Index – for Jun. 11, 2009

Tributes/Memory ………………………………….0100 Announcements …………………………………..0200 Airplanes ………………………………………………..0400 Alarms & Security Systems ………………….0500 ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale………………………………..0701 Antique Equipment ……………………………0703 Antique Vehicle …………………………………..0705 Antiques Wanted ………………………………..0710 Arenas …………………………………………………….0800 AUCTION SALES BC Auction …………………………………………..0900 AB Auction Peace ……………………………….0905 AB Auction North ……………………………….0906 AB Auction Central …………………………….0907 AB Auction South ……………………………….0908 SK Auction …………………………………………..0915 MB Auction Parkland …………………………0920 MB

Crop Report – for Jun. 4, 2009

SOUTHWEST REGION Little to no rainfall allowed seeding to progress over the past week. Cereal seeding is 90 per cent complete, canola is 75 per cent complete, sunflowers are 80 per cent complete and flax is 70 per cent complete. Early-seeded cereal crops are in the one-to two-leaf stage and canola crops range from emergence


Index – for Jun. 4, 2009

Tributes/Memory ………………………………….0100 Announcements …………………………………..0200 Airplanes ………………………………………………..0400 Alarms & Security Systems ………………….0500 ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale………………………………..0701 Antique Equipment ……………………………0703 Antique Vehicle …………………………………..0705 Antiques Wanted ………………………………..0710 Arenas …………………………………………………….0800 AUCTION SALES BC Auction …………………………………………..0900 AB Auction Peace ……………………………….0905 AB Auction North ……………………………….0906 AB Auction Central …………………………….0907 AB Auction South ……………………………….0908 SK Auction …………………………………………..0915 MB Auction Parkland …………………………0920 MB



Index – for May. 28, 2009

Tributes/Memory ………………………………….0100 Announcements …………………………………..0200 Airplanes ………………………………………………..0400 Alarms & Security Systems ………………….0500 ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale………………………………..0701 Antique Equipment ……………………………0703 Antique Vehicle …………………………………..0705 Antiques Wanted ………………………………..0710 Arenas …………………………………………………….0800 AUCTION SALES BC Auction …………………………………………..0900 AB Auction Peace ……………………………….0905 AB Auction North ……………………………….0906 AB Auction Central …………………………….0907 AB Auction South ……………………………….0908 SK Auction …………………………………………..0915 MB Auction Parkland …………………………0920 MB

Deadlines, Rotations Loom Over Remaining Acres

“Canola actually holds on to its yield quite a bit better into that first week of June and so does something like sunflowers versus flax.” – ANASTASIA KUBINEC, MAFRI Normally farmers seed crops in a certain order, starting with cereals, followed by canola, then corn and then, by mid-to late May, soybeans and edible beans.


Canola Going To Be Strong Through 2009-10

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended May 22 mixed, with canola mixed and barley higher. Canola was pressured down in the old crop by a slowing pace to demand, with both

Crop Report – for May. 28, 2009

SOUTHWEST Cereal crop seeding is 75 per cent complete, canola is 55 per cent complete, peas are 100 per cent complete, flax is 25 per cent complete and sunflowers are 40 per cent complete. Planting of silage corn has started. Earlyseeded crops are emerging. Pastures are improving and producers are moving cattle to pasture. Flea


Calculator To Determine N Rate

“I think there is tremendous potential for this calculator. I can assure you that something like this is going to become a valuable tool in the farming community.” – DON FLATEN When nitrogen prices went through the roof a few years ago, farmers flooded John Heard with queries about determining the optimum economic application rate

U. S. Soybean Stockpile Reduced

U. S. soybean exports will hit a record 1.21 billion bushels this marketing year, helping whittle the U. S. stockpile to 165 million bushels, the smallest in five years, the government forecast on April 9. “That is a tight number,” Don Roose, analyst for U. S. Commodities, said of the stockpile, roughly a three-week supply.