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Province pounces
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Manitoba halts
cattle levy
collection
But Plains Processors
support is assured
By Dave Bedard
Co-operator managing editor
(with files from Daniel Winters)
A
Carman beef processor
in the midst of a $12-million expansion says he
has received assurances the
province will honour its commitment of support from a nowdefunct provincial cattle levy
fund.
Calvin Vaags, owner and
president of Plains Processors,
said this week he received a
call from the Manitoba Cattle
Enhancement Fund’s lawyer
shortly after the announcement
Aug. 30 that the organization
would be winding down.
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Winter wheat
considerations this fall
CDC Falcon is changing classes and winter wheat crop insurance coverage is changing too
By Allan Dawson
co-operator staff
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t’s winter wheat-seeding time and
there’s lots to consider, including the
shift next Aug. 1 of Manitoba’s most
popular variety, CDC Falcon, to a different
class and changes in crop insurance coverage for all winter wheats.
Above-average winter wheat yields this
year, along with good protein levels and
low fusarium damage, should encourage plantings. But an estimated one-third
of the 615,000 acres seeded last fall was
ripped up this spring. Dry, hot weather last
fall hurt germination. A cold, wet, delayed
spring didn’t help the winter wheat
that survived, said Pam de Rocquigny,
Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural
Initiative’s provincial cereal specialist.
Dry and hot weather in many parts of
Manitoba again this year makes for good
harvesting conditions, but is poor for
seeding. This year many crops are late,
including canola, the preferred stubble
for winter wheat planting.
To be eligible for full crop insurance
coverage winter wheat must be seeded
between Aug. 20 and Sept. 15. Insurance
coverage is cut 20 per cent when seeding occurs between Sept. 16 and 20, said
David Van Deynze, Manitoba Agricultural
Services’ manager of claim services.
There’s also a major change in winter
wheat insurance coverage starting. The
Stage 1 indemnity (from the time of fall
seeding until June 20 the following year)
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Quick cash needed for
remote island fundraiser
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STARS volunteers compete to raise $500,000
By Lorraine Stevenson
co-operator staff
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A shortage of
growers
limits growth
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FEATURE
A plague
of pigs
Wild pigs considered
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Livestock Markets
farmer, a mayor, a Lions
Club official, two CEOs
and one businesswoman will all have something
in common for a day later
this month — they’ll be on
the phone trying to fundraise
themselves off a remote island
in Manitoba.
Six Manitobans are taking part in a Shock Trauma
Air Rescue Service (STARS)
air ambulance fundraiser this
month to raise money for the
emergency medical service
for remote and rural areas of
the province and the rest of
Canada.
The six will be dropped off
by helicopter September 12 on
a remote island in Manitoba
with just their phones to spend
the day calling friends and colleagues for help — and cash —
to reach their goal.
Then they’ll be rescued,
e x p l a i n s S h a n d y Wa l l s ,
Manitoba manager of major
gifts with STARs.
“Everyone has set their own
significant personal goals. It
ranges from $50,000 to $100,000
each,” Walls said, adding that
they hope to raise $500,000
between everyone.
Events are held all across
Canada every year to raise
funds and community aware-
Several Manitobans, including a farmer and farm-marketing adviser,
are participating in a STARS air ambulance fundraiser Sept. 12.
ness for STARS but this is
the first time they’ve tried
this remote island event in
Manitoba, Walls added.
The six participants include
Chris McCallister who farms
at Portage la Prairie, Brenda
Tjaden, co-founder of
FarmLink Marketing Solutions,
Jeff McConnell, mayor of
Virden, Nicolas Hirst, CEO
of Original Pictures Inc. and
former editor of the Winnipeg
Free Press, Dan McLean, CEO of
Tundra Oil and Gas Partnership,
and Doug Wiens, district governor for Lions Club 5M11 Zone 8
and a member of the Grunthal
Lions Club.
Their work has already begun
— and it’s definitely work to
reach their respective goals,
said Walls.
“Everyone’s finding out how
hard fundraising is,” she said.
Each participant’s bio, fundraising goal, and amount raised
to date is posted on the STARS
website.
The fundraiser will conclude
with an end-of-day celebration
dinner at Assiniboine Park.
STARS has flown over 500
missions to date in Manitoba,
reaching critical-incident
scenes in minutes in rural and
remote areas.
For more information about
the fundraiser or about STARS
log on to www.stars.ca.
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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
Pilot Mound farm’s
prizewinning meat product
seized by health inspectors
Health inspectors seized the Cavers farm’s entire inventory of specialty meat product August 28
By Lorraine Stevenson
(with files from Daniel Winters)
co-operator staff
C
l i n t o n a n d Pa m e l a
Cavers are looking for
a p a t h t h ro u g h t h e
bureaucratic and regulatory
maze that has blocked them
marketing their prizewinning meat products.
T h e P i l o t Mo u n d ow ne r s o f Ha r b o r s i d e Fa r m s
had their entire inventory
of about 160 kg of charcuterie, which is cured pork
and beef products, seized
by health inspectors last
week, a few months after
those same products took
the top prize worth $10,000
i n t h e p rov i n c e’s a n n u a l
c o n t e s t f o r h o m e g r ow n
food inventors.
The two Manitoba
Agriculture, Food and Rural
Initiatives food inspectors
w h o s h owe d u p a t t h e i r
farm last week seized about
$8,000 worth of product,
and handed the couple a
$600 fine for selling what
they deemed “food unfit for
human consumption.”
The meat products were
not found to contain any
f o o d b o r n e, i l l n e s s - c a u s ing pathogen. Rather, they
were told they must comply with certain procedures
and processes, as well as
upgrade their facilities to
ensure no such pathogens
have a chance to develop.
T h e p r o b l e m i s , t h e re
a re n o c l e a r a n s w e r s a s
to how they can meet
those requirements.
“We’re having a very difficult time getting a clear
sense of what those procedures and processes are,”
Clinton Cavers said.
Even as they try to figure
out how to do the proper
testing to make sure they’re
producing a safe product,
complicating everything is
that they can’t do any testing until they have the
proper facilities.
Cavers said he called the
d e p u t y m i n i s t e r’s o f f i c e
immediately after the
Au g u s t 2 8 r a i d . T h e y ’v e
since been told a MAFRI
team will visit their farm
this week to help sort
this out.
“I’m assuming it’s going
to be someone in business
development to help us navigate through this so we can
figure out how we can get
this to work,” he said.
Cavers fears compliance with the required food
safety precautions may
prove too costly for a venture their size.
The food embroiled in the
controversy was the farm’s
charcuterie, a specialty
meat product they’ve been
making since 2008 using
traditional Italian recipes.
Charcuterie is also known
NEWS
Optaflexx sales
surge as Cargill
joins Tyson in
rejecting cattle
given Zilmax
Feeders will feel
the pinch as Zilmax
withdrawn from
market and supplies
tighten for rival
Optaflexx
By Tom Polansek and
P.J. Huffstutter
chicago / reuters
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First-place winners at the April 18 Great Manitoba Food Fight with their pastured pork proscuitto, Clinton and
Pamela Cavers had no idea their entire inventory of on-farm processed charcuterie would be seized by health
inspectors two months later. photo: lorraine stevenson
a s p r o s c i u t t o, l o n z i n o,
a n d c a p i c o l l o, b re s a o l a ,
s a l u m i a n d s o p p re s s a t a
and made using a fermenting or drying process rather
than cooking.
The charcuterie is a specialty product the Cavers
are developing as part of
t h e i r f a r m’s f a r m - r a i s e d
meat business. They also
direct sell meat from their
grass-fed beef, heritage
breeds of pastured pork,
s h e e p, g o a t s a n d d u c k s
and geese.
The producers complied with a June order to
stop making and selling
the product.
“ That wasn’t an issue,”
said Cavers.
Inspectors have asked for
separate drying and separate curing facilities and
that means a significant
capital investment to renovate their existing meat
shop, he said, adding that
could double the cost —
to upwards of $200,000 —
which they initially anticipated in their business plan.
“Our meat shop is not
huge, where you can set up
a complete drying room,”
he said.
Food product makers usually seek help from the Food
Development Centre (FDC)
at Portage la Prairie when
specialized facilities like
these are needed before a
product’s market is developed. But the Cavers said
they don’t think FDC has
the space to dedicate to this
kind of product.
“ We could probably be
doing the curing and the
salting (of the charcuterie)
“It doesn’t matter whether you’re a large-scale
processor or an artisanal producer, you have to
produce a safe product.”
Glen Duizer
Acting chief veterinary officer MAFRI
a t t h e F D C , b u t I d o n’t
think it has the facilities
for doing all the dr ying,”
he said.
“We’re going to be looking, at some point in time,
having a year’s worth of pig
hips hanging, let alone all
the other smaller cuts that
we’re doing and it’s going
to take substantial room to
do that.”
G l e n D u i z e r, a c t i n g
chief veterinary officer
with MAFRI, wouldn’t discuss the particulars of the
Cavers’ case due to privacy
rules. But he said a product like charcuterie, which
isn’t cooked, requires ongoi n g m o n i t o r i n g o f p ro d uct pH and moisture levels and precise records of
that monitoring.
Charcuterie can’t be tested
for food safety after it’s finished; it needs ongoing
testing during processing,
he said.
“If you do testing throughout the process of developing the product, then you
have much, much better
confidence that the product is safe, to the point that
you don’t have to test for
pathogens once it’s made,”
he said. “Doing any testing
after is worthless because it
wouldn’t tell you anything
you can rely on that the
product is safe.”
Duizer added that while
it’s “definitely a struggle” for
smaller-scale producers to
produce this kind of product, they cannot be exempt
from the procedures needed
to make it safely.
“It doesn’t matter whether
you’re a large-scale processor or an artisanal producer,
you have to produce a safe
product,” he said.
“What the province wants
them to do is do everything
they can to produce a safe
product and reach the point
where they can market and
sell that product safely.”
Cavers said best-case scenario will be to be given
clear direction for how, as
a smaller-scale operation,
they can comply with these
food safety requirements,
he said.
“ Wo r s t - c a s e s c e n a r i o. . .
they destroy the product
and the depar tment gets
really antagonistic and
makes it so difficult we can’t
continue doing what we’re
doing.”
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argill says more
testing needs to
be done on Zilmax
and the last cattle given
the feed additive will
be out of its production
supply by the end of
September.
Zilmax became the
focus of attention last
month when Tyson Foods
said it will stop buying
Zilmax-fed cattle for
slaughter beginning next
month because of concerns it affects the health
and mobility of cattle.
That prompted its maker,
Merck’s Animal Health
unit, to suspend sales
in Canada and the U.S.
pending a review.
Zilmax, part of a family of drugs called betaagonists, can add as
much as 30 pounds of
lean meat to cattle prior
to slaughter.
The suspension of
sales has caused a surge
in demand for rival Eli
Lilly’s Optaflexx. Demand
has been so heavy, Lilly is
telling some new customers it cannot immediately
supply them, customers
told Reuters — a charge
the company denied.
Lilly is “managing the
supply over the next
two weeks as we assess
the long-term market
demand,” said company
spokeswoman Colleen
Parr Dekker.
About 70 per cent of
cattle brought to slaughter in the United States
are fed beta-agonists,
with Merck selling $159
million worth of Zilmax
in the U.S. alone last year.
Merck has said no
safety issues have been
discovered in 30 studies
since Zilmax was introduced in the U.S. in 2007.
Tight supplies of
Optaflexx could temporarily pinch beef production at some feedlots, said
John Nalivka, president
of Sterling Marketing.
However, there should
be little impact on the
nation’s overall beef supply, he said.
“We’re not going to run
out of beef,” Nalivka said,
adding that feeders can
adjust feed rations and
take other steps to control meat production.
But that’s not the issue
for feeders, who have
used the drugs to reduce
some of the economic
pain caused by high
feed costs.
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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Selling cattle,
buying beef
L
ast week, Manitoba Agriculture Minister
Ron Kostyshyn announced the termination of the Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council (MCEC), which collected a
voluntary levy for a fund to improve the province’s cattle-slaughtering capacity.
The decision makes sense under current circumstances of good cattle prices and no significant restriction of marketing, but the MCEC
was born under much different circumstances,
John Morriss
which began 10 years ago when the U.S. borEditorial Director
der was abruptly closed due to BSE. The reaction was near panic, with prices plummeting
for all animals and the market for cull cows virtually disappearing.
The response to BSE showed some of the best and worst
aspects of the cattle industry. There were stories of cattle purchased at one price when they loaded on the truck, and paid for
at a much lower one when they unloaded a few hours later. While
producers suffered, the large Canadian packing plants made a
tidy profit buying Canadian cattle at BSE wholesale and selling
beef at full retail.
On the positive side, consumers rallied behind Canadian
producers, lining up to buy burgers at special events and never
reducing their purchases of beef.
Then there were the beef producers who decided to do something by trying to take their future into their own hands. Producers in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec and here in Manitoba
started raising funds to build processing plants so that they would
not be held hostage in future. Many invested untold amounts of
time, effort and personal money into these ventures.
Despite that, all of them were dogged from the start by those
who said that they were doomed to fail. Opponents said that there
was no way small plants could compete with the giant multinationals, and when the border reopened, Canadian producers
would just go back to selling to them if they offered a couple of
cents a pound more. Statements like that from beef producers
themselves weren’t exactly helpful in convincing the public that
they were a group worth supporting.
It turns out that the opponents were right — these ventures did
fail. But many if not most new businesses fail, and if that were a
reason not to try them, we wouldn’t have much of an economy.
And in this case, part of the reason they failed is because so many
said they would.
Here in Manitoba, there was the valiant effort to start the
Ranchers Choice plant at Dauphin. One of the reasons it failed
was that not enough producers would commit cull cows, despite
the Manitoba government bending over backward to provide
financial guarantees. When the province attempted to form the
MCEC to fund Ranchers Choice and other ventures, initially with
a compulsory levy, there was a storm of protest that had as much
to do with party politics than with reasoned opposition.
Subsequently there was the attempt with MCEC funding to
start the Keystone beef plant in Winnipeg, but it was torpedoed
when the federal government backed out.
All that is in the past now, and one hesitates to dredge up
some of these now almost decade-old battles. But what is not
in the past is the reality that it takes just one diseased animal
to slam the border shut.
What also remains is the current business model that
applies to most of the beef on Manitoba plates. It may well
be from Manitoba animals shipped to be fed and slaughtered
hundreds of miles away. Therefore we should all wish every
success to the Plains Processors plant at Carman, which
announced a major expansion in January. Manitoba still has
to export most of its cattle, but at least for the beef we eat at
home, it would be nice to know it didn’t come back from Iowa
or Alberta in a box.
U.S. COOL lawsuit hits the courts
By Alan Guebert
I
nside the U.S. District Courthouse Aug. 27,
just three blocks from the U.S. Capitol, all
anyone from Mexico to Canada could talk
about was COOL, the American law that requires
U.S. food sellers to reveal — label — the country
of origin of the meat they sell.
Earlier this year, in response to a World Trade
Organization ruling, the U.S. Department of Agriculture rewrote the labelling law to be, it says,
more WTO compliant.
Not so, claimed some of COOL’s chief opponents, like the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association,
the Canadian Pork Council and Mexico’s National
Confederation of Livestock Organizations, who,
in July, filed a federal lawsuit to stop it.
It’s not surprising that Canada and Mexico and
their respective livestock organizations would
fight labelling laws that tell Americans what they
put in their roasters, skillets and grills may not be
American bred, fed or butchered.
What is surprising, however, is that the foreigners have as co-plaintiffs two American livestock
groups.
In effect, these groups, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), are telling
American consumers, who favour COOL by a
four-to-one margin, and American red meat producers, who stand to gain huge leverage in the
U.S. retail meat market, to shut up, butt out and
get lost.
You’d think these self-crowned leaders of
American hog and cattle producers would actually stand with American hog and cattle producers on labelling American pork and beef in
America.
After all, it is the law; Congress approved COOL
in 2002.
The hitch, however, lies with the groups’ big
buddies, the Big Meatpackers. The packers hate
COOL because it prevents them from commin-
OUR HISTORY:
Farm(h)ers
T
he comments and
Internet buzz were so
strongly in favour that
anyone who didn’t like the
Dodge Ram-sponsored “And
God made a farmer” ad for
the last Superbowl would
have been afraid to say so.
While we support both the
social and business case for
the family farm as strongly as
anyone, we thought that ad
strayed a touch too far over
the “Ma and Pa” line.
Or rather, the “Pa and
Ma” line, as by our count
there were 20 men and boys
(including the boy who’d
inherit the farm at the end)
and six women and girls,
including the ones at the
kitchen table.
That’s not representative of
the North American gender
balance in farming, and certainly not of the worldwide balance — in Africa up to 90 per
per cent of farmers are women.
Marji Guyler-Alaniz felt the
same way, and decided to quit
her agriculture-related job in
Iowa and set out to take photos
of women farmers, which are
now posted at Farmher.com.
Let’s hope others follow her
example when portraying the
faces of North American agriculture.
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gling foreign and domestic animals in feeding
operations and at slaughtering plants which,
when killed, chilled and boxed, can then be peddled as U.S. sourced no matter the origin.
That opaqueness is wilful, profitable and — to
most consumers — deceitful.
Not to Big Meat and its Washington, D.C. lobbyists, the American Meat Institute, American
Association of Meat Processors, North American
Meat Association and the Southwest Meat Association. All joined the American livestock groups
and Canada and Mexico to sue USDA in an effort
to kill COOL.
Curiously, the lawsuit’s key argument is as
American as a Nebraska-raised steer. The COOL
rule, it suggests, “… violates the United States
Constitution by compelling speech in the form
of costly and detailed labels on meat products
that do not directly advance a government
interest.”
And what of advancing the interest of American consumers who like knowing that their
ground chuck came from New Mexico, not Old
Mexico, or the pot roast on tonight’s menu was
raised somewhere in South Dakota, not somewhere in South America?
Well, says the multinational Meat Gang, shut
up, butt out and get lost.
Moreover, NPPC and NCBA said the exact
same thing to every American cattleman and hog
farmer when the groups joined the lawsuit: We
know what’s best for American cowboys and hog
farmers, so just shut up, butt out and get lost.
Here’s a better suggestion: U.S. cattlemen
and hog farmers should give the narrow-based,
meatpacker-allied NPPC and NCBA the heaveho. COOL is a huge winner for U.S. farmers and
ranchers; that’s why our competitors and packers
hate it.
Besides, when did it become not COOL to be
an American farmer and rancher?
Contact Alan Guebert at [email protected]
September 1949
T
elephone etiquette today now applies mainly to those who
talk loudly on cellphones in public places, but in September
1949 it meant replacing the receiver gently so that you did
not annoy your neighbour on the party line. This ad from our Sept. 1
issue that year also reminds that faster long-distance service can be
had between 6 p.m. and 4:30 a.m.
We reported that the Prairie wheat crop had been seriously pared
by a prolonged heat wave, with the Prairie Pools forecasting a crop
of 361 million bushels (9.8 million tonnes; this year’s estimated at
28 million).
A new egg-laying record was reported, with a Leghorn hen
owned by Don Shaver of Galt, Ont. delivering 360 eggs in 365 days.
It was part of a flock of 450 of which 20 per cent had laid more than
330 eggs in a year, which was believed to be another record.
The livestock market report for the week said that good-quality
grass steers were selling in Toronto from 19 to 21 cents, with a
top of 18 cents for strictly choice, lightweight killing heifers. “There
is the odd prime, lightweight young heifery cow which will cash
up to 13-1/2 cents or better, but 13 cents is the practical top price
obtainable for cows.”
All quoted prices were for healthy cows. “Anything showing
indications of having to be tanked is selling at lower levels.”
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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
The Manitoba harvest:
‘To every thing
there is a season’
In his sixth instalment from Northern Blossom Farm, Gary Martens
reflects on the length and variety of the Manitoba harvest
T
he crops in my Kleefeld area look to harvest the same number of acres or
very good. We have actually had the combine you have could harvest more
less-than-average rainfall with no than 2,000 acres in a season.
gigantic rain events to damage the crops.
Grain farming is becoming a lonely job
On my little “nano” farm, the peas are in because so few people are required and
swath but it has rained a small amount for such a short time. I just came back
most days since, the wheat is almost ready from buying some honey at my neighto harvest and the oats will not be far bour’s honey farm and three generations
behind.
were working on the farm. Grandparents
I plowed up one of the hayfields and am were filling the containers, parents were
anticipating seeding it to fall rye. The gartaking the supers off the hives and the
den peas, cherries, strawberries and raspkids were extracting the honey in the yard.
berries have been picked, the green beans There is more labour required on a honey
are at peak season, the cucumbers and
farm compared to a grain farm and the
tomatoes are just starting to come in, we
labour can be done relatively safely by
have been sneaking some potatoes from
young people. There was conversation
the occasional plant and the chickens are
and the feel of community on that honey
ready for the fryer.
farm.
I hope to have some potatoes to
store in my newly constructed root
cellar. The sweet corn is still a week
or two away from harvest.
Harvest is the most critical and
time-sensitive activity on any farm.
It is also the activity that demands
the most labour. Until 175 years ago,
manual labour harvest for small
grains required four to 10 people,
each working a 10-hour day to harvest one acre.
Even when mechanization such
Hiram Moore is credited with inventing the combine
as the steam engine and the threshharvester in 1834. The basic concept is still the
ing machine were adopted, trainsame today.
loads of young men from all over
North America descended onto the
Prairies to bring in the harvest. It took a
Grain farms still have some sense of
crew of 10-12 men around one threshing
community, especially around the dinmachine to thresh 80 acres per day if the
ner table — which is probably the pickup
weather was good. It took about a week to
tailgate at harvest. Harvest dinners for the
complete the harvest at each farm, if there workers are as anticipated as Christmas is
was no rain. It also took a house full of
for kids. At harvest time I looked forward
women to keep the men fed.
to full-course meals of fried chicken,
potato salad, cucumber salad and of
course saskatoon or raspberry pie every
Revolutionary machine
day.
Hiram Moore is credited with inventing the combine in 1834. The machine
included reaping (cutting), threshing and
The harvest sequence
winnowing in one operation. This was
“To every thing there is a season”
one of the most important labour-saving
(Ecclesiastes 3)
devices invented in agriculture. The basic
Among all of us in Manitoba, we harvest
concept of the machine that Hiram Moore an incredible diversity of crops and liveinvented 175 years ago is still used today,
stock. All of our farms together could be in
with no substantial change except to add
harvest season almost every month of the
size and an air conditioner, oh, and a satyear. I tried to list all the crops we grow in
ellite radio so we can listen to golden oldManitoba and their harvest sequence.
ies while the canola pours into the tank
• May: Maple syrup and rhubarb in April.
behind us.
Lettuce and spinach.
Now, modern combines can harvest
• June: Strawberries, first cut of hay, sas20 acres per hour or 200 acres per day
katoons and garden peas.
and that is with only one person on the
• July: Zucchini, raspberries, kale, honey,
combine, but you still need at least one
green beans, cucumbers, peppers, chermore person to haul the grain. Today
ries, plums, tomatoes, forage grass seed,
two persons can harvest 200 acres or 100
second cut of hay.
acres per person per day compared to
• August: Fall rye, winter wheat, field
one-tenth of an acre per person per day in
peas, barley, wheat, oats, apples, sweet
a manual labour harvest, so that is 1,000
corn, straw, canola, alfalfa seed, leaftimes as much work per person in 175
cutter bees, hemp, onions, garlic and
years. That is an incredible change!
chokecherries.
It has been said that a farmer with all
• September: Flax, chickens, potatoes,
acres in spring annual small grain crops
carrots, edible beans, soybeans, deer,
needs to be able to seed in 10 days, spray
waterfowl, field corn, hazelnuts, waterin 10 days and harvest in 10 days because
melon and turnips.
that is the window of opportunity that the
• October: Pumpkins, squash, sunflowers.
weather will allow in Manitoba.
• December: Pigs, lamb, beef, firewood in
Therefore one combine at 200 acres per
December.
day can do about 2,000 acres unless you
• Winter: Fence posts, lumber, fish in
are a bit more diversified and start your
winter.
hay harvest in June with alfalfa/grass hay,
• Any time, all the time: Milk and eggs.
continue on to forage seeds in early July,
Did I miss any? What do you harvest
then on to winter wheat at the end of July
that is not on the list?
early August then on to spring annual
I wish you a great harvest this fall.
crops, then on to soybeans and corn later
in fall, then finish with sunflowers when
Gary Martens is a plant science instructor at the
the snow flies in October.
University of Manitoba. He began experimenting
With that much diversity you would
with a “nano” farm this spring. He can be
have much more than 10 days and could
reached at [email protected] or
either have a smaller (cheaper) combine
204-474-6097.
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Innovations must
benefit farmers
Farmer caution is necessary when
participating in the review of the
crop-variety registration system (Aug.
29, Page 3). John Morriss’s editorial
reminder that a free market is “one
where the same rules apply to all” is
also relevant here.
It’s clear that the Harper government and Ag Minister Gerry Ritz are
choosing to side with multinational
companies against the best interests
of farmers and the viability of our
food system.
Federal changes to the registration process this spring have made it
easier for companies like Monsanto
and Forage Genetics International
to get approval of genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa by removing the
requirement that they prove there
is a clear benefit to farmers in growing it. The regulation change simply
moved forage crops and soybeans
from a Schedule 1 to Schedule 3 classification. This seemingly innocuous
change has serious ramifications for
all farmers who rely on alfalfa in their
operations.
A concern here is not about
whether or not one supports the sale
and use of GE alfalfa or other GE
crops in Canada. Rather, the question
is, to whom will the prime benefit
accrue in not requiring an independent assessment of the merits and
benefits to farmers before they can be
registered?
Without an independent assessment process, especially for varieties
that are losing consumer acceptance, farmers are certain to become
guinea pigs for companies such as
Monsanto. Farmers will be forced to
assume more of the production and
market risk in growing these varieties
as well as the added costs of cleaning
up the farm when things go awry.
We need to look further into the
future and to fully understand all the
implications of accepting companyadvanced “innovations” in how we
grow and market food.
Ruth Pryzner
Alexander, Manitoba
GM comparison flawed
New Zealander Jack Heinemann
hates genetically modified crops and
has written much using selected statistics to support his position. He’s
not unique. What’s more surprising
is that columnist Laura Rance has
repeated conclusions from a recent
Heinemann paper (Manitoba Cooperator, July 11), without any reference to published critiques.
The paper claims that corn and
rapeseed/canola yields have gone
up faster in Western Europe than in
North America because of the use of
GM crops here. Rance also repeats
his claim that agricultural pesticide
usage in North America has been
enhanced, relative to Europe, because
of GM crops.
In his analysis, Heinemann chose
1986 as a starting date for the introduction of GM crop usage, even
though the first commercial field crop
usage came 10 years later. That 1986
date is crucial to his conclusions. An
Australian analyst, Dr. Chris Preston,
has calculated (http://goo.gl/Hq8zis),
that when 1996 is (properly) chosen
as the starting date, Heinemann’s
data show Canadian canola yields
(in kg/ha/year) to have increased at
an average annual rate 19 per cent
higher than in Western Europe. For
U.S. corn, it’s 44 per cent higher
(http://goo.gl/5Y7d6x).
Heinemann’s claim about pesticide
usage is even more suspect. Data
from the United Nations Food and
Agricultural Organization show pesticide usage (kg of active ingredient/
ha) to be far higher in most of Western Europe than Canada. Examples
for 2008 (latest year for common statistics) are: Canada 1.1, United States
2.4 (2007), Germany 3.6, U.K. 3.6,
France 4.0, Italy 8.0, Netherlands 9.8.
As Rance notes, pesticide application
rates have been declining in some EU
countries, but they’ve a long way to
fall before matching Canada.
Rance’s suggestion that the Bt
gene insertion into crops for insect
control constitutes pesticide addition seems weird. If true, that would
mean all other genes for pest resistance inserted by plant breeders are
also pesticides — in Europe as well
as here. Finally, her statement that
herbicide usage has gone up with GM
crop usage comes from another perpetual GM critic (Binbrook) and his
“fact” has also been widely doubted.
Terry Daynard
Guelph, Ontario
KAP should do more
Re: KAP will work on checkoff, membership promotion (Aug. 8, page 3).
Never mind “stable funding” legislation — do your job.
The number of farmers 35 or
younger has dropped 75 per cent
since 1991, and they call themselves
a farm organization and expect to be
funded. They should be put out to
pasture permanently.
Governments cut farm support
programs and saddle us with the cost
of the grain commission, and have no
programs for farm succession as all of
us are ready to retire, and (KAP president) Chorney wants more funding.
Come on. Do your job and stand up
for farmers. No wonder no one wants
to join. KAP is just a sad joke and
doesn’t deserve and hasn’t earned our
support.
Terry Drul
Oakburn, Manitoba
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FROM PAGE ONE
WINTER WHEAT Continued from page 1
based on 50 per cent of a farmer’s coverage is gone.
Farmers will still be eligible
for a reseeding benefit of 25 per
cent if their winter wheat fails
before June 20. But until now
farmers could get 75 per cent of
their coverage.
In the past a farmer with
$200-an-acre coverage on winter wheat could get $150 an acre
if it failed before June 20; now
that farmer will get just $50 an
acre.
“In our minds the difference
between spring wheat and winter wheat is you usually lose
your winter wheat crop by May
1 so you could replant canola
on May 10 and have a wonderful crop of canola,” Van Deynze
said. That’s not the case when
reseeding a spring crop.
Earlier this year Doug Wilcox,
MASC’s manager of agronomy
and program development
said the old coverage created a
“moral hazard.”
“Winter wheat has received
a disproportionate amount of
payouts over the years,” he said.
The upside is the winter
wheat premiums farmers pay
will be cut up to 40 per cent.
The change shouldn’t discourage winter wheat plantings,
Van Deynze said.
“We believe the 25 per cent
will cover costs like seed.”
Falcon class change
Starting Aug. 1, 2014, CDC
Falcon will move to the Canada
We s t e r n G e n e ra l Pu r p o s e
(CWGP) class from the Canada
Western Red Winter (CWRW )
wheat class.
The change is being made
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“AC Flourish has
been moving really
well, but the yields
have been really
great so we have a
good supply.”
Todd Hyra
SeCan
because often Falcon falls short
of CWRW quality standards
and there are adequate supplies of a new CWRW winter
wheat, AC Flourish, to replace
CDC Falcon.
AC Flourish, developed by
Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada (AAFC), will be distributed by SeCan.
“It has been moving really
well, but the yields have been
really great so we have a good
s u p p l y,” s a i d To d d Hy r a ,
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“Given the state of affairs at
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SeCan’s business manager for
Western Canada.
Falcon is popular with farmers because of its high yield
and short straw. AC Flourish
yields even better, has shorter
straw and higher protein, Hyra
said.
There are at least two other
Falcon replacements in the
pipeline. AC Emerson, also
f ro m A A F C , w i l l b e c o m mercially launched next fall
through Canterra Seeds. It’s
the first wheat of any type in
Western Canada rated as resistant to fusarium head blight.
Although AC Emerson has
an “R” rating, it isn’t immune
to fusarium. Farmers should
still take steps to mitigate the
impact of the fungal disease.
Limited supplies of AAC
Gateway, another AAFC variety, will be available from Seed
Depot under an identity-preserved program next fall. Full
commercial release is expected
in 2015.
Pricing
the province would no longer be
collected as of Sept. 1.
The Manitoba Cattle
Enhancement Council (MCEC),
the levy collection and distribution agency, will now be wound
down.
Manitoba cattle producers will still be able to request
refunds of the levies they paid
over the 12 months ending Sept.
1. All livestock auction marts in
the province are to be notified
“immediately” of the levy’s end,
the MCEC said.
MCEC has operated since
2006 as manager of a levybacked investment fund meant
to help finance slaughter facilities in Manitoba. The investment pool was funded by the
compulsory-but-refundable
levy of $2 per head on all cattle
produced and sold in the province. The province matched levy
contributions to the fund for its
first three years.
The council and levy were set
up in the wake of the BSE crisis in 2003, when the U.S. shut
its borders to Canadian cattle.
Manitoba was caught with no
federally inspected slaughter
facility that could market beef
interprovincially or for export
— and the province’s producers had relatively little access
to federally inspected plants in
Ontario and Alberta.
“The directors and staff at
MCEC have gone above and
beyond in their efforts to build
federally inspected cattle capacity in Manitoba,” said Frieda
Krpan, a producer at St. Laurent,
Man. who in July was named
MCEC’s chair, following Barry
Todd’s retirement from the post
March 1.
“However, we have agreed
that it is in the best interest of
Manitoba cattle producers to
stop collecting the levy.”
Manitoba’s need for federally
inspected beef slaughter facilities “has not diminished over
time, but private investment
needs to take the lead,” she said
in a release.
Provincial Agriculture
Minister Ron Kostyshyn said
the province still believes
Ma n i t o b a n e e d s f e d e ra l l y
inspected cattle slaughter
capacity, but he blamed the
federal government’s 2009
withdrawal of $10 million
in Slaughter Improvement
Program (SIP) backing for a proposed plant in Winnipeg.
Since then,“everyone has
done their best to increase federal cattle slaughter capacity in
Manitoba. As a cattle producer, I
believe it is now time to end the
levy before the fall cattle run.”
M C E C we n t o n t o h e l p
finance the expansion of provincial slaughter facilities as well as
the purchase and preparation of
the proposed beef project site in
Winnipeg’s St. Boniface district.
“MCEC spent $5.7 million
developing the (St. Boniface)
project based on the commitment that they were going to
receive financing through the
federal Slaughter Improvement
Program,” Kostyshyn said.
Another $1.1 million was
spent to pursue “other options”
for the project after the SIP
funds were pulled.
Manitoba’s provincial Tory
Under the Canadian Wheat
Board’s monopoly, shifting
Falcon to the general purpose
class would’ve almost certainly
meant lower prices. But the
impact is less clear in an open
market.
“The market will determine
its value relative to its replacement,” said Keith Bruch, vicepresident of operations for
PatersonGlobalFoods.
“Flourish is really the upa n d - c o m i n g r e d w i n t e r.
Functionally it is... probably
better. We’re trying to encourage farmers to plant Flourish
instead of Falcon going forward and then it will be the
market that determines
values.”
Despite the shift, for now
Falcon’s insured dollar value
stays the same as winter
wheats in the CWRW class, Van
Deynze said.
Winter wheat data to help farmers with variety selection should
be in next week’s Manitoba
Co-operator and posted online
at www.manitobacooperator.ca
even sooner.
Manitoba Agriculture, Food
and Rural Initiatives’ Pam de
Rocquigny is analyzing the
data collected from this year’s
Manitoba Crop Evaluation Trials.
Over the last five years
Manitoba farmers have seeded
an average of 330,000 acres of
winter wheat yielding 64 bushels an acre.
This year yields vary from
50 to 100 bushels an acre, but
most are in the 60- to 70-bushel-an-acre range, de Rocquigny
said.
Ideally winter wheat should
be seeded into standing stubble to catch insulating snow
reducing winterkill, she said.
The optimum plant stand
is 25 to 28 per square foot.
Thousand-kernel weight and
seed germination should be
used to calculate seeding rates,
said de Rocquigny.
“Don’t seed deep,” even if it’s
dry, because it reduces seedling
vigour, she said. Aim for a halfinch or less.
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opposition, however, argued
that the federal government
pulled out because Ottawa did
not believe the St. Boniface
plant was viable.
Tory Agriculture Critic Ralph
Eichler said $8 million has
been collected from producers through the levy, only for
the government to now confirm that plans for a St. Boniface
plant have failed.
Ko s t y s h y n “s h o u l d b e
ashamed of himself for getting
so little return on the investment made by Manitoba’s cattle producers,” Eichler said in
a release. “I don’t know how
Minister Kostyshyn could look
a fellow cattle producer in the
eye and say he did his best for
them.”
Eichler said MCEC also has
yet to deliver a $920,000 grant
pledged to Carman-area meat
packer Plains Processors. That
grant got conditional approval
from MCEC in 2011.
Manitoba Beef Producers said
it approves of the province’s
decision to halt the levy and
wind down MCEC, noting it has
called for such a move through
resolutions.
M B P p r e s i d e n t Tr e v o r
Atchison said the producer
group “continues to support the
expansion of federally inspected
slaughter capacity in Manitoba
provided there is a viable business plan.”
Winnipeg lawyer Anders
Bruun has been hired as an
independent third party to work
with MCEC on winding down
the organization’s operations,
MCEC said.
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Risk of serious injury peaks now
Heat, fatigue, and rushing can lead to not recognizing workplace hazards
BRIEFS
Argentine wheat
dodges weather
bullet
BUENOS AIRES / REUTERS
A late-winter cold snap in
Argentina has done little
or no damage, experts say.
The weather worries supported Chicago futures and
came just as Argentina’s
northern neighbour and
main wheat buyer, Brazil,
said it will have a smallerthan-expected crop this
year due to July frosts. World
demand for wheat is solid
this year due in part to
steady demand from China.
Most local meteorologists and analysts said the
antarctic air that blasted
Argentina last week won’t
affect yields because it hit
too early in the season.
“The leaves on some of
the more susceptible varieties (of wheat) may have
suffered from the cold, but
the plants themselves can
recuperate,” said Tomas
Parenti, weather expert at
the Rosario grains exchange.
Aussie wheat
rebounding
PERTH / REUTERS /
Western Australia’s wheat
production is set to rise
25 per cent in the 2013-14
year, with July rains likely
to boost output, says CBH
Group, the state’s largest
grain handler.
“We’ve had very good
rainfall and our crop forecast has improved dramatically,” said Tom Puddy,
head of marketing at CBH
Group.
“The rainfall has probably increased the yield
potential by 15 to 20 per
cent.”
Overall, Australian wheat
production is forecast at
25.0 million to 25.5 million
tonnes, with 18 million
tonnes to be exported.
before moving machinery to
ensure no one is nearby, taking breaks to stay alert, never
getting on or off moving equipment, and avoiding climbing
or reaching into combine hoppers unless the engine or augers
are stopped.
“ Working long hours are
essential but it’s important
producers take the proper
safety measures to ensure
their own safety and health
and that of others as well,”
Shaw said.
“It can be as simple as taking breaks every so often, or
rotating jobs like switching off
and driving the truck if you’re
typically the combine driver.”
The heat of the last two
weeks will also take its toll,
especially on fatigued workers
so it’s critical that farmers and
all those they’re working with
stay hydrated and take time to
eat properly, he said.
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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
WHAT’S UP
A crop with curves
Please forward your agricultural
events to daveb@fbcpublishing.
com or call 204-944-5762.
Sept. 7: Manitoba Giant Growers
Association giant pumpkin growers’ patch tour, starts 2:30 p.m. at
59 Sixth St. in Roland. For more
info call Art Cameron at 204-3432314 or email artccam@gmail.
com.
Sept. 7-8: Double B Rodeo and
Country Fair, Beausejour. Call
204-205-0723 or email doublebro
[email protected].
Sept. 13: Food Matters Manitoba
annual general meeting, 2-4 p.m.,
Neechi Commons, 865 Main St.,
Winnipeg. For more info or to RSVP
(deadline Sept. 5) call 204-9430822 or email [email protected].
Sept. 13-15: Harvest Moon Festival,
Clearwater. Visit harvestmoonfes
tival.ca.
Sept. 15: Open Farm Day. Over
60 participating host farms in
Manitoba open their farm gates
to the public. Learn more at www.
openfarmday.ca or call 204-8215322 in Russell.
Hopefully this nice crop of hay photographed Aug. 27 missed the spotty weekend downpours that moved through southern Manitoba. photo: jeannette greaves
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Sept. 19-20: Canada Beef Inc.
annual forum, Sheraton Cavalier,
2620-32nd Ave. NE., Calgary. For
more info visit canadabeef.ca or
call 403-275-5890, ext. 310.
Sept. 24-26: Western Nutrition
Conference, Sheraton Cavalier,
612 Spadina Cres. E., Saskatoon.
For more info visit www.westernnutritionconference.ca or call 306933-4404.
Sept. 28-29: Manitoba Plowing
Match; horse, tractor and vintage
classes. From Carberry, six miles
north on Hwy. 5 to Road 67N and
two miles west. For more information, contact, Barb Boundy, at
[email protected].
Oct. 5: Roland Pumpkin Fair. Call
204-343-2314 or email artcam@
gmail.com.
Oct. 9-10: National Farm Animal
Care Conference, Hilton Garden
Inn, 2400 Alert Rd., Ottawa. For
more info visit www.nfacc.ca/con
ferences or call 403-932-1877.
Oct. 22: Fields on Wheels
Conference: Climate Change
and Grain Transportation, Delta
Winnipeg Hotel, 350 St. Mary
Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit
umanitoba.ca/faculties/manage
ment/ti/2610.html or email trans
[email protected].
Oct. 31-Nov. 2: Manitoba
Livestock Expo, Brandon. Call 204726-3590 or visit www.brandonfairs.com.
Nov. 17-19: Manitoba Farm
Women’s Conference, Canad
Inns, 2401 Saskatchewan Ave. W.,
Portage la Prairie. For more info
visit www.manitobafarmwomen
sconference.ca.
Dec. 9-11: Canadian Forage and
Grassland Association conference,
Pomeroy Inn and Suites, Olds
College, 4601-46th Ave., Olds, Alta.
For more info call 204-726-9393
or visit www.canadianfga.ca/
events/current-events/.
2014
Feb. 4-5: Manitoba Beef
Producers 35th annual general
meeting, Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria
Ave. W., Brandon. For more info
visit mbbeef.ca.
Feb. 25-27: Canola Council of
Canada annual convention, San
Antonio, Texas. For more info visit
www.canolacouncil.org.
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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
Two more transmission lines
planned in southern Manitoba
Manitoba Hydro promising to consult but holding open houses during harvest draws criticism
By Shannon VanRaes
co-operator staff
F
ar mers and landown ers in southern Manitoba who mounted an
unsuccessful fight to block the
Bipole III transmission line are
now facing the prospect of two
more lines.
Manitoba Hydro is planning
two more lines — the St. Vital
“There were three
open houses last
week, all right
during the middle
of harvest.”
Karen Friesen
photo: thinkstock
Transmission Complex and
Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Project — and again
upsetting landowners in the
process, said Karen Friesen,
who farms near Niverville and
is president of the Bipole III
Coalition.
“They’re already at the stage
o f h a v i n g t h re e p ro p o s e d
routes for the St. Vital project,”
said Friesen. “It comes from
St. V ital straight south to
Letellier. That’s all prime agricultural land.”
People aren’t happy with
Manitoba Hydro’s consultation
process, she added.
“ T h e re we re t h re e o p e n
houses last week, all right during the middle of harvest,”
said Friesen.
Manitoba Hydro’s Bipole
III consultation process was
criticized by the Clean Envi-
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ronment Commission, and the
Crown corporation has “made
significant modifications” to
improve the process this time
around, said Hydro spokesman Glenn Schneider.
Thir ty-six stakeholder
groups have already been consulted for the St. Vital Complex, and 2,200 letters sent out
to landowners, he said.
However, there was only
two weeks’ notice for the open
houses, which only drew 130
people. Friesen accused Hydro
of trying to limit landowner
input by holding them during
harvest. However, Schneider
said the timing was dictated
by a need to file regulatory
materials by December, and
that input can also be provided by phone or email.
“There will be another
round of open houses in October,” he said. “In addition, we
will meet personally with any
landowner who wishes to discuss the project with us.”
He also notes that lines for
the St. Vital Complex will not
be as high as those of a bipole
line, allowing for “H-style”
poles to be placed along
road allowances.
But they pose other problems, said Friesen, including more poles because the
lines are lower and interfere
with GPS equipment from
AC lines.
Her coalition has turned to
the Canadian Association of
Energy and Pipeline Landowner Associations, a nonprofit group that represents
the interests of members facing a possible expropriation.
The organization wants
expropriation privileges for
pipeline and power line companies repealed, and replaced
by voluntary business agreements founded on property
rights and bound by contract
law, said Dave Core, the association’s CEO.
“But in the meantime we
have to live with the regulations that are there,” said Core.
“ We’re not anti-development here, our role is to get
landowners’ property rights
respected and make sure we
address all the liabilities, risk
and costs that are imposed
upon them.”
The organization has negotiated land sales in Manitoba in
the past, and also represented
property owners in recent
negotiations with Enbridge for
pipeline access.
“It’s not hard to expropriate one or two people who are
causing you difficulties, but to
expropriate everybody is challenging,” Core said. “That’s
the way we level the playing
field... there’s strength in numbers.”
The Bipole III Coalition is
working to make landowners
aware of the association and
consider whether it would be
worthwhile becoming a member, Friesen said.
“For us personally, we made
the decision to join because
this is the only option we have
left... but ever yone has to
make their own decision,” she
said.
[email protected]
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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
LIVESTOCK MARKETS
Cattle Prices
Winnipeg
August 30, 2013
Fall yearling run begins at
Manitoba auction marts
Steers & Heifers
105.00 - 112.25
D1, 2 Cows
76.00 - 84.00
D3 Cows
66.00 - 75.00
Bulls
85.00 - 94.75
Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only)
Steers
(901+ lbs.)
120.00 - 140.00
(801-900 lbs.)
136.00 - 142.00
(701-800 lbs.)
138.00 - 152.00
(601-700 lbs.)
145.00 - 162.00
(501-600 lbs.)
160.00 - 185.00
(401-500 lbs.)
165.00 - 186.00
Heifers
(901+ lbs.)
110.00 - 125.00
(801-900 lbs.)
122.00 - 133.00
(701-800 lbs.)
127.00 - 137.00
(601-700 lbs.)
130.00 - 142.00
(501-600 lbs.)
135.00 - 148.00
(401-500 lbs.)
140.00 - 155.00
Heifers
Alberta South
$ 118.00 - 119.75
118.25 - 119.40
72.00 - 82.00
63.00 - 77.00
—
$ 133.00 - 145.00
135.00 - 152.00
140.00 - 158.00
144.00 - 160.00
149.00 - 165.00
158.00 - 185.00
$ 123.00 - 134.00
128.00 - 140.00
130.00 - 144.00
130.00 - 145.00
130.00 - 149.00
140.00 - 160.00
($/cwt)
(1,000+ lbs.)
(850+ lbs.)
(901+ lbs.)
(801-900 lbs.)
(701-800 lbs.)
(601-700 lbs.)
(501-600 lbs.)
(401-500 lbs.)
(901+ lbs.)
(801-900 lbs.)
(701-800 lbs.)
(601-700 lbs.)
(501-600 lbs.)
(401-500 lbs.)
Futures (August 30, 2013) in U.S.
Fed Cattle
Close
Change
August 2013
123.55
0.20
October 2013
126.97
-0.23
December 2013
130.25
0.53
February 2014
131.80
0.73
April 2014
133.00
1.10
June 2014
127.17
0.85
Cattle Slaughter
Canada
East
West
Manitoba
U.S.
Feeder Cattle
August 2013
September 2013
October 2013
November 2013
January 2014
March 2014
MCEC’s $2-per-head cattle levy ends as of Sept. 1
Previous
Year­
54,037
12,064
41,973
NA
652,000
Ontario
$ 102.34 - 130.35
111.35 - 126.76
58.43 - 86.19
58.43 - 86.19
75.56 - 94.78
$ 134.70 - 149.84
139.10 - 156.00
133.48 - 163.59
126.06 - 170.01
128.02 - 187.95
143.47 - 195.49
$ 125.19 - 133.91
132.64 - 145.40
116.28 - 147.10
121.21 - 151.72
123.11 - 158.63
118.86 - 158.32
Close
155.05
156.22
158.00
158.77
157.80
157.40
Week Ending
August 24, 2013
493
20,337
19,665
1,094
1,286
6,120
160
Prime
AAA
AA
A
B
D
E
Change
-0.40
-1.48
-2.00
-1.68
-1.17
-0.82
Previous
Year
428
24,499
21,474
1,299
1,121
4,161
454
Hog Prices
Source: Manitoba Agriculture
(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg)
E - Estimation
MB. ($/hog)
MB. (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.)
MB. (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.)
ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.)
P.Q. (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)
Current Week
189.00E
174.00E
180.96
187.10
Futures (August 30, 2013) in U.S.
Hogs
October 2013
December 2013
February 2014
April 2014
May 2014
Last Week
195.29
179.92
188.49
193.54
Close
87.32
84.30
86.07
85.90
90.00
CNSC
“When our dollar is weaker,
the Americans will be more
aggressive on our market.”
T
robin hill
Brandon Logan
Cattle Grades (Canada)
Week Ending
August 24, 2013
49,576
12,614
36,962
NA
634,000
$1 Cdn: $ .9500 U.S.
$1 U.S: $1.0526 Cdn.
COLUMN
(Friday to Thursday)
Slaughter Cattle
Slaughter Cattle
Grade A Steers
Grade A Heifers
D1, 2 Cows
D3 Cows
Bulls
Steers
EXCHANGES:
August 30, 2013
Last Year (Index 100)
163.52
150.20
147.57
156.79
Change
-87.32
-84.30
-86.07
-85.90
-90.00
Other Market Prices
he number of yearlings enter ing
Manitoba’s cattle markets jumped significantly during the week ended Aug.
30, signalling the beginning of the yearling
run, according to Robin Hill, manager of
Heartland Livestock at Virden.
“We had about 950 yearlings this week, so
we had a good yearling trade,” he said. “The
yearling run has begun and we’re full swing
ahead. Guys with yearlings try to have them
marketed before the calf run starts, and the
calf run is roughly a month away.”
However, many yearlings are still on
pasture heading into the first week of
September. Hot, dry conditions the past
few weeks have hardened pastures, Hill
said, before noting that isn’t exactly a bad
thing.
“Harder pasture means more weight as
long as there is something there for them to
eat,” he said. “I’d say the pasture conditions
across the province are still fair to good.”
According to Manitoba Agriculture, Food
and Rural Initiatives’ weekly crop progress
report, pasture conditions varied significantly from region to region, based on the
amount of precipitation received last week.
The Canadian dollar played an important
role in terms of demand again this week,
as its continued weakness against its U.S.
counterpart made Manitoba cattle more
enticing for U.S. buyers.
“ W h e n o u r d o l l a r i s w e a k e r, t h e
Americans will be more aggressive on our
market,” Hill said. “There are lots of orders
and fight in all three directions ( Western
Canada, Eastern Canada and the U.S.).”
At the close on Aug. 30, the Canadian dollar was valued at US94.97 cents.
From a producer’s viewpoint, Hill said,
increased competition from U.S. buyers
is making sellers very happy. “As a producer, we want to see competition, and the
Americans are making it a very competitive
marketplace today for the seller.”
Butcher cow prices were steady again
this week, but Hill said prices could start to
come down sooner rather than later.
“Butcher cows and bulls have been fully
steady the last three weeks of marketing,” he
said. “However, on a normal fall, we will see
prices back down due to increased volumes in
September, October and November.”
With harvest starting across Western
Canada, grain prices will soon begin to
weigh on cattle prices, as crop projections
are favourable for the most part. Add in an
expected record-large U.S. corn crop, and it’s
more than likely that feed barley will continue
to decline in price.
It was also announced Aug. 30 that the
Farm Products Marketing Council would
end collection of Manitoba’s voluntary cattle enhancement levy effective Sept. 1, upon
the recommendation of the Manitoba Cattle
Enhancement Council (MCEC), a provincial
release said.
“ The Manitoba Cattle Enhancement
Council and Manitoba’s livestock producers have shown their dedication to the future
of the industry and we still believe that
Manitoba needs federally inspected cattle
slaughter capacity,” Agriculture Minister Ron
Kostyshyn said in a release. “Since the federal government made the decision to withdraw it’s $10-million pledge (to a Winnipeg
beef slaughter plant project from the federal
Slaughter Improvement Program), everyone
has done their best to increase federal cattle
slaughter capacity in Manitoba,” he said.
“As a cattle producer, I believe it is now time
to end the levy before the fall cattle run. We
hope the federal government will come back
to the table if a new opportunity arises.”
Brandon Logan writes for Commodity News Service
Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and
commodity market reporting.
Sheep and Lambs
$/cwt
Ewes Choice
Lambs (110+ lb.)
(95 - 109 lb.)
(80 - 94 lb.)
(Under 80 lb.)
(New crop)
Winnipeg (head)
(wooled fats)
—
Next
Sale is
Sept. 4
Chickens
Minimum broiler prices as of May 23, 2010
Under 1.2 kg................................... $1.5130
1.2 - 1.65 kg.................................... $1.3230
1.65 - 2.1 kg.................................... $1.3830
2.1 - 2.6 kg...................................... $1.3230
Turkeys
Minimum prices as of September 1, 2013
Broiler Turkeys
(6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average)
Grade A .................................... $2.035
Undergrade .............................. $1.945
Hen Turkeys
(between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average)
Grade A .................................... $2.025
Undergrade .............................. $1.925
Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys
(between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average)
Grade A .................................... $2.025
Undergrade .............................. $1.925
Tom Turkeys
(10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average)
Grade A..................................... $1.920
Undergrade............................... $1.835
Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.
Toronto
69.61 - 103.05
144.87 - 159.45
161.45 - 171.05
155.91 - 175.16
134.23 - 193.17
—
SunGold
Specialty Meats
40.00
Eggs
Minimum prices to producers for ungraded
eggs, f.o.b. egg grading station, set by the
Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board
effective June 12, 2011.
New
Previous
A Extra Large
$1.8500
$1.8200
A Large
1.8500
1.8200
A Medium
1.6700
1.6400
A Small
1.2500
1.2200
A Pee Wee
0.3675
0.3675
Nest Run 24 +
1.7490
1.7210
B
0.45
0.45
C
0.15
0.15
Goats
Kids
Billys
Mature
Winnipeg (head)
(Fats)
—
—
—
Toronto
($/cwt)
85.23 - 222.04
—
79.98 - 189.48
Horses
<1,000 lbs.
1,000 lbs.+
Winnipeg
($/cwt)
—
—
Toronto
($/cwt)
4.92 - 32.00
20.79 - 44.35
briefs
China says
to boost corn
imports
beijing / reuters
China’s agriculture minister
said the world’s secondlargest corn consumer will
gradually boost imports
to meet growing demand,
reflecting the challenge
China faces in trying to
achieve self-sufficiency in
food output.
Rising dependence from
China on corn imports
would bring about a long-
term change in global trade
in the grain and support
international prices.
Chinese buying has
already had a big impact on
the cost of corn. When the
country bought a record
volume in 2011-12 it helped
drive benchmark Chicago
corn prices to $8 a bushel —
more than double the average of the past decade.
Any change of self-sufficiency policy for corn could
herald long-term growth
in imports in line with soybeans, where the policy has
been dropped. China’s soy-
bean imports have surged
over the past decade to a
forecast 69 million tonnes
in 2013-14, and account for
over 60 per cent of the global
sea-borne market.
“We will gradually expand
corn imports,” Han Changfu
told state media, in an
interview published on the
ministry’s website. (www.
moa.gov.cn). “The growing consumption of meat,
eggs and dairy has boosted
demand for the feed grain ...
the expansion of the cornprocessing industry also
needs more corn.”
Looking for results? Check out the market reports
from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 36
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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
GRAIN MARKETS
Export and International Prices
column
Volatility still possible for
canola this month
Large crops remain a bearish influence on wheat markets
Last Week
All prices close of business August 29, 2013
Week Ago
Year Ago
Wheat
Chicago wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
235.60
231.65
324.60
Minneapolis wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
266.09
264.25
345.36
Coarse Grains
Chicago corn (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
195.77
191.93
319.49
Chicago oats (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
255.96
248.02
251.26
Chicago soybeans (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
525.38
485.70
650.39
Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)
965.35
935.58
1,247.81
oilseeds
Phil Franz-Warkentin
CNSC
I
CE Futures Canada canola contracts
saw some wide price swings during the
week ended Aug. 30, initially climbing
sharply in sympathy with the rallying U.S.
soy complex, but then spending the rest of
the week retracing its steps to finish with
only small advances overall.
Hot and dry U.S. weather conditions, and
the accompanying concerns that soybean
yields may be compromised, sent soybeans
rallying sharply higher on Monday. Canola
followed suit, but the crop’s own relatively
bearish fundamentals took over as the
week progressed.
Soybeans also backed away from their
gains, as forecasts turned more moderate
and the improving moisture prospects had
traders taking some of the recently created
risk premiums out of the futures.
While the U.S. heat created some concerns for soybeans and corn, similar conditions across the Canadian Prairies came
at just the right time for canola crops and
helped speed up development ahead of
the harvest. Swathing is underway in all
three provinces, and combining will soon
pick up steam. Anecdotal reports point to
good yields, with most in the industry now
banking on a canola crop well above the
already-record 14.7 million tonnes currently forecast by Statistics Canada.
While the end is near, the canola crop
is not yet completely made, which leaves
the door open for some volatility over the
next month. A possible frost is one such
uncertainty in the background, as cool
temperatures are not out of the question
moving into September. A frost at this time
is unlikely to hurt yields, but quality downgrades are a possibility.
Fr o m a t e c h n i c a l s t a n d p o i n t , t h e
November canola contract hit an intersession high of C$544.90 per tonne during the
week, but its highest settlement was $538.
Former resistance around $520 per tonne
acted as nearby support, but the looming
harvest pressure could easily overpower
any chart signals and take values considerably lower.
U.S. weather conditions, and the result-
For three-times-daily market
reports from Commodity
News Service Canada,
visit “Today in Markets” at
www.manitobacooperator.ca.
Winnipeg Futures
ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business August 30, 2013
barley
ing swings in soybeans, will also have more
play in the canola market than any of the
commodity’s own fundamentals over the
next month.
If the soybean crop doesn’t get enough
moisture, November soybeans could
quickly rally back above the psychological
US$14-per-bushel level breached briefly
during the week. However, if conditions
improve, long liquidation would then come
forward to take prices lower, with a sizable
gap on the charts between US$13.30 and
$13.48 needing to be filled.
Corn futures also rallied with U.S.
weather concerns, but not to the same
extent as soybeans. The corn crop is much
further along, and the hot, dry weather was
not as detrimental to its development during the week.
December corn settled just above the
US$5-per-bushel level on Monday, but
failed to see any follow-through buying
interest. New weather concerns or a rally in
soybeans could lead to a retest of that chart
point.
Activity in wheat was a little more subdued, although the Minneapolis, Kansas
City and Chicago futures all posting small
gains but holding were relatively rangebound overall. Gains in corn were somewhat supportive, but large global wheat
crops remain a bearish influence overhanging the market.
The International Grains Council raised
its projections for the size of the world
wheat crop by four million tonnes, with
total production now forecast at 691 million tonnes. Part of the increase was due to
Canada’s improving prospects.
Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News
Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in
grain and commodity market reporting.
Last Week
Week Ago
October 2013
189.00
189.00
December 2013
194.00
194.00
March 2014
194.00
194.00
Last Week
Week Ago
November 2013
522.30
515.70
January 2014
527.70
521.10
March 2014
532.50
527.00
Canola
Special Crops
Report for September 3, 2013 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan
Spot Market
Spot Market
Lentils (Cdn. cents per pound)
Other (Cdn. cents per pound unless
otherwise specified)
Large Green 15/64
22.00 - 23.00
Canaryseed
Laird No. 1
20.00 - 22.00
Oil Sunflower Seed
Eston No. 2
16.00 - 17.75
Desi Chickpeas
24.75 - 27.00
—
20.00 - 21.00
Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)
Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)
Green No. 1
8.80 - 10.50
Fababeans, large
Medium Yellow No. 1
6.40 - 7.30
—
Feed beans
—
Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)
No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans
38.00 - 40.00
Feed Pea (Rail)
No. 1 Great Northern
—
5.25 - 8.60
Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)
No. 1 Cranberry Beans
60.00 - 60.00
Yellow No. 1
37.75 - 38.75
No. 1 Light Red Kidney
50.00 - 50.00
Brown No. 1
35.75 - 37.75
No. 1 Dark Red Kidney
55.00 - 55.00
Oriental No. 1
27.30 - 28.75
No. 1 Black Beans
40.00 - 42.00
No. 1 Pinto Beans
40.00 - 41.00
No. 1 Small Red
Source: Stat Publishing
No. 1 Pink
SUNFLOWERS
—
40.00 - 42.00
Fargo, ND
Goodlands, KS
20.60
NQ
32.00* Call for details
—
Report for August 30, 2013 in US$ cwt
NuSun (oilseed)
Confection
Source: National Sunflower Association
briefs
Weaker futures cause
CWB to lower 2013-14
wheat PROs
By Commodity News Service Canada
CWB (formerly known as the
Canadian Wheat Board) has lowered Pool Return Outlooks (PROs)
for wheat in its 2013-14 (Aug./Jul.)
Annual and Early Delivery pools,
according to an updated report
released on August 15. CWB noted
in the report that they lowered
PROs by $23 and $25 per tonne
in the Delivery and Annual pools,
respectively.
The report said that recent weak-
ness in the U.S. futures markets
and strength in the value of the
Canadian dollar caused them to
move PROs lower. Wheat futures
markets in the U.S. have been
weaker due to expectations that
global supplies of both wheat and
corn will be very large in
2013-14.
Generally good conditions for
wheat across the globe, including
Canada, Europe and the Black Sea
region have also been bearish for
wheat prices.
Durum PROs were lowered
slightly by CWB, as Canadian crop
prospects are looking good
so far.
CWB moved malting barley PROs
lower in reaction to news of good
crop prospects in Western Canada,
as well as Europe and Australia.
Canola PROs were also lowered,
due to a recent downturn in prices
in both futures and cash markets.
Dry weather threatens
U.S. soybean yields
chicago / reuters / U.S. soybean conditions are likely to decline
this week due to insufficient weekend rain and forecasts for mostly
dry weather in the days ahead for
key crop areas, agricultural meteorologists said Sept. 3.
“I don’t think there will be any
major improvements,” said John
Dee, meteorologist for Global
Weather Monitoring. “If anything,
conditions will go down again.”
Most of the concern is for soybeans as corn is further along in
development.
“There is a pretty dry week ahead,
though temperatures will be cooler
this week,” Dee said.
Commodity Weather Group
meteorologist Joel Widenor said
the weekend rains were better than
expected along the Iowa-Nebraska
border but still missed many of the
driest Midwest soybean areas.
“About 40 per cent of the Soybean
Belt remains severely dry and will
continue to see yield losses mount
as growth finishes up,” Widenor
said.
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COUNTRY CROSSROADS
RURAL DE V E LOPM ENT
CON N EC T I NG RU R A L FA M I L I E S
Niverville unveils
new state-of-the-art
personal-care home
Assisted living, supportive care, and now personal-care
home provide full aging-in-place services in Niverville
Over 600 people attend the opening of the Heritage Life
Personal Care Home in Niverville on August 20. supplied photo
By Lorraine Stevenson
co-operator staff / niverville
A
new state-of-the-art personal-care home
unveiled here this summer has caught the
attention of at least three other towns in rural
Manitoba.
The 80-bed Heritage Life Personal Care Home
includes the country’s first special-care 20-bed unit
designed specifically for patients with aggressive and
overactive Alzheimer’s or suffering from dementia.
It’s also the province’s first personal-care home to be
funded entirely by the community. And its $13.2-million price tag works out to a cost of just over $150,000
per bed, well below the $400,000-per-bed cost of a
government-funded facility.
That’s caught the attention of others — including officials from Carman and two other towns, said
Gordon Daman, volunteer president of Heritage Life
Personal Care Home and vice-president of Niverville
Heritage Holdings Inc., the non-profit board behind
the facility’s construction.
“We recognize that this isn’t just about Niverville,”
he said. “This is about the region and indeed the province as a whole. Future builds will likely very strongly
consider the model that’s been developed here.”
The new facility adjoins the town’s Heritage Centre,
a 36-suite assisted-living and supportive-care residence completed in 2007 and is also tied in with a new
primary health-care centre.
The project dates back to 2003 when Niverville’s
“We recognize that this isn’t just about
Niverville. This is about the region
and indeed the province as a whole.
Future builds will likely very strongly
consider the model that’s been
developed here.”
Gordon Daman
president Heritage Life Personal Care Home and vicepresident of Niverville Heritage Holdings Inc.
town council had a growing population with no
health-care services and dearth of seniors’ housing.
Although it was the fastest-growing centre in the
province, older residents were leaving for places that
had seniors’ housing or a hospital.
Losing older citizens isn’t good for any community,
said Daman.
“Individuals who realize there won’t be a place for
them to live (as they age) in the community will literally begin to start checking out,” Daman said.
That has a ripple effect and affects volunteerism,
support for local businesses, and other facets of community life, he said.
“There’s even a trickle down to the next generation.”
So community residents embraced an ‘aging-inplace’ strategy, a vision founded on ensuring there is
adequate housing for people in all stages of life. The
community raised nearly $2.5 million over 10 years to
make both the Heritage Centre and now Heritage Life
Personal Care Home a reality.
“There have been a lot of individuals who have given
their hard-earned dollars in a very philanthropic way
to be able to see this move forward,” Daman said.
Building the new facility next to the Heritage Centre
helped to lower construction costs, but local tradespeople also reduced their rates, which saved about 25
per cent on the construction bill.
They were happy to help, Daman said.
“They’ve experienced where family and friends have
had to leave the community, too,” he said.
The project initially involved having the community-owned Niverville Heritage Holdings purchase
the personal-care home in St. Adolphe and working
with the regional health authority and the Manitoba
government to develop a plan to replace that 42-bed
facility.
The new personal-care home was built in a partnership between the provincial government, Niverville
Heritage Holdings, and Southern Health-Sante Sud,
with the province agreeing to provide more than $5
million per year in operating funds for the new home.
“This is an important part of the Manitoba government’s plan to build hundreds more personal-care
home beds across Manitoba,” Health Minister Theresa
Oswald stated in a news release.
[email protected]
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COUNTRY CROSSROADS
RecipeSwap
Send your recipes or recipe request to:
Manitoba Co-operator
Recipe Swap
Box 1794,
Carman, Man. ROG OJO
or email: [email protected]
Corn ahead
Lorraine Stevenson
Crossroads Recipe Swap
I
f you’ve thrived in last month’s heat, you’re
kind of corny. Corn loves the heat too, and
needs a lot of it to become that sweet, latesummer crop we crave.
Crop development was five to 14 days behind
usual due to the cooler weather in July, says
Tom Gonsalves, Manitoba Agriculture Food
and Rural Initiatives’ vegetable specialist.
But there are now ample supplies of sweet
corn on the market, about 750 to 850 acres’
worth, Gonsalves ‘guesstimates.’
But before you buy, ask if it’s locally grown,
says Gonsalves, as there’s also a fair amount of
corn coming in from B.C., Ontario and the U.S.
“I think most consumers equate local with
fresh,” he says. “(Local) could be picked the day
before. But if it comes from wherever, it’ll be
more like a week from the time it gets picked
and put in transit and shipped.”
Don’t assume the bicoloured corn you’re
buying is ‘Peaches and Cream,’ either. Farmers
grow varieties best suited to location and while
Peaches and Cream is a very popular variety,
it’s certainly not the only one. Super Sweet,
Hearty Corn and
Black Bean Soup
This thick, rich, satisfying soup is a
great way to welcome fall.
2 large onions, chopped
1 lb. bacon, chopped
2 lbs. dried black beans
12-1/2 c. chicken broth
1–2 bottles light-tasting beer, or use 2–4 cups water or
additional chicken broth
6 ears fresh sweet corn, husks removed
Juice and zest of 2 limes
6 ribs celery, chopped
3 green bell peppers, chopped
2 red bell peppers, chopped
1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
3 jalapenos, finely chopped
6 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
2 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
Optional toppings: Cheddar cheese, sour cream, crumbled
cooked bacon
In a large, heavy pot, cook onions and bacon
over medium heat, stirring, until bacon is
cooked but not crispy. Add black beans, chicken
broth, and beer, and heat to boiling. Once mixture comes to a boil, stir it once, cover it with
a lid, and remove from heat. Allow to sit for 1
hour. Return mixture to a boil. Reduce heat and
simmer for 1 hour, stirring frequently.
Using a sharp knife, carefully cut kernels off
the ears of corn. Add kernels to pot along with
lime juice and zest, celery, peppers, jalapeno,
garlic, and seasonings. Continue to simmer for
another 20 minutes, until beans and all vegetables are tender and soup is quite thick. Serve
hot, topped with cheddar cheese, sour cream,
and/or crumbled bacon. Serves 6 to 8.
Source: Sweet Corn Spectacular
Northern Sweet and Extra Supersweet are some
of the varieties available.
Don’t hesitate to ask which variety is being
sold, adds Gonsalves. Asking questions is a
good way to gauge whether the seller knows
and cares about growing quality corn or is just
someone hoping to cash in on a quick-selling
crop. Two of his favourite questions are: ‘How
long have you been growing corn?’ and, ‘What
kind of year has this one been compared to
last?’
“You can interpret from the responses you
get if the person really knows and understands
a bit about what they’re doing,” he says.
If you want advice on what to do with sweet
corn once you’re home in the kitchen, Marie
Porter can help you out.
The former Winnipegger is a professional baker and cookbook author now living in Minnesota. Just in time for corn season, she has released Sweet Corn Spectacular
(Minnesota Historical Society Press, 136 pages,
$18.95) containing more than 70 recipes for
every corn-based appetizer, side dish, main
dish and dessert you can imagine.
Her love of corn began at Morden’s Corn and
Apple Festival and her husband — who she
calls “The King of All Corn Freaks” — inspired
the cookbook.
“He can live on corn. It’s his favourite food,”
she says.
Sweet Corn Panna Cotta
Steeping dairy ingredients with fresh, sweet
corn provides the base of a wide variety of
creamy desserts — the ideal way to show off
corn’s sweet, subtle flavour, says Marie. This recipe produces a beautiful dessert, with the clear
flavour of corn shining through.
1-1/2 tsp. unflavoured gelatin powder
3 tbsp. cold water
2–3 ears fresh sweet corn, husks removed
3/4 c. milk
1 c. heavy cream
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1/2 c. sour cream
Toppings (see below)
The recipes for the cookbook originated
with a big corn feast she prepared for his
birthday a few years ago, with every item on
the table made from corn.
Sweet corn fudge, anyone?
It’s the desserts in this cookbook that
intrigue me the most.
Sweet corn pairs really beautifully with milk
and cream, says Porter.
“I’ll use corn in pretty much any type of
dessert,” she says.
She’s even got a recipe for corn ice cream
and the dish is “really trendy down here at
state fair time,” she notes.
Porter says she hopes her recipes inspire
year-round use of corn, and encourage tasty
experimenting in your own kitchen.
Sweet Corn Spectacular is the third of what’s
called the Northern Plate series, published
by MHSP, celebrating the bounty of the
American Upper Midwest by focusing on a
single ingredient.
Here are two recipes reprinted from Sweet
Corn Spectacular. You can find out more
about this and MHSP’s other cookbooks,
and ordering info at http://discussions.
mnhs.org/10000books/. You can also order
this book on Amazon.com. I put in a call to
McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg
about it last week and they’ve already ordered
copies.
Recipe swap
If you have a recipe or a column
suggestion please write to:
Manitoba Co-operator
Recipe Swap
Box 1794 Carman, Man. R0G 0J0
or email Lorraine Stevenson at:
[email protected]
Sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water in a
small bowl and let soak for 5 minutes. Using a
sharp knife, carefully cut kernels off the ears of
corn. Add kernels to a food processor or blender
along with the milk. Process until corn is rendered into small pieces. Pour into a saucepan
along with heavy cream. Heat corn and liquid
mixture just to a simmer, stirring occasionally; do not let it boil. Remove from heat, and
allow to steep for 10 minutes. Once mixture has
steeped, pour it through a fine-mesh strainer
into a clean saucepan; discard kernel pulp. Add
sugar, and heat mixture over medium just to a
simmer once again, stirring to dissolve sugar.
Meanwhile, microwave the gelatin on high for
about 15 seconds or until melted. Once the milk
mixture has come to a simmer, remove it from
the heat. Whisk in the gelatin until fully incorporated and the mixture is smooth. Add sour
cream, whisking until fully incorporated and
smooth. Pour into 4 greased ramekins or custard cups. Chill for at least 2 hours, until set.
Top with glazed nuts or a berry or caramel sauce
of your choosing. Serves 4.
Source: Sweet Corn Spectacular
PHOTO: THINKSTOCK
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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
COUNTRY CROSSROADS
Take a trip to Treherne
Plenty to see in this south-central area
By Donna Gamache
Freelance contributor
I
f you’re looking for a new spot to
visit, try a trip to the Treherne area,
in south-central Manitoba. My husband and I spent a few hours in the
region this summer, and were pleased
with our explorations.
First on anyone’s list in visiting
Treherne should be the “bottle buildings,” located at the corner of Railway
Avenue and Alexander Street, beside
the Visitor Centre. The site is open
every day during the summer months,
from 11 to 7, with shorter hours in the
off-season. (Check at s.hird@treherne.
ca or call 204-723-2044.) We visited on
a Sunday and were given a tour by a
very knowledgeable volunteer. During
the week hired students work at the
office, and we learned that student volunteers also help with cleanup in the
spring and fall.
The glass bottle buildings — which
include a house, a church, a bathroom
and a wishing well — are the work of a
Treherne couple, Bob and Dora Cain, and
their friend, Fred Harp. The Cains had
seen glass structures on visits to Ontario
and B.C., and decided they wanted to
build something similar. Harp joined
them in the construction, which was
originally on the Cains’ farm, six miles
(approximately 9.6 km) north of Treherne.
Dora’s contribution was mainly cleaning
all the bottles and removing the labels —
no small task in itself.
The structures are made of ale and
whiskey bottles — mostly of clear
and green glass, with a few darkbrown ones for accent. The bottles
are arranged in pleasing patterns,
concrete mortar filling in the spaces
between. On the outside the bottles are
arranged evenly; inside they are more
uneven, depending on the size and
height of the bottles. The first building,
the house, used about 4,000 bottles,
which took over three years to collect.
Antique and foreign bottles, donated
from around the world, are also displayed inside.
The bottle buildings are an inspiration for anyone with a dream to fulfil.
When the Cains began the construction, they had already celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary! The house,
with “Bob” and “Dora” spelled out in
glass is dated 1982, and the following
year the trio took about three months
to build the church.
For many years, until 2005, the Cains
welcomed visitors at their farm to see
the display. Some years up to 5,000
visitors arrived, including whole busloads. Eventually Dora convinced Bob
that they needed an operating bathroom for the visitors to use — which
is how the glass bathroom came into
being, and their son, Joe, installed running water and a sink. (The glass —
about 1,000 bottles — lets in enough
light, but you can’t see through it.)
After the couple passed away (Dora
in 2002 and Bob in 2006), the bottle
buildings were donated to the community by the W.A. Cain family. Local
officials from Treherne and the RM of
South Norfolk and volunteer groups
pooled their resources to move the
structures and re-establish them in
Treherne, where they have become a
definite tourist attraction. The moving
was apparently completed without any
bottles being broken.
The tiny church, which seats about
eight people, contains around 5,000
bottles and pews were cut in half to
make them fit. The church has an
organ donated by the MacGregor
Anglican Church, as well as stained
glass windows donated by the Cypress
River Anglican Church. Over the years,
five weddings have been held in the
church, the latest in 2008.
The glass church seats about eight people. GAMACHE photos
Once you’ve explored the bottle buildings, don’t miss out on some other
attractions in the area. Drive farther west
along Railway Avenue to the Treherne
Museum, which has a variety of pioneer and First Nations artifacts, including antique farm machinery, a pioneer
house and an extensive collection of
antique guns. We weren’t able to visit
inside the buildings, as the museum is
not open on Sundays, but we loved the
beautiful murals, by renowned painter
Hubert Théroux, showing scenes from
years gone by.
Take time to check out the Treherne
United Church on Boyne Street, a designated heritage site built in 1908. We
also visited the campground for a picnic,
and later strolled along part of the Boyne
Valley Trails. The nature section of this
trail is about 1.5 km, located on the east
side of the village. Two bridges, one a
covered one, cross the Boyne River.
Museum murals were painted by Hubert
Théroux.
While we were in the area, we drove
about nine km south along No. 242 to
the Pinkerton Lakes, a wildlife refuge
with a viewing tower overlooking the
lake.
This area is definitely worth a visit!
Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor,
Manitoba
Nuisance or bonus plant?
Spreaders — love them or hate them
By Albert Parsons
Freelance contributor
I
t’s funny how one person’s
problem is often regarded
by another as a bonus. So
it is in the garden where some
people abhor certain perennials because they are classified as “spreaders” while some
of us welcome these easy-care
and prolific plants into our
gardens and let them spread
in great drifts throughout our
landscapes.
What are some of these
“problem plants” and how
can they be incorporated into
the landscape so that they are
not too much of a nuisance?
Here are a few of the most
notorious. Many of the members of the campanula family — among them the common creeping bellflower —
are know for their spreading
habit since their underground
roots spread out aggressively
from the parent plant. Tansy
— I’m referring to the domestic cultivar, “fern-leaf ” tansy,
with its bright-gold umbels
— is another perennial with a
“spreader” reputation. Its long
roots will easily spread out a
couple of metres in one growing season.
Japanese spurge, like
its cousin the native leafy
spurge, also spreads by way
of an aggressive underground
root system. I like its lovely
soft foliage — very useful in
flower arrangements — and
i t s b r i g h t , s u l p h u r- ye l l ow
blooms, which appear in
s p r i n g a n d a g a i n i n m i dsummer. Some shade-loving
perennials also have a bad
“spreader” reputation. Two of
them are bishop’s goutweed
and lily-of-the-valley.
How does a gardener
include these often pesky
plants into the garden without causing untold grief in
the not-too-distant future?
The trick is to plant them in
an appropriate location where
their spreading habit can be
contained. These plants are
often tough as nails, tolerating
drought, poor soil, and neglect
while still producing an attractive display of foliage and
bloom. Most of us have such
spots in our landscapes where
we would appreciate some
colour but have tried growing
numerous other plants with
little success.
Often such spots are separated from the rest of the landscape — they are beside an old
shed, across the driveway from
the landscaped house yard, or
squeezed between the house
foundation and the cement
walkway. Such locations are
ideal for such plants because
they will be unable to escape
into surrounding cultivated
areas; they will be contained
and restrained!
I have my Japanese spurge
contained in a raised bed
beside the sunken patio — on
one side is a rock retaining
wall separating the bed from
the lawn and on the other is
the paved patio. Although a
few sprigs appear in the lawn
from time to time they are eas-
ily removed. I have my tansy
located in a similar spot farther along in this raised bed. I
originally planted it in one of
my perennial borders — a big
mistake — and it took me two
years to eradicate it from that
border; it spread like wildfire.
Bishop’s goutweed and lily-ofthe-valley often are used along
the north sides of buildings or
under trees where they can be
allowed to spread at will, creating attractive ground covers
in these difficult-to-manage
locations.
Many other perennials, such
as filipendula, ribbon grass,
evening primrose, and obedient plant (physostegia) also
will spread by underground
r unners. I find that these
plants can be contained with
a ruthless spring cleanup. I
simply use a sharp spade and
remove two-thirds of each
clump when I am digging the
beds. This technique seems to
keep them in bounds. Don’t
dismiss “spreader” perennials without a second thought;
This fern-leaf tansy is contained
by rock retaining walls and dense
shrubbery. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS
they can be useful plants in
the landscape and with a bit of
careful management, they will
deliver beauty, not bother, to
the gardener.
Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa,
Manitoba
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COUNTRY CROSSROADS
Brandon Friends of the Bluebirds
Shoal Lake couple has been involved for 20 years
By Darrell Nesbitt
Freelance contributor
T
aking over lines from a
former bluebird enthusiast in 1994, a husband
and wife team from Shoal
Lake is marking the 20th year
of being involved in the association, Brandon Friends of the
Bluebirds.
Ray and Barbara Pettinger,
who took over bluebird lines
from Cliff Findlay, a former
Shoal lake resident, oversee
close to 100 nesting boxes in
various areas, with the 72 bluebird boxes on the St. Lazare line
being the most productive.
“Located in a community
pasture, we have seen the
best success in the St. Lazare
area, with other small lines in
the Wattsview and Shoal Lake
areas, overtaken by swallows,”
said Barbara, who is the secretary of Brandon Friends of the
Bluebirds – a bluebird conservation group.
The Pettingers say the beneficial part of the Nesting Box
Program is seeing the population remain fairly stable. While
there are both mountain and
eastern bluebirds at St. Lazare
Ray Pettinger banding a bluebird nesting on the St. Lazare line, with grandchildren looking on. COURTESY PHOTO
and Wattsview, the eastern population has increased since the
Pettingers took over the line.
Ray bands the nestlings and
also the female while she is sitting on the eggs, and he has
occasionally recaptured birds
that he previously banded.
Working together, Ray builds
his own boxes and Barbara
records statistics about eggs,
fledglings and band numbers.
Boxes are monitored five or six
times during the summer.
“The exciting part is finding
something different such as
white eggs (they are normally
blue), seeing a nest with eight
eggs (the usual is five or six),
finding nest boxes demolished
by a bear, solitude, picnicking in the pasture, enjoying
nature and the ever-changing
wildflowers, seeing a scissortailed flycatcher (not usually
any farther north than midUnited States, and cross-nesting between the mountain
and eastern bluebirds,” said
Barbara.
Today, there are about 100
bluebird enthusiasts on the
mailing list of Brandon Friends
of the Bluebirds, but not all
of them monitor boxes. New
members are always welcome
to the organization of which
Herb Goulden is chairman
([email protected]), Barbara
Pettinger, secretary (pettinger@
goinet.ca), and Joan McTavish,
treasurer.
Reversing decline
Bluebirds – a shy, beautiful
bird – had all but vanished
from Manitoba in the 1930s.
The native pasture it needs
to survive had been plowed
under for urban landscapes
and farming. There was also
competition from starlings
and sparrows, which are not
indigenous to North America
but were brought over from
England, which were pushing
out the bluebirds.
A railroader from Brandon
n a m e d Ja c k L a n e t o o k u p
the cause in 1960 and began
building birdhouses specifically designed for bluebirds.
His enthusiasm was contagious and bluebird birdhouse
construction was being taken
up by youth clubs. Today, if
y o u’r e t r a v e l l i n g d ow n a
farm road or lesser highway
in western Manitoba, you’re
apt to come across a series of
birdhouses nailed to the fence
posts.
W i t h L a n e’s p a s s i n g i n
1975, Brandon Friends of the
Bluebirds was formed and is
still preserving the elusive bird
53 years after he began. It’s an
all-volunteer association run
without government funding. Data collected by members is forwarded to the North
American Bluebird Society.
There are approximately
2,300 boxes within Manitoba,
t h a n k s t o vo l u n t e e r s w h o
cherish the bluebird and its
song.
Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake,
Manitoba
Lessons to take to college
Here’s some tips to stay healthy when leaving home
By Julie Garden-Robinson
NDSU Extension Service
W
hen high school graduates leave home for
further education, they
get their long-awaited freedom
from parents and family rules.
They are free to set up and
maintain their limited living
space as they prefer, often in
collaboration with a roommate.
They are on their own to get
up in the morning, eat, do their
homework, arrive at part-time
jobs on time and attend to all
their other responsibilities.
Then there’s the all-important
social life. We, as parents, hope
that some of the lessons we
have tried to instil along their
path to adulthood “stick.”
College brings new responsibilities, opportunities to learn
and grow as young adults,
plus many temptations and
some risks. Here are a few
tips about staying healthy for
young adults, most of which
also apply to the rest of us who
aren’t so young anymore. These
are adapted from tips from the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
• Have a medical checkup and
be sure your vaccinations are
up to date. Be aware of your
family history and let your
health-care provider know. If
you know you might be at risk
for diabetes, cancer or heart
disease, prevention steps,
such as a healthful diet and
activity, should begin when
you are young. Know the
campus health resources.
• Get your sleep. Yes, it’s tempting to stay up all night with
your buddies in the dorm or
“pull an all-nighter” to prepare for an exam. However,
we all need plenty of sleep
(about eight hours) to avoid
being sluggish and having
difficulty concentrating. In
the long term, too little sleep
is linked with obesity, heart
disease, diabetes and depression. Be sure to limit caffeine
and stick with a sleep schedule, even on weekends.
• Get some exercise. Fitness
e x p e r t s re c o m m e n d , o n
average, about 2.5 hours of
physical activity per week, or
about 30 minutes of moderate physical activity on five
or more days of the week.
Exercise helps reduce stress
and promotes the maintenance of a healthy weight. For
fun and health, college students can join an intramural
sports team or find an exercise buddy to visit the gym.
• Eat a healthful diet. Campus
cuisine features ample buffet
lines and vending machines.
The wide array of foods can
promote the overconsumption of calories, and potentially, a weight gain of 15
pounds (“the freshman 15”).
However, be sure to get up
early enough to eat some
breakfast. Your brain needs
fuel, and a protein-containing breakfast will help you
It may seem like a good idea to stay up all night to prepare for an exam, but lack of sleep can make you sluggish and
create concentration difficulties. photo: thinkstock
feel full longer and can help
with weight maintenance.
In addition, eating disorders
also can become an issue
during college years, so be
aware of campus counselling
resources.
• Avo i d s u b s t a n c e a b u s e.
According to the CDC, about
80 per cent of college students drink alcohol, which is
linked with many other risky
behaviours, including smoking. Cigarette smoking can
have lifelong health consequences, including cancer
and respiratory problems.
During the past several years,
I have worked with my college
interns to create a series of
handouts called “Cooking 101.”
The handouts feature nutrition tips, recipes and menus to
help young adults and others
prepare affordable, quick and
nutritious meals. They are available at http://www.ndsu.edu/
eatsmart. (Click on Singles and
Couples.)
Julie Garden-Robinson, PhD, R.D., L.R.D.,
is a North Dakota State University
Extension Service food and nutrition
specialist and professor in the
department of health, nutrition and
exercise sciences.
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Warm weather trying to stay in place
Issued: Monday, September 2, 2013 · Covering: September 4 – September 11, 2013
Daniel Bezte
Co-operator
contributor
L
ast week’s forecast played
out pretty much as
expected, with the cold
front pushing through just a little earlier than expected. Fortunately, temperatures were
not that cold behind the front
and we saw plenty of sunshine
along with less humidity.
For this forecast period the
southern upper ridge of high
pressure looks to tr y and
rebuild into our region. The
weather models show the high
building northward during the
first part of the week, but the
main heat will be well to our
west. A deepening low moving
across Hudson Bay will bring a
back-door cold front through
our region on Wednesday. This
will cool things down just a little. The weather models then
show the ridge building eastward later in the week. If this
plays out, we should see plenty
of sunshine to end the week,
with high temperatures pushing or even surpassing the
upper end of the usual temperature range for this time of the
year. There is even an outside
chance of breaking a few record
highs on Thursday or Friday.
The upper ridge is then forecast to collapse over the weekend, allowing cooler air to
move in from the north. Highs
will likely drop back down
into the low 20s on Sunday
and Monday. We could see the
odd shower or thundershower
move through as the cooler air
pushes in, but overall it looks to
remain fairly dry.
Temperatures look to remain
cool through the first part of
next week as an area of low
pressure tracks across northern
Manitoba. This will help push
cooler air southward. The models then show the upper ridge
rebuilding once again toward
the end of next week, so we
might not be finished with the
warm temperatures just yet. I
guess we’ll just have to wait and
see.
Usual temperature range for
this period: Highs, 16 to 27 C;
lows, 4 to 13 C.
Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession
with a BA (Hon.) in geography,
specializing in climatology, from the
U of W. He operates a computerized
weather station near Birds Hill Park.
Contact him with your questions and
comments at [email protected].
WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA
2 Month ( 60 Days) Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region)
June 28, 2013 to August 26, 2013
< 40%
40 - 60%
60 - 85%
85 - 115%
115 - 150%
150 - 200%
> 200%
Extent of Agricultural Land
Lakes and Rivers
Produced using near real-time data that has
undergone initial quality control. The map
may not be accurate for all regions due to data
availability and data errors.
Copyright © 2013 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with
Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies.
Created: 08/27/13
www.agr.gc.ca/drought
This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell over most of the main two months of summer (July and August) across
the Prairies. Eastern and central areas of Manitoba saw below- to near-average amounts, while western regions saw average to aboveaverage amounts. Farther west, much of Saskatchewan saw below- to well-below-average amounts, while Alberta saw slightly belowto near-average amounts. The wettest areas were in southwestern Saskatchewan and most of extreme southern Alberta.
Warm end to August results
in average summer
Most of Manitoba’s rainfall came as isolated thundershowers and storms
By Daniel Bezte
co-operator contributor
I
t took awhile, but we finally
saw an extended period of
summer heat across southern and central Manitoba, with
even northern Manitoba getting
its share. From the general talk
I’ve heard, most people appreciated the warm temperatures and
the big question now is whether
they will continue into September, keeping summer alive, or
will fall move in early and end up
sticking around?
Before we tackle that subject, let’s take a look back at the
weather in August and the summer as a whole. Looking at
August, the month started off like
July ended… well, almost. Temperatures for the first half of the
month were well below average
across pretty much all regions,
with daytime highs struggling to
make it into the low 20s and overnight lows falling into the single
digits. The coldest weather moved
in around Aug. 7 or 8 when afternoon highs in some locations
were only around 17 C and overnight lows fell below 5 C in some
places. We saw a second shot of
cold weather about a week later
when high pressure built in on
It would appear, not surprisingly, that no one
was able to correctly predict the weather.
the 13th and 14th. This created
a setup for really good overnight
cooling to take place, especially
over central and eastern regions.
As a result, several places saw
overnight lows once again fall
below 5 C. The coldest reading I
could find was Arborg, where the
overnight low bottomed out at
+1.6 C on Aug. 14!
After this push of cool air, the
tables turned and we saw an
upper ridge of high pressure
build across the central U.S.
and up into our region. Under
this upper ridge, temperatures
quickly warmed, with daytime
highs pushing 30 C by the 15th of
the month. Along with the warm
daytime temperatures, overnight
lows were also fairly mild. Thanks
to some fairly humid air, overnight lows were typically around
14 C with some nights only seeing the lows drop to around 19
or 20 C. These warm temperatures remained pretty much right
through to the end of the month
and as a result, the mean maximum monthly temperature for
Winnipeg and Dauphin ended up
coming in about 1 C above the
long-term average. Brandon was
a little cooler, coming in right
around average.
Precipitation during the month
was a bit of a mixed bag. No big
organized areas of low pressure affected our region during
the month, so most of the rainfall came in the form of isolated
thundershowers and storms.
Overall, most regions saw belowaverage amounts of rain. Of the
three main centres, both Winnipeg and Dauphin saw well-belowaverage amounts of rain, with
Brandon once again being the
odd one out, with near-average
amounts of rain.
Overall, August ended up
being warmer than average,
with below-average amounts of
rain. If we combine this with the
cooler-than-average July, then the
two main summer months saw
near-average temperatures. Precipitation in July was near average
over eastern and central regions,
with above-average amounts in
the west. This resulted in eastern
regions seeing below-average
amounts of rain this summer, with
central regions seeing near-average amounts and western regions
seeing above-average amounts.
Who called it?
Now on to the good stuff: Who
was able to predict the warmerand drier-than-average August
and even better, was anyone able
to correctly predict the summer?
Looking back at the August predictions, it appears my prediction
of a slightly warmer-than-average August, with near-average
amounts of rain, is the winner,
even if I did hedge my bets. Environment Canada comes in a close
second with its call for near-average temperatures over southern
regions and above-average over
northern areas, along with nearaverage amounts of rain.
Looking back at the summer
weather predictions, it would
appear, not surprisingly, that no
one was able to correctly predict
the weather. Of the four main
long-range forecasts I look at,
the Old Farmer’s Almanac was
the only forecast that called for
well-below-average temperatures
along with well-above-average
amounts of rain. The remaining forecasters (the Canadian
Farmers’ Almanac, Environment
Canada, and myself) all called for
near- to above-average temperatures with near-average amounts
of rainfall. If I had to give the
nod to just one, it would be for
my forecast (Isn’t it nice to be the
judge?). If you look back to the
forecast I wrote in early July, it
called for warm spells to increase
over the summer and for most
of our rain to come from thunderstorms, which means some
regions will have above-average
amounts of rain (western regions),
near-average amounts (central regions) and below-average
(eastern regions). Oh, I do point
out how wishy-washy that kind
of forecast is, so once again, I
will leave the real verdict to you,
the reader.
I’ve run out of room to discuss September’s forecast along
with the fall outlook, but let’s just
say the first half of September
looks to remain fairly warm and
dry, followed by what currently
looks to be a wetter and cooler
pattern. Check in next week for
more details!
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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
CROPS
Manitoba maker of sea buckthorn products says a lack of berries has limited the growth of her business
By Shannon VanRaes
CO-OPERATOR STAFF
S
ea buckthorn is moving out of the hedgerows and into the mainstream, as new varieties and evolving technologies promise
to make harvesting the nutrient-rich berry less
labour intensive.
“It’s been a very difficult industry to kind of
get going, a lot of the cultivars that were first
planted aren’t ideal for harvesting, in fact they’re
very difficult to harvest,” said Anthony Mintenko, a fruit specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives.
To harvest current varieties, whole sections
of berry-filled branches must be cut and then
frozen, so fruit can be removed without being
damaged.
“Sea buckthorn has been around for more
than a decade now, but it’s been a bit of a long
haul and we’ve lost some of our original growers,” said Kathie Fedora, a berry producer in the
Beausejour area.
But new varieties with larger berries, which
are easier to remove from the branch, have been
developed at Canada’s Agroforestry Development Centre in Indian Head, Sask. and are currently part of a demonstration project in Portage
la Prairie.
They should encourage more production,
and eventually consumption, of a fruit dubbed
a “super food.” The berry, which is native to
northern China, Russia and Eurasia, has seen
a slow, but steady gain in popularity in recent
years, thanks in large part to celebrity health
gurus who praise its nutritional punch. Along
with its stunning vitamin C content — 15 times
that of oranges — the berry also contains betaSitosterol, carotenoids, vitamin E, amino acids,
omega-7, superoxide dismutase and fatty acids.
Mila Maximets grew up using the berry
and its oil in Russia, but had trouble finding
it after moving to Manitoba. So four years ago
she founded Solberry Inc., and launched a sea
buckthorn purée, followed by lip balm, moisturizer, and a herbal tea (with an energy bar in the
works).
Demand for Solberry’s products is high, with
nearly 40 stores and restaurants using or selling
its products in Manitoba. But growth is limited
by the amount of berries grown in the province,
she said.
“We are still looking for growers,” said Maximets. “This year we only started marketing in
the summer because we weren’t sure we would
have enough berries... there’s no doubt it holds
us back.”
Along with government and the Prairie Fruit
Growers Association, Solberry has been working
to find ways to make harvesting, separating and
cleaning the berries easier.
The hope is that new varieties — with names
Mila Maximets is the creator of Solberry, a sea buckthorn purée made in Manitoba.
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system. First developed in Finland, vacuumpowered harvesters can hoover up 50 kilos per
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Demonstrations of the new harvester will take
place later this month at the Indian Head facility.
“It’s like any new crop — there’s lots of challenges,” said Mintenko, adding that applies to
both producing the berry and marketing it.
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“Up until now it’s pretty much been a catch-22
— people would like to grow it but they’re holding off because they want to see markets (and)
markets are holding off because they’re not seeing growers planting,” said Fedora.
It’s estimated there are only between 50 and
80 acres of productive sea buckthorn planted
in the province, but Fedora predicts production
will increase as demand grows.
“It’s starting to happen now, and as we begin
to have access to these improved varieties, the
culture of sea buckthorn will start to become
more mainstream,” she said.
Fedora has five acres of one of the oldest sea
buckthorn varieties on her farm, but said she
plans to plant new cultivars as soon as they are
available.
Meanwhile, Solberry is taking Manitoba sea
buckthorn across the country and overseas.
Stores in Alberta and B.C. are now carrying the
company’s products, while a high-end Japanese
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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
Farmers play important role in
funding wheat innovation
Richard Gray says private companies invest more in canola but farmers are paying for it
By Allan Dawson
co-operator staff
I
nvesting more into research
will result in higher-yielding
wheats for western Canadian farmers, but how should
the money be raised and from
whom?
University of Saskatchewan
agricultural economist Richard
Gray says the public, private
companies and producers all
have a role. If farmers contributed through an end-point royalty of one per cent of the gross
value of wheat at the point of
sale, funding for western Canadian wheat research funding
would more than double to $60
million a year.
“The main thing it does is
create a revenue flow for anybody that’s got a variety that
producers are growing and it’s a
lot richer than what’s out there
right now,” he said in an interview.
Gray shared his ideas at a
workshop in Winnipeg last week
organized by the Canadian Seed
Trade Association (CSTA). The
association is facilitating grain
sector discussions in search of
a consensus on funding wheat
innovation.
Wheat developers currently
receive a royalty from the sale
of certified seed. However,
once farmers buy a new variety
they tend to save seed from the
crops they produce for future
planting, reducing their seed
costs, but lowering earnings to
seed developers.
In contrast, farmers generally buy new corn, soybean and
corn seed annually because the
seed is hybridized, rendering
saved seed unusable or because
contracts prohibit saving seed.
As a result corn, soybean and
canola developers get a higher
return on investment.
“One of the underlying things
here is we see the federal government really backing away
from their traditional activities
like plant breeding and finishing varieties,” said CSTA president Peter Entz. “It is time to
ask, who is going to pick up
the slack here? Private companies seem very comfortable in
the canola, corn and soybean
world, but this cereal world is a
whole different kettle of fish.”
Western Canadian wheat
farmers rely mainly on public
research, with some additional
money from farmers themselves through a checkoff. But
it’s only a fraction of what private companies invest in western Canadian canola. Farmers
pay for that investment when
they buy seed.
“I think it’s important (farmers) don’t think, ‘Well gosh,
how can I afford $3 a tonne (for
wheat breeding)?’” Gray said.
“Well, they’re actually paying
$40 a tonne for their canola
right now.”
Farmers spend about 10 per
cent of their gross revenue on
corn, soybean and canola seed,
which becomes revenue for the
seed companies, Gray said. And
the seed companies spend only
about 10 per cent of their net
margins on research and development.
Farmers could potentially get
more bang for their research
buck investing and then owning the research, he said. Some
studies show for every dollar
“I think it’s important
they don’t think,
‘Well gosh, how can I
afford $3 a tonne (for
wheat breeding)?’
Well, they’re actually
paying $40 a tonne
for their canola right
now.”
Richard Gray
University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray has some
ideas on how to get more investment into wheat breeding. photo: allan dawson
invested in agricultural research
it returns $32.10.
Investing in variety evaluation for Canada Western Red
Spring wheats has a 63:1 return,
Gray said.
“If Saskatchewan producers get (on average) one per
cent better yield because they
are producing the best varieties, that one per cent of say, $3
billion worth of crop, is a lot of
money,” he said. “And then on
the other hand the variety trials
don’t cost very much.”
Western Canadian farmers
are paying about 14 per cent of
their gross revenue from canola
to pay companies for a one per
cent increase in canola yields,
Gray said.
“You only need a 0.07 per
cent yield increase to pay for a
one per cent research checkoff,”
he said. “I think a lot of farmers
are confused thinking they need
a one per cent yield increase to
pay for a one per cent investment, but you get that one
per cent again and again and
again. It’s not a one-time thing.
You move the yields up by that
amount and they get bred into
future varieties.”
Gray, who has studied the
end-point royalty system in
Australia, doesn’t recommend
it for Canada. The Australian
model took too long to raise
funds because it only applied to
new varieties when first introduced in 1998. Once established the system gave seed
companies too much market
power and the ability to overcharge.
The Australian model is complex because royalties vary
between varieties. Farmers have
a financial incentive to misrepresent their varieties to cut their
royalty costs.
Gray advises Canada’s wheat
industry to “think big” and not
settle for an end-point royalty
that’s not going to raise a lot of
money.
“Farmers right now... are paying about a buck a tonne for
(wheat) research,” Gray said,
noting they pay more than $40
per tonne for canola. “Producers need to be thinking about
this. With a one per cent (fee)
you may have to pay $2 a tonne
royalty but it’s still cheap relative to what they’re paying for
canola. And they say, ‘I like to
pay for canola because there’s
all this private research,’ well
to get private research in wheat
let’s start at $2 a tonne.”
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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
Hands-on look at using Canadian durum
Participants visited the Crop Development Centre, a grain farm near Saskatoon and a terminal elevator
staff
F
ourteen representatives from 10 countries attended
the International Durum Wheat Program at Cigi
(Canadian International Grains Institute) in Winnipeg during the week of Aug. 19. The program included
lectures, laboratory sessions, field visits, and pilot
processing demonstrations on Canadian durum wheat.
Topics included breeding, production, grading,
handling, transportation, marketing, milling and enduse processing.
The participants represent trading organizations,
mills and processing companies from Algeria, Colombia,
Cuba, Germany, Morocco, Peru, Portugal, South Korea,
and the U.S.
In addition to classroom and technical sessions in
Winnipeg, the participants visited the Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, a grain
farm near Saskatoon and a terminal elevator at the Port
of Vancouver.
“The program will offer international customers a
greater understanding of Canada Western Amber durum
wheat and its application in pasta and other end products as well as providing us with additional information
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Rootworms are growing
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“It’s very alarming,” said Joe
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with the Illinois Natural History
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Illinois field studies suggest
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where corn is rotated with soybeans, a practice that lowers
pest levels as western corn rootworm adults don’t typically lay
eggs in soybean fields.
But a large number of apparently resistant rootworms were
collected in both the cornfields
and from adjacent soybean
fields.
“It looked like continuous
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year after year is what produced
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“Growers thought their getout-of-jail-free card was just
to rotate to soybeans. But what
we’re seeing in northeast and
east-central Illinois is beetles
that are also resistant to crop
rotation.”
Monsanto introduced its GM
corn in 2003. Farmers should
continue to use it, but it’s not a
silver bullet, said Rodney Williamson, director of research
and development with the Iowa
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crop report
Wind, rain and hail a setback but harvest in full swing
Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives crop report for September 3, 2013
Weekly Provincial Summary
Strong weather systems passed
through several areas of Manitoba over the Labour Day long
weekend. High winds, heavy
rains and hail associated with
the systems resulted in some
crop damage, including lodging
of crops, shattering of standing
and swathed canola and cereal
crops.
Winter wheat harvest is nearing completion with generally
above-average yields and quality.
Harvest of spring wheat, barley, oats and canola continues.
Reported spring wheat yields
range from 35 to 80 bushels per
acre, barley 60 to 110 bushels
per acre, oats 85 to 160 bushels
per acre, and canola 30 to 60
bushels per acre.
Seeding of winter wheat has
started in Manitoba.
Southwest Region
Early yield reports are indicating above-average barley and
spring wheat yields with good
quality and above-average
bushel weights. Regrowth of tillers in lodged cereal crops continues to be problematic for
many producers and is slowing
harvest progress.
Winter wheat seeding began
late last week. Although only
limited canola harvest has
occurred to date, early yield
reports are indicating average
to above-average yields. Sclerotinia continues to be found
at low levels with much of the
premature ripening a result of
blackleg. Flax fields also con-
tinue to ripen rapidly with preharvest desiccation reported on
early-seeded fields.
The majority of soybeans are
entering the R6 stage of development. Most corn crops are
in the late-blister and earlymilk stage of development (R3)
with some of the earlier-seeded
fields just beginning to enter
the dough stage (R4). Sunflowers are continuing to come out
of flower with the majority of
the crop in the wilting stage
(R6) of development.
Insect activity last week was
limited to grasshoppers with
the highest numbers reported
in eastern and central areas.
The second-cut alfalfa harvest is 75 to 80 per cent complete with the remainder of the
crop to be harvested after the
first fall frost. Greenfeed and
silage continue to be harvested
and are 75 to 80 per cent complete. Slough and marsh hay
continue to be harvested to
supplement winter feed supplies across the region. Pasture
conditions are generally stable.
Northwest Region
Regionally, 90 per cent of spring
cereals acres are mature while
75 per cent of canola acres are
also mature. Preharvest herbicide treatments are continuing. Combining of wheat,
oats and canola is completed
on approximately five per cent
of total acres. Expected yield
ranges from 35 to 65 bu./acre
for spring wheat, upwards of
100 bu./acre for oats and 35 to
50 bu./acre for canola.
With canola reaching maturity, sclerotinia is more evident; frequency levels however,
appear to be average. Some
concern of ergot in cereals is
reported in the Roblin area.
Second-cut hay harvest is
mostly completed; yields are
average with quality above
average. The native hay harvest continues as more fields
are accessible. Yields are average to below average and
quality has improved slightly
under favourable weather conditions. Supplies of hay and
greenfeed are expected to be
25 per cent short at The Pas
and other early-season moisture, impacted sectors. Pastures are drying.
Central Region
Cereal harvest is well underway in the Central Region.
Harvest progress on cereals
range from 30 to 50 per cent
complete. Yields for spring
wheat vary from 50 bu./acre
to upwards of 80 bu./acre. Protein levels range from 12 to 14
per cent. Oats continue to be
harvested with yields ranging
from 90 to 160 bu./acre. Barley
yields in the region range from
90 to 110 bu./acre. Baling of
straw is being done, with little to no crop residue burning
reported.
Canola yields range from 40
to 60 bu./acre throughout the
region. Hail resulted in shattering in canola swaths and
strong winds spread some
swaths across fields which will
make harvest challenging.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Soybeans are beginning to
mature with some fields in the
R7 stage. Generally, the crop
is rated as good with reports
of white mould showing up in
various fields around the province. Most fields in the region
are between R6 and R7. Grain
corn growth stage ranges from
R4 dough stage to early R5
dent stage. A few more weeks
of frost-free weather is needed
for soybeans and corn to reach
maturity.
Edible bean har vest will
begin shortly with some of the
earliest types to be harvested
later this week. A few fields
have already been undercut;
late-season white mould is
present in some of these fields.
Haying continues with a
number of producers trying
to finish up with second cut.
Yields are expected to be average for most areas. Winter feed
supplies may be inadequate
for some producers. Dugouts
are full.
Eastern Region
Harvesting continues in the
region. Winter wheat harvest is
complete with many producers close to finishing the spring
cereals and canola. Initial average yields for the region are as
follows: winter wheat 70 to 80
bu./acre, spring wheat 45 to 60
bu./acre, barley 85 bu./acre,
oats 100 to 125 bu./acre and
canola 40 bu./acre.
Corn is in the milk (R3) to
early-dent (R5) growth stages.
Soybeans are in full R6 stage
with some showing the start
of leaf drop or leaf yellowing
(early R7 stage). Sunflowers in
the region are in R7 stage.
Grasshoppers continue to be
an issue in the southern areas
of the region.
Winter feed supply status has
hay at five to 10 per cent surplus, 80 to 90 per cent adequate,
and five to 10 per cent inadequate; straw at 100 per cent
adequate or surplus; greenfeed
at 100 per cent adequate and
feed grains at five to 10 per cent
surplus, 80 to 90 per cent adequate and five to 10 per cent
inadequate. Pasture conditions
in the region are rated as 60 per
cent good, 30 per cent fair and
10 per cent poor.
Interlake Region
Harvest is in full swing across
the region with canola and
spring cereals acres being
combined. Most crops are
yielding better than expected,
with the exception of areas
that were impacted by excess
spring moisture. Early-maturing soybean varieties are starting to show signs of maturing
with colour change and leaf
drop. Corn crops are in the
dent (R5) stage.
So m e s e c o n d - c u t h a y i s
occurring throughout the
region. North of Ashern, producers are still working on
completing native hay harvest. South of Ashern, producers completed native hay
harvest and are working on
second-cut hay in some areas.
Pasture and dugout conditions are good.
Frost seen for
early September
October seen as drier than normal and cool
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C
yclical weather patterns
developing in Western
Canada are pointing to
cooler temperatures and the
possibility of frost in early September, according to meteorologist Drew Lerner, of World
Weather Inc. in Kansas City.
Based on a number of studies over the past few months,
“we think we’ve identified a pattern in the atmosphere that is
repeating at 18 to 19 days at a
time, depending on the location,” Lerner said last week. A
cold snap on July 26 in southern Saskatchewan, followed
by another cold snap around
Aug. 13 to 15, is also coinciding with a regular 10-day cycle
in the atmosphere. Lerner said
the weather models are trending cooler again, suggesting that
the cool cycle will repeat itself
starting Sept. 3, and then last
for a week to 10 days.
“It’s too soon to jump all over
it… but there is the potential
that we may experience another
cool surge in the eastern Prairies,” said Lerner. He added that
first week of September would
be a little early for a frost, but
not out of the question for this
“We recognize that
it’s a threat period,
but not necessarily a
sure thing.”
Drew Lerner
time of year. Looking at the
trends, Lerner placed Manitoba
and northeastern Saskatchewan
at the highest odds of seeing a
frost in the upcoming cool cycle,
with Alberta more likely to see
something the following week.
“It’s not set in stone at this
point, but some of the models are pointing this way,”
cautioned Lerner adding, “we
recognize that it’s a threat
period, but not necessarily a
sure thing.”
The cooler period will also
bring the chance of increased
precipitation, which could lead
to some harvest disruptions,
said Lerner. Although he added
that the rainfall would not be
heavy and any disruptions
would likely be short lived.
Looking farther out, October is forecast to be cooler than
normal and dry in Western Canada, said Lerner.
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BRIEFS
Scientists predict U.S.
irrigation crisis
By Carey Gillam
REUTERS
Not cute for long — most feral swine give birth starting at six to 12 months and have litters of six to 12 piglets twice a year.
PHOTO: THINKSTOCK
Plague of wild pigs has
U.S. authorities squealing
There could be up to eight million wild pigs in the U.S.,
up from a maximum two million in 1990
By Kevin Murphy
LOCUST GROVE, OKLAHOMA / REUTERS
A
few years ago, Jim Vich would not
have dreamed of setting up an
elaborate trap to catch wild hogs.
But that was before Oklahoma was
invaded by a plague of pigs that devour
crops, uproot pastures, destroy wildlife habitats, spread disease to humans
and animals, kill trees and even knock
over cemetery stones.
“I started trapping them more or less
in self-defence,” said Vich, 60, a livestock farmer in northeast Oklahoma.
“They were tearing up my place.”
Oklahoma is battling a wild pig problem that has spread across the United
States. The pigs, evolved from introduced wild boars or from escaped
domestic stock, are prevalent in 36
states and have been sighted in 47
states, according to authorities who
track their populations.
They are vicious critters that typically grow to 200 pounds, can run 30
miles per hour, jump three feet high
and climb out of traps with walls up to
six feet high, experts say.
“They are the ultimate survivors,”
said John Mayer, manager of the
environmental science group at the
Savannah River National Laboratory in Aiken, South Carolina. “They
can live pretty much anywhere, eat
pretty much anything, they don’t have
enough predators and they reproduce
faster than any other mammal.”
They seldom appear in the daytime
making them hard to count, but Mayer
estimates there are 5.5 million feral
pigs nationwide. There could be up to
eight million, up from a maximum two
million in 1990, he said.
Desperate measures
State and local authorities are increasingly desperate to stop their advance.
Trapping and shooting are the primary
means of eliminating wild pigs, but
researchers are also trying to develop
“They are here to stay and
it’s going to take a huge,
concerted effort to get the
numbers under control.”
RUSSELL STEVENS
Wildlife and fisheries
consultant
poisons and birth control to control
the population.
Some states such as Texas have even
authorized hunting from helicopters.
“They are here to stay and it’s
going to take a huge, concerted
effort to get the numbers under control,” said Russell Stevens, a wildlife and fisheries consultant for the
Oklahoma-based Samuel Roberts
Noble Foundation.
The federal government is joining the pig purge. The Agriculture,
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service is preparing a national feral
swine plan. President Barack Obama
has proposed $20 million in his proposed 2014 budget for the plan, U.S.
Department of Agriculture officials
have said.
Most feral swine give birth starting at
six to 12 months and have litters of six
to 12 piglets twice a year, Mayer said.
Families of pigs have repeatedly used
their powerful, plow-like snouts to
uproot the hayfields on Nancy Bond’s
farm in northeast Oklahoma. They eat
roots and grubs, destroying fields and
making them lumpy and hard to work
in, she said.
Chad Hibbs, caretaker of the Mayes
County Deer Ranch near Locust Grove
in Oklahoma, pointed to soybean fields
shredded by feasting wild hogs and to
deer feeders scraped and battered by
pigs.
Hunters exacerbated the problem
in many states by catching and releas-
ing pigs so they could pursue them,
spreading them to more areas. States
such as Oklahoma have made releasing
pigs illegal and Kansas in 2006 banned
hunting of wild pigs altogether.
Vicious animals
Vich, the pig trapper, showed a large
trap on a remote part of his farm that
resembles a livestock pen but is rigged
with wires along the ground. He baits
the trap with corn in hopes the pigs
will trip the wire and slam the door
behind them.
A mechanical engineer by training,
Vich said he has trapped hogs for five
or six years and sometimes nabs nine
to 12 pigs at a time, which he loads into
a livestock trailer and takes home to
sell to neighbours for meat.
“They are not happy when they get
trapped and they are very vicious,”
Vich said. “They would hurt you in a
heartbeat if they got the chance.”
Pigs are wandering into urban areas,
damaging lawns and parks and being
hit by cars, said Billy Higginbotham,
professor and wildlife and fisheries
specialist for the Texas A&M University
Extension Service.
Pigs were introduced into the continental United States in 1539 in what
is now Florida and used as a travelling
food source by explorers, said Higginbotham. Most wild pigs evolved from
domestic pigs that escaped into the
wild prior to the 1930s, said the Noble
Foundation’s Stevens.
Texas is the most pig-plagued state,
with an estimated 2.9 million in 2011,
Higginbotham said. They are present
in all but one of the state’s 254 counties. Florida is second and California
third, according to Stevens.
Dale Nolte, the man at the U.S.
Department of Agriculture charged
with drawing up a plan to stop the pig
pestilence, is blunt about the objective.
“In states with emerging populations
of feral swine, our goal is to eliminate
them,” Nolte said.
A critical water source for U.S.
farmers and ranchers is being
depleted at a rapid rate and nearly
70 per cent of it will disappear within
the next 50 years if the current trend
continues, according to a new report.
Thirty per cent of the groundwater
from a critical portion of the High
Plains Aquifer already has been
pumped and another 39 per cent
will be depleted over the next five
decades, according to the report by
environmental science and engineering experts.
The report said limited water supplies will begin to have a significant
impact on food production over the
next few decades. It laid out different
scenarios for how targeted reductions in water usage made now could
extend peak agricultural production
for many more decades. It said cutting back water use from the aquifer
by 20 per cent now, for instance,
would reduce agricultural production in the near term but would
extend the longevity of production
well into 2070.
“At some point in the future we
need to use less water,” said David
Steward, a professor of civil engineering at Kansas State University
who participated in the study.
“If we are able to save more now,
it’s going to make the decline that we
have more gradual.”
The study examined in depth the
portion of the High Plains Aquifer in
the western part of Kansas, the largest wheat-growing state.
The aquifer system, including
a portion known as the Ogallala
aquifer, is one of the world’s largest,
covering an area of approximately
174,000 miles under portions of
South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming,
Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New
Mexico and Texas.
Current water policies have not
translated to significant reductions
in use of the groundwater — people
are simply pumping until wells run
dry, the researchers found in their
comprehensive, four-year-long
study.
U.S. land prices
soar ever higher
KANSAS CITY / REUTERS Farmland prices in key U.S. crop regions
surged more than 25 per cent over
the past year, even as farm income
declined.
Prices paid for irrigated cropland in the central U.S. region that
includes Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Oklahoma jumped 25.2
per cent from a year ago, according
to a report by the Federal Reserve
Bank of Kansas City. Non-irrigated
land rose 18 per cent and ranchland
14 per cent in the past year.
It was a similar story in the Midwest and in some mid-south states,
with quality land up 20 per cent and
averaging $5,672 per acre.
The reports are based on surveys
of bankers, who attribute the rise
to low interest rates and wealthy
farmers who view land as their best
investment option. However, most
now say prices are more likely to fall
than keep rising.
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Hefty crop
prospects
to keep
weighing
on falling
food prices
Food prices surged
to near-record levels
in 2012 due to the
U.S. drought
By Catherine Hornby
ROME / REUTERS
G
lobal food prices
could decline further in coming
months after hitting their
lowest level in more than
a year in July, the United
Nations’ food agency said
Aug.8, pointing to prospects of abundant grain
supplies.
Food prices surged during the summer of 2012
due to a historic drought
in the United States but
improving prospects for
cereal supplies in 2013-14
are fuelling the opposite
trend this year, the Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.
“Supplies are proving
to be much better than
anticipated a few months
ago. The weather has been
pretty good in many cases
and is giving hope for
higher production,” FAO
senior economist Abdolreza Abbassian said.
He said good prospects
for maize output in the
United States, Argentina
and the Black Sea region
meant corn prices could
lead other markets down
this season, reversing their
supportive influence on
higher prices last summer.
Food prices could face
further downward pressure
if the U.S. dollar strengthens, he said. A stronger
dollar weighs on dollartraded commodities as it
makes them more expensive to holders of other
currencies.
“There is an extent to
which prices could fall,”
Abbassian said. “But I’m
not sure we are going to
see as much of a decline in
coming months as we saw
in the past few months.”
FAO’s food price index,
which measures monthly
price changes for a basket
of cereals, oilseeds, dairy,
meat and sugar, fell nearly
two per cent in July, declining for the third month
running to 205.9 points
compared to 210.1 in June.
The fall was driven
mainly by lower international prices for grains,
soy and palm oil, FAO
said, while sugar, meat
and dairy quotations also
declined.
The Rome-based agency
raised its forecast for global
cereal production in July,
expecting it to increase
more than seven per cent
to 2.479 billion tonnes in
2013-14. Its next output
forecast update is due in
September.
DuPont gains majority stake in
South Africa seed company
Critics feared the takeover would erode traditional seed availability
By Carey Gillam
REUTERS
U
.S. chemical and seed
company DuPont
said July 31 it completed its three-year effort to
buy a majority stake in South
Africa’s largest seed company,
overcoming that country’s stiff
opposition to the foreign ownership with pledges to keep a
rein on pricing and to aid small
South African farmers.
The deal with privately held
Pannar Seed Ltd., a 55-yearold seed company, should provide immediate financial gain
to DuPont, with new products
expected to be on the market in August and September,
according to Paul Schickler,
president of DuPont Pioneer,
DuPont’s agricultural seed unit.
B o t h P i o n e e r a n d Pa n nar specialize in corn seed,
or maize, and will focus on
DuPont sees Pannar’s seed operations, which
extend across nine African countries, helping
broaden its infrastructure across the continent.
improving those product lines.
But the companies will also
explore opportunities for combining strengths in crops that
include sorghum, soybeans,
and wheat.
“This partnership, will result
in more products, better products, faster than the two companies could do individually,”
Schickler said in an interview.
DuPont now holds an 80 per
cent stake in Pannar. Other
terms of the transaction were
not disclosed.
DuPont sees Pannar’s seed
o p e ra t i o n s, w h i c h e x t e n d
across nine African countries,
helping broaden its infrastructure across the continent.
Africa has about 86 million
acres (35 million hectares)
available for maize production and seed demand is high,
totalling about $350 million in
annual sales of hybrid maize
seeds in South Africa alone,
according to DuPont officials. Currently, average grain
yields on the continent are
only about one-fifth of those
in developed countries like the
United States.
DuPont announced its intent
to take a majority stake in Pannar in September 2010 and
had hoped to complete the
deal in early 2011. But opponents convinced regulators in
South Africa to initially deny
DuPont’s bid.
The critics argued that allowing foreign corporate control
of South Africa’s seed supply
would erode availability of traditional seed varieties, hurt
export business with countries
opposed to the biotech crops
that DuPont develops, and
force farmers deep into debt
to pay for expensive seeds that
are the patented properties of
the U.S. corporations.
DuPont appealed the rejection by regulators and ultimately convinced South
African officials to allow the
transaction under certain conditions, including pledges by
DuPont and Pannar to keep a
lid on price increases for some
new products for at least three
sales seasons.
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Prices are down but cash-rich
American farmers in no hurry to sell
With lots of on-farm storage and bulging bank accounts, U.S. corn and soybean farmers
are holding back grain in hopes of better prices
By Mark Weinraub
chicago / reuters
R
ich U.S. farmers may disappoint food companies, livestock feeders, and exporters
hoping for a flood of low-price grain
this fall.
“The American farmer has never
been in a better or stronger financial
position ever in the history of farming,” said Tom Grisafi of agricultural
advisory service Trade The Farm LLC.
“They have a ton of money and they
have more on-site storage than ever.”
One indicator that post-harvest
selling may be slow is the decline in
pre-harvest business. Farmers often
pre-sell a portion of their crops, but
this year that selling has been slow.
“What you are looking at is the
historically small amount of grain
that the producer has sold,” said Joe
Christopher, of Nebraska grain merchandiser at Crossroads Co-Op.
Commercial purchases are only
running about 20 per cent of normal
for this time of year, he said.
“There is a wealth factor that is in
play,” he said. “They have had three
or four years of very good returns.”
Last year’s drought pushed crop
prices to record-high levels, and
those lucky farmers who harvested a
crop were paid handsomely for it.
Even this year farmers should do
well. USDA is forecasting 2013 net
farm income at $120.6 billion, up six
per cent from a year ago and the second highest of the last 40 years, when
adjusted for inflation. It forecasts a
U.S. corn crop of 13.763 billion bush-
Corn headed for the bin to stay for a while. photo: thinkstock
els (up 28 per cent from 2012) and a
soybean crop of 3.255 billion bushels
(up eight per cent).
However, a late spring has slowed
corn and soybean development in
the Midwest, which has contributed
to lower pre-harvest sales.
“I am not sure exactly what we are
going to have out there,” said Andrew
Goleman, an Illinois farmer who has
only pre-sold about five per cent of
his expected harvest versus his typical 40 per cent.
But price weakness is another factor — corn futures are down 38 per
cent from a year ago.
W h i l e s oy b e a n s a l e s re c e n t l y
increased after prices surged on
weather-related concerns, farmers
were still reluctant to commit to corn
deals, traders said.
That’s expected to continue.
“Not all crops produced in 2013
will be sold by the end of the 2013
calendar year; we anticipate substantial increases in the annual quantity
and value of crop inventories, particularly for corn,” USDA said.
Increases in farm asset values are expected to continue to
exceed increases in farm debt, netting a record high for farm equity,
it added.
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Aprosoja, is dropping a lawsuit against Monsanto and is encouraging farmers to sign agreements with the seed giant.
The move comes after Monsanto offered to reduce the price on
its new Intacta RR2 pro soybeans in exchange for an end to a lawsuit over its old seed technology, Roundup Ready by 16 per cent
for farmers who promise not to sue it over past royalty payments.
Mato Grosso state’s farm and ranch federation, Famato, had
already decided to support the agreement. Individual farmers
could still sue Monsanto for royalties, but will no longer have the
backing of the country’s two powerful farm groups.
The lawsuits in Brazil started because farmers claimed Monsanto’s right to charge royalties on Roundup Ready expired in
2010 under Brazilian law. The company said its patent didn’t
expire until 2014, the same as in the U.S. However, it stopped
charging the royalties in February after the courts rejected the
2014 patent claim.
More bird flu viruses lurking in wild
london / reuters / A deadly new bird flu virus in China
evolved from migratory birds via waterfowl to poultry and into
people, and other, similar bird flu viruses could do the same, scientists say.
A new study of the evolutionary history of the H7N9 bird flu,
which has so far killed 44 people, found several other H7 flu
viruses that “may pose threats.” None of the additional H7 strains
have been found in humans, but some are able to infect other
mammals such as ferrets, which suggests a jump to humans is
possible.
“Even if H7N9 does not return, there are risks lurking amongst
the great diversity of avian influenza viruses,” said Peter Horby, a
bird flu expert at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in
Vietnam.
The number of new H7N9 infections in people has dropped
dramatically, thanks largely, experts say, to the closure by Chinese
authorities of many live poultry markets and the summer season.
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Shaken Chinese consumers
buying food online
The classic moon for harvest
Chinese consumers willing to pay for a ‘safety premium’
By Dominique Patton
beijing / reuters
C
hinese consumers are
responding to a powerful new marketing tactic
that plays to a widespread fear
of food contamination — the
promise of safe groceries sold
online.
Pledging produce direct from
the farm, vendors have found
food is becoming one of the fastest-growing segments of Internet retailing as they cash in on
scares ranging from cadmiumtainted rice to recycled cooking
oil.
“I think people are willing to
pay a higher premium than in
the West,” said Chen Yougang, a
partner at consultancy McKinsey. “In other markets, like the
U.K., food e-commerce is about
convenience. Here, there’s going
to be a higher quality and safety
premium.”
But convincing some skeptical Chinese consumers on food
quality remains a battle.
“Everyone knows that in
China organic is not the real
thing,” said Zhang Lei, a mother
of one who lives in Shanghai.
Nonetheless, total online sales
of fresh produce in China could
rocket to 40 billion yuan ($6.5
billion) in five years from about
11.5 billion yuan this year, said
one analyst.
So far, most food sold on
China’s largest online shopping
sites such as Yihaodian,
majority owned by Wal-Mart,
and Jingdong Mall has been
packaged items or fruit with a
relatively long shelf life.
But a wave of new businesses
is focusing on fresh and premium produce, using the Internet to target higher-income
consumers.
“The vegetables are really
fresh,” said Beijing resident
Lei Na, who shops on websites
such as Womai.com, owned by
China’s top food processor and
trader COFCO.
“Supermarket food doesn’t
look that fresh, especially if you
only get there in the evening.”
But persuading customers they can meet promises on
food safety is crucial for online
retailers. Vendors argue that cutting out middlemen not only
increases freshness, but makes
food more traceable. On the
Benlai Shenghuo website, consumers can get details on the
free-range chickens they are
selecting, such as breed and diet,
as well as photos of the birds
wandering on farms.
The big driver has been food
scandals, which have been hitting Chinese shoppers thick and
fast — the latest a recall of dairy
products for Fonterra.
“During the bird flu outbreak,
our chicken sales exploded,”
said Steve Liang, founder of
Shanghai-based online retailer
Fields, referring to a jump in
sales after a new strain of the
virus, discovered in February,
killed over 40 people in China
and Taiwan.
A harvest moon rises near St. Claude. photo: shannon vanraes
B:10.25”
T:10.25”
S:10.25”
Unsung hero.
BayerCropScience.ca/Liberty or 1 888-283-6847 or contact your Bayer CropScience representative.
Always read and follow label directions. InVigor®, Liberty® and LibertyLink® are registered trademarks of the Bayer Group.
Bayer CropScience is a member of CropLife Canada.
C-61-08/13-BCS13105-E
B:7.75”
Pat Goodman,
SWAN RIVER, MB
T:7.75”
InVigor® needs Liberty® the same
way. Because powerful Liberty
herbicide is the backbone of the
LibertyLink® system and together,
they’re partners.
S:7.75”
Mentor, trusted advisor, and the
mainstay of the operation, he is also
their forefather, uncle and friend.
Within the next generation of the
family, he has instilled a strong work
ethic and taught them the rewards
of perseverance.
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AUCTION DISTRICTS
Parkland – North of Hwy 1; west of PR 242,
following the west shore of Lake Manitoba
and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis.
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
and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis.
Red River – South ofHwy 1; east of PR 242.
The Pas
Birch River
Swan River
Minitonas
Durban
Winnipegosis
Roblin
Dauphin
Grandview
Ashern
Gilbert Plains
Fisher Branch
Ste. Rose du Lac
Russell
Parkland
Birtle
Riverton
Eriksdale
McCreary
Langruth
Neepawa
Hamiota
Gladstone
Rapid City
Reston
Melita
1
Brandon
Killarney
Elm Creek
Sanford
Beausejour
Ste. Anne
Carman
Mariapolis
Pilot Mound
Crystal City
Lac du Bonnet
Winnipeg
Austin
Treherne
Westman
Boissevain
Stonewall
Selkirk
Portage
Carberry
Souris
Waskada
Interlake
Erickson
Minnedosa
Virden
Arborg
Lundar
Gimli
Shoal Lake
St. Pierre
242
Morris
Winkler
Morden
Altona
Steinbach
1
Red River
ANNOUNCEMENTS
GUN & MILITARIA SHOW
Sunova Centre
West St Paul Rec Centre
48 Holland Rd
Located North of the
North Perimeter Hwy
between McPhillips & Main St
off Kapelus Rd
WINNIPEG, MB.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2013
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Adults $5.00 – Women free
Children under 12 accompanied
by an adult free
There will be dealers
from Ontario, Saskatchewan
and Manitoba
Show Sponsored by the MCC of C
ANTIQUES
ANTIQUES
Antiques For Sale
MULVEY “FLEA” MARKET. Osborne & Mulvey
Ave E. Wpg. Sat-Sun-Hol. 10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.
40+ vendors. A/C. Debit, Visa, M/C. Table/Booth
rental info:(204)478-1217. mulveymarket.ca
ANTIQUES
Antique Equipment
2 JOHN DEERE ANTIQUE tractors: JD R 1950
model, Serial R4332; JD AR 1952, Serial 283014.
Original good running condition. Contact Ken:
(204)467-2982.
3 SETS OF LEATHER harness to fit general purpose horses, $350 set OBO; Good selection of
leather horse halters, open to offers; 3 large cloth
face straw collars, open to offers; Antique buggy or
cutter tongue, complete eveners, neck yokes like
new; Double set of ivory spread rings, in nice
shape; Some old horse machinery. Phone
(204)242-2809, PO Box 592 Manitou MB R0G 1G0.
AUCTION SALES
AUCTION SALES
Manitoba Auctions – Parkland
AUCTION SALES
Manitoba Auctions – Interlake
HOBBY FARM AUCTION FOR BARRIE & BEV
BRADEN Sat., Sept. 21st at 12:00noon from the
Jct of Hwy 1 & 16 west of Portage: 2-mi West on
Hwy, to Rd 46W & 1/2-mi South yd #65066.
1976-970 Case Tractor w/595 Buhler Allied loader,
fact 3-PTH; 2 hyds clamp on 18.4x34 duals PTO
7,222-hrs (eng redone at 6,000hrs); 80 INT 3-PTH
Snowblower; 8-ft. Frt mt Leon angle blade; 3-PTH 2
wheel dolly Hitch; 1971 Ford F750 cab/over 16-ft.
Stl box & hoist RT 360 eng 5+2 SPD; 1971 Ford
F500 w/1,000-gal stl water tank pump 330 eng 5+2
SPD; 1973 Ford F100 302 auto 110,336-mi; 1978
Lincoln Mark V continental 2 dr hardtop 460/ auto/
air/ cruise PWR locks/windows, 209,184-miles;
*consigned 1928 MODEL A FORD original, except
the paint, had MB safety 3 yrs ago reserved* double Ski-Doo trailer w/12V winch; Steel yd drag;
Swath Roller; 935 JD frt mt Riding 60-in. Mower
DSL 2,441-hrs; Lawn Sweep; 8-HP MTD Garden
Tiller; Shop Tools: 6500W Ducar power plant (approx 25-hrs); 300W Honda power plant; Winpower
power plant; 100-gal Slip Tank w/12V pump;
250amp LKS welder; Acetylene torch & cart; 5-HP
20-gal Air Compressor; Air compressor; Air carry Tank;
2 Keer Shears; Karcher 2400psi gas Pressure Washer;
Estate Sprayer; Banjo Pump; Roller Cabinet Tool box;
Tool Boxes; JD Battery Charger; 100-Ton Hyd Jack;
Hyd Floor Jack; Oak Desk; antique side board; 3 wood
Duck Decoy’s; 3 drawer Filing cabinet; Misc. Website
www.nickelauctions.com Terms Cash or Cheque w/I.D.
Lunch served. Subject to additions & deletions. Not
re-sponsible for any errors in description. GST & PST
will be charged where applicable Everything sells AS
IS Where Is All Sales Final. Any statements made on
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for any accidents on sale site. Sale conducted by Nickel
Auctions Ltd Dave Nickel, Auctioneer ph (204)6373393, cell (204)856-6900 Owner (204)252-2647.
McSherry Auction Service Ltd
AUCTION SALE
Estate of Edward Woychuk
Fri., Sept. 13 @ 12:00 Noon
Arborg, MB
Directions: Main Street Jct River Rd
3/4 Mile West on River Rd
Contact Ted: (204)782-7225
Email: [email protected]
Tractor & Equip: Cockshutt 570 Super dsl PS 540
PTO hyd 4077 hrs * Int W6 PTO Pulley nr * NH 985 gas
Combine, Shedded * Buhler/Farm King 6’ Trailer Rotary
Mower * Massy 3PH 7’ Sickle Mower * Vicon 5 Wheel
Rake * Coop 200 20’ Cult * Coop 10’ Deep Tiller * 2)
Trash King 10’ Deep Tiller * 3) 5’ Sec Mulchers * 2) Grain
Hoppers Trailers * Inland 60’ Sprayer * 3) Vers 6” 30’
Augers gas * 2 Wheel 500 gal Water Trailer Vehicles &
Yard: 1989 GMC SLE 1/2 Ton w/ CAP 188,000 km Sft *
73 Chev 3/4 Ton * Cub Cadet LT 1042 Hyd 19hp 200 hrs
R Mower * Yard Pro LT 12 1/2 hP 38” R Mower * Husq 26
RLC Gas Weed Eater * Wheel Barrow * Hand Yard Tools
Tools & Misc: Port Air Comp * 3) Chain Saws * Battery
Charger * Various Power Tools * Makita Side Grinder *
Circ Saws * Bench Grinder * Cordless Drill * Shop Vac *
Various Hand Tools * 3/4” Socket * Set Impact Sockets *
Wrenches * Hammers * Chisels * Jackal * Full Bolt Bin *
Shop Supply * 2) 300 gal Fuel Tanks, Metal Stands * Fuel
Slip Tank w/ Hand Pump * Gas Water Pump * Jet Pump
* Chains & Hooks * Cable * Hyd Cyl * 8) 10’ Metal Corral
Panels * Rd Bale Feeder * Various Lumber 2”x6”, 2”x8”,
up to 16’ * 250) 2”x4” x 8’ * T&G 1”x4” * 20) Bundles
New Asphalt Shingles * 25) Treated Fence Posts * Barb
Wire * Elec Fencer * Hand Meat Saw * Tarps Antiques:
10’ Cult on Steel * Hse Dump Rake * 2) Frost & Woods
Hse Sickle Mower * Walk Behind Scuffler * Wood Wagon
Wheels * 2) Cream Separators * 1) Hand 1) Elec * Old
Harness * Hiawatha Pedal Bike * Leg Vise * Scythe *
Primitive Rake * 3) Whiskey Barrels * 3) Egg Crates * Nail
Kegs * Oil Cans * 2) K Cupboard * Side Board * Drop Leaf
Table * DR Table * Wood Cook Stove * Cabinet Radio *
Wringer Washer * Wash Board * Pop Bottles *
AUCTION SALES
Manitoba Auctions – Interlake
HIQUAL MFG INVENTORY REDUCTION AUCTION
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28th 10AM
Location: 399 Ravenhurst St. Winnipeg, MB (1/2 mile west of the perimeter hwy on Dugald Rd.)
This is a Partial Listing
McSherry Auction Service Ltd
ACREAGE AUCTION
Art & Gail Rawluk
Sat., Sept. 14 @ 10:00 am
Libau, MB -Centre of Town
Directions: Jct #32E & 86N, 1 Block West # 31128
Auction Note: Acreage is Sold!
Contact: (204)766-2263
Email: [email protected]
Vintage Truck: 1929 Ford Model A, Complete Last
Running 5 years ago, Subject To Owner’s Approval Last
Bid! Tractor, Skidsteer & Equip: Bobcat 743 dsl w/
Bucket, 5500 hrs, S# 27739 * Int 806 dsl Cab Torque
Amp Dual Hyd 540 PTO 23.1 30 New Tires w/ Allied
FEL & Bucket * Hesston PT10 9’ Haybine * NH 851 Auto
Wrap RD Baler * PTO Drive Single Axle Manure Spreader
* Bale Forks for FEL Yard & Rec: JD L120 20HP 48”
R Mower w/ Rear Bagger * JD R70 R Mower * JD 42”
Lawn Sweep * Trailer Yard Sprayer Boom & Wand * Merry
Roto Tiller * 80s Honda 50cc Z Mini Bike, nr * 74 Skidoo
300 Snowmobile, nr * 75 Yamaha 440 Snowmobile, nr
* Utility Trailer * MTD 8HP Snowblower * Wheel Barrow
* Mosquito Magnet * Poly Barrels * Hand Yard Tools *
Golf Clubs * GUNS: Enfield Sportizered Cal 303, Act:
BA * Cooey, Model 600, cal 22, Act BA w/ Scope * Tree
Stand Livestock Equip: BH 2 Horse Tandem Trailer * 5)
Metal RD Bale Feeders * 16’ Calf Shelter * 2) Western
Saddles * Bridles * Halters * Grooming * Buggy Shaft *
Single Driving Harness * Parmac 30 Mile Elec Fencer *
High Tensile Wire * Hand Meat Saw * Chicken Feeders *
Brooder Lights * Misc: 01 Dodge 5.9 gas Engine & Trans
* Poly Truck Tool Box * Load Ratchet Strapping * 90s
Ford Tailgate * Various Auto Parts * Oils, Lubs * Truck Grill
Guard * Set 23.1 30 Tractor Tire Chains * Interior & Bifold
Doors Tools: Devilbiss 5HP 40 gal Air Comp * Miller
Mig Welder * Metal Band Saw * Delta 10” Table Saw
* Generator 2000 watts * Sand Blaster * Silver Beauty
Battery Charger * Bench Grinder * Power Tools * Router *
Saws * Drills * New Hammer Drills * Sander * Air Tools *
Die Cutter * Roofing Nailer * Port Air Tank * Tool Cabinet
* Auto 10 ton Hyd Body Jack * Floor Jack * Many Hand
Tools * Laser Level * Workmate * Metal Folding Saw
Horses * Workbench w/ Vise * Shop Cabinet * Shelving
* Router Bits * Full Bolt Bin * Shop Supply Antiques;
Railway Switchman Lantern * Wardrobe Closet * Dresser
* Wood Cook Stove * Treadle Sewing Machine * Steel
Wheels * Wood Wagon Wheels * Singer Hand Crank
Sewing Machine * Wringer * Household
Stuart McSherry
(204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027
For full listings visit
www.mcsherryauction.com
AUCTION SALE
Leawood Enterprises
AUCTION SALES
Manitoba Auctions – Interlake
Contact Chad Friesen (cell) at 204-476-4720
leave messages on voicemail
Sat., Sept. 28, 2013
at 10:00 AM
Birnie, MB (28 km North of Neepawa)
Directions: From Neepawa, travel north on Highway
#5 to Birnie junction (approx 28 kms) and continue north
one mile past this junction. Sale site is on east side of
highway. Watch for signs.
PLEASE VIEW OUR WEBSITE
www.lamportanddowler.com
for FULL LISTING AND PHOTOS.
John Lamport 204-476-2067
Tim Dowler 204-803-6915
www.lamportanddowler.com
AUCTION SALES
Manitoba Auctions – Westman
NICKEL AUCTIONS LTD
Annual Consignment Auction
at Austin, MB Saturday, October 12th
Consign Your Items Early For Advertising
Some Equipment Already Consigned
Phone (204)637-3393 Cell (204)856-6900
E-mail [email protected]
Website www.nickelauctions.com
FARMING IS ENOUGH OF
A GAMBLE...
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FARM LAND AUCTION
for Robert Butterfield
Saturday, September 28th
West of MacGregor
1/4 Section
Check Website
www.nickelauctions.com
For Details Owner (204)685-2899
Stuart McSherry
(204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027
For full listings visit
www.mcsherryauction.com
AUCTION SALES
Manitoba Auctions – Interlake
UNRESERVED CLOSE-OUT
• 10ft Frame Gates
• 12ft Frame Gates
• 10ft Range Panels
• 10ft Flex Panel 6 Rail
• 12ft Range Panel
• 12ft PG4 Flex Panels w/ 4ft
Personal Gate
• 10ft PG4 Flex Panels w/ 4ft
Personal Gate
• 10ft Traditional Stall Front
• 10ft Traditional Rail Divider
• 10ft Traditional Solid Divider
• 12ft Traditional Stall Front
• 16ft Cattleman
• 4ft General Duty Gate
• 6ft General Duty Gate
• 8ft General Duty Gate
• 10ft General Duty Gate
• 16ft General Duty Gate
• 20ft Heavy Duty Gate
• 10ft Heavy Duty Gate
• 12ft Heavy Duty Gate
• 18ft Heavy Duty Gate
• 10ft Heavy Duty Panel
• 12ft Heavy Duty Panel
• 16ft Heavy Duty Panel
• 16ft Heavy Duty Panel 6R
• 4ft Heavy Duty Panel
• 10ft Super Six Gate
• 16ft Super Six Gate
• 10ft Orignal Front
• 12ft Original Front
• 20ft 1 1/2” 4 Rail C.F.
• 10ft 1 1/2” 4 Rail C.F.
• 20ft 2” 5 Rail C.F.
• 10ft 2” 5 Rail C.F.
• 20ft 2” 4 Rail C.F.
• Bunk Feeders
• Sileage Bunks
• Calf Chute
• Curved Alley Panel
Plus Much More!!
www.pennerauctions.com
PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.
218 Brandt Street Steinbach, MB Ph: 204.326.3061 Fax: 204.326.3061
Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992
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AUCTION SALES
Saskatchewan Auctions
MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm equipment
auction for Evan & Mary Goranson (306)861-1511
Sat., Oct. 12th, 2013 at 10:00am. Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com Directions from Weyburn, SK 5-mi Southeast on Hwy 39 and 1.5-mi
East. Ford Vers 846 Designation 6 4WD tractor
w/3,162-hrs; Case 1070 2WD tractor; Case 900
2WD tractor; Case C tractor for parts; 39-ft. Morris
Maxim air drill double shoot & 6180 Morris air tank;
45-ft. Morris Magnum CP-743 cultivator; 27-ft. Morris cultivator; MF 12-ft. & 18-ft. discers; 60-ft. Herman tine harrows; NH TR 86 SP combine w/recent
work orders; 25-ft. NH 971 straight cut header; 20ft. Vers PT swather; Head Catcher sunflower pans;
Crary air reel; 1979 Chev C60 3-Ton grain truck;
1998 Chev Silverado 1500 extended cab 4WD
truck; 1965 GMC 960 grain truck; 100-ft/ Brandt QF
1000 field sprayer; EZ Guide & EZ Steer GPS units;
Cushion Air 300 grain vac; Westfield 10-61 swing
auger; Pool 7-41 auger w/Kohler engine; Rosco
2,750-bu. grain bin on cement; Rosco 2,200-bu.
grain bin on cement; JD 8-ft. land leveller; Riteway
2 batt rock picker; oilfield drill bits; chemical transfer
pump; antique forge; cream separator; horse harness; hay sling; saddles beam scale; Club Car electric golf cart, complete line of shop tools. Visit
www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter (306)421-2928
or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962
AUCTION
SALE
OF McDiarmid Lumber
Highway Tractors, Trucks, Forklifts, Trailers & Equipment
5221 Portage Ave. West - Headingley, Manitoba
Saturday, September 14th at 11:00 am
(Viewing Friday 10:00 am til 5:00 Day Before Sale Only) (RAIN OR SHINE)
AUCTIONEER’S NOTE Please check web site www.kayesauctions.com for updates, pictures and deletions.
HIGHWAY TRACTORS
2005
International
Eagle
9200i
w/ISM
410
Cummins engine, automatic trans. w/Integral sleeper
(Safetied Oct. 2013)* 2002 International Eagle 9400i w/
sleeper (Good Shape)*
TRUCKS
2000 Sterling LT9500 tandem axle w/ox flat deck w/Hiab
model 235.K w/forks, out riggers w/6-cyl. Cummins diesel
(Showing 204,500 km)* 2002 Chev. 3500 Duramax diesel
1-ton flat deck 4x4 crew cab w/hitch for goose neck trailer*
2004 Chev. Silverado 3500 Duramax diesel 1-ton flat deck*
2000 Chev. Silverado ext. cab, 4x4*
FORKLIFTS
2005 Clark CMP50SL dual wheel, propane, 10,000 lbs. lift,
triple mast w/side shift* 2-1999 JCB 930 diesel, 4x4, 6,000
lbs. lift, nice shape* 1999 Daewoo G25S triple mast w/side
shift, 5,000 lbs. lift* 1997 Nissan 50 propane, all terrain,
3-mast, 5,000 lbs. (good shape)* Case 586-D diesel 8,000
lbs. lift, all terrain* Hyster Type5, propane forklift H50XL*
1998 Yale electric, 6,000 lbs. lift, triple mast w/side shift*
1997 Sky Jack 3219 lift* Nissan 50, all terrain (Not Running)*
TRAILERS
2-2007 Lode King 53’ drop deck tri-axle trailers* 2003 24’
Sokal goose neck trailer w/tandem dual wheels*
AUCTION SALES
Manitoba Auctions – Interlake
EQUIPMENT
Wasp attic insulation blower* 2-ACCU-1 attic insulation
blowers* Vidir Cut “N” Roll carpet machine model 75*
PALLET RACKING & SHELVING
Over 50 lifts of orange pallet racking (Lifts have 2-3 sections
on it)* over 90-Lifts of Gondola double sided store shelving*
PAINT EQUIPMENT
AFM Direct tinter model 2323121B2T* 2-Hero Innovative
color technology paint machines* FM-VR1 mixer/shaker*
NEW KITCHENS
11-Medallion oak kitchen cupboard sets w/flush panel 1/4
sawn oak doors*
OFFICE
HP DesignJet 500ps plotter* 10-pallets of executive office
furniture* 10-Dell & Acer computers w/LED screens* Toshiba
telephone system* assort. office printers* etc.
Sale Conducted by:
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AUCTION SALES
Saskatchewan Auctions
MACK AUCTION CO. presents an antique tractor
& vehicle auction for Don & Shirley Bryant
(306)577-7362. Sun., Oct. 6th, 2013 at 12:00pm
Noon. Over 100 tractors & vehicles for restoration
various
conditions. Directions from Carlyle, SK.
12-mi South on Hwy. 9 & 3.5-mi East. Watch for
Signs! Large Ford Mercury dealer sign; Massey
Harris 44G; Massey Harris 102 Junior; Case VA; 2,
Case LA; McCormick Deering W6 DSL; IHC W4; 2,
Case 930; JD 70; JD B; 2, JD G; JD B; JD H; 5, JD
AR; JD A; JD D; 2, Cockshutt Super 570; Case C;
Minneapolis Moline U; Minneapolis Moline U Special; Minneapolis Moline UB; Case SC; Massey
Harris 444 Special; Massey Harris 44 GS; IH Farmall M; 2, Wallis Steel Wheels; Long F162; Minneapolis Moline Z; Minneapolis Moline U; Massey
Harris 102 Junior; Oliver 88; IH Farmall M; IH Farmall H; Cockshutt 80; Massey Harris 102 Senior;
Case D; Fordson Major DSL; Case V; JD A; Minneapolis U; JD A; Minneapolis Moline U; JD AR; Farmall Super M; 3, JD G; Case S; Case D; IH 4366
4WD for parts. 1958 Chev Delray 4 door car; Ski
Bee snow machine; 1964 IH Loadstar 2-Ton; Ford
2-Ton w/box & hoist; 1951 Dodge 300; 1952 GMC
9300 1/2-Ton; 1966 GMC 950 2-Ton; 1975 Chev 10
Custom Deluxe; 1972 GMC 1500 Custom truck; 2,
1950 GMC 9700; 1952 Chev 1430; 1960’s Ford
Van; 1964 IH 1200; 1958 Mercury 4WD truck; 1972
IH 1110 truck; Austin 2-Ton truck; 1936 Chev 2
door car body; 1952 GMC Truck; 1952 Chev 1430
truck; 1964 Chev 30 truck; 1952 GMC 450; 1947
Mercury 3-Ton truck; 1953 Ford truck; Ford 600
Cab over truck; IH cab over tandem semi truck;
1957 Chev 1-Ton truck; 1947 Dodge 2-Ton truck;
1947 Ford 1-Ton truck; 2, 1947 IH KB-7 trucks;
1956 Chev Bel Air 4 door car; WD 45 AC; 101 VA
Case Tractor; 2, JD 12A PTO combines; IH combine; Minneapolis Moline combine; Case A-6 combine; Cockshutt 431 combine; Cockshutt 522 combine; MF model 72; THE ESTATE OF VIC EAGLES
(306)634-4696. JD dealership sign; JD 210 Industrial; JD 1010; JD D; IH 300, McCormick S; Fordson
Major; IH B414; JD D STEEL SPOKED WHEELS;
JD 820; JD 620; MF 44; JD A; 2, JD AR, MH model
GC, IH road grader U2A, plus much much more!
Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill &
photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter.
(306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co.
PL 311962
AUCTION SALES
Auctions Various
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AUCTION SALES
Auctions Various
AUCTION SALES
Auctions Various
MISCELLANEOUS
Decta Unisaw 10” Tilting Arbor Saw* 3-stock ladders*
24-mobile lumber carts* assort. aluminum ladders*
40-shopping carts* 3-pallet jacks* Leon forklift plow* 18-lifts
of siding parts* 19-crates of new ducting parts, hoses, eaves
trough parts, ABS fittings, roof vents, closed parts, broom,
rakes, etc.* 7-pallets of misc. paint* etc.
TERMS: Cash, Visa, Mastercard or Debit paid in Full Same Day of Sale.
SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS
“Everything Sold As Is, Where Is” with no warranties implied or expressed.
KAYE’S
AUCTIONS
(204) 668-0183 (WPG.)
www.kayesauctions.com
FARM AUCTION - RICHARD & RUTH KLENK
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14 11:00 AM
Location: From Emo, ON 19km South on 602, Or From Fort Frances, ON 25km West on 602. Marker 5121
TRACTORS, TRUCKS, HAYING EQUIPMENT, TRAILERS, TILLAGE & 3 PTH EQUIPMENT
INCLUDING: *2000 4230 Case IH, 3PTH, MFWD, Loader *Ford 9000 Diesel, 3 PTH*1690 Case
Diesel Tractor 3 PTH*2006 20’ Gooseneck Livestock Trailer *2006 26’ Flatdeck Trailer w/
Beaver Tail, Tandem* New Holland 1495 Hydrostic Self-Propelled Haybine *3 Ton GMC Truck w/
Steel B&H FULL LISTING AT www.pennerauctions.com
PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.
218 Brandt Street Steinbach, MB Ph: 204.326.3061 Fax: 204.326.3061
Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992
www.pennerauctions.com
Sale Conducted by:
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SEPTEMBER AUCTION
OPENING: SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 1
4WD TRACTORS
2011 JD 9630, deluxe
cab, active seat, powershift,
AutoTrac ready w/ Plug-NPlay, front & rear power diff
lock, Hi-Flow hyd. system
w/78gpm flow, Field Vision
xenon HID rear lights,
520/85R46 triples, 742 hrs.,
S/N1RW9630PPAP022100
2010 JD 9630 deluxe
cab, active seat, powershift,
AutoTrac ready w/Plug-NPlay, front & rear power diff
lock, Field Vision xenon HID
rear lights, 832 hrs.,
S/N1RW9630PLAP017293
1990 JD 8760, 24 spd.,
4 hyd., integrated Outback
auto steer, 6,790 hrs.,
S/NRW8760H02392
1998 Ford 9682, N14
Cummins, 360 hp., powershift,
12 fwd, 2 reverse, 4 hyd.,
shows 7,029 hrs., S/ND106625
Versatile 875, 12 spd.
gear, 4 hyd., 20.8-38 duals
2WD TRACTORS
& LOADERS
2010 JD 5075E, 2WD,
9F/3R, 75 hp., 2 hyd., 3 pt.,
540 PTO, 1,198 hrs.
2005 JD 5525, 2WD,
9F/3R, 75 hp., 2 hyd., 3 pt.,
540 PTO, 2,753 hrs.
JD 4430, CAH, quad range,
2 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, 10,149
hrs., loader brackets not
included & will be removed by
seller, S/N020972R
JD 4010, quad range, diesel,
2 hyd., 540 PTO, blown
motor, S/N401022T21326
1983 Case-IH 2294,
powershift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 1000
PTO, Buhler Allied loader,
7’ bucket, 8,861 hrs.
1952 JD 60, wide front, gas,
1 hyd., PTO, Powr-Trol, rock
shaft, electric start, needs
radiator core, S/N6003491
Dual 210 loader, 7’
bucket, 4-tine grapple,
mounts for JD 4030
JD 158 loader w/mounts
COMBINES
1998 Agco R72 AHH,
variable spd., grain loss monitor,
acre meter, corn/soybean, bin
ext., 1,200 sep./1,800 engine
hrs., 2nd owner
1998 Caterpillar Lexion
465 4WD, AHHC, ARS,
chaff spreader, dual spd.
cylinder, 3D sieves, heavy lift
cylinders, 3,118 hrs.
1991 JD 9600, duals, topper
CLOSING: TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 10
1983 JD 8820, DAH, 2
spd. cylinder, long unloading
auger, bin ext.
1981 JD 8820, DAH, long
unloading auger, bin ext.
1980 JD 7720, turbo hydro,
diesel, grain-trac monitor,
chopper, 2WD, shows 4,322
hrs., S/N412077
JD 7720, turbo hydro, DAM,
chopper, HD rear axle,
grain loss monitor, hopper
extension, S/N411576
JD 95 self-propelled
combine, gas, w/5-belt
pickup head, S/N36489
HEADS
2010 Case-IH 2020 flex
head, 30’, S/NYAZL52525
2003 Case-IH 1020 flex
head, 25’, S/NJJ0331577
2010 JD 635F flex head,
35’, S/N1H00635FCA0737360
2009 JD 635F flex
head, 35’
2007 JD 635F flex head,
35’, S/NH00635F721311
JD 630F flex head,
S/NH00930F676137
2000 JD 930F flex head,
30’, S/NH00930F686174
JD 930F flex head, CWS
wind bar
2009 MacDon HD70 flex
draper, 40’, S/N186041
2009 MacDon D60 rigid
draper, 45’
2006 NH 94C draper
head, 41’
2005 Geringhoff RD
chopping corn head,
18x22”, S/N919651822-B
2003 Geringhoff RD
chopping corn head,
8x22”, S/N93053830
2005 Harvestec 4216C
chopping corn head,
16x22”
2000 JD 1291 corn
head, 12x22”
JD 1220 Clark
Conversion corn head
JD corn head, 10x22”,
converted from an 8x30”, all
New poly
JD 843 corn head, 8 row,
steel snouts, S/N519899
IHC 882 corn head, 8x22”,
knife rolls, S/N100U013069
JD 853A all crop head,
S/N655413
JD 853 all crop head,
8 row
JD 853 all crop head,
S/N248345
JD 653A all crop head,
6x30”, S/N428404
JD 653 all crop head,
6x30”, S/N347806
JD 653 all crop head,
6 row
1989 JD 912 pickup
head, 388 Westward 7-belt
pickup, S/N630254
JD 212 pickup head,
Melroe 7-belt pickup
JD 212 pickup head, JD
6-belt pickup
JD 930 rigid head,
S/NH00930P657006
Versatile 4025 bidirectional head, 25’
JD 590 pull-type swather,
30’, S/N00590A877548
SEMI TRACTORS
2005 Freightliner
Columbia condo
sleeper, 708,000 miles
2005 Peterbilt 379 ext.
hood, 60” sleeper, 960,000
miles
2005 Peterbilt 379, 63”
sleeper, 979,000 miles
2004 Peterbilt 378, C15
Cat, 10 spd.
1997 Freightliner FL80,
day cab, shows 82,163 miles
Kenworth cabover, Cat,
9 spd.
TRUCKS
1982 Ford L9000 tandem
axle dump truck, 14’
GRAIN CARTS &
gravel box, 471,628 miles
GRAVITY WAGONS
1979 Ford 800 tag
Bourgault 1100 grain
tandem, 20’x72” high
cart, 1,100 bu.,
Reitan alum. box, Harsh
S/N36686GC-07
scissor hoist, 62,353 miles
Parker J4500 grain
1969
International
cart, S/N251178
Loadstar twin screw,
(2) Demco gravity
18’ box & hoist, 210,460 miles
wagon, 525 bu.
1976 Chevrolet C60
PLANTERS
single axle, 16’ box, hoist,
2012 Case-IH 1250 front- roll tarp
fold planter, 16x30”, 1,300 1983 Chevrolet C70
actual hrs., S/NYBS028483
single axle bulk fuel
IHC 400 planter, 8 row
truck
2000
Freightliner FL60
AIR DRILLS
JD 1850 air drill, 40’, 7-1/2” delivery truck
spacing, 1900 cart, 270 bu.
LIVE BOTTOM
Morris Maxim air drill, 40’, & END DUMP
10” spacing, 7240 cart, 240 bu. TRAILERS
2007 Trinity Eagle
TILLAGE EQUIP.
Bridge live bottom
2010 Case-IH 870
trailer, 42’
EcoloTiger disc ripper, 1989 TrailStar aluminum
S/NJFH0048489
end dump trailer, 32’ tub,
Flexi-Coil System 70
33’ frame, 64” sides
coil packer, 45’
1988 TrailStar aluminum
1993 Wishek 742
end dump trailer, 32’ tub,
tandem disc, 26’
33’ frame, 64” sides
(2) Krause disc, 32’ & 24’ 1986 East aluminum
IHC 800 auto reset
end dump trailer, 32’,
moldboard plow,
33’ frame, 72” sides
S/N1050000U000577
1978 East aluminum
JD 3600 auto reset
end dump trailer, 30’,
plow, 7 bottom
72” sides
JD 3200 auto reset plow 1974 East aluminum
Melroe chisel plow, 39’
end dump trailer, 30’
Melroe chisel plow, 32’
tub, 31’ frame, 70” sides
IHC chisel plow, 17’
COMBINE/SPRAYER
Summers 1600
TRAILERS
multiweeder, 50’
2003 Zierke tri-axle
ROW CROP EQUIP.
combine/sprayer
JD, 12x30”
trailer, 53’ w/10’ spread
Westgo, 12x30”
2001 Shop-built
(2) Westgo, 6x30”
combine/sprayer
Wil-Rich, 12x30”
trailer, extendable 28-1/2’
Alloway pull-type
1974 American flatbed
shredder, 22’
trailer, 42’x8
American flatbed
trailer, 40’x8’
HOPPER BOTTOM
& OTHER TRAILERS
1991 Timpte Super
Hopper hopper bottom
trailer, 42’x96x66” sides
Timpte hopper bottom,
42’
1987 Fruehauf
pneumatic trailer, 1,000
cu. ft. cap.
Shop-built header
trailer, 22’
Shop-built header
trailer, 20’
1983 Tandem axle
utility trailer, 6x14’
WHEEL LOADERS
1985 Case W20C wheel
loader, shows 3,052 hrs.,
S/N9155896
Fiat Allis 745 wheel
loader, S/N96M02672
DOZERS
2006 Case 650K LGP
crawler, 2,981 hrs.
1952 Caterpillar D8
dozer, S/N13A1678
Caterpillar D7E dozer,
S/N2015
PICKUPS
SUGARBEET EQUIP.
SPRAYERS &
SPREADERS
HAY & LIVESTOCK
EQUIPMENT
AUGERS, HOPPER
BIN & AERATION
EQUIPMENT
CONVEYORS
TRACTOR &
TELESCOPIC
FORKLIFTS
TRENCHER
BACKHOE &
CONSTRUCTION
EQUIPMENT
SKID STEER
LOADERS & ATTACH.
OTHER EQUIPMENT
RECREATION
NH3 EQUIPMENT
FORAGE EQUIP.
GENERATORS
TANKS to include
fuel tanks, propane
& NH3
TRACKS & TIRES
PARTS &
MISC. ITEMS
For consignor information & location, complete terms, lot listing and photos visit IQBID.com.
AUTO & TRANSPORT
BUILDING & RENOVATIONS
BUILDING & RENOVATIONS
AUTO & TRANSPORT
Auto & Truck Parts
BUILDING & RENOVATIONS
Doors & Windows
BUILDING & RENOVATIONS
Doors & Windows
GREAT PRICES ON NEW, used & remanufactured
engines, parts & accessories for diesel pickups.
Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call or check us out at www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca Thickett Engine Rebuilding.
Ph (204)532-2187, Russell MB.
1999 250 FORD 7.2 DSL 4x4, long-box,
290,000-km, mechanic in good shape, body little
rust, asking $7,000 OBO; 8x24 tandem flat-deck all
brakes & lights, asking $2,500 OBO. (204)444-2997
81 FORD S600 W/5-YD dump box; 5th wheel hitch
for camper trailer, stabilizer for bumper hitch trailer;
18.4x34 tractor tire. Phone (204)855-2212
FOR SALE: 04 CHEVY 2500 4x4, 4-dr, gas, new
safety, new steer tires, flat deck w/tool boxes,
$7000. Phone:(204)871-0925.
FOR SALE: MACK RS 700L Tandem grain truck,
complete w/20-ft Cancade box & roll-tarp, safetied,
Call:(204)721-0940.
AUTO & TRANSPORT
Semi Trucks & Trailers
2005 PETERBILT 379 CAT CIS 475 HP, 13-Spd,
355 Ratio, good tires all around. Asking $26,000.
Call (204)857-1700, Gladstone MB.
75 truckloads 29 gauge full hard
100,000PSI high tensile roofing &
siding. 16 colours to choose from.
B-Gr. coloured......................70¢/ft.
2
Multi-coloured millends.........49¢/ft.2
Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan,
NW Ontario & Alberta....Since 1937
• Quality Commercial/Agricultural/Residential
Overhead Doors & Operators.
• Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available.
• Non-Insulated and Insulated Sectional Doors Available.
• Liftmaster Heavy Duty Operators.
• Mullion Slide Away Centre Posts.
• Commercial/Agricultural Steel Man Doors and Frames.
• Your washbay door specialists. • Quality Installation & Service.
• 24 Hour Service. • Replacement Springs & Cables.
Phone: 204-326-4556 Fax: 204-326-5013
Toll Free: 1-855-326-4556
www.reimeroverheaddoors.com
email: [email protected]
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Bins
NEW MERIDIAN BINS AVAILABLE, GM2300GM5000, all w/skids. In Stock aeration fans to go
w/your new hopper bin. Call Valley Agro
(204)746-6783 or visit www.valleyagro.com
SUKUP GRAIN BINS: Flat bottom & hopper, heavy
built, setup crew available. Call for more info.
(204) 998-9915.
Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2
FULL BIN ALARM
Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for
archrib buildings
BEAT THE PRICE
INCREASES CALL NOW
ALARM SOUNDS WHEN BIN IS FULL
FOUILLARD STEEL
SUPPLIES LTD.
ST. LAZARE, MB.
1-800-510-3303
BUILDINGS
2004 HI-QUAL 36 X 22 Fabric Quonset; Agri-plastic calf hutches w/pails & doors; 2 metal calf sheds.
Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon.
AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post
frame building company. For estimates and information
call
1-888-816-AFAB(2322).
Website:
www.postframebuilding.com
CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place &
finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any
floor design. References available. Alexander, MB.
204-752-2069.
STOP Climbing Bins!
THREE IN ONE
1. COMPLETE AUGER SPOUT
with “NO SNAG SPOUT”
2. FULL BIN ALARM
3. NIGHT LIGHT
• Available for 10, 13 and
16” Augers
• No Batteries needed
• Enclosed Sensor
• Proven Design since 2003
Value Priced from $515 to $560+ shipping
3 DAYS DELIVERY TO YOUR FARM
IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT SEND IT BACK AFTER
HARVEST FOR A REFUND
1-866-860-6086
John and Angelika Gehrer
NEVER SPILL SPOUT Inc.
www.neverspillspout.com
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Cleaners
Endless Opportunities
BUHLER-SORTEX FULL COLOUR SORTER
Model 90,000. Demo Machine - Never been used
$65,000 OBO. Please call (519)631-3463, ON.
251 Main St. Carman.
Turnkey Special Crop Crushing Plant in Carman,
MB. Options to crush several different crops. Includes land, buildings, equipment, client list &
owner will help w/transition.
MLS#1306629. Call Chris:(204)745-7493 for info.
RE/MAX Advantage.
BUSINESS SERVICES
BUSINESS SERVICES
Crop Consulting
FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS
We also specialize in: Crop Insurance appeals;
Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; Custom operator
issues; Equipment malfunction; Yield comparisons,
Plus Private Investigations of any nature. With our
assistance the majority of our clients have received
compensation previously denied. Back-Track
Investigations investigates, documents your loss and
assists in settling your claim.
Licensed Agrologist on Staff.
For more information
Please call 1-866-882-4779
CONTRACTING
CONTRACTING
Custom Harvest
CUSTOM HARVEST INSURED, Rotor or Walker
Combine. Per hour or acre. Phone (204)487-1347.
CONTRACTING
Custom Work
ALLAN DAIRY IS TAKING bookings for the 2013
silage season. For more information call
(204)371-1367 or (204)371-7302.
MANITOBA BASED CUSTOM HARVESTING operation equipped w/Case IH & John Deere combines. Peas, cereals, canola, & soybeans. Flex
heads, straight heads & PU headers. Professional
operation fully insured. Phone:(204)371-9435 or
(701)520-4036.
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
1985 CASE 450C CRAWLER Dozer, 6-way blade,
ROP canopy, hydrostatic trans, 16-in pads, 65%
undercarriage, Cummins engine rebuilt, 0-hrs,
$18,500. Phone:(204)525-4521 www.waltersequipment.com
2007 621D WHEEL LOADER 3-yd bucket, VGC.
Call (204)447-0184.
AUTO & TRANSPORT
Trucks
1976 CHEV C70, 5&4-SPD trans, 427 motor, full
tandem, w/20-ft box & roll-tarp. Asking $3100.
Phone (204)728-1861.
PRICE TO CLEAR!!
FOR RENT: 24-FT. PULLDOZER daily & weekly
rates avail. Call (204)745-8909 or (204)242-4588.
IQBID is a division of Steffes Auctioneers Inc.
2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078 • Scott Steffes ND81
701.237.9173 •IQBID.com • SteffesAuctioneers.com
1975 GMC 6500 heavy duty grain truck, 16-ft. box
hoist, roll tarp, 1020 tires, 5x2 trans, 366 engine.
Phone (204)745-2784.
BUILDING & RENOVATIONS
Roofing
HYD PULL SCRAPERS, 6-40 yards, Caterpillar,
AC/LaPlant, LeTourneau, Kokudo, etc. Pull-type &
direct mount available, tires also available. Pull-type
pull grader, $14,900; 2010 53-ft step deck, $24,995;
New Agricart grain cart, 1050-Bu, complete w/tarp,
$27,500. Phone (204)822-3797, Morden MB.
TD9 4-CYL NEEDS ENGINE, good v.c. & running
gear. Has 8-ft IH farm dozer, Farmall Super C, Super H & M. Phone (204)736-2619, Oak Bluff.
FARM MACHINERY
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Augers
8X70 WESTFIELD PTO AUGER, excellent shape,
$2,500 OBO. Phone (204)476-6907.
NEW 2013 HARVEST INTERNATIONAL Heavy
Duty Grain Auger Dealer, Commercially Built, Hi
Speed Volume, All Sizes 8-in., 10-in., 13-in. in
stock, 36-ft. 112-ft. Available, Special Intro Pricing
in Effect Now! Reimer Farm Equipment- Gary Reimer
(204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Bins
BEHLIN 3750-BU GRANARY; BOURGAULT coil
packer, 28-32 ft. adjustable, w/hyd lift. Phone
(204)386-2412, Plumas.
BIG BINS & FLOORS at old prices, 20,000-56,000bu. bins holding prices until spring. NEW MOISTURE CABLES! Call Wall Grain for details
(204)269-7616 or (306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662.
CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks.
Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103
or E-mail Requests [email protected]
AUTO & TRANSPORT
Vehicles Various
FOR SALE: WESTFIELD ROSCO grain bin 2,400bu., like new, used 1 yr. Phone (204)768-9090.
OVER 200 VEHICLES LOTS OF DIESELS
www.thoens.com Chrysler Dodge (800)667-4414
Wynyard, SK.
NEW BROCK BIN PACKAGES starting at
.80cents/bushel. Let us line up our experienced
crews to do the work for you. Call Valley Agro
(204)746-6783.
FORSBERG MODEL 14 GRAVITY table, Commercial unit. $9,500, OBO. Phone:(204)471-3418.
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Dryers
NEW SUKUP GRAIN DRYERS in stock and ready for
immediate delivery. Canola screens, 1/3ph, LP/NG.
Call for more info. www.vzgrain.com (204) 998-9915.
NEW MC DRYERS IN STOCK w/canola screens
300-2,000 BPH units. Why buy used, when you get
new fuel efficient & better quality & control w/MC.
Call Wall Grain for details (204)269-7616 or
(306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662.
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Elevators
80-FT. BUCKET ELEVATING LEG w/3 phase
10-HP electric motor. Phone (204)886-3304.
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Testers
FOR SALE: MODEL 919 Labtronics Grain Tester
complete w/charts, Ohaus scale & official bushel
weight pint measure. Canola Roller & canola stick,
$700; Farmex hay probe (moisture tester), $75.
Owner retired. Phone:(204)368-2226.
FARM MACHINERY
Haying & Harvesting – Baling
1998 CASE IH 8455 rd baler, dual elect tie hyd bale
kicker; 2003 Case IH RBX462 rd baler, extra-wide
PU, chain oiler. Ph Richard (204)383-5875.
COMPLETE SET OF USED round baler belts for
Hesston 956 model, 50% worn, no tears, asking
$150 per/belt. Phone days (204)526-5298 or evenings (204)743-2145.
FOR SALE: 4910 HESSTON large square baler
(4x4x8), field ready; 900 NH forage harvester, 3row adjustable corn head & PU, rebuilt gear box.
Call (204)685-2470.
WANTED: NEW HOLLAND BALE wagons, also
accumulators & forks. Roeder Implement, Seneca,
Kansas. Phone: 785-336-6103.
FARM MACHINERY
Haying & Harvesting – Swathers
1989 JD 2360 25-FT. swather, PU reel, DSL,
variable SPD on reel & table, cuts canola excellent,
asking $9,000 OBO; 1994 25-ft. Case IH PT swather, $1,500. Phone (204)746-5199
1995 8220 CASE IH swather; 222 JD header
w/transport. Phone (204)858-2573.
1999 MF 220 Series2 25-ft swather w/pick-up reel,
double-shears & lifters, 1,500-hrs. Wilmot Milne,
Gladstone, MB. Phone: (204)385-2486 or Cell:
(204)212-0531.
9260 HESSTON SWATHER W/2210 HEADER, like
new, 36-ft. Big Cab power unit, 2005. W/Swath roller.Very nice shape, best swather for Canola.
$70,000. (204)871-0925.
CASE IH MODEL 730 pull-type swather, 30-ft
w/bat-reel, canvases included, always shedded.
Asking $2500. Phone days (204)526-5298, evenings (204)743-2145.
WESTWARD 3000 30-FT. PT swather crop lifters,
new knife & guards, shedded, Haukass hitch, not
used last 6 yrs, $4,500 OBO. Phone (204)638-2513
or (204)546-2021.
FARM MACHINERY
Hay & Harvesting – Swather Accessories
25-FT U2 PU REEL, w/metal teeth, good condition.
Phone (204)746-5605.
FARM MACHINERY
Haying & Harvesting – Various
14 WHEEL RAKE, $6,500; Vermeer R23 Hyd. rake
NH166 swath turner, $3,500; JD 535 baler, $5,900;
JD 530, $3,500; JD 510 $1,250; Gehl 2270 Haybine, $3,900; NH 116, $3,000; Several hay conditioners, $800 & up; JD 15-ft #1518 batwing mower,
$8,500; Woods 7-ft, $3,000; Woods 6-ft, $1,600; 5ft 3PH, $1,000, 6-ft, $1,150. Phone: (204)857-8403.
97 1475 NH HAYBINE 2300 14-ft. header, $9,500
OBO. Phone (204)762-5779.
FOR SALE: CASE IH 19.5-ft 4000 swather (no
cab). Two Keer shears lifter guards. Not used since
2009 (shedded). Really good condition, $3,500;
Case IH 8480 round baler, shedded, not used since
2009 (soft core). Really good condition, $4,000.
Phone:(204)368-2226.
FOR SALE: FARM KING 13x70-ft. Swing Auger
w/hyd winch & hopper mover, reverser, 540 PTO,
new price $23,000, asking $13,800; Also 9600 JD
Combine Cyl spiders, used. Good condition. Phone
(204)526-7829, Holland, MB.
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FARM MACHINERY
Haying & Harvesting – Various
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Versatile
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – John Deere
FARM MACHINERY
Machinery Miscellaneous
MORRIS 881 HAY HIKER, hauls 8 bales, in good
condition, $7500 OBO; Older pull-type hay crimper,
NH
351
mixmill.
Offers?
Phone
Allan
(204)842-5141
1986 VERSATILE MODEL 2000 pull-type combine,
always shedded, in good condition. Asking $5000.
Phone
Days
(204)526-5298
or
evenings
(204)743-2145.
Combines
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Various
1974 JD 4430, CAB w/heater & A/C, new 18.4 x 38
rear tires w/factory duals, 540 & 1000 PTO.
12,500-hrs on tractor, engine was rebuilt at
9,000-hrs. Comes w/158 JD loader, manure bucket,
dirt bucket & bale prong. W/joystick control. Asking
$24,500. Phone Rob:(204)743-2145 Mornings &
evenings or Days (204)526-5298. Cypress River, MB.
FOR SALE: CASE 8X16 plow w/depth control
wheel; Westfield 10-in x 60-ft auger w/swing hopper; Friggstad 35-ft deep tiller w/twines; Westfield
7-in x 41-ft grain auger; 6-ft swath roller; 70-ft Powermatic diamond harrow; 30-ft drill carrier. Phone
(204)265-3219.
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Case/IH
1981 1460 INTL COMBINE 2,454-hrs, always
shedded, mint condition, field ready. Phone
(204)771-7293, Ile des Chenes.
pick-ups.
JD 1070 40-HP 1998 1,800-hrs, very good shape.
Call (204)267-2292 or cell (204)856-9595.
VICTORY MODEL SUPER 7, 12-ft PU in good condition. Asking $2400. Phone days (204)526-5298,
evenings (204)743-2145.
JD 4020 W/CAB & duals, 148 loader w/6-ft. bucket
& bale fork; 22 Anhydrous Dutch knives. Phone
(204)239-0035.
NH
971
HEADER
Call:(204)767-2327.
SUPER
8
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – 2 Wheel Drive
1985 Case IH 1480 3,950 engine hours, specialty
rotor, 2 sets concaves, chopper, rock trap, new front
tires, stored inside, 12-ft. PU head w/large auger
Phone (204)362-4532
STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specializing in
JD tractors in need of repair or burnt, or will buy for
parts. JD parts available. Phone: 204-466-2927 or
cell: 204-871-5170, Austin.
1987 CASE IH 1680 combine w/3,800 engine hrs,
1015 head w/388 Westward PU, excellent condition, fully serviced, ready for the field; 925 JD Flex
Head PTO drive shaft, new poly knives & darts last
year, hooks to JD or Intl, excellent shape, $10,000.
(204)265-3363.
1995 CASE IH 2188 combine spec. rotor, Hopper
Topper, Rodonel Chopper, rock trap, good rubber,
delux cab, always shedded, $35,000. Please call
Rob (204)436-2150 or (204)745-8780.
1997 CASE IH COMBINE AFX rotor, Rodonel
chopper, Hopper Topper, hrs 3,057E 2,200R, Trelberg tires, red lighted including filters & oils,
$65,000
OBO.
Rob
(204)436-2150
or
(204)745-8780.
1997 CIH 2188 COMBINE, Green Light in 2011,
Too Many Updates To List, Well Maintained, Good
Solid Machine. $39,500 OBO. Call:204-348-2294.
2000 2388, 2,376 ROTOR hrs, yield & moisture
monitor, rake-up PU, 25-ft straight cut w/PU reels.
$75,000 OBO. Phone: (204)638-9286.
2009 CIH #7120, 2,193 sep hrs, duals, all service
records. Phone (204)487-1347, Wpg.
915 IH COMBINE W/810 header, a/c, excellent
working condition; 715 IH combine, working condition. Call (204)383-0068.
FOR SALE: 2005 CASE IH 8010 combine, AWD,
45-32 front tires, means 45-in wide, 28Lx26 rear
tires, approx 1950-separator hrs w/spreader &
chopper, 30-ft draper header, $125,000; 2008 Case
IH 8010, AWD, 45-32 front tires, 28Lx26 rear tires,
spreader & chopper, approx 800-separator hrs,
w/30-ft
flex
draper
header,
$240,000.
Phone:(204)871-0925.
IHC 403 COMBINE, field ready, $1,000. Parting out
403 & 503 combines, good motors, A/C. Stonewall,
MB. Phone:(204)482-7358 or Cell:(204)228-2531.
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Caterpillar Lexion
CORN HEADER 2009 16X30 Cat Lexion, C15 16row low profile w/littel change or adaptor, it would fit
Case IH or JD w/contour head, HYD deck plates &
knife rolls, $55,000. Nice condition. (204)871-0925,
Macgregor, MB
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Ford/New Holland
1985 TR85 NH COMBINE, twin rotors, Melroe PU,
3600-hrs, good condition, $4950 OBO, or part payment in hay. Phone (204)866-3570.
1988 TR96 COMBINE, FORD motor, 2300-hrs,
shedded, good condition. Phone (204)745-6231,
cell (204)745-0219.
93 TX36 SWATHMASTER PU, 1 w/3,250 engine
hrs, shedded. Call: (204)767-2327.
98 NH TX66, low hours; 1200 T 1500 E with or
w/o RWA. Swather PU auger ext, $39,000 OBO
with both axles. For more info call (204)378-5429.
NH TX66 1994, 2400 separator hours, Lots of recent work. 971 PU header. Shedded, excellent condition. With or w/o 24-ft straight cut header. Phone
(204)476-6137, Neepawa.
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – John Deere
1)1984 JD 7721, $5000; 1) 1986 JD 7721 Titan 2,
$6000. Both machines shedded & in good condition. Jim Abbott (204)745-3884, cell (204)750-1157
Carman.
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – Various
COMBINE WORLD located 20 min. E of
Saskatoon, SK on Hwy. #16. 1 year warranty on
all new, used, and rebuilt parts. Canada’s largest
inventory of late model combines & swathers.
1-800-667-4515 www.combineworld.com
Combine ACCessories
2004 JD 9860 STS, 2,660 sep hrs, duals, service
records. Phone (204)487-1347, Wpg.
2 2008 JD 9870’s for sale. First complete w/Fine
cut chopper, duals, Harvest Smart Feed rate, Starfire auto guidance & 915 pick-up. 842 separator
hrs. Second w/Fine cut chopper, 915 pick-up, 696
separator hrs. Both w/2 sets of concaves. VGC.
Call:(204)799-7417.
JD 1977 7700 COMBINE, decent condition, always
stored in a shed, $5000. (204)324-6353 Ask for
Jake, call after 5:00pm.
JD 6600, IN GOOD shape, always shedded, looking for best offer. Phone:(204)376-2924.
JD 7700 COMBINE 212 & 224 headers, it c/w duals, it almost floats! Always shedded, in family since
new,
$6,500
OBO.
Earl
Cunningham
(306)452-7245, Redvers, SK.
JD 8820 COMBINE, good condition, 2-SPD cyl,
212 PU header, $10,000; JD 224 straight header
w/PU reel, $2,500. Phone (204)362-2316 or
(204)362-1990.
PRICE REDUCED! 2000 JD 9650W, 2538-SEP
hrs, HHS, DAS, Sunnybrook Cyl, Redekop MAV
chopper, hopper topper, chaff spreader, HID lights,
914 PU header complete w/new belts, variable
speed FDR house, 32.5x32, 16.9x26 tires. $79,000;
2, 24.5x32 Firestone rice tires, on JD rims, VG
cond., $3,000. Phone (204)347-5244.
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Massey Ferguson
1985 860 MF D8 hydro 24-ft. straight cut header,
field ready, VGC. Call (204)447-0184.
860 MF COMBINE, RUNNING good cond; 750 MF
combine for parts; 24-ft straight header model 9024
w/lifters. Phone: (204)733-2457.
MF 760, GOOD CONDITION, $5,500. Phone
(204)467-2618 evenings or (204)770-2743 daytime.
FARM MACHINERY
Parts & Accessories
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Accessories
1989 1010 HEADER 25-FT., $3,000; 83 810 header 24.5-ft. w/sunflower attachment pans, $3,000;
83 820 header 20-ft. flex header, $3,000; E Vandevelde (204)523-4471, Killarney, MB.
2003 CAT 30-FT. FLEX header shedded, PU reel,
poly skids, good condition, $11,900. Phone
(204)746-8851, Morris.
#800 30-FT FLEX HEADER, used on our 72,
$6000; 30-ft straight cut header, PU reel, both
good. Phone (204)745-3773, (204)745-7654.
CIH FLEX PLATFORMS: 1988 CIH 1020, 25-ft.,
$4,900; 1997 CIH 1020, 25-ft./ 30-ft., $11,900; 1997
CIH 1020, 30-ft., Air Reel, $17,900; 2007 CIH 2020,
30-ft./ 35-ft., Reconditioned, $19,900-21,900; 2009
CIH 2020, 35-ft., $23,900; 2010 CIH 2020, 35-ft.,
$25,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N,
Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer @ (204)326-7000
www.reimerfarmequipment.com
Flex header with air reel. JD 930F flex head w/AWS
air tube with one full season, header in nice shape,
stored inside, plastic in good condition.
$15,500 OBO. (204)325-4658 [email protected]
FLEXHEADS CASE IH 1020: 30-ft, $8,000, 25-ft,
$5,000; JD925 $6,500; JD930, $6,000; Straight
heads CaseIH 1010: 30-ft, $4,500, 25-ft $4,000;
IH820, $2,000; IH810 w/sunflower pans & header
cart $3,000; 4-Wheel header trailer, $2,200.
Phone:(204)857-8403.
FLEX PLATFORMS ALL MAKES IN STOCK: CAT,
CIH, JD, AGCO. Cat FD40Flex Draper; CIH 820,
1020, 2020 JD 920, 925, 930, 630, 635; AGCO
525. We have adapters in stock to fit JD platforms
on CIH, AGCO, NH Combines. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 North, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer
@ (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com
JD FLEX HEADS AT wholesale prices. 98’ 930F,
$8,900; 03’ 930F, $12,200; 04’ 635F w/carry air
reel, $21,900; 05’ 635F, $13,750; 06’ 635F,
$19,650; 09’ 635F, $23,900; HEADER TRAILERS,
30-ft full frame w/flex bar kit, $2950; 30-ft 4-wheel
dolly style, flex kit, $4095; 36-ft w/wheel dolly w/flex
fit, $4850; 36-ft 6-wheel frame type, $6500;
(204)325-2496 (204)746-6605.
JD FLEX PLATFORMS: 2004 JD 630, $17,900;
2007 630, $20,900; 2004 JD 635, $17,900; 2007
JD 635, $19,900; 2009 JD 635, $21,900; 2010 JD
635, $24,500; 2010 JD 635, $26,500; 2011 JD 635,
$27,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N,
Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer @ (204)326-7000
www.reimerfarmequipment.com
NEW WOBBLE BOXES for JD, IH, MacDon
headers. Made in Europe, factory quality. Get
it direct from Western Canada’s sole distributor
starting at $1,095. 1-800-667-4515.
www.combineworld.com
NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS
NEW COMBINE PARTS
Large Inventory of
new and remanufactured parts
STEINBACH, MB.
Ph. 326-2443
Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727
Fax (204) 326-5878
Web site: farmparts.ca
E-mail: [email protected]
FARM MACHINERY
Salvage
GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528
or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB.
MURPHY SALVAGE New & used parts for tractors,
combines, swathers, square & round balers, tillage,
press drills & other misc machinery. MURPHY SALVAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free 1-877-858-2728.
VERS 400 SWATHERS; Intl 100 620 & 6200 press
drill; cultivator parts; mounted harrows; discs, parts.
Combine Pus; hyd cyls, motors, hoses, gear boxes
etc. Truck & Machinery axles, tires & rims. Also 2 &
4
row
potato
diggers,
working
condition.
(204)871-2708, (204)685-2124.
Farm machinery
Tillage & Seeding - Harrows & Packers
2011 PHILLIPS 45-FT. ROTARY harrow, like new.
Phone (204)729-6803.
FARM MACHINERY
Tillage & Seeding – Tillage
HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES.
Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595
[email protected] www.arcfab.ca
1985 CCIL 35-FT. DEEP tiller, $6,000; 1986 CCIL
40-ft. Deep Tiller /NH3 applicator, $11,000; 1982
Frigstad 41-ft. Deep Tiller w/NH3 Applicator,
$7,000. E Vandevelde (204)523-4471, Killarney.
2005 BOURGAULT 9800 CHISEL plow, heavy harrows, knock on clips, 600-lb trip, original owner, excellent condition, $35,000. Phone (204)785-0456.
FARM MACHINERY
Parts & Accessories
5500 INTERNATIONAL CHISEL PLOW, 39-ft
walking axle, 2 row harrows, $4500. Phone
(204)324-7622.
Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd.
FOR SALE: 5600 CASE IH chisel plow, 37-ft, new
mounted harrows, will sell w/or w/o Raven NH3 kit,
$17,000. Phone (204)529-2411.
1-866-729-9876
5150 Richmond Ave. East
BRANDON, MB.
www.harvestsalvage.ca
New, Used & Re-man. Parts
Tractors Combines Swathers
FYFE PARTS
1-800-667-9871 • Regina
1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon
1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg
1-800-222-6594 • Edmonton
“For All Your Farm Parts”
www.fyfeparts.com
The Real Used FaRm PaRTs
sUPeRsToRe
Over 2700 Units for Salvage
• TRACTORS • COMBINES
• SWATHERS • DISCERS
Call Joe, leN oR daRWIN
(306) 946-2222
monday-Friday - 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
WATROUS SALVAGE
WaTRoUs, sK.
Fax: 306-946-2444
FARM MACHINERY
Tillage & Seeding – Various
JD 7200 PLANTER 8 Row Vacuum Planter, 30-in.
Spacing, Monitor, Seed Box Extensions, Markers,
$12,900. Reimer Farm Equipment- Gary Reimer
(204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com
TracTors
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – White
FOR SALE: 2-105 WHITE tractor, complete new
engine & frame 10-hrs ago, rear tires approx 80%,
LPTO, the high-low shift, nice tractor, $7500.
Phone:(204)871-0925.
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – Case/IH
1982 CASE IH 5288, 160-hp, cab w/heater & A/C.
New 20.8 x 38 rear tires w/factory duals, 1000 PTO.
Tractor’s in very nice condition, w/9,300-hrs, engine
& trans. just recently rebuilt. Asking $18,500. Phone
Rob:(204)743-2145 Mornings & evenings or Days
(204)526-5298. Cypress River, MB.
JD 245 LOADER 6-ft. Bucket, Mid Mount Valve,
Mounting Brackets, Off 55 Series, Fits 40/ 50/ 55
Series, $4,500. Reimer Farm Equipment- Gary Reimer, (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com
JD 635 32-FT. DISC Cusion spring, stabilizer
wheels, hyd leveler, $27,000; JD 25-ft. floating
header PU reel, Macdon, SS cable, premium condition, $14,500; IHC 30-ft. bat reel, swather, shedded,
premium condition, $5,000; 9400 JD 4WD,
5,200-hrs,
stnd
trans,
GPS,
$115,000.
(204)483-0205, (204)483-2004.
JD 780 MANURE SPREADER for sale, field ready,
$7000 OBO. Sanford (204)736-3250.
JD 3130 W/LEON LOADER $7,000; 1070 Case
Power shift, low hrs, $7,000; IHC 414 3-PTH & IHC
loader, $1,750; Hough 90 pay loader, $9,000; Intl
725
PT
swather,
new
canvas,
$1,000.
(204)685-2124, (204)871-2708.
MF 20-FT. STRAIGHTCUT HEADER; 8-ft. metal
drum swath roller; 25-ft. MF 128 Deep tiller, mulchers; 3, 500-gal. fuel tanks, stands; 24-ft. 3-PTH
Danish tine cult, packers; MF grow 3-PTH cult, finger, weeders; 1996 Chev Lumina new tires, bat,
muffler, command start, safetied, $2,500; 1998 Malibu command start, good condition; 1952 Chev
coupe,
good
condition,
running,
$4,000.
(204)834-2750, (204)476-0367.
TRACTOR ALLIS CHALMERS CA. Comes
w/3-PTH for a 2-sheer plow, rear cultivators, plus
side cultivators. $2250; 12-ft wide cultivator, must
be pulled by a tractor, $100, OBO. (204)661-6840.
NH SUPER 1049 SP bale wagon, good condition, 1
Claas 13-ft circular rake, very good condition.
Phone:(204)724-3160 or (204)720-5475.
Big Tractor Parts,
Inc.
1997 JOHN DEERE 925 Flex Head w/CIH Adaptor
Plate & Drive Shafts, 800-ac on New Knife &
Guards, Newer Poly, Works Great. $7,500 OBO.
Call:204-348-2294.
1994 JD 9600 COMBINE, 2175-hrs, 4-aft, DAS,
DAM, finecut chopper, 2-spd cylinder, shedded,
VGC, asking $51,000; 2001 9650 STS, 2595-hrs,
finecut chopper, $81,000; JD 8-row 22-in all-crop
header, $6700; ALSO: IHC 5000 swather, 24.5-ft
DSL U2 PU reel, $7500. Phone (204)325-8019.
1997
9600 W/914
PU,
w/header
height,
4012/2,784-hrs, w/hopper topper & 18.4x38 duals,
HD lights, wired for JD ATU autosteer, air-ride seat,
VGC, Green-light inspected at local JD dealership
fall of 2011 & 2012, inspection papers avail.,
$57,000 OBO. Phone:(204)324-3264.
1982 IHC 5088, 8979-hrs, triple hyd, 1000 PTO,
18.4x38 duals, 1100 front, W/Leon 707 FEL,
$17,500. Phone (204)525-4521 www.waltersequipment.com
IHC 55 DT, 35-FT w/harrows, 150-bu Kenton hopper w/Farm King wagon, 41-ft x 8-in Versatile auger, hydraulic lift. Phone (204)827-2011.
Geared For
The Future
STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALIST
RED OR GREEN
1. 10-25% savings on new replacement
parts for your Steiger drive train.
2. We rebuild axles, transmissions
and dropboxes with ONE YEAR
WARRANTY.
3. 50% savings on used parts.
1-800-982-1769
www.bigtractorparts.com
FARM MACHINERY
Machinery Miscellaneous
1967 930 CASE TRACTOR, runs good; 12-ft. deep
tiller Co-op; 3, 2,000-bu. Westeel Rosco bins, newer; 1 chore time hopper bin 250-bu; 1967 Intl 3-ton
truck w/12x8.5-ft. steel box w/gravel hoist; Westfield
grain auger 41-ft.x7-in. w/16-HP Briggs & Stratton
electric start engine. (204)886-2461
1975 CASE 1070 TRACTOR: 3-PTH, 5566-hrs;
1981 3/4 Ton GMC 4x4 truck: brand new tires,
52,244-kms, 5th wheel ball in box; 1999 Bobcat 873
Loader: 6036-hrs, 3 attachments - bale fork, bucket,
and
grapple;
New
Idea
haybine.
Phone
(204)571-1254, Brandon.
1977 IHC 3-TON GRAIN box & hoist; 27-ft R-7
st.cut w/trailer; N-6 & R-7 gleaner parts, chopper,
fan, spreader, pulleys, chains, bars, rollers, rear axle, etc.; 6-ft Woods rotary mower; 7x41 & 8x46
FarmKing augers; JD 8820 Concave & upper sieve;
New Hydro belt for 750 MF; New guards for MF 200
& MacDon swather; Melroe pick-up parts; Swather
canvas; 25-ft swather reel; 16.9x24 Diamond grip
on 8 hole rim; 11.2x24 on 8 bolt rim; fuel slip tanks;
1000x15 trailer tire & rim; R-22.5x16-in wide new
floatation recaps; Single & 3 phase motors; Water &
fuel pumps; Tools: 50-ton press, brake drum & disc
lathe, grinders, welder, 8-ton winch, hyd. pumps,
control & hoses; Electric & gas furnace; Selkirk
chimney; oil space heater; water & fuel pumps; Bull
float power trowel; Big cement mixer; 1988 LeSabre, 126,000 orig. kms; 7 new rolls 6-ft chain link
fence. Phone:(204)785-0498.
2008 DEGELMAN BALE KING 3100 bale shredder. RH discharge, w/controls, not used last 2 seasons,
as
new,
asking
$12,500.
Phone
(204)534-7401.
2) 16.9X34 REAR TRACTOR tires; 2)18.4x38;
2) 18.4x42; 2)15.5x38 tractor tires w/rims. Asking
$200 each; NH 1010 bale wagon, asking $1200;
8x12 dump-box wagon, asking $1500; Leon cultivator for parts. Phone (204)428-5185.
37-FT. CASE IH 4900 vibra tiller w/Degelman harrows & ammonia kit w/MicroTrack metering system;
32-ft. Wilrich chisel plow w/Degelman harrows;
Westfield 7x36-ft. auger; 8-ft. dozer blade. Phone
(204)564-2699, Inglis.
8-FT FARM KING SWATH roller, good condition,
$650; 30-ft Intersteel sunflower attachment, was
mounted on JD 930, 9-in pans excellent cond,
$2000; JD 9600 straw chopper rotor, very good,
$275; VDuct aeration sections for bins or machine
shed; 420/70R-24 9 bolt swather mud tires, like
new. Phone (204)324-3647.
AC CA $3,000 OBO; Two row potato harvester,
$3,800 OBO; JD 2 row potato digger, $1,800 OBO;
Intl 2 row potato planter, $300 OBO; 1981 Chevy 1Ton, 11-ft. cube box, $3,000 OBO; Other veg equip
also for sale. Call Gil (701)213-6826
C201 ISUZU 4-CYL DSL engine & 426 freon compressor; Rebuilt compressors for MD2 & KD2 reefers; 1956 Chevrolet 1430 truck; Parts for JD 420
crawler; Loader bucket for 350C JD crawler & 3-cyl
engine block & other parts for 350C crawler. Phone:
(204)227-7333.
FOR SALE: 41-FT 6-IN Westfield grain auger
w/Kohler 16-HP motor w/starter, excellent condition, $850; 6-ft Swath roller, good shape, $175.
Phone (204)748-1024
FARM MACHINERY
Machinery Wanted
HOPPER BOTTOM BIN, SMOOTH wall, approx
2500-3000-Bu capacity. Phone (204)367-8341
FENCING
TO BE REMOVED: 3+ miles of 5 strand high-tensile electric fencing & fence line materials; 1+ mile
single strand high-tensile w/off-set insulators and 3
strand barb wire: poles, insulators, line tighteners,
swinging gates. 8300 PowerBox solar energizer
w/new deep cycle battery and/or Speed-Rite electric energizer. Also plastic step-in fence posts &
electric fence tapes, handles, insulators, & two 4-mile
solar energizers. Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon.
HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING
The Icynene Insulation
System®
• Sprayed foam insulation
• Ideal for shops, barns or homes
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This is not
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plus accessories
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Introductory
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Special
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – John Deere
FOR SALE: ALLIED 741 Grain Auger, 16-HP B&S,
Electric start VGC, $1,100 OBO; JD 336 Square
baler VGC, $2,000 OBO; Morris Challenger 24-ft.
Viber Shank Cultivator w/Mulchers to fix or for
parts, $500 OBO. Phone (204)966-3588, Riding
Mountain.
You receive base pump, rad hose, insulation,
fittings, rust inhibitor PLUS our FC30HD (can
heat 1 building) WOOD WATER FURNACE
Some claim this is “North America’s Hottest Deal!”
FOR SALE: MODEL 4440 JD tractor w/cab, factory
20.8-38 duals, 9,600-hrs, VGC. Phone evenings &
weekends (204)352-4489.
IHC 1480 ACTUAL FLOW combine; IHC 4000
swather, 24-ft, a/c, big tires. Both in good shape.
Phone:(204)352-4249.
1-204-388-6150 • Toll Free 1-855-897-7278
Friesen Built Inc.
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IRON & STEEL
2 1/8, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2-in oilfield pipe; 3/4, 7/8, 1in sucker rod; 4.5, 5.5, 7-in., 8 5/8, 9 5/8s casing
pipe. (204)252-3413, (204)871-0956.
FREE STANDING CORRAL PANELS, Feeders &
Alley ways, 30ft or order to size. Oil Field Pipe: 1.3,
1.6, 1.9, 1 7/8, 2-in, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2. Sucker Rod:
3/4, 7/8, 1. Casing Pipes: 4-9inch. Sold by the piece
or semi load lots. For special pricing call Art
(204)685-2628 or cell (204)856-3440.
FULL LINE OF COLORED & galvanized roofing,
siding & accessories, structural steel, tubing, plate,
angles, flats, rounds etc. Phone:1-800-510-3303,
Fouillard Steel Supplies Ltd, St Lazare.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle Auctions
REGULAR SALE
Every Friday 9AM
NEXT SHEEP & GOAT SALE
Wednesday, September 18 @ 1:00 pm
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HERDSIRES & 1, 3YR old Polled Red Simmental;
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products for your livestock needs.
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or for marketing information please call
TIRED OF THE
HIGH COST OF
MARKETING
YOUR CATTLE??
800-1000 LBS.
Steers & Heifers
Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400
Ben: 721-3400
Don: 528-3477, 729-7240
Contact:
D.J. (Don) MacDonald
Livestock Ltd.
License #1110
LIVESTOCK
Sheep – Dorper
Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250
Auction Mart (204) 434-6519
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Cattle – Angus
WHITE DORPER REG FULL-BLOOD Rams (hair
sheep- full shedding), $500 each. From NEW
BLOODLINES, born 2013 Jan., Apr., or July.
www.wall2wallsheep.com for pics & pedigree.
(204)664-2027
PB REG BLACK & Red Angus bulls for sale. 12-18
mths old. Most AI Sire, semen tested. Phone
(204)268-4478, Beausejour.
LIVESTOCK
Sheep For Sale
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Black Angus
FOR SALE: 120 EWES, 1 & 2 yrs old, offspring can
be seen, complete vaccination program. Phone
(204)768-9090.
BLACK MEADOWS ANGUS OFFERS for sale 40
yearling & 1 2-yr old registered Black Angus bulls.
Top bloodlines, EPD’s available, fertility tested,
bunk
fed.
Call
Bill:(204)567-3782
or
cell:(204)851-1109.
Horses
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Charolais
DEFOORT STOCK FARM HAS an excellent group
of registered Charolais bulls for sale by private treaty. Over 40 bulls on offer, 20 of them are Red.
Choose your bull early for best selection. All bulls
performance tested, semen tested & delivered. Visit
us online at www.defoortstockfarm.com Celebrating
33-yrs in Charolais. Call us at (204)743-2109.
LIVESTOCK
Horse Auctions
MPHB LOUD & PROUD ANNUAL Production sale,
Sept. 21st, 2013 Pierson, MB. Entry deadline Aug
30th. Preview 11 DST, sale 1PM DST. To consign
call Karen (204)634-2375 or Diane (204)522-8414.
www.mbpainthorsebreeders.com
Swine
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Swine Wanted
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Cattle – Hereford
WANTED:
BUTCHER
HOGS
SOWS AND BOARS
FOR EXPORT
REG POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, good selection of coming 2 yr olds, naturally developed, quiet,
broke to tie, guaranteed, delivery available. Catt
Brothers (204)723-2831 Austin, MB.
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Cattle – Limousin
TRIPLE R LIMOUSIN HAS bulls for sale 2 yr old &
yearling Red & Black & Polled, Bred for calving
ease or Performance Ready for breeding season &
priced to sell, guaranteed. Delivery available. Your
source for quality Limousin genetics. Call Art
(204)685-2628 or (204)856-3440.
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Cattle Various
LIVESTOCK
Poultry For Sale
FOR SALE: 60 COMMERCIAL Black Angus cows,
can pasture until October, $1200 each if you take
them all. Phone (204)838-2370, (204)764-0131.
EXOTIC BIRD & ANIMAL Auction, Sun. Oct 6th,
11:00am,
Indian
Head
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rink.
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KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING
System, provides water in remote areas, improves
water quality, increases pasture productivity, extends
dugout
life.
St.
Claude/Portage,
204-379-2763.
12V. or Hydraulic
Electronic Scale Opt.
1 877 695 2532
www.ezefeeder.ca
MISCELLANEOUS
FOR SALE
JACK FLASH WELDING NOW MAKING: 36-ft. hay
trailers; free standing panels; Custom jobs welcome. Mon-Sat. (204)656-4430, Winnipegosis
The following PRIVATE LAND is being offered for
sale: All of: NE 31-24-12W; NE 30-24-12W; SW
32-24-12W. The following CROWN LANDS have
been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food &
Rural Initiatives for transfer to the purchaser of the
private lands listed as these lands are part of the
ranch unit held by Larry & Phyllis Henry of Ste.
Rose du Lac, MB. Section 7-23-11W; S1/2
18-23-11W; W1/2 20-24-12W; Section 29-24-12W;
S1/2
31-24-12W;
NW
31-24-12W;
W1/2
31-24-12W; NE 18-23-18W; W1/2 12-25-31W. If
you wish to purchase the private land & apply for
the Unit Transfer contact the Lessees Larry & Phyllis Henry at RR #1, Ste. Rose du Lac, MB R0L 1S0.
If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility
of this Unit Transfer write the Director, MAFRI, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa
MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578.
REAL ESTATE
Land For Rent
1000 Litre
Caged Storage Tanks
$69.50 each
Call Ken 204-794-8383
#45 Mountain View Rd.
Winnipeg, MB
Trux-N-Parts Salvage Inc.
PETS
PETS & SUPPLIES
BLUE HEELER PUPPIES for sale parents very
good cattle dogs. Phone (204)853-2080.
BORDER COLLIE STOCK DOGS from Champion
working lines. First shots, CBCA Registration, Microchip, $700. Born May 7th, 2013. www.wall2wallsheep.com
for
pics,
video
&
pedigrees.
(204)664-2027.
PB AUSTRALIAN BLUE HEELER pups for sale,
parents excellent cattle dogs, have been raising
pups for 30 yrs. Phone (204)365-0066 or
(204)365-6451.
PUREBRED 12-WK OLD GREAT Pyrenees Pups.
Parents are both good herding dogs. $250. Phone
(204)245-0058.
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE
Houses & Lots
READY TO MOVE HOMES starting at $75,000 for
1320-sq.ft, 3 bdrm, 2 bath; or 1520-sq.ft, 3 bdrm,
2.5 bath, $90,000; Still time to custom order your
plan for 2013 delivery. RTM Home Builder since
1976. MARVIN HOMES INC, Steinbach, MB.
(204)326-1493 or (204)355-8484 or www.marvinhomes.ca
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Liz:(204)476-6362 or John: (204)476-6719. Gill &
Schmall Agencies.
HODGSON MB 2061-ACS BLDGS. 600 Grain,
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REAL ESTATE
Farms & Ranches – Wanted
GOOD QUALITY GRAIN & Cattle Farms wanted
for Canadian & Overseas Clients. For a confidential
meeting to discuss the possible sale of your farm or
to talk about what is involved, telephone Gordon
Gentles (204)761-0511 www.homelifepro.com or
Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, www.homelifepro.com Home Professional Realty Inc.
GRAIN & CATTLE FARMS wanted for both overseas & Canadian buyers. Call me to discuss all options & current farmland market prices. Rick Taylor:
(204)867-7551. [email protected] Homelife Realty, Brandon, MB.
REAL ESTATE
Land For Sale
157.97-ACRES, CULTIVATED FARMLAND, RM of
Woodlands, near Warren, SE35-13-1W. Phone
(204)375-6555,
or
(204)771-7612
or
(204)791-6362.
FARMLAND PROPERTY FOR RENT: Tenders for
the rental of farmland shall be considered for property located in the R.M. of Franklin, MB, & legally
described as: Parcel No.1. Title No.2087563,
150-ac(approx.) RL 80 Parish of Ste. Agathe, exc.
firstly: those portions lying between two lines drawn
parallel with & perp distant 82.5-ft on opposite sides
from the centre line of Canadian Pacific Railway
Plan 485 WLTO, & secondly: River Rd Plan 43865
WLTO. Parcel No.2. Title No.D268881, 215-ac(approx.) In the Municipality of Franklin, in the Province
of Manitoba, & being composed of lots Sixty-Two &
Sixty-Four of the Parish of St. Agathe in the said
Province, excepting thereout the right of way of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, & the road allowance adjoining the same on the West, & the right of way of
the highway. Parcel No.3. Title No.1391946, 156-ac
(approx.) NW 1/4 26-1-3 EPM, exc firstly: Public
Highway Plan 606 WLTO, secondly: water control
work Plan 9069 WLTO, & thirdly: all mines & minerals, including oils & natural gas, & the right to enter
& remove the same as set forth on instrument No.
985652 WLTO. Landlord will consider a cash Lease
with a term of up to 3-yrs, beginning 2014. Interested parties are asked to submit written bids with respect to the rental of the property no later than
12:00 noon, September 23, 2013, to: Attention:
John Fergusson, Barrister & Solicitor, Confidential.
Tender Suite 500, 155 Carlton Street, Winnipeg,
MB R3C 5R9. Phone:(204)945-2723. In submitting
any Tender, any interested parties shall rely upon
their own inspection of the property. The Vendor is
not obligated to accept the highest or any Tender
submitted.
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All Terrain Vehicles
BRAND NEW ATVS, DIRTBIKES , Dune Buggies
& UTV’s: 110cc ATV $729; 125cc $949; 150cc
$1,599; 250cc $1,699; 300cc $2,499; 125cc Dune
buggy $1,499; 150cc Dune Buggy/150cc UTV,
$2,699. Full Warranty, Brandon,MB will add.
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DAIRY HAY & HORSE hay for sale, 3x4 square
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additional info.
FOR SALE TO PEDIGREED Seed Growers: Foundation & Select Emerson Winter Wheat, Flourish
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(204)526-7829, Holland, MB.
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Wheat. Bin run or cleaned, delivery available. Domain, MB. Phone:(204)746-0275.
Confection and
Oil Sunflowers,
Brown & Yellow Flax
and Red & White Millet
Edible Beans
Licensed & Bonded
Winkler, MB.
(800) 371-7928
Dealer inquiries welcome
HEATED & GREEN
CANOLA
• Competitive Prices
• Prompt Movement
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“ON FARM PICK UP”
1-877-250-5252
Vanderveen
Commodity
Services Ltd.
Licensed and Bonded Grain Brokers
37 4th Ave. NE Carman, MB R0G 0J0
Ph. (204) 745-6444
Email: [email protected]
TRAILERS
Trailers Miscellaneous
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CAREERS
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to help w/feeding & care of dairy herd. Applicant
must have cattle experience. Housing, competitive
wages & benefits. Send resume: [email protected]
HELP WANTED: SEEKING PART time & full time
employees to help with manure injecting business.
Evenings/weekends required during busy seasons
(spring/fall). Must be self-motivated, reliable. Experience with machinery or mechanics an asset. Willing to train. $19/hour starting wage, negotiable if
experienced. Notre Dame, MB. If interested, please
call Mike:(204)723-0410.
CAREERS
Professional
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Holland, MB
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION
haybusters.com
BUYING:
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stock - all 7-ft wide x 16-ft, 18-ft, 20-ft & 24-ft
lengths. All come w/10-yr warranty. SOKAL INDUSTRIES LTD. Phone (204)334-6596. Email: [email protected]
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Flax, Wheat, Durum, Lentils, Peas,
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TIRES
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hole rims, $1,050; 2, 18.4x34 tires, like new, $850.
Phone (204)757-2725, Lockport.
We are buyers of farm grains.
PEDIGREED SEED
Cereal – Various
NOW BUYING
10 Available Sizes
REGISTERED & CERTIFIED HAZLETT rye & seed
rye. Contact Boissevain Select Seeds at:
(204)534-7324.
DURAND SEEDS - Foundation & certified AC
Flourish Winter Wheat. Phone (204)248-2268 or
(204)745-7577. Notre Dame, MB.
For Pricing ~ 204-325-9555
All Tie Downs Included
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Grain Wanted
TRAILERS
Livestock Trailers
CAREERS
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PEDIGREED SEED
Cereal – Rye
FLOURISH winter
Select Seeds at
2013 Malt Contracts Available
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Box 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0
Box 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0
Phone 204-737-2000
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Toll-Free 1-800-258-7434
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heavy-duty panels: 8-ft, 10-ft, 12-ft, 16-ft, varied
length gates; 16-ft light duty panels; cattle oiler:
free-standing, hanging: brand new still in box; calf
puller: no chains; varied tagging and castration pliers. Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon.
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ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR,
portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind
generators, aeration. Carl Driedger, (204)556-2346
or (204)851-0145, Virden.
FARMLAND FOR SALE BY Tender. The S1/2 of
the NW1/4 of 14-5-2 EPM consisting of approx
80-acs together w/a hog barn & other outbuildings
is hereby offered for sale. The Vendor is advised
that the hog barn consists of approx 97,000-sq.ft. of
farrow to isowean facilities together w/adjacent manure lagoons. There is a 1,175-sq.ft. house together w/a attached double car garage. There are approx 43-acs of cultivated farmland. Interested
parties must forward formal tenders, together w/a
certified cheque for 10% of the tender price payable
to “D’Arcy & Deacon LLP in Trust” on or before
Sept. 13th, 2013. The Purchaser shall rely entirely
on their own inspection of the property & shall be
responsible for payment of the GST or shall self-assess for GST purposes. Highest or any tender not
necessarily accepted. Closing of the sale & transfer
of possession of the property shall be Oct. 15th,
2013 or earlier by mutual agreement. Tenders
should be submitted to: D’arcy & Deacon LLP 2200One Lombard Pl Wpg, MB R3B 0X7 Attention: John
C. Stewart. Tenders Close: Sept. 13th, 2013.
SEED / FEED / GRAIN
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Box 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0
Phone 204-737-2000
Toll-Free 1-800-258-7434
Agent: M & J Weber-Arcola, SK.
Phone 306-455-2509
Specialty
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
2 SETS OF DUAL wheels 18.4x34 w/spacers &
rims, rods; Cancade loader to fit 60-HP tractor.
Phone (204)855-2212.
FEDERATION TIRE: 1100X12, 2000X20, used aircraft. Toll free 1-888-452-3850
USED 30.5X32 COMBINE TIRE; Used 23.1x32
rice tires on rims; Used 18.4x38 tire on JD rim.
Phone (204)733-2457.
Holland, MB
Zeghers Seed Inc. is a food grains
Processing and Packaging facility. We are
currently looking for
PROCESSING AND
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Experience is an asset, but is not necessary.
Eligible employ would receive full training in
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New 30.5L-32 16 ply, $2,195; 20.8-38 12 ply
$795; 18.4-38 12 ply; $789; 24.5-32 14 ply,
$1,749; 14.9-24 12 ply, $486; 16.9-28 12 ply
$558, 18.4-26 10 ply, $890. Factory direct. More
sizes available new and used. 1-800-667-4515.
www.combineworld.com
Applicants can email resumes to
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LIVESTOCK
h u s b a n d r y — t h e s c i e n c e , S K I L L O R ART O F F AR M IN G
School teaches art of sheep
shearing ‘blow by blow’
Two-day course shows shearers how to separate the
wool from the sheep with a minimum of fuss
By Daniel Winters
co-operator staff / atkinson farm
near brandon
I
magine trying to provide a fullbody buzz cut to a woolly, fourlegged Greco-Roman wrestling
opponent.
That’s sheep shearing in a nutshell.
Nine students had a chance to
hone their technique at a recent twoday sheep-shearing school sponsored by the Canadian Co-operative
Wool Growers and hosted by Miniota
shepherd Brian Greaves.
Shearing is a lot like dancing,
said Greaves, who was taught by his
grandfather back in New Zealand.
“Footwork is very important, but
you have to be able to multi-task,”
said Greaves, also a director of the
wool growers’ co-op.
“You have to concentrate on where
your feet are, how you’re holding the
sheep, and your blows.”
With an ample supply of cull ewes
on hand in Tony Atkinson’s spacious
shed, the students were quickly put
through their paces by Greaves and
two young professional shearers. A
few rams and lambs were thrown
into the mix, and after the first day,
some 60 shorn sheep scampered into
the holding pens.
As the wool piled up, the students
were shown how to clean it on a
table and pack it into square bags
using a wool press.
Speed was the focus for Darlingford-area shepherd Jonathon Nichol,
who runs 35 ewes on 80 acres.
“I’m looking to get faster for my
own flock, and to possibly be able to
do some custom shearing at a speed
that is economical and makes me a
bit of money,” he said.
Before the course, his best day was
a “very tiring” 50 head, but he upped
speed substantially at the school
with “less blows, less movements,
and fighting less.”
South African-born shepherd Wian
Prinsloo said he is hoping that learning how to shear will move him a
step closer to his lifelong dream of
farming full time.
Currently running about 100 ewes
on a rented quarter section near
Nesbitt, the crop insurance adjuster
and his partner Lydia Carpenter are
interested in learning all they can
about all aspects of farming. They
still plan to hire a shearer next year,
however, because it’s hard to justify
the $2,000 cost of brand new, top-ofthe-line clippers.
“In the next year or two, depending on how the flock grows, we’ll
likely invest in a machine,” said Carpenter.
Carberry-area shepherd Jeff Bieganski, who runs about 80 purebred
Dorset ewes, was hoping to improve
his shearing skills so that he could
shear a few when necessary and prepare his own animals prior to shows.
Jonathon Nichol
Brian Greaves
Jonathon Nichol gets pointers on how to speed up his shearing from instructor Brian
Greaves at the recent shearing school sponsored by Canadian Co-operative Woolgrowers. Photos: Daniel Winters
“I just want learn so that I can do a
few when the shearer can’t show up,”
he said, adding that getting small
numbers of sheep done outside the
shearing season can be costly.
Practice is key
However, students were warned that
practice is key, with one of the professional shearers quipping that “the
first 10,000 are the hardest.”
Russell Eddy — although just 16 —
knows all about that after learning
the craft from his father Chris on the
family farm near Yorkton, Sask.
He can now shear 80 to 90 sheep in
a day and has a personal best of 102.
But those numbers seemed impossible when he started out.
“Tr ying to get above 30 was
extremely painful,” he said. “The
first day I got to 40, I thought I was
going to die. When I got to 65, that
was probably the most painful day
of my life. But this year, I’ve steadily increased because once you get
through the beginning, it becomes
way easier.”
Once the “fighting” with the sheep
is minimized, a shearer can look for
ways to drop a stroke, and generally
increase speed, he said.
The “blows” or strokes with the
clippers, follow a carefully thoughtout pattern that follows the contours
of the animal’s body with the aim of
being both speedy and producing
the best possible fleece.
Greaves taught an updated version
of the Bowen technique, first developed in the 1950s by New Zealand
shearer Godfrey Bowen, who was the
first to shear a sheep in less than a
minute.
Greaves, who in his prime sheared
over 300 head in a day, said a controversy that erupted within the Manitoba shepherding community over
a perceived shortage of shearers has
led to increased interest on the part
of students, noting this year’s course
was filled up well in advance.
A two-day course isn’t enough to
mint expert shearers, but can help
shepherds with small flocks get a
good handle on the basics, he said.
[email protected]
Russell Eddy
Jeff Bieganski
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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
Calgary lab will put ear tags to the ultimate test
The world of livestock ear tags features secrecy and international politics
By Madeleine Baerg
contributor / calgary
E
lectronic livestock identification tags are key to
Canada’s traceability system, but tags used in Canada
are notorious for problems, particularly in cold weather.
A new high-tech tag-testing lab at the SAIT (Southern
Alberta Institute of Technology)
Polytechnic in Calgary is looking for a solution, thanks to a
half-million-dollar grant from
the Alberta Livestock and Meat
Agency (ALMA).
“Right now, the problem is
that ear tags tested overseas and
being used in Canada are not performing particularly well in our
harsh conditions. By creating a lab
here in Canada, we can employ
tests to ensure tags stand up better,” says Bob Davies, the SAIT
researcher heading the project.
“Any improvement in traceability
is going to improve the safety and
quality and marketability of Canadian beef products.”
Every ear tag used for Canadian
beef cattle must pass standards
set by the International Committee of Animal Recording (ICAR)
and the International Standards
Association (ISO). Currently, there
are only two ICAR testing labs in
the world: one in the Netherlands
and the other in Germany. Davies says the SAIT lab will conduct
additional and significantly more
rigorous performance tests. His
highest priority is to ensure tags
can withstand a Canadian winter.
The lab will also test to other new
standards being developed by a
committee headed by the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency
(CCIA).
CCIA’s communications man-
ager Kori Maki-Adair says these
new testing regulations will
include accelerated aging of tag
plastics and resistance to ultraviolet light degradation.
Maki-Adair says the new regulations are not intended to push
other tag-testing labs out of the
market.
“Though expanded tag testing is necessary, the committee
is working together to balance
quality and quantity with cost.
(The committee) is sensitive to
the fact that setting the bar too
high for tag testing could impact
manufacturers that currently
have approved RFID tags in the
national animal identification system.”
Politics
In the year and a half since he first
started meeting with companies
and certifying bodies overseas
about the possibility of opening
a Canadian lab, “politics” have
made information gathering a
challenge, says Davies.
“First, the ICAR standards
documents themselves are
poorly written with regards to
test processes, and some of the
proposed test apparatuses simply
do not work.”
That’s just the start. Davies
travelled to Europe in late May to
attend an ICAR technical meeting
and visit other players in the livestock identification industry.
“I got no co-operation from the
ICAR test labs regarding sharing
of information or clarification of
the test processes, the attitude
being one of protectionism and
secrecy,” he says.
Davies says he did receive
encouragement from ICAR officials not directly involved in testing, from manufacturers such as
Allflex Europe and from the Joint
Research Centre, a lab in Italy that
had past experience conducting
ICAR accreditation testing.
“The really odd thing about this
is that manufacturers are really
the most vulnerable party in the
certification framework and have
the highest stake in secrecy, and
yet in the present case seem to
be the strongest advocate of the
Canadian test lab.”
Davies says support for the lab
is strong on Canada. “The labs in
Europe that do this work are pri-
vate, for-profit organizations. We
did a poll of companies in Canada and, unanimously, they all
agreed they had no business case
to approach this kind of work,”
says Davies. “Their conclusion,
and ours, was that the only way
a lab could meet Canadian performance requirements would be
to build it at an academic institution like SAIT with a funding
body like ALMA. Everyone is on
board.”
Once the SAIT lab is up and
running, and financially self-
sustaining, lab operations will
be transparent, unlike the lab’s
European counterparts. “Anyone
will be able to see what we’re
doing. We will compete based on
speed of testing, quality of our
report generation and price,”
Davies says. “Ideally, every test
lab should be using the same
methods and those methods
should be precisely documented
in the standards. In a perfect
world, there would be no difference in test results from lab
to lab.”
A game of tag — which
RFID system is better?
Higher-frequency technology is better,
but concerns raised over cost and tag retention
By Madeleine Baerg
contributor / calgary
T
he race is on to create an approved and
industry-implementable version of
ultra-high-frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) livestock ear tags.
Though there could be big money in it for the
winner, design challenges and political roadblocks stand in the way.
Compared to older technology, UHF is 2,000
times faster and easier to read, can hold more
data, is more compatible with data-management systems and is likely to be cheaper.
AniTrace is first out of the gate with a technology based on UHF developed for vehicle
fleet tracking. At a demonstration in High
River in February, its tag proved readable 100
per cent of the time by a fixed reader regardless of animal bunching, speed of movement
or tag orientation, and 100 per cent readable
by a hand-held so long as tags were oriented
correctly and not blocked by other animals.
The tag also offers two forms of read/writable memory, and the ability to link with existing management software. At just $2.50 per
UHF and dangle combo tag and $1,000 per
reader, the tag system is significantly cheaper
than a low-frequency version.
AniTrace says it has tagged four million cattle in Brazil and a million cattle in South Korea.
At Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
(SAIT), a research team has spent more than
two years working through multiple UHF prototypes. Unlike the privately funded AniTrace,
SAIT’s work is being funded through a $1-million grant from the Alberta Livestock and Meat
Agency (ALMA).
Ben Reed, the SAIT project’s support specialist, says AniTrace has been quick to market,
but may face some challenges.
“AniTrace’s physical design is fairly rudimentary compared to SAIT’s. We took a
different path, using a UHF inlay inside injection-moulded plastic, mostly because of our
initial mandate of needing extremely high
retention rates. We couldn’t see that happening with a simpler design,” Reed said.
“There’s not any competition between us
and SAIT,” says Chuck Cosgrove, AniTrace’s
director of sales and marketing. “What we
have in many respects, they are duplicating.
That’s not a criticism — their work is very different than what we’re doing in that they have
been given x number of months and x dollars
to spend to come up with a prototype.”
CCIA approval
Regardless of who creates the best design, the
biggest challenge is still ahead — approval of
the tags for use by the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA).
Paul Laronde, a member of the CCIA’s Technical Advisory Committee, says the agency is
dedicated to advancing traceability through
new technology. That said, he says UHF technology is unlikely to be approved any time
soon. First is the issue of retention. He says
UHF needs larger antenna wires, so that the
tags must be larger. “This
increased size and rigidity
impacts ear tag retention
negatively,” Laronde says.
SAIT’s Reed disagrees.
“Retention has to do
with physical design.
We’re determining there
are many ways to embed
UHF inlays into tags,” he
says.
Cosgrove says AniTrace has addressed the
concern and that low-frequency tags are no
less susceptible to losses.
“Our excellent retention rates in challenging
actual operating conditions have proven our
claims.”
Second, Laronde says UHF technology
will cost producers more, especially if it is
not backwards compatible and make existing
equipment such as readers, tags and scanners
redundant.
“Producers, industry and governments have
significant investments in current technology; therefore, the impact analysis is critical to
understand before accepting or rejecting any
new technology,” Laronde says.
Current LF problems
AniTrace readers can already successfully scan
both LF and UHF tags. Further, both Reed and
Cosgrove believe a cost/benefit analysis will
favour the UHF technology.
“We constantly hear people in the beef
industry complaining about the limitations
and problems with low-frequency tags,” says
Cosgrove. “We attend meetings where we just
wish we could say ‘please, look at this solution. It addresses all your concerns from tags
to readers to sharing the data and does it right
now.’”
Finally, Laronde points out that our heavily export-dependent industry needs to keep
from stepping out alone on UHF.
“As most industry participants would agree,
it is important for Canadian Cattle Identification Agency to keep pace with our international trading partners. The current ISO
11784/85 low-frequency RFID standard is in
place in a number of other jurisdictions globally. As an industry-led organization, CCIA
would most likely be directed by industry to
stay in step with our trading partners.”
Cosgrove counters that improved technology will give Canada an edge in proving traceability.
“Canada is the only country that we know of
that is fighting the UHF standard. It amazes us
to see how many smaller countries, places that
many Canadians may think of as Third World,
are way ahead of us. It’s also interesting to note
that many large beef producers like Brazil and
the U.S. (which tested retention extensively)
have already approved our tag for use in their
countries as official tags.
“We are more likely to be isolated from the
world by our determined stance against this
technology than embraced as a leader,” says
Cosgrove.
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column
Immunological castration boosts profit by $5 per hog
An independent study shows significant gains for producers using alternative to conventional castration
Bernie Peet
Peet on Pigs
A
panel of independent U.S.
economists has found
producers who use immunological castration (IC) can generate a potential increase of $5.32
per head over conventionally
castrated barrows.
The benefit is pr imar ily
derived from being able to
market the treated pigs at a
heavier carcass weight, an
increase in feed efficiency, and
cost saving from not having to
carry out physical castration,
according to a recently published report.
The use of immunological
castration using Improvest
(Zoetis Animal Health) has
been approved in both the
U.S. and Canada but, so far,
uptake has been ver y limited. The product is a protein
compound that works like an
immunization to temporarily protect against off-odours
in pork. Male pigs are given
Improvest in the finishing
phase, eliminating the need
for physical castration (PC).
As a result, male pigs are able
to fully express their natural
potential for feed-efficient
growth, with all the inherent
performance advantages of an
intact male for the majority of
the production cycle. Treatment involves two immunizations, one sometime after nine
weeks of age and the second
three to 10 weeks prior to marketing.
To date, there have been 12
studies conducted in the U.S.
that compared the performance of immunized males with
PC barrows throughout the
growing and finishing period.
T h e re s u l t s i n d i c a t e t h a t
immunized males averaged an
8.4 per cent improvement in
feed/gain ratio, 4.3 per cent
greater average daily gain, and
1.17 mm less backfat.
The first obvious benefit of
immunization is the removal
of physical castration.
“E limination of physical
castration can provide significant positive impacts on preweaning and post-weaning
mortality and morbidity while
also saving the value of the
labour and inputs associated
with this practice,” the report
states.
The authors estimate the
elimination of physical castration improves wean-to-finish
net income by an average of
$1.61 per male pig marketed,
deriving from direct cost savi n g s f ro m n o n - c a s t ra t i o n ,
dilution of fixed costs, and
increased opportunity profit
from saved pigs.
While such a saving is
worthwhile, the biggest benefit comes from the fact that
immunized males effectively perform like boars
during the majority of the
growing period. Intact males
and immunized males demonstrate more efficient conversion of feed into lean meat and
lay down significantly less fat
than barrows.
However, the report notes,
after administration of the
second dose of Improvest,
males increase feed consumption, decrease feed efficiency
and begin generating more fat
in the carcass.
“This process implies an
economic trade-off involving
choice of the optimal harvest
weight which produces the
greatest profits while maintaining the necessary fat essential
to pork quality and value,” the
report states.
The panel of economists
used modelling techniques to
compare the optimum market
weight of the immunized pigs
with conventional barrows,
calculating returns to both the
producer and packer. They
took the average of feed costs
and hog prices over 2007-11 as
the basis for their calculations.
The results showed that
the optimum profit margin
for IC males was at a carcass
weight five to six pounds heavier than for barrows, assum-
ing the same growth period
in the finisher barn. However,
the authors point out, immunized males have lower carcass
yields due to the presence of
the scrotum, testicles and associated organs, as well as some
other minor carcass changes.
Thus, live weight at slaughter
will need to be 10 to 12 pounds
heavier than a PC barrow to
achieve the five- to six-pound
increase in carcass weight. As
part of the study, a sensitivity analysis was carried out to
look at the impact of high or
low feed costs on the optimum
carcass weight.
“While the optimal weights
of both types of animals are
reduced under this scenario
(as expected), the differential
profit-optimization weight
between IC and PC barrows
remains essentially the same,”
conclude the authors.
The report notes immu-
nized barrows will command a
$1.75/cwt premium over barrows due to less variation in
carcass weight relative to the
optimum weight. In addition,
both the producer and the
packer will benefit economically from a larger, leaner carcass. Using average prices over
the five-year period, combined
with cut-out data, it was calculated that immunized males
would generate the packer a
total return per carcass $9.75
more than a barrow.
“After paying the producer
$6.71 for the added weight
and premium increase, a net
improvement in returns of
$3.04 was realized for the primal cuts,” the report states.
The total benefit to the
packer was calculated as $5.04.
The expected improvement
in net returns for U.S. producers adopting Improvest is
$5.32 per head, concludes the
report. This is derived from $2
in feed cost savings, $6.71 from
the higher carcass weight and
carcass premiums and $1.61
from ceasing physical castration, totalling $10.32, less the
$5-per-head cost of using
Improvest.
So far, uptake of immunization has been minimal in North
America, despite these large
economic benefits. Packer
resistance and unwillingness to
change may be part of the reason, while producers also seem
wary. But can the producers
and packers afford to let competitors take advantage of this
technology while not adopting it themselves? There is an
interesting saga to be played
out here and only time will tell.
Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain
Consulting of Lacombe, Alberta and a
director of U.K.-based Pig Production
Training Ltd.
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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS
Weight Category
Ashern
Feeder Steers
Gladstone
Grunthal
Heartland
Heartland
Brandon
Virden
Killarney
Ste. Rose
Winnipeg
Aug-28
n/a
Aug-27
Aug-27
Aug-28
n/a
n/a
Aug-30
No. on offer
302
n/a
104
151
1,236
n/a
n/a
135
Over 1,000 lbs.
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
900-1,000
800-900
Up to 135.00
n/a
n/a
125.00-144.00
131.00-142.25
n/a
n/a
126.00-139.00
138.00-142.50
n/a
120.00-131.00
130.00-148.00
136.00-148.00
n/a
n/a
137.00-146.00
700-800
139.00-145.50
n/a
122.00-134.00
140.00-153.00
141.00-158.00
n/a
n/a
140.00-153.00
600-700
120.00-152.50
n/a
135.00-160.00
148.00-159.00
145.00-164.00
n/a
n/a
146.00-163.00
500-600
140.00-155.00
n/a
n/a
145.00-160.00
148.00-164.00
n/a
n/a
150.00-170.00
400-500
160.00-176.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
155.00-185.00
n/a
n/a
150.00-180.00
300-400
180.00-196.00
n/a
Up to 169.00
n/a
160.00-200.00
n/a
n/a
160.00-195.00
900-1,000 lbs.
105.00-128.25
n/a
n/a
105.00-122.00
116.00-131.00
n/a
n/a
105.00-124.00
800-900
110.00-132.25
n/a
102.00-134.00
123.00-135.00
123.00-138.00
n/a
n/a
120.00-133.00
Feeder heifers
700-800
117.00-137.00
n/a
120.00-135.00
125.00-138.00
128.00-141.00
n/a
n/a
125.00-137.00
600-700
118.00-138.75
n/a
n/a
128.00-141.00
130.00-144.00
n/a
n/a
125.00-137.00
500-600
n/a
n/a
n/a
130.00-143.00
123.00-148.00
n/a
n/a
130.00-145.00
400-500
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
134.00-158.00
n/a
n/a
135.00-150.00
300-400
n/a
n/a
130.00-140.00
n/a
140.00-170.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
200
n/a
104
91
1,236
n/a
n/a
165
Slaughter Market
No. on offer
D1-D2 Cows
68.00-74.00
n/a
n/a
78.00-83.75
75.00-81.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
D3-D5 Cows
63.00-67.00
n/a
n/a
68.00-76.50
66.00-74.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
Age Verified
72.00-78.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
77.00-83.75
n/a
n/a
63.00-72.00
Good Bulls
85.00-93.25
n/a
60.00-66.00
85.00-95.00
88.00-99.00
n/a
n/a
85.00-94.75
Butcher Steers
n/a
n/a
n/a
107.00-113.00
104.00-109.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
Butcher Heifers
n/a
n/a
n/a
104.00-108.00
102.00-107.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
Feeder Cows
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
77.00-83.00
Fleshy Export Cows
n/a
n/a
78.00-81.50
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
68.00-75.00
Lean Export Cows
n/a
n/a
63.00-70.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
58.00-65.00
* 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.)
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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN
High temperatures affecting natural grazing
Heat-stressed pastures have prompted producers to send more animals to auction
By Mark Elliot
Co-operator contributor
P
roducers brought 800
sheep and goats to the
Winnipeg Livestock
Auction’s Aug. 7 sale. The
numbers suggest deteriorating pastures may be increasing the number of animals
being shipped.
The bidding showed producers were looking for quality ewes. But there appeared
to be no difference in bidding between hair and wool
ewes, with even sheared wool
ewes remaining in a similar
bidding range. Prices ranged
from $0.79 to $0.85 per pound
for the quality and yearling
ewes. Six 121-pound Dorper-cross ewes fetched $0.90
per pound.
There was a greater selection of rams on offer at this
sale, but once again no difference in bidding between
wool and hair rams. Sheared
rams attracted slightly lower
bids, with prices ranging from
$0.78 to $1.01 per pound.
Bidding was fairly constant
for heavier lambs, although
selection was limited and
weights were ver y close. A
120-pound Rideau-cross
lamb brought $114 ($0.95 per
pound). Another 120-pound
lamb fetched $118.80 ($0.99
per pound) and six 122-pound
Suffolk-cross lambs brought
$119.56 ($0.98 per pound).
Market lambs dominated
this auction. The weight of
hair lambs ranged from 97 to
108 pounds, with prices ranging from $0.82 to $1.05 per
pound. Wool lambs fetched
$1.16 to $1.30 per pound, with
weights ranging from 95 to
101 pounds.
There was continued interest and demand for feeder
lambs, which kept bids similar to those for market lambs.
Feeder lambs ranged from
81 to 91 pounds, and sold for
$0.98 to $1.23 per pound.
Demand for lightweight
lambs was also fairly constant. Lambs in the 70- to
7 9 - p o u n d ra n g e s a w b i d s
ranging from $1 to $1.31 per
p o u n d . A n e xc e p t i o n w a s
a group of four 70-pound
Katahdin-cross lambs that
brought $66.50 ($0.95 per
pound). Another exception
was a 70-pound Katahdincross lamb that sold for $57
($0.76 per pound).
Some buyers showed more
interest in the lighter-weight
lambs (60 to 67 pounds),
which sold for $1.23 to $1.39
per pound. An exception was
a group of three 68-pound
Cheviot-cross lambs, which
sold for $54.40 ($0.80
per pound).
Four teen 56-pound Dorper-cross lambs brought
$67.76 ($1.21 per pound).
A 55-pound Dorper lamb
brought $71.50 ($1.30 per
pound), while a 55-pound
Dorper-cross lamb brought
$50.88 ($0.925 per pound).
Two 55-pound Cheviot-cross
lambs brought $51.15 ($0.93
per pound) and two 35-pound
July 3, 2013
Ewes
$60.27 - $122.55
$50.60 - $83.30
$28.00 - $58.96
$18.70 - $49.29
$114.00 - $119.56
$70.50 - $113.40
Lambs (lbs.)
110+
$28.86 - $43.40
95 - 110
$88.56 - $126.76
$71.69 - $92.12
$33.00 / $43.70
80 - 94
$82.32 - $105.09
$73.71 - $101.52
70 - 79
$33.75 - $100.87
$56.94 - $86.58
60 - 68
$54.40 - $90.45
$48 / $57.60 / $66 (60 lbs.)
55 / 56
$50.88 / $51.15 / $71.50 / $67.76
40 - 49
n/a
n/a
$26.25
n/a
The demand for the goat kids
remained constant from the
last sale, with bidding keeping
prices constant and steady.
The Ontario Stockyard
Report stated well-developed
lambs sold at a steady price.
Prices have shown a slight
increase with supply steady
but not excessive. Lambs of
lower quality have struggled
to reach minimal price levels. Goats and sheep sold at a
steady rate.
Under 80
35
Dorper-cross lambs brought
$26.25 ($0.75 per pound).
The audience was entertained by the selling of one
family unit (ewe with one
lamb). The total weight was
115 pounds and brought $110
($0.96 per pound).
The buyers were looking for
quality goat does and this was
indicated by the prices. Meat
does dominated this sale.
Some of the does were not as
fleshy, as was the case at the
past sale.
The meat and dairy fleshy
goat bucks attracted equal
bids. Buyers were more critical of the underdeveloped
and quality of the dairy bucks.
Auction ewes fetch fair prices
GOAT DOES
$60.32
/ lb.
animal weight
$1.18 - $1.79
75 - 165 lbs.
$0.88 - $0.90
165 / 155 lbs.
$1.11 to $1.12
112 / 118 lbs.
$2.02
85 lbs.
meat
$1.54 - $2.39
65 - 115 lbs.
dairy
$0.95 - $1.54
95 - 115 lbs.
meat
dairy
GOAT DOELINGS
meat
BUCKS
KIDS - Under 80
70 / 75
$2.09 / $2.18 /
$2.13
Bidding down for breeding rams at annual Manitoba Sheep
Association auction in Rivers
60 - 66
$2.00 - $2.45
50 - 58
$2.16 - $2.55
40 - 49
$1.87 - $2.41
By Shannon VanRaes
30 - 35
$0.71 - $2.03
co-operator staff
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T
he Manitoba Sheep Association has wrapped up
its annual show and sale
in Rivers with a good turnout
and a desire to see more people
enter the sheep-buying business.
“The number of sheep was
well matched to the number of
buyers that were there I would
say, and I would add that the
quality of sheep was great as
well,” said association president
Herman Bouw.
Approximately 50 sheep hit
the auction block and about 100
people turned out for the sale.
“There was a reasonable
crowd,” he said.
The average price for a ram
lamb was $310, while market
lambs averaged $160.
Bouw said a few purebred
ram breeders took their animals home again after bidding
stalled around $440. But other
breeders sold their breeding
rams for about $460.
Ewe lambs sold for an average
price of $192.50.
“The ewe lambs which were
sold, were for the majority,
commercial and not purebred,”
he said. “But people who sold
them I think were quite happy,
the prices being what they are.”
(58 lbs.)
$1.70
January
21-23, 2014
KEYSTONE CENTRE,
BRANDON, MB
It’s where the Ag Year begins!
Approximately 50 sheep hit the auction block and about 100 people turned
out for the sale. Submitted photo
Although the Canadian Lamb
Producers Co-operative is set to
launch this fall, giving producers more options when it comes
to selling their livestock, Bouw
said there is a bit of a void for
sellers at the moment.
However, he’s optimistic new
buyers will help improve lamb
prices once they become established.
Currently, producers in Saskatchewan are only getting $1
per pound for lambs over 100
pounds.
Manitoba’s producers fare
better if they’re able to get their
lamb to market in Ontario,
where prices are at about $160
per pound.
“Manitoba really doesn’t have
a price-establishing mechanism
other than Ontario, so some people do have large enough numbers that they can put together a
load, or part of a load and justify
sending it east,” Bouw said.
He described the sheep industry as being in a transition phase
as old purchasers leave the business, and new ones work to
establish themselves.
“I think sheep farming is no
different than other farming in
that hope springs eternal,” he
said.
The next MSA auction will be
held in Dauphin on October 5.
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38
The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
COLUMN
Lean hog market succumbs to seasonal downturn
Nearby lean hog futures prices have declined 18 per cent since mid-August
CME LEAN HOG MONTHLY NEARBY
following day, the October 2013
futures contract became the
nearby contract, which opened
at $88.225 per hundredweight
and then declined five per cent
over the ensuing five trading
days to $83.80.
Prior to this price decline, the
charts gave early indications of
an impending downturn. Amid
bullish news of the cash market leading the futures higher,
on July 31 a two-month reversal
developed on the monthly
nearby lean hog futures chart
at the CME. This reversal pattern indicates a market is about
to change direction and forewarned of an impending downturn in the market.
David Drozd
Chart as of August 27, 2013
Market Outlook
T
he Labour Day weekend
marks the end of the summer BBQ season, with the
resulting reduction in demand
partially responsible for the seasonal downturn in prices. Also
weighing on the market is that
producers are increasing their
deliveries of market-ready hogs,
and these slaughter animals are
coming in heavier than normal.
The lean hog futures contracts at the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange (CME) exemplify a
strong seasonal tendency for lean
hog prices to turn down after the
August futures contract expires.
On Aug. 14, the August 2013
futures contract posted a new
contract high and expired at
$102.425 per hundredweight. The
Two-month reversal
On the first month, at a top,
the market advances to new
highs and closes very strong at
or near the high of the day. The
following month, prices open
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unchanged to slightly higher,
but cannot make additional
upside progress. Quantity selling appears early in the month
to halt the advance and prices
begin to erode.
By month’s end, the market
drops to around the preceding month’s low and closes at
or near that level. For a twomonth reversal to be valid, the
second month’s settlement
price must be below the midpoint of the previous month’s
opening and closing price.
Market psychology
The two-month reversal is a
180-degree turn in sentiment.
On the first month, the longs
are comfortable and confident
as the market closes higher.
The market’s performance
provides encouragement and
reinforces the expectation of
further gains.
The second month’s activity
is psychologically damaging
as it is a complete turnaround
from the preceding month and
serves to shake the confidence
of many who are still long the
market. The immediate outlook for prices is abruptly put
in question. The longs respond
to weakening prices by exiting
the market. At first the “smart
money” sells to take profit,
while others eventually sell to
cut their losses. This action is
referred to as long liquidation.
In this scenario, a market
tends to erode until the long
liquidation is over — often
ignoring bullish news. The
exodus of market participants
and the flow of money leaving
the market sometimes causes
prices to go down further and
stay down longer than most
in the trade would have first
anticipated.
As illustrated in the accompanying chart, after the twomonth reversal developed at
the end of July prices remained
up near the high during the
first couple of weeks in August
providing opportunity for livestock producers to take advantage of the sell signal provided
by the two-month reversal.
The U.S. Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC)
releases Commitments of Traders (COT ) reports each Friday afternoon. These weekly
reports provide a snapshot or
breakdown of each Tuesday’s
open interest.
This report reveals large
speculators are currently holding a record long futures position and the commercials have
a record short futures position
in lean hogs. Therefore, traders
and livestock producers should
be aware that the unwinding
of the October 2013 futures
contracts leaves the lean hog
futures market susceptible to
extreme volatility in the weeks
ahead.
Send your questions or comments about this article and
chart to [email protected].
David Drozd is president and senior market
analyst for Winnipeg-based Ag-Chieve
Corporation. The opinions expressed
are those of the writer and are solely
intended to assist readers with a better
understanding of technical analysis. Visit
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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 5, 2013
COLUMN
Considering chiropractic care for your horse?
Chiropractics can help reveal underlying issues
affecting how a horse moves or behaves
Carol Shwetz, DVM
Horse Health
W
h e n h o r s e ow n e r s
d i s c ov e r t h e b e n efits of quality chiropractic care for themselves
they will often seek out the
same for their horses. This has
brought forth a growing trend
in the horse industry for animal chiropractors. Chiropractic
work does not replace traditional veterinary medicine, yet
it can provide a complementary approach in the diagnostics and care of health and
performance problems. When
indicated, chiropractics can be
an effective tool to benefit the
attitude and physical abilities
of the horse.
Postgraduate training is provided to human chiropractors and veterinarians in the
areas of canine and equine chiropractics. The field of study
requires at least 220 credit
hours of study over a sixmonth duration to be awarded
the degree. Currently there are
five approved animal chiropractic programs, one in Canada, one in Europe and three in
the United States.
The principles of animal
and human chiropractics
are similar, focusing primarily on the health of the spinal column. The nervous
system of the body is housed
by the spinal column, travelling first within it and then
moving outward from the
spine. Any interference in its
course of travel will directly
hinder the nervous messages
of the body. The generic goal
of chiropractic work is to
remove nerve interference,
primarily along the spine, and
allow the body to be healthier as a result of improved
neurological function.
When a chiropractor says
that a “joint is out” or the “back
is out” they do not mean the
joint is totally displaced as
this would obviously require
medical attention. When chiropractors use this simplistic
lay term they are describing
a subluxation. A subluxation
in chiropractic terms is when
a joint is not moving effectively or efficiently, however,
contact between joints surfaces has remained intact. It is
essentially a functional entity
which influences blood flow,
muscular responses, and nerve
conduction. A chiropractic
adjustment is an attempt to
reset the joint, correcting its
movement, blood flow, and
nerve conduction. The adjustment itself is a high-velocity,
low-force, controlled thrust of
the hand directed in a specific
direction on a specific joint.
The skilled and “listening” hands of a practitioner
detect subtle changes in the
health and movement of the
spine, noticing pain/sensitivity, muscular tension, incomplete range of motion, and
increased warmth. When a
subluxation occurs, the horse’s
spine loses its normal flex-
ibility resulting in stiffness,
resistance and decreased performance. Compensation patterns then develop throughout
the body as the horse attempts
to protect its sore neck or
back. These patterns result
in altered posture, gait,
and unsoundness.
Sy m p t o m s s u c h a s g a i t
abnormalities, bucking, rearing, tail swishing, head tossing, pulling back, refusal, lack
of impulsion/engaging of the
hindquarters, behaviour problems, neck or back pain, muscle imbalances, toe dragging,
uneven shoulders and hips,
reluctance to stand for the farrier, short striding, stumbling
or knuckling, and incompletely
resolved injuries are commonly
associated with spinal misalignments/subluxations.
Proper kinematics and movement of the limbs are heavily
influenced by the spinal column. The highly innervated
and delicate musculature of
the spine is responsible for the
“setup” of the limbs as they
are engaged in motion. Unless
primary causes of back pain
are identified and addressed,
most horses will have recurring
unsoundness when returned
to work, even after a period
of medication or rest. Not all
lamenesses respond to chiropractic adjustments but a large
proportion do.
A consultation with an
equine chiropractor star ts
with a thorough examination
of the horse, including history, care and use. The chiropractor may ask to see the
horse move through all gaits
first without a rider, and then
at times with the rider. The
chiropractor will then pursue
static and motion palpation
of the spine and its joints.
The principles of animal and human chiropractics
are similar, focusing primarily on the health of
the spinal column.
Following initial examination the animal chiropractor
will adjust the affected area of
the spine so as to return the
joints to normal motion. In
doing so muscle spasms and
pain in the neck and back are
often alleviated.
Chiropractics are used to discover underlying issues looking at the animals as a whole
and helping the owner/rider/
trainer understand why the
horse is not moving or behaving correctly. It is important to
recognize that horses need to
be educated properly to carry
a rider and themselves without incurring physical injury
and developing unsoundness
over time. Further influences
to the success of a chiropractic treatment are dental alignment, hoof balance, tack fit,
training and turnout. Addressing physical or pathologic
problems such as strains,
sprains, and degenerative
joint diseases is also necessary for a successful adjustment. Once the reason for the
misalignment/subluxation is
discovered and addressed the
need for chiropractic care is
reduced substantially.
Carol Shwetz is a veterinarian specializing
in equine practice at Westlock, Alberta.
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