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SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCE 1925 | Vol. 73, No. 13 | $1.75 March 26, 2015 manitobacooperator.ca

Manitoba winter wheat OK so far, but fingers crossed for no cold snaps

Glyphosate classified as ‘probably carcinogenic’ Monsanto questions results of report, which also includes diazinon, malathion and parathion

An advisory committee is monitoring conditions to see if the April 10 fertilizer prohibition can be lifted early

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he decision by an international group of cancer experts to classify the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide as “probably carcinogenic” has drawn fire from the product’s main maker. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a Francebased arm of the World Health Organization, last Friday released its working group’s evaluations on the cancer-causing potential for glyphosate herbicide and four other organophosphate pesticides — diazinon, malathion, parathion and tetrachlorvinphos. For glyphosate, malathion and diazinon, IARC’s 17-member group found “limited” evidence of cancer sites in humans, but “sufficient” evidence in animals for glyphosate and malathion. The group has classified all

MAFRD has been measuring soil temperatures in four winter wheat fields (see CropChatter post http://cropchatter.com/monitoring-real-timesoil-temperatures-in-mb-winter-wheat-fields/). Plotting soil temperatures against various “hardiness” curves can provide an early indication if there is a concern for winter injury or winterkill. photo: allan dawson

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o far, so good sums up the condition of Manitoba’s winter wheat crop, although an extended cold snap could still damage it. In the meantime, an advisory committee was to meet Monday to consider whether to allow farmers to fertilize their fields, including winter wheat, before April 10 when the seasonal fertilizer application prohibition is lifted. If it isn’t, individual farmers can apply to Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship for permission to apply early. Manitoba government regulations prohibit farmers from applying fertilizer and manure to their fields between Nov. 10 and April 10. Soil is normally frozen then so applying fertilizer makes it susceptible to running off following rain or snow-

melts, resulting in more nutrients polluting Lake Winnipeg. But some years the soil freezes later or thaws earlier. To better reflect current soil conditions, last fall the province formed an advisory committee to consider variances to its dates. The committee has representatives from Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), Manitoba Beef Producers, the Canadian Agri-Retailers Association, commercial manure applicators and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. “This committee puts everyone on the same page,” said David Hay, Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship’s acting manager of the water quality management section. “In the past everyone had their own ideas so this was an opportunity for us to establish a very, very timely system to be able to make those changes,” Hay said in an interview.

He said Manitoba Conservation has had “a handful” of farmers ask about fertilizing fields before April 10. Warm weather earlier this month and a lack of snow no doubt have farmers thinking about an early spring.

Early N needed

Agronomists say winter wheat should be fertilized as early as possible. “You absolutely want to get out in the field as soon as you can and get your nitrogen out there because winter wheat responds very quickly to nitrogen,” said Ken Gross, Ducks Unlimited Canada’s winter wheat agronomist. “It sets its yield very early so you want to be out there before it hits the five- or six-leaf stage. But we have lots of time before that happens. There’s really no rush at See WINTER WHEAT on page 6 »

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hat inspires people to support conservation? As concerns grow about the sustainability of our modern society, this question becomes more important. A new study by researchers at Cornell University provides one simple answer: birdwatching and hunting.

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This survey of conservation activity among rural landowners in Upstate New York considered a range of possible predictors such as gender, age, education, political ideology, and beliefs about the environment. All other factors being equal, birdwatchers are about five times as likely, and hunters about four times as likely, as non-recreationists to engage in wildlife and habitat conservation. Both birdwatchers and hunters were more likely than non-recreationists to enhance land for wildlife, donate to conservation organizations, and advocate for wildlife — all actions that significantly impact conservation success. The contributions of individuals who identified as both birdwatchers and hunters were even more pronounced. On average, this group was about eight times more likely than non-recreationists to engage in conservation. “We set out to study two groups — birdwatchers and hunters — and didn’t anticipate the importance of those who do both, and wildlife managers probably didn’t either,” said Dr. Caren Cooper, the study’s lead author, now at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. “We don’t even have a proper name for these conservation superstars, other than hunter/birdwatchers.” The study, published in the Journal of Wildlife Management, speaks to wildlife agency managers. Findings could assuage concerns about diminishing support for conservation in the United States

Birdwatching is now one of the biggest recreational activities in North America, with one U.S. study estimating it generates $32 billion per year in economic activity. Photo: Thinkstock and its historic ties (both socially and economically) to hunting, an activity that has been declining for decades. “Our results provide hope for wildlife agencies, organizations, and citizens concerned about conservation,” offers study co-author Dr. Ashley Dayer of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. “Birdwatchers, a group not traditionally thought of as a constituency by many wildlife management agencies, have real potential to be conservation supporters, if appropriate mechanisms for them to contribute are available.” As agencies and conservation organizations ponder how to better work with birdwatchers, hunters, and hunter/birdwatchers on conservation, one take-home message is clear: The more time we spend in nature, the more likely we are to protect it.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 26, 2015

More than a decade of Ag Awareness Canadian Prairie Garden Purées has been recognized for creating a pure product that makes excellent use of visually imperfect produce By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

t was a chance for Manitoba’s agricultural industry to step back and appreciate how far farming has come, before jumping into spring seeding. Producers, processors and politicians gathered at the Manitoba legislature last week to celebrate Agriculture Awareness Day — a non-partisan event launched in 2005. “Manitoba’s agriculture sector is soaring to new heights, which is the theme of today’s celebration,” said Ron Kostyshyn, minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD). “We are highlighting the creativity, innovation and adaptability of our province’s farmers, food processors and many others who are turning ideas into opportunities.” One innovator honoured at the event was Kelly Beaulieu, CEO of the Canadian Prairie Garden Purées. That company based in Portage la Prairie uses a new steam injection method to cook and sterilize food in a matter of seconds, leaving taste and texture intact. The purée also uses misshapen vegetables that would have otherwise ended up wasted. Roughly 50 per cent of the vegetables grown for retail in Manitoba don’t have homes to go to, Beaulieu said, explaining that they’re often considered too ugly for grocery store shelves. Prairie Garden Purées gives those vegetables a good home, she added. “There are such great opportunities here,” said the CEO, referencing both the province’s political and geographic climate. “It’s such a challenge to get a business up and off the ground, but we’ve had a lot of support and I’m grateful for that, Manitoba is a great business incubator,” said Beaulieu, a recent winner of the Manitoba Food Processors Association’s Manitoba TASTE Award for best new product. Three chefs, Justin Bohemier, Brad Gray and MJ Feeke, also used the purées to make new dessert creations for the celebration, which featured a generous helping of local foods. “Farmers love to see companies like Canadian Prairie Garden Purées finding success through innovation,” said Keystone Agricultural Producers president, Dan Mazier. Réjean Picard was on hand as well, speaking about another type of new technology — unmanned aerial vehicles or drones. Speaking about the value of innovative technology, the MAFRD crop adviser took time to note that there are also some limitations, as well as regulatory restraints, on the much talked about tools. But he said that overall they present a great opportunity. “UAVs are another tool in your tool box, but you can’t dismiss the boots on the ground either,” he told attendees. Manitoba Liberal Leader Rana Bokhari also spoke at the event, drawing on her experiences growing up on a poultry operation near Anola.

Chefs created desserts for Ag Awareness Day at the Manitoba legislature using Canadian Prairie Garden Purées as ingredients. Photos: Shannon VanRaes

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Ag Awareness Day at the Manitoba legislature included showcasing local foods during lunch in the rotunda.

“The family farm is the root of everything we’re talking about today, it’s those families that grow and that thrive, and are so passionate about the job that they do every single day, and I’m very blessed to have come from that,” she said. Progressive Conservative Agriculture Critic Blaine Pedersen pointed to the important role of government while addressing the crowd. “The technology, the market opportunities, the environmental stewardship, it’s exciting, there is tremendous potential out there for Manitoba agriculture, and it’s up to us as politicians in this building to enhance that potential,” he said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 26, 2015

OPINION/EDITORIAL

Just follow the label

ow should farmers and the agricultural community react to news that a French agency has labelled glyphosate as “possibly carcinogenic” (page one)? We’ve already seen the battle of the competing press releases questioning the science. The usual anti-GMO suspects are no doubt having a heyday. Farmers, as usual, will be stuck in the middle. Rather John Morriss than picking sides, let’s consider a rational Editorial Director response. First, the source. The report comes from The Lancet, one of the world’s most respected peer-reviewed medical journals. So there should be no playing the “junk science” card — that will backfire pretty quickly. Next, what does the report say? Glyphosate is one of five chemicals in the study — the others are malathion, diazinon, parathion and tetrachlorvinphos. For evidence of being a carcinogen, glyphosate is listed as “sufficient” in animals and “limited (non-Hodgkin lymphoma)” for humans. The report says: “There was limited evidence in humans for the carcinogenicity of glyphosate. Case-control studies of occupational exposure in the U.S., Canada, and Sweden reported increased risks for non-Hodgkin lymphoma that persisted after adjustment for other pesticides. The AHS cohort did not show a significantly increased risk of nonHodgkin lymphoma.” The last reference was to the U.S. National Institutes of Health Agricultural Health Study (AHS), which was a study of 4,916 commercial applicators, 52,395 private applicators, mostly farmers, in Iowa and North Carolina. But while it may sound like good news that it found no evidence of glyphosate causing non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the study was conducted from 1993 to 1997, when glyphosate use was minimal. Today it’s the most-used herbicide in North America, and many farmers apply it several times a year. So what’s the rational response for farmers? Stay out of the debate, and let the scientists do their work. In the meantime, follow the label as you would — and should — for any herbicide. Wear chemical goggles and chemical-resistant gloves, and if there is significant potential for contact, a face shield and respiratory protection. As proponents of glyphosate have said so often, it’s less toxic than salt, but the dose makes the poison.

Supply, yes. Demand? Not so much

his week we’re changing the format of the statistics on our grain markets page, including a summary of average cash prices at Manitoba elevators. Comments and suggestions are welcome. In future we will also try to report any international trading prices that come to our attention. We’ll do our best to find more sources, but so far they are few and far between. For example, last week Reuters reported 300,000 tonnes of high-protein Canadian wheat sold to China, but no prices were quoted. We will also attempt to delve more into the reasons for the wide spread between quoted prices for U.S. Dark Northern Spring and Canadian CWRS. For example, one day last week, the USDA was quoting DNS 14% at Portland at US$306-$332 per tonne. Trade sources told us that the price for 2CW, 13.5% at Vancouver last week was around $260. While that spread remains a bit of a mystery, the price paid by Chinese millers is less so. Reuters reported it at $472 per tonne. However, the difference between that and the West Coast price is not all going to the grain company. It’s going to the Chinese government. China is one of several countries that wants to ensure

sufficient wheat supply for its consumers, and one of the ways it does that is to guarantee its farmers a good price. As of last November it was US$384 — $10.45 per bushel. The Chinese government isn’t going to allow millers to buy imported wheat cheaper, so it’s marking up imports and charging a premium for quality. Japan has a similar policy — the price to the millers for imported wheat is $506 per tonne. Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, may not be as wealthy as Japan and China, but having recently had a government overthrown in part because of a bread shortage, it’s anxious to keep its farmers happy. Its current price to farmers is about $390 per tonne. It’s often said that the price of wheat is set by supply and demand. But the cost of wheat makes up only a small fraction of the cost of the meal where it’s being consumed. If the price of wheat drops from 10 cents to five cents in a $3 sandwich, you’re not going to order two sandwiches. So, supply, yes — the price moves along with supply in exporting countries. Demand? Not so much. john.morriss@fbcpublishing.com

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rop and livestock producers’ confidence about the direction of the agriculture economy has reached a historic low, according to the latest DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agriculture Confidence Index (ACI). Since the last ACI survey in December, producer confidence has shifted from an optimistic rating of 103.4 to a pessimistic level of 98.8. The value of 100 is considered neutral. Values above 100 indicate optimism, whereas values below signify pessimism. The confidence index, which surveyed 500 crop and livestock producers from Feb. 18 to March 2, measures the sentiments of crop and livestock producers on their overall agriculture sector impressions. The ACI is conducted three times each year — before planting, prior to harvest and after harvest. Producers also rate current and long-term input prices and net farm income to gauge their attitudes toward the present situation and future expectations. “It’s the most pessimistic producer confidence reading yet,” said DTN markets editor Katie Micik, director of the confidence index. “The latest producer confidence rating marks the second time in the last three ACI surveys that producers’ confidence levels were pessimistic.” A year ago, producer confidence stood at 106.9 then fell 99.8 in August 2014 for the first pessimistic rating since DTN/The Progressive Farmer began the ACI survey in April 2010. According to the DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agriculture Confidence Index, crop and livestock producers’ overall confidence fell to a new low in March. While producers remain optimistic about their present situation, they are pessimistic about future expectations. “Concerns over stagnant or falling commodity prices, increased crop production and rising crop input costs contributed to crop producers’ pessimism,” Micik said. “But livestock producers’ pes-

simism increased as well. They are worried about the prospects of lower prices brought on by beef, pork and poultry expansion.” Livestock producer confidence fell to 99.2 from 106.4 in December and a near-record high of 116.4 last March. Crop producer confidence dropped from 101.9 four months ago to 98.4, the second-lowest rating ever behind last August’s 96.3. Crop and livestock producers remain slightly positive about their present conditions. However, this optimism has weakened significantly in three years. Since March 2012, producers’ attitudes about their current situation have fallen from a high of 140.2 to a record low of 109.1. Micik noted this prolonged decline continues to keep producers pessimistic about the future. After reaching a two-year high in December, producers’ expectations for the next 12 months dropped five points to 92.0 in March, just shy of the two-year average of 92.6. Rising crop input costs have producers troubled. According to the recent survey, 43 per cent say current prices are bad. Another 38 per cent say prices are normal, and less than 20 per cent of survey respondents think current prices are good, the lowest score since the initial ACI survey in April 2010. While producers think current crop input prices are poor, 23 per cent remain hopeful that these costs will improve 12 months from now, which is the highest rating for this category in the survey’s history. Thirty-six per cent think prices will get worse while 41 per cent say they will stay the same. Over the past two years, producers’ sentiments toward current farm income has changed dramatically as commodity prices have dropped. In December 2012, 46 per cent of producers felt their current farm income was good and just 15 per cent replied bad. In the recent survey, 28 per cent said current farm income was good, while 32 per cent said it was bad, which is the highest rating in four years.

OUR HISTORY: March 1980

his Prasco SuperSeeder advertised in our March 20, 1980 issue was one of the early entrants in the air seeder market, but unfortunately the company later went into receivership. High interest rates were a major concern, and we reported that Premier Sterling Lyon was concerned about the Bank of Canada’s new floating interest rate policy. The bank rate at the time was 14 per cent. High interest rates had discouraged farmers from early fertilizer bookings, and we reported concern about tight supplies and prices 10 to 20 per cent higher than a year earlier. CN Rail president Ron Lawless said he was encouraged by momentum to change the Crow Rate, but warned that buying more cars was not the solution to the grain transportation problem, and that improvements were needed in terminal facilities. In our March 27 issue, we reported on the earliest-ever opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, and that flooding was unlikely on the Red and Assiniboine rivers. This turned out to be a precursor for a hot and dry year — Manitoba average wheat yields that year dropped to 21 bushels per acre compared to a previous five-year average of 33. A story from the U.K. said that the Agricultural Research Council was co-ordinating a $1.25-million-per-year program to make genetic engineering of plants a reality, “a project which would have been considered in the realm of science fiction only a few years ago.”

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 26, 2015

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Are we using traceability to its full potential? Other countries extend traceability right to the packaging of meat so customers can find out what individual animal and farm it came from By Cheryl Hazenberg

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s I’ve been travelling this past year, I’ve been astonished by the level of traceability in processing plants abroad. I was welcomed into two plants, on two different continents, with open arms and fantastic hospitality with the only request being I leave my camera outside. Geographically these two businesses couldn’t be further apart but their similarities caught me off guard, their traceability processes are fundamentally similar. I first came across this in Australia when touring what we would consider a mid-size packing plant (200 head per day). In Australia, they have a similar Animal Health traceability system called NLIS and they use a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag exactly as we do. The beauty of the system happens after the animal is killed and the processing begins. The traceability stays with the animal throughout its journey through the plant and is continued all the way to the grocer’s shelf. The NLIS system tracks the animal until the tag is removed, then the plant’s own internal system takes over — the data from the kill floor, bone room, and packaging room all talk to each other and maintain the traceability component. The plant is required by the government to maintain this data for international marketing requirements and food safety. Carcasses are tagged on each quarter with information (including kill date, carcass weight, detention

“Information regarding the origin of our meat is on display in the restaurant.” French hotel menu

information, grade, and an internal tracking number linked to the NLIS tag number). A portion of this data is also transferred to the box label and travels with the product on the packaging to the retail outlet. I came across a very similar traceability system while touring a plant in the U.K. This plant was in Northern Ireland, part of a large corporation with locations across the U.K., and processed between 400 to 500 cattle per day. The mandatory British ear tag system uses a double visual tag system with a 15-digit number printed on them. Sheep are required to use Electronic Identification (EID) tags but cattle are not, so these plants have to manually type in the number of each animal that crosses their floor. This particular company uses specialized in-house software to track data on the animals after tags are removed, with the tag number again correlated to a kill number assigned by the plant. This new number stays with the product until it is purchased, it is attached to each quarter with the same information used in Australia. It appears printed on the box label and finally on

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Children are not ‘consumers’ “Educating the country’s youngest consumers” (March 12) left me feeling underwhelmed. Having an “industry professional” from Monsanto come into our public schools to speak to our children about agriculture as part of Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) reminds me of the predatory marketing of McDonald’s in schools. This happened through its Ronald McDonald assemblies that for years were, and perhaps still are, allowed to go on inside of our publicly funded schools. These corporations have effectively been able to institute themselves into our school programming in the name of “learning” and “education.” With the growing obesity epidemic in North America the idea of McDonald’s in schools has become less palatable for parents. With the looming succession crisis in agriculture, and the very real global seed oligopoly of a handful of transnational firms (including Monsanto) we should also question whether or not those entrenched in the status quo are adequately positioned to act as educators on agriculture and the future of farming. What is most telling is that our children are, in the article, referred to as the country’s youngest “consumers.” It seems that consumerism and our ability to maximize production on our farms is what matters most; true citizenship and stewardship is conspicuously absent from the equation. Is that all industry sees when it looks at young children — young consumers? Are we teaching our young citizens to be complacent, apathetic consumers? We ought to be, as a community, teaching children about land stewardship, animal husbandry, building healthy soils, ecological diversity and inspiring a future of young farmers to run financially, ecologically and socially sustainable farm enterprises independent of corporate controls. Lydia Carpenter Dunrea, Man.

the consumer packaging during the final stage of fabrication. The tracking and printing of this information is required by the government, and “born in” and “raised in” data is required to be printed on all labels. Even grind is fully traceable back to the animal and therefore the farm of origin. Both of these visits were excellent examples of how traceability can go beyond the live animal and provide authentic, meaningful information to consumers. While government regulated this in both cases, I was told repeatedly the domestic and international customer has been the main driver. It feeds into the reoccurring theme I witnessed in every country I have visited so far — that consumers want to know where the food comes from and to be assured what they’re eating is safe. It really is a basic right to have access to that information. Even us as producers, we want to know that information, which is a significant reason why we consume our own product. It really hit home for me while I was travelling in France. At my hotel near Borges, I came across a notation in the menu for the hotel restaurant: “Information regarding the origin of our meat is on display in the restaurant.” In the restaurant was a sign that had each cut of beef on the menu along with information on where it was born, raised, and killed. This is now required by law in all restaurants in France. In this instance each cut was born, raised and killed in France but the sheet could easily be updated when the sup-

ply changed based on the information provided by the processing plant on the product packaging. Over and over again, I found myself wondering if we are putting ourselves at a disadvantage by not voluntarily tracking this data. Some will argue that our international customers are not requiring it yet, and that is valid. Others will wince at the extra cost, the inability to keep up to the speed of commerce, or further imposition of government regulations. But if we know our competition is providing this information and the customer wants more and more information as each year goes by, is it not better to voluntarily begin the process instead of waiting until our export markets get closed or the government forces it upon us after a food safety scandal? I’ve also learned over the past year that no animal traceability system is perfect. Each country I have visited has very interesting and unique ideas on how it should look and what is required by the producers. Each country has producers who loathe their system and want what someone else has. The best we can do is work with what we have and learn from others. Cheryl Hazenberg was raised on a beef operation in Ontario, is a 2014 Nuffield Scholar, and director of technical services for the Canadian Angus Association in Calgary. Her Nuffield studies focused on traceability. For more info, visit www.havevacationwilltravel. blogspot.ca.

It’s still worth fighting COOL Country-of-origin labelling hurts the price for all cattle By Jim Romahn

ohn Morriss, veteran journalist for Manitoba Co-operator, sees irony in the continued fight against the United States; requirement that beef be labelled to indicate its country of origin (editorial, March 12). He notes that at the same time the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association is fighting COOL, it is promoting cattle identification back to the farm and herd of origin. On the one hand, the CCA sees opportunity to profit by identifying where cattle originate and on the other hand is hiring lawyers and consultants who have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight COOL. The same could be said of the Canadian Pork Council. But Morriss chose beef for his editorial because he noticed that McDonald’s, which has been the biggest buyer of beef for decades, announced a new purchasing policy under which it is going to source all of its beef from Canada. Morriss said that’s quite a coup, a feather in the Canadian cap. But he wonders why the Canadian government and the CCA have been so silent about this victory. But, of course, it’s because it would undermine their fight against COOL, he argues. “At last count the CCA had spent $3.25 million in legal fees and $3 million in other advocacy costs in fighting it. It’s time to quit,” Morriss writes.

“The beef business is clearly headed to a system where every package can be labelled not to country of origin, but farm of origin. “Canada already has the system to get there ahead of the U.S. Instead of spending checkoff money on lawyers’ fees, why not spend it on getting there sooner?” Let me remind Morriss about why. The way the U.S. goes about requiring labels to identify country of origin means meat packers have to keep separate track of cattle from the U.S., from Canada and from Mexico. That costs a lot of time, effort and money. That reduces the U.S. packer’s interest in Canadian and Mexican cattle. That has depressed the price of Canadian cattle — all of them, both those that could be going to a U.S. packing plant and those that stay home where packers don’t have to bid as much because the Canadian cattle aren’t going south. McDonald’s plan flows naturally from this situation. But, rather than buying U.S. beef, it’s buying Canadian. Not a blend of American, Mexican and Canadian, but from one country. Because it’s cheaper that way. Not better. That’s why there’s value in continuing to fight COOL. And promoting individual cattle identification is still a good idea — because it’s better and therefore worth a premium price. And if it’s not worth a premium price, it’s just another expensive nuisance. Jim Romahn is a freelance journalist in Kitchener, Ontario

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FROM PAGE ONE WINTER WHEAT Continued from page 1

this point. I think most guys would be happy if they could get on their fields any time around April 10. If we could do that, that would be great compared to last year for sure.” Hay said fertilizer for fall cereals, forages and pasture doesn’t have to go on until those crops are actively growing “and typically that’s not going to happen until such time as the soil has thawed.” However, farmers say waiting brings the risk of wet weather and application delays. Over night frosts keep the ground firm enough for farmers to travel as they broadcast their fertilizer, said KAP president Dan Mazier. “You have no volatilization because the air is cool,” he said, adding the melting frost helps nitrogen dissolve into the soil. Interest in fertilizing winter wheat early will depend on the weather and weather is also something the advisory committee considers along with soil temperatures and snow cover, Hay said. “We really need all three conditions — soils that have thawed, no snow cover… as well a favourable long-term forecast.” If the province were to allow early fertilizer applications this year, it would be general and not just for winter wheat or perennial crops such as forage, Hay said.

“Certainly from the department’s perspective we’re not wanting to have nitrogen and phosphorus broadcast on soils left vulnerable to any type of spring precipitation event that is going to result in run-off.” David Hay

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Fa r m e r s s e e k i n g a n i n d i vidual variance can contact Manitoba Conser vation at nmr@gov.mb.ca or 204-9450002. A request must be provided in writing by a professional agrologist or certified crop adviser. The Manitoba government has issued general variances before. Last fall the application period was extended to Nov. 12 because soils hadn’t frozen. In 2012 the province allowed farmers to start fertilizing March 20, although variance didn’t include manure. That year Manitobans enjoyed a mild winter and early spring. Manitoba only has about 200,000 acres of winter wheat this year because harvest went late in 2014. However, the winter wheat that was planted

This year’s winter wheat crop appears to be in good shape. One way to check is to dig up a winter wheat clod, trim back the leaves and roots, place it in a moist zip-lock bag with a puff of air, seal it and watch for regrowth, says Ken Gross of Ducks Unlimited Canada. photo: allan dawson

generally entered winter in good shape having reached the three- to four-leaf stage, Pam de Rocquigny, MAFRD’s cereal specialist, said in an interview last week. “The early indications are that it looks promising, but it’s going to be the weather in the coming weeks that is really going to tell the story,” said de Rocquigny. “If we get a cold snap that could have an

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“And those soil temperatures are quite cold and that’s going to take awhile to warm. I think we’re pretty good here. All I’d be really concerned about here is if we saw a real cold snap for a solid five or six days, then I would start to be a little worried, but it doesn’t look like we have anything like that in the forecast.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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three chemicals in the agency’s Group 2A — “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Parathion and tetrachlorvinphos, meanwhile, were placed in Group 2B — “possibly” carcinogenic. Mo n s a n t o — t h e c o m pany that first brought broadspectrum glyphosate to market under the Roundup name in 1974, followed by Roundup Ready crops starting in 1996 — said Friday the agency’s report offers no new research or data, but instead relies on certain studies while disregarding others. The evaluation of diazinon, IARC said, is based on “strong mechanistic evidence” — that is, evidence based on the product’s physical processes. For glyphosate and malathion, meanwhile, “the mechanistic evidence provided independent support of the 2A classification based on evidence of carcinogenicity in humans and experimental animals.”

Monsanto said Friday the agency’s report offers no new research or data, but instead relies on certain studies while disregarding others.

‘Disregarded’

Glyphosate is now the most widely used herbicide in North America. file photo

In a separate statement Friday, Monsanto’s vice-president for global regulatory affairs, Philip Miller, called out the IARC report for excluding “the most relevant, scientific data” from the studies the group mined for its conclusions. “No new research or data…

was used” in the IARC report, he said, and “there is no link between glyphosate and an increase in cancer when the full data set is included in a rigorous review.” Monsanto, Miller said, has put out an “urgent request for

appropriate ( WHO) personnel” to meet with members of the world’s glyphosate task forces and “other regulatory agencies” to account for the studies used in the IARC analysis — “and, equally as important, to account for those

scientific studies that were disregarded.” “We don’t know how IARC could reach a conclusion that is such a dramatic departure from the conclusion reached by all regulatory agencies around the globe,” he said.

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Flax prices may encourage more acres New-crop bids are down, but still higher than a year ago By Terryn Shiells Commodity News Service Canada

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Prairie farmers could plant up to two million acres of flax this year. File Photo

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about $11.50 to $12.50 per bushel. T h o s e p r i c e s a r e d ow n slightly from month-ago levels, but up sharply compared to a year ago, and should still lead to an increase in acreage. Fa r m e r s c o u l d p l a n t a s many as two million acres to flax this spring, Jubinville said. In 2014-15, 1.56 million acres were seeded to flax, Statistics Canada data shows. Farmers are currently maki n g t h e i r c r o p p i n g p l a n s. Though they are expected to increase flax acres, plans may not be finalized and could change if there are any significant fluctuations in prices. “The price of flax can fluctuate and it’s dependent on the demand. Some of the reports I read are indicating that the demand side might start to diminish a little bit, and how that affects the price I think

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“We expect the demand is going to drive the price, and the price is going to drive the production.” Don Kerr

will determine what happens going forward,” said Don Kerr, president of the Flax Council of Canada. Jubinville predicted prices would have a hard time moving higher due to competition from Europe’s new crop that will be harvested in July. If weather conditions remain favourable, and acreage does increase as much as expected, supplies could become ver y large for the 2015-16 season. Though, new-crop prices have already started to build in the large

Canadian production prospects, Jubinville said. Even if the 2015-16 Canadian crop is very large, there will likely be a home for most of the production as demand is coming from the U.S., China and Europe. “We expect the demand is going to drive the price, and the price is going to drive the production,” said Kerr. If p r i c e s re m a i n o n t h e strong side, that’s an indication that an increase in acres is needed to support the demand, he added.

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f seeding flax this spring buy certified seed. That’s the message from the Flax Council of Canada. Ce r t i f i e d s e e d i s f re e o f Tr i f f i d , t h e g e n e t i cally modified flax found in Canadian flax exports in 2009. Even though only trace amounts were found, the contamination disrupted Canadian flax exports to the European Union — one of Canada’s main flax customers. Soon after the council began asking farmers to test farm-saved seed to ensure it was Triffid free before planting. Because of farmers cooperation Canada’s flax industry is getting closer to its goal of eliminating all traces of Triffid from the system, the council said in a news release. “We are currently seeing extremely low levels but, although we are close to our objective, as long as farmsaved seed is being used at all, we cannot discontinue the sampling and testing procedure,” Flax Council of Canada president Don Kerr said.

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Please forward your agricultural events to daveb@fbcpublishing.com or call 204-944-5762. March 30-April 4: Royal Manitoba Winter Fair, Keystone Centre, Brandon. For more info visit www.brandonfairs. com or call 204-726-3590. April 9: Woodland Wild Food Project consultations on harvesting wooded land for foods, 7-9 p.m., Regional Library, 40 Royal Rd. N., Portage la Prairie. For more info visit woodlot manitoba.com/woodland-food. April 11: Manitoba Giant Growers Association/Roland Pumpkin Fair giant pumpkin growers’ seminar, 1:30 p.m., United Church, 66 Third St., Roland. For more info call 204-3432563, 204-343-2283 or 204-3432314.

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April 16: Woodland Wild Food Project consultations on harvesting wooded land for foods, 7-9 p.m., Lord Selkirk School, 205 Mercy St., Selkirk. For more info visit woodlotmanitoba. com/woodland-food. April 16: Invasive Species Council of Manitoba annual general meeting, Living Prairie Museum, 2795 Ness Ave., Winnipeg. Details to come at www.invasivespeciesmanitoba.com.

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Fa r m e r s s h o u l d c o n tinue to test harvested flaxseed and planting seed for the presence of Triffid, the council said. A description of sampling procedures can be found on the flax council’s website. “Please note that some flax buyers will only accept test results from certain labs,” the council said. “Check with the flax council for the complete list of approved testing labs (at) www.flaxcouncil.ca.

April 20: Woodland Wild Food Project consultations on harvesting wooded land for foods, 7-9 p.m., Pioneer Club, 32 Park Ave., Lac du Bonnet. For more info visit woodlotmanitoba.com/ woodland-food.

April 23: Agriculture in the Classroom-Manitoba (AITC-MB) annual general meeting, 5 p.m., Nott South Auto and Art Gallery, 1322 Waverley St., Winnipeg. For more info call 1-866-487-4029. May 13: Canadian Institute of Food Safety and Technology (CIFST) Manitoba Supplier Expo, 12:30 to 6 p.m., Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. Pre-registration required at manitobasection@cifst. ca. June 6: DIY Homesteader Festival, Nourished Roots Farm, Fraserwood. For more info visit homesteaderfest. ca. July 7-9, 14-16: Crop Diagnostic School, University of Manitoba’s Ian N. Morrison Research Farm, Carman. For more info or to register call 204745-5663. July 22: Hudson Bay Route Association annual general meeting and convention, venue TBA, Churchill. For more info on the AGM and Churchill tour (July 19-25) visit www. hbra.ca. Aug. 12-15: Canadian Cattlemen’s Association semi-annual meeting and convention, location TBA, Winnipeg. For more info visit http://www.cattle. ca.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices

Heifers

Alberta South $ 197.00 - 198.00 197.00 138.00 - 152.00 120.00 - 138.00 157.22 $ 223.00 - 232.00 235.00 - 249.00 254.00 - 275.00 284.00 - 307.00 308.00 - 333.00 331.00 - 363.00 $ 210.00 - 219.00 221.00 - 234.00 234.00 - 253.00 256.00 - 279.00 280.00 - 304.00 305.00 - 330.00

($/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 (March 20, 2015) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change April 2015 158.00 2.20 June 2015 150.22 3.60 August 2015 147.52 2.90 October 2015 149.90 2.33 December 2015 150.55 1.98 February 2016 150.05 1.48

Feeder Cattle March 2015 April 2015 May 2015 August 2015 September 2015 October 2015

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

March 20, 2015

Continued high prices keep drawing cattle to auctions The loonie hasn’t recovered enough to scare U.S. buyers Terryn Shiells

Previous Year 59,363 14,176 45,187 N/A 574,000

Ontario $ 189.62 - 202.35 179.37 - 200.05 102.07 - 143.15 102.07 - 143.15 146.27 - 171.22 $ 206.10 - 234.61 206.52 - 251.44 218.42 - 275.23 247.92 - 310.24 247.70 - 339.51 266.33 - 343.33 $ 185.63 - 209.31 202.66 - 223.66 207.13 - 243.09 207.61 - 270.28 218.66 - 287.68 230.34 - 300.09

Close 214.05 216.02 215.67 216.50 215.42 213.90

Week Ending March 14, 2015 1,016 25,071 12,522 574 435 6,084 44

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Change -0.62 3.12 3.75 3.83 3.82 3.93

Previous Year 992 27,840 13,093 571 745 6,437 66

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.) PQ (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)

Current Week 165.00 E 152.00 E 147.67 152.78

Futures (March 20, 2015) in U.S. Hogs April 2015 May 2015 June 2015 July 2015 August 2015

Last Week 170.22 157.91 152.70 156.77

Close 58.12 68.67 74.52 75.22 75.77

Last Year (Index 100) 236.39 220.77 237.51 230.07

Change -4.18 -3.58 -1.25 -1.00 -1.05

Sheep and Lambs Winnipeg (155 Hd) Wooled Fats 115.00 - 125.00 185.00 - 210.00 200.00 - 215.00 200.00 - 215.00 — 215.00 - 245.00

Chickens Minimum broiler prices as of April 13, 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 March 16, 2015 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.950 Undergrade .............................. $1.860 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.935 Undergrade .............................. $1.835 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.935 Undergrade .............................. $1.835 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.900 Undergrade............................... $1.815 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

he number of cattle coming to auction marts across Manitoba continued strong during the week ended March 20, even though many people thought they’d run out of cattle to market by now. “Volume has been very strong. A lot of that is cattle that would’ve been sold in the country, but are coming to the ring just because it’s so hard to value a package of mixed cattle,” said Allan Munroe of Killarney Auction Mart. “With the market so strong, (farmers) are getting very well paid to have them sorted, and there are a lot of people who are figuring that out.” Producers, he said, are finding that the ring is more lucrative right now, just because of the high prices. “There are not very many buyers who can give an offer on a set of cattle that are mixed in size and quality. At the end of the day they can get significantly more and getting them sorted and putting them in front of a row of buyers.” Some farmers who would normally wait to finish their cattle before selling have marketed them a bit earlier than normal, to take advantage of high prices, contributing to the largerthan-expected volumes. “They’re deciding to cash out now rather than risk keeping them another 100 to 150 days,” he said. There is still time left for some good runs before the summer slowdown, and Munroe said he expects even more cattle which would normally be sold on farm will come to the market this spring, because of the better profitability for farmers. Prices for feeder cattle continued to be strong at Manitoba’s auction marts during the

Toronto 112.92 - 137.94 209.48 - 234.47 229.52 - 245.50 233.37 - 263.40 256.01 - 335.00 —

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Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg (110 Hd Fats) 125.00 - 155.00 180.00 - 230.00 —

Toronto ($/cwt) 112.06 - 295.38 — 79.72 - 226.30

Horses <1,000 lbs. 1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 40.00 - 58.00 50.00 - 69.00

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week. Some values moved higher with good demand, tight North American supplies and continued softness in the Canadian dollar continuing to support the market. Buyers in the U.S. continue to find Canadian cattle worth the trip to Manitoba’s auction yards, as the loonie stayed weak. Canadian currency did see a bit of a recovery after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it will wait for more improvement in the U.S. labour market before thinking about raising interest rates. But the dollar was below US80 cents for most of the week, keeping prices on the low side for U.S. buyers. Values on the slaughter market are also very strong, as good demand continues. “Our butcher cows are unbelievable; we’re seeing butcher cows bring in prices that are absolutely unprecedented,” Munroe said. With barbecuing season fast approaching, demand for slaughter cattle should increase from consumers, which normally means higher prices for farmers. With values so high already, however, it’s hard to predict what will happen his year. “We keep saying it (the market) can’t get any higher, and then it seems to find a way,” Munroe said. Terryn Shiells writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

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Wintry weather slows feedlot placements

Other Market Prices $/cwt Ewes Choice Lambs (110+ lb.) (95 - 109 lb.) (80 - 94 lb.) (Under 80 lb.) (New crop)

“We keep saying it (the market) can’t get any higher, and then it seems to find a way.”

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Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending March 14, 2015 46,209 11,173 35,036 N/A 524,000

$1 Cdn: $.7940 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.2595 Cdn.

COLUMN

(Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 130.00 - 139.00 D3 Cows 118.00 - 130.00 Bulls 152.00 - 164.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 200.00 - 224.00 (801-900 lbs.) 210.00 - 254.00 (701-800 lbs.) 238.00 - 274.00 (601-700 lbs.) 280.00 - 309.00 (501-600 lbs.) 300.00 - 335.00 (401-500 lbs.) 320.00 - 377.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) 180.00 - 205.00 (801-900 lbs.) 190.00 - 210.00 (701-800 lbs.) 220.00 - 251.00 (601-700 lbs.) 237.00 - 280.00 (501-600 lbs.) 285.00 - 333.00 (401-500 lbs.) 300.00 - 347.00 Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers

EXCHANGES: March 20, 2015

By Theopolis Waters Reuters

The number of cattle placed in U.S. feedlots last month declined compared with February 2014, a government report showed last Friday, due in part to bouts of wintry weather that slowed movement to feed yards, analysts said. In addition, weaker prices for slaughter-ready cattle deterred some ranchers from trucking them to feedlots, whose margins deteriorated due to pricey calves grown to heavier weight for sale to packers. The U.S. Department of

Agriculture report showed February placements at 1.523 million head, down eight per cent from 1.658 million last year. Analysts, on average, had expected a 6.7 per cent February placement reduction. USDA put the feedlot cattle supply as of March 1 at 10.658 million head, down 1.0 per cent from 10.716 million a year ago. Analysts, on average, had forecast a decline of 0.5 per cent. The government said the number of cattle sold to packers, or marketings, was down 2.0 per cent in February from a year ago, at 1.516 million head. Analysts projected a drop of 3.0 per cent from 1.549 million last year. There were the same number of days to

market cattle in February 2015 as a year ago. “All the numbers came on the bullish side of the forecast, but not by much,” said University of Missouri livestock economist Ron Plain. The category for cattle weighing over 800 lbs. was the only weight group in which placements showed an increase, said Plain. That suggests fewer cattle will arrive at feed yards later as heavier animals move through feedlots more quickly, he said. The report showed last month’s placements for Texas at 70 per cent of a year ago, partly due to weather issues and extremely negative feedlot margins, said Livestock Marketing Information Center economist Jessica Sampson.

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GRAIN MARKETS Manitoba Elevator Prices

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Lack of fresh news keeps canola in holding pattern

Average quotes as of March 23, 2015 ($/tonne) Future

Basis

Net

Weekly Change

Red spring wheat

218.15

10.42

228.57

3.87

Red winter wheat

210.86

-38.09

172.77

9.51

Prairie spring wheat

211.87

-26.80

185.07

7.48

Canola

463.13

-21.34

441.79

5.84

Weather uncertainty offers support to wheat futures Phil Franz-Warkentin CNSC

CE Futures Canada canola contracts traded within a $10 range during the week ended March 20, but finished Friday’s session relatively in line with where they were seven days earlier. That rangebound activity could be the norm, at least until spring seeding, as canola chops around awaiting some fresh fundamental news. The May canola contract settled at $460.90 per tonne on March 20, right in the middle of its well-established $450- to $470-per-tonne range. A break to either side would get the ball rolling one way or the other from a chart perspective, but it will likely take an outside influence to trigger such a move. The two most likely catalysts, in the short term, are the Canadian dollar or the CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soy complex. The Canadian currency saw a couple of volatile days during the week, climbing a penny higher one day, only to drop right back down the next, then jumping back again by Friday. Canadian dollar activity was largely a function of movements in the U.S. currency, which was reacting to statements from the country’s Federal Reserve. Currency analysts remain of the opinion that a weaker bias in the Canadian dollar is more likely than any sustained strength, at least relative to its U.S. counterpart. However, given Canada’s close economic relationship with the U.S., the Canadian

dollar still remains strong relative to other world currencies. On a more fundamental level, movements in the CBOT soy complex will have a more direct influence on canola, with currency exchange adjustments affecting the visible price more than the actual value. Soybean futures ended narrowly mixed during the week, after seeing some choppy activity of their own. Attention in the soy market remains fixed on the South American harvest. While supplies from Brazil and Argentina are expected to be bearish overall, logistics issues in the region do have the potential to provide support on occasion. U.S. planting conditions will also become more of a factor going forward, with early expectations calling for record-large planted area this year. U.S. wheat futures were stronger during the week, moving up across the board as chart-based buying provided some support. North American wheat does remain relatively expensive in the global marketplace, but there are also still enough weather concerns in a number of wheatproducing regions of the world to provide some caution in the futures. In the U.S., winter wheat crop ratings have declined slightly, due to dryness, and will continue to be watched closely. Ongoing uncertainty over wheat production and the export potential from Russia and Ukraine also remain background factors in the wheat market, with conflicting news from the region keeping the futures on edge. Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

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Port Prices As of Friday, March 20, 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

238.65

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U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

324.08

n/a

Canola Thunder Bay

493.20

-0.50

Canola Vancouver

498.20

-0.50

Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

465.00

1.30

ICE milling wheat

239.00

3.00

ICE barley

188.00

4.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

210.45

1.19

Chicago SRW wheat

188.13

1.75

Kansas City HRW wheat

202.18

1.38

Corn

147.04

-5.91

Oats

177.02

-5.35

Soybeans

353.39

-10.56

Soymeal

675.17

-5.51

Soyoil

351.87

-13.55

Closing Futures Prices As of Friday, March 20, 2015 ($/tonne)

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Friday, March 20, 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

166.43

8.45

Feed barley

164.89

-8.27

Rye

n/a

Flaxseed

n/a

Feed peas

n/a

Oats

210.09

-0.65

Soybeans

363.03

-10.66

Sunflower (NuSun) Fargo, ND ($U.S./CWT)

19.15

.05

Ask

Sunflower (Confection) Fargo, ND ($U.S./CWT)

Western Canadian wheat bids rise with U.S. futures Average CWRS prices were steady to up by as much as $8 per tonne By Phil Franz-Warkentin Commodity News Service Canada

heat cash bids a c r o s s We s t e r n Canada moved higher in most classes during the week ended March 20, with gains in the U.S. futures behind much of the strength. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were steady to up by as much as $8 per tonne during the week, with bids ranging from $208 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to $228 per tonne in Manitoba, according to pr ice quotes from

a c ro s s - s e c t i o n o f d e l i v ery points across Western Canada. Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but were generally softer if using the grain company methodology of quoting the basis as the difference between the U.S. dollar denominated futures and the Canadian dollar cash bids. When accounting for the c u r re n c y e xc h a n g e r a t e s by adjusting the Canadian prices to U.S. dollars ($1=US$0.7950 as of March 20), CWRS bids ranged f ro m U S $ 1 6 5 t o U S $ 1 8 1 , which would put the cur-

rency adjusted basis levels at about US$37 to US$53 below the futures. Looking at it the other way around, if the Minneapolis f u t u re s a re c o n ve r t e d t o Canadian dollars, CWRS basis levels across Western Canada range from $46 to $66 below the futures. Average Canada Prair ie Red Spring (CPRS) bids were up by $5 to $10 per tonne during the week. CPRS prices came in at about $185 in Manitoba, at about $186 to $187 per tonne in Saskatchewan, and $197 to $203 in Alberta. Soft white spring wheat prices were up by about $4

to $7 per tonne, ranging from $190 to $193 per tonne in Alber ta. Winter wheat prices were up by $7 to $10, ranging from $165 to $172 per tonne across Western Canada. Durum prices, meanwhile, were steady on the week, with prices in southern Saskatchewan, where the bulk of the crop is grown, unchanged at $318 per tonne. The May spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, which m o s t C W R S c o n t ra c t s i n Canada are based off of, was quoted at US$5.8950 per bushel on March 20, up 22 cents from the previous week.

The Kansas City hard red winter wheat futures, which are now traded in Chicago, are more closely linked to CPRS in Canada. The May Kansas City wheat contract was quoted at US$5.6950 per bushel on March 20, up 30.25 cents from last week. The May Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$5.3000 on March 20, which was 28 cents higher compared to the week prior. The Canadian dollar finished the week at 79.50 U.S. cents, which was up by over a cent relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

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A combination of new additives and husbandry can replace antibiotics If Scandinavian pork producers can go antibiotic free, so can Canadians, says a U of M animal scientist

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

f you think you can’t raise a healthy pig and turn a profit without the aid of antibiotics, think again. While there is no silver bullet lying in wait to replace antibiotic growth promotants, a thoughtful mix of improved husbandry and antibiotic alternatives can prove as effective, University of Manitoba animal science professor, Martin Nyachoti told a department seminar last week. Those with doubts can look to Scandinavian countries for guidance, he said. “Really, the first step was taken in 1986 when Sweden became the first country to outlaw the use of antibiotics in livestock diets,” he said. “After that a few other Scandinavian countries followed suit.” In 2006 the European Union banned the use of antibiotics as feed additives, and now the United States and Canada are also moving in that direction, albeit through voluntary changes to product labelling. “To put things in context, there have been questions for a very long time — right since the 1960s — as to whether or not we should be using antibiotics in animal or livestock feed,” said Nyachoti. “This has been going on for a long, long time.” That long history gives Manitoba’s producers a lot of good information to base production decisions on. For example, when Scandinavian countries moved away from antibiotics by incorporating zinc oxide into piglet feed, the result was fewer enteric diseases, including post-weaning diarrhea. But Nyachoti notes Canadian producers won’t be able to replicate that transition because of Canadian restriction on the use of zinc — it can still be used in pig feed in Canada, but not at levels high enough to be effective on its own.

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However, Nyachoti said there are other elements that can also be incorporated, including probiotics and prebiotics, the effects of which he is continuing to study. “There has been a lot of interest in using the probiotics and prebiotics together to create a potential benefit, rather that using either one of them independently,” he said, adding that they can also be combined

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“I think if we took the approach that you start clean and you stay clean, you can already go a long way in helping these pigs stay healthy, then they do not have to need this intervention.” Martin Nyachoti

with feed enzymes, which can then assist in creating the shortchain carbohydrates pigs need to grow. Egg yolk antibodies, cornstarch, lysozyme and organic acids have also proven beneficial, as have more controversial feed additives, such as blood plasma. “Spray-dried plasma was in the news quite a bit last year, but it is actually one ingredient that we know works, and has been shown to work in baby pigs, it improves performance, it improves feed intake, and it does help prevent diarrhea p ro b l e m s i n t h e p i g l e t s,” he said, but added, the additive was also implicated in the first cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). “But that is something to talk about on another day,” said Nyachoti. Many of these alternative feed additives are already in use in Manitoba, such as starch. “Since we published that first paper on potato starch, there has been a lot of people who use that in the swine industry,” he said. “The industry realizes that they can actually get a benefit by including this product in baby pig diets.”

Other methods of improving piglet health and lessening the occurrence of gastrointestinal disease include low-protein diets and fermented feed. “Fermented products do have high levels of organic acids and they can have a benefit to gut health,” Nyachoti said.

Husbandry

But to achieve good piglet health, and raise healthy pigs, husbandry methods also have to be re-examined. “I t h i n k i f we t o o k t h e approach that you start clean and you stay clean, you can already go a long way in helping these pigs stay healthy, then they do not have to need this intervention,” he said. One production method that made Nyachoti’s list of possible changes was outdoor pork production, although he acknowledges that isn’t likely to become a solution for Manitoba producers. “For us, one of our biggest problems obviously is the weather, so outdoor production is probably not the way to go, but I think if we took the approach that you start clean and you stay clean, you can already go a long way in help-

Martin Nyachoti is studying feed alternatives such as probiotics and prebiotics. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

ing these pigs stay healthy, then they do not have to need this intervention,” he said. But while he advised greater attention to husbandry methods, he didn’t go so far as to say less intensive methods were needed to prevent disease. “Right now the way it is, there is the code of practice that says each animal needs to get so much space, and that, I think, is based on good information,” he said. “But having said that though, it’s also good to know that restriction in space does lead to stress and that can also compromise the health of an

animal, but I think that what the industry is using, the code of practice, is determined as being sufficient.” In the end, producers will likely need to use a combination of alternative feed additives, in addition to re-evaluating husbandry practices, to completely move away from the use of antibiotics as growth promotants. “Yes the cost of production might go up a little bit,” he said. “But you can still competitively produce livestock.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Improve performance with a sweet treat for your cattle — afternoon-cut forage Sugar concentration in forages peak about 11 to 13 hours after sunrise — and can be as much as five per cent higher By Jennifer Blair

“Cutting alfalfa at the end of the day — between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. — without swathing is the best way to maximize sugar concentration in wilted forage.”

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ake hay while the sun shines’ is good advice in more ways than one, says a federal research scientist. “There’s fairly strong evidence that shows, by increasing the sugar concentration in forages, you can improve the performance of ruminants,” said Gilles Bélanger, who spoke during a recent Beef Cattle Research Council webinar. “If you want to increase sugar concentration in your forage, the easiest thing to do is cut your forages in the afternoon.” Ca t t l e p e r f o r m a n c e h a s been linked to how microbes function in the rumen, said Bélanger. And those microbes have a sweet tooth. “The growth of the microbes depends on both the energy and the protein content of that forage,” he said. “If we increase the concentration of sugars in forages, we’ll have more energy available to the microbes.” The maximum sugar concentration is reached toward the end of the afternoon, 11 to 13 hours after sunrise, Bélanger found. “As you go through the day, there’s an increase in the total amount of sugars, and that increase comes mostly from the starch,” he said. “As the crop grows, it produces sugars faster than it can use them for its growth.” And the gain can be substantial. “The concentration of sugars can increase between two and four per cent — that is, it can go from six per cent in the morning to eight per cent at the end of the day — and the maximum is reached toward the end of the afternoon and early evening,” said Bélanger. The afternoon-cut crop also maintained its sugar concentration longer than its morning-cut cousin even when left to lie in the field for a few days, he said. “ Throughout the wilting process, the difference in sugar concentration in p.m. and a.m. cutting was maintained so that at the end of the wilting period, you still had that difference.” But swathing reduced the s u g a r c o n c e n t ra t i o n , s a i d Bélanger.

Gilles Bélanger

“Cutting alfalfa at the end of the day — between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. — without swathing is the best way to maximize sugar concentration in wilted forage.” While the concentration of sugar was greater in some species, such as reed canary grass, all forages showed an increase when cut in the late afternoon

— up to five per cent in some cases, said Bélanger. “We did this research on a number of forage species that are widely grown in Canada, and for all the forage species that we had, there was an increase in sugar concentration with the p.m. cutting.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

You can please the palates of cows — and boost their feed performance — by cutting forages later in the day. Photo: Thinkstock

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

Mar-18

Mar-17

Mar-20

Mar-18

Mar-16

Mar-19

Mar-20

No. on offer

1,468

1,098*

688

895

1,986*

886*

2,433*

1,790

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

205.00-215.00

n/a

220.00-235.00

217.00-234.00

n/a

208.00-230.00

800-900

216.00-248.00

214.00-243.00

215.00-235.00

235.00-252.00

232.00-249.00

230.00-248.00

235.00-252.00 (255.00)

225.00-251.50

700-800

240.00-283.00

250.00-273.00

230.00-269.00

255.00-276.00

243.00-275.00

245.00-270.00 (278.00)

245.00-275.00 (280.00)

240.00-280.00

600-700

280.00-320.00

280.00-317.00

255.00-312.00

280.00-315.00

274.00-314.00

275.00-305.00 (312.00)

290.00-310.00 (313.00)

265.00-316.00

500-600

310.00-358.00

310.00-341.50

300.00-375.00

320.00-350.00

305.00-342.00 (349.00)

315.00-350.00 (355.00)

295.00-355.00 (362.00)

288.00-362.00

400-500

300.00-375.00

320.00-360.00

330.00-380.00

345.00-381.00

330.00-374.00

335.00-375.00 (383.00)

290.00-360.00 (368.00)

315.00-380.00

300-400

n/a

330.00-362.50

335.00-385.00

n/a

350.00-380.00 (390.00)

290.00-370.00 (380.00)

320.00-380.00

n/a

190.00-210.00

194.00-212.00

n/a

800-900

n/a

210.00-249.50

200.00-230.00

210.00-229.00

210.00-228.50

215.00-224.00

210.00-227.00 (229.00)

200.00-209.00

700-800

200.00-255.00

220.00-251.00

225.00-249.00

235.00-259.00

223.00-251.00

230.00-240.00 (247.00)

220.00-250.00 (255.00)

210.00-225.00

600-700

230.00-276.00

250.00-283.25

240.00-287.00

265.00-281.00

249.00-277.00

260.00-284.00

245.00-270.00 (275.00)

223.00-255.00

500-600

280.00-312.00

270.00-313.00

275.00-345.00

285.00-325.00

272.00-309.00

275.00-300.00 (306.00)

285.00-315.00 (318.00)

242.00-284.00

400-500

310.00-350.00

305.00-340.00

310.00-385.00

320.00-358.00

295.00-345.00

310.00-349.00

295.00-345.00 (349.00)

275.00-323.00

300-400

300.00-349.00

300.00-339.00

300.00-370.00

n/a

315.00-360.00

300.00-345.00 (349.00)

290.00-345.00

No. on offer

200

n/a

102

n/a

210

D1-D2 Cows

120.00-140.00

90.00-141.00

n/a

135.00-148.00

128.00-143.00

125.00-135.00

125.00-147.00 (152.00)

130.00-142.00

D3-D5 Cows

100.00 and up

n/a

120.00-134.00

100.00-128.00

n/a

110.00-125.00

122.00-130.00

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

Slaughter Market

Age Verified

140.00-170.00

n/a

133.00-148.00

130.00-142.00 (146.50)

n/a

Good Bulls

140.00-177.00

120.00-155.00

145.00-155.75

145.00-164.00

152.00-167.00

140.00-150.00

140.00-158.00 (161.50)

150.00-162.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

170.00-177.00

168.00-177.00

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

167.00-175.00

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

130.00-145.00

n/a

135.00-155.00

135.00-153.00

n/a

135.00-150.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

125.00-137.00

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

110.00-120.00

n/a

160.00-200.00

n/a

140.00-190.00

150.00-170.00

Heiferettes * includes slaughter market

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Triplet calves are relatively uncommon but triplets that are all the same gender are even rarer. Corney and Linda Dyck had their first set of same-gender triplets — all heifers — in 2000 and snapped a picture with their then four-year-old daughter Janelle. On March 5 the Dycks have another set of triplets — all of them bulls. Corney (l) and Janelle help the mother cow out with some supplemental bottle feeding. photos: linda dyck (top) and allan dawson (Bottom)

Doubling up on triplets — of the same gender With calving about half done, the Dycks have had six sets of twins plus a set of triplets so far this year By Allan Dawson co-operator staff / austin

orney and Linda Dyck had their first triplet calves in 2000. That’s uncommon enough, but the triplets were all heifers, making the event even rarer. On March 5, 15 years later, the Dycks had another set of triplets — this time all bulls. The mother of this year’s triplets is 13 years old and has delivered 15 calves, Corney said March 18 as he and his daughter Janelle rounded up the calves for a photo shoot. The first time this cow calved she had twins, followed by single calves, culminating with triplets this year. The Dycks have 80 to 90 cows. With about half the herd calved so far they’ve had six sets of twins, the triplets, plus singles. So, how rare are triplet calves? Google it and you’ll get anywhere from one in 400,000 to one in 700,000 births — which is not far off the one in a million chance of being struck by lightning. But Dr. Wayne Tomlinson, an extension veterinarian with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, says Google is off. While rare, triplet calves are not “super rare,” he said.

are due to the fertilization of two or three eggs as opposed to splitting embryos, Dr. Tomlinson said. That’s why same-gender triplets are rare — there’s a

50-50 chance each calf will be either male or female. When the Dycks’ first triplets arrived in 2000 they snapped a picture of them with Janelle,

It varies a lot between breeds. The odds of multiple births are higher in Simmentals and Charolais than in Hereford and Angus in the beef breeds and more common in Brown Swiss than Holstein among dairy breeds, Dr. Tomlinson said. A 1970s study found Brown Swiss cows twin 10 per cent of the time compared to Holsteins at four or five per cent, he added. “I know there’s an old study from 1920 and the incidence (of triplets) in beef cattle was one in 100,000,” Dr. Tomlinson said. “I would suspect we’ve made some advances in genetics over the years. We’re selecting constantly for fertility. I would suspect it would be down to one out of 50,000 or one out 40,000.” Most twin and triplet calves

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“I would suspect it would be down to one out of 50,000 or one out 40,000.” Dr. Wayne Tomlinson

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WEATHER VANE “ E v e r y o n e tal k s a b o ut the weathe r , b ut n o o n e d o es a n y thi n g a b o ut it . ” M a r k Tw a i n , 18 9 7

Leaning toward milder conditions Issued: Monday, March 23, 2015 · Covering: March 25 – April 1, 2015 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

he weather played out pretty much as the models predicted for last week, except in western regions. The models kept any precipitation and clouds well to our west, but this boundary between dry, cool air and moist air set up close enough that southwestern regions saw more clouds than sun, along with occasional light snow. The models also hinted at a mid-week weather system that could bring some significant precipitation to our region, and they still show this happening. It’s always tough writing forecasts on Monday for you to read on Wednesday and Thursday, when there’s the possibility of a significant weather event on the Tuesday and Wednesday. This low will be a tough one to figure out, as the main low will be well to our south, with a trough stretching north into southern Manitoba. These setups, especially in the spring, can bring significant amounts of precipitation. If we get a big dump of snow, the rest of this forecast will be affected. Most regions should see around five centimetres of snow from this system, with some areas seeing up

to 10 cm. This low will then be followed by an area of high pressure that should bring plenty of sunshine, along with temperatures right around the freezing mark — colder if there’s a lot of new snow. This high will drift to our south on Friday and Saturday allowing for milder air to be pulled up, pushing daytime highs into the 5 to 8 C range. Another area of low pressure is then forecast to track southeastward across central and eastern Manitoba on Sunday bringing clouds, showers and later that day, some snow. Sunny skies should move back in late Monday and we should see sunny and fairly nice conditions Tuesday and Wednesday, with highs in the 6 to 10 C range and overnight lows around -5 C. Looking further ahead, the models bounce back and forth between seasonal to cool conditions and mild weather returning. I’m betting on the mild forecast. Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, -5 to +8 C; lows, -18 to -3 C. Probability of precipitation falling as snow: 85 per cent. 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 daniel@bezte.ca.

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Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) November 1, 2014 to March 18, 2015

< 40% 40 - 60% 60 - 85% 85 - 115% 115 - 150% 150 - 200% > 200% Extent of Agricultural Land Lakes and Rivers

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With “official” winter nearing an end, this issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that has fallen so far this winter as a percentage of average. Over the eastern Prairies it has been a dry winter, with amounts in the 40-60 per cent range. Saskatchewan and Alberta received more precipitation, with most regions seeing between 85 and 150 per cent of average. Northwestern agricultural Saskatchewan and the Slave Lake region of Alberta were the wettest regions, with 150 to over 200 per cent of average.

Visualizing wind and snowstorms As warm, moist air pushes north, arctic air might have a hard time letting go By Daniel Bezte co-operator contributor

o start off this week I just have to share one of the coolest weather-related websites I’ve come across in a long time. I think it was last year when I shared a link to a website that visually showed surface winds across North America. It was a website that was actually created as part of an art project and used weather model data to show an animated map of wind patterns and wind strength. Well, it seems that project has now gone global. If you go to the website earth.nullschool.net, you will find a scalable Earth — much like Google Earth — that will allow you to see current wind direction and speed all across the Earth. You can move around the Earth and zoom in and out to see more detail, all based on weather model data. It might not be actual real-life data, but it’s still pretty close and I find it really allows you to visualize how the air is moving around the planet. You’ll be able to see areas of high pressure with winds flowing out from one area, and you will definitely be able to find areas of low pressure where the winds are spiralling in towards a centre of low pressure. The page defaults to surface winds, but if you click on the word “earth” in the bottom left-hand

Dauphin’s higher elevation seems to work against it for springtime storms.

corner, a menu will pop up allowing you to make a whole bunch of changes. I won’t bore you with all of the options, but what you should check out is how the wind patterns change as you move up in the atmosphere. You can see this by selecting different pressure levels (1,000, 850, 750 hPa), each one representing a level higher up in the atmosphere. If you are even slightly interested in the weather, I would recommend you check out this resource; you won’t be disappointed!

Snow in springtime

Now on to my next topic: spring snowstorms. I know, don’t talk about them and then maybe they won’t happen. Believe it or not, across the Prairies, March and April have seen some of the biggest snowstorms. As warm, moist air begins its yearly push northward, cold air from the Arctic sometimes has a hard time letting go. When the two combine, we can get some truly big snowstorms. I don’t have the time or resources to check out every

location across our region, so I’ll once again rely on our three main centres, Dauphin, Brandon and Winnipeg, as these locations tend to capture most of the significant weather events that affect our region. Let’s begin by looking at Winnipeg. Over the last 140 years there have been 12 times Winnipeg has recorded 20 cm of snow or more on a single day in the month of March — the most recent being March 8, 1999 when 20.0 cm of snow fell. The largest March snowstorm I was able to find occurred back in 1935, when 53.1 cm of snow fell between March 3 and 6. Interestingly, the next largest snowstorm occurred on the same day (March 6) in 1966, when 35.6 cm of snow fell. Winnipeg has recorded some of its greatest snowstorm totals in April, with five days having snowfall greater than 20 cm. The two largest snowstorms over the past 140 years have occurred fairly recently. Both occurred early in the month, with the 1997 storm recording 46 cm of snow between April 4 and 6.

Nearly the same amount (45 cm) fell between April 1 and 4, 1999. On to Brandon. Since 1890, Brandon has recorded 15 days with snowfall greater than 20 cm in March. The most recent occurrence was on March 22, 1995, when 25.3 cm of snow fell. The largest March snowstorm I was able to find was in 1953, when 39.3 cm of snow fell between March 26 and 28. The most recent large March snowstorm was on March 17, 1987, when 30.6 cm of snow fell. April in Brandon has also seen its fair share of large snowfalls. During this month there have been nine days with more than 20 cm of snow recorded, with the most recent on April 27, 1984, when 29.7 cm fell. The largest springtime snowstorm I was able to find occurred back on April 26, 1961, when a whopping 47 cm of snow fell in just one day! The next largest spring snowstorm occurred on April 26-27, 1984, when the Brandon region saw nearly 36 cm of snow fall. To round out our records is the city of Dauphin. Unlike its massive fall snowstorms, Dauphin’s higher elevation seems to work against it for springtime storms. This makes sense, because as warm air streams northward in the spring, the higher elevation in this region allows the warmer air to mix down to the surface easier, keeping temperatures warmer

and precipitation in the liquid state longer — which means less snow. Given that Dauphin is missing a lot of years of snowfall data, I am not sure how many days it has recorded 20 cm or more of snow. While precipitation data is available, it often doesn’t indicate how much of the precipitation actually fell as snow. That said, I did go through the available snowfall data and pulled out some significant snowfall events. The most recent event I could find occurred on March 1, 2006, when 25.5 cm fell. The biggest spring snowstorm ever recorded in Dauphin that I could find in the records was 29 cm that fell on March 6-7, 1983. In April there were a couple of big storms. The first occurred between April 19 and 21 in 1967, when 26 cm of snow fell. Coming in basically tied for first was the snowstorm of April 26-27, 1961, when the Dauphin region saw another 26 cm of snow. So, as the stats point out, some of the largest snowstorms to hit our part of the world have occurred in March or April. Will we see a repeat this year? I sure hope not, but as the weather goes, you just never know! Now, let’s hope the early start to spring continues and we don’t get a monster snowstorm sometime in the next month or so.

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CFIA says reporting suspected verticillium wilt helps the farmer and Canada How the yield-robbing disease is handled long term will depend on how widespread it is, which CFIA will determine with a survey later this year By Allan Dawson co-operator staff / miami

Harvested canola affected by verticillium wilt. Photo: MAFRD

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Fungicides don’t control verticillium longisporum, also known as verticillium wilt, and right now no canola varieties are resistant to the disease, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development oilseed specialist Anastasia Kubinec told farmers at the Deerwood Soil and Water Association annual meeting here March 5. “Hopefully there will be some resistance in a few years,” she said, adding clubroot-resistant canolas were developed quickly after that disease grew into a major problem in Alberta. “Hopefully we aren’t going to see a lot of cases of this, but it’s something to watch for.”

Under quarantine

The infected farm is essentially under quarantine, pending a CFIA survey later this year to determine if verticillium is restricted to that one farm, is present on other farms, but still relatively rare, or widespread. If isolated or rare, Canada is obliged to officially control it under the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). Based on measures taken by CFIA to keep the dis-

ease from spreading from that one infected farm, other infected farms can expect added work and cost. But when asked if farmers will be compensated for those costs, Murphy said right now verticillium longisporum is not regulated. He also said farmers enrolled in federal-provincial farm programs are eligible for compensation for reduced yields due to crop diseases. How verticillium is handled longer term depends on the results of CFIA’s survey. “At this time it is speculation and it is very difficult to determine if a threshold (defining isolated or widespread infection) will be applied or otherwise,” Kochha said. “We need to complete the survey and compile the results before we can determine our next regulatory action.” The best outcome is the disease is found only on that one farm and is prevented from spreading. However, there are concerns it might be further afield. It’s possible what Manitoba agronomists in recent years assumed was fusarium wilt, might have been verticillium. This year MAFRD will test suspected fusarium cases to be sure.

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anola growers should avoid the temptation to “shoot, shovel and shut up” rather than report suspected cases of verticillium longisporum, says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The yield-robbing disease was detected for the first time in Canada on a Manitoba research farm last November. CFIA is concerned that farmers will not report the disease for fear of having their farm quarantined. However, not only are farmers obliged by law to report, it is better for them, the grain industry and Canada if they do, CFIA officials say. And while measures have been introduced to prevent the disease from spreading from that one farm, including a prohibition on growing canola, CFIA is allowing the farm to sell its canola with safeguards in place. Moreover, if a CFIA survey finds verticillium longisporum is already widespread in Manitoba, it might not become a regulated disease, meaning farmers won’t have to report it or be subject to restrictions. “The message we want to convey is that producers have an obligation under the Plant Protection Act to report any new or quarantined pest as it helps Canada ultimately,” Kanwal Kochhar, national manager of CFIA’s grains and oilseeds section, said in an interview last week. “As for producers, their voluntary actions are in their best interest and also in the best interest of the industry at large.” Verticillium longisporum, a fungal disease that can be spread through infected soil and plants, can cut canola yields 10 to 60 per cent, added Jason Murphy, a CFIA grains and oilseeds specialist. “Ignoring the pest and not reporting it is not really of any benefit to a producer,” Murphy said. “And if it is present it’s going to be very hard for a farmer to ignore.”

Meanwhile, CFIA introduced measures to try and stop the disease from spreading from that one farm. “It prohibits the production of canola or other host crops on that farm,” Kochha said. “This will be in effect until further notice, but this notice does not prevent the farm from undertaking any agricultural activity. It does require that the farm owner develop and implement a CFIA-approved biosecurity plan.” CFIA has also issued a domestic movement certificate allowing the infected farm to sell its canola to an approved facility. That can be a crushing plant “that will need to demonstrate that the process will mitigate the risk of the pest associated with the commodity,” Kochhar said. “And the process may include measures such as removal and disposal of potential infested plant debris and further oilseed crushing of the grain itself.” Verticillium longisporum is not on any other country’s regulated quarantine pest list, CFIA said in an email. “In order to determine the impact the disease could have on Canadian canola exports, the distribution of the pest has to be determined, which will be done via surveys,” CFIA said. Still, Canadian canola growers know that some countries use phytosanitary concerns to close borders. It happened a few years ago when China restricted imports of Canadian canola for fear it was infected with blackleg. While verticillium wilt has been found in parts of the United States in vegetable crops, Manitoba’s case is the first confirmed canola infection in North America. Verticillium wilt is a common canola disease in Sweden, where it can dramatically reduce yields. CFIA’s website says it’s also “prevalent” in Europe, Russia and Japan.”

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 26, 2015

U.S. farmers seen cutting back on pricey nitrogen, may hit corn Natural gas prices have plunged, but nitrogen prices haven’t followed By Christine Stebbins Reuters

“When you had $6 corn, it drove me to put on a little higher nitrogen to get higher yields. Now you look at it much more economically.”

.S. farmers will likely use less nitrogen fertilizer this season with the cost sky high even though the price of natural gas, the key ingredient to make it, is down 40 per cent from last year. The reduction in usage should hit corn plantings more than other crops, since nitrogen is the key booster of corn yields. “What we’re seeing this season is a reduction in rates,” said Ray Carpenter, senior vice-president of agronomy for Farmers Cooperative in Ames, Iowa, referring to nitrogen bookings. “Reduced rates mean reduced yield.” Fertilizer’s base feedstock, natural gas, is around $2.716 per million BTU, down from $4.536 last year. The price of anhydrous ammonia remains high, around $650-$700/ton. The disparity between the steep cost of fertilizer and the lower cost of natural gas is because fertilizer inventories remain thin due to 2014 shipping backlogs and because the industry is controlled by a few big players.

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A cutback in corn acres could prompt a drop in N prices, says one analyst. photo: canstock photos

“The reality is input costs don’t come down as fast as the break-even price,” said analyst Sterling Liddell of Rabobank. Crop specialization has made corn acres, planted year after year, increasingly dependent on nitrogen. “I don’t want to overspend,”

said Iowa farmer Mark Recker, who will begin field work soon. “I’m debating how much side dressing I want to do, splitting applications. I may back off compared to previous years.” Recker, an Iowa Corn Growers director, added: “When

you had $6 corn, it drove me to put on a little higher nitrogen to get higher yields. Now you look at it much more economically.” The U.S. Agriculture Department projects farm gate prices for corn this season at $3.50$3.90 a bushel, versus $6.89

two years ago. Soybeans are projected at $9.45-$10.95, versus $14.40 in 2013. Liddell said if farmers plant one million to two million fewer corn acres this spring, anhydrous ammonia could fall $50-$100 a ton. Some analysts are more bearish. “The cost of gas and ammonia r ight now is around $100 a ton. They’re selling it in the Midwest for $600 a ton,” said one fertilizer industry source. “So there’s a lot of room for prices to come down. You could see a 40-50 per cent drop by the end of the year.”

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Wheat breeder extraordinaire Ron DePauw retires from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada DePauw will continue to work for improved wheat cultivars as ‘mentor, adviser and consultant’ By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada wheat breeder Ron DePauw retired from the department March 20 after more than 40 years of service, but will continue to further genetic enhancement as a mentor, adviser, and consultant. photo: allan dawson

ne of the world’s pre-eminent wheat breeders has retired, sort of. Ron DePauw, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s senior principal wheat breeder at the Semi Arid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre (SPARC) in Swift Current, retired from the department March 20. Last year DePauw was dubbed the “billion-dollar man” in recognition of the close to 60 wheat cultivars he and his colleagues developed since 1973, including AC Barrie and AC Lillian. “I will continue to be available to further genetic enhancement as a mentor, adviser, and consultant,” he said in an email. “The fruits of our labours at SPARC have been the uptake and adoption of high-value traits and performance of ‘field-ready’ cultivars.” That’s an understatement. “You could call him the billion-dollar man,” SeCan’s Jeff Reid said in a news

“The fruits of our labours at SPARC have been the uptake and adoption of high-value traits and performance of ‘field-ready’ cultivars.” Ron DePauw

release last year announcing DePauw as winner of the annual Canadian Plant Breeding and Genetics Award, from the Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA) and Germination Magazine. “That’s the value of grain produced annually from wheat cultivars developed by Ron DePauw.” DePauw is a co-developer of AC Lillian — the first solid-stem Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat variety widely B:8.125” grown across the Prairies and the most T:8.125” popular the last four years.

But according to the CSTA, DePauw’s most notable contribution to Canadian agriculture was the development of AC Barrie, which it says “literally changed the face of wheat production in Canada.” Registered in 1994, by 2000 AC Barrie accounted for almost half of the CWRS acres in Canada. “It was the most widely grown variety between 1998 and 2005,” the release said. “All new wheat cultivars that have come along since are measured against the new standard set by AC Barrie.” Not only was AC Barrie substantially higher yielding than other CWRS wheats, but had higher protein. DePauw’s work has been widely recognized. He was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2003 and received the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada’s Gold Medal for Excellence in Public Service in 2011. As of 2011 DePauw’s cultivars had earned the Canadian government $8.8 million in royalties. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Sleep often gets sacrificed during the long hours of seeding, and that can be dangerous. “When you’re tired, you may think and move slowly, make more mistakes, and have difficulty remembering things,” said Kenda Lubeck, farm safety co-ordinator for Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. “Any time a worker disrupts (the sleep) cycle they need to develop a strategy that will help their body adjust.” The National Sleep Foundation has lots of helpful tips for staying alert on the job and for sleeping, including: • Taking short breaks throughout your shift and going for a walk or stretch. • Working with a buddy. • Exercising during breaks. • Talking with co-workers when you can. • Eating three normal meals per day and sticking to healthy snacks. • If you consume caffeine (coffee, tea, soda, energy drinks, gum, mints), do so early in the shift. • Avoiding exercise just before bedtime because it raises energy and body temperature. (Exercise should be done at least three hours before sleeping.) “There isn’t a lot farmers can do to reduce shift work as it’s a necessity to getting a large amount of work done in a short amount of time,” says Lubeck. “The important thing is to have someone available to take the next shift at the specified time. When people push themselves too hard that’s when work incidents and injuries occur.”

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 26, 2015

Assiniboine River Basin Initiative progressing, but funding needed Manitoba has pledged another $50,000 for the basin-wide initiative, but other jurisdictions more cautious By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff / Brandon

he Assiniboine River Basin Initiative (ARBI) becomes a legal, stand-alone entity as of July 1, but where the funding to support it will come from is still in question. Manitoba has pledged an additional $50,000 beyond an initial $50,000 announced last year to start ARBI, but Saskatchewan and North Dakota have not yet put dollars on the table, said ARBI board chair Allan Preston. That’s where ARBI’s grassroots supporters need to now step in, he said during an interview at the Prairie Improvement Network annual meeting last week. “Both Saskatchewan and North Dakota are adopting a cautious, wait-and-see attitude and are not moving forward to commit funds as Manitoba has done,” Preston said. “The need that’s becoming more apparent is for these grassroots groups to begin to influence the political side in terms of decision-making.” Preston is stepping away from his involvement as director with the Prairie Improvement Network (PIN) this spring to devote his efforts toward moving the multi-jurisdictional water management initiative. ARBI officially formed last November at a meeting in Regina. Many groups, including municipalities and counties, plus farm, conservation and water-management groups pledged support for a cross-boundary planning entity for the Assiniboine Basin. The Prairie Improvement Network, which has itself been evolving beyond its former role as administrator of federal Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) since funding ended in 2012, initially proposed the formation of ARBI and committed $360,000 from its own coffers as well as provided staffing support to get it off the ground. ARBI is a first initiative for PIN in its new role and Preston said it will prove a wise investment. “We’ve had strong support from the (PIN) board to move forward with this, and we’ve made significant progress,” he said.

ARBI wants to co-ordinate the interests of three jurisdictions in an area covering 162,000 sq. km.

Wide-ranging board

The substantial support for ARBI is also evident in the current size of its board. “We’re sitting at 51 members right now, which is huge,” said Preston. About 25 met with ARBI’s executive committee in Moosomin, Sask. earlier this month, and have now drafted a mission statement, terms of reference and a work plan and budget to set the entity on its feet this summer. The executive committee includes Keystone Agricultural Producer president Dan Mazier, Manitoba Conservation District Association chair and reeve of Cornwallis

Heather Dalgleish, Patrick Fridgen with the North Dakota State Water Commission and Aron Hershmiller of Saskatchewan Assiniboine Watershed Stewards Association. Wanda McFadyen is ARBI’s project manager and Lance Yohe, former executive director of the Red River Basin Commission, is its senior adviser and consultant. Preston said they’ll be working with Brandon University and its Rural Development Institute (RDI) to pursue some potential projects for its graduate students to tackle, which will both generate project-based funding for ARBI as well as give it increasing visibility. Preston said the expectation most often heard of ARBI is that its main job is to tackle flooding, but that’s only one of many issues it will take on. Drought cycles and water quality are other issues ARBI will want to address, he said. The basin initiative encompasses an area of about 162,000 sq. km, and takes in the Souris, Qu’Appelle and Assiniboine rivers, for which there are currently eight regional watershed-management plans. Meanwhile, its parent organization, the Prairie Improvement Network will now look for new initiatives to take forward, said outgoing PIN chair Betty Green. It was always PIN’s intent that ARBI become a separate entity, she said. “We take these ideas to a certain point and then let them go off on their own so we can explore new opportunities,” she said. PIN is now seeking feedback on new initiatives to explore, she said. One idea now eyed is the potential for strategizing towards a more integrated livestock and crop production approach in Manitoba. “PIN has the capacity to bring organizations together,” Green said. “Sometimes unlikely partners coming to the table can bring enormous benefit and real opportunities can be identified.” ARBI is a good first example of what’s achievable when that happens, she added. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Seeding and harvesting are a bit tricky…

An artist’s rendering of the celebration of American Agriculture, part of the USA pavilion at the Expo Milano World Fair which runs from May 1 to Oct. 31 in Milan, Italy. The vertical farm will serve as an homage to America’s farming history and to Expo Milano’s commitment to a sustainable future. A variety of crops will grow on panels that rotate for maximum sunlight exposure and will be harvested for on-site dining events. Photo: Biber Architects

Farmers not expected to resow much of the area lost to winterkill in two most-affected states. photo: thinkstock

Russia’s 2015 grain crop under pressure, says farming group Sanctions and access to credit may limit the area that can be reseeded after winterkill Moscow / Reuters

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ussia’s 2015 grain crop may fall short of official forecasts as the condition of winter grains in some key growing regions has deteriorated since last year, the managing director of a large agriculture group said. Russia has been pushing farmers to harvest a large crop this year, after a near-record 105 million tonnes in 2014, to cover domestic demand and replenish state stocks after the ruble’s plunge spurred exports. Basic Element’s agribusiness, owned by aluminium-to-airport tycoon Oleg Deripaska, contributes only a small fraction of the country’s crop — 211,000 tonnes of wheat and barley last year. But it operates in the Krasnodar region, key for exports, offering a unique insight into crop conditions there. “I think the harvest will come in a range of 70 million to 85 million tonnes (of grains),” Andrey Oleynik, managing director of the Russian company’s agribusiness, told Reuters. Basic Element, a longtime investor in agriculture, owns Kuban Agro, which produces grains in Ust-Labinsk, Deripaska’s hometown, in the Krasnodar region. “Winter grains were not in a very good condition after winter, but the weather has favoured us and their condition has improved,” Oleynik said. “We hope that the harvest will be flat in the Krasnodar region this year. “However, in Volgograd and Rostov the situation is worse and one is unlikely to expect farmers to resow much of the lost winter grains in spring as access to loans has become tougher.” Russia, a key wheat exporter via the Black Sea to North Africa and the Middle East, saw its local ruble currency slide 43 per cent against the dollar in 2014 due to tumbling oil and western sanctions over Ukraine. The sanctions closed western debt markets to the majority of Russian companies and banks, boosting local interest rates on loans, while ruble weakness has lifted costs of imported inputs, such as seeds and fertilizers. According to Oleynik, prices for some imported resources rose by between 50 and 200 per cent. The government has been investing in Russia’s agriculture sector, but the sector is far from covering domestic needs. Oleynik stopped short of criticizing the state program, but said

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Manitoba lingonberries studied for their health benefits Potent antioxidants can help reduce the risk of heart disease and even some cancers AAFC release

hances are you have never heard of lingonberries, but they are to Scandinavians what cranberries are to North Americans — a favourite accompaniment to many popular food dishes. Recently, scientists have been looking into the lingonberry as a new superfruit providing unique benefits to human health. Across the country, researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) are actively pursuing g e n e t i c i m p rove m e n t a n d c o m m e rc i a l i z a t i o n o f l i ngonberries. In 2009, Dr. Chris Siow, AAFC scientist at the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) in Winnipeg, began work with

Dr. Samir Debnath at the Atlantic Cool Climate Crop Research Centre in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, to select superior wild-growing plants and develop improved lingonberry cultivars. Their research suggests that the genetic types and climatic conditions prevailing in morenorthern regions give lingonberries higher antioxidant content, especially anthocyanins. Researchers believe these potent antioxidants can help reduce the risk of heart disease and even some cancers. Specifically, anthocyanins prevent oxidation of blood cholesterol and aid in keeping blood vessels healthy. Other studies found certain extracts from lingonberries to be effective against Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, which can

cause a wide variety of infections. Lingonberries also contain health-promoting dietary fibre, vitamin C, polyphenols and omega-3 fatty acids. Lingonberries are common in the boreal forests of northern Manitoba. Dr. Siow has been collecting lingonberries from the Flin Flon and Lynn Lake area and comparing them to those grown in Newfoundland. Currently, he is analyzing the chemical composition of the Manitoba lingonberries and assessing their potential health benefits. This project is a collaborative effort, involving AAFC scientists in Newfoundland, Manitoba and British Columbia and other researchers from the University of Manitoba and the Food Development Centre in Portage la Prairie.

The lingonberry is also known as red whortleberry, cowberry, foxberry, lowbush cranberry, northern mountain cranberry, partridgeberry and rock cranberry. It is smaller, juicier and less bitter than its distant cousin, the cranberry. It grows on a short semi-evergreen shrub that is found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Photo: Weldfauer/Creative Commons

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 26, 2015

AUCTION DISTRICTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS

GUN & MILITARIA SHOW

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.

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Swan River

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac

Parkland

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McCreary

Interlake

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Melita

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Treherne

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Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

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Killarney

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Beausejour

St. Pierre

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Altona

Steinbach

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland MEYERS AUCTION: 10:00A.M. Sat., Mar. 28, 2015. 431 Lansdowne Ave, Arden, MB. Clock collection from the Estate of Larry Chester Pugh. Clocks & selected items, bid online at: www.icollector.com ANTIQUES, HOUSEHOLD & MUCH MORE! Bradley Meyers, Auctioneer:(204)476-6262. www.meyersauctions.com GUN AUCTION APR. 11, ARDEN, MB.

Unreserved Public Retirement & Real Estate Auction

Gerlof & Christel Pool – 5 Parcels of Farmland – 793.2± Title Acres 10

Stuart McSherry

www.mcsherryauction.com

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

1,200 ACRES R.M. OF SILVER CREEK NW 2 21 27 W • SE 2 21 27 W • SW 2 21 27 W • NE 3 21 27 W • SE 3 21 27 W • NE 10 21 27 W • NW 10 21 27 W • SE 10 21 27 W

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

herbicides

Sierens Seed Service

2013 Case IH Steiger 400HD

Somerset - 204-744-2883

21 kms N of Roblin, MB on Hwy #83, 4 kms N on Rd #168W

Case IHC 9380 4WD • Vers Buhler 2145 MFWD w/Buhler 3895 SL FEL • 2011 NH Guardian SP275F high clearance sprayer • 1200 gl ss • 120ft booms loaded • 2012 MacDon D60-S 25ft header • roto shears • PU reels fits on sprayer • 04 Ford Sterling day cab • C12 Cat 13spd • wet kit • 257 •000 original kms • safeftied • Loadline 30ft end dump trailer • 07 NH CX8080 1305 sep hrs • Bourgault 8800 52ft air seeder • 3225 tank • Bourgault 9400 50ft chisel plow w/Raven SCS 440 NH3 flow control • Inland 70ft harrow packer • 08 GMC Sierra 1500 SL extcab 4x4 • 03 Dodge 1500SLT • quadcab • 4x4 • NCR Seed Treater. Blaine & Judy have retired from farming but will remain on their home quarter. Small amount of tools and misc. Machinery will start selling by 12 Noon.

THurSdAy, April 23 11 A.m. dST niCHollS FArmS (Fred niCHollS) 204 236-4240 or 734-0314 BirCH river, mB

43 kms N of Swan River, MB on Hwy #10, 8.5 Kms E on Rd 238N

JD8960 4WD 20.8-42 triples EZ Steer • Ford 9680 4WD 20.8-42 dls EZ Steer 4787 hrs • Vers 555 1000 PTO • 2-IHC Farmall 966 • JD 3010 • Bourgault 8810 36ft Airseeder • 2155 airtank • Riteway 900 36ft TBH packerbar • Bourgault 9200 42ft chisel plow • Raven SCS440 • NH3 supercooler flo-control • Rite-way 70ft harrowpacker bar • Wishek 7-14 30ft tandem disc • 96 JD CTS 1964 sep hrs • 88JD 8820 Titan II • 96 Prairie Star 4920 sp windrower w/25ft 960 header • PU reels • Bourgault rear mt roller • 2-JD 925 st cut hdrs on transports • 99 Western Star tandem grain truck • newer Cancade monobody box • roll tarp • 18spd • N14 Cummins • Brandt 10x60 and 10x70 Swingway Augers • Pearson auto headgate • Norac 2.2 tonne livestock scale • 70ft steel adjustable alleyway plus other cattle related iron. Fred is retiring from farming, but remaining on the farm. There will be no tools and very little in the way of misc. Field ready equipment.

CoMplEtE liStiNgS aNd piCtuRES oN WWW.HaRtSauCtioNS.Ca HaRt’S auCtioN SERviCE MiNitoNaS, MB (204)525-2244 RaNdy (204)734-8624 oR Cody (204)281-2483

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White 2-110, 2-185 • NH FP240 Forage Harvester • Richardton 750HD silage wagon • Buhler 14 bale hayhiker • NH Super 1049 sp bale wagon • New Concept roller mill • Highline Bale Pro 6600 shredder • 04 Sooner alum 7x20 Gooseneck stocktrailer • water troughs • 4 calf shelters • Paysen Livestock crowding tub • alley • headgate • Birchcreek maternity pen • free standing panels • corral panels • drill stem • sucker rod • feed panels. Dave has discontinued his cow/calf-feedlot operation selling related equipment as well as some equipment he no longer has use for.

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Ashville

Ritchie Bros. Regional Sales Manager: Luke Fritshaw: 306.260.2189 Realtor: Leeanna Russell, Century 21 Westman.com Ltd., 204.748.7788

Hart’s Auctions Spring Sales

Owner: Gerlof Pool: gerlofenchristel@gmail.com

The DuPont Oval Logo, DuPont and PrecisionPac are registered IMPROVEMENTS: 1,260 Sq. FT. HOME FINISHEd trademarks or trademarks of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. E. I. du Pont Canada Company is a licensee. Member of CropLife Canada. ON 3 LEVELS • 4 BEdROOMS • 2 BaTHS • © Copyright 2015 DuPont Canada. All rights reserved. aTTacH. GaRaGE • 3 BaRNS • 2 SHEdS • FARMING IS ENOUGH OF EqUIPMENT: LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT • HIHOG A Classified GAMBLE... 1059 PPAC 2015 MB.indd 12 15-02-23 caTTLE HaNdLING SySTEM c/w SqUEEzE cHUTE w/ HEad ExTENdER PaLPaTION PEN • S aLLEy • caTwaLk • MORaNd INdUSTRIES PORTaBLE LOadING cHUTE • TRACTOR • JOHN dEERE 7920 Advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator Classifieds, it’s a Sure Thing! MFwa • JOHN dEERE 7410 • COMBINE • caSE 1-800-782-0794 1682 • SWATHER • caSE 8825 • ROUND BALER • 2014 JOHN dEERE 569 • BALE PROCESSOR AUCTION SALES • 2012 HayBUSTER 2650 • BINS • THREE Saskatchewan Auctions wESTEEL 3,200 BU. TwO METaL INdUSTRIES 2,100 BU.• THREE BUTLER 2,370 BU. • THREE wESTEEL ROScO 2,000 BU. • TwISTER 5 RING

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

MB/RM of Gilbert Plains Parcel 1 – SW 20-27-21 W1 –160± Title Acres Parcel 2 – NW 17-27-21 W1 –160± Title Acres Parcel 4 – NE 13-25-21 W1 – 160± Title Acres MB/RM of Dauphin Parcel 3 – PSW 19-25-20 W1 – 155.20± Title Acres Parcel 5 – PNW 18-25-20 W1 – 158± Title Acres

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BRIAN & RONDA OLSON RUSSELL, MB

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Dauphin, MB | April 9, 2015 · 10 am

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AUCTION

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

Cam Chute Inc. – Cam & Mikolene Chute

Estate & Moving

(204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

Winnipeg

Austin

Souris

Waskada

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Brandon

Boissevain

AUCTION SALES

Arborg

Lundar Gimli

Shoal Lake

Hamiota

Reston

AUCTION SALE

Tractor: MF 50E Cab Tractor w/Bucket, Allied Snowblower * JD F620 Zero Turn R Mower * Tools * K Appliances * Furniture * Antiques * Household * Go to the Website for Listing & Pictures!!

Winnipegosis

Roblin

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Drive

Minitonas Durban

Birtle

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

Sat., March 28 @ 10:00 am

Birch River

Russell

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm & livestock equipment auction for Ross & Kaye Evans (306)482-3833 or (306)482-7075 Sat Apr 25, 2015 Carnduff, Sk. @10am. Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com Directions from Carnduff go 3.5-mi E on Hwy#18 to the bridge & 3.5-mi N. 2004 NH TV 145 Bidirectional tractor w/NH 7614 FEL & grapple, Case IH 3594 FWA tractor w/5,830-hrs, Case IH 4494 4WD tractor w/PTO & Leon dozer blade, JD 4440 2WD tractor w/duals, Case 1070 2WD tractor, Case 1070 Agri King 2WD tractor w/FEL & grapple, Case 970 2WD tractor w/6,845-hrs, Case 870 2WD tractor w/seized engine, John Deere 110 lawn tractor w/tiller & mower, New Holland TX 66 SP combine w/1,886 separator hrs, JD 9500 SP combine w/JD 212 pickup, 25-ft Case IH 6000 SP swather w/pickup reel, 2003 Wilkinson 30-ft gooseneck triple axle flat deck trailer, WW 24-ft gooseneck stock trailer, 2006 NH HS-18 hay bine header, JD 567 round baler w/mega wide pickup, Highline 14 bale hay hiker, Laurier 12 bale hay hiker, Highline 6600 bale processor, 34-ft Morris air seeder w/Morris 7180 air tank & liquid fertilizer kit, Bandit 1,500-gal liquid fertilizer caddy, Raven 750 GPS, 1982 GMC 7000 3-ton grain truck w/29,300-kms, 1978 Ford F-600 4WD truck & Oswald 380 silage mixer, 1975 IH Loadstar tandem DSL grain truck, 1997 Ford F150 Super Cab 4WD truck, 185 Gehl 207 eleven wheel reel rake, 1981 3ton flatdeck truck w/gooseneck hitch, 33-ft Morris 731 cultivator, 31-ft Morris 431 cultivator, 27-ft Morris L240 field cultivator, 33-ft Case IH 4900 Vibrashank field cultivator w/Degelman harrows, 90-ft Agshield PT field sprayer w/1,250-gal poly tank, computer sprayer, Rockomatic rock picker, Richardson front mount snow blower, Schulte XH-1500 Series 3 rotary mower, Leon 10-ft dozer blade, Bucyus International S-68 hyd scraper, Caterpillar tractor Co. TS405 pull type road grader, 1966 IH 3-ton grain truck, 1957 Fargo truck for parts, MF 124 square baler, Sven 24 PTO roller mill & hopper, 2Ranchers Welding 250-bu creep feeders, 6-calf shelters, shopbuilt wind breaks, free standing pipe panels, shop built maternity pens, all flex RFID tag reader, round bale feeders, calf tipping table, ATV calf catcher, 2-Solar water systems w/pumps & panels, mineral feeders, texas gate, RR ties, posts, wire, Koenders poly swath roller, IH 6200 3-12 disc drills, IH 620 2-12 disc drills, 2-650 gal liquid fertilizer tank, 1,250-gal water tank, 4-Goebel 4000-bu hopper bottom bins, 2-Westeel Rosco 4000-bu hopper bottom bins, 2-Westeel Rosco 2000-bu hopper bottom bins, 10-Westeel Rosco 1650-bu hopper bottom bins, 2 Westeel Rosco 1650-bu bins on wood floors, Butler 1000-bin, Westfield MK 100-61 swing auger, Sakundiak HD 10-50 swing auger, Westfield 7-41 auger w/Kohler engine, Westfield 10-51 swing auger, fertilizer 2 compartment tote tank, 2-aeration fans pencil type, transfer augers, Honda 300 quad, Polaris 250 quad, 7-ft South Bend steel lathe, Ingersol Rand Upright air compressor, Karcher pressure washer, Kwik Way Valve grinder, tractor splitter stands, ATV sprayer, metal kitchen cabinets, Kwik Way valve grinder, tractor splitter stands, ATV sprayer, metal kitchen cabinets, plus 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

2011 Case IH Patriot 4420 120 Ft

2004 Kenworth T800 & 2012 Wilson 28 Ft

AUCTION LOCATION: From Dauphin, MB, go 2.8 km (1.75 miles) North on Hwy 362. GPS: 51.1794444, -100.062222 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2013 Case IH Steiger 400HD 4WD · 1980 Versatile 555 4WD · 1976 White 1370 MFWD · 1981 Case 2290 2WD · 1979 Case 2290 2WD · 2013 Case IH 9230 Combine · 2009 Honey Bee SP36 36 Ft Draper Header · 2013 Case IH WD1203 36 Ft Swather · 2004 Kenworth T800 T/A Truck Tractor · 1997 International Eagle 9200 T/A Truck Tractor · 1981 Mack RD6885 T/A Grain Truck · 2005 GMC Sierra 4x4 Extended Cab Pickup · 2006 Chevrolet

Equinox LT Sport Utility Vehicle · 2012 Wilson 28 Ft Aluminum Super B Grain Trailer · 2010 Castleton 36 Ft T/A Grain Trailer · 2008 Case IH ATX400 51 Ft Air Drill · 2003 Bourgault 7200 72 Ft Heavy Harrows · 2011 Case IH Patriot 4420 120 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · Westfield MK130-71 Plus 13 In. x 71 Ft Mechanical Swing Grain Auger · 2007 Brent 672 Grain Cart · Agriculture Equipment ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Cam Chute: 204.638.6999 (h) 204.648.4353 (c), camchute@hotmail.com Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Steven Perrin: 204.573.0993 800.491.4494 Auction Company License #303043 & 309645

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

MACK AUCTION COMPANY PRESENTS a farm equipment auction for Gerald & Kim Becker (306)436-7770. Fri. Apr.10, 2015 Yellow Grass, Sk. @ 10am. Directions from Yellow Grass, Sk. go 4æ-mi N on Grid 621, 1æ-mi W, 2-mi N & Ω-mi W. Watch for signs! NH TJ 325 4WD tractor w/1967 hrs, JD 4955 FWA tractor, JD 4430 2WD tractor w/3PTH, Farm All A antique tractor, Case IH 2388 SP combine w/2014 separator hrs, 30-ft Case IH 1043 straight-cut draper header, Degelman Shuttlekart 800 Grain Cart, 30-ft Hesston 8100 SP swather w/2110 hrs, 36-ft Premier 1900 PT swather, Farm King steel drum swath roller, 33-ft Concord air drill single shoot w/2320 air cart, Flexicoil system 95 harrow packers, 37-ft IH 5500 cultivator w/tine harrows, Morris 48-ft rod weeder, MF 360 discers, 90-ft Flexicoil 67 suspended boom sprayer, EZ Guide 500 EZ Steer 50 auto-steer, 1980 GMC 6000 3-ton grain truck w/33,100-km, 1974 Chev 3-ton grain truck, Sakundiak 10-72 swing auger, Sakundiak 7-45 auger w/Honda engine & Wheatheart mover, Lode King cart 2-compartment tank w/hyd augers, Allied 795 FEL, Crown 600 3-YD PT scraper, shopbuilt 8-ft box yard scraper, shopbuilt flax straw buncher, 5-wheel hay rake, tandem axle trailer w/water tank, shopbuilt tandem axle flat deck trailer, truck box utility trailer, irrigation pipe, shopbuilt swather transport, floating slough pump & hose, 1250 gal poly water tank, plus 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

MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm equipment auction for Robert & Linda Winter (306)891-9899. Mon Apr 27, 2015 @10am. Directions from Midale, Sk. go 5-mi N on Hwy#606 & 2-mi E! Watch for Signs! Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com Consignments Welcome! 2009 JD 7830 FWA tractor and JD 746 FEL plus 3PTH w/only 586-hrs. JD 3020 DSL tractor w/4,505-hrs, 2009 Premier A30-D 18-ft hydro-swing haybine, JD CX15 Flex wing rotary mower, Farm King 960 3PTH snow blower, 2010 Dodge Challenger car w/under 20,000-km, 16-ft tandem axle flat deck home built trailer, Adga estate yard sprayer, 2 JD seed rollers for 1900 air cart, 2000 Sportsmen 25-ft 5th wheel camper w/large slide out, 1983 Ski Doo Alpine snow machine w/new double track white paint & single ski, Polaris ATV push blade, snowmobile trailer, antique JD bicycle, 7-2400-bu oilfield tank hopper bottom grain bins w/Muirhead Mfg hopper bottoms, Pool 6-41 grain auger w/16HP Briggs, 3-40-ton Friessen fertilizer bins epoxy coated, 5-Aeration fans, 500 barrel oilfield tank, complete line of shop tools, 1000-gal poly water tank, 300-gal galvanized water tank, Ingersol Rand air compressor, 15-ton shop press, Lincoln electric welder, radial arm saw, Turf 18 walk behind rototiller, small poly water tank & pump, bench grinder, antique radios & cream cans, plus much more! Consignments Welcome! 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

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 26, 2015

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

Unreserved Public Farm Auction

Temple Land Ltd. – Murray & Shawna Temple

Hartney, MB | April 2, 2015 · 10 am

UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION for SPRUCE KNOLL FARM LTD NORMAN & DONNA SHORT of RIVERS, MB. • FRIDAY, APRIL 10TH • 12:00 NOON DIRECTIONS: From Jct of Hwy #24 & #250 North 0.3 kms on hwy #250 to lane on West side of road. Yard has a big blue Behlen Shed. Watch for signs Sale Day. ORDER OF SALE: 12:00 – 1:00 (misc, tools, parts, tanks, pumps, golf cart, mowers) 1:00 (major equipment starts) Terms: Norman has agreed to offer terms on the JD 9770 STS Combine. Terms are: 25% down sale day by way of none refundable deposit. Balance due on or before August 1, 2015 by certified cheque payable to Spruce Knoll Farm Ltd. Units will stay in possession of Norman Short until paid in full. Purchaser must insure units at time of sale. For online bidding at this sale visit www.fraseronlineauctions.com

2— 2013 John Deere S680

2013 John Deere 9560R & 2012 John Deere 9460R

2— 2010 John Deere A400 36 Ft

2009 John Deere 7830

2005 Horsch Anderson 60-15 60 Ft

2014 John Deere 4940 120 Ft

2014 Valmar AirFlow 7600 58 Ft

AUCTION LOCATION: From HARTNEY, MB go to South side of Hwy 21. GPS: 49.472716, -100.523569 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2013 John Deere 9560R 4WD Tractor · 2012 John Deere 9460R 4WD Tractor · 2009 John Deere 7830 MFWD Tractor · (2) 2013 John Deere S680 Combine · 2000 John Deere 9750STS Combine · (2) 2008 Honey Bee SP36 36 Ft Draper Headers · 2011 John Deere 612C 30 Ft 12 Row Corn Header · (2) 2010 John Deere A400 36 Ft Swathers · 2006 Peterbilt 378 T/A Sleeper Truck Tractor · 2004 Peterbilt 379 T/A Sleeper Truck Tractor · (2) 2014 Neville

45 Ft Tri/A Grain Trailers · 2006 Volvo L70E Wheel Loader · (2) Horsch Anderson 60-15 60 Ft Air Drills · 2014 John Deere 4940 120 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 2014 Valmar AirFlow 7600 58 Ft Spreader · Hartney Elevator · (5) Meridian Grainmax 4000 4000± Bushel 16 Ft x 4 Ring Hopper Bins · 2012 Farm King 16104 16 In. x 104 Ft Mechanical Swing Grain Auger · 2005 Brandt Grainbelt 1535 15 In. x 35 Ft Grain Conveyor · (2) Farm King 1051 10 In. x 51 Ft Grain Augers ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Murray Temple: 204.522.6597 murraytemple@live.com Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Steven Perrin: 204.573.0993 800.491.4494

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT NORMAN SHORT 204-724-4375 or EMAIL – shortfam@inethome.ca

AG DEALS TO GO!

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

TIMED ONLINE TIMED ONLINE OPENS: Tue., March 24 CLOSES: Thu., April 2 |1PM AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Equipment is located at stores in Cando, Park River, and Rolla, ND. Please visit SteffesGroup.com for location details. ND sales tax laws apply.

Complete terms, lot listings & photos at SteffesGroup.com 4WD TRACTORS

2004 Buhler Versatile 2425, deluxe cab, 12 spd., 4 hyd., 5,172 hrs., S/ND300929 2002 Buhler Versatile 2425, deluxe cab, 12 spd., 4 hyd., 5,350 hrs., S/ND108575 1996 Case-IH 9370, Cummins, 24 spd., 4 hyd., 8,425 hrs., S/NJEE0036983 1991 Case-IH 9270, 855 Cummins, 12 spd. powershift, 4 hyd., 8,535 hrs., 0 hours on complete major overhaul, S/NJCB0027500 1989 Versatile 946, 855 Cummins, 4 hyd., Trimble EZ steer, 9,872 hrs., S/ND430301

MFWD TRACTORS

TRACTORS: *1992 Case IH 9230 4WD 235hp Tractor w/5643Hrs Showing, 4 Remote Hyd w/return line, 12 Spd Pwr Shift, 18.4R38 Duals, Decelerator, *1981 IH 1086 2WD 131hp Tractor w/6510Hrs Showing, 2 Remote Hyd with priority valve, Dual PTO, 18.4-38 Duals, Torque Amp, *1967 JD 3020 2WD 70hp Tractor w/10,593Hrs Showing, Syncro Trans, Single Hyd, Dual PTO, 18.4-20 Singles GUIDANCE SYSTEMS: *EZGuide Plus Guidance System w/EZ-Steer Auto Steer System & Light Bar HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *2008 JD 9770 STS SP Combine w/JD 615P Pick Up, 873 Rotor Hrs Showing, 1270 Eng Hrs Showing, Star Fire 3000 JD Guidance with Mapping, 2630 Green Star Display, Long Auger, Fine Cut Chopper, 900/60R32 & 480/70R30 Rubber (Certified Service Guard Silver dealer inspection done January 2015) *30’ Honey Bee SP30 Straight Cut Header w/JD Throat Adapter, Pick up Reel, Rubber Slat canvases, Self-Transport, *1985 30’ JD 2360 SP Swather w/Single Knife Drive, MacDon Pick-up Reel, Rubber Slat canvases, 6 Cyl Gas Engine, 3088Hrs Showing *8’ Poly Swath Roller *6’ Smith Roles Metal Swath Roller *Concave, Cyl, Rear Beater and Chopper Pan for JD 9600 Combine SEED & TILLAGE: *90’ Willmar 765 Special Edition High Clearance Sprayer w/4186Hrs showing, EZ-Steer 500 System w/Trimble Guidance System, Mid-Tech Boom Controls, Mid-Tech Arc-6000 Auto Rate Controls, Dual Nozzle Bodies, Air ride, 500 Imp. Gal Poly Tank, Foam Markers, 2” Fill Lines, JD Engine, Tridekon S/S Dividers, 12.4-42 Rubber *Chem Handler III Chemical System *33’ Flexi Coil 5000 Air Drill w/Flexi Coil 1720 Air Cart, 9” Spacing, Dutch 3/4”Super Eagle Openers, Green Drop Liquid Kit, Packers (2 Sets – 2” Steel & 3” rubber), Drill, Tank *37’ Flexi-Coil 300B Tillage w/Green Drop Liquid Kit, Liquid Hitch, Knock on Shovels, 3 Bar Harrows *Green Drop 1500 Liquid Band Wagon w/John Blue L4910 Ground Drive Pump, 4HP Honda, 2” Fill Pump, 18.4-26 Rubber * 650 Imp. Gal. Fiberglass 3 Wheel Fert. Caddy *40’ Land Roller w/36” Rollers *60’ Summers Mid Harrow w/Newer Tines *Farm Built 4 Yard Hyd Earth Scraper *23’ Deep Tillage (Built by Norman’s Dad in Mid 60”s) *11’ IH Deep Tillage *65’ Truck Sprayer w/5 Way Nozzle bodies, 400 Gal Poly Tank, Ford F250 Powered *Fork Type Stone Picker (Built by Norman’s Dad) TRUCKS & TRAILER: *2003 Kenworth T300 T/A Grain Truck w/20’ Box & Hoist, Roll Tarp, 3126 Cat Engine, 7.2 Liter 246 HP Engine, Allison Automatic Push Button Trans, 412,684Kms showing, Rear Hoist Controls, 3 Way End Gate, Rear auger Hitch, Rear Fenders, 22.5 Rubber, VIN#2NKMHD8X03M969757, SAFETIED *1979 GMC 7000 Tag Axle Grain Truck w/20’ Box & Hoist, Roll Tarp, V8 Gas Engine, 5+2 Trans, 55,643Kms Showing, Rear auger Hitch, VIN#T17DB9F555549 *2004 Ford F250 XLT Super Duty 4x4 Ext Cab w/5.4 Liter Gas, Auto Trans, 119,854Kms Showing, Pwr Windows, Pwr Locks, AM/FM CD Player, Rails for 5th Wheel Plate VIN#1FTNX21L44EA91806, SAFETIED *1982 16’ Bobco T/A 5th Wheel Flat Deck Trailer w/Wood Deck, 9.50-16.5 Rubber, VIN#1982771 *24’ Header Transport Trailer GRAIN HANDLING: *10x2000 Sakundiak PTO Swing Hopper Auger w/540 PTO, Reverser Shaft, Dual Auger in Hopper *8 x1200 Sakundiak Auger w/20HP Onan engine, Self-Propel Kit, Hyd Lift Winch, Bin Sweep, *7”x39’ Westfield Grain Auger *Minnesota 260 Gravity Wagon w/Roll Tarp, Mounted 12” Aeration Fan OTHER EQUIPMENT: *6” Watermaster Floating Water Pump w/Tecumseh Motor, Approx 300’ Discharge Hose *7’ MF Sickle Mower *Yard Sprayer, 3PT, w/25 Gal Poly Tank LAWN & GARDEN, LEISURE: *Roper 18HP Ride on Lawn Mower w/50” Deck, 3 Spd STD Tran *Case 190 Lawn Tractor w/Rototiller, Snowblower, 2 PT Lift, Single Hyd Valve *3 Wheel Columbia Gas Golf Cart * 26’ Prospector Kustom Koach 5th wheel trailer with bunk beds TANKS & PUMPS: *1250 Gal Poly Water Tank *1000 Gal Galvanized Water Tank on Skid *225 Imp. Gal Poly tank on Skid and Stand *Hy-Spec 5.5HP 2” Water Pump MISC: *Small Assortment of Farm Related Tools & Parts *3 x 35’ hydro poles *Checker Plate Truck Tool Box *Shank and Assemblies off Flexi Coil 5000 *2” Steel & 3” Rubber Packer Wheels *5th Wheel Ball Hitch *(2) used 11R-22.5 tires *used 12.4–42 tire *(2) 16.5–16.1 SL Tires on IH Rims

2009 NH 88C flex draper head, 42’ MacDon 974 flex draper head, 36’ 2008 NH 94C draper head, 40’ 2006 MacDon 973 draper head, 40’ 2005 NH 94C draper head, 36’ 2004 NH 94C draper head, 39’ 1998 NH 994 draper head, 36’ Universal UH22 screened head, 22’

1999 JD 4700 self-propelled sprayer, 90’ boom, 750 gal. SS tank, 4,000 hrs. Airglide 1 self-propelled sprayer, 120’ boom, 1,000 gal. SS tank, 1,992 hrs. Wil-Rich sprayer, 90’, 2 pt., 750 gal. tank

AIR DRILLS

2011 NH BR7090 round baler, 1000 PTO, S/NYAN045635 1998 Vermeer 605L round baler, 540 PTO, S/N1VVRR14B2W100588 1996 NH 664 baler, 540 PTO, S/N928499 1999 NH 1475 mower conditioner, 14’ , 1000 PTO, 2326 Series head, S/N632324 1998 JD 1600A mower conditioner, 16’, 1000 PTO, S/NE01600A989615

2011 NH P2070 precision hoe drill, 60’, 10” spacing, full warranty, sold as New unit, S/NYAS004046 1999 Concord 4010 air drill, 40’, 10” spacing, 3400 tow-behind air cart, S/NCKB0014777 1999 Flexi-Coil 5000 air drill, 45’, 9” spacing, Flexi-Coil 2320 towbetween cart, S/NU085822 1996 Flexi-Coil 5000 air drill, 51’, 9” spacing, Flexi-Coil 2320 towbetween cart, S/NS068956 1994 Concord 3310 air drill, 33’, 10” sweeps, with 2000 cart JD 777 air drill, 41’, JD 1060 tillage tool, 7” spacing, towbetween cart, S/NN0077700852

2011 NH T8.390, MFWD, luxury cab, powershift, 5 hyd., MegaFlow, power beyond, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, full auto steer, 1000 Trimble screen unlocked to RTK, 2,885 hrs., S/NZBRC05612 2007 NH TG305, MFWD, powershift, 5 hyd., MegaFlow, 3 pt., quick hitch, 540/1000 PTO, auto steer ready, 3,256 hrs., S/N27RW03742 1995 NH 8770, MFWD, 16 spd. TILLAGE EQUIPMENT powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 2011 Summers Super Coulter, 40’ PTO, 6,918 hrs., S/ND406549 2005 JD 637 disc, 37’ COMBINES Summers diamond disc, 32-1/2’, 2007 NH CR9070, deluxe cab, 400 23” blades hp., twin rotor, 2,910 sep. hrs., Case-IH 730B disc ripper 4,161 engine hrs., S/NHAJ110197 SELF-PROPELLED & 2003 NH CR960, deluxe cab, 330 hp., Terrain Tracer, variable PULL-TYPE SPRAYERS header drive, 2 spd. rotor, 2,652 2011 NH SP.275R self-propelled sprayer, 275 hp., 120’ boom, sep. hrs., 4,019 engine hrs., 1,200 gal. poly tank, 400 hrs. S/NHAJ100407 1994 JD 9600, DAS, DAM, fore/ 2011 NH SP.275R self-propelled aft, PRWD, 4,024 sep. hrs., 6,137 sprayer, 90’ boom, air boom, either air or conventional engine hrs., S/N656312 spraying, 4WD Smart Drive, HEADS 1,200 gal. SS tank, New unit, 2010 JD 630F flex head, 30’ 2010 NH 88C flex draper head, 36’ warranty, sales tax applies

HAY EQUIPMENT

UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION for WOOD SEEDS LTD GORDON & RONALEE WOOD of KILLARNEY, MB. • TUESDAY, APRIL 14TH • 12:00 NOON DIRECTIONS: (From Jct #3 & #18 at Killarney, MB) 10.5Kms North on Hwy #18 to Rd 18N 1Km East on Rd18N to Sale Site. (From Jct #23 & #18 at Ninette, MB) 13.5Kms South on Hwy #18 to Rd 18N 1Km East on Rd18N to Sale Site. Watch for signs Sale Day. THIS SALE WILL FEATURE: 12:00 – 1:00 (misc, tools, tanks, pumps, lawn & leisure, 3pt) 1:00 (major equipment starts to sell) For online bidding at this sale visit www.fraseronlineauctions.com

TRACTORS: *2010 New Holland T9040 4WD 435hp Tractor w/1373Hrs Showing, Heavy Duty Hitch Option, 16 Spd Pwr Shift, Diff locks, PLM Inteli-steer Hyd Auto Steer with Trimble Monitor, 4 Remote Hyd with Return Line, 800/70R38 Rubber, Always Shedded *2007 New Holland TG215 MFWD 213hp tractor w/NH870TL Loader, Bucket, Grapple, Joystick, 2590Hrs Showing, 4 Remote Hyd w/Aux block, 3PT, Triple PTO w/Big 1000 & Std 1000 & 540 Shafts, Front Fenders, 18 Spd Pwr Shift, 710/70R38 Rears & 600/65R28 Fronts *1975 IH 966 Open Station 2WD 91hp Tractor w/8 Spd Trans with TA, Factory 3PT, 2 Remote Hyd, Dual PTO, 18.4-38 Singles (Like New) (Extra Clean Tractor) *1989 CaseIH 235 2WD Hydro Utility Tractor w/730Hrs Showing, 18hp dsl, 3PT, 540 PTO, Turf Tires SPRAYER: *1999 90’ Rogator 854 High Clearance Sprayer w/4040Hrs Showing, 800 Gal SS Tank, Triplex Nozzle Bodies, Raven Monitors, Trimble Guidance with EZ Steer, 23.1-26 Floatation Rubber, 230/95R48 in Crop Rubber, Tridecon SS Dividers HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *2007 New Holland CR9070 SP Combine w/Swath Master Pick-up, 1325 Rotor Hrs Showing, 1574 Eng Hrs Showing, Long Auger, Hopper Ext., Yield & Moisture Monitors with Mapping, Extra Bars on Rotor, PSD Chopper, Chaff Spreader, Auto Header Height, Lateral Tilt, 900/60R32 & 600/65R28, *36’ New Holland 94C Honey Bee Straight Cut Header w/Self Transport, Pick-up Reels, CR Throat Adapter *2010 Westward M150 Dual Direction SP Swather w/35’ MacDon D60-S Header, 437Eng Hrs Showing, 365 Cutting Hrs Showing, Trimble EZ Steer System, Fore & Aft, Pickup Reel, Mounted MT 2000 Freeform Swath Roller, Always Shedded *2010 EZ Trailer 510 Grain Cart w/14” Auger, 1000 PTO, Always Shedded *8’ Douglas Poly Swath Roller SEED & TILLAGE: *2007 60’ New Holland SD550 Air Drill w/SC430 New Holland tow between Air Cart, 7.2” Spacing, 3” Rubber Packers, Flexi-Coil Openers, Single Chute, Narrow Fold Option, Blockage Monitors (7 Section), Variable Rate Ready, Always Shedded, Drill, Tank *70’Degelman 7000 Straw Master Heavy Harrows *CAT 70 Hyd Scraper, Approx 14 Yard Cap *40’ Flexi Coil 340 Deep Tillage w/4 Bar Harrows, Light Kit *50’ Case IH 4900 Vibra Tiller w/Knock-Ons, 3 Bar Harrows *50’ Bourgault Commander 46-50 Tillage w/3 Bar Harrows, Raven Auto Rate, NH3 Kit, Hyd Tank Winch, Tank Hitch *16’ IH 501 Offset Disc w/Notched Front, Smooth Rear *Degelman Signature 6000 Rotary Stone Picker w/Hyd Drive, Stone Apron *16’ 5 Shank Sub Soiler *Reiton MFG 5 Bottom Plow *14’ Case Deep Tiller *45’ Flexi Coil Packer Bar w/P30 Packers *Shakkisha Level Transit *Pallet of Degelman Heavy Harrow Tines TRUCKS & TRAILER: *2003 Peterbuilt 379 T/A Hwy Tractor w/Day Cab, Detroit Series 60 500 HP Engine, 18 Spd Trans, 3 Way Lockups, 24.5 Rubber, Chrome Tanks, Chrome Rims, Chrome Fenders, Engine Brake, Leather Interior, 12,000 Front, 38,000 Rear, 1,157,000Kms Showing, VIN#1XP5DR9X13D598089, SAFETIED (MPI Rebuilt Status bunk was removed) *1999 Freightliner FLD120 T/A w/20’ B&H, Camera in Box, Rear Camera, Roll Tarp, Rear Hoist Controls, Remote Hoist & Chute Controls, 435hp N14 Cummins, Engine Brake, 22.5 rubber, 13 Spd Trans, 1,479,000Kms Showing, VIN#1FUYDDYB6XPA07634, SAFETIED *1994 Volvo T/A Truck w/48” Bunk, 17’ Flat Deck, 3200 Gal Poly Water Tank, Chem Handler I System, 4Hp Honda 2” Pump, 410hp Volvo Eng, 14 Spd Trans, 24.5 Rubber, 816,997Kms showing (odometer has been changed exact kms unknown) VIN#4V1WDBLG9RN670828, SAFETIED *1994 44’ Load King Triple Axel Steel Grain Trailer w/Triple Hopper, 24.5 Rubber, Spring Ride, New Paint (2010), Newer Tarp (2010) VIN#2LDDT4435SW024759, SAFETIED *1986 Fruehauf 48” Van Trailer converted to haul Livestock w/8 Side Vents, Barn Door Style Rear Doors with 2 Vents, VIN#2H8V04823HS009804 *16’ T/A Car Hauler Trailer w/Wooden Enclosure with Tarp, 6’ Sides GRAIN HANDLING: *13”x70’ Farm King PTO Swing Hopper Auger w/Hyd Hopper Mover with Remote, Dbl Hopper Augers, Remote Electric Hopper Mover, 540 PTO, Reverser Shaft *8”X45’ Brandt Auger w/Wheatheart Self Propel Kit *8”x31’ Farm King Auger w/13HP Honda Engine *Brandt 4500 EX Grain Vac w/1000 PTO *200 Bus Gravity Wagon on 4 Wheel Trailer *50’ x 6” Grain Leg w/8 Hole Distributor, 5HP, 3PH Motor GRAIN DRYER & GRAIN CLEANERS: *Farm Fans AB120A Automatic Propane Grain Dryer, 1PH Controls *Forever 42 Dustless Grain Cleaner, 3PH Powered *Forsberg 10M Gravity Grain Cleaner, 3PH Powered *Single Roll Indent Grain Cleaner, 3PH Powered *Neco Rotary Grain Screener w/2HP Electric Motor *(2) Edwards Grain Guard aeration fans 5HP 3phase 208-230/460V *Edwards Grain Guard aeration fan 7 1/2HP 3phase 208-230/460V *Inline Aeration fan 5HP 3phase 208-230/460V 3PT EQUIPMENT: *8’ Farm King 3PT Dbl Auger Snowblower *11’ Case 3PT Tillage *10’ JD 3PT Tillage *8’ JD 3PT Tillage *3PT Quick Attach Hitch (Category II) *3PT Ball Hitch Adapter OTHER EQUIPMENT: *12’ JD (Degelman Built) Front Mount Blade Mounts to 30-50 Series JD 4WD Tractor *Shop Built PT Grader w/12” Mow Board *H-3 Bucyrus Eric Crane Mounted on IH S/A Truck, Approx 50’ Reach, Cable Controlled *Wood Splitter Trailer Style runs off Tractor Hyd. *Diamond Harrow Yard Drag w/5 Sections LAWN & GARDEN, LEISURE: *2009 Polaris Ranger XP 700 EFI 4x4 Side by Side UTV w/Dump Box, 1629 Miles Showing, 203Hrs Showing, VIN#4XAHH68A392872810 *JD F525 Front Mount Mower w/48” deck *Poulin 14.5HP, 42” Cut Lawn Tractor TIRES: *230/95R48 Sprayer Tire on Rogator Rim (Used) *(2) 230/95R48 Sprayer Tires (Used) TANKS & PUMP: *1200 Gal Poly Water Tank *1000 Gal Northern Steel Fuel Tank w/GPI 110 Volt Pump *1000 Gal Fuel Tank w/Fill Rite 110 Volt Pump *100 Gal Skid Tank w/ Hand Pump *Char-Lyn Hyd Pump w/Tank SHOP EQUIPMENT: *Shop Built Tubing Bender (for making Bale Feeders) *Waterbury Valve Grinder *Miller Dial arc 250 AC/DC Welder *Dewalt radial arm saw *drill press MISC: *Approx 200 – 300 Treated Fence Posts *Set of Used Belts for JD530 Baler *40 new 2” reversible deep tiller shovels *roll of 1/2” anhydrous hose *40 Bourgault knock on clips *(50) 3” carbide Flexi-Coil tips *(60) Flexi-Coil cast seed boots *(7) Dutch Eagle carbide tips

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT GORDON WOOD 204-523-6083 or EMAIL – woodseedsltd@gmail.com

AUGERS & CONVEYORS

Farm King auger, 95’x13”, New, S/N219006412 Farm King auger, 70’x13”, New, S/N219068411 Batco 1345 conveyor, 10 hp., S/N131082 Convey-All 1035 conveyor, 35’x10”, low profile hopper, 25 hp. gas, S/N25101310341

7TH ANNUAL KILLARNEY and DISTRICT EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT AUCTION KILLARNEY, MANITOBA • SATURDAY APRIL 18TH • 10:00 AM

OTHER EQUIPMENT

2006 NH L185 skid steer loader, 1,606 hrs., S/NN6M446156 Otto rockpicker, S/N82-4 Farm King finishing mower, 72”, 3 pt., New, S/N27803399 Rhino SR162 batwing mower, 1000 PTO, S/N10290 Woods 2120 batwing mower, 10’, S/N687259 Farm King rotary tiller, 72”, 540 PTO, New, S/N723008711

PARK RIVER IMPLEMENT Charlie, 701.284.6316 or

Dave Krostue at Steffes, 218.779.6865 IQBID is a division of Steffes Group, Inc., 2000 Main Ave E, West Fargo, ND Scott Steffes MN14-51 | 701.237.9173 | SteffesGroup.com

Directions: Sale will be held at the farm of Del & Gert Smith, ½ Mile West of the Jct of #3 & #18 Hwys. (Just off #3 across from water tower)

THIS WILL BE A VERY LARGE AUCTION BY SALE DAY!!! CALL NOW TO HAVE YOUR ITEMS ADDED TO THIS GREAT ANNUAL SALE.

CALL TODAY TO CONSIGN FOR THIS SALE - COMPLETE LISTINGS AND PICTURES AT WWW.FRASERAUCTION.COM NEW LISTINGS ADDED DAILY.

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BRANDON, MANITOBA Licensed and bonded. P.L. License #918093. Member of M.A.A., S.A.A., A.A.A., A.A.C. PHONE: (204) 727-2001 FAX: (204) 729-9912 www.fraserauction.com EMAIL: office@fraserauction.com Auctioneer: Scott Campbell Not responsible for errors in description. Subject to additions and or deletions. Property owners and Fraser Auction Service not responsible for any accidents. GST & PST where applicable. TERMS: Cash or cheque. NOTE: cheques of $50,000 or more must be accompanied by bank letter of credit. Sale conducted by FRASER AUCTION SERVICE 1-800-483-5856 www.fraserauction.com

The Manitoba Co-operator | March 26, 2015

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

Unreserved Public Farm Auction

Hunter Creek Farm Ltd. – Ken & Susan Etter

Regina, SK | April 14, 2015 · 10 am

Unreserved Public Retirement & Real Estate Auction

Vernon & Merle and Michael & Susanne Glaicar Melville, SK | April 8, 2015 · 10 am

2009 Case IH Patriot 4420 120 Ft

2011 & 2007 Massey Ferguson 30 Ft

1998 Kenworth T800B & 1995 Cancade 36 Ft

2010 J&M 875±

1989 Freightliner & 1985 Brenner 6900 Gallon

AUCTION LOCATION: From EMERALD PARK, SK, go 4.8 km (3 miles) South, 1.6 km (1 mile) West on old 16 road, 0.4 km (0.25 mile) South OR From REGINA, SK go 7 km (4.4 miles) East on Hwy 33, 1.8 km (1.1 miles) North. Yard on East side. GPS: 50.3896, -104.4232 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2009 New Holland T9060 4WD Tractor · 1986 Case IH 2096 2WD Tractor · 2011 John Deere 9770STS Combine · (2) 2012 John Deere 635F 35 Ft Hydraflex Headers · 2011 Massey Ferguson 9435 30 Ft Swather · 2007 Massey Ferguson 9225 30 Ft Swather · 1998 Kenworth T800B T/A Truck Tractor · 1989 Freightliner T/A Truck Tractor · 2003 Lode

Handler 38 Ft T/A Grain Trailer · 1995 Cancade 36 Ft T/A Grain Trailer · 1985 Brenner 6900 Gallon T/A Water Tank Trailer · 2012 Bourgault 3320PHD QDA 66 Ft Air Drill · 2009 Case IH Patriot 4420 120 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 2005 New Holland SF115 134 Ft Field Sprayer · 2010 J&M 875 875± Bushel Grain Cart · (2) Spray-Air 4371 13 In. x 71 Ft Hydraulic Swing Grain Augers ...AND MUCH MORE!

SK/RM of Saltcoats #213 ▸ Parcel 1– PNE 19-22-03 W2 143.2± Title Acres – 115± cult acres ▸ Parcel 2– NE 20-22-03 W2 157± Title Acres – 145± cult acres ▸ Parcel 3– SE 19-22-03 W2 160± Title Acres – 135± cult acres ▸ Parcel 4– SE 20-22-03 W2 160± Title Acres – 120± cult acres ▸ Parcel 5– PNE 18-22-03 W2 150± Title Acres – 125± cult acres ▸ Parcel 6– SE 18-22-03 W2 160± Title Acres – 135± cult acres ▸ Parcel 7– SE 17-22-03 W2 160± Title Acres – 135± cult acres

1 3 5 6

Quill Lakes

Good Spirit Lake

Yorkton

Lumsden

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Regina

Vibank Rouleau Wilcox

Sedley

Melville

Southey

Regina Beach

Kamsack

Rhein

Lestock

Veregin

Foam Lake

Raymore Duval

Rama

Dafoe

Benito

Preeceville

Lanigan

Waldron

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Francis

Grenfell

Wroxton

Russell

Stockholm 9 Broadview

Peebles

Moosomin

Escrow: Brennan LeBlanc: 306.280.4878

Ken Etter: 306.789.3504 (h), 306.536.5490 (c) ketter@sasktel.net Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Kevin Ortt: 306.451.7388 800.491.4494

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

LARGE FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION

2014 & 2012 John Deere S690

THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2015 – 10:30 AM

LOCATION: Munich, North Dakota- From Junction HWYS 5 & 20 North- 1 mile west & 1 1/8 miles south; or from Junction HWYS 5 & 20 South- 7 miles west & 1 1/8 miles south AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: DUANE & PAM HAVE RETIRED FROM A SUCCESSFUL FARMING CAREER. PLEASE NOTE A VERY CLEAN LINE OF WELL KEPT EQUIPMENT. MAJOR MACHINES HAVE BEEN KEPT INDOORS & ALL UNITS HAVE BEEN WELL LOOKED AFTER!! Equipment starts selling at noon.

ONLINE BIDDING:

AVAILABLE BY REGISTERING IN ADVANCE AT WWW.RESOURCEAUCTION.COM

TRACTORS: *1997 NH Versatile 9682 4WD, updated HP & radiator to 9884, 12 spd std trans, front & rear suitcase weights, 20.8-42 triples- good rubber, steering valve for Outback, 5636 hrs, SN#D1O5987 *1995 Case IH 9280 4WD, 12 spd std trans, front & rear suitcase weights, 710/70R38 tires & duals 80% matched rubber, steering valve for Outback, 7269 hrs, SN#JEE0034422 *1979 JD 4440 2WD, CAH, QR, 3 pt, 540/1000 PTO, 3 hyd, nearly new 18.4-38 rear singles, steering valve for Outback, 50 series steps, front weights, approx. 1600 hrs on engine major, 11590 total hrs, single owner, SN#024662R COMBINE & HEADS: *2004 JD 9760STS combine, var spd level land feeder, Y/M ready, single point hook-ups, bin ext, long auger, 30.5-32 drive tires, 2 sets of concaves, fine cut chopper, only 1461 sep hrs, 2034 eng hrs, 2nd owner local unit, SN#H09760S706918 *JD 615P pickup head w/ air suspension wind panel, SN#H00615P730825 *JD 936D draper head w/ batt reel, factory transport, recent knife & canvas, SN#H00936D686527 SEMI & TRAILER: *2005 IH 9400i Eagle semi tractor, mid-rise sleeper, Cummins ISX 400hp, 10 spd trans, 202WB, tri-pack, dual alum tanks, PTO, 295/75R22.5 tires- nearly new rubber, all alum wheels, 917150 miles showing *1997 Timpte Super Hopper 42’ alum hopper bottom, 78” sides, 2 yr old roll tarp, excellent 11R22.5 rubber on alum wheels

FARM TRUCKS: *2005 IH 7600 tandem twin screw, Cummins ISM 370hp, 10 spd trans, 20’ Loadline box, hoist, combo gate, roll tarp & rear control, 315/80R22.5 fronts, 11R22.5 rears- excellent rubber, alum wheels, 171422 actual miles showing *1976 IH 1600 Loadstar single axle, 345 v8, 4/2 trans, 9.00x20 tires, 16’ Knapheide steel box, hoist & roll tarp, recent engine OH & differential, 50208 actual miles showing, plumbed for drill fill, single owner *1974 Chev C60 single axle, 366 v8, 4/2 trans, very good 9.00x20 tires, 15’ Frontier box, hoist & roll tarp, approx. 48000 miles on engine OH, 71800 miles showing, single owner *1974 IH 1600 school bus, 345 v8, 4/2 trans, 9.00x20 tires, 1250 gal poly tank w/ mix cone, 2” pump & hose AIR SEEDER: *1996 Flexicoil 5000/2320 33’ air seeder, 7.2” spacing, single shoot, ¾” carbide tip Dutch openers, heavy shank trip, steel press & markers, 2320 2 comp TBH tank w/ fill auger, hyd fan drive, 3 seed rollers, single owner, kept indoors TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: *2013 Wilrich QX2 55’ field cultivator, 5 sect fold, 4 bar Wilrich harrow, edge on shanks, single point depth control, double springs, wing gauge wheels & front casters, 7” spacing, very low acres *JD 680 43’ spring std chisel plow, 3 sect fold, 3 bar Summers heavy tine harrow, walking tandems around, single point depth control, wing gauge wheels, Hiniker 8160 NH3 kit & rear hitch, incl- Atom Jet NH3 carbide tips, 50 acres on new beaver tails & harrow teeth

*JD 680 35’ spring std chisel plow, 3 sect fold, 3 bar JD harrow, walking tandems around, single point depth control & floating hitch *JD 980 44’ field cultivator, 3 sect fold, single point depth control, walking tandems around, wing gauge wheels, good sweeps, floating tongue & 3 bar Flexicoil harrow w/ nearly new teeth *Summers 70’ Super Harrow w/ heavy tines, hyd depth control, manual angle adj & auto fold, SN#Z0093 *JD 3600 8 bottom vari width auto reset plow, good condition *JD 3200 6 bottom 16” auto reset plow, good condition *JD 1000 Series 28’ field cultivator w/ fldg wings & 3 bar harrow *JD 1000 Series 41’ field cultivator w/ fldg wings, nearly new shovels & 3 bar harrow SWATHER: *2006 MacDon Premier 2952i Turbo Diesel SP swather w/ 30’ 972 head, 2 spd hydro, 6 batt finger reel & steering valve for Outback, 2- Roto Shear end canola cutters, 740 engine hrs, 589 header hrs, Swather SN#168732-06, Head SN#16929606 *Farm King canola roller w/ steel drum GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT: *2004 Westfield MK130-71 Plus 13x71 auger w/ mech drive swing hopper, 540 PTO & hopper walker *2013 Meridian HD8-39 8x39 auger, 10hp single ph elec motor & Wheat Heart hyd bin sweep *Farm King 10x71 auger w/ mech drive swing hopper & 540 PTO *Sakundiak 7x33 auger w/ 5 hp elec motor *Speed King 8 x 61 PTO auger *Speed King 6 x 27 auger w/ 5 hp elec motor

*Wheatheart 10” jump auger w/ 5 hp elec motor *Motomco 919 moisture tester & Ohaus 3 beam scale AUTO GUIDANCE & OTHER EQUIPMENT: *2) Outback S-2 & 1) STS E drive Auto Guidance systems *Summers 100’ wheel boom sprayer, MT 3000 controller, 2 way nozzle bodies, wind screens, 14.9x38 tires *IHC 1100 9’ trailer type sickle mower *Big Otto #941 rock picker, chain bed, floatation tires, no welding *Midland M700 7-8yd hyd field scraper *Geoffs Metal Works 8’ pull type killifer *Farm King SB96 8’ 3pt double auger 2 stage snow blower w/ hyd chute *Sands tine style hyd rock picker *Dakon 200bu gravity box on JD running gear *2) 1500 gal poly water tanks, 2” pump *1700 gal stainless steel water tank *Water Master 6” floating pump & hose *4) Edwards Grain Guard 10hp 9x14 full centrifugal aeration fans *2) 1000 & 1) 560 gallon fuel tanks w/ 110V pumps *2) Tailgate hyd drill fills w/ elec controls *Air seeder camera OUTDOOR ITEMS: *JD 300 garden tractor w/ rear tiller *JD 300 garden tractor w/ front snow blower *Other lawn & garden items TOOLS & MISC: *A good selection of quality toolswelders, air compressors, drill press, saws, scaffolding, air wrenches, jacks & other tools; shop& farm misc including- Motorola digital mobile radios, bolt bins, shelving & other items too numerous to list- visit www. resourceauction.com for full details

NOTE: The Schuler’s will be moving off the farm site to a new home and Pamela is having a yard/ garage sale on auction day. Many good quality items.

DUANE & PAMELA SCHULER, OWNERS – MUNICH, ND HOME: 701-682-5290 | CELL: 701-370-0383

“Decades of Knowledge - Steady Innovation - Top Results” AUCTIONEERS & CLERK: Main Resource Equipment Auctions, Dennis Biliske- Auctioneer, 2702 17th Ave S, Grand Forks, ND 58201, ph 701-757-4015, fax 701-757-4016, Dennis Biliske ND Lic 237, ND Clerk Lic 624

Website: www.resourceauction.com | Email: info@resourceauction.com TERMS: Cash, good check or wire transfer in US funds. All sales final. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. Document fee on vehicle titles will apply & vehicle titles will be mailed to buyers. Canadian buyers are always welcome, please furnish a letter of credit for registration. Some units require payment by wire transfer. Most units move easily across the border, feel free to ask in advance for document assistance if necessary.

Canadian buyers are always welcome, please furnish a letter of credit for registration. Larger purchases will require payment by wire. Most units move easily across the border, feel free to ask in advance for document assistance if necessary. Some major units will require payment by wire transfer, please contact our office with questions.

2009 John Deere 9630

2014 John Deere 4940 120 Ft

2010 John Deere 9530T & 2009 Bourgault 1200

2013 John Deere 1870 56 Ft w/1910

2012 Case CX210B

2013 Western Star 4900 & 2011 Castleton 36 Ft

2007 John Deere 7630 & Leon 37-12 12 Ft

2– 2011 Premier M150 35 Ft

2013 Peterbilt 348

AUCTION LOCATION: From YORKTON, SK, go South on Hwy 9, then 4.8 km (3 miles) East on Hwy 15, 2.4 km (1.5 miles) South OR From MELVILLE, SK, go East on Hwy 15 to Jct 9, then 4.8 km (3 miles) East, then 2.4 km (1.5 miles) South. Yard on East side. GPS: 50.8925, -102.3895 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2010 John Deere 9530T Track Tractor · 2009 John Deere 9630 4WD · 1993 Ford Versatile 976 4WD · 2007 John Deere 7630 MFWD · 1999 John Deere 8300 MFWD · Case 1070 2WD · 2014 John Deere S690 Combine · 2012 John Deere S690 Combine · 2013 John Deere 635D 35 Ft Draper Header · (2) 2011 Premier M150 35 Ft Swathers · 2013 Western Star 4900 T/A Truck Tractor · 2013 Peterbilt 348 T/A Grain Truck · 2007 Dodge 3500

Ram Crew Cab 4x4 Dually Pickup · (2) Castleton 36 Ft T/A Grain Trailer · 2012 Case CX210B Hydraulic Excavator · 2013 John Deere 1870 56 Ft Air Drill · 2012 Bourgault 8910 54 Ft Air Seeder · 1999 John Deere 1900 430± Bushel Tow-Behind Air Tank ·2011 Degelman 7000 70 Ft Harrows · 2014 John Deere 4940 120 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 2012 DT830 7 Ton Spreader · Claas Rollant 625 Round Baler · Qty of Hopper Bins · Grain Handling Equipment ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Michael Glaicar: 306.728.7037 Vernon Glaicar: 306.728.5320 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Dan Steen: 306.361.6154 800.491.4494 Auction Company License #303043 & 309645

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MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm equipment auction for Henry & Karen Kaczmar (306)697-7147. Mon. Apr 20, 2015 10am. Grenfell, Sask. Directions from Grenfell 10-mi E on Hwy#1 & 3-mi N. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com NH 9282 4WD tractor w/3517-hrs, Case 4490 4WD tractor w/PTO, IH 986 2WD tractor w/Ezee-On FEL, IH 434 2WD tractor w/FEL & 3PTH, IH 1066 tractor, IH 1680 SP combine w/specialty rotor, Case IH 1682 PT combine, 30-ft Case IH 1010 straight-cut header, 26-ft MF 220 SP swather w/1990-hrs, 30-ft Case IH 730 PT swather, Koenders poly swath roller, Blanchard steel swath roller, 30-ft Morris 8900 seeding tool double shoot w/Morris 7180 air tank, 80-ft Bourgault 5400 Versa sprayer harrows, Co-op G-100 2-12 discers, 2000 4WD Chev Silverado ext-cab truck, 1979 Chev C70 grain truck w/Detroit diesel engine & air brakes, 1967 Chev 30-ton grain truck w/16-ft steel box, Case IH 3650 soft core baler, NH side delivery rake, Hi Qual maternity pen, Birch Creek chute & palpation cage, Hi Boy 35-ft bale trailer, round bale feeders, gates & corral panels, Leon 14ft 4-way dozer blade, Degelman rock picker, EZ guide auto steer, Buhler 10-60 swing auger, Brandt 7-45 auger w/Kohler engine & Wheatheart mover, Sakundiak 7-45, hydraulic 5-in auger on wheels, 100-bu hopper wagon, 1200-gal poly water tank, 1000-gal Westeel double wall fuel vault plus 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

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MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm equipment auction for Garry, Michael & Lisa Hahn (306)730-7279 Sat., May 2nd, 2015, 10:00am. Directions from Melville, SK at junction of Hwy 10 & 47 North go 1-mi North, 2-mi West & 1-mi North. Watch for signs! Live Internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com. JD 9200 4WD tractor w/4020-hrs; JD 4640 2WD tractor w/8,150-hrs & duals; JD 4640 2WD tractor w/4,490-hrs; JD 9600 SP combine w/3880 sep hrs & 2014 $27,000 Greenlight work order; JD 230 straight cut 30-ft header; Premier 2930 SP swather w/30-ft MacDon 960 draper header w/1,650-hrs; Farm King steel drum swath roller, White 601 PT swather, JD 40-ft 1820 air drill & JD 1910 air cart w/12-in paired row openers; 36-ft Case IH DT 5600 cultivator; Morris 50-ft & 70-ft tine harrows, IH 820 press drills; 1998 IH Eagle 9300 tandem axle grain truck w/rear controls & roll tarp; 1976 Chev Scottsdale 30 one-ton dually grain truck w/steel box & hoist; 1975 Ford F-600 flat deck truck w/1,200-gal poly water tank & GC-160 Honda pump; 1973 Loadstar 1600 grain truck w/steel box; Degelman 4 batt ground drive rock picker; Brandt QF1500 PT 90-ft sprayer w/chem mixer & foam marker; NH square baler hayliner 273, trailer & mounted water tank & pump; trailer mounted PTO hammer mill; round bale feeders; poly grain trough; 2011 Wheatheart BH-851 grain auger w/mover & Kohler command Pro 30 engine; Brandt 10-60 swing auger; Sakundiak 6-33 auger w/Wisconsin engine; Farm King 7-40 PTO auger; Wheatheart transfer auger & electric motor; Kendon 100-bu hopper wagon; Labtronics grain moisture tester; Labtronics dockage screens; 3, Westeel 2000-bu bins on steel & wood floors; 4, Westeel 1650-bu bins on wood floors; 3, Behlin 1200 & 1700-bu bins floors; 2, Westeel 1350 & 1650-bu bins on wood floors; 4, 5,000-bu temporary grain rings & tarps; 8x14 playhouse storage shed, 1000-gal. fuel tank w/electric pump. Plus much more! Visit www.mack-auctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

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MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm & livestock equipment auction for Clifford & Donna Worley & Sharon Wiens & the Estate of Reuben Wiens Fri. Apr 24, 2015 @10am. Directions from Kennedy, Sk. from junction of Hwy#9 & 48 go 5 km W on Hwy#48 & Ω-km S to Bekavar Road & 9-km W. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com. Following items are Clifford Worley (306)735-7162 Case IH MX120 FWA tractor & Case IH L655 FEL w/3PTH & grapple fork, Case IH 7120 2WD tractor w/duals, JD 7720 SP combine w/JD 212 pickup, NH H7460 15-ft disc bine w/steel crimpers, NH BR780 round baler, Farm Aid silage mix wagon w/scale, Highline 1400 hay hiker, Highline 6800 bale processor, Farm King PTO roller mill, 1993 Real Industries gooseneck stock trailer, Case IH 721 PT swather, 2-Easy Way 150-bu creep feeders, 2-Cypress 100-bu creep feeders, shopbuilt maternity pen, 10-ft, 20-ft and 30-ft rubber belt feed bunks, 32-ft Flexi Coil 200 air seeder w/Flexi Coil 1100 air tank, 27-ft Case IH 5600 cultivator w/Degelman harrows, 28-ft Case IH 7200 hoe drills, 70-ft Flexi Coil System 60 PT sprayer w/chem mixer, Sakundiak 7-45 PTO auger, 1968 Chev single axle grain truck w/14-ft steel box, 1964 Ford F-500 grain truck, 7-Westeel Rosco 1600-bu bins on cement, 2Chief Westland 1500-bu bins on cement. Following items are from Estate of Reuben Wiens (306)736-2739. Seedhawk 32-12 air drill double anhydrous kit w/2 onboard 90-bu tanks, Case IH 4694 4WD tractor w/PTO, Case 2670 4WD tractor w/PTO & 12-ft Degelman blade, Case 2290 2WD tractor w/Leon FEL, IH 706 DSL 2WD tractor & FEL, MF 1805 4WD tractor that needs work, NH TX66 SP combine w/Swathmaster pickup, MF 850 SP combine w/2061 hrs, MF 850 SP combine w/Straw Storm, chopper, 25-ft Case IH 6500 SP DSL swather w/pickup reel, Blanchard 60-ft tine harrows & packers, Schaffer 14-ft tandem disc, 2-MF 24-ft straight-cut headers, Koenders poly drum swath roller, Flexi Coil 1110 air tank, 1983 20-ft gooseneck stock trailer, shopbuilt hyd dump trailer, Farm King electric roller mill, Cockshutt 311 hay rake, 7-L calf scale, Solar fencers, electric wire & posts, shopbuilt tandem axle grain box w/hyd dump, Pool 8-45 PTO auger, Sakundiak 7-41 auger & motor, Versatile field sprayer, 5000-bu steel temporary storage ring, 1986 Ford F-600 single axle grain truck, 1977 Ford F-750 cab over tandem tag axle grain truck, 1977 Ford F-350 flatdeck truck, Outback Lightbar GPS, electric pressure washer, Labtronics 919 moisture tester, Stihl chainsaw, plus much more! Visit www. mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928 or (306)4877815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm equipment auction for Garry & Gail Calcutt (306)335-2760 or (306)335-7975 Fri. Apr 17, 2015 @ 10a.m. Directions from Lemberg, Sask. go 7-mi S on Grid 617 & 1-mi E. Watch for signs! Live Internet bidding www.bidspotter.com. Versatile 875 4WD tractor, JD 4650 2WD tractor w/duals, JD 2130 2WD tractor w/JD 146 FEL, IH 1466 2WD tractor w/Leon 10-ft dozer blade, JD L120 garden tractor, Case 448 garden tractor w/rototiller, Case IH 2388 SP combine w/Case IH 2015 pickup header w/1640 separator hrs, Westward 9250 SP swather & 25-ft Macdon 972 harvest header w/716 cutting hours, Case IH 1020 25-ft straight-cut header, Case IH 1010 30-ft straight-cut header, Farm King steel drum swath roller, 40-ft Bourgault 8810 seeding tool w/Bourgault 2155 air cart & liquid sideband, Pattison 1350 liquid fertilizer caddy w/John Blue pump & Honda engine, 22-ft John Deere 230 tandem disc, 70-ft Flexi Coil 85 heavy harrows, Morris 60-ft tine harrows, 30-ft Friggstad cultivator, 16-ft Cockshutt 247 cultivator, Dearbourne 2 bottom plow, 1979 Chev C-70 grain truck, 1979 Ford F-600 grain truck w/38,245-km, 1986 2WD Ford F-150 reg. cab, 1949 Dodge 2-ton truck w/army box & hoist, 1975 Ford F-100 Ranger truck, 80-ft Flexi Coil 67XL field sprayer, Sakundiak 8-40 auger w/Lanmar engine, Sakundiak 7-37 auger w/Kohler engine, Sakundiak 7-33 auger w/Kohler engine, Sa-kundiak 7-45 auger, Sakundiak 10-60 swing auger, 2-Bruns 400-bu hopper wagons, 2-100-bu hopper wagons, Degelman ground drive rock picker, Patti-son 6000-gal liquid fertilizer tank, 1150-gal liquid fertilizer tank, Bush Hog 405 gyro mower, army surplus generator, shop built bin crane, fanning mills, floating slough pump, rail road ties, Honda 400 Foreman quad, Magna Force upright air compres-sor, Honda pressure washer, Forney welder, shop press, many various crocks, churns, trunks & other antiques, plus many more hidden treasures! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. (306)4212928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

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MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a premium farm equipment auction for Andy and Elaine Henning (306)869-3287 or (306)869-7932 Wed. Apr. 8, 2015 Radville, SK. 10a.m. Directions from Radville 4-mi N on Hwy 28, 4-mi W on correction line road and 1 æ-mi N. Live internet bidding @ www.bidspotter.com. 2009 JD 9630T track tractor w/2,254-hrs & Green Star ready, John Deere 4240 2WD tractor Domain - 204-736-4321 w/7,815-hrs & duals, JD 4430 2WD tractor w/JD 148 FEL, 2008 JD 9770 STS SP combine w/1,672 separator hrs & Green Star ready, 2011 JD 615P pickup header w/Houston crop deflector, 2009 MacAs with all DuPont crop protection products, read and follow label instructions carefully. don 45-ft D60-D straight-cut draper header, 2005 The DuPont Oval Logo, DuPontTM and PrecisionPac® are registered Prairie Star 4952i SP swather & 36-ft Macdon 972 trademarks or trademarks of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. draper header w/838 cutting hrs, 2009 Demco 1050 E. I. du Pont Canada Company is a licensee. Member of CropLife Canada. © Copyright 2015 DuPont Canada. All rights reserved. grain cart w/18-in auger, JD pea concaves, 2010 66-ft Seedmaster TXB6612 air drill double shoot plus anhydrous w/2010 tow between JD 1910 air cart also comes w/2010 M&R Welding anhydrous cart w/2-2000 gal tanks, 70-ft Degelman 7000 1059 PPAC Classified 2015 MB.indd 8 15-02-23 3:13 PM strawmaster heavy harrow w/3255 Valmar & tote bag lift, 41-ft JD 680 vertical till chisel plow w/FlexiAUTO & TRANSPORT coil harrows, Kello Built 5000 3 shank sub soiler, JD Autos 4920 SP 120-ft sprayer w/auto-steer & Raven 4 auto boom, 4-Michelin 620/70R46 tires & rims, 4 ONE 1999 GRAND MARQUIS car, 4-door, fully Tridekon crop dividers, 1996 Doepker 48-ft hi-boy loaded. Mint condition. Very low mileage. Brand new trailer w/2200/900/2000 gal water tanks & Chem tires. For more info call Charles: (204)659-5829 Handler III, JD Starfire ITC SF2 activation receiver, JD 2600 monitor, 2001 Kenworth W900L Hwy tractor w/500 ISX Cummins engine & 72-in bunk, 2011 AUTO & TRANSPORT 40-ft Wilson Pacesetter tandem axle grain trailer 2 Trucks compartment w/aluminum tires, 40-ft 1996 Lode King tandem axle grain trailer, 1989 Bobco 24-ft 06 GMC DURAMAX DSL 4x4, extended cab, runs gooseneck flatdeck trailer, 1989 GMC 2500 4WD very nice, 310,000-km, good rubber, $9,000 w/new pickup, 2010 Brandt 1390 XL swing auger w/hysafety. (204)871-0925 draulic swing & mover, 2013 Sakundiak TL 10-39 auger w/Vanguard 35HP engine & mover, Westfield 10-60 swing auger, Westfield 8-51 PTO auger, Sakundiak 8-33 auger w/Kohler 25 HP engine, Johnson 8-10 hyd transfer auger, 12-ft auger seed treater, Graham G3 seed treater, Michael’s hyd augers, DMC 54 rotary grain cleaner, Super Delux 990 Turb OK grain vac, Degelman hyd drive rock picker, De-gelman hyd drive rock picker, Champion snow wing for 760 grader, shopbuilt 8-ft & 10-ft dozer blades, AG Industries header trailer, 90 barrel truck mount water tank, 1000 gal fuel stand, 48-ft sea container, plus 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

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AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Financing available on certain pieces upon pre-qualiﬁcation, contact Chris, 701.226.5880. Any equipment left after April 22, 2015 will be charged at $15/day per item and any loading required at that time will be charged standard shop rates. Registration, terms & details at SteffesGroup.com

TRACK & 4WD TRACTORS 2013 Case-IH 350RT, Quad Trac Row Trac, luxury cab, leather, buddy seat, powershift, 6 hyd., large pump, 1000 PTO, Pro 700 with guidance, HID lights, 16” tracks, 532 hrs., S/NZDF138559 2012 JD 9560R, deluxe cab, buddy seat, active seat, powershift, JDLink, high ﬂow 5 hyd., big pump, integrated auto steer, diff lock, heavy duty Gudgeon, full weight pkg., HID lights, 800/70R38 Michelin duals, 766 hrs., S/N1RW9560RVCP03058 2011 JD 9630, deluxe cab, buddy seat, active seat, powershift, 5 hyd., return ﬂow, 48 gpm pump, integrated auto steer, radar, diff lock, inside & outside weight pkgs., Firestone 80/70R38 metric duals, 2,031 hrs., S/N1RW9630PCBP023231 1989 JD 8960, 24 spd., 3 hyd., radar, diff lock, inside rear weights, 520/85R42 press steel duals, shows 8,104 hrs., S/NRW8960H001225 1993 JD 8870, 12 spd., 4 hyd., diff lock, Field Cruise, inside weights, 20.8-42 press steel duals, shows 7,688 hrs., S/NRW8870S001026

2009 NH TV6070, deluxe cab, hydro, SKID STEER LOADER 3 hyd., front 3 pt., front & rear PTO, 1996 NH LX885 Turbo, ROPS, foot 84LB loader w/grapple, standard controls, aux. hyd., rear weight pkg., hyd. pump, rear inside wheel weight general purpose bucket, shows pkg., 18.4-34 tires, shows 4,670 3,033 hrs., S/N898403 hrs., S/NRVS057814 COMBINES MFWD TRACTORS 2012 JD S680, Contour-Master, 2011 JD 8360R, MFWD, IVT, ILS deluxe controls, premium cab, less front brakes, premium cab, JDLink Ultimate, integrated active seat, buddy seat, 5 hyd., AutoTrac, Custom Cutter pkg., ext. return flow, 60 gpm pump, 3 pt., wear pkg., HID lights, 26’ high cap. quick hitch, 1000 PTO, 7” display, unloading auger, power fold hopper, integrated auto steer, Cat 4 heavy fine cut chopper, 520/85R42 press duty drawbar, HID lights, (33) front steel duals, 750/65R26 rear tires, suitcase weights, pair 1,400 lb. 648 sep. hrs., 976 engine hrs., weights, pair 165 lb. weights, (3) S/N1H0S680SJC0747351 pair 450 lb. weights, diff lock, full 1992 Case-IH 1680, axial flow, corn/ coverage rear fenders, right & left bean, AHH, RS, fore/aft, chopper, hand electric mirror adj., premium Big Top hopper ext., long auger, radio with XM, 480/90R50 triples, 18.4-38 straddle duals, 14.9-24 rear 480/70R34 front duals & fenders, tires, 5,789 hrs., S/NJJC0118477 shows 2,507 hrs., HEADS S/N1RW8360RCBD041642 2010 JD 635F flex head, fore/aft, 2005 Case-IH MXU135, MFWD, stubble lights, poly bottom, low dam, shuttle shift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 60/70 Series hookups, PTO, rear weights, Case-IH LX156 S/N1H00635FT90735811 loader, grapple, 18.4-38 rear tires, 2001 Case-IH 2412 corn head, shows 5,210 hrs., S/NACP245344 12x30”, non-chopping, knife rolls,

Chris, 701.226.5880

or Brad Olstad of Steffes, 701.237.9173 or 701.238.0240

half-width disconnect, mechanical drive, pneumatic down pressure, eSet, Yetter floating row cleaners, spike tooth closing wheels, hyd. fold markers, 16,500 acres, S/NA1770E725512 2007 JD 1770NT, 24x30”, CCS, 2 pt., ProShaft drive, vari-rate with half-width disconnect, heavy duty down pressure springs, Tru-Count clutches, single drive fertilizer, 450 gal. poly liquid fertilizer tank w/John Blue pump, fertilizer pressure sensor, flex fold, seed tube Accu-Count sensors, Yetter row cleaners, hyd. fold markers, 27,756 acres, S/NA01770E720260 2004 JD 1770 planter, 12x30”, 3 bu. boxes, single disc fertilizer with twin 250 gal. poly tanks, JD 350 monitor, S/NA01770R705114 1997 JD 1710 planter, 12x30”, 1.6 bu. Boxes, vari-rate, Yetter floating, row cleaners, liquid fertilizer, hyd. fold markers, S/NH01710R670441 1993 JD 7200 planter, 16x30”, 2 pt., front-fold, vacuum, 1.6 bu. boxes, single spring down pressure, flex fold, ComputerTrak 250 monitor, hyd. fold markers, S/NH07200D502478

hyd. deck plates, S/NCGJ032944 1980 Case-IH 983 corn head, 8x30”, standard rolls, S/NU001289 Clark converted corn head, 12x22”, standard rolls, flex shafts, nochopping GVL poly, S/N240249 1990 JD 644 corn head, 6 row wide, low tin, oil drive, S/NH00644X635703 PLANTERS & FERTILIZER CART 2013 Case-IH 1250 Early Riser, 24x30”, central fill, drawbar hitch, pneumatic down pressure, vari-rate, TruCount clutches, Yetter single ripple coulter, wing weight pkg., 400 gal. poly liquid tank, 5,000 total acres, S/NYCS041005 2012 Case-IH 1250 Early Riser, 24x30”, central fill, drawbar hitch, pneumatic down pressure, vari-rate, TruCount clutches, Yetter row cleaners, 20/20 Seed Sense, 500 gal. liquid fertilizer, flex-fold, RedBall monitor, S/NYBS028119 2013 Force 1,600 gal. fertilizer cart, 4-wheel 2009 JD 1770NT, 16x30”, CCS, 2 pt., ProShaft, vari-rate, RowCommand, eSet, pneumatic down pressure, 450 gal. poly liquid fertilizer tank, AIR SEEDER ground drive pump, row cleaners, Concord 4010 air seeder, 40’, RedBall monitor, hyd. fold markers, 10” space, 5-plex, NH3, disc 6,500 acres, S/NA01770P730189 closing, Fargo markers, 2300 twin 2008 JD 1770NT, 24x30”, CCS compartment commodity cart, drawbar hitch, ProShaft drive,

230 bu., hyd. ﬁll auger, offset axle, hyd. rear trailer winch, cart S/N0011042, S/N1014081

bodies, rinse tank, hyd. pump, touchdown wheels, 380/90R46 tires, S/NYDS030159 FIELD CULTIVATOR 2009 Summers Ultimate pull-type 2003 JD 2200 field cultivator, 54’, sprayer, 90’, 1,500 gal. poly tank, full floating hitch, tandems across, single pt. depth, 150 lb. trip shanks, triple nozzle bodies, 200 gal. rinse tank, 450 Raven controller, 3-bar harrow S/NN02200X001198 touchdown wheels, mix tank, hyd. SPRAYERS fold, SS plumbing, 14.9-42 tires, 2012 JD 4940 self-propelled sprayer, S/NJ0046 deluxe cab, buddy seat, 120’ boom, 5-nozzle bodies, 1,200 gal. SS tank, HAY EQUIPMENT high flow, BoomTrac, auto boom level, 2006 JD 567 baler, Megawide Plus integrated auto steer, traction control, pickup, variable core, high moisture kit, bale push bar, twine tie only, hyd. tread adj., high flow solution 1000 PTO, 16,105 bales, pump, 15-200 gpm, HID lights, fence S/NE00567X325808 row nozzles, SS eductor, 2630 2004 NH BR780 baler, twine tie, display, SS plumbing, 20” spacing, poly fenders, 380/105R50 tires, shows 1000 PTO, S/N62082 925 hrs., S/N1N04940XCB0018195 2000 JD 566 baler, MegaTooth pickup, pre-cut knives, 1000 PTO, Set (4) 480/80R50 tires & rims high flotation tires, 22,000 bales, for 4940 S/NE00566X145236 2009 Case-IH 3330 self-propelled 1999 JD 566 baler, regular pickup, sprayer, 100’ boom, 1,000 high moisture kit, 540 PTO, high gal. SS tank, Pro 600 display, flotation tires, 15,000 bales, integrated auto steer, RTK unlock, AimCommand, traction control, hyd. S/NE00566X136728 1996 NH 1475 mower conditioner, tread adj., Raven auto boom, poly fenders, HID lights, 420/80R46 tires, 16’, rubber crimper, 1000 PTO, S/N594476 702 hrs., S/NY9T026534 2013 Flexi-Coil S68XL pull-type OTHER EQUIPMENT sprayer, 120’ hyd. fold boom, 1,600 Box blade, 10’, New gal. poly tank, 6-section boom control, triple nozzle

Complete terms, lot listings & photos at SteffesGroup.com IQBID is a division of Steffes Group, Inc., 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078 Brad Olstad ND319 | Scott Steffes MN14-51 | 701.237.9173 | SteffesGroup.com

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BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows

TracTors

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

TRACTORS Case/IH 08 STX 430 CASE IH 4x4 tractor, just over 3,000-hrs, brand new 620-70-42 tires, delux cab, heated leather seat, $160,000. (204)871-0925, McGregor. 2294 CASE W/3PTH, good rubber, 6,685-hrs, always shedded; Trailer-type post pounder, hyd. drive; 6200 IHC press drill, fuel packers, 2 8-ft’s. Phone:(204)526-2424.

Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan, NW Ontario & Alberta....Since 1937

FOR SALE: CASE IH 4240 tractor, 3-PTH, 540 & 1000 PTO, 2300-hrs, w/7.5-ft 3-PTH Tiger mower & 7.5-ft on the right side as a wing, no cab. Would make a very nice auger tractor, $10,000. (204)871-0925, MacGregor.

• 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: kurtis@reimeroverheaddoors.com BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks. Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmover50@gmail.com

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.

Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2 Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for archrib buildings BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD. ST. LAZARE, MB. 1-800-510-3303

BUILDINGS 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.

BUSINESS SERVICES BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Retail Greenhouse & Garden Center for sale. 6.4-ac & 24,000-sqft of Retail Greenhouses, Garden Center Store & Nursery for sale. Natural gas & city water. Patmore Nursery Sales. MLS# 1500592

1-800-782-0794 Stretch your ADVERTISING DOLLAR!

FOR SALE: (2)14-FT diameter, 6 ring Roscoe bin, cone fan ladder, 2,200-bu; (1)Meridian 14x12 hopper bin; also, (2)Power-matic harrow drawbars, 110-ft & 125-ft. Will sell cheap. Phone: (204)746-5727. St. Jean Baptiste, MB.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Carts FOR SALE: UNVERFERTH 7000 grain cart w/tarp, 30.5x32 tires, SER #B1666145, VGC, $21,000. (204)655-3458.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers WESTERN GRAIN DRYER, manufactures advanced screenless grain dryers, integrated w/PLC, HMI technology for automatic moisture & drying system controls. Update for Vertec, Ibec & other screenless dryers such as enclosed roof, drying tiers, & burners etc. are available. 1-888-288-6857. www.westerngraindryer.com

FARM MACHINERY Grain Elevators 80-FT. BUCKET ELEVATING LEG w/3 phase 10-HP electric motor. Phone (204)886-3304.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Vacuums CURT’S GRAIN VAC SERVICES, parts & repair for all makes & models. Craik SK, (306)734-2228.

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

“For All Your Farm Parts”

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 06 D6R CAT LGP 6 way bade, double tilt, A/C cab & heat, 1-bbl MS ripper, brand new under carriage w/30-in. pads, top con GPS system, $125,000. (204)871-0925 2004 NH RG200B GRADER air, dozer & ripper, 5,000-hrs; 2003 Hitachi ZX200LC track hoe & thumb; Case 621 3-yd loader; D7F dozer ripper, PWR shift; New Quonset in crate 52x35x18-ft. $17,000; 1999 GMC T8500 Cat DSL, tow truck, 20ft. tilt & wheel lift, $14,500; 1977 IHC 1700 series floater w/tiler fertilizer spreader, $5,000; 3-Ton fertilizer spread $1,500; Rotex SR7 Pwr parachute needs frame, as is, $3,000; Ford Major DSL loader 3-PTH bale fork, $6,700. (306)236-8023

FARM MACHINERY FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment USED DRY FERTILIZER SPREADERS 4-8 ton. Many to choose from, $3000 up. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com (204)857-8403

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous FOR SALE OR RENT: 2-5000 gal. husky manure wagons. One has radio tractor tires. A TR96 new holland combine. Phone: (204)355-4980. Cell: (204)371-5744. 1,200-GAL SS LIQUID FERT CADDY, Trelleborg tires JB double piston pump; 48-ft. GANDY broad-cast seeder w/ hyd drive; 550 REM grain vac, new cond; 1973 IH grain truck w/18-ft. steel box, roll tarp & tag axle w/lift; portable Lincoln welder w/Chrysler 6 cyl engine; Richard Wilcox 14x20 overhead door 1 glass panel w/hardware; Above Items Shedded. 4 whl Universal header trailer; 7x36 Westfield auger w/16-HP B&S; 8x56 PTO auger w/hyd lift; 10x70 PTO auger w/hopper. Phone toll free 1-866-736-2609 DISCS JD 16-FT, $5000; Terra 15-ft, $4500; Krause 15-ft, $3500; JD 28-ft 330, $10,000; Bushog 25-ft & 28-ft, $7500; IH 490, 24-ft, $7500; Wishek 15-ft, 26-ft, 30-ft breaking discs, Kewanee 12-ft, 15-ft, Versatile 36-ft, $25,000; JD 8-30 planter, $7000; 8-36, $6500. Phoenix harrows 35-ft, $9500; 42-ft, $10,900; 53-ft, $12,000; 48-ft Flexi-Coil fold-up packer, rock cushion, $9500; AW Mixmill, $1500; Henke 30-in Rollermill, $3500; Peerless 20-in, $2000. (204)857-8403 NEW 400-BU GRAVITY WAGONS, $7400; 600-bu, $12,500; 750-bu, $18,250; Used Gravity wagons 350-750-bu. Used Grain carts, Brent 772, $17,500; 672, $15,000; 874, $22,000; Ficklin 650-bu, $14,000. Others up to 1100-bu. Used fertilizer spreaders $3000 up; Valmar 1655, $3300; NoJet applicator, $1500; Grainvacs REM 2500 HD, $9500; Brandt $4000- $8000; 9-ft 3-PH blade, $950; 10-ft Land leveller, $2450; 12-ft, $2650. (204)857-8403 SEED CLEANING EQUIPMENT: 620 screen machine, parallel flow 245, 3 #3’s aspirator & 6 lights. Located in MB. Phone:(604)491-3513.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted WANTED: 28-FT MODEL 6200 IHC press drill w/factory transport. Also D7 Caterpillar w/hydraulic dozer in good shape. (204)768-2196 or cell (204)302-0133.

HAYING & HARVESTING HAYING & HARVESTING Swathers 2001 NH 320 SWATHER w/30-ft Honeybee header, 777-hrs. Has UII pick-up reel w/steel fingers. Hyd. tilt on header & gauge wheels. Excellent con-dition, $48,000 OBO. Phone:(204)725-4564 or (204)729-6537.

FOR SALE: HIGHLINE 1400 bale picker, 14 bales. (204)655-3458.

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

JD 8450 TRACTOR. 16spd, quad range trans. 7,637-hrs. Clean condition, very good tires. $24,000. Phone:(204)345-8492.

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.

BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

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.

COMBINES Accessories CASE IH MACDON DRAPER header model #2062, 30-ft. w/gauge wheels, $40,000. (204)871-0925. FLEX PLATFORMS- All Makes, Models, Sizes. In Stock: JD 630, 635, 922, 925, 930 avail. CIH 1020: 20-ft., 25-ft., 30-ft.; 2020: 30-ft., 35-ft. NH 973, 30-ft. 74C, 30-ft., 35-ft. AGCO, MF, CAT also avail. Corn Heads- JD 893, 843, CIH 1083 avail. Chopping Heads for All Makes. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy#12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com Gary Reimer: (204)326-7000.

If you want to sell it fast, call 1-800-782-0794.

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

Go public with an ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. Phone 1-800-782-0794

TRACTORS Massey Ferguson

herbicides

1982 2745 W/3PTH, 24spd, 540 PTO, Goodyear 20.8 x 38 duals, front 16.5 x 16.1, tires very good. 3 hyd., front suitcase weights. Only 6,030-hrs. $9,500 OBO. Phone: (204)746-8563.

For custom herbicides as unique as your fields, visit:

TRACTORS 2-Wheel Drive 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.

Crop Production Services Inc.

Glenboro - 204-827-2842

We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Cooperator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800-782-0794.

precisionpac.ca As with all DuPont crop protection products, read and follow label instructions carefully. The DuPont Oval Logo, DuPontTM and PrecisionPac® are registered trademarks or trademarks of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. E. I. du Pont Canada Company is a licensee. Member of CropLife Canada. © Copyright 2015 DuPont Canada. All rights reserved.

TRACTORS Various

Big Tractor Parts, Inc.

LIVESTOCK

1059 PPAC Classified 2015 MB.indd 7

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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD.

Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519

GRUNTHAL, MB.

AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

REGULAR CATTLE SALES

1-800-982-1769

every TUESDAY at 9 am March 31st

www.bigtractorparts.com

Saturday, March 28th at 10 am Bred Cow Sale

Monday, March 30th 12:00 pm

Sheep and Goat with Small Animals & Holstein Calves

For on farm appraisal of livestock or for marketing information please call

herbicides

Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250 Auction Mart (204) 434-6519

For custom herbicides as unique as your fields, visit:

MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus RED & BLACK 2-YR old & yearling Angus bulls for sale; we have 10 bulls @ the Douglas Bull Test station; visit our website: ridgesideredangus.com Call Don:(204)422-5216. Thank you, have a great day!

Paterson Grain Inc. Binscarth - 204-532-2461

As with all DuPont crop protection products, read and follow label instructions carefully. The DuPont Oval Logo, DuPontTM and PrecisionPac® are registered trademarks or trademarks of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. E. I. du Pont Canada Company is a licensee. Member of CropLife Canada. © Copyright 2015 DuPont Canada. All rights reserved.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus

LIVESTOCK

FORAGE BASED BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Virgin 2 yr olds & herd sires available. Genetics w/maternal & calving ease traits. (204)564-2540 or (204)773-6800 www.nerbasbrosangus.com

Auctions 15-02-23 3:13 PM HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES.1059 PPAC Classified Cattle 2015 MB.indd 10 Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595 charles@arcfab.ca www.arcfab.ca

SPRAYING EQUIPMENT Sprayers

15-02-23 3:13 PM

THE 11TH ANNUAL “BEST OF THE BREEDS” BULL SALE Sun., March 29th, 2:00pm at Heartland Livestock Market, Yorkton, SK. On offer Charolais, Red & Black Angus, Simmental & Gelbvieh, yearlings and two-year olds. For catalogues or info contact T Bar C Cattle Co.(306)220-5006 (PL# 116061) View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com

precisionpac.ca

Spraying EquipmEnt

1-800-587-4711

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.

Combines

WATROUS SALVAGE WaTRoUs, sK. Fax: 306-946-2444

www.penta.ca

IRON & STEEL

FOR SALE: JD 4850 MFW PWR shift, 10,500-hrs, in very good mechanical condition, Ser #RW4850P009657, was $36,500, now $26,000. (204)655-3458.

HAYING & HARVESTING Various

1-800-667-9871 • Regina 1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon 1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg 1-800-222-6594 • Edmonton

• Sprayed foam insulation • Ideal for shops, barns or homes • Healthier, Quieter, More Energy Efficient®

TRACTORS John Deere

GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB.

FYFE PARTS

The Icynene Insulation System®

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

traNSCON’S CattlE COuNtry SiMMENtal Bull SalE Saturday april 11th, 2015, 1pM

Beautiful plains ag Complex, Neepawa, MB

FOR SALE: BRANDT SB4000 Hi-Clearance sprayer, 1,350 Imp Gal, triple nozzle, auto boom shut off, $24,900. (204)655-3458.

Tillage & Seeding STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443 Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca

TILLAGE & SEEDING Seeding Various 14-FT LODE KING MODEL HDF14 8/6 drill fill w/5in augers, steel lids, very good shape. $950 OBO. Phone:(204)746-8563. 2012 375 RT MERIDIAN Seed tender, 450-bu extension, roll-tarp, best offer. Can deliver, Call evenings (306)524-4567.

CONSiGNOrS: Antrim Simmentals • Big Hills Simmentals • Broken Oak Black Simmentals • Crest View Cattle Co. • Crest View Land & Cattle Co. Ltd. • Handford Simmentals • Dana, Megan & Terron Johns • J R Simmental • Peterbuilt Simmentals • Pure Country Simmentals • Sunville Simmentals • Tri-Star Cattle Co. • Blair Workman & Son Simmentals

Catalog can be viewed on line at: www.transconlivestock.com

for more info contact Jay Good: 403-556-5563 Darren Paget: 403-323-3985 glenn norton: 780-542-0634

Catalog can be viewed on line at: www.transconlivestock.com

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn

LIVESTOCK Horse Auctions

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale

BOTANY ANGUS FARM & Leaning Spruce Stock farm have for sale yearling & two 2-yr old Black Angus bulls. Come early, a deposit will hold your purchase until spring. For more info & prices contact Ryan Shearer (204)824-2151 or cell (204)761-5232.

YEARLING SHORTHORN BULLS FOR SALE. Well grown Jan-Feb bulls. Also one, 3 yr old suitable for breeding heifers. Greg Tough (204)748-3136, Hargrave, MB.

ROCKING W HORSE Spring Horse Sale 3:00pm & Tack Sale 9:00am, Sat., Apr. 25th, 2015, Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Phone (204)325-7237 www.rockingw.com

The following PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: Sec 31-24-14W. The following CROWN LANDS have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Development for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed as these lands are part of the ranch unit held by Roy Flower of Ste Rose, MB. NE 05-25-15W; NW 05-25-14W; NE 06-25-14W; SE 06-25-14W; NE 08-25-14W; NW 08-25-14W; SE 08-25-14W; SW 08-25-14W; SE 17-25-14W Ex Road Plan attached to instrument No. 14234 DLTO; SW 17-25-14W; NW 29-24-15W; SE 29-24-15W; SW 29-24-15W. If you wish to purchase the private land & apply for the Unit Transfer contact the Lessee Roy Flower at Box 507 Ste Rose, MB R0L 1S0. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer write the Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286 Minnedosa MB, R0J 1E0 or fax (204)867-6578

FISHER BRANCH N 2,061-ACS, 600 cult, $600,000; Komarno 160-acs 1,400-sq.ft. bung, only $360,000; St. Laurent Ranch 880-acs, turn key operation 96 cows, 4 bulls, machinery, only $795,000; Ashern 2,480-acs, 1,440 deeded, lovely home, PB Charolais operation $800,000 or w/100 PB cows, $1,125,000; Ashern 1,900-acs 1,600 deeded, well managed ranch, very good building, runs 150-225 cows; Poplarfield turn-key 849-acs deeded, 480 C/L, 150 cattle, machinery & older buildings; Ashern 160-acs house 230-ft. barn, $189,900; Dallas 910-acs presently in hay & pasture can be grain, $715,000; Dallas 960-acs 500-acs hay, only $240,000; Eriksdale 1,700-sq.ft. split level on 147-acs 2.5-mi East, on 68 reduced to $259,900; St. Laurent 320-acs on 518 Red to $64,900; Inwood 1,034-ac 2 Bdrm home well run ranch runs 175-300 head, only $710,000. See these & others on www.manitobafarms.ca Call Harold at Delta Real Estate (024)253-7373.

CRANBERRY CREEK ANGUS REGISTERED bulls for sale. Sired by Windy 702, Remitall Rachis, Vermilion Yellowstone, Game Day, Cranberry CRK Pioneer, HF Kodiak. Bulls are easy going with great dispositions. Hand fed for longevity. Semen tested, guaranteed & delivered. Will hold until the end of April. All weights & EPD’s available. Call (204)534-2380, or cranberrycreek27@gmail.com for more info, David & Jeanette Neufeld, Boissevain

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental

TRANSCON’S WINNIPEG SIMMENTAL BULL SALE

N7 STOCK FARM HAVE 30 top quality yearling Black Angus Bulls for sale by private treaty. Sired by some of the breed’s leading AI sires, bulls are developed on a homemade oat ration & free choice hay. Performance records available, will be semen tested, delivery available. Contact Gerald & Wendy Nykoliation: (204)562-3530 or Allan’s cell (204)748-5128.

LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT 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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus 2-YR OLD PUREBRED BULLS, no papers. will semen test. (204)371-6404, Ste Anne.

THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1PM WINNIPEG LIVESTOCK SALES Hwy 6 & Hwy 236

Offering 67 bulls 32 Red • 14 Black • 21 Fullblood • Wilcox Simmentals • Skyridge Farms • Triple T Diamond Simmentals • Twin Oak Livestock • Southam Simmentals • Dequier Farms • Riverbank Farms • Homestead-T Simmentals • Creekside Land & Livestock Ltd. • Top Notch Cattle Co. • Twin Meadow Livestock Farms •

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Blonde d’Aquitaine BELLEVUE BLONDES HAS AN excellent group of performance & semen tested, polled Purebred Reg. Blonde yearling bulls for sale. Reasonably priced. Call Marcel (204)379-2426 or (204)745-7412, Haywood, MB.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais 1 POLLED, MATURE CHAROLAIS herd sire. Steppler bloodlines. Will semen test, guarantee & deliver. Phone:(204)857-8220. 2 YEAR OLD SPECIALIST & Date Line bulls, yearling bulls by Silver Bullet & Specialist. Martens Charolais:(204)534-8370. CLINE CATTLE COMPANY HAS for sale PB Char yearling & 2 yr old bulls, White & Red factor. Call Brad (204)523-0062 www.clinecattlecompany.ca FOR SALE: YEARLING PUREBRED Charolais bulls, most are polled, some Red factored, some good for heifers, will be semen tested in spring, guaranteed & delivered. R & G McDonald Livestock, Sidney MB (204)466-2883, (204)724-2811. ONE RED BULL, 5 yr old; 1 Tan Bull, 3 yr old. Selling because cows have been sold. Phone (204)874-2287. PUREBRED CHAROLAIS BULLS AND heifers, with papers. Call or text (204)381-1240. THREE 2-YR OLD PUREBRED Registered Charolais bulls, Very good dispositions, will be easy calving, born in April & May, will be semen tested & guaranteed. Also 2-yearlings (Bluegrass grandsons). Phone:(204)748-1024, Virden, KEH Charolais, Keith Hagan. WALKING PLOW CHAROLAIS HAS 18 yearling Charolais bulls consigned to Wilkinridge Stock farm Bull Sale 1:00pm April 11th at Ridgeville Hall. Also in the sale will be Red Angus & Maine Anjou bulls. Sale catalogue & videos will be online www.dlms.ca as we get closer to sale time. Sale will be by video w/online bidding available. For more info call Cliff, Warren Graydon (204)427-2589. PRAIRIE DISTINCTION CHAROLAIS BULL SALE, March 31st, 2015, 1:00 pm, Ag Society, Neepawa, MB. 17 two-year old & 39 yearling bulls. Top quality from 8 Manitoba breeders. Mostly polled, some red factor. Contact Helge By (306)536-4261 or view catalogue at www.bylivestock.com.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford POLLED HEREFORD BULLS 20-30 months, quiet, broke to tie, guaranteed delivery avail, naturally developed on forage based feeding program. Catt Brothers:(204)723-2831. Austin, MB. PUREBRED YEARLING & TWO-YEAR old Hereford Bulls for sale. The bulls are pail fed, easy going & have great disposition. They are fed a well balanced ration for optimal growth. They are thick, long & deep w/great hair coats. We will semen test & deliver bulls. Will winter bulls until May 1st. Can be viewed online at www.rocknabh.com or call anytime to discuss. Allan/Bonnie at (204)764-0364 or Kevin/Holly at (204)764-0331 or (204)764-0332.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Maine-Anjou WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM ANNUAL Bull sale. 1:00pm April 11th at Ridgeville Hall. Sale will include 18 yearling Red & Black Maine Anjou bulls, as well as 1) 2-yr old & 1) 3-yr old herd sire. There will also be 2) 2-yr old & 16 yearling Red Angus bulls. Walking Plow Charolais have 18 yearling Charolais bulls in the sale. Sale catalogue & videos will be online www.dlms.ca as we get closer to sale time. Sale will be by video w/online bidding available. For more info call Sid Wilkinson (204)373-2631.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Salers PRIME SALERS BULLS, POLLED, red or black, hand fed, very quiet. BW as low as 74lbs. Ken Sweetland, Lundar: (204)762-5512. www.sweetlandsalers.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn GOOD SELECTION OF SHORTHORN bulls & females available at Manitoba Bull Test Station Sale Apr. 4th in Douglas, MB. If you are looking to buy or sell Shorthorn bulls or females, contact Monty Thomson at: (204)870-0089 or Tom Walls at (204)895-8191, the Manitoba Shorthorn Association Field men. www.manitobashorthorns.com

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WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM ANNUAL Bull sale. 1:00pm April 11th at Ridgeville Hall. Sale will include 16 yearling Red Angus bulls, 1 yearling Black Angus Bull, 2) 2-yr old Red Angus Bulls. There will be a good selection of Red & Black Maine Anjou Bulls & 18 Charolais bulls from Walking Plow Charlais. Sale catalogue & videos will be online www.dlms.ca as we get closer to sale time. Sale will be by video w/online bidding available. For more info call Sid Wilkinson (204)373-2631.

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REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots 1,335-SQ-FT 3-BDRM BUNGALOW, BUILT mid seventies, some new windows, large 2-car attached garage. To be moved. $30,000. (204)573-6884, North of Brandon. READY TO MOVE HOMES- 1520-sq.ft, 3-bdrm, $85,000; 1320-sq.ft, 3-bdrm, $75,000; 1320-sq.ft, 3bdrm w/dormers & covered front porch, $85,000. All homes completely finished including cabinets, interior woodwork, light fixtures, bath fixtures, 200-amp service, painted. Flooring not included. Will also custom build your plan. Call for quote. MARVIN HOMES (since 1976) (204)326-1493 or (204)355-8484 Steinbach area, www.marvinhomes.ca

3 KIPLING LANE 1604 sq. ft. 2 storey $319,900 in Niverville, 20 min. south of Wpg. 3+1 BR. 3.5 bath. Modern open concept main floor w. espresso finished hardwoods. Gas fireplace. Island & high end stainless steel appliances, under cab. lighting. Huge master w. tray ceiling, WIC + bath. 2nd flr. Laundry w. front load appl. Fin. bsmt. 12x20 deck, dble detached garage. Must see! NIVERVILLE,MB · PH:1-204-899-7684

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale 160-ACS 140-CULTIVATED. WELL MAINTAINED yard & buildings, 6-bdrm home, great potential for B & B business. Possibility of the yard being sub-divided. (204)859-2267, Rossburn. FOR SALE IN WESTBOURNE area, 310-ac of land (approx. 295 cultivated). NW26-14-9W & SW26-14-9W, farmed in one block. No buildings. Asking $495,000. For more information, call Daryl:(204)856-3561 or email dbachalo@xplornet.com PRIVATE LAND FOR SALE by tender in RM of Lansdowne. SW 1-17-13W. 160-ac pasture quarter, or could easily be broke. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Forward tenders to Box 118 Plumas, MB R0J 1P0. Phone:(204)386-2850. The following Private Land is being offered for sale: Sec 31-21-14W, W1/2 SW 10-22-16W. The following Crown lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed as these lands are part of the ranch unit held by Reg & Judy Branconier of McCreary, MB. NE 25-21-15W, SE 25-2115W. If you wish to purchase the private land and apply for the Unit Transfer contact the Lessees Reg & Judy Branconier at Box 279, McCreary MB R0J 1B0. If you wish to com-ment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Trans-fer write the Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578.

THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: NE 25-22-02 W, NW 25-22-02 W, SW 25-22-02 W, SE 02-23-02 W, SW 36-22-02 W, NW 13-22-02 W. The following Crown lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands as these lands are part of the ranch unit held by Peter Roschuk of Poplarfield, MB. NW 35-22-02 W EX Road Plan No. 524 P LA PLTO; SE 35-22-02 W EX CNR Row Plan No. 2363 WLTO; SW 35-22-02 W EX Road Plan No. 524 P LA PLTO. If you wish to purchase the private land and apply for the Unit Transfer contact the Lessee Peter Roschuk at PO Box 32, Poplarfield MB, R0C 2N0. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer write the Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB, R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578. THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: NW 22-29-15 W, SW 22-29-15 W, NW 26-29-15 W, SW 26-29-15 W, SW 35-29-15 W, NW 01-30-15 W, SW 02-30-15 W, NE 03-30-15 W, SE 10-30-15 W. The following Crown lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed as these lands are part of the ranch unit held by Clement Bretecher of Toutes Aides, MB. NE 21-29-15 W, SE 21-29-15 W, NE 22-29-15 W, NW 25-29-15 W, NE 26-29-15 W, NE 35-29-15 W, SE 35-29-15 W, NE 01-30-15 W, NE 02-30-15 W, NW 02-30-15 W, SE 02-30-15 W, NE 11-30-15 W, NW 11-30-15 W, SE 11-30-15 W, SW 11-30-15 W, NE 12-30-15 W, NW 12-30-15 W, SE 12-30-15 W, SW 12-30-15 W, NW 13-30-15 W, SW 13-30-15 W, NE 14-30-15 W, NW 14-30-15 W, SE 14-30-15 W, SW 14-30-15W, NE 23-30-15 W, SE 23-30-15 W, NW 24-30-15 W, SW 24-30-15 W. If you wish to purchase the private land and apply for the Unit Transfer write the Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578.

Grain Land for SaLe 1135 acreS RM of Roblin, near the town of Killarney. Good yard site with 50,000 bushels of grain storage. Additional 880 acres of leased land available. Contact Stacey Hiebert at 1-204-371-5930 or Stacey@canadianfarmrealty.com

Grain Farm For Sale 4119 acreS Are you having trouble buying land in your area? Make a move to this showpiece farm operation. Increase revenue with its ongoing retail seed business located in the grain capital of Manitoba. Contact Stacey Hiebert at 1-204-371-5930 or Stacey@canadianfarmrealty.com

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FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER, RM of Grey: Sealed bids for the purchase of the following parcel of land, located in the RM of Grey, Manitoba will be received up to 5.00 pm on May 1, 2015 at the offices of CanadianFarmRealty.com, Box 2046, Carman, MB, R0G 0J0, Attention: Dolf Feddes:

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1. Interested parties must rely on their own inspection and knowledge of the property. 2. Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit in the form of a certified cheque or bank draft of 5% of the amount offered, payable to Royal le Page Riverbend Realty in Trust. Deposit cheques accompanying unaccepted bids will be returned. 3. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 4. Closing date of the sale will be May 15, 2015. 5. The purchaser(s) shall be responsible for payment of GST or shall self-assess for GST. 6. Successful bidders will be asked to enter into a formal Purchase agreement covering the terms and conditions of sale. 7. Tenders will be held in confidence and not be released to the public.

Any questions regarding this parcel or this tender can be directed to: Dolf Feddes, REALTOR CanadianFarmRealty.com 204-828-3371 (office) or 204-745-0451 (cell) or to the current owner Mr. Rick Friesen (204) 871-0574. REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Wanted WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED a most successful marketing trip in South Africa, and the UK, promoting “Living & Farming in Manitoba,” culminating in many serious customers who will be visiting in 2015. To meet the demand, we urgently require more listings for good Beef, and Grain Farms. If you are considering selling, please give me a “no obligation” call to discuss your situation - Maurice Torr: (204)729-6644, Century 21 Westman.com, Brandon, MB.

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JAMES FARMS LTD Brandon, Cardale & Carberry wheat, summit oats, Mcleod & Chadburn R2 soybeans, tradition barley & forage seeds. Various canola & sunflower seed varieties. Custom processing, seed treating, inoculating, as well as delivery are available. Early payment discount. For info call (204)222-8785, or toll-free 1-866-283-8785, Winnipeg. djames@jamesfarms.com PUGH SEEDS: CERT CARDALE WHEAT, Souris oats, Conlon barley, Registered & Certified Sorrel flax. Phone:(204)274-2179 or Cell:(204)871-1467, Portage,MB. SANDERS SEED FARM: Certified AAC Brandon, Carberry, Domain, Glenn wheat; celebration barley & Cangerra canola varieties. (204)242-4200. Manitou, MB.

SEED/ FEED/GRAIN Hay & Straw FIRST CUT ALFALFA & Alfalfa Timothy 3x3 square bales, feed test available. Phone Howard (204)483-2990, Souris. BEEFMAN SPECIAL: LARGE SQUARE bales 2nd cut Alfalfa w/25% Orchard Grass 18-22% protein, in hay shed, $0.05/lb. 3rd cut Rye Grass, $0.04/lb. Delivery avail. Also holstein bull calves. Phone: (204)355-4980, Cell: (204)371-5744.

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CERTIFIED SEED CERTIFIED SEED Cereal Seeds CERTIFIED AAC BRANDON & Carberry Wheat. Call (204)745-3301. Elias Seeds. Carman, Miami, MB. CERTIFIED CARBERRY WHEAT. CERTIFIED Summit Oats. Certified Tradition Barley. Ph: (204) 385-2486. Cell: (204) 212-0531 Wilmot Milne, Gladstone. DURAND SEEDS: CERT AAC Brandon, Cardale & Carberry Wheat; Souris & Stride Oats; CDC Bethune Flax; Mancan Buckwheat avail w/contracts; Forage & Canola Seed. (204)248-2268, (204)745-7577, NotreDame, MB.

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CERTIFIED SEED Oilseeds CERTIFIED RECONSTITUTED BETHUNE FLAX; triffid free. Call:(204)792-8613 or (204)941-0403. Domain, MB.

COMMON SEED COMMON SEED Forage Seeds FOR SALE: ALFALFA, TIMOTHY, Brome, Clover, hay & pasture blends, millet seed, Crown, Red Prozo, cleaned common seed oats. Leonard Friesen (204)685-2376, Austin, MB.

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Bila farmers are producing wealth thanks to small-scale irrigation, but who is reaping the rewards? By Laura Rance Co-operator Editor / Bila, Ethiopia

he old man’s eyes grew teary when he was asked to remember what it was like before the water came. “ T h e re w a s a d ro u g h t ,” Ahmed Sahle Ahmed said through an interpreter as he sat on a floor mat in the family’s home. “We were having problems, we had no food.” That was in the early 1980s, a time of drought-induced famine and social unrest in Ethiopia following that country’s war with Somalia in the late 1970s. Repatriated refugees had resorted to eating roots and the acacia scrub to survive. “We were eating with the goats,” he said. Ahmed, now in his 80s, was among those who could see a way out of their wilderness. The Erer River, which flows south from the Ahmer Mountains passed within kilometres of the settlement. “I said if we cannot divert that river, we die here.” D i v e r t i n g i t , h o w e v e r, required cutting through a hillside. Sahle Ahmed remembers trying to move the rocks with his bare hands. “Then God helped us,” Sahle Ahmed said. Local government officials connected the community with Lutheran World Federation, an NGO with expertise in developing small-scale irrigation projects.

Dynamite catalyst

With support from the Winnipeg-based Canadian Lutheran World Relief and the fledgling Canadian Foodgrains Bank, engineers came in with a plan and dynamite, cement and food for local people who worked to divert the river into a canal that could supply the crops. Irrigation water started to flow into the Bila kebele (a region similar to a township) in 1987. A village soon sprang in the centre of the fields of maize, sorghum, coffee, bananas, citrus, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, onions and chat. One has only to drive out of the lush green valley in these foothills to get a sense of what it was like before the gravityflow irrigation began providing water to their fields.

A farmer with his bag of chat in Bila. Photos: Laura Rance

The landscape between Bila and the closest city Dire Dawa is barren and dry, populated by clumps of coarse grasses, scrub acacia and pastoralist herders moving through with their goats and camels. Dust devils dance lazily across the horizon. In these last months before the region’s rainy season June through August, most of the rivers are bone dry. Bila is an oasis, thanks to irrigation. The original 200 households supported by this 160-ha project now number 900, farming 600 ha.

Life is good

As the community’s men gathered beneath the shade of a huge mango tree, many of them arriving with plastic bags filled with chat to chew, they said food shortages are a memory that fades with each generation.

“We were eating with the goats.”

Ahmed Sahle Ahmed

Their diet largely consists of sorghum, fruits and vegetables, but they also use money from selling their cash crops to buy pasta and rice. “We eat meat on some occasions,” one man said. “People are living a decent life,” said Shemshi Moham-

One of the many dust devils that are common in the desert between Dire Dawa and Bila this time of year.

med, a widowed mother of six. “Those who have enough land, they can produce enough. “For those who don’t have enough irrigable land, there is a safety net,” she said, referring to the Ethiopian government’s Productive Safety Net, which

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Delivering the water of life

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Cash crops often replace food crops in farming By Laura Rance Co-operator Editor / Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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t was almost 30 years ago, but the engineer who brought water to Bila remembers well the people’s plight prior to irrigation. Many were refugees who had been repatriated after the Ethiopia-Somalian war. They were given a piece of canvas for shelter, a shovel, pickaxe, a goat and a cart — and told to start over. “These people had nowhere to go.” Gebreyes worked for Lutheran World Federation, an NGO that specialized in disaster relief and building community assets. After the Bila project was completed, it was turned over to local government for management. Gebreyes, who later retired from LWF and started his own Ethiopian NGO, Support for Su s t a i n a b l e De ve l o p m e n t , remains proud of those early achievements. Ethiopia is well endowed with water and irrigation is an untapped resource that could be mobilized to improve food security. A 2009 report found that the irrigable potential in the country ranges from one to 3.5 million hectares of irrigable land, of which between five to 10 per cent has currently been developed. Bila was one of the first projects to use the food-forwork model, which in itself wasn’t easy when working with a population that was by then dependent on food aid handouts. But he stressed chat was not one of the crops promoted at the time. “We never allowed chat,” Gebreyes said. But when a half-ha of chat can bring in 250,000 birr, (US$12,500), it was almost inevitable. In some regions, coffee — one of Ethiopia’s flagship export commodities — is being torn up to make way for chat, he said. When SSD develops a project nowadays, whether it is an irrigation project, school or medical service facility, Gebreyes requires a 30 per cent commitment from either the local community or the government. And when SSD completes a project, it doesn’t leave right away, it continues monitoring until it is convinced local management is on solid footing. “We are always hanging on to one end of the rope,” he said. “So many NGOs do the work and pull out. After two years, there is nothing there.”

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side and spat her chat into the corner of the family home. It seems if you are chewing chat, life is good here — even if it’s not. Ahmed Sahle Ahmed, who told us he now feels old and forgotten, struggled to express through an interpreter how he feels about the future. He believes it is important to ensure coming generations never forget the community’s hungry past. He said when he talks to young people, he tells them they need to plan a future, not wait for it. “I tell them to go to school, if you learn something, you can earn a living,” he said. “The young people are sitting under the trees, but they don’t know how to plant trees,” he said. “I tell them to plant trees.”

school for children to Grade 9, a vet clinic and medical services. By these measures, there is no denying that the gift of water was a powerful and largely positive force in this community. The investment in agricultural infrastructure provided a solid foundation for food security and poverty eradication. In fact, without it, there could be nothing.

Untapped potential

But is providing the hard assets enough? There are also hints that community development here is falling short of its potential and there are some difficult hurdles to overcome. Despite the fact that farmers here are selling all they produce, there is little evidence of asset accumulation or of a cash economy. The homes here are sparsely furnished; there was no sign of the cellphones that are a constant interruption when I meet with farmers elsewhere on the continent. Commercial activity in the village centre is limited to a scattering of small shops selling the basics. Farmers told us they feel helpless negotiating with the traders that come to buy their crops. “Marketing is a problem for us. They come here and we can’t bargain, they just give us what they offer, and that is it,” said Yacob Alisho, the head of the local water users’ association. When asked whether the farmers had considered organizing themselves to negotiate with the traders as a block, he said no. “We are not organized,” he said. T h e s e f a r m e r s d o w o rk together when there are maintenance requirements for the canal system. They all contribute funds to have the work done. But they seem content to leave planning beyond their shortterm needs to someone else.

Looming

Unless something is done soon to expand the existing infrastructure once again, which will be costly and complicated because of the number of kebeles in the region competing for the same water, the number of vulnerable households here could soon rise sharply. In Mohammed’s case, her one ha of irrigated land will be divided among her six children. Already, water is controlled to protect the river’s flow for downstream users. Bila farmers can only draw water for 48 continuous hours per week. The community leaders told us they are waiting for the government to fulfil a long-ago promise to address their issues. Ethiopia has made tremendous gains reducing poverty and hunger among its 87.9 million people. But with 28 per cent of its population still living below the poverty line, there is a long list of communities where the need is greater. Bila could be waiting a long time for a government solution. Still they wait. And while they wait, they chew chat.

Chat economy

Chat, also known as khat, is the biggest cash crop here, both in acreage and revenue. That’s understandable. It sells for 10 times what oranges fetch. The mild narcotic that stimulates energy, suppresses appetite and induces euphoria is perfectly legal in this part of the world. The national government collects

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A woman sells chat in the village market in Bila. Photo: Laura Rance

millions in tax revenues from its export. It is often grown intercropped within the orange and banana groves. The World Health Organization has classified it as mildly addictive. Many countries, including Canada, have made it a control-

led substance similar to marijuana. While highly lucrative, chat also consumes a lot of water. I was left wondering how much of Bila’s intellectual capacity it also consumes. Throughout the community

young and old, men and women, carried well-worn plastic shopping bags filled with the succulent leaves. Men headed to the fields to work had a hoe in one hand and their bag of chat leaves in the other. A woman nursing her baby casually turned her head to the

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Paul Unrau of Ninga pitches his prizewinning product idea — a bit that prepares a horse for the bridle — to the assembled judges in the Coyotes’ Den during Boissevain’s Mind Your Own Business fair last week. The local chamber of commerce awarded prizes of free chamber memberships, offers of business membership and ‘chamber bucks’ for shopping locally to those making pitches in the hometown version of the popular CBC television “Dragons’ Den.” PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff / Boissevain

hen Boissevain residents talk about minding their own business, what they mean is, “Let’s help someone start one.” “The next time someone says, ‘You know what this town needs,’ say, ‘How can I help you get that started?’” said Marj Billaney, host of a chambersponsored business fair here last week. “And let’s not say to the kids, ‘Go get a job.’ Let’s say, ‘What kind of business can you start?’” Last week Boissevain’s business community sponsored an evening that began with swapping stories among local business owners and wannabes, and ended with a lighthearted version of the popular CBC show “Dragons’ Den.” Prizes included free chamber memberships, offers of mentorship and $1,000 worth of ‘chamber bucks’ for spending locally. The Mind Your Own Business fair impressed Manitoba Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Chuck Davidson.

He drove out from Winnipeg to see what was happen ing in Boissevain and said he plans to start talking up this kind of event with the rest of Manitoba’s 67 chambers of commerce. This is about growing local business from within, and differs from the usual approach of trying to spur community economic development by attracting business from outside, said Davidson. “This is a unique approach and something I’m not seeing in a lot of communities. What Boissevain is doing is taking a proactive approach to looking at business development within its own community. I really applaud it for that,” Davidson said.

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Speakers such as Kamara Sisson said that kind of support is key to encouraging entrepreneurs like her. She opened a hair salon here after moving to Boissevain with her husband and their young family. At first the whole prospect of running a business was daunting, she said.

“I was terrified to own a business,” she told her audience of about 100 local farmers and business owners. “I just knew how to do hair.”

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She got the advice she needed through a provincial business start program, but says she remains convinced there’s others unaware of those supports, and never pursue their ideas. “People don’t know where to begin, and I think a lot of people are scared to start, so they don’t,” she said. Electrician Marc Loewen is

owner of Copperman Electric in Boissevain. He and his wife moved their young family here for the quality of life in Boissevain, as well as the opportunity to start a business, he said. There’s plenty of work and good opportunity to build your business because it’s easier to earn a good word-of-mouth reputation in a smaller centre, he said. Conrad Klassen, who moved here last summer to become a regional representative for Primerica financial advisers, joked how he’d miss a cup of coffee from Starbucks if it weren’t for Boissevain’s Sawmill Coffee and Tea Company. But there’s not much else he misses about city life. “A handshake out here means something,” he said, adding that even at age 26 he’s put off by reliance on technology that doesn’t do much for creating meaningful relationships between people. “I believe relationships are built with quality time spent with each other.” The evening’s free-ranging discussion generated more

ideas about how to spur on local business including setting up a fund contributed to by existing businesses to provide seed funding for startups, and low-cost commercial space to incubate new companies. Cam Clark, general manager for CKLQ/STAR FM radio, one of the evening’s guest speakers, said things have changed dramatically over the last decade and a half, making it possible to live and work virtually anywhere people wish. There are new opportunities to attract people into smaller centres because high-speed technology now makes it much easier to set up shop outside larger centres. “It makes it a lot easier to do business where you are. And you’ve already got support networks in place... family and friends, cost of living is pretty reasonable. “A lot of people say the grass is greener somewhere else. But today technology allows people to stay where they are. They don’t have to leave to succeed.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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verything we need,” said Rose Jackson, “we can buy at Ikea.” Andrew laid his newspaper on the table and pondered his wife’s statement for a moment. “I suppose you’re right,” he said, “but you are ignoring the terrible negative consequence of following such a plan.” “Am I?” said Rose. “What terrible negative consequence would there be?” “We would,” said Andrew, “be forced to GO TO IKEA!” “Ah yes.” Rose took a sip of her coffee. “But one man’s terrible negative consequence is his wife’s totally fun shopping trip.” “We could just hire a cabinetmaker,” said Andrew. “Get him to draw up a design for a complete new kitchen and then have him come and build it when we’re in Hawaii. No hassle, no fuss.” “We could, I suppose,” said Rose. “However, it might be difficult to get a cabinetmaker to sign up if the only date we can give him is “whenever we win the lottery.” Andrew scowled. “I have to admit, you have a point,” he said. “But I AM planning to win the lottery next week.” “Of course you are,” said Rose, “but we all know how your plans generally turn out.” She took another sip of coffee. “My plans, on the other hand…,” she continued. “You have a plan?” said Andrew. “I do,” said Rose. “You do realize that if your plan includes me going to Ikea,” said Andrew, “then your plan is doomed to fail.” “Honey,” said Rose, “if I made a plan for you to go to Ikea, then you would go to Ikea. But I’m not a monster. And also I don’t need you at Ikea. I know how to use a measuring tape and I’m not colour blind.” “I’m not colour blind either,” said Andrew, “and I could probably learn how to use a measuring tape if I put my mind to it.” “I’m sure you could,” said Rose, “but I’d rather you didn’t.” “Right,” said Andrew. “So let’s hear your plan.” “My plan,” said Rose, “is for us to go to the city, on Saturday, April 4. We will take Randy and

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Jackie with us. Jennifer will be around so she can babysit Allison and Andy. You and Randy can drop me and Jackie off at Ikea and then you two can go watch the Jets play the Canucks at the arena. When the game is over you can come back to Ikea and join Jackie and me for a delicious meal of Swedish meatballs and fake mashed potatoes and then you and Randy can load up the 800 pounds of shelving, cabinets, and assorted kitchen decorating supplies that Jackie and I have picked out, and then we can head back home. What do you think?” Andrew didn’t hesitate. “You had me at “watch the Jets play the Canucks,” he said. “Bribery and corruption get me every time.”

“I know,” said Rose. “I count on that.” “How am I going to get tickets to the Jets game?” said Andrew. “Aren’t they all sold out till the year 3000 or something?” “Already got ’em,” said Rose. “Happy birthday to you.” Andrew sat in silence for a minute. “That’s why I married you,” he said. “Because you are a cunning and devious woman.” “When a woman wants a better kitchen,” said Rose, “nothing will stand in her way.” There was another pause. “I hate to bring this up,” said Andrew. “I mean, your plan is virtually flawless. Everybody gets to have fun and Swedish meatballs and everything, but there is one tiny drawback that occurs to me.” “There is?” said Rose. “There is,” said Andrew. “Ikea cabinets require assembly. That requires an assembler. No such person exists in this household.” “I’ve hired Brady for that,” said Rose. “He loves doing that stuff.” “That’s true, he does,” said Andrew. “And he’s really good with a ball peen hammer.” “I don’t think you’d use a ball peen hammer to assemble Ikea cabinets,” said Rose. “Oh, I definitely would,” said Andrew. “And a sledge hammer, probably.” “And that’s why Brady will do it,” said Rose. “OK, seriously,” said Andrew. “You actually planned this whole thing without consulting me?” “It’s your birthday present,” said Rose. “I couldn’t very well consult you, could I?” “True enough,” said Andrew. He paused. “And you know what you’re looking for at Ikea? And I don’t even want to ask, but you have an idea how much it’s all going to cost?” “Fifteen hundred at the very most,” said Rose. Andrew shook his head. “You are the only woman I know,” he said, “who could plan a great birthday surprise for her husband and come out of it with a remodelled kitchen.” Rose grinned. “You don’t mind, do you?” she said. “Seriously?” said Andrew. “That IS why I married you.”

What exactly is a tilly? This unusual plant takes a bit of care but not much space By Albert Parsons

The nickname comes from the full name Tillandsia, more commonly called air plants.

Freelance contributor

f you are like most gardeners you like to try something different, perhaps a different gardening technique, a unique way of using a particular plant, or simply growing a plant that is quite unusual. If the latter appeals to you, this winter you might have grown a tilly; shops were full of these interesting plants last fall. I didn’t enter a garden centre without encountering a display of these unusual plants. So, what is a tilly? The nickname comes from the full name Tillandsia, more commonly called air plants. These remarkable plants are native to South America and are quite exotic. What makes them so unusual is that they are not grown in soil or water, as are our other houseplants. They are grown in the air; their roots not covered or buried. In fact, planting an air plant will spell doom for the plant and surely kill it. Air plants only use their sparse roots to anchor themselves to something, which means they are epiphytes. They are, however, not parasitic, and do not harm whatever they are attached to, even if it is a living plant. How do you grow a plant without planting it? It needs to be placed in a container or fastened to something. The choice is endless. Many of the centres that had displays of air plants that I saw

A display of air plants in shells. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

also had suitable containers available. Shells were popular, as were clear glass containers, many of them meant to be hung. Air plants can be glued (use a waterproof glue) to boards, bark, wood, or to anything else that you like — even the stem of a living plant. Do not surround the plant with moss — remember the term “air plant” — they need to be

fully exposed to the air. What you have to remember is that whatever you use to hold your air plant, you must be able to water it, and this involves immersing it in water. That might be difficult if it was attached to the stem of a large schefflera! Air plants do not take in nutrients or water through their roots; they take them in through their leaves. The plants must be totally submerged in water for two to three hours every two weeks — although the frequency will depend on the humidity and air circulation as well as the light levels of the surroundings. If the natural concave curve of the leaves becomes exaggerated, the plant is being underwatered. Be cautious, however, as overwatering will kill an air plant. After the plant is soaked in water, it should be allowed to thoroughly dry before being placed back into its container or reattached to its support. Be sure to hold

the plant upside down and squeeze the lower part of the plant (called the cup) to ensure no water is still lurking in the plant’s leaves. Any container, such as a sea urchin shell or clear glass globe, should not have any water in it — it should be completely dry. Do not use either tap water (unless it has been allowed to sit long enough for the chlorine to evaporate) or softened water. Use bottled, rain, or filtered water. Air plants do not need to be fertilized very often. When you do fertilize them, use a one-quarter-strength solution of soluble fertilizer and use a mister to apply the fertilizer; do not put fertilizer in the water in which the plants are soaked to refurbish their moisture. Air plants will be happy in normal room temperatures. They like bright, indirect light. A good location is within three metres of a window, ensuring the plant is not exposed to direct sunlight. Tillys are unique and take up little space. Although they take a bit of regular care, their maintenance is not onerous and requires little equipment, making them great plants for a retired gardener who no longer has much space for plants and doesn’t have the facilities to care for more traditional houseplants. Growing a tilly or two, however, will be a novel challenge for any gardener. Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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Make this year a time to garden Too early to get out in the garden — but never too early to plan By Donna Gamache Freelance contributor

ettuce, normally at 99 cents to $1.50 a head is now selling at $2; green onions, usually at 49 cents a bundle are selling for 89 cents; and premium tomatoes, priced at $1.50 to $2 a pound this time last year are now at nearly $5 a pound. The low Canadian dollar compared to the U.S. dollar is at least partly to blame for this increase in imported produce, and it doesn’t appear that it will change much in the near future. What can the consumer do about it? If you live in Manitoba you may not be able to do much during the winter — but why not begin to make plans for growing your own produce this summer? By June or July a garden can start providing you with at least some of your vegetables. Successive plantings of lettuce, planted a few weeks apart and well watered in the hotter weather, can provide green salads from June to September. And if you grow enough beans, peas and corn to can or freeze, you could provide some of your vegetable all year. Nutritionists remind us that we don’t have to eat fresh vegetables all year; frozen and canned can still provide the needed vitamins and minerals we require. Although it is still cold and snowy outside, for gardeners this is the time to start making plans. The arrival of colourful seed catalogues can be tempting to even reluctant gardeners, especially

Now is the perfect time to plan what to plant in the garden. GAMACHE PHOTOS

after a trip to the produce aisle of the grocery store. There are other reasons for gardening besides the cost of produce. The increased interest in eating organic food can be another incentive. If you grow your own vegetables, you will know what has gone into the soil, and what chemicals have been used (or not used) on the plants. This can be especially important to those with certain allergies. One of the biggest reasons for growing a garden is taste. Storebought produce can’t begin to compare with the taste of produce picked directly from one’s own garden and eaten that same day. Whatever your reason for growing a garden, now is the time to begin planning it. Pick up or order seed catalogues and decide on what to get based on your time, space and needs. If you don’t have

Pick up or order seed catalogues and decide on what to get based on your time, space and needs.

space for a complete garden, what about raised beds and trellises? Or perhaps just a container garden, if you have only a patio or deck. Two websites useful to new gardeners are: A Community Gardener’s Guidebook: A Month to Month Guide Covering the Basics in Gardening in Winnipeg at http://www.gov.mb.ca/ana/ pdf/community_gardener_guide book.pdf, and: Basic Gardening Manual for Northern Manitoba at

Last year’s garden provided lots of vegetables.

http://www.gov.mb.ca/ana/pdf/ mafrigmnm.pdf. These run through a monthto-month list of what gardeners should do at different times of the year, as well as information on soil, planting techniques, and plant hardiness zones. Much of southern Manitoba is Zone 3, with some parts classed as 2B, and Winnipeg’s average frostfree date runs from May 25 to September 22 (but remember that is only the average). Information on seed trays and potting soil is also provided for those who want to start their own bedding plants. Those who like to recycle can reuse such items as small yogurt containers, with drainage holes cut in the bottom, or milk cartons cut in half. When to plant can be tricky. You don’t want the plants to be ready too soon, or they may get long and straggly. For southern

Manitoba, indoor planting of celery and peppers can begin in March; tomatoes, onions, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce in April; and cucumbers, zucchini and pumpkins in May. For more detailed instructions check out the websites. Gardening catalogues from Ma n i t o b a s e l l e r s i n c l u d e Lindenberg Seeds in Brandon, T & T Seeds in Winnipeg, and Heritage Harvest Seed in Carman. Other seed producers, such as McKenzie Seeds sell directly to retailers, and not to individuals. The quote, “Gardening is a way of showing you believe in tomorrow,” must have been written about Canadian gardeners. As winter finally passes, let your thoughts turn to spring and, especially, to gardening! Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba

Co-operator barn series revival Do you know this barn?

f you do, a Manitoba historian wants to hear from you. In early 1981 the Co-operator worked with provincial Manitoba Historic Resources Branch staff to photograph and publish a series on rural buildings in Manitoba. Each week a photo and a story were published about why each of the buildings were rare or unusual. Now Gordon Goldsborough, webmaster and journal editor with the Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is looking for Co-operator readers’ help to relocate these barns. He has looked for them during road trips in rural Manitoba, but because the site’s location details are scant, he has been unable to find them. He wants to include the buildings, with their GPS co-ordinates on a map of historic sites being prepared for the MHS.

This photograph was taken by now-retired Co-operator editor Bob Hainstock who took the photo in the 1980s for the earlier project. Many of the photos were eventually included in Hainstock’s 1986 book Barns of Western Canada: An Illustrated Century. We are including the original “caption” that ran with his photo, hoping a reader can answer these questions: 1. Does the building still stand? 2. If so, where is it? 3. What are its GPS co-ordinates? 4. What other information can you provide on its state of preservation or other details about its history since the original story in the 1980s? Please send your responses to Gordon Goldsborough at: email: gordon@mhs.mb.ca Telephone: (204) 474-7469 Mail: 2021 Loudoun Rd. Winnipeg, Man. R3S 1A3.

The concrete and earth ramp leading to upper levels of this large metal barn at Balmoral is considerably longer than the 92-foot structure it serves. It also serves to illustrate the earlier difficulty of animal or mechanical device in hauling heavy feed loads to the top storey when the barn was first built in 1932. Thomas Fox had come to the area in 1888, later buying property near town and building this well-known landmark. Featuring double glass windows, 6x6-inch timber framing, the barn also includes a basement under one-half of the lower floor area. A large wood-burning stove is still to be found in the basement, used at one time to cook a mash for cattle feeding. The huge iron pots were raised to the main level on dumb waiters located between horse and cow stalls. A milk room is located under the large front ramp. Thomas Fox and son Russell hauled more than 400 yards of gravel and used 2.5 carloads of cement to complete the barn project 50 years ago. The farm is now operated by grandson Stanley William Fox. The distinctive roofline includes three cupolas which provided ventilation to the lower and upper levels, as well as easily recognized reference for pilots referring to government air charts when approaching Winnipeg from the north.

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