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Cold takes a toll on animals
Time needed for care rises as temperature plummets by Gordon Wolf As many seek shelter indoors from the early January sub-zero temperatures, Iowa livestock producers are spending extra time outdoors to make sure their animals are protected and safe. Even with this extra care, beef animals cannot maintain a rate of gain against the frigid weather. ISU Extension Beef Specialist Beth Doran said the normal comfort zone for a beef animal, with dry hair and a dry environment, is 32 degrees. “Every degree below 32 degrees, assuming the cattle are clean and dry, increases their energy needs
by one percent,” said Doran. “When you’re getting down to those negative temperatures, it might be the energy needs are so great you can’t feed them enough. They might lose a little weight. Hopefully, the cold spell won’t last.” Doran said producers can’t just increase the energy intake of their animals by doubling their feed; this will lead to a lot of digestive problems. She said when the weather is this cold, all producers can do in terms of energy needs is to perhaps increase the feed a little, but they shouldn’t make any dramatic changes.
Producers can help their animals against the wind by putting up any kind of windbreak. A windbreak fence will help, and Doran said many producers stack large round bales of hay or cornstalks high enough to offer cattle protection from the wind. “In this kind of weather, when it’s extremely cold, it would pay for producers to put down some bedding for livestock. This will help in terms of insulation against the cold, whether in a feedlot or a cow/calf operation,” Doran said. CARE, Page 3A
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State and federal fuel tax increases may be on the way by Dan Mundt Iowa Governor Branstad has indicated willingness to accept legislation that would increase the Iowa fuel tax, which has not been raised since 1989. Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress have also been talking about raising the federal gas tax. The last time the federal fuel tax was raised was in 1993. According to Bill Heckroth, legislative affairs consultant for the Iowa State Association of County Supervisors, more than two-thirds of Iowa counties support raising the state fuel tax to help pay for repairs to roads and bridges. At the December 2 board meeting, all five Crawford County supervisors signed a resolution in support of raising the Iowa fuel tax. Crawford County Engineer Paul Assman prepared the letter and presented it to the supervisors at the December 2 meeting. Assman said the additional funds are needed to keep pace with the declining condition of Crawford County roads and bridges.
“The very heavy loads we see nowadays are taking a toll on the paved roadway area,” Assman said. “The same kind of thing is happening on our gravel road system, where we see much heavier loads, throughout the harvest season in particular.” “Nobody is for raising taxes, but it’s become a necessity,” said Crawford County supervisor Eric Skoog. “We’re starting to see some deterioration not only in state highways, but it also affects us at the county level.” Assman said putting off repairs is not a viable option. “The thing about a transportation system is that it takes a long time to make changes, and it deteriorates at a very imperceptible rate,” said Assman. “But then it gets to a certain point and it starts to deteriorate rapidly. We’re seeing that kind of thing happen to a number of our bridges, right now.” Skoog said he agreed with Assman’s assessment of the need for a rise in the fuel tax. “We all know it’s getting to the point where it’s going to start getting critical in the next couple of years,” Skoog said. Assman said raising the fuel tax is a reasonable
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Confinement site manure applicator workshops scheduled for 2015 Confinement site manure applicators and anyone interested in learning about manure issues should attend one of the two-hour workshops offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in January and February 2015. The workshops are offered in cooperation with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Attending the workshops is free, but applicators will need to pay certification fees to complete certification requirements. Iowa law requires confinement site manure applicators to attend two hours of continuing education each year of their three-year certification period, or take and pass an exam once every three years. A total of 63 confinement site manure applicator workshops will be conducted in 54 Iowa counties. Seven dry/solid manure applicator certification meetings will be conducted in February. ISU Extension and Outreach county offices have a complete list of workshop dates and locations. The list also is available on the Iowa Manure Management Action Group website at www.agronext.iastate.edu/immag/ certification/confinementsitebrochure.
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She added clean, dry bedding is a necessity for breeding cows so their teats don’t get frostbitten. Bedding is also important for bulls, to help make sure that no freezing of the scrotum occurs. The bedding, she added, will help but is not a cure-all against extremely cold temperatures. “This is a ways off, but I would encourage all producers, when it comes around to breeding season, to conduct fertility tests with the breed sires,” said Doran. The cold can affect the fertility of a bull, she said; the semen can become sterile. “For cows, I’m extremely concerned that they don’t slip the teats,” Doran said. Based on her conversations with producers in northwest Iowa, Doran says they are doing their very best to take care of their animals, and it is taking all day to feed and care for the livestock, where, under normal weather conditions, it may take a couple hours. “It is important that livestock has access to water, and the water needs to come out of the pump and not be extremely cold,” she said. The cold also creates problems for producers when the automatic waterers stop working. Producers, however, are accustomed to battling extremely cold temperatures to take care of their livestock. Doran said northwest Iowa will typically have a week or two weeks nearly every year with extreme cold. Last year the cold snap lingered for about everyone across the state. But the cold and possible loss of livestock weight hampers marketing plans. Currently, a trend is for producers to feed their beef animals to a heavier weight than in the past.
“This is a function of market supply. We don’t have nearly the supply of cows and we don’t have the supply of feeder animals,” Doran explained. “Producers are paying twice as much compared to what they used to pay for feeder animals. They are putting more pounds on the animal to spread out the costs.” Producers will have to balance the cost of the feeder cattle, the cost of the feed and the fed cattle market price to determine the most advantageous time to market. Doran said some producers may have had some cattle ready to go to market when the snow hit, making it more difficult to get a truck in and the cattle out. “Hauling cattle in extremely cold weather is not good and may have delayed the marketing on some of those animals,” she said. For example, the extreme cold caused a livestock sale in Spencer to be postponed from January 7 to January 9, Doran said. Doran expanded her advice on animal care from beef cattle to any kind of animal. “I would encourage the owners of any livestock and pet owners to be cognizant of the weather,” she said. “If they let out dogs and cats, it doesn’t take long to freeze a paw. “If they have dog houses or are using some type of kennel, they should make sure those are well insulated.” Doran added that horse owners should make sure snow is not packed into the hooves. This will make it difficult for the horses to walk because they will be walking on a rounded, rather than a flat, surface. “What owners need to do is to keep their animals dry, draft free, and give them bedding, fresh water and normal amounts of feed,” Doran said. “That’s all they can do right now, and pray for warmer weather.”
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Feedlot Forum set for January 22 Cattle feeders and agri-business professionals are invited to Feedlot Forum 2015 on Thursday, January 22, at the Terrace View Event Center in Sioux Center. The forum will feature presentations on changes affecting Iowa feedlot producers. A trade show will display new products and services in animal health, cattle nutrition, manure management, beef facilities and equipment. “The beef industry is undergoing a lot of change - ag policy, corn coproducts, cattle welfare and market prices. This year’s forum will address major changes directly impacting feedlot producers,� said Beth Doran, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach beef program specialist. Following is the lineup for the forum. 8:30 a.m.: registration, refreshments and opportunity to view trade show. 9:30 a.m.: welcome and introductions by Lowell Vos, Iowa Cattlemen’s Beef Association. 9:45 a.m.: a discussion surrounding ag policy and federal regulations impacting feedlot producers led by Kristina Butts, executive director of legislative affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. She will share an update on major issues, such as the Farm Bill and waters of the United States. 10:30 a.m.: results from research involving new corn coproducts and their feed value, presented by Erika Lundy, graduate student with the Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State. Because corn coproducts on the market today have been further refined, they contain differing levels of oil and protein than was previously available. 11 a.m.: the use of anesthetics and analgesics to mitigate pain associated with common practices such as dehorning and castration, presented by Hans Coetzee, associate professor of ISU Veterinary Diagnostic Production Animal Medicine. 11:30 a.m.: visit with sponsors 12 p.m.: steak lunch 1 p.m.: a brief update on issues pertaining specifically to Iowa producers, presented by Matt Deppe, chief executive officer for the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association. 1:15 p.m.: a review of where cattle prices have been and a forecast of where they might be headed, presented by Andrew Gottschalk, owner of Hedgers Edge and senior vice president for R.J. O’Brien and Associates. 2:15 p.m.: tools and strategies producers can use to manage risk involved in purchasing feeder cattle and corn and marketing finished animals, presented by Lauren Kaemingk of Kooima and Kaemingk Commodities. The registration fee of $25 per person is due at the ISU Extension and Outreach Sioux County office by January 15. For more information, contact Doran at 712-7374230 or email doranb@iastate.edu.
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by Dan Mundt The United States has lifted its ban on beef imports from Ireland, more than 15 years after beef from the European Union (EU) was prohibited due to an outbreak of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), or “Mad Cow� disease. U.S. beef exports were similarly banned by many countries after the discovery of the first domestic case of BSE in 2003. BSE causes a degenerative brain condition called Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Hundreds of thousands of cattle died from BSE and millions more were destroyed in eradication efforts in the United Kingdom. The ban of EU beef imports was lifted in March of 2014. The removal of the ban did not immediately grant import rights to EU members. Each country and its facilities must be approved by U.S. inspectors. Ireland is the first country to pass a USDA inspection that paved the way for importing into the United States. “There was a significant process that was gone through to get that country and those plants approved
for export to the United States,� said Lee Schulz, assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University (ISU). John Lawrence, associate dean of the Department of Economics at ISU said, “They see this as an opportunity to get into the largest beef market in the world, even though it is a very small niche they are selling into.� Ireland’s specialty product is grass-fed beef. “A lot of what Ireland produces is grass finished,� said Kent Bacus, associate director of legislative affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). “It’s more of a niche market here in the United States. American consumers, by and large, prefer what we produce,� he said. Only a few countries produce grass-fed beef at a large scale and are able to export it, Lawrence said. “We import a lot of grass-fed beef to mix with our hamburger,� he added. “We get it from places like Australia and New Zealand. A lot of their beef is grass-fed, but it doesn’t come in as steaks to end up on a white table cloth.� Most grass-fed beef is imported into the United
States as grinding meat to mix with trimmings to make hamburger, Lawrence explained. He said Ireland will likely export some grinding meat, but that will not be their main goal. “They are hoping to get center-of-the-plate, grassfed steak into the few restaurants that serve them,� he said. “Not a very big market, but if you’re a small country or a company producing that product, opening it up to a market like the United States has great potential for those Irish companies.� Schulz stressed the importance of re-opening, maintaining or growing trade flows, into and out of the United States. He said lifting the ban on Irish beef should not be seen as an opening of the floodgates to allow imports from the rest of the EU. “I think it’s too early to say one way or the other, given the negotiations that go on and the process for getting those approved,� he said. Bacus said he believes the USDA will consider audits for some of the other EU countries. “I would imagine, especially trying to move forward with trade with
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Iowa Corn Growers finalize 2015 federal, state legislative priorities The Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) in December released its list of state and federal legislative priorities for 2015, based on grassroots input from its members across the state. 2015 ICGA state priorities, listed in alphabetical order: Conservation: implementation of Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS): funding for IDALS budget requests (state veterinarian, conservation, fuels, etc.) Ethanol: support allowing retail fuel station owners to utilize the Underground Storage Tank (UST) program fund to make costshare improvements for ethanol-capable infrastructure Ethanol: support state tax credits for cellulosic ethanol or other advanced biofuels Livestock: support for
the livestock industry and the existing laws regulating livestock operations Livestock: support for increased funding for Iowa State University’s (ISU) Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Research: increased funds for ISU Experiment Station: especially for livestock-related research on animal stress and odor management Research: increased funds for ISU’s “Leading the Bioeconomy Initiative,” including research and technical support for Iowa’s biofuels and bio-based products industries Transportation: increased funding, including tax increase, for roads and bridges Value-added agriculture: support state tax credits for bio-based products beyond food or fuel 2015 ICGA federal priorities, in alphabetical order: Biotechnology: support
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Poll results: Farmers concerned about pesticide resistance Many Iowa farmers believe they have identified pesticide resistance on the land they farm, and most are concerned that herbicide-resistant weeds and pesticideresistant insects will become a problem, according to a new report from the Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll. “Farmers understand that the way they use pest management technologies has a major impact on the rate of resistance development. However, they also view resistance management as a community problem involving multiple stakeholders in the agricultural sector,” said J. Gordon Arbuckle Jr., a sociologist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Arbuckle co-directs the annual poll with Paul Lasley, also an ISU Extension and Outreach sociologist. “Farmer Perspectives on Pesticide Resistance” (PM 3070) is available for free download from the ISU Extension and Outreach Online Store, https://store.extension. iastate.edu/, and the ISU Department of Sociology Extension and Outreach website, http://www.soc.iastate. edu/extension/ifrlp/about.html. The data represent 889 farmers from the 2014 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll who planted corn and/or soybean in 2013. Data from the 2013 and 2012 Farm Poll surveys also are reported. “The results of the poll indicate most Iowa farmers view pest management as a treadmill cycle of resistance evolution,” said Arbuckle. “They feel that when new management technologies are introduced, it’s only a matter of time before pests evolve resistance.” The report concludes that this “treadmill” perspective is concerning, because it implies that many farmers feel somewhat powerless to cope with the evolution of resistance. However, the report points out that the rate at which pests evolve resistance can be slowed significantly through widespread, coordinated pest management practices and strategies.
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Iowa Beef Center offers online heifer development resources With the cow herd at the smallest level since 1962, recent moderation in grain prices, and optimism for growth in domestic and export demand, the stage is set for expansion of the national beef cow herd. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach beef cow-calf specialist Patrick Gunn said this has led to increased heifer retention numbers over the past two years, but environmental and financial concerns have tempered that optimism. “Previous droughts in many areas of the United States, coupled with high feed and land prices in recent years, have undoubtedly hampered realization of true
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Down 8.9% Farmland values mirror drop in commodity prices Extension economist says values still 80% higher than five years ago by Gordon Wolf In Mike Duffy’s view, the 2014 Iowa Land Value Survey, conducted by Iowa State Univeristy ( ISU) showed the marketplace at work. Results of the survey, which were released on December 18, showed an 8.9 percent decrease in the average value of Iowa farmland, compared to the 2013 survey. The average state farmland value was listed at $7,943 per acre, a $773 drop compared to the 2013 figure of $8,716. The survey has been conducted annually since 1941 by ISU. It was conducted for the first time this year by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at ISU. In the past it had been spon-
sored by the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station at ISU. Duffy lead the survey for the 28th time before turning the project over solely to CARD for 2015. Duffy, who is a self-proclaimed optimist, compared a glass-half-empty to a glass-half-full philosophy. The half-empty view is that the average farmland value decrease in 2014 was the biggest drop seen since 1986, the last year of the farm crisis of the 1980s. The optimistic view is that farmland values are 18 percent higher than they were two years ago, 80 percent higher than five years ago, and land is still a strong market. “When we look at other periods, we have some areas down and some areas up; it is not an unusual occurrence,” said Duffy during a press conference on December 18. “This many (percentage points) down is obviously not a frequent occurrence.” He said the number of farmland sales, farm income and interest rates are going to be the keys to watch. He added that a one percent drop in income equates to about half a percent drop in farmland values. “You have to remember, this isn’t immediate, and
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SowBridge and PorkBridge program registrations open Registrations for two distance-education programs for specific segments of the pork industry are now open at Iowa State University (ISU). SowBridge, for people who work with boars, sows and their litters, begins its seventh year, and PorkBridge, for those affiliated with grow-finish facilities, begins its ninth year, both in early February 2015. ISU animal science professor and Extension swine specialist Ken Stalder said suggestions from subscribers help maintain the value of both programs for future participants. “Each year we ask participants in both programs for suggestions on topics and speakers, and are happy to provide current content on topics that people are interested in,” Stalder said. “These programs provide our subscribers with the
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GATORS AND THE POWER OF ONE As we step into the new year, I’m reminded that each and every one of us is important and can have a tremendous impact on each other’s lives. Our footprints are left in this world, wherever we go. As an example, I’m going to use my family’s recent trip to Florida. Rarely do we leave western Iowa without a cattle trailer in tow, but this was a special occasion. My oldest son, the big kid, was selected last spring to be in the Southwest Iowa Honor Marching Band, which performed at the Outback Bowl’s parade and during the mass band performance at halftime. When he was selected two years ago and traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, I didn’t go. He convinced me that I could watch the parade and halftime show on TV instead. I did see him on TV during the halftime performance, for three seconds. I advised him that those three seconds, along with the 50 hours I was in labor with the lad, now authorize me to make an appearance as an audience member during any public event at which he is performing. In math he can understand, three plus 50 equals “yes, mom” for him. Forever. Or at least until he gets married. I haven’t quite worked that one out yet. My husband decided he and our other son should make the trip, too, so we flew down the day we left the big kid at the school to board the bus. The plan was to fly back the following week so we could be home about the same time. More on that later. The flight down was uneventful, and we landed during a hot spell, around 80 degrees in Orlando. The next day we went to Gatorland. Seriously, Gatorland. If you are ever in Orlando, I highly recommend this place. Gatorland is a little smaller than Blank Park
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Zoo or Henry Doorly Zoo. However, this place focuses on alligators, other reptiles, and lots of birds. They even have a swamp walk you can explore with raised boardwalks over a swamp. If you’re really lucky (like we were apparently), you’ll run across a water moccasin along the side of a path. I told the little kid to hurry up, take a picture, and walk away. I think he took 50. Gatorland has shows too! Gator wrestling, gator feeding, and gator jumping. People, I am NOT making this up! The parking lot is about the size of a 1A school’s parking lot and the number of people in Gatorland was probably about the same as a Friday night football game. What a fantastic place, and some interesting people who came to visit! After that, we ventured over to Universal Studios Theme Park, because that’s where the kids were going, and found a completely different group of people. Friends, I do NOT recommend going there during the holidays. On the plus side, you and 3 million of your new friends will be queuing forever to ride something. We stood for 90 minutes to ride the Hogwarts Express one way, and 60 minutes to ride it the other way, which was totally worth it if you’re a Harry Potter fan. The little kid and I are, but my farmer hasn’t even heard of the books. We spent the day answering his questions with, “If you’d read the book, you’d know.” Apparently he wasn’t the only clueless dad,
as we met a couple others in our travels. Besides seeing all the Harry Potter areas, which I’ve wanted to visit since Universal announced they were going to build them, I enjoyed meeting other families. A lot of people visit Florida over the holidays. I met two families from Canada, one from India, a couple from France, another from Connecticut, someone from Pennsylvania, and a few from other states. I even met a family, while they were eating behind me, who were speaking a language so beautiful that, when they got up to leave, I had to ask them what language it was because I had never heard it before. Portuguese. What a beautiful way to communicate! The parade in Tampa was fantastic, and our Southwest Iowa Honor Marching Band took home a trophy in the open class. The Outback Bowl, pitting Wisconsin against Auburn, was fantastic, as well. Though we were cheering for Wisconsin, my husband and son had on their Iowa State gear (red is red). If we squinted a bit and added some gold in our imagination, we could almost pretend we were watching our beloved Cyclones. Go Badgerclones! The next day we spent driving up and down the Gulf Coast of Florida, and spending some time on the beach. The little kid loved making a sand castle, until the waves washed it away. We left our footprints up and
down the beach by the Gulf of Mexico. Important safety tip: if you want to eat at a local place in an unfamiliar location, find somewhere with a lot of people already eating there. My seafood was fantastic… and the guys said their steak and meatloaf was good too. We headed back to Orlando, got our free Coconut Shrimp from the Outback for Wisconsin winning the game, and prepared to fly home. This is where the power of one person, one, can affect around 300 other people’s lives. We boarded the plane, backed out of the gate, and sat there for quite some time. Then the captain informed us that we would be delayed because a crew member was ill. We pulled back to the airport, got off the plane, and waited. Finally, I received an email on my phone that the flight had been cancelled, and that’s when it turned ugly. This was Saturday, and the airline could only get us on the next available flight ... Wednesday. No compensation was offered for hotels or meals during that time, either. We could have booked another airline and flown back that day, for $1,200 per person or $3,600 all together. Nope! After waiting for our luggage to come back for a couple of hours, we finally rented a car and drove home. Quite a few other families did the same thing. We only had to stop a few times, mostly for gas and to
eat. My husband and I took turns driving, except for about an hour or so that we were both too tired to drive, so we pulled off and slept in the car until the little kid woke us up. We saw a cotton field in Georgia, sang “Walking in Memphis” while driving through Memphis (my husband was not amused as it was around midnight), and drove through some interesting weather. Important safety tip: If you rent a car in Florida in January and drive it northward, the windshield wiper fluid will freeze, rendering it useless. Good times! We made it back to Iowa in 27 hours, and were the third car into Omaha from Florida. Heck yes, I made it into a competition, and I wanted to win it! As I write this, my husband was on hold for almost 4 hours trying to find out how the airline was going to compensate us. I found out later that we left before the real fun began. Allegedly, one person was carted off to the hospital by EMTs, and TSA and the Orlando Police were called to help with other passengers. Sadly most airlines can still just cancel a flight and leave their passengers stranded with no recourse. Customer service is a lost art. But, we all made it home safely, and are ready for our next adventure in Denver. The little kid and my husband are taking the cattle, but the big kid has a school event, so we have to fly out so he can show his heifer. Yes, we’ve already started praying. So remember, one person can have an affect on so many other people’s lives. During 2015, I urge you to think about what kind of impact you have on the lives around you and strive for those footprints to be positive. Happy New Year!
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2015 Mystery Quilt ~ January Adventurous quilters will love this year’s quilt, which will be a mystery quilt put together in 24 sections throughout the next 12 months. Each month’s sections can be set aside in a box until the final section is revealed in December. The entire quilt will be finished by the end of the year. Borders will be created along with each section (marked with X’s). The entire quilt will be pieced using 2½” blocks and half-square triangles. The 3” squares will be used to create the half-square triangles with other 3” main colors, 3” background squares and 3” border prints. Instructions on how to make the half-square triangle blocks using 3” squares will be included with February’s pieces. Using a quarter inch foot will help piecing accurately. FABRICS NEEDED You can use the colors given below, or use all scrappy fabrics in three different categories: main, background, and border. *If you choose to make a scrappy quilt, your main (lettered) fabrics should be medium dark to dark tones; your background (numbered) fabrics should be light tones, and your border (X) fabrics should be in medium tones. Follow the asterisked (*) directions below. Main fabrics You will need fat quarters in 15 shades of reds, golds, blues, greens, dark beige, purples and blacks. Be sure to mark each fabric from “A” to “O” to organize your project. Cut the following squares. Fabric 2½” 3” Fabric 2½” 3” Fabric 2½” 3” A 10 10 F 6 8 K 6 10 B 10 9 G 2 5 L 8 9 C 8 6 H 8 6 M 6 6 D 10 5 I 4 5 N 4 6 E 6 10 J 2 5 O 6 10 *Scrappy quilters will need the equivalent of 15 fat quarters from medium to medium dark fabrics. Scrappy quilters will need to cut a total of 96 - 2½” squares and 110 - 3” squares. Background fabrics You will need 12 different fat quarters of light and medium light shades of cream, beige, tan, ivory, and off-whites. Be sure to mark each fabric from “#1” to “#12” to organize your project. Cut the following squares. Fabric 2½” 3” Fabric 2½” 3” Fabric 2½” 3” #1 36 5 #5 35 3 #9 33 4 #2 37 5 #6 35 6 #10 34 5 #3 35 5 #7 35 4 #11 37 5 #4 33 5 #8 33 6 #12 36 5 *Scrappy quilters will need the equivalent of 12 fat quarters from light to medium light fabrics. Scrappy quilters will need to cut a total of 419 - 2½” squares and 58 - 3” squares. Border fabrics You will need 12 additional fat quarters in miscellaneous medium to medium dark fabrics of the same tone as the main fabrics but not exactly the same fabrics. Because this is the border you could also pick just one color (for example, red), and cut all your borders blocks using scraps of that color. The border fabrics are designated as an “X” in the pattern, but you can mix and match as many or as few fabrics as you wish to creat the border. Cut 208 - 2½” squares and 9 - 3” squares. *Scrappy quilters will need the equivalent of 12 fat quarters from medium to medium dark fabrics in different colors than the main fabric. Scrappy quilters will also need to cut a total of 208 - 2½” squares and 9 - 3” squares. PIECING 5 8 X X 1 7 7 6 X X Because quilters will spend most of this month collecting and cutting X X 9 6 10 12 X X 7 11 their fabrics, only pieces using the 2 3 X X 11 4 5 4 X X 2½” squares will be sewn. Next month, quilters will begin to Section LL X X 8 3 9 1 X X make the half-square triangles in X X 5 10 2 7 X X making the sections. (Instructions will be included.) X X 7 1 8 12 X X Lay out the squares to the right Section HH 11 3 X X and sew the columns together first, then sew those together to make X X X X the piece. X X X X Remember that “X” marks the miscellaneous medium background Section QQ fabrics. Each finished block should be 2” square so you can match everything in the final month. After sewing this together, pin the section label to the top center, and place this in your project box until next month. This quilt was originally published and is copyrighted by Cindy Kaufman of The Family Quilt Shop in Fort Dodge, Iowa. It is being published as a mystery quilt in Iowa Farm and Ranch with permission. If you need assistance, please call her at 515-576-0295.
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LAND, from Page 1B Duffy spoke to commodity prices, which saw a big fluctuation in 2013. A figure of $7 per bushel for corn was used for inventory purposes at the beginning of 2013; at the end, the figure used was $4 per bushel. “That has a big hit on income,” he said. “There’s a lot in this time of flux that we have to keep in mind. “I’m an optimist in this,” Duffy said later. “I don’t think this is the start of the sky falling. It’s going to be a cash-flow problem; there’s no doubt about that, but with the equity we have, I think refinancing capabilities are there. I would be surprised to see lenders really put the screws on. There’s been some discussion of nontraditional lenders, and I know that happens, and I know there’s going to be some people in trouble, but in the overall, I just don’t see that.” Duffy dispelled any notion that the 2014 drop in farmland values signalled any connection with the farm crisis in the 1980s. He said during the 1980s, a speculative bubble developed, loans were taken on 90 percent of the land value and people said they made more money owning the ground than they did farming it. “We just didn’t have the income to support what the values were doing. Now, it was an inflationary period, so I’m not being critical, but that’s why the bubble burst,” said Duffy. He said the 1915 to 1919 period was another period with a speculative bubble, especially 1919. Land values exploded, and then the bubble burst. “I don’t think we have been in a speculative bubble,” Duffy continued. “It may have overshot, and we may have wanted to think that $7 corn was the new plateau, but it wasn’t.” He added that loans were made on fixed amounts. Duffy said over the past 100 years, Iowa land has increased an average of five percent a year. Land values have increased in 75 of the past 100 years, decreased only 22 times in the past 100 years. Historically, land has moved at a slow, steady rate, he added. “That’s why, when you look, land will give you more than the S&P (Standard and Poors) over the long run. Now, different years obviously, make a big difference,” he said.
Duffy believes land values will settle back out, which shows the market works. “When I taught an appraisal class, value is income divided by the interest rate,” he said. “When you have record high incomes and record low interest rates, you get record high land values,” he said. “When you alter the income stream, you’re going to alter the values. If it was a market that was operating on speculation, in a speculative market there wouldn’t have been any change.” Duffy reminded those attending and listening to the December 18 press conference that land values also dropped a small amount in 2009 and said the land market still responds to the signals that are given by factors, such as commodity prices and interest rates. About the survey The state average and district averages in the survey are based directly on ISU survey data. The county estimates are derived using a procedure that combines the ISU survey results with data from the U.S. Census of Agriculture. Duffy said that land values in the crop reporting districts across the northern tier of Iowa and along the Missouri River dropped by double-digit percentages, according to the 2014 survey. However, moving diagonally across the state toward the southeast, the decreases were less, and seven counties in southeast Iowa experienced increases in values. The central, south central and southeast crop reporting district had projected record yields, Duffy explained. “I think that’s part of the explanation,” he said. He added that, in 2012, these areas of the state had land value increases of eight percent, due to drought, while the rest of the state saw double-digit land value increases. A release on the farmland values said Scott County in eastern Iowa and Decatur County in south central Iowa reported the highest and lowest farmland values, respectively. Decatur County reported a value per acre of $3,587, a drop of $41 per acre from last year’s report. Scott County reported the highest value at $11,618 per acre, but prices there declined about $795 per acre, or about $22 per acre more than the statewide average. “Scott County typically has the highest value primarily
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Land values by crop reporting district Northwest: $9,615 per acre, down 12% from 2013 values. Average value of land by grade: $11,201 for high-grade, $8,698 for medium-grade, $6,091 for low-grade. West Central: $8,424 per acre, down 11% from 2013 values. Average value of land by grade: $10,275 for high-grade, $7,827 for medium-grade, $5,173 for low-grade. Southwest: $6,513 per acre, down 14% from 2013 values. Average value of land by grade: $8,482 for high-grade, $6,108 for medium-grade, $3,860 for low-grade. North Central: $8,536 per acre, down 13% from 2013 values. Average value of land by grade: $9,630 for high-grade, $7,874 for medium-grade, $5,428 for low-grade. Central: $9,087 per acre, down 8% from 2013 values. Average value of land by grade: $10,780 for high-grade, $8,327 for medium-grade, $5,582 for low-grade. South Central: $4,475 per acre, down 7% from 2013 values. Average value of land by grade: $6,663 for high-grade, $4,318 for medium-grade, $2,808 for low-grade. Northeast: $8,151 per acre, down 11 percent from 2013 values. Average value of land by grade: $10,083 for high-grade, $7,591 for medium-grade, $5,256 for low-grade. East Central: $9,008 per acre, down 3% from 2013 values. Average value of land by grade: $11,034 for high-grade, $8,388 for medium-grade, $5,479 for low-grade. Southeast: $7,215 per acre, up 3% from 2013 values. Average value of land by grade: $10,150 for high-grade, $6,714 for medium-grade, $3,891 for low-grade.
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2014 Iowa Land Values by Crop Reporting District
Above are the 2014 Iowa land values by crop reporting district, which shows the change in farmland values from 2013 to 2014. The top figures in each crop reporting district represent the average values for high-grade, medium-grade and low-grade farmland. The larger figure in the center represents the average farmland value, and the bottom figure represents the percent of decrease or increase in farmland values. Only the southeast crop reporting district experienced an increase in farmland values (three percent). Graphic by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
2014 and 2013 Iowa Land Values
The map above shows county estimates of average dollar value per acre for Iowa farmland, based on U.S. Census of Agriculture estimates and the November 1, 2014, Iowa Land Value Survey, conducted by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University. The top figure is the estimated November 1, 2014, value; the bottom figure is the estimated November 1, 2013, value. Graphic by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
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Meetings remaining in the series are January 13 in Ames, January 14 in Storm Lake, January 15 in Honey Creek, January 20 in Atlantic, January 21 in Fort Dodge, January 22 in Waterloo, January 27 in LeMars, January 28 in Iowa City and January 29 in Carroll. The advance registration for each location is $50, which includes workshop materials, lunch and refreshments. The fee after the advance registration deadline or at the door is $60. Certified crop advisors can obtain up to five CEU credits. The fee for the CCA credits is included in the registration cost.
Private pesticide applicators will be able to obtain their continuing instructional course credits at the meetings. The cost for the private pesticide applicator certification is included in the registration fee. The Crop Advantage Series is presented by ISU Extension and Outreach with support from the Iowa Soybean Association and from the North Central SARE Program - Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. For more information, contact ANR Program Services at 515-294-6429, anr@iastate.edu, or contact an Iowa State University Extension field agronomist who serves the location where the meeting will take place.
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IA: 2 Smidley feeders, 10 hole with lids, new, $900 each. 641590-2815. IA: IH 560 gas Fendens fast hitch. NF good rubber Westendorf W130 losfrt zz45,000 515-368-1358 Two new Smidly feeders, 10 hole with lids, $550 each 641590-2815
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IA: Southdown rams for register and comercial use good size also EWE and EWE lambs also available 641-449-3226 IA: Steer and heifer show prospects. For more information and photos, visit our website at www.mikemillerclubcalves.com or call 515-370-0695. Dana
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