Western Farmers Benefit from Grain-Handling Efficiency Gains
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Canola Soil Crop oK wildlife Lack of emergence protected Just what’s happening from frost » PG 19 below the surface? » PG 18 June 1, 2017 SerVinG manitoba FarmerS Since 1925 | Vol. 75, no. 22 | $1.75 manitobacooperator.ca Manitoba hits record numbers of PED virus Three more were confirmed in the fourth week of May BY aleXiS SToCKford Co-operator staff ight cases of porcine epi- demic diarrhea (PED) Ehave been confirmed in Manitoba in the last month, making this the worst year on record for the virus. Competition appears to be spurring efficiencies in the grain pipeline, which are finding their way to farmers. PHOTO: canadian naTiOnal Last year, five cases of the dis- ease were reported. Two of the eight cases were found 20 kilometres away from the initial infection area, whereas the initial cases were reported very Western farmers benefit close to each other. All reported cases are in southeast Manitoba. See PED on page 7 » from grain-handling efficiency gains Basis levels are closer to normal, indicating more competition and fewer system constraints, says U of M ag economist Derek Brewin record production in 2013, Derek Vancouver and what farmers were paid BY allan dawSon Brewin, a University of Manitoba agri- at the elevator — hit a record $132.41 a Co-operator staff cultural economist said. tonne. Economists say the wider-than- “It looks like the planning worked normal basis is a signal to farmers not estern Canadian grain farm- better this time and they (grain buy- to deliver grain. However, some grain ers saw the gap between the ers) were able to give the farmer a bet- was delivered and shipped, and accord- W export price and their price ter return all through 2015 and 2016,” ing to Brewin, farmers collectively were narrow in 2015-16, reaping the ben- Brewin said in an interview May 23. shorted, on average, $80 a tonne or $3.5 efits of an efficient and competitive “It looks like competition is back in billion. grain-handling and transportation our grain supply chain. 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Consumers care about While they understand malt sources 17 animal welfare issues, con- sumers appear to have linked welfare and product quality, feeling that “happier” chick- ens produce a better-tasting egg. FEATuRE In a study, conducted by researchers at the University A happier hen lays better-tasting eggs, say consumers. PHOTO: TAYLOR & FRANCIS of Adelaide and published in the journal Anthrozoös, the Flowers in fields most often reported motiva- This finding suggests that “Taste and quality are tions for buying free-range consumers are more likely to strong motivations for pur- eggs included reasons such purchase a food product if it chasing and may be part of Operation Pollinator as the eggs were of better is both “ethical” and viewed the reason why people are targets habitat 18 quality, more nutritious, and as being of better quality, prepared to pay a higher safer to eat, and that they rather than for ethical rea- price,” said Bray. “These allowed purchasers to avoid sons alone. findings suggest that con- “industrialized” food. The study also revealed sumers think about animal Despite participants describ- that there were high levels welfare in a much broader ing caged-egg production as of awareness among partici- way than we previously CRoSSRoADS “cruel,” they did not tend to pants of caged-egg produc- thought, and in particular emphasize welfare reasons as tion, when compared to other they believe that better wel- critical for their purchases of types of animal farming, said fare is connected to a better- free-range eggs. lead author Heather Bray. quality product.” Bergen Cut-Off A forgotten grain line in Winnipeg 21 READER’S PHOTO Editorials 4 Grain Markets 11 Comments 5 Weather Vane 16 What’s Up 8 Classifieds 25 Livestock Markets 10 Sudoku 32 ONn Li E & MoBiLE Visit www.manitobacooperator.ca for daily news and features and our digital edition. (Click on “Digital Edition” in the top right corner.) 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Co-operator staff Saskatchewan also earned optimum quality at May 30 this year an A for household food secu- askatchewan has earned rity, cited as a province where nearly all As for indus- people are least likely to worry BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD “Parts of the western area are very similar in S try prosperity, household about running out of domes- Co-operator staff food security and other areas in tic food supplies and also height and crop staging as to what we are in Canada’s Food Report Card 2016. least likely to use food banks. ay Day is on the hori- the eastern area. As we go up farther north, Funded by the Conference Alberta also earned an A for zon, according to the like north of Brandon and stuff like that, we are Board of Canada and released household food security, how- H first Manitoba Forage seeing that the crop is a little bit shorter than last week, the report is a series ever, Manitoba received a D and Grassland Association of provincial report cards look- in the category — the lowest Green Gold reports.