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TB testing contained to core area Continued producer co-operation is needed to eradicate the disease by 2024 BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff/Strathclair

ovine TB testing will be restricted to the core area around Riding Mountain National Park, and there are plans to move away from onfarm testing altogether, producers heard at a Manitoba Beef Producers district meeting here last month. “We are already into the 2015-16 program,” said Dr. Al-

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OmniTrax wants more financial help from government — or it wants out either the railway or the port needs more support, or perhaps another owner or Co-operator staff operator could take it over and see what they could do,” Tweed told Jack Dawes on he owners of the Port of Churchill 98.5 FM The Rock, Yorkton, Sask. “We’ve spoken to both levels of govand the rail line serving it say it’s up for sale unless governments agree ernment and suggested to them that the railway truly is a utility into the North and to provide more support. Merv Tweed, the president of OmniTrax should be treated that way.” Tweed declined to discuss how much Canada, a subsidiary of Denver-based rail company OmniTrax, did not return OmniTrax would be willing to sell the phone messages before press time port for, or how much government Monday. But he said in an interview with support would be needed to keep it a Saskatchewan radio reporter Nov. 26 operating. But he said his company has invested that OmniTrax wants help — or it wants nearly $100 million in addition to governout. “Obviously after a tough year in the ment programs to develop the port and grain industry we’ve looked at a lot of line since it took ownership in 1997. He said it has commissioned studies that things and come to the conclusion that T:10.25” BY ALLAN DAWSON

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found the line’s value to northern economy is in excess of $40 million annually. “I think it’s really important for people to understand this about service to communities that live along the line to the Port of Churchill, and for them to continue to receive the services.” Tweed said OmniTrax has spoken to both levels of government. It wants answers before the end of the year.

Uncertain future Sinclair Harrison, president of the Hudson Bay Route Association (HBRA), an organization of farmers and citizens that supports the port and two other HBRA officials met with Tweed See CHURCHILL on page 6 »

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eciding whether to cook or toss a steak that’s been in the fridge for a few days calls for a sniff test. This generally works well for home cooks. But food manufacturers that supply tons of meats to consumers require more reliable measures. In a new journal called ACS Sensors, scientists report a simple method that uses nanotubes to quickly detect spoilage. It could help make sure meats are safe when they hit store shelves. Transporting meats and seafood from the farm or sea to the market while they’re still fresh is a high priority. But telling whether a product has gone bad isn’t a simple process. Current strategies for measuring freshness can be highly sensitive to spoilage but require bulky, slow equipment, which prevents real-time analysis. Some newer methods designed to

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speed up the testing process have fallen short in sensitivity. Yanke Che and colleagues wanted to develop one simple test that could deliver both rapid and sensitive results. The researchers turned to highly fluorescent, hollow nanotubes that grow dim when they react with compounds given off by meat as it decomposes. To test the nanotubes, the team sealed commercial samples — one gram each — of

pork, beef, chicken, fish and shrimp in containers for up to four days. When they exposed the portable system to a teaspoon of vapour emitted by the samples, it reacted in under an hour, fast enough to serve as a real-time measure of freshness. The researchers also found that if the tubes’ glow dulled by more than 10 per cent, this meant a sample was spoiled.

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Province to assist with amalgamation costs Nearly a year after forcing amalgamation on 100 municipalities, the provincial government announces a $1-million support fund to help with expenses BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff/Brandon

year after forcing amalgamation on 100 municipalities, the provincial government is stepping up to help communities deal with the expense. “In the long term, amalgamations have a huge positive effect on finances. In the short term, there were some front-end costs that need to be addressed,” said minister of municipal government and Brandon East MLA, Drew Caldwell. Caldwell stated that the provincial government would support amalgamated municipalities through a $1-million fund. The announcement was made at the initial session of the AMM annual conference held in Brandon at the Keystone Centre on November 23 to 25. The conference brought together more than 800 delegates from the 137 municipal governments from across the province to discuss challenges facing rural Manitoba, to better partnerships of neighbouring municipalities and vote on more than 40 resolutions. “Partnership is huge for us and is essential for our municipalities to function effectively. So, to have the opportunity for these delegates to come together, as well as a number of provincial bodies, is a very positive thing,” said AMM president and mayor of Steinbach, Chris Goertzen. “It allows everyone to interact and dis-

cuss common issues and work together towards solutions.” While Goertzen was pleased to hear support is available, he said $1 million won’t cover the entire cost incurred by the amalgamation, which he estimates at $2 million to $3 million. “It is a positive step for the government to acknowledge that the amalgamation was difficult and has caused some municipal costs. However, this amount won’t cover all of the existing cost,” said Goertzen. As of January 1, 2015, 100 municipalities were required to amalgamate into 47. Some of these municipalities have reported little to no costs, but others that have been required to find new property and equipment, have reported elevated costs. Caldwell did not speak to how the funds would be divided, but rather, noted that the province would release eligibility requirements in the coming weeks. Split equally amongst the 47 municipalities, each community would receive a little more than $20,000. “We’ve had pretty positive feedback but there are still municipalities that we are assisting with the transition,” said Caldwell. “A positive for many of these municipalities will be the increased tax base, which will increase their ability to access more federal and provincial dollars.”

Drew Caldwell, minister of municipal government and Brandon East MLA, announced the provincial government will provide $1 million in support funds for amalgamated municipalities. Photos: Jennifer Paige

Association of Manitoba Municipality president and mayor of Steinbach, Chris Goertzen, welcomed more than 800 delegates to the organization’s annual conference.

“It is a positive step for the government to acknowledge that the amalgamation was difficult and has caused some municipal costs. However, this amount won’t cover all of the existing cost.” Chris Goertzen president of the Association of Manitoba Municipality and mayor of Steinbach

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Debate marks beginning of provincial election The Association of Manitoba Municipalities’ annual conference played host to the first debate of the provincial election on November 25 BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff/Brandon

ensions were evident as the top three candidates vying for the province’s lead role took to the podium to exchange views on hot topics last week. The Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) hosted the initial debate of the provincial election at its annual conference held in Brandon on November 25. “Having the first debate of the provincial election is a great thing for the AMM,” said AMM president Chris Goertzen. “This is the first time we have ever held something like this and I believe it is a great thing for our organization but also for the opportunity for members of our municipal governments to have a chance to get involved.” Premier Greg Selinger, opposition Conservative leader, Brian

Liberal leader, Rana Bokhari, opposition leader, Brian Pallister and Premier Greg Selinger participated in the initial debate of the provincial election in Brandon on November 25. Photo: Jennifer Paige

Pallister and Liberal leader, Rana Bokhari came together on the AMM stage for the first time to debate top concerns to rural municipalities — infrastructure, alternative revenue, economic growth, rural health care and provincial downloading.

Numerous times throughout the debate, Selinger was placed in the spotlight over the onepoint PST increase that was implemented in 2013. “People are tired of paying more and getting less. They’re tired of their taxes going up but

not seeing better services as a consequence of those higher taxes,” said Pallister. Bokhari was quick to point out her party’s intention of rebating the PST to municipalities. “I’m so committed to giving municipalities their fair share and that was the whole purpose of this: to make sure that they have the funding that they need, that it’s long term, and that’s strategic,” said Bokhari. “This is something municipalities have been asking for, for decades now. They have responsibilities downloaded from the province and nobody is giving them any money to do this.” Both opposing leaders also pointed out the Selinger government’s lack of consultation with municipalities over last year’s amalgamation, which earned a vocal reaction from the AMM crowd. Following a discussion over health care, tensions peaked

after a pointed remark from Pallister, directed to Selinger over the previous unrest in his caucus. “I’m not nearly as angry as half your caucus is about your leadership,” said Pallister. Selinger defended his party by highlighting the NDP’s track record of development and spending in infrastructure and education. “You can see (road work and improvement) everywhere you drive in Manitoba,” said Selinger. “We built a floodway around the city of Winnipeg, we’ve built flood protection in Brandon, we’ve built flood protection down the Assiniboine River all the way up to the Interlake, and we will continue to do that.” The debate will only intensify over the next few months as Manitobans prepare to go to the polls on April 19. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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Posturing or reality?

ssst! Want to buy a port? It comes with your very own railroad. Take your time. Think about it. We don’t expect a bidding war. In the wake of its smallest shipping season in recent history, there are now reports that Colorado-based OmniTrax wants to sell the Port of Churchill and the rail line that supplies it — unless governments step up with more Laura Rance support. Editor Some would call it posturing. Others would call it reality. Shipping out of the northern port got off to a late start in 2015 and when the last vessel sailed, it had handled 186,000 tonnes, a precipitous drop from its 10-year annual average of 533,200 tonnes. Many would argue the writing was on the wall as of Aug. 1, 2012, when the port’s biggest user, the Canadian Wheat Board, was privatized. Perhaps we need to look further back in time to 1997 when the federal government privatized the port and CN divested itself of the rail line to OmniTrax. At the time, governments were generally of the view that the private sector could run things more efficiently. We suppose it was worth a try. Even though the port was never a huge moneymaker, it had a steady customer and there was potential for the new owners to drum up more traffic. The wheat board didn’t artificially prop up the port, although some would argue differently. The board exported out of Churchill because it made farmers more money due to lower shipping and handling costs. Shipping grain through Churchill costs about $30 per tonne less than through the St. Lawrence. And the board didn’t have investments in port terminals elsewhere, which is the conundrum facing grain handlers today. It might cost less to send volumes northward, but every tonne shipped through that terminal is a tonne of handle lost at facilities they own on the West Coast and in the East. At the end of the day, a grain company’s primary job isn’t necessarily to deliver the best value to the farmer, it’s to maximize returns to its owners. The federal government’s promise of a $9-per-tonne subsidy to grain companies using the northern route is due to end in 2017, after which there is little incentive for grain companies to view it as anything more than a poorly positioned competitor. As for the ‘other’ traffic, a plan to export sweet crude through Churchill ran into major opposition from environmental groups and the Manitoba government over the potential for derailment and spills. Different imports have been tried — inbound fertilizer, outbound specialty crops — but nothing has really happened to change the limp-along outlook for the port. There are many good reasons to support the northern port, but although it can potentially hold its own financially, it’s not a compelling investment on economics alone. The route’s reliability may become even more volatile as climate change warms up the North. While it is believed the port’s shipping season could expand, it may make the rail line that is routinely compromised during the summer months even less stable. As well, the export customer base has changed since the 1970s when the port’s handle peaked at 735,000 tonnes. Back then, Canada’s biggest customers were in Europe and the Soviet Union. The former Soviet Union is now a major competitor, not a buyer. Churchill faces an uncertain future. It is time for the federal and provincial governments to decide just how valuable this port is to the nation — or perhaps the question is how valuable are our northern communities? The reasons it was built in the 1930s, to facilitate exports of grains from Western Canada, importing industrial goods, northern resupply and strategic defence of Canada’s sovereignty in the North, all remain valid. But are they still viable in the context of Canada’s other priorities in times of restraint? Despite all the investments made over time, at what point does humankind yield to the forces of nature? And are there other means of achieving the same ends? For example, in the face of a melting permafrost, are hydrogen or other gas-filled airships, which reportedly cost about one-third of the cost of airplanes, a better option for delivering freight to remote communities than relying on a rail line facing the constant threat of sinking into a melting permafrost? Perhaps governments should buy back the line and take over its maintenance. It could be an experiment with open running rights. It could be a boon to producer car shippers, particularly those located within the line’s catchment area. At the end of the day, it will be governments that determine the fate of this northern route, either because of a purposeful decision to reinvest or a de facto decision to pass. laura@fbcpublishing.com

In defence of Open Farm Day It is an important event in a busy world The following is a response from the Manitoba Association of Agricultural Societies (MAAS) to an opinion piece that ran in the Oct. 1 issue. The opinion piece by reporter Shannon VanRaes noted that many types of livestock farms cannot be open to the public due to biosecurity issues, and suggested that raises more questions with the public than it answers. MAAS has taken responsibility for delivery of Open Farm Day beginning in 2016. By Annette Young

e were dumbfounded when we read the article, “How open is open farm day? Livestock industry is risking its social licence,” and the comment, “farmers need consumers, but consumers don’t need farmers,” by Shannon VanRaes. Does this mean that people haven’t made the simple basic connection that when they buy a jug of milk, a dairy farmer made that possible? Or that when they buy a loaf of bread, a grain farmer made that possible? That is exactly what it means. We believe an easy equation to remember is: no farmer equals no food. Always optimistic, we choose to believe that most consumers understand the ‘no farmer equals no food equation’ and perhaps, just perhaps, the writer of the statement, “farmers need consumers but consumers don’t need farmers” wanted the agricultural industry to realize, ‘yes you are busy producing food for the masses but

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maybe the masses don’t know who you are, and consequently are starting not to care.’ OK, we can buy the argument that maybe we do need to remind consumers that there is a face behind that jug of milk and loaf of bread. In today’s 10-second world, when everyone is so busy, we completely take for granted that we can stop at the corner store and get whatever we want to eat or drink. How m a n y o f y o u g a v e a s e c o n d’s thought, today about the food you have consumed and where it originated? Open Farm Day is the annual opportunity for consumers to touch the farm. We all have a responsibility in this event. We encourage farmers to continue to take the time out of your crazy schedules and tell the consumers your story by opening your farm gates once a year. Consumers, reconnect with your food. Learn about where and how it is grown and gain an understanding of the complexities that farmers navigate on a daily basis to ensure that you have a safe and healthy food supply. That’s the point of Open Farm Day. Open Far m Day celebrated its fifth anniversary in 2015, the third Sunday in September. Tens of thousands of Manitobans have hit the road over the past five years to visit their local farms, to enjoy a day in the country and to learn more about where their food comes from. Mark your calendar for Sunday, September 18, 2016. Annette Young is president of the Manitoba Association of Agricultural Societies (MAAS)

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rairie farming has a history of exotic livestock ventures that offered more promise than results. This ad for prospective chinchilla ranchers ran in our Dec. 5, 1968 issue. In an unusual move, we ran a front-page editorial to bring attention to the need to dry grain from the disastrous 1968 harvest. The editorial said that terminal drying capacity was insufficient to handle the estimated 800 million bushels of tough and damp grain, and that farmers could not expect the public purse to help them out. The wheat board was not expected to issue a quota beyond the current three bushels per acre for tough and damp grain, and the total wheat quota for the year was not expected to exceed six bushels. Manitoba Pool had acquired three grain dryers, and Trade Minister Jean-Luc Pepin said that the import duty on dryers from the U.S. would be lifted. That issue also reported that the grain industry was testing a new “block shipping” plan to co-ordinate grain shipments, with a trial to begin around Dauphin, Man. and Medicine Hat, Alta. The system did prove effective and was later implemented across the Prairies. We also reported that Manitoba Agriculture Minister Doug Watt had announced implementation of marketing plans for chickens and turkeys.

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New infrastructure spending should include rural Manitoba Lake Manitoba control and on-farm water management and storage should be among the priorities BY Jim Collinson

anitoba has several major infrastructure issues that must be addressed soon. All relate to water, environment and economic needs, and are connected to climate change. The Government of Canada has promised a significant expenditure on infrastructure over the next three years. Manitoba will have to get in line for its share, and it will require a well-developed proposal with appropriate justification. In recent years, Manitoba’s infrastructure expenditures have focused largely on Manitoba Hydro projects that appear economically ill advised. Neither of the two proposed generating stations on the Nelson River (one under construction) is justified on economic criteria, nor is the Bipole III transmission line needed at this time, and certainly not in its current route that looks like an electric fence around a significant portion of the province. Investments in infrastructure must be justified by benefits. The intent is to create construction jobs while enhancing the economy and environment. The front-of-mind options all have to do with water. The first priority, a project that has been set aside for several decades, is an increase in capacity to reduce flooding on Lake Manitoba. The province is proposing to increase drain capacity from the Fairford area to Lake Winnipeg. It seems to ignore out of hand the option of pumping water from Lake Winnipegosis to Cedar Lake, even though it is considerably cheaper…

Compared to the limited benefits of moving rail yards outside Winnipeg, addressing major water issues benefits both urban and rural agricultural areas of Manitoba, as well as the Near North.

and that’s using the government’s own figures, which appear to be excessive! The fact of the matter is that the ditch augmentation significantly impacts fish-spawning areas, introduces considerably more sediment and nutrients into Lake Winnipeg, requires new road construction to get equipment to the construction areas, and when finished will still impact several large Aboriginal communities along the route. The favoured option by independent observers, including many around Lake Manitoba and the drainage route, is to pump water from Lake Winnipegosis into Cedar Lake, having virtually no effect on the Aboriginal communities at Easterville on Cedar Lake, while avoiding those that would otherwise be heavily impacted along the Lake Manitoba to Lake Winnipeg route. This diversion will actually create fish-spawning areas, cost considerably less, not introduce any sediment or nutrients into Cedar Lake and Lake Winnipeg, will offset reduced flow in the Saskatchewan River and add volume for increased electrical generation. Revenue from the latter would easily cover the cost of pumping, with electricity left over. The Lake

Manitoba flood problem is addressed for less cost and better environmental effects. The second priority is new capacity in Winnipeg to treat sewage to eliminate phosphorus which promotes blue-green algae growth in Lake Winnipeg. The third priority is to develop two approaches to hold surplus water back in upstream areas. Although rain events in two of the past five years would have overrun fields and communities to some degree anyway, the flood times would have been much shorter and impacts considerably reduced. There are two main components. The first involves working with farmers to seek effective ways to hold water back in their fields as was the case before field drainage became widespread. Thousands of sloughs not only held back water, but their vegetation absorbed nutrients, including phosphorus, preventing them from moving into Lake Winnipeg. Secondly, in concert with the on-farm improvements, certain storage reservoirs will be needed, which could be designed and constructed in concert with onfarm holding sites. The result, beyond flood control, would be improved water quality in

Lake Winnipeg, water and nutrient retention dispersed upstream, avoiding impacts on the major lake(s), and improved capability to weather droughts that will materialize from time to time. Projects of this nature would have considerable long-term payback through benefits to the agricultural industry, rural community centres, and water management and quality through to the north end of Lake Winnipeg. They can readily be justified in engineering and economic terms and would not take much time to get underway. The time is ripe to put the pieces together and get moving. Involvement of jurisdictions outside Manitoba which contribute to Manitoba water flows will be important, and the current mechanism for co-operation could be very helpful. It does, however, require open and public discussion, which if properly done, will allow rapid progress, perhaps even into improvements in the Delta and Netley marshes. Compared to the limited benefits of moving rail yards outside Winnipeg, addressing major water issues benefits both urban and rural agricultural areas of Manitoba, as well as the Near North. An infrastructure plan is needed for Manitoba even without federal funding, but it also assures Manitoba being in a prime position to access federal infrastructure money. Jim Collinson (BSA, agricultural economics, University Manitoba; M.Sc., Resource Economics, University of Michigan) is a consultant who specializes in research and strategy in energy, economy and the environment. He spent 30 years working for the Manitoba and federal governments.

GMO salmon means there are now bigger fish to fry The case for GMO salmon is compelling: twice as fast growth, 25 per cent less food to produce and a high protein conversion rate By Sylvain Charlebois Troy Media / INNSBRUCK, Austria

quaBounty has apparently become aquaculture’s Monsanto. The company’s genetically engineered Atlantic salmon has just made history by achieving U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for human consumption. But some major American supermarkets, including Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Aldi, Target and Kroger, are already saying they will boycott the product. As biotechnologies make their way to the supermarkets and our dinner plates, an increasing number of consumer and environmental groups are expressing concerns about the products and potential impact on the environment. Critics of the FDA approval have labelled the genetically modified salmon “Frankenfish.” Terms of the approval allow the fish to be produced in Prince Edward Island and Panama, and proper safeguards are required

to prevent the salmon from escaping into the wild. For now, GMO salmon can only be sold in the United States, but people are already speculating about when the salmon will be available in Canada. There is little doubt that the genetically modified organism (GMO) debate will heat up even more as the AquAdvantage salmon, developed by AquaBounty Technologies, begins appearing on the market sometime in 2018. Five American states have held plebiscites on GMO labelling in recent years. The effort to force labelling lost in all votes, but the count was close on two occasions. In Canada, the debate over biotechnology is not as obviously public. But some very wellorganized interest groups have been, to some extent, effective in swaying public opinion against the technology. Aquaculture is controversial enough with its ecological effects and animal welfare concerns — now, genetic engineering has added an extra layer of polemic.

Monsanto is likely pleased to finally have someone else take flak over genetically modified food.

But no matter what we think of the technology, there is an interesting Canadian-based story behind AquaBounty. In 1989 at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Dr. Garth Fletcher and his staff discovered that genetic manipulation could significantly increase the growth rate of salmon. Based on this discovery, the Massachusetts-based company’s sole focus since 1991 has been to get its GMO salmon approved. But if you think this historymaking biotech company is a massive enterprise similar to Monsanto, think again. T h e c o m p a n y h a s f e we r than 20 employees, far short of the 20,000 who work for Monsanto. During the research, Aqua

Bounty has lost more than US$6 million a year and has accumulated debt of more than US$87 million. Clearly, some investors firmly believe in what AquaBounty is doing. Investors who have stuck with AquaBounty for the better part of 25 years are likely very pleased with the FDA’s investigation outcome. From a farming perspective, the case for AquaBounty’s GMO salmon is very compelling. These fish can grow twice as fast as wild salmon. It also takes 25 per cent less food to produce one regular-size fish. And the protein conversion rate is very high with salmon. This could help make the product more appealing to the masses, since salmon has undisputed nutritional val-

ues. And for consumers looking for alternatives to higherpriced beef and other meat, such an option could be more affordable. The FDA claims that there are no biologically relevant differences in the nutritional profile of AquAdvantage salmon, compared with simple farmraised salmon. But in a world where concerns about what we eat reign supreme, it will be important for AquaBounty to tell its story well. Monsanto is likely pleased to finally have someone else take flak over genetically modified food. But AquaBounty can avoid becoming another Monsanto by taking its message to the public quickly, before consumers revolt. Selling the technology to regulators was the easy part. Now, AquaBounty has bigger fish to fry: wary consumers. Sylvain Charlebois is a professor at the Food Institute at the University of Guelph. He is currently on leave at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. © 2015 Distributed by Troy Media

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and OmniTrax North America CEO Kevin Shumba Nov. 17, Harrison said. “We said, ‘we heard rumours the port is for sale,’ and they said, ‘yes, we can confirm that,’” Harrison said. “We asked them if that was public knowledge and they said that it was. “For us, as a support organization it leaves a lot of uncertainty for everybody, including the shippers.” It also raises questions for communities served by the line that runs from The Pas to Churchill, Manitoba’s only ocean port. For many it’s their only land link. The Manitoba government was informed, according to Harrison. Neither Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn nor Premier Greg Selinger responded to an interview request, by press deadline. Although over the previous five years Churchill has exported an average of 554,548 tonnes of grain, this year shipments dropped to just 186,000 tonnes.

Poor deliveries Harrison said OmniTrax attributed the decline to farmers in the Churchill catchment area not delivering grain during late summer leading up to Churchill’s short, three-monthlong shipping season, which runs between ice breakup and freeze-up. Not only is the shipping season short but the terminal only holds 140,000 tonnes of grain and it’s difficult to keep the rail line, much of it built on permafrost, operating when the ground thaws. While exporting grain through Churchill can save on ocean

“We said, ‘we heard rumours the port is for sale,’ and they said, ‘yes, we can confirm that.” Sinclair Harrison

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freight to Europe, west Africa and South America, grain companies prefer to export through their own terminals. They also want to segregate their grain, adding to logistical problems, Harrison said. T h e re w e re p re d i c t i o n s Churchill exports would decline after the Canadian Wheat Board — the port’s main and sometimes only grain customer — lost its marketing monopoly Aug. 1, 2012. To help with the transition the federal government allocated $25 million over five years to offer exporters a $9-a-tonne subsidy to use Churchill. The HBRA passed a resolution at its annual meeting in July asking Ottawa to extend the subsidy past July 31, 2017, but when it’s not being fully subscribed it’s hard to justify, Harrison said. Global warming has already

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extended Churchill’s shipping season, which is expected to lengthen more in coming years, but warmer weather also makes the railway less stable. The railway is seen as important to developing the North’s natural resources and enforcing Canada’s sovereignty. OmniTrax purchased the government-owned port and CN-owned line in 1997 for $50 million. At the same time the federal and Manitoba governments kicked in that much again to help fund improvements to both.

Past support The Manitoba government also invested $6 million to help dredge the harbour to allow bigger ships to load. Since then governments have invested almost $80 million to support the line and port. Harrison said he doesn’t know

if the port and line are sold whether governments will get any of their money back. OmniTrax had said it wanted to export one million tonnes of grain but peaked at 710,000 tonnes in 2002 — just short of the record of 735,000 in 1977. OmniTrax has tried to diversity traffic, importing Russian fertilizer one year. It also proposed moving light sweet crude in 2013 but put that plan on hold in 2014 following opposition to it. There was talk of exporting ore from Thompson to Newfoundland for smelting. “They told us they haven’t made money for 10 years and if a potential buyer wants to see the books they can sign a nondisclosure and see the books,” Harrison said. Churchill critics have argued the port is uneconomic, but Harrison disagrees.

“I think if it were marketed properly and the incentive is there it can work,” he said. It might help if the port and line were owned by a grain company. “When you own a terminal and you don’t have a collection system in the Prairies it certainly does complicate the issue,” Harrison said. The port made sense for the wheat board to use because it didn’t own terminals and had the flexibility to move grain to Churchill during the winter when the rail line was more stable. Pooling allowed savings on rail and ocean freight to be shared by farmers. T h e Ca n a d i a n No r t h e r n Railway started to lay track from Winnipeg to Hudson Bay Junction in 1908, but declined to go north despite federal government aid. With more government funds the next year, the railway headed to Nelson on Hudson Bay, but work ceased during the First World War. When construction resumed it was decided to go farther north to Churchill where the water was deeper. The Hudson Bay line was completed in September 1929 at a cost of $45 million, but it wasn’t until 1931 that the grain terminal at Churchill began operating. allan@fbcpublishing.com

FarmLink picks up mobile management app Farm At Hand platform to join grain-marketing consultancy STAFF

Saskatchewandeveloped, cloudbased mobile app for farm management is being uploaded into Prairie grain-marketing consultancy FarmLink Marketing Solutions. Winnipeg-based Farm Link announced Nov. 17 it will merge Farm At Hand, the software platform developed by Kim Keller and Himanshu Singh, into its operations. Financial terms of the merger weren’t released. “It has long been our belief that to truly empower the farmer we have to be where they are, and they are on mobile devices,” Keller and FarmLink co-founder Brenda Tjaden Lepp said in a release. “This merger is about innovating to help build stronger relationships with farm business partners worldwide.” “With FarmLink we gain new relationships and expertise, allowing Farm At Hand to truly become the platform

for agriculture, from seed to sale,” Keller said. Fa r m L i n k e m p h a s i z e d in its release that Farm At Hand’s policy of not sharing farmers’ information with outside parties will continue. Keller and Singh, who launched Farm At Hand in Saskatchewan and made their app available in 2012, relocated to Vancouver the following year and have since expanded their business to include seven staff. The free Farm At Hand app is now used by about 21,000 farmers in North America and overseas, and a paid version, designed for agribusiness, is expected to be rolled out by early next year. Fa r m L i n k , f o u n d e d i n 2004, bills itself as Canada’s premier source for grainm a r k e t i n g a d v i c e, w i t h market advisers in all three Prairie provinces and offices in Winnipeg and Carman, Man., Lethbridge, Camrose a n d Ve r m i l i o n , A l t a . , and Saskatoon, Yorkton, Weyburn, Swift Current, Melfort and Kindersley, Sask.

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lan Preston, co-ordinator of the Bovine TB Management Program around Riding Mountain National Park. “We have 125 cow elk in the core elk herd (in the park). We tested 58 elk last year, so there is roughly 70 left to do this year.” Preston said that beginning this season, there will be no further testing of cattle outside of the core area. “Going forward the testing will be concentrated in the core area only. There are roughly 39 herds, around 3,500 to 4,000 cattle to test this winter, but there will be no buffer zone livestock testing conducted.” Since TB surveillance began in the Riding Mountain Eradication Area (RMEA) in 2000, 14 cattle herds have been affected, and 11 white-tailed deer and seven elk have tested positive for TB. The last bovine to test positive was found in 2008. The last white-tailed deer to test positive was found in the RM of Rosedale in 2009 and the last positive elk was found in late spring of 2014 in the core area of the national park. The task force is specifically watching for positive test results in animals born after 2004, as this would indicate the disease is still percolating in the wild populations. “There were some ongoing issues and concerns coming out of last year’s program we hope to address this year. We still have one beef cattle herd to be tested and one small elk herd that is under quarantine, awaiting a test as well,” said Preston.

by 2024, and as long as tests remain negative, Preston predicts meeting that goal. “We have been told by researchers that if we go back in 2019-20, repeat that core area testing of the herds and come out with negative results, we will be able to close the door on that component of the program,” Preston said. “If these elk are negative at that point, then the wildlife surveillance will end a few years later. Hopefully by 2024 we will be able to declare that we are done. But, of course, this all hinges on negative results as we go along and all we can do is keep checking.”

Mustering fee At the district meetings, producers brought forward the need for an increase in the mustering fee associated with on-farm testing. Currently, the provincial government provides a mustering fee of $6 per head and MBP contributes $1 per head. A total

of $15,000 was paid through the incentive last year. “As the co-ordinator of this initiative, I presented the same concern to the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) animal health committee this past August. We have taken the same concern to the federal and provincial ministers and certainly your association has taken the same concern to the CCA on a regular basis. The message has been delivered; the response is what it is,” Preston said. He said MAFRD conducted a related study in 2008, which determined it costs producers $18 per head to undergo on-farm testing of cattle. MBP members put forward a resolution at the district meetings surrounding the need to increase the mustering fee. This resolution will be carried forward to the organization’s annual general meeting in February. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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Toronto-area police arrest alleged cheesenappers STAFF / Three Toronto-area men face theft charges after a tractor trailer load of cheese took a late-night road trip in the wee hours Nov. 25. The truckload of cheese had been reported stolen from the Brampton, Ont. area on Nov. 24, York Regional Police said in a release. The YRP said they then got a call shortly after 1 a.m. Nov. 25 about what appeared to be a stolen tractor trailer in Toronto’s Woodbridge area. Police caught up with the truck shortly afterward and tried to pull it over but the driver “refused to stop.” YRP officers didn’t pursue, citing concern for public safety, but got a call a few minutes later about a rolled-over tractor trailer a few kilometres west. Officers and the canine unit began tracking suspects from the abandoned tractor trailer. YRP and Ontario Provincial Police soon arrested one man found driving in another car, then arrested two other suspects found trying to hail a cab nearby. All three men — a 36-year-old and 31-year-old from Brampton and a 19-year-old of no fixed address — have been charged with theft over $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, and were held pending a bail hearing, YRP said. It’s not yet known whether the truck or its contents were the goal of the alleged theft. CBC Toronto on Nov. 25 quoted YRP Cst. Andy Pattenden as saying the truck contained over 30,000 pounds of cheese of a “pretty high value.” Also, Pattenden told CBC, cargo theft is known to be an issue in the area, with any commodity “of high value” as the objective.

Funds raised for Ag in the Classroom Staff /This past growing season, Syngenta Canada asked the Twitter community to #FollowTheSeed to learn about the life cycle of canola and soybeans in Western Canada. As part of this effort, Syngenta committed to donating $1 for every Twitter follower received between March 23 and October 31, 2015, to Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) programs in the Prairies. As a result of this initiative, Syngenta was to donate a total of $2,500 to AITC in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. A topup of these funds will see the total amount donated increase to $5,000. Fictional Twitter characters Cam Canola, an SY4157 canola hybrid, and Sam Soybean, an S007-Y4 soybean variety, shared their development journey from dormant seed to fully mature crop on Twitter over the course of the 2015 growing season. To help engage with their followers about some of the many dimensions of crop production, Cam and Sam tweeted about a variety of factors impacting their growth and development including weather conditions and pest pressure.

Nufarm to shut Calgary herbicide plant The former Rhone-Poulenc plant’s manufacturing work will move to Chicago STAFF

rop chemical manufacturer Nufarm plans to make its North American business more “cost effective” by shutting its plant in Calgary and shipping the production work to Chicago. T h e “ra t i o n a l i z a t i o n” i n Ca l g a r y “w i l l a l l ow u s t o increase flexibility, reduce complexity and more efficiently utilize our facilities,” Nufarm manufacturing group executive Elbert Prado said in a release Nov. 23. The Australian company has boosted its overall capacity in North America by investing in a “full retooling” of its Chicago Heights herbicide plant and a new “state-of-the-art” seed treatment operation, he said. Those upgrades, he said, w i l l “e n s u re t h a t w e c a n respond quickly to the needs of our Canadian customers (and) proved a more efficient approach than expansion of the Calgary site.” Brendan Deck, Nufar m’s general manager for North America, said the company still sees “significant potential growth opportunities” in the Canadian market, but is “confident that we can maintain or improve our level of service to our customers through increased capacity at our Chicago sites.” Nufar m CEO Greg Hunt added the move will improve the company’s ability “to share innovations in formulation design and other cus-

tomer solutions as we operate as a more closely integrated North American team, always ensuring that we continue to develop products in Canada for Canadian farmers.” But the move will also ultimately affect about 18 full-time staff and 30 seasonal jobs in Calgary, with related “one-off” restructuring costs of A$9.5 million (C$9.16 million) as the production work transfers from Calgary to Chicago Heights over the next nine months. Beyond this fiscal year, the shutdown is expected to generate about A$3.3 million per year in EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) improvement ongoing, the company said. The resulting savings, Hunt said, “are part of the performance improvement program (Nufarm) announced in February, in which we committed to delivering a net EBIT benefit of $116 million by fiscal year 2018.” The program also spells closure for two plants in Australia and one each in New Zealand and the Netherlands, plus a “reorganization of (the) manufacturing workforce” at the plant near the company’s Melbourne-area head office.

Nufarm has operated the 53-year-old Calgary facility since 1997, when its then-parent, New Zealand-based Fernz Corp., bought French chemical firm Rhone-Poulenc’s North American phenoxy herbicide business, which included products such as 2,4-D and MCPB. The deal with RhonePoulenc — whose other ag chem operations merged into Aventis in 1999, then into Bayer CropScience in 2002 — saw Nufarm pick up the formulation plant on First Street in Calgary and a plant at St. Joseph, Missouri, north of Kansas City. On its website, Nufarm has said the Calgary site “provides us with the unique opportunity to develop products for Canadian farmers and get them to market quickly,” noting recent upgrades allowing the plant to package crop chemicals in totes and water-soluble bags as well as by the bottle or carton. Operating as Nufarm Agriculture in Canada since 1998, the company built up its Canadian market presence through sales of generic off-patent herbicides while also buying rights to older “name” brands such as Assert, Achieve and Curtail M.

“This proved a more efficient approach than expansion of the Calgary site.” Elbert Prado group executive, manufacturing, Nufarm

Co-operator website earns national awards Our website earned two silvers at the COPAs STAFF

he website for Manitoba’s farm newspaper of record has earned two silver medals from the Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPAs). The Manitoba Co-operator’s website, ManitobaCooperator.ca, won silver for Best Media Website, coming in second behind SalonMagazine.ca in the COPAs’ Blue division (scholarly, farm and B2B publishing). The Best Media Website award goes to “the media website that best serves its target audience through content, design, navigation and overall reader experience on any device that includes desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones.” A “media” website is a site bearing the brand of a media property such as a newspaper, magazine or broadcast outlet. ManitobaCooperator.ca’s second silver in the Blue division came in the Best Editorial Packaging category, for “the digital property that provides an editorial message that meets the highest jour nalist(ic) standards in serving (its) intended audience.” The site finished second in Best Editorial Packaging behind foreign

policy and international affairs site OpenCanada.org. ManitobaCooperator.ca was also a finalist in the Blue division for Best Video Content, while sister site AGCanada.com was a finalist in the same division for Best News Coverage. The COPAs, an annual juried awards competition run by Mississaugabased publishing industry magazine Masthead, were announced Nov. 19 at Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre. Manitobans earning COPAs this year also included Winnipeg-based Canada’s History magazine, which won gold for Best Email Newsletter Design and Engagement; Winnipeg web company Modern Earth, which won silver for Best Website Design, for its site for law firm Pollock and Co., both in the Red (consumer magazines and websites) division; and the Winnipeg Free Press, which earned silvers for Best Editorial Packaging and Best Infographic/Data Visualization in the Green (news) division. Another Glacier Media site, Vitamin Daily, earned silver in the Red division for Best Use of Social Media. The Co-operator site also earned national silver, the Henry Heald Award for best World Wide Website, at the Canadian Farm Writers Federation awards in Calgary in September.

The Manitoba Co-operator | December 3, 2015

One step closer to surface water regulations The province is aiming to reduce red tape and nutrient loading with newly tabled legislation BY SHANNON VANRAES Co-operator staff

he Manitoba government has tabled long-discussed legislation aimed at safeguarding the province’s waterways. “We are fundamentally changing the way we protect wetlands and are taking a fresh approach to ensure clear water for future generations right across the province,” said Tom Nevakshonoff, minister of conservation and water stewardship. “Every action has a consequence and we need to be sure we continue to do the right thing for lakes and rivers.” If passed, Bill 5 will become the Surface Water Management Act, amending five provincial statutes including the Water Rights Act, the Water Protection Act, the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Act, the Planning Act and the Conservation Districts Act — renamed Watershed Districts Act. T h e p l a n h a s g a r n e re d praise from the Lake Winnipeg Foundation. “Protecting wetlands is one of the single most important actions we can take for the health of Lake Winnipeg,” said the organization’s executive director, Alexis Kanu. Scott Stephens of Ducks Unlimited Canada, said the “landmark announcement is the beginning of the government of Manitoba’s insightful leadership toward a healthier environment in our province.” But exactly what the new legislation will mean for Manitoba farmers remains to be seen. “I hate to use the phrase the devil is the details, but it really is,” said Dan Mazier, president of Keystone Agricultural Producers or KAP.

“The discussion now is, how do we fairly assess a wetland’s value? And that is going to be a difficult process.” Dan Mazier

“Any time you are part of a working group and then the government says, we’re going to establish this in regulation, we really don’t know what it will be in the end,” he said. KAP and other stakeholders have been involved in consultations with the province for a number of years, looking at ways to improve the health of wetlands, decrease flooding, and manage nutrients. Discussions have now spanned two KAP presidents, as well as two water stewardship ministers. But Mazier said the tone of those long-running discussions wasn’t necessarily reflected in the province’s announcement last week.

“The tone of the release is definitely not where we were in the discussions,” he said. “We’re back to where we were when we started these discussions.” “This isn’t a nutrient problem to save lake Winnipeg, this is about how to make Manitoba a better place with the industries we have, working together with everybody, including farmers and government. And with this announcement I don’t know if we’ve done that,” said Mazier. However, he remains optimistic that the legislation will lessen the amount of red tape producers face when trying to maintain existing ditches and culverts on their land. Even though what is considered legal and illegal

drainage is not defined in the act itself — that will depend on yet-to-be-formulated regulations. Exactly what nutrient level restrictions will be imposed also remains to be seen. Mazier is confident that KAP will continue to play a role in the process as regulations are developed in the future, but hopes the focus remains on working collaboratively to recognize the value of wetlands, not to point fingers of blame. He added that a lot of progress has already been made and that updating legislation is a step in the right direction. “It’s definitely going to change the conversation around our wetlands. We used to call these things sloughs, and I think everybody is finally getting to the point where they know that the wetland has value,” he said. “So the discussion now is, how do we fairly assess a wetland’s value? And that is going to be a difficult process.”

WHAT’S UP Please forward your agricultural events to dave@fbcpublishing. com or call 204-944-5762. Dec. 8-10: Western Canada Conference on Soil Health, Radisson Edmonton South, 4440 Gateway Blvd., Edmonton. For more info visit albertasoilhealth. ca/conference-registration. 2016 Jan. 11: Beef and Forage Day, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Ukrainian National Home Hall, 106 Main St., Vita. For more info call MAFRD at 204-4255050. Jan. 19-21: Red River Basin Land and Water International Summit Conference, Alerus Center, 1200 S. 42nd St., Grand Forks, N.D. For more info or to register visit RedRiverBasinCommission.org. Jan. 26-28: Keystone Agricultural Producers annual meeting and Young Farmers Conference, Delta Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit kap.mb.ca or call 204697-1140.

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Jan Slomp returned as NFU president Staff / Delegates attending the National Farmers Union’s 46th annual convention in London, Ont. recently acclaimed Alberta dairy farmer Jan Slomp as returning president. Members also acclaimed Hilary Moore of Ontario as first vicepresident, Coral Sproule of Ontario as women’s president, Toby Malloy of Alberta as women’s vicepresident, Ayla Fenton of Ontario as youth president, Dana Penrice of Alberta as youth vicepresident, and Glen Tait of Saskatchewan as second vice-president (operations.) The NFU, which was founded in 1969, focused on soil health at this year’s meeting, in keeping with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization declaration of 2015 as the International Year of Soil.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS

(Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg November 27, 2015 Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 97.00 - 106.00 D3 Cows 88.00 - 96.00 Bulls 115.00 - 123.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) 185.00 - 212.00 (801-900 lbs.) 190.00 - 227.00 (701-800 lbs.) 200.00 - 232.00 (601-700 lbs.) 215.00 - 248.00 (501-600 lbs.) 245.00 - 307.00 (401-500 lbs.) 285.00 - 317.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) 180.00 - 207.00 (801-900 lbs.) 190.00 - 209.00 (701-800 lbs.) 195.00 - 216.00 (601-700 lbs.) 200.00 - 223.00 (501-600 lbs.) 210.00 - 245.00 (401-500 lbs.) 220.00 - 272.00

Heifers

($/cwt) (1,000+ lbs.) (850+ lbs.)

Alberta South 157.00 - 157.00 — 95.00 -113.00 84.00 - 100.00 122.30 -122.30 $ 210.00 - 218.00 217.00 - 224.00 223.00 - 235.00 232.00 -250.00 254.00 - 280.00 293.00 -326.00 $ 197.00 -205.00 201.00 - 214.00 207.00 - 216.00 214.00 -227.00 229.00 - 251.00 252.00 - 282.00

Ontario 144.62 -168.74 140.38 -162.03 65.99 - 92.42 65.99 -95.42 104.18 -132.97 $ 191.67 - 220.24 179.55 -218.12 190.23 -235.84 199.92 -258.41 201.71 - 271.51 230.95 - 314.29 $ 156.70 - 183.54 169.29 - 199.42 167.91 - 205.50 185.83 - 234.83 195.06 - 252.10 208.77 - 266.82

(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 (November 27 2015) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change December 2015 131.83 1.92 February 2016 133.85 1.80 April 2016 134.13 1.55 June 2016 125.13 0.88 August 2016 122.98 1.27 October 2016 124.48 1.22

Feeder Cattle November 2015 January 2016 March 2016 April 2016 May 2016 August 2016

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Close 166.03 163.68 165.13 165.33 166.80 164.90

Change 3.58 3.13 2.97 2.50 2.73 1.80

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending Previous November 21, 2015 Year 46.538 46,830 11,469 12,155 35,069 34,675 N/A N/A 571,000 570,000

Week Ending November 21, 2015 975 24,646 11,974 680 810 6,813 227

Prime AAA AA A B D E

(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg)

Previous Year 1,261 25,184 12,974 552 759 10,717 185

Source: Manitoba Agriculture

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 149 E 138 E 133.69 136.10

Futures (November 27, 2015) in U.S. Hogs December 2015 February 2016 April 2016 May 2016 June 2016

Last Week 147.81 140.15 134.50 139.66

Close 58.73 57.68 61.75 68.83 72.60

Last Year (Index 100) 190.67 177.49 181.78 184.33

Change 3.33 0.95 -0.27 -0.05 0.05

Other Market Prices Sheep and Lambs Winnipeg Wooled Fats

Choice (110+ lb.) (95 - 109 lb.) (80 - 94 lb.) (Under 80 lb.) (New crop)

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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 December 6, 2015 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.945 Undergrade ........................................$1.855 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.930 Undergrade ........................................$1.830 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.930 Undergrade ........................................$1.830 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A...................................................$1.910 Undergrade..........................................$1.825 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto — 170.12 - 196.88 191.50 - 209.58 189.05 - 227.92 217.61 - 286.44 —

SunGold Specialty Meats —

Eggs Minimum prices to producers for ungraded eggs, f.o.b. egg grading station, set by the Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board effective November 10, 2013. New Previous A Extra Large $2.00 $2.05 A Large 2.00 2.05 A Medium 1.82 1.87 A Small 1.40 1.45 A Pee Wee 0.3775 0.3775 Nest Run 24 + 1.8910 1.9390 B 0.45 0.45 C 0.15 0.15

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Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

olatile futures markets are still driving prices lower at Manitoba auction marts, despite tight cattle supplies across North America. Butcher prices fell two to three cents at Heartland Virden’s 886-head sale on Nov. 23, according to manager Robin Hill. “The CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) board is still not real kind to us, so we’re still seeing that in effect. It’s just one of those things that’s hurting us.” Part of the pressure on Canadian cattle prices stems from ample supplies in competing regions. “Where the U.S. brings their trim in from has had a drastic result on the butcher trade. That’s why we’re seeing the cattle trade where it’s at,” Hill said, adding that other regions can sell their products cheaper due to lower feed costs. Australia and New Zealand are among Canada’s biggest competitors, according to Anne Wasko, market analyst with Taber, Alta.based Gateway Livestock Marketing, but she says it’s an ongoing story. Canadian supplies are as tight as they’ve been since the 1990s, and that’s why the U.S. is drawing supplies from elsewhere — especially leaner products. Though cattle supplies are tight, Wasko said, competing meat supplies are stopping the market from gaining substantial ground. “There’s more than one protein in the world, contrary to what we as cattle producers like to think,” she said.

anne wasko Gateway Livestock Marketing

Record pork production, combined with slower exports, is dragging down prices to producers, but Wasko said that’s not what consumers are seeing. “The price at the counter as far as beef is concerned is still record high,” she said. Manitoba producers are closely watching grain prices as more feeder cows will be going back on feed into the new year, Hill said. “In that trade we’ve seen a pretty steady market on the steers.” But heavy feeder heifers, ones weighing more than 650 lbs., dropped by about $3 this week. “There’s talk of grain prices moving lower, which would be good for the cattle business. I mean, we keep hearing that, but I don’t know if we’re seeing it,” Hill said. Demand is still strong from the east and west, but the south is “a bit of hit and miss.” However, over the course of last week, the demand picture appeared to improve, according to some analysts. After U.S. Thanksgiving more retailers stock up on steaks and roasts, which could improve futures markets moving forward. Jade Markus writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

briefs

Stronger demand for minor feed grains Oats futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have been creeping higher, which a U.S.-based analyst attributes to increasing demand for minor feed grains. Data from Canada and the U.S. projects oat yields to increase from last year, which is capping gains, but at the same time, the demand picture has improved. Sorghum and barley commitments are mostly above the five-year average, which indicates stronger demand for minor feed grains, including oats, says Terry Reilly, senior analyst at Futures International. Reilly said a weaker Canadian dollar is lending a hand to Canada’s oat exports. As of November 2, Canada has exported 324,200 tonnes

of oats, compared with 318,500 tonnes last year, according to the Canadian Grain Commission.

Canadian dollar expected to stay weak into 2016 BY JADE MARKUS Commodity News Service Canada

The Canadian dollar will likely depreciate close to four per cent by early 2016, especially as the likelihood that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates increases, one Canadian analyst says. RBC Dominion Securities’ forecast calls for the Canadian dollar to weaken to C$1.38 or US$0.72 in the second quarter. On November 25, the Canadian dollar closed at

C$1.33 or US$0.75, according to the Bank of Canada. “It’s expected to come about from the Fed hiking and the Bank of Canada having — at best — a neutral tone,” says Mark Chandler, head of Canadian income and currency research at RBC Dominion Securities. Chandler says the likelihood of the U.S. Federal Reserve raising interest rates in December is about 75 per cent. Recent economic data emerging from the U.S. indicating a strong labour force, and an upward GDP revision — also supports the likelihood that the Fed will raise interest rates for the first time in nine years. Chandler added that weaker oil and energy prices will serve to push down the Canadian dollar into 2016 — especially with a global supply glut of crude that isn’t expected to ease soon.

Toronto ($/cwt) 129.60 - 304.24 — 115.99 - 261.55

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

CME futures put pressure on local-level cattle prices

Hog Prices

$/cwt Ewes Lambs

$1 Cdn: $0.7485 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.3360 Cdn.

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Cattle Prices

Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers

EXCHANGES: november 27, 2015

Toronto ($/cwt) 10.00 - 35.00 23.00 - 43.00

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GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices

Traders shed long positions for the U.S. holiday

Average quotes as of November 30, 2015 ($/tonne) Future

Basis

Net

Weekly Change

Red spring wheat

187.98

39.23

227.21

0.22

Red winter wheat

173.84

7.48

181.31

0.85

Prairie spring wheat

173.91

7.37

181.28

0.93

Canola

466.27

-24.64

441.63

8.52

Argentina’s planned cuts to export taxes loom large

Port Prices DAVE SIMS

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anola chopped around the week ended Nov. 27 before finishing slightly lower. The January contract has moved back within a trading range of $460-$470 per tonne. The election in Argentina cast a bearish tone over the beginning of the week as president-elect Mauricio Macri campaigned on a desire to lower the country’s corn and soybean export taxes. That has prompted some fears the country’s farmers could dump a large pile of soybeans onto the market. Already there are reports of vast stockpiles within Argentina, piled there by farmers and dealers waiting for the day the tax comes down. Other factors pressing on canola were European rapeseed futures, which tested resistance at mid-week, and Malaysian palm oil, which had been trending lower but surprised many with some upward movement. The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday also played a factor in the week’s activity. Speculators moved early to exit long positions while crush margins were relatively flat. Reports indicated the downing of a Russian jet by Turkish forces may have caused traders to be especially careful when staking positions over the holiday, for fear of being caught in too deep while a major world event unfolded. U.S. markets were closed Nov. 26 while Canadian markets stayed open. While canola lost over $4 that day, most analysts said the losses were exaggerated by the thin volumes. Spreading was a dominant feature as the number of spreads was within sight of the number of actual contracts traded. Friday also saw limited trading hours for U.S. markets, which caused bulls to exit the market an hour ahead of Canadian traders. Canola had been significantly higher when that happened, but quickly fell back to earth in the final hour, ending mixed.

As of Friday, November 30 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

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176.27

n/a

Commodity News Service Canada,

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

235.89

0.92

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Canola Thunder Bay

473.10

-2.20

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Canola Vancouver

493.10

-2.20

Closing Futures Prices

As of Monday, November 30, 2015 ($/tonne)

Attention has shifted to Statistics Canada’s crop estimates, which are due out Dec. 4 and which most analysts expect will show a much larger canola crop than previously reported. Some pundits feel 16 million tonnes is not out of the question. In U.S. corn and soybeans, Argentina’s election probably caught the attention of stakeholders the most. Argentina’s corn export tax is pegged at 20 per cent, while the soybean tax is a much stronger 35 per cent — and Macri has laid out plans to slash the tax on soybeans by five per cent and get rid of the tax on corn as well as a 23 per cent tax on wheat. A strong U.S. dollar and losses in crude oil weighed down corn near the end of the week, while reports of U.S. livestock owners importing fodder supplies from Brazil continued to haunt the Gulf Coast. The soybean market was mostly a subdued affair in and around the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday with many traders sticking to the sidelines. Weekly export sales were decent but the strength of the U.S. currency made life difficult for many exporters. U.S. wheat was generally softer on weak export data. Improving moisture conditions in the U.S. southern Plains were also bearish, while short-covering at the lows provided the market with a bit of support. Dave Sims writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

463.10

-2.20

ICE milling wheat

237.00

1.00

ICE barley

191.00

2.50

Mpls. HRS wheat

186.11

-0.83

Chicago SRW wheat

176.00

-4.32

Kansas City HRW wheat

171.41

1.47

Corn

144.58

1.18

Oats

150.92

-9.73

Soybeans

320.78

4.78

Soymeal

312.75

-3.09

Soyoil

641.21

33.74

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Monday, November 23, 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

98.03

n/a

Feed barley

176.83

-1.38

Rye

n/a

455.49

3.54

n/a

Oats

197.77

-1.30

Soybeans

369.64

11.76

Flaxseed Feed peas

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

17.00

n/a

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

Ask

Western Canadian wheat bids stay rangebound Average prices were up by $1 across the three Prairie provinces BY DAVE SIMS Commodity News Service Canada

ash wheat bids across West ern Canada were relatively unchanged for the week ended November 27, eking out minimal gains, as the U.S. futures stabilized and basis levels followed suit. Ave ra g e Ca n a d a We s t e r n Re d Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up to $1 higher across the three Prair ie provinces, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points. Bids ranged from about $227 per tonne in Manitoba, to as high as $243 per tonne in southern Alberta. Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but held

steady overall to sit at $45 above the futures when 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 currency exchange rates by adjusting the Canadian prices to U.S. dollars ($1=US$0.7478 as of November 27) CWRS bids ranged from US$170 to US$182 per tonne. That would put the currency adjusted basis levels at about US$6 to US$8 below the futures. Looking at it the other way around, if the Minneapolis futures are converted to Canadian dollars, CWRS basis levels across Western Canada range from $8 to $24 below the futures.

Average Canada Prairie Red Spring (CPRS) bids were up slightly. CPRS prices came in at about $181 per tonne in Manitoba, $191 per tonne in Saskatchewan, and $200 to $204 per tonne in Alberta. Soft white spring wheat prices were down by roughly $9 per tonne on average. Prices were at $204 per tonne in Alberta. Winter wheat prices were relatively the same. Prices were approximately $175 to $181 per tonne across all three provinces. Av e r a g e d u r u m p r i c e s w e r e unchanged with average prices in southern Saskatchewan holding steady at $295 per tonne. The March spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, on which most CWRS contracts in Canada are based, was quoted at US$5.0650

per bushel on November 27, down 2.25 cents from the week prior. The Kansas City hard red winter wheat futures, which are now traded in Chicago, are more closely linked to CPRS in Canada. The March Kansas City wheat contract was quoted at US$4.6550 per bushel on November 27, down 4.00 cents from the week prior. T h e Ma rc h C h i c a g o Bo a rd o f Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$4.7900 on November 27, which was down 11.00 cents compared to the week prior. The Canadian dollar closed at 74.78 U.S. cents on November 27, which was down 15 one-hundredths of a cent relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

The Manitoba Co-operator | December 3, 2015

LIVESTOCK h u s b a n d r y — t h e s c i e n c e , S K I L L O R ART O F F AR M IN G

Make hay while the sun shines, says producer panel It’s good times in the cattle business, but there are things that need to get done before the next downturn BY ALEXIS KIENLEN Staff / Edmonton

ood times don’t last forever, so use them wisely. That, in a nutshell, is the advice of four Alberta cattle producers who were asked for their thoughts on the current state of the sector and what lies ahead. A decade of misery following the BSE crisis in 2003 has been followed by record-high prices, and some mixed signals — good and bad — about what might be next. The four Alberta producers interviewed by Alberta Farmer were generally optimistic on the price side — at least in the short term. “I think we’ll probably be in for three years of good prices because our cattle (herd) numbers are so low,” said Brian Chomlak, who farms at Beauvallon and is chair of Alberta Farm Animal Care and an Alberta Beef Producers delegate. “Depending on how the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal) comes out, it may benefit us again. Those countries take a lot of cuts that we don’t use in Canada, like tongue and offal, so it can add value to our carcass, which would be a good thing.” Although cattle prices have softened a bit, “it’s still very good money,” said Jake Meyer, who ranches near Welling in southern Alberta. However, the flip side of that is pricey steaks and roasts that have consumers wincing at the meat counter, said the president of the Young Cattleman’s Council. “Just about every consumer I talk to right now is very concerned about the high price on the shelf,” he said. As a feedlot operator, Bryan Thiessen is troubled by price volatility. The fed cattle market is seeing big swings in weekly prices — $10 per cwt is common — and that makes it hard to run a business, said owner of Namaka Farms in Strathmore. “Right now, the instability in our markets is probably a bigger concern — more so than the dollar figure for the day,” said Thiessen, who sits on the Cattle Feeder Council for Alberta Beef Producers and is a Canadian Cattlemen’s Association director. “ The way the market is bouncing up and down is probably a bigger concern, at least for the feedlot side. The volatility we’ve seen these last few years is unprecedented in our marketplace.”

A shrunken herd has buoyed prices, but isn’t good for the long-term future of the cattle sector. file photo

“Just about every consumer I talk to right now is very concerned about the high price on the shelf.” Jake Meyer

What next? Gord Graves has seen a lot of ups and downs in his four-decade-plus career as a cattleman, and while prices have probably peaked, he figures the current good times have some legs. “The cattle industry should be OK for a while,” said the producer from Iron River. “Three to five years would be my guess. I don’t see it going beyond five years because in five years, the American herd will be built up somewhat.” And there’s the rub. If your crystal ball can tell you the size of the U.S. herd in five years — along with beef consumption, how the TPP trade deal will play out, and the value of the loonie over that period — you’ll have a good handle on the state of Alberta’s cattle business in 2020. Of course, as Meyer pointed

out, “nobody can predict the future and anything’s possible.” But there are things to watch closely. For Graves, that includes the American herd, which had shrunk to its smallest size since 1951 because of a multi-year drought across much of U.S. cattle country before starting to expand this year. “They’re going to be retaining heifers so the probability is that there will be fewer calves going to market in the U.S.,” he noted. “Theoretically that, combined with environmental disasters elsewhere in the world and fewer cattle out there, should — and I’ll emphasize the word should — keep the market relatively buoyant for a bit.” But for many, it’s the size of the Alberta herd that is most troubling. After peaking at 2.2 million head in 2005, it’s now down to 1.5 million. “We are at the lowest numbers that we’ve been at for years,” said Thiessen. “For us personally, it could potentially cause us tougher times in our business, which would reflect back on our personal lives as well. “What also could happen is that we’re going to start losing ground to the Americans because they’re growing their herd and we haven’t seen our

herd grow yet, partially because of the drought.”

Building for the future “I’m sort of concerned about the age of the cattle producer,” added Chomlak. Seeing more young farmers at Alberta Beef Producers’ fall meetings was very encouraging, but that also underscores the need for action, he said. “It shows me there is optimism in the cattle industry,” he said. “I think the new governments will have to come up with some programs to keep those people in the industry. But in the next three years (while prices are good), we’ve got to get some young farmers because the old farmers are just getting older and we’re going to lose more producers again.” That was another theme of the producer panel — use good times to make investments in the future. Helping young producers is one example. Taking advantage of the TPP trade deal is another. If ratified, that deal will lower tariffs in expanding markets in Asia — but there’s a but. Alberta Beef Producers wants the $1 national checkoff boosted to $2.50 (and make the $2 provincial levy non-refundable). Graves calls that “a nobrainer — it has to go up.”

“Even though we will have lower tariffs, we will be competing with our competitors in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand, who pay a significantly larger amount in their checkoff to promote their product,” he said. “If we don’t have the money to go out and court those markets, the trade deal might mean nothing… We need to have dollars there, for marketing and research. Our competitors, through their checkoffs, have the funding to do more research to keep their producers more competitive.” Investing in your own business was another recommendation. “Right now, a producer can actually make a profit and start investing some of that money back into their place,” said Meyer, who has been growing his herd, now at 120 cows, quite aggressively this year. But ensuring the business is sustainable is also a priority, so he is also saving “for when the times are bad.” That view was echoed by Thiessen. “I hope the industry keeps growing, being that we are at the lowest numbers that we’ve been at for years,” he said. But, he added, “Don’t bet more than you can lose — don’t extend yourself more than you can handle.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

The Manitoba Co-operator | December 3, 2015

Famed Hays Converter cattle find a new home Donating the herd to the University of Alberta will improve its genetics and make them more available BY ALEXIS KIENLEN Staff / Edmonton

herd of Canada’s first breed of beef cattle will soon be home on the range at the University of Alberta’s Roy Berg Kinsella Research Ranch near Viking, Alta. Dan Hays and his family are donating their herd of Hays Converter cattle to the university for research purposes, with the herd moving to the Kinsella Research ranch by 2018. “This is a better decision than having a sale or distributing the herd in another way,” said Dan Hays. “This is a more permanent and lasting way of ensuring that research results will be important, and a good way to improve the genetics and make them more available and long lasting.” Hays will also be making a major financial donation to enable the research centre to care for the herd of 100 breeding females and a herd sire group. The cattle, developed by Ha y s’ f a t h e r Ha r r y, w e r e recently part of a research study that used genomic information to control inbreeding and increase feed efficiency, carcass traits, and meat quality. The genomics research being done at the Kinsella ranch is a way to improve the genetics of the Hays Converter cattle and the beef industry in general, said Hays. “I think it’s got a lot of promise and it will be a good home for what has been my herd for a long time,” said the 76-year-old retired senator. His herd, which hasn’t been m a rk e t e d s i n c e 2 0 0 0 , w a s used in a research project by m a s t e r o f s c i e n c e s t u dent Allison Fleming, who analyzed growth rates, ultra-

The Hays Converter Cattle herd, created by crossbreeding in the 1950s is being donated to the University of Alberta, where it will be studied using genomic research techniques. photo: Supplied

sounds, and carcass traits. She also examined the management of genetic diversity in the herd — inbreeding is a concern because the herd is so small. Thanks to her research, animals with very specific traits have been selected in the last two breeding seasons. Hays Converter cattle were developed in the 1950s by Harry Hays, who served as federal agriculture minister from 1963 to 1965. He was a dairy farmer who was involved in the swine and poultry industries and liked the way those industries used measurements of the carcass of the animal or the volume of milk produced to select for breeding. When Harry Hays bought a ranch near Calgary, he began crossbreeding animals. “He wanted to have a beef

herd that would reflect ideas about crossbreeding in a better way than they were being re f l e c t e d i n t h e p u re b re d selection processes that were the practice of the day,” said his son. Like his contemporary Roy Be rg , t h e e l d e r Ha y s a l s o crossed cattle, an idea cons i d e re d h i g h l y c o n t r ov e rsial in the 1950s. His herd combined genetics from Hereford, Holstein, and Brown Swiss cattle, selected for fast growth, ability to survive harsh Canadian winters, sound feet, easy calving, and good milk production and fertility. In 1975, the Hays Converter became the first Canadian pure breed to be recognized by the Canadian Livestock Pedigree Act. The breed is used in commercial beef production by three breeders in

uebec agri-food giant La Coop federee is expanding its reach in Atlantic Canada with a deal to take over most of Co-op Atlantic’s agribusinesses. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, will see La Coop take over Co-op Atlantic’s feed mills at Moncton and at New Minas and Truro, N.S., as well as the Moncton-based co-operative’s farm supply and general merchandising division and its grain brokerage. Under creditor protection since June, Co-op Atlantic has been shedding assets to deal with the organization’s “persistent financial challenges,” selling its wholesale and retail food and gas businesses to Sobeys and its Co-op Energy assets to fuel retailer CST Canada. The agribusiness sale to La Coop, which has already

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“This is a more permanent and lasting way of ensuring that research results will be important, and a good way to improve the genetics and make them more available and long lasting.”

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Co-op Atlantic to shed feed, grain, ag retail arms received Court of Queen’s Bench approval but still needs to be cleared by the federal Competition Bureau, is expected to close in December, Co-op Atlantic said Nov. 17 in a release. Co-op Atlantic CEO Bryan Inglis said the deal is “in the best interests of Co-op Atlantic and its stakeholders, and will help to ensure that the co-operative movement remains within Atlantic Canada, which is great news for the region’s farmers and producers.” The deal is in keeping with La Coop’s “already well-established relationship with Co-op Atlantic and producers in the Maritimes,” La Coop president Denis Richard said in a separate release. Already active in grain marketing, meat processing (Olymel), farm supply retailing (Unimat) and retail fuel (Sonic), La Coop is expected to offer employment to “the majority”

Manitoba and Quebec. There are several Hays Converter herds in the country, but most are small. The researchers at the Kinsella research station will genotype the progeny within the herd and create a genomically enhanced breeding program, hopefully developing new markets for the cattle. There has been some interest from the Australian market, with breeders hoping to cross the Hays Co n v e r t e r s w i t h Bra h m a n cattle to improve crossbred production.

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of current Co-op Agriculture staff once the deal closes, Co-op Atlantic said. La Coop is “very familiar with this region and we believe will be a good fit for the local farmers and for the family of independently owned agricultural stores across the region,” Inglis added. Co-op Atlantic on Nov. 17 also announced it has reached a “stalking horse” deal for its stake in Newfoundland-based poultry producer and processor Country Ribbon, with Nova Scotia poultry producer Atlantic Poultry Inc. (API). T h e d e a l a l l ow s C o - o p Atlantic to keep seeking other offers for 30 days. If no better offer appears, API can close its deal for Country Ribbon, but if a better offer is made, API has the right to come forward with a matching offer within five days or walk away. Co-op Atlantic’s deal with API also already has court approval, Co-op Atlantic noted.

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

20-Nov

24-Nov

26-Nov

25-Nov

23-Nov

26-Nov

20-Nov

No. on offer

2,350

1,028*

837

1,889

2,831*

886*

2,275*

185

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

180.00-193.00

185.00-205.00

200.00-212.00

n/a

190.00-207.00

800-900

n/a

185.00-219.00

205.00-223.00

211.00-222.00

n/a

205.00-213.80

205.00-229.00

700-800

200.00-227.00

205.00-245.25

210.00-227.50

212.00-228.00

220.00-231.50

220.00-235.00

210.00-229.03

220.00-244.00

600-700

235.00-266.00

215.00-258.50

225.00-254.50

225.00-247.00

228.00-257.00

230.00-255.00

220.00-239.67

225.00-258.00

500-600

250.00-294.00

235.00-279.50

250.00-280.00

250.00-275.00

250.00-288.00

250.00-285.00

225.00-266.91

245.00-305.00

400-500

260.00-317.00

270.00-324.00

275.00-325.00

275.00-320.00

280.00-325.00

290.00-329.00

250.00-283.89

285.00-344.00

300-400

n/a

275.00-342.00

300.00-405.00

295.00-340.00

310.00-360.00

330.00-366.00

250.00-296.13

300.00-371.00

n/a

172.50-190.50

n/a

175.00-195.00

185.00-203.00

n/a

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs. 800-900

n/a

146.00-174.00

180.00-196.00

185.00-200.00

190.00-205.00

n/a

200.00-215.00

700-800

189.00-214.00

180.00-204.00

190.00-202.00

190.00-210.00

194.00-207.00

n/a

205.00-207.44

210.00-234.00

600-700

192.00-224.00

200.00-224.50

195.00-240.00

210.00-224.00

210.00-225.00

205.00-225.00

215.00-220.44

215.00-245.00

500-600

228.00-267.00

210.00-243.00

220.00-260.00

245.00-277.00

218.00-233.00

220.00-246.00

225.00-241.35

230.00-263.00

400-500

240.00-279.00

220.00-280.00

250.00-310.00

245.00-277.00

240.00-280.00

240.00-263.49

240.00-398.00

300-400

n/a

272.00-294.00

280.00-365.00

265.00-305.00

n/a

270.00-298.00

250.00-270.37

285.00-325.00

No. on offer

200

n/a

180

118

n/a

D1-D2 Cows

85.00-93.00

n/a

92.00-100.50

90.00-104.00

89.00-99.00

n/a

92.00-100.00

D3-D5 Cows

79.00-84.00

n/a

82.00-92.00

n/a

80.00-89.00

n/a

85.00-94.00

Age Verified

95.00-104.00

88.00-105.00

n/a

85.00-96.00

n/a

Good Bulls

100.00-129.00

111.00-131.50

n/a

117.00-134.00

122.000-130.00

110.00-124.00

n/a

117.00-125.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n.a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

100.00-116.00

104.00-122.00

n/a

100.00-128.00

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4-H reports

emo to 4-H club reporters: Be sure to email your reports to us at daveb@fbcpublishing.com or fax to the Co-operator (att’n: Dave) at 204-954-1422.

Rapid City Beef The club had its reorganization meeting on Nov. 10 and elected a new council. Wyatt Inglis is president; Thijs VandeLangemheen, vice-president; Brooklyn Hedley, secretary; James Reid, treasurer; and Anja VandeLangemeen, re p o r t e r. O t h e r m e m b e r s include Drew Horner, Gavin Reid, Mona VandeLangemheen and Sierra Inglis. We welcome new members Justin McKee and Zane Finlay. This year the club will be using new workbooks for the projects, and the members are all excited for the change. The club has decided to hold its first weigh day on Dec. 5, so we are hoping for nice weather. The weigh day will be followed by a potluck lunch and the December monthly meeting at the same time. — Anja VandeLangemheen

Happy Rock Horseshoes The club held its first meeting Nov. 3 at the Westbourne Longburn Community Centre with 12 members present. We welcomed two new members. Our head leaders are Terri Hall and Stephanie George. We elected our new officers, including Jodie Davis, president; Cassidy George, vice-president; Megan Hall, secretary; Kaitlyn Davey, treasurer; J’lyn Funk, banner scanner; and Madison Teichroeb, reporter. We reviewed the 4-H Code of Conduct and went over the expectations for each member. Terri Hall showed us the new 4-H logo! The 4-H clover now has a maple leaf in the centre. After the formal meeting, we played a few games. In the first game our small groups were challenged to make the tallest tower with uncooked spaghetti noodles, marshmallows and painter’s tape. In the second game, we had to use our feet to get as many marbles as possible out of a bin of soybeans in one minute. The games were a lot of fun and also taught us teamwork and concentration. Our Christmas party will be held Dec. 12 at 2 p.m. After a meeting and some time for bookwork, we will have some games and a potluck supper. I am excited for the new 4-H year! I’m sure everyone else is too! — Madison Teichroeb

Safety, leadership funding 4-H Canada is set to launch a new youth leadership program, along with a farm safety fund, thanks to a $600,000 contribution from Canadian National Railway (CN). Executives at 4-H and CN unveiled the 4-H Canada Leadership Excellence Awards of Distinction (LEAD) at Canadian Western Agribition on Nov. 25. Each year LEAD will award four 4-H members with a four-year scholarship toward their post-secondary education. The scholarships total $5,000 per recipient per year. The award benefits 4-H’ers in four thematic areas: community engagement and communications, the environment and healthy living, science and tech-

nology, and sustainable agriculture and food safety. T h e f i r s t L E A D re c i p i ents have already been chosen, including Austin Pizzey of Manitoba, Cameron Choquette of Saskatchewan, Meghan McGillivray of British Columbia and Louise Pickard of New Brunswick. CN’s contribution is also launching a farm safety fund. 4-H Canada CEO Shannon Benner said the fund would allow 4-H clubs to start farm safety initiatives at the grassroots. Sean Finn, executive vice-president of corporate services and chief legal officer at CN, said that rail safety and farm safety is something that’s close to their hearts. When one looks at farm fatality numbers, it’s clear “we’ve got some work to do,” he added. Finn said the railway wants to work with 4-H to develop future leaders and promote a safe environment on farms as well as railways. — Lisa Guenther

4-H Canada CEO Shannon Benner announces $600,000 in funding for scholarship and farm safety programs, in partnership with CN. photo: lisa guenther

The Manitoba Co-operator | December 3, 2015

WEATHER VANE “Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it.” Mark Twain, 1897

With high pressure comes mild temperatures Issued: Monday, November 30, 2015 · Covering: December 2 – December 9, 2015 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

lenty of sunshine along with fairly light snow cover allowed temperatures to moderate a little quicker than anticipated last weekend, with highs close to freezing in most areas and a few snow-free regions making it above freezing. For this forecast period it looks like the mild weather will continue. In fact, it looks like it will be getting warmer as we work our way further into the month. As with last week’s forecast, high pressure will dominate our weather, with the northern storm track staying well to our north and the southern storm track way to our south. For those of you hoping for more snow, it looks like you’ll be out of luck. In fact, for regions that only have a light dusting of snow, there is a good chance that most of it will melt, even with the weak December sunshine. The warmest day looks to be Friday, as an area of low pressure tracks across the northern Prairies. This low will pull up plenty of mild air ahead of it, pushing temperatures into the +3 to +5 C range. It doesn’t

look like we’ll be breaking any records but we’ll definitely be well above the usual temperature range for this time of the year. We should see a bit of a cooldown over the weekend as some colder air works southward behind the northern low, but temperatures will still be mild, with highs expected to be in the -3 C range. For next week, high pressure will be situated to our south and southeast and a large, deep area of low pressure will be spinning in the Gulf of Alaska. The high will keep us sunny and dry and the general airflow between the two systems will result in a mild west to southwesterly flow. Expect highs to be between -1 and +3 C, with overnight lows in the -5 to -8 C range. For those of you wishing for some slightly cooler weather and a little more snow, take heart: the models hint at cooler and more active weather moving in around the middle of the month. Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, -15 to 0 C; lows, -25 to -7 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park. Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.

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1 Month (30 Days) Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) October 28, 2015 to November 26, 2015

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Normally around this time of year I try to put out the first snow cover map, but due to the light and variable amounts of snow received so far this year, the map was basically a mess. Instead, I have gone with a 30-day precipitation map that shows total precipitation during the 30 days ending Nov. 26. While not all of this precipitation fell as snow, regions with the highest amounts currently have the deepest snow cover.

Mild weather pattern continues

Brandon and Dauphin saw near-average precipitation, with drier weather in the east BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

k n ow I ’v e p r o m i s e d t o take a look at big snowfall events for a while now, but I kind of forgot that the end of the month was coming and that’s typically when we do our look-back and lookahead at our Prairie weather. Besides, the way the weather is going, it doesn’t look like we’ll have any big snowfall events happening, at least until the middle of December, if not later. Another month has come and gone, and while it will take a while for the global temperatures for November to come out, across the Prairies it has been a pretty darned warm month. All three Prairies provinces recorded mean November temperatures that were well above the long-term average, with the warmest values occurring in the eastern Prairies. The three main regions of agricultural Manitoba recorded mean monthly November temperatures that were about 4.1 C above average. Usually, when you get monthly values this far above average, you would find at least a few days that broke record highs, but

Usually, when you get monthly values this far above average, you would find at least a few days that broke record highs, but during the month very few if any daytime records were broken.

during the month very few if any daytime records were broken. While there were definitely some warm days with highs in the low to mid-teens, it was the overnight lows that really made the difference. For example, Winnipeg, on average, will see about two days with overnight lows above the freezing mark. This November the city recorded 10 days with overnight lows that were above freezing. The mild temperatures were also felt in Saskatchewan, with both Regina and Saskatoon recording mean monthly temperatures that were about 3.5 C above average. Across Alberta, the warmest temperatures compared to average were found in the Peace River region, where the monthly mean was just shy of 3 C above average. Farther south, in both the Edmonton and Calgary regions, mean monthly temperatures were between 1.5 and 2 C above average.

While November temperatures were uniformly warm across the Prairies, precipitation was not quite as even. In Manitoba, central regions were the driest, with Winnipeg recording less than half of its average. Amounts increased as you moved west, with both the Brandon and Dauphin regions seeing near-average amounts. This pattern continued across Saskatchewan with both Saskatoon and Regina reporting near-average amounts for the month. In Alberta, southern regions also reported nearaverage amounts, but farther north, both the Edmonton and Peace River regions reported below-average amounts. To summarize, all three provinces reported we l l - a b ove average temperatures and near-average amounts of precipitation, with the exception of central Manitoba and central and northern Alberta, where below-average amounts were recorded.

Who called it? Looking at the different longra n g e f o re c a s t s t h a t w e re made for November, I would have to say none of them were perfectly on the mark, but the closest two were Environment Canada and my own forecast, which both called for above-average temperatures along with near- to slightly above-average amounts of precipitation. Looking ahead to December most of the medium-range weather models point toward a continuation of well-above average temperatures and below-average precipitation, but these models only predict out to about the middle of the month. So, what are the longer-range monthly forecasts calling for? Environment Canada is following the lead of the medium-range forecasts and sticking with an El Niño forecast, which means a continuation of mild dry weather. The Old Farmer’s Almanac, if you recall, called for very cold weather to move in during the last week of November and predicted this cold weather (which never happened) would continue right through December. Interestingly, along with the cold weather, it predicts below-average amounts of snowfall. The Canadian

Farmers’ Almanac, which predicted stormy weather to end November (which also never happened), appears to call for near-average temperatures in December as it mentions cold weather once and fair weather twice. It seems to lean toward above-average amounts of snowfall with several mentions of stormy weather, especially during the holidays late in the month. Finally, my long-range forecast. According to the number of birds I am seeing outside in my backyard, it must mean that it will be a cold month coming up… oh, wait — that might have to do with two new bird feeders! Actually, I am going with Environment Canada and predicting El Niño will help to continue our mild weather trend, with a very warm first half of the month. It then looks like things will cool down a little bit during the second half of the month, but will still be above average. Along with the cooler weather during the second half of the month will come a better chance of seeing some snowfall, but overall, most regions will see below-average amounts. In the next issue I promise we’ll look at the history of big winter snows… really, we will!

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tain glyphosate-resistant weeds and glyphosate-tolerant crops. For example glyphosate-tolerant volunteer canola is killed when sprayed with 2,4-D. Enlist Duo was registered in some U.S. states more than a year ago. But the EPA announced in a court filing in connection to a lawsuit aimed at blocking the product’s commercialization that it had discovered new data. “The information suggests that EPA’s analysis may have understated the phytotoxicity of the product. Therefore EPA can no longer be confident that Enlist Duo will not cause risks of concern to non-target organisms, including those listed as endangered,” the EPA court filing said. The Associated Press reported the EPA said it “might not have issued the existing registration had it been aware” of the new information. The EPA asked the court for the authority to reverse its decision while it reconsiders Enlist Duo, including whether or not to widen buffer zones to protect non-target plants, AP said. The EPA’s registration required farmers to leave a 30-foot downwind buffer around field edges. “EPA is seeking a remand because this new information could lead EPA to a different decision on the restrictions for using Enlist Duo,” Ag Insider reported court documents as stating. “Specifically, this could result in changes to the width around application areas of no-use buffer zones that EPA imposed to protect

“We believe the questions that have been raised about any potential synergy between 2,4-D choline and glyphosate can be promptly resolved in the next few months, in time for the 2016 crop use season.” Tim Hassinger

unintended plants, including those listed as endangered.” Environmental groups claim the EPA failed to properly assess Enlist Duo in the first place. “We believe the questions that have been raised about any potential synergy between 2,4-D choline and glyphosate can be promptly resolved in the next few months, in time for the 2016 crop use season,” Dow AgroSciences president and CEO Tim Hassinger said in a release. “It’s possible that we could see some changes to use conditions on the existing Enlist Duo label,” he said. But he said the company expects the product will return to the marketplace in time for the 2016 growing season. allan@fbcpublishing.com with files from Reuters

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son as they evaluate and steward the technology on their farms.” Dow AgroSciences is working to develop early-maturing Enlist soybeans before introducing them in Manitoba, Orr added. En l i s t Du o w a s re g i s t e re d in Canada in 2013 for control of annual and perennial weeds and use in Enlist field corn, Enlist soybeans, summerfallow and prior to seeding or after seeding, but before crop emergence, in spring and winter wheat, durum, barley, rye and field corn. Health Canada, which oversees Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency, said it regularly reviews all new health and safety information on products. “S h o u l d n e w i n f o r m a t i o n emerge the department will evaluate the data and assessments. A pesticide is registered in Canada only when a rigorous sciencebased risk assessment determines that it will not harm human health or the environment and that it has value as a pest control product,” a department official said in an email. Dow Chemical Company, which owns Dow AgroSciences, said in a news release Nov. 25 it’s “working quickly” to provide the information the EPA needs. Enlist corn and soybeans have been genetically modified to tolerate glyphosate, a non-selective herbicide and 2,4-D, which kills a wide variety of broadleaf plants and can damage non-modified corn. Dow AgroSciences says Enlist Duo can help farmers control cer-

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Six farmers running for four spots around MCGA’s board table Ballots were mailed last week. The deadline to return them is 4:30 p.m. Dec. 10 BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

ix farmers, including three incumbents, are running in an election for four spots as director of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA). B a l l o t s w e re m a i l e d t o members last week and must be returned to the MCGA’s Winnipeg office by 4:30 p.m. Dec. 10. “ We hope members will deal with their ballots as soon as they receive them and then get them back in the mailbox,” MCGA members relations coordinator Roberta Galbraith said in an interview last week. “We’re really fortunate. We have six candidates for four positions and we really feel good about that because our members get to exercise their right to elect people who will represent them. That’s always awesome.” The three incumbents runn i n g a re Hu g h D r a k e o f Elkhorn, Jack Froese of Winkler and Clayton Harder of Narol (near Winnipeg). Incumbent Dale Gryba, who farms at Gilbert Plains, has served the maximum three consecutive, four-year terms allowed. The other candidates are Cory Barker of Kenville, Ron Krahn of Rivers and Bill Nicholson of Shoal Lake. (See candidate biographies below.) MCGA directors oversee the association’s operations and decide how to allocate revenues collected from a $1-a-tonne

“We hope members will deal with their ballots as soon as they receive them and then get them back in the mailbox.”

Roberta Galbraith

Candidate biographies supplied by the MCGA

Cory Barker Kenville Home: (204) 734-7605 Cell: (204) 734-0052 crbarker37@hotmail.com

Cory Barker photos: Manitoba Canola Growers Association

refundable checkoff on the sale of all Manitoba-grown canola, rapeseed or oilseed of the brassica family. In 2013-14 the MCGA spent almost $2.5 million, its annual f i n a n c i a l s t a t e m e n t s a y s. Twenty per cent of expenditures went to research, 21 per cent for education and market promotion, and 18.5 per cent to the Canola Council of Canada. Directors meet three to five times a year and also attend the MCGA’s annual meeting. The 2016 annual meeting will be held during CropConnect in February.

Ours is a family farm operation involving my bother Sean, along with my wife Eugenia and three kids. I have been farming full time for the past 11 years. It is a mixed farm, grain and oilseed and a commercial cowcalf operation. I am running for a position on the MCGA to put a priority on: • E n c o u r a g i n g a g r o n o m i c research to remain competitive. • Encouraging varietal research to deal with disease issues. • Address the transportation issues facing crop producers. Canola producers should be fully informed on how our checkoff dollars are used. Communication is key to transparency and accountability. It is important that board decisions are guided by a single principle and dollars expended must return a profit to producers.

VOTE

NOW This year the election has six candidates vying for four positions on the Manitoba Canola Growers Board of Directors. To read full candidate biographies visit www.canolagrowers.com Candidates:

Clayton Harder Ron Krahn Bill Nicholson

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Jack Froese

Hugh Drake Elkhorn Phone: (204) 845-2544 Cell: (204) 851-1298 hdrake@mymts.net

Jacob (Jack) Froese Winkler Home: (204) 325-2056 Cell: (204) 325-7291 jdfroese@mymts.net

My wife Myrna and I, and our two sons, operate a grain, oilseed and livestock farm near Elkhorn. I served on the district board of KAP, and as delegate for Manitoba Pool Elevators. I was elected director for MPE in 1993 and contin ued as director for Agricore and Agr icore United until 2007. I served on the human resources, risk review, and agriculture policy committee at Agricore United. I received the Institute of Corporate Director Desig nation from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary in 2005. I am currently treasurer for MCGA. It is important that MCGA encourage the research and development of diseaseresistant varieties, as well as continuing to promote the health benefits of canola oil and the advantages of canola meal in livestock rations. I ask for your support to promote this very important industry for the benefit of all canola producers.

Jack Froese is a fourth-generation Canadian farmer, operating a 5,800-acre grains, oilseeds, and special crops farm at Winkler, in southern Manitoba. Jack and wife Dianne have been married for 39 years and are blessed with three married grown children and four grandchildren. Jack has considerable exper ience in many aspects of agriculture, serving in many capacities, gaining insight in areas of policy, trade, market development, market access, food safety and traceability, environmental concerns, social licence, as well as perception of Canadian farmers. He has served as a director on Manitoba Pulse Growers Association, as well as chair of Pulse Canada. He is presently a director with Manitoba Canola Growers Association and serves as vice-chair of the Canadian Canola Growers Association and also as the CCGA appointed director on the Grain Growers of Canada board of directors. Continued on next page »

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As a Christian Jack is actively involved in the local church where he serves as vice-chair. Jack has previously served as a school trustee in the Garden Valley School Division and as a director on the Salem Personal Care Home board. Ha v i n g t r a v e l l e d e x t e n sively (five continents), Jack e n j oy s t ra ve lling and getting involved. Jack’s strength would bring vision and bigpicture thinking approach to matters in a collaborative teamwork effort.

Clayton Harder

Clayton Harder Narol Phone: (204) 470-3021 clayrharder@hotmail.com

The three incumbents running are Hugh Drake of Elkhorn, Jack Froese of Winkler and Clayton Harder of Narol (near Winnipeg). Ron Krahn

that to be the key consideration for every decision taken by the directors of the MCGA. MCGA collects substantial funds that should be used for the benefit of farmers and to increase farmers’ leverage in the canola value chain where they are otherwise relatively powerless. Bill will work to enhance MCGA’s good work in support of research and market development as well as to provide farmers with useful and independent information on agronomy, variety performance, marketing and transportation. He asks for your support.

During the last four years I have represented Manitoba farmers on the board of the Canadian Canola Growers Association and as MCGA’s research chair. I have also served on the Western Canadian Canola and Rapeseed recommending committee. After graduating from the University of Manitoba in 2000 with a diploma in agriculture I started farming in the RMs of St. Clements, Springfield and Rosser, all close to Winnipeg. Today I grow canola, soybeans, forage grass seed and cereals. Canola is a very important crop to Manitoba farmers. While production and profitability improvements can be made, it’s important that MCGA supports Manitoba-specific research priorities that benefit farmers first. If re-elected I would support research and initiatives that increase farmers’ bottom line.

Ron Krahn Rivers Cell: (204) 761-8702 krahnag@mymts.net After graduating from Univer sity of Manitoba with a degree in agricultural engineering in 1999, my wife Anita and I moved back to the family farm and have farmed there for the past 17 years. We have three children ages eight, 10, and 13. Together with my brother Robert, father Abe and our families, we grow wheat, canola, oats, peas, sunflowers and soybeans at Rivers.

I have appreciated the opportunity of being the coordinator of our local Can adian Foodgrains Bank grow ing project for the last 10 years and have been a part of our church leadership team over the years. I take a special interest in continuing my informal education in agronomy, marketing and farm management skills. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, camping, snowmobiling and wakeboarding. If elected I look forward to the opportunity to serve the far m community and give a voice to young farmers in Manitoba. Canola is one of t h e m o s t p ro f i t a b l e c ro p s grown in Manitoba for many years. Our vision for the Manitoba Canola Growers should be to maintain and hopefully improve the profitability of growing canola in Manitoba a n d k e e p t h o s e p ro f i t s i n farmers’ hands. Any activities undertaken by the association should keep that vision in mind. Spending checkoff money efficiently, responsibly, and

transparently are extremely important. Research and development in varieties and production practices, improved transportation and marketing options, and increasing the value of canola up to the enduser need to all improve profitability for the grower. Money spent on consumer education and marketing needs to be spent with a focus on return on investment for the farming community. I enjoy working with a good team. The Manitoba Canola Growers Association has a great staff and has had a history of having a good board of directors that wants to improve the canola industry in Manitoba. If elected, I intend to keep that attitude of working hard for the canola growers of Manitoba. Having many farming connections across Manitoba has given me a broad perspective of the challenges of farming in Manitoba and I look forward, if elected, to be part of a team that works to solve the challenges of keeping canola profitable. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Bill Nicholson Shoal Lake Home: (204) 759-2368 Cell: (204) 724-0884 nicholson@inethome.ca Bill is 59, has a degree in agricultural engineering and farms with other family members producing canola, cereals and pulses. He has been active in farm and community organizations including three terms as an elected director of the CWB, which provided him with a wealth of experience in governance, finance, policy and communication. He was a longtime credit union board president and continues to serve as a director. Bill has always put farmers’ interests first and he believes

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Manitoba’s regional populations projected to grow, labour force too A projected larger population will include a labour force, but one comprised of more older workers, says chief statistician of Manitoba BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff/Brandon

Manitoba’s chief statistician Wilf Falk spoke to municipal leaders at the Association of Manitoba Municipalities convention last week describing a rapidly changing demographic for Manitoba. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

anitoba municipalities should prepare for a rapidly changing workforce in coming decades, the province’s chief statistician says. Wilf Falk told the Association of Manitoba Municipalities last week that although the province’s median age is the third youngest in Canada, its labour force is greying as people choose to work well into their senior years. And contrar y to popular belief, its population has grown at a record pace since 1991 and that is expected to continue over the next 15 years. By 2020, Manitoba should have an additional 117,000 peo-

ple for a total of 1.4 million residents, with much of that growth coming from within the Métis and First Nations communities, Falk said. Those additional people mean a larger — not smaller — labour pool projected in the years out to 2029, Falk said. “There’s talk about not having enough bodies to work,”

“What we’re seeing is that the participation rate of older workers will be increasing.” Wilf Falk chief statistician of Manitoba

he said. “I don’t think that’s the issue. The issue is that participation rate is going to to decline. Given our increasing population, we see the total labour force, that is those people who will be employed increasing over time... albeit at a slower rate than in the past.” However, that larger labour force won’t be made up of 20-somethings. Increasingly, it will be those in their 50s and 60s available for work, Falk said. Currently, less than 10 per cent of those age 65 or older work, but due to a range of factors, from lack of money to retire, to one’s identity tied to their job, it’s expected more will continue to work beyond the traditional retirement age as time goes on, Falk said. “What we’re seeing is that the participation rate of older workers will be increasing,” Falk said. “The percentage is going to be large.”

Regional populations Falk also spoke of Manitoba’s current population and projections for what’s ahead for various regions. Every region, with the exception of Manitoba’s Parklands, is expected to have population growth at least until 2029. These regions right now also have relatively young populations. Northern Manitoba is youngest of all with a median age of 26.5, while the southwest, south-central and southeast are all at or near the provincial average of 37.7. The Interlake is older at 44.4 years; the Parklands has the oldest residents of all with a median age of 45.7. Roughly one in four people living in the Dauphin, Ethelbert, Swan River areas is over 65. Falk said it’s important that local government get up to speed on what their regional demographics are so they can be ready. Demographic change is happening rapidly and it has implications not just for labour force but housing and education, the health-care system and many other areas, he said. “And particularly over the next 20 years it will be moving very rapidly,” he added. The provincial Bureau of Statistics will release more data in early 2016 describing in more depth and detail anticipated demographic changes for Manitoba. “It’s to start getting people thinking about the future,” Falk said. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Smaller crop leads to quicker shipping Prairie short lines are getting cars and moving grain at a good clip BY JADE MARKUS CNS Canada

year ago, Western Can ada’s short line railways were struggling to meet commitments, but this year’s smaller grain production has reduced the stress on rail transporters. “There’s no shortage of cars, a n d t h e r e’s n o p r o b l e m s in shipping,” said Sheldon Affleck, president of Reginabased short line Big Sky Rail. A year ago, rail companies struggled to meet commit ments, grain car orders were behind, and elevators were full. “Everybody wanted to sell at the same time. Now what we’ve got is more of an average crop,” Affleck said. Last year’s wheat production hit 29 million tonnes, accord ing to Statistics Canada; this year’s production is estimated at 26.1 million. Fa r m e r s h a ve a l s o b e e n reluctant to sell this year due to low prices, Affleck said. “Plus there is some product out there that is poor quality and not marketable.” Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has been steady in its deliveries to short line trans porter Great Western Railway, delivering 100 per cent of car order supplies, according to Andrew Glastetter, general manager at Shaunavon, Sask.based GWR. “A large part of that is we’re doing a softer crop year than last year,” he said — but com munication with the rail car rier has also improved this year, he added. “We’ve had a big focus on our railway of working closely with CP to find out the things that we can do to make sure that we’re kind of more user friendly for them as well.” GWR has been turning cars around on the line as fast as possible, he said, and encour aging customers to do the same with loading. “We’ve cut down on how many outstanding orders there are, and we’ve had a big focus on efficiency.” The data on car deliveries to short lines is not readily available, but the recent AG Transport Coalition report s h ow s C P a n d C a n a d i a n National Railway (CN) have significantly improved the timeliness of their deliveries from last year. For the grain year so far, 89 per cent of hopper car orders have been delivered by CN and CP for the wanted week, which compares with the pre vious year when CN and CP supplied 62 per cent and 36 per cent of cars ordered by shippers in the week in which they were ordered, according to coalition data. A shortfall in the supply of railway cars and deteriorating service were named as the pri mary cause of delays in that year.

Municipalities want their PST money back One level of government should not tax another, AMM delegates say BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff / Brandon

unicipalities pay mil lions in provincial sales tax (PST ) and they want their money back. “The need for municipal dol lars to be returned to the hands of municipalities is a resonat ing theme of this convention,” said Association of Manitoba Municipalities president Chris Goertzen at the opening of last week’s 17th annual convention here. At issue is the eight per cent tax municipalities pay to the province on things such as insurance, electricity, phone and rent. When undertaking major capital projects the PST adds sig nificantly to the final bill. “Municipalities pay over $25 million each year in PST,” said Goertzen, the mayor of Steinbach. Brandon mayor, Rick Chrest said his city could do a whole lot of other things with $1.2 million outlay in PST this past year.

ties’ only revenue stream — and permit local government to raise cash through other revenue sources. “There is nothing more regressive and destructive than property tax,” said Swan Valley West Municipality reeve, David Minish during debate on that matter. This is a tax that is essentially penalizing anyone for making property improve ments, he said. “I get ratepayer after ratepayer saying this,” he said. “We really have to look at this. It is really destructive to the municipality the way we are forced to raise our money.” A resolution calling for the province to pick up the costs incurred to amalgamated munic ipalities in 2015 was withdrawn after Municipal Government Minister and Brandon East MLA Drew Caldwell announced last week the government is creating a $1-million amalgamation sup port fund to help cover some of those costs.

“That money could go a long way towards road and sidewalk repairs and other infrastructure priorities for our residents.” Brandon Mayor Rick Chrest

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Cigi looking to expand barley’s role The ability to make barley-related health claims is helping drive the development of new, healthier flours By Shannon VanRaes Co-operator staff

he term ‘barley sandwich’ is about to get a whole lot more literal. The Canadian International Grains institute, better known as Cigi, has completed a year-long project examining how blending barley into traditional wheat flour could improve both nutritional properties and milling performance. On its own, barley can be difficult to mill, often clumping and clogging machines, but Cigi’s senior technology adviser and project leader said hulled barley could make up as much as 50 per cent of a wheat-barley blend with a few milling adjustments, similar to those made to accommodate soft wheat. “Milling barley is very much like milling soft wheat,” Ashok Sarkar said. “And although there are often separate mills for hard wheat and soft wheat, you can

Elaine Sopiwnyk (l) and Ashok Sarkar have completed a year-long project looking at how to co-mill wheat and barley. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

achieve reasonable results milling soft wheat in a hard wheat mill.” The only catch is that the load must be reduced by about 25 per cent to make it work. “So barley is very similar to this, it doesn’t sift properly and the endosperm is very gummy or woolly… so you have to open up the apertures or screens in order

to allow the material to move,” he said. “It needs help, but when you blend wheat with it, it acts like sand almost, allowing it to flow through.”

Three types tested The project was funded by Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions, and the Alberta Barley Commission pro-

vided the Cigi team with samples of three different types of food barley to work with, including a non-waxy variety with normal starch, a partially waxy variety and a full-waxy variety with high starch content. These barley types were then blended with wheat at different ratios and milled in pursuit of higher beta-glucan levels. A betaglucan health claim was approved by Health Canada in 2012 and now foods with at least one gram of barley beta-glucan per serving can be promoted as a way of lowering cholesterol. “Barley is high in beta-glucan content, which is a dietary fibre,” said Elaine Sopiwnyk, Cigi’s director of grain quality. “Wheat essentially has no betaglucan content, wheat has some insoluble fibre, but the levels can be really, really bumped up by including barley.” She added that the United States also allows for barley betaglucan health claims, giving manufacturers, distributors, millers

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and bakers yet another reason to include this often-overlooked cereal in their products. “The excellent thing about barley, is that there is no problem with the taste either. It actually tastes good,” Sopiwnyk added. “So if we can produce products that meet that health claim, tasting good, it is an advantage.”

Health benefits Sarkar said the consumption of beta-glucan can also lower a person’s risk of coronary heart disease and possibly offset certain cancers. Because of barley’s betaglucan content, as well as the antioxidants, vitamins and phytonutrients contained in the cereal, it’s also known for its ability to regulate blood glucose levels. “And this is something that could especially assist those with diabetes,” he noted. Cigi first began to examine the possibilities of milling barley with wheat several years ago, looking at including about 15 per cent barley at that time. While the trials were successful from a milling perspective, the work was put on the shelf until a year ago. Sarkar said that in part, the increasing interest in making wheat a healthier option comes from pressures placed on the industry in the wake of Wheat Belly, a widely popular and often discredited book which labelled wheat as the cause of a huge swath of health problems. “Our customers overseas have been very interested in this and also in North America where health and nutrition are a major focus — especially after the Wheat Belly book, the gluten free and all of this,” he said. “The response to all of this is to come up with a healthier bread or end product, using other cereal crops.” Sopiwnyk noted that bake tests were not the primary focus of the project but added those that were done showed the flour performed well, although it requires more liquid as a result of the high fibre content. “There was also a very slight reduction in volume at some level, but not enough to be considered a defect,” she said. The project leader said more baking trials would likely go ahead in the future. “But the milling part has been very critical, because nobody wants to invest money to try something new that they don’t know if it works,” said Sarkar. “Launching any new product is expensive, so it was very importent for us to learn from this project, and gain information we could provide.”

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Bear market intact with soybean market The soybean market has lost 53 per cent of its value since it peaked in 2012 David Drozd Market Outlook

big rally will wear thin, resulting in more selling being thrown into the market at the prevailing price level. The increasing willingness of sellers to short the market causes the lower highs and lower lows in a bear market, making it all the more difficult for grain producers to sell soybeans at the previous high. Send your questions or comments about this article and chart to info@ag-chieve.ca.

CME SOYBEAN MONTHLY NEARBY Chart as of November 25, 2015

he soybean market has been under pressure since it topped out at the historical high of 17.945 on September 4, 2012. This was a pivotal day, as it marked the end of the bull market rally and the beginning of the ensuing bear market. Now down to $8.44, the soybean futures market has lost 53 per cent of its value. When the market first turned down, it could have been construed as just another pullback, but a two-month reversal developed at the market high indicating a possible change in trend. A two-month reversal is illustrated in the accompanying chart. It occurs when on the first month (at a top), the market advances to new highs and closes strong near the high of the month. The following month, prices open unchanged to slightly higher but quantity selling appears early in the month to halt the advance and prices begin to erode. By the end of the month, the market drops to around the preceding month’s low and closes at or near that level. The two-month reversal indicates a sharp turn in sentiment. On the first month the longs are comfortable and confident. The market’s performance provides encouragement and reinforces the expectation of greater profits. The second month’s activity is a complete turnaround from the preceding month, which shakes the confidence of many who are still long the market. Longs respond to weakening prices by exiting (selling) the market. The following month’s weakness provided further confirmation of a possible top, as it led to the development of a V Top formation.

books, they are going to wait and see what happens, which turns out to be a big mistake. The market is driven lower by aggressive new shorts and longs trying to make the best of a rapidly deteriorating position.

As a new downtrend begins to emerge, sell orders materialize but many are at a limit price above the market. Some of this selling is satisfied when prices rise, but a portion of the demand is not satisfied so when prices again begin

to move down, some of these sellers jump in. The balance of unfilled selling will continue to trail the market in hopes of catching a retracement. However, much of the patience of those waiting for a

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rganizers of a world-recordscale charity threshing bee, to be held next summer at Austin, hope to have at least 125 threshing teams on hand for the win. Harvesting Hope, scheduled for July 31, 2016 at the Manitoba Threshermen’s Reunion, has announced its goal of having 125 antique threshing machines running simultaneously to harvest a field of wheat. Organizers expect to have at least 500 volunteers from about 100 communities, with net proceeds to benefit the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and the Manitoba Agricultural Museum. Also, spokesperson Ayn Wilcox said Nov. 24 in a release, “we’re asking all Manitobans to join our team in the fight against global hunger by supporting this once-in-a-lifetime event through our community champions program.” Through that program, organizers said, donors can be named as a Threshing Team Sponsor ($1,000), as Adopting an Acre of wheat ($500), or as a Friend of Harvesting Hope ($250). Donors at those levels will get a “special invitation” to the Harvesting Hope event. Any contributions over $20 get a tax receipt. Businesses are also invited to support Harvesting Hope as either a community champion or a corporate partner, organizers said. For more i n f o r m a t i o n o r t o d o n a t e, visit harvestinghope.ca.

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Lisa Roy and Erron Leafloor fork stooked wheat into a 1952 McCormick Deering threshing machine at the Red River Exhibition fairgrounds Aug. 18, part of a sneak preview of Harvesting Hope, scheduled for July 31 next year at Austin. photo: dave bedard

So far, Wilcox said, “every day since our official launch in August, individuals are contacting us to offer threshing machines, equipment and resources.” The threshing bee world record was last broken Aug. 15 at Festival de la Curd at St-Albert, Ont., with 111 machines operating. The previous record, 41, was set in 2013 at another Canadian Foodgrains Bank fundraiser during the Olde Tyme Harvest at Langenburg, Sask., about 30 km west of Russell.

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MBE 4000 Mercedes, 450 hp., salt spreader, hyd. drive, PLANTERS 10 spd., wet kit, (2) 120 gal. variable rate 2014 JD 1770NT planter, HOPPER BIN & GRAIN fuel tanks, safety pull, 176” Ford F350, XL Super Duty, CCS, ProDrive, 24x30”, 2 pt., HANDLING EQUIPMENT WB, 681,512 miles 1 ton dually, V10 gas, eSet mini hopper, pneumatic Lowry hopper bin, 1,400 bu. 1997 Ford Louisville single automatic, 4WD, w/Monroe down pressure, variable rate, 1979 MC 650 continuous flow axle day cab, M11 Cummins, 9’ hyd. dump box & Western row clutches, liquid fertilizer, grain dryer, single phase 10 spd. Eaton Fuller trans., snowplow, 8-1/2’ blade, Lil Thumper piston pump Brandt 1575 conveyor, 75’x15” spring ride, sliding 5th, shows Henderson Mfg. sander/salter, Hutchinson grain auger, 60’x8” ground drive, Dawn adj. row gas motor, variable rate, cleaners, markers, corn/bean 302,985 miles Feterl auger, 60’x8” plates, used one season, used 1994 IHC single axle day cab, 67,658 miles Feterl auger, 60’x8”, 10 hp. 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OPENS: Tue. December 1 / CLOSES: Fri. December 11 AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Financing available on major equipment. For details, contact Bill at Frontier Ag and Turf, 715.417.0525. PREVIEW: Mon. – Fri., 8AM – 5PM. LOADOUT: Mon., Dec. 14 – Thur., Dec. 31. Shop rates apply for teardown. Items left after Dec. 31, 2015 will be subject to storage charges. 2011 JD 6430, MFWD, premium cab, loader joystick, 1,419 hrs., S/N1L06430XHBK685239 2006 Case-IH MX245, MFWD, powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, PTO, diff lock, 6,500 hrs., S/NZ6RZ01759 1995 Case-IH 7220 Magnum, MFWD, CAH, powershift, (4-reverse), 3 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 6,321 hrs., S/NAJB0069687 1983 JD 4450, MFWD, CAH, MFWD TRACTORS 2014 JD 6170R, MFWD, 421 hrs., 3 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, 10,510 hrs., S/NRW4450P001205 Basic warranty until March 28, 2016, S/N1RW6170RHED012856 2014 JD 6125R, MFWD, deluxe cab, MFWD UTILITY TRACTORS 560 hrs., Basic warranty ‘til March 2003 Kubota BX1800 28, 2016, S/N1L06125RJEP789047 subcompact MFWD, diesel, hydro, 3 pt., 60” mower deck, 2014 JD 6115D, MFWD, LA211 hyd. loader, rear 48” 3 pt. Sound-Gard cab, buddy seat, blade, 576 hrs., S/N53936 JD H260, 155 hrs., Basic 1998 JD 770 compact utility warranty until Oct. 27, 2016, MFWD, soft cab, diesel, 3 pt., S/N1P06115DLCM050002 rear/mid PTO, JD 59 2-stage 2014 JD 5115M, MFWD, snowblower, M&B front-mount deluxe cab, 353 hrs., Basic broom, 1,072 hrs., warranty until Feb. 4, 2016, S/NM00770A170443 S/N1LV5115MJDL641006

TRACK & 4WD TRACTOR

2013 JD 9560RT track tractor, deluxe cab, 36” tracks, 269 hrs., Basic warranty until Jan. 11, 2016, ext. powertrain warranty until Jan. 11, 2019, S/N1RW9560RCDP903197 1992 JD 8760, 4WD, CAH, 12 spd. trans., 7,548 hrs., rebuilt engine over 15,000 in work order this summer, S/NRW8760S004499

orders done to make field ready, S/NH09770S733259 1990 JD 4755, CAH, powershift, 2,594 hrs., S/NRW4755P003571 2000 JD 9650, STS, ContourMaster, 2,738 sep. hrs., 4,200 1986 JD 4250, CAH, powershift, 8,192 hrs., S/NRW4250P011194 engine hrs., S/NH09650S686504 1996 JD 9500, Contour-Master, IHC 560, wide front, gas, 1 hyd. DAM, DAS, 4,489 sep. hrs., 6,351 SKID STEER LOADERS engine hrs., S/NH09500X667882 2013 JCB 330 skid steer loader, 1997 Case-IH 2166, AHH, ARS, power boom, CAH, 69 hrs., 2,761 sep. hrs., 4,136 engine hrs., S/NGE0330WVED2196583 S/NJJC0183330 2007 Caterpillar 287C skid steer loader, hyd. quick tach, 18” track, FLEX DRAPER & FLEX HEADS 2014 MacDon FD75-S flex draper, 1,489 hrs., S/NMAS00363 45’, hyd. fore/aft, Lexion hookup COMBINES 2011 Claas Max Flex 1200 flex 2012 JD S670, Contour-Master, head, 40’, hyd. fore/aft 845 sep. hrs., 1,202 engine hrs., 2004 JD 630F flex head, 30’ S/N1H0S670SVC0747976 1998 JD 925 flex head, 25’ 2012 JD S660, Contour-Master, 1997 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 20’ 873 sep. hrs., 1,196 engine hrs., CORN HEADS S/N1H0S660SVC0745848 2011 Claas Lexion 760, PRWD, 2013 Claas 12-30C chopping corn head, height sensors Auto Contour, 1,023 sep. hrs., 1,547 engine hrs., S/NC4900040 2010 JD 612C, 12x30” 1990 Case-IH 1063, 6x30” 2009 JD 9770, STS, ContourMaster, 1,511 sep. hrs., 2,377 PLANTERS engine hrs., over $19,000 in work 1998 JD 1770 planter, 12x30” 2003 JD 1750 planter, 6x30”

2WD TRACTORS

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DISCS

2011 JD 2620 disc, 23’ 7” Krause 3990 disc, 32’, rock ﬂex

1996 JD 635 disc, 15’, rock ﬂex

FIELD CULTIVATORS

2013 Wil-Rich Quad X field cultivator, 50’, double wing fold 2005 JD 2210 field cultivator, 43-1/2’, floating hitch

MULCH FINISHER, CHISEL PLOW & DISC CHISEL 2014 JD 2310 mulch ﬁnisher, 45-1/2’, double wing fold 2010 JD 2410 chisel plow, 28’ 2000 JD 714 disc chisel, 22’

SPRAYER

2008 JD 4730 self-propelled sprayer, 90’ boom, 800 gal. tank

NH3 APPLICATOR

Ag Systems 8000 NH3 applicator

HAY EQUIPMENT

2012 JD 468 round baler 2010 JD 568 round baler 2010 NH BR7070 round baler 2014 NH H7450 mower conditioner, 13’, 1000 PTO 2011 JD 956 mower conditioner NH 166 hay inverter, S/N851027 NH side rake, ground drive NH side rake, hyd. drive Tandem side rake hitch

FORAGE EQUIPMENT, LAWN & GARDEN, CRAWLER & ATVS

Steffes Group Inc., 24400 MN Hwy 22 S, Litchﬁeld, MN 55355 Ashley Huhn WI2788-52, Randy Kath WI2789-52, Scott Steffes WI2793-52, Brad Olstad WI2792-52, Registered WI Auctioneers | 320.693.9371| SteffesGroup.com AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

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1150 South Victory Drive, Mankato, MN

OPENS: FRI. DECEMBER 4 / CLOSES: MON. DECEMBER 14 | 2PM AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: JD financing available on select equipment. Contact dealership for PREVIEW: Mon. – Fri., 7AM – 6PM & Sat., 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM details and pre-approval at 507.387.8201. Shop rates apply for any assistance required outside LOADOUT: Tue. & Wed., December 15 – 23, 2015. *After Dec. 23 at 5PM, of normal loading. For trucking info, contact Warmka Trucking Transport Inc. at 507.787.2289 items not removed will be charged $50/day lot rent & shop time to load. HID lights, front fenders, 3,317 hrs., S/NRW8530D043965 2000 JD 8410, MFWD, deluxe cab, powershift, 4 hyd., 42 gpm pump, 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, GreenStar ready, diff lock, radar, 8,698 hrs., S/NRW8410P005936 2008 JD 8330, MFWD, deluxe cab, active seat, buddy seat, ILS, powershift, 4 hyd., 42 gpm pump, 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, integrated auto steer, diff lock, radar, HID lights, (16) front suitcase weights, 2,800 lb. rear weights, front fenders, 8,202 hrs., S/NRW8330P026722 2008 JD 8130, MFWD, deluxe cab, active seat, buddy seat, powershift, 4 hyd., 42 gpm pump, 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, integrated auto steer, diff lock, radar, HID lights, front fenders, 3,928 hrs., S/NRW8130P025138 1979 Deutz DX140, partial powershift, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 8,215 hrs. 1976 IHC 1586, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 3,536 hrs., S/N97783

lights, 994 sep. hrs., 1,454 engine hrs., S/N1H0S680SEC0747066 2010 JD 9870, STS, Contour-Master, deluxe cab, 2 spd. PRWD, deluxe controls, integrated auto steer, Y&M, 26’ high cap. unloading auger, ext. wear pkg., HD adj. rear axle, TouchSet, fine cut chopper, adj. power tailboard, HID lights, round bar concave, HD header lift cyl., HID lights, 1,882 engine hrs., S/N1H09870SKA0736591 4WD TRACTORS 2004 JD 9860, STS, Contour-Master, 2009 JD 9530, deluxe cab, active seat, deluxe cab, deluxe controls, variable buddy seat, powershift, 4 hyd., 48 spd. feeder house, Y&M, high cap. gpm pump, diff lock, radar, HID lights, unloading auger, Maurer hopper 2,800 hrs., S/NRW9530P013501 ext., TouchSet, fine cut chopper, HD 2003 JD 9520, deluxe cab, powershift, adj. rear axle, 1,216 sep. hrs., 1,882 4 hyd., GreenStar ready, diff lock, engine hrs., S/NH09860S705758 radar, HID lights, 3,326 hrs., 2010 JD 9770, STS, Contour-Master, S/NRW9520P011086 deluxe cab, deluxe controls, HD 2009 JD 9230, premium cab, leather, variable spd. feeder house, integrated active seat, buddy seat, powershift, auto steer, Y&M, 22-1/2’ high cap. 4 hyd., 48 gpm pump, 1000 PTO, unloading auger, TouchSet, heavy integrated auto steer, radar, diff lock, duty header lift cyl., sidehill cleaning HID lights, Cat 4 drawbar, 2,582 hrs., shoe pkg., fine cut chopper, video SKID STEER LOADER S/NRW9230P013312 2012 JD CT323D skid steer loader, camera system w/display, HID lights, 1996 JD 8770, 24 spd., 4 hyd., diff heavy duty adj. rear axle, round bar cab enclosure, A/C, hand controls, lock, radar, performance monitor, (2) 165 lb. & (4) 450 lb. weight pkg., 2 spd. self-leveling, general purpose concaves, 1,054 sep. hrs., 1,399 engine hrs., S/N1H09770STA0737353 bucket, reversing fan, wide track, 3,346 hrs., S/NRW8770H004487 615 hrs., S/N1T0323DBECG231778 2001 JD 9750, STS, Contour-Master, deluxe cab, deluxe controls, MFWD & 2WD TRACTORS GPS EQUIPMENT heavy duty variable spd. feeder 2013 JD 6170R, MFWD, deluxe 2006 JD Starfire ITC globe, SF1 house, GreenStar ready, Y&M, 20’ cab, Power Quad Plus, 16/16 left 2006 JD Starfire ITC globe, SF1 unloading auger, fine cut chopper, hand reverser, 3 hyd., 3 pt., quick 1,950 sep. hrs., 3,006 engine hrs., hitch, 540/1000 PTO, diff lock, cold COMBINES S/NH09750S690665 weather pkg., front fenders, 5,754 2012 JD S680, Contour-Master, hrs., S/N 1RW6170RPDR006689 1992 JD 9600, corn/bean, DHH, PRWD, premium cab, deluxe 2009 JD 8530, MFWD, deluxe cab, DAS, fore/aft, 20’ unloading auger, controls, Pro Drive, 5 spd. feeder IVT, ILS, active seat, buddy seat, 4 chopper, Vittetoe chaff spreader, house, integrated auto steer, Y&M, hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, TouchSet, high cap. unloading auger, Harvestrac monitor, 4,600 engine integrated auto steer, diff lock, radar, fine cut chopper, grain tank ext., HID hrs., S/NH09600X645991

TRACK TRACTORS

2006 Caterpillar 765B, 16 spd. powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, Trimble guidance system, rock box, 16” tracks, 3,750 hrs., S/NAGCMT7655AM561562 2003 JD 9520T, deluxe cab, powershift, 4 hyd., integrated auto steer, radar, wide swing drawbar, (26) front suitcase weights, 36” tracks, 4,071 hrs., S/NRW9520T902124

Travis 507.387.8201

or Brad Olstad at Steffes Group, 701.237.9173 or 701.238.0240

Complete terms, lot listings & photos ONLINE!

2001 Case-IH 2388, axial ﬂow, deluxe controls, Field Tracker, integrated auto steer, Y&M, w/display, mapping system, hopper ext., long unloading auger, 2,594 engine hrs., S/NJJC0268880

FLEX HEADS

2012 JD 635F flex head, 35’, 2004 JD 630F flex head, 30’ 2003 JD 925F flex head, 25’

CORN HEADS

2013 JD 618C chopping corn head, 18x22”, hyd. deck plates, knife rolls, 2013 JD 616C chopping corn head, 16x30”, hyd. deck plates, knife rolls 2011 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x22”, hyd. deck plates, knife rolls 2009 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x30”, hyd. deck plates, knife rolls 2008 JD 608C chopping corn head, 8x30”, hyd. deck plates, knife rolls 2011 JD 606C chopping corn head, 6x30”, Stalkmaster, knife rolls 2002 Geringhoff RD1220 chopping corn head, 12x20”, hyd. deck plates 2001 Geringhoff RD chopping corn head, 9x22” 2002 JD 893 corn head, 8x30”, ﬂuted roll units, hyd. deck plates

duty down pressure springs, Tru-Vee openers, in-furrow liquid fertilizer w/ ground drive pump, Redball monitor, heavy duty scrapers, SeedStar monitor, corn & soybean discs, S/NA01790C715353 2000 JD 1770 vacuum planter, 16x30”, half-width disconnect, 1.6 & 3 bu. hoppers, down pressure springs, L&D liquid fertilizer, 500 gal. tank, eSet corn discs, JD bean discs, SeedStar monitor w/brown box display, markers, S/NH1770A685272 2009 JD 1760 planter, 12x30”, ﬂex-fold pneumatic, 3 bu. hoppers, variable rate, Pro Shaft drive, row cleaners, L&D liquid fertilizer, Lil’ Thumper pump, Redball monitor, SeedStar monitor, Pro Max 40 soybean discs, S/NA01760F730253

DISC RIPPERS

2012 JD 512 disc ripper, 17-1/2’, 7 shank, 30” space, cover boards, single pt. depth 2011 JD 512 disc ripper, 22-1/2’, 9 shank, Parabolic cushion standards, 30” space, 5” wear shins, front 23” discs, rear 23-1/2” discs 2013 JD 2720 disc ripper, 22-1/2’, 9 shank, 30” space, Parabolic PLANTERS cushion trip, knock-out scrapers, 2012 JD DB80 planter, CCS, Refuge, 7” points, Cat V hitch 32x30”, pneumatic down pressure, 2003 JD 2700 disc ripper, 7 shank, RowCommand, row cleaners, L&D 30” space, Norstar 3-bar coil tine liquid fertilizer, XP monitor less harrow display, rate control, Pro Max 40 2001 JD 2700 disc ripper, 7 shank, bean discs, Smart boxes included, 30” space, single pt. depth, S/N1A0DB80XKCM745117 7” points, rear conditioner 2002 JD 1770NT vacuum planter, 2013 Sunflower 4630 disc ripper, 16x30”, front-fold, mechanical drive, 22’, 11 shank, 24” space, single pt. 3 bu. hoppers, down pressure depth, front 27” discs, 10” points, springs, Yetter pin adj. row cleaners, 3-bar harrow steel scraper, SeedStar monitor OTHER TILLAGE EQUIPMENT w/brown box display, corn discs, 2013 JD 2210 field cultivator, 64-1/2’, S/NA01770N700177 2006 JD 1790 vacuum planter, CCS, full floating hitch, walking tandems across, AccuDepth less display, 7” 16/31 split row, 2 pt., front-fold, variable rate, Pro Shaft drive, heavy Permaloc sweeps, 200 lb. trip shanks

2005 JD 2210 ﬁeld cultivator, 50’, 6” spacing, 5-section fold, full ﬂoating hitch, walking tandems across, AccuDepth less display, 7” Permaloc sweeps, 200 lb. trip shanks JD 2800 plow, 7 bottom, vari-width, spring coulters, S/N014869A

GRAIN CARTS

2011 Parker 1348 grain cart, 1,300 bu., 22” auger, roll tarp, Weigh-Tronix 640M scale, tracks JD 400 grain cart, 400 bu.

OTHER EQUIPMENT

2012 JD 568 round baler, Mega Tooth pickup, hyd. pickup, push bar, CoverEdge wrap 1998 NH 716C snowblower, 8’, double auger, hyd. spout

LAWN TRACTORS

2013 JD X750 lawn tractor 2013 JD Z920M lawn tractor 2013 JD Z920M lawn tractor 2011 JD Z920 lawn tractor 2011 JD X534 lawn tractor 2008 JD X744 lawn tractor 2006 JD X534 lawn tractor 2004 JD 737 lawn tractor 1996 JD GT275 lawn tractor 1993 JD 425 lawn tractor 2004 Simplicity 38 lawn tractor 2005 Snapper 2152 lawn tractor 1992 Dixon ZTR428 zero turn lawn tractor

ATVS

2010 Arctic Cat 700S ATV, 4x4 2005 JD HPX ATV, 4x4

Steffes Group, Inc., 2000 Main Ave East, West Fargo, ND 58078 Brad Olstad MN14-70, Scott Steffes MN14-51 | 701.237.9173 | SteffesGroup.com

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TRACTORS John Deere

TRACTORS Various

FOR SALE: JD 2130- 3-pt, 3,000 original hours; JD 2550- 2wd, 3-pt, hi/low shift, 4,500-hrs, w/o loader; JD 2750- MFWD, CAH, 3-pt, 2-hyd’s, w/245 loader; JD 2950- 2wd, CAH, 3-pt, 2-hyd’s; JD 4050(2)MFWD, 3-pt, PS, w/o loaders; JD 4440- (2)Quad shifts, duals; JD 4455- MFWD, 15-spd, w/o 3-pt, w/o loader; JD 4640- Quad, 3-hyd’s; JD 4650- 2wd, 3-hyd’s, 15-spd, fact. duals; JD 4755- MFWD, 3-pt, 3-hyd’s, 6,000-hrs, 15-spd, fact. duals; JD 6420MFWD, 3-pt, PQ w/LHR, 2,900-hrs; JD 6420MFWD, 3-pt, 3-hyd’s, PQ w/LHR, w/640 loader; JD 7410- MFWD, 3-pt, 3-hyd’s, PQ w/LHR, w/740 loader; JD 7610- MFWD, 3-pt, PQ w/LHR, w/740 FEL; JD 7700- MFWD, 3-pt, PQ, fact. duals, w/740 FEL, grapple; JD 7810- MFWD, 3-pt, PQ w/LHR, fact. duals, w/740 loader; JD 7810- MFWD, 3-pt, 3-hyd’s, PQ w/LHR, 5,900-hrs. All tractors can be sold with new or used loaders. Now a Husqvarna dealer, with a full line of Husqvarna Equipment. Mitch’s Tractor Sales Ltd. St. Claude, MB. Mitchstractorsales.com Phone: (204)750-2459 (cell).

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.

Big Tractor Parts, Inc.

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.

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276 FORD BI-DIRECTIONAL 3-PTH & PTO on both ends, new engine, new tires, $28,000. Phone (204)625-5225. FOR SALE: 1370 WHITE tractor (Fiat), 65-hp, FWA, 3-pth, White FEL & home built grapple, & 9-ft blade. $8,500. Phone:(204)546-2299. 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.

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REGULAR CATTLE SALES

every TUESDAY at 9 am December 8th & 15th

Saturday, December 12th at 10 am

Bred Cow & Heifer Sale

Friday, December 11, 2015 11 am

Bred Cow Sale

Monday, December 14th at Noon Sheep and Goat with Small Animals & Holstein Calves

---Highway #1 West, Whitewood, SK---

Featuring:

** 110 HEIFERS approximately 85% Black, 15% Red, RBF plus 40 Exotic Cows Bred Black due to start calving March 10. Full herd health.

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** 50 Black and Red Cow Bred Black ** 80 BLACK AND RED COWS BRED BLACK ANGUS OR LIMO 50% are 1st and 2nd calvers.

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

** 40 HEAD SIMM/ANGUS X for CALICO CATTLE CO. - Includes 15 Heifers Bred Black Angus and 25 Cows Bred Simmental - Cows calving Feb. 20, Heifers March 1st, Full herd health.

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Thursday, December 10 at 11:00 AM Scott Brothers Livestock, Boissevain

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130 Hfrs April Calving

Don McIntyre, Crystal City 45 Angus Hfrs March Calving

BRED COW & HEIFER SALE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 11AM

Complete Herd Dispersal Big Island Cattle Co. Ltd. Eddystone, MB 204-448-2006 240 BLACK & RED SIMMENTAL COWS & HEIFERS BRED BLACK • All cow under 6 year old-Due starting mid March-Fully vaccinated.

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OPENS: Tuesday, December 1 PREVIEW: Monday-Friday, 8AM – 5PM. LOADOUT: Monday-Friday, 8AM – 5PM. All items must be removed by January 31, 2016 or storage fees will apply. Free loading until Saturday, December 19, 2015. 1966 IHC 656, Schwartz wide front, gas, 2 hyd., 540 PTO, fast hitch, flat-top fenders, tire chains, 8,555 hrs., S/N16599S 1975 Ford 8600, cab/heat, 2995 Quail Rd NE, Sauk Rapids, MN manual trans., 2 hyd., 3 pt., no top link, 540/1000 PTO, 4WD & MFWD TRACTORS 8,455 hrs., S/NC489056 1992 Case-IH 9280, CAH, 12 spd., 1958 Ford 861, wide front, gas, 6V, 4 hyd., 8,180 hrs., S/NJCB0028599 3 pt., 540 PTO, 1,178 hrs., S/N10363 1998 Case-IH MX100, MFWD, CAH, 3 hyd., 3 pt., no top link, 1000 PTO, HARVEST EQUIPMENT left hand reverser, 10,118.7 hrs., IHC 1460, CAH, 3,157 engine hrs., S/NJJA0089822 S/NU013251 1994 Ford 8970, MFWD, CAH, 1989 Case-IH 1083 corn head, 8x30” powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, IHC 883 corn head, 8x30” 10,214 hrs., S/ND402547 IHC 863 corn head, 6x30” Case 4690, 4WD, CAH, 4 hyd., top JD 643 corn head, 6x30” link, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 7,436 hrs., runs, 1988 Case-IH 1044 corn head, 4x36”, needs engine work, S/N8860152 steel snouts IHC 844 corn head, 4x36” 2WD TRACTORS 1995 NH 8670, CAH, powershift, 3 hyd., 1983 JD 220 flex head, 20’ 1983 JD 216 flex head, 15’ 1000 PTO, 6,480 hrs., S/ND406687 1993 Case-IH 485, ROPS, canopy, PLANTERS manual trans., 2 hyd., 3 pt., w/top link, 2000 JD 1770 planter, 16x30”, front-fold 540 PTO, 1,405 hrs., S/NB025300 1987 Case-IH 900 planter, 6x30”, 1971 JD 4000, wide front, diesel, S/N1846 syncro, 1 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, SKID STEER LOADERS 9,000 hrs., S/N255496R 1997 Bobcat 763 skid steer loader, 1974 IHC 966, wide front, IHC cab, S/N512226668 1 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, front 1997 Mustang 940E skid steer weight brackets, shows 3,231 hrs., loader, S/N6493211 S/N2510187U027606

2000 JD 250 skid steer loader, 8,839 hrs. JD 570 skid steer loader, 2,958 hrs. Bobcat 610 skid steer loader, 5,837 hrs.

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: CNH Capital financing available on select equipment. Buyers must be pre-qualified. 25% down payment required. Please contact Kristi at 320.398.3810 for information and terms.

DISC RIPPER & CHISEL PLOWS 2008 Case-IH 730C disc ripper, 7 shank Sunﬂower 4511-13 chisel plow, 16’, 13 shank Glencoe SS III chisel plow, 12’ Landoll Soil Master chisel plow, 12’ wide, 9 shank PLOWS JD 2500 auto reset plow, 6x18” 1980 IHC 735 auto reset plow IHC 710 auto reset plow, 6x18” 1980 IHC 710 auto reset plow, 18”, 3 bottom Ford 152 auto reset plow, 5x18”, semi-mount, 2 pt. Ford 101 plow, 3x16”, 3 pt. DISCS JD 635 disc, 33’, wing fold White 273 disc, 22-1/2’ Kewanee 1020 disc, 21’ Massey Ferguson 520 disc, 18’ IHC 470 disc, 13’, pull-type Ford disc, 8’, 3 pt. Befco disc, 6.5’

FIELD CULTIVATORS 1989 Sunflower 5631, 45’ GRAIN CART & GRAVITY WAGONS Bradford 528 grain cart DMI 280 gravity box, 280 bu. Killbros 350 gravity wagon Unverferth McCurdy gravity box, 150 bu. BALERS 2001 JD 100 inline baler, 3x3x8 big square 2001 JD 100 inline baler, 3x3x8 big square 2005 JD 567 Silage Special round baler, 5x6 2001 Claas 180RD round baler, 4x6 bales, 1000 PTO 1989 Vermeer 605H round baler, 5x6 bales, 540 PTO FORAGE HARVESTING EQUIPMENT FORAGE BLOWERS HAY, FEED & LIVESTOCK EQUIP. MOWERS & SHREDDERS LAWN EQUIPMENT OTHER EQUIPMENT 1996 Gleaner 525 flex head, 24’ 2003 JD 2700 disc ripper, 7 shank, MFWD TRACTORS 30” spacing 2006 NH TM155, MFWD, CORN HEADS 2001 JD 2700 disc ripper, 9 shank, 2006 JD 1290 corn head, 12x20” CAH, cab suspension, 24” spacing 2005 Cressoni 1220 chopping corn powershift, left hand 2004 JD 512 disc ripper, 17-1/2’ head, 12x20” reverser, 3 hyd., 3 pt., JD 510 disc ripper, 7 shank 2005 Drago S-12TR chopping corn flange axle, top link in cab, 655 Lindbergh Trail, Glencoe, MN 9,551 hrs., S/NACM269313 head, 12x22” M&W 1475 disc ripper, 7 shank 2006 Harvestec 4308 chopping corn FIELD CULTIVATORS 1992 Case-IH 7120, TRACK & 4WD TRACTORS MFWD, CAH, powershift, (4) reverse, head, 8x30” 2007 Challenger MT855B track 1998 DMI Tigermate II field cultivator, tractor, deluxe cab, 16 spd. powershift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 2 PTO, rock box, quick 2005 Drago 8R30 chopping corn 60-1/2’ wide 5 hyd., auto steer ready, HD hyd. wide hitch, radar, long bar axle, 10,400 hrs., head, 8x30” 1999 JD 985 field cultivator, 50’ 2005 Drago 8R30P chopping corn S/NJJA0042739 swing drawbar, (20) front weights, 30” JD 980 field cultivator, 42’ head, 8x30” tracks, 4,421 hrs., S/NENSJG1074 1998 Wil-Rich Quad 5 field cultivator, COMBINES 1997 Case-IH 1083 corn head, 8x30” 2009 Challenger MT965C, 16 spd. 1998 JD 9610, PRWD, 2,709 sep. hrs., 1995 Case-IH 1083 corn head, 8x30” 44-1/2’ powershift, 4 hyd., auto steer ready, Case-IH 4900 field cultivator, 44’ 4,028 engine hrs., S/NH09610X679118 HID lights, (32) 100 lb. front weights, 1998 Case-IH 2388, Mud hog PRWD, 1994 Case-IH 1083 corn head, 8x30” Case-IH 4900 field cultivator, 37-1/2’ 1986 Case-IH 1063 corn head, 6x30” (8) wheel weights, 1,390 hrs., 4,723 hrs., S/NJJC0197256 OTHER TILLAGE EQUIPMENT Agco 836 corn head, 8x36” S/N965LNUTG1023 1996 Case-IH 2188, 3,745 hrs. Kewanee 295 chisel plow 1998 JD 9200, CAH, 24 spd., 3 hyd., 1996 Case-IH 2188, 5,657 hrs. PLANTERS Wil-Rich 6600 subsoiler JD 200 universal steering wheel, 1800 1984 JD 6620, AHH, diesel, 2,945 hrs. JD 7200 planter, 16x30” DMI crumbler, 45’ display, no globe, diff lock, 5,134 hrs., 2007 Case-IH Wil-Rich PT2200 Case-IH 800 auto reset plow New center pivot pins & water pump FLEX HEADS planter, 14x22”, front fold, S/N457167 IHC 490 disc, 30’, wing fold 2004 JD 635F flex head, hyd. fore/aft JD 1780 planter, 31x15”, front fold Fall of 2013, S/NRW9200H010960 JD 220 disc, 20’ 2000 JD 925F flex head, hyd. fore/aft 1999 White 6180 planter, 16x30” 1989 Steiger Panther 1000, CAH, Cummins Big Cam, powershift, 3 hyd., 2003 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 30’ GRAIN CARTS DISC RIPPERS 2003 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 30’ 1,298 hrs., S/NJCB0003359 SELF-PROPELLED SPRAYERS 1977 Steiger Cougar III ST251, 20 spd., 2001 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 30’, LT 2010 Case-IH 870 disc ripper, 22’, SKID STEER LOADERS 1997 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 25’, LT 11 shank 3 hyd., halogen lights, S/N10600034 2000 Case-IH 730B disc ripper, 7 shank PULL-TYPE SPRAYERS 1978 JD 8630, CAH, 16 spd., 3 hyd., 1996 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 25’ SEED TENDER & AUGERS 2004 JD 2700 disc ripper, 3 pt., quick hitch, diff lock, 6,499 hrs., 1991 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 25’ FORAGE & HAY EQUIPMENT 9 shank, 24” spacing 1989 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 25’ S/N8630H007064R OTHER EQUIPMENT

For equipment questions contact... Glencoe, MN: Peter Arnold, 320.864.5531 Sauk, Rapids, MN: Sean Arnold, 320.251.2585 or contact Eric Gabrielson of Steffes, 320.693.9371 or 701.238.2570

Steffes Group, Inc., 24400 MN Hwy 22 S, Litchfield, MN 55355

Ashley Huhn MN47-002, Eric Gabrielson MN47-006, Randy Kath MN47-007, Scott Steffes MN14-51 | 320.693.9371 | SteffesGroup.com

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GRUNTHAL, MB.

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BRED COW SALES

Plan to attend the Bred Cow sale Sat., Dec. 12 2015 at 1:00p.m. Ashern Auction Mart

every SATURDAY at 10 am December 5th & 12th

There will be two separate lots sold: GROUP 1 HERD REDUCTION consists of: Black Angus cows & heifers 25 Black heifers bred Black Angus(b.w. 68-lbs) (25)2-yr olds coming w/second calf (25)3-yr olds; (32)4-yr olds; (8)5-yr olds 3 cow/calf pairs Bulls turned out on June 1. Home raised herd, on full health program, age verified. For more info, Call Richard or Roseanne: (204)767-2204

**Please call to consign** your bred cows.

GROUP 2 consists of: 120 Red & Black Angus cows- avg. age 4-7years Cows are bred to Black & Simmental and Red Angus bulls 52 Red & Black heifers- bred Black Angus (b.w. 82-lbs) All cows & heifers on full health program. Bull turned out June 5. For more info, Call John:(204)364-2377 or Cell:(204)378-0174 OR Buddy:(204)768-0018, Kirk:(204)768-0019 Licence # 1128

Sat., December 5th at 10:00 am

Closed Bred Heifer Sale - consigned to the sale are 160 black and black sim. heifers, and 120 red and red sim. heifers. All heifers were palp tested and fully vaccinated prior to breeding. All heifers preg tested to a 60 day calving period. Bulls exposed July 1 through Aug; all heifers exposed to black angus bulls. This is a well grown and carefully selected group of heifers.

Sat., December 12th at 10:00 am Bred Cow Sale - please call to consign your bred cows.

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

Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250 Auction Mart (204) 434-6519 MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental

BRED COW & HEIFER SALE

Mon., Dec. 7, 2015 @ 11:00 a.m.

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This Sale Will Feature A Complete Herd Dispersal From Dave Matthews Of Argyle, MB. With 190 Maine XRed Angus (Solid Red Cows) Ranch Raised Cows And Heifers. 85% Of These Females Are Bred Heifers To 7th Calvers. These Cows Always Produced Calves That Top The Market Or May Give You That Prospect Steer Show Calf. (The Matthews Are Donating 1 Free Cow To The Buyers Of Their Cows In A Draw After The Sale) • 25 Char And Red Cows Bred Limousine (March And April Calving)

• 15 Black Heifers And 2nd Calvers Bred Speckle Park (March And April Calving) “Where Buyers & Sellers Meet” To Consign or for more information call:

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LIVESTOCK SERVICES & VET SUPPLIES The following dealer and agent have applied for a licence under the Livestock Dealers and Agents Licencing regulation, which comes under the Livestock and Livestock Products Act. (C.C.S.M. c. L170)

SPRING CREEK SIMMENTALS GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY II FEMALE SALE will be held at the farm near Moosomin SK, Dec 22nd/15, 1:00PM. On offer will be 86 Red & Black Simmentals, Angus, & Simm/Angus cows & bred Heifers. Brian McCarthy (306)435-3590, Cell (306)435-7527.

LIVESTOCK DEALER AGENT’S LICENCE Simon Atkinson Brandon, MB

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Mark your calendars for the SUNSET RIDGE RED ANGUS COMPLETE DISPERSAL, Sat., Dec. 19, 1:00PM at Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB. Selling 50 cow/calf pairs, 15 bred heifers & 2 herd bulls. Wintering program & terms available on all bull calves. For a catalogue, or more info, Contact Nancy Howatt:(204)825-8292 or T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd:(306)220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.BuyAgro.com (PL#116061). Top Producing Black & Red Angus Breeders present the 27th Annual Keystone Klassic Black & Red Angus Sale Sat., Dec. 5, 2015 at 1:00PM Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Offering 65+ females, including an elite selection of foundation bred heifers & fancy heifer calves. Junior discounts avail. For a catalogue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. at (306)933-4200. View the catalogue online at www.BuyAgro.com (PL #116061)

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WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

300-700 LBS. Steers & Heifers Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 Ben: 721-3400

Contact: D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110

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Plan to attend the 37TH ANNUAL KEYSTONE KONNECTION SIMMENTAL SALE. Tues., December 8th, 2015 at the Keystone Centre Brandon, Manitoba. 50 lots of Simmental cattle. Yearling bred heifers with noted breeding dates. Heifer Calves that are quiet and will make 4-H or Junior Show heifers. Bull Calves that are some of the top genetics in Fleckvieh Simmental will be available on the 8th. These beef bulls will add Pounds to your calf crop for more dollars in your pocket. ADD GROWTH, MILK AND PERFORMANCE TO your Calf Crop by selecting an animal at the Keystone Konnection Sale. Heifer calf show at noon and sale to follow. View catalog online at www.marmacfarms.net or call (204)728-3058 or (204)729-5439 Keystone Sale Management.

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LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT 2 HORSE BOBSLEIGHS, W/POLE, double tree, 3-yrs old, 2.5-in steam-bent runners; 1 pony bobsleigh; 1 horse cutter complete w/shaft & tree. Call Leon (204)866-4141.

LIVESTOCK Swine For Sale BERKSHIRE BOARS FOR SALE. All sizes, delivery at cost. Phone Troy or Lee:(204)828-3317 or (204)750-2759.

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ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind generators, aeration. Service & repair on all makes/models. Carl Driedger, (204)556-2346 or (204)851-0145, Virden.

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FIND A LASTING RELATIONSHIP.... Your Life is Meant to be Shared. We are Here to Help You. CANDLELIGHT MATCHMAKERS. Confidential, Rural, Photos and Profiles to selected matches, Affordable, Local. Serving MB, SK, NW-Ontario. Call/Write for info: Box 212, Roland, MB, R0G 1T0, www.candlelightmatchmakers.ca (204)343-2475. SINGLE NON-SMOKER, YOUNG SENIOR, seeking a meaningful relationship with serious, loving & honest lady interested in country living in clean newer house to call home. Reply to Ad# 1026, c/o Manitoba Co-operator, Box 9800, Station Main, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3K7

DOUG RATH & RAE FLOWER of Ste Rose du Lac, MB intend to sell private lands: NE 06-29-12W to Melvin & Maraeina Huber and Trent McNally who will be considered by Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development for possible transfer of the Crown land forage lease associated with this ranch unit. This forage lease currently consists of the following: NE 31-28-12W; NW 31-28-12W; NW 06-29-12W; SE 06-29-12W; SW 06-29-12W; NE 07-29-12W; NW 07-29-12W; SE 07-29-12W; SW 07-29-12W; NW 25-28-13W; NE 26-28-13W; NW 26-28-13W; NE 27-28-13W; NW 27-28-13W; NE 28-28-13W; NE 33-28-13W; SE 33-28-13W; NE 34-28-13W; NW 34-28-13W; SE 34-28-13W; SW 34-28-13W; NE 35-28-13W; NW 35-28-13W; SE 35-28-13W; SW 35-28-13W; NW 36-28-13W; SW 36-28-13W; NE 01-29-13W; NW 01-29-13W; SE 01-29-13W; SW 01-29-13W; NE 02-29-13W; NW 02-29-13W; SE 02-29-13W; SW 02-29-13W; NE 03-29-13W; NW 03-29-13W; SE 03-29-13W; SW 03-29-13W; NE 04-29-13W; SE 04-29-13W; NE 09-29-13W; SE 09-29-13W; NE 10-29-13W; NW 10-29-13W; SE 10-29-13W; SW 10-29-13W; NE 11-29-13W; NW 11-29-13W; SE 11-29-13W; S W 11-29-13W; NE 12-29-13W; NW 12-29-13W; S E 12-29-13W; SW 12-29-13W. If you wish to comment on or object to the potential transfer of this forage lease to this purchaser please write to: Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578. Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad in the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting for your call. 1-800-782-0794. PRIME NORTH PORTAGE PLAINS Farmland for Sale by Tender. Parcel one: SW 1/4 35-12-7W1 includes approx. 145 cultivated acres. Parcel two: South 200-acs of North 1/2 4-13-7W1 includes approx. 180-185 cultivated acres. Sale of this parcel will include three storage bins (does not include three hopper bins) Both of these packages have access to some irrigation. Parcel three: NE 1/4 15-13-7W1 Approximately 150 cultivated acres. Interested parties must rely on their own inspection of the property. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. All bids will be held in the strictest of confidence. Sealed bids for the following parcels of land located in the RM of Portage la Prairie must be received by December 15, 2015. Submit bids in a sealed envelope to Lorne and Doug Jordan, 80 Wilkinson Cres, Portage La Prairie, MB R1N 1A8

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SPECIAL EDITION Manitoba Ag Days Taking place Jan. 19, 20 & 21, 2016 at the Brandon Keystone Centre

The Manitoba Co-operator is presenting a great opportunity for you to feature your business, products or booth at Manitoba Ag Days in the Jan. 7th edition. The Manitoba Ag Days Show is a winter indoor exposition of agricultural production expertise, technology, and equipment held in Brandon every January. The Show attracts exhibitors and visitors from across Canada and North Central United States and provides an annual opportunity for producers to comparison shop for everything they need for their agricultural operations.

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rain transportation and trade are top of the new Liberal government’s agricultural agenda, says veteran Saskatchewan MP and former agriculture minister Ralph Goodale. Other priorities include determining if farm aid programs are adequate, investing in infrastructure to protect soil and water and refocusing the government’s role in scientific research. The Canadian Wheat Board is not coming back, but the Liberal government will dig into its apparent ‘giveaway’ to a foreign company and perhaps release

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 3, 2015

Saskatchewan seeks price protection in potash tax plan Some miners are now cutting output against falling prices BY ROD NICKEL Winnipeg/Reuters

otash-rich Saskatchewan hopes to revise its taxes on production of the crop fertilizer to avoid big revenue drops in years when prices sag, the Canadian province’s economy minister said Nov. 20. Sa s k a t c h e w a n , h o m e t o mines operated by Potash Corp, Mosaic Co. and Agrium, is conducting its first full review in 10 years of its comp l e x p o t a s h t a x a n d r oyalty structure. It is currently w e i g h t e d m o re by p o t a s h prices than output.

“We want to be assured that the taxpayers of Saskatchewan see a return on the resource even if prices are low and volumes are higher.”

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a record-high $1.36 billion in potash revenue when prices spiked in 2008-09, but its royalty program finished with a negative balance the following year when prices crashed. Saskatchewan, running a deficit this year after two decades in the T:10.25” black, began the

potash tax review in October and hopes to have recommendations by late 2016. B oy d s a i d t h e p r ov i n c e intends to make any changes to the formula close to revenue neutral, but he would not say if Saskatchewan’s potash taxes will remain the world’s highest. “There’s no preconceived decisions around the royalties in any way.” Making changes that help potash miners, whose profits have fallen due to weak prices, is “an open question,” Boyd said, but added that they are seeing stronger U.S. sales of late. “We’re optimistic that we’ve

reached the point where we’re seeing the market start to turn around,” Boyd said. Po t a s h C o r p a n d Mo s a i c last month said they would reduce output to support falling prices, while Brazilian miner Vale has put on hold a planned potash mine near Kronau, southeast of Regina. However, Germany’s K+S is continuing construction of Saskatchewan’s first new potash mine in four deca d e s, n o r t h e a s t o f Mo o s e Jaw at Bethune. BHP Billiton is slowly developing another mine at Jansen, southeast of Humboldt, though it has not committed most of the capital.

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Chinese imports headed higher, opportunity for Canadian farmers Agricultural economist Colin Carter, who has studied China’s agriculture for 30 years, says there’s more going on than meets the eye

Canada’s trade relationship with China built on wheat Canada offered to sell China food when no one else would do business with a Communist regime By Laura Rance Co-operator Editor

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hina has used increased agricultural productivity and trade to beat back the famines that claimed millions of lives in the world’s most populous country five decades ago, but it still faces daunting food challenges, an economist who has spent his career studying the country’s food policies says. “In fact in China today, obesity in children is a bigger problem than malnutrition,” said Colin Carter, the University of California researcher in an interview following his delivery of this year’s Kraft Lecture at the University of Manitoba. The country that has become both the world’s biggest producer and consumer of food is likely to become increasingly dependent on exporters such as Canada in years to come, he said. Since 1978, China’s average agricultural output has increased by almost five per cent a year versus two per cent in the United States. On paper, China was self-sufficient in food in recent years — not bad considering it has just 10 per cent of the world’s arable land and is feeding 20 per cent of its people. It has also become the world’s biggest vegetable producer, accounting for 60 per cent of global production along with being a major producer of pork, apples and cereal grains. That productivity has come at a cost, however. “If you look at the whole story of China’s agriculture it’s one of very intensive use of chemicals and energy… with all kinds of consequences for food safety and environmental impacts,” Carter said. “The soil is polluted, the water is polluted. “The air is polluted and it’s just shocking and sad to see the change in the environment in the last 30 years.” The Chinese apply 10 kg of pesticides per hectare compared to one in Canada. In 2013, Chinese farmers applied 44 million tonnes of chemical fertilizer up from 28 million in 2002. That’s almost three times what American farmers use, Carter said.

Poor farmers Besides that, China doesn’t treat its farmers very well, he said. Despite the tremendous rise in wealth in China, its 242 million farmers are almost as poor

A farmer plants seeds in a cornfield at a farm in Gaocheng, Hebei province, China, September 30, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

“The middle class in China will demand higher food quality. It is going to be more interested in importing products.” Colin Carter

now as they were 30 years ago. And the income gap between them and their urban counterparts is rising. “The farmers are not treated as normal citizens,” he said. “And you talk to government officials or other people and they don’t give a damn even though it’s a communist country.” Chinese farmers make up 31 per cent of the labour force and contribute 10 per cent of the country’s GDP, but their operations are largely inefficient; they farm an average of one acre each. That hasn’t changed since 1949 when the Communist Party took control and collectivized the land, Carter said. “That one acre may be cut up into three or four plots, so it’s very fragmented,” he said. “So that structure is simply not sustainable. The big issue in China of course is land tenure.” Land tenure would allow some farmers to sell their land and move to apartments in the cities, opening an opportunity for the remaining farmers to expand and become more efficient. But he said local officials in charge of land allocations are

Agricultural economist Colin Carter sees opportunities for Canadian farmers to export more food to China — a country that has ramped up domestic production in recent years despite inefficient farmers. Much of that production has also come with a cost to China’s environment and food safety. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

reluctant to give up control. “So it’s not an easy solution,” he said. Carter said the Chinese government is buying foreign farmland and food companies, partly to secure food, but also to get new technology.

Stable growth But he predicted it will also turn to foreign suppliers to keep food prices stable as its economy grows. “I don’t think there is any question that China will become more dependent on international (agricultural) trade,” Carter said. “The middle class in China will demand higher food quality. It is going to be more interested in importing products.” Carter agreed China doesn’t want to rely too heavily on the United States, its economic and political rival, for food imports, saying that bodes well for Canadian farmers.

As the world’s biggest soybean importer, there’s speculation it could become the biggest corn buyer too, Carter said. The debate continues over whether China will import feed to support growth in its domestic livestock industry or opt to import more pork, which would lessen the environmental concerns over excess hog manure. In a soon-to-be-released paper, Carter argues China is poised to become an increasingly important market for Canada, especially in pork and dairy products — if the supply-managed industry here is allowed to return to exporting. “I think we (Canada) have a comparative advantage in animal agriculture,” he said. “There’s growing world demand for some of our supply-managed commodities and we’re not participating. We have such a small market (domestically).” allan@fbcpublishing.com

Canada played a major role in helping overcome the famines that stalked the Chinese people through the late 1950s and early 1960s. It sold wheat to the People’s Republic of China at a time when other countries refused to deal with the Communist regime of Mao Zedong, which had seized control in 1949 after a short but violent civil war. “Most countries initially refused to recognize the authority of the Communist government; for its part, China imposed severe restrictions on foreign trade and investment,” a briefing report by International Affairs prepared for Canadian Parliament in 2008 says. At the time, Canada had no formal trade relationship with what many referred to as “Red China” either. “While there was some support for the promotion of trade with China, the issue of Canada’s trade policy was closely tied to a long internal debate through the 1950s and 1960s over whether to grant official recognition to Chairman Mao Zedong’s government,” the document says. While Canadian officials recognized there were opportunities to trade with China, many feared alienating Canada’s closest ally and neighbour, the U.S. by doing business with a communist government. As well, the People’s Republic had few foreign currency reserves with which to buy foreign goods. But that all started to change in the early 1960s when the Canadian Wheat Board began actively seeking out new markets for wheat and other grains to help “the embattled Canadian farmer.” “Recalling that in 1958 China had purchased a small amount of wheat from Canada, the Department of Trade and Commerce sent representatives to China in 1960 to see if there was any interest in additional sales,” the briefing document says. “As it turned out, two successive years of poor harvests in China — related to the policies of the Great Leap Forward — had created a profound food shortage in that country. By early the following year, Canada officially announced the sale of about $60 million in wheat and barley to China. “As the food shortage became more apparent, China was forced to become more active on international grain markets. Due almost exclusively to increased sales of wheat and barley, Canadian exports to China grew from about $9 million in 1960 to over $147 million only two years later. “Until the end of the 1960s, Canada’s total exports to China were volatile, but generally remained between $100 million and $185 million annually. These shipments consisted almost entirely of wheat. laura@fbcpublishing.com

The Manitoba Co-operator | December 3, 2015

Researcher decries loss of PFRA The rural west needs another PFRA to help farmers adapt to climate change BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

he elimination of the Prairie Fa r m Re h a b i l i t a t i o n A g e n c y by the Harper government has stripped western farmers of their best tool for coping with droughts and other climate change challenges, says Dave Sauchyn, a researcher at the University of Regina. The folding of the PFRA into Agr iculture Canada’s bureaucracy removed the extension workers from the field at the time when the farmers need information on adapting their operations to the risks of higher temperatures and less precipitation that accompanies climate change, Sauchyn told the Food Security and Climate Change Conference. In public meetings with researchers across the Prairies, “farmers told us they needed help in adapting to climate change,” he said. “They need someone to improve their unders t a n d i n g o f r i s k o f h o t t e r, d r i e r summers. “We need a co-ordinating agency

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to provide them with the expertise to provide the technical information they require,” he added. “The PFRA had been able to fill that role.” The Harper government withdrew from the PFRA community pastures, turning them over to the provinces or private groups, and eliminated the extension personnel who could have helped, he said. The PFRA was created in 1935 to help farmers recover from a prolonged drought that devastated western farming. It provided trees for shelterbelts and training in agriculture practices and water management to farmers so they could better cope with future dry spells. Measurements of the South Saskatchewan River back to 1108 have found dry years are far more common than wet ones in Western Canada, he said. Alberta and Saskatchewan are especially dependent on water from the snowmelt in the Rocky Mountains. “Irrigated land is consistent in output while the areas dependent on natural precipitation are erratic in output. There is a clear connection between water and yields.”

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The idea of an average year for western farmers “is a strange concept in Western Canada because almost every year there is too much or too little precipitation,” he said. “In the future, the range between wet and dry years will become even more extreme. The wet years will be wetter and dry years drier.” With the help of PFRA, Prairie farmers restored the region’s agriculture capability while adapting to dryland farming, he said. Crop yields have risen by 228 per cent since the 1930s. Research in recent years has shown the Prairie growing season is three weeks longer because of climate change. At the same time, water supplies in midsummer are lower when precipitation is needed to keep the crop growing. To prepare for climate change, the West needs to introduce adaptive planning from communities on up to make the region more resilient to extreme weather. That means “involving the right people with clear responsibilities and leadership to the communities informed.” The plans need to include measures to keep local businesses and services functioning.

Clear need There is also a clear need “for programs for sharing information and providing financial support for innovative adaptation practices and increasing awareness and motivation.” He recommended that watershed groups be “recognized as among the best-equipped groups to test out and implement local changes and adaptations, and to contr ibute to emergency preparedness plans and actions. Their activities should be supported and capacity enhanced.” The organizations need to be kept informed on provincial and federal programs. Without government and university extension programs, “technical knowledge gap is now considered to be a significant problem when implementing or testing out new adaptation practices.”

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h e Sa s k a t c h e w a n Wheat Development C o m m i s s i o n (SWDC) says export wheat prices are similar to or higher than last October, but farmers are receiving about $20 per tonne less. “Rail transpor tation and handling capacity have not improved and this is being reflected in even lower returns for producers and a lower share of export values as the year progresses,” SWDC chair Bill Gehl said in a news release. “We were forecasting this would cost farmers $2 billion (this crop year) but it’s likely to be closer to $3 billion now if this keeps up,” Gehl said during an interview.

Norma Windle was one of 15 participants in the workshop led by microbiologist Gary Graumann.

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t t o Vo n B i s m a r c k famously once said, “Laws are like sausages; it is better not to see them being made.” But the Prussian statesman wasn’t in the sausage-making business. Those who are, or simply experimenting at home with new methods, ingredients or recipes, need to know — and seeing is believing. That’s what drew 15 participants from across Manitoba to a full-day workshop at the Food Development Centre here earlier this month.

They came to hear MAFRD meat microbiologist and food systems risk-mitigation specialist Gary Graumann talk about protein binders, smoking, piston stuffers, cooking temperatures and other things sausage makers need to know, such as the kinds of cracks and holes listeria likes to hide in and why. That underlines why these are serious subjects for secondary meat processors who need an in-depth understanding of best practices for recipe formulation, production materials, processing equipment and techniques. Sausage making is an ageold tradition with many prized

family and cultural recipes. But there are also many critically important considerations for safe handling of processed meat. They emphasize that point. Graumann noted that the word botulism is derived from the Latin word botulus, meaning “sausage.” That’s not a coincidence. “I hope I’ve educated people on the safety aspect of it, and the functionality of all the ingredients, from what you’re adding and why, and provided a rationale,” he said.

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ats futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have been creeping higher, which a U.S.-based analyst attributes to increasing demand for minor feed grains. Data from Canada and the U.S. project oat yields to increase from last year, which are capping gains, but at the same time, the demand picture has improved. Sorghum and barley commitments are mostly above the fiveyear average, which indicates stronger demand for minor feed grains including oats, said Terry Reilly, senior analyst at Futures International. A weaker Canadian dollar is lending a hand to Canada’s oat exports, he said. So far, demand for Canadian oats has stayed near steady with last year’s pace. As of Nov. 2, Canada has exported 324,200 tonnes of oats, compared with 318,500 tonnes last year, according to the Canadian Grain Commission. A Manitoba merchant reports a lot of its oats going to the U.S. and Mexico. “Demand is steady and strong,” said Jarrod Firlotte, general manager at Emerson Milling. “There’s a lot of grain, and oats are just keeping pace.” The CBOT December oats contract broke above the 100day moving average to close at US$2.4775 on Nov. 19. “So from the technical side it’s very friendly,” Reilly said. The December oats contract could test the 200-day moving average of US$2.54 a bushel, but oats are still relatively weak compared with corn, he added. Manitoba’s cash prices have stayed steady despite movement in futures markets, Firlotte said. “We’ve got enough oats bought, so we don’t really have to go and chase it.”

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China plans to cut corn prices, shrink stockpiles High local corn prices are hitting Chinese refiners and feed millers hard BY NIU SHUPING AND DAVID STANWAY Beijing/Reuters

eijing plans to cut local corn prices for a second year as it pushes to reignite stalled demand from its crisis-hit grain processors and whittle down the world’s biggest corn stockpile, industry sources said. In its latest move to boost a sector that has struggled with the world’s most expensive domestic corn, the government is preparing to slash state support prices by another 10 per cent to 1,800 yuan (C$376) per tonne for 2016-17, according to three sources. That would follow previously announced cuts for the crop year that began in October. Cheaper local prices could sap appetite for imports from processors in the world’s No. 2 corn consumer behind the U.S., a move that could weigh on world prices and hurt corn exporters from the Americas to Ukraine. Grain processors make products ranging from animal feed to sweeteners and ethanol. A cut in prices could also stifle demand for corn substitutes such as sorghum, distillers grains (DDGS) and barley, which saw record Chinese imports of over 30 million tonnes in 2014-15. “ The gover nment has to reduce the price, given its massive stocks and as domestic corn prices are still much more expensive than imports,” said Qian Jianjun, an analyst with Beijing Orient Agribusiness Consultant Co. Ltd. Be i j i n g c o u l d a l s o o f f e r freight subsidies to animal feed mills in the south of the country that ship corn from t h e n o r t h e a s t e r n g r ow i n g belt, two of the sources said. They did not specify when this could happen. The Finance Ministry as well as the National Development and Reform Commission did not respond to requests for comment. The three sources, who have direct knowledge of the matter, said Beijing may announce the new corn price cuts early n e x t ye a r b e f o re p l a n t i n g starts in March. “Imports of corn and corn substitutes could fall more t h a n we e a r l i e r e x p e c t e d , dropping 50 per cent or even more from last year,” said an analyst with an official think-tank. Beijing has been forced to gradually pull away from its controversial policy of supporting farmers through buying corn for national reserves, a s s t o c k s a re expected to have ballooned to 200 million tonnes by April next year — equivalent to over a year of the country’s consumption. Higher local prices driven by the stockpiling mean that mills and refiners have lost cash and racked up debt, with as much as 60 per cent of China’s processing capacity

shut over the past three years, according to refinery sources.

Lifeline? In an earlier step to offer refiners a lifeline, Beijing in September cut state support prices for the first time since 2008. Corn refineries in the northeast have also been offered subsidies for buying local grain. Those steps helped narrow the gap between domestic and imported grain prices to a difference of around 20 per cent, but have not been enough to erode stocks or encourage broad investment from the animal feedstock or sweetener sectors. Although at least one company has taken advantage of cheaper raw material prices: Global Bio-chem Technology

Group Co., Asia’s largest corn refiner, restarted its idled corn sweetener and lysine plants last week, an official told Reuters. The lysine plant in the northeast province of Jilin will reach full capacity of 500,000 tonnes per year by the end of November, said the official, who declined to be identified as he was not authorized to speak with media. However, tepid demand for animal feed will stymie efforts to boost many corn processors. Some poultry farmers’ flocks are recovering from bird flu and China’s culling of its hog herds has depleted stocks. Meng Jinhui, an analyst with COFCO Futures Co. Ltd., said corn demand would not return to the record highs seen in 2012 of 120 million tonnes “any time soon.”

Farmers collect corn for a cargo at a farm at Gaocheng in China’s Hebei province on Sept. 30. Multiple sources say China is preparing to slash its state support prices for corn by another 10 per cent, to about C$376 per tonne. photo: kim kyung-hoon

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Pilot Mound to light the screen — soon Pilot Mound residents are hard at work fundraising to reopen a new community-owned theatre in their Pilot Mound Recreation Complex. The former theatre closed in 2010 BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff/Pilot Mound

ilot Mound’s first theatre was known as the “cosy” theatre. It was cosy all right, and it didn’t smell like popcorn. It was over a hatchery. That was years ago. After 1945, Pilot Mound had the Tivoli, a fine little theatre where great movies were watched and great memories made. It was so popular for the next 65 years, volunteers kept it running even after the last private owners retired in the early 1990s. The final credits rolled at the Tivoli in 2010, but not because no one was going to the movies anymore. The building was on its last legs. It cost too much to heat and finding 35-mm films for an aging projector rumoured to have mushrooms sprouting in it was near impossible. But the show will go on. Locals wear T-shirts declaring Pilot Mound’s plans to “light the screen in 2015.” Well, if not this year, it will be soon. “It’ll be next year. 2016 rhymes with screen too,” says Heather Brewster. In the absence of a local theatre Pilot Mound has made its own fun fundraising for a new one these past five years. They’ve raised about half the $300,000 needed to equip and furnish a new theatre in town, to be housed in the Pilot Mound Recreational Complex. All that money has come through garage sales, raffles, special dinners, and any other creative way they can imagine. The first fundraiser was the day they closed the old Tivoli. It wasn’t such a sad event, says Brewster. “It was out with the old and in with the new,” she said. Sharon Currie feels the same way. Having a local theatre in Pilot Mound is as important as having ball diamonds, a pool and other recreational amenities. “The more you have in a community the more you attract people,” she said. Those who’ve long lived here want their kids to grow up with similar memories of going to the show in town too. “I wanted it for my children. Now I’m looking forward to having it up and running for my grandchildren.” Plus, Pilot Mound knows movie night becomes take-your-moneyout-of-town night if the show’s on somewhere else. “If you go out of town, you’re probably going to end up buying gas there, and you’ll have a meal there, and then it’s, ‘well, I might as well buy my groceries at Walmart,’” says Brewster. “That takes a lot of money out of the economy here. But if we stay here for dinner and a movie that all stays at home.” Hometown cinemas might have gone the way of the livery stable were it not for the community-ownership model. Community-based, volunteerrun theatres are now found across

Fundraising for a new Tivoli in town continues, say members of a volunteer committee that’s been working the past five years to reopen a new community-owned theatre to replace the old. Pictured are Sharon Currie (r), Gisele Harding and Heather Brewster (l). PHOTOs: LORRAINE STEVENSON

rural Manitoba in places like Deloraine, Neepawa, Reston, and Melita. The screens stay lit wherever people want to see local theatre continue, says Bradley Peters, volunteer operations manager of Boissevain Community Theatre. Boissevain cut the ribbon in 2012 on its brand new $400,000 building that now houses both movie and performance theatre. When their local theatre closed in 2009 the community felt it was as important as a library and skating or curling rink. The funds for the new one came from donations and local fundraising plus funds from local governments and the province. The community’s support continues. Volunteers run the theatre, said Peters, adding they average about 130 through the doors a week. Sometimes it’s higher and sometimes it’s lower, but clearly Boissevain doesn’t stay home watching Netflix. Pilot Mound won’t either. The Tivoli was where everyone met with their friends and neighbours over a show. It will be again. It is definitely a different gig going to the show in your hometown, she added. “It’s a social activity, watching a movie with people that you know. I think the city can’t get quite the same kind of vibe.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Boissevain built and opened in 2012 a brand new movie and performance theatre on the site where an older theatre previously operated.

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Prairie fare Have you tried a new grain lately? julie gardenrobinson Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension Service

ou are determined to like this food, aren’t you?” my husband remarked with a grin. I must have been “making a face” at my bowl of grits, which I had chosen for my second breakfast meal of the week. I regularly enjoy hot cereal such as oatmeal for breakfast, so why not try something new? In general, I eat almost anything. We were in a southern state, and I was trying out foods that are uncommon in the Midwest. Along with my bowl of grits, I had chosen my favourite breakfast food: scrambled eggs. If kids take 10 to 12 times to like a new food, how many times does a nutrition specialist need to develop a taste for grits? Pairing a favourite food with a new food is what we suggest with kids. Would I be different? The bowl of cream-coloured cereal arrived with a light sprink l i n g o f s h re d d e d c h e d d a r cheese. The first time I had this grain food, the ratio of cheese to grits was about 50:50, I think. I like cheese already, so I ate them. I tasted the grits at breakfast, and I could tell nothing was added. They were a “blank canvas” in need of something. I thought about going to Google on my phone to find out “what to add to grits.” Our server came by with more coffee. I asked her what she suggested I should add. She said she liked butter and sugar on grits. Some people liked to add butter, salt and pepper. She also liked to stir in scrambled eggs. I had lots of options, but I wasn’t going to use my eggs in

that manner, though. I decided to try both seasoning methods. I prepared one savoury side and one sweet side. My husband watched me in amusement. Unfortunately, I never have had a “poker face.” I will need a few more tries to enjoy grits, but I did eat most of my breakfast. I am sure that some of the regional dishes we eat in the Midwest would be met with a similar reaction in other states. We all tend to like the familiar, but “mixing it up” is a good idea. Enjoying a variety of foods in moderation is always good advice. Grits are made of corn, or maize, and they are cooked to form a porridge. Some recipes add cheese, bacon and onion to grits. Others suggest the typical cereal toppings. How adventuresome are you with your grain choices? Try this quiz to see if you can identify the type of grain from these clues. 1. T his type of grain is high in fibre and can be used in baked goods and breakfast cereals. You might be familiar with the “pearled” version, which is used in soups. 2. This grain actually is the seed from a family of herbs. It technically is not a cereal grain. It often is ground and used to replace part of the wheat flour in pancake mixes. 3. This grain food is made from durum semolina and is very p o p u l a r i n No r t h A f r i c a n countries. It usually is yellow and resembles rice but actually is pasta. 4. T his common whole-grain breakfast food is available in regular and quick-cooking varieties, depending on the degree the grain has been “rolled” during processing. It is a heart-healthy food.

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5. This food is not a grain but is a small seed that is grown in Peru and Bolivia. It is cooked similarly to rice. 6. T his grain is the most commonly eaten grain in the world. It is available in white or whole grain brown types. 7. This may be the smallest grain in the world and is used as a thickener. (If you get this question correctly, you can pat yourself on the back.) 8. T his grain often is known as the “staff of life” and includes processed versions known as bulgur and farina. How did you do? My thanks

Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal 2 c. quick-cooking oats 1/4 c. low-fat or fat-free milk 3/4 c. canned pumpkin (without spices) 1 tbsp. brown sugar

go to an Extension professional in Oklahoma Co-operative Extension for inspiring this column with her PowerPoint. The answers are: 1. barley; 2. buckwheat; 3. couscous; 4. oatmeal; 5. quinoa (pronounced keen-wa); 6. rice; 7. teff; 8. wheat. If you like oatmeal, this version has a special addition: puréed pumpkin. Adding pumpkin provides beta carotene, a pigment that our body converts to vitamin A. We need vitamin A for healthy skin, membranes and eyes. Oatmeal is a whole grain food that provides soluble fibre, which can reduce blood cholesterol levels.

For thinner oatmeal, add more milk. Leave in microwave for about one minute. Serve hot and topped with desired toppings. Makes four servings.

butterscotch or white chocolate chips

*To make your own pumpkin pie spice mix together 3 tbsp. ground cinnamon, 2 tsp. ground ginger, 2 tsp. ground nutmeg, 1-1/2 tsp. ground allspice and 1-1/2 tsp. ground cloves.

In a microwave-safe bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients except for the optional toppings. Microwave on high for about two minutes or until the oatmeal reaches the desired consistency.

(Julie Garden-Robinson, PhD, R.D., L.R.D., is a North Dakota State University Extension Service food and nutrition specialist and professor in the department of health, nutrition and exercise sciences.)

2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice* Pinch of salt Optional: chopped walnuts, raisins, dried cranberries, apple slices, whipped topping,

The Manitoba Co-operator | December 3, 2015

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ndrew Jackson pulled his half-ton truck up to the front of the machine shop on the Jackson farmyard. He reached for the key, but then sat for a minute without turning it, waiting for Mick Jagger to finish belting out “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” on the radio. “Some songs are too good to turn off in the middle,” he said to himself as he listened to the final note fade away. He turned the key to shut off the engine, opened the truck door and stepped out, pulling his brown oilskin outback hat down to shield his face from the cold north wind. A moment later he stepped into the aging but well-kept building, stamping the snow from his boots and pulling off his gloves. “You’re just in time for coffee, pops.” Randy Jackson spoke from his seat in the old office chair that had been there for as long as Andrew could remember. Brady sat in the equally ancient armchair across from Randy, and a third chair, slightly newer but still well used, sat empty between them. Andrew poured himself a cup. “I’m always just in time for coffee,” he said as he seated himself on the empty chair. He leaned back and took a sip. “So, what’s new?” “Not much,” said Randy. “Nothing, really,” said Brady. Andrew nodded. “That’s what I thought,” he said. “Either of you going to the Grey Cup tomorrow?” “Not me,” said Randy. “Me either,” said Brady. “One of my suppliers offered me free tickets but I told him that Amanda and I are planning a Grey Cup party at our house, so no thanks.” Andrew raised an eyebrow. “You’re having a Grey Cup party at your house and you didn’t invite me?” he said. “We didn’t invite anyone,” said Brady. “It’s going to be a real small party. Just me and Amanda.” “I admire you for the effort you must have gone to, to plan and organize such an event,” said Andrew. “It’ll be the best Grey Cup party ever,” said

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Brady. “We’re going to have hotdogs and potato chips and diet Coke and when the game comes on we’re going to cuddle up under a blanket on the couch, turn on the TV, and watch a movie.” “That does sound like a way better plan than Rose and I have,” said Andrew. “What are you planning?” asked Randy. “We’re planning to watch the game,” said Andrew. He sighed. “What a waste of time that’ll be.” “You should do what I’m going to do,” said Randy. “I’m going to PVR the game and watch it after the kids are in bed. That way I can skip through the commercials and the time-

outs and the huddles and the halftime show and watch the entire game in about 45 minutes.” “Is Jackie going to watch it with you?” Brady wanted to know. “She’ll sit next to me on the couch and play Angry Birds or whatever on her iPad,” said Randy. “She’ll watch the replays if anything interesting happens.” “So in other words, no,” said Brady. “In other words, no,” said Randy. “It’s important for couples to spend time together,” said Andrew. “Like sitting on the couch with your attention glued to different electronic devices.” “Well on the bright side of that,” said Randy, “you can’t get into arguments if you’re not communicating.” “That’s true,” said Andrew. “According to my friend Bob, the secret to a long happy marriage is, never talk to each other.” “Why are you even friends with Bob?” said Brady. “And wouldn’t the secret to a long friendship with Bob be to never talk to Bob?” Andrew nodded. “That would be the ideal,” he said. “But it’s all good. I went to high school with Bob so I’ve known him a long time and I can handle talking to him as long as it isn’t more than once a month or so.” “Funny,” said Randy. “I hear that’s exactly what his wife says.” “Well anyway,” said Brady, “it sounds like we’ll all be doing the same thing during the Grey Cup game this year. Sitting on our couches not talking to our wives.” “Huh,” said Andrew. “Is there any way of knowing whether our wives will think this is a good thing or a bad thing?” The other two considered this for a moment. “I suppose we could ask them,” said Randy. “Interesting idea,” said Andrew. “I may try that. Can’t hurt to ask.” “I think we’ve just discovered the secret to a long happy marriage,” said Brady. “What’s that?” asked Randy. “A nice machine shop,” said Brady, “with a coffee maker and some comfy chairs.” “Amen,” said Andrew.

Let me introduce you to ‘Janet Craig’ Doesn’t mind low light levels or warm, dry air so perfect for the winter By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

ost gardeners are familiar with the dracaena spike that was often placed in the centre of outdoor containers grown a generation ago. Because of its overuse, it gradually fell out of favour as a wider variety of container plants become available. Dracaenas — albeit different species — still remain very popular, however, as indoor potted plants. They are a diverse group, many of which look like they should be growing on a tropical island. Most are native to Africa and they are easy-care plants that tolerate the low light levels and warm, often dry air of our homes during the winter months. Many of the more commonly grown dracaenas are stately plants that grow on cane-like stems; most are naturally erect, single-stemmed shrubs that can grow into tall trees. Many nurseries plant three stems into a clump when propagating dracaenas to create a more attractive specimen. One of the most popular is unusual because it has taken on the name of a cultivar as its common name: Janet Craig. This plant, when it is small, starts out as a tuft of upright

leaves but as it grows the lower leaves naturally fall off revealing a cane-like stem. The places on the stem where the leaves detach scar over and form an interesting pattern on the stem. The strap-like leaves are dark green and shiny and a mature plant will have a large tuft of leaves atop its sturdy stem, creating a rather exotic tropical appearance. A dwarf Janet Craig is available and it remains short and compact, and does not develop a bare stem. Ideally, dracaenas like bright light although they will tolerate low light levels quite well. They must not be exposed to direct sunlight and even very bright indirect light might be too much for them. If the plant receives light that is too strong in intensity, the leaf tips will brown. Although dracaenas prefer high humidity (making them good candidates for dish gardens and plant groupings where their close proximity increases the humidity of the air near the plants), they tolerate the conditions of indoor spaces quite well. Janet Craig likes soil kept constantly moist during periods of active growth, which would be during the summer, and barely moist during rest periods. It is a slow-growing plant and during the winter will be almost

One of the most popular is unusual because it has taken on the name of a cultivar as its common name: Janet Craig.

semi-dormant and require little water. Even in the summer it is a good idea to allow the planting medium to dry out almost completely before watering again. The appearance of bacterial spots on the leaves usually means the plant has been overwatered, whereas brown leaf tips may indicate a shortage of water — or a buildup of salts in the soil if tap water is used. Soluble fertilizer (I use a 20-2020 formula) should be used at half-strength during active growth periods. I fertilize about once a month and I make sure no drops of the mixture land on the leaves or they might be permanently marked. Dracaenas, including Janet Craig, are not usually bothered by insect pests; I think their leathery foliage is not that

A dwarf Janet Craig sits on a bench in a garden centre. Note the leaves need to be wiped to remove dust and water marks. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

attractive to them. Sometimes, however, mealy bugs and spider mites attack dracaenas, so check the plants periodically for tiny webbing or small white tufts on the leaves that would indicate the presence of these insects. I use a damp cloth to wipe the leaves to keep them attractive and free of dust. The upright growth habit of the smooth, shiny leaves causes them to collect dust on their

surfaces. Wiping the leaf surfaces will not only remove this but go a long way to preventing insect infestations as well. Carefully cup each leaf in your hand while wiping it to prevent bending and injuring the leaf. Dracaenas are attractive plants that can add an exotic tropical touch to any indoor landscape. Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

The Manitoba Co-operator | December 3, 2015

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Mourning dove may be added to hunting list

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One of Manitoba’s popular songbirds could be added to the list of ‘game birds’ By Donna Gamache Freelance contributor

ne of our popular songbirds is likely to go on the hunting block next fall. Apparently, the mourning dove may be added to the list of “game birds” which can be hunted in Manitoba. Many who watch these lovely birds and enjoy their mournful calls, may not be aware that this dove is already classed as a game bird, rather than a songbird. Over 40 states and two provinces (Ontario and British Columbia) already allow the dove to be hunted. According to Wikipedia, more than 20 million birds (up to 70 million in some years) are shot annually in the U.S., both for sport and meat. It appears that Manitoba will likely join this group. The amount of meat per bird is said to be about two ounces, so a hunter would need to kill several for just one meal. Perhaps those who want to hunt for food should concentrate on the numerous flocks of geese which we see throughout the province and which are a nuisance in many places. Presently, Manitoba officials are waiting for an assessment from Environment Canada, but according to Frank Baldwin, the provincial game bird manager with Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship, they expect to be told that the hunt is sustainable, and will likely

Two young mourning doves. GAMACHE photo

proceed. Baldwin thinks that the decision was made even before the final assessment, but Environment Canada indicated it was still under consideration. Doves may have more than one nesting, but each one is only two fledglings. Also, these birds often nest late in the summer, and by early September — when the proposed hunt would begin — there are often still very young doves around learning to fly. If the parents are killed, the young will die too. Other protected songbirds and raptors might also become targets. The passenger pigeon, a larger relative of the mourning dove, was once the most abundant bird in North America, accounting for more than one-quarter of all birds on the continent. Loss of habitat and overhunting resulted in its extinction, with the last one dying in cap-

Where is this barn?

his barn was photographed by former Manitoba Co-operator editor Bob Hainstock in the early 1980s but its whereabouts are unknown and, unlike other photos published recently in this paper, there is no other information available about it. Gordon Goldsborough, webmaster and journal editor with the Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is looking for more information about it, including its GPS co-ordinates, to include on a map of historic sites being prepared for the Manitoba Historic Society. Can a Co-operator reader answer any these questions? Even one reply to one question is much appreciated, says Goldsborough, who wants to figure out what percentage of barns published in Hainstock’s 1986 book Barns of Western Canada: An Illustrated Century remain standing. Goldsborough is not trying to compile an inventory all old barns, but to get an indication of the rate at which old barns are disappearing from the landscape. 1. Where is/was the building located? Geographic co-ordinates (latitude and longitude or section-township-range) would be very helpful. 2. Is the building still standing? If so, in what condition is it? How does it look compared to the 1980s? Has it undergone any major renovations through the years? For what purpose was it used in the past? What is its present use? 3. If the building is no longer standing, when did it come down? Was it demolished, burned, or moved? If removed from its original site, where is it now? 4. Who was the original owner? Who owns it now? Is the present owner related to the original one? A family name would be helpful, even if first names are unknown. 5. Contact information to the present owner, such as a phone number, would be helpful but not essential. If you have any information about this barn please contact Gordon Goldsborough at: email: gordon@mhs.mb.ca telephone: (204) 474-7469 mail: 2021 Loudoun Rd. Winnipeg, Man. R3S 1A3

Baldwin thinks that the decision was made even before the final assessment, but Environment Canada indicated it was still under consideration.

tivity in the Cincinnati zoo in 1914. Our mourning doves have already lost some of their habitat; let’s not make them a hunting target, too. If this concerns you contact Environment Canada at 1-800668-6767 or enviroinfo@ec.gc.ca; or the Manitoba Conservation office at 1-204-945-3730. Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba

Many eagles were seen this fall in the Erickson, Manitoba area. PHOTO: CINDY MURRAY

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