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Issue No. 158 January 18, 2013 A Supplement to the Southeast Trader Express
Share our Pride. Share our Prices
Randy Senchuk Landon Senchuk Dwight ThompsonRick Senchuk
History In The MakingLoading the fi rst shipment of canola for the CWB at Prince Rupert. See inside for details. Photo submitted by CWB. See story on Pg. 4.
Page 2 SOUTHEAST AGRI NEWS, FRIDAY, January 18, 2013
By Norm ParkAgri news
It appears as if Prairie farmers still want shelter-belts.
With the impending closure of the 110-year-old Agro Forestry Develop-ment Centre near Indian Head, which will take two to fi ve million young saplings out of the farming market mix each year, the question becomes, who will fi ll the gap.
The closure of the federally operated shel-terbelt centre has led to the question being raised as to whether the Shand Greenhouse located next door to the Shand Power Station near Estevan could fi ll some of that green gap.
The initial response is no.
The mandate is differ-ent and the demand would be too extensive for the SaskPower operated green-house to meet.
“We have worked co-opeatively with the Indian Head experimental tree farm for years, but our ob-jectives are different,” said Debbie Nielsen, manager of environmental programs for SaskPower.
Besides, the Estevan-based greenhouse, which is now in its 21st year, is a voluntary product of the provincial Crown corpora-tion and it is not intended to serve a sweeping agri-cultural sector across the Canadian Prairies like the Indian Head forestry farm has done.
“We don’t want to step on the toes of private growers,” said Shelley Heidinger, acting manager at the Shand Greenhouse where about 500,000 young seedlings are sent out an-nually to be replanted ... the product of two distinct growing seasons within the
greenhouse. With the Indian Head
farm slated to close in 2014, this fi nal season has placed an unusually high demand for young trees on the farm from producers in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta. By extrapola-tion, the demand for more seedlings from Shand has also doubled this year.
Heidinger said over the years, the requests from
various sectors for Shand Greenhouse products usu-ally number between 280 and 315, but this year the requests doubled to over 600.
With only one major private grower noted in Saskatchewan, there will be a push for more tradi-tional shrubs and trees like caragana, poplar and blue spruce. These are the trees that fi nd their start at Shand and Indian Head. Private growers often prefer tend-ing to ornamental varieties, leaving the “basic” species to them.
The Indian Head farm has provided storage and refrigeration space for Shand start-ups in the past, so Heidinger and Nielsen said the greenhouse will have to seek alternative so-lutions for the next season.
Of course there is still hope that the many acres of trees provided by Indian Head may be scooped up once it leaves the hands of the federal government, but there are no assurances and no obvious prospects on the
horizon yet. Heidinger said Shand
could possibly increase production by a few thou-sand, but never to the level of fi lling the current demand from agricultural sectors.
Contrary to some po-litical belief, not all Prairie producers are knocking down shelterbelts in fa-vour of putting more acre-age into crop production.
They’ve seen the negative results of that action too often.
At the start, Nielsen said, the Shand project was to support the SaskPower business plan to demon-strate that waste heat could be used for an environmen-tally sustainable program. That biodiversity mandate has been met very suc-cessfully with SaskPower carrying the budget burden quite willingly, supporting the growth, some experi-mentation and a staff of between six and seven full-time employees and more during peak seasons.
“We are always look-ing at it from an environ-mental perspective and have been for 20 years now,” Nielsen said.
Shand has defi nitely contributed to the econom-ic growth of the province and the tree seedlings have certainly improved quality of life without stepping on those aforementioned toes of private growers.
“We just continued to do what we do,” Nielsen
added. That does not include
providing young trees for all Prairie farmers on demand.
“Our volume right now makes sense with our impacts. We combine our tree production with an educational program to help connect to our custom-ers and we can supply some customers who come to us for at least some pieces for
a project. Yes, we might be able to touch more people, but so far our customers have included volunteer non-profi t groups, provid-ing trees for wildlife shelter and habitat, mostly non-commercial pursuits and promotions,” Nielsen said.
Trees and shrubs for mitigation projects in the
Rafferty reservoir valley have mostly come from Shand, for instance. Most of the local mining recla-mation projects have called upon Shand seedlings to provide shelter, greenery and oxygen for the next generation of land users in southeastern Saskatch-ewan.
The Water Security Agency formerly known as the Saskatchewan Water-
shed Authority and Sask-Water, has called upon Shand trees and bushes in the past and will continue to do so.
Shand trees have, on occasion, found their way onto private lands, Nielsen explained. When Sask-Power has had to go onto some properties to perform
a rebuild or do some con-struction, they give back by reclaiming the land and re-storing trees or bushes that may have been damaged in the process. Reclaiming fl ood damaged acreages are also within the mandate.
“We can provide up to 25 species at any given time. We vary them for wildlife needs, so we pick species we know will grow within this province. We plant the right species in the right locations,” Nielsen said.
The project manager said that at the very least, she’d love to see a continu-ation of the scientifi c arm of the federal program at Indian Head since it has provided vital information that has been used not only by the Shand operation but also by private and co-operative growers and pro-ducers for over a century.
“It’s a green legacy for the province,” she said in conclusion.
It’s a legacy that op-erations like the Shand Greenhouse can attempt to fi ll ... Jan. 9 albeit on a limited and restricted basis.
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The CWB dispatched its historic first shipload of canola from the Port of Prince Rupert in early December.
The cargo of 42,000
tonnes of Prairie canola set out aboard the vessel Tai Health, enroute to custom-ers in Japan.
Changes to the Western Canadian grain-marketing
system implemented by the federal government in 2012 include provisions for the CWB to market canola for the first time in its history — expanding
its crop mix beyond wheat, durum and malting barley.
“We are very pleased to have successfully ex-ecuted our first export sale of canola,” said Ian White, the CWB president and CEO, who travelled to Japan to meet with canola buyer Zen-Noh, the Japanese agricultural co-operative that has made CWB its preferred supplier of Canadian grain.
“We are encouraged by the positive response
of valued customers like Zen-Noh,” White said. “CWB has many market-
ing advantages, including its long experience with international customers and grain logistics. Farm-ers who sign CWB con-tracts benefit from CWB’s long standing marketing relationships and access to premier markets.”
CN and Prince Rupert Grain Terminal helped de-liver the canola to port on schedule and all the canola was sourced through el-evators located on CN lines. The canola on the first vessel was a mix of cash purchases from com-panies and farmers, as well as canola committeed by farmers to the CWB pool.
White touted pooling since he said it provides farmers the certainty of a good average return that will capture market rallies during the year.
“For the first time in history, Canadian farmers now have the opportunity to pool canola as part of their marketing and risk-management strategy,” White said. CWB’s canola harvest pool runs to June 30 of this year.
White said CWB is committed to canola mar-keting for the long term and to demonstrating its value to both Prairie farm-ers and canola buyers, many of whom are long-term CWB customers for grains.
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The 48th annual Es-tevan Farmers’ Day is now set and scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 28 and it will once again be staged at the Days Inn Plaza.
Alf Tide, committee chairman for the event that salutes the best in agricul-tural practices in southeast Saskatchewan, said that the agenda is pretty well com-plete with guest speakers being Jim Reiter, provin-cial minister of Municipal Affairs and David Marit, president of the Saskatch-ewan Association of Rural Municipalities.
The prize-winning speeches from members of the Browning 4-H Beef Club will also be featured
during the evening’s pro-gram.
Well-known Saskatch-ewan comedian, Metro, will provide some light-hearted entertainment to top off the evening along with Jake Kluk.
The program’s main intention however, is to honour the Farm Family of the Year and the committee is now completing their nomination search and selection. Nominations are open to anyone and any
family in the Estevan or surrounding rural munici-palities. The nomination forms are available at the Estevan Chamber of Com-merce. They close Feb. 1.
Farmers’ Day in Es-tevan dates back nearly 50 years as a combination celebration involving the Estevan Chamber of Com-merce and Estevan Exhibi-tion Association (formerly the Estevan Agricultural Society). The two groups decided to stage an event
to salute local agriculture and those engaged in it. The program has also provided trade shows, dinners and dances in the past.
Last year’s winner of the Farm Family of the Year Award was the Ross family who operate a commercial cow-calf operation south of Estevan near the United States border.
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Canadian Western Agribition announced the recipients of the CWA scholarships during the second day of Agribition activities this year.
Every yea r CWA awards post-secondary scholarships to future leaders of agriculture who have participated as exhibitors.
The six recipients include: Chelsey Briere of Mankota, Sask., who is in her second year of medical radiologic technology at the University of Regina. She has been involved with CWA for five years and has competed in the Junior Beef Extreme com-petition.
Cali Fitzpatrick of Wood Mountain, Sask., who is studying geol-ogy at the University of Wyoming. Fitzpatrick’s 10-year involvement with CWA has included show-ing commercial cattle for Fitzpatrick Ranch and working at Orwig’s Live-stock Supplement Tubs In-ternational display booth.
Calli Gibson of Fir Mountain, Sask. Gibson is
in her third year of educa-tion studies, majoring in chemistry at the Univer-sity of Regina. Her in-volvement with CWA has extended over 16 years, starting with her entries in the Junior Steer Show and moving on to Junior Beef Extreme, Red and Black Angus Purebred Shows and showing for numerous other individuals in other breed shows.
Dakota Jackson of Sedley, Sask., is attending the University of Regina, studying for a bachelor of education degree. Jack-son has been involved with CWA for 12 years, competing in the Red and Black Angus Purebred Show, Shorthorn Show and winning the Junior Beef Extreme title in 2005.
Megan Tur ton of Carnduff, Sask., is study-ing animal health technol-ogy at Lakeland College in Alberta. She has been involved in Agribition for three years, having com-peted in the Nubian Goat Show and team grooming competitions plus the Prospect Steer and Heifer
Show. The sixth scholarship
went out to Amy Tweedie from Delisle, Sask., who is studying physical edu-cation at the University of Alberta. She has 16 years of involvement with Agribition competing in a number of sheep shows.
“These young peo-ple have already proven themselves to be leaders in building the future of agriculture. We are proud and honoured to have the opportunity to help them on their roads to success,” said Marty Seymour, CEO of Canadian Western Agri-bition.
Each scholarship is a $1,000 award that can be used at any recog-nized post-secondary in-stitution in Canada or the United States. Since 1994 when the program began, $156,500 in scholarships have been presented.
The CWA scholar-ship fund receives con-tributions annually from private donations as well as proceeds from CWA auctions and from the Agribition grounds crew.
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Regional workshops that will focus on the care and feeding of pulse crops across Saskatchewan are being ar-ranged in fi ve locations next month.
The workshop for south-east Saskatchewan pulse producers will be staged in McKenna Hall in Weyburn on Friday, Feb. 8.
Earlier workshops have been scheduled in North Battleford, Kindersley, Swift Current and Moose Jaw.
The sessions provide an excellent opportunity for pulse crop producers to meet with top researchers and industry
representatives as well as fel-low producers.
All workshops begin at 9 a.m.
The focus at each work-shop will be dependent on the varieties covered in each region and their suitability for that area.
Topics that will be mak-ing their way onto the agenda will deal with such things as disease updates, marketing in a post-Canadian Wheat Board world, insect updates, new pulse varieties, soybean production, using social me-dia and digital technology to improve bottom lines, com-
petitive intelligence, fi ve- and 10-year market demand pre-dictions and general market outlooks.
An acknowledged expert on each of these topics will facilitate the discussions.
All registrations should be fi led no later than Jan. 28 with the registration fee paid at the door upon arrival. The fee covers the cost of a noon luncheon.
The workshops are scheduled to wrap up by 4 p.m.
Registration is done through the Agriculture Knowledge Centre by phon-ing 1-866-457-2377.
Pulse workshop slated in southeast
Etched In WhiteHoar frost has made its presence felt several times this winter, leaving local tree-lined landscapes covered in the delicate, snowy fabric
In mid-November, Agrium Inc., the Canadian-based fertilizer company said they still expected to close its $575 million purchase of Viterra Inc’s farm retail stores in the fi rst quarter of 2013.
This would happen following Glencore In-ternational’s takeover of Viterra which has been
delayed, but was to be completed in Dec. 2012 as the companies awaited the fi nal regulatory approval from China’s Ministry of Commerce. Since that time, it has been indicated the move may be delayed further.
Once the Glencore/Viterra deal closes, Agrium will fi le for a review by
Canada’s Competition Bureau with hopes of completing the deal.
If the deal goes through as planned, with or without delays, Agrium would get possession of 232 Cana-dian farm retail outlets where seed, chemicals and fertilizers are sold as well as another 17 outlets in Australia.
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The Province of Sas-katchewan, the University of Saskatchewan and Potash Corporation of Saskatch-ewan Inc., (PotashCorp) launched the Global In-stitute for Food Security (GIFS) in mid-December. The partnership will de-velop Saskatchewan-led solutions to feed a grow-ing world population.
With initial commit-ments of up to $35 million from PotashCorp and $15 million from the province over the next seven years, the institute will apply Saskatchewan’s unique resources, innovation and expertise to address the increasing global demand for save, reliable food.
“The plan for growth positions Saskatchewan as a global leader in food security and innovation by 2020,” Premier Brad Wall said. “Advancing Saskatchewan’s agricul-tural advantage allows us to significantly increase the global food supply
— our moral obligation as a good global citizen — while building the next economy, an innovation economy, here at home.”
PotashCorp’s invest-ment represents the largest donation in the company’s history and reflects its deep commitment to food security. The donation is one of the largest corpo-rate donations for univer-sity research in Canada.
“Food security remains our biggest challenge as populations increase and di-ets change, putting immense strain on food production,” PotashCorp president and CEO Bill Doyle said. “We need to help farmers around the world produce more food, ensure it’s safe and nu-tritious, and get it effi ciently to those who need it. As the world’s largest producers of crop nutrients, supporting food production is a man-date for our company and we believe this institute can play an important role in im-proving global food supply.”
The institute will be based at the University of Saskatchewan, a world-re-
nowned centre of excellence in agriculture and food-system related research.
“Over the past cen-tury, the U of S has led far-sighted re-search and innova-tion to help grow a province and feed a growing nation,” Univer-sity of Saskatch-ewan president Dr. Ilene Busch-Vishniac said. “Now through this innovative partner-ship and its bold vi-sion, we will build on our strengths and provide new research solutiolns across the food supply system to
help feed a growing world. This collaborative institute will create unique opportu-
nities for cutting-edge sci-ence and policy research that
will attract top faculty and
students and put Saskatch-ewan on the global map for food security research.”
The institute will build on Saskatchewan’s existing strength in crop production systems through new invest-
ments in technological, economic, nutritional
and environmental improvements to the food supply system at home and around the world. It will take a strategic approach to the
food supply sys-tem — for example,
breeding for higher yield, improved nutri-
tion and better processing traits, looking at how soil quality affects the nutri-tional value of crops and
adapting prairie zone crops to available soil and water.
The study will focus on crops grown in Sas-katchewan as well as those grown in other parts of the world such as wheat, lentils, peas and canola — essential sources of food for a signifi -cant portion of the world’s population. The solutions will be transferable to rel-evant regions and partner-ships around the world.
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