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e 17 2 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 INSIDE on the lighter side LIVESTOCK Fashionistas fancy The yin yang of emerging markets green as the new black Asian markets might Pistachio stilettos and wood chip corsets are becoming vogue be new customers or new competitors 33 Reuters / London

ould “green” be the new black? Perhaps if you can imagine wearing stilettos made CROPS C from pistachio nuts and coffee beans and clothes from orange peel, fungi and mould. While the fashion pack is hitting the catwalks at Paris Fashion Week, students at London’s It’s in the bag, Kingston University are trying to lower the cloth- ing and accessory industry’s carbon footprint by but is it dry? using biodegradable materials. Grain bags are not a The fashion industry has a high environmen- good environment for tal footprint. high moisture canola 17 The manufacture of synthetic fibres like poly- ester alone produces nearly five times as much carbon dioxide per kilogram as some organic cotton and more than twice as much as hemp, according to a Stockholm Environment Institute study. FEATURE According to waste industry reports, more than one million tonnes of textiles are thrown away every year, with most going to landfill and only 25 per cent recycled. Making a deal InCrops, an initiative based at the University of East Anglia, sponsored the Kingston fashion project, asking students to create designs that The CWB and Cargill show renewable raw materials derived from A model presents a creation from the Mary Katrant- announce a grain crops can be used to create low or zero carbon 25 zou 2012 Autumn/Winter collection during London handling agreement fashion. Fashion Week in London, February 21, 2012. REUTERS/ Designs also include a wood chip corset by Olivia Harris British designer Stefanie Nieuwenhuyse. CROSSROADS Going local a READER’S PHOTO sovereign affair

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MORE QUESTIONS MORE Shoal Lakes producers continue to seek out answers from government

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

he Shoal Lakes Flooded Landowners Association is T expanding its membership beyond the farming community as unease over the buyout proc- ess increases. Trucks and cars circled the Woodlands Legion Hall last week, with more than 60 people turn- ing out for the association’s first annual meeting. “Not a lot has changed — we’re basically sitting here, having the same conversation as last time,” meeting chairman Fred “At the end of the day DeLaroque told the crowd. when the farmers are “We do have buyouts on the gone from all across table for some people and we have Board members of the Shoal Lakes Flooded Landowners Association prepare for a meeting at the Woodlands Legion this northern area — received our per-acre payments ... Hall. Approximately 60 people attended. PHOTOS: SHANNON VANRAES but there are a lot of questions and what is there going many issues going forward.” to be left?” Voluntary Last spring, the province FRED DELAROQUE launched a voluntary buyout program for producers with inundated land and received more than 70 applications. But would be more effective in its some at the meeting pointed to lobbying efforts. inconsistencies in offers being “We’ll have to take this back to made to producers. our members and see what they “All I can say is that if you get have to say,” said Garnet Lobb, an offer, be on your toes,” said co-chair of the Southend Shoal Brian McCulley who farms near Lakes Homeowners Group. Grassmere Creek. “I have had He said some members of his an offer made, and I can tell organization may choose mem- you they are not all the same ... bership in both organizations, some of the offers have different Garnet Lobb, co-chair of the South- possibly wish to amalgamate clauses in them.” end Shoal Lakes Homeowners or want to retain a separate Once applicants receive an Group, comments on a proposal put organization. offer, they have until July 31 to MLA Ralph Eichler speaks during a meeting of the Shoal Lakes Flooded Land- forward by the Shoal Lakes Flooded Lakeside MLA Ralph Eichler accept it. Appeals can be made owners Association. Approximately 60 people attended. Landowners Association. urged those in attendance to to the Crown Land Values Appeal keep pressure on the provincial Board. government, and committed to Although offers are supposed ranched near St. Laurent for Offers received a cancellation call five hours doing the same. to be based on “fair market generations. Many farmers at the meeting before it was to begin. “I assure you we will be ask- value,” McCulley said his offer But not everyone at the meet- had already received offers on ing tough questions when we also included a price based on ing agreed, leaving the issue their land, but said the value Homeowners interested get back into session,” he said. “farm use value,” which is con- unresolved. assigned to their infrastructure But despite confusion and dis- DeLaroque pointed out the siderably less. Board member Orval Proctor was inadequate. satisfaction over the buyout loss of farms and businesses “They are trying to gain said the idea had been dis- Questions were also raised process, flooded homeowners around the Shoal Lakes will also access to your assets for a price cussed previously, but it was about Manitoba Agriculture, at the meeting expressed inter- negatively impact municipali- far below fair market value,” he felt a class-action lawsuit would Food and Rural Initiatives’ est in participating in a buyout ties by shrinking their already said. “And as soon as you think drag on for years, while working (MAFRI) ability to back out of program, as did some outside small tax bases. of bringing a lawyer into it, they with government would deliver an offer after the landowner of the Shoal Lakes watershed. “This buyout, and the lack of have 10 lawyers sitting on their results more swiftly. had signed, or if the appeal “I would love to have a buyout concern being shown about the thumbs just waiting.” DeLaroque echoed that senti- board awarded a higher offered to me,” said Lisa Wurm. flooding is wiping out towns — Some individuals at the meet- ment, adding the process would value. “I couldn’t say what I might be it’s wiping out Teulon, it’s wip- ing had contacted lawyers, and have likely been “stonewalled” “I had hoped these would be offered, but right now I’ve only ing out Inwood, the businesses raised the prospect of launching for some time before anyone the questions MAFRI would be been offered flood rehabilita- are suffering,” he said. “At the a class-action lawsuit. received compensation. able to answer tonight,” said tion, and you have to put in end of the day — when the “Litigation has to take place “I’ve already lost time and DeLaroque. “But as you can see, $14,000 for every $100,000.” farmers are gone from all across in order to get fair settlement, money,” replied Chartrand. they are not here.” The association passed a res- this northern area — what is there is no way I can see this “The way I see it, I’d rather fight MAFRI officials had agreed olution to open membership to there going to be left?” happening politically,” said Roy and know I got a fair deal, even to attend the meeting, but all taxpayers in the Shoal Lakes Chartrand, whose family has if it drags on until the day I die.” DeLaroque said he received area, suggesting a larger group [email protected]

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Economics versus culture

ermot Hayes, a respected live- stock economist from Iowa State D University, is admittedly flum- moxed over the question of whether it will be grain producers or the livestock sector benefiting from the growing demand for protein in emerging economies. Hayes was in town last week delivering the annual Kraft Lecture, a memorial to the late University of Manitoba agricul- Laura Rance tural economist Daryl Kraft. In a nutshell, Editor his presentation went something like this: Trends in international trade will either create a boom or a bust for the North American livestock sector — depending what happens. If emerging economies continue to buy feed grains to develop their own livestock sectors, they are a competitor for North American meat producers. If they decide to buy the meat instead, they become a customer. His assessment of the opportunities and the risks of exports for the North American livestock sector was in Happy hogs and right smart marketing many ways a sobering outlook, particularly for those in the livestock sector banking exports as a path to prosperity. By Alan Guebert smart bet, in fact — that the 67 square inches There’s a lot we don’t yet understand about those mar- that compose a caged laying hen’s entire world kets and the cultural dynamics driving them. or over 20 years Jackie served as the main doesn’t hold a lotta laughs. Hayes, who has travelled extensively in China and other field hand on the big dairy farm of my In fact, doubling that space to 124 square countries where wealth and food demand are simultane- F youth. inches, or about one-half the front page of the ously rising, points out that the parts of the animal we He possessed a hired man’s respect for talk; newspaper in your hands, probably doesn’t like to eat — the so-called premium cuts such as boneless he talked only when talked to and then, most harbour a whole lot more, but it has to hold chicken breasts and pork loins — are too blasé for the nou- times, in a collection of southern Illinois’ twice as many as something that goes by the veau middle and upper classes in China, one of our largest phrases that carried more code than context. grim name “battery cage.” target markets. For example, once my father asked him how At least that’s what the United Egg Producers, To illustrate his point, he popped up a slide of a young much plowing he had completed in a field on a nationwide farm co-operative that represents woman in an upscale restaurant, ready to chow down on a the farm’s far flank. Jackie’s reply was a perfectly the owners of 95 per cent of the laying hens chicken head. Deep-fried pork skins and pigs’ feet are other vague, “Right smart.” in America, believes. UEP is working with the delicacies, as are chicken lungs and blood in Vietnam. My father, not knowing what “right smart” humane society of the U.S. to codify federal Some of these products actually sell at a premium to meant, drove to the field to discover the 40-acre regulations it knows its customers know they boneless chicken breasts. field was nearly half plowed. That knowledge, want for its chickens. Once you’ve got over your “ick” response, consider the however, only raised another question: Was And how do these customers — most of value-added implications. That’s a well-paying market for “right smart” about 20 acres or about halfway? whom have never met a chicken, let alone a parts you can’t give away in North America. That head-shaker had another perfectly happy chicken, in their lives — know? They But will North America be producing the animals and vague, often-used Jackie-ism: It’s a mystery. know by where and how they spend their selling the parts to the emerging economies or will it be The sentence was usually delivered with a money; they are customers and they are always selling the grains to produce those animals? noticeable cock of his head to the right and right. On virtually every economic measure — transporta- with the operative word sounding more like a Some in the Bacon Gang are getting smarter, tion, production efficiency, manure management costs two-syllable proper noun — Miss Tree — than too. McDonald’s announced in mid-February — Hayes believes it makes sense for North America to be a three-syllable common noun, mystery. it would not purchase bacon from any pro- feeding and slaughtering livestock and exporting the meat Jackie comes to mind more and more as a ducer that “confines pregnant sows in gesta- and products. warm winter and hot political season brings tion crates.” The people in China, the most arable land and the live- a right smart amount of vapour lock to more Big Mac is a latecomer on the happy hog stock are compressed into the coastal regions — which brains than usual. train. Already on it are Burger King, Winn-Dixie raises the spectre of disease outbreaks. Its productive land For example, commodity groups, farm and Wendy’s. Smithfield’s, the biggest bacon base is about 275 million acres, compared to 300 million organizations, several state legislatures and maker in the world, has pledged to hop on by in the U.S. and 100 million in Canada. But it is faced with many in the ag press are all aflutter over what 2017 when all its gestation crates will be gone. feeding four times the population of the U.S. and Canada they breathlessly warn is a well-oiled vegetar- Are these global food sellers anti-meat combined. ian conspiracy to kill animal agriculture. vegans or are they smart marketers who know Economically speaking, China gets more value from Moreover, these worried carnivores brook no their customers are always right? importing the meat than it does the grains. For example compromise by any market-driven customer My bet is they’re right smart marketers. the 3.5 million tonnes of corn it has imported so far this like McDonald’s and Chipotle whose diners say Smarter, anyway, than anyone who insists they year equates to about one million acres of production. they will continue to happily enjoy eggs and are right and their customers are wrong. However, since the fall of 2011, China has also been chew bacon from hens and hogs they believe importing the meat from more than a million pigs each are, well, happy. The Farm and Food File is published weekly in more month. That’s equivalent to 5.5 million tonnes of corn. What makes a hen or hog happy? It’s a mys- than 70 newspapers in North America. Contact Alan More than half of China’s pork production today is pro- tery, but I reckon it’s a very safe bet — a right Guebert at http://www.farmandfoodfile.com. duced in small-scale “backyard” operations, in which pro- ductivity is low and disease outbreaks are high. But that system is disappearing quickly as more people acquire a car and find employment. Keep in mind that China is a country in which the CPI, known as the consumer price index in Canada, is dubbed OUR HISTORY: the China Pork Index because the cost of pork figures so prominently in the rate of inflation. In 2011, for example, February, 1929 it accounted for 20 per cent of the inflationary pressure, which if running rampant, creates political instability. In Hayes’ view, building a modern pig industry in China “is a huge waste of grain, energy and people.” Yet China emp is not a new crop in Manitoba. continues to import feed grains, a clear indication it pre- The February, 1929 issue of The fers to expand meat production. H Scoop Shovel, which later became the Chinese officials inked deals for another 8.6 million Manitoba Co-operator, featured an adver- tonnes of soybeans during a February visit to the U.S. tisement for rope made from Manitoba- All of this has led this imminent economist to conclude grown hemp by the Manitoba Cordage Co. it’s not a question of economic policy. “The future depends in Portage. Another local product advertised on disease,” he said. Specifically, it’s whether authorities was Kirchner’s seeder plow, which “plows, there will be able to manage the risk without compromis- sows and covers the seed,” with claimed yield ing production. But the same applies here. benefits of five to 15 bushels per acre. Massey Whereas disease outbreaks in Asia would cut into pro- Harris advertised three implements for weed duction, an outbreak in North America could kill its export destruction, and a news item reported on markets indefinitely, such as was the case with bovine U.S. dairy organizations attempting to have spongiform encephalopathy. a law amended to prevent oleomargarine as The rhetorical question of “Who will feed China?” is being advertised as butter. easily answered: China. The uncertainty for suppliers is how.

[email protected] The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 5 COMMENT/FEEDBACK “Every time it rains, God cries” The need for conservation has never been greater as precious topsoil washes away

Since January, Canadian Foodgrains Bank resource co-ordinator Harold Penner and his wife Marianne have been at a Growing Nations project at Maphutseng, Lesotho, in southern Africa. Before leaving for Ethiopia, Harold sent photos of what should be a welcome event for farmers — the arrival of rain. His comments follow.

n the last few days we have had a lot of rain. Every rain brings joy to I the hearts of farmers as they hope for their crops to grow and mature. But every rain also brings pain as we see the precious topsoil of Lesotho being washed down the river. The river here at Maphutseng can rise several feet in an hour, and then go down just as rapidly when the rain stops. But the water is a muddy brown slurry as the topsoil washes away to be deposited somewhere downstream or taken down to the ocean on the coast of South Africa. The river here at August Basson, founder of Growing Nations, says “Every time it rains, Maphutseng can rise God cries. And John Hebblewaithe, several feet in an hour, who spent much of his childhood and and then go down youth here calls it an “environmental disaster.” just as rapidly when As you pray for the people of Africa, the rain stops. But please pray that people will see that the water is a muddy plowing the land continues to exacer- brown…” bate erosion in many places, just as it does here in Lesotho. And that people will adopt the new methods of farm- ing referred to here as Conservation Agriculture, or Farming God’s Way.

We welcome readers’ comments on the breakdown of the CCA operating Saskatoon aims to lure to another province would harm the issues that have been covered in the budget as funded by provincial mem- economy of Winnipeg and Manitoba. Manitoba Co-operator. In most cases bership fees. Cigi from Winnipeg In addition to the loss of Cigi’s we cannot accept “open” letters or No revenues from the national I recently had the opportunity to tour skilled staff and valuable research copies of letters which have been sent checkoff portion are allocated to the Canadian International Grains facilities, it could have a negative to several publications. Letters are the CCA for its budget. National Institute (Cigi) facilities. The institute impact on the potential develop- subject to editing for length or taste. checkoff funds are only available to is an important contributor to our ment of a centre of excellence in We suggest a maximum of about 300 fund market development, promo- provincial economy, supporting the grain crops research in Winnipeg. words. tion and research programs done in improvement of agriculture while Yet the silence from the provincial Please forward letters to the best interests of Canadian cattle employing approximately 35 employ- NDP government on this initiative is Manitoba Co-operator, producers. ees in well-paying, technical jobs in deafening. 1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, National checkoff funds may not be Winnipeg. Greg Selinger and the NDP seem R3H 0H1 or Fax: 204-954-1422 used by the CCA for lobbying govern- For the past 40 years, Cigi has been content to sit and watch while well- or email: [email protected] ment at any level. instrumental in the promotion and paying, skilled head-office jobs leave Letters (subject: To the editor) The CCA is funded through fee utilization of Canadian field crops by Manitoba. It is exactly this kind of assessments to its provincial cattle customers from around the world. attitude that is damaging our long- organization members. The assess- In excess of 34,000 people from 110 term economic prospects and cre- ments are based on yearly cattle countries have used Cigi’s research ating huge deficits and debts that marketing records for each province facilities and resource personnel to Manitobans will be forced to pass as a percentage of the total Canadian better utilize our homegrown grain on to their children and grandchil- Cattlemen’s checkoff marketing. This percentage is then products. Many of these customers dren. Selinger and the NDP need to applied against the CCA budget as visit Manitoba annually, spending act now, before the economies of story in error approved by the CCA board of direc- money at local businesses during Winnipeg and Manitoba suffer yet Regarding the story “CCA town hall: tors. Provinces pay this membership their stay. another self-inflicted blow from the Showcases beef industry group’s to the CCA from the provincial por- The presence of valuable research NDP. ongoing efforts,” in the Feb. 16, 2012 tion of their checkoff revenues. In and development facilities like Cigi edition of the Manitoba Co-operator, some provinces, this portion of the contribute to various important Blaine Pedersen, this article attributes incorrect infor- checkoff may be refundable. long-terms plans for the develop- MLA for Midland mation to Canadian Cattlemen’s ment of Manitoba’s economy, such as PC Critic for Agriculture Association (CCA) vice-president Gina Teel CentrePort. and Rural Initiatives Martin Unrau regarding the alloca- Communications manager It has come to my attention that the tions of the $1 national checkoff. Canadian Cattlemen’s Association City of Saskatoon has made an offer Unrau was in fact talking about Calgary, Alta. to move Cigi to their city. Losing Cigi 6 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 FROM PAGE ONE

CHICKEN FEET Continued from page 1 CGC Continued from page 1 parts of Asia many times, said he security to cover what farmers Currently licensed grain believes the demand is real and are owed. The commission’s list “Our projections are that new user fees... would companies must post security not based in poverty. of “key areas under considera- to cover what they owe farm- “If you think it’s crazy to eat tion” (http://www.grainscanada. come into effect most likely at the beginning of ers. The commission monitors pigs’ feet, which I find delicious, gc.ca/legislation-legislation/ the 2013 crop year. It’s all subject to adjustment the companies, trying to ensure have a look at somebody eating cga-lgc/2012-eng.htm) doesn’t and change.” security matches farmer liabili- ribs sometime,” he said. “It’s not mention the doubling of user ties. Still, sometimes farmers a whole lot dissimilar. We got it fees, which the commission pro- aren’t fully reimbursed when into our heads that we can eat posed in December 2010. ELWIN HERMANSON companies fail. Hermanson said the ribs and think they’re deli- “Our projections are that insurance is easier to administer cious but not the feet, well in new user fees, at whatever level and cheaper. Asia those pieces are just like they happen to be — whether The commission wants its tory inward inspection when In 2010, consulting firm Scott ribs.” they are fully cost recovered mandate changed. The current a company is shipping its own Wolfe Management estimated or whether there is some pub- grain act says “... in the interests grain from one of its facilities the commission’s security pro- lic good included — would of the grain producers, establish to another, he said. However, gram cost the industry a total “Young Asian people come into effect most likely at and maintain standards of qual- inward inspection makes sense of $9 million a year — $1.4 mil- love the interesting the beginning of the 2013 crop ity for Canadian grain and regu- when one company is shipping lion for commission administra- year,” chief commissioner Elwin late grain handling in Canada, to grain to another’s facilities. In tion, $1 million for grain buyer parts of the animal. Hermanson said in an inter- ensure a dependable commod- such cases companies could administration and $6.6 million This struck home view March 1. “It’s all subject to ity for domestic and export.” request inward inspection, for companies to post security. when I saw chicken adjustment and change.” The commission says its Hermanson said. But the com- Based on 40 million tonnes of feet selling at a Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz mandate should take the inter- mission wants the inspections grain, that’s an average cost of 23 says a decision on fees will be ests of the country as a whole, done by parties accredited by cents a tonne. premium to boneless, decided after reviewing feedback including grain producers, into the commission. “Payment security is consid- skinless, chicken on the other proposed changes. account. ered a minor cost to most grain breast.” Ritz has said the commission Drop role companies, recognizing that it New governance should drop its producer secu- The commission says it will is relatively a more significant Most are similar to those previ- rity program. Most farm groups maintain official grain commis- cost to individual small grain DERMOT HAYES ously announced in failed bills reject that and that is reflected sion outward inspection from companies participating in C-39 and C-13. However, there in the commission’s latest pro- licensed terminal and transfer large transactions,” Scott Wolfe’s are some new ones, includ- posal. However, instead of con- elevators, except for grain des- report said. “Differences in costs ing how the commission is tinuing the program with com- tined to the United States. between the varying tools and Blood, lungs, intestines are in governed. panies posting security, the The commission wants to mechanisms to be considered heavy demand and prices reflect Currently it’s overseen by commission wants an insurance drop its role as the official would be not significant. Cost it, he said. three commissioners, includ- program. weigher of outward-bound grain is not likely to be the key deci- “If you could find a way to get ing a chief and an assistant. As in previous proposals, the and have commission-accred- sion factor in determining viable marrow out of bones and export Traditionally, there’s a commis- commission suggested eliminat- ited parties do it. options.” it you can get rich because sioner from each Prairie prov- ing mandatory inward inspec- The commission wants more Another consulting firm, Vietnamese people love a soup ince, with one or two being tion and weighing at licensed options, such as levying fines, to COMPAS Inc., concluded called pho soup that relies on farmers and one from the grain terminal and transfer elevators. enforce legislation, Hermanson in a 2006 report since grain is essentially that — marrow.” trade. The commission is pro- “A lot of grain is (moved) intra- said. Currently, the commission Canada’s third-largest export the posing a single president-CEO company,” Hermanson said. has to go to court or suspend or [email protected] replace the commissioners. 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government should cover all the commission’s basic costs. The grain commission is sup- posed to be self-funding over time, but user fees have been fro- Grain commission defended zen since 1991. Currently only about half of its $80-million Chief commissioner Elwin Hermanson says the CGC is needed more than ever budget comes from fees. Ottawa covers the rest. In a discussion paper released By Allan Dawson in December 2010, the commis- co-operator staff sion said it expects its annual budget will soon hit $90 million ith the Canadian Wheat and it wants to get all of it — $50 Board’s monopoly soon to million a year more — from user W disappear there’s talk of fees. overhauling Canada’s grading and To do that fees will have to quality control system, which begs more than double to an average the question: is the Canadian Grain of $1.80 a tonne from 70 cents. Commission (CGC) still needed? In 1999, the commission pro- “The short answer is yes, there is a posed fee increases to cover 90 need for the grain commission,” chief per cent of its costs. The Liberal commissioner Elwin Hermanson said government rejected the idea. in an interview March 1. “In these financially troubled “If anything I think we’re even more times, the government could not needed. We’re a bit of an island of sta- ask grain producers to pay more bility in a shifting industry. There will than they are already paying,” be new entities marketing wheat and said then agriculture minister barley and it’s good that the commis- Lyle Vanclief. “A competitive grain sion is the constant that licenses those sector benefits all Canadians people so they have to abide by certain and I believe it is incumbent on rules and protect producers and so Canadians to assist in this proc- the grading is consistent. I think that ess of restoring the CGC to finan- underscores the need for the CGC.” Canadian Grain Commission chief commissioner Elwin Hermanson says with the many cial self-sufficiency.” Critics say Canada produces Lincoln changes to Canada’s grain industry the commission and Canada Grain Act need to be Since then grain prices have wheat for a world that wants more “modernized.” photo: allan dawson risen dramatically and so has the Fords. Hermanson says Canada can government’s deficit. provide both, and grading and quality control don’t get in the way. frankly if you place it side by side with use standards they can be registered [email protected] “Customers prefer the Canadian the American system I would argue and grown here, he said. grading system, not necessarily that ours is a better system,” he said. “It’s not like the door is barred because we have the Lincolns, but “We’re not unique or have some to that opportunity,” he said. “It’s simply because we’re the reliable sup- onerous grading system that the rest just a matter of seeing if it fits our pliers,” he said. “If it’s No. 4 CWRS of the world is shocked about. In fact environment.” The deadline for responding to the proposed changes to the Canadian we’re selling, it has the same quality a lot of times the rest of the world is Most other grain-exporting coun- Grain Commission is March 23, 2012. year after year after year. There’s a con- envious and our customers appreciate tries have grading systems and qual- All comments may also be made sistency that’s an advantage to Canada what we have.” ity control, Hermanson said. They’re public and posted on the Canadian in the marketplace.” The grading system is also flexible, needed to be competitive. Grain Commission’s website as part Canada’s grain-grading system isn’t allowing companies to sell based on “Australia has been strengthening of the feedback process. static as some assume. It’s adjusted grain customer specifications, such as its grain quality assurance through to meet farmer and end-user needs moisture, protein or falling number, Grain Quality Australia,” he added. Submit comments by email by the Grain Standards Committee, Hermanson said. “There had been a gap when they lost ([email protected]), by fax at (204) 983-0248, or by mail to: which is made up of farm, grain com- Canada’s wheat classification sys- the Australian Wheat Board, which was pany and commission representatives, tem also serves farmers and end-users responsible for a lot of grain quality Canada Grain Act Comments Hermanson said. well, he said. If American varieties, assurance.” Canadian Grain Commission “I certainly wouldn’t want to throw after two or three years of testing, meet 600 – 303 Main St. out our grading system because quite Canadian agronomic, disease and end- [email protected] Winnipeg, Man. R3C 3G8

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Manitoba farms Manitoba. Nineteen groups Once the group identifi ed for its wheat contract. The program is based on from across Canada are now all risk factors and best Warburton is asking farmers a standard called HACCP among fi rst to partners in ExcelGrains, practices to control them, to become OFFS-certifi ed (hazard analysis critical a national non-profi t the recommendations and as part of their contract, control point), which is seek ExcelGrains organization. standards were tested by but other producers are internationally recognized. a group of farmers. This interested in the voluntary Now that ExcelGrains is fully certifi cation Being proactive meant they step ensured participants program simply because up and running, 99 per cent could take the time to do would have a fi rm idea of the they feel it’s a sound way to of Canadian agricultural March will usher in an it right, says Janis Arnold, demands and costs going in. manage their operations. production has access to on- important milestone for co-director of ExcelGrains farm food safety programs ExcelGrains Canada, the Canada. Instead of waiting Over the past year, Fossay leads participants based on HACCP. nation’s fi rst on-farm food for a crisis to happen, they ExcelGrains workshops through a manual detailing safety (OFFS) program for got to work developing a have been rolled out across safe production practices. He “Canada already has a great grains and oilseeds. As the practical, science-based Manitoba with funding also introduces growers to a reputation for producing fi rst audits get underway, program that would be ready from Growing Forward. record-keeping process that high-quality, safe grains and some Manitoba farms for producers to use at the The lead trainer is Chuck demonstrates appropriate oilseeds,” Arnold says. “This will be among the fi rst in opportune time. Fossay, a grain producer steps were taken at the right is a way to take consumer Canada to be ExcelGrains from Starbuck who is also time by the farmer. confi dence even higher.” “When we saw what BSE was certifi ed. a member of the Keystone doing to the livestock sector, Once these systems are Agricultural Producers Interested in ExcelGrains? For the developers of we knew we needed to in place, a producer can Board and the ExcelGrains ExcelGrains, it’s the start developing a program contact ExcelGrains to Visit www.excelgrainscanada.ca management committee. culmination of a dozen years for our commodities. We arrange for certifi cation. and watch for upcoming of careful preparation. The wanted it to be there for Fossay estimates that 400 If the auditor determines workshops in your area. voluntary program began farmers so they could adopt farms in Manitoba and the farm is compliant, it is Aussi disponible en français à taking shape in 2001 under it voluntarily, when it made Saskatchewan have now declared “certifi ed.” manitoba.ca/agriculture/growingforward. the leadership of the Canada economic sense for them. completed the training. Grains Council, with strong I think that’s why it will be Most were encouraged by support from grower and well received.” Warburton, the U.K. bakery industry groups here in giant that pays a premium

MafriAdvrtl2.indd 1 12-03-01 1:54 PM 8 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 WHAT’S UP Which wheat market best? Please forward your agricultural U.S. markets offer more liquidity but Winnipeg is local events to daveb@fbcpublish ing.com or call 204-944-5762. By Phil Franz-Warkentin The soft wheat traded in that over eight billion bushels was confident liquidity would March 8: h@ms Marketing commodity news service canada / Chicago is farthest away from of wheat were traded through eventually pick up, and noted Services H.B. Marketing district winnipeg Canada’s hard red spring the exchange in 2011, which that a Canadian-based con- annual meeting, 2 p.m., Glesby wheat from a basis standpoint is well above the roughly one tract will be beneficial in mini- Centre, 11 Second St. NE, Portage he end of the Canadian and in terms of the specifics of billion bushels of spring wheat mizing basis and currency la Prairie. For more info call 1-800- Wheat Board’s single the market. However, what the grown between Canada and risks. 899-7675. T desk Aug. 1, 2012, will CBOT does offer the Canadian the U.S. Vannan also noted that March 9: Farm Focus, 9:30 a.m. to create an increased need for a grain sector is liquidity. Victor said the correlation while volumes are still thin in 4 p.m., Boissevain School, 885 Mill viable futures market to man- The CBOT currently between the Canadian and the the ICE Futures Canada wheat Rd., Boissevain. For more info call age risk and aid in price dis- accounts for 74 per cent of U.S. situation was strong when contracts, the prices being 204-534-6303. covery, said representatives of the wheat futures volumes in it came to spring wheat, and quoted are said to be very the Chicago Board of Trade, the U.S. and 89 per cent of the added that durum could also accurate with the marketplace. March 9: h@ms Marketing Minneapolis Grain Exchange, options, said Andriesen, not- be traded in relation to the The three futures markets, Services' Interlake east district and ICE Futures Canada as ing that liquidity allows for Minneapolis futures. plus the Kansas City wheat annual meeting, 1:30 p.m., Oak they highlighted the benefits traders to get in and out of a ICE Futures Canada’s market, will all likely play a Hammock Marsh. For more info of using their respective con- market with ease and allows recently introduced mill- role depending on the condi- call 1-800-899-7675. tracts in a panel discussion for a diversity of product. ing wheat contracts have tions at any given time. March 9-10: Direct Farm at the Wild Oats Grainworld The Minneapolis Grain only traded for a little over a Jerry Klassen, manager of Marketing Conference, Lakeview Conference Feb. 28. Exchange spring wheat futures month. President Brad Vannan the Winnipeg office of GAP S.A. Resort, 10 Center St., Gimli. For But which one is best comes are more closely aligned to the said trade was thin “but not Grains and Produits, and chair more info visit www.directfarmma down to a trade-off between hard red spring wheat mar- disappointing.” of the session commented that rketing.com or call 204-868-5152. basis risk, the specificity of the keted from Canada, although The first contracts available “if there are four functioning contract compared to the crop the volumes are considerably are for October 2012 deliv- futures markets, it’s better than March 14: h@ms Marketing being marketed, and liquidity, smaller than those at the CBOT. ery, and Vannan said the fact three.” He noted that hedg- Services south-central district said Tim Andriesen, managing While the outright volumes that minimal spot activity was ing and arbitrage between the annual meeting, 1:30 p.m., Big M director with the CME Group, are smaller, Joe Victor, busi- going on in the cash market four markets will be an impor- Centre, Morris. For more info call which operates the Chicago ness development specialist was limiting the futures vol- tant factor for the wheat trade 1-800-899-7675. Board of Trade wheat market. with the MGEX pointed out umes at this early stage. He going forward. March 15: Manitoba Flax Growers Association annual meeting, 10 a.m., Canada/Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre, Carberry. For more info call 204-982-3990. March 15: Winter Cereals Manitoba annual general meeting, 9:30 a.m., Riverbank Discovery ® Centre, 545 Conservation Dr., DEKALB 100 years strong Brandon. For more info call 1-866- 472-4611 or email jake@wcmi. info. March 15-16: Canola Council of Canada annual convention, Fairmont Washington, 2401 M St. IN JANUARY THE DEKALB BRAND CELEBRATED A CENTURY OF INNOVATION – NW, Washington, D.C. For more info visit www.canolacouncil.org. A CENTURY DEDICATED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF CROP YIELDS AND PROFITABILITY March 16: "Opportunities in FOR NORTH AMERICAN FARMERS. 100 YEARS STRONG. the Organic Marketplace" work- shop and Manitoba Organic Alliance annual general meeting, in the agribusiness industry. In 1912 people wanted full-page hybrid corn ads, having the fi rst hybrid corn with were one of the fi rst in Canada for agricultural producers. Headingley Community Centre, Grass Roots Innovation 5353 Portage Ave., Headingley. Although their land was prosperous, in the early 1900’s more from their fi elds, and that hasn’t changed. national coverage, and being the fi rst to run a four-page full For 2012, the DEKALB brand brings another innovation For more info email info@manito color hybrid corn insert (as early as 1938). to market with Genuity® RIB Complete™ corn products. baorganicalliance.com. farmers in the northern US were frustrated. They Hybrid Seed Farmers planting these products no longer have to worry March 19-23: 39th Grain Industry recognized the need for improved soil fertility, balanced Overview Course, Canadian rotation of crops, a pure seed law, more farmer control In 1923 the idea of the development of hybrid corn They also introduced a new sales system whereby area about planting a separate, structured refuge. Now a fi ve International Grains Institute, over the pricing and marketing of farm became a reality and after a decade of fi eld trials, the farmers served as dealers, and were the fi rst seed company percent refuge is included in the bag. Winnipeg. For more info or to reg- ister visit www.cigi.ca. produce, and the improvement of Association came to the market with to introduce the ‘seed guide’ March 22: Manitoba Rural crop production. Illinois had no seed its fi rst hybrid seed corn variety for - still considered an essential Over the year, the DEKALB brand will be Adaptation Council annual gen- law and, as a result, nearby states used sale. DEKALB 404A was the fi rst element by farmers today. celebrating its century birthday in a variety eral meeting, Canad Inns, 2401 Saskatchewan Ave., Portage la counties such as DeKalb as dumping popular hybrid with sales of 508,000 of ways. Join in the celebration of 100 years Prairie. For more info call 1-800- grounds for inferior seed. These bags in 1947, making up almost Today of innovation. 216-9767 or visit mrac.ca. farmers, along with bankers and 25 percent of sales. The fi rst DEKALB Genetics Corporation May 24-25: University of popular single-cross maize hybrids joined the Monsanto family in Visit www.DEKALB.ca for more Manitoba Transport Institute's newspapermen were the roots from Supply Chain Connections confer- which DEKALB grew. were DEKALB hybrids 805 and XL 45. 1998 and is still sold under the information on our history and birthday. ence: "The Mid-Continent Cold With these products, DEKALB was well-recognized winged ear Chain," Winnipeg. For more info or to register visit www.umti.ca. Started as the DeKalb County Soil the leader in hybrid seed corn sales.* corn logo introduced in 1936. June 5-7: International Improvement Association in January Merging the history with Symposium on Beef Cattle 1912, in DeKalb Illinois, these people, Marketing Initiatives innovative genetics, the DEKALB Welfare, Delta Bessborough, 601 *Troyer, A. Forrest. Development of Hybrid Corn and the Seed Corn Industry. In: Handbook of Maize Spadina Cres. E., Saskatoon. For led by Henry H Parke, founded what Not only was the Association in the brand has since introduced corn Genetics and Genomics. Bennetzen, Jeff L.; Hake, Sarah (Eds.) Springer, 2009 more info call 306-955-4868 or AWAYS FOLLOW GRAIN MARKETING AND ALL OTHER STEWARDSHIP REQUIREMENTS AND is now one of the most recognized largest and successful forefront in hybridization, they were also an innovator and soybean products with herbicide, and insect resistance PESCTICIDE LABEL DIRECTIONS. Details of these requirements can be found in the Trait Steward- visit www.beefwelfare2012.ca. ship Responsibilities Notice to Farmers printed international research, production, and marketing fi rms in sales and marketing techniques – running the fi rst characteristics. Phone apps offered under the DEKALB brand in this publication. ©2012 Monsanto Canada Inc. June 26: Western Beef Development Centre field day, Termuende Research Ranch, Lanigan, Sask. For more info visit www.wbdc.sk.ca or call 1-800- 567-7264. 1941 DekalbIllinois 1998 ® ® July 24-26: Great Plains DEKALB Hybrid Corn Limited 2004 DEKALB2012 Genuity 1950 1963 Roundup 2005 RIB CompleteTM established in Chatham, Ready corn YieldGard 2009 Windbreak Renovation and Entomology team Full soybean Genuity® hybrids introduced 1912 1925 Ontario, Canada First volume introduced; Plus hybrids launched to study lineup under Innovation Conference, DeKalb County Soil First corn 1936 single cross, introduced Roundup 1941 DEKALB joins ® Improvement inbreeding work Winged ear logo effects of insects DEKALB Ready 2 Yield International Peace Garden south DEKALB publishes ‘Acres of on corn DEKALB XL45 Monsanto family brand name Association founded (DeKalb, Illinois) fi rst introduced soybeans Gold’, the fi rst seed resource launched introduced of Boissevain. For more info visit guide http://www.unl.edu/nac/renova 1938 1960 tion.htm, call 402-437-5178 (ext. 2003 2007 1915 1928 DEKALB Hybrid First single cross, 1985 2010 4024) or email [email protected]. Company name offi cially 1996 1997 YieldGard YieldGard VT Genuity® DeKalb begins First successful 1933 Seed Company DEKALB 805 introduced ® ® changed to DEKALB Corporation Roundup YieldGard Rootworm Triple hybrids SmartStax® and DeKalb hybrid Broad planting formed ® corn breeding Ready Corn Borer hybrids introduced ® Oct. 23-24: International Wolf and of DeKalb Genuity VT Double soybeans hybrids introduced TM hybrid corn PRO hybrids Carnivore Conference, Riverlodge introduced introduced introduced Place, Thompson. For more info visit www.thompsonspiritway.ca.

Manitoba Co-operator - Jr. DPS 4/C Junior page spread ...... 17.4” x 10” 8 columns x 140 agate lines The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 9 Grain-handling history available online A circa 1955 National Film Board film depicts grain from harvest to export

Canadian Grain Commission release film follows grain from har- Grain Commission’s centennial, vest to export and describes the NFB is delighted to have train rushes across the the role of the Board of worked with our colleagues at Prairies, taking rail cars Grain Commissioners (as the the commission to make this A of grain from country Canadian Grain Commission historic film available online to elevators to terminal elevators was known at the time). a new generation of Canadians,” at Thunder Bay, Ontario. It’s a “What really struck me when says Tom Perlmutter, govern- scene that could be from any I watched this film is that the ment film commissioner and year. But this train is a steam Canadian Grain Commission’s chairperson of the National engine and the year is 1955, as role in grain quality, quan- Film Board of Canada. seen in the documentary “Grain tity and safety assurance is Many services shown in Handling in Canada” which as important today as it was the film remain today. The is available for the first time nearly 50 years ago,” says Elwin Canadian Grain Commission online. Hermanson, chief grain com- still offers Subject to To celebrate its 100th anni- missioner. “People will enjoy Inspector’s Grade and Dockage versary, the Canadian Grain seeing the old harvesting equip- to producers who disagree Commission has joined with the ment and wooden elevators, with the grade and dockage National Film Board to make but I think the real value is in received at the elevator. The “Grain Handling in Canada” seeing how our commitment licensing system still works available online. While the film to Canadian producers and the to protect producers. The is housed on the National Film grain sector hasn’t changed.” grading system is still based Board’s site at http://www.nfb. Filmed on location in grain in research conducted in the ca/film/grain_handling_in_ elevators, rail yards and ter- Canadian Grain Commission’s canada/, the Canadian Grain minal elevators, the film is a tors and farmers chewing on a our nation, for over seven dec- Grain Research Laboratory. Commission offers a link to the valuable window into another few kernels of grain to roughly ades. Today, we’re committed As well, as shown in the film’s film on its 1951-60 timeline at time. Viewers will be charmed gauge protein content. to digitizing this unique collec- final scene, Canadian Grain www.grainscanada.gc.ca/cgc- by scenes of life on the Prairies “The NFB collection of over tion and making it available to Commission grain inspectors ccg/history-histoire/timeline- in the 1950s. But they may be 13,000 titles is an audiovisual Canadians as never before, on still issue a Certificate Final, historique/1951-1960-eng.htm. surprised to see some of the legacy for all Canadians, cap- the platforms of their choice. detailing grade and weight, for The 23-minute, colour old practices, such as inspec- turing the heart and soul of To help celebrate the Canadian export shipments of grain.

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IN JANUARY THE DEKALB BRAND CELEBRATED A CENTURY OF INNOVATION – CHICAGO / REUTERS Crop insurance price A CENTURY DEDICATED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF CROP YIELDS AND PROFITABILITY guarantees for 2012 FOR NORTH AMERICAN FARMERS. 100 YEARS STRONG. should encourage U.S. farmers to plant corn over soybeans, accord- ing to analysts. Grass Roots Innovation in the agribusiness industry. In 1912 people wanted full-page hybrid corn ads, having the fi rst hybrid corn with were one of the fi rst in Canada for agricultural producers. The U.S. Department more from their fi elds, and that hasn’t changed. national coverage, and being the fi rst to run a four-page full For 2012, the DEKALB brand brings another innovation of Agriculture set the Although their land was prosperous, in the early 1900’s guarantees, which act ® ™ farmers in the northern US were frustrated. They color hybrid corn insert (as early as 1938). to market with Genuity RIB Complete corn products. as the floor price for recognized the need for improved soil fertility, balanced Hybrid Seed Farmers planting these products no longer have to worry crop insurance poli- cies, at $5.68 per bushel rotation of crops, a pure seed law, more farmer control In 1923 the idea of the development of hybrid corn They also introduced a new sales system whereby area about planting a separate, structured refuge. Now a fi ve for corn and $12.55 a over the pricing and marketing of farm became a reality and after a decade of fi eld trials, the farmers served as dealers, and were the fi rst seed company percent refuge is included in the bag. bushel for soybeans Association came to the market with to introduce the ‘seed guide’ across most of the U.S. produce, and the improvement of Crop Belt. The prices crop production. Illinois had no seed its fi rst hybrid seed corn variety for - still considered an essential Over the year, the DEKALB brand will be are based on the aver- sale. DEKALB 404A was the fi rst element by farmers today. celebrating its century birthday in a variety age settlement for law and, as a result, nearby states used Chicago Board of Trade counties such as DeKalb as dumping popular hybrid with sales of 508,000 of ways. Join in the celebration of 100 years December corn futures grounds for inferior seed. These bags in 1947, making up almost Today of innovation. and November soybean futures in February. farmers, along with bankers and 25 percent of sales. The fi rst DEKALB Genetics Corporation Farmers can guar- newspapermen were the roots from popular single-cross maize hybrids joined the Monsanto family in Visit www.DEKALB.ca for more antee a return of as were DEKALB hybrids 805 and XL 45. 1998 and is still sold under the information on our history and birthday. much as 85 per cent which DEKALB grew. of the 2012 floor price With these products, DEKALB was well-recognized winged ear times their average the leader in hybrid seed corn sales.* corn logo introduced in 1936. yield through a variety Started as the DeKalb County Soil of policies protecting Improvement Association in January Merging the history with them from a poor yield 1912, in DeKalb Illinois, these people, Marketing Initiatives innovative genetics, the DEKALB or a drop in farm gate *Troyer, A. Forrest. Development of Hybrid Corn and the Seed Corn Industry. In: Handbook of Maize prices. led by Henry H Parke, founded what Not only was the Association in the brand has since introduced corn Genetics and Genomics. Bennetzen, Jeff L.; Hake, Sarah (Eds.) Springer, 2009 The guarantees are AWAYS FOLLOW GRAIN MARKETING AND ALL OTHER STEWARDSHIP REQUIREMENTS AND is now one of the most recognized largest and successful forefront in hybridization, they were also an innovator and soybean products with herbicide, and insect resistance PESCTICIDE LABEL DIRECTIONS. Details of these requirements can be found in the Trait Steward- down from the record- ship Responsibilities Notice to Farmers printed high 2011 levels of $6.01 in sales and marketing techniques – running the fi rst characteristics. Phone apps offered under the DEKALB brand in this publication. ©2012 Monsanto Canada Inc. international research, production, and marketing fi rms for corn and $13.51 for soybeans. But the 2012 soybean price fell fur- ther than corn, a factor that could persuade farmers to shift some 1941 acres intended for soy- DekalbIllinois 1998 ® ® DEKALB Hybrid Corn Limited 2004 DEKALB2012 Genuity 1950 1963 Roundup 2005 RIB CompleteTM beans over to corn. established in Chatham, Ready corn YieldGard 2009 Entomology team Full soybean Genuity® hybrids introduced 1912 1925 Ontario, Canada First volume introduced; Plus hybrids “It’s a bright neon launched to study lineup under DeKalb County Soil First corn 1936 single cross, introduced Roundup 1941 DEKALB joins ® sign going on and off Improvement inbreeding work Winged ear logo effects of insects DEKALB Ready 2 Yield DEKALB publishes ‘Acres of on corn DEKALB XL45 Monsanto family brand name Association founded (DeKalb, Illinois) fi rst introduced soybeans that says ‘plant corn,’” Gold’, the fi rst seed resource launched introduced guide said Rich Feltes, vice- president for research 1938 1960 2003 2007 1915 1928 DEKALB Hybrid First single cross, 1985 2010 with R.J. O’Brien in Company name offi cially 1996 1997 YieldGard YieldGard VT Genuity® DeKalb begins First successful 1933 Seed Company DEKALB 805 introduced ® ® changed to DEKALB Corporation Roundup YieldGard Rootworm Triple hybrids SmartStax® and Chicago. DeKalb hybrid Broad planting formed ® corn breeding Ready Corn Borer hybrids introduced ® of DeKalb Genuity VT Double “It further buttresses soybeans hybrids introduced TM hybrid corn PRO hybrids introduced introduced introduced the view that corn is king.”

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Numbers below are reprinted EXCHANGES: $1 Cdn: $1.001 U.S. LIVESTOCK MARKETS from March 1 issue. February 24, 2012 $1 U.S: $.9988 Cdn.

COLUMN Cattle Prices (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg February 24, 2012 Slaughter Cattle Analysts wonder when, how Steers & Heifers $ — D1,2 Cows 65.00 - 70.00 D3 Cows 58.00 - 65.00 feeder demand will break Bulls 80.00 - 90.25 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 125.00 - 130.00 (801-900 lbs.) 125.00 - 145.50 U.S. packers paying more for cattle than beef is worth (701-800 lbs.) 135.00 - 155.00 (601-700 lbs.) 145.00 - 165.00 (501-600 lbs.) 155.00 - 180.00 (401-500 lbs.) 165.00 - 200.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) — Phil Franz-Warkentin “If we can get some nice rains (801-900 lbs.) 110.00 - 123.00 CNSA in April, that will do more good (701-800 lbs.) 128.00 - 138.75 (601-700 lbs.) 135.00 - 147.00 than a foot of snow.” (501-600 lbs.) 140.00 - 163.00 (401-500 lbs.) 150.00 - 170.00 Slaughter Cattle ($/cwt) Alberta South Ontario eeder cattle moving through Manitoba’s keith cleaver Grade A Steers (1,000+ lbs.) $ 114.00 - 117.25 $ 110.39 - 133.01 auction yards continued to see good On Manitoba pasture land Grade A Heifers (850+ lbs.) 117.25 - 118.00 108.77 - 123.09 demand and firm prices during the D1, 2 Cows 69.00 - 81.00 62.90 - 79.66 F D3 Cows 59.00 - 74.00 62.90 - 79.66 week ended March 2. Bulls 87.19 80.79 - 93.31 “Prices are staying very strong,” said Keith With calving season underway in earnest, Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 120.00 - 140.00 $ 126.59 - 144.22 (801-900 lbs.) 135.00 - 150.00 128.59 - 145.68 Cleaver of Heartland Livestock Services at the need for pen space is resulting in more (701-800 lbs.) 143.00 - 165.00 125.22 - 157.31 Brandon, citing the continued firmness in feeder animals making their way to market. (601-700 lbs.) 155.00 - 180.00 138.09 - 169.17 U.S. futures together with a reduction in cat- However, Cleaver said, the seasonal increase (501-600 lbs.) 170.00 - 202.00 144.50 - 183.37 (401-500 lbs.) 185.00 - 215.00 151.59 - 197.20 tle numbers in Western Canada as support- in volumes will not be enough to weigh on Heifers (901+ lbs.) $ 115.00 - 130.00 $ 116.07 - 133.02 ive influences. prices. (801-900 lbs.) 121.00 - 142.00 123.04 - 134.81 From a basic supply/demand standpoint, For butcher cattle, prices edged up a bit (701-800 lbs.) 130.00 - 148.00 124.52 - 140.51 (601-700 lbs.) 139.00 - 159.00 133.86 - 152.20 the fact that there are fewer feeder cattle on cows and bulls during the week. Cleaver (501-600 lbs.) 150.00 - 173.00 134.29 - 163.37 around this year, compared to previous said tightening supplies were behind that (401-500 lbs.) 162.00 - 196.00 147.31 - 167.56 years, means the buyers are forced to pay up strength. Futures (February 23, 2012) in U.S. in order to acquire their necessary supply. Spring road restrictions are starting to be Fed Cattle Close Change Feeder Cattle Close Change U.S. cattle analysts have also linked the implemented across Western Canada, and February 2012 127.30 — March 2012 157.65 0.83 strength of the feeder market there, at will come into effect in Manitoba beginning April 2012 129.67 — April 2012 160.17 0.85 least in part, to the combination of excess March 11. The road bans won’t be a deter- June 2012 127.75 — May 2012 161.72 1.10 August 2012 129.97 — August 2012 163.15 1.03 slaughter capacity and tightening cattle sup- mining factor in whether producers move October 2012 133.77 — September 2012 162.62 1.07 plies. As a result, the packers have been their cattle, although Cleaver said there may December 2012 134.47 — October 2012 162.00 0.75 forced to pay more for cattle than the beef be some extra movement in the week ahead Cattle Slaughter Cattle Grades (Canada) is worth at the retail level. With their profit of the restrictions. margins below break-even, there have been Snowfall this winter has been lighter than Week Ending Previous Week Ending Previous February 18, 2012 Year­ February 18, 2012 Year some questions raised over the sustainabil- normal across most of Manitoba, but “if we Canada 53,248 55,037 Prime 327 466 ity of the market in its present state. While can get some nice rains in April, that will East 13,181 15,113 AAA 22,823 24,538 something can be expected to inevitably do more good than a foot of snow,” said West 40,067 39,924 AA 17,399 15,754 Manitoba N/A N/A A 580 711 break, it remains to be seen if the break Cleaver. He expected hay and pasture land U.S. 616,000 654,000 B 611 326 will come in the form of higher retail beef would be off to a good start this spring, as D 7,942 5,775 E 501 319 prices, a decline in cattle values, a reduction the land may be a little dry on top, but there in capacity, a combination of all three, or is still ample subsoil moisture. something else entirely. In 2011, spring and early-summer flood- Eastern and western feedlots were the pri- ing caused problems for the cattle sector Hog Prices mary destinations for Manitoba feeder ani- across much of Manitoba and shut down (Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) Source: Manitoba Agriculture mals once again, with some demand from Heartland’s Brandon yard for nearly a the U.S. also coming forward, said Cleaver. A month. Right now flooding isn’t a concern MB. ($/hog) Current Week Last Week Last Year (Index 100) few slaughter cattle were also heading south according to the latest provincial forecast, MB. (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.) 175.00E 172.97 158.73 of the border. but time will tell. MB. (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.) 160.00E 158.56 146.42 Looking ahead, “I firmly believe the price ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.) 157.77 157.46 148.36 will stay very steady,” said Cleaver, adding Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service P.Q. (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.) 162.21 163.20 152.51 that a sudden increase in cattle volumes was Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and unlikely at this time. commodity market reporting. Futures (February 23, 2012) in U.S. Hogs Close Change April 2012 89.60 2.41 May 2012 98.77 8.55 June 2012 99.40 0.95 July 2012 99.47 0.02 August 2012 99.05 -0.80 Record U.S. crop of 14.27 billion bush- futures in March and els on Feb. 24 at its annual April. That plan was met corn crop to cool outlook conference. with strong opposition red-hot prices from floor traders when Other Market Prices it was first announced in washington / reuters December. Sheep and Lambs U.S. farmers will harvest CME delays The bulk of trade at the SunGold $/cwt Winnipeg Toronto Specialty Meats a record corn crop this new rules CME, parent of the CBOT, Ewes 87.76 - 116.52 — year, which will rebuild the Chicago Mercantile Lambs (110+ lb.) Next 178.86 - 192.37 stockpiles and bring down chicago / reuters Exchange and the New (95 - 109 lb.) Sale 185.17 - 206.09 (80 - 94 lb.) is 199.35 - 222.36 prices, a University of CME Group said on March York Mercantile Exchange, (Under 80 lb.) March 1 184.33 - 165.90 Missouri think-tank pro- 5 it would delay until is already traded elec- (New crop) — jected in a report March June the implementa- tronically. But settlement 5 that came in 2.5 per tion of new procedures prices are currently set in Chickens Eggs cent lower than the most for the daily settlement the open-outcry pits. Minimum broiler prices as of May 23, 2010 Minimum prices to producers for ungraded recent U.S. government of Chicago Board of Trade Opponents of the move Under 1.2 kg...... $1.5130 eggs, f.o.b. egg grading station, set by the projections. grains futures, combining to incorporate electronic 1.2 - 1.65 kg...... $1.3230 Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board The Food and trading activity from the trade in the settlements 1.65 - 2.1 kg...... $1.3830 effective June 12, 2011. 2.1 - 2.6 kg...... $1.3230 New Previous Agricultural Policy open-outcry pits and the viewed the change as A Extra Large $1.8500 $1.8200 Research Center, or FAPRI, electronic Globex system. a threat to the liveli- A Large 1.8500 1.8200 projected a corn crop of However, the exchange hood of floor traders, Turkeys A Medium 1.6700 1.6400 13.916 billion bushels, said decisions regarding who thrive on the final Minimum prices as of March 4, 2012 A Small 1.2500 1.2200 six per cent larger than settlement procedures frenetic minute of pit Broiler Turkeys A Pee Wee 0.3675 0.3675 (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Nest Run 24 + 1.7490 1.7210 the record set in 2009, for CME livestock futures trading used to set the Grade A ...... $1.905 B 0.45 0.45 based on the second- “have yet to be finalized.” official end-of-day prices. Undergrade ...... $1.815 C 0.15 0.15 largest plantings since the CME had initially Some launched a web- Hen Turkeys Second World War. planned a transition to site, savethefloor.com, to Goats (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) The U.S. Agriculture the new settlements for spread the word about the Grade A ...... $1.890 Winnipeg Toronto Department projected a both grains and livestock proposal. Undergrade ...... $1.790 ($/each) ($/cwt) Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys Kids Next 66.00 - 275.00 (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Billys sale is — Grade A ...... $1.890 Mature March 1 72.91 - 210.39 Undergrade ...... $1.790 Tom Turkeys Horses (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A...... $1.875 Winnipeg Toronto Looking for results? Check out the market reports Undergrade...... $1.790 ($/cwt) ($/cwt) Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm. <1,000 lbs. — 19.53 - 40.07 from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 35 1,000 lbs.+ — 31.17 - 44.67 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 11 GRAIN MARKETS

column Export and International Prices All prices close of business March 1, 2012 Last Week Week Ago Year Ago Canola cools off as Canada’s Wheat CWB export 1CW 13.5 St. Lawrence 367.62 369.86 423.14 US hard winter ord.Gulf ($US) 295.62 293.25 355.00 crushers curb demand EU French soft wheat ($US) 290.00 287.00 356.00 A strong loonie and weak U.S. soyoil pressure processors Chicago wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne) 242.21 235.78 290.43 Minneapolis wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne) 299.06 294.29 347.74 overbought and in need of a downward price Coarse Grains Dwayne Klassen correction. US corn Gulf ($US) 285.03 281.78 314.06 CBOT corn futures experienced small US barley (PNW) ($US) 280.00 280.00 204.00 CNSA advances, with the gains in soybeans spilling over to generate some of the upward momentum. Chicago corn (nearby future) ($US/tonne) 257.38 251.77 287.30 Some chart-related demand and firmness in the Chicago oats (nearby future) ($US/tonne) 212.20 207.82 248.99 cash market also contributed to some of the price Oilseeds anola futures on the ICE Futures Canada strength. Tight old-crop supplies also provided trading platform managed to hold on to some support for the nearby months. Chicago soybeans (nearby future) ($US/tonne) 483.77 469.08 516.38 Csmall gains during the week ended March The upside in corn was difficult, given that Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne) 1,189.38 1,195.11 1,284.63 2. Fresh export demand from Mexico, along acreage to the crop was seen coming in at record- with some pretty good chart-based speculative high levels this spring. Overbought price senti- demand, facilitated the upward price action. ment was also a limiting price factor. Reports that Concerns about dry conditions heading into the ethanol industry in the U.S. is cutting back on Winnipeg Futures spring seeding on the Prairies helped to influ- production further restricted the upward price ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business March 2, 2012 ence some of the gains. Some spillover from the action. Western barley Last Week Week Ago advances seen in Chicago soybean values also Wheat futures at the Chicago, Kansas City and kept a firm floor under canola values. Minneapolis exchanges posted small to mod- March 2012 214.00 214.00 The upside in canola was restricted by the est advances during the week. The buying back May 2012 220.00 217.00 upswing in the value of the Canadian dollar, with of previously sold positions fuelled some of the July 2012 223.00 220.00 the currency moving well above parity with the price gains. However, spring wheat prices in U.S. unit during the reporting period. Minneapolis led the upward price move. Canola Last Week Week Ago Advances at the MGEX were spurred on by March 2012 578.10 567.70 ideas that U.S. spring wheat acreage would be May 2012 570.50 564.20 down significantly as producers in northern-tier July 2012 571.80 564.90 states look to alternative crops with better finan- For three-times-daily market cial prospects, including corn. reports from Commodity News Service Canada, visit “ICE Crushers crunched CWB Pool Forecasts Futures Canada updates” at There has been much discussion over the February PRO Total Payments January PRO demand coming from domestic crushers in 2011-12 2010-11 2011-12 www.manitobacooperator.ca. Western Canada for canola during the past week Wheat or so. Some participants have indicated that with the rise in the value of the Canadian dollar above No. 1 CWRS 13.5 309 344.96 307 parity and the declines in U.S. soyoil, that profit No. 1 CWRS 12.5 272 317.73 271 margins for Prairie processors have deteriorated No. 2 CWRS 13.5 304 337.13 302 significantly. No. 1 CWHWS 13.5 309 344.96 307 The advances in canola were also curbed Individuals in the crush industry indicate that No. 1 CPSR 242 277.77 238 late in the week as demand from the domestic domestic processors start losing money when processing industry began to fade amid deterio- margins drop into the $60- to $75-per-tonne No. 1 CPSW 237 274.67 232 rating profit margins. range. Values arguably have been running in the No. 1 CWRW 245 284.23 241 The new milling wheat, durum and barley $80-$100 range over the past couple of months, No. 1 CWES 279 314.96 277 contracts being offered by the ICE platform but have since declined to the break-even point. No. 1 CWSWS 243 268.72 237 experienced some price action during the week, The crush pace in February was definitely in Durum but there was little in the way of any volume. the “torrid” category based on feedback from the Most of the price action occurs via arbitrage by industry and helped push domestic usage num- No. 1 CWAD 13.0 342 302.94 342 ICE and is dependent on the placing of bids or bers to near-record levels. Feed Barley offers. However, with the profit margins for processors No. 1 CW Pool A N/A 235.72 229 Activity in western barley futures on the ICE declining, there are ideas that the demand from Canada platform also remained non-existent. this sector will be significantly lower in March Designated Barley Cash bids for barley in Western Canada held and in coming months. Sel CW Two-Row 311 265.74 313 steady at firm levels. The basis being offered by crushers in Western Sel CW Six-Row 296 247.98 297 CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybean Canada has already begun to widen out despite futures rallied during the period ending March the fact the value of canola futures have been * No. 1 CW feed barley, Pool B 2011-12, as of January 19: $223. 2. Much of the support was associated with the steadily rising — a sign that demand is beginning idea that a smaller Brazilian soybean crop will to slow. result in China looking to the U.S. to cover that There were also indications that domestic country’s production shortfall. There was confir- crushers have now covered their processing com- Special Crops mation of some fresh Chinese demand for U.S. mitments through to autumn. Report for March 5, 2012 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan soybeans seen. However, some individuals argue that the Support in soybeans also came from chart- softening demand from the crushers will only Spot Market Spot Market based speculative fund demand as well as from be temporary and that once processors have Other (Cdn. cents per pound unless the need to keep prices strong in order to encour- adjusted for the higher costs, they will be aggres- Lentils (Cdn. cents per pound) otherwise specified) age U.S. producers to plant the crop this spring sive buyers again as they have sales on the books Large Green 15/64 24.20 - 25.50 Canaryseed 24.50 - 26.00 instead of corn. that need to be covered. Laird No. 1 24.00 - 25.50 Oil Sunflower Seed — Informa Economics projected Brazilian soy- In keeping with the domestic crush indus- Eston No. 2 22.50 - 26.75 Desi Chickpeas 26.10 - 27.50 bean output at 68 million tonnes, which would be try, current processing capacity in Canada is sit- down from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ting at roughly 8.5 million tonnes. Participants Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel) Beans (Cdn. cents per pound) recent 72-million-tonne forecast. However, while are already forecasting that another 300,000 to Green No. 1 8.50 - 9.75 Fababeans, large — Brazil’s crop may indeed be a bit smaller than 400,000 tonnes of capacity will be added to that Medium Yellow No. 1 8.15 - 8.75 Feed beans — first anticipated, Argentina’s soybean crop was total in 2013. pegged by Informa at 47.5 million tonnes, up one Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel) No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans — million from its previous estimate. Dwayne Klassen writes for Commodity News Service Canada, Feed Pea (Rail) 3.50 - 5.50 No. 1 Great Northern — The upside in soybeans was capped by profit- a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound) No. 1 Cranberry Beans — taking as well as by sentiment that values are market reporting. Yellow No. 1 34.75 - 35.75 No. 1 Light Red Kidney — Brown No. 1 28.75 - 32.75 No. 1 Dark Red Kidney — Oriental No. 1 23.50 - 24.75 No. 1 Black Beans — Pilot project (RFID) technology to ensure the security No. 1 Pinto Beans — and quality of the shipment, according No. 1 Small Red — exports soybeans to a release. Source: Stat Publishing No. 1 Pink — entrePort Canada Inc. has launched The system involves an RFID tag being SUNFLOWERS Fargo, ND Goodlands, KS a pilot project to export 250 tonnes placed on the container as it is locked C of soybeans from Manitoba to China as well as an RFID label being placed Report for March 2, 2012 in US$ cwt by container. on each package within the container NuSun (oilseed) 25.90 25.75 The soybeans pilot project will uti- to ensure the integrity of the cargo from Confection — — lize new Radio Frequency Identification shipper to consumer. Source: National Sunflower Association 12 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 CFIA accountability process strengthened Details are sketchy but industry groups welcome ag minister’s pledge to improve service standards By Alex Binkley lodge complaints about CFIA with a public institution will tant inspection process as a CFIA ensures this culture of CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR / OTTAWA and appeal decisions of its be carried out predictably, whole.” change is reflected in their inspectors. fairly and consistently.” Dairy Farmers of Canada daily interactions with pro- h e Ca n a d i a n Fo o d He said relations between said new inspection guides ducers and small businesses,” Inspection Agency is Cutting red tape the two sides have been for consumers, producers, said Marilyn Braun-Pollon, T taking steps to become The initiative appears to strained by “irregular serv- processors, animal transport- CFIB’s vice-president for more accountable to farmers stem from the red tape cut- ice, different applications ers, importers and exporters agribusiness. and food processors. ting program of the Canadian of the regulations and poor will help keep the food supply “One of the biggest frus- Agriculture Minister Gerry Federation of Independent communication.” safe. However, it reminded the trations our members have Ritz has released new CFIA Business, but many farm government the food industry is they feel they have no policies on rights and services groups voiced support for it Benefits has to remain competitive and recourse if they experience that outline its service stand- even though details remain A more collaborative approach shouldn’t be burdened with bad customer service or ards and what the agri-food sketchy. will benefit everyone, said demands for more labelling. do not agree with a regula- sector can expect when deal- The existing CFIA inspection Travis Toews, president of While CFIA wants to deal tory decision. We hope all ing with the agency. and regulation policy has gen- the Canadian Cattlemen’s with demands for all natural, of these initiatives result in “We know there is always erated endless complaints over Association. natural flavour or homegrown better working relationships room to improve,” he said. the years because of its arbi- “The fact that there will now designations, it also “needs between CFIA and those it “We’re taking steps to strengthen trariness and gotcha approach be a standard in place to ensure to address consumer expec- regulates, and makes a tangi- communication and interaction to enforcement rather than the CFIA is accountable for the tations on inspection and/or ble difference in the day-to- between the agency, consum- encouraging companies to service they provide will help to enforcement related to food day life of business owners.” ers, producers and the entire do a better job and punishing elevate stakeholder confidence labelling, misleading adver- Representatives of meat value chain so that we can all repeat offenders. in the process,” he said. tisements and claims made by and poultry processors said better work together to ensure Effective regulation, inspec- “We look forward to an the food industry.” in a joint statement that the safe food and a strong agricul- tion and oversight are vital, enhanced working relation- new policy should “help ture industry.” said Ritz, but added farmers ship with the CFIA that will First step businesses better under- There will also be a new and processors “need to know strengthen ties throughout the The new policy “is a positive stand their own role and process for businesses to for certain that their dealings sector and benefit the impor- first step and we hope the responsibilities.”

BRIEFS La Niña lingers on SYDNEY / REUTERS / Can you grow the best standing La Niña, a weather phe- nomenon linked to heavy rains in the Asia-Pacific region and South America canola on the market? and drought in Africa, con- tinues to decline, but still hasn’t lost its punch, says Australia’s weather bureau. “While La Niña is clearly on the wane, waters around Australia remain warmer than normal, maintaining the poten- tial for increased rainfall over the continent,” the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said. The influence of La Niña is expected to drive higher yields and production in Australia’s agricultural belts — although some eastern Australian farms have been inundated with flood rains for a second year running, with at least two more months of the CANTERRA 1970* summer wet season to go.

Type Growing Zone Maturity (Days) Height (Inches) Lodging Wheat board GENRR HYB Long + 2.5 + 2.5 EXC will soon be just CWB Competitive yield and unsurpassed standability, YES YOU CAN have it all. WINNIPEG / REUTERS The Canadian Wheat Board will shorten its 2011 Yield Data name, one of the most sto- • 106% of L150 – field scale trials ried and well known in glo- • 105% of L150 – independent Canola Performance Trials bal grain trading, to simply “CWB” as it starts to com- pete in an open market. * Supplies are limited! Visit canterra.com for information on all of our canola varieties. “It’s going to be (known as) CWB,” said Ken Motiuk, one of five government- appointed directors of the board. “You have to differenti- ate yourself from the past” while maintaining some continuity, he said. The board will lose its 69-year-old wheat-market- ing monopoly on Aug. 1, but is expected to shortly start buying 2012 crops on canterra.com forward contracts. The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 13 Belarus threatens IS THIS ENOUGH SNOW? to ban farm imports from Ukraine The tit-for-tat bans mark an escalation in retaliatory measures

KIEV / REUTERS / Belarus has threatened to ban imports of Ukrainian sunflower oil, corn and several other agriculture commodities after Ukraine announced it was barring imports of Belarussian milk and dairy products, Ukraine’s Farm Ministry said March 3. The retaliatory move by Belarus marked an escalation in a regional trade war over dairy products among ex- Soviet republics which started last month when Russia, the big regional power, barred Our cats have been spoiled for the lack of snow this winter. I believe they are a little “put out” with the recent snowfall. PHOTO: JEANNETTE GREAVES imports of cheese from Ukraine. Ukraine announced its ban T:8.125” against Belarus on March 1 because of what it said were excessive amounts of veter- inary drugs present in milk and milk products from the neighbouring state. The Belarussian side dur- ing a formal meeting ... issued an ultimatum that it would impose a ban on imports of Ukrainian sunoil, salt, corn, sunflower meal if the Ukrainian side refused to can- cel the restrictions,” the min- istry said in a statement. Belarussian authorities had also threatened to ask its allies in a customs union — Russia and Kazakhstan — to take similar measures against Ukraine, the ministry said. The spat between Ukraine and Belarus appeared to be part of a knock-on effect from Russia’s ban last month of cheese imports from several Ukrainian companies. This has put pressure on the Ukrainian milk market as cheese makers have started cutting their output and, accordingly, their purchases of milk. Belarussian dairy imports account for less than five per cent of Ukraine’s monthly T:10” home consumption — up to 1,000 tonnes per month. M o s c o w e x p a n d e d i t s black list on March 1 and has accused seven Ukrainian firms of using excessive quan- tities of palm oil, a cheap sub- stitute for milk. Russia accounted for 80 per cent of Ukrainian cheese exports last year, or $350 mil- lion in revenues.

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403 261 7161 403 261 7152 14 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 Nepal crocodile farm aims to save species Gharial crocodiles were numerous in Nepal but are now close to extinction

By Gopal Sharma purses, shoes and belts, and their KASARA, NEPAL / REUTERS eggs stolen for food or as a remedy for tuberculosis. s Prem Sharma steps gingerly That, along with habitat loss, has into the sand-filled chamber, confined the crocs to a small area of A lines of baby crocodiles bask- Nepal’s major rivers. A national census ing in the warm sunshine splash into a last year found only 102, numbers at pond, eyes glinting behind their long, which survival in the wild becomes dif- thin snouts. ficult without help — but that was still Sharma quietly puts his hand into up from 50 in 1970, Sharma said. the green water, takes a young reptile The centre has three male and 12 from the pool, opens its mouth with female gharials for breeding. Workers a brush and begins to clean its teeth also collect eggs from the wild before with potash, its thrashing two-foot- the onset of the annual floods in July, long body held under his knee. raise hatchlings in captivity and then The activity, repeated every three or Prem Sharma, the caretaker of the Gharial (Crocodile) Breeding Centre checks on a narrow- release them into the wild. four days, is just one example of the ten- snouted crocodile at the Chitwan National Park in Chitwan, southwest from Kathmandu. “If it were not for this, you and I der care lavished on gharial crocodiles at PHOTO: REUTERS/NAVESH CHITRAKAR would not be able to see them now. a farm southwest of the Nepali capital of They would have been extinct 15 to 20 Kathmandu, an effort to save the critically “This must be cleaned properly, gharial, which is also found in neigh- years ago,” Sharma said. endangered species from extinction. otherwise the baby will fall sick or bouring India. Young gharials are released into “It has got fungus in its teeth because even die.” Six decades ago, gharials — known the wild when they are six years old, it feeds on fish,” said Sharma, 45, a sen- The farm in Chitwan National for their long, slim snouts and great two metres long, and are able to hunt ior keeper at the Crocodile Breeding Park was opened in 1978 by the length, as much as seven metres — for themselves for the fish that sus- Centre at Kasara, who looks older than government with support from the were numerous in Nepal. But their tain them. Authorities in Kasara have his age and has a scar on one knee Frankfurt Zoological Society in an numbers fell rapidly as they were released 60 young crocodiles into the from a crocodile bite four years ago. effort to save the rapidly dwindling killed for their skins, used to make river over the past two months.

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PAUL ADRIAANSEN The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 15 PRRS can interact with other viruses Good management techniques and well-trained workers can help manage disease risks in pork production

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF “Pigs aren’t like people where we can just ask orcine reproductive and what ails them. We’re basically just leaning on respiratory syndrome, or animal husbandry skills to determine if a pig P PRRS virus, continues to looks sick. And pigs can look sick and change be an issue for Manitoba hog producers. behaviour for several reasons other than just “Manitoba has always been having a disease.” focused on biosecurity on farms, and it continues to be BLAINE TULLY a primary focus through gov- ernment and industry pro- grams,” said Blaine Tully. “And going forward we continue to recent years, the exact cost to The swine health expert said focus on biosecurity on farms, producers during production training hog barn workers in primarily focused on the PRRS isn’t as well established. not just animal husbandry virus.” But the first step to control- techniques, but also in com- The veterinarian with ling any disease is being able munication skills, helps to Swine Health Professionals in Blaine Tully, a veterinarian with Swine Health Professionals in Steinbach, to diagnose it, Tully said. ensure accurate information Steinbach said the nature of speaks to producers during the annual Manitoba Swine Seminar. “Pigs aren’t like people about pig health is available the virus — one that changes PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES where we can just ask what to farmers. as it replicates — has made ails them. We’re basically “I think we often find farms it a challenge to control just leaning on animal hus- that have subpar production effectively. money has been spent on we can devote to say, influ- bandry skills to determine if or performance not based on First reported in 1987, the appreciating the cost of the enza control, when it’s hard a pig looks sick,” Tully said. any health challenges, but just virus causes respiratory tract PRRS virus on farms than to understand the cost to the “And pigs can look sick and based on some of their man- illnesses in young pigs and many other diseases, so that’s farm.” change behaviour for several agement strategies,” he said. reproductive failure in breed- where we struggle — knowing Although influenza has reasons other than just having ing stock. how much of our resources grabbed media attention in a disease.” [email protected] Movement towards elimi- nating PRRS where possible is taking place, but Tully said that approach isn’t right for every farm. “If you have a farm where you can eliminate it, but then it’s back two weeks later, it makes more sense to focus on controlling the virus,” he said. How PRRS interacts with other viruses, particularly por- cine circovirus Type 2 (PCV2), is also being looked at. The veterinarian said that a com- bination of those two viruses can result in more severe cases of porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD). Tully said pigs that are sub- clinically infected are also an issue. They appear healthy, but still carry a disease. Those pigs are also putting energy towards fighting the infection, diverting protein away from growth. Other diseases also present problems for producers, although their impact may not be as well understood. “A lot more attention and

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west begins to push in. This WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA Daniel Bezte ridge should bring many Co-operator sunny skies over the weekend contributor along with temperatures in the +5 C range. Over the Pacific Northwest, the models show a large area f you enjoy winter weather of low pressure taking up resi- and getting outdoors to dence during this period. This I enjoy the snow, then you’d low will spin off a few pieces better take advantage of the of energy that will move next week. The weather mod- across the northern Prairies els have been pointing toward next week. a significant warming to begin These lows, combined with near the end of this forecast a redeveloping ridge of high period and if the models are pressure over the west-central correct most areas of agricul- part of North America, will tural Manitoba will be snow result in a fairly dry and mild free by the middle of the flow to develop over southern month. and central regions. After seeing a period of Currently the weather mod- fairly active weather over the els show temperatures push- last week or so, which brought ing +10 C by late next week. with it some much-needed If this should pan out, that snowfall and moisture, the would quickly bring an end to weather pattern looks as if it our snow cover. might be switching back to Usual temperature range for the same pattern that has this period: Highs, -11 to +3 C; dominated our weather for lows, -25 to -7 C. over half a year. By Thursday of this week it appears the last in a long Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession series of lows will depart to with a BA (Hon.) in geography, the East. specializing in climatology, from the This issue’s map shows the snow cover across the Prairies as of March 4. This map is created by Environment Canada, but I do a fair bit Behind this low we will see U of W. He operates a computerized of work cleaning up the map to make it easier to read. Because of this, the map should only be taken as giving approximate amounts of a short surge of cooler air weather station near Birds Hill Park. snow, because snowfall can vary greatly over short distances. With the recent snowfalls the amount of snow cover has increased across before a developing upper Contact him with your questions and the Prairies but overall, most agricultural regions still have very little snow cover. ridge of high pressure to our comments at [email protected].

Record-setting warm spell continues The Winnipeg region hit a new all-time low for December-to-February precipitation

By Daniel Bezte neither Winnipeg nor Brandon turned out to have the warmest to February, all came in with take advantage of it. Looking CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR recorded any temperatures average daytime high for the all-time records for warmest at the current medium-range colder than -30 C in February. period of 1938 to 2011, with a average daytime highs, and the models I am going to say our nother month has come In fact, looking back over the mean high temperature of -4.6 warmest mean overall temper- warm weather will continue and gone, and as for whole winter, Brandon only C. This just beats out the -4.6 atures. So this has truly been a through much of March and A the winter of 2011-12, saw one day with tempera- C recorded in 1997. If we look historic warm spell we’ve been we will end up having another it seems like it was the winter tures colder than -30 C and further back, then 1877 turns going through! above-average month. Even that really never was. February, Winnipeg, believe it or not, out to have had the warmest though we have seen some pre- to no one’s surprise, came in did not see any days with tem- winter by far, with a mean day- Who called it? cipitation to start the month, well above average, making peratures below -30 C! I’m not time high of -2.3 C. The question now is, will we I think that overall we’ll con- it the eighth month in a row see this warm weather con- tinue to be dry. Environment that we’ve seen above-average tinue into the spring, or will Canada is calling for near- to temperatures. we see a cold, wet spring that above-average temperatures Both the Brandon and Looking back over the whole winter, Brandon seems to have become the during March, along with near- Winnipeg regions had February only saw one day with temperatures colder than norm over the last several to above-average amounts of temperatures that were well -30 C and Winnipeg did not see any days with years? Before we look at that, precipitation. Over at the Old above average. Winnipeg had we have to see if any of our Farmer’s Almanac they are a mean monthly tempera- temperatures below -30 C. long-range forecasters were calling for well-below-average ture of -10.1 C, which is 3.5 C able to predict the warm, dry temperatures once again, along above average. Brandon was February weather. Well, it with below-average amounts of the warm spot, with a mean seems that the advantage I had precipitation. The folks at the monthly temperature of -8.6 going into February with a late Canadian Farmers’ Almanac C, 4.8 C above average. Both forecast paid off, as I was the appear to call for near- to locations were also dry, with sure if this has ever happened Precipitation this winter did only one who forecast above- above-average temperatures Winnipeg recording a mere 4.5 before, but it is something I will break an all-time record, at average temperatures along and precipitation as they men- millimetres and Brandon just look into. least in the Winnipeg region. with below-average amounts tion fair conditions several a bit more at 5.8 mm — both of Once I figured out this sta- Winnipeg recorded 19.5 mm of precipitation. Environment times, and cold conditions only which were about 10 mm below tistic, I decided to go back and during this three-month Canada came in a close second once, but they use the word the long-term average. This look at the temperature records period. The previous all-time with a call for above-average stormy three times. They also now makes eight of the last once again and start compar- lowest amount of precipitation temperatures and near-aver- mention the chance of thun- nine months with below-aver- ing the last several months, was 25.9 mm, recorded in 1983. age amounts of precipitation. der late in the month, which age amounts of precipitation. to see just how this year has Since we have seen such a Both almanacs were way off, would usually be associated Looking back at February stacked up against other years. long period of warm weather with calls for well-below-aver- with fairly mild conditions or a there were really no big From the view of the weather I tried expanding the time age temperatures. very strong storm system. weather stories, besides the person, “winter” is described frame I was looking at, and I Now, on to March’s forecast. However March does turn warm weather, which in any as the period from December discovered that in the periods Once again my publishing date out, I hope the weather is other year would be a big to February. Looking at the val- from September to February, and the calendar give me an exactly what you need in your weather story. Interestingly, ues for Winnipeg, this winter August to February, and July advantage, and hopefully I can location. CROPS G or lessintactfor10months. more moisturesurvived cent per eight at filled canola of bags 20-tonne that found he ter, to store grain durations. forshort dry ago,designedwere years 20 Argentina in oped ide emittedby thecanolakeepsitfresh. diox- carbon trapped because storage bagged workshop. Association Growers Canola Manitoba a recent at presentation video recorded a in Jayas, said tight as the companies would have us believe,” air as not are they researchshowsthat our but Jayas, aUniversity ofManitoba professor. 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By Daniel Winters even moisture content at the over $600 in lost revenue. That’s CO-OPERATOR STAFF / BRANDON end, but the added benefit is just from a single 2,000-bushel that you’re adding revenue,” bin, which is actually pretty ir can dry grain, or it can said Agnew, in response to a small,” said Agnew. make it wetter. question forwarded over the Last year, when canola came A That’s because grain Internet. off the field at a moisture level automatically reaches equilib- “I’ve heard the garden hose so low that it was virtually rium with the ambient relative thing is illegal, but it’s really unmeasurable, possibly three humidity as it is drawn into the the same thing. You’re adding per cent, one farmer that she bin via fans. nature’s moisture to it.” knows tried running his fans Theoretically, this fact could only at night when relative be used to boost profits by add- Costly exercise humidity was higher for a week, ing tonnage via moisture con- Overdrying grain, on the other then mixing the crop with other tent until the grain reaches the hand, can be a costly exercise. canola. optimum nine to 10 per cent Consider a 2,000-bushel The result was an increase moisture content, participants bin filled with slightly tough in moisture content to around heard at a recent Manitoba canola fresh off the field and a seven per cent. The value gained Canola Growers Association case where the farmer switches was considerable, she added. workshop. on the fans to dry it down for For example, rewetting canola But just like sticking a gar- a few days and only switches from six per cent moisture to den hose in the auger to wet them off when he discovers seven per cent adds more than down grain going into the bin, moisture is down to eight per $900 to its selling value per the ethics of such a practice are cent. If 10 per cent moisture is 1,000 bushels. Bumping that questionable, said Joy Agnew, allowable, the farmer has now same amount up to 10 per cent a researcher at the Prairie lost just over a tonne of mar- would result in a gain of more Agricultural Machinery Institute ketable weight by overdrying than $1,400. (PAMI), who gave a presentation the grain, as well as the elec- How feasible is a grain mois- Joy Agnew, a researcher with PAMI, explains the special concerns with storing on optimizing canola storage. tricity cost. ture control system? “There is potential to rewet “If canola is selling for $557 canola. PHOTO: DANIEL WINTERS grain. The idea is to result in an per tonne, this represents just Continued on next page »

BRIEFS Cold hits French winter wheat PARIS / REUTERS / Severe winter weather in the past month could cut this year’s wheat crop in France by about one million tonnes. That’s roughly three per cent of production, but some areas in the east and northeast could suffer losses of up to 10 per cent, accord- ing to the latest estimates. France harvested about 34 million tonnes of wheat last year and initial projec- tions from analysts had called for a bigger crop in 2012. Extreme winter condi- tions swept across Europe in late January and early February, claiming hun- dreds of lives in eastern countries.

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Control Guidelines say that for a PAMI’s experimental system 2,000-bushel bin, the fan needs used four temperature and rel- three hp. That rises to five hp for ative humidity sensors at $50 3,500 bushels, and seven to 10 hp each, three in the grain and for 5,000-bushel bins. But grain one at the fan inlet per bin, bin diameter also affects drying plus relays to switch the fans speed, because airflow depends on and off. A computerized more on depth than volume. controller with a user interface could be used to operate up to More horsepower 10 bins. Tall, narrow-diameter bins need Commercially available more horsepower to achieve units such as those offered by optimum static pressure. Calgary-based OPI-Integris are If grain is augered into bins designed for large bins only, or leaving a cone-shaped pile on around 100,000 bushels. top, drying time with NAD sys- Agnew also compared the tems can be increased by up to advantages of natural air-drying 50 per cent. For larger-diameter systems versus those using sup- bins, a grain-spreading device plementary heat. should be used to flatten out the Natural air drying (NAD) peak and prevent pocket-forming systems are cheaper both in accumulations of fine particles. terms of equipment as well as Agnew said that PAMI in energy savings, and result in research shows that there is no better-quality grain. NAD sys- danger of extrusion, whether for tems are also better for storing high oil varieties or regular, for seed canola, because the high bin depths of up to 100 feet. heat and high airflow rates in Storing canola requires spe- heated systems can reduce ger- cial care, she added, because mination. However, this method the grain continues to respire is not recommended when for up to six weeks after harvest. the ambient air temperature is Even though grain may be taken lower that 10 C, because cooler off perfectly dry, it can still heat air has less drying capacity. up in the bin because it creates In general, bin size deter- its own “biological heat.” mines fan horsepower require- Canola and storage can be a tricky combination. PHOTO: LAURA RANCE ments, she added. [email protected]

Daytime drying experiment questioned The findings of a team at Indian Head Agricultural Research Farm that suggested farmers have been taking the wrong approach to drying their grain for years have muddied the waters surrounding the issue, said PAMI researcher Joy Agnew. “They published this article in the Western Producer saying that we’ve been doing it wrong all along,” said Agnew. The “black box” study meas- ured the moisture content going in versus the moisture going out, and assumed that when the latter exceeded the former, the grain was drying. “They ran some trials, and found that you get more mois- ture leaving the bin at night than during the day,” said Agnew, adding that the results seemed to be consistent and convincing. She disputed their conclusion tm that turning the fans off during Tougherin tandem . the day and turning them on only at night results in more moisture loss. In the trial, fans were left running 24/7, which meant the grain was warmed up during the day. Then, when cooler air — which has less moisture capacity — was circulated through the bin at night, it warmed up in the grain, and drew more moisture out than was coming in. “Their theory of more mois- ture loss at night depends on the grain being warm,” she said. “If you run the fans only at night, you’re not going to have In Tandem, two active ingredients work synergistically to deliver the most a warm grain mass.” Tougher, more flexible Flexibility • Convenience Side-by-side testing of flexible, high-performance, one-pass control of wild oats, kochia, cleavers, both approaches, she added, one-pass control of One pass control • Two active ingredients chickweed, hemp-nettle and more, across all soil zones. Plus a wide window was deemed by Indian Head researchers as inconclusive due wild oats and broadleaf multi-mode of action of application, rotational freedom and tank mix options. bulk up deadline to the extreme dryness of the weeds in wheat. Better resistance management extended to March 20th, 2012. Accomplish more. Call our Solutions crop used in the test bins. Agnew is working on a rebut- Center at 1.800.667.3852 or visit www.dowagro.ca today. tal to their results, but said she will reserve judgment until she sees more conclusive findings TMTrademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC. from side-by-side testing. 02/12-17724-02A Rev2

17727-02A_Rev2 TandemBUP 17.125X10_FBC.indd 1 2/22/12 8:22 AM 20 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 Cigi being wooed to move to Saskatoon If the wheat board no longer dominates, will Winnipeg be dethroned as the capital of Canada’s grain sector?

By Allan Dawson ited Cigi told the Winnipeg Free CO-OPERATOR STAFF Press. But it did ask Cigi where it sees itself in three years with the ears that scrapping the wheat board gone. monopoly-powered wheat Winnipeg and the West’s grain F board could undermine industry grew up together. The Winnipeg’s grain sector hegem- West’s first wheat export left the ony were bolstered with news city in 1876 when Winnipeg, Saskatoon wants Cigi (Canadian with a population of fewer than International Grains Institute) 3,000, was a mere village. to move there. The founding in 1877 of the The offer came Nov. 29 dur- Winnipeg Grain and Produce ing a meeting with Saskatoon Exchange, which evolved into economic development group ICE Futures, cemented the representatives, Rex Newkirk, city’s position as the centre of Cigi’s director of research and Canada’s grain industry. business development said in Even if the Canadian Wheat an interview March 1. Board continues as a private “We were surprised,” Newkirk company, without its monopoly said. “They sat down and within and other regulatory powers, a minute or two they said, ‘what it will no longer dominate the do we have to do to move you grain industry. With the anchor to Saskatoon?’ It’s important for gone it’s possible the industry people to understand there’s will disperse, especially if other lots of competition out there, cities offer incentives to move. not just for Cigi but other grain Saskatoon’s Innovation industry players as well.” Place at the University of Cigi, created in 1972, pro- Saskatchewan is already home motes Canadian grain exports to a lot of agricultural research, Cigi’s Yvonne Supeene works with Japanese millers visiting the institute for a technical briefing. SUBMITTED PHOTO by teaching end-users at its both publicly and privately facility in Winnipeg, how best to funded. use Canadian crops. It employs Cigi has no immediate plans and the Canadian Malt Barley later it appears that it is no and that same day joined the pre- 35 people, mostly skilled and to leave Winnipeg, Newkirk said. Technical Centre, all at 303 closer to being built. mier in a meeting with U of M and well paid. But that could change. Main Street, to be under one The Manitoba government Cigi to discuss how we continue to Over the last 40 years 34,000 “So if they manage to pull a new roof with the wheat board should be pushing for Cigi move forward.” people from 110 countries have bunch of the industry out — I and Agriculture and Agri-Food and the centre, Progressive The aide chided Pedersen and attended Cigi courses. mean Cigi needs to be where Canada’s Cereal Research Conservative Agriculture Critic his Tory colleagues for failing to The Canadian Wheat Board the industry is,” he said. “We Centre at the University of Blaine Pedersen said in an inter- support the wheat board given and the federal government need to be in the centre of it to Manitoba. view February 29. the impact its demise could fund Cigi. But after the board have access to these resources.” “Significant cost savings are “Obviously Saskatchewan have on Winnipeg. loses its monopoly Aug. 1 fund- One way to ensure Cigi stays, likely to be achieved in the is very serious about setting When federal Agriculture ing will come from a farmer Newkirk said, is to build the form of streamlined operations, this up in Saskatoon,” he said, Minister Gerry Ritz was asked checkoff and Ottawa. proposed grain industry “Centre improved workflow, better utili- noting Saskatchewan Premier if Ottawa would fund the centre Officials from Saskatoon met of Excellence.” zation of equipment and facili- Brad Wall recently announced he replied: with other Winnipeg-based “If we’re able to land a Centre ties and elimination of duplica- $10 million for wheat research. “The Harper government grain groups and at least one is of Excellence here that would tion,” the report says. Keeping Cigi is a priority for continues to invest in science moving to Saskatoon, Newkirk certainly make it easier to say, In 2008, then Treasury the Manitoba government, an and research to keep the agri- said. He declined to name the ‘look, the industry is here and Board president Vic Toews aide to Agriculture Minister Ron culture industry, a pillar of our organization. we’ve just got to stay, period.’” announced the five organiza- Kostyshyn said in an email. economy, on the cutting edge. “We are not actively trying Meyers Norris Penny con- tions could come together. The “That’s why Premier Selinger Based on the long-standing tra- to poach,” Tim LeClair, presi- cluded in a 2005 study that 28,000-square-metre centre had raised this with the prime minis- dition of grain trade and inno- dent of the Saskatoon economic it made sense for Cigi, the an estimated cost of $150 mil- ter in November and the minister vation being based in Winnipeg, development group that vis- Canadian Grain Commission lion to $300 million. Four years raised it earlier this week in his it seems logical that’s where a very first meeting with Minister cereal Centre of Excellence Ritz,” the aide said. “In fact, would be created.” Minister Kostyshyn toured Cigi just a week after being appointed... [email protected]

Cigi technologist Gina Boux splits lentils in the institute’s pulse-milling facility. The City of Saskatoon has been in town courting it in the wake of changes to the Canadian Wheat Board. SUBMITTED PHOTO

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BRIEFS HIGH-PROFILE CHEF CHAMPIONS LENTILS Ukraine sees sharp rise in corn-sowing area

KIEV / REUTERS / Ukrainian farmers are expected to increase corn acreage to 4.5 million to five million hectares, up from 3.6 million hectares in 2011, to make up for winter grain plantings lost to drought and cold weather. About 3.5 million hectares of winter grains will have to be reseeded, with about 1.4 million of those replaced with corn. Farm Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk has said Ukraine could harvest up to 16 million tonnes of wheat this year, of which three-quarters will be needed for domestic consumption. The Saskatchewan Pulse Crop Development Board has released a series of 18 online videos with Food Network chef, Michael Smith preparing lentil recipes such as lasagne, meat loaf, dhal, chili and burgers. They are available at www.lentils.ca. New funding supports rural childcare STAFF / The Manitoba government is putting $400,000 into support for early learning and child- care in smaller centres in rural and northern com- munities, Premier Greg Selinger announced Feb. ® 29. “In some communi- new eVeReST 2.0. ties there are only a few families who have early learning and childcare needs, but for the parents looking for that care, the RelenTleSS on weedS. need is as real as it is in larger communities,” said Selinger. “We recognize that and want to help ensure quality early learn- eaSy on wheaT. ing and childcare is avail- able to parents across the province.” A new formulation with advanced safener technology built in gives new EVEREST® 2.0 an The announcement is part of the NDP’s Family extra measure of crop safety in a wide range of conditions. EVEREST 2.0 is easy on wheat, Choices commitment to add 6,500 more funded but relentless on weeds, giving you Flush after flush™ control of green foxtail, wild oat spaces and to enhance and key broadleaf weeds. It’s highly concentrated, so you’ll use less product. And with 1,000 nursery spaces in the province. As well, it a flexible application window and exceptional tank mixability, nothing is easier to use. increases wages and intro- duces the first-ever prov- EVEREST 2.0. What a difference one generation can make. ince-wide pension plan for childcare workers. The new funding will help small centres remain financially stable and improve wages for their early childhood educators. RelenTleSS eaSy wIde wIndow TReaT MoRe InCReaSed Improvements include: on weedS on wheaT oF aPPlICaTIon wITh leSS yIeld PoTenTIal • Funds to help ensure long-term viability for more than 200 existing unfunded spaces that were operating prior to April 1, 2011, at 23 small centres throughout Manitoba; and • Consistent funding for small rural and northern early learning and child- care centres so they don’t lose funding if enrolment drops on a seasonal basis such as in farm communi- ties during winter. This program will apply to centres in rural and To learn more, visit www.everest2-0.ca northern communities with up to 40 spaces or to a centre that is the Always read and follow label directions. EVEREST and the EVEREST 2.0 logo are registered trademarks only organization pro- of Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC “Flush after flush” is a trademark of Arysta LifeScience North viding service in a small America, LLC. Arysta LifeScience and the Arysta LifeScience logo are registered trademarks of Arysta community. LifeScience Corporation. ©2012 Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC. ESTC-162

ESTC-162 Everest20Launch_MB Cooperator_8.125X10.indd 1 11-12-09 12:58 PM 1•403•930•4000 EXT: 1932 ConTaCT: JEN CLIEnT: Everest Job #: ESTC-162 VERSIon: F SIzE: 8.125 x 10 CoLouRS: 4 DaTE: Nov. 24/11 Pub: MaNiToba CoopEraTor PRoJECT: Everest 2.0 CDN Launch ad 22 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 Researcher tests new way to grow plants and fish at home Aquaponics combines aquaculture and hydroponics to produce two crops — plants and fish — simultaneously By Alexis Kienlen brought closer to the plants. The certified organic if fertilizer is af staff \ edmonton artificial lighting also means not added when the plants are such a system could be set up in started. Transplants grow faster ot a hankering to go farm- a basement, producing both the in aquaponics because mych- ing in your basement? main course and salad greens to orrhizae — fungal organisms G Odd as that sounds, it go with it. that promote nutrient uptake may actually be possible thanks “Every house can get a system by roots — cultivate easily in to aquaponics — a combination like this,” said Savidov. this type of system. of aquaculture and hydropon- They are also suitable for Fish are fed standard fish ics — and new-generation LED greenhouses because stacking feed, using automatic feeders. lighting. trays of plants above the fish Fish that can grow in the sys- The potential has Nick tank saves space. Plants can tem include tilapia, trout, and Savidov excited. produce 20 to 30 per cent more Australian sea bass. “Integrated farming is becom- yield in aquaponics, compared “The idea is to make it as care- ing a reality,” said the senior to hydroponics. free as possible,” said Savidov. research scientist with Alberta One of Savidov’s current Agriculture at Edmonton’s Crop experiments is testing differ- Diversification Centre North. ent ratios between blue and “Integrated farming The scientist has been red LED lights for optimal plant researching aquaponics systems growth. He has tested about 60 is becoming a for more than 20 years, but only different crops in the aquapon- reality.” started working with LED lights ics system, and has grown three years ago. In aquaponic micro-greens, bedding plants, One of Savidov’s current experiments is testing different ratios between blue B:17.4” systems, water and waste from vegetables, and transplants. Nick Savidov and red LED lights for optimal plant growth. the fish tank is circulated to These systems can also be T:17.4” plants being grown hydropon- S:17.4” ically. The plant roots absorb the fish waste and the cleansed water is sent back to the fish tank in a partially closed-loop system (you still need to supply fish food). “There is no need to balance it because the system balances itself,” said Savidov. “When you feed the fish, bacteria help to produce a balanced system.” Using LED growing lights have a couple of advantages. First, they have a narrow spec- trum so finite adjustments are easier to make, and since they do not give off heat, they can be

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Production Contact Numbers: 403 261 7161 403 261 7152 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 23 China harvest to be hit by labour, fertilizer costs Key costs are expected to keep rising

beijing / reuters / Rising “Labour cost will not decline labour and fertilizer prices and this year and the fertilizer price uncertain weather will reduce is already on the rise even before China’s grain harvest this year, the spring planting begins,” he state radio quoted Minister of said. “China’s agricultural pro- Agriculture Han Changfu saying duction is entering a phase of Feb. 27. high cost.” A good grain harvest tames He also warned against more China’s consumer inflation, extreme weather this year. which rebounded to 4.5 per “Weather conditions will cent in the year to January, but probably be worse than last was still well below a three-year year and fighting disasters for a high of 6.5 per cent last July. harvest will become this year’s China aims to reap 525 mil- main theme,” he added. lion tonnes of grain this year, Any challenge to feed its down from a record harvest of population of 1.3 trillion is a 571 million tonnes in 2011. big issue for Beijing, concerned Han told a meeting with 10 with social stability and a gov- other ministries to ensure grain ernment transition in 2012. output that high costs of labour Food accounts for a third of and fertilizer as well as the possi- China’s consumer price index bility of adverse weather will affect and the leadership has warned Beijing’s efforts to hit the target. against a rebound in infla- Labour costs rose 25 per cent tion, which means China has and fertilizer price increased 17 to tip its toes when relaxing per cent in 2011 from a year ear- policies to support the slowing Farmers stand at a wheat field at a village in Xiping county, Yunnan province, February 22, 2012. photo: REUTERS/China Daily economy. B:17.4” lier, he told the meeting. T:17.4” S:17.4” China’s “Feed King” calls for opening corn trade Critics decry policy requiring country to grow 95 per cent of its grains for national security reasons

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Production Contact Numbers: 403 261 7161 403 261 7152 24 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 Sanctions a headache, but Iran exports and imports continue Trade routes changing in response to pressures

By Daniel Fineren business to maintain ties DUBAI / REUTERS with Iran. As a result, Iranian firms ranian firm AHT exports have been frozen out of much millions of dollars’ worth of the global banking system, I of nuts and dried fruit finding it difficult or impossi- from Iran each month, but ble to obtain letters of credit western financial sanctions or transfer funds internation- mean it gets little money in ally through banks. return. Instead it is paid with But AHT and other Iranian other goods, such as card- companies are finding ways board boxes and metal cans around the obstacles and from China. continuing to do business, “Most of our business right albeit at considerable incon- now is like this. No money is venience and cost. Some are involved in the process,” said resorting to barter, while oth- Mohammad Amin, managing ers are using money exchange director of the pistachio and houses. raisin exporter. “There was a minor aber- “We import the goods, sell ration for a while where the goods to the local mar- there was a drop-off in ket, get the money from the trade, but everybody has local market, and then pay put their systems in place my staff and my farmers. No now,” said Sanjiv Sawla of money is circulating — it’s Mumbai-based trading firm like thousands of years ago.” M Lakhamsi, which trades Last year, AHT’s exports about $125 million a year of totalled about $100 million, seeds, spices, wheat and rice, mostly to China and India. including $5 million to $10 A worker picks pistachios from a tree at a farm in Rafsanjan, 1,000 kilometres southeast of Tehran. Commodities Financial sanctions million with Iran. such as nuts are currency, used to barter for needed imports due to western financial sanctions . REUTERS/CAREN FIROUZ (IRAN) imposed over Iran’s disputed “I get my money out of nuclear program have dealt Dubai. I don’t know how they a heavy blow to its foreign arrange it.” $30-million-a-year business Such channels can’t sub- several Indian rice exporters trade and now the U.S. is Iran’s Gohar Saffron, which going. stitute for the international said they had stopped ship- aggressively using anti- exports around 11,000 kilos “We can do it but only with banking system completely. ping to Iran by sea in the money-laundering legislation a year of the highly prized a lot of trouble,” said Hutan Iran imports about 45 per past few months because to make it legally dangerous spice, has started using Motamedi, Spain-based mar- cent of its rice, with India one of payment and insurance for banks that have any U.S. exchange houses to keep its keting manager for Gohar. of the biggest suppliers. But problems.

BRIEFS Cattle tumble after setting record high By Karl Plume CHICAGO / REUTERS

.S. live cattle futures fell sharply U March 2 in a profit- taking setback ahead of the weekend, after posting an all-time high late this week, amid worries that demand for high-priced beef may soon begin to wane, traders said. The plunge came as 40 cash cattle in the south- ern U.S. Plains traded at million acres a record-high $130 per hundredweight, up $1 from the highest sales the and countIng. previous week and a price that many traders had expected this week. “It’s a classic buy the rumor sell the fact trade,” said Joseph Ocrant, presi- dent of Oak Investment Group. Ideas that wholesale beef prices may be near- ing a peak also weighed BULK UP to accomplish more with Frontline XL. The trusted standard on futures. “We’ve been hearing Frontline™ XL. It’s not just loyalty, It’s legacy. for wide-spectrum broadleaf control in cereals in the black soil zone. this drumbeat about retailers shifting away Call our Solutions Center at 1.800.667.3852 or visit www.dowagro.ca. from beef and into pork or chicken so it looks like this gas cost issue is finally bleeding into actual (beef) demand,” said ™Trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC. 02/12-17759-01C Rich Nelson, analyst with Allendale Inc.

17759-01C Frontline 40M_BulkUP 17.4X7.5_FBC.indd 1 2/7/12 7:27 AM The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 25 Wheat board signs first handling agreement with Cargill The board is holding meetings across the West to explain its post-monopoly marketing options

By Allan Dawson be announced this month, he CO-OPERATOR STAFF MIAMI said. Meanwhile, this week the “These are important board began a series of meet- t took awhile, but the ings across the West to explain negotiations so we’re Canadian Wheat Board its marketing options to farmers. working through I announced its first handling Cargill purchased Australia’s them carefully and agreement with a grain com- AWB after it lost its monopoly. pany last week and promises Last month the Grain Growers meticulously.” more to come. of Canada raised concerns about “These are important negotia- the lack of handling agreements DAVE SIMONOT tions so we’re working through between the board and elevator them carefully and meticulously,” companies. The farm group said Dave Simonot, the board’s direc- it wants a “dual market” to be a tor of Farm Services told farmers real option for farmers. The board expects many attending the Deerwood Soil and Asked if the board felt pres- farmers will still want to pool, Water Management Association’s sured to announce at least one Simonot said. annual information meeting deal sooner than later, White “Everyone knows no one gets March 1. replied: “From our perspec- the top of the market regularly,” As of Aug. 1 the board loses tive it was to get the first one he said. “No one does it con- its monopoly on the sale of done because people realize we sistently. In fact the majority of all western Canadian wheat, are coming. We’ve been saying people don’t even achieve the durum and barley destined for for the last month or so we’re average. export and domestic human coming forward with contracts “So the pool provides the consumption. Instead the board etcetera and that was really opportunity to achieve the aver- will compete in an open market predicated on getting some age with a low-stress, low-cost selling those crops, and others if handling agreements.” approach to marketing.” it wants. Since the board doesn’t There are a lot of details to Selling through the board own elevators or port terminals work out and it takes time, also doesn’t tie farmers down it must make deals with firms White said. In an earlier inter- to delivering to one grain that do to handle its grain. view he acknowledged there company. are also competitive tensions “We think that’s an advantage First deal because the board and eleva- in that it keeps some flexibility The first handling agreement is tor companies are competing to on your side and puts you in a with Cargill. It’s for more than one market farmers’ grain. little bit better negotiating posi- year, but board president and CEO tion and hopefully results in a Ian White declined to say exactly Pools on offer better outcome,” he said. how long it will be in place. The wheat board will offer pools No matter which middle- The board wants to sign simi- that cover most of the crop year, man farmers use, they need lar agreements with all west- similar to those offered in the to understand the contracts Farmers need to know the details of the grain-selling contracts they sign in an ern Canadian elevator compa- past, as well as shorter pools they sign, Simonot said. When open market, says Dave Simonot, the board’s director of Farm Services. nies, White said in an interview and cash and deferred sales selling grain before harvest, PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON March 2. More agreements will contracts. there’s a risk farmers won’t be able to deliver the grade they contracted. “That will be a significant risk that farmers will be taking on by contracting early,” he said. “We won’t have the flexibility we had in the past when we got all the grain anyway.” Elevation charges will vary throughout the year, he said. Farmers will pay more at times when the system is being flooded and less when less grain is coming in such as during spring seeding. The wheat board wants its handling agreements to ensure that when farmers sell through the board they pay the same as other farmers delivering to the same elevator on the same day, Simonot said. Under the monopoly the wheat board returned all its revenues 40 from grain sales to farmers, less expenses. Although in an open million acres market the board will be a for- profit company and retain earn- ings, it will charge farmers a and countIng. per-tonne fee for marketing, he said. The more grain the board markets, the stronger its ability to bargain with the grain handlers. The board’s success depends on how much grain it handles. “If it turns out to be very large, then the wheat board will have a good future,” Simonot said. “If it doesn’t turn out to be very large the wheat board will have BULK UP to accomplish more with Frontline XL. The trusted standard a hard time scrambling because we’ll then have to compete head Frontline™ XL. It’s not just loyalty, It’s legacy. for wide-spectrum broadleaf control in cereals in the black soil zone. to head with the existing com- panies that have all their facili- Call our Solutions Center at 1.800.667.3852 or visit www.dowagro.ca. ties in place and we’d be at a disadvantage in that game.” No matter which way it goes, the board’s future is already mapped out in legislation. By ™Trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC. no later than 2016 it will either 02/12-17759-01C be privatized or wound down.

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17759-01C Frontline 40M_BulkUP 17.4X7.5_FBC.indd 1 2/7/12 7:27 AM 26 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 Drought adds to Portugal’s economic woes Although not as devastating as 2005, the 2012 drought is already damaging crops

By Andrei Khalip In the parched southern LISBON / REUTERS Alentejo region — the coun- try’s poorest — villagers in sev- fter Portugal’s driest eral places are already hold- February in 80 years, ing Novenas, acts of religious A farmers are praying for devotion at which prayers a miracle as drought ravages are recited and sung for nine pastures and sparks forest fires, nights in a row to obtain divine exacerbating the country’s eco- intervention. nomic crisis. Pedro Mestre, a teacher in the Worse still, official forecasters village of Sete, is one of those expect the freak weather pat- who have been praying and tern to prevail at least through singing the Novena alongside the end of March, which would local farmers. worsen a drought now classified “Dry, cold weather at night as severe and extreme through- and heat during the day destroy out mainland Portugal. the crops — grain, tomatoes, Aside from the yet-unassessed vines, orchards. People become impact on trade and GDP, the desperate and resort to things situation is likely to further they believe can bring relief.” strain limited financial resources Their only reward was a A boat is seen out of water during a drought on the dam reservoir of Santa Clara a Velha in southern Portugal March just as Portugal is cutting spend- light drizzle on March 1, not 3, 2012. After Portugal’s driest February in 80 years, farmers are praying for a miracle as drought ravages pastures and ing to meet the tough terms even enough to humidify the sparks forest fires, exacerbating the country’s economic crisis. Forecasters expect the freak weather pattern to prevail at of its 78-billion-euro bailout soil. The sun shone again on least through the end of March. PHOTO: REUTERS/JOSE MANUEL RIBEIRO from the European Union and Friday. International Monetary Fund. “The rain just sprinkled the The country’s last major surface, the Novena goes on,” mally they last till April. If it Confederation, a farming the situation and not outlin- drought in 2005 cost the coun- said Mestre. “Also, there are no continues this way cattle will union, last month criticized ing extraordinary measures” to try almost 300 million euros pastures for the cattle anymore start dying.” the government for “under- help farmers who have to pay ($400 million). due to the drought, while nor- The National Agriculture estimating the seriousness of more for irrigation and animal fodder. “There are already direct losses with winter crops com- promised, a shortage of pas- tures for cattle, orchards with poor flowering, olive groves are affected, the levels of water in the soil are low,” it said. MYTH The government has since freed farmers who have bor- rowed money from interest To get the benefit of superior payments for a year, set up a task force to follow the drought weed control, I have to put up with and is considering measures glyphosate tolerant volunteers. such as a request for European FA C T Commission help. The task force has identi- fied the shortage of natural pastures as the main prob- Genuity® Roundup Ready® systems, lem, followed by rising fodder prices and worsening irriga- with some of the highest yielding tion needs. It added that areas canola hybrids AND superior under permanent crops were not yet in danger. weed control, now also come with Agriculture Minister Assun- cao Cristas said it was not yet effective and economical solutions time to panic. for managing volunteers. “It’s premature to evaluate losses in quantitative terms because rains could start and then the situation won’t be that serious,” she told Reuters. 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In particular, Heat® herbicide, national output. ahead of peas, lentils, oats, wheat, barley, “If the absence of rain con- soybeans and corn, and 2,4-D ahead of tinues, it can accumulate and gain strength,” said Francisco wheat and barley are two of the most de Castro Rego, a professor at effective and economical tank mix partners Lisbon’s Superior School of with glyphosate, and can significantly Agronomy. improve the control of glyphosate tolerant “There have already been volunteers. Visit www.roundup.ca and click around 200 forest fires on on “Weed Management” for more information. some days, which is more typi- cal of summer. They don’t get Leave the myths behind. 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10460C-GEN Myth Ads-MBCoop.indd 3 3/5/12 1:37 PM The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 27 Western Canadian SPRING IN THE WILLOWS flaxseed prices edge higher Chinese and U.S. demand is driving prices higher

By Adam Johnston COMMODITY NEWS SERVICES CANADA / WINNIPEG

estern Canadian flax- seed cash bids have W advanced in the past month, with fresh export demand along with tight sup- ply concerns contributing to the firmness, said an industry participant. “The Chinese market has really helped out western As the days grow longer, the willows turn yellow — a sign of spring for this farmstead near MacGregor PHOTO: LUC GAMACHE Canadian flax prices this year,” said Chuck Penner, an analyst with Left Field Commodity Research in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Chinese and U.S. interest in Canadian flax has provided a bullish flavour to the cash mar- ket recently, he said. Tightening global sup- ply, thanks to a smaller-than- expected crop in Kazakhstan, along with smaller Russian flax exports, also has added to the upward price potential, he said. Penner noted that these factors are pushing prices for eastern European flaxseed up, while making it more attractive for buyers to look at western Canadian flaxseed. Currently, flaxseed spot bids go for as much as $12.64 per bushel in Alberta, $13 per bushel in Manitoba, and $13.25 in Saskatchewan, according to data from Prairie Ag Hotwire. That is up anywhere from six cents to 50 cents per bushel, compared to one month ago. In the near term, Penner sees western Canadian flaxseed cash bids remaining steady to improving slightly. Continued demand from China and the U.S., along with thin supplies will be supportive. The firm cash bids for new- crop flax, meanwhile, has gar- nered the attention of west- ern Canadian farmers, Penner said. With the current price for new-crop bids ranging between $12 to $12.50, farmers will get a good return for their money, he said. The higher input costs for canola makes flaxseed a less “Hey! My roots riskier investment for farmers, One flame are on fire!” he said. Farmers are expected to plant close to one million acres of flax burns brightest. this spring, compared to 694,000 ™ ® acres last year, Penner said. The DuPont Express brand herbicides don’t just burn weeds down, they get right to the increase in seeded area will root of your weed problems for super-hot performance. reflect the reclaiming of lost Add an Express® herbicide to glyphosate in pre-seed, chemfallow or post-harvest applications. acres due to wet conditions in ® ™ southeastern Saskatchewan and Express SG: turn up the heat on dandelion, volunteer canola and narrow-leaved hawk’s-beard. Manitoba, as well as the stron- Express® PRO delivers up to 15 days of extended control† on tough weeds like cleavers, dandelion ger price outlook, he said. and narrow-leaved hawk’s-beard. DuPont™ Express® herbicides - Canada’s #1 glyphosate partner, used on more pre-seed acres than any other brand in Western Canada. They’re that hot! Better food, better health,introducing... Questions? your kitchen! Ask your retailer, call 1-800-667-3925 Healthy eating starts at home. or visit www.weedwreckingcrew.com Make more home-cooked meals †Depending on environmental conditions at and following application. in the 4-Meal Challenge, and you As with all crop protection products, read and follow label instructions carefully. could win a heart healthy prize The DuPont Oval Logo, DuPont™, The miracles of science™, Turn up the heat™, Express® and Solumax® are registered trademarks pack. Visit heartandstroke.mb.ca or trademarks of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. E. I. du Pont Canada Company is a licensee. Member of CropLife Canada. © Copyright 2012 E. I. du Pont Canada Company. All rights reserved.

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©thinkstock Local food keeps money in the local economy Move over seed banks, clay balls prove they can keep seeds viable for centuries as indigenous technology takes root

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF “For me this process of restoring hat protects a nation’s sovereignty? our agricultural systems is not just Is it borders, or the military? a spiritual and health quest, it is Government perhaps? also about how we make things If you ask Winona LaDuke, she right.” wouldW point you to the dinner table. “I don’t think you can say you’re sovereign if you can’t feed yourself,” she said, quoting a fellow Aboriginal activist. Winona LaDuke The environmentalist, writer, Harvard- educated economist and one-time American vice-presidential candidate spoke at the Growing Local conference in Winnipeg about the ties Having toured high-tech seed banks around between food security, the economy and self- the world, including one in the Far North, determination. the activist was impressed by how well First Fifteen years ago LaDuke began working with Nations’ technologies have stood the test of the Anishinaabe White Earth Indian Reservation time. in Minnesota to restore a local food economy. “I’m going to go with the clay ball. It works,” “One-quarter of the economy in my reservation LaDuke said. is leaked out in food purchases off reservation. Aside from having economic and health One-quarter of the economy on my reserve is benefits, the local food advocate described self- leaking out in energy purchases off reservation,” reliance as a way for her Aboriginal community she said. “If you do not relocalize both of these... to begin to reverse the colonization process. you retain a hole in your economy representing “At some point, people began to think that 50 per cent and you will never have control over what a farmer is, is a white guy on a tractor,” your economy.” she said. “In general, people have come to think And that doesn’t just apply to Aboriginal com- that other people produce food, that we are not munities, LaDuke is quick to point out. All com- the people that produce our own food.” munities damage their economies when they Winona LaDuke speaks about food security at the LaDuke pointed to a Canadian law that turn to outside sources of food and energy, she Growing Local conference in Winnipeg. once prohibited people from buying food said. Photo: Shannon VanRaes from Native farmers without a special per- The White Earth Land Recovery Project aims to mit, effectively eliminating the possibility of reverse that trend by reintroducing indigenous Aboriginal communities developing into farm- crops and knowledge to produce food locally. But the oldest seeds sown at White Earth ing communities. Seeds, some of them hundreds of years old, have came from an archeological dig in Green Bay, Those effects linger today, she said. been planted and are flourishing in the microcli- Wisconsin. Archeologists unearthed a clay ball, And as genetic patents become more com- mate they were intended for. which made a rattling sound — that rattling mon, Aboriginal groups have also had to fend Manitoba white flint corn is one of many crops sound was squash seeds. off attempts by companies and institutions to you’ll see at White Earth, and LaDuke says it’s lay claim to traditional crops like wild rice, or in ideal for the short growing season and strong Old but viable Central America, quinoa — something LaDuke winds. Amazingly, when the 800-year-old seeds were has fought against. “I call this corn climate change resistant,” she planted they proved viable. “For me this process of restoring our agricul- said. “We called it, really cool old squash,” said tural systems is not just a spiritual and health Another corn variety, Bear Island flint, was dis- LaDuke, adding heritage varieties being reintro- quest, it is also about how we make things covered on an island in the middle of White Earth duced at White Earth have also been found to right,” she said. Reservation. Now it is grown throughout the have higher nutrients levels than commercial community, and also by nearby Amish farmers. varieties. [email protected] The Manitoba Co-Operator | March 8, 2012 29 COUNTRY CROSSROADS

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Stay-A-Bed-Stew Island Beef Stew Here is one of the versions of Stay-A-Bed-Stew I found this recipe online a few years ago while passed along over the years. I tested this recipe, searching recipes using molasses. This is singu- wondering if, after five hours in the oven, I’d larly the best beef stew I have ever tasted. It has a have a revolting mess, or, as Peg Bracken would sweet and sour flavour, thanks to the presence of say “a rock pile.” But it is a very quick way to put molasses and vinegar. Enjoy. a stew together and it tastes fine. I made it with 2 lbs. boneless beef chuck the tomato soup and put a cookie sheet under the casserole. 2 tbsp. flour 1/2 tsp. dry mustard 2 lbs. stewing meat, cut in cubes and dredged in flour 1-1/2 tsp. salt 2 c. potatoes, cubed 2 tbsp. vegetable oil 2 c. carrots, sliced 1 14-oz. can tomatoes 1 medium onion, chopped 1/2 c. sliced onion 14-oz. can peas and juice 1 tsp. celery salt 10-oz. can tomato soup 1/4 tsp. pepper 1/2 to 1 soup can of water 1/3 c. vingar 1 tsp. salt 1/3 c. Fancy Molasses 1/2 tsp. pepper 1-1/2 c. water 1 bay leaf 4 large carrots Combine all ingredients together in a large cov- 1/3 c. raisins ered casserole. Bake at 275 F for five hours. In 1/2 tsp. ginger place of tomato soup, 2 Oxo beef cubes and 15 Cut meat into 1-1/2-inch cubes. Combine flour, oz. of water may be used. mustard and 1/2 tsp. salt; dredge meat with flour NOTE: This recipe makes about four servings, or mixture. Heat oil in Dutch oven; brown meat on three if one of you has a big appetite. all sides. Add tomatoes, onion, celery salt, one teaspoon salt and pepper. Mix vinegar, molas- ses, and water; add to meat. Cover; simmer two Hearty Pork Stew with Beer hours. Peel and slice carrots. Add to meat with raisins and ginger. Cook 20 to 30 minutes longer Lorraine Stevenson Here’s another quick and easy recipe for a deli- or until carrots are tender. cious stew. Crossroads Recipe Swap Serves 6. 2 tbsp. canola oil Source: Crosby Molasses Company Ltd. 2 lbs. lean pork cut into 3/4-inch cubes 1 large onion, coarsely chopped grin each time I spot this recipe in commu- nity cookbooks, new or old. It is for Stay-A- 2 garlic cloves, minced Beef and Barley Stew Bed-Stew. Obviously, it’s an all-time favourite 1/4 c. all-purpose flour I 1/2 tsp. pepper Another classic stew! — but why? Stay-A-Bed-Stew is from The I Hate to Cook 1/2 tsp. ground allspice 1 tbsp. canola oil Book published by Peg Bracken in 1960. 1 - 12-oz. (355-ml) bottle dark beer or ale 1/5 lb. boneless stewing beef Bracken was an American advertising copy- 2 c. beef broth 1/2 c. pot barley writer and a working mother in the late 1950s, 2 tbsp. red wine vinegar 11 c. water nightly staring down a chore she detested. She 1 bay leaf 2 tsp. parsley hated to cook, felt she had better things to do 2 carrots, peeled and thickly sliced 2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce with her time, and dared say so in an era women 4 potatoes, scrubbed and cut into large cubes were allegedly basking in domestic bliss. 1/2 tsp. garlic powder Salt and pepper to taste Her cookbook was a hit — once she found a 7 pkg. beef bouillon (salt reduced) female publisher to release it. It sold three mil- In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. 1 bay leaf lion copies. A 50th anniversary, updated and Add pork cubes and cook until lightly browned. 1 medium turnip revised edition was released in 2010. Add onion and garlic; cook until onion is tender 3 carrots With her vast wit and humour, Bracken but not browned, about two minutes. Stir in flour 2 medium potatoes, sliced mocked the status quo, all the while reassuring and seasonings. Add beer, beef broth, red wine 1/2 large onion, diced millions of mid-century women, equally unin- vinegar, and bay leaf; bring to a boil. Reduce 2 stalks celery, sliced spired by their kitchen duties, and domestic heat, cover and simmer 45 minutes, or until pork Cut beef into 1-inch cubes. In a large pot, heat roles in general. Culture writers have dubbed is very tender. Add potatoes and carrots; cover oil on medium-high heat. Add beef and stir until The I Hate to Cook Book “our mother’s cook- and simmer 30 minutes more, or until vegetables book,” for the sway it held over a generation browned on all sides. Add barley and water and are tender. Add salt and pepper to taste. of women, influencing them to dump scratch bring to boil. In the meantime, prepare other cooking, switch to anything tinned, frozen or Serves 8. ingredients and add to water. Simmer 1-1/2 pre-mixed, and to love recipes requiring as little Source: Great Tastes of Manitoba hours, until vegetables are tender. Add salt and effort as possible. pepper to taste. Times have changed. Or have they? This is an era of Paula Deen and Rachael Ray, the locavore Source: Alberta Barley Commission and food television. Yet, many still loathe cook- ing, feel they lack the time and skill for it, and want fast and simple options for preparing food at home. Stay-A-Bed-Stew will be with us for a long, long time. As Peg Bracken wrote, it’s a Recipe Swap recipe “perfect for those days when you are en negligee, en bed, with a murder story and a box Send us your favourite recipes! Write to: of bonbons, or possibly a good case of flu.” Quote... Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap Box 1794, “Today there is an Annual Culinary Olympics, Carman, Man. ROG OJO with hundreds of cooks from many countries Or email: [email protected] ardently competing. But we who hate to cook have had our own Olympics for years, seeing who can get out of the kitchen the fastest and stay out the longest.” — Peg Bracken The I Hate To Cook Book 30 The Manitoba Co-Operator | March 8, 2012 COUNTRY CROSSROADS Reduce, reuse and — upcycle? Woman’s small business gives new life to old articles

By Candy Irwin garden. Downcycling involves taking Freelance contributor useful materials from a product and creating a different one, such as reus- n the days of our mothers, grand- ing plastic to make a lesser grade of mothers and great-grandmothers, plastic to be moulded into things like Margaret Verhagen uses old wool sweaters and repurposes them into new items. the words “make-do” and “mend” park benches. I PHOTO: COURTESY OF VALERIE PANKRATZ were part of daily life. Hand-me- Margaret Verhagen, who lives in downs, making articles out of sugar the Village of Riding Mountain on sacks and making quilts out of worn- the east side of Riding Mountain It all started with a sweater that tons and inexpensive jewelry. The out clothing were the norm. National Park, puts upcycling into was accidentally shrunk, and now “new,” reimagined items of clothing These days, many recognize that practice. Her home-based business, Verhagen sources her raw materi- require no special care — just toss the world’s resources are not infinite, “Hip Hip Bags & Other Cool Stuff” als from thrift stores, charity shops them in the washing machine on the and are interested in eco living. To sells items that have been upcycled and flea markets. She uses a process cool, gentle cycle and lay flat to dry. these people devoted to green, envi- from old wool garments, giving them known as felting, that uses mois- Verhagen sells her items at At The ronmentally friendly practices, words a new life. Old wool sweaters, for ture, heat and extreme agitation to Farm Gate, organized by the Rid- such as “repurpose” and “reimagine” example, are used to make needle make a wool fabric shrink, there- ing Mountain Biosphere Reserve, are familiar terms. felted mittens, neck and leg warmers, fore becoming both stronger and the Brandon Farmers’ Market, the In order to be environmentally decorative collars, scarves, tote bags, warmer. Minnedosa Farmers’ Market and the responsible, we need to do more tuques, purses, headbands, slippers The original garment needs to Sportsman’s Park Summer Weekend than sort and recycle our trash. We and more. Verhagen makes fingerless be a minimum of 80 per cent pure Flea Market in Onanole. In winter, should also understand the concepts gloves for photographers and “tex- wool for the process to work, but her creations can be found in the of “upcycling” and “downcycling.” ters” and uses scraps to make dryer Verhagen says seeing the results Friends of Riding Mountain National Upcycling is the process of convert- balls, which eliminate the need to “is an adventure in itself.” She uses Park Learning Centre in Wasagaming. ing waste materials into products of use fabric softener. These colourful a process called needle felting, a Contact Margaret Verhagen at environmental value, such as turning balls could also be used as children’s technique that uses barbed felting [email protected]. kitchen waste like coffee grounds and toys, or with the addition of a little needles to embellish the garments, potato peels into compost for the catnip, a toy for your favourite feline! as well as applying interesting but- Candy Irwin writes from Lake Audy, Manitoba.

Cupboards gone to the devil! This plant makes an attractive display and doesn’t mind being neglected

By Albert Parsons a good cleaning at which time I Freelance contributor refurbish the pots of pothos. Sometimes I remove whole stems, lthough I am no interior replacing them with new slips that designer, I have learned can be a couple of metres long. A a few things about design Often, there are plenty of newer from planning outdoor land- stems that are in good shape and scapes and I have applied some they are left intact. of those design principles to Needless to say, the pothos “interiorscaping.” It seems to gets little light yet it seems to me that one of the most difficult thrive with just an occasional places in the home to decorate brown or yellow leaf that has to is that space above the kitchen be removed. I fertilize every cou- cabinets. This is particularly ple of months and keep the soil true if there is substantial space moist by watering once a week above the cabinets as is the case — I have to be careful when I in many modern homes with water as the pots of pothos are their vaulted ceilings. The chal- in decorative containers and I lenge is what to put on top of don’t want the pots sitting in any the cabinets that will be attrac- excess water for long periods of tive and tie in with the rest of the It thrives on neglect, grows like the devil, and always looks attractive. photo: albert parsons time. interior décor. I like the display and it is nice Surprise! Surprise! When I to have living plants as part of encounter such a question, I whole display above the cabi- however, because whether we stems of it were visible along the the display. The plant foliage usually look for a solution that nets together. grouped the jugs into bunches entire lengths of the cabinets. I seems to frame the jugs and involves plants. My solution We started with my wife, or displayed each separately, kept the vine toward the front makes the whole display more may not work for everyone, but Edith’s collection of jugs. We they seemed to look a bit forlorn and made sure that the view of attractive. Pothos is such a for- for my wife and my house it decided when we moved into perched up on the cabinets. the jugs was not obliterated by giving plant that it could be used seems to work, partly I think, our retirement home that if Along came my plant idea. the vine. When a vine reached in virtually any location in the because having plants on top of something wasn’t going to be I planted four containers — the end of a cabinet I simply home to help enhance a particu- the cabinets ties that space to used or displayed then it had to choosing containers that would wound it back the way it came lar space. It thrives on neglect, the rest of the interior spaces, go, and since we were loath to co-ordinate with the jugs — with or snipped it off. grows like the devil, and always which are — you guessed it — discard this interesting collec- pothos, more commonly called It is a bit of a chore climbing looks attractive. full of plants! I do think that tion, we displayed the jugs above “devil’s ivy.” The name is apt atop a chair each week to water some natural greenery adds life the cabinets. We were not com- because this vine grows like the them, and a couple of times a Albert Parsons writes from to the space and tends to tie the pletely happy with the effect, devil and it was not long before year we take everything down for Minnedosa, Manitoba. The Manitoba Co-Operator | March 8, 2012 31 COUNTRY CROSSROADS Spice up your menus Whether you want a mild flavour enhancer or something hot and spicy there’s a taste for everyone

By Julie Garden-Robinson vour for two years. Whole spices may be NDSU Extension Service ground in a clean coffee grinder or with a mortar and pestle. You also can crush pices have been used for thousands spices by placing the whole spice on of years to enhance the flavour of waxed paper and crushing it with a roll- Sfoods, and range from mild to hot ing pin. and spicy. In earlier times, spices some- To experience the flavour of spices and times were used to mask the undesirable herbs, try mixing softened butter with flavour of meat and other foods that were a small amount of spice and spreading past their prime. it on a cracker, or sprinkle dill weed on Much of the early exploration of the potatoes, tomatoes, green beans, carrots world was prompted by the lucrative or scrambled eggs. Enhance the natural spice trade as explorers from several sweetness of fruits with a sprinkle of countries found new routes to distant ground cinnamon. Bake apples, winter lands. Spices can be obtained from ber- squash or sweet potatoes and sprinkle ries (black pepper), fruit (paprika), seeds with cinnamon, ginger and/or nutmeg. (poppy seeds), buds (cloves), roots (gin- Spices add flavour with little or no ger) or bark (cinnamon). sodium. For example, garlic powder has Most of us have several containers of little or no sodium, while garlic salt may spices and dried herbs in our cupboard. contribute a fair amount of sodium to Some flavourings are only used for a spe- your diet, depending on how much you cial recipe made a few times a year, so to use. Black pepper has no sodium, while check the potency of your spices, do the lemon pepper may contain a significant “sniff test” about every six months. If the amount of sodium. Read the ingredients aroma is weak, then the spice is not add- label. ing much flavour to your recipe. You may The usual rule of thumb is to begin need to use more or buy a new container. with 1/4 tsp. of spice per pound of meat If you keep your spices above your or pint of liquid. You can easily add more oven or near your dishwasher, the heat spice to suit your taste. Adding ground and/or humidity are not extending the spice near the end of the cooking time storage life of your spices. Instead, store will preserve more of the flavour. spices in tightly covered containers in a cool, dry, dark place and mark the date of Julie Garden-Robinson, PhD, R.D., L.R.D., is a North purchase on the container. Most ground Dakota State University Extension Service food spices retain their flavour for about one and nutrition specialist and associate professor in year, while whole spices, such as cloves the department of health, nutrition and exercise ©thinkstock and cinnamon sticks, retain their fla- sciences.

DIY PROJECT Looking for a wood stove? When installing, be aware of regulations Tackboard push-pins

By Stan Harder A simple and effective garden-themed idea Freelance contributor By Coco Aders Instructions: f you’re thinking of buying a Freelance contributor Clean off all loose debris from the twigs used wood stove proceed with because as they dry inside the house they Icaution. You should first con- Our neighbour is an avid gardener who spends can make quite a mess. Using a saw, cut the sult with your fire insurance people the winter making plans for her garden. To twigs into segments that are no more than who will tell you about the techni- keep track of the best choices, she tacks up 1 inch long. No need to use a tape measure cal requirements and installation, seed packets on a garden room tackboard. — the various lengths give them more rustic from chimney class to floor cover- These push-pins for her tackboard will add a charm. Secure the drill bit in the drill and using ing, placement distances and wall clever and appealing touch. I plan to give them the growth rings as a guide, drill into the mid- protection. to her in an attractive old tobacco tin I found dle, only halfway into each of the segments. While new installations are best in an antique store, which I’ll label “For your (When you do this be careful that you don’t done by professionals (they know tackboard.” drill right through, slip and drill a hole in your fire regulations), simple replace- finger as I did!) When all the segments have ments of an approved stove are Supplies: been drilled, place a generous drop of wood another matter — primarily a mat- and sides resulting in disfigur- • twigs of approximately 3/4- to 1-inch glue on top of each hole. Push the head of ter of all-out work. ing but very shallow rust staining diameter the nail through the glue as far into the hole I am in the process of replacing (resulting in a low asking price). • Saw as possible. Use your fingertip to smear the an existing workshop stove with a An hour with a rotating steel • Wood glue excess glue over the end of the push-pin to used one. It’s an ancient heavy-duty brush in an electric drill worked • 6 slender finishing nails ensure a good seal and make sure the nail is monster with a huge firebox. There wonders and after a coat of spray • Drill straight. Dry the push-pins overnight. If used is virtually no metal heat erosion paint the stove looks virtually new. I • Drill bit with a diameter just smaller too soon while the glue is still wet, the nail and only one firebrick has been paid $50 delivered, so for all intents than the nails will pull right out of the wood. noticeably damaged. However, and purposes I have an all-but-new whatever was being boiled on its stove ready for hookup for $60 and surface had run over onto the top a couple of hours of labour.

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GROWING EXPORTS GROWING North American livestock producers can gain and so can grain farmers

By Allan Dawson provide much gross return for a co-operator staff four-acre Chinese farmer, Hayes said. t could be a great time to be Half of China’s hogs are fed Renowned ag a North American hog pro- with home and industrial waste. economist’s I ducer, then again, it might As the Chinese get richer there not be. will be less cheap labour to col- memory Either way grain farmers win, lect that waste, pushing Chinese according to this year’s Kraft production costs even higher, lives on Lecturer. he said. Meanwhile, the Chinese Asia needs a lot more meat. It’s government is shutting down By Allan Dawson cheaper to produce pork in North “backyard” hog operations. co-operator staff America, so North American pork exports should, in theory, Small farms The Daryl F. Kraft Memorial increase, according to Dermot Many farms are small because Endowment Fund was Hayes, an agricultural econo- they’re located in sloped or established in the memory mist at Iowa State University. If rocky areas where mecha- of respected University of they don’t, Asia will import more nized production is difficult, Manitoba agricultural econo- North American grain to feed Hayes said. It’s also unsuita- mist Daryl Kraft who died in their own livestock. ble for livestock manure. Until 2003. “For grain farmers this is all this year South Korean farmers In addition to funding an good news,” Hayes said during a have been dumping manure in annual lecture on agricultural presentation at the University of the ocean, but that has been policy, the endowment provides Manitoba Feb. 28. banned. a prize for an agricultural policy “For the livestock producers “I don’t think there’s a flat paper prepared by an under- here you’ve either got a new cus- part in that whole country so graduate student and a fellow- tomer or a new competitor.” there’s no easy way to use live- ship for a graduate student. Hayes, the Pioneer chair in stock manure,” he said, unlike in agribusiness at Iowa State, is the the U.S. Corn Belt of Canadian [email protected] fourth speaker honoured by the Prairies. Daryl F. Kraft Lecture Series on Kraft Lecturer Dermot Hayes of Iowa State University says North American Perhaps the biggest threat to Agricultural Policy. (See sidebar.) hog producers could either be big winners or losers due to the growing de- Asian livestock production is dis- mand for meat in Asia, but it’s good for North American grain farmers either ease, Hayes said. Losses People and livestock live very way. photos: allan dawson Manitoba hog farmers have suf- closely together in places like fered huge losses in recent years China and South Korea. but 2011 was profitable for most World Trade Organization ruled meat from North America and “The closer the animals get of HAMS Marketing Service’s against COOL and the U.S. has less grain. the worse your disease problems Manitoba clients’ general man- until March 23 to appeal. “But China is not driven by a are,” he said. ager Perry Mohr said later in an “On behalf of the (American) market economy,” Hayes said in “That’s a recipe for disas- interview. Currently hog produc- pork industry I want to apologize an interview. “They’re driven by a ter. Intuitively, as a non-trained ers are earning just slightly better about COOL,” Hayes said. “It was bunch of old guys, some of them biologist I think something bad than break-even returns. a disaster.” were hungry.” could happen there.” Mohr agrees with Hayes, It’s much cheaper to ship fro- China wants self-sufficiency South Korea is still recovering whom he described as one of zen deboned, boxed meat to Asia in pork, but Hayes contends its from a devastating foot-and- North America’s pre-eminent from North America than bulk food security has already been mouth disease outbreak, mean- hog market analysts, that Asian grain. Every pound of pork con- comprised by having to import while the disease was confirmed Kraft Lecturer Dermot Hayes markets represent huge potential tains around three pounds of huge volumes of feed grain. in China Feb. 21. (l) of Iowa State University for this continent’s hog produc- grain. It costs six or seven cents Canada and the U.S. have a Asked if it’s a good time to be received warm congratula- ers. The biggest immediate threat a pound to ship a bushel of corn similar cost of producing hogs, producing hogs in Canada: “I tions from Dan Kraft, the son Canadian hog farmers face, in from Iowa to Japan. which are among the lowest in hate to make investment deci- of the late Daryl Kraft, whose addition to the strong Canadian “We can get frozen meat over the world, because of efficient sions. I just give people the infor- name and work as a Univer- dollar, is the U.S. losing export there for 12 to 15 cents a pound,” production, Hayes said. Feed mation I have. I’m encouraged.” sity of Manitoba agricultural markets. Canadian hog prices Hayes said. “So as long as there grain is expensive, but still cheap- But there’s always risk. One is economist, is memorialized are based on those in the U.S. is more than two pounds feed est in North America where it’s losing the export markets, which by the lecture series that less freight. grains in a pound of boneless, produced in surplus. would occur quickly if disease bears his name. Canadian hog farmers have boxed meat it always favours A bushel of corn worth $6 a struck here and borders closed. another albatross — U.S. man- moving the less bulky product.” bushel in Iowa is worth $11 or That’s why the U.S. hog indus- datory country-of-origin lablel- $12 a bushel by the time it gets try is working on developing cat- ing. It makes it more expensive Economics to a Chinese hog farm. Corn astrophic insurance coverage. for American packers to process Based strictly on economics, imports set the domestic price. and sell Canadian livestock. The China should be importing more Twelve-dollar corn still doesn’t [email protected]

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Cull breeding sow grant subject of court filing Canadian Pork Council claims almost $1 million owing after barn audit reveals non-compliance with pledge to quit hog farming for three years

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff “This is the first he Canadian Pork where we have Council is seeking had to initiate T almost $1 million proceedings for after a hog operation that recovery under the received Cull Breeding Sow Program (CBSP) funding CBSP.” was put back into opera- tion by new owners. Gary Stordy A statement of claim, filed Feb. 7 in a Brandon court, names Westoba Credit Union, Crocus Country Pork, trary to the requirement,” and BDO Dunwoody Ltd. All according to the claim. parties were given 20 days The total claim is for to respond to the claim of $961,732, a figure that “unjust enrichment” — includes fees and interest although Patrick Riley, a law- up to July 15, 2011. yer with Taylor McCaffrey Under the CBSP terms, LLP, whose name is on the buyers of hog facilities were claim, said last week the also required to abstain listed parties had filed for from raising hogs in them an extension of time to file for the length of the agree- There is already excess packing capacity for hogs in Western Canada. their defence. ment, but none have so far According to the claim, in resulted in a court action. June 2008 the Canadian Pork “This is the first where Council agreed under the we have had to initiate pro- CBSP to extend a $781,000 ceedings for recovery under Montana hog plant grant to Barry Gosnell, owner the CBSP,” said Gary Stordy, of Crocus Country Pork, on public relations manager a pledge that he stop rais- for the Canadian Pork ing hogs in his barns for Council. envisioned near border three years. But before the The cull program was deal was finalized, Crocus launched in 2009 after If a new processing plant is built just across the border, Country Pork went into high feed prices, a high receivership. Canadian dollar, and a Alberta producers will have another potential buyer The pork council claims it “swine flu” outbreak crip- was told by Westoba Credit pled profitability in the By Sheri Monk are processed in California and “Their (hog producers) are Union, a secured credi- swine sector. fbc staff / shelby, montana Idaho. almost 100 per cent Hutterite tor, that it should apply to A press release on the “The governor says China colonies,” said Haggins. receiver BDO Dunwoody pork council’s website ontana pork producers wants this pork, we can provide “It’s considerably smaller in for repayment of the grant. states that of 100 barn are taking a wait-and- it, so let’s get a pork-process- Montana. But as you suspected, The filing also states BDO audits conducted under the M see approach in regard ing plant built,” said Adams. that location would be an attrac- Dunwoody sold the barns program, only two opera- to a new pork-processing plant “There’s been talk for a long tion for producers out of south- without gaining the buy- tions were found to be not at Shelby that could draw large time about a pork facility in ern Alberta. Anybody south of er’s agreement to abide by in compliance with the numbers of Canadian hogs. Shelby as part of a new inter- Claresholm would be closer to a the terms of the cull terms of the three-year pro- Governor Brian Schweitzer modal hub. There would be a plant in Shelby than they would program. duction ban. announced in February that number of different compa- to Red Deer, for instance.” In January 2010, the oper- The program, which saw Chinese investors were inter- nies that would use this hub Currently, Alberta is home to ation’s barns were sold to 748 claims filed, reduced ested in developing a facility for transporting and putting four federally inspected pork a numbered company, and the national sow herd by capable of processing 800,000 products in containers. Some processors — Olymel in Red in September of that same 8.4 per cent, or over 128,000 pigs. But additional details are of which would go on trains Deer, which processes 35,000 year, an audit conducted head, with total payments scarce. and shipped to the West Coast head weekly; Maple Leaf Meats by the pork council found of $28.5 million. “At this point there’s no pro- or the Midwest. Others would in Lethbridge, which processes that “breeding swine were posal,” said John Adams, a go on trucks.” 6,500 head per week; Sunterra located in the barns, con- [email protected] reporter with the Great Falls Meats at Trochu with 3,000 Tribune who has been covering Southern option weekly; and Sturgeon Valley the story. “Nobody has made Although Montana’s pork Pork in Morinville, which pro- an application. As far as I know, industry is much smaller than cesses 2,000 each week. there’s not even a specific com- Alberta’s, producers north of “That’s not anywhere close to pany that’s proposing this.” the border would benefit from their capacity though — there’s This isn’t the first time the having another potential buyer, actually excess packing capac- idea of a Shelby plant has been said Jim Haggins, chairman of ity right now so that’s causing floated. Most of the state’s hogs Alberta Pork. producers to shift around to the best financial market,” said Haggins, adding that Alberta “The governor says China wants this pork, we pork is also being processed in B.C., Saskatchewan and can provide it, so let’s get a pork-processing Manitoba. plant built.” Shelby is 30 minutes from the Canadian border and a plant processing 10,000-plus pigs John Adams weekly would require animals Great Falls Tribune from Canada to be efficient. “It is a strategic location for them,” Haggins said. “There have been rumblings of that for ANNUAL GENERAL the last five years or so. Shelby MEETING has been considered before — Thursday, March 15th, 2012 if it goes ahead, that’s all good (CDT) @ 10:00 a.m. Canada/Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre 12:00 PM Lunch news. It’s a long road. They talk about having construction next North of Carberry, Junction of 1:00 PM Annual Business Meeting Highway 1 and 5 Carberry, MB. year, but we’ll see.” 1:30 PM Joe Hogue, Schweitzer Alberta produces 2.3 million -Mauduit Canada; AGENDA market hogs per year, which is 10:00 AM Welcome 2:30 PM Dr. Scott Duguid, AAFC, Morden down sharply since the market Research Station; – Eric Fridfinnson, Chair; collapse in 2009. 10:15 AM David Sefton - Saskatchewan Flax 3:00 PM Todd Hyra, SeCan; “Our sow base was capable of Development Commission; 3:30 PM Dr. Khalid Rashid, AAFC, Morden producing four million (market 10:30 AM William Hill, F lax Research Station; hogs) before, but the sow base Council of Canada; 4:00 PM Closing Remarks has dropped by about a third,” 11:00 AM Terry James, – Eric Fridfinnson, Chair; said Haggins. Alberta is cur- Richardson International; 4:15 PM Adjournment rently home to 135,000 sows. The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 35 LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS

Weight Category Ashern Gladstone Grunthal Heartland Heartland Killarney Ste. Rose Taylor Winnipeg Brandon Virden Feeder Steers Feb-29 Feb-28 Feb-28 Feb-28 Feb-29 Feb-27 Mar-01 Mar-01 Mar-02 No. on offer 1,950 777 397 2,115 2,384 630 1,363 268 820 Over 1,000 lbs. n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 900-1,000 n/a 105.00-125.50 n/a 122.00-134.00 129.00-139.00 n/a 122.00-133.00 114.00-128.50 n/a 800-900 119.00-141.00 112.00-142.00 130.00-145.00 130.00-144.50 135.00-146.00 132.00-143.25 130.00-145.00 125.00-147.75 130.00-140.00 700-800 130.00-161.50 120.00-159.00 140.00-156.00 140.00-155.00 142.00-155.00 135.00-155.75 145.00-160.00 135.00-158.50 140.00-152.00 600-700 140.00-175.50 140.00-168.00 150.00-163.50 155.00-167.00 148.00-170.00 150.00-173.50 158.00-172.00 150.00-173.50 150.00-165.50 500-600 145.00-180.00 145.00-182.00 160.00-180.00 165.00-188.00 165.00-187.00 160.00-187.50 170.00-193.00 165.00-190.00 160.00-175.00 400-500 162.00-196.00 150.00-206.00 175.00-207.00 185.00-208.00 180.00-204.00 180.00-206.00 175.00-212.000 180.00-214.50 n/a 300-400 n/a 150.00-209.00 185.00-220.00 190.00-210.00 185.00-215.00 190.00-216.00 170.00-216.00 185.00-216.00 n/a Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs. n/a 90.00-109.00 n/a 110.00-120.00 118.00-128.00 n/a n/a 108.00-120.00 n/a 800-900 110.00-134.00 112.00-132.00 120.00-140.00 118.00-132.25 124.00-133.00 120.00-135.25 120.00-135.00 115.00-128.00 n/a 700-800 130.00-150.00 115.00-142.50 125.00-139.75 125.00-143.00 130.00-144.00 125.00-144.00 125.00-146.00 127.00-144.00 125.00-140.50 600-700 135.00-157.00 120.00-157.00 135.00-150.00 132.00-152.00 138.00-154.00 139.00-149.00 140.00-156.00 138.00-154.50 135.00-150.00 500-600 140.00-164.00 125.00-162.00 140.00-162.00 142.00-171.00 148.00-166.00 145.00-168.00 145.00-165.00 148.00-169.50 145.00-168.00 400-500 n/a 130.00-174.00 155.00-168.00 155.00-179.00 160.00-178.00 155.00-180.00 165.00-181.00 160.00-185.00 150.00-166.00 300-400 n/a 145.00-174.00 160.00-180.00 165.00-190.00 n/a 165.00-186.00 170.00-184.00 165.00-188.50 n/a Slaughter Market No. on offer 200 n/a 81 137 n/a n/a 149 105 230 D1-D2 Cows 65.00-73.00 n/a n/a 68.00-75.00 67.00-73.00 60.00-69.00 65.00-77.00 67.00-75.50 67.00-74.00 D3-D5 Cows 52.00-64.00 n/a n/a 62.00-67.00 57.00-67.00 50.00-60.00 42.00-64.00 55.00-67.00 62.00-67.00 Age Verified 70.00-84.00 n/a n/a n/a 68.00-75.00 65.00-74.50 n/a n/a n/a Good Bulls 70.00-95.50 70.00-89.50 n/a 80.00-86.25 81.00-87.25 78.00-85.25 84.00-98.00 77.00-88.25 80.00-90.00 Butcher Steers n/a n/a n/a 100.00-109.00 103.00-108.00 n/a n/a n/a n/a Butcher Heifers n/a n/a n/a 100.00-108.00 102.00-107.00 n/a n/a n/a n/a Feeder Cows n/a 45.00-79.00 68.00-80.00 n/a 71.00-86.00 n/a n/a n/a 74.00-80.00 Fleshy Export Cows n/a n/a 72.00-78.25 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Lean Export Cows n/a n/a 62.00-70.00 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.)

news Canadian beef and However, the hog-breeding herd dipped slightly to 1.3 mil- hog herds finally lion sows and gilts, the lowest on the rise level since 1999. reuters / Canada’s herds of cattle and hogs rose at Jan. WTO case possible 1, turning around a long-term downsizing trend on the on Indian poultry strength of high prices. AgriInsurance. Cattle ranchers benefited barriers from prices rising throughout washington / reuters 2011, while hog prices reached Washington may turn to the Guaranteed Protection. a seven-year high in the sec- World Trade Organization and ond half of the year, Statistics claim India unfairly restricts Guaranteed Peace of Mind. Canada said Feb. 20. imports of U.S. poultry based The Canadian cattle herd on false food safety claims. At MASC, we can’t guarantee the weather, but we can guarantee that edged up 0.5 per cent to 12.5 “Our American poultry is AgriInsurance will protect your operation from the impact natural million head, marking the safe. There is no reason for perils can have on your agricultural production. first year-over-year increase in them to deny us access,” said seven years. The inventory of U.S. trade representative Ron Over the last two years, we have provided over $500 million in claim beef replacement heifers rose Kirk. payments to producers who have suffered losses caused by risks such 4.3 per cent to 554,300 head, “We are extraordinarily frus- as excess moisture, drought and hail. indicating ranchers are starting trated with India’s continued to replenish their herds, the non-application of interna- Production and Quality Guarantees government statistical agency tionally recognized scientific said. standards.” Find out how AgriInsurance provides you with production and Hog inventories climbed 1.1 The Obama administration quality guarantees against crop losses through the following core risk per cent to 12 million head on has filed just six cases at the management programs: Jan. 1, marking the first time World Trade Organization since • Production Insurance – coverage and reseeding benefits on over the herd has risen in consecu- taking office in January 2009, 60 different crops. tive years since 2006. including five against China. • Excess Moisture Insurance – coverage for the inability to seed due to wet conditions; basic coverage is provided to all producers who have AgriInsurance; higher dollar values and reduced deductible option are also available. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS • Forage Insurance – specific coverage for production of tame hay, OF native hay, pasture, forage seed, as well as, forage establishment; restoration coverage for insured tame hay and forage seed crops CO-OPERATIVE HAIL INSURANCE damaged by excess moisture is also provided. COMPANY LIMITED April 2 Deadline Remember, April 2 is the last day to apply for AgriInsurance or ANNUAL MEETING MANITOBA MEMBERS MEETING change your coverage or crop selections. Co-op Hail Building Royal Oak Inn & Suites 2709 - 13th Avenue 3130 Victoria Avenue West To learn more about how to protect your investment through a Regina, Saskatchewan Brandon, Manitoba customized insurance plan, contact your MASC insurance office today or visit masc.mb.ca. Friday, March 30, 2012 Monday, March 26, 2012 Commencing at 10:00 a.m. Commencing at 10:00 a.m. Registration at 9:30 a.m. Registration at 9:30 a.m. Lunch served at Noon Lunch served at Noon 36 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012

SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN Local buyers show interest on lower-weight animals The majority of ewes went to the meat market

By Mark Elliot More bucks were delivered for CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR February 16, 2012 this sale than the last one. The price bidding was strong for roducers delivered 128 EWES $155.80 - $182.40 $168.30 - $215.82 the bucks, similar to the strong sheep and goats, to the $108.50 - $114.70 $130.72 prices of the last sale. There P W i n n i p e g L i v e s t o c k appeared to be no relationship Auction, March 1, 2012. Buyer LAMBS (LBS.) between the larger goats and turnout however, was low. the smaller-sized goats, on the Bidding indicated demand for 110+ $110.88 - $218.33 $229.12 - $238.25 price ranges or within the breed ewes was lower than the pre- 95 - 110 $176.22 - $194.04 n/a of the goat. A 135-pound Boer- vious sale. The majority of the cross buck, brought $185 ($1.37 ewes were aged, with limited 80 - 94 $175.20 - $192.10 $165.75 - $185.09 per pound). A 110-pound white future breeding potential. The Boer-cross buck, brought $145 Under 80 bidding was mainly for the meat ($1.32 per pound). The smaller- industry. The 155-pound ewes 78 / 79 $176.28 / $176.96 $126 - $179.20 (70 lbs.) framed Pygmy-cross bucks, brought $0.74 and $0.70 per brought a price range of $0.75 pound. The remaining heavier $145.27 / $167.17 (73 lbs.) to $1.73 per pound. ewes, brought a price range of 60 $129 (60 lbs.) $127.40 (65 lbs.) Goat kids dominated the $0.76 to $0.85 per pound. selection of goats sold for this The selection of rams was sale. There was strong demand limited, but heavy quality. structure and large curved-horn limited, market lambs domi- interested in these lambs. A for the lightweight goats. A The demand for the rams was frame weighing 210 pounds nated this sale. Two groups group of six 78-pound Cheviot- 40-pound Boer-cross wether, stronger than for the ewes. brought $193.20 ($0.92 per of 99-pound lambs brought cross lambs, brought $176.28 brought $62.50 ($1.56 per Thus the bidding on the rams, pound). $176.22 and $194.04 ($1.78 and ($2.26 per pound). A group of pound). A mixed group of 16, brought a higher price range of There appeared to be some $1.96 per pound). five 79-pound Cheviot-cross 48-pound Boer-cross and La $0.80 to $0.97 per pound. An relationship between weight There was a group of 12, lambs, brought $176.96 ($2.24 Mancha-cross kids, brought $74 exception was a 105-pound and the price bidding, but not 85-pound feeder lambs that per pound). A 70-pound (cull) ($1.54 per pound). Cheviot-cross ram that brought on the breed of the heavyweight brought $192.10 ($2.26 per Suffolk-cross lamb, brought The Ontario Stockyard $115.50 ($1.10 per pound). lambs. The 132- and 145- pound). A 80-pound Suffolk- $99.75 ($1.425 per pound). Report (March 2, 2012), stated As the auction continued, pound lambs, brought $110.88 cross lamb, brought $175.20 Three 60-pound Rideau-cross the price that was lost/dropped there was little demand to sepa- and $210.55 ($0.84 and $1.39 ($2.19 per pound). lambs, brought $129 ($2.15 per on the sheep of last week — rate the rams and the ewes, cre- per pound). The 120- and 123- The lambs in the lightweight pound). was returned for this week. ating a middle price range of pound lambs, brought $198 and classification continued with In the goats, there was only Lambs were sold on a steady $0.82 to $0.84 per pound. A very $218.33 ($1.65 and $1.775 per a slightly lower price bidding one doe delivered for this sale. to a stronger bidding price. All impressive novelty Barbado- pound). compared to the feeder lambs. The 120-pound Boer-cross doe goat classifications held a firm cross ram, with a large body Although numbers were Individual local buyers were brought $135 ($1.13 per pound). price.

Australia’s 2012-13 SYDNEY / SINGAPORE / REUTERS Wheat output is expected to fall to 25 “We expect a pullback in Australia Australia’s wheat output is likely to million tonnes in the year to June 2013, wheat plantings this year as canola wheat output slide more than 15 per cent in 2012-13 down from an all-time high of 29.5 mil- plantings are likely to be the big from a record crop this year as lower lion tonnes which is estimated to have winner this season because of expected to decline global prices may prompt farmers to been produced this crop year. That the margins,” said Paul Deane, shift to other crops such as canola and would still be a better-than-average a senior economist with by 15 per cent barley. crop. ANZ. Mobile? Take Manitoba Co-operator with you on your smartphone! Download the free app at agreader.ca/mbc

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COLUMN Common pitfalls of semen evaluation A list of tips and techniques for evaluating bulls efficiently and safely

as Angus and Simmental to penis extending or your vet of this condition. My theory is amount of electricity required be very easy to stimulate and may tranquilize them to make the most dominant bulls have to stimulate bulls, any disrup- Roy Lewis, DVM one must watch to not over- sure they will protrude the nothing to prove so don’t ride tion in this low current flow Beef 911 stimulate them or do it too penis. and the least dominant bulls will cause the stimulation quickly. The ejaculators with On rare occasions bulls will are the ones being ridden. In process to fail. It is very impor- automatic programs may consistently urinate in the each case ejaculation does not tant the equipment be main- need to be put on manual so sample. These bulls I have occur and the semen becomes tained and the electrical ends n the past 31 years of the stimulation can be gradu- found with some rest (say one stagnant and dead. be replaced as they become semen evaluating bulls, I ally increased. This is where hour) followed by quick stim- These bulls may need to be worn. The contact points must I have come across many observing and using one’s ulation will often result in a ejaculated two to three times be cleaned and a smooth stim- tricks of the trade to make this experience will yield great successful collection. Again in succession to get this old ulation will result. procedure run very smoothly. benefits on the successful the bulls which are urinators semen out of their system. Semen collection is as much Every situation is different collection of a semen sam- will often repeat this same Subsequent sample quality an art as a science. An expe- and every set of bulls some- ple. If bulls don’t protrude trick in subsequent years as should improve drastically rienced veterinarian will use what unique so most of these their penis they are difficult well. if this was the only problem. all this knowledge to ensure points involve common-sense to stimulate. However many Stagnant semen (high per- Veterinarians can often tell as successful an evaluation and casual observations I of these bulls will ejaculate centage of dead sperm) can by the type of morphologic as possible. Bulls will still fail have made over the years. in the sheath and the semen be present in bulls in winter defects (sperm cell defects) because they should but we A common dilemma is bulls can be milked out by ending and at other times when they if the sample is stagnant or want to ensure that no outside which are hard to stimu- stimulation and massaging are not actively ejaculating. not but have to retest if the forces will make a fair evalua- late and collect an adequate the sheath and collecting the In pens of bulls it is definitely defects are too high. A good tion impossible. semen sample from. More semen when it runs out. more common in the more management procedure is to often than not the rectal These bulls will have to be mature bulls. With pecking have cycling cows close by Roy Lewis is a large-animal veterinarian probe is too small and there observed at their first breed- order the most dominant bulls before semen testing, as this practising at the Westlock Veterinary is not enough contact made ing to make sure there is no and least dominant bulls seem will get the bulls active. Centre. His main interests are bovine between the probe and the physical impairment to the to have the greatest incidence Because of the minute reproduction and herd health. urethral muscles. This is espe- cially true in very large herd bulls. You can increase contact by lifting up on the back of the probe as the bull is being stimulated. This pushes down the front of the probe, increasing the contact and initiates better stimulation. The percentage which will protrude, also increases. This is very important as visual- ization of the penis detects problems such as warts, cuts or frenulums (tie-backs) and these conditions can then be addressed. There is still a very small percentage of bulls refractory to the electro ejaculator. For bulls still unable to be stimu- lated, it may be worth it to put The PursuiT is over the effort into another collec- tion technique. This would involve having the bull breed a cow in heat with your veteri- narian present. The cow can then be run in and the semen sucked out of her vagina using a pipette and examined. This semen will be mixed with the cow’s vaginal mucus so the motility will be slowed a bit when your veterinarian examines it. Generally if a bull is hard to collect or refractory to the electro ejaculator, this problem will repeat itself in subsequent years so mark that down on the semen form. Bulls going down in the chute is a common problem, especially with quiet show- type bulls, so often leaving their heads free with not much squeeze restraint put on them may help in this regard. Tying their head up with a halter may also accomplish keeping them up. A bar or post placed behind the bull is enough to keep them ahead and often the bulls will stay up long enough to collect a sample. This is especially true of large herd bulls. Confinement in PHANTOM™ puts an affordable end to broadleaf weeds. a sturdy alley may be easier than trying to hold their heads Control weeds on contact and in soil residual with the takeout power in a headcatch. of imazethapyr, the same active ingredient found in Pursuit®. Support Safety measures fair pricing and protect your pea, soybean and other broadleaf crops with As a safety with mature bulls Phantom herbicide. Available at leading retailers. Ask for Phantom by name. 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news Australia to probe new Forage specialist advises Texas Indonesia cattle cruelty video cattlemen to hold off Slaughterhouse workers are caught not following the rules A Texas AgriLife Extension Service forage specialist is advising state beef producers not to get too enthusiastic canberra / reuters / about recent rainfalls, which followed many months of Australia will investigate new record drought. video appearing to show cat- “After the drought, remain destocked,” Dr. Larry tle being mistreated at an Redmon says in an AgriLife release. “Just because you Indonesian abattoir, and see green in the spring doesn’t mean you should load up could reimpose an export with cows again. Consider drought management as part ban on the slaughterhouse if of your overall strategy.” it broke animal welfare rules, “It will take three to four inches a month and, said Agriculture Minister Joe depending on the species, an entire year for pasture Ludwig. recovery,” Redmon said. “Obviously, there will be no Australia suspended live recovery with no rainfall. Folks, we killed cedar with the cattle exports to Indonesia for drought in the Hill Country. We can’t expect recovery to a month in 2011 after a video our pastures without rainfall.” showing cows being beaten Redmon reminded producers of the state’s unpredict- and whipped before slaughter able weather patterns. was aired on Australian tel- “Remember this description of Texas weather, ‘It is evision. The footage outraged prolonged drought interrupted by periodic flooding many Australians, while the events.’” government response angered farmers who said the move jeopardized jobs. Fresh footage that animal rights activists said showed Azerbaijan opens borders to cattle Indonesian workers slitting a cow’s throat without first Staff / Canada could soon be exporting dairy heifers stunning it, as required under to Azerbaijan following a new agreement to open trade the new rules, prompted calls in cattle, the federal government has announced. for the country to end the The deal announced last week by Agriculture $340-million live cattle trade Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister with its biggest customer, Ed Fast opens what is expected to be a new market for Indonesia. the Canadian genetics industry, said Rick McRonald, Under rules introduced after executive director of the Canadian Livestock Genetics last year’s outcry, the Australian Association (CLGA) in a release. government requires exporters “We expect that the first potential Azeri live cattle to ensure animal welfare stand- buyers will be in Canada next month. This could result ards are met at Indonesian in initial sales of 2,000 dairy heifers,” he said. abattoirs they supply, and can Canadian agri-food exports to Azerbaijan averaged punish firms which ship cows Australian cows are loaded onto a truck after arriving at the Tanjung Priok more than $2.1 million per year from 2009 to 2011. Pork to slaughterhouses where cru- port in Jakarta May 31, 2011. Australia is investigating new allegations of is Canada’s primary export to Azerbaijan, with an aver- elty occurs. abuse in Indonesian abattoirs. REUTERS/Supri Supri age annual export value of $1.7 million. Other Canadian Industry bodies the exports include beef, poultry and pulses. Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association and the Cattle tem of regulation which sat tion where there is a system Council of Australia rejected underneath the industry in of regulation put in place by calls for any wider suspension Indonesia,” said Cattlemen’s the Australian government. If of animal exports. Association president Luke there are problems identified, “Last year when that hap- Bowen. there is a rule book and there pened there was no sys- “Now we are in a posi- are penalties involved.” HELPING MANITOBA LANDOWNERS Planting a Green Future ••••••••••••••••••••••••

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Manitoba Cooperator Ad size: 2 cols x 100 Insertion date: Thurs. Jan.26, Feb.16 & March 8, 2012 Position: Well Fwd News The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 39 Valent Canada TWO PEAS IN A POD will now market through Nufarm A strategic alliance forged last year has been expanded Staff

g and turf chemical firm Valent Canada will now A market 17 of its products in the Canadian market through Nufarm Agriculture. The two companies made a deal March 1 that will see five herbicides, six insecticides, five plant growth regulators and Presidio fungicide marketed in Newborn calves hitch a ride in from the cold. PHOTO: GRACE CRAYSTON Canada through Nufarm’s dis- tribution channels. The distribution deal follows Nufarm’s agreement in March NSG MB 2012 Ad 2.pdf 1 11-10-28 3:14 PM last year to market Valent’s Group 14 soybean herbicide Valtera in Canada. “The success of that relation- ship has resulted in the expan- Refrigerator doors are for sion of our strategic alliance,” Valent Canada’s country man- ager Todd Younghans said in displaying the things you’re a release. “We believe that by expanding our partnership with Nufarm, our companies will gain efficiencies and be better able to serve our customers in proud of the Canadian marketplace.” Yvonnick Jambon, general Here’s what’s on ours... manager for Nufarm in Canada, said the deal will “strengthen our product offering in the row crop, horticulture, (industrial vegetative management), turf and biorational business.” beans Nufarm Agriculture — the cool Canadian arm of the Australian ag chem firm Nufarm — will now distribute: • Va l t e r a , C h a t e a u , SureGuard, BroadStar and Dear Editor, Payload herbicides; • Arena 50 WDG and Clutch 50 WDG insecticides; After reading the last issue I decided to grow NSC Osborne,

• DiPel 2X DF, DiPel WP, ForayC one of NorthStar Genetics Manitoba’s RR2Y soybean 48BA and VectoBac 600L M varieties. As a Red River Valley farmer (farming 15 miles biological insecticides; south of Winnipeg), I know that I will have to deal with lots of • ReTain, MaxCel, Promalin,Y Fascination and ProGibb different growing conditions and you claimed that these CM plant growth regulators; RR2Y’s could handle them all. and MY

• Presidio fungicide. CY • The agreement with Nufarm Despite the wet conditions at seeding and then no rain to won’t change distribu-CMY speak of after June 15th, the crop looked better from the

tion for Valtera’s VelocityK herbicide, sold in Canada beginning than anything else that I grew, even though it by Engage Agro, nor for was seeded into rougher conditions. Valtera’s plant growth regulators Sumagic and Anyways, I just harvested and this NSC Osborne yielded Distance, sold in Canada by Plant Products Co. 8.2 bushels/acre more than any RR1 that I grew this year! • Valent Canada, operating I am one happy customer, thanks for spreading the word about out of Guelph since 2007, is NorthStar Genetics Manitoba’s Roundup Ready 2 Yield. the Canadian arm of Tokyo- based Sumitomo Chemical’s -One Happy Producer Valent plant chemical busi- ness, which also includes Valent U.S.A. and Valent BioSciences.

Better food, better health, introducing.. for more information call your local dealer your kitchen! or visit Healthy eating starts at home. NorthStar This Nutrition Month, make more home-cooked meals www.weknowbeans.com in the 4-Meal Challenge, and you could win a heart healthy prize pack. Visit heartandstroke.mb.ca G E N E T I C S M A N I T O B A Contact: Toll-free: 1.888.473.4636 heartandstroke.mb.ca ©NorthStar Genetics Manitoba 2011 [email protected] 40 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 KFC and Pizza Hut hope India will fall in love with fast food With 60 per cent of India’s 1.2 billion residents under the age of 30, Yum expects to quintuple its number of restaurants by 2020

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ati Motwani of Mumbai treats her seven-year-old R daughter to a fast-food fix almost every weekend. Western chains increasingly are gaining a following and changing old dining habits, she says. “In Indian cities today, pizza and burgers have become sta- ples and have replaced the tra- ditional daal and chawal (lentils and rice), which we grew up eat- ing. This is their fun food, this is what they enjoy,” said Motwani, 33. KFC and Pizza Hut parent Yum Brands is hoping this western fast-food phenomenon reaches millions more Indians as it tries to mirror the success story of China, which now contributes half of its operating profit. Yum is targeting Indian stu- dents and young office work- ers with adaptations of popu- lar western fast-food products designed to appeal to their unique tastes — and the nation’s many vegetarians: Tandoori Customers eat at a KFC outlet, franchised by Yum Brands, in a suburban shopping mall in Mumbai. KFC and Pizza Hut parent Yum Brands Inc. is paneer pizza or vegetable hoping this western fast-food phenomenon reaches millions more Indians as it tries to mirror the success story of China, which now contributes half of its “Zinger” burgers anyone? operating profit. reuters/Vivek Prakash By 2020 Yum expects to have 2,000 restaurants in India, up from 374 now. Sanders’ secret fried chicken to offset an expected modera- While China’s population is position in India, experts say But few experts expect Yum’s recipe to a restaurant on the tion in China. aging, 60 per cent of India’s low wages, rickety infrastruc- ride in India to be as smooth as edge of Beijing’s Tiananmen 1.2 billion residents are under ture and government bureau- in China, where the company Square in 1987. Still, they say India versus China the age of 30, and that is cracy are hurdles to growth. has 4,500 restaurants after virtu- India’s young and upwardly India is expected to overtake the sweet spot for fast-food The country lacks China’s com- ally uninterrupted growth from mobile population promises to China as the world’s most popu- restaurants. mitment to building roads and the day KFC brought Colonel deliver enough growth by 2020 lous nation as early as 2025. People in India currently other transport systems needed spend less on fast food — 2010 to get fresh and frozen food to spending per person was $11 in restaurants and Indian incomes India versus $60 in China — but remain very low. Lunch from a India’s GDP growth is expected street stall can cost less than 25 to exceed China’s as early as rupees, or 50 cents. 2014. Yum and McDonald’s are Nevertheless, even as Yum, responding with value menu McDonald’s Corp. and other items, like veggie burgers, that chains race to build a leadership sell for as little as 25 rupees.

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AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES AUCTION DISTRICTS Manitoba Auctions – Westman Saskatchewan Auctions Saskatchewan Auctions Parkland – North of Hwy 1; west of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba JACOB & LINDA ENNS, KILLARNEY, MB. FARM The Pas and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis. RETIREMENT AUCTION SALE Fri., Apr. 20th, Westman – South of Hwy 1; west of PR 242. 2012 10:30am Located 11-mi S of Killarney, 2-mi E. Interlake – North of Hwy 1; east of PR 242, 1984 Case 4494 DSL 4WD, 12-SPD powershift, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba 8,100-hrs; 1984 JD 2950 DSL, 3-pt., w/JD 148 and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis. loader, 13,800-hrs, 1 owner; 1986 Case 448 lawn & Red River – South ofHwy 1; east of PR 242. garden tractor, 18-HP, 48-in. mower deck & 42-in. mulcher; 1992 Bourgault 330 air seeder w/32-ft. Birch River cultivator w/Bourgault 2155 air tank & 4 row har- You Swan River rows; 1988 JD 1610 31-ft. chisel plough, tandem Minitonas Durban axle w/Degelman 3 row harrows; 1981 Herman hyd always get what harrowbar; 1989 Eversman 6-yd scraper; 1985 JD Winnipegosis 7720 Titan II DSL combine, JD PU, hydrostatic, you want at: Roblin 2-SPD cyl, always shedded, 3,300-hrs; 1984 Vers MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm equipment Grandview Dauphin Ashern Gilbert Plains Fisher Branch 4400 22-ft. SP swather, cab w/air, hydrostatic; 2003 auction for Garry, Deloris & Darryl Brooks Mon., Apr Ste. Rose du Lac Riverton MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a premium farm Russell 9th, 2012 10:00am Directions from Alameda, SK. 2-mi Eriksdale FK 41-ftx8-in. auger w/Kohler 18-HP motor; 1983 Parkland McCreary Arborg equipment auction for David & Jean Knibbs Domain Co-op Oil Lundar Allied 41-ftx7-in. auger w/B&S 16-HP engine; 1981 N on Hwy #9, 3-mi W, 1/2-mi North. Watch for signs!! Gimli Birtle Shoal Lake Erickson (306)848-2057 Sat., Apr 14, 2012 10:00am Direc- IHC Model 1100 9-ft. mower; 1985 Vicon 6 wheel Live internet bidding at www.spotter.com. JD 4560 2WD Langruth Minnedosa Interlake Lac du Bonnet tions from Stoughton, SK. 8-mi W on Hwy 13 & Company Ltd. Gladstone tractor w/4,050-hrs; MF 165 2WD DSL tractor w/3-PTH Hamiota Neepawa Stonewall rake; 1983 NH 519 manure spreader; 2010 Wallein- Rapid City Selkirk Beausejour 2.75-mi S. Live internet bidding at www.Bidspot- Portage stein GX 920 Backhoe, 3-pt., mechanical thumb & MF 235 FEL; JD 9660 STS combine w/1,214 sep Domain - 204-736-4321 Virden Austin Winnipeg ter.com. JD 8570 4WD tractor w/4,025-hrs; JD Carberry hrs; 30-ft JD 930 rigid straight cut header; Stewart 1 Brandon sells w/hoe; New Idea 7-ft. snow blower; NH3 dual Elm Creek Souris Treherne Sanford Ste. Anne 4240 2WD tractor & JD 148 loader w/4,040-hrs; JD Reston manifold attachment w/electric shut-off. 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Ross Taylor Auction dr; 85-ft Brandt QF 1000 field sprayer w/800-gal poly cart; 62-ft Degelman Strawmaster 7000 heavy har- AUCTION SALES Service (204)522-5356, Reston, MB. tank; 1974 Ford 600 Louisville grain truck; 1973 Chev C60 grain truck w/steel box & roll tarp; 1975 GMC 1-Ton rows w/2455 Valmar; 20-ft Ezee On 1500 tandem Manitoba Auctions – Westman dually w/flat deck; Sakundiak 8-1800 auger w/20-HP offset disc; 1986 Mack tandem axle grain truck; AUCTION SALES Kawasaki engine; Sakundiak 7-1200 auger w/13-HP 1978 IH Loadstar 1700 grain truck w/63,000 km, GEORGE & MAUREEN FREEMAN, HARTNEY, engine; Swisher 24-HP zero turn lawn mower wit/only 80-ft Flexi Coil 65XL field sprayer; 1976 Ford F-250 AIRPLANES MB. FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION SALE Sat., Manitoba Auctions – Interlake 35-hrs; Farm King 840 3-PTH snow blower; Howse PU for restoration; Sakundiak 10-65 swing auger; Apr 21st, 2012. 11:00am. 1-mi N of Hartney, 3-PTH finishing mower; PTO post hole auger, gas pow- Sakundiak 7-40 auger w/Honda engine; Sakundiak 1.75-mi W. 1981 JD 4240 DSL, factory 3-pt., quad- DP2371_PPAC_Classified MB.indd 1 2/24/12 10:32 AM MCSHERRY AUCTION SITE Moving & Estate Featur- ered mandrel saw; 2, 150-gal poly water tanks; 200-gal 7-47 auger w/Briggs engine; Kongskilde Cushion ADOLF GREISBERGER Tues., May 8th, 1:00pm range trans, only 2,700-hrs since all engine work ing: Oil & Railway. Sat., Mar. 17th, 10:30am Stonewall, truck water tank; 48 bundles of dual grey IKO shingles; Air 500 grain vac; 41-ft Friggstad DT cultivator 1995 Zenair 701 airplane 2 seater, 130 original hrs. done in 2004, tractor is premium; 1981 Case 1690 MB. 2 Patterson Dr. (2) 1920 Clear Vision Gas Bowser; new Honda GX390 engine; new Honda GX670 engine; w/1620 Valmar; 4, Westeel 3800-bu hopper bottom LAWRENCE EISNER AUCTIONS (204)525-2225 DSL tractor, w/Dual 205 loader w/grapple & 8-ft 1 Red Indian; 1 Enarco; Over 50 Signs: Red Indian, Honda GC 160 engine w/banjo pump; plus antiques grain bins; Behlin 3500-bu hopper bottom bin Minitonas. VIEW www.eisnerauctions.com bucket; 1961 JD 4010 DSL, 8-SPD trans, 540 & piano stool; kitchen hoosier cupboard, rocking chairs, w/aeration; 2, Metal Ind. 50 Ton hopper bottom bins 1000 PTO; IHC 560 DSL w/single hyd; Massey Enarco, Dunlop, Goodrich, Ford, Prestone, Sky Chief, crocks, tins, oil lamps; Medalta water cooler, singer w/aeration fans; 2, Westeel 3,300-bu grain bins on Harris #44 gas tractor, single hyd; JD 7720 turbo Texaco, BA, Shell, MH, Oliver, Triumph Motorcycle sewing machine plus much more! Visit www.mack- wood floors; Westeel 1,350-bu grain bin on wood DSL combine, JD 6 belt PU, hydrostatic, very good; Dealership, Canadian Pacific Porc Shield, Beaver, Na- ANTIQUES auctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on floor; Westeel 1,650-bu grain bin on steel floor; 2, JD 6601 PT combine w/Sund PU; JD 800 21-ft. SP tional Telegraph; Over 150 AMAZING Oil Cans Collec- Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Westeel Rosco 3,300-bu cement floors; 3, Baldor swather; Sakundiak 37-ft.x6-in. auger w/15-HP tion, Many Rare & Mint; Oil Bottles; Mobile Oil; Oil Rack; Mack Auction Co. PL 311962. 3-HP aeration fans; 4, 5,000-bu plywood temporary Powerfist motor; Westfield 41-ft.x8-in. PTO auger; Cast Toys; Wind Up Toys. Pics & Full Listing on Website www.mcsherryauction.com NEXT AUCTION: Sat., grain bins; 14-ft Degelman 7200 6 way dozer; De- ANTIQUES Rem 552 grain vaccuvator; Hesston Model 5800 gelman 570 hyd drive rock picker; Farm King round baler; Hesston Model 1150 12-ft. mower con- Mar. 31st, Exc Coca Cola Collections, Blackcat. Stuart Antiques For Sale McSherry (204)467-1858 or (204)886-7027. 3-PTH snow blower; Brandt 3-PTH sprayer; JD 603 ditioner; Sitrex 10 wheel V hay rake 3-pt; IHC 435 3PTH gyro mower; Buhler Farm King steel drum square baler; Trucks -All As Is. 1976 Chev C30 swath roller; Koenders poly drum swath roller; MARK THIS DATE ON your calendar. Saturday truck, w/8x12-ft. steel box, good running; 1967 Crary 30-ft air reel; Honeybee crop lifters; Chem Apr 14, 2012 A large first class silver coin auction Chev 1-Ton truck, to restore; 1967 3/4-Ton Chev Handler I mixer; Honda banjo pump; hyd drill fill; sale in Legion Hall in Rapid City, MB. Sale time w/flat deck & hoist, to restore; 1979 Ford Lariet 1/2- seed treater; misc Westeel grain bin doors & pan- 9:30am, featuring over 400 units eg. Near 6& far 6 Ton; 1988 GMC S15 1/2-Ton, 4-SPD, running; els; Yamaha 200E ATC; 100 & 130-gal slip tanks & 1926 5 cent pieces, a selection of pre-1950 silver 1951 Mercury 1-Ton truck w/box & hoist. Collector pumps, JD JS-46 self propelled lawn mower; JD dollars. Also many per-1950 5cents, 10 cents, 25 Car: 1956 Dodge 4 dr. Sedan car; IHC 7200 28-ft. 518R rear tine roto tiller; JD pressure washer; Pow- cents, 50 cents + 100 or more cased mint sets, hoe press drill, 2, 14-ft. sections w/pan wheel press, erlease Honda 2600-W generator; Cambell Haus- specimen sets, and case dollars, plus some paper factory transport; Wisek Model 714 16-ft. heavy tan- feld upright air compressor; Jet drill press; Makita dollar bills for sale. Phone Hyndmans Auction or dem disc; IHC #45 27-ft. vibra-shank cultivator; IHC chop saw; Craftsman radial arm saw; hand tools JD prairie lane 826-2092 or 724-7510. 16-ft. 620 DD press drill; Flexi-coil WB45 45-ft. har- 1/16 scale tractor & combine collection & much row packer bar; NH 516 manure spreader, 205-bus; MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a large farm equip- more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for Farm King 8-ft. double auger snowblower, hyd ment auction for Ken & Gloria Vogel (306)842-5684 Thurs., complete printable sale bill, photos & video. Join us chute; Brandt end gate hyd drill fill; Sunbeam ham- Apr 12, 2012 10:00am Directions from Weyburn, SK from MULVEY FLEA MARKET, Manitoba’s Largest You on Facebook. (306)487-7815 or (306)421-2928 mermill; 3, 300-gal fuel tanks; Grain Bins 2, 1,300- junction of Hwy 13 & Hwy 39 go 9.5-mi W on Hwy 13 & Mack Auction Co. PL 311962 year-round indoor flea market, weekends 10-5. Col- bus. Steel hopper bins; Springbok 15-ft. boat always get what 1-mi S. Live internet bidding at Bidspotter.com 2008 Vers lectables, Antiques & More. Lots of great stuff new w/Evenrude 20-HP motor; Eze-load trailer. For info Buhler 2375 4WD tractor w/520-hrs; NH 9280 4WD tractor & old. Fun place to shop. Osborne @ Mulvey Ave. please contact: George Freeman cell w/2,750-hrs; 2009 NH T6070 FWA tractor w/Ezee On 2105 AUTO & TRANSPORT E. Wpg. 204-478-1217. Visa, MasterCard, Interac (204)483-0391 Home (204)858-2549. Please visit you want at: FEL & 780-hrs; 2009 NH T6070 FWA tractor w/780-hrs; accepted. Visit us online at www.mulveymarket.ca websites mrankinauctions.com or rosstaylorauc- 2009 NH T6050 FWA tractor w/585-hrs; 2009 NH TV6070 AUTO & TRANSPORT tion.com Murray Rankin Auctions (204)534-7401, Bi-Directional tractor w/PTO & 3-PTH on both ends & long Auto & Truck Parts Killarney, MB. Ross Taylor Auction Service Reston, reach 7614 FEL; 2009 NH TT60A FWA utility tractor w/3- Viterra PTH & only 255-hrs; AC 5020 DSL 2WD utility tractor w/3- SUN., MAR. 11TH, 2012 MB Antique Association MB. Ross (204)522-5356 Brock (204)522-6396. REMANUFACTURED DSL ENGINES: GM 6.5L PTH; MF 202 2WD tractor w/trencher attachment; 2006 Spring Antique & Collectibles Show. 10:00-4:00pm Franklin - 204-476-2668 $4,750 installed; Ford/IH 7.3L $4950 installed; GM NH CR 960 combine w/595 sep hrs & fully loaded; 39-ft CanadInns Polo Park 1405 St Matthews Ave. Ad- Duramax; new 6.5L engines $6500; 12/24V 5.9L Cum- 2006 NH 94C straight cut header; 2005 Prairie Star 4940 mission $4. Vendor spaces avail. Kelly mins; other new/used & reman. engines available. SP swather w/972 MacDon 30-ft harvest header; Prairie (204)981-9616. Glassware, books, postcards, nos- www.PrecisionPac.com Thickett Engine Rebuilding, 204-532-2187, Binscarth. Star 36-ft PT swather w/split bat reel; 3, 2009 NH BR 7090 talgia items, art, silver, collectibles, etc. 8:00am-5:30pm Mon.-Fri. round balers w/Xtra Sweep PU; 2007 NH 1475 HS series 18-ft haybine w/upgraded PTO shaft; 2007 NH 18 HS se- STEEL SERVICE TOOLBOX FOR 1/2, 3/4 or 1-ton AUCTION SALES ries 18-ft haybine header w/Bi-directional adapter; 14 bale truck, 6 compartment, 79” wide, 8’ long, good Buhler Inland Hayliner 2500 round bale picker; 2008 Spray shape, $1000 OBO. Phone: (204)669-9626 Air Trident 3600 Series PT suspended boom high clear- ance sprayer w/132-ft boom & 1,350-gal tank; Patriot XL AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES AUTO & TRANSPORT AUCTION SALES SP high clearance sprayer w/75-ft boom & Outback GPS; Trucks Manitoba Auctions – Parkland Manitoba Auctions – Red River Manitoba Auctions – Red River 60-ft Melroe 230 spra coupe; 60-ft PT Jetstream Com- puter sprayer; EZ guide 250 Auto Steer GPS; 56-ft Ezee On 7500 Air Drill w/Ezee On 3000 air tank w/10-ft spacing 1996 INTERNATIONAL DAYCAB, IN good condition, DP2371_PPAC_Classified MB.indd 13 2/24/12 10:32 AM safetied, $9000. Phone:(204)248-2110, Notre Dame. ADOLF GREISBERGER, RUSSELL. Tues., May double shoot & Dutch side band openers; 40-ft Ezee On air seeder & Ezee On 3175 air tank; 32-ft Ezee On 3590 8th, 1:00pm 2, JD 8630 4WD; Deutz DX130 FWA; 2004 T800 AS NEW, 60,000-km c/w Doepker Su- tandem offset disc; 2006 Dodge 4WD 5.9 Cummins DSL 95 JD 9600 combine; Westward 9250 25-ft. SP per Bees; 1993 GMC Top Kick tandem, new box & 3500 1 Ton regular cab dually w/70,900-kms; 1996 Dodge swather 367-hrs; 2004 Bourgault air seeder 2155 hoist; 100kW Gen Set c/w JD DSL motor, as new 2500 SLT 3/4 Ton DSL extended cab; 1994 Dodge 4WD tank looks, like new; 1975 IHC 1600 grain truck, 1,000-hrs. (204)665-2360. safetied; 1995 Zenair 701 airplane 2 seater only 1 Ton flat deck dually DSL w/5-SPD manual; 1998 Mack 130 original hrs. Major Equip Shedded LAWRENCE CH-613 Maxi Cruise tandem axle hiway tractor w/day cab 2006 FORD F350 1-TON dually XLT A/C, PWR EISNER AUCTIONS (204)525-2225, Minitonas & Mack 380 engine; 1994 Mack CH-13 tandem axle hiway window & PWR door, AM/FM, CD player, King Pin VIEW www.eisnerauctions.com tractor w/day cab & 350 Mack engine; 2, 1975 Mack R600 hook-up in box, cruise, tilt steering, 6L automatic tandem axle grain trucks w/Mack 237 engines & 6-SPD trans, 206,000-km. (204)379-2617. trans; 44-ft 2007 Neville Built 2 compartment tri axle grain DOrOThy KlOePPel trailer; 46-ft 1995 Lode King tri axle grain trailer w/3 com- AUTO & TRANSPORT EISNER’S AUCTION CENTRE SWAN RIVER, MB. Sat., partments; 53-ft 1998 Lode King drop deck tandem axle Apr. 28th, 9:00am MANITOBA’S LARGEST 42nd AN- lArge FArM AucTIOn trailer w/bale extensions; 52-ft 1987 Great Dane high boy Semi Trucks & Trailers NUAL SPRING EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT SALE tandem axle trailer w/bale racks; 53-ft 1989 Freuhauf Hiboy MOnDAy, APrIl 2, 2012, 2005 VOLVO 630, 465HP, 13-spd trans, new stear- Selling 1952 JD ‘R’; 95 4210 Case IH 3-pt Allied FEL tandem axle trailer w/bale extensions; semi van trailer for ing tires, 1.4m kms, truck in VGC, $24,500 OBO. joystick; 100’S OF ITEMS; 1000’S IN ATTENDANCE. 10:00AM storage; 36-ft 2008 Load Max gooseneck flatdeck trailer Phone: (204)325-1383 or cell (204)362-4874 COMPLETE FARM SALES OR SINGLE ITEMS WEL- 5 MIleS weST OF w/tandem duals & beaver tail ramps; 36-ft 2000 Bergen COME. Lawrence Eisner Auctions (204)525-2225 Mini- gooseneck flatdeck trailer w/triple axles & beaver tail; tonas VIEW www.eisnerauctions.com BrunKIlD, MB On Pr 305 2005 Fast Toys for Boys bumper hitch flatdeck trailer w/7,000- AUTO & TRANSPORT lbs axles; heavy duty shopbuilt combine trailer; home built Sport Utilities combine trailer; 40-ft Ezee On DT cultivator w/single shoot 2007 HYUNDAI SANTE FE, AWD, SUV cross- * 2007 John Deere 9520 T 36’’ Tracks, EZ Steer, fully equipped, 783 one owner hours, serial #908095; *2005 air kit & tine harrows; 60-ft Highline Stubble Buster heavy JOSEF WARTBICHLER, ROBLIN. Thurs., May harrow w/3255 Valmar; 70-ft Summers tine harrow packer over, auto-trans, PW, TC, A/C, recent safety, tune- 3rd 11:00am JD 8770 4WD, JD 4450; FWA JD Case IH MX 285 MFWD, 3pth, 480/80-46’’ duals 4 remote, PTO, EZ steer, 1316 one owner hours, serial draw bar w/heavy packers; 53-ft Friggstad 420 cultivator & up & new tires. Excellent condition, well maintained, 4430 FEL; 2001 JD 9750 SST; MF 220 26-ft. SP #Jaz135531; *1990 Versatile 976 purchased in spring of 1991. 4 remotes & return line, like new Trelleborg Ezee On 180 air tank w/9-in spacing & single shoot; 53-ft 60,000-miles or 100,000-kms, U.S. model, $14,500. swather; 2001 JD 1820 40-ft. air drill; Bourgault Friggstad 420 cultivator w/tine harrows; 47-ft Friggstad C5- Phone:(204)257-5497. 6000 medium 70-ft. harrows, as new; 1991 IHC tan- 900/60/32 singles, 4207 one owner hours, serial #D451015; *2010 Toro Z Master, Zero Turn 60’’ mower only used 51 hours; *1998 Kenworth T800B, highway tractor N14, 435 Cummins, 13 speed, fuller, wet 43 DT cultivator; 48-ft Bourgault 546 cultivator w/tine har- dem Cummins grain truck; 81 GMC 6000 grain rows; Tebben Mfg. 5 shank subsoiler; Noble Blade 1 shank BEEKEEPING truck. Major Equip Shedded LAWRENCE EISNER kit, 11.24.5 rubber 985,774 kms showing VIN #956192; *1994 Ford 9000 Tandem Grain truck, Cummins, cultivator; 36-ft IH 620 Press drills w/factory transport; 40-ft AUCTIONS (204)525-2225, Minitonas. VIEW 10 speed, w/Loadline 20’x8.5x53’’ Grain box 204,902 kms showing, serial #1FDYU90L3FMA58150; Agri Tech 4200 land roller; Bergen rock digger; Haybuster www.eisnerauctions.com *1990 IHC 9300 Tandem Cummins, 10 speed fuller, serial #2HSFBG2R9LC036170, showing 615,115 Rock Eze H 106 rock picker; Rockomatic 546 high dump BEEKEEPING kms w/2004 Loadline 20’x8.5x64’’ Grain box; *1984 Mack 600 Econodyne, 10 speed, fifth wheel, wet rock picker; Schulte 3-PTH 8-ft snowblower; Husqvarna Honey Bees 19-HP zero turn lawn mower; Friggstad 12-ft land leveller; AUCTION SALES kit, showing 4718 hours, serial #2M2N187Y4ECOO4707; *2000 Loadline 30’x8.5’x66’’ End Dump Grain Chem Handler 1; Tuthill chemical transfer pump; Friesen STRONG, SINGLE HIVES OR nucs for sale. Call Manitoba Auctions – Westman trailer, 11R22.5 tandem rubber, Current Manitoba safety, Serial #2U9E03029Y1012514; *2009 Loadline 45 & 60 Yon hopper bottom bins; Behlin 2,500-bu. hopper Andy Loewen (204)326-1500 or (204)392-3223. 30’x8.5’x63” Grain end Dump, swing out doors tailgate, 11R24.5 rubber, Serial #1FDYU90L3FMA58150; bottom bin; Behlin 1,600-bu hopper bottom bin; Westeel *1997 Chevrolet 3500 pickup 4 door 4x4 long box, V8 automatic, Serial #1GTHK33R5VFO29832, 1,650-bu hopper bottom bin; Westeel 3,300-bu bin on new BEEKEEPING ALVIN SMITH, BRIAN DRUMMOND & CONSIG- wood floor; Butler 2,800-bu bin on new wood floor; Brandt Bee Equipment NORS, HOLLAND, MB. FARM RETIREMENT 179,546 kms showing, large fuel tank & 12V pump, On truck sells after; *Sprayer tender 20‘ tandem 4000 grain vac; Buhler Farm King 10-60 swing auger; AUCTION SALE Wed., Apr. 25th, 2012 11:00am. Highboy trailer, 11.22.5 tires w/twin 2000 gal ploy tanks, chemical tank & Honda pump, sells as unit; Westfield 7-46 auger w/Kawasaki engine; Z Vac grain vac; 690 POLY SURROUNDS; 385 with nests; 75 poly Located 8-mi N of Holland on PTH #34. Alvin Smith *Highboy Sprayer truck w/Marflex 90 ft boom 800 gal fiberglass tank, Sprayer powered by13hp Vers 8-40 auger; Westfield 7-31 auger w/Honda 13-HP en- shelters, various makes. Phone: (204)435-2253. Equipment (204)526-2459 1994 Ford-Vers 9030 Bi- Honda, all mounted on 1983 IHC S-1800 4x4 truck V8 engine 5 speed, 380/34 tractor tires all around gine; Sakundiak 7-33 auger w/5HP electric motor; Westfield Directional DSL w/Ford engine, 3-SPD hydrostatic, 8-33 auger w/bin sweep; Johnson transfer auger 80, 100 & 3-pt both front & back ends, 1000 & 540 PTO front w/cab controls, Outback guidance system; *GM Tracker 4x4 w/all around 750x20 Tractor tires this unit 150-bu grain augers; Lincoln 200A welder w/Wisconscin BUILDING & RENOVATIONS & back ends, w/FEL w/8-ft. bucket, 7,000-hrs on is modified to fast track run off water in field drains, apparently never been stuck; *18 ft Car Hauler engine; Miller welder generator; quantity of new 12-in aera- tractor, excellent. TD9 Industrial Cat Bulldozer trailer tandem axle w/built on Ramps; *2006 Westward 9352 Swather power unit, serial #168623, w/30 tion fans & tubes. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for w/10-ft. Smith angle dozer blade, tracks & pads are BUILDING & RENOVATIONS ft MacDon 972 header twin pickup reel, 679 engine hours 571 on cutter bar, header #169313; *2000 sale bill, videos & photos. Join us on Facebook! (306)421- excellent; 1945 & 1948 JD styled “A” tractors; 2001 2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962 Roofing Vermeer Highline Rebel 5500 round baler, 5x5.5-ft. Westward 9350 Swather power unit serial #132722, w/30 ft Macdon 972 header twin pickup reel, Zero bale, done only 1,400 bales, like new; Trail King 5th hours on new drop in exchange Cummins engine, 982 hrs on cutter bar, head #132025; *2004 Cat wheel 24x8-ft. flat deck trailer, rebuilt deck, triple Lexion 480 R Combine Swath Master pickup on 13 ft head, Rice tires loaded machine auto steer etc, WINTER axle; Real Industries cattle squeeze & headgate; Brian Drummond Equipment (204)526-5166 1976 1680 engine hours, 1188 separator hours, Serial #86600849, Terms if desired, $20,000 nonrefundable BLOWOUT!! White Field Boss 2 105 DSL tractor, 3-PTH, down auction day, balance upon possession, on or before Aug 1, 2012; *1994 Case IH 1688 Combine, 75 truckloads 29 gauge full hard 2,000-hrs on rebuilt engine, 7,000-hrs on tractor; Chopper 1015 pickup head w/belt pickup, hopper topper, Rice 30.5x32 tires, 2805 engine hours, serial 100,000PSI high tensile roofing & 2002 New Idea 5212 discbine, 12-ft.; 1997 New #JJCOJ22535, Terms if desired as above; *2009 J&M Grain cart, Model 1000-20, pto drive, 25.5x32 tires, siding. 16 colours to choose from. Idea H865 soft core round baler, 5x6-ft.; 36-ft. bale serial #2344. Seeding and Tillage: *Summers 48 ft Deep tiller, 3 row mulchers, serial #B1024; *Air Seeder trailer w/iron frame deck; 1987 Norbert 7x16-ft. B-Gr. coloured...... /ft.2 gooseneck livestock trailer; Morand cattle handling Concord 8501 cart hyd. fan, model AS-3000, serial #3AS0240 w/50/30.5 Trelleborg tires, 48 ft Concord 70¢ system cattle squeeze w/headgate, palpation cage, seeding tool 68 shanks 7’’ space single chute, shedded; *Bourgault 70 ft 6000 mid harrow; *Flexicoil A great way to Multi-coloured millends...... 49¢/ft.2 3 sections of alleys & crowding tub, complete sys- 90 ft system 85 super harrow; *Haul-All 20 ft Dual tank drill fill system dual, rear auger discharge; *Ag tem; Lewis cattle oiler. Consigned: 1998 Macdon Buy and Sell Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2 9300 SP swather w/960 25-ft header w/PU reel, Shield, high lift pull type 100 ft sprayer, hyd, pump, folding boom, 18.4x26’’ tires, 1200 imp gal poly tank; cab w/air DSL engine; 1980 Vers 4400 SP swather, *Hutch master tandem disc 25 ft. 9’’ space 21’’ blades without the effort. BEAT THE PRICE 22-ft, cab w/air, hydrostatic; Doepker 28-ft. drill car- INCREASES CALL NOW rier, hyd; 1999 White 9-HP yd bug rear engine rider This is a partial list. Please see mower; Collector tractors: 1947 IH-McCormick W4 www.billklassen.com FOUILLARD STEEL gas tractor; 1948 JD ‘B’ w/saw mandrel; 1942 Ford for list & photos. Our Spring catalogue will be in your Farm mail March 19th. 8N tractor, 3-pt; 1953 IH-McCormick ‘M’ Websites Internet bidding powered by Bidspotter begins at 10:30AM SUPPLIES LTD. mrankinauctions.com or rosstaylorauction.com Mur- Bill Klassen Auctioneers ST. LAZARE, MB. ray Rankin Auctions (204)534-7401, Killarney, MB.Ross 204-325-4433 cell 6230 fax 4484 1-800-510-3303 Taylor Auction Service (204)522-5356, Reston, MB. Classifieds The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 43

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AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post TRACTORS FOR PARTS: IHC 1486, 1086, 886, 1066, 2003 JD 53-FT. air drill w/3-in. Dutch openers 4-in. Nickel Auctions Ltd frame building company. For estimates and infor- 966, 1256, 656, 844, 806, 706, 660, 650, 560, 460, rubber packers, 8 manifold, dual markers, sold Austin MB mation call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322). Website: 624, 606, 504, 434, 340, 240-4, W9, WD6, W6, W4, H, w/2003 JD 1910 270-bus tow behind air cart, Seed (204)637-3393 www.postframebuilding.com 340, B-414; 275 CASE 4890, 4690, 2394, 2390, 2290, Star control, 8-in. fill auger, Immaculate. Offered for Cell (204)856-6900 2090, 2470, 1370, 1270, 1175, 1070, 970, 870, 1030, sale prior to Dee Zee Farms Ltd Retirement Auction website www.nickelauctions.com CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & 930, 830, 730, 900, 800, 700, 600, 400, DC4, SC; MF June 12th, 2012. To view please contact Murray ------finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any 2745, 1155, 1135, 1105, 1100, 2675, 1500, 1085, 1080, Rankin Auctions (204)534-7401 Killarney, MB. April 7th floor design. References available. Alexander, MB. 65, Super 90, 88, 202, 44, 30; JD 6400, 3140, 5020, Farm Auction Treherne, MB 204-752-2069. 4020, 4010, 3020, 3010, 710; Cockshutt 1900, 1855, 28-FT. IHC 6200 DOUBLE disc seed drill w/rubber Victor Van De Spiegle 1850, 1800, 1655, 1650, 560, 80, 40, 30; White 4-150, press wheels & grass seed attachment. Fertilizer D6 Cat w/Blade BUSINESS SERVICES 2-105; Allis Chalmers 7045, 7040, 190XT, 190, 170, partition, reversed for grain only. All faulty disc 7610 JD MFD Loader WF; Deutz DX130, DX 85, 100-06, 90-06, 80-05; Volvo bearings replaced. Field ready. Includes transport 5425 JD MFD Loader 800, 650; Universal 651, 640; Ford 7600, 6000, 5000, trailer. Best offer. Phone (204)736-2723, Sanford. 4490 Case BUSINESS SERVICES Super Major, Major; Belarus 5170, 952, 825, 425; MM CULTIVATORS: 50-FT. FLEXICOIL 400, floating 1680 Case IH combine Crop Consulting 602, U, M5; Versatile 700, 555, 145, 118; Steiger 210 7721 JD combine hitch, 5 plex frame w/wo air pack, $8,000; 44-ft. JD Wildcat; Hesston 780. Also have parts for combines, 730, $7,000; 41-ft. JD 1060, $3,500; 41-ft. Wilrich 5 42-ft. 7200 Case IH rubber Press Hoe Drill swathers, square & round balers, tillage, press drills Tillage Equip plex, $4,500; 37-ft. Alloway Danish tine, 5 plex, FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS and other misc. machinery. Buying machinery, working $3,500; 30-ft. Bervac Danish tine, $2,500. Brian 11 Hopper Bins or not. MURPHY SALVAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free Grain Handling Equip We also specialize in: Crop Insurance appeals; (204)685-2896 or (204)856-6119, MacGregor. Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; Custom operator 1-877-858-2728 Haying Equip FOR SALE 1989 MORRIS MH310 30-ft hoe press issues; Equipment malfunction; Yield comparisons, Cattle Equip WISCONSIN MOTOR PARTS FOR VG4D: crank drill, steel packers & atom jet openers, in good con- Cattle Shed Plus Private Investigations of any nature. With our shaft, heads, fly wheel, starter, manifold and carb, dition, asking $5000. Phone:(204)435-2130, Miami. Shop tools & more assistance the majority of our clients have received $1000 OBO. Phone: (204)669-9626 ------compensation previously denied. Back-Track April 14th Investigations investigates, documents your loss and Estate Farm Auction Kelwood, MB Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd. assists in settling your claim. for the late Dwayne Unger 1-866-729-9876 Licensed Agrologist on Staff. 9420 JD 5150 Richmond Ave. East 7920 JD MFD 3-PTH 746 Loader For more information 7520 JD MFD 3-PTH Please call 1-866-882-4779 BRANDON, MB. 7410 JD MFD 3-PTH 740 Loader FARM MACHINERY www.harvestsalvage.ca 58K Case Industrial Loader backhoe Grain Dryers 455C Case Crawler New, Used & Re-man. Parts 16-ft. Degalman frt mt blade NEW GSI GRAIN DRYERS FOR SALE. Canola Tractors Combines Swathers 2, 9660 JD Combines screens, propane/NG, single or 3-phase. Efficient, 2, 930D JD draper headers reliable, and easy to operate. Significant early order You 4710 JD High Boy Sprayer discount pricing now in effect. Call for more infor- 7300 JD Silage Chopper mation. 204-998-9915 www.vzgrain.com always get what 686 Kimber 6r Corn Header FYFE PARTS 2008 1830 JD 53-ft. Air Drill w/canola screens • you want at: Trucks NEW MC DRYERS IN STOCK 1-800-667-9871 Regina 300-2,000 BPH units. Why buy used, when you get Tillage Equip 1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon new fuel efficient & better quality & control w/MC. 5H Holt tree spade, like new 1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg Call Wall Grain for details (204)269-7616 or Kuhn Knight 5085 Feed Wagon 1-800-222-6594 • Edmonton You (306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662. GJ Chemical Co. Ltd. Tillage Equip Welders & Shop Tools always get what “For All Your Farm Parts” Arnaud - 204-427-2337 much more FARM MACHINERY www.fyfeparts.com ------Grain Elevators April 21 you want at: www.PrecisionPac.com Farm Auction Lavenham, MB 80-FT. BUCKET ELEVATING LEG w/3 phase NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS Cecil & Lynda Turner 10-HP electric motor. Phone (204)886-3304. 90 Hough Pay Loader Double Diamond NEW COMBINE PARTS MX135 Case IH MFD 3-PTH Loader Farm Supply FARM MACHINERY 1570 Case Grain Handling Large Inventory of 1206 IHC Boissevain - 204-534-2427 new and remanufactured parts 1066 IHC TracTors 1800 Cockshutt www.PrecisionPac.com 250 BelarusDSL 3-PTH WALINGA GRAIN VACS FARM MACHINERY 8N & 9N Ford tractors Tired of shovelling out your bins, Grain Bins & Augers DP2371_PPAC_ClassifiedTractors MB.indd 3 – Case/IH 2/24/12 10:32 AM 750 MF Combine unhealthy dust and awkward augers? INTL INDUSTRIAL 484 W/INDUSTRIAL loader fac- 1994 Volvo 3406 Cat 13-SPD Walinga manufactures a complete line tory cab & air, 4,500 actual hrs, tractor is in excellent L9000 Ford set for Rd bale hauler of grain vacs to suit your every need. STEINBACH, MB. condition, price $13,500. Phone (204)853-7755, Wpg. 42-ft. Wilson Grain Trailer CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 54-ft. Manac drop deck Trailer With no filters to plug and less Ph. 326-2443 FARM MACHINERY 24-ft. Gooseneck trailer w/beaver tails damage done to your product than an Tractors – Steiger 688 NH Baler 1968 D7E CRAWLER, twin tilts, needs work, $12,000; auger, you’re sure to find the right Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 1340 Hesston Discbine DP2371_PPAC_Classified1973 Wilock MB.indd triaxle low-bed, 2 double drop, beaver2/24/12 10:32 AM 1975 STEIGER BEARCAT II, Cat engine 320B, 12 Wheel Sitrec V Rake system to suit you. Call now for a free Fax (204) 326-5878 tail, $28,000; Fleco brush rake for D7E, $5500; 1982 4WD, 210-HP, 3,636-hrs, tires 18.4-38, $18,500. Seeding & Tillage Equip demonstration or trade in your old vac Web site: farmparts.ca Ford L9000 tandem truck $8000; Cat70 cable scraper Call (204)736-3954. Hi Qual Crowding Tub $11,000. (204)326-3109, Steinbach. towards a new E-mail: [email protected] S alley Squeeze chute FARM MACHINERY M860 Schwartz Feed Wagon 1986 KING LOWBED, DECK, 8ft 8in. wide plus Walinga agri-Vac! Tractors – John Deere Other Cattle Equip outriggers by 19ft 6in long, drop deck, beaver tail, Fergus, On: (519) 787-8227 FARM MACHINERY 3-PTH Equip 50-ton capacity, MB safety, triple axle, 275/70R22.5 7810 MFWD, PQ, LHR, 3-pt, new tires; 7710 Shop Tools tires, detachable gooseneck w/reconditioned cylin- carman, MB: (204) 745-2951 Salvage MFWD, PQ, LHR, 3-pt, new tires; 7210 MFWD, PQ, ------ders, 4 new bushings in suspension, $30,000. Davidson, SK: (306) 567-3031 LHR, 3-pt, w/740 FEL grapple; 4650 MFWD, 3-pt, April 26 Phone: (204)795-9192, Plum Coulee. GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 15-SPD; 4455 MFWD, 3-pt, 15-SPD; 4450 MFWD, Farm Auction Langruth, MB or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB. 3-pt, 15-SPD; 2, 4250 MFWD, 3-pt, 15-SPD; 2950 Eldon Wiebe CATERPILLAR D3B BULLDOZER LGP, 6-way FARM MACHINERY MFWD, 3-pt, w/260 s/l FEL; 4440 quad, 3-pt, fact CR1225 Cougar blade, 90% under carriage, rear hyd remote, excel- FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Baling duals; 2555 CAH, 3-pt, 4,600-hrs, w/146 FEL; 3140 16-ft. Degalman frt mt blade lent condition. Phone (204)378-5574. Snowblowers, Plows 3-pt, new paint, tires, hi/low shift, mint; 1830 3-pt, 2, 3588 IHC 2+2’s baler, c/w Agco GTA front weights 30, 40, 50 series. We also have load- 36-ft. Seed Hawk SL Zero Till Drill CATERPILLAR D6B SER #1134, standard shift 2007 956 HESSTON ROUND BUELER SNOWBLOWER 3-PTH 84-IN W/CYLIN- ers, buckets, grapples to fit JD tractors. BEN PE- 72-ft. Sprayer air suspended Boom w/Johnson bar, hydraulic angle dozer, good under- monitor, constant moisture readout, has less than DER for spout, like new. Phone:(204)858-2482, TERS JD TRACTORS LTD 204-828-3628 shop, 2188 Case IH combine carriage, pup start, tractor in good shape, ready to 5000 bales, shedded, excellent condition, $16,500 Ron Bodin. 204-750-2459 cell, Roseisle. 1688 Case IH combine work, $15,000 OBO. Phone: (204)669-9626 OBO. Phone: (204)325-1383 or cell (204)362-4874 Trucks FOR SALE: HYSTER 50 forklift, model H50XM, se- FOR SALE: JD 7520 3 hyds & PTO, in good work- Tillage Equip FARM MACHINERY Spraying EquipmEnt rial #H177B11943W, 5,000-lb. capacity w/CASCADE ing order, $6,900 OBO. Phone (204)655-3458. Augers Haying & Harvesting – Swathers Double-Stacker attachment, 28x9x15-inch front tires, 7, 3,000-gal Liquid Tanks MODEL 430U SERIAL #160983, 2 cyl, 24-HP, engine & trans good, needs differential work (crown- FARM MACHINERY Cattle Equip 2004 CHALLENGER SP 80, 25-ft, 850-hrs, shedded, 3-PTH, complete rebuild on motor, runs great, pinion etc.) Propane fueled. Phone:(204)745-7445. Sprayers Hating Equip Hesston series, excellent condition, $52,000. Phone: some new parts avail. (204)886-3886. ------WRECKING 1968 D7E CRAWLER, serial (204)825-2544 or (204)825-0109, Pilot Mound. 1994 BOURGAULT 850 CENTURION III PT spray- June 2 FARM MACHINERY #48A10609 twin tilt angle dozer, scraper winch. er, air curtain, 96-ft. boom, PTO pump, 850 US gal, Farm Auction Elm Creek, MB. Phone:(204)326-3109, Steinbach MB. WANTED: 21-FT. SWATHER W/PU reel. Phone 2 sets of nozzles, always shedded, asking $8,000. Tractors – Versatile Dave & Jessie Reimer (204)824-2196, Wawanesa. Ron (204)265-3542 or Trevor (204)268-0470. 2005 5455 MF MFD 1070 MF Loader 3-PTH 1986 856 VERS 7,000-HRS, new Trelleborg 650/60- 2007 M1085 Kubota MFD 3-PTH 740-hrs 38 tires, new powershift, PTO, 3-PTH, $28,000 OBO. FARM MACHINERY 2001 NH SF550 SPRAYER equivalent to Rogator FARM MACHINERY Phone (204)352-4037 or (204)476-0905. 8N Ford 554, 2,300-hrs, 5.9 Cummins, 660-gal. SS tank, 90-ft. 1995 Ford F250DSL 4x4 Haying & Harvesting – Various FARM MACHINERY booms, pressure washer, chem inductor, EZ steer, EZ FARM MACHINERY 26-ft. flat Deck Trailer boom, mapping. Triple nozzle bodies w/5 & 10-gal Bub- 814 Hesston Baler Fertilizer Equipment REBUILT CONCAVES Rebuild combine table au- Tractors – 2 Wheel Drive gers, Rebuild hyd. cyls, Roller mills regrooved, blejet Tips, 2 sets of tires, 23.1x26 & 9.5R44, excellent 1150 Hesston Hay Bine condition, $78,000. (204)763-8896, Minnedsoa, MB. Seeding & Tillage Equip FERTILIZER SPREADERS 4T, $1,000; 4T stain- MFWD housings rebuilt, Steel & aluminum welding, STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specializing in less, $2,500; 5T, $4,000; 6T, $3,000; 8T, $8,000; Machine Shop Service, Line boreing & welding. JD tractors in need of repair or burnt, or will buy for Cattle Equip HYTRUX SPRAYER W/2000 F-350 std trans 8T Tender, $3,000; 16T Tender, $5,900; PU Sand Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd. Eden, MB. parts. JD parts available. Phone: 204-466-2927 or Shop Tools 5-SPD, 5.4L gas engine, 90-ft. F/S sprayer w/hyd Spreader, $3,500. Phone (204)857-8403. (204)966-3221, Fax (204)966-3248. cell: 204-871-5170, Austin. Butchering Equip fold & hyd boom height control, 750 US gal tank, Antiques & Collectables TeeJet 844-E auto rate controller, 2 sets of tires, ------FARM MACHINERY FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins Combines sprayer is 5 yrs old; 1996 Flexicoil 65 100-ft. spray- On line bidding on most sales er w/windscreens, manual controls. Call Tractors – Various These are partial listings only (204)523-7215 leave msg, Killarney. check our website for listings & photos BIG BINS & FLOORS at old prices, 20,000-56,000- FARM MACHINERY VERS 700 SERIES II 4WD, new batteries, com- www.nickelauctions.com bu. bins holding prices until spring. NEW MOIS- plete engine overhaul, well maintained, one owner; TURE CABLES! Call Wall Grain for details Combine – Case/IH more sales w/dates pending Tillage & Seeding JD 4020 powershift, recent overhaul; JD 3010 (204)269-7616 or (306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662. w/FEL. Phone David Greenaway (204)764-3986. 1979 915IH COMBINE, HYDROSTATIC drive, die- CUSTOM BIN MOVING: Large Flat Bottom Bins & sel engine, shedded, in good working order. Phone: FARM MACHINERY BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Hoppers. Also Buying & Selling used bins. Phone: (204)325-1383 or cell (204)362-4874. Tillage & Seeding – Air Drills Building Supplies (204)362-7103. Email: [email protected] 2008 5710 BOURGAULT AIRDRILL, updated to FOR SALE: 3 USED Grain Max 2,300-bu. Meridian 5810, comes w/6550 Bourgault tank, done very little Seed Hawk air drill, 48 ft. 12 inch with 357 Bi-Fold"Hanger" Door, Insulated, White, 2x13 Hopper bins. Call Valley Agro (204)746-6783. acres, Best Offer. (204)352-4037, evenings. on-board tank, new fert meters plus NH3 kit 1/2’(27’ High)panels x 32’ (wide) with a3phase $64,900. (204)776-5557 575V,2hp opener. $6,000 (204)325-9558, ask for WANTED: USED NEW STYLE grain bin doors FARM MACHINERY Jamie complete. Also 18 gauge side panels for standard 19-ft. bins. Phone Bill (204)763-4390 or leave msg. Combine – John Deere FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Air Seeders WESTEEL ROSCOE GRAIN BINS, 3 3350-bushel, 1991 JD 9600 COMBINE, 914 PU, sunny brook cyl, BUILDINGS $2500 OBO; 2 3850-bushel $3000 OBO. All to be fore & aft, grain star moisture & bushels, 3,000-hrs, A1 BOURGAULT 8800 AIR SEEDER, 24ft, 2130 tank, w/ You moved, good shape, Morris area. Phone: condition, $48,000 OBO. (204)758-3897, St Jean. harrows & knock-on shovels. Phone: (204)326-9861. (204)669-9626. always get what 10X22 OFFICE BUILDING on skids, fully insulated 2011 JD 9770 COMBINE, Premier cab, 615 PU, FLEXICOIL 2320 TOW BETWEEN air tank 230-bu. wired & 2 electric heaters, laminate flooring, 2x6 BUILDINGS small grains concave, Contour Master, 22.5-ft. au- good condition, canola roller, $12,500. Can supply tow you want at: roof & floor, 2x4 walls, two 36x36-in sliders, out- ger, duals, 55 engine hrs, like new. Phone behind hitch & air package parts. Phone (204)324-3647. swing door. (306)524-4636, (306)528-7588 (204)467-2109, after 8:00pm FARM MACHINERY Munro Farm Combine ACCessories Tillage & Seeding – Tillage Supplies Inc. 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2010 MACDON V60-D DRAPER header, 45-ft. JD 70 series adapter, single pt hook-ups, fore & aft, fin- ger reels, stubble lights, new sickle & guards asking $49,900 OBO. (204)433-7557 or cell (701)520-3036 STRONGEST POSTS INDUSTRY-WIDE FARM MACHINERY FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories Machinery Miscellaneous 120 GEHL MIXMILL W/PWR bale feeder; 25-ft. New Single Phase Motorsfor sale, $95 per horse- Westward 3000 PT swather w/hyd set up; 1560 MF Toll Free:1-877-239-0730 Gauge Wheel SolutionsDP2371_PPAC_Classified MB.indd 4 2/24/12 10:32 AM power,that’s $475 fora5. Pricing on in-stock round baler; 16 section Kovar hyd harrow bar & dia- www.mcdiarmid.com/farm motors. Deliverycan be arranged.Minnedosa, MB. ridgelandmanufacturing.ca Phone: 1-204-866-3558 mond harrows; 24.5-ft. JD C20 cultivator; 22 NH3 (204)867-5714, [email protected] knives. (204)386-2507 44 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012

FARM MACHINERY LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING Machinery Miscellaneous Cattle – Angus Cattle – Red Angus Cattle – Charolais

1983 CASE 2390 TRACTOR, duals, 4,200-hrs; DENBIE RANCH IS PROUD to offer an excellent set 1983 MF 850 combine, DSL; MF 560 round baler. Maple Lake Stock Farms of long-yearling and yearling bulls for sale. We have Phone (204)268-4317. The Icynene Insulation 60 BULLS a great group of Red Angus bulls along with a good nutrition System® selection of hybrid bulls, who are half-bred Angus & 1985 MF3545 TRACTOR DUALS 3-PTH, 2-hydrau- Reds/Blacks/Baldy’s half-Simmental. The long yearlings are the perfect age lics, front weights, heat, air, 150-HP. $14,000; De- • Sprayed foam insulation Sires: Wheatland 786T; bulls, developed on grass so they will stand up for a digestion galman stonepicker, 3 500-gal fuel tanks on metal • Ideal for shops, barns or homes Wheatland Headline 872U; long time and big enough to go out and breed any size stands, 25-ft MF Deeptiller w/coldflow anhydrous. Roughrider IPU 2T of cow with no problems! The yearling bulls are also a Phone:204-834-2750 or (204)476-0367. • Healthier, Quieter, More Bred for calving ease & outstanding great group out of breed leading A.I. sires as well as prevention Energy Efficient® performance. PB Angus, PB Simm & our own herd sires! Contact Denbie Ranch at (204)447- 1997 JD 9600 COMBINE w/914 PU header, 1,980 Largest selection in MB of the 2473, or 447-7608 and 447-7057. sep hrs, VGC, $69,000; 1984 Vers 895 tractor, Popular SimmAngus Bulls. F BAR & ASSOCIATES ANGUS bulls for sale. Choose 9,000-hrs, runs great, $18,000 or take the Outback Lots are tested Homo Polled from a good selection of 2 yr old and yearling Red & 99 PRE-CALVING S2 & autosteer too for $24,000. Phone Black Angus bulls. Above-average EPD’s, good genet- 99 CALVING (204)386-2284, Plumas. Catalogue & Videos Online www.maplelakestockfarms.com ics, easy handling, semen tested, delivery available. 99 PRE-BREEDING Call for sales list or other details. Inquiries & visitors wel- 99 FREE9DELIVERY 70-FT. SUMMERS HEAVY HARROW, $15,000; www.penta.ca 1-800-587-4711 For more information call: come. We are located in Eddystone, MB, about 20 miles Phoenix 42/53-ft. harrow, flexheads I-H 820, Gerry Bertholet 204-858-2086 or east of Ste Rose, or 25 miles west of Lake Manitoba 99 LOWEST9COST-TO-FEED $2,000; 1020 25-ft., $6,000; 30-ft., $8,500; JD 925, 204-741-0340 Narrows, just off Hwy 68. Contact Allen & Merilyn Staheli $6,500; 12 wheel rake, $6,000; 14 wheel, $7,000; (204)448-2124, Email: [email protected] RIOCANADA = 1.888.762.3299 Vermeer hyd rake, $4,000; NH 9-ft. mower $2,200; Andrea 204-483-0319 IRON & STEEL [email protected] IH 9-ft., $1,800; Haybuster 256+2 shredder, 4,000- KINARED RED ANGUS OFFERS about 50 2 yr old bulls LIVESTOCK lb creep feeder, $1,200; Harsh 350 feedmixer cart, Don’t Miss Out on for sale, complete performance data, guaranteed, semen $6,000; Roorda feed cart, $2,000; 12-yd. JD scrap- tested, delivery available. Come select your bulls early, Cattle – Gelbvieh er, $12,000; Haybuster 106 rockpicker, $2,500. March 20, 2012 2:00PM $500 deposit will hold your bull until Spring. Vaughan & 2 1/8, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2-in oilfield pipe; 3/4, 7/8, 1- POLLED PB REG YEARLING Gelbveih bulls. Se- Phone (204)857-8403. Judy Greenslade (204)239-6891, Portage la Prairie. in sucker rod; 4.5, 5.5, 7-in., 8 5/8, 9 5/8s casing Grande Clairiere Hall men tested, delivered & guaranteed. For more info pipe. (204)252-3413, (204)871-0956. call (204)436-2655 or (204)745-7811. 85-FT TORMASTER DIAMOND HARROW, good con- McTavish Red Angus&Charolais Bull Sale dition, $1800; 2001 Labtronics 919 moisture meter, good Ridge Side Red Angus McTavish Red Angus&Charolais Bull Sale with POLLED YEARLING GELBVIEH BULLS, Red & condition, $550. Phone:(204)746-8230 after 6pm. Charla Moore Farms, March 13, 1:30 p.m.at the Black, semen tested & delivered. Also check our bulls FREE STANDING CORRAL PANELS, Feeders & and Interlake Angus Bull Sale farm, Moosomin, SK. Featuring 14 RedAngus two- out at Douglas Bull Test Station & Lundar Bull Sale. Alley ways, 30ft or order to size. Oil Field Pipe: 1.3, CO-OP DISCER & SEED drills; parting out tractors year olds and yearlings,37Charolais two-year olds For more info phone Lee at Maple Grove Gelbvieh 1.6, 1.9, 1 7/8, 2-in, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2. Sucker This year for 2012 we have & combines; cultivated farm land for rent; standing and yearlings, 20 Open Charolais xRed Angus (204)278-3255. spruce timber; tractor tires & rims; 1/2 Ton truck & Rod: 3/4, 7/8, 1. Casing Pipes: 4-9inch. Sold by the consigned 12 bulls at the Heifers. Contact Brian McTavish (306)435-4125, car. (204)268-1888. piece or semi load lots, taking Spring bookings. For HelgeByofByLivestock (306)536-4261or view LIVESTOCK special pricing call Art (204)685-2628 or cell DOUGLAS BULL TEST catalogue online www.mctavishcharolais.com. (204)856-3440. (306)435-4125 Cattle – Hereford FOR SALE: HARROW BAR 100-ft. wide w/hyd lift, STATION SALE DATE pressure washer; 225 JD 3,400-lbs of pressure; TH 2-YEAR OLD POLLED HEREFORD bull. $2000. APRIL 7 PURE COUNTRY BULL SALE, Tues., Mar. 27th, 2012 100-ft. Sprayer Flexicoil w/foam marker, low profile, Phone:(780)203-2653, Morinville, AB. at Taylor Auction Mart, Melita, MB. Offering 72 Red & rocking axle, tandem; Hypro pump; jet agitator; 4 On test we have 4 sons from Red Brylor Toast, 1 Black Angus Yearling & Virgin Two Year Old Bulls. Also castor wheel; 830-gal water tank. Phone from Red Fineline Mulberry, Red U-2 Illicit, Red “FOCUS ON THE FUTURE” Bull Sale is Mar 29th, Mature Red Angus Herd Sire. Bulls that get it done in (204)895-1650. 5L Travlin Express, Red Badlands Mr Beef, Red 2:00pm, Alameda Auction Mart, Alameda, SK. 60 Bulls the pasture, in the feedlot & on your plate. Profitable, Sell. Polled Herefords, Red & Black Simmental & Simm LCC Glance, Red LCC Saskatoon, & 1 grandson proven, genetics. Call for more info or a catalogue or x Angus Herd Builders. Wintering, delivery, terms avail- GRAVITY WAGONS: NEW 400-BU., $6,700; 600-bu., of each Red Towaw Indeed & Red BJR Make My view online at www.vvvranch.com Dan Van Steelandt able. For catalogues or information call Wheatland $12,000; used 250-750-bu., $2,500 & up; Grain Carts Day. We also have a good selection at home (204)665-2448 or (204)522-0092 or Tony Dekeyser Cattle Co. (Vernon LaFrentz) (306)634-7765, ANL 450-1050-bu.; JM 675, $10,900; Brent 610, $9,500; from AI sires & walking bulls. (204)665-2424 or (204)264-0270. Polled Herefords (Karl Lischka) (306)487-2670 or T Bar UFT 4765, $13,900; JM 875, $20,000; Kwik Kleen C Cattle Co. (306)933-4200 (PL #116061). View the screeners 5 tube, $4,000; 7 Tube, $6,500; Dual stage In lieu of an auction in Ashern we will have 2 RED ANGUS & BLACK angus bulls for sale, year- catalogue online at www.buyagro.com rotary screeners, $1,750 & up; Summers heavy har- OPEN HOUSES on March 17 & April 14, come & lings and two-year olds, semen tested & delivery row 70-ft., $15,000; Gehl 14-ft. haybine, $3,900; NH join us for lunch with your family. available. Contact Wayne (204)383-5802. FOR SALE: PB POLLED Hereford yearling bulls w/ 116, $3,000; Sickle mower NH 9-ft., $2,200; I-H 9-ft., You FOR MORE INFO OR moderate birth weights & good EPD’s, easy doers & $1,750; Woods batwing 20-ft., $7,500; 10-ft., $3,500; REGISTERED PB RED ANGUS bulls, 2 yr olds & good temperament, tie broke. Can be viewed online at 6-ft., $1,600; JD 5-ft., $1,000; Melroe auto reset plows always get what CATALOGUE CALL DON MORIN yearlings w/low birth weights. Phone: Ren-Ele Red www.rocknabh.com (204)764-0364 or (204)764-0331. 8-16, $3,000; 7-18, $3,000; Gehl 60-HP skidsteer, AT 204.422.5216 Angus, (204)526-2424, Bruxelles. $13,500. Phone (204)857-8403. FOR SALE: POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, yearlings you want at: REG PB RED ANGUS bulls, 2 yr olds & yearlings. & two-year olds, current pedigree, reasonably priced. THANK YOU to last year’s Many low birth weight bulls, excellent for heifers. HARMAN HARROW BAR 61-FT., good condition, Phone Martin (204)425-3820 or Lanard (204)-425-3809. bull buyers & bidders Phone (204)278-3372 or (204)485-1490. $900. Phone (204)825-8354 or (204)825-2784. Paterson Global POLLED HEREFORD & BLACK Angus bulls for LIVESTOCK sale, yearlings & 2 yr olds available. Semen tested, JD 1995 79DELC TRACKHOE, low hrs; Komatsu Foods Inc. HAMCO CATTLE CO. Cattle – Charolais performance records & delivery available. Call Don WA 320-1 3yd loader, case W26 4-yd loader; Ford Arborg - 204-376-5073 Glenboro, MB Guilford (204)873-2430, Clearwater. 1990655 extend hoe; UH 122 trackhoe; Cat 631 DEFOORT STOCK FARM HAS 1 of the largest groups of scraped 24-yd; Bomag 170 PD pocket cumming 14th Annual Angus Bull Sale TOP PERFORMANCE HEREFORD BULLS view at www.PrecisionPac.com Charolais bulls for sale private treaty in MB. Selling both motor Phone:(306)236-8023 12:00pm - Lunch www.vcherefordfarms.com or phone (306)743-5105 White & Red factor, moderate birth weights, performance Langenburg, Sk 1:00pm - Sale tested & semen tested. 32 yrs in the business. Check out JD 4995 16-FT DISCBINE 2009; also Honey Bee Saturday, March 17th at the farm our website for both pics & info www.defoortstockfarm. WLB LIVESTOCK 8TH ANNUAL BULL SALE 25-ft grain header 47-ft flex coil 800 Deep Till- com Phone Gord & Sue (204)743-2109 anytime. 2:00pm March 27th, 2012. Polled Herefords & age;45-ft Willrich Cultivator; 25-ftx60-ft fabric Burl------Black/ Red Simmentals sell. Catalogue & video ship New; cumming 240bp skid mount clutch&trans; 70 Red & 25 Black Angus Diamond W Charolais 10th Annual Bull Sale available online www.wlblivestock.com or call Bill JD 3410 MFWD PS 740 SL; 860 MF PV & 20-ft Yearling bulls Biglieni (204)763-4697 or (204)729-7925. ALL grain Phone:(306)236-8023 LANDSCAPING 25 - 2 yr old Red Angus bulls BULLS BVD, SEMEN TESTED & TIE BROKE. 5 - 2 yr old Black Angus bulls LODEKING 14-FT DRILLFILL; NH3 kit w/hyd shut- LIVESTOCK off; front fenders for JD MFWD tractor; 16-ft Mac------Cattle – Holstein Don haybine, shedded; 31-ft Co-op detailer.DP2371_PPAC_Classified Phone MB.inddLANDSCAPING 5 2/24/12 10:32 - AM Several AI sired & Some ET bulls (204)386-2412, Plumas, MB. Greenhouses - Semen tested & BVD PI negative WANTED: NEW BORN HOLSTEIN bull calves, on - Performance & ultrasound data an ongoing basis. Call Howard (204)483-2990. MANURE SPREADERS NH 195, $5,500; NH 500- - High forage TMR ration bu, $9,000; New Idea 3634, $4,000; H & S 400-bu., LOOKING FOR SHELTER BELT or shade trees? Con- LIVESTOCK fused with all the choices? Call us, we can help you! Pop- - Selected from a group of 260 bulls $3,500; Gehl scavenger, $2,500; JD 1,500-gal slur- Thursday,March 22, 1:30 PM DST,Valley Livestock, lar & willow bare root trees for sale. Phone:Karl (204)857- - Free delivery & board til May 1 Cattle – Salers ry, $2,500; Meyers 550 for poultry horse, sheep Minitonas, MB. Offering 40 Charolais (many polled, 1739. [email protected], www.digthistree.com manure, $11,900; Henke 36-in. rollermill, $5,000; - Delayed payment plan available some redfactor), 11 RedAngus and 3Black Angus. POLLED SALERS BULLS on farm at Douglas Test Farmhand mixmill, $1,500; Allied 2795 loader, - Call for a catalogue or view website Sound, semen testedwith delivery available. For cat- Station & Lundar Bull Sale. Red or Black, hand fed, $4,500; Dual 340 loader, $2,000; Dual 320 loader, aloguesand info contact the Walkers 306-865-3953. quiet. BW from 78-lbs. Top performance genetics in $1,500. Phone (204)857-8403. LIVESTOCK FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: View catalogue online: www.bylivestock.com Canada. Ken Sweetland (204)762-5512, Lundar MB. Albert, Glen, Larissa Hamilton RAKES: 12 WHEEL, $6,000; 14 wheel, $7,000; FOR SALE: PB CHAROLAIS bulls 1.5 yr olds & LIVESTOCK (204)827-2358 or (204)526-5105 yearlings, Polled, some Red factor, some good for Vermeer $4,000; Balers JD 510, $1,500; JD 535, LIVESTOCK Dr. David Hamilton Cattle – Shorthorn $5,900; New Idea #485, $3,500; 10-ft. box scraper, heifers, semen tested in Spring, guaranteed & de- $2,150; 25-ft. IH chisel plow, $3,500; Glencoe 10-ft. Cattle Auctions (204)822-3054 or (204)325-3635 livered. R&G McDonald Livestock (204)466-2883 or 3 & 4 YR old mature bulls for sale. Proven breeders 3-PTH cultivator, $700; Row crop cultivators 4-12R www.hamcocattleco.com (204)724-2811, Sidney, MB. in excellent condition. 2 Roans & 1 White. The per- Lilliston cultivators 6-12R Bushog 21-ft. disc, 6TH ANNUAL PROUDLY WESTERN BULL SALE, 60 FOR SALE: PB REG Charolais bulls 1 & 2 yr olds avail. All fect choice for Black cows. Greg Tough $7,500; Wishek 14-ft., $16,000; Kewannee 20-ft. Simmental yearling bulls & a select group of yearling LIVESTOCK are polled, moderate birth weights & semen tested. Sunny (204)748-3136 or Monty Thomson (204)771-7205. breaking disc, $20,000; I-H 770 16-ft., $8,000; I-H heifers sell Sat., March 31st, 1:00pm at the Whitewood Cattle – Black Angus Ridge Stock Farm (204)824-2115, Wawanesa, MB. 760 16-ft., $5,000; JD 230, $3,000; JD 16-ft., Auction Barn, Whitewood, SK. For more info contact LIVESTOCK $4,000; 7 Shank DMI ripper, $12,000; 5 Shank, one of the consignors: Johnson Stock Farms (306)224- HI-WEIGH BULL SALE, WEDNESDAY March 28, Cattle – Simmental $10,900; Phoenix harrow 40-50-ft. Howard Rotova- BLACK ANGUS & POLLED Hereford bulls for 1:00pm Plains-Ag complex, Neepawa, MB. Offering 60+ 4272, Oak Hill Farms, (306)728-5674, Prairie Wind sale, yearling & 2 yr olds. Semen tested, perfor- tor, $5,000. Phone (204)857-8403. Farms Ltd., (306)634-4410, Scissors Creek Cattle Co., yearling and two-year-old Charolais & Angus bulls. Mostly 2 YR OLD & yearling Polled Simmental bulls. Also mance records & delivery available. Call Don Guil- Polled, some Red factor. Weights, measurements & per- 3 yr old Red herdsire. Acomb Valley (306)735-4434 or Sun Rise Simmentals, (306)534- ford (204)873-2430, Clearwater. SCHULTE STONE PICKER, real nice; JD 9400 4700. Catalogue can be viewed at www.transconlive- formance data will be posted. Delivery available. For cata- (204)865-2246, Minnedosa. only 1,500-hrs, as new; 84-ft. Bourgault heavy har- stock.com. logues & information call Raymond Airey (204)566-2134, rows; 1545 Brandt conveyor, real nice; Assortment BOTANY ANGUS & LEANING SPRUCE STOCK (204)724-3600 or T Bar C Cattle Co. (306)933-4200 (PL# CATTLEMEN’S CLASSIC BULL SALE, Apr. 1st, of like new grain cleaners. (204)665-2360. FARMS have for sale yearling Black Angus bulls. 116062).View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com 2012, Heartland Livestock, Virden MB. Downey These bulls are fed a grower ration. For perfor- Farms will be consigning 13 Simmental Beef Bulls featuring members of the 2011 CWA Supreme Pen SCRAPERS FOR SALE!!! Cat, Laplante, Allis, Le- mance information and prices contact Ryan. Come McTavish Charolais &Red Angus Bull Sale of bulls. Sires such as Wheatland Predator 922W, tourneau, converted to hyd., can direct mount. Will early, a deposit will hold your purchase until spring. Wheatland 680S, & the first sons of Downey 505W also do custom conversion. Looking for cable Contact Ryan Shearer (204)824-2151 or Lyall Ed- will be on offer. The sale worth waiting for. Downey scrapers. Phone Borderview Enterprises toll free FEEDER/SLAUGHTER SALES gerton (204)483-2913. Farms, Coulter MB. (204)649-2260, Jackie cell 1-866-602-4093. Every Friday 8AM (204)522-0838, Allan cell (204)522-5468. Receiving open until 11PM Thursdays CRANBERRY CREEK ANGUS BULLS for sale. Bulls are Reg. & will be semen tested before delivery May SEMI-RETIREMENT SALE: 1952 DODGE Fargo 1-ton Presale Sundays “FOCUS ON THE FUTURE” Bull Sale is Mar 29th, truck, new motor straight 6 & starter dump, restoration 1st. Hand fed & very quiet. These bulls are beefy & will 2:00pm, Alameda Auction Mart, Alameda, SK. 60 truck, $5000; KIOTI DK45 tractor-2010, 4WD, cab, air, BRED COW/FEEDER/SLAUGHTER SALE add pounds to your calf crop. Please call for weights Bulls Sell. Polled Herefords, Red & Black Simmen- heat, 3-PTH, loader, 6-ft Farmking tiller, still has war- Monday, March 12th 9AM & EPD’s. Pics by e-mail also avail David & Jeanette tal & Simm x Angus Herd Builders. Wintering, deliv- ranty, $30,000; KIOTI DK90 2009 cab, air, heat, loader Neufeld (204)534-2380, Boissevain. ery, terms available. For catalogues or information bucket, forks, 4WD, 3-PTH $30,000; Case 2470 cab, SHEEP & GOAT SALE McTavish Charolais &Red Angus Bull Sale with call Wheatland Cattle Co. (Vernon LaFrentz) 4WD, 16-ft snow blade, $9000; 18-ft Blue Hills Stock/ 1st & 3rd Thursday of Every Month FOR SALE: 1 Registered Black Angus bull, 6 yrs Charla Moore Farms, March 13, 1:30 pmat the (306)634-7765, ANL Polled Herefords (Karl Lisch- Horse trailer 2009, centre gate, rubber mats, hardly March 15th 1PM old, used for 5 yrs with good results, purchased farm, Moosomin, SK. Featuring 37 Charolais two- ka) (306)487-2670 or T Bar C Cattle Co. from Douglas station in 2006, he is sound, quiet used, $10,000; 2011 New Holland Rustler 4WD RTV, 4 Gates Open year olds and yearlings,14Red Angus two-year (306)933-4200 (PL #116061). View the catalogue and respects fences. Frank Case (204)428-3961. olds and yearlings,20Open Charolais xRed person, hydraulic dumpbox, 50-hrs, still has warranty, Mon.-Wed. 8AM-4PM online at www.buyagro.com $16,000; John Deere baler 210, works, $1000. John Angus Heifers. Contact Brian McTavish (306)435- Deere 566 Baler, $15,000; 1984 Spray Coup, 3-wheel, Thurs. 8AM-11PM FOR SALE: 5 TWO yr old Black Angus Bulls w/ex- 4125, HelgeByofBy Livestock (306)536-4261 or LAZY RAINBOW RIVER RANCH has for sale 8, 2 runs good, rebuilt carb, used last season, $5000; Older Friday 8AM-6PM perience; 15 Black Angus yearling bulls. Phone view catalogue online yr old Black & Red Simm & 10 yearling Simm bulls. D6 CAT, electric start, needs track put on, otherwise Sat. 8AM-4PM Holloway Angus (204)741-0070 or (204)483-3622 www.mctavishcharolais.com. (306)435-4125 Some good for heifers. Phone (204)372-6945. good farm Cat, $5000. Phone:(204)263-5334. For more information call: Souris, MB. 204-694-8328 PB CHAROLAIS BULLS. 2 yearlings. 2, two yr olds, or Jim Christie 204-771-0753 WIRELESS DRIVEWAY ALARMS, calving/foaling HI-WEIGH BULL SALE, WEDNESDAY March 28, docile. Ready to breed! Semen tested & delivery includ- barn cameras, video surveillance, rear view came- www.winnipeglivestocksales.com 1:00pm Plains-Ag complex, Neepawa, MB. Offering ed. Anola area. Please call evenings (204)755-2235. ras for RV’s, trucks, combines, seeders, sprayers Licence #1122 60+ yearling and two-year-old Charolais & Angus bulls. Mostly Polled, some Red factor. Weights, PERROT-MARTIN CHAROLAIS Annual Bull Sale and augers. Mounted on magnet. Calgary, Ab. is Fri., March 30th, 2:00pm, at the farm, Naicam, (403)616-6610. www.FAAsecurity.com measurements & performance data will be posted. Delivery available. For catalogues & information call SK. Selling 60 yearling & 2 yr old bulls. Delivery, LIVESTOCK terms & board available. For catalogues or info con- FARM MACHINERY Raymond Airey (204)566-2134, (204)724-3600 or T Cattle – Angus Bar C Cattle Co. (306)933-4200 (PL# 116062).View tact Collin & Kimberley Martin (306)874-2186 or T Machinery Wanted the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com Bar C Cattle Co Ltd (306)933-4200 (PL #116061). View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com IHC 706 756D, for parts; Gleaner L combine serial OSSAWA ANGUS AT MARQUETTE, MB has #5801 or higher; 4-6 yd field scraper, in good condi- Edie Creek Angus Pleasant Dawn Charolais 10th Annual Bull Sale You 2-Year Old Black & yearling bulls for sale. For more info phone tion. Phone (204)229-2272, Wpg. (204)375-6658. Red Angus Bull Sale always get what JD MODEL R, ser #19735, any condition; Pony Saturday, March 19th 1:00PM PURE COUNTRY BULL SALE, Tues., Mar. 27th, 2012 motor or parts for JD R & JD 70; Fenders or parts at Taylor Auction Mart, Melita, MB. Offering 72 Red & you want at: tractor JD model 80. Phone: 204-851-0344. Ashern Auction Mart Black Angus Yearling & Virgin Two Year Old Bulls. Also 29 Forage Developed 2-Yr. Old Bulls Mature Red Angus Herd Sire. Bulls that get it done in WANTED: GOOD USED 20X8X38 radial tires, no the pasture, in the feedlot & on your plate. Profitable, Paterson Global cracks; Older tow between air cart; 5-HP, 10-HP or Meaty, Moderate, Maternal, proven, genetics. Call for more info or a catalogue or larger 220V single phase electric motor; 6-in. or 7- Easy Calving, Easy Fleshing view online at www.vvvranch.com Dan Van Steelandt Foods Inc. in. grain augers for dismantle; Behlin grain bin pan- (204)665-2448 or (204)522-0092 or Tony Dekeyser Deloraine - 204-747-2333 els. (204)655-3458 For a catalogue or more info call (204)665-2424 or (204)264-0270. Saturday, March 17, 1pm, Heartland Livestock 204-471-4696 or Virden, MB. AllPolled, somered factor,offering 55 www.PrecisionPac.com WANTED: LATE MODEL RIDING lawn mower & [email protected] Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds. yearlings.Wintering, delivery and sight unseen snowblower, prefer JD. Phone (204)362-3913. Call our toll-free number and place your ad with purchase program available. Bred for calving ease Come early for a Free Hot Chili Lunch our friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our w/growth, hairand soundness. For catalogueor info WANTED: SYSTEM 80 HARROW bar, for parts. prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 contact Tully Hatch 204-855-2402. View catalogue Phone (204)655-3458. www.ediecreekangus.com weeks free! 1-800-782-0794. online, www.pleasantdawn.com

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LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK REAL ESTATE Cattle – Simmental Cattle Various Livestock Services & Vet Supplies

FOR SALE: 38 BLACK Angus cows bred Black The following dealers and agents have had REAL ESTATE Angus all coming in w/3rd calf start calving in April. Houses & Lots Phone (204)886-2126, Teulon. their licence suspended and/or cancelled under Section 15 of the Livestock Dealers FOR SALE: APPROX 275 bred cows, made up of and Agents Licensing regulation, which HOUSE TO BE MOVED. 28x28 1.5 storey, 3 Bdrm, Charolais, Angus & Reds, start calving March 25th built in 1942, 12 yr old roof, solid construction, no onwards. Phone (204)768-2567 or (204)739-3620. comes Under the Livestock and Livestock Products Act. (C.C.S.M. c. L170) water damage, needs windows & reno work. Last INHERITANCE FARM BUTCHER SHOP can do in- lived in 2 yrs ago. $5,000. Can send photos. step- spected cut & wrap or farm kill- We also do mobile LIVESTOCK DEALER LICENCE [email protected], Miami, MB. farm kills. Call to book (204)379-2840, St Claude. Closed Sundays. Brian Renard, Virden, MB REAL ESTATE LATE CALVING COWS & heifers, blacks. Phone: Renards Meat Services Motels & Hotels (204)385-3646 Larry Schweitzer, Hamiota, MB LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO feed calve & pas- 3886604 Manitoba Ltd. ture cows for the 2012 season. Mostly Black Angus FOR SALE: 2 YEARLING Simm bulls (1 Polled) 1 Jason Bednarek, Ashern, MB (2 yr old) polled Simm bull. I am calving heifers to cows, starting to calve Apr 15th. Call Darrell (204)937-3719, Roblin, MB. this bull now. 1 mature polled Simm bull. I have LIVESTOCK DEALER AGENT’S calves to see, all born unassisted to cows out in the PB BULLS FOR SALE: good selection of Reg 2 yr LICENCE pasture. Also consigning to “Transcon Cattle Coun- old Red & Black Angus & Hereford bulls. Rea- try Simmental & Charolais Bull Sale.” Neepawa Apr sonably priced. Call Rod or Kristi (204)873-2637. Michael Nernberg, Neepawa, MB 12th. 3 yearling Simm bulls (2 polled) Delight Sim- Harold Orr Livestock Ltd. mentals (204)836-2116 St. Alphonse, MB. W + RANCH HAS 6 Red bulls for sale: 88-94-lbs. b.w- sold cows; 2 beef booster M4bulls, 2-yrs; 1 Simm bull, MULTI-GENERATION POLLED, RED Simm year- 2-yr; 1 beef booster M4 bull, 3-yr; 1 beef booster M2 ling bulls for sale. AI sired by Remington Red Label. bull 4-yr; 1 Simm bull 4-yr $2,500-3,000, semen tested; Semen tested & delivered when needed. Boyne- 1-year old hef’s sired by older bulls, can be seen. Con- crest Stock Farm (204)828-3483, (204)745-7168. tact Stewart Tataryn (204)646-2338, RM St Laurent. PRAIRIE PARTNERS BULL & FEMALE SALE, MARCH 13/2012, KILLARNEY AUCTION MART. 38 80 YEARLING BULLS low birth weight, polled power house meat machines. Red, Black, Fullblood Fleckvieh. Also a select group of Red Angus Black Angus & Horses 20 PB & Commercial open heifers. View bulls online at Hereford On Test at Southwest www.bouchardlivestock.com For information/catalogue or video call Fraser Redpath (204)529-2560, Gordon Bull Development Center LIVESTOCK Jones (204)535-2273, Brian Bouchard (403)813-7999, Horse Auctions Wilf Davis (204)834-2479 Oak Lake, MB Growth bulls & Heifer bulls SELLING AT THE PREMIUM beef bull sale March ROCKING W SPRING HORSE Sale Sat., May 19th, 14, 2012. Three very strong SHF Enticer sons. Two Tested BVD free, Semen 2012. Tack Sale Fri., May 18th. Keystone Centre, Bran- You thick-butted, wide-top blacks, & one big, powerful don, MB. Phone (204)325-7237 www.rockingw.com red. These bulls combine calving ease with growth tested, Carcass evaluated always get what & thickness. To view the bulls or for more info, con- Sale Date: Sunday, April 1, 2012 tact RKT Simmentals at (204)867-7551. LIVESTOCK 1:30pm Heartland Livestock, you want at: SIMMENTAL BULLS FOR SALE by private treaty. Horses – Belgian Reds & Fullbloods available. Will keep until Spring. Virden, MB To view call HOMESTEAD-T SIMMENTALS BRED BELGIAN & PERCHRON mare, also Bel- (204)248-2008, (204)750-1147, or (204)750-1039 For more info Google gian & Perchron studs for sale. (204)436-2571 Richardson Pioneer Notre Dame, MB Southwest Bull Shoal Lake - 204-759-2917 WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT group of Polled, all Development Center Or LIVESTOCK Red & Red Blazed face yearling Simmental bulls. Horses – Quarter Horse FULLY GUARANTEED. Select your bull now & at Contact Ron Batho, www.PrecisionPac.com our expense we will feed them, semen test & deliv- Test Station Manager er them when you need them. 5-mi south of Wpg. 6 YR OLD REG Quarter Horse, used on PFRA pasture, Riverbank Farms, Ray Cormier (204)736-2608. 204-855-2404 15.5HH, quiet, well mannered, easy to catch, $1,500. Phone (204)267-2582 or cell (204)249-0038. REAL ESTATE WE HAVE RED & Black Polled yearling Simmental Farms & Ranches – Manitoba bulls for sale at the farm & consigned to the Cattle LIVESTOCK Country Sale in Neepawa Apr 12th. These are 159-ACRES ARBORG AREA, approx. 100-acres thick, moderate framed, stout bulls, from Our Walk- Horses For Sale ORGANIC mature bush, balance pasture, $53,000. Call Mike, ing herdsires & AI Sires including Crosby & Red Golko’s Realty (204)642-7979. Bull. Due to the number of heifers we have retained SEMI RETIREMENT SALE: PAINT Gelding, approx we also have for sale our R Plus herdsire. Bulls will 16-HH, some professional training. Experienced rider. ORGANIC 2600-ACRE BLOCK, ALL GRASS divided into 5 be semen tested, guaranteed & delivered. Phone Shots, worming, Ferrier up to date, $1500; OlderDP2371_PPAC_Classified Arab Organic MB.indd 9 – Certified 2/24/12 10:32 AM rotational grazing units. Good water, fences, fa- Robert at Handford Simmentals (204)876-4658 or Mare, 15.2-HH, 20+ years, good body condition, retired cilities. 3-brdm house. Available fall or spring. Will (204)242-4359. trail horse, could still be used. Needs to be with other ORGANIC PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF carry qualified buyer. Phone: (204)967-2290. WLB LIVESTOCK 8TH ANNUAL BULL SALE quiet horse. Experienced rider, would make a good MANITOBA CO-OPERATIVE (OPAM). Non-profit 2:00pm March 27th, 2011. Polled Herefords & companion horse. To A GOOD HOME ONLY. Shots, member owned organic certification body, certifying Black/ Red Simmentals sell. Catalogue & video Ferrier, worming up to date. Teeth floated yearly, $1000. producers, processors and brokers since 1988. FARM SPECIALIST: COUNT ON GRANT TWEED, available online www.wlblivestock.com or call Bill Phone:(204)263-5334. Phone: (204)567-3745, Miniota, Manitoba. Email: informed, professional assistance for sellers & buy- Biglieni (204)763-4697 or (204)729-7925. ALL [email protected] ers. Call (204)761-6884 anytime, or www.grantt- BULLS BVD, SEMEN TESTED & TIE BROKE. weed.com. Service with integrity. Swine ORGANIC YEARLING PB SIMMENTAL BULLS. Reds & Blacks. Sired by A.I. sires; 680S, IPU revolution, & voyager. Se- Organic – Grains VISIT MANITOBAFARMS.CA for all ranches, pas- men tested- ready to go. Valleyfield Simmentals, Larry LIVESTOCK tures, grain land, hunting land, investment property, Dyck, Morden. Phone:(204)822-3657. ORGANIC BROWN FLAX 1800BU for sale 150bu bldg lots & homes. Call Harold (204)253-7373 ma- Swine Wanted organic brown cleaned flax seed, good germination. nitobafarms.ca Delta Real Estate Ph(204)722-2023 McAuley REAL ESTATE WANTED: PERSONAL Farms & Ranches – Pastureland BUTCHER SUPER NICE PASTURE FOR 150 cow calf, mostly HOGS SINGLE? CANDLELIGHT MATCHMAKERS can seeded pasture, and will rotate. (204)427-3172, can help you find each other! Everyone deserves a leave message SOWS AND BOARS Happy Relationship. Confidential, Photos & Profiles to selected matches. Affordable, local, 5 recent FOR EXPORT Weddings & 3 Engagements! Serving MB, SK, NW SUPERVISED PASTURE FOR 210 cow/calves, PREMIUM BEEF P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. Ontario. Call/Write for info: Box 212, Roland, MB, can keep year round. Would consider lease to own option. Open to offers. Phone: (204)859-3018. SIMMENTAL BULL SALE 728-7549 R0G 1T0, (204)343-2475. Licence No. 1123 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 1PM AVAILABLE BACHELORETTES REAL ESTATE NEEPAWA, MB In her 40’s, this lady is calm, Farms & Ranches – Wanted Offering 85 semen tested bulls relaxed, financially secure, Specialty slim, attractive, in great shape, WANTED: GRAIN & LIVESTOCK farms for both for- RED, Black & Fullbloods really takes care of herself, eign & domestic buyers. Considering selling w/2012 For Catalogues Contact: Barry Chescu hair, nails, skin, teeth. I believe or 2013 possessions. Now is the time to discuss all LIVESTOCK in hygiene. I’m often told how options. Professional service & confidentiality guaran- 204-564-2509 • 204-937-7180 Livestock Equipment good I smell & I like that. I’m teed. Call Rick Taylor (204)867-7551, HomeLife Home Or View Online at You an excellent cook. I’m looking Professional Realty Inc., www.homelifepro.com www.transconlivestock.com or for a romantic man that enjoys www.chescu.com always get what 1300 JAYLOR SINGLE SCREW mixer wagon, side travel, the outdoors, quadding unload, good scale, $5000; 204)427-3311. REAL ESTATE or canoeing in the summer but also enjoys the finer Farms & Ranches – Acreages/Hobby you want at: things in life. I do prefer a man who is ready to settle 1995 NORBERTS LIVESTOCK TRAILER, 8x26-ft., down 40-60, age is not a concern if he has vitality $4,500. Phone (204)248-2381, Notre Dame. Cattle or hunting opportunity on At 30, this girl is sweet, country Richardson Pioneer fresh, has a great career, won- 640 ac. in RM of Woodlands. 25% bush, complete newer 4 strand Landmark - 204-355-4061 ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, porta- derful smile, beautiful on the ble/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call inside & out. I’m an adventurous fence, sorting pens & loading for pricing on solar systems, wind generators, aeration, person, I will try anything once. I chute. $199,900 www.PrecisionPac.com powerflex fencing products. Carl Driedger, (204)556- love the outdoors as I grew up on Greg Michie 2346 or (204)851-0145, Virden. a farm so I am used to fishing, The Greg Michie Team hunting & hard work. I am picky, (204) 336-2800 I like tall as I am 5’8, 131lbs. You FOR SALE: 2 LARGE hog self feeders. Phone He has to have a stable income, www.gregmichie.com (204)835-2345, McCreary. maybe he could farm & own a business, my parents always get what are farmers, but business owners too. I enjoy flying, LIVESTOCK love horses, dogs & animals love me. I’m a happy REAL ESTATE Cattle Wanted GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. 2 calf creep feeders, person but I want to be married with children in the Land For Sale you want at: 90-bushel; Bale King model #2010 processor, 40- next 5 years. I’m open to share my life with a man bu grain tank, 2 new hydraulic motors, new PTO who has children from another marriage if he is the PASTURELAND 1/2 SECTION ON South shaft, knives like new; NH 358 mixmill, recondi- right person 10-17-13W in the Municipality of Lansdowne; 2004 Redfern Farm DP2371_PPAC_Classified MB.indd 8 2/24/12 10:32tioned. AM Phone: (204)427-3172, leave message. TIRED OF THE Matchmakers Select 1-888-916-2824 26-ft. flat deck trailer w/loading ramps w/two 7-ton Services Ltd. axles, c/w 4 semi holders & straps. Ken Oswald HIGH COST OF www.selectintroductions.com (204)386-2223. Rivers - 204-328-5325 MARKETING HEAVY BUILT CATTLE FEED bunks & troughs 3/8” thick Rural, remote, small communities, steel, 500-gal capacity, 3.5ft.x16.5ft., good for grain, si- towns, villages. Face to face match www.PrecisionPac.com YOUR CALVES?? lage or water, easily moved. (204)362-0780, Morden. REAL ESTATE making, customized memberships, Land For Rent thorough screening process. 300-700 LBS. HESSTON BP 20 BALE processor $2,500; Craig Let a professional take care of your 20-ft. gooseneck tri-axle trailer, $1,800; 4 sections WANTED: LOOKING FOR CROPLAND in Argyle, Steers & Heifers personal life today with confidence & Stonewall, Warren, Balmoral & surrounding area. of scaffolding w/Castor whls, $450. (204)825-8354 discretion Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 or (204)825-2784. Please call Deric (204)513-0332, leave msg. LIVESTOCK Ben: 721-3400 Cattle Various KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING Sys- PETS RECREATIONAL VEHICLES 800-1000 LBS. tem, provides water in remote areas, improves water 115 OPEN HEIFERS FOR sale: Blacks, Reds & quality, increases pasture productivity, extends dugout some Charolais, can take possession by mid Steers & Heifers RECREATIONAL VEHICLES DP2371_PPAC_Classified MB.indd 7 2/24/12 10:32 AM life. St. Claude/Portage, 204-379-2763. PETS & SUPPLIES March. If interested phone David Johnson Don: 528-3477, 729-7240 All Terrain Vehicles (204)873-2692 evenings or (204)825-7752 day. 12 SIMMENTAL-CROSS, 1ST, 2ND & 3rd calvers, Contact: PORTABLE WINDBREAKS, CALF SHELTERS, CKC REGISTERED GERMAN SHEPHERD pups 2010 POLARIS 500 SPORTSMAN H.O. 4x4 quad, start calving March 1st, $1300 you pick or $1200 D.J. (Don) MacDonald free standing rod & pipe panels, fence line & field black & tan, born Jan 6th, championship line, $500. 850-mi, VGC, $5,600 OBO; 08 Panterra side-by- takes all; Also 12 quality replacement heifers, silage bunks. Also sell Speed-Rite & 7L Livestock Phone: (204)736-3954. side 700cc 4x4 w/dump box, good condition, $1000 each. Phone:(204)825-4289. Livestock Ltd. fence equipment, drill pipe & sucker rod. Phone $3,800 OBO. (204)252-2266 (204)827-2104 or (204)827-2551, Glenboro. 20 RED ANGUS X cows bred Red Angus, start License #1110 PHOTOGRAPHY calving May 1st, $1200. Phone Art Langrell RECREATIONAL VEHICLES (204)383-5974 or cell (204)461-1662. LIVESTOCK Campers & Trailers 22 EXCELLENT QUALITY 850-900-LB, mostly LIVESTOCK Livestock Services & Vet Supplies AwesomePhotography-Farm photos, family photos, Red Angus Cross Simmental open heifers; Also 10, Sheep – Dorper wedding photos and anything else you can think of. LARGE VOLUME OF REPOSSESED RVs & parts, 900-lb Black Angus open heifers, very quiet & pale HERD BOOKS COW/CALF SOFTWARE for Cana- Twophotojournalists -20-years experience total -at from the foreclosure of Canada One RV is being fed, $1,100 take all or $1,200 choice. Phone WANTED: BRED PB DORPER ewes. Phone dian producers handles all CCIA forms 90 day trial. your disposal. Contact ShannonVanRaes for details. sold to the public. Phone Dave (204)233-4478, (204)825-2799 or (204)825-8340, Pilot Mound. (204)281-1985. For details see www.herdbooks.com (204)797-6112 www.gnrcw.com 46 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012

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DON’T JUST VISIT, LIVE IT! Agricultural placements TENDERS in EUROPE, UK, AUSTRALIA or NEW ZEALAND. Wide range of jobs (4-12 months) awaiting experienced FARMLAND FOR SALE individuals ages 18-30. Book an AgriVenture program R.M. OF Hanover now! www.agriventure.com 1-888-598-4415. Canadian farmers looking for extra hands are also encouraged to WE BUY OATS Contact Denis or Ben Marked and Sealed Tenders will be accepted apply for international trainees. for pricing ~ 204-325-9555 by the undersigned for the below described Specializing in: Call us today for pricing land up to 4:00 p.m., March 15, 2012 (the • Corn, wheat, sunflower, canola, Box 424, Emerson, MB R0A 0L0 “deadline”) HELP NEEDED STARTING March 15th for calving soymeal, soybeans, soy oil, barley, 204-373-2328 NOW BUYING & general farm duties. Must have experience rye, flax, oats (feed & milling) Parcel Title # Legal Description w/driving farming equip & working w/cattle. Living • Agents of the CWB accommodations avail. (204)449-2149 or e-mail re- Confection and 1. 1533937 SE ¼ 19-6-6 E sume [email protected] • Licensed & bonded Oil Sunflowers, Includes, house, barn, buildings 160 acres 5 LOCATIONS to serve you! BUYING: 2. 2166614 E ½ of NW ¼ 17-6-6 E MIXED GRAIN/COW-CALF OPERATION looking for HEATED & GREEN Brown & Yellow Flax Includes yard site 80 acres reliable, self-motivated, F/T farm workers. Duties in- 3. 1632315 W ½ of NW ¼ 17-6-6E clude operation & maintenance of cropping machinery, CANOLA and Red & White Millet care of livestock & calving. Experience w/livestock & Licensed & Bonded Vacant farmland 80 acres machinery operation an asset. Must have valid drivers “Naturally Better!” • Competitive Prices 4. 2038038 E ½ of NW ¼ 18-6-6E licence & be willing to work long hrs in peak seasons. Soybean Crushing Facility • Prompt Movement P.O. Box 1236 Basic training wage $11/hr. Accommodation provided. (204) 331-3696 Vacant farmland 77.16 acres Send resume w/references to [email protected] Head Office - Winkler • Spring Thrashed 129 Manitoba Rd. When submitting an offer, please note: or Fax (204)564-2107 (888) 974-7246 Jordan Elevator “ON FARM PICK UP” Winkler, MB. R6W 4B3 1. Completed tenders, in the form prepared by (204) 343-2323 1-877-250-5252 Smith Neufeld Jodoin LLP, and available at their Gladstone Elevator office, must be received by the deadline tobe (204) 385-2292 FARMERS, RANCHERS, considered. Somerset Elevator Vanderveen 2. Your offer should clearly identify the property (204) 744-2126 SEED PROCESSORS and any conditions of your offer, if any, must be Sperling Elevator Commodity (204) 626-3261 clearly stated. Services Ltd. BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS 3. The highest, or any offer will not necessarily **SERVICE WITH INTEGRITY** Heated/Spring Threshed Licensed and Bonded Grain Brokers be accepted. Lightweight/Green/Tough, 4. You must provide a certified cheque or bank www.delmarcommodities.com 37 4th Ave. NE Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Mixed Grain - Barley, Oats, Rye, draft for 5% of the price being offered payable to Toll Free: 888-974-7246 Ph. (204) 745-6444 Flax, Wheat, Durum, Lentils, Peas, Smith Neufeld Jodoin LLP, Barristers and Solici- Email: [email protected] Canola, Chickpeas, Triticale, tors (in trust). 5. You must rely on your own personal knowledge SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Andy Vanderveen · Brett Vanderveen Sunflowers, Screenings, Organics Jesse Vanderveen and inspection of the property for all purposes, Hay & Straw and By-Products including determination of acreage, condition, A Season to Grow… Only Days to Pay! improvements, and assessment. 100 BALES MIXED HAY, $34/bale. Richard Zaret- √ ON-FARM PICKUP ski (204)345-0146 or (204)268-5283 √ PROMPT PAYMENT 6. Mines and minerals excluded. √ LICENSED AND BONDED 7. The purchaser shall be responsible for all real 100 ROUND HAY bales for sale $25/bale. Also property taxes commencing January 1, 2012. small square bales $2/bale Phone: (204)866-2844, SASKATOON, LLOYDMINSTER, 8. Title to the land shall be transferred free and leave message. Anola, MB. LETHBRIDGE, VANCOUVER, clear of all encumbrances and liens except for the 200 MEDIUM SQUARE BALES, asking $25 bale; 100 MINNEDOSA following: medium bales of wheat straw, $20 bale. Both in the yd, “Your feed grain broker” 1-204-724-6741 - Easement registered as Interest # 1641773 by hay shed. Can deliver. Phone (204)755-2244. The Manitoba Telephone System. CAREERS Brokers of high/low vomi wheat - Caveat registered as Interest #1811375 by the Help Wanted 2500 MEDIUM SQUARE BALES Timothy hay, and barley, corn, rye, feed pea R.M. of Hanover horse quality, stored in hay shed. Also 500 large canola and soybeans. - Easement Agreement registered as Interest # round bales Alfalfa/Timothy mix, no rain, can deliv- 2460927 by MTS Communications Inc. CATTLE/GRAIN FARM NEAR CARBERRY has full- er. Phone: (204)372-6937. Farm pickup prices available. time position available. Must have cattle handling ex- Darcy Caners 204-415-3485 9. Possession as to the home and buildings on perience, ability to run and maintain equipment. Having 450 TIMOTHY/ALFALFA MIX 1st cut hay, 5x6-ft [email protected] TANKS Parcel 1 shall be no earlier than 6 months from your class 1 and ability to weld a definite asset. Please bales, no rain, approx. 1650lbs $0.03/lb. Call John acceptance of Offer. call (204)724-6093 or (204)466-2939. (204)483-3234 Colin Hoeppner 204-415-3487 [email protected] 9000-GALLON TANK, 2 COMPARTMENTS, 2 Submit offers to: 500 ROUND HAY BALES For Sale, good quality, excel- Brian Harland 204-415-7123 man holes, not certified, would be good for water or Smith Neufeld Jodoin LLP DAIRY FARM NEAR LABROQUERIE is looking for a liquid fertilizer, sits on cradles, $1000 OBO. Phone: lent condition, no rain, 1500lb bales, $45. Will consider [email protected] 85 PTH 12 North Herdsman to work in a new robotic barn, has to be A.I. trade for young bred cows. Phone: (204)746-5121. (204)669-9626. Steinbach, MB R5G 1A7 experienced, has to enjoy working with cows & elec- Fax 204-415-3489 Ph:326-3442 Fax: 326-2154 tronics. Please call (204)424-5109 or (204)326-0168. 600 LARGE ROUND GRASS mix hay bales, no www.pvcommodities.com email: [email protected] rain, good quality, 1700-lbs; 150 dry oat & wheat Attention: Bryan Peters straw bales. Trucking arranged. Call (204)345-8532 DIVERSIFIED FARMING OPERATION IN Carberry FARMING area is seeking 2 casual F/T farm labourers. 1st po- 80 BALES OF MIXED slough & highland hay good sition involves work duties consistent w/cattle op- only for bedding, some of which they will eat. $20 IS ENOUGH OF TIRES eration. 2nd position involves grain/potato seeding per bale. Phone Mark after 6:00pm,(204)422-5914. A GAMBLE... & harvest. Duties include operation of tractors & FOR SALE: 2, 14.9X46 Goodyear Dyna torque ra- equip, shop work & welding, & equip maintenance BROME ALFALFA ROUND BALES, 1st & 2nd cut, & repair. Both positions require a valid driver’s li- & also round Barley Straw. Dan Lovatt dials w/rims. Rims have extended centres. Like new condition. Phone (204)745-3404, Carman. cense. Wages negotiable, dependant on qualifica- (204)483-2717, Souris. tions & experience. Health & dental avail. Contact Trent (204)476-6633. FIRST & SECOND CUT hardcore round bales of FOR SALE: 4, 11X22.5 Goodyear truck tires, 70%; Alfalfa/Grass mix. Feed tested & no rain. Phone: Westfield 7-41 auger w/gas motor. 29-ft Degelman (204)836-2434, Swan Lake. mounted harrows for cultivator. Phone Help Wanted Operators needed foramodern (204)348-2064, cell (204)345-3610. custom manure applicator company.Experience FOR SALE: APPROX 200 1st cut Alfalfa bales w/equipment &maintenance an asset. Willing to (round) good quality; Approx 200 small square 1st TRACTOR TIRES (2) GOODYEAR 520/85R46, train. Mustberesponsible, motivated &ateam cut premium quality. Call (204)745-3301 or new cost $2,500 each plus tax, like new condition, worker.Yearround work available for the right can- (204)750-8187, Carman, MB. asking $1,500 each. Lavern (204)371-9954. didate. Company based in Southwest Manitoba. Advertise in the Manitoba Redhand Ltd, contact Paul (204)534-7382. Email; LARGE ROUND ALFALFA/BROME BALES. Co-operator Classifieds, TRAILERS [email protected] Phone: (204)859-2724 evenings, Rossburn MB. Trailers Miscellaneous JODALE PERRY CORP. IS currently accepting ap- LARGE ROUND NET WRAPPED hay bales, 1st & it’s a Sure Thing! BRANDON TRAILER SALES “You will like our plications from energetic and qualified individuals to 2nd cut $30-$45/bale. For more information call prices!” “It’s that Simple!” “Let’s compare quality & join our Morden team for the following full time posi- Randy (204)246-2205 or Gord (204)822-1918. price!” “Certainly worth the call!” Phone tion: CAD Specialist. The CAD Specialist is respon- We are buyers of farm grains. sible for the design process in the development of SMALL SQUARE BALES Horse Hay, Beef Hay & (204)724-4529. Dealer #4383 new products at Jodale Perry. The CAD Specialist Wheat Straw. Close to Brandon. Phone 1-800-782-0794 reports to the Engineering Manager / EIT. The ideal (204)728-0664 or (204)761-7976. CRAIG 19-FT. TRI-AXLE GOOSENECK trailer, $1,800 or trade for bumper hitch trailer. Phone candidate will have experience and abilities in the (204)825-8354 or (204)825-2784. following: Diploma in Engineering Design & Drafting Technology; CAD Software proficient; Pro Engineer STOCK TRAILERS GN 7x24, $5,000; 6x16 $3,500; would be preferred but not required; Competent in • Vomi wheat • Vomi barley 7x22 $3,500; GN Flat deck 24-ft., $5,000; 25-ft. Microsoft Office programs such as Excel; Compe- w/ramps $5,500; New decks for 3/4 IT trucks; 9-ft. tent in BOM maintenance in electronic database • Feed wheat • Feed barley $2,350; 11-ft. $2,850; 7-ft $1,500; 25-ft. Pintle hitch software; Manage design responsibilities according • Feed oats • Corn w/ramps, $5,900. Phone (204)857-8403 to scheduling plan provided by Design Mgr; Devel- • Screenings • Peas op detailed lists of materials as per design; Provide WANTED: 2 USED ARNES 22ft.x24ft. & dump Engineered Mechanical Dwg. Packages for mfg. • Light Weight Barley gravel trailers in any condition. Phone purposes; Communicate effectively with production (204)376-2340 or (204)641-1350. staff & CAD Team; Excellent communication skills; You can deliver or we can Must be able to work independently and within a You arrange for farm pickup. You team. For more information regarding Jodale Perry CAREERS Corp. visit our website at: www.jodaleperry.com. always get what Winnipeg 233-8418 always get what Please forward your resume along with references Brandon 728-0231 CAREERS in confidence to: Jodale Perry Corp. 300 Route 100 Morden, MB. R6M 1A8, Fax: (204)822-9111 you want at: Grunthal 434-6881 you want at: Farm / Ranch Email: [email protected]. We appre- “Ask for grain buyer.” ciate all applicants for their interest, however only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Help Wanted for calving and feedlot workona Sierens Seed Service Viterra largefarm nearHayter,Alberta to begin April 1. Experience with cattle and equipment an asset. SWINE TECHNICIAN REQUIRED at CV Farms. A Somerset - 204-744-2883 Beausejour - 204-268-3497 Please phoneor fax (780)753-4720. farrow to finish hog operation near Argyle, MB. Job involves all aspects of work in barn, including care www.PrecisionPac.com www.PrecisionPac.com Help wanted for field work on a large farm near of pigs, treatment, feeding, breeding, farrowing Hayter, AB beginning May1.Previous experience sows, moving & loading hogs, carrying out hygiene operating farm equipment, mechanical ability and routines. Applicants should have at least 2 yrs ex- class 1or3driver’s license an asset. Please perience working w/pigs. Salary $14.80/hr. Housing phoneor fax (780)753-4720. available at reasonable rent. Email resume to [email protected]

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