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New verified beef program makes a timely debut Revamped VBP program means producers can document their animal care, biosecurity, and environmental practices
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a n a d i a n f a r m e r s a re among the most vulnerable to stress, anxiety, burnout and depression, according to early results of an online mental health survey done by researchers at University of Guelph. They experience these symptoms in numbers higher than comparative groups, including those in the U.K. and Norway, where similar studies have been done, said Andria Jones-Bitton, a professor in the department of population medicine. She analyzed responses made by 1,100 farmers surveyed between September 2015 and this January across Canada. Some of their comments leave little doubt about the impact their work and culture is having on them, says Jones-Bitton, who is also an epidemiologist and a veterinarian. See MENTAL HEALTH on page 7 »
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he newly launched Verified Beef Production Plus program is taking Canada one step closer in its quest towards verified sustainable beef, says one of its designers. “This is just from my perspective, but we have always had early adopters — the people who believe in it — but there have never been clear market signals,” said Cecilie Fleming, chair of the committee that revamped the original VBP program. “People did it just because it was the
right thing to do. Now we’re getting market signals that the end users are looking for those attributes. No longer can we say what we’re doing — they are asking us to demonstrate what we’re doing.” VBP Plus builds off the original Verified Beef Production, which focused on on-farm food safety. The new voluntary program — open to cow/calf producers, backgrounders and feedlot owners — contains modules that address animal care, biosecurity, and environmental sustainability. It is part of the Canadian Cattlemen’s programming, approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and meets the
Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef’s recently drafted indicators for sustainable beef. The rollout of VBP Plus also seems timely, since retailers such as Earls Restaurants and McDonald’s have recently put an emphasis on sourcing sustainable beef. But the timing is coincidental as VBP Plus has been in development since 2013. “This is part of the push to define sustainable beef and our program is one of the programs that can make that happen,” said Fleming, who raises Angus seedstock near Granum. “My See VERIFIED BEEF on page 6 »
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rop yields will fall within the next decade due to climate change unless immediate action is taken to speed up the introduction of new and improved varieties, experts have warned. The research, led by the University of Leeds and published in the journal Nature Climate Change, focuses on maize in Africa but the underlying processes affect crops across the tropics. Study lead author Professor Andy Challinor, from the Priestley International Centre for Climate at the University of Leeds, said: “In Africa, gradually rising temperatures and more droughts and heat waves caused by climate change will have an impact on maize. “We looked in particular at the effect of temperature on crop durations, which is the length of time between planting and harvesting. Higher temperatures mean shorter durations and hence less time to accumulate biomass and yield.”
Climate change is outpacing crop-breeding efforts setting the stage for falling yields. photo: thinkstock
It takes anywhere between 10 and 30 years to breed a new crop variety and have it adopted by farmers. The rate at which temperatures are increasing across the tropics means that by the time the crop is in the field it is being grown in warmer temperatures than it was developed in. By looking at a range of data on farming, regulatory policy, markets and technologies, the researchers developed average, best- and
worst-case scenarios for current crop-breeding systems. The researchers found that crop duration will become significantly shorter by as early as 2018 in some locations and by 2031 in the majority of maize-growing regions in Africa. Only the most optimistic assessment — in which farming, policy, markets and technology all combine to make new varieties in 10 years — showed crops staying matched to temperatures between now and 2050.
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Monsanto aims to give farmers better information in weed resistance fight The company is countering its competitors who tout their herbicides as tools in the fight to avoid herbicide-tolerant weeds BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff
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onsanto Canada is fighting what it says is “fear-based rhetoric floating around about farming practices and (weed) resistance in Canada.” In a recent full-page advertisement in several farm newspapers, including the Manitoba Co-operator, Michiel De Jongh, Monsanto Canada’s president and general manager, said Monsanto should’ve addressed herbicide-resistant weeds sooner. “When you began to battle herbicide resistance, we should have stood beside you,”De Jongh wrote. “Instead, fear spread. It’s time to trade fear for confidence.” To that end De Jongh announced Monsanto will “take the leadership position on herbicide resistance and crop management,” which includes a new agronomy platform called Monsanto Crop Management Solutions, online at http://monsantocms.ca. “It includes weed management strategies that you can customize to your farm,” De Jongh wrote. He a l s o i n v i t e d f a r m ers to contact Monsanto to learn about the sustainable and effective use of glyphosate, the herbicide Monsanto invented and is used on Roundup Ready (glyphosatetolerant) crops. “Let’s bring confidence back to the field,” De Jongh concluded. The “rhetoric” De Jongh alludes to is the idea that switching to another herbicide will prevent herbicide-tolerant weeds, Monsanto Canada spokeswoman Trish Jordan said in an interview July 4. “Let’s be honest,” she said. “There is competition out there and our competitors were creating a lot of noise around saving glyphosate for other things, suggesting farmers should grow (Bayer
“Let’s be honest. There is competition out there and our competitors were creating a lot of noise around saving glyphosate for other things, suggesting farmers should grow Liberty Link canola instead of growing Roundup Ready canola.”
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CropScience’s) Liberty Link (glufosinate-resistant) canola instead of growing Roundup Re a d y c a n o l a . ( It’s s u ggested) if you want to use the Roundup Ready trait in corn and soybeans you definitely don’t want to use it in canola. We happen to know that that’s not the case. We have done a lot of research on this.” Indeed, Bayer CropScience’s website states: “Liberty — The Only Group 10 Herbicide in Canola To Help Fight Glyphosate Resistance!”
Long-term rotation But according to Jordan there’s more to delaying weed resistance than substituting one herbicide for another. Farmers need to plan herbicide and crop rotation over several years. M o n s a n t o’s Crop Management Solutions website also says: “Managing weed resistance is not about using less glyphosate. It’s about using herbicides effectively.” Hitting weeds with a tank mix of herbicides containing different modes of action is one way to use herbicides more effectively. But the idea that cutting herbicide use won’t help delay resistance contradicts what some weed scientists have said. Many believe the more times weeds in the same fields are exposed to any herbicide, the sooner resistance will appear, usually because of natural selection. And because glyphosate is the most popular herbicide in the
world and often applied several times a season either in a Roundup Ready crop or as a pre-plant, pre-emergence weed burn-off or for pre- or post-harvest weed control, the risk is thought to be higher. That’s probably how kochia in Western Canada developed glyphosate resistance, Hugh Beckie, a scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, said in an interview two years ago. “Farmers were just using glyphosate alone at high rates and that quickly selected for resistance,” he said. “They should be tank mixing another mode of action whenever possible with glyphosate and to only spray glyphosate when it’s really needed...”
U.S. problems Fifty per cent of Arkansas’ cotton fields are now hand weeded and some producers have even lost their farms because of glyphosateresistant Palmer amaranth, University of Arkansas weed scientist Jason Norsworthy told a Bayer CropScience conference in Banff, Alta., in 2013 Palmer amaranth infests 61 and 87 per cent of the Arkansas’ soybean and cotton acres, respectively. More than 2.5 million acres of land are affected even though the first glyphosate resistant Palmer amaranth wasn’t discovered in Arkansas until 2006 — 10 years after Roundup Ready soybeans were first introduced. Canadian farmers are also
at risk, Neil Harker, a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at Lacombe, Alta., said in an interview on the meeting’s sidelines. “If we go to the same intensity with one, single-trait rotation like RR (Roundup Ready) corn, RR cotton, RR soybean like they have, which we have the potential to do in Western Canada... we’re going to be in a similar situation,” he said. When asked about recommendations to reduce glyphosate use Jordan replied: “There is a lot of noise about the overuse of glyphosate is the cause of resistance and there is really no evidence to show that, or for that matter, any other active ingredient causing herbicide resistance per se. But as you just noted as a farmer if you use a particular herbicide over and over without any other herbicide modes of action we all know that is not a good idea because it (resistant weeds) will survive and produce seeds.” The emphasis needs to be on using herbicides more effectively, Jordan stressed. “We are trying to focus on everything,” she said. “There is a big push on tank mixing, crop rotation, periodic tillage if required, proper seeding rates, certified seed, cleaning equipment — all that sort of stuff.” The monsantocms.ca site has specific advice for farmers on tank mixing options. Monsanto’s website had resistance information for farmers, but the message wasn’t getting through as well as the company had hoped, Jordan said. “They (farmers) didn’t have good knowledge of some of the recommendations and things that we’re doing around weed resistance management,” she said. “That’s part of the rationale for the advertising campaign. Just to bring more awareness and understanding of the options available to growers.” allan@fbcpublishing.com
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OPINION/EDITORIAL
Time for a time-out
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hat are your vacation plans this year? I ask because I suspect the answer for many of you will be that you don’t really have any plans, or more likely, you feel too busy to take a break. It’s understandable. After all, summer is the busiest season on any farm, and doubly so in this country of Gord Gilmour seemingly eternal winters. With just Associate Editor a few short weeks to plant, husband and harvest crops, or an even shorter window to cut and bale prime hay and the ongoing need to keep livestock on the best grass, you’re busy. But the fact is, the time of the year that’s best for crops and animals is also the best time to explore the world and spend some time with the people that are most precious to you. The short summer window that comes after crops are sprayed and before harvest looms is your best chance to do this, and I urge you to take the time. It doesn’t have to be big or expensive. Go camping, or to visit friends. If your kids are grown and have moved off the farm, go sponge off them for a few days in the city and play with the grandkids. Take it from a former farm kid who rarely gets family visits — they’ll be delighted to see you. I grew up on a grain farm in Saskatchewan in the 1970s and early 1980s, and as I look back, my memories of my family and the fun times we had are generally clustered around this time of the year. July, when we actually had time to do things together that weren’t picking rocks, burning flax straw piles or any of the other million or so odd jobs that always seemed to need doing. This was the time of year my dad took us fishing. Or my mom took a trip to the city to visit family there, kids in tow. Or occasionally, we’d borrow our uncle’s tent trailer and all pile into the old Dodge Monaco for a real vacation. It was on one of these trips I made my first visit to Manitoba, to Duck Mountain and Riding Mountain parks. Looking back now, I realize there weren’t truly that many of these occasions, it just seemed that way, and none of them were really all that remarkable. After all, families go camping every summer weekend all across Canada. But to a small child they were magical, and I strongly suspect at least part of that magic was that they were the few occasions when we were able to get our parents away from the farm — and all that work that was impossible to ignore in clear conscience. It was when they truly relaxed themselves, and when we all had fun together as a family. It was a recipe for memories, the memories I will carry the rest of my life. Playing in the water at the lake. Eating saskatoon berries straight off the bush. A fire and toasted marshmallows. Mundane perhaps, but at the same time, magical to a child. I’m afraid too few farmers recognize the need to take this sort of pause. Or perhaps more correctly, plenty know they should, but few do because they have so much to do and they’d feel guilty if they did. In many ways, I think that sort of work ethic is part of the heart and soul of agriculture and it’s very often a good thing. It’s what gets things accomplished, how farms are built and developed, how crops are sown and harvested. But it can come with a downside. Workaholism is never a good thing and it’s important that the much talked about ‘work-life balance’ extends to farms too. Maybe it’s even more important. If you really think about it, you’re running a biological factory, and you and your family are living right in the midst of it, on the shop floor as it were. There aren’t many other businesses you can say that about. Most families have a sanctuary where work and business don’t intrude, but farm families seldom do. I recognize taking that time away from the farm isn’t always the easiest thing to do, but in the long run it’s important. It will allow you to recharge and regroup and return refreshed. It will let you appreciate your loved ones without constantly thinking about that job that needs doing. And it will let you experience the present, rather than fret about the future or worry about the past. There are also plenty of well-documented benefits to vacations that can be good for your business. Research has shown that people who take regular vacations are less stressed, more creative, more confident and emotionally stable, healthier and significantly more productive. Counterintuitively, if you take some time off, you might actually accomplish more. But most importantly, and probably most frequently overlooked, is the fact that you deserve it. I was raised by farmers and I’ve been privileged to continue to know many farmers well over the course of my career. There are few groups of people who work harder and longer and more tirelessly. Don’t you think you’ve earned a little break? gord.gilmour@fbcpublishing.com
Non-GMO verification frequently illegal and nonsensical By Karen Daynard KD Communications
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’ve been in the marketing end of agriculture for the past 25 years and have done a lot of work on branding, including developing logos. Logos have a great deal of power. There’s one which infuriates me becoming more prevalent — that of the Non-GMO Project. According to their website (http://www.nongmoproject.org), “The Non-GMO Project is a nonprofit organization committed to preserving and building the non-GMO food supply, educating consumers, and providing verified non-GMO choices. We believe that everyone deserves an informed choice about whether or not to consume genetically modified organisms.” While that description is fine for the most part, my problem lies in the wording “informed choice.” The products they label have nothing to do with providing information on genetically engineered (GE) products, but rather the opposite. What is scary is they have verified over 35,000 products worth over $16 billion in sales across North America. They do this by ignoring what a GE product actually is. A quick search of their approved products includes, insanely enough, everything from water, maple syrup, coffee, honey, and organic rose petal spread to pure vitamins, kitty litter, pink Himalayan rock salt, equine shampoo, toilet paper and my favourite, condoms (in the heat of the moment, do couples really care if their condoms are GE?) Oddly enough, as taken directly from their website, “the Non-GMO Project’s verification seal is not a ‘GMO-free’ claim, it is trustworthy, defensible, transparent, and North America’s only independent verification for products made according to best practices for GMO avoidance.” They even know that their claims aren’t necessarily true.
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While I haven’t investigated the U.S. regulations, the labelling laws in Canada are quite clear. The Canadian General Standards Board under its Voluntary Labelling and Advertising of Foods that are and are not Products of Genetic Engineering section states: “6.1.4 Claims that a single-ingredient food is not a product of genetic engineering shall not be made for a single-ingredient food of which no genetically engineered strains have been offered for sale, unless accompanied by an explanatory statement, for example, like all other oranges, these oranges are not a product of genetic engineering.” The same rule applies to multi-ingredient foods where no GE alternative exists. Therefore all of this labelling is illegal in Canada — so why is it proliferating? That answer takes me on a tangent about the lack of science knowledge in society. That’s something for another column. A better question is how we, as the farming community, address this, besides investigating possible legal action (some Canadian companies, including some farmers in Ontario have shamefully bought into this scam). We need to be vocal and take every possible opportunity to talk about what we do on the farm, and the multitude of benefits (especially environmental) that GE crops provide. We also need to combat the messages about these falsely labelled products. Look what happened with French’s ketchup being pulled out of Loblaws. A loud protest was launched, mainly on social media — and it was successful. Can we do the same for these products? It may feel like you, as one individual, aren’t making any impact, but together we can. Let’s work together to denounce these false labels. Karen Daynard, is a former Nuffield scholar and owner and president of KD Communications, Guelph, Ont.-based public relations firm.
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his ad for the Williamson bale stooker in our July 13, 1967 issue reminds that it used to be that if you wanted “particulars” on a piece of equipment, you had to phone or write rather than visit the company’s website. Our main story that week described Manitoba’s crop conditions as a “hodgepodge.” Crops were in good condition in the eastern part of the province and north of a line running west from Neepawa. Elsewhere things depended on thunderstorms. A table of rainfall from April 1 showed 3.07 inches at Pierson (normal 7.08) and 3.5 inches at Swan River (6.62) , but 11.61 inches at Deerwood (7.21 normal) and 10.66 at Sprague (7.48). Also in the news that month was the latest authorization for the import of 236 purebred cattle from Europe. That was far fewer than the 1,500 requested by 400 breeders, but all imported cattle had to quarantined for 90 days on an island in the St. Lawrence River before entering Canada, and facilities were limited. Nine of the cattle were Simmentals from Switzerland — the first cattle to come from that country — and the rest were mainly Charolais from France.
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COMMENT/FEEDBACK
Families are the core of corporate farming Corporate farming is an alarming term to some, but the truth is almost all ‘corporate’ farms are still family-owned BY KATIE HEGER The Voice of Agriculture, American Farm Bureau
North Dakota voters recently reaffirmed the state’s ban on corporate ownership of farms, something that farmers there say limits their ability to structure their businesses.
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hat do you notice when you look at an apple? Perhaps it’s the colour or variety. How do you choose which to buy at the market? Pink Lady? Gala? Granny Smith? Do you prefer tart over sweet? There may seem to be no end to your choices, but in the end, you go home with a bag of apples. Now, you may be wondering why I am talking about apples in a piece titled “corporate farming,” but the two are more similar than you may think. Although apples come in many different varieties, their basic parts are the same: core, seeds, flesh and skin. Similarly, every farm or ranch has the same core parts — land, farmer, workers, crop or livestock, equipment and supplies — but farmers and ranchers differ in how they use those core parts to run their business to its highest potential. This includes the right to choose the business structure that meets their needs. Having the opportunity to choose to be a corporation should be an option for all, not just some, but for many farmers the corporate
“Corporate farming options do need to be weighed carefully, and when done right, the benefits can be significant.”
business structure is not available. Some states have restricted or eliminated this option out of concern over the unknown about how corporate farming would fully play out. Corporate farming options do need to be weighed carefully, and when done right, the benefits can be significant. With the tough economic times America’s farmland is now facing, it makes good business sense to open the door for investors or partnerships that would assist farmers in their ability to persevere and possibly boost their businesses and rural economies. Corporate farming often gets p l a ye d a s a n e m o t i o n a l i s s u e, one that many fear will take away the “family” aspect of farming. The concer n is real and needs to be taken into consideration. Consumers hear the word “corporate” and think of suits and ties and hundreds of employees. They don’t want to lose the nostalgic image they have of the small mom-andpop farm with one field, a cow and a few chickens. But most people are at least three generations removed from farming or ranching, and
don’t fully understand the business side of agriculture. A few quick numbers reveal the majority of “corporate farms” are actually family businesses. Of the 2.1 million farms in the U.S. in 2015, 5 per cent were incorporated, and from that 5 per cent, 4.5 per cent were familyowned. And 98 per cent of those family corporations had fewer than 10 shareholders. Creating farm corporations opens up more opportunities for direct family involvement in farmi n g , a n d a l l ow s f o r n o n - b l o o d relatives to take up the business as well. Younger generations will not have to walk away from farms that have been in their families for decades. Corporate farming can make it more attainable for young farmers and ranchers to get their start. It is very difficult, if not impossible because of initial capital investments, to be a firstgeneration farmer or rancher. The ability to use the corporate structure is one way to bring upcoming generations back into production agriculture and ranching instead of pushing them away.
As you can tell, I am a believer in opportunity, but opportunity must come with protection. Protections need to be in place to make sure that large industrial businesses do not overtake agriculture. We don’t want to lose the heritage and work of previous generations in agriculture. Corporate farming options need to stay in the hands of those working in the soil to raise crops and livestock, rather than allow for energy- and product-based companies to control or impede the daily work of a farm or ranch. By providing all business structure options for farms and ranches, we can preserve an agricultural heritage that we so proudly stand for. But with limited business options, we run the risk of losing our family farms and reducing the number of people directly involved in agriculture. As I sit reflecting on all that I have been blessed with and desire to pass on to future generations, I recall our farm’s motto: “Honouring the past, working today, preparing for the future.” The time is now to prepare for the future, to keep farms and ranches up and running, and to bring new farmers in, maximizing agriculture’s potential to build businesses that last for generations to come. Katie Heger and her husband grow corn, soybeans and wheat in central North Dakota. She blogs at hegerfamilyfarms.wordpress. com and is a contributor to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s ‘Voice of Agriculture’, where this column first appeared.
Canadian farmers can’t ignore public engagement More than 93 per cent of Canadians admit to knowing little or nothing about how their food is produced By Crystal Mackay Farm & Food Care
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ave you heard the new buzzwords for farming and food? One is “social licence,” followed very closely by another, “sustainability.” These are not new to other sectors, but seemed to have taken those who farm or produce food in this country by surprise. Are Canadian farmers really in danger of losing their social licence to farm? Since time began, farmers have been feeding their families, communities and the world. When my great-grandparents were farming (on land now occupied by Pearson International Airport), most people had a connection to the farm and understood where their food came from. Consumers knew farmers and trusted they were doing the right thing, as long as there was food on the table. Fast-forward to today — an era of radical transparency and escalating demands. Farm & Food Care studies of Canadian consumers show that 93 per cent said they knew little or nothing about where their food comes from, but their interest in knowing more has never been higher. It makes sense then how celebrities and social activists (think Dr. Oz or the Food Babe) can get a lot of attention when they spout inaccurate or scary data about food or farming with more regard to ratings, popularity or fundraising than facts. Compared to other parts of the world, Canadian farmers still enjoy a reasonably good degree of
Compared to other parts of the world, Canadian farmers still enjoy a reasonably good degree of public trust.
public trust. In the U.K. and the U.S., public trust in food systems has been eroded by well-orchestrated and funded pressure tactics and negative media, both of which are gaining momentum in Canada. In speaking to a Canadian audience, Dr. Sandra Edwards, chair of agriculture, University of Newcastle said, “Canada is exactly where the U.K. was 20 years ago on public trust. U.K. agriculture was arrogant and ignored the importance of public trust, thinking ‘everyone has to eat and people like farmers.’ We took public trust for granted until it was too late and the demands on farmers quickly made the U.K. farmer uncompetitive with other jurisdictions on many fronts.” What does losing public trust or your “social licence” really mean? Loss of public trust from the public or buyers can lead to increased regulation, burdensome market access requirements, and potential loss of customers or freedom to operate. Like a tipping point, once public trust is lost, it may be impossible to regain.
The issues will continue to ebb, flow and ignite around specific issues like food safety, waste, energy and water use, hormone and antibiotic use, animal welfare, fair labour practices and more. So how should farmers and agri-food businesses respond to public perceptions, media scrutiny and consumer demands? Building public trust in food and farming must start with doing the right things for the right reasons. Farming — and producing food sustainably — needs to be scientifically verified, economically viable and ethically grounded. Millions of dollars in research, programming and countless hours of hard work on farms help make this happen. But the average Canadian hasn’t heard that story. All stakeholders need to be transparent about their practices and open to communicating with the public. Because, as other sectors like oil and forestry have learned the hard way, building public trust is not a short-term public relations exercise. It requires a long-term vision and a significant commitment of resources by the entire sector. Every stakeholder — from the individual farmer through to the CEO of our country’s largest food companies — needs to invest in conversations with Canadians to build public trust. If we want to reshape the trends from the U.K., the EU and the U.S., everyone who farms or makes a living from agriculture and food needs to create a business plan for the new buzzwords and start investing in public trust and their social licence. Crystal Mackay is CEO of Farm & Food Care, a coalition with a shared vision to build public trust in food and farming.
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FROM PAGE ONE VERIFIED BEEF Continued from page 1
phone, and the provincial coordinator’s phone, has been ringing off the hook. Before this was coming, people knew it was coming and they wanted it, especially after a lot of discussion and social media came to light with Earls. “There was evidence that we didn’t really have a full robust program and now we do. It’s not in reaction to Earls — it’s just our timing.” Consumers’ growing interest in how cattle are raised means food retailers and the food service sector are also interested in sustainable beef, said the national manager of VBP Plus. “This gives us the opportunity to tell them what we’re doing,” said Terry Grajczyk, a producer from Zihner, Sask. “We hope producers understand that this is not a makework project. This is the customer saying they want to know.” VBP Plus will “mirror” the
“No longer can we say what we’re doing — they (beef buyers) are asking us to demonstrate what we’re doing.” Cecilie Fleming
standards being developed by the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, added Fleming. “We are working in tandem and following the indicators are in all of our processes,” she said. “If we find gaps, we’ll
address the gaps. We want to be there and be a program that meets the needs of the CRSB.” Betty Green, Manitoba Beef Producers’ co-ordinator for VPB, says the programs have been readily adopted in Manitoba, with more than 10 per cent of producers fully enrolled in the basic VBP and a third in various stages of adoption. “Producers need to see a reason to adopt them, some benefit, and I think they do,” Green said. She added that in most cases it didn’t amount to major changes for beef producers in Manitoba so much as a bit more record-keeping and some third-party verifications. “Frequently the question is ‘What am I going to have to change?’” Green said. “The answer is ‘Really, not very much.’” Green says she expects if producers see a similar benefit, and similar expectations from customers, VBP Plus will be readily adopted too.
How it works VBP Plus is a national program administered by each province and was built off the National Beef Code of Practice, national biosecurity standards, and components of each province’s Environmental Farm Plan. Any producer who has taken VBP will have to sign up to take the additional modules. “What we tell producers is, ‘Take a look at what it is and make sure you understand what it isn’t,’” said Grajczyk. “If you want to pick up the voluntary audit, you can.” Some beef programs require an audit, and that option is available to anyone in the program. Many producers find that they need to make some adjustments to their operation once they have gone through the audit. “It’s a voluntary program, but some retailers and wholesalers are saying that they would like producers on this (audited) program,” said Grajczyk. “If producers get themselves educated on the implementation
and the outcome, they will be able to meet the needs of some buyers down the road.” MBP’s Green echoed that sentiment, saying it’s becoming clear to producers that verification is the way of the future. “This is the message we’re getting from retails, from MacDonalds on — they want verification,” Green said. “It’s what’s coming down the pipe at us.” Producers, industry professionals, scientists, and members of the sustainable beef roundtable were involved in the development of VBP Plus. There are two types of ways that producers can be involved with the program — the first level is classed as “trained” and the second as “registered.” Nearly 20,000 operations across the country are trained i n t h e o r i g i n a l V B P, a n d between 1,300 and 1,400 are already fully registered in VBP Plus (which means that they have gone through an audit). Producers on the program have to maintain a certain level of record-keeping, complete selfassessments, and be open to voluntary audits, but they are not subjected to third-party audits every year.
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The fee for VBP Plus ranges from $400 to $750, depending on the complexity of the operation audited. The fees pay for the cost of the audits. Producers who want to participate need to get a copy of the producer manual and follow the summary checklist, which defines the outcome of the program. Any producer who has gone through the McDonald’s pilot program will already meet many of the VBP Plus requirements. “There’s no question that in the last four to five years, if you listen to a market expert, that the market has become increasingly interested in what we do at the farm level,” said Grajczyk. “This will sort of demonstrate what gets done.” For more information, go to verifiedbeefproductionplus. com (click on the Registration or the Forms and Manuals tab for more details on how the program works). With files from Gord Gilmour. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com
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“One said, ‘We are not invincible, but we feel we must be’. Another said, ‘What makes me the most upset is that I have everything I dreamed of — love, family and a farm — and all I feel is overwhelmed, out of control and sad,’”said Jones-Bitton. Their responses to the survey indicate high levels of emotional exhaustion and cynicism, with results also showing 45 per cent experiencing high stress. Another 58 per cent were classified with varying levels of anxiety and 35 per cent with depression. Those findings place Canadian farmers uniquely more vulnerable to mental distress, and less resilient to those in other parts of the world where similar psychological studies have been done, said Jones-Bitton. She said she isn’t surprised by any of those findings, given what we know about pressures on the farm community. But what does stand out in these responses is that even while mental health struggles can still carry a stigma, farmers do also say they’d seek help if they needed it. Forty per cent of those surveyed said they’d feel uneasy about getting professional help ‘because of what people might think ’and 31 per cent said seeking help could stigmatize a person’s life, but more than threequarters also said professional mental services can be helpful in times of struggle, and almost as many said they would seek out such help. That’s the positive message coming from this, she said. “So many people indicated that they would seek help for mental health if they were worried or stressed and that it didn’t make them a weak person,” she said. “I am very happy to hear people reported they were open to getting help if they found themselves in need of it.”
ducers can call. Those don’t exist everywhere, she said. She was not aware of any operating in Ontario, she said, but said one program that is widely recognized in the farm community is the Manitoba Farm, Rural and Northern Supports Services. It began as a confidential telephone counselling service for farmers in the mid-1990s and today offers a variety of programs to rural and remote populations in Manitoba. The program is funded by Manitoba Health. “We’re still looking into what supports are available across the country, but my understanding from the look we’ve done so far is that Manitoba is far ahead of the rest of us in terms of supports offered to farmers,” she said. Another program is Saskatchewan’s Mobile Crisis Services, which rolled out the Saskatchewan Farm Stress Line under its umbrella in 2012. It also offers confidential telephone counselling services and is accessible to the farm community 24 hours a day seven days a week.
In Ontario, meanwhile, JonesBitton is now building a team of producers, industry representatives, veterinarians and mental health professionals to create, deliver and evaluate a mental health literacy training program for farmers to help more recognize and respond to mental distress. The focus of this work is on Ontario’s agricultural sector. Jones-Bitton said the hope is that ultimately this could expand across the country. “I do think we need a systematic program for our producers,” she said. “These results are describing that we do have issues with mental illnesses in the farming population at levels that are considered to be higher than normal. I think there’s a sizable population in our country that is perhaps in need of help and in need of more resources. “The survey indicates they’re wanting more resources.”
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CTA president says regulatory agency open for business The agency is beefing up its informal mediation service that’s less costly and time-consuming than the quasi-judicial adjudication process BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff / Toronto
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cott Streiner is a name railway executives instantly recognize, but not most farmers... yet. That will change as the relatively new president and CEO of the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) continues to reach out to Canada’s agricultural sector, as he did here July 7 at the Pulse and Special Crops Convention. “The agency is here to serve,” said Streiner, who before being appointed a year ago served as assistant deputy minister of policy at Transport Canada
and before that was secretary to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Prosperity, preparing advice for the Prime Minister. “We are a public body. We are open for business. And we are committed to doing our job in a way that is impartial, evidencebased, innovative and engaged. “I invite you to engage with the agency on any matters of concern to you that relate to your relationship with the national transportation system and the services it provides.” The CTA, originally known a s t h e B o a rd o f Ra i l w a y Commissioners, was created in 1904 and is Canada’s oldest independent tribunal and regulator. It operates at arm’s length from the
“I invite you to engage with the agency on any matters of concern to you that relate to your relationship with the national transportation system and the services it provides.” Scott Streiner
federal government, administering the Canada Transportation Act, which is intended to keep Canada’s transportation system — rail, marine and air — running efficiently and smoothly. Grain transportation has been contentious since the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) completed
the transcontinental railway in 1885. Farmers and grain companies complain they are captive to CP and Canadian National (CN) and as result often get poor service. The railways counter the complaints are exaggerated. A huge backlog of grain shipping in 2013-14 prompted the
former Harper government to take radical measures, including ordering the railways to move prescribed amounts of grain or be fined. Grain has moved well this crop year (2015-16), but according to some farm groups and grain companies, it’s only because other traffic, such as oil, coal and potash has declined, freeing up capacity.
Mediation process Farmers and grain companies are demanding a more permanent fix, including that the railways be subject to commercial penalties when they fail to provide the service they’ve promised.
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Canadian Transportation Agency President and CEO Scott Streiner says the agency is there to make Canada’s transportation system run more efficiently. He told pulse crop shippers at the Pulse and Special Crops Convention to contact the CTA if they have complaints about poor rail service. In addition to the CTA’s quasi-judicial adjudication process the CTA offers informal mediation. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON
Grain shippers are penalized by the railways if they fail to load or unload cars during a set time. Under the current act, grain shippers can launch a formal level of service complaint against a railway, which the Canadian Transportation Agency will adjudicate through a quasi-judicial process. It doesn’t happen often
because the process takes so long, is costly and some shippers fear it could hurt their relationship with the railway, Streiner said. However, he added CTA offers informal mediation, which was beefed up during a reorganization of the CTA completed April 1. A special team has been
set up within the CTA’s mediation branch to resolve disputes between railways and shippers. To ensure mediators are knowledgeable, they will be sent on a Western tour this year to visit railway and grain-handling facilities, Streiner told reporters later. The CTA hasn’t done a lot of informal mediations either. Streiner isn’t sure why, but said it could be a lack of awareness. The process requires both shippers and the railways agree to the process, which can’t go on more than 30 days. While CTA mediators cannot impose a resolution, it’s amazing what can be accomplished through the process, Streiner said. In the meantime, Transport Minister Marc Garneau has the Emerson report on possible changes to the transportation act, which shippers complain failed to recommend the level of railway accountability they want. Garneau is also consulting the industry. The CTA will provide Garneau with whatever information and analysis that can help him, Streiner said.
What’s working The CTA also has some obser-
vations on what’s working and not working in the act and what’s lacking so the CTA can do its job, he added. The industr y has recommended the CTA be able to initiate inquiries without a formal complaint and make general orders when systemic problems are found and to collect and collect and disseminate more data, which Streiner said is “worthy of consideration.” Me a n w h i l e , t h e C TA i s reviewing all nine of the regulations it’s responsible for, to ensure they are up-to-date. “All of it is open for discussion,” Streiner said. The review will have four phases of consultation covering various topics. The final one will be rail issues, to start late this year or early next year, Streiner said. “Our intention is to complete consultations and the drafting of new regulations by the end of 2017 and to be finalizing approvals and moving into implementation in 2018,” he said. ‘It is an ambitious schedule for regulatory change, But in my view a feasible one.”
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LIVESTOCK MARKETS (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows — D3 Cows — Bulls — Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) — (801-900 lbs.) — (701-800 lbs.) — (601-700 lbs.) — (501-600 lbs.) No Sale (401-500 lbs.) July 1st, 2016 Heifers (901+ lbs.) — (801-900 lbs.) — (701-800 lbs.) — (601-700 lbs.) — (501-600 lbs.) — (401-500 lbs.) —
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Alberta South — — 87.00 - 100.00 78.00 - 90.00 — $ 158.00 - 170.00 160.00 - 177.00 180.00 - 196.00 190.00 - 213.00 196.00 - 221.00 200.00 - 227.00 $ 140.00 - 153.00 150.00 - 165.00 162.00 - 179.00 168.00 - 186.00 165.00 - 205.00 —
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attle moseyed through auction marts for the week ending July 8, picking up slightly from last week’s lack of full sales. “The numbers, considering the time of year, are not bad,” said Keith Cleaver of Heartland Livestock at Brandon. “We had around 300 this week, probably 100 slaughter butcher cows and bulls and a balance for feeders.” This year’s numbers are on par with last year, he said, adding there may be a slight increase in cows and slaughter animals. This year’s prices, though, are barely meeting last year’s. “Prices are steady, if not a pinch lower. They’re not up at all, that’s for sure,” Cleaver said. “The feedlots are still losing a substantial amount on a fat animal.” Butcher cattle this week were lower but remain consistent with other years, Cleaver said. “Good slaughter cows were steady, but the older cows… the out-of-condition cows were a little lower,” he said. Fat cattle, he added, “were a little bit lower this week because there are lots of them available, so plants were bidding lower.” Most cattle were either staying local or heading out west, as the short week due to Monday’s U.S. holiday distracted buyers from the south. “The (U.S.) is pretty quiet,” Cleaver said. “Not much going south at all except for slaughter cows and bulls, a few feeders, but nothing really of any great number.” An excess of rain has been good news for pastures and forage crops. “Pastures are really good here, lots of grass,” he said.
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Turkeys Minimum prices as of July 8, 2016 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.960 Undergrade ........................................$1.870 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.950 Undergrade ....................................... $1.850 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.950 Undergrade ....................................... $1.850 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A................................................. $1.890 Undergrade......................................... $1.805 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.
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Hay crops are in excellent shape as well, he said, but the rains have caused some delays in baling. “In reality we need some sunshine so that they can get the hay crops put up; every other day we seem to get rain,” Cleaver said. “Guys are just waiting… hoping the weather will straighten up so they can cut the hay and it won’t lay there and get rained on before they get it baled up.” So far, baling delays haven’t caused any problems for livestock, he added. On the international front, Taiwan’s health ministry announced July 8 it will resume imports of Canadian beef to Taiwan. The approval follows closely behind Mexico’s market expansion announcement. Taiwan announced a temporary suspension of Canadian beef imports in February 2015 after Canada’s most recent case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) appeared earlier that month. Taiwan was Canada’s seventh-largest market in 2014, and once trade resumes, exporters anticipate shipments could reach the $10 million per year range in the short term, and as much as $15 million annually within five years. Erin DeBooy writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.
Chinese pork prices, already close to a record, may find further support after thousands of animals drowned and transportation to slaughterhouses was disrupted by severe floods in southern China, analysts said July 8. High prices in the world’s biggest pork market are a major concern for the Chinese government but a boon for exporters in Europe and North America. Some parts of China’s southern and central provinces have received more than 500mm (20 inches) of rain since the start of July during a worse than usual summer flood season. Prices, currently around 18 yuan (US$2.69) per kg for
live hogs, may hit 22 yuan (US$3.29) by the third quarter, above the record of 21 yuan earlier this year, said Pan Chenjun, senior analyst at Rabobank. Although it is not clear how many farms have been affected, industry website Soozhu.com reported high piglet mortality rates in some parts of Hubei and Anhui provinces, while the agriculture ministry said thousands of fattened hogs had died. China has about 37 million sows and a country-wide herd of about 380 million pigs. “The impact on numbers is not that much but the impact on farmers’ confidence is larger. If weather continues to be volatile they will stop replenishment,” said Pan. “We expect this serious disaster to extend the current cycle of high prices for longer,” said the firm.
China consumes around 54 million tonnes of pork a year, almost all supplied domestically. While consumption is generally stable, its hog and sow inventories have fallen for more than two years, after farmers responded to weak prices by widespread culling. Sow inventories hit a bottom in February but the rebuilding of herds has been slow, hit partly by disease outbreaks among piglets. Supply had been expected to rebound by mid-2017 but if farmers choose to delay replenishing herds until the end of the summer, high prices may persist through much of 2017, added Pan. That would benefit imports, said Pan, likely to hit two million tonnes this year, up from 1.55 million last year. As much as eight million tonnes a year of pork is traded globally.
Toronto ($/cwt) 218.63 - 294.35 — 113.61 - 264.47
Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —
keith cleaver
briefs
July 2016 August 2016 October 2016 December 2016
$/cwt Ewes Lambs
“In reality we need some sunshine so that they can get the hay crops put up.”
ERIN DEBOOY
Cattle Grades (Canada)
Week Ending July 2, 2016 42,691 9,364 33,327 N/A 598,000
Prices steady as markets’ summer slowdown continues Cattle numbers are considered ‘not bad’ given the season
Ontario $ 132.04 - 159.78 141.77 - 160.41 78.11 - 109.20 78.11 - 109.20 108.41 - 128.56 $ 159.91 - 176.40 161.64 - 184.87 170.95 - 201.53 171.40 - 218.26 168.02 - 219.93 161.18 - 223.45 $ 147.60 - 161.74 159.07 - 167.26 147.78 - 182.25 162.71 - 200.71 164.08 - 205.85 183.13 - 215.10
$
(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 (July 8, 2016) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close June 2016 111.80 August 2016 112.23 October 2016 113.28 December 2016 113.14 February 2017 112.30 April 2017 112.30
Canada East West Manitoba U.S.
$1 Cdn: $0.7649 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.3073 Cdn.
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Cattle Prices
Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers
EXCHANGES: July 8, 2016
Toronto ($/cwt) 15.67 - 56.00 52.57 - 67.81
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GRAIN MARKETS column
Manitoba Elevator Prices
Fund selling in soybeans knocks $25 off ICE canola
Average quotes as of July 8, 2016 ($/tonne) Future
Basis
E. Manitoba wheat
183.63
27.19
210.81
W. Manitoba wheat
183.63
20.37
204.00
E. Manitoba canola
470.50
-30.80
439.70
W. Manitoba canola
470.50
-34.85
435.65
Improving U.S. crop conditions are bearish for soybeans DAVE SIMS CNSC
I
CE Futures Canada canola contracts suffered losses for the week ended July 8, tracking weakness in U.S. soy which was caused by large funds liquidating their long positions. Canola started the week in a relatively sleepy fashion, losing a few dollars as the U.S. markets were closed Monday in observance of Independence Day. On July 5, however, agricultural markets in the U.S. began falling sharply. Funds began to dump long positions in U.S. soybeans, which roiled the canola market. The frontmonth November canola contract declined by $10 per tonne on July 5, $3 the next day and a whopping $17.50 on July 7. The market corrected higher July 8 but the damage was mostly done, with canola down roughly $25 on the week. Fa c t o r s t h a t h e l p e d l i m i t t h e l o s s e s included ideas that canola is relatively cheap compared to other oilseeds. Commercials also stepped in to take advantage of the low prices before the weekend. We a t h e r c o n d i t i o n s a c r o s s We s t e r n Canada, while a little soggy in certain places, looked generally favourable for the development of the crop.
Source: pdqinfo.ca
The International Grains Council also pegged canola/rapeseed stocks at a 13-year low, which was bullish for values. Corn futures dipped on the week, led by the September contract which shed US$5. Rain across the U.S. corn belt pressured prices as the moisture partially alleviated drought-like conditions in certain spots. U.S. soybeans plummeted on the week, as large funds liquidated their positions en masse due to improving crop conditions. The U.S. Department of Agriculture pegged conditions as good to excellent across 70 per cent of the domestic crop, which was bearish for the market. By the end of the week, soybeans’ mostactive contract November had lost US$79.75. U.S. soymeal also plunged, on news that massive floods in China had killed livestock in large numbers. Chicago wheat futures bucked the trend, posting gains on the week, as the September contract finished US$4.75 higher. Production and quality concerns throughout Europe were bullish for U.S. exporters, while rain in the U.S. southern Plains disrupted harvest efforts, which was similarly supportive. Ideas that La Nina may not stress soybeans, corn and wheat as harshly as first thought was another factor that weighed on markets. As well, general unease in the global market situation, largely due to Britain’s decision to exit the European Union, was also present. Dave Sims writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.
For three-times-daily market reports and more from Commodity News Service Canada, visit the Markets section at www.manitobacooperator.ca.
Cash
Port Prices As of Friday, July 8, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week
Weekly Change
U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston
153.86
3.58
U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland
214.40
39.87
Canola Thunder Bay
457.30
-33.40
Canola Vancouver
477.30
-33.40
Closing Futures Prices
As of Thursday, July 7, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week
Weekly Change
ICE canola
462.30
-33.40
ICE milling wheat
209.00
-8.00
ICE barley
166.00
-5.50
Mpls. HRS wheat
181.97
-4.78
Chicago SRW wheat
156.35
-7.35
Kansas City HRW wheat
151.48
-3.77
Corn
134.54
-9.35
Oats
125.79
-5.51
Soybeans
386.00
-45.47
Soymeal
404.65
-42.54
Soyoil
656.87
-38.37
Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Thursday, July 7, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week
Weekly Change
Feed wheat
206.86
5.88
Feed barley
170.40
1.38
n/a
n/a
438.17
-1.97
Rye Flaxseed Feed peas
n/a
n/a
Oats
164.05
-12.97
Soybeans
431.01
-49.97
Sunflower (NuSun) Fargo, ND ($U.S./CWT)
17.10
0.15
Sunflower (Confection) Fargo, ND ($U.S./CWT)
Ask
Ask
Prairie wheat bids soften with U.S. futures Minneapolis spring and Kansas City winter wheat futures were down on the week BY DAVE SIMS CNS Canada
S
pring wheat cash bids across Western Canada softened during the week ended July 8, as a downturn in U.S. futures put pressure on prices. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by roughly $5 per tonne, 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 $202 per tonne in southeastern Saskatchewan to as high as $214 in parts of Alberta. Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but lost about $3 on average to range from $29 to $30
Average durum prices were down by $9-$11 per tonne, depending on the location.
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$154 to US$164 per tonne, down by about $5-$8 compared to the previous week. That would put the currency-adjusted basis levels at about US$17 to US$29 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 $14 to $29 below the futures. Average Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) bids were roughly the same as the previous week. Average CPSR prices came in at about $165-$172 per tonne in Saskatchewan, and $177-$179 per tonne in Alberta. Average durum prices were down by $9-$11 per tonne, depending on the location, with bids in Saskatchewan
ranging from roughly $264 to $268 per tonne. The September spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, which most CWRS contracts in Canada are based off of, was quoted at US$4.995 per bushel on July 8, down 0.5 cents per bushel from the previous week. Kansas City hard red winter wheat futures, traded in Chicago, are more closely linked to CPSR in Canada. The September K.C. wheat contract was quoted at US$4.2125 per bushel on July 8, down US9.75 cents compared to the previous week. The September Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$4.35 on July 8, which was up by US4.75 cents on the week. The Canadian dollar closed at US76.69 cents on July 8, which was down by a third of a cent relative to its U.S. counterpart on the week.
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LIVESTOCK h u s b a n d r y — t h e s c i e n c e , S K I L L O R ART O F F AR M IN G
Regulatory changes would limit farmers’ vet drug imports Proposed Health Canada changes will affect how antimicrobials are imported into Canada BY SHANNON VANRAES Co-operator Staff
F
or John Prescott, a move to end farmers’ right to import certain veterinary drugs marks a significant turning point in the fight against antimicrobial resistance in Canada. The Public Health Agency announced last year that Health Canada’s Veterinar y Drugs Directorate would introduce new regulations requiring veterinary oversight of antibiotics used in food animals, such as those administered in water and feed. Health Canada is now asking for industry input on the proposed changes, including tougher rules around the quality of active ingredients, increased monitoring of drug sales and restrictions on the importation of some veterinary drugs. “I think this is a historic p r o c e s s , i t i s d r a m a t i c ,” s a i d Pre s c o t t , c o - c h a i r o f the Ad Hoc Committee for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Canadian Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. “It will reduce the use of antibiotics to when the benefits are really clear and substantial.” In a summary of the proposed changes, the federal department states that “the overuse and misuse of antimicrobials in animals is a contributing factor to the development and spread of AMR (anti-microbial resistance).” Prescott agrees. He was one of the many experts gathered in Niagara Falls last week for a Canadian Veterinary Medical Association summit where antimicrobial resistance was a key concern. But while 80 per cent of all antimicrobials used are used in animal agriculture, the professor emeritus of veterinary bacteriology cautioned that the situation should be keep in perspective. “That sounds like a huge n u m b e r, b u t y o u h a v e t o realize there are a lot more animals than humans in Ca n a d a ,” h e s a i d , a d d i n g that the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance has done an excellent job of tracki n g re s i s t a n c e i n Ca n a d a , often being the first to identify newly resistant bacterial strains.
More monitoring Prescott would still like to see more done in terms of data collection and monitoring. “What we’d really like to see is use data on a farm basis and on a veterinarian basis… how well does farm X com-
Participants at a recent summit supported the proposals for new regulations on the use of veterinary drugs for livestock. Photo: Thinkstock
“What we’d really like to see is use data on a farm basis and on a veterinarian basis.” John Prescott
pare to farm Y, and if farm X or one particularly veterinarian seems way out of line… it would be very valuable to then tap them on the shoulder and say ‘look, you are out of line here, what’s going on?’” he said. “If we can track use, we can track resistance because the two are so linked together, if you use more antibiotics you
will get more resistance. If you use less you will get less.” No one at the summit was surprised by the new regulations proposed by Health Canada, which have been in development for several years. “There is 100 per cent support for the regulatory changes, there is definitely concern with how are these changes going to be implemented and kind of the details around that, but i n g e n e ra l t h e C V M A h a s been consulting with Health Canada for the last number of years and we do support these regulatory changes,” said the association’s president-elect, Troy Bourque. Prescott noted the details of the proposed changes must still be finalized and that things feel “a bit chaotic”
as industry and government come together to reduce antimicrobial resistance. But he stressed that even if benchmarking and antimicrobial use data still need to be worked on, changes to importation and oversight of ingredients marks a monumental change. “The whole area is sort of in a ferment at the moment,” he said.
CCA support Rob McNabb, general manager of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association said, “it is very clear that food animal producers and veter inarians must work together to ensure the prudent use of antimicrobials.” The association will respond to the Health Canada
proposal in the coming weeks, but McNabb said, as they stand, the impact on production practices will be minimal. “ The most direct impact to our industry would be the changes or new restriction on own-use import, and we’ve been recommending that they they create a list of products, which they are now proposing to do,” he said. “They aren’t eliminating it all together, but they do need to have some controls in place.” He expects that consultat i o n s w i t h He a l t h Ca n a d a will continue as regulatory changes move forward. The updated regulations are expected to come into effect in late 2017. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com
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Avian influenza strikes Ontario duck farm It is a low-pathogenic strain but the flock will still be euthanized Staff
A
ll 14,000 birds on a commercial duck farm in s o u t h e r n O n t a r i o’s Niagara region are set to be euthanized after some were confirmed with a less severe form of avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on July 8 said the strain of avian flu found in the birds on the farm is a lowpathogenic (“low-path”) H5N2 subtype. The farm, west of St. Catharines, Ont., is now under quarantine, CFIA said, and the agency plans to set up a disease surveillance zone for further testing and movement control measures. Once euthanized, the birds will be disposed of, CFIA said. The agency will then oversee the cleaning and disinfection of the farm’s barns, vehicles, equipment and tools. The Feather Board Command Centre, the emergency response office for the Ontario poultry and egg sectors, said July 7 it has advised all poultry growers to put “heightened biosecurity measures” in place. CFIA on July 8 set up a restricted three-kilometre control zone around the duck farm, the FBCC said. A preliminary count puts one broiler operation and 23 small-flock operations in the control zone, and permits will be required to move birds in and out of that area, the centre added. H5 and H7 strains of avian flu are considered reportable diseases in Canada, and all cases must be reported to the CFIA and World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Low-path H5 and H7 strains were decreed reportable diseases in Canada starting in 2012. Where high-path strains of avian flu lead to severe symptoms and deaths among affected birds, low-path strains cause few symptoms — such as mild respiratory effects, reduced egg production and ruffled feathers — if any. Outbreaks of low-path H5 and H7 strains are monitored, quarantined and eradicated mainly out of concern that the viruses may mutate into high-path strains. Avian flu, however, does not pose a risk to food safety when poultry and poultry products are properly handled and cooked, CFIA emphasized. Canada had been considered free of notifiable avian influenza since October, following last year’s high-path outbreaks in British Columbia and Ontario. Trading partners such as the U.S. usually restrict imports of poultry and poultry products from countries with avian flu, in cases involving a high-path outbreak. Other countries, however, have been known to impose import restrictions on Canadian poultry and related products due to a low-path outbreak, as seen in Manitoba in 2010.
Taiwan again accepting Canadian UTM beef Taipei’s restrictions followed last year’s unusual BSE case STAFF
O
ne of the top international importers of Canadian beef is back in the market after closing its ports to the product last year. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland on July 8 announced Taiwan will again accept beef from Canadian cattle under 30 months of age (UTM), effective immediately. Ta i w a n h a d p u l l e d t h e plug on imports of Canadian UTM beef in February last year, following the discovery of Canada’s 19th domestic case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in an Alberta cow. Ta i w a n h a d p re v i o u s l y admitted Canadian UTM beef since 2007, when it lifted the restrictions it imposed following the discovery of Canada’s first domestic BSE case in 2003. Case 19 was unusual in that
it was Canada’s first and so far only BSE case to be born after Ottawa imposed an “enhanced feed ban” in 2007. China and South Korea were also among the countries to re-impose beef bans after Case 19’s discovery, but both have since lifted those restrictions. Ad m i s s i o n o f Ca n a d i a n beef products from animals over 30 months of age (OTM) into Taiwan will “require further discussions” between the countries’ regulators, the Canadian Meat Council said July 8. “Prior to the initial identification in 2003 of BSE in Canada, exports of beef products to Taiwan exceeded $15 million per year,” CMC executive director Jim Laws said in a release. “We look forward to regaining our market share duri n g t h e c o m i n g ye a r s s o that Taiwan will once again become one of the Canadian meat industry’s top 10 export destinations.”
U.S. beef on display at a Taipei supermarket in 2009. Taiwan, which until last year was one of Canada’s top beef markets, has announced it will again allow imports of Canadian beef from animals under 30 months of age. Photo: REUTERS/Pichi Chuang
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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category
Ashern
Gladstone
Grunthal
Heartland
Heartland
Brandon
Virden
Killarney
Ste. Rose
Winnipeg
Feeder Steers
n/a
n/a
n/a
5-Jul
6-Jul
n/a
n/a
8-Jul
No. on offer
n/a
n/a
n/a
93
341*
n/a
n/a
86
Over 1,000 lbs.
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
155.00-165.00
900-1,000
n/a
n/a
n/a
145.00-155.00
150.00-165.00
n/a
n/a
160.00-178.00
800-900
n/a
n/a
n/a
155.00-165.00
168.00-186.00
n/a
n/a
165.00-185.00
700-800
n/a
n/a
n/a
165.00-180.00
184.00-200.00
n/a
n/a
170.00-195.00
600-700
n/a
n/a
n/a
175.00-187.00
188.00-209.00
n/a
n/a
185.00-204.00
500-600
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
194.00-213.00
n/a
n/a
190.00-207.00
400-500
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
200.00-217.00
n/a
n/a
190.00-207.00
300-400
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
900-1,000 lbs.
n/a
n/a
n/a
125.00-149.00
125.00-141.00
n/a
n/a
135.00-150.00
800-900
n/a
n/a
n/a
140.00-155.00
138.00-152.00
n/a
n/a
142.00-158.00
700-800
n/a
n/a
n/a
155.00-176.00
159.00-177.00
n/a
n/a
145.00-169.00
600-700
n/a
n/a
n/a
165.00-180.00
168.00-182.00
n/a
n/a
155.00-174.00
Feeder heifers
500-600
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
175.00-188.00
n/a
n/a
155.00-185.00
400-500
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
180.00-194.00
n/a
n/a
160.00-190.00
300-400
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
No. on offer
n/a
n/a
n/a
145
n/a
n/a
n/a
110
D1-D2 Cows
n/a
n/a
n/a
88.00-95.00
85.00-91.00
n/a
n/a
88.00-92.00
D3-D5 Cows
n/a
n/a
n/a
77.00-87.00
70.00-79.00
n/a
n/a
80.00-87.00
Slaughter Market
Age Verified
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
86.00-95.00
n/a
n/a
93.00-97.00
Good Bulls
n/a
n/a
n/a
155.00-122.00
116.00-125.00
n/a
n/a
116.00-122.00
Butcher Steers
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Butcher Heifers
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Feeder Cows
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
90.00-105.00
n/a
n/a
100.00-125.00
Fleshy Export Cows
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Lean Export Cows
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Heiferettes
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
100.00-120.00
n/a
n/a
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.)
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COLUMN
The pros and cons of hormone-free beef programs There’s a lot of confusion about these programs — here’s a take from a veterinary perspective ROY LEWIS DVM Beef 911
W
ith all the terms we are hearing in the beef industry — such as organic, natural, hormone free, sustainable — there is no doubt confusion even for you the producers trying to raise cattle to fit into these programs. Most of these branded or niche programs are trying to differentiate themselves from the traditional ways of producing beef. If as a producer you are interested, get the actual details of the specific branded program and find out about the extra work in the form of record-keeping that is necessary. You also need to consider potential production losses and weigh that against the premium from that market. These programs definitely create extra input costs and there can be higher returns, but the key is the net profit at the end of the day. There can be good as well as bad to all these programs and I will try — from a veterinary perspective — to point to some areas you need to watch. You as the producer have the final decision as to whether the marketing into the branded program will benefit your herd and the bottom line. Some more rigid programs are antibiotic free and that means just that. If antibiotics are used, that calf is out of the program. All medical treatments whether prophylactic, metaphylactic, or actual medical cases are usually considered the same. This eliminates all antibiotics in the feed as well as metaphylactic treatments we see given, for instance, to high-risk cattle entering the feedlot. There have been meat withdrawals established for all these products which producers adhere to so the product is still safe. The antibiotic-free programs cater to the public that perceives antibiotic usage as undesirable. Technically, all raised beef is free of antibiotics if proper withdrawals are recognized. The antibiotic-free requirement follows through to the packer so if any medication is needed, the calf again drops out of the program. Animal welfare needs are addressed in these programs and things such as painkillers given at castration are often called for. These also have a withdrawal that must be adhered to. My one worry is: will antibiotics get held off for a day or two extra to see if the calf gets over the problem and will more deaths or chronic cases be created? Really only the individual producer would know if that has happened. When a calf drops out of an antibiotic-free program, they are marketed as a normal calf. Some programs insist on a true preconditioning program — that means weaning for a minimum period of time (30 to 60 days is common). This
of course has great benefits in the feedlot as calves on a good vaccination program and weaned for that length of time are much less likely to get sick. Also, by waiting the 60 days or longer, calves are gaining very well so this results in more pounds to sell. Shrink is minimized then on transport. Speaking of transport, that can be a big win as with these branded programs calves are most often shipped directly to their final destination, minimizing extra transport costs and stress of going through an auction market. Both of these are great management wins. In the old days the best returns for the cow-calf operator were generally to wean right off the cow with no vaccines or input costs incurred. From a health, stress, and shr ink aspect, this is the
worse thing you could do to this young calf. These calves were considered by most veterinarians’ standards high risk to ultra-high risk (depending on their weight and distance transported). Now there are electrolyte solutions which when given before shipping can minimize stress even more. No added hormones primarily refers to no implanting, and must be looked at from an economic standpoint. Every time a male calf is implanted after castration or a heifer calf implanted there are, without a doubt, extra gains created. All implants have a zero withdrawal for slaughter and so are very safe. Calves can receive implants up to four times up until slaughter. (This depends on how young calves are implanted and what size they are fed to.)
Who’s got the right
Every time an implant is not given, pounds of gain are lost. This is fine as long as the premiums in these hormone-free or no-added-hormones programs compensate for this loss. Some say that by not implanting you need an extra 20 per cent return in order to make up the net difference. The branded programs have been good in as much as producers’ management has been heightened and specific vaccination programs implemented. In other ways, e s p e c i a l l y n o a d d e d h o rmones, there are productivity losses. Again it is a question of whether the compensation is adequate as we know pounds of gain are being left on the table. But what if the rules keep getting more stringent and these programs don’t become sustainable?
The removing of monensin a n d o t h e r i o n o p h o re s — because they are considered an antibiotic — can really raise havoc if a coccidiosis outbreak ensues. I hope this article objectively shows some of the pros and cons of the branded programs out there. They all help to increase the profile of beef and expand markets. The future will tell how sustainable they are in the long term and whether there is the need to change requirements to reflect the best needs of the cattle and still get the producer the returns they deserve. Roy Lewis practised large-animal veterinary medicine for more than 30 years and now works part time as a technical services veterinarian for Merck Animal Health.
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WEATHER VANE “Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it.” Mark Twain, 1897
So much for a dry hot summer Issued: Monday, July 11, 2016 · Covering: July 13 – July 20, 2016 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane
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h i s w e e k ’s w e a t h e r forecast begins with a huge area of low pressure centred over the middle of North America. All I can say is, so much for a summer heat wave! All of the weather models are currently pointing towards a continuation of warm and wet weather. This is the same area of low pressure that originally looked like it would track across northern Manitoba, but it’s now taken a much more southerly route. By the end of the day on Thursday this area of low pressure should be out of our region, bringing a return of more sun than clouds. We should see more sun than clouds to end the week as weak high pressure builds in. Unfortunately, this sunny w e a t h e r d o e s n’t l o o k l i k e it will stick around as the weather models are showing another area of low pressure
moving into our region on Sunday, bringing with it more clouds and showers. Weak high pressure looks to dominate the weather for the first part of next week with mostly sunny skies and daytime highs in the mid-20s and overnight lows in the low teens. For those of you who are wishing for the warm and dry weather to continue — something the long range forecasts have predicted — it looks like you are not in luck. The latest medium-range forecast shows yet another strong area of low pressure to develop to our west later next week, bringing an increasing chance of showers and thundershowe r s by t h e s e c o n d h a l f o f the week. Usual temperature range for this period Highs: 22 to 30 C Lows: 1 to 17 C Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park. Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.
WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA
This map shows the the total precipitation across the Prairies over the last three months. Most of the Prairies have seen near- to slightly above-average rainfall so far this growing season, with only southern and central Alberta seeing below-average amounts.
Weather — it’s all stored in the cloud(s) A look at the various cloud types and how they got their names By Daniel Bezte
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’m currently off exploring the mountains of southeastern B.C. and southwestern Alberta and due to my travels, will have go with a more generic weather article this issue. I decided to take a look at something that ties into pretty much all of our weather — clouds. If we were to define a cloud, we could say that it is a visible collection or aggregate of tiny water droplets or ice crystals floating or suspended in the air. Stealing a line from Meteorology Today, “Some clouds are found only at high elevations, while others nearly touch the ground. Clouds can be thick or thin, big or little — they exist in a seemingly endless variety.” Identifying all of the different types of clouds can be a little tough, but with some practice, you can become reasonably proficient. Our current method of naming and classifying clouds was developed in 1803 by Luke Howard, an English naturalist. His system employed the use of Latin words to describe the clouds as they appear from the ground. Clouds that appeared to look like sheets were called “stratus,” which is Latin for layer. Puffy clouds were called “cumulus,” which is Latin for heap. Wispy clouds were called “cirrus,” which is Latin for curl of hair, and finally, rain clouds were called “nimbus,” meaning violent rain. So in essence, Howard’s system had four different cloud types. These could then be combined to cover other types of clouds. For example, stratus clouds that have rain falling from them would be called nimbostratus; cirrus clouds that form a layer would be called cirrostratus and so on. In 1887, Abercromby and Hildebrandsson expanded Howard’s sys-
There are two main processes that allow for clouds, rain, and snow to form — the “collisioncoalescence process” and the “Bergeron process.”
four major cloud groups and their types High-level clouds Cirrus Cirrostratus Cirrocumulus Mid-level clouds Altostratus
tem by creating four different groups that clouds can be divided into. These would be high clouds, middle clouds, low clouds and a fourth group for clouds that span more than one region — vertically developed clouds. This is the system that we use today. Clouds are classified by the height at which they occur and then by their appearance. The table above shows the four major cloud groups and their types. This addition to the naming and classification of clouds does at first seem fairly simple and straightforward, but there are a couple of things that make it a little confusing. First of all, we have cloud types of stratus (layer) and cirrus (wispy). To add in the height of the cloud we could use the term “cirrus” for all high clouds, alto for middle-level clouds, and stratus for low-level clouds. So they are kind of using the same word for two different things. When we take a closer look it does make some sense. Wispy cirrus clouds only occur at high altitudes so anything high in the atmosphere will either be cirrus or have “cirro” attached to the front. Mid-level clouds are easy as we simply add the term “alto” to the cloud type. Naming low-level clouds works like the high-level clouds,
Altocumulus Low-level clouds Stratus Nimbostratus Stratocumulus Clouds with vertical development Cumulus Cumulonimbus
except this time we use the term stratus to describe the cloud. For example, lowlevel cumulus clouds would be called stratocumulus.
Cloud formation Before we go onto examine each type of cloud, we should first take a look at the bigger picture — cloud formation. For clouds to form we need to cool the air so that condensation will occur. Condensation is the process by which the tiny molecules of water in the air come together to form larger droplets or ice crystals. Without going into topics such as vapour pressure, mixing ratios, and absolute and specific humidity, condensation occurs because, as the air cools, the ratio of
evaporation to condensation tilts in favour of condensation. Evaporation and condensation of water vapour are continuous and ongoing processes in the atmosphere. Usually, more evaporation is taking place than condensation, so, as the microscopic water droplets or ice crystals collide and grow, they quickly evaporate back to their original microscopic size. When we cool a parcel of air enough, the amount of evaporation that takes place decreases because evaporation takes energy that comes from heat. As the microscopic water droplets or ice crystals collide and grow, they do not evaporate as quickly. As more and more collisions occur they eventually grow big enough to become visible — they have grown large enough to be called a cloud droplet.
Two processes There are two main processes that allow for clouds, rain, and snow to form — the “collision-coalescence process” and the “Bergeron process.” The first is fairly selfexplanatory. The microscopic water droplets collide and combine (coalesce). With each collision the droplets get larger, eventually becoming visible and possibly even becoming a raindrop. The Bergeron process happens with ice crystals. They grow because they absorb water vapour more readily than water droplets. That is, in a cold cloud, water droplets can be supercooled below the freezing point and still remain liquid. If an ice crystal is near one of these supercooled water droplets the ice crystal will absorb the water from the water droplet by causing the water droplet to evaporate while the ice crystal uses this newly evaporated water to grow. In the next issue, we’ll look into different cloud types in more detail.
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A new resource to hone weed-identification skills Funds remaining from former zero-till research farm will support a spot to see more than 80 of the province’s weed species BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff / Brandon
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t’s been said a weed is but an unloved flower, but now weeds have a garden of their own in WestMan. That’s important because sometimes it can be hard to tell some weed species apart, and control methods can be vexingly targetspecific. That makes it important to know just what you’re dealing with, and is why there’s now a spot where more than 80 of the province’s most commonly found weed species are now on display at Brandon’s Assiniboine Community College (ACC). ACC and the Manitoba Zero Till Research Association (MZTRA) officially opened a weed identification garden, located on the college’s north hill campus, next to its sustainable greenhouse, on June 29. Both the garden and greenhouse represent a growing focus in recent years on agriculture-related programs at the college. “The garden will provide students in multiple programs with tangible and real learning opportunities and has the potential for extension to the community,” said agribusiness instructor Danielle Tichit. “I am looking forward to having this outdoor classroom and resource to enhance the understanding and skill set of our students.” The weed garden project began last fall, after MZTRA donated $57,000 towards its creation. The non-profit, producer-directed organization was established in 1992, and ran a research farm, north of Brandon, where it hosted demonstration activities related to zero-till practices. After many years of research, the MZTRA board of directors decided the organization had fulfilled its original mandate and discontinued its operations. The MZTRA has allocated its remaining operational fund to leave a legacy in southwestern Manitoba, through this project. Since the dontation last fall, ACC
[L to R] Haley, summer horticulture technician; Tammy Johannsen, president of ACC Foundation; Danielle Tichit, ACC Agribusiness instructor; Greg Esplin, board member of MZTRA; Rick Grey, chair of ACC Agriculture and Environment; and Natasha, ACC Agribusiness student cut the ribbon for the opening of the MZTRA-ACC Weed Identification Garden. Photo: ACC
“I am looking forward to having this outdoor classroom and resource to enhance the understanding and skill set of our students.” Manitoba Agriculture group honing their weed identification skills before launching the province wide weed survey. Photo: ACC
staff have worked in partnership with Manitoba Weed Supervisors Association to access weed seeds and planting stock for the garden.
Raised beds The garden is a combination of raised beds around the outside of the site for annual weeds and in the centre of the garden there are culverts, dug down approximately six feet, to minimize root spreading. The garden is a new resource for western Manitoba and will provide the public the ability to examine weeds in person in a variety of stages, from seedlings to mature
Danielle Tichit
specimens, in order to help with effective management. “Before now the only place you could go to do weed identification was the University of Manitoba’s research station. So, for anyone from the west side of the province, it wasn’t too convenient,” Tichit said. Having a more local option will make training for agronomists, crop scouts, farmers and other interested professionals simpler and more easily accessible. The site is open to the public Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Manitoba Agriculture employees were the first group to take in the garden, brushing up their skills before launching into a province-wide weed survey. The survey will be conducted on 650 fields throughout the province and will provide information on the abundance and distribution of weed species, including crop-specific data for wheat, barley, oats, corn, canola, flax, sunflower and soybean. As the crop mix changes and production practices like zero till have altered the weed ecosystem, the weed spectrum also changes, making regular surveys like this vital in keeping ahead of this constant yield-limiting challenge. Ma n i t o b a A g r i c u l t u re a l s o hopes to shed new light on emerging issues such as cleavers, biennial wormwood and nightshade species. For further information on ACC’s weed identification garden you can call, 204-725-8700 ext. 6324 or email ag.enviro@assiniboine.net jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com
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CSGA prepares for regulatory review The Canadian Seed Growers’ Association looks at the upcoming seed regulatory review as both a risk and an opportunity “I think that the organization is in solid shape and getting better, but we certainly live in interesting times and with that comes all of the implications, so we take nothing for granted.”
BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff / Brandon
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ith a seed regulatory review looming, the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association (CSGA) has been working to strengthen its in-house capability to be ready for whatever may be coming down the pipeline. “The seed regulatory review is a standard occurrence from the federal government and is scheduled for two to three years from now,” said Norm Lyster, president of the CSGA. “We are trying to prepare for whatever may come. We have some very good people who have quite a bit of depth in the seed regulatory area and so we feel confident that we are doing what we need to, to be ready for it.” Lyster says the organization is looking at the review as both a risk and an opportunity. “To a certain degree the regulation review is so dependant on
Norm Lyster president of the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
(L to R) Norm Lyster, CSGA president, Glyn Chancey, CSGA executive director, Kevin Runnalls, CSGA first vice-president. Photo: Jennifer Paige
the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and what level they decide to open it up to,” he said. “It is a normal process every ‘x’ number of years by all government organizations with oversight to contracts. It can be quite benign but we are looking to be as prepared as possible.” The CSGA held its 112th annual
general meeting on July 7 at Elkhorn Resort in Clear Lake. Lyster says he is happy with the state of the organization and the progress that has been made over the past year. “I think that the organization is in solid shape and getting better, but we certainly live in interesting times and with that
comes all of the implications, so we take nothing for granted,” Lyster said. Executive members highlighted milestones of the past year, including meeting with the federal agriculture minister Lawrence MacAulay in March and becoming the first seed organization to be a member of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA). “As of last Thursday we are officially a member of the CFA. What is unique there is that we are the only seed industry now sitting around the table. We will
now be a part of any CFA discussions and that is brand new for us,” said Kevin Runnalls, CSGA first vice president. A number of executive members commented on the progress that CSGA has made in increasing presence at the federal level over the past year. “What I find is often you feel as though you are going no where and yet you look back and it amazes me how much does gets done and progress that has been made. I have been pleasantly surprised when I do look back at the past year,” said Lyster.
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Over the next three years the CGSA will look to increase both its membership and acreage fee. “We are anticipating now that we will need to increase membership fees from $100 to $200 and we will need to increase acreage fees by 15 cents,” said Glyn Chancey, CSGA executive director. “The rational for that is because we are making an investment in the future of everybody’s seed certification system and we think that should be equally shared.” He notes that the membership increase will be put towards strengthening the organization and moving forward in its efforts with the federal government. The increase in acre fee will be put towards the organization’s continued efforts to streamline the registration process. Over the past year the CGSA has moved to electronic records and hopes to further simplify the registration process with new technology and online efficiencies. “In terms of the increase to the acreage fee, in the past five years there has been a dramatic increase in the performance of the seed certification process and this will help to fund further progression in that area,” Chancey said.
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Membership of the organization continues to remain steady without any notable increases or decreases. “Membership has been stable for the past few years,” Chancey said. “I think our membership shows a very positive story, especially over the past five years.” Wheat and soybeans continue to be the organization’s leading inspected crop acres, with soybeans seeing the largest growth over the past year. “Soybeans are by far the crop kind that has driven growth the most, but wheat still remains as the most inspected acres,” Chancey said. According to the CSGA acreage report, Manitoba shows the largest increase in inspected acres of all the Canadian provinces between 2015 and 2014, with an increase of 68,941 acres. Soy b e a n s w e re t h e t o p inspected crop in Manitoba, beating out wheat by 644 acres. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com
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CROP REPORT
Moisture continues to delay haying across the province Manitoba Agriculture crop report issued July 11, 2016 Southwest Region Most areas repor ted rainfall varying from 20 to 80 mm over the past week. Strong winds caused damage in several areas, lodging is reported in some early cereals. Hail caused severe to minor damage in some areas. Symptoms of excess moisture are starting to appear. Winter wheat and fall rye are filling and are starting to turn. Some winter wheat was d a m a g e d f r o m h a i l . Mo s t spring cereals are heading and starting to fill; crop looks to be average to above average. Early-seeded canola is in the full bloom stage and early podding. Later-seeded canola is at 30 per cent bloom. Several areas report hail damage in canola. Soybeans are starting to flower with some fields starting to show water stress. Most flax is in the full bloom stage. Sunflowers are in the early bud stage. Corn continues to develop under good growing conditions. Peas continue to flower and are starting to fill; producers are controlling aphids where necessary. Be r t h a a r m y w o r m n u m bers are increasing but are still under the threshold level. Alfalfa weevil is causing some damage. Rainfall and high humidity are making haying difficult. Pastures are doing well with the moisture. Dugouts are full.
Northwest Region Thunderstorms over the past week with extreme variation in rainfall ranging zero to 3 mm in the Roblin area to over
100 mm in The Pas. Moisture varies from adequate in many parts to excessive in some parts of Swan Valley, The Pas and south of Ste Rose with some low spots are drowned out and crops are yellowing. Otherwise, most crops in the region are in good to excellent condition. Most wheat is headed and in or past the flowering stage. Approximately 10 per cent of the canola is bolting and 90 per cent flowering. Pods have begun to develop. Field peas are also advancing rapidly — about 50 per cent are blooming and 50 per cent beginning to develop pods. Sixty per cent of the soybeans are in the vegetative stage of growth with about 40 per cent in flower. Fungicide spraying on canola is nearing completion. Reports of insect and disease damage continue minimal. Ha y i n g p ro g re s s i s s l ow due to rains and high humidity. Quality is deteriorating in fields that are cut and swaths have been rained on. Delayed har vest will affect quality. More producers are considering harvesting alfalfa grass fields as silage. First-cut silage yields vary from 2.5 tons per acre on poor stands to as high as 7.5 tons per acre on newly seeded fields. Pastures are in good condition. Livestock water supply is adequate.
Central Region Temperatures remain variable with good crop growth on average. Showers, thundershowers and high humidity continue to interfere with
pesticide applications and haying. Strong winds early last week resulted in some lodging in cereals, and downed trees. Rainfall varied, but most of the region received 15 to 25 mm through the week, with more along the U.S. border, extending east of the Red River. Clearwater reported 80 mm. There are reports of hail damage throughout the region. Standing water is evident in many fields. Ruts made during herbicide and fungicide applications will present challenges at harvest. Most fungicide is being applied by air. Cereals are growing rapidly. Heading stage is reached in all spring cereals. Fungicide applications continue. Lodging is reported in some of the earliest-seeded fields. The most advanced wheat fields have fully formed kernels. Some plants are starting to die back due to root rot from saturated soil. Smut is reported in barley. Later-seeded canola is growing rapidly and most acres are in early flower. Podding is seen in the most advanced fields. Fungicide applications continue but where stands are not as good applications are not planned. Corn uniformity ranges from advanced as early tassel. Soybeans are as advanced as the R1 to R2 stage, with a few fields close to R3. Bacterial blight is evident in a number of fields. The last of the second herbicide applications continue where timing and weed pressure warrant, and will wrap up shortly.
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Peas look good where excess m o i s t u re i s n o t a n i s s u e. Plants in low areas are starting to die back. Growers are scouting for pea aphids; close evaluation is warranted, as heavy rains will knock down the aphids and beneficial predators are keeping numbers in check.Edible beans are flowering, and fungicide applications have begun. Flax continues to flower and boll formation has begun. Sunflowers are in the R1 to R3 stages. Fall rye and winter wheat are in good to excellent condition; rye harvest is expected to begin in the next two weeks. Some minor grasshopper feeding is reported; monitoring continues. Although higher numbers of English grain aphid and bird-cherry oat aphid have been seen in some crop canopies since early May, presence of beneficial predators have kept numbers below threshold. In the Winkler area, a few pockets of cereal armyworm have reached sufficient levels to require treatment. Alfalfa is blooming and tame grasses are headed. Haying continues; some producers are ensiling due to the frequent rains. Some second cut has begun. Pastures are in good condition; livestock water supply is adequate.
Eastern Region Rainfall varied from eight to 50 mm, with more in central and southern districts. Producers made progress with field operations, particularly spraying with ground rigs or planes. Yield potential due to excess moisture continues. Isolated but intense hailstorms occurred both north and south of Beausejour caused crop damage. Topsoil moisture is rated from adequate overall to surplus in northern and southern districts. Winter cereals are in the dough stage. Some lodging is noted. Spring cereals range from late-flowering to milk stage. Canola ranges from late flowering to pod fill. Field peas are flowering and pod filling. Soybeans are flowering. The yellowing in soybeans, attributed to excess moisture, iron deficiency chlorosis and nitrogen deficiency continues to dissipate. Sunflowers are in early bud development and corn ranges from V12 to V13 with tassels almost ready to emerge. Herbicide applications are complete. Fungicide applica-
tions are also complete except for a few late-seeded cereals. Approximately 15 per cent of planned fungicide applications were cancelled in northern districts due to yield potential loss from excess rain. Mo s t h a y l a n d a n d p a s tures are in good condition. Haying progress estimated at 15 per cent complete. Another 10 per cent of acres are cut, with the remainder still standing. Quality is mostly rated as good with alfalfa hay yielding two tons per acre and grass/ alfalfa hay yielding 1.75 tons per acre. Very few producers have started second cut. Wet weather has made haying a challenge and quality is declining. Pastures are in good condition. Availability of livestock water is adequate.
Interlake Region Warm temperatures and scattered showers over the past week provided producers a brief period to catch up on spraying. Rain ranged from five to 15 mm with more than 20 mm reported along with strong winds and hail in some areas. No reports to date on the severity of damage. Fungicide applications continue on canola and spring cereals. Most herbicide applications are complete. Earlierseeded spring cereals are finished flowering. Later-seeded fields are starting to reach the proper crop staging and will be sprayed in the days to come. Winter wheat staging ranges from milk to soft dough. Soybeans vary from second to fourth trifoliate stage, up to flowering. Corn staging ranges from V10 to V12 and most fields are rated as good. Canola staging varies from two- to three-leaf stage, to the earlier-seeded fields that are starting in pod. Peas continue to flower and have started to pod. Excess moisture is still an issue throughout the region, particularly in the souths. Aerial fungicide applicators are busy. Haying operations are hampered by periodic rains. Alfalfa weevil continues to cause damage in some fields, and maturity of the alfalfa crop is reducing hay quality. Second growth of alfalfa is good and is minimally a f f e c t e d by a l f a l f a w e e v i l damage. Native and grass hay yields continue to increase. Grasshopper damage to date is minimal. Pastures are in g o o d c o n d i t i o n . L i ve s t o c k water is adequate.
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Canada-EU trade pact seen possible despite headwinds The CETA pact is on track for implementation in early 2017 by Lisa Guenther FBC staff
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enior Canadian trade officials say they are confident the Canada’s trade deal with the European Union will be ratified early next year despite internal turmoil over the Brexit referendum. T h e Un i t e d K i n g d o m’s vote to leave the EU doesn’t legally change the ratification process for the Canada/EU Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) in any way, a federal official said speaking on background during a media briefing July 6. “C E TA i s a n a g re e m e n t b e t we e n Ca n a d a a n d t h e European Union,” said the official, noting that under current timelines, CETA would come into effect while the U.K. is still a member of the EU. “And any future arrangements between Canada and the United Kingdom will depend, first of all, on the kind of agreement that is worked out between the United Kingdom and the European Union,” he said. The EU will review CETA this summer, and Canada expects the European Council will take a decision on CETA this fall. After that, the European Parliament will review the trade agreement. A vote of 50 per cent plus one means the agreement will be ratified. Canadian officials hope the European Parliament will sign off on CETA by early 2017. “As a mixed agreement, CETA will then have to be approved by all member states, according to their own internal procedures.” That aspect of the approval process arose July 5, when European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said individual EU members’ parliaments would get the right to ratify the deal. But the European Commission has proposed the entire agreement be provisionally applied, meaning it could come into effect before individual member states approve the agreement. Any provisional applications need to be worked out by the European Co m m i s s i o n and member states.
History favourable The Canadian confidence is based on discussions with influential EU member states, plus the EU’s past treatment of trade agreements such as with South Korea. That agreement has been in place since 2011. As well, he noted there has never been an instance in which European Parliament support for such deals was later nullified by state governments. The EU may decide not to provisionally apply all elements of CETA before individual member states have a chance to vote on the agreement, but the official said most of it will come into force. “Ninety to 95 per cent of the agreement can be provisionally applied,” he said. “We feel the majority of the agreement can come into effect in early 2017.”
He cited issues related to transportation, recognition of professional qualifications, labour, environmental protection, fishing and investment as areas where there may be contention. “On the Canadian side, we have no desire to interfere in that internal process,” said one official. “But from our perspective, if there are elements that are not going to be provisionally applied, we will simply match those and not apply those elements in our implementation of the CETA either.” Pressed by reporters on what would happen if not all national parliaments ratify the trade agreement, the official said that has never happened. “We would have to wait to see how exactly that would unfold.
“…future arrangements between Canada and the United Kingdom will depend… on the kind of agreement that is worked out between the United Kingdom and the European Union.” federal trade official
It may just be a matter that the agreement would continue under provisional application indefinitely.”
No renegotiation of tariffs With the U.K. accounting for one-third of Canada’s exports to the EU, reporters questioned whether some details would be renegotiated. Asked whether Germany and
France would look at lowering pork and beef quotas since the U.K. was leaving, officials said they would be monitoring that carefully. Canada’s position is that the trade agreement doesn’t need to be changed. Canada wouldn’t be looking at lowering cheese tariff quotas either, as the U.K. was not a major player on the cheese issue, said officials.
Focusing on such issues could open the door to renegotiating numbers in those areas, and “then there is a very strong risk that the entire agreement starts to unravel.” CETA negotiators also had parallel discussions on handling non-tariff issues including everything from biotechnology to carcass-washing methods. The U.K. was one of Canada’s allies in pushing for science-based decisions. How e v e r, s e v e r a l o t h e r allies remain who favour science-based decisions, officials said. CETA also spells out the need for specific processes to handle such decisions. Canada won’t be any worse off in that regard if the U.K. leaves the EU, they said.
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Exhibit inspired by Brandon’s agricultural history Two young architects from Spain earned a place in this year’s Cool Gardens public exhibit by connecting their art design to Brandon’s rich agricultural history BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff / Brandon
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wo Spanish architects are paying homage to Brandon’s agricultural history with a display at the Riverbank Discovery Centre. The project is part of the Winnipeg-based contemporary garden, public art and local landscape showcase dubbed Cool Gardens. It’s an annual event that, for the past four years, has attracted entrants from around the world and the Brandon project represents the first time an installation has happened outside the Perimeter Highway. The Brandon project, dubbed Wheat Lookout, is the work of Marta Mila Pascual and Marc Torrellas Arnedo, of Barcelona, Spain, who say they tried to merge industrial and agriculture aspects into the design and focused on including hay bales to highlight the city’s rich agriculture heritage and reputation as a prosperous farming community.
“The project is really interesting and is really quite connected to our community. Obviously, the hay bales connect strongly to our agricultural roots, but at the same time provide a great base for an outlook for birdwatching and appreciating the natural habitat here at the Discovery Centre.” Lois MacDonald general manager of Brandon Riverbank Inc.
“We discovered that Brandon is popularly called the Wheat City, so we decided to do something with bales to show that heritage. We really wanted to include that agricultural essence,” Pascual said. The structure consists of 240 bales that create a landmark tower with a 360-degree view of the valley, terraces to provide seating and movable bales to allow users to make their own social spaces. The Brandon exhibition is an opportunity for more people to enjoy the unique work, says Lois MacDonald, general manager of Brandon Riverbank, Inc.
“This is the first time that they have moved one of the projects outside the city of Winnipeg and we were happy to be the community that was included,” said MacDonald. Four winning designs were selected, with the other three being brought to life in Winnipeg. The annual event, which is sponsored by Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Association of Architects and the Manitoba Association of Landscape Architects, calls for entries internationally and the selected projects become installations. The Brandon
The art instalment in Brandon was designed and constructed by Marta Mila Pascual and Marc Torrellas Arnedo, two young architects from Barcelona, Spain. Photo: RBD
project dovetails nicely with the work being done locally to promote the river corridor. “ We a t t h e B r a n d o n Riverbank have just finalized our 20-year master plan for the redevelopment of the corridor and it involves being a lot more proactive in involving community art and different garden installations,” MacDonald said.
An art instalment entitled Wheat Lookout has been created at the Brandon Riverbank Discovery Centre as part of the annual Cool Gardens public exhibit. Photo: Jennifer Paige
So, this was just an interesting way to get started in that direction and in keeping with some of the projects that we see being developed throughout the river corridor in the years to come.” Cool Gardens is organized by StorefrontMB, and this year saw 45 entries from around the world.
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Prairie fare Research shows that children who help tend a garden eat more vegetables BY JULIE GARDENROBINSON Food and nutrition specialist NDSU Extension Service
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felt like a magician the other day, but I wasn’t pulling a rabbit out of a hat. I pulled three radishes out of the ground in a children’s garden, much to the delight of the preschoolers. One radish was red, one was light purple and one was white. The radishes were supposed to be those colours, by the way. We have interesting varieties of radishes, carrots and other vegetables available to plant. As the children looked in wonderment at the food comi n g o u t o f t h e g ro u n d , t h e situation reminded me of my 18-year-old daughter in her younger years. She liked to examine the plants in our garden, sometimes hourly. “Aren’t they ready yet?” she asked, pointing at the abundant foliage in several container gardens on our deck. She was about eight at the time. “Potatoes take a long time to grow,” I answered. “But they’re really big and they have flowers!” she noted enthusiastically as she studied the potato plants in a half-barrel planter. I thought I might have to throw my body over the planter to protect the plants from being pulled out of the soil by my daughter. “We need to be patient, and our potatoes will be worth the wait. We will have tomatoes and peppers very soon, though. We can try a bell pepper. Let’s visit the farmers market for some fresh corn, too,” I replied. She was quite amazed when we dug the potatoes. I had planted purplish-blue potatoes. Through the years, I have
involved my kids in planting, preserving and cooking foods we grew, just as I helped my parents. My little experiment at home has paid off with adolescents and a young adult who eat their vegetables. Researchers have shown that children who help tend to a garden eat more vegetables as a result. Even if you don’t have a garden, you may have the opportunity to enjoy fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables at the many farmers markets and roadside stands that are sprouting across the region. Some grocery stores also sell locally grown produce. Farmers markets are fun to v i s i t a n d p rov i d e d e l i c i o u s beginnings for family meals. They give children an opportunity to learn about food, nutrition and food preparation if you enlist their assistance. According to MyPlate, which is the current icon of healthful eating, we need about 2.5 cups of vegetables and two cups of fruit daily to meet the recommendations. Many people shor tchange themselves on dark green and orange vegetables, so be sure to make those a priority. Dark green leaf lettuce, spinach, broccoli, squash and pumpkins can fill that void and provide a variety of vitamins and minerals in our diet. The rest of the rainbow of fruits and vegetables also have health benefits. See https:// w w w. a g . n d s u . e d u / p u b s / y f / foods/fn595.pdf to read “What Color is Your Food?”
Keep it cool Try these tips to help you choose the best quality produce and other foods at a market. Select an amount that you can use within a short time to avoid spoilage and waste.
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If you’re picking your own, be sure to bring clean containers or bags. Look for produce that is free from unusual odours or colours and signs of spoilage, such as mould. Handle produce gently to reduce bruising. Bacteria can thrive in the bruised areas. Don’t worry if the fresh produce is not “picture perfect” in shape and size. It still has the same nutrition. When buying cut produce, be sure it’s refrigerated and keep it
Potato Hedgehogs 4 medium russet potatoes 2 Tbsp. canola oil 1 Tbsp. ranch seasoning mix Handful raisins
Potatoes are among the best sources of potassium. PHOTO: NDSU
Preheat oven to 425 F. Wash and dry potatoes. Leaving one-fourth of the potato uncut (to form the head), use a knife to make cuts lengthwise along the potato about two-thirds of the way deep. Turn potato and make cuts across two-thirds of the way deep. You should have a checkerboard pattern. Repeat the process with remaining potatoes. Mix oil and sea-
cold during transport. Keep it in a cooler with ice if traveling a long distance. If custard-containing fruit pies are for sale at an outdoor food stand, be sure they haven’t been allowed to stand in the sun. These are perishable items and should be stored cold. I didn’t have this recipe with kid appeal back in the days when my daughter was watching potatoes grow, but she still loves potatoes. Potatoes are among the best sources of potassium, plus they have many other nutrients.
soning in a bowl. Brush each potato with the oil mixture. Bake for 45 minutes or until potatoes are tender. The cuts should separate slightly to form the hedgehog’s prickles. Allow to cool for a few minutes. Using a small knife, cut two crosses on the head portion for eyes. Put the raisins into each cross. Serve immediately. Makes four servings. Each serving has 250 calories, 7 grams (g) fat, 5 g protein, 43 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber and 15 milligrams sodium. Julie Garden-Robinson is a North Dakota State University Extension Service food and nutrition specialist and professor in the department of health, nutrition and exercise sciences.
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COUNTRY CROSSROADS Healthy lawn, healthy environment Try these tips and reduce dependence on chemicals RRBC release
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id you know that the average suburban lawn receives as much as 10 times as much chemical pesticide per acre as farmland? This is according to the U.S. National Wildlife Federation which also states that over 70 million tons of fertilizers and pesticides are applied to U.S. residential lawns and gardens annually. Fertilizers and pesticides that run off of the landscape and into our rivers and streams can have damaging effects on animals, aquatic species and reduce the quality of water. By reducing dependence on chemicals used in our lawns and gardens, we can do many things to naturally improve the health of our lawns. Eartheasy.com outlines some “Healthy Lawn Basics” that can help you achieve this:
1. Improve the soil The first step is to test the soil’s pH — it should read between 6.5 and 7.0, which is slightly acidic. Soil that is too acidic will need a sprinkling of lime; sulphur can be added to soil which is not acidic enough. Lawns grow best in loamy soils that have a mix of clay, silt and sand. Too much clay in the soil mix, or heavy use, can compact the soil and prevent air and nutrient flow. Organic matter, such as compost and grass clippings, will benefit any type of soil; it lightens soil which is heavy in clay, and it
builds humus in sandy soils, which helps retain water and nutrients.
2. Choose a locally adapted grass
Grasses vary in the type of climate they prefer, the amount of water and nutrients required, shade tolerance and the degree of wear they can withstand. Ask your local garden centre to recommend grass which is best adapted to your area.
3. Mow often, but not too short Mowing lawn too short is not doing it a favour. Surface roots become exposed, the soil dries out faster and surface aeration is reduced. As a general rule, don’t cut off more than onethird of the grass at any one time. Most turfgrass species are healthiest when kept between 2.5 and 3.5 inches tall.
4. Water deeply but not too often Thorough watering encourages your lawn to develop deep root systems which make the lawn hardier and more drought resistant. Let the lawn dry out before rewatering; as a rule of thumb, the colour should dull and footprints should stay compressed for more than a few seconds. The best time for watering is early morning — less water will be lost to evaporation.
5. Control thatch buildup Thatch is the accumulation of above-soil runners, propagated by the grass. This layer
should be about 1.25 cm (onehalf inch) on a healthy lawn, and kept in balance by natural decomposition, earthworms and micro-organisms. Too much thatch prevents water and nutrients from reaching the grassroots. Once you have followed these basic steps to improving the health of your lawn, you can maintain your healthy lawn using a few of these simple techniques: • Leave clippings on the lawn. • Observe the weeds. • Sharpen mower blades at least once a year. • If you fertilize your lawn, fertilize once or twice a year and use a fertilizer with timereleased, water-insoluble nitrogen. • C onvert your lawn to a drought-resistant, low-maintenance eco-lawn. • “Spot treat” weeds with vinegar to minimize herbicide use. These are just a few suggestions on how to maintain your healthy lawn. For more information on improving the health of your lawn, sustaining that health and helping improve water quality, visit www.eartheasy.com for additional solutions for sustainable living. The Red River Basin Commission (RRBC) is a grassroots organization that is a chartered not-for-profit corporation under the provisions of Manitoba, North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota law. Contact the Winnipeg office at 204-982-7254, or you can check out the website at www.redriverbasincommission.org.
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Repairing damaged lawn Damage can occur for many reasons but repair methods are the same By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor
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fter the hustle and bustle of spring planting is over and the heavy-duty early-summer garden maintenance has eased up, there are usually some repair jobs that require attention, and one of them is to take care of any damaged areas in the lawn. Damage can occur for a variety of reasons, but the methods to repair the damage are the same no matter the cause. Many city and town dwellers have to repair strips of grass on boulevards that have been peeled away by snowplows. Farmyards might have experienced the same kind of damage. Combined with the salt and sand that these machines have pushed onto the grassed areas beside the streets, boulevards can take most of the summer to get back into top shape. Although the salt and sand will have been removed earlier during spring cleanup, the damage they do to sod will linger. The salt may have actually killed some grass, and
some sand residue may still be present. Although overseeding of dead areas might seem like a good idea, because the existing dead sod and soil beneath it may contain salt, it is a better practice to remove the piece of sod and replace it with a new piece of grass. Pieces of sod can be purchased at garden centres but if it is a quite small area needing repair, you may be able to use pieces of sod from your own yard. I often remove strips of sod almost eight cm wide when I am edging beds and borders, and these strips will do fine to repair small areas of lawn elsewhere. If you don’t have access to any sod, still remove the dead sod and fill the hole with new soil and then use grass seed. Because July temperatures are usually high and rains unpredictable, it is best to thinly cover the seed with a light soil and then keep the area consistently moist until the seed germinates. The strips of sod that were damaged by snow-removal equipment might recover on their own if the roots of the grass have been left intact. In
Pieces of sod can be purchased at garden centres but if it is a quite small area needing repair, you may be able to use pieces of sod from your own yard.
I am gradually using bits of sod and overseeding to repair the dead patches in my backyard. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS
this case simply top dress the areas with soil and let the grass grow up through the top dressing. If the strips that were torn up are quite deep, then pieces of sod or new soil and grass seed may be required to fill in the spots. Damage from dogs during the winter sometimes creates
spots of dead grass all over the lawn. These can simply be overseeded with grass seed and kept moist until the seed germinates. It is a good idea to “rough up” the dead grass and ground before scattering the seed and then sprinkle a bit of soil over the spots to cover the seed.
If yo u a re d e a l i n g w i t h a repair job on areas of your lawn, regular watering and feeding will assist you in getting the area back in shape. Combined with using overseeding and pieces of new sod, the damaged lawn areas should be fully recovered by fall and ready to go into the winter in good shape — with the hope that no new winter damage will occur. Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba
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Reena answers more questions Plus, tips of the week from a reader
Dear Peter, Bake pizza on a pizza stone. In fact, even before making the crust heat the stone in the oven 500° for 10 minutes. In a bowl combine: 1/4 oz. active dry yeast, 1/4 tsp. sugar and 3/4 cup water. Make sure that the water is hot, but not so hot that you cannot touch it. If the water is too hot, it will kill the yeast and the dough will not rise. Leave for five minutes. In another bowl combine: 1-3/4 cup white flour, 1/2 tsp. salt and 2 tsp. Italian seasoning. Stir into yeast mixture. Knead for two minutes and add a little flour if dough is sticky (about 1 tbsp.). Roll into a 12-inch circle. Using a fork, poke holes all over the surface of the crust. Bake crust in 500° oven for four minutes. (Check on pizza every minute.) Add toppings but don’t smother the crust with excessive amounts of cheese, sauce and meat. Bake seven minutes. (Check often.) Enjoy!
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Hi Reena, I am wondering if you have any tips on keeping a poorly insulated trailer warm throughout this next winter. We are renting so we don’t want to make any structural changes. I have heard about hanging shower curtains over the windows to try and keep the heat in. I really think a lot of the heat escapes through the walls too. Any ideas? — Thanks, Sue Dear Sue, In order to winterize the trailer, you will likely need to spend at least a little cash. One popular method for adding warmth to a trailer is to surround it with square bales; this will help insulate the interior. Also, make sure that the weather stripping on the doors and windows work and purchase inexpensive plastic window kits. These will likely be more effective than shower curtains, which are difficult to properly hold in place.
Hello Reena, I have a tricky, sticky situation and I thought you might be able to help. I had a tenant in my suite for the past year; he has now left for greener pastures. My problem is that he left the sink in such a state, that I had to replace it. It was completely coated in tar as are the pipes below. I have replaced
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the sink but the pipes still reek of tar and I cannot have anyone back in the suite until I get rid of the smell. Have you any ideas of how I might clean the residual tar out of the pipes? Thanking you in advance. — Deborah Dear Deborah, Begin with this easy method of cleaning the drain: Pour 1 cup vinegar into the drain; chase with 1 cup baking soda.
Plug the drain and fill the sink with hot water (do not leave water in sink if small children are in the home). Leave overnight and in the morning, drain and pour hot water down the sinkhole. If the odour remains, clean the drain with a commercial product such as Drano; use according to the directions. If you still notice an odour, turn off the water and place a pail under the U-shaped pipe under the sink. Remove the pipe from
the drain. Using a baby bottle brush, thoroughly scrub with vinegar, dish soap and water. Replace the pipe, and turn the water back on. Dear Reena, I enjoy making homemade pizza, but I find that the crust texture after baking is soggy. Do you have any suggestions for baking a thin crispy-crust pizza? Thanks a lot. — Peter
· The easiest way to cut a bunch of baby tomatoes in half is to sandwich them between two lids. While firmly pressing the top lid with one hand, cut the tomatoes with a sharp knife. — Submitted by: Trevor · Remove pet hair from furniture using a window squeegee. — Submitted by: Trevor I enjoy your questions and tips, keep them coming. Need a professional presenter for your upcoming event? Check out my website reena.ca.
This Old Elevator
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n the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator it is supplying these images of a grain elevator each week in hopes readers will be able to tell the society more about it, or any other elevator they know of. MHS Gordon Goldsborough webmaster and Journal editor has developed a website to post your replies to a series of questions about elevators. The MHS is interested in all grain elevators that have served the farm community. Your contributions will help gather historical information such as present status of elevators, names of companies, owners and agents, rail lines, year elevators were built — and dates when they were torn down (if applicable). There is room on the website to post personal recollections and stories related to grain elevators. The MHS presently also has only a partial list of all elevators that have been demolished. You can help by updating that list if you know of one not included on that list. Your contributions are greatly appreciated and will help the MHS develop a comprehensive, searchable database to preserve the farm community’s collective knowledge of what was once a vast network of grain elevators across Manitoba. Please contribute to This Old Grain Elevator website at: http://www.mhs.mb.ca/elevators. You will receive a response, by email or phone call, confirming that your submission was received.
A 40,000-bushel elevator in Warren was built in 1948 by Manitoba Pool. Its capacity was more than doubled with the construction of an attached annex in 1956. It became the “A” elevator when Pool bought Federal Grain in 1972, with the former Federal elevator (now gone) becoming the “B” elevator. The railway line was abandoned in June 1992 but the elevator and annex are still in use for private grain storage. Source: Jean McManus
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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 14, 2016
AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake
ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale
McSherry Auction Service Ltd
1968 DODGE MONACO 2 door, hard top, everything works, $4,900. Phone (204)883-2899. SUPER H FARMALL, GOOD running condition & good body, battery ignition, all new tires & tubes, wheel weights & fenders, $2,500; 52 Super C, wf, very good body & running condition, fenders & new battery, $1,800. (204)736-2619, Oak Bluff.
ANTIQUES Antique Equipment
W4 AND WD6 FOR parts or restorable. Engines are not stock. $500/each. Call 204-736-2619 Oak Bluff-leave message.
AUCTION SALES Parkland – North of Hwy 1; west of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis. Westman – South of Hwy 1; west of PR 242. Interlake – North of Hwy 1; east of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis. Red River – South ofHwy 1; east of PR 242.
Birch River
Swan River Minitonas Durban
Winnipegosis
Dauphin
Grandview
Ashern
Gilbert Plains
Fisher Branch
Ste. Rose du Lac Russell
Parkland
Birtle
Riverton Eriksdale
McCreary
Langruth
Minnedosa Neepawa
Gladstone
Rapid City
1
Melita
Carberry
Brandon
Waskada
Killarney
Pilot Mound Crystal City
Elm Creek
Sanford
Ste. Anne
Carman
Mariapolis
Lac du Bonnet
Beausejour
Winnipeg
Austin Treherne
Westman Boissevain
Stonewall Selkirk
Portage
Souris
Reston
Interlake
Erickson
Hamiota
Virden
Arborg
Lundar Gimli
Shoal Lake
St. Pierre
242
Morris Winkler Morden
Altona
#12 Patterson Drive, Stonewall, MB
*Tractors * Equip* Vehicles * Trailers * Farm Misc * Building Supply * Tools * Recreation * Yard Items *
Steinbach
Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. It’s a sure thing. 1-800-782-0794.
McSherry Auction Service Ltd
AUCTION SALE
Estate of William Stewart
Sat., July 16th @ 10:00 am Winnipeg, MB – 350 Forbes Rd - Off St. Mary Rd Contact: Russ (204) 981-6698
AUCTION DISTRICTS
Roblin
Saturday, Aug. 6th @ 10:00 am
Book Your Consignments Early!
JULY 16, 17 2016, Moose Jaw, Sask: On the grounds of Sukanen Ship Museum www.sukanenshipmuseum Chapter 38, IHC Collectors will be hosting their annual show and 10th anniversary celebrations. Membership annual meeting and banquet, with special 10YR anniversary celebrations and auction on the early evening Friday, July 15. The show feature is any item unrestored and marketed by IH. For more information contact Marty Nervick (306)570-4710 or Iain Richardson (306)541-5800. www.ihc38.com
The Pas
CONSIGNMENT AUCTION
1
Red River
AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman
Tractors: Int 806 Dsl w Int 230 FEL 2188 Hrs * Int 706 Dsl 7840 Hrs. * Fordson Major Dsl 3PH * McCormicks W6 * McCormicks H * Equip: NH 451 3PH 9’ Sickle Mower * NH 1033 Auto Bale Wagon * NH 273 Square Baler * MF 124 Square Baler * Vermeer 605 C Rd Baler * NH 479 9’ Haybine * Side Delivery Rake *Farm Wagon * Bale Elevators * 3PH 5’ Rotary Mower * 3PH Post Auger * 3PH 6’ Blade * JD 12' Tandem Disc * Case 12’ Vibra Cult * Coop 18’ Discer Seeder *More Equipment * Vehicles, Trailer & Yard: 68 GMC 940 Gas w 12’ B&H * 81 Chev 2500 * 13 BH 10’ Flatdeck Trailer * BH 16’ Tandem Trailer * Quad Trailers * JD 318 R Mower w Roto Tiller * Livestock Items: Int 103 Manure Spreader * Gehl 95 Mix Mill * Roller Mill * Sheep Self Feeders * Square Bale Feeders * Water Trough * Mesh Panels * Chain Link Wire & Gates * Honey Extractors * Westeel 1350 Bush Grainery * * Along w Farm Misc * More Equip * Tools * Some Antiques * Dog Racing Sleigh *
Stuart McSherry
(204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027
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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman
ANNUAL PRE-HARVEST EQUIPMENT SALE AT FRASER AUCTION YARD OF BRANDON MB EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2016 • 9:00 A.M. BOOK YOUR CONSIGNMENT TODAY FOR OUR AUGUST PRE HARVEST SALE! THIS SALE WILL FEATURE: TRACTORS: *1969 Massey Ferguson 1080
Tractor, 81HP, Dual Hyd, 540 PTO, 6 Spd Trans w/Multi Pwr, 18.4-34 Rear Singles, s/n 9B19733, 8187 Hrs Showing *Ford 8N Tractor w/ 3PT, 540 PTO HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *1987 MH 860 Combine w/ PU Header *30' MF 9030 Str Cut Header w/ PU Reel SEED & TILLAGE: *45' Herman Harrow Bar, s/n – n/a *70' Flexicoil Packer Harrow HAYING EQUIPMENT: *International 3650 Soft Core Rd Baler *NH 664 Rd Baler TRUCKS: *2015 Freightliner Hwy Tractor, SAFETIED *2004 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Quad Cab, Crew Cab, 8 Cyl, Black, VIN#1D7HU18D24J163405 VEHICLES: *1996 Volkswagen Jetta GL 1.9 Turbo DSL, Back Air, Suspension Shifts Smooth, Good Rnning Condition, Manual Transmission, 74,000 Kms Showing on Fresh Eng TRAILERS: *36' Gooseneck Flat Deck Trailer, 3 – 8000 lb Axles *21' Sprayer Trailer, pintle hitch, SAFETIED 3PT EQUIPMENT & ATTACHMENTS: *NEW Stout Skid Steer Rock Bucket/Brush Grapple Combo HD72, Open-End w/ Skid Steer Quick Attach, 72”, High Strength 3/8” Steel, Universal Quick Attach Plate, 72” x 41” x 30”, 3” Tine Spacing, Grapple Opening 39”, 3045 PSI Hydraulic Line, NPT ½” Hydraulic flatfaced couplers, cylinder guards *NEW Stout Brush Grapple HDU 72” w/ skid steer quick attach, High strength 3/8” steel, Universal Quick attach plate, 72” x 35” x 30”, 8 ¼” Tine Spacing, Grapple opening 32”, 3034 PSI lines WITH ½” cap LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT: *Bale Processor *Supreme TMR INDUSTRIAL: *Yard Scraper SHOP EQUIPMENT: *(10) NEW Easy Kleen Magnum Gold, 4000 PSI 12V Hot Water Pressure Washer, C/W 15 HP Gas, Totally Self Contained *(2) Generators PARTS: *PARTS – NEW, Canvass, NEW Belts, New Bearings *Old Starter Parts TREE PLANTING EQUIPMENT: *Tree Planter (Tractor pull w/ 2 Seats) *3ot Mulch Applicator (Plastic Mulch) LAWN & GARDEN, LEISURE: *JD Lawn Mower TIRES: *(4) 710/65R38 Firestone Tires – 60% *(8) 800/70R38 Tires TANKS: *400 Gal Water Tank BUILDING MATERIAL: *Shingles *Lumber MISC: *6'x8' Bathroom – NEW *Roll of Galvanized CablE
Call our office now to consign to this very well attended consignment auction. 1-800-483-5856 or email office@fraserauction.com
FRASER AUCTION SERVICE LTD. Brandon, MB | 204.727.2001 office@fraserauction.com
AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake
AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake
AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions
UNRESERVED
AUCTION SALE Cottonwood Golf Course
Ste. Anne, Manitoba Located 10km East of Hwy #12 on #1 Hwy. North side th
Tuesday, July 19 2016 at 6:30 Pm (Viewing at 1:00pm Same Day of Sale Only) Rain or Shine • Signs posted **NOTE*** Auction will only take 1 ½ hours SO BE ON TIME!
Having received instructions from Lazer Grant Inc., receiver of Cottonwood Enterprises Ltd. o/a Cottonwood Golf Course we will sell the following:
GOLF EQUIPmENT & mISCELLANOUS
Toro Reel Master 5400 D* Toro Greens Master 3000 verta cutter* Toro aerator* John Deere Turf Gator* Turfco pull behind spreader* Toro mower converted to a brusher* Toro Green Master 1000* John Deere 2653A Tri-plex mower* Lely tow behind sand spreader* Yan Mar YM240 turf tractor (not running)* 2006 Club Car carry-all beverage cart* Older gas beverage cart* Cushman turf hauler w/hyd. Dump trailer* Large roller* Toro pull behind reel master (parts)* Cushman core harvester* Small utility tandem axle trailer* Accu 600 reel sharpener* Neary 250 bed knife sharpener* Power fist 3” gas water transfer pump* Electric sump pump* Redrock grass sweeper* Bolt bin & parts cabinet* Karcher HDS 650 electric pressure washer (not working)* Tool box w/tools* Assorted pumps* John Wood air compressor* Lincoln AC 225 welder* Acetylene & oxygen cutting torch & cart* Powermate 10gallon air tank* Ladders* Vacuum* Rakes* Golf flags* etc. SOLD EN BLOC LOT (AS IS, WhErE IS) 53-2006 Club Car precedent electric golf carts*
TERMS: Cash, Visa, Mastercard or debit paid in full same day of sale. Buyers fee 5% Everything Sold As Is, Where Is. With No Warranties Implied or Expressed “SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS”
KAYE’S AUCTIONS 204-668-0183 Wpg.
www.kayesauctions.com
McSherry Auction Service Ltd
MACK AUCTION CO presents a farm equipment auction for Cary Adacsi Fri., Aug. 5th, 2016 @ 10:00am Directions from Weyburn, SK go 9-mi East on Hwy 13, 4-mi North & 3-mi West. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com Case IH 9270 4WD tractor w/Outback Auto Steer; IH 4586 4WD tractor; IH 5488 2WD tractor w/duals; IH 1066 2WD tractor; Case 630 DSL tractor; IH 4586 parts tractor; Case IH 2188 SP combine w/Case IH 1015 PU header; 30-ft. Case IH 1010 straight cut header w/PU reel; 30-ft. Case IH 1010 straight cut header batt reel; Case IH 1015 header w/rake up PU, 2 straight cut header transport trailer; 30-ft. auger for Case IH header; Blanchard steel drum swath roller; 42-ft. Bourgault 5710 double shoot air drill & Bourgault 4300 air cart; IH 55 cultivator w/1655 Valmar; IH cultivator w/anhydrous kit; Morris 50-ft. tine harrows; 1973 Ford F600 grain truck w/steel box; 1969 Ford F700 grain truck; IHC tandem axle cab over grain truck; numerous parts cars & trucks; Hesston 1275 16-ft. haybine; NH 357 mix mill; 1988 Bobco 24-ft. stock trailer, cattle chute, 90-ft. shopbuilt suspended boom sprayer, Chem Handler III, Chem Handler 11, 12V chemical pump & meter; Brandt 10-60 swing auger; Wheatheart transfer auger w/Briggs engine; Brandt 7-30 auger, gas powered bin sweep, 2 Twister 2,100-bu bins; Behlen 3,900-bu bin on wood floor; 3 Trail Rite hopper bottom bins; radial arm saw; band saw; 3 phase air compressor, plus much more! Consignments Welcome. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962
AUCTION SALE
Estate of Eugene Hewko Sun., July 24th, 2016 @ 10:00 am Tyndall, MB – North Through Town 4 Miles On Rd 35E Then East ½ Mile On Rd 77N 35077 Contact: Patricia (204) 669-2860 or Donna Hewko (204) 781-5492 Viewing By Appointment Only! Tractors: 08 JD 5103 HL 3PH Hyd 540 PTO 1721 Hrs * JD 4650 Cab 16 Spd Triple Hyd 540/1000 20.8-38 Factory Duals 8348 Hrs. * Case 1690 Cab 3PH 540 PTO Dual Hyd w Case FEL 7200 Hrs * Combines & Grain EquipJD 7720 Turbo Hydrostatic Combine 4733 Hrs * Gleaner Mdl L Combine * 2) Coop 550 Gas Swathers 1) 18’ NR 1) 15’ * JD 220 16’ Tandem Disc * JD 28’ Cult W Mulchers * JD Mdl 1610 22’ Deep Tiller * Int 6200 24’ Press Drill * 50’ Hyd Diamond Harrows * Midwest 252 Grain Vac * Farm King 10” 50’ MK Auger * Brandt 68’ Sprayer * Buhler / Farm King 7” 36’ Auger * 24’ Hyd Drill Carrier * Lode King 14’ Drill Fill Tote Tank *Haying & Misc NH 469 9’ Haybine * NH 850 Rd Baler * NH 269 Square Baler * NH Trailer 7’ Sickle Mower * NH 56 Side Del Rake * NH 80 Hyd Bale Mower * Valmer 500 Fertilizer Spreader * NH 510 Manure Spreader * Allied 3PH 8’ Snow Blower * JD 3PH Post Hole Digger * Trailer Gas Hyd Wood Splitter * 24’ Firewood Elevator * 3PH 7’ Cult * Water Tank Trailer * 2) 4 Wheel Farm Wagons 18’ Decks * Vehicles & Trailers: 02 Sokal 5th Wheel 12’ Tandem Stock Trailer * 97 Chev 1500 Silverado Ext Cab * 74 Int Mdl 1700 w 15’ B & H * 80 Int Mdl 1624 Cab & Chassis NR * Utility Trailer * Yard, Recreation & Gun: 14 Arctic Cat 500 EFI 4 x 4 Quad 602 Km * 84 Honda 200 S 3 Wheeler * Cooey 60 22 Cal Repeater Tub Mag * Gun Cabinet * Yard Trailer * Lawn Sweep * Stihl F538 Gas Trimmer * Misc: Champion 4000 Watt Generator * Kodiak CG235 Gas Pressure Washer * 2) Gas Water Pumps * Air Oil Extractor * Shop Hoist * Hyd Tire Lift * Elec Cement Mixer * 3) Zon 4 Propane Bangers * Labtronics Grain Moisture Tester * JD Moisture Tester * 2) Poly Tanks 1) 2000 Gal 1) 1200 Gal * Hyd Cylinders * Bin Sweep * 5000 Gal Steel Tank * Lumber * ToolsWelder * Metal Band Saw * Hyd Press * Drill Press * Acetylene Torches * Wood Lathe * Table Saw * Sand Blaster * Hand Tools * Shop Supply * Antiques: JD PTO Potato Digger * Sulky Plow * Case 2 B Plow * Elec Cream Separator * Butterchurn * Lanterns * Crocks * Cream Cans * Scale * Some Household * Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com
MACK AUCTION CO. presents a construction equipment auction for Warner Operating Ltd. (Michael & Dianne Warner (306)577-7228) Sun., Aug 7th, 2016 @ 12:00noon. Kipling Arena, Kipling, SK. Watch for Signs! 2002 Cat 143H motor grader w/low profile cab & 8,300-hrs; NH 9030 bidirectional DSL 4020 2WD tractor; Ford 9N tractor w/3-PTH cultivator; Ford 8N tractor w/3-PTH cultivator; 2010 Dodge 2500 4WD DSL crew cab truck; 2009 Dodge 2500 4WD DSL quad cab truck; 2008 Dodge Dakota 4WD club cab truck w/35,000-km; 1998 Dodge 2500 4WD DSL truck; 2003 Titanium 32-ft. 5th wheel camper w/slide & rear kitchen; Trailtech 28-ft. gooseneck flat deck trailer w/7,000-lbs, axles; 2005 Schulte XH-1500 rotary mower; 2010 Schulte 9600 3-PTH snow blower; Degelman hyd drive rock picker; Degelman 3-PTH angle blade; MTK 10-ft. land leveller; hyd tree shear either loader or skid steer mount; Farm King 3-PTH snow blower; Crown 5-yd earth scraper; Grenfell snow blower; shop tools; office equipment. Plus THE ESTATE OF LORNE OLVER (306)421-9626, JD 430; JD M antique tractor; JD A tractor; Case LA; JD 110 garden tractor; JD 317 garden tractor; Golf cart parts; Wee Wick; Wood chipper; Valve grinder; Brake drum lathe; Shop press. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962 Call our toll-free number to take advantage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks for free. That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3. Call 1-800-782-0794 today!
McSherry Auction Service Ltd
AUCTION SALE Neil Van Dorp
Sat., July 23rd, 2016 @ 10:00 am Stony Mountain, MB – 1 Mile South on Hwy 7 Then 2 1/2 Miles East on 321 Tractor & Equip: MF 130 Dsl HL 3PH 540 PTO 4712 Hrs * Farm King 3PH 72" Finishing Mower * 3PH Post Hole Auger w 9"Bit * Melroe 900 Serious 8 B Plow * Inland 70' Spring Tine Harrows * 18' Stubble Cutter Hyd Drive * Richardton Side Dump Silage Wagon * 12' B& H Trailer * 8 Ton Farm Wagon * Farm Wagon w 16' Box * Single Axle Semi Converter * Vehicles: 90 Chev 3500 Dually 350 STD w 9' B & H 119,000 KM Sft * 2) 98 Chev 1500 Ext Cab 4 x 4 * 03 Hyundai Accent GL No Sft * 80 Western Star Mdl 4864-2 6V92 Wet Kit Cab Chassis No Sft Frame Damage * 84 Ford 8000 Cat 3208 Rebuilt Engine 6 Spd Auto Cab & Chassis (Autopac Right Off) * 6' Truck Cap * Tools: 20 HP Gas Lincoln Ranger 10000 AC/DC 225 Welder * Lincoln 250 AC/DC Welder * Lincoln Power Mig 215 Welder * Lincoln 225 Welder * 2) Gas Air Comp 1) Kohler 12.5 HP 1) 15 HP New * Ridgid Metal Cut Off Saw * Bench Grinders on Stand * 20 Ton Hyd Press * Titan XT250 Air Paint Sprayer -Like New * 3000lb 11 HP Pressure Washer * 3) Hyd Port A Power * Milwaukee Magnet Drill Press * Acetylene Torches * Air Arc * Air Tools * Impacts 1/2", 3/4" & 1" * Sanders * Grinders * Drills * Power Tools * 20 Ton Pneumatic Jack * Transm. Hyd Jack * 3/4" Socket Set * 3/4", 1" & 1/2" Socket Sets & Impact * Wrench Sets * Large Amount Hand Tools * C Clamps * Welding Clamps * Air Grease Dispenser * More Quantity & Various Tools * Livestock Equipment: Farm King 160 Portable Roller Mill * 2) Farm King Stationary Roller Mills * 3) 800 Bushel 20' Metal Self Feeders On Skids * Western Saddle * 2 Pony Saddles * Horse Tack * Barbed Wire * 100) Sharpened Fence Posts * 12 Cases 28,000 Baler Twine * Graineries, Misc & Yard: 4) Westeel 2700 Bush Bins * 500 Bush Steel Hopper Bins * J.D. 260 Hyd 48"R Mower * Push Mowers * 5) Comm. Gas Station Fuel Pumps* 2400 Gal Heavy Steel Tank * 2" Gas Water Pump * 2) 16 HP BS Engine * Grain Moisture Teste * 5 Ton Chain Hoist * Load Binders * Chains & Hooks * Metal Banding Machine * Metal Shop Stairs * Pallet Racking * Metal Shelving * Tool Cabinets * Welding Table * Welding Material * Lumber * Plywood * OH Hydro Wire * Treated Hydro Poles * Truck, Trailer & Implement Parts: 3 Fuel Slip Tanks w 12 Volt Pumps * 4 Truck/Trailer Tools Boxes * Allison 6 Spd Auto Trans * Eaton 13 Spd Trans * 2) Diffs for Peterbuilt * Heavy Truck Various Parts * Semi 5th Wheel Plates * Transport Tarps * 16' Blade For Snow Cat * Bale Forks s for J.D. 260 * 6' Bucket w Quick Attach for J.D. 640/740 * 3) FEL Bale Forks * Various Highout Put PTO * Hyd Pumps * Hyd Cylinder * 3) Hoist for Truck Box * Implement Parts * Large Amount of Good Tires & Rims, Truck , Tractor and Implement* Horse Sickle Mower * Horse Potato Hiller * 3 B Plow * Hand Water Pump * Pedal Stone Sharpener * Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com
MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm equipment auction for Brian & Kim Cook (306)735-7720 Sat., Aug. 6th, 2016 @ 10:00am. Live internet bidding! Directions from Langbank, SK on Hwy 9 go 8-mi North, 2-mi West & 1/4-mi North. Watch for Signs! JD 8570 4WD tractor w/5,225-hrs; JD 9400 SP combine w/JD 912 PU header; JD 925 Flex header w/PU reel; JD 2360 SP 25-ft. swather w/belly mount swath roller; TX 68 SP combine w/2,096-hrs; 960 Macdon straight cut header; JD Titan II PT combine; JD 566 Round mesh wrap baler; shop built straight cut header trailer; shop built swather transport; Harmon steel drum swath roller; 2007 Timpte 40-ft. Super hopper aluminum grain trailer w/air ride; 50-ft. Morris Field Pro heavy harrow; new Valmar 2455 granular applicator sells w/50-ft. air kit; 32-ft. Bourgault 8800 seeding tool w/Bourgault 2155 & 3225 tow behind cart; 41-ft. Morris Magnum II CP-740 cultivator; 31-ft. Morris Magnum CP-731 cultivator; Flexi Coil System 82 60-ft. tine harrows; Co-op 16-ft. tandem disc; 60-ft. Spra Coupe 3640 w/Perkins DSL & Trimble auto steer; 2 Spra Coupe 230-95R-32 crop sprayer tires; 1980 Ford F600 flat deck water truck w/2, 1,000-gal water tanks; Trimble EZ Guide 500 display & EZ Steer 500 auto steer; 2 Westeel Rosco 4,200-bu bins on hoppers; Westeel 3,300-bu bin on hopper w/air; 2 Westeel 500-bu hopper seed bins; 4 Westeel 2,200-bu bins on hoppers; Westeel Magnum 5 52-ton fertilizer hopper bins; Grain Guard 3-HP aeration fans; Buhler Farm King 1070 swing auger w/electric swing; Sakundiak 7-33 auger w/13-HP Power Ease engine; Sakundiak 6-41 auger; Rockomatic 546 rock picker; Degelman LC-14 rock rake; JD 430 round baler; 3-ton tandem axle fertilizer spreader; Meridian 500-gal fuel tank w/electric pump; Titan 18.4-38 duals tires w/rims & clamps, plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962
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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River
AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River
AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River
AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River
RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION FOR HENRY & GETRUDE PENNER
TOR-MASTER MANUFACTURING AUCTION
SATURDAY, JULY 16, 10 AM Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433 Partial list seewww.billklassen.com for list and photos, or spring 2016 auction catalog • 1994 Case IH 1688 Axial flow . Specialty Rotor , 8.3 Cummins. 3836 engine hrs, • 1981 4690 Case 4WD , 504 cu, engine aprox 230 hp, 20.8 x34 duals, air, heat, power shift, 4 remote hyd, air seeder return line, 1000 pto, 7353 hrs • 1980 John Deere 4440. triple hyd, 3pth, dual pto, Quad shift, 130 hp, 18.4 x38 duals front weights air /heat. 6991 hrs, • 1976 MF 245 diesel Tractor, 3pth, 3 speed multi power shift, 45 hp. Power steering, 5903 hrs • 1981 Ford Louisville 800 Tandem truck , 429 gas 2005 Ford F-150 Lariat , 4 door crew, 4×4, Triton 5.4 engine
3 EAST OF PLUM COULEE ON 306 Contact Owners at 204-331-3309
Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433
This is a large auction, lots of small selling antiques, shop, household etc, 10 am shop tools at 11:30 we begin to sell all equipment, after all machinery we sell collectables etc.
BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS
Partial list seewww.billklassen.com for list and photos, or spring 2016 auction catalog Crawlers and Industrial Equipment • D8 14A Cat U blade,standard trans,pup start,cleats real good,undercarrage 80% • HD 16 allis cat ,power shift,hydralic tilt blade,battery start,plumbed for hyd.scraper, 60% undercarrage,comparable to a D6 or D7 • HD 16 allis cat ,powershift,hyd angle blade,turbo ,battery start,50% undercarrage serial #hd16dp8466,comparable to a D6 or D7 • HD9 Track loader,471Detroit engine,new clutch and pressure plate,80% undercarrage • Massey Fergeson 66C payloader ,4 yard bucket,power shift,shuttle,40% rubber serial #77406565 • JCB industrial tractor backhoe,ripper and normal bucket,cab,2 stick,Perkins 4 cylinder diesel,sirial #3d111138536/5 The above machines wil be up and running auction day, lots of life left in these machines • Mitts & Merrill industrial wood chipper,5.4 litre gas engine , • Davis T70 chain trencher,3 cyl gas engine,will dig up too 8 ft deep • Kubota B1550 4wheel drive yard tractor,17 hp,standard trans,partial cab and roll bar ,only 960 hrs • Farm King 50 inch snow blower for above may sell seperatly • 2 Case 930 tractors as is • 1950 David Brown ,new rubber,3ph,two seater,came from England.clutch and brake are on the same side • 16 ft tandem axle pintle hitch tandem trailer • 2 boats • 16 ft with 100 hp evenrude engine and trailer • 17 ft sea rae inboard chryser engine ,needs rear leg ,real good Calkins trailer SHOP: • Richmond industrial drill#36-0759 • Bear wheel service centre for doing brakes and drums • 4 big floor jacks • 4 compressors • tamper • Lots more to come Trailer load of antiques coke machine ,washing machine, old floor grates, and much more will be more added to list as we get closer to auction day
DREW GARAGE & DEVON BOULTON PEMBINA VALLEY UNDERGROUND THURSDAY, JULY 21, 5 PM Manitou is located at the corner of pth#3 andpth 244 .sale site is at north end of manitou at 600 front st Contact Harry Brendle: 204-242-4848 Contact Devon Boulton: 204-242-4447 Auction rep Morris Olafson: 204-325-2141 or 822-3742
Please note due to the passing of Founder Vic Zacharias, Tormaster Manufacturing will be closing its doors and selling all equipment, tools and inventory etc to the Bare walls. Auction day is Tuesday, July 19th at 10 am 2016 may run two rings for some time beginning at 11 am. Open house for inspection will be Monday, July 18th from 10 am to 3 pm All electrical machines will be disconnected Monday afternoon. Loading out of larger machines will be announced auction day Tormaster manufacturing will provide loading Wednesday, July 20th and Thursday, July 21st, 8 am to 4 pm. After this date all loading will be charged to the buyer In any case all merchandised should be removed off auction site no later that 4 pm July 26th, 2016 LINE UP FOR Tormaster equipment auction • Aprox year 2000 3Ph, 220 Volt Lathe model 1680 96’’ bed 24’’ swing, some extra tooling serial # 017210 • Mill port Milling machine 3 ph, model x6323B Serial # 051968 • Dean Smith Lathe 48’’x 20’’ swing # 36251 • Neil Bennit Threader • Shop built Bending Table with dies and electric switch board • 1966 Kurim Milling Machine , 6 ft bed # 44500 • Cyril Bath 10 ft break modl 100-8 serial # 5956 , 60.000 lbs • 10 ft shear 600 volt 3 ph, • 4 Jib Cranes will be sold standing, purchaser responsible for take down • Two – Canox CCP-300 Welders 3 ph, # JH 238240 • Canox model CMP 30E with remote wire feed • SHOP BUILT Heavy duty Press 10’’ cylinder • Canada National Radial Arm Drill # 3994 • K&W Raidial Arm Drill this a new, 46 ft vertical tillage machine and others,
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BUILDINGS 64x40-ft arch wood building. New tin 20-ft door. Ready to move; 30x50-ft commercial building, ready to be put up. Wiring included. 12-ft wide x 14ft high door, w/2 side doors. Call:(204)744-2491 or (204)825-8616.
We will be listing shortly please note the pictures tell the story of some of the contents of this auction please check www.billklassen.com Auction starts at 5 pm with small tools and antiques at 7 pm we will sell all cats and big equipment fair amount of shop
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CARL BARABONOFF AUCTION. SUNDAY., July 17th, 2016. 10:00am. 2-Mi S, 1/2 E of Swan Plain, SK. Contact (306)594-2342. Acreage-located 2-Mi S & 1/2-Mi E of Swan Plain, SK. 12.5-ac. SE14-36-1W2 RM of Clayton #333. Includes 1100-sqft house built in 1965, 3 br, 1 1/2 bath, new well, new sewer, holding tank, dugout, w/1500 trout, approx. 5-Mi to forest, 2-Mi to a river, “The Swan River”. Also includes a shop, misc buildings, nice sheltered yard & driveway. Excellent hunting & fishing area. MACHINERY: Case 970 Black Knight, cab, Air, PS, w/Leons 707 Loader; MF 750 Combine, cab, air, chopper, renn PU; IHC 24-Ft PTO Swather; Sakundiak 7X45 w/, like new, 15-Hp ES Engine; NH 660 Round Baler, good. VEHICLES: 2014 GMC Sierra 1/2-ton Truck, 5L, Auto, box cover, loaded, 80,000-km?; 2000 Chev 2500 Silverado 3/4-ton 4X4 Truck, V8, 6L, Auto, 250,000km, w/wo home built large bumper & hitch; 2006 Chev Avalanche, V8, Auto; 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse, standard, fully loaded car, 197,000-Km; *** 1987 Firebird, new tires, T Top, needs safety***; 1999 GMC Yukon XL, needs fuel pump. YARD & RECREATION: 2013 Polaris Sportsman 500 AWD, 1400-km, 2 seater, winch, rear rack, gun rack, handle warmer, rear winch; 2009 Polaris Sportsman, 2500-km, AWD; Quad blade; Double wide snowmobile trailer; Paddle Boat w/Trolling Motor, w/new Canopy; Larson 16-ft Fiberglass Boat, new floor, seats, w/trailer, 70-HP Johnson Motor, new trolling motor; 1998 Mallard Trailer 29-ft, bunks, master bd, air, bicycle rack, rear hitch, new remote control canopy, nice; Cub Cadet LTX-1142-SE riding lawn mower, hydro, 42-In, grass catcher, 70 hours, still under warranty. Plus grain truck, misc equip, shop, household, antiques. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for updated listings & pictures. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #91585.
SWAN PLAIN SK, ACREAGE BY AUCTION. 12.5-acres including house, sheds, fenced, 5-mi to the forest, 2-mi to the Swan River. Excellent location, Hunting paradise. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for details. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #91585.
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AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks 1975 CHEVY C60 GRAIN truck, 350 engine, good steel box & hoist, 32,000 original miles, very little rust, plumbed for drill-fill, will safety, asking $8,500. (204)825-2799, or (204)825-8340, Pilot Mound, MB. Go public with an ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. Phone 1-800-782-0794.
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Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan, NW Ontario & Alberta....Since 1937 • Quality Commercial/Agricultural/Residential Overhead Doors & Operators. • Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available. • Non-Insulated and Insulated Sectional Doors Available. • Liftmaster Heavy Duty Operators. • Mullion Slide Away Centre Posts. • Commercial/Agricultural Steel Man Doors and Frames. • Your washbay door specialists. • Quality Installation & Service. • 24 Hour Service. • Replacement Springs & Cables.
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1971-72 GMC SPRINT; 1967-70 GMC panel truck (not van); Pontiac Grande Parisienne station wagon. John Preikschat, Box 310 Stn Main, White City, SK S4L 5B1. (306)771-2929.
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CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design. References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.
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CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: NH C227 2012 Skidsteer, tracks, 1460-hrs. Phone (204)380-3403. SKIDSTEER LOADERS: 2008 CASE 440 Ct series $34,500 OBO; 2008 Case 440, series 3, $29,500 OBO; 2006 Case 440, $26,500 OBO; 2007 Case 420, $24,500 OBO. Phone (204)794-5979.
FARM MACHINERY FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB. WANTED TRACTOR ACCESSORY: 3 PT HITCH to fit 806 IH Tractor. Bolts onto tractor hitch. Phone (204)268-3885, Anola, MB.
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FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories The Real Used FaRm PaRTs sUPeRsToRe Over 2700 Units for Salvage • TRACTORS • COMBINES • SWATHERS • DISCERS Call Joe, leN oR daRWIN (306) 946-2222 monday-Friday - 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
WATROUS SALVAGE WaTRoUs, sK. Fax: 306-946-2444
FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 1981 JD 6620 COMBINE, 3500-hrs, $6,000; 1986 JD 530 round baler, $5,000; 1965 JD 3020 tractor, 8000-hrs, $5,000; JD 1600 Deep-Tiller, 25-ft w/harrows, $2,500. (204)685-3024.
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FLEX PLATFORM SALE 9 JD 922 Flex Platform, 22-ft., PU Reel, Poly skids $12,500; 08 NH 88C Flex Draper Platform, 42-ft., PU Reel, Poly skids $28,500; 08 Agco Gl. 8200 Flex Platform, 35-ft., PU Reel, Poly skids $23,500; 011 CIH 3020 Flex Platform, 35-ft., PU Reel, Poly skids $29,500; 10 CIH 2020 Flex Platform, 35-ft., PU Reel, Poly skids $21,500; 10 CIH 2020 Flex Platform, 35-ft., PU Reel, Poly skids, Crary Wind System $28,500; 08 Cat F540 Flex Platform, 40-ft., PU Reel, Poly skids $24,500; 10 Agco MF 8200 Flex Platform, 35-ft., PU Reel, Poly skids $24,500; All above Platforms have been reconditioned, have field ready guarantee. Delivery FREE during this sale. New Arc Fab, MD Stud King, & Harvest Intl Header Trailers avail. Gary (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equip, Hwy #12 N, www.reimerfarmequipment.com Steinbach, MB.
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1990 FORD L9000 GRAIN truck, 19-ft Kincade box & hoist, 13-spd, 350 Cummins; 1998 NH 9282 tractor, 3,350-hrs; 1991 NH TR86 combine, 2,240 engine hrs. Phone:(204)738-4766, evenings. 1995 G.M.C TOP KICK, 20-ft box/hoist. $28,000; 1999 REM 1026B Grain vac, new hose, mint shape. $6000; JD 930 30-ft grain header & trailer. $4700. Call James (204)746-8188. 2006 HESSTON 9230 SELF-PROPELLED swather, 634-hrs, bigger tires, always shedded, $47,750; Ferguson TEA (8N lookalike) 3-PTH, $550; 3-PTH disc, $450; early 1940s AC WC?, $600; 1968 Impala Super Sport convertible, fully loaded very nice, $22,500. Phone (204)641-3615 or evenings (204)378-2974 DISKS KEWANEE BREAKING DISC 14-16-ft $25,000; Rome 16-ft $20,000; Wishek 14-ft $22,000; 30-ft $33,000; Decelman 560 Rockpicker $2,500; 14-ft Rock Rake $8,500; Big Mac fork type $4,000; Branot Grainvac $8,000; Rem 1026 $3,500; JD 535 Baler $5,000; JD 510 $1,500; New idea 485 Baler H&S 12 wheel rake $5,000; Vermeer 23 hydraulic rake $9,000; NH 9-ft mower $2,000; JD 450 mower $2,000. (204)857-8403. FARM WINDMILL FOR SALE. Was used for pumping water, factory built, all new blades handinstalled, 55-ft tower, dismantled, ready to move $1,250 OBO, (204)638-5689 Dauphin. FOR SALE: REBUILT 360 Dodge motor; W6 International tractor w/FEL; 6) International #55 complete cultivator shanks. Phone (204)445-2220. GRAIN SCREENERS: HICAP 44, $3000; Neco 52, $5000; Sukup 50-in, $4000; Hutchinson 1600 w/tailings auger, $3500; Kwik Kleen 5&7 tube cleaners, $5000 up; Screens $150; New 10-ft Landlevellers, $2450; 12-ft, $2650; Scrapers Ashland 4.5-yd, $4500; Ashland 6-yd, $5000; Eversman 6-yd, $5500; John Deere 6.5-yd, $6500; Soilmover 740, $7000; Midland 8-yd, $8000; V Drainage plow, $2000. (204)857-8403.
2013 Case IH 550
TracTors HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES. Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595 charles@arcfab.ca www.arcfab.ca
Tillage & Seeding TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Various
TRACTORS John Deere 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
2009 CASE IH (FLEXI-COIL) PTX 600 Chisel, 44-ft c/w heavy harrows & optional heavy transport wheels. One owner unit in excellent condition. Bought 54-ft. Asking $46,500 OBO. Notre Dame cell (204)723-5000.
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2011 John Deere 4730 90 Ft
GRAVITY WAGONS NEW 750 BU $18,250; 60 BU $12,500; 400 BU $7,400; Used 250-750 BU $1,800+up; Grain Carts 450-1050 BU. PTO & Hydraulic large selection. Feeder carts Gehl 500 BU TMR Scales $10,000; Knight 250 BU $5,000; JD 780 Spreader $10,000; Gehl Hi-Dump Wagon 12-ft $3,000; Richardton 750 $18,000; JD 3970 $6,000; 7.5-ft Hay Head $3,000; Grain Screeners Dual stage & Kwik Kleens $200+up. (204) 857-8403 RETIRED FARMING. CALUMET 4500 manure tank, complete w/tandem 445-65-22.5 tires, parts only $1000; Friesen Hopper bottom bin, 1500-bu, $2500; Friesen Hopper bottom bin, 1000-bu, $2000; 6-ft Winkler pull-type swath roller, $300; 300 steel fuel tank stands, $200; 2010 Artic Cat Z1 Fseries 4 stroke w/3200-mi, not used for last 3-yrs, mint condition $6,900. Phone (204)388-4291 leave message.
1968 Caterpillar 627
McCormick XTX145
HAYING & HARVESTING HAYING & HARVESTING Swathers 1997 MACDON 9200 SWATHER (shedded) 21-Ft, PU reel, only 1360-hrs. $39,000; 1996 Morris 7180 air seeder (shedded) w/34-ft Morris 9000 cultivator $29,000. Selkirk (204)268-2853
1968 Caterpillar 627
CASE IH 8825 HP swather. 8820 table, UII PU reel & hyd roller. Table 25-ft double swath. 1,200-hrs, VGC. Transport can be arranged, $19,500 OBO. Phone (204)248-2327.
1995 John Deere 7600
HAYING & HARVESTING Various 2006 CASE DCX161 DISCBINE, steel-roll crimpers, standard hitch, 1000-PTO, 15-ft cut, excellent shape, field ready, $15,900; 2009 NH BR7090, auto-wrap, standard PU, auto-chain oiler, twine wrap, approx 7000 bales, excellent condition, field ready, $17,900. Check out our website for pictures & all other farm equipment (204)425-3518 www.mateychukfarmsales.com FLEXHEADS-CASE-IH 1020 25-FT, $6000; 30-ft $8000; 2020 30-ft, $15,000; 1015 PU Header, $3500; JD 925, $6500; JD 930, $9000; Nissen bean windrower, $5000; Large selection of used Grain carts & Gravity wagons. (204)857-8403. FOR SALE 95 HESSTON 565T baler. Good belts. Good condition. Shedded. $4,500 OBO. 3-point 2-wheel Swath Turner $300 OBO. Ph: (204)685-2095
Combines COMBINES Case/IH 1986 1680 COMBINE, RICE tire asking $17,000; 1994 1688 combine, asking $45,000. Phone (204)824-2196 or cell (204)573-6723, Wawanesa MB.
COMBINES John Deere WANTED: 925 JD STRAIGHT cut header w/ floating cutter bar. In good condition. (204)638-8443
COMBINES Accessories 2010 CASE IH 2142 35-ft, SKD, factory transport, Hyd F/A, new canvases, field ready, $49,000; 2008 MacDon D60 40-ft, factory transport, Hyd F/A, new canvases, field ready. Both have only ever cut cereals, $39,000. Call/text:(306)435-7513. Moosomin, SK. WHITE MASSEY FERGUSON 9230 30-ft straight cut header, fits White 9700, 9720 & Massey Ferguson 8570, 8590, $5,500 OBO. Phone (204)794-5979.
1984 John Deere 4650
2005 John Deere 936D 36 Ft
Caterpillar D7G
2013 Brandt 1545 15 In. x 45 Ft
Seedmaster 20 Ft
Kubota MX5000
1990 GMC Topkick
AUCTION LOCATION: From BALCARRES, SK, go 19.3 km (12 miles) East on Hwy 10, then 3.2 km (2 miles) South OR From LORLIE, SK, go 1.6 km (1 mile) West, then 3.2 km (2 miles) South. GPS: 50.816572, -103.313624 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: McCormick XTX145 MFWD Tractor · Kubota MX5000 MFWD Tractor · 1978 Volvo T810 2WD Tractor · 1995 John Deere 7600 2WD Tractor · Brasou 2WD Tractor · 1985 Coop Implements 9600 Combine · 2000 Premier 1900 30 Ft Swather · 1990 GMC Topkick S/A Grain Truck · Seedmaster 20 Ft Air Drill · John Deere 9450 Hoe Seed Drill · CCIL 279 32 Ft Cultivator · Degelman 27 Ft Cultivator · Coop
200 12 Ft Cultivator · Morris 36 Ft Rodweeder · Cereal Implements 1001 30 Ft Disc · Inland 60 Ft Harrows · Riteway RR200 Rock Picker · 2006 Hardi RGR 2200 66 Ft Field Sprayer · Bush Hog 62 In. 3 Point Hitch Rotary Mower · (7) Grain Bins · Sakundiak HD10-1800 10 In. x 60 Ft Grain Auger · Brandt 842 8 In. x 42 Ft Grain Auger · Sakundiak 6 In. x 40 Ft Grain Auger ...AND MUCH MORE!
For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Paul Krug: 306.229.2680 farmpk@gmail.com
AUCTION LOCATION: From VEREGIN, SK, go 10.64 km (6.6 miles) South, then 1.6 km (1 mile) West, then 1.6 km (1 mile) South. GPS: 51.475580, -102.099997 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2013 Case IH 550 Quadtrac Tractor · 1984 John Deere 4650 2WD Tractor · 1967 Cockshutt 1350 2WD Tractor · 2014 John Deere S680 Combine · 2005 John Deere 936D 36 Ft Draper Header · 2014 John Deere W150 35 Ft Swather · Caterpillar D7G Crawler Tractor · 1968 Caterpillar 627 Motor Scraper · 2009 Western Star WB23064S T/A Grain Truck · 1987 Ford L9000 T/A Grain Truck · 1973
International 1700 S/A Grain Truck · 1995 Doepker 28 Ft Grain Trailer · 2011 Trailtech Prospector 24 Ft Tri/A 5th Wheel Trailer · 2000 Southland 16 Ft Trailer · 2011 John Deere 4730 90 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 2012 Case IH 160 120 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 1996 Brandt QF2000 80 Ft Field Sprayer · 1985 John Deere 1610 35 Ft Cultivator · 2013 Lemken Gigant 10 40 Ft Vertical Disc ...AND MUCH MORE!
For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Raymond Marcoux: 306.542.3010 (h) 306.641.9532 (c)
Murray Krug: 306.332.4449
Lina Marcoux: 306.542.3010 (h), 306.621.0485(c)
Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Dan Steen: 306.361.6154 800.491.4494
Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Dan Steen: 306.361.6154 800.491.4494
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FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION
ADVANCE AUCTION NOTICE
TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2016 – 10:00 AM C/T
ONLINE BIDDING ONLY
STANLEY, NORTH DAKOTA
EDINBURG, NORTH DAKOTA
BIDDING OPENS JULY 27, CLOSES AUGUST 3RD
Selling Equipment Excess to Ongoing Operations for J&J Oilfield Services of Stanley, North Dakota
AGGREGATE EQUIPMENT INCLUDING: *2011 Superior 125’ Radial Stacker *2011 AES 3620 portable feeder *Numerous A&L, Superior, Kohlman & Shopbuilt Conveyors *Pioneer 50VE portable closed circuit crushing plant w/accessories HEAVY EQUIPMENT: *2007 Komatsu WA 500-6 wheel loader *2008 Komatsu WA 320-6 wheel loader *2006 Komatsu DP 85 PX-15EO crawler dozer *2008 Komatsu PC200LC-8 excavator *2001 Komatsu DP 65 PX-12 crawler dozer *1995 Cat 950F Series II wheel loader *1988 Komatsu WA 250-1L wheel loader *1984 Terex TS14B twin engine motor scraper *John Deere 4630 ag tractor
SKID STEERS & ATTACHMENTS: *2007 Bobcat T300 track machine *2006 Bobcat S250 skid steer *2006 Komatsu SK10205N skid steer *A large selection of skid steer attachments TRUCKS & TRAILERS: *1999 Freightliner FLD120SD triple axle semi tractor w/wet kit *1998 Freightliner FLD120 triple axle semi tractor w/wet kit *1994 Freightliner FLD120 triple axle semi tractor w/wet kit *1995 Kenworth T800 triple axle semi tractor w/wet kit, needs repair *1989 Mack RW613 triple axle semi tractor w/ wet kit *1986 Kenworth W900 triple axle semi tractor w/wet kit *2007 Smithco S3-42-34
triple axle side dump trailer *2) 1998 Circle R 34’ triple axle side dump trailers *1997 Trail King TK100HDG 50T triple axle lowboy *1991 TraileEze DG5024H3 50T triple axle low boy *A good selection of other smaller flatbed, enclosed & utility trailers GENERATORS & LIGHT TOWERS: *2011 Volvo/ Stamford 150KW diesel generator *2009 Atlas Copco QAS45 37.5 KVCA diesel generator *Baldor TS45 45KW diesel generator *4) Terex & Magnum portable light towers TRUCK & TRAILER ADDITIONS: *2006 IH 9400i day cab, Cummins ISX, 10 spd, 600000 miles
Contact the Auction Company at 701-757-4015 or visit www.resourceauction.com for SPECIFIC inspection times & location, full sale catalog, photos & bidding information
*2006 IH 9400i day cab, tri-axle, Cat C-13, 3rd steerable pusher, only 446000 miles *2) 2012 Columbia Tanks LLC VT165 165 BBL vacuum tankers, super tri-axles *2005 Trail King TK60MG RGN lowboy, 29’ main well, outriggers *2015 Timpte Super Hopper 40’L x 72”H alum hopper w/ ag hoppers *2008 Timpte Super Hopper 42’L x 66”H alum hopper w/ ag hoppers PLUS FORD DIESEL PICKUPS, SUV, SUPPORT ITEMS, TOOLS, TIRES & MISCELLANEOUS!!! WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS!!! Please visit www.resourceauction.com for fully detailed listing & photos of all units.
WE ARE ALSO ACCEPTING ADDITIONS TO THIS AUCTION….CALL FOR DETAILS!!!!
ITEMS INCLUDE: TRACTORS – TILLAGE EQUIPMENT – AIR SEEDER – HEAVY HARROW - LATE MODEL PARKER SEED CHARIOT – TENDER TRAILER – REM VAC - AUGERS & CONVEYOR – TRUCKS – 4 WHEEL SPRA COUPE – SWATHERS – MOWER – DRY FERT SPREADER – COLLECTOR TRACTORS & MORE!!
SIGURDSON BROTHERS FARM, OWNER TRACTORS Various 2014 NH T6S 125 MFWD, 16-spd transmission, left-hand reverse, 3-PT, NH loader & bucket, under 1000-hrs w/manufacturer warranty remaining. $72,500; 1983 Ford TW30 2WD, CAHR, 3-PT, 3-hyd, excellent condition, $19,500. Check out our website for pictures & all other farm equipment www.mateychukfarmsales.com (204)425-3518.
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FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2016 – 10:00 AM Contact the Auction Company at 701-757-4015 or visit www.resourceauction.com for SPECIFIC inspection times & location, full sale catalog, photos & bidding information
FREE STANDING CORRAL PANELS, Feeders & Alley ways, 30-ft or order to size. Oil Field Pipe: 1.3, 1.6, 1.9, 1 7/8, 2-in, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2. Sucker Rod: 3/4, 7/8, 1-in. Casing Pipes: 4-9inch. Sold by the piece or semi load lots. For special pricing call Art (204)685-2628 or cell (204)856-3440.
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ITEMS INCLUDE: TRACTORS – COMBINES & HEADS – TILLAGE EQUIPMENT - CONCORD AIR SEEDER – DRILLS & PLANTER - SP SPRAYER - DRYER & AUGERS – COLLECTOR CARS – SWATHERS – DRY FERT SPREADER & MUCH MORE!!!!
NASLUND FARM, OWNER
Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519
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TUESDAY at 9 am July, 26th
“Decades of Knowledge - Steady Innovation - Top Results” AUCTIONEERS & CLERK: Main Resource Equipment Auctions, Dennis Biliske- Auctioneer, 2702 17th Ave S,
Grand Forks, ND 58201, ph 701-757-4015, fax 701-757-4016, Dennis Biliske ND Lic 237, ND Clerk Lic 624
Website: www.resourceauction.com | Email: info@resourceauction.com TERMS: Cash, good check or wire transfer in US funds. All sales final. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. Document fee on vehicle titles will apply & vehicle titles will be mailed to buyers.
PLEASE NOTE:
CLOSED July 17 - 23rd Monday July 25th, 12:00pm - Sheep and Goat with Small Animals & Holstein Calves CLOSED July 31 - August 6th
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
Canadian buyers are always welcome, please furnish a letter of credit for registration. Larger purchases will require payment by wire. Most units move easily across the border, feel free to ask in advance for document assistance if necessary. Some major units will require payment by wire transfer, please contact our office with questions.
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.
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“Decades of Knowledge - Steady Innovation - Top Results” AUCTIONEERS & CLERK: Main Resource Equipment Auctions, Dennis Biliske- Auctioneer, 2702 17th Ave S,
Grand Forks, ND 58201, ph 701-757-4015, fax 701-757-4016, Dennis Biliske ND Lic 237, ND Clerk Lic 624
Website: www.resourceauction.com | Email: info@resourceauction.com TERMS: Cash, good check or wire transfer in US funds. All sales final. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. Document fee on vehicle titles will apply & vehicle titles will be mailed to buyers. Canadian buyers are always welcome, please furnish a letter of credit for registration. Larger purchases will require payment by wire. Most units move easily across the border, feel free to ask in advance for document assistance if necessary. Some major units will require payment by wire transfer, please contact our office with questions.
LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus 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 yearlings & 1, 3 yr old herdsire for sale. From Top AI Sires. All bulls tested, long, thick, deep, good disposition. Can deliver call Don (204)422-5216
LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus BLACK ANGUS BULLS YEARLINGS & Long Yearlings, some Heifer Bulls, semen tested & performance records avail. Call Don Guilford, Hereford Ranch (204)873-2430, Clearwater. BULLS FOR SALE. Ten yearling and seven 2-yr old Black Angus bulls. Phone (204)835-2087, McCreary, MB. FAIR HAVEN FARMS LTD. at Souris, MB: Yearling & Mature Black Angus bulls, registered, semen tested, performance ED’S available. Call Gloria Turner (204)741-0648 or (204) 483-3234 for more information. 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 OSSAWA ANGUS AT MARQUETTE, MB has for sale: Yearling & 2-yr old bulls. For more info call (204)375-6658, cell (204)383-0703.
LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais 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.
LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford FOR SALE: POLLED HEREFORD Bulls Yearlings & Long Yearlings, semen tested & performance records avail. Call Don Guilford, Hereford Ranch (204)873-2430, Clearwater.
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BATTLE LAKE ANGUS HAS PB registered Black & Red yearling Angus bulls for sale. Semen tested & EPD’S available. Carberry. (204)834-2202 Text (204)841-3241
TRIPLE R LIMOUSINE HAS Bulls for sale. 2-yr olds & yearlings. Red , Black & Yellow. Pulled & performance or calving ease ones. Limousine & Angus cross, Limousine & Charolais cross & Angus bulls. All bulls guaranteed & can deliver. Volume discount. (204)685-2628 or Cell (204)856-3440
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P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123 LIVESTOCK Specialty - Various AKBASH pups, excellent. Guardian dogs, $500ea; DEXTER bulls $1000 OBO; Weanling PIGS, 60-80lb red/blk $75ea Delivery neg. (204)656-4430 No Sunday calls please.
LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind generators, aeration. Service & repair on all makes/models. Carl Driedger, (204)556-2346 or (204)851-0145, Virden. KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING System, provides water in remote areas, improves water quality, increases pasture productivity, extends dugout life. St. Claude/Portage, 204-379-2763.
ORGANIC ORGANIC Organic – Certified WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert for information on organic farming: prospects, transition, barriers, benefits, certification & marketing. Call:(306)382-1299, Saskatoon, SK or at info@pro-cert.org
PERSONAL TIME TO APPRECIATE RELATIONSHIPS... Life is Meant to be Shared. We are Here to Help You. CANDLELIGHT MATCHMAKERS. Confidential, Rural, Photos/Profiles to selected matches, Local, Affordable, Serving MB, SK, NW-Ontario. Call/Write for info: Box 212, Roland, MB, R0G 1T0, (204)343-2475.
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REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots TO BE MOVED: Older 2 storey house in good condition. 1530-sq.ft with 96-sq.ft porch. Lots of potential for the right person. $20,000 or open to offers. (204)375-6547, Marquette MB.
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MARVIN HOMES INC- SINCE 1976- Your READY TO MOVE HOME BUILDER for 40 YEARS. Avail soon 1,560-sq.ft., 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath front covered deck & roof dormers. Contact us for more info & pricing. marvinhomesinc@live.com MARVIN VOGT, MARVIN HOMES, Mitchell, MB. (204)326-1493 or (204)355-8484. www.marvinhomes.ca
FOR SALE: ALFALFA, TIMOTHY, Brome, Clover, hay & pasture blends, millet seed, Crown, Red Prozo. Leonard Friesen (204)685-2376, Austin, MB.
REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba FARM FOR SALE, 9 quarters of Newdale clay loam, Class B06 soil, North of Hamiota, 2 yard sites w/houses, excellent buildings, includes heated shop, $2,600,000. Phone Scott (204)724-2131 or (204)727-2001.
Albert & Olivette Allain St. Laurent are offering the following private land for sale: • E½ 16-17-4W • S½ 21-17-4W • S½ 8-17-3W • NE 5-17-3W • NE 2-17-4W The successful purchaser will be considered by Manitoba Agriculture for possible transfer of the Crown land forage lease associated with this ranch unit. This forage lease currently consists of the following: • NE 11-17-4W • SE 11-17-4W If you wish to purchase the private land contact the Albert & Olivette Allain, PO Box 123, St Laurent, MB, R0C 2S0 If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer write the Director, Manitoba Agriculture, Agriculture Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax 204-867-6578. REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Wanted FARMS WANTED. If you are considering selling your farm, contact me. I have eight years experience selling farms and farmed all my life. All discussions are confidential. Rick Taylor, Homelife Home Professional Realty. (204)867-7551, rtaylor@homelife.com www.homelifepro.com WANTED TO BUY: 1/2 section crop land in MB. Reply to (204)385-2753.
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TRAILERS TRAILERS Livestock Trailers GOAT TRAILER W/ROOF. 5.5-ft long, 4-ft wide, 3ft tall. Has 3-ft ramp, new lights, wiring, floor & bearings. Excellent condition. Asking $1,500 OBO. Call Charlie, (204)880-4830.
TRAILERS Trailers Miscellaneous 14-FT TANDEM UTILITY FLAT deck w-ramps, 12,000-lbs GB, new safety $4,250 OBO. (204)794-5979 HAY WAGONS 9X40-FT BUILT from new metal, 1122.5 tires, $6,500. Phone KCL Repairs, Ashern (204)739-3096.
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Greetings from the show director W
elcome to the second annual Ag in Motion, Western Canada’s first outdoor agriculture trade show which features demonstrations of farm equipment, crops, crop inputs and livestock in a real agricultural setting. We’re a show that offers a new fresh atmosphere for farmers as well as companies to communicate and share knowledge. This year, Ag in Motion has grown in size with an increase in exhibitors and demonstrations because of what it offers. Ag in Motion is held on a half section of typical Saskatchewan grain and oilseed farmland about 35 km northwest of Saskatoon on Highway 16. Visitors will be able to see crop plot demonstrations by a variety of local and international companies as well as by scientific experts from the University of Saskatchewan. Another important part of Ag in Motion is the opportunity to learn. The Agri-Trend Knowledge Tent presented by RBC will hold several daily seminars on today’s farming practices. There are over 100 acres dedicated to equipment demonstrations and test drives. It’s an opportunity to see equipment working before choosing which one you need to purchase for your operation. You’ll also be able to see the many innovations being unveiled at Ag in Motion 2016 highlighted by the Ag in Motion Innovations Program in partnership with the Agricultural Manufacturers of Canada. Also new for 2016 is a new Livestock Central at the show featuring dairy and beef cattle farm management. I would like to thank the staff and volunteers for helping plan and implement Ag in Motion
4-H Farm Safety Day comes to Ag in Motion 4-H Saskatchewan is coming to Ag in Motion this summer in a big way with an interactive Farm Safety Pavilion and 4-H Farm Safety Day. On Thursday, July 21, the Farm Safety Pavilion on 5th Street will be home to the 4-H Farm Safety Day as well as ongoing farm safety stations all three days of the show. Youth and their families have the chance to visit several organizations to learn more about safety both on and off the farm. Farm safety exhibits will be open for the entire show and the program will finish with the exciting 4-H Farm Safety Day taking place in the pavilion on the afternoon of Ag in Motion’s last day.
Thursday is 4-H Farm Safety Day
2016. It takes a huge amount of dedication to run a trade show and great effort to manage the growth of a show in its second year. I would also like to thank the many companies that have put their faith in Ag in Motion, especially our parent company Glacier FarmMedia with its family of farm publications produced by Farm Business Communications and the Western Producer. Many thanks also go to our colleagues at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ontario who have shared their time and expertise. I invite you to attend Ag in Motion 2016. Please stop me and say hi. I’d love to hear from you about your experience at the show. Rob O’Connor show director, Ag in Motion
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Youth aged nine to 14 years old can register for this free afternoon program taking place at Ag in Motion. Participants will listen to captivating speakers sharing their stories, work through hands-on stations surrounding common hazards on the farm (i.e. electrical safety, fire safety, machinery safety) and end the day watching a demonstration of emergency response teams responding to a mock emergency scenario. According to 4-H Saskatchewan, the program’s goals are to build awareness of safety issues on the farm and to empower youth with knowledge to act in an emergency. 4-H Saskatchewan is pleased to be working with several partners for 4-H Farm Safety Day: Ag in Motion, Saskatchewan Safety Council, Saskatchewan Association of Agricultural Societies and Exhibitions, Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, STARS Air Ambulance, War Amps and the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association. Senior members and adults, ages 16 and up can join in too. Safety Ambassadors (SAs) will lead groups of participants through the stations. This is a special volunteer opportunity for senior 4-H members, parents and leaders. Safety is important on and off the farm. The 4-H Farm Safety Pavilion will be open all three days of Ag in Motion from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday’s special 4-H Farm Safety Day kicks off at noon and runs until 4:30 p.m. Registration is free and open to 4-H members as well as friends aged nine to 14 years old. More information and registration forms available at http://www.4-h.sk.ca/events?id=444.
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SPECIAL EVENT FEATURE
Don’t just get that new tractor smell
Unlike any western Canadian farm show
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g in Motion offers farmers a unique opportunity to see live crop plots from a variety of seed and crop protection companies, all in one place. For year two of Ag in Motion, attendees will see more plots and even more variety. “The aerial says it all,” says show director Rob O’Connor. “The crop plots are an eye-catching and clear way Ag in Motion sets itself apart from other farm shows in Western Canada. We bring the seed guides to life and better purchase decisions come from that.” To prepare the plots, exhibitors begin planting a variety of crops on site in May and June to showcase their latest innovations and products. The crop plots, which are all 170 feet deep and range in frontage from 30 to 500 feet, are located around the perimeter and throughout the show site. The live crop plot exhibits will showcase seed and inputs for a diversity of crops, including wheat, barley, oats, flax, hay mixtures, corn, soybeans and canola.
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ADMISSION PASSES:
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