Land & Livestock May 2013

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Spring dance

Prairie chickens spar for breeding rights in ancient ritual Story and photos by Justin Joiner | justin.joiner@capjournal.com

The sound echoes across the plains through the crisp, 25-degree morning air. It begins as a deep, but soft boom, then a squeak, and it grows as the sun peeks over the horizon.

In the darkness of the blind, barely the size of the closet, the smell of the land is condensed. It smells of sage and dry grass.

To be able to sit Dakota among the dozen or so prairie chickens meant waking up at 4:30 a.m., driving south of Fort Pierre some 20 miles and hiking a half mile to the blind, which rests on the Fort Pierre National Grassland.

Time seems to have passed this place by.

In the southeast there are no buildings, lights and vehicles – nothing but the pond and slightly rolling plains.

The prairie chicken action begins just before sunrise; a late arrival might frighten the birds so that they won’t return that day.

I could imagine it’s the 1800s; but I’m glad for my 21st century camera gear as I wait an hour for my opportunity.

Spring tradition

Prairie chickens swarm the grassy lek for their spring ritual. They couldn’t be more than 50 feet from a small pond and even closer to my viewing blind.

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Male prairie chickens spar in an attempt to maintain control of their display area.

Then I depress my shutter – click – the sound bounces off the walls of the blind, but it doesn’t faze the birds.

The view from the blind.

It’s 7 a.m., and they are so entranced by their mating dance, even my noisy camera doesn’t bother them.

Life

Ruben Mares, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Forest Service’s Fort Pierre National Grassland, said the prairie chickens gather every spring on their lek, which is the area and group they form as the males try to entice females for breeding.

The birds are creatures of habit, often

The orange air sacs on the male greater prairie chicken are formed by inflating featherless skin on the side of the neck with air from the esophagus.

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returning to the same lek each April and May for generations.

“They have very strong sight fidelity,” Mares said. “For whatever reason, the area they collect in, there is something about that area that is appealing to them.”

Even within the lek itself, there is a battle for “prime real estate,” as Mares calls it. Whether it is an area of higher ground or less vegetation, the males are always looking to make themselves as visible as possible to females watching from the sidelines.

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The struggle for the best ground often leads to showdowns. Two males will take each other on, but that often means just a lot of squawking. Sometimes the birds will take to the air and claw at each other, but Mares said there is almost never a death from the fighting.

The alpha male’s prize is the chance to breed with several females.

Once the mating – which lasts just a fleeting few seconds – is over, the male’s job is done.

“Not in any way does the male partake in nest building or nest selection or rearing of the chicks at all. They are just involved in the reproductive part,” Mares said.

The females select a nest, build it and take care of the young as single mothers.

South Dakota transplants Although the prairie chicken has been in South Dakota for decades, it isn’t native to the area.

The book, “Grouse of Plains and Mountains: The South Dakota

Male prairie chickens will also make nonvocal sounds during the ritual by rattling their tail feathers together.

Story,” which was penned by Lester D. Flake, John W. Connelly, Thomas R. Kirschenmann and Andrew J. Lindbloom, says prairie chickens originally ranged from south-central Minnesota to the coast of Texas.

In the 1880s, the prairie chicken

extended its range north and west following the plow.

“At that time prairie chickens became common even into western Dakotas and as far west as Alberta, Canada,” the book says.

There is some debate however, on when prairie chickens first arrived. The book says John James Audubon saw a single prairie chicken in the Big Bend region of the Missouri River near Pierre as early as 1840 and some studies suggest the prairie chicken may have ranged into

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The prairie chicken range now extends from North Dakota south through a few states into part of Oklahoma, although the areas with the most birds include South Dakota and Nebraska.

In South Dakota, the bird is mainly found in the south central part of the state.

Growing population Prairie chicken numbers on the Fort Pierre National Grassland have been on the rise, with fluctuations from year to year, since the district began counting in 1988. Starting that year, the district counted 91 male prairie chickens within the Cedar Creek Monitoring Unit, which is a subsample of the entire grassland. In 2012, the grassland Forest Service district observed 393 male prairie chickens on the monitoring unit. Actual

prairie chicken numbers across the grassland are higher than that.

The growing number of prairie chickens isn’t an accident. A combination of efforts between the U.S. Forest Service’s Fort Pierre National Grassland crew and the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks have led to precise management of the grassland, which Mares said he believes is one part of sustaining the population.

“The population has been pretty healthy the past maybe decade or so,” he said. “In combination of environmental conditions and the kind of management we have on the grassland, the population has Male prairie chickens will sometimes jump 3 to 4 feet into the air. been doing really well.”

Mares said he doesn’t rested. The height of the chickens, we are thinkThe team at the district quite know what effect the grass is critical. If an area ing that something we are treats the greater prairie region’s ongoing drought doing in our management is grazed too much, there chicken as if it were a will have, but said he will be few areas suitable has got to be right.” keystone species. wouldn’t be surprised if for nesting. The low grass To make sure the prairie there were an increased – in addition to giving “We look at the prairie chickens thrive, a specific predators easy access to the mortality rate. chicken as our managegrazing strategy is in place. nest – also lets the sun beat ment indicator species,” Depending on the type of down on the eggs, increas- The rising number of Mares said. “If we have a prairie chickens is also vegetation, pastures may ing the mortality rate. good population of prairie be grazed early or late, or increasing the chances for

hybrids emerging. The offspring of the prairie chicken and sharp-tailed grouse maintain many of the characteristics of their parents. The downside, however, is the females of both species tend to view male hybrids as unworthy mates, Mares said.

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Stanley County Commission takes steps to protect Meers Cemetery site

By Lance Nixon | lance.nixon@capjournal.com

MEERS TOWNSITE – The main road used to go right past the town of Meers, but that’s when the main road was the Fort Pierreto-Deadwood freight route, traveled by mule and ox teams pulling wagons to and from the Black Hills.

Railroads and then highways put Meers out of business.

The only way to get to the old townsite of Meers now is to get permission from Fargo-based RDO Equipment Co., doing business as Gunsmoke Farms, to drive across the company’s fields in a time such as early spring when it won’t disturb the crops.

RDO owns 30,000 acres in Stanley County, according to Randy Fleishauer, the company’s farm manager in the area.

“I think each field has its own zip code,” Fleishauer jokes.

But Meers doesn’t, since the only people still here are in the cemetery. And it’s the condition and location of that cemetery – largely unmarked, in the middle of RDO’s farmland on what was once the McQuiston Ranch – that concerns Stanley County.

County commissioners, with the support of local history enthusiasts, are taking steps to make a land swap with RDO in order to protect the Meers Cemetery, where several dozen settlers are buried.

The cemetery is perhaps a mile north of where Meers used to be, and almost completely swallowed up by native grass on high, rolling terrain close to a coulee.

Stanley County Commissioner Brian Scott and Darby Nutter, president of the board of the Fort Pierre-based Verendrye Museum, recently got permission from RDO to drive up and look at the site.

Scott remembers the town of Meers when it still had one building still standing in about the 1970s, though it was vacant and unused.

“I worked for the Indian Springs Cattle Company and we would trail cattle to Fort Pierre,” Scott said. “The old saloon was still standing. It was just a place to get out of the wind, but we would stop there and eat dinner.”

The three lots total just under one-half an acre of land, Stanley Stanley County Commissioner Brian Scott examines vestiges of a grave at the Meers Cemetery, a short distance from the vanished town of Meers. (Lance Nixon/Capital Journal)

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Scott’s admiration for the people who settled Meers has taken a new twist since Stanley County discovered recently that three lots within the city limits of what was once another townsite called Borden were turned back to Stanley County in 1946. RDO would just as soon have the lots, since it has purchased all the land around those lots; and that will work out just fine for Stanley County.

“When RDO bought it, they wanted the lots, and I wanted to preserve the cemetery,” Scott said. “The way I looked at it, 130 years from now, if somebody is hoping to farm over me, I hope somebody would say no.”

Sharp said since the parcels are similar in size, and since the cemetery has historic value to the county, the solution was a natural.

“Stanley County owns three lots in this Borden townsite in the middle of what’s usually a wheatfield,” Sharp said. “That’s what they want to swap for the Meers Cemetery.”

Scott said the company is as eager to make the land trade as the county is, and he said RDO has made no attempt to farm over the old cemetery at Meers.

But formalizing the land trade so that the cemetery belongs to the county will protect it for future generations.

Nutter said that’s important because the families who buried their dead in the Meers Cemetery used the materials at hand, and headstones were nowhere to be found.

“Most of the markers, they claim, were made of wood when they buried people here,” Nutter said.

Vestiges of some wooden markers are still visible in the grass at the site of the old Meers Cemetery.

But some graves are completely unmarked. The only marker of the cemetery itself is a metal sign put in place in about 1990 by the grandchildren of Jon and Anna Ahboltin, who were buried at Meers in 1912 and 1905, respectively. The metal sign identifies the place as Meers Cemetery, and

Brian Scott, left, and Darby Nutter of the Verendrye Museum examine a possible unmarked grave at the site of the old Meers Cemetery. The Stanley County Commission is taking steps to protect the cemetery.

(Lance Nixon/Capital Journal)

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Where it is in the process • The Stanley County Planning and Zoning Board approved a plat for the Meers Cemetery at its meeting on Thursday, May 9.

• The Stanley County Commission is likely to act on the plat for cemetery at its meeting on June 4.

• The plat provides a legal description of the cemetery, a necessary step before RDO Equipment Co. can transfer ownership of the cemetery to the county in exchange for just under half an acre of land at a different location.

Fleishauer, the RDO farm manager, said because there are no roads to the cemetery, it will be hard to get to at some seasons of the year when crops are growing. But people who have family buried there or have other reasons to visit it can get permission to visit the site by talking to Gunsmoke Farms.

Sharp said the land trade between Stanley County and RDO appears to be

moving forward after the Stanley County Planning and Zoning Board approved a plat for the Meers Cemetery at its May 9 meeting. The plat goes next to the Stanley County Commission on June 4, after which the formal paperwork for the land swap can be written up.

“It will be good for those who have family out there,” Sharp said. “They can be assured that the cemetery will be undisturbed.”

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Darby Nutter, left, and Brian Scott, right, are silhouetted by the morning sun as they stand in what remains of the Meers Cemetery. (Lance Nixon/Capital Journal)

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House panel OKs farm bill with food stamp cuts

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As the latest draft of the Farm Bill heads to the floor of the U.S. Senate next week, South Dakota agriculture organizations are both enthused and wary of what the final version will contain.

The Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act passed the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry committee in a 15-5 vote Tuesday. The bill will replace the 2008 Farm Bill, which expired on Sept. 30 and failed to be replaced last fall, and represents an estimated $23 billion in spending cuts from the previous iteration.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday approved a sweeping farm bill that would trim the $80 billion-ayear food stamp program.

The panel rebuffed Democratic efforts to keep the food stamp program whole, as debate on the farm bill turned into a theological discourse on helping the poor.

The House bill would cut about $2.5 billion a year – or a little more than 3 percent – from the domestic food aid program, which is used by 1 in 7 Americans. The committee rejected a Democratic amendment to strike the cuts 27-17, keeping them in the bill.

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Mike Traxinger, the legislative director for the South Dakota Farmers Union, said the organization supported the conservation measures. The requirements were part of previous versions of the Farm Bill up until 1996, he said.

Also, reports show only 2 percent of corn and soybean farmers nationwide are not already in compliance, so it would not be a drastic change, Traxinger said.

The Farmers Union is opposed to an amendment that would remove COOL or Country-of-Origin Labeling requirements that would list where meat was raised and prepared

and help the United States comply with World Trade Organization standards.

farmers in case of drought and other natural disasters, he said.

“We strongly believe this is an asset to farmers and ranchers and to consumers,” he said.

“Our prime concern is that the cow-calf people have protection from elements they don’t have any control over,” Smith said.

Wayne Smith, executive director of the South Dakota Farm Bureau, said his organization is glad to see the risk management tools in place, even if the conservation requirements give them some pause.

“That concerns us but we don’t want to give the impressions that we are not responsible stewards of the soil,” Smith said.

The Farm Bureau is glad to see livestock indemnity in the bill which gives ranchers a similar safety net as

Lisa Richardson, executive director of the South Dakota Corn Growers Association, said the conservation compliance provisions are better than in the version of the bill proposed last fall. That version, she said, wouldn’t let farms who initially didn’t comply get into the program later.

However, the bureaucracy has proven inefficient as there are 3,000 farms in the state that have waited a couple years to hear what conservation standards

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“’We believe farmers want to follow and will follow the rules, but they have to know what the rules are,” she said.

Randy Englund, executive director of the South Dakota Wheat Commission, said he didn’t see problems in Title I of the bill, the section primarily dealing with producers. However, the wheat commission is concerned about cuts to Title VII, which will scale back money to crop research at universities.

Richardson also expressed a sentiment shared by many of the agriculture organizations, that the most important thing is that a new Farm Bill be put into place as soon as possible.

“We need it signed, sealed and delivered by end of the fiscal year,” she said.

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research and genetic engineering, instead of applied science – actual experimental planting and cultivating – where most of work with wheat is done, he said.

Both Englund and Paul Casper, president of the South Dakota Soybean Association, said they are encouraged that the foreign market development and market access programs, which help American producers sell crops overseas, are still included in the bill.

Casper said his organization was concerned about the programs being cut because between 60 and 65 percent of South Dakota soybeans are shipped to foreign countries.

Less enthused about the bill’s merits was Sen. John Thune, who, when speaking to media on Wednesday, said he voted against it in committee because it wasn’t the reform bill he envisioned. Several programs – which he characterized as “relics of the past” – were left in place, he said.

Among his list of complaints was the continuation of “market distorting” target price practices for commodities such as rice and peanuts. The set prices in the current bill are 25 percent higher than in the 2008 version of the bill, Thune said.

“On balance, in spite of the things I like, philosophically this bill doesn’t move us in the right direction,” he said.

Farmers share solutions at tree fabric demonstration

By Marcus Traxler marcus.traxler@capjournal.com

BLUNT – The fabric that’s meant to keep weeds from growing around newly planted trees might also keep larger trees from flourishing when the fabric becomes too tight around the base of the trunk, in some cases.

But there are solutions.

More than 35 farmers and growers met on the Ken Korkow Ranch south of Blunt to discuss persistent problem of tree fabric and options are available to maintain the health of their trees.

Lowell Noeske of the Natural Resources Conservation Service demonstrates a tree fabric hand tool Thursday at the Ken Korkow Ranch south of Blunt. (Marcus Traxler/Capital Journal)

In the past 30 years or so of planting wind breaks consisting of hundreds or thousands

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when coupled with all of the other problems trees can face, including animals, insects, diseases, weeds or moisture. While fabric rarely kills a tree, South Dakota Game Fish and Park regional habitat manager Dan McCormick described it as a “the good, the bad and the ugly” type of situation, depending on individual circumstances.

“We’re in a different world out here,” Noeske said, comparing central South Dakota with other parts of the Upper Midwest. “It’s tough to grow trees.”

For each level of tree problems, there is a different level of solution.

Dustin Gibbons, owner of Duty Metalworks in Brookings, has built an attachment to fit on a skid-steer that will tear out the fabric and wind it up around a wood

“I’m trying to save it,” Ogan told the crowd.

“I’m trying to get it done in time.”

Korkow and Noeske demonstrated hand tools – that will be available for the general public to loan – which pull away fabric from the stem of the tree.

Neil Ogan, left, of rural Pierre, discusses tree fabric techniques with Al Garber, center, of rural Pierre and Joe Meinen, right, of Vivian on Thursday at the Ken Korkow Ranch south of Blunt.

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spindle. He claims he can take out a mile of fabric in roughly an hour.

On the flip side, some tree growers want to keep their fabric down because it is effective in retaining moisture and keeping weeds from growing.

Neil Ogan of rural Pierre showed his method of using long forks on a skid-steer to lift up the trees, allowing workers to come in and separate the fabric that had grown into the tree. He has 13 acres of trees that he planted 10 years ago and

with the help of a couple others, has been able to lift the branches and cut the fabric to give his trees a chance of surviving.

Altogether, it provided a forum for farmers – some coming from as far as Gettysburg, Wessington Springs and Winner – to see what options are available for their tree issue and what can be done about it on their particular farm.

“This is a statewide problem and one that is being dealt with on a national level as well,” Korkow said. “We should be able

to put our heads together and deliver some solutions.”

One key in maintaining a healthy grove of trees is to tend to them when they are roughly 5 years old. That provides an opportunity to cut away some of the fabric and let the young tree expand more. Waiting any longer, experts said, could jeopardize the health of a tree.

Noeske said 25 percent of the people on hand were government employees from other counties who taking some of the information they heard back to the areas they serve.

“There’s not one solution,” Noeske said. “It’s good to have this and let people see their options.”

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Putting stalk in ethanol’s future … and also leaves, husks and cobs

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It’s a glimpse of things to come. And the technology is not just a flash in the pan.

It’s almost business as usual for Iowa farmer Bruce Nelson. For the past three years, he and his father and uncle have been moving product from their cornfields to the site of a new ethanol operation.

Fueling change

Doug Karlen, a USDA Agricultural Research Service researcher who has worked with cellulosic ethanol, said he believes making cellulosic ethanol from crop residue will be a viable technology for probably 50 to 75 years. But that’s just the start.

What’s new is that the part of the corn plant they’re selling to this new ethanol operation isn’t the grain – this time it’s the “crop residue” – the corn cobs, leaves, husk and some stalk – for an estimated $60 to $75 per bone-dry ton.

in Emmetsburg is to be completed later this year.

POET-DSM contracts with participating farmers near the plant for about 1 ton of biomass per acre, or less than 25 percent of what their fields produce, and will use corn cobs,

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needed to harvest, store and move the product.

Though the contract was for 85,000 tons in 2012, POET-DSM says it will need 285,000 tons a year once the project is up and running.

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“Corn stover is the lowhanging fruit,” Karlen said.

“Corn stover is a first step toward a very much-needed bioenergy and bioproducts industry.”

In the future, Karlen believes, other forms of cellulose will also be converted to make ethanol and a variety of bioproducts from other feedstocks such as switchgrass, miscanthus, canola residue or other materials. But some of those feedstocks are more likely to be grown outside the corn-and-soybean heartland, perhaps in places such as South Dakota.

“The unique thing about South Dakota is because you are at the fringe of the

Corn Belt, you have a lot more crop diversity than other parts of the country,” Karlen said.

New thinking about an old crop The advent of cellulosic ethanol – while it may not shake the row crop foundation on which the Corn Belt rests – is at least bringing new ways of thinking about how to use the old familiar corn crop.

Nelson, his father and his uncle have started harvesting corn stover with a round baler. They haul the bales into town, mostly in February, and get paid as they deliver them.

Nelson estimates that his northeast Iowa fields, where he plants a popula-

tion of about 36,000 seeds to the acre, produce about five tons of crop residue to the acre, and he still leaves most of that behind.

“We’re only taking one ton per acre,” he said. “The vast majority of our cornstalks stay in the field.”

Scientists have already crunched the numbers and done the field work to know that what they’re removing will not hurt the land.

“Basically, at the removal level that POET-DSM recommends, there is no reduction in yield, and removal rates are well within the sustainability limits,” said scientist Stuart Birrell of Iowa State University, who led the research along with Karlen.

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POET-DSM doesn’t give the yield it expects from its Emmetsburg facility for competitive reasons, according to Matt Merritt, director of public relations for POET. But a University of Minnesota study by Craig Sheaffer, John Lamb, and Carl Rosen in December 2010 found that although the year and the nitrogren fertilizer rate made a difference, for most treatments in the study, stover ethanol production per ton ranged from 80 to 100 gallon per ton of biomass. That is in line with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s estimate in one document that of a conversion of 94 gallons of cellulosic ethanol per dry ton of biomass.

POET-DSM does anticipate some co-products.

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will produce enough biogas to power itself and export power to the adjacent grain ethanol plant,” Merritt said. “We also expect to find future co-product possibilities as we get more experience with commercial production.”

The 50-state solution Adam Wirt, biomass logistics director in charge of harvesting efforts for POET-DSM, said the great thing about using corn stover or other forms of cellulose is that it extends the area in which it’s possible to make ethanol far beyond the Corn Belt, with feedstocks ranging from wood chips to native grasses such as switchgrass.

“We don’t see what we’re doing with one plant in Iowa as being the end point,” Wirt said. “We see biomass as being the 50-state solution. Cellulose is found in all parts of this country and beyond that,

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all around the world.”

Wirt adds that what POET-DSM learns from its Emmetsburg facility will be repeatable in other areas, probably with other feedstocks.

Nelson, on his part, thinks it would be great if other energy crops such

as switchgrass come into vogue in other parts of the country. But he doesn’t think it very likely that he and his Iowa neighbors will ever abandon the row crops they know.

“Around here corn and soybean have always been king,” he said. “I don’t

think you’d be able to overcome the amount of money you can make by growing corn and soybean.

But if you can grow the same crop and have two cash crops and sell the cornstalks somewhere else, a lot of guys are going to do that.”

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Nelson adds that the logistics of harvesting the crop residue are complicated, since it’s an additional commitment that depends on the weather and the year.

“We’ve had some years when we wouldn’t get done harvesting soybeans until the start of November.

That’s rare, but it does happen. That doesn’t give a lot of time for harvesting corn stover. So there is risk,” Nelson said. “It’s not a slam dunk.”

Fortunately, he added, POET-DSM understood that when it ran the drill in recent years.

“It took three years of learning experience to figure out a good way of doing this,” Nelson said.

“I’m sure there are better ways of doing it, but we’ve learned a lot in those three years.”

SD farm income from crop sales increases in 2012 Mitchell — In 2012 all operating income from the crop enterprises accounted for 50.4 percent of the total farm income, the South Dakota Center for Farm/Ranch Management based at Mitchell Technical Institute reports.

This is further broken down into crop sales of 35 percent, crop insurance claims of 13.3 percent, and government payments of 2.1 percent. This is an increase of 9.3 percent over the same categories in 2011. The remainder of the total cash operating income was split between livestock sales with 45 percent and other farm income at 5 percent.

state 90 contributed to that increase,” said Chris Downs an instructor at the Center.

“A substantial crop inventory at the beginning of 2012 coupled with more crop acreage and higher prices associated to the drought across the United States helped bolster the crop sales last year. Plus, crop insurance income related to the drought mainly south of inter-

Winter wheat showed the biggest increase in average yields over 2011. The rest of the crops showed a decrease in average yields from the same year. Winter wheat showed an average yield of 75.9bu./acre compared to 56 bu/acre in 2011. Corn, the biggest loser, decreased from an

Corn silage was the most profitable crop raised in 2012 with a return of $379/acre. A higher than normal price for silage along with the farmers also receiving crop insurance for the low grain yields contributed to this profit.

Winter Wheat, seemingly unaffected by the drought was second with a return of $309/acre. Corn at $305/acre, Spring Wheat at $145/acre, soybeans at $117/acre and alfalfa at $86/acre were the next in line, respectively.

average of 127bu./acre in 2011 to 87.1bu./acre in 2012. Soybeans yielded 27.3bu./acre and alfalfa yielded 2.4 ton/acre. Corn Silage also dropped to 7.1 ton/acre It cost South Dakota farmers $65/acre more to raise corn in 2012 with a total cost of $538/acre for cash rented ground.

Total input costs for soybeans were $372/acre, an increase of $50 over 2011.

Farmers spent an extra $90/acre on winter wheat for a total price of $368/ acre. While alfalfa had the biggest cost per acre increase of $127, its total cost to operate an acre of ground was $333.

Downs said, “2012 was a challenging year for farmers in South Dakota, especially south of I-90 where the drought was the worst. Maintaining their profitability with assorted risk management practices will be the key to their future in agriculture.”

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As a new farm bill is prepared by the U.S. Senate, a group of dairy processors operating in South Dakota has voiced opposition to a provision that would cap production if the industry’s profit margins drop.

The producers – Saputo Cheese USA Inc.; Bel Brands USA Inc.; Davisco Foods International, which owns the Lake Norden Cheese Company; Valley Queen Cheese Factory; and Dean Foods Company – sent letters to Sen. John Thune and Rep. Kristi Noem on April 19, urging them to reconsider their stand on supply manage-

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ment, also known as dairy market stabilization.

As written in the draft of the Farm Bill, dairy market stabilization or supply management means the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture can implement a cap if production margins drop by certain amounts. When it’s in effect, handlers would have to reduce payments to dairy operations who participate in product margin protection if they exceed a pre-calculated base amount for each operation.

In their letter, the producers urged the lawmakers to consider an amendment

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Jon Davis, president and CEO of Davisco, said supply management has been tried elsewhere in the world and most countries are moving away from it because it doesn’t guarantee a margin or profit level, he said.

“It’s one thing to have bad policy and be effective, it’s another to have bad policy and be completely ineffective,” he said.

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However, the production limits of a supply management program could make American companies look like uncommitted suppliers and lead other countries to turn to places such as Brazil for dairy purchases.

And while other states are at saturation levels with their dairy production, South Dakota isn’t there yet, Davis said.

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“We’re just getting into the party and they are starting to shut it down,” he said.

Mark Leddy, CEO of Valley Queen Cheese Factory, said he would rather have a dairy production insurance that functions much as crop insurance does and not have any supply controls.

Leddy said supply management has a Soviet-era Russia government commodity control feel to it and is not consistent with American capitalistic markets.

The program would also be disruptive to the marketplace and restrictions in production could force companies to not meet sales commitments, he said.

On top of that, this type of system in other countries has proven too inefficient and slow-moving to react to fluctuating markets.

“It’s too fast-moving for a

bureaucrat in Washington to turn a dial,” he said.

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In an emailed statement from Thune’s office, the senator said there are South Dakota dairy producers and processors on both sides of the issue and he will work with both to “establish reforms to the dairy program that will be effective while making the most of limited taxpayer dollars.”

Noem’s office also sent an emailed statement that reiterated her support for a new farm bill and said she “will carefully consider every amendment and make the best decision for South Dakota,” but did not address the dairy market stabilization question. Gillette gardeners share tips on saving money.

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BROOKINGS, S.D. - Precipitation events continue to ease drought issues in some areas of South Dakota, while others are ongoing, says Dennis Todey, SDSU Extension Climatologist.

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“The issue of easing versus continuing drought is one of location in the state,” Todey said. “Eastern locations have seen some improvement throughout the spring while western areas still have serious drought issues.”

Todey says rainfall from the week of May 6 and continued timely precipitation throughout the spring has improved soil moisture conditions in the east.

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“The moist, but not wet, surface soils have made for good planting progress during the last two weeks,” he said.

He adds that the quickly warming soils and limited run-off from precipitation events continue to indicate that surface soils are not excessively wet in most of the row crop areas.

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“Western South Dakota and some locations along the Nebraska border are still in widespread D3 or extreme drought on the U.S. Drought Monitor because of little recovery from last year,” Todey said. “This

is reflected in very dry soils and limited surface water like ponds, dug-outs, streams, etc.”

Recent precipitation and snowmelt runoff has not been enough to substantially reduce the soil moisture deficits built up last year in the worst areas, says Todey.

“In northwestern South Dakota there has been only limited precipitation this spring as most of the storm events have bypassed the region,” Todey said.

“Most of the northwest has totaled less than 2 inches of precipitation over the last 90 days while areas in southeastern South Dakota have received 6-8 inches.”

Short term outlook Looking ahead in the short term, Todey says a large storm event is predicted to impact the whole state this weekend with several opportunities for precipitation statewide through the weekend, including chances for several inch totals in far eastern areas.

“This upcoming system brings another opportunity to ease drought conditions depending on locations of precipitation and alignment with the driest areas.

It will certainly not bring a widespread end to the drought,” he said.

Precipitation falling on the heels of major plant-

ing progress would be beneficial to help spur crop development in recently planted fields. Heavier precipitation in northeastern South Dakota could slow planting progress for soybeans.

Updated longer range outlooks The new long range outlooks and Drought Monitor outlook align with current conditions, says Laura Edwards, SDSU Extension Climate Field Specialist.

On the drought outlook map the eastern quarter of the state is categorized as “Improvement Likely.” The rest of the state in included in “Some Improvement” category.

“The difference lies in that the current precipitation event has the better chance of improving short-term drought conditions in eastern South Dakota,” Edwards said.

Throughout the rest of the state chances for precipitation are less in the near term and looking ahead to the summer. The new long range outlooks include better chances for below average precipitation in far southwestern South Dakota into mid-summer.

Coupled with the better chances for warmer than average conditions throughout the summer, Edwards says the chances for drought recovery are reduced.

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FOR SALE: Brown full size davenport. Needs a home. First $75 takes it or best offer. Call 605-280-0834.

HP DESKJET D1600 Color Printer. Works good. $15. Call 222-8782.

LADIES BEAUTIFUL red leather cowgirl boots (size 8 medium).

Never worn. Paid $89.

Sell for $35. Please call 605-224-1195.

TV WITH remote, 27 inch. Big screen works great for video games.

Sylvania 2002. Model #SRT2227S. $30. Call 222-8782

THERMOS BRAND propane Grill to Go. Never used. Paid $129.

Sell for $80/OBO. A great bargain. Please call 605-224-1195.

WORN BUT clean & very usable recliner & sofa. Sofa has 2 throw pillows. Sofa, $75. Recliner, $25 OBO. 605-484-9601

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2008 ICE Castle fish house/camper. Five hole, porta-potty, kitchen sink, microwave. Bay window, AC, & bunk. Like new. $11,000.00 Call 507-276-6895

102 Watercrafts

MOVING SALE. Matching loveseat/rocker recliner, bed, chest of drawers, night stand, office desk & chair.

Other miscellaneous items. All in perfect condition. 605-730-0725

1987 LUND Renegade 1650. 1988 90HP Yamaha, electric troller, 2 depth fish finders, live well, new batteries. Lots of extras. Everything works, runs good. $4,800. 605-224-8549.

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ELECTROLUX STAINLESS steel refrigerator with French doors. Paid $2,800. Make an offer.

Needs to go this week.

605-222-0863.

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We need it! You have it!

Sell it today, 224-7301

For Sale: 230 Mobile Homes

Lots & 250 Acreage

BEAUTIFUL MALE/ Female Yorkie puppies available now!

One male & one female. These puppies will melt your heart!

Play like little bears; then sleep like one too! From healthy AKC parents! Adorable as they get! Will stay small & come healthy with Vet Certificate of Health. Have been family raised. Email for more info jeffwalker346@yahoo.com

OLDER 4 bedroom house for sale in Murdo, SD. For more information, call 605-381-0235.

FOR SALE by owner. a 1992 85x16 Medallion mobile home with 2x6 wall construction. Three bedrooms, two baths plus central air conditioning, all appliances plus washer, dryer & water softener. There are decks on both sides of the home & 9x12 storage shed which will have some lawn care items inside. It is located at 2804 E. Irwin in Pierre, SD, in East Acres Mobile Home Park. County assessed value is $23,400 with room to negotiate.

Availability Aug. 15th.

Call 605-295-2349 or 605-280-8535.

LOT FOR Sale: North Ranch Estates on Ranch Place off Kingway Road. 2.57 acreage. All utilities: RW/electric/Natural Gas. $50,000. Call Mark, 605-280-5740.

LABS POINTING PUPS AKC Yellow, Black, Shots, Dewclawed, ready for Father!s Day $500 Lund Kennels, 605-480-2669

94 SPORTSMAN 27 Ft. fifth wheel, one slide.

Good condition, needs battery & a new owner $4,950/OBO. Call Al at PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE has Minette: a 2 605-870-1513.

FOR SALE Phesants Roosters, Ready for Fall to place order Call 605-480-2669

Home 070 Furnishings

For Sale: 220 Homes

LOST: LARGE floating dock. Has an attached jet ski dock & small boat dock. Also lost a large wood gang plant & poles. Last seen near Farm Island.

Pieces of dock could be anywhere between Marion Gardens downstream to Farm Island. Any information, call 280-2565.

Reward.

year old, spayed, female, white, black & orange, calico cat. Call 605-223-CATS or visit www.pets4adoption.org

PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE has Moon: a 1 year old, neutered, male, gray & cream, Siamese mix cat. Call 605-223-CATS or visit www.pets4adoption.org

PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE has Quinn: a 2 year old, neutered, male, Chocolate Lab & Weimaraner mix dog.

Call 605-223-CATS or visit www.pets4adoption.org WANTED: MALE rabbit.

Isabelle has passed away; Matilda, her sister, is now looking for a suitable husband. Call Seanna at her Pa's phone. 605-222-0303

RIVER VIEW Home For Sale By Owner in Fort Pierre Sit on the covered front deck & overlook Lake Sharpe & the State Capital Building at 307 Shimrose Drive (south of AmericInn off Marion & 9th), 3-year-old, 2-story recreational style home that experienced ZERO water problems during the flood. Siding & roof are maintenance-free steel (no hail or fire hassle).

Three bedrooms, two bath, Rinnai tankless water heater, spacious kitchen with island, laminate, tile & carpeted floors. Mud room & a large two-car garage. Landscaped, fruit trees, garden area, fenced back yard with 12 x 16 deck & much more. Asking $159,000.

Call 605-484-9601 for details.

Is there OLD Farm Equipment sitting around your home?

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Lots & 250 Acreage 11.5 ACRES For Sale South of Fort Pierre Call 406-586-8306 preferably afternoons

LAND FOR SALE 1.88 acres located approximately 13 miles north of Pierre. Has underground electricity, septic tank, drain field, yard light. Includes a 10x20 shed, a 10x12 lean-to & a 10x12 deck. 1998 16x80 Friendship manufactured mobile home. New updates in 2012: Stove, refrigerator, stainless steel sinks in kitchen, outside new metal roof & vinyl siding. Asking $85,000.

Call 605-295-3868 anytime for more information or to see the acreage and/or mobile home.

280 Help Wanted CDL DRIVER Needed Local hauls, Gettysburg SD area 45K annual base pay Email bowdentrucking. jb@gmail.com or

Call 605-769-0118 2 TEMP positions: Farm work, 5/30/13 to 12/31/13 @ $15.25 p/hr. Housing provided, 48 hrs p/ wk. 3/4 guarantee, transportation and subsistence expenses to worksite paid after 50% completion of contract. Tools, equipment provided at no cost. Min. 3 months experience. Duties: drive, plant, harvest, store grain, repair operate tractor, rock picker, plow, disc, drill, harvest equip, sprayer, grain ,truck. Must be able to obtain a drivers license with 30-90 days following hire. Hermanson Farm and Ranch, Stanley, ND. Apply at ND Workforce Solutions, 701-328-3066, job #317848.

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LOST: LARGE floating dock. Has an attached jet ski dock & small boat dock. Also lost a large wood gang plant & poles. Last seen near Farm Island.

Pieces of dock could be anywhere between Marion Gardens downstream to Farm Island. Any information, call 280-2565.

Reward.

board with etched mirror & 2 cupboards.

Heater, bladder, side rails included. $50/OBO. Call 605-280-1741 after 3pm.

Household 110 Pets

280 Help Wanted

2 TEMP positions: Farm work, 4/25/13 to 12/31/13 @ $15.25 p/hr. Housing provided, 48 hrs p/ wk. 3/4 guarantee, transportation and subsistence expenses to worksite paid after 50% completion of contract. Tools, equipment provided at no cost. Min. 3 months experience. Duties: drive, plant, harvest, store grain, repair operate tractor, rock picker, plow, disc, drill, harvest equip, sprayer, grain ,truck. Must be able to obtain a drivers license with 30-90 days following hire. Jim Berg, Starkweather, ND. Apply at ND Workforce Solutions, 701-328-3066, job #317363.

WANTED: PRAIRIE dog towns to hunt. We are saftey first while hunting. Know enough to leave gates as we find them. I manage morrisgrain.com & will sell you ag chemicals at cost if we have a good place to hunt. Dewayne Greiner, 605-695-9834.

SHOVELHEAD CONSTRUCTION Positions available for project in Ft. Pierre.

Construction laborer, starting at $14.75/hr & CDL truck driver, wage negotiable. Contact Dennis, 605-484-3624.

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330 Livestock 330 PHEASANT HENS for sale. 6-8 week-old hens ready to release.

Rebuild your population due to poor wild hatches. This is best way to restock. $6-$8 per bird. Contact Mark @ Broken Arrow Farms 605-222-1040

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HIGHMORE, SD 605-852-2217

CIH-883 8 row 30” corn HeADer wITH nH cr coMBIne ADApTor 1222527 ...........................................................$10,900 CIH 1020 HeADer, 25’ DouBle DrIVe SHAfT, oIl BATH, HYD fore-AfT 2025394...........................................................................$8,995 CIH 1010 rIgID HeAD, 25’ STeel BAT reel, 3”cuT 2025508...............$6,950 JD-924- 24fT fleX HeADer 4475986....................................................$5,500 GRAIN HANDLING BAL-1500-GCART 6 wHeel BIg grAIn cArT, 1500 BuSHel, ScAle AnD TArp 2099725 .....................................................................$58,000 WFD-MK13X91-AUGER low profIle SwIng Hopper 1850384........$9,300 FETERAL 10X76 AUGER, SwIng Hopper 2013321..............................$3,500 FARMKING 10X61 A-frAMe Auger 1332795.......................................$3,500 HAY EQUIPMENT NH-H7150-Mower conDITIoner, 16fT ruBBer rollerS 2852793..........................................................$21,500 NH 1475 Mower conDIToner, MY2006, HS16 HeAD 2932108 ..............................................................................$18,900 JD-567-BALER 2004 MoDel, MegA wIDe, neT/TwIne wrAp 2677689....................................................................$18,500 NH 1475 2869864..................................................................................$16,500 NH 1441 DISk Mower, 15.5’ 2pT Hookup, new BlADeS 1464471 ...........................................................................$16,500 MACDON 5020 2661708.......................................................................$14,000 NH BR780 BALER, crower wHeelS, VerY nIce pIckup 2681520 ...................................................................$12,000 ROW-D9-MOWER IH HeADS pTo DrIVe 1475353.................................$7,000 NEW IDEA 4865 SofT cenTer BAler, 1000 pTo, DuAl guAge wHlS 2519124 ...................................................................$6,150 MACDON 5000 Moco, 16’ 2850994 ......................................................$5,500 CIH 8465 AuToMATIc BAler, 540, crowDer wHeelS 2211732 ...................................................................$4,950 MAC-5000-MowconDITIoner 16fT 1676075 .....................................$4,900 CIH 8480 SofT cenTer, 1000 pTo, reBuIlT pIckup, MAnY new pArTS 1948371.....................................................................$3,750 CIH 8480 SofT cenTer, 540, DuAl pIckup wHlS 1496311................$3,500 NEW IDEA TWINE BALER MoDel 4865 1498337.................................$3,400 CIH 8480 SofT cenTer, 540 pTo 1262068...........................................$3,150 NH 855 HYD TIe, gAuge wHlS, BAle kIcker, SlIp cluTcH 1265438..............................................................................$1,750 MISC/TILLAGE SUMMERS 40 Super coulTer 2350768.............................................$42,000 SUMMERS 60fT Super HArrow wITH 26” TeeTH, HYD lIfT AnD Angle 2761296...............................................................$27,500 SUMMERS 40fT Super coulTer, 21” BlADeS no HArrow 2926712.......................................................$26,000 WESTFIELD 13X111, SwIng Hopper 2058679....................................$19,000 FLEXI-COIL 500VT, 16.5’, ronS Mfg VerTIcAl TIllAge ATTAcHMenTS 1419603.........................................................................$16,500 RITE WAY 70 fT HeAVeY HArrow, SeASoneD 1676295.....................$14,000 FREISEN 220 SeeD TenDer 3042948...................................................$12,000 REM 2500 grAIn VAc 3039632 ............................................................$11,000 DUA-310-loADer fITS cASe 7000 or 8000 SerIeS TrAcTorS 2560686 ...........................................................$4,900 JD 1418 pull TYpe roTArY Mower, 15’ fIXeD Deck, lAMInATeD TIreS 2283520......................................................................$4,150 BUSH HOG SQ84T, MY2011 1503955 .....................................................$2,995 BUSH HOG SQ84T, new DrIVelIne, cluTcH, wHeel BeArIngS AnD BlADeS 1554460............................................................$2,450 NH MZ16 lAwnMower, new BlADeS reADY To go for SprIng 1792579....................................................................$1,850 DOZER BLADE for SerIeS: 06, 56 , 86 TrAcTorS 1265701................$1,250 CIH 31’ fIelD culTIVATor, 6” SHAnk SpAcIng 1265301......................$1,250 SPRAYERS CIH-4420-SprAYSp 1870135............................................................. $210,000 CIH-4420-SprAYSp 1870445............................................................. $205,000 CIH-SPX3330-SprAYer, 100fT BooMS, AIM coMMAnD, 1,000 gAl STAInleSS TAnk, 800 HourS 1358080............................ $198,000 ROGATOR 1286C, 100’ BooM, 1200 gAl TAnk, rAVen conTroller, ouTBAck guIDAnce 2838197.................................... $159,000 CIH 160 pull TYpe, 132’ BooMS, ToucH Down wHeelS, 2675929.......................................................................$49,000 SUMMERS 1500 ulTIMATe pull TYpe, 100’, AuTo HeIgHT 2498623...........................................................................$30,000 SPRAYER SPECIALTY 1500 gAl pull TYpe SprAYer, 90fT BooMS, MonITor, SIngle TIreS eXcellenT SHApe 2653631.........................$21,000 SUMMERS ulTIMATe-SprAYer, 1500 gAl 90fT BooMS rAVen conTroller 2848503...........................................................................$20,000

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PLANTING CIH-1250-AMITY SD60, 60’ SoY BeAn SpecIAl, MID row BAnDIng, 30” SpAcIng, full BlockAge 2676494............................................ $130,000 CIH-1250-plAnTer24 row 30” BulkfIll, lIQuID ferT, 2pT HITcH, pTo puMp MArkerS 1389377........................................ $125,000 JD 1770 24 row 30” plAnTer lIQuID ferT, 2pT All HYD DrIVe 1548482 .............................................................. $119,000 CIH-1250-plAnTer 24 row 30”, lIQuID ferT, TrASH wIpS, 2pT, pTo puMp, MArkerS 1901051 ................................................... $119,000 JD DB60 36 row 30” corn plAnTer, lIQuID ferT, MuDSMITH wHeelS 1360497............................................................. $110,000 CIH-SDX40-DrIllAIr 4,000 AcreS, lIke new conDITIon 2673383...................................................................................................$73,000 FLEXICOIL 6000 no-TIll DISc DrIll 40fT 7 1/2’ wITH 2320 Tow BeTween AIr cArT 1307701........................................................$49,500 NH-SP580-plAnTer 12 row 30” w/DrY ferT AnD Tow BeTween fleXIcoIl TAnk 1354265......................................................$48,000 CIH 900 PLANTER, 8r38, 3pT MnT, eArlY rISer MonITor, VerTIcle folD wIngS 1464669..............................................................$3,995 COMBINES NH-CR9065-coMBIne 288e/212r HourS, DuAlS, cHopper, TerrAIn TrAcer, loADeD 2352798 .................................................. $260,000 NEW HOLLAND CR9080 coMBIne 760 HrS,2wD, cHopper, rock TrAp,BIn eXT, DuAlS, full AuToSTeer, fIelD TrAcker 3279038 ................. $259,000 NEW HOLLAND CR9080 coMBIne 718 HrS, 2wD, cHopper, rock TrAp,BIn eXT, DuAlS, full AuToSTeer, fIelD TrAcker 3279056 ................. $259,000 NEW HOLLAND CR9080 coMBIne 975 HrS, 2wD, cHopper, rock TrAp,BIn eXT, DuAlS, full AuToSTeer, fIelD TrAcker 3440811 ................. $245,000 CIH 7120 coMBIne, guIDAnce, HID lIgHTS, cHopper, HD lAT HeAD 2139249 ........................................................................ $245,000 CIH 7010 coMBIne, pro 600, cHopper, rk TrAp, lg SkIp wIre, 3’ Auger eXTenTIon 2950627 ........................................................... $195,000 NH-CR960-coMBIne1800/1200 Sep HourS 1666723.................... $129,000 NH-CR960-coMBIne 2900/2200 Sep HourS, VerY gooD unIT 1666581................................................................... $118,000 2005 CASE 2388 coMBIne JuST TrADeD In, coMpleTeD gone THru, rT,fT,cHopper, 4wD, 2421 eng,1949 roT 3939116........................ $112,500 SPREADERS MEYERS 550 MAnure SpreADer cHAIn DelIVerY, Slop gATe, 2 BeATerS,TAnDeM AXle, 1000 pTo DrIVe 3866085.............................$11,900 MEYERS 550 MAnure SpreADer cHAIn DelIVerY, Slop gATe, 2 BeATerS,TAnDeM AXle, 1000 pTo DrIVe 3866222.............................$11,900 MEYERS 550 MAnure SpreADer cHAIn DelIVerY, Slop gATe, 2 BeATerS,TAnDeM AXle, 1000 pTo DrIVe 3866257.............................$11,900 TRACTORS CIH-STX550Q-TrAcTor 1,000 HourS, pTo, full AuToSTeer, eXcellenT 2940170 ........................................................................... $325,000 CIH-STX485Q-TrAcTor, full AuToSTeer, pTo, one owner, eXcellenT SHApe, AlwAYS SHeDDeD 2816502................................................... $310,000 CIH 535 QUAD, 30” TrAckS, 7 reMoTeS, full gpS & AuToSTeer, 2 HYD puMpS, luX cAB 2028604....................................................... $259,000 CIH STX535 QUAD, 2420 HrS, ouTBAck AuTo guIDAnce, pTo, luXurY cAB 2855689.......................................................................... $245,000 CIH MX340 MFD, 450 HrS, AuTo guIDAnce, f & r DuAlS, cAB SuSpenSIon 2675877................................................................. $222,000 2008 CASE STX435 QuAD TrAck, 1979 HourS, full AuToSTeer, pTo,4HYDS, Tow cABle,30”TrAckS 4182722.................................. $216,000 CASE MX215 MAgnuM wITH loADer,BuckeT AnD grApple,JoYSTIck, MfD, DuAl pTo, 480 80 r46 ruBBer, luXurY cAB, 3501404......... $123,000 NH TV6070, AuX HYD. reADY, 3pT & DIff lock BoTH enDS, MY2010 2937670................................................................................. $112,500 JD-8300-TrAcTor, MfD, powerSHIfT, reAr DuAlS 2945333.........$79,000 CIH-9370-TrAcTor, MeTrIc DuAlS, 3pT, no AuToSTeer 2958492........................................................................$74,000 JD-8400T-TrAcTor, 7815 HourS, TrAckS Are gooD, pTo AnD 3pT AnD JD AuToSTeer lIQuID SADDle TAnkS 2829264 ..........$65,000 NH TV140 BIDIrecTIonAl, 7614 loADer, AuX HeAD HYD. loADeD BoTH enDS 2211321...............................................................$54,500 FORD 7710 MfD TrAcTor wITH loADer, 8,615 HourS 3752006....$24,500 IHC-1086-TrAcTor, cAB AnD HeAT 2805135.......................................$9,800 HEADS CIH 2162 40’, AfX ADApTer 2299678 ..................................................$70,000 MACDON FD70, 40’, JD 70’S ADApTer 2299703.................................$70,000 MACDON FD70 35 fT fleX DrAper HeADer, JD 9770 SerIeS Hookup 2611492.......................................................................$62,000 CIH 2412 corn HeAD, 12r30 2581175 ...............................................$52,000 NH 98C 2581352....................................................................................$52,000 JD 1253A All crop 2461370...............................................................$40,000 JD 1253A All crop 2461409...............................................................$35,000 MACDON 963, JD 70’ MounTS 1956920.............................................$18,500