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Trump’s triumph turns to ag trade trepidation The U.S. president-elect has threatened to tear up the $1-trillion-a-year North American Free Trade Agreement and says he won’t ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership

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looding remains a persistent threat, but some farmers and landowners living along the Assiniboine, Souris and Qu’Appelle rivers and their tributaries are now better prepared for the next occurrence. Since 2011 five municipalities along with the City of Brandon, working in Manitoba’s Upper Assiniboine Conservation District, have funded and built several new small dams and other water retention projects along the Arrow-Oak river and within the Assiniboine-Birdtail watersheds. Those projects began after creating a watership management plan and priority setting that reflected common ground among local landowners and municipalities, said Ryan Canart, CD manager. “We want to reduce the velocity of water and hopefully the impact of silt loading in to the river,” he said, adding that the common ground agreed on going forward was that everyone wants swimmable, drinkable, See FLOODING on page 7 »

President-elect Donald Trump won a surprise victory Nov. 8, partly on promises to tear up trade deals like NAFTA. PHOTO: Creative Commons/Gage Skidmore

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a n a d a’s t r a d e - d e p e n d e n t economy, including agriculture, could be collateral damage in Donald Trump’s battle to make America great again. The president-elect says he’ll pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) if it can’t be renegotiated to give the U.S. a better deal.

He also says he won’t ratify the TransPacific Partnership ( TPP), which would almost assuredly kill the trade agreement that would encompass 40 per cent of the world’s economy. But agriculture and trade representatives on both sides of the border believe Trump’s protectionist bark is worse than his bite. Before being elected president both Barack Obama and Bill Clinton criticized NAFTA too. “I wouldn’t hit the panic button just

yet,” Cereals Canada president Cam Dahl said in an interview Nov. 9, the day after Trump surprised most of the world by beating Hillary Clinton. “Both of our countries have substantially grown around that agreement and it goes well beyond agriculture. I simply can’t imagine Canada and the U.S. without free-flowing trade.” But during the first presidential See TRUMP on page 6 »

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hen it comes to plant roots it’s out of sight, out of mind. But roots are an essential part of almost all plants and crucial to plant productivity and food production. For scientists, a better understanding of roots is important and their measurement is increasingly of interest. The problem is measuring roots is a hard job that involves washing, filtering, drying and weighing fine and delicate root tissues. Another approach has been to use electrical capacitance, or the ability of an object to store an electrical charge, to measure roots. However, until now that’s only worked for hydroponically grown plants. As Craig Carlson, a PhD candidate at Cornell Un i v e r s i t y ’s C o l l e g e o f Agriculture and Life Sciences, explains, “A majority of electroconductivity studies has focused on annual grasses and hydroponic systems. We wanted to develop a cheap, quick method of measuring root biomass in soils.”

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Carlson works on North America’s largest breeding program for shrub willow, an important biofuel crop. One aspect of the work requires growing individual plants in separate pots, and an efficient method to quantify root biomass would allow for more rapid selection. Despite being initially skeptical the root electrical capacitance method would

work in soil, Carlson was able to tweak the technique and show how it works in a paper published in a recent issue of Applications in Plant Sciences. Using a relatively simple setup composed of a stem clamp, soil probe, and capacitance meter, he can make quick predictions of dry root biomass and circumvents the need to meticulously sift through soil.

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Producers won’t be grandfathered into new chicken quota program New specialty quota program penalizes existing specialty chicken producers for production over 30,000 kgs with 40-cent levy By Shannon VanRaes

“Niche markets are not only necessarily the way the chickens are produced, or the way they are processed. Niche markets are also about building a relationship between the consumer and the farmer, the consumer who just wants to have contact with the person who is touching their food and producing their food.”

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udy Reimer is thinking about his chickens, but feeling more like a sacrificial lamb. His operation, which has been operating under a special permit since the late 1960s, will be penalized under a new specialty quota program being rolled out by Manitoba Chicken Producers because it no longer fits the new guidelines. Existing producers will not be grandfathered at their current production levels under the new program set up to accommodate small-scale operations. “We were not expecting this,” said Reimer. “The marketing board and (executive director) Wayne Hiltz often used our farm as an example, as a model for other producers... we didn’t think there would be a problem.” Wa t e r s o n g Fa r m s , n e a r Warren, was granted an exemption of 25,500 birds per year when Manitoba formed its own chicken-marketing board. The original exemption granted to Reimer’s in-laws nearly half a century ago called for the production of roasters — not broilers — and the farm has been selling roasters directly to consumers ever since.

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Rudy and Leslie Reimer, shown here with their rainbow trout operation in the background, say new regulations for small chicken producers are causing an upheaval for their operation. FILE PHOTO

Reimer said the narrow production window allowed under the new regulations makes the new program unworkable on his farm.

New entrants New entrants to the annual specialty quota program must begin with 10,000 kg of live weight production, while existing permit holders will be granted up to 30,000 kg. Watersong Farms produces about 75,000 kgs from 16,500 r o a s t i n g c h i c k e n s. T h a t’s 45,000 more kilograms than the chicken producer’s board is willing to grant them under the new program.

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Reimer said reduced processing capacity is the reason the farm isn’t raising the 25,500 birds its current exemption allows. “ We d o n’t d o o u r ow n slaughter here anymore, we used to, but that has been part of the other change because we were anticipating that all chickens would have to be government inspected and our facility at that time had a permit that required us to be noninspected,” he said, adding he also believed the existing facility could be retrofitted to process the rainbow trout the farm now produces. So while the farm now has a provincially licensed meatand fish-processing facility, it is no longer set up for chicken slaughter. “Now we take our chickens to Waldner’s in Niverville, but it’s an hour away, so I mean we would like more options as far as the processing,” he said, adding the cost of transporting the birds to slaughter has already resulted in passing additional cost onto the consumer.

Slaughter capacity Slaughter capacity in the province is a huge issue for him and other producers, as only one of the three inspected slaughter plants accepts specialty birds. But it’s the decision to cap specialty quota at 30,000 kg that is most limiting. Initially, existing exemption holders were offered the chance to produce beyond 30,000 kg per year by purchasing broiler quota that would then be converted to specialty quota. But at a cost of nearly $500,000 and a moratorium on resale for 10

years, Reimer said the offer wasn’t tenable. “No bank was going to lend us money to buy this quota, not with a moratorium of 10 years,” he said. “So under this new program they say, OK, we understand that you wouldn’t be able to get financing, so to work around it, what we’re going to do is you are going to pay us a penalty levy basically... so it’s like you’re leasing quota.” The Manitoba Chicken Producers set that levy at 40 cents per kilogram of live weight production over the 30,000-kg specialty quota limit. For Watersong Farms that means making an additional $17,500 per year to keep production at current levels. Given that Reimer has already increased prices to comply with the move to government inspection, he said he’s not comfortable increasing prices again by at least 25 cents per pound. He notes he has always paid the standard two-centsper-kg levy to the board.

Stymied He would like to appeal the board’s program, but said he is being stymied by bureaucracy and indecision on the part of the board. “We tried to appeal that first rollout,” he said. “But what you need is for them to say no, say no formally, so you can go back and appeal to the Manitoba Farm Products Council. The thing is, they never gave us a formal no, they said it is a workin-progress kind of thing and then they went back and they brought out this new specialty quota program.” That lack of a formal no, means they have been unable to file an appeal, Reimer said. “They are playing games and hoping that we are just going to capitulate,” he said. “And some of

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the other guys are almost ready to do that because this is the mentality that they have worked with for so many years. The board has always been very authoritarian, they basically said you were only operating under our goodwill.”

Meet demand Reimer doesn’t agree with the Manitoba Chicken Producers’ position that it is trying to satisfy a relatively small market demand. “There is a lot of demand for this market, this niche market,” he said. “Niche markets are not only necessarily the way the chickens are produced, or the way they are processed. Niche markets are also about building a relationship between the consumer and the farmer, the consumer who just wants to have contact with the person who is touching their food and producing their food.” Despite being prohibited from advertising their product, Reimer said they sell out of chickens continually, selling about 99 per cent of their birds from the farm gate. “We could sell more, other producers could sell more... this market is not full,” he said, noting that his birds are not organic or pasture raised. “We talk to the consumer, we answer their questions about antibiotics or hormones... that is what they want,” said Reimer. “Now they are going to dismantle it all.” As of December 31, all existing exemptions under the special market development and servicing policy, as well as the annual farm site marketing permit system, will be cancelled. The Manitoba Chicken Producers were asked to comment, but did not respond by press time. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Hedge your risks: go underground

he dust is settling in the wake of last week’s U.S. election but it will be a while yet before we understand what the results mean for Canadians, including farmers. It’s an understatement to say Donald Trump’s election came as a surprise, quite possibly even to him. The fact that his opponent received more votes, yet he claimed the presidency with a healthy Laura Rance margin has left many shaking their heads FBC Editorial Director over how the U.S. electoral process is structured. You don’t elect someone expecting them not to deliver on their promises, even if they seemingly have little foundation in policy. So we have to believe that at least some of what he said will be reflected in his actions, which undoubtedly has implications for its northern neighbour and biggest customer. For the record, Canada bought just under $21 billion — mostly food products — from the U.S. in 2015. If Trump cracks down on illegal workers for example, we can expect the cost of those fruits and veggies imported from California to go up and demand from U.S. slaughter plants processing Canadian livestock to fall. Changes to the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which he on several occasions has promised to tear up, could also affect our livestock sector’s access to the U.S. There seems little likelihood that the Trans-Pacific Partnership will move ahead under this administration. It is all speculative at this point, but suffice to say we could be in for a bumpy ride as our neighbour to the south sorts through its stuff. In times of uncertainty, it’s important to focus on managing the things we can control as a buffer for the things we can’t. Trump has made it clear he doesn’t support the Obama administration’s position on climate change. Many believe he’ll abandon his predecessor’s plan to reduce emissions. That’s raising fears in this country that if Canada goes ahead with carbon pricing, farmers here will be at a competitive disadvantage. Let’s think that through. Trump may not believe in climate change but just about every other country Canada trades with does. With him in office, it’s all the more important for Canada to continue diversifying its customer base. Increasingly, sustainability measures are being linked to both market access and commercial transactions. Canadian farmers will never have a competitive advantage over their U.S. counterparts when playing the same commodity game. Canadian growing seasons are shorter, there is usually less moisture, and lower yields. Farmers here are more export dependent, they have farther to go to market, a constrained grain delivery system and less commercial storage. About the only competitive advantages they have are a deflated currency and whatever ability they have to differentiate themselves through what they grow, or how they do it. One tact is more efficient use of resources. That brings us back to carbon and the likelihood that the Canadian government will require carbon pricing in the near future. Many farmers see that proposition as something that will cost their bottom line and reduce their competitiveness rather than improving it. Yet the evidence suggests that in a well-functioning farming system, carbon is an asset, not a liability. Among the ways in which farmers can add carbon to their soil is through cover crops and reduced tillage. Both foster the biological activity beneath the surface. There is even evidence to suggest cover crops can moderate soil temperatures, which effectively extend the farmer’s growing season, and help reduce pests. All in all, carbon contributes to healthier soil that produces more with less added fertilizer. It behaves like a sponge instead of a tabletop, and that works to the farmer’s advantage in both excess moisture and drought conditions. There is even evidence suggesting it produces more nutritious crops. If all that doesn’t give farmers a competitive advantage, what does? If the scientists tracking the warming planet are right, Prairie farmers are among the few who might see their capacity to produce food grow. And because other parts of the globe could see productivity decrease, demand for what they grow will be high. That’s all the more reason for farmers here to ensure their soils have the capacity to respond to whatever the climate throws at them. If the farm organizations play their cards right, Canadian farmers might even get paid through tax incentives or subsidies to do something they should be doing in the first place. So our advice in the face of an increasingly volatile socioeconomic and environmental climate is to go underground. Build resiliency into your farming system through the soil. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Elections come and go but we stay By Alan Guebert Farm & Food

The cold, grey drizzle of November finally found central Illinois on Election Day. No one complained, however, because the warm, dry harvest season had ended weeks before. Fifty or more years ago, that was never the case on the southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth. In fact, if we were half done with harvest on Election Day, we were very lucky. Back then, in the 1960s, Election Day was like a Sunday. My mother, a poll judge, would put on a church dress to earn, maybe, $10 over the 13- or 14-hour day. And like Sunday, work stopped long enough for you to do your sacred duty. Moreover, in Illinois then, when the polls were open the taverns were closed. That was a minor distraction to a local deputy who was the Democratic precinct boss as well as the owner of a well-known local watering hole. Officially, it was always closed on Election Day; unofficially, its back door was always open to anyone “who voted right.” Not surprisingly, most everyone, either out of blind loyalty or blind thirst, did vote right and the precinct never went Republican while that deputy wore a badge, a gun, and a knowing smile. It took little convincing; most southern Illinois farm folks had been Democrats since the election of Franklin Roosevelt in 1932. It was Roosevelt, after all, whose hopeful words carried them through the Depression, who brought electricity to their dark corner of nowhere, and who delivered a monthly pension cheque so a lifetime of hard work left no one broken and broke. That loyalty, like America itself, began to crack in 1968, the worst election year ever. The Tet offensive came that February, then Martin Luther King’s murder in April, and Bobby’s in June.

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Summer ended in clouds of tear gas and pools of blood at the Democratic convention in Chicago. The ugly emptiness of the 2016 election was bad but, by comparison, 1968 was a bloody nightmare. My father, a thoughtful, informed voter for almost 70 years, backed Richard Nixon in 1968 because Nixon had promised to raise milk price supports. Nixon kept his word; he increased milk price supports before announcing his re-election bid in 1972. Shortly thereafter, Watergate investigators discovered he had done so only after pocketing at least $1 million in unreported campaign cash from the dairy lobby. My father never commented on Nixon’s criminal deeds or the dairy lobby’s dirty schemes. I suspect, however, it deeply offended him because he was a rules person. To him, breaking the rules to win wasn’t winning. It was, in fact, losing because it meant you had first lost your dignity, then your honour. Republicans didn’t have the corner on the corruption market. Two years before Watergate, a well-known Illinois Democrat, Secretary of State Paul Powell, died. Within weeks, his executor discovered several shoeboxes filled with $800,000 in cash in Powell’s Springfield hotel room, as well as 49 cases of whiskey. That was quite a haul for a southern Illinois boy who never made more than $30,000 a year as an elected official. Powell, like Nixon and the “vote right” sheriff, weren’t — aren’t — the only scoundrels to hold public office. In fact, it’s quite likely we elected more than a few crooks, cheaters, and knuckleheads this Election Day. We usually do. These folks, however, come and go. We, the people, however, always persevere. The Farm and Food File is published weekly through the U.S. and Canada. www.farmandfoodfile.com.

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he caption on this photo by Grace Blanketed By snow Crayston in our November 22, 2012 issue read “Although last year’s dry winter was a nice reprieve, many Manitobans were happy to see a return to more normal winter conditions.” Daniel Bezte’s article in that issue talked about the big snowfall the previous week, and how the weather models had done a good job predicting a storm, but not where it would arrive. The forecast had been for snowfall in the Red River Valley, but most of the province received at least 15 centimetres and the Mafeking area north of Swan River received 60 to 80 cm. The grain-handling system was in its first few months after the end of the wheat board monopoly, and we reported that grain was moving well so far. In another contrast to this year, that was helped by the highquality crop — virtually all the wheat that year was No. 1 and high protein. But speaking to a conference Congratulations to that month, some industry members who had supported the end of the single desk said the transition was the DEKALB not complete and that new regulations were needed to balance farmer interests against winners! the power of the For these growers and many others, DEKALB® soybeans delivered on the double! In addition grain industry. to DEKALB seed, winners receive an all expense paid trip to Kissimmee, Florida for the 2013 Commodity Classic!following DEKALB soybeans make difference you can of take the to the bank. Two months of turmoil in the beef industry were coming to an end theapurchase XL www.DEKALB.ca Foods beef slaughter plant in Alberta. The plant, previously owned by Alberta’s Nillson brothers, was shut down in September because of E. coli contamination in several of its products. Although last year’s dry winter was a nice reprieve, many Manitobans were happy to see a return to more normal winter conditions. photo: grace crayston

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Container regulation change angers food processors By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor / ottawa

A coalition of food processors and farm groups is protesting a federal plan to no longer require standard-size packages. New rules mean American food producers will no longer have to use Canadian-size packages and that will give some of them an advantage in the grocery store aisle, said Chris Kyte, president of the Food Processors of Canada. “Right now, standard packaging allows Canadians to do accurate price comparison shopping,” he said. “American package sizes tend to be smaller which may initially create the impression of better value at a lower price, but that is frequently not the case.” The change, announced in this year’s budget, will “over time, put food processing and agricultural jobs at risk,” said Kyte. Kyte slammed the government for making the change without consultation and predicted it will have a major impact. He pointed to the decision to close a Christie cookie plant in Toronto and move most of its production to Mexico and the U.S. “This will throw 550 people out of work and will accelerate Canada’s $6.5-billion food trade deficit with the United States,” he said. “In the last five years, more than 80 food-processing plants in Canada have closed, with many moving production to larger American plants and those in Mexico.” Producers and processors of honey, wine, meats, maple syrup, canned fruit and vegetable products will be impacted, with apple and potato farmers especially vulnerable, he said. The government has refused to consider phasing in the change to give producers and processors

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No easy answers to greenhouse gas emissions We’ll all have to be part of the solution or we’ll be part of the problem BY DAVID ROURKE

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he solution to pollution is dilution is an old saying, but unfortunately there is a limit to its truth. For well over a century we have been mining, drilling and burning fossil fuels as if Mother Nature intended us to. One gallon of gas can give the equivalent of 600-man hours of labour. Coal and petroleum products have changed the world, allowed us to move faster, further and carry and pull heavier loads, in other words do more work in less time. Nobel prizewinner Norman Bourlaug, father of the Green Revolution, observed that on his parents’ poor Iowa farm, four things happened to pull it from being a subsistence farm with lots of human drudgery and periodic food shortages to a productive farm business with surplus production and labour. The four innovations were greatly improved genetics, tractors, commercial fertilizers, particularly nitrogen, and electricity. Three of the four were largely made possible by cheap, powerful petroleum fuels. Today, these wonder products, used for the last 100 years, have also had huge negative consequences for our planet. As a whole we have ignored the ‘canary in the coal mine,’ but the truth is mankind has — and continues to — release huge amounts of greenhouse gases, resulting in rising global temperatures. Scientists are not making this up. The facts are clear but like the ostrich we — and particularly politicians, spurred on by special interest groups — have tried to ignore the facts for too long. Unless mankind stops using fossil fuels or can find safe ways to capture greenhouse gases, the earth’s temperature will continue to rise and with it will come catastrophic consequences. Melting ice caps and glaciers will cause sea levels to rise, threatening and destroying low-lying islands and coastal cities. Rising temperatures may allow

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heat-loving crops like corn and soybean to be grown farther north, but in many parts of the world, the temperatures will become too hot to support agriculture. Food shortages will become even more of a reality, despite our best efforts to adapt. As temperatures rise, methane trapped in the permafrost is released, further contributing to the rise in temperature. Oceans will begin to acidify, releasing even more CO2. The temperature rises and species start to fail. Some scientists say we are doomed, we will not be able to act fast enough and far enough to prevent the catastrophe. Others say we can win if we act collectively, urgently and purposefully. Not just say we are going to do it someday. There is a concept in biology called carrying capacity. For any species at any point of time, the ecosystem will only support a certain population. Ancient civilizations collapsed because their population exceeded the local food supply. Mankind has in the last 200 years, with huge reliance on petroleum products, been able to increase the ability of the earth to feed, house and transport a massive population. And through innovation and co-operation we can continue to do that, but not if our climate is compromised. In my own personal journey to try to understand if global warming was real, I started at a point of disbelief. Then I moved to dismay as ice caps and glaciers are melting and shrinking. Then it was “so what,” after all, the world supported dinosaurs when the world was 4 C warmer than today. Plant growth had to be abundant to be able to support such enormous species. Nothing can grow to be 10 to 90 tonnes in size without food. So what’s the problem? Time is. It took millions of years of evolution for the dinosaurs to develop, then BANG, an asteroid collision caused global cooling. Dinosaurs went extinct and today’s species evolved again over millions of years.

Humans as a species have extraordinary minds and ability do to what the earth has never experienced before. But how fast can we adapt to our own “asteroid” of our own making? The impact of ours is not instantaneous as it was with the dinosaurs, it is insidious, incremental and exponentially impacting our climate, our ecosystem, our food supply. If we continue, the impact of our “asteroid” will be no less profound, a collapse of ecosystems worldwide. In order to stop the global temperature from rising 2 C above the benchmark temperature, and we’re already about halfway there, we are told we need to reduce fossil fuel use by 90 per cent as soon as possible, as early as 2020. Of course the challenge is, we like what we have. Nice houses, powerful engines, little human drudgery, abundant and cheap food and ample leisure time. Why should we change? It is hard to change, to accept reality when we are so comfortable. Is carbon pricing the solution? The answer is it is sort of easy but also very hard. To reduce our fossil fuel use by 90 per cent by 2020 we’d need to either price carbon at $500 a tonne or even resort to outright bans. We can’t adapt that quickly. At $10 a tonne, no one will care. It’s just a few cents a litre difference, less of a change than routinely occurs in a given week on petroleum markets. There’s no reason for us to change or innovate. We may have to apply reverse engineering to this problem, the same way we were able to put a man on the moon. Set the goal and work backwards to get to targets and work schedules for innovation and adoption to happen. We may have to adopt a war mentality. As during wars, factories and their management are seconded to build war machines. In our war, these factories would stop building machines that use fossil fuels and instead build machines

that produce and use renewable fuels and other alternatives or machines which capture and store GHG. Closer to home, what do we as Manitoba farmers do? We have bills to pay, existing infrastructure and no easy off-the-shelf alternative to allow us to substitute non-polluting energy. There is lots of innovation in energy alternatives, alternative farming systems, alternative crops, but little can be taken off the shelves and be implemented next year without a huge impact on the amount of food produced, the number of people required to do the work, the type of food produced and our ability to survive financially. The impact of the solution would be too fast to absorb. But the “asteroid” is coming, we can see it. How do we do our part along with the rest of the world to reduce or avoid the impact? As farmers we can argue about the right price for carbon pollution, or maybe even argue we should be exempt, after all, we produce the food that feeds the world. But we use about 600 kg of greenhouse gases an acre to produce a 60-bushel wheat crop. Only 100 kg are sequestered into the soil. Some of our farms are huge net emitters. The problem requires everyone to act. No one will get a pass on this one in the long term, which really has only a short term to solve. The solutions will affect how we fertilize our crops, how we work our fields, how we harvest, what we harvest, where our markets are, and how we get it to market. From our grandfathers’ time to today, agriculture has changed immensely. But that change is small compared to what we must do in the next five to 10 years. We can do this. We must do this. The stakes are too high not to. Don’t we want to be able to tell our grandchildren, when they ask us in the future, that we did our part?

Terminal Association of Canada, the Canadian Special Crops Association, the Canadian Canola Growers Association, Pulse Canada, the Western Grain Elevator Association and the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association. Each week, 22 shippers and 266 locations throughout Western Canada handling grain, oilseeds, pulses and special crops provide data to the program. The ATC’s strategy and approach to gathering data and reporting provides the grain industry, railways and government with a clear view of the agriculture sector’s weekly demand for rail cars — including those in CP’s Dedicated Train Program. This is an essential metric for the industry as every car order placed represents a shipment destined for a customer of Canadian grain, oilseeds, pulses and special crops. In addition, the ATC reporting includes a timeliness measure; a view of ‘on-time performance’ that highlights the railway’s performance in fulfilling shipper demand on a weekly basis. Timely supply of rail cars on a weekly basis is essential for shippers and their international customers as car orders are made to supply grain for specific sales programs at specific ports and terminals. In recent weeks, both CN and CP have released weekly reports that contain the metrics important to them, a good first step towards even greater transparency across all parts of the supply chain. The ATC looks forward to continued discussions with the railways and government on how shipper, railway and all other supply chain data can support

efforts to ensure that the transportation system is meeting the needs of Canadian businesses, contributing to their competitiveness and supporting economic growth throughout Canada.

food products” hints that we are likely to be importing more. The claim that Canada’s cattle industry is desperate to reach new markets isn’t borne out by the facts as we already have thousands of tonnes of tariff-free beef quota access to the EU going unfilled. The EU already produces more pork than it can consume. Grain and oilseeds exports don’t get a mention. The writer seems to have a fixation on “competitiveness” as if that is a goal in itself. What he is really advocating is dairy farmers getting less for their milk thus reducing their profitability and transferring this wealth to processors or retailers. The disastrous collapse in global milk prices over the last year has proven economy of scale, often touted as the way to increase competitiveness, is a flawed model. Farmers with thousandcow herds have been forced out of business in New Zealand, the U.S. and Europe. In comparison, Canadian dairy farmers have continued to enjoy reduced, but still profitable, prices. Why would any Canadian, and particularly fellow farmers, want to see the profitability of dairy farming reduced to the point they need an off-farm job to support their farming business like so many others do? It makes no sense especially when you consider there are unlikely to be gains for other sectors of Canadian agriculture and consumers are unlikely to see a reduction in the retail price of dairy products.

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Unclear loyalties In response to the article “Ratifying CETA was the easy part” by Sylvain Charlebois in the Nov. 3 edition of the Manitoba Co-operator, I’m unclear of the purpose of the article other than to encourage the destruction of supply management (SM) and the livelihoods of dairy farmers. When a Canadian welcomes the fact that CETA “creates a significant breach in the quota system” and that this change in turn will “destabilize Canada’s entire agricultural system” it raises the question of where their loyalties lie. Generally when critics attack SM in the dairy sector they claim that the domestic consumer deserves to benefit from cheaper milk or cheese but that point was never made. It’s interesting too that the article talks only about the destruction of one sector — dairy. Critics of SM in dairy don’t talk about chicken, for example. Perhaps because the very low cost of chicken at the retail counter belies their argument? The article forwards no valid arguments that Canadian agriculture will benefit from CETA. Mentioning the EU is “desperate to find new markets for its

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debate Sept. 29, Trump said NAFTA “is the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere, but certainly ever signed in this country (U.S.).” The trilateral accord signed by Canada, the United States and Mexico, which came into effect Jan. 1, 1994, saw trade, as measured by the total of each country’s imports from its other two NAFTA partners, exceed $1 trillion (U.S.) in 2015. That’s more than a threefold increase since 1993, according to a Canadian government website. Canada-U.S. trade in goods and services alone reached close to $881 billion last year. “Canada is the second-largest market for U.S. services and exports with Canada-U.S. services trade nearly reaching over $122.8 billion in 2015, a 205 per cent increase since 1993,” the site says. “The United States was the No. 1 destination for Canadian merchandise exports in 2015, and was Canada’s largest supplier of merchandise imports. Canada is the main foreign supplier of energy to United States (Mexico is fourth), and was the largest cumulative source of foreign direct investment into the United States.” Presidential candidates change positions once elected, Jo s e p h Gl a u b e r, a f o r m e r chief economist with the United States Depar tment of Agr iculture and now with the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, D.C., said in an email Nov. 9. “I think the possibility is zero that there would be any move to backtrack on trade deals like NAFTA,” he wrote. “Already the (American) Farm Bureau is asking to meet with the president-elect and push for TPP. The next few months will certainly be interesting but I would be very surprised if we see any change in current trade agreements.” In the unlikely case that the U.S. abrogated NAFTA,

“Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Americans owe their jobs to trade — particularly trade with Canada — and they can only come up to that one logical conclusion, that is, campaign rhetoric is not good policy for the United States.”

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the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, which came into force Jan. 1, 1989, would carry on, said Ottawa-based trade consultant Peter Clark of Grey, Clark, Shih and Associates. It might be a bit clunky — like going from a smartphone back to a flip phone, said John Masswohl, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s director of government and international relations. “It wouldn’t be ideal, but you could make a phone call.” World Trade Organization ( WTO) rules would still also apply, Clark said. Canada successfully overturned the U.S.’s protectionist country-of-origin labelling law for meat through the WTO. U.S. farm groups, with a politically conservative membership, want Trump to know how vital exports are for farmers, Chuck Abbott wrote for the online publication Ag Insider. Groups speaking for U.S. corn and soybean farmers urged Congress to pass TPP during the post-election session opening next week, the story said. “Campaign rhetoric has set America’s trade agenda back years. Let’s take a big step back in the right direction and pass TPP,” Ag Insider quoted

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John Spurlock, president of the National Corn Growers Association, as saying. Twenty cents of every $1 in net U.S. farm income is generated by agricultural exports. China, Canada and Mexico are the top three markets for U.S. farm exports. The U.S. is Canada’s No. 1 customer for agricultural goods. Ron Bonnett, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, said his organization will be reaching out to American farm groups to rally support for trade. “We have worked through some of these trade skirmishes before and the industry will likely unite and say, ‘be careful where you step here because this has actually worked well for both sides,’” Bonnett said. If Trump pulls out of NAFTA — something that requires six months’ notice — it would hurt the U.S., Masswohl said. “Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Americans owe their jobs to trade — particularly trade with Canada — and they can only come up to that one logical conclusion, that is, campaign rhetoric is not good policy for the United States,” he said. “I think people should just take a breath, calm down.” In the meantime, staff at

Canada’s embassy and consulates across the U.S. will be reminding U.S. leaders about the importance of trade agreement with Canada, he said. No r t h A m e r i c a’s c a t t l e breeding, feeding and processing industries are already integrated, Masswohl said. When a load of Canadian cattle enters the U.S. it’s sustaining jobs in either feedlots or packing plants, he said. The same applies when U.S. cattle come north. While all those interviewed feel NAFTA is safe, they agree TPP — the 12-country agreement, isn’t, even though most American farm groups, like their Canadian counterparts, support it. To enter into force, six of the 12 TPP countries need to ratify the deal. They must account for at least 85 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product of the original 12 participating countries. The U.S. alone represents nearly 62 per cent of TPP GDP. And Trump has said he won’t ratify it. “If the TPP is not going to proceed our position will be to strongly encourage the C a n a d i a n g ov e r n m e n t t o secure some bilaterals starting specifically with Japan,” Dahl said, adding that Australia already has such an agreement.

If the U.S. pulls out of TPP it will leave a big hole, said Brian Innes, the Canola Council of Canada’s vice-president, government relations. “We’ll see a major need for Canada to be more assertive and more aggressive on the international scene if the U.S. pulls back from its leadership role in promoting rules-based more liberal trade,” he said. Pr i m e Mi n i s t e r Ju s t i n Trudeau said he is willing to discuss NAFTA with Trump. Trudeau also said Canada will continue plans to price carbon, even though Trump has vowed to pull out of the Paris accord on climate change. Critics, including Conservative opposition leader Rhonda Ambrose, say a carbon price will make Canadian farmers and other businesses uncompetitive. Keystone Agriculture P r o d u c e r s p re s i d e n t D a n Mazier said with or without carbon pricing the federal government needs to help farmers adjust to increasing erratic weather. “The only way we have right now is through a better risk management program,” Mazier said. “That is an old tool for a new problem.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

Canary seed prices to whipsaw on weather Harvest delays have caused prices to climb but better weather is likely to temper gains BY JADE MARKUS CNSC

a s k a t c h e w a n’s c a n a r y seed spot prices have seen short-term gains, as wet conditions stalled harvest progress, but one industry participant expects the market may drift back down in the long run. “It’s a pretty good crop, it just isn’t in the bin,” said David No b b s, m a n a g i n g p a r t n e r of Canpulse Foods, and current chair of the Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan. Producers in Saskatchewan had combined about half of this year’s canary seed crop as of Oct. 24, according to the most recent Saskatchewan Agriculture crop report. “It stalled there for about the past month, but recently harvesting has started again,” Nobbs said.

“It’s a pretty good crop, it just isn’t in the bin.” David Nobbs Canpulse Foods

Warm temperatures and limited precipitation allowed producers to get back into fields in parts of Saskatchewan. Areas in the southeast have been able to make the most progress, Nobbs said. The northeast is least advanced and west-central areas are somewhere in the middle. “We’re probably returning to a fairly significant crop, just depends whether or not we get the crop off,” Nobbs said. Canary seed spot prices have moved from about 21 to 25 cents per pound due to harvest delays, but many buyers are disinterested in paying those higher prices, he added.

Si n c e c o n t ra c t e d c a n a r y seed is still in fields, exporter ability to ship those products overseas is limited. “We have a made-in-Canada short squeeze going on and the buyers are just kind of waiting. They have purchases m a d e, a n d t h e C a n a d i a n exporters are kind of squeezed in the middle r ight now,” Nobbs said. He expects long-term prices will settle lower once the trade understands how much crop, if any, will be left to overwinter. Saskatchewan Agriculture will be releasing its final crop report on November 24.

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fishable water. “We all want those things,” he said. Across the border in Saskatchewan, another half-dozen municipalities are also co-operating on water protection. Working under auspices of the Assiniboine Watershed Stewards Association, they came together to help fund nearly 40 miles of channel clearing along the Wallace Creek and its tributaries. Meanwhile in North Dakota, local residents have recently located and cleaned out an outlet to Boundary Lake, whose location had mystified residents for years. Because nobody knew where it was, as a result had been unmaintained for over 50 years. That has now significantly lessened the risk of future flood damages by giving officials with the Bottineau County Water Resource Board a better idea of where people should and shouldn’t build around the lake. Meanwhile in Minot, multiple flood protection projects are also underway to lessen the risk of the kinds of flood that devastated that city in 2011. Those were some of the accomplishments shared at the third annual Assiniboine River Basin Initiative (ARBI) conference held here last week. ARBI formed three years ago with members from Saskatchewan, North Dakota and Manitoba to try to share ideas for water management and bring more cohesion to water planning to the region which encompasses approximately 162,000 sq. km and is home to 1.5 million people. The theme for the 2016 conference was ‘fitting the pieces together,’ focusing on work by subgroups across the basin to do exactly that. Jesse Nielsen, manager of the Assiniboine Watershed Stewards Association, told the conference their main accomplishment — for which they’ve recently received an award — proves co-operation and co-ordinated effort is the way to go. “We’re so concerned with just taking care of ourselves and as long as I’m doing all right and I’ve got my head above water, so to speak, it’s sort of let the other guy worry about himself,” he said. “When it comes to water management you just can’t take that kind of approach. What’s traditionally been done in our area... one RM worries about its water and upsizes its own culverts and does its own thing and once it’s out of its boundaries and off to the next RM that’s their problem. That just doesn’t work. Water doesn’t know any boundaries. There’s impacts regardless.” Conference attendees also heard about ARBI’s efforts, including creation of a comprehensive document to lay out its vision and mission, and longterm goals and objectives to guide its future work. ARBI’ own priorities now are to complete that document, begin a white paper on the state of the basin, and continue to support the Aquanty Project, said ARBI board chair Allan Preston. Funding for ARBI comes from the province of Manitoba and the North Dakota State Water Commission, plus additional support from Minot and Ward County, various Manitoba municipalities, including the City of Brandon and watershed associations in Saskatchewan.

Co-operation between municipalities can help reduce flooding that otherwise results when water problems are simply passed to the next jurisdiction, the ARBI conference was told. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

They operate a slim budget however, with less than half of the funds actually needed to operate. “We’re probably about 40 per cent of the way toward the budget we need to work with going forward,” Preston said, adding the ongoing task is showing funders the progress being made to achieve their goals.

A major project being supported by ARBI, together with the Manitoba Forage and Grasslands Association, AAFC and Manitoba Agriculture, is the Aquanty Project, an ambitious $1.8-million undertaking to develop a hydrospheric model for the entire basin. “From that we hope to generate significant interest in

changing some of our land use practices specifically in the area of maintaining more grasslands and creating more perennial forages as a component of water management,” Preston said. A recent development is the Global Institute for Water Security at the University of Saskatchewan’s large funding an-

nouncement that will go towards supporting the largest water research program ever funded worldwide. Its advisers have approached ARBI to suggest research topics, said Preston who calls that new development a game changer for their organization and an affirmation of its work to date. “To me that means we’ve been doing something right as an organization,” he said. U.S. Consul General Chris Gunning, who’s based in Winnipeg, thinks so. In a brief address to the conference, he praised the organization’s trans-boundary approach between two countries, saying too often we ignore or forget what’s beyond the borders of our own maps. ARBI’s is a truly unique approach in all of North America, Gunning said. “There is no other group like this,” he said. ARBI now has a 51-member basin-wide board. Next year’s conference will be held in Regina. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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On-farm cost-sharing program quickly taken up by producers Farmers say the program has helped them to keep operations up-to-date and more able to adapt BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff / Brandon

Robert and Margaret Smith have been running a honeybee operation in the province since 1977 and have been taking advantage of Growing Forward 2’s On-Farm Food Safety and Animal Welfare program since its inception nearly 10 years ago. photo: jennifer paige

anitoba farmers are giving a program aimed at improving on-farm food safety and animal welfare a strong passing grade. Producers who have participated in Growing Forward 2’s On-Farm Food Safety and Animal Welfare say they’d do it again, noting it cost shares improvements that help farmers. “If you have the chance to get involved with this program, do it. It will only strengthen your operation,” said Margaret Smith, who alongside her husband Robert has been running a honeybee operation near St. Andrews since 1977. They started using the program about 10 years ago, when it first became available under the original Growing Forward framework. “We got in on the honeycomb replacement program and we did that over time.

WHAT’S UP Please forward your agricultural events to daveb@fbcpublishing.com or call 204-944-5762. Nov. 15-17: Canadian Forage and Grassland Association annual conference, Fairmont Winnipeg, 2 Lombard Place, Winnipeg. For more info visit canadianfga.com/CFGA_Conf/. Nov. 19: Manitoba Sheep Association sheep symposium, Portage la Prairie. For more info or to register call 204-421-9434 or visit www.mbsheep.ca. Nov. 20-22: Manitoba Farm Women’s Conference, Canad Inns, 2401 Saskatchewan Ave. W., Portage la Prairie. For more info visit manito bafarmwomensconference.ca. Nov. 22-24: AgEx Agricultural Excellence Conference, Sheraton Cavalier, 2620-32nd Ave. NE, Calgary. For conference info visit www.fmc-gac.com. Contact a Manitoba Agriculture business development specialist for info on funding for young farmers to attend. Nov. 28: Manitoba Beef and Forage Week seminar, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Vita Hall, Vita. For more info call the Vita GO office at 204-425-5050. Nov. 29: Manitoba Beef and Forage Week seminar, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Community Hall, Ste. Rose du Lac. For more info call the Dauphin GO office at 204-622-2006. Nov. 30: Manitoba Beef and Forage Week seminar, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Community Hall, Holland. For more info call the Portage GO office at 204-239-3352. Dec. 1: Manitoba Beef and Forage Week seminar, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 540 Eighth Ave. S., Virden. For more info call the Melita GO office at 204-5223256. Dec. 1: Prairie Oat Growers Association annual meeting, Lakeview Hecla Resort, Hwy. 8, Hecla Island. For more info visit poga.ca.

Dec. 2: Manitoba Beef and Forage Week seminar, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Teulon Rockwood Centennial Centre, 14 Main St., Teulon. For more info call the Teulon GO office at 204-7682782. Dec. 14: Prairie Livestock Expo, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.prairielivestockexpo. ca or call Dallas Ballance at 204-4758585. Dec. 14-15: Manitoba Agronomists Conference, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. For more info visit http:// umanitoba.ca/afs/agronomists_ conf/. 2017 Jan. 9-12: Western Canadian Crop Production Show/CropSphere 2017, Prairieland Park, Saskatoon. For info visit www.cropproductiononline. com. Feb. 15-16: CropConnect Conference, Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.cropconnectconfer ence.ca. Feb. 28-March 2: Western Canadian Wheat Growers annual convention, Sheraton Cavalier, 612 Spadina Cres. E., Saskatoon. For more info or to register visit wheatgrowers.ca. March 6-7: Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference, Hyatt Regency, 700 Centre St. SE, Calgary. Early-bird deadline Jan. 15. For more info visit www.advancingwomencon ference.ca. March 7-9: Canola Council of Canada annual convention, Fairmont Winnipeg, 2 Lombard Place, Winnipeg. For more info visit canolacouncil.org.

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Growing Forward gave us the first bunch and then we were able to take advantage of more in Growing Forward 2,” Smith said. “The comb exchange program has just really helped us. We were able to buy new foundations and new frames. If you have a chance to exchange a lot of old stuff out of your system and get some new stuff in, you’ve got happy bees.” Through Growing Forward 2, the federal and provincial governments have invested $1.2 million in 275 projects to help producers improve biosecurity measures, traceability, food safety, quality and animal welfare practices. “We have always gone to conferences and have been reading constantly, so when they were talking about this program, we thought this is something that we could really do to make things better in our operation,” Smith said. This year’s program assisted w i t h 5 0 h o n e y b e e - re l a t e d projects, such as queen honeybee rearing equipment and training, bee cell sampling,

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separating or sorting equipment, participation in a honeycomb exchange program, and assistance in acquiring new microscopes. The Smiths were also able to acquire a new microscope through the program, which has enabled them to identify bee disease and pests right on the farm. “In ter ms of having the microscope here, although we haven’t mastered it, it has made it possible to identify things here that we would have had to send to the National Bee Lab, which takes awhile to get any answers back,” Smith said. “Being able to see what might be present has certainly improved the health of the bees, which makes things much easier. They produce better and they overwinter better.”

Livestock benefits The program has also assisted 141 livestock producers move forward with animal welfare projects, such as purchasing and installing low-stress handling equipment, adding non-slip flooring and stall enhancements. “This is the first year animal welfare projects were included in the program and the response from Manitoba

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“It re a l l y a l l ow s y o u t o alleviate any issues that may arise as well as do flock sur veying when you aren’t home,” Brown said. “It definitely gives us more peace of mind when we are off the farm that everything at home is OK, and that is always a nice thing to have when you have live animals.” She adds that having the cameras has also given the farm an added level of security when it comes to biosecurity, enabling her to see who has been in the barn and if proper measures were taken. “There is a lot of biosecurity protocol that is in place but we are not always, always home and we don’t know if someone has been here. So this will tell us if someone has, if the protocol has been broken and then we are able to take the steps to rectify that,” Brown said. The ability to monitor the animal’s behaviour from afar can also give insight into the presence of predators or failed equipment.

farmers was extremely positive,” said Ralph Eichler, M a n i t o b a’s m i n i s t e r o f agriculture. “Manitoba farmers continue to be innovators and leaders when it comes to biosecurity, assurance systems, animal care and food safety. We are proud to support their good work with funding from this program.” Environmental monitoring inside poultry barns was also included in the program’s animal welfare stream, something Rachel Brown says has been a huge boost to her operation. “My Growing Forward project was that we enhanced our animal welfare surveillance,” Brown said. “The health and welfare of our animals is on our minds all of the time and I think that most producers are the same way.” Brown is a turkey producer who farms near Gunton, Manitoba. She had camera surveillance installed in her barns this past summer and now has the ability to check in on barn activity any time on her mobile device.

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Both Smith and Brown say the program application process was user friendly and gives producers the ability to cut costs on projects that will benefit them on a daily basis. “We know what we want and we know our farm better than anyone else so we know what will work the best in our situation and this program is really designed so that the producer can have flexibility to decide what they want for their farm,” Brown said. “It is a good cost-sharing program that is user friendly and really helps producers.” Jo rd a n Te m p l e t o n , p r o gram officer with Manitoba Agriculture for the On-Farm Food Safety program says that Manitoba Agriculture does a lot of pre-program work with commodity groups to ensure the program is realistic and benefits producers on the ground. “We try to stay close to the current issues in the industry, what producers are actually needing and where there may be gaps in food safety or animal welfare. We use that type of knowledge to develop our catalogue, so that we can offer funding that will assist producers in meeting the growing demands of the industry,” Templeton said. This year, producers across

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onsanto is celebrating 25 years of scholarships by expanding its focus just a bit to include six nutrition and culinary arts students, alongside 61 agriculture students. “Our program is still primarily aimed at encouraging young people to pursue careers in agriculture,” said Kelly Funke, public affairs manager with Monsanto Canada. “But we see food as an extension of agriculture. When the world is faced with the challenge of feeding an ever-growing population, it will take solutions from all parts of the ag and food sectors to do it. Maybe some of those ideas will come from these 67 amazing students.” The Monsanto Fund Opportunity Scholarships are for $1,500 each. All applications were reviewed by an independent judging panel comprised of educators, agriculture industry representatives, and others versed in the sector. It is administered on behalf of Monsanto by Agriculture in The Classroom Manitoba, and this year 157 applications came from across Canada. “Helping to choose these scholarship winners is a gratifying experience,” said Sue Clayton, executive director of AITC-M. “As someone who is focused on agriculture education, I see farm and food intersecting all the time, and these young people are definitely making the connection.” Manitoba recipients include: • Chantal Boonstra, Marquette • Bailey Gitzel, Graysville • Lina Gordon, Franklin • Kevin Grenier, St. Léon • Hendrik Jonk, Bruxelles • Jessica Mayes, Pierson • Mackenzie Miller, Oakville • Mikayla Rouire, St. Claude • Stephanie Stinson, Treherne • Emily Upgang, Poplar Point • Carter Watkins, Swan River • Randi Wright, Portage la Prairie • Rebecca Zimmer, Russell

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

LIVESTOCK MARKETS (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg November 10, 2016 Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 68.00 - 75.00 D3 Cows 60.00 - 67.00 Bulls 90.00 - 98.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) 150.00 - 167.00 (801-900 lbs.) 155.00 - 172.00 (701-800 lbs.) 158.00 - 178.00 (601-700 lbs.) 160.00 - 191.00 (501-600 lbs.) 165.00 - 194.00 (401-500 lbs.) 170.00 - 206.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) 130.00 - 151.00 (801-900 lbs.) 135.00 - 152.00 (701-800 lbs.) 140.00 - 156.00 (601-700 lbs.) 140.00 - 156.00 (501-600 lbs.) 140.00 - 162.00 (401-500 lbs.) 145.00 - 168.00

Heifers

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

Alberta South — — 75.00 - 90.00 70.00 - 81.00 100.25 - 100.25 $ 155.00 - 165.00 157.00 - 166.00 160.00 - 172.00 164.00 - 176.00 170.00 - 187.00 180.00 - 205.00 $ 140.00 - 153.00 140.00 - 155.00 141.00 - 154.00 143.00 - 156.00 147.00 - 161.00 152.00 - 171.00

Ontario 117.15 - 128.01 106.70 - 128.07 57.49 - 79.23 57.49 - 79.23 89.78 - 104.52 $ 141.57 - 167.89 126.56 - 162.74 140.16 - 172.52 154.76 - 188.83 164.61 - 203.22 172.00 - 210.65 $ 121.11 - 143.77 132.11 - 151.53 123.91 - 153.51 137.16 - 163.67 142.13 - 174.57 153.14 - 186.17

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

Futures (November 11, 2016) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change December 2016 104.50 0.42 February 2017 105.50 0.22 April 2017 105.30 0.20 June 2017 97.30 0.02 August 2017 94.78 -0.10 October 2017 95.75 -0.33

Feeder Cattle November 2016 January 2017 March 2017 April 2017 May 2017 August 2017

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

$1 Cdn: $0.7421 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.3475 Cdn.

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Cattle Prices

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

EXCHANGES: NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Close 125.20 120.33 116.95 116.55 115.73 116.60

Change -0.65 1.58 1.00 0.80 0.42 0.63

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending Nov 5, 2016 57,261 12,413 44,848 NA 606,000

Previous Year 47,456 11,421 36,035 NA 564,000

Week Ending Nov 5, 2016 1,090 28,504 13,717 547 1,431 10,906 353

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 885 24,895 13,224 623 722 6,555 295

Mother Nature grants fall cattle run an extension Winter feed stocks aren’t expected to be an issue “We’re getting good (buyer) interest from the east and west.”

Phil-Franz Warkentin CNSC

eather conditions in Manitoba during the past week were unseasonably warm, feeling more like early October than early November. The conditions had a mixed impact on the cattle sector, with the fall run likely to drag on longer than normal this year. Good-quality lighter-weight feeder cattle saw prices improve at auction yards across the province during the week ended Nov. 11, with demand coming from all directions. “Prices are staying very steady, with good demand,” said Keith Cleaver of Heartland Livestock Services at Brandon, noting values were trending higher. Activity in U.S. futures markets accounted for some spillover strength in the Canadian sector, while weakness in the loonie provided some independent support as well. In addition, the good Prairie weather was bringing some more optimism to the market, as pens dry out and buyers have more incentive to make some purchases, according to Cleaver. At the same time, some cattle are likely still being held back, as producers are busy on their fields and nice weather is keeping cattle out on pasture. Only a few acres of

keith cleaver Heartland Livestock Services, Brandon

corn and sunflowers were left to go for the most part in southern Manitoba, but harvest delays were more severe in northern growing areas. As a result, the delayed fall cattle run “will probably run a little longer than normal,” according to Cleaver. “We’re getting good interest from the east and west,” he said of the demand in the market. There was some interest from the U.S., especially on yearlings, but not as much as could be expected, he added. On the butcher side, the number of cull cows coming to the market should pick up in the weeks ahead, with many producers not having had the time yet to preg check their cows. Looking to the winter, feed supplies will not be an issue this year, with plenty of hay and feed grain around, said Cleaver. Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

Hog Prices (Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg)

Source: Manitoba Agriculture

E - Estimation MB. ($/hog) MB (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.) MB (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.) ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.)

Current Week 135.72 125.94 119.92

Last Week 141.15 131.19 123.47

Last Year (Index 100) 151.31 141.64 142.55

124.54

126.75

151.45

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

Futures (November 11, 2016) in U.S. Hogs

Change

December 2016

47.38

0.38

February 2017 April 2017 May 2017 June 2017

54.58 61.88 69.13 73.50

1.08 0.98 0.80 0.70

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

Wooled Fats

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

—

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 November 20, 2016 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................................$1.910 Undergrade ....................................... $1.820 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.890 Undergrade ........................................$1.790 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.890 Undergrade ........................................$1.790 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................................$1.875 Undergrade..........................................$1.790 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto 105.86 - 136.01 191.18 - 216.10 214.16 - 228.97 204.78 - 233.82 209.78 - 289.14 —

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

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg (145 Hd Fats) 120.00 - 165.00 170.00 - 245.00 —

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

South Africa’s wild game breeders count costs of drought By Ed Stoddard WOLMARANSSTAD, South Africa / Reuters

Specialist game ranchers who breed animals like antelope and buffalo to cater to tourists and hunters are feeling the pain of drought in South Africa. Game prices are mostly down as ranchers cut herds in the face of parched grazing and soaring costs for feed. But record prices are still being fetched for iconic species such as buffalo, highlighting the resilience of this asset class at the luxury end. Pieter Ernst Jr., whose family raises game 250 km west of Johannesburg, said the costs of feeding his prized sable antelope have doubled the past year, but he can leave nothing to chance: one of his studs, “Magic,” has been valued at 19 million rand (US$1.3 million).

“We have been feeding them every day for the past two years. We just hope it rains,” Ernst said as his sable herd tucked into its midday meal — a mix of feed put into rubber bowls fashioned from tires. Game ranching is big business in South Africa. Catering to the ecotourist and hunting sectors, and investors who see prize breeding animals as an asset, it has been growing 20 per cent per year for the past 15 years, according to industry data. “According to our estimates, the industry is worth in excess of 20 billion rand,” said Flippie Cloete, an agricultural economist at South Africa’s North West University. The industry is credited with lifting wildlife numbers and adding value to marginal lands previously used for cattle. It now counts 10,000 ranches. According to industry estimates, in 1950 there were only a few dozen white rhino left in South Africa. Now there are close to 18,000, with about 30 per cent on private ranches.

Over the same period, the population of blesbok, a white-faced antelope, has grown from 2,000 to 250,000, with 90 per cent on private land. Those numbers have now suffered a setback, as prices fall and grazing lands shrivel, though the industry does not have precise estimates on game losses. Ernst said he had to cut his blesbok herd to 250 from 500. “Game prices this year are down on average about 20 per cent,” said Adri Kitshoff-Botha, chief executive of Wildlife Ranching South Africa, an industry group. Rains have returned to parts of South Africa, giving some relief after a severe dry spell triggered by an El Niño weather pattern, but the national weather service said in late October that much of the country remained firmly in drought conditions. Yet the high end of the market remains drought resistant. Earlier this year a buffalo bull was auctioned for a record 168 million rand (US$11.7 million).

Toronto ($/cwt) 187.86 - 309.36 — 123.08 - 260.08

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

briefs

Toronto ($/cwt) 22.50 - 44.00 32.00 - 64.00

Looking for results? Check out the market reports from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 14

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GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices Average quotes as of November 14, 2016 ($/tonne)

Grain markets calm down from U.S. election churn

Future

Basis

E. Manitoba wheat

191.07

51.09

242.16

W. Manitoba wheat

191.07

41.88

232.94

E. Manitoba canola

513.90

-30.31

483.59

W. Manitoba canola

513.90

-38.46

Canola traders continue to watch the Prairie weather DAVE SIMS CNSC

C E F u t u re s C a n a d a c a n o l a f u t u re s d r o p p e d by n e a r l y $ 1 0 d u r i n g t h e week ended Nov. 14, as a bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture report on U.S. soybeans weighed down oilseeds. Canadian markets were closed on Nov. 11 for Remembrance Day while U.S. markets remained open. A recent bout of warm, dry weather across Western Canada allowed farmers to make limited progress on the remainder of the canola harvest, which kept values in check. Previous estimates pegged this year’s canola crop at 18 million tonnes, but wet weather led some analysts to believe as little as 14 million tonnes could be taken off. Ot h e r b e a r i s h f a c t o r s a f f e c t i n g c a n ola included the steady trickle of freshly harvested U.S. soybeans onto the market. Conditions for the South American crop are also said to be good, which added to the downside. The week was full of uncertainty for many traders before and after the U.S. election. Most analysts predicted a Clinton vic tory leading up to the election, which was expected to bring stability to world markets. However, as ballot counting progressed the

Cash

475.44 Source: pdqinfo.ca

night of Nov. 8, Asian markets plummeted as Trump’s victory grew more certain. The next day saw a similar trend, with North American markets and analysts quickly trying to fully understand what would happen to agricultural trade. One of Donald Trump’s biggest pledges during the campaign was to renegotiate trade with China, the world’s biggest buyer of agricultural stocks. However, by Thursday, markets had settled down for the most part and the technical picture began to favour canola once more. Some of the factors underpinning canola included the slow pace of harvest across Western Canada due to soggy conditions; gains in vegetable oil; and some speculative trading. December corn futures declined by six cents per bushel during the week on the Chicago Board of Trade. The market was pressured by USDA’s supply/demand report estimating the U.S. crop at a record 15.23 billion bushels. Crop conditions in Brazil are said to be good, which led to ideas this year’s crop will be bigger than initially expected, which was also bearish. December wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade fell by seven cents per bushel as USDA pegged wheat ending stocks at 1.43 billion bushels, which topped analysts’ estimates of 1.41 billion bushels. Dave Sims writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

Port Prices As of Friday, November 11, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

150.74

-0.45

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

230.56

5.42

Canola Thunder Bay

523.90

5.50

Canola Vancouver

533.90

5.50

Closing Futures Prices

As of Friday, November 11, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

513.90

5.50

ICE milling wheat

226.00

3.00

ICE barley

132.50

0.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

189.23

1.75

Chicago SRW wheat

148.72

-3.49

Kansas City HRW wheat

150.19

-1.01

Corn

135.23

-2.07

Oats

143.14

-4.86

Soybeans

366.71

2.66

Soymeal

343.16

2.64

Soyoil

766.68

1.32

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Friday, November 11, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

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

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

n/a

Feed barley

156.16

7.81

n/a

467.30

1.18

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

205.55

-2.59

Soybeans

418.15

6.25

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

14.65

-0.10

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

Ask

Oats

Import body to handle Egypt wheat inspections Fearing rejection, some grain traders still balk at making offers CAIRO/REUTERS

gypt’s General Organization for Export and Import Control (GOEIC) will replace the quarantine body as the agency responsible for inspecting strategic agricultural imports, according to a new government decree, after a standoff over wheat hampered trade. The decree, issued by the prime minister and published in the official gazette on Nov. 12, said the GOEIC would have sole responsibility for inspecting wheat and other important agricultural goods and any such imports would require its approval. The decree follows the resolution of a months-long standoff over wheat import rules that hampered the country’s ability to purchase grains from abroad.

The ergot rule was reversed after suppliers shunned the state’s tenders and effectively cut off the country’s access to global grains.

Egypt, the world’s largest wheat buyer, had imposed a zero-tolerance policy on the common grain fungus ergot earlier this year. The rule was reversed after suppliers shunned the state’s tenders and effectively cut off the country’s access to global grains. The agriculture quarantine was w i d e l y v i e w e d by s u p p l i e r s a s

spearheading the zero-tolerance policy. A regulation governing the body required zero tolerance on ergot despite conflicting legislation allowing for trace levels of up to 0.05 per cent, a common international standard. Though traders have returned to state grain buyer GASC’s tenders in larger numbers in recent weeks,

many have continued to avoid making offers amid uncertainty over the quarantine’s inspection process and amid fears that the body could still reject their cargoes. The new decree stipulates that companies will retain the option of sending delegations abroad to inspect their cargoes at ports of origin at the expense of the supplying company. When reversing its controversial ergot ban in September, Egypt said it would end the practice of sending government delegations abroad to inspect wheat shipments, a change that worried suppliers that viewed the delegations as a safeguard against costly rejections upon arrival. “If Article 5 means we can send delegations again, this is perfect,” said one wheat trader referring to the decree.

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 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

Beef Producers mull tough season at district meetings The Manitoba Beef Producers has been meeting throughout the province this fall to talk directly to members

The Manitoba Beef Producers held a fall meeting in District 7 in Birtle on Nov. 10. Photos: Jennifer Paige

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff / Brandon

anitoba Beef Producers (MBP) says tumbling prices and waterlogged pastures have caused a tough year for the province’s cattle producers. “We all know what has happened to cattle prices, they have done nothing but fall since 2015. Feedlot margins are getting tighter and tighter, and then it has just been a year like no other in terms of weather. It has been a tough summer and a tough fall,” said MBP general manager, Brian Lemon at the District 7 meeting, held in Birtle on Nov. 10. MBP staff have been travelling through the association’s 14 districts, beginning in Ashern on Oct. 24, to provide members with an update of the organization’s activities, review financial reports, bring forward resolutions and gather producer input to help shape the direction of the association moving forward. “We have seen a number of resolutions come forward. Carbon pricing is something that is front of mind for a lot of our producers, and depending on the district, we’ve got concerns around problem predators and the use of Crown lands, all of those have all been repeatedly discussed,” Lemon said. Lemon, who is a new addition to the organization, taking on the role of general manager in April, adds that one of the largest issues facing beef produc-

“Prices are falling, tractors are sinking, but probably the single biggest challenge to this industry right now is labour and finding enough labour.” Brian Lemon

ers has been finding qualified labour. “Prices are falling, tractors are sinking, but probably the single biggest challenge to this industry right now is labour and finding enough labour,” Lemon said. “It is an issue at the processing, which doesn’t affect us in Manitoba too closely. But, where do you find a qualified man to help you? Labour is an issue, something we are aware of and we are taking part in labour market consultations.”

Brian Lemon, general manager of the Manitoba Beef Producers at the District 7 meeting in Birtle on Nov. 10.

Looking ahead At last year’s annual general meeting, MBP passed a resolution to increase the national checkoff, which funds marketing and promotion as well as industry research on a national scale, from $1 per head to $2.50 per head, something that is expected to come into play within the coming year. “We are not sure exactly when that is going to start happening. Our best guess right

now is in July 2017,” Lemon said. The increase will be on hold until all of the provinces have taken the steps to increase contributions to ensure equitable contributions across the country. “We want to make sure, as best we can, that all of the provinces enact the increase at the same time. You don’t want to have this varying across different provinces,” Lemon said.

The sector is also keeping a close watch on a number of different trade markets. Lemon says the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) offers the sector a lot of promise, but not without a few obstacles. “In theory it is providing us 65,000 tonnes’ worth of market access into Europe, which if you think about it in percentage is

about an additional 20 per cent to our exports, and that is significant,” Lemon said. “The issue that we have with Europe and this deal is that we have some technical requirements we need to work our way through first.” According to Lemon, Canada’s two main slaughter facilities in Alberta, JVS and Cargill, use antimicrobial carcass washes that have not been approved for the European Union (EU). “The industry is currently looking at this and what may need to be done to get these washes approved by the EU,” Lemon said. Trade in Mexico was also discussed, as that country opened its markets to Canada on October 1. “Mexico right now is our third-largest export market. It is a good market for us as well because the demand in Mexico is for a lot of the cuts that we don’t have a lot of domestic demand for,” Lemon said. As for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, MBP, like the rest of the agriculture industry, is waiting to see what will happen following the recent presidential election. MBP membership will gather again in the new year at the association’s annual general meeting that is scheduled for February 2 and 3 in Brandon. “This year’s AGM’s theme is ‘Sharing our story.’ We need to tell our story and be proud of our story and that is what this will be about,” Lemon said. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

COLUMN

Body condition scoring pays dividends Fattening thin cows and feeding less to fat ones will boost performance ROY LEWIS DVM Beef 911

ody condition scoring really means assessing the condition and fat cover on your cow to enable you to feed them for optimal growth and reproductive performance. It may mean separating the fat and thin groups from the main herd, which allows you to feed them separately to save feed on the fat ones and build up condition on the thin cows. Pregnancy checking in the fall is the best time to body condition score and allows you to get the cattle in optimal shape before calving time. Having the cows in the optimal shape for calving also sets them up to help carry them through to the breeding season and achieve optimum conception. In Canada we use the five-point system with 1 being emaciated and 5 being extremely fat. In the U.S. system they use a nine-point system so every point on their system is equivalent to half in our system. Many years ago we tried to finetune our system and half body condition scores were added in, such as calving ideally we want cows in a 2.5 to 3.5 body condition score (BCS). In simple terms, the fat cows need to go on a diet and the thin ones need to be fed more as a group or possibly put in with the bred heifers. There are several good references, including the great work

the Alberta Beef Producers did in March 2015 (see www.bodyconditionscoring.ca). There is also a memory stick with the same information on it that has been given out at numerous cattle events and can be ordered by calling 403-275-8558 (ext. 302) or info@beefresearch. ca. The beef code of practice has an excellent appendix A (pages 42-44) explaining condition scoring so get a copy, as it is worthwhile to have for so many other reasons. Saskatchewan Agriculture has also put out an excellent video on this same subject and if you Google ‘body condition scoring,’ lots of pictorial drawings come up. One uses a combination of checking for fat cover at four main locations (the short ribs, tail head, spine, and hooks or pin bones). For the ideal condition of 3, for instance, you should only feel the tips of the short ribs with firm pressure. Once you practise a bit, many cows can be easily categorized into the thin, fat or normal category, as even with large herds separating into three groups is common. You will find most times that if pasture has been good, the oldest cows and the first-calvers commonly fall into the thin category. When one sees the large calves the firstcalvers have raised, it is no wonder some weight loss has occurred and this group is the future of your herd so they often need a little more TLC. Fall is really the ideal time to body condition score for spring-calving cows. There is

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World food prices edge up in October — FAO By Isla Binnie ROME / Reuters

World food prices edged up in October to continue an upward trend since January, the United Nations food agency said Nov. 10, adding that prospects for global cereal output had improved. Barring a slight dip in July, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index has steadily increased from a seven-year low hit in the first month of this year. The index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat and sugar, averaged 172.6 points in October, 0.7 per cent above the month before and 9.1 per cent above October last year. Sustained demand for cheese and butter in the European Union pushed up dairy prices 3.9 per cent on the month, while sugar rose on reports of production shortfalls in Brazil and India. Conversely, sluggish import demand globally for palm

oil pushed oil and fats prices down, and weaker appetite for European pigmeat from importers in China weighed on meat prices. FAO senior economist Abdolreza Abbassian said high production prospects for basic foods such as cereals meant any future price rises would probably be muted. But he added that currency volatility and uncertainty unleashed by the U.S. presidential election this week hampered predictions about changes in dollar terms. “It’s not an election in just any country, it’s the very country whose currency is the common denominator for all international trade,” Abbassian said. “This is an additional uncertainty, but... if you had assumed that business as usual were to continue I would have argued that, given the good prospects at hand, the potential for further price increases was probably limited.” Cereal prices rose 1.0 per cent month on month in October as high-quality wheat supplies tightened, but the FAO forecast global wheat output this year would be 1.5 per cent higher than in 2015.

the least demand on the cows as the calves are weaned (provided this is a typical springcalving program) you are generally running them through the chute to pregnancy check and giving treatment for internal and external parasites and potentially scours vaccines. The latest Western Canadian Cow-Calf Survey indicated still only 60 per cent of beef producers pregnancy check. The vast majority of the large producers pregnancy check, so it is probably more like 80 per cent of the cattle get pregnancy checked so the body condition scoring can be done quickly. That means different groups can be sorted at the same time as the open cows are peeled off to be sold. So many of the yearly health and production issues can be minimized by getting your cows in the proper shape this fall. You have a few months to get the cows up to the ideal weight and condition before calving. As one looks after protein and energy to get the weight on and don’t forget about adequate vitamins and minerals you are really setting the cows up for the production and growth cycle of the next year. There are many benefits: Cows will have more energy and less calving issues. Colostrum will be much better quality on average leading to less calf health issues. Uterine contractions will be harder so calving quicker. Less stillborns result in a higher calving percentage. Calves are born more vigorous and are more likely to get up

and suckle. There are way less retained placentas in normal versus thin cows so we are setting our cattle up for the next breeding season. Milk production and subsequent growth of the calf will be better. All these things happen because we pull out the thin cows (mainly first-calvers) and feed them separate or feed them with the bred heifers. Either way you have a few months (if pregnancy checking at four to five months gestation) to increase their body score to the desirable range. Remember also, for example, that cows carrying twins or old cows with bad feet or kidney infection may be very thin. If thin cows do not increase body condition there may be a medical condition that needs to be explored and possibly treated. Fat cows will have more issues calving because of internal fat and again uterine contractility is reduced. I am always suspicious that if cows are too fat, it is an indication they don’t milk very well or perhaps they lost their calf over the summer. These are all good reasons to explore the history of these cows and, in some cases, culling may be necessary. By weight these cows can return pretty good value as well. These fat cows also accumulate excess fat in the udder and that can affect milk production in subsequent years. Yo u i d e a l l y w a n t c ow s rebreeding within about 60 days of calving so again proper body condition with the other nutrients in the diet allow uter-

ine involution after calving and cycling to occur. Cows must be on a rising plane of nutrition to breed and if you are trying to catch them up from calving too thin your next year’s breeding season will see a much reduced conception rate or the conception rate will really be spread out. You can see then by separating and adjusting for the thin and fat cattle you have a great influence on the impending calf crop and set up your cattle for breeding, which affects the following year’s calf crop. You improve many health parameters, increase calf viability, growth and the conception rate for the following year. Anything we can do to improve conception rates will certainly increase profitability of the cow herd. Overall feed costs may not go up much as some cows you are feeding less to while others you will be feeding more to. (Older cows do have less cover over the topline and this varies a bit with breed.) The most important thing is getting the thin cows out in enough time to regain their c o n d i t i o n b e f o re c a l v i n g . Seriously consider trying to body condition score and sort to feed differently this fall season, as it is time well invested. The benefits will show up next year, believe me! Roy Lewis practised large-animal veterinary medicine for more than 30 years and now works part time as a technical services veterinarian for Merck Animal Health.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

9-Nov

8-Nov

9-Nov

7-Nov

10-Nov

11-Nov

No. on offer

1,690

1,046*

665

2,507

2,952*

1,120*

1,996*

485

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

147.00-158.00

145.00-163.00

900-1,000

133.00-163.25

n/a

140.00-156.00

145.00-157.00

n/a

160.00-164.00

150.00-166.00

800-900

135.00-163.00

130.00-160.50

130.00-162.00

150.00-168.00

154.00-169.00

n/a

150.00-167.00 (169.00)

155.00-178.00

700-800

155.00-169.25

140.00-174.00

130.00-168.00

160.00-175.00

164.00-178.00

160.00-180.00

160.00-177.00 (180.00)

155.00-178.00

600-700

160.00-193.50

165.00-192.50

140.00-171.00

173.00-185.00

168.00-188.00

165.00-185.00 (188.00)

175.00-185.00 (187.00)

160.00-186.00

500-600

170.00-200.00

145.00-194.00

175.00-190.00

178.00-196.00

170.00-190.00

180.00-195.00 (200.00)

165.00-192.00

400-500

180.00-203.00

175.00-203.00

168.00-217.00

185.00-200.00

184.00-204.00

175.00-194.00

185.00-204.00 (206.00)

175.00-206.00

300-400

180.00-204.00

180.00-206.00

190.00-261.00

200.00-220.00

192.00-222.00

180.00-209.00

185.00-200.00 (205.00)

180.00-222.00

900-1,000 lbs.

140.00-149.50

110.00-140.00

125.00-147.50

n/a

127.00-145.00

n/a

130.00-152.00

800-900

124.00-150.75

115.00-146.00

128.00-150.50

130.00-140.00

135.00-145.00

135.00-147.50

150.00-159.00

133.00-156.00

700-800

141.00-145.00

120.00-136.00

127.00-151.00

128.00-140.00

135.00-146.00

130.00-148.00

140.00-154.00

140.00-158.00

600-700

130.00-163.00

130.00-154.75

130.00-154.00

140.00-153.00

139.00-151.00

135.00-153.00

140.00-155.00 (161.00)

140.00-162.00

500-600

140.00-160.25

140.00-164.00

120.00-170.00

145.00-159.00

144.00-160.00 (162.00)

145.00-160.00 (164.00)

150.00-170.00 (173.00)

142.00-163.50

400-500

155.00-174.00

150.00-172.00

145.00-191.00

150.00-165.00

154.00-172.00

150.00-173.00 (177.00)

160.00-172.00 (175.00)

145.00-168.00

300-400

160.00-175.00

170.00-200.00

155.00-215.00

155.00-175.00

170.00-195.00

165.00-185.00

170.00-186.00

150.00-177.00

No. on offer

205

n/a

D1-D2 Cows

80.00-87.00

60.00-80.00

68.00-84.50

75.00-84.00

73.00-81.00

70.00-80.00 (84.00)

72.00-79.00 (86.00)

70.00-78.00

D3-D5 Cows

70.00-79.00

n/a

60.00-75.00

50.00-71.00

n/a

65.00-72.00

62.00-70.00

Feeder heifers

Slaughter Market

Age Verified

88.00-96.00

n/a

75.00-82.00 (84.00)

100.00-112.00

n/a

Good Bulls

100.00-115.00

95.00-104.75

66.00-88.25

95.00-109.00

100.00-110.00

n/a

100.00-110.00 (112.00)

90.00-98.00

n/a

Butcher Steers Butcher Heifers

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

75.00-88.00

n/a

75.00-85.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

108.00-117.50

n/a

87.00-115.00

n/a

110.00-121.00

n/a

Heiferettes * includes slaughter market

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

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COLUMN

The many reasons a horse rolls It’s an eye-catching move, but it’s also completely natural behaviour Carol Shwetz

DVM

Horse Health

henever an animal as large as a horse drops to the ground it captures most everyone’s attention. Fortunately the most common reason a horse does drop to the ground is to roll, and rolling is a perfectly natural behaviour for horses. It is both beneficial to their health and an indicator of their health. Horses that roll relieve themselves of accumulated physical and mental tensions. While we are not certain what stimulates rolling and what it means in all circumstances, it likely serves several purposes. Typically horses about to roll go through a “ritual”: snorting, blowing and pawing at the ground, circling, and then slightly bending at the knees coming to rest on the ground with a satisfied grunt. Leaning over to one side they then begin to roll, often vigorously back and forth, writhing and wriggling. It’s a full body experience with many horses getting enough momentum to roll all the way from one side to the other, although it may take several attempts. Horses tend to be rather particular about the site they choose to roll with the ritual serving as a “check” for creature comfort. The rolling spot will be assessed for debris and adequate substrate such as dirt or sand. Sometimes even water seems to be acceptable. In pasture situations horses often develop and share the same spot for rolling, returning to the same spot for rolling day after day. Over time these rolling sites develop into shallow dust bowls. In a herd situation rolling of horses seems to almost be contagious like yawning in people with a number of horses lining up to roll at the preferred rolling site. The lineup often reflects dominance amongst the animals. A l t h o u g h t h e r e’s m u c h speculation about the reasons horses roll, it would seem the common denominator driving the behaviour is simply the horse’s inherent desire to feel better. Many aspects of the body receive benefit from the roll. The horse’s hair coat is certainly changed when a horse rolls. This is most obvious in the springtime when the horse uses rolling to relieve itself of the winter coat and aid shedding. The amount of winter coat left on the ground following rolling is a testament to the effectiveness of this practice. Horses rolling in dust derive the benefit of dust-bathing to maintain a healthy hair coat. Horses may also roll in mud to protect and soothe their skin during insect season. Horses that typically seek to roll after being bathed and groomed are likely attempting to restore “things” back to “their” normal — the horses having less of an attachment

to being “all clean and shiny.” Rolling re-establishes the loft of the hair coat and restores its thermoregulating effect after becoming wet. Grooming and bathing can change how a horse’s skin feels and rolling is the horse’s way of getting things back to what they feel to be “their” normal. Rolling also plays an important role in the health of a horse’s spine and muscu loskeletal system easing stiffness and maintaining its flexibility and alignment. When the horse rolls it has the ability to favourably affect and change the muscles of its body and spine in a manner unique and unavailable to it in a standing position. As much as a horse rolls for health, it may also be an indicator of health. A healthy horse with a good, strong back will

It’s a full body experience with many horses getting enough momentum to roll all the way from one side to the other.

vigorously roll from one side to the other without standing up first. A horse with a weak or unhealthy back may roll on one side very briefly then get up and walk away without immediately laying down to roll on the other side. Some horses with back soreness or other problems will refuse to roll at all. A less common, but occasional problem concerns horses that attempt to roll under saddle. This behaviour can be related to discomfort from the tack or muscle

soreness. It can also become a learned behaviour to unseat the rider and is occasionally seen with the witty and charming pony. Although rolling is a perfectly natural behaviour in horses, most of the time, there are situations when rolling is a red flag and indicates a serious health problem which will require medical attention. Horses with colic pain will drop to the ground and roll, sometimes dramatically so. The quality of the roll will be noticeably dif-

ferent from that of a healthy horse. A horse with colic pain will have multiple episodes of frantic rolling with no invigorating shake afterward and in between rolling episodes, it may repeatedly look to its flank, pace and paw or stand listlessly or lie down. Healthy horses rarely roll in their stall and horses that have been rolling in their stall will appear to be dishevelled, sweaty and are usually covered in manure and shavings. Nearly all horses that are pain free shake after rolling. A healthy horse is one that rolls, shakes and repeats. Providing horses with the opportunity to roll brings both known and unknown benefits to their health and mental well-being. Carol Shwetz is a veterinarian focusing on equine practice in Millarville, Alta.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

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

Forecast: Winter storm with shift in patterns? Issued: Monday, November 14, 2016 · Covering: November 16 – November 23, 2016 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

f t e r a re c o rd - b re a k ing warm first half of November, it’s looking more and more like we’ll see a shift in the overall weather pattern during this forecast period. The big question is whether or not this shift will be accompanied by the first big winter storm of the year. The weather models have been fairly consistent in developing a powerful Colorado low for several model runs now. This low is forecasted to begin developing to our southwest around the middle of the week and then track to the northeast on Friday. As is fairly typical for these storm systems, the weather models are bouncing back and forth on just where the low will track. Sometimes it has the heaviest precipitation over western regions, then over eastern regions, and sometimes the models have the storm system just clipping us to our south. Needless to say, this system bears watching. Currently, it looks like there will be a relatively wide swath of heavy snow with this system

that will fall somewhere within this region on Friday and into Saturday. Amounts in some regions could be as high as 20 cm, depending on how much warm air is pulled in ahead of the system, which will determine if the precipitation begins as rain or snow. Winds also look to be very strong out of the north, with gusts forecasted to be in the 60 km/h range. This storm system will move off to the east by Sunday, pulling in colder air behind it. Areas that do see significant snow will see overnight lows drop into the minus teens on Sunday and Monday. Daytime highs will also be significantly cooler, whether your region sees snow or not. The weather models are predicting daytime temperatures to be in the -2 to -6 C range. While that’s only slightly below average, it will feel pretty cold given the warm start to the month. Usual temperature range for this period: Highs: -9 to 3 C; lows: -18 to -4 C. Probability of precipitation falling as snow: 95 per cent. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park. Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

2 Month ( 60 Days) Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) September 8, 2016 to November 6, 2016

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

Produced using near real-time data that has undergone initial quality control. The map may not be accurate for all regions due to data availability and data errors. Copyright © 2016 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies.

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This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation, compared to average, that has fallen across the Prairies during the 60-day period ending on November 7. This gives us a good idea of moisture levels heading into freeze-up. Looking at the map, a large portion of the Prairies has seen above-average rainfall (blue regions), with the wettest areas found in Saskatchewan and western Manitoba. The only below-average areas are found in south-central Alberta and extreme far northwestern Alberta.

Winter outlook – warm or cold?

It appears the conditions are setting up for a switch to a more typical Prairie weather pattern BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

fter nearly 11 months of global record-setting t e m p e ra t u re s, No r t h America has had its turn seeing the warmest weather on the planet – at least when compared to average. I’ll have to admit, it really bugs me when people use the infamous line, “where is global war ming now?” every time temperatures in their region are colder than expected. These same people seem to shut up pretty quickly when temperatures are warmer than expected. But again, the term is “global” not “what’s happening in my backyard” warming. This is exactly what we have seen across a large part of North America during the last part of October and the first half of November. While temperatures across Siberia have been colder than average, temperatures across central North America and the high Arctic have soared to record values. Temperatures during the period have, on average, been between 5 and 20 C above long-term averages. That’s right, as much as 20 C above average over the Arctic Ocean. What we do have to remember is that shortterm warm and cold snaps are

La Niña winters tend to be colder and snowier than average across the Canadian Prairies, but with only a weak La Niña in place, combined with the warmer waters over the mid-latitude Pacific, it is hard to say what will happen.

weather. The frequency and duration of such events are climate. We will continue to see both warm and cold snaps, but as the records are showing, the warm snaps are beginning to significantly outnumber the cold ones. This leads us to this issue’s topic, the winter forecast, or rather, the latest guesses as to what might unfold for us weather-wise this winter. With what looks to be a shift to a much more winter-like pattern taking place across the Prairies, I figured it was time to take a look at this. To begin, let’s look at the current conditions across the Pacific Ocean. The El Niño that helped drive record-breaking global temperatures over the last couple of years came to an end late last spring and ocean temperatures across the equatorial Pacific have been near to slightly below average since then. In early November, NOAA

officially declared that La Niña conditions have been met and that we should expect a weak La Niña to remain for much of this winter. What is interesting with this La Niña setup compared to previous ones, is that ocean temperatures to the north of the La Niña region are much warmer. What effect this will have on our weather is uncertain. La Niña winters tend to be colder and snowier than average across the Canadian Prairies, but with only a weak La Niña in place, combined with the warmer waters over the mid-latitude Pacific, it is hard to say what will happen. Another part of the world that seems to have a connection to us in determining our winter weather is northern Eurasia. This region has seen an early start to winter with plenty of cold and snow. This often creates a weather pattern that brings colder weather

to our part of the world later in the winter. Again, time will tell if this will occur this year. Interestingly, the longer-term weather models that try and predict this are calling for warmer-than-average temperatures across our region for most of the winter. Now, let’s look at some of the actual forecasts to see if there is any kind of consensus between them. Starting off with Environment Canada, its current long-range forecast is calling for above-average temperatures to start off the winter, slowly cooling to nearly to slightly above average by the end of the winter. It shows the best chances of warm weather over the eastern Prairies. As for precipitation, it is calling for near-average amounts early on, with near- to slightly above-average amounts later on. NOAA’s winter outlook is calling for near-average temperatures across all three Prairie provinces, with aboveaverage amounts of precipitation over the southern half of both Alberta and Saskatchewan and near-average amounts over Manitoba. The Weather Channel is also calling for above-average temperatures to start the winter, with the eastern Prairies transitioning to near- to slightly below-average temperatures

during the second half of winter. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any precipitation forecast from it. Accuweather’s Canadian winter forecast is calling for below-average temperatures across the Prairies, with below-average precipitation across Manitoba and Sa s k a t c h e w a n . A l b e r t a i s expected to see near-average amounts, with above-average amounts over extreme western regions. Now on to our two almanacs. The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac appears to be calling for near- to below-average temperatures as it mentions fair and frigid several times. It also looks like it will be a snowy winter as it mentions storms with heavy snow in every month. The Old Farmer’s Almanac is calling for a very cold winter with near- to slightly aboveaverage snowfall. Last but not least is my forecast. I think that we’ll see an u p - a n d - d ow n w i n t e r w i t h several shots of cold weather, with near- to above-average t e m p e ra t u re s i n - b e t w e e n . Precipitation will be above average overall, with the central and eastern Prairies having the best chance of seeing above-average snowfall. Now as usual, we will just have to sit back and see what Mother Nature throws at us this year.

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

CROPS

Building soil carbon supports soil biota and makes for a healthier farming system

High-carbon soils are healthy soils and they perform important functions

By Laura Rance Editorial Director / Regina, Sask.

ar mers often see themselves as feeding the world, but farmers attending the Organic Connections conference here recently were told the first step towards that goal is feeding the “starving and homeless” micro-organisms in their soil. “Your job is to feed them and maintain their habitat,” Kristine Nichols, the chief scientist with the Rodale Institute told farmers attending the Organic Connections conference Nov. 3 in Regina. “There are 10 billion organisms and all they need from you is food and a place to live.” The Rodale Institute, based in Pennsylvania, has been researching organic farming systems since 1947. Much of its recent work has focused on reducing or eliminating tillage in organic systems. Nichols said finding ways to add carbon is key to building resiliency into farming systems. “Soil is your most important resource, if you don’t feed it, it’s not going to feed you.” She said evidence is showing the cost of farming rises as soil quality declines. “What’s happening is the amount of nitrogen that is needed is actually going up. It takes more nitrogen today to grow a bushel of grain than it did in 1960,” she said. “The reason is, we have decoupled the system from biology.” Nichols, a soil microbiologist, said adding cover and green manure crops and reducing tillage can help restore the diversity of organisms within the soil, which in turn improves its ability to nourish crops and efficiently use water. She is suggesting farmers shift their focus from using high yields to measure the success of their farming system to focusing on high carbon. The balance between carbon and available nitrogen can be improved by using different combinations of crops, rotations and including perennial legumes in the mix.

A healthy soil that’s high in carbon can make your farm a more efficient user of nutrients. PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS/NRCS

But there are no shortcuts or “bug in a jug” farmers can buy to accomplish that goal, she warned. “If you can afford to go out and do that, then you can afford to change your system. There is no immediate gratification.” Nichols said the biological webs beneath the surface are “incredibly elegant” and easily destroyed by tillage operations. If farmers do till, they need to provide an environment that allows those networks to reform as quickly as possible. Nichols told farmers it’s impossible for her to advise them on which cover crop mixes are best because soils in different areas and in different phases respond differently. There is no one single recipe that will work for all, rather principles that can help guide their decisions. “It takes time, patience and thought.” Two of those principles include including perennials and livestock. “Overall, as far as helping build biologically healthy soil, having a

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Palmer amaranth warning issued in North Dakota The invasive weed is also really good at developing herbicide resistance NDSU release

Palmer amaranth seems to have slipped into North Dakota as part of seed mixes for conservation plantings. PHOTO: UNITED SOYBEAN BOARD

orth Dakota extension personnel are warning farmers on that side of the border of the arrival of the invasive weed Palmer amaranth. The North Dakota Department of Agriculture and North Dakota State University Extension Service are advising farmers to scout new conservation plantings for Palmer amaranth, a very aggressive weed that has plagued cropland production in the U.S. South and Midwest. Palmer amaranth is a type of pigweed that has devastated crops in many states. In some areas, herbicide costs have more than doubled, while producers have not obtained complete control of the weed. In Iowa, Minnesota and other states, Palmer amaranth recently has been found in many counties where native seed mixes used for pollinator or wildlife habitats inadvertently contained Palmer amaranth seed. In Georgia, most cotton acres have to be hand-weeded because the weed no longer can be controlled with glyphosate. “Landowners are encouraged to check their fields and contact the North Dakota Department of Agriculture or NDSU Extension Service if a plant is suspected to be Palmer amaranth,” said Brian Jenks, North Central Research Extension Center weed scientist. “The plant should be growing and identifiable prior to hard frosts.” Palmer amaranth has several unique characteristics that make it hard to control. In optimum conditions, Palmer amaranth has a rapid growth rate, and can grow two to three inches per day and reach six to eight feet tall. One plant can produce up to one million seeds. While most weeds have a short emergence window in the

Palmer amaranth has several unique characteristics that make it hard to control.

spring, Palmer amaranth can emerge throughout the growing season. One of the most troubling characteristics is that it is very prone to developing resistance to herbicides. Some populations are known to be resistant to at least five different herbicide modes of action, including glyphosate. Palmer amaranth’s distinguishing characteristics are: • It has very little hair on the leaves and stem, compared with redroot pigweed. • The petioles are typically as long or longer than the leaf blade. • It is dioecious, meaning it has separate male and female plants. • The female plants have spiny bracts at the leaf axils. • Flower ing heads are unbranched and one to two feet long. • The heads of the female plant are sharp (spiny) to the touch, while the male heads are soft. Given the history of Palmer amaranth in other locations, learning to identify it so new infestations can be controlled is important for farmers and agronomists, Jenks says. “This weed is a game changer and will be controlled only by a zero-tolerance policy,” he adds. “Landowners should confirm that any purchased seed does not contain Palmer amaranth.” For more information on Palmer amaranth, including how to identify it, go to https://www. ag.ndsu.edu/weeds.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

Russian wheat export prices rise as farmers hold on to supplies The pace of exports is down nearly five per cent over a year earlier MOSCOW / Reuters

Ottawa stakeholder summit suggests making the plans consistent across Canada BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

t’s time to take provincial farm environmental plans to the federal level to ensure consistency and simplicity for the industry. That’s why a steering committee of agri-food representatives is in the works to guide the transition to a national program, says Ron Bonnett, president of the Canadian Federation of Agr iculture, speaking at a recent national summit on the topic in Ottawa. “We need a work plan that sets out how we get the provincial plans consistent across the country,” he said in an interview. In addition to farm groups, food processor and retail organizations will be involved in the process. While no timeline has been set for creating the national program, the goal is to gain funding for it through Growing Forward 3, which is to launch in 2018.

“We want their participation so we end up with a tool that certifies Canadian farms for environmental sustainability programs promoted by food companies,” Bonnett said. The agreement between t h e Ca n a d i a n Ca t t l e m e n’s Association and McDonald’s Canada restaurants is an example of the kind of certification being sought for the national farm environmental plan program. While the program will mean more paperwork for farmers, “we need to look at it as a strategic investment,” Bonnett said. Erin Gowriluk of the Alberta Wheat Commission and chair of the summit, said EFPs have credibility with farmers and need to gain the same status with consumers. Done correctly, they encourage producers to be continually improving their farms. Jamie Hewitt of the environmental policy division of Agriculture Canada, noted the first EFP was a pilot project in

Ontario back in 1993 which “... dealt with public concerns about the environment.” It also built awareness of what farmers were doing to protect the environment. “It was an honest look at what farmers did and resulted in an action plan for farmers to improve their environmental performance,” he added. The Ontario plan spread to Quebec, and then Atlantic Canada in the following years and finally across the Prairies by 2006, assisted by the Agriculture Policy Framework. While the provincial programs have much in common, they do have features designed to reflect the agriculture conditions within their jurisdictions, he added. By 2011, 35 per cent of farms covering 50 per cent of the land in production participated in EFPs, he noted. The numbers have grown since then. EFPs are now recognized in a number of sustainability programs and are used by Dairy Farmers of Canada’s proAction

program as well as the Alberta Wheat Commission. Andrew Graham, executive director of the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, said even with a national program, “80 per cent to 90 per cent of the provincial programs will remain as they are today.” He called the development of a national plan “very much a work in progress.” He noted that Ontario’s proposed Farm Sustainability Plan “builds on the core elements of the EFP.” There are 210 international codes and standards on environmental protections and sustainability in the food industry that farmers and food companies need to be aware of, he added. “We need to work on leveraging the information we already have on farm practices and build on the strength of the existing EFPs. “We need a national program because food companies and consumers want more information on our food supply.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

Organic agriculture faces regulatory game changer Regular revisions of organic standards have been done by government until now BY ALEX BINKLEY

“The cost to do the most recent review, completed just this year, was over $1 million.”

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he growth of Canada’s organic sector could grind to a halt if the federal government drops financial support for the maintenance and regular revision of the Canada Organic Standards. The Canadian Organic Growers (COG) is warning that the still-small industry would struggle to foot the bill on its own. The standards are owned by the government and need to be reviewed and revised e ve r y f i ve ye a r s “t o k e e p them relevant and compliant with our international e q u i va l e n c y a g re e m e n t s,” said Ashley St-Hilaire, director of programs and government relations with COG. “The cost to do the most recent review, completed just this year, was over $1 million, which included $600,000 in fees to the CGSB paid by the Tre a s u r y Bo a rd , $ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 from the AgriMarketing program, and $100,000 f u n d r a i s e d by i n d u s t r y,” she told the Commons agriculture committee. “The

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review process is onerous and time consuming, but it is absolutely necessary.” However, the association has been told Ottawa will no longer pay for the revisions, she added. The maintenance of the organic standards held in other countries, such as the United States and the European Union, is fully funded by government. “If our government chooses not to fund the next review o f t h e Ca n a d i a n O rg a n i c Standards in 2020, this would likely lead to a collapse of the Canada Organic brand and would invalidate all our international equivalency agreements,” she said, urging the MPs to ensure the govern-

ment support continues. Canada is the fifth-largest organic market in the world, valued at $4.7 billion a year, she said. In 2013 it was worth $3.5 billion. “Recent consumer studies show that 56 per cent of Canadians buy organics every week and that 80 per cent of these consumers plan to maintain or increase their organic purchases,” she said. “The demand for organics in Canada is increasing at a rate of 16 per cent per year and domestic supply is not keeping pace.” While less than two per cent of Canadian agriculture, the industry has with government support “established

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

Support for free trade ain’t what it used to be What was ‘accepted wisdom’ is under populist attack, but a veteran American trade advocate expects a revival in trade liberalization because of the benefits

“There is no question that there are costs and you will find losers out of this, but overall benefits are good.”

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fter more than two decades trade liberalization seems out of style, but like fat lapels or skinny ties, it’s likely to be vogue again. That’s because of the benefits, especially for farmers, says Joe Glauber, the United States Department of Agriculture’s former chief economist and senior research fellow at the Inter national Food Policy Research Institute (IFPI) in Washington, D.C. “There is no question that there are costs and you will find losers out of this, but overall benefits are good,” Glauber told reporters Oct. 21 in Winnipeg, after speaking to the Fields on Wheels grain transportation conference. “There are legitimate concerns on environmental and other sorts of issues that need to be taken into account, but I don’t think the culprit is trade per se, it is the rules on trade and those things can be negotiated. “I think there are a lot of consumer benefits that are taken for granted out of this. And that is probably true for producers too. You are only aware of trade when there is a problem.” Most economists support trade liberalization, at least in theory, because resources are supposed to be allocated more efficiently reflecting each country’s competitive and comparative advantages resulting in lower prices for consumers. But for some, liberalized trade is just another word for “globalization,” which its critics claim benefits corporations and their shareholders at the expense of the poor and the environment.

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For years the U.S. has promoted trade liberalization, which is a natural extension of free enterprise and capitalism — the economic foundations of the United States. So it was strange indeed to have both presidential candidates — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — opposing it. But the populist view of trade liberalization is that it cost U.S. workers jobs, especially in the manufacturing sector. And it did. “One of the failures in the U.S. is that we haven’t done much to address dislocation and other problems that happens with globalization and trade agreements,” Glauber said during his address, adding more needs to be done to assist trade losers during the transition. “I’m disappointed probably more in the sense that I feel that we — economists and others — should be doing a better job of promoting this and why it

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is important,” he told reporters later. “You just don’t see anybody articulating why trade is important. You don’t see that much in the press.” Of the two, Clinton is likely to be the least protectionist, Glauber said. In the meantime, lame duck President Barack Obama will push to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership ( TPP) before his term ends Jan. 20. While Glauber says ratification is possible, which he says would be good for American farmers, there are a lot of doubters. Normally, elected Republicans would support TPP — a deal reached by Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Vietnam — but many are spooked by the domestic opposition. If the U.S. doesn’t ratify, Japan could use it as an opportunity to

pull out. That’s all the more reason the U.S. should sign on, Glauber said. It’s less likely the U.S. will pull out of already signed trade deals, including the North American Free Trade Deal (NAFTA), he said. Trump promised to do just that. Ending NAFTA would be a blow to Canada given the U.S. is its biggest trading partner. And the reverse was true until last year, when China overtook Canada. “There certainly would be a steady stream of people that would be coming in the door, not just exporters, but importers who have critical need of certain ingredients and other sorts of things,” Glauber said. “I find it hard to believe that there would be actually a reneging or going back on agreements that have been negotiated.” There’s also debate around whether a president has the power alone to kill the deal. The push for trade liberalization ebbs and flows, Glauber told reporters. In the 19th century Britain repealed its protectionist Corn Laws, triggering increased international grain trading. But in 1930 the United States passed the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, increasing tariffs on 20,000 imported goods to record levels and according to some economists, worsening the worldwide Depression. Following the Second World War trade liberalism began anew, based partly on the premise that increased trade would lead to fewer wars. The multilateral General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that began in 1948 morphed into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995. The Uruguay Round under GATT reined in export farm subsidies and led to the decoupling of domestic farm supports from

farm production. However, the Doha Round, which began in 2001 and was aimed at increasing market access and helping developing countries, fell apart (see sidebar). The lapse in multilateral trade agreements gave rise to regional ones, including TPP. They have the potential to help or hinder multilateralism, Glauber said. Countries willing to meet terms of a regional agreement should be able to join, he said. Such efforts could eventually be absorbed under the WTO. “My fear is if you end up with these (regional) trade agreements that are sort of trading blocks with no real interest in expansion, then I think you really do not just undermine, you take all of the oxygen out of the WTO in terms of the negotiations,” Glauber said. “The WTO is also a mechanism to continue the reform process and to move people down the road toward a more liberalized world and I am fearful that potentially mega regionals stop that.” Trade will continue to grow, Glauber said. “I think trade is going to be more and more important getting products from areas that are surplus, like North America and South America, to areas where demand is growing like North Africa,” Glauber said. “I think it is going to take a little effort on the part of think-tanks like IFPI and others to make that case again. Maybe it was assumed everyone knew it and seems to have forgotten it, but I think it is important for the U.S. to take a leadership role in this process. “Clearly in an economy as big as ours it is important to be a leader in this regard.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

EPA approves Monsanto’s dicamba weed killer The product is crucial to the company’s next-generation biotech crops Reuters

onsanto has got the nod from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its new dicamba-based weed killer, designed for its newest biotech cotton and soy crops. The company announced the regulatory approval Nov. 9, which came as no surp r i s e. W h i l e approval had been expected, it is seen as a major step forward for the company’s newest herbicidetolerant products amid rising problems in the U.S. Farm Belt with weeds resistant to glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer. Environmental groups criticized the EPA approval. The Center for Biological Diversity said the ruling would lead to sharp increases in pesticide use that could harm threatened plant and animal species, including the whooping crane. “Piling on more pesticides will just result in superweeds resistant to more pesticides,” said Nathan Donley, a scientist with the group. T h e E PA s i g n e d o f f o n Monsanto’s XtendiMax herb i c i d e f o r i n - c ro p u s e o n Roundup Ready 2 Xtend biotech soybeans, designed to tolerate applications of glyphosate and dicamba, and its Bollgard II XtendFlex cotton, which can tolerate the two chemicals as well as glufosinate. The company is still awaiting an EPA ruling on its Roundup Xtend herbicide, a glyphosate and dicamba blend. Farmers have used dicamba for years to kill weeds ahead of planting, but until now have not been allowed to use it on growing crops. Mo n s a n t o h a s i n v e s t e d more than US$1 billion in a dicamba production facility in Luling, Louisiana, to supply demand it expects will blossom in the coming years. The company has said the Xtend platform will be its largestever technology launch. The company said it expects the soybean var iety to be planted on 15 million U.S. acres in 2017 and its cotton to be planted on more than three million acres.

U.S. trade double standard confirmed American trade expert Joe Glauber sees continued pressure on Canada’s supply management and rising domestic farm subsidies in developing countries BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

Joe Glauber confirmed what many Canadian farmers believed during the Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) talks from 2001 to 2008: the Americans were promoting farm subsidy cuts, while increasing their own. In 2001 the United States spent $10 billion in market loans to offset low prices for U.S. wheat, corn and soybeans, Glauber, USDA’s former chief economist and now senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, D.C. said at Fields on Wheels in Winnipeg Oct. 21. “I think it caused a real conundrum,” Glauber said. Canada has been accused of hypocrisy too, for promoting market access except for supply-managed products chicken, turkey and dairy. Although trade liberalization is meeting resistance, Glauber expects it will

become more popular again putting more pressure on supply management. “It is hard to maintain supply management control if you start giving concessions,” Glauber said. “The only way to maintain those things is to keep a really high tariff wall at the border that gets harder and harder and harder. That said, I thought the U.S. sugar program (which restricts sugar imports) would be reformed by the time NAFTA was fully implemented and they found a way to renegotiate that with a nice side agreement. We just have to think over the long run that those would get undermined by market access. To me, the real tragedy is they hold us hostage.” The results are agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership that carve out certain products. Domestic politics influences trade deals, he added. Dairy production is also sensitive in the U.S. “You’ve got cows everywhere. But our dairy industry certainly now realizes it can export.”

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While past WTO agreements helped decouple domestic farm subsidies from farm production (considered the most distorting), they are on the rise in developing countries, Glauber said. “India and China have big domestic support programs with pretty much blank cheques to create some fairly large domestic support programs,” he said. “I really think that they’ll have to be addressed at some time.” If they aren’t, surplus grain stocks are the likely result. Then they’ll be dumped

on world markets or sold with the help of export subsidies, Glauber said. Either way means lower world prices. While China has cut its corn production subsidy, similar support still exists for wheat and rice, he said. Farm subsidies are also increasing in crop insurance programs, Glauber said. China has the second-largest crop insurance program in the world and 80 per cent of premiums are subsidized, he said. “These programs are growing exponentially around the world and most aren’t yet reported,” he said. “China does not report this to the WTO at all. “This is a big program all of a sudden. There are a lot of people concerned about, at a certain level of subsidy, what the impact on production might be. And I think most of this is coming in under the radar. I think there is a lot of reason for the WTO to be dealing with domestic support.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

Canadian canola meal sales to China spike The increased trade makes Canadian crushing even more profitable and firms prices

“Finding alternative markets to the U.S. is huge for our continued growth.”

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anadian canola meal shipments to China have jumped to their highest level in five years, boosting profits of crush plants and firming prices as farmers slog through a difficult harvest. Canada shipped 415,000 tonnes of canola meal to China from January through August, the most since 2011 a n d f o l l ow i n g z e r o s h i p ments last year, according to Canadian Oilseed Processors A s s o c i a t i o n ( C O PA ) . T h e shipments are worth $132.1 million. Several Canadian plants were registered this year for trade by Chinese author i ties, a process that took more than a year for some, said Chris Vervaet, executive director of COPA, whose members include Bunge and Cargill. Stronger canola meal demand from China comes as Canadian crushers stead-

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ily expand capacity. Cargill opened last year a new Alberta plant, and Richardson International is expanding a facility in the province. “Finding alternative markets to the U.S. is huge for our continued growth, Vervaet said.

Strong meal demand lifts crusher profits, increasing the prices they are willing to pay farmers, many of whom have struggled to complete harvesting in snowy, autumn weather. Canadian canola crush mar-

gins last week were more than double those of a year ago, ICE Futures Canada said. C h i n a ’s c a n o l a m e a l demand reflects a trade dispute through much of this year between Canada and China over canola seed. The dispute created additional demand for canola meal until it was resolved in September. Beijing also announced in September anti-subsidy duties on imports of U.S. animal feed ingredient distillers dried grains (DDGs), which look to build demand for

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canola meal if China’s stance against DDGs, a byproduct of corn-based ethanol, remains, said Lu Yun, an analyst with consultancy JCI in Shanghai. Through August, the United St a t e s h a d e x p o r t e d 1 . 9 6 million tonnes of distillers grains to China in 2016, worth U S $ 4 0 2. 5 m i l li o n , a cc o rding to U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Canadian canola disp u t e t e m p o ra r i l y re d u c e d China’s imports of seed for domestic crushing, leaving Chinese meal buyers to import the feed ingredient instead. Canadian canola meal sales to China look brisk through next June, said a U.S. canola broker, who was not authorized to speak publicly. China’s growing aquaculture industry has also boosted Chinese demand for canola meal, Lu said. Hog farming faces pressure in China over environmental concerns, but aquaculture faces less opposition, helping it to expand and require more feed, he said.

Market analysts say the fall comes on talk of government moves to curb speculation By Hallie Gu BEIJING / Reuters

Chinese soybean futures tumbled five per cent Nov. 14, extending a decline that started on talk of government measures to crack down on speculation, said analysts. The most active contract on the Dalian commodity exchange closed 4.99 per cent lower, at 3,734 yuan per tonne. China has implemented a series of fee hikes in recent months to crack down on speculative trading it suspects is behind a surge in everything from coking coal to rubber futures, which helped drive capital out of the commodities market. The Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange doubled the transaction fees for trade in rapeseed meal futures to six yuan per lot last Friday. Talk that the government could take more measures to curb speculation led institutional investors to pull out of the market, sparking a sell-off in soybean, soymeal and rapemeal futures, said analysts. “Price rise had been crazy and the government issued a series of measures to curb it but few people got out. The problem basically exploded, and the impact continues today,” said He Lin, an analyst with Nanhua Futures Co. Ltd. Rapemeal futures also fell five per cent, while soymeal was down 4.5 per cent.

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Agriculture labour crunch worsening Over the last decade the number of unfilled jobs has nearly doubled By Alex Binkley Co-operator contributor

he agri-food industry has suffered a steadily worsening labour shortage during the last decade. Without remedial action, it will be far worse 10 years from now, says Portia MacDonaldDewhirst, executive director of the Canadian Agricultural Hu m a n Re s o u rc e Co u n c i l (CAHRC). From a shortage of 30,000 workers 10 years ago to a current shortfall of 59,000, there are “clear expectations that it will double again in 10 years to 114,000 workers,” she told t h e Co m m o n s a g r i c u l t u re committee. “On-farm job vacancies are exceptionally high at seven per cent vacancy rate. The national average for other industries is only 1.8 per cent so this is a clear exception and a clear problem. It’s costing the farm industry $1.5 billion in lost sales revenue each year. That’s $1.5 billion just in the primary agriculture side alone.” Business owners try hard to recruit workers, she added. “The work typically happens in rural Canada, a lot of it is seasonal, and many Canadians are just that much more removed from our farming backgrounds and so don’t even think about working in this industry.” Society and governments need to be concerned because not only does the agri-food industry supply “the food we eat, it’s also a huge driver of Canada’s economy, accounting for close to seven per cent of Canada’s GDP,” she noted. The worker shortage threatens the sustainability and growth for our food industry and needs to be addressed in Growing Forward 3 due to come into effect in 2018. “However, at this point in time, there’s no overt mention of the workforce issues in the next policy framework. “This is true despite the fact that farmers and producers have been clear and indicated that it’s their No. 1 risk to business success moving forward,” she explained. “What is required in the new policy framework is that we specifically address the workforce shortage and support Canada’s food systems competitiveness and growth. Canada’s National Labour Task Force has developed a Workforce Action Plan that could become a component of GF3, she said. “It should involve building a national career awareness initiative, a campaign to clarify

extensive and exciting work opportunities the industry has to offer,” she said. “Building public trust is now recognized as an important activity for the industry, and when we clarify how food is produced, we have an opportunity to also clarify who’s involved, and what a great industry this is to work in.” The action plan should also strive to bring more women into the industry, she urged. “We need to do better, to encourage more Canadians, young and old, those from rural and urban backgrounds, men and women and new Canadians to consider working in this sector and ensure that there are no barriers to entry or advancement for anyone in the industry.” Affordable training is crucial “to ensure workers in the industry get access to the latest and most effective production techniques, the latest and best practice around human resource

“On-farm job vacancies are exceptionally high at seven per cent vacancy rate. The national average for other industries is only 1.8 per cent.” Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council

and management techniques, no matter how busy or how remote their location is,” she continued. The action plan “includes clear short-, medium- and long-term solutions to ensure the industry can get ahead of this challenge and address it in a meaningful way to advantage the industry to grow and thrive into the future,” she said. Manitoba farmer Doug Chorney, vice-chair of CAHRC, said the agri-food industry wants “government policies to be responsive to their needs as

employers to fill positions and run their farms and processing operations. It’s the business risk issue and is severely affecting our capacity and valueadded agriculture and agri-food processing.” In addition to attracting more women, governments need to “raise awareness and to disseminate agricultural career opportunities to media influencers, educators, and to the public increasing industry’s access to labour with underrepresented groups, youth and the unemployed.”

MacDonald-Dewhirst said labour shortages are “in every commodity, especially those that are labour intensive, so the horticulture industry, for sure. They’re being felt in significant factors in the low-skilled arenas, but also in the high-skilled arenas. We’re looking at general farm workers, businesses are reporting extensive shortages. They’re also reporting extensive shortages for technicians, and for supervisors and managements of operations.” It’s a problem across Canada and “at all levels of the industry, both in primary production and absolutely in the processing side as well,” she said. “The 13 value-chain roundtables of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, all 13 have signed on as supporters of the Workforce Action Plan, because this is such an issue for all 13 valuechain roundtables at various levels within the value chain.”

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Prince Rupert needs to be part of rail transport revamp, says major exporter Expanding the northern B.C. port should be a key part of $10.1-billion plan to improve transportation routes to international markets, says Murad Al-Katib BY ALEXIS KIENLEN STAFF

he Port of Prince Rupert should be a major bene f i c i a r y o f O t t a w a’s $10.1-billion pledge to revamp transportation routes to international markets, says one of the world’s biggest pulse exporters. “Prince Rupert is a major opportunity — when we look at Pacific gateway access, we need a balanced approach between Vancouver and the Port of Prince Rupert,” said AGT Foods president and CEO Murad Al-Katib. “These are very critical elements for the next 40 to 50 years.” Major grain companies have invested heavily in grain terminals at Vancouver, but more needs to be done, said Al-Katib, who in addition to heading one of the world’s largest pulse trading companies was a senior adviser to the panel that reviewed the Canada Transportation Act (CTA). “We need to ensure the continued investments and port infrastructure improvements that have been undertaken by large players like Richardson’s, Viterra, and Cargill are continued,” he said. “They’ve done a great job of creating material changes in capacity at ports.” In h i s re c e n t e c o n o m i c update, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau pledged to spend $10.1 billion over the next 11 years on “more efficient transportation corridors to international markets.” The details won’t be known until the next budget, but the goal is to fix congestion and bottlenecks along essential corridors, transportation hubs, and ports that access world markets. Rail lines to Vancouver fit that bill. “My understanding is that some of the areas that could use some attention have to do with the (Port of ) Vancouver,” said Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association. “We understand that there’s a tunnel and a bridge that need some

Improving rail service and encouraging expansion at the Port of Prince Rupert is critical to improving Western Canada’s future prospects as a grain exporter, says AGT Foods CEO Murad Al-Katib. PHOTO: Port of Prince Rupert

“Prince Rupert is a major opportunity — when we look at Pacific gateway access, we need a balanced approach.” Murad Al-Katib

work. I’m not hugely familiar with the specifics of what they need to debottle them. My understanding is that most of that would fall into Vancouver or just outside Vancouver and that’s where the focus would need to be in terms of debottlenecking the system with infrastructure dollars.” But fixing problem areas to Vancouver isn’t enough, said Al-Katib. Rather, Ottawa should think strategically and long term, and that means moving more grain, oilseeds, and pulses through Prince Rupert. “We need to utilize all corridors,” he said, adding “it’s not just about the railways.” “We have a tendency in our business where everyone just points at the link in the supply chain directly ahead or behind them,” he said. “Farmers need to plan and market into windows in the entire crop year. We’re not necessarily going to have the infrastructure to move the entire crop in four months a year. We have to use all the ports.”

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Ottawa’s pledge to dramatically upgrade rail corridors is a chance for the grain supply chain to think big — and learn to co-operate, says AGT Foods CEO Murad Al-Katib. PHOTO: AGTFOODS

together and ensure everyone profits, said Al-Katib. “Canada is a major supplier of grains, oilseeds, and pulses to the world and we’re going to grow further,” he said. “If we want to prepare for the next 30 to 40 years, we need to ensure that those infrastructure bottlenecks, policy, information, and surge capacity are all aligned to give us that predictable, efficient access to the world markets.” And standing still could be costly. Economists who conducted a study for the Saskatchewan Wheat Development commis-

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China seeks to soothe concerns over illegal GM crops While funding a huge amount of research in the area themselves, Beijing has yet to approve any genetically modified staple food crops BEIJING / Reuters

hina’s tough supervision of unapproved genetically modified (GM) crops will allow for commercialization of such foods in the future, said an Agriculture Ministry official, defending a recent crackdown on illegally grown GM corn. China has spent billions on research of biotech crops, but it has not yet approved the planting of any GM varieties of staple food crops, amid deep-seated consumer opposition. It plans to introduce GM corn and soybeans within the next five years, however, a step that would lead to a huge increase in global production of genetically modified crops. Some farmers have recently been found growing GM corn illegally, triggering a strong response from the government, to shore up already low consumer trust in its ability to handle food safety issues. Reporting of such incidents threatens to further polarize public opinion, researchers said at a seminar Nov. 10, even as the ministry official defended the government’s approach to “severely punish” each incident. Media reports typically suggest that genetically modified foods are harmful, said Hu Ruifa, professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology, adding that both news publishers and local governments needed to be better educated on the science behind GM crops and foods. “The impact on consumers is really terrible,” said Hu, referring to media coverage of an incident in Shaanxi province. In August, almost 600 acres of GM corn were uprooted by authorities in Shaanxi, while in Xinjiang and Gansu provinces more than 1,000 mu (163 acres) of corn were destroyed last year, a ministry official has said. Public acceptance of biotechnology is one of the key challenges to the future introduction of GM crops in China, and despite attempts by the government to persuade consumers of the safety of such foods, opinions remain highly charged. Agriculture Minister Han Changfu has tried to assuage fears, telling reporters earlier this year that GM crops, planted illegally or not, did not threaten consumer health. Zhang Xianfa, deputy head of the Agriculture Ministry’s science and education department, told reporters at the seminar that the government will continue to punish people responsible for illegal planting. “Development of the GMO industry and supervision of GMOs is complementary, mutually supportive,” he said. Zhang also sought to downplay concerns that the illegal planting was more widespread than the government has said. “Illegal planting of GMOs is sporadic,” he said. There is “no excessive planting.”

Rain delays Australia wheat harvest, could dampen exports The wheat harvest is two to three weeks later than normal, risking the delay of shipments in late November and early December By Naveen Thukral and Colin Packham Reuters

ain is delaying the wheat harvest in parts of Australia, threatening to disrupt deliveries from the world’s No. 4 exporter of the grain to key markets such as India and Indonesia. Expecting a near-record crop of close to 30 million tonnes, exporters had sold newcrop wheat for shipment in November and December. But rains in the nation’s eastern Crop Belt, as well as frost in parts of the western growing region, have prevented farmers from gathering wheat on time. “Growers... are anxiously

watching the skies, monitoring the weather apps on their mobile phones and praying that it turns dry,” said Peter McMeekin, origination manager at grain trader Nidera Australia. The harvest has been running three weeks behind schedule in Western Australia, the nation’s largest wheat-exporting state, according to analysts and traders. On the east coast, it is lagging by at least two weeks. “There is a danger of lateNovember and early-December shipments getting delayed,” said Ole Houe, an analyst with brokerage IKON Commodities in Sydney. Australia is a leading wheat supplier to some of Asia’s biggest markets, including the world’s second-largest importer

Indonesia. India, typically selfsufficient in wheat, has been relying heavily on Australia for supplies this year after local crops were hit by two years of adverse weather. Frost damage across Western Australia, the country’s largest wheat-producing state, has destroyed more than 15 per cent of the total grain crop, Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd. (CBH) has said. “A few parts of Australia... have already commenced harvest. However, the real action is yet to begin in most cropping regions,” said McMeekin at Nidera. Australia is estimated to have ended the last marketing year in September with old-crop inventories of five million to seven

million tonnes, but analysts and traders said supplies were tightening. “We are supposed to have old crop, but when you go and find some, you don’t get much,” said Houe. “The spread between old crop and new crop has widened to US$30 a tonne in Melbourne.” Old-crop Australian standard wheat was this week quoted at US$260 a tonne for delivery in Melbourne. But traders who have sold wheat for delivery in November and December said they were optimistic that any delays would not be significant. “A few vessels here and there might get delayed,” said one trader in Singapore. “But there should not be major delays.”

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Trump could pull out of global climate accord in a year — lawyers By quitting a parent treaty, the U.S. could find a legal shortcut around a four-year waiting period in the new deal By Alister Doyle MARRAKESH, Morocco / Reuters

.S. president-elect Donald Trump could use legal shortcuts to pull out of a global agreement for fighting climate change within a year, keeping a campaign promise and bypassing a theoretical four-year wait, lawyers say. Trump, who has called global warming a hoax and said it was invented by the Chinese to undermine U.S. manufacturing, has said he wants to cancel the 2015 Paris Agreement among almost 200 nations that entered into force on Nov. 4. The accord, which seeks to phase out greenhouse gas emissions this century with a shift from fossil fuels, says in its Article 28 that any country wanting to pull out after joining up has to wait four years. In theory, the earliest date for withdrawal is Nov. 4, 2020, around the time of the next U.S. presidential election. But Trump could pull out of the parent treaty of the Paris A g re e m e n t , t h e 1 9 9 2 U N

Framework Convention on Climate Change, with just a year’s notice, also voiding U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement, UN legal experts say. That would be controversial, partly because the convention was signed by former Republican president George Bush in 1992 and approved by the U.S. Senate. It would also severely strain relations with many foreign nations. Me e t i n g i n M a r r a k e s h , Morocco, for two weeks of talks to work out ways to implement pledges for action in the Paris Agreement, many countries have reaffirmed support for the 195-nation accord since Trump’s election victory on Tuesday.

Political costs “If Trump withdraws from the Paris Agreement there would be a political cost. If he pulls out of the convention the cost would be greater,” said Daniel Bodansky, a professor of the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. “It would be going nuclear. It would signal that the United States has no interest in co-operating with other nations on climate change,” said Alden Meyer,

Trump has said he wants to cancel the 2015 Paris Agreement among almost 200 nations that entered into force on Nov. 4

of the Union of Concerned Scientists. The convention sets a goal of avoiding “dangerous” man-made damage to the climate to avert more heat waves, downpours, floods, extinctions of animals and plants and rising sea levels. The Paris Agreement is much more explicit, seeking to phase out net greenhouse gas emissions by the second half of the century and limit global warming to “well below” 2 C (3.6 F) above preindustrial times. Trump wants to safeguard jobs in the U.S. coal and oil industries, saying the Paris Agreement would undermine the U.S. economy. He said in May: “We’re going to cancel the Paris climate agreement.” But the accord has since entered into force in international law. As of Thursday it had been ratified by 103 nations represent-

ing 73 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. Trump could also pull out from Paris immediately if the Republican-controlled House and Senate passed a law asking him to do so, Bodansky said. The Supreme Court had a tradition of upholding U.S. laws when they conflict with international law. “If Trump acts with the approval of Congress there is no problem under U.S. law,” he said. There

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would be little recourse to challenge such a decision under international law — the Paris Agreement has no sanctions for non-compliance. M a n y d e l e g a t e s re c k o n Trump is likely to have other priorities, from the economy to immigration. Trump may find it easier simply to oppose President Barack Obama’s domestic plans to reduce U.S. emissions by between 26 and 28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2025. T h e i d e a o f t h e Pa r i s Agreement’s four-year wait is that “it sets a legal trap,” said Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, head of the 48-nation group of least developed nations. “By the time Trump gets round to thinking about it we could have another president.”

.S. President Barack Obama’s administration has suspended its efforts to win congressional approval for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, saying the fate of the trade deal is now in the Trump administration’s hands. Administration officials also said Obama would try to explain the situation to leaders of the 11 other countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact next week when he attends a regional summit in Peru. Obama’s cabinet secretaries and the U.S. Trade Representative’s office had been lobbying lawmakers for months to pass the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership deal in the post-election, lameduck session of Congress. However, Trump’s stunning election victory that sends him to the White House in January and retains Republican majorities in Congress has stymied those plans. “We have worked closely with Congress to resolve outstanding issues and are ready to move forward, but this is a legislative process and it’s up to congressional leaders as to whether and when this moves forward,” USTR spokesman Matt McAlvanah said in a statement. On Nov. 9, the day after the election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would not take up TPP in the weeks before Trump’s inauguration and said its fate was now up to Trump. House Speaker Paul Ryan had earlier said he would not proceed with a lame-duck vote. Trump made his opposition to the TPP a centrepiece

of his campaign, calling it a “disaster” and “a rape of our country” that would send more jobs overseas. His anti-free-trade message and pledges to stem the tide of imported goods from China and Mexico won him massive support among bluecollar workers in the industrial heartland states of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, helping to swing the election his way. Trump has said he will scrap TPP, renegotiate the 22-yearold North American Free Trade Agreement and adopt a much tougher trade stance with China. The TPP agreement, negotiated for more than five years and signed in October 2015, was aimed at reducing trade barriers erected by some of the fastest-growing economies in Asia and boosting ties with U.S. allies in the region in the face of China’s rising influence. W h i t e Ho u s e De p u t y National Security Adviser Wally Adeyemo told reporters on Nov. 11 that Obama will tell TPP member countries at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit that the United States will remain engaged in Asia, and that it recognizes the benefits of trade and such deals still make sense. “In terms of the TPP agreement itself, Leader McConnell has spoken to that and it’s something that he’s going to work with the president-elect to figure out where they go in terms of trade agreements in the future,” Adeyemo said. “But we continue to think that these types of deals make sense, simply because countries like China are not going to stop working on regional agreements.”

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

Western Canada has crossed into an entirely new hydro-climatic cycle, scientist says Climate change is accelerating hydrology at an even faster pace than earlier thought, making for rapid-fire change BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

Quick pace What we’re seeing is the hydrology of the entire Western Canada is now accelerating at an even faster pace than recognized, with rapid-pace glacial melt in the Canadian Rockies and the intensification of atmospheric conditions or what scientists call “aerial rivers,” which are vast swaths of hundreds and even thousands of miles wide holding more water as global temperatures bump up. The loss of hydrologic stationarity — or the previously used approaches based on pre-

It’s pointing to a need for another Green Revolution, he said at the conclusion of his Minot address. Only this time it will need to focus not only on increasing productivity, but on soil health as a means of mitigating and adapting to climate change. The scientist said he believes

the Assiniboine River Basin Initiative is well positioned to play a key role in this. “This basin could very well be a leader in that revolution,” he said. “That revolution can start here. The pieces are all here. ” T:6 in

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Urgency Since the Virden (2014) conference, climate scientists have also determined that existing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are now sufficient to cause unacceptable warming, resulting in hydro-climatic change accelerating even faster than the most extreme projections. We now have permanently crossed the 400 ppm atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration thresholds. “And we’re on our way within a decade to probably 4.21 ppm, which many climate scientists hold to be the ceiling beyond which its going to be hard to control this warming,” Sandford said. “What this means is we no longer have a carbon budget to burn through before we cross the threshold of irreversible change. We’re already there.” In terms of hydro-climatic change “2050 is the new 2100 and 2030 is the new 2050,” he added. Sandford said later in an interview what also underlies the urgency to adapt is that we’ve been very slow jursidictionally to start to respond to these changes. “We still have a lot of jurisdictionality and territoriality,” he said. “It’s hard to standardize practices and actions across so many jurisdictions in some of these states and provinces.”

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Canadian scientist says those trying to protect farmland from future floods, and bolster local resilience against other extremes of hydrologic climate change must do so with a sense of urgency. “I hope you’ll see beyond urgency to the emergency we face if we do not act in a timely and effective manner to protect our prosperity in face of hydrologic climatic change,” said Robert Sandford, the EPCOR chair on water security with the United Nations University’s Institute for Water, Environment and Health in an address to the third annual conference of the Assiniboine River Basin Initiative (ARBI) held in Minot, N.D., Nov. 8 and 9. Sandford spoke of the pending impacts of climate change in 2014 in Virden during formative meetings of the multi-jurisdictional organization. It was a somewhat skeptical audience he recalls. “The risk economically I noted then was that the people of the region won’t be able to afford to deal with disasters and also simultaneously address their causes,” he said. But many at the time “couldn’t see where they lived” what he was talking about when he described this part of Canada crossing into a completely different hydrological cycle. The flood events of 2014, which turned large parts of the Assiniboine River Basin into a surreal landscape of swamp and submerged farmland, and ultimately cost $1.5 billion in damages, changed many minds. The need to tackle this issue has only intensified since then, Sandford said in his Minot address earlier this month.

cipitation patterns of the past expected to remain stable into the future — is going to make the future water planning even more problematic, Sandford said. Stationarity is no longer a practical or even legally defensible method for designing water management systems, he said. “The old maps and old methods no longer work,” he said. “This is one of the reasons forecasters were unable to predict what happened in 2014.” And if this loss of stationarity may seem merely conceptual to some, the scientist warns its effects will hit home harder and be felt far sooner than we expect. More frequent and intense weather events, algal blooms now plaguing Lake Winnipeg and showing up in many hundreds more lakes, and mounting costs from damage getting beyond what we can afford are the impacts, he said. “The Canadian West will be changed by this as much as by settlement in a decade,” he said.

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he U.S. Agriculture Department raised its already record-high forecast for U.S. corn and soybean harvests Nov. 9, with gains keyed by increased yield estimates in major production states such as Iowa, Minnesota and Ohio. The bumper harvest will leave a larger-than-expected stockpile of both commodities even with increased usage forecasts, the government said in its monthly supply and demand and production reports. “This tells us that the corn and soybean markets are not going to run out of supplies any time soon,” said Brian Hoops, analyst at Midwest Marketing Solutions. “I don’t think we should expect any sustained, meaningful rallies.” Corn and soybean futures fell to session lows after the report was released, with corn hitting its lowest since Oct. 13. USDA pegged U.S. corn production for the 2016-17 marketing year at 15.226 billion bushels, based on an average yield of 175.3 bushels per acre, up from its October outlook of a 15.057-billion-bushel harvest and an average yield of 173.4 bushels per acre. Analysts had been expecting corn production of 15.041 billion bushels and a yield of 173.2 bushels per acre, based on the average of forecasts in a Reuters survey. The USDA’s yield and production view matched the high end of the range of analysts’ forecasts. For soybeans, USDA said the crop would be 4.361 billion bushels, 92 million higher than its October outlook. The government’s soy yield view was raised to 52.5 bushels per acre from 51.4. In Iowa, the top corn production state and the second biggest for soybeans, USDA raised the average soybean yield to 59.0 bushels per acre from 58.0. The Iowa corn yield view also was raised by one bushel per acre to 199.0 USDA unexpectedly raised its 2016-17 corn ending stocks outlook to 2.403 billion bushels, which would be the fifth biggest ever, from 2.320 billion. USDA raised its soybean ending stocks forecast to 480 million bushels, 60 million bushels higher than the average of analysts’ estimates and up from its October estimate of 395 million bushels. If realized, soybean ending stocks would be the third biggest on record. On the demand front, USDA raised its soy usage outlook by just seven million bushels, with a 20-million-bushel cut to crushings largely mitigating 25 million bushels of increased exports. The government also boosted its wheat ending stocks outlook by five million bushels to 1.143 billion, in line with market forecasts.

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U.S. EPA set to deny refiner requests to change biofuels program The oil processors want to push the biofuel requirement further down the supply chain By Chris Prentice NEW YORK / Reuters

he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Nov. 10 it plans to deny several petitions from oil groups to start the process toward making a change to the country’s biofuels program. EPA said it did not believe it should initiate a full rule making, as requested by multiple companies, to change the socalled “point of obligation” of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The RFS is a 2005 policy that establishes annual targets for the volume of biofuels that need to be blended with gasoline and diesel in the United States. Valero Energy Corp. and the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers have pressed the EPA to push the so-called “point of obligation” downstream, reducing the onus on the merchant refiners that have little to no capacity to blend biofuels at their operations. Merchant refiners, including Valero, HollyFrontier and CVR Energy, have said they are being squeezed by the annual government mandates that require they use increasing amounts of ethanol and biodiesel in petroleum-based fuels. The change the parties are requesting “would not address the challenges associated” with boosting availability of advanced fuels and getting more ethanol into the fuel system, the EPA said in the statement. Oil companies have lobbied heavily against the program, saying the 2007 targets laid out by Congress are unachievable without a major infrastructure and vehicle overhaul. Opponents of the changes requested by refiners have said that changing the parties required to comply with the country’s biofuels program will further complicate a complex

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Sweltering 2016 to set heat record, stoked by man-made warming — WMO The warming warning comes even as global carbon emissions are said to be flatlining BY ALISTER DOYLE AND NINA CHESTNEY MARRAKESH, Morocco / Reuters

he world is set to notch up a new heat record in 2016 after a sizzling 2015, as global warming stokes more floods and rising sea levels, the UN weather agency said Nov. 14 at climate change talks overshadowed by Donald Trump’s election win. President-elect Trump has called climate change a hoax and a source in his transition team says he is seeking quick ways to pull the United States out of the 2015 Paris Agreement, which aims to shift the world economy away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy. The World Meteorological O rg a n i z a t i o n ( W M O ) s a i d this year would be the warm-

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Agriculture engineers in the early years The Manitoba Agricultural College was the first of its kind in Western Canada and aimed to equip farmers with the latest knowledge One of the agricultural engineering courses offered was a course training students in the operation of steam engines and the newfangled gasoline tractors.

BY ALEX CAMPBELL Manitoba Agricultural Museum

he Manitoba Agricultural Museum holds in its collection the photo seen here, which is thought to show the students of an engineering course at the Manitoba Agricultural College. Manitoba’s rapid growth at the turn of the century prompted the provincial government to support agricultural research and education. The Manitoba Agricultural College (MAC) was established in 1905, with the objective of educating students in modern farming practices. MAC was the first college of its kind in Western Canada, and only the third in all of Canada. MAC offered courses in horticulture, agricultural engineering, animal husbandry, farm management, and home economics. One of the agricultural engineering courses offered was a course training students in the operation of steam engines and the newfangled gasoline tractors. Judging by the number of young men seen here the course was quite popular. Given the rapid expansion in the number of steam engines and tractors on the Prairies and general unfamiliarity of the farm population with machinery, this sort of course was much needed at this time. While MAC was designed to give men a solid educational background in agricultural sciences, MAC also included a division of home economics, which was intended to give young ladies from rural communities a scientific background in homemaking. The women were to receive an education in health, nutrition, and home management. Courses were offered in subjects such as food safety, laundry chemistry, human physiology, and homebased accounting. With such training the hope was that the graduates would return to their home communities, become leaders and impart their knowledge to other ladies in the area.

A class at the Manitoba Agricultural College (MAC) posing with a 30-horsepower Big Four tractor. One of the college’s engineering courses trained people in the operation of steam and gas engines. There was a great demand for trained operators at this time. The photo also demonstrates how large a tractor the Big Fours were. The rear wheels dwarf the students standing beside them and one of these students, the man on the ground at the rear of the wheel, is over six feet tall. If you recognize any of the men in this photo, the museum would like to get their names and any history you are able to provide. PHOTO: Manitoba Agricultural Museum

MAC was built at a Winnipeg site in the Tuxedo neighbourhood close to Assiniboine Park with construction starting in 1905. By 1910, MAC had outgrown its Tuxedo campus and found that obtaining additional land in the immediate area of the campus was impossible. Seven years after the Tuxedo campus was opened, MAC moved to a new site in Fort Garry which is now the location of the University of Manitoba. The Tuxedo campus became the Fort Osborne barracks used by the Canadian military from 1914 to 1968 when Kapyong Barracks were built. The site was then acquired by the provincial government that moved government offices into the buildings. The site was

then purchased from the provincial government and redeveloped into the Asper Jewish Community Campus. The tractor the students are on is a 30-horsepower Big Four. The Big Four tractor designs came from the Transit Thresher Company which set out to design a thresher which could move around a harvested grain field to the stooks of grain so eliminating the need to bring the sheaves to the thresher. For this purpose a belt pulley at the back of a gas tractor was very useful as the tractor could then drive a threshing machine which was towed behind the tractor. After design work had taken place, Transit realized the entire idea was not workable as a drive belt was not compatible

with turning a tractor towing a threshing machine. But Transit realized that the tractor it had designed was a decent design so it began to build and sell it as the 25-horsepower Big Four. The Big Four retained the rearmounted belt pulley as moving it to a more conventional location would have involved a major redesign. The Big Four tractor entered production in the U.S. in 1906. The tractor was the first tractor with a four-cylinder engine which explains why the tractor was known as Big Four. Transit changed its name to the Gas Traction Company in 1908 as this name better reflected what the company manufactured. The Big Four was a sales success with demand outstripping supply.

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In 1909, the Gas Traction Company of Winnipeg was organized and purchased the Canadian patent rights for the Big Four from the Gas Traction Company. Gas Traction of Winnipeg wasted no time erecting a factory in Elmwood, a suburb of Winnipeg with the first tractor rolling out of the plant in March 1910. In 1912, Emerson-Brantingham purchased the Gas Traction Companies and the Winnipeg plant was closed. Production of the Big Four continued until 1920, however, EmersonBrantingham was producing smaller and lighter tractors soon after purchasing the Gas Traction Companies. EmersonBrantingham was sold to J.I. Case in 1928. There were two models of Big Four tractors, a 25-horsepower model and a 30-horsep owe r m o d e l . T h e t ra c t o r seen here is a 30-horsepower model. The 30 horsepower has a curved top to the radiator whereas the 25 horsepower had a square radiator. As the 30 horsepower was introduced in 1910, this photo was taken sometime after that date. It may very well be this tractor was manufactured in the Elmwood, Winnipeg plant. The Manitoba Agricultural Museum is open year round a n d i t s w e b s i t e, h t t p : / / ag-museum.mb.ca, has museum information including location and hours of operation.

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Canadian beef industry gets high marks in sustainability assessment

Industry needs to reduce meat waste and improve labour practices, but does well on greenhouse gas emissions By ALEXIS KIENLEN

“We know that there is a very important role that the beef industry in Canada plays in biodiversity and habitat preservation across the agricultural landscape.”

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t’s finally complete. The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef has crunched the numbers and can detail the full impact of what it takes to produce beef in Canada. The National Beef Sustainability Assessment — a first-of-its kind study — took a comprehensive look at the environmental, social, and economic aspects of beef production. “Throughout the sustainability assessment, we really did have an overarching goal: We want to build a stronger and more united beef community,” Fawn Jackson said at the recent Global Conference for Sustainable Beef. The assessment, which will be reviewed every five years, will help the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef refine its sustainability strategy and highlight areas where improvement is needed, said Jackson, the roundtable’s executive director. Deloitte and Touche along with CanFax Research Services conducted the assessment, which took two years to complete and was reviewed by a third-party panel of experts. Seventy-seven producers from farms across Canada completed surveys as part of the process. Through the assessment and consultations, the Canadian roundtable — which has 93 members, including McDonald’s, Cargill and the World Wildlife Fund — has created industry goals and action items for the next few years. The sustainability assessment, as well as data from McDonald’s global pilot project, will be used to create a “verification framework,” which will be unveiled sometime next year.

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soil carbon sequestration (cattle producers store 1.5 billion tonnes of carbon in their land) and wildlife habitat. “Although we only use about 30 per cent of the agricultural land, the beef industry contributes about 68 per cent of the wildlife habitat capacity,” said Jackson, who is also manager of environment and sustainability for the Canadian Cattleman’s Association. “We know that there is a very important role that the beef industry in Canada plays in biodiversity and habitat preservation.” The environmental component was broken down into two main areas: A “life cycle” assessment and a land use assessment. It looked at climate change, fossil fuel use, water use, and air pollution. It found that 235 litres of water

were used per kilogram of live weight (the farm stage of the life cycle), and 631 litres were used to produce one kilogram of boneless beef (which covers all stages from farming to consumption). Both figures are considered low. The greenhouse gas footprint was 11.4 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent for live weight and 30.8 kilograms for boneless beef, which is also relatively low. The farming stage of production is responsible for 74 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions during the beef life cycle. The Canadian beef industry also performed well on social assessment, with high marks given for animal care; handling practices; sickness and disease prevention; and responsible antimicrobial use. The assessment also found the

industry demonstrates strong social and economic commitment to rural communities.

Areas to improve There’s an opportunity for improvement when it comes to meat waste. For every 1.24 kilogram of packed boneless beef, only about one kilogram is consumed. “This has a large impact,” said Jackson. “If we could cut meat waste by about 50 per cent, we could save up to three kilograms of CO2 equivalent and about 60 litres of water per kilogram. So meat waste is a big issue for us here in Canada and North America.” The industr y also scored low on the rights of foreign workers. “This is high risk because Canada is not a signa-

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tor y to the United Nations Convention of Protection of all Migrant Workers and their Families,” said Jackson. “This is a standard indicator for assessing this, and we didn’t do great on that.” The workload for beef producers was also seen as a liability, since 54 per cent of respondents surveyed indicated that they worked more than 48 hours a week more than 30 weeks a year. The economic sustainability of producers was also concerning, with more than three-quarters of the cow-calf producers relying on off-farm income. “I think there’s lots of conversations around that number,” said Jackson. “People h a ve m i x e d f a r m s. Pe o p l e have all sorts of reasons or ways that they are able to make an income. But that was one of the biggest numbers that really hit home for me in the sustainability assessment. When we’re working on sustainability, we need to make sure our producers are able to continue producing beef. There are some really tight margins in which they’re working.” A summary of the full report can be found online (http:// tinyurl.com/hx6kes6). akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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Meat industry excited about Ukraine trade deal The deal will eliminate most tariffs for goods moving between the two countries By Alex Binkley Co-operator contributor

ost in the hoopla of signing the Canada-Europe Trade Agreement (CETA), legislation has been introduced to implement a free trade agreement between Canada and Ukraine. When it comes into force, it would immediately eliminate duties on 99.9 per cent of goods imported from Ukraine and would likewise affect 86 per cent of Canadian exports to that nation. The remaining tariff concessions would be eliminated within seven years, according to a Canadian government statement.

The eventual result will be the removal of essentially all tariffs on goods currently traded between Canada and Ukraine. The Canadian Meat Council welcomes the deal because it expands the market for Canadian products, says president Troy Warren. “A s t r a t e g i c p r i o r i t y o f Canada’s export-dependent meat industry is competitive access to every country in the world,” Warren said. “The eventual entry into force of the free trade agreement with Ukraine will represent another concrete step toward the realization of this important industry objective.” He said Canadian meat packers and processors have a long-

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term interest in trade with Ukraine, not only as suppliers of high-quality meat protein to that country’s 45 million citizens, but also in the context of Ukraine’s access to the European Union and its trade with the countries of eastern T:10.25” Europe.

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Dairy sector gets $350 million from feds The investment is intended to offset losses expected in the sector when CETA is implemented BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

airy farmers and processors are welcoming a $350-million investment in their sector ahead of t h e Ca n a d a - Eu ro p e Tra d e Agreement coming into force. The $250 million over five years, available through the Dairy Farm Investment Program, will assist far mers to update their equipment to improve productivity, said an announcement f ro m A g r i c u l t u re Mi n i s t e r L a w r e n c e M a c A u l a y. T h e money would be available for robotic milkers, automated feeding systems, and herd management tools. The $100 million, allocated over four years in a Dair y Processing Investment Fund, will assist processors to moder nize their operations to improve efficiency and productivity and diversify their

product lines for new market opportunities. In the coming weeks, the government will engage with the dairy sector to seek input on the design of programs to ensure it responds to the needs of producers and processors, the minister added. Dairy Farmers of Canada president Wally Smith said the federal money will foster the continued growth of the sector, for the benefit of all Canadians but only partially addresses the damage the trade deal with Europe will create. “The government has taken a significant step in demonstrating its commitment to supply management, and t o t h e c o n t i n u e d i n n ov a tion and growth of Canada’s dair y sector; for that, DFC gives thanks,” Smith said. “However, in order to ensure the continued sustainability and viability of supply management, there is still work to

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be done and the government has a significant role to play.” The details of the implementation and accessibility of these funds will be established through a future consultation process, where DFC will insist upon the effective and equitable delivery of the entire funding envelope. C E TA w i l l r e s u l t i n a n expropriation of up to two per cent of Canadian milk production, representing 17,700 tonnes of cheese that will no longer be produced in Canada. This is equivalent to the entire yearly produc-

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

Price isn’t everything at the meat counter — being Canadian counts, too About half of consumers say they check labels to ensure they’re buying meat of Canadian origin By ALEXIS KIENLEN STAFF / EDMONTON

ood news, Canadian livestock producers — your fellow citizens are willing to pay more for your meat. “Canadians buy Canadian to support local and Canadian farmers, support the local economy, and for freshness,” Barry Davis of Leger Marketing said at the recent FutureFare conference in Edmonton. His firm surveyed 1,609 meat shoppers and two-thirds said they had very strong trust and confidence in the Canadian meat supply chain. “The theme running through this is more about supporting Canadian, versus buying local,” said Davis, the company’s Edmonton-based associate vicepresident of public affairs. “This idea of buying local was not necessarily about supporting Alberta, or farmers from the region, but about buying Canadian.” The findings from the online survey, which echoes similar surveys done in 2010 and 2012, found the importance of being raised in Canada varied with the type of animal. About 52 per cent thought that bison purchased in the store should be of Canadian origin, while 48 per cent said it’s important to purchase Canadian beef and chicken (with pork just slightly behind at 46 per cent). However, only 31 per cent thought it was important to purchase Canadian lamb. The respondents were also willing to pay at least 10 per cent more for hormone-free and antibiotic-free meat, regardless of the type of meat. However, many people said organic meat is too expensive. When people buy meat, they make all sorts of decisions about what kind of meat they are going to eat and what cut. Chicken was the No. 1 choice and was generally chosen because it was “healthy,” but also because it is a “family favourite” and “everyday meal.” Beef was second and was generally chosen because it was a “family favourite.” Pork was the third most popular meat because it is seen as an “everyday meal.” When consumers were asked about their meat purchases in the last 30 days, the vast majority of them had purchased chicken, followed by beef. Canadians are shopping at a larger number of retailers than they indicated in previous surveys, said Davis. “It’s hard to sort out who are the winners and losers,” he said. “Everyone has more shoppers, so it doesn’t tell you which pie is bigger. Everyone has received an increase.” Still, Walmart has increased its market share by four times while Costco continues to make significant gains. “Price is the primary reason why people pick a store,” said Davis. But the survey also found consumers are willing to pay “a higher price for Canadian fresh meat product” versus an imported alternative. Other factors include quality and convenience. Consumers look at flyers in advance and make a lot of decisions by looking at recipes in the store, particularly when faced with an unfamiliar cut of meat.

“Canadians buy Canadian to support local and Canadian farmers, support the local economy, and for freshness.” Barry Davis

Consumers are also using smartphones and tablets more frequently to look at grocery store websites and flyers. They’re also printing coupons and recipes. “It’s increasingly important that we have mobile applications,” said Davis. The study was funded by the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

Price, perceived health benefits, and meals that are “family favourites” all factor into meat purchases, but Canadian origin is also a major factor. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

Animals get the good stuff Brazil animal feed makers use quality wheat instead of corn By Gustavo Bonato SAO PAULO / Reuters

ajor consumers of animal feeds, Brazil’s poultr y and pork industries are opting for quality wheat as a cheaper substitute for dearly priced corn, in an unprecedented shift in demand for a grain historically used in flour for cookies and cakes. Brazil is the world’s leading poultry exporter, a major corn producer and importer of wheat, which is marketed as animal feed only when the quality fails to meet minimum standards for human consumption. This has changed, however, as Brazil

embarks on a record wheat harvest and abundant international supply pushes prices lower. Meanwhile, margins for feed and meats producers are being squeezed by stubbornly high corn prices, the main component for feeding livestock, in the aftermath of a disappointing harvest and bumper exports earlier in 2016. New-crop wheat is trading at 580 reais (US$178.50) per tonne in Rio Grande do Sul state, while corn is at 733 reais (US$225.5) per tonne, analysts Safras & Mercado said. One year ago, it was nearly reversed: with wheat at 700 reais and corn at 580 reais. Feed producers say they can use wheat instead when it costs 10 per

cent less than corn, because they have to fortify feed mixtures with additional nutrients when using wheat. “We have never had this situation, in which wheat is cheaper than corn,” said analyst Elcio Bento, at Safras. Brazil produced 5.5 million tonnes of wheat in 2015. Trigo & Farinhas consultant estimates 200,000 tonnes of that were sold as feed, after heavy rains spoiled the quality of some fields. Brazil is starting harvest of a bumper 6.3-million-tonne wheat crop, with little sign of quality problems. Wheat used in animal feed is expected to increase 50 per cent from last crop, to 300,000 tonnes, the consultant said. “If our animal nutrition department clears it and the price is right, there

is no reason not to buy wheat,” said a procurement executive at a major poultry and pork company, who asked not to be named. He added the company already managed to close a few deals for Brazilian wheat at bargain prices. Animal protein companies expect lower wheat prices to bring down o p e ra t i o n a l c o s t s i n t h e c o m i n g months, after a year of shrinking margins from soaring corn prices. Additionally, demand from feed makers for wheat may spur Brazil to import more. The country typically imports half of its 11-million-tonne annual demand for the grain, mainly f r o m Me rc o s u r p a r t n e r s s u c h a s Argentina.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

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1998 KENWORTH T800, new grain box, 2015 DODGE RAM 1500, loaded. Must Detroit engine, 60 Series, 10 spd. trans., see! $46,995. Greenlight Truck & Auto, $48,000. 204-325-5677, Winkler, MB. GRASSLAND TRAILERS QUALITY 306-934-1455, Saskatoon, SK. PRODUCTS AT WHOLESALE PRICES. www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL# 311430. 20’ steel stock, starting at $13,550 up to 8’ width available. 25’ Duralite alum. at 2015 DODGE RAM 1500, limited, fully TANDEM AXLE GRAVEL trucks in invento$25,250. Krogerman balebed at $11,000. loaded, Eco Diesel, $48,995. Greenlight ry. New and used, large inventory across Call Glen 306-640-8034, 306-266-2016, Truck & Auto, 306-934-1455, Saskatoon, Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or Wood Mountain, SK. or email SK. www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL# 311430. call Maxim Truck & Trailer 1-888-986-2946 gm93@sasktel.net 2015 CHEV SILVERADO 1500 High Coun- 1992 W14 VOLVO gravel truck, 15’ box, try, 6.2L, heated/cooled seats. Greenlight full lockers, tandem, 375 HP motor, c/w Truck & Auto, 306-934-1455, Saskatoon, side plow and front plow, asking $5100 OBO; 1991 FORD F800 w/gravel box, sinCHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used SK. www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL# 311430. gle axle, runs good, asking $4500 OBO; highway tractors. For more details call 1990 F800 w/gravel box, asking $2700 204-685-2222 or view information at OBO. Call 204-728-1861, Brandon, MB. www.titantrucksales.com CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used 2012 IHC TRANSSTAR, low pro, Max 300 highway tractors. For more details call HP diesel, Allison auto trans, loaded cab, 204-685-2222 or view information at 13’ Armstrong landscape dump, $39,900. 2007 FORD F550 4x4, 6L diesel, 7 spd. www.titantrucksales.com std., loaded cab, 14’ Armstrong landscape dump, 54,000 orig. kms, $29,900. Trades considered. K&L Equipment and Auto. Ladimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna. DL910885. 1999 ARNE’S TRIDEM end dump, clean; 1996 IH 9400, 60 Detroit, 10 spd., 16’ gravel box, alum. rims. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, DL 905231 www.rbisk.ca

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2014 CHEV SILVERADO 1500, loaded, 5.3L, 4x4. Just in! $31,995. Greenlight Truck & Auto, 306-934-1455, Saskatoon, PRECISION TRAILERS: Gooseneck and SK. www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL# 311430. bumper hitch. You’ve seen the rest, now own the best. Hoffart Services, Odessa, SK. 306-957-2033 www.precisiontrailer.com CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors. For more details call 2013 PROSTAR IH day cab truck with in204-685-2222 or view information at dash GPS, 500 HP Maxx force 18 spd., www.titantrucksales.com 46,000 rears, 3.91 ratio, 228” WB, approx. 129,000 kms, 11R22.5 tires, c/w wet kit TANDEM AXLE GRAIN trucks in inventory. for only $73,000. New MB. safety. New and used, large inventory across 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or SLEEPERS AND DAYCABS. New and used. call Maxim Truck & Trailer 1-888-986-2946 Huge inventory across Western Canada at 2004 PETERBILT 330, tandem axle, C&C, www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & long WB, Cat dsl., 10 spd trans, AC, low Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. CM TRUCK BEDS. Starting at $2895. Call miles, alum. wheels, $26,900, w/new B&H 2005 IHC 9200 daycab tractor, Cummins Jason’s Agri-Motive, 306-472-3159 or visit $48,900. K&L Equipment and Auto. Ph ISX 400 HP, 13 spd. trans, 40,000 rears, Ladimer, 306-795-7779 Ituna. DL#910885 967,000 kms, $13,900. K&L Equipment us at: www.jasonsagri-motive.ca and Auto. Ph. Ladimer, 306-795-7779, 100 MISC. SEMI TRAILER FLATDECKS/ ALLISON AUTOMATIC TRUCKS: Several Ituna, SK. DL#910885. stepdecks, $2,500 to $30,000. 20 heavy trucks with auto trans. available with C&C lowbeds, $10,000 to $70,000. Tankers, or grain or gravel box. Starting at $19,900. 2009 T660 CHROME Kenworth, 11-22.5 end dumps. 306-222-2413, Saskatoon, SK. K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna, tires, 490 HP Cummins, AutoShift, Aerowww.trailerguy.ca Cab, $36,000. 306-786-6510, Yorkton, SK. SK. ladimer@sasktel.net DL #910885.

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

GRAND FORKS AREA EQUIPMENT & TRUCK AUCTION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2016 - 10:00 AM LOCATION: Indoors at the Alerus Center, 1200 S. 42nd St, Grand Forks, ND (Just off I-29) AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: The auction will take place indoors at the Alerus Center ballroom by huge video screen & photographs. All units will be on hand for running inspection from noon to 5pm November 27th and 8am to 10am auction day. SPECIAL NOTES: All items must be removed by Monday, December 5th at 1pm- loading dock on site. Alerus Center is equipped with hotel & restaurant facilities. We will accept absentee bids until 6pm November 27th! IMPORTANT NOTICE: THIS IS A VERY PRELIMINARY LISTING! AS THIS AD WENT TO PRESS WE WERE ADDING MANY UNITS & GATHERING NUMEROUS SPECS. PLEASE SEE WWW.RESOURCEAUCTION.COM FOR ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS & CHANGES TO DESCRIPTIONS!

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*2012 JD 9460R 4WD, power shift, Auto *2013 Case IH AFX 8230, leather int, var spd fdr, lateral tilt, rock trap, lg tube Trac ready, 4 hyd, 800/70R38 Firestone rotor, Magna Cut chopper, power adj duals, premium HID light pkg, dual self leveling sieves, Y/M monitor, Pro beam radar sensor, heavy ballast pkg, 700 screen, guidance ready, ext wear 1042 hrs, second owner local tractor, rotor, HID lights, 900/75R32 drive tires, SN#1RW9460RCCP004793 600/65R28 rears, 1002 sep hrs, 1431 *2011 JD 8260R MFWD, ILS, power shift, eng hrs, SN#YCG217439 3pt w/ quick hitch, 3 PTO’s, 4 hyd, Auto Trac ready, front weights, 480/70R34 front *2013 Case IH AFX 8230, leather int, var spd fdr, lateral tilt, rock trap, lg tube duals, 480/80R46 rear duals, 2648 hrs, rotor, Magna Cut chopper, power adj local tractor, SN#1RW8260RVBP042199 self leveling sieves, Y/M monitor, Pro *2011 Case IH 305 Magnum MFWD, 700 screen, guidance ready, ext wear power shift, luxury cab w/ leather, rotor, HID lights, 900/75R32 drive tires, guidance ready, 3pt w/ quick hitch, 600/65R28 rears, 1115 sep hrs, 1589 3 PTO’s, 4 hyd, power beyond, 58 eng hrs, SN#YDG218460 GPM pump, HID lights, front weights, *2012 Case IH 8120, lateral tilt, var spd 380/85R34 front duals, 380/80R54 rear feeder, rock trap, large tube rotor, self duals, 2553 hrs, SN#ZARZ06776 leveling sieves, fine cut chopper, long unloading auger, Y/M, Pro 700 color touch *2008 Case IH 485 Quad Trac, guidance screen, guidance ready, 900/60R32 ready, deluxe cab, std halogen lights, diff singles, 540/65R30 rears, only 925 sep, lock, hi-cap drawbar, 4 hyd, perf monitor, 1301 eng hrs, SN#YBG214077 36” Camoplast belts 85% rubber, original ag tractor, 5127 hrs, SN#Z8F112044 *2012 JD S670, HD var spd feeder house, Contour Master, 480/80R38 duals, Auto *2006 Cat MT875B Challenger belted Trac ready, Y/M ready, chopper, rock trap, ag tractor, cloth interior, power shift, 5 chaff spreader, HID extremity lights, ext hyd, 36” belts- 75%, auto guidance ready wear pkg, 2835 engine, 1630 sep hrs, including Nav II but no monitor, wide swing SN#1H0S670SJB0745690 hyd draw bar, front & idler weights, 4400 hrs showing, single owner local ag tractor, *2010 Lexion 590R RWD, cloth interior, variable spd auto contour feeder, auto SN#AGCMT875VBFT60105 pilot, 3D sieves, Cebis system w/ printer, *2003 Cat MT865 Challenger belted pwr folding bin ext, chopper, chaff ag tractor, cloth interior, power shift, spreader, 620/70R42 duals, 620/75R26 1000 PTO, 5 hyd, 36” belts- 80%, rears, corn/bean/grain machine, $30000 auto guidance ready, wide swing hyd in work orders, 1197 sep hrs, 1977 eng draw bar, front weights, 7759 hrs hrs, SN#57900539 showing, single owner local ag tractor, HEADS & HEADER TRAILERS: SN#AGCMT865CBD530465 *2013 MacDon FD75 45’ flex draper *1999 Case IH MX220 MFWD, power shift, head, includes 2015 AWS Wind 3pt, 1000 PTO, 4 hyd, Trimble guidance system, Slow Speed Transport, 3” cut, ready, 380/85R38 fronts, 380/90R54 rear double drive. F/A, CIH Flagship adapter, duals, front weights, 9794 hrs showing, SN#235056 SN#X2204C4JJA0100049 *2013 MacDon FD75D 40’ flex draper *1998 JD 8400T, power shift, 3pt w/ head w/ dbl sickle drive, 3” cut, F/A, quick hitch, PTO, 4 hyd, Starfire globe 5 finger bat reel & Lexion/Claas adapter, & SF-1 brown box, 16” tracks 60-70%, SN#241372 20 front weights, gone through by local *AWS 40’ air bar for MacDon flex dealer winter 2015, 6089 hrs showing, draper, like new SN#RW8400T902581 *2012 CaseIH 2162 45’ Flex Draper, *1996 Case IH 9380 4WD, power shift, double drive, 3” cut, F/A, 5 bar finger reel, 4 hyd, 850/55R42 duals, seller has poly skid shoes, CIH flagship adapter, provided extensive work orders completed SN#YCZN34489 at local dealer, 7220 hrs showing, *2013 Lexion/Claas P516 pickup SN#JEE0036507 platform w/ Swathmaster pkp *1991 Case IH 7120 2WD, power shift, & dlx wind panel, used very little, 3pt, PTO, 4 hyd, 14.9-46 duals, full SN#43340764 in frame OH- work orders available, *2013 Case IH 3016 pkp platform w/ SN#JJA003308 deluxe wind panel, SN#YCS036091 *1987 Case IH 2394 2WD, power shift, 3pt, *2013 Case IH 3016 pkp platform w/ 1000 PTO, 3 hyd, radar, 14.9R46 duals, deluxe wind panel, SN#YCS036103 9192 hrs showing, SN#9946378 *2012 Case IH 2016 pkp platform w/

*1991 Ford Versatile 846 Designation delux wind panel, SN#CCC0024212 6 4WD, CAH, 12 spd std trans, 4 hyd, *2010 JD 635F 35’ flex head, low stone 80% matched Firestone duals, 7090 hrs, dam, new sickle,F/A, HHC & rigid mode SN#D485201 sensors, SN#736590 *1985 Versatile 256 bi-directional, CAH, *2010 Lexion F540 40’ flex head w/ 3” cab end 540 PTO, 3pt & 3 hyd, loader w/ cut, F/A, finger reel & dividers bkt & grapple, 16.9-28 tires, 7440 hrs, *Macdon 960 rigid draper head w/ SN#209223 finger reel & Gleaner R72 adapter *1966 JD 4020 gas tractor, no cab, 3pt, *Shelbourne Reynolds SR6000 20’ PTO, 2 hyd, SN#T211R119957R stripper head w/ JD adapter, SN#260321 TECHNOLOGY:

*Case IH Ag Leader RTK guide system, *JD 925F flex head, F/A, grain grabbers on auger, rebuilt drum drive (records insight monitor & 252 receiver w/ auto available), SN#651112 boom

LB Rear Axle, jake brake, dual aluminum *JD 222 head w/ quick attach SSR *2005 IH 8600 day cab, Cat C13 tanks, air ride cab, deluxe interior, engine, Eaton 10 spd trans, wet kit, sunflower pans, drum, fingers & 11R22.5 tires, Brand New Simonsen SMC beet equipment, dual alum tanks, Safenewer wobble box- approx 300 acres, 4816 16 Ton dry fert tender w/ adj rear T-Pull, 163 WB, 315/80R22.5 front tires, SN#372075 auger, very nice unit 11R22.5 rear tandem duals, alum fronts, *JD 212 pickup head, SN#530665 steel disk rears, 348947 miles showing *2006 Chev C8500 cab & chassis, *2) Unused America 840 40’ HD tandem twin screw, leather interior, heat, 6-wheel header trailers w/ brakes *2005 Freightliner Columbia 120 day A/C, Allison auto trans, 25’ open frame, cab, Cat C13 engine 430hp, 10 spd, air & lights dual fuel tanks, 262 WB, 11R22.5 front ride susp, 3:90 ratio, air slide 5th wheel, *2) Unused America 835 35’ HD steel wheels, 11R22.5 rears on alum dual alum tanks, dual exhaust, headache 6-wheel header trailers w/ brakes wheels, 201724 miles showing rack, 210 WB, 11R22.5 low pro tires, & lights alum front, steel disk rearwheels, clean *2005 Volvo cab & chassis, tandem twin *6) Unused America 440 40’ 6-wheel truck, 614726 miles showing screw, Cummins ISX engine 400hp, Eaton header trailers 10 spd auto trans, 21’ open frame, alum *2005 IH 9400i Eagle, 60” stand up *6) Unused America 435 35’ 6-wheel tank, 240 WB, 11R22.5 tires, alum wheels sleeper, p/w/l, cruise, 400 ISX Cummins, header trailers 10 spd, APU unit, 244 WB, 75% tires & *2002 Mack Granite CT713, Mack E7 brakes, maintainance records available, *Unused America 430 30’ 4-wheel engine 427hp, 8 spd, cruise, engine 823000 miles showing header trailers brake, Chalmers susp, 4:42 ratio, steerable 3rd pusher axle, 21’ x 96” x *2006 Freightliner sleeper semiSEMI TRACTORS: 5’ grain box w/ hoist, new roll tarp, 260 tractor, Cat C13 engine, 13 spd trans, *2012 Freightliner Cascadia day cab, WB, 11R22.5 tires, alum wheels, 479925 alum tanks, 204” WB, 275/80R22.5 Detroit DD13 engine, Eaton / Freightliner miles showing fronts on alum wheels, 295/75R22.5 smart shift auto trans, wet kit, tandem rears on steel wheels *2000 Sterling tri-axle, Mercedes twin screw, alum tank, def tank, 192 WB, engine, 3rd pusher, 10 spd, 21’ Loadline 11R22.5 front tires, 455/55R22.5 super *2006 Volvo day cab single axle, ISX box, hoist, roll tarp, combo endgate, rear Cummins, 10 spd, 151 WB, 275/80R22.5 single rears, alum wheels, low miles controls & beet equipment, twin alum fuel tires, steel disk wheels, wet kit, some *2012 IH Pro Star Plus, 56” flat top tanks, 425/65R22.5 on front axle, 75002 body damage, 897331 miles showing sleeper, MF13 engine 475hp, 10 spd, miles showing wet kit- pump & tank, single alum fuel *2004 IH 9200i sleeper semi-tractor, Cat C12 diesel engine, Meritor auto trans, *1989 IH 2375 tri-axle, L10 Cummins, 9 tank, 11R22.5 low pro tires, alum wheels spd, 20’ x 8 ½’ grain box w/ hoist, Shurco alum tanks, 186” WB, 295/75R22.5 tires, around, 510000 miles showing roll tarp, full 3rd lift tag, 11R22.5 tires steel disk rear wheels *2011 Mack Pinnacle CXU613, MP8 SEMI TRAILERS: engine, Mack 9 spd, dual fuel tanks, full *2002 Volvo sleeper semi-tractor, Cummins ISX 450 engine, 10 spd trans, *2013 Wilson Pacesetter 43’ x 96” fenders, new wet kit 2015, new injectors alum tanks, 216” WB, 295/75R22.5 fronts alum hopper bottom, 66” sides, ag & 11-22.5 high pro tires- 90%, alum on aluminum wheels, 11R22.5 rears on hoppers, air ride w/ scale, roll tarp, wheels, 620000 miles showing steel disk rears, no radiator 11R22.5 tires, alum wheels *2009 Kenworth T800, 38” sleeper, leather interior, Cummins ISX engine *2001 Kenworth T800 day cab, *2010 Timpte 40’ x 96” Super Hopper Cummins ISX engine 475hp, 13 spd, alum hopper bottom trailer, 66” sides, 425hp, Eaton 10 spd trans, alum tank, engine brake, 8 bag air ride, 3:90 ratio, air ag hoppers, elec roll tarp, 11R24.5 tires, 204 WB, 275/80R22.5 tires, alum wheels, slide 5th wheel, dual alum fuel tanks, dual steel disk wheels very nice, 710716 miles showing breathers, dual exhaust, locking rears, *2008 Stoughton 42’ x 96” alum hopper *2008 Peterbilt 388 day cab, Prestige 192 WB, 11R22.5 low pro tires, alum bottom trailer w/ 66” sides, power ag interior, pwr RH window, Cat C13 engine wheels, OH at 780688 miles, 1105546 hoppers, roll tarp, air ride, 11R22.5 tires 430hp, FRO-18210C trans, engine brake, total miles showing & alum wheels air leaf susp, 3:90 ratio, 100 gal alum fuel tank, dual chrome stacks, dual SS *2001 IH 9100i day cab, Cummins *2006 Timpte 36’ Super Hopper alum N14 engine 435 hp, Eaton 10 spd, dual air cleaners, quarter fenders, PTO, air hopper bottom trailer, 72” sides, air alum tanks, headache rack w/ wet kit, slide 5th, 225 WB, 11R22.5 tires, alum ride, roll tarp, 11R22.5 tires, alum wheels 178 WB, 11R22.5 tandem rear duals, wheels *2006 East 35’ x 96” frame type tri295/75R22.5 fronts, alum wheels, *2007 IH 8600 day cab, Cat C13 engine axle end dump trailer, 80” sides, 153663 miles showing 380hp, 10 spd, air ride, dual alum tanks, spring susp, combination deck, roll tarp, *2000 Freightliner sleeper semiair slide 5th wheel, 3:70 ratio, 40000 lb fixed axle, 11-24.5 tires, alum wheels tractor, Detroit Series 60 500hp engine, rears, 167 WB, 11R22.5 tires, steel disk *2006 Load King 6553SSBT 55T 50’ x Eaton Fuller auto trans, alum tanks, 216” wheels, 612000 miles showing 102” tri-axle RGN lowboy trailer, 22” WB, 11R22.5 fronts, 295/75R22.5 rears, height, 10’ steel deck w/ wood floor, 5’ *2007 International 8600 day cab, Cat alum wheels beavertail w/ ramps, outriggers, hyd C13, 10 Spd trans, 3:42 ratio, air ride *1999 IH 9900 Eagle day cab, Cat 3406E detach, fixed axle, 255/70R22.5 tires, susp, dual alum tanks, Custom interior, engine 475hp, 18 spd, engine brake, air steel disk wheels air slide 5th, 165 WB, 11R22.5 tires, ride susp, 4:11 ratio, air slide 5th wheel, 406469 miles showing *2003 CPS 40’ x 96” steel tandem dual breathers, dual exhaust, headache axle end dump trailer, 120” sides, *2006 Volvo day cab, Volvo engine, 10 rack, 230 WB, 11R22.5 tires, alum spring susp, lift axle, 45000lb rear axles, spd, wet kit, single air bag susp, dual wheels, 809150 miles showing 11R24.5 tires alum fuel tanks, 295/75R22.5 tires, alum wheels around, 633359 miles showing *1998 IH 9400 Eagle, sleeper, 3406E *1999 Wilson Pacesetter 43’ x 96” engine, 10 spd, dual alum fuel tanks, alum hopper bottom, 66” sides, ag *2006 Volvo day cab, Volvo engine, 10 230 WB, 275/80R22.5 front tires w/ alum hoppers, air ride w/ scale, roll tarp, spd, wet kit, single air bag susp, dual wheels, 295/75R22.5 rear tires w/ steel 11R24.5 tires, outside alum wheels alum fuel tanks, 11R22.5 tires, alum wheels, speedometer replaced- print out wheels, 666999 miles showing of actual mileage total 726779, 19346 *1998 Red River model HVLB337 43’ triple axle live bottom ag trailer *2006 Sterling AT9500 day cab, Cat eng hrs w/ roll tarp & 385/65R22.5 super C-13 engine 430hp, 10 spd, air ride cab, *1995 Mack 600 day cab, Mack engine, singles on alum rims engine brake, air ride susp, 3:58 ratio, headache rack, wet kit air slide 5th wheel, dual alum fuel tanks, *1996 Timpte 42’ Super Hopper alum dual exhaust, 164 WB, 11R22.5 low pro *1988 Freightliner FLC day cab, L10 hopper bottom trailer, air ride, 66’’ Cummins, 10 spd, spring ride, 2-line fast tires, alum front, steel disk rear wheels, sides, roll tarp, 285/75R24.5 tires, alum dump wet kit, new front tires, 90% rears overhauled, 428749 miles showing wheels TENDER TRUCK, FARM *2006 IH 8600 day cab, Cat C13 engine, *Great Dane 34’ x 96” dry van/ reefer TRUCKS & CAB & CHASSIS: Eaton 10 spd trans, wet kit w/ saddle trailer w/ 96” sides, 84” roll up door compartments, steel tanks, 166 WB, *2007 Freightliner CL120 Columbia & side doors, alum front guard, 11R22.5 11R22.5 tires, alum fronts, steel disk tender truck, Cat C13 430 HP, Ultrashift tandem duals, steel wheels, would make rears, 565029 miles showing excellent chem trailer auto trans, 12000 LB Front Axle, 40000

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

*1996 Great Dane 28’ x 96” dry van *IHC 800 10 bottom 18” auto reset *2005 Deere 310SG loader backhoe *2014 Trail King 34’ gooseneck trailer hinge plow w/ walking tandem axle w/ heat, A/C, 24” excavator bucket, 91” *2002 Chev 3500 Duramax diesel dually trailer, 96” sides, 84” roll up door & side loader bucket, joystick backhoe & loader doors, single axle, 295/75R22.5 duals, PLANTERS & AIR SEEDERS: w/ flatbed, 206000 miles showing control, boom lock, 18.5’ stick, 19.5L-24 steel wheels *2004 JD 1790 16R30/32R15 vacuum *1974 Traileze 19’ triaxle trailer w/ 5’ rear tires & 12.5/80-18 front tires, 4730 *1988 Cornhusker 42’ alum hopper planter, pneumatic down pressure, beavertail, 3” thick good wood deck, elec actual hrs, SN#T0310SG950780 trailer w/ 78” sides, 2 yr old tarp,11new true V openers, CCS central fill, 350 brakes, 29500lb GVWR, 8000lb axles & pintle *1993 Case 821B wheel loader w/ cab, 24.5 tires 80% & 75% brakes monitor, mechanical trans, only 10000 hitch, completely refurbished- brakes, all heat, A/C, 3yd GP pinned bucket, joystick total acres, SN#705224 *1988 Merritt 41’ alum hopper trailer wheel bearings packed, all new LED lights & bucket control, & 23.5-25 tires, 5388 hrs w/ 78” sides, roll tarp, 11R24.5 tires on *2003 JD 1700 series MaxEmerge Plus wiring, dealer serviced showing, SN#JAK0024353 steel disk wheels- No title 24R22 front fold vacuum planter, 3BU *1986 Chev P30 motor home w/ 2 air boxes, liquid fert, brown box monitor, *1994 Cat 416B loader backhoe, cab, *1980 Timpte 42’ dry van reefer trailer conditioners & generator turbo, extendahoe, 24” bucket, fresh paint, Moore built bar, kept indoors w/ 11R22.5 tires *1994 Chev regular cab pickup 5985 hrs showing, SN#8SG07575 *1974 American 36’ hopper trailer w/ *JD 1770 MaxEmerge Plus 16R30 front *16’ single axle utility trailer- No title fold vacuum planter, 3BU boxes, liquid *1995 Cat 416B loader backhoe, cab, 66” sides, new roll tarp, 50% tires & *Heavy duty Army fuel trailer turbo, 4 in 1 multipurpose front bucket, fert w/ tanks, row cleaners, Agritronics brakes 9500 hrs showing, SN#8SG08166 *2012 PJ 7’ x 12’ dump trailer w/ 2monitor, very clean unit, kept indoors, *1973 Fruehauf end dump trailer 5200lb axles SN#A01770A690588 *2011 Terex AL4000 portable light SPRAYERS & CHEMICAL tower/generator, Kubota 3 cyl, SKID STEER ATTACHMENTS: *Concord 4710 47’ air seeder, 10” EQUIPMENT: Marathon 8KW generator, 4 lamp manual spacing, 5 section fold, dbl spring trips, *Unused Lowe 750ch hyd auger w/ 9” & *2008 Case IH SPX4420 self propelled raise, stabilizers, 2565 hrs showing, 3000 TBH air cart w/ ext to hold 2T dry 12” bits & skid steer quick attach sprayer, 110’ alum booms, 1200 SN#AL4111878 fert, 8” shovels, rubber tire press wheels, *Unused Stout XHD84-6 brush/grapple gal tank, mix tank, SCS 4600 control, fill auger, 23.1-26 tires, Lambordini diesel *2011 Terex AL4000 portable light bucket w/ skid steer quick attach FM750 screen, hyd fold & height, adj engine fan drive, extra seed rollers, nice tower/generator, Kubota 3 cyl, axle, 380/90R46 tires, 3032 engine hrs, *Unused Stout HD72-4 close tine brush/ unit Marathon 8KW generator, 4 lamp manual SN#Y7T021462 grapple bucket w/ skid steer quick raise, stabilizers, 2496 hrs showing, *Case IH 8500 45’ air hoe drill attach *1999 Hagie 2100 self propelled sprayer SN#AL4111877 w/ fill auger & full run monitor, w/ Cummins 6 cyl engine, hydro drive, SN#JAG0138392 *2006 JD HB75 hyd breaker, *Unused Stout 72-3 rock/grapple bucket air ride susp, 90’ booms, 1000 gal tank, w/ skid steer quick attach SN#T0HB75X800109 STALK SHREDDERS, GRAIN height adj, 20” spacing, triple nozzles, *Unused Stout HD72-FB grapple bucket HANDLING EQUIPMENT & *Set of Pemberton HD Adj 8’ forks for Raven sprayer controls, auto height fold, w/ skid steer quick attach ROTARY MOWERS : JD 624E (etc) wheel loader, SN#1016foam markers & 320/85R34 tires, 4847 40803 *Unused Stout 66-9 brush/grapple bucket *2013 Brandt 1545 Grain Belt w/ Kohler hrs, SN#038599100 w/ skid steer quick attach engine, self contained hyd & hyd mover *OSHA man basket for crane *Farm King 1460 24R22 side dresser *Unused Stout tree & post puller w/ skid w/ 1600 gal tank, hyd pump, wave *Farm King 1395 13 x 95 auger w/ *Browse T15 broom w/ gas engine steer quick attach mech drive, 540 PTO & single auger *Rubber tire packer/roller w/ gas coulter openers, Red Ball system, Raven hopper *Unused Stout round bale spear w/ skid control monitor & 380/90R46 single tires engine, SN#2721 steer quick attach *Farm King 1460 24R22 side dresser *Pit Express drive over pit, HD ramp SCRAPERS, BLADES & DITCHER: extensions, includes all hardware, fits on *Unused Stout receiver hitch plate w/ skid w/ 1600 gal tank, hyd pump, wave *Unused America 160R 16’ multi angle 13” MKX auger steer quick attach coulter openers, Red Ball system, Raven pull type blade w/ hyd angle adj, control monitor & 380/90R46 single tires *Rem 2700 grain vac w/ 1000 PTO, *Unused tree & post puller w/ skid steer weight box & oversize tires rubber hose & pipe, 490 hrs showing, quick attach & prem powder coat finish *H&S 72R22 132’ band sprayer w/ *Unused America 140R 14’ multi angle SN#3177 1000 gal tank, Raven 450 auto rate pull type blade w/ hyd angle adj, *Unused HD 72” rock bucket w/ skid steer control, 6 ball valves & dual wheels, used *Batco 24 x 120 belt conveyor w/ 540 quick attach & prem powder coat finish weight box & oversize tires PTO & hyd lift, SN#24020501 only 3 seasons *3) Unused America F12 12’ pull type *Unused square bale spear w/ skid steer *Flexicoil 90’ sprayer w/ Summers *Kwik Kleen 7 tube grain cleaner w/ quick attach & prem powder coat finish box blade/killifer 220 elec motor & 3 sets of screens, controller *2) Unused HD solid weld on quick attach *4) Unused America F10 10’ pull type barley sizing, wheat & sunflowers *Raven Super Cooler & NH3 skid steer plates w/ prem powder box blade/killifer attachments w/ hyd hitch & cable *Woods S25CD shredder w/ 1000 PTO, coated paint finish all steel flails, rear caster wheels & hitch *2) Unused America F8 8’ pull type box pull, was mounted on CIH cultivator *2) Unused receiver plate trailer movers blade/killifer kit, SN#1180935 TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: w/ premium powder coated paint finish *Unused America 10F 10’ heavy duty *2014 Summers 60’ Super Weeder *Woods S25CD PT 25’ stalk shredder, *Unused 48” standard pallet forks w/ skid box blade/killifer w/ hyd tilt 1000 PTO w/ CV shaft, safety lights, knives w/ auto fold, 5 bar adj harrow, 4 steer quick attach & premium powder *2) Unused America 12F 12’ heavy duty are worn, SN#1180998 rank hyd adj danish tines, 4” shovels, coat finish box blade/killifer w/ hyd tilt down pressure springs & safety lights, *Woods S25CD PT 25’ stalk shredder, *Unused HD 48” walk through pallet forks *Unused America 6’ 3pt track, furrow or 1000 PTO w/ CV shaft, safety lights, knives SN#N0813 w/ skid steer quick attach & prem tile closer are worn, SN#1243628 *2013 Kuhn/Krause 8300 34’ disk w/ powder coat finish single pt depth control, 26” blades *2011 Rhino FR-162 14’ single batwing *36” PTO ditcher *Unused HD 60” walk through pallet forks mower, SN#10006 on 10” spacing, dual wheels around, *Kee Way 3pt PTO rotary ditcher, 540 w/ skid steer quick attach & prem SN#8300-34-1308 PTO *2001 JD 1518 flex wing rotary cutter, powder coat finish SN#W01518E013884 *2012 Great Plains Turbo Till, 40’ vertical LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT: *Unused replacement walk through pallet tillage system, 10” spacing, rolling *Prairie Built single compartment drill *Unused SturD right hand porta tub w/ fork- no tines baskets, all new blades, 5 section fold, tender 20’ adj alley, drop down panel, catwalk, *Unused tree saw w/ skid steer quick SN#GP-5216NN backstop, palp door, automatic head gate, ROW CROP EQUIPMENT: attach *2008 Bourgault 9800-36 36’ *2000 Amity R998 8R22 beet harvester rolling door, MLJ & hitch jack *Unused 102” snow bucket w/ skid steer (extended to 38) chisel plow, walking w/ hyd scrub drive, fldg boom, Wic row *2) Unused SturD 9’ bale ring w/ 8’ quick attach & prem powder coat finish tandems around, wing gauge wheels, 3 Haysaver taper finder, belted chain on scrub & tank, poly section fold, depth control, 4 bar heavy *Unused 96” snow bucket w/ skid steer on all grab rolls, wheel fillers, 11.2-24 tires *2) Unused SturD 8’ bale ring tine harrow, SN#39584CP-10 quick attach & prem powder coat finish & spring lifting wheel struts, SN#H300700 *2) Unused SturD 14’ oval bale rings *2005 Bourgault 8810 50’ heavy field *2010 Alloway RD267 Topmaster 12R22 *Unused 90” snow bucket w/ skid steer *2) Unused SturD 24’ bottomless feed cultivator w/ 5 section fold, 9” quick attach & prem powder coat finish beet defoliator w/ knife scalpers, bunk 4’w x 22” sides spacing, factory 4 bar harrow, NH3 fert 12.4-24 tires, front strut wheels & steel *Unused 84” snow bucket w/ skid steer attachment, Raven Super Cooler, floating *10) Unused 24’ self standing cattle front flails, SN#3210 quick attach & prem powder coat finish hitch, rear hitch w/ hyd cable pull & single panels *2014 Pickett One Step 12R22 bean *2) Unused tree & post pullers w/ skid cast gauge wheels, SN#38247CU-03 DUMP TRUCKS, SERVICE cutter/windrower, 8 bar pkp, RH steer quick attach TRUCKS, VEHICLES & OTHER *Salford 570-41 41’ vertical tillage tool delivery, all dividers, like new- used 1 *ASV rock bucket TRAILERS: w wave coulters, 3 bar harrow, rolling season only, SN#14-278 *2) Unused America SP10 10’ snow baskets, 3 sect fold, walking tandems *2008 Peterbilt 365 tri-axle dump truck, *Wilrich PT-7722 24R22 single shank pushers w/ steel shoes & skid steer around, SN#08490ML Cat C13 engine 350hp, 8LL trans, air ride row cultivator w/ 14 ½” shovels, quick attach cab, engine brake, air ride susp, 3:70 ratio, *Case IH Tigermate II 56’ field rolling shields, 7.50-20 truck tires wet kit, steerable pusher axle, 228 WB, *2) Unused America SP09 9’ snow cultivator w/ 5 sect fold, 4 bar harrow, inside main frame, mono rib tires on pushers w/ steel shoes & skid steer 11R22.5 tires, 16’ gravel dump body, pintle 7 ½” knock off shovels, single pt depth outside, chem attachment & rear hitch, quick attach hitch, fleet serviced, 28500 miles showing control, walking tandems around & single SN#456257 caster gauge wheels, SN#JFH0033983 *2005 IH 4300 SBA single axle vacuum *2) Unused America SP08 8’ snow *Mayo telescoping bin piler truck, IH DT 466 engine, 10 spd trans, pushers w/ steel shoes & skid steer *Gates Magnum 84’ heavy tine harrow, *Lilliston 6200 edible bean combine Lely Vacuum system w/ 1550 gal tank, quick attach 5/8” x 30” harrow teeth w/ chrome tips, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT: MEC 6500 pump, Leeson 83 amp, 12V, *Unused 72” skid steer angle broom auto fold & 14L-16.1 tires, SN#0768684 1hp electric magnet motor, 2 & 4” valves, *Riteway 7560 60’ harrow packer w/ *1990 JD 624E wheel loader, recent paint *Unused 68” snow blower w/ skid steer 179 WB, 11R22.5 tires, steel disk wheels, job, good rubber, GP bucket, reman engine auto fold, 5 bar adj harrow & 16.5-16.1L quick attach $7700 work order, Vacuum SN#2004-943 at 12500 hrs, 16757 total hrs showing, tires on main frame, SN#05-7530 *2) Unused 72” fork extensions SN#DW624EB530654 *2004 Sterling Acterra single axle *Case IH (DMI) Ecolo Tiger 9300 service truck, Cat 3126 engine 210hp, *4) Unused 94” hyd skid steer loader/ ripper w/ solid mount front disks, *1995 Cat 938F wheel loader w/ cab, dozer/blade 10 spd, spring ride, 13’ mechanics body heat, A/C, 3 1/2 yd GP pinned bucket, lead shanks, covering moldboards, rear w/ 4000lb crane, tool storage & 2 hyd *Unused 84” 4 in 1 bucket w/ skid steer joystick control bucket & 20.5-25 tires, covering disks, folding wings & gauge outriggers, 164 WB, 11R22.5 tires, alum SN#1KM01972 quick attach wheels, SN#JFH0012851 wheels, 216498 miles showing *2005 Deere 135C RTS excavator w/ COMPACT TRACTORS, *Case IH (DMI) Ecolo-Tiger 9300 ripper, cab, heat, A/C, 28” steel track shoes, 32” *2004 IH 4300 single axle service truck, ATTACHMENTS & SNOW 9 shank, rear leveling disks, covering IH DT466 engine 225hp, 7 spd, spring ride, excavator bucket, joystick control & hyd BLOWERS: moldboards & 425/65R22.5 tires, 4:11 ratio, 13’ service body, Stellar 5520 *2001 JD 5520 MFWD tractor, CAH, 3pt, 540 thumb, missing front window, 4880 hrs, SN#JFH0012589 remote control 5000lb 21’ 6” crane, 2 hyd SN#FF135CX300456 PTO, 2 hyd, 541 S/L loader w/ bkt, 18.4x30 *Sunflower 4530 26’ disk ripper combo, outriggers, 168 WB, 11R22.5 low pro tires, *1998 JD 850C crawler dozer w/ EROPS rear traction tires, rear weights, 1300 hrs, 3 section fold, SN#1530J06008 alum wheels, 252019 miles showing cab, larger 8.1L engine, 6-way blade, very SN#LV5520P256067 *McFarlane 60’ harrow, auto rear fold, good undercarriage, fresh paint, 12000 *1987 Ford L8000 single axle *JD 10’ quick attach snow pusher for 541 16 bar, walking tandems on main frame, contractor’s truck, Ford 7.8L diesel hrs showing, SN#T0850CX733676 loader, SN#1XFAS11EJC0000312 11L-15 tires, SN#102999 engine, 10 spd trans, 16’ low side dump *John Deere 670A motor grader, 8 spd *Case IH 5600 41’ chisel plow, 3 sect body, pusher axle, 10.00R20 tires, Dayton *JD quick attach pallet forks for 541 trans, 4’ hyd swivel blade, hyd wheel lean, loader fold, Summers 3 bar harrow & new 4” wheels, 122860 miles showing joystick control blade lift & blade pitch, hyd wrap around shovels *JD 84” quick attach snow bucket for 541 circle rotation & blade side shift, circle side *2015 Unused Quality 28’ x 102” tandem loader *Krause 4950 33’ cushion gang disk w/ axle gooseneck trailer, 35” height, HD shift, 14.00-24TG tires, Blade-Pro laser fldg wings, blades measure 19 ¼” front & 20” rear, SN#2081

plane Model#0365-2000, SN#250, meter reads 1040 hrs

*JD 62” mower deck, SN#TC1462X010399 *Unused 82” HD 3pt roto tiller w/ gear drive, 540 PTO *Unused 3pt HD backhoe attachment *2015 Dixon-Husqvarna 2554 25hp commercial lawn & garden tractor w/ 54” mower deck, 42” snow blower, cab & chain kits, only 35 hrs showing *2001 JD Woods SS84 3pt snow blower, SN#26747 *Farm King 96” 3pt snow blower w/ hyd spout *Lucke 7’ front mount snow blower w/ mounts for JD 4010, 4020, 4240 & 4430 *7’ 3pt hydro shoot snow blower, single stage, 1000 PTO, new red paint & cutting edge last year *Frontier quick attach pallet forks for JD loader

STORAGE CONTAINERS, HOOP BUILDINGS & TENTS: *2008 Conex 40’L x 8’W x 8’6”H storage container, cargo worthy, wind & water tight, doors, locks & seals in great shape *2006 Conex 40’L x 8’W x 8’6”H storage container, cargo worthy, wind & water tight, doors, locks & seals in great shape *Unused 30’ x 65’ x 15’ peak ceiling double door storage building w/ commercial fabric- waterproof, UV & fire resistant & 12’ drive through doors at two ends *Unused 30’ x 40’ x 15’ peak ceiling double door storage building w/ commercial fabric- waterproof, UV & fire resistant & 12’ drive through doors at two ends *Unused 20’ x 30’ x 12’ peak ceiling storage shelter w/ commercial fabric & roll up door *2) Unused 10’ x 20’ commercial instant pop up tent *2) Unused 10’ 20-drawer HD work bench w/ 40’ high hanging wall, stainless steel drawer panel & metal handles *Unused 20’ HD 2 piece wrought iron driveway gate

TOOLS & MISCELLANEOUS: *Lincoln SP250 Ideal Arc wire feed welder *125 gal service tank w/ 12V pump *180 gal fuel tank w/ 12V pump *Approx 200 unused cultivator sweeps *Approx 35 cases of unused Fleetguard filters *2) Tool boxes *Kellog-American 7 1/2hp 3 ph air compressor w/ 300 psi tank *4) Primary & 20) Secondary Amity air seeder manifolds *Various brands & sizes of aeration fans *3) Keho aeration floors *Unused HD 110V 60HZ tire changer *Unused HD 110V 60HZ wheel balancer *Unused 9000lb HD two post auto lift *Unused 50T hyd shop press *2) Unused 3/8” x 50’ air hose reels *8) Unused 3” x 30’ tow straps *Unused HD wood chipper w/ 3 PTO, fits 40-70hp *2) Unused 125K BTU propane space heaters *2) Unused 20T air hyd jacks *Unused 1” air impact wrench set *2) Unused 3T floor jack *Unused 10T digital floor scale w/ 78” plate

TIRES: *18.4-34 tires w/ Peterson band duals & hardware *2) 14.9-24 rear combine tires *23.1-26 truck tire *28L26 tire *4) Michelin LT275/70R18 tires *4) 275/80R24.5 truck tires *4) Goodyear Wrangler P265/70R17 tires *12) 20.4-42 tires *8) 11-22.5 tires on hub pilot rims- 80% *4) 20.8-46 tires 80% *4) 18.4-42 tires *2) Sets of 4 single rib tires for MFWD *4) 295/75-24.5 truck tires on Budd rims *3) 11R24.5 truck tires on Dayton rims

fold up ramps, elec brakes, 22500lb GVW, *JD 72” quick attachment dirt bucket for *4) 285/75-24.5 truck tires on Pilot 235/80R16 tires & HD Budd dual wheels rims 541 loader

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 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 500 Lots to be SOLD!

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2016 | 10AM

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Auctioneers will run multiple rings with live online bidding. There will be no loading assistance until 1:00 PM. Cars and pickups may enter grounds at 12:00 Noon for self-loading. Equipment removal by December 2, unless other arrangements are made. Hauling and loading are available. Registration, terms, and details at SteffesGroup.com. Contact auctioneers for owner information, new consignments, or changes at 701.237.9173 or 800.726.8609.

TRACK TRACTOR

2009 Caterpillar Challenger MT765C, powershift, 5 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, front weights, 24” tracks, 2,946 hrs., S/NAGCO765ENVCD1107

4WD TRACTORS

2014 JD 9360R, 4WD, deluxe cab, active seat, buddy seat, powershift, 5 hyd., 60 gpm pump, return ﬂow, 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, integrated auto steer, diff lock, 1,824 hrs., S/N1RW9360RPEP011910 2010 JD 9630, deluxe cab, active seat, powershift, 4 hyd., 48 gpm pump, AutoTrac ready, front & rear diff lock, Xenon lights, 1,263 hrs., S/N1RW9630PAAP018684 JD 9400, 4WD, 24 spd., 4 hyd., rear suitcase weights, New steering pins & bushings, New universal joints in driveline

MFWD TRACTORS

2011 JD 8360R, MFWD, deluxe cab, leather, buddy seat, active seat, IVT, ILS, 5 hyd., 60 gpm pump, return ﬂow, power beyond, 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, integrated auto steer, diff lock, radar, HID lights, front suitcase weights, 3,980 hrs., S/N1RW8360RLB0041698 2010 JD 8270R, MFWD, deluxe cab, active seat, powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, auto steer ready, 2,065 hrs., S/NRW8270R002812 2008 JD 7430 Premium, MFWD, buddy seat, 16 spd. powershift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, guidance ready, JD 741 selfleveling loader, shows 5,615 hrs., S/NRW7430H004305 2014 JD 6105R, MFWD, premium cab, 24 spd. AutoQuad, diff lock, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, diff lock, RH door, JD H340 loader, 465 hrs., S/N1L06105RJEK788207 2004 JD 8220, MFWD, deluxe cab, active seat, buddy seat, powershift, 4 hyd., 42.5 gpm pump, 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, diff lock, 5,473 hrs., S/NRW8220P026251 1998 JD 8100, MFWD, standard trans., 3 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, front weights, shows 9,451 hrs., S/NRW8100P021211 1992 JD 4960, MFWD, 200 hp., 12 spd. powershift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 9,310 hrs., S/NRW4955PP010043 2004 Case-IH MX200, MFWD, 18 spd. powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 3,564 hrs., S/NX2004C4JJA0107203 Case 7140, MFWD, powershift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, 540/1000 PTO, approx. 7,000 hrs.

2WD TRACTORS

1982 IHC 5088, CAH, recent cab kit, AM/FM, STS trans., 2 hyd., return ﬂow, high cap. 3 pt., no center link, 540/1000 PTO, shows approx. 6,080 hrs. but meter not working, slow A/C leak 1981 IHC 1486, CAH, torque ampliﬁer, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, Dual 3100 loader, grapple fork, quick-mount brackets, 8,010 hrs., S/N2650143U27479 IHC 460 utility, with Major #30 front end loader White T-150, 2WD, 2 hyd., 3 pt. AC WC, new gas tank Ford 9N, 3 pt., 540 PTO IHC 240, WF, 1 hyd., 540 PTO

5 spd. feeder house, integrated auto steer, JD 2630 display, TouchSet, power fold hopper, PowerCast tailboard, 26’ high cap. unloading auger, 1,040 sep. hrs., 1,436 engine hrs. 2012 JD S680, premium cab, Contour-Master, 2 spd. PRWD, deluxe controls, integrated auto steer, ProDrive, 5 spd. feeder house, TouchSet, hopper ext., Y&M, fine cut chopper, 26’ high cap. unloading auger, 1,340 sep. hrs., 1,950 engine hrs., S/N1H0S680SHC0747261 2012 JD S670, STS, ContourMaster, premium cab, deluxe controls, ProDrive, heavy duty high torque variable speed feeder house, integrated auto steer, Y&M, TouchSet, TriStream rotor, high cap. 26’ unloading auger, 825 sep. hrs., 1,205 engine hrs., S/N1H0S670SPD0757015 2010 JD 9870, STS, Contour-Master, Premium cab, performance pkg., deluxe controls, 2 spd. PRWD, TouchSet, Y&M, auto steer ready, 5 spd. feeder house, fine cut chopper, hopper ext., high cap. unloading auger, 920 sep. hrs., 1,295 engine hrs., S/N1H09870SLA0736548 2010 JD 9870, deluxe cab, ContourMaster, ProDrive, 5 spd. feeder house, integrated auto steer, Y&M, PowerCast tailboard, fine cut chopper, TouchSet, factory bin ext., 1,420 sep. hrs., 1,926 engine hrs., S/N1H09870SHA0735546 2011 JD 9770, STS, ContourMaster, deluxe controls, TouchSet, Y&M, auto steer ready, heavy duty variable spd. feeder house, fine cut chopper, hopper ext., high cap. unloading auger, 965 sep. hrs., 1,361 engine hrs., S/N1H09770SCA0740713 2005 Case-IH 8010, AFX rotor, deluxe controls, Pro 600 display, hopper ext., rock trap, chopper, large wire concaves, single pt. hookups, 2,164 sep. hrs., 3,160 engine hrs., S/NHAJ106038

FLEX HEADS

2014 JD 635F flex head, fore/aft 2013 JD 635F flex head, fore/aft 2012 JD 635F flex head, fore/aft 2010 JD 635F flex head, fore/aft 2009 JD 635F flex head, fore/aft 2008 JD 635F flex head, fore/aft 2006 JD 635F flex head, fore/aft 2004 JD 635F flex head, fore/aft 2009 JD 630F flex head, 30’ 2004 Case-IH 2020 flex head, 35’ 2003 JD 930F flex head, 30’ 2001 JD 930F flex head, fore/aft 1990 JD 930F flex head, 30’ 1987 IHC 1020 flex head, 15’

FLEX DRAPER HEAD

2012 JD 640FD ﬂex draper head, 40’, ﬁnger reel, fore/aft

CORN HEADS

2012 JD 618C chopping corn head, 18x22”, hyd. deck plates 2012 JD 618C chopping corn head, 18x22”, hyd. deck plates 2012 JD 618C chopping corn head, 18x22”, hyd. deck plates 2012 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x20”, hyd. deck plates 2010 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x30”, hyd. deck plates 2009 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x30”, hyd. deck plates 2011 JD 608C chopping corn head, 8x30”, hyd. deck plates LOADERS & TRACTOR 2009 Drago N12TR chopping corn head, 12x30”, knife rolls, ATTACHMENTS self-adjusting deck plates Davis 90 front end loader, 2004 Geringhoff RD chopping 5’ bucket, w/hyd. pump & oil corn head, 12x22”, hyd. deck reservoir, ﬁts Ford 8N plates, Headsight, green poly JD 460 quick attach loader w/ 2003 Geringhoff RD corn head, mounting brackets, ﬁts JD 4710 8x22”, hyd. deck plates compact MFWD tractor, bent JD non-chopping corn head, frame/mounts TMG backhoe, 3 pt., hyd. outriggers 10x22”, knife rolls, 900 Series units

COMBINES

2014 Case-IH 8230, axial ﬂow, Power Plus CVT, AFX rotor, luxury cab, deluxe controls, Field Tracker, heavy duty lateral tilt, power reverser, Pro 700 display, integrated auto steer, long unloading auger, standard 2 spd. elevator, 1,635 sep. hrs., 1,295 sep. hrs., 1,635 engine hrs., S/NYEG225578 2012 JD S690, STS, ContourMaster, premium cab, 7” color display, PRWD, ProDrive w/Harvestsmart, Command Touch 5 spd. feeder house, integrated auto steer, Y&M, TouchSet, 26-1/2’ high cap. unloading auger, 892 sep. hrs., 1,267 engine hrs., S/N1H0S690SAC0746064 2013 JD S680, Contour-Master, deluxe controls, PRWD, ProDrive,

GRAIN CARTS

2014 J&M Storm 1521 grain cart, 1,500 bu., electronic scale, roll tarp, 36” tracks, 1000 PTO 2013 Brent Avalanche 1500 grain cart, electronic scale, roll tarp, completely reconditioned one season 2011 Brent Avalanche 1194 grain cart, 1,100 bu., electronic scale, roll tarp, walking tandems, reconditioned, New augers & gear box

PLANTERS

2009 JD DB66 CCS planter, 36x22”, Row Command, Pro-Shaft drive, variable rate, pneumatic down pressure, Yetter pin adj. row cleaners, liquid fertilizer system, (2) 420 gal. tanks, hyd. markers, 25,750 acres, S/NA0DB66X730108 1998 JD 1770 planter, 16x30”, 2 pt., MaxEmerge Plus units,

mechanical drive, 3 bu. boxes, 2002 Volvo VNM, day cab, VED12 spring down pressure, half-width Volvo, 345 hp., Eaton 7 spd., disconnect, plastic rotary scrapers, jake brake, air ride, cruise, dual (8) liquid tanks, CompuTrac 250 aluminum fuel tanks, 180” WB, monitor, pin adj. row cleaners, hyd. 2:93 ratio, 702,000 miles markers, S/NH01770A6890118 1989 Freightliner FLC112, day cab, 855 Cummins, Fuller Roadranger 9 AIR DRILL & CART spd., leaf spring susp., wet kit, 130” Case-IH 8600 air drill, 30’, 13” WB, 151,742 miles spacing, twin compartment 1989 Freightliner FLD120, day Case-IH 2300 commodity cart, cab, 3406B Cat, 425 hp., 13 spd., 60/40 split, hyd. fan, hyd. fill auger, 3rd axle lift tag, dual stacks plumbed for NH3 w/hyd. winch for 1988 Freightliner FLD120, day NH3 tanks, offset axles cab, 3406E Cat, 425 hp., 13 spd., 3rd axle lift tag, dual stacks, New SPRAYERS radiator last fall 2013 JD 4830 self-propelled 1967 IHC Loadstar 1800 single sprayer, 120’ aluminum boom, 1,000 gal. SS tank, 5-way nozzles, axle, V8 gas, 5&2 spd., Frontier 16’ box, Headlift hoist, tarp, single JD 2630 display, hyd. tread adj., swing end gate traction control, std. pump w/dual flowmeter, 3” fill, 1,826 hrs., SERVICE TRUCKS S/N1N04830XAD0024095 2000 GMC C7500 service truck, 2002 Miller 200HT, 5.9 liter 3126 Cat, auto, service body w/300 Cummins diesel, 200 hp., 90’ boom, gal. fuel tank, high volume pump 1,200 gal. integrated stainless steel w/hose reel, New American Eagle tank, 15” spacing, 5-section boom, hyd. air compressor w/hose reel, Raven 460 control, Norac UC4 auto rear hyd., electric winch height control, foamer, 2,370 hrs., 2005 Chevrolet 4500 service S/N2112125 truck, Duramax diesel, automatic, Melroe 115 spra-coupe, cab, Knapheide 11-1/2’ service bed, air-cooled engine, 66’ boom, 20” toolboxes w/roll-out drawers, nozzle spacing plumbed rear air & pintle, 500 gal. Spray Pup sprayer, 3 pt., 66” fuel service tank, gas compressor, suspended booms, 300 gal. poly air reel, torch set, Lincoln welder, tank, hyd. pump, foam markers, shows 126,000 miles MT3000 controller 2004 Ford F550, IMT Dominator TILLAGE EQUIPMENT mechanics body, 3,000 lb. hoist, air 2013 Salford 4100 Extreme compressor 2002 Freightliner FL70 mechanic vertical tillage tool, 41’, 8-wave body, 10,000 lb. hoist, air coulters, weight pkg. 2012 Wil-Rich 657 disc chisel, 28’ compressor, approx. 290,000 miles 2010 Wil Rich Quad X2 field 2001 Ford F550 XLT crew cab, cultivator, 65’, full floating hitch, 7.3 liter Powerstroke diesel, 6 spd. edge-on shanks, 7-1/2” spacing manual, 4WD, power windows & 2002 Case-IH 5800 chisel plow, locks, Omaha 11’ enclosed service 36’, 12” space, single pt. depth, body, 308,257 miles, 118,000 walking tandems across, miles on New crate engine 2001 JD 2700 disc ripper, 9 shank, 2003 Ford F350 XL Super Duty, 24” spacing, walking tandems std. cab, Powerstroke 6.0 liter JD 235 disc, 27’, 20” front blades, diesel, automatic, cruise, A/C, 21” rear blades Knapheide 6-compartment service Wishek 862NT disc, 26’, rotary box, 103,698 miles scrapers, 30” blades measuring 1991 IHC 4700 crew cab, 2 ton, 29-1/2”, used on 3,500 acres DT366, automatic, 11’ flatbed, (2) Flexi-Coil 340 chisel plow, 40’ aluminum side toolboxes, 90 gal. JD 3600 plow, 7x18” service tank on rear JD 2800 plow, 8 bottom, 3 pt. 1993 Ford F450 dually, std. cab, JD 516 plow, 5 bottom V8 gas, manual, maintainer service JD plow, 5 bottom, 3 pt. w/cylinder box, air compressor, 115,666 miles Summers harrow, 60’, S/NH0943 OTHER TRUCKS McFarlane harrow, 50’, walking 1989 Volvo twin screw tandem, tandems, 16 spike tooth bar integral sleeper, L10 Cummins, 9 Harrow, 24’ spd., Galion 15’ steel gravel box, (3) Leon 6’ harrow sections Headlift hoist Ferguson chisel plow, 66”, 3 pt. 1984 Ford F8000 single axle, 3208 SLEEPER SEMI TRACTORS Cat, Allison automatic, steel box, 2009 Kenworth T800, 60” 10’ reversible angle front blade, 7’ removable flat top sleeper, ISX right side wing, 116,600 miles Cummins, 500 hp., Eaton Fuller 1971 Chevrolet C60 single axle, 18 spd., engine brake, air ride, air tilt cab, 427 V8, 4&2 spd., power slide 5th, dual SS air cleaners, dual steering, fire service body, shows exhaust, (2) aluminum fuel tanks, 20,000 miles 2 line wet kit, 260” WB, 610,000 PICKUPS miles, fresh in frame OH 2005 Chevrolet 3500 dually, 2008 Kenworth T800, 60” Duramax 6.6 liter diesel, automatic, removable flat top sleeper, ISX 2WD, A/C, tow pkg., Rugby 8’x11’ Cummins, 500 hp., Eaton Fuller steel flatbed, storage box, 5th 18 spd., engine brake, air ride, air slide 5th, dual SS air cleaners, dual wheel ball hitch, 130,015 miles exhaust, (2) aluminum fuel tanks, 2004 GMC 3500 dually, Duramax 2 line wet kit, 260” WB, New steer 6.6 liter diesel, automatic, 2WD, A/C, tow pkg., Knapheide 8’x12’ tires, 610,000 miles 2007 Kenworth W900 condo, C15 steel flatbed, 174,640 miles Cat, 13 spd., air ride, air slide 5th, 2003 Ford F350 Super Duty dual 100 gal. alum. fuel tanks, wet kit dually, crew cab, Powerstroke 7.3 liter diesel, manual, aluminum bed 2005 Volvo 780, condo, bunk & box, 5th wheel, 153,546 miles heater, Volvo, 465 hp., Freedom 2000 Ford F350 XL dually, 2-pedal auto shift, air ride susp., air slide 5th, remote keyless entry, Powerstroke 6.0 liter diesel, microwave, refrigerator/freezer, 19” automatic, 2WD, A/C, tow pkg., 8’x12’ steel flatbed, 101,380 miles TV/DVD, AM/FM/XM/CD, custom 1999 Dodge, ext. cab, 4 door, 5.9 44” wide mattress, cattle guard, Centramatic front wheel balancers, liter gas, automatic, 4WD, topper 1996 Dodge Laramie, 1/2 ton, ext. 658,000 miles cab, 5.9 V8, 4WD, power windows 2004 Kenworth T600, Aerocab & locks, installed soil probe w/bad 86” studio sleeper, ISX Cummins, Honda 5 hp. motor, shows 155,589 450 hp., Meritor 12 spd. auto miles, remfg. motor installed at shift, engine brake, cruise, diff 135,000 miles lock, Thermo King APU, 3:42 1996 Chevrolet, 1/2 ton, ext. cab, ratio, 590,400 miles, 85,000 5.7 V8, automatic, 4WD, power miles on remfg. trans., radiator, windows & locks, overdrive out auto air cooler, turbo, oil cooler, transmission has electrical problem 1995 Chevrolet, 3/4 ton, reg. cab, 8’ box, 350 gas, automatic, 4WD, 2003 Freightliner Columbia twin 52,000 miles screw, flat top sleeper, 12.7 liter 60 Series Detroit, 10 spd., sliding 1990 Chevrolet 1500 “reg. cab, V8, automatic, 4WD, 8’ bed, power 5th, diff lock, 1,018,000 miles 1997 Freightliner FLD112, 48” flat windows & locks, AM/FM, A/C 1989 Ford Super Duty, 1 ton, 7.3 top sleeper, M11 Cummins, 370 liter diesel, 5 spd. manual, duals, hp., Eaton Super 10 spd., jake 5th wheel hitch, 120,000 miles brake, aluminum fuel tanks, 220” WB, 3:90 ratio, 1,118,000 miles HOPPER BOTTOM & PUP

DAY CAB SEMI TRACTORS

TRAILERS, & DOLLIES

(8) 2013 Wilson hopper bottoms, 2008 Sterling AT9500 tandem axle, day cab, Mercedes, 450 hp., 37’x102”x78” 10 spd., air ride, cruise, 3:42 ratio, 2012 Timpte tandem axle hopper bottom, 40’x96”x72” 480,000 miles

2012 Timpte tandem axle hopper bottom, 40’x96”x72” 2003 Timpte tri-axle hopper bottom, 48’x96”x78” 2001 Wilson Pacesetter hopper bottom, 43’x102”x72” 1991 Wilson aluminum hopper bottom, 41’x66” 1983 Timpte hopper bottom, 42’x96”x78” 1982 Cornhusker pup hopper bottom, 24’x96”x78” (4) Havor tandem pup dollies Havor tandem pup dolly

STEP DECK & IMPLEMENT TRAILERS

Tandem axle bumper hitch trailer, 16’ 1984 Hackney beverage bay trailer, 16-bay 1999 Floe 4-place enclosed snowmobile trailer, “Protector” aluminum cover

SUGARBEET & ROW CROP EQUIPMENT

Amity SM986 harvester, 6x22”, set up for 4x30” w/parts for 6 row, hyd. row ﬁnder, hyd. folding boom, 3 ton tank, rear scrub chain, hook chain bed w/grab rolls, 1000 PTO, S/NH295098 Alloway defoliator, 6x22”, steel front row, rubber 2nd & 3rd row, no scalpers, manual height adj., 7:6015 tires, 1000 PTO, S/N11751 Alloway cultivator, 24x22”, front fold, single shank, ﬂoating cutaway discs w/depth bands, rolling shields, 6” gauge wheels

2014 Road Brute tri-axle step deck, low pro Custom Harvest Special, 25,000 miles 2010 Custom Built tandem axle combine trailer, 28’, spring susp. 2010 Trail Tech tandem axle combine trailer, 34’, spring susp. 2009 Shop-built tandem axle rigid HAY, FORAGE, & combine trailer, 12’x30’, fold-up LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT ramps, spring susp. 1990 Fruehauf ﬂatbed trailer, 48’, 2013 JD 569 round baler, MegaWide air ride, slider, headache rack pickup, surface wrap, bale push bar, hyd. pickup, 1000 PTO, 10,089 HEADER TRAILERS bales, S/N1E00569XKDD392484 2004 Befort 2860 tri-axle double 2013 Roto Grind tub grinder, hyd. header trailer, 40’ head cap. tub rotation and chute Horst CHCFSP header trailer, 36’, Industrias America feed wagon 4-wheel steering, independent Enorossi ERS18SN Superstar susp., electric brakes, LED lights 18-wheel hay rake, ﬂex frame, 35’ Horst CHCFSP header trailer, 36’, working width 4-wheel steering, independent Industrias America 625 bale wagon susp., electric brakes, LED lights Bale rack, 48’, built from well pipe (2) Industrias America 2030 Cattle loading chute, built from header trailers, 30’, 4-wheel, well pipe automotive steering, New (2) Cattle alleyways, 24’, built from (6) Industrias America 440 well pipe tandem axle header trailers, 40’, Calf catcher for an ATV 6-wheel, New (120) continuous fence panels, (6) Industrias America 435 20’, 6-bar w/clips & connectors, tandem axle header trailers, 35’, New, sold price per panel 6-wheel, New (60) 12’x5’ interlocking portable Industrias America 430 single axle corral panels, New, sold price header trailer, 30’, 4-wheel, New per panel (6) Header trailers, 37’, 6-wheel, New Stack of fence panels (4) Header trailers, 42’, 6-wheel, New

GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT

LIVE BOTTOM TRAILERS

2015 Trail King ASHR-3-5284 tri-axle aluminum, 53’ 2013 Trail King ASHR-4-5284 quad axle aluminum, 53’ 2002 Red River tri-axle OLB live ﬂoor trailer, 50’, spring ride

Walinga 510 Standard grain vac, cleanup pkg. Meridian 375RT seed tender, twin compartment, scale 1999 Westfield MK130-91 auger, 91’x13”, swing hopper, hyd. lift SIDE & CLAM DUMP Wheatheart Flex 130X91 auger, 91’x13”, S/N4792 TRAILERS Wheatheart Flex 130X91 auger, 2013 Sidump’r tri-axle trailer, 91’x13”, S/N4796 42’, air ride, air up/down 3rd axle, Wheatheart Flex 130X81 auger, electric tarp, 31,500 miles 81’x13”, hyd. winch, S/N4635 1999 CPS tri-axle clam dump Wheatheart Flex 130X81 auger, gravel trailer, 42’, spring susp., New 24.5 tall tires this spring, New 81’x13”, hyd. winch, S/N4973 Wheatheart Flex 130X81 auger, air & dump valves, New oiler, (4) 81’x13”, hyd. winch, S/N7598 New brake drums last fall Wheatheart Flex 130X71 auger, VACUUM, & TANKER 71’x13”, New, S/N4795 TRAILERS Westfield W60 auger, 6” (3) hyd. drill fill augers 2012 Galyean tri-axle vacuum trailer, 160 bbl, air susp., rear axle Brock centrifugal fan, 15 hp. (2) Spread-All Mfg. E-2 spreader lift, heated valve, tool box, hose less reverse, for 30’ grain bin racks, work lights, tank liner, hyd. (3) Superior FC15123 fans, 15 hp. 607 Challenger vacuum pump (5) Superior FC10123 fans, 10 hp. 2011 Fluid Master tandem axle (2) Superior unload tubes, 27’ steel tanker trailer, 40’, spring (2) Superior unload tubes, 21’ susp., 5,460 gal., New 2-part epoxy liner, full length hose rack, Fan, 34”, 5 hp., 1 phase toolbox, brakes 95% BUILDINGS 2011 Fluid Master tandem axle Peak ceiling double door storage steel tanker trailer, 40’, spring building, 30’x65’x15’, commercial susp., 5,460 gal., New 2-part fabric, waterproof, UV & fire resistant epoxy liner, full length hose rack, Peak style storage shelter, toolbox, brakes 95% 20’x30’x12’, roll-up door, galvanized 1986 Beall fuel tanker trailer, tubes, commercial fabric, New 4,200 gal., spring susp., Honda Peak style storage shelter, gas pump, hose reel, meter, front & 30’x40’x15’, roll-up door, galvanized rear duals, long pole tubes, commercial fabric, New 1980 Trailmobile tandem axle (2) wrought iron decorative gates, aluminum fuel tanker trailer, 10’, New 9,500 gal., spring susp., Honda (2) Instant pop-up tents, 10’x20’, gas pump, hose reel, meter 600D PVC commercial fabric, waterproof, fire retardant, New DRY VAN & WATER

TRAILERS

1990 Fruehauf dry van, 48’ 1984 Fruehauf dry van, 48’ 1977 Timpte dry van, 45’ Road Systems Inc single axle van trailer, 28’x102”, aluminum ﬂoor, roll-up door, (2) 2,000 gal. poly tanks, 30 gal. poly mix cone, electric hose reel, 70’ of 2” hose

OTHER TRAILERS

2012 Bern tandem axle bumper hitch livestock trailer, 6-1/2’x16’ Jamie gooseneck 5th wheel trailer, 23’x8-1/2’ 2009 Kaufman tandem axle tilt bed trailer, 24’x82”, 8’ stationary 2011 Load Trail tandem axle bumper hitch trailer, 18’, small dovetail, ramps, 3,500 lb. axles 2005 PJ tandem axle deckover trailer, 26’x8’, wood deck

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TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed. ND Sales Tax laws apply. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facilitate border transfer.

Auctioneers & Clerk: Steffes Group, Inc., 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078 Scott Steffes ND81, Brad Olstad ND319, Bob Steffes ND82, Max Steffes ND999, Ashley Huhn ND843, Eric Gabrielson ND890, Randy Kath ND894 | 701.237.9173 | 800.726.8609 | SteffesGroup.com

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2010 IH PROSTAR, 500HP, Cummins, 18 spd., 46 rears, new drivers, Jake/3-way lockers, fresh safety, $52,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. T800 KENWORTHS ALL HEAVY SPECS 18 spd., full lockers, 2008, 2007 w/bunks. Also daycab 2009, new trans. and clutch; 2009 KW T660, new ISX Cummins, tranny, and clutch, 18 spd., lockers; 2008 IH daycab Lonestars ISX Cummins, 46 diff., 3-way lockers; 2008 Western Star 10 spd. auto. w/clutch; 2008 IH 9900 daycab, ISX Cummins, 18 spd., lockers, 290,000 kms; 2007 Pete 379, daycab and bunk; 2013 IH 5900i, 42” bunk, 46 diff., 4-way lock, 18 spd., 390,000 kms; 2006 Pete 378, Cat 18 spd., 46 diff., 4-way locks w/roo-bar bumper; 2007 IH 9200, daycab, ISX 435, 13 spd; 1996 Kenworth T800, 475 Cat, 13 spd, rebuilt diffs and tranny. Ron Brown Implements, Delisle, SK., 306-493-9393. DL #905231. www.rbisk.ca 2005 IHC 9900i 450 ISX Cummins, 13 spd, 290 rears, 12 fronts, eng. and bunk heaters, headache rack, 22.5 rubber, 1.2 kms, $19,500 OBO. 306-783-7547, Yorkton, SK.

Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan, NW Ontario & Alberta....Since 1937 • Quality Commercial/Agricultural/Residential Overhead Doors & Operators. • Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available. • Non-Insulated and Insulated Sectional Doors Available. • Liftmaster Heavy Duty Operators. • Mullion Slide Away Centre Posts. • Commercial/Agricultural Steel Man Doors and Frames. • Your washbay door specialists. • Quality Installation & Service. • 24 Hour Service. • Replacement Springs & Cables.

Phone: 204-326-4556 Fax: 204-326-5013 Toll Free: 1-855-326-4556 www.reimeroverheaddoors.com email: kurtis@reimeroverheaddoors.com

CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com

DECKS, DRY VANS, reefers and storage DECKS, DRY VANS, reefers and storage trailers at: www.Maximinc.Com or call trailers at: www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

COUNTRY HOTEL FOR sale, 70 seat beverage room, 2 VLT’s, 5 rental rooms, living quarters attached. Good hunting. Close to Riding National Park and Lake Manitoba. Owner retiring after 25+ years. Call Bob or Bev 204-352-4221, Glenella, MB.

42”-52” USED CONVEYOR BELTING for BEE BUSINESS. Turnkey operation. Seccattle feeders and livestock processing ond generation bee farmer looking to reareas. larrykirk82@gmail.com tire. Vehicles, bee equipment, honey plant, buildings, etc. Perfect opportunity for young family. Near beautiful northern town of Carrot River, SK. 306-332-7422, 306-768-2628. kimbonish@hotmail.com 2014 F550 FORD, w/Maxon, 1650 lbs., 144”x90” deck with lift/gate, 6550 miles, mint condition, $42,500 OBO. Call 204-981-3636, Cartier, MB. 2007 CHEV C6500, 2 WD, Duramax dsl., 7 spd. trans, 20’ flatdeck w/winches, only 152,000 kms, $21,900. 2008 Dodge 3500, 2 WD, Hemi gas engine, auto trans, 16’ flatdeck, 178,000 kms, $19,900 OBO. 2001 STERLING 9500, tandem water truck, 4500 gal. tank, C12 Cat, 13 spd., Bowie pump, $22,900; 1998 FREIGHTLINER FL80, tandem water truck, Allison trans, 3200 gal. water tank w/Honda GX160 pump, 293,000 kms, $21,900. Trades considered. K&L Equipment and Auto. Ph. Ladimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL#910885. 1999 IH 4700, SA, flatdeck w/17’ steel flatdeck, 11x22.5 tires, 230,000 kms, 444 IH dsl., 10 spd., safetied, real good shape, $19,500; 1994 GMC Topkick tandem w/24’ flatdeck, 563,000 kms, 3116 Cat diesel, 10 spd., 11x22.5 tires, real good shape, $21,500. Call Merv 306-276-7518, 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK. DL 906768.

ROUGH LUMBER: 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 1” boards, windbreak slabs, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, all in stock. Custom sizes on order. Log siding, cove siding, lap siding, shiplap, 1” and 2” tongue and groove. V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK.

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High tensile roofing & siding, 16 colours to choose from. #1 Gr. Galvalume 26 gu..... 79¢/ft 2 #1 Gr. Galvalume 29 gu..... 75¢/ft 2 B-Gr. coloured................ 75¢/ft.2 B-Gr. Galv 29 gu............. 69¢/ft 2 B-Gr 30 gu Galv.............. 49¢/ft.2 Multi-coloured millends... 59¢/ft.2 CALL NOW!

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

CONTINUOUS METAL ROOFING, no ex2009 FORD F350, 2 WD, V10, auto, air, tilt, posed screws to leak or metal overlaps. 13’ deck w/toolboxes, power tailgate, Ideal for lower slope roofs, rinks, church65,000 kms, $16,800. Ph. 306-270-5951, es, pig barns, commercial, arch rib building and residential roofing; also available Martensville, SK. in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK. 2008 IH 7600, Cummins, 10 spd., 24’ van body with power tailgate, very clean; 2007 Freightliner, auto. trans, 22’ van body with power tailgate. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393. DL 905231 www.rbisk.ca 1993 F700 TOW TRUCK, fully equipped 10 spd. Cummins, excellent condition, $24,900 OBO. Pro Ag Sales, 306-441-2030 anytime, North Battleford, SK.

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

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LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK.

2016 SUBARU FORESTER name top pick for 2016. Starting from $29,360. Great selection to choose from!! 1-877-373-2662 or www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL# 91407.

EQUIPMENT TOWING/ HAULING. Reasonable rates. Contact G H Wells Services and Trucking, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK.

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CATERPILLAR 14D GRADER, 1964, good shape. Call for price 204-267-2292 or 204-226-3612, Oakville, MB.

WANTED: RUBBER TIRED CASE or Drott excavator in good running condition. Call 204-835-2345, McCreary, MB. EXTREME DUTY BRUSHCUTTER. Made in Canada, 1/4” steel, 66” cut Omni HD gearFARMERS AND BUSINESS PERSONS need box & Parker hyd. motor. Cuts up to 4” financial help? Go to: www.bobstocks.ca trees, two 1/2”x3”x24” blades on a stump or phone 306-757-1997, 315 Victoria Ave., jumper, c/w hyd. hoses and flat face couRegina, SK. plers. Std. flow operation, open rear discharge prevents under deck build up, fits most skidsteers, $4995. 72” & 80” also in stock. Agrimex, 306-331-7443, Dysart, SK. DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too 2004 JD 270LC excavator, 2 buckets, 1high? Need to resolve prior to spring? Call 48” dirt and 1- 60” rake, low hrs., exc. us to develop a professional mediation cond, $75,000. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK plan, resolution plan or restructuring plan. CAT 463 LEVER SCRAPER, newer converCall toll free 1-888-577-2020. sion, 25 yd., new front tires, exc., $37,000; 2006 D61 PX-15, 2405 org. hrs., 6-way 2013 20KW light plant, 2500 hrs., $8000. FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. blade, 34” pads, near new UC, 155 HP, ex- 306-642-3225, 306-640-7149, Assiniboia. Management Group for all your borrowing cellent working cond., S/N B41323. Can and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, deliver. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. Regina, SK.

2013 FORD ESCAPE SEL, leather, Nav., heated seats, 80,000 kms, very good cond, PRIVE BUILDING MOVERS Ltd.! Bonded, $20,900. Sask tax paid. Cam-Don Motors licensed for SK. and AB. Fully insured. Moving all types and sizes of buildings. Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. Call Andy 306-625-3827, Ponteix, SK. 2015 GMC ACADIA, SLE2, AWD, 2 to www.privebuildingmovers.com choose from, $39,995. Greenlight Truck & Auto, 306-934-1455, Saskatoon, SK. www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL# 311430.

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CAT HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS: 463, 435, 80 and 70, all vg condition, new conversion. Also new and used scraper tires. Can deliver. 204-793-0098, Stony Mountain, MB. CAT D8 14A, running condition, asking $12,000; 1995 Model 508 JCB zoom boom, approx. 10,000 hrs., pallet forks, sq. bale fork, bucket, good cond., well maintained, asking $25,000. 204-526-5225, 1992 CHAMPION GRADER, 740 Series III 204-723-5002, Notre Dame, MB. w/snow-wing, 14,000 hrs., 16R24TG Bridgestone tires, all around good cond., 2010 CAT 950H WHEEL LOADER, $38,000 OBO. 204-981-3636, Cartier, MB. 27,417 hrs., w/Cat quick coupler bucket, 3-3/4 cu. yards, 23.5x25 tires, F.O.B. MAGNUM 8.0 KW light tower generator, $75,000. 204-795-9192 Plum Coulee, MB Kubota diesel, $4400. Call Larry at 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. 2 VOLVO A-30D Articulated trucks, 23.5x25 tires, 2003 and 2004, $85,000 ATTACHMENTS: Skidsteer snow buckets, each. 204-795-9192, Plum Coulee, MB. blowers, blades, brooms, forks. Conquest 1988 JD 644E wheel loader, 23.5x25 Equipment, 306-483-2500, Oxbow, SK. tires, 4 cubic yard bucket w/teeth, SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: Buckets, rock $29,750. 204-795-9192, Plum Coulee, MB. buckets, grapples, weld-on plates, hyd. aubrush cutters and more large stock. WANTED: 2- D7R CATERPILLARS, with gers, quality equipment, quality welding SU bulldozer blades, 2005 to 2009. Top and sales. Call Darcy at 306-731-3009, 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. 306-731-8195, Craven, SK. 2004 CAT D6N LGP crawler, 6-way dozer, AC, canopy, diff. steer, cargo winch, new UC, 10,800 hrs., $90,000; 2007 KOMATSU PC200 LC-8 hyd. excavator w/QA cleanup bucket, 9’6” stick, aux. hyds., 12,582 hrs., $55,000; Also all kinds of buckets, various shapes and sizes 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB.

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CUSTOM SWATHING AND COMBINING, cereals and specialty crops. 36’ and 42’ HoneyBee headers. Will take damp wheat www.windandweathershelters.com for combining. Murray 306-631-1411. COMMERCIAL GRADE Wind and weather shelter buildings available in widths from 20’ to 90’. Prices starting at $2495. If you have bought an auction building and need to upgrade to more durable material or LOOKING FOR COWS to custom feed for parts we can help. Located in Yorkton. the winter. Call Clint, 306-266-4536, Contact Paul at 306-641-5464 or Ladimer Glentworth, SK. 306-795-7779.

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CUSTOM LIQUID MANURE hauling, 3 JD 544B LOADER, $14,500; Bobcat 943 tanks available. Contact George in Hague, skidsteer, $14,900; NH LX865 skidsteer, $12,900; Soil mover 7 yard scraper, SK. 306-227-5757. $7000; Ashland 6 yard. scraper, $5000 NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, 1-866-938-8537. payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and vertical beater spreaders. Phone 2 MACK TANDEM trucks w/dump boxes, $7700 ea; IH 366 dsl., 34,000 kms and 16’ 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. van body. Few other trucks in stock; 100’ BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective ladder truck; 2 Cat scrapers 463, $23,000 way to clear land. Four season service, for pair; New 24’ garbage box. Salvage of competitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. all types. Call Cambrian Equipment Sales trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket at- Ltd., 494 Panet Road, Winnipeg, MB., tachments. Bury rock and brush piles and 204-667-2867 fax 204-667-2932. fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting Inc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., WINTER IS ALMOST HERE! New 8’, 3 PTH, PTO snowblower; 3- old trucks w/snow306-960-3804. blowers; 4- truck snow blades; 2- V-plows MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. for graders; Side wings for graders; BomCall today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: bardier w/broom; 2- 4x4 holder w/snowwww.maverickconstruction.ca blower; 4x4 trackless w/broom; 4x4 trackREGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, less w/blade; 12- loaders, dozers and $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, excavators; IH TD9-92 w/loader, $5900; $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950; Larger sizes Cat D2-5U w/loader, $4900; 20- Graders available. Travel incl. in Sask. Gov’t grants being parted out; 7- work ready graders; Over 400 buckets for loaders and backavailable. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK. hoes; Over 300 construction tires, new and used; Hundreds of hyd. cylinders; Over 70 sets of forklift forks; 52’ scissor lift; 15forklifts from 2 to 9 ton, 1988 LETOURNEAU LS 13 yd. hyd. scraper; 1994 Running 668 grapple skidder; 1989 TJ 380B JLG basket boom lift, 4730 hrs, 104 hrs on Clark line skidder; IH 3964 feller buncher; Case rebuilt eng. 204-326-3109, Steinbach, MB. 125B delimber; JD 190D excavator; SawCAT CRAWLER TRACTORS: D4H, D6D, mill and other bush equipment; 1998 D6R, D7H, D7R, D8T. Komatsu D61PX-15, EX270 excavator; Over 50 generators, 3 to D155AX-6. Standard and L.G.P. undercarri- 193 KW; Over 1000 new and used UC rollages. 2006 Komatsu PC-270LC-8, new ers; 2- 811 Bobcat backhoe attachments; chains and sprockets, 6400 hours; 1995 New and used parts of all types; Hundreds Komatsu D65E-6 crawler, hyd. angle dozer, of misc. attachments. Central Canada’s ripper, canopy w/sweeps, 80% UC largest wreckers of construction equip$19,500; 2001 Case 9030B hyd. excavator, ment. 2 yards, over 50 acres. Cambrian 1 yd. trench plus cleanup bucket with quik Equipment Sales Ltd., Winnipeg, MB. Ph. change, hyd. thumb, 11,000 hrs., no 204-667-2867, fax 204-667-2932. cracks, welds, 70% UC, $55,000. Many more items available. Call for prices, info. and pictures. Robert Harris Equipment Sales, 204-642-9959, cell 204-470-5493. Gimli, MB. rjharrisequipment@gmail.com

CUSTOM BALE HAULING. Will haul large squares or round. Phone 306-567-7199, Kenaston, SK.

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2003 D7R CAT, c/w angle blade, semi U blade and ripper; 2002 Trailtech 20 ton, pintle hitch, tilt deck trailer w/new decking, tires and fresh safety; 3000 gal. septic tank c/w 500 Fruitland pump, controls and hydraulics, complete for tandem truck. 306-845-3407, Turtleford, SK. 740 CHAMPION GRADER, 1984, 8.3 Cummins eng., snow wing, ready to work. $26,000. Call 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. NEW IN 2007 ELRUS 24-42 jaw crusher, mounted on 16 wheel Nordberg portable conveyor, $150,000 OBO. Pro Ag Sales, 306-441-2030 anytime North Battleford SK

GREAT PRICES ON new, used and remanufactured engines, parts and accessories for diesel pickups. Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call or check: www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca Thickett Engine Rebuilding. 204-532-2187, Russell, MB. 3406B, N14, SERIES 60, running engines and parts. Call Yellowhead Traders, 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. WANTED DIESEL CORES: ISX and N14 Cummins, C15 Cats, Detroits Ddec 3, 4, DD15. Can-Am Truck 1-800-938-3323. 290 CUMMINS, 350 Detroit, 671 Detroit, Series 60 cores. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK

FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL motor sales, service and parts. Also sale of, and repairs to, all makes and sizes of pumps and phase converters, etc. Tisdale Motor Rewinding 1984 Ltd., 306-873-2881, fax 306-873-4788, 1005A111th Ave., Tisdale, SK. tmr@sasktel.net Website: www.tismtrrewind.com

FOR ALL YOUR STRUCTURAL STEEL, roofing and siding needs, big or small. Call Fouillard Steel Supplies, St. Lazare, MB. 1-800-510-3303. Remember nobody sells roofing and siding cheaper!! Nobody. AFAB INDUSTRIES POST frame buildings. For the customer that prefers quality. 1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK. STEEL CLADDING SALE: New Grade A 29 gauge white-white metal cladding 3/4” high rib cut to your length for only .75¢/sq.ft. All accessories, fasteners and flashings are available. Call Prairie Steel in Clavet, SK., 1-888-398-7150, or email buildings@prairiesteel.com 100’x200’x22’ Steel Farm Building. Ready for set-up on your farm today. Foundation specs can be supplied. Includes 26 gauge ext. sheeting and trims, $153,900 plus tax. Add doors and insulation as needed. Other sizes available. 1-888-398-7150 or email buildings@prairiesteel.com ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Farm post buildings designed with longevity in mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote. ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Stick Frame building designed with longevity in mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote.

FALL SPECIAL on all post or stud frame farm buildings. Choose: sliding doors, overhead doors, or bi-fold doors. NewTech Construction Ltd. call 306-220-2749, Hague, SK. POLE BARNS, WOODSTEEL packages, hog, chicken and dairy barns. Construction and concrete crews available. Mel or Scott, MR Steel Construction, 306-978-0315, Hague, SK. BEHLEN STEEL BUILDINGS, quonsets, convex and rigid frame straight walls, grain tanks, metal cladding, farm- commercial. Construction and concrete crews. Guaranteed workmanship. Call your Saskatoon and Northwest Behlen Distributor, Janzen Steel Buildings, 306-242-7767, Osler, SK.

WOOD POST BUILDING packages or built EXCAVATOR ATTACHMENTS IN STOCK. on site. For early booking call WBM/CAT/CWS. Western Heavy Equip1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: 2008 CAT 928H wheel loader, c/w bucket, ment, 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK. www.warmanhomecentre.com set of forks available, 4800 hrs., new tires 20.5R28, ride control, Quick Attach. Job GARWOOD INDUSTRIES PULL Scraper ready, $115,000. Can deliver. Call anytime 12 yard, hyd. control, 9’ cut width, hyd. STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or on site. For early booking call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. unload assist, $16,900. 1-888-278-4905. built 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.combineworld.com www.warmanhomecentre.com 13.00x24 TOP TRUST New industrial tires, 16 ply, tubeless, $436. INSULATED FARM SHOP packages or built on site, for early booking call 1-888-278-4905. www.combineworld.com 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: 19.5L-24 TOP TRUST new industrial www.warmanhomecentre.com tires, 12 ply, tubeless, $599. PRE-ENGINEERED STEEL BUILDINGS for 1-888-278-4905. www.combineworld.com all your agricultural, equestrian, industrial, EXCELLENT FARM CATS for sale come with warranty: Komatsu, Cat, Fiat Allis. Call for ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull shop or storage needs. Call 306-249-2355 more info excellent working condition. behind large 4 WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ for a free quote. Montana Construction Most newer UC, rebuilt engine, and trans blade widths avail. 306-682-3367, CWK www.montanasteelbuilders.ca Saskatoon. bush, guarded. Call for price. Can deliver. Ent. Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. TIM’S CUSTOM BIN MOVING and Hauling Inc. Up to 22’ diameter. 204-362-7103 binmover50@gmail.com GRAIN BIN SERVICES. Concrete, turnkey installation, remodel, repair. We specialize in large diameter setup and wind damage repair. Call Quadra Development Corp., 1-800-249-2708, or d.lonseth@sasktel.net

JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster with 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call 306-334-2232, 306-332-7332, Balcarres.

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ANGLE DOZER w/TILT for a D7G. Also straight dozer w/tilt; Brush rake to fit D6R and JD 850. 306-238-4411, Goodsoil, SK.

1975 CAT D8K, hyd. winch, twin tilt angle blade, 26” pads, very good undercarriage, recent engine rebuild, excellent running condition, 60 hour warranty, 14’ blade, 300 HP, S/N #71V2222, $75,000. Can deliver. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 1980 CAT D8K, dirt tilt blade, bush sweeps good UC, $46,000. 204-525-4521, Minitonas, MB. www.waltersequipment.com

HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, custom conversions available. Looking for Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK

BIN MOVING, all sizes up to 19’ diameter, w/wo floors; Also move liquid fert. tanks. 306-629-3324, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK.

CUSTOM GRAIN BIN MOVING, all types up to 22’ diameter. 10% spring discount. HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, Accurate estimates. Sheldon’s Hauling, 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available. Rebuilt 306-961-9699, Prince Albert, SK. for years of trouble-free service. Lever 10,000 BU. HOPPER BINS - Available for Holdings Inc. 306-682-3332 Muenster, SK. set up this fall. See your nearest Flaman 2004 VOLVO BL70 backhoe 4x4, extend- store or ph. 1-888-435-2626 for more info. SKIDSTEER LOADERS: 2008 Case 440, a-hoe, 1585 orig. hrs., orig. tires and buckSeries 3, $27,500 OBO; 2006 Case 440, et teeth, machine exceptional condition, MERIDIAN AND WESTEEL fertilizer bins. $24,500 OBO; 2007 Case 420, $22,500 used mainly for snow removal on acreage, on sale now. See your nearest Flaman OBO. Ph. 204-794-5979, Springfield, MB. $45,000 OBO. 306-370-1603, Beechy, SK. store of call 1-888-435-2626.

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BIN SENSE- Protect your livelihood. Check MERIDIAN AUGERS in stock at Flaman. moisture and grain temperature right from Call or visit your nearest Flaman location, your smart phone. Call Flaman 1-888-435-2626. 1-888-435-2626. 20,000 BU. SUKUP stir bins (14-5), c/w 7 REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER HP inline fan, built and ready to go. movers,Kramble Industrieswww.kram$18,500. Call or visit your nearest Flaman ble.net location, 1-888-435-2626. LIFETIME LID OPENERS. We are a stocking dealer for Boundary Trail Lifetime Lid Openers, 18” to 39”. Rosler Construction 2012 RICHIGER 10’ grain bagger, bought new in 2013, has truck unloading attach2000 Inc., 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. ment, also elec. bag lifting cradle, used BROCK (BUTLER) GRAIN BIN PARTS very little. Troy 306-867-7719 Glenside SK and accessories available at Rosler Construction. 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. GRAIN BAGS- 9’ and 10’ grain bags. All sizes up to 400’ long. Quantity discounts avail. See your nearest Flaman location or call 1-888-435-2626. SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’53’, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca GRAVITY WAGONS: New 400 bu, $7,400; 600 bu., $12,500; 750 bu., $18,250. Large selection of used gravity wagons, 250-750 bu. Used grain carts, 450 to 1110 bushel. View at: www.zettlerfarmequipment.com 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB.

2010 JD 9870 STS, loaded, 4 WD, only 480 sep. hrs, 600 eng. hrs, $285,000 CAD OBO. 2010 JD 9870 STS, fully loaded, ProDrive, 5 spd. feeder house, HD lift cylinders, HD final drives, HD rear axle, premium cab, IMS, grain tank ext., HD unload auger, long auger, Contour-Master, only 550 sep. hrs., 650 straddle duals, $259,000 CAD OBO. Both combines would have 100 hour, up to $7500 parts and labour warranty. Call 218-779-1710.

SMITH’S TRACTOR WRECKING. Huge inventory new and used tractor parts. 1-888-676-4847.

2011 JD 9770 STS combine, 570 threshing hours, bought new, 650 duals, hopper ext., pickup header, always shedded, only harvested wheat and canola, $275,000; Avail. for extra MacDon 36’ D60 straight cut header. Rented farm out. 204-662-4474, 204-851-0211, Sinclair, MB.

LOEFFELHOLZ TRACTOR AND COMBINE Salvage, Cudworth, SK., 306-256-7107. We sell new, used and remanufactured parts for most farm tractors and combines.

AGRA PARTS PLUS, parting older tractors, tillage, seeding, haying, along w/other Ag equipment. 3 miles NW of Battle2013 JD S690, 503 sep. hrs., var. stream ford, SK. off #16 Hwy. Ph: 306-445-6769. rotor, manual fold top, GS3 command centre, premium cab, ProDrive trans, small wire concave, w/PU header, $350,000 TRIPLE B WRECKING, wrecking tractors, OBO. 2630, GPS receiver, AutoTrac, also combines, cults., drills, swathers, mixmills. etc. We buy equipment. 306-246-4260, available. Call 306-869-7629, Radville, SK. 306-441-0655, Richard, SK. 2008 9770 STS, dual wheels w/2010 615 PU header, $195,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

2013 BRENT 882 grain cart, 875 bu., 20” auger, 1000 PTO, hydraulic kit available, tarp, like new, shedded, $39,000. 306-428-2847, 306-862-7731, Choiceland. TRI-HAUL SELF-UNLOADING ROUND bale movers: 8’ to 29’ lengths, 6-18 bales. Also exc. for feeding cattle in the field, 4 bales at time with a pickup. 1-800-505-9208. www.trihaulbalemovers.com HORNOI LEASING NEW and used 20’ and 40’ sea cans for sale or rent. Call DUAL STAGE ROTARY SCREENERS and Kwik Kleen 5-7 tube. Call 204-857-8403, 306-757-2828, Regina, SK. Portage la Prairie, MB. or visit online: 20’ and 40’ SHIPPING CONTAINERS, www.zettlerfarmequipment.com and storage trailers. Large Sask. inventory. Phone 1-800-843-3984 or 306-781-2600. GOT FUSARIUM? Looking to add value to your crops? Nexeed Equipment Solu20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and tions offers Cimbria Delta air screen cleanmodified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina ers, destoner, indent and gravity separaand Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca tors as well as Cimbria Sea optical color 306-933-0436. sorters for seed, grain, pulses and fusarium damaged crops. For additional info call/email Rod Cockerline, VP Sales at Nexeed Inc., 204-982-3531 ext. 2, Winnipeg, MB. rcockerline@nexeed.ca or visit www.nexeed.ca 2016 MACDON M205 (No DEF), 35’ and 40’ DUAL SCREEN ROTARY grain cleaners, DK headers, c/w transports. Call Cam-Don great for pulse crops, best selection in Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. Western Canada. 306-946-7923, Young SK 1998 35’ WESTWARD 9300, 960 header, 2 MONOCHROMATIC COLOUR Sorters. PU reel, turbo, big tires, excellent cond., Ideal for removing Ergot from cereal $29,500. Call 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK grains. Each machine mounted in an insuBEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new lated container, c/w air compressor and 1995 30’ MACDON Premier 2900, PU reel, and used sea containers, all sizes. wiring. Satake AlphaScan II, Hi Flow 160. 960 MacDon header, 21.5-16.1 tires, exc. Machine #2- Delta I-IC/CCD-5. Both ma306-220-1278, Saskatoon and Regina, SK. chines capacity- 500-700 bu./hr. Lars cond., $19,500. 306-861-4592, Fillmore SK 306-937-2575, 306-441-0242 BattlefordSK 1995 CASE 8820, 30’ header, PU reel, CUSTOM COLOR SORTING chickpeas to 21.5-16.1 tires, excellent condition, mustard. Cert. organic and conventional. $16,500. Call 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK 306-741-3177, Swift Current, SK.

KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call 306-868-2199 or cell 306-868-7738.

2001 JD 9650 STS, 2843 thres. hrs, 4108 eng., 2 sets of concaves, very nice, $77,000. 306-648-2801 or 306-648-7848, Gravelbourg, SK.

2011 SCHULTE SDX960 front mount snowblower, 9’, like new, used only one season, $12,500., Domremy, SK., phone 306-423-5476, 306-960-2274.

NEW 2014 MD PW7 w/16’ Swathmaster to fit JD STS/S series, $24,900. SCHULTE SNOWBLOWERS- high grade steel w/fully enclosed chain case. Heavily 1-888-278-4905. www.combineworld.com reinforced auger cuts into snow with ease. JD 8820 TITAN II combine with pickup See your nearest Flaman location or call and hopper extension. 306-283-4747, 1-888-435-2626. 306-220-0429, Langham, SK. 1990 JD 9500, 4100 engine hrs., 912 PU header, many new parts, harvest ready, $27,500 OBO; JD 930 rigid header with hyd. adjustable reel, good condition, $5000 OBO. 306-946-7928, Watrous, SK. FLOATER TIRES: Factory rims and tires: JD 4930/4940, R4045; 800/55R46 Goodyear tire and rim; 710/60R46 Goodyear 2008 MF 9895, duals, MAV, PU header, LSW; Case 650/65R38 Michelins, $13,500. 1900 hrs., AutoSteer, just gone through Duals available for combines. shop, shedded, 0% OAC, $159,000. Cam- 306-697-2856, Grenfell, SK. Don Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

SUNFLOWER HEADER, 1010 CASE/IH, 30’, 12” pans, drum feed. Can sell with transport carrier. Call Grant 204-573-0454, Brookdale, MB.

NEW 2016 BRANDT swing away augers, 13110HP+, 4 to choose from. 2 electric and 1 hyd. swing away, 13,000 bu. per/hr. 3 augers, M13X110 HP, 1 auger, 10”x80’ $33,000 ea. Call any time, 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. MODEL 919® MOISTURE TESTER Service MERIDIAN GRAIN AUGERS: 2015, and recalibration by the original manufac14x95, slightly used, $32,000. Comes with turer (Dimo’s/Labtronics®). No one beats our pricing!!!! Same day turn around. Do warranty. Brian 204-724-6197, Souris, MB. not install any digital alterations. For more SAKUNDIAK: 8”x55’, 10 HP elec. motor; info. visit www.labtronics.ca 8”x45’, 24 HP Kohler motor; 8”x50’, PTO drive; 7”x35’, 10 HP elec. motor; 6”x35’, B&S motor. BRANDT: 7”x35’, 24 HP Kohler motor; 7”x35’, Wisconsin motor; 8”x50’ blue auger, hyd. auger mover, hyd. winch, flex spout, elec. clutch, Wheatheart binsweep, 24 HP motor. Ed 306-272-3848 or 306-269-7745, Foam Lake, SK. BALE SPEAR ATTACHMENTS for all R10-41 WHEATHEART AUGER, excellent loaders and skidsteers, excellent pricing. condition with mover and new clutch, Call now 1-866-443-7444. $8800. Call 306-272-4451, Foam Lake, SK. BALE SPEARS, high quality imported MERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, from Italy, 27” and 49”, free shipping, extruck loading, Meridian SP movers. Call cellent pricing. Call now toll free Hoffart Services Inc., Odessa, SK., 1-866-443-7444, Stonewall, MB. 306-957-2033.

2007 7010 Case/IH, dual wheels, w/2016 PICKUP REEL PARTS WAREHOUSE: header, $170,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm MacDon, UII, JD, Hart Carter, CNH, AGCO. We distribute parts for all PU reels. Call Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 1-888-278-4905. www.combineworld.com

NEW MERIDIAN AUGERS with motor, clutch, reversing gearbox and lights. HD8-39, $15,350; HD8-59, $17,250; TL10-39, $16,995; HD10-59, $18,995. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. SAKUNDIAK 8x1400, Onan, Wheatheart SP kit and clutch. 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. AUGERS: NEW and USED: Wheatheart, Westfield, Westeel augers; Auger SP kits; Batco conveyors; Wheatheart post pounders. Good prices, leasing available. Call 1-866-746-2666.

2012 CLAAS LEXION 770, 300 sep. hrs., fully loaded, $320,000 CAD OBO; 2011 Claas Lexion 760, 700 sep. hrs., fully loaded, $265,000 CAD OBO; 2010 Lexion 590, fully loaded, 500 sep. hrs., $220,000 CAD OBO. All in excellent cond., used only in small grains; 2000 Lexion 480, $27,000 CAD OBO. 218-779-1710, Bottineau, ND. CAT COMBINE PARTS Salvaging 670, 590, 580R, 485, 480, 470, 460R. New additions regularly. Call 1-888-278-4905. www.combineworld.com

1983 CASE 2290 w/Leon 707 FEL, 4700 hrs., rebuilt PS and diff., 4 remotes, dual PTO, good tires, duals, $19,500. Prince Albert, SK. 306-922-8155, 306-960-3230.

1981 CASE 2290, 6823 hrs., Bourassa 3 PTH, new Farm King 96” snowblower used 2 hours, FEL/bale spear, good rubber, shedded. Will sell w/wo attachments, $19,800 for all. 306-222-0041, Saskatoon.

2013 JD 9460R PS, 753 hrs., PTO, Hi-Flow hyd., 710/70R42’s, HD Gudgeon, weight pkg., PowerGard warranty until 2018, JD 1820, 61’ air drill, 10” spacing, Atom $209,500. USD. www.ms-diversified.com Jet paired row boots, 4” pneumatic pack- 320-848-2496, 320-894-6560, Fairfax, MN ers, NH3 Raven controller, sectional, JD 1910 430 cart, var. rate, 3 meters, JD 4650, factory duals, clean good run$59,000. 306-743-7622, Langenburg, SK. ning condition, $23,500; JD 4840, factory duals, 42” tires, 3 PTH, clean, front 2010 65’ 3310 BOURGAULT Paralink, 12” weights, $23,500. 204-746-2016 or spacing, mid row shank banding, double 204-746-5345, Morris, MB. shoot, rear hitch, tandem axles, low acres, $145,000. 2002 49’ Morris Maxim air drill, STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER special12” spacing, w/7240 Morris grain cart, izing in rebuilding JD tractors. Want Series $52,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 7000s to rebuild or for parts. pay top $$. Now selling JD parts. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 204-466-2927, 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. 2003 BOURGAULT 54’ 5710 air drill, JD 8970, new tires; JD 4450, FWD, 3 PTH, w/MRBs, Dickey John NH3 kit and set up new engine; JD 4440, rebuilt engine; JD for dual shoot, $30,000 OBO. 4255, FWD. Ph 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. 306-658-4240, 306-843-7549, Wilkie, SK. JD 4230, 100 HP, PS, $12,500; JD 4020, 75HP, PS, $8750 OBO. 204-525-4521 Minitonas, MB. www.waltersequipment.com

WESTERN GRAIN DRYER, mfg. of grain dryers w/auto. drying/moisture control. 2012 MASSEY FERGUSON 9740, 36’, 400 Updates to Vertec roof, tiers, moisture hrs., vg., 0% OAC, $89,900. Call Cam-Don SWATHMASTER AND RAKE-UP 12’, 14’, and 16’ pickups available. Call for details! 50’ FLEXI-COIL HARROW packers w/P30 control. Economic designed dryers avail. Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 1-888-278-4905. www.combineworld.com 1-888-288-6857. westerngraindryer.com packers; Also, 36’ Wilrich vibrashank cultivator w/harrows. Both in good condition. $4000 OBO. 306-210-8186, Reward, SK. FARM FAN AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC grain NEW BATCO 2075 w/gas motor kit. Re- dryer, Model CMS10E, single phase power, tail $36,500. Blow-out Special, $28,500. canola screen, propane heat, holds 240 NH 1033 BALE wagon; Massey 124 baler; 2013 MORRIS 50’ heavy harrow, 9/16” 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. bu., transport wheels, shedded since new, Wheel rake; McKee forage Harvester; Bale tines, excellent condition, $28,000. Call good condition. Phone Ed 306-272-3848 spear; 36’ PT swather. 306-283-4747, 306-493-6460, Delisle, SK. BATCO CONVEYORS, new and used, or 306-269-7745, Foam Lake, SK. 306-220-0429, Langham, SK. grain augers and SP kits. Delivery and leasing available. 1-866-746-2666. MORIDGE 400 BUSHEL batch grain dryer, with canola screens, good condition, NOW SALVAGING: John Deere 1820 drill, $2200. Call 306-795-7618, Ituna, SK. good rubber packers, nice openers. Call for 2015 VALMAR 7600 66’ boom, PTO fan dr., pricing and availability. 1-888-278-4905. var. rate JD control, secondary mech. me- HOMEBUILT PORTABLE, coal fired, hot wawww.combineworld.com tering, large floatation tires, 3 mtd. came- ter aeration system. Includes 5 HP, 220 volt centrifical fan. Automatic electronic ras, $65,000. Luseland, SK, 306-372-4521. 466 IH ENGINE for a 1680; Also hydro HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES. controls for coal stoker and water tem- transmission and planetary axles available. Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595 perature, $1500 OBO. Call 306-449-2412 204-662-4510, 204-522-5283, Sinclair, MB charles@arcfab.ca www.arcfab.ca evenings, Redvers, SK. NEW BATCO 1545FL field loader with mover w/EFI Kohler engine. Reg. $29,000, Cash $23,000. Only 1 left; One used 2013 1545FL Batco, exc. cond., $17,000 cash. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK.

2000 CASE/IH 2388 w/1015 header, $65,000; 2004 2388 w/2015 PU header, $115,000; 2006 2388 w/2015 PU header, $130,000; 2009 7088 w/2016 PU header, AERATION FANS, rockets ductwork, temp $180,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, monitoring equipment and more. Visit 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. your nearest Flaman store to see selection or call 1-888-435-2626. 1994 1688, 4300 eng. hrs., newer sieves, rails, feeder house, and bushings, $20,000 OBO. 306-220-1533, Saskatoon, SK.

LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have rebuilt tractors and parts for sale. 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK.

WANTED: 3 PTH sprayer. Call Glen 306-640-8034, 306-266-2016, Wood Mountain, SK. or email gm93@sasktel.net

RECONDITIONED rigid and flex, most makes and sizes; also header transports. Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK www.straightcutheaders.com

DRYAIR GRAIN DRYING SYSTEM. 1.2 million BTU boiler on propane, mounted on trailer. Also 4 large heat coil radiators on wheels. Large quantity of hose w/quick couplers. Shedded, exc. cond., used very little, $42,500. Phone 306-873-9221 or 306-323-2099, Archerwill, SK.

CASE/IH MX 110 with Buhler 795 hyd. self levelling loader, LHR, 3PTH, plumbed for grapple, rebuilt powershift trans, 9400 hrs., MFWD, 110 HP, S/N JJA0113932, vg working, $42,000 OBO. Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

8’ ALLIED 3 PTH snowblower, good cond., $750. Airflow tailgate for 2009 Ford F150, 1984 IHC 5088, 130 HP, triple hyds., dual $150. Cab for 1946 Dodge truck, offers. PTO, $18,000. 204-525-4521, Minitonas, MB. www.waltersequipment.com 204-522-8938, 204-522-5762, Melita, MB.

MACDON HEADERS!! Lots available! 35’, 40’ & 45’. D60’s, D65’s, FD70’s in stock now www.combineworld.com 1-888-278-4905

BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” and 10” end units available; Transfer conveyors and bag conveyors or will custom build. Call for prices. Master Industries Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK.

CAT CHALLENGER: 75D, 85D, 75E, 85E, MT835 or MT845, under 5000 hours. Must have been shedded at all times when not in use. Excellent condition. Full service records. All updates done. Phone David Minkus, 204-868-0277, Minnedosa, MB.

2009 JD 9770, 1205 hrs., 175 hrs. since extensive Greenlight, duals, 615P header, $190,000; 36’ MacDon 973, $19,500 OBO. Call 306-736-7782, Kipling, SK.

WHITE MF 9230 30’ straight cut header, fits White 9700, 9720 and MF 8570, 8590, PICKUP REEL PARTS WAREHOUSE: $4000 OBO. 204-794-5979, Springfield MB MacDon, UII, JD, Hart Carter, CNH, AGCO. We distribute parts for all PU reels. Call MACDON CA20/CA25 and HONEYBEE 1-888-278-4905. www.combineworld.com flex or rigid adapters and completion kits, plenty in stock. We want your trade! 1-888-278-4905. www.combineworld.com

KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD/ OPI STORMAX. For sales and service east central SK. and MB., call Gerald Shymko, Calder, SK., 306-742-4445 or toll free 1-888-674-5346.

COMB-TRAC SALVAGE. We sell new and used parts for most makes of tractors, combines, balers, mixmills and swathers. Phone 306-997-2209, 1-877-318-2221, Borden, SK. www.comb-tracsalvage.com We buy machinery.

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WRECKING FOR PARTS, JD 3020, diesel, c/w vg running eng., good sheet metal; 2390 Case, vg eng., vg sheet metal; 2090 Case c/w complete overhauled eng., vg sheet metal. 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB. 2005 JD 8320, MFWD, powershift, 4500 hrs.; 2002 JD 8120, MFWD, powershift, 4650 hrs. Both can be equipped w/duals. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. 2130 JD, 3 PTH, FEL, new front tires, good back fluid fill, runs good. Call Don 204-422-5216, Ste Anne, MB. 2004 JD 7520, MFWD, quad shift, LHR, 3 PTH, 741 SL loader, grapple, good tires, 9086 hrs, $70,000 OBO. 306-869-3113, Radville, SK JOHN DEERE 8630, PTO, tires like new, excellent condition, $19,500. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. 1999 JD 9400, 425 HP, 24 spd., new rubber, 4 hyds. w/return line, exc. cond., $85,000 OBO. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK.

1977 JD 4430 w/606 PT mower behind, HEAVY HARROWS YEAR END CLEARANCE! very low hrs., always shedded, exc. cond., 2016 Morris 70’, 26”x9/16” tine; 2014 50’ $30,000 OBO. 306-717-2971 Saskatoon SK Morris, 26”/9/16” tine, 800 acres, looks like new. Cash finance or lease. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2010 8370 VR TBT cart, w/third tank, TopCon monitor, $72,900. Cam-Don Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2004 FLEXI-COIL 2340 TBH, very good, $14,900. Call Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

T9060, CUMMINS, AutoSteer, 800 1992 37’ CASE/IH 5600 HD cultivator, 2009 3990 hours, $211,000. Cam-Don w/Degelman mounted 4-row harrows, duals, $25,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

“For All Your Farm Parts” PUMPS, PRESSURE WASHERS, Honda/Kowww.fyfeparts.com shin pumps, 1-1/2” to 4”, Landa pressure washers, steam washers, parts washers. M&M Equip. Ltd. Parts & Service, Regina, 1997 TX68, updated to 1999, drives like new, no hassle electronics, straight cut SK. 306-543-8377, fax 306-543-2111. avail. Best offer. Nate Golas 204-372-6081, 204-280-1202, Fisher Branch, MB. NEW VERSATILE SD550 offset disc, 15’, TRACTORS, COMBINES, SWATHERS, lbs./ft., spring cushion gangs, HD 2004 NH CR970 for salvage, running ploughs, cultivators, tires and rims, hyd. 550 option, 26”x3/8” notched. Cameng., tons of good parts. Call cylinders, balers, older trucks, crawlers. bearing Don Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 1-888-606-6362. www.combineworld.com 204-871-2708, 204-685-2124, Austin, MB.

GOODS USED TRACTOR parts (always buying tractors). David or Curtis, Roblin, MB., 204-564-2528, 1-877-564-8734. 2013 CLAAS 3300 RC Quadrant 3x4 square baler, approx. 7000 bales made, vg cond., NOW SALVAGING GLEANER S77, low $110,000. Can deliver. Call anytime hrs., duals, cab, tons of good parts. Call us! G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. 1-888-278-4905. www.combineworld.com 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

1993 FORD 846, 7792 hrs., 230 HP, 4 WD, 18.4R38 duals, PTO, 4 hyds., diff lock, cab, AC, heat, 14 spd. std. trans., $46,000 OBO. Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

WANTED: USED OLDER tandem disc 16’ to 22’. Ph/text 306-946-7738, Watrous, SK 1983 VERS. 975, 8600 hrs., good 24.5x32 MORRIS 600 SERIES 35’ deep till cultiva- tires, well maintained, Atom Jet hyds., tor w/harrows, very good shovels, stone- runs great, asking $35,000. 204-526-5225, free land, $3700. 306-493-6460 Delisle, SK 204-723-5002, Notre Dame, MB.

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ROTARY MOWERS: Wood’s 15’, $6000; JD 1508, $6000; JD 1518, $7500; JD 2018, $10,000; JD 709, $3000; JD 5’ $1000; Melroe 903 plow 7 and 8 furrow; Scrapers: Eversman 6 yd., $5500; Ashland 6 yd., $5000; V-Ditcher, $2000; Big Mac prong type rockpicker $4000; Gehl 500 4 auger mix cart, $10,000; Knight Big Auggie, $5000. Call 1-866-938-8537. WANTED: Stainless Steel liquid fertilizer 2013 VERSATILE 450 PS, PTO, deluxe cab, storage tanks for transporting/storing leather seat, AutoSteer, 790 hrs., very 1600-50,000 gallons. Call 306-960-3000. good condition, $289,000. Call Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 36’ WILRICH VIBRASHANK cultivator w/harrows, good condition, asking $1500 OBO. Call 306-210-8186, Reward, SK. ON THE GO Haul & Tow farm equipment hauling (air drills). Prairie provinces. 306-540-9400, White City, SK.

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FREE STANDING CORRAL PANELS: WANTED: Older and newer tractors, in Feeders & Alley ways, 30’ or order to size. running condition or for parts. Goods Used Oilfield Pipe: 1.3, 1.6, 1.9, 1-7/8, 2”, 23/8, 2-7/8, 3-1/2. Sucker Rod: 3/4, 7/8, Tractor Parts, 1-877-564-8734. 1”. Casing Pipes: 4-9”. Sold by the piece or semi load lots. For special pricing call Art 204-685-2628 or cell 204-856-3440. 2010 CLAAS XERION, 2040 hrs., CVT 50 kms/hr., front hitch, 800R38, $189,000; 2008 NH T8020, 2900 hrs., $86,000; 2014 Case 370CVT, 220 hrs., 50km/hr, front hitch, 900/R42, $225,500; 2014 Fendt 718 profi, 750 hrs., front hitch, 50 kms/hr., 710R42, $165,000; 3 2016 Fendt 939, 830 hrs., 65 kms/hr., $248,000; 2005 Fendt 936’s, 400 hrs., loaded; 2011 Fendt 939, 830 hrs, 65 km/hr, $237,000; 2012 Fendt 939, 3100 hrs., 65 km/hr, front PTO, $195,000; 2005 Fendt 930, 10,000 hrs, new 900 tires, $79,000; 2012 MF 8670, 500 hrs., CVT, 50 km/hr, front PTO, $188,000. Many more in stock! Call 519-955-1331, www.rozendaalclinton.com

MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar 200 LENGTHS of 3-1/2” drill stem, some and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike rust would work well for fence posts, $28 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. each. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly tractors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor 2-7/8” OILFIELD TUBING, $40 each; 3/4” sucker rods, $6 each. Truckload quantities Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847. only. Call 306-861-1280, Weyburn, SK.

Bred Cow & Heifer Sale

Friday, November 25 @ 11 am

• HERD REDUCTION OF 40 BLACK/BBF/RED/RBF COWS INCLUDES FEW HEIFERS BRED BLACK ANGUS OR HEREFORD. COMPLETE HERD HEALTH. • 6 CHAROLAIS HEIFERS BRED RED ANGUS, IVOMECED • 15 BLK/RED COWS MARCH 25 CALVING • 40 CHAROLAIS COWS BRED CHAROLAIS. MID AGE/GOOD CONDITION. • 90 BLACK/RED COWS BRED BLACK ANGUS. MID AGE/ EXCELLENT CONDITION. MID MARCH CALVING. For more information or to book call 306 735 2822. Go to whitewoodlivestock.com for pictures.

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WESTERN IRRIGATION: CADMAN Dealer. Fall discounts. Full line of new and used equipment. 1 cadman 4000S wide body big gun, like new; Also aluminum pipe, pumps and motors. If we don’t have it, we will get it for you! Call 306-867-9461, 306-867-7037, Outlook, SK.

Fri. Dec. 2 at 11:00 A M dispersal of 100 cows reds Blacks & tans Bred char Bulls where exposed June 1st dispersal of 40 cows Mostly Black tans & reds Bred char & Blonde to start calving in Mar Plus 3 yr old char & 7 yr old Blonde Bulls

NEW MAHINDRA mFORCE 105P #1 selling tractor in the world. 105 HP, 5 yr. PT warranty, power shuttle, 24 spd. trans, 3 PH, optional loader lift capacity 4100 lbs, CAH, MSRP $88,400. 0% financing. The Tractor Co., Osler, SK., 306-239-2262. View www.tractorco.ca

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IT’S FINALLY HERE...The World’s First Cordless, Hoseless Fence Stapler! Also Gallagher Power Fence Products. Available from D&R Prairie Supplies, 306-221-1558, Minton, SK.

28th ANNUAL KEYSTONE KLASSIC Black and Red Angus Sale, Saturday December 3, 2015 at 1:00PM, Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Presented by top producing Red and Black Angus breeders Offering 70+ females, including an elite selection of foundation bred heifers, fancy heifer calves and cow calf pairs. Junior discounts available. For more information or a catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online: www.BuyAgro.com PL #116061

KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING System, provides water in remote areas, improves water quality, increases BIG GULLY FARM Bull and Heifer Sale pasture productivity, extends dugout life. Thursday, Dec. 8th, 5:30 PM MST, 12 miles St. Claude/Portage, 204-379-2763. North of Maidstone, SK. Horned and Polled, Long-yearling bulls, bull calves and CUSTOM GRAIN ROLLING on your yard bred heifers. Free wintering, delivery and w/new PTO Apollo rollermill. New Apollo carcass ultrasound. Volume discount of 5% Sven rollermill sales, used mills buying on 2 or more. View videos, information and selling. Re-grooving all makes. Maniand catalogue at: www.biggullyfarm.com toba Distributor Direct. Phone Farmers Lance Leachman, 306-903-7299, or email: Premium Equipment, Randy 204-729-5162 biggullyfarm@gmail.com Online bidding at: LiveAuctions.tv 1998 BALE KING 880 shredder, LHD, 2 new tires, great condition, $6000. Call 306-487-7525, Lampman, SK. FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. Cows and quota needed. We buy all classes of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620.

TRIPLE R LIMOUSIN HAS Bulls for sale. 2 yr. olds and yearlings, red and black. Polled and performance, or calving ease ones. Limousin and Limousin cross Angus, Also open and bred heifers, and group of cows, commercial and purebreds. All bulls guaranteed and can deliver. Volume discount. 204-685-2628, cell 204-856-3440.

GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., ask for Ron 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca WHEATHEART POST POUNDERS. Hydraulic drive w/Honda engine. Trailer mount and self-propeller kit avail. See your nearest Flaman location or call 1-888-435-2626.

2013 CIH L785 FEL w/grapple and bucket. Fits on Case Puma 200, $18,000; Also JACK PINE FIREWOOD: split and blocked have some rear weights as well, $1.75/lb. in mini bulk bags $100/bag. Other lengths 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. available. 306-277-4660, Ridgedale, SK.

2004 DEERE 325 skidsteer loader, new eng., c/w bucket, vg working condition. $25,000. Can deliver. Call anytime 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

BLOCKED AND SEASONED FIREWOOD: $180 per 160 ft.≥ cord; bags $80 (includes refundable deposit for bag). Bundles of 4’-5’ or 6.5’ also available. Vermette Wood Preservers 1-800-667-0094, Spruce Home. BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer.

2012 BOBCAT S 205 skidsteer loader, 1650 hrs., c/w bucket, vg working condition, BEV’S FISH & SEAFOOD LTD., buy di$28,000. Can deliver. Call anytime rect, fresh fish: Pickerel, Northern Pike, 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. Whitefish and Lake Trout. Seafood also CAT 950C WHEEL LOADER, c/w bucket, available. Phone toll free 1-877-434-7477, very good condition, asking $23,500. Call 306-763-8277, Prince Albert, SK. 250-847-0783, Nipawin, SK.

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STOP WASTING GRAIN! Try our grain troughs: 30’ c/w skids, made of conveyor belting and pipe, $750 ea. 306-538-4685, 306-736-7146, Kennedy, SK. FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY is your partner in agriculture stocking mixer, cutter, feed wagons and bale shredders and industry leading Rol-Oyl cattle oilers. 306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. www.fuchs.ca

CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com H. S. KNILL TRANSPORT, est. 1933, specializing in purebred livestock transportation. Providing weekly pick up and delivery service across Canada/USA and Mexico. Gooseneck service available in Ontario, Quebec and USA. US and Canada customs bonded carrier. Call 1-877-442-3106, fax 519-442-1122, hsknill@pppoe.ca or www.hsknilltransport.com 155 King Edward St., Paris, ON. N3L 0A1.

SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr. Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove and repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. www.apollomachineandproducts.com

LAZY RAINBOW RIVER RANCH has 115 Simmental, Charolais, Red and Black Angus cross bred heifers. Preg checked. Can feed til late fall as an option. Price negotiable. 204-372-6945, Fisher Branch.

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HERD DISPERSAL: 110 black and red Simmental cross cows and 19 black and red Simmental cross heifers. All bred Black Angus. 306-597-4406 leave msg, Togo, SK BRED COW HERD REDUCTION, by half. 150 head. Would trade for light or tough feed grain. Call 306-432-4803, Lipton, SK.

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GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar panels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, $470; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 51” sucker rods, $350; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 6- 1” rods, $375; 30’ 2 or 3 bar windbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and double hinges avail. on all panels. Belting troughs for grain or silage. Calf shelters. Del. avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK.

ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Cattle shelter and barn packages. Call 306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com to request a farm building quote today!

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1984 CAT D7G DOZER, c/w 13.5’ twin tilt angle blade, hyd. winch, enclosed cab, new UC, excellent working condition, new 26” pads. Warranty, $78,000. Can deliver. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

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RANCH RAISED ONE IRON UNIFORM HEIFERS. Black Angus and BBF, bred June 17 to low birth bulls, full vaccination, asking $1800 each. Chanig Ranch, 306-478-2658, Mankota, SK.

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Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad in the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting for your call. 1-800-782-0794. OSSAWA ANGUS, MARQUETTE, MB. has 20 EXCELLENT HOME raised Simm/Angus for sale purebred Black heifer calves. Also bred heifers, very quiet, exposed to Red 2 year old bulls. Info. call 204-375-6658. Angus bull June 1st. Mitch 306-467-4975, 306-467-7912, Duck Lake, SK. WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert JL LIVESTOCK FALL FEMALE SALE on December 13, 2016. Offering: 200 PB heif- RANCH RAISED F1 Red Angus cross for information on organic farming: prospects, transition, barriers, benefits, certifiSimm. bred heifers, bred Red Angus. Have ers and 200 commercial heifers. Sired by Density, Net Worth, and Final Answer. AI’d had all shots. Calving mid April. Harvey cation and marketing. Call 306-382-1299, Saskatoon, SK. or info@pro-cert.org to Final Answer, Angus Valley, and JL Pre- Verishine 306-283-4666, Langham, SK. Call 306-736-7393 or HARMONY NATURAL BISON buying fin- ferred. ished up to $6.25/lb HHW; Culls up to 306-736-8698, Peebles, SK. 75 SECOND AND THIRD Black and Red An$5.25/lb HHW; Feeders up to $4.75/lb gus young bred cows. Call 306-773-1049 LW. Call/text 306-736-3454, SE Sask. SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside or 306-741-6513, Swift Current, SK. Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. WANT TO PURCHASE cull bison bulls and cows, $5/lb. HHW. Finished beef steers ORGANIC FEED GRAIN. Call DMI and heifers for slaughter. We are also buy- BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, se- WANTED: 200 Red or Black Angus cross 306-515-3500, Regina, SK. ing compromised cattle that can’t make a men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery younger cows, lease to own. References long trip. Oak Ridge Meats, McCreary, available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, available. 306-542-2575, 306-542-7007, WANTED: ORGANIC LENTILS, peas and 204-835-2365, 204-476-0147. Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca Veregin, SK. chickpeas. Stonehenge Organics, Assiniboia, SK., 306-640-8600, 306-640-8437. WANTED: ALL KINDS of bison from year- PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling lings to old bulls. Also cow/calf pairs. Ph bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 Kevin at 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK. or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison is looking to contract grain finished bison, as well as calves and yearlings for growing markets. Contact Roger Provencher at 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com

28th ANNUAL KEYSTONE KLASSIC Black and Red Angus Sale, Saturday December 3, 2015 at 1:00PM, Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Presented by top producing Red and Black Angus breeders Offering 70+ females, including an elite 707 LEON FEL, will fit JD 4020 Case or Int. selection of foundation bred heifers, fancy Also 2 JD cabs, will fit 4020. $2000 for all. 20-25 COWS AND ONE 2 year old bull. heifer calves and cow calf pairs. Junior NEW AND USED generators, all sizes from Nothing over 13 years of age. Downsizing. Phone Keith 306-532-4892, Wapella, SK. 5 kw to 3000 kw, gas, LPG or diesel. Phone Available beginning of December. Offers. discounts available. For more information or a catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. for availability and prices. Many used in Marvin 306-929-2775, Prince Albert, SK. Ltd. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue stock. 204-643-5441, Fraserwood, MB. online: www.BuyAgro.com PL #116061 1974 GMC 3 TON grain truck; Vicon 6 wheel rake; Parts for Vicon 6 wheel rake; DIESEL GENSET SALES AND SERVICE, BRED HEIFERS FOR SALE, 77 Plains, 11 PMI 1411 rd baler; NH 1090 swather; MH 12 to 300 KWs, lots of units in stock. Used Wood cross. The top herd bull is from and new: Perkins, John Deere and Deutz. Wolverine Bison sired to the yearling re44 tractor. 204-643-5478, Fraserwood MB We also build custom Gensets. We cur- serve Grand Champion bull in Denver in CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used rently have special pricing on new John 2016. This is an impressive group of heif- F BAR & ASSOCIATES Red and Black Angus bulls, bred heifers and yearling heifers highway tractors. For more details call Deere units. Call for pricing 204-792-7471. ers ready to go this fall. Bulls may be pur- for sale this fall. Great genetics, easy han204-685-2222 or view information at chased as well. Come view any time, or dling, registered or commercial, delivery www.titantrucksales.com EX-GOVERNMENT STAND-BY UNITS: call Blair 306-231-9980, Plunkett, SK. available. Detailed info. ph Allen & Merilyn FLAX STRAW BUNCHER and land levelers. 12V92 w/400 KW, 600 volts, 388 hrs, Staheli, Eddystone, MB, 204-448-2124, or Building now, taking orders. Don’t delay, $25,000; 12V92 w/400 KW, 600 volts, 419 email amstaheli@inethome.ca hrs, $25,000; 12V92 w/400 KW, 600 volts, 60 PLAINS BISON CALVES for sale by call now! 306-957-4279, Odessa, SK. 638 hrs, $25,000; 16V92 w/500 KW, 600 Tender. Sale will also include 3 yearling. ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New De- volts, 700 hrs, $25,000; 16V92 w/800 KW, Free range and grass fed. Please submit RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, segelman equipment, land rollers, Straw- 600 volts, 700 hrs, $30,000; KT450 Cum- tender bids by November 25, 2016. E-mail men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery master, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. mins w/250 KW, $15,000. Can-Am Truck to: kylie.garchinski@natureconservancy.ca available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. Export Ltd, 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK. or phone 306-296-7383, Claydon, SK. Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca

BLACK TEAM mare and gelding 7 and 9 yrs. old; Percheron QH, very well broke; Harness; Covered wagon; Sleigh with cab; Horse mower. 306-862-3533, Nipawin, SK

COTSWOLD EWES AND RAMS. Scrapie resistant genotype. Phone 306-285-3639, MANITOBA MAN LOOKING for companion Lashburn, SK. to go for coffee and dances. 67-71 yrs. old. Reply to: Box 2002, c/o Manitoba CoopQUALITY HAMPSHIRE and DORSET ram erator, Box 2500, Saskatoon, SK., S7K 2C4. lambs from proven flock. Heeroma’s 306-823-4526, Neilburg, SK.

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RM of GRANDVIEW No. 349: Handel, SK. NE quarter of 32-35-19 W3. Offers accepted to 5:00PM November 28, 2016. MLS® $260,000. For information package call Eugene Kohle, 306-291-5544 or Lyle McCallum, 306-222-8263 at Coldwell Banker Signature, Saskatoon, SK.

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RM CANWOOD #494- just listed. This 140 acre scenic property is close to the Cookson pasture and the Prince Albert National Park. 1232 sq. ft. home built in 1960, 30x32 hip roof horse barn. Approx. 65 acres of tame hay. Balance is some harvestable spruce timber plus pasture openings. Just a great well sheltered yard. Fenced with 3 wires and treated post. MLS® 584810. For further info or to view call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800, 306-441-0512. READY TO MOVE: Available immediately 1560 sq. ft. homes starting at $95,000. 3 bdrm, 2.5 baths, main floor laundry, master bedroom with full ensuite and walk-in closet. Spacious living area, large kitchen with island. Info. call Marvin Homes Inc., Marvin Vogt, Mitchell, MB. 204-326-1493, 204-355-8484. marvinhomesinc@live.com www.marvinhomes.ca ZAK’S RTM HOMES and cottages, custom built, every time!! www.zaksbuilding.com or call our talented staff at 306-225-2288 to help design your new home. RED HEELER PUPS: 2 females, 2 months RTMS AND SITE built homes. Call old, ready to go with first shots, asking 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures $500. Call 306-725-4510, Bulyea, SK. and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca IRISH WOLFHOUND and GREYHOUND pups for sale, ready to go. Call 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK.

VEGAS TIMESHARE. INT’L exchanges, 2 bdrm., full kitchen washer/dryer, BLUE HEELERS PUPS for sale, ready to go. avail. living/dining room. 306-453-2958, Carlyle. LAND AUCTION, Stoney Run Cattle $300. ea. Call 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK. Corp., Thursday, December 22, 2016, Days Inn, Estevan, SK., 7:00 PM. Join BONAFIDE REGISTERED AUSTRALIAN Mack Auction Company, Dec. 22 for Kelpie pups, Australian bred. Parents make your chance to own 6 quarter sections of a living on cow/calf operation at commuprime grass and hay land in RM of Ennisnity pasture. Also started working Kelpies. killen #3. There is unlimited potential for Call Watkinson Working Kelpies, this land with the close proximity of The 306-692-2573, Moose Jaw, SK. Ceres Northgate Terminal, a multi-comFARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: Approx modity logistics center strategically locatmiles East of Viking, AB. The following ed on the Canada/US border in SE Sask! PUREBRED BORDER COLLIE pups. From 10 offered for sale by tender subject to The tame hay, native grass, water sources good working and personable parents. are the encumbrances and interests as are re- and perimeter barb wire fences are in exc. Contact 306-553-2213, Swift Current, SK. corded on the existing Certificate of Titles. condition. 1. NW-8-1-3-W2 RM#3, FVA SE 16-48-11-W4, 155.4 acres, approx. 64,800. 160 acres tame hay and native (130 crop land and 25.4 slough/native grass, partially fenced. 2016 taxes land); NW 16-48-11-W4, 160 acres (ap- $380.28. 2. NE-8-1-3-W2 RM#3, FVA prox. 140 crop and 20 slough/native); NE 58,200. 160 acres tame hay and native 16-48-11-W4, 155.7 (approx. 90 tame grass, partially fenced, shallow dugout. grass, 65.7 slough/native). All have newer 2016 taxes $341.55. 3. SW-8-1-3-W2 4 wire fence. For more info. 780-777-5227 RM#3, FVA 80,600. 160 acres tame hay, (leave message). Bids will be considered fenced, dugout. 2016 taxes BRIGHT FURNISHED CONDO. 2 bdrm, 2 on the total package or by individual quar- partially 4. SE-8-1-3-W2 RM#3, FVA bath, 926 sq. ft., convenient South Regina, ter section. The highest and/or any bid $473.00. 67,800. 160 tame hay, partially SK. location. All amenities nearby. Asking will not necessarily be accepted. If the fenced, dugout.acres 2016 taxes $397.88. 5. $155,000. Call 306-536-2357. successful bidder does not complete the NW-1-1-3-W2 RM#3, FVA 49,000. 160 purchase after the acceptance of the ten- acres native grass, partially fenced. 2016 RETIREMENT - HIGH END TOWNHOME, der, the deposit shall be forfeited. taxes $234.13. 6. NE-1-1-3-W2 RM#3, walk-out, 1580 sq. ft., East side Saskatoon, Cheques from unsuccessful bidders shall FVA 48,100. 160 acres native grass, parSK. Upscale, award winning complex. be returned to them. Tenders in sealed en- tially fenced, dugout. Direct access to Hwy Priced $589,900 MLS. Florence Fofonoff, velopes marked ‘Camp Lake Lands’ must 9, located adjacent to Ceres Commodity be received by 11:00 AM on Dec. 19, 2016 Logistics Hub. 2016 taxes $230.29. Visit Royal LePage Hallmark, 306-221-7866. in the office of Nickerson, Roberts, Holin- www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale ski & Mercer, 608-10th St, Wainwright, AB, bill and photos. Join us on Facebook and T9W 1E2, accompanied by a certified Twitter. Mack Auction Co., your land cheque or bank draft in the amount of 10 Auctioneers. 306-421-2928 or of the value of the bid payable in 306-487-7815. PL #311962. LOG HOMES AND CABINS, sidings, pan- percent trust to Nickerson, Roberts, Holinski & eling, decking. Fir and Hemlock flooring, Mercer, Barristers and Solicitors. timbers, special orders. Phone Rouck FARMLAND FOR RENT. Wascana Centre Bros., Lumby, BC. 1-800-960-3388. Authority in Regina has a property www.rouckbros.com available for agricultural crop use. The land consists of 400 tillable acres of previously cropped land immediately east of FARMLAND FOR SALE in RM No. 2: 1 quar- the Trans Canada Bypass and is located ter, SW 35-01-34 W1. Offers. Mail to: Box immediately south, east and north of the 188, Carnduff, SK. S0C 0S0. 306-483-7477 Sask. Polytechnic Campus. The legal land descriptions are: 5-17-19-W2 and Plan FARM LAND SALE Health Centre, Block C, Lot PTS of 5, 6, FOR SALE BY OWNER: Quarter section BY TENDER of prime hunting land, approx. 80-90 acres 8-17-19 W2. The Authority is prepared to broke, large body of water, UG powerline, enter into a multi-year agreement for this Tenders for property in the located along Supergrid 17 mi. NW of property commencing in Dec. 2016. If you Municipalities of Louise and Blaine Lake, SK. Can be certified organic. are interested, please contact Michelle Cartwright - Roblin will be Paetsch at: phone 306-347-1829 or email Close to Lac La Peche. 306-226-4646. received until michelle.paetsch@wascana.ca Expressions of interest are being accepted until the 2:00 pm on December 9th, 2016 by; LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM of date: December 15, 2016 for this property. Biggar #347. 3 quarters of tame mixed McCULLOCH MOONEY grass pasture, NE-28-34-17 W3, JOHNSTON SELBY LLP NE-33-34-17 W3; SE-33-34-17 W3. 460 351 Main Street, PO Box 279 acres fenced with some cross fencing, Manitou, MB. R0G 1G0 dugout, 2002 bored well, on SaskPower service, approx 40,000 yards gravel deposPROPERTY – Municipality of Louise it. Tender closes December 2nd, 2016. SEARCH Parcel 1: W 1/2 of 18-2-12 WPM Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Sold as is. Bidders must do own inParcel 2: W 1/2 of 7-2-12 WPM Search news. Read stories. Find insight. spection of property. 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BIG RIVER, SASK AREA. This gorgeous home is approx. 3100 sq. ft. on 3 levels incl. attached garage. Very tastefully done. In-floor heat with propane on 2 levels plus solar panels and windmill. Most furniture is included, c/w 154 acres of bush type land with 140 acres fenced with a 8’ high game fence plus 1 elec. wire. Major equip. incl. to operate this turnkey hunt/production farm. MLS® 561901. More info or to view call Lloyd Ledinski at Re/Max of the Battlefords, North Battleford, SK. 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512.

CANADIAN FARM REALTY GRAIN FARM 466 acres of farm land with an established yard site, ready for development having 3 phase power, natural gas and municipal water. All located on Hwy 34 just 2 miles north of Hwy # 1. RM of North Norfolk Royal LePage Riverbend

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FARMLAND FOR RENT in RM EmersonFranklin. The following fields for rent in 2017: 1.) NE 1/4-17-1-3-E, 156 acres; 2) NE 1/4 29-1-3-E, 152 acres; 3.) RL 18 AG Plan 615, 11 acres; 4.) RL 34 AG Plan 4118, 20 acres; 5.) RL 34 AG Plan 4118, 30 acres; 6.) SE 1/4-17-1-3-E, 156 acres; 7) NW 1/4-8-1-3-E, 144 acres; 8.) SW 1/4-28-1-3-E, 158 acres; 9.) SE 1/4-32-1-3-E, 158 acres; 10.) SW 1/4-4-1-3 E, 151 ac; 11.) SE 1/4-4-1-3 E, 160 acres. Fixed 5 year term with 2 instalments April and October. Increase of land taxes added to the 2nd payment. 40,000 bu. of storage in hoppers are also available. Submit offer by email and indicate what you are bidding on. Tender closes Dec. 31, 2016. Highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. Email to: landmann0815@aol.com

NORMAN, BARBARA & KEVIN Morrisseau of Crane River, MB. are offering the following private land for sale: NW 36-29-14 W, The successful purchaser will be considered by Manitoba Agriculture for possible transfer of the Crown land Forage Lease and Renewable Hay Permit associated with this ranch unit. This forage lease currently consists of the following: NW 27-29-14 W; Sec 28-29-14 W; E1/2 of 29-29-14 W; Sec 32-29-14 W; Sec 33-29-14 W; W1/2 of 34-29-14 W; E1/2 of 35-29-14 W; SW 36-29-14 W; W 01-30-14 W; Sec 02-30-14 W; NE 30-29-13 W; E1/2 of 31-29-13 W. If you wish to purchase the private land contact the Lessees: Norman, Barbara & Kevin Morrisseau, Box 84, Crane River, MB. ROL OMO. 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. ROJ 1E0 or Fax 204-867-6578 FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER, RM of Portage la Prairie. Legal Description: SE-6-12-8W. Roll number: 406300. Acres: 141.7. The subject property is located in the RM of Portage la Prairie, 9 miles west on the Trans Canada Hwy. Of the 141.7 acres, 8.7 acres of bush are designated conservation land which has been left in its natural state. Soil Type: Classification Neuhorst: 1, Almasippi: 2. Tender must be for the entirety of the land described above, and all buildings attached thereto. Sealed Tenders to purchase the land will be received by: Greenberg & Greenberg, Box 157, Portage la Prairie, MB. R1N 3B2 until 4:30 PM, November 30th, 2016. Terms of Tender are as follows: 1. Each Tender shall be in writing and in a sealed envelope, plainly marked as to its contents and shall be submitted with a certified cheque payable to Greenberg & Greenberg, in trust, in an amount equal to 10% of the tender price. 2. If the Tender is accepted, the certified cheque shall become a non-refundable deposit. If the Tenderer fails to complete the purchase of the property the Seller shall retain the deposit as liquidated damages. On December 1, 2016 unsuccessful Tenderers will have their certified cheques returned to them by regular mail. 3. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by cash, certified cheque, or lawyer’s trust cheque and trust conditions on February 2, 2017 (the Closing Date). 4. Vacant possession will be provided on Closing Date. 5. The Buyers will pay the 2017 taxes. 6. The Vendors will pay all the property taxes and penalties relating to taxes accruing to Dec. 31, 2016. 7. The Tenderer will pay the applicable GST or provide an acceptable undertaking to self-assess. 8. Time is to be of essence in submission of tender and closing of sale. 9. Highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. 10. The Purchasers rely entirely on their own knowledge and inspection of the property independent of any representations made by or on behalf of the owners. For further particulars and inspection contact: Barry Greenberg, Greenberg & Greenberg, 204-857-6878.

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ELIAS SCALES MFG., several different ways to weigh bales and livestock; Platform scales for industrial use as well, nonelectric, no balances or cables (no weigh like it). Shipping arranged. 306-445-2111, North Battleford, SK. www.eliasscales.com

CERTIFIED CONVENTIONAL CM440 grazing corn. Early maturing, leafier for increased grazing yield. No planter required. Swath or stand graze cattle, sheep, bison and for wildlife food plots. CanaMaize Seed Inc., call 1-877-262-4046. www.canamaize.com Call our toll-free number to take advantage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks for free. That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3. Call 1-800782-0794 today!

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FOR RENT: 40 ACRES cult. farmland, $60 per acre. City of Winnipeg, RM of St. Boniface, Plessis Rd. SW corner, 1.5 kms from the perimeter. Ph. 204-488-8495. Email: egolumbia@hotmail.com CERT. #1 CDC IMPULSE CL red lentil. FOR SALE BY TENDER farmland in RM of Highest yielding Clearfield red lentil Call 306-861-5679 Hansen Roland part of NW-11-05-05W and part of 306-465-2525, SW-14-05-05W, approx. 232 cult. acres. Seeds, Yellow Grass SK. jsh2@sasktel.net Please submit sealed written tenders by December 9, 2016 to: Mr. Mark Beard, Ammeter Law Group, 7 Donald Street, Winnipeg, MB. R3L 2S6. Mark envelope “Roland Tender”. Highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. 1097 ACRE GRAIN Farm in prime area of Westman, 1000 acres cult., 2160 sq. ft. modern split level home in prime condition, heated workshop, machine shed; 40,000+ bu. grain storage. Owners rent 500 cult. acres close by. Sound enterprise w/yard 5 miles from town; 1120 acre mixed farm w/500 acres cult., 2 large open front cattle sheds, insulated calving barn, machine shed. Land all adjoining and fenced, good water, 3+2 bed bungalow, 6 miles from town; Vacant dairy farm with all equipment, ready for production w/freestall barn for 82 head, calving pens, young stock facilities, 10 unit abreast parlor; haybarn, machine shed, cattle shelter, cement silage clamps, 3800 sq. ft. modern home, 200 acres of land. Call Maurice for more details at Century 21 Westman.com, MB. 204-725-0555.

BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buying all varieties of mustard. Also canary and some other specialty crops. 204-745-3662, Brunkild, MB MUSTARD SEED! We can supply you with new cert. treated or untreated seed. We can upgrade your low grade mustard. Ackerman Ag Services, 306-638-2282, Chamberlain, SK.

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OWN A ZAK’S custom built home in the brand new subdivision in Neuanlage, SK. just minutes from Saskatoon. Go to: www.zaksbuilding.com or 306-225-2288. TIMBER FRAMES, LOG STRUCTURES and Vertical Log Cabins. Log home refinishing and chinking. Certified Log Builder with 38 years experience. Log & Timber Works, Delisle, SK., 306-717-5161, Email info@logandtimberworks.com Website at www.logandtimberworks.com

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TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses HAY MIXTURE Timothy Alsic Clover Orand custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary chard grass, 200 bales, 1000 lbs. plus, Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. baled at the right time, no rain, $25.00 per bale. Also have the same hay baled later, BUYING: ALFALFA SEED and all types of no rain. Phone evenings ask for John grass seed. Call Gary at Waterhouse 204-425-3312, Vita, MB. Seeds, 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. BIG ROUND BALES, 1200 lbs., Orchard grass alfalfa mixture, solid core, no rain, $30/bale OBO. 2nd cut, same quality. Small square 2nd crop bales, 60 lbs/bale. NORCAN restores grain farm profitability. Also small square wheat straw bales, Buy from Norcan and keep your own Gly- $2.50/bale. 204-886-2083 eves Teulon MB phosphate 1 soybean seed. Norcan farmers have reported yields over 60 bu./acre. HORSE HAY, MEDIUM SQUARE BALES, Call/text Nate, 204-280-1202 or Norcan Timothy, brome, alfalfa, 2nd cut available, Seeds 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch, MB. no rain, no dust, stored inside. Delivery available. Stacked in your shed or barn. GLY SOYBEAN SEED, early, mid, and long Call/text 204-771-7496, Petersfield, MB. season available. Top yield, bulk or bagged. Keep your own seeds with the 2015 1st & 2nd cut, 2016 1st cut alfalfa/ convenience of Glyphosate! No contracts grass round bales, price negotiable. Will or TUA’s. Dealers wanted. Call/text Nate, load. 204-265-3349, Beausejour, MB. 204-280-1202 or Norcan Seeds 38 ROUND HAY BALES 1st cut alfalfa 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch, MB. mix, $35 each. 9 round bales 2nd cut pure alfalfa, $40 each. Phone 204-882-2356, Ste Agathe, MB.

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FARM LABOURER REQUIRED for livestock operation. Duties include: operating, maintaining seeding & harvesting equip. Smoke free enviro., $17/hr. Housing avail. Lyle Lumax, 204-525-2263, Swan River, MB.

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325 ROUND HAY BALES, alfalfa and alfalfa grass mix, average 1600 lbs., 3.5¢/lb. or FARM SPECIAL!! Haybine/Baler: $55/bale. 204-870-9450, Austin, MB. 31/13.50-15 Titan Flo Trac, 10 ply, $199. Swather: 16.5-16.1 Firestone Traction QUANTITY OF DAIRY quality 1st and 2nd I-3, $649. Combine Front: 30.5L32 Firecut large round and med. sq. hay bales; stone SAT23, 14 ply, $2945; 30.5LR32 Quantity of beef round hay bales. Mar- (800/65R32) Firestone Radial AT23, WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker quette, MB. 204-981-7315, 204-375-6687 $3285; 460/85R38 (18.4R38) Alliance involved. Sell direct to crushing plant. R-1W, $1199; 20.8R42 (520/85R42) AlliCash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 ROUND AND SQUARE hay and alfalfa dairy ance R-1W, $1599; 520/85R38 (20.8R38) and beef quality. Delivered in semi loads. Firestone AT23, $1949. Combine Rear: or 306-228-7325, Unity, SK. ph/text 306-408-0038, Moosomin, SK. 12.4-24 BKT R-1 8 ply, $299; 16.9R26 AlliAPPROX. 200- 1st cut alfalfa/grass round ance Radial R-1, $1079; 18.4-26 Firestone bales suitable for beef cattle. Also approx. TF&R 8 ply, $865; 600/65R28 BKT Radial 70- 3rd cut 2015 alfalfa/grass round bales, R-1, $1599. WHEEL: 27x32 10 hole wheel shedded. All bales netwrapped. Will load. fits Case/IH $799. While quantities last! Looking for wheels? Call OK Tire toll free 204-799-8130, 204-837-9750, Headingley. 1-855-865-9550. ROUND NET WRAPPED Alfalfa/Brome • Competitive Prices bales. No rain. Approx 1500 lbs., 4¢/lb. 306-482-7492, Carnduff, SK. • Prompt Movement ALFALFA BROME and crested wheat hay CHECK OUT OUR parts specials at • Spring Thrashed big round bales, $50 each. Phone Brian www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. 306-531-3382, Craven, SK. “ON FARM PICK UP” 1-877-250-5252 LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom TOW ROPES rated up to 250,000 lbs. and hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, tow straps rated up to 240,000 lbs. See SK. your nearest Flaman location or call 1-888-435-2626. Vanderveen CUSTOM BALE HAULING. Will haul large squares or round. Phone 306-567-7199, Commodity Kenaston, SK. Licensed and Bonded Grain Brokers

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hen the then newly elected Liberal gove r n m e n t p ro m i s e d further consultation on changes to the Canada Transportation Act, farm groups reacted with relief. Now that relief is turning to frustration and worry. Neither the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), Manitoba’s general farm organization, nor the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, have met with Transport Minister Marc Gar neau, even though he pledged to consult farmers. Even worse, says APAS head Norm Hall, it appears officials advising Garneau don’t even realize farmers are being overlooked.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

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Farmers fear carbon tax will send input prices soaring The focus has been on the price of fuel, but the effect of a carbon tax on the price of fertilizer, chemicals, and machinery could be much greater BY JENNIFER BLAIR Staff

ixty miles south of where Stephen Vandervalk farms lies the American border — an invisible line dividing farm country with the same growing conditions producing crops that will be sold to mostly the same customers. But the Fort Macleod, Alta. producer worries that being north of the line is going to be a huge disadvantage when his province’s carbon tax comes into effect in January. “How do you compete?” he asked. “This tax is going to apply to us and nobody else in the world. To a certain extent, we’re already not very competitive on the world stage because of where we live. We’re already at a freight disadvantage. “This just adds more fuel to the fire.” While far m fuel will be exempt when Alberta’s carbon tax of $20 per tonne (rising to $30 per tonne in 2018) comes into effect, other input costs — such as fertilizer, transportation, and crop protection products — will still be subject to it. That’s Vandervalk’s key concern on his 10,000-acre grain farm. “It’s just going to increase costs, and as primary producers, we can’t pass that cost on to our consumers,” he said. “It’s literally just going to come out of our margins, and there aren’t any margins in farming to allow for that.” Vandervalk is a director for the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, which is circulating a petition calling on the federal government to scrap the proposed carbon tax. That tax will start at $10 per tonne in 2018, so it won’t affect Alberta at first. But it will increase $10 per tonne per year until it hits $50 in 2022. “For the next few years, Alberta’s carbon tax is actually going to be higher than the federal one, so it’s not until about 2020 when both plans say the carbon tax will be $30 per tonne,” said Naomi Christensen, a policy analyst at the Canada West Foundation. “After that, the federal plan could affect Alberta if the tax is raised and Alberta’s stays the same.” It’s also unclear whether Ottawa’s tax will exempt farm fuel. “Because the federal announcement was so short on details, it’s natural that farmers are going to be wondering how it’s going to affect their operations moving forward,” said Christensen. “Un t i l t h o se details are released, that worry is going to remain.”

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The bigger hit At the top of the list of worries for Canadian farmers is staying competitive. “If all of a sudden, Canadian farmers have a carbon tax that gets written into their production costs that the United States or Australia doesn’t have, that puts them in a very uncompetitive position,” said Ron Bonnett, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Right now, there are “too many unknowns to say what the final impact will be,” said Bonnett, who farms near Bruce Mines, Ont. “I think the narrative that’s coming out from the farm community is fear that our costs are just going to go through the roof.” B.C. offers an example of how those costs might rise. Its $30-a-tonne carbon tax increases the cost of a cubic metre of natural gas by 5.7 cents. Since it takes about 1,000 cubic metres of natural gas to make a tonne of anhydrous ammonia, that means the cost of anhydrous would go up by $57. That said, anhydrous prices sometimes vary more than what a carbon tax would add. Last winter, it was around $820 a tonne, now it’s $650 — a drop of 21 per cent. Adding a $30-a-tonne carbon tax now, $650-a-tonne anhydrous would cost nine per cent more. “People are really focusing on the fuel side,” said Vandervalk. “That’s one of the aspects, but not the biggest. The biggest aspect is going to be fertilizer, chemicals, and equipment. “If you see fuel go from 70 cents to 76 cents, you’re maybe adding $2 an acre to the cost of your farm. That might be a $20,000 hit, but that’s not really going to affect the margins.”

“I think the narrative that’s coming out from the farm community is fear that our costs are just going to go through the roof.”

ugly,” he said. “If we don’t have recognition of agriculture’s role or some understanding of the competitive nature of the marketplace, it’s going to have a pretty devastating impact.”

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But while fuel is about $20 an acre (depending on the farm), an average fertilizer bill is around $75 to $100 an acre, he said. Depending on where you live, crop protection products range from $30 to $70 an acre, and equipment costs are around $50 to $60 an acre. “Farm fuel is a cost, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s not even in the Top 5,” said Vandervalk. “All the costs are going to be passed down, and we can’t pass those costs down.”

The unknown Both provincial and federal governments will need to take these costs into account as they move forward with their carbon tax plans, said Christensen. “Those policies are going to have to be adapted to make sure our agriculture sector — which is so important to Alberta — is not losing ground to our competitors,” she said. “We’re going to have to see how they will come up with the details of that plan so that the agriculture sector is not put at a competitive disadvantage.” But the whole point of a carbon tax is to reduce emissions and it can — and should — be designed to reduce agriculture’s carbon footprint, said expert Brandon Schaufele, who studied the effects of B.C.’s carbon tax on agricultural trade.

“If we’re worried about profitability, there are effective and less effective ways of alleviating profitability concerns,” said Schaufele, an assistant professor at the Ivey Business School. “The least effective way would be to exempt the agricultural sector. The more effective way would be to provide an output-based rebate. “This would essentially provide a subsidy for the number of bushels of canola or wheat you grow. This then provides an incentive for farmers to reduce their emissions but also to increase their output. That gives us a win-win situation.” The revenue generated from a carbon tax could also be used to cut other taxes, he added. “Then you get the benefit from reducing emissions, but you also get a secondary benefit from reducing personal income tax. If you can reduce that income tax and get reduction in emissions, we get two wins.” The same idea could be applied to the agricultural sector, he added. “The revenue from this tax could be recycled back to the agricultural sector through output-based rebates or even just lump sum rebates.” Bonnett favours carbon credits. “Getting credit for some of the things we’ve already done will be critical in figuring out whether this is going to be good, bad, or

Regardless of how the carbon tax is implemented, producers will need to advocate for themselves and their industry in the months ahead, said Christensen. “Producers will have to pay attention to how the policies are affecting them and try to influence the best implementation possible so that their bottom lines are not impacted, putting them at a competitive disadvantage,” said Christensen. But trying to stop the carbon tax will likely be futile. “The government has clearly indicated that this is a policy that’s going to be put in place, and I don’t think anybody is going to be able to stop it,” she said. If that’s the case, producers will need to make their voices heard. “If we can get the discussions going around possibly exempting some of the input costs because they are being used to produce food, as well as getting credit for the carbon we do sequester, it may work out to our advantage,” said Bonnett. “And the dialogue has to start right now.” But Vandervalk isn’t hopeful. “I think the feds have an agenda, and I’m not sure federally that they’re listening or that they will listen,” he said. “We can do our best, but I’m not sure what’s going to happen. It isn’t about facts. It’s about ideology. And it’s sad.” — With files from Allan Dawson jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

Wet spring revives Brazil’s parched coffee, soy, sugar cane crops A better harvest could also ease record domestic Brazilian prices for key commodities that have fuelled inflation By Reese Ewing SAO PAULO / Reuters

razil’s soy, coffee and sugar cane crops are off to a good start to the season that will harvest in 2017, after wet spring weather breathed life into farms that have struggled with drought over the past few years. The early start to the rainy season could boost shipments by Brazil, the world’s largest exporter of soybeans, coffee and sugar, as well as the No. 2 exporter of corn. It could also help ease near-record corn, robusta coffee and white sugar prices in the domestic market that have fuelled inflation.

The main Farm Belt turned wetter than normal over the past 30 days. The exception was coffee areas in Espirito Santo state, where drought continues to hurt robusta output. But rains are expected to push into that state next week, and the bulk of arabica farms are already in their second of typically three phases of flowering, having finished the first wave in October after the rains triggered widespread blooming. “It’s a good start to the season,” said Luis Claudio an agronomist who works in the township of Tres Pontos o f So u t h Mi n a s, t h e re g i o n t h a t accounts for a quarter of Brazil’s coffee output. “Rains have been coming about every week.” Widespread early rains, which have

been rolling over Brazil’s main centresouth Farm Belt, have also allowed grain producers to plant early. That means an early harvest in January, as farmers race to plant a second corn crop before the May-September dry season kicks in. So severe is the domestic shortage of corn that major poultry producers such as BRF SA and JBS SA have been relying on corn imported from Argentina, after the industry cut capacity by 15 per cent a few months ago. “ The wetness that centre-south Brazil is seeing now should continue for the next five to 10 days and then let up a bit,” said Isaac Hankes, a weather research analyst at Thomson Reuters’ Lanworth commodities and weather forecaster.

Planting of an expected record soybean crop is well ahead of schedule with the help of September and October rainfall that allowed farmers to start field work early this year, according to local analysts Safras & Mercado. The distribution and volumes of recent rainfall have perhaps helped the country’s main centre-south sugar cane crop most of all, after drier-thanaverage weather in 2016 except for a few weeks in late May, early June. But the lack of investment in replacing aging fields will keep the crop’s yields down despite the ample moisture heading into the 2017 crushing season, analysts said. Lingering effects of drought could also restrain output potential in both the Cane and Coffee Belts, analysts added.

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Turkey producers say TPP is a worry The deal proposes a dramatic escalation of imports over a decade By Alex Binkley Co-operator contributor

anadian turkey growers fear being displaced by a flood of foreign imports under the terms of a proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The chair of Turkey Farmers of Ca n a d a , Ma r k D a v i e s , t o l d t h e Commons agriculture committee some of the organization’s members wonder if they’ll even have a business left. The TPP as currently negotiated will allow a 71 per cent increase in turkey meat over 10 years. “It’s a significant hit for the turkey farmers of Canada,” he told the Commons agriculture committee. His group has lots of questions about what compensation might be offered by the government. “We, being in supply management, still would prefer to get our dollars and our livelihood out of the marketplace,” he pointed out. “We stand fir mly behind that. Having said that, if part of your market has been undermined through this, then of course you’re looking for compensation. We do not see it as a subsidy, but squarely as compensation for lost market, in order to rebuild and to continue to invest.” The Harper government talked about compensation for the loss of markets from both the CanadaEurope trade deal and the TPP. In a recent briefing on the European

“If part of your market has been undermined through this, then of course you’re looking for compensation.” Mark Davies Turkey Farmers of Canada

deal, government officials said the government was now considering a transition program for dairy farmers. Requests to Agriculture Canada for additional infor mation on a transition program have not been responded to. Davies said talk of transition programs concerns turkey growers. “You never want a Band-Aid just to get over that initial hump because that’s a race to the bottom,” he said. Domestic turkey sales are “driven really on the white meat market, the breast meat,” he noted. “That is literally all that comes in across the border. It just displaces the rest of the bird, to put it in elementary terms. You can’t just grow the breast meat. That poses a huge issue to us in displacement.” Canada has a strong system in dairy and poultry supply management “that has to be maintained,” he insisted. “The ability it has to contribute to the rural fabric of this country and the small towns, which we know are under pressure, and we

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know struggle now, especially with an economy that is basically a little flat over a few years. The projected outlook is not as rosy as people would hope. Supply management becomes more of an integral part of rural Canada. “We all want to provide the consumer with a low cost but a healthy alternative when it comes to food and a quality product,” he said. Canada has high standards of food safety and animal care. For farmers, they’re “the cost of doing business in the world we’re in today,” Davies said. “We all understand that and we’re not looking to recoup all that, but it also has to be a system where it’s recognized and is part of the value when producing your product.” There should also be questions

about the standards of the products coming into the country, he added. Agriculture faces an ongoing challenge with maintaining public trust, he said. “Consumers rightfully want to know more about production of the food they consume and the consequences of food production and processing on our national resources and our environment. As noted by others, there can be a trust gap — and it is often significant — between the science-based innovation that we use, and the consumer acceptability of that innovation. We believe it can be bridged by an understanding of this innovation. It’s creating that understanding that will maintain and deepen the public trust in Canadian agriculture production and food processing.” There are 535 growers in eight provinces from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, generating farm cash receipts of almost $400 million in 2015. Over the last five years, farm output has grown by 12 per cent driven by growth and production for value-added activity of 19 per cent over that same period. Across the chain, the turkey sector generates 14,000 jobs and adds economic activity in the amount of $3.3 billion per year, providing Canadians with 95 per cent of their demand for turkey meat and related products. The sector imports $37 million of turkey meat and exports are valued at $32.4 million per year based on the 2015 statistics. Canada is also home to a globe-leading turkey genetic sector.

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Where’s the beef? Increasingly, it’s in the premium product section Leave the lower-end market to other meats and ‘come to terms’ with the global push to reduce meat consumption, says ‘Dr. Food’ By ALEXIS KIENLEN STAFF / BANFF

he beef sector needs to position its meat as a premium product and forget about trying to duke it out with farmed fish and commercial chicken production, says one of the world’s best-known foodmarketing experts. Fish and chicken are “the two big meats” because they have the best feed conversion ratios, David Hughes said at the recent Global Conference on Sustainable Beef. “In developing countries where incomes are increasing, as they change their diets, the meats they move towards are chicken and fish because they are more affordable,” said Hughes, emeritus professor

of food marketing at Imperial College, London whose expertise has earned him the moniker of ‘Dr. Food.’ “What’s the message from a beef point of view? Keep a long way from that fight. Because if we get involved in that fight, we’ll get our clocks cleaned.” And being in the premium market can be a good thing for the beef sector, he added. “As I wander around the world, looking at the price of beef in retail stores, it’s at least twice the price of the next meat down,” he said. “We’re in the premium meats. I think we should celebrate that.” Moreover, global consumption for all types of meat has been rising for 30 years and that trend should continue for at least another two decades, he said.

“You don’t get a premium for being green, but if you’re not, there’s a serious discount.” David Hughes

“The long-term global demand for meat is strong, but it is volatile. You can expect to see strong growth over time, but it’s never a straight line.”

The challenges But there are challenges to positioning beef in premium markets. One is salmon. “Look at the success of sushi around the world,” said Hughes. “Every country I go to, it’s a snack or it’s a meal and it’s right in the heartland of premium snacks.”

Another is that demand for meat in developed, higherincome countries is static, if not declining, for a host of reasons — including consumer concerns about healthy eating, price, animal welfare, livestock’s impact on the environment, and food safety. “A large part of the world is actively out there trying to reduce meat consumption,” he said. “I think we should acknowledge that — not necessarily embrace it, but come to terms with it. “

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An aging population is another challenge as consumers don’t eat meat as often as they age, and they favour smaller portions. A related issue is the push by some less developed countries — including China, the biggest global driver of consumption trends for every major food product — to reduce meat consumption for both health and environmental reasons. Then there’s the growing popularity of faux meat products such as Quorn, a British product created from a fungus that goes through a fermentation process to create a meat substitute that tries to mimic the texture and taste of meat. The move to a more plant-based diet is partly driven by environmental concerns, but also by the perception that it’s healthier. “Few consumers indicate that they will reduce consumption for environmental reasons, but more indicate that they would reduce meat consumption for health reasons,” Hughes said. However, consumers are also being deluged by information about meat’s environmental impact. “Because of perceptions, the beef industry is right bang in the centre of the bull’s eye,” he said.

Words matter People are also changing the way they eat. Millennials in particular are more likely to consume mini meals or snacks during the day, and make fewer meals at home. “This has a profound impact on the industry in which we work,” said Hughes. “We tend to eat out more and people don’t buy beef, they buy a meal. “Cooking has become about purchasing components and putting them together. You used to go shopping for ingredients, but that time is now long gone.” Not only are sales of readyto-eat meals skyrocketing, so is consumer interest in health and wellness, and also stories about a product and its social impact. “It’s about value and about values — don’t underestimate that. I see that in every country. In the increasing middle class, they’re interested in values.” The beef industry also has an opportunity to boost margins by embracing “adjectives” such as free range, grass fed, organic, or dry aged. “The real challenge is to work out which adjectives the consumer values and is willing to pay more for,” he said. Part of that involves putting the spotlight on individual producers. “Farmers have become fashionable. People want to know more about you and what you do,” he said. But as consumers become more interested in farmers, producers have to become more environmentally conscious because people now expect their food to be produced in a sustainable manner. “Consumers won’t pay more for environmentally (sustainable products), they just expect more,” said Hughes. “You don’t get a premium for being green, but if you’re not, there’s a serious discount.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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

Rural landowners complain shooting at night more frequent Landowners say shots fired at night sound closer to their properties BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

attle producers and wildlife officials say o c c u r re n c e s o f s p o t lighting — use of artificial lights pointed into the eyes of big game animals while hunting at night — is on the rise and it’s raising fears in rural Manitoba. A spokesman for the Manitoba Wildlife Federation (MWF) said even back in July they were hear ing repor ts from landowners and conservation officers that it’s occurring more frequently. Callers to MWF complain they hear shots at night sometimes more than once and they seem to be closer to their properties. “I don’t think anyone knows why,” said Rob Olson, managing director for the MWF. “Some of the landowners say they’re getting bolder and that they’re getting more and more aggressive and shooting closer and closer to farms.”

Across province These are landowners near big game habitat, said Olson, adding calls have come in from Fisher Branch, Winnipegosis, Swan River, Carberry and eastern Manitoba. It is frightening rural residents, Olson said. “They’re afraid. They hear the shots going off at night and they wonder where the bullets are going,” he said. “ They’re dealing with this constant threat of harm.” Cattle producers also report finding dead animals, including both their own livestock or big game the spotlighter shot but couldn’t find in the dark. Fences have been cut and farmers find ruts in their fields from vehicles sent out looking for downed animals. Manitoba Beef Producers is very concerned and wants something done about it, said Brian Lemon, general manager for MBP, adding the matter regularly comes up at district meetings. “It’s certainly a concern, as is any sort of illegal hunting,” he said. “You hear a rifle going off and it’s unnerving. It’s a growing concern. You go out to check your herd and you’ll find animals that were mistakenly taken down overnight.” L e m o n s a i d M B P a g re e s 2016 has been an especially bad year and fears the worst if something isn’t done about it.

Spotlighting is a growing concern in rural Manitoba and getting it under control will require co-operation amongst stakeholders like landowners, hunting groups, regulators and First Nations and Métis hunters, most of whom support banning the practice. PHOTO: army.mil

Legal practice Spotlighting is most often done from a vehicle and very often from roads, highways and trails. It is currently legal in Manitoba for indigenous hunters on Crown lands or private land where they have the right of access. However, it is not legal from a numbered provincial road or a vehicle. The federation wants the practice banned entirely in agro-Manitoba, or areas that are agricultural, developed and populated where there is a risk to public safety. The new provincial government said this spring it was committed to banning unsafe hunting practices including spotlighting, and has given that mandate to the new Minister of Sustainable Development Cathy Cox.

“Some of the landowners say they’re getting bolder and that they’re getting more and more aggressive and shooting closer and closer to farms.” Rob Olson managing director Manitoba Wildlife Federation

Stepped-up enforcement efforts as per the recent blitz in easter n Manitoba have turned up four hunting parties hunting illegally in the closed moose hunting zone of Game Hunting Area 26 in Nopiming Provincial Park.

That shows what enforcement can accomplish, but it also reveals how intense illegal hunting activities has become, Olson said.

More enforcement To bring this to an end, the province needs to start investing again in rural law enforcement — namely, more conservation officers — and move ahead with the ban government promised to implement, he said. One of the reasons this has been such a bad year is that those spotlighting figure with fewer officers out there they can get away with it, he said. “We need stricter laws and we need more humans enforcing this,” he said. “And that ban has to happen. We need them (the provincial govern-

ment) to move on it and do the work required to get that done. That requires meaningful authentic consultation with First Nations and now Métis hunters. Until the province gets busy with that work they can’t move ahead on this ban that they promised.” As part of its NightWatch campaign, the MWF has been pushing the Manitoba government to work more closely with indigenous hunters to create a new night-hunting policy that is amenable to the Aboriginal hunting community. A news release by the federation also said it finds the vast majority of Aboriginal hunters also wants safe and sustainable hunting practices and is against spotlighting. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Prairie fare Try some squash this fall

This long-storing garden staple is an excellent source of vitamins A and C BY JULIE GARDEN-ROBINSON NDSU Extension Servicef

utumn makes me think about soup and other warm, comfort foods. I like to get cosy with a bowl of soup and some hearty bread. Add some fuzzy slippers to my feet and a fire in the fireplace, and I’m set for winter. I didn’t grow up eating squash soup (this week’s recipe), but we enjoyed baked squash with a little butter. In fact, we had “oven meals” in the fall, with menus such as baked squash, baked potatoes and meat loaf. We often had baked apples to round out our oven meals. That was good use of a hot oven, right? I think I have an upcoming menu for my family. Members of the winter squash family include butternut, buttercup, acorn and hubbard squash, and sugar pumpkins. Yes, you read it correctly: A pumpkin actually is a type of squash. Use that as a conversation starter at holiday meals, if you’d like. The “cucurbitaceae” family, to which squash belongs, includes hundreds of members. Cucumbers, watermelon and inedible gourds also are “cousins” of the squash. Squash has a long history in the Americas, and it was grown by Native Americans for 5,000 years. Squash often was served with corn, beans and game meats for a complete, balanced diet. Winter squash is among the most nutritious of vegetables. Summer squash, such as zucchini, is not nearly as nutrient rich as winter squash. You would be correct in calling a squash a “fruit.” Technically, with its bountiful seeds, a squash is the “fruit of the plant.” We in nutrition think of squash as a vegetable because of the way it is used on the menu. Do a favour for your body by enjoying some squash. Dark-orange vegetables, along with dark-green ones, are among those most likely to be lacking in our diets. Squash is an excellent source of vitamins A and C. Our bodies convert the beta carotene (orange pigment) in squash and other dark-orange vegetables to vitamin A. We need vitamin A for healthy eyes and skin. Our bodies use vitamin C to heal wounds, repair our cartilage and bones, and help

Squash is easy to store and prepare. PHOTO: PIXABAY

us absorb iron. Squash also provides fibre, folate (a B vitamin) and a variety of other vitamins and minerals. When storing winter squash, be sure not to wash them before storage. Adding water hastens spoilage, so store whole squash in a cool, dry place and they will last several months. If you purchase cut squash in the refrigerated section of a grocery store, be sure to use it within a week. Squash is easy to prepare. You can bake it whole or halved. You also can cook it in water or broth, steam it or prepare it in a microwave oven. To bake, simply rinse the squash well with water and scrub with a veggie brush if needed. Then pierce with a sharp knife. Bake at 350 F for about 45 minutes for a small squash or 90 minutes for a large squash. Remove the skin and seeds and season as desired. Alternately, rinse the squash, cut in half and scoop out the seeds. Place in a pan and bake uncovered at 350 F. You also can bake the squash in a microwave oven for about seven minutes (or according to the oven manufacturer’s directions).

Creamy Squash Soup 4 tbsp. butter 1 medium onion, finely chopped (about 1/2 c.) 3 c. chicken broth or vegetable broth (low sodium) 6 c. butternut squash, peeled and cubed 1/2 tsp. pepper (to taste) 1/2 tsp. tarragon (optional) 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper (optional) 2 (8-oz.) packages fat-free cream cheese, cubed

Squash soup is hearty and fibre rich. PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS/VERONIQUE

Sauté butter and onions in a large pot, cooking until the onions are soft. Add chicken broth, squash and desired spices; cover and cook until the squash is tender (15 to 20 minutes). Using

Squash has a long history in the Americas, and it was grown by Native Americans for 5,000 years.

Cooked, mashed squash can be preserved by freezing but not by canning. Chunks of cooked squash can be preserved by pressure canning. Visit https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ food and follow the directions for safe food preservation. Here’s a fibre-rich, hearty soup to chase away the autumn chill. By using reducedsodium and reduced-fat ingredients, you can lower the amount of sodium and calories in the dish. A serving of this soup provides 300 per cent of the vitamin A (as beta carotene), 50 per cent of the daily recommendation for vitamin C and 35 per cent of the daily recommendation for calcium.

an immersion blender, purée the mixture until smooth. Alternatively, add the squash mixture in batches to a food processor or blender and purée the mixture until smooth. Return to pot and add cream cheese, stirring until the mixture is evenly mixed and warm. (If you prefer a thinner soup, add additional chicken broth.) Makes eight servings. Each serving has 240 calories, 9 grams (g) fat, 16 g protein, 25 g carbohydrate, 3 g fibre and 630 milligrams sodium. Julie Garden-Robinson is a North Dakota State University Extension Service food and nutrition specialist and professor in the department of health, nutrition and exercise sciences.

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

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Rollover could have been much worse Shoal Lake emergency personnel, farmers work together to save weanlings By Darrell Nesbitt Freelance contributor

he rollover of a semi-tractor trailer carrying 1,200 weanling pigs last month could have been much worse, if not for the help of the Shoal Lake Emergency Response Team and local farmers. Shoal Lake veterinarian, Bruce Waddell, attended the scene and said 66 pigs either died in the rollover or were euthanized due to injuries. The fact that so many of them survived the accident is a testament to the quick thinking of the volunteer response team and the assistance of four area farmers. Fire Chief Rick Eastcott said that a snow fence was used to contain the 30 animals which had got loose and that a call went out to farmers to bring their cattle trailers so that animals trapped in the overturned trailer could be unloaded as quickly as possible. Plywood was used for makeshifts ramps and about 500 pigs, weighing 10 to 15 pounds each, were transferred into the trailers by the time the animal rescue unit from Brandon and a second semi from Steve’s Livestock Transport arrived on the scene. The company, which was

transporting the pigs to Iowa, contacted Waddell with high praise for how the situation was handled. “They couldn’t say enough about the response of the Shoal Lake volunteers and the local farmers, which together made a terrible situation bearable,” said Waddell. “Many pigs were saved due to their efforts.” Eastcott also added his praise for the ingenuity of the response team and the farmers who didn’t hesitate to help out. “We owe a big thank you to Ernie and Marj McDonald and family of Strathclair, Ed and Dawn Darr, Robert Shwaluk, and Gary Findlay of Edgehill Farms, (all from Shoal Lake) for what they did,” he said. The Shoal Lake RCMP reported the driver sustained no injuries and no other motorists were involved in the accident. The road was opened after two large tow trucks righted the truck, which had been en route from a barn at Glossop to Hamiota to pick up the remainder of its load, when the accident occurred. Steve’s Livestock Transport told Waddell that the pigs arrived in Iowa without further incident. At Manitoba Pork’s Annual General Meeting last spring, Steve’s Livestock Transport Inc.,

Steve’s Livestock Transport had high praise for the response by local farmers and emergency personnel to the rollover involving a load of weanlings that occurred in Shoal Lake last month. PHOTO: DARRELL NESBITT

initiated by Steve Brandt nearly 30 years ago, was recognized with a Pork Industry Award for continuous pursuit, and exceptional implementation of cutting-edge technologies, to ensure the highest standard of animal care and biosecurity in Manitoba’s livestock transport industry.

Since 1987, the company has expanded to become the largest commercial livestock transportation fleet in North America. With Manitoba pork producers priding themselves on providing humane and respectful treatment of their animals, resulting in a high-quality, environmentally sustainable food

supply, this goal would not be achieved without an industry partner like Steve’s Livestock Tr a n s p o r t , w h i c h p a s s e s through many rural areas, towns and cities across Canada and the United States. Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, Manitoba

Kalanchoe — a very versatile plant If you like to move plants indoors and out with the seasons this is a good one for you By Albert Parsons

Maybe it’s my sense of frugality, but I like plants that I can enjoy both in my summer outdoor garden and in my winter indoor garden.

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move many plants into and out of the house from season to season. Maybe it’s my sense of frugality, but I like plants that I can enjoy both in my summer outdoor garden and in my winter indoor garden. These dualpurpose plants mean that I save on buying so many plants for the outdoors and I have a ready supply for indoors during the winter. One that lends itself to this treatment is the kalanchoe, a broadleaf succulent plant that for many years was considered just an indoor plant. Kalanchoes were mainly sold as potted plants, usually in full bloom, that were taken home, enjoyed indoors until they bloomed themselves out, and then discarded. Kalanchoe blossfeldiana is the official name of this versatile and lovely flowering plant and nowadays you see them in garden centres almost all year round. They are even included in bedding plant displays in the spring at most garden centres. The kalanchoe is a long-flowering succulent that has small tubular flowers and there can be up to 50 in each flower head. Red, yellow, pink, lilac, orange and white are just some of the colours you will find, so they fit into the colour scheme of almost any outdoor container (kalanchoes are usually used outdoors in containers, seldom are they planted right into

Kalanchoes are covered with many tiny tubular flowers for long periods of time, and their dark-green leaves are thick and fleshy. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

the ground). Individual plants are often bought as gift plants during the year and enjoyed indoors, where they bloom for a long period of time. However, they can then be cut back and planted in containers outdoors where they will soon put forth new growth and produce more bloom. These plants are succulents so their leaves are fleshy due to the fact that they store water. They like the top few centimetres of their planting medium to dry out between waterings and they prefer bright light — although protection from harsh midday sun outdoors is recommended. The fleshy, dark-green leaves take on a reddish hue when given enough

light which makes the plant an attractive addition to outdoor containers. When used outdoors, care must be taken to combine them in a container with plants that have similar water and light needs. As succulents, they are quite drought tolerant and will not be unduly harmed by being allowed to dry out — although the flowers will wilt and go past if the plant gets too dry for too long. Repeated periods of drought will hasten the decline of the plant. Deadheading will prolong its bloom period. This native of Madagascar likes warm temperatures and will die if exposed to frost or even very low above-zero temperatures. It

should be taken indoors before fall frosts occur or nighttime temperatures get into the singledigit range. At this time the plant can be once again cut back and allowed to regrow. Place close to a sunny south window and it will soon shoot out new growth. After a kalanchoe has been cut back in the fall or spring, let it develop new growth until it has a nice amount of foliage. Then it must undergo a process by which light is manipulated to encourage it back into bloom. The plant must have a six-week resting period where the light is manipulated to produce buds. Like poinsettias and Christmas cacti, kalanchoes are photosensitive plants and need an extended dark period each day to encourage flower buds to set. Allow the plant to have bright light for 10 hours a day and then place a heavy cardboard box or other covering over it for the remaining 14 hours.

During this time the plant should not be watered or fertilized. Buds should begin to form in about six weeks and the light-restricting regimen can be stopped. The plant should then be watered and fed regularly. Kalanchoes can be propagated easily with vegetative cuttings. After the plants are brought indoors in the fall might be a good time to do this because the plants will have grown lots of offshoots. Stems with no flowers can be cut off the parent plant (the stems should be about 10 cm long) and exposed to the air for a couple of days to allow the ends to callous over — just like you do when propagating other succulents or cacti. This prevents the slips from rotting in damp planting medium. Keep the planting medium warm while the slips are rooting. Kalanchoes like light, welldrained soil containing a mix of peat moss, perlite and sand. Place several cuttings into one container to make a nice full pot. After the cuttings are well rooted and the growth is a good size, the lightrestricting regimen can begin to bring the plant into bloom. If this is timed right, the plant might be in full bud when it is time to move it into a container in the outdoor garden. The kalanchoe is indeed a versatile plant, useful indoors as well as in the outdoor garden. Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

The Manitoba Co-operator | November 17, 2016

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Personal care home receives Touch Quilts

Westman region of Alzheimer’s Society presents handcrafted quilts to residents of Shoal Lake Personal Care Home Dear Lord, Please grant my visitors tolerance for my confusion, Forgiveness for my irrationality and the strength To walk with me in the mist of memory my world has become. Please help them take my hand and stay awhile, Even though I seem unaware of their presence. Help them to know how their strength and loving care will drift slowly Into the days to come just when I need it most. Let them know when I don’t recognize them That I will, I will. Keep their hearts free of sorrow for me, For my sorrow, when it comes, only lasts a moment. And finally, God, please let them know how very much their visits mean, How even through this relentless mystery, I can still feel their love. — Anonymous (provided by resident, Doris Asselstine)

eceiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or other form of dementia, can be incredibly distressing. Fortunately, there are people who care enough to reach out and make a difference. Such was the case at the Shoal Lake Personal Care Home last month, when Larissa Lockerby, events and administration co-ordinator, Alzheimer’s Society of Manitoba — Westman region, delivered 40 handcrafted Touch Quilts. “Thanks to a great group of volunteers including ladies of area Hutterite colonies, I am able to share these extra-special gifts today,” said Lockerby. An initiative of the Alzheimer’s Society, the Touch Quilt Project partners with volunteers to provide handmade blankets to those living with dementia. Comprised of a variety of textured fabrics, such as velvet, satin, corduroy, viscose, fake fur, and lace, the quilts are

Larissa Lockerby delivered 40 Touch Quilts to Shoal Lake Personal Care Home residents. PHOTO: DARRELL NESBITT

designed to stimulate the sense of touch, which has been found to ease stress and anxiety. Quilts presented at Shoal Lake took things one step further, showcasing zippers, buttons, beads, and the beauty of wildlife pictures. Some quilts were made to fit on the laps of those in wheelchairs for warmth and a special closeness. This is the second batch of quilts delivered to the facility. The first ones received by Shoal Lake Personal Care Home residents were made by the Strathclair & District Crafters Guild,

who felt it was a worthwhile community project to become involved in as citizens of Strathclair are commonly found in facilities at Shoal Lake, Hamiota and Minnedosa. Lending their support to the Touch Quilt Project proves just how much dedicated quilters can do to give back to their communities and make a real difference in the lives of others. The goal of the Touch Quilt Project is to provide all residents of personal care homes in Manitoba with these tangible gifts of kindness.

So far, Lockerby said the Westman region has handed out approximately 100 quilts, with Sandy Lake Nursing Home being the next facility to receive them. “They are looking at 35, and so far, we have 24, so in due time a visit to that town will be required.” The Alzheimer Society of Manitoba provides valuable programs and services for people affected by dementia, while funding research to help find a cure. Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, Manitoba

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. Goldsborough is especially interested in determining when elevators were demolished. Readers with photos of elevator demolitions and dates of when these occurred can contact him directly at gordon@mhs.mb.ca or call 204-782-8829.

A wooden grain elevator at Gunton, south of Teulon in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood, was built in September 1951, replacing one destroyed by fire on July 24, 1951. This photo from 1964 shows it with the white colour scheme adopted by the company a few years earlier. Norman “Pinky” Herd was the agent from 1952 to retirement in 1980. The elevator closed in July 1984 and was removed. Source: Agricore United Engineering Department