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SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCE 1925 | Vol. 71, No. 33
The Atlantic
Dreamer
Churchill’s
first grain
ship of 2013
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AAFC plant pathologist Bob Connor, who is screening
soybean and edible beans for resistance to root disease,
talked about his work during the Manitoba Pulse Growers
Association’s tour Aug. 7. photo: allan dawson
The Hudson Bay Route
Association predicts more
than 500,000 tonnes of
grain will be exported
this season
By Allan Dawson
co-operator staff
T
he Port of Churchill’s 2013
grain-exporting season
began Aug. 4 when the
Atlantic Dreamer arrived to load
30,000 tonnes of wheat destined
for Mexico.
There was enough grain on
hand to load three more vessels,
Hudson Bay Route Association
(HBRA) president Sinclair
Harrison said in an interview.
Last year Manitoba’s only
seawater port exported 432,434
tonnes of grain — mostly wheat
and durum, but also barley and
canola — down about four per
cent from the 10-year average of
more than 450,000 tonnes.
It was also the first crop
year after the Canadian Wheat
Board, formerly almost the only
grain exporter to use Churchill,
lost its wheat and barley sales
monopoly.
Wheat board officials have
said exporting grain through
Churchill could save farmers
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Tour presents pulse
research agronomy
Day length may play a bigger role in soybean maturity than first thought
By Allan Dawson
co-operator staff / morden
T
he long stretch of cooler-thannormal temperatures came up
often as farmers visited during the
Manitoba Pulse Growers Association
(MPGA) tour Aug. 8.
Most soybean and edible bean crops
look good around the province, but
growers want hotter temperatures to
ensure the heat-loving crops mature
before the first killing frost this fall.
MAFRI’s weekly weather data shows
most stations received close to the
normal number of corn heat units as
of July 29.
Conditions can quickly turn. Dennis
Lange, a farm production adviser with
Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural
Initiatives in Altona, said in 2011 July
and most of August were cold, but hot
weather in late August and September
saved the day.
“Those last three weeks made a lot of
beans,” he said.
Brandon-based Agriculture and AgriFood Canada (AAFC) researcher Aaron
Glenn is investigating how accurately
corn heat units indicate how much
time a soybean variety will take to
mature. Day length might play a bigger role in soybean maturity than first
“We were surprised
and found a couple of
cranberry varieties with
very good resistance — the
best resistance of anything
we saw in our studies.”
“If it’s a drier year the beans will
mature earlier and if you have more
moisture they’ll take a bit longer to
mature,” he said. “Keep in mind if
you plant May 15 and it takes 117
days, that’s Sept. 10. If you plant on
May 15 and you have 130 days, that’s
a lot longer.”
Don’t forget P
Bob Connor
thought, said MPGA agronomist Kristen
Podolsky.
“This could explain how we are able
to expand the soybean acres into those
(more northern) areas — Ste. Rose,
Roblin — they’re actually being tested
at The Pas this year,” she said. “We’re
really trying to pinpoint the growth and
maturity of soybeans and how much
is related to heat units as opposed to
day length, especially in this new environment. It’s different than places like
North Dakota, Minnesota and Ontario
that have different day lengths.”
Lange said growing a soybean that
matures before the first normal killing
frost is important, as is taking moisture
into account, because it affects soybean
maturity.
Soybean fertility is being researched
by the University of Manitoba and
MAFRI, Podolsky said. Soybeans,
which are annual legumes, produce
75 per cent of the nitrogen they
need. At this stage they’re making
about 4.5 pounds per acre per day.
That’s why inoculation is so important — to ensure those nitrogenf i x i n g n o d u l e s a re p re s e n t a n d
working.
But with the crop taking care of its
own nitrogen, farmers sometimes
forget about the other nutrients.
Soybeans require a lot of phosphorus. But the risk of damaging the
seed limits how much can be applied
at seeding time.
“Farmers need to make sure they’re
getting lots of P on the crops that
they can — winter wheat, spring
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The Manitoba Co-operator | August 15, 2013
INSIDE
Did you know?
LIVESTOCK
Researcher uses microwave
oven to treat edible bean seed
Successful allbreeds roundup
Young cattle producers
meet in Neepawa
The heat that’s generated might control certain pathogens
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CROPS
Keeping thistle
out of alfalfa
Forage tour shows
herbicide trials
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FEATURE
The leaf on the left is infected with common bacterial blight while the
one on the right has halo blight.
Growth promoter
controversy
Welfare concern, or
trade concern?
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CROSSROADS
Squashing potato
bugs together
Community garden
project in Oak Lake
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Editorials
Comments
What’s Up
Livestock Markets
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Grain Markets
Weather Vane
Classifieds
Sudoku
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By Allan Dawson
co-operator staff /morden
P
reventing some seedborne diseases in edible
beans might someday be
as simple as microwaving a
pizza pop.
Allison Friesen, a master’s
student at the University of
Guelph, is studying how well
microwaving edible bean
seed prevents halo blight,
anthracnose and common
blight. One of her test plots
was a stop on the Manitoba
Pulse Grower Association’s
tour at Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada’s Morden
Research Station Aug. 7.
Although the microwaving process might have
some impact, Friesen, who
is from Halbstadt, is focusing her research on how well
heat created by microwaves
reduces seed-borne diseases.
Based on her findings so
far, heat treatments appear
to have been more efficacious in the laboratory than
the field.
“We definitely saw some
differences in the lab,” Friesen
said.
Different diseases tolerate
heat differently, she said. Too
much heat will prevent seed
from germinating.
During the tour, Friesen
University of Guelph master’s
student Allison Friesen spoke
about her research using
microwave-generated heat to
treat edible beans for seed-borne
diseases during the Manitoba
Pulse Growers Association’s tour
Aug. 7. photos: allan dawson
pointed out the difference
between common bacterial
and halo blight — two different diseases sometimes found
in edible beans at the same
time.
Common bacterial blight
tends to have larger lesions
with yellow around them, she
said. Halo blight has smaller
lesions but can turn an entire
leaf yellow.
Both are hard to treat. The
only option is applying copper sulphate. The good news
is when they appear together
they can be treated together,
Friesen said.
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KAP welcomes Manitoba’s delay
in banning coal burning for heat
Doug Chorney says more time is needed to develop biomass as an alternative fuel for those now burning coal
By Allan Dawson
co-operator staff
T
he Manitoba government
is delaying its ban on
burning coal for heat.
The ban was set to go
into effect on Jan. 1 (save for
Manitoba Hydro and lime
maker Graymont located near
Moosehorn), but has been
pushed back three years for
those with an approved conversion plan filed by June 20, 2014.
Keystone Agricultural
Pr o d u c e r s w e l c o m e s t h e
extension, said president
Doug Chorney.
“This is a good example of
something KAP has done that
you wouldn’t necessarily see
other farm groups being able
to work on,” said Chorney,
adding coal burners will have
more time to find alternatives, including biomass.
The gover nment also
announced an immediate
ban on burning petroleum
coal (petcoal) for heating. It
emits more greenhouse gases
than regular coal.
A government official said
there are an estimated 200 to
300 coal burners in Manitoba,
including 71 farmers. An esti-
mated 67,500 tonnes of coal
were burned in 2012.
Money from a 2011 provincial tax on coal has been
used to provide $700,000 to
assist 20 coal users to conve r t t o b i o m a s s, i n c l u d ing Providence College in
Otterburn, Pineland Forest
Nu r s e r y i n Ha d a s h v i l l e ,
Vanderveen’s Greenhouse in
Carman, and the Rosebank
Hutterite Colony.
But it’s going to take time to
convert others, Chorney said.
“If we had all the coal
burners switching tomorrow,
you’d need significant storage and facilities,” he said.
“There isn’t really an established supply chain.”
Flax shives, oat hulls and
wheat straw make up much
of the biomass currently
being burned in Manitoba. It’s
hoped biomass production
could become another source
of income for Manitoba farmers. But Chorney noted better
equipment is allowing farmers to more effectively work
straw into the soil to improve
tilth and add nutrients, and
that’s made them less enthusiastic about removing crop
residues.
KAP president Doug Chorney welcomes the delay on banning coal burning
for heat in Manitoba. photo: allan dawson
Switchgrass, cattails (which
collect nutrients from water),
and trees such as willows are
other biomass options, he said.
In the meantime, some
coal burners have switched
to natural gas where it’s
available, Chorney said. It’s
not only cheap, but also simple to use. Biomass is more
Puffed wheat plant’s
proprietor to be sold
U.S. firm TreeHouse buys Associated Brands
By Dave Bedard
managing editor
T
he company behind a
formerly famous face in
Manitoba-made puffed
wheat is soon to be owned by a
U.S. food-processing firm.
Mississauga-based
Associated Brands, which until
last year operated the Prairie
Maid Cereals plant on Berry
Street in Winnipeg, is poised
to be sold to TreeHouse Foods
for about $187 million, the two
companies announced Aug. 8.
The Prairie Maid plant, which
had capacity to puff over 2.5
million pounds of wheat and
other grains per year, was shut
last fall and the property sold
in December to one of its Berry
Street neighbours, Airpark.
A spokesperson for
Associated wasn’t immediately
available to discuss future use
of the Prairie Maid brand or the
Berry Street plant’s equipment,
which was cleared from the
building.
Airpark provides parking on
Berry Street and shuttle services to and from Winnipeg’s
R i c h a rd s o n In t e r n a t i o n a l
Airport — but it hasn’t paved
the puffery to put up a parking
lot.
A i r p a r k h a s , h o w e v e r,
expanded its parking facilities
into the vacant space on the
north side of the Prairie Maid
plant, which was part of the
Associated Brands’ Winnipeg processing plant, where Prairie Maid was made,
is now empty and the building is available for lease. photo: dave bedard
purchase. It now seeks a tenant
to lease the 25,000-square-foot
Prairie Maid building.
Chicago-based TreeHouse,
best known in Canada as the
owner of Ontario jam, spread
and pie filling maker E.D.
Smith, plus several U.S. processors, expects to close the purchase of Associated in its third
fiscal quarter.
Associated today is majority
owned by Toronto equity firm
TorQuest Partners, which took
the company from publicly
traded to privately held in 2007.
Beyond its work with Prairie
Maid, Associated is known as
a private-label maker of powdered drinks, specialty teas and
sweeteners, as well as instant
oatmeal, hot chocolate drinks,
dessert mixes, soups, bouillon,
side dishes and assorted “nutritional and weight management
products.”
TreeHouse bills itself as one
of the biggest pickle packers
and makers of non-dairy powdered creamer in the U.S., as
well as the biggest maker of
private-label salad dressings,
powdered drink mixes and
instant hot cereals in the U.S.
and Canada based on sales
volumes.
cumbersome requiring product delivery and storage, as
well as ash disposal.
“Coal is an attractive product because of the cost,”
Chorney said. “It is very economical and that’s definitely
a driver. A lot of effort would
have to go into making biomass cost competitive. You
need economies of scale to
really be efficient I think.”
A list of biomass suppliers is available on the
Manitoba Biomass Energy
Support Program website
at www.gov.mb.ca/agricul
ture/agrienergy/pdf/mbespphase3-questions-answers.
pdf. Biomass supplier/buyer
information is also becoming available on a pilot biomass brokerage site provided
by the Providence University
College (www.bullercentre.
com/biomass-brokerage).
The Manitoba government
also announced it has hired
the International Institute for
Sustainable Development to
lead public meetings this fall
to update Manitoba’s climate
and green economy plan.
The coal tax ranges from
$14.27 to $23.97 a tonne,
depending on emissions.
Penalties for those who don’t
stop burning coal by 2017 or
fail to have a conversion plan
will be outlined in the regulations and will likely be similar
to fines for similar offences,
such as for illegal straw burning, a government official said.
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Not delaying bee action, Health Canada says
By Alex Binkley
co-operator contributor / ottawa
H
ealth Canada is
denying a claim by
Sierra Club Canada
that it won’t take any action
on controversial neonicotinoid insecticides until 2018.
“Health Canada is working closely with provincial
authorities, beekeepers
and the pesticide industry
to implement exposure
reduction measures in time
for the 2014 planting season, and to find additional
ways to further reduce pollinator exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides,” an
official stated in an email.
But Sierra Club executive
director John Bennett said
there are plenty of studies
linking neonicotinoid pesticides with the declining
bee populations.
“We found 20 studies in a
few hours on the Internet,”
said Bennett. “There is
plenty of evidence linking
neonicotinoid with killing bees in Canada and in
Europe. The time to take
precautionary action is
before the disaster.”
There have been reports
of high death rates this
year in parts of Central
Canada, but not as many
as in 2012. Most relate to
the release of dust containing neonicotinoid
insecticides, which are
used to treat corn seed.
Western farm groups
have told the government
that it should examine
the seeders used to plant
corn. They allow the seed
to drop into a furrow in
the ground, which enables
some of the talc lubricant
on the corn seed to escape
into the atmosphere.
Soybeans and canola are
also coated with neonicotinoid insecticides but
the air seeders inject the
seed directly into the soil
and don’t leave traces of
the insecticide in the air.
As a result, bee populations in Western Canada
aren’t suffering as badly as
elsewhere.
correction
Canadian Foodgrains Bank
supporters celebrate 30th year
A front-page story on Canadian Foodgrains Bank growing
projects last week incorrectly stated that Canada’s 250 growing
projects cover 5,600 acres. In fact, that is the number of acres
covered by the 40 growing projects in Manitoba.
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OPINION/EDITORIAL
My beef with
fabricated beef
I
Laura Rance
Editor
’m a bit confused by all the saving-theplanet hullabaloo over that $330,000
hamburger manufactured in the laboratory — the one the people tasting it said
was ‘almost’ like the real thing.
It was animal protein all right, fried in
butter no less, not one of those concoctions
of soy, brown rice, black beans or quinoa
the vegetarians turn to for their burger fix.
My daughter and I quite innocently
stumbled into a Winnipeg restaurant specializing in those creations lately. Vegetarians we are not, but the meal we had was
really quite tasty.
As a matter of fact, I felt pretty good afterwards, instead of
walking out feeling like I’d swallowed a bowling ball. I enjoy a
good beef burger as much as the next carnivore, and we could
have had one of those “value meals” for half the price of what
we ate. But portion sizes in the fast-food business are way out
of whack with my aging constitution. Go figure.
The most confounding thing about it was why the cooks
felt they had to make strips made from some non-meat
ingredients look like bacon, soy slices look like cheese or the
chickpea patties look like meat. What was wrong with making
it look like — I don’t know — ground chickpeas with a side of
salty bits and soy?
But I digress. Let’s get back to the manufactured beef
burger made from stem cells harvested from a cow’s shoulder. Aside from the people opposed to using animals for food,
the pundits have gone altogether gaga over the potential for
this technological breakthrough to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions from agriculture and feed a world that’s hungry for
more meat. And they cite some impressive numbers to make
their case.
Even Gwynne Dyer, a well-respected scribe covering global issues, seems enamoured. He points to a 2011 University of Oxford study that cultured meat could potentially
be produced with up to 96 per cent lower greenhouse gas
emissions, 45 per cent less energy, 99 per cent lower land
use, and 96 per cent lower water use than conventional
meat.
“In 10 or 20 years, we could be producing enough meat
for a growing global population even though many people
are eating more meat per capita as their incomes rise,” Dyer
writes in a recent column. Plus, he said with as much as 70
per cent of current agricultural capacity going into producing
meat through livestock, that land could be converted back
to forest and prairie or switched over to grain production for
human consumption.
Now hold on for just a minute.
I’m all for more forest and wide-open prairie, but find me
one example where land that is currently in agricultural production, which is largely a function of private enterprise, was
voluntarily turned back to the coyotes when there was still a
buck to be made by farming it. That’s not human nature. It’s
more likely to mean more grain for ethanol to feed those gasguzzling SUVs.
There are vast swathes of land across the Canadian Prairies,
and I suspect the same applies elsewhere, whereby forage
production is the only sustainable agricultural activity. We’ve
tried before to turn land meant for grazing into annual crop
production. It didn’t go well.
And even if it did go back to wild lands, if it wasn’t cattle
consuming those forages, it would be some other greenhouse-gassy ruminant. That’s just the way nature works.
Those grasses are a pretty efficient mechanism for transforming the sun’s energy into protein. Grazing livestock
serves a dual purpose of converting that protein into something humans can digest while recycling and spreading nutrients.
It seems to me we run into problems with energy efficiency,
greenhouse gas, animal welfare, and food safety fronts when
we put four-legged energy converters into feedlots and start
feeding them grain that’s been grown somewhere else and
hauled in — not to mention the fact that we then have to haul
the manure out.
My point is, I think we’re cosying up to the wrong premise
when it comes to saving the planet with fabricated lab burgers — even if scientists can improve the taste and get the cost
closer to a Big Mac than a Rolls-Royce.
It seems to me this approach only perpetuates the notion
that everyone in the whole wide world should be eating Big
Macs all the time, even though nutritionists and the medical profession are telling anyone who listens that’s a really
bad idea. Or that technology will somehow spare us the
tough choices that lie ahead as population growth, increasing wealth and our insatiable consumerism overwhelms the
Earth’s limited resources.
The sustainable path forward is for meat to become an
occasional luxury, instead of a mainstay. Producers might
not produce as much, but they’d be better paid. Technology won’t save the planet. Changing human behaviour will.
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Better plan for rural
health needed
Manitoba has one of the worst doctor retention rates in the country
By Cameron Friesen
R
ural Manitoba communities need access
to doctors, and they aren’t available
because of shortages. As of February
2013, Manitobans found out the hard way they
could not always get the care they needed at 17
hospitals.
Either their emergency departments were
closed or the services had been downgraded.
Since then, many more communities have
been added to the list. Vita, Altona, Teulon,
Pine Falls, Boissevain and Killarney now either
have emergency rooms shut, or find those ERs
subject to intermittent closures.
One of the problems is the NDP’s inability
to replace departing doctors. The Southern
RHA region is short 15 to 20 physicians right
now. A Prairie Mountain Health memo identifies a need for 14 physicians throughout the
region, in Baldur, Boissevain, Ste. Rose, Swan
River, Melita, Minnedosa, Neepawa, Rivers and
Roblin. The memo goes on to state: “There is
significant concern regarding the sustainability
of services along Highway 3 with the number
of physician vacancies.”
I share those concerns. Families, seniors and
businesses need to have confidence that emergency services will be available to them when
and where they need it.
The minister of health’s own website states
a commitment to making sure Manitobans
receive quality health care regardless of where
they live. So what has the minister been doing
as a result of the questions we continue to
pose in question period about ER closures
and doctor shortages? In Boissevain and Kil-
OUR HISTORY:
larney, it means sharing emergency room/
acute care on-call coverage between the
towns. One day the ER is open in Boissevain,
the next day it’s in Killarney. In Pine Falls,
she says it will be nurse-managed care, and
if the emergency goes beyond their ability to
respond, they can always call 911 (from the
emergency ward!).
But however confusing that seems, it is clear
that ER services are being cut because the minister of health has allowed doctor shortages in
this part of Manitoba to become so severe.
Manitoba has one of the worst doctor retention rates in the country. Health data shows
that 2,200 doctors have left Manitoba since
2000. Clearly what is needed is a long-term
plan that locates and retains more doctors in
rural communities. This needs to be combined
with emergency interim measures to keep the
situation from deteriorating any further.
The NDP says that Manitobans deserve
access to the health care they need where they
live. That’s especially true in rural Manitoba,
where deteriorating access to health care is
resulting in situations where people have to
drive to Saskatchewan to deliver babies or
receive basic care because those services aren’t
available in their home communities.
I encourage you to contact your local MLA’s
office, and the minister of health (theresa.
[email protected]) to help send the message Manitobans need health care, not empty
promises.
Cameron Friesen is the Progressive Conservative health
critic in the Manitoba legislature. He serves as the MLA
for Morden-Winkler.
August 1970
T
he history of Canadian agriculture is marked by
periodic interest in exotic livestock that has not
always lived up to the profitability claimed in
advertisements for the breeding stock. This advertisement for chinchillas from our Aug. 13, 1970 issue is one
of many that appeared over the years.
Elsewhere in the issue we reported on a “bitter clauseby-clause” debate of a proposed public auto insurance
plan. The president of the North-West Line Elevators
Association basted a report by an Alberta economist calling for “an antiquated, inefficient” elevator system to be
scrapped. The wheat board announced that feed grains
could now be delivered to feed mills outside of quota.
Manitoba Pool had presented a brief to the board’s Canadian Grain Marketing Review Committee, appointed to
recommend ways to streamline the system and find more
markets for the huge grain stockpiles on hand at the time.
In a speech to B.C. grain farmers, Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau said that if they insisted on increased
subsidies, “they may back themselves into a lot of controls that will restrict their freedom of action and their
liberty.”
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COMMENT/FEEDBACK
African countries take a new look at GM crops
While European opposition remains resolute, some African countries are experimenting with new local GM varieties
By Charlie Dunmore
and Olivia Kumwenda
reuters / brussels/johannesburg
A
frican countries keen
to improve crop yields,
reduce hunger and protect themselves from climate
change have begun to reassess
their objections to genetically
modified crops, after following
Europe’s lead in largely banning
the technology.
While North and South American producers enthusiastically
embraced genetically modified
crops nearly two decades ago
and use is spreading in Asia,
many European and African
countries have banned it, in
part because of public fear of
health risks.
For many governments, those
health concerns have eased
after years in which genetically
modified food has been grown
and consumed safely around
the world.
In a sign of changing attitudes,
European authorities had only
a muted response in June when
U.S. officials said that an unapproved strain of modified Monsanto wheat had been found
growing on a farm in Oregon.
Yet public opposition to GM
foods still remains intense in
some countries, and European
officials say the easing of health
concerns is unlikely to yield a big
change in their policy any time
soon. Countries such as Austria
and France have blocked proposals to make EU cultivations rules
more flexible.
But in Africa, where governments are increasingly searching for ways to feed growing
populations, there are signs
that restrictions could be gradually lifted.
“There is growing recognition that African countries will
need to use a range of modern technologies, including
biotechnology, to adapt crops
to new ecological conditions,”
Calestous Juma, a Kenyan professor of international development at Harvard University in
the United States told Reuters.
African exploration
Approving GM crops in Africa has
so far been slow. Until 2008, South
Africa was the only country on the
continent that allowed the commercial cultivation of genetically
modified crops, such as maize,
cotton and soybeans.
That year Egypt started growing small quantities of altered
maize and Burkina Faso allowed
GM cotton. Last year, Sudan also
began allowing GM cotton. They
are still the only four African
countries that allow GM crops to
be grown commercially.
South Africa still accounts for
nearly all of the three million
hectares of GM crop plantings
in Africa, dwarfing the 129,000
hectares in largely GM-free
Europe but still a tiny fraction
of the 170 million hectares of
global GM crops.
According to the African
Biosafety Network of Expertise, an African Union-run network for regulators, Cameroon,
Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and
Uganda have taken the step
of approving confined trials of
genetically altered plants.
Parliament in Africa’s most
populous country Nigeria has
voted to loosen the country’s
ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), with
a bill awaiting presidential
approval.
“The bill’s quite cautious. The
government’s concern is that it
does not want to make Nigeria a
testing ground for GMOs, as has
I could forgive Pamela Wallin
for ‘clerical errors’
But her refusal to meet with visitors
from home is unforgivable
By Bill Gehl
W
hen Bill C-18, the legislation wrecking the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB)
was rapidly making its way through
the House and Senate in 2011 it
became clear that neither of the two
standing committees on agriculture were going to come to the Prairies. As a result nearly 40 farmers
from across the Prairies travelled
to Ottawa at their own expense
to meet with their elected and
appointed representatives about
why the elimination of the single
desk of the CWB was an ill-advised
move for Canadian agriculture.
My job was to call every senator
to set up a time when they could
meet with a couple of these concerned farmers. Over three weeks, I
made hundreds of phone calls and
was only able to set up a couple of
dozen meetings.
Many senators were unavailable
and some outright refused to meet
with our delegation. One of those
who refused was Senator Pamela
Wallin. The same Pamela Wallin
who, when pressed on her living
expense scandal, proudly trumpets
her roots in Wadena, Saskatchewan.
Maybe Senator Wallin has been
away from the Prairies for so long,
in the newsroom and the Senate,
that she has forgotten one of the
great traits of this province: hospitality. We were not asking her to fly
to Saskatchewan to meet with us,
we went to her and she would not
give us the time of day. If Senator
Wallin showed up unannounced at
any farm in Saskatchewan, dollars
to doughnuts says that she would
be invited in for a cup of coffee. Yet
when Saskatchewan farmers were
at her office doorstep for three
weeks, she would not extend that
same courtesy.
Senator Wallin’s main defence
over her expenses is that she represents Saskatchewan in Ottawa
and is a de facto ambassador of the
province. This is where any pity I
could muster for the senator goes
out the window. If she is such a tireless representative of the people of
Saskatchewan, why would she not
meet with any of the Saskatchewan
farmers who had paid for their own
flights, hotels and meals to make it
as easy as possible to have a meeting with her?
I could forgive Pamela Wallin
if she had simply made a clerical
error on her expense forms, but
I cannot and will not forgive her
because she is fraudulently claiming her expenses for being nothing
more than an appointed cheerleader for the PMO.
So, if Senator Wallin is publicly
pilloried and, hopefully, dismissed
from the Red Chamber over her
inability to claim her expenses
properly it will be unfortunate that
it took a fraud case to get it done.
She, and many of her colleagues in
the Senate (from both parties and
the independents), should have
been receiving this treatment for
years for their complete and utter
dereliction of duty to their ‘constituents.’
We are the people she was
appointed to represent and she
refused to meet with us. It seems
that the only people being represented by Senator Wallin are her
glorious benefactors, in the Conservative Party of Canada.
Bill Gehl is a member of the Canadian
Wheat Board Alliance. He farms near
Regina, Sask.
Researchers pollinate a cornstalk by hand in the corn greenhouse at the
Monsanto Research facility in Chesterfield, Missouri. Monsanto launched the
world’s first genetically modified crop in 1996 and GM crops are now grown in
countries ranging from Australia to South Africa, the Philippines and Brazil. Photo: REUTERS/Peter Newcomb
happened in the past with pharmaceuticals,” said Kola Masha,
who advises the government on
agribusiness.
Genetically modified cotton
has been a test case, seen as
safer than other crops because
it does not enter the food chain.
“We don’t eat our clothes,
so people are less concerned
about cotton. This would be
the first way in for GMOs,” said
Masha in Nigeria.
Caroline Theka, an environment officer in Malawi, said
that country had approved trials for modified cotton but not
for modified food crops.
Elsewhere, trials are focused
on crops tailored to local
markets and conditions, like
insect-resistant black-eyed
peas and bananas that contain high levels of vitamin A,
which helps physical growth
and development.
From
Russia
with
love
Uralkali’s withdrawal from the global fertilizer
cartel could drop potash prices
By Alan Guebert
T
he July 30 news that
Uralkali, the huge Russian potash producer,
was pulling out of the global
fertilizer cartel might be that
nation’s richest gift to American farmers since the Great
Grain Robbery in 1972.
Unlike the grain-buying
deal that carried grain prices
to 125-year highs 41 Julys ago,
this July’s move will drain potash prices to levels not seen in
the U.S. for almost a decade.
In fact, most analysts now
foresee potash selling for $300
a tonne in the coming year, a
drop of more than $600 per
ton since 2008. The decline
will clobber the windfall profits grabbed by the few firms
that run the $22-billion-peryear global potash market.
And it couldn’t happen
to a nicer bunch of market
manipulators, explains, C.
Robert Taylor, Alfa Eminent
Scholar of Agricultural Policy
at Auburn University.
For more than a half-decade Taylor has been charting
production, prices and profits
of the world’s few mammoth
fertilizer firms. His view of
the Uralkali defection is both
clear eyed and worrisome.
“The loss of one player in
the cartel,” Taylor explains
in an Aug. 6 telephone interview, “will bring lower prices.
Uralkali’s leaving the Belarusian Potash partnership means
about one-third of global potash production is no longer in
the cartel. That makes it hard
for other players, like Agrium,
Mosaic and PotashCorp of Saskatchewan, to discipline the
market.”
Taylor means manipulate
the market; in short, it’s now
more difficult for the cartel to
control global production to
boost global prices. That’s the
good news.
The bad news?
“Uralkali’s reasons to leave
are more complex than just
selling more potash outside
the cartel,” suggests Taylor.
For example, Uralkali and
Belaruskali, two companies that worked together to
control 35 per cent of world
potash production, have a
long-running feud tied to local
politics — Belarus was part of
the old USSR — as much as
global fertilizer profits.
“It very well could be that
Vladimir Putin,” Russia’s heman president, “is teaching
Belarus a tough lesson in
hard-nosed politics,” Taylor
suggests, “because there’s no
question that Belarus will be
hurt more by falling potash
prices than resource-rich
Russia.”
Another crucial aspect of
the cartel’s apparent split
is what today’s lower potash prices will do to new
entrants into the fabulously
lucrative fertilizer business:
it puts a big hurt on any newcomer’s plan to get into the
business.
The biggest loser in that
area would be BHP Billiton,
the massive, global mining
firm now pouring an estimated $14 billion into a
new Saskatchewan potash
mine. With potash prices
headed south, BHP’s big,
f a t i n ve s t m e n t u p n o r t h
now looks to be a big, fat
loser, figures Taylor.
That very real consequence,
he continues, could be reason
enough for Uralkali’s leap out
of the potash cabal.
“Uralkali’s production cost
is around $60 per tonne,”
relates the Auburn professor.
“So, if potash prices fall from
$500 per ton to $300 because
of the split, current potash
producers still make a windfall while discouraging, even
killing, any new entrants into
their business. That’s a smart
long-term move for the Uralkali and the cartel.”
A c c o r d i n g t o Ta y l o r ’s
research — which will be
highlighted Aug. 9 at the
Organization for Competitive
Markets annual meeting in
Kansas City and soon published by the American Antitrust Institute in Washington,
D.C. — the potash shakeup
points to how contrived
the global fertilizer market
remains despite Uralkali’s
action.
“Every sector of the fertilizer business is run by firms
and cartels with incredible
market power,” he says. These
“textbook monopolists” make
windfall profits off farmers
from India to Indiana and no
government anywhere shows
any interest in taking ’em on.
That’s reason enough to
suspect Uralkali’s time out
of the potash cartel might be
short, Taylor reckons; it’s simply too lucrative to “co-operate” than to go it alone.
But the cartel’s bickering is
your opportunity.
The Farm and Food File is
published weekly in more than
70 newspapers in North America.
Contact Alan Guebert at agcomm@
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wheat, cereals,” MAFRI farm
p ro d u c t i o n a d v i s e r In g r i d
Kristjanson said later in an
interview. “Some are actually
banding it in the fall so they get
enough phosphorus on because
they can’t put it on with their
seeding equipment. It’s becoming a big issue with some guys.”
Soybean plant populations and
row spacings are also being studied. Previous work has shown
little difference in yield between
solid seeding and rows. However,
the latter requires less seed,
which saves the farmer money.
Usually the planting system
depends on what equipment the
farmer already has, said AAFC
technician Mark Sandercock.
Lange recommends aiming
for 200,000 plants per acre when
solid seeding soybeans. Fewer
plants might yield as well but a
higher population is better for
competing with the weeds.
Bob Connor, a Morden-based
AAFC plant pathologist, is
screening various edible bean
cultivars for natural resistance to
root diseases.
“We were surprised and found
a couple of cranberry varieties
with very good resistance — the
best resistance of anything we
saw in our studies,” he said.
The hope is to transfer that
A tale of two beans
Soybean prices are expected to weaken;
edible bean outlook depends on variety
Soybeans need phosphorus, Manitoba Pulse Growers Association
agronomist Kristen Podolsky said
during the association’s tour Aug. 7. re s i s t a n c e t o o t h e r l a rg e seeded types of edible beans.
Root diseases aren’t a problem in Manitoba soybeans
r i g h t n ow, b u t t h a t c o u l d
change, Connor said.
“We know root diseases can
build up over time, especially
if we get a large acreage and
the crop is grown on the same
field with fairly short rotations,” he said.
Phytophthora, a potentially
yield-robbing soybean root
disease, hasn’t been found in
Manitoba yet, although it is
Selecting a soybean variety with
the right maturity for your area is
important, MAFRI’s Dennis Lange
said during the Manitoba Pulse
Growers Association’s annual tour
Aug. 7. Keep in mind soybeans
mature earlier under dry conditions.
photos: allan dawson
present in North Dakota. The
best way to avoid the disease is
growing soybeans on a threeyear rotation, Connor said.
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up to $20 a tonne depending
on the destination. Port supporters fear grain companies
will prefer to use their own terminals on the West Coast or on
the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Seaway corridor.
To assist the port owned by
OmniTRAX, which also owns the
rail line to Churchill, the federal
government is paying users a
$9-a-tonne subsidy totalling $25
million over five years.
“It’s my understanding it
(subsidy) has all been spoken
(for 2013),” Harrison said. “So
that brings us to (exports) over
500,000 tonnes. I think there
are some shipments going out
without the incentive, which is
a good sign.”
“The date of shipping
into Churchill is just
artificially assigned
right now. It needs to
be defined based on
scientific evidence.”
David Barber
Climate change pros and cons
The port’s biggest shortcoming is its short shipping season,
which most years runs from
around July 31 to Oct. 31. But
renowned Arctic expert and
University of Manitoba professor, David Barber says the shipping season could be expanded
at least a month now and even
longer in the future because of
climate change.
“Right now the open water is
30 days longer than it used to
be,” Barber said during a seminar last year at the University
of Manitoba.
Churchill’s first grain ship of the season, the Atlantic Dreamer, arrived at the
port Aug. 4. photo: Laden Maritime
“The date of shipping into
Churchill is just artificially
assigned right now. It needs to
be defined based on scientific
evidence.”
A c o m m i t t e e i s w o rk i n g
to get the season extended,
Harrison said.
“Certainly the science is
there to support it, it’s just to
get the insurance agencies and
some federal regulations up to
current times,” he said. “The
most beneficial extension
would be in the fall... so we’re
shipping new-crop grain.”
There’s also talk of exporting potash and importing urea
fertilizer through Churchill
and improving the oil storage
facilities.
The same warmer weather
that is extending the season
may also affect the viability of the rail line by melting the permafrost undern e a t h . Howe v e r, Ha r r i s o n
s a y s i m p r ov e m e n t s h a v e
been made thanks to investments from OmniTRAX and
t h e fe d e ra l an d Ma n i t ob a
governments.
“T h e re a re f e we r d e ra i l ments and things are r unning much more on time,”
he said.
T h e re’s a l s o i n t e re s t i n
building a winter road from
Churchill nor th to supply
remote mines. That would
mean more business for the
railway, Harrison said.
This week, Brandon-Souris
MP Merv Tweed announced
he was resigning his seat to
become the new president of
OmniTRAX.
The Hudson Bay rail line
was completed in September
1929 at a cost of $45 million,
and the grain terminal began
operating in 1931.
In 1944 the Hudson Bay
Route Association was
f o r m e d t o l o b by f o r m o re
grain shipments through the
port. The association’s membership consists of individuals, as well as rural municipalities with grain production within Churchill’s catchment area.
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Dale Heide, general manager of Delmar Commodities sees weakening
new-crop soybean prices. photo: allan dawson
By Allan Dawson
co-operator staff /morden
T
his spring prices were
better for soybeans than
edible beans, but the
tables are turning, farmers
were told during the Manitoba
Pulse Growers Association
annual plot tour Aug. 7.
Soybean prices are softening because a big crop is
expected in the United States
this fall, while tighter edible bean supplies in North
America and Argentina
mean steady to higher prices
depending on the bean type.
“We’re probably looking
at (soybean) prices in the
$10- to $12-a-bushel range
this coming marketing year,”
Delmar Commodities general manager Dale Heide told
tour participants.
“We’re probably
looking at
(soybean) prices
in the $10- to
$12-a-bushel
range this coming
marketing year.”
Dale Heide
Prices could start around
$10.50 a bushel this fall and
perhaps bring $11 to $12 by
next spring. Soybean yields
in the United States this
fall will be the major factor
affecting prices early on, followed by South American
planting intentions in
February and March, he said.
“Indications are they’ll
(South American farmers)
seed massive amounts of
soybeans again (in 2014).”
The positive thing about
soybeans is the amount
grown in Manitoba, or even
all of Western Canada, will
not affect soybean prices
because the U.S. and South
America produce so much
more, Heide said.
Soybean pr ices, which
went as high as $16 a
bushel last year, plus nearrecord yields in Manitoba
last fall, saw farmers seed
an estimated record 1.08
million acres of soybeans
this spring despite a late,
and in many areas, wet
spring.
Po o r p l a n t i n g c o n d i t i o n s p ro b a b l y d i s c o u raged edible bean plantings,
which fell 29 per cent to
an estimated 95,903 acres,
a c c o rd i n g t o M a n i t o b a
Agricultural Services
Corporation figures.
Since edible beans are
harder to grow and were
earning less many Manitoba
farmers switched to soybeans this spring, said
Dennis Lange, a farm production adviser and bean
expert with Manitoba
Agriculture, Food and Rural
Initiatives (MAFRI).
Nor th Amer ican navy,
pinto and black bean production is expected to be
down a third this coming
marketing year, said Ivan
Sabourin, vice-president of
Legumex Walker.
Argentine black, kidney
and cranberry production
has suffered too and that
will result in tighter supplies, he said.
Pinto bean production in
North Dakota is expected
to fall 40 per cent this year
because a wet spring prevented planting or wrecked
some of what was seeded.
“I’m ver y comfor table
that we’re going to have
a g o o d ye a r t h i s ye a r,”
Sabourin said. “Let’s take
advantage of that. Let’s not
keep any carr y-over for
next year because if commodity (soybean, corn and
wheat) prices continue to
slide we’re expecting a lot of
edible beans (to be planted)
next year in North America
and I definitely expect a $5
to $10 (per hundredweight)
discount for the ’14 crop
versus this year.”
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Camels prime suspects
in deadly Saudi virus outbreak
Researchers have found strong evidence of a virus reservoir in camels
By Kate Kelland, health and
science correspondent
reuters / london
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eople infected with a
deadly virus that emerged
in Saudi Arabia last year
may have caught it from onehumped camels used in the
region for meat, milk, transport
and racing.
In a study into what kind of
animal “reservoir” may be fuelling the outbreak in humans,
scientists said they had found
strong evidence it is widespread
among dromedary camels in the
Middle East.
The Middle East Respiratory
Syndrome Coronavirus (MERSCoV ), which can cause coughing, fever and pneumonia, has
been reported in people in the
Gulf, France, Germany, Italy,
Tunisia and Britain.
The
Wo r l d
Health
Organization ( WHO) says 46
people have died out of a total
94 confirmed cases, the majority
in Saudi Arabia.
“As new human cases of
MERS-CoV continue to emerge,
without any clues about the
sources of infection except for
people who caught it from other
patients, these new results suggest that dromedary camels may
be one reservoir,” said Chantal
Reusken of the National Institute
for Public Health and the
Environment in Bilthoven, the
Netherlands, who led the study.
“There are different types of
contact of humans with these
animals that could lead to transmission of a virus.”
Experts not involved in the
study hailed its findings as a
major step towards solving the
mystery of the MERS virus and,
ultimately, controlling it.
The WHO welcomed the
study but said it had not provided any insight into how
humans become infected.
Most people with the disease
became infected through contact with other people, while
most of those not infected by
other humans did not have contact with camels either, WHO
spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said.
“What this study has shown
is antibodies in the camels, that
means that camels have been
infected at some point in time
and that produced antibodies,” he told a news briefing in
Geneva on Friday.
“Now, to be sure that this is
the same MERS coronavirus as
it is in humans, we need to find
the virus itself, not antibodies.
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the same one.”
Camel jockeys race at the starting point during a camel race, an annual event organized for desert dwellers. Camels are
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believed to bePage
a reservoir
for a deadly virus that has surfaced in Saudi Arabia. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Al Hwaity
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There were six Manitobans inducted to the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame July 10. This the fifth instalment of the inductee citations
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Vernon McNair
ernon Ernest McNair was born
in 1928 and raised on the family farm near Shoal Lake, Man.
He attended elementary school at
Wolfe Creek and high school in Shoal
Lake. He graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1951 with a B.Sc.
in Agriculture.
In 1968 he earned his M.Sc. in
Education (Communications) from
Indiana University. Vern and his wife,
Marjory (Fleming) have three children, Lillas, Douglas and Roy, all of
whom have degrees in agriculture.
Vern’s professional career began as an
agricultural representative with Manitoba Agriculture in Carberry. In 1955 he
helped pioneer Canadian farm broadcasting when he joined CBC in Winnipeg. Among his many projects was the
television program “Country Calendar”
which later became “Country Canada.”
In 1959, Vern returned to Manitoba
Agriculture to develop the radio and
television activities of the department.
He became chief of Information Services and then director of Communica-
tion Services, a position he held until
retirement in 1989. Under Vern’s leadership, several new initiatives were implemented to bring the Manitoba farming
community the most current information possible.
The “Country Comment” radio
series consisted of daily five-minute
information spots broadcast by nine
radio stations in the province. Canada’s first electronic distance education
short course for farmers, This Business
of Farming, was launched in collaboration with the faculty of agriculture,
CBC and Manitoba Agriculture.
A weekly television program, “FarmScene,” featured news and information
for a wide range of farm operations.
Home study courses, special events
and print resources were all part of the
communications campaigns.
As an early adopter, Vern made great
strides in moving forward agricultural
television, farm radio, and specialized
films and videos to suit specific situations pertinent to Manitoba farmers.
In the early years he received a
number of Farm Writers Awards in recognition of his contributions to the
farm community through writings
and mass media projects. Vern was a
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information through broadcast media.
His distinctive voice, along with his
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communications. Producers continue
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of professionalism in agricultural
communications.
Vern’s involvement and influence
went beyond his work, to volunteer
positions with the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists, the Manitoba and
Canadian Farm Writers Associations,
and the Western Canada Aviation
Museum. In his retirement, Vern has
written and published two books, a
family history and one on life’s experiences, entitled A Long Way From
Wolfe Creek.
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higher beef prices may follow
Some analysts suspect the move is motivated more by exports than animal welfare
By Theopolis Waters
hen top U.S. meat
packer
Ty s o n
Foods Inc. abruptly
announced it would stop buying cattle fed with a widely used
drug that can add more than 30
pounds to the average steer, the
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Tyson, which buys about
one in four of all U.S. cattle for
slaughter, says it will stop purchasing livestock with the
growth additive Zilmax in order
to protect the animal’s welfare, a
sign of the growing sway of animal rights activists. Some cattle appear to have had trouble
walking with the added weight.
While the move could put a
dent in Tyson’s margins by limiting its choice to higher-cost
cattle, some analysts also saw
a potential commercial benefit
— exports. Big meat importers including Russia and China
moved recently to ban a similar
growth-enhancing drug, ractopamine, used in pigs.
But either way, the question
now is whether others will follow. So far Tyson stands alone in
boycotting a drug used in half or
more of the U.S. herd, according
to industry sources.
Cargill Inc., the nation’s thirdbiggest meat producer, said it
does not plan to change the
way it currently buys cattle. A
spokesman for National Beef,
the No. 4 U.S. beef processor,
had no comment regarding its
intentions. JBS USA did not
return emails or phone calls
seeking comment.
Without the added growth
benefits of Zilmax, feedlot owners will need to buy even more
feed to create the same amount
of beef. Retail beef prices are
flirting with all-time highs.
“If you take Zilmax out of the
equation coupled with the cattle
herd at its lowest in 61 years due
to last year’s drought, it would
mean less beef at higher prices to
consumers,” said Chicago-based
Oak Investment Group president
Joe Ocrant who also trades cattle
futures at the exchange there.
While Zilmax is considered
one of the best weight-gain
additives, there are alternatives
like Optaflexx, which Tyson has
not banned, analysts noted.
“While the carcass gains are
not as significant as with Zilmax, it is fair to say that cattle weights may not decline as
much as some expect today,”
Steve Meyer, president of Paragon Economics in Des Moines,
told clients in a daily newsletter.
“If other packers continue to
accept Zilmax-fed cattle, the
overall impact... will be more
limited,” he wrote.
cent more efficiently, adding
20 pounds or more to the average steer before it is shipped
to packers for processing, analysts say.
“It increases the overall meat
supply, which is critical with the
cow herd being so small,” said
Arlan Suderman, analyst with
Water Street Solutions, an agricultural advisory firm in Peoria,
Illinois.
Its popularity has surged in
the past few years as it allowed
more lean meat to be produced
with less feed, and therefore
lower cost, industry sources
said. Record-high grain prices
in recent years has also put pressure on feedlot margins, driving adoption of new ways to
enhance growth.
Without using Zilmax or an
alternative, achieving an extra
30 pounds of carcass weight
would require 240 pounds of
feed.
While there is no hard data
on how much of the U.S. cattle herd is fed Zilmax, industry experts said it was likely
between 20 and 50 per cent,
and possibly higher.
The impact has been apparent: The average weight of
slaughter-ready cattle on a live
basis was 1,273 pounds in 2007;
by 2012 it had risen nearly 30
pounds or two per cent to 1,302
lbs., according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.
“A lot of the growth in carcass weight last year reflects the
adoption curve of that product,”
said David Anderson, an agricultural economist at the Texas
A&M Agrilife Extension Service.
But the economic benefits
of using Zilmax and some
other beta agonist drugs is
being diminished by mounting criticism.
Animal welfare advocates
have raised the alarm about
cattle that may have been unable to handle the stress of the
additional weight. Many food
companies are increasingly
sensitive to public perception
of their treatment of animals.
Others have complained that
Zilmax-fed cattle produces
steaks that are less juicy than
those raised on grain- or forage-based systems.
The issue burst to the fore this
week as Tyson Foods sent a letter to all feedlot operators saying it would suspend purchases
of Zilmax-fed cattle beginning
Sept. 6 after some of the animals
arrived at its plant lame and had
problems moving.
Tyson said it was unsure what
caused the problems, but added
that some animal health experts
suggested a possible link to Zilmax, also called zilpaterol.
“Our evaluation of these
problems is ongoing,” it said.
Beta agony
Welfare or exports?
REUTERS / CHICAGO
W
Zilmax, manufactured by Merck
& Co. Inc., is the latest in a line
of popular “beta agonist” used
in the cattle industry to help
promote weight gain and leanness in meat.
The additive, which is FDA
approved and does not pose a
food safety threat, is blended
with feed rations and given to
cattle in the last few weeks they
are in feedlots. While on Zilmax
they can gain weight four per
Dennis Smith, a broker with
Chicago-based Archer Financial Services said plans by Tyson
may be motivated more by the
lucrative export market. Just
over a tenth of all U.S. beef is
earmarked for export.
“There is no coincidence that
this came out just after their
earnings report with statements
about opening up more trade
with China. This is all about the
export market.”
Cattle fed Zilmax gain an extra 30 pounds or so but the extra weight can cause difficulty walking.
Tyson Foods has announced it will no longer buy cattle treated with it. PHOTO: REUTERS/RICK WILKING
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LIVESTOCK MARKETS
Cattle Prices
Winnipeg
August 9, 2013
Pastures in good shape,
limit feeder cattle traffic
Steers & Heifers
—
D1, 2 Cows
74.00 - 84.50
D3 Cows
65.00 - 70.00
Bulls
82.00 - 88.00
Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only)
Steers
(901+ lbs.)
120.00 - 127.00
(801-900 lbs.)
130.00 - 133.50
(701-800 lbs.)
—
(601-700 lbs.)
—
(501-600 lbs.)
—
(401-500 lbs.)
151.00
Heifers
(901+ lbs.)
—
(801-900 lbs.)
121.50
(701-800 lbs.)
—
(601-700 lbs.)
127.00
(501-600 lbs.)
129.00
(401-500 lbs.)
128.00 - 132.00
Heifers
Alberta South
$ 119.00 - 119.50
—
74.00 - 88.00
65.00 - 78.00
90.91
$ 130.00 - 142.00
130.00 - 148.00
138.00 - 153.00
140.00 - 160.00
145.00 - 163.00
155.00 - 169.00
$ 117.00 - 134.00
118.00 - 137.00
125.00 - 142.00
125.00 - 145.00
130.00 - 146.00
138.00 - 147.00
($/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 (August 9, 2013) in U.S.
Fed Cattle
Close
Change
August 2013
122.67
1.87
October 2013
127.07
2.57
December 2013
128.87
1.52
February 2014
130.30
1.30
April 2014
131.57
1.52
June 2014
126.35
0.93
Cattle Slaughter
Canada
East
West
Manitoba
U.S.
Feeder Cattle
August 2013
September 2013
October 2013
November 2013
January 2014
March 2014
Prospects for U.S. corn drive optimism in pricing
Terryn Shiells
Ontario
$ 103.70 - 129.05
106.92 - 125.85
56.39 - 82.13
56.39 - 82.13
80.33 - 94.60
$ 132.36 - 145.97
134.86 - 147.35
132.31 - 153.52
130.60 - 170.07
130.04 - 171.64
132.40 - 185.94
$ 118.81 - 127.44
124.86 - 132.78
124.74 - 138.96
118.77 - 144.49
128.67 - 150.71
131.27 - 160.95
Close
154.25
157.82
160.52
160.70
159.87
159.40
Change
0.50
0.57
1.25
0.45
1.05
0.20
Cattle Grades (Canada)
Week Ending
August 3, 2013
51,972
12,238
39,734
NA
629,000
Previous
Year
53,568
12,177
41,391
NA
644,000
Week Ending
August 3, 2013
468
21,934
18,887
1,343
1,187
7,529
235
Prime
AAA
AA
A
B
D
E
Previous
Year
403
24,262
20,581
1,143
888
5,282
468
Hog Prices
Source: Manitoba Agriculture
(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg)
E - Estimation
MB. ($/hog)
MB. (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.)
MB. (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.)
ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.)
P.Q. (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)
Current Week
198.00E
182.00E
190.11
192.49
Futures (August 9, 2013) in U.S.
Hogs
August 2013
October 2013
December 2013
February 2014
April 2014
Last Week
195.78
180.32
188.29
190.83
Close
100.62
85.25
82.15
84.50
85.05
Last Year (Index 100)
183.03
167.67
168.46
175.03
Change
2.20
1.35
1.25
1.28
1.18
Other Market Prices
CNSC
F
eeder cattle prices at auction yards
across Manitoba are starting to look
more favourable for producers, but there
still isn’t much activity happening on the marketing side.
“The pastures are holding out good,
so there’s no reason for the guys to bring
in feeder cattle from the pastures yet,” said
buyer Rick Wright with Heartland Buying
Order Co.
Many of Manitoba’s auction yards remained
closed during the week ended Aug. 9, and
those that were open reported selling small
amounts of feeder cattle.
Wright doesn’t expect markets to see significant feeder cattle numbers until mid-September, unless things suddenly turn hot and dry
and change pasture conditions.
“The feedlots want to delay the delivery on
the cattle as long as they can, because they’d
like to see more of the new-crop corn being
harvested and in the bin,” he said. “That
(new-crop corn) will be cheaper than the
old crop that they’re paying for and feeding
right now.”
The longer the cattle can stay out on pasture past harvest this fall, the better because
feedlots will like it, he said, adding that it
should keep prices firm as volumes start to
increase.
The feeder cattle that did get marketed during the week brought in good prices. The market was supported by optimism that feeding costs will decrease this fall due to rapidly
declining U.S. corn prices.
The downswing in the value of the Canadian
dollar was also supportive for the feeder cattle
market, as well as the slaughter market, Wright
said.
“With the Canadian dollar at US$1.04 during the week, those age-verified cows were
very lucrative to exports,” he said.
“The same thing for the Canadian packers — I
mean, even if they’re exporting meat products,
with the exchange rate the way it is, it allows
them a better market into the U.S. as well.”
Forward contracting limited
There continued to be strong numbers on
the slaughter market during the week, the
same pattern that’s been seen week after
week across all of Western Canada, Wright
said.
“It certainly looks to me like producers
are reducing their herds and culling at a
heavier rate than they normally have,” he
said. “And I think it’s the price point that’s
bringing them in. The price has been pretty
good because there’s certainly no shortage
of pasture.”
But prices for forward contracting aren’t
agreeable for producers — causing there
to be very limited activity in that type of
marketing.
“The bid offerings are less than what the
asking prices are, and because of the good
pasture conditions the sellers do not prepare
to take less than their strike price right now,”
Wright said.
Buyers aren’t willing to put out offers for
what producers are asking, he added, because
of the unpredictability of the futures market.
There was one forward contracting sale
made in Manitoba during the week, which
was sold on cash and is expected to be delivered sometime near the end of August.
Terryn Shiells writes for Commodity News Service Canada,
a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity
market reporting.
Hog prices better recently,
but fall uncertain
A record corn crop could mean lower prices, says h@ms general manager
Sheep and Lambs
$/cwt
Ewes Choice
Lambs (110+ lb.)
(95 - 109 lb.)
(80 - 94 lb.)
(Under 80 lb.)
(New crop)
$1 Cdn: $ .9706 U.S.
$1 U.S: $1.0303 Cdn.
COLUMN
(Friday to Thursday)
Slaughter Cattle
Slaughter Cattle
Grade A Steers
Grade A Heifers
D1, 2 Cows
D3 Cows
Bulls
Steers
EXCHANGES:
August 9, 2013
Winnipeg (head)
(wooled fats)
50.00 - 65.00
100.00 - 112.00
117.00 - 128.00
120.00 - 130.00
125.00 - 135.00
—
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 August 18, 2013
Broiler Turkeys
(6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average)
Grade A .................................... $2.040
Undergrade .............................. $1.950
Hen Turkeys
(between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average)
Grade A .................................... $2.030
Undergrade .............................. $1.930
Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys
(between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average)
Grade A .................................... $2.030
Undergrade .............................. $1.930
Tom Turkeys
(10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average)
Grade A..................................... $1.925
Undergrade............................... $1.840
Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.
Toronto
77.27 - 108.57
120.72 - 165.28
163.21 - 172.26
154.11 - 175.83
128.73 - 204.90
—
SunGold
Specialty Meats
10.00
Eggs
Goats
Kids
Billys
Mature
Toronto
($/cwt)
92.78 - 215.55
—
118.75 - 263.13
Horses
<1,000 lbs.
1,000 lbs.+
Winnipeg
($/cwt)
—
—
commodity news service canada
C
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
$1.8200
A Large
1.8500
1.8200
A Medium
1.6700
1.6400
A Small
1.2500
1.2200
A Pee Wee
0.3675
0.3675
Nest Run 24 +
1.7490
1.7210
B
0.45
0.45
C
0.15
0.15
Winnipeg (head)
(Fats)
—
—
—
By Brandon Logan
Toronto
($/cwt)
11.00 - 93.66
29.00 - 42.00
anada’s hog producers
posted profits during
the summer, but the
outlook heading into the
fall is uncertainty, according to the general manager for h@ms Marketing
Services, which represents
producers in Manitoba and
Saskatchewan.
“From mid-May to
present, I would suggest that
most producers have made
money,” Perry Mohr said.
“However, I think people are kind of getting disillusioned about the price
being as high as it is and the
talk about feed prices going
down. It’s true when you talk
about the new-crop prices,
but right now corn and soybean prices are still relatively
high if you’re buying stuff in
someone’s bin today.
Mohr said hog prices
have dropped $10 per 100
kg (ckg) the last few weeks.
“Ironically, part of the
decline in prices is due to
the Canadian dollar moving
from roughly US94 cents a
few weeks ago to around 96
cents,” Mohr said.
“The second component
is that cut-out in the U.S.,
which hit record levels a
few weeks ago, has come off
considerably. Packers went
from making US$20 per hog
to losing US$10 per hog in a
short time. They’ve adjusted
cash bids to account for that.
“Hog supplies will also
increase gradually into
September and October,
which corresponds with
a decrease in demand for
pork,” Mohr added.
However, the biggest factor for the downward trend
seen in hog prices is coming
from the potential record
U.S. corn crop.
“ We know there is a
record amount of corn acres
planted and we fully expect
corn prices to be US$5 per
bushel or less for a good part
of next year,” Mohr said.
“Based on the fundamentals
we have a handle on now, it
will decrease hog prices.”
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GRAIN MARKETS
Export and International Prices
column
Last Week
All prices close of business August 8, 2013
U.S. corn production outlook
pressures wheat futures
Phil Franz-Warkentin
CNSC
I
CE Futures Canada canola contracts
moved lower during the week ended
Aug. 9, setting fresh lows in the process
as the path of least resistance remains
down despite any modest short-covering
bounces in the interim.
November canola dropped as low as
$472.40 during the week, which was a
nearly three-year low for a front-month
contract. Oversold price sentiment did
help values settle off that low by Friday,
but the chart damage has been done and
there is little reason from a technical
standpoint to correct much higher without
any outside influence.
In the U.S., CBOT soybeans actually
managed to post small gains on the week,
although soyoil saw some large declines.
Tight nearby supplies, increasing demand
from China, and uncertainty over newcrop production all served to underpin
soybeans.
Corn and wheat were both lower, with
improving U.S. corn production prospects
behind some of the weakness in the grains.
The cool temperatures seen across the
Midwest in July limited the stress on the
corn crop during pollination, and now a
little heat and moisture will go a long way
to producing a large crop.
The release of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s latest production estimates
on Aug. 12 has the potential to sway the
markets one way or the other, if there
are any surprises in the data. Pre-report
guesses were calling for upward revisions
to the U.S. corn crop and a downgrade in
soybean production. However, with some
time to go before the harvest the numbers
will be taken with a grain of salt.
We a t h e r r e m a i n s t h e k e y m a r k e t
driver on a day-to-day basis in the North
Week Ago
Year Ago
Wheat
Chicago wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
235.60
241.75
335.44
Minneapolis wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
269.49
272.52
352.34
Coarse Grains
Chicago corn (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
186.42
191.93
322.15
Chicago oats (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
234.73
220.30
252.56
American futures, and will remain that
way until the crops are in the bin.
oilseeds
Chicago soybeans (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
498.10
498.84
622.56
Flirting with frost
Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)
918.38
936.90
1,155.20
There’s a bit of a catch-22 brewing in the
Prairies this year, with farmers caught in
the middle. The risk of frost damage is a
big variable in the market these days, but
the end result may be the same from a
monetary standpoint whether there is a
frost or not. If there is no frost, production
will be large and prices will decline, leading to a lower return for producers. If there
is a frost, prices may jump, but those hit by
the frost won’t have anything to sell and if
they do it will be at a discount due to quality issues.
Some parts of the Prairies flirted with
frost already during the week. Official
readings all stayed above the 0 C mark,
but it felt like fall in many regions and
overnight lows in the single digits in the
middle of summer raised a few flags. The
latest forecasts ahead of the weekend
have turned warmer, but it will take an
extended frost-free period to get a goodquality crop off this year.
Many canola fields are still in full flower
mode. The extended flowering period
bodes well for yields, but is also pushing
back harvest dates and increasing the risk
of frost. Early canola harvest operations
were already underway at this time a year
ago, but that’s not the case this year and
many winter wheat fields are still standing
in the second week of August.
U.S. soybeans and corn will also be flirting with the possibility of frost damage
this year. While both crops continue to
show improvement in the weekly ratings,
they are behind normal in their development. If there is a bounce in the U.S., soybeans would likely take the charge as the
overall supply situation is tighter for beans
compared to corn.
Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News
Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in
grain and commodity market reporting.
For three-times-daily market reports from
Commodity News Service Canada, visit
“Today in Markets” at www.manitobacooperator.ca.
Winnipeg Futures
ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business August 9, 2013
Last Week
Week Ago
October 2013
barley
189.00
189.00
December 2013
194.00
194.00
March 2014
194.00
194.00
Last Week
Week Ago
November 2013
483.70
493.60
January 2014
489.20
497.40
March 2014
494.60
502.20
Canola
Special Crops
Report for August 12, 2013 — 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
16.90 - 17.75
Canaryseed
Laird No. 1
17.25 - 21.25
Oil Sunflower Seed
Eston No. 2
16.75 - 18.75
Desi Chickpeas
25.75 - 27.00
—
23.80 - 25.00
Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)
Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)
Green No. 1
Fababeans, large
—
12.30 - 12.50
Medium Yellow No. 1
Feed beans
—
Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)
7.60 - 7.75
No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans
—
Feed Pea (Rail)
No. 1 Great Northern
—
Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)
No. 1 Cranberry Beans
—
Yellow No. 1
40.00 - 40.75
No. 1 Light Red Kidney
—
Brown No. 1
35.75 - 38.75
No. 1 Dark Red Kidney
—
Oriental No. 1
28.30 - 29.75
No. 1 Black Beans
—
No. 1 Pinto Beans
—
6.25 - 8.60
Source: Stat Publishing
SUNFLOWERS
No. 1 Small Red
—
No. 1 Pink
—
Fargo, ND
Goodlands, KS
20.50
NQ
32.00* Call for details
—
Report for August 12, 2013 in US$ cwt
NuSun (oilseed)
Confection
Source: National Sunflower Association
USDA corn and beans surprise traders
Despite good conditions, on Monday USDA cut its production estimates for both crops
By Sam Nelson
reuters
T
he U.S. corn price outlook got a
lot murkier on Monday when the
U.S. government surprised the
market by cutting its 2013 crop production forecast.
Market bears said December corn
futures may challenge their contract
low of $4.01 per bushel since this
year’s crop is still expected to be large
enough to set an all-time record.
But the bulls expect prices to trend
back to roughly $5 after the USDA
trimmed its crop forecast below the
average level projected by industry
analysts in its August crop report.
The still-ample crop should boost
the supply of corn from a 17-year low
this season to an expected eight-year
high next year, which would benefit
livestock feeders, exporters and ethanol makers, analysts said.
USDA pegged this year’s U.S. corn
crop at 13.763 billion bushels, below an
average of analysts’ estimates of 13.980
billion still up five per cent from the
current record of 13.1 billion set three
years ago.
It projected the supply of corn at the
end of next year at 1.837 billion bushels, below the average pre-report estimate of 1.971 billion but still the biggest stockpile in eight years.
CBOT corn rallied when the USDA
data was released, but analysts said the
gains were due mainly to a surging soybean market.
“New-crop corn carry-out was a little
below trade estimates but it’s still 2-1/2
times old-crop carry-out so I don’t see
anything bullish for corn. Soybeans are
supporting corn,” said Karl Setzer, analyst for MaxYield Cooperative.
Shocking soybean data
USDA trimmed its forecast for U.S.
soybean production and cut its outlook
for U.S. soybean end stocks next year.
“The big surprise and shocker is soybeans. They cut the yield 1.9 bushels
from July and that’s a severe cut. You
have new-crop stocks back down to
221 million bushels now and that’s a
pretty bullish number,” Setzer said.
“We were trading over a two-billion-bushel corn carry-out. If we are
now slicing that back to 1.8 billion,
that would equate to about a 40- to
50-cent recovery in prices, so getting
back to the $5 level would be logical,”
said Mike Zuzolo, analyst for Global
Commodity Analytics.
Some analysts cited USDA’s global
outlook for feed grains in lowering
their December corn price forecast.
“They lowered the yield on corn and
reduced supplies, but we certainly don’t
have to worry now about running out of
corn,” said Shawn McCambridge, analyst for Jefferies Bache.
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All breeds join for sixth
Manitoba Youth Beef Roundup
This year’s event was held along with the Canadian Junior Limousin Weekend
Staff
T
he sixth annual Manitoba
Youth Beef Roundup was
held in Neepawa Aug. 2-4
along with the Canadian Junior
Limousin Weekend.
The idea of the all-breeds
event started six years ago when
Bert McDonald, Blair McRae
and Lois McRae, concerned
about the rising cost of hosting
individual events, proposed the
idea to the breed associations.
The concept was not just for a
cattle show but emphasis on
an educational weekend for all
young cattle producers.
This year’s event was the largest ever, and one-third of the
participants were there for the
first time.
The weekend started with workshops on high-tensile fencing, artificial insemination and injections.
On Saturday there were competitions on sales talk, impromptu
speeches, photography, graphic
design, art, team marketing, scrapbook, judging, team judging, and
team grooming.
In a cook-off event, where up
to five members on a team pre-
pare a steak and create a theme,
winners were Rachael Verwey,
Lane Nykoliation, Andria Bertram and Sydney de Koning,
and Megan Kemp, Ethan Wood
and Cassidy Matthews.
In the Sunday showmanship event, champion peewee
showman was Carson Baker
o f Ne e p a w a , a n d re s e r v e
Brooklyn Hedley of Rapid City.
Champion junior showperson
was Justin Carvey of Alexander
and reserve Lauren McKee of
Brookdale. Champion intermediate showman was Dylan
Oshanyk of Neepawa, and
reserve Naomi Best of Harding. Champion senior showperson was Braden Calvert of
Carberry and reserve Justin
Kristjansson of Forrest.
Scholarship winners Laura Horner and Justin Kristjansson
with committee members Andrea Bertholet and Ken
Williams. PHOTOS: COURTESY MANITOBA YOUTH BEEF ROUNDUP
Canadian Western Agribition 2013 judging team — Rachael
Verwey, Laura Tolton, Jared Preston and Kolton McIntosh.
Peewee participants show off some of their awards.
Intermediate showperson Dylan Oshanyk and judge Darren Ippolito.
Some of the cook-off event participants. Front row: Naomi Best, Ty Nykoliation and Jonathon Karsin. Back row: Morgan
McCormick, Kolton McIntosh.
13
COLUMN
Know the signs of laminitis and founder
The mechanism of laminitis remains unclear and is currently the subject of much debate and research
Carol Shwetz, DVM
Horse Health
L
aminitis and founder
aren’t easy concepts to
understand and comprehend, but every horse owner
will benefit from having a basic
understanding of these conditions, and knowing how to recognize them.
Though used interchangeably
among horsemen, there is a difference between laminitis and
founder. Laminitis describes
inflammation of the supportive tissues that join the inner
foot bone — also known as the
coffin bone or third pastern
bone (P3) — to the hoof wall.
This inner bone is suspended
within the hoof capsule by tiny,
highly innervated and vascular connective tissue fingers
called laminae. These sensitive
laminae interdigitate with corresponding insensitive laminar fingers from the hoof wall
to form a strong, durable bond
between the hoof wall and coffin bone, suspending the horse’s
axial skeleton.
Normally, the front of the
third phalanx is parallel to the
hoof wall and its lower surface
is roughly parallel to the ground
surface. When structural integrity of the laminar connection
is disrupted, separation results
and movement of the coffin
bone within the hoof capsule
can occur. Radiographic imaging is used to identify the position of the coffin bone within
the hoof capsule following laminitis. Rotation, sinking, or a
combination of both rotation
and sinking can occur to varying degrees.
Laminitis refers specifically
to inflammation of the laminae
— a very painful and debilitating condition. Any shift, sinking
or displacement of the coffin
bone from its normal, wellanchored position within the
hoof capsule influences the
horse’s way of going leading to
lameness and unsoundness.
This displacement or sinking of
the coffin bone within the hoof
capsule is known as founder.
The mechanism of laminitis remains unclear and is currently the subject of much
debate and research. Its underlying cause is usually a disturbance elsewhere in the horse’s
body. There are multiple triggers and can be either mechanical or systemic. Overindulgence
on grains/grasses, frosted
grasses, concussion, metabolic
derangements, neglected hoof
care, inappropriate shoeing,
systemic infections, colic, supporting limb lameness, ingestion of toxins or medication
intolerances are all potential
inciting causes of laminitis.
The progression and consequences of laminitis is influenced by many factors, of which
Normally the front of the coffin bone is parallel to the hoof wall and its lower
surface is roughly parallel to the ground surface.
early recognition is key. Initially
the horse will appear uneasy,
shifting its weight backward in
an attempt to ease its sore feet,
especially in the toe region. The
horse will be reluctant to move
forward, gingerly shuffling its
forelimbs.
As inflammation and discomfort escalate, the horse may shift
its weight entirely onto its hindquarters, camping out and even
choosing to lay down. Other
clinical signs include increased
temperature of the hoof, a
bounding pulse in the digital
artery, and increased vital signs.
Many laminitic horses develop
a characteristic sole pack as a
natural aid to support the ailing
hoof. The horse’s front feet are
affected more commonly than
the hind feet, although any hoof
may be afflicted.
E a r l y i n t e r ve n t i o n i s o f
utmost importance to minimize inflammation, separation and tearing of laminar
structures. Immediate veterinary involvement is advisable to address the inciting
cause(s) and relieve the driving
trigger(s) for inflammation.
Cold therapy/icing is tremendously beneficial to interrupt
the destructive cycle of inflammation. Mechanical support is
necessary as well to aid stabilization of the internal structures
of the hoof. Soft, cool ground is
forgiving and supportive to the
internal structures of the hoof
and sole. Judicious use of analgesics is indicated. Pain relief
without a means to limit the
horse’s movement is controversial as unmitigated movement
can cause further damage to
internal structures. The laminar structures need to heal and
it is of great advantage for the
horse to periodically lay down,
which allows healing to restore
the disrupted laminae. Over the
next six to 12 months, the foot
will be in the process of rebuilding its internal structures.
Co-operative efforts between
owner, veterinarian and farrier
offer the best possible outcome.
Addressing the primary problem and secondary problems
such as hoof abscess, supportive footing, purposeful hoof
care, and nutritional coaching
are necessary to direct the horse
along the path of healing.
Carol Shwetz is a veterinarian
specializing in equine practice at
Westlock, Alberta.
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115.00-127.00
117.00-129.00
n/a
n/a
115.00-125.00
700-800
n/a
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n/a
130.00-140.00
120.00-135.00
n/a
n/a
120.00-133.00
600-700
n/a
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n/a
128.00-143.00
124.00-138.00
n/a
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125.00-137.00
500-600
n/a
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130.00-145.00
127.00-140.00
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300-400
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n/a
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n/a
104
n/a
n/a
n/a
95
D1-D2 Cows
n/a
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n/a
74.00-81.00
73.00-79.00
n/a
n/a
76.00-84.00
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65.00-73.00
58.00-73.00
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n/a
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column
Study finds lameness
widespread in sow herds
Almost 60 per cent of sows studied by Prairie Swine Centre
researchers showed signs of lameness
Bernie Peet
Peet on Pigs
L
ameness in sows is one of
the most frequent reasons
for culling and a major
cause of lost performance,
which has both economic and
welfare consequences.
Prairie Swine Centre
researchers Yolande Seddon
and Jennifer Brown have been
looking at whether early detection and prevention of lameness can improve overall herd
health and productivity. The
duo set out to record the prevalence of lameness and evaluate
hoof condition in a large, commercial sow herd and to assess
the effectiveness of preventive hoof trimming on reducing the occurrence and severity
of lameness. They also looked
at the effectiveness of an early
intervention treatment, including analgesics, provision of rubber stall matting to aid recovery,
and a corrective hoof trim.
“Results to date show that from
a survey of 3,286 sows, or 55 per
cent of a 6,000-sow commercial
herd, almost 60 per cent of sows
showed signs of lameness in at
least one leg, and a large percentage of sows had multiple hoof
lesions,” said Seddon.
“Although this work is ongoing,
preliminary data suggest that preventive hoof trimming reduces
the occurrence and severity of
lameness in gestation.”
The results so far indicate the
true prevalence of lameness on
farms is likely underestimated,
she added.
Currently, there is a lack of
knowledge of techniques to prevent or treat lameness, according
to Seddon.
“While trimming is commonly
used to maintain hoof condition
in many hoofed species, including dairy cattle, sheep and horses,
it is not commonly performed in
pigs,” she said.
“This study examined
the role that corrective hoof
trimming has on foot health
and lameness using the Feet
First® chute. The chute was
recently developed by (Minnesota-based) Zinpro Corporation and is designed to safely
restrain and lift a sow, allowing examination of the sow’s
hooves and completion of a
corrective hoof trim.”
The first part of the study
was to survey the prevalence,
type and severity of lameness
in the commercial herd. Four
weeks into gestation, sows
were removed from their stalls
The Zinpro Feet First® chute, which allows examination of the sow’s hooves
and completion of a corrective hoof trim.
and lameness was assessed as
sows walked along a solid concrete hallway. A trained technician observed the sows as they
walked a distance of 20 feet, and
sows were given a locomotion
score in accordance with a scoring system developed by Zinpro.
Following the locomotion
observation, each sow received
a hoof assessment on all four
feet. Hooves were scored for
each lesion on a scale of 0 to
3 in accordance with Zinpro’s
hoof lesion scoring guide (Table
1). A healthy hoof with no sign
of lesions was given a score of 0.
Of the 3,286 sows surveyed, 40.9
per cent were not lame, 53.2 per
cent were mildly lame (a score of
1), 5.7 per cent moderately lame
(a score of 2), and 0.2 per cent
severely lame (a score of 3).
“Together these results indicate that almost 60 per cent of
the herd showed signs of lameness in at least one leg, which
is considerably higher than
has been reported in the literature,” said Seddon. “Although
this study found an elevated
incidence of lameness, there
were very few severely lame
animals, with only seven sows
(0.2 per cent) having a locomotion score of 3.”
With the high number of sows
showing mild lameness, the
majority of cases may go largely
unnoticed by stockpersons,
being slight and difficult to pinpoint, she said. The mild nature
of early lameness thus contributes to the general underreporting of the problem.
“Examining parity differences,
between 42 and 59 per cent
of sows in parities 0 to 3 were
found to be lame,” Seddon said.
“This illustrates a significant
problem, and risk, if young parity sows are showing lameness
and therefore could be prematurely lost from the herd. Thus
identifying effective treatments
that can be implemented at this
early stage may have a significant impact.”
In the second part of the trial,
200 non-lame sows were allocated to a control group which
received no intervention, or a
treatment group which received
a corrective hoof trim. The goal
of the hoof trimming was to
restore good conformation to
the hoof and to correct the sow’s
weight distribution and balance.
“Preliminary results show
that a greater number of
the hoof-trimmed sows had
remained sound, when examined at 13 weeks of gestation,
five weeks after the trimming,”
said Seddon. “This suggests that
trimming may be beneficial for
preventing the further development of lameness and for
reducing the severity of lameness that does develop.”
Using a group of lame sows,
the final part of the study
investigated the effect of early
intervention and treatment
involving hoof trimming, housing on rubber flooring and
giving two injections of an antiinflammatory drug. Data collection and analysis has not been
completed to date.
“This study indicates that the
prevalence of lameness on the
study farm is high,” said Seddon. “Observations of hoof
condition indicate that hoof
lesions, long dew claws and
heel erosion are the most common problems.”
As producers move towards
group-housing systems, she
s u g g e s t s t h a t s ow m o b i l ity will become more important and having options
for prevention and treatment of lameness will be of
increased benefit to producers.
Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain
Consulting of Lacombe, Alberta, and
editor of Western Hog Journal.
Table 1: Zinpro hoof lesion scoring guide
LESION
DESCRIPTION
Toes (T)
Dew Claws (DC)
White Line (WL)
Heel overgrowth
and erosion (HOE)
Cracked Wall (CW)
1
One or more toes
slightly longer
than normal
Slightly longer
than normal
Shallow and/or short
separation along
white line
Slight overgrowth
and/or erosion in
soft heel tissue
Hemorrhage
evident, short/shallow
crack in wall
2
One or more toes
significantly longer
than normal
Claws extend to floor
surface when the pig
is standing
Long separation
along white line
Numerous cracks with
obvious overgrowth
and erosion
Long but shallow
crack in wall
3
Long toes that affect
gait when walking
Claw is torn and/
or partially or
completely missing
Long and deep
separation along
white line
Large amount of erosion
and overgrowth with
cracks throughout
Multiple or deep
cracks in the wall
Pamplona-style bull running
is coming to America
By Gary Robertson
reuters / richmond, va.
F
ar from the narrow cobblestone streets of the
Spanish city of Pamplona,
Americans will soon be running
with the bulls at a Virginia dragracing strip.
“The Great Bull Run” on Aug.
24 at the Virginia Motor Sports
Park is an American adaptation of Pamplona’s San Fermin
running of the bulls, made
famous by Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel The Sun Also
Rises.
In the U.S. version, participants will have to buy insurance
before braving the horns and
hooves of bulls chasing them
down a quarter-mile strip of
asphalt set in farmland south of
Richmond.
The appeal? Pure adrenaline,
said Rob Dickens, co-founder
and chief operating officer of
The Great Bull Run.
“Why do humans want to do
anything dangerous?” he asked.
“It’s the thrill of it. It’s knowing
that you’re doing something
dangerous. That’s why there are
no events called ‘walking down
the sidewalk.’”
Over the past 100 years, 14
people have died in Pamplona’s San Fermin festival which
dates to the 13th century and
which now draws visitors from
around the world to a week of
partying and bullfights. At the
last event, in July, dozens of
people were trampled and several were gored, including one
American tourist who had to
have his spleen removed.
About 5,000 people have paid
up to $50 to enter the Richmond
event, which organizers said will
launch a 10-city U.S. tour over
the next year.
Participants must buy mandatory insurance and sign a
waiver generally absolving company staging the event, and others of any liability.
“This is not a petting zoo,”
Dickens said. “The bulls will
not stop and lick your hand —
they’ll run over you, if you don’t
get out of the way.”
Dickens said every precaution was being taken for
safety.
For example, if the bulls seem
to be overtaking them, runners
can duck into a safety area or
jump one of the fences. Medical
staff also will be on hand. There
will be no sharpened horns,
which Dickens said was often
the case elsewhere. Runners are
barred from taunting or harassing the bulls to make them more
aggressive.
The Great Bull Run has drawn
the ire of animal rights groups.
“In this American version,
the bulls will be subjected to
loud noise and crowds of panicked people. A pastime that
involves staring at and taunting animals is as unsafe as it
is un-American,” said Ashley
Byrne, a spokeswoman for
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
The Humane Society of the
United States has asked the U.S.
Department of Agriculture to
examine whether the companies running the events were
properly licensed.
The USDA did not immediately respond to request for
comment.
Dickens, who identified himself as a former Wall Street lawyer, said the legal aspects of the
bull runs were in order.
According to the Humane
Society, U.S. bull-running
events have been held occasionally since 1997, with the
last one in 2012.
Gerald Stokka, an associate professor of livestock
stewardship at North Dakota
State University, said the running was unlikely to harm the
bulls, who will be leaner and
smaller than standard dairy
animals.
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WEATHER VANE
Weather now
for next week.
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Get ready for a toasty forecast
Forecast issued Aug. 12, 2013, covering the period from Aug. 14 to 21, 2013
Daniel Bezte
Co-operator
contributor
L
ast week’s forecast played
out pretty much as
expected with the upper
low finally moving out of the
region last weekend, allowing
high pressure to start building in.
High pressure will dominate our weather for at least
the first half of this forecast
period, both at the surface
and in the upper atmosphere.
A large area of surface high
pressure will slowly slide
southeast across our region
during the week, which
should result in mainly sunny
skies. Under the sunny skies,
the strong midsummer sunshine will allow temperatures
to slowly warm back into the
mid- to upper 20s by Thursday.
At the same time, a ridge
of high pressure in the upper
atmosphere to our west will
begin to push eastward. This
ridge will also help boost temperatures, so by the weekend
most regions will likely see
highs in the low 30s. This ridge
is then expected to flatten
late in the weekend, which
may allow for thunderstorms
to develop late on Sunday or
sometime on Monday. Temperatures could be a little
cooler on Monday if storms
develop.
Next week looks to be a
repeat of this week. The western ridge of high pressure is
forecast to begin rebuilding
and moving eastward once
again. This should bring
mainly sunny skies for most
of next week, along with high
temperatures once again
pushing to around 30 C. The
ridge looks to move through
by late next week, allowing for
thunderstorms to develop by
next Thursday or Friday.
So, if you like it sunny and
warm/hot, the next couple of
weeks will be perfect for you!
Usual temperature range for
this period: Highs, 20 to 30 C;
lows, 7 to 15 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 issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that has fallen across the Prairies so far this growing season (since April 1)
compared to what we’ve seen historically. A large portion of the agricultural Prairies is either dark green or blue, which means rainfall
during this period has been high to extremely high compared to what we’ve seen in the past. One area that really stands out is the
western part of Alberta where they have received record amounts of rain.
Intense heat affecting parts of the world
The Northwest Territories and Alaska have booked some record-breaking heat this summer
By Daniel Bezte
CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR
O
ver the past few weeks it
seemed as though summer had abandoned the
Prairies and fall had moved in
early. Like pretty much every
other time we get a couple of
weeks of below-average temperatures, the general weather
talk eventually moves to the
topic of global warming — or
in this case, the lack of it. So, for
this issue I thought we could
take a look at what has been
happening weather-wise so far
this summer across the Northern Hemisphere.
Over much of North America
this has been an average summer. There have been a few
minor heat waves and some
colder-than-average overnight
lows. This is the main picture
across most of the U.S. and
southern Canada. Go farther
north and the story is a little
different. While we were feeling the cool taste of fall over
the last few weeks, parts of
the Northwest Territories were
sweltering under record-breaking heat. About the same time
we saw our temperatures cool
off, places such as Inuvik saw
the heat move in, with highs
routinely making it into the
mid- to upper 20s, with even a
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few 30 C days thrown in. These
values are a good 10 C above
average and several records
were broken throughout the
western part of this region.
The heat in North America
was not only confined to this
region. Farther west in Alaska
the heat has really been on
this summer. After a very cold
winter and spring, residents
of Alaska are seeing one of the
warmest summers on record.
Anchorage has broken its
record for the number of consecutive days with a high temperature greater than 21 C (70
F) and is also closing in on the
record for total number of 21 C
or warmer days. Fairbanks has
broken its record for days with
highs at or above 27 C (80 F)
with 31 days recorded so far; it
typically only sees 11 days. The
heat wave that began in this
region back in June and lasted
right through to the end of July
has warmed a number of rivers
and streams to the point that
several fish die-offs are being
blamed on water temperatures
in the low to mid-20s.
Over in Europe the heat
has also been on. According
to Dr. Jeff Masters, a historic
heat wave in central Europe
has set some all-time national
record highs. On Aug. 8, three
different locations in Austria
surpassed the 40 C mark, beating the former national record
of 39.9 C which was set only a
week ago. In Slovenia, during the
first week of August, the capital city of Ljubljana broke its alltime record high five times in six
days, with the hottest reading
coming in at 40.2 C on Aug. 8.
Slovenia also broke its all-time
record high when Cerklje ob Krki
reported a high of 40.8 C on the
same day. Croatia saw the highest readings, with unconfirmed
reports of high temperatures
around 45 C (113 F).
Continuing eastward we
find China is also experiencing a record-setting heat wave.
Again, according to Masters and
Christopher C. Burt, along with
weather record researcher Maximiliano Herrera of the Weather
Underground, Shanghai broke
its all-time record twice so far
this summer, the latest being a
40.8 C reading recorded on Aug.
7. The previous record for this
location was 40.2 C set back in
1934. Hangzhou, China’s 13th
largest city, also broke its alltime record high when the temperature peaked at 41.6 C on
Aug. 9. This is the 11th day this
year with highs greater than 40
C for this city. What makes this
heat wave truly unique is that up
to this point, Hangzhou has only
recorded two previous days with
highs greater than 40 C, with
records going back to 1956.
Japan and South Korea have
also seen the heat, with temperatures in South Korea coming
within a whisper of the national
record of 40 C. In Japan, at least
seven locations have broken alltime record highs, with highs
reported in the mid- to upper 30s.
Winter heat alerts
Finally, on a bit of an unusual
note, in South America, where
it’s the middle of winter, places
in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and
Argentina are seeing record
winter heat. Now remember,
while it’s winter, these places
are pretty much tropical in
nature, but nonetheless, high
temperatures of 38 C have been
reported, with heat alerts being
issued in some locations.
After reading about all this
intense heat, having a couple
of weeks of cool weather maybe
wasn’t so bad after all!
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CROPS
H USB A N DRY — T H E SC I E NC E , SK I L L OR A RT OF FA R M I NG
Kevin Gulay, research manager for the
Manitoba Forage Seed Association,
speaks about weed control.
Planting on clean field is still the best way to avoid having weeds invade a perennial seed crop.
By Shannon VanRaes
CO-OPERATOR STAFF / BEAUSEJOUR
T
he Manitoba Forage Seed
Association (MFSA) is running herbicide trials with
the hopes of providing producers
more options for weed control.
“Perennial weeds are typically
the biggest issue with alfalfa, the
one that we seem to have the
most trouble with is Canada thistle,” said Kevin Gulay, research
manager for the organization.
“It’s tough to control that weed
in alfalfa, but it’s also tough of
course to deal with dandelions,
and narrow-leaved hawk’s beard
— night-flowering catchfly can
also be difficult to control.”
Although the results are far from
complete, producers toured the
plots during MFSA’s summer tour
in mid-July to get a look at early
results.
Gulay hopes the end result of the
trials is a greater number of registered herbicides to deal with perennial weeds, Canada thistle in
particular.
“There’s the common products
on the market, like Pursuit, Odyssey, Partner, but it’s definitely limited compared to your grain crops.
A lot of the companies just don’t
do the research and development
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in alfalfa seed as they would do in
some of the major crops,” he said.
“Farmers have to do a lot of work
themselves.”
The products MFSA are testing
aren’t yet registered, but Gulay is
optimistic some will make it to
market in the near future.
What the researcher is looking
at more closely this summer, is
how well alfalfa tolerates these
newer herbicides. Although some
products can cause burn-down,
most damage can be avoided if
applied when the crop is dormant, he said.
The trials are also looking at
how soil type affects the effective-
ness of different products and the
amount of residue left behind.
But Gulay adds the best defence
against Canada thistle and other
weeds is to get off to a good start
when establishing a field.
“Of course the best option is
always to start with a clean field,”
he said.
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do the research and
development in alfalfa
seed as they would do
in some of the major
crops.”
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Potato producers enjoying a decent
season and prices looking good
Potato prices are expected to rise with this year’s average crop,
bringing them back in line with the cost of production
By Shannon VanRaes
co-operator staff
M
anitoba’s potato crop
is doing well, despite
major problems
south of the border.
Poor weather is expected
to significantly cut yields in
North and South Dakota,
but Manitoba producers say,
despite a late start, they still
expect a solid potato crop
this year.
“That’s probably taken the
top end of our yield off, but
the crop is looking good,”
said Wayne Kroeker, CEO of
Kroeker Farms near Winkler.
“For Manitoba, I’d say we’re
going to have an average to
maybe even slightly aboveaverage crop for table potatoes,” added Larry McIntosh,
CEO and president of Peak of
the Market.
Although excess moisture
caused more damage to the
red potato crop in the Dakotas and Minnesota than originally expected, Kroeker said
that shouldn’t affect the province’s potato stocks, which
are on the same storage cycle
as those just south of the
Manitoba border.
However, table potatoes
have been in short supply
since Manitoba producers
shipped their last spuds in
the spring.
“The last few months have
been quite short on table
potatoes, but it’s coming
back into balance now,” said
Kroeker, explaining potatoes
Conference
board says both
Canadian food
imports and exports
are growing
New report gives Canada credit for finding new customers
outside the U.S., but says we could be doing better
By Alex Binkley
co-operator contributor / ottawa
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photo: thinkstock
sold in the province over the
off-season ship from places
like Florida and California,
where potato yields have also
been down.
Manitoba’s potato producers should also see better
prices, which were low last
year because of surplus production.
“I think prices will be back
into balance again,” said
Kroeker. “Last year’s prices
were extremely low, well
below the cost of production. So if you have a little bit
above-average prices and a
little bit above-average crop
that’s always good.”
Manitoba Agriculture,
Food and Rural Initiatives
a l s o re p o r t s g o o d n e w s
on the tuber front: no late
blight or flare-ups of other
diseases. Aphid pressure
has been very low as well,
which is helpful to seed
potato growers in producing
a good-quality seed with low
or zero potato mosaic disease. A few days with temperatures above 30 C earlier
in the season caused some
stress during sprouting, but
cooler temperatures are now
aiding the potato crop.
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anadian farm and food
exports are up — but so
are food imports, according to the Conference Board of
Canada.
“Lower trade barriers to
food in developing countries
allowed Canada to export more
products for which the United
States is not a key market,”
the report states. “As a result,
the United States’ importance
in Canadian food exports has
fallen in recent years.”
Canada exports about 60 per
cent of its food production and
imports about 40 per cent of
its needs, mostly products that
aren’t grown here.
But the potential for
increased exports as well as
cheaper imports has been
hindered by the failure of
world trade talks, unresolved
free trade negotiations with
Europe, and the sometime-inthe-future status of the TransPacific Pact, says the report,
although adding regional free
trade deals has opened doors
in Mexico and Latin America.
The report repeats the usual
complaints from the board
over supply management without noting Canada allows more
duty-free imports of dairy and
poultry products than the U.S.
and Europe. It also criticizes
tariffs on beef, pork and some
grains, even though these tariffs haven’t been used for years
and are only activated by a
massive influx of imports at
distressed prices.
It also notes that high grain
and oilseed prices have been
a major factor of the rise in
the dollar value of Canadian
exports. It says Canada, like
most OECD countries, has lost
ground in exports of processed
food products while low-wage
countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia have greatly
increased their exports of food
products.
Food shipments to China
have jumped from 1.6 per cent
of Canadian food exports in
2001 to 11.3 per cent in 2012.
“Other countries that have
grown in importance as a destination for Canadian food
exports in the last decade
include Mexico, Hong Kong,
R u s s i a , t h e Ne t h e r l a n d s ,
India, and the United Arab
Emirates,” the report states.
“In fact, among our 10 largest
export markets, the U.S. and
Japan are the only two countries that have seen their share
of our exports decline” even
though they are actually buying more.
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Frost threatens
already scarce
Brazilian wheat
production
reuters / sao paulo
Frost is threatening the
wheat crop in Brazil’s southern grain-producing states.
Temperatures were forecast to drop near 0 C this
week and could reduce
yields in the Parana state,
which produces 40 per
cent of the country’s
wheat. Brazil already has
to import about half of the
11 million tonnes it consumes each year.
The risk of loss to the
national crop comes at
a time when prices for
the grain are near record
highs and shipments from
Brazil’s main international
supplier, Argentina, are
scarce.
Wheat millers are turning to Canada and the
U.S., after the government
opened the tariff-free
non-Mercosur quota of
two million tonnes earlier this year to offset the
shortfall in Argentine supplies. Grain purchased
outside of that quota is
subject to a 10 per cent
import tariff.
DuPont
seeks exit
from paints
business to
focus on farms
Stock market is
cheering the shift in
focus to agriculture
By Swetha Gopinath
and Ernest Scheyder
Reuters
D
DuPont is finished with refinishing,
and will concentrate on agricultural
seeds and chemicals.
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detected in North Dakota
to a helping
ndsu release
T
he spotted-wing drosophila, a fruit-loving
insect that attacks berries and tree fruits, has been
detected in North Dakota
for the first time.
It w a s d i s c ove re d i n a
cherr y fruit sample from
the North Dakota State University Carrington Research
Extension Center. The damaged fruit sample was submitted to the NDSU Plant
Diagnostic Laboratory and
identified by Patrick Beauzay, NDSU Extension Service entomologist.
The tiny spotted-wing
drosophila belongs to the
fruit fly or vinegar fly group.
It is two to three millimetres long, and has bright-red
eyes, a light-brown body
and dark-brown stripes on
its abdomen. It is native to
Japan, Korea and China.
It first was detected in the
U.S. in central California in
2008 and is now widespread
in fr uit-producing areas.
This is the first confirmed
record for North Dakota.
It was detected in western
Montana in 2011 and southeastern Minnesota in 2012.
Human-assisted transportation, rather than natural
dispersion, most likely is
the cause of its rapid spread
because the spotted-wing
drosophila does not fly far.
“The spotted-wing dro-
sophila attacks fruit crops,
including cherries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, peaches, nectarines,
apricots and grapes,” says
Janet Knodel, NDSU Extension entomologist. “Unlike
native fruit flies, the spotted-wing drosophila does
not require damaged fruit
to infest. The female has a
toothed, egg-laying structure that cuts a slit into
healthy fruit and then lays
eggs. Eggs hatch into larvae
(worms) and then start feeding, which causes the fruit
tissues to decay and rot.”
Monitor ing and proper
identification is important
to determine if the insect
is present. However, iden-
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tification can be difficult
because many native fruit
flies resemble the spottedwing drosophila and the
insect is very small, so an
examination under a microscope is necessary.
“Fo r c o n t ro l , re m ov i n g
a n d d e s t r oy i n g i n f e s t e d
fruits and dropped fruits are
the No. 1 defences against
this serious fly pest,” Knodel
says. “Chemical control can
help reduce the fly populations and damaged fruits,
but must be applied weekly
or biweekly. Rotation of different classes of insecticides
(modes of action) is ver y
important to prevent the
development of insecticide
resistance.”
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uPont plans to exit its
o n c e - l u c ra t i ve p a i n t
pigments business to
focus on its thriving DuPont
Pioneer agricultural unit, better equipped to shield the
biggest U.S. chemicals maker
from market volatility.
Du Po n t’s s h a re s ro s e a s
much as six per cent recently
to their highest in more than
13 years after the company
said it would consider selling
or spinning off its performance chemicals unit, which
contributed a fifth of its sales
last year.
DuPont is joining an industry-wide shift among chemical
makers, including rival Dow
Chemical, into production of
seeds and pesticides, which
have proven to be less exposed
to market ebbs and flows than
the popular pigment titanium
dioxide.
Agricultural demand is
driven by North American
farmers in the first half of
the year and South American
farmers in the second. The
expanding global population,
particularly in Asia, is also
driving demand for fertilizers,
seeds and pesticides.
Chief executive Ellen Kullman said DuPont’s earnings
would be “significantly better” in the second half of 2013
than in the same period last
year due to agricultural growth
in the Americas — reinforcing the planned exit from performance chemicals.
Demand for titanium dioxide, a white pigment that gives
shine to car paints, sunscreen
and toothpaste, has long been
susceptible to swings in the
global economy.
Gl o b a l t i t a n i u m d i ox i d e
prices went into a tailspin last
year after the world’s biggest
producers, including DuPont,
Saudi Arabia’s Cristal Global,
Tronox Ltd. and Huntsman
Corp., restarted plants idled
during the recession.
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CROP REPORT
Swathing started, but cool weather
continues to delay maturity
Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives crop report for Aug. 12, 2013
Weekly provincial summary
Spring crop development, along
with winter wheat and forage
crop harvest, continues to be
slowed by cool and wet weather.
Most crops are either grain-filling or podding, with some of
the later-seeded crops finishing
up flowering. Swathing of earliest-seeded canola has started.
Winter wheat harvest continues in the Central, Eastern and
Interlake Regions with yields
ranging from 55- to 80-bushels-per-acre, with good quality
and protein levels. A return to
warmer and drier weather conditions would be welcome to
aid in ripening of spring crops,
continued growth in the warm
season crops such as grain corn,
sunflowers, edible beans and
soybeans, and harvest operations.
Southwest Region
Rainfall amounts were variable
with accumulations ranging
from less than five to 25 mm
with higher amounts being
reported in southern regions.
Most cereal crops are in the soft
dough stagemwith some of the
earliest fields beginning to turn.
Disease pressure and lodging
increased across all cereal crops
as they mature. Fusarium levels continue to be found at low
to moderate levels. The cooler
t e m p e ra t u re s c o n t i n u e t o
favour canola development but
there is some concern regarding
delayed maturity. Sclerotinia
pressure is limited.
Field peas are fully podded
with some crops beginning to
turn. Flax fields also benefit from
the moderate temperatures.
The majority of soybeans
are flowering with some fields
beginning pod fill. Most corn
c ro p s h a ve t a s s e l l e d w i t h
some cob development now
occurring. Sunflower maturity also slowed over this past
week. Grasshopper activity continues to be the major
insect pest being .
First cut hay is 75 to 80 per
cent complete with yields at
75 to 80 per cent of normal.
Pasture conditions continue
to benefit from the frequent
showers and moderate temperatures.
Northwest Region
The region saw very little precipitation for the week. The
cool conditions and adequate
moisture are favouring good
development. Pod fill of canola
and grain fill of cereal crops is
good as crop matures. Canola
acres are 75 per cent fully podded with the remaining acres at
various stages of podding and
flowering. Winter wheat is ripening slowly with no reports of
fields ready for harvest operations.
Disease pressure on canola
appears average. Insect pressure is low on all crops; however, some light grasshopper
activity is reported on pastures
especially on lighter soils and
ridges.
First cut haying operations
are reaching completion in
many areas. Forage quality has
remained variable. Pastures are
rated as fair to good in most
areas. Dugout water levels are
at 100 per cent capacity all
areas.
age at this point. Higher bertha armyworm trap counts are
seen, with numbers in the low
to uncertain risk range. Trap
counts are starting to decline.
Grasshopper activity continues in the region but is on the
decline.
Central Region
Eastern Region
Rainfall amounts range from
five to 20 mm, although as
much as 40 mm fell north of
Portage over the weekend. Soil
moisture is at capacity in many
fields.The flowering period has
been extended in some canola,
flax and pea fields, allowing
for a longer fill period in these,
as well as cereal crops. Some
areas are expressing concern of
increased risk of crop damage
due to fall frost.
Winter wheat harvest continues, with both swathing
and straight combining taking
place. Early reports of yields in
the 60 to high 70 bu./acre range,
with good quality and good protein levels.
Canola continues to flower,
pod fill looks good in most
fields.
The majority of corn is at the
silking stage.
Bacterial blight is evident in
most soybean fields and some
edible bean fields. Root rots are
evident in many soybean fields.
White mould is showing up in
edible beans due to the cooler
wet conditions. Diamondback
larvae are found in canola
but with no significant dam-
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Rainfall was around five mm
over this past week, with variable accumulation as a result of
spotty showers.
Crops in general appear to
be doing well. However, there
are concerns about the ongoing pace of crop maturity,
particularly for corn and soybeans.
Winter wheat is ripening with
harvest beginning. Initial harvest reports indicate 80 bu./acre
with average quality. Canola
is podded with bottom seeds
beginning to change colour;
some swathing has occurred.
Cereal crops are in the late
dough to ripe stages with a few
early seeded fields being almost
mature enough to straight cut.
Soybeans are pod filling and the
corn is either at the end of the
silking stage or at early blister
stage.
Sunflowers are flowering. A
few soybean aphid and spider mite reports have been
received, along with some
below threshold diamondback
larvae counts. Producers also
continue to monitor green
cloverworm and grasshopper
damage levels but spraying for
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Interlake Region
Scattered showers resulting in
five to 10 mm fell throughout,
slowing harvest in crops such
as winter wheat and timothy.
Cooler temperatures persisted
during the week delaying crop
maturity. Winter wheat fields
are harvested throughout the
region with progress at 25 to 30
per cent completed. Producers
are estimating yields at 55 to 65
bu./acre where there was a lack
of rainfall earlier ; otherwise,
most other fields are averaging 65 to 75 bu. Quality and
protein are good with protein
levels at 11.5 to 12 per cent.
Swathing of canola is slowing
starting in the South Interlake
and is still a week or two away
in the North Interlake. Forage
grasses continue to be harvested and swathed with yield
estimates being below average to average compared to
other years. Greenfeed silage
harvesting began last week on
earlier seeded fields; reports
of yields range from good to
very good. Some hay fields in
Ashern, Moosehorn and Gypsumville are still waiting for
first cut due to excess moisture.
The Gypsumville area has been
especially wet this year making it difficult to do fieldwork.
Pasture conditions are doing
well in areas with higher precipitation. Dugout conditions
are good.
Goss’s wilt surfacing
farther west
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I
f your corn crop is affected
by Goss’s wilt, don’t bother
spraying, says a DuPont
agronomist.
“This disease can overwinter in the soil and crop debris
for a few years, so if growers
have had a problem before,
it could be an issue again this
year,” DuPont Pioneer area
agronomist Wilt Billing said in
a release.
It said while Goss’s wilt
remained isolated to eastern
Manitoba in 2012, 2013 has
already seen some intense
storm systems that could
cause it to emerge as a problem for corn growers in southern Manitoba.
Historically, infections in
Western Canada have been
limited to the Red River Valley
in Manitoba. Depending on
weather conditions and hybrid
susceptibility, the disease may
cause only minor problems
or it may result in devastating
damage, such as yield losses
approaching 50 per cent,
DuPont said.
It said several conditions
must be present for Goss’s wilt
to produce significant damage. If the bacterium is already
present in the field and a sus-
ceptible hybrid is planted, the
next main contributing factor is severe weather. Wind,
sandblasting and hail create
wounds for the bacteria to
enter. Wet weather and high
humidity are also needed for
escalation of disease development.
Billing said scouting is
important because the disease
can also look like normal environmental stresses such as sun
scald and drought stress, which
makes scouting for it even
more vital.
Mid-season signs and symptoms include distinct darkgreen to black “freckles” within
or just outside of leaf lesions.
Shiny or glistening patches
of dried bacterial ooze on the
lesions, similar to a thin layer of
varnish, can also be observed.
Other signs of infection are
water-soaked streaks accompanied by tan to gray lesions that
run lengthwise on the leaves.
“A fungicide application will
not work on bacterial diseases
such as Goss’s wilt. The best
strategy is prevention in the
off-season with selection of a
hybrid containing native resistance to the disease and incorporating crop rotation and
tillage to minimize survival of
the bacteria,” Billing said.
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Pulse pioneer Alf Slinkard honoured
His lifelong commitment to developing the Prairie pulse industry was recognized with the Pulse Legacy Award
SPG release
P
ulse crop researcher Alf
Slinkard was honoured
recently by the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) and
Food Day Canada for his tremendous contribution to the
province’s pulse industry.
Slinkard, was presented with
the Pulse Legacy Award on the
10th anniversary of Food Day
Canada, Aug. 3.
“Dr. Slinkard is widely known
by growers, researchers, and
processors as one of the founders of the pulse industry here in
our province,” said SPG executive director Carl Potts. “His
lifelong commitment to pulses
has been instrumental to the
successful and growing industry we are a part of today.”
Thirty-five years ago, Slinkard developed the Laird lentil.
Since then, the large green lentil market class continues to be
adapted and improved while
continuing to maintain large
consumer demand around the
world.
The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) recruited Slinkard
from the University of Idaho in
the 1970s, when he began work
at its newly formed Crop Development Centre (CDC). It was
through his work at the CDC
that Slinkard saw the tremendous opportunity for pulse
crops in Saskatchewan. It was
this potential and his dedication to these crops that led to
him travelling the province
making three or more presentations every week in an attempt
to convince producers to try
growing pulse crops.
Instrumental in developing the Saskatchewan pulse
industry, Slinkard also played
a key role in encouraging producers to develop an organization to represent them, SPG.
SPG continues to fund
research and to develop
new pulse varieties through
its long-standing partnership with the CDC. SPG also
invests in research to develop
improved agronomic practices for pulses and in market
development to ensure continued competitive access
to existing global markets as
well as the development of
new markets and end uses for
pulse products.
“The opportunity to recognize someone who has made
such an outstanding contribution to our national food and
agriculture industry is what
Food Day Canada is all about,”
says Anita Stewart, founder of
Food Day Canada. “As a member of both the Saskatchewan
and Canadian Agricultural
Halls of Fame, Slinkard is the
legacy of the pulse industry in
this province.”
Agrium
profit hit
by cold
spring
But demand is expected
to pick up
Reuters
C
anadian fertilizer company Agrium Inc.
reported a fall in quarterly profit due to an unusually cold spring in North
America, but said it expected
strong demand for crop inputs
for the rest of the year.
Unseasonably cool weather
in the U.S. Midwest this spring
compressed the usual time
period for farmers to apply
fertilizer to their fields.
“We expect solid demand
for crop inputs in the second half of 2013 given positive grower sentiment, strong
nutrient removal this year and
the affordability of crop nutrients,” chief executive Mike
Wilson said in a statement.
Net earnings for the second quarter fell 13 per cent
to $747 million, or $5.02 per
share, from $5.44 per share a
year ago, in line with the range
given in a previous company
forecast.
Agrium, which is also North
America’s biggest farm retail
supplier, said its adjusted
earnings per share were $736
million or $4.94 per share,
matching the average expectation by analysts.
Rival U.S. nitrogen producer CF Industries August
6 reported a lower quarterly
profit. Last month, Potash
Corporation of Saskatchewan,
which, like Agrium, mines
potash in Western Canada,
reported a lower-thanexpected quarterly profit.
In June, Agrium suspended
two projects to increase
nitrogen production, partly
because numerous competitors are pursuing similar
plans.
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Laird lentil developer Al Slinkard (l) received the award from SPG
executive director Carl Potts. PHOTO: STOBBE PHOTO
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CON N EC T I NG RU R A L FA M I L I E S
Community garden thrives
on fertile ag society ground
Food for the Future project grows larger in its second year, and adds
a neighbouring community garden plot tended by three families
By Daniel Winters
co-operator staff / oak lake
U
nderneath a cloudy sky on a still, humid morning in
July, Leah Lees and Rhoda Canning are busy battling
potato bugs when a young helper makes a plea for
mosquito repellent.
Lees and Canning don’t stop squashing, but there is some
laughter as they debate the philosophical contradictions
of using skin-applied chemical repellents in an organic
garden.
The Food for the Future community garden project is well
into its second growing season, and apart from the recent
invasion of Colorado potato beetles, the various vegetable
crops are coming along nicely on the plot of land next to the
town curling rink owned by the Oak Lake Agricultural Society.
Paul Chorney, who helps co-ordinate from the Manitoba
Alternative Food Research Alliance, which has sponsored the
garden project, arrives and Lees gives him a tour and update.
The federally funded alliance is a partnership of 12 different colleges and universities and 50 different community groups promoting sustainable, local and “just” food
production.
The Oak Lake garden is a demonstration of the “passion, energy and enthusiasm” of communities and the
importances of “local champions” for such initiatives, said
Chorney.
“Leah is clearly a champion, and champions
are the key, in my view, to small projects like
this because they draw people to them and
share that enthusiasm.”
Paul Chorney
Food for the Future co-founder Leah Lees shows MAFRA co-coordinator Paul Chorney around on his first visit to the community
garden project. Photo: Daniel Winters
“Leah is clearly a champion, and champions are the key,
in my view, to small projects like this because they draw
people to them and share that enthusiasm,” he said.
The alliance has sponsored about 30 similar rural and
urban projects around the province, ranging from small gardens to greenhouses, as well as academic studies and even
an effort to create a market for discarded Lake Winnipeg
whitefish.
One of its goals is to promote the idea of food justice, a
concept that is often misinterpreted as meaning people
have a right to food “for free,” he said.
“It’s saying that people have a right to food, but it’s also
saying that there should be justice for farmers too in that
they should earn a decent income,” said Chorney.
Community projects like the one in Oak Lake are valuable because they provide examples of local empowerment,
awareness of food security issues, and educating youth
about food production, he added.
Lees and Canning, for their part, are hoping “to work ourselves out of a job.”
“Obviously, we are committed to the project, but we’d like
to see it become something that people from the community
take hold of and say, ‘Hey, let’s grow more food,’” said Lees.
To that end, they have formed a six-customer Community
Supported Agriculture venture to generate funds for a small,
stand-alone irrigation system, seed purchases, and cash
incentives for the children who help with weeding.
“We’ve lost a few kids, but we’ve also gained some new
ones,” she said. The new crew of 10 helpers is quite a bit
younger than last year’s, and the garden has gained a new
“Grandma” who likes to come and help with the weeding. The plot is larger this year and a separate community
garden tended by three local families has been added.
However, a bid to add chickens was unsuccessful as some
residents feared that might attract coyotes.
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So much to do and
only so little summer left
Zucchini Hummus
I’ve often made a version of this using a grilled
eggplant. This recipe started appearing on all
sorts of websites last summer. It’s a great way
to use up plentiful zucchini — and all the other
raw vegetables you’ll want to dip into this very
tasty spread. This is also a very good spread on
sandwiches.
1 medium-size zucchini, peeled and chopped
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1/4 c. tahini
1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil (plus extra for garnish)
1 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. fresh ground black pepper
3 cloves garlic, minced
Paprika
Brush the zucchini with oil and place on the
lower rack of the oven and broil until lightly
browned and just starting to become tender. Remove and trim ends, then slice in half
lengthwise. Scrape out the larger seeds. Place
the zucchini cut side up in a lightly oiled skillet and cook at a low heat until tender (about 10
minutes). Cool then purée in a food processor
until smooth, adding tahini, garlic, lemon juice,
cumin, salt and pepper. Serve garnished with
paprika.
PHOTO: DAIRY FARMERS OF CANADA
Lorraine Stevenson
Crossroads Recipe Swap
A
s a kid, the ‘the dog days of summer’
arrived in August and spelled boredom. Dogs don’t play in the buzzing
heat of a long, hot Prairie summer day, and
neither do kids when this boooorring time
of holidays sets in.
Oh, to be a kid again, with nothing to do
in August!
I find this part of summer now takes
on a sense of urgency. I want to make the
most of it — rest, swim, eat; hike, rest, eat;
repeat — yet get things done, too. The lake
beckons, but harvest has begun. ‘To dos’
become ‘must dos.’
So I’m sure you don’t want to spend more
time than necessary in the kitchen right
now, either. Here’s a few simple recipes to
make the most of August’s fruit and vegetables before getting back to your resting, or
rushing, as need be.
(And to save you a bit more time, here’s
what I found about the origins of the
phrase ‘dog days of summer.’ Wikipedia
says it dates to ancient times when the rise
of Sirius, the dog star, signalled arrival of
summer’s hottest weather in the Northern
Hemisphere — although in some traditions, the dog days began in early July.)
The first week of August hangs at the very
top of summer, the top of the live-long year,
like the highest seat of a ferris wheel when it
pauses in its turning.
– Natalie Babbitt in Tuck Everlasting
Raspberry
Peach Clafouti
An elegant dessert, traditionally made with
cherries, that’s easier than pie. This recipe
uses raspberries and peaches, but you could
substitute any fruit of your choice to bake
into this pancake-like batter. A clafouti is
good hot or cold, but cooled it will flatten
and have a much more dense and spongy
texture. It’s divine served with whipped
cream.
3 large eggs
1/2 c. granulated sugar
3/4 c. 5% cream
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. all-purpose flour
Pinch salt
1/2 c. chopped peaches,
peeled fresh or well-drained canned
1/2 c. fresh raspberries
Butter a deep 9- or 10-inch pie plate.
Preheat oven to 350 F. Beat eggs and sugar
in a medium bowl using an electric mixer.
Add cream and beat until combined. Stir in
vanilla, flour and salt. Sprinkle fruit over bottom of prepared dish. Pour batter over fruit.
Bake in preheated oven for about 45 minutes
or until set. Cover loosely with foil during
cooking if the top is browning too fast. Serve
warm or cold.
Tip: If you are using canned fruit make sure
it is thoroughly drained and patted dry.
Source: Dairy Farmers of Canada
Buttermilk Beet Soup
This is another recipe for something not too
common — a chilled soup. Cold soup is really
refreshing for a hot summer day, and all you have
to do is take it from the fridge and serve.
1-1/4 lb. medium beets, trimmed
1 c. sour cream
1/2 c. fresh orange juice
1/4 c. raspberry vinegar or red wine vinegar
1 tbsp. honey
Salt and pepper (to taste)
1 c. buttermilk
1 apple, peeled and diced (optional)
Cook beets in large pot of boiling water until
very tender (about 50 minutes). Drain beets; cool
slightly. Peel and coarsely chop. Transfer beets to
food processor. Add sour cream, 1/2 cup orange
juice, vinegar, honey and blend until smooth.
Season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour into
large bowl and whisk in buttermilk. Thin soup
with more orange juice, if desired. Cover and
refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours. Garnish soup
with diced apple, if desired, and serve. Serves 6.
Source: Peak of the Market
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“ They’re here!” Jennifer Jackson bounded
through the kitchen and out into the yard, the
door slamming loudly behind her. Rose looked
up from the recipe book she had been studying
just in time to see her son Brady’s vintage Trans
Am pull into the yard and roll to a stop under
the leafy canopy of the giant elm tree that had
been lending shade to the Jackson homestead
for nearly 100 years. She watched Brady and his
wife Amanda climb out of the car and Jennifer
hug each of them with her characteristic enthusiasm and then watched the three of them head
in the direction of the back door. She got up
and walked over to the kitchen counter to put
the coffee on just as Andrew appeared in the
dining room doorway.
“The kids are home,” she said.
“I heard,” said Andrew, as the back door
opened and the new arrivals entered. “Hey kids,
welcome back,” he said.
“ Thanks,” Brady and Amanda spoke in
unison.
“Sit down, sit down,” said Rose encouragingly.
“I just put the coffee on.”
“Thanks,” said Brady and Amanda, again in
unison.
Everybody sat. Andrew, Rose and Jennifer
looked expectantly at the other two who didn’t
say anything for a moment.
“Come on!” said Jennifer impatiently. “How
was it?”
Brady grinned at his sister. “How was what?”
he said.
“Oh, you know! How was Vancouver?”
Brady paused still grinning.
“Big,” he said.
Jennifer rolled her eyes. “You just spent two
weeks in Vancouver and that’s all you have to
say? It’s big? Lame.”
Amanda laughed. “Let me try,” she said. “Let’s
see. Where should we begin? We stayed with my
sister in her apartment just off of Commercial
Drive and there were 37 restaurants within
walking distance. And in every one we ate at,
the food was amazing!”
“Wow!” Jennifer was wide eyed. “How far
would we have to walk here to find 37 restaurants that make amazing food?”
Andrew laughed. “I’m thinking Manitoba,
The
Jacksons
BY ROLLIN PENNER
Saskatchewan and Alberta combined might
manage that,” he said.
“And the view was spectacular,” Amanda continued. “From my sister’s place we could see
the downtown skyline, the north shore, the
harbour, and on clear days, Vancouver Island
way off in the distance. It was like looking at a
postcard the whole time!” She glanced at Brady.
“I want to live there,” she added.
“No you don’t,” said Brady.
“Well, I do!” said Rose. “Who wouldn’t? Thirtyseven restaurants within walking distance? I’d
never have to cook again!”
“So you spent two weeks on the West Coast
and all you did was eat?” said Andrew.
“That’s not ALL we did,” said Brady, “but we
did eat a lot. We needed the energy for all the
other stuff we did. Whitewater rafting. Hang-
gliding. Whale-watching. And lots of lying in the
sun on the beach.”
“Ah, now that’s my kind of holiday,” said Rose.
“Baking in the sun till you overheat, and then
jumping in the ocean to cool off.”
“And the ocean in Vancouver will cool you off
all right,” said Amanda. “It’s cold!”
“That’s the truth!” Brady agreed. “A lot of
Vancouverites won’t even swim in the ocean
at all, unless they’re in Mexico. As beaches go,
I’ll take Grand Beach over a Vancouver beach
any day of the year!” He paused. “Except of
course for all the days between about the first
of September and the first of July.”
“Exactly,” said Amanda. “The beaches in
Vancouver might not have the beautiful white
sand we have at Grand Beach and the water
might be a little cold, but you have to admit
they all have one huge advantage over Grand
Beach.”
“Which is what?” asked Jennifer.
“They’re in Vancouver,” said Amanda.
“You really liked it there, eh?” said Jennifer.
Amanda smiled. “I have to admit it,” she
said. “I loved it.”
“Except of course,” said Brady, “the part
where you were eating your fish and chips
on the beach and that bird flew over and
unloaded on you.”
Jennifer’s eyes widened. “Seriously?!” she said.
Amanda nodded. “Seriously,” she said with a
shudder. “That was disgusting. It was a cormorant I think.”
Andrew chuckled. “It was probably unhappy
about you eating its food,” he said.
“Yeah maybe,” said Amanda. “I got over
it. Anyway, I’ve had mosquitoes bigger than
cormorants attack me on the beach here at
home.”
Ro s e l o o k e d a t Br a d y. “So,” s h e s a i d ,
“you going to take your wife off to live in
Vancouver?”
Brady shook his head. “Can’t do it,” he said.
“Vancouver may be beautiful and exciting and
warm and all that but there is one drawback
you just can’t overlook.”
“And what might that be?” said Andrew.
Brady grinned. “Everybody who lives there,”
he said, “is from B.C.”
Protecting the garden from deer
The most effective way seems to be fencing
By Albert Parsons
FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR
M
anitoba has developed a new species of wild animal — urban deer.
They are very destructive to gardens and gardeners wage a constant war
against them to protect their landscapes
from the severe damage they inflict.
The adaptation by deer has taken
place over a remarkably short period of
time. My wife and I moved to our home
in Minnedosa 15 years ago and gave no
thought to protecting our garden from
deer. After we had been here for a couple of years we experienced a rather
severe winter and the deer attacked a
large globe cedar that grew beside
the driveway. In a matter of days (we
were away) they had stripped the foliage off the entire plant except for tufts
on top that were beyond their reach. I
removed the damaged-beyond-repair
cedar and did not replace it. Deer, at
that time, did not eat juniper, so instead
of cedars, I planted junipers. A year or
two later, again during the winter, deer
entered our backyard and feasted on
the two Medora junipers there. Luckily
we noticed the damage early enough to
be able to erect temporary fencing to
keep the deer out of the backyard for the
rest of the winter. The junipers are very
slowly regaining their shape.
By this time, I was hearing reports of
many people having junipers devoured
by deer in the winter so I put permanent
fencing around the backyard. A couple
of years later one deer got through the
fence and chewed away at the hardy
clematis by the shed, so their diet was
constantly evolving to include many
plants. Local gardeners were also having
major problems with deer eating their
summer vegetable gardens and flowers. Perhaps because we live far enough
from the river, where they are more
prevalent, deer did not come into our
yard during the summer. Once the snow
melted and they reverted to grazing from
winter browsing, they were no longer a
problem.
That changed last summer when deer
began coming into our front yard, first
eating off all the tulip buds, followed by
Asiatic and martagon lily buds and rosebuds. I had put up a temporary winter
fence every year to keep deer out of our
front yard as our bird feeders, which are
deer magnets, are located there. I have
now installed permanent fencing in the
front yard — our entire yard is fenced to
keep deer out.
Deterrents such as human hair and
Irish Spring soap no longer work. Some
— quite expensive — products have
been developed — most being blood
meal based. They are somewhat effec-
Attractive wrought iron fencing includes an
artistically designed gate and archway; a less
attractive wooden fence is almost completely
hidden by shrubs. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS
tive but the most effective is a fence.
A solid wooden fence need not be as
high since deer will not jump over
something if they cannot see to the
other side. Six-foot fences that are bordered by shrubbery seem to work but
out in the open, where the deer can see
clearly through the fence and have no
impediments when approaching it, a
height of at least seven feet is required.
If you use wrought iron, as I did, place
the bars as close as seven inches. The
first section that I put up had nine-
inch spacing and last winter a deer
squeezed through so I have had to put
wire against that fence.
Adding fencing can be expensive
and time consuming but it need not
destroy the esthetics of the landscape.
Choose materials and styles that complement the other elements in your
landscape. Willow, wooden or wire
fencing might suit informal rural properties while more formal wooden, vinyl
or wrought iron fences may be more
appropriate for some urban spaces.
Fences need not necessarily be on the
property’s perimeter, depending on
where vulnerable plants are located
— I have a bed of heliopsis, iris, yarrow, cranesbill, catmint and grasses
that is unprotected and so far so good.
Although not “deer-proof,” these plants
are not their favourites. During the
summer, deer are very fussy and will
focus on only their favourite snacks!
Incorporate gates and archways into
the fencing plan to add design interest. Camouflage less attractive fencing
with shrubs and trees, which will also
restrict the deer’s ability to jump over
the fence.
Hopefully, because of the fencing we
have put up, our yard is now secure
from invasions by our urban deer.
Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba
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MHSRA winners
Cowboys and cowgirls awarded for their talents
By Darrell Nesbitt
Freelance contributor S
howcasing their athleticism in all types of weather and arena conditions,
earned four members of the Manitoba High School Rodeo Association
(MHSRA) the All Around titles for the 2012-13 season.
In the senior girls’ category, Cassidy Gardiner of Virden, took the honours with
1,031.50 points, over Tess Manning of Belmont who achieved 999 on the season. From a male perspective, Ethan Fairlie of Warren won over Clay Bergeson of
Onanole with 730 points. Bergeson had 607.
Junior cowgirl, Hallie McCannell of Carievale, Sask., achieved 1,575 points to
pick up the title, followed by Hanna Kristjanson of Oak River with 1,241 points. The
top two junior all-around cowboys were Everett Fairlie of Warren (1,247) who won
over Boe Brown of Lenore, with 1,084 points.
Finals winners
A number of awards were handed out
at this year’s high school rodeo finals
held in Hamiota:
• Bareback:
First – Danny Vandenameale
Langenburg, Sask.
Second – Mason Helmeczi
Esterhazy, Sask.
• Saddle Bronc:
First – Devon Fox, Eddystone
Second – Lane Houston, Glenella
• Bull Riding:
(A)First – Bailey Plaisier, Oak Lake
Second – Austen Meston
Welwyn, Sask.
Third – Owen McKay, Erickson
(B) First – Tyson Salmon, Stonewall
Second – Keenan McMahon, Inwood
Third – Wade Unrau, Boissevain
• Barrel Racing:
First – Kylie Gompf, Oak Lake
Second – Bailey McCannell
Carievale, Sask.
Third – Alex Park, Brandon
• Breakaway Roping:
First – Tess Manning
Second – Alex Park
Third – Cassidy Gardiner
• Girls’ Cutting:
First – Gage Fouillard, St. Lazare
• Goat Tying:
First – Tess Manning
Second – Hailey Tonn, Plumas
Third – Shannon Jackson, Inglis
• Pole Bending:
First – McKenzie Rowe, Goodlands
Second – Baylee Graham, Carberry
Third – Hailey Tonn
• Tie-Down Roping:
First – Ethan Fairlie, Warren
Second – Clay Bergeson
Third – Logan Bridgeman, Rivers
• Steer Wrestling:
First – Ethan Fairlie
Second – Thomas Coffee, Ethelbert
Third – Reiden Bodin, Hartney
• Team Roping:
First – Clay Allan, Balmoral and Austin
Whelpton, Neepawa
Second – Tyson Salmon, Stonewall
and Shelby Gillies, Neepawa
Third – Matt Campbell, Virden and
Logan Bridgeman
Top three results in each event of the
Junior High Finals held in Rapid City were:
• Barrel Racing:
First – Hallie McCannell
Carievale, Sask.
Second – Hannah McCannell
Carievale, Sask.
Third – Jenel Boyes, Hartney
Cassidy Gardiner of Virden (l to r), Tess Manning of Belmont, and Sky Brown of Lenore, were
among the senior cowgirls showcasing their talents this season. PHOTO: DARRELL NESBITT
• Breakaway Roping:
(Girls)
First – Hallie McCannell
Second – Jenel Boyes
Third – Hanna Kristjanson
(Boys)
First – Cooper Millward, Garland
Second – Corbin Fairlie, Warren
Third – Emmett Eyre, Winnipegosis
• Goat Tying:
(Girls)
First – Hanna Kristjanson
Second – Hallie McCannell
Third – Jenel Boyes
(Boys)
First – Everett Fairlie, Warren
Second – Riley Park
Third – Cooper Millward
• Bull Riding:
First – Ryder Millward
Second – Everett Fairlie
Third – Cooper Millward
• Bareback:
First – Joe Lane, Strathclair
• Saddle Bronc:
First – Emmett Eyre
Second – Kade Peake, Binscarth
Third – Joe Lane
• Tie-Down Roping:
First – Boe Brown, Lenore
• Chute Dogging:
First – Boe Brown
Second – Ryder Millward
Third – Riley Park
• Team Roping:
First – Boe Brown and Riley Park
Second – Hallie and Hannah McCannell
Third – Corbin and Everett Fairlie
• Ribbon Roping:
First – Everett Fairlie and
Hallie McCannell
Second – Boe Brown and
Rachelle McCannell
Third – Jenel Boyes and
Cooper Millward
Off to Nationals
Three Westman cowboys and one cowgirl represented Manitoba at the National
Junior High Finals Rodeo in June in Gallup,
New Mexico. Hanna Kristjanson of Oak
River was joined by Riley Park, formerly of
Hamiota, now calling Brandon home, and
brothers Ryder and Cooper Millward of
Garland.
Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, Manitoba
Edible flowers from the garden
Add some colour and zest to your menu
By Julie Garden-Robinson
NDSU Extension Service
M
any flowers are edible,
and thinking back,
I have eaten a few
through the years. I have had
tossed salads with the burst of
colour and peppery flavour that
nasturtiums offer. I’ve nibbled
on the delicate floral garnishes
on the side of a dinner plate.
I’ve enjoyed squash blossoms as
a side dish and candied flowers
as decorative touches on cakes.
I’ve sipped chamomile tea and
admired flower blossoms frozen
in ice cubes.
Most people wouldn’t eat
enough flowers for them to
make a significant contribution
to their diet, but they can add
colour and a zesty flavour in
some cases.
Because I’m not a horticulture specialist, I looked up
some information from several Extension Service websites
to acquire a few tips to share
about edible flowers.
Roses, lavender, geranium
flowers, certain violets (not
African violets, which are in
a different family), impatiens
and lilacs are among the edible flowers. The petals of pot
marigolds, also known as calendulas, add dark-gold colour
to side dishes when sautéed
with oil. Pansies can be candied and used as cake decorations. Pumpkin and squash
blossoms can be stir-fried or
breaded and fried.
Ev e n t h e l a n d s c a p e r’s
favourite, day lily, has potential for use in salads or floating in a punch bowl. However,
you need to take some special
precautions before munching on the contents of your
flowerpots.
Photo: thinkstock
Some flowers should not be
eaten, so be sure to identify the
flowers correctly before eating
them. Other flowers can induce
allergic reactions, especially if
you have allergies or asthma.
Consider the source of the
flowers. Flowers purchased
from a florist are meant to
look at, not eat, because some
of the pesticides used on flowers have not been approved
for use on edible plants.
If you want to add flowers to your home menu,
you might want to try grow-
ing some specifically for this
purpose. Then you will know
exactly how the flowers were
grown and their exposure to
chemicals.
For best quality, harvest
flowers after the dew has
evaporated. Flowers are so
delicate that, for best quality,
they should be eaten on the
day they are picked. Before
eating, remove the stamens
and pistils (the reproductive
parts of the plant usually near
the centre of the blossom)
and the sepals (the leaf-like
part at the base of the flower).
Rinse them to remove soil or
insects.
Julie Garden-Robinson, PhD, R.D.,
L.R.D., is a North Dakota State
University Extension Service food and
nutrition specialist and professor in
the department of health, nutrition
and exercise sciences.
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AUCTION DISTRICTS
Parkland – North of Hwy 1; west of PR 242,
following the west shore of Lake Manitoba
and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis.
Westman – South of Hwy 1; west of PR 242.
Interlake – North of Hwy 1; east of PR 242,
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Minitonas
Durban
Dauphin
Grandview
Ashern
Gilbert Plains
Fisher Branch
Ste. Rose du Lac
Russell
Parkland
Birtle
Riverton
Eriksdale
McCreary
Langruth
Neepawa
Gladstone
Rapid City
Virden
Reston
Melita
1
Carberry
Treherne
Killarney
Pilot Mound
Sanford
St. Pierre
242
Morris
Winkler
Morden
Altona
AUCTION SALE
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5 miles South on Hwy # 7
Contact: (204) 376-2306 | Email: [email protected]
Beausejour
Ste. Anne
Carman
Mariapolis
Crystal City
Elm Creek
Steinbach
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3RD CROSSING AG MUSEUM Threshing Days &
Toy Show, Sat. & Sun. Aug 24-25th. 1/2-mi West of
Gladstone on Hwy 16. Contact (204)385-2877.
ANTIQUES
ANTIQUES
Antique Equipment
1929 CHEVY 1-TON TRUCK to restore, $2500.00;
1980 Chevy 1/2-Ton body parts all, $200.00;
10x30-in Logan Metal Lathe drill press hack saw,
$2000.00; 1985-87 Chevette windshield, $50.00.
(204)757-2091.
3 SETS OF LEATHER harness to fit general purpose horses, $350 set OBO; Good selection of
leather horse halters, open to offers; 3 large cloth
face straw collars, open to offers; Antique buggy or
cutter tongue, complete eveners, neck yokes like
new; Double set of ivory spread rings, in nice
shape; Some old horse machinery. Phone
(204)242-2809, PO Box 592 Manitou MB R0G 1G0.
AUCTION SALES
AUCTION SALES
Manitoba Auctions – Parkland
GARTON’S AUCTION SERVICE will be conducting a
Farm Retirement, Collectibles & Horse Equipment Auction for Jim & Lorraine MacDonald on Sat., Aug. 17th,
2013 10:00am located 4.5-mi E of Virden, MB on Hwy
#259, 2-mi N on Rd #147W (Errol Rd) OR 3-mi S of Lenore, MB to Rd #62N (Breadalbane Church Rd), 3-mi
W. Auction will include 1994 F250 c/w 5th wh hook up;
Gooseneck trailers; David Brown 1200 DSL tractor &
farm equipment; Horse & Mini Horse wagons; buggys;
tack; harness; corral panels; Fencing & feeding supplies; Shop tools; Trapping supplies; 14-ft. alum boat;
Cement lawn ornaments; Collectibles & Books. For
info please call Jim & Lorraine at (204)748-3168 or
visit www.gartonsauction.com for complete listing
& pics.
Property & Houses (To be Moved):
Parcel 1: RM Armstrong NE 22-21-2E N
660’ of 685.5 (approx. 10 acres) RD PL
7324, Highway #7 Frontage, Sheltered
Yard Site w/ Spruce & Poplar w/ Hydro
Service Parcel 2 Approx. 5 Yrs Old 28’
x 40’ Bungalow Style House, needs
some finishing, trim , flooring, comes
Drywalled, Insulated, Wired, Elec Heat
& Plumbing Fixtures Parcel 3 Approx. 5
Yrs Old 16’ x 40’ Bungalow Style House,
Finished, Insulated, Wired, Elec Heat &
Plumbing Fixtures* Property to be sold
1st with Buildings to follow. Only these
3 Items approval of last bid required from
owner. Sale Day, a certified cheque of
$5,000 for each parcel
Cat & Tractors: Case 750 Teriamatic FEL
w/Bucket, Forks & Rear Hyd. Ripper * 2)
Cat 22 1) Working S#2F7969W 1)Parts *
Cockshutt 570 dsl hyd 540 PTO * Wallis
Tractor, all steel * 2) McCormicks W30 1)
All Steel * MM U * MM Z * Case LA * Forks & Log Grapple off TD6 * 20’ Bale Elevator * 2) Farm
Trailers * Saw Mill Blade Trucks: 76 Dodge 600 Gas 5spd x 2 15’ B&H, 93,000m Sft * 74 Ford 700
gas Alison Auto w/ Scissor Lift * 80 Chev 70 gas, 5spd w/15’ B&H * 90 Chev 1500, 241,000km *
82 Ford F150 1/2 ton * 70 Ford Custom 1/2 ton * 94 Chev Astro Van * 98 Chev Venture Trailer &
Yard: BH 20’ Tandem Flatdeck * BH HD 15’ Flatdeck Triple Axle Trailer w/Ramps * Pintle Hitch 18’
Flatdeck, Dually Trailer * 48’ House Trailer-Frame & Axle * StarCraft Tent Camper (use as utility
trailer) * Car Dolly * 22’ Frt Box (storage) * 2) 12’x15’ Storage Sheds w/Tin Roofs * Trailer 9hp
Hyd Wood Splitter * MTD 5hp Rear Tine Tiller * Backpack Yard Sprayer * New Flower Bed Tools
Vintage Vehicles: 62 Merc Comet Custom 4D 6cyl 2spd Auto, 96,000 miles, Kept Inside, Runs,
Gd Cond * 2) 81 Dodge Mirade 2D 1) T-Bar Roof, Runs, Gd Cond 1) NR * 57 Ford Niagara 300 *
58 Dodge Crusada * 58 Renault Cordini * 58 Ford Fairlane * 60’s Ford Comet * 90 Lumina Car
* 80 Olds Delta 88 * Approx. 8 Vehicles, 10 Implements & 2 Semi Loads of Misc Scrap Farm
Antiques: 4) M Moline One Ways 3) 6’ 1) 4’ * 3) JD Breaking Plows * 2) Int Breaking Plows * 2)
JD 3B Plows * 2) Int 3B Plows * Case 3B Plow * 2) 8’ Light Double Disc * 1) Case 1) Massey *
Hse Dump Rake * 3 Grain Crusher * 7’ Covered Wagon * Walk Behind Scuffler * Oil Cans * Porc
2-Sided Red Indian Sign * 73 AC Lynx 292 Serious MiniBike * Magnetos * Steel Wheels * Cream
Cans * Cow Bells * Along w/ Many Tools & Misc
Stuart McSherry
(204) 467-1858 | (204) 886-7027 | www.mcsherryauction.com
AUCTION SALES
Saskatchewan Auctions
FARMING IS ENOUGH OF
A GAMBLE...
McSherry Auction Service Ltd
CONSIGNMENT AUCTION
MACK AUCTION CO. presents a premium farm
equipment auction for Art Beck (306)465-2763 &
guest consignment from the Estate of Ron Wilke
Sat., Aug. 24th, 2013 at 10:00am. Directions from
Yellow Grass, SK 3-mi South East on Hwy Directions from Yellow Grass, SK. 3-mi South East on
Hwy 39. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding at
www.bidspotter.com
JD
8330
FWA
tractor
w/1,220-hrs & Green Star ready; JD 7810 2WD
tractor w/JD 725 FEL & Out Back GPS, antique JD
R tractor; JD 9760 STS SP combine w/579 sep hrs
& Green Star ready; JD 936D 36-ft. draper header,
Westward 9300 SP swather 30-ft. w/960 MacDon
header; Bergen 6000 ST swather transport; Parker
675 grain cart; Farm King 10-ft. steel roller; JD
green star GPS; JD Star Fire GPS; 35-ft. Bourgault
8810 air seeder w/JD 787 air tank; 35-ft. Bourgault
quick attach tine harrows; Bourgault new cultivator
shanks; 70-ft. Highline stubble buster heavy harrows; 70-ft. Flexi Coil 95 packer bar; Doepker 70-ft.
diamond harrow bar; Doepker 42-ft. rod weeder;
2009 Brandt 5000 EX grain vac; Spray Air 4261
swing auger; Super Deluxe 990 grain vac for parts;
auger w/18-HP Kohler engine & Beck seed treater;
Bruns 4 wheeled grain wagon; PTO aeration fan;
14-ft. drill fill; 1977 Ford F-600 grain truck; 1971
Fargo 500 grain truck; Rowse earth scraper; JD
707 gyromower; JD air seeder granular kit; 12-ft.
dozer blade; 30-ft. metered feed granular spreader;
Chem Handler I, 3-PTH 2 Bottom Plow, 1,000-gal
fuel tank & stand; Ford flathead engine; Perfect trip
hammer. The Estate of Ron Wilke items: 2012
MF Hesston WR9735 SP swather & 36-ft. Agco
5200 draper header w/only 11-hrs; 2008 Chev Avalanche LT 1500 4WD truck w/88,000-km; 1976
Chev C-65 3-Ton grain truck; 1970 Mercury 3-Ton
grain truck not running; Case 1470 4WD tractor
w/Leon 12-ft. Dozer; JD 920 DSL tractor w/3-PTH &
PTO; JD 730 2WD DSL tractor; Westeel Magnum L
65-Ton fertilizer hopper bottom bin; 2 metal Industries 1,500-bu. hopper bottom bins; JD 1610 41-ft.
cultivator; White tandem disc; Schulte 20-ft. 3020
rotary mower; Farm King 3-PTH 8-ft. cultivator;
Kirchner ditcher; Buhler Farm King 3-PTH finishing
mower; MF Super 92 SP combine; MH SP combine; Simplicity Javelin Zero turn mower; 20-ft. sea
container; Brandt 8-51 swing auger; Brandt 8-35
grain auger w/20-HP Onan engine; Brandt 8-35
grain auger w/mover & Kohler engine; Sakundiak
HD7-1400 auger; Sakundiak HD7-1400 w/18-HP
Onan engine; shopbuilt header trailer; shopbuilt
swather mover; GMC 1/2 truck
box; 6 new
10.00x22.5 tires; quantity of 6x6 treated posts;
quantity 2x6 lumber; Chem Handler I; Torro Push
Mower; Honda portable air compressor; complete
line of shop tools, plus much, much more!! Visit
www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928
or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962
AUCTION SALES
Manitoba Auctions – Interlake
Lac du Bonnet
Winnipeg
Austin
Souris
Boissevain
Stonewall
Selkirk
Portage
Brandon
Westman
Waskada
Interlake
Erickson
Minnedosa
AUCTION SALES
Sat., Aug. 24 @ 10:00 am Arborg, MB
Arborg
Lundar
Gimli
Shoal Lake
Hamiota
AUCTION SALES
Ernie Dudar
Winnipegosis
Roblin
AUCTION SALES
Sun., Aug. 18 @ 10:00 am
Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Dr
More Items than Listed !!
Construction & Tractors: Mitishibi W5 200 A 4WD
Wheel Loader w/ Bucket & Forks * Parson dsl 4x4 hyd
w/ Trencher, Dozer, BackHoe & Vibrating Plow Attach
* MF 1105 Cab Torque Am 3PH 540/1000 Dual Hyd *
AC D14 3PH * Case 830 * Case 830 * Oliver 60 Row
Crop * Farmall C Row Crop * Case 300 * JD B * AC B
w/ Cult runs Equip: 87 BH WW 16’ Stock Trailer * 25’
Draper Header w/ P/U Reel sep 12’ Tandem Disc * MF
3PH 8’ Tandem Disc * 3PH 10’ Cult * 8 Row Cult * 6’
Swath Roller * 6’ Brush Mower * Richard Ton Silage
Dump Wagon * Arbor Silage Dump Wagon * 6’ V Ditcher
* Grain Vac * 3PH Sprayer * 5’ Blade for FEL * 3PH 2B
Plow * Potato Digger * Vehicles: 85 Ford F800 gas w/
Service Box * 08 Sierra 4x4 Club Cab sft * 07 Ford L250
dsl Harley Davidson, Fully Loaded sft * 62’ International
1 ton w/ 12’ Box Rec & Yard: 86 Honda Big Red, 4 rev *
09 Yardworks R Mower, 42” Mower * Push Lawn Mowers
* 60” Heavy Duty Roto Tiller * 3PT Wood Chipper * Yard
Sweep * 90 Skiddo * 71 18’ Camper * 06 Saga Scooter *
Fleming Skate Sharpener * Fishing Items * 18’ Wrought
Iron Gates Storage: 30’x65’x15’ Double Door Storage
Blding, New * 30’x40’x15’ Double Door Storage Blding,
New * 20’x40’, 4 sided Party Tent w/ Doors, Windows,
New * 10’x20’ Com Pop Up Tent Tools & Misc: Welder *
Honda E2500 Generator * Gas Water Pump * Stationary
Engine * Engine Stand * Battery Charger / Booster * Tire
Changer * Air Comp * 5) Vise * 20 Drawer HD Metal Work
Bench * 33 Drawer HD Tool Cabinet * Tool Boxes * Drill
Press * Bench Grinder * Band Saws * Radial Arm Saw *
Mitre Saw * Scroll Saw * Tap & Die Sets * Lge Amt Hand
Tools * 3/4” Socket Set * Pipe Clamp * Shop Vac * Hiltex
Gun * Accetylene Torche * Jackall * Stabilizer Jacks *
Scaffolding * Hyd Body Power Pac * Load Binders * Gear
Pullers * Snap On Trans Tool * B&D Valve * Shop Cherry
Picker * Creepers * Gun Reloading Equip * Goose Decoys
* Shop Supply *
Stuart McSherry
(204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027
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www.mcsherryauction.com
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Sat., Aug. 17 @ 10:00 am
Beausejour, MB
Directions: 22 Miles North on Hwy #12 then
East 3 Miles on RD 93 then 1/2 Mile North
Auction Note: Retirement Auction
Main Items Shedded
Contact Dave: (204) 635-2280
Tractors: Case 2290 Cab A/C Power Shift 3PH 540/1000
Dual Hyd 18.4 38 Duals 7,270 hrs * Case 2290 Cab A/C Std
540/1000 Dual Hyd 18.4 38 Duals 4,254 hrs * JD 4010 Std
540 PTO Single Hyd * Case 930 Std 540 PTO Dual Hyd w/
FEL * Oliver 88 Standard 540 PTO Pulley w/ Motor Shields *
Add on 3PH System Combines, Swather, Truck: MF 750
dsl Combine 1140 True Hrs, sold after MF 25’ Straight Cut
Header * 2) Int 503 gas Combines * MF 775 Gas 15’ Swather
* 2) 1962 GMC 960 Gas Truck w/ 12’ B&H Grain Equip:
Blanchard 60’ Diamond Harrows * Int 14’ Tandem Disc *
JD 5B Plow * 2) Int 310 16’ Discer Seeder SA * Int 310 12’
Discer Seeder SAFAGA * Coop 200 28’ Cult * MF 18’ Deep
Tiller * Cockshutt 246 14’ Deep Tiller * Glenco 10’ Cult *
Case 16’ Cult * Westfield 8” 41’ Gas Auger Haying Equip:
NH 114 Hydro Swing 14’ Hay Bine * NH 847 hyd Tie RD
Baler * MH 12 Squ Bale * MF 7’ Trailer Sickle Mower * NH 56
Side Del Rake * 16’ Bale Elevator * 3) 4 Wheel Farm Wagons
Yard & Rec: Harley Davidson gas 3 Wheel Golf Cart * MTD
13 1/2 HP 38” R Mower * Ralley 12.5 HP 42” R Mower * Gas
Weeder * Snow Jet nr * Motor Ski 440 nr * 2) Rollo Flex 340
nr * Yamaha 340 Snowmobile, nr * Fishing & Camping Items
Tools: Lincoln 225 Welder * Port Air Comp * 2) Table Saws
* Husq SS Chain Saw * Disc/ Belt Sander * Many Power
Tools * Air Tools * Hand Tools * 3/4” Socket Sets * Wrenches
* Tap & Die Set * Gear Puller * Floor Jack * Shop Supply
Misc: Gehl 4 compartment Grain Crusher * Hyd Drill Fills
* Big Daddy Hopper * Hyd Cyl * 18.4 34 Clamp on Duals
* Auto Imp Tires * Welding Table * 2) RD Bale Feeders *
Hog & Chicken Feeders * 200 Gal Poly Water Tank * Al Fuel
Saddle Tank * Lumber * Welding Material * 24’ Tower * 6)
Implement for Scrap Antique Car: 57 Chev Belair 4D 6 cyl
2 spd Auto Antiques: Frost & Wood Sickle Mower * 10’ Cult
Mt Horse Dump Rake * Steel Wheels * Old Buggy * Dresser *
Trunk * Typewriter * Scale * Butter Box * Kegs * Cream Cans
* Various Tools * Crocks * Coal Oil Lamps * Barn Lanterns *
Eaton’s Sleigh * License Plates Household: Deep Freeze *
Some Household Furniture *
Stuart McSherry
(204) 467-1858 | (204) 886-7027
For full listings visit
www.mcsherryauction.com
Polar Window of Canada
Thurs., Aug. 22 @ 10:00 am
Winnipeg, MB - 672 Kimberley Avenue
Auction Note: Polar has Closed One Location & is Going to Continue
Operation at 672 Kimberley
Contact: (204) 223-4431 | Email: [email protected]
Forklifts, Vehicles & Access: Hyster
3000 lb Forklift * 03 Ford E550 dsl w/
20 Frt Box, needs trans repair * Weather
Guard Truck Service Box * Al Glass Rack
for PU Truck * 4) Power Tail Gates * 3) Al
Fold/ Slide out Work Bench for P/U * Al
Decking * Load Strapping Tools: 3) Air
Comp * 2) General Table Saws * General
Belt Sanders * Limonubile F4 Shaper * 3)
HD Metal Punch Press * Al & Vinyl Breaks
* Metal Chop Saws * Neumatic Chop Saw
* 2) Dewalt Chop Saws * 2) Drill Press * Band Saw * “Aztech” Hot Butyl Machine * Marvel Steel
Door Cutter * Door, Hinge Boring Kit * Sand Blasters * Pressure Washer * Pipe Clamps * Ladders
Shelving & Misc: Pallet Forks * 5) Metal Shop Stairs * Pallet Racking * Quantity of Racking,
Shelving * Cabinets * Neumatic 7’x7’ Float Table * Roller Top Work Tables * Work Benchs * Drying
Racks * Warehouse Carts * New Sealed Decorative Glass * Chain Link Gates * Al Studs * Metal
Material * New Coiled Vinyl * Shop Lights * Drying Lights * Office: Digital Time Clock * Filing
Cabinets * Lunch Room Furniture * Fridge * Desk * Water Cooler * Partial List - Much MORE *
Stuart McSherry
Huge Combined Estate of
Mike & Wanda Klepatz,
Elmer & Lena Altstadt
Sun., Aug. 25 @ 10:00 am River Hills, MB
20 Miles East Beausejour on Hwy #44 then 1 Mile North on Hwy #11 then 1 Mile East
on Homestead Rd then 1/2 Block North on 408
Contact Bruce: (204) 853-7320 | Email: [email protected]
Vehicles & Trailers: 12 Chev Sonic LT
4D Hatchback Auto A/C Existing Warranty
only 2, 736 km NEW Car, RB $12,000
* 76 Corvette Stingray T-Bar Original
54,000 miles * 73 Ford Mustang 2D
Coupe 351 V8 Complete w/ Extra Parts *
99 Metro BH 16’ Flat Deck Trailer * Utility
Trailer Rec & Yard: 84 Honda Big Red 3
Wheeler Exc Cond * 16’ Fibreglass Boat
40 HP Outboard & Trailer * 14’ Al Boat
* Woods 3PH 5’ Finishing Mower * 97
Yamaha Venture 500 cc Touring F&R * JD
LA 105 19 1/2 HP R Mower w/ Bagger,
74 hrs * MTD Yardman 13 1/2 HP 38” R
Mower * 2) Merry Tillers 1) 2HP 1) 3 HP
* Case 130 Garden Tractor, Snowblower,
Mower, Dozer * MTD Yardman 8 1/2 HP
26” Snowblower, New Cond * AC HB 112
Garden Tractor w/ Mower & Rotovator *
3) Gas Push Mower * Mini Roto Tiller * 2)
Stihl Gas Weed Eater * Hand Yard Tools *
Pellet Gun * Yard Bench * Propane BBQ
* Plastic Snow Fence Tools: Air Comp * Atlas Drill Press * Table Saw * 4” Jointer * Radial Arm
Saw * Band Saw * 3) Chain Saws * Bench Grinder * Power Tools * Angle Grinder * Drill * Circ
Saw * Shop Vac * Various Hand Tools * Tap & Die Set * Floor Jack * Hyd Jack * Cable Cutter *
Shop Supply Misc: 8’x12’ Yard Shed Wood Floor 3 years old * New 10’x20’ Canopy Car Port *
Wood Chief Heater * 2 Cords Fire Wood * 2) Al Ext Ladders * Wisc Air Coolec Engine * Oils, Lubs
* Auto Parts * Elec Motors * Copper Wire * Batteries * Scrap Iron Household: Deep Freeze *
Fridges * Port Dishwashers * Stove * Microwave * Spinner Washer * Washer * Dryer * K Table *
Recliner * Couches & Chairs * End Tables * Beds * Dressers * Filing Cabinet * Desk * Card Table &
4 Chairs * TVs * Stereos * Bell Receiver * Dehumidifier * Air Purifier * Elma Port Sewing Machine
* Appliances * Breadmaker * Mix Master * Pyrex * Pots * Pans * Baking Items * Place Settings
* Glassware * Blankets * Linens * Wheel Chair * Antiques: Painted Pine Step Back K Cupboard
* Walnut Buffet * China Cabinet * 2D Book Case * Wardrobe Closet * Dresser w/ Swing Mirror *
Washstands * Corner Whatnot Shelf * Oak Desk * Press back Chairs * High Chair * 4) Dressers
2) Vanity * Trunk * Sofa Table * Mag Stand * 1/2 Moon Stand * 1950s Fridge * Treadle Sewing
Machine * 2) Spinning Wheels * Cabinet Radio * Torche Lamp * Phlico Golden TV * Record Player
* Cuckoo Clock * Radio * Camera * Estate Jewellery * Pocket Watches * Watch Repair Tools *
Flour Bin * Match Dispenser * Vintage Fans * Torche Lamp * Aladdin Lamp * Coal Oil Lamps *
Deutz Lantern * Gingerbread Clock * Pocket Knives * Wash Tub Stand * Galv Tubs * Washboard
* Coleman Iron * Comics * Old Books * Records * Wind Up Knitting * Mechanical Bank * Metal
Car Hauler * Mantle Clocks * 12) Crocks, 1-10 gal * Depression Glass * Jadite * Royal Copley
* Occupied Japan * Blue Mountain * Chalet Glass * Mixing Bowls * Glassware * China * Orns *
Enamelware * Outdoor Antiques: 2) Stationary Engines * Anvil * Oil Cans * Roco White Rose
BA * Shell * Vintage Auto Parts * Honey Combe Rad * Bicycle Siren * Repair Manuals * Anvil *
Moto * Level Device * Carpenters Box * Hand Tools * Hand Water Pumps * 2) Primitive Rakes *
Cabbage Cutter * Brass Propeller * Wood Butter Churn * Cream Cans * Porc Coca Cola Silhouette
Thermometer * Calendars * Drink Coca Cola Button * Coca Cola Porc. Sign * Coke Crate * Pepsi
Metal Sign * Door Bars * Pepsi Cola * Salada Tea * Fresh Up with Seven-Up *Pop Bottles *
Household Tins * General Store Scale * Every Ready Banks * Child Wagon * Child Teaser * Erkle
Grain Truck * Tonka * Sand Pails * Walking Dolls *
Stuart McSherry
Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. It’s a sure thing.
1-800-782-0794.
Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad in the
classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting for your call.
1-800-782-0794.
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AUCTION SALES
PETER & LINDA DYCK AUCTION Sun., Aug.
25th, 2013. 9:00am. 4.5 NORTH, 1.5 EAST OF TINY. TINY, SK. CONTACT: (306)563-5925. REAL
ESTATE: 3/4 of Land, RM of Buchanan South 1/2
of 18-32-04W 2 Sold together, excluding 2 farm yds
which are being sub divided. 20 plus/minus acs.
Selling approx 300-acs, 265 approx seeded acs.
Possession date will be after crop is harvested. Assessed values: SE 18-32-04 W2 $121,000; 2012
taxes $821.99; SW 18-32-4 W2 $118,700; 2012
taxes $786.23; SE 16-32-4 W2 $102,000; 2012 taxes $673.81; cultivated approx 140-acs. Possession
date after crop is harvested. Terms: 15% down, balance in 30 days. Land sold at 2:30PM, land sold
w/owners
approval.
For
more
info
call
(306)563-5925. MACHINERY- TRACTORS: Case
1070 Ser 8799599 standard, cab, air, new 20.8x38
rubber; Case 970 Ser 8816146 cab, p shift, air, nice
tin; 1980 IHC 584 DSL 3-PTH w/2250 IH Loader,
excellent paint, shedded, good tires, approx
2,500-hrs, excellent; Case 1390 (David Brown)
3-PTH like new rubber, Case loader, nice; 3-PTH
EQUIPMENT: 84-in. 3-PTH agritor tiller (heavy
built); United farm tools 6-ft. 3-PTH mower; 3-PTH
rear blade; COMBINES: 3, 5542 Cockshutt SP
Combines (running ?), cabs, PU; HAYING & CATTLE: Case IH 3450 Soft core Baler; MF 124 square
baler; JD SD Rake; MF SD Rake; Panels, gates;
NH 351 mix mill; Fence posts, wire, milking machine w/compressor, cream separator, feed
troughs; Hay wagon, power poles; TRUCKS &
CARS: 1975 C50 2-Ton Grain Truck 24,000-mi, 14ft. steel box, hoist, single speed, tarp, good rubber;
1973 GMC 1-Ton steel box, hoist, V8, duals; 1977
Chev 1/2-Ton w/topper; 1975 Caprice restorable;
1949 Ford flathead 8 w/homemade hoist (restorable); 1989 Ford Crown Victoria; TRAILER:
2007 Royal Argo XR-7 V Nose 7x14 tandem axle
Trailer sheeted inside, 3,500-lb axles, barn doors,
mint. PLUS HARROWS, SWATHERS, BINGS, ANTIQUES, HOUSEHOLD, PLUS VERY LARGE
SUPPLY OF MISC ITEMS. NOTE: Peter & Linda
are retiring from farming. This is a very large misc
item auction. Two rings may sell. This is a partial
listing. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for updated
listing & pictures. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction
Theodore
SK.
(306)647-2661.
License
#915851
RON TYSOWSKI AUCTION Sat., Aug. 24th, 2013
11:00am 6.5 SOUTH OF VEREGIN VERGIN, SK.
CONTACT: (306)783-8698. MACHINERY– TRACTORS: JD 4630 tractor cab, air, dual hyd, 20.38
factory duals, 8,000-hrs, extra fuel tanks, $7,500 recent overhaul on back end; JD 4320 Tractor cab,
fans, dual hyd, 18.4x38 rubber, 9,900-hrs; COMBINE: JD 7700 SP Combine cab, chopper, PU;
TRUCKS: 1970 GMC Cab over Truck V8, 5x2, 16ft. steel box, hoist, tarp; 1987 Dodge 150 1/2-Ton
V8 auto, topper, very nice; SWATHER: JD 800 21ft. SP Swather, cab, nice; Vers 15-ft. PTO Swather,
own hyd, nice; Swather mover; GRAIN AUGERS:
Secundiak 6x37 ES Motor; Kendon 6x35 auger &
motor; Vers 6x27 auger & motor; Vers 8x69 PTO
auger; 8x60 Make? PTO Auger, nice; BIN: 2,250bus Weststeel Hopper Bin; RECREATION & YARD:
1981 Moto Ski Futura 500 cc: everything is original,
2,700-kms, excellent; 1973 Moto Ski 440 cc
7,000-mi, real nice; Arctic Cat 250 Lynx; Kitty Cat;
Turf Trac riding Lawn Mower w/snow blower; Ralley
12-HP 38-in. Riding Lawn Mower; 1979 10-ft. Truck
camper; 6-ft. rotary mower w/new 13-HP Kohler engine. PLUS TILLAGE, SPRAYER, HARROWS,
SEEDING, ANTIQUE EQUIP, MISC EQUIP &
SHOP. NOTE: Ron sold the farm. Major equip
looks good, not many small items. Equip should sell
early. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for updated
listing & pictures. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction
Theodore
SK.
(306)647-2661.
License
#915851
AUCTION SALES
AUCTION SALES
at Highway #10E
Yorkton, SK
Sat., August 24th at 11:00 am
(Viewing Friday from 10:00 am til 5:00 pm the
Day Before the Sale ONLY)
Rain or Shine
AUCTIONEER’S NOTE* Balance of all
Lumber Sold in Pallet Lots* Please check
web site www.kayesauctions.com for
updates, pictures & deletions.
TRUCK 2002 Sterling tandem w/tag axle
w/Ox flat deck w/Hiab model 235.K w/
forks, out riggers w/6-cyl. Cummins diesel*
2002 Chev. 3500 1-ton flat deck, 4x4,
4-door w/5th ball*
FORKLIFTS 1999 JCB 930 forklift, diesel,
4x4, 8,000 lbs. lift (nice shape)* 1997 Nissan
50 propane, all-terrain, 3-mast, 5,000 lbs.
lift forklift (good shape)* Case 586-D forklift
diesel, 8,000 lbs.lift, all-terrain (runs good)*
TRAILERS 2003 - 24ft. Sokal Goose Neck
Trailer w/tandem dual wheels (nice shape).*
MISCELLANEOUS Prime machine miniblind cutter-power 1999* 2-Shadomatic
mini blind cutter manual (1-PVC &
1-aluminum)* Hero S2700 shaker MegaMix* 2-Hero auto paint dispensers w/color
match computers* Hero/Ultra Blend paint
mixer* Wasp insulation blower* Delta table
saw* strapping band machine* steel loading
docks* lumber yard carts* shopping carts*
some office furniture* filing cabinets* Sharp
photocopier model AR-M162* Lexmark
X464 fax machine* steel studs* 1/2 ton tool
box* plus lots of other miscellaneous too
numerous to mention.
BALANCE OF NEW INVENTORY (SOLD
IN LOTS) Balance of new lumber sold by
lifts* storage sheds* all indoor hardware &
supplies sold in lots* Builders hardware* etc.
TERMS: Cash, Visa, Mastercard or
Debit paid in Full Same Day of Sale.
www.kayesauctions.com
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Bins
AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post
frame building company. For estimates and information
call
1-888-816-AFAB(2322).
Website:
www.postframebuilding.com
FULL BIN ALARM
Foam Lake, SK | Thurs. Sept. 5 | 9:30 AM
AUCTION LOCATION: Located Along Hwy. #16 @ Foam Lake, SK. (Foam Lake Redi Mix)
FEATURED EQUIPMENT:
Wheel Loaders: 1998 John Deere
544H • 1998 John Deere 624H • Cat
950F • Cat 936 • Crusher: Cedar Rapids 432 • Truck Tractors: (2) Sterling
• (2) Peterbuilt 379 •1999 International
• (2) Kenworth • 1997 Mack E7-454 •
Gravel Truck: (2) Ford Aeromax L9000
Grain Truck: 2000 Kenworth •
Mixer Trucks: 1995 Mack • 1988 Ford
• International • Trailers: (2) East Gravel
Trailers, 28 & 36 Ft. • 1998 Lode Line 29
Ft. End Dump • (2) Midland Belly Dumps
• Arnes End Dump • Decap Belly Dump
For more info & full listings visit our website: hodginsauctioneers.com
1-800-667-2075
CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place &
finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any
floor design. References available. Alexander, MB.
204-752-2069.
SK PL # 915407 • AB PL # 180827
BUILDING & RENOVATIONS
Building Supplies
BUSINESS SERVICES
Building Supplies
BUSINESS SERVICES
Crop Consulting
FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS
Post Frame Buildings
We also specialize in: Crop Insurance appeals;
Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; Custom operator
issues; Equipment malfunction; Yield comparisons,
Plus Private Investigations of any nature. With our
assistance the majority of our clients have received
compensation previously denied. Back-Track
Investigations investigates, documents your loss and
assists in settling your claim.
Licensed Agrologist on Staff.
For more information
Please call 1-866-882-4779
Post
Frame
Buildings
Post
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Buildings
CONTRACTING
Let us build you a
custom package!
For your farm,
residential or
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CONTACT:
Ron Cook
CONTRACTING
Custom Work
Post Frame Sales
ALLAN DAIRY IS TAKING bookings for the 2013
Representative
silage season. For more information call
Phone 204-638-5303
(204)371-1367 or (204)371-7302.
Fax 204-622-7053
CUSTOM BALING, PICKING & Hauling $12/bale
Cell 204-572-5821
for Large (5x6) Round Bales, $3/bale for Picking &
[email protected]
Hauling available at 1 to 1.5¢/lb. Call, Text, or E-
mail Shaun for more information (204) 997-3470 &
[email protected]
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CONTACT:
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Sales Representative
Let us build you a Post
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Phone
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204-622-7053
| Cell 204-572-5821
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Frame Sales
Representative
[email protected]
For your farm,
Phone 204-638-5303
Helping
You Build
at Great Prices Everyday!
residential
or Better...
Fax 204-622-7053
FOR SALE: 04 CHEVY 2500 4x4, 4-dr, gas, new
commercial
AUCTION SALES Cell 204-572-5821
safety, new steer CONTACT:
tires, flat deck w/tool boxes,
[email protected]
Various
project.
LetAuctions
us build
you a$7000. Phone:(204)871-0925.
Ron Cook
FOR SALE: MACK RS 700L Tandem grain truck,
BE AN AUCTIONEER. (507)995-7803 www.auctiocomplete w/20-ft Cancade box & roll-tarp, safetied,
neerschool.com
Helping You Build Better… at Great Prices Call:(204)721-0940.
Everyday!
custom package!
For your farm,
AUTO & TRANSPORT
Auto & Truck Parts
residential or
commercial
project.
AUTO & TRANSPORT
REMANUFACTURED DIESEL ENGINES: GM 6.5L,
$4750 installed; Ford/IH 7.3L, $4950 installed; New
6.5L engines, $6500; 24v 5.9L Cummins $7500
installed; G.M. Duramax 6.6L-Ford 6.0L, $8500 installed; Ford 6.4L $9,500 installed. Other New/Used/
and Reman Diesel engines available, can ship or
install. Call (204)532-2187, 8:00am-5:30pm Mon.
to Fri. Thickett Engine Re-building, Binscarth, MB.
www.thickettenginerebuild-ing.ca
Post Frame Sales
Representative
204-638-5303
2005 Phone
FREIGHTLINER
COLUMBIA HWY tractor,
Detroit, 13-SPD; 2009 Castleton Super Bs. Both
FaxPhone
204-622-7053
good condition.
(204)734-8355.
AUTO
& TRANSPORT
Cell 204-572-5821
AUTO & TRANSPORT
Semi Trucks & Trailers
Vehicles Various
[email protected]
OVER 200 VEHICLES LOTS OF DIESELS
w w w . m c mChrysler
u n n a n d y aDodge
t e s . c o m(800)667-4414
www.thoens.com
Wynyard, SK.
Helping
Build Better… at Great Prices
Everyday!
AUTO &You
TRANSPORT
Roofing
Autos
LINCOLN 1984 4-DR SEDAN, town car, bought
new, always shedded, like new condition,
69,740-kms. Call (204)638-8415 or (204)572-7245.
AUTO & TRANSPORT
Trucks
PRICE TO CLEAR!!
75 truckloads 29 gauge full hard
100,000PSI high tensile roofing &
siding. 16 colours to choose from.
B-Gr. coloured......................70¢/ft.2
1975 GMC 6500 heavy duty grain truck, 16-ft. box
hoist, roll tarp, 1020 tires, 5x2 trans, 366 engine.
Phone (204)745-2784.
Multi-coloured millends.........49¢/ft.2
1999 250 FORD 7.2 DSL 4x4, long box,
290,000-km, mechanic in good shape, body little
rust, asking $7,000 OBO; 8x24 tandem all brakes &
lights, asking $2,500 OBO. (204)444-2997
Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for
archrib buildings
2004 FORD 350 DUALLY, 4x4 diesel w/11-ft flat
deck, set up for towing trailer, one owner, good
farm truck, safetied. Phone:(204)857-8403.
2005 CHEVY 2500 DSL, ext cab, 2WD, 136,500 hwy
kms, white, never winter driven, immaculate, spray-in
liner, 5th wheel hitch, fresh safety, $16,900, must sell.
Phone (204)921-0025, Rosenort.
Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2
BEAT THE PRICE
INCREASES CALL NOW
eration equipped w/Case IH & John Deere combines. Peas, cereals, canola, & soybeans. Flex
heads, straight heads & PU headers. Professional
operation fully insured. Phone:(204)371-9435 or
(701)520-4036.
PASTURE PIPELINE SYSTEMS, we can do complete instillation of your shallow buried pipeline &
water trough systems. Howard Ganske, Cartwright,
MB.
Email:[email protected] or Phone:
(204)529-2464.
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
1985 CASE 450C CRAWLER Dozer, 6-way blade,
ROP canopy, hydrostatic trans, 16-in pads, 65%
undercarriage, Cummins engine rebuilt, 0-hrs,
$18,500. Phone:(204)525-4521 www.waltersequipment.com
2007 621D WHEEL LOADER 3-yd bucket, VGC.
Call (204)447-0184.
HYD PULL SCRAPERS, 6-40 yards, Caterpillar,
AC/LaPlant, LeTourneau, Kokudo, etc. Pull-type &
direct mount available, tires also available. Pull-type
pull grader, $14,900; 2010 53-ft step deck, $24,995;
New Agricart grain cart, 1050-Bu, complete w/tarp,
$27,500. Phone (204)822-3797, Morden MB.
FARM MACHINERY
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Augers
NEW 2013 HARVEST INTERNATIONAL Heavy Duty
Grain Auger Dealer, Commercially Built, Hi Speed
Volume, All Sizes 8-in., 10-in., 13-in. in stock, 36-ft.
112-ft. Available, Special Intro Pricing in Effect Now!
Reimer Farm Equipment- Gary Reimer (204)326-7000
www.reimerfarmequip-ment.com
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Bins
2 NEW KEHO AERATION floors. 1) 25-ft, 1) 27-ft.
$1000 each. Phone (204)746-5063, or email at
[email protected].
3,850-BU METALS GRAIN BIN, $1,200. Phone Jamie: (204)825-8765.
STOP Climbing Bins!
ALARM SOUNDS WHEN BIN IS FULL
THREE IN ONE
1. COMPLETE AUGER SPOUT
with “NO SNAG SPOUT”
2. FULL BIN ALARM
3. NIGHT LIGHT
• Available for 10, 13 and
16” Augers
• No Batteries needed
• Enclosed Sensor
• Proven Design since 2003
Value Priced from $515 to $560+ shipping
3 DAYS DELIVERY TO YOUR FARM
IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT SEND IT BACK AFTER
HARVEST FOR A REFUND
1-866-860-6086
John and Angelika Gehrer
NEVER SPILL SPOUT Inc.
www.neverspillspout.com
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Dryers
NEW SUKUP GRAIN DRYERS in stock and ready for
immediate delivery. Canola screens, 1/3ph, LP/NG.
Call for more info. www.vzgrain.com (204) 998-9915.
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.
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Handling
AGRI-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-VACS
Fergus, ON: (519) 787-8227
Carman, MB: (204) 745-2951
Davidson, SK: (306) 567-3031
FARM MACHINERY
Haying & Harvesting – Baling
570 NH SMALL SQUARE baler, with or w/o farm
hand bale accumulator & fork. VGC, always shedded. Call (204)736-4227, La Salle.
COMPLETE SET OF USED round baler belts for
Hesston 956 model, 50% worn, no tears, asking
$150 per/belt. Phone days (204)526-5298 or evenings (204)743-2145.
FOR SALE: 1 NEW Holland hayliner square baler
#326, in very good condition. For information call
owner at (204)447-2308, Ste Rose, MB.
FARM MACHINERY
Hay & Harvesting – Mower Conditioner
1431 NH DISC BINE well maintained, used very little in last 2 yrs, $13,500 OBO. Phone
(204)966-3857 or (204)476-0535.
BEHLEN 16-FT X 3750 bins c/w ladders & remote
lids, Butler 18-ft x 3300 bins c/w remote lids, qty 3
of each, Wpg area (204)782-1015 evgs.
FARM MACHINERY
Haying & Harvesting – Swathers
ST. LAZARE, MB.
1-800-510-3303
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.
1984 20-FT VERS. 400 w/pick-up & bat reel, crop
lifters, 6-cyl. motor, 11.2/24 tires, shedded, good
condition. Asking
$3,650. Phone Winnipeg:
(204)669-6511.
CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks.
Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103
or E-mail Requests [email protected]
1988 CI 722 26-FT. swather, UII PU reel, double
swath, $12,000 OBO. Phone (204)868-5504 or
(204)874-2206 evenings email [email protected]
NEW BROCK BIN PACKAGES starting at
.80cents/bushel. Let us line up our experienced
crews to do the work for you. Call Valley Agro
(204)746-6783.
1995 MALDON 9000 WESTWARD WINDROWER
Dual Speed Turbo, Shedded Unit, 960 Maldon 30ft. Platform, PU Reel, Consignment piece, Has not
been used in 5 yrs, 1,552-hrs, $34,900. Reimer
Farm Equipment- Gary Reimer (204)326-7000
www.reimerfarmequipment.com
FOUILLARD STEEL
SUPPLIES LTD.
WHOLESALE PRICES
• Plate Heat Exchanger • Radiators
• Boiler Pumps • Glycol • Push-Fit Fittings
• 1/2" Oxygen Barrier Tubing & More
NEW MERIDIAN BINS AVAILABLE, GM2300GM5000, all w/skids. In Stock aeration fans to go
w/your new hopper bin. Call Valley Agro
(204)746-6783 or visit www.valleyagro.com
SUKUP GRAIN BINS: Flat bottom & hopper, heavy
built, setup crew available. Call for more info.
(204) 998-9915.
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Carts
KAYE’S AUCTIONS
(204) 668-0183 (WPG.)
2004 HI-QUAL 36 X 22 Fabric Quonset; Agri-plastic calf hutches w/pails & doors; 2 metal calf sheds.
Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon.
PAPROSKI
SAND & GRAVEL LTD.
SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS
“Everything Sold As Is, Where Is” with
no warranties implied or expressed.
Andy & Jason Kaye (Auctioneers)
Provincial License #330788 & #330797
BUILDINGS
Unreserved Construction Equipment
www.mcmunnandyates.com
UNRESERVED
CLOSE-OUT
AUCTION SALE
for McDiarmid Lumber
OF Trucks, Forklifts,
Lumber & Balance of
Inventory
BUILDINGS
Call Willy: 204-346-4335
email: [email protected]
1998 PREMIER 2930 W/25-FT 960 header, triple
delivery, PU reel, 2-spd, turbo, 2990-hrs. Phone
(204)838-2132.
1999 MF 220 Series2 25-ft swather w/pick-up reel,
double-shears & lifters, 1,500-hrs. Wilmot Milne,
Gladstone, MB. Phone: (204)385-2486 or Cell:
(204)212-0531.
2010 J&M 1000 GRAIN cart w/tarp, excellent condition, asking $35,000 OBO. Phone (204)436-2364
or (204)750-1019.
2007 WESTWARD 9352C SP swather c/w Cummins engine, 25-ft 972 header & Bourgault mounted
swath roller, 600-hrs; 1992 Case/IH 725 PT swather c/w P/U reel; 1974 CCIL 30-ft SP swather, Wpg
area (204)782-1015 evgs.
700-BU. UNIVERT GRAIN CART, has roll tarp &
PTO drive, mint condition, $15,000. Phone
(204)683-2396.
400 VERS SWATHER 18-FT. good canvasses,
good condition, PU & bat reel, shedded, $1,100
OBO. Phone (204)966-3857 or (204)476-0535.
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FARM MACHINERY
Haying & Harvesting – Swathers
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Caterpillar Lexion
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Accessories
9260 HESSTON SWATHER W/2210 HEADER, like
new, 36-ft. Big Cab power unit, 2005. W/Swath roller.Very nice shape, best swather for Canola.
$70,000. (204)871-0925.
CORN HEADER 2009 16X30 Cat Lexion, C15 16row low profile w/littel change or adaptor, it would fit
Case IH or JD w/contour head, HYD deck plates &
knife rolls, $55,000. Nice condition. (204)871-0925,
Macgregor, MB
1992 JOHN DEERE 930 flex head, good poly, new
wobble box, guards & knives in last 4-yrs. Very
good working condition. $4,800 OBO. Phone
(204)373-2502.
CASE IH MODEL 730 pull-type swather, 30-ft
w/bat-reel, canvases included, always shedded.
Asking $2500. Phone days (204)526-5298, evenings (204)743-2145.
IH 4000 19.5-FT SP Swather, new canvas rollers &
knife, runs very well, $4,000 OBO; 400 Vers 84 20ft, fully reconditioned, Canola shear. Both have PU
reel. (204)866-2253.
IHC 4000 SWATHER, 25-FT, no cab, in good
shape. Phone: Dale Smith (204)876-4798, Snowflake.
JD 2360 SWATHER 21-ft. PU reel, DSL, 2,400-hrs,
excellent condition, $15,000. Phone (204)886-2179
MACDON 25-FT. SERIES 725 PT swather, new
knives, guards & canvasses, UII reel w/grain lifters,
always shedded, $3,200. Phone (204)268-2380.
MASSEY FERGUSON 9420 SWATHER, 25-ft
comes w/roller. 1,000-hrs, in very good condition.
$62,500 OBO. Call Jamie:(204)825-8765.
WESTWARD 3000 30-FT. PT swather crop lifters,
new knife & guards, shedded, Haukass hitch, not
used last 6 yrs, $4,500 OBO. Phone (204)638-2513
or (204)546-2021.
FARM MACHINERY
Haying & Harvesting – Various
14 WHEEL RAKE, $6,500; Vermeer R23 Hyd. rake
NH166 swath turner, $3,500; JD 535 baler, $5,900;
JD 530, $3,500; JD 510 $1,250; Gehl 2270 Haybine, $3,900; NH 116, $3,000; Several hay conditioners, $800 & up; JD 15-ft #1518 batwing mower,
$8,500; Woods 7-ft, $3,000; Woods 6-ft, $1,600; 5ft 3PH, $1,000, 6-ft, $1,150. Phone: (204)857-8403.
2001 MACDON 5010 16-FT. haybine field ready,
$7,500 OBO. Call (204)638-5689.
2004 NH HAYBINE, VGC, asking $18,000; 2001
Inland square bale picker, VGC, asking $21,000
1999 Case IH 8575 large square baler, asking
$29,000
OBO.
Phone
(204)467-5984
or
(204)461-1641.
20-FT SUND PICK-UP ON JD header, excellent
condition. 25-ft Sund pick-up on JD 224 header,
screen floor, good condition. Phone:(204)526-5351.
97 1475 NH HAYBINE 2300 14-ft. header, $9,500
OBO. Phone (204)762-5779.
FOR SALE: CASE IH 19.5-ft 4000 swather (no
cab). Two Keer shears lifter guards. Not used since
2009 (shedded). Really good condition, $3,500;
Case IH 8480 round baler, shedded, not used since
2009 (soft core). Really good condition, $4,000.
Phone:(204)368-2226.
JD 893 CORN HEADER, 2001, shedded, 8 row 30in., knife rolls, in field ready & excellent condition.
Jim (204)745-8007, Elm Creek.
NH 782 FORGE HARVESTER w/hay PU, VGC, field
ready. Phone (807)274-2111, Fort Frances, ON.
SCREEN & SLOW SPEED kit for JD 9600, $500.
Brand new feeder chain for JD 9600, $1,100.
Phone:(204)526-5351.
Rebuilt Concaves
Rebuild combine table augers
Rebuild hydraulic cylinders
Roller mills regrooved
MFWD housings rebuilt
Steel and aluminum welding
Machine Shop Service
Line boreing and welding
Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd.
Eden, MB 204-966-3221
Fax: 204-966-3248
Check out A & I online parts store
www.pennosmachining.com
Combines
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Ford/New Holland
1985 TR85 NH COMBINE, twin rotors, Melroe PU,
3600-hrs,
good
condition,
$6000.
Phone
(204)866-3570.
1988 TR96 COMBINE, FORD motor, 2300-hrs,
shedded, good condition. Phone (204)745-6231,
cell (204)745-0219.
98 NH TX66, low hours; 1200 T 1500 E with or
w/o RWA. Swather PU auger ext, $39,000 OBO
with both axles. For more info call (204)378-5429.
FOR SALE: 1985 TR86 combine, w/straight-cut
header on carrier. 2,500-ac on total rebuild, last
used 2009, always shedded. Asking $15,000 OBO.
Very good condition, field ready. Reason for selling:
Retired. Phone:(204)447-7325.
NH TR 70 COMBINE chopper air melroe 378 7 belt
rubber PU, low hrs, grain moisture tester, JD 5-16
hyd plow, cockshutt 225 discker hyd seed box.
Phone (204)265-3302, Beausejour.
NH TX66 1994, 2400 separator hours, Lots of recent work. 971 PU header. Shedded, excellent condition. With or w/o 24-ft straight cut header. Phone
(204)476-6137, Neepawa.
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Gleaner
1990 R50 GLEANER, low hrs 1,340 eng hrs, 13-ft.
rake PU, grain loss monitor, reverser, straw spreader. Phone (204)669-2366.
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – John Deere
1)1984 JD 7721, $5000; 1) 1986 JD 7721 Titan 2,
$6000. Both machines shedded & in good condition. Jim Abbott (204)745-3884, cell (204)750-1157
Carman.
1980 JD 7720 IN good shape. Phone: Dale Smith
(204)876-4798, Snowflake.
1982 7720 TURBO HYDROSTATIC 2-SPD cyl, fine
cut chopper, new PU belts, hyd pump & primary
counter shaft & bearings, $14,000 in recent green
lights, 4,600-hrs, $12,000 OBO. (204)868-5504 or
(204)874-2206 evenings email [email protected]
1989 JD 9600, 212 PU head, RWA, roll-tarp hopper
cover, $35,000; 1992 JD 9600, 912 PU head, RWA,
roll-tarp hopper cover, $47,000; 925 Flex-head,
$10,000; 930 Rigid w/U2 PU reel, $8000; 224 w/22ft Sund PU, excellent for peas & wind blown canola
swath,
$10,000.
Phone:
(204)635-2625,
(204)268-5539, Stead.
1997
9600 W/914
PU,
w/header
height,
4012/2,784-hrs, w/hopper topper & 18.4x38 duals,
HD lights, wired for JD ATU autosteer, air-ride seat,
VGC, Green-light inspected at local JD dealership
fall of 2011 & 2012, inspection papers avail.,
$57,000 OBO. Phone:(204)324-3264.
1998 JD 9610, 3,000 separator hours, fine cut
chopper, hopper topper, come w/914 pick-up, recent green light, good condition. 1992 JD 9600,
3,050 separator hours, fine cut chopper, hopper
toper, comes w/914 pickup, recent green light, excellent condition. Phone: (204)526-5351.
2000 JD 930 FLEX header, full figure auger,VGC.
Vers. 4030 swather header w/trailer, good condition, best offer. Phone (204)766-2643.
2 2008 JD 9870’s for sale. First complete w/Fine
cut chopper, duals, Harvest Smart Feed rate, Starfire auto guidance & 915 pick-up. 842 separator
hrs. Second w/Fine cut chopper, 915 pick-up, 696
separator hrs. Both w/2 sets of concaves. VGC.
Call:(204)799-7417.
930 JD HEADER, bat reel, best offer. Phone
(204)638-2513 or (204)572-6576.
JD 6600, IN GOOD shape, always shedded, looking for best offer. Phone:(204)376-2924.
JD 7700 COMBINE 212 & 224 headers, it c/w duals, it almost floats! Always shedded, in family since
new,
$7,500
OBO.
Earl
Cunningham
(306)452-7245, Redvers, SK.
1981 1460 INTL COMBINE 2,454-hrs, always
shedded, mint condition, field ready. Phone
(204)771-7293, Ile des Chenes.
JD 7701 PTO COMBINE good tires, needs gear
box unloading auger, otherwise good, $900. Contact Doug (204)385-2877.
1987 CASE IH 1680 combine w/3,800 engine hrs,
1015 head w/388 Westward PU, excellent condition, fully serviced, ready for the field; 925 JD Flex
Head PTO drive shaft, new poly knives & darts last
year, hooks to JD or Intl, excellent shape, $10,000.
(204)265-3363.
1993 CIH 1688 COMBINE Hydro, 2WD, Auto
Header HT, Auto Reel Speed, 2 Sets Concaves,
Grain/ Corn/ Soybean, 21-ft. Unload Auger, Chopper, Consigned, 3,700-hrs, $29,000. Reimer Farm
EquipmentGary
Reimer
(204)326-7000
1995 CASE IH 2188 combine spec. rotor, Hopper
Topper, Rodonel Chopper, rock trap, good rubber,
delux cab, always shedded, $38,500 OBO. Please
call Rob (204)436-2150.
1997 CASE/IH 2188 SPECIALTY rotor w/axceller
kit, feeder reverser, rock trap, always shedded,
3256 ENG, 2715 SEP, one owner, $53,000.
Phone(204)248-2369.
1997 CASE IH COMBINE AFX rotor, Rodonel
chopper, Hopper Topper, hrs 3,057E 2,200R, Trelberg tires, red lighted including filters & oils,
$65,000 OBO. Rob (204)436-2150
1993 JD 930 FLEX Platform 30-ft., PU Reel, Poly
Skids, F/A, Needs Reel Repair $3,900; 1998 JD
930 Flex Platform 30-ft., PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A,
Reconditioned $11,900; 2001 JD 930 Flex Platform
30-ft., PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A, F.F. Auger, Reconditioned $15,900; 2002 JD 930 Flex Platform 30-ft.,
PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A, Reconditioned, Crary Air
Reel $21,900. Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000
1995 JD 925 FLEX Platform 25-ft., PU Reel, Poly
Skids, F/A $7,900; 1998 JD 925 Flex Platform 25ft., PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A, Reconditioned
$11,900; 1998 JD 925 Flex Platform 25-ft., PU
Reel, Poly Skids, F/A, Crary Air Reel, Reconditioned $14,900; 2001 JD 925 Flex Platform 25-ft.,
PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A, FF Auger, Reconditioned
$14,900; 1998 JD 925 Rigid Platform 25-ft., PU
Reel $8,900. Call Gary Reimer (204)326-7000
1997 JOHN DEERE 925 Flex Head w/CIH Adaptor
Plate & Drive Shafts, 800-ac on New Knife &
Guards, Newer Poly, Works Great. $7,500 OBO.
Call:204-348-2294.
1999 HONEYBEE 30-FT DRAPER header, U2 PU
reel, fore & aft, Pea auger, transport package,
CX/AFX adaptor. Phone (204)851-0284.
2003 CAT 30-FT. FLEX header shedded, PU reel,
poly skids, good condition, $11,900. Phone
(204)746-8851, Morris.
2004 JD 635 HYDRA Flex Platform 35-ft., PU Reel,
Poly Skids, F/A, reconditioned $15,900; 2008 JD
635 Hydra Flex Platform 35-ft. Hydra Flex, Poly
Skids, F/A, PU Reel, Real Sharp $21,900; 2009 JD
635 Hydra Flex Platform 35-ft., PU Reel, Poly
skids, Mint Condition $23,900; 2012 JD 635 Hydra
Flex Platform 35-ft., PU Reel, Poly skids, Like New
$29,900. Call
Gary
Reimer
(204)326-7000
2006 CIH 2020 FLEX Platform 30-ft, PU Reel, Poly
Skids, F/A, Crary Air Reel $23,900; 2009 CIH 2020
Flex Platform 35-ft., PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A
$23,900. Call
Gary
Reimer
(204)326-7000
JD 8820 COMBINE, good condition, 2-SPD cyl,
212 PU header, $12,900 OBO; JD 224 straight
header w/PU reel, $2,500. Phone (204)362-2316 or
(204)362-1990.
1985 860 MF D8 hydro 24-ft. straight cut header,
field ready, VGC. Call (204)447-0184.
MF 760, GOOD CONDITION, $5,500. Phone
(204)467-2618 evenings or (204)770-2743 daytime.
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Versatile
1986 VERSATILE MODEL 2000 pull-type combine,
always shedded, in good condition. Asking $5000.
Phone
Days
(204)526-5298
or
evenings
(204)743-2145.
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Various
A great way to
Buy and Sell
without the ef for t.
Classifieds
2009 35-FT. D50 MacDon header w/Cat or JD
adapter, VGC, asking $42,000 OBO. Phone
(204)436-2364 or (204)750-1019.
25-FT MACDON 960 HEADER, PUB reel, $5500;
36-ft MacDon headers, $3500, adaptors for JD or
Case IH; 25-ft Honeybee header, PU reel, $5000.
Phone (204)636-2448.
CASE IH 1020 FLEX Header 25-ft, Hyd.F/A, Auto
Height, mint condition, always shedded, trailer
available, asking $10,500 OBO; CASE IH 1010 Rigid Header 25-ft, VGC, pea lifters, tandem axle trailer. PH:(204)795-0626.
FLEXHEADS CASE IH 1020: 30-ft, $8,000, 25-ft,
$6,000; JD925 $6,500; JD930, $7,000; Straight
heads CaseIH 1010: 30-ft, $4,500, 25-ft $4,000;
IH820, $2,000; IH810 w/sunflower pans & header
cart $3,000; 4-Wheel header trailer, $2,200.
Phone:(204)857-8403.
FARM MACHINERY
Salvage
GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528
or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB.
MURPHY SALVAGE New & used parts for tractors,
combines, swathers, square & round balers, tillage,
press drills & other misc machinery. MURPHY SALVAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free 1-877-858-2728.
VERS 400 SWATHERS; Intl 100 620 & 6200 press
drill; cultivator parts; mounted harrows; discs, parts.
Combine Pus; hyd cyls, motors, hoses, gear boxes
etc. Truck & Machinery axles, tires & rims. Also 2 &
4
row
potato
diggers,
working
condition.
(204)871-2708, (204)685-2124.
Tillage & Seeding
Farm machinery
2005 BOURGAULT 9800 CHISEL plow, heavy harrows, knock on clips, 600-lb trip, original owner, excellent condition, $35,000. Phone (204)785-0456.
FARM MACHINERY
Tillage & Seeding – Various
JD 7200 PLANTER 8 Row Vacuum Planter, 30-in.
Spacing, Monitor, Seed Box Extensions, Markers,
$12,900. Reimer Farm Equipment- Gary Reimer
(204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – White
FOR SALE: 2-105 WHITE tractor, complete new
engine & frame 10-hrs ago, rear tires approx 80%,
LPTO, the high-low shift, nice tractor, $7500.
Phone:(204)871-0925.
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – Case/IH
1982 CASE IH 5288, 160-hp, cab w/heater & A/C.
New 20.8 x 38 rear tires w/factory duals, 1000 PTO.
Tractor’s in very nice condition, w/9,300-hrs, engine
& trans. just recently rebuilt. Asking $18,000. Phone
Rob:(204)743-2145 Mornings & evenings or Days
(204)526-5298. Cypress River, MB.
CASE IH 8920 MAGNUM 3-PTH, 540 & 1000 PTO
4WD, 16.9x28 fronts, 18.4R42 rears plus duals,
showing just over 6,500-hrs, $45,000. Phone
(204)871-0925.
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – John Deere
2007 JD 5325 TRACTOR Cab, MFWD, JD 542
Loader, 2,900-hrs., Looks like new $42,900. Call
Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com
FOR SALE: JD 2130 3-pt., hi/lo shift; JD 2130
3-pt., new re-built engine w/146 loader, painted; JD
2750 MFWD, 3-pt., 245 FEL, painted; JD 2950
MFWD, 3-pt., painted, w/265 FEL; JD 3140 MFWD,
3-pt., w/260 FEL, painted; D 3155 MFWD, 3-pt.,
painted, new interior; JD 4020 Synchro, w/168 FEL,
Grapple; JD 4240 Quad, 5,800-hrs, 3-pt., MINT; JD
4250 2WD, 15 sp, 3-pt., 2 hyd; JD 4450 MFWD,
3-pt., 15 sp, power shift, 2 hyd; JD 4640 2 WD,
3-pt., 3 hyd, Quad shift; JD 567 Baler, Monitor,
Mega Wide PU, Mega Tooth, 1000 PTO, Net Wrap,
Bale Kicker; Case 575 Manure Spreader, Double
Beater, Double Chain. All tractors can be sold
w/new or used loaders. MITCH’S TRACTOR
SALES LTD Box 418 St. Claude, MB R0G 1Z0
Phone:(204)750-2459.
JD 1070 40-HP 1998 1,800-hrs, very good shape.
Call (204)267-2292 or cell (204)856-9595.
JD 4020 W/CAB & duals, 148 loader w/6-ft. bucket
& bale fork; 22 Anhydrous Dutch knives. Phone
(204)239-0035.
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
Tractors – Various
1982 IHC 5088, 8979-hrs, triple hyd, 1000 PTO,
18.4x38 duals, 1100 front, W/Leon 707 FEL,
$17,500. Phone (204)525-4521 www.waltersequipment.com
JD 3130 W/LEON LOADER $7,000; 1070 Case
Power shift, low hrs, $7,000; IHC 414 3-PTH & IHC
loader, $1,750; Hough 90 pay loader, $9,000; Intl
725
PT
swather,
new
canvas,
$1,000.
(204)685-2124, (204)871-2708.
FARM MACHINERY
Machinery Miscellaneous
1975 CASE 1070 TRACTOR: 3-PTH, 5566-hrs;
1981 3/4 Ton GMC 4x4 truck: brand new tires,
52,244-kms, 5th wheel ball in box; 1999 Bobcat 873
Loader: 6036-hrs, 3 attachments - bale fork, bucket,
and
grapple;
New
Idea
haybine.
Phone
(204)571-1254, Brandon.
1979 CHEVY C70 GRAIN truck, tag axle, 20-ft.
cancade box, $15,000. Phone (204)683-2396.
1995 JD 930 STRAIGHT cut header, PU reel, reconditioned wobble box 2000-acres ago, w/4-Whl
transport trailer, shedded, $10,000; Small edible
bean kit to fit 9600 or 9610 combine, $500; 9610 or
9600 combine straw chopper in VGC, $750; Hawkes side-arm markers, hardly used, $700. Could
send pictures for all the above. Call John
(204)745-7191, (204)379-2371, St Claude.
1998 FREIGHTLINER FLD 120 430 470-HP
13-SPD; 1975 Vers 400 Swather 20-ft.; 1996 Sunfire 2.2L, stnd, Best offer. Phone (204)836-2219.
1998 JD 9610 COMBINE, 2360-hrs; 1998 JD 925,
25-ft flex header. Phone days (204)764-2544, evenings (204)764-2035.
2) 16.9X34 REAR TRACTOR tires; 2)18.4x38;
2) 18.4x42; 2)15.5x38 tractor tires w/rims. Asking
$200 each; NH 1010 bale wagon, asking $1200;
8x12 dump-box wagon, asking $1500; Leon cultivator for parts. Phone (204)428-5185.
2 18-FT DECKS W/HOIST & front storage, tie down
straps, Asking $2,000/each OBO; 45-ft Morris
Deep-tillage, w/NH3 shanks, Asking $2,250; Antique Oliver Cetrac crawler w/front blade, runs
good, asking $1,700; 2050 IHC tandem DSL gravel
truck, 15-ft box, asking $4,000; 28-ft Fruehauf flat
deck semi-trailer, single axle, safetied, asking
$3,300; 1984 4400 Versatile swather, cab, big rubber, good shape, asking $4,300; 1982 20-ft 400
Versatile swather, asking $1,500; 20-ft 400 Versatile sliding table, asking $1,200 OBO; A66 Ford
3-yrd payloader, new rubber, excellent shape, asking $26,000; Phone:(204)728-1861.
30.5X32 FIRESTONE, BRAND NEW, $2,000;
30.5x32 Firestone, rice tires, nice, $1,200; 2 Goodyear 30.5x32 tires, $300/each; 10.00x20 & 9.00x20
on
rims,
$100/each;
18.4x38
Vers.
rim.
Call:(204)373-2502.
40-FT LOEWEN CARRY-ALL TRAILER, hauls 20
big round bales. Phone (204)247-0211, Roblin.
FARM MACHINERY
Tillage & Seeding – Tillage
H.D. HOUGH 30, 1.25-y bucket, 6cyl. diesel, tires
type A 14x24 Michelin radial. Asking $11,500 OBO.
Phone:(204)476-6907.
FARM MACHINERY
Parts & Accessories
Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd.
Tractors Combines Swathers
1993 JD 930 FLEX header, shedded, good condition, $6,900 OBO. Phone (204)746-2062, Rosenort.
Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727
Fax (204) 326-5878
Web site: farmparts.ca
E-mail: [email protected]
1974 JD 4430, CAB w/heater & A/C, new 18.4 x 38 rear
tires w/factory duals, 540 & 1000 PTO. 12,500-hrs on
tractor, engine was rebuilt at 9,000-hrs. Comes w/148
JD loader, manure bucket, dirt bucket & bale prong. W/
joystick control. Asking $24,000. Phone Rob:(204)7432145 Mornings & evenings or Days (204)526-5298.
Cypress River, MB.
FARM MACHINERY
Loaders & Dozers
Combine ACCessories
IHC 403 COMBINE, field ready, $1,000. Parting out
403 & 503 combines, good motors, A/C. Stonewall,
MB. Phone:(204)482-7358 or Cell:(204)228-2531.
STEINBACH, MB.
Ph. 326-2443
FARM MACHINERY
Tractors – John Deere
HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES.
Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595
[email protected] www.arcfab.ca
2000 2388, 2,376 ROTOR hrs, yield & moisture
monitor, rake-up PU, 25-ft straight cut w/PU reels.
$75,000 OBO. Phone: (204)638-9286.
1993 CIH 1020 FLEX Platform 25-ft., PU Reel, Poly
Skids $5,900; 1997 CIH 1020 Flex Platform 25-ft.,
PU Reel, Poly Skids, Reconditioned $11,900; 2000
CIH 1020 Flex Platform 25-ft., PU Reel, Poly Skids,
Nice
Shape
$10,900.
Call
Gary
Reimer
(204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com
Large Inventory of
new and remanufactured parts
FARM MACHINERY
VICTORY MODEL SUPER 7, 12-ft PU in good condition. Asking $2400. Phone days (204)526-5298,
evenings (204)743-2145.
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Accessories
NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS
NEW COMBINE PARTS
FOR SALE: MODEL 4440 JD tractor w/cab, factory
20.8-38 duals, 9,600-hrs, VGC. Phone evenings &
weekends (204)352-4489.
1997 CIH 2188 COMBINE, Green Light in 2011,
Too Many Updates To List, Well Maintained, Good
Solid Machine. $39,500 OBO. Call:204-348-2294.
FOR SALE: 2005 CASE IH 8010 combine, AWD,
45-32 front tires, means 45-in wide, 28Lx26 rear
tires, approx 1950-separator hrs w/spreader &
chopper, 30-ft draper header, $125,000; 2008 Case
IH 8010, AWD, 45-32 front tires, 28Lx26 rear tires,
spreader & chopper, approx 800-separator hrs,
w/30-ft
flex
draper
header,
$240,000.
Phone:(204)871-0925.
WaTRoUs, sK.
Fax: 306-946-2444
FARM MACHINERY
1-866-729-9876
5150 Richmond Ave. East
BRANDON, MB.
www.harvestsalvage.ca
New, Used & Re-man. Parts
860 MF V8, HYDROSTATIC, 2400-hrs; 7700 JD
Rear wheel assist, shedded. Phone (204)352-4306.
WATROUS SALVAGE
2011 PHILLIPS 45-FT. ROTARY harrow, like new.
Phone (204)729-6803.
PRICE REDUCED! 2000 JD 9650W, 2538-SEP
hrs, HHS, DAS, Sunnybrook Cyl, Redekop MAV
chopper, hopper topper, chaff spreader, HID lights,
914 PU header complete w/new belts, variable
speed FDR house, 32.5x32, 16.9x26 tires. $85,000;
2, 24.5x32 Firestone rice tires, on JD rims, VG
cond., $3200. Phone (204)347-5244.
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Massey Ferguson
The Real Used FaRm PaRTs
sUPeRsToRe
Over 2700 Units for Salvage
• TRACTORS • COMBINES
• SWATHERS • DISCERS
Call Joe, leN oR daRWIN
(306) 946-2222
monday-Friday - 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tillage & Seeding - Harrows & Packers
1995 JD 9600 COMBINE. New front tires, new rub
bars & new concave, chaff spreader. $9,000 spent
on green light. Price: $50,000. Phone Dale:
(204)649-2288 or Cell:(204)522-5708.
FARM MACHINERY
Combine – Case/IH
1985 Case IH 1480 Combine. 3,950 Engine hrs, new
front tires, 2 sets concaves, chopper, rock trap, specialty rotor, 12-ft PU header w/large auger, always
stored inside. $22,500. Phone: (204) 362-4532.
[email protected]
1995 CIH 1020 FLEX Platform 30-ft., PU Reel, Poly
Skids, F/A, Reconditioned $11,900; 1998 CIH 1020
Flex Platform 30-ft., PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A, Reconditioned $12,900; 2001 CIH 1020 Flex Platform
30-ft., PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A, Reconditioned
$14,900.
Call
Gary
Reimer
(204)326-7000
FARM MACHINERY
Parts & Accessories
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
Most traditional seeders will put the seed in the bottom of a trench. This may not be
the best place to have your seed when excess rain falls. Seed Higher can show you
how to adapt your equipment to Seed Higher. Seed Higher can also show you how to
put half your seed in the traditional place and half your seed in the Seed Higher place.
Other adaptations are possible for seeding in the lower areas of your fields.
Visit www.seedhigher.com • 780-352-9956
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FARM MACHINERY
FENCING
4 HEAVY DUTY ELECTRIC motors, 230-Volts; 7-in
hyd Wheatheart binsweep w/motor mount, hose &
all hardware; 56 sheets of used arena board, 1/8-in
thick;
Farrowing
crates,
used.
Phone
(204)878-3267
TO BE REMOVED: 3+ miles of 5 strand high-tensile electric fencing & fence line materials; 1+ mile
single strand high-tensile w/off-set insulators and 3
strand barb wire: poles, insulators, line tighteners,
swinging gates. 8300 PowerBox solar energizer
w/new deep cycle battery and/or Speed-Rite electric energizer. Also plastic step-in fence posts &
electric fence tapes, handles, insulators, & two
4-mile solar energizers. Phone (204)571-1254,
Brandon.
560 INTL MANURE SPREADER; Farm All H tractor; wooden beam antique plow; Small tiller.
(204)324-8080.
BALERS 2, JD 535, $5,900; JD 530, $3,500; JD
510, $1,250; Richardton Hi-Dumps, $3,000 & up;
JD 3970 Harvester, $8,900; NH 890, $2,500; IH
781 $2,500; Several hay conditioners, $800 & Up;
Haybines Gehl 2270, $3,900; NH 116, $3,000; Manure Spreaders, JD 780, $7,000; NH 800, $7,500;
New Idea 3634, $4,000; Dual 340 loader, $2,000.
(204)857-8403.
HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING
The Icynene Insulation
System®
BOURGAULT COIL PACKER, 28-32 ft. adjustable,
hyd lift; Behlin 1650 & 3750-bu. granaries. Phone
(204)386-2412.
• Sprayed foam insulation
• Ideal for shops, barns or homes
• Healthier, Quieter, More
Energy Efficient®
C201 ISUZU 4-CYL DSL engine & 426 freon compressor; Rebuilt compressors for MD2 & KD2 reefers; 1956 Chevrolet 1430 truck; Parts for JD 420
crawler; Loader bucket for 350C JD crawler & 3-cyl
engine block & other parts for 350C crawler. Phone:
(204)227-7333.
DISCS: Kewannee 12-ft breaking disc, $18,500; JD
#330 22-ft, $9,500; Bushog 21-ft, $7,000; Krause
16-ft, $5,000; JD 15-ft, $5,000. SCRAPERS: JD
12-yd, $12,000; Crown 6-yd, $5,000; Soilmover
7.5-yd, $7,500; Ashland 4.5-yd, $4,500; New 10-ft
Land Levelers, $2,250, 12-ft $2,450; SKIDSTEERS: Gehl #4510, $7,000; NH865, $12,900;
3PH 9-ft blade, $900; Artsway mixmill, $1,500; 36in Rollermill, $5,000. PHONE:(204)857-8403.
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for 2 years BEFORE we mail your renewal notice, and
we'll extend your subscription by 2 additional months.
That's 26 months for the price of 24. OR - Renew for
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FOR SALE: 230 IHC swather 16.5-ft. crimper &
canopy shedded; 20-ft. MacDon PU reel, Intl hopper wagon. Phone (204)838-2217
FOR SALE: 400 VERS. swather w/universal real,
always shedded; Also, 6601 JD combine, in good
running condition, always shedded. Both used on
smaller acreage. Phone:(204)836-2206.
Call, email or mail us today!
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FOR SALE: ALLIED 741 Grain Auger, 16-HP B&S,
Electric start VGC, $1,100 OBO; JD 336 Square baler
VGC, $2,000 OBO; Morris Challenger 24-ft. Viber
Shank Cultivator w/Mulchers to fix or for parts, $500
OBO. Phone (204)966-3588, Riding Mountain.
FOR SALE: CASE 8X16 plow w/depth control
wheel; Westfield 10-in x 60-ft auger w/swing hopper; Friggstad 35-ft deep tiller w/twines; Westfield
7-in x 41-ft grain auger; 6-ft swath roller; 70-ft Powermatic diamond harrow; 30-ft drill carrier. Phone
(204)265-3219.
GRAVITY WAGONS NEW: 400B, $7,100; 600B
$12,000; used 250-750-bu, used grain carts,
450-1100-bu, EZ475 $7,900; JM875, $20,000;
weigh wagon, $2,500; dual stage & Kwik Kleen
screeners; REM 552 Grainvac $3,500; REM 2500,
$9,500; Brandt 4000, $7,000; Brandt 4500, $8,000;
Valmar applicator, $1,500; Phoenix harrow, 42-ft,
$9,500; Summers 72-ft, $14,000; usd fertilizer
spreaders, 4-9 ton. Phone:(204)857-8403.
U.S. Subscribers
❑ 1 Year: $55.44*
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NH SUPER 1049 SP bale wagon, good condition, 1
Claas 13-ft circular rake, very good condition.
Phone:(204)724-3160 or (204)720-5475.
Payment Enclosed
❑ Visa
www.penta.ca
1-800-587-4711
IRON & STEEL
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. For special pricing call Art
(204)685-2628 or cell (204)856-3440.
FULL LINE OF COLORED & galvanized roofing,
siding & accessories, structural steel, tubing, plate,
angles, flats, rounds etc. Phone:1-800-510-3303,
Fouillard Steel Supplies Ltd, St Lazare.
Looking for a hand around the farm? Place a help
wanted ad in the classifieds. Call 1-800-782-0794.
MF 20-FT. STRAIGHTCUT HEADER; 8-ft. metal
drum swath roller; 25-ft. MF 128 Deep tiller, mulchers; 3, 500-gal. fuel tanks, stands; 24-ft. 3-PTH
Danish tine cult, packers; MF grow 3-PTH cult, finger, weeders; 1996 Chev Lumina new tires, bat,
muffler, command start, safetied, $2,500; 1998 Malibu command start, good condition; 1952 Chev
coupe,
good
condition,
running,
$4,000.
(204)834-2750, (204)476-0367.
ROCK PULLER $2,500. (204)683-2396.
FARM MACHINERY
’VE
WE ED!
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JD 245 LOADER 6-ft. Bucket, Mid Mount Valve,
Mounting Brackets, Off 55 Series, Fits 40/ 50/ 55
Series, $4,500. Reimer Farm Equipment- Gary
Reimer,
(204)326-7000
Canadian Subscribers
❑ Money Order
JD DSL 2420 SWATHER, grain header 25-ft U2
PU reel; MF 860 w/pick-up & MF 20-ft grain header;
MF 410 combine, PU header; Honeybee 36-ft draper header, pick-up reel, fits Case 2388 & 2588 combine; D7G, PS, ripper; CAT 235 track hoe; D760
Champion Grater; Tree farmer skidder, mechanical
special, new 18.4x34 tires; Calhoun fertilizer
spreader, PTO; Grousen dozer, fits a JD 8970 16-ft;
2004 Dodge RumbleBee short box. Phone:
(306)236-8023.
IHC 1480 ACTUAL FLOW combine; IHC 4000
swather, 24-ft, a/c, big tires. Both in good shape.
Phone:(204)352-4249.
VARIOUS PARTS FOR INTERNATIONAL crawlers, TD6 & TD9; Parting out JD 1010 crawler w/7-ft
angle dozer; Bottom rollers for 17A-D7 Caterpillar
with 3/4-in bolt holes. Call (204)376-5082, Arborg.
❑ Cheque
JD 635 32-FT. DISC push-in spring, stabilizer
wheels, hyd leveler, $27,000; JD 25-ft. closing
header PU reel, Macdon, SS cable, premium condition, $14,500; IHC 30-ft. bat reel, swather, shedded,
premium condition, $5,000; 9400 JD 4WD,
5,200-hrs,
stnd
trans,
GPS,
$115,000.
(204)483-0205.
IHC 3650 ROUND baler, $2,000; 24-ft. gooseneck
bale trailer, $2,000; NH 460 haybine for parts,
$200; 20-ft. Vers PT swather, $300; 960 Co-op PT
combine, $300; Melcam 16-ft. deep tiller w/extensions up to 20-ft., $500; Assort. hyd cyls. Roy Greer
(204)826-2045.
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FARM MACHINERY
FARM MACHINERY
MUSICAL
TRUMPET, $199; CLARINET, $250; Flute, $250;
Trombone, $299; Ukeleles, $29.95-$139; Ibanez
base guitar, $399; Lapsteel, $99.95; Acoustic
amps, 10 watt $79.95, 40 Watt $199.95, 180 watt
$399; Base amps $89.95-$500; Marshall stack 100
Watt $650; Octave Mandolin, $299; Randall 100
Watt tube stack, $1200; 6+12 string double-neck
electric guitar w/case, $500; Mandola, $299; Mandolin, $99.95; Mandolin-Banjo, $499; Guitar-Banjo,
$250; Guitar-Mandolin, $399; Electric Autoharp,
$399; Keyboard, $150; Violins, $69.95-$1295;
Wireless music system, $125; Wireless mic, $125.
Hildebrand Music, Portage La Prairie Mall,
(204)857-3172.
PETS
PETS & SUPPLIES
LIVESTOCK
Cattle Wanted
TIRED OF THE
HIGH COST OF
MARKETING
YOUR CATTLE??
800-1000 LBS.
Steers & Heifers
Custom Ditching That Will Blow You Away!
Wolverine Extreme Ditcher
equipped with AGPS ditch
pro procision works.
Perfect ditches in 1/3 the
time with no mess
Call Glen for a Quote
204-981-8345
204-853-2075
E-mail: [email protected]
www.dynamicditchers.com
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK
Cattle Auctions
BLACK MEADOWS ANGUS OFFERS for sale 40
yearling & 1 2-yr old registered Black Angus bulls.
Top bloodlines, EPD’s available, fertility tested,
bunk
fed.
Call
Bill:(204)567-3782
or
cell:(204)851-1109.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Red Angus
REGULAR SALE
Every Friday 9AM
NEXT SHEEP & GOAT SALE
Wednesday, September 4 @ 1:00 pm
Gates Open:
Mon.-Wed. 8AM-4PM
Thurs. 8AM-10PM
Friday 8AM-6PM
Sat. 8AM-4PM
We Will Buy Cattle
Direct On Farm
For more information call: 204-694-8328
Jim Christie 204-771-0753
Scott Anderson 204-782-6222
Mike Nernberg 204-841-0747
HAMCO CATTLE CO. HAS for sale registered Red
Angus yearling bulls. Good selection. Semen tested, performance data & EPD’s available. Top genetics. Contact Glen, Albert, Larissa Hamilton
(204)827-2358 or David Hamilton (204)325-3635.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Charolais
DEFOORT STOCK FARM HAS an excellent group
of registered Charolais bulls for sale by private treaty. Over 40 bulls on offer, 20 of them are Red.
Choose your bull early for best selection. All bulls
performance tested, semen tested & delivered. Visit
us online at www.defoortstockfarm.com Celebrating
33-yrs in Charolais. Call us at (204)743-2109.
FOR SALE: 5 YEARLING Charolais bulls,
$2,000/each. 1 2-yr old Charlois bull, $2,500. Thick
bulls off cows with good dispositions. Phone Donald
Toms:(204)843-2917. Amaranth, MB.
www.winnipeglivestocksales.com
Licence #1122
GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK
AUCTION MART. LTD.
Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519
GRUNTHAL, MB.
AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING
REGULAR
CATTLE SALES
with Holstein Calves
every TUESDAY at 9 am
August 20th & 27th
Monday, August 26th
Sheep and Goat Sale
with Small Animals at 12:00 Noon
Wednesday, August 28th
Dairy Sale at 11:00 am
Sales Agent for
HIQUAL INDUSTRIES
We also have a line of Agri-blend all natural
products for your livestock needs.
(protein tubs, blocks, minerals, etc)
For on farm appraisal of livestock
or for marketing information please call
Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250
Auction Mart (204) 434-6519
MARTENS CHAROLAIS EXCELLENT YEARLING
& 2-yr old bulls for sale. Dateline sons for calving
ease & performance. Specialist sons for consistent
thickness. Call Ben (204)534-8370.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Dexter
5-YR OLD PB DEXTER bull, polled dun ADCA #
023766, call for genetic details. $1,200. Deliver to
Winkler area neg. Call:(204)656-4430. Winnipegosis. No Sunday calls please.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Hereford
REG POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, good selection of coming 2 yr olds, naturally developed, quiet,
broke to tie, guaranteed, delivery available. Catt
Brothers (204)723-2831 Austin, MB.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Limousin
TRIPLE R LIMOUSIN HAS bulls for sale 2 yr old &
yearling Red & Black & Polled, Bred for calving
ease or Performance Ready for breeding season &
priced to sell, guaranteed. Delivery available. Your
source for quality Limousin genetics. Call Art
(204)685-2628 or (204)856-3440.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Simmental
MB. Livestock Dealer #1111
WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Angus
BATTLE LAKE FARM HAS one 2-yr old Red Angus bull and Black & Red yearling bulls for sale. Semen tested & EPD’s. Carberry (204)834-2202.
PB REG BLACK & Red Angus bulls for sale. 12-18
mths old. Most AI Sire, semen tested. Phone
(204)268-4478, Beausejour.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Black Angus
100 COWS FOR SALE. Phone (204)352-4306.
2-YR OLD & YEARLING polled Red bulls, w/A.I.
backgrounds, also 10 Simmental cows w/young
calves at side. Acomb Valley Simmentals, Minnedosa (204)867-2203.
We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you
want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Cooperator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free
number today. We have friendly staff ready to help.
1-800-782-0794.
Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400
Ben: 721-3400
Don: 528-3477, 729-7240
Contact:
D.J. (Don) MacDonald
Livestock Ltd.
License #1110
LIVESTOCK
Sheep – Suffolk
35 COMMERCIAL SUFFOLK EWES, ages from
1-5, always used PB ram in breeding program.
Phone (204)744-2603.
Horses
LIVESTOCK
Horse Auctions
27TH ANNUAL ROCKING W Fall Horse Sale. Sat.,
Aug. 31. Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Late entries accepted. For more info, www.rockingw.com
or
Email:
[email protected]
or
Phone:(204)325-7237.
LIVESTOCK
Horses For Sale
ASS’T RIDING HORSES FOR sale, variety of sizes
& stages, kids, pleasure riding, working, etc. $750$1,500. Delivery to Winkler area neg. Phone: (204)6564430. Winnipegosis. No Sunday calls please.
FOR THE HORSE LOVER:
Pleasure Saddle:
brand new 15-in tan, Western Rawhide still in box
w/pad & tack. Exercise blanket: brand new, green;
varied tack & supplies: brand new - still in packaging; saddle horse. Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon.
Swine
LIVESTOCK
Swine Wanted
WANTED:
BUTCHER
HOGS
SOWS AND BOARS
FOR EXPORT
P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD.
728-7549
Licence No. 1123
Specialty
LIVESTOCK
Livestock Equipment
20-FT. GORTZEN LIVESTOCK TRAILER, in good
condition, $4,000; 3,000-gal tandem vacuum manure tank, in good condition, $5,000; Farrowing
crates & finishing self feeders plus tender foot flooring. (204)683-2396.
ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR,
portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind
generators, aeration. Carl Driedger, (204)556-2346
or (204)851-0145, Virden.
CATTLE SQUEEZE CHUTE, SQUARE-TUBE
heavy-duty panels: 8-ft, 10-ft, 12-ft, 16-ft, varied
length gates; 16-ft light duty panels; cattle oiler:
free-standing, hanging: brand new still in box; calf
puller: no chains; varied tagging and castration pliers. Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon.
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.
WANTED: PEARSON SQUEEZE CHUTE w/palpation cage. Must be in good condition, new style preferred. (204)773-3252.
8 YEARLING ANGUS BULLS semen tested, vaccinated, delivered within 100-miles. Holloway Angus.
Souris, Manitoba. Phone: (204)741-0070 or
(204)483-3622.
MISCELLANEOUS
FOR SALE
FOR SALE: PUREBRED BLACK Angus yearling
bulls & some 2-yr old bulls. Scott Ranch, McCreary
(204)835-2087.
JACK FLASH WELDING NOW MAKING: 36-ft. hay
trailers; free standing panels; Custom jobs welcome. Mon-Sat. (204)656-4430, Winnipegosis
PB BORDER COLLIE PUPS off Top Imported
Breeding Parents working cattle & sheep. Ready to
go, $225. Go to www.oakwoodgrange.ca For more
info phone Martin Penfold (204)722-2036 Virden/
Moosomin Area.
PUREBRED 12-WK OLD GREAT Pyrenees Pups.
Parents are both good herding dogs. $250. Phone
(204)245-0058.
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE
Houses & Lots
924-SQ.FT COTTAGE AT LAKE Manitoba Narrows. 3-bedrooms, 1 bathroom, large screened-in
porch. Fully renovated & insulated in 2010. New
Electric furnace & ductwork, new well, septic tank &
24x24-ft garage in 2010. Lot is 145-ft frontage &
175-ft. Walking distance to lake. Back lot also
available. $97,900. (204)646-4047.
FOR SALE: ACREAGE 4-MI NE of Ochre River
Village. House, garage, 3 cattle sheds & workshop
included. Phone:(204)638-5412.
READY TO MOVE HOMES starting at $75,000 for
1320-sq.ft, 3 bdrm, 2 bath; or 1520-sq.ft, 3 bdrm, 2.5
bath, $90,000; Still time to custom order your plan for
2013 delivery. RTM Home Builder since 1976. MARVIN HOMES INC, Steinbach, MB. (204)326-1493 or
(204)355-8484 or www.marvinhomes.ca
REAL ESTATE
Farms & Ranches – Manitoba
For Sale: SE 9-18-15 PTH #5 RIDING MOUNTAIN,
156-acs, 93 grainland, 1,816-sq.ft. bungalow, scenic property, $260,000. 2) RM of MCCREARY
719-acs farm (cattle, elk, bison) 1,064-sq.ft. bungalow & yard site, outbldgs. 3) GLADSTONE 4-mi. N,
1988 1,170-sq.ft. raised bungalow 9.86-acs, attached dbl garage, $134,900 OBO. Phone
Liz:(204)476-6362 or John: (204)476-6719. Gill &
Schmall Agencies.
MANITOBA FARM LAND FOR Sale by Tender.
RM
of
South
Cypress.
NW1/4-10-7-16,
NOTRE
DAME
USED
OIL
156.28-acres,
assessment
95,000,
clay loam,
taxes
512.36, location
#2 Hwy. DEPOT
Also NE1/4-6-7-16W,
& FILTER
154-acres, assessment 129,600, taxes 743.77, location
Hwy;
all native pasture,
• Buy#18
Used
Oil RM of Riverside,
• Buy Batteries
NW-11-6-17W,
49,100, tax• Collect Used160-acres,
Filters • assessment
Collect Oil Containers
es 445.98, fenced w/dugout. SW-11-6-17W,
Southern
and Western
Manitoba
160-acres,
native pasture,
assessment
44,000, taxes 407.98, Tel:
fenced
w/dugout. NE1/4-11-6-17,
204-248-2110
160-acres, assessment 44,100, taxes 401.97, native pasture, fenced w/dugout. SE1/4-11-6-17,
160-acres, assessment 44,100, taxes 391.00,
fenced w/dugout. 4 quarters are set up for rotational
grazing, non-flooding, non-drought area, excellent
hunting property; RM of South Cypress, sandy loam
pasture,
irrigation
&
potatoes
possible.
NW-27-8-16W, 160-acres, assessment 40,000, taxes
279.87,
fenced
w/dugout.
NE-27-8-16,
160-acres, assessment 40,000, taxes 279.87,
fenced w/dugout. Both quarters have bush & open
areas. Both are good hunting lands, elk & deer. All
quarters in South Cypress may be tendered separate, RM of Riverside, all of section 11-6-17 to be
tendered together. Tenders close at 6:00pm on October 1st, 2013. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. For details or tender forms call
Dave Mooney (204)824-2094, email [email protected]
REAL ESTATE
Farms & Ranches – Wanted
GOOD QUALITY GRAIN & Cattle Farms wanted
for Canadian & Overseas Clients. For a confidential
meeting to discuss the possible sale of your farm or
to talk about what is involved, telephone Gordon
Gentles (204)761-0511 www.homelifepro.com or
Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, www.homelifepro.com Home Professional Realty Inc.
REAL ESTATE
Land For Sale
RUTH ZAHORODNY OF St. Martin, MB intends to
sell private lands: SW 17-31-11W, SE 19-31-11W,
NW 20-31-11W; SW 20-31-11W; NW 29-31-11W;
SW 29-31-11W; SW 32-31-11W; E1/2 32-31-11W;
NW 33-31-11W; SE 33-31-11W; NW 04-32-11W;
SW 04-32-11W; NW 35-31-12W; SW 02-32-12W to
Bryan Vanderveen & Laura Kichur who intend to
acquire
the
following
Crown
Lands: NW
17-31-11W; NE 18-31-11W; N1/2 19-31-11W; SW
19-31-11W;
Section
30-31-11W;
Section
31-31-11W; NW 32-31-11W; NE 33-31-11W; E1/2
04-32-11W; Section 05-32-11W; SW 09-32-11W;
N1/2 21-32-11W; NW 22-32-11W; S1/2 22-32-11W;
SW
27-32-1W; Section
13-31-12W; Section
23-31-12W;
Section
24-31-12W;
Section
25-31-12W; N1/2 26-31-12W; SE 26-31-12W; NE
34-31-12W; NE 35-31-12W; S1/2 35-31-12W; Section 36-31-12W; W1/2 01-32-12W N1/2 02-32-12W;
SE 02-32-12W; W1/2 11-32-12W; NW 13-32-12W;
SW 15-32-12W by unit transfer. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this purchaser
please write to: Director, MAFRI, Agricultural Crown
Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0 or
Fax: (204)867-6578.
The following PRIVATE LAND is being offered for
sale: E1/2 36-24-11W; Sec. 01-25-11W; N1/2
02-25-11W; Sec 12-25-11W; E1/2 11-25-11W; SE
14-25-11W; W1/2 13-25-11W; W1/2 26-24-11W;
SE 26-24-11W. The following CROWN LANDS
have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food
& Rural Initiatives for transfer to the purchaser of
the private lands listed as these lands are part of
the ranch unit held by Joel & Stephanie Delaurier of
Ste Rose du Lac, MB. NW 02-25-11W; E1/2
10-25-11W; NW 31-24-10W; W1/2 25-24-11W;
E1/2
35-24-11W;
SW
35-24-11W;
W1/2
36-24-11W; W1/2 06-25-10W; S1/2 02-25-11W; NE
35-24-11W; W1/2 30-24-210W; SW 31-24-10W; NE
24-24-11W; NE 25-24-11W; NE 26-24-11W; SE
36-24-11W; SW 05-24-10W; E1/2 06-24-10W; SE
07-24-11W; W1/2 11-25-11W; Sec 13-25-11W; SW
14-25-11W; NE 35-25-11W; SW 07-24-10W. If you
wish to purchase the private land & apply for the
Unit Transfer contact the Lessee Joel & Stephanie
Delaurier at RR #1, Ste Rose du Lac, MB R0L 1S0.
If you wish to comment on or object to this Unit
Transfer write director, MAFRI, agricultural crown
land, PO Box 1286 Minnedosa MB, R0J 1E0 or fax
(204)867-6578.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
All Terrain Vehicles
2011 CAN-AM ATV OUTLANDER XMR 800 EFI,
drove over 1500-mi, extended snorkels, SS109
wheels w/30-in mud lite XXL’s, Dalton clutching,
has BRP extended service terms to Jan 27th 2014.
$10,800 firm. Phone Raymond (204)825-2309.
BRAND NEW ATVS, DIRTBIKES , Dune Buggies
& UTV’s: 110cc ATV $729; 125cc $949; 150cc
$1,599; 250cc $1,699; 300cc $2,499; 125cc Dune
buggy $1,499; 150cc Dune Buggy/150cc UTV,
$2,699. Full Warranty, Brandon,MB will add.
Phone:(204)724-4372. www.canadattatv.com
RECYCLING
BuyUsed
Used Oil
Oil
••Buy
NOTRE
•• Buy
Buy Batteries
Batteries
DAME ••Collect
CollectUsed
Used Filters
Filters
• Collect
Oil
Containers
•
Collect
Oil
Containers
USED
• Antifreeze
OIL & Southern,Southern
Eastern,
and Manitoba
Western
Western
FILTER
Manitoba
DEPOT Tel: 204-248-2110
We BUY used oil & filters
Collection of plastic oil jugs
Glycol recovery services
Specialized waste removal
Winter & Summer windshield
washer fluid
Peak Performance anti-freeze
( available in bulk or drums )
GRAIN & CATTLE FARMS wanted for both overseas & Canadian buyers. Call me to discuss all options & current farmland market prices. Rick Taylor:
(204)867-7551. [email protected] Homelife Realty, Brandon, MB.
The only company that collects,
recycles and re-uses in Manitoba!
888-368-9378 ~ www.envirowestinc.com
REAL ESTATE
Land For Sale
PEDIGREED SEED
KENNETH & FLORENCE ROBERT are offering for
sale approx 99.3-acs of farmlands located in the RM
of Morris, described as follows: Part of River Lots 481
& 483 situated west of PTH 75. CONDI-TIONS OF OFFER TO PURCHASE: 1. Interested parties must rely on
their own inspection & knowl-edge of the properties. 2.
Offers must be received on or before 4:00pm on Aug.
30th, 2013. 3. Offers must be accompanied by a 5%
deposit payable to Bruce Gregory “in trust.” Deposit
cheques accom-panying unacceptable offers will be
returned. 4. The purchaser(s) shall be responsible for
the payment of GST or shall self-asses for GST. 5. Possession shall be Nov 1st, 2013. 6. The date of closing
will be Nov. 1st, 2013. 7. Tenders are binding upon acceptance & not subject to any conditions precedent. 8.
The Vendor will be responsible for the real prop-erty
taxes on the property up to Dec. 31st, 2013. 9. Title to
the land will be transferred free & clear of all encumbrances & liens, except for: MTS Right-of-way agreement (Caveat No. 2471585/1) MTS Easement (Caveat
No. 1554201/1) MTS Right-of-way agreement (Caveat
No. 2471584/1) 10. Offers will be reviewed by the Vendors by Sept. 4th, 2013 & the party whose Offer is accepted will be contact-ed within 2 business days. 11.
Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. Signed
& sealed Tenders will be received up to 4:00pm on Aug
30th, 2013 at: Kenneth & Florence Robert Box 73 Ste
Agathe, MB R0G 1Y0
PEDIGREED SEED
Cereal – Rye
Proud Supporter of Manitoba Businesses & Municipalities
FARM MACHINERY
REGISTERED & CERTIFIED HAZLETT rye & seed
rye. Contact Boissevain Select Seeds at:
(204)534-7324.
PEDIGREED SEED
Cereal – Wheat
CERTIFIED ACCIPITER &
wheat. Contact Boissevain
(204)534-7324.
FLOURISH winter
Select Seeds at
PEDIGREED SEED
Cereal – Various
FOR SALE: CERTIFIED FLOURISH winter wheat.
Phone James Farms Ltd. at 1-866-283-8785,
(204)222-8785 or email [email protected] for
additional info.
REGISTERED & CERTIFIED FLOURISH Winter
Wheat. Bin run or cleaned, delivery available. Domain, MB. Phone:(204)746-0275.
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BUYING:
FARMERS, RANCHERS,
SEED PROCESSORS
BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS
EXISS ALUMINUM LIVESTOCK TRAILERS. NEW
stock - all 7-ft wide x 16-ft, 18-ft, 20-ft & 24-ft
lengths. All come w/10-yr warranty. SOKAL INDUSTRIES LTD. Phone (204)334-6596. Email: [email protected]
• Competitive Prices
• Prompt Movement
• Spring Thrashed
Heated/Spring Threshed
Lightweight/Green/Tough,
Mixed Grain - Barley, Oats, Rye,
Flax, Wheat, Durum, Lentils, Peas,
Canola, Chickpeas, Triticale,
Sunflowers, Screenings, Organics
and By-Products
√ ON-FARM PICKUP
√ PROMPT PAYMENT
√ LICENSED AND BONDED
SASKATOON, LLOYDMINSTER,
LETHBRIDGE, VANCOUVER,
MINNEDOSA
HEATED & GREEN
CANOLA
“ON FARM PICK UP”
1-877-250-5252
Call For Pricing
Vanderveen
Commodity
Services Ltd.
Phone (204)747-2904
Toll Free 1-888-835-6351
Deloraine, Manitoba
SEED / FEED / GRAIN
SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS
Feed Grain
QUANITY OF SEMI-DWARF WHITE oats, weigh
38-lbs, grade 2 CW, good sample, 3.50/bushel.
Also have organic millet for bird food. Bulk or bag
.30 cents/lb. Phone (204)379-2138.
Licensed and Bonded Grain Brokers
37 4th Ave. NE Carman, MB R0G 0J0
Ph. (204) 745-6444
A Season to Grow… Only Days to Pay!
40) 1400-LB WEEDLESS BROME grass hardcore
rounds. Cut June 28, no rain, stored off the ground,
good for horses or cattle during calving. $75.
Phone:(204)746-0593, Morris.
DAIRY HAY & HORSE hay for sale, 3x4 square
bales, delivery available. Phone (204)827-2629 before 9:00am or leave message.
We are buyers of farm grains.
Hay Tarps
All Tie Downs Included
10 Available Sizes
Call Mark @ Haybusters:
(800) 371-7928
haybusters.com
Dealer inquiries welcome
Hay & Feed Wanted
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1309
2, 14.9X24 GOOD YEAR rice tires on MF 220 9
hole rims, $1,050; 2, 18.4x34 tires, like new, $850.
Phone (204)757-2725, Lockport.
FEDERATION TIRE: 1100X12, 2000X20, used aircraft. Toll free 1-888-452-3850
Grain
Wanted
*6-Row*
*6-Row*
WE BUY OATS
Call us today for pricing
Box 424, Emerson, MB R0A 0L0
204-373-2328
• Vomi wheat • Vomi barley
• Feed wheat • Feed barley
• Feed oats • Corn
• Screenings • Peas
• Light Weight Barley
You can deliver or we can
arrange for farm pickup.
Winnipeg
233-8418
Brandon
728-0231
Grunthal
434-6881
“Ask for grain buyer.”
TRAILERS
Trailers Miscellaneous
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
STOCK TRAILERS: 6X16 GN, $3,500; 7x20 GN
$3,200; 6x16 Bumper, $3,200; Flat bed w/ramps,
24-ft, $5,500; Single axle converter, $1,900, Double
$2,000; 48-ft Loboy, $6,500; 9-ft deck for 1-ton
truck, $2,350. Phone:(204)857-8403.
Andy Vanderveen · Brett Vanderveen
Jesse Vanderveen
Hay & Straw
HORSE HAY BALED DRY 1st cut this year,
3x4x4.5, Alfalfa Timothy Brome, 60 bales at $42
hay
each. Paul (204)228-6884
1-204-724-6741
2 SETS OF DUAL wheels 18.4x34 w/spacers &
rims, rods; Cancade loader to fit 60-HP tractor.
Phone (204)855-2212.
CAREERS
CAREERS
Farm / Ranch
WANTED: FARM LABOURER FOR a grain farm in
the Eli area. For Further details please Phone:
(204)353-2694 or Cell:(204)229-1100.
CAREERS
Help Wanted
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Box 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0
Phone 204-737-2000
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Toll-Free 1-800-258-7434
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MALT BARLEY
Licensed & Bonded
0% Shrink
Farm Pick-Up Available
Planting Seed Available
TRAILERS
Livestock Trailers
*6-Row*
Celebration & Tradition
We buy feed barley, feed wheat,
oats, soybeans, corn & canola
Old & New Crop
Confection & Oil Sunflowers
Grain Wanted
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Grain Wanted
Phone 204-737-2000
Toll-Free 1-800-258-7434
Agent: M & J Weber-Arcola, SK.
Phone 306-455-2509
PEDIGREED SEED
Oilseed – Various
TRAILERS
Livestock Trailers
1998 2500 DODGE RAM V10 magnum,
242,000-kms, 2002 Blue Hills 26-ft triple axle stock
trailer. Current safety on both, prefer to sell as one
unit. Keen 16-ft stock trailer - as is.
Phone:(204)874-2287. Minndeosa, MB.
Exiss Aluminum Horse Trailer
HELP WANTED: SEEKING PART time & full time
employees to help with manure injecting business.
Evenings/weekends required during busy seasons
(spring/fall). Must be self-motivated, reliable. Experience with machinery or mechanics an asset. Willing to train. $17/hour starting wage, negotiable if
experienced. Notre Dame, MB. If interested, please
call Mike:(204)723-0410.
ment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free!
1-800-782-0794.
WANTED: DAIRY, BEEF, GRASS & Straw bales in
large square bales. Phone Mark 1-800-371-7928,
Winnipeg.
3 horse slant c/w standard Exiss features, also walk
through tack room door, stud panel, 16-in wheels, hydraulic landing gear (no more cranking), stone guarded. Minimal highway miles, very clean unit. Must be
seen.Call after 5:00pm & weekends: (204) 822-5845.
[email protected]
WANTED: round or square hay bales, Brome &
Timothy mix. WANTED: 200 small square hay
bales. WANTED: Feed Oats. Phone David
(204)723-0747 cell (204)749-2018 Home.
FARM ASSISTANT MANAGER & EQUIPMENT
Operator; will be involved in all aspects of the farm
operation (grain, specialty crop); including operation
of tillage, seeding, spraying & harvest equipment;
fixing & maintaining machinery (use of welder,
cutting torch, etc.); inventory storage, monitoring &
shipping; & supervising work crews. Must be willing
to learn, physically able, self motivated, cautious &
responsible; have a valid Class 5 drivers license
(Class 1 preferred). Position is F/T, year round in
the Portage La Prairie, MB area w/competitive
wage that varies greatly on experience & qualifications. E-mail resume to [email protected]
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