Open Wheat Market Increases Risk for Those Who Can't Wait to Sell
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LAMB MARKET cwB changes RETURNS could havE TO EARTH dramatic EffecT Contraction is causing Views divided on outcome feeders pain » 1PAGE 3 of open market » 4PAGE 1 July 12, 2012 SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCE 1925 | Vol. 70, No. 28 | $1.75 manitobacooperator.ca Farm groups shine spotlight Open wheat market increases risk on Assiniboine valley woes for those who can’t wait to sell Experts say basis will likely widen and hurt those farmers with a shortage of bin space Province’s claim of “con- sensus” for regulating By Allan Dawson ket for wheat, durum and deliver it when they don’t need Ritz said farmers wouldn’t Shellmouth levels this co-operator staff / moose jaw barley. it, be prepared.” have to start their trucks and spring is untrue, say liai- “Storage will be king,” Moose Cone, who farms 8,000 acres, augers during the bitter cold to uy or lease bins. Jaw farmer Vaughn Cone said he is leasing another four deliver. son committee members That was the advice told the event organized by 25,000-bushel bins. There will be flexibility, but Bgiven to farmers attend- University of Florida agricul- One of the advantages of in an open market prices will By Daniel Winters ing the recent Farming tural economist Andy Schmitz. killing the Canadian Wheat signal when farmers should co-operator staff / Griswold for Profit conference, and “It’s about when they (grain Board’s monopoly touted by deliver, said Frayne Olson, an wondering how to man- companies) are going to need open-market supporters was agricultural economist at North arlier this spring, Leigh age the increased risk that our grain, not when we want increased delivery flexibility. Smith figured that his 500- comes with an open mar- to deliver it. And if you want to Agriculture Minister Gerry s ee OPEN MARKET on page 6 » Eacre canola field along the Assiniboine river would yield 50-60 bushels to the acre. Now, as floodwaters from fur- ther upstream pour in, the yel- low flowers and green stalks are THE SNOWFAKE STORM disappearing into morass that smells like a gigantic bowl of rot- ting cabbage soup. “It’s pretty hard to look at. I come over this hill and I expect to see a beautiful yellow canola field,” said Smith, who bought the land three years ago. “Now, it’s just devastation. It stinks.” After three years of flooding, the Oak Lake-area farmer with 3,500 acres of cropland in total, has yet to harvest a crop from that valley field. Crop insurance won’t help, because the yields on his higher- up acres will balance out the losses down below, and any pay- out is based on total production. Earlier that day, Keystone Agricultural Producers and the Assiniboine Valley Producers s ee FLOOD WOES on page 7 » At a time when some experts are telling farmers to “go long” grain bins, farmers in the Snowflake area are finding themselves a little short on grain storage after a violent storm swept through the area July 4. But that’s » See more storm not a problem, this year at least ,as many of crops in the area were also destroyed by hail. P hoto: allan dawson photos on page 6 U.S. ANTIBIOTIC DEBATE WORRIES CANADA » PAGE 3 Publication Mail Agreement 40069240 2 The Manitoba Co-operator | July 12, 2012 inside on the lighter side liVESTOCK Getting “pinked” for The heat is on! a good cause Livestock have A local charity raises funds to help cancer patients special needs in a heat wave 29 illiam, a Gypsy horse owned by Karl and W Cora Hohenberg of Cyclone Gypsy Horses, CroPs La Broquerie, Man. stole the show at the Canada Day parade in Ste. Anne, with a lit- tle help from some non-toxic The perennial pink paint. In the name of Helping question Hooves of Manitoba, nine rid- Researchers ers showed up — all pinked study local out — for the annual event to species 17 help raise funds for the char- ity that assists cancer patients with non-medical expenses related to living with the disease. The stunt raised $300 in just FeAtUre one week by allowing spon- William the Gypsy Horse was painted with non-toxic livestock spray sors to mane, a tail, a leg or to take part in the Ste.-Anne’s Canada Day Parade. He raised $360 for even kiss on the nose. Helping Hooves of Manitoba, a non-profit organisation supporting breast Views divided on It was a fitting addition to cancer sufferers. PHOTO: LINDA HAZElwOOD the Ste. 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In Evans notes that WHO is con- CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR / OTTAWA Canada, the provinces need to cerned overuse of medicines in The facility has been used to ship pay attention to how medicines treating humans is contributing producer cars, whose fate is unclear when he federal government has approved by Health Canada are to drug resistance. Of equal con- finally gone public about its used, he said. cern is the slow pace of develop- the CWB loses its monopoly T efforts to promote sensible “By recognizing that there are ment of new medicines. use of antibiotics in livestock and risks as well as benefits associated Health Canada has deter- By Allan Dawson benefit as well, McKnight humans to prevent the emergence with antimicrobials and engaging mined which veterinary medi- CO-OPERATOR STAFF said. of drug-resistant superbugs. in an informative and frank dia- cines are most important to “Shortlines are quite a bit Until Brian Evans, Canada’s logue with all concerned, we can humans and is warning against arman-based Linear more flexible than the major chief food safety officer and chief ensure that these valuable tools extra label use of the key ones. Grain is expanding its rail lines are,” he said. “We like veterinarian, issued a statement in for health professionals are used The CFIA also monitors drug C grain-buying opera- that part about it.” early July (See Page 5), it took a lot prudently in order to preserve residues in food and verifies tions in tandem with the Farmers can save $800 to of digging through web pages and their efficacy for treating both ani- that medicated livestock feeds new open market for wheat, $1,200 a car shipping pro- statements to get a picture of what mals and people.” meet federal standards.