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STALL-FREE
PORK COMING
TO McDONALD’S
FLOOD VICTIMS
FIGHTING MAD
“Our southwest corner is not being
treated equally.” Rick Plaisier,
RM of Sifton » PaGe 3
Consumer demand building
momentum » PaGe 36
february 23, 2012
SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCE 1925 | Vol. 70, No. 8
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and centre in
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Farmers head to school
for Canadian Agricultural Literacy Week
Highly visible to
consumers, trucking is a
key welfare focus
By Daniel Winters
co-operator staff / Pipestone
W
hat’s the most commonly raised topic in
the letters that land
on federal Agriculture Minister
Gerry Ritz’s desk?
If you guessed the Canadian
Wheat Board, you’d be wrong.
“Animal transport is the
issue that he gets the most letters on from constituents,” said
Canadian Cattlemen’s Association
vice-president Martin Unrau at a
recent town hall meeting.
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expecting lively
discussions when
producers meet
with schoolkids
to talk about
agriculture
By Lorraine Stevenson
co-operator staff
I
t’s often said farmers
speak their own language,
but schoolkids in nine
provinces might soon understand it a little better thanks
to Canadian Agricultural
Literacy Week.
Hundreds of farmers will
be going back to school Feb.
26 to March 3 to talk to children and read from selected
books telling stories about
food and farming as part of a
first-ever initiative put on by
Agriculture in the Classroom
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It’s a week to strengthen
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this initiative is different, she
said.
“When you think of literacy you automatically think
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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 23, 2012
INSIDE
on the lighter side
LIVESTOCK
Mars Inc. lightening
up the calorie content
of its chocolate bars
Grandin on
cattle and chutes
Avoid short chutes,
yappy dogs and lone
animals under stress
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At least they waited until after Valentine’s Day
CROPS
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Roundup Ready
canola
No easy answers
to control in other
Roundup Ready crops
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FEATURE
These rules
could save a life
Permit needed to
move farm equipment
under power lines
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Barriers to
rural health care
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is a broader push for responsible
snacking.
Mars has also said it will
reduce sodium levels in all its
products 25 per cent by 2015.
Spokeswoman Marlene
Machut said the plan to stop
shipping any chocolate product
that exceeded 250 calories per
portion by the end of 2013 is part
of Mars’ “broad-based commitment to health and nutrition.”
correction
Ethiopia
CROSSROADS
Rural communities
need more doctors who
understand farming
Mars Inc., the maker of Snickers
and Twix candy bars, will stop
selling chocolate products with
more than 250 calories in them
by the end of next year, a spokeswoman said Feb. 15.
The McClean, Virginia-based
company, which also makes
M&Ms and Skittles candies and
Juicy Fruit chewing gum, said the
goal is part of an ongoing effort
to improve the nutritional value
of its products and to sell them
in a responsible way.
The new calorie limit target
means fans of the 540-calorie
king-size Snickers bar might
want to enjoy the big bar while
they can. Come 2014, it’s going to
be gone, part of what Mars says
A story in the Feb. 16 issue
of the Manitoba Co-operator
stated erroneously that the
Canadian International
D e v e l o p m e n t A g e n c y ’s
(CIDA) allocation for partnered projects in Ethiopia
is between $170 million
and $180 million. In fact,
that number represents
Canada’s overall assistance
to Ethiopia through CIDA
as well as the departments
of Finance, Foreign Affairs
and IDRC.
As well, the $120 million allocated to bilateral
aid is distributed through
multilateral, Canadian and
international organizations,
not only non-government
organization (NGO) partners as was stated.
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Southwest reeve slams province’s
2011 flood response record
Almost one year after the epic 2011 flood, officials from 40 RMs and towns
say they are still waiting for the province to address outstanding issues
By Daniel Winters
co-operator staff
T
he provincial government’s handling of the
2011 flood has come
under fire from a group representing 40 rural municipalities
and towns in the southwest corner of the province.
The province needs to step up
its efforts in the area hard hit by
severe overland flooding of the
Souris and Assiniboine rivers
almost one year ago, said Rick
Plaisier, co-chair of the Southwest
2011 Flood Strategy Committee
and reeve of the RM of Sifton.
“They’ve made some progress,
but not enough as far as we’re
concerned,” said Plaisier.
The group lauded the government’s decision to conduct
an independent flood review,
but alleged the flood mitigation study’s special focus on
Lake Manitoba and Lake St.
Martin shows that some areas
are “favoured over others.”
“Our organization strongly
feels that our southwest corner
is not being treated equally”
said Plaisier. “If this kind of
flood had happened on the Red
River, there would be an instant
program.
“ T h e p re s e n t p r ov i n c i a l
government favours where it
gets the majority of its votes
from. But you know what? The
rest of us are not second-class
citizens.”
But a senior provincial official says flood management and
mitigation is a “critical” issue,
and a major flood-mitigation
study, undertaken by an independent consultant, will also
look at “all potential methods”
for alleviating flows on the
Assiniboine, Qu’Appelle and
Souris rivers and the Dauphin
Lake area.
It also includes a proposal
for a provincial surface-water
management strategy to create
a co-ordinated approach combining farm groups, municipalities, conservation districts
and other agencies, said Steve
Topping, executive director for
Manitoba Infrastructure and
Transportation.
“The surface-water management strategy will be kicked
off very quickly,” said Topping,
adding a firm timeline has not
yet been established.
Topping denied that certain
areas are being favoured, noting
for example that a home, business and farm flood-mitigation
program is in place provincewide, and a community diking
program has invited RMs and
towns to submit applications.
Among a list of other grievances outlined in a recent press
release, Plaisier called for special
compensation in the southwest
for landowners who are forced
to hold surface water to prevent
damage farther downstream, and
special compensation or grants to
assist RMs not covered by present
programs to help repair roads
affected by washed-out bridges
and traffic diversions.
Plaisier also criticized the
NDP government’s “tardiness”
and “inconsistency” in rolling
out disaster financial assistance
to affected homeowners.
A van navigates concrete barriers on a bridge on the Souris River near Hartney. Damaged by the 2011 flood, it has been blocked
to heavy truck traffic which must use alternate routes. photo: Daniel Winters
“Some people have sent
their applications three times
because DFA indicates that
they’ve lost their applications,”
said Plaisier.
Topping said that he has had
numerous discussions with
Plaisier about overland flooding on the Oak Lake and Plum
Creek marshes. Last spring,
officials decided they could not
comply with the Sifton reeve’s
call that PTH 254 be cut to give
relief to flooded landowners in
the area due to the risk of aggravating damage to properties
downstream in nearby Souris.
Although a special program
like the one for the area near
Hoop and Holler Bend is not
in place, compensation for
affected landowners is being
paid out under the Disaster
Financial Assistance program,
said Topping, noting 82 private
and one public claim has been
filed in Plaisier’s RM.
“There have been a significant
number of claims filed to date,
and over $500 million has been
paid out,” he said.
Preliminary repair work for
road and bridge infrastructure
is well underway, with $105 million committed, “but it does
take a substantial amount of
time,” said Topping.
Plaisier also complained
of a lack of effort on the part
of the province in getting
Sa s k a t c h e w a n a n d No r t h
Dakota to work with Manitoba
to find ways to control water
entering the southwest corner
of the province. He noted that
officials from the northern U.S.
state and Saskatchewan have
already sat down for talks.
“ We’r e w o n d e r i n g w h y
Manitoba isn’t at the same
table,” he said.
Topping, who sits on the
Prairie Provinces Water Board,
said “tremendous” co-operation
is coming from Saskatchewan
on the issue. He added that
Manitoba is also part of the
International Joint Commission
which has a mandate to prevent
flooding on the Souris River
watershed.
“The present provincial
government favours where it
gets the majority of its votes from.
But you know what? The rest of us
are not second-class citizens.”
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OPINION/EDITORIAL
The economics of
animal welfare
B
ack in the early 1990s, when
University of Manitoba animal scientist Laurie Connor first oversaw local
research into hoop-housing systems for
hogs, animal welfare wasn’t really even on
the public radar.
The key questions of the day were
whether keeping pigs outdoors through a
Prairie winter compromised production
efficiency. Connor told a seminar last week
Laura Rance
she was initially mortified at the thought of
Editor
keeping pigs in an outdoor facility through
the cold winter months.
At the time, keeping sows in gestation stalls in heated barns
was seen not only as more efficient, but more welfare friendly
because the pregnant sows weren’t being attacked by their
more dominant herdmates and it allowed producers to tailor
feed rations to individual needs.
True, sows weren’t allowed freedom of movement, but that
was viewed as a reasonable compromise in exchange for the
vast improvements in management, the ability of herdsmen to
manage more pigs as the industry expanded and consolidated.
At the time, hoop housing and straw-based bedding were
being explored as less capital-intensive alternatives in hog
production.
The research done under Prairie conditions found that
although feeding costs were higher and different levels of
management were needed, the system could match the productivity of conventional housing due to its lower capital
costs. In fact, the sows were modestly more productive.
After that, it sat on the shelf. The level of interest from
mainstream industry ranked somewhere close to zero.
So sow housing isn’t a new field of study for animal scientists. It’s just that over the past two decades the priorities driving it have done a complete 180 as the industry’s operating
environment has changed.
Now, scientists such as Connor are tasked with finding
ways to make various group-housing systems work economically — not as an alternative for producers seeking a lowercost or niche-market option, but for conventional producers
who could lose market access if they don’t transition out of
gestation stalls.
Many thought that day would never come.
But just last week McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast-food
chain, served its North American suppliers notice they are
to come up with a plan for phasing out sow gestation stalls.
Seven U.S. states have passed laws to end their use. Europe’s
conversion is expected to be completed by 2013.
The Manitoba Pork Council has publicly committed to
phasing sow stalls out of the system by 2025. But as most
of the competition has already moved in that direction and
major customers are demanding a change, it’s likely that producers planning to stay in business will make the transition
much, much sooner.
It’s an expensive proposition. The pork council’s sustainability plan cites the cost of converting an existing barn
to group housing at $1 million. Producers have no way of
recouping those costs and it comes at a time when they are
faced with costly new manure-management requirements
and a moratorium on expansion that makes it impossible to
capture new economies of scale.
Thankfully, they are able to draw on the previous research
that suggests it can be done, and on new research designed to
show them how.
Connor and many of her colleagues have over the course
of their careers faced criticism from producers for acknowledging the downsides of gestation stalls, such as increased
lameness and culling rates. Likewise they have been accused
of being an industry apologist for citing their benefits — evidence of their even-handed, science-based approach to the
highly charged debate.
Once again, it underscores the value of research that looks
beyond the immediately relevant to explore questions on the
mainstream’s fringe.
It is through these ongoing research efforts that our knowledge as it relates to sow behaviour and comfort has evolved.
It is now acknowledged that pigs are inherently social beings
and are more content when allowed to behave as a herd. The
issues with aggression and dominance can be managed with
individual feeding.
The research shows the industry can make group housing
work for the sows. Whether it can work for farmers is based
on a number of variables ranging from the cost of renovating, to their ability to adapt their stockmanship and nutrient
management.
Announcements such as the one making the news this
week brings a new sense of urgency to the issue.
The companies forcing these changes perceive a market
advantage to being animal welfare friendly, even if it comes at
a cost to the supply chain. The economics of animal welfare
are real, and they now trump the economics of production
efficiency.
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OUR HISTORY:
Willow Plain School
By Edward M. Ledohowski
MUNICIPAL HERITAGE CONSULTANT /
MANITOBA HISTORIC RESOURCES BRANCH
W
illow Plain School is located along
a short stretch of rural highway that
forms the main street in the village of
Sarto, an early Ukrainian settlement in the RM
of Hanover in southeastern Manitoba.
Constructed in 1911, it is a good, typical example of the many one-room multigrade schools
that served small communities and rural districts throughout Manitoba.
The era of the one-room rural schoolhouse
lasted from the time of the pioneers, beginning
in the 1880s, to the late 1960s, when provincewide school consolidation resulted in the closure of rural school districts in favour of transporting students to regional schools in the larger
communities.
In some rural districts the local schoolhouse
functioned as a multi-purpose community focal
point for several generations of local residents.
The design of the Willow Plain schoolhouse
was loosely based on the simplest of several
standardized school plans made available to
local school boards by the province, and thus
was similar in appearance to many other rural
one-room schools.
Willow Plain School had close ties with the
nearby St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church,
where most of the students also attended frequent religious services and functions.
The schoolhouse possesses many good surviving elements and fixtures, including: two
sets of large classroom windows, wall-mounted
blackboards, 1950s-style suspended glass-globe
light fixtures, and examples of several styles of
school desks.
2003 – Interior view showing surviving
original materials and fixtures.
2005 – Now on its new footing, community
volunteers give the school’s exterior walls a
good brushing and a new paint job.
The wood drop siding and cedar shingles on
the exterior are also true to its original design.
After the school was closed, it was purchased by
the Ukrainian People’s Home of Sarto, an arts
and culture association commonly established
in Ukrainian-settled areas, and used as a meeting room and for storage.
In 2003, with the building in need of serious rehabilitation, a local heritage group, the
District Schools Heritage Association, organized
to repair and restore the building to its original
appearance. The project formally commenced
on December 17, 2003, with its designation as a
Municipal Heritage Site by the RM of Hanover.
The restoration itself was undertaken by
local volunteers with assistance provided by
the Historic Resources Branch, Thomas Sill
Foundation, J.M. Kaplan Fund and generous
local contributions. The work included the pouring of a new concrete foundation, roof repairs
and reshingling, exterior siding repairs, and
interior and exterior painting. The completion
of the $51,000 restoration project was marked
and celebrated by a well-attended reunion celebration held July 29-31, 2005.
Willow Plain School is the RM of Hanover’s
sole surviving schoolhouse still on its original
site, and a much-loved local landmark.
One of several markers at the site proudly proclaims “Willow Plain School Municipal Heritage
Site. Preservation of the history of the one-room
community school. This project will be a legacy
of the history of education to the future generations and a tribute to our immigrant forefathers.” More information on the Willow Plain
School can be found online at: www.gov.mb.ca/
chc/hrb/mun/m254 and www.historicplaces.
ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=2764, or by
calling (204) 222-4769 or (204) 333-2687.
2004 – Preparing to move the school back
onto its new foundation.
2005 – A view of the completed restoration
shortly after receiving a new wood shingle
roof.
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COMMENT/FEEDBACK
India’s rising wealth and food security
not reflected in its children
Thanks in part to the Green Revolution, India has become a production powerhouse.
So why are almost half of its children under five malnourished?
By Annie Banerji
shivpuri, india / reuters
C
r ying as she is put on an
electronic scale, two-yearold Rajini’s naked, shrivelled
frame casts a dark shadow over a
rising India, where millions of children have little to eat.
The children are scrawny, listless and sick in this rundown nutrition clinic in central India with its
intermittent power supply. If they
survive they will grow up shorter,
weaker and less smart than their
better-fed peers.
Rajini weighs five kg (11 lbs.),
about half of what she should.
“She’s as light as a leaf, this can’t
be good,” says her grandmother,
Sushila Devi, poking her rib-protruding stomach in the clinic in
Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh
state.
Almost as shocking as India’s high
prevalence of child malnutrition
is the country’s failure to reduce
it, despite the economy tripling
between 1990 and 2005 to become
Asia’s third largest and annual per
capita income rising to $489 from
$96.
A government-supported survey
last month said 42 per cent of children under five are underweight —
almost double that of sub-Saharan
Africa — compared to 43 per cent
five years ago.
The statistic — which means
3,000 children dying daily due to
illnesses related to poor diets — led
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to
admit malnutrition was “a national
shame” and was putting the health
of the nation in jeopardy.
“It is a national shame. Child
nutrition is a marker of the many
things that are not going right for
the poor of India,” said Purnima
Menon, research fellow on poverty, health and nutrition at the
International Food Policy Research
Institute.
In d i a’s e f f o r t s t o re d u c e t h e
number of undernourished kids
have been largely hampered by
blighting poverty where many cannot afford the amount and types of
food they need.
Poor hygiene, low public health
spending and little education and
awareness have not helped. Ageold customs discriminating against
women such as child marriage have
also contributed, but are far harder
to tackle, say experts.
In addition, shoddy management
of food stocks, subsidized carbohydrate-rich food that fuels and fills
the poor rather than truly nourishing them and real shortages in its
poorest states have worsened the
problem.
“Nutrition crisis”
At the Shivpuri clinic, health worker
Rekha Singh Chauhan tends to
emaciated young children in a ward
with a ganglion of electrical wires
running across its paint-chipped
walls.
“We only have a handful to take
care of now, but come April, the
cases will shoot up,” says Chauhan,
adding that diseases such as
diarrhea and malaria will cause an
influx of sick, underweight children
with the onset of summer.
“ The situation becomes bad.
Three children are made to share a
Severely malnourished two-year-old girl, Rajni, is weighed by health workers at the Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre of Shivpuri district in the
central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
bed and many have to sleep on the
floor.”
That picture jars with an India
clocking enviable eight to nine per
cent growth over the last five years
that has put money in the pockets
of millions of its people and fuelled
demand for everything from cars
and computers to clothes and fancy
homes.
It has also catapulted the country
onto the world stage, boosting its
claim for a bigger role on forums
such as the UN Security Council.
This month, it moved closer to buying new fighter jets worth a whopping $15 billion.
Ye t w h i l e t h e u r b a n m i d d l e
classes dine in swanky shopping
malls where eateries offer everything from sushi to burritos, millions of children are dying due to a
lack of food.
Last month’s report by the Indian
charity Naandi Foundation, the first
comprehensive data since a 200506 study, said India’s “nutrition crisis” is an attributable cause for up
to half of all child deaths.
Yet India’s public spending on
health, estimated at 1.2 per cent of
its GDP in 2009, is among the lowest in the world.
“This isn’t a quick fix that we’re
looking at here, it’s not a magic bullet,” said Jasmine Whitbread, CEO
of Save the Children International.
“Not just in India, but in countries around the world, we know
that you can’t just rely on trickled ow n . T h e re h a v e t o b e p o l i cies in place, there have got to be
political choices that prioritize
malnutrition.”
In Shivpuri, an impoverished
tribal-dominated district in Madhya
Pradesh state, that reality is on full
display.
The region’s malnutrition level
for children under five matches the
national average, but child mortality rates are worse at 103 deaths per
Shoddy management of food stocks, subsidized
carbohydrate-rich food that fuels and fills the poor
rather than truly nourishing them and real shortages
in its poorest states have worsened the problem.
1,000. The national average is 66
deaths per 1,000, according to UN
children’s agency, Unicef.
Most of the children here are
from India’s most marginalized and
poorest communities, such as tribals and lower castes where literacy
is poor and poverty high.
Their mothers are themselves
often undernourished, forced into
early marriage when they reach
puberty, and give birth to underweight babies with weak immune
systems.
Illiteracy or lack of awareness
takes its toll as well. These mothers do not breastfeed, offer ing
buffalo milk and contaminated
water instead and making their
children prone to illnesses like
diarrhea, which prevents nutrient
absorption.
Mostly living on less than $2 a
day, these families can hardly afford
anything beyond wheat chapatis
that are devoid of much-needed
protein and other nutrients.
Economic toll
India’s neglect of its young — 48 per
cent are stunted, 20 per cent wasted
and 70 per cent anemic — will have
serious repercussions. The World
Bank says malnutrition in the poorest countries slashes around three
per cent from annual economic
growth.
Malnourished children will struggle at school, if they go at all, and
earn 20 per cent less during their
working life and are more prone
to infections, including HIV, and
death.
Human development goals, signed
up to at the start of the millennium
by 192 UN members, including India,
are also at risk.
Reducing child malnutrition by
half and child mortality levels by
two-thirds of 1990 levels are unlikely
to be met by India by the 2015 deadline, say experts.
In compar ison, neighbouring
China has already achieved its target on malnutrition and under-five
child mortality goals as its economic
growth has been more broad based,
focusing on health, sanitation and
smallholder production.
While India has several schemes
already running to battle malnutrition, the Indian government is
now vaunting a multibillion-dollar
food subsidy program as a possible
solution.
But the Food Security Bill, which
guarantees cut-price rice and wheat
to 63.5 per cent of the population
may be more a political gimmick,
experts worry, than about providing
nutritious food to those who need it
most.
“The Food Security Bill is a very
good development, but it is a food
security bill, not a nutrition security
bill,” said Lawrence Haddad, director of the U.K.-based Institute of
Development Studies.
For the children at Shivpuri’s nutrition centre, government plans mean
little unless they put enough of the
right food in their stomachs.
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“It doesn’t hurt them
to stay on the truck...
Bureaucrats don’t
always understand
that, but we have
to make sure that
the message gets
through.”
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That’s because the only time
the average urban consumer
actually catches a glimpse of
live farm animals is when they
are on a truck.
“It’s amazing the amount of
letters that he gets from consumers across Canada that talk
about the transport of animals,”
said Unrau, as part of a discussion on the CCA’s bid to renew
and update the beef industry’s
code of practice.
The dairy industry finished its
code about two years ago, but
progress for the beef industry
has been much slower, he said,
mainly because stakeholders
are demanding that the guidelines be realistically achievable
by ranches and feedlots.
Unrau, who once operated a
trucking business and sits on
the CCA committee working on
the code, said revisions to the
current transportation regulations have been in the works for
about a decade.
Discussions on the subject
are generally based on the
number of hours cattle spend
on trucks and the number of
animals per square foot.
That’s especially significant for Manitoba ranchers,
who regularly ship cattle to
Nebraska, Alberta or as far as
Quebec.
“The closest market for our
product is 800 miles away,” he
said.
Restrictions on the length of
time cattle can spend aboard
trucks will inevitably increase
cost. For example, unloading
cattle once per trip adds one
cent per pound to the load.
Twice, and it adds two cents per
pound.
When Unrau hauled cattle, rest stops were based on
weather. If it was hot, they’d
unload twice. If it was -10, they
wouldn’t unload at all.
In his opinion, restrictions on
trucking cattle should be based
on type. Wet-nosed calves
should have more frequent
rest stops than feeder cattle, for
example.
Slapping a strict limit on
loads might backfire, too, if it
gives truckers an incentive to
try to beat the clock by “hammering through.”
“In Europe, they are talking about an eight-hour limit,
which would mean unloading
the animals every eight hours,”
he added.
To Unrau, that doesn’t make
any sense, because in his expe-
Martin Unrau
rience, it takes at least four
hours again for the animal “to
get his legs.”
On a 40-hour run, if the driver
stops for a rest after 14 hours,
he’ll often find the cattle are laying down to rest. But if they are
run off the truck for feed and
water, they fill up their bellies,
which adds to their discomfort
for the next two to three hours.
“It doesn’t hurt them to stay
on the truck,” said Unrau.
“Bureaucrats don’t always
understand that, but we have
to make sure that the message
gets through.”
A CCA study of 10,000 loads
between Ontario and Alberta
found that 99.9 per cent of the
cattle arrived with no problems such as deads, downers
or sweaters, but weaned calves
and old cull cows were at the
highest risk.
“The greatest risk, even more
than weaned calves, was skinny
dairy cows,” he said, adding that in his opinion, future
regulations should reflect this
reality.
Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA)
MARKETING COURSE
To provide participants with training on risk management and marketing of canola, with speciﬁc focus
on marketing analysis and hedging strategies using futures and options. The role and function of a
futures exchange and clearinghouse will also be discussed. This two-day course will include take-home
materials, interactive review of questions and numerous examples.
of reading books, but in this
day and age literacy can mean
so many things. We want it to
be beyond the books and about
making that personal connection and putting a face behind
agriculture.”
In Manitoba, 20 schools and
about 40 classrooms of Grades 3,
4 and 5 students were expected
to open their doors to Manitoba
farmers. Across the entire country as many as 400 classrooms are
expected to take part.
“ We’ve had a wonderful
response from our producers
and our ag industry contacts to
get in there and tell the agriculture story,” said James Perkins,
interim executive director for
AITC-Saskatchewan.
With most families now two
or more generations removed
from the farm, organizers are
expecting some lively classroom
discussions.
“Someone is bound to raise
their hand and ask a question,”
said Perkins. “We’re really encouraging farmers to tell their story.
They have a story to tell that goes
far beyond the books.”
Other provinces will take different approaches. Ontario
Agri-Food Education doesn’t
have the same kind of volunteer
base among farmers so they’ve
arranged for newly graduated
teachers not yet in teaching
jobs to visit classrooms, said Jan
Robertson, marketing and communications manager for OAFE.
They’ll be bringing books as
well, but also a game called AgriTreking Across Ontario to teach
about different types of production throughout the province.
Up t a k e by s c h o o l s h a s
exceeded their highest expectations, Ross said.
“We want (students) to get curious about it, and see agriculture
as something beyond the farm,
and the role they can play in giving back to agriculture as consumers,” she said.
Organizers said they hope the
event spurs Canadian writers
to create agriculturally themed
books for children. Many prov-
inces, including Manitoba,
have gone with American titles
because they couldn’t find
Canadian ones, said Ross, noting
many U.S. books focus on types
of production not used north of
the border.
“It’s just not on writers’ radar
screens,” said Ross. “We really
need Canadian books about agriculture and we’re hoping maybe
this week will start to build on
that.”
Farmers will read two specially
selected books in Manitoba classrooms. Where Beef Comes From
written by Saskatchewan cattle
producer Sherri Grant is one of
them.
“It’s a wonderful story from
start to finish, and it doesn’t run
away from the message of why we
produce beef either,” said Ross.
The other book is Seed Soil
Sun - Earth’s Recipe for Food by
American writer Cris Peterson,
a book about growing different kinds of crops. Ontario’s
titles include Alfalfabet A-Z,
The Wonderful Words From
Agriculture by B.C. author Carol
Watterson and How Did That Get
In My Lunch Box? The Story of
Food by American writer Chris
Butterworth. Sherri Grant’s
book is also on their list for
Saskatchewan, said Perkins. So
is another by Cris Peterson entitled Fantastic Farm Machines.
They’re also reading Farm by
Elisha Cooper, a U.S. author who
writes about corn growing in the
American Midwest.
All books read in classrooms
will be donated to the schools.
Canadian Agricultural Literacy
Week is funded by Farm Credit
Canada.
February is designated I Love
to Read Month across North
America, promoting early childhood interest in reading and
highlights the importance of literacy skills.
The province of Manitoba is
expected to formally proclaim
Feb. 26 to March 3 Agricultural
Literacy Week.
Course highlights include:
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The role of an Exchange and Clearinghouse
Description of Futures contracts
Hedging with Futures
Carrying Charges and Spread markets
Description of Options
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Cash contracts and hedging strategies
The delivery/shipment process in a futures contract
Fundamental analysis and sources of information
Electronic Trading
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two books selected for the program.
“When you think of literacy you automatically
think of reading books, but in this day and age
literacy can mean so many things. We want it
to be beyond the books and about making that
personal connection and putting a face behind
agriculture.”
Johanne Ross
Executive director, Agriculture in the Classroom — Manitoba
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FCWB launches $17-billion
class-action lawsuit
The group says that’s how much farmers need
to be compensated for losing the single desk
By Allan Dawson
CO-OPERATOR STAFF
T
he wheat board’s single desk
must stay or western farmers should get $17 billion
in compensation for its loss, says
a class-action lawsuit launched
Feb. 15 against the federal government by four farmers with the
Friends of the Canadian Wheat
Board (FCWB).
It’s the latest salvo in the fight
against the Marketing Freedom
for Grain Farmers Act. It became
law in December, even though
a Federal Court judge ruled
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz
introduced the legislation illegally.
There are several other legal
challenges against the law
underway.
The new law declares that on
Aug. 1 the wheat board’s monopoly on the sale of Western Canada
wheat, durum and barley destined
for export or domestic human
consumption ends.
The suit, being heard in Federal
Court, is a two-pronged approach,
said FCWB counsel, Anders Bruun,
who is working with Toronto law
firm Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP
on the case. The FCWB alleges the
federal government “infringed
and denied” farmers their constitutional rights by creating an open
market without farmers’ collective
approval.
The wheat board ceased to be
a Crown agency in 1998 when
governance was turned over to
a majority of farmer directors
elected by farmers. Under Section
47.1 of the wheat board act the
minister of agriculture is obliged
to consult with the board’s directors and get farmers’ approval
through a vote before changing
the board’s mandate. Ritz didn’t
do that.
“The right to associate to
achieve collective goals and to
develop a majority position is
protected by Section 2(d) of the
Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms,” the FCWB farmers say
in their statement of claim.
The right of the majority of
farmers to collectively market
through a compulsory single desk
is similar to the rights of workers
that want to bargain collectively
for better pay and working conditions, Bruun said in an interview.
The FCWB is asking the courts
to rule the Marketing Freedom for
Grain Farmers Act has no force,
returning the board to farmer
control and preserving the board’s
single-desk authority.
If the court agrees, the FCWB
wants the federal government to
pay $3.75 billion to offset wheat
board losses since the law was
proclaimed.
However, if it doesn’t, the FCWB
wants $17 billion in compensation
for the estimated 70,000 farmers
who have marketed through the
board. Each farmer, on average,
would get around $250,000.
The compensation requested
is based on estimates that the
board’s monopoly provides farmers with between $630 million and
$850 million in additional revenue
annually.
It also covers loss of the board’s
assets, which the FCWB argues
belongs to farmers.
There are precedents for compensation, including the $1.6 billion Ottawa gave western grain
farmers in 1996 after it scrapped
the Crow Rate grain transportation subsidy.
If the suit is approved as a class
action, all farmers will automatically be part of the claim and eligible for compensation if awarded,
so long as they don’t opt out,
Bruun said.
The four farmer plaintiffs
named in the suit are Harold Bell
of Fort St. John, B.C., Andrew
Dennis of Brookdale, Man.,
Nathan Macklin of DeBolt, Alta.,
and Ian McCreary of Bladworth,
Sask.
Ritz said in a statement that
it’s unfortunate a small group of
farmers wants to prevent farmers
from marketing their own crops.
“Marketing freedom is now law
and farmers are moving forward,
rightfully contracting their wheat
and barley for August 1, 2012,” he
said.
“Our government promised
“The right to associate to achieve collective goals
and to develop a majority position is protected
by Section 2(d) of the Canadian Charter of Rights
and Freedoms.”
FCWB
western Canadian farmers marketing freedom and we have
delivered.”
The Producer Car Shippers
of Canada, the Canadian Wheat
Board Alliance and National
Farmers Union support the
FCWB’s suit.
The FCWB, along with the
wheat board itself and eight of its
10 elected directors, argued successfully in Federal Court Dec. 7
that Ritz introduced the Marketing
Freedom for Grain Farmers Act
illegally. Ottawa is appealing.
Regina lawyer Tony Merchant
launched a $15.4-billion classaction lawsuit against the federal
government Jan. 10 in anticipation
of the board losing its single desk.
On Jan. 18, eight former farmerelected wheat board directors
argued before a Manitoba Court
of Queen’s Bench judge that Ritz’s
law should be put on hold until its
legality is determined. They also
argued the court should scrap the
law because it was introduced illegally. The judge has yet to render a
decision.
BRIEFS
Impact of
downed Brazil
grains loader
looms
SAO PAULO / REUTERS /
A ship that collided with
the main grain terminal at
Brazil’s Santos Port could
reduce corn and soybean
exports from the South
American country.
There are fears that if
repairs at the Guaruja
Grain Terminal at Santos
drag on into March, Brazil
exports will fall far enough
to push up world food
prices. In a few weeks,
the flow of grains from
the centre-west Farm Belt
will peak in Brazil. Last
week, the dry bulk carrier
MV Milagro knocked into
the water one of the four
grain loaders at Guaruja
Grain Terminal, the main
soybean, meal and corn
export terminal at Santos,
which is Brazil’s largest
grain port.
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Feb. 22-23: Precision Ag 2.0,
The Next Generation: Western
Canadian Precision Agriculture
Conference, Deerfoot Inn and
Casino, 1000-11500 35th St. SE,
Calgary. For more info visit www.
precision-ag.ca.
Feb. 23: Manitoba Model Forest
seminar on non-timber forest
products (wildcrafting, herbal teas,
etc.), 7-9 p.m., Winnipeg River
Learning Centre, Pine Falls. To
pre-register contact Ken Fosty at
204-340-5013 or email kfosty@
treecanada.ca.
Feb. 23-25: Growing Local
Conference, Marlborough Hotel,
331 Smith St., Winnipeg. For more
info call 1-800-731-2638 or visit
http://foodmattersmanitoba.ca.
Feb. 24: Manitoba Farm
Mentorship/Harvest Moon Society
partnership event, 7 p.m. to midnight, atrium, Richardson College
for the Environment and Science
Complex, University of Winnipeg,
599 Portage Ave. For more info call
204-772-3790 or visit www.mani
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China trip boosts food industry
Trade mission to China produces a number of agreements,
but they still have to be translated into orders
By Alex Binkley
CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR / OTTAWA
P
rime Minister Stephen
H a r p e r ’s t r a d e m i s sion to China seems to
have opened doors for major
Canadian agri-food exporters.
Now they’ll have to translate
those agreements into orders.
The beef, pork, pulse and
canola sectors all received special attention during the visit
and the Canadian Wheat Board
got to remind everyone it isn’t
going out of business.
Among the positives were
an agreement to work toward
the approval of additional
Canadian beef export facilities,
the inclusion of beef and offal
from cattle under 30 months
of age along with beef tallow in future shipments, and
increased opportunities for
the export of live dairy cattle
genetics.
President Travis Toews of
t h e Ca n a d i a n Ca t t l e m e n’s
Association called the mission
very rewarding and said he’s
confident beef products from
animals over 30 months of age
would be added to the export
list in the near future.
The president of the Canadian
Meat Council was also happy.
“Of particular interest to us is
the initiative on agriculture that
clears the way for immediate
access to the lucrative Chinese
beef tallow market,” said Scott
Entz.
In 2002, the year before the
discovery of BSE in Canada,
those exports topped $31 million, making China the biggest
export market for Canadian tallow. In 2010, China imported
more than $400 million in tallow from countries around the
world.
Once full market access
is achieved, it is expected
Canadian beef and beef product
exports to China could exceed
$110 million per year.
“China is an important market for Canadian farmers and by
working together with Chinese
producers and processors we
can open new windows of
opportunity in both countries,”
said Agriculture Minister Gerry
Ritz.
C h i n a a g re e d t o c e r t i f y
additional Canadian plants
to export beef; begin technical discussions on expanding beef access; create a joint
technical working group to
move forward a Canada-China
Cooperation dairy farm pilot
project; and discuss technical
export conditions for Canadian
dairy cattle.
Tongwei Co. Ltd., a major
Chinese feed company, will
i n c re a s e i t s p u rc h a s e o f
Canadian canola meal by up to
$240 million annually by 2015.
The company anticipates its
imports of Canadian canola
could rise to $900 million over
the next decade. The Canola
Council of Canada has been
working with a number of
Chinese dairy and aquaculture
processing companies to
d e m o n s t ra t e t h e s u p e r i o r
quality and nutritional benefits
of canola meal. As a result,
Tongwei intends to increase its
use of Canadian canola meal in
its aquafeed and to include it in
other animal feed rations.
A n e w m e m o ra n d u m o f
understanding between Canada
and China that will support
research aimed at more effectively mitigating risks associated
with blackleg was also signed.
In 2010, $1.8 billion worth of
canola was exported to China.
A s we l l , G e n s u s In c. , a
major swine breeder, signed a
$1.6-million contract with Best
Genetics for 1,000 swine.
Feb. 24: Organic Federation of
Canada annual general meeting,
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Ambassador D
room, Canad Inns Fort Garry, 1824
Pembina Hwy., Winnipeg. For more
info call 514-488-6192 or email
info@organicfederation.ca.
Feb. 26-28: Wild Oats Grainworld,
Fairmont Winnipeg, 2 Lombard
Place, Winnipeg. For more info
call 204-942-1459 or visit www.
wildoatsgrainworld.com.
Feb. 28: Manitoba Canola
Growers Association canola storage clinic and annual meeting, 8
a.m. to 6 p.m., Keystone Centre,
Brandon. For more info or to register, visit www.canolacouncil.org/
mcgastorageclinic.aspx.
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March 2: h@ms Marketing
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annual meeting, noon, Smitty's
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info call 1-800-899-7675.
Services' Heartland Marketing
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Services southwest district annual
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Services northwest district annual
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Legion, Neepawa. For more info
call 1-800-899-7675.
March 7: Marketing Your Wheat,
9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oak Bluff
Community Hall. Registration $20,
deadline March 2. For more info
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Services H.B. Marketing district
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Obama calls
for end
to direct
payments
SHADES OF WINTER
No-strings-attached
payment based on
historical production
difficult to justify with
high grain prices
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Winter birds hunker down amidst the hoar frost following a dense fog on the Bennie farm near Waskada.
ith Congress beginning
an overhaul of U.S.
farm law, President
Barack Obama called Feb. 13
for elimination of a $5-billiona-year subsidy paid to farmers regardless of need but held
steady funding for the department’s often-criticized data
forecasting arm.
Obama proposed reforms
totalling $32 billion over 10
years for farm supports in his
new budget. It is far larger
than the $23 billion agreed by
Agriculture Committee leaders in Congress last fall during
deficit-reduction talks.
Budget cuts have squeezed
the U.S. Agriculture
Depar tment’s repor ting of
crop production over the past
couple years. The White House
proposed steady funding, $109
million, for agricultural estimates in the coming fiscal
year.
Besides eliminating the
“direct payment” of $5 billion
a year, Obama said the longterm Conservation Reserve,
which holds farmland out of
production, should be limited
to 30 million acres, down two
million acres, and crop insurance subsidies should be cut
by $7.6 billion through fiscal
2022. A disaster-relief fund,
scheduled to expire this year,
would stay in operation.
Direct payments, created as
a temporary measure in 1996,
are the biggest target for farm
reformers this year.
“In a period of severe fiscal
restraint, the payments are no
longer defensible,” said the
administration, referring to
the direct payments.
Farm groups are divided
on the shape of the new farm
law. The Senate Agriculture
Committee opened the Farm
Bill process with a hearing
recently on renewable energy.
Analysts say there is a 50-50
chance, at best, that Congress
will enact a farm law this year,
given election-year and deficit-reduction pressures.
The White House won little
support among farm groups
and lawmakers when it proposed a similar package of cuts
last fall. Two farm lobbyists
said the new package would
be ignored too. Agriculture
Committee leaders seem set
on $23 billion in farm subsidy
cuts.
There is broad agreement
the direct payment will not
be renewed. It is paid to landowners based on historical
production of grain, cotton
and soybeans. Farm income
hit a record high in 2011, making the payments harder to
justify.
While the White House suggested a 30-million-acre cap
for the Conservation Reserve,
some proposals call for a ceiling of 25 million or 26 million
acres.
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EXCHANGES:
February 17, 2012
$1 Cdn: $1.003 U.S.
$1 U.S: $.9970 Cdn.
COLUMN
Cattle Prices
Winnipeg
(Friday to Thursday)
Slaughter Cattle
February 17, 2012
Steers & Heifers
$
—
D1,2 Cows
62.00 - 70.00
D3 Cows
54.00 - 62.00
Bulls
75.00 - 87.75
Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only)
Steers
(901+ lbs.)
$ 115.00 - 124.00
(801-900 lbs.)
125.00 - 140.00
(701-800 lbs.)
130.00 - 149.00
(601-700 lbs.)
145.00 - 178.25
(501-600 lbs.)
155.00 - 182.00
(401-500 lbs.)
155.00 - 205.00
Heifers
(901+ lbs.)
—
(801-900 lbs.)
—
(701-800 lbs.)
125.00 - 142.00
(601-700 lbs.)
130.00 - 146.00
(501-600 lbs.)
135.00 - 155.00
(401-500 lbs.)
140.00 - 170.00
Slaughter Cattle
Grade A Steers
Grade A Heifers
D1, 2 Cows
D3 Cows
Bulls
Steers
Heifers
Alberta South
$ 111.00 - 114.00
112.50 - 114.00
67.00 - 80.00
58.00 - 72.00
—
$ 125.00 - 140.00
134.00 - 149.00
142.00 - 160.00
150.00 - 177.00
168.00 - 198.00
180.00 - 215.00
$ 115.00 - 130.00
122.00 - 141.00
130.00 - 149.00
137.00 - 161.00
148.00 - 175.00
160.00 - 191.00
($/cwt)
(1,000+ lbs.)
(850+ lbs.)
(901+ lbs.)
(801-900 lbs.)
(701-800 lbs.)
(601-700 lbs.)
(501-600 lbs.)
(401-500 lbs.)
(901+ lbs.)
(801-900 lbs.)
(701-800 lbs.)
(601-700 lbs.)
(501-600 lbs.)
(401-500 lbs.)
Futures (February 16, 2012) in U.S.
Fed Cattle
Close
Change
February 2012
126.77
1.60
April 2012
129.65
1.45
June 2012
127.60
0.45
August 2012
129.32
-0.35
October 2012
132.60
-0.45
December 2012
133.80
0.30
Cattle Slaughter
Canada
East
West
Manitoba
U.S.
Feeder Cattle
March 2012
April 2012
May 2012
August 2012
September 2012
October 2012
Less demand is seen for a larger supply of fat cattle
Dwayne Klassen
CNSC
Ontario
$ 105.44 - 123.22
108.03 - 122.92
62.69 - 79.18
62.69 - 79.18
73.27 - 89.41
$ 132.46 - 143.62
132.56 - 148.21
133.21 - 158.68
138.23 - 171.64
148.75 - 185.63
150.99 - 194.43
$ 120.95 - 133.19
126.86 - 139.00
133.87 - 145.46
135.86 - 152.31
133.53 - 162.05
138.29 - 161.90
Close
156.82
159.32
160.62
162.12
161.55
161.25
Change
1.67
2.07
1.80
2.02
1.53
1.35
Cattle Grades (Canada)
Week Ending
February 11, 2012
54,725
14,642
40,083
N/A
602,000
Previous
Year
56,235
15,039
41,196
N/A
639,000
Week Ending
February 11, 2012
401
22,746
18,818
725
651
7,836
335
Prime
AAA
AA
A
B
D
E
Previous
Year
445
24,969
17,915
800
327
4,759
275
Hog Prices
Source: Manitoba Agriculture
(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg)
MB. ($/hog)
MB. (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.)
MB. (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.)
ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.)
P.Q. (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)
Current Week
172.00E
158.00E
157.52
163.20
Futures (February 16, 2012) in U.S.
Hogs
February 2012
April 2012
May 2012
June 2012
July 2012
Last Week
172.25
158.03
158.13
163.66
Close
87.19
90.22
98.45
99.45
99.85
Last Year (Index 100)
161.10
147.81
151.86
157.59
Change
-0.11
0.57
0.65
1.00
0.60
Other Market Prices
Sheep and Lambs
$/cwt
Ewes
Lambs (110+ lb.)
(95 - 109 lb.)
(80 - 94 lb.)
(Under 80 lb.)
(New crop)
Winnipeg
85.00 - 109.00
180.00 - 205.00
180.00 - 205.00
205.00 - 224.00
—
—
Chickens
Minimum broiler prices as of May 23, 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 February 19, 2012
Broiler Turkeys
(6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average)
Grade A .................................... $1.905
Undergrade .............................. $1.815
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..................................... $1.880
Undergrade............................... $1.795
Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.
Toronto
97.54 - 121.02
170.56 - 200.27
187.95 - 208.70
198.62 - 215.07
227.95 - 317.73
—
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 June 12, 2011.
New
Previous
A Extra Large
$1.8500
$1.8200
A Large
1.8500
1.8200
A Medium
1.6700
1.6400
A Small
1.2500
1.2200
A Pee Wee
0.3675
0.3675
Nest Run 24 +
1.7490
1.7210
B
0.45
0.45
C
0.15
0.15
Goats
Winnipeg
($/each)
Kids
90.00 - 125.00
Billys
230.00 - 290.00
Mature
—
Toronto
($/cwt)
57.00 - 247.50
—
70.76 - 242.27
Horses
1,000 lbs.
1,000 lbs.+
Winnipeg
($/cwt)
—
—
Burger demand spurs need for
butcher cows, bulls
Toronto
($/cwt)
33.50 -43.45
25.50 - 44.87
C
attle movement in the province continued to remain at a brisk pace during the week ended Feb. 17, although
values for the heavier-weight animals continued to weaken.
The quality of the animals being marketed was described as being in the average
to above-average category, with premiums
still being offered for the top-quality grass
cattle.
The Louis Riel Day holiday in the province on Monday was not expected to have
much of an impact, if any, on cattle marketings during the next week.
“I would call the market fully steady to
a bit firmer on the cattle weighing under
800 pounds,” said Robin Hill, the manager
of Heartland Livestock Services at Virden.
Cattle weighing 800 pounds and above lost
some ground in value.
The decline in value for the heavierweight cattle was associated with a drop-off
in demand from the buyers, Hill said. An
increase in the marketings of the heavierweight cattle was also a factor behind the
price weakness.
The increase in the movement of the
heavier cattle was linked to the fact that
feeding these animals has become an
expensive proposition, he said.
“While the fat market has seen some minimal price improvement over the past couple of weeks, there still needs to be more
of a climb to offset the weight gain cost of
these cattle,” Hill said.
Cattle weighing in the 800-lbs.-and-under
class were in good demand, with values
experiencing some strength as a result.
Cows and bulls heading for the butcher
market experienced some price strength
as demand from consumers for hamburger
meat begins to pick up, Hill said.
“There has definitely been some improvement in the butcher market as of late,” he
said, noting the climb in value was partly
associated with the fact that there has been
a drop-off in these animals being marketed.
“Cattle farmers just don’t have as many
of those animals to market like they once
did,” he said. Some of the animals were
sold early, as producers were unable to sustain the cost of feeding those animals.
Canadian 2011
farm income hits
record high
reuters
C
anadian farmers
recorded recordhigh net income in
2011, but their earnings
are likely to slip modestly
in 2012, an AAFC report
said Feb. 19.
In 2 0 1 1 , s t ro n g c ro p
and livestock prices, combined with higher government payouts for flooding
in Western Canada more
“Every packer in Canada
and in the U.S. is looking for
hamburger, and they are going
where there are those types of
cattle on offer.”
robin hill
A ramp-up in demand from consumers for
hamburger was also contributing to the price
firmness.
Hill speculated that values for butcher cows
and bulls will continue to increase over the
next few months as supplies of these animals
slowly diminish. End-users were seen trying
to stock up on those cattle while they still
can.
Packers from all over Canada and even the
U.S. were expected to be actively involved in
pursuing the butcher cows and bulls from
Manitoba, Hill said.
“Every packer in Canada and in the U.S. is
looking for hamburger, and they are going
where there are those types of cattle on offer,”
he said.
Buyers for the other classes of cattle being
marketed in the province also continued to
come from both western and eastern regions,
including from the U.S. Hill described some
of those buyers as fairly aggressive.
The dispersal of bred cows at auction yards
was also garnering a lot of attention.
“There has certainly been a nice amount of
people filling the stands at these auctions,”
Hill said, adding that there are individuals very interested in the expansion of this
sector.
“All classes of bred cattle are experiencing
some great demand,” he said, suggesting the
rebuilding of the cattle herd in the province
was in the early stages.
The Canadian dollar continued to have
little impact on the direction of values seen
at the auction marts during the week. The
Canadian unit continued to trade just above
parity with the U.S. currency. There are indications that the Canadian dollar will continue
to hold these levels although the on-againoff-again macroeconomic situation in Europe
will remain a factor, determining whether the
currency strengthens or weakens.
Dwayne Klassen writes for Commodity News Service
Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and
commodity market reporting.
than offset higher operating expenses, Agriculture
a n d A g r i - Fo o d Ca n a d a
said in a report. Net cash
income reached $11.7 billion in 2011.
Pr i c e s o f g r a i n s a n d
oilseeds rose in 2011
because of low worldwide
stocks, partly due to a poor
2010 harvest in eastern
Europe, the government
department said.
2012 will also be a strong
year for farmers, as income
from market sources rises
faster than expenses,
Agriculture Canada said.
While grain prices are pro-
jected to ease, receipts
should climb slightly as
farmers look to plant more
acres.
Overall income is forecast
to slip in 2012 — by four
per cent to $11.2 billion.
Cattle exports should benefit from an expected revision of the U.S. mandatory
meat-labelling law, starting in 2013, the Agriculture
Department said.
T h e Wo r l d Tr a d e
Organization last year
sided with Canada and
Mexico that the U.S. law is
unfair. However the United
States can still appeal.
Looking for results? Check out the market reports
from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 34
11
GRAIN MARKETS
column
Expect canola industry to
seek even more acres
Tight stocks and talk of drought add to the land demand
Phil-Franz Warkentin
CNSC
I
CE Futures Canada canola contracts
remained pointed decidedly higher during
the week ended Feb. 17, showing no real
signs of slowing down.
Similar gains in the Chicago soy complex
did provide some underlying support to the
Canadian futures, but canola was also benefiting from its own bullish fundamental and
technical factors.
Depending on the chart analysis you want
to focus on, canola is either entering overbought territory and is thus due for a correction, or it’s in the middle of a solid rally with
no end in sight for the time being. How the
charts play out remains to be seen, but the
fundamentals for the time being definitely
look constructive.
For three-times-daily market
reports from Commodity News
Service Canada, visit “ICE
Futures Canada updates” at
www.manitobacooperator.ca.
Canada has exported 5.15 million tonnes
of canola during the crop year to date, which
compares with 3.95 million at the same point
the previous year. That’s a record pace, and
could very easily contribute to drawing stocks
down below the magic one-million-tonne
level by the time the 2012 production starts to
become available. The domestic crush is also
very active, with 3.6 million tonnes processed
to date, or 600,000 more than at the same
point in 2011.
Concerns over European and Ukrainian
rapeseed crops, due to adverse winter weather
conditions, also look supportive for canola
prices in Canada.
The solid demand and resulting tight stocks
situation mean the industry would like to see
an increase in production in 2012 to keep the
demand satisfied. After planting 18.9 million
acres of canola in 2011, industry sentiment is
leaning toward a 21-million-acre crop in 2012
in order to replenish stocks. If the dry weather
conditions, and talk of possible drought, per-
Open interest tiny amid
CWB doubts, timing
By Rod Nickel
winnipeg / reuters
A
fter nearly four weeks of trading,
open interest is tiny in the new milling wheat, barley and durum futures
and options contracts offered by ICE
Futures Canada.
“I don’t think it’s fair to say we were looking for a lot of liquidity at this point in time
with the contracts,” said Brad Vannan,
president and chief operating officer for
ICE Futures Canada.
“The futures are a reflection of the marketplace as a whole, and if that marketplace hasn’t had a chance to fully hatch yet,
the futures will also reflect that.”
sist into the spring, there may be a need to
secure even more canola acres in order to
counter the possible decline in yields.
In the current market environment, oldcrop canola contracts are trading at a sizable
premium over the new-crop futures. Spring
really isn’t that far away, and under the current environment it looks like an increase
in the deferred months is more likely than
declines in the nearbys.
Milling wheat, durum and barley futures
saw some light activity during the week, but
liquidity is still slow in building for the new
contracts.
Soybean gains
In the U.S., wheat, corn, and soybeans all
moved higher during the week, with the largest gains in soybeans.
The strength in soybeans, at least in theory,
was partially tied to the fact that a Chinese
government delegation was in the U.S. during
the week signing off on some contracts. Those
purchases would have happened regardless,
but the headlines were enough to trigger some
additional speculative buying in the futures.
Renewed concerns over South American
soybean production, as conditions turned
hot and dry in Brazil, were also underpinning the U.S. soy market, given ideas that
any problems in South America translate into
increased demand for U.S. supplies.
For wheat, persistent weather problems
in Ukraine and Eastern Europe were getting
talked up during the week. Just as with the
soybean situation in South America, production concerns in one part of the world
will open the door for the grain to flow from
somewhere else. The demand for grain isn’t
really going anywhere, which means any lost
exports from Ukraine will need to be filled
from somewhere else — and the U.S. could
easily fit the bill.
Attention in the U.S. is also starting to turn
to new-crop planting ideas, and to the fight
for acres between soybeans and corn. We
may still be in the middle of our lacklustre
Canadian winter, but spring is just around the
corner, if not already here in the southern U.S.
It’s getting to be more than a little old, but
economic news out of Greece continued to
sway the financial markets — and, in turn,
the commodity markets — during the past
week. Ahead of the weekend, a deal to save
the country from defaulting on its debt was
said to be imminent, but deals have come and
gone before and volatility can be expected
to remain the order of the day in the global
financial sector for the foreseeable future.
Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service
Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and
commodity market reporting.
Open interest in ICE’s milling wheat
futures contract was 80 contracts Feb. 15,
compared with open interest of 187,475
in ICE Canada’s long-running canola
contract.
The lack of trading activity, a pending court ruling that could derail the law
ending the single desk, and widespread
dryness across the Prairies just two
months prior to planting are all considered factors.
So far, the industry has little reason to
take futures positions in the new contracts which start with October delivery,
said Keith Bruch, vice-president of operations at grain handler and miller Paterson
GlobalFoods.
“Buyers are bearish, farmers are bullish
and so there just isn’t much liquidity in the
marketplace,” Bruch said. “
Export and International Prices
Last Week
Week Ago
Year Ago
CWB export 1CW 13.5 St. Lawrence
373.29
384.96
470.40
US hard winter ord.Gulf ($US)
291.41
300.42
375.32
All prices close of business February 16, 2012
Wheat
EU French soft wheat ($US)
284.00
293.00
374.00
Chicago wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
231.00
237.34
312.57
Minneapolis wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
300.44
305.58
360.42
US corn Gulf ($US)
284.14
282.17
308.84
US barley (PNW) ($US)
287.00
287.00
204.00
Chicago corn (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
250.49
250.79
280.61
Chicago oats (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
209.93
206.20
269.09
462.28
450.98
516.01
1,169.75
1,158.51
1,284.41
Coarse Grains
Oilseeds
Chicago soybeans (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)
Winnipeg Futures
ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business February 17, 2012
Western barley
Last Week
Week Ago
March 2012
213.00
212.00
May 2012
217.00
217.00
July 2012
220.00
220.00
Canola
Last Week
Week Ago
March 2012
554.50
535.30
May 2012
556.00
537.90
July 2012
558.40
540.30
CWB Pool Forecasts
January PRO
2011-12
Total Payments
2010-11
December PRO
2011-12
Wheat
No. 1 CWRS 13.5
307
344.96
305
No. 1 CWRS 12.5
271
317.73
271
302
337.13
299
No. 1 CWHWS 13.5
307
344.96
305
No. 1 CPSR
237
277.77
238
No. 1 CPSW
232
274.67
232
No. 1 CWRW
241
284.23
241
No. 1 CWES
277
314.96
275
No. 1 CWSWS
237
268.72
233
342
302.94
352
229
235.72
N/A
Sel CW Two-Row
313
265.74
314
Sel CW Six-Row
297
247.98
298
Durum
No. 1 CWAD 13.0
Feed Barley
No. 1 CW Pool A
Designated Barley
* No. 1 CW feed barley, Pool B 2011-12, as of January 19: $223.
Special Crops
Report for February 21, 2012 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan
Spot Market
Spot Market
Lentils (Cdn. cents per pound)
Other (Cdn. cents per pound unless
otherwise specified)
Large Green 15/64
25.20 - 26.50
Canaryseed
Laird No. 1
24.00 - 26.50
Oil Sunflower Seed
Eston No. 2
22.50 - 25.00
Desi Chickpeas
24.75 - 26.75
—
26.10 - 27.50
Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)
Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)
Green No. 1
8.50 - 9.25
Fababeans, large
—
Medium Yellow No. 1
8.40 - 8.75
Feed beans
—
Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)
No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans
—
Feed Pea (Rail)
No. 1 Great Northern
—
Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)
No. 1 Cranberry Beans
—
Yellow No. 1
34.00 - 35.75
No. 1 Light Red Kidney
—
Brown No. 1
30.75 - 32.75
No. 1 Dark Red Kidney
—
Oriental No. 1
22.60 - 23.75
No. 1 Black Beans
—
No. 1 Pinto Beans
—
3.50 - 5.50
Source: Stat Publishing
SUNFLOWERS
No. 1 Small Red
—
No. 1 Pink
—
Fargo, ND
Goodlands, KS
25.85
25.60
—
—
Report for February 17, 2012 in US$ cwt
NuSun (oilseed)
Confection
Source: National Sunflower Association
12
Lack of snow probably hasn’t hurt
the winter wheat — yet
But as spring gets closer the winter wheat becomes more susceptible to winterkill
By Allan Dawson
“I think we can
probably safely say
for plants that were
well hardened going
into the winter with
three leaves and a
tiller we haven’t hit
the soil temperatures
where we would be
concerned.”
CO-OPERATOR STAFF / MIAMI
E
verybody is talking about
the lack of snow this winter, but like the weather,
nobody can do much about it.
The fields here are bare and
it’s the same for much of southern Manitoba. That’s raising
concerns about possible winterkill to crops such as alfalfa,
winter wheat and strawberries.
Snow is a good insulator.
Fortunately there hasn’t been a
lot of cold weather either. There
was some before Christmas and
a few cold days since, which
potentially could’ve hurt some
alfalfa stands, according to
Glenn Friesen, forage specialist with Manitoba Agriculture,
Food and Rural Initiatives
(MAFRI). Much depends on the
condition of the alfalfa when it
went into winter, he said.
“We know that on average
the alfalfa crown can withstand
-12, which is one or two inches
below the soil,” Friesen said in
an interview Feb. 16.
Grass in alfalfa stands provides some insulation.
Subsoil temperatures
Four inches of “good snow” can
keep the soil two inches below
the surface 10 C warmer than
the air temperature, Friesen
said.
PAM DE ROCQUIGNY
The lack of snow could hurt this year’s winter wheat if there’s a severe cold snap.
Inset: A new white shoot shows this winter wheat is alive. PHOTOS: ALLAN DAWSON
Strawberry growers routinely
protect plants from the cold
with a straw mulch.
MAFRI monitors soil temperatures at five cm at 33
places around the province.
In the last two weeks temperatures have ranged from -4 to
-12, said MAFRI cereal specialist Pam de Rocquigny. A -18,
which is where winter wheat
can be damaged, was recorded
at one site, but it’s probably
not representative of the field.
Cracks in the soil might have
allowed cold air to reach the
sensor.
Winter wheat is hardiest in
December and January — normally the coldest months of the
winter, de Rocquigny said. As
spring gets closer winter wheat’s
cold tolerance declines. That
tolerance also depends on how
acclimated the winter wheat
was going into winter. Cold
tolerance also varies between
varieties.
“I think we can probably
safely say for plants that were
well hardened going into the
winter with three leaves and a
tiller we haven’t hit the soil tem-
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peratures where we would be
concerned,” de Rocquigny said
in an interview Feb. 15. “But I
know there were lots of acres
that went in, in less-than-ideal
conditions. The fall was dry.
There were lots of concerns with
germination. Obviously those
plants wouldn’t be going into
winter as well hardened as we’d
like to see.”
This is Manitoba, so by the
time you read this there could
be two feet of snow on the
ground. But if the snow doesn’t
come and there’s a cold snap
farmers should assess their
alfalfa and winter wheat in early
spring.
Continued on next page »
13
Continued from previous page
Early assessment
While dead plants can’t be resurrected, early assessment will
give farmers more time to consider their options.
“It’s going to be a field-byfield assessment in terms of
how the winter wheat fared and
then making your management
decisions from that point on,”
de Rocquigny said.
If spring comes early farmers might be able to assess their
winter wheat right in the field
in April. Once weeds start to
show signs of life dig up some
crowns in search of new, white
root shoots. Brown leaves mean
nothing. The plant could be
dead or alive.
To get an earlier start crowns
can be dug up and taken
indoors to see if they send out
new roots.
“Often the plant stand is variable so deciding on keeping it is
never an easy decision... for the
producer,” de Rocquigny said.
“It’s not black and white.”
The optimum winter wheat
stand is 20 to 30 plants per
square foot, but Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada research
shows even eight plants per
square foot can produce a
47-bushel-an-acre crop.
If winter wheat stands are thin
farmers need to weigh the pros
and cons of ripping it. If they
reseed spring wheat they must
ensure all the winter wheat has
been destroyed. Living winter
wheat could provide a “green
bridge” resulting in the spring
wheat being infected by wheat
streak mosaic.
If a thin crop is left farmers
should apply nitrogen early to
help it along and control weeds
earlier to because the crop
will be less competitive, de
Rocquigny said.
A stressed winter wheat crop
could take longer to mature,
making it more susceptible to
fusarium head blight.
Alfalfa growers have similar
decisions to make.
“If the plant is slow to emerge
then it’s injured so you should
be considering some remedial action or at least keeping
an eye on it,” Friesen said. “Do
your stem density counts and
if you’re below the thresholds
in the first part of the spring it’s
your choice if you want to terminate it or take the first cut
and then make a decision or
add some fertilizer to bump up
the yield as a band-aid solution.
BRIEF
No to more
fungicide in
orange juice
This winter wheat didn’t survive the winter.
I don’t think this is the year guys
want to stretch themselves thin
on forage production.”
Excess moisture followed by
dry weather last year resulted
in a reduced forage harvest.
Supplies are tight now and
prices rising.
Pastures and forage crops
aren’t soil tested as much as
they should be, Friesen said.
“Water tends to change what
the nutrient profile looks like...
so if there was a time to do it,
this is the time,” he said.
M a n i t o b a’s s t r a w b e r r y
fields are probably all right
so far, if they’ve been covered
PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON
with a straw mulch, Anthony
Mintenko, MAFRI’s fruit crop
specialist wrote recently on
MAFRI’s website.
“We still need to be concerned
with the potential occurrence of
winter temperatures in the -25
to -30 C range for extended periods as the winter winds down
in Manitoba in regions without
snow cover,” he wrote. “Continue
to monitor your strawberry fields
and ensure that straw mulch is
not being removed by wind or
displaced by deer attempting to
feed on dormant plants.”
REUTERS / The
U.S. Food and Drug
Administration declined
to change the levels it
will accept of an illegal
fungicide commonly
used in the Brazilian
orange juice industry,
the agency said Feb. 16.
The Brazilian and U.S.
juice industry groups
had asked the FDA to
allow higher levels of the
fungicide, carbendazim,
until June 2013 to
allow the industry time
to switch to another
option.
Carbendazim is illegal on all citrus in the
United States, but commonly used in Brazil,
the world’s top orange
juice exporter, to combat
mould on orange trees.
EU approves
Morocco
agriculture
trade deal
The deal will extend
duty-free trade in food
and fisheries
“It comes through
for me every time.”
By Charlie Dunmore
BRUSSELS / REUTERS
E
uropean Union lawmakers
approved a new trade deal
with Morocco Feb. 16 that
will significantly extend dutyfree sales of agricultural, food
and fisheries products between
the North African kingdom and
the 27-nation bloc.
The EU’s agriculture chief,
Dacian Ciolos, described the
deal as both economically and
politically significant.
“It is a balanced agreement,
which opens new opportunities for our producers in Europe
(and) paves the way for a real
reinforcement in our relations
with Morocco,” he said.
But critics said the deal
would threaten the livelihoods
of small-scale agricultural producers in Morocco and Europe
and prolong a decades-old dispute over control of the Western
Sahara.
“Those MEPs who endorsed
this agreement today should
be under no illusion: the agreement is not in the interest of the
average Moroccan citizen and
not in the interest of the people of Western Sahara,” French
activist and Green EU lawmaker
Jose Bove said in a statement.
The agreement will allow
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between March and May
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a Niña, a weather phenomenon usually linked
to heavy rains and flooding in Asia-Pacific and South
America and drought in Africa,
seems to have reached its peak
and is expected to fade between
March and May, the World
Meteorological Organization
(WMO) said Feb. 10.
A weak to moderate La Niña
pattern has cooled the tropical
Pacific since around October, a
considerably weaker event than
in 2010-11, the United Nations
agency said in a statement.
“Model forecasts and expert
interpretation suggest that the
La Niña is near its maximum
strength and hence is likely to
slowly decline over the coming
months,” the WMO said.
“However, beyond May, there
is some uncertainty over the
expected state of the Pacific
Ocean, with no particular preference for El Niño, La Niña or
neutral conditions,” it said, referring to its opposite phenomenon
which warms the Pacific.
There was a “wide range” in the
model forecasts for the period
beyond May, and even the rede-
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velopment of La Niña cannot be
ruled out, it added.
Conditions in the Pacific Ocean
would be closely monitored
throughout the rest of the year, it
said.
Changes in sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific are
“strongly linked to major climate
fluctuations around the globe,”
which can last for a year or more,
according to the WMO.
La Niña periods are often
associated with heavier rains
across large parts of Australia,
the Philippines, Indonesia and
Thailand, it says. They are also
generally linked to increased rainfall in southern African countries
and parts of West Africa, but other
factors influence climate patterns.
The La Niña will likely dissipate
this spring, but farmers in the
southern United States and South
America will have to contend with
lingering dryness as they plant
corn, soybeans, cotton and coffee.
The U.S. Climate Prediction
Center (CPC) said in its monthly
update recently that computer
models favour “a return to neutral
conditions during the Northern
Hemisphere spring, which
are likely to continue into the
summer.”
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NEWS
Big exports
but cattle herd
expansion
unclear —
USDA
High retail prices
may not prompt
expansion
WASHINGTON / REUTERS
Recent drought and forecasts for limited rainfall
could constrain the size
of the U.S. cattle herd
despite high retail beef
prices and forecasts for
near-record exports, the
Agriculture Department
said Feb. 15.
Record-high retail beef
prices “are not sufficient
to provide the long-term
margins and profits the
wholesale and cattlefeeding sectors must
have in order to sustain
an expansion,” USDA
economists said in a
monthly outlook report.
Beef exports are forecast to fall slightly to
2.76 billion lbs. this
year from 2.79 billion lbs. Favourable
exchange rates and economic growth in Asia
are expected to sustain
exports.
USDA’s Economic
Research Service said
heifer calves were
expected to fall by
200,000 head in 2011
and 2012, an insufficient
number to offset an
overall decline in beef
cows.
A continuation of the
La Niña weather phenomenon could limit
rainfall and limit the
amount of forage on
rangelands, said USDA
in listing factors at play.
“Continued negative profit margins for
cattle feeders and meat
packers, along with
consumer resistance to
higher prices, would also
put an upper boundary
on expansionary enthusiasm,” said the report.
On the other hand,
demand for feeder cattle
has driven feeder prices
to record highs. And the
number of cattle on feed
on Jan. 1 was among the
highest in a decade.
“There are signs that
consumers are beginning to resist the escalating retail prices,” said
USDA. “It is not clear
how much higher beef
retail prices can go with
pork and poultry so
much less expensive.”
Retail prices for “fresh”
beef rose by 31 per cent, to
$4.35 a lb. in the first quarter of 2011 from 2003.
Organic and natural
beef appear to be taking
a larger share of fresh
beef sales, said USDA.
Natural and organic
beef made up 4.2 per
cent of sales in 2011,
from 1.1 per cent in
2003, according to scanner data collected by
the National Cattlemen’s
Beef Association.
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maintained regularly.
“If the tires you are using on your
operation have wire in the walls, this
wire can break off and subsequently
be consumed by cattle,” warns North
Dakota State University Extension
Ser vice beef cattle specialist Carl
Dahlen. “Cattle ingesting these pieces
of wire can develop a condition known
as hardware disease.”
Once wire is swallowed, it goes into
the digestive system and often gets
trapped in the chamber of the stomach
called the reticulum. The reticulum
has honeycomb-shaped structures on
the walls and is designed to trap foreign materials.
If the wire punctures the reticulum wall, stomach contents can leak
through the wall and cause a condition
called peritonitis. Peritonitis can lead
to poor health and also may cause systemic infections. Cattle that continually decline in health eventually may
need to be culled.
Metal, wire and other foreign materials in the reticulum also can lead to
sudden death, Dahlen says. The diaphragm is the thin muscle that divides
the abdominal cavity (which contains
the stomach, intestine, liver, etc.) from
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diaphragm. In instances when cattle
experience severe abdominal contractions, such as while delivering a calf,
foreign material in the reticulum can
be forced through the reticulum wall
and into the heart.
“If this happens, the animal will
die shortly thereafter,” Dahlen says.
“Alternatively, the metal may pierce
only the protective layers around the
heart and cause inflammation and/or
infection. Either way, it is not a good
situation.”
To avoid hardware disease, perform
regular maintenance on your tire feeders. Maintenance should include:
• Cutting or grinding off exposed
wire, and picking up pieces and removing them from the cattle-feeding area;
• Removing any wire, nails or other
metal scraps from areas to which cattle
have access;
• Including powerful magnets in feed
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WEATHER VANE
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Will we see a late-winter cold snap?
Issued: Monday, February 21, 2012 · Covering: February 22 – February 29, 2012
Daniel Bezte
Co-operator
contributor
I
t’s looking more and more
likely that our weather pattern will undergo a bit of a
switch over the next week or
so. We saw the first indications
of this early in the week, as a
Colorado low brushed southeastern areas and brought the
first heavy snow event of the
year to this region.
No cold air was in place to
move in behind this low, so it
looks like temperatures will
continue on the mild side,
at least until the weekend.
During the second half of this
week, a second, less organized
area of low pressure will slide
through Manitoba, bringing
clouds and flurries with it.
Temperatures will continue
to be mild with highs around
-5 C and overnight lows in the
-10 to -15 C range.
Over the weekend this system will pull off to the east
and intensify. At the same
time, another fairly strong
storm system will move in
from the Pacific. This second
system is forecast to move
south of us as a large area
of cold arctic high pressure
begins to drop southward.
This push of cold air looks as
if it will move into our region
around Sunday and will likely
stick around for most of the
week. This just might bring
the longest cold snap of the
season.
Luckily, winds look to be
light with high pressure overhead, so while overnight lows
might get pretty cold, with the
increasing early-spring sunshine, daytime highs will not
be too bad.
T h e m o d e l s s h ow m o re
active weather later next
week, so there is still a chance
of seeing some significant
snowfall before spring really
moves in.
Usual temperature range for
this period: Highs, -15 to 0 C,
lows, -27 to -10 C.
Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession
with a BA (Hon.) in geography,
specializing in climatology, from the
U of W. He operates a computerized
weather station near Birds Hill Park.
Contact him with your questions and
comments at daniel@bezte.ca.
WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA
This week’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that has fallen across the Prairies so far this winter compared to historical
amounts. From all the red on the map, which indicates record-low amounts of precipitation, you can really see just how dry it has been
this winter. You really have to struggle to find any area that has seen high amounts of precipitation.
Warm winter: Putting it all together
A strong positive phase for both the NAO and AO overrode the effects of La Niña
By Daniel Bezte
co-operator contributor
I
t looks like this is a good
time to finish our look at the
different weather patterns
that have been affecting our
weather this winter, because the
weather pattern that has been
dominating for most of the fall
and winter appears to be undergoing a shift.
In the last article we continued our look at the North
Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and
the Arctic Oscillation (AO) and
tried to picture how these two
features can influence our
weather. We left off by looking
at how, if the NAO is positive,
then it would seem that the
AO would also be positive, but
this is not always the case. If we
have a positive NAO, that means
both the Icelandic Low and the
Azores High are stronger than
usual. The AO is said to be
positive when the upper low,
or Arctic vortex, over the North
Pole region is stronger than
usual and at the same time the
Azores High is stronger than
usual.
So, if we have a positive NAO,
then the Azores High is stronger
than usual, but at the same time
the Arctic vortex could be weak,
which would result in a negative
AO. Now this is when we have to
start hurting our brains think-
ing about all the different combinations that can occur with
just these two different circulation patterns and how each of
these combinations can affect
the weather.
As we have pointed out several times over the last month
or so, both the NAO and AO
have been very strongly positive
for most of the fall and winter.
We know that for both of these
features, a positive index usually results in warmer weather
for our part of the world. Since
both were strongly positive, it’s
not surprising that we had such
a warm winter. Before we go on
to why forecasters missed this
when they created this winter’s
long-range forecast, let’s examine some other combinations
that could occur.
Let’s say that the NAO was
positive but the AO was negative. One would be pushing
our weather toward warmerthan-average conditions while
the other would be pushing
us toward colder than average. What would the end result
be? That’s hard to say. The
easy answer would be average
weather conditions, and in the
long run that might be correct.
It’s possible that under these
conditions, the weather might
oscillate between periods of
extreme warmth and cold.
Much of it would depend on
With our current state of understanding of these
circulation patterns, we can at best only forecast
changes about two weeks in advance.
just how strong one of these
features was compared to the
other. So far we have been talking as though these features are
either strongly positive or negative, but just like everything
else that has do with weather,
they are in a constant state of
flux. That is, the strength of
each pattern changes from
day to day and week to week.
So in reality, there are numerous different combinations
of pressures that can occur,
each of which can result in
different overall weather patterns. It’s only when they stay
in one type of pattern for an
extended time, and that pattern is stronger than usual, that
their influence on our weather
becomes — if I dare use the
term — predictable.
Controlling factor
It’s the lack of predictability of these two patterns that
makes using them for longterm weather forecasting difficult. With our current state of
understanding of these circulation patterns, we can at best
only forecast changes about
two weeks in advance. So
while we know they can possibly have a big impact on our
weather, we just can’t reliably
predict them far enough into
the future to be of any use.
This is why forecasters tend
to hang their forecasting hats
on the atmospheric and oceanic circulation known as El
Niño and La Niña. I have written about these features several times over the years and I
don’t have time to go into any
depth about them this week.
The big reason forecasters put
so much confidence in these
features is the fact that they
are a slowly changing circulation pattern we have now
gotten pretty good at predicting even several months in
advance.
When forecasters were trying to figure out what the longrange forecast was going to be
for this winter, the Pacific was
experiencing a moderate to
strong La Niña and the longrange forecast for this feature
showed it remaining in the
moderate range for most of the
winter and possibly into the
spring. Now, as we are starting to enter spring, La Niña
is exactly as the models predicted. So it’s understandable
that forecasters would use this
as their main controlling factor for our winter’s weather.
Typically, when there is a moderate to strong La Niña, our
part of the world sees colderthan-average conditions along
with more snow, and this is
what was forecast. What forecasters didn’t count on was
the prolonged strong positive
phase of both the NAO and AO,
which basically overrode the
effects of La Niña.
What will be interesting is
to see is how the weather will
play out over the next month
or so. It appears the NAO and
AO are now either negative
or around neutral and have
been in this state for at least
the last two to four weeks. The
two-week forecast for both of
these continues to show them
remaining neutral. With La
Niña still in place, I wonder if
we will finally see some of that
cold, snowy weather we were
supposed to be seeing all winter long.
17
CROPS
Tahere are in-crop herbicides options but farmers need to be careful to avoid crop damage
By Allan Dawson
CO-OPERATOR STAFF
DEKALB agronomist Bruce Murray says farmers must be careful applying 2,4-D or MCPA to Roundup Ready corn when trying to
control Roundup Ready canola. If the corn is too advanced — past the six-leaf stage — or temperatures are extremely hot the corn
can be severely damaged. PHOTOS: MAFRI
being sprayed with 2,4-D or MCPA
is unlikely to recover, he said.
Phenoxy herbicides are not recommended for use on corn in
Ontario because the risk of crop
damage is high. To minimize the
risk, Manitoba farmers must apply
the correct rate, at the right time,
Murray said.
That means not spraying later
than the six-leaf stage and holding off if the temperature and/or
humidity are high, or if there are big
differences between day and night
temperatures.
Some corn hybrids are more susceptible to injury, so consult your
seed dealer.
Preventing canola volunteers in
the first place is best, but is easier
said than done. Canola tends to be a
weedier crop because it hasn’t been
domesticated as long as some others, Murray said.
It shatters more easily at harvest and sometimes goes dormant.
While dormancy can last four years,
most canola seed germinates in
the first season following harvest,
he said. Research in Saskatchewan
found some canola fields had 3,590
Pioneer brand
CORn hybrids
for Manitoba
canola seeds per square metre on
the ground after harvest — 20 times
the normal seeding rate, he said.
Shattering can be reduced by swathing canola when 25 to 30 per cent
of the seed has changed colour, he
said. Setting the combine to reduce
losses helps, too.
Studies have shown it’s better to
avoid tillage immediately after harvesting canola.
“(With) deep tilling, all you are
doing is burying it and creating conditions where it is probably going to
go dormant on you,” Murray said.
“And then when you bring them
back up, guess what happens?” They
germinate and grow.
Often fall tillage isn’t needed
because freezing temperatures in
the fall will kill volunteer canola, he
said.
“Sometimes fall tillage is not a
bad thing as long as you wait long
enough and let the canola germinate,” Murray said. “If you are tilling,
don’t bury the stuff down six inches.
You don’t need a lot to get rid of that
canola — nice shallow tillage.”
Corn is a competitive crop later in
the growing season, but it’s a wimp
The first node of the corn plant can be
weakened and break in the wind.
at the start. That’s why weeds should
be controlled early, he said.
“If you don’t, it’s going to cost
you and it’s going to cost you big
time. It’s clear. If you wait you’ll lose
yield.”
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If that fails there are pre-seed
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Murray, a DEKALB agronomist with
Monsanto.
“It you’re expecting a miracle,
sorry there isn’t a miracle out there
right now,” Murray told farmers at
the recent Manitoba Special Crops
Symposium.
Conventional canola volunteers
are easy to control with glyphosate in Roundup Ready corn — but
Roundup doesn’t kill Roundup
Ready canola. Pre-seed herbicide
treatments include: Clean Start
(which needs to be applied when
the canola is in the one- to two-leaf
stage), bromoxynil plus MCPA and
Heat.
Monsanto endorses Heat because
it’s effective, has some residual control, belongs to Group 14, and is relatively affordable, Murray said.
“It works well and it works
quickly.”
There’s also no antagonism when
it’s mixed with Roundup and the
tank mix can also be applied before
seeding soybeans, he said.
In-crop options are 2,4-D,
Basagran, dicamba plus 2,4D, bromoxinal plus MCPA, and
DyVel DSp. It’s safest to apply a
2,4-D-glyphosate tank mix when
corn is in the two- to four-leaf stage,
Murray said. When corn is in the
four- to six-leaf stage mix glyphosate with bromoxynil plus MCPA.
“Do it earlier with the 2,4-D, do
it on time with the Buctril-M (bromoxynil plus MCPA) and go fishing
if you’re too late,” he said.
It’s risky spraying corn with phenoxy herbicides such as 2,4-D and
MCPA, Murray stressed. The in-crop
2,4-D-glyphosate tank mix should
be applied early when the corn is in
the two- to four-leaf stage.
“It’s more an art than science,”
Murray said. “If you get it wrong
and get injury that first node (on
the corn plant) gets brittle and if the
wind picks up, it breaks off. That’s a
real yield hit if you get it wrong.”
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ESN, urea or a blend? Researchers
say that is a complicated question
Slow-release fertilizer ESN has some obvious pluses,
but researchers want to know what happens when the rubber meets the road
By Alexis Kienlen
FBC STAFF / RED DEER
E
SN? Urea? A blend? Which
is best for your crops?
That may depend where
you live.
ESN is a polymer-coated urea
product that releases the fertilizer over time, and new research
suggests local matters when it
comes to using it.
“Once (ESN) is put into the
soil, water moves into the granule, dissolves the nitrogen and it
is released into the soil,” Alberta
Agriculture’s Len Kryzanowski
told the recent Agronomy
Update event in Red Deer.
“This is very heavily dependent on temperature and moisture, which are the same conditions that affect crop growth. In
theory, it should sync the availability of the nitrogen with the
crop demands.”
But does it?
That was one of the key questions of a four-year study that
sought to evaluate urea, ESN and
a blend based on crop growth
and yield. Researchers wanted to
discover the optimal situation for
the use of each fertilizer, based
on spring or fall applications,
moisture conditions and crop.
They also wanted to determine
the best regions for use of the
three products as well as agronomic rate limits for ESN and
urea to reduce seedling damage.
Researchers compared ESN,
urea and a blend of 25 per cent
urea and 75 per cent ESN, fall
versus spring application, and
banding versus seed placement.
Wheat, barley and canola were
used throughout the study.
Fertilizer was applied at rates of
zero, 30, 60, 90 and 120.
“You’ve got quite a complex
design of treatments, but these
are the common decisions that
a farmer will have to make when
he is using fertilizer products, so
it makes sense to do these comparisons,” said Kryzanowski.
Moisture effect
There were nine research sites
(Beaverlodge, Barrhead, Bow
Island, Lacombe, Vegreville, High
River, Gibbons and Lethbridge
— irrigated and dryland) and
all were continuously cropped
or stubble fields. Researchers
tracked dates for heading,
emergence, maturity, and plant
counts at the two-leaf stage. After
“What we found was about 40 per cent of the
time, you’ll see an economic response on barley
and wheat when you use ESN.”
LEN KRYZANOWSKI
harvest, factors such as per cent
grain moisture content, grain
yield, weight, thousand kernel
weight and kernel plumpness
were analyzed. Soil and precipitation information was also collected, and the nitrogen left after
cropping was measured to gauge
the potential for leaching.
“High River was a high-moisture situation,” Kryzanowski said.
“You got an excellent response to
added fertilizer, whether it was
ESN or urea. There were some
indications that there was some
damage to the crop, especially
the wheat with seed-placed urea.
“In comparison, Beaverlodge
had drier conditions, much
lower yields, and the response to
added fertilizer was in the opposite direction. As you increased
the fertilizer, the yields were
starting to go down. We’re startContinued on next page »
Do your research
when choosing
a micronutrient
The cost of the product
may well exceed
actual benefit
By Alexis Kienlen
FBC STAFF / RED DEER
B
e skeptical of hype about
micronutrients and only
use them when they
make economic sense, says
Rigas Karamanos, manager of
Agronomic Solutions for Viterra
in Calgary.
“When a product is registered
with CFIA, that means the company that sells the product bothered to do 12 experiments in
Canada,” Karamanos told attendees at the recent Agronomy
Update event in Red Deer.
“Sixty per cent of them have
to work. We’re talking about 12
experiments, in which seven
showed a positive result.”
Producers who want to find out
if their micronutrient is registered
can go on to the CFIA website
and check the registered product
list.
But the key is that fertilizers
need to be applied at the right
source, in the right place, at the
right time and at the right rate,
said Karamanos, who participated in the annual Canadian
Fertilizer product forum.
“I stand on record in that particular forum as saying that all
products are good, as long as they
are used properly,” he said.
He advised producers to ignore
hype and see if there is scientific
research done on the products.
“Don’t trust testimonials
because they are anecdotes. They
are stories, not scientific data,”
he said.
Karamanos told his audience
to remember that agronomic
conditions vary by region, and a
product that works well in one
location may not in another.
“Micronutrients should be
used when their application
results in an economic benefit to
the farmer,” he said, adding those
benefits have to be measurable
increases in yield and quality.
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ing to see less response for fertilizer application for all three
crops.”
In moist conditions, protein
levels in the grain and seed were
found to increase with the addition of fertilizers.
“In some cases, you could
see better responses with urea
and fall-banded versus spring
and fall applications,” said
Kryzanowski. “You have a whole
mixture of responses that are
occurring here. That’s the challenge in trying to sort out the
information.”
Beaverlodge, with its low moisture, showed higher levels of grain
protein than High River. “Even
though you have lower moisture conditions, your response
in regards to the protein level is
actually increasing,” he said.
Seed-placed urea product
caused seedling damage and
decreases in plant population
at the High River site. However,
this did not cause a reduction in
yield, indicating the ability of the
crops to compensate for the loss.
Beaverlodge showed a greater
rate of seedling damage, particularly when urea was seed placed
next to canola.
“This also reflected low productivity” said Kryzanowski.
“We’re below the threshold in
terms of having an adequate
amount of plant population to
grow a sustainable yield. One
of our challenges is going to be
to identify these thresholds in
terms of plant numbers, populations, and product.”
There was a significant yield
response to nitrogen from the
majority of sites and crops and
significant protein response and
nitrogen rate for all southern
sites and crops. Yield and protein response to fertilizer varied
by region and crop. Seed-placed
urea caused the greatest seedling
damage to wheat and canola,
followed by barley. Blending ESN
and urea allowed for good nitrogen rates without seedling damage for most of the sites. Seedplaced ESN allowed for high
rates of nitrogen to be applied
with the crop and banding with
ESN maximized the slow, gradual nitrogen release.
The bottom line
Researchers completed a simple
economic analysis to compare
the various treatments.
“What we found was about 40
per cent of the time, you’ll see
an economic response on barley
and wheat when you use ESN,”
Kryzanowski said. “Canola is a
bit better and you’ll see an economic benefit about 60 per cent
of the time.”
Rates and benefits vary by different areas of the province.
“Variation between sites, in
sites and among sites was high
and there was some indication of regional differences,”
Kryzanowski said.
The variability of response
makes it hard for researchers to
determine or predict best products or applications.
“We have a big challenge
ahead of us in terms of trying to
use this information,” he said.
Since ESN is a slow-release fertilizer, it has the ability to reduce
nitrate emissions and minimize
leaching. N2O emissions varied
greatly during the year. Spring
thaw is a critical time in terms of
nitrous oxide loss.
“Any time we have fall fertilizer
application, we’re going to see
high N2O emissions coming off
in the springtime,” Kryzanowski
said.
Going from a fall urea to a
spring urea resulted in a reduction of 65 per cent of nitrous
oxide emissions, and going
from fall urea to spring ESN also
greatly reduced emissions.
Len Kryzanowski says the variability of response makes it hard for researchers
to determine or predict best products or applications. PHOTO: ALEXIS KIENLEN
Monsanto
to appeal
French ruling
The company says it
sees no causal link
PARIS / REUTERS
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.S. agribusiness giant
Monsanto said Feb. 14 it
will appeal a French court
ruling that found it responsible
for the poisoning of a farmer who
inhaled a weed killer in what is the
first such case to reach court in
France.
A court in Lyon, southeast
France, ruled Feb. 13 that
Monsanto was guilty of poisoning
grain grower Paul Francois, 47,
who suffered from memory loss,
headaches and stammering after
inhaling the Lasso weed killer in
2004.
The farmer accused the company of not providing adequate
safety warnings on the product
label.
“Monsanto is going to appeal
this verdict. We are disappointed
by the court’s decision,” Yann
Fichet, head of institutional relations at Monsanto France, said.
“An in-depth examination of
the case does not show in our
view sufficient evidence of a
causal link between the use of
this herbicide and the symptoms
reported by Mr. Francois,” he told
France Info radio.
Francois said his health problems were caused by inhalation
of Lasso while cleaning the tank
of his crop sprayer. He blames
Monsanto for not specifying on
the label the presence of chlorobenzene, a chemical substance
later detected in the farmer’s hair
and urine.
Lasso was banned in France
in 2007 in line with a European
Union directive.
The product has also become
less popular with farmers elsewhere and Monsanto’s leading
herbicide is now Roundup, which
it markets in conjunction with its
genetically modified, weed killertolerant “Roundup Ready” crops.
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French court case will take up to a
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New products must pass the “smell” test
Big claims frequently accompany new crop input products
By Gord Gilmour
FBC STAFF / WINNIPEG
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eff Schoenau gets a variation
of the same questions several times a year — on the
phone, over coffee, via email or
somewhere on the winter meeting circuit. “They basically all
want to know, ‘What do you
think of product XYZ?’” the
University of Saskatchewan soil
fertility specialist says.
That can be a tough question
for an academic to answer as
very little third-party research is
ever done on commercial products these days, and typically
research work by him and others in his field deals with larger
basic questions such as how to
manage soil fertility and runoff.
“I basically can’t give an
informed, scientific response,
because I haven’t worked with
it,” he says.
But the continuing nature of
these inquiries suggests that
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for primary pro-
ducers to be able to sort fact
from fiction. With that in mind,
he’s on the meeting circuit this
winter offering some practical
guidelines for growers.
Do claims stack up?
At the recent Manitoba
Agronomists Conference in
Winnipeg, he told agronomists
and farmers that the first test
will always be the “smell” test
— do the claims stack up with
what we know about how soil
science works?
“Do the claims fall within the
laws of nature?” he asked, followed by a slide of a decrepit
old outhouse appearing on the
screen. “Or are they more like
the call of nature?
“It’s hard to make something
out of nothing, so ask yourself,
how are we going to get 100
pounds of nitrogen from something you’re going to add at one
pound an acre?”
When a product is at the early
stages of commercialization,
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it can be
a tough thing to find
much meaningful information, Schoenau says. Typically
the companies rely on lab and
greenhouse studies that may or
may not translate into the field.
He also cautions that product
testimonials shouldn’t necessarily be taken at face value, since
they’re frequently in the realm
of anecdote, not evidence.
“A testimonial is fine, but is
there a name and contact information? That becomes a bit
more meaningful.”
Information sources
In the field there’s typically
contract research by privately
owned research facilities commissioned by the manufacturer,
which can be another source of
information, but still tend to be
small-plot trials which may not
translate to field-scale results.
Another source of information might be published articles,
but he cautions they need to be
critically examined too. Look
for who wrote it, what their credentials are and if there’s any
“Do the claims fall within the laws of nature? Or
are they more like the call of nature?”
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doubt, contact them with your
questions.
One of the best sources of
information comes from government agencies that may
regulate these products like
the CFIA and PMRA. Those
organizations have high scientific standards and frequently
require efficacy trials.
“That is only available, of
course, where it’s appropriate,”
Schoenau said.
If there still isn’t enough
information to make a decision
you’re comfortable with, there’s
another call you can make —
to the company marketing the
product.
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demonstration?’” Schoenau
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believing.”
But these guidelines don’t
eliminate the basic shortfall —
a knowledge gap that requires
scientific evidence.
To address it, Schoenau and
his fellow faculty members at
the university have designed a
new program for their advanced
thesis students, based on one of
the agriculture science classes
where they’re required to design
an experiment.
Do it yourself
The intention is to familiarize
the students with the scientific
method, and Schoenau says in
the past couple of years they’ve
been having students test available commercial products.
He cited the work of student
Gisele Ulrich during his presentation, who examined enzymes
as soil additives.
To test their efficacy, Ulrich
planted samples in a phosphorus-deficient soil, with four replications at various rates of the
amendment and four without
any additive. After growing it
she measured phosphorus and
nitrogen uptake, and soil residual available phosphorus and
nitrogen. She also measured the
biomass.
“There was no significant difference in yield, no significant
difference in biomass and no
significant difference in phosphorus or nitrogen uptake or
residual,” says Schoenau. “The
enzymes didn’t really seem to
do anything.”
He went on to stress that
the study still didn’t provide a
definitive answer, since there
could be variables outside the
scope of the experiment that
altered its outcome — say for
some environmental reason the
enzymes were inactivated and
decomposed before they could
have an effect.
Bioproducts are affected by
complicated factors — they
may have a positive effect in
one environment or one season,
and not another, he noted.
“But we do know that on that
soil, and that crop, at that rate,
there was no apparent effect,”
he says.
“One of the things I have to
remind my students is that performing an experiment and
getting no result can be just as
important as getting a dramatic
result — in some cases it may
be even more important.”
For farmers and agronomists
he recommends asking questions and seeking evidence
when considering new products. He cautioned them to be
open minded and fair and to
acknowledge that there can be
variables in any experiment,
and to continue to update their
knowledge and be willing to
learn. He also suggested that
if there was no good evidence,
they might consider creating
their own.
“You could build a simple
light tray, get some pots and
soil, and perform your own
experiment,” he said. “You can
do what our fourth-year thesis
students are doing.”
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briefs
Farmers favouring
corn over wheat
Picking rocks — in February?
kiev / reuters / Ukraine
is likely to bring in a grain
harvest of 45 million tonnes
in 2012 — its fourth largest in 20 years — despite
a severe drought and cold
snap which has hit winter
grain crops.
“This year’s harvest could
total 45 million tonnes
thanks to a record harvest
of maize,” said Yelizaveta
Malyshko, analyst for
UkrAgroConsult
Ukraine harvested a
record 56.7 million tonnes
last year. The latest estimate
puts the wheat harvest at
13.7 million tonnes versus
22.3 million tonnes of wheat
a year ago. Corn production
is expected to jump by onequarter to 20 million tonnes.
U.S. ethanol
stocks swell
It’s too early to seed but farmers like Jan Chalmers in the Somerset area are still capitalizing on the lack of snow in the fields. photo: jeannette greaves
reuters / U.S. ethanol
makers stepped up production of biofuel last week
after output had fallen to
a 2-1/2-month low and
stocks swelled to a fresh
record high, the Energy
Information Administration
reported Feb. 15.
Ethanol production averaged 928,000 barrels a day
in the week ended Feb. 10,
up 5,000 barrels per day
from the previous week, a
0.5 per cent increase, EIA
data showed.
Stocks of ethanol, primarily made from corn in the
United States, ballooned to
a fresh all-time high of 21.49
million barrels, up 430,000
barrels, or two per cent,
from the prior week.
Ethanol supplies have
increased by more than 3.5
million barrels, or nearly 20
per cent, since the beginning of the year.
Wheat board has
no comment
beijing / reuters /
Canadian Wheat Board boss
Ian White refuses to say
whether the board might
be planning to sell wheat
or barley to Iran, but added
that “we sell wheat to Iran
when they need it.”
Trade with Iran is
becoming increasingly
difficult because of sanctions imposed by the U.S.
and the European Union
over Tehran’s controversial
nuclear program.
Asked whether the sanctions would complicate a
possible sale to Iran, White
said: “The Iranians pay
promptly but obviously we’d
have to look at all the factors
associated with it.”
Iran imports around 4.5
million tonnes of grain a
year, including about 3.5
million tonnes of corn,
mostly for animal feed.
Cargill says it plans to
continue grain shipments
despite signs Iran is struggling to process payments
as trade sanctions bite.
“Like all the international
companies, we do business
there, but you have to be
very careful,” said vice-president Paul Conway.
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Red River nutrient management plan in the works
Lake Winnipeg’s health will be monitored in order to gauge plan’s effectiveness
Staff
P
lans for a nutrient management
strategy for the Red River watershed have been endorsed by the
International Red River Board of the
International Joint Commission.
Representatives of North Dakota,
Minnesota and Manitoba, the Red River
Basin Commission (RRBC) and federal agencies from both countries have
agreed to work together across various
jurisdictions within the watershed.
“The reduction of nutrients will
improve water quality and the health
not only of Lake Winnipeg but of all
surface waters across the international
Red River watershed,” said Nicole
Armstrong, director of Manitoba’s Water
Science and Management Branch of
Manitoba Conservation and Water
Stewardship.
Information on nutrient reduction
efforts already underway will be collected, and committee members will
exchange information on nutrient control activities such as treatment tech-
nologies, best management practices
and educational programs.
Reducing nutrient inputs in respective
jurisdictions will also be discussed, as
well as efforts to develop nutrient load
allocation and/or water quality targets
for nutrients for the Red River.
Implementation of the outcomes of
the nutrient management strategy will
be a future topic of discussion between
and within jurisdictions.
Nutrients such as phosphorus and
nitrogen enter lakes and rivers from
fields, discharges from waste water
treatment facilities and other sources
and cause excessive growth of algae
and other plants leading to problems
with water clarity and dissolved oxygen
levels.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
commissioner Paul Aasen said the committee will pursue a consensus-based
approach to decision-making.
“We recognize that ultimately local
jurisdictions will make final decisions
regarding the nutrient reduction measures that are most appropriate for their
own jurisdictions, but the committee
will help facilitate the exchange of information and promote consistency wherever possible.”
Aasen said an important first step will
be to identify high-priority areas in order
to focus resources on those areas first.
“Another priority is the health of Lake
Winnipeg. Monitoring progress in the
lake is a good way to gauge the effectiveness of nutrient reduction efforts,” said
Aasen.
Dennis Fewless, director of the North
Dakota Department of Health’s Division
of Water Quality, said that preserving
water quality in the watershed is the
responsibility of the people who live in
it.
“The committee’s goal is to develop
a strategy based on sound science and
basin-wide co-operation, while retaining
the nutrient management efforts unique
to each jurisdiction,” said Fewless.
RRBC has been working across the
state, provincial and international
boundaries for over a decade and has
developed a vision for the future called
“Another priority is the
health of Lake Winnipeg.
Monitoring progress in the
lake is a good way to gauge
the effectiveness of nutrient
reduction efforts.”
Paul Aasen
the Natural Resource Framework Plan
that has 13 basin-wide goals.
Lance Yohe, executive director of
RRBC, said that the nutrient management strategy addresses goal No. 9 –
improving water quality.
“We are excited that Manitoba,
Minnesota and North Dakota are in
agreement on the importance of this
issue and are willing to explore a strategy. This is an example of the type of
cross-border co-operation that is needed
to find solutions that will provide lasting
results,” said Yohe, in a press release.
T:17.4
Seaway set
to open but
seasonal
outlook
uncertain
By Alex Binkley
co-operator contributor / ottawa
A
fter posting modest growth
in 2011 despite a shaky
North American economy, the St. Lawrence Seaway
opens March 22 amidst upbeat
predictions.
However, ever yone tempers their forecasts with a caution about the prospect for
Canadian and American grain
exports. While there’s plenty of
grain in North America, there’s
also more grain supplies around
the world. And what will happen
to Canadian grain exports after
the CWB’s monopoly ends this
summer?
The seaway handled 37.5 million tonnes of freight in 2011, up a
respectable 2.5 per cent from 2010,
but the coming year is difficult to
predict, said Mike Broad, president of the Shipping Federation of
Canada.
“From what I hear, the first half
of the year will be like last year,”
said Broad, before adding it’s hard
to say what might happen next.
The head of the Chamber
of Marine Commerce is more
positive.
“By all accounts, things look up
— shipments could be up by five
per cent,” said Raymond Johnston.
“The United States economy has
looked better lately with manufacturing rates on an upswing.”
One positive sign is that ocean
freight rates are down and shipping lines are looking for business.
If the U.S. economy picks up more
momentum, especially on the
export side, then ship owners will
be looking for business.
A survey of economic forecasts
for 2012 underscores the cautious
optimism.
Both the Conference Board of
Canada and Bank of Canada have
reduced their growth projections
for 2012, with both estimating it
will be around two per cent.
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Entomologist warns sunflower growers
to take a close look before spraying
Be kind to the honeybee, less toxic sprays can mean more bees and higher yields
By Shannon VanRaes
co-operator staff
S
T:17.4”
omething bugging your
sunflower crop? Or just
bugging you?
Separate sunflower friend
from foe before spraying, a
provincial government entomologist reminded producers
at the annual Special Crops
Symposium.
“Ground beetles can destroy
as much as 40 per cent of the
sunflower beetles’ larvae over
the winter, they’re important
... and significant,” said John
Gavloski. “It’s good to have
them.”
The humble ground beetle, also known as the carabid beetle, isn’t alone in its
culinary tastes. At least five
species of parasitic wasps
also feed on the larvae of sunflower pests, noted Gavloski.
And despite its name, the
minute pirate bug is also one
of the good bugs. It attacks
and feeds on instar eggs as
well as some larvae.
But the banded sunflower
moth, sunflower beetle, lygus
bugs, midge and red sunflower seed weevil continue
to require vigilance, said the
entomologist.
“Sunflower midge may be
increasing, or it could be,
depending on the weather,”
said Gavloski. “They like
early moist soil, so another
wet spring could make it an
issue.”
The banded sunflower
moth may also increase in the
coming year, although trap
levels varied from field to
field in 2011, he said.
However, seed weevils remain
at low levels in most areas
of the province and aren’t
“So you need to
consider what is
the biggest risk in
your area and plan
ahead.”
John Gavloski
expected to be a major issue
in 2012.
Late planting can reduce
the amount of damage caused
by t h e b a n d e d s u n f l ow e r
moth, but there is a trade-off
because damage by red sunflower seed weevil is slowed
by early planting, Gavloski
said.
“So you need to consider
what is the biggest risk in your
area and plan ahead,” he said.
What type of sunflower you
grow is also a factor. Gavloski
noted 10 to 12 weevils per
plan t i s th e th resh o l d f o r
treating oilseeds, compared to
one to two per plant for confection seeds.
As with all pesticides, farmers need to take the honeybee
population into account.
“Sunflowers will self-pollinate to some degree, but if
you have a good honeybee
population you will have a
higher yield,” said Gavloski.
He added that using less
toxic pesticides should be
considered, noting less toxic
doesn’t necessarily mean less
effective.
The entomologist also suggested producers spray late in
the evening when fewer pollinators are out.
news
Developing
nations to lead
in biotech crops
By Carey Gillam
reuters
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Farmers in developing
nations will sow more
biotech crops than those
in the industrialized
world for the first time
this year.
Globally, the area
planted with biotech crops rose eight
per cent last year to
a record 160 million
hectares, or 395 million
acres, according to the
International Service for
the Acquisition of AgriBiotech Applications.
The U.S., by a wide margin, has the largest GMO
area with 43 per cent of
acreage, but the gap is
closing.
“Developing countries
grew close to 50 per cent
of global biotech crops
in 2011 and for the first
time are expected to
exceed industrial countries’ hectarage in 2012,”
ISAAA said in a report.
“This is contrary to the
prediction of critics who,
prior to the commercialization of the technology
in 1996, prematurely
declared that biotech
crops were only for
industrial countries and
would never be accepted
and adopted by developing countries.”
Biotech crops were
planted by 16.7 million
farmers in 29 countries.
Brazil and Argentina
are the second-biggest
adopters, but in Latin
America biotech crops
are so far limited to soybeans, corn and cotton.
Canada is fifth with 25.7
million acres of GMO
canola, corn, soybeans
and sugar beets.
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U.S. Plains farmland values jump again
Farmers bought 73 per cent of the farmland sold in 2011, up from 60 per cent in 2005
By Christine Stebbins
CHICAGO / REUTERS
F
armland prices in the U.S.
Plains states extended
record-setting gains in the
fourth quarter of 2011, rising 25
Fed also said credit conditions
improved as farmers paid down
debt at the year-end, comments
that may help temper concerns
of a land-price bubble.
“Strong farm incomes were
fuelling the robust farmland
per cent from a year earlier as
cash-rich farmers competed for
land, the Federal Reserve Bank
of Kansas City said Feb. 15.
In a quarterly survey that provides an important gauge of the
U.S. agricultural economy, the
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February 27 & 28, 2012
The Fairmont Winnipeg
Grain World, Canada’s leading annual
grain-market outlook conference,
is returning for 2012, co-ordinated by
Wild Oats Grain Market Advisory
Farmland values are closely
monitored by economists at the
Federal Reserve and by commercial banks, as a barometer
of U.S. banking assets and as a
benchmark for agricultural balance sheets. Farmland is basic
collateral for farm loans.
Skyrocketing land values have
caused worries among bankers about the possibility of a
ruinous farmland bubble like
the one seen in the 1980s U.S.
farm crisis, when overleveraged
farmers lost their land as interest rates jumped.
But farmers carry much less
debt now, thanks to record farm
income. Grain prices and production have also been strong, a
rare double for farmers used to
seeing prices fall as production
rises. Booming farm exports and
domestic ethanol have changed
that traditional equation, market analysts say.
T h e Fe d’s 1 0 t h d i s t r i c t
stretches across the major
wheat, corn and cattle states of
Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and
Oklahoma, along with Wyoming
and parts of New Mexico and
Missouri. The area has seen a
jump in corn prices in recent
years with the rapid expansion
of corn-based ethanol output.
“Strong farm incomes were
fuelling the robust farmland
value gains. During the fourth
quarter, crop prices remained
historically high but volatile,
while livestock prices were
well above year-ago levels,” the
report said.
“Half of survey respondents
reported higher farm income
in the fourth quarter compared to last year, and almost a
third expected further income
gains in 2012. With bullish
farm income prospects, many
landowners negotiated steep
increases in cash rental rates for
farmland,” the bank said.
But farm income varied in
the district, with some hurt
by flooding and others by
drought. The strong grain and
livestock prices helped buoy
Oklahoma and Kansas ranchers where drought forced them
to reduce herd sizes to historical lows.
Farmer demand robust
A third of the district bankers
surveyed expected the price and
amount of farmland offered for
sale to continue to rise in 2012,
as well as farm income.
One banker from eastern
Nebraska said that “with current
price levels, many older landowners are cashing out.”
Such farm sales were met by
robust farmer demand, pushing land prices higher. The Fed
said farmers bought 73 per cent
of the farmland sold in 2011, up
from 60 per cent in 2005.
“Land sales have exploded in
number and price due to record
farm profits. Many farmers have
also prepaid for nearly all of next
year’s crop inputs,” a banker in
northeastern Nebraska told the
Fed.
Of non-farmer purchases,
more bankers reported farmland being bought for investment purposes such as rental
income and earning capital
gains. Farmland purchases for
recreational use or residential/
development projects continued to fall.
“Two reasons given for buying
farmland are alternative investments are limited and land will
always be there,” one banker in
northeastern Colorado told the
Fed.
Cash rents for farmland
jumped last year, up 18 per cent
compared to a six per cent gain
in 2010 as “landowners factored
in high farm income expectations when renegotiating lease
terms,” the Fed said. Ranchland
rent values rose but at a slower
rate, about 10 per cent, versus
a four per cent average annual
gain in 2010.
Interest rates averaged 6.3 per
cent on farm operating loans
in the quarter and for farm real
estate loans fell below six per
cent for the first time in survey
history, dipping to 5.9 per cent,
the Kansas City Fed said.
Featuring:
• Review of overall world crop supply and demand
• Outlooks for the crops we grow on the Prairies
• Adding wheat to your marketing strengths
For the agenda and to register online,
visit www.wildoatsgrainworld.com or call (204) 942-1459
A farmer stands in a wheat field near Lincoln, Nebraska. Non-irrigated
cropland values have jumped 25 per cent in the U.S. Midwest since last year
as absentee landowners cash out and farmers compete aggressively for more
land. REUTERS/CARLOS BARRIA
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Record world wheat stocks to
offset South American drought
USDA sees stocks the highest in 12 years due to larger crops in India, Kazakhstan and Morocco
By Charles Abbott
“The big, feared shocker is not there ... The
drought is basically over. The bean numbers
could grow.”
WASHINGTON/REUTERS
W
orld wheat stocks
will swell to a record
this year and cor n
supplies will be larger than
expected despite a cropwithering drought in South
America, the U.S. government
forecast Feb. 9.
India will post a record rice
crop of 102 million tonnes,
up two million tonnes from a
January estimate, due to beneficial monsoons and growing
weather, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture forecast, as the
global grain outlook improves
slightly after years of tight
stocks and rising prices.
Fur t h er s ig ns of repl enished global grain bins may
help keep a lid on grain prices
globally. Corn, for instance,
has slid by more than $1 a
bushel from late last year to
about $6.40 a bushel.
Wheat stocks will rise to
213.1 million tonnes at the
end of the marketing year, up
six per cent from the record
set last year of 200.7 million
tonnes, the largest stocks in
12 years. USDA cited larger
crops in India, Kazakhstan
and Morocco. Russia and its
neighbours harvested bountiful crops last summer, bouncing back from drought.
Corn stocks were forecast
at 125.35 million tonnes, over
average trade estimates of
124.9 million tonnes, and soybeans at 60.28 million tonnes,
below estimates of 61.4 million tonnes.
U.S. traders said this report
was largely neutral for corn
and soybeans, because
the drought in Brazil and
Argentina was not as bad as
DON ROOSE
U.S. Commodities
feared by the market leading
up to the release of the report.
“The focus is on production in South America,” said
Don Roose, president of U.S.
Commodities. “The big, feared
shocker is not there ... The
drought is basically over. The
bean numbers could grow.”
For the second month in a
row, USDA lowered its forecast of the soybean harvest in
Brazil and Argentina, and cut
Argentine corn for the second
time since January. But the
cuts were largely in line with
traders had been expected as
drought continues to ravage
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Argentina’s corn crop was
forecast at 22 million tonnes,
d ow n f o u r m i l l i o n t o n n e s
from the January estimate.
Soybeans were forecast at 48
million tonnes, down 2.5 million tonnes in a month.
“Hi g h t e m p e ra t u re s a n d
extensive dryness... resulted
in irreversible damage to early
corn,” said USDA. Traders had
expected a lower corn figure
and a slightly higher soybean
estimate for Argentina.
In Brazil, the world’s largest soybean exporter, the crop
will total 72 million tonnes,
down two million tonnes from
January’s estimate said USDA.
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MCSHERRY AUCTION SITE Estate & Moving Auction
Sat., March 3, 10:30am Stonewall, MB. 12 Patterson
Dr. 79 Ford L9000 DSL Cat Tandem w/15-ft. Gravel
Box & Hoist, Sft; 90 Ford 350 4x4 Crew Cab 351 gas,
ns; 89 Ford F250 XL 4x4, 351 gas Sft; 30s Original
Oak Phone Booth w/Phone; Oak Curved Glass China
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621 Cat motor scrapers, 23H series, canopy,
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1968 D7E CRAWLER, twin tilts, needs work, $12,000;
1973 Wilock triaxle low-bed, double drop, beaver
tail, $28,000; Fleco brush rake for D7E, $5500; 1982
Ford L9000 tandem truck $8000; Cat70 cable scraper
$11,000. (204)326-3109, Steinbach.
AUTO & TRANSPORT
1981 CASE W20B WHEEL loader, well maintained,
$23,500. www.waltersequipment.com (204)525-4521
AUTO & TRANSPORT
Auto & Truck Parts
1986 KING LOWBED, DECK, 8ft 8in. wide plus
outriggers by 19ft 6in long, drop deck, beaver tail,
50-ton capacity, MB safety, triple axle, 275/70R22.5
tires, detachable gooseneck w/reconditioned cylinders, 4 new bushings in suspension, $30,000.
Phone: (204)795-9192, Plum Coulee.
REMANUFACTURED DSL ENGINES: GM 6.5L
$4,750 installed; Ford/IH 7.3L $4950 installed; GM
Duramax; new 6.5L engines $6500; 12/24V 5.9L Cummins; other new/used & reman. engines available.
Thickett Engine Rebuilding, 204-532-2187, Binscarth.
8:00am-5:30pm Mon.-Fri.
STEEL SERVICE TOOLBOX FOR 1/2, 3/4 or 1-ton
truck, 6 compartment, 79” wide, 8’ long, good
shape, $1000 OBO. Phone: (204)669-9626
1996 INTERNATIONAL DAYCAB, IN good condition,
safetied, $9000. Phone:(204)248-2110, Notre Dame.
2004 T800 AS NEW, 60,000-km c/w Doepker Super Bees; 1993 GMC Top Kick tandem, new box &
hoist; 100kW Gen Set c/w JD DSL motor, as new
1,000-hrs. (204)665-2360.
AUTO & TRANSPORT
Semi Trucks & Trailers
BEEKEEPING
FERTILIZER SPREADERS 4T, $1,000; 4T stainless, $2,500; 5T, $4,000; 6T, $3,000; 8T, $8,000;
8T Tender, $3,000; 16T Tender, $5,900; PU Sand
Spreader, $3,500. Phone (204)857-8403.
BIG BINS & FLOORS at old prices, 20,000-56,000bu. bins holding prices until spring. NEW MOISTURE CABLES! Call Wall Grain for details
(204)269-7616 or (306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662.
FOR SALE: 3 USED Grain Max 2,300-bu. Meridian
Hopper bins. Call Valley Agro (204)746-6783.
690 POLY SURROUNDS; 385 with nests; 75 poly
shelters, various makes. Phone: (204)435-2253.
BUILDING & RENOVATIONS
BUILDING & RENOVATIONS
Roofing
WANTED: USED NEW STYLE grain bin doors
complete. Also 18 gauge side panels for standard
19-ft. bins. Phone Bill (204)763-4390 or leave msg.
WESTEEL ROSCOE GRAIN BINS, 3 3350-bushel,
$2500 OBO; 2 3850-bushel $3000 OBO. All to be moved,
good shape, Morris area. Phone: (204)669-9626.
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Cleaners
HARVEY GISELLE 5-IN-1 GRAIN cleaner. Phone:
(204)755-2244
WINTER
BLOWOUT!!
75 truckloads 29 gauge full hard
100,000PSI high tensile roofing &
siding. 16 colours to choose from.
2
Multi-coloured millends.........49¢/ft.2
Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2
ST. LAZARE, MB.
1-800-510-3303
5-TON WILLMAR FERT SPREADER w/tarp, like
new, $4,000 OBO. Phone (204)758-3897, St Jean.
CUSTOM BIN MOVING: Large Flat Bottom Bins &
Hoppers. Also Buying & Selling used bins. Phone:
(204)362-7103. Email: binmovers@hotmail.com
BEEKEEPING
Bee Equipment
FOUILLARD STEEL
SUPPLIES LTD.
FARM MACHINERY
Fertilizer Equipment
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Bins
2005 VOLVO 630, 465HP, 13-spd trans, new stearing tires, 1.4m kms, truck in VGC, $24,500 OBO.
Phone: (204)325-1383 or cell (204)362-4874
BEAT THE PRICE
INCREASES CALL NOW
WRECKING
1968
D7E
CRAWLER,
serial
#48A10609 twin tilt angle dozer, scraper winch.
Phone:(204)326-3109, Steinbach MB.
FARM MACHINERY
AUTO & TRANSPORT
Trucks
B-Gr. coloured......................70¢/ft.
CATERPILLAR D6B SER #1134, standard shift
w/Johnson bar, hydraulic angle dozer, good undercarriage, pup start, tractor in good shape, ready to
work, $15,000 OBO. Phone: (204)669-9626
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Dryers
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Handling
WALINGA GRAIN VACS
Tired of shovelling out your bins,
unhealthy dust and awkward augers?
Walinga manufactures a complete line
of grain vacs to suit your every need.
With no filters to plug and less
damage done to your product than an
auger, you’re sure to find the right
system to suit you. Call now for a free
demonstration or trade in your old vac
towards a new
Walinga agri-Vac!
Fergus, On: (519) 787-8227
carman, MB: (204) 745-2951
Davidson, SK: (306) 567-3031
FARM MACHINERY
Haying & Harvesting – Baling
2007 956 HESSTON ROUND baler, c/w Agco GTA
monitor, constant moisture readout, has less than
5000 bales, shedded, excellent condition, $16,500
OBO. Phone: (204)325-1383 or cell (204)362-4874
2009 2150 HESSTON SERIES, 3x3 large square
baler. Always shedded, total bales, 2500, used two
seasons, asking $65,000 cdn OBO; 1982 1069 NH
diesel bale wagon, c/w 1028S mil-STAK 3x3 loader
arm, 354 Perkins engine w/redone fuel system last
season. Always shedded. paint & rubber in good
condition, AC/CD stereo, very nice wagon, well
maintained ready to go to work, asking $45,000 cdn
obo. email sdryden@rfnow.com or contact Steve
Dryden (204)838-2352, Virden, MB.
CASE-IH 8575 LARGE SQUARE Baler, GC; Inland
4000 square bale picker, GC; 2004 1475 NH haybine,
VGC. Phone (204)467-5984 leave msg, Stonewall.
FARM MACHINERY
Haying & Harvesting – Various
REBUILT CONCAVES Rebuild combine table augers, Rebuild hyd. cyls, Roller mills regrooved,
MFWD housings rebuilt, Steel & aluminum welding,
Machine Shop Service, Line boreing & welding.
Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd. Eden, MB.
(204)966-3221, Fax (204)966-3248.
Combines
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Case/IH
2008 5710 BOURGAULT AIRDRILL, updated to
5810, comes w/6550 Bourgault tank, done very little
acres, Best Offer. (204)352-4037, evenings.
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – John Deere
1991 JD 9600 COMBINE, 914 PU, sunny brook cyl,
fore & aft, grain star moisture & bushels, 3,000-hrs, A1
condition, $48,000 OBO. (204)758-3897, St Jean.
2005 JD 9760 STS combine, 1100-hrs, duals, contour w/2009 JD 635F flex head, $144,500. Phone:
(507)993-0720 .
2011 JD 9770 COMBINE, Premier cab, 615 PU, small
grains concave, Contour Master, 22.5-ft. auger, duals, 55
engine hrs, like new. Phone (204)467-2109, after 8:00pm
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Various
FARM MACHINERY
Parts & Accessories
FARM MACHINERY
Tillage & Seeding – Various
TRACTORS FOR PARTS: IHC 1486, 1086, 886, 1066,
966, 1256, 656, 844, 806, 706, 660, 650, 560, 460,
624, 606, 504, 434, 340, 240-4, W9, WD6, W6, W4, H,
340, B-414; 275 CASE 4890, 4690, 2394, 2390, 2290,
2090, 2470, 1370, 1270, 1175, 1070, 970, 870, 1030,
930, 830, 730, 900, 800, 700, 600, 400, DC4, SC; MF
2745, 1155, 1135, 1105, 1100, 2675, 1500, 1085, 1080,
65, Super 90, 88, 202, 44, 30; JD 6400, 3140, 5020,
4020, 4010, 3020, 3010, 710; Cockshutt 1900, 1855,
1850, 1800, 1655, 1650, 560, 80, 40, 30; White 4-150,
2-105; Allis Chalmers 7045, 7040, 190XT, 190, 170,
WF; Deutz DX130, DX 85, 100-06, 90-06, 80-05; Volvo
800, 650; Universal 651, 640; Ford 7600, 6000, 5000,
Super Major, Major; Belarus 5170, 952, 825, 425; MM
602, U, M5; Versatile 700, 555, 145, 118; Steiger 210
Wildcat; Hesston 780. Also have parts for combines,
swathers, square & round balers, tillage, press drills
and other misc. machinery. Buying machinery, working
or not. MURPHY SALVAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free
1-877-858-2728
2003 JD 53-FT. air drill w/3-in. Dutch openers 4-in.
rubber packers, 8 manifold, dual markers, sold
w/2003 JD 1910 270-bus tow behind air cart, Seed
Star control, 8-in. fill auger, Immaculate. Offered for
sale prior to Dee Zee Farms Ltd Retirement Auction
June 12th, 2012. To view please contact Murray
Rankin Auctions (204)534-7401 Killarney, MB.
WISCONSIN MOTOR PARTS FOR VG4D: crank
shaft, heads, fly wheel, starter, manifold and carb,
$1000 OBO. Phone: (204)669-9626
Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd.
1-866-729-9876
5150 Richmond Ave. East
BRANDON, MB.
www.harvestsalvage.ca
New, Used & Re-man. Parts
Tractors Combines Swathers
FYFE PARTS
1-800-667-9871 • Regina
1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon
1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg
1-800-222-6594 • Edmonton
“For All Your Farm Parts”
www.fyfeparts.com
NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS
NEW COMBINE PARTS
Large Inventory of
new and remanufactured parts
STEINBACH, MB.
Ph. 326-2443
Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727
Fax (204) 326-5878
Web site: farmparts.ca
E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca
FARM MACHINERY
Salvage
GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528
or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB.
FARM MACHINERY
Specialty Equipment
POTATO EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS seed cutters,
treaters, live bottom truck boxes, trailers, pilers, conveyors, clodhoppers & much more. Visit our website at
www.gallantsales.com Call Dave 204-254-8126.
Spraying EquipmEnt
FARM MACHINERY
Sprayers
1982 HAGIE 647 HIGH-CLEARANCE 4WD diesel
Sprayer, 80-ft updated boom, 500-gal, MT flow control, outback guidance, new nozzles, $9000OBO;
MF200 Swather, 30-ft, 1500-hrs, updated knifedrive, VGC, $19,000OBO. (204)529-2104.
2001 NH SF550 SPRAYER equivalent to Rogator
554, 2,300-hrs, 5.9 Cummins, 660-gal. SS tank, 90-ft.
booms, pressure washer, chem inductor, EZ steer, EZ
boom, mapping. Triple nozzle bodies w/5 & 10-gal Bubblejet Tips, 2 sets of tires, 23.1x26 & 9.5R44, excellent
condition, $78,000. (204)763-8896, Minnedsoa, MB.
HYTRUX SPRAYER W/2000 F-350 std trans 5-SPD,
5.4L gas engine, 90-ft. F/S sprayer w/hyd fold & hyd
boom height control, 750 US gal tank, TeeJet 844-E
auto rate controller, 2 sets of tires, sprayer is 5 yrs old;
1996 Flexicoil 65 100-ft. sprayer w/windscreens, manual controls. Call (204)523-7215 leave msg, Killarney.
CCIL 960 COMBINE PT from 1970s, always shedded; Deutz D13006 tractor 1970s, always shedded.
Phone R.N. Rollins (204)523-8872, Killarney, MB.
Tillage & Seeding
Combine ACCessories
FARM MACHINERY
Tillage & Seeding – Air Seeders
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Accessories
BOURGAULT 8800 AIR SEEDER, 24ft, 2130 tank, w/
harrows & knock-on shovels. Phone: (204)326-9861.
2000 JD 930 FLEX platform PU reel, full finger auger, poly skids, reconditioned, $17,900 OBO; 2006
JD 635 Flex, PU reel, FF auger, poly skids, single
pt, looks like new, $27,900 OBO; 2000 JD 925 Flex,
PU reel, FF auger, poly skids, real nice, $15,900
OBO; 2007 JD 630 flex, PU reel, FF auger, poly
skids, single pt, beautiful platform, $28,900 OBO;
Over 20 Platforms in stock, many more coming in,
all makes. Garry (204)326-7000, Steinbach, MB.
www.reimerfarmequipment.com
2010 MACDON V60-D DRAPER header, 45-ft. JD
70 series adapter, single pt hook-ups, fore & aft, finger reels, stubble lights, new sickle & guards asking
$49,900 OBO. (204)433-7557 or cell (701)520-3036
FLEXICOIL 2320 TOW BETWEEN air tank 230-bu.
good condition, canola roller, $12,500. Can supply
tow behind hitch & air package parts. Phone
(204)324-3647.
80-FT. BUCKET ELEVATING LEG w/3 phase
10-HP electric motor. Phone (204)886-3304.
FOR SALE 1989 MORRIS MH310 30-ft hoe press
drill, steel packers & atom jet openers, in good condition, asking $5000. Phone:(204)435-2130, Miami.
TracTors
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – Allis/Deutz
1987 DUETZ 7085 FWA, open-station, 85hp,
5900-hrs, Allied 794 FEL $18,000. (204)525-4521
www.waltersequipment.com
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – Case/IH
1988 CASE-IH 7130 TRACTOR, 4900-hrs, MFD,
duals, $38,000 OBO. Phone: (204)352-4037
INTL INDUSTRIAL 484 W/INDUSTRIAL loader factory cab & air, 4,500 actual hrs, tractor is in excellent
condition, price $13,500. Phone (204)853-7755, Wpg.
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – Steiger
1975 STEIGER BEARCAT II, Cat engine 320B,
4WD, 210-HP, 3,636-hrs, tires 18.4-38, $18,500.
Call (204)736-3954.
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – John Deere
1982 JD 1040 W/CAB 3-PTH, JD 175 loader,
$12,900 OBO. Garry (204)326-7000, Steinbach,
MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com
1995 JD 7200 MFWD 3-PTH, JD 740 loader, joystick, 7-ft. bucket, grapple, high hrs but excellent
shape, free shipping in MB or SK, $42,900 OBO.
Garry (204)326-7000, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com
2003 JD 6420 W/640 FEL bucket & grapple, joystick,
24-SPD trans, new front tires, 3-PTH, 8,000-hrs, asking
$45,000 OBO. Call (204)739-3759 or (204)762-5913.
2004 JD 7320 MFWD 3-PTH, JD 740 loader, joystick, 7-ft. bucket, LH reverser, 16x16 partial powershift trans, 3,820-hrs, free shipping in MB or SK,
$67,900 OBO. Garry (204)326-7000, Steinbach,
MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com
7400 JD TRACTOR, 4WD, power quad, 2795 HD
loader w/bucket & bale spear, 4 yrs old, rear tires 75%,
clean, runs well, $22,500 OBO. (204)427-3311.
7810 MFWD, PQ, LHR, 3-pt, new tires; 7710
MFWD, PQ, LHR, 3-pt, new tires; 7210 MFWD, PQ,
LHR, 3-pt, w/740 FEL grapple; 4650 MFWD, 3-pt,
15-SPD; 4455 MFWD, 3-pt, 15-SPD; 4450 MFWD,
3-pt, 15-SPD; 2, 4250 MFWD, 3-pt, 15-SPD; 2950
MFWD, 3-pt, w/260 s/l FEL; 4440 quad, 3-pt, fact
duals; 2555 CAH, 3-pt, 4,600-hrs, w/146 FEL; 3140
3-pt, new paint, tires, hi/low shift, mint; 1830 3-pt,
front weights 30, 40, 50 series. We also have loaders, buckets, grapples to fit JD tractors. BEN PETERS JD TRACTORS LTD 204-828-3628 shop,
204-750-2459 cell, Roseisle.
FOR SALE: JD 7520 3 hyds & PTO, in good working order, $6,900 OBO. Phone (204)655-3458.
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – Kubota
KUBOTA MFWA BOTTLE M125X 3-PTH, LH reverser, loader, 1,400-hrs, new front tires, nice clean
unit. Call (306)538-2153, Whitewood.
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – 2 Wheel Drive
STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specializing in
JD tractors in need of repair or burnt, or will buy for
parts. JD parts available. Phone: 204-466-2927 or
cell: 204-871-5170, Austin.
FARM MACHINERY
Machinery Miscellaneous
120 GEHL MIXMILL W/PWR bale feeder; 25-ft.
Westward 3000 PT swather w/hyd set up; 1560 MF
round baler; 16 section Kovar hyd harrow bar & diamond harrows; 24.5-ft. JD C20 cultivator; 22 NH3
knives. (204)386-2507
1983 CASE 2390 TRACTOR, duals, 4,200-hrs;
1983 MF 850 combine, DSL; MF 560 round baler.
Phone (204)268-4317.
1983 MF 860 COMBINE, 9001 belt PU, chopper, chaff
spreader, 24.5x32 tires, rear traction tires, rebuilt engine, new rad, VGC, always shedded, $7,800; JD 800
SWATHER, 18-ft. head, good shape, $900; JD 9350
PRESS DRILLS 2x10 rubber press, fert attach & markers, 1981 god condition, $3,500; JD 7000 PLANTER
8x36, fert attach & markers, good conditioner, $3,500.
Phone (204)828-3396, Graysville.
FARM MACHINERY
Tillage & Seeding – Seeding
JD 7000 8-ROW 30-IN. planter, c/w dry fertilizer attachment, bean cups, 200 monitor, always shedded, $6000 OBO. Phone: (204)325-1383 or cell
(204)362-4874.
2160 LUCKNOW VERTICAL MIXER wagon, new
2006, good condition, always shedded; New Holland
195 spreader, balloon tires, good shape, farmuse only;
approx 700 Broam alfalfa mix, 1st & 2nd cut, large
round bales. Phone:(204)264-0099, (204)576-0071.
FARM MACHINERY
Tillage & Seeding – Tillage
NEW MC DRYERS IN STOCK w/canola screens
300-2,000 BPH units. Why buy used, when you get
new fuel efficient & better quality & control w/MC.
Call Wall Grain for details (204)269-7616 or
(306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662.
HEADERS, TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES.
Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595
charles@arcfab.ca www.arcfab.ca
8-ROW JD 7200 VACUUM planter, 36-in. spacing,
dry fert & row cleaners, $7,500; 8-row Alloway cultivator, $1,200; Elmers 8-row band sprayer, $1,200;
Phone (204)857-8400, Portage.
1997 JD 9600 COMBINE w/914 PU header, 1,980
sep hrs, VGC, $69,000; 1984 Vers 895 tractor,
9,000-hrs, runs great, $18,000 or take the Outback
S2 & autosteer too for $24,000. Phone
(204)386-2284, Plumas.
NEW GSI GRAIN DRYERS FOR SALE. Canola
screens, propane/NG, single or 3-phase. Efficient,
reliable, and easy to operate. Significant early order
discount pricing now in effect. Call for more information. 204-998-9915 www.vzgrain.com
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Elevators
28-FT. IHC 6200 DOUBLE disc seed drill w/rubber
press wheels & grass seed attachment. Fertilizer
partition, reversed for grain only. All faulty disc
bearings replaced. Field ready. Includes transport
trailer. Best offer. Phone (204)736-2723, Sanford.
Gauge Wheel Solutions
ridgelandmanufacturing.ca
Phone: 1-204-866-3558
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FARM MACHINERY
Machinery Miscellaneous
70-FT. SUMMERS HEAVY HARROW, $15,000;
Phoenix 42/53-ft. harrow, flexheads I-H 820,
$2,000; 1020 25-ft., $6,000; 30-ft., $8,500; JD 925,
$6,500; 12 wheel rake, $6,000; 14 wheel, $7,000;
Vermeer hyd rake, $4,000; NH 9-ft. mower $2,200;
IH 9-ft., $1,800; Haybuster 256+2 shredder, 4,000lb creep feeder, $1,200; Harsh 350 feedmixer cart,
$6,000; Roorda feed cart, $2,000; 12-yd. JD scraper, $12,000; Haybuster 106 rockpicker, $2,500.
Phone (204)857-8403.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle Auctions
HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING
10 YEARLING OPEN HEIFERS, $1000 each; 9, 2
yr old bred heifers to calve March 15, $1500 each.
Phone (204)526-7168
The Icynene Insulation
System®
BLACK ANGUS & POLLED Hereford bulls for
sale, yearling & 2 yr olds. Semen tested, performance records & delivery available. Call Don Guilford (204)873-2430, Clearwater.
• Sprayed foam insulation
• Ideal for shops, barns or homes
• Healthier, Quieter, More
Energy Efficient®
ANGUS BULL & COW SALE
Tuesday, Feb. 28th 11AM
85-FT TORMASTER DIAMOND HARROW, good condition, $1800; 2001 Labtronics 919 moisture meter, good
condition, $550. Phone:(204)746-8230 after 6pm.
CO-OP DISCER & SEED drills; parting out tractors
& combines; cultivated farm land for rent; standing
spruce timber; tractor tires & rims; 1/2 Ton truck &
car. (204)268-1888.
FOR SALE DUE TO Quit Farming: 1) 1981 JD 8640
4WD tractor, approx 9,000-hrs, new 50 series eng, 4
whl diff lock, triple hyds, PTO, ac/heat, clean, $20,000;
2) 1993 Case-IH 1680 combine, approx 2,800-hrs,
Cummins PWR, specialty rotor, chopper, hopper topper, 1015 PU, excellent, reliable, $35,000; 3) 1989
Freightliner FL112 semi truck, 3406 CAT, 13-SPD trans,
air ride suspension & air ride cab, sleeper, very good
Michelin rubber, diff lock, very clean, $15,000; 4) 1985
Ford L9000 Feed Truck, tandem axle, Rayman Aluminum feed body, 12-Ton 4 compartment, Cummins
PWR, large front tires, good for fert or seed tender,
$15,000; 5) 1985 Ford L8000 tandem grain truck, 20ft. Cancade box, roll tarp, diff lock, 3208 Cat, 13-SPD
trans, new PTO pump, mechanically sound, needs
paint, $15,000; 6) Ezee-on 33-ft. Air Drill, double shoot,
Model 2175-bu. cart, tow behind, hyd fan drive, 8-in.
spacing, excellent, low acs, $35,000; 7) 1989 CI 722
swather, approx 1,900-hrs, 25-ft. UII PU reel, Isuzu
DSL, joystick control, good canvas, ac/heat, $15,000;
8) 1981 JD 2750 tractor, 2 whl drive, new motor, c/w
Allied FEL, joystick control, PTO, 3-pt. new rubber,
new clutch, new starter, $19,000; 9) Farm King MD
swing away auger, 60-ft. low profile hopper, hyd hopper
mover, $4,000; 10) 4 misc augers, 5-HP electric 30-40ft., $500 each; 11) Snowblower Farm King 8-ft., 3-pt.,
double auger, hyd chute, $1,800. Prices negotiable
for more info contact Claude (204)744-2501 home or
(204)825-0001 cell.
FOR SALE: HARROW BAR 100-ft. wide w/hyd lift,
pressure washer; 225 JD 3,400-lbs of pressure; 100ft. Sprayer Flexicoil w/foam marker, low profile, rocking
axle, tandem; Hypro pump; jet agitator; 4 castor wheel;
830-gal water tank. Phone (204)895-1650.
HARMAN HARROW BAR 61-FT., good condition,
$900. Phone (204)825-8354 or (204)825-2784.
JD 1995 79DELC TRACKHOE, low hrs; Komatsu
WA 320-1 3yd loader, case W26 4-yd loader; Ford
1990655 extend hoe; UH 122 trackhoe; Cat 631
scraped 24-yd; Bomag 170 PD pocket cumming
motor Phone:(306)236-8023
JD 4995 16-FT DISCBINE 2009; also Honey Bee
25-ft grain header 47-ft flex coil 800 Deep Tillage;45-ft Willrich Cultivator; 25-ftx60-ft fabric Burlship New; cumming 240bp skid mount clutch&trans;
JD 3410 MFWD PS 740 SL; 860 MF PV & 20-ft
grain Phone:(306)236-8023
MANURE SPREADERS NH 195, $5,500; NH 500bu, $9,000; New Idea 3634, $4,000; H & S 400-bu.,
$3,500; Gehl scavenger, $2,500; JD 1,500-gal slurry, $2,500; Meyers 550 for poultry horse, sheep
manure, $11,900; Henke 36-in. rollermill, $5,000;
Farmhand mixmill, $1,500; Allied 2795 loader,
$4,500; Dual 340 loader, $2,000; Dual 320 loader,
$1,500. Phone (204)857-8403.
MAYRATH PTO GRAIN AUGER 10X60, used very
little $1,475; 10ft 3-PH Deep Tiller $275, tires
28L-26, like new w/rims. Phone: (204)347-5995
SCHULTE STONE PICKER, real nice; JD 9400
only 1,500-hrs, as new; 84-ft. Bourgault heavy harrows; 1545 Brandt conveyor, real nice; Assortment
of like new grain cleaners. (204)665-2360.
SCRAPERS FOR SALE!!! Cat, Laplante, Allis, Letourneau, converted to hyd., can direct mount. Will
also do custom conversion. Looking for cable
scrapers. Phone Borderview Enterprises toll free
1-866-602-4093.
FARM MACHINERY
Machinery Wanted
CCIL 24-26-FT. DEEP TILLER w/mulchers in good
condition, model 806 or 807. Phone (204)662-4580,
Cromer, MB.
CEREAL IMPLEMENTS 808 & 379 cultivators
w/mounted harrows. Phone (306)554-2615.
JD MODEL R, ser #19735, any condition; Pony
motor or parts for JD R & JD 70; Fenders or parts
tractor JD model 80. Phone: 204-851-0344.
WANTED: GOOD USED 20X8X38 radial tires, no
cracks; Older tow between air cart; 5-HP, 10-HP or
larger 220V single phase electric motor; 6-in. or 7in. grain augers for dismantle; Behlin grain bin panels. (204)655-3458
WANTED: SYSTEM 80 HARROW bar, for parts.
Phone (204)655-3458.
FENCING
FREE STANDING PANELS FOR SALE: 30ft 5-bar
panels, made out of 2 7/8” pipe $425/panel. Phone
Brent (204)642-3026
www.penta.ca
TRIPLE CHAROLAIS (Steven Cook)
Steeprock, MB 204-449-2344
75 Black Cows
35 Cows - 3Years Old
15 Cows - 4 Years Old
25 Cows 5-8 Years
Due to calf starting April 15th & have a
calving window of 60 days. All rebred Black
Angus. On a top vaccination program with
Scourboss & given Ivomec
1-800-587-4711
IRON & STEEL
CUSTOM CATTLE CO. (Colin Mailman)
Eddystone, MB 204-448-2350
24 PB Performance tested
Black Angus Bulls
All 2 year old Bulls
2 1/8, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2-in oilfield pipe; 3/4, 7/8, 1in sucker rod; 4.5, 5.5, 7-in., 8 5/8, 9 5/8s casing
pipe. (204)252-3413, (204)871-0956.
FREE STANDING CORRAL PANELS, Feeders &
Alley ways, 30ft or order to size. Oil Field Pipe: 1.3,
1.6, 1.9, 1 7/8, 2-in, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2. Sucker
Rod: 3/4, 7/8, 1. Casing Pipes: 4-9inch. Sold by the
piece or semi load lots, taking Spring bookings. For
special pricing call Art (204)685-2628 or cell
(204)856-3440.
DEVOS FARMS
Fork River, MB 204-648-4005
110 Black Cows
Due to calf in mid April
LIVESTOCK
Cattle Auctions
For more info call
204.447.2266
or for pictures & videos
LANDSCAPING
LANDSCAPING
Greenhouses
LOOKING FOR SHELTER BELT or shade trees?
Confused with all the choices? Call us, we can help
you! Poplar & willow bare root trees for sale.
Phone:(204)857-1739, Karl. mandal@hotmail.com,
www.digthistree.com
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK
Cattle Auctions
6TH ANNUAL PROUDLY WESTERN BULL SALE, 60
Simmental yearling bulls & a select group of yearling
heifers sell Sat., March 31st, 1:00pm at the Whitewood
Auction Barn, Whitewood, SK. For more info contact one
of the consignors: Johnson Stock Farms (306)224-4272,
Oak Hill Farms, (306)728-5674, Prairie Wind Farms Ltd.,
(306)634-4410, Scissors Creek Cattle Co., (306)7354434 or Sun Rise Simmentals, (306)534-4700. Catalogue can be viewed at www.transconlivestock.com.
FEEDER/SLAUGHTER SALES
Every Friday 8AM
Receiving open until 11PM Thursdays
Presale Sundays
BRED COW/FEEDER/SLAUGHTER SALE
Monday, February 27 9AM
SHEEP & GOAT SALE
1st & 3rd Thursday of Every Month
March 1st 1PM
Gates Open
Mon.-Wed. 8AM-4PM
Thurs. 8AM-11PM
Friday 8AM-6PM
Sat. 8AM-4PM
For more information call: 204-694-8328
or Jim Christie 204-771-0753
www.winnipeglivestocksales.com
Licence #1122
GLADSTONE AUCTION MART LTD
ONE IRON BRED COW SALE
Fri Mar 2 11:00AM
For Reiner Bros Farms Ltd of Plumas MB
-----------------------------------------------------------Complete herd dispersal of 300 cows
170 Red Angus Simmental cross cows bred Char
130 are Tan Char X cows bred Red Simmental
The Bulls were turned out Jul 3rd
to start calving mid April
This herd is on Verified Beef program
These cows have been treated with Pyramid 5
prior to breeding and Ivomeced
75 percent of these cows had 6 calves or less
-----------------------------------------------------------Plus, 4 white PB Charolais Bulls
from Pleasant Dawn Charolais
3 PB Red Simmental Bulls
1 Full blood Simmental Bull
Simmental Bulls are from Kopp Simmentals
All Bulls are papered & will be semen tested
before the sale
-----------------------------------------------------------Owners Richard & Murray Reiner
For more info Phone The Mart (204)385-2537
Manager Gerald McGowan (204)385-2043
Auctioneer Dave Nickel (204)637-3393
License #1108
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Cattle – Black Angus
GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK
AUCTION MART. LTD.
GRUNTHAL, MB.
Agent for T.E.A.M. Marketing
Monday Feb. 27th - Sheep & Goat
Sale with small animals - 12Noon
Saturday, Feb. 18 - Bred Cow & Heifer
Sale - 10am
Regular Cattle Sales
every Tuesday 9AM
Sales Agent for
HIQUAL INDUSTRIES
Livestock Handling Equipment
for info regarding products or
pricing, please call our office.
For on farm appraisal of livestock or
for marketing information please call
Harold Unrau (Manager)
Cell 871 0250
Auction Mart
(204) 434-6519
MB. Livestock Dealer #1111
www.srauctionmart.com
Licence #1171
The Commercial Cattlemen’s
One Stop Bull Shop
McMillen Ranching Ltd.
18th Annual Bull Sale
With Select Females
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
At the Ranch, Carievale, Sask.
at 1:00 p.m.
150 Bulls Sell
• 50 Red Polled Simmental
• 40 Black Polled Simmental
• 15 Red & Black Simm/Angus
• 10 FB Fleckvieh Simmental
• 35 Registered Red Angus
• 17 Open Purebred Females
Free Delivery, Semen Tested,
Sight Unseen Buyer’s Program
For more info or
Catalogue Contact:
Lee (306) 928-4820,
Dave (306) 928-2249,
Jim (306) 928-4636
Email: mrl@sasktel.net
Catalogue at: mrlranch.com
Performance & Calving ease
bulls in every category
Mar Mac & Guests
Annual Bull Sale
March 7, 2012 1:30PM
at Mar Mac Farms, Brandon
Guests:
Downhill Simmentals
Perkin Land & Cattle
Magnusville Farm
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Cattle – Angus
80 lots of thick functional
Beefy Red & Black Simmental,
Red & Black Angus Bulls.
These bulls are selected for feed
efficiency, temperament
& structural soundness.
Bulls are semen tested &
ready to go to work.
Only the top end of our bull crop sell.
Call Mar Mac Farms
204-728-3058
or view bulls online at
www.marmacfarms.net
BRED RED & BLACK Angus Heifers, Registered, AI &
bull dates avail. Start calving Apr 1. Call after 7:00pm for
more info. Doug (204)467-5093, Stonewall.
HAMCO CATTLE CO. 14TH Annual Angus Bull
Sale, Sat. March 17th, 2012 (1:00pm) at the farm
South of Glenboro, MB. Selling approx. 70 yearling
& 20, 2-yr old Red Angus & 25 yearling & 5, 2-yr old
Black Angus bulls. Many are AI & some are ET.
Free board till spring, semen tested, free delivery,
delayed payment plan. Call for catalogue or view
online at: www.hamcocattleco.com. Albert, Glen &
Larissa Hamilton (204)827-2358 or (204)526-0705;
Dr David Hamilton (204)822-3054 or (204)325-3635
Edie Creek Angus
2-Year Old Black &
Red Angus Bull Sale
Saturday, March 17th 1:00PM
Ashern Auction Mart
29 Forage Developed 2-Yr. Old Bulls
Meaty, Moderate, Maternal,
Easy Calving, Easy Fleshing
For a catalogue or more info call
204-471-4696 or
info@ediecreekangus.com
Come early for a Free Hot Chili Lunch
www.ediecreekangus.com
Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds.
Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our
friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our
prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2
weeks free! 1-800-782-0794.
BOTANY ANGUS & LEANING SPRUCE STOCK
FARMS have for sale yearling Black Angus bulls.
These bulls are fed a grower ration. For performance information and prices contact Ryan. Come
early, a deposit will hold your purchase until spring.
Contact Ryan Shearer (204)824-2151 or Lyall Edgerton (204)483-2913.
CATTLEMAN’S
CONNECTION
BULL
SALE
March 2, 2012, Heartland Livestock, Brandon. For
catalogue or more information call BROOKMORE
ANGUS, Jack Hart (204)476-2607, (204)476-6696
or email brookmoreangus@mts.net
CRANBERRY CREEK ANGUS BULLS for sale. Bulls
are Reg. & will be semen tested before delivery May
1st. Hand fed & very quiet. These bulls are beefy & will
add pounds to your calf crop. Please call for weights
& EPD’s. Pics by e-mail also avail David & Jeanette
Neufeld (204)534-2380, Boissevain.
FOR SALE: 5 TWO yr old Black Angus Bulls w/experience; 15 Black Angus yearling bulls. Phone
Holloway Angus (204)741-0070 or (204)483-3622
Souris, MB.
HI-WEIGH BULL SALE, WEDNESDAY March 28,
1:00pm Plains-Ag complex, Neepawa, MB. Offering
60+ yearling and two-year-old Charolais & Angus
bulls. Mostly Polled, some Red factor. Weights,
measurements & performance data will be posted.
Delivery available. For catalogues & information call
Raymond Airey (204)328-7153, (204)724-3600 or T
Bar C Cattle Co. (306)933-4200 (PL# 116062).View
the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com
OSSAWA ANGUS AT MARQUETTE, MB has yearling
bulls for sale. For more info phone (204)375-6658.
PURE COUNTRY BULL SALE, Tues., Mar. 27th, 2012
at Taylor Auction Mart, Melita, MB. Offering 72 Red &
Black Angus Yearling & Virgin Two Year Old Bulls. Also
Mature Red Angus Herd Sire. Bulls that get it done in
the pasture, in the feedlot & on your plate. Profitable,
proven, genetics. Call for more info or a catalogue or
view online at www.vvvranch.com Dan Van Steelandt
(204)665-2448 or (204)522-0092 or Tony Dekeyser
(204)665-2424 or (204)264-0270.
(204)665-2424 or (204)264-0270.
TOPVIEW ACRES HAS 20 Black Angus bulls for
sale. Free delivery & board until April 1st. For pictures and information call (204)546-2150 or
(204)648-3280. Email: kltopham@goinet.ca
PRAIRIELANE FARMS LTD
34th ANNUAL
BULL AND HEIFER SALE
SATURDAY APRIL 14th, 2012
1:00 pm on the farm
12 miles west of Souris, MB
Contact:
Blaine Canning 204-858-2475
Michael Canning 204-858-2457
or visit website at
www.prairielaneangus.com
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Cattle – Red Angus
18 MTH OLD PB Red & Black Angus bulls for sale.
To view the bulls check our website www.reddiamondfarm.com We semen test, guarantee & deliver. Phone
Michael Becker (204)348-2464, Whitemouth.
DENBIE RANCH IS PROUD to offer an excellent set
of long-yearling and yearling bulls for sale. We have
a great group of Red Angus bulls along with a good
selection of hybrid bulls, who are half-bred Angus &
half-Simmental. The long yearlings are the perfect age
bulls, developed on grass so they will stand up for a
long time and big enough to go out and breed any size
of cow with no problems! The yearling bulls are also a
great group out of breed leading A.I. sires as well as
our own herd sires! Contact Denbie Ranch at (204)4472473, or 447-7608 and 447-7057.
F BAR & ASSOCIATES ANGUS bulls for sale.
Choose from a good selection of 2 yr old and yearling Red & Black Angus bulls. Above-average
EPD’s, good genetics, easy handling, semen tested, delivery available. Call for sales list or other details. Inquiries & visitors welcome. We are located
in Eddystone, MB, about 20 miles east of Ste Rose,
or 25 miles west of Lake Manitoba Narrows, just off
Hwy 68. Contact Allen & Merilyn Staheli
(204)448-2124, Email: amstaheli@inethome.ca
RED ANGUS & BLACK angus bulls for sale, yearlings and two-year olds, semen tested & delivery
available. Contact Wayne (204)383-5802.
MORE SELECTION, MORE OFTEN, MORE DEALS.
Find it fast at
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Cattle – Simmental
KINARED RED ANGUS OFFERS about 50 2 yr old
bulls for sale, complete performance data, guaranteed, semen tested, delivery available. Come select
your bulls early, $500 deposit will hold your bull until
Spring. Vaughan
&
Judy
Greenslade
(204)239-6891, Portage la Prairie.
PRAIRIE PARTNERS BULL & FEMALE SALE,
MARCH 13/2012, KILLARNEY AUCTION MART. 38
low birth weight, polled power house meat machines.
Red, Black, Fullblood Fleckvieh. Also a select group of
20 PB & Commercial open heifers. View bulls online at
www.bouchardlivestock.com For information/catalogue
or video call Fraser Redpath (204)529-2560, Gordon
Jones (204)535-2273, Brian Bouchard (403)813-7999,
Wilf Davis (204)834-2479
(204)665-2424 or (204)264-0270.
REGISTERED PB RED ANGUS bulls, 2 yr olds &
yearlings w/low birth weights. Phone: Ren-Ele Red
Angus, (204)526-2424, Bruxelles.
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Cattle – Charolais
18 MTH OLD POLLED PB Charolais bulls for sale. To
view the bulls check our website www.reddiamondfarm.com We semen test, guarantee & deliver. Phone
Michael Becker (204)348-2464, Whitemouth.
CHAROLAIS BULLS, MAINLY 2-YEAR olds,
polled & Horned, Red factor & white. Excellent performance, good feet & above average testicular development. Some semen tested & used in 2011.
Bulls fed to grow but have longevity. Semen tested
& delivered. Ian Milliken. Reston. Phone:
(204)877-3346, email imilliken@mts.net.
DEFOORT STOCK FARM HAS 1 of the largest
groups of Charolais bulls for sale private treaty in
MB. Selling both White & Red factor, moderate birth
weights, performance tested & semen tested. 32
yrs in the business. Check out our website for both
pics & info www.defoortstockfarm.com Phone Gord
& Sue (204)743-2109 anytime.
FOR SALE: PB CHAROLAIS bulls 1.5 yr olds &
yearlings, Polled, some Red factor, some good for
heifers, semen tested in Spring, guaranteed & delivered. R&G McDonald Livestock (204)466-2883 or
(204)724-2811, Sidney, MB.
FOR SALE: PB REG Charolais bulls 1 & 2 yr olds
avail. All are polled, moderate birthweights & semen
tested.
Sunny
Ridge
Stock
Farm
(204)824-2115, Wawanesa, MB.
HI-WEIGH BULL SALE, WEDNESDAY March 28,
1:00pm Plains-Ag complex, Neepawa, MB. Offering
60+ yearling and two-year-old Charolais & Angus
bulls. Mostly Polled, some Red factor. Weights,
measurements & performance data will be posted.
Delivery available. For catalogues & information call
Raymond Airey (204)328-7153, (204)724-3600 or T
Bar C Cattle Co. (306)933-4200 (PL# 116062).View
the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com
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digestion
prevention
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Cattle – Gelbvieh
POLLED YEARLING GELBVIEH BULLS, Red &
Black, semen tested & delivered. Also check our
bulls out at Douglas Bull Test Station & Lundar Bull
Sale. For more info phone Lee at Maple Grove
Gelbvieh (204)278-3255.
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Cattle – Hereford
2-YEAR OLD POLLED HEREFORD bull. $2000.
Phone:(780)203-2653, Morinville, AB.
POLLED HEREFORD & BLACK Angus bulls for
sale, yearlings & 2 yr olds available. Semen tested,
performance records & delivery available. Call Don
Guilford (204)873-2430, Clearwater.
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Cattle – Holstein
WANTED: NEW BORN HOLSTEIN bull calves, on
an ongoing basis. Call Howard (204)483-2990.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Limousin
TWIN OAK LIMOUSIN & Twin Meadow Livestock
farms has Red Polled yearling bulls, birth weights
84-97-lbs, ADG 2.73-3.48. Selected for performance,
moderate frame, calving ease, excellent disposition &
body length. Will keep until needed. Call Gary or Josie
(204)723-2275 or Tracey (204)723-2386.
SIMMENTAL BULLS FOR SALE by private treaty.
Reds & Fullbloods available. Will keep until Spring.
To view call HOMESTEAD-T SIMMENTALS
(204)248-2008, (204)750-1147, or (204)750-1039
Notre Dame, MB
WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT group of Polled, all
Red & Red Blazed face yearling Simmental bulls.
FULLY GUARANTEED. Select your bull now & at
our expense we will feed them, semen test & deliver them when you need them. 5-mi south of Wpg.
Riverbank Farms, Ray Cormier (204)736-2608.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle Various
115 OPEN HEIFERS FOR sale: Blacks, Reds &
some Charolais, can take possession by mid
March. If interested phone David Johnson
(204)873-2692 evenings or (204)825-7752 day.
12 SIMMENTAL-CROSS, 1ST, 2ND & 3rd calvers,
start calving March 1st, $1300 you pick or $1200
takes all; Also 12 quality replacement heifers,
$1000 each. Phone:(204)825-4289.
20 RED ANGUS X cows bred Red Angus, start
calving May 1st, $1200. Phone Art Langrell
(204)383-5974 or cell (204)461-1662.
22 EXCELLENT QUALITY 850-900-LB, mostly
Red Angus Cross Simmental open heifers; Also 10,
900-lb Black Angus open heifers, very quiet & pale
fed, $1,100 take all or $1,200 choice. Phone
(204)825-2799 or (204)825-8340, Pilot Mound.
COMPLETE DISPERSAL: 210 excellent bred heifers
& 60 2nd calvers Red & Black Angus X, bred Charolais
and Red Angus. Also 130 very good Char X cows, bred
Charolais. All done Pfizer Gold. Call (204)447-0184.
FOR SALE: 38 BLACK Angus cows bred Black
Angus all coming in w/3rd calf start calving in April.
Phone (204)886-2126, Teulon.
INHERITANCE FARM BUTCHER SHOP can do inspected cut & wrap or farm kill- We also do mobile
farm kills. Call to book (204)379-2840, St Claude.
Closed Sundays.
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO feed calve & pasture cows for the 2012 season. Mostly Black Angus
cows, starting to calve Apr 15th. Call Darrell
(204)937-3719, Roblin, MB.
PB BULLS FOR SALE: good selection of Reg 2 yr
old Red & Black Angus & Hereford bulls. Reasonably priced. Call Rod or Kristi (204)873-2637.
TO LEASE ON A 50/50 arrangement close to Brandon. A herd of 34 mixed breed cows/heifers & 15
yearlings. Purebred Red Angus bull. Phone:
(204)571-1254.
80 YEARLING BULLS
Red Angus Black Angus &
Hereford On Test at Southwest
Bull Development Center
Oak Lake, MB
Growth bulls & Heifer bulls
Tested BVD free, Semen
tested, Carcass evaluated
Sale Date: Sunday, April 1, 2012
1:30pm Heartland Livestock,
Virden, MB
For more info Google
Southwest Bull
Development Center Or
Contact Ron Batho,
Test Station Manager
204-855-2404
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Cattle Wanted
TIRED OF THE
HIGH COST OF
MARKETING
YOUR CALVES??
300-700 LBS.
Steers & Heifers
Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400
Ben: 721-3400
800-1000 LBS.
Steers & Heifers
Don: 528-3477, 729-7240
Contact:
D.J. (Don) MacDonald
Livestock Ltd.
License #1110
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Sheep – Dorper
WANTED: BRED
(204)281-1985.
PB
DORPER
ewes. Phone
Horses
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Horses For Sale
TEAM OF WELL MATCHED 2 yr old fillies, 1 Thoroughbred/Percheron born June 2010, 1 performance horse registry born April 2010. Both registered w/NAERIC. For more information call Gerald
(807)482-2980.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Shorthorn
3 & 4 YR old mature bulls for sale. Proven breeders
in excellent condition. 2 Roans & 1 White. The perfect choice for Black cows. Greg Tough
(204)748-3136 or Monty Thomson (204)771-7205.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Simmental
IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION BULL SALE: Selling 100 Red & Black Simmentals, Red & Black Angus and Bestbeef Hybrid bulls March 8, 2012 at
Spring Creek Ranch near Moosomin, SK. Contact:
Spring Creek Simmentals/Red Rose Angus, Brian
McCarthy (306)435-3590 or Black Sand Cattle Co.
Craig Davidson (204)761-5991. www.springcreeksimmentals.com and www.blacksandcattle.com
ORGANIC
Organic – Certified
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
All Terrain Vehicles
ORGANIC
PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION
OF
MANITOBA CO-OPERATIVE (OPAM). Non-profit
member owned organic certification body, certifying
producers, processors and brokers since 1988.
Phone: (204)567-3745, Miniota, Manitoba. Email:
info@opam-mb.com
2010 POLARIS 500 SPORTSMAN H.O. 4x4 quad,
850-mi, VGC, $5,600 OBO; 08 Panterra side-byside 700cc 4x4 w/dump box, good condition,
$3,800 OBO. (204)252-2266
PETS
PETS & SUPPLIES
Campers & Trailers
LARGE VOLUME OF REPOSSESED RVs & parts,
from the foreclosure of Canada One RV is being
sold to the public. Phone Dave (204)233-4478,
www.gnrcw.com
CKC REGISTERED GERMAN SHEPHERD pups
black & tan, born Jan 6th, championship line, $500.
Phone: (204)736-3954.
Motor Homes
REAL ESTATE
2001 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ENDEAVOR 40-ft., 2 sliders, 330-HP Cummins, 7.5KW DSL gen, 64,500-mi.,
Roadmaster Chassey, hardwood floors, satellite, 2
TVs, excellent condition, $65,000. (204)325-2550.
REAL ESTATE
Houses & Lots
HOUSE IN GATED COMMUNITY, very clean.
Phone (250)490-3838.
HOUSE TO BE MOVED. 28x28 1.5 storey, 3 Bdrm,
built in 1942, 12 yr old roof, solid construction, no
water damage, needs windows & reno work. Last
lived in 2 yrs ago. $5,000. Can send photos. stepplerfarms@hotmail.com, Miami, MB.
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REAL
ESTATE
Southern
and Western
Manitoba
Motels & Hotels
Tel: 204-248-2110
Swine
Snowmobiles
WANTED: JD LIQUIDATOR SNOWMOBILE or
Liquifire; Also wanted older TNT or RV Squidoos or any
other free air snowmobile. Phone (204)728-1861.
RECYCLING
BuyUsed
Used Oil
Oil
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Batteries
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Eastern,
and Manitoba
Western
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DEPOT Tel: 204-248-2110
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Swine For Sale
PUREBRED BERKSHIRE TAMWORTH, CHESTER
White Boars & Guilts for sale. Nationwide delivery
available. Contact Troy Callingridge (204)828-3317,
(204)379-2004 or cells (204)750-2759 (204)750-1493.
LIVESTOCK
Swine Wanted
We BUY used oil & filters
Collection of plastic oil jugs
Glycol recovery services
WANTED:
BUTCHER
HOGS
SOWS AND BOARS
FOR EXPORT
Specialized waste removal
Winter & Summer windshield
washer fluid
Peak Performance anti-freeze
( available in bulk or drums )
P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD.
728-7549
Licence No. 1123
Specialty
The only company that collects,
recycles and re-uses in Manitoba!
888-368-9378 ~ www.envirowestinc.com
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Livestock Equipment
PEDIGREED SEED
1300 JAYLOR SINGLE SCREW mixer wagon, side
unload, good scale, $5000; 7400 JD tractor, 4WD,
power quad, 2795 HD loader w/bucket & bale
spear, 4 yrs old, rear tires 75%, clean, runs well,
$22,500 OBO. (204)427-3311.
ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call
for pricing on solar systems, wind generators, aeration,
powerflex fencing products. Carl Driedger, (204)5562346 or (204)851-0145, Virden.
FOR SALE: 285 LUCKNOW mix wagon w/scales,
in good shape, $13,000. Phone:(204)648-3983 or
(204)638-7634.
FOR SALE: PALLISER CATTLE oiler, like new,
used only 1 yr. Phone (204)886-2142.
HEAVY BUILT CATTLE FEED bunks & troughs
3/8” thick steel, 500-gal capacity, 3.5ft x 16.5ft,
good for grain, silage or water, easily moved.
(204)362-0780, Morden.
KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING System, provides water in remote areas, improves water
quality, increases pasture productivity, extends dugout
life. St. Claude/Portage, 204-379-2763.
PORTABLE WINDBREAKS, CALF SHELTERS,
free standing rod & pipe panels, fence line & field
silage bunks. Also sell Speed-Rite & 7L Livestock
fence equipment, drill pipe & sucker rod. Phone
(204)827-2104 or (204)827-2551, Glenboro.
REAL ESTATE
Farms & Ranches – Manitoba
PEDIGREED SEED
Cereal – Wheat
159-ACRES ARBORG AREA, approx. 100-acres
mature bush, balance pasture, $53,000. Call Mike,
Golko’s Realty (204)642-7979.
CERT #1 UNITY-WASKADA Midge Tolerant VB
Vigor & Germination tested 97%. Winter & Volume
Pricing. (306)874-7590, Naicam, SK.
FARM SPECIALIST: COUNT ON GRANT TWEED,
informed, professional assistance for sellers & buyers.
Call (204)761-6884 anytime, or www.granttweed.com.
Service with integrity.
LESS FUSARIUM MORE BOTTOM LINE. Wheat
seed available. Suitable for ethanol production, livestock feed. Western Feed Grain Development Coop Ltd. 1-877-250-1552 www.wfgd.ca
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bldg lots & homes. Call Harold (204)253-7373 manitobafarms.ca Delta Real Estate
PEDIGREED SEED
Cereal – Various
REAL ESTATE
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DURAND SEEDS: CERT AC Carberry & Harvest &
Kane wheat; Souris Oats; Conlon Barley; CDC Bethune & Sorrel flax; Mancan Buckwheat; Canola & Forage seed. (204)248-2268,(204)745-7577, Notre Dame.
SUPERVISED PASTURE FOR 210 cow/calves,
can keep year round. Would consider lease to own
option. Open to offers. Phone: (204)859-3018.
ELIAS SEEDS: Cert & Reg Carberry, Waskada
Wheat & Cert Kane & Barrie Wheat. Call
(204)745-3301, Carman, MB.
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Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, www.homelifepro.com Home Professional Realty Inc.
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options. Professional service & confidentiality guaranteed. Call Rick Taylor (204)867-7551, HomeLife Home
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2 YR OLD & yearling Black Maine-Anjou bulls for
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POLLED SALERS BULLS on farm at Douglas Test
Station & Lundar Bull Sale. Red or Black, hand fed,
quiet. BW from 78-lbs. Top performance genetics in
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Parkland Single Family Home, 5 BR, 2 BA. For sale
NOTRE DAME USED OIL
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JAMES FARMS LTD: AC Barrie & AC Carberry Wheat,
Tradition Barley, Leggett & Summit Oats, Hanley Flax,
Various Canola, Sunflower & Soybean seed varieties,
Forage seed. Customer processing. Seed treating &
delivery available. Early payment discounts. For info
(204)222-8785, toll free 1-866-283-8785, Winnipeg.
PUGH SEEDS: CERT KANE, AC Barrie, Somerset
Wheat. Souris Oats. Conlon Barley. Reg & Cert Sorrel
Flax. Phone (204)274-2179, Bill’s cell (204)871-1467,
Barry’s cell (204)872-1851, Portage.
SANDERS SEED FARM FDN, Reg. Cert. Domain Kane,
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LaChance Seeds
NEW CARBERRY WHEAT
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Phone (204)353-2694 or Lionel (204)941-9115
Elie, MB
REAL ESTATE
Land For Sale
160-ACS FOR SALE: in the RM of Grey North of
Haywood, approx 150-acs open, has a dugout currently used for pasture. Call (204)436-2301.
R.M. NORTH NORFOLK
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the following farm land:
NW 18-10-9W
SW 18-10-9W
Offers to be reached by March 16th, 2012 at:
Offers
PO Box 508
Ile des Chenes, MB R0A 0T0
1) Parcels described sold AS IS
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3) Any offer not necessarily accepted.
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129 Manitoba Rd.
Winkler, MB. R6W 4B3
FARMERS, RANCHERS,
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BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS
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SASKATOON, LLOYDMINSTER,
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434-6881
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FOR SALE: 4, 11X22.5 Goodyear truck tires, 70%;
Westfield 7-41 auger w/gas motor. 29-ft Degelman
mounted
harrows
for
cultivator.
Phone
(204)348-2064, cell (204)345-3610.
TRACTOR TIRES (2) GOODYEAR 520/85R46,
new cost $2,500 each plus tax, like new condition,
asking $1,500 each. Lavern (204)371-9954.
TRAILERS
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2010 CASLETON SUPER B trailers, excellent rubber; 2007 Casleton Super B trailers, new rubber.
Both excellent condition & no fertilizer. Retiring.
Phone: (204)734-8355, leave message.
TRAILERS
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6X16FT STEEL GOOSENECK HORSE/LIVESTOCK
trailer, stant load w/divider gates, living quarters, good
tires & brakes, $4000. Phone: (204)267-2582, Oakville.
TRAILERS
Trailers Miscellaneous
45-FT. FRUEHAUF TRAILER, SAFETIED, new
brakes & drums, complete rigging for round bales,
$5,500 OBO. Phone (204)636-2450.
BRANDON TRAILER SALES “You will like our prices!”
“It’s that Simple!” “Let’s compare quality & price!” “Certainly worth the call!” Phone (204)724-4529. Dealer #4383
CRAIG 19-FT. TRI-AXLE GOOSENECK trailer,
$1,800 or trade for bumper hitch trailer. Phone
(204)825-8354 or (204)825-2784.
NEW ARC FAB COMBINE platform trailers in stock
30-ft., 36-ft., 38-ft., 40-ft. w or w/o dolly wheels.
Dealer inquiries welcome. Garry (204)326-7000,
Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com
WANTED: 2 USED ARNES 22ft.x24ft. & dump gravel
trailers in any condition. Phone (204)376-2340 or
(204)641-1350.
CAREERS
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TANKS
9000-GALLON TANK, 2 COMPARTMENTS, 2 man
holes, not certified, would be good for water or liquid fertilizer, sits on cradles, $1000 OBO. Phone: (204)669-9626.
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Hayter, AB beginning May 1. Previous experience
operating farm equipment, mechanical ability and
class 1 or 3 driver’s license an asset. Please
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Help Wanted for calving and feedlot work on a
large farm near Hayter, Alberta to begin April 1.
Experience with cattle and equipment an asset.
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Located near St. Claude, Philgo Farms has a permanent, full-time position starting @ $16/hr. Duties:
working with dairy cattle, assisting with seeding, harvest. Two years experience required. Fax resume to
(204)379-2293 or email philgo@inetlink.ca
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Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, is the world's
leading developer and supplier of advanced plant
genetics to farmers worldwide.
ACCOUNT MANAGER
CENTRAL MANITOBA
Pioneer Hi-Bred Limited has an immediate opening for
an Account Manager in Central Manitoba. The
successful candidate will lead the sales effort for
Pioneer® brand products in an assigned territory.
Bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Business, or Marketing
plus 3-5 years relevant sales experience. To view the
complete position description and to apply please visit
www.pioneer.com/careers. Refer to job#16667BR. Apply
by February 24, 2012. Pioneer Hi-Bred offers a superb
working environment, a competitive salary, and an
excellent company benefit package.
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CAREERS
Farm / Ranch
CAREERS
Help Wanted
HELP NEEDED STARTING March 15th for calving & general farm duties. Must have experience w/driving farming
equip & working w/cattle. Living accommodations avail.
(204)449-2149 or e-mail resume eklinde@tcmsnet.com
JODALE PERRY CORP. IS currently accepting applications from energetic and qualified individuals to join
our Morden team for the following full time position:
CAD Specialist. The CAD Specialist is responsible for
the design process in the development of new products
at Jodale Perry. The CAD Specialist reports to the Engineering Manager / EIT. The ideal candidate will have
experience and abilities in the following: Diploma in Engineering Design & Drafting Technology; CAD Software
proficient; Pro Engineer would be preferred but not required; Competent in Microsoft Office programs such
as Excel; Competent in BOM maintenance in electronic
database software; Manage design responsibilities according to scheduling plan provided by Design Mgr;
Develop detailed lists of materials as per design; Provide Engineered Mechanical Dwg. Packages for mfg.
purposes; Communicate effectively with production
staff & CAD Team; Excellent communication skills;
Must be able to work independently and within a team.
For more information regarding Jodale Perry Corp. visit
our website at: www.jodaleperry.com. Please forward
your resume along with references in confidence to:
Jodale Perry Corp. 300 Route 100 Morden, MB. R6M
1A8, Fax: (204)822-9111 Email: darmstrong@jodaleperry.com. We appreciate all applicants for their interest,
however only candidates selected for interviews will be
contacted.
MIXED GRAIN/COW-CALF OPERATION looking for
reliable, self-motivated, F/T farm workers. Duties include operation & maintenance of cropping machinery,
care of livestock & calving. Experience w/livestock &
machinery operation an asset. Must have valid drivers
licence & be willing to work long hrs in peak seasons.
Basic training wage $11/hr. Accommodation provided.
Send resume w/references to gmdigby@iewireless.ca
or Fax (204)564-2107
CAREERS
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CATTLE/GRAIN FARM NEAR CARBERRY has fulltime position available. Must have cattle handling experience, ability to run and maintain equipment. Having
your class 1 and ability to weld a definite asset. Please
call (204)724-6093 or (204)466-2939.
WANTED FARM LABOURER FOR mixed farm
w/cattle, hay & grain, wages negotiable according
to experience. Call (204)483-3694.
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LIVESTOCK
Negligible risk from virus
reuters / The Schmallenberg virus that infected animals in five European countries
and prompted Russia to ban some livestock imports poses negligible risks to
humans, says the world animal health body OIE. The virus has infected cattle,
sheep, and goats in Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, causing
birth defects in offspring including deformation of the head, neck and limbs.
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
Renowned expert says think
like a cow when handling cattle
Short chutes, yappy dogs and not recognizing danger signs are all no-nos in Temple Grandin‘s book
By Alexis Kienlen
fbc staff /olds
L
earning how to use a cow’s
natural tendencies to improve
handling takes time, but it’s a
skill that can be learned.
“Good cattle handling is going to
require a lot more walking,” Temple
Grandin told attendees at a recent
livestock-handling seminar at Olds
College.
People make a lot of mistakes
when handling cattle and designing facilities, said the renowned animal science professor from Colorado
State University.
Common mistakes include having too many cattle in a corral at
one time and using poorly designed
chutes. Many of Grandin’s cattlehandling systems use a half-circle
in their design because cattle like
to return to where they have come
from. Cattle also have a natural
impulse to follow other cattle, so you
don’t want a cow to exit the chute
before the next one starts in.
“One of the worst design mistakes
you can make is to have a singlefile chute that is too short,” she said.
“This makes it impossible to use following behaviour.”
Knowing a bit about cow psychology alerts you to problems, such
as the lone animal which becomes
distressed when separated from the
herd. These are the animals that cause
the most injury to humans. Animals
raised without a social group can also
become dangerous. Dairy bull calves
are a prime example of this, and it’s
preferable to raise them in a group as
they are less likely to be aggressive.
“You want bulls growing up knowing that they are cattle, so they don’t
view people as rivals for mates,”
Grandin said.
Grandin said she does not like
dogs around cattle chutes as it
teaches cattle to kick. When people
are working on a calf, they should
let the mother see what’s happening.
Ideally, cattle should be accustomed
to people on horses and people on
foot, as they see them as two different things. Cattle moved by trucks
or four-wheelers should be introduced to these kinds of machines
and become accustomed to them.
Cattle have a natural impulse to follow other cattle. ©thinkstock
“We’ve got to have manners and
control things. We don’t want cattle
racing to the feedyard,” she said.
Grandin spoke about Albertan
Dylan Biggs, and his low-stress handling techniques.
“One of the basic principles is that
you move inside the flight zone in
the opposite direction of desired
movement,” she said. “If you’re outside the flight zone, you move in
the same direction as the desired
movement.
“If you want to slow cattle down,
you walk outside the flight zone in
the same direction. If you want to
speed them up, you walk inside the
flight zone in the opposite direction. You cross the point of balance.
When they’re out in the pasture,
that’s going to be just past the eye,
rather than the shoulder.”
Walking back and forth on the edge
of the flight zone can cause cattle to
bunch up. Stragglers should never be
chased.
“Use the motion of the herd to
bring those cattle in,” she said.
And don’t circle around cattle.
“You want to try to go perpendicular to the direction of movement,” she said. “When they start
to go where you want them to go,
back off! Don’t just keep pushing
them.”
Cattle need to see where they are
going, which makes dead ends in
chutes a bad idea.
“If you bend too sharply, that will
not work,” she said. “That’s one of
the worst mistakes you can make,”
she said.
The event was hosted by the
Fo o t h i l l s Fo r a g e a n d G r a z i n g
Association and Mountain View
County.
“Good cattle handling
is going to require a lot
more walking.”
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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS
Weight Category
Ashern
Gladstone
Grunthal
Heartland
Heartland
Brandon
Virden
Killarney
Ste. Rose
Taylor
Winnipeg
Feeder Steers
Feb. 15
Feb-14
Feb-14
Feb-16
Feb-15
Feb-13
Feb-16
Feb-16
Feb-17
No. on offer
1,460
1,072
1,182
1,435
1,489
335
1,225
644
1,330
Over 1,000 lbs.
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
900-1,000
n/a
110.00-128.50
120.00-135.00
122.00-138.75
127.00-137.50
n/a
120.00-135.00
120.00-130.00
120.00-124.00
800-900
118.00-145.00
100.00-143.75
130.00-142.25
133.00-148.00
133.00-144.00
132.00-142.00
125.00-144.00
125.00-138.00
127.00-140.00
700-800
140.00-165.00
120.00-145.00
138.00-153.00
140.00-155.00
139.00-151.00
135.00-146.00
140.00-156.00
135.00-155.00
135.00-140.00
600-700
160.00-174.00
140.00-160.00
150.00-162.50
156.00-172.50
148.00-164.00
150.00-166.00
155.00-170.00
145.00-165.00
150.00-178.00
500-600
165.00-187.00
150.00-184.00
160.00-189.00
169.00-192.00
165.00-183.00
160.00-185.00
170.00-180.00
160.00-180.00
160.00-182.00
400-500
170.00-196.00
165.00-210.00
185.00-222.00
180.00-202.00
177.00-206.00
180.00-199.00
175.00-209.00
180.00-195.00
165.00-205.00
300-400
191.00-213.00
180.00-221.00
190.00-222.50
188.00-215.00
180.00-210.00
n/a
170.00-217.00
190.00-210.00
180.00-200.00
Feeder heifers
900-1,000 lbs.
n/a
85.00-115.00
n/a
115.00-125.75
118.00-120.00
n/a
n/a
115.00-122.00
n/a
800-900
n/a
100.00-139.00
120.00-133.50
119.00-138.00
122.00-133.00
120.00-131.00
120.00-140.00
120.00-130.00
n/a
700-800
120.00-143.00
105.00-145.25
128.00-141.50
128.00-142.00
129.00-142.00
125.00-137.50
125.00-144.00
125.00-138.00
125.00-142.00
600-700
130.00-155.00
120.00-151.50
135.00-146.00
133.00-149.00
138.00-150.00
136.00-146.00
140.00-154.00
130.00-145.00
130.00-146.00
500-600
140.00-165.00
130.00-175.00
140.00-165.00
141.00-167.00
147.00-162.00
140.00-159.50
145.00-163.00
145.00-160.00
135.00-155.00
400-500
150.00-181.00
130.00-184.50
160.00-189.50
158.00-184.00
157.00-175.00
155.00-170.00
160.00-189.00
160.00-170.00
150.00*170.00
300-400
159.00-176.00
145.00-184.50
175.00-191.00
161.00-188.00
160.00-186.00
n/a
160.00-180.00
170.00-180.00
n/a
Slaughter Market
No. on offer
260
n/a
116
n/a
n/a
n/a
163
75
260
D1-D2 Cows
62.00-71.00
n/a
n/a
65.00-69.00
65.00-70.00
60.00-68.00
63.00-75.00
68.00-80.50
n/a
D3-D5 Cows
54.00+up
n/a
n/a
60.00-64.00
60.00+64.00
50..00-60.00
52.00-64.00
58.00-68.00
n/a
Age Verified
72.00-82.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
66.00-72.00
62.00-70.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
Good Bulls
80.00-100.00
80.00-88.75
77.00-82.00
80.00-86.00
77.00-83.50
78.00-85.25
84.00-95.00
78.00-83.50
80.00-90.25
Butcher Steers
n/a
n/a
n/a
102.00-106.75
100.00-104.50
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Butcher Heifers
n/a
n/a
n/a
100.00-104.50
99.00-103.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Feeder Cows
n/a
45.00-79.50
70.00-78.00
n/a
68.00-78.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
70.00-77.75
Fleshy Export Cows
n/a
n/a
69.00-75.50
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
65.00-70.00
Lean Export Cows
n/a
n/a
57.00-64.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
58.00-65.00
* 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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35
SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN
Good combination of supply and demand
There was solid demand and good prices offered for breeding quality ewes and ram
By Mark Elliot
Co-operator contributor
T
he Winnipeg Livestock
Auction had approximately 200 sheep and
goats delivered for the Feb. 16
sale. Demand was strong with
the Easter season approaching. Reminder: the first sale in
April is one day before Good
Friday.
The price of the ewes
slightly increased from the last
sale. The bidding remained
constant on the good quality
of these ewes. There appeared
to be no correlation between
the weight and age for the
bidding prices. The majority
of the ewes were fleshy and
could have been for breeding
purposes. The quality ewes
brought $0.85 to $1.09 per
pound.
A producer was selling his
small herd of ewes, which
had been bred to a Dorpercross ram. The auctioneer
sold these by the dollar thus
creating major interest within
the various buyers. Some bred
ewes were also sold last sale
in this fashion. At the last sale,
the ewes brought a price of
$1.13 to $1.25 per pound. The
ewes sold at this sale, brought
a price range of $1.35 to $1.38
per pound.
The demand on the rams
caused some major bidding.
The selection of rams, was
good for either improving a
herd or for the meat industry.
The price ranged from $0.88
to $1.05 per pound.
The extreme heavyweight
lambs showed some lower
bidding by the buyers. A 155pound Suffolk-cross lamb,
brought $155 ($1 per pound).
While the lighter lambs of
the heavyweight lamb classification, brought a higher
price range. Two 128-pound
Suffolk-cross lambs, brought
$229.12 ($1.79 per pound).
The group of two 125pound Rideau-cross lambs,
brought $236.25 ($1.89 per
pound).
There were no lambs delivered for the market-weight
lamb classification in this
sale.
The classification of the
feeder lambs maintained a
high percentage of the lambs
sold at this sale. There were
no novelty breeds, at this
sale. The bidding was strong
and produced a high dollar
per pound for these 83- and
86-pound lambs. These lambs
brought a price range from
$2.08 to $2.23 per pound. Only
one group of six 85-pound
lambs, brought a lower price
range of $1.95 per pound.
The lambs in the lightweight
classification, continued with
this higher bidding, from the
buyers. These lambs brought
a price range of $1.80 to $2.29
per pound. The hairless lambs
brought the lower end of this
price range, $1.80 to $1.99 per
pound.
The 65-pound Dorper-cross
lamb, brought $127.40 ($1.96
per pound).
The group of eight 49-pound
Dorper-cross lambs, brought
$95.06 ($1.94 per pound).
The 40-pound Suffolk-cross
lamb, brought $68 ($1.70 per
pound).
The price for does slightly
dropped for this sale. A
150-pound Boer-cross doe,
brought $120 ($0.80 per
pound) and a 115-pound
Boer-cross doe, brought
$107.50 ($0.94 per pound).
A group of three 103-pound
does, brought $100 ($0.98
per pound). The auction-
February 2, 2012
February 16, 2012
$168.30 - $215.82
$150.80 - $202
$130.72
$43.32 - $134.40
$229.12 - $236.25
n/a
95 - 110
n/a
$194.67 - $203.83
80 - 94
$165.75 - $185.09
$169.20 - $188
70
$126 - $179.20
$126.75 - $179.40 (72 - 78 lbs.)
73
$145.27 / $167.17
65
$127.40
$136.40 - $167.28 (60 - 68 lbs.)
52 - 57
n/a
$116.48 - $133.95
40 - 49
$68 / $95.06
n/a
Ewes
Lambs (lbs.)
110+
Under 80
eer announced that the next
doe had been treated and
would take a period of time,
before this animal could be
used for the meat industry.
T h i s 8 5 - p o u n d Bo e r- c ro s s
doe, brought $110 ($1.29 per
pound).
There was only two bucks
delivered for this sale; thus
creating some good bidding. The 215-pound Boercross buck, brought $295
($1.37 per pound). The other
w a s a n A l p i n e - c ro s s b u c k
w i t h i m p re s s i v e m a r k i n g s
that fetched $235 ($1.47 per
pound).
A group of three 102-pound
wethers, brought $151 ($1.48
per pound).
Goat kids dominated the
selection of goats on offer.
The interest from the buyers has continued, however,
slightly dropped from the past
sale. A 60-pound Boer-cross
kid, brought $106 ($1.77 per
pound). The dairy variety of
65-pound kids, brought $110,
($1.69 per pound).
A group of nine 55-pound
dairy wether kids, brought $92
($1.67 per pound). Another
group of four 54-pound dairy
wether kids, brought $110
($2.04 per pound).
Two 58-pound Boer-cross
doelings, brought $94 ($1.62
per pound). Three 53-pound
Angora-cross doelings, brought
$110 ($2.08 per pound).
A 45-pound Alpine-Boercross wether that had received
treatment and could not be
sold for meat in the short term,
brought $88 ($1.96 per pound).
The Ontario Stockyard
Report (February 16, 2012),
states the sheep traded
steady; with lower bidding on
the lambs. The young goats
(kids) sold with a higher interest from the buyers.
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Stall-free pork coming to McDonald’s menu
Transition to open-housing systems for sows won’t happen overnight, but consumer demand is building momentum
By Shannon VanRaes
CO-OPERATOR STAFF
A
move by fast-food giant
McDonald’s to have its
U.S. pork suppliers phase
out sow gestation stalls has
drawn praise from animal rights
groups, but questions remain
about the impact it will have on
Canadian producers.
“This is huge. That a major
corporation has made this move
is really very significant,” said
Winnipeg Humane Society CEO
Bill McDonald.
Ten years ago, the society launched a “Quit Stalling”
campaign aimed at outlawing
the practice in Manitoba. They
will meet with Manitoba’s NDP
caucus in the coming weeks to
again make the case for outlawing sow stalls.
“It’s been a long uphill battle,”
he said.
The Humane Society of the
United States has lobbied both
government and corporate entities in its fight to ban the use of
sow stalls. To date, seven states
have outlawed the practice, said
McDonald.
McDonald’s Canada spokesman Louis Payette said the
move will include pork products sold in Canadian establishments, as those items are
sourced from U.S. suppliers.
Many Canadian pork processors have already made
commitments to have suppliers phase out the use of stalls,
including Maple Leaf and
Smithfield.
Manitoba Pork Council, which
last year pledged to eliminate
such stalls in the province’s hog
barns in the next 15 years, isn’t
surprised McDonald’s is making
the move.
“It’s something the consumer
is asking for, people look at
these things now and I think
companies know that,” said the
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council’s animal-care specialist,
Mark Fynn.
He said the council is encouraging producers to move to
group housing, and is assisting
with research on barn conversion. Because of a provincewide ban on new hog barn construction, old barns must be
retrofitted to accommodate any
change in sow housing systems.
Laurie Connor, head of animal science at the University of
Manitoba, said she is pleased
to see McDonald’s intends to
pursue a gradual and reasoned
approach.
“I find it encouraging that
they didn’t come out and take
a stand saying it’s banned,” she
said. “They are saying down
the road we’re not going to
accept it, so for me it’s a positive that they recognized this
isn’t something that happens
overnight.”
Connor has been studying the
issue of sow housing for decades, and believes group housing offers health and welfare
benefits to swine. However, the
researcher said animal welfare
is also balanced with the producers’ ability to remain profitable and reasonable timelines.
Connor and Fynn are both
continuing to study the issue of
barn conversion.
Although many producers are
actively considering making the
change, some holdouts exist.
“I have spoken to some primary producers, or heard them
say, no, the whole thing is ridiculous, or I don’t want to change
my system, it works great ... or
I’m confident with the care I’m
providing my animals,” said
Connor. “I’m not disputing that,
but what I am saying is that the
times are changing and as an
industry we’ve recognized that
yes, we have to make a change.”
McDonald’s has given its suppliers four months to present
plans to phase out the use of
sow gestation stalls in their hog
barns.
“McDonald’s believes gestation stalls are not a sustainable production system for the
future,” said Dan Gorsky, the
senior vice-president of North
American supply chain man-
agement for the Illinois-based
company. “There are alternatives that we think are better for
the welfare of sows.”
Several of the company’s
U.S. suppliers are already in
the process of adopting “commercially viable alternatives”
for penning of gestating sows,
he added, naming Cargill and
Smithfield Foods as examples of
companies making “significant
progress in this area.”
With files from Dave Bedard
“They are saying
down the road we’re
not going to accept
it, so for me it’s a
positive that they
recognized this
isn’t something that
happens overnight.”
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“Cowgate”
scandal rocks
Malaysian
government
By Stuart Grudgings
KUALA LUMPUR / REUTERS
A
scandal centred on
cows and luxury
condos raises the
chances that Malaysian
elections will be delayed
a n d h i g h l i g h t s Pr i m e
Minister Najib Razak’s
stuttering efforts to reform
t h e c o r r u p t i o n - p ro n e
Southeast Asian nation.
“Cowgate,” as it has inevitably been dubbed, is providing rich fodder for the
opposition as it digs up dirt
on a publicly funded cattlerearing project that it says
was used as a personal
fund for the family of one of
Najib’s ministers.
It is not the first corruption scandal to hit
Najib and his long-ruling
United Malays National
Organization (UMNO),
but the farmyard connection makes it a potentially
damaging one because
rural Malays — the bedrock
of UMNO’s support — may
relate to it more easily than
to more obscure financial
matters.
“ T h e c ow i s s u e i s
G o d g i v e n ,” Z u r a i d a
Kamaruddin, the head of
the women’s wing of the
opposition People’s Justice
Party, told Reuters following a speech at a recent rally,
which she punctuated with
the occasional “moo” for
comic effect.
“This time we have real
evidence that proves their
mismanagement.”
The family of Women,
Families and Communities
Minister Shahrizat Abdul
Jalil is accused of using 250
million ringgit ($83 million)
in soft government loans
meant to develop the cattle
project to buy luxury apartments, expensive overseas
trips and a Mercedes.
Meanwhile, the National
Feedlot Centre (NFC) project was found by the auditor
general to have done little to
reach its initial goal of making the country 40 per cent
self-sufficient in beef production by 2010.
Najib last month froze
the assets of the NFC, which
is under investigation by
Malaysia’s anti-corruption
commission. With fresh allegations appearing almost
daily on the country’s lively
Internet news sites, the
scandal adds to growing
temptations for him to delay
elections that must be called
by April 2013.
The 58-year-old son of a
former prime minister had
been expected to call the
polls around April, before a
looming global slowdown
risked hurting Malaysia’s
trade-dependent economy.
But with the U.S. economy showing signs of recovery and the euro zone not
yet imploding, he may feel
he can wait and hope for the
scandal to blow over while
recent government handouts to poorer families take
effect.
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38
Permits required for moving tall
farm equipment beneath power lines
There were 79 incidents last year in which agricultural equipment touched overhead power lines
By Lorraine Stevenson
CO-OPERATOR STAFF
M
anitoba’s largest farm
organization fears not
enough farmers know
about a Hydro regulation meant
to ensure they navigate tall
equipment safely under power
lines.
Fa r m e r s m ov i n g e q u i p ment that exceeds 4.8 metres
(15 feet, nine inches) are supposed to apply for a Manitoba
Hydro Agricultural Move Permit
at their local Manitoba Hydro
office.
“It certainly seems to be a lot
aren’t aware of it,” said Starbuck
farmer and KAP transportation
committee chair Chuck Fossay.
That might explain why so
many incidents in which equipment comes into contact with
the uninsulated wires occur
annually.
Hydro officials say there are
about 300 contacts every year
along their lines; it’s estimated
about one in every four involve
farm equipment.
In 2011, there were a total of
79 incidents involving overhead
power lines logged as agricultural and of these only two did
not involve farm equipment,
said Scott Powell, a Manitoba
Hydro spokesperson.
And while Hydro statistics
don’t specify precisely where
incidents occur, what they know
is that these are occurring both
on public roadways as well as
yard sites, he added.
Which is why Hydro’s permit system is in place — to
help farmers safely navigate
roads, by first contacting their
local Hydro office and providing detail on equipment size
and type as well as a description of the route they intend
to travel.
Hydro staff will then dispatch
staff to measure and ensure
overhead lines along the route
are high enough for safe clearance. If they cannot confirm
the route is safe, they’ll suggest
alternate routes.
The permit issued is valid for
45 days.
The permits have an expiry
date so Hydro can continuously
monitor line heights. Heights
can and do change over time,
said Powell.
“Clearance can change even
depending on the temperature
of the day,” he said, adding that
on hot days more stretch and
sag to the metals causes the
lines to hang lower.
“We’ve heard of differences
in clearance of up to 12 to 18
inches. It depends on type of
Manitoba Hydro overhead power
lines distance guidelines
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Know your route before transporting tall equipment;
Look up and make overhead
safety a priority;
Remember that cultivators, air
seeders, and grain augers make
contact with overhead power
lines most often;
Move slowly and carefully when
you move tall equipment;
Check to make sure that there’s
enough room for clearance;
never let anyone ride on top of
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moving farm equipment or hay
bales;
Only Hydro staff should lift
power lines;
Never transport metal elevators,
metal irrigation pipe or metal
ladders near power lines;
Granaries and other farm buildings should be located at least
nine metres (30 feet) from overhead power lines.
Moving farm equipment taller than 15 feet, nine inches along roadways with overhead power lines?
You need a Manitoba Hydro permit. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON
the wire and the material it’s
made of. Metals will stretch.”
Three inches of gravel added
to a municipal roadway, or
heavy rain which cause poles to
lean also influence line height.
“If you need 12 inches for a
piece of equipment and the line
is stretched and the clearance is
six to seven inches, we want to
know that.”
“We have to be
comfortable that
the clearance will
be safe for the
farmer moving the
equipment. We don’t
want anyone injured
with overhead
contact. And we
don’t want damage to
the lines.”
Source: Manitoba Hydro
Hydro generally needs 10
working days from the time a
farmer applies to issue the
permit. The utility can usually
get the measuring work done
sooner if it’s been measured not
so long ago, and Hydro deems
that there have been no significant conditions changed that
could affect line height.
“We have to be comfortable that the clearance will be
safe for the farmer moving the
equipment,” Powell said.
“We don’t want anyone injured
with overhead contact. And we
don’t want damage to the lines.”
Fossay said KAP’s transportation committee hopes to meet
with Hydro officials this spring
to talk over the permit process
and raise members’ concerns,
including the number of days a
permit is valid, as well as application procedures.
KAP also wants its membership informed about the permit.
The farm organization created
a brochure about it a few years
ago to raise farmers’ awareness
but thinks farmers may need
a reminder, given that farm
Canola Storage Clinic & MCGA Annual General Meeting
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of canola can be damaged? Join us at our Storage Clinic to find out how you can store your
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You’ll have the opportunity to learn from leading experts as they walk you through the critical steps
to safely store and monitor your canola. Come join us to:
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
8:55 am to 6:00 pm
Registration – 8:00 am
• Attend the MCGA Annual General Meeting (no charge for members not attending the storage clinic)
• Find out the key tips about conditioning of canola from Joy Agnew (Prairie Agriculture Machinery Institute (PAMI))
• Ask Digvir Jayas (University of Manitoba) about effective bagged storage practices
• Attend technical breakout sessions including:
- A live demonstration of bagged storage with Eugene Frank (Grain Bags Canada)
- Bins and monitoring systems
- Floors, Ducts and Vents; Fans, Aeration Systems and Rockets
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equipment is getting bigger all
the time, Fossay said.
Hyd ro c u s t o m e r s e r v i c e
offices located in the Parklands
and Westman area of Manitoba
estimate about 25 permits were
issued between them last year.
Farmers also require a permit
from Manitoba Infrastructure
and Transportation if their
equipment or load height
exceeds a height of 4.15 metres
(13 feet, seven inches). KAP
also passed a resolution at its
January meeting calling for harmonizing the permit process
between Hydro and MIT.
For more details on Hydro’s
overhead power lines distance guidelines or for applying for a Manitoba Hydro
Agricultural Move Permit log
on to: www.hydro.mb.ca/
safety_and_education/farm/
overhead_lines.
Concerns about clearance
with overhead power lines
should be brought to local
Manitoba Hydro district offices
or call 1-888-MBHYDRO.
Announcement
KEYSTONE CENTRE
#1 1175 18th Street
RSVP: Registration deadline is Tuesday
February 21, 2012 at midnight. Space
is limited. To register, please call
1.866.834.4374 ext 7751 or visit
www.canolacouncil.org/mcgastorageclinic.aspx
COST: $30.00 per person (GST included) for
those who pre-register. $40.00 per person
(GST included) at the door.
Lunch and refreshments included.
Claude Durand
Ray Wytinck, General Manager of NorthStar Genetics
Manitoba, along with the Board of Directors, is
pleased to announce that Claude Durand has joined
the company as Product Development Manager.
Claude has worked in the seed industry for the past
16 years with several different seed companies. He
has developed a keen sense and proven ability for
selecting top performing genetics.
NorthStar Genetics Manitoba has grown to become
the leading soybean seed company in western
Canada. Top performing varieties, locally grown and
processed, have driven the success of the company.
Looking forward, we see many new and exciting traits
being developed for soybeans in western Canada and
we are working hard to bring the best of those traits
to our dealers and farmer customers.
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Cuba reports food output up 8.7 per cent in 2011
Rice, beans and corn production is up significantly
havana / reuters
C
uba’s non-sugar agricultural production
increased 8.7 per cent in
2011, the government said this
week, an indication reforms
aimed at reversing a farm crisis
and cutting food imports may
be kicking in.
Produce output was up 11.5
per cent and livestock and
related products six per cent,
according to the report issued
by the National Statistics Office
on its web page (http://www.
one.cu).
The upturn followed a 2.5 per
cent decline in 2010.
The cash-strapped country is
still producing less food than
in 2005 and importing 60 per
cent to 70 per cent of what it
consumes at an estimated
cost of $1.5 billion to $2 billion
annually.
Food prices increased 20 per
cent in 2011 as limited market
reforms, higher prices paid by
the state for agricultural prod-
ucts and a slight reduction in
imports countered the increase
in domestic output.
President Raul Castro, looking to cut imports and supply a
growing food-service sector, has
made increasing food production a priority since he took over
for his ailing brother in 2006.
Castro has decentralized
decision making, opened more
space for farmers to sell directly
to consumers, leased small plots
of fallow state lands to 150,000
would-be tillers and raised prices
the state pays for produce, but to
date has stopped short of allowing market forces to take hold.
While the government still
assigns farmers crops, monopolizes food distribution and the
supply of critical farm inputs,
the report indicated a higher
percentage of produce was
being sold by farmers directly to
consumers.
Huge state farms and cooperatives continue to sit on fallow land and despite controlling
some 60 per cent of the arable
land produce just 30 per cent of
the food.
Most Cuban farmers praise
Castro’s measures and promises to allow market forces to
play a bigger role in the future,
but complain bureaucracy and
vested interests are holding
back progress.
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
In Preparation for the Public Hearing on
Manitoba Hydro’s Bipole III
Transmission Project
The Manitoba Clean Environment Commission invites individuals or
groups to apply to be a Participant (intervener) in the review of this
project proposal.
Project Overview
Manitoba Hydro has proposed to construct an 500kV high-voltage DC transmission
line originating at the site for the proposed Conawapa generating station near the
mouth of the Nelson River and running along the west side of Manitoba, crossing
south central Manitoba and terminating near Winnipeg.
A farmer sells bananas at a market in Sagua La Grande, around 240 km (149
miles) east of Havana. Cuban farmers can now bypass the state and start
selling products directly to businesses catering to tourists. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan
news
La Broquerie farmer recognized
Protecting our Earth award recipients
Staff / La Broquerie farmer Gerry Dube has been honoured
by the Manitoba Eco-Network for his efforts in sustainable
agriculture.
Dube was among four recipients of the annual Anne Lindsey
Protecting Our Earth Awards Feb. 3.
Dube was a founding member of the Organic Food Council
of Manitoba as well as the Manitoba Composting Association
and continues working to promote agricultural, large-scale
composting as well as municipal composting of organic waste.
Other recipients include Dennis Cunningham, the environmental sustainability manager at Assiniboine Credit Union in
Winnipeg, for his involvement in multiple projects that make
the credit union a leader in environmental sustainability.
Cunningham’s contributions range from promoting electronic
recycling to sustainable home renovation.
The Landless Farm Collective, which has created an urban
farm on City of Winnipeg property near the Pan Am Pool and
a partnership with Grade 8 students at Grant Park High School
was recognized for its efforts to demonstrate and promote sustainable food production. Also recognized was Ron Thiessen,
the executive director of CPAWS, the Canadian Parks and
Wilderness Society, for his tireless commitment to wilderness
protection.
Rising input costs take a bite out of
near-record U.S. farm income
washington / reuters / U.S. farm income will drop
sharply from 2011’s record high as production costs rise by more
than $10 billion for the second year in a row, according to the
latest USDA income forecast.
Net cash farm income, a measure of solvency, is expected to
fall 11.5 per cent to $96.3 billion — although last year was the
first time it ever topped the $100-billion mark.
Production costs are forecast to rise by 3.9 per cent, or $12.5
billion this year, to a record $333.8 billion. USDA said receipts for
crop sales would be on par with 2011.
Drought constrained crop production last year so there will be
less volume to sell this year. Costs rose by 12 per cent in 2011.
Crop receipts are expected to increase slightly with wheat
prices trending downward but corn prices remaining strong.
Higher prices will boost livestock receipts.
The debt-to-asset ratio for the farm sector will decline to 10.3
per cent this year, from 10.5 per cent last year, USDA said, and
the debt-to-equity ratio also will decline. “These declines indicated that the farm sector’s overall solvency position is strong,”
the report concluded.
The project includes two new converter stations (Keewatinoow in the north and Riel
in the south); 230 kV collector transmission lines; and two ground electrodes with
connections to the converter stations. The public hearing will review environmental
and socio-economic impacts of construction and operation.
Selection Criteria
If you are selected as a Participant, you must be committed and prepared to take an active
role in the pre-hearing and hearing activities. Funding is available to assist Participants in
their review of the proposed project.
1.
2.
Participants will be selected based on the identified level of impact the proposed
project will have on them and/or their ability to bring additional comprehensive
information to the hearing.
Funding proposals will be assessed on their applicability to the terms of reference,
content, and whether products and costs are reasonable and realistic within the
estimated time frame.
This notice is not for citizen presenters. The general public will be invited to get involved
in the hearing process when dates and locations for hearing sessions have been set.
Visit cecmanitoba.ca for information about process, funding assistance
and for applications.
View the project proposal online, or at public registries at these locations:
Winnipeg
Conservation Library (Union Station), Main Floor, 123 Main Street
Millennium Public Library, 4th Floor, 251 Donald Street
Manitoba Eco-Network, 3rd Floor, 303 Portage Avenue
Thompson
Public Library, 81 Thompson Drive
MKO, 200-701 Thompson Drive
The Pas
Public Library, 53 Edwards Avenue
Dauphin
Public Library, 504 Main Street
Northwest Regional Library, 200-6th Ave. North
Swan River
Minitonas Library
Snow Lake
Town office
Gillam
Town office
Brandon
Regional Library, 638 Princess Avenue
Steinbach
Portage
Jake Epp Public Library, 255 Elmdale Avenue
Public Library, 40-B Royal Road North
Registration deadline: NOON, APRIL 16, 2012
To register, please complete the participant registration form and/or the funding
application package and submit them to the Commission Secretary at:
Manitoba Clean Environment Commission
305-155 Carlton Street, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3H8
Phone: 204-945-7091 or 1-800-597-3556
Email: cec@gov.mb.ca www.cecmanitoba.ca
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The Manitoba Co-Operator | February 23, 2012
COUNTRY CROSSROADS
connecting rur a l communities
RURAL
DOCTORS:
Communities must
grow their own
MDs to fill shortages
By Alex Binkley
co-operator contributor / ottawa
N
ot only does rural Canada suffer from
doctor shortages, it also has to contend
with a medical system that doesn’t fully
understand the challenges farmers face, says
medical student Wilf Stymiest.
Both those shortcomings could be
addressed if governments encouraged more
rural students into careers in medicine and
health, he said in an interview. He was in
Ottawa as part of a lobby by the Canadian
Federation of Medical Students to raise
awareness of the barriers to delivering medical services in rural and remote areas.
A native of Miramichi, New Brunswick,
Stymiest is enrolled in the Dalhousie
University Medical School in Halifax, but
doing much of his training in his home province. His goal is to work in a rural practice
after he graduates.
“Currently, 22 per cent of Canadians live
in rural areas, but only 17 per cent of the
doctors are there,” he says. That gap will
widen in the coming years unless changes
are made. “That makes it harder to access
family doctors or get referrals to specialists.
Also, doctors need to understand the issues
farmers face dealing with pesticides and
hazardous materials.”
Farmers and other rural dwellers also find
it harder to make the time to visit a doctor’s
office “because of the time pressures of their
employment,” he adds.
One significant barrier for rural students
interested in a medical career is the cost of
a university education, he said. The government has addressed this in part with its
announcement last March that it will forgive a portion of Canada Student Loans for
new family physicians working in rural and
remote communities.
“The government could make this program
a lot more effective,” he says. It needs to realize that students with a rural background are
“Currently, 22 per cent of
Canadians live in rural areas, but
only 17 per cent of the doctors
are there.”
more likely to return there when they’re ready
to begin practising.
The federation says graduates must begin to
pay off their loans during medical residency
training, before they are eligible for the loan
forgiveness. “We are requesting that the government defer repayment of these loans until
the completion of medical residency training.
This would more effectively attract new medical graduates to rural and remote communities
and better serve the needs of Canadians.”
The CFMS is also calling upon the federal
government to allocate funds for the establishment of mentorship programs that attract
rural students to medical school. Mentorship
programs in the United States and Australia
have been highly successful in recruiting rural
students to careers in medicine.
“These are simple, sensible strategies for
improving health-care access to those for
whom it is least available,” says Matthew
Tenenbaum, vice-president of communications. “It is important to ensure that the
principle of accessible health care is realized
everywhere in this country.”
CFMS represents more than 7,500 medical students at 14 medical schools across
Canada.
It was a marketing ploy that worked
The Homecoming promotion boosted provincial tourism
Travel Manitoba release
The year-long celebration known as Manitoba Homecoming
2010, designed to bring former Manitobans and new visitors
to the province and maximize the economic benefits of tourism, appears to not only have met its goals, but exceeded
them.
Recently released figures from Statistics Canada show
that Winnipeg recorded 2.8 million person visits in 2010, an
increase of seven per cent over 2009, and $506 million in
visitor expenditures, an increase of five per cent.
According to Marina James, president and CEO of Economic
Development Winnipeg Inc., the city would normally see visitor expenditure growth in the range of 1.7 to two per cent.
“Of the $25-million increase in expenditures in 2010, we
believe we can attribute approximately $14.7 million to the
success of Homecoming,” James said. “Total attendance at
some 400 Homecoming-affiliated events was over 200,000,
and those additional visitors contributed to Homecoming’s
economic impact.”
Similarly, provincial visitation rose 5.7 per cent to 8.599
million person visits and expenditures rose by 5.6 per cent to
$1.258 billion, more than the all-time high of $1.236 billion
in 2007. Of the $67 million increase in expenditures between
2009 and 2010, approximately $30 million can be attributed
to Homecoming.
“One of Homecoming’s goals was to capitalize on the
positive feeling in Manitoba and take advantage of that
increased community confidence,” said Doug Harvey
who, along with Mariette Mulaire, co-chaired Manitoba
Homecoming. “These numbers confirm the success we had
with those original goals of promoting our changing and
vibrant province.”
Homecoming 2010 was an initiative created jointly by
Travel Manitoba and Tourism Winnipeg, and supported by
the Province of Manitoba.
The campaign’s $3.5-million budget — derived from public investment and leveraged private-sector funds — was
spent largely on marketing across Manitoba, throughout
Canada and internationally. The Homecoming website
tracked 200,000 visits from 10 provinces, two territories, 50
states and 137 countries.
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RecipeSwap
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Dinner at
the Grey Owl
Tangy-Sweet
Balsamic Sirloin Steak
The flavours that you will experience in this
tangy-sweet balsamic sirloin steak recipe are
fantastic.
Lorraine Stevenson
Crossroads Recipe Swap
Y
ou know you’re in for a remarkable meal
when giving your waiter your order reminds
you of when you had to memorize a poem
in school.
This month I sat down in the Grey Owl in
Brandon for such a dinner. Never heard of it? Nor
had I, until invited to join with other writers, and
farmers and chefs to a very special dinner hosted
by the Manitoba Canola Growers Association
(MCGA).
The Grey Owl is Assiniboine Community
College’s upscale (and seasonal) restaurant run
by students in their culinary arts and restaurant/
hotel management program. Apparently, you get
into a long queue to dine here. Open just part
of the month of each February, this is where the
Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts (MICA) firstand second-year students dream up and team
up, cooking and serving a lavish menu to multiple dinner parties.
My invitation was to join with canola growers for this fine dinner and hear more about not
only canola oil itself, but the partnership they’ve
forged with the institute.
We visited MICA’s media and educational culinary theatre whose title sponsor is the Manitoba
Canola Growers where we watched a video featuring Manitoba pastry chef Mary-Jane Feeke,
then tasted a variety of flavoured canola oils,
while sipping a little wine and hearing some
of the story of canola’s emergence as a key
Canadian crop.
We nibbled on the nutty-flavoured leaves of a
canola plant too, as Newdale-area canola grower
Bruce Dalgarno spoke of visiting Japan a few
years back, where he saw small packages of canola seed sold in garden centres too.
The Japanese love canola oil, but they also
Bruce Dalgarno of Newdale samples one of the delicious
flavoured canola oils in Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts’
educational theatre while Ellen Pruden, MCGA’s education
and promotions manager describes the multiple uses of
flavoured oils to another dinner guest, Johanne Ross, (r)
executive director of Agriculture in the Classroom (Manitoba). PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON
grow canola in their backyards for its flowers,
and for leaves for salads.
Here I also heard more about the Canola
Learning Centre at Kelburn Farm south of
Winnipeg where students visit and learn about
agriculture, and the $1,000 scholarship the
MCGA awards the winner in an annual cooking
competition at MICA.
Four first-year students, using surprise ingredients put before them, compete for the prize. This
year’s winner was Pesila Aropio, born in Fiji, now
calling Neepawa home, where her family farms.
Her winning entry was an arugula salad including grilled chicken and peaches, with a honey
dijon balsamic vinaigrette dressing, plus a main
dish of pork tenderloin with mushroom sauce.
That’s a hint about the kind of meal canola
growers’ guests sat down to February 7. My
choices were a foie gras appetizer, a delicate
salad, “ebony and ivory” soup (as in melted chocolate and heavy cream), then an entree of rack of
lamb with potato croquettes and a slice of luscious Turtle Mountain cheesecake.
Did I mention the meal lasted three hours?
It was a lovely evening spent among farmers,
chefs and other writers in a beautiful setting; it’s
been five years since ACC moved its hotel and
restaurant management and culinary arts programs into the grand, turn-of-the-century building formerly housing the Brandon Mental Health
Centre nurses’ residence.
Red Beet Tarragon Oil
Brownie Bites
This recipe is for one of the simple, delicious
flavoured oils we tasted at the MICA culinary
theatre last week. Flavoured oils are used as salad
dressings, or dips or in salsas or as bastes for
meats. Use of flavoured oils is a chef’s secret for
making good food great.
Who can resist brownies? Baked in mini-muffin
tins these are as cute as they are delicious.
1 c. canola oil
3 small roasted red beets
2 tbsp. fresh tarragon, finely chopped
1 tsp. pink grapefruit zest
1/2 tsp. lemon zest
In a blender, place roasted red beets, tarragon,
grapefruit and lemon zest; blend until smooth.
Slowly add the canola oil until well emulsified.
Season to taste. Refrigerate for up to three days.
Source: Manitoba
Canola Growers
Association
(canolarecipes.ca)
1/3 c. cocoa powder
1/2 c. whole wheat flour
1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1/4 c. chopped walnuts
1 tsp. baking powder
3 tbsp. canola oil
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. white sugar
2 egg whites
1/2 c. unsweetened applesauce
Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly spray canola oil
cooking spray on non-stick mini-muffin pans. In
a medium bowl, whisk together cocoa powder,
flours, walnuts and baking powder. In a second
bowl, beat together canola oil, vanilla, sugars,
egg whites and applesauce. Add flour mixture
and walnuts into the wet ingredients and stir just
to combine ingredients. Add batter to prepared
mini-muffin pans. Bake for 15 minutes or until
a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from pans
and let cool on a wire rack.
Source: Manitoba Canola Growers Association
(www.canolarecipes.ca)
1 lb. lean sirloin steak, trimmed of fat, about 3/4 inch thick
2 tbsp. light soy sauce
1 tbsp. canola oil
2 tbsp. granulated sugar
2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar
1/2 tsp. dried pepper flakes
1/8 tsp. salt and pepper or to taste
Place steak, soy sauce, canola oil, granulated
sugar, vinegar, pepper flakes and salt and pepper
in a quart-size resealable plastic bag. Seal tightly
and shake back and forth to allow ingredients to
blend evenly. Refrigerate 24 to 48 hours, turning
occasionally. Preheat grill or broiler. Coat a cold
grill rack or broiler rack with canola oil cooking
spray, place over grill or broiler pan. Remove beef
from marinade, reserving marinade. Place beef
on top of rack and cook for five minutes. Remove
from rack and place on cutting board five minutes before thinly slicing diagonally against the
grain.
Meanwhile, place the reserved marinade in a
small saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat
and continue boiling two minutes or until
reduces to 1/4 cup. Watch carefully not to reduce
more than 1/4 cup. Remove from heat. Place
sliced beef on serving platter and pour sauce
evenly over all.
Source: Manitoba Canola Growers Association
(www.canolarecipes.ca)
Moroccan Chickpea
and Pasta Salad
Dressing:
1/2 c. mayonnaise
1/4 c. plain yogurt
1 tbsp. canola oil
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. turmeric
1/2 tsp. curry powder
1 garlic clove, minced
Salad:
1 lb. penne pasta
2 c. quartered fresh white mushrooms
1-1/2 c. grape or cherry tomatoes, halved
1 (19-oz./540 ml) can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1/2 c. kalamata olives
1 c. sliced celery
1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1/2 c. sliced green onions
2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and diced
1/4 c. chopped cilantro or parsley
In a small bowl, whisk together all dressing ingredients; set aside. In large pot of boiling water,
cook pasta according to package directions.
Drain and rinse under cold running water. Drain
pasta again and transfer to a large bowl; add
remaining salad ingredients, toss with dressing
and serve. Serves 10 to 12.
Source: Great Tastes of Manitoba
Recipe Swap
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Recipe Swap Box 1794,
Carman, Man. ROG OJO
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J
ennifer Jackson stared in silence at the computer screen in front of her, her index finger poised above the return key on the keyboard. Click. Click. Clickclickclickclickclickclick!
Nothing.
“You got a problem?” Jennifer’s mother Rose
peered at her over her reading glasses from
across the table.
“The Internet connection is gone,” said
Jennifer. “It just disappeared. In the middle of my
homework assignment.”
Rose raised an eyebrow. “Looking at wedding
dresses online is a homework assignment?” she
said.
Jennifer shook her head distractedly. “Looking
at wedding dresses while I do my homework is
a coping mechanism to help me deal with the
excruciating boredom of the homework assignment. As if anyone cares who won the battle of
New Orleans.”
She clicked the key a few more times. “I don’t
know how I’m going to cope without the Internet.
How do I fix this?”
“I think you just have to bang on the keyboard,” said Rose. “As far as I know, all computer
problems of any kind can be fixed by banging on
the keyboard. Clicking the return key is a good
start but you have to get more angry and aggressive. Give it a few good smacks. I’m sure you’ve
seen Dad do it a hundred times.”
“You’re not helping, Mother,” said Jennifer.
“I’m not about to get my computer-fixing skills
from a man whose motto is ‘don’t force it, get a
bigger hammer.’”
“Well then, there is only one other option that I
can think of,” said Rose, “and that’s to reboot the
computer. Whatever that means.”
“It means turn the computer off and then back
on,” said Jennifer.
“We used to have to reboot the dryer all the
time when it wouldn’t start,” said Rose. “But that
was like, give it a good boot and if that didn’t
work give it a reboot.”
“I’m pretty sure the dryer wasn’t connected
to the Internet back then like it is today,” said
Jennifer. “But rebooting is a good idea anyway.”
She pushed the computer’s power button and
held it briefly till the screen went black, then
The
Jacksons
By Rollin Penner
waited a few seconds to push the button again
and then watched the screen flicker back to life.
“Aren’t you supposed to power it down properly?” said Rose. “You know, click on the restart
button and whatnot?”
“Too much work,” said Jennifer. “It’s faster just
to push the button.”
Rose shook her head. “How have we managed to raise a generation for whom clicking the
restart icon is too much work?” she said. “It’s a
metaphor for what’s wrong with our society.”
“What’s wrong with our society,” said Jennifer,
“is that we can’t get a decent Internet connection so we can look at wedding dresses online
when we’re doing our homework. It’s a threat to
the whole institution of marriage, which is under
enough pressure as it is.”
“Speaking of which,” said Rose, “I assume
you’re looking at dresses for Amanda, not for
yourself?”
“Duh,” said Jennifer. “I’m still in high school. I
can’t get married for at least nine or 10 months. I
mean first I have to graduate, then I have to find
the right guy, then I have to propose…it’s a long
process Mom.”
“So you’re saying Frederico’s not the right guy?”
said Rose.
“Fernando,” said Jennifer. “His name is
Fernando. I don’t know why you guys can’t get
that right.”
“I’m just messing with you,” said Rose.
“And obviously he’s not the right guy,” said
Jennifer. “He’s from Argentina and he’s going
back there when school’s out and then we’ll file it
under ‘fun while it lasted.’ Which incidentally, it
is, in case you wanted to know.”
“Not really,” said Rose. “If it isn’t fun or if it’s too
much fun I might want to know, but otherwise I
prefer not to think about it.”
“That works for me,” said Jennifer. “Ignorance
is bliss, right? In this case, for both of us.”
Rose frowned. “When you put it like that,” she
said, “maybe I do want to know.”
Jennifer shook her head. “There’s nothing to
know,” she said. “We’re just two well-behaved
kids doing what we do best. Behaving well.”
“And I’m sure you would tell me if you weren’t,”
said Rose.
“If I didn’t, your motherly intuition would,”
said Jennifer. She brightened suddenly. “It’s
back!” she said.
“What’s back?” said Rose.
“The Internet.” said Jennifer. “I just fixed the
Internet.”
“Which may or may not be a good thing,” said
Rose, “depending on what you plan to do with
it.”
“I plan to finish my homework,” said Jennifer.
“And while I’m at it, possibly save the institution
of marriage.”
Rose smiled. “Good luck,” she said, “with both
of those things.”
Mona Lavender – a great flowering plant
Will put on a display as a houseplant or in the outdoor garden
By Albert Parsons
FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR
I
f you walk into a large garden
centre during the winter, you
might very well observe large
pots of particularly attractive plants
sporting lovely panicles of lavender
blooms atop shiny, dark-green foliage. The plants may be as high as
a metre and almost as wide. These
plants are Plectranthus ecklonii
“Mona Lavender,” and would have
been offered by the garden centre
during the spring bedding plant
season as pot plants. Many garden
centres pot up such plants if they
have some left over after summer
sales have ended — some do this
with coleus also — and they become
focal points in the garden centres’
display areas during the winter.
After seeing these plants in full
bloom and putting on such a performance a couple of winters ago,
I purchased a smaller version the
next spring and have grown it ever
since. The first year it grew quite
quickly and I moved the container
outdoors after transplanting it into
a larger pot. By summer’s end, the
plant was about 50 cm tall and in
full bloom. In the fall before moving
the plant indoors for the winter, I
cut it back severely, using the cut-
off terminal stems as slips, which
I potted up into six-inch pots. The
cuttings rooted quickly and I grew
them on during the winter.
The following spring I used the
smaller plants produced from the
cuttings to add variety to a number
of my mixed containers. I planted
the parent plant into a large, attractive container and placed it on
the patio for the summer where it
served as a specimen plant. The
smaller plants seemed to be right
at home shoulder to shoulder with
other plants in my mixed containers and added unique colour and
texture to the containers.
Plectranthus ecklonii, has darkgreen leaves that appear as opposite pairs on the square stems. The
leaves are about four cm long and
are wedge shaped at the base and
quite pointed at the tips. The leaf
edges are toothed, the teeth being
coarse and short. The leaves have
attractive purple veining and the
undersides of the leaves are purple
burgundy.
Blooms of P. ecklonii “Mona
Lavender” are terminal panicles
about 15 cm long. The blooms
remind me a bit of coleus blooms
and literally cover the plants while
they are in bloom. Bloom is long
lasting and my plants flower all
summer in the outdoor garden and
after they resume flowering after
being cut back in the fall, they
bloom off and on all winter in my
sunroom.
The plant is native to South
Africa; it is a tender tropical plant
that will not tolerate frost. It is actually a shrub and has woody stems.
It is a fast-growing plant and will
bloom the first year from a cutting.
Plectranthus ecklonii will take some
sun but prefers a partial shade location. The leaves will burn if exposed
to harsh midday sun in the middle of the summer in the outdoor
garden.
“Mo n a L a ve n d e r” s e e m s t o
be the most popular cultivar of
Plectranthus ecklonii, and I have
not seen any others, but there is a
pink one called “Erma” and a whiteflowered cultivar named “Tommy.” I
will keep my eyes open for the pink
one as I think it would be a good
addition to my garden. I will still
keep my “Mona Lavender,” however, as it has served me well both
as a great flowering plant in my
indoor winter garden and as a container plant in my outdoor summer
garden.
Albert Parsons writes from
Minnedosa, Manitoba
PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS
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COUNTRY CROSSROADS
BUTTER VS MARGARINE
The debate has gone on for years so here’s
some tips to keep in mind
By Julie Garden-Robinson
NDSU EXTENSION SERVICE
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The relative healthfulness of butter versus margarine has been
an ongoing controversy. ©THINKSTOCK
utter and margarine — are they good
or bad? The relative healthfulness of
butter versus margarine has been an
ongoing controversy. It has started many
debates by nutrition scientists in laboratories and consumers in grocery stores.
Butter has a long history dating to ancient
times. Rationed during the Second World
War, butter was such a desired commodity that many people kept a cow to provide
butter.
Margarine was developed in 1870
in response to Napoleon’s challenge for
a butter substitute. A Frenchman discovered margaric acid and used it to create
his butter-like concoction. The drops of fat
reminded the researcher of pearls, which in
Greek are called “margarites.”
In the early 1900s, margarine was white
and colouring bans were in place in 32
states. Taxes were placed on yellow margarine, so “bootleg” coloured margarine
became popular. During the 1930s, the U.S.
military was banned from using margarine
for anything other than cooking. By the
1950s, the restrictions on margarine ended,
and since then, many types and brands of
margarine have become available.
Compare the types of fat you typically
purchase. Margarine types vary in their
nutritional content, so compare labels for
saturated fat and trans fat in particular.
Saturated fat is found naturally in some
vegetable and animal fats.
Trans fat is formed when vegetable oils
are hydrogenated to make solid or shelf-stable shortenings, margarine and oils. Trans
fat is found in most fast-food french fries,
in some snack foods and in some bakery
goods such as cookies, pastries and cakes.
Consuming a diet high in trans fat may
result in a double whammy. It may raise
your LDL (bad) blood cholesterol and
reduce your HDL (good) blood cholesterol.
Consider these tips when choosing the
spread for your toast:
• Minimize your trans fat intake. Be a label
reader. If the ingredient list includes “partially hydrogenated oil,” there’s a good
chance the food contains some trans fat.
Be aware of this loophole for food manufacturers: Foods that contain less than 0.5
gram of trans fat per serving can list the
amount of trans fat as zero.
• Don’t give up on your favourite foods. If
you prefer butter, monitor your portion
size. Keep in mind that 1 tablespoon of
butter provides more than one-third of
the “daily value” for saturated fat.
• If you prefer margarine or are on a special
diet, use the softer spreads that have less
saturated fat and trans fat. Consider trying some of the spreadable butter and oil
mixtures.
• Try recipes that call for oil instead of solid
shortening.
Julie Garden-Robinson, PhD. L.R.D., is a North Dakota
State University Extension Service food and nutrition
specialist and associate professor in the department
of health, nutrition and exercise sciences.
Glossary of garden terms
A quick reference guide for green thumbs new and old
National Garden Bureau
As we look through those seed catalogues and
plan for a new season, here’s a list of terms to
brush up on:
Acidic soil: has a pH below seven, typical of
clay soils. Azaleas, camellias, dogwoods and
roses like acidic soils.
Corm: is a rounded, thick, modified
underground stem base bearing membranous
or scaly leaves and buds (gladiolus, crocus,
etc.).
Crown: is the base of the plant, where the
stem and root meet.
Alkaline soil: has a pH of seven or higher.
Cultivar: is a cultivated variety or strain that
originated and has persisted under human
cultivation.
Annual plant: lives one year or less, planted in
the spring after the last frost. During this time,
the plant grows, blooms, produces seeds, and
dies.
Deadheading: is removing the dead blossoms.
If a plant is termed “self-cleaning,” the
blossoms fall off on their own. Deadheading
usually extends the blooming season.
Balled and burlapped: is when the roots of
the plant have soil attached and are held in
place with burlap or some other material.
Deciduous: is a plant that loses its leaves
seasonally, usually in the fall.
Bare root: is when the roots of the plant are
bare, with no soil.
Determinate: is when the growth of a plant
stops at a certain height (usually in reference to
tomatoes).
Biennial: is two seasons duration, from
germination to maturity and death, usually
developing vegetative growth the first year
and flowering, fruiting and dying the second
year. Biennials need exposure to winter
temperatures to trigger flowering or fruit
production the second year.
Dormancy: is the period in the life cycle of
a plant where it is “asleep” and not actively
growing, brought about by cool temperatures
and shorter day length.
Bulb: is a resting stage of a plant that is usually
formed underground and consists of a short
stem base bearing one or more buds enclosed
in fleshy leaves and buds (tulip, daffodil, etc.).
Floriferous: bears flowers/blooms freely.
Evergreen: is a plant that stays green year
round.
Germination: is the sprouting of a seed and
the commencement of growth. Also used to
describe the starting of plants from seeds.
Grafted plant: is when the top (desirable) part
of the plant is grafted onto rootstock, usually of
a hardier or less rare plant.
Heirloom seeds: are mostly open-pollinated
seeds that have been planted and passed down
for generations. Most lack disease resistance.
Herbaceous plant: dies back to the ground in
winter and returns again in the spring.
Herbicide: is a chemical used to destroy
undesirable plants and vegetation.
Hybrid seed: is the result of cross-pollination
of parents that differ in size, colour, taste or
other traits. Seeds from hybrid plants cannot be
saved and used again, as they will revert back
to one of the parents.
Indeterminate: is a plant that continues
growing until pinched or killed by frost
(opposite of determinate). These plants usually
require staking.
Organic seed: has been grown and harvested
without being exposed to any inorganic
chemicals, fertilizers, hormones, etc.
first season planted, especially ones that are
shipped bare root.
Rhizome: is the somewhat elongated, usually
horizontal subterranean plant stem that is
often thickened by deposits of reserved food
material that produces shoots above and
below the roots (bearded iris).
Rootstock: is the root system of a more
common or hardy variety that is used to graft a
more desirable variety onto, usually roses and/
or standard forms.
Self-pollinating plants: do not require pollen
from another plant in order to produce fruit.
Standard: is a shrub or herb grown with an erect
main stem so that it forms or resembles a tree.
Sucker: is undesirable growth coming from the
rootstock of a grafted plant.
Treated seed: has been treated with an
insecticide or fungicide to aid in preventing soil
insects or disease from destroying the seed
prior to germination.
Pelleted seeds: are small seeds (petunias,
pentas etc.) that have been coated with an
inert material such as clay to make them easier
to handle.
Tuber: is a short, fleshy, usually underground
stem bearing minute scaly leaves, each of
which bears a bud in its axil and is potentially
able to produce a new plant (iris potato,
caladium, tuberose begonia).
Perennial: is a plant that lives for three or
more seasons. Perennials may not bloom the
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