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SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCE 1925 | VOL. 72, NO. 43
AgriRecovery
talks continue
between Manitoba
and Ottawa
Stay tuned for a ‘potential
announcement,’ says
agriculture minister
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Ebola has become
famine’s new friend
Hunger and displacement caused by the crisis could have long-lasting effects
By Allan Dawson
CO-OPERATOR STAFF
A
By Laura Rance
n AgriRecovery program
for flooded Manitoba
farmers is still on the
table, but they shouldn’t get their
hopes too high, warns Keystone
Agricultural Producers (KAP)
president Doug Chorney.
AgriRecovery is supposed to
help farmers following disasters
when existing programs such
as AgriStability, AgriInvest and
AgriInsurance fall short.
Discussions about AgriRecovery
continue between the Manitoba
a n d f e d e ra l g over nments,
Manitoba Agriculture Minister
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People carry a bag of rice at a World Food Program distribution point in Freetown Oct. 18, 2014. The UN’s
World Food Program and Food and Agriculture Organization say border and market closures, quarantines
and movement restrictions, and widespread fear of Ebola have led to food scarcity, panic buying and
price increases, especially in Sierra Leone and Liberia. The WFP is trying to provide food to around one
million people in the three worst-affected countries. PHOTO: REUTERS/JOSEPHUS OLU-MAMMA
he global campaign to
end world hunger came
face to face last week with
famine’s powerful new ally: the
Ebola virus.
“It could lead to a hunger
crisis of epic proportions,”
Kanayo Nwanze, president of
the International Fund for
A g r i c u l t u ra l D e v e l o p m e n t
(IFAD) told delegates attending the Borlaug Dialogue, an
annual event held in honour
of Nobel Peace Prize-winning
wheat breeder Norman Borlaug.
“We need a rapid, collective
response. We need to deal with
the emergency swiftly, but we
also need to invest in long-term
resilience in the rural areas.”
While much of the North
American focus has been on
how to prevent the deadly virus
from invading the First World,
hunger fighters, defence experts
and political leaders from West
Africa appealed to delegates to
see Ebola as a symptom of the
very issues they came to discuss
— hunger and poverty.
Nwanze told delegates that
accomplishing what has been
described as the “world’s greatest challenge” of feeding more
than nine billion people by 2050
cannot be accomplished without unleashing the productive
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INSIDE
DID YOU KNOW?
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The good news: potatoes
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Affordable
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Improving efficiency
and reducing waste
boost returns
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CROPS
Don’t pay for
‘foo-foo dust’
Scaling back of
federal oversight
means buyer beware
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FEATURE
The risk of round
bales for horses
Concentration
of nutrients and
overfeeding are
potential risks
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CROSSROADS
Jobs to tackle
for merged
municipalities
Staffing, boundaries
and remuneration
among issues
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Editorials
Comments
What’s Up
Livestock Markets
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Grain Markets
Weather Vane
Classifieds
Sudoku
The bad news: that doesn’t mean french fries
R
esearch published
in the Journal of the
American College of
Nutrition demonstrates that
people can eat potatoes and
still lose weight.
“Some people have questioned the role of potatoes
in a weight loss regimen
because of the vegetable’s
designation as a high glycemic index (GI) food, lead
investigator Dr. Britt BurtonFreeman said in a release.
“However, the results of this
study confirm what health
professionals and nutrition
experts have said for years:
it is not about eliminating a certain food or food
groups, rather, it is reducing calories that count,” said
Burton-Freeman.
Ninety over weight men
and women were randomly
assigned to one of three
groups: (1) reduced calor ie/high GI, (2) reduced
c a l o r i e / l ow G I , ( 3 ) c o n trol group with no calorie
or GI restrictions. All three
groups were provided potatoes, healthful recipes and
instr uctions to consume
five to seven ser vings of
potatoes per week.
At the end of the 12-week
study period, the researchers
No, that doesn’t mean if you stuff them with bacon.
found that all three groups
had lost weight and there
was no significant difference
in weight loss between the
groups.
The release said one
medium-size (5.3-ounce)
skin-on potato contains just
110 calories per serving,
PHOTO: THINKSTOCK
boasts more potassium (620
g) than a banana, provides
almost half the daily value of
vitamin C (45 per cent), and
contains no fat, sodium or
cholesterol.
The study was funded by
the United States Potato
Board.
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FNA wants more time for CWB bid
Is a sale being sped up ahead of the next federal election?
By Allan Dawson
co-operator staff
F
armers of North America (FNA)
says with harvest delays it needs
another six to eight weeks to pitch
its plan for farmers to buy CWB from the
federal government.
But FNA president and CEO James Mann
fears CWB will be sold first — probably to a
foreign multinational grain company.
“I would say I don’t have high hopes
currently, but we’re definitely doing everything we can to get farmers the time
they need to look at this,” Mann told
reporters during a teleconference Oct 16.
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz didn’t
directly respond when asked if FNA will
get more time.
“The CWB will assess all potential bidders and then submit a plan for commercialization to the government, in
accordance with the legislation,” Ritz
said in an email.
In April CWB president and CEO Ian
White said CWB intends to provide a
privatization plan to Ritz before the 2016
deadline, which also requires CWB to be
privatized or wound down by 2017.
That means CWB’s sale is imminent,
said Bob Friesen, FNA’s vice-president of
government relations.
Ritz supports a farmer-owned CWB
but the matter goes beyond Ritz’s office,
Mann said.
“I think this is a deeper political question,” Mann said. “We’re not that far
away from the election.”
FNA wants to create a new farmerowned company called Genesis Grain
and Fertilizer Limited Partnership to
handle and market western grain and
distribute fertilizer.
(FNA is also trying to create a $1.7-billion, farmer-owned nitrogen manufacturing plant at Belle Plaine, Sask.)
FNA is a privately owned company
that describes itself as “a business alliance of farmers dedicated to maximizing
farm profitability.” Farmers pay a fee for
FNA services.
In its offering memorandum issued
Oct. 10, FNA asks farmers to invest a
minimum of $10,000 (10 units of $1,000
each) to establish Genesis, which will try
to buy CWB’s assets.
Money stays with CWB?
Should the CWB purchase fail, FNA will
continue to create Genesis if it raises at
least $20 million. The maximum to be
raised is $380 million.
“The only solution they (farmers) have to protect themselves
from excess margins is to be involved in the business and
capture those margins.”
James Mann
If CWB isn’t purchased farmers can get
their money back, said Derek Penner, chief
financial officer of AgraCity, a privately
held firm that supplies products to FNA
customers.
Mann said western Canadian farmers
have the money to buy CWB and is convinced they’ll do just that if they have time
to consider the deal. It makes economic
sense to handle grain and fertilizer at the
same facilities, he said.
Moreover, whoever buys CWB gets the
money back to reinvest in the company,
Friesen said. That’s what federal officials
told an unnamed farm organization, he
said.
The Winnipeg Free Press quoted CWB’s
chief strategy officer Dayna Spiring as saying much the same.
“The government wants a strong and
viable CWB,” Spiring is quoted as saying.
“That was its goal when it removed the
monopoly. To take away assets or to take
a purchase price away would not be consistent with the goal of a strong and viable
CWB going forward.”
Excess margins
The wide price discounts grain farmers
received last crop year relative to port
prices were akin to “a great grain robbery,”
Mann said.
“The only solution they (farmers) have
to protect themselves from excess margins
is to be involved in the business and capture those margins,” he said.
At more than 100 recent farmer meetings across the West 1,000 producers said
they would invest almost $50 million in
Genesis, although their pledges are not
binding, Friesen said.
FNA first approached CWB in 2012 and
has since sent a letter of intent demonstrating its serious, he said.
CWB was created Aug. 1, 2012 after the
federal government ended the Canadian
Wheat Board’s monopoly. CWB has never
made its financial report public, despite
operating for two crop years.
When asked if FNA has seen CWB’s
books Penner replied: “Based on our best
estimates, using publicly available information, we put the value of those (CWB)
assets at between $250 million and $300
million.”
FNA and AgraCity have put up the
capital to kick-start Genesis. To recover
its costs FNA will own shares in Genesis,
Mann said.
“The first portion is to cover costs, the
second portion is to a subordinated position to farmers having received their capital back in the project,” he said.
Other strategic partners, including grain
customers, are also being sought, he said.
The company is being set up so farmers
retain ownership, he added.
“They (farmers) do not want to see a
situation like SaskWheat Pool where their
shares were available to be picked up by
other entities that aren’t farmers and as
a result lose their ownership interests,”
Mann said.
If as few as 3,000 farmers commit to
delivering 1,000 tonnes each for a total
of three million tonnes, Genesis can succeed, but the goal is to handle 20 per cent
of Western Canada’s grain or five million to
seven million tonnes a year, Friesen said.
Work has started on West Coast port
access for the company, he added.
“We’re not proposing to resurrect the
wheat board,” Friesen said. “We’re not proposing to buy the CWB for nostalgic or
ideological reasons. We’re proposing that
the farmer buy the CWB’s assets purely for
commercial reasons...”
CWB assets include its Winnipeg office
building, around 3,300 hopper cars and
two new lake freighters, port terminals
at Thunder Bay and Trois-Rivières and a
small elevator at Alexander, Manitoba,
acquired when it purchased Mission
Terminal.
CWB has also purchased Great Sand
Hills Terminal and Prairie West Terminal,
both in Saskatchewan and is building
new concrete elevators at Bloom and Ste.
Agathe, Man. and Colonsay and Pasqua,
Sask.
I
t’s the third time the World
Trade Organization has ruled
in Canada’s favour, but it may
not be the charm producers are
hoping for.
On Monday, the international
organization’s appellate body
issued a 206-page decision which
said the United States has not
done enough to comply with
previous WTO rulings regarding country-of-origin labelling
(COOL).
Canada’s minister of agriculture urged the U.S. government
to comply during a press conference later that day.
“This ruling is further vindication for our Canadian position
and what we have known for
many months now,” said Gerry
Ritz. “It’s important that the
Americans immediately do the
right thing in the interest of our
North American integrated beef
and pork industry — Canada
calls upon the U.S. to enact
legislative change as soon as
possible.”
Representatives of Canada’s
beef and pork sectors echoed the
call for swift compliance by the
United States government, but
were not optimistic that change
would come quickly.
“We are very pleased with this
win, but it is the third time,” said
Canadian Pork Council chairman
Jean-Guy Vincent. “After the WTO
Appellate body confirmed the
illegal discrimination in COOL
in 2012 the U.S. did nothing to
eliminate the discrimination
against imported Canadian-born
hogs and beef cattle. Indeed, the
revised Final rule made the discrimination worse.”
Ritz was clear that the federal
government is preparing to take
retaliatory measures, and has
circulated a wide-ranging list of
products that could be affected.
He said that Canada is prepared to use “any and all means
at our disposal.”
co-operator staff
A former Canadian Wheat Board director
is critical about the lack of information
around how CWB will be privatized.
Stewart Wells, who is also chair of the
Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board,
which fought to retain the board’s sales
monopoly, suspects the federal government has secret criteria for the sale,
including that CWB remain a standalone entity for a certain period. That
way the government can say it fulfilled
its promise to make CWB an option in
an open market.
“The federal government is trying to
bury this dead skunk as fast as it can
and it’s using these CWB assets as a
bribe,” Wells said, alluding to reports
that whoever buys CWB will get their
money back to reinvest in the company.
What happens to CWB assets matters to farmers because, according to
Wells, they belong to farmers. Almost all
the wheat board’s revenue was earned
while marketing farmers’ grain, he said.
“The Canadian taxpayer has a dog in
this battle too,” Wells said referring to
the $177 million Ottawa contributed to
assist the wheat board transition to an
open market.
Wells said he’s surprised Farmers of
North America (FNA) wants to buy CWB
without having seen its books.
He’s also skeptical that FNA’s proposed grain company would have much
impact in the market given its size relative to much bigger competitors.
Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP)
wants to see as much competition for
farmers’ grain as possible, but isn’t publicly endorsing FNA’s plan to buy CWB,
said KAP president Doug Chorney.
“We don’t want to put support behind
one initiative in case there’s another
initiative potentially competing with it
comprised of another farmer-ownership
option,” he said.
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Beef and pork producers pleased with latest ruling
co-operator staff
By Allan Dawson
[email protected]
WTO again sides with Canada
By Shannon VanRaes
Lack of
information on
CWB privatization
criticized
But before retaliation can occur,
farmers and politicians will likely
have to wait for a U.S. response to
the ruling.
“We fully expect the Americans
to appeal again,” said Ritz.
First introduced in 2008, the
U.S. law requires retailers like
supermarkets to list the country of
origin on meat products.
The Canadian and Mexican
governments have argued that
this requirement discriminates
against their meat products,
resulting in a significant decline
in the number of hogs and cattle
exported to the U.S. In Canada,
the federal government estimates
the losses in excess of $1 billion
per year.
“The first step of being a good
partner is living up to your obligations,” said Ritz. “It’s paramount
that U.S. legislators act quickly
to remove the discrimination
and costly segregation of our
Canadian livestock.”
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OPINION/EDITORIAL
What goes around…
W
hile the percentage of grain buyers in heaven may only be slightly
higher than that for railroaders,
the stories that grandpa (or now greatgrandpa) told about being shafted by the
grain companies early in the last century
may have been a trifle exaggerated.
Then, as now, there was a bit of a “shoot
the messenger” mentality in the stories
John Morriss
about the price dropping when all the farmEditorial Director
ers showed up in town with their wagons
full of the latest harvest. Lo and behold, the
price went down, and all the elevators in town were paying
the same price. Well, that’s the way the supply-and-demand
system works. The grain buyers were only reflecting the world
price, and paying more than the competition is no way to stay
in business for too long.
That doesn’t mean that the system makes sense for the
farmer, and while the accompanying rhetoric back then may
have been a bit over the top, the response was entirely practical. Farmers established a pooling system through the Prairie
grain co-ops, so that they could deliver any time and get an
average price for the year, not a distressed one at harvest.
They liked the pooling system so much that they figured they
might as well build co-op elevators too.
This almost came to an end with the market crash of 1929.
The voluntary pool collapsed and the Pools had to be bailed
out by government. But the elevator network survived — in
Manitoba despite a damning Royal Commission report that
the Pool elevators had been guilty of some of the same skulduggery as the private companies. Apparently it didn’t matter.
It seems that the attitude was that if you have no choice but
to get shafted by the elevator company, you might as well
own it.
Despite the collapse of the Pools’ Central Selling Agency,
the pooling system was so popular that farmers got it back
through political pressure to establish the Canadian Wheat
Board. Combined with the grain co-ops, that gave farmers the
sense that they had some control over the system.
And they did — so much that they eventually became the
target for dissatisfaction, leading to agitation from organizations such as the Western Canadian Wheat Growers. Just as in
the 1920s, the rhetoric was over the top — the Pools and the
wheat board were “socialist” which made them by definition
inefficient. The wheat board was “secretive” and “controlled
by government.”
This was more perception than reality, but again, the driving force was the increasing view that farmers wanted to take
control of their own marketing, not have it done through a
monopoly. That view prevailed, and the grain co-ops and the
board are now history.
This process took decades, but now while the earth is
still relatively fresh on the old wheat board’s grave, it seems
farmers are already riled up about getting some control back
over the system. Farmers of North America says that it has
generated $50 million in enthusiasm to buy CWB Ltd.
(see page 3).
The enthusiasm is no doubt due to the wide margins
charged by grain companies over the winter. Again, they may
not qualify grain company owners for entry to heaven, but
that’s the way the system is supposed to work. If the companies don’t want grain, they drop the price.
But were the wide margins only the result of poor rail service, or were the grain companies taking advantage? Resolving
that question is one appealing aspect of the FNA’s proposal.
As a farmer-owned company, the books would presumably
be open and the costs of running the business would be clear
to everyone. In other words, it would be a great way to keep
everyone honest.
By the same token, we thought we’d already have some
idea about this through seeing CWB’s books after two years
of open-market operation, but the government has refused
to release them. That raises several questions, including why
farmers would want to invest before seeing the numbers.
CWB has been on quite the building and buying spree lately,
but where did the money come from? Is the grain business so
profitable that these investments are a no-brainer? Or is CWB
simply taking advantage of a government loan guarantee?
For farmer investors, that may not matter since the government has indicated that the capital would stay with the
company, which is a pretty good deal — assuming CWB’s
liabilities don’t exceed its assets.
But in the long run, the question is whether a farmerowned company can be large enough to compete. Despite its
recent purchases and new construction, CWB has only a few
elevators and limited terminal access at the West Coast. Is
that enough to compete with the multinationals and JRI, or at
least to keep them honest?
That’s one of many questions, but one thing is for certain.
Farmers get restless when they feel that they have no control
over the grain business. What goes around comes around.
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U.S. local corn prices dip below
$2 in some areas
By Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer
E
ven before the current Farm Bill was
adopted, we shared our concern that a
$4-plus plateau in corn prices, which
was being widely predicted, was in all likelihood no plateau at all.
Even so, we were shocked, but not surprised,
to see a newspaper headline announcing corn
prices that were well below the $2 level. It was
news of an elevator in the Minot, N.D. area that
priced corn at $1.73 per bushel. Yes, you are reading that number correctly — $1.73 as the result
of a $1.50 negative basis on a $3.23 futures price.
And that $3.23 itself is 20 per cent below the supposed $4-plus plateau.
Basis is the difference between the spot price
of a commodity, in this case corn, and the nearby
futures price. The basis reflects risk, transportation costs, local demand, and transaction costs
among other things. To cover the cost of handling the grain, grain dealers charge a fee that is
reflected in the basis, and thus the ultimate price
that a farmer receives.
We agree that it took a combination of circumstances to bring about a -$1.50 basis — an
anticipated bumper crop, railroad problems, full
elevators, and the lack of local demand — but circumstances will not pay the bills no matter how
they came about.
And it is not only in North Dakota that we are
seeing situations in which farmers are facing an
unusual basis. Coming from the upper Midwest
we always watch the prices and basis (generally
negative) in those areas. And living in Tennessee,
we also watch the prices and basis in west Tennessee (generally positive). During the first week
in October 2014, both areas showed a negative
basis in the range of 30-40 cents.
OUR HISTORY:
All of this raises the question of what the next
couple of years are going to look like. An examination of the 1995-2001 period may give us a
hint. Between the high prices we experienced in
1995 and the lows that began in 1998, corn yearending stocks increased from 426 million bushels
to 1.8 billion bushels and the season average
price paid to farmers (basis included) tumbled
from $3.24 to $1.94 and $1.82 the following year.
This time around we have seen ending stocks
increase from 821 million bushels to over two billion bushels and the price has plunged.
Without increased demand or significantly
reduced supply, the price in the 1998-2001
period remained below $2 for the whole
period. The year-to-year variation in yearending stocks made little difference. It was
only the ethanol mandate and the subsequent
demand for five billion bushels of corn for
ethanol production that lifted corn prices out
of the doldrums.
Prices next year are likely to remain low even
if stocks drop a little. It seems that it takes a
constant stream of bullish news to keep prices
up — like increasing demand for corn for ethanol production. It doesn’t take bearish news to
keep prices down, only the absence of news
of a sharply reduced supply or a significantly
increased demand.
And if prices remain low, the current configuration of farm policies may not provide the kind of
help farmers will need.
Daryll E. Ray holds the Blasingame Chair of Excellence
in Agricultural Policy, Institute of Agriculture, University of
Tennessee, and is the director of UT’s Agricultural Policy
Analysis Center (APAC). Harwood D. Schaffer is a research
assistant professor at APAC. Their weekly columns are
archived at www.agpolicy.org.
October 1992
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his photo of a City of Winnipeg fire truck in our
Oct. 15, 1992 issue may seem blurry, but it’s
not — that’s smoke from stubble fires. The
previous week the Manitoba government had imposed
a temporary stubble-burning ban after Winnipeg and
Brandon had been repeatedly choked by smoke. Sixtyfour people had been treated in Winnipeg and Brandon
general hospitals on Oct. 8 and 9. Winnipeg’s Children’s
Hospital had had 57 emergency visits, of which 21
were admitted.
The issue also had a photo of heavy snow on
stubble near Newdale. It reflected that year’s difficult
harvest after a cool summer caused by the worldwide
spread of ash from the eruption of the Mount Pinatubo
volcano in the Philippines. Despite below-normal rainfall for most of the province, Manitoba had produced
an average crop, but temperatures were below normal.
Another consequence was high nitrate levels in feed
— the Ste. Rose ag rep reported up to 30 cattle deaths
in the area.
Western Beef, a slaughter plant in Beausejour, was in
receivership and owed $325,000 to a dozen producers.
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COMMENT/FEEDBACK
High earners in a stock market game
can predict market bubbles
Researchers see a correlation between traders’ brain patterns and sensitivity to market bubbles
Virginia Tech I
f you’re so smart, why aren’t you
rich? It may be that, when it
comes to stock market success,
your brain is heeding the wrong neural signals.
In a study in the Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences,
scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and Caltech
found that when they simulated market conditions for groups of investors, economic bubbles — in which
the price of something could differ
greatly from its actual value — invariably formed.
Ev e n m o r e r e m a r k a b l y, t h e
researchers discovered a correlation
between specific brain activity patterns and sensitivity to those bubbles.
“Stock market bubbles form when
people collectively overvalue something, creating what economist Alan
Greenspan once famously called
‘irrational exuberance,’” said Read
Montague, director of the Human
Neuroimaging Laboratory at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
and one of the study’s senior authors.
“Our experiments showed how the
collective behaviour of market participants created price bubbles, suggesting that neural activity might offer
biomarkers for the evolution of such
bubbles.”
Montague and colleagues enrolled
320 subjects in a market-trading
simulation game. Up to two dozen
participants played in each of 16 mar-
“That gut feeling the high
earners had? It was all in
their heads.”
Read Montague
Virginia Tech Carilion Research
Institute
ket sessions, with two or three participants simultaneously having their
brains scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, a
non-invasive technique that allows
scientists to use microscopic bloodflow measurements as a proxy for
brain activity.
At some point during the 50 trading
periods of each session, a price bubble
would invariably form and crash. The
scientists had suspected that crowd
cognition would result in some bubble formation, though they had not
expected it to happen every time.
What surprised the scientists even
more were the distinctive brain activity patterns that emerged among the
low earners and high earners.
Traders who bought more aggressively based on activity in one brain
region, the nucleus accumbens,
earned less.
In contrast, the high earners
seemed to ignore nucleus accumbens
activity in favour of the anterior insular cortex, a brain area active during bodily discomfort and unpleasant
emotional states.
Just before a bubble peaked — as
their brain scans were revealing an
increased activity in the anterior
insula — the high earners would
begin to sell their shares.
The scientists believe the high
earners’ brain activity may represent a neural early warning signal
of an impending crash.
“It’s notoriously hard to identify
stock market bubbles and predict
crashes by tracking price fluctuations alone,” said Colin Camerer, a
behavioural economist at Caltech
and the study’s other senior author.
“This experimental method is
ideal for understanding the neuropsychology of bubble formation,
because we can control the fundamental values and use both prices
and brain activity to figure out why
bubbles form and crash.”
The model may also shed light on
other contexts in which groups —
and individuals — overvalue something, Montague said.
“This neurobehavioural metric
could be used to help quantify situations in which people place excessive value on poor choices, such as
drug addiction, compulsive gambling, or overeating,” he said.
Montague, who uses computational models to understand neuropsychiatric conditions, noted
that the study could not have been
conducted without two relatively
new additions to the neuroscientist’s tool box: fMRI and hyperscanning.
Hyperscanning, a cloud-based
technique that enables multiple
subjects in different brain scanners
to interact in real time, whether
across rooms or across continents,
a l l ow s s c i e n t i s t s t o s t u d y l i v e
human interactions.
Montague likens the technique,
which he and his team developed
just over a decade ago, to being
able to eavesdrop on an entire
cocktail party conversation, rather
than the monologue fMRI enables.
Why eavesdrop at all?
“We’re wired to be social,” Montague
said. “People are exquisitely sensitive
to the social gestures of others, and
understanding that sensitivity may
provide important clues not just to
personal and group interactions, but
to mental disorders as well. At the
heart of many mental disorders is a
deficit in the ability to interact with
others.”
Montague, who also directs the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute’s Computational Psychiatry Unit,
plans to explore the promise of mindfulness training in moderating one’s
own brain activity, as well as research
into real-world applications, including stock markets.
“The brain can provide us with valuable information about what someone may be perceiving about the
market and what they’re likely to do
next,” Montague said. “That gut feeling the high earners had? It was all in
their heads.”
Dispelling common misconceptions about superweeds
Herbicide resistance is a major problem, but it is not necessarily a result of gene transfer from genetically modified crops
Weed Science Society of America
U
se of the term “superweed” has exploded
in recent years and is
frequently featured in news
reports about herbicide-resistant weeds choking out crops.
While there is no sciencebased definition for superweed, the term is often used
to describe weeds believed to
have special capabilities that
are helping them outcompete
other plants in ways never
experienced before. Many
associate superweed with
glyphosate-tolerant crops
and the suspected transfer of
resistance genes from these
crops to weeds. The Oxford
Dictionary, for example, is one
of many online resources to
define superweed as “a weed
which is extremely resistant to
herbicides, especially one created by the transfer of genes
from genetically modified
crops into wild plants.”
But is that the truth? Are
today’s weeds “supercharged”
in some way? And if so, why is
that the case?
Misconception 1
Rampant gene transfer
between genetically modified
crops and weeds is creating
weeds able to resist treatment
by herbicides.
Reality: There is no evidence that gene transfer is
a major factor in the development of herbicide resistance. Instead, overreliance
on herbicides with a single
mechanism of action to control certain weeds has led to
the selection of weeds resistant to that mechanism of
action.
The transfer of resistance
traits from genetically modified crops to weeds growing
in the field is rare, and the
occurrences observed and
reported to date have had
minimal impact. The only
currently known mechanism
for any crop trait to move
into weeds (or vice versa) is
through cross-pollination —
a sexual crossing between
the crop and the weed. Gene
flow is more likely to happen if the crop and weed are
sexually compatible, near
relatives. Gene flow among
more distantly related plant
species is rare because they
do not cross as readily. There
are often physiological barriers, including pollen incompatibility, varying numbers
of chromosomes and other
factors that serve as impediments.
Even among sexually compatible crops and weeds, the
opportunity for crop-weed
gene flow depends on proximity of the crop plant to
its wild weedy relatives. For
example, there have been
no reports of gene transfer
in the more than 160 million annually planted acres
of genetically modified corn,
cotton and soybean crops
where herbicide-resistant
weeds are such a significant
issue today. Since these crops
don’t have sexually compatible, near relatives in the U.S.
and Canada, the risk of gene
flow to other plants in the
region is extremely low.
Crops like sunflower, wheat
and canola do have compatible weed relatives in their
major production areas (e.g.
wild sunflower, jointed goatgrass, and wild relatives of
canola, respectively). As a
result, the risk of gene flow
between those crops and
wild plants is greater. Where
gene flow has occurred, the
resulting plants are no more
we e d y t h a n t h e i r p a re n t
plants.
Misconception 2
Herbicide use is creating a
n e w b re e d o f h e r b i c i d e resistant superweeds unlike
anything we’ve ever seen
before.
Reality: The costly issue
of herbicide resistance isn’t
new — and neither are the
competitive characteristics of weeds. Although the
number of acres affected by
resistant weeds has increased
over the last decade as more
growers have come to rely
solely on herbicides with a
single mechanism of action
for weed control, weeds
have exhibited resistance
to many types of herbicides
over the past 40 years. Many
weed populations have even
evolved resistance to multiple herbicide mechanisms of
action.
Herbicide resistance is an
important, costly and escalating issue, especially as
growers have come to rely
more than ever on a single
class of herbicides that targets weeds in the same way.
It is more critical than ever
for a var iety of carefully
integrated weed management strategies to be used
so weeds resistant to one
method can be controlled in
other ways before they have
an opportunity to spread.
This includes non-chemical
means of weed control, such
as crop rotation, tillage, cultivation, hand hoeing, seed
capture, etc.
A s t o t h o s e s u p e r p ow ers that many individuals
ascribe to herbicide-resistant
weeds? Under herbicidefree conditions, resistant
weeds are no more competitive or ecologically fit than
their susceptible partners.
Both can crowd out crops
and other desirable plants
by outcompeting them for
water, nutrients, sunlight and
space. They grow incessantly
and can be prolific seed producers. A single Palmer amaranth plant, for example, can
produce hundreds of thousands of seeds, regardless of
whether it is herbicide resistant or not.
Weeds can be economically devastating if allowed
to grow unchecked. As a
result, we need to monitor
vigilantly and use a variety
of herbicide and non-herbicide strategies to control
we e d p o p u l a t i o n s b e f o re
they get out of hand.
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capacity of the very population that is currently being ravaged — poor farmers living in
remote, hard-to-reach areas.
“We must look to the invisible in the forgotten world…
it is easy to pretend that they
don’t exist, but they do,” he said.
“And their problems are our
own; anyone who doubts this
has only to look at Ebola.”
The virus that has so far killed
thousands in Sierra Leone,
Liberia and Guinea has driven
40 per cent of farmers from
their fields, and is causing the
agricultural economy of the
West African region to collapse.
Entire populations now lack
access to food, and farmers who
do have crops have no market
access.
“It is a disease of the forgotten and the invisible world and
it has been a neglected disease,” Nwanze said. “Now it
has come to reach capital cities
and travelled as far as Europe
and the U.S.; the visible world is
trembling.”
Kanayo Nwanze, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, spoke to reporters at the recent
Borlaug Dialogue about the effect of Ebola on food security. photo: Laura Rance
nomic growth outlook has been
downgraded to three per cent.
Florence Chenoweth, the
minister of agriculture for
Liberia, said her country has
Starving the future
In a live address from the also worked hard to rebuild in
Republic of Sierra Leone, the aftermath of a civil war that
President Ernest Koroma said raged from 1980 to 2006 when a
Ebola has taken its biggest toll democratically elected governon young adults, most of whom ment came to power.
“We started from scratch,”
work in agriculture.
“A disease that strikes youth she said, noting that after the
and farmers is a disease that war, farmers returning to the
destroys food production,” land lacked even the seed they
Koroma said. “It weakens our needed to plant a crop.
The country had since
present and starves our future.”
In its postwar era, Sierra become self-sufficient in seed
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$17 billion of which was in
agriculture.
“A l l o f t h a t a g r i c u l t u ra l
investment has of course left,”
Chenoweth said.
“When Ebola is contained,
our country will virtually be
starting again,” she said.
Instead of nine per cent economic growth, her country’s
outlook has been downgraded
to 2.1 per cent since the virus
first struck in May.
“I t h i n k t h e i m p a c t o n
regional trade is going to be
very, very strong,” she said.
No hiding
Linkages between food security,
the Ebola crisis and the escalat-
ing conflict in Syria were powerful undercurrents rippling
through the conference, which
focused on how to close the
gap between stagnating global
productivity gains and the projected growth in demand for
food.
“We need to recognize that
the link of food security to conflict and instability is a strong
one,” said Daniel Speckhard,
president and CEO of Lutheran
World Relief and a former highlevel U.S. diplomat serving in
Iraq.
“We shouldn’t forget that
multi-year droughts in Syria
betwen 2006 and 2010 are part
and parcel of the spark that led
to the beginning of the crisis in
that country,” he said.
“During that period onehalf of the country turned
into desert, more than 80 per
cent of the livestock had to be
eliminated and that resulted
in more than 800,000 people without livelihoods who
started migrating to the city to
survive.”
Speckhard said at a time
when there needs to be strong
leadership from the international community, the ability
of traditional international
government organizations to
respond is compromised by
nationalism and populism.
He joined John Hamre, president and CEO of the Center
for Strategic and International
Studies and former U.S. undersecretary of defence, in urging
citizens to support efforts to
de-escalate regional tensions
before they erupt into global
crises.
Hamre warned North
Americans delude themselves
by thinking their safety lies in
sealing themselves off within
“no-fly zones.”
“We are living in an international age when good things
and bad things can move at
unprecedented speed,” he
said. “We’ve known for six
months that Ebola was going to
become a global problem, we
didn’t do anything as a nation.
We thought of it as a remote
problem, a tragic problem that
affected West Africa, not us.”
“That’s not the case anymore.
And I think what Norman
Borlaug realized 50 years ago
was that the human condition
has now become seamless. We
are not the beneficiaries if we
try to hide.”
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Ron Kostyshyn told reporters
during a teleconference Aug. 14.
“I met with (federal agriculture) Minister (Gerry) Ritz in
Chicago (last week),” Kostyshyn
said. “We had the conversation
as well in Chicago and all I can
tell you right now is we will just
have to stay in tune for a potential announcement when we
talk about AgriRecovery.”
A “potential announcement”
is good news, Chorney said in an
interview Oct. 16.
“We are encouraged to hear
the minister saying they have
expectations of some type of
AgriRecovery program and we
look forward to hearing what
that outcome is, keeping in
mind we’ve been told repeatedly by federal and provincial
officials that insurable losses are
likely going to be deemed not
eligible for AgriRecovery,” he
added.
Manitoba crop farmers have Excess Moisture
Insurance (EMI) that kicks
in when their land is too wet
to seed. Nine hundred and
eighty thousand acres were
too wet to seed in 2014, triggering $63 million in EMI payouts on about 2,400 claims, the
Manitoba Agricultural Services
Corporation announced earlier
this year.
In addition, farmers have the
option to buy down their EMI
deductible and pay extra to
increase the standard coverage
from $50 an acre to $75 or $100
— options KAP requested following extensive land flooding
in 2011.
Although farmers have EMI,
Chorney says the program is less
helpful to repeatedly flooded
farmers because after every
claim the deductible increases
five per cent. In addition, support under AgriStability has also
been cut, he said.
“This makes it challenging for
these risk management tools to
work effectively,” Chorney said.
“In those cases we think govern-
The Manitoba and federal governments are still discussing the possibility of an AgriRecovery program for Manitoba
farmers flooded this spring. photo: allan dawson
ment should address that. A 25
per cent deductible along with
the cost of the premiums; it’s a
huge cost.”
Farmers should also be compensated for human-caused
flooding, Chorney has said in
previous interviews.
Earlier this year KAP estimated two million acres of
Manitoba farmland were damaged by excessive moisture —
one million acres too wet to seed
and another million of badly
damaged crops. KAP estimates
farmer losses at $1 billion.
Agr iRecover y must be
requested by a provincial government and demonstrated to
Ottawa it’s warranted.
“I continue to remain in
close contact with Minister
Kostyshyn,” Ritz wrote in an
email Aug. 29.
“Our government’s full suite
of Business Risk Management
programs remains available to
support farmers.”
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Fed Cattle
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165.25
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164.10
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162.45
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154.00
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151.95
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196.87 - 263.89
215.02 - 279.01
223.67 - 298.67
$
(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.)
Week Ending
October 11, 2014
54,530
12,188
42,342
N/A
562,000
Close
240.20
237.15
231.12
229.65
229.50
229.50
Change
-1.32
1.85
-3.15
-4.27
-4.62
-5.40
Cattle Grades (Canada)
Previous
Year
52,943
12,963
39,980
N/A
609,000
Week Ending
October 11, 2014
765
25,707
18,428
1,074
936
7,040
160
Prime
AAA
AA
A
B
D
E
Previous
Year
551
23,195
17,352
1,053
1,024
9,007
170
Hog Prices
Source: Manitoba Agriculture
(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg)
E - Estimation
MB. ($/hog)
MB (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.)
MB (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.)
ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.)
PQ (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)
Current Week
229.00 E
212.00 E
222.88
226.67
Futures (October 16, 2014) in U.S.
Hogs
October 2014
December 2014
February 2015
April 2015
May 2015
Last Week
231.87
214.62
223.22
226.38
Close
109.54
90.32
86.45
86.45
88.00
Last Year (Index 100)
178.24
166.23
170.14
173.24
Change
0.04
-5.30
-5.60
-5.55
-5.25
Other Market Prices
Sheep and Lambs
$/cwt
Ewes Choice
Lambs (110+ lb.)
(95 - 109 lb.)
(80 - 94 lb.)
(Under 80 lb.)
(New crop)
$1 Cdn: $0.8890 U.S.
$1 U.S: $1.1248 Cdn.
COLUMN
(Friday to Thursday)
October 17, 2014
Winnipeg
Slaughter Cattle
Steers
—
Heifers
153.00
D1, 2 Cows
122.00 - 127.00
D3 Cows
115.00 - 119.00
Bulls
145.00 - 155.00
Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only)
Steers
(901+ lbs.)
$ 200.00 - 226.00
(801-900 lbs.)
218.00 - 254.00
(701-800 lbs.)
225.00 - 268.00
(601-700 lbs.)
250.00 - 272.50
(501-600 lbs.)
280.00 - 315.00
(401-500 lbs.)
300.00 - 325.00
Heifers
(901+ lbs.)
200.00 - 224.00
(801-900 lbs.)
210.00 - 233.00
(701-800 lbs.)
220.00 - 248.00
(601-700 lbs.)
225.00 - 244.00
(501-600 lbs.)
240.00 - 268.00
(401-500 lbs.)
270.00 - 327.00
Slaughter Cattle
Grade A Steers
Grade A Heifers
D1, 2 Cows
D3 Cows
Bulls
Steers
EXCHANGES:
October 17, 2014
Winnipeg
(880 h wooled fats)
—
October 15
report
not received
—
—
Chickens
Minimum broiler prices as of April 13, 2010
Under 1.2 kg................................... $1.5130
1.2 - 1.65 kg.................................... $1.3230
1.65 - 2.1 kg.................................... $1.3830
2.1 - 2.6 kg...................................... $1.3230
Turkeys
Minimum prices as of October 19, 2014
Broiler Turkeys
(6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average)
Grade A .................................... $1.970
Undergrade .............................. $1.880
Hen Turkeys
(between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average)
Grade A .................................... $1.950
Undergrade .............................. $1.850
Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys
(between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average)
Grade A .................................... $1.950
Undergrade .............................. $1.850
Tom Turkeys
(10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average)
Grade A..................................... $1.905
Undergrade............................... $1.820
Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.
Toronto
100.17 - 116.65
181.07 - 201.75
197.77 - 217.23
190.63 - 223.32
195.55 - 244.52
—
SunGold
Specialty Meats
50.00
Eggs
Minimum prices to producers for ungraded
eggs, f.o.b. egg grading station, set by the
Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board
effective November 10, 2013.
New
Previous
A Extra Large
$2.00
$2.05
A Large
2.00
2.05
A Medium
1.82
1.87
A Small
1.40
1.45
A Pee Wee
0.3775
0.3775
Nest Run 24 +
1.8910
1.9390
B
0.45
0.45
C
0.15
0.15
Goats
Kids
Billys
Mature
Winnipeg
(370 h Fats)
—
—
—
Toronto
($/cwt)
109.32 - 247.32
—
87.44 - 208.37
Horses
<1,000 lbs.
1,000 lbs.+
Winnipeg
($/cwt)
—
—
Toronto
($/cwt)
NA
NA
Feeder cattle values rise
into uncharted territory
Meat has trumped cigarettes in consumer price hikes
Dave Sims
“The cost to gain is so low
compared to the cattle that they
are able to put pounds on.”
CNSC
O
ver 14,600 cattle made their way through
Manitoba auction marts during the week
ended Oct. 17.
Once again, prices were extremely high with
record and top-end bids paid for many different
classes of feeder animals.
“We’ve never seen anything like this before,”
said Allan Munroe of Killarney Auction Mart.
Surging prices have taken a toll on their equipment, he said. The Killarney clerking computer
had safety measures to prevent users from keying in prices that were too high. Lately though, it
hasn’t been working so well.
“Last spring we started having some issues keying in prices over $2.50 a pound. It would display
a message saying, ‘Is price correct?’”
Staff raised the safety setting to $3.25 during the
summer, then $4 after that. However, the alarm
keeps going off, which further underlines the fact
the market is in uncharted territory, according to
Munroe.
Tight supplies are being held up as the main
catalyst behind the cost for beef across North
America. At least one analyst said the problem
started after the U.S. droughts of 2011 and 2012.
Cattle ranchers were forced to sell off much
of their herds to make ends meet, she said.
Repopulating those numbers has been tough and
time intensive.
According to Canada’s consumer index, meat
saw the biggest rise in prices nationwide from
August to September 2014. It rose 11.5 per cent,
narrowly edging out cigarettes, which finished
second at 11.4 per cent. Telephone service was
third at 7.6 per cent.
Overall, Canada’s inflation rate came in at two
per cent in September.
allan munroe
As high as prices are for light cattle, Munroe
said there are still great margins on heavy animals
too.
“They’re still getting well paid for the big cattle.
The cost to gain is so low compared to the cattle
that they are able to put pounds on. If you can put
a pound on for 75 cents, you’re going to sell that
pound for $2.50 or more,” he said.
Yearlings continue to make their way through
the rings at auction yards, he said. But he noted
there are significantly fewer right now, as many
growers sold them off a while ago due to soaring
prices.
“They were teasing one of the guys at the end of
the sale Monday who didn’t get a full load and he
said, ‘Well, there’s still more cattle tomorrow,’ and
the joke was, ‘Well, are we sure there is?” he said,
adding some growers may soon be tempted to
start moving animals that were pegged for spring
deliveries.
Demand continues to come from all directions. Munroe says a “tsunami of cattle” is headed
south, while more demand is coming from the
East too.
“Ontario wants cattle very badly because
it has a lot of corn that got frozen, and is in
poor quality, it wants to put it through some
cattle,” he said.
Dave Sims writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a
Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity
market reporting.
brief
Strong prices, low
feed costs reviving
pork industry
By Terryn Shiells
Commodity News Service Canada
Recent strong prices, paired
with low feed costs for
Canadian farmers are increasing profitability for hog farmers and helping to revive the
pork industry.
“We are seeing some of the
idle barns that were taken
out of production three years
ago starting to come back
into production,” said Brad
Marceniuk, livestock economist with the Saskatchewan
Ministry of Agriculture. “So
we’re seeing some of the
barns in Saskatchewan get
repopulated.”
The recent rise in prices for
live hogs in Western Canada
is linked to firming pork cut-
out values, strong demand
for pork and the weakening
Canadian currency.
Selling into the Canadian
cash market remains routine,
as farmers only have a certain
amount of hogs to market
each week. But, overall supplies in North America could
be larger than first anticipated
this fall, Marceniuk said.
There were less cases
of the PED virus reported
throughout the summer in
North America, as the disease
doesn’t spread as well in hot
conditions, Marceniuk said.
“The amount of pigs born
alive for the third quarter was
not too far off from the same
time last year, so we’ll likely
see more supply coming to
market over the month or
two, and that could put some
pressure on prices,” he added.
Typically, values move
lower in the fourth quarter, so
prices are likely to drift down
going forward. But, farmers will still be making good
profits because of lower feed
costs, Marceniuk said.
What happens in the new
year is still up in the air,
because there could be more
deaths related to PED virus
this fall, which would reduce
supplies for early 2015.
In the past few weeks, there
have been a handful of new
cases reported in Western
Canada, as the return to
cooler weather has helped the
disease spread.
“I don’t think expectations
are for as many cases (of PED
virus) as there were last year,
but we don’t really know that
for sure,” Marceniuk said.
Farmers will continue to
clean trucks and barns diligently, as “biosecurity continues to be the main objective for producers to keep the
disease out of the barn,” he
added.
Looking for results? Check out the market reports
from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 14
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GRAIN MARKETS
Export and International Prices
column
Canola rising on U.S.
soybean worries, for now
Outside volatility is pushing money into commodities
Phil Franz-Warkentin
CNSC
I
CE Futures Canada canola contracts
saw some choppy activity during the
week, but trended higher overall as a
combination of speculative short-covering, spillover from soybeans, a weaker
Canadian dollar, and a lack of significant
farmer selling all provided support.
The November contract jumped above
the psychological $400-per-tonne level to
start the week, and managed to hold above
that point finishing Friday’s session at
$410.50. The initial catalyst for the strength
in canola was the wet weather across the
U.S. Midwest, which was causing harvest
delays.
Fund traders are also holding very large
short positions in canola of 25,000 to
35,000 contracts. That position had been
as high as 50,000 contracts at one point,
before they started to book profits, according to some analysts. The nearby technical
signals are pointing higher for canola, but
it will likely take additional gains in beans
to trigger any more short-covering in the
Canadian market.
Further gains in soybeans, however, are
questionable. The U.S. soybean harvest is
still moving along, and the record-large
crop will eventually be in the bin despite
any short-term delays.
For those looking for a spark in beans,
it may need to come from elsewhere. One
place to watch right now is South America,
Last Week
Week Ago
Year Ago
Chicago wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
189.97
181.24
252.04
Minneapolis wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
211.83
203.38
273.71
Chicago corn (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
138.67
135.72
174.41
Chicago oats (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
225.00
222.89
215.11
Chicago soybeans (nearby future) ($US/tonne)
357.98
346.13
475.14
Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)
713.54
727.87
906.70
Coarse Grains
oilseeds
where farmers are in the early stages of
planting their soybean crop. A drought in
Brazil has raised some concerns over acres
and yield reductions in that key soybeanproducing country.
Beyond that, outside financial markets
have also been very volatile recently, with
equity, energy and currency markets all
seeing some big moves over the past week.
One side-effect of those gyrations was
increased money flows into the commodity
markets, but whether that activity continues remains to be seen.
While the U.S. soybean harvest is less
than half complete, the Canadian harvest is in its final stages. Farmer selling in
the futures has been lacklustre so far, but
should pick up over the next month given
the need to generate some cash flow.
Corn and wheat futures also moved
up during the week, but just as in the
oilseeds, any further gains may prove limited. Midwestern harvest delays provided
a modest boost for corn, but supplies are
already starting to pile up in some locations and the big U.S. production prospects remain a bearish influence there.
For wheat, grade spreads and basis levels
will be the story heading through the winter. World wheat supplies remain large, but
of lower quality overall.
Winter wheat seeding in the U.S. could
also provide some direction, with the
recent rainfall in the southern Plains providing some much-needed moisture for
the wheat there.
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.
All prices close of business October 16, 2014
Winnipeg Futures
ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business October 17, 2014
Last Week
Week Ago
December 2014
barley
119.00
117.50
March 2014
122.00
120.50
May 2015
122.00
—
Canola
Last Week
Week Ago
November 2014
410.50
398.90
January 2015
413.80
405.20
March 2015
419.50
412.50
Special Crops
Report for October 20, 2014 — 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
Canaryseed
35.50 - 38.75
Laird No. 1
33.00 - 38.75
Oil Sunflower Seed
Eston No. 2
23.00 - 27.00
Desi Chickpeas
23.00 - 24.50
—
15.20 - 16.00
Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)
Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)
Green No. 1
8.80 - 9.00
Fababeans, large
Medium Yellow No. 1
6.40 - 6.50
—
Feed beans
—
Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)
No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans
24.00 - 24.00
Feed Pea (Rail)
No. 1 Great Northern
40.00 - 40.00
No. 1 Cranberry Beans
39.00 - 39.00
4.00 - 4.10
Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)
Yellow No. 1
30.40 - 32.00
No. 1 Light Red Kidney
50.00 - 50.00
Brown No. 1
25.70 - 27.00
No. 1 Dark Red Kidney
58.00 - 58.00
Oriental No. 1
29.50 - 31.00
Source: Stat Publishing
SUNFLOWERS
No. 1 Black Beans
28.00 - 28.00
No. 1 Pinto Beans
22.00 - 32.00
No. 1 Small Red
41.00 - 41.00
No. 1 Pink
41.00 - 41.00
Fargo, ND
Goodlands, KS
17.20
16.60
Ask
—
Report for October 17, 2014 in US$ cwt
NuSun (oilseed)
Confection
Source: National Sunflower Association
briefs
EU corn crop reaches
record high
Paris / Reuters / French consultancy Strategie Grains on Oct. 16
lifted its forecast for the 2014 grain
maize (corn) crop in the European
Union for the fourth month in a
row to a record 73.3 million tonnes,
anticipating large harvests in key
producing countries.
The estimate was nearly two million tonnes above last month’s and
now 14 per cent above the crop
harvested in 2013.
“Since last month we have
increased our production estimates
for several countries, in which
excellent yields were expected:
Hungary, Romania, France, Croatia,
Austria and Germany,” it said in a
monthly report.
This large EU maize crop adds to
already hefty global supplies with a
record U.S. corn crop of 14.7 billion
bushels (373 million tonnes).
However, as opposed to the
United States, where corn ending
stocks are expected to exceed the
two-billion-bushel (51-milliontonne) mark for the first time in a
decade, the outlook was rather balanced in Europe, Strategie Grains
said.
“The gain in attractiveness of EU
maize, along with the competitiveness of maize against wheat, have
enabled it to pick up demand and
gave the EU maize balance sheet a
more balanced outlook,” it said.
The consultancy also raised its
estimate for this year’s soft wheat
crop in the 28-member bloc for the
sixth month in a row, putting it at
147.4 million tonnes, against 146.6
million estimated last month and
now nine per cent above 2013.
The consultancy slightly raised
its estimate of the EU barley harvest this season, now seen at 59.9
million tonnes, against 59.6 million
tonnes last month and virtually
unchanged on last year.
Ukraine sees 2014-15
grain exports at a record
Kiev / Reuters / Ukraine’s grain
exports in 2014-15 will exceed last
season’s record level of 33 million
tonnes thanks to a higher harvest,
Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Ihor
Shvaika said Oct. 15.
He gave no exact forecast, but
the ministry has previously said
exports would be no less than 30
million tonnes this season which
runs from July to June.
Ukraine plans to harvest 64.4
million tonnes of grain this year
versus 63 million tonnes in
2013.
According to the ministry’s data,
Ukraine exported a total of 9.9 million tonnes of grain in the period
from July 1 to Oct. 14, including 5.9
million tonnes of wheat and 3.07
million tonnes of barley.
The former Soviet republic
exported 7.4 million tonnes of
grain in the same period last
season.
Analysts have said Ukraine is
likely to export about 26 million to
27 million tonnes.
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Building winter cattle rations that
won’t wreck your bottom line
Improving your feeding efficiency and reducing waste can help you
save money overwintering your cattle this year
By Jennifer Blair
staff
D
espite record-high cattle prices and strong
demand for beef, margins remain tight for cattle
producers who are battling the
high price of land and feed.
But cattle feeders can widen
their margins as they head into
winter by taking measures to
improve feed efficiency and
reduce waste right now.
“To prepare your cattle for
winter, the biggest thing is to
make sure they’re fat enough
or have enough body condition
so that they’re not skinny going
into winter,” said Barry Yaremcio, beef and forage specialist
with Alberta Agriculture and
Rural Development.
Fa t p rov i d e s i n s u l a t i o n ,
he said, and a cow that’s 200
pounds lighter than she should
be at this point of the season
needs an extra 1,400 pounds of
hay “not to gain weight, just to
keep her warm over the winter,” said Yaremcio.
“At five cents or six cents a
pound, that’s $90 of cost that
you’re going to have to incur
just because these cows are a
little bit skinny going into winter.”
If the cow’s short ribs are
showing, “wean the calves
early” and put them on a grain/
hay ration, he said.
“If the cow can have 40 to 60
days of good grazing or three
to four pounds of grain supplement a day before it gets cold,
she should be able to put on
that extra 200 pounds to get
her back into the shape she
needs to be in.”
A balanced ration will also
keep the cow in good condition heading into winter while
improving feed efficiency —
and saving some feeding costs.
The first step in the process is
testing the feed, said Yaremcio.
“Take samples of the hay
from different fields, and if
you’re using greenfeed, take
samples out of the bale using
a forage probe,” he said, adding that using a probe is “more
accurate than taking a grab
sample.”
“If you’re using a swathgrazing method, you probably
want to go to 10 or 15 locations
throughout the field and pick
five to 10 stems or complete
plants out of the swaths, compile them together, make a
composite sample, and send
that in.”
Once the feed results are in,
“that’s when the work starts,”
he said.
“How do you combine the
different feeds? How do you
use a combination of hay or
straw or greenfeed? What kind
Ensuring good body condition at this time of year is the best way of preparing cattle for winter. photo: File
Reducing waste
“The on-paper ration
versus what they’re
actually consuming
are two different
things completely.”
Barry Yaremcio
of minerals do you need to
make sure your calcium/phosphorus balance is right?”
CowBytes — software available through Alberta Agriculture
and Rural Development —
can help balance those major
nutrients and micronutrients.
“Basically, you put your cow
information in and the feed
test results into the program,
and you just punch numbers to
balance the ration so that everything matches the requirements,” said Yaremcio.
But improving feed efficiency
is only one piece of the equation, he said. Reducing feed
waste can have a big impact
o n t h e b o t t o m l i n e, a n d
that starts with proper feed
storage.
“There’s a number of different ways to stack hay when it
comes off the field,” he said.
“Some people use the pyramid
method, but that’s probably
the worst way to store hay.”
When stacked in a pyramid,
moisture that accumulates on
the top of the bales will seep
down through the stack, causing spoilage in every row.
“Anywhere a bale touches
another one, that’s where the
spoilage occurs.”
The best way to store hay is
in a row aligned with the wind,
he said.
“If you’ve got a northwest/
southeast wind, you want to
stack the bales in that direction so that when the wind
blows, it blows all the snow
out from between the rows,”
h e s a i d , a d d i n g t h e r ow s
should be at least three feet
apart with six inches of space
between each bale.
Feeding methods can also
create waste. Bale feeders cause between five to 13
per cent waste, while simply
unrolling a bale on the ground
creates about 14 per cent
waste. Using a bale processor
or swath grazing causes up to
20 per cent waste.
“When you’ve got the cows
walking all over the feed or
tramping onto the product
that’s been put out by the bale
processor, they’re working the
fine material — the stuff that’s
got the high protein, high
energy, high calcium,” he said.
“That material is being
pushed into the snow, and 75
per cent of waste from a bale
processor or from an unrolled
bale is typically that fine material.”
As feed waste increases,
nutrients in the feed also drop.
“ The quality of the feed
drops a lot faster than what
the physical waste is, and then
they’re getting a poor-quality
ration,” he said.
“If you have a hay that was
11.5 per cent protein when
it was baled and fed to the
cows, by the time you take the
waste factor into consideration, they’re only getting about
8-1/2 to nine per cent protein
for the feed that they’re actually consuming.
“The on-paper ration versus
what they’re actually consuming are two different things
completely.”
Ya r e m c i o r e c o m m e n d s
using a bunk-line feeder or
a por table bunk feeder to
reduce the waste caused by
bale processors, but producers need to find the best fit for
their own farms.
“Each farm has its own situation and management techniques that it uses.”
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Canadian worker, hog shortages
leave industry squealing
Shortage of Canadian supplies further contributes to record North American retail prices
By Rod Nickel and Theopolis Waters
Reuters
S
hortages of hogs and packing plant
workers in Canada, exacerbated
by recent government restrictions,
may severely cut hog processing and pork
exports, helping to keep North American
retail pork prices near record highs.
Farmers in Canada, the world’s thirdbiggest pork shipper, are also bracing for
the spread of a deadly virus that has killed
millions of piglets in the United States.
Further dwindling of Canadian supplies would especially reverberate in the
United States, which relies on young
Canadian pigs for fattening and slaughter, and in markets as far away as Japan
and South Korea that import Canadian
pork.
“If those Canadian pigs don’t flow
south, you’re going to have U.S. hog
farmers bidding against each other to
get pigs,” said University of Missouri livestock economist Ron Plain.
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv)
spread to Canada last winter and has
been detected in several Canadian provinces, most notably at dozens of Ontario
farms and four in Manitoba.
Chicago lean hog futures hit an all-time
high in summer and have since eased as
U.S. farmers rapidly rebuild their herds
from losses to disease, but they remain at
historically high levels.
A disruption in Manitoba’s exports of
2.5 million feeder pigs annually to the
United States would slow those efforts
and lift prices. But such a threat has flown
below the market’s radar.
“I haven’t heard anyone bring up Canadian hogs at all,” said Chicago-based JBS
Trading Co. president James Burns, adding that the market focused on the virus’s
impact on U.S. supplies. “And over the
past few years, Canada has significantly
reduced its herds, so I think we lost interest in it a little bit.”
Canada’s 1.2 million sows and gilts
— representing the herd’s reproductive
capacity — are 25 per cent fewer than their
peak numbers a decade earlier, although
they have recently inched higher.
In Manitoba, the biggest provincial
exporter of young pigs to the United
States and home of a huge slaughter plant
for mature hogs, the New Democratic
Party government has since 2011 allowed
expansion or replacement of hog barns
only under environmental conditions
that the industry complains are the strictest in the world.
Brandon may shift to U.S.
The industry is also coping with new federal restrictions on hiring temporary foreign workers, even as the country’s two
biggest pork packers, Maple Leaf Foods
and Olymel LP, struggle to find staff for
their western plants.
The situation has gotten so dire that
Maple Leaf may shift some processing
from Brandon, Manitoba to rivals’ plants
in the United States, the company told
Reuters.
“That is definitely in our sights because
we have to continue to meet our customers’ needs,” said Rory McAlpine, Maple
Leaf’s vice-president of government and
industry relations.
“If those Canadian pigs
don’t flow south, you’re
going to have U.S. hog
farmers bidding against
each other to get pigs.”
Maple Leaf can slaughter 90,000 hogs per
week in Brandon, but is killing as few as
65,000. photo: supplied
Maple Leaf can slaughter 90,000 hogs
per week in Brandon, but is killing as
few as 65,000. It has 190 vacant positions, representing 10 per cent of the
plant workforce.
Olymel’s Red Deer, Alberta plant is running at half of its capacity due to problems finding workers.
The plant depends on temporary workers mainly from Ukraine and the Philippines for 30 per cent of its workforce. But
the government’s changes to the foreign
worker program would drop that threshold to 10 per cent in the next couple of
years, said Olymel spokesman Richard
Vigneault.
“There’s a big problem ahead if they go
ahead with the changes,” he said. “If we
face a serious manpower shortage in the
future, there is some possibility the production will go down, of course.”
Weanling shipments plunge
Packers are not the only ones coping with
fewer pigs.
Canadian feeder pig exports to the
Ron Plain
University of Missouri
United States plunged 42 per cent to
4.2 million head in 2013 from five years
earlier.
The drop reflects Manitoba’s restrictions, U.S. country-of-origin labels that
made imports more costly for the American industry, and moves by Canadian
packers to acquire large hog farms, said
Canadian livestock analyst Kevin Grier.
In 2014, feeder pig exports to the
United States are down again. But Grier
said market conditions may change with
U.S. hog supplies still running short.
Smaller supplies of pigs from Canada
would create surplus capacity of U.S. barns
to raise them to slaughter weight, said University of Missouri economist Plain.
For the Manitoba industry, prevented
from expanding by tough environmental rules, much depends on how quickly
PEDv spreads among the herd.
“If the weanling pig supply dries up
from Canada, a lot of us would lose our
flexibility... for some people, it is their
only source of pigs,” said Iowa hog farmer
Bill Tentinger.
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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS
Weight Category
Ashern
Gladstone
Grunthal
Heartland
Heartland
Brandon
Virden
Killarney
Ste. Rose
Winnipeg
Feeder Steers
Oct-15
Oct-14
Oct-14
Oct-16
Oct-15
Oct-13
Oct-16
Oct-17
No. on offer
2,091*
1,172*
1,463*
2,186*
2,889*
*967
1,601*
2,250
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Over 1,000 lbs.
900-1,000
230.00-235.00
n/a
200.00-215.00
200.00-220.00
200.00-226.00
n/a
n/a
215.00-232.00
800-900
230.00-240.00
210.00-256.00
215.00-250.00
215.00-240.00
228.00-244.00
n/a
n/a
220.00-250.00
700-800
238.00-267.00
230.00-265.00
235.00-267.00
245.00-272.00
250.00-270.00 (273.00)
250.00-270.00 (277.00)
220.00-240.00 (247.00)
230.00-262.00
600-700
240.00-290.00
250.00-281.00
255.00-285.00
265.00-300.00
260.00-290.00 (294.00)
260.00-280.00 (293.00)
255.00-285.00 (292.00)
230.00-265.00
500-600
290.00-311.00
270.00-312.00
270.00-325.00
280.00-312.00
270.00-314.00
275.00-305.00 (311.50)
285.00-315.00 (316.00)
245.00-315.00
400-500
290.00-344.00
300.00-372.00
300.00-360.00
320.00-337.00
288.00-338.00
310.00-345.00 (364.00)
290.00-345.00 (382.00)
285.00-375.00
300-400
300.00-377.00
350.00-406.00
350.00-462.00
350.00-395.00
345.00-390.00
345.00-375.00 (400)
290.00-370.00 (382.00)
340.00-425.00
Feeder heifers
900-1,000 lbs.
170.00-211.00
180.00-214.75
n/a
170.00-200.00
184.00-208.50
n/a
n/a
170.00-212.00
800-900
200.00-227.00
190.00-231.00
200.00-225.00
215.00-230.00
210.00-233.00
n/a
n/a
200.00-234.00
700-800
231.00-240.00
200.00-240.50
215.00-245.00
220.00-241.00
219.00-240.00 (244.00)
n/a
210.00-240.00 (242.00)
215.00-252.00
600-700
200.00-246.00
210.00-246.00
230.00-260.00
230.00-247.00
227.00-248.00
230.00-245.00
225.00-250.00 (263.00)
217.00-248.00
500-600
230.00-242.00
250.00-286.00
240.00-300.00
255.00-278.00
233.00-255.00 (265.00)
250.00-280.00 (287.00)
235.00-255.00 (285.00)
220.00-275.00
400-500
240.00-320.00
270.00-320.00
245.00-360.00
280.00-317.00
270.00-310.00
295.00-320.00 (332.00)
240.00-290.00 (337.00)
230.00-330.00
300-400
250.00-310.00
290.00-354.00
300.00-395.00
320.00-350.00
280.00-345.00
310.00-340.00 (377.00)
255.00-285.00 (335.00)
250.00-340.00
Slaughter Market
No. on offer
230
n/a
141
116
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
D1-D2 Cows
100.00-120.00
100.00-130.50
n/a
120.00-130.00
113.00-126.00
103.00-112.00
118.00-130.00 (133.00)
120.00-128.00
D3-D5 Cows
90.00-105.00
n/a
100.00-120.00
110.00-117.00
103.00-113.00
n/a
105.00-119.00
100.00-110.00
Age Verified
110.00-130.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
117.00-128.50
110.00-125.00
n/a
100.00-126.00
Good Bulls
n/a
111.00-144.50
130.00-142.25
138.00-158.00
138.00-156.00
135.00-145.00
135.00-152.00 (154.00)
145.00-155.00
Butcher Steers
n/a
n/a
n/a
145.00-156.00
149.00-157.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
Butcher Heifers
n/a
n/a
n/a
145.00-153.00
148.00-155.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
Feeder Cows
n/a
n/a
120.00-135.00
n/a
125.00-139.00
120.00-128.00
n/a
n/a
Fleshy Export Cows
n/a
n/a
118.00-124.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Lean Export Cows
n/a
n/a
102.00-112.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
130.00-150.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
115.00-147.00
n/a
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COLUMN
The risk of feeding round bales to horses
Concentration of nutrients and overfeeding are
among the potential problems
Carol Shwetz, DVM
Horse Health
C
onvenience and dollar
savings are often cited
as two major advantages
when feeding round baled hay,
especially when feeding groups
of horses. At first glance these
advantages may seem obvious,
but for actual economic benefit
certain conditions need to be
met and the inherent health risks
to the horses being fed round
bales need to be considered.
The preferred forage of choice
for most classes of horses is grass
hay, even more so when feeding
round bales. As the percentage
of alfalfa climbs in round bales,
health problems become more
frequent. As the horses burrow
through the bale, the bale collapses, sifting delicate leaves
out of the hay, leaving them to
settle in pockets at the bottom
of the feeder. These pockets of
rich, dense leaves are high in
proteins and sugars. When consumed in excess by susceptible
horses, atypical and unseasonal
episodes of laminitis can be
triggered. In groups of weanlings these pockets of leaves will
spur on non-productive growth
spurts and in all groups of horses
these pockets of rich leaves
can induce colic and digestive
upsets.
If round bales are not stored
properly or managed appropriately while being fed to the
horses, weathering and/or spoiling of hay can substantially whit-
tle away any price-per-pound
advantage round baled hay may
offer over square baled hay.
If enough horses have access
to and consume a round bale
in a reasonable time of four to
seven days, there may be little
concern for spoilage. However,
once the twine or plastic covering is removed from the bale, it
begins to collapse, losing its resiliency to moisture and spoilage.
Warming trends in combination
with wet weather begin to take
their toll, diminishing the nutritional content of the hay and setting the stage for mouldy patches
and caramelization of proteins
and sugars. As the hay quality
deteriorates, the risk of digestive and respiratory disorders to
the horse rises. Digestive upsets,
colic and respiratory conditions
such as (COPD), also known as
heaves become prevalent.
Round baled hay is typically
associated with a higher incidence of dust and mould. Therefore horses with respiratory
problems are not good candidates in round bale feeding systems.
A certain percentage of hay
spoilage is often inherent in the
manner in which round bales are
fed. It is important to maintain
hay quality as the horses feed
in order to maximize the nutritional content of the hay.
Dangers for groups
Round bale feeders designed
specifically for horses limit waste
by containing the hay, preventing the horses from trampling
and rendering the hay unpalatable.
Round hay bale feeders designed specifically for horses will have the signature “paperclip” bar frame and lack the
linking top bar in an attempt to avoid traumatic injuries while the horses are feeding. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Although round bale feeders
offer advantages when feeding round bales, they also can
become problematic in certain groupings of horses. Head,
neck, and back injuries are not
uncommon. Horses that are
startled while feeding or unexpectedly bullied by a pen mate
are positioned vulnerably while
feeding. For this reason it will
be important to recognize the
social workings within groups of
horses. In addition to becoming
targets for bullying, timid horses
can become outliers unable to
consume their daily requirement
of feed, losing weight.
When round baled hay is used,
horse owners forfeit the ability to
closely monitor intake. Although
free-choice forage is a great idea
for horses, it can be disadvantageous for the non-stop eater.
Slow feed nets designed specifically for round bales can be
a useful tool to limit the daily
intake of some horses. It may be
necessary to separate particular individuals from the feeding
group during the day to offset
their gluttonous tendency. Slow
feed netting will slow down the
greedy eaters, but hard keepers
may need to be separated and
offered a little extra hay.
Monitoring weight gain
Supervision of individual horse’s
body condition can identify how
individual horses are responding
to the round bale feeding system.
Unfortunately round bale
feeding methods do little to
engage the horses in foraging activity and movement.
It is not uncommon for horses
with unlimited access to round
bales within enclosed wintering grounds to consume 40 to
45 pounds of hay a day when
20 to 25 pounds would suffice.
Left unsupervised the majority
of horses tends to gain weight
over the winter season consuming more calories than are spent.
Limited exercise in combination
with excessive forage intake sets
the stage for metabolic disease
and obesity. Weight gain in the
winter season is an unnatural
phenomena stressing the horse’s
internal hormonal and metabolic environment.
Acknowledging the inherent
limitations and health risks of
feeding round bales of hay will
identify whether it is suitable for
the individual horse.
Carol Shwetz is a veterinarian specializing
in equine practice at Westlock, Alberta.
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Mild October weather to continue
Issued: Monday, October 20, 2014 · Covering: October 22 – October 29, 2014
Daniel Bezte
Co-operator
contributor
T
his forecast period begins
with a continuation of the
warm, dry weather we’ve
been seeing off and on now for
nearly two weeks. This warm
weather, which has been bringing temperatures a good 6 to 10
C above the long-term average,
looks to continue for at least
a few more days before more
average late-October temperatures move back in.
A large area of low pressure
sitting in the Gulf of Alaska has
been helping to build a significant ridge of high pressure over
central North America. This in
turn has been giving us mainly
sunny skies and mild temperatures. Energy from this low is
expected to move on shore late
this week, generating an area of
low pressure, forecast to track
across the northern Prairies
over the weekend. As this low
passes by on Saturday we’ll see
a weak cold front sag southward sometime late in the day,
bringing with it slightly cooler
temperatures.
The main impact this low will
have is that it will break down
the upper ridge of high pressure, allowing energy from the
Pacific to move inland and take
a more southerly route. The
weather models are showing
the first piece of energy pushing through late on Sunday and
into Monday, bringing with it
clouds and showers along with
fairly windy conditions. Temperatures don’t look like they’ll
get that cold behind this system as a second system is forecasted to begin building to our
west early next week.
This second system will
help pull in some more mild
air ahead of it from Tuesday
through to Thursday of next
week. Once again, I wouldn’t
be surprised if we see daytime
highs at or above the high end
of the usual temperature range
for this time of the year.
Usual temperature range for
this period: Highs, 2 to 15 C;
lows, -7 to 2 C. Probability of
precipitation falling as snow: 30
per cent.
Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession
with a BA (Hon.) in geography,
specializing in climatology, from the
U of W. He operates a computerized
weather station near Birds Hill Park.
Contact him with your questions and
comments at [email protected].
WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA
Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region)
September 1, 2014 to October 16, 2014
< 40%
40 - 60%
60 - 85%
85 - 115%
115 - 150%
150 - 200%
> 200%
Extent of Agricultural Land
Lakes and Rivers
Produced using near real-time data that has
undergone initial quality control. The map
may not be accurate for all regions due to data
availability and data errors.
Copyright © 2014 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with
Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies.
Created: 10/17/14
www.agr.gc.ca/drought
This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that has fallen across the Prairies so far this fall (Sept. 1 to Oct. 16) compared
to the long-term average. Southern Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan and northeastern Alberta have been dry so far this season, with
amounts falling in the 40-60 per cent range. The wet spots have been southern Alberta and much of the southern half of Saskatchewan,
where some regions received more than double their average precipitation.
No agreement between winter forecasts
Someone who could consistently call long-range weather would soon have infinite wealth
By Daniel Bezte
co-operator contributor
A
fter seeing record-breaking heat in late September and some really nice
late-season warmth over the
last couple of weeks, it’s time
for us to once again turn our
attention to the upcoming winter, as most of the well-known
weather prognosticators have
now chimed in.
Will it be an average winter?
Warmer than normal? Or will
we see another bitterly cold
winter? It is this long-range
weather forecast that I get
asked the most about. I guess
it’s because winter can last for
nearly six months if it starts
early and ends late. Those of
you who have read my columns
know I like to have a little fun
with these forecasts, because,
well, simply put, if someone
was able to accurately and consistently predict the weather
beyond a couple of weeks,
they would soon have infinite
wealth. I know I’m not making
huge dollars making my longrange forecasts, and as far as
I know, neither are any of the
companies that put out these
forecasts.
I would like to start our look
at the long-range forecast with
the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
After all, according to what you
read, it has been creating long-
I would be surprised if we saw temperatures as
cold as they were last winter.
range forecasts for over 200
years and has an accuracy of 80
per cent. I’ve written about this
80 per cent accuracy before,
and all I’m going to say is that
since I have been looking at
monthly long-range forecasts
starting back in 2004, it has
only been accurate about 20
per cent of the time, at least for
our part of the world. Maybe
this winter it will make up for
it, so let’s see what it has to
say. Its general winter forecast
calls for colder-than-average
temperatures along with lots
of snow. When you look at the
month-to-month forecast, this
general forecast doesn’t seem
to make a whole lot of sense.
Its November forecast is for
warm and dry conditions followed by an average December.
It then predicts colder-thanaverage temperatures in January along with near-average
amounts of snow. February,
according to it, will see nearaverage temperatures along
with above-average amounts of
snow. Finally, the winter ends
on a cold note, with colderthan-average temperatures in
March along with near-average amounts of snow. To me
this doesn’t sound like a cold,
snowy winter — more like an
average winter.
The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac is always a little tougher to
figure out as it doesn’t provide
monthly temperature and precipitation forecasts. Instead, it
simply gives an overall statement about the winter and
followup with an annotated
description of the weather that
can be expected during each
month. I have to take these
descriptions and try to turn
them into an above- or belowaverage forecast. Its general
statement about the winter is
that it will be cold and snowy
— just like the Old Farmer’s
Almanac predicts. Looking at
each month’s descr iption,
here is what I came up with:
November looks like the Canadian Almanac calls for average
to maybe above-average temperatures as it mentions warm
and cold periods, but also mentions thunderstorms late in the
month; to me, that would mean
warm weather. It also calls for
precipitation (mostly rain) several times during the month, so
I’ll take that as above-average
amounts. December looks like
it will see above-average temperatures, with cold air moving in late in the month. It also
mentions snow several times,
so I’ll go with above-average
amounts of snow. January looks
to be a rather nasty month as it
appears to call for below-average temperatures and aboveaverage amounts of snow; it
calls for an intense storm to
cross the Prairies. Finally, February looks to be near average
in both temperature and precipitation. Sorry, I didn’t have
the March forecast with me at
this time.
Around average
Environment Canada calls
for a warm start to the winter,
with above-average temperatures in November and December along with near-average
amounts of snow. Temperatures
cool to near average in January
and stay around average right
through into early spring. It also
predicts near-average amounts
of snow right through to the
end of the winter.
The U.S. forecasters over at
the National Weather Service call for us to have about
a 33 per cent chance of seeing above-average temperatures this winter along with
n e a r- a v e r a g e a m o u n t s o f
snow. Given the eight different long-range forecasting
weather models for the period
of January to March, three
predict colder-than-average
temperatures, one predicts
near-average temperatures,
and four predict above-average
temperatures. Looking at the
precipitation forecasts put out
by these same eight models,
we find four predict average
amounts of precipitation, with
the rest split between belowand above-average amounts.
Finally, I guess I should
throw in my two cents. I have
to admit, for the first time in
a long time doing these types
of forecasts, I really have no
idea what this winter might
have in store for us! I would be
surprised if we saw temperatures as cold as they were last
winter. I think we’ll continue
with our trend of jumping
between warmer than average
and colder than average, which
usually ends up with temperatures overall coming in around
average. We’ve also seen an
unusually large number of
large storm systems affect our
region over the last six months
or so, so I’m thinking there
might be one more of these
in store for us this winter that
could result in us seeing aboveaverage snowfall. As usual, only
time will tell.
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Don’t pay $12 an acre for ‘foo-foo dust’
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency no longer tests fertilizers for efficacy
and quality, so it’s buyer beware
By Madeleine Baerg
Co-operator contributor
A
A scaling back of federal oversight means producers should be wary of new fertilizer products that come with big promises. photo: thinkstock
“Many of the trace mineral products now available have infinitesimal amounts of the various
products,” said Brook. “A whole
lot of it is foo-foo dust — they’ll
charge you anywhere from $7 to
$12 per acre for a product that
might have 50 cents of actual fertilizer in it.”
T h e m ove t o d e re g u l a t i o n
shouldn’t have come as a surprise. With an increasing number
of products seeking registration,
yet declining government research
dollars, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency simply didn’t have the
capacity to continue proving or
disproving efficacy claims.
“We thought the previous system worked well for growers,” said
Clyde Graham, senior vice-president at the Canadian Fertilizer
Institute.
“The Government of Canada
made a decision based on cost,
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that change. Maybe these are
the growing pains of regulatory
change.”
The vast majority is reputable
products, he said.
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to be sure the products they sell
are quality products,” said Graham.
“For the most part, farmers can
rely on the products they are buying. Where farmers might want to
exercise the most caution is if it’s a
product they’re not familiar with.”
In the absence of government
testing, farmers should stick with
products they know (Schedule 2
products will always be a safe bet),
work with a reputable ag dealer,
and seek professional advice from
a certified agrologist on any new or
novel products, said Graham.
If they do opt for a new-to-them
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“It amounts certainly
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being spent by
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Harry Brook
testing. They should start with a
small amount of the new product
on a small sample area, doing their
best to make sure the only difference between the test and control
plots is the product itself.
Brook has one more piece of
advice.
“For God’s sake: measure!” he
said. “Everyone has a monitor on
their combine: Measure, be skeptical, prove it to yourself.”
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“streamlining” of federal
oversight of fertilizers has
opened the door to deceptive marketing claims and forced
product testing on to farmers.
“There have always been con
men trying to sell you things with
dubious claims. It’s just maybe
easier for them now,” said Harry
Brook, a crop specialist with
Alberta Agriculture and Rural
Development.
“All of a sudden, we’re seeing a
whole bunch of fertilizer products
being promoted, but a farmer has
to ask: Are they actually effective?
For a lot of these products, there’s
no research or they are taking the
research out of context for their
marketing purposes. It amounts
certainly to millions of dollars
being spent by Alberta producers
on questionable products.”
Just over two years ago, the
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
got out of the business of testing
fertilizers for efficacy and quality.
Since then, fertilizers merely have
to be proven safe to be registered.
Some products now being sold
are obviously problematic, said
Brook. For example, despite product claims to the contrary, Alberta’s naturally calcareous soils will
never benefit from the application
of additional calcium. As well, foliarly applied macronutrients will
never provide enough nutrient to
have any yield effect (if they did,
they’d burn the plants), he said.
And there’s no such thing as ‘more
plant-accessible’ nitrogen.
“A pound of nitrogen is a pound
of nitrogen is a pound of nitrogen,
that’s what you calculate your costs
on,” said Brook.
Some product claims are sneakier.
Sprayed foliarly onto a crop, iron
turns plant leaves dark green. But
the dark-green colour does not
indicate improved health, nor does
it have any impact on yield, especially in Alberta where our soils
have a natural oversupply of iron,
he said.
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CROP REPORT
Final crop report — harvest almost complete;
yields mostly near average
These are excerpts from the final crop report for 2014; full text available on the MAFRD website
Weekly Provincial Summary
• Provincially, harvest of spring
cereals is estimated at over 95
per cent complete, canola 90
per cent, flax 80 per cent, edible
beans 95 per cent, soybeans
70 per cent, sunflowers 60 per
cent and grain corn 15 to 20 per
cent complete.
• Yields are generally at or
slightly above the 10-year average. However, lower yields
were reported in some areas,
largely due to extreme weather
affecting seeding, stand establishment and crop development.
• Quality for most crop types is
average to below average. Cereals saw a decrease in quality
due to poor weather at harvest. Significant downgrading
in winter wheat also resulted
from higher-than-normal levels of fusarium.
• The number of winter wheat
acres seeded in fall of 2014 is
down substantially, due to a
delayed harvest which reduced
stubble availability, aboveaverage yields of spring wheat
including general purpose-type
wheats and fusarium head
blight impacting yield and
quality of the 2013 crop. Germination and stand establishment of winter wheat this fall is
rated at good to excellent.
• Fall field work, including tillage,
soil testing, post-harvest weed
control and fertilizer applications of anhydrous ammonia is
ongoing.
Southwest Region
The overall cereal harvest is estimated at 90 per cent complete,
although there are some pockets
with substantial acres remaining to be harvested. Quality loss
is noted in most spring wheat;
however, the majority of the crop
has graded as either #1 or #2
CWRS.
The barley and field pea harvest is complete with barley and
pea yields generally below longterm averages. Oat yields have
been generally at or above average yields with average bushel
weights.
The canola harvest is also estimated at 90 per cent complete
with no significant issues with
green seed and generally above
long-term average yields.
The flax and soybean harvests
are well underway with early
flax yields of 25 to 35 bu./acre in
flax and 30 to 45 bu./acre in soybeans. There has been generally
good quality and minimal green
seed issues in soybeans.
The sunflower and grain corn
crops are awaiting dry-down with
no reports of harvesting yet.
Top soil moisture conditions
across the region are adequate to
surplus.
The majority of the second-cut
alfalfa is harvested with generally
above-average quality and yields,
which should help alleviate feed
shortages.
Northwest Region
The wheat harvest is approximately 95 per cent complete. The
average yield for hard red spring
wheat is 50 bu./acre with about
15 per cent of grading #1 CWRS,
45 per cent grading #2 CWRS,
and 40 per cent grading #3 CWRS
and less.
The canola harvest is 95 per
cent finished. The average canola
yield is down from last year and
is estimated to be 30 bu./acre.
Quality is 25 per cent 1 CAN, 65
per cent 2 CAN and the remainder 3 CAN and sample.
Approximately 80 per cent of
the soybean crop is harvested.
The average yield is estimated
at 25 bu./acre, with 75 per cent
grading 2 CAN and 25 per cent
grading 3 CAN. Harvest of the
field pea crop is complete with
an average yield of 35 bu./acre
grading 2 CAN. The flax crop is
approximately 80 per cent complete with an average yield of 23
bu./acre. Most of the flax is grading 2 CW.
Excessive moisture conditions
resulted in crops being seeded
two to three weeks later than normal and heavy rains throughout
the growing season continuously
stressed crop development.
Greenfeed harvest continues;
however, there are issues with
dry-down and nitrates. Cattle
remaining on pastures are supplemented with feed, or being
moved to second-cut alfalfa or
crop residue fields. Some second
cut remain to be baled. Silage
harvest is continuing with 75 per
cent complete.
Central Region
Spring wheat yields ranged from
45 to 90 bu./acre, with most
areas reporting a 60 to 65 bu./
acre average. Variability in quality
was due to where and when the
rains fell; with excess moisture
causing downgrading at harvest.
There was a much lower impact
from fusarium head blight, if any.
Protein levels averaged 12 to 13.5
per cent. There were also a few
reports of downgrading due to
ergot. General-purpose wheats
ranged from 60 to 100 bu./acres.
Barley yields ranged from 70
to 120 bu./acre, with an average
of 85 bu./acre. Quality is not as
good this year, with downgrading
due to poor harvest conditions.
Oats ranged from 80 to 140
bu./acre, averaging 100 to 120
bu. More of the crop was downgraded this year due to mildew
and sprouting. The majority
of crop had good to excellent
bushel weights.
Canola yields were excellent.
Yields were variable, ranging
from 20 to 75 bu./acre, averaging
around 40 to 45 bu./acre. Quality is excellent for the most part,
with majority grading 1 CAN.
Flax yields range from 25 to 40
bu./acre. Quality is good. Peas
averaged 40 to 65 bu./acre with
harvest complete.
Edible bean harvest is complete. Yields are lower than last
year, averaging 1,800 lbs./acre,
with most ranging from 1,600 to
2,200 lbs./acre. Quality is good.
White mould was reported with
no significant yield or quality
loss.
Soybean harvest is nearly complete. Yields vary from 20 to 55
bu./acre, averaging 35 bu./acre.
Sunflower harvest has started
with much of the early yields
coming in at 1,600 to 2,000 lbs./
acre. A few higher yields in the
high 2,000 lbs./acre to low 3,000
lbs./acre have been reported.
Quality reported to date is good,
with some reports of staining due
to head rot.
Grain corn harvest continues.
Early yields range from 90 to 140
bu./acre, with average yields to
date in the 100 to 110 bu./acre
range. Moisture levels range from
the mid-20 per cent to over 30 per
cent, but are declining. Many will
wait for further dry-down before
harvest to limit the cost of drying.
Corn silage is wrapping up.
Soil testing continues. Results
are variable, but there are many
reports of very low soil test nitrogen and phosphorus due to good
yields this year.
Winter wheat seeding is
reduced by as much as 50 per
cent. Germination and stand
establishment is good to excellent this year.
Hayfields are in fair to good
condition, although some are
suffering from excess moisture.
Fusarium did impact some
spring wheat crops, but not to
the extent experienced in the
winter wheat crop.
Oat yields are in the 100 bu./
acre and higher range. Oat quality downgrades were due to light
test weights and weathering.
Canola yields range from 30 to
50 bu./acre. Quality is good.
Soybean harvest is in full swing
with yields in the 25 to over 45
bu./acre. Grain corn harvest is just
starting and initial yield reports
are in the 100 to 120 bu./acre
range. Sunflower harvest has not
started yet. Grain corn and sunflower qualities are still unknown.
The hay crop was above average in the region with quality
ranging from slightly below average to good. A lot of hay was put
up after the July rains. Secondcut grass hay is in better condition with some producers just
finishing up this week. Feed supplies are in a surplus and most
producers have more feed than
needed. Feeding of livestock
has started in some areas of the
region as others are grazing hayfields. Cows and calves look in
good condition with producers
starting to ship calves. Availability
of livestock water is rated as 100
per cent adequate.
Eastern Region
Estimated harvest progress is 90
per cent complete. Winter wheat
averaged 55 to 65 bu./acre with
poor quality due to fusarium.
Fusarium-damaged kernels
ranged anywhere from one to
three per cent and some samples were as high as six to 10 per
cent. Spring wheat averaged 40
to 50 bu./acre, with some producers averaging higher depending on the variety. According to
grain elevators, spring wheat
was impacted by mildew which
brought some samples down to
feed instead of #2 CWRS or #3
CWRS. Majority of spring wheat
though this year is grading #2
CWRS or #3 CWRS. Oats did quite
well this year with yields averaging 90 to 100 bu./acre and test
weights averaging over 38 lbs./bu.
Canola was a difficult crop to
harvest this year. Many producers left tough canola in swaths
for well over five weeks before
ideal harvest moisture levels
were attained. This year, many
producers left their canola crops
standing to be straight combined
which took longer than expected
to get the favourable harvesting
conditions.
Soybean harvest went smoothly
with yields better than expected
and moisture levels averaging
anywhere from 10 to 14 per
cent. Soybean yields are anywhere from 30 to 40 bu./acre.
Grain corn is still standing in
fields with high moisture levels.
Very little harvesting is done in
corn so far.
Good drying weather this past
week allowed for some combining and silage harvest throughout the region. Many fields are
now dry enough to travel on with
machinery. Second-cut alfalfa
and cereal silage operations are
continuing; corn silaging is just
starting. Some feeding of cattle on pastures and weaning of
calves is occurring. Very little
native hay was harvested this
season.
Harvest is estimated to be over
85 per cent complete, with fall
work at approximately 40 per
cent complete. Soil moisture at
this time is appropriate for all fall
operations.
It has been one of the more
stressful and challenging years in
the region. Excess moisture was
a periodic problem, but the biggest frustration was the relatively
insignificant rainfall events that
impacted timely field operations.
Spring wheat yields are in the
60 to 80 bu./acre range. Quality
has been impacted by weathering such as sprouting and
mildew, which resulted in downgrading to feed in some cases.
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Crop protection firm
MANA Canada
now Adama
The company will continue to bring off-patent chemistry to
farmers, but also intends to add value through innovation
By Allan Dawson
co-operator staff
T
he world’s biggest offpatent farm pesticide
supplier and seventhlargest crop protection company has a new name and
focus.
Makhteshim Agan is now
Adama Agricultural Solutions
Ltd., including in Canada,
where it was called MANA
( Ma k h t e s h i m A g a n , No r t h
America) Canada.
“ This change essentially
brings us to one company,
one culture, one identity, one
brand and one name around
the world,” Andrew Mann,
chief executive of Adama Canada, told reporters with Farm
Business Communications
Oct. 14.
“We have a broad portfolio of products and services.
Innovation is not just about
the product, but it’s also about
the way of doing business.”
Un t i l n ow, M a k h t e s h i m
Agan’s subsidiaries around the
world, including MANA, operated under 26 unique local
brand names.
In 2 0 1 1 , 6 0 p e r c e n t o f
Makhteshim Agan was sold
to state-owned ChemChina,
starting a new partnership,
which will result in further
expansion.
Adama, which means earth
in Hebrew, posted revenues of
more than $3.07 billion (U.S.)
in 2013. It employs more than
4,500 people, including 14 in
Canada, has 50 subsidiaries
and 120 active ingredients.
Ad a m a w i l l c o n t i n u e t o
bring off-patent pesticides
to farmers, but will also seek
ways to make them better than
the original, Mann said. For
example, Adama might combine certain products to create
a unique blend to assist farmers with herbicide-resistant
weeds or herbicide-tolerant
volunteer crops, he said. It
could be as simple as changing a pesticide formulation or
concentration to make it easier for farmers to use.
“Innovation is not always a
home run,” Mann said. “You
can have a couple of singles
and win a game.
“A big part of our portfolio is
off patent, alternative choice,
but we are going to be pursuing more and more chemistries from discovery. We may
not be the discoverer of them,
but hopefully we would have a
proprietary position.”
Adama sells more than 20
farm pesticides in Canada now
— 12 herbicides, four fungicides, and four insecticides.
To simplify pesticide options
Adama has colour coded and
created a unique icon for each
pesticide category.
Adama’s roots lie in Israel
where Agan Chemical Manufacturers was founded in 1945.
Makhteshim Chemical Works
began operations in 1952, with
the two companies merging in
“This change essentially brings us to one
company, one culture, one identity, one brand
and one name around the world.”
Andrew Mann
1997. Adama’s global corporate headquarters remains in
Airport City, Israel, just outside of Tel Aviv.
Adama Canada is headquartered in Winnipeg, with two
representatives in Manitoba
and Alberta, respectively, three
in Saskatchewan and two covering Eastern Canada.
Worldwide 56 per cent of
Adama’s sales revenue comes
from herbicides and the ratio is
similar in Canada, Mann said.
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Wheat board
lawsuit dealt
another
blow
Ukrainian farmers like to burn stubble
The four farmer-plaintiffs
and Friends of the
Canadian Wheat Board
consider their next move
By Allan Dawson
co-operator staff
A
NASA says the red dots in
this satellite photo taken
Sept. 18 are probably
fires set by farmers in
Ukraine and other Eastern
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lawsuit claiming the federal government owes
western Canadian grain
farmers $17 billion in compensation for ending the Canadian
Wheat Board’s monopoly has
been dealt another blow.
On Oct. 15 the Federal Court
of Appeal in Ottawa upheld
a lower court ruling that the
class-action lawsuit launched
by four farmers had no chance
of succeeding.
The plaintiffs — Harold Bell
of Fort St. John, B.C., Andrew
Dennis of Brookdale, Man.,
Nathan Macklin of DeBolt,
Alta., and Ian McCreary of
Bl a d w o r t h , Sa s k . — w e re
to meet this week to discuss
whether to seek leave to appeal
to the Supreme Court of Canada, said Stewart Wells, chair
of the Friends of the Canadian
Wheat Board (FWCB), which is
supporting the plaintiffs.
If the Supreme Court doesn’t
agree to hear the appeal, the
plaintiffs have no fur ther
recourse.
The Appeal Court’s decision
is disappointing said Wells,
a Swift Current farmer and
former Canadian Wheat Board
director.
The latest court ruling confirms farmers have the right to
marketing freedom, Agriculture
Minister Gerry Ritz said in an
email.
“While a small few will
always try to deny basic fundamental freedoms to farmers,
the overwhelming majority of
farmers continues to capitalize
on the opportunities that marketing freedom is providing,”
he wrote.
The plaintiffs haven’t lost
their entire case. The courts
have said they can pursue
their allegations governmentappointed wheat board directors misallocated farmers’
money during the transition to
an open market.
The argument for $17 billion
in compensation is based on
economic studies that estimate
the wheat board’s monopoly
earned western farmers an
extra $600 million to $800 million annually.
Wells said farmers should
also get the wheat board’s
assets because they were accumulated while marketing farmers’ grain.
“We’ll never know how much
of that money actually came
into the board unless we can
see the books from 2012-13
and 2013-14,” Wells said.
The government hasn’t made
the CWB’s financial statements
from those crop years public
saying the information is commercially sensitive.
The FCWB also wants
the wheat board to release a
revised audited financial statement for 2011-12 after earlier
this year “mysteriously” issuing another $26 million in payments to farmers.
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EPA approves Dow’s Enlist
glyphosate and 2,4-D combo
Resistance will be monitored and approval will be reviewed
in six years instead of the normal 15
By Carey Gillam
Reuters
T
Platform
Specialty to buy
Arysta
Platform Specialty Products Corp. said Monday it
would buy Arysta LifeScience Ltd. for about
US$3.51 billion, Platform’s
third acquisition this year.
Arysta is a global provider
of insecticides, fungicides,
herbicides, biostimulants
and value-added nutrients
and reported net sales of
$1.5 billion in 2013, Platform said on Monday.
Products sold in Canada
include three horticultural
fungicides and seven crop
herbicides, including Everest, Select, NextStep and
Inferno.
More than 65 per cent
of Arysta’s sales are in
high-growth regions such
as Latin America, Africa,
Central and Eastern
Europe, China and South
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E PA s a i d i t w a s a p p l ying “first-time-ever restrictions” on its approval of the
herbicide, called Enlist Duo,
which is designed to be used
with new genetically modified crops developed by Dow
AgroSciences.
The herbicide was developed by Dow as an answer to
severe weed resistance problems that are limiting crop
production around the country.
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approvals of herbicides
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The EPA decision comes
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approval last month to Enlist
cor n and soybeans, which
have been altered to tolerate being sprayed with Enlist
Duo herbicide. The specialty
crops and the herbicide are to
be sold as a branded “Enlist
Weed Control System.”
Like the popular Roundup
Ready system developed by
rival Monsanto Co., farmers
who plant Enlist crops can
spray over the crops in their
fields with Enlist herbicide
and kill weeds but not the
crops.
Heavy use of Roundup herbicide triggered an explosion
of herbicide-resistant “superweeds” that are hard for farmers to fight and which can
choke off crop yields. Such
weeds now infest roughly 70
million acres of U.S. farmland, according to Dow.
Enlist Duo combines 2,4D, which used in combination with glyphosate should
help farmers kill weeds that
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Dow officials say. Dow pegs
the market for Enlist at about
$1 billion, and hopes to start
selling the system for the 2015
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Questions on Manitoba food regulations?
There’s a website for that
Small Farms Manitoba invites farmers to submit questions they might be hesitant to ask government regulators
By Meghan Mast
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anitoba producers
now have a safe space
to ask questions they
might be hesitant to put to government regulators. The online
forum, hosted by Small Farms
Manitoba, allows farmers to
submit queries, via email, that
will be investigated by the team
of researchers and then posted
anonymously on the “Frequently Asked Questions” page.
Kalynn Spain, founder of
Small Farms Manitoba, was
inspired to start the page
through conversations with
people from the “Real Manitoba
Food Fight” — a collective of
people advocating for developing a better local food system in
the province.
“There seems to be mass confusion about what the regulations actually are,” said Spain.
“There seems to be mass confusion about what
the regulations actually are.”
KALYNN SPAIN
The FAQ page is part of a wider
attempt to clarify regulations,
particularly for small producers.
Questions range from where
to find an inspected beefprocessing facility, to where and
how to sell uninspected poultry,
and what does it mean to sell a
product from the “farm gate?”
Researchers — comprised of
both producers and consumers — are careful to source their
answers, which are sometimes
open to interpretation.
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researchers, discovered during
her digging that the term “farm
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farmers and consumers and even
sometimes government officials,
doesn’t actually appear in the
Public Health Act or the Livestock
and Livestock Products Act.
Instead official legislation
refers to “direct transaction
between the producer and consumer.”
“There is a lot of misinformation out there,” said Carpenter,
who is also a pasture-based
farmer at Luna Field Farm.
Though the correct information
is available, she said, it is often
hidden away in thick bureaucratic documents not easily
searchable or accessible to the
general public.
Carpenter said other provinces seem to do a better job.
She referred to the Government
of Alberta’s easily searchable
website that highlights the most
important points from various
documents.
“We don’t really have that,”
Carpenter said. “If you typed
in ‘Manitoba, how to sell
inspected chickens,’ or, ‘Manitoba egg production,’ those
things don’t come up.”
She ran into these issues when
she and her husband began
their own operation several
years ago. Instead of relying on
word of mouth she decided to
seek out the answers for herself.
Challenging the answers
Both Spain and Carpenter hope
the FAQ forum will eventually
go beyond just answering questions to stimulating a conversation and even helping reveal
some of the shortfalls of the
current regulatory system.
“( The FAQ site) is not just
about asking questions and
finding answers,” she said, “but
also challenging those answers.”
“The first step is clarity,” said
Spain. “The second step is to
talk about, is this working for
small farmers? The answer to
some of those questions is, ‘no,’
because there’s been issues as
we’ve seen in the news.”
She referenced last year when
health inspectors seized around
160 kg of cured pork and beef
products from Pam and Clint
Cavers. Just months earlier
the couple had won “Best New
Food Product” for that same
prosciutto at the Great Manitoba Food Fight competition —
sponsored by MAFRD, the same
government organization that
deployed the health inspectors.
Charges have since been
dropped, and the Cavers have
started producing prosciutto
again, but the incident raised
questions about inconsistent
messages and barriers facing
small-scale agriculture businesses.
Producers aren’t the only ones
noticing the disconnect. This
summer Manitoba Agriculture,
Food and Rural Development
formed a working group, led
by the province’s former chief
veterinarian to review existing
regulation and programs affecting small-scale farmers.
[email protected]
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‘Fair rail’ act not so fair for short lines
Under pressure to meet legislated quotas, railways give preference to their own main lines
By Phil Franz-Warkentin,
Commodity News Service Canada
“The legislation was
a knee-jerk reaction,
and has proved
very disruptive to
the transportation
system as a whole.”
W
Sheldon Affleck
Big Sky Rail Corp.
The major railways are hesitant to deliver cars to lines where there is a longer turnaround time. photo: file
One additional consequence
of the grain-moving legislation
is that customers moving other
products, such as fertilizer,
have been given lower priority,
said Jebb. Difficulties moving
grain and other products to the go and don’t regulate things to
U.S., which has a longer turna- death,” said Affleck, “because
round time, were another issue, then you’re just adding one
regulation on another reguaccording to Affleck.
“If you believe in the free lation on another regulation,
and putting out fires, and
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While Great Western depends
on CP Rail for its cars, Gadd
didn’t blame the larger railway
for the current backlog, saying it was simply doing what
was best for its own business
under the current legislation.
Rather, he placed the blame
on the federal mandates themselves.
“Whenever you have government regulation, you do
certainly get unintended consequences,” added Lee Jebb,
vice-president of railway operations with Cando Rail Services,
which runs the Central Manitoba Railway short line. “If you’re
under orders to move a lot of
wheat, you’ll move it to places
that make the best utilization
of your cars.” He said his short
line could provide a quick turnaround, but noted that other lines
located farther off the beaten
track were having issues.
listening to complaints, on
and on.”
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the mandates would die out at
that point, noting that the legislation has also created animosity between the railways, grain
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line railways say they
are getting the short
end of the stick as they struggle to meet their own commitments moving grain and other
products along their tracks.
A backlog of grain in the
Canadian Prairies over the past
winter, linked in part to poor
rail movement, prompted the
federal government to implement legislation requiring the
country’s two major railways to
increase their weekly grain handling in order to deal with the
situation.
The Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act requires both CN Rail
and CP Rail to each move
500,000 tonnes of grain per
week or face fines. There have
been some concerns raised over
the relatively cheap financial
penalty (now at $100,000 per
violation). There have also been
a few cases where the quotas
were not met, but in general
the legislation has met its broad
goal of seeing more grain move.
However, an unintended
consequence of the legislation
has seen CN and CP focus their
attentions on the “low-hanging
fruit” of moving grain along
their main lines, where there
are fast turnaround times, at the
expense of other business.
“The legislation was a kneejerk reaction, and has proved
very disruptive to the transportation system as a whole,”
said Sheldon Affleck, president
of Big Sky Rail Corp. and Mobil
Grain in Saskatchewan.
The short lines rely on CN
and CP to deliver rail cars to
their lines.
All of the large elevators on
the main line are getting a
steady supply of cars, but “the
short lines are getting the short
end of the stick,” said Roger
Gadd, general manager of Saskatchewan’s Great Western Railway.
“We’re still trying to catch up
with last year’s crop, and we’ll
probably never catch up this
year,” said Gadd. His railway,
which links to CP, could usually
count on at least one trainload
of cars a week, but didn’t receive
any cars during the week of
Oct. 13-19. He said the deliveries were inconsistent when they
did come and estimated that
the Great Western Railway was
about 1,500 cars behind.
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Winnipeg Regional
Health Authority signs
food charter
Document signed at Golden Carrot award ceremony
honouring local food initiatives
By Lorraine Stevenson
co-operator staff
O
ne of the largest and most
diverse health authorities
in Canada has signed the
Manitoba Food Charter in recognition that one in 10 Winnipeggers experiences some form of
food insecurity.
The Winnipeg Regional Health
Authority (WRHA) signed the
document last week on October 16 — the UN-declared World
Food Day — at the Manitoba legislature.
“Food security is a matter of
concern for Winnipeg as a whole,”
WRHA’s Dr. Catherine Cook, vice-
president (population and Aboriginal health) said during the
signing ceremony.
“It’s important that we look
at the long-term health effects
of food insecurity, such as dietrelated conditions like obesity,”
she said. “Taking a preventive
approach to health-care concerns
is essential in ensuring a healthy
food future.”
The WRHA is responsible for
providing health care to more
than 700,000 people in the City of
Winnipeg as well as the surrounding rural municipalities of East
and West St. Paul and the Town
of Churchill, located in northern
Manitoba. It has also recently
Forty-six individuals, community groups and businesses were presented with
the annual Golden Carrot awards at the Manitoba legislature on Oct. 16. approved its own Food Security
Position statement.
The WHRA promotes prenatal
and childhood nutrition and supports regional food security initiatives such as community gardens
and kitchens, said Cook.
With 50 per cent of the provincial budget devoted to health care,
“It’s visionary for the WRHA to
recognize the direct connection
between food security and health
care,” added Kreesta Doucette,
executive director for Food Matters Manitoba.
“Food insecurity can be an
immediate need, but it also
relates to long-term diet-related
diseases that are addressed by
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said. “With Manitoba recording
some of the highest rates of diabetes and other chronic diet-related
diseases in the country, this is an
important step towards a healthy
and food-secure province.”
Golden Carrot awards
The document, which was developed by the registered charity Food Matters Manitoba, was
signed following presentations of
its Golden Carrot awards.
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Manitoba bee
mortality down
Bee mortality in Manitoba
varied greatly from region
to region last winter, but
most honey producers saw
improvements
By Shannon VanRaes
CO-OPERATOR STAFF
D
espite the prolonged
cold weather Manitoba
endured last winter, bee
mortality actually declined in
the province.
“We’re calling it a high normal,” said Rheal Lafreniere,
Manitoba’s provincial apiarist.
“When we take all the numbers that got reported to us,
mortality came out to around
24 per cent.”
Normal winterkill numbers
fall between 15 and 25 per cent,
he added, noting that in 201213 the average winter loss —
including spring culls — was
calculated at 46.4 per cent.
“Twenty-four per cent is still
high, so we’re not calling it a
great year, but we’re not calling
it a bad year either,” Lafreniere
said.
Losses are calculated using
a mail-out survey. This year 63
beekeepers responded, representing just over 50 per cent of
the province’s colonies.
Apiarists also provide the
top three causes they attribute
bee mortality to, although
Lafreniere notes that responses
are anecdotal, adding there may
be other causes of mortality not
yet considered.
Seventeen per cent of bee
deaths were blamed on cold
See BEES on page 7 »
Southwest Manitoba has traditionally been considered part of the semi-arid Palliser Triangle. Today Wade (l) and Ryan Flannery are among the area farmers
whose fields are sprouting cattails, not crops. PHOTO: MEGHAN MAST
Southwestern Manitoba —
semi-arid to semi-fluid
Dedicated minimum- and zero-till farmers are now dragging out tillage
equipment that’s been in store for years
By Meghan Mast
CO-OPERATOR STAFF/ NEAR PIPESTONE
W
hen Ryan and Wade Flannery
began working on the drilling
rigs to supplement grain farming, they did not imagine that several years
later they would be working for oil companies year round.
“We (initially) went to the drilling rigs for
something to do for the winter and now it’s
turned into a full-time deal,” said Wade.
The Flannery brothers and many other
early explorer John Palliser declared as too
dry to farm. He was wrong about that, but
farming success in the area has historically
depended on moisture-conserving practices, and farmers were among the first to
develop minimum and zero till.
These days, the tillage equipment is
being pulled out of the weeds. Troy Mayes,
a grain farmer from Pierson, said his fields
are so wet the sandy clay loam swallows
his equipment. In the spring he tried to
harrow with a small four-wheel-drive tractor with triples.
The next morning he borrowed another
neighbour’s tractor and managed to pull
everything out.
Later in the season he dug out his dad’s
deep-tillage cultivator. “I haven’t used it
since I was a kid,” he said.
He added some new shovels, cylinders
and hydraulic hoses and cultivated deeper
than he ever had. “My dad thought we
were going too deep but I thought if I was
going to go over it, I’d sink it in good and
get it aerated.”
Mayes is reluctant to alter his farming
work of individuals, community
groups, educators, and businesses
to help more Manitobans have
access to nutritious food.
This year 46 nominees were
honoured and distinctive nominees highlighted in seven categories including, business,
education, media, rural, northern,
urban and youth.
Peguis First Nation resident Carl
McCorrister, a retired high school
teacher, was nominated in both
the rural and education categories.
McCorrister now devotes his
days to helping establish extensive community-based gardens
and helping others in his community learn how to grow and
preserve their own food through
workshops and training initiatives
he leads.
“If you look at the history of
Peguis, they were recognized as
an agricultural people,” he said in
an interview. “And up to my parents’ generation they were very
agricultural. But as time went on
you saw the changes. We’ve lost
a lot of our individual skills and
our family skills in terms of raising
our own food. I wanted to change
that.
“And now we’ve got a lot of people who have their own gardens,
so we’re bringing it back,” he said.
From five nominees in the business category, Nathan Steele, creator of MyFarmersMarket.com,
was chosen as distinctive nominee for his establishing an online
venue to order farmers’ market
products and have them delivered.
CBC reporter Jillian Taylor was
honoured as Media Food Champion for her work in spreading
awareness about the positive
aspects related to food security in
the North End of Winnipeg.
Carol Sanoffsky, who works for
Bayline Regional Roundtable,
and food self-sufficiency projects
through the Northern Healthy
Foods Initiative, was given the
Golden Carrot in the northern
category.
Small Farms Manitoba founder
Kalynn Spain was presented with
the distinctive nominee award
in the rural category for her travels around Manitoba to create
an online directory where small
farms now sell product.
Winnipeggers Damien Gagne
and Atticus McIlraith received
Golden Carrot awards in the
urban and youth categories
respectively. Gagne has established both indoor and outdoor
farmers’ markets and co-ordinates the West Broadway Good
Food Club. McIlraith, age 11,
received the award for his participation in the Grow A Row project
for Winnipeg Harvest and his participation in the Hunger for Home
and Kids Who Care programs.
A full list of nominees can be
found on Food Matters Manitoba’s website: www.foodmattersmanitoba.ca.
[email protected]
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Co-operator barn
series revival
Do you know this barn?
I
f you do, a Manitoba historian wants to hear from you. In early 1981 the Co-operator worked with provincial Manitoba Historic Resources Branch staff to photograph
and publish a series on rural buildings in Manitoba. Each week a photo and a story
were published about why each of the buildings was rare or unusual.
Now Gordon Goldsborough, webmaster and journal editor with the Manitoba
Historical Society (MHS), is looking for Co-operator readers to help him find the
GPS co-ordinates for these barns. He has looked for them during road trips in rural
Manitoba, but because the site’s location details are scant, he has been unable to
find them. He wants to include the buildings, with their GPS co-ordinates on a map
of historic sites being prepared for the MHS.
This photograph was taken by now-retired Co-operator editor Bob Hainstock
who took the photo in the 1980s for the earlier project. Many of the photos
were eventually included in Hainstock’s 1986 book Barns of Western Canada: An
Illustrated Century.
We are including the original “caption” that ran with his photo, hoping a reader can
answer these questions:
1. Does the building still stand?
2. If so, where is it?
3. What are its GPS co-ordinates?
4. What other information can you provide on its state of preservation or
other details about its history since the original story in the 1980s?
There is a distinct nautical flavour in the design of this unique fox tower located on flat prairie near
Steinbach. Built in 1936 by Jacob S. Rempel and B.P. Janz, then operating Steinbach Flour Mills, the
tower cost about $900, while the pens and equipment added another $2,200 to the cost of starting
in the fur business. About 105 pelts were sold the first year, bringing a total revenue of $1,812.50. In
addition to using the tower to closely co-ordinate the short mating season, it was also used to record
times when pups were to be born. Interruptions to the pen area were kept to a minimum, particularly
after pups were born as female foxes were known to eat their own young if overly agitated. This
particular fox farm kept about 100 females, plus males, with about 150 mink added at a later date.
Please send your responses to Gordon Goldsborough at:
email: [email protected]
Telephone: (204) 474-7469
Mail: 2021 Loudoun Rd. Winnipeg, Man. R3S 1A3
Barn down
A reader has reported that the
Arrowhead farm barn, depicted
in the Oct. 9, 2014 issue (see
page 35) and originally built by
the T.E. Doran family of Isabella
in 1919, no longer stands. The
reader could not recall exactly
when it fell, but said it collapsed under its own weight
sometime between 2004 or
2005. The barn was still standing as of September 2005
when it was visible in Google
Earth (N50.32510 W100.90236)
so it must have fallen shortly
afterward.
Car washing
restrictions
possible in LA
Agricultural losses from
drought costs estimated
at $2.2 billion this year
By Alex Dobuzinskis
Reuters
The mayor of Los Angeles aims to
reduce local water use by 20 per
cent over the next three years to
address a record drought through
a mix of voluntary measures for
residents and mandatory restrictions for city departments, the city
said Oct. 14.
The drought is expected to cost
the state an estimated $2.2 billion this year, along with a loss of
more than 17,000 jobs, as farmers
are forced to leave fallow some
valuable cropland, a report by
University of California in Davis
scientists found in July.
Mayor Eric Garcetti, in an executive order, asked residents in
the city of 3.9 million people to
limit watering their lawn to twice
a week and ordered city departments to reduce watering of
municipal lawns.
Garcetti warned that if those
and other measures do not meet
his goal of cutting the city’s water
use by 20 per cent by 2017, Los
Angeles could impose mandatory
cutbacks on residents that would
include limits on car washing.
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CON N EC T I NG RU R A L FA M I L I E S
Many jobs to tackle by merged
rural municipalities
Staffing committees, redrawing jurisdictional boundaries —
even how much a councillor is paid are all on the table
By Lorraine Stevenson
CO-OPERATOR STAFF
M
unicipal leaders who
start serving on the
newly amalgamated
councils in Manitoba this week
have their work cut out for
them — from deciding which
planning districts they’ll be
part of to connecting with a
public dispersed across wider
territory.
One of their big jobs ahead
will be just staying in touch
with ratepayers, predicts Linda
Clark, acclaimed reeve of the
new Prairie View Municipality
for med out of the for mer
municipalities of RM of
Miniota, RM of Birtle and Town
of Birtle.
It’s not very likely the public
will suddenly be coming out to
meetings, Clark said. “This is a
huge concern of mine.”
What she foresees ahead for
Prairie View — and other new
entities which now encompass two or more former jurisdictions — is more reliance
on municipal websites and
other forms of technology to
communicate.
Clark wants to see her council out and about across the
entire municipality too. “They
will need to be visible and visiting with people and hearing
the issues,” she said.
Elsewhere, prospective leaders say they hope to see more
ratepayers get organized.
“(In Edward) we’ve had a
ratepayers’ association that’s
been very active,” said Edward
Councillor Debbie McMechan,
who was running against RM
o f A l b e r t i n c u m b e n t To m
Campbell this week for the
reeve’s job in Two Borders
Municipality (made up of the
RMs of Edward, Albert and
Arthur).
If elected October 22,
McMechan, who was running
on a ticket calling for more
transparency in local government, said she’d actively
encourage more of these entities to form throughout Two
Borders.
“I think they’re as important
for council as for the ratepayers themselves,” she said. “It’s
good for us to see what the
issues are with folks.”
The councils of Two Borders
and Prairie View are among a
total of 137 across Manitoba
with plenty to do in the few
short weeks before year’s end.
The terms of office for existing
councils of amalgamation partners extend to Dec. 31, allowing previous councillors, reeves
and mayors to stick around
and help with the transition
process until the new amalgamated council takes office
Jan. 1, 2015.
PHOTO: THINKSTOCK
Many decisions
Existing councils will deal with
administrative matters only, but
not make decisions binding on
new councils.
There are many to make.
In Grassland Municipality,
they’ve already agreed to
keep both Hartney and Minto
offices open, says Grassland’s
acclaimed reeve, Blair Woods.
Grassland was formed by a
merger of Whitewater, Hartney
and Cameron.
They’ve also agree there will
be no layoffs of staff because
their larger entity needs them
all, he said, adding that they’ve
also divided the former chief
administrative officer into two
jobs, with the other becoming
the chief financial officer.
But there is a plethora of
other municipal governance
matters to tackle, including new
committees to set up, and new
organizational structures to
design.
Grassland for example now
has to grapple with the fairness
of a per capita library funding
formula when some ratepayers, so far from the local libraries it funds seldom or never use
them, said Woods.
Indemnities
Such decisions overlay all the
other perennial matters such
as economic development and
day-to-day operational management, he added.
“Some would
probably say these
are very difficult
times. I’m tending to
want to look at this
as exciting times.”
LINDA CLARK
Prairie View Municipality reeve
It’s all expected to add a considerable layer of complexity —
and time — to the job of coun-
cillors in these enlarged entities, and there are already discussions about another politically sensitive matter — the
indemnities paid to councillors
and heads of councillors.
“I can see that coming,” said
Woods, whose indemnity for a
year’s service as a reeve in the
former RM of Whitewater was
$6,719.
Clark said she sees as what’s
critical in the days and weeks
ahead is assuring ratepayers that amalgamation neither means a change in service delivery, nor is it going to
immediately lead to higher
taxes.
Fair and equitable delivery of services across a larger
entity, what this means for taxes
have been the two most pressing concerns, and she hopes to
allay them in the days ahead,
Clark said.
“Some would probably say
these are very difficult times.
I’m tending to want to look at
this as exciting times,” she said.
Her only disappointment has
been so little interest shown
in elections. Six out of Prairie
View’s eight-member council
were acclaimed.
“I just wish there was more
interest in municipal politics,”
she said. “But there hasn’t been
for many years.”
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RecipeSwap
Send your recipes or recipe request to:
Recipe Swap
Box 1794,
Carman, Man. ROG OJO
or email: [email protected]
Bitter isn’t bad. It’s misunderstood
Lorraine Stevenson
CROSSROADS RECIPE SWAP
I
used to hate turnip and rutabaga. They tasted bitter. But I like
them now. What changed? Part of it is how I cook them. Older
taste buds make a difference too.
Canadian cookbook author Jennifer McLagan has just released
a new cookbook called Bitter — A Taste of The World’s Most
Dangerous Flavour, With Recipes (HarperCollins Canada, 2014)
that explores the physiological science as well as the food history
behind why we dislike anything that tastes this way.
She makes a case for the taste of bitter, calling it a misunderstood and unappreciated flavour, lost in a simplistically sweet
and salty food culture, while 120 idiosyncratic recipes (turnip ice
cream, anyone?) push us to try new ways of preparing bitter foods.
Note: many recipes include ingredients not readily available, but
Bitter is still interesting reading.
Back to turnips and rutabaga for a moment. Turnips actually
aren’t so bad, especially when harvested young. But rutabaga, an
anglicized form of the Swedish name rot bagge meaning baggy
root, can be just nasty, especially if the living daylights are boiled
out of it.
The key to learning to enjoy these root crops, and other decidedly bitter foods, says McLagan, is learning to prepare them in
ways that make them tastier. Great food and cooking is all about
balance, she says. Bitter flavours add depth to our food.
Just don’t expect your kids to like it. Children dislike anything
bitter because young taste buds react as if it were poison. It’s a
natural reaction. Many poisons are bitter.
I can recall that revolting little pile on my plate looking pretty
deadly. But I’ll eat rutabaga or turnip any day now and genuinely
enjoy both. Partly it’s having good recipes to prepare them. But as
one reviewer of Bitter puts it, bitter is “an acquired taste appreciated by adults.”
Turnips with Orange
4 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. canola oil
1 small shallot, finely chopped
1 lb. small turnips, quartered
1-1/4 c. orange juice
Salt and pepper to taste
Here are a few recipes found on the Peak of the Market website
for creatively cooking the humble turnip and rutabaga.
Rutabaga Apple
Casserole
3 c. pared rutabaga, sliced
2 medium apples, sliced
1/2 c. brown sugar
3 tbsp. butter
Cook rutabaga slices in boiling water until
tender crisp; drain. Layer rutabaga, apple,
sugar and butter. Repeat layers. Bake
covered in a preheated 350 F oven for 30
minutes.
Serves: 4
Recipe: www.peakmarket.com
Recipe Swap
If you have a recipe or a column
suggestion please write to:
Recipe Swap, Box 1794 Carman,
Manitoba R0G 0J0 or email
Lorraine Stevenson at:
[email protected]
Turnip Carrot Puff
2 c. turnip, chopped
2-1/2 c. carrots, chopped
1/4 c. onion, chopped
1-1/2 c. chicken stock
1 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. brown sugar
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
2 eggs
2 tbsp. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
Brown sugar
Nuts, chopped
In a large saucepan, combine turnip, carrots, onion, chicken stock, butter and
brown sugar. Bring to boil, reduce heat
and simmer until vegetables are tender.
Heat butter and oil in a saucepan, cook shallot
gently, stirring occasionally, until soft but not
coloured. Add turnips and heat. Shake pan frequently until turnips start to absorb butter and
oil. Pour orange juice onto turnips, simmer gently for about 30 minutes, until turnips are tender
and orange juice is reduced to a buttery sauce.
Season with salt and pepper and serve hot.
Serves: 4
Hearty Rutabaga and
Sausage Soup
2 tbsp. olive oil
8 oz. smoked turkey sausage, diced
1 onion, chopped
3 parsnips, sliced
1 rutabaga, diced
1 carrot, sliced
4 c. beef broth
1/4 c. half-and-half cream
1/2 tsp. dried thyme, crumbled
Drain off and save stock. Return 1/4 cup
to vegetables and save remainder for
future soup stock. Mash vegetables. Add
nutmeg, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt
and pepper. Whip well. Place mixture
in lightly greased baking dish. Sprinkle
brown sugar and nuts on top. Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 45 minutes or until
thoroughly heated.
Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over mediumhigh heat; add sausage and sauté until brown on
all sides, about seven minutes. Transfer to plate
using slotted spoon. Add onion to saucepan.
Reduce heat to medium and cook until tender,
stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Add parsnips, rutabaga, carrot and cook five minutes,
stirring occasionally. Add broth. Bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are
tender, about 40 minutes. Purée soup in batches
in processor. Return to saucepan. Mix in halfand-half cream and thyme. Season with salt and
pepper. Add sausage. Heat through.
Serves: 8
Serves: 4
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No time for breakfast?
Here’s some tips and reasons why a
healthy breakfast is important
By Julie Garden-Robinson
NDSU Extension Service
W
ith another school year well underway, we
see a lot of reminders about children and
breakfast. We adults also should pay attention to breakfast consumption, as eating a balanced
breakfast has many benefits for everyone.
In their study of women ages 18 to 55, University
of Missouri researchers reported that high-protein
breakfasts help adult women feel full longer. In
another study, researchers reported that teens who
have a protein-rich breakfast are less likely to fill up
on less healthful snacks later in the day.
We know that breakfast and well-fuelled kids go
together like milk and cereal. Children who have
breakfast are more likely to be alert in school,
earn better grades and have better behaviour. In
a 2013 study performed by the non-profit Share
Our Strength, researchers found that kids who
ate breakfast scored 17.5 per cent higher on math
tests. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania
also reported higher test scores among children who
ate breakfast.
We do not need to have a fancy breakfast banquet in the morning. It can be simple, such as a
warmed piece of leftover veggie pizza or a tortilla
with melted cheese. Both just take a minute or two
to prepare.
If you forgo breakfast, consider these tips:
• Prepare for breakfast in advance. Mix the dry
ingredients for muffins or pancake batter. In a
separate container, measure and mix the wet
ingredients. In the morning, combine and bake
or cook.
• Set out the cereal bowls, spoons, whole grain
cereal box and some bananas before you go to
bed. All you need to do is pour the cereal, peel
and slice the bananas, and add some milk.
• Fill a sandwich bag with your favourite whole
grain cereal. Grab a cup of cold milk. Remember:
Milk and cereal don’t have to be in the same
bowl.
• Keep breakfast foods, such as ready-to-eat whole
grain cereal, yogurt, milk and fruit, on hand.
• Have some protein-rich food, such as an egg,
yogurt, deli meat or peanut butter or another nut
or seed butter.
• Have some fruit, especially fibre-rich whole fruit.
You might want to blend it into a smoothie with
some added yogurt.
• A dd some vegetables to your morning meal.
Sauté some chopped onions and peppers, then
add beaten eggs and a little cheese. You can use
leftover veggies.
• Build a breakfast burrito bar. Prepare toppings
such as shredded cheese, diced ham, tomatoes
and olives the night before. In the morning,
scramble eggs, warm the tortillas and fill with
your favourite toppings.
Try blending some fresh fruit and yogurt into a smoothie for
breakfast. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK
Children who have breakfast are more
likely to be alert in school, earn better
grades and have better behaviour.
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.
Virginia creeper in the landscape
Very versatile and tolerant of a wide variety of growing conditions
By Albert Parsons
Freelance contributor
M
any of us use perennial vines in our landscapes to serve a variety of purposes. These useful
plants come in handy when
you are trying to hide or disguise an unattractive feature,
such as an old fence, ugly wall
or a less-than-attractive shed.
They can hide the supporting
columns for a pergola or trellis and make a hydro pole or
antenna tower somewhat more
attractive. Perennial vines
planted near a supporting
structure can create an attractive living archway or serve
as roofing on a shade-giving
arbour.
Some perennial vines are
useful as ground covers where
they ramble over slopes and
hillsides. They can be used to
soften hardscape as they are
allowed to grow along a retaining wall over which they tumble. Vines can even be used in
a mixed border to provide a
vertical element; simply erect
a sturdy pole and plant a vine
at its base and allow the vine
to cover the pole. You might
add a bit of wire to aid the vine
in getting a secure grip on the
support. Although not all perennial vines will produce good
fall colour, there are some that
do and in the spring and summer, many of them also provide spectacular bloom. Many
bloom before there is much
colour in perennial borders,
making their bloom welcome
indeed.
One of the best-known per-
It is very drought
tolerant; this is one
plant that you will
not have to water
during summer
dry spells.
ennial vines is Virginia creeper,
which has been grown in
Prairie gardens for decades.
Many people will remember
a Virginia creeper covering a
wall of their childhood home
and may think that the vine is
old-fashioned and out of style.
This is not the case, however, as
modern gardeners have found
new and innovative ways,
such as those listed above, to
use Virginia creeper in their
landscapes.
One of the advantages of this
plant is that it is very versatile
and will tolerate a wide range
of growing conditions. It will
perform well in sun or shade
and is not fussy about soil. It
is very drought tolerant; this is
one plant that you will not have
to water during summer dry
spells.
Unlike some other vines,
V irginia creeper does not
have an abundance of tendrils that it can use to climb; it
has some but when starting a
Virginia creeper feature in the
landscape, it often needs a bit
of help getting itself attached
and growing upwards onto a
Virginia creeper softens the appearance of a concrete retaining wall while its brilliant autumn foliage adds colour to the
landscape. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS
trellis or wall. Once it has
a start, however, it will twine
a ro u n d s u p p o r t s a n d n o t
require additional assistance.
The bloom and fruit of
Virginia creeper are insignificant, the latter being small,
black, inedible berries produced sparsely on the vines. It
does have attractive foliage in
the form of dark-green leaves
that are produced in groups of
five. The foliage is shiny and
quite attractive. One downside
of the plant is that late in the
summer it is prone to powdery
mildew and if high humidity and warm weather occur
simultaneously in late summer,
this disease will detract from
the appearance of the foliage.
Some years, another characteristic of Virginia creeper
comes into play: it is not tolerant of frost. If a late-spring frost
occurs after the vine has leafed
out, the foliage will be killed
and the vine will be bare until
it leafs out again. Similarly, in
the fall, an early-fall frost will
cut it down and the leaves will
blacken and drop.
It is maddening if the first fall
frost happens before the vine
turns colour, and puts on its
wonderful autumn display of
its stunning crimson coat, but
fortunately this doesn’t happen
often. A Virginia creeper-covered trellis or arbour is truly a
sight to behold in the autumn
landscape.
Albert Parsons writes from
Minnedosa, Manitoba.
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Reena answers questions
Plus, here’s a couple of baking soda tips
Reena Nerbas
Household Solutions
Dear Reena,
What is the fastest and easiest way to
melt marshmallows (without burning
them)?
Yours truly, Samantha
Dear Samantha,
When heating marshmallows on
the stove, grease the bottom of the pot
before adding them. You may want to
add water to the pot as long as water
does not compromise your recipe. If
you heat marshmallows using a double boiler, they are less likely to burn.
Another surefire way to quickly melt
marshmallows is with the use of a microwave. You will need a large microwavesafe bowl because the marshmallows
expand when heated. Microwave the
marshmallows for 30 seconds and stir.
Repeat until melted.
Dear Reena,
W hat is the difference between
baking powder and baking soda?
Love your blog, Rita
Dear Rita,
While both baking soda and baking
powder are chemical leavening agents,
there are notable differences between
the two. Baking soda is pure sodium
bicarbonate; it is about four times as
strong as baking powder. Think of
baking powder as the main leavening agent and baking soda as the acid
neutralizer, slightly less leavening and
moisture enhancer. Baking powder contains sodium bicarbonate but it also
includes cream of tartar and starch. Run
out of baking powder? To make 1 tsp.
baking powder combine; 1/4 tsp. baking soda, 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar and
1/4 tsp. cornstarch.
Dear Reena,
Do you have any suggestions for
making toilet bowl cleaner?
Millie
Dear Millie,
The following is an easy formula for
making your own toilet bowl cleaner.
Into the toilet bowl pour 1/4 cup baking
soda and 1/2 cup vinegar. Add 1/2 tsp.
tea tree oil. Scrub with toilet brush.
Extra Tip: Drop one denture tablet
into toilet along with ingredients listed
above. Leave for 30 minutes and scrub.
Ink on leather is tricky to remove but
there a few things to try. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK
Hi Reena,
I always love your columns but I am
in a real bind. We were babysitting our
great-granddaughter while driving
our daughter’s one-month-old new car
and our great-granddaughter used a
ballpoint pen to scribble on a couple of
spots on the leather. I am really scared
to try any other solutions than one you
might suggest as you really know your
stuff! Hope you can help me (if our sonin-law finds out he will be most annoyed
and since she was in our care we feel
pretty guilty).
Charlene
Hi Charlene,
Ballpoint ink on leather is tricky
because while one solution may work
on some leathers, it may not work on
Reader’s Photo
another. Here are a few favourites to
try: rubbing alcohol, dish soap, shaving
cream, hairspray, WD-40, Mr. Clean Magic
Eraser and worst-case scenario — bug
spray. Whichever solution you try, test on
an inconspicuous area first. When you are
confident that no discolouration occurred,
apply to the leather, wait 15 minutes and
wipe. Or offer your son-in-law your best
smile and leave the ink as is. It will fade
over time.
Reader feedback:
Regarding olive oil:
Dear Reena,
I would like to clarify, first pressed, cold
pressed; without using heat or chemicals.
If manufacturers of extra-virgin olive
oil (EVOO) used the cold-pressed method
of making oil, we would not have the
supply to meet the demand. When in fact
heat is used by all at a temperature of 72°
or higher (in which case they remove all
the properties we look for in olive oil),
they destroy the polyphenols, and the
oleic acid (omega-9). The peroxide and
free fatty acid levels rise and destroy the
olive taste and flavour, then they have to
use chemicals and deodorizers to mask
the smell of rancid oil.
To clarify; the ideal method of making olive oil is when the olive is pressed
or centrifuged at a temperature of 62°
within two to four hours of being picked
from the tree. IOOC (International
Olive Oil Council) standard is 24 hours.
However, the big manufacturers of socalled EVOO use temperatures much
higher to extract more oil from the olives
and use overripe olives that are rancid to produce more oil to keep up with
demand. Hence the chemicals are used to
mask the smell.
Made in Italy is exactly that — made
in Italy — but not always grown in Italy.
Most big companies import from other
countries like Spain because they cannot
keep up with supply and demand. So,
Freelance contributor
T
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Hi Reena,
I just read your response to a question on cleaning leaded crystal decanters. There has been growing evidence to
support not using leaded crystal at all
now and certainly not for acidic solutions
like vinegar. Also, children and pregnant
women should not drink out of leaded
crystal. Your column is very helpful. Just
wanted to make sure your readers have
the most up-to-date information.
Sincerely, Sheryl
Tips of the week:
Make fluffier omelets by adding 1/2 tsp.
of baking soda for every three eggs.
Sprinkle baking soda onto a powder
puff and use it under arms as a natural
deodorant.
I enjoy your questions and tips, keep them coming.
Missed a column? Can’t remember a solution? Need a
corporate presenter on the topic: Harness the Power
of Words? Check out my website Reena.ca.
Create a Happiness Tree
By Dana Ramstedt
Stopping by for a berry break. PHOTO: CINDY MURRAY
made in Italy, as we are led to believe is
not the “best.”
What is best is knowing how the olive
oil is made and by what standards,
where and when it was crushed, and
knowing the farmer and orchard and
the country of origin. Premium EVOO
has an expiry date of one year from the
crush date. Look on the back of your
bottle. When is the expiry date? Refined
to the point of no return, no health
benefits, no flavour enjoyment, nothing...
well maybe the consumer can use it for
lamp oil.
I am the owner of a retail store that
sells premium EVOO and I can say with
confidence that I can answer the above
question because the manufacturer of
olive oils we sell follows strict standards
for making and producing olive oil, well
above the IOOC standards.
Merja
he Happiness Tree is designed to fit any
occasion be it personal or seasonal. Use
message cards to convey heartfelt messages to the guest/s of honour. It can be reused
for different events. The tree can also be used as
a fundraiser. Guests can roll cheques or paper
money and then tie them to the branches. Coin
envelopes can also be tied to the branches.
Supplies:
•L
arge vase
•M
arbles or small stones
•F
ive or six branches with smaller branches,
approx. 4 feet
• Wire cutters
•P
runing shears
•1
5 one-inch- and 15 half-inch-wide white
fabric flowers
•F
abric leaves
• Lightweight
wire
• Glue
gun and low-temp. sparkle glue sticks
•Q
uarter-inch-wide ribbon
•C
oloured cardstock and white cardstock
•L
arge plate or tray for base under tree
Instructions:
Strip any leaves from branches. Carefully
add some marbles to vase about three-quarters
full. Push a branch into marbles until it hits
bottom. Arrange branches in vase to provide
places for message cards. Trim branches if necessary for a balanced look. Glue larger white
flowers to tips of tallest branch and smaller
flowers to lower branches. Add artificial leaves
for added colour.
With white cardstock, make large message
card to read: “Welcome. Please grace us with
your thoughts on this occasion.” Tie this to tree
with ribbon.
With coloured cardstock, fold some cards
widthwise, leave others flat. Use rubber stamp
and ink pad to stamp message on each card.
Punch a hole in top of cards. Display these
around the base of tree with coloured-ink pens,
scissors, and ribbon.
Set finished tree on large platter in high-traffic
area. Invite family and friends to write down
their thoughts and then attach the card to the
Happiness Tree.
Photo: Dana Ramstedt
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Food prices rise by 24 per cent
in Ebola-hit countries
Hundreds of farmers have died, disrupting planting and harvesting
Reuters
F
ood prices have risen by an average of 24 per
cent across the three countries worst hit by
the Ebola outbreak, forcing some families to
reduce their intake to one meal a day, a World Food
Program (WFP) spokeswoman said Oct. 17.
The food-producing regions of Guinea, Sierra
Leone and Liberia in West Africa have been severely
affected by the worst outbreak on record of the
viral hemorrhagic fever that has killed nearly 4,500
people.
Infection rates in the food-producing zones of
Kenema and Kailahun in Sierra Leone, Lofa and
Bong County in Liberia and Guéckédou in Guinea
are among the highest in the region. Hundreds of
farmers have died.
Decisions by the three governments to quarantine districts and restrict movements to contain the
“There is a high risk that prices will
continue to increase during the coming
harvest season.”
Elisabeth Byrs
WFP
spread of the virus have also disrupted markets and
led to food scarcity and panic buying, further pushing up prices, WFP and the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) have said.
“Prices have risen by an average of 24 per cent,”
said WFP spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs, adding an
assessment of major markets showed the price of
basic commodities was rising in Guinea, Liberia and
Sierra Leone and in neighbouring Senegal.
In the Liberian capital Monrovia, prices of cassava and imported rice, the main staple food, have
increased by 30 per cent.
“Planting and harvesting is being disrupted with
implications for food supply further down the line.
There is a high risk that prices will continue to
increase during the coming harvest season,” Byrs
told Reuters.
Byrs said WFP was carrying out a food security
survey remotely using mobile phones to investigate
the impact of the crisis on 2,400 families across the
three countries.
The first round of the survey of 800 people in
Sierra Leone’s eastern districts of Kailahun and
Kenema showed that people are worse off in terms
of food security, despite being the main producing
areas.
“The survey showed that certain families have cut
down to one meal a day or that people are eating
food that costs less, such as cassava instead of rice,”
she said.
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HOW CUSTOMERS USE CANADIAN FIELD CROPS
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China is becoming a major importer of Canadian peas,
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but as that supply decreased, the search was on for a
replacement. Starch from Canadian yellow peas is now
commonly used as an ingredient in these noodles which are
very popular in the Asian market.
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Tri-national meeting addresses
cross-border issues
Representatives of Mexico, Canada and the U.S. discuss common issues
including transportation and disease control
By Shannon VanRaes
CO-OPERATOR STAFF
T
he 23rd Tr i-National
Agricultural Accord has
wrapped up for another
year, with porcine epidemic
diarrhea (PED), country-of-origin
labelling and restrictions on small
ruminants all on the table.
Representatives of Canada,
Mexico and the United States,
met in Chicago earlier this
month, where Manitoba’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural
Development co-chaired the
meeting.
“There are a lot of common
denominators when we talk
about issues… we talked about
COOL, about grain backlog, about
the need for more logistic rail car
movement, we talked about innovation, about what every country
has to offer,” said Ron Kostyshyn.
“In no uncertain
terms, we expect
our trading partners
to live up to their
obligations.”
RON KOSTYSHYN
One topic that garnered attention was grain transportation and
problems faced following the 2013
harvest.
In a joint statement, representatives from the three participating countries said that “continued
economic success of our producers depends on the ability of farmers and all shippers to move their
product to market in a timely and
efficient manner. The transportation problems and backlogs expe-
rienced this year highlight critical
weaknesses in our transportation
systems that must be addressed.”
Kostyshyn added that while
grain transportation logistics were
discussed, the main focus with
livestock transportation centred
on preventing the spread of the
PED virus.
“The transportation and movement of the commodity is where
the risk factor really starts to
accelerate,” said the minister.
All three nations are urging
participants in the transportation
value chain to meet their obligations for both biosecurity and
efficiency, he said. The need for
commodity groups and transport
providers to continue to work
with all levels of government was
also emphasized following the
meeting.
Reforming the current U.S.
restrictions on the import of small
ruminants like goats and sheep
was discussed as well.
Following the appearance of
bovine spongiform encephalopathy 2003, the border was closed to
those animals as well, and trade
has never been able to fully return
to normal.
“I think there is an opportunity
to really expand the opportunity,”
said Kostyshyn.
A bilateral meeting between
Canada and Mexico also took
place during the accord, regarding
country-of-origin labelling.
While a ruling by the World
Trade Organization is expected
this week and will likely set the
course for action, Kostyshyn
noted that, “in no uncertain
terms, we expect our trading
partners to live up to their obligations.”
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Cargill wants
ex-manager
on hold
for a year
Manager who ran
Canadian case-ready
unit alleged to have
kept company secrets
By Tom Polansek
REUTERS
V
aluable trade secrets
t h a t Ca r g i l l In c .
claims were stolen
by a longtime manager in
its meat-packing division
who quit for rival JBS SA
are nothing more than
basic butchery, lawyers for
the employee said in court
documents.
Privately held Cargill, one
of the top U.S. meat producers, is asking a federal judge
in Denver to forbid Jason
Kuan from working for a
competitor for one year to
prevent damages stemming
from the loss of confidential
information.
The dispute illustrates the
intense competition among
meat producers and processors at a time when beef
prices are at record highs
and the U.S. cattle herd is at
a 60-year low.
In August, Cargill sued
Kuan, who led its “caseready” meat unit in Canada,
for allegedly copying hundreds of company documents after he already had
a job offer from JBS in Colorado. Kuan, who worked for
Cargill for 20 years, did not
return the documents when
he resigned, according to the
complaint.
Kuan’s lawyers denied
that he stole the materials,
according to a court filing.
They said this month that
Cargill’s worries about the
potential disclosure of trade
secrets were misplaced
because the meat industry is
not highly technical.
They noted that all competitors in the case-ready
meat business, in which
companies deliver meat to
retailers after packaging it at
plants, basically purchase,
process and sell raw materials in the same way.
“Simply stated, there are
only so many ways to cut a
steak,” Kuan’s lawyers said
in a motion fighting Cargill’s
move to keep Kuan from
working for a case-ready rival.
Kuan periodically backed
up Cargill documents from
his work computer onto
an external hard drive due
to equipment failures and
planned to return the documents to the company when
he resigned, according to
court filings.
However, after Kuan quit,
the company served him
with an “instant lawsuit”
before he was able to return
the documents, the filings
said, adding that he subsequently returned all the
materials.
Cargill believes Kuan “fabricated an unreliable ‘computer backup’ story” after
being caught stealing trade
secrets and that he cannot
refrain from using the company’s confidential information in his job as president
of JBS’s case-ready business,
court documents show.
35
Economist says Canadian consumers
are ‘milked and feathered’
Presentation that says consumers are hurt by supply management draws strong audience reaction
S
upply management hurts
the poor and costs Canadians as much as 69 per cent
more for some products, a University of Manitoba agriculture
economist told a U of M seminar
last week.
That drew a strong response
by audience members, who
called the work “narrow” and
“almost inflammatory.”
Ryan Cardwell was outlining
a study co-authored with Chad
Lawley and Di Xiang and titled
“Milked and Feathered: The
Regressive Welfare Effects of
Canada’s Supply Management
Regime.”
Cardwell said the purpose of
the study was only to assess the
“distributional effects” of the
system. “So if you support this
policy, or if you are against this
policy, just be aware of the cost
and consequences.
“We’re not putting a value
judgment on this system,” he
added. “Our point is that without this system consumers
would be paying a lower price.”
The study assumes a “counterfactual reality” where supply
management doesn’t exist and
trade is uninhibited across the
Canadian and U.S. borders.
Cardwell said the study calculated the cost of supply management to Canadian consumers
by comparing prices in select
Canadian cities to those in the
United States. That price difference was then used to calculate
an “absolute level of burden” for
the consumer.
“We were very careful to construct a very conservative price
premium for the purposes of our
model,” he said. “We simply say
that without 300 per cent tariffs,
these are the prices we would
face.”
Those price differentials
ranged from 10 per cent to 69
per cent, with the highest attributed to the difference between
the price of whole fresh chicken.
The smallest price disparity was
found in chicken parts, such as
legs.
He also said the study did not
look at the impact of supply
management on producers.
“I’ve never understood this
focus on the consumer,” Muirhead said. “It has to be an equitable arrangement… dair y
farmers are not wealthy, they
make an OK living, but they only
make an OK living because they
work really hard, 365 days a year,
seven days a week.
“It’s not like they’re making
massive amounts of money and
if we opted for a different kind
of system to cater to consumer
demand in terms of price, then
we’d probably lose half our farmers almost overnight.”
Egg producer Harold Froese
also found it concerning that the
study only looked at one of the
many groups impacted by supply management.
“A narrow study can give us
certain results, but I wonder if
they’re totally accurate or suitable to a good research project
when there’s other implications
in the economy,” he said.
Others in the audience asserted
that nearly all Canadian goods
and services are more expensive
than American ones, whether or
not they are supply managed.
Export potential
Cardwell also suggested that
without supply management
Canadian producers could have
access to new, foreign markets.
“Some commentators have
also argued that supply-managed producers are maybe doing
themselves a disservice by capping production… because of
potential large export opportunities in Asian markets,” he said.
Froese responded to that
claim by noting the experience
of hog producers, who are not
supply managed.
“I look at what has happened
to my friends in the hog industry,” he said. “We’re painfully
aware that just because the border is open, it doesn’t mean that
all of a sudden a neighbouring
country, in our case the U.S.,
won’t implement a (countryof-origin labelling) COOL program.”
Muirhead added that the
Asian marketplace is already the
site of stiff competition.
“I don’t understand people’s
fixation with this. What do we
want to accomplish with this?
Do they think we’re going to
make a lot more money? I don’t
think so,” he said.
Supply management will
continue to be a contentious
issue in public discourse,
Cardwell said, but added that
he doesn’t see change coming
to supply management in the
near future.
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Unfair comparison
Many questioned the use of U.S.
pricing in the comparison, noting American farmers receive
billions in subsidies, while the
U.S. government buys up surplus milk and eggs to prevent a
flooded marketplace.
“I’m so sick and tired of this
argument that some people
throw up… it’s so wrong headed
I almost don’t know where to
begin,” said Bruce Muirhead
associate vice-president of external research at the University of
Waterloo. “There is no reasonable comparison between Canada and the U.S.… we’re not
paying taxes to subsidize the
dairy industry like they do in the
United States and those subsidies range anywhere from $4 billion to $8 billion a year for the
dairy sector alone.”
Cardwell said his study didn’t
look at the impact that U.S. food
policies had on consumer pricing.
“It’s just not my purview,” he
said. “I’m a Canadian food economist, right? So I study Canadian
food policies and the effects of
Canadian food policies.”
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“My personal view is that
not much will change any time
soon,” he said. “All political parties are on board.”
He added that while supply
management could be examined from many perspectives,
his study focused on one aspect.
“Basically the take-away is
this is one cost of this method
of transferring income from
one group of people to another
group of people, so in any public
policy there are winners and losers, and the object of this policy
is basically to transfer income
from one group, usually urban
consumers, to rural producers,”
he said. “There are a number of
costs and benefits to that, this is
a rigorous analysis of one of the
costs.”
The study is set to be published in Canadian Public Policy.
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Rural Internet
users in no
danger of
compromised
service:
minister
Framed in fall colours
Industry Canada says
spectrum now used for
high speed will not be
taken for cellular
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Co-operator Staff
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Canadians have no reason to worry about losing
broadband services.
“Under no circumstances
w i l l o u r g ov e r n m e n t t a k e
spectrum licences away
from any local Internet service provider that is providing
Internet service to rural Canadians,” Minister of Industry
James Moore said in a statement released earlier this
month.
Industry Canada launched
a consultation on Aug. 19
proposing to reclassify population centres of more than
30,000 as “urban.” That raised
concerns that rural users now
being served from those centres would lose the spectrum
currently used for high-speed
Internet to cellular.
The consultation provided
an opportunity for Canadians
to submit their thoughts on
how the spectrum can best be
used.
“I have received thoughtful feedback from local
municipalities, Internet service providers and individual
C a n a d i a n s ,” s a i d M o o r e .
“ R e g r e t t a b l y, s o m e h a v e
falsely suggested that this
consultation will somehow
result in rural Canadians losing broadband services.”
Late this summer Xplornet
Communications Inc., a rural
broadband service provider,
responded to the announcement of proposed changes
by expressing concern that
Industry Canada would take
spectr um away from r ural
Internet providers and users.
Moore said that if anything,
the changes would benefit
rural users.
“ The decisions resulting
from this consultation will
ensure that the 3500-MHz
spectrum band is deployed in
the best interests of Canadian
consumers, especially those
living in rural areas.”
Xplor net representatives
could not be reached for comment but did release a statement. Allison Lenehan, the
company’s president said,
“Xplornet is delighted that
the minister has clarified that
spectrum licences properly
in use for delivering Internet
services to Canadians will not
be taken away.
“As an Internet service provider dedicated to servicing
r u ra l Ca n a d i a n s, X p l o r n e t
shares the minister’s vision of
ensuring that the 3500-MHz
spectrum is deployed in the
best interest of all Canadian
c o n s u m e r s a n d l o o k s f o rward to providing solutions to
improve rural Internet service through the consultation
process.”
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AUCTION DISTRICTS
Parkland – North of Hwy 1; west of PR 242,
following the west shore of Lake Manitoba
and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis.
Westman – South of Hwy 1; west of PR 242.
Interlake – North of Hwy 1; east of PR 242,
following the west shore of Lake Manitoba
and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis.
Red River – South ofHwy 1; east of PR 242.
The Pas
Birch River
Swan River
Minitonas
Durban
Dauphin
Grandview
Ashern
Gilbert Plains
Parkland
Birtle
Riverton
Eriksdale
McCreary
Langruth
Minnedosa
Neepawa
Gladstone
Rapid City
Reston
Melita
1
Carberry
Brandon
Treherne
Killarney
Pilot Mound
Crystal City
Elm Creek
Sanford
Ste. Anne
Carman
Mariapolis
Lac du Bonnet
Beausejour
Winnipeg
Austin
Souris
Boissevain
Stonewall
Selkirk
Portage
Westman
Waskada
Interlake
Erickson
Hamiota
Virden
REAL ESTATE AUCTION FOR Doug & Brenda
McKinnon, Waskada, MB. Wed, Nov. 19, 2:00p.m
D.S.T. at Waskada Legion Hall, Waskada, MB:
157.67-acres of prime farmland & 10.07-acres subdivided, landscaped yardsite w/house & outer buildings. Sale is subject to the owners acceptance of
high bid. For more information call Miller Auctions,
Brandon, MB at (204)725-8289 or (204)522-5683.
www.globalauctionguide.com
Arborg
Lundar
Gimli
Shoal Lake
MEYERS GUN AUCTION. 10:00A.M Nov. 8, 2014.
Arden, MB. Over 40 Antique Winchesters, Colt Single Action .45 Artillery Model 1895, Ammo, Hunting
Supplies & Much More. To Consign, call Bradley
Meyers Auctioneer: (204)476-6262 www.meyersauctions.com
Fisher Branch
Ste. Rose du Lac
Russell
St. Pierre
242
Morris
Winkler
Morden
Altona
Steinbach
1
Red River
AUCTION SALES
Manitoba Auctions – Interlake
AUCTION SALES
Manitoba Auctions – Parkland
AUCTION SALES
Manitoba Auctions – Westman
Winnipegosis
Roblin
AUCTION SALES
AUCTION SALES
Manitoba Auctions – Interlake
UNRESERVED
SHERIFF’S
AUCTION SALE
At Lot 199 North Shore Road (North of the Power View
Dam on Highway 304, 1-Mile West on Northshore Road)
Chevrefils District Pinefalls, Manitoba
Saturday, October 25th at 1:00 PM
(Viewing 10:00 am till Sale Time Only same day of Sale)
Having received instructions from the OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF,
we will sell the following assets:
MEF Announces
Laying Hen
Quota Draw
For three laying hen quotas of 6,000 (six thousand) hens each.
Due to Manitoba Egg Farmers’ animal care policy, the laying hens will be required to
be housed in a non-conventional setting. Free run, aviary, certified organic or furnished
housing (nest box and perches) are acceptable.
Applications are only open to individuals or Hutterite Colonies residing in Manitoba;
Partnerships and Corporations are not eligible. No individual and no Hutterite Colony
shall be eligible to be selected if that individual or that Colony is or at any time was a
registered egg producer or is/was a partner or a shareholder of an entity that is/was a
registered egg producer.
Completed applications must be post-marked no later than Friday November 14, 2014
and must include the $210 application fee.
Visit our website:
Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
www.eggs.mb.ca
The new entrant draw will take place on Friday
to download the application
November 28, 2014 and will be conducted by an
form and detailed instructions.
independent third party auditor.
Manitoba Egg Farmers 18 - 5 Scurfield Blvd. | Winnipeg, Manitoba | R3Y 1G3
Phone: (204) 488-4888 | Fax: (204) 488-3544
ANTIQUES
AUTO & TRANSPORT
ANTIQUES
Antique Equipment
AUTO & TRANSPORT
Auto & Truck Parts
12-FT MASSEY HARRIS SEEDER, always shedded; 1) Cockshut deep tiller, 12-ft. 2) two furrow
plows on steel; 1) 3-pt inland hay rake. All in good
condition,
open
to
offers.
Lyall
Brown
(204)728-9895, Brandon.
GREAT PRICES ON NEW, used & remanufactured engines, parts & accessories for diesel pickups. Large inventory, engines can be shipped or in-stalled. Give us a call or
check us out at www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca Thickett
Engine Rebuilding. Ph (204)532-2187, Russell MB.
WINTER PROJECTS: IH W4; IH WD6; IH H; JD
AR; JD R; JD 70 DSL; JD 730 RC DSL; 1929 JD D;
Oliver 77 RC; MH 44 RC DSL; MH 55 DSL; Fordson Major; Caterpillar RD4. (204)745-7445.
AUTO & TRANSPORT
Trucks
1980 GMC 1-TON DUALLY camper special, safetied, 454 motor, 4-SPD, no rust, 87,483 org kms,
$6,000. Call Bill (204)770-4706.
2004 JEEP 4X4 GRAND Cherokee trail edition,
safetied,
214,000-km,
good
condition.
Call
(204)747-2768 or cell (204)522-5954.
2007 PETERBILT MODEL 387 C15-475 HP,
10-spd trans, 70-in high-rise sleeper, 950,750-miles,
AS IS for $24,900 plus taxes, OBO. Norm Verboom
(204)761-7797, Brandon.
GRAIN TRUCK 2008 VOLVO, 12-spd auto trans
w/new 20-ft Berg’s grain box, telescopic hoist, remote chute/hoist. Michael’s tarp, safetied, $67,000
plus taxe. Norm Verboom (204)761-7797, Brandon.
Available at:
BUILDINGS
Twin Valley
Co-op Ltd.
2004 HI-QUAL 36 X 22 Fabric Quonset; Agri-plastic calf hutches w/pails & doors; 2 metal calf sheds.
Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon.
Birtle, MB
(204) 842-5274
AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post
frame building company. For estimates and infor-mation call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322). Website:
www.postframebuilding.com
www.dseriescanola.ca
AUCTION SALES
Manitoba Auctions – Westman
FARM LAND
FOR SALE
INVITATION TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN
OPENING BID & BID BY PHONE AUCTION
Please accept our invitation to submit your opening bid and become eligible to
take part in this upcoming land auction. By completing an opening bid form you
will be taking part in the phone bid auction of a parcel of land in the
R.M. of Riverside and/or R.M. of Roblin.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION:
Property #1: SW 3-4-18w & NW3-4-18w RM of Riverside
Property #2: NW 24-2-13w RM of Roblin
I would like to thank you in advance for your interest in this land auction. Should you
have any questions regarding this auction and or the process in which it will be
conducted please feel free to contact me directly on my cell 1-204-724-2131 or
e-mail [email protected].
Bid forms and complete packages are available to print off of our website
www.fraserauction.com or call my office 204-727-2001 to have a
bid package mailed to you.
Yours Truly,
Scott Campbell
Fraser Auction Service Ltd.
FRASER AUCTION SERVICE
1-800-483-5856 • www.fraserauction.com
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
FARMING/FORESTRY EQUIPMENT
Timber Jack 660 grapple skidder w/attachments & chains*
John Deere 548E tree skidder* Timber Jack 230D line
skidder w/chain* John Deere 690 ELC w/2100 lim-mit
delimber* Denharco delimber* Hood slasher w/grapple
forks & clamp* Ranger 664 skidder w/Hiab crane & 500
gal. fuel tank* Tigercat feller buncher delimber* John Deere
7020 diesel tractor, 4-wheel drive & cab* Massey Ferguson
MF 1085 tractor w/cab & loader* Bush tandem disk model
1445* Kubota TG1860 diesel lawn tractor* 2004 Honda
Forman Rubicon ATV* 2-500-gal. fuel Westeel tanks* 200
gal. fuel tank w/pump* horse rake* cultivator* homemade
sawmill PTO driven*
TRAILERS
2001 Challenger tri-axle low bed* 2000 Temisko Super
B trailer w/air ride* 45’ tri-axle trailer w/Barcol hyd. 45
log loader* 1978 Trailmobile gravel dump trailer w/tarp*
2004 18’ Metro flat deck tandem axle trailer* 2001 Sokal
4-horse tandem axle trailer* Sokal tandem axle fuel tank
trailer* 1987 Fruehauf storage trailer* 1971 Fruehauf
storage trailer* 4-wheeled covered horse trailer* 2-wheeled
horse wagon/cart steel* Bush sled* 2-mobile Bush trailers*
Trailriden 4-wheeled horse wagon
VEHICLES
1999 Ford Sterling highway tractor w/wet kit* 1997 Ford
F350 power stroke diesel crew cab w/fuel tank* 1994 Ford
Aeromax LTL 9000 highway tractor w/wet kit* 1978 Mack
truck tandem axle w/gravel box dump* 1976 Ford dump
truck* GMC school bus*
CAMPER TRAILER
2004 Hornet by Keystone camper trailer w/1-slide out*
TERMS: Cash, Visa, Mastercard or Debit Paid in Full Same Day of Sale.
“Everything Sold As is, Where is” with no warranties implied or expressed
All Sales Subject to Sheriff’s Approval
“SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS”
KAYE’S AUCTIONS
204-668-0183 Wpg.
www.kayesauctions.com
AUCTION SALES
U.S. Auctions
AUCTION SALES
U.S. Auctions
LARGE FARM EQUIPMENT ESTATE AUCTION
Wednesday, October 29 – 10:00 am
Location: From Esmond, ND 4 ½ s, 2w, 1/2s
Owner: Brad J. Bachmeier Estate
Auctioneer’s Note: Brad was a well-liked, excellent farmer from the Esmond area. This is a large auction w/ a
huge variety of equipment. There will be many small shop & misc. items not listed. Possibly two rings, so come
prepared. Hope to see you there.
Internet Bidding: Live internet bidding www.proxibid.com Pre-registration is required prior to auction day
TRACTORS: 946 Ford Des. 6 4wd tractor, 520/85/R42’S (60%), 8513 hrs
*976 Ford Des. 6 4wd tractor, 24.5 32’s (like new), 7719 hrs *Case IH 3394
MFD tractor, w/ loader, 3 pt *800 Versatile Series 1 w/ dozer *1981 895
Versatile series II w/ 8500 hrs *806 diesel 2wd tractor, 3 pt, pto *IHC 1466 w/
pto,6034 hrs *IHC 1486 2wd tractor,w/ 3pt., 4690 hrs *IHC 1086 2wd tractor
w/ pto, gps *IHC C w/ sickle mower COMBINE, SWATHERS & HARVEST
EQUIPMENT: Gleaner R-62 Agco combine, natural flow, 30.5 32’S (like
new), 2895 sep hrs *25’ Case IH diesel model 8820 swather w/ finger reel,
double swath, bolt on sections, double Keer-Sheer (both sides), 1659 hrs
*25’ MacDon pt swather w/finger *18’ 400 Versatile s.p. *30’ Agco Allis
flex head w/ finger reel *Agco model 400 pickup head w/ rake up pickup,
w/ wind guard *27’ 727 gleaner rigid head w/ bat reel *24’ Allis Chalmers
324 sunflower header GRAIN TRUCKS, GRAIN CART & VEHICLES:
*(9) grain trucks including, 1993 IHC Eagle 9000 series 9400 tri axle grain
truck, nice *Sunflower grain cart model 8750 *For complete list go to www.
midwestauctions.com/dakota AIR SEEDER, PLANTING & TILLAGE: JD
model 1910 air seeder w/ 40’ no till model 1890 seeding tool, this unit looks
to be in excellent cond. serial #A01890C705412 *2011 Bergen 8400 rock
picker *70’ Degelman Super Harrow *44 ½’ and 41’ JD model field cult *31’
WilRich field cult *J&M Torsion Flex model TF215 w/ rolling baskets, Danish
tines, used for seed prep, nice *39’ WilRich chisel w/ 3 bar Summers *31’
Summers Diamond disk, heavy duty, cushion gang *JD 777 air seeder cart *44’ WilRich field cult w/ NH3 *41’
Hesston model 2410 disk *31’ Morris Magnum CP-731 chisel plow *21’ tandem disk, heavy duty *8 Row 500
Cyclo planter *8 row crop cult *(2) older 60’ Herman Harrows AUGERS BINS & GRAIN VACS: 7X45 Brandt
auger w/ Honda *27’ speed King auger w/ 220 elec. *Newer 70’ Buhler Farm King 1370 grain auger w/ swing
away hopper *Rem 1026 grain vac and Rem 1026A grain vac *735 Brandt auger w/ 220 *Westfield WR60-36
grain auger, near new, 16hp HOPPER BINS & DRYER BIN: (9) hopper bins, several 2500 bu., one 9,000 bu., two
5’s, etc. some equipped with air and fans *Grain dryer bin, 4300 bu., complete STORAGE BUILDING: 50X108
building, complete, needs put together, cloth Quonset type building FERTILIZER & SPRAYING EQUIPMENT:
Willmar 5 ton spreader *80’ Summers 2 pt. sprayer *50’ fert spreader *500 gallon poly tank w/ Briggs pump
OTHER MISC. EQUIPMENT
Your North Central North Dakota Auction Leader
Visit our websites at
www.midwestauctions.com/dakota OR www.globalauctionguide.com
OR call the Auction Company for a sale bill.
Dakota Auctioneers, Larry Swenson, owner/ operator Lic. 508, 525 Main St., Cando ND 58324
701-968-4224 Office or 701-303-0379 Cell
BUILDING & RENOVATIONS
Roofing
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
Multi-coloured millends.........49¢/ft.2
Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2
Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for
archrib buildings
BEAT THE PRICE
INCREASES CALL NOW
FOUILLARD STEEL
SUPPLIES LTD.
ST. LAZARE, MB.
1-800-510-3303
CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish
of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design.
References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.
Advertise your unwanted equipment in the
Classifieds. Call our toll-free number and place your
ad with our friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask
about our prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks
and get 2 weeks free! 1-800-782-0794.
Available at:
Strathclair
Consumers Co-op
Strathclair, MB
(204) 365-2491
1995 CASE 621B WHEEL loader, 11,500-hrs, light
farm use the last 10-yrs, tires 85%, new cutting
blade, 3rd valve, excellent condition, $48,000.
(204)824-2018, (204)761-6709.
2008 KOMATSU HYD EXCAVATOR PC 308 zeroturn USLC-3 w/hyd quick attach clean up bucket,
13-ft. stick, A/C, plumbed for GPS, also has auxillary hyd for thumb, $65,000; JD 270 LC hyd excavator, quick attach, hyd thumb, 12-ft. stick, A/C,
$55,000. Phone:(204)871-0925, MacGregor.
555A JD CRAWLER LOADER w/9-ft. angle dozer,
new steering clutches, A1 condition, $21,000; 400
Vers swather 18-ft. in good condition, $1,500; 1860
Gehl Baler, lots of new parts, $1,600; 77 Oliver
tractor DSL, runs good, $2,500; 1988 Chev 3/4Ton, 6.2 DSL, engine needs work, new trans & injection pump, new box, 4x4, $600. (204)824-2239.
FOR SALE: 2009 D6T Caterpillar LGP 16-ft. 10-in.
blade, 36-in. tracks, w/winch, very mint machine,
$185,000; D50 Kamatsu w/bush canopy, ripper in
the back, root-rake dozer & standard dozer blade,
very mint shape, $22,500. Call:(204)871-0925.
FARM MACHINERY
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Bins
CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks.
Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103
or E-mail Requests [email protected]
Cudmore Bros.
Used Augers
13x70s and 13x95s
Farm King Snowblowers
Meridian Hopper Bins
Meridian (Sakundiak) Augers
Farm King Augers
Honda & Kohler Engines
204-873-2395
CRYSTAL CITY, MB
www.cudmorebros.com
FARM MACHINERY
Grain Vacuums
CURT’S GRAIN VAC SERVICES, parts & repair for
all makes & models. Craik SK, (306)734-2228.
FARM MACHINERY
Parts & Accessories
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.
Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd.
1-866-729-9876
5150 Richmond Ave. East
BRANDON, MB.
www.harvestsalvage.ca
New, Used & Re-man. Parts
Tractors Combines Swathers
BUSINESS SERVICES
Crop Consulting
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.
FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS
WATROUS SALVAGE
BUSINESS SERVICES
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
BUSINESS SERVICES
Financial & Legal
HAVE CANOLA? NEED CAPITAL? We buy Canola.
We pay you before delivery. Canola for cash before
delivery. Need Capital? www.inputcapital.com 844715-7355.
1-800-782-0794
Stretch your ADVERTISING DOLLAR!
WaTRoUs, sK.
Fax: 306-946-2444
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
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.
GOAT/SHEEP MILKING PARLOR
Call David Rourke (204)534-7531.
FOR
SALE.
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Doors & Windows
TRACTORS
Various
Doors & Windows
LIVESTOCK
FOR SALE: 1962 MINNEAPOLIS Moline Jet Star
tractor, 43-HP, 1 set hydraulics, good tires, runs good,
comes w/JD 7-ft sickle mower, $1,650. (204)256-1691.
Big Tractor Parts,
Inc.
Geared For
The Future
Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan,
NW Ontario & Alberta....Since 1937
STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALIST
RED OR GREEN
1. 10-25% savings on new replacement
parts for your Steiger drive train.
2. We rebuild axles, transmissions
and dropboxes with ONE YEAR
WARRANTY.
3. 50% savings on used parts.
• Quality Commercial/Agricultural/Residential
Overhead Doors & Operators.
• Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available.
• Non-Insulated and Insulated Sectional Doors Available.
• Liftmaster Heavy Duty Operators.
• Mullion Slide Away Centre Posts.
• Commercial/Agricultural Steel Man Doors and Frames.
• Your washbay door specialists. • Quality Installation & Service.
• 24 Hour Service. • Replacement Springs & Cables.
1-800-982-1769
Phone: 204-326-4556 Fax: 204-326-5013
Toll Free: 1-855-326-4556
www.reimeroverheaddoors.com
email: [email protected]
FARM MACHINERY
Parts & Accessories
NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS
NEW COMBINE PARTS
Large Inventory of
new and remanufactured parts
STEINBACH, MB.
Ph. 326-2443
HAYBINES GEHL 14-FT., $3,900; NH 116, $3,000;
Hay Conditioners, $800 up; 14 Wheel Rake, $6,500;
NH 166 Swath Turner, $3,500; NH 144 Swath Turner,
$3,000; Bean Windrower, $5,000; Flexheads JD 925,
$6,500; JD 930, $6,500; Case IH 1020 25-ft., $6,000;
IH 1020 30-ft., $8,000; IH 820, $2,000; Artsway Mixmill,
$1,500; Champion 20-in. Rollermill, $2,000; JD 780 Hydrapush Spreader, $9,000; JD 709 mower, $3,000; JD
15-ft. bat wing mower $6,000; Woods 315, $6,000; JD
9-ft. #450 mower, $2,200. Phone (204)857-8403.
RICHARDTON 770 HI-DUMP, $21,000; 12-ft,
$3000; Jiffy 14-ft, $4900; JD 3970 Harvester 3RN,
$8900; NH 890, $2500; IH 791, $2500; Balers JD
535, $5000; JD 530, $3500; Corn Shredder attachment for JD Baler, $500; 10-ft Land-levellers,
$2450; 12-ft, $2650; 12-ft w/tilt, $3650; V-Ditchers,
$1500 up; Scrapers 4-yd, $3900; 4.5-yd, $4500;
6-yd, $6000; Snowblowers JD 2-Auger 7-ft, $1500;
8-ft Single auger, $1000; (204)857-8403.
TOWNER BREAKING DISC KEWANNEE 13-ft. &
16-ft. Breaking Disc 36-in. Blades Row Crop Cultivators 4-12R Lilliston 8R Richardton Hi-Dump Silage Wagons 12-ft. $3,000; New Style 12-ft. #700,
$7,000; Richardton #770 1050 CF lifts to 15-ft.,
$21,000; Rex Forage Wagon Front Conveyor w/6
Wheel Wagon, $3,000; JD 3970 Harvester, $8,900;
NH 890, $2,500; IH 781, $2,500; Danhauser Post
Auger, $650; Degelman rock picker, $3,500; Degelman 14-ft. rock rake, $9,500. Phone (204)857-8403.
HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES.
Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595
[email protected] www.arcfab.ca
HAYING & HARVESTING
HAYING & HARVESTING
Swathers
Tillage & Seeding
1994 MACDON 1900 WINDROWER, 25-ft, PU
Reel, 2485-HRS, $21,000. Call (204)825-8121.
TILLAGE & SEEDING
Air Seeders
COMBINES
Case/IH
2008 CIH 8010 4WD combine.(it will drive as far as
a track machine in mud), 30-ft flex draper, $200,000
OBO. Phone (204)871-0925
2009 CASE IH AF8120, 1,440 separator hrs, Fire-stone
520 85R42 duals, RWA, pro-600, sharp looking combine, auto-steer, Phone:(218)770-4771. Ask for Mick.
COMBINES
Accessories
AGCO GLEANER, R SERIES, 27-ft straight-cut header
w/bat-reel, $2,950; 1992 Silverado ext cab, original paint,
no rust, $4,950. East Selkirk, MB. Phone:(204)268-2853.
CASE IH MACDON 30-FT. flex draper header fits
8010 combine, model 6220, $48,000. (204)871-0925.
FLEX PLATFORMS: JD 922 poly pts; JD 925
Steel, poly pts, F/F augers, air reel units; JD 930
Steel pts, Poly pts, air reel units; JD 625 w/air reel;
011-JD 635 w/new air bar; JD 04-635, nice; 09-010
JD 635 Hydra flex. CIH 1020, both 25-30 ft. units;
CIH 2020 Air reel, 30-ft; 05-CIH 30-ft; CIH 08 35-ft;
2-CIH 2020 35-ft, (2020 also fits NH late models)
NH 973 30-ft, Cat 540 40-ft., Crary C-36 w/dual air
fans. CORN HEADS: JD 843-893-608 C chopping
head; NH 996-994, both 8 row; CIH 1083. Also
have header trailers Arc Fab, 30-36-ft; Harvester
Int. 38-ft & 42-ft, double beam; MD Stud King 42 Double Beam in stock. Call for pricing. All our pricing now
after season pricing. Delivery available. Reimer Farm
Equipment, Hwy#12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com Gary Reimer: (204)326-7000.
FOR SALE: NH 6 roll corn head, $500 OBO.
Phone (204)362-2321.
TILLAGE & SEEDING
Tillage Equipment
OCTOBER 25TH, 2014,
1:00 P.M. CENTRAL
Tack and Horse Sale (Horses to follow)
Monday, October 27th at 12 pm
Sheep and Goat with Small Animals
& Holstein Calves
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
WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM
Catalog can be
www.transconlivestock.com
2012 20-FT SALFORD 5100 disc 3 bar harrows
rolling baskets. Has only done 600-ac. Excellent
condition. Phone:(204)673-2406.
2, 42-FT. CASE IH 7200 hoe drills, $3,000 each
OBO; Case IH 36-ft. 6200 disc drill for parts, $700;
65-ft. Tourmaster diamond harrows, $1,500 OBO;
JD 220 tandem disc good condition, $3,500 OBO;
21-ft. CCIL deep tiller, $1,500 OBO. (204)745-7445.
TracTors
TRACTORS
Case/ IH
08 STX 430 brand new 620-70-42 tires, delux cab,
heated
leather
seat,
$150,000.
Phone
(204)871-0925, McGregor.
2011 CASE IH 550
motes, 36-in tracks,
lighting, pro-700 nav.
powershift, excellent
Ask for Mick.
FENCING
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.
HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING
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.
10/8/14 9:14 AM
MCS ANGUS WILL BE showing & selling 11 excellent bred heifers at Harvest Showdown Yorkton, SK
Nov. 7th, 2014. Sired by Sandy Bar OT16X. Phone Mel
(306)554-2934.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Holstein
FOR SALE: 2
(204)482-3735.
HAND
milked
cows.
Phone
TIRED OF THE
HIGH COST OF
MARKETING
YOUR CALVES??
Available at:
Pembina
Consumers Co-op
St. Leon, MB
(204) 836-2427
The Icynene Insulation
System®
• Sprayed foam insulation
• Ideal for shops, barns or homes
• Healthier, Quieter, More
Energy Efficient®
TRACTORS
New Holland
1994 NH 9880 6,376-HRS, 400-HP, 7.10x38 Firestone tires 60% left, autosteer ready, very good
maintenance, everything works, real clean, shedded,
$67,000 OBO. (204)373-2502 cell (204)304-0270
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Black Angus
WANTED- ALL TYPES & classes of cattle: cows,
calves,
yearlings,
heifers,
steers.
Phone:
(204)873-2542 or Cell:(204)325-2598.
FOR SALE: 1949 VA Case tractor, good running
order, good rubber, PTO & pulley, $2000. Call
(204)641-0204 or (204)376-2971.
JD 3020, PWR SHIFT, never had a loader, only
used for swathing, excellent paint & tires, no 3-PT, always shedded, $9000. (204)824-2018, (204)761-6709.
6 YOUNG PB PAPERED Black Simm cows; Also young
PB Simm Black bull purchased at Black Diamond sale.
Also have hay. Phone evenings (204)425-3312
LIVESTOCK
Cattle Wanted
quad track, 1,469-hrs, 6 recab w/A/C, 360 degree HID
controller, 262 GPS receiver,
condition. Call:(218)770-4771.
FOR SALE: POLARIS RZR 800 side by side, low
miles, mint; JD 2355- MFWD, 3pt, O.S. w/loader;
JD 2550- 2WD, 3pt, w/loader; JD 2750- 2WD, O.S.,
3pt, Hi/Low shift w/146 FEL; JD 2955- MFWD, 3pt,
CAH, w/265 FEL; JD 4230- quad shift; JD 4240quad shift, 3pt; JD 4250- 2WD, 3pt, quad; JD 4250MFWD, 15spd; JD 4255- MFWD, 15spd, 3pt; JD
4440- (2)quad shifts, 3pt; JD 6420- MFWD, 3pt,
24spd, w/LHR, loader; JD 8650- 4WD, PTO, quad.
All tractors can be sold with new or used loaders.
Mitch’s Tractor Sales Ltd. St. Claude, MB.
Cell:(204)750-2459. www.mitchstractorsales.com
10/14-40516-1A
Saturday, October 25th at 10 am
Catalog can
be viewed
on line
viewed
online
at:at:
www.transconlivestock.com
TILLAGE & SEEDING
Tillage Various
FOR SALE: 1976 JD 8430 4WD tractor, 20.4x34
tires, c/w 12-ft. Degelman blade, VGC, asking
$16,000 OBO. Phone (204)265-3365, Beausejour.
*Conditions apply.
every TUESDAY at 9 am
October 28th
LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Simmental
1988 CASE IH 5600 deep tiller, 53-ft, heavy harrow
mulchers,
good
condition,
$15,500.
Call:
(204)534-8115. Killarney, MB.
1997 9400 4WD, very good tires, 7,000-hrs, VGC,
$95,000 OBO. (204)745-7445.
Contact your local CPS
representative about
our PrePay program
and start earning.
REGULAR
CATTLE SALES
BOYNECREST STOCK FARM
COMPLETE SIMMENTAL HERD
DISPERSAL & FINAL BULL SALE
LOCATION: Heartland
Livestock, Virden, MB
TRACTORS
John Deere
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LIVESTOCK
Cattle – Simmental
1996 36-FT. BOURGAULT AIR seeder, 8880 cultivator w/2155 tank, good condition, $25,000 OBO.
(204)745-7445.
1991 FORD 876, 5,380-HRS, 12-spd standard,
Greenlight at 4,888-hrs, shedded, $26,000. Deposit
will hold until spring. Manitou (204)242-2221.
Five minutes can
get you 5% back
from CPS
GRUNTHAL, MB.
AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING
Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250
Auction Mart (204) 434-6519
FENCING
TRACTORS
Ford
USED FERTILIZER SPREADERS 4-9 Ton: 8T Willmar, $8000; 4T Tyler, $3500; 5T Dempster, $3000;
6T Willmar, $6500; Valmar 3255 Applicator, $3000.
No Jet Applicator, $1500. (204)857-8403.
Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519
Looking for a hand around the farm? Place a help
wanted ad in the classifieds. Call 1-800-782-0794.
WANTED: MINNEAPOLIS MOLINE MODEL 445
tractor, running or not. Phone:(204)866-3453.
Combines
GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK
AUCTION MART. LTD.
MB. Livestock Dealer #1111
20-26-FT TANDEM DISC MEDIUM duty. Also Haybine. Phone (306)876-4707
2008 MF 9220 WINDROWER 30-ft, 860 ENG HRS,
PU Reel, $57,000. Call (204)825-8121.
www.bigtractorparts.com
300 GREEN PRESSURE TREATED sharpened,
fence posts, 8-ft. by 5 to 6-in., never been used, still
in bundles, $8.50 per post. Call (204)346-4050,
Kleefeld, MB.
FARM MACHINERY
Machinery Wanted
Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727
Fax (204) 326-5878
Web site: farmparts.ca
E-mail: [email protected]
DISCS VERSATILE #1800 36-FT, $25,000; Wishek
842 26-ft, $39,000; IH 25-ft #490, $7500; Bushog 25-ft,
$7500; JD 330 22-ft, $9500; JD 15-ft DOT, $5000; Kewannee breaking discs 12 & 15-ft disc rippers DMI 5-shank,
$8900; 7-shank, $10,900; Phoenix Harrow 35, 42 & 53-ft;
Bat Wing mowers, John Deere 15-ft, $6000; Woods 15-ft,
$6000; Woods HD 3180, $7500; JD 2018, $11,000; Bushwhacker 20-ft, $12,000; JD 709, $3000; JD 3-PH 6-ft,
$650; JD 5-ft Pull-type, $1000. (204)857-8403.
COMBINES
Accessories
LIVESTOCK
Cattle Auctions
www.penta.ca
1-800-587-4711
300-700 LBS.
Steers & Heifers
Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400
Ben: 721-3400
800-1000 LBS.
Steers & Heifers
Don: 528-3477, 729-7240
Contact:
D.J. (Don) MacDonald
Livestock Ltd.
License #1110
LIVESTOCK
Swine Wanted
WANTED:
BUTCHER
HOGS
SOWS AND BOARS
FOR EXPORT
P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD.
728-7549
Licence No. 1123
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.
LIVESTOCK
Specialty – Alpacas
HERD DISPERSAL DUE TO personal health issues dual registered, champion bloodlines, 26 females, 17 males, open to offers as must sell. For
more info [email protected]
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LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT
REAL ESTATE
Land For Sale
2003 BALE KING 3100 hay processor, right hand
delivery, large tires, very nice shape, $8,500. Call
(204)346-4050, Kleefeld, MB.
SEED / FEED / GRAIN
SEED/FEED/GRAIN
Feed Wanted
SEED/FEED/GRAIN
Feed Grain
WANTED: FEED BARLEY OR wheat, will take sprouted or tough. Call Dale (204)638-5581, Dauphin, MB.
SEED/FEED/GRAIN
Grain Wanted
8-FT, 10-FT, 12-FT, 16-FT, varied length panels &
gates; 16-ft light duty panels; cattle oiler brand new.
Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon.
FARMERS, RANCHERS,
SEED PROCESSORS
BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS
CORRAL CLEANER W/3-YD LOADER, & 3 vertical spreaders, taking new customers. South-Central
or South-Western Manitoba. (204)730-3139.
5 LOCATIONS to serve you!
Shoal Lake, MB
1 877 695 2532
www.ezefeeder.ca
MUSICAL
FOR SALE: ELECTRIC GUITAR $99.95, amplifier
$50, Mandolin $129.95, banjo $229, Violin set
$125, student guitars from $69.95, 5 piece drum set
& symbols $399.99, harmonicas $10-$185, lapsteel
$229, electric acoustic guitar $175, ukulele $29.95,
wireless mike $50, accordions $200-$1,250, 25W
amp $129.95, Hildebrand Music & Accessories.
Portage La Prairie Mall. Phone:(204)857-3172.
PERSONAL
TIME TO SHARE YOUR life with someone special.
CANDLELIGHT
MATCHMAKERS.
Confidential,
Rural, Photos and Profiles to selected matches, Affordable, Local. Serving MB, SK, NW Ontario. Call/Write for
info: Box 212, Roland, MB, R0G 1T0, (204)343-2475.
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE
Houses & Lots
RTM’S - READY FOR Fall delivery. Beautiful home:
3 bdrms, 2 1/2 baths; Master suite has walk-in closet &
4 piece bath, main floor laundry, kitchen w/corner pantry & 6-ft island; side entry 2 piece mud-room. Call for
more info, Marvin Homes, Mitchell, MB:(204)326-1493
or (204)355-8484. www.marvinhomes.ca
REAL ESTATE
Land For Sale
160-ACRES FOR SALE BY TENDER Sealed tenders to be received by 12:00pm Nov. 10th, 2014.
NW 1/4 28-6-6W, RM of Dufferin. The North
80-acres is bare land, sandy soil. The South
80-acres has approx. 40 arable acres with the remainder in bush & yardsite. Yardsite has an older
home & outbuildings. The Boyne River borders the
south 80. Tenders may be made for individual 80
acre parcels or the entire 160-acs. $10,000 deposit
cheque made out to RE/MAX Advantage to be included with tenders. All terms & conditions to be finalized in a formal offer to purchase. Buyer will be
responsible for any GST. Contact Wayne Giesbrecht for more info, tender form, or to view.
(204)745-8679, email [email protected]
FARM LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER IN THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH NORFOLK. SW 1/4
22-12-10 WPM EXC ELY 704-FT OF WLY 1879-FT OF
SLY 715-FT. TENDERS MUST BE for the entirety of
the land described above, and all buildings attached
thereto. SEALED TENDERS TO PURCHASE the land
will be received by: GREEN-BERG & GREENBERG
Box 157 Portage La Prai-rie, MB R1N 3B2 until 4:30pm
December 2, 2014. TERMS OF TENDER ARE AS
FOLLOWS: 1. Each Tender shall be in writing and in
a sealed envelope, plainly marked as to its contents
and shall be sub-mitted, with a certified cheque payable to GREEN-BERG & GREENBERG, IN TRUST, in
an amount equal to 10% of the tender price. 2. If the
Tender is accepted, the certified cheque shall become
a non-refundable deposit. If the Tenderer fails to complete the purchase of the property the Seller shall retain the deposit as liquidated damages. On December
3, 2014 unsuccessful Tenderers will have their cer-tified
cheques returned to them by regular mail. 3. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by cash, certified cheque, or lawyer’s trust cheque and trust conditions on February 2, 2015 (the Closing Date). 4. Vacant
possession will be provided on Closing Date. 5. The
Buyers will pay the 2015 tax-es. 6. The Vendors will pay
all the property taxes and penalties relating to taxes accruing to Decem-ber 31, 2014. 7. The Tenderer will pay
the appli-cable Goods and Services Tax or provide an
ac-ceptable undertaking to self-assess. 8. Time is to
be of the essence in submission of tender and clos-ing
of sale. 9. Highest or any tender will not neces-sarily be
accepted. 10. The Purchasers rely entirely on their own
knowledge and inspection of the prop-erty independent of any representations made by or on behalf of
the owners. For further particulars and inspection contact: John A. Jones Greenberg & Greenberg Box 157
Portage la Prairie, MB R1N 3B2 Phone (204)857-6878
NOTICE OF TENDER FARMLAND FOR SALE (NEAR
FANNYSTELLE) Separate sealed tenders for the
Properties described below will be received at: The
Law Offices of Smith Neufeld Jodoin LLP, 85 PTH 12
North, Steinbach, Manitoba R5G 1A7. Attention: Robert
P. Smith. PROPERTIES FOR SALE IN THE RURAL
MUNICIPALITY OF GREY (APPROX 3-MI WEST OF
FANNYSTELLE) 1. The SE 1/4 of section 7-9-3 WPM
EXC firstly out of the said SE 1/4: road plans 1050
MLTO (C DIV) & 1267 MLTO (C DIV) & secondly out of
the said SE 1/4: railway right-of-way plan 591 MLTO (W
DIV) being approx 157.39-acs (parcel 1) 2. The N 1/2 of
the NE 1/4 of section 6-9-3 WPM being approx 80-acs
(parcel 2) CONDITIONS OF TENDER: 1. Tenders must
be received on or before 5:00pm by Wed., Nov. 19th,
2014. 2. Each tender must be ac-companied by certified cheque in the amount of 5% of the tender price. 3.
The above listed properties must be purchased as separate parcels. 4. A separ-ate, unconditional tender must
be submitted for each of parcels 1 & 2 above. 5. Highest or any ten-der need not necessarily be accepted.
6. Posses-sion date shall be Jan. 1st, 2015. 7. Tender
forms & further info avail at the address below. 8. The
mak-er of any tender is relying entirely upon his/her
per-sonal inspection & knowledge of the property independent of any representation made by the vendor or
agents of the vendor. TENDER FORMS: The Tender
form is avail at the law office of Smith Neu-feld Jodoin
LLP. You may contact Debby at (204)346-7183 or email
[email protected] or fax (204)326-2154 to request tender
forms. For further info you may contact Debby or your
lawyer may contact Robert P. Smith at (204)346-5101
or [email protected]
(204) 759-2029
“NaturallyBetter!”
Soybean Crushing Facility
(204)331-3696
Head Office - Winkler
(888)974-7246
Jordan Elevator
(204)343-2323
Gladstone Elevator
(204)385-2292
Somerset Elevator
(204)744-2126
Sperling Elevator
(204)626-3261
FARMLAND FOR SALE BY Tender. Sealed tenders to be received by 12:00pm Nov. 10th, 2014.
Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
Some acs suitable for potatoes. Includes yard site
w/upgraded house(1980); approx. 30,000-bu. Grain
storage; plus a Zipperlock shed. All land is in one
block in RM of Roland. NE14-5-5W 160-acs; NW
14-5-5W 80.5-acs; SE 14-5-5W 160-acs. Please
mail tenders to: Box 144 Roland, MB R0G 1T0
Email: [email protected] Call Chris for details:
(204)343-2160(home) or (204)745-7493(cell)
MODULAR HOME: 1999 Bowes/SRI mobile home
w/vaulted ceiling. 3 bdrms, 2 bthrms w/Jacuzzi in
ensuite; abundant cupboard space w/2 pantries in
kitchen area. Single family owned- to be moved.
(204)571-1254 Brandon, MB.
TEXAS, USA BEST BUY: Own a 20-ac ranchette
in sunny Texas. Now only $395/ac, $99/month, financing & brochure available. Call:(800)875-6568.
REAL ESTATE
Farms & Ranches – Acreages/Hobby
THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: E1/2 14-21-11W, W1/2 10-21-12W,
NW 03-21-12W, SW 14-21-11W, N1/2 08-21-11W,
NE 08-21-11W, S1/2 30-21-11W, SE 23-21-11W &
SW 24-21-11W subject to Lot 3/4 Plan 2221. The
following Crown Lands have been approved by
Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Development
for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed, as these lands are part of the ranch unit held by
Craig & Lorna Marr of Silver Ridge, MB: SW
13-21-11W
West of
PR No. USED
467, NW 30-21-11W,
NOTRE
DAME
OIL
NE 31-21-11W, SE 31-21-11W, SW 31-21-11W,
SE 02-22-11W,
NE 03-22-11W,
NE 03-22-11W, SE
& FILTER
DEPOT
03-22-11W East of road. If you wish to purchase
• Buy
Used
Oil & apply for
• Buy
the
private
land
the Batteries
unit transfer, contact
the
lessees:Used
Craig
& Lorna
Marr, PO
Box 30 Silver
• Collect
Filters
• Collect
Oil Containers
Ridge, MB R0H 1M0. If you wish to comment on or
andofWestern
Manitoba
object Southern
to the eligibility
this unit transfer,
write the
director: MAFRD,
Agricultural
Crown Lands, PO Box
Tel:
204-248-2110
1286, Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0, or Fax:(204)867-6578.
GRANT TWEED : Providing professional service in all
farm property matters. Selling-Buying-Renting call for
an obligation free consultation. 50-yrs in the Ag
Industry. Call anytime: (204)761-6884
[email protected]
Manitoba Co-operator classifieds, 1-800-782-0794.
RECREATIONAL/FARM LAND
FOR SALE BY TENDER
REAL ESTATE
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Used Oil
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••Buy
NOTRE
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DAME ••Collect
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Manitoba
DEPOT Tel: 204-248-2110
SELBY LAW OFFICE
351 Main St., PO Box 279
Manitou, MB. R0G 1G0
PROPERTY:
PARCEL 1: SW ¼ 5-2-7 WPM,
except M. & M., being 160 acres
PARCEL 2: Part of the SE ¼ 5-2-7
WPM, except M & M., being
156.7 acres.
TENDERS CLOSE:
Tuesday, October 28, 2014.
For further information contact
Larry J. Selby at SELBY LAW OFFICE
351 Main St., PO Box 279
Manitou, MB. R0G 1G0
Phone: (204) 242-2801
Fax: (204) 242-2723
Email: [email protected]
www.delmarcommodities.com
Toll Free: 888-974-7246
SEED/FEED/GRAIN
Hay & Straw
ALFALFA FOR SALE IN 3x4 square bales, stored
inside delivery available. (204)746-4505.
ALFALFA GRASS HAY IN 3x4 square bales, large
quantities available, starting at 3.5 cents per pound,
beef
quality,
can
deliver
in
semi-loads
(204)326-8775 or (204)377-4244.
Tenders for property in the RM of Pembina,
will be received by:
Excellent access, 600 feet off paved
PTH #31. Located in the beautiful Pembina
Valley; Pembina River runs through this
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1987 Lincoln Continental (easily saftied)
2010 utility trailer 50-in x7-ft (like new)
Older fertilizer spreader (some parts missing)
Older Valmar (has not been used for several
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