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Provisions that were set to expire August 1 have been extended another full year BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

he federal government is extending emergency grain-shipping provisions for another year. The provisions, which included weekly mandatory minimum grain-hauling levels, compensation to shippers for failing to provide service and extended interswitching that encourage competition, were set to expire August 1 with the end of the current crop year. Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay said in a joint statement the move will allow the government more time to consult stakeholders, including farm groups and “... allow the various participants in the commodity and railway system to plan for the upcoming year under predictable conditions.” Gary Stanford, Grain Growers of Canada president, welcomed the move because it will give “both government and producers See TRANSPORT on page 7 »

Manitoba premier-elect Brian Pallister grew up on a farm near Edwin, Man., and that could make him a sympathetic audience on farm issues. PHOTO: Dave Bedard

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a n i t o b a’s e l e c t o r a l m a p turned blue April 19, and that could help rural and agricultural Manitoba, according to the head of the province’s general farm organization. Da n Ma z i e r s t re s s e d t h a t t h e Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is non-partisan, but added that the new premier-elect’s rural roots growing up on a farm near Edwin likely won’t hurt the cause of agriculture.

“Br i a n Pa l l i s t e r, o u r p re m i e relect, is from rural Manitoba,” Dan Mazier, who farms near Justice, said in an interview during KAP’s quarterly advisory council meeting here April 20. “I think that really helps us out. His roots are there. I think that will bode well for anybody in rural Manitoba.” Pallister and his PCs coasted to an easy victory election night, garnering the largest majority in the province’s history with 40 seats, including many former NDP rural strongholds in the Interlake and northwest. Among their victories were the Swan River seat of

Ron Kostyshyn, the incumbent agriculture minister. A f t e r 1 7 ye a r s i n p owe r Gre g Selinger’s NDP was reduced to just 14 seats, and the Manitoba Liberals captured just three seats, a disappointing result as many party members were anticipating a breakthrough headed into the campaign.

Perimiter-itis While KAP never publicly complained that the previous NDP government, which held power for almost 17 years, See PREMIER on page 6 »

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LIVESTOCK Cattle headed down

Uplifting events for horses

A downturn is coming when the building U.S. herd comes to market

A new collaborative invention from a multidisciplinary research team at the University of Saskatchewan promises new hope for injured horses

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research team from the University of Saskatchewan is hoping to improve the outcome for horses suffering from fractures or other musculoskeletal problems. Hundreds of horses are fatally injured and euthanized every year in North America due to racetrack injuries. But even horses that are used for pleasure riding can break a leg. After a horse undergoes surgery to fix a fracture, it’s normally confined to a stall and given medication to alleviate the pain. However, due to a horse’s heavy weight and its strong flight response, recovery from musculoskeletal problems is uncertain. A multidisciplinary research team at the University of Saskatchewan is hoping to change that, by partnering with RMD Engineering, a local firm, to design and build a robotic lift system, a University of Saskatchewan release says. The lift will help rehabilitate horses suffering from acute injuries and other musculoskeletal problems by providing mobility, weight distribution and support. The team’s leader is Dr. Julia Montgomery, a large-animal internal medicine specialist at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine and the team includes engineering professors, an equine biomechanics specialist and a radiologist. The lift can reduce and redistribute the weight the horse is carrying, Montgomery said. The system allows the animal to be mobile with its weight partially or fully supported by the lift.

A horse lift designed at the University of Saskatchewan is giving injured horses a second chance. PHOTO: WCVM

“If we want to, we can allow the horse to move around so we don’t have these issues with muscle wasting,” says Montgomery. She adds that this function of the lift will also allow for more controlled rehabilitation of horses. RMD Engineering has been involved with many other veterinary-related innovations at the university revolving around large-animal handling, including a “bovine tilt table.”

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Producer car shipper worries licensing loaders could drive some out of business The Canadian Grain Commission has launched consultations that will also consider licences for feed mills and agents working for grain companies

“From my point of view it looks like it could be fairly burdensome. It could potentially remove some facilities from the system.”

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new proposal to license producer car loading facilities could shut some down. The move comes as part of a Canadian Grain Commission licensing review and it’s already causing concern, says Manitouarea farmer Don McLean. He is also a director with the Boundary Trails Railway Company, which operates a short line between Manitou and Morden, and is one of eight farmer-shareholders in Boundary Loading Group, which fills 120 to 130 producer cars a year at Darlingford. “From my point of view it looks like it could be fairly burdensome,” he said in an interview April 21. “It could potentially remove some facilities from the system. They’ll just say ‘it’s not worth the hassle.’ I think that would be detrimental to the producer car system itself.” In March CGC commissioner Murdoch MacKay said the CGC would consult about licensing producer loading facilities. The CGC posted a consultation paper online last week (https://www. grainscanada.gc.ca/consulta tions/2016/licensing-review-en. htm). Citizens have until June 6 to comment on the proposals, which also include licensing feed mills that buy more than 5,000 tonnes of grain a year and agents (companies that work on behalf of licensed grain companies). Producer cars are one of the few historic Prairie institutions remaining after the removal of the Crow Rate and the single-desk marketing system. But loading them has evolved from individual farmers filling cars with an auger and truck to permanent handling facilities with track-side storage and, in some cases, employees. Some offer their services for a fee, making car loading safer and more efficient.

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“The Canadian Grain Commission is consulting with the grain industry about licensing producer car loading facilities. This one at Darlingford owned by Boundary Loading Group loads 120 to 130 cars a year. There are several other producer car loading facilities on the Boundary Trails Railway — a short line that runs from Manitou to Morden. PHOTOs: ALLAN DAWSON

Remi Gosselin, the CGC’s manager of corporate information services says the grain-handling landscape has changed significantly over the past four years. “We want to have a better handle on what’s happening out there in the country,” he said. “We are just conducting a routine review, and based on our early assessments there may be some activities out there that merit licensing. But we are keeping an open mind to this and we just want to find out what’s going on and see how stakeholders react to this potential. “If we get feedback that says this is not appropriate we would certainly listen to that. It’s not a done deal.”

Review needed The CGC paper says the review is needed because more grain is being delivered through producer cars and it “could adversely affect the grain quality assurance system and producer protection.” Moreover, the CGC is not capturing the amount of grain being moved through this method.

However, what the paper doesn’t say is that the CGC used to capture producer grain data before it abolished mandatory inward inspection at Canadian grain terminals. Producer car loading facilities are also moving more grain in socalled dealer or lease cars, supplied by grain companies, further adding to gap in the data. The CGC’s interest in licensing producer car loaders as a subclass under primary elevators might have been sparked by the purchase of a short line railway with producer car facilities, McLean said. (Saskatchewan’s West Central Road and Rail was recently purchased by AGT Food and Ingredients.) “Let’s not paint the entire industry with one brush,” McLean said. “If there are companies that have sold out and are purchasing grain from farmers... then let’s treat them like primary elevators.”

Inconsistent The CGC says producer car shippers receive “inconsistent treatment” compared to those

delivering to a licensed elevator. The CGC, which has a statutory mandate to protect grain farmers and ensure grain quality, has no oversight of producer car loading facilities, including their scales. But McLean noted the CGC has no oversight of farmer-loaded cars. Scales used at loading facilities give farmers an idea of what they loaded. The official weight is taken at unload. The CGC says if producer car loaders were licensed they would not have to do what primarily elevators must do, such as post security, submit monthly reports, issue receipts for delivered grain, agree to binding CGC grading and dockage upon farmer request and submit an annual financial statement. However, the CGC proposes producer car loaders be compelled to document and report the type and weight of grain they take in, only handle grain that’s loaded in cars and not deal in, or purchase grain from farmers. The CGC has not determined the cost of licences for producer car loaders. But McLean fears the bigger expense will be maintaining “legal” scales and the additional paperwork.

Resistance The CGC’s proposal to license producer car loaders in 2001-02 met with fierce resistance from farmers. Many lobbied the agriculture minister not to reappoint

then chief commissioner Barry Senft. There is however, lots of support among farmers, including the Keystone Agricultural Producers, for licensing feed mills. “If there’s a rock-solid argument for licensing, it’s feed mills,” Gosselin said. “Since 2006 eight feed mills have restructured their operations, filed for creditor protection, receivership or bankruptcy, in Canada. So when a feed mill defaults, unable to pay grain farmers, producers are left with virtually no recourse for the lost revenue.” Two of them, Puratone and Big Sky Farms, went under in 2012 leaving many grain farmers without payment. Agents — companies that work for licensed grain companies by taking in grain for them — are becoming more common, Gosselin said. “What we know about agents is they have the capacity to incur producer liabilities,” he said. “We feel by regulating these companies the CGC would be better able to monitor their purchases and better assess the risk of payment failure. “If they are paying for grain we would like to license them either as primary or processing elevators. We want to get a better idea of how they are operating currently.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

Security The CGC already licenses primary country elevators, whose owners are required to post security to cover what is owed to farmers for their grain. There are other CGC farmer protections, including the option for the CGC to determine the grade and dockage and checks to ensure weigh scales are accurate. Producer cars, enshrined through an amendment in 1902 to the Manitoba Grain Act, which later became the Canada Grain Act, were a hard-won right, allowing farmers to bypass elevators and their fees. Then, as now, farmers can order their own “producer” car, but to qualify, they must fill it with just their grain and ship it to a buyer. The grain is weighed and graded at unload and then the farmer is paid. That’s key. If grain is weighed, graded, commingled with other grain and ownership changes before being loaded in a car, the buyer is deemed an elevator and must be licensed as such. McLean agrees with that, but doesn’t see the need to create a subclass to license producer car loaders.

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Balancing research

o Prairie farmer worth his or her salt would admit to not being good at growing wheat. Farmers have been growing wheat in these parts for more than 200 years and they’ve earned quite a reputation for themselves selling it to the world. But a former senior federal research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada hinted at a recent Canadian Global Crops Laura Rance Symposium that perhaps farmers here could Editor be growing it better — with a little help. In outlining his concerns with the current wheat research agenda, Stephen Morgan Jones noted wheat yields increase by about 1.3 per cent per year, half of which is due to genetics and half of which is due to improved agronomy. Yet when it comes to research, agronomy gets about 10 per cent of the total research funding. Morgan Jones asked his audience to consider whether the 266 active public research projects investing about $45 million annually in improving the crop are hitting the mark. And while we’re at it, what is the mark? “We talk about increasing wheat yield, but do we really have any idea of where we want to get to over the next 15 years?” he asked. While the numbers would suggest Canada has a robust wheat development program, many of the projects are small and underfunded — especially in the area of improved agronomy. He also pointed to the ongoing research into fusarium head blight. There are 30 projects dedicated to it, but after 25 years and millions of dollars invested, little progress has been made. The three provincial wheat commissions were quick to respond. In a letter to the editor on the opposite page they cite several examples of where they are co-operating to better understand the wheat genome and improve wheat varieties available to farmers. But even their response is focused on varietal development. There’s no denying continuous varietal improvement is important to the future of any crop. However, Plant Breeders Rights and other forms of intellectual property protection have made it easier for researchers to capture a return on investment from new varieties and crop protection products. There has been no way found — as yet — to do the same with techniques. That relegates agronomic research to the purview of publicly funded researchers, provincial extension services — both of which are chronically underfunded — and projects paid for by producer checkoffs. A seed that yields more for the same amount of inputs is an easy benchmark to target. Those incremental gains — the one per cent here, the five per cent there — that come from the combined efforts of thousands of farmers are not so easily measured or achieved. When the Canola Council of Canada began looking into how to consistently increase production a few years ago, it soon became clear that the focus had to be on the ‘how’ of growing as well as better varieties. In fact, four out of the five pillars in the council’s strategy to increase average yields from 34 bushels per acre to 52 by 2025 are about agronomy. Only eight bushels of the 18-bushel target gain comes from genetic improvements. It’s fair to ask whether a similar approach is needed for wheat.

A call for collaboration

team of scientists in the United Kingdom and Bangladesh has taken an unusual step in their bid to get ahead of a deadly cereal fungus that has recently surfaced in Bangladesh. They have posted raw genetic data for the wheat blast pathogen on a new website — http://www. wheatblast.net. And they are inviting others to do the same. While not unheard of, research collaborations have become far less common in recent times. Threats such as wheat blast however, create a certain urgency. The pathogen that causes wheat blast fungus surfaced in Bangladesh in February, making it the first sighting of the dreaded disease in Asia. According to a release by the John Innes Centre, the wheat blast disease has so far caused up to 90 per cent yield losses in more than 15,000 ha. Researchers fear it could spread to other wheat-growing areas in South Asia.

The stakes are high. Wheat is the second major food source in Bangladesh after rice. The researchers are hoping that the website, together with an accompanying Facebook page, will provide a hub for information, collaboration and comment. In publicizing their move, Sophien Kamoun, project leader with the Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich, said it is time to change the research culture in the name of global food security. “I have a beef with the way that research is typically done. We need a fundamentally new approach to sharing genetic data for emerging plant diseases,” he said. “We need to generate and make data public more rapidly and seek input from a larger crowd because, collectively, we are better able to answer questions. We couldn’t agree more. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Marketing boards are failing Canadians BY SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS

anada’s agriculture marketing boards are showing signs of obsolescence, forcing commodity groups to consider desperate measures. Certainly, given the economic conditions of the last century, forming marketing boards made perfect sense. Marketing boards and agencies were designed to sell agricultural commodities throughout Canada and to the world. They were also intended to protect farmers from cutthroat purchasers and from market failures. And they did their job — until recently. Among Canada’s 120 marketing boards, the signs of strain are showing. Two in particular face catastrophic conditions: maple syrup and dairy. Let’s start with maple syrup. Ontario and the United States report a record harvest this year. This “sap tsunami” has meant millions of litres of maple syrup are ready to be sold and producers are enthusiastic. Quebec, too, has an abundant crop this year — the April weather was ideal. Yet in Quebec, where a marketing board exists, the sentiment is quite different. This year’s maple syrup harvest is expected to exceed 150 million pounds, which would break the old record by more than 30 per cent. Many are worried that a significant surplus will end up on the black market, and deflate quotaproduced syrup prices. The aim of the maple syrup board is to artificially inflate prices at the farm gate, no matter what happens. In the current quota-based regime, excess inventories end up being sold outside the system. That leaves the Quebec federation scrambling to address the issue. The situation in the dairy industry is even more critical. Farmers have quotas to produce milk, based on domestic demand. As well, Canada has excessive tariffs on imports.

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In recent years, however, the market has changed. Today’s consumers want more products with higher butterfat content, such as butter and yogurt. At the same time they are drinking less milk and that has created a shortage of butterfat in Canada. So dairy processors have to look outside the system, importing more than $200 million a year in U.S. high-protein milk ingredients. The rising demand for butterfat has created excessive increases in Canadian farm gate prices, almost three times as high as the world average increase. So dairy processors have little or no chance to compete without imports. The dairy and maple syrup situations are the result of a very narrow-minded view of world markets. Even though marketing boards try to convince Canadians that they adapt quickly to market swings, they simply do not. Why? Because marketing boards are simply not hard-wired to deal with massive production and market condition changes. And many farmers remain set in their ways. Today’s conditions mean farmers must cope with systemic shifts generated by climate change, abrupt macroeconomic shifts and market demand fluctuations. Marketing boards, faced with these dramatic changes in the world marketplace, are slowly failing farmers and the Canadian public. Many of the boards that served the Canadian agricultural economy for decades are now passed their due dates. Each commodity deserves its own strategies and approaches, based on demand. More broadly, it’s time for a more proactive Canadian plan to develop markets around the world. And in the face of recent international trade deals involving Canada, this needs to happen quickly, before commodity groups take further desperate measures. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is a professor at the Food Institute at the University of Guelph.

May 1980

f you’re looking for retirement income today, you’ll look fondly at the 13.5 per cent on 10-year certificates offered by Manitoba Pool Elevators in May of 1980. At the end of 10 years, they’d be worth $3,548. If you invested at today’s GIC rates of around 2.5 per cent, $1,000 would become only $1,280 in 10 years. However, there is another side to interest rates and a front-page story in our May 6, 1980 issue said that Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan was offering little hope of general emergency assistance to farmers hard hit by inflationary input costs and high interest rates. Hog producers were an exception — Whelan had announced a $46-million payment of $2.46 per hundredweight for market hogs. He blamed overproduction for low prices and called for supply management to control hog supply. Another story offered a premonition of bad news to come — a PFRA survey said Prairie soil moisture reserves were very low. Manitoba turned out to be especially dry that year, with average wheat yields falling to 21 bushels compared to a previous five-year average of 28. That probably meant higher protein, so there was some slight offsetting good news in another story, which said the wheat board would begin offering protein premiums for the new crop year. Another story began with “Have you ever heard of an air seeder?” and went on to explain the benefits of this new technology.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Rail cars the weakest link in supply chain A public-private partnership could solve this problem but political will is needed BY BRUCE R. BURROWS

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hile oil and gas, mining and other commodity sectors str uggle, the grain and agri-food industries are going strong. This is a good thing, since it accounts for 6.7 per cent of GDP and supports one job in eight, employing over 2.2 million people. Globally, Canada is the fifth-largest exporter of agriculture and food products. However, there is a problem — that pipeline relies on a 40-yearold fleet of railway cars. A supply chain, like any chain, is only as strong as its weakest link, in this case an aging fleet of Government of Canada hopper cars. Commencing in the early 1970s, the federal government purchased roughly 13,500 covered hopper rail cars for grain service, and assigned the cars to CN and CPR. At the time, CN was still a money-losing Crown corporation, and export grain rates were frozen at the same level established in 1927 under the Crowsnest Pass Agreement. The railways claimed that their earnings from grain traffic did not justify the investment in modern rail cars, and so the government purchased the rail cars instead of allowing the railways to raise their rates to farmers. Today, about 8,000 of these cars remain in service, and they are an average of 37 years old. In theory,

a rail car can last up to 50 years, but this rarely occurs in practice. Just like an automobile, the repairs required to maintain a rail car increase over time, until it is no longer economic to fix. Most rail cars are usually scrapped well before their 50th year, and hopper rail cars typically last between 35 and 45 years. As these types of rail cars age, they become increasingly prone to defects, such as jammed top hatches and leaking outlet gates. The recent review of the Canada Transportation Act (CTA) also concluded that the existing grain car fleet is nearing the end of its useful life and must be expanded and renewed. The report suggested the federal government can play an important role in the development of a “strategic plan on how best this can be achieved and under what timelines.”

Modern cars larger More importantly, the Government of Canada rail cars are smaller and longer than the rail car type that is typically used by competing producers in the United States. At 4,550 cubic feet, the Canadian government rail cars have 13 per cent less carrying capacity than the 5,200-cubic-foot rail cars used south of the border. And the Canadian rail cars are longer than the contemporar y design. This limits the number of rail cars that can be carried by a unit train, and stresses track capacity at port.

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Replacing the aging Government of Canada fleet with modern grain rail cars would result in an immediate improvement in the productivity of the Canadian export grain-handling system. In fact, CP has estimated that a more modern fleet of rail cars could increase the capacity of their grain unit trains by over 23 per cent, adding 3.8 million tonnes of additional capacity. If this same approach is extrapolated over the entire fleet of remaining gover nment hop per cars, the increase in system capacity would be over 5.6 million tonnes. Doing nothing is not an option. So, should the federal government make an investment? On the surface, a federal investment in grain rail cars would seem to be consistent with the new government’s desire to invest in infrastructure to improve the competitiveness of the Canadian economy, and enhance exports. However, the financial performance of Canada’s railways has improved dramatically since the early 1970s, and a “corporate handout” of this scale is unlikely to be politically popular. A second option is that the railways themselves should replace the government rail cars. For their part, CP has taken a firm position that it will not be making large investments in grain cars as long as its pricing freedom is constrained by the maximum revenue entitlement (MRE) formula. Plus, the federal

cheese, from Europe. It would appear strange if our local hospitals and educational institutions, for example, must source their cheese from Europe instead of from Manitoba farms. Supply management is a concern but its impact may be less than that from farmers’ markets and other ways Manitoba producers provide healthy foods to our province. Hopefully the trade agreements allow for this local production of food. Barry Hammond Winnipeg, Man.

Incomplete snapshot of wheat research Local effects of trade deals Sylvain Charlebois had many wise things to say in his column “Blank cheque economics no answer” in the April 21 Manitoba Co-operator. However, his focus on dysfunctional trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Comprehensive European Trade Agreement, often negotiated behind closed doors, did not mention the potential impact of such agreements on local farmers in Manitoba. Providing food to local markets is perhaps the best hope Manitoba farmers have for the future. Researchers at the University of Manitoba indicate that this possibility rates high with some institutions and farmers. It will be unfortunate if this hope is dashed by the intervention of a trade agreement, which in the details suggests that Manitoba must get food products, such as

The article “Former scientist puts Canadian wheat research under the microscope,” published April 21 profiles a study that provides an outdated and incomplete snapshot of wheat research projects underway in Canada. While the number of ongoing research projects is important, the quality of this research and the collaborative initiatives that are underway will have a greater impact on Canadian wheat farmers and industry progress. Many of the projects referenced in the article were initiated prior to the establishment of producer commissions, which are now working together on several projects. The Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association, Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission and Alberta Wheat Commission have targeted priorities and oversight from farmer-directed boards that ensure research funding is invested responsibly and is directed toward projects that benefit Canadian growers.

government promised the shipping community that grain would be given priority policy attention and hinted that a “full review” of the grain transportation system would follow. These promises have thrown the cold water of uncertainty onto the grain transportation market, just as the railways are tightening their belts due to the precipitous decline in the commodity markets. A third option is worth considering. A private-public partnership with one or more private sector partners would permit the government and the railways to facilitate the renewal of the Canadian grain fleet without an undue burden on the public purse, and without needing to wait for resolution of the review of the CTA and any proposed alterations. Suitable partners exist with rail car expertise and capital to invest, but before this model can proceed, the government must first recognize that there is a problem and commit to address it. Canada’s grain producers deserve a b e t t e r, m o re m o d e r n s u p p l y chain and it is possible to achieve just that through a creative effort between the government and the private sector. Bruce Burrows is a 30-year veteran of the Canadian transportation and infrastructure sector and an Ottawa-based consultant and lobbyist who has worked in the past for railways.

Crop commissions also collaborate with groups such as the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) and the Canadian Field Crop Research Alliance (CFCRA) to co-ordinate research funding on a national basis. Since their inception, the provincial wheat commissions have made it a priority to plan and fund research together, most recently co-investing in projects through the Canadian Wheat Alliance and the Canadian Triticum Applied Genomics (CTAG2) project involving advances in mapping the wheat genome. Provincial commissions have also been active in seeking partnerships with both public and private entities to allow for greater producer involvement in research and variety development. Additionally, the western wheat and barley development commissions have created a “Wheat and Barley Variety Development Working Group.” By collaborating across provincial boundaries, this working group intends to strengthen and emphasize the importance of continued and increased public, producer and private investment in variety development and its effect on increased farm profitability. Focus should not be placed on the number of current wheat-related projects, but rather the quality of the projects funded by the provincial crop commissions and we will continue to invest funds responsibly, allowing producers to reap the benefits. Fred Greig, chair Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association Bill Gehl, chair Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission Kevin Auch, chairman Alberta Wheat Commission

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was Winnipeg-centric, it was a common refrain in the hallways wherever farmers met. Whether it was the almost 10-year ban on new hog barns, calendar restrictions on when fertilizer and manure could be spread, or Bipole III, rightly or wrongly many farmers felt Greg Selingerâ€™s government didnâ€™t understand their sectorâ€™s needs. Pallister didnâ€™t make a lot of promises, but Mazier said heâ€™s optimistic ALUS (Alternate Land Use Ser vices), which compensates farmers for conservation practices, will move ahead. Not only was it part of the PCâ€™s platform, former KAP president and now Progressive Conservative MLA Ian Wishart was one of the programâ€™s architects. â€œItâ€™s pretty impressive having Ian part of that,â€? Mazier said. â€œIt was born here at KAP.â€? Mazier noted other provinces are on board with the concept and itâ€™s an already f i e l d - t e s t e d p r o g ra m t h a t doesnâ€™t require endless development before it can be implemented. But he also added providing the dollars is going to be the key. â€œThey will have to fund it,â€? he said. â€œNow, weâ€™ll stress the need for increased funding for conservation districts so they can carry out important projects that provide ecological benefit to all Manitobans.â€?

KAP president Dan Mazier said it doesnâ€™t hurt that Manitobaâ€™s premier-elect Brian Pallister has rural roots. â€‚ PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

â€œBrian Pallister, our premier-elect, is from rural Manitoba. I think that really helps us out. His roots are there. I think that will bode well for anybody in rural Manitoba.â€?

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Before voting day, KAP presented a long list of priorities and Mazier said the general farm organization intends to advance them with the new government. One is removing education taxes from farmland and buildings and funding schools through general revenue. That has been KAP policy for years, but for good measure delegates passed another resolution last week. â€œWe will ask for this to be done as soon as possible,â€? Mazier said. â€œFarmers have been paying a disproportionate share of taxes long enough

and weâ€™ll continue to stress this.â€? T h e f o r m e r g ov e r n m e n t introduced a rebate program but then slapped a $5,000 limit on it. Mazier said KAP will push to lift the cap in the interim. KAP also wants the new government to invest in agricultural innovation, research, infrastructure repairs, transparency, environmental programs and assistance for young farmers. Manitobaâ€™s investment in

innovation has plunged to $10.1 million from $24.6 million over the past eight years, Mazier said. â€œThatâ€™s only 0.18 per cent of Manitoba farm cash receipts,â€? he said. â€œWe would like to see an investment equivalent to a full one per cent of farm cash receipts in research, innovation, and policy development.â€? KAP will also be asking for programming to support farmers doing field trials and those experimenting with new crops a n d p r o d u c t i o n m e t h o d s, Mazier said. â€œThis will share the production risk associated with driving the industry forward,â€? he said. KAP will push the government to fill vacant specialist positions within Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. To help young farmers KAP wants a â€œkick-start depositâ€? into new AgriInvest accounts, spread over the first five years. It also wants the AgriStability fee waived for the same period. KAP wants premium credits for beginning farmers during the first five years in AgriInsurance. â€œKAP will also be asking the province to assist young farmers who want to diversify their crop operations into livestock production,â€? Mazier said. â€œWe want the government to provide incentives, as well as support to navigate the regulatory hurdles. Finally, weâ€™ll be asking for increased funding for postsecondary agriculture students to help offset the costs associated with moving to urban areas to attend school.â€? As for infrastructure, KAP wants a system so the public can report dangerous roads and bridges so thereâ€™s transparency around which repairs are done first. The new government has promised to cut red tape and KAP wants its members to help in the process. Farmers can list the regulations they want streamlined or eliminated on KAPâ€™s website. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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appropriate time to reassess the bill, while a long-term solution for improving Canada’s rail transportation system is developed.” Cereals Canada added its voice to the chorus of approvals, with president Cam Dahl noting the ability to reliably move grain to market is a key part of Canada’s reputation as a supplier. “The interswitching provisions have proven to be an effective tool for shippers,” Dahl said. “The provisions were brought into place on an urgent basis during the transportation crisis of the 2013-14 crop year. It is appropriate that these measures remain in place until we have a permanent solution to the conditions that led to that crisis.” C-30 had extended interswitching rights up to 160 km for grain and all other commodities moved by shippers in the three Prairie provinces. Interswitching rules commit one rail carrier to pick up cars from a shipper, then deliver them to another railway for the line haul. The CTA otherwise allows shippers to use interswitching for only up to a 30-km radius. Pulse Canada, which represents Canada’s pulse producers and processors, had recently said the “most common” freight rate cut, in areas where expanded interswitching is available, has so far been around 20 per cent. About 150 grain elevators on the Prairies are able to make use of interswitching with the 160km radius, up from just 14 under the 30-km limit, the previous government said after introducing C-30 in 2014. The government will have to pass a motion through the Commons and the Senate before the summer recess in June to make the postponement official. The provisions were enacted in 2014, after a record-breaking crop followed by a brutal winter threw the Prairie grain transportation system in chaos. The one-year delay will also give Garneau badly needed time to study how to respond to the sweeping recommendations in the report from David Emerson on the Canada Transportation Act review. A wide array of Prairie farm groups has been calling on Ottawa not to implement Emerson’s grain recommendations. Garneau said the government needs more time “to fully assess the freight rail transportation system for all commodities. It wants to develop “a long-term plan for the sector.” CN said the extended provisions are burdensome regulations that are unnecessary. They “were never justified and should sunset this August,” as Emerson recommended. “CN hopes the government will see the wisdom of extinguishing the unnecessary provisions,” the company said in a media release. It warned continuing extended interswitching will discourage railway investment in branch line networks. CN said it “transported record volumes of western Canadian grain in the 2014-15 crop year – more than five per cent greater than during the record 100-year crop year of 2013-14. CN is proud of its grain-hauling achievement, and the nation’s grain supply chain remains fully in sync in all corridors.” How e v e r, St a n f o rd s a i d

extended interswitching provides Canadian grain producers with alternative options for rail services. The rule has already made for more competitive freight rates and service, and has directly benefited farmers, he said. “Not only have farmers noted reduced costs, they have also gained more leverage in getting rail car capacity where needed,” said Stanford. “Bill C-30 also ensures producers will be reimbursed for any expenses incurred as a result of the railway company’s failure to comply with its level-of-service obligations, giving Canadian grain farmers a more predictable and stable source of revenue.” Henry Vos, director with the Alberta Wheat Commission, said “long-term solutions to Canada’s grain transportation system continue to be important for farmers.” The Emerson report “fails to provide specific recommendations that farmers feel will improve Canada’s transportation system.” Cereals Canada’s Dahl added

that the group felt the critical issue that needs to be addressed through any future solutions was the lack of any true commercial accountability for performance. Chris Warkentin, Conservative agriculture critic, blasted the government for failing to indicate which provisions the Liberals intended to support, if any. “This may be more of the same Liberal record on Canadian agriculture: all talk, but no action,” he said in a release. He added, if the Liberals wish only to extend C-30, they could do so simply through an orderin-council rather than take a new resolution through months of discussion and debate in Parliament addressing specific aspects of the bill. The question, he said in an interview, is “what specifically do (the Liberals) intend to change (from C-30) and are the changes they envision going to address the needs of farmers and farm families?”

“The provisions were brought into place on an urgent basis during the transportation crisis of the 2013-14 crop year. It is appropriate that these measures remain in place until we have a permanent solution.”

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Timing of reservoir release means no flood compensation for farmers

April 29: Invasive Species Council of Manitoba annual general meeting, Living Prairie Museum, 2795 Ness Ave., Winnipeg. More details TBA. For more information call 204232-6021 or email invasivespeciescouncilmanitoba@gmail.com.

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armers along the Assiniboine River from the Shellmouth Dam to St. Lazare are calling for compenApril 30: Manitoba/Saskatchewan sation as the province begins Auctioneers Championship, to increase water flow from the 10 a.m., Cowtown Livestock Shellmouth Reservoir. Exchange, Hwy. 724, Maple Creek, Stan Cochrane, who farms Sask. For more info call 1-800-2395933. near Griswold, told the Keystone Agricultural Producers adviJuly 5-7, 12-14: Crop Diagnostic sory meeting here April 21 that School, Carman. For more info or to affected farmers won’t be reimregister call 204-745-5663 or email bursed for damages from the monika.menold@gov.mb.ca. province’s actions which will July 10-12: Canadian Seed Trade flood tens of thousands of acres. Association annual meeting, “What I am asking today is Hyatt Regency, 655 Burrard St., that KAP supports some kind of Vancouver. For more info or to program to pay these people,” register visit cdnseed.org/meetingsaid Cochrane, who is presiregistration/. dent of the Assiniboine Valley FBC-JuniorAds-REVISED.pdf 1 07/04/2016 3:03:28 PM Producers Association. “I don’t

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think it’s fair that these people thought two weeks ago they were going to seed a crop and they bought the seed and fertilizer and they can’t use it now.” The Manitoba government decided to release more water because with rising levels it would soon run over the dam’s spillway, he said. He and other producers in the area feel the province has waited too long.

Earlier in the year they were urging provincial officials to lower the water level of the reservoir, because they feared the spring melt would see a surge of water come from Saskatchewan. Cochrane says the timing of provincial actions resulted in the problem producers are facing and also just happened to negate the possibility of provincial compensation.

“If we had let water out three weeks ago, when there was 1,200 cubic feet per second coming into the dam and we let out 2,500, then it would have been an artificial flood and the government would have had to pay those people,” Cochrane said. “Today there’s 10,000 CFS coming into the dam and we are going to let out 3,000 and those people aren’t qualified to get one cent.” The Manitoba government issued a press release April 21 announcing that as of April 22 the outflow of 1,900 CFS from the Shellmouth Reservoir would be increased to 3,000 in two stages. “This will result in a water level increase of about two to three feet between the S h e l l m o u t h D a m a n d St . Lazare,” the release said. “This may be affected by other streams that flow into the Assiniboine River downstream of the dam. The higher outflows will result in some overbank flooding along the upper Assiniboine River and will result in some flooding of agricultural land between the reservoir and St. Lazare.” Had the dam not been there the flooding would be worse, according to the release, with flows of around 10,300 CFS. Cochrane said he expects high water between the dam and St. Lazare for three to four weeks and doubts the flooded farmers will be able to seed. “You can’t start flooding the land May 1 and expect they are going to do much seeding unless it’s mid-June or something,” he said. T h e re h a ve b e e n p re v i ous efforts to compensate Assiniboine Valley farmers for lost production due to flooding, but any compensation paid fell short of covering the losses, Cochrane said. One proposal was to provide spot-loss crop insurance coverage. Crop insurance payouts are triggered when a farmer’s average yield for a crop falls below coverage. If a farmer lost a field of wheat due to flooding but harvested a bumper crop from other fields a payment might not be triggered. The current system seems to be designed not to compensate flooded farmers, Cochrane said. More water is coming from Saskatchewan than there used to be and Cochrane suspects it’s due to unregulated drainage. “I’ve heard, but I don’t know how accurate it is, they drained another 80,000 acres this winter,” he said. The Shellmouth Reservoir needs to be better operated, he said. “I think we’ve finally got consensus in the group — maybe it’s because we have a change of government — that everybody is prepared to work together to try and lobby government to do something because we can’t operate the dam the way it is,” Cochrane said. “It doesn’t just jeopardize the farmland, it jeopardizes Brandon, Portage la Prairie, Winnipeg and everyone else.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Amazing Agriculture Adventure seeking volunteers The annual event teaches Grade 4 and 5 students about agriculture STAFF

he Amazing Agriculture Adventure (AAA) is looking for a few helping hands for its upcoming event in Brandon June 7 and 8. Held annually at the Keystone Centre, AAA is organized by Agriculture in the Classroom Manitoba, and provides a handson, interactive event that complements the science curriculum for Grade 4 and 5 students. Students move through 16-18 interactive stations covering a variety of agricultural topics, such as healthy habitats, soil erosion, weather, simple machines and maintaining a healthy body. AITC needs volunteers to help out both at the event and with setup on June 6. More than 550 students are anticipated this year, and volunteers can sign up for full or half days. Class hosts will work with teachers and students and lead them to their stations, ensuring they’re in the right place at the right time. Volunteer station hosts will perform a short presentation on their topic, using a provided script. Both positions will receive training on the day of the event. Nearly 40 volunteer positions must be filled both days for the event to take place. More information and a volunteer application form is available at http://aitc.mb.ca/get-involved/volunteers/registration or by calling 204-471-9698.

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FESTIVALS Contact us with your event, dates, location and contact info at news@fbcpublishing.com. May 27-29: Grunthal Spring Rodeo. Call 204-392-7475 or email allissa@hanoverag.com. June 4-5: New Bothwell Summer Fair. Visit the “I’m from New Bothwell” group page or the “New Bothwell Summer Fair” event page on Facebook.

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June 4-5: Stonewall/Rockwood Fair. Call 204-467-5612 or email janicerutherford@mymts.net. June 5: Family Day, Holland. Call 204-526-2263 or email Theresa@ tntharness.com. June 5: Back 40 Folk Festival, Morden Park, Morden. Visit back40folkfest.com. June 8-12: Manitoba Summer Fair, Keystone Centre, Brandon. Call 204-726-3590 or visit provincialexhibition.com. June 10-11: Lundar Agricultural Fair and Exhibition. Call 204-2783255 or visit www.lundarfair.com. June 10-11: Olde Tyme Country Fair, Niverville. Visit nivervillefair. com. June 11-12: Montcalm Heritage Festival, St. Joseph. Visit museestjoseph.ca/festival/. June 17-19: Pelican Lake Fair, Ninette. Call 204-523-4139 or visit www.pelicanlakeagsociety. wix.com/pelican-lake-ag. June 17-26: Red River Exhibition, 3977 Portage Ave., Winnipeg. Call 204-888-6990 or visit www. redriverex.com. June 18-19: Boissevain Fair. Call 204-534-0857 or email nicolekyle_88@hotmail.com. June 24-25: Killarney Fair. Call 204-523-8289 or email killarneyag@live.ca. June 25: Delodaze, Deloraine Fairgrounds. Call 204-7473668 or visit delowin.ca/ delodaze-2016/. June 25: Rapid City Fair. Call 204-826-2273 or email mkbayes@xplornet.com. June 25: MacGregor Fair. Call 204-771-2357 or visit www. macgregorfair.com.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows — D3 Cows 84.00 - 93.00 Bulls 120.00 - 125.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) 150.00 - 177.00 (801-900 lbs.) 164.00 - 185.00 (701-800 lbs.) 177.00 - 211.00 (601-700 lbs.) 190.00 - 224.00 (501-600 lbs.) 200.00 - 230.00 (401-500 lbs.) 200.00 - 235.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) — (801-900 lbs.) 150.00 - 164.00 (701-800 lbs.) 160.00 - 175.00 (601-700 lbs.) 165.00 - 188.00 (501-600 lbs.) 170.00 - 205.00 (401-500 lbs.) 185.00 - 208.00

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

(901+ lbs.) (801-900 lbs.) (701-800 lbs.) (601-700 lbs.) (501-600 lbs.) (401-500 lbs.) (901+ lbs.) (801-900 lbs.) (701-800 lbs.) (601-700 lbs.) (501-600 lbs.) (401-500 lbs.)

Futures (April 22, 2016) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change April 2016 126.50 -5.18 June 2016 116.90 -4.85 August 2016 113.93 -3.48 October 2016 113.90 -3.30 December 2016 114.13 -3.05 February 2017 113.05 -2.23

Alberta South — — — — — — — Not Available this week — — — — — — — —

Feeder Cattle April 2016 May 2016 August 2016 September 2016 October 2016 November 2016

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

April 22, 2016

Phil-Franz Warkentin CNSC Ontario 137.43 - 158.89 133.70 - 159.29 73.42 - 98.11 73.42 - 98.11 108.01 - 126.59 $ 154.85 - 182.57 172.02 - 191.15 168.76 - 199.97 175.39 - 222.28 186.77 - 242.23 190.04 - 241.85 $ 143.07 - 167.30 154.18 - 178.96 153.87 - 189.68 153.01 - 202.24 164.32 - 212.37 171.40 - 234.24 $

Close 149.45 145.45 146.05 145.03 143.60 139.05

Change -5.48 -4.48 -4.92 -4.82 -4.90 -5.22

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending April 16, 2016 48,020 12,241 35,779 N/A 548,000

Previous Year 46,826 10,394 36,432 N/A 537,000

Week Ending April 16, 2016 1,478 29,869 8,596 241 504 6,381 201

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Previous Year 1,008 26,711 11,361 518 664 5,865 151

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Spring field work cuts into cattle market action U.S. feeder cattle futures fall to contract lows

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Last Week 171.47 158.46 154.59

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olumes and prices were both down at Manitoba’s cattle auction yards over the week ending April 22, as activity slows for the spring and outside market forces take precedence. “The sharp decrease in the futures and sharp rise in the Canadian dollar both negatively affected cattle prices,” said Rick Wright of Heartland Order Buying. Feeder cattle futures in the U.S. fell to contract lows during the week, hitting their softest levels in over a year. The Canadian dollar, meanwhile, traded back above 79 U.S. cents, hitting its best levels in nine months. “Last year, at this time, everybody in the world was trying to contract cattle for future delivery right through until early fall,” said Wright, adding that the situation was the exact opposite this year. While buyers were worried about tightening cattle supplies a year ago, “right now, there are very few contracts available, and if they are out there — the basis is so wide, they won’t work.” There’s a general sense of nervousness in the market, he added, with buyers showing reluctance to take on any inventory. Very few yearlings have been contracted for the fall, which means they will be available for cash sale at the time. As a result, buyers know there will be available inventory and are not in a big rush to commit at this time. Wet weather and the fact that farmers are

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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 April 24, 2016 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.885 Undergrade ........................................ $1.795 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.875 Undergrade .........................................$1.775 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.875 Undergrade .........................................$1.775 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................................$1.825 Undergrade.......................................... $1.740 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto — — 160.00 - 180.00 170.00 - 215.00 180.00 - 245.00 —

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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

“… right now, there are very few contracts available, and if they are out there — the basis is so wide, they won’t work.” rick wright Heartland Order Buying

busy with spring field work contributed to low volumes running through the auction yards, according to Wright. He described the week as “one of the lightest runs we’ve seen all spring,” and noted it was getting harder to put a load of cattle together. However, there were still opportunities to be found, especially local demand propping up lighter feeder cattle on a few occasions. On the butcher side, cows are still seeing steady demand from both Canadian and U.S. buyers, Wright said, with the U.S. not importing as much ground beef from Australia as it had been. “We’ve some interest in breeding heifers at the market,” he said. Bred cows and cowcalf pairs are also still seeing demand, despite expectations for lower prices for calves this fall compared to last year. Looking at pasture conditions, “we’re in a good starting position compared to recent years,” Wright said — though he added timely rains will be needed through the summer, with some parts of the province already on the dry side. Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

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U.S. March cattle placements in feedlots hit five-year low BY THEOPOLIS WATERS Chicago / Reuters

Other Market Prices $/cwt Ewes Lambs

$1 Cdn: $0.7890 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.2674 Cdn.

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EXCHANGES: april 22, 2016

Cattle placements into U.S. feedlots last month rose five per cent from March 2015 but were the smallest for the month in five years and less than average industry forecasts. Analysts attributed the unexpectedly slower placement pace to an improvement in feed yard margins, which have been negative since December 2014. The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the uptrend in March placements of cattle weighing over 800 lbs., many of which were left out on healthy grazing pastures as feedlots and ranchers struggled with reduced livestock prices. Cattle that entered feedlots in March will begin arriving at packing plants around August, analysts said. The April 22 USDA report showed March placements at 1.892 million head,

up five per cent from 1.809 million last year, and below analysts’ average forecast of 1.925 million. It was the lowest March placement since the 1.904 million reported in 2011. The USDA put the feedlot cattle supply as of April 1 at 10.853 million head, above the 10.797 million a year ago and nearly matching analysts’ average forecast. The government said the number of cattle sold to packers, or marketings, was 1.747 million head in March, up seven per cent from a year ago. Problematic feedlot margins and the lingering impact of historic losses in the cattle industry resulted in the modest placement shortfall relative to trade expectations, said Rich Nelson, chief strategist for Allendale Inc. Live cattle futures tumbled more than five per cent this week in anticipation of increased cattle supplies later this year. The USDA report included the number of heifers on feed as of April 1 at 3.5 million head, up 150,000 head from a year ago, which partly reflects the rate of herd expansion.

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg (Hd Fats) — — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 84.97 - 380.63 — 137.18 - 312.92

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

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 11.40 - 85.00 46.63 - 74.63

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GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices Average quotes as of April 21, 2016 ($/tonne)

Canola prices get support from StatsCan’s projections U.S. soybean markets gain on untimely rains in Argentina DAVE SIMS CNSC

CE Futures Canada canola contracts rode a heavy wave of vegetable oil purchases all the way above the $500-per-tonne mark. By the end of the week, values had sunk below that magical mark but were still $12 higher over the previous week. The May contract gave way to the July value as the dominant one as traders adjusted positions ahead of its expiry. Malaysian palm oil continued to climb while CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybeans enjoyed large gains, which buoyed canola. There are concerns that heavy rains in Argentina could be threatening that country’s soybean crop, while a strengthening real has made Brazilian soybeans too expensive for some buyers, which boosted the market. As well, Statistics Canada released its planting intentions report on April 21, which featured a bullish outlook for the canola market. StatsCan pegged canola area for the current planting season at 19.3 million

acres. That’s below what most analysts had been anticipating and also below last year’s figure of 20.1 million acres. The expectation that Canadian farmers will seed less canola this year helped underpin the market. The rise happened despite slightly bearish action in the Canadian dollar, which rose from a point below 78 U.S. cents to start the week, reaching above 79 U.S. cents by the end of the week. Farmer selling was a key feature while portions of Western Canada are considered too dry ahead of seeding. Crushing activity was brisk, alongside steady commercial demand. In the U.S., soybeans posted strong gains as rain in Argentina stalled the harvest and put crops at risk. Most analysts said losses were unavoidable as many fields lay under water. Corn prices were firm for much of the week but tumbled April 22 due to profittaking and heavy farmer selling. Dry weather in Brazil tempered the gains. Wheat prices advanced due to investor short-covering and weakness in the U.S. dollar. Rain in major wheat-growing areas of the U.S. Southern Plains was also bullish for values. Dave Sims writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

Future

Basis

Cash

E. Manitoba wheat

193.09

39.86

232.95

W. Manitoba wheat

193.09

32.47

225.56

E. Manitoba canola

489.40

-11.05

478.35

W. Manitoba canola

489.40

-16.66

472.74 Source: pdqinfo.ca

Port Prices As of Monday April 21, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

202.18

-17.45

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

229.83

-0.18

Canola Thunder Bay

504.70

14.60

Canola Vancouver

524.70

13.60

Closing Futures Prices

As of Monday, April 21, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

499.00

18.90

ICE milling wheat

242.00

6.00

ICE barley

174.00

2.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

202.55

10.56

Chicago SRW wheat

185.01

16.08

Kansas City HRW wheat

183.72

16.53

Corn

153.44

6.20

Oats

137.63

12.48

Soybeans

377.54

29.21

Soymeal

361.46

41.77

Soyoil

760.73

17.86

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Monday, April 21, 2016 ($/tonne)

For three-times-daily market reports and more from Commodity News Service Canada, visit the Markets section at www.manitobacooperator.ca.

Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

211.26

12.12

Feed barley

176.83

3.22

n/a

438.56

-0.79

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

Oats

175,07

5.84

Soybeans

386.91

7.35

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

16.25

-0.05

Ask

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

Spring wheat bids mixed amid opposing outside factors A rising Canadian dollar offsets gains seen from U.S. wheat futures BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN CNS Canada

ash spring wheat bids across Western Canada were narrowly mixed during the week ended Apr il 22, with pr ices up slightly in some locations and down in others. Spillover from gains in U.S. futures was offset by the bearish influence of the rising Canadian dollar. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up by $2 to down by $2 per tonne over the course of the week, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points across the Prairie provinces compiled by PDQ (Price and Data Quotes). Average prices ranged from about $224 per tonne in southeastern Saskatchewan to as high as $238 in northern Alberta.

The July spring wheat contract in Minneapolis was up 5.25 U.S. cents from the previous week.

Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, ranging from $31 to $45 per tonne above the futures when using the grain company methodology of quoting the basis as the difference between U.S. dollar-denominated futures and the Canadian dollar cash bids. When accounting for currency exchange rates by adjusting Canadian prices to U.S. dollars, CWRS bids ranged from US$177 to $188 per tonne, down by US$2-$5 compared to the previous week. That would put currency-adjusted

basis levels at about US$5-$16 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 $6 to $20 below the futures. Average Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) bids were also narrowly mixed on the week. Average CPSR prices came in at about $183-$206 per tonne in Saskatchewan, and $196-$211 per tonne in Alberta. Average durum prices were down

by $2-$3 per tonne during the week, with bids in Saskatchewan ranging from roughly $278-$281 per tonne. T h e Ju l y s p r i n g w h e a t c o n tract in Minneapolis, off of which most CWRS contracts in Canada are based, was quoted April 22 at US$5.3325 per bushel, up 5.25 U.S. cents from the previous week. Kansas City hard red winter wheat futures, traded in Chicago, are more closely linked to CPSR in Canada. The July K.C. wheat contract was quoted April 22 at US$4.735 per bushel, up 5.25 U.S. cents compared to the previous week. The July Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled April 22 at US$4.74, up by 6.5 U.S. cents on the week. The Canadian dollar closed at 78.92 U.S. cents on April 22, up by a penny relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

The Manitoba Co-operator | April 28, 2016

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

The cattle market is heading into a downturn Canadians will have lower inventories and lower prices

The cattle cycle is headed for a downturn in prices, an industry official says. photo: barb alston

BY RON FRIESEN Co-operator contributor

significant drop in North American cattle prices is coming within the next two years, market analyst Anne Wasko told an April 20 livestock producer seminar in Winnipeg. Wasko said the cattle price cycle peaked in 2014-15 after the U.S. beef herd underwent a major liquidation following a severe drought in 2012. The resulting shortage of cattle drove prices to record highs and encouraged American producers to add over a million cows to their herds when the rains returned. But aggressive herd expansion in the U.S. will mean a price correction when all these animals start coming to slaughter in 2018, Wasko said. While U.S. herds are expanding, Canadian cattle numbers remain static. As of July 1, 2015, there were 13 million cattle on Canadian farms, down 2.1 per cent from 2014, according to Statistics Canada. Wasko said the Canadian cat-

tle industry has been stuck in a consolidation phase for the last five to six years, due in part to international trade issues and the aftermath of BSE. Canada lost an estimated 33 per cent of its cows and 25 per cent of its producers in the 10 years after BSE was detected in Alberta in 2003. The recent price spike has been a boon to the remaining Canadian producers. U n f o r t u n a t e l y, l o w c a t tle inventor ies won’t help them when the price correction comes because U.S. herd numbers drive the market, said Wasko, an analyst with Gateway Livestock in Taber, Alberta. As a result, Canadian producers in the coming years will experience a market turned on its head. Even though their inventories are down, they will see lower prices, not the current high ones. “It’s frustrating,” Wasko told the meeting sponsored by Hi-Pro Feeds. One positive sign is that Canadians continue to buy beef despite record-high prices at the meat counter. Wasko said retail demand for beef in

2015 was up eight per cent, even though actual domestic consumption fell by five per cent. However, beef faces stiff competition from other meat protein. Wasko said retail beef prices rose 15 per cent in 2015, compared to only five per cent for both pork and chicken. The meeting also heard from industry officials about current issues in other agricultural sectors.

“It’s frustrating.” Anne Wasko

Steve Leech, Chicken Farmers of Canada’s national program manager for food s a f e t y, a n i m a l c a r e a n d research, said a CFC working group recently presented proposals for limiting the use of antibiotics in broiler chickens to guard against antimicrobial resistance. The widespread use of anti-

biotics in livestock feed is raising public concerns about antimicrobial-resistant bacteria being transferred from animals to humans through the food chain. Leech said CFC is focusing on restricting the use of antibiotics in three of the four antibiotic categories. The industry has already eliminated the preventive use (feeding antibiotics to chickens that are not sick) of Category 1 antibiotics, effective May 15, 2014. Most of the products in this category were injected into hatching eggs. Leech said the CFC committee recommends eliminating preventive use of antibiotics in Category 2 by the end of 2018. A date for eliminating preventive use for Category 3 antibiotics has yet to be determined. Products in these categories may still be used for therapeutic use (treating specific flock diseases). Category 4 will be left alone. Leech said 60 per cent of antibiotics given to chickens are not used in human medicine. Most are in this category. The CFC board received the

report in March and will consult with industry stakeholders on how to proceed, said Leech. Br u c e Gre w a r, p ro d u c e r relations manager for Dairy Farmers of Manitoba, said a lack of drying capacity for skim milk powder is preventing the province’s producers from using their full quota. Grewar said 4.1 per cent of Manitoba’s allowable dairy quota goes unissued because processors lack the capacity to dry excess skim milk. The existing equipment is old and, in one case, goes back to the 1940s. Meanwhile, the surplus of skim milk powder is growing because of a lack of markets for it. Much of it is sold for animal feed. DFM this fall will implement a program based on an Ontario model creating a new dairy class for skim milk to stimulate the production of milk protein products. It’s hoped the move will encourage processors to expand their drying capacity and help stem the growing tide of milk protein imports, Grewar said.

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Lack of processing capacity leaves Manitoba milk producers short More butterfat means more skim milk, which means Manitoba dairy farmers need access to more processing capacity BY SHANNON VANRAES Co-operator staff

n imbalance in processing capacity has left Manitoba dairy farmers unable to fully u s e t h e p r ov i n c e’s q u o t a allocation. Speaking at a recent producer meeting in Steinbach, Dairy Farmers of Manitoba chairman David Wiens said the organization is working with processors and creating a new class of milk designed to increase investment in the province, while also dealing with non-fat milk solids generated by an increased demand for butterfat. “Manitoba cannot accept status quo any longer,” said Wiens. “There has to be a significant change, this is not about getting into another political dogfight, this is about the fact that producers in Manitoba are currently under issue by five per cent and there is no home for the milk.”

Quota Each province is allocated a certain amount of production quota by the Canadian Dairy Commission, based on the market demand for industrial milk. “Our problem in Manitoba is that although we receive it from the Canadian Dairy Commission, we can’t roll it forward to producers because w e p h y s i c a l l y c a n’t g e t i t processed anywhere,” said Wiens. “So if you can’t get it processed anywhere there is no point in producing it.” The results have created inequity in the Canadian dairy community, he added, noting that there have been attempts to cascade milk to other, more western processors. However, increased production in Alberta and British Columbia has left no room for Manitoba milk to be processed in those locations. Attempts to cascade milk to Quebec processors was similarly thwarted. But the absence of processing capacity doesn’t translate to an absence of market demand. The organization’s general manager, Brent Achtemichuk, n o t e d t h a t Manitoba pro duced 927,334 litres daily in the month of Januar y, the m a rk e t , w h e n b u t t e r f a t i s included, is actually 981,000 litres. “So there is a difference there,” he told producers.

to create a new ingredient class. “This would encourage further processing investment in Canada, particularly in terms of making protein ingredients,” he said. “I expect that it will level the playing field and that it would be more balanced in terms of milk produced for butterfat and of course the resulting skim portion of the milk.” The creation of a new milk class may also help to stymie the flow of non-milk protein products currently coming in from the United States, although that is not the strategy’s stated purpose. These protein isolates are not subject to tariffs and close to $130 million worth of them entered Canada last year.

“Our quotas are based on butterfat, so the more we produce to fill the butterfat market, the more milk we have, and that is where we run into problems.”

David Wiens

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way, but Manitoba hopes to implement the same ingredient strategy as Ontario this summer. Wiens said Dair y Fa r m e r s o f Ma n i t o b a h a d been clear in stating that if national negotiations could not be resolved by March 4, Manitoba would adopt the Ontario strategy. “We realized that we had to

Dairy Farmers of Ontario h a s a l re a d y i m p l e m e n t e d this new class of milk. On April 1, “Class 6” came into effect in Ontario, providing processors in that province another option for purchasing competitively priced milk proteins. National negotiations for a new milk class are also under-

solve our own problems,” said Wiens. Some producers at the Steinbach producer meeting raised the spectre of a World Trade Organization challenge for the new milk class, but Dairy Farmers of Manitoba is reasonably confident the new class will hold up to scrutiny. “There is a risk of a challenge, yes, but many people outside of government have examined the issue and we’ve contemplated it fully,” he said. “Ultimately what we want this to do is increase the markets for our milk, so we can respond to market demands in Canada and grow the markets more than we have in the past.”

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Stacking enterprises makes farms more profitable and efficient North Dakota’s Gabe Brown says they’ve found some surprising revenue streams on their operation “You’ve always got to be thinking of ways to generate dollars and we found on our operation the way to really generate profit is to take the waste stream from one enterprise to fuel the profit in another.”

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff/Brandon

uppies from the stock dogs and flower arrangements from cover crops — those are just a couple of the unconventional revenue s o u r c e s G a b e B r ow n h a s found on his operation. You might think there’s no way that could add up to real dolla rs, but when he told attendees at a recent grazing club meeting in Lenore just how much it was, there were more than a few surprised chuckles. “Last year we made $14,000 from selling pups,” Brown said. “There is a real demand for them so why not?” Brown says stacking enterprises that build off of each other’s production systems a n d p r ov i d e i n d e p e n d e n t but complementary income streams has transformed his o p e r a t i o n n e a r B i s m a rc k , North Dakota. “Everything on our operation has to have the ability to generate a profit,” he said. “For every acre, we have added an extra $220 in value by stacking enterprises.”

Same overhead, more income The idea is to seek out new ways to add new ventures to existing operations with minimal added cost, land requirement or labour. For example, adding laying hens to a beef operation. Hens don’t necessarily require extra space, as they are able to follow cattle through existing grazing rotations.

Gabe Brown North Dakota producer

North Dakota farmer, Gabe Brown, says stacking complementary farm enterprises has changed his operation and now he is always on the hunt for ways to add value. Photo: Courtesy Gabe Brown

“My son, Paul, uses egg mobiles and right now he has about 750 layers,” said Brown. “We pull those around about three days after the grass-finished cattle.” Brown says for every one of the 5,000 acres of his ranch he produces 84 pounds of b e e f , 1 2 p o u n d s o f l a m b, nine pounds of pork and nine pounds of honey as well as broilers and eggs.

He h a s a l s o e s t a b l i s h e d a 600-tree nut orchard, sells cover crop seed mixes and animal feed and has a business arrangement with local apiaries for the use of his cover crop pastures for pollination. “You’ve always got to be thinking of ways to generate dollars and we found on our operation the way to really generate profit is to take the

waste stream from one enterpr ise to fuel the profit in another,” Brown said. Brown says having multiple enterprises on the go is leveraging and has relieved him from keeping such a close eye on commodity prices. “Now, it doesn’t matter that one commodity is up, one is down, one species of livestock is up, one is down,” he said. “It just doesn’t matter because we have so much diversity in our operation, we are going to make money regardless.” A number of Brown’s enterprises have come as trial and error but he also watches trends and a big part of his success comes from being unafraid to create a market. “Sometimes you’ve got to make your own market,” he said. “Right now the grass-fed beef, lamb and the all-natural, no GMOs is really trending. Do you want to be at the forefront of that or do you want to wait until everyone else is doing it? Of course, guys need to follow what they are interested in. Think about if it makes sense in your operation and then why not?”

Labour requirements If you are looking to bring new family members into your operation, stacking enterprises can give you the ability to expand operations on the same land base. That needn’t just stop with family either. “We really need our generation to help the next generation get started,” Brown said. “Form partnerships with those young people in your communities and get them out onto your land. It will benefit the both of you.” If you’re looking outside the family for help, Brown says not to discount any of your options, even if applicants may not be from rural roots. “Have an open mind. We had 80 applicants for interns. The vast majority was from urban areas. In fact, four of the five interns we hired were from urban areas. Their minds are open, they are willing to learn and they are eager. Don’t shut them out just because they didn’t grow up on a farm. I didn’t grow up on a farm,” said Brown. http://brownsranch.us jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

Dairy initiative seeks to reassure consumers The program aims to meet consumer concerns in a farmer-friendly fashion BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

anadian dairy farmers have launched a mandatory program to document the sector’s commitment to food safety, environmental protection and animal care. The proAction Initiative, a Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) undertaking, is designed to show consumers how farmers tend to their animals and land in a sustainable way and will allow farmers to benchmark their progress against other producers. “As dair y farmers, we are ver y proud to collectively demonstrate responsible stewardship of our animals and the environment, sustainably producing high-quality, safe, and nutritious food for consumers,” Wally Smith, DFC’s president, said. Canadians will be able to see how the industry is accomplishing this, measurable standards currently in place and the dedication of dairy producers to continually improve the sustainability of milk production, Smith said.

“It will enable farmers to see how their farm compares to their peers on a national basis, which helps foster continuous improvement.”

Wally Smith DFC

Meanwhile DFC’s Canadian Quality Milk (CQM) program has been reco g n i ze d by t h e Ca n a d i a n Fo o d Inspection Agency (CFIA) as part of an ongoing program to document the on-farm and post-farm food safety systems implemented by national industry organizations. CFIA has noted programs like these are important to enhance food safety, maintain consumer confidence and facilitate market access. DFC is the second organization to qualify under the program, after the Chicken Farmers of Canada in 2013.

Recognition by the CFIA acknowledges a food safety program has been developed following hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) principles, conforms to applicable federal and provincial legislation and has been implemented in an effective and consistent way. Smith said proAction is the culmination of years of development and implementation of best practices. It combines the traditional strengths of the dairy sector combined with new standards that are based on research and practised by farmer innovators. “It will enable farmers to see how their farm compares to their peers on a national basis, which helps foster continuous improvement,” he said. The food industry and consumers can check on progress under proAction through the dairyfarmers.ca website. “We have long been sustainable in our farming practices and are very passionate about what we do,” David Wiens, DFC vice-president, said. “Our respect for resources, animals and the environment are the reasons the industry is sustainable today. We

intend to move forward, building on our strengths, to be sustainable tomorrow.” The development of these processes and programs for dairy and other sectors has been funded in part through the federal government over the years, with individual farmers absorbing compliance costs, such as testing water quality or annual equipment checkup. A DFC statement said the single national implementation strategy aims to simplify administration and infrastructure, and keep costs reasonable for farmers. DFC said the program is designed to meet the needs of all the key stakeholders. Fa r m e r s w i l l f i n d i t r e a s o n able, designed by and for farmers, simple and cost effective, consistent and with minimal disruption to farms. It will also use much of the existing administrative infrastructure. Consumers will find it credible because it will feature independent audits. DFC will partner with governments in the implementation of the programs.

The Manitoba Co-operator | April 28, 2016

LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Feeder Steers No. on offer Over 1,000 lbs.

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Apr-20

Apr-19

Apr-20

n/a

Apr-21

Apr-22

790

243*

187

414

938*

n/a

520

665

n/a

140.00-153.00

900-1,000

148.00-154.00

140.00-156.00

n/a

155.00-165.00

n/a

148.00-159.50

145.00-162.00

800-900

140.00-176.00

158.00-170.00

140.00-165.00

165.00-177.00

169.00-184.00

n/a

160.00-177.00

155.00-168.00

700-800

150.00-192.00

170.00-184.50

160.00-207.00

190.00-208.00

187.00-206.00

n/a

180.00-197.00

165.00-187.00

600-700

170.00-214.00

180.00-200.00

190.00-210.00

200.00-215.00

198.00-218.00

n/a

185.00-211.00

177.00-194.00

500-600

175.00-216.00

200.00-228.50

200.00-230.00

215.00-233.00

204.00-228.00

n/a

200.00-222.00

180.00-205.00

400-500

180.00-220.00

220.00-256.00

210.00-235.00

220.00-240.00

220.00-246.00

n/a

220.00-238.00

180.00-212.00

300-400

n/a

240.00-279.00

220.00-240.00

n/a

140.00-149.25

n/a

135.00-145.00

148.00-159.00

n/a

130.00-143.00

800-900

n/a

145.00-158.00

140.00-152.00

150.00-160.00

157.00-167.00 (172.00)

n/a

148.00-175.00

137.00-148.00

700-800

120.00-175.00

140.00-166.00

150.00-182.00

155.00-170.00

165.00-181.00 (188.00)

n/a

155.00-182.00

150.00-175.00

600-700

130.00-185.50

154.00-168.50

170.00-187.00

165.00-177.00

177.00-195.00

n/a

165.00-185.00

155.00-178.00

500-600

140.00-197.25

160.00-188.00

170.00-190.00

180.00-195.00

188.00-209.00

n/a

175.00-200.00

160.00-190.00

400-500

150.00-205.00

165.00-197.00

175.00-195.00

200.00-215.00

195.00-228.00

n/a

175.00-215.00

170.00-210.00

300-400

n/a

180.00-210.00

180.00-200.00

n/a

No. on offer

n/a

109

110

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

Slaughter Market

D1-D2 Cows

82.00-91.00

n/a

93.00-100.00

91.00-96.00

n/a

89.00-99.00 (103.00)

85.00-93.00 (96.00)

D3-D5 Cows

75.00-81.00

n/a

82.00-92.00

75.00-90.00

n/a

81.00-90.00

78.00-87.00

Age Verified

92.00-106.50

75.00-99.00

n/a

93.00-99.50

n/a

Good Bulls

94.00-132.00

n/a

117.00-122.25

118.00-130.00

120.00-131.00

n/a

110.00-130.00 (132.00)

116.00-124.00

n/a

Butcher Steers Butcher Heifers

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

100.00-114.00

n/a

100.00-126.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

87.00-94.50

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

75.00-85.00

n/a

Heiferettes

n/a

95.00-140.00

n/a

110.00-139.00

n/a

* includes slaughter market

(Note all prices in CDN$ per cwt. These prices also generally represent the top one-third of sales reported by the auction yard.)

The Manitoba Co-operator | April 28, 2016

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

Building ridge to bring warm, dry weather Issued: Monday, April 25, 2016 · Covering: April 27 – May 2, 2016 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

fter being stuck in a fairly cool weather pattern for almost a month now, it looks like things are going to slowly start to transition into a new pattern. This forecast period is going to begin a little cool but dry, and it looks more and more like it will finish off warm and dry. Before you get really annoyed with the cool northerly flow we’ve seen for the last little while, it’s been that flow keeping several large and wet storm systems to the south of our region. We’ll still be under the influence of cool high pressure to our north on Wednesday and Thursday, but under strong spring sunshine we should see highs make it into the low teens, with overnight lows around the 0 C mark. By the end of the week we’ll start to see a shift in our weather pattern. The area of high pressure to our north is forecasted to strengthen and shift eastward. At the same time the upper low sitting over the south-central U.S. is

expected to slowly weaken, which will allow an upper ridge to strengthen to our west. The flow between these two systems will allow mild air to build in across much of Western Canada over the weekend and into next week. Confidence in this playing out as forecasted is not that high yet, but if it does, we could see temperatures pushing the 20 C mark by Monday or Tuesday next week, with mid20s possible by the second half of next week. This will be an interesting weather pattern to watch, as we’ve seen a rather persistent ridge of high pressure develop to our west over the last couple of summers, bringing recordbreaking temperatures and drought to those regions. This ridge is forecast to develop a little farther east and north than the previous ones, which means it will likely have a much greater impact on our region. Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, +7 to +22 C; lows, -4 to +6 C.

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

14 Day Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) April 8, 2016 to April 21, 2016

0 - 4 mm 4 - 7 mm 7 - 11 mm 11 - 14 mm 14 - 18 mm 18 - 21 mm 21 - 25 mm 25 - 28 mm 28 - 32 mm 32 - 35 mm 35 - 39 mm 39 - 42 mm 42 - 46 mm 46 - 49 mm 49 - 53 mm 53 - 56 mm 56 - 60 mm 60 - 63 mm Extent of Agricultural Land Lakes and Rivers

Produced using near real-time data that has undergone initial quality control. The map may not be accurate for all regions due to data availability and data errors. Copyright © 2016 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

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.

Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies.

Created: 04/22/16 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the two weeks ending April 21, which covers the wet period that brought significant rains to much of eastern and central Manitoba. The wettest areas were found around Morden, where over 50 mm of rain were recorded. Farther west, warm, dry weather was reported; a large part of Saskatchewan and Alberta recorded little to no rainfall.

Record heat and carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide levels measured at Mauna Loa have risen by 120 ppm since the 1880s BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

h i l e w e’v e b e e n patiently waiting for spring/summer-like temperatures to arrive across Manitoba, a good chunk of the world has been swelterin g u n d e r w ar m temperatures. Locally, it looks like April will end the streak of between seven and 10 consecutive months of above-average temperatures across our region. While we haven’t been extremely cold, we haven’t been that warm either. I will h a v e a f u l l b re a k d ow n o f April’s weather next issue, but my early guess is that we will end up coming in a little below average for the month. B e s i d e s l a s t D e c e m b e r, which saw temperatures that were as much as 7 C above average, March 2016 was the second-warmest month in the prolonged warm spell, with average temperatures 4 to 5 C above average. These warm temperatures in our region combined with ver y war m temperatures around the globe to make March 2016 the warmest March ever, globally, since record-keeping began, according to both NASA and the U.S. National Oceanic and

Even though the current El Niño event is weakening, the effects on global temperatures usually lag the event by several months.

measures global temperatures in the lower eight kilometres of the atmosphere using satellite data — also reported this March was the warmest on record and the third warmest compared to average of all months.

We’ve levelled up Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In fact, March turned out to be the warmest month relative to average of any month e v e r re c o rd e d . A c c o rd i n g to NOAA, March was 1.22 C above average, which absolutely shattered the previous record of 0.32 C above average set just last year. Usually, t h e s e g l o b a l t e m p e r a t u re records are broken by a few hundredths of a degree, so to break the record by nearly a full degree is, well, unheard o f ! Ma rc h’s 1 . 2 2 C re c o rd just edged out the previous m o n t h l y re c o rd o f 1 . 2 1 C above average, set in February of this year. NASA’s value for March was 1.28 C above average, which was a record for the month, but it was a little cooler than its February 2016 value, which was 1.34 C above average. We have now seen six months in a row with record

global temperatures. Part of the impressive heat can be attributed to an enhanced g re e n h o u s e e f f e c t d u e t o human activities, with the other part due to extra heat being released by the strong El Niño event that is now weakening across the eastern Pacific. Even though the current El Niño event is weakening, the effects on global temperatures usually lag the event by several months. This means there is a good chance we’ll see record to near-record global temperatures over the next month or two. With the first three months of 2016 all breaking global heat records, it is not surprising that 2016 is running nearly 0.3 C warmer than the previous warmest year on record (2015). For those of you who don’t trust either NOAA or NASA data, the University of Alabama-Huntsville — which

Another global atmospheric story hit the news last week which is also tied into global temperatures. Carbon dioxide levels measured at Mauna Loa in Hawaii hit 409 parts per million (ppm) on April 9. This value is almost four ppm higher than any value ever recorded at this site and was the largest year-to-year increase in CO2 levels ever measured. It was only back in 2013 when weekly CO2 values at Mauna Loa surpassed 400 ppm, and we are now a p p ro a c h i n g t h e 4 1 0 - p p m threshold. As you may already know, CO2 levels peak during the Northern Hemisphere spring as warming soils release CO2, but plant growth has not begun in earnest yet. CO2 levels then decline during the summer as plant growth kicks into high gear, absorbing large amounts of CO2. Levels then rise again over the winter. Each year, thanks to the burning of fossil

fuels, CO2 levels increase over the previous year and we have seen an increase of about 100 p p m s i n c e m e a s u re m e n t s began at Mauna Loa in 1958. Looking back even further (about 800,000 years) using ice-core data, we have seen a CO2 increase of 120 ppm since the 1880s and a 230ppm increase since the last glacial period. At no time in the 800,000-year ice-core data have CO2 levels been higher than about 300 ppm, which includes the mild interglacial periods. What does this all mean for us? It simply means the planet will continue to warm, and unless we take dramatic action this warming will continue for the rest of our lives and probably the lives of our children and grandchildren. We will still see cold weather, but the deck is getting stacked more and more in favour of warmer conditions. I know I have written about this a number of times in the past, but I think it will take a devastating summer heat wave across North America/Canada before some people wake up to what is happening to our atmosphere. Will it be this summer? Who knows, but I do know it will happen sometime soon.

The Manitoba Co-operator | April 28, 2016

CROPS 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

Use only local seed to slow Dickeya and other pathogens BY JULIENNE ISAACS

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mported seed bearing new pathogens is a threat to the Canadian potato industry, according to a U.S. researcher. Neil Gudmestad, a distinguished professor of plant pathology at North Dakota State University, was in Brandon this January to deliver a lecture on the importance of planting locally produced seed at Manitoba Potato Production Days. “There are valid reasons to buy out-of-state or out-of-province seed, but the most common reason is to access newer varieties,” said Gudmestad. “But the risk of either importing a major disease problem, or worse yet, importing a pathogen that can do irreparable harm, are substantial.” Among the diseases that can be imported on seed, Gudmestad said, are powdery scab, new strains of late blight, bacterial ring rot, potato mop-top virus, potato cyst nematodes and Dickeya, the pathogen that has Gudmestad sounding the alarm. Dickeya includes invasive pathogens that are responsible for top wilt, black leg and soft rot in potato. Dickeya pathogens are carried in the seed endosperm or the tuber’s vascular system. Dickeya can cause major damage in potato crops, resulting in the downgrading or rejection of seed potato stocks. Dickeya species D. dianthicola has been found in fields in the Netherlands since the 1970s. Since the mid-2000s, a more aggressive species, D. solani, has been detected in the Netherlands and throughout Europe. Both species are most virulent in wet conditions and temperatures above 25 C. According to Gudmestad, D. dianthicola has now been found in numerous U.S. states, including North Dakota and Minnesota and, most recently, in a commercial processing potato field in Ontario.

Neil Gudmestad, NDSU potato pathologist, says buying in seed can also buy in a new problem for your farm. PHOTO: NDSU

learned from D. solani’s spread in Europe can be applied to D. dianthicola management in Canada and the U.S. D. solani has spread area to area through infected seed, said Gudmestad. Spread and infection from tuber to tuber is highly efficient during harvest and tuber handling, but the bacterium is also capable of plant-to-plant spread in the field. Infected potatoes are themselves highly infectious, with only a very small amount of inoculum needed to spread the disease. D. solani survives less than three months in soil, said Gudmestad, but can survive on production surfaces, which should be disinfected with standard disinfectants. Post-harvest testing in Europe has been an important component in containing the spread of Dickeya and mitigating severe losses. In the European Union, testing is standardized at 200 tubers per seed lot. Bu t t h e b e s t m a n a g e m e n t strategy of all is prevention. Gudmestad emphasized that it is crucial growers in both the U.S. and Canada avoid buying seed from out of state or out of province, if at all possible. “The risk that you will ‘buy’ a problem that does not exist in your state, province or farm are

Spread of Dickeya Species of Dickeya behave similarly, Gudmestad said, so lessons

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Blackleg is just one disease that can be caused by strains of the Dickeya pathogen. Photo: CGIAR

higher than you think,” he said. “If you must buy seed, remember to get a North American certified seed potato health certificate in advance of purchase. “Any pathogen that does not exist on a farm, or in an entire province, can only get there by the movement of potato seed from an area that the disease pathogen exists to an area or farm where they do not exist. Potato seed is the only means by which new pathogens can be spread to areas of Canada or to farms where they have not been previously found,” he said.

“The risk that you will ‘buy’ a problem that does not exist in your state, province or farm are higher than you think.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 28, 2016

Farm groups oppose release of genetically modified alfalfa Farm groups say the release will begin a ‘spiral of uncertainty’ for producers and their customers BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

ifteen Canadian farm groups have called on the federal agriculture minister to stop the sale of genetically modified (GM) alfalfa seed in this country. In a signed letter to Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay, the groups state they also want variety registration removed for all GM alfalfa until a full economic impact assessment is conducted. They are also calling for protocols for testing all imports of alfalfa seed grown in the U.S. “These measures would stop the sale of GM alfalfa seed in Canada and prevent the inadvertent importation of GM alfalfa via contaminated seed from the U.S. where it has already been introduced,” an April 20 Canadian Organic Trade Association press release stated. The letter is in response to a March 29 announcement by Forage Genetics International (FGI) of its plans for a limited release of commercial HarvXtra alfalfa “in time for spring 2016 planting” in Eastern Canada. HarvXtra alfalfa has Monsanto’s glyphosate-tolerant Roundup Ready genetics plus a trait for lower levels of lignin, a structural component of alfalfa plants that holds them upright but makes them less digestible for dairy and beef cattle. FGI said seed quantities are expected to be enough for growers to plant a “small,

targeted launch” of less than 5,000 acres of hay, and that its decision is “confined to the sale of seed for hay production” and not for alfalfa seed production. The farm groups’ letter states that “even this limited release will lead to a measure of contamination and begin a spiral of uncertainty for eastern and western farmers and their customers.” “Any commercial release of GM alfalfa seeds will result in unavoidable contamination, with a range of devastating impacts on a wide range of farmers, commodity sectors and food production businesses in Canada, both conventional and organic,” it says. “It’s imperative that the government take urgent action to stop the commercial introduction of GM alfalfa, to prevent irreversible contamination,” stated Marcel Groleau, president of the Union of Agricultural Producers in Quebec, in the COTA release. It is not overstating things to call this the single greatest threat Canada’s growing organic sector has ever faced, said Kate Storey, president of the Manitoba Organic Alliance (MOA). The Canadian Organic Standard prohibits the use of any GM seeds and their fear as organic growers is they will be unable to guarantee their production is GM free, she said. “This puts the organic standard at risk,” Storey said. “If I were a conspiracy theorist, which I’m not, I would say someone has put together a pretty good plan to get rid of organics.” Alfalfa is a critical crop for organic growers who use it not only in buf-

fer strips but as a key part of their rotation for soil fertility, said Garry Johnson, president of Sask Organics and a Swift Current-area organic farmer. Johnson said his greatest concern lies with accidental contamination and the harm that would bring to the organic sector. “There are other risks associated with organic farming. There’s the risk of spray drift to organic operations. But those are just instances, and most of our conventional farming neighbours are very careful. “But this (risk) is defined. I think this is probably one of the major ones that affects our livelihoods.” The letter asks the minister to intervene and remove variety registration for all GM alfalfa until a full economic impact assessment of its introduction is done. The farm groups also want a protocol established for testing all imports of alfalfa seed grown in the U.S. Forage Seed Canada, representing forage seed growers across the country has also signed the letter. Canada exports $280 million worth of forage seed annually, plus another $100 million worth of alfalfa and timothy hay meal and pellets. Most Canadian export markets have zerotolerance policies for GM forage seed and hay and test on a parts-per-million basis. “The introduction of GM alfalfa could mean we lose some valuable export markets,” stated Heather Kerschbaumer of FSC in the COTA release. “The risks and costs are just too high for our industry.” The farm groups’ letter to MacAulay

also says they have no confidence in the coexistence plan developed by the Canadian Seed Trade Association for Eastern Canada in 2013, and also points out that a plan for Western Canada is not yet finalized. “Importantly, no authority is actually responsible for the implementation of the coexistence plans and no one stands behind them,” the letter states, adding “the plans rely on farmers, including those who want to avoid contamination, to voluntarily implement unrealistic and/or ineffective “Best Management Practices” at their own cost. ” The letter is signed by the following organizations: Atlantic Canada Organic Regional Network Canada Organic Trade Association Certified Organic Associations of British Columbia Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario Forage Seed Canada Growers of Organic Food Yukon Manitoba Organic Alliance National Farmers Union Organic Alberta Organic Council of Ontario Organic Federation of Canada Peace Region Forage Seed Association Les Producteurs de lait du Québec SaskOrganics L’Union des producteurs agricoles lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 28, 2016

Ontario court rejects grower appeal on neonic rules Grain Farmers of Ontario plans to audit the rules’ effects over the next three years STAFF

he group representing Ontario’s corn and soybean growers, seeking a stay on the province’s new restrictions for use of neonicotinoid seed treatments, won’t get its wish from the provincial Court of Appeal. The Appeal Court on April 20 dismissed a March 9 application from Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) seeking an interpretation of the province’s new rules and a stay of those rules, pending the outcome. GFO chairman Mark Brock, in a release April 20, described the ruling as “frustrating and disheartening for myself, our farmer-members and the grain industry.” However, he said, the ruling at least “acknowledged that farmer rights have been negatively affected by this regulation and that it does create legitimate hardships on grain farmers in this province.” The group’s previous request for a

Record-low summerfallow expected Zero-tillage practices cut into fallow acres BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN CNS Canada

hanging farm practices and moving world markets over the years have seen shifts in the makeup of the crops grown in Canada — but the most noticeable change in the past three decades may be the amount of land seeded to nothing. Heading into the 2016 growing season, Canadian farmers say they will leave only 2.2 million acres unseeded as summerfallow land. That marks a new record low for the practice, and compares to the 1980s, when summerfallow consistently topped 20 million acres, according to Statistics Canada data. Since the mid-1980s, when wheat area still averaged 30 million-plus acres, average wheat plantings in Canada have come down by about 10 million acres. Meanwhile, canola and pulse crops have all seen considerable growth over that time. While diversifying out of wheat played a part in the move away from summerfallow, the bigger adjustment was in the move to zero-till practices and nitrogen fertilizer. “That’s still 2.2 million acres too high,” said one longtime farmer on this year’s summerfallow projection. The old practice of seeding two-thirds of your land and leaving one-third idle caused fields to lose moisture, due to the need for heavy tilling, while any increases in nitrogen from leaving the field sit for a year were seen to have paled in comparison to applying fertilizer.

stay was dismissed at Ontario Superior Court in October last year. Writing for the Appeal Court, Justice Bradley Miller rejected GFO’s claim that the province’s regulation was “ambiguous.” GFO, he wrote, “has not identified a genuine dispute about the farmers’ rights and obligations.” Granting GFO’s request, he added, “would be tantamount to amending a regulation through interpretation, a remedy well outside the court’s discretionary power to order declaratory relief.” Miller granted that the new regulation “narrows the farmers’ range of legally permitted options” for pesticide use, but added that “limitation of a right does not, standing alone, create a justiciable issue.” GFO said April 20 its board will discuss its options for further appeals, but will also “immediately” hire accounting and consulting firm BDO to conduct an audit of the impact of the provincial regulations on Ontario grain farmers. Over the next three years, GFO said, BDO will “investigate the socio-eco-

nomic consequences of these regulations, including the cost to farmers operating under this new regime and the cost to the future of food and fibre production in Canada.” “To ensure the government truly understands how decisions like this impact our businesses, and with the goal of improving how agricultural policy is formed in the future, we are commissioning this audit and we will regularly inform the government of findings throughout this study,” Brock said.

Pest assessments Ontario’s neonic regulations were put in place last summer to meet a government target to cut use of neonic-treated corn and soybean seed by 80 per cent by 2017, to be used “only when there is a demonstrated pest problem.” The regulations put the neonic insecticides — imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and clothianidin — in a new pesticide class, Class 12. Between now and the end of August this year, any Ontario corn or soy grower wanting to plant Class

12-treated seed on more than 50 per cent of his or her acres must complete a soil inspection pest assessment report. Past August, a corn and/or soy grower wanting to use any Class 12-treated seed at all must complete a pest assessment report and present his or her certificate in integrated pest management (IPM) training. Pest assessments beyond August must be done either via a soil inspection by an IPM-certified grower or professional pest adviser, or via a crop inspection by a professional adviser. Ontario set up its neonic regs citing evidence that the Class 12 pesticides are “highly toxic to honeybees and other beneficial insects,” and could also harm aquatic insects if they run off soils into nearby watercourses. The GFO on April 20 cited a Conference Board of Canada study, conducted before the regulations took effect, estimating a loss of over $600 million if farmers were unable to access neonics. The Appeal Court, in its dismissal April 20, made no order as to the costs of the appeal.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 28, 2016

Digital agriculture the next big thing, says Monsanto official Farmers adopted GM crops faster than the company expected and the same could occur with precision farming BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

f you want some idea of how quickly digital agriculture could grow, take a look at what happened with GM crops. Monsanto never expected genetically modified crops to catch on as quickly as they did and one company insider says the same explosive growth could happen with data-driven farming. Instead of a measured and evolutionary adoption, what actually happened with biotech was more like a revolution, said Jesus Madrazo, Monsanto’s vicepresident of global corporate engagement on the sidelines of the Canadian Global Crops Symposium in Winnipeg April 12. It surpassed even the most optimistic expectations of his colleagues. “In their wildest dreams they never expected it to be embraced at such a pace by farmers,” Madrazo said. “They thought it was going to be a gradual process. But what really happened was it just skyrocketed.” The company learned through that process new technology adoption is not a gradual process, and that’s something that could happen again as farmers size up new data-driven farming methodology, he said. “I think when we look at data science and digital agriculture we are going to see exactly the same thing,” he said. Monsanto commercialized the first glyphosate-tolerant GM canola in 1998. Farmers quickly switched because they saw value in the new technology, Madrazo said. It made controlling weeds in canola simpler and less expensive,

although the advent of resistant weeds now threatens some of those gains. Recently, volunteer glyphosateresistant canola has been a problem for some Manitoba farmers, and glyphosate-resistant weeds are a growing issue throughout North America. Digital agriculture, also referred to as big data and precision farming, uses an array of technology from satellite imagery and geo-referenced soil test and yield maps to real-time weather monitoring and soil sensors and powerful computer programs to micromanage crop production. “We are in the process of developing the products, trying the products on the farm, making sure the farmers get familiarized, but the moment farmers start using and seeing the benefit it is just going to exponentially grow,” Madrazo said. “Then the challenges is how fast we can go to meet that demand.” Digital farming could catch on faster than biotech crops because there are no regulatory hurdles, he added. “And most everyone in the world already has access to a smartphone or iPad,” Madrazo said. “So the vehicle to deliver this is there. “This is not going to be limited to one crop or the other. This is crop agnostic and brand agnostic.” Monsanto, which started off as a chemical company and evolved into a GM seed company, is already in digital agriculture. Two years ago, it paid $1 billion for Climate Corp., a firm that specializes in digitizing and aggregating a long list of data collected from farmers’ fields. “Today we can help a farmer track every field down to the square metre with relative location-specific data,” Madrazo said. “This helps the farmer

Jesus Madrazo, Monsanto’s vice-president of global corporate engagement, says “digital” agriculture could catch on with farmers just as quickly as GM crops did. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

know exactly what decisions to make — what to plant, where to plant, what space to use, when to use pesticides, when to use nutrients, all of that data practically per square metre.” That can translate into much more precise use of inputs. “Today advice on nitrogen relies on proper rotation and soil sampling,” Madrazo said during his formal remarks to the symposium. “Tomorrow our nitrogen advisory tools will optimize applications with real-time satellite imaging of that field reducing the environmental footprint.”

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That’s also just the start, in Madrazo’s opinion. “I think the best is to come,” he said. “It will accelerate the next green revolution in agriculture.” Producing more food with fewer inputs is what it will take to boost global food production 70 per cent by 2050, to feed an estimated nine billion people — about two billion more than there are today — and protect the environment, he said. If that weren’t enough, Monsanto’s scientists have determined climate change is real. “Our world is getting drier,” Madrazo said. “Our world is getting warmer. The weather patterns we are experiencing in agriculture are shifting. I would say agriculture is probably the industry that is most impacted by this phenomenon.” Agriculture, the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, contributes to global warming, but it can be part of the solution, he said. Monsanto has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2021, Madrazo said. And what the company learns will be shared with farmers to make agriculture part of the climate change solution. Techniques include planting cover crops, higheryielding varieties and improved agronomics through digital agriculture. Every corn plant is like a small tree sucking in and storing carbon dioxide, Madrazo said, adding that agriculture could be the sector with the potential of having the single largest impact on addressing climate change. “But we (Monsanto) need to start in our own backyard and set an example in collaborating with others,” he said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

Monsanto talking to consumers, not just farmers BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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Monsanto, long a lightening rod for opponents of genetically modified (GM) crops, is reaching out to consumers to tell its side of the story. It’s also encouraging farmers to do the same, Jesus Madrazo, Monsanto’s vice-president of global corporate engagement told the Canadian Global Crops Symposium in Winnipeg April 12. “I would be the first to admit that Monsanto was not engaged with consumers,” Madrazo said. “The focus was on farmer customers.” For years, Monsanto communicated with farmers about GM crops, but now realizes the public wants to know about their food, he said. “I believe there is no substitute for engaging and telling our story. I think we missed the boat with biotechnology… and we didn’t do enough to explain. We thought that science would speak for itself and whether we like it or not science is just not enough.” Now the company is showing up places nobody thought Monsanto would go, he said. And the typical reaction when they do is something akin to ‘what took you so long?’ he added. While missing the earlier opportunity was a mistake, it would be an even bigger mistake to not engage now. “We missed one generation,” he said. “We want to make sure we don’t miss the next generation. The next generation is far more caring of the

environment. They are really open about thinking differently about technology, if we help them.” Monsanto also supports a national GM food labelling program in the United States rather than a hodgepodge of state laws. “This may surprise you but when it comes to labelling Monsanto is completely in favour of labelling,” Madrazo said later in an interview. “We favour labelling and are pro-consumer choice. We just don’t think a state-by-state approach on labelling is the right approach. It will only increase food prices, create confusion with consumers and disruption in trade. We think a federal solution that has a consistent, science-based approach to labelling, is the right path forward to protect consumers’ interest and give the transparency and the information that they need.” Once the labelling debate is over people can focus on real issues such as food security and climate change, he added. The scientific consensus is GM crops are safe. Many GM supporters have opposed labelling, believing some consumers would avoid buying food containing GM ingredients. However, many American food companies have announced plans to label foods with GM ingredients. Most North Americanproduced soybeans, canola and sugar beets are GM, so most North American foods contain GM ingredients. allan@fbcpublishing.com

The Manitoba Co-operator | April 28, 2016

Drought scout flags areas on Prairies The western half of the region is at risk for low soil moisture BY JADE MARKUS CNS Canada

arts of the Prairies could see limited soil moisture this growing season, as low precipitation and warm temperatures have compounded, a government specialist says. “We went into the fall in a fairly good position, but over the first part of the winter we received very low snowfall,” said Trevor Hadwen, agroclimate specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Drought Watch program in Regina. Key areas of concern are in western and southwestern Saskatchewan,

northern and southwestern Alberta, the Peace region and other northern areas in B.C., he said. Limited precipitation and warm temperatures have led to low soil moisture levels in those areas. “But it’s not concerning at this point because a little bit of spring rain can switch that situation very quickly,” Hadwen said. “We’re not in a huge deficit, we’re just a little cautious at this point.” In most areas there will be enough moisture for seeding to get off to a good start, but the bulk of Hadwen’s concern is for perennial plants, grains and oilseeds.

“Dry regions will probably continue being dry regions for a while.” Drew Lerner World Weather Inc.

“If they don’t have enough moisture going forward through the season, there’s not enough deep soil moisture recharge in some areas,” Hadwen said. “Dry regions will probably continue being dry regions for a while,” said Drew

Lerner of World Weather Inc. in Kansas City. Later in spring, those areas will likely see beneficial rain, he said, which will continue into the summer. “But the question is, how long do we have to wait for the better rain?” Producers will likely have to wait until at least the first half of May — or even June and July. Peace country and northern Alberta are not likely to see recovery from low soil moisture, but there should be enough precipitation to support crops, Lerner said. “They’ll do OK. But they’ll be dependent on each little rain that comes along.”

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An early start for some

This farmer was making steady progress the afternoon of April 14 but April showers began that evening.

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Flax acres to be down a third: StatsCan BY JADE MARKUS Winnipeg/CNS Canada

What goes up must come down and flax acreage appears to be no exception. After four years of steadily growing plantings, Canada’s flax acres are expected to fall about a third from last year’s levels,

according to new data from Statistics Canada. It’s calling for about 1.1 million acres, down from 1.6 million in the 2015 growing season, something some say is probably a reflection of weak price growth. “Prices held fairly low, compared to what farmers expected,” said Michael Popowich, co-owner of Yorkton-based TA Foods Ltd. Since flax came off fields last September, price increases have been minimal, Popowich said. Prices are about $2 to $3 per bushel

weaker than they normally are in the spring, he said. Delivered elevator flax is about $10.65 per bushel in Saskatchewan, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. “I think that probably has influenced a lot of farmers to look another direction, for at least one year,” Popowich said Poor export movement to China and high acres in 2015 kept pressure on prices over the course of the year. “That just kind of led to a little bit of oversupply,” Popowich said.

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At least one market analyst is maintaining some healthy skepticism because small crops can be hard to predict. Neil Townsend, G3 Canada’s director of market research, said from his Winnipeg office that sometimes smaller-acreage crops aren’t top of mind when farmers get a call about their market intentions, meaning there could be a “reversion to mean” in final results. “You never know with those smaller ones,” Townsend said. “We’ll see how it all unfolds out here.”

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he company that distributes quinclorac says industry squeamishness over accepting canola that has been treated with the herbicide is unwarranted. “Threats that the ‘sky is falling’ and that Canadian canola will be barred from China because of MRLs (maximum residue levels) of quinclorac have no basis in fact,” said Ash Skinner, CEO of Great Northern Growers, in a release. The company distributes Clever, which is a generic herbicide offering cleavers control. “China has never rejected Canadian canola because of quinclorac. In fact, quinclorac is made in China and Chinese producers are the world’s largest users of the product. Second, China has threatened to reject Canadian canola due to dockage. Cleavers are difficult to clean out and are becoming more prevalent, making them even more relevant of an issue for Prairie canola farmers.” The Canola Council of

Canada (CCC) is advising canola producers to forgo quinclorac because of the MRL threat. Several companies have said they will not accept deliveries if the canola has been treated with quinclorac. Skinner said China has no policy on MRLs for quinclorac. “ This is an issue that is being advanced domestically, not from a foreign buyer,” Skinner said. The CCC recommends that farmers fight cleavers in one of two ways: by incurring significant cost through expansion of herbicide use with multiple products or to take a multiyear approach through their crop rotation even though a low-cost generic product that can do the job immediately is available, he said. “It appears to us that the industry wants pesticides to go the way of seed. Rather than allowing low-cost alternatives it is looking to advance red herrings such as MRLs to allow them to pick and choose what pesticides farmers can use. The foreseeable result is growers paying $50-plus per acre for needed pesticides,” he said.

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AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions ANGELSKI FARMING LTD AUCTION Sun., May 8th, 2016. 9:30am 8-MI S, 1 E, 2 S OF WYNYARD WYNYARD, SK. Contact: (306)554-3835. MACHINERY- TRACTORS: Vers 945 series III cab, air, 4 hyd, 4WD, like new, 20.8x38 duals, air seeder pump, 8,000-hrs, nice; JD 8640 cab, air, 4hyd, 4WD, 4,000-hrs on engine (8th gear issues); JD 4630 cab, air, like new, 21.8x38 duals, quad range; JD 4010 tractor w/JD 148 loader; IHC w/4 gas; Ford 8n 3-PTH, w/ or w/o 60-in. rough cut mower; COMBINE: 1993 1688 IHC SP combine cab, air, 3,000-hrs; PU (new belts), tilt feeder housing, new feeder chain AJX rotor & cone, nice; 1999 IHC 1010 30-ft. straight cut header, PU reel; SEEDING: Bourgault 8810 48-ft. Cultivator, Harrows, Air Package, Granular Kit, w/ or w/o Bourgault 4350 Tank, w/Packer Bar Hitch, Real Good (Bourgault 4000 48ft. Heavy Packer Bar, Heavy Packers, Real Nice) JD 665a Air Seeder 37.5-ft, 8-in. Spacings, Harrows, w/Mounted Tank; JD 665 Tank, Parts; JD 15ft. Discer, Complete; Harrows & Packer Bar: Bourgault 4000 48-ft. Heavy Packer Bar, Heavy Packers, Real Nice; Degelman 7000 50-ft. Heavy Tine Bar, Excellent; EXCAVATING: Cat D6C 90b, good power train, wide tracks; 2006 Bobcat 334 mini hoe DSL, cab, blade, drill head plus drills, 40-in. bucket, 24-in. dig bucket, 12-in. dig bucket, frost hook, 5-in. trenching bucket, 2,600-hrs, nice; Track hoe American model 25 5-ft. bucket, 36-in. bucket, 24-in. bucket, (HYD issues); Hyster fork lift; Pallet of new CAT Parts filters, blade bolts, fire extinguishers, etc.; DISC: Kello 350 10-ft. offset disk, w/new blades, nice; TRUCKS & TRAILERS: 1996 Mack 600 tractor 350 Mack engine, 10-SPD trans, nice; 1970 Ford 350 1-Ton w/deck, V8 stnd; Load King 650-bus pup, needs safety. Plus swathers, augers, tillage, stone pickers, misc equip, vehicles & rec, bins, shop, misc, welding iron etc. NOTE: Louis has sold the farm. There is enormous amount of misc. items & iron. Major equip looks good. Online Bidding 1:00PM. Visit www.ukranitezauction.com for updated listing & pictures. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #91585 DAVE & AUDREY POPOWICH AUCTION Sat., May 7th, 2016. 10:00am 1.5 W OF TINY ON #5 S SIDE OF ROAD OR 9-MI W ON #5 FROM CANORA TINY, SK CONTACT: (306)563-5001. MACHINERY- TRACTORS: Vers 555 4WD tractor Cab, air, 4 hyd, new inside tires, 18.4x38 duals, 6,100-hrs, new engine@ 2,500-hrs, plumbed for air seeder, good; Case 1175 (white) cab, air, stnd, PTO, 6,900-hrs, good rubber, duals, good; Case 970 (yellow) PS, cab, dual hyd, w/Leons 707 loader, 6,200-hrs, nice; SEEDING: Bourgault 8800 air seeder 36-ft., harrows, air package, w/3195 Bourgault tank, rear hitch, 2-in. shovels, real nice; Morris 731 HD cultivator 33-ft., harrows, air package (w/ or w/o Ezee on #135 air tank), good; COMBINE: 1990 JD 9500 SP combine cab, air, long auger, chopper, chaff spreader, JD PU, 3,900-hrs, hydro, recent green light, new belts, nice; SWATHERS: 1995 Case IH SP 8820 Swather DSL, 25-ft. shifting table, PU reel, 2,900-hrs, real nice; Case IH 25-ft. PTO Swather, batt reel, auto fold; TRUCKS: *1994 freight liner truck tandem, DSL cat engine, fuller 10-SPD, 20-ft. cascade box, hoist, tarp, rear hoist control, 305,000-kms, mint* 1972 GMC cab over 15-ft. steel box & hoist, V8, 2-SPD; AUGERS: Wheatheart BH 851 auger Flaman auger mover, Kohler 27-HP, ES engine, excellent; Brandt 7x35 auger electric start engine; Pool 7x50 auger Kohler ES engine nice. Plus tillage, crown scraper, harrows, misc equip, rec, antiques, plus shop. NOTE: Dave & Audrey are retiring. Machinery off stone free land. Machinery above average condition. Tandem truck excellent condition. Online Bidding 1:00PM. Visit www.ukranitezauction.com for updated listing & pictures. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #91585 The Manitoba Co-operator. Manitoba’s best-read farm publication.

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FARM CHEMICAL / SEED COMPLAINTS We also specialize in: agricultural complaints of any nature; Crop ins. appeals; Spray drift; Chemical failure; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equip. malfunctions. Licensed Agrologist on Staff. For assistance and compensation call

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1-866-882-4779. www.backtrackcanada.com

CONTRACTING

Round up the cash! Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds.

CROP INPUTS AN ORGANIC CALCIUM SOURCE: Calcium (Lime for field crops). DRAMM fish fertilizer. OPAM approved. Contact Harvey Dann:1-800-665-2494 or Cell:(701)213-8246. Or Email: harvey@alertagri.ca

FARM MACHINERY FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment USED DRY FERTILIZER SPREADERS 4-8 Ton Large Selection Val-Mar Applicators 16-20, 16-55, 24-20, 32-55; 18-ft. Drill Fill w/brush auger. (204)857-8403 www.zettlerfarmequipment.com

FARM MACHINERY Grain Augers CLASSIC SEED TREATER Straps to your auger. No pump or wiring required. Large 35L tank w/6-in. cap makes it easy to mix inoculants & treat pulses. (888)545-1228 www.lockhart-industries.com

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers WESTERN GRAIN DRYER manufacturers of grain dryers w/fully automatic moisture & drying control systems. Updates for IBEC/Vertec & roof, tiers, burners, auto moisture controller. Used dryer is available. 1-888-288-6857, westerngraindryer.com

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

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

BUILDINGS

CONTRACTING Custom Work

AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post frame building company. For estimates and information call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322). Website: www.postframebuilding.com

STAN’S MOBILE REPAIR & Welding. CWB Certified Welding, Structural Welding, Welding Repairs to Grain Bins & Mechanical Repairs to Grain Systems. Contact Stan Cornelsen (204)612-7191 or stancornelsen@gmail.com Morris, MB.

BRAND NEW 60-IN. ROTARY ditcher w/deflector, requires 180-HP, large PTO & 3-PTH. Will deliver & demonstrate to interested buyer, $24,500. Call Claude (204)250-2523.

CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design. References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

ROLLWORKS

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

Decker Colony, Decker MB

6 QUICK ATTACH EXCAVATOR buckets, some trenching & clean-up buckets, plus 6 excavator rippers, some Cat’s & WBM’s. (204)871-0925, MacGregor MB.

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Georgette Roziere (Late Gerry)

Saturday, May 7th @10:00 am Lac Du Bonnet, MB North 1 Mile on Hwy 11 then East on Hwy 313, 6 Miles #3270 Contact (204)-340-6201

Tractor & Equip: Ford 7600 Dsl H.L. 3 PH Triple Hyd. w FEL 7000 Hrs * Farm King 3 PH 7' Hyd Chute Snowblower * Glenco 3PH 12' Cult * MF 205 Manure Spreader * 8'W 3'H Land Roller * Case 10' Deeptiller * JD 5 B Plow *Harrows * Farm Wagons Antique Equipment: Case DC4 PTO Tractor * JD Working Potato Digger * 8' Double Disc * McCormick Binder * JD Vanbrunt Seeder * 2) M. Moline * Intl Breaking Plow * Sulky Plow * Walking Plow Yard & Recreation: 1984 Polaris Indytrail 400 Snowmobile * STAR 250 CC Quad * 84 Honda 200 3 Wheeler * Cushman Dsl 72" Hyd. Mower 2150 Hrs. * Crafts 20.5 HP 42" R Mower * 5 Ton Electric Log Splitter * Jari Gas Sicklemower * Roto Tillers * Lawn Sweep * Trailer Yard Sprayer * Stihl Weed Eater * Chain Saw Truck & Misc: 86 GMC Sierra 2500 132,000 km Kept Inside * Cement Mixer * 3600 Watt Dsl Generator * Gas Water Pump * Grain Moisture Tester * Various Lumber * Home Repair Items * Farm Misc* Tools * Lincoln 225 Amp Welder * Air Comp * Drill Press * Table Saw * Beaver Jointer * Wood Band Saw * Power Tools * Air Tools * Hand Tools * 3/4" Socket Set Farm Antiques: IGA Zella 22 Cal Rabbit Gun * Steel Wheels * Harness * Horse Items * Stationary Engine *Cream Separators * Butter Churn * Scale * Snow Shoes * License Plates * Oil Cans * Implement Seat * Lantern * Cream Cans * Water Pump * Galv Tubs * Saws Household Antiques: Painted Store Cabinet * Dresser * Trunks * Treadle Sewing Machines * School Desks * Wood Heater * Coal Oil Lamps * Red Wind Butterchurn * Crocks * Wynole Sign * Orange Crush Thermometer * Household: Deep Freeze * 4 PC LR Suite * Medi Bed * Dressers * Various Household

Tractor & Equipment: J D 955 MFWA Hydro Dsl 3PH w JD 70A FEL Frt Mt, 60" Snowblower, 72" Belly Mt Mower 1076 Hrs. * JD 3PH 6" Blade * 3PH Sprayer * 3PH Single Breaking Plow * 3PH 2B Plow Yard: J D GX85 30" R Mower * Husq 155BT Yard Blower * Husq 1330 Snowblower * Mowers * Troy Built Rear Tine Tiller w Hiller Attach * Mini Roto Tiller * 3) Chain Saws * Husq Weed Eaters * Tools * Mig Welder * Hyd Press * Air Comp * Acetylene Torches * Wood Lathe * Jointer/Planer * Battery Booster Charger * Power Tools Air Tools: Snap On & MAC Wrenches * A Large Amount Tools * Shop Supply * Recreation * 20 Guns-All Exc Cond Never Fired: 82 Yamaha EL340 Low Mileage Exc Cond * 2) Evinrude 6 HP Outboards * Merc 7.5 HP Outboard * Paddles * Oars * Power Ice Fishing Auger * New Fishing Lures, Hooks * Metal Camp Fire Pits Misc: BH 6' Float Deck Trailer * BH Utility Trailer * Trailer Road Side Letter Sign * Gas Cement Mixer * Metal Detector * Welding Material * Chain Link Fencing * Treated Posts * Various Lumber * Home Repair Musical: Gibson Les Paul Custom Twin Pick Up Electric Guitar * Gibson Mdl SG Solid body Twin Pick Up Electric Guitar * Harmony Electric Mandolin * Elec Violin * Yamaha Keyboard * Gibson G-35 Amplifier * SG Mdl 610 Amplifier Antiques: Martin Outboard * Scale * Snow Shoes * Water Pump * Cream Cans * Saw* 3) Menu Boards * 3) Cafe Stools Household: 3) Fridge 1) SS * 5) Chest Deep Freeze * Various Household Restaurant: Glass Door Cooler * Washer & Dryer - Coin Operated * Bagged Ice Freeser * Bunn Coffee Machine * Toaster * French Fry Press * Large Auction -More Than Listed*

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FARM MACHINERY Irrigation Equipment

GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB. MURPHY SALVAGE New & used parts for tractors, combines, swathers, square & round balers, tillage, press drills & other misc machinery. MURPHY SALVAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free 1-877-858-2728. WANTED: AN ATOM JET kit to fit a Versatile 895; Also 20.8x38 tires on JD rims, 16 lug; Also Complete engine to fit IH 4186 tractor, must be in good condition; Also Deutz engine to fit 100-06 tractor in good condition. (204)655-3458.

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 1999 GM T8500 CAT towtruck, $14,500; Allis 6080 MFD loader, 3-PTH, $13,500; Ford Major DSL loader, snow blade, 3-PTH, $5,500; Vac Tank & pump for 1-tonne; Power parachute, Rotex SR7 as is; 1981 GMC 7000 366, 17-ft factory box & hoist, $8,500. Phone (306)236-8023. 7200 INTERNATIONAL PRESS HOE drill. 14-ft $1,000 OBO. Also for parts, NH 1400 combine. Call:(204)837-1553. BARE TRUCK FRAME W/axles & 6 good tires. Would make into good bale trailer $975. 6-FT bucket w/teeth for bales, $295. Tumble bug scraper handy dirt mover to pull behind tractor $450. Roy (204)385-2685. FOR SALE: 37-FT LAURIER land packer; 36-ft IHC #45 cultivator w/harrows; Case 414 plow. All machinery in good shape. Phone:(204)745-2784.

The Manitoba Co-operator | April 28, 2016

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

LEN DON EQUIPMENT AUCTION SATURDAY, MAY 14, 10 AM WINNIPEG, MB Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433 Len Don ltd. have been in cemetery maintenance for many years and are retiring and selling their fine line of well maintained machinery and smaller tools. • 2008 New Holland Model B95B FWA, Back hoe extend boom, front mount loader 8 ft bucket Shuttle shift, 2385 one owner hrs, serial #N86HI8571 • 2007 NEW Holland B95 Extenda hoe, with front end loader, FWA 4193 hrs, Excellent rubber serial #031064529 • Other tractors, Ford 4600, Case IH 4230, Kubota L2850, 3 JD F-925 mowers • Kubota F-2560 mower, 4 pickup trucks one box and hoist, trailers etc.

Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519

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AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

REGULAR CATTLE SALES

every TUESDAY at 9 am May 3rd,10th, 17th, 24th & 31st

See our website www.billklassen.com for full listing and pictures.

Saturday, April 30th at 10:00am Tack & Horse Sale

Monday, May 9th at 12:00 Noon

See our website: www.billklassen.com for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

Sheep and Goat with Small Animals & Holstein Calves

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

COMBINES Accessories

CASE IHC BALER 8575, Lites & extended chute; Forage harvester NH 892; Grain auger 7-in w/engine; Trailer 34x8 on 12 truck tires, radial 980; Swather Vers Hydrostatic 400; Sprayer, Valmar 80ft, 600-gal, seen working; Baler IHC, working order; Harrows, 90-ft, tines like new, needs 2 new tires; Drillfill fert. & seed, mounted on trailer, hose, hyd.; Corn drill 8-row; Auger, 6-in w/engine; Chinook planter, fitted engine, 16.5x16 tires; MF tractor w/PTO, no hyd.; JCB 230B loader, 40-ft boom tires, good; Gravity wagon, tires good. For more info, contact Eric: Call (204)878-4446.

JD FLEX PLATFORMS: 922, 925, 930, several newer ones w/full finger augers & air reels; 630-635 w/wo air bars. Deliver in SK, MB, AB. Gary (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com

GEHL 500-BU. TMR CART, $10,000; Knight 250 CF TMR Cart, $5,000; Artsway Mixmill, $1,500; Hewke 30-in. Rollermill, $3,500; JD 780 Manure Spreader, $10,000; JD 7000 Planter 8R30, $7,000; Phoenix Rotary Harrows 30, 40 & 50-ft. Brandt 4000 Grain Vac, $8,000; 4500, $8,500; New 10-ft. Box Scraper Landleveller, $2,450; Used Fertilizer Spreaders 4-8 Ton 10-Ton Tender, $5,000; REM 1026 Grain Vac, $4,500; JD 535 Baler, $5,000; JD 510, $1,500; JD 336 Square Baler, $3,000. (204)857-8403

Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. It’s a sure thing. 1-800-782-0794.

GRAIN CLEANERS GJESDAL MIDSIZE 5in1 roatery seed cleaner trailer mounted capacity 20-70 bushel per hour $7000 or best offer. Phone evenings (204)367-8807 GRAVITY WAGONS- NEW 400-BU., $7,400; 600bu. $12,500; 750-bu. $18,250; Large Selection Used Gravity Wagons 250-750 bu $2,000 Up; Used Grain Carts 400-1050 bu. PTO & Hyd Drive Gehl 8500 500-bu. Feed Cart w/Scale $10,000; Little Auggie Feedmix Cart $5,000; Mohrlang 420 JD 780 Spreader Hydrapush $10,000; Dual Loader $2,000; Buhler 2795 Loader $4,500; Grain Screeners $250 Up. (204)857-8403. HUTCHMASTER 24-FT. DOT TANDEM disc, $2,000; Wilrich 28-ft. cultivator, $500; Doall 300-bu. manure spreader, $450; JD 4-ft. 105 gyro mower to fit JD M tractor, $500. (204)385-2877 ROWCROP CULTIVATORS 4-8R LILLISTON Cultivators 6-12R Discs Wishek 16-ft., $23,000; 30-ft., $33,000; Breaking Discs Kewanee 150ft., $25,000; Tonner 18-ft., $30,000; Vers 36-ft., $20,000; Bushog 25-ft., $7,500; IHC 14-ft. 770, $6,500; JD 1630, $3,500; DMI Disk Ripper 5 Shank, $8,900; 7 Shank, $10,900; JD 3970 Harvester, $6,000; IH 781, $2,000; 12-ft. Dump Wagon, $3,000; Vermeer 23 Hyd Rakes, $9,500 & Up; Hay Conditioners, $800 & Up; JD 9-ft. Sickle Mower, $2,000. (204)857-8403.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted WANTED: FRONT END LOADER to fit 400 John Deere garden tractor or 420 John Deere. Call (204) 222-5479 after 6 pm.

HAYING & HARVESTING HAYING & HARVESTING Baling Equipment HESSTON 4925 ACCUMULATOR MINOR fire damage; JD 535 round all options rotation tires as new; NH 495 High River AB (403)938-3888

HAYING & HARVESTING Various

Rebuilt Concaves

Rebuild combine table augers Rebuild hydraulic cylinders Roller mills regrooved MFWD housings rebuilt Steel and aluminum welding Machine Shop Service Line boreing and welding

Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd. Eden, MB 204-966-3221 Fax: 204-966-3248

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Combines COMBINES John Deere 2 JD 9600 COMBINES always shedded, both have 3,500 sep hrs, years ‘90 & ‘92, w/PU heads & chaff spreaders, $31,000 OBO each. Also avail 2, 930 straight heads. Call (204)773-0111.

COMBINES Accessories AGCO MF CAT flex platforms: In stock Models 500 Gleaner 25-ft. & 30-ft.; Model 8000 30-ft. & 8200 35-ft. MF; Cat FD30 flex; FD40 flex. Reconditioned, ready to go. Delivery in SK, MB, AB. Gary: (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equip, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com CASE/IH FLEX PLATFORMS: MODELS 1020 25ft. & 30-ft. w/wo sir reel; 2020 30-ft. & 35-ft., 2020 30-ft. w/air reel; 2011 3020 35-ft. Can install new AWS air bar for additional $11,500. Deliver in SK, MB, AB. Gary (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equip, Hwy #12 N, www.reimerfarmequipment.com Steinbach, MB.

NH FLEX PLATFORMS: In stock Models 973 both 25-30’; 74C 30-ft. w/air reel; 88C 36-ft. flex draper; 94C 25-ft. rigid draper w/trailer. Deliver in SK, MB, AB. Gary (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equip, Hwy #12 N, www.reimerfarmequipment.com Steinbach, MB.

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

TRACTORS Massey Ferguson MF 180 3-PTH row crop, good tires, new clutch, $6,500. Phone (204)685-2124 or (204)871-2708

TILLAGE & SEEDING Air Drills 2007 MODEL 1830 JD air drill w/270-bus 2003 Model JD 1900 air cart. Double chute, blockage monitors & Dutch ind. openers, 4-in steel packers w/34-ft, $70,000. (204)747-4009.

TILLAGE & SEEDING Seeding Various FOR SALE: 42-FT, MODEL 7200 Case IH hoe drill, factory transport & carbides, good condition. Phone: (204)745-7445. GLY 1 SOYBEAN SEED. Early, mid, long season available. Top yields. Bulk or bagged. Keep your own seed, with the convenience of glyphosate! No contracts or TUAs. Dealers wanted. Call or text Nate: (204)280-1202 or Norcan Seeds (204)372-6552

TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Equipment 2008 47-FT ST830 C.P. 5-plex, 650-lb trip, 8-in knock-on shovels, Anhydrous Raven Rate control, factory hitch, hyd winch, 9/16th heavy harrows, $82,500 OBO. (204)733-2446.

TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Various DUPLEX 15-FT. DISCERS LATEST CI model 1001 good condition, easy transport, large capacity seed/fertilizer box, asking $1,000. (204)392-4023

TracTors TRACTORS Case/ IH CASE 2096 TRACTOR, CUMMINS engine, new rubber, very good, $13,000 OBO; JD Gator, 6 wheeler, very good, $3,500 OBO. Jack Pawich (204)827-2162, Glenboro.

TRACTORS John Deere 2001 JD 9400 4W 425HP 24-Spd difflock 4 HD with return line auto steer, weight package 710 by 42 duals. This is a one owner well maintained tractor with 3820 original hrs. Recent green light Notredame (204)248-2364 Cell (204)723-5000 $13,900 OBO 8300 MFWD, DUALS 18.4X46, 3-PTH, quick coupler, 3 hyds. Motor, trans, paint all in VGC! Retiring call for details Jim (204)745-8007 or (204)745-3543. JD 2950 2WD W/LOADER & cab, 3-PTH, very good 18.4x38 tires, 7,200-hrs, 85-HP, c/w quick detach bucket & bale fork, tractor runs & looks excellent, asking $28,000 OBO. (204)825-8340 or (204)825-2799 JD 4840, FACTORY DUALS, pwr-shift, PTO, $22,500; JD 4240, 3-PT, pwr-shift, good running, $22,500. Phone (204)746-2016, Morris MB.

TRACTORS Kubota FOR SALE: 2014 KUBOTA TRACTOR L3560 HST, w/cab, air, radio, block heater, hydrostatic transmission & industrial tires. Very low hrs, 105-hrs, regularly serviced, asking $30,000; Attachments for tractor include: 2014 L4479-GL60 (74-in) front snowblower used 3 last winters to clear farmyard, asking $3,000; 2014 FarmKing 6-ft rotary mower w/3-PT model 620, asking $1,500; Bought in 2015, Kubota front loader, model LA555, asking $3,000; Prefer to sell tractor & 3 attachments together, always shedded, all VGC, must see! Total Package $37,000. lpayette@goinet.ca Call (204)836-2293.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus 20 RED & BLACK Angus 2 yr old bulls moderate birth weights. Will semen test & deliver when you need them. Phone (204)278-3372, Inwood, Mb.

TRACTORS New Holland 2004 TM120 MFD, CAB, air, pwr-shift trans, left hand reverse, 3-PTH, 4,600-hrs, quick attack loader, 65-hrs on new engine, $45,000 or trade for hay. Phone (204)730-3139. 94 8970 16-SPD, 7,000-HRS, super steer, 3-PTH, $50,000 or trade for hay. Phone (204)730-3139

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.

Tillage & Seeding

TRACTORS Various FOR SALE: 2- 110 white tractor C.A.H., 60-hrs on complete engine overhaul, hyds, PTO & PWR shift rebuilt, new clutch, injection pump & injectors done. (204)425-3884 MF 88 GAS TRACTOR w/easy on 100 front end loader, new rear tires. PTO Ford industrial tractor large loader gas new rear tires.16FT heavy duty cultivator cockshutt with ram. Offers (780)919-9985

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Battle Lake Farm has Black & Red yearling PB Angus bulls for sale. Semen tested and EPD’s Available. (204) 834-2202 FOR SALE: RED & Black yearling & 2-yr old Angus bulls, will semen test, delivery available, call Wayne (204)383-5802 or (204)383-0100. HAMCO CATTLE CO. HAS for sale Reg Red & Black Angus yearling bulls & 2-yr olds. Good selection. Semen tested, performance data & EPD’s available. Top genetics, Free Delivery. Contact Glen, Albert, Larissa Hamilton (204)827-2358 or David Hamilton (204)325-3635. RIDGE SIDE RED ANGUS has: 6 red yearlings, 1 black yearling; 2, 2 yr old Red; 1 Red 3 yr old. Yearlings from AI Sires: Toast BC Hobo, Travlin Express, New Trend. Pasquale, Imprint; 3 yr old Provin, Bodacious X BC Hobo; 2 yr old are virgin. All bulls tested, long, thick, deep, good disposition. Can deliver call Don (204)422-5216

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus 2 REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS yearling bulls. Good tempered. Sire gained 4.18-lbs per day at Douglas Test. Dams have good udders. Working stock. Free delivery 75-mi. Birth weights 78 & 73lbs. $3200/each. Les Case (204)428-3625 Portage. BLACK ANGUS BULLS YEARLINGS & Long Yearlings, some Heifer Bulls, semen tested & performance records avail. Call Don Guilford, Hereford Ranch (204)873-2430, Clearwater. BLACK HAWK ANGUS HAS several registered Angus yearling bulls for sale as well as a few 2-yr olds. We concentrate on calving ease in our bulls & have added herd sires to kick up the performance as well. Bulls are hand-fed & performance tested, bulls are semen tested & delivery can be arranged when you need them. Birth, weaning, & yearling weights are available on all bulls. Call (204)529-2605 or Call/text (204)245-1110. FORAGE BASED BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Virgin 2-yr olds & herd sires available. Genetics w/maternal & calving ease traits. (204)564-2540 or (204)773-6800 www.nerbasbrosangus.com FOR SALE: BLACK ANGUS replacement heifers, 300 to choose from, call (204)937-3719, Roblin. FOR SALE: REGISTERED BLACK Angus yearling bulls, moderate framed, good dispositions, EPD’s available, semen tested & delivered. Bloodlines include Kodiak, KMK Alliance, Pioneer & Brand Name. Also Registered open heifers. Phone Colin at Kembar Angus (204)725-3597, Brandon MB. FOR SALE: SPEED EFFICIENCY tested Angus bulls. Only top cut selected from over 400 cows. Blue Gentian Angus. Norman Bednar (204)380 -2551. N7 STOCK FARM IS once again offering entire Bull pen by Private Treaty on farm. We have yearling Black Angus from some of the leading AI Sires as well from our own walking AI Sired bulls. Semen tested and ready to go. Delivery available. Gerald & Wendy Nykoliation (204)562-3530 or Allan’s cell (204)748-5128 Crandall, MB. OSSAWA ANGUS AT MARQUETTE, MB has for sale: Yearling & 2-yr old bulls. For more info call (204)375-6658, cell (204)383-0703. TOBACCO CREEK CATTLE CO has 1 Connelly Thunder bull for sale birth weight 102-lbs, weaning weight 823-lbs, yearling weight 1249-lbs, average daily gain 4.04-lbs. (204)435-2545

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais 1 PB CHAR 2-yr old bulls for sale, good dispositions, $4,000. Phone (204)843-2917, Amaranth, MB. 2-YEAR OLD & YEARLING bulls sired by Silver Bullet & Specialist. For calving ease & yearling growth, Polled & semen tested. Martens Charolais & Seed (204)534-8370. FOR SALE: COMING 2 yr old Charolais bulls, grandsons of Bluegrass. Will be easy calving, good dispositions & guaranteed. K.E.H Charolais phone Keith Hagan (204)748-1024, Virden. PUREBRED CHAROLAIS BULLS, 1 1/2-yr olds & yearlings, White & Red factor, some good for heifers, semen tested, guaranteed & delivered. R&G McDonald Livestock. (204)466-2883, (204)724-2811. PUREBRED CHAROLAIS YEARLINGS & three 2-yr old bulls for sale by private treaty, White & Red factor. Phone Brad (204)523-0062 www.clinecattlecompany.ca WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT selection of PB Charolais bulls, both Red & white yearling & 2-yr olds. Pictures & info on the net www.defoortstockfarm.com. Call Gord or Sue:(204)743-2109.

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TRACTORS 2-Wheel Drive

HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES. Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595 charles@arcfab.ca www.arcfab.ca

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus

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YEARLING & 2-YR OLD Black Angus bulls. Holloway Angus, Gerry Williams, Souris. Phone: (204)741-0070 or (204)483-3622.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Dairy X BRED DAIRY COWS from grazing herd Jersey, Fleckvieh, Milking Shorthorn, Dutch Bett. Anything but pure Holstein, various ages, 18 fresh in March, more due in April, $1350ish. (204)378-2307

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Dexter 8 MONTH OLD BLACK Dexter Bull, $850. Phone (204)385-3621.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford 20 OPEN DE-HORNED YEARLING Hereford heifers. Call (306)743-5105, Langenburg SK. See www.vcherefordfarm.com FOR SALE: POLLED HEREFORD Bulls Yearlings & Long Yearlings, semen tested & performance records avail. Call Don Guilford, Hereford Ranch (204)873-2430, Clearwater. PB POLLED HERFORD BULLS coming 2 yr old, developed slowly on a mostly forage ration, quiet, roped to tie, guaranteed, delivery avail. Herefords for over 75 years. Catt Brothers (204)723-2831 POLLED HEREFORD YEARLING BULLS. Vern Kartanson, Phone: (204)867-2627 or (204)867-7315.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Salers POLLED PEDIGREED SALERS BULLS on farm. Red or Black. High performance herd, semen tested & guaranteed. Can arrange delivery. Ken Sweetland, Lundar, MB www.sweetlandsalers.com (204)762-5512.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn YEARLING & 2-YR OLD Shorthorn bulls, Roan & Red. Orville Renwick (204)522-8686, Melita.

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