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on page 6 on page » 2 The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 INE SID Di d you know? L IVESTOCK Even just a little dairy is Fighting for forage’s future good for you: researchers

Canada’s largest Taiwanese who eat no dairy crop is its most 12 have higher blood pressure neglected than those who do

Staff CROPS little dairy food daily, even for those who haven’t traditionally consumed A it, may reduce the risk of heart dis- ease or stroke, say researchers at Australia’s Fighting diabetes Monash University. A study of nearly 4,000 Taiwanese was led the natural way by Professor Mark Wahlqvist. Manitoba-grown “In a dominantly Chinese food culture, crops may delay or unaccustomed to dairy foods, consuming prevent onset 17 them up to seven times a week does not increase mortality and may have favour- able effects on stroke,” Wahlqvist said in a release on the study, which was published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. FEATURE Cancer and cardiovascular disease are the leading causes of death among Dealing Taiwanese. When Wahlqvist’s study began in 1993, there was little apparent concern with equine about dairy foods, in contrast to a current belief that they may be harmful to health emergencies and in particular raise the risk of cancer. photo: thinkstock When to call the vet, The study showed such fears to be and what do do unfounded. “A little is beneficial and a lot is unneces- while waiting 13 “We observed that increased dairy con- sary,” Professor Wahlqvist said. sumption meant lower risks of mortality “Those who ate no dairy had higher from cardiovascular disease, especially blood pressure, higher body mass index stroke, but found no significant association and greater body fatness generally than with the risk of cancer,” Wahlqvist said. other groups. But Taiwanese who included CROSSROADS According to the study findings, people dairy food in their diet only three to seven only need to eat small amounts to gain the times a week were more likely to survive benefits. than those who ate none.” Urban and rural folks converge

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By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF “Normally you can resolve issues without having t’s a sting being felt by to poison somebody else’s hives.” beekeepers across the I province. And now the deliberate ALLAN CAMPBELL poisoning of hundreds of thousands of bees at multi- ple locations in the Rural destroyed colonies, and said aware that this was a deliber- Municipality of Elton has left he is also out between $15,000 ate act. apiarists and the RCMP look- and $20,000 in lost honey rev- “It is starting a conversa- ing for answers. enue. The frames and boxes tion, though,” he added, not- “We came to the first yard will also likely need to be ing that beekeeping is an and there were just piles of replaced. industry unlike any other. dead bees all over on the “Now we’ll just take care of “Bees are pretty unique in ground, we had been going Piles of dead bees were reportedly two inches thick in front of the affected the remaining hives, and we’ll that they are livestock on the there to pick up honey, but hives, with others spread over the whole bee yard. PHOTO: SUBMITTED probably have to buy more one hand, but on the other the honey boxes were com- in the spring,” said the bee- hand they’re not fenced or pletely empty except for going to have to identify ened to burn the hives, keeper, adding he is also con- caged, and they do have a more dead bees,” said Jason what was the causing agent,” because I guess he thought we sidering installing some secu- tendency to go out and they Loewen, operator of the Lafreniere said. were in his territory, but we rity features in the bee yards will fly up to two miles really, Steinbach-based Loewen And while some viruses can had full permission to put the to prevent future attacks. to collect nectar and pollen,” Honey Farms. mimic the effects of insecti- bees on the farmer’s land.” “If someone does that sort he said. “Right in front of the hives cides, such as neurological Brandon RCMP are now of thing, you have to wonder “Sometimes conflicts arise they were an inch to two impairment, he added that appealing for public assist- what else they might do,” said with neighbours, who maybe inches thick, but then the external factors in this case ance, asking anyone with Loewen. “Obviously he doesn’t have a swimming pool that whole yard, which is probably appear to make it likely that the information on the matter enjoy what he does… he is attracting bees, or maybe 30 feet wide and 60 feet long, cause of death was not natural. to contact them directly or wouldn’t go out and kill those their flower beds are full of the whole area was just cov- Loewen notes that a sticky through Crime Stoppers. same creatures if he did.” bees and they’re nervous ered in dead bees.” residue was found on top of It is believed that the bee Allan Campbell, president about working there with Provincial apiarist, Rheal the affected hives, which has yards, located six and 10 miles of the Manitoba Beekeepers them, and in some cases bee- Lafreniere, said he has never now been sent for analysis, northwest of Brandon, were Association, said there has keepers will dispute territory, encountered a case like this along with samples of dead attacked sometime between been some confusion in but it’s about communication in his nearly two decades on bees and material from inside August 14 and September 3. mainstream media reports and forming relationships,” the job. the hives. Approximately 180 hives about the nature of the bee said Campbell. “Normally you “The important thing — if Furthermore, threats had were damaged, with 60 deaths, associating the mas- can resolve issues without you think it’s chemical related been previously made against being completely wiped out, sive die-off to routine pesti- having to poison somebody — is to get a sample and try to the affected hives. Loewen said. cide use, but he stressed that else’s hives.” preserve that sample as much “It was another beekeeper,” He estimates it will cost this was not the case and as possible, because you’re Loewen said. “He had threat- about $18,000 to replace the that it’s important people are [email protected]

Cost of lowering Lake Manitoba Like an old friend. could reach $450 million The province hopes the federal government will provide financial assistance as outlet channels move forward

By Shannon VanRaes of 2012 that channel was closed CO-OPERATOR STAFF “If you do not have only to be reopened this sum- mer after heavy rains once again he Manitoba government a conceptual design pushed lake levels above flood has moved another step that has flows that stage. T closer to beginning con- are much bigger than That channel would become struction on new outlet chan- between 5,000 and permanent under the pro- nels for Lake Manitoba and Lake posed plan, but would require St. Martin. 7,000 cfs it doesn’t upgrades. Conceptual design options help.” Residents, farmers, cottag- and potential routes for the ers and ranchers around Lake Avadex® and Fortress® channels were unveiled at a press Manitoba have been calling for pre-emergent herbicides have had conference last week, followed TOM TEICHROEB a speedy reduction in lake levels, by an open house in Ashern. but some say the proposed out- your back for over 5 decades with early season But officials stressed that there flows aren’t adequate for the task weed control and alternative modes of action. are still nearly three dozen steps watersheds to increase flood at hand. that need to be taken before the protection. “If you do not have a concep- The Results? Reduced resistance pressure on project can be completed. But building permanent chan- tual design that has flows that are “We are moving forward to nels to lower water levels on much bigger than between 5,000 Group 1 and 2 herbicides, and minimized early implement greater flood protec- Lake Manitoba — without flood- and 7,000 cfs it doesn’t help,” said season competition from wild . tion by enhancing Lake Manitoba ing Lake St. Martin — won’t be Tom Teichroeb, a cattle producer and Lake St. Martin outflow cheap. near Langruth and member of capacities as part of the larger Cost estimates now run as the Lake Manitoba Rehabilitation Dependable. Trustworthy. flood management system that high as $450 million, far above Committee. includes the Portage Diversion the province’s initial estimate of During a one-in-200-year Order your Avadex and Fortress today. and the Fairford River Water roughly $300 million. The prov- flood, an additional outflow of Control Structure,” said Steve ince is hoping the federal govern- 7,000 cubic feet per second Manitoba Eastern Western Sask Southern Ashton, minister of infrastructure ment will split the cost of build- would lower lake levels by 1.1 Cory Bourdeaud’hui Javan Davis Jim Vancha Valerie Wilton and transportation. “Individual ing the channels, as it did with feet, something Teichroeb says 204-390-2340 306-590-8600 306-951-7008 403-892-3058 property protection, combined the expansion of the Red River doesn’t justify the massive cost of with increased drainage capac- Floodway. the project. ity of Lake Manitoba and Lake St. During record water levels in For more information on the ® Martin, will greatly improve flood 2011, the province constructed proposed designs, visit www.gov. Fortress protection in these areas.” an emergency channel at Lake St. mb.ca/mit/floodinfo/floodproof

He added that the government Martin, designed to lower water ing/reports/index.html. Avadex® and Fortress® are registered trademarks of Gowan Company. is also evaluating the Assiniboine levels in that lake, as well as in Always read and follow label directions. 475-1 08.14 River and Lake Manitoba Lake Manitoba. In November [email protected] 4 The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 OPINION/EDITORIAL

Customers, not competitors, come first

s there anyone out there who thinks it’s a good thing for Canadian agri- I cultural representatives to join with their competition from other countries to criticize their best customers? The answer is almost certainly no, but on the other hand we didn’t hear any objections when the Canadian Pork Council did exactly that earlier this month. Together with pork organiza- John Morriss tions in Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico, Editorial Director and the , the CPC issued a statement calling for “a comprehensive, high-quality Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in which full tariff elimination is achieved for virtually all products including pork.” “Reports that Japan has made unacceptable tariff offers in each of the agricultural sectors it considers sensitive, including pork, compel us to express our deep concern that these critical market access objectives will not be achieved,” the statement said, calling for Japan to drop its “untenable” position. Though the statement didn’t use the word, it sparked a Globe and Mail story about Japan’s “protectionist” stance, a word we’ve heard time and time again over the years in reference to the TPP or (WTO) negotiations. Would that we had more “protectionist” and “unten- able” customers. Japan is Canada’s third-largest export customer by value for all agricultural products, and the second largest for pork after the U.S. It imports 45 per cent of its pork, and has doubled its pork imports in the Cattle herd expansion will likely be slow last 20 years. It imports more than half of its beef. Much of the pork and beef that Japan does produce Cow-calf profits are of 2014. According to Canfax, it is unlikely that itself is raised on imported feed grain, of which it is by far heifer retention will increase enough to stabilize and away the world’s largest importer. It is also one of the strong, but interest in the herd this year, resulting in an even smaller world’s largest importers of wheat, which has been at the number than the 3.9 million head (down 0.8 per expense of consumption of rice, Japan’s traditional crop. bred heifers is soft cent) reported on January 1, 2014. Consolidation In fact, Japan is already the least food self-sufficient in the beef cow herd is anticipated to be longer among the industrialized countries. In 1960 it produced Canadian Cattlemen’s Association than usual, lasting four to five years instead of 79 per cent of its own food. That dropped to below 50 per the two- to three-year norm, due to numerous cent in 1989 and is now below 40 per cent. Just how lit- he record-high prices that defined this market factors. With fewer replacement heifers tle of their own food will Japanese be allowed to produce summer and fall are the traditional market around and current market factors, expansion before they are no longer considered “protectionist?” T signal for producers to consider expand- will likely be approached slowly in 2015, leaving Even more concerning about these accusations is that ing their herds. But with the anomaly of high feedlots to continue to face high feeder prices Japan is not only a big customer, it’s one that always buys prices for all animals coming amid a consolida- next year. top quality, literally week in and week out through the tion period in the cattle cycle and thorny issues The run-up in the cattle market has created an year, paying premium prices, cash on the barrelhead. like labour and higher input costs to consider, interesting scenario for consumers also. In June, The pork council is repeating past sins of the Canadian the question becomes; when are producers most retail beef prices in Canada were 17 per cent canola industry, which might not be anywhere near as likely to make the move? higher than last year, while pork gained 26.4 per large today had it not been for Japan being the largest and There’s no doubt that the unprecedented mar- cent and poultry rose one per cent. steadiest customer for so many years before canola was ket highs experienced during this period have High protein prices are a concern for consum- allowed for human consumption in the U.S. As thanks for been particularly rewarding for beef produc- ers but Canfax noted it is often the relationship that, the Canadian industry has accused Japan as being ers. For the first time ever, cow-calf producers between the protein prices that creates shifts protectionist for preferring to buy raw instead have the opportunity to sell calves this fall with in consumption. While high pork prices have of oil. prices ranging from $2.50-$3 per pound. The been supportive to beef consumption so far this Maybe, but remember that this is a small country with short supply of animals in general will be good year, Canfax cautioned that could change as the a big population that has few natural resources — it can’t for yearlings off of grass as well. All animal types hog industry gets a handle on PEDv and pork even feed itself. Its economy — and therefore its ability to are deriving incredible value as cull cow and cut-out values have come down while the poul- be such a good customer for our products — depends on bull prices are also adding significant returns to try industry, which has had difficulties expand- being able to do its own processing to add value. cow-calf producers. It is these types of prices and ing, also makes adjustments to increase supply. What’s even worse about these statements is that they profitability levels that will have more people This increase in pork and poultry supplies is are in aid of lost causes. The latest Doha Round of the considering expansion going into 2015. expected to be slow in the final half of 2014 and World Trade Organization agreement has been going for Still, interest in bred heifers has been soft moving into 2015 but will potentially limit further 13 years now, and may have been dealt a death blow a despite the higher calf prices in the first half increases in the beef cut-out. few weeks ago when India refused to sign. Why? Because it would have prevented India from building buffer food stocks to feed its population in the event of a poor crop. The TPP is likely to suffer the same long and drawn- out failure, and in the end it won’t have anything to do with farm products. If you read the Globe and Mail or the OUR HISTORY: September 1968 National Post, you would think that the only issue at play in the TPP is agriculture, and that Canada’s support of supply management is the main sticking point. The pork “ ad weather and muddy fields need not stop you council’s statement just feeds this misconception — in at combining time,” said this ad for combine half fact that may have been the main reason for it. B tracks in our Sept. 26, 1968 issue. There may have There are 12 countries in the TPP negotiations, and been a good market for the product at the time. For older each has internal interests to protect. There are many farmers, 1968 is remembered as the most difficult harvest other sticking points, including copyright and intellectual on record. Winnipeg had recorded 21.39 inches of rain since property, where the U.S. is said to be far apart from other April 1, the most since 1876. The provincial crop report said countries. The U.S. Congress has not yet given the presi- a large area in the Red River Valley remained waterlogged dent the Trade Promotion Authority needed to negotiate despite a break in the weather the previous week. Overall, the agreement, and many members of President Obama’s 60 per cent of the Manitoba crop had been swathed and 33 own Democratic Party oppose it. per cent combined. If the TPP negotiations ever get to the point where In what was described by Premier Walter Weir as “one of other countries — especially the U.S. — are prepared to the most comprehensive changes in government organiza- lower their subsidies, then would be the time to put sup- tion ever undertaken in Canada,” Reston MLA Doug Watt ply management on the table. That’s going to take a long was appointed minister of agriculture, taking over from Harry time, if ever. In the meantime, the Japanese will be buy- Enns, who moved to Mines and Natural Resources. ing a lot of Canadian pork, and the pork council should A notable story at the time was that 13 teenage girls be more worried about good relations with its customers, had enrolled in first-year agriculture at the University of not its competitors. Manitoba. One of the girls interviewed said she didn’t feel outnumbered by the 132 boys enrolled. “I think they like to [email protected] have us in the class,” she said. The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 5 COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Consumers are dissatisfied — and that’s why farmers’ markets are booming More and more people are distrustful of big corporations, and farmers’ markets offer ‘food authenticity’ the big chains can’t match

By Sylvain Charlebois these markets. Both variety and limitations in terms of choices s the warm weather winds As the movement grows, the authentic nature of are also affecting the overall down, farmers’ markets farmers’ markets needs to be preserved. quality of offerings. A around the country are look- Obviously, greater regulation is ing at yet another record season. undesirable — instead, improved Despite substantial food price managerial skills, discipline and increases in recent years, these leadership from those occupying operations, which typically sell administrative roles can make a food at a higher price, have gen- significant difference. Business- erated more than $700 million ucts at farmers’ markets — but “naturally” linked to produce, minded folks at the helm can in revenues this year in Ontario perception is king. , and a range of fresh farm safeguard the future of farmers’ alone, and plans to open more Transparency, or the lack products that consumers seek markets through innovation and are in the works, with many mar- thereof, is leveraging a wider cli- out, even if they are normally less allowing consumers to enjoy the kets now open year round. mate of corporate distrust. As a affordable. full experience. As with many Farmers’ markets in Quebec, result, many major food proces- Such markets tap into the sectors, growth means greater B.C., the Prairies and the Mari- sors and distributors are franti- lesser-known world of farming competition, and the overall times are all seeing significant cally trying to appease troubled for urbanites. In essence, farm- value of visiting a market should increases in sales. The future consumers by offering some- ers’ markets are not just about extend beyond the food itself. looks bright as their overall thing new through acquisitions generating economic growth for Such events as outdoor cook- economic impact now exceeds or product development. Price local economies; they are also, ing lessons with reputable chefs $5 billion. Even with high price and convenience still have cur- most importantly, about educa- for young and old, for example, points, the so-called farmers’ rency in grocery stores, but other tion. Getting consumers in close would make the visit that much market movement is making decision drivers, such as envi- proximity to primary production more valuable. some inroads, including on uni- ronmental stewardship and the increases the collective knowl- Ultimately, consumers are versity campuses, where many localization of foods, are emerg- edge of food systems. As such, yearning for an agrarian connec- students have limited financial ing as key potential game chang- and hopefully, it may become less tion they don’t necessarily find resources. ers for the food industry. As the feasible for the political estab- anywhere else, and are willing to Such significant growth, network of farmers’ markets lishment and lobby groups to use pay more for it. however, also brings with it a becomes increasingly organ- distorted evidence to influence This is good news for farmers’ set of challenges that needs ized and co-ordinated, millions public opinion, and ultimately, markets. to be addressed, if it is to be of dollars across the country agricultural policies. Beyond Enough consumers have sustained. are spent to successfully attract economics, farmers’ markets are arrived at the conclusion that The issue of food authentic- dissatisfied and/or inquisitive essentially powerful engines of what is offered by traditional ity appears to be powering this consumers who are looking for democracy. food retail stores is no longer growth. Ongoing recalls and the something inimitably dissimilar But with success comes a vari- enough, or desired. As a result, flood of food fraud-related sto- to what they are accustomed to. ety of challenges. As the move- farmers’ markets are increasingly ries seem to be compelling con- It has been argued for many ment grows, the authentic nature filling that void. sumers to mitigate their risks years now that short-circuit dis- of farmers’ markets needs to be when buying food — and who tribution models in agriculture preserved. We are already see- Sylvain Charlebois is a professor of food can blame them? greatly reduce the Canadian ing the presence of kiosks selling distribution and policy and associate dean This doesn’t mean that there rural-urban divide. As such, it products that are a questiona- of College of Business and Economics at the are fewer risks in buying prod- allows for farmers’ markets to be ble fit with the traditional fare of University of Guelph

We welcome readers’ comments MCEC was needed in levies — not the $12 million Mr. Conventional doesn’t on issues that have been covered Pedersen suggests, and every in the Manitoba Co-operator. time of crisis penny is accounted for. necessarily mean In most cases we cannot accept The PC Party of Manitoba is once As for the Marion Street project, chemical “open” letters or copies of letters again trying to play politics with an what should be known is that the which have been sent to several issue that has been challenging for proposal was all set to go with help I read with interest Alan Guebert’s publications. Letters are subject Manitobans, and it is misrepresent- from the federal government. When article (‘Say what,’ Sept. 11) on the to editing for length or taste. We ing the facts in the process. The at the last minute Ottawa pulled its sanitation of language used in the suggest a maximum of about 300 most recent example comes in the $10-million funding commitment, farm industry. His two examples, words. form of a letter to the editor from the MCEC was left with no ability “harvest” to replace “slaughter” Midland MLA Blaine Pedersen (‘Full to replace the money and finish the and “crop protection” in place of Please forward letters to MCEC report needed,’ Sept. 11). project. This is just one example of talk about herbicides, fungicides, Manitoba Co-operator, Following the outbreak of BSE the challenges faced by the MCEC and insecticides clearly demon- 1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, in 2003, which closed market during its eight-year history. strate money’s interest in pacifying R3H 0H1 or Fax: 204-954-1422 borders for cattle producers, the We regret that the Manitoba the general population. or email: [email protected] province took a proactive approach Cattle Enhancement Council has I can add a third word to this cat-

Letters (subject: To the editor) to reduce market risk by creating not lived up to its potential, but egory of deception — “conventional.” the Manitoba Cattle Enhance- during a time of crisis, we acted to Farmers who use synthetic chemi- ment Council (MCEC) as a vehicle protect an industry that is vital to cals are called conventional! The to spur investment in federally the provincial economy and creates idea being we’ve always done things licensed cattle slaughter capacity. thousands of jobs. this way. No, not true. Farmers have Remember that by the end of 2004, I can assure Manitoba’s beef pro- historically been organic; it’s our the Canadian Beef Industry had ducers that I will continue to stand heritage. Conventional is a label the already lost $5.3 billion. Mr. Peder- with this NDP government, and our industry has given itself. It is deliber- sen tries to misrepresent the num- continuing commitment to support ately deceitful and should raise red bers by not including the nearly Manitoba’s beef industry. flags; should cause us to question the $2.4 million that was returned to integrity of those involved. producers who requested it. That Ron Kostyshyn means since 2006, the MCEC has Agriculture, Food and Wayne James retained $5.5 million in producer Rural Development Beausejour, Man. 6 The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 FROM PAGE ONE

GRAIN SHIPPERS Continued from page 1 Record end- of-year grain movement reduces carry-over Acrimony continues between grain companies and the railways

By Allan Dawson c o-operator staff

Te h estimated 15.7 million tonnes of western grain carry-over is almost four million tonnes less than first forecast, thanks to record grain move- ment between April 1 and July 31, says Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum Corporation, the firm hired by the federal government to monitor the western grain transportation system. “When it’s all said and done the four western ports alone will have moved 31 million tonnes,” Hemmes said in an interview Sept. 19 from his Edmonton office. “It’s phenomenal. “We’ve never seen that kind of vol- ume with that kind of consistency in the movement I think in the history of the Canadian grain-handling and transporta- tion system. It was an incredible feat.” Some observers credit the govern- ment in March ordering the railways to each move 500,000 tonnes of grain a week under threat of fines. But the rail- ways, which blamed the grain backlog on the coldest winter in 100 years, say it was due to better weather. Last crop year grain companies and railways were at each other’s throats and relations have not improved, Snow is not lingering, but car orders are. One industry official estimates there is a 25,000-car shortfall, including 13,000 unfilled orders carried over Hemmes said. “The acrimony and the bad feelings from the last crop year. photo: lorraine stevenson between everybody has them yelling at each other and me,” he said. year that prompted the federal gov- step would be unfounded given that it’s “We can do a lot of things but you ernment to pass an order-in-council the current balance of the grain supply “Mills in Eastern Canada are can’t legislate people to be nice and talk March 3 requiring the railways to each chain that has not allowed us to meet already reaching shortfalls to one another.” ship 500,000 tonnes a week or be fined the government’s order-in-council Communications will be critical this up to $100,000 a day. That was fol- minimum grain volume requirement,” in deliveries making it crop year, Hemmes said. The crop is lowed by amendments to the Canadian Hallman wrote. impossible to restore smaller, but quality is more varied. Transportation Act allowing the gov- “CN’s weekly demand has been less inventories going into the “When you’ve got quality issues like ernment to continue setting grain- than 5,000 cars per week on average for we’ve got right now you need more shipping thresholds for the railways. the last several weeks.” winter months with the segregation, more blending and it’s Port terminals were nearly full, close of navigation.” a burden on the logistics system so it Millers are worried Prince Rupert was closed for regular needs really close co-ordination and While the railways say grain-shipping maintenance and terminals weren’t communication,” he said. orders have declined, Canadian millers working weekend shifts to save money, Gordon Harrison “The thing I’m hearing from some of say they are worse off than last year at he added. the grain companies right now is the this time. CP Rail is having trouble getting railways have slowed down the car “It’s looking really bad,” Gordon grain companies to load and unload supply but I don’t think the orders have Harrison, president of the Canadian grain in a timely way, said CP spokes- That’s why Canadian millers aren’t gone down at all. The orders are still National Millers Association (CNMA) person Breanne Feigel. getting enough wheat, Harrison said. strong. People are looking for and wait- said. “The urgency isn’t the same for eve- And that’s why the CNMA doesn’t want ing for cars.” “Mills in Eastern Canada are already ryone so the system needs to look at the federal government to extend its reaching shortfalls in deliveries mak- that in a better way,” she said in an order beyond Nov. 29. [email protected] ing it impossible to restore invento- interview. “The thresholds are getting in the ries going into the winter months with Elevators have grain, farmers are way of processors getting their grain in the close of navigation,” he said. “This delivering more and port terminals are Canada and the U.S. and it’s a great dis- was what was going on in November able to receive it, Sobkowich said. appointment,” Harrison said. and early December last year, not in “As long as we get to pick the loca- The railways claim their new car September. We see milling locations tions that we’re shipping from, and the ordering system will make for a more already in trouble 60 days ahead of last destinations we’re shipping to, there is efficient system, but Sobkowich said it crop year.” enough demand for CN to meet its vol- will mask car demand. A lack of grain deliveries in 2013-14 ume requirements,” he said. “Before we were actually able to see forced some flour mills to close for a what the actual demand was based on time. Some even trucked in wheat from Heavy deliveries open orders, now that won’t be trans- . Grain deliveries were very strong last parent because shippers will be pre- “The cost to the milling industry in week at more than 900,000 tonnes, said cluded from even placing orders even Eastern Canada was very significant, Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum though the demand still exists,” he extraordinary and unprecedented...,” Corporation, the firm hired by the fed- said. Harrison said. eral government to monitor the west- “What we need is a market-driven Published reports said the govern- ern grain transportation system. system driven by shipper demand, not ment is fining CN Rail for failing to ship “There’s a good healthy stock in the driven by the supply of rail cars.” the required 526,250 tonnes or about country elevator network,” he said The railways oppose the govern- 5,500 cars a week, but as of press time Sept. 19. “The ports are very fluid right ment order but Hemmes said it allows had not confirmed now contrary to some statement I the railways to use the most efficient that. But according to one reliable heard.” corridors. source the report is accurate. Very little grain is going to the United “It puts them in a position where it’s In an email Sept. 17 CN Rail spokes- States, even though it’s a major mar- going to increase their profitability,” he There was record grain movement man Mark Hallman said CN had not ket, Sobkowich said. Instead the rail- said. “They should be sending a thank- between April 1 and July 31, says been informed by the government it ways, since the original government you note (to the government), but I grain monitor Mark Hemmes. was being fined. order, have focused on delivering to doubt that’s ever going to happen.” photo: allan dawson “If the minister of transport decided Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Thunder to call for penalties against CN, such a Bay for quicker car turnaround. [email protected] The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 7

CWB Continued from page 1 Since CWB is a government agency, taxpayers have a right Parliament in July. But only the to see the books, he said. So do notes to the financial statement competing grain companies to are public. ensure the competition is fair. “(T)he minister (of agricul- Farmers should also see the ture, ) tabled the books because the govern- CWB financial statements in ment promised they’d be bet- Parliament as per the legisla- ter off in an open market than tion,” an official in Ritz’s office with single-desk selling for wrote in an email Sept. 18. wheat and . If they’re “Certain sections were with- not, FCWB could presumably held under Section 21(1)3 of the use that information to bolster act that allows the minister to its $17-billon class-action law- withhold information deemed suit against the government commercially sensitive.” for removing the wheat board’s Stewart Wells, a former monopoly. farmer-elected wheat board Meanwhile, CWB has been director and chair of the Friends on a buying and building spree, of the adding country elevators and (FCWB), says he is outraged. eastern port terminals. “There is a legal and moral Coincidently, Farmers of obligation to the taxpayers of North America is asking farm- Canada and farmers to pub- ers to consider investing in a lish their results from 2012-13,” company to purchase CWB so Wells, who farms near Swift farmers would control it. But Current, said in an interview why would farmers invest in last week. something when they can’t see “What would this minister the books, Wells asked. CWB’s 2012-13 annual report was tabled in Parliament four months late, but most of the report has been deemed too have done if the farmer-elected commercially sensitive to release, much to the dismay of the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board. PHOTO: CWB board of directors had refused [email protected] to publish an audited financial report?”

“There is a legal and moral obligation to the taxpayers of Canada and farmers to publish their results from 2012-13.”

STEWART WELLS

The old wheat board pub- lished a lot of detail about its activities, including its audited financial statements without compromising its business, he added. The same was true of the farmer-owned grain companies — which no longer exist. The 26 pages of notes to CWB’s financial report help explain the statements, but don’t say how much money CWB made or lost, where it earned revenue from, where it spent money, how much grain it marketed or how the pools performed relative to spot prices. Wells believes Ritz has over- stepped his legal authority by essentially deeming the entire annual report commercially sensitive. The FCWB is consid- ering asking the courts to force Ritz to make the report public, Wells said. “We didn’t do it sooner because the minister’s office has promised that this report would be public when Parliament resumed,” he said. Wells said he suspects CWB did poorly in its first year of operation. If so, that runs coun- ter to Ritz’s promise of a “strong and viable” voluntary wheat As a farmer, you have a lot of decisions to make. The DEKALB® brand team is here to empower you with board, he added. The Canadian Wheat Act says expert advice, agronomic insight and local data. With every important decision you face on your farm, CWB is to prepare an annual we’re behind you. And we’re ready to help you turn great seed potential into actual in-field performance. report and audited financial statement and present it to DEKALB canola... Empowering Your Performance. the minister of agriculture by March 31. The minister must soon after table it in Parliament, ® but can withhold commercially Talk to your DEKALB dealer today, or visit DEKALB.ca sensitive information. ALWAYS FOLLOW GRAIN MARKETING AND ALL OTHER STEWARDSHIP AND PESTICIDE LABEL DIRECTIONS. According to Wells that would Details of these requirements can be found in the Trait Stewardship Responsibilities Notice to Farmers include specific sales prices to printed in this publication ©2014 Canada, Inc. specific customers — some- thing the wheat board never revealed either. 8 The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014

GOAT DOES / lb. animal weight SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN meat $1.27 75 lbs. $1.00 80 lbs. $0.77 85 lbs. Strong bidding at Sept. 17 sale $1.29 95 lbs. $0.97 97 lbs. Two Katahdin-cross rams hit $2 per pound $0.76 102 lbs. By Mark Elliot The heavyweight lamb clas- Seven 49-pound lambs $0.94 107 lbs. Co-operator contributor sification was represented by brought $1.63 per pound. Six $0.90 115 lbs. a group of five 128-pound Suf- 46-pound Dorper-cross lambs cool fall breeze did blow folk-cross lambs which brought brought $1.20. $0.85 127 lbs. outdoors, but it was $207.36 ($1.62 per pound). The supply of goat does $0.68 165 lbs. A much warmer inside at There was a good selection allowed all buyers to bid on the Sept. 17 Winnipeg Livestock of market lambs, either pasture their breed of interest, from dairy $1.41 78 lbs. Auction. There was a good com- raised or grain fed. The price meat purposes to dairy breeds. $1.01 / $0.77 88 lbs. bination of determined buyers ranged from $1.60 to $1.70 per Alpine-cross goats dominated $0.92 123 lbs. and 600 sheep and goats from pound for lambs with weight the dairy representation at this the producers. ranging from 95 to 109 pounds. sale. Quality goat does received $0.85 127 lbs. The buyers bidding indicated There was a good selection of the higher price bidding. $0.81 145 lbs. that there was no major inter- lambs at this sale. Feeder lambs A 160-pound Boer-cross goat est in a single breed of ewes continued the strong bidding buck entered the arena with BUCKS and no differences between and slightly stronger than the an attitude that he wanted the wool or hair or sheared ewes. market lambs. The buyers whole area, to himself. The meat $2.05 88 lbs. The price ranged from $0.56 did not show any differences ringmaster had to be extra care- $1.22 115 lbs. to $0.84 per pound. An excep- between wool or hair lambs. ful with this buck. Dangerous as $1.13 160 lbs. tion was a group of four 120- The price ranged from $1.51 to the buck might be, he brought pound Cheviot-cross ewes $1.90 per pound. An exception $1.13 per pound. The lighter- $1.03 170 lbs. that brought $122.40 ($0.1220 was an 85-pound Suffolk-cross weight goat bucks brought the $1.06 189 lbs. per pound). Three groups of lamb that brought $1.33 per higher prices, as an 88-pound sheared breeding Arcott-cross pound. Boer-cross buck brought $2.05 KIDS - Under 80 ewes were delivered for any The lightweight lambs con- per pound. An impressive 170- buyer that wanted to increase tinued this strong bidding. The pound Boer-cross goat buck MEAT $2.14 72 lbs. the herd or start a herd. These price ranged from $1.68 to $1.92 was quite different with his $2.17 60 lbs. ewes brought a price range per pound. personality, when it entered $2.40 65 lbs. from $0.66 to $0.70 per pound. The 60-plus-pound lambs the arena. This goat buck was The demand for rams was showed a slight decrease in the quiet and easily managed in the DAIRY $1.68 60 lbs. apparent from the wild bidding price bidding. The price ranged arena, and brought $1.03 per $2.03 65 lbs. at this sale, with no difference from $1.55 to $1.70 per pound. pound. in bidding between wool or hair Bids varied for lighter lambs. The buyers were interested in MEAT $2.08 53 lbs. rams. The price ranged from A group of five 55-pound Suf- the various goat kids at this sale. $2.04 55 lbs. $0.84 to $0.89 per pound. An folk-cross lambs brought $1.30 The bidding remained strong exception was when two 115- per pound. Two 58-pound for all weights of the goat kids. DAIRY $1.96 50 lbs. pound Katahdin-cross rams Rideau-cross lambs brought The dairy- and meat-purpose $2.04 55 lbs. (grain fed) entered the arena. $1.72 per pound. Two 50-pound goat kids appeared to be similar $2.04 56 lbs. These rams brought $230 ($2 Barbado-cross lambs brought in the price ranges — all buyers per pound). $1.05. had interest in the goat kids. MEAT $2.25 40 lbs. $2.17 41 lbs. September 17, 2014 September 3, 2014 $2.13 48 lbs. Ewes $88.50 - $136.59 $106.20 - $167.86 $2.14 49 lbs. $49.40 - $78.26 $56.70 - $92.87 DAIRY $2.42 48 lbs. Lambs (lbs.) MEAT $2.11 32 lbs. 110+ $207.36 $203.55 $1.42 33 lbs. 95 - 110 $157.70 - $174.40 $151.53 - $184.80 $2.03 35 lbs. $135.20 - $160.16 $132 - $155.31 80 - 94 $1.97 37 lbs. $113.05 - $120.80 $112.47 - $120 $2.08 38 lbs. Under 80 DAIRY $1.42 / $1.73 33 lbs. $130.84 - $142.08 $126 - $135.72 (70 - 78 lbs.) 70 - 79 $1.29 / $1.71 35 lbs. $118.30 - $126 $87.60 - $105 MEAT $1.24 27 lbs. 60 - 68 $96 - $112.20 $94.50 - $114.54 (60 - 69 lbs.) $2.07 / $1.57 28 lbs. $99.76 $87.21 - $104.40 50 - 58 DAIRY $1.24 27 lbs. $52.50 - $71.50 $55 - $77.57 $1.57 28 lbs. 46 / 49 $55.20 / $79.87 $67.20 - $78.49 (45 - 48 lbs.)

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Sept. 25: Organic Food Council of Manitoba screening of “Open Sesame: The Story of ” and panel discussion, 6 p.m., Mennonite Heritage Village, Hwy. 12, Steinbach. For more info or to buy tickets visit www.cog. ca/news_events/events/Open- Sesame/. Sept. 26-28: World Beef Expo, Wisconsin State Fair Park, 640 S. 84th St., West Allis, Wisconsin. For more info visit www.world- beefexpo.com. Sept. 27: Mather Fall Festival. Call Tricia at 204-529-2606, email [email protected] or visit http:// www.cartwrightroblin.ca/node/2626. Sept. 27-28: Manitoba Plowing Match, Carberry. For more info Nine combines provided by The Mazer Group, Green Valley Equipment, and Rocky Mountain Equipment made quick work of the Canadian Foodgrains email [email protected] or Bank (CFGB) growing project at Killarney last week, harvesting almost 247 tonnes of wheat in less than two hours. Other CFGB harvests so far include 40 call Barb at 204-534-6451. acres at Lowe Farm yielding 70 bushels of 1 CW, 14.5 per cent, 45 acres of CWRS that yielded 70 bu. per acre at Darlingford and 10 acres of oats yielding Sept. 30-Oct. 4: World Dairy Expo, 140 bushels at St. Pierre. Harvests were scheduled this week for Monday at Manitou, Wednesday at Landmark and Saturday at Roblin. Photo: Harold Penner Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, Wisconsin. For more info visit T:8.125” www.worlddairyexpo.com. Oct. 1: Red River Basin Commission (south chapter) bar- becue fundraiser dinner, Morris MultiPlex, Highway 75, Morris. For more info or to buy tickets (deadline Sept. 22) call Sara at 204-982-7250 or email sara@ redriverbasincommission.org. Oct. 4: Roland Pumpkin Fair. Call 204-343-2314 or email artccam@ gmail.com. Oct. 6-9: International Summit of Co-operatives, Centre des Congres de Quebec, 1000 boul. Rene-Levesque E., Quebec City. For more info visit http://www.sommetinter.coop. Oct. 7-9: Canadian Agricultural Safety Association annual confer- ence and AGM, Lord Elgin Hotel, 100 Elgin St., Ottawa. For more info visit http://conference.casa-acsa.ca. Oct. 16: Red River Exhibition Association/Manitoba Agriculture Hall of Fame Harvest Gala, Viscount Gort Hotel, 1670 Portage Ave., Winnipeg. For more info or to buy tickets email foundation@ redriverex.com or call Judy at 204- 888-6990. Oct. 28: Manitoba Pork fall pro- ducer meeting, 2 p.m., Heritage Centre, 100 Heritage Trail, T:10” Niverville. Meeting for producers east of Red River. For more info or to register call 204-237-7447 or email [email protected]. Oct. 28-30: Cereals North America second annual conference, Fairmont Winnipeg, 2 Lombard Place, Winnipeg. For more info visit www.cerealsnorthamerica.com. Oct. 29: Manitoba Pork fall pro- ducer meeting, 2 p.m., Glesby Centre, 11 Second St. NE, Portage ® la Prairie. For producers west of TOUGH WEEDS, MEET EXPRESS. Red River and Hutterian Brethren producers. For more info or to Crank up the rate all you want, glyphosate alone still misses a number of hard-to-kill weeds register call 204-237-7447 or email like narrow-leaved hawk’s-beard, f ixweed, stinkweed, dandelion and volunteer canola. [email protected]. With hotter-than-hot systemic activity, DuPontTM Express® herbicides don’t just control Nov. 6-8: Manitoba Livestock weeds, they smoke them from the inside out, getting right to the root of your toughest weed Expo, Brandon. Call 204-726-3590 or visit www.brandonfairs.com. challenges with performance that glyphosate alone can’t match. It’s no wonder Express® goes down with glyphosate more than any other brand in Western Canada! Nov. 12-14: Canadian Seed Trade

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Cattle Prices COLUMN (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg September 19, 2014 Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 118.00 - 126.00 D3 Cows 108.00 - 115.00 Market volumes up, but Bulls 133.00 - 145.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 180.00 - 221.00 (801-900 lbs.) 215.00 - 235.00 not in calf-run territory (701-800 lbs.) 230.00 - 245.00 (601-700 lbs.) 230.00 - 252.00 (501-600 lbs.) 240.00 - 279.00 Good demand backed prices on any available cull cows (401-500 lbs.) 255.00 - 302.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) 165.00 - 206.00 (801-900 lbs.) 190.00 - 213.00 (701-800 lbs.) 205.00 - 228.00 (601-700 lbs.) 205.00 - 235.00 Terryn Shiells “The dollar’s been sitting around (501-600 lbs.) 210.00 - 255.00 CNSC (401-500 lbs.) 215.00 - 255.00 US91 cents… so that’s a great Slaughter Cattle ($/cwt) Alberta South Ontario Grade A Steers (1,000+ lbs.) $ 163.50 - 163.50 $ 155.00 - 168.00 benefit for Canadian producers.” Grade A Heifers (850+ lbs.) 163.50 - 165.50 153.00 - 164.50 D1, 2 Cows 115.00 - 132.00 101.00 - 114.00 D3 Cows 100.00 - 119.00 101.00 - 114.00 olumes of cattle at Manitoba’s auction Bulls NA NA markets saw a steady increase during robin hill Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 210.00 - 225.00 $ 159.50 - 192.00 the week ended Sept. 19 — but the full (801-900 lbs.) 220.00 - 235.00 193.00 - 235.25 V (701-800 lbs.) 232.00 - 250.00 160.50 - 253.25 calf run, when markets see 2,000 to 3,000 (601-700 lbs.) 244.00 - 261.00 223.00 - 290.00 head sold a week, hasn’t come yet and isn’t (501-600 lbs.) 263.00 - 286.00 237.00 - 327.25 expected until next month. Strong demand continues to come from (401-500 lbs.) 293.00 - 320.00 174.00 - 313.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) $ 200.00 - 215.00 $ 140.00 - 189.50 “It’s going to be pretty well the middle the U.S., especially as the Canadian dollar (801-900 lbs.) 206.00 - 219.00 168.00 - 223.50 of the Thanksgiving week before the calf remained weak against the U.S. currency (701-800 lbs.) 215.00 - 231.00 189.00 - 226.00 (601-700 lbs.) 223.00 - 240.00 186.00 - 235.50 run really starts hard. And that’s kind of during the week. (501-600 lbs.) 235.00 - 260.00 180.00 - 235.00 the norm,” said Robin Hill, manager of “The Canadian dollar’s been sitting (401-500 lbs.) 270.00 - 300.00 227.00 - 300.00 Heartland Livestock Services at Virden. around US91 cents, just under or just over, The Virden auction saw just over 1,100 so that’s a great benefit for Canadian pro- Futures (September 19, 2014) in U.S. cattle sold during the week ended Sept. 19, ducers,” Hill said. Fed Cattle Close Change Feeder Cattle Close Change October 2014 155.60 -1.77 September 2014 229.90 1.85 down from the same time last year when it Good demand continued to come from December 2014 158.92 -0.78 October 2014 227.70 2.10 would have sold about 1,500, he noted. buyers in Western Canada, mainly from February 2015 159.37 -0.33 November 2014 224.92 1.00 April 2015 158.42 0.72 January 2015 219.70 1.73 Markets could be quieter than normal, Alberta, with more and more buying coming June 2015 150.35 0.50 March 2015 218.45 1.58 volume-wise, for the next few weeks due from the East as well, according to Hill.

August 2015 148.50 0.28 April 2015 218.32 0.95 to the harvest being very far behind in “There are more cattle to choose from, Manitoba. so we’re definitely seeing a little bit better Cattle Slaughter Cattle Grades (Canada) “The harvest is still No. 1 on everybody’s demand from the East with a little more vol- Week Ending Previous Week Ending Previous September 13, 2014 Year­ September 13, 2014 Year mind,” said Hill. ume,” he noted. Canada 55,162 51,473 Prime 653 328 Numbers on the slaughter market were Medium and plainer cattle are still seeing East 12,983 12,153 AAA 25,663 21,560 still strong, though volumes “haven’t been discounts at many of Manitoba’s auction West 42,179 39,320 AA 20,180 20,188 Manitoba N/A N/A A 1,051 1,050 crazy,” he said, adding that due to the lack yards, but buyers don’t seem to be as selec- U.S. 592,000 615,000 B 1,011 1,018 of “crazy big numbers of cull cows,” prices tive; therefore the medium and plain cattle D 5,685 6,736 remained strong for that market. Continued aren’t seeing discounts as huge as those seen E 266 278 good demand for hamburger was also earlier, Winnipeg Livestock Sales said in its behind the upward movement. weekly report. Prices on the feeder market were steady Hog Prices to firmer during the week at most auction Terryn Shiells writes for Commodity News Service Canada, (Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) Source: Manitoba Agriculture yards, with new-crop calves seeing the a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity E - Estimation strongest gains. market reporting. MB. ($/hog) Current Week Last Week Last Year (Index 100) MB (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.) 227 E 216.22 186.24 MB (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.) 208 E 198.85 172.39 ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.) 206.95 198.49 179.63 PQ (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.) 208.35 195.89 180.35 briefs Futures (September 19, 2014) in U.S. Hogs Close Change October 2014 102.97 -3.40 linked to 23,000 deaths and as phasing out the use of December 2014 93.80 -3.40 Antibiotic- February 2015 90.75 -2.75 two million illnesses every medically important anti- April 2015 90.30 -2.40 resistance task year in the U.S. biotics to promote growth May 2015 90.60 -1.40 force targets The task force was part of in livestock — are already measures in a 78-page report underway. farm use by the President’s Council In a statement, National Other Market Prices of Advisors on Science and Pork Producers Council By P.J. Huffstutter Technology (PCAST). president Howard Hill said Rees ut r Its report called for the fed- farmers “work hand in hand Sheep and Lambs eral government to double with veterinarians to mini- Winnipeg SunGold $/cwt (880 h wooled fats) Toronto Specialty Meats The U.S. government will set its current spending to $900 mize the need for and use of Ewes Choice — 88.17 - 121.50 50.00 up a task force and presiden- million to track and research antibiotics, particularly anti- Lambs (110+ lb.) Next 165.20 - 193.34 tial advisory council to tackle antibiotic resistance and biotics important in human (95 - 109 lb.) sale is 198.11 - 216.32 (80 - 94 lb.) Oct. 1 196.56 - 217.99 the growing threat of antibi- invest another $800 million medicine.” (Under 80 lb.) — 171.63 - 226.37 otic resistance, setting a Feb. annually to help boost com- Critics said they had hoped (New crop) — — 15 deadline for it to outline mercial development of new for more aggressive steps to specific steps, White House antibiotics. curtail antibiotic use, particu- Chickens E ggs advisers said Sept. 16. Other suggestions included larly in agriculture. Minimum broiler prices as of April 13, 2010 Minimum prices to producers for ungraded The secretaries of Defense, finding alternatives to “Much more follow- Under 1.2 kg...... $1.5130 eggs, f.o.b. egg grading station, set by the Agriculture and Health and human-relevant antibiotics through is needed,” said Mae 1.2 - 1.65 kg...... $1.3230 Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board Human Services will set up for use by livestock produc- Wu, health attorney at the 1.65 - 2.1 kg...... $1.3830 effective November 10, 2013. 2.1 - 2.6 kg...... $1.3230 New Previous the task force to advise on ers; greater surveillance of Natural Resources Defense A Extra Large $2.00 $2.05 steps to ensure the remaining antibiotic use in agriculture Council (NRDC), in a state- A Large 2.00 2.05 medically important antibiot- and offering incentives to ment. The NRDC called for A Medium 1.82 1.87 Turkeys ics available to treat humans encourage development of “steps to curb the overuse of A Small 1.40 1.45 stay effective and look at their antibiotics. antibiotics in animals, which Minimum prices as of September 28, 2014 A Pee Wee 0.3775 0.3775 Nest Run 24 + 1.8910 1.9390 use in animal feed. Agriculture industry consume about 80 per cent Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) B 0.45 0.45 Antibiotic resistance in bac- groups said some of PCAST’s of the antibiotics sold in the C 0.15 0.15 Grade A ...... $1.970 teria has led to “superbugs” proposed measures — such United States.” Undergrade ...... $1.880 Hen Turkeys Goats (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Winnipeg Toronto Grade A ...... $1.950 (370 h Fats) ($/cwt) Undergrade ...... $1.850 Kids — 154.53 - 259.78 L ight Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys Billys — — (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Mature — 118.23 - 235.43 Grade A ...... $1.950 Undergrade ...... $1.850 H orses Tom Turkeys Winnipeg Toronto Looking for results? Check out the market reports (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) ($/cwt) ($/cwt) Grade A...... $1.875 Undergrade...... $1.790 <1,000 lbs. — 23.00 - 60.67 from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 14 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm. 1,000 lbs.+ — 20.00 - 41.00 The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 11 GRAIN MARKETS column Export and International Prices

All prices close of business September 18, 2014 Last Week Week Ago Year Ago Chicago wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne) 179.49 187.21 241.38 Good news on demand bound Minneapolis wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne) 202.18 217.80 260.30 Coarse by ring of fundamentals Chicago corn (nearby future) ($US/tonne) 133.16 134.24 180.91 Chicago oats (nearby future) ($US/tonne) 221.92 229.38 202.31 That massive U.S. crop outlook burns, burns, burns oilseeds Chicago soybeans (nearby future) ($US/tonne) 356.97 360.64 492.13 Strong demand Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne) 721.48 694.58 941.76 Phil Franz-Warkentin However, the demand side of the equation remains strong, with both soybeans and corn CNSC seeing steady offshore interest. Winnipeg Futures Demand for canola is also expected to remain solid going forward, with Agriculture ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business September 19, 2014 and Agri-Food Canada forecasting total barley Last Week Week Ago he theme song to the week in grain and demand (exports and domestic crush) in October 2014 123.50 123.50 oilseed markets ending Sept. 19 came 2014-15 of over 15.6 million tonnes. With total T courtesy of Johnny Cash, with canola, production only pegged at 13.9 million (after December 2014 125.50 125.50 wheat, corn and soybeans all moving “Down, last year’s record 18-million-tonne crop) end- March 2015 126.50 126.50 down, down.” ing stocks by July 31, 2015, are forecast to Canola Last Week Week Ago The flames may burn higher still, as there dwindle to 750,000 tonnes, from 2.4 million is little bullish news from either a technical this past July. November 2014 397.50 413.70 or fundamental standpoint in the markets Typically, ending stocks under a million January 2015 404.50 418.00 to warrant more than a brief short-covering tonnes are considered tight for canola, and correction. that tight supply projection warrants atten- March 2015 411.70 423.50 November canola fell Friday below $400 tion, as it’s one thing that could help can- per tonne, a key psychological point on the ola divorce itself from the bearish soybean charts. November canola has not traded complex. Special Crops below that level since June 2010. Canada’s wheat production and ending Report for September 22, 2014 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan In the U.S., soybeans, corn and wheat all stocks forecasts are also down on the year. dropped to four-year lows of their own, as However, where canola may be able to find Spot Market Spot Market great Midwestern weather and the record U.S. some strength relative to , and while Other (Cdn. cents per pound unless crop prospects weighed on prices across the there are usually some quality and pro- (Cdn. cents per pound) otherwise specified) board. Poor international demand contrib- tein factors particular to Canadian wheat, Large Green 15/64 28.50 - 33.75 Canaryseed 23.00 - 24.25 uted to losses in wheat, with relatively favour- the grain is grown around the world and the able weather conditions for planting the U.S. Canadian crop is but a small drop in the big Laird No. 1 27.00 - 33.75 Oil — crop another bearish factor in bucket. World supplies remain large, and Eston No. 2 20.00 - 23.00 Desi Chickpeas 15.20 - 16.00 the background. North American wheat will need to price itself Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel) Beans (Cdn. cents per pound) The Canadian crops have had their share competitively to generate export interest. of problems this year, but the U.S. Midwest While world wheat supplies are large, Green No. 1 7.80 - 8.50 Fababeans, large — could be best described as sitting on the kind higher-quality and higher-protein wheat will Medium Yellow No. 1 5.75 - 6.50 Feed beans — of crop Canada had last year. Great condi- make up a smaller percentage of the total. No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans 33.00 - 33.00 tion ratings and early yield reports all point Those wide grade spreads could lead to Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel) to record-large soybean and corn supplies, opportunities for any better-quality Canadian Feed Pea (Rail) 4.25 - 4.35 No. 1 Great Northern 50.00 - 50.00 which will quickly shift the U.S. supply situa- wheat out there. Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound) No. 1 Cranberry Beans 39.00 - 39.00 tion from “tight” to “burdensome.” That shift is being priced into the futures Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Yellow No. 1 31.40 - 33.00 No. 1 Light Red Kidney 55.00 - 55.00 market, and how low prices need to go Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and Brown No. 1 27.60 - 29.00 No. 1 Dark Red Kidney 55.00 - 55.00 remains to be seen. commodity market reporting. Oriental No. 1 29.50 - 31.00 No. 1 Black Beans 34.00 - 34.00 No. 1 Pinto Beans 27.00 - 32.00 No. 1 Small Red 36.00 - 36.00 For three-times-daily market reports from Source: Stat Publishing No. 1 Pink 36.00 - 36.00 Commodity News Service Canada, visit SUNFLOWERS Fargo, ND Goodlands, KS “Today in Markets” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. Report for September 19, 2014 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed) 17.30 16.85 32.00* Confection — Call for details Source: National Sunflower Association

China GMO case raises international legal concerns There are no globally harmonized rules concerning GMOs

By Andrew Chung pany filed suit for the same reason. Torrance, a biotechnology law pro- ernment has approved this prod- Reutes r Trans Coastal Supply Co., a major fessor at the University of Kansas. uct as safe and effective for use by exporter of livestock feed products, Torrance said the lawsuit could American farmers, and that should ajor U.S. grain exporter said in court documents it expects to reflect economic power shifting end the inquiry.” Inc.’s lawsuit against lose more than $41 million because away from the United States. The legal experts said the key in M Syngenta over losses stem- Syngenta sold Agrisure Viptera Legal experts said that while simi- the Cargill case would be to deter- ming from China’s rejection of corn seed, known as MIR162, to lar case law was slim, foreign regula- mine whether or not a seed maker genetically modified corn demon- U.S. farmers without first obtaining tions could not be ignored in cases owed the grain trader any duty to strates how U.S. markets are becom- import approval from Beijing. that involved domestic courts and ensure its products had foreign ing increasingly subject to foreign China has rejected hundreds of companies. This is in part because approval before releasing them rules, legal experts said Sept. 15. thousands of tonnes of U.S. corn there are no globally harmonized in the United States, where they Cargill sued Syngenta Sept. 12 since November due to the presence rules governing GMOs. already had approval, as was the in Louisiana state court for “neg- of Syngenta’s modified corn, called “This case is really about whether case with MIR162. ligence” in selling U.S. farmers a Agrisure Viptera, or MIR162, which Chinese regulatory decisions can Establishing that duty “strikes me genetically modified seed that had makes the corn resistant to insects. bar innovation in American agri- as unusual, unless Syngenta had not yet been approved for import “I’m sure it will spur controversy culture,” said Eric Olson, a Denver made some guarantees to Cargill in China. Cargill said it had lost in the U.S. from folks who think attorney who worked on litigation (in a contract),” said law profes- $90 million as a result of Syngenta’s that U.S. companies shouldn’t have over genetically modified rice that sor, Anastasia Telesetsky of the actions. to comply with the laws of other concluded in 2011 with Bayer set- University of Idaho. “We’re talking The following week a second com- countries, in the U.S.,” said Andrew tling for $750 million. “The U.S. gov- about sovereign nations here.” 12 The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014

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There has been a dramatic drop in forage research, The fight for the but it’s not just because producers could make more future of forages money growing canola

By Madeleine Baerg director of the Canadian Forage and watersheds it passed through before attractive crop variety. However, given co-operator contributor Grassland Association. reaching them, he said. that forages are perennials, more bio- “Producers look at forages and say: “Fortunately for most Albertans, logically complex, and the scientific hat’s Canada largest crop? ‘Not only would I make less growing pretty much everything upstream is knowledge base is smaller, it’s a whole The usual answer is “wheat,” forages, the production methods aren’t in forages and forest. Keeping it that lot harder for a private company to W which in 2012 was seeded on there, the variety selection isn’t there way is pretty important to what kind see potential profit in forage research. about 20 million acres. But that year, and the field testing hasn’t been done of water ends up in the water system. Beef producer groups and for- cultivated forages made up 33 million so I do not have access to the informa- If you let the land get degraded and age associations are attempting to acres, and more than 36 million acres tion I need to produce a good crop.’” more silt comes down the river; if you fill the void and invest in the future were in native or unimproved pastures And it becomes a vicious circle, he let the land run when it rains hard as of forages. Current industry-led and rangeland. said — as forage production drops, it’s opposed to being tied down by the projects include working towards Yet farmers who manage grasslands even harder to get funding for forage perennial roots of hay land, there’s a developing testing sites for new and forage fields say their industry is research. consequence down that road.” varieties, and building a bank of envi- declining so rapidly its future is at risk. But it’s a problem that should con- Residents of southern Manitoba ronmental research. However, Wray “The long-term graph of forage cern all Albertans: ranchers, farmers, and southeastern Saskatchewan have and Pidskalny said they hope forage research shows a dramatic drop — and urbanites alike. learned all too well that the loss for stakeholders will step forward with probably 70 per cent of our capacity Forages are the biggest crop by acre- forage and grasslands has an impact, additional funds for new variety has been let go in the last 20 years,” age in Canada — a full 55 per cent he noted. Recent floods are being development. said Doug Wray, board chair of the of this country’s agricultural land is blamed in part on extensive drainage Alternatively, they suggest Canada Canadian Forage and Grassland Asso- grazed grassland or is seeded to for- on a massive scale to convert acres take a page from Europe’s playbook. ciation and a forage and cow-calf pro- age. At least as important as the agri- best suited to forage to cropland. The “We were in England a few years ducer from Irricana, Alta. cultural value (estimated at $1.5 loss of these acres and the dramatic ago. The farmer we met there had to “We’ve come down a long way and billion in Alberta alone) are the envi- reduction of potholes and riparian measure up on a whole list of environ- we really can’t afford to go any fur- ronmental benefits. areas have greatly reduced the capac- mental benchmarks — he had to leave ther. If we don’t stop the slide and start “There is significant public good ity to hold back water during spring a headland of unmowed grass, not rebuilding, there are going to be some from forage land and native grass- and in wet years. hay before a certain date, leave the very big consequences to this prov- land,” said Wray. However, getting more dollars for hedges untrimmed — and if he did ince.” “When you talk about clean air, forage research will be a challenge, that, he got a payment from the public Forage fields are increasingly being clean water, biodiversity, ecosystems given today’s reality of declining pub- purse,” said Wray. consigned to low-quality land, with at work for wildlife in agriculture — lic funds for agricultural research. “A value has been placed on eco- more productive acres being seeded to that’s the grazing lands of this country. Private companies now do much of services in other places in the world. canola and other crops. That’s the side benefit they provide. the R&D for some annual crops — but That would certainly help shift the High prices for grains and oilseeds “I don’t think it’s good enough to this is only possible because seed sales dynamic here when a producer is try- in recent years is a big factor, but turn a blind eye and walk away.” allow these companies to turn a profit ing to decide between growing wheat so has been the decline in forage When people think of clean water, once their research and development and canola or pasture brome and research, said Ron Pidskalny, executive they should also give thought to the successfully produces a commercially alfalfa.”

“If we don’t stop the slide and start rebuilding, there are going to be some very big consequences to this province.”

Doug Wray Forages and grasslands are not just about cattle and hay, they also provide a major environmental benefit for all Canadians. top and above photo: Canadian Forage and Grassland Association The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 13

COLUMN BRIEFS

Dealing with the eight top Manitoba Beef Producers equine emergencies announces bursary When to call the vet and what to do until he or she arrives recipients Injuries or abnormal condi- Four Manitoba students Carol Shwetz, DVM tions of the eye such as squint- have been selected ing, swelling or discharging as the 2014 recipi- Horse Health require prompt attention in ents of the Manitoba order to minimize secondary Beef Producers (MBP) complications. The sooner the Bursary. Each will ost horse owners will eye condition can be treated, receive $500 towards at some time encoun- the sooner it will be on its their education as M ter an emergency. way to recovery and optimal they pursue a degree Recognizing a true veterinary visual acuity. Generally it will or diploma related to emergency and knowing appro- be advantageous to move agriculture or the rural priate first aid care until the the horse with an eye condi- economy. All four stu- veterinarian arrives can sub- tion into a dark, quiet space dents are the children of stantially improve the equine until a veterinarian arrives. A active beef producers or patient’s outcome. warm compress with a small producers themselves. Colic is the most common amount of lavender oil can Each applicant was cause for emergency calls. be utilized to soothe the eye. required to submit an Colic is a broad term which The eye tends to be very reac- essay on what the beef describes abdominal pain or tive to injury and soothing this industry means to their “pain in the belly.” Causes response can minimize the ill family, community and range from mild and inconse- effects of inflammation. Manitoba. The MBP quential to life threatening or bursary committee fatal. Since horses respond in Foaling complications evaluated the essays a typical fashion to abdominal The events that occur around and selected the four pain regardless of cause it can the birth of a foal are incred- finalists. The winners be very difficult to distinguish ibly time sensitive. Dystocia/ were: Bradley Wright, between a mild colic and a difficult birth, uterine prolapse MacGregor, University potentially fatal colic, especially and hemorrhage, and retained of Manitoba agricul- in its early stages. placenta fall within this cate- ture diploma program; Signs of mild colic may gory. These emergencies must Samantha Rimke, Oak include refusal to eat, pawing, be dealt with quickly and effi- Lake, University of flank watching, circling, kick- ciently and at times efforts are Saskatchewan College ing and/or biting at the abdo- directed at saving the lives of of Arts and Science; men, stretching and/or lying both the mare and foal. Stephanie Dousselaere, down. As the pain escalates A sick foal is always an emer- Cartwright, University the horse becomes obviously gency. Since the health of a of Manitoba agriculture distressed, sweating, no longer neonatal foal, or a foal less than degree program and standing, rolling, dog-sitting, four weeks old, is precarious, Kendra Elliott, Brandon, and even thrashing violently. early recognition of any sign of Brandon University sci- Due to its potentially life- ill health in a foal could save When a horse sustains a laceration to one of its lower limbs, the functional ence faculty. threatening nature it is appro- its life. Any foal failing to nurse and cosmetic outcome is greatly improved with early veterinary intervention. priate to handle all cases of eagerly or behave normally is colic seriously. cause for immediate concern Upon notifying the veterinar- and veterinary attention. Place ian, encourage the colicky horse the mare and the foal in a quiet to remain standing, preferably space and note the nature of walking. Walking the horse sup- the foal until the veterinarian ports normal gut function and arrives. helps to keep it calm. Horses “Choke” is a term used to with severe colic can become describe esophageal obstruc- violent so it may be necessary tion in horses. Esophageal to stay well back. Always use obstruction arises when caution. feedstuffs or foreign bodies become lodged in the horse’s Lameness esophagus and the horse can Horses that are fine yester- no longer follow through on day and “dead” lame today are swallowing. These horses will AgriInvest another emergency and need show obvious signs of dis- immediate medical attention. tress. 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Weight Category Ashern Gladstone Grunthal Heartland Heartland Killarney Ste. Rose Winnipeg Brandon Virden Feeder Steers Sep-17 Sep-16 Sep-16 Sep-16 Sep-17 Sep-15 Sep-18 Sep-19 No. on offer 800 493* 206 464 1,144* 90* 610 645 Over 1,000 lbs. n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 180.00-207.00 900-1,000 205.00-217.25 180.00-220.00 195.00-218.00 195.00-220.00 196.00-221.00 n/a n/a 200.00-218.00 (222.00) 800-900 200.00-236.50 200.00-237.00 200.00-235.00 210.00-230.00 215.00-233.50 220.00-240.00 195.00-231.00 (237.00) 220.00-236.00 700-800 220.00-246.00 200.00-258.00 225.00-237.00 235.00-253.00 230.00-261.00 230.00-250.00 210.00-240.00 (248.00) 230.00-248.00 600-700 230.00-252.50 200.00-262.00 230.00-245.00 235.00-264.00 240.00-273.00 235.00-258.00 240.00-275.00 (289.00) 235.00-255.00 500-600 250.00-289.00 250.00-300.00 240.00-275.00 260.00-282.50 258.00-308.00 260.00-290.00 275.00-310.00 (315.00) 245.00-290.00 400-500 275.00-300.00 290.00-322.00 280.00-320.00 310.00-332.00 280.00-331.00 280.00-300.00 260.00-316.00 (320.00) 285.00-315.00 300-400 304.00-350.00 300.00-366.00 300.00-380.00 325.00-360.00 300.00-375.00 n/a 225.00-325.00 (333.00) 300.00-375.00 (380.00) Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs. n/a n/a n/a 179.00-192.00 172.00-197.00 n/a n/a 170.00-207.00 800-900 200.00-250.00 185.00-217.00 185.00-211.00 195.00-217.00 195.00-217.00 n/a 180.00-215.00 (218.00) 200.00-222.00 700-800 196.00-205.00 190.00-234.00 195.00-218.00 200.00-225.00 205.00-231.00 210.00-225.00 200.00-220.00 (225.00) 215.00-235.00 600-700 200.00-229.50 200.00-240.00 205.00-220.00 220.00-233.00 220.00-241.00 220.00-240.00 200.00-235.00 (240.00) 217.00-240.00 500-600 196.00-205.00 200.00-250.00 220.00-240.00 240.00-260.00 220.00-270.00 230.00-250.00 210.00-248.00 (255.00) 220.00-265.00 400-500 200.00-250.00 210.00-282.00 235.00-295.00 290.00-315.00 245.00-305.00 250.00-275.00 220.00-275.00 (287.00) 230.00-285.00 300-400 n/a 220.00-288.50 250.00-330.00 295.00-320.00 260.00-315.00 n/a 225.00-275.00 (280.00) 250.00-300.00 Slaughter Market No. on offer 100 n/a 94 91 n/a n/a 266 215 D1-D2 Cows 112.00-121.00 80.00-130.00 n/a 123.00-133.50 113.00-127.00 105.00-115.00 118.00-127.00 (134.00) 118.00-124.00 (126.00) D3-D5 Cows 103.00-110.00 n/a 100.00-114.00 113.00-121.00 80.00-113.00 n/a 105.00-118.00 108.00-115.00 Age Verified 120.00-129.00 n/a n/a n/a 115.00-130.00 110.00-122.00 136 n/a Good Bulls 130.00-140.00 120.00-140.50 125.00-135.25 135.00-157.00 127.00-153.00 135.00-145.00 130.00-149.00 (151.00) 138.00-148.00 (152.00) Butcher Steers n/a n/a n/a 145.00-154.00 148.00-155.00 n/a n/a n/a Butcher Heifers n/a n/a n/a 145.00-153.00 147.00-153.00 n/a n/a n/a Feeder Cows n/a n/a 120.00-130.00 n/a 125.00-139.00 115.00-126.50 n/a 125.00-145.00 Fleshy Export Cows n/a n/a 116.00-123.50 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Lean Export Cows n/a n/a 108.00-116.00 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Heiferettes n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 105.00-128.00 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.)

2015 should be profitable for hog producers: NDSU specialist Low corn and soy prices and reduced supply make for a profitable combination

NDSU release “Although we will 2015 could be a very good year for hog producers, North most likely see Dakota State University Exten- an increase in sion Service swine specialist PEDv outbreaks David Newman says. He is optimistic for several this winter, it is reasons: doubtful that we • The projected corn crop of will see the number nearly 14.4 billion bushels will of losses incurred be a record, and the U.S. soy- crop is expected to total in 2013-14 to date.” 3.9 million bushels, which means a good supply of low- cost feed will be available for David Newman hogs. NDSU • Recent corn and soy- bean meal futures prices put average farrow-to-finish costs below $68 per hundred- this summer as expected, but weight. That would be the low- total losses of hogs since PEDv est annual average cost since was discovered in the U.S. are 2007, when it was $62.72. in the millions. Plus, cases of PEDv has killed as many as seven million U.S. pigs since it was discovered in the country in May 2013. photo: USDA • The August rally in lean PEDv likely will increase this hog futures, combined with fall and winter, which could the low grain prices, raises the lower the supply of hogs in “Although we will most ing to animal health experts. after being around swine, estimate of average farrow-to- 2015 and keep hog prices at likely see an increase in PEDv That involves making sure and cleaning and disin- finish profits back above $40 profitable margins. outbreaks this winter, it is the swine barn is clean and fecting vehicles used to per head for 2015. The Octo- The virus has killed as doubtful that we will see the virus free, and establishing transport pigs. ber, November and December many as seven million U.S. number of losses incurred in a line of separation between “Producers who are able 2014 margins are at $54, $42 pigs since it was discovered in 2013-14 to date,” Newman the clean area (the barn) to maintain herd health and and $44 per head, respectively. the country in May 2013. The says. and the dirty area (any- practise good financial man- • The number of por- mortality rate in piglets from The key to preventing the where outside the barn). It agement most likely will have cine epidemic diarrhea virus herds not previously exposed disease from spreading is also includes washing boots a good year in front of them,” (PEDv) cases fell significantly to PEDv is nearly 100 per cent. good biosecurity, accord- and clothing before and Newman says. The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 15 T ight yearling Sweet treat supplies support feeder complex Exotic vaccinated 500-lb. calves trade for $290/cwt in southern Alberta

By Jerry Klassen C o-operator contributor

e s t e r n C a n a d i a n feeder cattle prices W last week were $3 to $4 per hundredweight (cwt) higher on average. Cattle buy- ers were scrambling to fill orders on yearlings as supply uncertainty continues to drive season is nearing an end, so these two need to share one of the last cobs. photo: Suzanne Paddock prices higher. Feedlot vacancy is at sea- sonal lows and operators T:8.125” want to fill pens as soon as possible. Feeding margins are narrowing with higher replacement costs but the feeder market continues to have momentum to the BONANZA BUCKS upside. PLUS Features this week included a small string of thin-fleshed FINANCING FOR CASH 800-pound Angus-based 72 MONTHS* OR BACK steers traded at $245/cwt in O% central Alberta. U.S. buy- ers were more aggressive in Manitoba due to stronger feeding margins in the U.S. It appears that burdensome corn crop is enhancing the competitive advantage south of the border. Calf prices were rather vol- atile, depending on location and quality. Feedlots are not afraid of weaned vaccinated calves but they don’t want to contend with potential sick bawlers this early in the sea- son. Exotic vaccinated 500- lb. calves were trading for $290/cwt in southern Alberta. The farmer/backgrounding operator will likely step for- This year’s Value Bonanza gives you MORE SMART WAYS TO SAVE on select ward later in September when New Holland hay and forage equipment. It starts with BONANZA BUCKS — harvest is completed. Once yearling supplies dry up and it’s like bonus cash just for buying — and continues with 0% FINANCING FOR 72 combines are in the shed, calf values should even out across MONTHS. That’s SIX YEARS without ‰ nance charges. Or choose CASH BACK in T:10” Western Canada. lieu of ‰ nancing on these models: Wholesale beef prices have been softening, however, Alberta packers were buying • Roll-Belt™ Round Balers fed cattle at $162/cwt, similar to seven days earlier. Retail and restaurant demand tends • Large Square Balers to deteriorate in Septem- ber, but this hasn’t trickled • Small Square Balers through to the feeder market. U.S. feeder prices continue ® to lead the Canadian market • Speedrower Self-Propelled Windrowers higher, and the weaker feed grain complex will be the main • Haybine® Mower-Conditioners supportive factor moving for- ward. The upside in the fed ® market appears to be defined • Discbine Disc Mower-Conditioners for the time being, with pack- ing margins coming under • MegaCutter™ Mounted Triple Mower-Conditioners pressure. U.S. dressed carcass weights are 18 lbs. above year- ago levels, so beef production • Pull-type Forage Harvesters in the fourth may be larger than earlier anticipated. Look for feeder cattle prices Act fast! See us before this offer ends on November 30, 2014, to stay firm to slightly higher over the next couple of weeks. or visit nhvaluebonanza.com. Barley, corn and feed wheat prices have further downside *For commercial use. Offer subject to CNH Industrial Capital America LLC credit approval. See your New Holland dealer for details and potential. eligibility requirements. Depending on model, a down payment may be required. Offer good through November 30, 2014, at participating New Holland dealers in the United States. Offer subject to change. Taxes, freight, setup, delivery, additional options or attachments not included in price. © 2014 CNH Industrial Capital America LLC. All rights reserved. New Holland Agriculture is a trademark registered in the United States and Jerry Klassen’s weekly feeder market many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or afŠ liates. CNH Industrial Capital is a trademark in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or afŠ liates. analysis is available every Monday morning at www.manitobacooperator.ca

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Weather now for next week. WEATHER VANE Get the Manitoba Co-operator mobile app and get local or national forecast info. “EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT THE WEATHER, BUT NO ONE DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT.” Download the free app at agreader.ca/mbc Mark Twain, 1897 Warm fall weather finally arrives Issued: Monday, September 22, 2014 · Covering: September 24 – October 1, 2014

even thundershowers Sunday, WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA Daniel Bezte depending on whether the Co-operator front moves through during contributor peak daytime heating. Next week will start off with an area of arctic high pres- Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) t took a little longer than sure dropping southeastward, expected, as a secondary bringing cooler weather back September 1, 2014 to September 15, 2014 I area of low pressure brought into our region. This cooler clouds and showers to most air, combined with the depart- regions early last weekend, but ing low to our northeast, will a western upper ridge of high likely give us a mix of sun and 3 - 10 mm pressure is finally moving in, clouds along with scattered 10 - 18 mm bringing with it much-antici- showers Monday and Tuesday. 18 - 26 mm pated warm, dry weather. Monday will be the coolest 26 - 33 mm 33 - 41 mm This upper ridge will bring day, with highs only expected 41 - 49 mm mainly sunny skies along with to be around 12 C, and there 49 - 56 mm warm temperatures to pretty is a slight chance we could see 56 - 64 mm 64 - 72 mm much all regions this week. some frost on Tuesday morning 72 - 79 mm Daytime highs should be in the if the skies clear out and winds 79 - 87 mm low to mid-20s on most days, are light. Temperatures should 87 - 94 mm 94 - 102 mm with overnight lows expected moderate a little as the week 102 - 110 mm to be around 10 C. At the sur- goes on, with highs by Wednes- 110 - 117 mm face, an area of low pressure is day expected to be in the mid- 117 - 125 mm 125 - 133 mm forecast to slowly build to our to upper teens as a weak area 133 - 140 mm southwest late in the week, of low pressure slides through, Extent of Agricultural Land then track eastward over the bringing a chance of showers. Lakes and Rivers weekend. This low will generate Usual temperature range for strong southerly winds ahead this period: Highs, 10 to 21 C; Produced using near real-time data that has undergone initial quality control. The map may not be accurate for all regions due to data of it that will help boost high lows, -2 to 8 C. availability and data errors. temperatures into the upper Copyright © 2014 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

20s Friday and Saturday. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Created: 09/16/14 The main low should push with a BA (Hon.) in geography, Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies. www.agr.gc.ca/drought by on Sunday and drag a cold specializing in climatology, from the This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the first half of September. Precipitation front across southern and cen- U of W. He operates a computerized during this period was very light across northern parts of agricultural Alberta and Saskatchewan and extreme southern Manitoba. The tral regions sometime during weather station near Birds Hill Park. largest amounts of precipitation fell along a line from just southwest of Calgary eastward to around Moose Jaw. the day. We’ll likely see a quick Contact him with your questions and round of showers or possibly comments at [email protected].

Don’t bank on El Niño for a warmer winter All the heat we didn’t get this summer was off making history elsewhere

By Daniel Bezte above-average summer tem- record (for any month) with a CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR Combine Antarctica’s increase in sea ice with its peratures across the Prairies, 22.7 C reading on Aug. 23. the planet as a whole contin- Farther south, Florida he first story that has decrease in land-based ice and you still get an ued to run at record-warm recorded its fifth-warmest sum- people across our region overall decline in the amount of total ice. temperatures. The summer mer, while in South America, a T t a l k i n g a s w e h e a d (July and August) data are winter heat wave occurred in toward winter is the current now in and depending on northern Argentina on Aug. 2-3 state of El Niño. El Niño refers whose data sets and analy- that saw temperatures as high to the irregular warming of sea ses you look at, it falls some- as 38.5 C, one of the warm- surface temperatures from the where in the top 10 warmest est winter temperatures ever coasts of Peru and Ecuador to Unplugged passages Interestingly, over the Ant- summers and Augusts. NOAA observed in the country. the equatorial central Pacific. Next, let’s look at the planet’s arctic, the winter maximum ranks the summer of 2012 the In Europe, a record heat This causes a disruption of poles to see how ice cover has yet not been hit and the warmest ever, while NASA wave in the Baltics, Belarus the ocean-atmosphere system is faring this year. Over the amount of ice cover has hit an ranked this August as the and Scandinavia saw temper- in the tropical Pacific, having Arctic, it appears the sum- all-time record high of 19.7 warmest ever. The tempera- atures peak at 37.8 C at Vent- important consequences for mer minimum ice cover has million square km. This tends ture of the lower eight km of spils, Latvia on Aug. 4, a new global weather patterns, espe- been reached and is recorded to throw people off and con- the atmosphere, according national record and the hottest cially across North America. at about five million square fuse them. How can Arctic ice to the University of Alabama temperature ever observed in The talk for several months kilometres. This is the sixth- be decreasing while Antarctic Huntsville (UAH), was the any of the Baltic nations. now has been about a devel- lowest reading in the satel- ice is increasing? I don’t have eighth warmest at 0.2 C above In the Sahara Desert, the oping El Niño and how it is lite record, but well above the enough room in this article to the 30-year average. If Earth temperature peaked at 50.4 going to affect our weather record of 3.4 million square try and explain it, but it has to continues to see these types C on Aug. 2, the third-hottest this winter, bringing warm, km set in 2012. While the do with winds and the geog- of temperatures, 2014 has temperature ever reliably dry conditions. Northern Sea Route along raphy of the oceans and land. a good chance of being the measured in Africa. In Asia, the First of all, El Niño does not Russia was open to ships this What is interesting — and warmest year ever recorded. hottest temperatures measured always bring us warm and dry year, the Northwest Passage something you don’t really So, where was all this heat? in the world occurred during winters; it just increases the was not. We need to remem- hear about — is that while the A lot of it was over the oceans, August, where two 51.5 C read- chances. So far El Niño condi- ber these passages have never amount of sea ice around Ant- which pushed the mean glo- ings were recorded on Aug. 15, tions across the Pacific have been recorded as being open arctica during the Southern bal ocean temperature anom- one at Kanaquin, Iraq and the been in the neutral to weak to navigation until the last Hemisphere’s winter has been aly to 0.65 C above average other at Mitribah, Kuwait. state, meaning El Niño has few years. Lots of individu- increasing to record levels, the — the highest reading ever Finally, in New Zealand, not really developed yet. The als and groups have taken the amount of ice on the continent recorded. Looking at the land both Christchurch and Auck- current forecast is for a 60-65 increase in summer ice cover of Antarctica has been decreas- areas, according to Christo- land measured their warmest per cent chance of a weak El since 2012 as an indication ing. Even when you combine pher C. Burt of the Weather August days on record, with Niño developing by late fall or that Arctic ice is recovering. the increase in sea ice with the Underground, in North Amer- readings of 23.6 C and 21.2 C early winter and lasting into If you drop the very low 2012 decrease in land-based ice, you ica, northeastern Canada saw respectively. early 2015. This means that reading, you will still see an still get an overall decline in record heat over Baffin Island So remember, just because El Niño will likely have lit- overall decline in the summer the amount of total ice. and Newfoundland. Nunavut’s we aren’t breaking heat records tle influence on this winter’s ice cover, about 10 per cent While we experienced Resolution Island measured here doesn’t mean other parts weather. per decade. average to maybe slightly its warmest temperature on of the world aren’t. The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 17 Trim: 10.25” CROPS hbandryu s — t he s cience , SKILL OR ART OF FARMING Study: Can Manitoba crops reverse prediabetes? Manitoba researchers team with Mayo Clinic to see if some foods can delay or prevent diabetes

By Meghan Mast Co-operator Staff

anitoba-grown ingredients might reverse prediabetes, according to Mresearchers behind a new study. The Manitoba Agri-Health Research Network (MaHRN), in partnership with Minnesota- based Step One Foods, leads the study, funded

by Manitoba Jobs and the Economy. Company. Monsanto from license under used trademark registered a is Research kicked off last week when clinical ®

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line a timeline. Research will be conducted in , of purchase which are part of the labeling and purchase documents. purchase and labeling the of part are which purchase of DuPont. of trademark registered a is Logo Oval DuPont The Pioneer Carrot powder. Ready Roundup ® Manitoba at MaHRN and in Rochester, Minne- sota at the Mayo Clinic. Researchers begin recruiting and screening participants late fall or January at the latest. Twenty-four participants, at risk for diabetes, will add the products, including carrot powder, pinto bean flour, saskatoon berry powder and pulse puffs, to their diet for 12 weeks while researchers monitor the effect. Twenty-four participants will take placebos. “If the products can keep the blood glucose lower for more parts of the day, we expect to see less sugar molecules attached to the hemo- globin,” said Dr. Carla Taylor, the lead investi-

gator on the trial. Trim: 15.5” People with prediabetes have more sugar mol- Pinto bean flour. photos: Michael Stringer Pulse puffs. ecules attached to the hemoglobin, meaning their overall blood sugar level is not in the normal range. They do not have diabetes, but have an increased likelihood of developing the disease. “The hypothesis is that after The Canadian Diabetes Association esti- mates around 5.7 million Canadians have pre- week 12 we will have lowered diabetes. Nearly 50 per cent of people with the amount of blood sugar in (a prediabetes go on to develop Type 2 diabetes. participant’s) system.” Heart disease and nerve damage may occur during prediabetes. “The hypothesis is that after week 12 we will have lowered the amount of blood sugar in (a participant’s) system,” said Lee Anne Murphy, Lee Anne Murphy executive director of MaHRN. “If you can slow Saskatoon berry powder. that progression of sugar buildup or delay it, they may never become a Type 2 diabetic or we may delay the time until they are.” “You can see where the value back to our aims to improve people’s overall health and MaHRN is a non-profit organization that growers really should be quite impressive,” she how people think about health. develops food and food ingredients from said. Current partners include the Manitoba “If I put someone on enough medications Manitoba-grown and -processed crops. Mur- Pulse Growers Association, Interlake Saska- I can make anyone’s cholesterol profile per- phy hopes the study, if successful, will generate toons and the Growers Association fect,” said Klodas. “But if all they’re eating more interest, perhaps even internationally, in of Manitoba. is Twinkies I haven’t really made them any Manitoba products. Murphy met Elizabeth Klodas, co-founder of healthier. “The fact that we’re working with Minne- Step One Foods, at a conference several years “This (study) is really about impacting health sota and the Mayo Clinic and its breadth of ago. Klodas introduced herself after hearing in a really practical way.” both world-class infrastructure as well as expo- Murphy speak about the health properties of The results will be released sometime in sure to different patients, we’re thinking we’re Manitoba products. Over the past several years 2016. Products are already commercially avail- going to demonstrate that Manitoba-grown the two kept in touch and eventually decided able through Step One Foods. and -processed ingredients can be effective in to work together. the health-care system. Klodas, also a cardiologist, said the study [email protected]

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.S. Agriculture Secretary Tho- mas Vilsack met with Warren U Buffett earlier this month to urge the billionaire investor to make sure his BNSF railroad is ready for an expected record corn and soy harvest this year. Vilsack said on Tuesday that Buf- fett, who heads the sprawling con- glomerate Berkshire Hathaway, recognized the challenge and indi- cated his company was taking steps. “I said, ‘Warren, you’ve got to make sure that your railroad under- stands what’s going on here,’” Vil- sack said he told Buffett during a 45-minute conversation. “There is pressure now, but as soon as this crop is harvested, there will be more pressure.” Speaking at a conference spon- sored by Growth Energy, a biofuel trade group, Vilsack said BNSF was making “significant” investments. “It’s a long-term issue.” Backlogs along U.S. rail lines became a major concern for a num- ber of commodities markets this year.

In June, for example, U.S. officials BNSF hauls more grain than any other U.S. railroad. Photo: Steve Crise/BNSF ordered BNSF and Co. to report their plans to clear a backlog of grain cars after oritizing the shipments of crude at “CP is disappointed with the sec- months of service delays blamed the expense of other cargo. This has retary’s comments as they do not on harsh winter weather and high been denied by BNSF. reflect the facts that CP moved “If we had made as much freight demand. Vilsack praised BNSF for its work record amounts of grain in the Mid- progress with Canadian BNSF is a unit of Berkshire Hatha- to improve service for farmers this west last week and expects to be cur- way. The railroad, which was strug- year. rent with demand heading into the Pacific, we’d be in a little gling from the Great Recession when “If we had made as much progress fall harvest.” bit better place than we Berkshire bought it for $26 billion in with Canadian Pacific, we’d be in The statement said CP was chang- are today.” 2010, returned a $3.8 billion profit a little bit better place than we are ing its car supply system “to give cli- last year. today,” he said. ents more control, consistency and One major source of profit, oil by In an email reply to Reuters, Cana- transparency in the process. This rail, has become controversial, with dian Pacific said it was investing in will also promote better alignment Tom Vilsack some commodities producers saying infrastructure and hiring employees between the marketplace and rail- U.S. Agriculture Secretary railroads, including BNSF, are pri- to meet growing demand. way service expectations.”

Pit traders abandon lawsuit against CME Bid seen as a last stand for old-style open-outcry trades By Tom Polansek The lawsuit was seen by traders as something of Reuters a last stand by open-outcry traders, as business has declined sharply since the rise of electronic trading. eteran traders from Chicago’s grain pits on The floor traders traditionally did much of their busi- Sept. 15 dropped a lawsuit against CME ness at the close of trading and said the new settle- V Group Inc. that sought to reverse a change to ment procedures made the pits largely irrelevant. end-of-day settlement rules they said were killing The traders agreed to dismiss the case in light of an open-outcry business. Illinois judge’s refusal in March to suspend the use of The traders, who work on the Chicago Board electronic trades in settlement procedures, their law- of Trade’s 140-year-old agricultural trading floor, yer, George Sang, said in an interview. agreed to abandon their claims against the world’s The traders wanted to avoid the stress and expense largest futures exchange operator without receiving of pursuing the matter, he added, noting that each any payment, CME Group said in a statement. side will pay its own legal bills. The traders sued CME Group, owner of the CBOT, “My clients made a business decision that it was in in June 2012, claiming a decision to factor elec- their best interests to dismiss the case at this time,” tronic trades into settlement prices would put them Sang said. out of business and was implemented without Chicago-based CME Group called the dismissal of proper approval from exchange members. the lawsuit a decisive victory for the company. Prior to the change, the CBOT had a century-old “It is unfortunate that the plaintiffs wasted so tradition of settling futures prices for crops like much of their own time and money, not to mention Open-outcry pit traders in Chicago have been outcrying against corn and soybeans based on transactions executed that of the court and CME, chasing these baseless changes which favour electronic trading. Photo: Reuters in open-outcry pits. claims,” CME said in its statement.

cigi.ca Canadian International Grains Institute HOW CUSTOMERS USE CANADIAN FIELD CROPS in Italy is made with – or else! The best pasta is made with durum wheat, just ask Italy. A decree from the President of Italy in 2001 declared that Italian pasta manufacturers are forbidden by law to use any wheat other than durum in dried pasta for domestic consumption. That’s a good thing for Canada, the world’s leading exporter of high quality durum wheat. The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 19 Asia, MIST nations may lift U.S. out of corn glut: Maguire The gap between MIST expenditures and Asian expenditures on corn has narrowed considerably in recent years

By Gavin Maguire shipments to those three mar- and close to $1.8 billion over CHICAGO / REUTERS Another, more familiar grouping of key U.S. kets seen over the first half the first six months of 2014 export markets is the “MIST” countries, made up of 2014 be sustained till year- alone. Indeed, only the entire u m p e r l o w - q u a l i t y end, those markets could well continent of Asia has spent w h e a t c r o p s a c r o s s of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea and Turkey. record their strongest corn more on U.S. corn in recent B parts of Europe and the import total since 2008. years, and the gap between Black Sea region are widely MIST expenditures and Asian expected to eat into U.S. corn Big spenders expenditures has narrowed exports over the coming year, Another, more familiar group- considerably in recent years potentially exacerbating a ing of key U.S. export markets as China backed off from U.S. corn supply surplus for the normally make their way to those two regions amounted is the “MIST” countries, made purchases just as MIST buyers 2014-15 marketing year. those countries will likely to less than one per cent of up of Mexico, Indonesia, dialed up their consumption But while U.S. corn ship- keep domestic corn values the U.S. annual total, so a South Korea and Turkey. MIST of the grain. ments to Europe may indeed under heavy pressure for the drop-off in exports to China countries rank first in terms For U.S. corn exporters, decline as excess feed-grade next several months. and the euro zone could be of total amount spent on agri- these purchases from MIST wheat supplies in that region But while Europe and viewed as a reversion to his- cultural product imports from countries and other regions displace imported in China combined accounted torical norms rather than a the United States, spending should be a cause for opti- feed rations, consumers in for around 16 per cent of U.S. new and potentially bearish $16.3 billion over the first half mism, and could well off- other regions are likely to corn exports in 2013, those development. of 2014 — more than Japan set projected downturns in dial up their corn purchases two markets have only repre- At the same time, there have and the demand from Europe and over the coming year now that sented a noteworthy chunk of been steady increases in con- combined last year. China and ensure the U.S. global grain prices are near U.S. corn shipments over the sumer demand lately from The MIST nations also out- corn market averts the mas- multi-year lows. past three to four years. From markets such as Mexico, the spent most other countries on sive build in domestic stock- U.S. corn exports to a vari- 2000 to 2010, the average Middle East, and South Korea. purchases of corn, spending piles currently projected by ety of key markets so far in amount of U.S. corn sold to Indeed, should the pace of more than $2 billion in 2013 market bears. 2014 are actually running well ahead of last year’s pace, and could gather further momen- tum as consumers in those nations see usage margins widen to their best levels in years, thanks to depressed corn values. Even exports to Asia — which have been hit by a shut-off in orders from China due to a skirmish over GMO-tainted shipments — are on pace to reach their largest total since 2011, while exports to Mexico look set to top 10 million tonnes for the first time. And when you add in the fastest pace of corn ship-

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CROP REPORT Harvest pace picks up but winter wheat limited Crop report as of September 22 — for full weekly report visit the MAFRD website

Weekly Summary Hwy. 1 is at 20 per cent com- cent complete in Swan Valley, and wet fields. Harvest slowed able in 2014. Most producers in • Warmer, drier weather con- plete. Swathing is almost 20 to 30 per cent in the Rob- on the weekend due to rain, southern areas expect to have ditions allowed for harvest done in most areas; yields are lin, Ste. Rose, McCreary areas with accumulations of 15 to 40 adequate hay supplies for the progress. Reported spring reported at above average. to less than 20 per cent in the mm in the eastern and north- winter, with some small sur- wheat yields range from 30 Pea harvest is 90 per cent Dauphin area. To date, wheat ern areas. Hail was reported in plus amounts reported. In the to 90 bushels per acre, barley complete; yield and quality are yields are reported as average the Halbstadt area; damage to northwest areas of the region, 70 to 100 bushels per acre, mostly poor. is maturing and quality is good. soybeans was noted with seeds some producers have less- oats 90 to 140 bushels, canola and looks promising. About 80 per cent of the visible on the ground. There than-adequate supplies. 15 to 60 bushels and edible Soybeans continue to canola crop is swathed and were isolated reports of light beans 1,700 to 2,100 pounds mature; some leaf burn was 25 to 30 per cent is combined. frosts, but most leaf burn in Eastern Region per acre. The first acres of noted in the upper canopy of There are a few reports indi- corn and soybeans is due to the The weather was gener- soybeans were also harvested most fields due to recent light cating producers are wait- previous week’s frost. Impact to ally cooler, with rain showers with early yield reports of 25 frost; lower canopy and pods ing for the green seed count yield and quality, if any, is yet resulting in 10 to 35 mm of to 40 bushels per acre. are generally unaffected. Most to decrease. Reported canola to be determined. Much of the precipitation. Harvest contin- • Many crops are being har- is in the R6.5 stage to R7 stage. yields range from 20 bu./acre region reports some concerns ued to move slowly with heavy vested tough or damp, There is a below-average to over 30 bu./acre; most qual- with quality loss in swathed morning dews and higher requiring aeration or artifi- number of acres planted to ity is reported good. and standing crops. cereal grain moisture. However, cial drying. winter cereals due to the later Harvest of the field pea crop Harvest is reported as 50 to harvest progress was made • Winter wheat is emerg- harvest. For fields that are is complete with average yields 80 per cent complete. Much in spring wheat and canola. ing. Winter wheat acres will seeded, germination is looking and good quality. Most soybean of the cereal grains harvest is Aeration is used by some pro- decrease from the previous very good. and flax crops remain stand- close to done in the Red River ducers; others are waiting for year as a late harvest has Weekend rain halted or ing. Some of the earlier-seeded Valley, with other areas close crops to dry in the field. Qual- resulted in decreased availa- delayed haying and greenfeed fields of soybeans are drying behind. Progress is slowest ity losses continue to be seen bility of stubble prior to seed- operations. Most second-cut down. west and north of Portage. in cereals due to the delay in ing deadlines. alfalfa is being harvested and There has been little to no Winter wheat harvest is com- harvest and poor weather. some third-cut is waiting for seeding of winter wheat or fall plete, with yields averaging 50 There was some isolated Southwest Region frost prior to harvesting. Barley rye due to the late harvest. At to 70 bu./acre, ranging from 40 frost early in the week, but No significant rainfall dur- silage operations are ongoing least a couple of weeks of dry, to 80 bu./acre. Quality is below most were light and caused ing the week but the week- with average yields reported. warm weather are needed to average, mainly due to fusar- minimal damage, though there end brought two to seven Much of the silage corn is in get this crop harvested and in ium. Fall rye is harvested, with was some isolated heavier mm. Temperatures were near the dough stage with only leaf the bin. yield reports of 50 to 60 bu./ damage. Most producers were seasonal with no killing frost burn being noted from recent Native pastures are slowing acre. swathing canola to try and mit- reported. frost. Pastures have rebounded in growth and soon will need Spring wheat harvest con- igate the impact of frost. The cereal harvest is esti- with recent rains. supplemental feeding; other tinues, with yields in the 45 Spring wheat yields range mated 20 to 25 per cent com- pastures are holding on rea- to 80 bu./acre range. Early from 60 to 80 bu./acre and plete, however many fields Northwest Region sonably well. Some haying reports indicate protein levels canola 30 to 50 bu./acre. Soy- were harvested tough and Scattered showers limited har- continued in areas dry enough are generally higher than last beans are in the R7 to R8 stage damp, requiring aeration. vest progress. Moisture varied to cut and bale on native hay year. General-purpose wheat with leaves dropping and pods Quality is rated as good as across crop districts; wet field and second-cut alfalfa mixes is yielding in the 80 bu./acre starting to turn. Corn is in the the later crop development in conditions are most trouble- are being harvested as well. range and higher. Most barley dent stage. Sunflowers are in the region allowed harvest to some in the Dauphin area. Producers continue to wait is harvested, with yields rang- the R7 stage with the back of begin after the rain events that Most harvest progress was in to harvest late-seeded cere- ing from 70 to 100 bu./acre. the head starting to yellow. impacted earlier-seeded crops the Swan Valley where much of als for greenfeed. In areas that Oats are harvested with yield Winter wheat began to ger- elsewhere. Spring wheat, barley the crop harvested was tough received frost, there are some reports of 90 to 140 bu./acre, minate over the weekend. and yields continue at or and put on aeration. issues reported with nitrates. and good test weight. Most With light frosts, produc- above long-term averages. Regionally, approximately 95 fields are averaging 120 to 140 ers are checking for nitrates in It is estimated less than per cent of the wheat crop is Central Region bu./acre. Many cereals are, or greenfeed. Haying progress is 10 per cent of canola acres mature. The wheat harvest var- Seasonal temperatures allowed were, being harvested at tough slow due to the light rains. Pas- are harvested north of Hwy. ies from less than five per cent for good harvest progress, with or damp moisture levels that tures are doing well with the 1, where progress south of combined in The Pas to 95 per some delays due to heavy dews required aeration or drying. recent rains. Feed supplies are Canola is swathed, or left rated as adequate to a slight standing for straight cut. Har- surplus. Availability of livestock vest continues with good yields water is rated as 100 per cent and quality reported. Yields are adequate. in the 40 to 45 bu./acre range, with a number of fields at 50 Interlake Region to 60 bu./acre. Where heavy Seasonal temperatures, along rains caused the most damage, with showers resulting in 10 to yields are lower at 15 to 20 bu./ 15 mm of precipitation, were acre. received throughout most of Most soybean fields are see- the region. Light frosts occurred ing colour change and leaf with temperatures just below drop. Early harvest reports in 0 C for only one to 1.5 hours. the eastern part of the region Minimal frost damage was range from 25 to 40 bu./acre. reported for most crop types, Frost damage is more evident but damage to leaves in soy- on the western side; yield beans and cornfields were should not be impacted greatly noted. but quality will depend on Harvest is estimated to be plant stage at time of frost. 45 per cent complete. Fields Edible bean harvest contin- of spring cereals, canola, soy- ues with quality in the south beans, grain corn, sunflowers, reported as good. Early yield and forage seeds are still wait- The path to growing great crops reports include pintos at 2,100 ing to be harvested. The south ® lbs./acre and navies at 1,700 Interlake has completed more to 2,100 lbs./acre; good quality acres of spring cereals and starts with ALPINE G22 is reported. 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BRIEFS DON’T LET THE DUST FOOL YOU China and U.S. fail to agree on GMO in DDGs BEIJING / REUTERS / China, the world’s top buyer of distillers dried grains (DDGs), has failed to settle a row with the United States on how to eliminate geneti- cally altered content from a product worth $1.3 billion in trade so far this year, two industry sources said Sept. 16. Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and China’s qual- ity watchdog, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), earlier met to discuss testing pro- cedures for DDGs exported to China, but could not agree on methods for ship- ments already on the way or signed for, the sources said. Rosebank Colony was combining barley earlier this month, even though it wasn’t testing dry. There may be dust “There is no agreement. flying, but don’t let it fool you. Those heavy swaths were taking a long time to dry. PHOTO: JEANNETTE GREAVES It will be good if both sides apply same testing meth- ods, which should be eco- nomic and efficient,” said one source familiar with the discussion. The dispute has seen China turn away 1.25 mil- lion tonnes of U.S. corn and DDGs this year after discovering the presence of an unapproved geneti- cally modified (GMO) strain known as MIR162, devel- oped by Syngenta. International trader Car- gill and another firm are currently taking legal action against the Swiss-based seed maker, claiming that Syngenta’s failure to win Chinese approval for the North American Ag & Conference strain has cost them mil- lions of dollars in losses. Fairmont Hotel Winnipeg 28-30 October 2014 China’s quarantine authority requires U.S. www.cerealsnorthamerica.com DDGs shipments to be certified MIR162 free. Those that do not meet the requirement would be rejected.

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AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES AUCTION DISTRICTS Manitoba Auctions – Interlake Manitoba Auctions – Westman Manitoba Auctions – Westman Manitoba Auctions – Westman Parkland – North of Hwy 1; west of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba The Pas and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis. McSherry Auction Service Ltd Westman – South of Hwy 1; west of PR 242. Interlake – North of Hwy 1; east of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba BUILDING SUPPLY and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis. AUCTION Red River – South ofHwy 1; east of PR 242. 2ND ANNUAL HEWSONS ENTERPRISES Birch River Wed., Oct. 1 @ 10:00 am Swan River Minitonas Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Drive EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT Durban

Winnipegosis Lumber - 3 SEMI LOADS LUMBER * Tools ANGUSVILLE, MB • SATURDAY OCTOBER 4TH 10:00 AM Roblin & Misc: 86’’ Hyd Skid Steer Loader Dozer

Grandview Dauphin Ashern Gilbert Plains Fisher Branch Blade/Snow Pusher * HD Tire Changer * Ste. Rose du Lac Riverton Russell 8’’ Gas Ice Auger * 10,000 dsl Generator * Eriksdale Parkland McCreary Arborg DIRECTIONS: Sale will be held at Hewson’s Enterprises Shop Angusville, MB. Sale will be held at Hewson’s Enterprises Shop Angusville, MB. Lundar Gimli 6.5HP Water Pump * 20 & 32 HD Tool Box Birtle Shoal Lake Erickson Langruth Large Amt Tools: Power & Hand Tools Minnedosa Interlake Lac du Bonnet Gladstone Hamiota Neepawa Stonewall Rapid City Selkirk Beausejour Storage Bldgs: 30x85x15 * 20x30x12 * Portage FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO CONSIGN CONTACT HEWSON’S ENTERPRISES (JAMES AND CAROLINE) 204-773-3025 Virden Austin Winnipeg 10x20 MISC Equip * Go to the Website for 1 Brandon Carberry Elm Creek Souris Treherne Sanford Ste. Anne Reston Full Listing! Mariapolis Carman Steinbach 1 St. Pierre TRACTORS: *Belarus 825 Tractor, s/n 1932, Loader 707, tires – 80%-90% Tread *Deutz Tractor HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *Swather SEED & TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: *70’ Flexi Coil Melita Westman Boissevain 242 Morris Killarney Pilot Mound Waskada Winkler Harrow Bar *60’ Herman Harrows *45’ Wilridge Cultivator *32’ Vikon Deep Tiller HAYING EQUIPMENT: *Vermeer Baler, 605 Series L *(1) Box – Haybine Parts (NEW) GRAIN Crystal City Morden Red River (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 Altona www.mcsherryauction.com HANDLING EQUIPMENT: 8” x 45’ Sakundiak Auger, PTO *10” auger *Pencil Auger on Wheels OTHER EQUIPMENT: *NH3 Hitch (fits Co-op or other Cultivator) *Rotating Bale Spike *(5) Assorted PTO Shafts TRAILERS: *2003 10’ Horse Trailer, Excellent Condition, Rubber Mat Floor *Stock Trailer – Work Trailer INDUSTRIAL: *(2) NEW 10FT 20 DRAWER HEAVY DUTY METAL WORK BENCH *(2) NEW 86’’ Hydraulic Skid Steer Loader Dozer Blade/snow pusher *(2) NEW Heavy Duty Tire Changer, c/w: 110v 60 hz*(4) Grader Blades AUCTION SALES *Stands for Blades *Pressure Washer 5.5HP, NO Hose, wand *Sandborne 3HP Compressor, Magnaforce – As new LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT: *(4) 12’ Feed Troughs *(10-15) 4’ X 16’ Hog Panels *Metal Sheep/Goat Transport Crate *Livestock Supplies *(2)Locking Gates for Coral Chutes *Head Gate *(2) Cream Separators *(2) Cattle Troughs 10’-6’ on AUCTION SALES 1-800-782-0794 Stands *(5) Rolls NEW Barb Wire *NEW Water Bowl CAMPER: *Truck Camper (For Truck Back) Sleeps 4, Propane Heater, 3 way Fridge 3PT and ATTACHMENTS: *JD Bucket for Manitoba Auctions – Westman Stretch your ADVERTISING DOLLAR! Loader – As New *Loader (Fits Deutz tractor) *5’ Finishing Mower, 3 PT *5’ Rough Cut Mower, 3PT TANKS and PUMPS: *Slip Tank w/ Hand Pump *500 Gal Diesel Fuel Tank & Steel Stand *1000 Gal Gal Water tank & Tap SHOP EQUIPMENT: *(2) NEW King Power 10000LN Diesel Silent Generator *(2) NEW 3” Gas Engine Water Pump, s/w 6.5 HP *Power Hack Saw *Electric Hacksaw *Welding Rod Heaters *(3) Shop Cabinets *Small Tools *1/2” Electric Impact Wrench *Mastercraft Table Saw & Stand *Craftsmen Scroll Saw NICKEL AUCTIONS LTD *Vice *(6) Assorted Air Guns *Robin Air Compressor *Compressor on wheels - Electric TIRES: *(4) Quad Tires – (2) 25 x 8 & (2) 25 x10 *(3) Good Year Wrangler Tires 275/60R20 *11L24.5 Semi Tire & Alum Rim *(2) Implement Rims *1 Set of 15” Steel Rims *(6) Assorted Steel Rims *1 Set of Twin Wheel Clamps LAWN & GARDEN, LEISURE: *Craftsman Annual Consignment Sale Push Mower w/ Honda Motor *Walk Behind Rear Rotor Tiller *LawnBoy 38” 12.5HP Lawn Mower, (runs but needs belt) *Chainsaw Parts TENTS, GATES: *NEW 30FT X 85FT Saturday, October 11th X 15FT Peak Ceiling Double Door Storage Building C/W: commercial fabric, waterproof, UV and Fire Resistant, 12’ x 12’ drive through doors at two ends, 3’ x 6’ entry door 2 miles west of Austin on Hwy 1 *NEW 30FT X 40FT X 15FT Peak Ceiling Double Door Storage Building C/W: commercial fabric, waterproof, UV and Fire Resistant, 12’ x 12’ drive through doors at two ends, 3’ at 11:00AM x 6’ entry door *(2) NEW 20 ft x 40 ft Fully Enclosed Wedding Party Tent, C/W: doors, windows, 4 side walls *(2) NEW 20FT X 30FT X 12FT Peak Ceiling Storage Shelter C/W: at the NTL Trucking yard Commercial fabric, roll up door *(2) NEW 10 ft x 20 ft Storage Party Tent Shelter, c/w: windows, front door, side door, air vent, side shade *(1 set) NEW 18FT Heavy Duty Bi-Parting 28-ft. Concord Air Seeder Wrought Iron Driveway Gate ANTIQUES: *Small Tools – Antiques *Antique Metal wind/ Cooler *Antique Hand Crank Drill *Pot Bellied Stove – Cast Iron – antique *Antique Cook 8N Ford tractor Stove *Antique Work Bench w/Vise *(35) Chairs - antique MISCELLANEOUS: *8’ X 4” Ice shack w/ Wood Stove/Seat & 2 Holes *Boiler *Wood Stove *Box Liner for 2500 Chev Sierra *4’ x 36” Dresser *(100) 4-6” Posts – as new *Fifth Wheel Hitch *(3) Tables – 12’ long x 40” Wide *Mopar Hitch (Bumper Style) *Box – Large Pipe fitting *(2) Jerry Cans 6-ft. finishing mower *(2) Sets of Running Boards *Bumper Hitch – Fits Dodge 1500 *AcDelco Starter in Box *(4) Electric Motors 250R Suzuki quad racer Shop tools Household Available at: Antiques & Collectibles UNRESERVED FALL Check Website for Updates Twin Valley CONSIGNMENT SALE This is a unreserved auction To consign phone (204)637-3393 Co-op Ltd. EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT e-mail: [email protected] Fax (204)637-3395 Birtle, MB BRANDON, MB • SATURDAY OCTOBER 18TH 9:00 AM

Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds. Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our (204) 842-5274 friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our prepay- DIRECTIONS: Sale will be held at Fraser Auction Service Ltd. Sales yard 1/2 mile north of the junction of highways #1 & #10 on Wheatbelt Road. Brandon, MB. ment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! www.dseriescanola.ca 1-800-782-0794. FOR MORE INFO OR TO CONSIGN CALL 1-204-727-2001 AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake Manitoba Auctions – Interlake HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *24’ 4400 Versatile Swather, s/n 210216, No Meter *18’ IH PT Swather *18’ MacDon Reel (off - Versatile 400 Swather) HAYING EQUIPMENT: *16’ NH 1475 Haybine *NH 851 Baler SEED & TILLAGE: *8 Bttm IHC High Clear Plow, auto reset TRUCKS: *1986 Ford L9000 Gravel Box w/16’ box, Air Gate & Tarp, 3208 CAT, 13 Spd, SAFETIED *1974 Ford F350 Truck, Dump, 8 Cyl, Red, VIN# F37MCU07002, 34,571 Miles Showing TRAILERS: *1987 48’ Chiefton High Boy Trailer, Tri Axles, air Ride, New Drums & Brakes, bale racks on front & back, strap tie downs, SAFETIED *20’ Green Valley Gooseneck Horse trailer, 4 Horse slant load, walk in tack compartment *18’ Snowmobile McSherry Auction Service Ltd Trailer, Tandem Axles *15’ Road King Horse Trailer, bumper Hitch, 3 Horse angle LIVESTOCK: *Cement Hog Panels 3 PT & ATTACHMENTS: *NEW Stout Snow Bucket 96 w/ Double cut-edge w/ skid steer quick attach *NEW Stout Snow Bucket 96 w/ Poly Cut-Edge w/ Skid Steer Quick Attach *NEW Lowe Hyd Auger 1650ch w/ 9in & 12in & 18in w/ SURPLUS AUCTION skid steer quick attach, designed for 14-25 GPM/2,000-3,300 PSI and uses augers up to 36” in diameter, solid unit structure, heat-treated alloy shaft, HD reduction drive, 9”, 12” & 18” hex bit, Universal Quick attach plate *NEW Lowe Hyd Auger 1650ch w/ 9in & 12in & 15in w/ skid steer quick attach, designed for 14-25 GPM/2,000-3,300 PSI and Young & Yaremchuk Memorials uses augers up to 36” in diameter, solid unit structure, heat-treated alloy shaft, HD reduction drive, 9”, 12” & 18” hex bit, Universal Quick attach plate *NEW Lowe Hyd Auger 750ch w/ 9in, 12in & 15” w/ skid steer quick attach, designed for 7-20 GPM/2,000-3,300 PSI and uses augers up to 18” in diameter, solid unit structure, heat-treated alloy shaft, HD reduction drive, 9”, 12” & 15” hex bit, Universal Quick attach plate *NEW Stout Brush Grapple HDU 72” w/ skid steer quick attach, High strength 3/8” steel, Universal Quick attach plate, 72” x 35” x 30”, 8 ¼” Tine Spacing, Grapple opening 32”, 3034 PSI lines WITH ½” cap *NEW Stout Skid Steer Flat Bottom Grapple Bucket HD72, High Sunday, October 5 @ 11:00 am Strength Steel 3/8” sides, ¼” Bucket, Universal Quick Attach Plate, 72”x41”x30”, 3045 PSI lines with ½” cap, Grapple Opening 32” *NEW Stout Skid Steer Rock Bucket Grapple Winnipeg, MB - 4348 Main Street HD72, 72”, High Strength 3/8” Steel, Universal Quick Attach Plate, 72” x 41” x 30”, 3” Tine Spacing, Grapple Opening 39”, 3045 PSI Hydraulic Line, NPT ½” Hydraulic flat-faced Contact: (204) 781-7625 couplers, cylinder guards *NEW Stout Full-Back Pallet Forks 48 in w/ skid steer quick attach, 3-position pin adjustment, 4000 lbs fork rating, High strength steel, Universal quick attach plate, see through spill guard w/walk-through step, frame 51” x 57.5” *NEW Stout Walk-Through Pallet Forks 48” w/skid steer quick attach, 3-position pin adjustment, Garage 20 x 20 to be moved * Daewoo G30P Propane 6000 lb 3 Stage Forklift 4602 hrs * Hiab 4000 lbs fork rating, High Strength Steel, Universal Quick Attach Plate, see through spill guard w/walk-through step, Frame 51”x57.5” *NEW Pallet Forks 48” w/skid steer quick attach, 3-position pin adjustment, 4000 lbs fork rating, High Strength Steel, Universal Quick Attach Plate, Frame 35”x45” *NEW Stout Receiver Hitch Plate, high strength 3/8” 071 4000 KG * Pintle Hitch 12’ Tandem Flat Deck Equip: Ordway Programmable Slab(s) Polisher * Thibault Top Polisher * Patch Wagner Gantry Diamond Saw/Profile Contour Grinder * Masonry Dia- steel, Universal quick attach plate, 2” receiver tube *NEW Stout Regular Weld-On Skid Steer Plate, High Strength 3/8” Steel, Universal Quick Attach Plate, Half-Back *NEW Stout mond Saw * Patch Wagner 8 1/2” Diameter Diamond Saw * 34’ Wide OH Crane w/ 3 ton Budget Solid Weld-on Skid Steer Plate, High strength ¼” steel, Universal Quick Attach Plate, Full-back *(3) NEW Turco TC180 - 6’ Rototiller, 3pt hitch, 540 PTO, fits 35-55HP Tractor *6’ King Kutter Finish Mower, s/n 1001406707 *Cancade Bucket (fits - Ford Major Tractor) NO MOUNTS *8’ Cancade Blade (Belly Mount) *Allied 580 Loader w/ forks Model 84-580, Hoist * 2) Above Ground Columbarium LARGE AMT Material: Granite Slab * Marble * Cut Offs * Blue s/n 1405, Fits - 1066 International *7’ Bucket - Fits Allied 580 Loader INDUSTRIAL: *(4) NEW 10 x 16.5 E Forerunner SKS – 1 Skid Steer Tires, 12 Ply with Rim Guard, Super Pearl * 1000 Calibrated Polished Black Slate Tile * Granite Plaques * 50 Chev 1/2 ton Deluxe Cab nc Traction, High Stability *(2) NEW 10FT 20 DRAWER HEAVY DUTY METAL WORK BENCH *(1) NEW 32 Drawer Heavy Duty Tool Box and Cabinet c/w: 89’’x24’’x87’’, top cabinets, *(4) New Retail: 2) Ball Magical Fountain * Granite 19” Horse Head * Granite 24” Jets Plaque * Granite NEW 86’’ Hydraulic Skid Steer Loader Dozer Blade/snow pusher *(2) NEW Heavy Duty Tire Changer, c/w: 110v 60 hz *(3) NEW Loncin MS100 - Plate Compactor 6.5HP , Wheels, Numbers * Go to the Website for Full Listing! Water Tank *(3) NEW Loncin MS20 - Plate Compactor 6.5HP c/w wheel kit *(2) NEW Loncin MS10 - Plate Compactor 6.5HP c/w wheel kit *(4) NEW Powertek PT36L - Wheel Barrow Air Compressor, 10 Gal Tank, 6.5HP *(2) NEW Powertek PT150L - 40 Gal Truck Mount Air Compressor c/w 2 stage 175 PSI *(USED) Garden Denver Compressor SHOP (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com TOOLS & EQUIPMENT: *(2) NEW 2014 Easy Kleen Magnum Plus, 4000 PSI Hot Water Pressure Washer C/W 15 HP Gas, Electric Start *(8) NEW 2014 Easy Kleen Magnum Gold, 4000 PSI 12V Hot Water Pressure Washer, C/W 15 HP Gas, Totally Self Contained *(2) NEW 2014 Easy Kleen Magnum 4000 Ultra, 4000 PSI Hot Water Pressure Washer c/w 15HP Gas *(6) NEW Aero-Pro DW30 Hammer Drill *(2) NEW Aero-Pro DW25 Jack Hammer weight 22 lbs/motor 1050w *(2) NEW Aero-Pro DW45 Jack Hammer weight 31 lbs/motor 1700w *(2) NEW Milton CUT40B - Plazma Cutter 220V, cuts 1/2” Plate 60% Duty Cycle PUMPS & GENERATORS: *(2) NEW Powertek IN3500I - 3.5 KW Silent Inverter Generator *(4) NEW Powertek 950DC – 950 Watt Gas Generator, 120v/12vDC *(2) NEW Powertek 3000CL – 3.0kw Gas Generator 120/240/12v DC *(2) NEW Powertek 6500CL – 6.5kw UNRESERVED ESTATE Gas Generator, 120/240/12vDC, 13.0HP *(2) NEW Powertek 7500CL – 7.5kw Gas Generator, 120/240, 16 HP *(2) NEW Powertek 9000h – 9KW Gas generator, 15HP, c/w Electric Start *(4) NEW Powertek LTP50C – 2” Waterpump c/w 6.5HP *(4) NEW Powertek LTP80C – 3” Waterpump, 6.5HP *(2) NEW Powertek – 100C 4” Waterpump c/w 9HP *(2) NEW King Power 10000LN Diesel Silent Generator *(4) NEW 3” Gas Engine Water Pump, s/w 6.5 HP TENTS & GATES: *NEW 40Ft x 60FT x 20Ft Gable Truss Peak Ceiling Storage Building c/w Industrial PVC Covers, 13’ x 15’ drive through doors at two ends, 3’ x 6’ entry door, waterproof, UV and Fire Resistant *(2) NEW 30FT X 85FT X 15FT Peak Ceiling AUCTION SALE Double Door Storage Building C/W: commercial fabric, waterproof, UV and Fire Resistant, 12’ x 12’ drive through doors at two ends, 3’ x 6’ entry door *(2) NEW 20 ft x 40 ft Fully OF Andy Modla Enclosed Wedding Party Tent, C/W: doors, windows, 4 side walls *(2) NEW 20FT X 30FT X 12FT Peak Ceiling Storage Shelter C/W: Commercial fabric, roll up door *(2) NEW 10 ft x 20 ft Storage Party Tent Shelter, c/w: windows, front door, side door, air vent, side shade *(2) NEW 10 ft x 20 ft Commercial Instant Pop Up Tent *(1 set) NEW 18FT Heavy Duty Bi-Parting Wrought Iron Driveway Gate MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: *(3) NEW Relax You DF1688F Multi Function Massage Chair – 120V Black *Assortment of Shovels, Forks, 31067 (On Service Road) Garson, MB Hose *Assortment of Manuals *Selection of Hand Tools *Rakes *Old Bed Headboard & Footboard *(2) White fold Up Chairs *(2) Seats from a 2008 Toyota Sienna CE Van (fits a 1-Mile West of Garson, MB on Hwy. #44 04 - 08)2nd row Seats *Air Ducts - Roof Venting *Ducting *(2) Pallets of Wooden Bar Stool Bottoms *(2) Fuel Tanks w/ Stands *Big Fuel Tanks

Saturday, September 27th at 11:00 AM CALL TODAY TO CONSIGN FOR THESE SALES - (Viewing 9:00 Day of Sale Only) Rain Date Sunday, Sept. 28th at Noon COMPLETE LISTINGS AND PICTURES AT WWW.FRASERAUCTION.COM NEW LISTINGS ADDED DAILY. (SIGN’S POSTED) TRACTORS MISCELLANEOUS FRASER AUCTION SERVICE LTD. Hough Payloader model HA* Cockshutt 1800 diesel Douglas 6’ rotovater 3-PH (needs repair)* McKee model 620 3-PH tractor* Cockshutt 550 gas tractor w/push blade* snowblower* Inland 8A-73 3-PH snowblower* Kawasaki Mule w/ BRANDON, MANITOBA Licensed and bonded. P.L. License #918093. Member of M.A.A., S.A.A., A.A.A., A.A.C. McCormick Farmall M gas tractor* manual dump* homemade log splitter* homemade log splitter w/ PHONE: (204) 727-2001 FAX: (204) 729-9912 www.fraserauction.com EMAIL: [email protected] Auctioneer: Scott Campbell Briggs & Stratton model 25 gas engine* mandrill* Homemade 6’x11’ Not responsible for errors in description. Subject to additions and or deletions. Property owners and Fraser Auction Service not responsible for any BOATS trailer w/wooden box* MTD rear type rototiller (no motor)* 2001 accidents. GST & PST where applicable. TERMS: Cash or cheque. NOTE: cheques of $50,000 or more must be accompanied by bank letter of credit. 16’ Aroline aluminum boat w/20-HP Mariner motor* Arctic Cat 500 Quad 4x4 (not running) showing 1900 km* Powerbuilt Sale conducted by FRASER AUCTION SERVICE 1-800-483-5856 www.fraserauction.com 16’ Aroline aluminum boat w/Mercury Mark 58A* 5-gal. Air compressor* 3-HP gas water pump* Sears 18-HP riding TRUCKS lawn mower* Roper 8-HP/38” lawn tractor roto-tiller mount* 6-HP 1992 Ford F-350 4x4, crew cab* 1959? GMC 910 MTD rototiller* Power Built portable sprayer* Sears portable air stepside (Parts Only)* compressor 214.P* Liquid Carbonic 250 AC 1800C welder* Job Mate drill press* FM 16-speed floor drill press* 10” floor bench AUTO & TRANSPORT AUTO & TRANSPORT BUILDING & RENOVATIONS CAR grinder* Hitachi slide cut-off saw* Simoniz 2000 pressure washer* Semi Trucks & Trailers 1999 Dodge Stratus ES 4-door, A.T., full load Coleman 500 ER portable electric gas generator* Champion spark (showing 200,000 km)* AUTO & TRANSPORT plug cleaner* older cement mixer* Rail jack* blunt saw* volume hand 2006 INTERNATIONAL 9900I, C15, 18-spd, 373 ratio, BUILDINGS MOTORCYCLES greaser* Power Fist cable winch* chain come-a-long* Pioneer 20 Auto & Truck Parts 22.5 tires, recent engine rebuild, good condition. Ask- 1974 Kawasaki 400 (not working)* 1978 Suzuki gas chain saw* Olympic gas chain saw* grinders* Snap-On ½” torch ing $30,000. Phone:(204)857-1700. Glad-stone, MB. 250 dirt bike* wrench* Power Fist ¾” torch wrench* impact wrenches* hand air GREAT PRICES ON NEW, used & remanufactured 2004 HI-QUAL 36 X 22 Fabric Quonset; Agri-plas- drills* hands tools* air tank* lead melter* P.T.O. hyd. pump* 2” gas engines, parts & accessories for diesel pickups. tic calf hutches w/pails & doors; 2 metal calf sheds. SADDLES water pump* extension aluminum ladder* propane burner* claw foot Large inventory, engines can be shipped or in- Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon. Western Raw Hide western saddle* Mexican bath tub* 2-large aluminum pots* cream can* approx. 30-styrofoam stalled. Give us a call or check us out at www.thick- Search for western saddle* blocks (2’x4’)* plus other misc. items too numerous to mention ettenginerebuilding.ca Thickett Engine Rebuilding. AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post Ph (204)532-2187, Russell MB. AG EQUIPMENT frame building company. For estimates and infor- TERMS: Cash, Visa, Mastercard or Interac paid in Full Same Day of Sale. mation call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322). Website: AUTO & TRANSPORT DEALS on your www.postframebuilding.com “Everything Sold As is, Where is” with no warranties implied or expressed Trucks “SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS” PHONE CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish 1975 INTERNATIONAL CAB OVER, w/350 Cum- of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design. mins motor, 13-spd; also 50-ft x 10.5-ft hay trailer, References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069. holds up to 30 bales, asking $7000 for the pair. KAYE’S AUCTIONS (204)868-5040. If you want to sell it fast, call 1-800-782-0794. 204-668-0183 Wpg. FOR SALE: 1974 DODGE D300 1-ton, w/318 mo- tor. 46,000-mi, 7x9-ft box w/removable sides, ball & www.kayesauctions.com plate for gooseneck hitch, wired for trailer w/electric brakes, good tires, VGC. Also, 500-gal propane tank. Phone:(204)825-8354 or (204)825-2784. Get the APP »» 24 The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014

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McSherry Auction Service Ltd UNRESERVED PUBLIC RETIREMENT AUCTION CLOSE OUT AUCTION Interlake Coop Home & Agro Dennis & Vickie Sat., September 27 @ 10:00 am Beauchesne Arborg, MB - Hwy #68 & Jct Main Street Wawota, SK | October 9, 2014 · 10 am

Granaries & Bin Moving Equip: 4) Westeel 7000 bus appr w Hoppers Unassembled * 4) Westeel Available at: Rosco 2500 bus Bins w/ Hoppers * Assorted Granaries Parts * 24’ Aieration Flooring * Auger Flighting * Aieration Fans * North Star Industries Bin Mover - 32’ Pintle Hitch Honda Gas / Hyd Tandem 7000 lb x 2 * Westeel 6000 lb hyd Lift Bin Crane * Bin Moving Dollys Forklift & Vehicle: Strathclair 03 GMC 3/4 Dsl 450,000 km on Truck, 100,000 km on dsl Engine & Trans * Forklift Livestock Equip: 16’ Mesh Panels * High Hog 16’ Gates * Gate Hardware & Posts * Fence Wire Tightener * Consumers Co-op Elec Fencers * Battery Fences * Solar Fences * Wire * Insulators * Ritchie Water Parts * OTR Tire Waterers * Poly Tanks * Water Troughs * Can Arm Automatic Waters * Game Fencing * Chicken Strathclair, MB Wire * Semi Loads Mineral * Animal Feed Farm Supply: Swather Canvas * Sisal Twine * Sunfilm Silage Wrap * Baler Twin Lumber: All Dimensions Treated and Untreated * Plywood * Drywall * Finished Spruce * Fir * Cedar Tone * Railway * Assorted Treated Poles * Fence Posts * Corral Post (204) 365-2491 6-8’ * Yard Shed * Interior & Exterior Doors * Eavestroughing * Shingles * Vent Systems * Vanties www.dseriescanola.ca * Toilets * Garage Door Openers * Insulation * Sheet Metal * Flashing & Corners * New Hardware * Screws * Nails * Door Hardware Power Tools: Dewalt * Makita * Porter Cable * Griprite * Black & Decker * Chain Saws * Circ Saws * Air Tools * 18 Volt Tools * Lge Amt of Various Hand Tools * Glass Door Com Cooler * New Batteries * Shop Vacs * Submergible Pumps * Heaters * Ladders 2000 JOHN DEERE 7510 CONTRACTING * Camping Supplies * Work Boots * Dehumidifier * Showerheads * Faucets * Toilet Access * Household Cleaners * Nuts * Bolts * Washers * Load Binders Bungee Cords Wood Finishes Stains CONTRACTING Elec Supply: * Sheds * Wheel Barrows * Yard Care Products * Garbage Bins - Poly & Galv * Custom Feeding

SHORT OF FEED FOR your cows? Will winter feed. (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com Must be out before calving. Rations will be corn si- lage, custom mineral & free choice straw. Call Stan: (204)745-7505 or Steve:(204)745-8572. CONTRACTING Custom Work McSherry Auction Service Ltd 2011 JOHN DEERE 946 14 FT MANITOBA BASED CUSTOM HARVESTING op- eration equipped w/Case IH & John Deere com- AUCTION SALE bines. Peas, cereals, canola, & soybeans. Flex heads, straight heads & PU headers. Professional operation MJ Millar Ranch Inc fully insured. Phone:(204)371-9435 or (204)391-5491. Sat., October 4 @ 10:00 am CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

Lundar, MB 1979 JOHN DEERE 4440 1995 CASE 621B WHEEL loader, 11,500-hrs, South 5 Mile on Hwy #6 then West 1 Mile on Hatchery Rd then 1/2 South light farm use the last 10-yrs, tires 85%, new cut- Contact: (204) 280-0822 ting blade, 3rd valve, excellent condition, $48,000. (204)824-2018, (204)761-6709. INTERNET BIDDING @ 2:30pm HIGHLINE 7000HD 2008 KOMATSU HYD EXCAVATOR PC 308 zero- Tractors: Fendt 920 Vario MFWA Cab Air 3PH 1000 PTO w/ Reducer Quad Hyd 200 HP 420/80 R turn USLC-3 w/hyd quick attach clean up bucket,13- R 46 Duals Frt Wgts 4937 hrs * Fendt 712 Vario TMS MFWA Cab Air 3PH 540/1000 Quad Hyd Sold ft. stick, A/C, plumbed for GPS, also has auxillary SOVEMA 12 WHEEL hyd for thumb, $65,000; JD 270 LC hyd excavator, w/ Fendt 5x90 FEL Bucket Graffle 2075 hrs Haying Equip: 12 JD Mo Co 956 15 1/2” Disc Bine quick attach, hyd thumb, 12-ft. stick, A/C, $55,000. * 2) 2012 JD 568 RD Balers, Wide P/U 21.6 16.1 Tires Silage Kit * 08 Morris Hay Hiker 1400 Auto Phone:(204)871-0925, MacGregor. Bale Wagon * 08 Tube Line TL 5500 Wrapper * Case 1H WRX301 14 Wheel V Rake * 2) New Idea 521 9’ Sickle Trailer Mowers * Gehl 9 Wheel Hay Rake Field & Misc Equip: Morris CP 725 25’ EX200 LC HITACHI, W/QUICK attach, bucket, aux. Cult * Westfield TR 8”61’ Auger * Silverlake Mfg Trailer Post Pounder * 3PH 8’ Blade * 3) PH Bale hyd. & thumb, D6 C CAT & D7 E, barber green trencher. Forks Trucks & Trailers: 01 Feather Light Al 5th Wheel 24’ Stock Trailer * 95 Duncan 5th Wheel Call:(204)352-4306. 24’ Flatdeck w/ Ramps * 85 GMC 7000 366 Gas 5 spdx2 w/ 16’ B&H * 01 Ford F350 Lariet dsl 4x4 Crew Cab Dually w/ Box Needs Head Gasket * 01 Dodge Dakota Sport 4x4 Ext Cab Livestock FARM MACHINERY Equip: Roll Feed Bale Unwrapped * HI Qual Maternity Pen * 3) Metal Portable Self Feeders w/ 2010 JOHN DEERE 568 1998 CHEVROLET 1500 Creep Panels * 6) Metal Bunk Feeders * Self Locking Head Gate * Shearwell Psion Reader Scanner/ FARM MACHINERY Program * 10) RD Bale Feeders * Zubot Wgt Scale w/ Digital Read Out 600 lb * “7L” 340 lb Calf/ AUCTION LOCATION: From WAWOTA, SK, go 6.4 km (4 miles) West on Hwy 48, then Grain Bins Sheep Portable Scale * SS& Poly Sheep Self Feeders * Water Trough * Calf Pullers * Medi Equip 3.2 km (2 miles) North, then 1.6 km (1 mile) West. GPS: 49.9381, -102.1314 & Supply * Vacuum Line Comp * 2) Western Saddles Fencing, Stalls: 10) 24’ Metal Panels * 35) CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks. Metal Corral Panels * Self Standing Alley w/ Adj Hgt Loading Chute * 4) 12’ Metal Sheep Alley * 78) PARTIAL LIST OF EQUIPMENT INCLUDES: Sovema 12 Wheel Hydraulic Hay Rake · Highline Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 Metal Lambing Jugs * 25) Metal Horse Stalls * Elec Fences Sheep & Work Dogs: Dispersal of 25 2000 John Deere 7510 MFWD Tractor · 1979 John 7000HD Bale Processor · John Deere 700 Mix Mill or E-mail Requests [email protected] Rams * Suffolk, Dorset, Texel 2-5 years old * Kengol Male 3 Year Old * 2) Sisters Spaded Merema/ Deere 4440 2WD Tractor · 1990 Massey Ferguson · Brandt 745 7 In. x 45 Ft Grain Auger · Sakundiak Great Pernis Cross 3 Years Old Hay: 200) 2014 RD Bales Alalfa w/ Tame Grass * 200) 2014 RD 210 Swather · 1998 Chevrolet 1500 Pickup Truck HD8-1600 8 In. x 30 Ft Grain Auger · Kubota L210 Cudmore Bros. Bales Barley Silage Tools & Misc: ESAB Mig Masters 250 Welder * 5HP Air Comp * Precision · 16 Ft Stock Trailer · Massey Ferguson 360 28 Sand Blaster * Accetylene Torches * Snap On Combination Puller Set * Air Ark to Guage Steel * AC Utility Tractor · 2000 Honda Fourtrax 350cc 4x4 Used Augers Recharge Unit * Husq Y35 Chain Saw * Various Tools * Shop Supply * Honda 2” Water Pump * 3500 Ft Discer · 2010 John Deere 568 Round Baler · 13x70s and 13x95s Watt Generator * Fuel Slip Tanks * Scag Super Z 18 HP 48” R Mower * Husq YTH 1542 XP R Mower 2011 John Deere 946 14 Ft Hydra Swing Mower Quad · Qty of Livestock Equipment · Shop Tools 60 gal Marshall Sprayer Along w/ More YARD * Quality Household * Furniture Conditioner · Custombuilt T/A Bale Hauler · · Asst. Panels & Gates ...AND MUCH MORE! Spot, Tree or Fire, Honda Engine Meridian Hopper Bins (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com For up-to-date photos & details, please check our website: rbauction.com/realestate Meridian (Sakundiak) Augers Farm King Augers AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Honda & Kohler Engines 306.739.2625 (h) Manitoba Auctions – Red River Manitoba Auctions – Red River Dennis Beauchesne: 306.577.3374 (c) 204-873-2395 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – CRYSTAL CITY, MB www.cudmorebros.com RETIREMENT AUCTION Kevin Ortt: 306.451.7388 800.491.4494 FARM MACHINERY FOR PENNER HVAC Grain Dryers SATURDAY OCTOBER 4th 10:00 AM AG FOR SALE: BEHLEN CONTINUOUS dryer, Model DEALS 850, 3 phase, two fans, 230V, $10,000 OBO. Location: 10 Heritage Trailer, Niverville, MB TO GO! Phone:(204)871-0925. Macgregor, MB.

FEATURING: 2014 Novae Suretrac Enclosed Trailer, FARM MACHINERY 6X12 *2013 26ft Cherokee Camper Trailer *2013 Grain Elevators Aluma Trailer 10X6 *2013 10X4 Aluminum Tilt BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Snowmobile Trailer *2005 Ford F250 Ext Cab 5.4L Doors & Windows 80-FT. BUCKET ELEVATING LEG w/3 phase *30in Bench Bar Folder *18in Drive Cleat Folder *52in 10-HP electric motor. Phone (204)886-3304. Tenn Smith Shear 16ga *Brown & Boggs Brake 18ga *36in Sheet Metal Roller *Sheet Metal Spot Welder *Gas Pressure Test Kit *Also remaining inventory Gas Furnaces, Central Air Conditioners, Electric Furnace *Large Selection of Good Shop Tools Plus Many More Tools of The Trade. THIS IS A PARTIAL LIST ONLY. MACK AUCTION CO. presents a tool & equipment FULL LISTING AT www.pennerauctions.com auction for KND Services Inc. (Darrel Applequist) (306)861-5757 Sat., Sept. 27th, 2014 at 110 Evans- ton Park Road Weyburn, SK. Live internet bidding PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD. www.bidspotter.com 2006 JD 325 skid steer 218 Brandt Street Steinbach, MB Ph: 204.326.3061 Fax: 204.326.3061 w/1,770-hrs & A/C; Schulte BX-74 snowblower, pal- let forks, unused skid steer dozer blade; JD 4020 Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992 Sale Conducted by: www.pennerauctions.com PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD. tractor w/Leon 707 FEL & rebuilt engine; IH 574 2WD tractor; 2001 Ram Dodge dually extended cab 4WD Cummins DSL truck w/6-SPD manual; 1992 Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan, BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Chev 2500 2WD extended cab long box truck; 2007 BUSINESS SERVICES Ford F250 4WD truck w/164,000-km; 2002 Chev NW Ontario & Alberta....Since 1937 Roofing Suburban 1500 LS 4WD; 2006 24-ft. Demby tan- dem axle bumper pull trailer w/7,000-lbs axels; BUSINESS SERVICES 2001 Royal 6x12-ft. cargo trailer; Continental utility • Quality Commercial/Agricultural/Residential PRICE TO CLEAR!! Crop Consulting trailer; JD 10-ft. land leveler; 40-ft. sea container; Overhead Doors & Operators. Hobbart 10000watt generator welder; Shur Lift Hyd 75 truckloads 29 gauge full hard press; Eagle upright air compressor; unused power • Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available. 100,000PSI high tensile roofing & FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS DSL generator; unused tire changer; unused 36 • Non-Insulated and Insulated Sectional Doors Available. siding. 16 colours to choose from. We also specialize in: Crop Insurance appeals; drawer; tool box parts cabinet; unused 36 drawer tool box on wheels; unused 20 drawer work bench • Liftmaster Heavy Duty Operators. B-Gr. coloured...... 70¢/ft.2 Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; Custom operator tool box; acetylene torch tanks & cart; Stuart steel issues; Equipment malfunction; Yield comparisons, • Mullion Slide Away Centre Posts. 2 work benches; Miller Thunderbolt welder; JD parts Multi-coloured millends...... 49¢/ft. Plus Private Investigations of any nature. With our cabinet; JD 3200 inverter generator; JD suitcase • Commercial/Agricultural Steel Man Doors and Frames. Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2 assistance the majority of our clients have received weights; Snap On Slide Hammer & puller set; Snap compensation previously denied. Back-Track On 134 A/C recovery kit; Snap On battery tester; • Your washbay door specialists. • Quality Installation & Service. Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for Investigations investigates, documents your loss and unused water pumps; JD 2500 pressure washer; • 24 Hour Service. • Replacement Springs & Cables. archrib buildings assists in settling your claim. JD yard scraper; King Canada 2-Ton motor lift; 50- ton industrial Power Fist shop press; Shur Lift Licensed Agrologist on Staff. BEAT THE PRICE heavy duty floor jack; A/C service tools & cabiner, For more information Phone: 204-326-4556 Fax: 204-326-5013 INCREASES CALL NOW hyd power pack, bottle jacks; 300-gal poly tank; Please call 1-866-882-4779 Westfield 10-61 swing auger; Sakundiak 7-47 auger Toll Free: 1-855-326-4556 FOUILLARD STEEL w/Kohler engine; belly mount hyd swath roller; party We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you tents; canvas storage buildings; ornamental gates. SUPPLIES LTD. want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Co- CONSIGNMENTS WELCOME! Visit www.mack- www.reimeroverheaddoors.com ST. LAZARE, MB. operator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free auctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us 1-800-510-3303 number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. on Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928 or email: [email protected] 1-800-782-0794. (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962 The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 25

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CURT’S GRAIN VAC SERVICES, parts & repair for GRAIN VACS BRANDT 4000, $7,000; REM 2500 all makes & models. Craik SK, (306)734-2228. HD, $9,500; Jump Auger, $500; 8x31 Westfield Au- Factory Direct Outlet ger, $1,800; Fertilizer Spreaders 4-9 Ton large se- FARM MACHINERY lection conveyor grain carts for beans 4-ft. 750-bu. SELLING FAST - BOOK NOW Parts & Accessories hyd drive, $17,000; Kinze 450 bean cart scales, Don’t be disappointed! $12,000; Flex heads JD 925 air reel, $8,500; JD GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 924, $6,000; Case IH 25-ft. 1020, $6,000; 30-ft., DELUXE WOOD & WATER OUTDOOR or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB. $8,000; IH 820, $2,000; Case IH straight header FURNACES CSA APPROVED 25-ft., $4,000; 30-ft., $4,500; JD 930 Rigid, $3,000; MURPHY SALVAGE New & used parts for tractors, Phone (204)857-8403. Now available North American wide at prices never seen before combines, swathers, square & round balers, tillage, press drills & other misc machinery. MURPHY SAL- GRAVITY WAGONS NEW 400-BU, $7,400; 600- VAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free 1-877-858-2728. bu, $12,000; 750-bu, $17,750; Tarps available. HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES. Mastercard, Used 350-bu, $3,200; 500-bu, $6,000; 616-bu., Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595 $ 4497 Visa &Interac Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd. $10,500; Large Selection 250-750 bu grain screen- [email protected] www.arcfab.ca This is not available 1-866-729-9876 ers Hutch #1500, $1,500; DMC 48-in., $2,500; a misprint!! DMC 54-in., $4,000; Kwik Kleen 5-7 Tube Screen- Introductory 5150 Richmond Ave. East ers, $4,000 & up; V Drainage plow, $1,500; Scrap- TracTors Doorcrasher BRANDON, MB. ers 4-yd, $3,900; 6-yd Crown, $5,500; Eversman FC30HD Unit plus accessories Special www.harvestsalvage.ca 6.5-yd., $6,000; 7.5-yd., $8,000; 10-ft. Landlevellers TRACTORS $2,450; 3-PH 9-ft. blade, $950. Phone (204)857-8403. You receive base pump, rad hose, insulation, New, Used & Re-man. Parts Case/IH HAYBINES GEHL 14-FT., $3,900; NH 116, $3,000; fittings, rust inhibitor PLUS our FC30HD (can Tractors Combines Swathers Hay Conditioners, $800 up; 14 Wheel Rake, 08 STX 430 brand new 620-70-42 tires, delux cab, heat 1 building) WOOD WATER FURNACE $6,500; NH 166 Swath Turner, $3,500; NH 144 heated leather seat, $150,000. Phone (204)871-0925, Some claim this is “North America’s Hottest Deal!” The Real Used FaRm PaRTs Swath Turner, $3,000; Bean Windrower, $5,000; McGregor. Flexheads JD 925, $6,500; JD 930, $6,500; Case Friesen Built Inc. sUPeRsToRe IH 1020 25-ft., $6,000; IH 1020 30-ft., $8,000; IH 1986 CASE IH 3394, 6230-hrs, new tires, MFWD, Over 2700 Units for Salvage 820, $2,000; Artsway Mixmill, $1,500; Champion transmission overhauled, CAHR, 1000-PTO, 24-spd, 1-204-388-6150 • Toll Free 1-855-897-7278 • TRACTORS • COMBINES 20-in. Rollermill, $2,000; JD 780 Hydrapush 3-hyd, good condition. Phone (204)648-7136 Spreader, $9,000; JD 709 mower, $3,000; JD 15-ft. • SWATHERS • DISCERS bat wing mower $6,000; Woods 315, $6,000; JD 9- 2011 CASE IH 550 quad track, 1,469-hrs, 6 re- Call Joe, leN oR daRWIN ft. #450 mower, $2,200. Phone (204)857-8403. motes, 36-in tracks, cab w/A/C, 360 degree HID (306) 946-2222 lighting, pro-700 nav. controller, 262 GPS receiver, JD 15-FT. AW TANDEM discer; Vers 6x36 gas au- COMBINES powershift, excellent condition. Call:(218)770-4771. monday-Friday - 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. ger; 2-Ton fertilizer spreader; 8-ft. Canola roller; Caterpillar Lexion Ask for Mick. Loader mt flax pusher; Ford 5 bottom plow. Call WATROUS SALVAGE Brian:(204)981-6480. 2005 CAT 585R2012/P516 PU header for sale. 4490 & 4690 TRACTORS, both have PTO, WaTRoUs, sK. $165,000. Location: The Pas. 2,345 engine/1,575 $13,000 OBO. (204)730-3139 Fax: 306-946-2444 JD 930 30-FT FLEX header, asking $4,200 OBO; sep-hrs. S/N J57600389 Sunnybrook cylinder, HP In good condition. (204)882-2413. feeder house, jet stream fan, RWA 400 series FOR SALE: 1949 VA Case tractor, good running adapter included, VGC, serviced by Toromont, Elie, order, good rubber, PTO & pulley, $2000. Call MF 2705 TRACTOR W/794 Allied loader, main MB. Also available, 2005 F540 max flex S/N (204)641-0204 or (204)376-2971. clutch redone, but no reverse; 30-ft Co-op press 44100235, AWS air reel, laser pilot, $30,000; 2005 drill - for parts; 1061 Westfield auger w/side delivery FYFE PARTS HoneyBee SP 36 S/N 360500914 single PU reel, TRACTORS hopper. Please Phone:(204)637-2088. Austin, MB. 1-800-667-9871 • Regina single knives, new guards & knife last year; Cat 500 John Deere 1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon PARTING OUT FARM MACHINERY from harrows series adapter, $30,000. Phone:(204)623-4357, Available at: 1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg to tractors & combines. Pasture & hayland for rent; (204)623-0664. Can text/e-mail pictures. 1982 JD 1840, 3-PTH, 146 loader, hi-lo, 5500-hrs; 1-800-222-6594 • Edmonton Wanted Case 2290 tractor for parts. A few cars for 1995 JD 6300, MFWD w/640 self-leveling loader, sale too. (204)268-1888 COMBINES bucket, grapple, joystick controls, open station, 3-PTH, Redfern Farm “For All Your Farm Parts” Ford/New Holland dual power take-off, quad transmission, right-hand re- QUIT FARMING: 2008 STX 430 4WD, new tires, verser, 6100-hrs. Phone Vita MB (204)425-3820. www.fyfeparts.com $160,000; 2008 CIH 8010 4WD combine.(it will 1998 NH TR98, 914 header w/Swathmaster PU, has Services Ltd. drive as far as a track machine in mud), 30-ft flex 900 Trelleberg on front, 600 Trellebergs on rear, Har- JD 3020, PWR SHIFT, never had a loader, only draper, $200,000 OBO; 2011 Farm King Auger, vest services, wide spaced, wide wire co-caves, terrain used for swathing, excellent paint & tires, no 3-PT, al- Shoal Lake, MB NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS 13x85, hyd. swing & hyd. lift on swing, $18,000; tracer, long auger, hopper extensions, electronic stone ways shedded, $9000. (204)824-2018, (204)761-6709. NEW COMBINE PARTS 2013 Geringhoff corn chopping header, 8x30-in, trap, high-speed chopper, new chopper blades &flails, w/row stompers, $80,000; (2) 105 White tractors, jewel spreader, rotors balanced, recently re-built JD 8450, 4WD, DUALS, clean, showing 7,199-hrs, (204) 759-2029 rebuilt eng., $7,000; Roadrunner header haul, rotor boxes, tunnel covers & side covers replaced, c/w $19,500; JD 4630, duals, powershift, 3pt, $14,950; Large Inventory of $8,000; 30-ft Case IH MacDon draper header, 994 30-ft Honeybee draper header, w/U2 PU reel. JD 4430, 3pt, good running, $13,000; IHC 1466, new and remanufactured parts $20,000; IH 4240 tractor w/15-ft mower, $12,000; Headers can be sold seperately. Well maintained ma- duals, nice shape, $7,950. Phone:(204)746-2016 or www.dseriescanola.ca 16x30 Westco cult., $1,500; 16x30 Band sprayer, chine, $30,000 OBO.(204)632-4390,(204)797-4821. Cell:(204)746-5345. Morris, MB. $1,500; 32-ft Ezee-on tandem disc cushion spring loaded gangs, almost like new, $25,000. COMBINES TRACTORS IRON & STEEL Call:(204)871-0925, Macgregor, MB. John Deere Massey Ferguson

RETIRED SELLING: 7700 JD combine DSL, JD 1974 MODEL 6601 always shedded, field ready. 2007 MF 5455 TRACTOR - 80 PTO HP, Cab, Air, 2 1/8, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2-in oilfield pipe; 3/4, 7/8, 1- PU, chopper & chaff spreader, always shedded & Phone (204)822-3855, Morden, MB. MFWD, LH Reversor, 540-1000 PTO, Front End in sucker rod; 4.5, 5.5, 7-in., 8 5/8, 9 5/8s casing field ready w/the duals it almost floats. Earl Cun- pipe. (204)252-3413, (204)871-0956. STEINBACH, MB. 1986 8820 CHOPPER CHAFF spreader, long au- Loader, 1,541-hrs., consignment unit, priced right ningham (306)452-7245, Redvers, SK. for quick sale! $47,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Ph. 326-2443 ger, air foil, hopper topper, 2-SPD cyl, reverser, FREE STANDING CORRAL PANELS, Feeders & RICHARDTON 770 HI-DUMP, $21,000; 12-ft, $10,500. 914 PU, 212, 224R, 2001 930 flex avail. Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com Alley ways, 30ft or order to size. Oil Field Pipe: 1.3, Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 $3000; Jiffy 14-ft, $4900; JD 3970 Harvester 3RN, (204)635-2600, Beausejour. 1.6, 1.9, 1 7/8, 2-in, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2. Sucker Rod: $8900; NH 890, $2500; IH 791, $2500; Balers JD 1997 JD 9600, 2131 sep. hrs, 914 PU, air foil sieve, 3/4, 7/8, 1. Casing Pipes: 4-9inch. Sold by the piece Fax (204) 326-5878 535, $5000; JD 530, $3500; Corn Shredder attach- TRACTORS fine cut chopper, chaff spreader, new precision rasp or semi load lots. For special pricing call Art Web site: farmparts.ca ment for JD Baler, $500; 10-ft Land-levellers, 2-Wheel Drive bars, auto steer ready (green star). Always shed- (204)685-2628 or cell (204)856-3440. $2450; 12-ft, $2650; 12-ft w/tilt, $3650; V-Ditchers, E-mail: [email protected] ded, field ready VGC, $55,000. Also, FarmKing $1500 up; Scrapers 4-yd, $3900; 4.5-yd, $4500; STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specializing in 10x60 auger w/hyd. side feed, $1,200 OBO. 6-yd, $6000; Snowblowers JD 2-Auger 7-ft, $1500; JD tractors in need of repair or burnt, or will buy for LIVESTOCK Phone:(204)324-7999. FARM MACHINERY 8-ft Single auger, $1000; (204)857-8403. parts. JD parts available. Phone: 204-466-2927 or John Deere Combines. Still in stock Green Lighted cell: 204-871-5170, Austin. Machinery Miscellaneous TOWNER BREAKING DISC KEWANNEE 13-ft. & LIVESTOCK used S series, 80 series & 70 series combines. Most 16-ft. Breaking Disc 36-in. Blades Row Crop Culti- Cattle Auctions 1975 CASE 1070 TRACTOR: 3-PTH, 5566-hrs; 1981 are still under warranty & are all priced to move. TRACTORS vators 4-12R Lilliston 8R Richardton Hi-Dump Si- 3/4 Ton GMC 4x4 truck: brand new tires, 52,244-kms, Great Finance/Lease rates. Sheldon (306)620-7774. Various lage Wagons 12-ft. $3,000; New Style 12-ft. #700, 5th wheel ball in box; 1999 Bobcat 873 Loader: 6036- $7,000; Richardton #770 1050 CF lifts to 15-ft., WET FIELDS? 2 JD 9600 combines w/Mudhog hrs, 3 attachments - bale fork, bucket, and grapple; $21,000; Rex Forage Wagon Front Conveyor w/6 rear-wheel assist: 1989 w/212 PU, $25,000; 1992 GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK New Idea haybine. Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon. Wheel Wagon, $3,000; JD 3970 Harvester, $8,900; w/912 PU, $35,000. Also, 930 header w/UII pick- 1980 TR85 COMBINE, 378 Melrow pick-up, 960 NH 890, $2,500; IH 781, $2,500; Danhauser Post up reel, $7,000; 925 Flexhead w/transport, $9,500. Big Tractor Parts, AUCTION MART. LTD. 20-ft straight cut header, 1986 2400 Versatile 24-ft Auger, $650; Degelman rock picker, $3,500; Degel- Phone:(204)635-2625, Cell:(204)268-5539. Stead, MB. Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519 swather header, fits Ver 256, 276, 9050 bi-direc- man 14-ft. rock rake, $9,500. Phone (204)857-8403. tional; 1976 Dodge F700, new rubber, brake con- COMBINES Geared For GRUNTHAL, MB. troller; 14-ft B&H wagon, hyd cyl for 7414 bidirec- USED FERTILIZER SPREADERS 4-9 Ton: 8T Will- Combines - Various Inc. The Future AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING tional loader. Call Mark:(204)861-2299. mar, $8000; 4T Tyler, $3500; 5T Dempster, $3000; 6T Willmar, $6500; Valmar 3255 Applicator, $3000. 545 COCKSHUT COMBINE 1970S, no cab, 318 1998 JD 9610 COMBINE, 2,360 engine hrs. No Jet Applicator, $1500. (204)857-8403. Chrysler motor, doesn’t burn oil, always shedded, $80,000 OBO. Phone Days: (204)764-2544, Even- $1000 OBO. (204)364-2252. REGULAR ings/Weekends:(204)764-2035. VERS 4700 30-FT. ALWAYS shedded, ready to STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALIST go, $9,800 OBO; 4400 Valmar Airflow, always COMBINES CATTLE SALES 1 AC 3400 TANDEM disc, 30-ft. wide. Phone Alfred shedded, $6,000 OBO. (204)736-2941. RED OR GREEN (204)745-2784. Accessories FARM MACHINERY 1. 10-25% savings on new replacement every TUESDAY at 9 am 620 SCREEN MACHINE, $5,000; Parallel Flow 1998 994 HONEY BEE 30-ft draper header, UII September 30th 245, $7,500; 3, #3s, $7,500; Aspirator, $1,500; 6 Machinery Wanted pick-up reel, for & aft, w/TR, TX adapter, $15,000 parts for your Steiger drive train. legs, $7,500. (604)491-3513, located in MB. OBO; 2005 94C NH 30-ft draper header, UII pick- WANTED: 1949-1954 CHEV OR GMC half-tonne up reel, for & aft, w/TR, TX adapter. $27,500. 2. We rebuild axles, transmissions DISCS VERSATILE #1800 36-FT, $25,000; Wishek truck, running or not. Phone (204)223-0923. Phone:(204)632-4390 or Cell:(204)797-4821. Monday, September 29th at 12 pm 842 26-ft, $39,000; IH 25-ft #490, $7500; Bushog and dropboxes with ONE YEAR Sheep and Goat with Small Animals 25-ft, $7500; JD 330 22-ft, $9500; JD 15-ft DOT, WANTED: FLAIL TYPE FORAGE harvester or har- 2007 CAT F540 FLEX Platform, 40-ft., recondi- & Holstein Calves $5000; Kewannee breaking discs 12 & 15-ft disc vester w/PU or sickle, twin bar rakes, NH sickle tioned, $25,900; Crary 35-ft. Flex Platform w/air WARRANTY. rippers DMI 5-shank, $8900; 7-shank, $10,900; mower, NH haybine for parts, 3/4 or 1-ton. 3-PTH bar, $15,900; 2010 NH 74C Flex Platform, 30-ft., Sales Agent for Phoenix Harrow 35, 42 & 53-ft; Bat Wing mowers, or small sprayer. Pick-up Phone or Text (204)266-9059 $23,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, 3. 50% savings on used parts. HIQUAL INDUSTRIES Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer: (204)326-7000 John Deere 15-ft, $6000; Woods 15-ft, $6000; We also have a line of Agri-blend all natural www.reimerfarmequipment.com Woods HD 3180, $7500; JD 2018, $11,000; Bush- HAYING & HARVESTING products for your livestock needs. whacker 20-ft, $12,000; JD 709, $3000; JD 3-PH 6- 2 971 NH RIGID straight-cut headers for sale. Both (protein tubs, blocks, minerals, etc) ft, $650; JD 5-ft Pull-type, $1000. (204)857-8403. HAYING & HARVESTING 25-ft & in excellent condition. One w/bat-reel, ask- ing $3,500, one w/pick-up, asking $5,500. Also, 1-800-982-1769 For on farm appraisal of livestock DOWNSIZING: 2001 JD 7410 FWA 740 loader Swathers or for marketing information please call 6,870-hrs; MF 860 6 cyl, PU, $5,000; 20-ft. straight 1997 rake-up pick-up header, $3,500 OBO. Phone: www.bigtractorparts.com cut PU reel; 25-ft. UII reel; 21-ft. Hart Carter PU 1994 MACDON 1900 WINDROWER, 25-ft, PU (204)376-5905 or (204)641-4175. Arborg, MB. Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250 reel; New Quonset future steel 52x35x18 in crate; Reel, 2485-HRS, $21,000. Call (204)825-8121. Auction Mart (204) 434-6519 3-JD 630 HYDRA FLEX Platforms, Priced for quick MB. Livestock Dealer #1111 GMC 1981 7000 series 17-ft. factory grain box & FENCING 2008 MF 9220 WINDROWER 30-ft, 860 ENG HRS, sale. 1-2004 w/HD auger, Quick sale $12,500; hoist, A1; 1980 Chev 6500 tandem gravel box & 1-2006 $14,500; 1-2006 w/crary air bar, $18,500. hoist, propane, $3,500; 18-ft. Vac tank & pump, off PU Reel, $57,000. Call (204)825-8121. WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy#12 N, Steinbach, 300 GREEN PRESSURE TREATED sharpened, Ford 750 truck, A1; MF 410 combine PU, runs MB. Gary Reimer:(204)326-7000 www.reimerfar- fence posts, 8-ft. by 5 to 6-in., never been used, still good, $1,200; Power parachute Rotex SR7, as is HAYING & HARVESTING mequipment.com in bundles, $8.50 per post. Call (204)346-4050, LIVESTOCK $3,000; Steel mounted skid mount cummins w/trans Various Kleefeld, MB. $2,200; 1999 Cat loader IT28G, A1; 2003 Hitachi AGCO GLEANER, R SERIES, 27-ft straight-cut Cattle – Red Angus 2002 JOHN DEERE 930R straight cut header w/PU header w/bat-reel, $2,950; 1992 Silverado ext cab, ZX200LC, A1. (306)236-8023 TO BE REMOVED: 3+ miles of 5 strand high-ten- reel & trailer. Price $12,500. Phone (204)522-5708 original paint, no rust, $4,950. East Selkirk, MB. 4 SALE, REG RED Angus cows & heifers; bred AI, sile electric fencing & fence line materials; 1+ mile FORD TRACTORS 4000 & 3600, Diesels; JD 440 (204)649-2288, Pierson MB. Phone:(204)268-2853. due Jan & Feb, also heifer calves for sale. Call Don crawler loader; 120 Gehl mix mill; NH 660 & 851 single strand high-tensile w/off-set insulators and 3 (204)422-5216. balers; hay wagons & more. All shedded & ready to FOR SALE: ALL CROP header 22-ft to fit by-direc- CASE IH ALL CROP header, 8-rows 30-in, PTO strand barb wire: poles, insulators, line tighteners, work. (204)372-6912 tional versatile w/adapter, VGC, w/pick-up reel. drive, fits on to 8010 or 8120 combine. Good condi- swinging gates. 8300 PowerBox solar energizer LIVESTOCK $2,000 OBO. Phone:(204)866-2253. tion, $6,000. Phone:(204)857-1700. Gladstone, MB. w/new deep cycle battery and/or Speed-Rite elec- FOR SALE: 1979 2290 Case tractor, dual wheels, tric energizer. Also plastic step-in fence posts & Cattle – Simmental triple hyds; 4020 JD tractor w/cab, dual wheels, VERSATILE SWATHER, 20-FT, PTO, good condi- CASE IH MACDON 30-FT. flex draper header fits electric fence tapes, handles, insulators, & two 4-mile 250 SIMMENTAL CROSS COWS, bred Black An- dual hyds; Artsway Grinder mixer w/20-in. hammer- tion, $600; 430 Case tractor, dual-triple range, good 8010 combine, model 6220, $48,000. (204)871-0925. solar energizers. Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon. mill. Phone (204)433-7475 or (204)746-0511. condition, $2100. Call Jack (204)827-2162, Glenboro. gus, bulls complete line of equipment & pasture. CIH 2020 FLEX PLATFORMS in stock: 2008, 35-ft. Neepawa (204)402-0780. FOR SALE: HESTON 1014 haybine, 14-ft, good Reconditioned; 2010, 35-ft., nice; 2007, 30-ft. w/air HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING condition; Vermeer 605A round baler, wide belts, good Combines bar- Take your pick, $21,500/each. Reimer Farm Looking for a hand around the farm? Place a help condition. Phone:(204)825-8354 or (204)825-2784. Equipment, Hwy#12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reim- wanted ad in the classifieds. Call 1-800-782-0794. COMBINES er:(204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com GOAT/SHEEP MILKING PARLOR FOR SALE. LIVESTOCK Call David Rourke (204)534-7531. Case/IH DEUTZ-ALLIS FLEX-HEADER, 22-ft, for gleaner The Icynene Insulation combine w/39-in opening, pick-up reel w/poly-tines, ® Horse Auctions GRAIN CARTS LARGE SELECTION used carts 1980 IH 1480 COMBINE, 3600-hrs, specialty rotor, $3,500 OBO. Call Evenings:(204)367-8807. System JM 650, $10,500; EZ 675, $11,000; Brent 620 good condition. Phone (204)352-4249 • Sprayed foam insulation scales, $11,500; Brent 770, $14,000; JM 875, FLEX PLATFORMS IN STOCK, ready for immedi- Gladstone Auction Mart $18,000; Brent 976, $28,000; Bourgault 1100 1987 CASE IH 1680 combine w/3,800 engine hrs, ate delivery: JD 920-925-930-630-635; CIH 1020 • Ideal for shops, barns or homes $17,500. We have others. Disk rippers DMI 5 1015 head w/388 Westward PU, excellent condi- 25-ft-30-ft, 2020 30-ft & 35-ft; NH 74C 30-ft; Cat shank, $8,900; 7 shank, $10,900; Disks IH 490 25- tion, fully serviced, greased, oil changed, new F540-Crary 35-ft; Header trailers 30-ft, 36-ft, 38-ft, • Healthier, Quieter, More Open Horse & Tack Sale ft., $7,500; Bushog 25-ft., $7,500; JD 330 22-ft., chains, new drive belts, new straw chopper bearings, 42-ft. w/flex bars & Double beam; Arc Fab-Harvest Energy Efficient® Thursday, October 2nd 2014 $9,500; JD 30-ft., $10,500; Vers 36-ft., $25,000; Kewan- sharpened knives, ready for the field. (204)265-3363. International, & MD Stud King. Reimer Farm Equip- Sale starts at 5:00PM w/tack nee & Towner breaking discs. Phone (204)857-8403. ment, Hwy#12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer: 2008 CIH 8010 4WD combine.(it will drive as (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com Will be receiving IH 4000 SWATHER, 19 1/2-ft, no cab, fair condi- far as a track machine in mud), 30-ft flex draper, from 9:00AM till 4:00PM on Sale Day tion, $1,500 OBO; 1979 JD 7720 combine, posi, $200,000 OBO RETIRED FROM FARMING: CAT flex 30-ft header 4,100-hrs, good running order, $6,500 OBO; 220 w/PU reel, $9500; Grain screener C-1600, Hutch For more info straight-cut header, 220 flex header, $3,000 for 2009 CASE IH AF8120, 1,440 separator hrs, Firestone cleaner w/unload auger, to separate weed seeds Call Terra Fulton Manager both. IH 12-ft end drill, new tires, $750. 520 85R42 duals, RWA, pro-600, sharp looking com- from grain, mounted on 2 wheels, electric driven, www.penta.ca 1-800-587-4711 At the mart (204)385-2537 Phone:(204)746-4587. bine, auto-steer, Phone:(218)770-4771. Ask for Mick. $1100. Phone (204)746-8851, Morris. 26 The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014

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Liberian soldiers check travellers at a checkpoint last month. Ebola, which has killed more than 2,400 people this year, endangered harvests and sent food prices soaring in West Africa, is rapidly creating a major food crisis there. Photo: Reuters World hunger easing but one in nine people undernourished — food agencies Problems worsened by conflicts, including ISIS control of grain facilities in Iraq

By Isla Binnie The ambitious goal to halve the in West Africa, is rapidly creating a Rome / Reuters “We cannot celebrate yet absolute number of chronically major food crisis there, Cousin said. undernourished people between FAO issued a food security alert he number of hungry people because we must reach 1990 and 2015 has been met by 25 this month for Liberia, Sierra Leone in the world has fallen sharply 805 million people without developing countries, but there is not and Guinea, which were all net cereal T over the past decade but 805 enough food for a healthy enough time for the whole world to importers even before the Ebola out- million, or one in nine of the global and productive life.” get there by next year, the report said. break prompted border closures and population, still do not have enough Brazil, Indonesia and Malawi, quarantine zones, contributing to to eat, three UN food and agriculture among others, have already achieved farm labour shortages. agencies said Sept. 15. another development goal of halv- Ongoing conflicts in Syria, South The number of chronically under- Ertharin Cousin ing the undernourished proportion Sudan and the Central African nourished people dropped by WFP executive director of their populations through invest- Republic are preventing humanitar- more than 100 million, equivalent ments policy-making in areas from ian efforts to help people affected, to a country the size of the Philip- agriculture to school meals. Cousin said, adding that WFP and pines, according to a report by the rose from 4.4 million in 1990-92 to But the agencies urged more efforts other agencies needed an increase in United Nations food agency (FAO), 5.3 million in 2012-14. elsewhere, especially in sub-Saha- donations. International Fund for Agricultural “We cannot celebrate yet because ran Africa and southern and western Meanwhile, the advance of Islamic Development (IFAD) and World Food we must reach 805 million people Asia, to reduce the hungry share of State fighters in Northern Iraq has Program (WFP). without enough food for a healthy the population in developing coun- caused concern over the avail- Government drives to improve and productive life,” WFP execu- tries to 11.7 per cent, from 13.5 per ability of wheat, which FAO says is nutrition have helped the develop- tive director Ertharin Cousin said in cent today, by the end of 2015. the most important food grain for ing world move towards a UN goal of Rome. “A world without hunger is possible humans. halving the number of people suffer- The Ebola virus threatens food in our lifetimes, but this report is also “We are concerned about the ing from hunger between 1990 and security in western Africa, while con- a call for action,” Cousin said. fact that (ISIS) controls two of the 2015, said the report entitled “The flicts in places including Iraq and major grain facilities in the country,” State of Food Insecurity in the World.” Syria have meant that people who Conflicts and crises Cousin said. “These are very worrying But success stories such as Brazil once had enough food could lose E bola, which has killed more than trends, when you have a party that mask struggles in countries like Haiti, reliable supplies “in just a matter of 2,400 people this year, endangered can control the food that is required where the number of hungry people weeks,” she said. harvests and sent food prices soaring by the poorest in the country.” 30 The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 California governor OKs bills to regulate groundwater amid drought No end in sight for drought that has cost an estimated $2.2 billion so far

By Aaron Mendelson Reuters “We have to learn alifornia Governor Jerry to manage wisely Brown signed a pack- water, energy, C age of bills Sept. 16 to land and our regulate California’s stressed investments.” groundwater supplies amid a drought that is expected to cost the state $2.2 billion in lost crops, jobs and other Jerry Brown damages, with no end in sight. The bills will allow the state to take over management of water than many other states, underground aquifers and it lacks the oversight common water accessed via wells, and elsewhere. aim to tighten oversight of Recent studies have shown water at a time when ground- groundwater levels receding water levels are shrinking in throughout the Southwest, the third year of a catastrophic prompting concern among drought. environmentalists and others “We have to learn to man- that usage needs to be better age wisely water, energy, land regulated. and our investments,” Brown The bills Brown signed will said as he signed the bills require that hard-hit ground- despite opposition from some water basins adopt sustain- farm and agricultural indus- ability plans by January 2020, try groups. “That’s why this is although high- and medium- important.” priority basins not considered Drill helper Jimmy Payne rigs another 20-foot section of pipe as they work to deepen the Brady family well in Farmers in California’s agri- subject to critical overdraft will Woodland, California, Aug. 20, 2014. The Bradys’ home well went dry almost two months earlier and Theresa Brady cultural heartland rely on have an additional two years. called 65 well drillers before finding one available to deepen their well. Photo: Reuters/Max Whittaker water from wells to irrigate All groundwater plans must their crops when the state cuts achieve sustainability within back on supplies from streams 20 years of adoption, and local roughly $5.5 million in annual rigid guidelines on farmers solve the problem,” said Con- and the fragile San Joaquin- agencies managing them must costs by the 2017-18 fiscal while failing to address needs nie Conway, the Republican Sacramento River Delta. report to the state Department year. Some costs would be off- of agricultural water users in minority leader in the state About a million Californians of Water Resources every five set by fees. the Central Valley. assembly. rely on private wells for drink- years. Some agricultural com- “While there is legitimate In November, California vot- ing water, many of which have The bills also outline panies and farm groups had concern about the over-draft- ers will vote on Proposition 1, gone dry as groundwater lev- enforcement mechanisms, argued against the bills, which ing of some groundwater the $7.6-billion “water bond” els have receded. But while and the regulations are they called hastily written, basins, this massive expan- intended to improve water California uses more ground- expected to cost the state saying they would impose sion of state authority will not supplies in the state.

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USDA approves Dow’s Enlist that Enlist will increase already severe weed- resistance problems on farms and create but hurdles remain safety issues for consumers. By Carey Gillam “We will litigate,” said Andrew Kimbrell, Reuters founder and executive director of the Center for Food Safety. The non-profit group has U.S. approval of Dow AgroSciences’ new a history of winning court orders that have genetically modified corn and soybeans takes delayed other genetically modified crops, the agricultural giant a step closer to its “most including GMO sugar beets, canola and important” product launch ever, but a series alfalfa. of hurdles remain, the company said Sept. 18. Another potential hurdle is Dow’s lack of “We sure are aware of the concerns that Chinese import approval for Enlist. China has have been expressed,” said Dow AgroSciences recently been rejecting shipments of U.S. corn president Tim Hassinger in an interview. because of concerns that it contains an unap- “At the same time, we’ve been really pleased proved GMO corn developed by Syngenta. with how the farm community and the Dow says it has not determined if it will broader agricultural community have come wait for Chinese approval before selling Enlist forward in support,” he said. in the U.S. Hassinger said the company was Dow AgroSciences has spent nearly five “right in the middle of the process” in its quest years seeking U.S. regulatory approval for its for Chinese import approval. That process Enlist weed control system, which combines generally takes two years, he said. herbicide tolerance for corn and soybeans to And though the U.S. Department of Agri- both glyphosate and 2,4-D. culture granted approval of Enlist crops Sept. But threats of lawsuits by food safety and 17, the company still needs approval from the environmental groups that want to block Environmental Protection Agency for Enlist Enlist could delay Dow’s hopes to have farm- herbicide. ers planting the new crops next spring. Critics Dow already has approvals in Canada and is have inundated regulators with predictions seeking approval in Brazil and Argentina.

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e e r p r i c e s i n No r t h America may rise next B year as brewers and maltsters face higher costs after cold, wet weather dam- aged Canadian barley crops and left farmers and tipplers crying in their beer. Canada was already har- vesting its smallest crop since 1968, before a recent dump of snow and freezing tempera- tures in Alberta, the biggest Great egrets were once hunted almost to extinction for feathers to make hats. One of the first birds targeted for protection in the last barley-growing province. century, they are now plentiful in Whitewater Lake, which is the northern part of their range in North America. photo: linda boys The shortage will hit craft brewers the hardest, since they typically keep less malt inventory on hand than larger breweries that are also better able to absorb costs. “Prices (going) up means our costs go up and beer prices ultimately go up,” said Neil Herbst, co-owner of Edmonton-based Alley Kat Brewery. “Any small brewery is going to be exposed.” Craft brewers, the small breweries that are independ- ently owned, typically have shorter-term supply contracts than big brewers to buy malt, which is a product made from germinating and drying cereal grains. Brick Brewing Co Ltd, an Ontario-based company, has Where there’s a worm, an assured supply of malt at a fixed price through the end of 2014 with Canada Malting. But starting in 2015, Brick, whose brands include Water- there’s a way. loo and Laker , expects to pay more for malt, reflect- ing the poor barley crop. “We’re expecting a little bit of price adjustment for sure, just because the harvest is Above ground pest protection, refuge-in-the-bag simplicity, late, weather’s been bad, eve- ryone’s predicting yields are and great yield potential. down,” said Russell Tabata, Brick’s chief operating officer. Malt prices have already moved 10 per cent higher than Brick’s contracted rate, a level it may be able to absorb, Tabata said. If malt prices ® ® climb 20 to 30 per cent above Genuity VT Double PRO RIB Brick’s contract rate, it would ® have to raise beer prices Complete gives you: around five per cent, or about 10 cents for a $2 can, he said. Canadian farmers are on • 5% refuge right in the bag. track to produce just 7.2 mil- Just pour and plant. lion tonnes of barley this ABOVE GROUND autumn, the smallest crop • Two modes of action against corn since 1968. U.S. farmers are PROTECTION expected to grow the smallest earworm and European corn borer, above crop in three years, and the REFUGE ground. Be sure to scout for them. European Union Australia and 5% IN THE BAG Argentina all expect to har- • Higher yield potential thanks to effective vest smaller crops. HERBICIDE ® “The big concern at the end ROUNDUP READY 2 insect control and reduced refuge. of the day is, are we going to TOLERANCE TECHNOLOGY have enough barley to carry us through to next year’s har- vest?” said Pat Rowan, senior manager of BARI-Canada Inc, a division of Anheuser-Busch ® InBev. It procures barley to be Genuity Because every kernel matters. Visit your seed rep or GENUITYTRAITS.CA malted for the brewer. “In North America, it’s probably the worst year I’ve ALWAYS FOLLOW IRM, GRAIN MARKETING AND ALL OTHER STEWARDSHIP AND PESTICIDE LABEL DIRECTIONS. Details of these requirements can be found in the Trait Stewardship Responsibilities Notice to Farmers printed in this publication. ©2014 Monsanto Canada Inc. ever seen.” Rowan said the maker of Budweiser would not likely need to boost beer prices. Genuity AD# 4189 GENUITY VT2P Corn West Client: Monsanto / Genuity 905.403.0055 > [email protected] Manitoba Cooperator IO# LCA00934 Dimensions: JR Tab 8.125” x 10” 32 The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 COUNTRY CROSSROADS CONNECTING RURAL FAMILIES Agriculture enthusiasts descend on the town of Clearwater Harvest Moon connects urban and rural folks through workshops, markets, concerts and more

By Meghan Mast From the city to the farm CO-OPERATOR STAFF / CLEARWATER This is Chelsea Pakulak’s first year at Harvest Moon. She and her husband fter his father dies, a man leaves Cameron came mostly for the work- his family cattle farm to work on shops. “We love learning,” she said. A the oil rigs in Alberta. He works The couple lives in Brandon and part time so he can return to tend to they are hoping to buy a larger prop- his pastures, bale hay and maintain his erty outside the city. They hunt all of herd. their meat — ducks, geese and deer — This story is all too familiar for and when they run out, buy from local many Prairie ranchers, but this par- farmers. She attended the growing win- ticular one is from Del Barber’s song, ter greens workshop because they hope “Living with a Long Way to Go.” It to one day build a greenhouse onto was one of several about the strug- their house. gles facing farmers that he sang at “It’s great because coming to these the annual Harvest Moon Festival (workshops) I get to learn about differ- here Sept. 12-14. ent ways other people have done it,” “I’m getting kind of tired of playing she said. pasture poker. It’s a game where the Iris Vaisman attends Harvest Moon aces never show,” he crooned. “Can’t every year she can since moving to More than 1,500 attended the sold-out Harvest Moon festival this year. afford the feed, fuel or the seed. There Winnipeg from Toronto in 2008. She comes a time when you either raise studied organic agriculture at the or fold…” University of Manitoba and now works countryside made be think: this is farm — his grandfather was the last Harvest Moon is not an average as a technician in the plant science where I want to be,” she said. “There generation to work on the family farm music festival centred solely on music department. was this inextricable draw.” in Carberry before the business went and partying, though there was cer- She attends the festival for the oppor- under — he has worked on several. tainly some of that. It attracts people tunity to be in the same space with Moving to the farm Barber started working on a berry farm of all ages and is unique because of its other people who care about agricul- Barber knows that pull all too well. He when he was 16. He has since worked effort to unite urban and rural folks. ture. “Coming from an urban back- recently sold his house in Winnipeg, on hog farms, strawberry farms, grain Organizers pack the weekend with ground and then being immersed in and moved with his wife to her family farms and cattle ranches. farmers’ markets, craft stands, work- more rural aspects at work — it’s nice grain and cattle farm to help out and “These are the stories in Canada shops and local music. to see the two come together,” she said. plan for the future. The couple bought that I really want to write about,” he Cold weather — temperatures Vaisman became interested in agri- land bordering one of her family’s can- said. He refers to his song, “Big Smoke,” dipped near freezing — did not stop an culture during her undergraduate ola fields near Inglis. about a prodigal son who leaves the estimated 1,500 people from showing work in ecology. During her classes she Living in rural Manitoba brings him farm. His family waits for him, hoping up for the sold-out event. learned about using and understand- nearer to the people who inspire many we will return one day. This year’s workshops featured a ing ecological concepts in agricul- of his songs. Barber grew up near St. “I get a lot of farmers and ranchers variety of topics including tips on ture. With this in mind she sought out Norbert and attended a school with talking to me about how real these sto- local honey production, how to Martin Entz, one of the few researchers mostly farm kids. “Most of my friends in ries are. That’s because they’re from grind grains, how to handle a rope, in Canada focused on organic agricul- school had to deal with the possibility real people. It’s not just made-up stuff.” geocaching and a blacksmith forge ture, and studied under him. of bad crops or good crops.” demonstration. “That, and even just driving in the Though he did not grow up on a [email protected]

Local musician Del Barber sings about working farmers and rural life. PHOTOS: MEGHAN MAST The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 33 COUNTRY CROSSROADS

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Take it inside opportunities for market vendors and keep their customers connected all year Lorraine Stevenson long, picking up what they’ve ordered CROSSROADS RECIPE SWAP across the road from the market site at Eagles Club located at 3459 Pembina Hwy. until the market starts up again next spring. e’re in a state of limbo in This form of direct marketing is September, as we feel sorry to actually already underway elsewhere W see summer go, and possibly a in Manitoba among the numerous bit anxious about approaching winter. buying clubs that have formed. They’re But there’s still so much to love about similarly organized, with a central this beautiful month. ordering system and an arranged pickup It’s the very best time of year to visit site. I’m a member of one myself. Each farmers’ markets. Vendors’ harvests week the Pembina Valley Local Foods are peaking and markets of all sizes Buying Club sends me an email with are extra lively, vibrant places. Many an online order form and pickups are markets now stay open well into Thursday afternoons at the Morden September and October. Not so long ago Library. When spring and Morden PHOTO: THINKSTOCK they were operating just 14 days a year, Farmers’ Market opens, we meet our until the Farmers’ Market Association of vendors at the market again. Manitoba negotiated regulatory changes St. Norbert’s online initiative is an Moussaka to remain open longer. exciting development because it’s really This delicious recipe comes to us from St. Farmers’ market season doesn’t end the beginning of Manitoba’s first year- Norbert Farmers’ Market vendor Marianne when the snow flies either. round farmers’ market on this scale. Paseschnikoff. Marianne and her husband You may have heard about St. Norbert Let’s see if our enthusiasm for buying at Serge operate a small family-run market gar- Farmers’ Market’s plans to launch a farmers’ markets lasts through a long, new website (Sept. 20) so customers cold Manitoba winter. Judging by the den business at Oak Bluff where they grow a can continue ordering and paying throngs at St. Norbert each week, and at variety of speciality vegetable crops such as online from vendors year round. The other markets across the province this Hungarian yellow peppers, eggplants of every move will potentially expand business year, I have no doubt it will. shape and colour, parsley root, celeriac, broad and pinto beans. They also grow novelty veg such as bright-purple carrots and cauliflower and flat cabbages, and heirloom tomatoes. The Paseschnikoffs’ share their passion for garden- ing with their daughter Larissa and her husband In a large mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Buttercup Squash Garrett and you can meet them all at the market Add molasses, salt, caraway, squash and 2 cups on Saturdays during market season. Marianne Can you have too many buttercup squash? Not flour; mix well. Add enough remaining flour to says this is one of her favourite fall recipes when you have great recipes for using it. We form soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface; because it’s a great way to use vegetables which have Kim Shukla and Richard Whitehead to knead until smooth and elastic, about six to eight are all available at the same time. She makes up thank for this tasty squash bread recipe. Kim and minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once a few to freeze and enjoy throughout the winter. Richard are also regulars at St. Norbert Farmers’ to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place Market. They own Stonelane Orchard just east of until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch dough down; 2 large potatoes Steinbach, specializing in Prairie-hardy trees and turn onto a floured surface and shape into a loaf. 3 small zucchinis shrubs, and growing over 25 different types of Place loaf in a greased 9x5x3-inch loaf pan. Cover 2 eggplants gourmet pesticide-free vegetables plus sour cher- and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes. Bake 1-1/2 lbs. lean ground beef ries, strawberries, raspberries, black currents, at 400 F for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. 1 onion, finely chopped grapes and saskatoons. Kim and Richard also Remove from pan to cool on a wire rack. 1 tsp. salt operate a Community-Shared Agriculture (CSA) 1/2 tsp. pepper venture with pickups arranged with Makes: 1 loaf 2 c. tomato sauce customers at their farm on Wednesdays, the 1/4 tsp. cinnamon newer Winnipeg Downtown market on Thursdays and St. Norbert on Saturdays. 1 bay leaf 4 c. milk 1 (.25 oz.) package active dry yeast 1/2 c. flour 1/2 c. warm (not hot) water 1/4 c. butter 2 tbsp. molasses 1/4 c. Parmesan cheese 1 tsp. salt 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1/2 tsp. caraway seeds 1/4 tsp. nutmeg 1 c. mashed, cooked buttercup squash Salt and pepper to taste 3 c. all-purpose flour Slice the vegetables 1/2 inch thick. Brush slices with olive oil and pan-fry or broil until golden and put aside. Brown beef and onions. Add sauce, salt, pepper, cinnamon, bay leaf and simmer for 15 minutes, then set aside. Make white sauce by melting butter and stir in flour. Gradually whisk in the milk and stir frequently Recipe Swap until thickened. Add salt, pepper and nutmeg. Add Parmesan cheese. Whisk eggs in a bowl and If you have a recipe or a column add some hot white sauce to eggs while whisk- suggestion please write to: ing. Add egg mixture back to saucepan and con- Manitoba Co-operator tinue to cook a few more minutes and set aside. Use a deep-dish 13x9-inch pan or casserole Recipe Swap, Box 1794 Carman, dish to layer the ingredients. Layer potatoes and Manitoba R0G 0J0 or email eggplant. Cover with one-half of the meat sauce. Lorraine Stevenson at: Layer zucchini and remaining meat sauce. Add last layer of eggplant. Pour white sauce over. [email protected] Bake in a preheated oven at 350 F for 45 to 60 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from PHOTO: THINKSTOCK oven and let it sit for 15 minutes before serving. 34 The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Some great scenery can be viewed along the way. PHOTO: donna GAMACHE Exploring the back roads of Spruce Woods Park If you are interested in seeing a different, more remote area of the park this may be for you

By Donna Gamache of Cypress River. Turn north onto “Park The drive and hike are also interesting north on Highway No. 5. Drive about 18 Freelance contributor Road” (No. 71W) and drive approximately for anyone who enjoys wildflowers. Wild km north (past the campground turnoff, 13 km north into the Spruce Woods Park, bergamot, dainty blue harebells, daisies and the river) to the Epinette Creek Trail, ith the arrival of autumn, it’s and then back east about three km, fol- and black-eyed susans were all bloom- one of several hiking/biking/skiing sys- time for a road trip or two to lowing the signs. (Where you turn east, ing when we visited. Depending on the tems in this section. This is a long, sce- W enjoy the coloured leaves. the road to the canoe campground con- season you will find other varieties — wild nic trail but with a shorter, 3.5-km return Spruce Woods Provincial Park is one tinues north, but it was closed due to the roses in early summer, or goldenrods and loop as well. The first loop ends at the section of the province my husband flooding, when we were there.) asters in fall. Like most parts of the Spruce second cabin (Cabin 1 is the one in the and I always enjoy this time of year, but The Hogsback is a razorback ridge Woods, there is also poison ivy (which can parking lot). If you go past Cabin 2 and unfortunately this summer’s flooding and bowl-like depression carved out by be a beautiful scarlet in autumn), so wear turn left (north), a half-kilometre hike will Assiniboine River has once again caused groundwater over thousands of years. long pants, if you’re susceptible. bring you to a pleasant overlook, above havoc in the park. The lower part of Kiche Water seeping through a sand-filled Watch for wildlife, too. We caught sight Epinette Creek. The foliage is always col- Manitou Campground and the beach are depression, gradually eroded it away and of a white-tailed deer and a couple of ourful in autumn, while in late fall, the not accessible (as of mid-August, and caused the surface to slump in a circular ruffed grouse, and listened to the “sweet tamaracks will also be a bright golden. probably for some time yet) due to the pattern. As you stand on the top of the Canada, Canada, Canada” song of the If you’d just like a short walk, try the destruction of the road. ridge you can still hear the spring trick- white-throated sparrow. Quiet Voices Trail which also begins at the However, if you’re interested in explor- ling below. At the bottom of the slope, the If you’re driving a half-ton truck or SUV, Epinette Creek Trailhead. This trail loops ing a different, more remote area of the sand and water mixture has caused the and have a Spruce Woods Provincial Park through a grassland area, and has signs park, consider a drive into the southeast- formation of quicksand. map or a Manitoba Backroad Mapbook to explaining the life of a Prairie ecosystem. ern section of the park to check out the Park at the information sign/pic- help guide you, you could take the back Check out the various Prairie flowers and landform known as “the Hogsback.” It’s nic table and read the geological infor- road route to the Steele’s Ferry Overlook grasses here, and perhaps an occasional an interesting and scenic feature worth mation. Then follow the trail along the and Kiche Manitou Campground. small cactus. the drive to reach it. We took this tour in Hogsback ridge for about one km for Otherwise I suggest that you return south If you’re really energetic, you could hike late July but it would be a nice drive in excellent overviews of the Assiniboine to Highway No. 2. We did take the back the Epinette Trail all the way to Cabin 3 fall when the leaves are brightly coloured. River Valley. After our hike there, as we route with our car, but I don’t recommend (over 10 km return) or beyond. For the (Remember that you’ll need a provincial drove back west, we noticed another that, due to sandy spots and some rutted less energetic, perhaps a picnic lunch at park pass, available at various retail out- viewpoint sign. A second short walk tracks. one of the park tables might be a fitting lets, but not at this back route entrance.) brought us to another view of the If you’d like a longer hike on one of conclusion to the day. To reach the Hogsback, enter off Hogsback and river, looking back from a the backcountry routes, continue on Highway No. 2, about a kilometre east different angle. Highway No. 2 to Glenboro and turn Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba Water, water, water Plants will survive winter better when they have moisture at their roots

By Albert Parsons I use a sprinkler for most of this job, Evergreens, on the other hand, retain Freelance contributor but I also put the end of the hose near their leaves and moisture continues to clumps of plants that I want to water be lost through their foliage throughout hen we prepare our gardens thoroughly and let it run for a while. the long winter. Without adequate for winter, it is important to Individual hostas and any plants located moisture around its roots, an evergreen W realize that plants will survive near the house foundation will also tree will become desiccated by spring. better if they go into the winter with benefit from a thorough soaking. Shallow-rooted evergreens like cedars are adequate moisture around their roots. Trees and shrubs must not be forgotten particularly at risk. I like to give my perennial borders a in late fall if the weather has been dry and Shrubs of all kinds will benefit as well good watering in mid-October after I there is little moisture in the soil around from a good soaking of their root area. have put the borders to bed — whether their roots. Although some people let the This includes not only specimen shrubs I clean off the dead plant material or hose run at the base of each tree for a but hedges and shrub beds as well. not. I make sure the lawn goes into while, I prefer the sprinkler. Then I know Waiting until all foliage has dropped will the winter with some moisture at its the whole area within the drip line of ensure a more even distribution of water roots as well, so after it has gone the tree — where the tree’s roots are from the sprinkler. completely dormant in late fall, I give located — will be soaked. I also leave the One of the last fall tasks in the garden it a good soaking unless there has been sprinkler running for several hours to before freeze-up is to ensure that all recent rain. I even give the vegetable ensure a good soaking. If it has been very perennial plants have sufficient moisture garden a sprinkle before it is tilled, dry, a half-hour session with a sprinkler in the soil around their roots. You will because I think it tills better if the soil will not soak the soil sufficiently. be glad you tended to this late-autumn is somewhat moist, and also because No trees need a good moisture task when your garden shows evidence the perennial vegetables like asparagus, supply at their roots during the winter of having successfully survived another Make sure your plants have lots of moisture rhubarb, chives and perennial onions more than evergreens. Deciduous harsh Prairie winter next spring. in the fall to help them survive a long Prairie need moisture at their roots before trees drop their leaves and therefore winter. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS freeze-up arrives. little transpiration of moisture occurs. Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014 35 COUNTRY CROSSROADS The yearly corn feed A spontaneous start would soon turn into a full house crowded with friends and family

By Alma Barkman started heating the water in Freelance contributor the big copper wash boiler. As we all sat on the back y late autumn I had step in the moonlight - eaten my fill of toasted ing piles of corn, the collie Bt o m a t o s a n d w i c h e s dog was kept busy greeting and bowlfuls of cucumbers everybody who dropped by, chopped up with sour cream some on bicycles, some walk- and onions, but I never got ing, some in cars. Before long enough corn on the cob, the house was crowded with and so I looked forward to visitors jostling one another what we called “the yearly for space at the big dining corn feed.” room table. The salt shakers were filled, the butter cut into squares, and steaming plat- There was much ters of fresh corn on the cob good-natured were placed at either end of the table. bantering back and Juice squirted from the forth as to who could plump kernels as people bit eat the most corn. into the feast. There was much good-natured bantering back and forth as to who could eat the most corn. The next morning it was my job to take the empty corn- cobs to the pigs. They sat on It always happened rather their haunches and indulged, spontaneously. About the time cracking the cobs in their PHOTO: ALMA BARKMAN of the harvest moon our con- powerful jaws while the juice genial neighbour would stop ran down their jowls and hood days when a neighbour the autumn and find a road- of the aluminum pot is fra- us along the road to town to they grunted from the pure offered us all we could eat for side stand where freckle-faced grant with the aroma of sweet say his large field of corn was pleasure of the experience. free from his fields of plenty. boys sell bags bulging with corn. As the family gathers about ready and we should At last they simply grunted, And instead of Mom’s copper freshly picked corn. I take around the table, they agree help ourselves. too full to eat any more corn boiler, a friend tells me she some home and husk it, while with me that feasting on That night my brother and — a feeling with which I cooks corn right in its husk the water comes to a boil in those golden cobs drenched his teenage friends would rus- could identify. using her microwave. my blue granite preserving in melted butter is about as tle up a few gunny sacks and Paying premium price for a Somehow the thought of kettle, and family members close to eating manna as we take him at his word, while few wilted cobs from today’s nuking a stray corn borer just drop by one by one. will ever get. Mom stoked up the wood supermarket seems a long doesn’t appeal to me. I prefer Soon the plume of steam fire in the kitchen stove and way off from those child- to drive out to the country in escaping from beneath the lid Alma Barkman writes from Winnipeg

Show & Shine showcased nearly 40 vehicles Hamiota event displayed a great variety of models from different years

By Darrell Nesbitt Freelance contributor

ith the number of vehicles just up slightly from 2013, the Mid- W West Arts Council was pleased Pride of ownership was evident in the vehicles on display. PHOTO: DARRELL NESBITT to see its second Show & Shine growing as a community event. good response and was so much fun we made you realize just how much times the pride, money, and effort these owners The event featured in the down- decided to try it again this year.” have changed! have put into them. There’s no charge to town area of town was initiated by Thirty-eight vehicle entries were show- Fan favourites awards chosen by bal- participate because the vehicles are the a suggestion. cased at the event in August, just slightly lot went to Gerry Wilson of Hamiota, stars of the show. “Last year, the Mid-West Arts Council’s more than last year, and the committee is (1929 Model A Cabela Ford); Jack Boyd The Mid-West Arts Council also tries exhibition committee was looking for a hoping to make next year even bigger. of Hamiota, (1920 Model T Ford); and to showcase musical talent and bring art way to draw more people in for an exhibi- There was a great variety of vehicles Ron Rabe, Alexander, (1969 Camaro). The classes, such as their children’s art camp, tion of photographs, so a Show & Shine entered — from a 1920 Model T Ford Town of Hamiota also donated a couple to the communities in its catchment area was suggested, said Joan Trott, adminis- and 1929 Model A, to a 1937 Plymouth, of honourable mention prizes for “out- of the rural municipalities of Blanshard, trator, Mid-West Arts Council. “A commit- 1947 half-ton, 1953 Meteor, 1968 Honda of-town” guests to Wayne Lindenberg of Woodworth, Miniota, and Hamiota, tee, made up of Gwenda Skayman, Kelvin Moped, 1973 Corvette, 1986 BMW 325, Brandon and Cam Brown of Calgary. so it is a busy organization throughout Tiller, Veronica Menzies, Al Peterniak, and 1994 Mustang GT to name just a few. The Mid-West Arts Show & Shine pro- the entire year. and Rob and Joan Trott, was formed There were all shapes and sizes, and vehi- vided a great opportunity to showcase and put the show together. It had such a cles like the 18-1/2-foot-long 1966 Meteor some really extraordinary vehicles and Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, Manitoba 36 The Manitoba Co-operator | September 25, 2014

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