SHOAL LAKE: What Was Once Pasture for Cattle Is Now Home to a Flock of Pelicans at East Shoal Lake
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LOG ON TO CROP CHATTER SAVE IT Crop-management forum for Manitoba » Page 17 FOR LATER Pilot project stores drainage water » Page 3 JUNE 20, 2013 SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCE 1925 | VOL. 71, NO. 25 | $1.75 MANITOBACOOPERATOR.CA Milking the benefits of canola meal The results will boost demand for Canadian canola, says the Canola Council of Canada By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF he Chinese have 7.2 mil- lion reasons to switch their Tdairy cows to canola meal from other protein rations. That’s how many more litres of milk their 12 million cows would produce every day based on a year-long joint Sino-Canadian study conducted by Chinese academics, in co-operation with China’s five largest dairy companies. “Canola meal has now proven its value as a feed product in Chinese dairies, opening the door for China’s milk industry to enhance quality and increase production without significantly increasing cost,” Canola Council What was once pasture for cattle is now home to a flock of pelicans at East Shoal Lake. PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES of Canada president Patti Miller said in a news release from Beijing June 14. The results are timely given the growing demand for dairy products in the world’s most populated country and concerns about milk quality. SHOAL LAKE: The study, which compared Canadian canola meal against the dairies’ usual protein rations of either soymeal or cottonseed Flooded landowners slam meal, showed the cows fed can- ola meal produced, on average, 0.6 more litres of milk per cow, province’s buyout tactics per day, Bruce Jowett, the can- See CANOLA on page 6 » Shoal Lakes farmers say they weren’t allowed to examine or make a copy of their assessment and pressured to take it or leave it By Shannon VanRaes based on the fair market value of his market value of his property and what CO-OPERATOR STAFF property, said McCulley. Instead offi- he said was an apology from an official cials used Farm Use Assessment value, with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and he paperwork is spread across which has traditionally been used Rural Initiatives. He accepted both, the kitchen of the new home when assessing taxes on farmed land but said he wonders how many other T Brian McCulley purchased after located close to urban centres, he said. Shoal Lake producers were treated the flooding forced him off his land near The property assessment he way he was. the shore of West Shoal Lake — includ- received from the GO office in Teulon Orval Proctor is wondering as well. ing a scorned buyout offer from the during buyout negotiations shows The cow-calf operator said he province. there were two assessments done — believes he was also offered the farm- “It wasn’t fair market value and I one at market value and one using the use value for his land instead of mar- didn’t consider what was on that piece much lower farm-use value. ket value, but is having difficulty prov- of paper to be an offer at all,” said the Offering the lower value showed ing that because he wasn’t provided retired rancher. “It was insulting.” “they just had no respect for us,” with a copy of his assessment. The offer violated the terms of the McCulley said. “He pushed it across in front of Shoal Lakes Agricultural Flooding It took months before he finally Assistance Program because it wasn’t received an offer that reflected the See SHOAL LAKE on page 6 » CFIA BUMPS UP RULES FOR TRACEABILITY » PAGE 16 Publication Mail Agreement 40069240 2 The Manitoba Co-operator | June 20, 2013 INE SiD Di D you know? L iVESToCk Study cites GM feed problem for pigs Australian researchers say it causes stomach inflammation 12 CRoPS Crop Chatter The island’s namesake cattle joined in the celebrations to welcome a native son in a starring role. PH oTo: danny evanS up and running Online forum for crop management 17 Caped cowcasaders in Manitoba welcome Superman FEATuRE Jersey hosts a unique man of steel premiere at the local cinema ven the namesake local childhood. His family still Carteret, director at Jersey cows were getting into lives on the island and were Tourism. Two-pronged E the spirit of things joined by friends and sup- As well as cows being June 13 as actor Henry Cavill porters for a series of special dressed in red capes, a giant water solution took a premiere of his new screenings. Superman crest was been film “Man of Steel” to his “Island life is gearing up drawn in the sand and a Pilot project home island of Jersey. for Henry’s arrival; from the stamp featuring the man holds water for 3 A release from the island’s Jersey Evening Post turn- himself was issued. later use tourism board said Cavill, ing into the Daily Planet Jersey is the largest of the who plays the leading role of for a day to local produce “Channel Islands” between Superman, made a specific being prepared for the pre- England and France, and request to the film company miere’s after party. Even like neighbouring Guernsey, to give something back to our famous cows can’t is also known for a breed CRoSSRoADS the island where he was wait for Superman to fly in of dairy cattle of the same born and spent most of his on Friday,” said David de name. Slow food and fast water B & B caters to canoeists on the Whitemouth River 21 READER’S PHOTO Editorials 4 Grain Markets 11 Comments 5 Classifieds 25 What’s Up 7 Sudoku 30 Livestock Markets 10 Weather Vane 32 ONn Li E Visit www.manitobacooperator.ca for daily news and features and our digital edition. (Click on “Digital Edition” in the top right corner.) At our sister site, AGCanada.com, you can use the “Search the AGCanada.com Network” function at top right to find recent Co-operator articles. Select “Manitoba Co-operator” in the pull-down menu when running your search. 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R3H 0H1 CANOLA INK 204-944-5763 204-944-5751 The Manitoba Co-operator | June 20, 2013 3 On-farm reservoirs good for the environment and farmers’ pocketbook too A pilot project near Elm Creek is testing an on-farm reservoir as an economic way to ease the threat of flooding and reduce nutrient losses into Lake Winnipeg By Allan Dawson “The only way this makes sense co-operator staff / culross to the farmer is from direct, on- farm benefits,” said David Lobb, a ike most farmers in the Red professor of landscape ecology at River Valley, Carl Classen the University of Manitoba and an L sometimes has too much expert in watersheds. water on his fields, then not “We’re talking about try- enough. ing to get 20 per cent or maybe But he has a two-pronged 50 per cent of the farmers in the solution: Improve drainage to Red River Valley to do it because get water off his land faster, but it makes them economically instead of sending it downstream competitive.” to potentially flood someone else, If they do, it could significantly he’s storing it in a reservoir to irri- reduce the amount of phosphorus gate the same fields later. going into Lake Winnipeg. “Because we have intensive Although not the only culprit, crop management and because farming is a significant contribu- we have water issues we need to tor of phosphorus heading into manage more of it,” said Classen. the lake. But farmers are already “We also need to think about the about as efficient as they can be dry years when the aquifers get when applying nutrients, Lobb lower.” said.