Safeway milk plant at Giving up 3.25 per cent of domestic production in the When the investor group plans, raises its own stake in Burnaby, B.C. the Canadian dairy market to first five years that the agree- announced its previous Agropur to $300 million. Agropur president Serge imports from TPP countries, ments are in effect,” he said. cash injection late last year, Marc Cormier, CDPQ’s Riendeau in October warned of on top of the two per cent The co-operative said at Riendeau said the co-op “plans executive vice-president for market uncertainty stemming granted under Canada’s free the time it intends to “con- to continue its development in fixed income, said the Caisse’s from Canada’s concessions trade deal with the European tinue seizing all opportunities high-potential Canadian, U.S. investment is “an integral on dairy market access in the Union, “means an increase in for development in order to and global markets.”

LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS

Weight Category Ashern Gladstone Grunthal Heartland Heartland Killarney Ste. Rose Winnipeg Brandon Virden Feeder Steers 16-Dec 15-Dec 15-Dec 17-Dec 18-Dec No. on offer 725 230* 180 385* 250* Over 1,000 lbs. n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 900-1,000 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 800-900 n/a n/a 180.00-190.00 n/a n/a n/a n/a 190.00-212.00 700-800 n/a 180.00-197.50 190.00-208.00 n/a n/a n/a 195.00-217.00 200.00-225.00 600-700 220.00-243.00 200.00-220.00 200.00-230.00 n/a n/a n/a 200.00-244.00 215.00-237.00 500-600 240.00-266.00 212.00-243.00 220.00-260.00 n/a n/a n/a 230.00-269.00 225.00-267.00 400-500 250.00-314.00 250.00-275.00 240.00-280.00 n/a n/a n/a 240.00-278.00 240.00-295.00 300-400 n/a 270.00-285.00 275.00-330.00 n/a n/a n/a 250.00-300.00 n/a Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs. n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 160.00-180.00 800-900 n/a 175.00-187.50 155.00-175.00 n/a n/a n/a n/a 200.00-225.00 700-800 n/a 170.00-196.00 170.00-195.00 n/a n/a n/a n/a 170.00-202.00 600-700 200.00-211.00 175.00-215.00 190.00-220.00 n/a n/a n/a n/a 185.00-213.00 500-600 210.00-237.00 210.00-242.00 200.00-220.00 n/a n/a n/a 215.00-232.00 190.00-226.00 400-500 239.00-250.00 230.00-250.00 220.00-240.00 n/a n/a n/a 215.00-246.00 210.00-265.00 300-400 n/a n/a 240.00-280.00 n/a n/a n/a 205.00-231.00 240.00-290.00 Slaughter Market No. on offer 250 n/a 120 n/a n/a n/a D1-D2 Cows 85.00-97.00 n/a 90.00-96.00 n/a n/a n/a 87.00-97.00 90.00-97.00 D3-D5 Cows 77.00-84.00 n/a 75.00-82.00 n/a n/a n/a 80.00-91.00 84.00-92.00 Age Verified 95.00-110.00 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Good Bulls 100.00-138.00 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 115.00-125.00 Butcher Steers n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Butcher Heifers n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n.a n/a Feeder Cows n/a n/a 105.00-120.00 n/a n/a n/a n/a 100.00-122.00 Fleshy Export Cows n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Lean Export Cows n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Heiferettes n/a n/a n/a 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.) The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 15

COLUMN Winter is the ideal season for healthy weight loss in horses Hay nets are a good way to prevent horses from overfeeding during the colder months

little effect on its protein values. Creatively placing hay about Carol One can supervise their horse’s on fresh blankets of snow pro- Shwetz DVM progress by tracking its body vides a clean ground surface for Horse Health condition. horses to feed and can influ- Placing your hands on the ence their movement. Feeding horse’s body, to feel through areas can become quite small its thick winter coat, will tell in the winter and any means to s your horse carrying too you whether its condition is influence greater movement in much weight? The answer adequate. the horses will bring it benefit. I to this question is an impor- It is acceptable to feel the ribs. Round bale feeding is a com- tant order of business, and best It is not acceptable to feel back- mon practice for a number asked at the beginning of the bone. Generally, horses that are of horses. If this is the cho- winter season. three years of age and under, sen practice it is advisable to If the answer to this question 25 years of age or older, heavily limit the time available for is yes then the winter season pregnant mares, and horses with the horses to feed as some is the ideal time to implement dental problems are poor candi- horses with unlimited access intervention. Weight loss is far dates for winter grazing. will quickly consume up to 40 easier in the colder snow-cov- If winter foraging is not an pounds of hay within a day, ered months when the horse’s option for your horse, winter while expending little energy metabolism is already working PHOTO:p sup lied still remains the ideal time to to do so. Body conditions soar to that effect. limit feed for your horses. quickly, especially in mild win- Stored body fat from the sum- months when pastures are rich on the horse’s body. A score of Central to weight control is sim- ter conditions. mer months, when the forage and lush. Winter months provide 1 applies to an emaciated horse ply not to overfeed. The introduction of creative is good, acts as insulation and the ideal window of opportunity and 9 applies to a very fat horse. Do not feed grains to horses designs for slow feed netting reserve energy for times when offering four to six months of Generally, horses with BCS of that do not need it. For situa- has brought a unique solution forage isn’t so good. Although it slow, effortless weight loss. 1 to 3 are considered undercon- tions that require weight loss to considerably slow down and is appropriate for horses to gain It is of advantage to offer such ditioned; 4 to 6, optimally con- one could eliminate all grains, reduce a horse’s forage intake. It fat stores during the spring and to the domestic horse. If your ditioned; 7, overconditioned; alfalfa hays, and processed also contains the hay and elimi- summer seasons, it is equally horse doesn’t lose any weight and 8 to 9, obese. If your horse feeds and move towards reduc- nates waste, bringing benefit to appropriate, if not essential to through the winter, there is no scores 7, adjustments made at ing available grass hays by up both the horse and the owner. their health to lose those fat room for natural weight gain in the beginning of the winter sea- to 10 per cent. Weighing your Straw from cereal crops are stores in the winter. the spring and summer. son pay dividends for a leaner, hay on a scale provides a good not grasses and although horses Fat stores that continue to The Henneke body condition healthier horse in the spring. benchmark for feeding an accu- can survive on these feeds there remain on a horse’s body year score (BCS) system developed The simplest practice for rate amount of hay to your are better choices for healthy after year without loss become to assess fat cover on animals weight loss in horses is win- horse. A good starting point is weight loss. stale, hard, and a source of has been widely used for many ter grazing or pawing on well- 1.5 to 2.0 per cent of ideal body The provision of fresh clean inflammation. years and is appropriate for use stocked snow-covered pastures. weight. Spread the hay out in water and appropriate minerals In the natural course of sea- by veterinarians, horse owners, These pastures easily meet as many feedings as possible. and salt will also be necessary sonal flux, horses would lose and caregivers. the nutritional maintenance Followup assessments of your to balance out the diet. weight over the winter. It is This system scores horses on requirements of the adult horse. horse’s body condition allow extremely challenging to initiate fat cover — visually and by pal- The weather washes the sug- further decisions to be made Carol Shwetz is a veterinarian focusing weight loss during the summer pation — at several locations ars out of the grasses yet has accordingly. on equine practice in Millarville, Alta.

Public cONSulTATiON Pigeon King’s creditors will take slim pickings Share Your Views The former Pigeon King is now out on parole About a Plan to Recycle Empty following his 2013 fraud conviction Pesticide and Fertilizer Containers •••••••••••••••••••••••••• BY JIM ROMAHN Farmers will get 75 per cent of the money from CleanFARMS is a not-for-profit organization that works Co-operator contributor that pool; others, including tax collectors, will closely with pesticide and fertilizer companies. They reditors remain- get the remaining 25 per cent. have submitted a new stewardship program plan for ing after Pigeon King recycling empty pesticide and fertilizer containers. C International (PKI) and This program will collect and recycle such containers its founder filed for bankruptcy will get only $130,000 from Manitoba farms and commercial generators in an to share. environment friendly manner. Only four turned out Dec. At its peak, the company’s Three Pigeon King employ- 16 for a meeting of credi- business plan was allegedly ees, meanwhile, will receive We Want to Hear from You tors in Kitchener, Ont., but to sell breeding stock to farm- all the money they were owed. on behalf of more than 50 ers who would in turn pro- Bankruptcy administra- Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship wants claimants, they approved the duce meat-grade birds to sup- tion will take the lion’s share to hear what you have to say about this new plan from proposal developed by BDO ply a never-built processing of over $430,000 in assets the CleanFARMS. Dunwoody. operation. company and Galbraith held. Farmers will get 75 per cent Some farmers are owed Galbraith, who declared The plan is available for you to review at Manitoba of the money from that pool; for pigeons they delivered to bankruptcy in 2009, was con- Conservation’s public registry: www.manitoba.ca/ others, including tax collec- PKI. Others are owed for their victed of fraud in late 2013 tors, will get the remaining 25 upfront payments on breed- and sentenced to seven years conservation/eal/registries/index.html per cent. ing pairs they never received. in prison, but was released You may request a printed copy of the plan by calling Company founder Arlan Their share of the proceeds on parole in July. His wherea- 204-945-0578 or 1-866-460-3118. Please provide any Galbraith was arrested in will be worth about five cents bouts are not known. 2010 on charges that he on the dollar. The court judged his busi- feedback via email to: [email protected]. defrauded hundreds of Documents from PKI’s ness to be a Ponzi scheme — Comments on the plan will be accepted until Canadian and U.S. farmers bankruptcy showed unse- meaning it depended on lur- January 18, 2016. between 2004 and PKI’s 2008 cured creditors in Ontario, ing new investors to pay pre- bankruptcy. Manitoba, Saskatchewan vious investors, but had little Feedback may also be sent in writing to: R C M P a n d Wa t e r l o o and Alberta, and in 18 states chance of becoming a profit- Green Manitoba Regional Police at that time across the U.S. able ongoing business. estimated about 1,000 people Documents on file with U.S. authorities and Ontario Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship invested about $20 million to BDO Dunwoody showed farm media publicly sounded Box 50, 160-123 Main Street buy breeding pairs of pigeons, creditors out tens or hundreds alarm bells over the PKI plan’s Winnipeg, MB R3C 1A5 while “allegedly being prom- of thousands of dollars each, viability as early as 2007, ised guaranteed financial either for birds produced or warning it had the character- returns.” for “barn rentals.” istics of a Ponzi.

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Hint of cold weather to end off the year Issued: Monday, December 21, 2015 · Covering: December 23 – December 30, 2015

amounts possible in extreme WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA Daniel Bezte southern regions. Weather Vane Over Christmas and into the weekend, it looks like weak high pressure will dominate. This will bring a mix of sun and clouds, 7 Day Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) along with nice late-Decem- ell, you have to give ber temperatures, with highs December 11, 2015 to December 17, 2015 Environment Canada expected to be in the -8 C range W credit, as it was the only and overnight lows around -15 C. forecaster to correctly predict the Temperatures will moderate late behaviour of last week’s Colorado in the weekend as an area of low 0 - 2 mm low. While the low tracked pretty pressure tracks across north-cen- 2 - 3 mm close to what weather models tral Manitoba. 3 - 5 mm predicted, a trough of low pres- Next week’s setup is a little 5 - 7 mm 7 - 8 mm sure extending to the northwest of uncertain, as the models have 8 - 10 mm the low brought some significant been struggling a little bit with 10 - 12 mm snowfall to central and eastern consistency. The latest model run 12 - 13 mm 13 - 15 mm regions. shows a large area of low pressure 15 - 16 mm For this forecast period, the sliding by well to our south and 16 - 18 mm weather models have pulled a large arctic high trying to move 18 - 20 mm 20 - 21 mm way back on the storm sys- in from the north. This will likely 21 - 23 mm tem that was predicted to move bring us plenty of clouds along 23 - 25 mm across our region just before with some occasional light snow 25 - 26 mm 26 - 28 mm Christmas. Currently, the mod- early in the week before the high 28 - 30 mm els show two areas of low pres- finally wins out. This would result Extent of Agricultural Land sure: a weak one moving through in clearing skies around New Year’s, Lakes and Rivers central regions, and a slightly along with colder temperatures. stronger one moving through the Usual temperature range for Produced using near real-time data that has undergone initial quality control. The map may not be accurate for all regions due to data Dakotas. Temperatures, while this period: Highs, -19 to -4 C; availability and data errors. still expected to be mild, will stay lows, -29 to -13 C. Copyright © 2015 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada below the freezing mark, with the Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Created: 12/18/15 mildest air staying to our south. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies. www.agr.gc.ca/drought Precipitation from these systems with a BA (Hon.) in geography, This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the seven days ending Dec. 17. The map does a nice is a little uncertain, but current specializing in climatology, from the job showing how much snow fell from the Colorado low which hit parts of southern Manitoba last week. The highest amounts were in the 12- to indications are that most areas U of W. He operates a computerized 13-mm range, which, when converted to snow with a 15:1 water ratio, results in snowfall amounts topping out near 20 cm. will see between two and five cm weather station near Birds Hill Park. of snow by the end of the day on Contact him with your questions and Wednesday, with some higher comments at [email protected].

A historical look at Prairie weather Let’s look at the wildest, weirdest and/or most disastrous weather in Prairie history est and most intense tornadoes struck Spring 2003. Record late-spring snows BY DANIEL BEZTE Edmonton, killing 27 people and creat- hit much of Alberta with both Edmonton Co-operator contributor ing a swath of destruction 40 km long and Calgary, topping out at around 100 and one kilometre wide. cm of spring snow. ach year Environment Canada September 1987 to August 1988. $4-bil- July 11, 2004. 150 mm of rain fall on puts out its top 10 weather sto- lion drought across the southern Edmonton in less than an hour, creating E ries and I like to go through them Prairies. In a drought that rivalled the some of the worst overland flooding in taking a more western focus. While 1930s, it is estimated that as many as 10 that province’s history. 2015’s top stories are not quite out yet, per cent of farmers and farm workers Aug. 20, 2004. Early frost hits southern I thought it might be interesting to go left agriculture due to the effects of the Saskatchewan and Manitoba, resulting back over the last 115 years or so and drought. in over a billion dollars in agricultural look at some of the biggest weather sto- February 1988. The Winter Olympics losses. ries to hit the Canadian Prairies, accord- struggle to deal with some of the warm- June and July 2005. Intense rainstorms ing to Environment Canada. I’m not est February temperatures ever recorded create historic summer-level flooding going to try and list them in any par- across southern Alberta. across nearly all of southern and central ticular order; I’ll leave that up to you. Sept. 7, 1991. The most destructive hail- Manitoba. I’m simply going to go in chronological Heavy rainstorms led to historic summer-level storm in Canadian history hits Calgary June 22, 2007. Canada’s first F5 tornado order from oldest to newest. flooding across nearly all of southern and central over the supper hour. Over a 30-minute is reported near Elie, Man. Manitoba in 2005. Photo: laura rance period an intense thunderstorm Summer 2007. Alberta experienced one June 30, 1912. Canada’s deadliest tor- dropped hailstones of up to 10 cm in of the hottest summers on record. Heat nado hits Regina, killing up to 40 people diameter and caused upwards of $300 and humidity hit southern Manitoba, and injuring 300. A quarter of Regina’s Prairies, with many places only reporting million in damages. with Carman breaking the Canadian population was left homeless after the 45 per cent of average precipitation. July 24, 1996. Hailstones the size of humidex record with a reading of 53 C storm. Dec. 15, 1964. Southern Prairies hit by oranges hit both Calgary and Winnipeg, on July 25. June 22, 1922. Multiple tornadoes strike blizzard. Heavy snows, -30 C tempera- causing extensive damage to homes and July 12, 2010. Calgary records a southern Manitoba killing five people tures, and winds of 90 km/h brought this vehicles. 30-minute hailstorm that resulted in and causing $2 million in damages. region to its knees. April to May 1997. The Red River in over $400 million in damages. July 5, 1937. Hottest day in Canadian March 4, 1966. Winnipeg’s storm of the Winnipeg peaks above 1950 flood lev- March 2012. Record heat hits Manitoba history, when the temperature soared to century brought a one-day snowfall total els. While damages across southern and Eastern Canada. All-time March 45 C at Yellow Grass, Sask., northwest of of 35 cm along with winds in the 120 Manitoba reached about half a billion records were broken across all of south- Weyburn. km/h range. Severe drifting closed down dollars, the floodway around Winnipeg ern and central Manitoba. Overnight Jan. 30 to Feb. 8, 1947. Massive 10-day the city and much of southern Manitoba was credited with saving the city. lows on a couple of nights were near the blizzard hits the Prairies, burying towns for days. 1998. Hottest year in Canadian history, daytime recorded highs. and railways across all three provinces. April 17-20 and April 27-29, 1967. Two with a national temperature 2.4 C above June 2013. The “super flood” hits south- Spring 1950. Red River flood in south- snowstorms dropped upwards of 175 cm the long-term average. ern Alberta. Late snowmelt and unu- ern Manitoba, described at the time as of snow on southern Alberta. The army July 14, 2000. 12 people died and 140 sually heavy rains combined to bring the greatest flood disaster in Canadian was called in to assist in snow clearing were injured when a powerful tornado record-breaking flooding. Costs from history. Damage costs topped $500 mil- along with the airlifting of food and fuel. hit the Green Acres campground south- the flood exceeded $6 billion, making it lion. It was this flood that prompted the 1972. The only year on record where east of Red Deer, Alta. Canada’s most expensive disaster. development of the floodway around all major reporting stations in Canada May to August, 2000. Southern Alberta Winter 2013-14. Coldest winter in over Winnipeg. reported below-average temperatures. experienced the worst drought since a century across much of the eastern 1961. Driest year on record across the July 31, 1987. One of Canada’s larg- 1918. Prairies. The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 T:10.25” 17 CROPS h u s b a n d r y — the science, S K I L L O R A r t O F F A R M I N G

Some don’t like it hot — and that’s key to big wheat yields Wheat growers should start thinking about frost seeding or 24-hour seeding shifts to get their crop in the ground as early as possible

By JENNIFER BLAIR Staff / Lethbridge

t’s time to start treating wheat like it’s a “real crop,” says Ontario agronomist ‘Wheat

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That’s not out of the question for Canadian growers, despite the dif- It’s the same story in Alberta, “If you can get a crop done ture.” The ideal temperature for ferent growing conditions, he said. where wheat yields decline on flowering before it really gets hot, wheat is 18 C during the day and Canadian producers, he said, average one per cent per day for that’s beneficial in our cool-sea- 10 C at night. tend to complain about moisture each day seeding is delayed after son crops,” said Coles. “High temperatures kill. If you T:15.58” when comparing Canadian yields May 1. “If I can head out earlier so that get five days over 35 C, you will to those in the U.K., but Ontario But Alberta’s environmental I get a bigger portion of that grain not get high yields. It’s just too gets more rain on average than conditions are “obviously differ- fill period during those lower hot,” said Johnson. “Every day the British Isles during a growing ent from Ontario,” said Ken Coles, temperatures and less of it up in over 25 C you lose a bushel per season. general manager of Farming the hot time frame, I get higher acre per day.” “Out here it’s all about the water Smarter. yields,” added Johnson. So ‘Wheat Pete’s’ advice is sim- — ‘We didn’t get enough water, so “We have a colder environment “It’s the grain fill period that’s ple: “Plant early.” we didn’t get enough wheat.’ — I and a higher likelihood of frost most critical. Up until that point, Frost seeding is something to don’t buy that,” said Johnson. at certain times of the year,” said you can do what you like and have consider, as is 24-hour seeding “It doesn’t need as much water Coles. a little bit of impact, but it’s the shifts — “whatever you can do to to get high yields as everybody “Generally, early is better — as number of kernels per head and plant earlier.” thinks.” long as it’s not too early.” the thousand kernel weight that “You should go hard early, The real difference is “they’re make the biggest difference.” because then that early-planted maritime — they’re surrounded by Timing is everything Producers also need to think stuff benefits from every little bit water, and their temperatures stay That challenge is the variability of beyond planting date and start of heat out there.” cool.” spring weather, said Coles. considering “seeding rate by Producers need to hit that “It’s all temperature,” said “If you have an open spring, planting date,” said Johnson. “magic window” for seed- Johnson. April 15 to May 10 would be opti- “If I plant early and that wheat ing dates, and for the most And while producers can’t con- mum (in southern Alberta). But crop emerges when the temper- part, they’re already “really well trol the temperature, they can con- we’re sometimes at the mercy atures are cool, I get way more equipped to do that,” said Coles. trol their seeding date — and the of the weather, and (in 2014) we tillers because wheat is going “This year, 95 per cent of farm- earlier the better. didn’t get started until May.” through its life cycle more slowly ers were done within a two-week “In Ontario, we lose a bushel per But in 2016, almost everything at cool temperatures, and it will period. They understand the acre per day for every day that we was seeded before May, and that tiller more,” he said. importance of that, and they’re delay planting,” said Johnson. “If made a world of difference. “If I plant early, I reduce my doing a really good job of that,” you’ve got a lot of acres to plant “I think that’s why everybody seeding rate, and if I reduce my he said. and you end up planting three days exceeded their expectations in seeding rate — particularly if I’m “I don’t think we can underesti- later into that season, that’s three yield,” said Coles. buying certified seed — it’s a win- mate the importance of getting as bushels per acre you gave up on Seeding earlier means that the win scenario.” much of your crop in at the opti- however many acres you planted. plant will head earlier, reducing But as with all crops, timing mum timing as possible.” “When it’s fit to go, you go, and the risk of heat stress later in the is everything, especially when it you go hard.” growing season. comes to “maximizing tempera- [email protected]

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wo new farmers and two incumbents have been elected to the T Manitoba Canola Growers Board (MCGA) of directors. The newcomers are Ron Krahn of Rivers and Bill Nicholson of Shoal Lake; Jacob (Jack) Froese of Winkler and Clayton Harder of Narol (near Winnipeg) were re-elected. Winners in the Manitoba Canola Growers Association’s 2015 board of directors election (l to r) Bill Nicholson, Clayton Harder, Jack Froese and Ron Krahn. Hugh Drake of Elkhorn, who has PHOTOS: MANITOBA CANOLA GROWERS ASSOCIATION served on the board since 2009 and is currently treasurer, was defeated, as was newcomer Cory Barker of Kenville. any particular count to win one of four Krahns, who have three children, farm In his biography, Froese noted through The newly elected directors will positions (see the vote tabulation at: with Ron’s brother Robert, and father experience he has gained insight in pol- take their positions Feb. 12, following http://canolagrowers.com/about-mcga/ Abe. icy, trade, market development, market the MCGA’s annual meeting Feb. 11 in elections/#.VnTA0tahk5s). “Our vision for the Manitoba Canola access, food safety and traceability, envi- Winnipeg during the Crop Connect Eight thousand, four hundred and Growers should be to maintain and ronmental concerns and social licence. Conference, MCGA executive Bill Ross fifty-five preferential ballots were mailed hopefully improve the profitability of He has served as a director on Manitoba said in a brief interview Dec. 18. out to eligible Manitoba canola growers growing canola in Manitoba and keep Pulse Growers Association and as chair Half the eight-member board is up in November and 1,170 valid envelopes those profits in farmers’ hands,” Krahn of Pulse Canada. He currently represents for election every two years. The other were returned by the deadline 4:30 p.m. said in a biography published on the MCGA on the Grain Growers of Canada. directors are Ed Rempel of Starbuck Dec. 10, 2015. MCGA’s website. Harder, who is the MCGA’s research president, Charles Fossay of Starbuck, Ninety-eight ballots were rejected for Nicholson, who also has a degree in chair, also represents the organiza- vice-president, Brian Chorney of East the following reasons: agricultural engineering and farms with tion on the Canadian Canola Growers Selkirk, secretary, Larry Bohdanovich of • Completed improperly (using and “x” family, served three terms as an elected Association’s board. Grandview and Dale Gryba of Gilbert or checkmark instead of placing pref- director of the Canadian Wheat Board. “If re-elected I would support research Plains who was ineligible to seek re-elec- erential numbers). Nicholson’s biography says he “has and initiatives that increase farmers’ tion due to term limits. • W ritten message on ballot instead of always put farmers’ interests first and he bottom line,” he said on the MCGA’s The vote was conducted using a vote. believes that to be the key consideration website. mail-in preferential voting system that There were 18 return envelopes con- for every decision taken by the directors “Canola is a very important crop to allowed members to rank the can- taining other information and no ballots. of the MCGA.” Manitoba farmers. While production didates in order of preference, Réjean A total of 1,054 ballots or 13.84 per Nicholson pledged to enhance MCGA’s and profitability improvements can be Vermette, returning officer with Avenue cent of the eligible ballots were counted work in research, market development made, it’s important that MCGA sup- 4 Communications, which ran the elec- in the tabulation. as well as providing farmers with useful ports Manitoba-specific research priori- tion, said in a news release. Krahn moved back to the family farm and independent information on agron- ties that benefit farmers first.” Candidates were required to win more with wife Anita in 1999 after getting a omy, variety performance, marketing than 50 per cent of the active votes in degree in agricultural engineering. The and transportation. [email protected]

Saskatchewan farmland now Prairie skies off limits for pension plans The provincial government’s new rule will take effect Jan. 4 115,000 acres in 2013 on the basis Reuters that its corporate structure was unique, touching off calls to close ew rules for buying farm- loopholes. land in Saskatchewan Changes to Saskatchewan’s N will take effect Jan. 4, and farmland law are in sync with the toughen its ban on pension plans views of the province’s residents, investing, the provincial govern- whom the government consulted ment said on Dec. 21. earlier this year, said Agriculture The changes make more Minister Lyle Stewart. explicit an existing ban on pen- But CPPIB, in a letter to Stewart sion plans and trusts from buy- and Saskatchewan Premier Brad ing land and continue to limit Wall earlier this year, said that a purchases of more than 10 acres diverse set of investors provides to Canadian residents and cor- stability and liquidity. porations that are 100 per cent The province’s farmland values Canadian-owned. rose 19 per cent in 2014, the fast- Saskatchewan’s farmland has est rate among Canadian prov- long been attractive to foreign inces, according to Farm Credit investors, with values rising even Canada. as prices ease in other fertile They have risen every year areas like the U.S. state of Iowa. since 2002 and keeping farms in Although pension plans were local hands has been a passion- banned from ownership before ate political issue in the province. the latest rules, the Saskatchewan The Saskatchewan Party gov- Farm Land Security Board still ernment passed the amend- allowed Canada Pension Plan ments to its Farm Security Act in Investment Board (CPPIB) to buy November.

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Colourful clouds could be seen over Pilot Mound Dec. 8. PHOTO: Lisa collins The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 19 WTO backs agricultural Manitoba researcher receives reforms Traders agreed to international recognition disagree about chances for success in the Cynthia Grant recently retired from AAFC in Brandon WTO’s Doha round Recipients are selected ades-long career, Grant has Sat ff by a group of international earned respect and recogni- authorities that selects the tion from her colleagues and BY EDITH HONAN ynthia Grant, an interna- recipient. Grant receives the industry for her valua- Nairobi / Reuters tionally recognized plant a special plaque along ble research on soil fertility, C nutrition researcher, has with a monetary award of crop nutrition, as well as the h e W o r l d T r a d e two new awards to add to her US$5,000. trace element contaminant Organization reached collection. G r a n t , w h o r e c e n t l y cadmium,” the IPNI release T deals on agricultural The International Plant retired from AAFC, spent says. export subsidies, food aid and Nutrition Institute recently her career working at the The award came on the other issues on Dec. 19, cap- awarded Grant the 2015 IPNI Brandon Research Station. heels of another prestig- ping a ministerial conference Science Award, which recog- Grant has published 165 ious international award in the Kenyan capital where nizes outstanding achieve- journal articles on nutrient for Grant, the Fertilizer rich and poor countries had ments in research, extension, management, co-authored Industry Round Table Award been split over the path of or education. The award is chapters on soil fertility for outstanding achieve- trade reform. focused on efficient man- management in dryland ments in research and Members said the Nairobi agement of plant nutrients agriculture and sulphur extension centred on ferti- deal had drawn a line under and their positive interaction management, and co- lizer technology and asso- years of stalemate over the in fully integrated cropping edited a book on Integrated ciated benefits to agri- direction of global trade systems that enhance yield Nutrient Management. cultural productivity and Cynthia Grant photo: supplied negotiations. potential. “Throughout her dec- sustainability. “Our work in Nairobi marks a turning point for the World Trade Organization,” U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said in a statement. The negotiations “started a new phase in the WTO’s evo- lution” and showed “what is possible when the multilateral trading system comes together Manitoba Young to solve a problem.” The Geneva-based WTO, Farmer Conference which invited Liberia and Afghanistan to become its 163rd and 164th members, has been trying and largely fail- ing to agree on a worldwide package of trade reforms since January 26 & 27 a meeting in Doha in 2001 at the Delta Hotel Winnipeg hatched an ambitious plan for knocking down trade barriers. The four-day Nairobi confer- Featuring Keynote Speaker ence was extended by a final non-stop 24-hour negotiation Léona Dargis between the major trading powers, that agreed on a package that included phasing out Join us this January for the MB Young agricultural export subsidies and restricting agricultural Farmer Conference. The goal of this export credits. meeting is to challenge young farmers to But they agreed to disagree about the potential for success reflect on what it means to be successful in the Doha round of talks. Both India, which had now, in the future, and how to achieve insisted on completing the these goals! existing Doha talks before any further negotiation, and the U.S., which wanted to move Register online at kap.mb.ca on from Doha, had to give ground, an EU official said. For more information, call the The compromise means that KAP office at 204-697-1140 more issues can be loaded onto the negotiating agenda, the EU official said. Trade experts greeted the Follow us on twitter deal on the talks, also known as the Doha Development @MBYFconference A g e n d a ( D D A ) , w i t h skepticism. “DDA = Doha Dead Again?” Richard Baldwin, professor of international economics at Geneva’s Graduate Institute, said in a tweet. Kenya’s Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed, who had described the WTO’s negotiating function as broken at the summit’s opening, said she was confident that the Nairobi talks had actually “strength- ened” the body over the week. “For me, Nairobi will be remembered as having made that leap from a time when we were divided along this developed and developing divide,” she said. In addition, more countries signed on to the Trade Facilitation Agreement, which eases the passage of goods between countries. 20 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association Awards Long service and outstanding service awards were presented to researchers and members

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada plant breeder Scott Duguid (l) received an Honorary Life award from the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association at its awards banquet in Winnipeg Dec. 9. Duguid, accompanied by his wife Janice, received the award from MSGA For the second year in a row Doug Miller, operations manager for the Canadian president Eric McLean. Jack Moes, formerly of Assiniboine College in Brandon, was also recognized with an Honorary Life award, but Seed Growers’ Association headquartered in Ottawa, won a framed photograph was unable to attend. He recently moved to Cranbrook, B.C. to be dean of trades and technology at College of the Rockies. of the cover of Seed Manitoba. The 2016 photo of millet was raffled off at the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association’s (MSGA) awards banquet in Winnipeg Dec. 9 raising $430 for the Canadian Food Grains Bank. Seed Manitoba is published by the Manitoba Co-operator in co-operation with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development and the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association. The 2016 edition was distributed with the Co-operator Dec. 10. Seed Manitoba, which includes yield and agronomic data on various crop varieties grown in the province, is also available online at seedmb.ca. Hard copies are available from the MSGA. Variety information is also available at seedinterative.ca. PHOTOs: ALLAN DAWSON

Manitoba seed growers in Winnipeg December 9, 10 This year’s scholarship went to Shannon Jackson of Inglis tion scholarship to a deserv- BY ALLAN DAWSON ing member’s son or daughter. Co-operator staff This year’s winner was Shannon Jackson of Inglis. She is studying h e M a n i t o b a S e e d science at Eastern New Mexico Growers’ Association held University. Her goal is to be a Randy (l) and Jeanine Court of Plumas Man., were presented with the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association (MSGA) 2015 T its annual awards banquet doctor of optometry and return Outstanding Service award at the association’s awards banquet in Winnipeg Dec. 9. Randy served on the MSGA’s board for in Winnipeg Dec. 9, followed by to rural Manitoba. 12 years, eight of them on the executive and served as president in 2007 and 2008. Randy and his spouse Jeanine started its annual meeting Dec. 10. Jackson has been active in her producing seed in 1982 and both have served on many boards and economic development organizations. In addition to growing, About 70 and 200 peo- community through 4-H and the processing and retailing seed the Courts also run a greenhouse business. Before starting to farm in 1980 Randy worked in ple attended the banquet and Manitoba High School Rodeo forage variety selection, barley breeding, and pesticide research. The Courts have two children — Gary, a software developer in annual meeting, respectively, Association. She was co-presi- Calgary, and Tracy, a field agronomist who recently became a partner in Court Seeds & Greenhouses. The Courts received the MSGA secretary-manager dent of her high school, volun- award from MSGA president Eric McLean. Jennifer Seward said. teered for the local Christmas Each year the MSGA offers a Cheer Board and Knox United $1,200 post-secondary educa- Sunday School.

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ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW PESTICIDE LABEL DIRECTIONS. Roundup Ready® crops contain genes that confer tolerance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup® brand agricultural herbicides. Roundup® brand agricultural herbicides will kill crops that are not tolerant to glyphosate. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for canola contains the active ingredients difenoconazole, metalaxyl (M and S isomers), fludioxonil and thiamethoxam. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for canola plus Vibrance® is a combination of two separate individually-registered products, which together contain the active ingredients difenoconazole, metalaxyl (M and S isomers), fludioxonil, thiamethoxam, and sedaxane. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for corn (fungicides and insecticide) is a combination of four separate individually-registered products, which together contain the active ingredients metalaxyl, trifloxystrobin, ipconazole, and clothianidin. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for corn (fungicides only) is a combination of three separate individually-registered products, which together contain the active ingredients metalaxyl, trifloxystrobin and ipconazole. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for corn with Poncho®/ VoTivo™ (fungicides, insecticide and nematicide) is a combination of five separate individually-registered products, which together contain the active ingredients metalaxyl, trifloxystrobin, ipconazole, clothianidin and Bacillus firmus strain I-1582. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for soybeans (fungicides and insecticide) is a combination of four separate individually registered products, which together contain the active ingredients fluxapyroxad, pyraclostrobin, metalaxyl and imidacloprid. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for soybeans (fungicides only) is a combination of three separate individually registered products, which together contain the active ingredients fluxapyroxad, pyraclostrobin and metalaxyl. Acceleron and Design®, Acceleron®, DEKALB and Design®, DEKALB®, Genuity and Design®, Genuity®, JumpStart®, RIB Complete and Design®, RIB Complete®, Roundup Ready 2 Technology and Design®, Roundup Ready 2 Yield®, Roundup Ready®, Roundup Transorb®, Bob Wiens (l) was presented the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association (MSGA) 2015 Outstanding Service award at the Roundup WeatherMAX®, Roundup®, SmartStax and Design®, SmartStax®, Transorb®, VT Double PRO®, and VT Triple PRO® are registered trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC, Used under license. Vibrance® and Fortenza® are registered trademarks of association’s awards banquet in Winnipeg Dec. 9, by MSGA president Eric McLean. Bob and his wife Ruth (centre) farm near a Syngenta group company. LibertyLink® and the Water Droplet Design are trademarks of Bayer. Used under license. Herculex® Domain, Man. Bob served on the MSGA’s board and was a national director on the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association’s is a registered trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC. Used under license. Poncho® and Votivo™ are trademarks of Bayer. Used board from 2002 to 2009 serving on various committees, including Appeals and Circular 6, eventually chairing the Circular under license. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 6 committee. He had a unique way of making the notoriously dry Circular 6 reports interesting and humorous warranting the award strictly for that feat, the MSGA said. Bob always defended the independent seed grower and processor at the National Board and his reasonable and thoughtful point of view was sometimes thought of as the conscience of the National Board. The Wiens are actively involved in their church and organize a growing project for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. That led them to visit several Africa countries where they saw how local crops are produced. Bob and Ruth have four children and numerous grandchildren. The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 21

conservation champions Taking education outside Educators in Evergreen School Division partner with Eastern Interlake Conservation District to develop outdoor classroom, wetland and other resources for raising student awareness about the natural world

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff “We’ve seen how it (an environmental education) influences how people live their lives and the t was observing how dis- choices that they make.” connected from nature her I students had become that prompted Gimli High School Cheryl Bailey teacher Cheryl Bailey to take Gimli High School biology and environmental science teacher action a few years back. “I saw them spending so much time with video games,” sion and helped drive their “We’re trying as much as pos- says Bailey who teaches biology environmental education ini- sible to enhance our outdoor and environmental science in tiatives forward, say the two environment,” adds Bailey. the Evergreen School Division. women, who also wrote the Evergreen School Division “When we talked about the Lake Friendly H20iQ to help was among the very earliest environment around them, students explore issues related in Manitoba to incorporate the general knowledge that I to water and the Lake Winnipeg Aboriginal studies into its K assumed everyone would have watershed. to 12 curriculum and the divi- living in a rural community just Evergreen School Division educators Penny Ross (l) and Cheryl Bailey recognize It’s piqued their interest and sion is recognized as a leader didn’t seem to be there.” the importance of making a strong commitment to environmental education and really helped them connect to in sustainability education in They didn’t know the names outdoor learning. PHOTO: MCDA what they see going on liter- Manitoba. of common bird and tree spe- ally in their own backyard, Ross It has paid off. At one time, cies in their area, for example. says. students couldn’t name com- It spurred Bailey to begin a eight schools since 2003, has the Seven Teachings, and learn “We live right here on the mon tree and bird species of the native tree species planting been enabling K to Grade 12 about traditional and land and lake. They can actually see Interlake. Now the two educa- project on the school grounds. students in the eight schools water use. what’s happening with it tors regularly hear of students She also started an Enviro Club across the division to develop The two women were hon- because we’re so close to it,” she making plans for environmen- for students. Soon to follow was an Aboriginal perspective on oured by the Manitoba said. tal studies after high school and development of an outdoor sustainable land and water Conservation Districts Gimli High School’s outdoor going on to pursue career paths classroom, a school ‘learning use. As author of children’s Association in 2014 for their classroom, meanwhile, is built in conservation. garden’ and construction of a and young adult books along commitment to environmen- into a courtyard of the school “We’ve seen how it influences functional wetland for students the same theme, she also mental education and outdoor where students can now study how people live their lives and to study. tors a 50-member Grade 8 to 12 learning. in the midst of plantings of the choices that they make,” Meanwhile, Penny Ross, divi- Evergreen Aboriginal Group or E a s t e r n I n t e r l a k e native flowers. The school’s Bailey said. sional Aboriginal education Leaders in Education (EAGLE) Conservation District has been learning garden is for science co-ordinator for Evergreen’s program where students study a major partner with the divi- experiments too. [email protected]

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Known around the world for its high quality and high protein, Canada Western Red Spring wheat is also highly regarded for its versatility. Ideal for the production of high-volume pan breads in major markets like Canada and the United Kingdom, CWRS is equally at home in Asia where it is used in the manufacture of pan bread, yellow alkaline noodles, wonton noodles, instant noodles and other Asian products. Meanwhile in Latin American countries like Venezuela, CWRS is used to produce pasta. Now that’s versatility!

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Photographer documents Manitoba’s last wooden elevators before they’re gone Winnipeg photographer Jean McManus’s photos will help Manitoba Historic Society to gather information and stories — with Co-operator readers to preserve the history of Manitoba’s once vast network of wooden grain elevators

Jean McManus of Winnipeg took up photography after retiring from her 30-year career as a Health Sciences Centre cardiac nurse. She is now on a photographic quest to capture a photo of every grain elevator in Manitoba. To date she believes she has photographed every site still on a rail line. PHOTO: TIGHE MCMANUS

no longer used and those still in not last much longer, predicts “A lot of the information readers will post their personal BY LORRAINE STEVENSON commercial operation. the historian. about these elevators is in peo- stories associated with the Co-operator staff “I have fallen in love with this “They are getting old,” said ple’s heads,” he said. elevators. project,” said McManus. Her Goldsborough. “Many have There are archival records Goldsborough hopes to ean McManus wanted just goal now is to create a complete been standing without any such as those found at Brandon gather as much information one great photo of a wooden inventory by recording and pho- maintenance at all for a couple University and University of and personal stories as pos- J grain elevator when she set tographing every elevator in the of decades. They’re reaching the Manitoba, he notes. But they sible and create a permanent out with her camera in June province. point where they are a hazard are only a partial record. record of this important aspect 2014. “I believe that I have photo- and their owners see them as That’s prompted him to begin of Manitoba’s history. She didn’t know at the time graphed all of the elevators a liability and are tearing them a project to collect it in 2016 In the late 1980s, when grain that she would soon to be snap- that are still on rail lines,” she down.” — and he needs Manitoba elevator demolition was in full ping pictures of every elevator in said. “We have a few sites that McManus jokes that to see her Co-operator readers’ help. bore, the provincial Historic Manitoba. we still have to investigate that photos “you’d think there was Next month the Co-operator Resources Branch began a “I retired and picked up a may have elevators that are in no paint in Manitoba.” But it is a will begin to publish a weekly study and inventory of tradi- camera,” says the former car- farmyards.” sobering sight to return to some ‘This Old Grain Elevator’ series tional-style elevators around diac nurse from Winnipeg, who Her photos have come to of the locations for a second featuring a photo of a wooden the province. Few of the 220 wanted that first shot for a con- the attention of the Manitoba look, and find the elevator gone. grain elevator. The photos will inventoried at that time remain test she was entering. “I did not Historical Society’s webmas- “Eight more sites we visited be selected from McManus’s standing today. But that study set out to become knowledge- ter and Journal editor Gordon have lost their elevators in the collection or a provincial col- did help to evaluate and estab- able about elevators.” Goldsborough who says what last year,” she said, adding these lection from the 1990s, request- lish the historic significance of It was pursuit of the perfect she’s done couldn’t be more include an elevator at Carey ing readers to share with the the five-elevator row at Inglis. photo that began her quest. timely. (near St. Pierre), one at McTavish Manitoba Historical Society It was declared a National She asked her husband, whose “It’s very important. It cap- (near Rosenort), one near Glass, whatever they may know and Historic Site in February of own hobby is mapping, navi- tures something really unique. the Sperling elevator, two at remember about the elevator 1996. gation and GPS, to locate a few And it’s right at the cusp of what Minto, and two former Cargill featured. Presently, the oldest known more elevators for her. Tighe I think is the end for these eleva- elevators at Swan River. “I would like to capture infor- surviving grain elevator in McManus obliged and soon had tors,” he said. mation about every single ele- Manitoba and Canada — is at produced a map of every grain “She’s sensed an urgency.” Living memory vator that existed in the prov- Elva. It was constructed in 1897. elevator in the province. Statistics tell the tale. In the Goldsborough’s worry is the ince,” he said. The couple hit the road. In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain history of this province’s grain He has created a website Please watch for the first past 18 months Jean has pho- elevators in Manitoba. Today, elevators is soon going to be for readers to post details. ‘This Old Grain Elevator’ tographed 160 elevators at 132 the total number is not precisely harder to find too. Much of the These could include names photo to be published January separate sites. Any elevator qual- known, but is estimated at fewer historic detail of these sites is of past and present site own- 7, 2016. More detail on how ifies as subject material, so long than 200, including just 85 still still found only in the living ers, agents’ names, associated to post to the Manitoba as there’s a wooden elevator at in commercial use as of 2014. memory of those who once buildings such as warehouses Historical Society website will its core, she said. She has pho- These sites have been spared delivered grain to these eleva- and bins, and the date of the be available then. tographed all types of wooden the wreckers’ ball of the past tors — and they’re getting on in site’s destruction if it has been elevators, including both those quarter-century. But they may years too. demolished. He also hopes [email protected] 24 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 COUNTRY CROSSROADS Prairie fare

I pledge not to be a sloth this winter

julie garden- robinson Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension Service

hrough the years, I have worked with numer- Tous “super-fit” student interns, graduate students and program assistants. They arrive at work bright eyed and report that they ran five miles, swam laps for an hour or biked several miles earlier that morning. Some of them exercise regard- less of how cold the weather is. I look at them in admiration as I sip my steaming cup of cof- fee, trying to awaken. No, I have not joined them in these early- morning fitness pursuits. Sometimes, I feel like a three- toed sloth, the world’s slowest animal. These animals move at a top speed of 0.003 mile per hour. Well, maybe I am Photos: Thinkstock not quite that slow. No algae has grown on me due to lack outside. Falling on slippery malls have maps that show the be an Olympic skater or a star of movement, as it does with sidewalks can be another bar- distance walked or brochures basketball player. sloths. rier to fitness activities. that get you started with a walk- • Turn your kitchen into a gym. Of course, I am well aware When the temperature gets to ing program. Use your countertop for bal- of all the physical and mental -20 and the sidewalks are slip- Just watch out for the tempta- ance and stretching exercises. benefits of physical activity. pery, I become a well-bundled tions at the food court. Check Try doing “toe stands.” Stand Walking strengthens our heart, penguin trying to seek shelter out the calorie information, and with your legs shoulder width and helps reduce the risk of as soon as possible. When you bring a bottle of water to keep apart. Stand on your tiptoes cancer and other chronic dis- determine your own barriers to yourself hydrated. for a minute. March or jog in eases. Walking helps reduce physical activity, you can figure But what if you do not live place. Use cans of vegetables stress. out solutions. Of course, you near a shopping mall, a health as weights; do sets of 10 arm Yes, I need some special moti- can bundle yourself in many club or a school with an open raises or as many as you can. vation to avoid being a sloth in layers and venture outdoors at gym? What can you do to stay Take a break to dance with the winter. In warmer months, least for a while. You can add active in the winter? your cooking partner. I spend time outdoors work- slip-on “grippers” to your shoes • If you do not have a pedom- • Bundle up and head outdoors ing in my yard, riding a bike or or boots. eter (step counter), give your- to cross-country ski. I plan not going for walks. In the winter, I For people who live in areas self a fitness gift. to be a sloth this winter. How would be very content to hiber- with indoor shopping malls, Apps that can tell you how about you? nate with a fuzzy blanket and “mall walking” is a great win- many steps you walked also are Here’s a tasty salad to enjoy an ongoing supply of cocoa. ter activity. You do not have to available for cellphones. Write during the holiday season. Do you have any barriers to worry about icy sidewalks; the down your steps every day. I brought it to a party and my getting exercise in the winter? area is temperature controlled Build to 10,000 steps a day. serving bowl was nearly empty Pause and think a few seconds. and attractive. • Exercise to a DVD. by the end of the meal. You can Were you thinking of the obvi- You do not need a lot of • Play indoor physical activity serve it on bread as a sandwich ous? Extremely cold weather equipment. You just need a pair games. Go on scavenger hunts or as a main-dish salad with definitely is a barrier to going of properly fitting shoes. Some or play charades. For example, rolls.

Chicken (Or Turkey) And Cranberry Salad

1/2 c. slivered almonds Preheat oven to 350 F. Place almonds 3/4 c. light mayonnaise on sheet pan and bake for five to seven 1 tbsp. Greek seasoning minutes, until lightly browned. Prepare other ingredients as directed. Mix 1/3 c. onion, diced finely mayonnaise, Greek seasoning, onion and 2 tbsp. lemon juice lemon juice. Add remaining ingredients 3 c. roasted chicken, diced or chopped (or substitute turkey) (except mixed greens) and gently mix. Serve 2/3 c. cranberries immediately or chill. Serve in a bowl lined 3/4 c. celery, diced with lettuce, or make individual salads. 1/4 c. feta cheese crumbles (optional) Sprinkle with feta cheese crumbles if desired. Mixed greens (to line serving bowl) Makes six main-dish salad servings. Each serving has 320 calories, 17 grams (g) fat, 17 g carbohydrate, 24 g protein, 2 g fibre and 250 milligrams sodium. The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 25 COUNTRY CROSSROADS Former Miniotan writes book Focuses on international adoption inspired by her and husband’s own journey of adopting their four sons from China

By Darrell Nesbitt Freelance contributor Now, when Schettler’s sons s a child, Julia Oliver go for a holiday in loved to sit on her Miniota, they return A father’s knee and hear to Winnipeg talking stories — tales about her grandfather being an orphan and about discovering a immigrating to Canada alone foxhole or watching a on a big ship, or how her father newborn calf take its found an orphan in the ruins of Italy during the Second World first wobbly step. War and desperately wanted to bring him back to Canada, but international laws in wartime made it impossible. A family photo taken in China during the second adoption Julia Schettler and her newly adopted Julia’s grandfather later in 2010 appears on the book cover. PHOTOS: COURTESY son, Chase. became a newspaper man, printing The Miniota Herald, his family heritage still unknown. The experience prompted “Families come in all differ- Manitoba, as medical-needs Now, when Schettler’s sons Her father, Lloyd, returned to Schettler to write a children’s ent shapes and colours,” she adoptions,” said Schettler. go for a holiday in Miniota, Miniota after the war and raised book, Fur is Only Fur Deep said, adding that what makes a “Here in Canada they have they return to Winnipeg talk- a family of his own with wife, being launched this month. group of people a family is the received much needed surgi- ing about discovering a fox- Beth, on a farm one mile south It is focused on international love and care they give each cal and medical care.” hole or watching a newborn of town. adoption, inclusion and see- other. “How you join a family The four boys also experi- calf take its first wobbly step. Julia grew up and became ing past differences, with the is irrelevant.” enced a bit of culture shock. It’s a wonderful feeling for Julia Schettler of Winnipeg, story about two black bears that For Schettler, who grew up They went from living in large Schettler. and provides a loving family adopt a little panda bear. listening to tales of her grand- orphanages to becoming part For more information on to those who weren’t as lucky “My book is fictional, but father and father, growing her of a huge, extended family international adoption, go to as she was. She and husband based on the journey we made family through international of aunts, uncles and cousins www.juliaschettler.com. Bryan have a blended family of to adopt our four sons from adoption came naturally. It who love them. Seeing her Fur is Only Fur Deep is six children, and when the older China,” said Schettler, who wasn’t always easy, though. children surrounded by fam- available in the Miniota area ones started university, Julia hopes the book will be an “The adoption process is ily brings back fond memories for $12 by leaving a mes- and Bryan started the process enjoyable read for children and long with massive amounts of for Schettler, who recalls grow- sage for Darcy Oliver at 204- to adopt a child. parents to share while deliver- paperwork and international ing up in a busy household 567-3605. Delivery to Birtle Phillip Fuhe, now 14, joined ing an important message. regulations,” said Schettler. with five older brothers and a and Hamiota areas can be the family in 2007, with Jian Kai, “The colour of a bear’s fur is The result is higher fees, fewer younger sister. arranged or call Jordan Moffatt now 12, and Jayden Rui, now just that, a colour. It’s what’s adoptions, longer waiting “My parents firmly believed 204-724-0018 for Brandon eight, becoming family mem- inside a bear that matters,” said times and older kids still need- that it takes a community to pickups. Online available bers in 2010 and 2013, respec- Schettler. “If children can grasp ing a family. The Schettlers’ raise a child,” Schettler said. at amazon.com or chapters. tively. The Schettlers have the concept that ‘fur is only fur sons also required medical “They were avid volunteers indigo.ca. recently completed their fourth deep’ then maybe they’ll under- attention. and their children active international adoption, wel- stand that ‘skin is only skin “Our sons have all been participants in the Miniota Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, coming son Chase Rao. deep, too.’ approved by the province of community.” Manitoba

Don’t forget the plants during the holidays Many will survive some neglect but there are limits to their tolerance fer their soil be kept moder- tion where it will receive more, By Albert Parsons ately moist. Doing a proper even if only for a few days. Freelance contributor job of watering entails firstly, Lack of light can be a prob- knowing your plants, and sec- lem during the winter but it eals to cook, parties ondly, checking the soil of each can be exaggerated by the to attend, relatives to plant to ensure that it needs amount of festive mate- M entertain, unexpected water before adding more. rial in the home that might company… what a busy time Overwatering kills more often be blocking some out (think of the year! For many of us, the than lack of water, and this is Christmas tree in front of the last thing we think about is our certainly true during the win- window). Some people rotate houseplants, but perhaps we ter months when plants are their plants if they don’t have should take a few minutes and not in active growth. enough spots with adequate make sure that they are not While you are checking the light. They give each plant a completely done in by neglect. need for water, have a good turn at the best-lighted spot Surprisingly, many common look at each plant to ensure before returning it to its usual houseplants will survive a bit that there are no problems, location while another plant of neglect, but there are limits whether evidence of disease has an opportunity to bask in to their tolerance, so it’s a good or traces of insect infestation. the light. You won’t do this with idea to check on them during Close examination is neces- all plants, particularly large the busy Christmas season. sary, so thoroughly take time specimen plants, but it works I don’t know if other people with each plant, in particular for smaller ones. Consider set- have memory problems, but those that are susceptible to ting up a small table in front I cannot seem to remember such problems. While you’re of a sunny window — perhaps when I last did a job. One lit- at it, do a bit of grooming. in a spare bedroom — to ena- tle trick that I have adopted Remove dead leaves or any ble this. Don’t forget to remove is to write on a desk calendar spent blooms and tend to any dust from the leaves so that when I water the plants. This wayward stems that need to be the plants can take advantage reminder has come in very fastened up into the plant or of all the light that they do handy and if I wonder when I snipped off if they are too long. receive. should water again, I just look While you are grooming the These suggestions are actu- at the calendar. plants, turn them so that the ally good advice for all year, Not all houseplants will opposite side faces the light not just for the holiday season. require the same amount of source if you want a well- Maybe checking and grooming water. Some might be in quite proportioned plant. This may your houseplants in this way large pots which dry out more not be necessary if you have a would be a good New Year’s slowly than those in smaller plant in a corner or on a shelf Resolution, to be practised pots. Others may like to have that is only viewed from one throughout the year! their potting soil dry out side. If you notice a plant that Removing dead leaves, wiping dust off plant surfaces, and checking the soil before they are watered again is suffering from lack of light, Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, for moisture are all steps to ensure that your houseplants survive the holiday while there are plants that pre- consider moving it into a loca- Manitoba season. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS 26 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Crazy Coleman Creations CHRISTMAS Rivers woman makes one-of-a-kind wooden creations REFLECTIONS Coleman volunteers her By Joan Airey “Building things with time to help local projects in Bells are ringing Freelance contributor the community like helping The people are singing whatever I have on build floats for the Santa Claus Cupboards are filled t a craft show held last hand is my passion. I parade. When Rivers hosted The freezer is full month at the Rivers find building very Christmas in November Home Decorations are done A Legion Hall, for the relaxing and only do Tours in previous years, she The tree is up. first time ever people were made her home available, and The house is ready able to purchase wooden it as a hobby, I don’t people were amazed at her for family and friends creations by Karen Coleman. plan to make it a Christmas creations she deco- to help celebrate. Coleman has a full-time job business.” rated her home with. Christmas is here. at the local hardware store “We were pleased that Karen What about baby Jesus? and when she gets home participated in the H.E.L.P. Craft He was born that day. she heads to her workshop Sale this year, and we’re hop- The angels were singing to design one-of-a-kind ing she will continue to par- “Glory to God in the highest projects. ticipate in this annual event,” and on earth peace, “I like to create things from said Heather Gray, who helped goodwill toward men!” birdhouses and gift crates to organize the craft sale along Let us celebrate His birth. desks for my grandchildren. with Sherry Dziver. A blessed Christmas to all. Building things with what- “Raising four children I The H.E.L.P. Craft Sale was ever I have on hand is my was always making things started to help local non-profit passion. I find building very for them or their friends. projects such as the daycare, Addy Oberlin relaxing and only do it as a They started calling my ideas food bank, and splash park, PHOTO: Thinkstock Swan River, Manitoba hobby, I don’t plan to make Crazy Coleman Creations and and some of the proceeds from it a business,” said Coleman, the name stuck. In the win- the event are donated to those who has also built a green- ter I spend more hours in my groups. house in her backyard and a shop than I do in bed,” said deck on her home. Coleman. Joan Airey writes from Rivers, Manitoba Merry Christmas from Country Crossroads

f you have any stories, ideas, photos or a comment on what you’d like to see on these pages, send it to Country I Crossroads, 1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1, phone 1-800-782-0794, fax 204-944-5562, email susan@ fbcpublishing.com. I’d love to hear from you. Please remember we can no longer return material, articles, poems or pictures. — Sue

Karen Coleman with some of her creations at the H.E.L.P. Craft Sale. PHOTOS: JOAN AIREY Karen Coleman also built herself a greenhouse.

Where is this barn? his barn was photographed by former Manitoba Co-operator editor Bob Hainstock in the early 1980s but its whereabouts T are unknown and, unlike other photos published recently in this paper, there is no other information available about it. Gordon Goldsborough, webmaster and journal editor with the Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is looking for more information about it, including its GPS co-ordinates, to include on a map of historic sites being prepared for the Manitoba Historic Society. Can a Co-operator reader answer any these questions? Even one reply to one question is much appreciated, says Goldsborough, who wants to figure out what percentage of barns published in Hainstock’s 1986 book Barns of Western Canada: An Illustrated Century remain standing. Goldsborough is not trying to compile an inventory all old barns, but to get an indication of the rate at which old barns are disap- pearing from the landscape. 1. Where is/was the building located? Geographic co-ordinates (latitude and longitude or section-township-range) would be very helpful. 2. Is the building still standing? If so, in what condition is it? How does it look compared to the 1980s? Has it undergone any major renovations through the years? For what purpose was it used in the past? What is its present use? 3. If the building is no longer standing, when did it come down? Was it demolished, burned, or moved? If removed from its original site, where is it now? 4. Who was the original owner? Who owns it now? Is the present owner related to the original one? A family name would be helpful, even if first names are unknown. 5. Contact information to the present owner, such as a phone number, would be helpful but not essential.

If you have any information about this barn please contact Gordon Goldsborough at: email: [email protected] telephone: (204) 474-7469 mail: 2021 Loudoun Rd. Winnipeg, Man. R3S 1A3 The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 27

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AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Equipment in 2 Locations Manitoba Auctions – Interlake Manitoba Auctions – Interlake UNRESERVED CLOSED OUT AUCTION SALE for NEULS SpRINgS & ChASSIS (1988) INC. OPENS: Mon. Dec. 21 / CLOSES: Tue. Dec. 29 1250 Wall St. Wpg. MB LOCATIONS: Equipment is located at two locations. 14854 82nd St NE, St. Thomas, ND, and 7074 83rd St S, Grand Forks, ND. AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: MCM Farms has reduced their rental & corn acres and has the following inventory of equipment. The items have an Monday, January 4th, 2016 at 6:30 pM excellent service history and outstanding maintenance records. PREVIEW: Monday-Friday, 8AM – 5PM. LOADOUT: Wed., Dec. 30, 8AM – 5PM (Viewing 1:00 PM until the Time of Sale) Everything must be removed by January 6, 2016 by 6:00 PM (No Exceptions)

After 95 years in business, we received instructions from the owner to auction the following items.

Scarfer* Shear* Forge* U-bolt bender* 100 & 300 lb anvils* FORKLIFT Wissota Large bench grinder* drill presses* 5-section of bolt Caterpillar propane forklift model T35D solid tires* bins* 2-ton engine crane* heavy duty floor jacks & others* jack HOIST stands* OTC strut tamer 6040* Wet belt sander* 2-pallet jacks* Rotary 7000lb 2-post hoist* Scissor hoist w/jacks (ramp style)* assort. part cabinets* Plasma cutter (not working)* Magnet drill* TRACTORS air ride, electric tarp, SS corners and liquid system, 850 ga. liquid tank, JD 2012 New Leader 3030G Twin Bin transmission jack* assort. air jacks* parts washer* Moog coil 2011 JD 8235R, MFWD, ILS, IVT, back, sight windows, 11-24.5 tires, rate controller, Pro Series XP units, spreader box, 10 ton, 80’ pattern, spring compressor* exhaust hoses* Gaither bead air bazooka* SHOp EQUIpMENT deluxe CommandView II cab, active brakes & tires at 95% 3-section disconnect, pneumatic fits JD 30 and 40 Series units, always Digital drum gauge* Rigid threader* drill sharpener* eye wash 2014 Wilson tandem axle hopper down pressure, Yetter screw-adj. stored inside when not in use, & MISCELLANEOUS station* Parlor time clock* assort. platform carts* rolling ladder* seat, 9L engine, No Def, 5 hyd., 60 Sun 4-wheel alignment machine* Bear 4-wheel alignment gpm hyd. pump, return flow, bottom, 40’x102”x66”, ag hopper, air trash whippers, markers, 3,300 acres, S/N134402 assort. office furniture, chairs, etc.* Assort. computers* filing ride, electric tarp, SS corners and back, S/N1A0DB44XTDG755114 machine* FMC tire balancer* Sicam tire changer* FMC brake cabinets* Pepsi drink machine (takes Toonies)* candy vending 3 pt., 1000 PTO, JDLink, integrated Shop-built transport/storage trailer lathe* Spring presses (15 & 10 ton)* Main leaf eye roller* machines* hydraulic pumps* Honda gas pressure washer* etc. AutoTrac, cold weather pkg., grill 11-24.5 tires, brakes & tires at 95% 2012 JD DB88 planter, CCS, 48x22”, for New Leader spreader box, or guard, joystick control for loader/ 2010 Dakota tandem axle hopper Pro Shaft, RowCommand, variable JD tank and sprayer booms bucket, loader brackets, Cat 4 bottom, 41’x102”x77” sides, ag rate, ground drive fertilizer, Total Ag (4) tires and rims for JD 30-40 Series TERMS: Cash, Visa, MasterCard & Debit Paid in Full Day of Sale. 5% Buyer’s Fee. drawbar, 380/80R38 front duals, hopper, twin hoppers, Cancade liquid system, 850 gal. liquid tank, sprayer “Everything Sold As is, Where is” with no warranties implied or expressed 380/90R54 rear duals, 975 hrs., Convey-All conveyor system, JD rate controller, Pro Series brakes & tires at 80%, 11-24.5 tires, XP units, 3-section disconnect, “SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS” S/N1RW8235RKB0047567 TILLAGE EQUIPMENT 2013 JD 8335R, MFWD, ILS, IVT, aluminum rims, 2015 DOT pneumatic down pressure, Yetter 2009 JD 2210 field cultivator, 64-1/2’, deluxe CommandView II cab, active 2012 Merritt tandem axle hopper screw-adj. trash whippers, 18,800 6” spacing, full floating hitch, double seat, 9L engine, No Def, 5 hyd., bottom, 39’x96”x68” sides, ag acres, S/N1A0DB88XCCG745110 wing fold, single pt. depth, tandems KAYE’S AUCTIONS 85 gpm hyd. pump, power beyond, hopper, twin hoppers, Rapat conveyor across, 7” knock-on sweeps, 4-bar return flow, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, JDLink, system, Agri-Cover electric tarp, SELF-PROPELLED SPRAYER, harrow, S/NNO2210X004094 204-668-0183 Wpg. integrated AutoTrac, cold weather brakes & tires at 85%, 11-24.5 tires, SPREADER BOX, TRANSPORT aluminum rims Summers Superweeder, 70’, 4 rank, pkg., heavy duty drawbar, (20) TRAILER, & SPRAYER TIRES adj. S-tines, 5-bar harrow, S/NL1597 www.kayesauctions.com suitcase weights, (2) 450 lb. rear GRAIN CARTS 2013 JD 4940 self-propelled sprayer, 2012 Summers disc chisel, 40’, rock wheel weights, 380/80R38 front deluxe CommandView II cab, Tier flex, retractable front discs, single pt. duals, 380/90R54 duals, 1,602 hrs., 2012 Brent Avalanche 1394 grain IV engine, No Def, 120’ boom, 1,200 cart, 1,300 bu., 22” auger, tarp, scale, depth, tandems across, factory rear S/N1RW8335RJDD076438 gal. SS tank, 20” spacing, 5-sensor hitch, Summers 4-bar heavy duty 1250/45R32 tires, S/NB29190130 auto boom height, 5-nozzle bodies, BUILDINGS BUILDINGS 2011 Brent Avalanche 1194 grain harrow, updated by Summers w/New HOPPER BOTTOM TRAILERS JDLink, integrated auto steer, Starfire disc bearings, S/NL2733 2014 Wilson tandem axle hopper cart, 1,100 bu., 22” auger, tarp, scale, receiver, 2630 monitor, SF1 and bottom, 40’x102”x66”, ag hopper, 1250/45R32 tires, S/NB28940104 section control activations, JD mobile air ride, electric tarp, SS corners and weather, high cap. pump, 3” fill, radar, SCRAPER back, sight windows, 11-24.5 tires, PLANTERS HID lights, traction & ride control, 2009 Ashland I-180 scraper, 18 yd., brakes & tires at 95% 2014 JD DB44 planter, CCS, 24x22”, hyd. tread adj., wheel motor shield, direct mount, single wheels, set up to Book NOW for 2014 Wilson tandem axle hopper Pro Shaft, RowCommand, variable fenders, 380/105R50 tires, 1,029 hrs., pull tandem scraper, comes w/hitch spring building!! bottom, 40’x102”x66”, ag hopper, rate, hyd. drive fertilizer, Total Ag S/N1N04940XPC0023717 for Case-IH, S/N22001 (Ask your sales rep MCM FARMS REDUCTION about discounts on Eric, 701.520.0574, Kyle, 218.791.9375, spring built buildings!) or Dave Krostue of Steffes Group, 218.779.6865 Steffes Group, Inc. 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078 Scott Steffes ND81 | 701.237.9173 | SteffesGroup.com Complete terms, lot listings & photos at SteffesGroup.com The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015 29

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Snowmobiles dozer, A1; Sewer pump & tank for a truck; Ford Ma- lizer box, corn plates, $1,200; NH Mixmill Model jor dsl loader, snowblade, 3pth & bale spear. 1960 Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519 358, 540 RPM, bale feeder, 20-ft. unloading auger, WANTED:1972 EXT 290, 340 & 440 CC Arctic Edsel for re-building; Field Marshall & Bull Dog trac- REAL ESTATE $4,000. Both stored inside. (204)838-2397 Cats. 1974 Roll-O-Flex Wild One 340CC-440CC; tors, running. Phone:(306)236-8023. 340CC-440CC Yamaha GPX; 340CC Liquidator JD 2004 F-150 FORD 1/2-TON, 5.4 Titan auto, 4x4, Season’s REAL ESTATE & 440 Liquidfire JD. 245CC-340CC RV Ski-doo. Super-cab, new safety, 143,000-kms, Asking TracTors Houses & Lots Mercury Trailtwister or Snowtwister. (204)728-1861. $6,000; Cockshutt 40 tractor w/mounted post Greetings from the owners and staff pounder, good condition, Asking $2,750; 24-ft C- TRACTORS MARVIN HOMES INC- Ready to Move Home RECYCLING can container, Asking $3,000 OBO. Case/IH Builder since 1976. Book now for 2016 delivery. Phone:(204)728-1861. GRUNTHAL, MB. (204)326-1493 or (204)355-8484 Marvin Vogt, MARVIN HOMES, Mitchell, MB. www.marvin- MCKEE 7-FT SNOW BLOWER, $1,250; Leon 12-ft AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING FOR SALE: VA CASE 1949, pully, PTO, good rub- homes.caNOTRE DAME USED OIL •• Buy Buy UsedUsed Oil blade, $3,500, 10-ft blade, $2,000; Box scraper new ber, good running condition. 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Phone (204)625-5225, (204)625-2702. registered cows & 5 heifers. Wanted: Pasture to farms.com Line boreing and welding rent for 2016 near Shoal Lake, MB. Phone: HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING (204)759-2412. CERTIFIED SEED CERTIFIED SEED Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd. Cereal Seeds Cereal Seeds Eden, MB 204-966-3221 LIVESTOCK Fax: 204-966-3248 Cattle – Dexter NEW VARIETY Check out A & I online parts store The Icynene Insulation LIMITED SUPPLY ® DEXTERS FOR SALE, DOWNSIZING our herd of www.pennosmachining.com System small cattle great for hand milking or beef purposes. • Sprayed foam insulation Bred cows, heifers, & bull. Please call for details, ELGIN ND $800-$1200 ea. (204)656-4430. 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