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The ALUS program may come back to life in Manitoba

Public trust and trade rank high on the list of important issues for the province’s agriculture sector

The new government looks to follow through on its promise to implement the program province-wide

BY SHANNON VANRAES Co-operator staff/Portage la Prairie

They hailed from commodity groups, producer lobby groups, research institutions and agribusinesses, and they came together here last week with the aim of directing and informing Manitoba’s new Progressive Conservative government on agriculture issues. “This is going to be where your role is going to be very important,” Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler told more than 100 people gathered for the day-long agricultural industry consultation. “These comments are all going to be recorded and I take them all very seriously.” He added criticism was welcome as well, stressing that creating a robust dialogue was the first step in fulfilling his mandate. “People want to be heard, they want to have the ability to be able to say, ‘I talked to the minister about this,’” Eichler said. “So again, it comes back to that conversation.” Last week’s consultation was the second held by the Tory government since coming to power See Eichler on page 6 »

Lara Ellis (l to r), director of strategic initiatives with ALUS Canada, James Battershill, KAP general manager, Dan Mazier, KAP president. Photo: JENNIFER PAIGE

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he provincial government says it supports a revived ecological goods and services program but it’s not certain who will foot the bill. “The government has made this a priority and the minister of agriculture and the minister of sustainable development have been mandated with creating a program based on the Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) model to help reduce flooding and improve water quality and nutrient management,” Brandon West MLA Reg Helwer told the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) summer advisory meeting here last week. ALUS would compensate farmers for providing ecological goods and services

such as holding back water or maintaining wildlife habitat. Before being elected earlier this year, the Progressive Conservatives promised to implement ALUS province-wide. Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler says this remains a top priority. “My first goal is to get through this with our federal-provincial meeting, the second goal would then be to start reducing our red tape and then the third mandate would be the ALUS program,” Eichler said following an industry consultation session in Portage la Prairie on July 12. One of the original ALUS architects is Ian Wishart, formerly KAP president and now minister of education. Another is Jonathan Scarth, former senior vice-president of Delta Waterfowl Foundation and now principal secretary to Premier Brian Pallister. The first ALUS pilot project in the RM

of Blanchard expired in 2008 and none have been implemented in Manitoba since. ALUS now has a national office with staff and a board of directors, and several projects have been started in six other provinces. KAP was a key partner in the Blanchard project and asked an ALUS representative for an update at last week’s meeting. “Up until recently the prevalent thinking has been that the cost of ecosystem services on private land should be borne by the landowner, but as environmental land degradation worsens, this is changing,” said Lara Ellis, director of strategic initiatives with ALUS Canada. “The vision of ALUS is to create a healthy landscape that sustains agriculture, wildlife and natural spaces for all Canadians.” See ALUS on page 6 »

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Laura Rance wins two major international awards

Mix your browns and greens Holistic management specialist emphasizes nutrition

Recognition for her series on conservation agriculture in Africa STAFF

CROPS Thin canola stands No magical rescue, but can still perform well

FEATURE The lowdown on preconditioning Calves grow and perform better, but price better?

CROSSROADS Photos reveal threshing past World record harvest event set for July 31

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aura Rance, editorial director of Farm Business Communi cations and editor of the Manitoba Co-operator, has won two major international awards for her work on African agriculture. Ra n c e w o n t h e In t e r national Federation of Agri cul tural Journalists (IFAJ) Star Prize for ‘Africa’s Hunger Games,’ published in the Winnipeg Free Press in April 2015. The same piece was awarded the IFAJ-FAO Award for Excellence in Global Food Security Reporting, a new award sponsored by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the IFAJ. The feature was based on a series of articles which ran earlier in the Manitoba Co-operator and Alber ta Farmer Express. Rance wrote the series about her five-week project on secondment to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank in Africa. It focused on conservation agriculture practices and their role in conserving soil in the region. Rance received the awards July 14 at the 2016 Inter

Laura Rance receiving the first-ever IFAJ-FAO Award for Excellence in Global Food Security Reporting from FAO chief of media relations Erwin Northoff. Photo: IFAJ

national Federation of Agri cult ural Journalists (IFAJ) congress in Bonn, Germany. “This is an excellent piece of journalism; the first-person approach allows the author to weave human emotion into this comprehensive piece, filled with facts and expertise on both sides of the issue,” said award judges for the IFAJ Star Prize. “Laura Rance’s article is a perfect example of presenting the complex scientific and social problems of soil man-

agement in poor countries to a broader audience,” said FAO chief of media relations Erwin Northoff, one of the judges for the IFAJ-FAO Award. “Stories like this one need to be told and I am grateful for the recognition this one has received. But it is important to also acknowledge the organizations that made doing this research possible and the people who so graciously shared glimpses of their lives,” Rance said at the IFAJ meeting in Bonn.

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Pulse popularity portends bright future Record attendance at this year’s Pulse and Special Crops Convention wasn’t a coincidence, says Pulse Canada president Gordon Bacon BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff/Toronto

t’s no coincidence that the popularity of pulse crops is rising as consumers become more interested in healthy eating, says Murad Al-Katib, president and CEO of Saskatchewanbased AGT Food and Ingredients. “As a food industry I think we have to be prepared for what could be a transformational earthquake that is coming with consumers where there is a connection between natural and non-GMO and healthy, clean labels. And pulses give us that opportunity to look at protein, fibre… micronutrients, natural bio fortification. “We are seeing all these trends aligning. “When I look at the demand fundamentals from a product development standpoint and a consumer trend standpoint this is actually an irreversible trend,” Al-Katib, who is also president of the Canadian Special Crops Association, told a record crowd at the Pulse and Special Crops Convention (PSCC) here July 6. “It’s not one that I think is grounded in a fad or some type of a temporary phenomenon where we are going to see pulse consumption and ingredients rise and then potentially taper off. We are ultimately looking at a highprotein, high-fibre, non-GMO, gluten-free product, with a very strong and environmental story to tell.” Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the industry, however, is telling its story. That’s getting easier too, once people know what they are. Pulses are the edible seeds of plants in the legume family. Dried peas, edible beans, lentils and chickpeas are the most common. (Soybeans and peanuts are legumes, but their dried seeds are not considered ‘pulses’ because of their higher oil content.) Pulses are high in protein and fibre and low in fat. As well, they are nitrogen-fixing crops that improve the environmental sustainability of annual cropping systems. Canada, the world’s largest pulse exporter in the world, is expecting a record pulse harvest this year. Despite a depressed stock market and low commodity prices, the future demand for pulses is huge, said Peter Hall, vice-president and chief economist with Export Development Canada. The U.S. economy is growing and

Pulse Canada president Gordon Bacon says pulse crops are taking off because they have so much going for them. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

so is China’s, along with its middle class and that of India’s, he said. A record 530 attendees, including more than 140 from 24 different countries, attended the convention. With Canadian pulse exports on the increase people came to the meeting to see what’s happening, said Gordon Bacon, president of Pulse Canada and CEO of the Canadian Special Crops Association. “This is our biggest convention ever,” Bacon told reporters. “It is the biggest sponsorship we have ever had. This is the biggest number of international delegates that we have ever had. I think it is all saying what we’ve been feeling, and that is this, the pulse industry is in the midst of an expansion in market base. Not only are we a big supplier on a global, traditional market scale, but we are starting to see this new level of interest.” Back-to-back droughts in India, the world’s largest pulse importer, have contributed to the increased demand, pushing world prices up and enticing Canadian farmers to produce more, he added. And the United Nation’s International Year of the Pulse has given it some badly needed exposure in developed countries, where the main source of protein is meat. “This is what our communications company told us: nobody knows what pulses are,” Bacon said. “‘Nobody knows why they should be passionate about them. And when they do know what they are, they don’t know how to use them. Other than that your future is bright.’ So really our whole focus has been on increasing awareness of what pulses are and where they are going.” Those efforts are paying off. So

The Glenora area has outstanding pea fields. The numerous recent rainfalls in this area has worked in their favour. photo: jeannette greaves

far this year pulses have received more than 1.9 billion “exposures” through media features, he said. Interest will only grow, Al-Katib said, based on what he sees in young people, including his 14-year-old daughter. “I would consider (her) a socially conscious, very intelligent young lady,” he said. “And she cares about her food labels. She wants to see natural ingredients. She cares about the environment. I wouldn’t consider her an environmentalist, but I consider her somebody who is… what the model consumer 10 years from now is going to look like.” The first afternoon of the conference was aimed at food manufacturers and retailers. Bacon expected about 50 but 200 registered. The event featured a salad, main course and desert all made from pulses. A chef demonstrated cooking with pulses, showing how beans could replace eggs as well as boost the protein and fibre content in foods from smoothies to hamburgers. Pulse flours are being used in everything from pasta to snacks, including Frito-Lays’ new veggie chips and Breton crackers. Meanwhile, Pulse Canada is working with researchers and Health Canada to document the health benefits of pulses. The high fibre content in pulses reduces harmful cholesterol. Pulses are low-glycemic foods, which can help diabetics.

“When I look at the demand fundamentals from a product development standpoint and a consumer trend standpoint this is actually an irreversible trend.”

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Pulses also produce their own nitrogen, making food production more environmentally sustainable, Bacon said. “Sixty to 70 per cent of the nonrenewable energy use on a farm is associated with fertilizer production, transport, storage and application — there are science studies that show us that,” he said. Pulses combined with 4R nutrient stewardship designed to cut nitrogen losses and zero till, will make a big change in agriculture’s footprint, he said. Pulses have a lot of benefits for Canadian farmers too, including $3.5 billion in cash receipts last year — up $1 billion from the year before, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay told the meeting. “When it comes to success

your sector has covered all the bases,” he said. Key to that success has been listening to consumers, Bacon said. “That’s why we started focusing on health outcomes,” he said. “That is why we partnered with Health Canada… because we are in the marketing business and we have to deliver what consumers want. We want to be ahead of what consumers are asking for and position, not only pulses, but all Canadian products to take advantage of what it is they want. “I am fully trusting of a science-based food safety system, but I have to meet what consumers want. That’s the business of marketing because consumers do have options…” allan@fbcpublishing.com

Now that’s a real $64-billion question Bayer sweetens Monsanto cash offer to the largest ever in history BY GREG ROUMELIOTIS AND KARL PLUME Reuters

erman drug and crop chemical group Bayer AG on July 14 announced details of a sweetened $64-billion bid for Monsanto Co. as it tries to put the U.S. seed company under pressure to engage further. Analysts and some Monsanto shareholders were quick to opine that Bayer’s latest offer, the largest all-cash

takeover bid on record, was unlikely to entice Monsanto. Bayer, however, is hoping that the sweetened offer will spur enough Monsanto shareholders to call on the company’s management to be more accommodative. Bayer made its bid for Monsanto public in May, but the two companies have made little progress since in negotiating a deal. Monsanto chief executive Hugh Grant said last month that the company was in talks with Bayer and other companies in its sector about

“alternative strategic options.” He did not name the other companies, but Reuters has previously reported that Monsanto had discussed a business combination with BASF. Bayer said on Thursday that it had raised its offer to $125 a share from $122 in cash and offered Monsanto a $1.5-billion reverse antitrust breakup fee, “reaffirming its confidence in a successful closing.” Bayer also said it had comprehensively addressed Monsanto’s questions about financing and regulatory

matters, and that it was prepared to make certain commitments to regulators, if required, to complete a deal. The seeds and agrochemicals industry, long dominated by six large companies, has been jolted by several large deals in the past year as low crop prices and belt tightening by farmers pressured earnings. Syngenta AG agreed in February to be acquired by ChemChina for $43 billion, while Dow Chemical and DuPont struck a $130-billion mega merger last year.

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

OPINION/EDITORIAL

The nothing strategy

his week, President Obama is expected to sign legislation that will require labels on foods produced using ingredients from genetically modified crops — a notion many in food and farming circles once considered unthinkable. That is, until they were confronted with the potential for something much worse — multiple labelling laws. In Laura Rance the absence of a national labelling law Editor applied universally across the country, the food industry was facing the prospect of individual states, starting with Vermont, passing their own laws, creating a hodgepodge of confusing rules. Uncertainty in business costs money. Labelling foods that are made from GMO ingredients doesn’t have to cost a bundle as long as it doesn’t have to be done a bunch of different ways. So even some of the biggest opponents to labelling, such as the American Soybean Association, threw their support behind the U.S. bill in the end. The Senate voted by a large margin to approve the bill that identifies GMO contents with words, pictures or a bar code that consumers can scan into their smartphones to find out more. The House of Representatives followed the Senate’s lead last week. It now appears a similar debate is coming to Canada, with the introduction of a private member’s bill by Quebec MP Pierre Dusseault, calling for mandatory labelling of any genetically modified foods offered for sale. Many private member’s bills never see the light of day, let alone become law, but stranger things have happened. So those who oppose this kind of labelling will be watching it closely. The question becomes, what should they do about it? How about nothing? Statistics gathered by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) in the U.S., which tracked federal lobbying disclosures, suggests the U.S. food industry and promoters of biotechnology spent $100 million or more fighting the GMO labelling movement. Big money managed to turn the tide in referendums in California and Washington, but despite winning those battles, it lost the war. And it lost it to largely underfunded campaigners who relied heavily on social media to promote their cause. There are passionate proponents for labelling in this country too, starting with teenaged-activist Rachel Parent, who travelled to Ottawa recently to meet with Canada’s Minister of Health Jane Philpott on the issue. Parent, who founded Kids Right to Know, a group dedicated to labelling GMO foods, after doing a science fair project, rose to fame when she debated the hosts of CBC’s “Lang & O’Leary Show” in 2013. In that debate, the spunky Parent fended off sophisticated efforts by her opponents to portray her as part of a privileged class who opposes genetic engineering and who is therefore OK with millions of people in poor countries dying from malnutrition. Parent stuck to her point: people want to know what is in their food, or in this case, what went into producing it. She says she doesn’t want to eat GMO food but respects the right of those who do. Granted, her campaign also connects making healthier food choices with GMO labelling, which is exactly the kind of linkage the food industry wants to avoid. Agribusiness fears that if GMO foods are labelled, people will think there is something different or dangerous about them when the science is pretty clear there isn’t. A new expert panel report from the National Academies in the United States called “Experiences and Prospects for Genetically Engineered Crops,” found no substantiated evidence of risk — with the exception of more insect and herbicide resistance — after more than two decades of use. Yet critics argue that if the industry has nothing to hide, why is it so opposed to labelling? The harder it fights, the louder that gets. In a July 8 paper commenting on the U.S. report, Loren Rieseberg, a professor and Canada Research Chair in Plant Evolutionary Genomics at the University of British Columbia, doesn’t comment on the labelling issue. But he notes public skepticism is holding back growth in a useful area of science, partly because of stringent regulatory processes implemented in an effort to appease public concerns. He cites one company’s statistics that say bringing a new genetically engineered trait into commercial production costs an average of US$136 million and takes 13 years. Some want even more testing. Labelling wouldn’t eliminate the need for regulatory oversight but the increased transparency might reduce the pressure for increasing it. So here’s a thought. If and when the GMO labelling debate starts to heat up in Canada, put it on ice. Embrace the inevitable, encourage consumers to read their labels and let them draw their own conclusions. Laura Rance is editor of the Manitoba Co-operator and editorial director for Farm Business Communications. She can be reached at laura@fbcpublishing.com or 204-792-4382.

Save a life: bring back cougars Any attacks on humans would be more than offset by reducing deer collisions University of Washington release

ou would never guess it from their soft eyes and timid demeanour, but the swift-footed deer is North America’s most dangerous mammal to humans. Each year deer cause 1.2 million vehicle collisions in the U.S., triggering more than 200 deaths, some 29,000 injuries and $1.66 billion in costs associated with vehicle damage, medical bills and road cleanup. These staggering figures are in part because deer’s natural predators — large carnivores such as wolves and cougars — have declined in population, leaving large ungulates like deer to reproduce mostly unchecked. A team including University of Washington’s Laura Prugh has for the first time begun to quantify the economic and social impact of bringing back large carnivores. Using cougars and their value in reducing deer-vehicle collisions as a case study, the researchers found that within 30 years of cougars recolonizing the Eastern U.S., large cats could thin deer populations and reduce vehicle collisions by 22 per cent — each year preventing five human fatalities, 680 injuries and avoiding costs of $50 million. “The important take-home is that there can be very tangible benefits to having large carnivores around — economic and social benefits, not just ecological benefits,” said Prugh, a UW assistant professor of quantitative wildlife sciences in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences.

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“Carnivores are so controversial and there’s a lot of fear, anxiety and resistance when they are reintroduced or recolonize an area. We are hoping that showing people how their lives could really benefit in a tangible way from having large carnivores around could help people become more accepting of living with them.” The researchers calculated the cougars’ impact by comparing white-tailed deer population densities and the numbers of deer killed by vehicles with and without cougar predation. Their models showed that cumulatively over 30 years, 155 human deaths and more than 21,000 injuries could be prevented by the presence of cougars in 19 eastern states. A single cougar would kill 259 deer over its average six-year lifespan, preventing eight collisions and saving nearly $40,000 in associated costs. The researchers were able to compare their modelled results with an actual example in South Dakota, where a viable cougar population lives in the Black Hills. The data clearly showed that after cougars repopulated the region in the 1990s, deer-vehicle collision rates markedly dropped. This real-life test case was strong evidence of a trend that could happen elsewhere, Prugh said. The authors acknowledge that re-establishing cougars across the U.S. has its costs. Attacks on humans, pets and livestock could become more common, though their estimates show that cougars would actually save five times the number of people they would kill by way of preventing deer-vehicle collisions. The researchers next hope to complete full cost-benefit analyses in smaller subsections of the country where cougars are present.

July 1927

he July 1927 issue of The Grain Growers’ Guide featured some ads for a new concept in harvesting — combining the reaping and threshing in a single machine. Below this ad for the Massey-Harris version was another ad for a more questionable product, the “wonderful new Vapour Humidifier and Gas Saver,” which purported to increase gas mileage. It claimed test results of 75 miles per gallon on a Ford, 29-1/2 on a Hudson, and 34-1/2 on a Hupmobile. A full-page article in the issue focused on managing quackgrass. Shallow fall plowing and deep spring plowing in cold soil were suggested, as were smother crops and “close pasturing.” However, the most effective method was said to be summerfallow, keeping the ground “absolutely black for one year.” However, the article concluded that “A simple system of grain farming is not effective in fighting quackgrass — livestock farming must be followed.” An editorial warned that farmers should prepare for “a battle royal on the income tax” and that powerful interests were determined it should be abolished. The editorial said the $55 million raised by income tax would be instead raised by tariffs on goods and “thus thrown upon the backs of those who could least afford it.”

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

The NFU’s views for this week’s agriculture ministers’ meeting Excerpts from an NFU brief sent to federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers in advance of their annual conference in Calgary July 20 to 22

e expect the next agriculture policy framework will continue to have two main areas of focus: safety net, or Business Risk Management (BRM) programs for farmers, and Strategic Initiative funding to support programs with broader policy goals. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research has shown that AgriStability is used disproportionately by larger farms. When GF2 (Growing Forward 2) was being designed, the NFU called for a cap on per-farm payouts. We also recommended maintaining AgriStability’s 15 per cent margin loss trigger. However, GF2 did not cap payments and it changed the trigger to 30 per cent below reference margins. The result was only those sectors with both extreme volatility and highly specialized operations could benefit. In addition, GF2 capped the margin loss payout at the lesser of a farm’s reference margin or its eligible input costs, effectively making the program irrelevant to low-input operations. Smaller farms are largely excluded from AgriStability because of the cost of paying an accountant to do all the paperwork required. Thus, both the cost of participating and the structure of GF2’s AgriStablity program favour larger-scale, specialized, high-input farms, while lowinput diversified farms have had to manage the risks such as disease outbreaks, price volatility and market issues due to currency fluctuations, without public support. We urge you to ensure that BRM programs are accessible, relevant and useful for farms of different sizes and production systems and to ensure that

payouts are capped so these programs do not incentivize excessive expansion and risk taking.

Marketing We also urge you to recognize the importance of farmer-controlled marketing institutions as the most effective method of reducing business risk for farmers. In the late 1990s, provincial single-desk marketing agencies for hogs were eliminated. The resulting exposure to price volatility means the sector is now highly dependent on BRM programs. Destruction of the farmer-directed single-desk Canadian Wheat Board has reduced farmers’ income potential and increased the need for some to draw upon the BRM programs to continue operating. In contrast, the supply-managed sectors have not needed to use GF2’s BRM programs.

Strategic initiatives Most of GF2’s Strategic Initiative programs are strongly focused on increasing exports. Yet, since GF and GF2 have been in place we have seen some sectors lose significant ground to imports. For example, in 2005 Canada’s imports and exports of processed fruit and vegetables were nearly balanced. By 2014, the value of imports exceeded that of exports by close to $1.5 billion. Lamb imports have been rising steadily, while Canada still exports almost no lamb at all. Canadian consumers’ grocery dollars are increasingly leaving Canada to pay for imported food from other jurisdictions — including food that could be reliably produced on our own farms, and processed and marketed

Low-input diversified farms have had to manage the risks such as disease outbreaks, price volatility and market issues due to currency fluctuations, without public support.

here with a smaller environmental footprint and with greater benefit to our own economy. We would like to see the next policy framework do much more to develop our food system’s capacity to develop and retain domestic markets for Canadian farm products. Improving our processing, storage and distribution capacity along with creating and strengthening effective, farmer-controlled marketing institutions will provide the infrastructure needed for Canadian farmers in every province to provide more food to their urban neighbours. These investments will be strategic, as they will reduce the risks of food shortages and sharp price increases resulting from our reliance on distant suppliers that are vulnerable to climate change.

Social licence We are aware that “social licence” is on the ministers’ radar. We urge you to avoid providing Strategic Initiative dollars for a public relations approach to consumer concerns. Instead, ensure that the fundamentals that earn consumers’ trust in the food system are in place — an accountable, transparent, regulatory system where rules are both created and properly enforced to protect the public interest. Any Strategic

Initiative program funding in relation to social licence issues should be used to help develop or enhance the kinds of farming practices that respond to consumer demand. Climate change is having evergreater impacts on farmers as we experience severe weather and climate effects more frequently. We would like disaster relief programs to reflect the reality that some disasters create problems that last longer than one year. Increased total funding as well as program design changes should be put in place to recognize the need for multiyear assistance. We also recommend that all strategic investments be evaluated for their impact on climate change. Projects should not be approved if they would increase GHG emissions. Instead, the priority should be on initiatives that help farmers and others in the food industry reduce their GHG emissions. The new policy framework should also include Strategic Initiative funds to help farmers adapt to climate change effects such as flooding, drought, new insect and disease problems, less predictable frost dates, lack of snow cover — through research, education and outreach — not by product development and commercialization.

Once again, big crops cost extra for the U.S. taxpayer Longtime observers of the farm economy say it’s cheaper to control production than to offset low prices BY HARWOOD D. SCHAFFER AND DARYLL E. RAY

he board of directors of the U.S. National Farmers Union passed a resolution on the farm economy at its June meeting. In part, the ratified resolution calls for “corrective action and evaluation of price support levels” so that farm programs can serve to minimize the farm income drop.” Fa r m e r s h a v e b e c o m e alarmed about the farm economy as net farm income has plummeted from $123.3 billion in 2013 to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) 2016 forecast of $54.8 billion, a decline of $68.5 billion. If net farm income comes in as forecast, it would be the lowest since 2002’s $39.1 billion. In 1996, net farm income was $59.0 billion, $4.2 billion higher than the current forecast, two decades later. July 1, 2016 saw September 2016 corn futures close at a

contract low of $3.60 a bushel, a decline of nearly 82 cents over a little more than two weeks as the result of betterthan-anticipated weather and good crop development throughout the Corn Belt. The June 30 USDA report that planted acreage for corn and soybeans was two million acres higher than indicated in March did not help. On July 1 cash corn at Jewell, Iowa closed at $3.10 per bushel while the price was $3.06 in Truman, Minnesota. Farmers in Berthold, North Dakota were offered $2.65. If we see average weather during corn pollination coupled with adequate moisture, prices could fall even further. We could see corn in the upper $2 range across a wide swath of the Corn Belt.

Back to boom-bust We point out the current crop price situation — corn is not alone in this — not to depress our farm readers even more than they already are but to

raise the issue of the purpose of agricultural policy. Without a means to manage crop production, we are back to the boom-bust cycles that have plagued farmers from time immemorial: a few years of high prices followed by a much longer period of low prices. We know that some have always felt that the government needs to stay out of agriculture and that a larger group of people opposes public policies that would use market triggers to manage crop production. Many in this latter group have instead supported policies that result in the government shelling out bushels of money when net farm income is well above the cost of production while providing little support when the bottom falls out of the market. It is our observation that policies developed by those who oppose price support/supply management programs invariably end up costing significantly more than policies that take into account the nature of

crop agriculture. In this matter, we adhere to the old adage, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Over the last 20 years, welltailored policies that modestly reduced production while accumulating a reasonable level of crop reserves would have ended up costing significantly less than the various agricultural policy configurations we have seen, beginning with 1996’s “Freedom to Farm,” while providing farmers with better protection than they are currently experiencing. When corn prices shot up above $4 a bushel in response to the ethanol boom in the last half of the previous decade, it was tempting to think that agriculture was entering a new era, price/income problems were a thing of the past, and all we had to do was to provide farmers against in-season income declines. Unfortunately, like with all previous “new eras,” it did not take long for the old problems

to return. Without the drought of a couple of years ago, the day of reckoning would have come sooner. This is not to say that a scorching pollination period, very dry weather or an exceptionally early frost could not result in higher prices this fall. Any one of these conditions could have that result. But a look at the history of crop agriculture shows us that the biggest problem is not an in-season price decline, but rather an extended period of time where prices remain well below the cost of production. We need to establish agricultural policies that will provide support during those extended periods. Harwood D. Schaffer is a research assistant professor in the Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee. Daryll E. Ray is emeritus professor, Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, and is the former director of the Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC). www.agpolicy.org

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

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this spring. Previous governments also held industry consultations, but did not permit media to attend. Some themes were immediately apparent as participants brainstormed and discussed issues they face in their respective sectors. One resurgent theme was maintaining consumer trust and social licence in a world where social media allows for a vast number of opinions to be expressed by those without first-hand farm experience. “So the other word that comes up a lot of course is education,” said Eichler, reflecting on the desire of industry stakeholders to be heard amid the online din, either by individual producers telling their stories, programs like Ag In The Classroom, or the possibility of government initiatives aimed at giving consumers more information. “Transparency is no longer an option,” added Deputy Minister Dori Gingera-Beauchemin, who spoke about how the idea of trust has evolved. Participants were then asked to give feedback and direction on the issue.

Consumer challenge Jake Wiebe operates a chicken farm near New Bothwell and said producers are often at the mercy of public opinion, noting that he has worked to open his farm up to consumers by installing an observation window in his broiler barn. “This topic is a pretty passionate topic, anyone involved in animal agriculture realizes that,” he told other industry stakeholders. “But it’s good to have a variety of people at

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Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler (standing) listens to stakeholder concerns during an industry consultation in Portage la Prairie. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

the table, because you’re challenged to think outside of your farming zone.” However, even when public opinion backs farmers it doesn’t mean that trade barriers won’t stymie production or exports, he said, referring to the BSE crisis that saw the U.S. close its border. Jean-Marc Ruest of Richardson International said the provincial government has an important role to play in navigating trade issues — a role that begins by talking to stakeholders. “On the export side of things, the province has to ensure that obstacles to trade internationally or domestically are addressed in a reasonable fashion,” Ruest said. “And the provincial government is a very effective advocate to the federal government with respect to issues that impact provincial agriculture.” Ruest also stressed that the provincial government has to create a regulatory environment that allows for innovation, something that many other stakeholders echoed.

“I think the issue of supporting science-based innovation and regulation is very important, that is the way to send a clear signal that we’re prepared to attract investment in Manitoba,” he added. Daryl Domitruk, Manitoba agriculture’s director of research and marketing intelligence, asked stakeholders to discuss how they want to use technology as an industry. “Do we want to be discovering new technology? Developing new technology? Or do we just want to be adopters? What are our values on this continuum? And more important, what are our risk profiles?” Eichler said the next step for him will be to work with staff to distil the feedback provided during industry consolation, so he can bring that information to his counterparts at the upcoming federal-provincialterritorial ministers’ meeting. “This is an opportunity to get it right,” he said. “We want to just take it to the next level.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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KAP president Dan Mazier said he supports the concept. “One good advantage here is that it was piloted in Manitoba, we backed away for a while and now we have a chance to make this a really good madein-Manitoba program that is tailored to our geography and our problems. I think it is a really good program to look at,” Mazier said. But he added that there is a long way to fruition, with the largest obstacle being its estimated $25-million price tag. “The big question of course is, ‘Where is this money coming from?’ But, there are a number of different entities at play here and if they feed programs like this as a preemptive movement to try and mitigate risks presented by Mother Nature, there is a lot of possibility but it will be a long road,” Mazier said. Ellis says it is ALUS Canada’s goal to see the program funded through a number of streams, not solely on the backs of the federal and provincial governments. “It is our goal that this program be funded through a large spectrum of sources. So, not solely by government or philanthropic contributions but a combination of government, corporate, individuals and also new markets, which the government has a role in creating,” Ellis said.

Program structure Projects under ALUS usually involve marginal land with little to no potential for profit. Previous examples would be wetland restoration, pollinator projects, tree planting, repairing buffers and modified agricultural processes. “Most of our projects are in marginal or eco-sensitive land. We do not want to create tensions between food production and ecosystem production, so we mainly do our projects on the margins,” Ellis said. ALUS programs are developed by local communities to respect local agricultural and environmental priorities and are delivered by producers. “We know that farmers and ranchers are in the best position to deliver ecosystem services,” Ellis said. “Each ALUS community has a Partnership Advisory Committee (PAC) leading it and the rule of thumb is that each PAC should be made up of at least 50 per cent farmers. The others are made up of representatives from municipal and agricultural board reps and nongover nment organizations with interest in agriculture or conservation.” E llis said ALUS Canada would work with local communities to supply the framework, funding, communication support and federal and provincial government relations, leaving the PAC to determine specific goals for the region. “Everything that we do is geared towards outcomes on the ground, delivered by farmers and ranchers in a program that was developed by farmers and ranchers,” Ellis said.

“Most of our projects are in marginal or ecosensitive land. We do not want to create tensions between food production and ecosystem production.”

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In current ALUS projects, the PAC also makes decisions about producer payments and according to Ellis, most are set on a payment per acre at this time. “It is generally based on land rental rates for marginal land and then some sort of variation if we are looking at modified agricultural practices on productive land,” she said. “As ALUS grows and these markets are more defined, because right now there are not really hard prices for a lot of these ecological services, then our pricing will get more sophisticated as well.”

Changes coming soon Ellis says ALUS Canada has recently been working with civil servants putting together background information on how the program can be run and has plans to meet with a few different ministers later this month. “The government commitment is very exciting and I think there is an opportunity to do large-scale work here that would be beneficial not only to the environment but also in terms of keeping costs for infrastructure lower, so it is a great opportunity and if Manitoba does it right, it will be something that should be recognized on a global scale,” Ellis said. Eichler says this project is certainly on his radar and hopes an ALUS-like program will be ready to go by the spring of 2017. “We’re hoping, we have a lot to do… it’s very ambitious,” Eichler said. “But we’ll have those conversations prior to the spring, and it depends on what legislation we have to bring in place to move it forward.” jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

Dairy support price gets second bump of year Producers see lower prices on increased surplus milk protein sales STAFF

acing depressed world prices for milk, Canada’s dairy farmers can expect a boost of about 2.76 per cent in their overall revenue from industrial milk sales starting this fall. The Canadian Dairy Com mission on July 15 announced an unusual second increase this year in the support prices it sets for butter ($8.0062 per kilogram, up from $7.7815 currently) and skim milk powder ($4.5302 per kilogram, up from $4.4176). The adjustments, effective Sept. 1, are expected to push up dairy producers’ revenue for the industrial milk they

Global dairy prices fall on subdued demand Buyers have ample supplies and are in no rush to buy

supply to make products such as yogurt, cheese, ice cream, butter and skim milk powder. The butter support price was previously boosted effective Feb. 1, more than offsetting a substantial cut in the skim milk powder support price at that time. The increases, according to commission chairman Alistair Johnston, are meant to offset a “significant reduction in producer revenues in the last year.” That reduction, the commission said, was due in part to increased sales of surplus milk protein into low-priced markets dur ing a per iod of decreases in world milk prices.

However, Johnston added, the lower revenue for producers is partly offset by “a declining cost of production, which allowed us to limit the price adjustment.” Restaurants Canada, a longtime critic of Canada’s supply management system and dairy pricing frameworks, warned in a separate release July 15 the new support price hikes will cost its members through higher prices for cheese, yogurt, ice cream and butter. “Cheese is being priced off the menu and another price increase is only going to fur ther dr ive down demand,” said Pierre Cad ieux, the industry group’s vice-president.

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n Appeals Court has rejected a bid by two former Iowa egg industry executives to throw out their three-month prison sentences after their company Quality Egg LLC caused a nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010. By a 2-1 vote, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Paul, Minnesota said July 6 that prison time was appropriate for Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his son Peter for negligently failing to prevent the outbreak, which sickened thousands. The DeCosters pleaded guilty in June 2014 to selling contaminated food across state lines, a misdemeanour. Federal guidelines recommended up to six months in prison, but the DeCosters said no time was appropriate because they had not known their eggs were contaminated at the time of shipment. “Congress recognized the importance of placing the burden on corporate officers to protect consumers who are wholly helpless from purchasing adulterated food products which could make them ill,” Circuit Judge Diana Murphy wrote. “The public has a right to expect a heightened degree of foresight and care.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

‘Hay Day’ came early, but haying came late Green Gold program issues final report for 2016

KAP lobbies for increased funding for GF3 Keystone Agricultural Producers passed 11 new resolutions at the recently held summer advisory meeting held in Brandon on July 13 BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff/Brandon

By the end of testing, most alfalfa fields were in the late-bud stage or starting to flower.

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his year’s hay crop got off to an early start, but you can’t say the same for hay harvest. The Manitoba Forage & Grassland Association last week issued the final report for the Green Gold program, which tracks progress of the province’s alfalfa crop. Participating producers submit twice-weekly samples for testing of relative feed value (RFV ), and the MFGA

declares ‘Hay Day’ when RFV reaches the optimum of 150. Crop progress is reported twice weekly by email and through media, including the Co-operator website and daily newsletter. The MFGA report said Hay Day was about a week earlier than average this year, arriving on May 30 in the eastern region, June 2 in the central region and June 1 in the western/Interlake region. The crop averaged 25 inches in height by Hay Day and by

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the end of testing, most fields were in the late-bud stage or starting to flower. However, “Rain in early June delayed the first cut across the province until June 6 into the third week of June. Most of the alfalfa harvest was limited to silage production with only two to three days without rain at a time. Dry hay harvest has been difficult to impossible,” the report said. For more information on the program, visit mfga.net/ green-gold-program/.

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embers at Keystone Agricultural Producers summer advisory meet ing here last week heard an update on lobbying efforts for the new Growing Forward 3 (GF3) program. “We have delivered our messages to senior policy staff from Agriculture and Agri-Food Can ada and Manitoba Agriculture in June and yesterday we attended an official stakeholders’ meeting,” KAP president Dan Mazier told the meeting of about 50 members. “This is all in preparation for the upcoming federal-provincial territorial meeting.” Mazier said KAP is seeking improvement in the areas of the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) programming, funding for farm safety programming and changes to Business Risk Management (BRM) programs. “With regards to BRM, we are stressing that the cuts made to AgriInvest and AgriStability in the current Growing Forward 2 have undermined the program. Producers don’t see a reasonable chance for trading their payment for AgriStability and are pulling out of the program,” Mazier said. “We need to know there are programs that will help in challenging times and we have made a number of key recommendations, which include restoring AgriStability’s trigger to 85 per cent of historical reference margins and eliminating the reference margins limitations.” Mazier said KAP has also put forward recommendations on investing in research and enhancing Canada’s reputation in food production at home and abroad.

Membership up Producers at the meeting reported generally good overall crop conditions, but there were concerns over hay quality as well as the return of the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus. “There was Canadian Food

KAP president Dan Mazier addresses members during the organization’s summer advisory meeting on July 13 in Brandon. photo: jennifer paige

Inspection Agency protocol in place to deal with PED but it was lifted earlier this summer and we have since seen three new cases,” Mazier said. “I stressed to (federal ag) Minister MacAulay the importance of retaining this protocol and we will assist Manitoba Pork in any way we can with further lobbying efforts.” KAP general manager James Battershill reported continued growth in membership numbers. “Membership to the end of June 2016 currently sits at 3,553 fully paid members. We are 10 per cent higher than we were at this time last year,” Battershill said. Members passed 11 new resolutions that included timelier weed management in rural municipalities, upgrades to Highway 283, and increasing the organization’s monetary support to farmers with disabilities and Camp Wannakumbac. Another passed resolution will see KAP supporting the creation of a soybean-processing plant. Members also voted for the organization to further lobbying for an increase in funding for GF3 in order to keep up with inflation and cover the costs of the expanding range of programs. “All of these issues are so important to our industry and KAP will be working over the next year to further promote our position, as well as ensure the best possible outcome for GF3,” Mazier said. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

WHAT’S UP Please forward your agricultural events to daveb@fbcpublishing.com or call 204-944-5762. July 24-28: Chicken Farmers of Canada summer meeting, Delta Toronto, 75 Lower Simcoe St., Toronto. For more info visit www. summermeeting2016.ca. July 27: Parkland Crop Diversification Foundation annual field day, 1 p.m. (lunch at noon), Rd. 148N, three miles south of Roblin. For more info contact James Frey at 204-247-0436 or email pcdf@mymts.net. July 28: Horticulture School, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 370 River Rd., Portage la Prairie. For more info or to pre-register (required), call 204-745-5663. July 29-31: Manitoba Youth Beef Roundup Weekend, Neepawa. Includes cattle show and educational workshops. Entry deadline July 10. For more info call 204-728-3058. Aug. 19: Manitoba Sheep Association annual general meeting, 6:30 p.m.,

Portage Fair Grounds, Portage la Prairie. For more info call 204-4219434 or email mb@mbsheep.ca. Sept. 15: Free First Aid for Horses Clinic with Dr. Dave Snell, 7 p.m., Poco-Razz Farm, 130 Greenview Rd., Winnipeg. For more info or to register (required) call 204-255-4717. Sept. 18-21: ABIC 2016: Agricultural Bioscience International Conference, FargoDome, 1800 N. University Dr., Fargo, N.D. For more info visit abic2016.com. Oct. 4-6: Canadian Agricultural Safety Association annual conference, Rodd Charlottetown, 75 Kent St., Charlottetown, P.E.I. For more info visit conference.casa-acsa.ca. Nov. 15-17: Canadian Forage and Grassland Association annual conference, Fairmont Winnipeg, 2 Lombard Place, Winnipeg. For more info visit canadianfga.com/CFGA_Conf/.

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

North Interlake drainage issues to be addressed Pilot program aims to improve water management in the RM of Bifrost-Riverton BY SHANNON VANRAES Co-operator staff

recent announcement is a watershed moment for a largely producer-led group seeking to reduce flooding and increase agricultural productivity in Manitoba’s Interlake region. The federal and provincial governments have announced $1 million in Growing Forward 2 funding for a pilot project in the Rural Municipality of BifrostRiverton, which aims to improve drainage and address other waterrelated issues affecting farmers. Bifrost Agricultural Sustain ability Community Service Cooperative will use the money in a number of areas over the next three years. Eric Fridfinnson heads the organization and said the area is facing a number of problems when it comes to managing surface water. “The municipality really is kind of the valley, or the drainage sys-

FESTIVALS Contact us with your event, dates, location and contact info at news@fbcpublishing.com. July 21: Hamiota Fair. Call 204-7642642 or visit www.hamiota.com. July 21-24: Manitoba Stampede and Exhibition, Morris. Call 1-866-657-4741 or visit www. manitobastampede.ca.

tem, for some of the high lands to the west, north and a bit to the south, they all drain in here... so there is a fair bit of water that comes from outside the area,” he said. “We have also been, or tend to be, blessed with a fair bit of rainfall as well.” One thing the municipality hasn’t been blessed with in recent years is infrastructure funding, but Fridfinnson said the pilot project will allow for the rehabilitation of more than 330 kilometres of municipal drains and ditches. “Over the past several decades — when a lot of water management and planning structures were put in place in many parts of the province — we seemed to miss out on that, so we really seem to have a fair bit of an infrastructure deficit here, which is probably one of the main problems,” he explained. The pilot project will also examine the affects that various agricultural practices have on excess moisture, as well as which crops

“We’ve seen a lot of money be paid out by crop insurance and by other government programs, when improvements to our infrastructure might make a lot of that unnecessary and actually cost a lot less.” Eric Fridfinnson

are best suited to the area’s high moisture levels. “For this year we’re looking at a new sunflower variety that is supposed to be resistant to moisture and is quite an early variety too,” Fridfinnson said. “We are also looking at water tolerance between different crops like flax, and also some work on seeding rates and the ability of plants to recover or to deal with excess moisture at different seeding rates.” How to better mitigate soil erosion and reduce nutrient run-off will be investigated as well.

Fridfinnson said a project manager has been hired and is working with the co-operative and the municipality to plan future actions. Currently he is assessing and surveying existing water-related infrastructure. The co-operative has been working towards better water management for several years, and said the groundwork for the most recent investment began under the previous provincial government and was signed off on by current Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler. “We are committed to finding

effective solutions to deal with chronic excess moisture, to help reduce the devastating effects on farm families and the rural economy,” said Eichler. “This project supports on-farm competitiveness and profitability and may offer lessons that can be applied in other parts of the province dealing with similar challenges.” Fridfinnson, who farms near Arborg, said it’s been frustrating to see crops losses year after year because a lack of infrastructure doesn’t allow rainfall to be effectively channelled into or away from agricultural endeavours. “We’ve seen a lot of money be paid out by crop insurance and by other government programs, when improvements to our infrastructure might make a lot of that unnecessary and actually cost a lot less,” he said. “And I think that has been recognized by both levels of government, we’ve had great support for the program. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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July 22: Harding Fair. Call 204838-2241 or visit hardingfair@ inethome.ca. July 22-24: Manitoba Sunflower Festival, Centennial Park, Altona. Call 204-324-9005 or visit altona.ca. July 23: Oak Lake Fair. Call 204-855-2030 or email oaklakeagsociety@gmail.com. July 23: Fannystelle Funfest, 17 Main Ave. W., Fannystelle. Call 204-436-2202. July 24: Cypress River Fair. Call 204-743-2123 or email truelove@ mymts.net. July 26: Elkhorn Fair. Call 204845-2622 or 204-748-5131 or email shenry10@yahoo.ca. July 28-31: Northwest Roundup and Exhibition, Swan River. Call 204-734-3718 or visit www. northwestroundup.ca. July 28-31: Manitoba Threshermen’s Reunion and Stampede, Manitoba Agricultural Museum, Austin. Visit ag-museum.com. July 29-30: Fire and Water Music Festival, Community Centre, 25 McArthur Ave., Lac du Bonnet. Visit firenwater.ca.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

LIVESTOCK MARKETS (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 88.00 - 92.00 D3 Cows 80.00 - 87.00 Bulls 116.00 - 122.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) 155.00 - 178.00 (801-900 lbs.) 165.00 - 185.00 (701-800 lbs.) 170.00 - 195.00 (601-700 lbs.) 185.00 - 204.00 (501-600 lbs.) 190.00 - 207.00 (401-500 lbs.) 190.00 - 207.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) 135.00 - 150.00 (801-900 lbs.) 142.00 - 158.00 (701-800 lbs.) 145.00 - 169.00 (601-700 lbs.) 155.00 - 174.00 (501-600 lbs.) 155.00 - 185.00 (401-500 lbs.) 160.00 - 190.00

Heifers

Alberta South 145.00 - 147.00 — 87.00 - 101.00 79.00 - 93.00 — $ 160.00 - 174.00 168.00 - 180.00 180.00 - 205.00 190.00 - 220.00 200.00 - 226.00 206.00 - 232.00 $ 148.00 - 159.00 154.00 - 168.00 160.00 - 180.00 164.00 - 187.00 174.00 - 200.00 180.00 - 208.00

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

Change 0.92 -0.15 0.07 0.07 0.15 0.03

Feeder Cattle August 2016 September 2016 October 2016 Novemeber 2016 January 2017 March 2017

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July 15, 2016

Previous Year 48,281 10,122 38,159 NA 556,000

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Close 141.70 141.10 139.98 137.20 133.80 132.38

Change -1.93 -1.55 -1.30 -1.65 -0.77 0.25

Week Ending July 9, 2016 604 25,286 17,757 693 794 6,329 195

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Previous Year 695 23,486 16,121 880 796 5,616 258

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) E - Estimation MB. ($/hog) MB (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.) MB (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.) ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.) PQ (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)

“There’s certainly a demand for feeder cattle, but offerings have been light.”

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Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending July 9, 2016 52,350 10,593 41,757 N/A 513,000

Futures support lower feeder price outlook Cattle are being left out to take advantage of good pasture conditions

Ontario $ 142.22 - 158.20 136.22 - 160.89 77.31 - 104.68 77.31 - 104.68 108.79 - 126.51 $ 158.29 - 179.16 154.47 - 187.95 154.93 - 191.02 164.34 - 221.56 182.64 - 236.29 174.10 - 230.22 $ 149.10 - 171.58 148.05 - 176.14 134.76 - 178.20 158.84 - 189.44 157.86 - 205.94 180.16 - 206.63

(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 15, 2016) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close August 2016 112.73 October 2016 112.08 December 2016 113.35 February 2017 113.23 April 2017 112.45 June 2017 106.33

Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

$1 Cdn: $0.7707 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.2975 Cdn.

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

EXCHANGES: July 15, 2016

Current Week 201E 186E 190.93

Last Week 206.68 190.98 195.14

Last Year (Index 100) 194.33 180.88 187.10

197.38

200.84

188.20

ith summer in full swing, the volume of cattle moving through auction marts was relatively low for the week ending July 15, especially for feeder cattle. “There’s certainly a demand for feeder cattle, but offerings have been light,” said Rick Wright, cattle broker with Heartland Buying Order Co. “A lot of the cattle have been turned out to the pastures and we won’t see them come back into the market until probably the first of September.” More butcher cattle have been moving recently, supporting higher prices. Good butcher cattle were trading between 90 and 95 cents per pound this week, Wright said. In the last 10 days, there has also been a 10-cent fluctuation on the rail, as they have been moving cattle in fairly good time, he added. “The exchange is the biggest influence on what’s happening in the cow market,” Wright said. “Numbers coming to market are probably higher than normal which is a little surprising with all the good pasture conditions that we’ve got.” Despite the upswing in value, buyers remain very cautious of the price, Wright said. “We’ve gone from two major turns of inventory at significant losses, so as (buyers) are… being much more disciplined in their buying,” Wright said. “You’ll see that trend continue straight through to the fall. We can expect to see considerably lower prices on the feeder cattle… than we saw last fall, and the futures market supports lower pricing.” Most cattle is moving west through to

Rick Wright Heartland

Alberta, but a few are moving south to the U.S., Wright said. “There are some feedlots that have got some pen space available because the fats have been moving out fairly well and they’re always looking to replace those animals,” he said. Excessive rain in parts of Manitoba has been making it very hard for hay producers to get their silage and hay crops up this season, Wright said. The volume and quality of hay in most areas look good, he said, however, there are increasing areas in western Manitoba that have received too much moisture and are starting to yellow. “It would be very beneficial right now if we could turn the rain off for two weeks and get some good, hot weather to boost growing conditions,” Wright said. For the week ahead, Wright said it will continue to be quiet going into August. “We may see some heavy earnings off the grass in August, and those would be 950- to 1,000-pound cattle that went out fairly heavy this year and will be sold just because they’ve hit the premium weight,” Wright said. “But we can expect light volumes for another three or four weeks for sure.” Erin DeBooy writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

Futures (July 15, 2016) in U.S. Hogs

Change

July 2016 August 2016 October 2016 December 2016

80.30 78.60 67.40 60.93

-0.75 -1.53 -2.07 -1.80

February 2017

65.13

-1.00

Other Market Prices Sheep and Lambs Winnipeg $/cwt Ewes Lambs

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

Wooled Fats

Next Sale August 3, 2016

Chickens Minimum broiler prices as of April 13, 2010 Under 1.2 kg..................................................$1.5130 1.2 - 1.65 kg....................................................$1.3230 1.65 - 2.1 kg....................................................$1.3830 2.1 - 2.6 kg.....................................................$1.3230

Turkeys Minimum prices as of July 17, 2016 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.970 Undergrade ........................................$1.880 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.960 Undergrade ....................................... $1.860 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.960 Undergrade ....................................... $1.860 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A................................................. $1.900 Undergrade...........................................$1.815 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto 99.42 - 136.30 148.69 - 169.22 194.88 - 210.78 202.20 - 228.66 191.78 - 252.67 —

SunGold Specialty Meats —

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

briefs

Feds and province fund Maple Leaf bacon plant STAFF / The governments of Canada and Manitoba have announced funding of $500,000 toward an expansion of Maple Leaf Food’s bacon-processing plant in Winnipeg. The announcement was made Monday at the plant by federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler. A release said Maple Leaf Food’s investment in the bacon line expansion project is valued at more than $5.9 million and is expected to be complete later this year.

The expansion is expected to create 34 new permanent, full-time jobs as well as 34 part-time jobs and is part of a larger $35-million expansion of the plant. “Part of the federal government’s plan to support the agriculture sector is to be a leader in job creation and innovation,” MacAulay said in the release. “I am pleased to announce this strategic investment that will mean more top-quality Canadian bacon in grocery aisles in Canada and across the world.” “The expansion reflects our shared commitment to producing high-quality food for the world in a safe and sustainable way,” Eichler said. “It also reinforces Manitoba’s place as

an important centre for food processing in Canada.” The ministers said this expansion will help increase exports of Canadian pork to highly valuable international markets. “Maple Leaf has invested more than $1 billion across Canada to build a highly competitive, sustainable, Canadian-headquartered company,” said Rory McAlpine, senior vice-president, government and industry relations, Maple Leaf Foods. “We appreciate the support from the Canadian and Manitoba governments, which played a direct role in helping our company create and sustain high-skilled jobs here in Manitoba and valueadded export opportunities globally.”

Goats Winnipeg (Hd Fats) Kids Billys Mature

Toronto ($/cwt) 99.80 - 262.15 — 116.82 - 233.93

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

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 44.00- 69.00 59.00 - 70.00

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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices

Heat forecasts support Chicago soybean market

Average quotes as of July 15, 2016 ($/tonne)

Over three-quarters of the U.S. crop is currently rated in good to excellent condition DAVE SIMS CNSC

CE Canada canola contracts eked out minor gains for the week ended July 15, with the exception of the frontmonth November contract which finished unchanged at US$470 per tonne. Weather issues were a prominent feature of the week as excess moisture in parts of Western Canada plagued some canola fields while soybean-growing areas of the U.S. braced for expected hot temperatures. Some U.S. forecasters were calling for temperatures in the Midwest to reach 100 F near the end of the month which is expected to be a crucial growing stage for soybeans. If the heat hangs around for too long yields will almost certainly go down. As well, the USDA slashed its estimate for the remaining soybean stockpile for 2015-16. This in turn gave canola a modest boost on ideas the amount of oilseed in North America wouldn’t be as high as initially thought. On the other side, canola felt some pressure from the Canadian dollar which finished higher for the week. The loonie was buoyed by the Bank of Canada’s decision to keep its overnight policy rate untouched at 0.5 per cent.

Basis

Cash

E. Manitoba wheat

182.53

208.06

25.53

W. Manitoba wheat

182.53

201.93

19.41

E. Manitoba canola

470.00

439.32

-30.68

W. Manitoba canola

470.00

435.21

-34.79 Source: pdqinfo.ca

Later in the week a few forecasters began to backtrack slightly on their predictions for the expected heat in the U.S. Midwest, saying they weren’t sure they would be hanging around for as long as initially thought. From a technical point of view, large funds were hanging to the short side, setting the stage for buying if and when canola contracts make a run towards the C$500-pertonne mark. In the U.S., wheat, soybeans and corn all finished below unchanged due to the improved weather outlook. Chicago Board of Trade soybeans were on a roller-coaster session rising and falling within ranges of 60 U.S. cents and then 47 U.S. cents on back-to-back days. The USDA’s monthly supply-and-demand report along with the differing weather outlooks were the primary factors for the volatility. Chicago Board of Trade corn contracts also recorded slight losses on the week due to the weather issues. Over three-quarters of the U.S. crop is currently rated in good to excellent condition, which was bearish for the market. U.S. wheat followed corn and soybeans lower while traders took profits on the final day as well. According to the USDA, 70 per cent of the U.S. wheat crop is rated in good to excellent condition. 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.

Future

Port Prices As of Friday, July 15, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

151.10

-2.75

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

213.75

-0.64

Canola Thunder Bay

457.30

14.70

Canola Vancouver

477.30

14.70

Closing Futures Prices

As of Thursday, July 14, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

470.00

14.70

ICE milling wheat

209.00

2.00

ICE barley

155.00

-11.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

181.97

1.75

Chicago SRW wheat

156.35

3.12

Kansas City HRW wheat

151.48

2.02

Corn

134.54

6.30

Oats

125.79

8.27

Soybeans

386.00

12.22

Soymeal

404.65

6.61

Soyoil

656.87

19.40

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Thursday, July 14, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

191.05

-15.43

Feed barley

168.10

-2.30

n/a

437.38

-0.79

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

Oats

166.00

1.95

Soybeans

428.44

-2.57

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

17.20

n/a

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

Ask

Western Canadian wheat bids tick lower CWRS basis levels across Western Canada range from C$13 to C$27 below the futures BY DAVE SIMS Commodity News Service Canada

pring wheat cash bids across Western Canada ended slightly lower for the week ended July 18, tracking choppy action in the U.S. futures. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were $1 to $2 per tonne lower, 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 C$200 per tonne in southeastern Saskatchewan, to as high as C$215 in parts of Alberta. Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but lost about $2 on average to range from $29 to $38 per

In Canadian dollars, CWRS basis levels across Western Canada range from $13 to $27 below the futures.

tonne above the futures when using the grain company methodology of quoting the basis as the difference between the U.S. dollar-denominated futures and the Canadian dollar cash bids. When accounting for currency exchange rates by adjusting Canadian prices to U.S. dollars (C$1=US$0.7730 as of July 18), CWRS bids were roughly US$182 per tonne; which was down by about $2 compared to the previous week. That would put the currencyadjusted 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 C$13 to C$27 below the futures. Average Canada Prairie Red Spring (CPRS) bids were roughly the same as the previous week. Average CPRS prices came in at about C$152 per tonne in Saskatchewan, and C$152 to C$180 per tonne in Alberta. Average durum prices were down by $2 to $6 per tonne, depending on the location, with bids in Saskatchewan

ranging from roughly C$259 to C$261 per tonne. The September spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, which most CWRS contracts in Canada are based off of, was quoted at US$4.9675 per bushel on July 15, down 2.75 cents per bushel from the previous week. The Kansas City hard red winter wheat futures, which are now traded in Chicago, are more closely linked to CPRS in Canada. The September Kansas City wheat contract was quoted at US$4.1375 per bushel on July 15, down 7.50 U.S. cents compared to the previous week. The September Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$4.2475 on July 15, which was down by 10.25 U.S. cents on the week. The Canadian dollar closed at 77.30 U.S. cents on July 18, which was up by roughly a quarter of a cent relative to its U.S. counterpart on the week.

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

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

Focusing on nutrition will also help the pasture World-renowned holistic management specialist says green is not the only right colour for grass

South African holistic management specialist, Ian Mitchell-Innes from South Africa, discussed management tactics with a group of Manitoba producers in Lenore on July 12. Photos: JENNIFER PAIGE

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff / Lenore

any graziers have a theory that if you look after the soil, the rest of the operation will take care of itself, but Ian MitchellInnes looks at it the other way around. “The biggest mistake that people make after learning about holistic management is they try and save the ground. I did this also when I first started out,” Mitchell-Innes told a recent workshop here. “But, then I shifted to really put the focus on animal performance, ensuring the cows were eating the right nutrients and rations, and the rest of the system looked after itself.” Mitchell-Innes spent more than 20 years operating his South African farm on holistic principles, and now travels the world sharing his knowledge on grazing management. “My passion today is to make sure that other farmers and ranchers don’t make the same mistakes as I made and make sure that they get the best animal performance at all times,” said Mitchell-Innes, who is on his second visit to Canada. He held a three-day workshop at the Lenore Community Hall, discussing various aspects of holistic management, mob grazing and soil health. He says the keys to grazing success are to develop a diversity of species in the pasture, ensure proper rest periods, balance green and brown feed and focus on animal performance.

“Having diversity in the pasture is huge — it is the most important thing,” Mitchell-Innes said. “If we look at natural prairie, it had massive variety of plants. That is what we should be aiming for.”

“I really suggest not staying focused on a species but on a mixed group of species for the best results.”

Select species — plural He says often producers are too focused on species selection when they should be looking at incorporating as many different species as they can. “Once a person looks at a certain species and gets fixated on that species, you run into problems. What you actually need is not an ideal species but a diversity of plants so that whatever weather and conditions are threatening us we have different plants that can continue growth.” Mitchell-Innes said that with a mixture of species growing together, root systems are stronger and the cattle will benefit from the variety of sugars and nutrients the different plants produce. “Different species will have different effects on animal performance at different times of the year. So, I really suggest not staying focused on a species but on a mixed group of species for the best results.” Rest is another key aspect to successful grazing. Mitchell-Innes said plants hold most of their energy in the top two-thirds of the plant and that cattle should be moved before grazing all the way to the base of the plant.

Ian Mitchell-Innes holistic management specialist

“You don’t want to graze down to the base of the plant as that is where the plant holds high levels of nutrients, including potassium, which can disturb the cows’ nutrient balance. If you graze too low you will see a potassium overload and your pastures will be overgrazed and require an extended rest period.” Mitchell-Innes said that if the plant is continually grazed, the roots will get shorter and shorter and the plant will eventually die. “Recover y time is extremely important. Overgrazing is a factor of time and not numbers. So, it doesn’t necessarily matter how many animals you have grazing but more the time we expose it to animals to the plants on an ongoing basis.”

Mix your colours For best animal performance, Mitchell-Innes recommends feeding cattle a balance of green pasture

grasses in combination with stockpiled grass or grass from the previous season. “Green grass without any brown does not supply sufficient oxygen levels to the animal. In the nutrition of an animal, all feed has an oxygen, hydrogen and protein value and we need a fixed value of 40.5 per cent oxygen to make sure that the animal’s metabolism is working correctly.” Mitchell-Innes warned producers to be patient with their holistic management plans. “Producers need to understand that working with nature takes time. Every part of the system has a learning curve to new procedures and it will take time for every part of the system to adjust to the new management techniques before you will really get to see the benefits.” jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

n/a

12-Jul

13-Jul

n/a

No. on offer

n/a

119

376*

n/a

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

140.00-160.00

150.00-165.00

n/a

800-900

n/a

165.00-180.00

168.00-183.00

n/a

700-800

n/a

145.00-171.00

180.00-195.00

184.00-198.00

n/a

600-700

n/a

150.00-172.00

190.00-205.00

187.00-207.00

n/a

500-600

n/a

195.00-213.00

n/a

400-500

n/a

180.00-205.00

n/a

300-400

n/a

125.00-145.00

129.00-148.00

n/a

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

n/a

140.00-155.00

139.00-156.00

n/a

700-800

n/a

155.00-165.00

160.00-173.00

159.00-174.00

n/a

600-700

n/a

135.00-170.00

165.00-180.00

168.00-182.00

n/a

500-600

n/a

140.00-168.50

n/a

175.00-186.00

n/a

400-500

n/a

130.00-182.00

n/a

300-400

n/a

No. on offer

n/a

D1-D2 Cows

n/a

81.00-96.50

88.00-96.00

86.00-93.00

n/a

D3-D5 Cows

n/a

70.00-87.00

81.00-85.00

n/a

Slaughter Market

Age Verified

n/a

87.00-96.00

n/a

Good Bulls

n/a

106.50-118.25

115.00-122.00

118.00-127.00

n/a

Butcher Steers

n/a

130.00-143.00

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

130.00-138.00

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

67.50-88.00

n/a

92.00-110.00

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

Heiferettes

n/a

101.00-125.00

n/a

* includes slaughter market

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

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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

The lowdown on preconditioning Preconditioned calves are healthier, grow faster, and grade higher — but can cow-calf producers make money on the practice? “Cow-calf producers are right in saying, ‘I’m not sure if I’m getting an appropriate premium for all the work I’m putting in to do the preconditioning.’”

BY JENNIFER BLAIR Staff / Calgary

an you make money preconditioning feeder calves? The answer depends on whom you talk to. Attendees at a University of Calgary conference last month were told about an Indiana producer who pocketed an extra $80 per calf by preconditioning his animals. “The producer realized that the more days he preconditioned those calves, the more money he made,” Dr. Mark Hilton, a veterinarian with Elanco Animal Health, said at the U of C Veterinary Medicine Beef Cattle Conference. But most Alberta producers aren’t fully preconditioning — a practice where a feeder calf is vaccinated, castrated, weaned, and fed from a feed bunk — because there’s not a strong economic incentive, said Dr. Cody Creelman of Veterinary Agri-Health Services in Airdrie. “Guys are very, very hesitant to keep their cattle around if they’re doing a preconditioning program where those cows are backgrounded for a little bit post-weaning before they’re shipped off — introduced to a bunk, introduced to stored feed and water troughs,” said Creelman.

Cody Creelman

“They say, ‘If one animal dies, that’s basically my entire profit margin for doing this preconditioning.’ They like to defer their risk in terms of mortality to the feedlot.” However, these two views aren’t irreconcilable — rather it’s all about the specifics, and the economics, of individual operations.

Indiana study In the case of the Indiana producer, who was the subject of an 11-year research project, “the profit was directly tied to average daily gain,” said Hilton. “The big deal in dollars with preconditioning calves is putting weight on those calves efficiently,” he said. Newly weaned cattle are “pretty darn efficient at putting a pound of gain on,” but as their

weights go up, so too do the costs per pound of gain. As a result, producers are generally better off taking advantage of those ‘cheap’ gains, he said. “Our cost of gain was very reasonable on these calves.” At the beginning of the project, the average daily gain was 1.2 pounds, but as the producer tweaked the feed ration and gained more experience with preconditioning, he “pushed three pounds a day of gain once we got those calves on a ration that was really good,” said Hilton. “Weight gain the first year was 58 pounds, and by the end (of the study), we were putting 200 pounds on these calves. That’s what really paid for him.” And as he added more days of feeding for those calves, his profit “tended to go up.”

An Indiana cattle producer made four times as much money from owning his preconditioned calves for two months than on owning his cows for a year, said Dr. Mark Hilton, with Elanco Animal Health. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

“We started out feeding these calves for 48 days, and then he decided that feeding for 70 days made him a lot more money.” But even with the increased g a i n a n d p re c o n d i t i o n i n g bonus, his profitability “really changed a lot over the years,” said Hilton, adding that feed costs were the No. 1 reason for that. “We don’t have much control over that, but I can control gain on those calves by putting them on a ration where they do really, really well,” said Hilton. “ We’re in charge of the

weight, and when we put weight on these calves, the owner made money.” By the end of the project, the producer “got $174.30 more for these calves than he would have.” “It cost him $93.60 to put that on, which gave him a net profit of $80.70 per calf. Over the years, that was about $90,000 extra,” said Hilton. By comparison, the producer made $20 per cow per year in his cow herd. Continued on next page »

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“He made $80 by owning a calf for 63 (extra) days. That’s four times as much money for owning a calf for two months versus owning a cow for a year.”

All work, no premium The biggest barrier for most Alberta producers is that auction marts don’t pay extra for preconditioned calves. “Cow - c a l f p ro d u c e r s a re right in saying, ‘I’m not sure if I’m getting an appropriate premium for all the work I’m putting in to do the preconditioning.’ That’s a very fair statement,” said Creelman. “What you would need to do is figure out for yourself what that cost actually is.” Producers are often guilty of not knowing their break-even costs, but it’s critical in a preconditioning program. “Mo s t i m p o r t a n t l y a s a cow-calf producer, you have to know your true input costs and figure out what works best for your system,” said Creelman. “Preconditioning might be really good for one person and they can make money at it, but they may not be able to do it in another system. “Before you implement a program, know what the cost is to do preconditioning.” In general, a 30-day preconditioning program costs about $ 5 0 a h e a d i n p ro d u c t i o n costs, including feed, veterinary care, yardage and interest, he said. “Each producer is going to have to figure out a number for themselves, and that’s the number you’re going to need to work with carr ying forward when you’re talking to a feedlot.” But the “real work” is in marketing those preconditioned calves. “It’s hard to get that premium back on your calves in a typical open auction mart system,” said Creelman, who advocates selling direct to feedlots using tools like e-sales and satellite auctions. That way, producers can track the performance of their calves through the system to command higher prices with that buyer in subsequent years. “I do think that’s the best system to be able to see the benefit from preconditioni n g ,” s a i d Creelman. “ You can say, ‘My break-even is $50. We followed these calves through last year and saw that they had pretty good carcass data and half the bovine respiratory disease and half the death loss that was average for your feedlot. If we calculate that all out, we get $100, so let’s meet in the middle at $75.’ “But that takes a lot of work and takes a lot of time to develop the relationships.” Producers need to remember that preconditioned does not always equal more money, he added. “ We’r e v e r y m a r k e t depende nt in our industry. Sometimes, doing all of these nice things on the cow-calf side can negatively impact your overall revenue,” said Creelman. “You do need to find the balance and recognize that you’re in a free-market system where things can change from year to year.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

Alberta cattle organizations in checkoff standoff Alberta Beef Producers wants a return to a non-refundable checkoff for all producers BY ALEXIS KIENLEN Staff

lberta Beef Producers, Alberta’s umbrella cattle organization, wants a return to a compulsory checkoff, but the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association has different ideas. That’s led to an impasse, putting the controversial matter in the hands of the provincial government. The former Conservative government ended compulsory, non-refundable farm organization checkoffs in 2009. ABP has asked the current NDP government to reinstate the compulsory checkoff, which funds ABP as well as national industry, research and promotional activities through the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and Canada Beef. At a meeting this spring, ABP proposed to the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association that a coun-

cil of ratepayers be formed, which would then decide how the money from the provincial $2-per-head checkoff be distributed. Alberta Cattle Feeders didn’t like the plan, so ABP presented it to the minister of agriculture. The provincial Ag Ministry has indicated it isn’t opposed to a non-refundable levy, but would like ABP and the cattle feeders to agree to the move. The impasse is frustrating and damaging to the beef industry, said ABP chair Bob Lowe. In the fiscal year that ended March 31, his organization refunded $2.33 million worth of checkoffs — a hefty 35 per cent of the total provincial levy it collected. Producers who identified themselves as cattle feeders took 88 per cent of the refunds (just over $2 million), while the remaining 12 per cent was taken by cow-calf producers. “Overwhelmingly, at our fall meetings, producers are directing us to get on with the pro

“We don’t have a problem with keeping the checkoff voluntary — it keeps people responsible and accountable.” Martin Zuidhof Alberta Cattle Feeders chair

cess of trying to get the checkoff back to non-refundable,” said Lowe. “We really wanted to go to the government with the cattle feeders by our side, but that wasn’t going to happen at that time.” Alberta Cattle Feeders, which is funded through voluntary membership, favours a refundable checkoff. “We don’t have a problem with keeping the checkoff voluntary — it keeps people responsible and accountable,” said ACF chair Martin Zuidhof. “A lot of the ABP money is spent internally,” said Zuidhof. “You can always throw out

generic statements like, ‘We need more money for research, promotion and marketing.’ How are we going to do that?” But the withdrawal of funds isn’t just hurting ABP, it’s hurting the entire industry, said Lowe. “It takes money to fight legal challenges. It takes money for research. Governments across the board are starting to demand industry funds. “If we don’t have any skin in the game, they won’t fund research. Industry has to fund it to such an extent before the government will put money in. It’s not ABP losing money, it’s the industry losing money.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

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

Has the damp pattern finally come to an end? Issued: Monday, July 18, 2016 · Covering: July 20 – July 27, 2016 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

s predicted, last week our region experienced yet another large, strong area of low pressure that brought plenty of clouds, showers and thundershowers, along with cooler-than-average temperatures. The big question is whether this low was the last and will we finally see a switch in our weather pattern? The answer is maybe... just maybe. The main words for this forecast period look to be high pressure with plenty of sunshine along with fairly w a r m t e m p e r a t u re s. T h i s doesn’t mean we won’t have any chances of rain. To begin with there will be weak high pressure in place over our region with a stronger area of high pressure to our east. This will give us plenty of sunshine along with high temperatures in the low 30s. Late on Friday and into Saturday morning the weather models are showing an area of low pressure sliding through North Dakota. This low will bring a chance

of thunderstorms to our region, with extreme southern regions having the best chance of rain. We’ll see a bit of a cool-down behind this low on Saturday and Sunday with highs expected to be in the low 20s. Then high pressure will continue to build in and slowly slide to the east over the weekend and into early next week. This will bring mainly sunny skies and warming temperatures with highs expected to be back in the upper 20s or even the lower 30s by Tuesday. The current weather models are showing a weak area of low pressure moving through southern and central regions on Wednesday, but confidence in this is very low. At most I would expect partly cloudy skies with the odd shower from this system. Usual Temperature Range for this Period Highs: 23 to 31 C Lows: 13 to 18 C Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park. Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.

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This map shows crop heat units as a percentage of normal since May 15. Except for small cool areas in Manitoba, western Alberta and the Peace River region, growing-season heat has been about normal for most of the Prairies this year.

Looking at clouds... continued

Part two of a look at cloud types and their many combinations and variations BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

ell, I’m still in the mountains, and let me tell you, trying to forecast the weather has not been easy! But more on that when I have a good Internet connection, otherwise here is our continued look at clouds. Starting at the top, let’s take a closer look at high clouds. These clouds, as we have learned, are known as cirrus clouds. The most common type is simply called cirrus. These are those high wispy clouds that often look like they’ve been stretched or blown out into long streamers — what is often referred to as “mares’ tails.” The reason for this appearance is that cirrus clouds are made up of tiny ice particles that are easily blown about by the strong upper-level winds. Cirrus clouds will generally travel west to east as they are blown along with the prevailing westerly winds. Generally, they are associated with fair weather, but they can also signal the approach of stormy weather. Cirrus clouds can be blown off the tops of thunderstorms and stretch out for several hundred kilometres ahead of the storm. Approaching areas of low pressure can also be preceded by cirrus clouds. In both cases, cirrus clouds slowly thicken and are replaced with lower clouds, so when this happens, there is a good chance that wet weather may be moving in.

High level Along with everyday cirrus clouds we also have cirrostratus clouds. These are high-level clouds that cover the whole sky like a sheet. These thin clouds are also

made up of ice crystals and are usually thin enough that you can see the sun and moon through them. With these clouds we’ll often see halos around the sun and the moon. Since these clouds are a thicker form of cirrus clouds, the arrival of the cirrostratus clouds usually means a storm system is moving in — especially if they are followed by lower cloud types. Cirrocumulus clouds are small, white, puffy, high patchy clouds, often found in rows in the sky.

Middle level Dropping down in the atmosphere we come to our middle-level clouds. Here we really only have two main cloud types: altostratus and altocumulus. Altocumulus clouds are similar to cirrocumulus, though they tend to be somewhat larger and darker. Altostratus clouds are grey or sometimes blue grey and will usually cover the entire sky. With these clouds the sun or the moon can sometimes be dimly seen, but unlike cirrostratus clouds they will not produce a halo. Another way to determine if the clouds are altostratus or cirrostratus will be their colour, as cirrostratus tend to be white while altostratus will always be grey or blue grey. Altostratus clouds are often found just ahead of storm systems, so seeing this type of cloud move in will usually be the precursor to some kind of precipitation event.

Low level Finally let’s drop down to our low or stratus clouds. Like the alto and cirrostratus clouds, they will usually cover the entire sky with a uniform-looking cloud. Stratus clouds tend to be a uniform grey and are often compared to fog that does not

touch the ground. In fact, when fog rises and is no longer covering the ground, it becomes a layer of stratus clouds. Precipitation rarely falls out of stratus clouds, but we can see occasional drizzle with these cloud types. When stratus clouds thicken and become very heavy and wet looking, they are referred to as nimbostratus, which simply means stratus clouds that are producing rain. These are associated with continuous precipitation, whether it be rain or snow. While these types of clouds can be hard to see due to the falling precipitation, the fact that precipitation is falling pretty much tips us off as to the cloud type. As for the type of weather associated with nimbo stratus, well, rainy or snowy!

Variations Along with our 10 primary cloud types we can add a number of descriptors for all of the different variations. Here is a list of some (but not all) of these terms: • Capillatus — Cumulonimbus cloud with cirriform top. • Calvus — Cumulonimbus with puffy rounded top. • Incus — Cumulonimbus with flat anvillike top. • Pileus — Small cap-like cloud over a cumulonimbus cloud. • Mammatus — Bag-like clouds that hang from the underside of the cloud. • Arcus — Low, horizontal cloud formation that precedes a thunderstorm. • Congestus — Moderate development and heaped into cauliflower shapes. • Fibratus — Thin fibrous-type clouds. • Fractus — A ragged, torn appearance. • Uncinus — Hook-shaped clouds. • Intortus — Clouds that appear all twisted up.

• Lacunosus — Clouds with open spots and ragged edges. • Lenticularis — These clouds will have the shape of a lens — can look like a UFO. • Humilis — Cumulus clouds with flat bases and a little bit of vertical growth. • Undulatus — Clouds in patches, sheets, or layers showing undulations. • Translucidus — Clouds that cover the sky and are translucent enough to see the sun or moon. • Castellanus — Clouds with vertical development producing several towers of clouds which often look like small castles. These descriptor words are usually added to the end of our main cloudtype names. For example, if we have stratus clouds that have a ragged or torn appearance, we could call them stratus fractus clouds. If we see several cumulus clouds together growing vertically we could call them cumulus castellanus clouds. Some of these cloud descriptor terms may be used on their own. A couple of examples of this would be mammatus clouds, which we occasionally see with thunderstorms, or cumulonimbus clouds and lenticular clouds, which are usually seen near mountains. In the case of mammatus clouds, which can be associated with several of our main cloud types, they should be described technically with the main cloud type first and then the term mammatus should follow it (i.e. cumulonimbus mammatus) but most of the time you will simply see them reported or described as mammatus clouds. Hope you have fun trying to identify the different cloud types!

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

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No quick fix for a thin canola stand Under the right conditions, a thin plant stand may actually outperform a thicker one By JENNIFER BLAIR Staff / Lacombe, Alta.

revention is worth a pound of cure when it comes to a thin plant stand in your canola crop — because there really is no cure once the plants have emerged. “There’s a number of different things you can do to prevent a thin plant stand, but as far as a rescue, there’s nothing that’s a magical fix once you don’t have those plants,” said Murray Hartman, oilseed specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. In a typical year, a plant stand that’s below the recommended seven to 14 plants per square foot will knock down your yield, but there are other “repercussions for thin stands,” said Hartman, who spoke at canolaPALOOZA in late June. “You might have a thin stand, and if it had been thicker, you might not have had to spray your There’s no silver bullet for fixing a thin plant stand once the plants have emerged, herbicide a second time,” he said, says Alberta provincial oilseed specialist Murray Hartman. PHOTO: JENNIFER BLAIR adding that things like spray timing, swathing timing, and desiccation are also impacted by plant way of predicting what’s going to gence, often your best bet is to cut happen.” density. your losses, said Hartman. “If your emergence has been less And there’s no silver bullet for “If you know there’s poor conachieving that optimum plant than you’ve expected, you might ditions early in the year and you think about whether you’re seed- know you’re going to get poor density. “It varies depending on the ing too deep or putting too much emergence, sometimes a thin conditions. There’s not a magical fertilizer in with the seed row,” said stand is the more economic Hartman. number,” said Hartman. choice,” he said. “Those are things that are actu“The first four or five plants per “If you’ve got 40 per cent emersquare foot are going to get you ally killing the seed. You paid $12 a gence, you’re putting on a lot of to about 90 or 95 per cent yield pound for the seed and then you’re seed and only 40 per cent of it’s potential. But to get to that next going to kill it by seeding it too coming up. And because it’s poor five per cent, sometimes you have deep?” emergence, when you’re putting Things like moisture at the time more seed in the ground to try to to double the seeding rate. That’s not really cost effective with the of seeding, disease, frost mortality, get up to a target density, you have insects, herbicide residues, straw to put a lot of seed in the ground. price of seed.” In some cases, producers may management and human error “At that point, you have to be not take into account the 1,000 can all reduce emergence, he said. satisfied with a bit of a thin stand “Now all of a sudden your effec- under these poor conditions.” kernel weight when seeding, he ® tive stand is thinner added. Pioneer® hybrid 45H33 and NEW Pioneer hybrid than 45CS40you featureAnd the sometimes, you can get a expected, but you can go back “If you want to prevent a thin “really high yield from a really poor ® built-in Pioneer Protector clubroot resistance traits. Both also have very stand, take a look at the 1,000 ker- and readjust how you’re managing plant stand” — which was the case good standability of harvest, high yield potential, for across some of thosewith factors.” nel weight. Don’t get caughtfor byease many growers in 2015, when having a much bigger seed andCall notyour local Pioneer Hi-Bred sales representative growing conditions started out Western Canada. your losses adjusting for it.” poorfarm! but were “really good from today to see how Pioneer®Cut hybrid 45H33 or NEW 45CS40 can fit on your Emergence is another factor But once you’re facing poor grow- midsummer on.” — one where “you often have no ing conditions and poor emer“A canola plant senses its neigh-

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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

Demonstrating the benefits of growing winter wheat in Westman Ducks Unlimited recently partnered with a Brandon-area farmer to illustrate how winter wheat can be a positive addition to your crop rotation BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff/Brandon

hy waste three months of sunlight on bare ground when you could grow some profit? That is the notion a number of western Canadian producers have begun to experiment with, including Forrestarea producer Ryan Boyd, who says he’s seen several benefits from adding winter wheat into his rotation. “Looking at dollars and cents I think it has a lot of potential, and I definitely like having winter wheat in the ground to give us some options in the spring,” Boyd said at a June 30 Ducks Unlimited (DU) field tour at his farm. Organizer Michael Thiele, DU grazing clubs co-ordinator, said the goal was to give other local producers a first-hand look at how Boyd has integrated winter wheat into his rotation. “Ryan probably won’t have a day here where there isn’t something green growing. From the first growing day in the spring, to freeze-up in the fall, and that has some enormous benefits in terms of yield, as well as for the environment,” Thiele said. DU has been involved in the promotion of winter wheat for several years and sees numerous benefits of having it growing in western Manitoba. “Ducks has been very active in supporting research into new varieties. I don’t think that is really well known but it is something they have been very committed to and put a lot of funding into,” Thiele said. DU has recently partnered with B a y e r C r o p S c i e n c e , t h e Mo s a i c Company Foundation and Richardson International to form the Western Winter Wheat Initiative (WWWI) with the goal of building awareness and credibility for winter wheat as a highly productive crop option for western Canadian farmers. “You may wonder why they would be interested in winter wheat. But, if you think of winter wheat versus spring wheat, it is better for duck habitat as there is no disturbance in the spring,” Thiele said.

Growing popularity In recent years winter wheat has been gaining popularity among Prairie producers as some find it to be an excellent agronomic and time management addition into their rotations. “We got into the winter wheat because we thought it would add to the crop rotation and looked liked the financial rewards were there. It really does add some good diversity to our cropping rotations,” Boyd said. According to the WWWI, winter wheat varieties have had a 21 per cent higher yield than Canadian Western Red Spring wheat over the past three years in the Prairie provinces. Producers have also found it to be a solution to moisture issues as they have been able to avoid late-seeding issues in years with wet springs. “If I plant the winter wheat, at least I have something in the field growing. That in itself made it a lower-risk crop with the alternative being nothing,” Boyd said.

On-farm examples This season, Boyd is growing two fields of winter wheat and as his fields progress, it is clear to see he likes to experiment with new ideas in crop production. His first field was sown with hairy vetch last fall and in the spring Boyd added peas and crimson clover.

Ducks Unlimited hosted a grazing tour at Ryan Boyd’s operation on June 30 to discuss the benefits and challenges of growing winter wheat in western Manitoba. Photos: Jennifer Paige

“We got into the winter wheat because we thought it would add to the crop rotation and looked liked the financial rewards were there. It really does add some good diversity to our cropping rotations.”

Ryan Boyd Forrest-area producer

“We seeded winter wheat on spring wheat from last year with the hairy vetch. We seeded the winter wheat at 150 pounds but we did have some issues with hair-pinning,” Boyd said. He seeded the wheat and hairy vetch last September and 60 pounds of peas and added two pounds of crimson clover on April 27. Boyd intends to combine the 80-acre field, which he has applied 25 pounds of phosphorus, 30 to 35 pounds of nitrogen, and five pounds of sulphur. “It is starting to take shape. It didn’t look like much all spring, but now the peas have filled in the cracks and in the past week they have really started to branch out and fill in.” Thiele says there are some real benefits to having more than one plant growing in a field at a time. “The more diversity you have, the more resiliencies you have in that system. If it is hot or dry or wet or cold, something will do better than something else. When you are locked into a system with one plant and the conditions are not perfect, you will obviously have problems,” Thiele said. Thiele also suggests red clover as another viable option to mix, noting that it is commonly used in Ontario with winter wheat. Boyd’s second field consisted of winter wheat that was sown with a hay mix. “I actually underseeded this to hay thinking we would get the hay established. We were planning to hay it for two years and that would clean up the wild oats and the cleaver we’d been seeing,” Boyd said. He seeded the wheat in the first week of September at 150 pounds per acre,

and has applied 120 pounds of nitrogen, 30 of phosphorus and five of sulphur but has not used any herbicide. “Other reasons winter wheat works for us is because it provides a herbicide rotation. Most years we are not spraying for wild oats in our winter wheat crop so that is a big benefit in terms of putting off the resistance that might be coming down the road.” Boyd says the crop’s earlier maturity also helps avoid the potential for grade losses due to early frost.

Winterkill not a big concern One of the biggest concerns for producers when contemplating introducing winter wheat is the risk of winterkill but Ken Gross, winter wheat expert and agrologist with DU, says Manitoba producers shouldn’t be overly concerned about this. “I have only seen one winter in Manitoba that we have had winterkill,” Gross said. “Most times what you see is that in the spring it will warm up, melt the snow, all that gets into the low spots, freezes and then you will see some kill in those low spots. That circumstance is much more common in Manitoba than true winterkill.” For those who may be thinking about integrating winter wheat, Thiele recommends visiting the WWWI website. “What we are doing is putting all of the agronomic information on the website for producers to see. You can go in there and see what other producers in the area are doing for things like fertility, rates of nitrogen, fungicides, seed treatment, seeding date, what they seeded into, what they did in the fall, what they did in the spring,” Thiele said.

Ducks Unlimited grazing club co-ordinator, Michael Thiele discusses the benefits of growing winter wheat during a field tour of Ryan Boyd’s operation near Forrest.

The website also offers up a production manual, survival model, calendar, seeding rate calculator, soil temperature guides, management timelines and a bushel/tonne converter. “All these things are very important and we have worked to gather all that information on there to answer some common questions,” Thiele said. “It is a good place to start. DU staff are also there to help you out and same with the other partners in the initiative.” The WWWI website can be found at, www.growwinterwheat.ca. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

Quinoa doing well so far this year Contracted acreage has tripled from last year, and prices are up 10 cents a pound BY ERIN DEBOOY Commodity News Service Canada

t’s a long way from its original home in South America, but the Prairie quinoa crop is doing well on increased acreage this year. There is only one company growing and producing quinoa in Canada, Northern Quinoa Corp. It’s grown and contracted small acreages of quinoa for the past 20 years, but the rising popularity of this socalled ‘superfood’ is changing that. “We have a total of 15,500 acres between (Alberta, Sask atchewan and Manitoba),” said Colin Dutcheshen of Northern Quinoa. “ That’s increased threefold; last year we had only around 5,100 acres.” Growers this year span from Peace River, Alta. to Fisher Branch, Man., Dutcheshen said early in July, and for the most part, quinoa crops were looking really good so far. “Saskatchewan and Manitoba have been getting a lot of wet weather right now… but it hasn’t been excessive for the

most part and with that, quinoa is coming along nicely,” Dutcheshen said. “It doesn’t particularly like overly wet, which it hasn’t been, and it’s not getting extra hot, which is a benefit right now because it’s going into its flowering stage.” There are 103 producers growing quinoa this year, Dutcheshen said. Most crops are in the northern parts of the provinces. Because it’s a fairly new crop in the Prairies, Dutcheshen said quinoa isn’t pressured by disease. “Disease won’t be a really big problem. If we get excessive rains that could be an issue; at the moment hail is our biggest concern,” Dutcheshen said. “We’re advising our growers to insure their crops for hail because that is something that can happen any time.” Northern Quinoa does everything under a production contract with farmers. Both area and price are higher this year. “We offer 70 cents per pound on production, which is up from last year’s 60 cents per pound,” Dutcheshen said.

U.S. GMO label law clears Congress Bernie Sanders rips the bipartisan bill as ‘unenforceable’ and ‘weak’ STAFF

law for mandatory labelling of foods for sale in the U.S. with genetically modified or otherwise “bioengineered” ingredients has cleared both houses of Congress and now goes to President Barack Obama. The U.S. House of Represen tatives on July 14 approved the Senate’s bipartisan bill S.764 by a 306-117 vote, sending it to the White House to be signed into law. The bill doesn’t yet include a clear date for when its provisions would take effect. The bill, once in effect, would overturn any label laws passed at the state level, including Vermont’s, which took effect July 1. “Averting a confusing patchwork of state labelling mandates serves the American economy, farmers and ranchers, and consumers well,” Senate agriculture committee chairman Pat Roberts said in a statement July 14. Senate ag committee ranking minority member Debbie Stabenow, who along with Roberts backed the bill through the Senate, hailed the law as “prevent(ing) a confusing patchwork of 50 different rules in each state.” The bill, she said, would set up a national, mandatory system of disclosure for food that contains GMO ingredients and close “glaring loopholes under the Vermont law which would have allowed tens of thousands of processed food products, like frozen dinners or entrees that contain meat and GMO ingredients, to go unlabelled.”

“Averting a confusing patchwork of state labelling mandates serves the American economy, farmers and ranchers, and consumers well.” Pat Roberts U.S. Senate agriculture committee chairman

Among the critics of Congress’s label law, Vermont’s Sen. Bernie Sanders recently panned it as “an unenforceable, confusing, weak piece of legislation paid for by the large food corporations in this country.” While the bill makes it a “prohibited act” to fail to disclose GMO information where required, Sanders noted it doesn’t impose any penalties for violations and allows companies to use QR codes, whose messages require a smartphone and QR app to read, to meet the label requirement. The bill requires foods with GMO ingredients to disclose that fact by way of a label with a “text, symbol, or electronic or digital link… with the disclosure option to be selected by the food manufacturer.” The bill also prohibits the label law from considering foods derived from animals to be GMO — if the sole reason for the label was to be that the animals in question had consumed GMO feed.

Manitoba’s fruit growers are expecting 2016 to tally good or better-than-average yields of strawberries, saskatoons, raspberries and cherries, despite persistent rain and lingering worries about a return of spotted wing drosophila. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

Growers vigilant for fly that can devastate fruit crops This season has had its share of disease and weather pressures, but above-average fruit crops are being reported BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

anitoba’s fruit growers are keeping a close eye for signs of spotted wing drosophila, aiming to avoid the toll the tiny fly took on fruit crops last year. Some growers have already detected it and have applied an approved insecticide to combat against another infestation, provincial fruit crops specialist Anthony Mintenko said July 14. The fruit crops industry development branch began monitoring for it more than a month ago. “It’s around. The numbers are still low... but they’re here,” he said. “Everyone definitely needs to be vigilant about it. We’re in the middle of July. That’s when we saw spikes last year.” Moisture and temperature conditions for the fly to flourish are also similar to 2015, although there have been more cool days than last year, he added. “We’re recommending growers start to spray their commercial (raspberry) fields for spotted wing,” Mintenko said. The invasive fruit fly of East Asian origin was first detected in the Pacific region of the U.S. in 2008 and is now well established across North America. It causes heavy damage to mature fruit crops by piercing healthy fruit and laying its eggs inside. The Manitoba Agriculture’s Current Crop Topics site indicates berries are susceptible to SWD infestation from when colour starts to appear on the berry right through to the time of harvest. Mintenko said 2016 shouldn’t see the damage that the fly caused last year because many more growers know what to watch for and are taking steps to detect it and protect their fruit crops. “If they can get one or two sprays on hopefully it can protect that harvest and they can get most of it off this year, as opposed to last year when people didn’t know what it was and lost their whole crop,” he said. 2016 should result in a year of average or better-than-average yields, he said. That’s despite additional disease pressures from persistent rainfall, especially on strawberries, which can develop botrytis in damp weather.

The spotted wing drosophila causes heavy damage to mature fruit crops by piercing healthy fruit and laying its eggs inside. Photo: Martin Cooper/Creative Commons

“There was definitely more fruit rot because of the rain,” Mintenko said. “The raspberries are starting up now and I’m not seeing it yet, but you can get botrytis in raspberries as well. It’s still too early to say if that’s going to affect the raspberries. An early-spring frost also did damage to certain varieties of saskatoons, but the rain hasn’t affected them as much and some growers are reporting excellent crops. Altona-area fruit grower and executive director of the Prairie Fruit Growers Association Waldo Thiessen said from what he’s heard from other growers so far 2016 sounds as if it’s turning out to be a good year, despite the rain. “It still has been a good crop. I would say across the province it’s been above average.” Many had an exceptionally early start with strawberries ripening very early, and U-picks opening in June. “We’re working with an early year,” he said. “We started picking on June 20 and I don’t know that we’ve ever done that before. We were probably a week to 10 days earlier.” More information on controls for SWD and managing fruit crops is found on Manitoba Agriculture’s website Current Crop Topics link at: http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/ crops/seasonal-reports/current-crop-topics. html#horticulture. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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AUCTION DISTRICTS Parkland – North of Hwy 1; west of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis. Westman – South of Hwy 1; west of PR 242. Interlake – North of Hwy 1; east of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis. Red River – South ofHwy 1; east of PR 242.

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Farm Estate Auction. Garton’s Auction Service will be conducting an Estate Auction for the Late George Buhay at Rackham, MB on July 23, 2016 located 2-mi N, 1-mi W & 1/4 mi N from Rackham Hall. Ap 142-acres of land, CIH 2594 tractor, IH 784 tractor c/w Allied 580 loader, JD 7720 turbo combine, Gehl 1865 rd baler, Ap 1954 International L-120 truck, Behlen ap 1200-bu steel grain bin. Complete listing and photos at www.gartonsauction.com.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland MEYERS AUCTION: 10:00am. Sat., July 23, 2016. Arden, MB. Antiques & Collectibles; Large selection of Furniture. Frigidaire 24-in Stove, Kenmore Frost Free Fridge. Shop & Garden Tools & MUCH, MUCH MORE Meyers Auctions & Appraisals. Ph:204-476-6262 www.meyersauctions.com

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Birtle, MB | July 27, 2016 · 10 am

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

COMPLETE DISPERSAL of GREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT from PATMORE NURSERY SALES of BRANDON, MB, Pallet Lots & Soooo Much More!!! Call our office now to consign to this very well attended consignment auction. 1-800-483-5856 or email office@fraserauction.com

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River FARM AUCTION for Eric & Brenda Edel on Wed., July 27th, 1:00pm Morris, MB, located 3.6-km E of Morris on Hwy 23, then 2.3-km N on PR 246 at Coverton Farm, yard #25054. 1992 IHC 1680 Axial Flow Combine w/hopper ext.; 2005 1025 Case IH 25-ft Flex Header; JD 1600 Deep Tiller, 30-ft; 1997 MacDon Premier Swather w/2005 25-ft double swath header, 2,410-hrs, 2-SPD trans, shedded; J&H Header Trailer; 8-ft Swath Roller; J&M 600-bu Grain Cart, Hyd Drive; 1977 Ford F350 Service Truck w/crane lift, Fuel Tank; 1975 Chevy C65 Grain Truck, 18-ft box, Hydraulic tag axle, good running cond.; 1979 IHC 1086 Tractor, Duals, 3-PTH, 7,157-hrs; 1999 Thor 5005 Grain Vac, new 5-in hoses; Westfield 8-inx36-ft Auger, 13-HP Honda Engine; Farm King 10-inx70-ft Auger; Westward 8-ft. 50-gal 3-PTH Sprayer; Honda 2-in Water Pump; Champion Generator, gas, 4500W, 120-240 Volt; Oxy Acetylene Torch & Equip; Tool Chest, Socket Sets, Tools & misc. items; 3 Fuel Slip Tanks. In case of rain, auction will be held inside shed. Short Sale. Be on time. Info: Richard Edel: (204)746-5487, Harder Auctions, W. “Butch” Harder: (204)746-8005, Lowe Farm, MB. View Photos: www.harderauctions.ca

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions BILL & NETTIE GULKA AUCTION. Monday., July 25th 2016. 11:00am. From Pelly, 2-Mi S on #8, 3-Mi W, 1 1/2-Mi S. Or from Norquay, 3 E on #49, 3.5 S. Pelly, Sk. Contact (306)595-4704. ACREAGE MACHINERY: White 1370 FWA tractor, FEL, 3-Pth, Dsl, 5600-Hrs, nice; King Cutter, Roughcut 60-In mower, like new; McKee 6-Ft 3-Pth snowblower; 1952 Ford 8N tractor, new rubber, 3-Pth, w/7-Ft cultivator; White #253, 13-Ft tandem disc, notched blades; Cockshutt 12-Ft deep tillage; 2W trailer w/deck & sides, nice; 2W utility trailer; 5-Hp rotoiller 26-In; Craftsman walk behind tiller; RZT Cub Cadet, 50-In deck, zero turn, 3-Yrs old, 70-Hrs, mint; LawnBoy 16-Hp tractor w/tiller; poulan 15.5-Hp riding lawn mower, 38-In; Turf riding lawn mower w/grass catcher; Water tank & pump; 2003 Chrysler Seabreeze car, 250,000-Kms, fully loaded. SHOP: New Champion 4000W generator; Power Force 950W generator; Poulan chain saw, like new; Mastercraft cut off saw; Welders; Acetylene. Large assortment of tools etc. Plus household & antiques. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for updated listing & pictures. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #91585. ESTATE OF CLIFFORD SCHAUFERT AUCTION. Saturday., July 30th, 2016. 10:00am. 1-Mi E of Stockholm, 11-Mi S of Jet Hwy 22 & hwy 9 to the valley, 1/4-Mi W, Stockholm, SK. Contact (306)793-2515. MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT: Case 970, cab, air, Pwr shift, leons 707 FEL; JD 510 Round Baler, good PU & belts, shedded, good; Versatile 4400 S.P. 20-Ft cab, air, hydrostatic, nice; Versatile 400 S.P. 15-Ft cab, hydrostatic, good tires; New Idea S.P. Rake; N.H. 850 Round Baler “Converted to a Swath Fluffer”; Bale Elevator 24-Ft; Case 530 Backhoe w/loader, gas, good rubber; JD 350?? Crawler, loader, bucket, gas, nice; Tandem Axle Gooseneck Trailer w/ramps, 16-Ft; Post Pounder, front mount; Bales Grass/Alfalfa 25, approx. 1000-lbs; Corral Panels, gates, feeders, etc; Roloflex 12-Ft cultivator & harrows; Degelman Stonepicker. RECREATION: Cub Cadet RL mower & rototiller; Aluminum 14-Ft Boat; Merc 9.8-Hp boat motor; 5ft 3-PTH rototiller. Plus Vehicles, shop, household & antiques. Visit www.ukrainnetzauction.com for updated listing & pictures. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #91585. We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Cooperator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800-782-0794.

Brandon, MB | 204.727.2001 office@fraserauction.com AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

1997 John Deere 9400 & 1996 John Deere 8770

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

AUCTION SALE Neil Van Dorp

Sat., July 23rd, 2016 @ 10:00 am 2009 Rogator 1286C 100 Ft

2011 MacDon M150 30 Ft

1999 Western Star 4964FX, 1993 Freightliner FLD120, 1995 Volvo

1990 John Deere 4555

AUCTION LOCATION: From BIRTLE, MB go 12 km (7.5 miles) North on Hwy 83, then go 1.6 km (1 mile) East on Hwy 16, then go 1.6 km (1 mile) South on Hwy 476. Yard on East side. GPS: 50.4986, -101.004 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 1997 John Deere 9400 4WD Tractor · 1996 John Deere 8770 4WD Tractor · 1990 John Deere 4555 MFWD Tractor · 2011 John Deere 9770STS Combine · 2005 John Deere 9760STS Combine · (2) John Deere 630D 30 Ft Draper Headers · 2011 MacDon M150 30 Ft Swather · 2009 Rogator 1286C 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · Kirchner Hydraulic V Ditcher · Richardson Road Machinery RST8100

8 CY Hydraulic Pull Scraper · 1999 Western Star 4964FX T/A Grain Truck · 1995 Volvo T/A Grain Truck · 1993 Freightliner FLD120 T/A Grain Truck · 1994 Chevrolet 3500 Extended Cab 4x4 Pickup · 1991 Duncan Trailer Ltd 34 Ft T/A Gooseneck Stock Trailer · 24 Ft T/A Gooseneck Equipment Trailer · 2001 Bourgault 8810 50 Ft Air Drill · 2001 Bourgault 5350 Tow-Behind Air Tank · 2010 Bourgault 6000 70 Ft Mid Harrows ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Stan Yaskiw: 204.842.5252 (h), 204.796.1400 (c) stad@inetlink.ca Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Steven Perrin: 204.573.0993 800.491.4494

Stony Mountain, MB – 1 Mile South on Hwy 7 Then 2 1/2 Miles East on 321 Contact: (204) 793-0098 Tractor & Equip: MF 130 Dsl 3PH *3PH 72" Finishing Mower * 3PH Post Hole Auger * Melroe 900 8 B Plow * Inland 70' Spring Tine Harrows * 18' Stubble Cutter * Richardton Side Dump Silage Wagon * 12' B& H Trailer * Farm Wagon * 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 * 80 Western Star Mdl 4864-2 Cab Chassis * 84 Ford 8000 Cat 3208 Cab & Chassis Tools: 20 HP Gas Lincoln Ranger 10000 AC/DC 225 Welder * Lincoln 250 AC/DC Welder * Lincoln Power Mig 215 Welder * 2) Gas Air Comp * Metal Cut Off Saw * Hyd Press * Heavy Welding & Mechanic Tools * Livestock Equipment: 3 Farm King Roller Mills * 3) 800 Bushel Metal Self Feeders *Saddles * Horse Tack * 4) Westeel 2700 Bush Bins * Pallet Racking * Lots of Farm Misc * 3 Fuel Slip Tanks w 12 Volt Pumps * Heavy Truck Various Parts * * Large Amount of Good Tires & Rims, Truck, Tractor and Implement* Horse Sickle Mower * Horse Potato Hiller * Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake McSherry Auction Service Ltd

AUCTION SALE Estate & Moving Sale

Wed., July 27th @ 4:00 pm Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Drive

Yard Items * Tools * Vehicles * Antiques * Household * Stuart McSherry

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

www.mcsherryauction.com

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

CONSIGNMENT AUCTION Sat., Aug. 6th @ 10:00 am Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Drive Book In Your Consignments Early!

Tractors & Forklifts * Equipment * Livestock Equipment * Vehicles & Trailers * Farm Misc * Building Supply * Tools Misc * Recreation & Yard Items * Antiques Stuart McSherry

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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

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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

UNRESERVED ANTIQUE & COLLECTORS AUCTION

for CLARENCE DAVIS - COMPLETE DISPERSAL OF HIS COLLECTION of BRANDON, MB. - SATURDAY, AUGUST 6th 10:00 AM

DIRECTIONS: (From Jct #1 & #10 - Brandon, MB) 4.8 Kms East on #1 to Rd 105W,; Turn North off #1 onto Service Road,; Go East 0.5 Kms to Gourlay Rd, 1.4 Kms North on Gourlay Rd to ; Sale Site on East side of Road. (From Brandon Airport Jct #10 & Rd 61N) 4.8kms east on Rd 61N; Sale site on South side of Road. For online bidding at this sale visit www.fraserauction.com

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THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF SALE ITEMS. FOR A COMPLETE LIST, GO TO WWW.FRASERAUCTION.COM TRACTORS: • 2006 JD 6420 LD Tractor w/ 640 SL Loader, 6648 Hrs Showing, s/n G!TA300895, Manual • 1957 JD 720 Tractor, DSL, Pup Start, Row Crop Wide Front Model, s/n 7208853 • 1980 International 784 Tractor, DSL, 3PT, 2 Spd PTO< s/n B530002B007669X • Ford 8000 Tractor, Dual PTO, 23.1 x 34 Rubber, 2703 Hrs Showing, Manuals • Case 830 Tractor s/n 8347835 • Antique JD AR Tractor, Needs Work • 1981 Ford 7600 Tractor, 3PH, 2 Spd PTO, s/n 0677275, Approx 4181 Hrs Showing • 1979 International 1486 Tractor, NEW Radial 20.8R38 Rear • 1952 Ferguson Tea20, Gas, 3PH, s/n TEA259 003 • Yellow Farm Loader • Green Farm Loader • (2) 18.4 x 28 Tires (off Ford Tractor) HARVEST EQUIPMENT: • (2) NEW Case Concrete Eagles • 1997? 8200 SP Swather, DSL, Approx 2400 Hrs Showing • JD 7721 Combine • 30’ JD 930 Header • 30’ JD Header • 21’ Grain Header • 14’ Hay Header • 6’ Farm King Metal Swath Roller SEED & TILLAGE: • 53’ Herman Harrows w/ 500 Gal Tank • 10’ JD 1518 Mower, Single Bat, 540 PTO • 2436 Wheel Disk • 2428

Wheel Disk • 32’ Coil Packers • Seed Drill • Harrows • (270) used Bourgault harrow tines (off mounted harrows) w/bolts • Vplow • One way plow HAYING EQUIPMENT: • JD 568 Rd Baler Mega Wide Plus, Net Wrap, Approx 11,000 Bales, s/n D00X345970, Monitor, PTO, Manual • Case IH Forage Harvester 8750, Tandem Wheels, New knives, Long Spout, s/n CFH0071725, PTO, Monitor, Manual, extra teeth • International 3650 Soft Core Rd Baler • New Idea 4665 Rd Baler • 2000 Hesston 4590 Sq Baler, Field Ready • 1996 International 8535 Sq Baler, s/n 0045433 • Vermeer 605F Large Hardcore Rd Baler • Vermeer 605F Large Hardcore Rd Baler • 2003 NH BR780 Rd Baler • 2002 Vermeer 605 XL Rd Baler • 14t JD Small Sq Baler • NH 278 Small Sq Baler • NH 1002 Small Sq Bale Picker • 14’ JD 946 MoCo Disc Bine, PTO, s/n E00946T340542, Manual • 14’ NH 114 Haybine • 2001 15’ NH 1441 Discbine, s/n 647279 • 1995 JD 930 Discbine • (2) Stone Pickers • (2) Hay Racks • Gehl 560 Rd Baler, PTO, Manual • 7’ JD Sickle Mower GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT: • 10” x 60’ Farm King Swing Auger, s/n 8172627, PTO

• 8” x 45’ Sakundiak PTO Auger, s/n 5148 • Convey Air Grain Vac TRUCKS: • 2011 International Prostar Hwy Tractor, Mid-Roof Sleeper with removable Fairing, Maxforce 455HP, 13 Spd, 12/40 Axles, 4 Way Lock up, 3.55 Ratio, Aluminum Wheels, 11Rx22.5 Rubber, Fleet Truck, 889,745 Kms Showing, VIN# 3HSDJSJR0BN354125 • 2010 Volvo Hwy Tractor, Rebuilt I shift Trans & Diffs, Newer Brakes & Drums, D13 Eng, 12 Spd Auto Shift Trans, 485 HP, Sleeper,12,000 lb Front, 40,000 lb Rear, 22.5” Rubber, Bunk Heater, Pwr window & Doors, Heated Mirror, All New Rads Last Year, 3.55 Rear Axle Ratio, 921,866 Kms showing, VIN# 4V4NC9EJ0AN291692, SAFETIED (Was on Road daily, Very well Maintained. Oil Changed at 917,000 Kms, U Joints & Batteries – Last Year, Less than 1000 Kms on injectors & cups, Trans rebuilt March 2015, NEW head & wiring harness in Feb, rebuilt Front Diff & Bearings replaced in rear diff.) • 1997 Western Star 4900, 725,114 Kms Showing VIN#2WKPDDCJ1V947392, SAFETIED • 1999 Mack Truck Tractor, 379,261 Kms showing, VIN# 1M1AA13Y4XQ113028

For more information contact: Clarence Davis 204-728-8274 res or 204-729-5879 cell cpdavis@inethome.ca Not responsible for errors in description. Subject to additions and or deletions. Property owners and Fraser Auction Service not responsible for any accidents. GST & PST where applicable. TERMS: Visa, Mastercard, Debit, Cash or Cheques. NOTE: cheques of $50,000 or more must be accompanied by bank letter of credit.

FRASER AUCTION SERVICE LTD.

Auctioneer: Scott Campbell

Licensed and bonded. P.L. License #918093. Member of M.A.A., S.A.A., A.A.A., A.A.C.

Brandon, MB

204.727.2001

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UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION

for BILL & CONNIE THOM

of CRYSTAL CITY, MB. - MONDAY, AUGUST 8th 12:00 NOON DIRECTIONS: From Crystal City, MB NW 1-2-12W 4.5 Kms South on #3 Hwy to Road 7N 1.2 Kms West on Road 7N to Sale site on South side From South Jct of #3 & #34 1.6 Kms North on #3 to Road 7N; 1.2 Kms West on Road 7N to Sale site on South side Watch for signs Sale Day. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF SALE ITEMS. FOR A COMPLETE LIST, GO TO WWW.FRASERAUCTION.COM TRACTORS: • 1986 CaseIH 4694 4WD 261hp Tractor w/1000 PTO, 4 Remote Hyd, Return Line, New 480/80R38 Duals, Pwr Shift Trans, 7049hrs Showing, Trimble EZ-Guide 250 Guidance, s/n8867272 • 1984 Versatile 555 4WD 210hp Tractor w/New Good Year 18.4-38 Tires all around, 1000 PTO, 4 Remote Hyd, Motor rebuilt at 3500hrs, Approx 7000hrs Showing, s/n034633 • 1981 Case 2290 Tractor 143hp w/Factory 3PT, 2 Remote Hyd, Dual PTO, 20.8-38 Duals, Pwr Shift Trans, 11,800hrs Showing, s/ n9910153 • 1982 Case 1490 Open Station 2WD Tractor 83hp w/Case Loader, 6 Spd Hi-Low Trans, 3PT, Dual PTO, Single Hyd, 18.4-34 Singles, 4273hrs Showing, s/ n11185693 • 1977 MF 1105 Tractor 123hp w/4 Spd, Multi Power, Dual PTO, 2 Remote Hyd, 18.4-34 Rubber, 5962hrs Showing, s/n9B73I57 • Case 830 Tractor (PARTS–NOT RUNNING) • Case 730 Tractor w/Leon Loader (PARTS-NOT RUNNING) • (2) Loader Mount Bale Forks HARVEST EQUIPMENT: • 1986 CaseIH 1680 SP Combine w/1015 Pick-up Header, Long Auger, Std Rotor, Rock Trap, Chaff Spreader, 30.5L32 Rubber, 2717 Eng Hrs Showing (Engine rebuilt at 1900 Hrs), s/n18547 • 1998 25’ MF 220 SP

DSL Swather w/Pickup reel, 1405Hrs Showing, s/nG220308 • 8’ Buhler Farm King Metal Swath Roller • Keer Shears TRUCK: • 1978 Ford F700 Tandem Grain Truck w/19’ B&H, Roll Tarp (Tarp New 2 years ago), 389 Gas Engine, 5+4 Trans, 99,023Kms Showing, VIN# F70FVCE6518 SEED & TILLAGE: • 32’ Case IH 4900 Air Seeder w/ Bourgault 2115 Air Cart, 7 ¾” Spacing, Summers & Harrows, s/n Tillage 0065519, s/n Tank 5984 • 70’ Flexi Coil System 62 PT Sprayer w/800 Gal Poly Tank, Hyd Pump (2 Years Old), s/nK038054 • 72’ Blanchard Harrows • 60’ Farm King Diamond Harrows • 32’ Flexi Coil Packer Bar • 28’ Flexi Coil Packer Bar • 27’ JD 1600 Tillage w/3 Bar Harrows • 24’ Wil-Rich Field Cult w/3 Bar Harrows • 18’ MF 520 Tandem Disc, s/n186700815 • 16’ Seed & Fert Tender w/Hyd Augers • 12’ JD 100 Deep Tillage • 8 Bottom Melroe 903 Plow, s/n1138 • 32’ Hyd Drill Carrier (Cyl both ends) HAYING EQUIPMENT: • NH 1033 Sq Bale Picker w/540 PTO • 1984 JD 337 Sq Baler w/540 PTO, ¼ Turn Chute • 1976 NH 850 Rd Baler w/540 PTO • JD Side Delivery Rake

LIVESTOCK: • 2004 Highline 9000HD Bale Processor w/Poly Grain Tank, 1000 PTO, s/nBPHD003034 • NH 358 Hammer Mill w/Pwr Bale feed, 540 PTO, Mechanical Unload, 1 turn left on Hammers, s/n546545 (Done very little since gear box done) • 400 Bus Cypress Ind Creep Feeder on Skids • Enduraplast Water Trough w/Float • 4 Wheel Farm Wagon • Approx (100) Used Treated Fence Posts • Approx (10) Rolls Used High Tensile Wire GRAIN HANDLING: • Walinga 510 STD Grain Vac w/1000 PTO, s/nMT510STD92115152 • 200 Bus Gravity Tank on 4 WH Farm King Wagon • 10”x70’ Farm King PTO Swing Hopper Auger, s/n21502910 • 8”x46’ Farm King PTO Auger, s/n9117860 • 3HP Grain Guard Aeration Fan (used less than 20 Hrs), s/n2014FC10191 • Assortment of Aeration Tubes • Hyd Pencil Auger TANKS & FANS: • 500 Gal Fuel Tank w/Stand • 300 Gal Fuel Tank w/Stand LAWN & GARDEN: • JD 214 Lawn Tractor w/Kohler Engine

For more information contact: Bill Thom 204-825-7887 Not responsible for errors in description. Subject to additions and or deletions. Property owners and Fraser Auction Service not responsible for any accidents. GST & PST where applicable. TERMS: Visa, Mastercard, Debit, Cash or Cheques. NOTE: cheques of $50,000 or more must be accompanied by bank letter of credit.

FRASER AUCTION SERVICE LTD.

Auctioneer: Scott Campbell

Licensed and bonded. P.L. License #918093. Member of M.A.A., S.A.A., A.A.A., A.A.C.

Brandon, MB

204.727.2001

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F: 204.729.9912

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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

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McSherry Auction Service Ltd

LARgE ANTIqUE AUCTION

Estate of Eugene Hewko

ESTATE OF CLARENCE ANd MARIAN BILLARd

Sun., July 24th, 2016 @ 10:00 am

Tractors: *08 JD 5103 HL 3PH Hyd 1721 Hrs * JD 4650 Cab Triple Hyd 540/1000 8348 Hrs. * Case 1690 Cab 3PH w Case FEL 7200 Hrs * Equip*JD 7720 Turbo Hydrostatic Combine 4733 Hrs * Gleaner Mdl L Combine * 2) Coop 550 Gas Swathers * JD 220 16’ Tandem Disc * JD 28’ Cult W Mulchers * JD 1610 22’ Deep Tiller * Int 6200 24’ Press Drill * 50’ Hyd Diamond Harrows * Midwest 252 Grain Vac * Farm King 10” 50’ MK Auger * NH 469 9’ Haybine * NH 850 Rd Baler * NH 269 Square Baler * NH Trailer 7’ Sickle Mower * NH 56 Side Del Rake * Valmer 500 Fertilizer Spreader * NH 510 Manure Spreader * Allied 3PH 8’ Snow Blower * JD 3PH Post Hole Digger * Wood Splitter * 3PH 7’ Cult * Farm Wagons * More Equip * 02 Sokal 5th Wheel 12’ Tandem Stock Trailer * 97 Chev 1500 Silverado Ext Cab * 74 Int Mdl 1700 w 15’ B & H * 14 Arctic Cat 500 EFI 4 x 4 Quad 602 Km * 84 Honda 200 S 3 Wheeler * Cooey 60 22 Cal * Yard Items * Farm Misc * Tools * Some Antiques * JD PTO Potato Digger * Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

AUCTION SALE Vera Borstel

Sat., July 30th, 2016 @ 10:00 am Lac Du Bonnet, MB – North on Hwy 11 -1 Mile Then 3 Miles East On 313, Then South on 520 1 Mile Then ¼ Mile East, On Urban Rd # 536, Viewing By Appointment Only Contact: (204) 390-1657

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

29TH ANNUAL CONSIGNMENT AUCTION Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

August 1 - 2016 Tractor Line Up (This begins selling at 9:30 am) • Ford model 8N 3PTH, Pto Good runner id 8n7006 • John Deere model A NF, PTO, Joy rider seat, hyd, #56989 • Ford JubIlee 3pth pto, #AE 6015-D • Ford Jublee, 3pth, pto, #SAE 6015-F • Allis chalmers model B Redone very nice #B 80947 • Allis Chalmers ‘’B ‘’Tractor serial #126763 • AC Cultivator for above, • HC Model A 3 FA187456 • IHC Model 300 Utility hyd, #23348 • HC Model C wide front pto pulley #351132-p1 • Massey Ferguson model 275 diesel,3pth, hyd good 19.9 x 30 tires multi power id #1867505 • Massey Ferguson 2705, cab, 3 pth triple hyd, power shift 3 N9R008947 • John Deere A nf, pto, electric start, #582649 • John Deere model 50 single front wheel, Rock shaft pto, #756 • John Deere 1010 gas row crop utility lpto, 3pth, power steering, #39271 • JOHN Deere model 40 wide front 36’’ rear tires 3 pth John Fjeldsted • John Deere model m Abe Klassen • 1943 John Deere model 4 Narrow front1943 • 1957 John Deere model 520 LP Wide front restored • 2000 John Deere 9650 combine, may be purchased prior to aug 1 auction • John Deere 9600 combine runs well can provide pickup head • John Deere 7721 pto combine with pick up and chopper • Hesston model 8100 swather 25 ft w/ pick up reel and bean pickup windrow head • 30 ft Goose neck Triple axle 10.000 lb axles, with electric over hydraulic tilt deck, unit • Ford f-350 One ton with 7x 6 deck and Ferrari 525 crane . tool boxes V10 Gas automatic only 99,620 km showing, • 2004 IHC vt365 diesel 4200 T crew cab, truck with service body mounted Hiab crane, AIR Compressor engine drive, serial #IHTMPAFM65H110141 current manitoba safety, VT 365 Automatic • 2007 Dodge Ram 3500 serial #is 3D7MX38A87G847694

MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 9 AM JCT 3 AND 14 HWY WINKLER MORDEN Rural Manitoba’s Largest Multi party auction. Each year 300 to 400 consignors bring their Farm Equipment, Trucks, Cars, Trailers, RV’S, Lawn and garden and a pile of misc etc. Yard opens for reviving Monday, July 25, 8 am to 5 pm daily, we may be full by Friday avoid disappointment call ahead 204 325 6230. Auction is Monday, August 1, 9 am, 4 and 5 rings selling all Day

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

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

for inforMation call rodger at 306-646-7433

Ross Taylor Auction Service 204-877-3834 Toll Free: 877-617-2537

For full listing and photos www.rosstaylorauction.com Pl # 909917

ROLLWORKS

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

FACTORY DIRECT METAL ROOFING SIDING CLADDING

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

BUILDINGS

Hail season is here… protect your equipment! Lease Options available!

Quality Post Frame Buildings

www.goodon.com

1.800.665.0470 BUILDINGS AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post frame building company. For estimates and information call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322). Website: www.postframebuilding.com

AUTO & TRANSPORT

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

AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks

BUSINESS SERVICES

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.

BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS

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

Sale includeS: Approx. 50 Stationary engines, 14 antique tractors (some running some for parts) Huge amount of antique engine and tractor parts, Full line of shop equipment and tools Gentlemens dresser, roll top desk, etc., large selection salt and peppers, large quantity of glassware, signage, and much more. a life time of collecting.

CALL TODAY 204-412-0234  204-764-0527 rollworksinc@gmail.com

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.

• 1980 Case W-18 WHEEL LOADER REBUILT new tires etc, #9138367 • Volvo model L20B Pay loader, 4x4 1yd, bucket, pallette forks, remote hyd outlet, serial #VCEOL2DBK0170211 ONLY 3400 hrs, • 1984 Motor home 33 ft Gm Power unit real nice condition • MF 1100 Tractor with loader, Just a partial listing keep checking www.billklassen.com everyday

Maryfield agricultural grounds

Decker Colony, Decker MB

AUTO & TRANSPORT Vehicles Wanted

See www.billklassen.com for full listing, pictures and to register for internet bidding.

Monday, august 8th, 2016 at 11 a.M. cst Maryfield, sK

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

Vehicles & Trailers: 2) Chev Blazer 4 x 4 1)95 1) 99 * Utility Trailer * Yard & Recreation: Fibreglass 13’ Boat 40 HP Merc & Trailer * JD 855 Dsl MFWA Hyd w 3PH * JD F925 Hyd Drt Mt 72” Mower * Case 446 Hyd Garden Tractor 3PH, 48” Mower, 48” Snowblower Attach * Case 444 Hyd Garden Tractor w 54” Blade * Mastercraft 14.5 HP 42” R Mower * 2) Yard Trailers * 16.5 HP Chipper/Shredder * Chainsaw * Elec Pole Chainsaw * 8 HP 28” Snowblower *Yard Tools Yard Ornaments * Tools & Misc: Welder – 230 Amp * New Metal Cut off Saw * Band Saws * Drill Press * Air Comp * 12.5” Thickness Planer * Table Saw * Tools * Air Tools * Parts Washer * Hand Tools * Shop Supply *Cement Mixer * Pressure Washer * 40’ Tower * Household& Antiques * Deep Freeze * Wardrobe * K Table & Chairs * Sewing Machine * K. Items * Wine Making Equip * 2 Buffets * 3) Sets Silverware * Child’s Wagon * Crockery * Crystal * Oranments * Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

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AUCTION SALE

Tyndall, MB – North Through Town 4 Miles On Rd 35E, Then East ½ Mile On Rd 77N 35077 Patricia (204) 669-2860 Donna Hewko (204) 781-5492 Viewing By Appointment Only!

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

PRICE TO CLEAR!! 29 gauge full hard 100,000PSI high tensile roofing & siding. 16 colours to choose from. B-Gr. coloured......................70¢/ft.2 Multi-coloured millends.........50¢/ft.2 B-Gr 30 gu Galv. barn master available in 12ft sheets.......... 49¢/ft.2 BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

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

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

Back-Track InvesTIgaTIons

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

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. PARTING OUT MF 760 combine, many new parts. Phone (204)770-0040.

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

FYFE PARTS

1-800-667-9871 •• Regina 1-800-667-9871 Regina 1-800-667-3095 •• Saskatoon 1-800-667-3095 Saskatoon 1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg 1-800-667-3095 Manitoba 1-800-222-6594 •• Edmonton “For All Your Farm Parts”

www.fyfeparts.com The Real Used FaRm PaRTs sUPeRsToRe Over 2700 Units for Salvage • TRACTORS • COMBINES • SWATHERS • DISCERS Call Joe, leN oR daRWIN (306) 946-2222 monday-Friday - 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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

FARM MACHINERY 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. 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. 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 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.

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

HAYING & HARVESTING Various

COMBINES Accessories

TRACTORS John Deere

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.

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

NH FLEX PLATFORMS: 1998-973- 25-ft & 30-ft; 2002 73C 30-ft; 2004 74C 30-ft w/air reel; 2008 88C 42-ft. Flex Draper, Special Price. Reconditioned. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com Call Gary Reimer:(204)326-7000.

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

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. 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

Rebuilt Concaves

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

COMBINES Case/IH

HAYING & HARVESTING

COMBINES Massey Ferguson

HAYING & HARVESTING Various 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.

Combines

WANTED: 925 JD STRAIGHT cut header w/ floating cutter bar. In good condition. (204)638-8443

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.

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

Check out A & I online parts store www.pennosmachining.com

TANDEM & TRIPLE AXLE container chassis, 20-ft, 40-ft to 53-ft frames. Can be made into good hay or water trailers. Contact Roy:(204)385-2685. Gladstone, MB.

4700 VERS. SWATHER, ONE owner, 30-ft header, always shedded. $5,800 OBO. Phone: (204)736-2941

TRACTORS Various

Eden, MB 204-966-3221 Fax: 204-966-3248

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.

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

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.

Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd.

JD 772 DH GRADER; 310 Case loader Backhoe $5000; 1981 GMC 7000 17-ft box & hoist; 1999 GMC T8500, DSL tow truck, 20-ft deck; MF 2675 cab & dozer; Allis 6080 MFD loader, 3-PTH; Ford Major loader 3-PTH; Rotex SR7 Power Parachute as is; Vac tank 1800-gal. & pump; 24-ft deep tillage & harrows. Phone (306)236-8023

HAYING & HARVESTING Swathers

TRACTORS 2-Wheel Drive

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

COMBINES John Deere

FOR SALE FOR PARTS 860 Massey Combine: 8 belt pick-up hydraulic drive. New belts & teeth never used. Good sieves & more. Phone:(204)729-1254 or (204)761-8739.

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. AGCO GLEANER-MF FLEX PLATFORMS: 1994 GL 500 25-ft & 30 ft; 2000 GL 800 30-ft w/air reel; 2002 GL 8000 30-ft; 2008 GL 8200 35-ft; 2009 MF 8200 35-ft. Reconditioned. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000. www.reimerfarmequipment.com WHITE MASSEY FERGUSON 9230 30-ft straight cut header, fits White 9700, 9720 & Massey Ferguson 8570, 8590, $5,500 OBO. Phone (204)794-5979.

Tillage & Seeding TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Equipment

COMBINES Accessories CIH FLEX PLATFORMS: 1995-2002-2004 1020 25-ft & 30-ft; 2005 2020 30-ft w/air reel; 2008 2020 30-ft; 2007 2020 35-ft. All have been reconditioned. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com Call Gary Reimer:(204)326-7000. 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.

Summers Mfg Series 10 Disc

Big Tractor Parts, Inc. Geared For The Future

STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALIST

RED OR GREEN 1. 10-25% savings on new replacement parts for your Steiger drive train. 2. We rebuild axles, transmissions and dropboxes with ONE YEAR WARRANTY. 3. 50% savings on used parts.

1-800-982-1769 www.bigtractorparts.com

Used 2001 Summers Mfg Disc 38.5’, With Heavy Harrows, Front Blades 23” Rear Blades 24.5”, Good Condition.

JD FLEX PLATFORMS: 1997 925 25-ft; 1998 930 30-ft; 2000 930F 30-ft; 2002 930F 30-ft; 2003 930F 30-ft; 2005 630F 30-ft w/air; 2007 630F 30-ft; 2010 630F 30-ft; 2012 630F 30-ft; 2005 635F 35 ft; 2007 635F 35-ft; 2009 635F 35-ft; 2011 635F 35-ft w/air reel; One used 30-ft air bar for 630F. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000.

Price: $37,500 CAD $28,685 USD

Phone: 204-331-6014

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3099 Hwy 7 SW, Montevideo, MN

OPENS: FRIDAY, JULY 22 / CLOSES: MONDAY, AUGUST 1 | 1PM AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: JD financing available on select equipment. Contact Dan, 320.226.3772 for details and pre-approval. Shop rates apply for any assistance required outside of normal loading. Trucking available. 1993 JD 8770, 24 spd., 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 4,167 hrs., 2014 JD 9560RT, deluxe S/NRW8770H001083 CommandView II cab, buddy seat, powershift, 4 hyd., integrated auto MFWD & 2WD TRACTORS steer, 36” tracks, JDLink Ultimate 2014 JD 6170R, MFWD, premium promo, 1,551 hrs., ext. engine and cab, AutoQuad 20/20 trans., 3 hyd., powertrain warranty until March 3 pt., quick hitch, 540/1000 PTO, 2017, S/N1RW9560RKEP904381 Greenstar ready, JDLink Ultimate 2011 JD 8360RT, IVT, deluxe cab, 3, diff lock, loader ready, 3-function leather, 5 hyd., return ﬂow, 60 gpm joystick, rear wheel weights, hyd. pump, 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 350 hrs., engine and powertrain PTO, 30” tracks, 1,300 hrs., extended warranty until Oct. 7, S/N1RW8360RABD905387 2017, S/N1RW6170RKEA015409 1994 Caterpillar 75C, powershift, 2012 JD 6170R, MFWD, premium 4 hyd., 35” tracks, 6,763 hrs., cab, AutoQuad 20/20 trans., 3 S/NKK00709 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, diff lock, JD H380 self-leveling loader, 4WD TRACTORS 3-function joystick, rear wheel 2014 JD 9460R, premium weights, 1,250 hrs., CommandView cab, leather, active S/N1RW6170RJCA001265 seat, buddy seat, powershift, 5 2014 JD 6150R, MFWD, premium hyd., high ﬂow pump, 1000 PTO, cab, AutoQuad 20/20, 3 hyd., 3 integrated auto steer, diff lock, pt., 540/1000 PTO, HID lights, 1,270 hrs., extended engine and cold weather pkg., JD H380 powertrain warranty until March self-leveling loader, 8’ bucket, 2017, S/N1RW9460REEP011026 3-function joystick, pair inside 450 2010 JD 9630, deluxe cab, comfort lb. weights, rear weights, 805 hrs., pkg., active seat, buddy seat, warranty until August 21, 2016, powershift, 4 hyd., integrated S/N1RW6150REEA014114 AutoTrac, diff lock, 2,260 hrs., 2014 JD 6140M, MFWD, 24 spd. S/N1RW9630PAAP018684 power quad, left hand reverser, 2011 JD 9430, powershift, deluxe cab, 3 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, shiftable buddy seat, powershift, 4 hyd., 48 gpm 540/1000 PTO less 540 shaft, hyd. pump, integrated AutoTrac, 2,480 loader joystick, 289 hrs., hrs., S/N1RW9430PCAP022141 S/N1L06140MEEG800760 2003 JD 9320, deluxe cab, 24 spd., 2008 JD 6430, MFWD, cab, 24/24 4 hyd., GreenStar ready, 3,520 hrs., trans., left hand reverser, 2 hyd., S/NRW9320H010397 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, Command 1997 JD 9300, 24 spd., 4 hyd., 6,146 center, JD 673 self-leveling hrs., S/NRW9300H001271 loader, mid-mount couplers,

TRACK TRACTORS

PREVIEW: Friday, July 22 – Monday, Aug. 1 from 8:00AM – 5:00PM LOADOUT: Tuesday, Aug. 2 – Monday, Aug. 15. *After Aug. 15 at 5PM, any items not removed will be charged $50 per day lot rent and shop time to load.

3-function joystick, 5,802 hrs., S/NL06430K580640 2004 JD 8220, MFWD, deluxe cab, active seat, buddy seat, powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, integrated auto steer, 5,471 hrs., S/NRW8220P026251 2013 JD 5065E, MFWD, cab, 9 forward/3 reverse, (2) mid-mount hyd., (1) rear hyd., 3 pt., 540 PTO, 20 hrs., warranty until October 2017, S/N1PY5065ECFY145386 2015 JD 4066R compact utility, 66 hp., MFWD, deluxe cab, hydro, air ride seat, 3 pt., 540 PTO, 25 hrs., S/N1HOS660SKE0765211 1980 JD 4640, quad range, 3 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, S/N4640H017911R

COMBINES

2013 JD S680, Contour-Master, premium cab, deluxe controls, ProDrive w/Harvest Smart, 581 sep. hrs., 910 engine hrs., S/N1H0S680SJD0756472 2013 JD S670, STS, PRWD, Contour-Master, premium cab, deluxe controls, ProDrive, 5 spd. feeder house, 2,017 sep. hrs., 3,052 engine hrs., S/N1HOS670SJD755655 2012 JD S670, STS, Contour-Master, premium cab, deluxe controls, 1,292 sep. hrs., 1,881 engine hrs., S/N1H0S670SEC0747563 2014 JD S660, STS, PRWD, Contour-Master, premium cab, deluxe controls, ProDrive, 510 sep. hrs., 730 engine hrs., S/N1HOS660SKE0765211

2009 JD 9770, STS, PRWD, Contour-Master, premium cab, deluxe controls, 1,230 sep. hrs., 1,990 engine hrs., S/NH09770S730853 1998 JD 9610, Level Land, DAS, AHH, fore/aft, hopper ext., 2,887 sep. hrs., 4,002 engine hrs., S/NH09610X678461 1997 JD 9600, DAM, DAS, AHH, fore/aft, variable spd. feeder house, 3,233 sep. hrs., 4,518 engine hrs., S/NH09600X670698 2002 JD 9550, Level Land, Walker, DAM, DAS, fore/aft, variable spd. feeder house, 2,602 sep. hrs., 3,360 engine hrs., S/NH09550W695680

FLEX & PICKUP HEADS

2011 JD 635F Hydraflex, 35’ 2006 JD 635F Hydraflex, 35’ 2009 Case-IH 2020 flex head, 35’ 1990 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 25’ JD pickup head, 12’

FLEX DRAPER HEADS

2012 MacDon FD70 ﬂex draper, 40’ 2006 NH 84C ﬂex draper, 36’

CORN HEADS

2010 Fantini chopping corn head, 8x30” 2009 Geringhoff RD chopping corn head, 8x30” 2009 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x30” 2011 JD 608C chopping corn head, 8x30” 1997 JD 1290 corn head, 12x20” 1999 JD 893 corn head, 8x30” 1981 JD 843 corn head, 10x22”

Dan, 320.269.6466, 320.226.3772

or Brad Olstad at Steffes Group, 701.237.9173 or 701.238.0240

Complete terms, lot listings & photos ONLINE!

HEADER TRAILERS

2013 Maurer HT8960 tandem axle header trailer, 38’ 2004 Unverferth RR36 tandem axle header trailer, 36’ Shop-built 4-wheel header trailer, 25’

2002 JD 980 ﬁeld cultivator, 38’ 1997 JD 980 ﬁeld cultivator, 36’

OTHER TILLAGE EQUIPMENT

2013 JD 2410 chisel plow, 32’, 12” spacing 2009 JD 2700 disc ripper, 17-1/2’, 7 shank PLANTERS 2005 JD 2700 disc ripper, 1995 JD 7200 planter, 16x30”, 18’, 9 shank front-fold, 2 pt., MaxEmerge II Tebben ripper, 15 shank, Tru-Vee units, mechanical drive, 1.6 bu. hoppers w/ext., spring down 15” space pressure, plastic scrapers, JD 250 2001 JD 3710 spring reset monitor, corn discs, no soybean plow, 9 bottom meters, Dawn row cleaners, hyd. JD 2800 auto reset plow, markers, S/NH07200D660324 6 bottom, variable width 1996 JD 1770 vacuum planter, 2000 JD 637 flex-fold 16x30”, front fold, 2 pt., Rawson disc, 37’10”, 9” space hyd. drive, MaxEmerge Plus units, 2009 Wishek 714NTC 1.6 bu. hoppers, insecticide, JD tandem disc, 26’, rock flex 250 monitor, plastic scrapers, liquid cushion gangs fertilizer, S/NH01770A670230 OTHER EQUIPMENT 2001 JD 1720 stack fold planter, 2004 Redball 690 pull-type hyd. lift assist, 18x30”, 3 bu. sprayer, heavy duty 2 pt., hoppers, spring down pressure, 132’ suspended boom, triple hyd. drive, MaxEmerge Tru-Vee nozzle bodies, 1,600 gal. poly units, plastic scrapers, Pro Max 40 and soybean discs, SS tubes, hyd. tank, 3” fill Degelman R570P fork-style markers, S/NA01720R690219 rockpicker 2000 JD 1720 stack fold planter, hyd. lift assist, 16x30”, 3 bu. 2013 JD 825i Gator XUV, 4x4 hoppers, spring down pressure, LAWN & GARDEN hyd. drive, MaxEmerge units 2007 JD X724 lawn tractor FIELD CULTIVATORS 2006 JD X720 lawn tractor 2011 JD 2210 field cultivator, 2006 JD X534 lawn tractor 50-1/2’, full floating hitch 2005 JD LX280 lawn tractor 2004 JD 2210 field cultivator, 1997 JD 345 lawn tractor 64-1/2’, full floating hitch 2013 JD tiller, 42”, hyd. 2003 JD 2200 field cultivator, 1996 Great Dane Chariot zero 49’, full floating hitch turn lawn tractor 2003 JD 2200 field cultivator, 50’, full floating hitch

GRAIN CART

Weco 420 grain cart, 420 bu.

Steffes Group, Inc., 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078 Brad Olstad ND319 | 701.237.9173 | SteffesGroup.com

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

Red River Valley Fairgrounds 1805 West Main Ave, West Fargo, ND (on the west edge of West Fargo, ND)

See complete listing & photos at SteffesGroup.com

Over 1000 Lots to be SOLD!

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 | 9AM

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Auctioneers will run multiple rings with live online bidding. There will be no loading assistance until 2:00PM on sale day. Cars and pickups may enter grounds at 12:00 Noon for self-loading. Equipment removal by August 5, unless other arrangements are made. Hauling and loading are available. Please note there will be road construction on Main Avenue & 12th Avenue N routes to fairgrounds. Contact auctioneers for owner information, new consignments, or changes at 701.237.9173 or 800.726.8609.

TRACK TRACTORS

2012 Case-IH 550 Quadtrac, luxury cab, powershift, 4 hyd., large hyd. pump, 1000 PTO, AFS Pro 700 display, integrated auto steer, factory tow cable, 30” tracks, 4,383 hrs., S/NZCF129321 2010 JD 8345RT, premium cab, IVT, 5 hyd., return flow, power beyond, 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, dual beam radar, 16” tracks, 3,541 hrs., S/NRW8345R901043 2005 Case-IH 500 Quadtrac, deluxe cab, powershift, 4 hyd., return flow, 1000 PTO, Trimble 750 display, 7,052 hrs., single owner 2004 Caterpillar Challenger MT755, deluxe cab, buddy seat, C9 Cat, 16 spd. powershift, 4 hyd., 59 gpm pump, 3 pt., quick hitch, large 1000 PTO, radar, 18” low profile belts, 3,085 hrs. 1999 JD 8400T, powershift, 4 hyd., 42 gpm pump, 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, integrated auto steer, heavy duty drawbar, 16” Camoplast tracks, 7,345 hrs.

Kubota B2782 front-mount snowblower, 60”, hyd. spout 1998 Kubota F3060, cab w/heat, 4WD, hydro, 52” front-mount snowblower & 60” front mower deck, 1,828 hrs. Miller FBC-72 bucket, 6’ w/Grab Tech GS69 5-tine grapple Pallet fork attachment, 48”, for loader Pallet forks for JD 300X loader Clamp-on bucket forks

COLLECTIBLE TRACTORS

Ford 601 Workmaster utility, 3 pt., 540 PTO, shows 2,925 hrs. AC WD45, NF, 2 pt., 540 PTO AC C, NF, hyd. lift, small PTO, drawbar, Woods 72” belly mower JD D w/wide front 1941 JD A, NF, 540 PTO, runs Case SC, NF, 540 PTO 1952 Cockshutt 30, WF, PTO, runs IHC WD9, hyd. pump, 540 PTO, bad injector, S/NWDCB61556W123

GPS EQUIPMENT

JD Starfire 3000 receiver, SF1, current software, 5,140.6 hrs. 4WD TRACTORS 2013 Case-IH 500HD, powershift, JD Starfire 3000 receiver, SF1 luxury cab, red leather, buddy seat, activation, current software, 2,300.4 hrs., S/NPCGT3TA687066 6 hyd., large pump, 1000 PTO, JD Starfire 3000 receiver, SF1 1,359 hrs., S/NZDF135122 activation, current software, 2009 JD 9530, powershift, deluxe 7,110.7 hrs., S/NPCGT3TA106211 cab, active seat, buddy seat, 5 hyd., large hyd. pump, integrated JD 3000 Starfire receiver, SF1, SF2 ready, S/NPCGT3TA649652 auto steer, diff lock, weight pkg., 2,524 hrs., S/NRW9530P013782 JD 2630 display, SF2, 1,304 hrs. 2001 Case-IH STX275, deluxe cab, COMBINES buddy seat, powershift, AccuSteer, 2013 Case-IH 9230, axial flow, 4 hyd., return flow, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, lateral tilt feeder house, luxury 5,600 hrs., S/NJEE0098089 cab, leather, deluxe controls, Pro 2001 JD 9400, 24 spd., 4 hyd., 700, integrated auto steer, Y&M, integrated auto steer, diff lock, front chopper, rock trap, power reverser, & rear wheel weights, 6,800 hrs., long auger, hopper ext., 562 sep. engine OH by RDO at 5,054 hrs. hrs., 855 engine hrs., 1993 JD 8870, 24 spd., 4 hyd., diff S/NYCG217993 lock, 9,000 hrs. 2012 JD S690, STS, Contour1996 JD 8770, 24 spd., 4 hyd., Master, premium cab, PRWD, 6,540 hrs., S/NRW8770H004061 deluxe controls, ProDrive, 5 spd. 1991 Case-IH 9280, powershift, 4 feeder house, integrated AutoTrac, hyd., 6,850 hrs., S/NJCB0027939 Y&M, high cap. 26’ unloading 1984 Steiger Panther CM325, 3406 auger, power fold hopper ext., Cat, 20 spd., 5 hyd., 24.5R32 tires, fine cut chopper, 799 sep. hrs., shows 2,751 hrs., S/N1233136709 1,263 engine hrs., MFWD TRACTORS S/N1H0S690SHC0745676 2013 JD 6140M, MFWD, CAH, 16 2013 JD S670, premium cab, Contour-Master, deluxe controls, spd. Power Quad, 3 hyd., 3 pt., ProDrive, 5 spd. feeder house, 540/1000 PTO less 540 shaft, 30 integrated auto steer, Y&M, 26’ gpm pump, 993 hrs. high cap. unloading auger, fine cut 2012 Case-IH 155 Puma, MFWD, chopper, TouchSet, factory hopper CAH, cab susp., buddy seat, ext., 1,617 sep. hrs., 2,368 engine powershift, left hand reverse, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, diff lock, hrs., S/N1H0S670SAD0756230 2012 JD S670, STS, ContourCase-IH L760 quick tach loader, Master, deluxe controls, integrated 8’ bucket, 4-tine grapple, New auto steer, TouchSet, Y&M, high 3-function joystick, 4,257 hrs. torque variable spd. feeder house, 2005 Case-IH MX210 Magnum, 26’ high cap. unloading auger, fine MFWD, powershift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., cut chopper, Maurer hopper ext., quick hitch, 540/1000 PTO, diff 558 sep. hrs., 857 engine hrs., lock, rock box, shows 2,384 hrs. S/N1H0S670STC0747775 Case-IH MXM190, MFWD, deluxe cab, powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick 2010 JD 9870, STS, ContourMaster, deluxe controls, PRWD, hitch, 540/1000 PTO, diff lock, integrated auto steer, ProDrive, 5 6,433 hrs. 2002 JD 8120, MFWD, deluxe cab, spd. feeder house, TouchSet, fine cut chopper, PowerCast tail board, powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, shows 2,557 hrs. 26’ high cap. unloading auger, 1,193 sep. hrs., 1,717 engine hrs., 2001 JD 7610, MFWD, 16 spd., 3 S/N1H09870SCA0736934 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, loader 2010 JD 9770, STS, Contourjoystick, diff lock, 9,020 hrs., engine OH’d, S/NRW7610H060491 Master, deluxe controls, TouchSet, 2008 JD 3520, MFWD, CAH, 1 hyd., Y&M, heavy duty variable spd. feeder house, fine cut chopper, 3 pt., quick hitch, PTO, JD CX300 hyd. loader, joystick, turf tires, 680 high cap. unloading auger, 979 sep. hrs., 1,430 engine hrs., hrs., S/N450066 S/N1H09770SPA0738665 1979 JD 4440, hyd. FWA, CAH, quad range, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 2005 JD 9760, Contour-Master, PTO, battery disconnect switch, deluxe controls, DAS, auto steer shows 9,735 hrs. ready, Y&M, long auger, fine cut chopper, factory hopper ext., 2WD TRACTORS S/NH09760S711716 2000 JD 5210, 2WD, CAH, 3 cyl. 2005 JD 9760, STS, Contour-Master, diesel, 9 spd., 1 hyd., 3 pt., 540 deluxe controls, variable spd. feeder PTO, shows 2,443 hrs. house, Y&M, wired for JD ATU, 1990 Case-IH 7130, powershift, 4 fine cut chopper, high cap. 22-1/2’ reverse, 4 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, unloading auger, Maurer bin ext., 5,260 hrs., S/NJJ0029307 1,854 sep. hrs., 2,722 engine hrs., 1975 JD 4430, CAH, quad range, S/NH09760S705917 3 hyd., aux. hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 1996 JD 9600, DAS, DAM, fore/ PTO, shows 5,260 hrs. aft, variable spd., long auger, chaff 1974 JD 4430, cab, 2 hyd., 3 pt., spreader, air flow chaffer, grain 540/1000 PTO, 9,000 hrs. loss monitor, 4,540 sep. hrs., 6,690 1973 JD 4230, open station, add-on engine hrs. cab, quad range, 2 hyd., 540/1000 1992 JD 9600, DHH, fore/aft, PTO, JD 158 loader w/grapple PRWD, Crary hopper top, TSR JD 4320, open station, 8 spd., side fine cut chopper, 600 Series console, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 20.8-34 tires conversion, 4,262 sep. hrs., 5,812 1968 JD 4020, 3 pt., 540 PTO, JD engine hrs., S/N645714 158 loader, 40%, 8,650 hrs. 1991 JD 9600, DHH, DAS, fore/aft, 1977 IHC 986, 2 hyd., 540/1000 dual chaff spreader, 4,007 sep. PTO, 7,540 hrs. hrs., 6,342 engine hrs., S/N641225 UTILITY TRACTORS & 1991 Case-IH 1660, CAH, rock TRACTOR ATTACHMENTS trap, chopper, 24.5-32 tires, 4,016 2015 Kubota B2650, MFWD, CAH, engine hrs., S/NJJC0102426 1983 JD 8820, turbo, RWA, diesel, hydrostatic, 2 hyd. Kubota LA534 quick tach loader, AHH, chaff spreader, Ag Leader Precision Farming PF3000 display, 60” bucket

Starlink Nav guidance ready, 20’ unloading auger, 4,429 hrs., S/N564529

SWATHERS

Case-IH 8210 pull-type swather, 21’ Case-IH 8210 pull-type swather, DRAPER & FLEX 21’ DRAPER HEADS 1982 IHC 75 pull-type swather, 21’ 2015 JD 640D draper head, 40’ JD 590 pull-type swather, 21’ 2014 JD 640D draper head, 40’ JD 580 pull-type swather, 21’ 2014 JD 635D draper head, 35’ MacDon 3000 pull-type swather, 21’ 2013 MacDon FD75-S flex draper, JD 2320 swather, 25’ draper head 35’, AHH, finger reel 1978 Owatonna 260 swather MacDon 962 draper head, 1969 Versatile 400 swather, 18’ Flexfinger 9” sunflower pans

SLEEPER & CABOVER SEMI TRACTORS

2010 IHC ProStar, 73” sleeper, C13 Cat 2006 IHC 9400I, mid-roof sleeper 1999 Peterbilt 379, 62” sleeper 1999 IHC Eagle tandem axle, 48” mid-roof sleeper, N14 Cummins 1992 Freightliner tandem axle, 48” ﬂattop sleeper, N14 Cummins, 9 spd. 2000 Freightliner Argosys tandem axle cabover, 36” sleeper 1979 IHC Transtar II cabover

1992 Timpte Super Hopper hopper bottom, 40’x66”, roll tarp 1992 Merritt hopper bottom, 42’ 1979 Timpte hopper bottom, 40’x96”x66”, spring susp., roll tarp 1979 Wilson hopper bottom, 42’x96”x66”, spring susp., roll tarp

DETACHABLE & FLATBED TRAILERS

(2) 2005 Trail King 60MG-482 mechanical detach trailer, 48’x102” 1994 General 35GSL tandem axle GRAIN CARTS & FLEX HEADS detachable trailer, 44’x102” WEIGH WAGON 1998 Transcraft flatbed trailer, 2011 Case-IH 3020 flex head, 35’ 2013 Brent 1196 grain cart, NON- SLEEPER 48’x102”, spread axle, wood deck 2007 Case-IH 2020 flex head, 35’ SEMI TRACTORS 1,100 bu. 1995 Featherlite aluminum/steel 2007 Case-IH 2020 flex head, 35’ 2012 Unverferth 1015 Extreme 2006 IHC 9400I tri-axle, day cab flatbed, 48’x96”, spread axle 1994 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 25’ grain cart, 1,000 bu. 2006 Volvo, day cab, ISX Cummins 1989 Fruehauf steel flatbed, Case-IH 1020 flex head, 25’, poly 2009 Balzer 2000 grain cart 2001 Kenworth T800B, day cab 45’x96” 2011 JD 635F flex head, 35’ 2007 Brent 880 grain cart, 800 bu. 1998 Mack CH613 tandem axle 1982 Trail King flatbed trailer, 45’ 2010 JD 635F flex head Brent 670 grain cart, 14’ corner 1998 Volvo WG64T tandem axle 2008 JD 635F flex head, 35’, poly auger, roll tarp, 1000 PTO 1997 IHC 9200, day cab, M11 STEP DECK & DROP DECK 2007 JD 635F flex head, 35’ Ficklin CA15000 grain cart, Cummins TRAILERS 2006 JD 635F HydraFlex 600 bu. 1994 White GMC, day cab 2006 Precision Equipment steel 2006 JD 635F flex head, AHH EZ Flow grain cart, 500 bu., roll step deck trailer, 53’x102” 2012 JD 630F flex head, 30’ TRI-AXLE, TANDEM tarp Fontaine step deck, 53’x102” 2004 JD 630 flex head, 30’ Parker Bros 1500R weigh wagon AXLE, & SINGLE AXLE 2004 1987 Trail King step deck, 48’x102” 2004 JD 630 flex head, 30’ 1999 Unverferth 7000 grain cart, BOX TRUCKS 1973 AMC tandem axle steel step 1995 JD 930F flex head, 30’ 700 bu. 1997 Freightliner FL112 tri-axle, deck, 45’x96”, 10’ top deck JD 930F flex head, 30’, full finger Loadline 20’x66” box 1972 Trojan steel extendable AIR DRILLS, 1990 JD 922 flex head, poly 1990 Kenworth T400 tri-axle, L10 tandem axle double drop trailer, JD 220 flex head, AHH CARTS, & DRILLS Cummins, Frontier 22’x66” box 48’x102” 2006 JD 635 flex head, AHH 1999 Case-IH 4006 double disc 1989 Kenworth T800 tri-axle, air lift SIDE, BELLY, & END CHOPPING CORN HEADS air drill, 40’, 6” spacing, 3” rubber tag, Reitnouer 27’ aluminum box press wheels, Case-IH 2300 towDUMP TRAILERS 1987 Ford L900 tandem axle 2011 JD 612C chopping corn behind tank 1999 Trail King LK60SSD-433 triw/lift tag head, 12x30”, knife rolls (2) 2002 Case-IH 2300 commodity axle side dump trailer, 42’ 1986 IHC S1754 tri-axle, air up/ 2009 JD 612C chopping corn head, carts, 60/40 split, hyd. fans down tag axle, 3208 Cat, 10 spd., 1985 Load King tri-axle belly 12x22”, hyd. deck plates 2012 Great Plains 4336DH, 36’, dump Frontier 18’ box 2008 JD 608C chopping corn 9” spacing, 24” blades, S/NGB1985 IHC S2300 tri-axle, twin screw Benson tandem axle aluminum head, 8x30”, knife rolls A1718P end dump, 37’ tub, steel frame w/air lift pusher axle, Unibody 2009 Geringhoff RD corn head, JD 9350 grain drills, (3) 10’s, 1985 Dorsey 22/28 DAT end dump 20’ box 8x30”, AHH yellow press wheels, markers, JD trailer, 22’ tub, 28’ frame 1999 Volvo tandem axle, Knight transport NON-CHOPPING 2008 Loadline tri-axle end dump, 20’ box, hoist, roll tarp IHC 100 press drills, two 12’s 34’ CORN HEADS 1984 Chevrolet C70 twin screw MF 63 drill, 10’ tandem, 427 gas, Strong 19’ box 1987 Cobra tandem axle 2011 Drago S12TR non-chopping aluminum end dump, 32’ tub 1983 Chevrolet C70 twin screw corn head, 12x22”, knife rolls PLANTERS Fruehauf end dump, 28’ aluminum tandem, 427 gas, 10 spd. 2009 JD 612C non-chopping corn JD 7300 planter, 12x22”, (2) 150 tub, 30’ steel frame, 63” sidewall w/Hi-Low head, 12x30”, hyd. deck plates gal. poly tanks, fertilizer, trash Fruehauf end dump, 28’ aluminum 1977 Chevrolet C60 twin screw, Clark corn head, 18x20” whippers 427, 5&4 spd., 19’ stake box, hoist tub, 30’ steel frame, 57” sidewall JD 1243 non-chopping corn head, JD 7000 planter, 8x30”, ground 1965 IHC 1800 twin screw, V8 12x30”, standard rolls, poly snouts drive ROW CROP EQUIPMENT 1964 Chevrolet 80 twin screw 2002 JD 893 non-chopping corn IHC 400 Cyclo planter, 8x30” Alloway 3030 cultivator, 12x22” tandem, V8 gas, 5&4 spd., 18’ head, AHH, knife rolls 1999 Elmers cultivator, 12x22” box, 60” sides, set up as water 2000 JD 893 non-chopping corn CHISEL PLOWS IHC cultivator, 8x30”, vibrashank truck w/o sides head, 8x30”, knife rolls 2014 JD 2410 chisel plow, 40’ 1969 Chevrolet tag axle, 366, 5&2 JD 400 rotary hoe, 15’ 1998 JD 893 non-chopping corn 2012 JD 2410 chisel plow, 56’ Loftness 238 stalk shredder, 24’ spd., 20’ box, twin cyl. hoist head, 8x30”, poly snouts JD 2410 chisel plow, 43’ 2000 Alloway stalk shredder, 22’ 1990 JD 843 non-chopping corn 2002 JD 2400 chisel plow, 34’ 1969 Chevrolet C50 single axle, Alloway stalk shredder, 22’ head, 8x30”, steel snouts 350 gas, 4&2 spd., approx. 14’ 1995 JD 685 chisel plow, 50’ Alloway shredder, 22’, L-knives 1983 JD 643 non-chopping corn wood box JD 680 chisel plow, 35’, single head, 6x30”, steel snouts SELF-PROPELLED pt. depth SERVICE & Case-IH 863 non-chopping corn SPRAYER & SPREADERS 2002 Case-IH 5800 chisel plow, SUPPORT TRUCKS head, 8x22”, poly snouts 36’ 1999 Rogator 854 2005 Ford F450 XL, reg. cab, Case-IH 5600 chisel plow, 40’ 1998 Terragator 8103 PICKUP HEADS Powerstroke diesel, automatic, 1999 Case-IH PTX300 chisel 1991 Loral Magnum IV floater Case-IH 1015 pickup head, 2WD, 12’ steel flatbed, Tommy plow, 41’ Loral 3-wheel floater, 3208 Cat, 50’ Rakeup 12’ pickup gate, tow pkg. 2000 Chevrolet C6500 service Case-IH 1015 pickup head, 7-belt Bourgault 9400 chisel plow, 36’ OTHER TRAILERS JD 610 chisel plow, 35’ truck, 3126 Cat, 6 spd., 12’ steel pickup head SUGARBEET EQUIPMENT JD 1610 chisel plow, 31’ service body, Maintainer 5216 Case-IH 1015 pickup head w/ JD chisel plow, 22’, 2 spring/shank electric crane BEAN EQUIPMENT Westward 397 4-belt pickup IHC 55 chisel plow, 18’ Case-IH 1015 pickup head w/ 1996 IHC tag axle hook truck, 330 SPRAYERS Melroe 388 7-belt pickup Cummins, 10 spd., 530,773 miles RIPPERS FERTILIZER EQUIPMENT JD 914 pickup head, 5-belt pickup 1994 GMC W45042, cab forward, 2011 Case-IH 870 disc ripper, 22’ JD 912 pickup head, 5-belt pickup V8 EFI, automatic, 2WD, HAY EQUIPMENT 2006 JD 2700 disc ripper, 7 shank Sund pickup, 9’ Knapheide 14’ flatbed, wood deck, 2001 Case-IH Ecolo-Tiger 730B FORAGE EQUIPMENT Tommy lift disc ripper, 22’, 7 shank SUNFLOWER 1991 Ford L8000 single axle van LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT M&W disc ripper, 15’, 7 shank RIGID HEADS truck, Ford 210 diesel, 6 spd., spring GRAIN HANDLING EQUIP. 2012 Fantini G03 sunflower head, susp., Morgan 20’x8’ van body PLOWS WHEEL LOADERS 12x30”, poly, Case-IH adapter 1990 Mack CS200 single axle, Wil-Rich 2900 pull-type plow, 8 (2) 2015 SeedEater sunflower diesel, 5 spd., spring susp., CRAWLER LOADER bottom, spring reset attachments, 35’, 12” pans, JD Crysteel 16’ contractor box, hoist & TRACTOR LOADER Case hyd. reset plow, 8 bottom mounts IHC 710 plow, 5x18”, semi-mount 1980 Chevrolet C70 gravel truck, BACKHOE 1997 JD 930 rigid head, 30’, bat reel IHC 70 plow, 6x16”, trip beam 14’ box DOZERS & EXCAVATOR 1971 Chevrolet C50 single axle 1994 JD 930 rigid head, 30’ Plow, 1 bottom, 3 pt. fuel truck, 350, 4&2 spd., 1,500 1993 JD 930 rigid head, 9” FORKLIFTS, CRANE, gal. 5-compartment tank sunflower pans, converted to shaft OTHER TILLAGE EQUIP. & AERIAL LIFTS 1963 Ford F700 single axle cab & drive 2013 Sunflower 6630 vertical chassis, 292 V8, 5 spd. SKID STEER LOADERS JD 930 rigid head, Lucke 9” tillage unit, 32’, rolling baskets sunflower pans Salford RTS vertical tillage, 30’ PICKUPS CAB & CHASSIS TRUCKS 1992 JD 925 rigid head, bat reel 2008 Wil-Rich rolling harrow, 26’ 2000 Freightliner FL70 single NH3 EQUIPMENT IHC 810 rigid head, 20’ 1997 RiteWay Jumbo 8000 heavy axle cab & chassis, 7.2 liter 3126 harrow, 55’, auto-fold, 5-bar GRAIN RING & BIN HEADER TRAILERS Cat, 6 spd. Degelman 7651 land roller, 51’, PARTS/EQUIPMENT 1997 Freightliner FL70 single Maurer M38 header trailer, 38’, light pkg. axle cab & chassis, 7.2 liter 3126 6-wheel AERATION 1998 Flexi-Coil System 95 harrow Cat, 6 spd. 2009 Trail Tech tri-axle double packer, 50’, 5-bar harrow ROCKPICKERS IHC 1800 tandem axle cab & header trailer, 35’, hyd. fold 2008 EzeeOn 4600 heavy duty chassis, 345 V8 gas, 5&4 spd. Hart 425 header trailer, 35’, SCRAPERS & BLADES tandem disc, 40’, 11” space, 1982 Ford F700 single axle cab & 4-wheel rock flex SKID STEER LOADER chassis, 370 V8, 4&2 spd. Maurer header trailer, 30’, 4-wheel JD 630 disc, 30’, 9” space ATTACHMENTS Maurer header trailer, 30’, 4-wheel 1997 JD 980 field cultivator, 45’ HOPPER BOTTOM SSR Pump single pole header MOWERS TRAILERS JD 960 field cultivator, 44-1/2’, trailer, 30’ 6” space 2009 Stoughton tandem axle OTHER EQUIPMENT Elmers single pole header trailer, Bervac field finisher, 32’ aluminum hopper bottom, 30’ LAWN & GARDEN Alloway RTS3650 field finisher, 40’x96”x66”, ag hoppers, air susp. 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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

IRON & STEEL 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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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus 2-YR OLD RED PB Bulls. Semen tested. $2,500 each. Phone (204)371-6404. St Anne, MB. 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. 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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais PUREBRED REGISTERED CHAROLAIS POLLED bulls, 1) 2-yr old & 1 yearling, semen tested, guaranteed. Phone (204)748-1024, Virden. Keith Hagan, K.E.H. 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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Limousin TRIPLE R LIMOUSIN HAS Bulls for sale. 2-yr olds & yearlings. Red, Black & Yellow. Polled & performance, or calving ease ones. Limousin, Limousin X Angus, Limousin X Charolais. All bulls guaranteed & can deliver. Volume discount. (204)685-2628 or Cell:(204)856-3440.

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REAL ESTATE 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.

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale 160 Acres near Woodmore MB, 70 acres seeded to oats, remainder pasture. NW425E Selling w/2016 crop. $145,000. (204)427-3469 MORDEN SOUTH WEST 1/4 section NW 7-2-6Wpm. Excellent quality farmland for sale. 160-acres, 140-acres cultivated. 80% class 2 soil, D-5 MASC. Contact: Golden Plains Realty Ltd. 1-204-745-3677 Melvin Toews NOTREAtt:DAME USED OIL

FILTER DEPOT WILLIAM & & BRENDA MURRAY of Makinak, MB are offering the following private land for sale: NW • Buy Used Oil • Buy Batteries 29-22-16W, NE 29-22-16W, NE 30-22-16W. The • Collect purchaser Used Filters Collect Oil Containers successful will•be considered by Manitoba Agriculture for and possible transfer of the Crown Southern Western Manitoba land forage lease associated with this ranch unit. Tel:currently 204-248-2110 This forage lease consists of the following: N1/2 27-22-16W, N1/2 28-22-16W, SEC 33-22-16W, SEC 34-22-16W, SW 35-22-16W, S1/2 03-23-16W. If you wish to purchase the private land contact the Lessees William & Brenda Murray at General Delivery, Makinak, MB R0L 1C0. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer, write the Director, Manitoba Agriculture, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0, or Fax:(204)867-6578.

Nestled in the heart of the Moose Mountains sits a beautiful piece of land with a 4-yr old Custom Built home. This property includes 4 quarters of land with oil lease revenue, a 2,580-sqft + fully finished walkout basement. 5 bdrm, 4 bath home. Custom Hickory cabinets, hardwood & tile throughout, Geothermal Heat & Heated Double car garage. Full wrap around deck to enjoy the beautiful views. 20-mins from Kipling, 35-mins from Carlyle. For more information and to book viewings, Email: kf_arn@hotmail.com $1,750,000.

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EXCELLENT LIVESTOCK FARMS: 1) 1000 head feedlot, Hartney. 2) 1732 deeded acs w/4,425-acs of Crown land, fenced, small bungalow, very good buildings & metal corral system, can carry 450 cow/calf pairs. 3) 1,270 deeded ac cattle farm by Lac du Bonnet, 640-acs Crown land, turnkey operation. 5) Excellent horse ranch in Erickson MB, Riding Arena & Bldgs in Fantastic condition. Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc, Brandon, MB, www.homelifepro.com 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. Go public with an ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. Phone 1-800-782-0794.

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.

2016 ALFALFA & ORCHARD grass bales, 3x4x8ft, .04 cents/lb & up depending on quality, reasonable freight, call Alvin (204)355-4980, cell (204)371-5744.

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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

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A farmer works at a wheat field in Ras al-Ain province, Syria, April 16, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Rodi Said

Wartorn Syria sees food production falling and hunger increasing After five years of war Syria is more basket case than breadbasket BY MAHA EL DAHAN Syria/ Reuters

yria’s war has destroyed agricultural infrastructure and fractured the state system that provides farmers with seeds and buys their crops, deepening a humanitarian crisis. The country’s shortage of its main staple wheat is worsening. The area of land sown to it and to barley has fallen again this year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) told Reuters. The northeast province of Hasaka, which accounts for almost half the country’s wheat production, has seen heavy fighting between the Kurdish YPG militia, backed by the U.S.-led airstrikes, and Islamic State militants. Farming infrastructure, including irrigation canals and grain depots, has been destroyed, according to the FAO. It said the storage facilities of the state seeds body across the country had also been damaged, so it had distributed just onetenth of the 450,000 tonnes of seeds that farmers needed to cultivate their land this season. Farmers are also struggling to get their produce to market so it can be sold and distributed to the population. The conflict has led to the number of state collection centres falling to 22 in 2015, from 31 the year before and about 140 before civil war broke out between government forces and rebels five years ago, according to the General Organization for Cereal Processing and Trade (Hoboob), the state agency that runs them. Many of those lost have been damaged or destroyed. The breakdown of the agricultural sys-

tem means Syria could struggle to feed itself for many years after any end to the fighting, and needs a significant level of international aid, the FAO said. It has had a major impact on plantings; the area of land sown with wheat and barley for the 2015-16 season stood at 2.16 million hectares, down from 2.38 million hectares the previous season and 3.125 million in 2010 before the war, and only around two-thirds of the area targeted by the government, said the FAO. The UN organization said its planting information came from the Syrian government. The government itself has not made public the figures for 2015-16 plantings. The Agriculture Ministry could not be reached for comment. A government source told Reuters that information on the 2015-16 crop area was still not ready for publication. “What concerns us is not the fluctuations from one year to the other, it is the worrying overall downward trend,” said Eriko Hibi, the FAO’s main representative for Syria.

Depending on rain The worsening wheat shortage is another hammer blow to a country where the population numbered around 22 million before the civil war but more than 250,000 have been killed in the fighting and millions have become refugees. Last year, farmers sold just over 450,000 tonnes of wheat, a fraction of the one million to 1.5 million tonnes that are needed to provide enough bread to government-held areas of the country alone, government sources and traders said.

“War has made us lose a lot of the necessary inputs we need and when we do find them they are pricey.”

Faisal Hejji farmer

Before the conflict, by contrast, Syria could produce four million tonnes of wheat in a good year, with around 2.5 million tonnes going to the state and the surplus exported. The United Nations said in January that some Syrians were starving in besieged areas under the control of rebel forces or Islamic State, which it said were home to at least 400,000 people. Faisal Hejji, a farmer in Ras al-Ain in Hasaka, said he had devoted 200 donnams (20 hectares) of land to wheat this season, down from 300 donnams before the conflict. “War has made us lose a lot of the necessary inputs we need and when we do find them they are pricey,” Hejji said. “We used to support one donnam of wheat with 50 kg of fertilizer but now this is missing,” he added. “Also, we are now depending more on rain rather than other irrigation methods.”

No security His plight is typical of farmers across the country, according to the FAO, which estimated last year Syria’s wheat deficit for 2015 stood at around 800,000

tonnes. That deficit could widen every year should farmers continue to lack access to agricultural inputs and markets, it said. “Many farmers don’t want to be displaced or give up their land, they want to stay as long as they can and in order to do that they have to be able to produce their food and make ends meet,” Hibi said. She said it was still too early to tell what this year’s wheat crop would be, as it depended on the weather. “So far it has been a bit drier but that may change,” she said. Syrian farmers benefited from the best rainfall in a decade last year and harvested around 2.4 million tonnes of wheat, significantly better than the drought-stricken year before but still around 40 per cent lower than the prewar average. Hejji’s land is located in a part of Syria where Kurdish groups declared their own government two years ago known as the self-administration. Yet he still sells his wheat to the staterun Hoboob, which he says is the only group capable of buying it at suitable prices. “I go to the Hoboob agency in Hasaka or Qamishli to sell my wheat and I store small quantities for me and my family. Some farmers sell their wheat to middlemen but these traders also sell them ultimately to Hoboob,” he said. It is difficult to transfer wheat and other food from one province to another because of lack of security, Hibi said. “I’ve seen a lot of fresh fruit wasted in some areas where just nearby people haven’t seen fresh fruit for years.”

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

Can’t get bogged down

This season’s wet weather has kept ground sprayers parked and aerial applicators busy for applying fungicide. PHOTO: LES MCEWAN

CROP REPORT

Generally good crop conditions; haying not so much Manitoba Agriculture crop report for the week ending July 18, 2016 Southwest Region Wet conditions for another week, with precipitation ranging from 10 to 60 mm. Winter wheat and fall rye are maturing and symptoms of fusarium are appearing in winter wheat. Spring cereals are heading and some early crops are starting to turn. On average, most cereals are in the head-filling stage. Fusarium is starting to appear in spring wheat. Canola is flowering with the early-seeded crops going out of bloom. Blackleg and sclerotinia are starting to appear. Soybeans are flowering and some are in earlypod development. Some crops are showing stress from moisture. Peas are done flowering and are in pod fill. Sunflowers are in early-bud stage and continue to develop with few issues. Some early-planted corn is starting to tassel. Flax is in full bloom with early-seeded flax done flowering. There are no major insect issues to date; producers continue to monitor bertha army worm. Very little first-cut hay has been harvested without any rain on it. Several producers are opting for silage. Producers that did cut early are starting second cut. Pastures are in good condition. Dugouts are full.

Northwest Region Rain and thunderstorms continued — amounts ranged from as little as zero to six mm in the Roblin area to over 40 mm in The Pas. Some lodging is reported in the Roblin area. Soil moisture is also variable ranging from adequate in most parts to excessive in some parts of the Swan Valley, The Pas and south of Ste. Rose. Some crops are showing effects of excess moisture with yellowing and loss in low areas. Mo s t c ro p s c o n t i n u e t o advance nicely and are in rel-

atively good condition, with the exception of localized wet areas. Fall rye and winter wheat crops are beginning to turn. Most spring wheat is in the milk to dough stage. Canola continues to develop rapidly. Approximately 60 per cent of the canola is flowering and 40 per cent is podded. About 30 per cent of field peas are blooming and 70 per cent is podded. Most soybeans are in the R1 to R2 stage. Reports of insect activity and disease continue to be minimal. Hay has finally been baled as second cut is growing rapidly — quality and baled moisture content will be of concern. With drier conditions, cutting of hayfields has resumed. Some fields are still saturated so will require additional time to dry. Some producers are choosing to do round bale silage. Pastures are healthy and are producing well.

Central Region Temperatures remain moderate, with good crop growth on average. However, moist conditions limited drying for haying and increased potential for disease infections in crops. Rainfall varied but most of the region received at least 25 mm through the week. Highest amounts reported at: Letellier 70 mm, Morris 65 mm, Somerset 55 mm, Clearwater 50 mm, Snowflake 55 mm, Winkler 50 mm and Manitou 45 mm. Some fields handled the rainfall well; in others, standing water is a concern, especially in the later-seeded crops. Yellowing and crop thinning due to excess moisture is evident. All spring cereals are heading. Lodging is reported in some of the earliest-seeded fields. Some plants are starting to die back due to root rots; premature ripening is

noticeable in scattered plants and in low areas. Most laterseeded canola is in full flower. Podding is seen in the most advanced fields. Some lodging is evident. Flowering in peas continues and podding has begun. Stands look good where excess moisture is not an issue. Growers continue to scout for pea aphids. Flax continues to flower, and boll formation has begun. Earliest-planted corn is in tassel. Some corn borer eggs and larvae have been found. Soybeans continue to flower and pod. Many fields range from R2 to R3 stage, with some as advanced as R4. Nodulation appears to be successful; there are some concerns in the wettest fields. Bacterial blight is evident in some fields. Edible beans are flowering and fungicide applications continue. Sunflowers range from R1 to R4 stage. Fall rye and winter wheat are progressing well. Fields are in good to excellent condition as they continue to mature. Some fusarium head blight is evident in winter wheat. Fall rye harvest is expected to begin shortly. Lodging is noted in some fields. Most fungicide applications in cereals and canola are now complete; the last remaining will be applied by air. Some minor grasshopper feeding is reported. Monitoring continues in headed cereals; little spraying for aphids or true army worm has been required. Beneficial predators are evident in good numbers in most fields. Bertha army worm trap numbers are low to moderate. Good growth of forages is reported, but it is a challenge to put up dry hay. Fields cut over the last two weeks and not baled are spoiled and not likely to be harvested. Livestock water supply is adequate.

Eastern Region Weather was highly variable; rainfall varied from 20 mm to as much as 60 mm with more in northern and southern distr icts. Humidity remained high while temperatures were n o r m a l t o b e l ow n o r m a l . Conditions were not conducive to drying. Producers did make progress with field operations, par ticularly spraying with ground rigs and an increased use of planes. Loss of yield potential due to excess moisture continues. Some standing water in fields is evident. Topsoil moisture is rated from adequate to surplus; surplus is most prevalent in northern and southern districts. Winter cereals are in the dough stage with straw and heads starting to turn. Some lodging is noted. Spring cereals range from late-milk to dough stage. Canola is podding and pod filling with flowering ending in the early-seeded crop. Field peas are in pod filling and flowering is ending. Soybeans are flowering (R2) with the crop starting to transition to podding (R3). Sunflowers are in bud development and corn is beginning to tassel. Herbicide and fungicide a p p l i c a t i o n s a re v i r t u a l l y complete. A few were hampered due to excess moisture. Much of this will be done using aerial application. Soybean aphids below economic threshold levels were detected last week. Field pea aphids continue to be found and monitored, although the pea crop is starting to develop beyond critical growth stages for economic control. Aphid numbers have varied greatly from field to field; some insecticide applications have occurred. Most hay and pasture land is in good condition. Haying has been challenging due to wet weather. First-cut progress is

noted as 15 per cent baled or silaged with an additional 10 per cent cut and the remainder still standing. Quality is noted as mostly good with alfalfa hay yielding two tons per acre and grass/alfalfa hay yielding 1.75 tons. There has been minimal second-cut alfalfa harvested due to the wet fields. Pastures are rated as good. Livestock water is adequate and dugouts are full.

Interlake Region Last week saw warmer temperatures and additional rainfall — areas in the south received over 25 mm, while areas in the west received over 50 mm of rainfall early in the week. Sp r i n g w h e a t r a n g e s i n development from the milk to soft-dough stages in majority of fields. Late-seeded wheat is still flowering. Canola ranges in development from pod stage in the south to flowering in areas of the north. Earlyseeded soybeans are starting to flower, with the late-seeded beans at the fifth- and sixthtrifoliate stage. Some yellowing is noticed in low areas. Corn is at the tassel stage. Flax is flowering and peas have started producing pods. Winter wheat development ranges from milk to harddough stage. Approximately 75 per cent of the planned fungicide applications on canola and wheat are complete; however, spraying continues in some late-seeded crops. Haying is slowed by rainfall. Many producers are choosing to ensile. Second growth of alfalfa is good and has not been impacted significantly by alfalfa weevil. Native and grass hay yields continue to increase. Grasshopper damage to date is minimal. Pastures are supplying adequate feed and there is adequate water for livestock consumption.

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

Starting farming from scratch Scott Beaton, a new Manitoba farmer who will harvest his first certified organic crop this fall BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

cott Beaton likes to joke that pretty much every organic farmer has more experience than he does, or at least, those who were born into farm families. “I guess I’m about 120 years behind,” he said. “I’m a firstgeneration farmer, which maybe questions my intelligence.” But he says so with a smile. He’s doing what he wanted to do since he was in his teens. He didn’t grow up on a farm, but worked summer jobs for local farmers around his hometown of Rosser. “I always kind of enjoyed being around the farm and thought that was something I’d like to do,” he said. “But I didn’t necessarily think I’d have the opportunity myself.” Beaton set out in that direction, however, first earning an agriculture degree at University of Manitoba, then landing a job as an agronomist. He eventually moved back to live in Rosser and in 2007 he had an opportunity to buy 80 acres of land. “I’d bought that little bit of land knowing it would never pay the bills, but I was interested in trying things a little differently,” Beaton said. In 2016 this new farming entrant will harvest his first certified organic crop, a 92-acre field of hemp. That’s on the Rosser parcel, where he’s also devoted eight acres to producing organically grown squash for Canadian Prairie Garden Pure, a Portage la Prairie-based processing company. This year he has also rented 20 acres of land near Rosser. Nearby, on more land at Balmoral he has 120 acres of fall rye underseeded to red clover, plus 80 acres of green manure plowdown with a mix of clover, fababeans and oats. The land at Rosser is through transition, and certified organic, while the Balmoral acres are still in years one and two. Now working as a conservation specialist with Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation (MHHC), Beaton says he knows he’s pretty fortunate to be farming this much land as a relatively newcomer on the farm scene. “I think people think I have some kind of horseshoe hidden somewhere,” he says. But the real credit goes to neighbouring farmers who’ve been encouraging and supportive since he started at Rosser, he says. “My neighbours have been there to help me out with labour and equipment and advice every time I needed them,” says Beaton. “Had I started without their support, I definitely would have quit by now.” Other farmers he met after taking a job with the Farm Stewardship Association of Manitoba to help co-ordinate the environmental farm plan also helped shape his own ideas about how to farm.

Rent to own Ultimately, Beaton was able to sign a rent-to-own agreement with a local landowner too. He met her while working for Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation. She wanted to sign

a conservation easement on about 100 acres of a half section of her land and in discussions with Beaton saw someone she felt confident could manage her land. Ultimately, they agreed to a long-term lease arrangement and she willed the land to him. “She is an older landowner who didn’t have anyone to leave the land to and I think she liked the kind of ideas I had in how I managed my own land,” he said. The arrangement is mutually beneficial. The landowner is satisfied her land will be farmed by someone who shares her desire to see trees left standing and the potholes untouched, while it has given him access to land he could never otherwise afford to buy. “It’s a very good arrangement,” he said. “It definitely makes it possible for me to make a go of things. It makes the difference between being able to see a future in farming and being a hobbyist indefinitely.”

But transitioning to organic can be difficult for any producer, and he is no exception. It’s a steep learning curve and cash flow is tight, says Beaton who thinks there are ways transition could be eased. One is to have a market for these ‘near to organic’ grains, or transitional crops. That would provide incentive to more growers who otherwise have to see their way through a period when cash flow can be tight, he said. “I think that would help people make the decision to go into this.” An additional support would be an equipment loan program offered to transitioning farmers. “There’s an opportunity for extension groups to provide equipment that could be passed around on some sort of a rental,” he said. “You’d have access to some of the more specialized equipment that we need to use, even if just for a year or two, but not paying for it until the time

Scott Beaton is a new farmer on two parcels of land including some he’s bought near Rosser, plus a half section at nearby Balmoral where he has a rent-to-own arrangement with its landowner. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

you’re seeing some money coming back from your organic sales.” It’s an idea conservation districts might want to consider, he continued. “They used to own equipment like tree planters,” he said. “For them to own a roller crimper or

two wouldn’t be a huge capital expense. “I’d like to see those kinds of organizations own those kinds of things and be able to loan them out at a reasonable price.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

COUNTRY CROSSROADS CON N EC T I NG RU R A L FA M I L I E S

Threshing from the stack Each photograph from pioneer days is a window into a world gone by

Threshing at the Black family farm, near Brandon, sometime around the First World War.

BY ALEX CAMPBELL Manitoba Agricultural Museum

ometimes it’s amazing the amount of details you can spot in old photographs. In the fall of 2014, Bruce Black of the Brandon area let the Manitoba Agricultural Museum copy negatives of historic photographs taken on his family’s farm in the Brandon area. The museum was able to digi tize the images taken from the negatives. The image here shows threshing from stacks on one of the Black family’s farms, sometime around the First World War and contains a wealth of details. The separator has been pulled up between two stacks and is being fed from both. As well, there is a third stack on the right-hand side of the image, with someone pitching sheaves off this stack onto the middle stack where they are then pitched into the separator. A sheaf is just visible in midair at the left-hand side of the roof. There is a building visible somewhat behind and to the right of the separator. This building has had an addition added, given the unequal height of the rooflines. The lower building appears to have been constructed out of logs, with the logs chinked, which would account for the horizontal streaks of alternate dark and light colours which are not equal in width. The building with the higher roof appears to be balloon frame construction sided with boards. The presence of buildings so close to sheaf or straw stacks is odd, as fire was an ever-present danger, particularly with a steam engine operating. While the building could be a granary, it is unlikely to be one, due to its size

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and the separator being some distance away from the building, indicating the threshed grain is being dropped into a grain wagon. If the farmer was using a wagon to haul grain from the separator to the granary, then the granary might as well be located a safe distance away from the thresher and steam engine. The buildings are more likely barns of some sort, which could use a supply of straw in the barnyard. It was a common practice in the pioneer era to turn cattle and hogs into a straw stack in order to feed the animals. There are accounts of hogs living through the winter in straw stacks. Notice the heavy coat the young fireman is wearing, suggesting they are threshing late in the fall. However, no snow is yet visible on the ground. The engine is being fuelled by straw. In the very left-hand side of the image is the corner of a straw rack which was used to carry straw to the engine. Also visible on the left-hand side of the image is a water wagon, which appears to have a square wooden tank. Above the left rear wheel of the engine is a steam injector with a hose running to the water tank. When the boiler required more water, the steam injector was activated. The steam injector features a venturi which turns a low-pressure, high-volume flow of steam into a high-pressure, low-volume stream of water while pulling water into the venturi. As the stream of water coming out of an injector is at a higher pressure than the pressure in the boiler, the water is able to force its way into the boiler past a check valve. While many steam engines were fitted with high-pressure pumps to feed water into a boiler, injectors were more common. However, injectors needed clean water and worked better when using cold water.

In 1902, with John Abell then in his 80s and having no family, the Abell Company was sold to a company co-owned by the Advance Thresher Company and Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company.

The portable steam engine is thought to be an American Abell. The American Abell company had its roots in the John Abell company, which was one of Canada’s earliest farm machinery manufacturers. John Abell was born in England in 1822 and, some 20 years later, immigrated to Canada. By 1845 he was in Woodbridge, Ontario, which was 20 miles north of Toronto, working for a wagon factory. By 1847, Abell had set up a metal working shop. Abell had some mechanical aptitude and he soon built a lathe for his shop, followed by his own steam engine to power the shop. He went on to build plows and later threshers. He began building portable steam engines in the 1870s, followed by a cross-compound steam engine in 1881. A traction engine followed in 1886. In 1897, inspired by the heroism of a piper in the Gordon Highlanders during a military action on the Northern India frontier, John Abell named his new threshing machine line “Cock O’ the North,” for the tune the piper was playing. The trademark of the com-

pany became a rooster on a stump and the Abell steam engines had a rooster cast into the smokebox door. In 1902, with John Abell then in his 80s and having no family, the Abell Company was sold to a comp a n y c o - ow n e d by t h e A d v a n c e Thresher Company and Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company. The John Abell company was renamed American Abell however, the John Abell designs continued in production and the rooster trademark was retained. American Abell was rolled into the Rumely Company in 1912, when Rumely purchased the Advance Thresher Company and bought the share in American Abell that was owned by the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company. Production was ended in the American Abell plant and the company passed into history. Today Abell is one of the leastknown Canadian farm equipment manufacturers. On Sunday, July 31, 2016 the Can a d i a n Fo o d g r a i n s B a n k a n d t h e Manitoba Agricultural Museum will host Harvesting Hope: a World Record to Help the Hungr y. To help end global hunger, over 500 volunteers from 100 communities across Canada will operate 125 early 20th century t h re s h i n g m a c h i n e s t o h a r ve s t a 100-acre crop of wheat. When in operation, the equipment will require over four football fields of space. For more information on attending or how to participate please visit http:// www.harvestinghope.ca/ or follow us on Twitter @harvesthope2016. The Manitoba Agricultural Museum is open year round and operates a website at http://ag-museum.mb.ca/ which can provide visitors with information on the museum including location and hours of operation.

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Prairie fare Ten tips for eating more vegetables BY JULIE GARDENROBINSON Food and nutrition specialist NDSU Extension Service

his is a good year for flowers in my neighbourhood. Pots and baskets are brimming with pink, purple, yellow and crimson petals. I can’t resist flowers or watching things grow. Here’s where I note that “Garden” is my middle name, or my “first” last name, anyway. Have you taken the opportunity to admire the blooming outdoor plants and green foliage at this time of the year? The same pigments, or natural colourants, in flowers are responsible for many of the health benefits of colourful fruits and vegetables. They beautify our plates, but perhaps more importantly, a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can help us stay healthier in the long run. Fruits and vegetables are rich in “phytochemicals” (plant chemicals) that have been shown to help fight against cancer, heart disease and other illnesses. For example, tomatoes, pink grapefruit and watermelon get their rosy colour from a pigment known as “lycopene.” This antioxidant pigment helps protect against prostate and other types of cancer. “Anthocyanins” provide colour to many purple, blue or red fruits and vegetables, including blueberries, red and purple grapes, raspberries, cranberries, red onions, strawberries, red cabbage and red apples. These also contain antioxidant pigments that help protect cells from damage. Eating more foods containing anthocyanins may help prevent hardening of blood vessels and certain types of cancer. The rainbow of vegetables available provides fibre, fluid, vitamins and minerals. Are you meeting the daily goal for two cups of fruit and 2-1/2 cups of vegetables? Try these 10 tips from MyPlate, the

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current national nutrition guidelines, to fill at least one-fourth of your plate with vegetables more often: 1. D iscover fast ways to cook. Cook fresh or frozen vegetables in the microwave for a quickand-easy dish to add to any meal. Steam green beans, carrots or broccoli in a bowl with a small amount of water in the microwave for a quick side dish. 2. Be ahead of the game. Cut up a batch of bell peppers, carrots or broccoli. Prepackage them to use when time is limited. You can enjoy them on a salad, with a hummus dip or in a veggie wrap. 3. Choose vegetables rich in colour. Brighten your plate with vegetables that are red, orange or dark green. They are full of vitamins and minerals. Try acorn squash, cherry tomatoes, sweet potatoes or collard greens. They not only taste great but are good for you, too.

4. C h e c k t h e f r e e z e r a i s l e . Frozen vegetables are quick and easy to use and are just as nutritious as fresh veggies. Try adding frozen corn, peas, green beans or spinach to your favourite dish. Look for frozen vegetables without added sauces, gravies, butter or cream. 5. Stock up on veggies. Canned vegetables and pulses are a great addition to any meal, so keep on hand canned tomatoes, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, mushrooms and beets. Select those labelled as “reduced sodium,” “low sodium” or “no salt added.” 6. Make your garden salad glow with colour. Brighten your salad by using colourful vegetables such as black beans, sliced red bell peppers, shredded radishes, chopped red cabbage, carrots or watercress. Your salad will not only look good but taste good, too.

Simply Grilled Veggies 1 medium zucchini (fresh) 1 medium yellow squash (fresh) 1 medium red bell pepper (optional) 1/2 tbsp. olive oil

7. Sip on some vegetable soup. Heat it and eat it. Try tomato, butternut squash or garden vegetable soup. Look for reduced- or low-sodium soups. Make your own soups with a low-sodium broth and your favour ite vegetables. 8. Eat veggies while you’re out. If dinner is away from home, no need to worry. When ordering, ask for an extra side of vegetables or side salad instead of the typical fried side dish. Ask for toppings and dressings on the side. 9. Savour the flavour of seasonal vegetables. Buy vegetables that are in season for maximum flavour at a lower cost. Check your local supermarket specials for the best in-season buys, or visit your local farmers’ market. 10. Try something new. Choose a new vegetable that you’ve never tried. Zucchini soon will be prolific in gardens. Try some grilled zucchini and squash as a side dish for summertime meals.

edged baking pan, lightly brush squash, zucchini and red pepper with 1/2 tbsp. olive oil. Let stand for five to 10 minutes. Grill for six to eight minutes each side. Remove from grill and slice into 1/2-inch slices. Add a pinch of sea salt to taste.

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Preheat grill to medium heat. Wash the pepper, zucchini and yellow squash thoroughly; cut lengthwise into halves. Remove the seeds and membrane from the pepper. In a large bowl or

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.

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Former Delta Marsh Field Station The area is one of many still dealing with the aftermath of floods By Donna Gamache Freelance contributor

t’s the fifth anniversary since the 2011 flood along Lake Manitoba, and two years since the 2014 flood. The high water may be gone but the effects linger on and will continue to do so for many years. Cottagers and homeowners whose property was destroyed or damaged are affected, and many are still at work removing debris and/ or rebuilding. Farmers whose fields and pastures were inundated must continue to deal with litter, decreased land values and lower yields. One particular place which was destroyed by the floods is the Delta Marsh Field Station, located not far from where the Portage Diversion empties into Lake Manitoba. On a trip to the area this past spring, my husband and I were dismayed to see the destruction at the site, a spot that was once well known for its environmental studies and school visits. T h e De l t a Ma r s h Fi e l d Station was established in 1966, on land that had previously been part of the estate of Donald H. Bain, a wellknown athlete and businessman from Winnipeg. It operated as a research and teaching facility of the University of Manitoba’s faculty of science, and was based at Mallard Lodge, which had been built by Bain in 1932.

Mallard Lodge has been undermined by waves and the windows are boarded up.

Uprooted trees litter the beach. PHOTOS: GAMACHE photos

A variety of buildings was constructed over the years, while Mallard Lodge operated as the centre and was also used to house university students doing research there. Other buildings served various functions, some for housing, others for study or analyzing data from the surrounding marsh. Over the years, the field station became renowned for ecological monitoring in the Delta Marsh — which has been officially designated a “Wetland of International Significance,” a “Heritage Marsh” and an “Important Bird Area.” Researchers worked to study different aspects of the

marsh ecosystem, as well as monitoring daily weather and the water quality of Lake Manitoba. The field station promoted environmental education at all levels, with many school class field trips taken there, adult seminars and conferences being held there and visitors could watch the monitoring of birds during migrations. By 2010, it was decided to operate the field station only during summer months, as it was considered not financially sustainable on a year-round basis. The 2011 flood put an end to that use as well, and in November of that year, the university closed the station

permanently. In 2012 most of the buildings were demolished or hauled away. Today, the road to the field station has been repaired although it is usually closed to the public. On our visit we could see that the nearby beach still has lovely sand but it is littered with tree carcasses. The field station site is equally depressing. Mallard Lodge and one other small building remain — owned by the province — but no decision has been made yet about them. Both are in a sad state of repair. The once historic lodge has been undermined by waves, and windows are

boarded up. Only foundations of the other buildings remain, some partially buried in sand or barely visible. If you are interested in the Delta Marsh and efforts to restore it, read Delta: A Prairie Marsh and its People, co-authored by University of Manitoba biology professor, Gordon Goldsborough, and several others. This book, planned and written by a large committee over many years, does offer some hope for the recovery of the marsh, but it appears that the field station is gone forever. Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba

Using trees in containers

Experimenting with small evergreen trees and shrubs produced pleasing results By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

ontainer gardening is popular and gardens that do not contain at least a few colourful ones are few and far between. This year I experimented with using trees as the plants in containers and I am pleased with the results. I created a design using small evergreen trees and shrubs. In the spring I redesigned the configuration of containers in the double-wide interlocking brick driveway. I’ve always struggled trying to add plants to this large hardscaped area, so I decided to try a more minimalist approach instead of the usual myriad containers of annuals. I removed a large wooden planter along a retaining wall, replacing it with a bistro set consisting of two black metal chairs and a table on which I placed a pair of black figurines. For a shot of colour I placed bright-red seating pads on the chairs. This sleek, modern look seemed to cry out for containers that were a little less traditional in appearance, so I decided to try a container of trees and shrubs. This can be an expensive type of

A container of small trees and shrubs can provide for a different look in the landscape. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

container to plant, but I happened upon a sale of small evergreen trees and shrubs and picked up three for just over $20. I bought a dwarf Alberta spruce about 40 cm tall, a small green

creeping juniper and another juniper that has attractive steel-blue foliage. I planted the three trees into one of my large containers and added a pair of bird figurines. They are tucked in among the foliage as if they belong there and overall, I am quite happy with the arrangement. How else might trees be used in containers? I have seen individual trees — often pyramidal junipers or cedars — used in a matching pair of containers and located on either side of a main entrance. These trees are bigger than the ones I purchased; I have seen them up to a metre in height. Usually only one tree is used in each container. If the lower parts of the trees do not cover the soil, crushed rock mulch will create a more pleasing appearance — and if a fair bit of it is visible, a decorative object might be added and displayed on the mulch. I have also seen trees that have been trained into various topiary shapes used in this way — a stunning, but expensive, option. Round shrubs, such as globe cedars, make great container plants. A pair of large round containers, each with a globe cedar planted in it, would make wonderful gate posts at an entrance to a garden room. Colourful ceramic containers would add colour to the design

I’m going to try to overwinter my evergreens by heeling them into the garden in a sheltered spot and hopefully they will survive…

and yet not overwhelm the plants. If you have the facilities to overwinter exotic tropical trees such as banana trees, you will be able to create a lush tropical theme by using them in containers in the summer garden. I’m going to try to overwinter my evergreens by heeling them into the garden in a sheltered spot and hopefully they will survive and I will be able to use them in a container again next summer. If they do not survive, I will not have invested much more than if I had filled the pots with annual plants. I will have enjoyed my attempt at using trees in containers and I might even consider expanding upon this concept another year. Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

What’s the secret to getting the best from your barbecue? Canada Beef says it all starts at the meat counter Canada Beef release

hen it comes to barbecue, steak on the grill is a passion for most, a hobby for some and a primal urge for many. But it takes more than a love of fire to master the grill. It turns out there is one basic step that is often overlooked that can make you a grill hero or have you hand in your tongs. Selecting the “right steak for the job” is the make-or-break moment. Although there are three basic cooking categories for steaks (Grilling, Marinating and Simmering Steaks), Canada Beef’s national survey of beefbuying Canadians found that over one in two beef shoppers don’t think to consider the “type” of steak they need to buy that works best for the grill. The purchase decision is primarily made on price and the size and shape of the steak. “Most shoppers make the assumption that all steaks are equal and then use the same cooking method for all,” said Joyce Parslow, professional home economist and director of Consumer Relations, Canada Beef. “It’s pretty simple but often misunderstood: a steak is not a steak. Simmering Steaks like a top blade are amazing when done in the slow cooker where they tenderize nicely, but they are definitely going to be a disappointment if cooked on the grill.” In the absence of an understanding of beef cuts, study results discovered shoppers tend to default to familiar cuts with well over three-quarters of beef shoppers reporting they buy the same few cuts over and over. If their

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“go-to cut” is not available, about half don’t know what beef cut to try as an alternate. “Limited knowledge about cuts means less freedom to choose between options in price and taste experiences — so consumers miss out on some terrific options for grilling,” said Parslow. “Canadians should explore options like the top sirloin cap steak — a moderately priced flavourful grilling steak that’s sized just right to serve with a side of in-season vegetables. “Buy what you need,” adds Parslow, noting that understanding what steaks work best on the grill and what ones don’t is key to getting the best eating experience and value for the money.

In today’s information-driven world, Canada Beef has made it simple yet fun to find the right cut of beef. The organization has developed The Roundup app (available in both official languages). The Roundup is a homegrown solution that puts a guide to buying and cooking Canadian beef into the consumer’s hands. The Roundup is like having both a butcher and a chef to consult with on demand. It is more than a recipe app — with a keyword search function for all beef cuts including descriptions and pictures so you can recognize each beef cut at the beef counter. The Roundup also includes Canada Beef ’s test kitchen-verified cooking recommendations with howto videos that empower home cooks.

“The Roundup app is the tool that allows the consumer to get the information they need at that critical moment of purchase so they have the best experience possible when they grill at home,” said Rob Meijer, president, Canada Beef. “With our research findings demonstrating that over 80 per cent of younger shoppers (aged 20 to 34 years) want to improve their cooking skills and that this same group would just as soon turn to an app to learn as they would a butcher, we knew The Roundup was the right thing to do. “I invite Canadians to not only connect with The Roundup to enhance their shopping and grilling experience in summer, but use it year round to take advantage of all the Canadian beef cuts they have to choose from at the meat counter — any time of year. There are so many beef cuts to choose from, it’s a shame there are only 365 days in a year to try them! I encourage Canadians to visit their local store or restaurant and ask for Canadian beef,” says Meijer. The Roundup app is available free of charge for both Android and Apple mobile devices, and is in both English and French. It can be downloaded at the App Store and Google Play. For more information, visit www.canadabeef.ca. Canada Beef is the cattle producerfunded and -run organization responsible for domestic and international beef and veal market development. It has offices in Canada, Mexico, Japan, China and Taiwan. Canada Beef works to foster loyalty to the Canadian beef brand and build strong relationships with trade customers and partners. These efforts increase demand for Canadian beef and the value producers receive for their cattle.

This Old Elevator

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 66,900-bushel elevator at Bield, east of Roblin, was constructed in 1927 by the Northern Elevator Company. Bought by Manitoba Pool, major renovations were carried out in 1954 and a new annex was built in 1968. The elevator closed in December 1975 and was torn down in mid-1978.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | July 21, 2016

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20’ SWATHER 20’ in width, in good shape. Hyd. Centrelink, GPS and Roller, Humbolt, Saskatchewan. Switching to InVigor Pod Shatter Reduction hybrids.

KOYOTA SWATHER FOR SALE 600/65 luxury cab, rear axle suspension with an 18’ header, Navi-Pro GPS, 3 speed. Growing InVigor L140P and InVigor L233P and will not be swathing canola anymore.

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DREAMBUILT SWATHER 24’ header x A400 engine w/ bar tires and 8’ grain belt, runs like new. Hydraulic mounted roller included. $15,000 o.b.o.

DAS ENGINEN German-made swather with 25’ hydraulic lift header. Has been an excellent swather, but is no longer needed due to InVigor Pod Shatter Reduction hybrids.

PRESTON AGRICULTURAL With new InVigor L140P and InVigor L233P Pod Shatter Reduction hybrids, my 20’ PA swather is for sale. Clear Lake, MB. Looking forward to straight cutting my canola.

JOHNSONVILLE ID Lights, swather with rotoshears. Standard double knife. Bought in 2008 but now moving to straight cut InVigor hybrids.

NORTH IMPLEMENTS 32’ swather for sale, drive tires, double knife drive, double swath, hydraulics fore/aft tilt, greenstart ignition and air conditioned cab.

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AGRON 3000 2011 Agron swather for sale. Airplane grade steel with less than 400 operating hours makes this a great deal. Camrose, Alberta.

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WESTERN BUILT Made in Canada in 1990. 18’ swather – still runs great. Looking to grow InVigor Pod Shatter Reduction hybrids.

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30’ SHELTON CANYON SERIES Bought in 2014 and paid over $20K, but willing to sell for $15K. Dual track glide system with self-adjusting suspension. Like new. Only growing InVigor Pod Shatter Reduction hybrids and don’t need. #SellTheSwather