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NEW FUNDING RED MEAT FOR BEAVER GETS A CONTROL BAD RAP Some municipalities concerned » Pg 3 Processed meat may be the real villain » Pg 5 AUGUST 14, 2014 SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCE 1925 | VOL. 72, NO. 33 | $1.75 MANITOBACOOPERATOR.CA Record-high pork values cushion Russia’s sanctions Canadian exports to Russia had already been reduced by a ban on meat from hogs treated with ractopamine By Dave Bedard AGCANADA.COM ussia’s retaliatory sanc- tions on Canadian agri- R food products, while disappointing from where Manitoba’s pork producers sit, aren’t expected to hurt the sec- tor in the near term. Following President Vladimir Putin’s declaration on Aug. 6, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Aug. 7 confirmed the government has completely banned the importation of beef, pork, fruit and vegetables, poul- try, fish, cheese, milk and dairy The 2014 harvest has begun. This field of winter wheat near Miami was swathed last week, while some others nearby have been harvested. Winter wheat goods from Canada, the U.S., planting is also about to start, especially in fields too wet to seed this spring. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON the European Union, Norway and Australia. The import bans, effective Aug. 7, are to last one year, Medvedev said in a state- New funding for beaver con- ment. Putin on Aug. 6 said the Winter harvest underway; bans are meant to hit back at trol “countries that have decided to impose economic sanctions on But some municipalities Russian legal entities and/or physical individuals.” seeding about to start concerned 3 Canada has imposed sanc- tions on certain Russian enti- Ken Gross of the winter wheat initiative provides tips on getting ties and individuals since mid- March and added further sanc- the most out of your winter wheat crop tions as recently as last week, Red meat gets a bad rap See RUSSIA on page 6 » By Allan Dawson the seeding rate can produce a As the season progresses win- Services Corporation, which CO-OPERATOR STAFF more even crop making it eas- ter wheat de-hardens. Fields administers crop insurance, Processed meat may be the ier to protect from fusarium that lacked snow because of recommends seeding winter real villain 5 inter wheat har- with a fungicide. poor stubble probably were wheat in stubble, but it’s no vest has begun in “I’ve seen guys get away “knocked off” during a cold longer a requirement to get W Manitoba and plant- with seeding on pea stub- snap in April, he said. coverage. The change came ing won’t be far behind. ble and seeding late many A lack of stubble could be a after MASC dropped Stage 1 It’s too early to say how well years,” Gross said Aug. 6 dur- problem for farmers in west- coverage prior to June 20. As this year’s crop will yield, but ing the Crop Talk Westman ern Manitoba planning to a result winter wheat growers PEDv: Also a headache for winterkill and fusarium head webinar put on by Manitoba seed fields that were too wet only have a reseeding benefit manure applicators 14 blight are taking a toll. But Agriculture, Food and Rural to plant this spring. Even if should their crop fail before there are things farmers can Development. “This year there’s a good winter wheat June 20. do when seeding this year’s (2013-14) we didn’t get away stand before freeze-up, the crop to try and mitigate the with it.” winter wheat crop itself won’t Seeding early, seed slow impact on 2015’s crop, says Based on soil temperature catch much snow because Crop insurance seeding Ken Gross, agronomist with measurements taken through- it dies down to the ground, dates have not changed. To the winter wheat initiative and out the winter, Gross suspects Gross said. get full coverage farmers need Ducks Unlimited Canada. much of the 2013-14 win- It’s important to preserve to seed winter wheat between Seeding winter wheat early ter wheat crop that died was stubble, he added. If possi- Aug. 20 and Sept. 15. Farmers into good standing stubble killed this spring. ble farmers can follow previ- can plant Sept. 16 to 20 with can improve its winter sur- Winter wheat is at its hardiest ous tractor tracks and use tall reduced coverage. vivability, while shallow, even in December. Many fields were weeds to trap snow, Gross said. seed placement and upping well insulated with snow then. The Manitoba Agricultural See WINTER WHEAT on page 6 » PEDv: Also a headache for manure applicators » PAGE 14 Publication Mail Agreement 40069240 2 The Manitoba Co-operator | August 14, 2014 INSiDE DiD you know? LiVESToCk Livestock industry Don’t shy away from alfalfa lobbying, American style Genetics determine Pork council spokesman says incoming bloat tolerance, says Idaho researcher 12 president might have been talking turkey CRoPS New-crop edible bean outlook bearish But lots can change before the crop is in the bin 17 FEATuRE Churchill opens for another season Two people in one week were arrested for packing heat at a Washington congressional building. OmniTrax hopes to Staff ship a record 800,000 a handgun outside a home that he also does lobbying tonnes 19 he incoming president or office. He is president of work for the National Turkey of the National Pork Prestage Farms in South Federation. T Producers Council in Carolina, which produces It was the second time the U.S. was arrested July 23 hogs and turkey at several in five days that police said when officers at a congres- locations in the U.S. they caught someone with a CRoSSRoADS sional office building found a Prestage is scheduled to loaded gun at the building. loaded 9-mm Ruger handgun take over as president of the On July 18, the press sec- in his bag, the Washington NPPC next March. An NPPC retary for a Pennsylvania Pollination Post reports. spokesman said the meeting Republican was charged with isn’t only done Ronald William Prestage, that Prestage was attending at a gun offence. His attorney 59, who lives in Camden, S.C., the building did not involve said he forgot he had the by bees was charged with carrying the pork group, but added weapon in a bag. 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While previous programs funded by the ministries of Conservation and Environment focused on preserving munici- pal infrastructure, this new pro- gram requires councillors to address beaver control on acre- ages and agricultural lands as well. “To date we have never gone on private property to chase down the beavers,” said Debbie Soloway, from the Rural Municipality of Mountain.