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USED EQUIPMENT SAUK CENTRE TRACTORS

Cash NEW! NH TS6.140. ..........................In Stock Discounts NEW! NH T8.330 ..............................In Stock or Low Rate Financing NEW! NH T8.360. .............................In Stock NEW! NH T9.560. .............................In Stock NEW! NH Boomer 35, FWA, Hydro, Loader ...................................... In Stock NEW! NH Boomer 50, FWA, Shuttle F/R Trans, Loader ..................... In Stock NH T6020 Elite, super steer, 2000 hrs., sharp ................... Coming In NH T8040, 305 HP, 1875 hrs., front susp., front duals, front/rear weights, all new rubber, auto guidance.............$164,500 CAT MT765B, EZ Guide 500 guidance, HID lights, frt. weights, 30” tracks ...............................$134,900

SKID LOADERS

NH L175, 2000# lift, cab, heat, 350 hrs., 12.00x16.5 tires ....................... $34,500 New L230, 3000# lift, cab/heat/ac, 2 spd. ....................................... In Stock NH L175, 2000# lift, cab, AC, heat, 12.00x16.5 tires ..........................Just In

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THE POWER YOU NEED FOR THE WORK YOU DO

WE SELL WESTFIELD AUGERS Farm King 8x56............................ $2,500 Westfield MK 12x111 w/”flex” hopper option, like new, consigned ...... $28,500

NEW T6 Series tractors from New Holland are packed with the power, operator convenience and flexibility to master the multiple jobs you face. Six models from 90 to 120 PTO hp are powered by clean-running engines with ECOBlue™ SCR technology that reduce fuel use by a minimum of 10%*. Whether it’s heavy loader work, rugged row-crop field work, haymaking or roadside mowing, T6 Series tractors respond with reliable performance and power you need to match the job at hand.

New - Salford 7206, 6 bottom, on-land, coulters ...................... In Stock New - Salford 9811 19’ HD disc ripper ................................ In Stock JD 512 9 shank disc ripper ........ $27,500 Kent Discovator, 22’, red, 5 bar spike harrow....................................$4,950 Wilrich 3400 FC, 36’, 4 bar coil harrow, consigned ........................ $11,250

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CONSIGNED

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UP TO 25 ADDED HP WHEN NEEDED WITH STANDARD ENGINE BOOST MANAGE HIGH HYDRAULIC FLOW DEMANDS WITH UP TO 26 GPM HANDLE HEAVY IMPLEMENTS WITH UP TO 13,460-LB 3-POINT LIFT CAPACITY LIFT HEAVY LOADS WITH UP TO 5,720-LB LOADER LIFT CAPACITY

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Agco 2846A 4x6, Silage Special . Coming In NH 1411, 1000 RPM, std. hitch Coming In NH 1411, 1000 RPM, std. hitch, nice........................ Coming In NH BR780, 5x6, 1000 RPM, net wrap, no stalks, nice ...................... Coming In NH 1475, 14’ HS head, low acres, shedded, like new..................... $17,900 NH BR740A, 4x5, wide pickup, twine/net, nice .......................... $19,500 NH 1431 13’ discbine, drawbar swivel hitch .............................. $22,900 CIH 8370, 14’, 540 PTO ............... $2,500 NH BR7070, roto cut, 4x6 bale, roller wind guard, rubber teeth, clean $28,500 NH 644, 4x5, auto wrap, 1 owner, sharp ........................................ $10,900 NH 590 3x3, preser., consigned . $34,500 NH 565 small sq. baler, 72 belt thrower, NICE, low bales, consigned...... $10,900 Bush Hog HM2408, 7’ 10” 3 pt. disc mower................................. $5,500 Massey Ferguson 124 small sq. baler, above avg. .................................. $2,500 Sitrex RP2, 3 pt., 2 wheel windrow turner ............................... $450 Pro Quality hay basket, 105 bales $2,650

PIERZ

TRACTORS

New T6.160, cab, FWA ............... In Stock NH T8.275, FWA, cab, suspension............................... In Stock IH 1586, cab, AC, 20.8x38 duals $11,450 NH TC35DA, FWA, SS, hydro, cab, ldr., 35 HP ................................ $19,600 JD 2955, 2WD, open station, 18.4x38, 540/1000 pto, 2 remotes, clean $15,800 CIH Farmall 55A w/ldr., 460 hrs................................. Coming In

SKID LOADERS

NH L230, 3000#, cab/heat/AC, air seat, 2 spd., boom ride control ......... In Stock NH L175, 2 spd., hi-flow, cab, ht. ..................................... $18,900 NH L170, cab, ht., 1900 hrs. ...... $21,500 NH LS150, 1350# lift, cab/heat, hand controls .................................... $12,500 NH LX665, 1700# lift, cab/heat .....Just In Bobcat S205, cab, ht./ac ............ $18,500

BALERS

NH BB940, 3x3, applicator, single axle ............................ Coming In NH BR7090, net, twine, XS, 5x6 . $24,800 NH BR780A, auto wrap, XS, 5x6 $18,500 NH BR780A, net, twine, 5x6 ....... $19,500 NH BR7070, net, twine, XS, 4x6 . $24,800 NH 678, 5x5, auto wrap, crowder wheels ........................ $11,500 NH 654, net, twine, wide PU, 4x6 ............................ $11,500 NH BR780A, net, twine, XS ........ $22,700 NH BR780A, AW, ex. sweep PU, 5x6 ........................................... $18,500 NH BR780, 5x6, auto. wrap, std. pickup ............................... $14,900 NH BR 740, 4x5, auto. wrap, wide pickup .............................. $14,000 NH 565 sq. baler, thrower............. $7,800 Vermeer 554XL, twine, accu., 4x5 $9,800 JD 535, wide pickup, bale eject .... $8,200

HAY TOOLS

CIH DCX91, 10’ disc mower... Coming In NH 1441 discbine, 15’, swivel .... $13,000 NH 1465, 9’, 2005 model, hyd. swing................................ $11,900 NH 1475 haybine, 14’, 2300 HDR ................................ $10,500 NH 499 haybine, 12’, swing ......... $6,800 NH 499 haybine, 12’, swing ......... $3,500 JD 820, 9’ sickle........................... $6,800 NH 1038 bale wagon, 105 bales... $7,900

SPREADERS

Gehl 1410 (NH 195), 410 bu. upper beater, endgate ................. $7,500 NH 195, 410 bu., upper beater, endgate .................................... $12,600 NH 185, 287 bu., hyd. drive, endgate ...................................... $7,900 New NH M2080, 353cu. ft. ......... In Stock New NH Hydra Box 550V, vert. beater, 442 cu. ft. .............. In Stock

TILLAGE

New Salford 7206 plow, 6 bottom, on land, coulters ...................... In Stock JD 215 tandem disc, 15’, 22” blades, dual wheels ................................ $5,500

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is proud to announce our new name…

Same great company… just simpler.

Same owners and team?

Yes! You can be assured that you’re still talking to and working with the same experienced, friendly and dedicated people. You know us – you know our products, our people and our services – none of that has changed.

So, why the name change?

Simplifying the name allows us to unify all of our products and services under a single brand—from animal health to milking equipment to route deliveries. And, we’ll be more inherently understood and recognized by all of our communities.

Why Leedstone?

The name Leedstone was derived from one of the first pioneer settlements in Stearns County, MN. It continues to show our pride in community; and metaphorically brings us back to our heritage—our agricultural legacy—while highlighting a pioneering spirit.

It’s a simple but strong name on which to build a solid foundation.

How will this affect me?

You’ll simply see the Leedstone name alongside our Stearns Veterinary Outlet and Pharmacy name starting soon. Over time, Leedstone will become our primary name; but for now, we’re focused on developing your working experience with us.

Thank you for your continued partnership with us. Our contact information and our www.wedocows.com web address remain the same. Please let us know if you have any other questions.

Dr. David Tomsche, DVM

Co-Owner Stearns Veterinary Outlet and Pharmacy | Leedstone

Melrose Office:

222 Co Rd 173 SE / PO Box 219 / Melrose, MN 56352

800.996.3303

Dr. Daniel Tomsche, DVM

Co-Owner Stearns Veterinary Outlet and Pharmacy | Leedstone

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DAIRYING ACROSS AMERICA

Louisiana dairy: long heritage, quality products Kleinpeter Farms Dairy celebrates its centennial this year

BY RON JOHNSON Staff writer

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Kleinpeter Farms Dairy makes 55 avors of ice cream. One that’s uniquely Louisianan is sweet potato pie. It’s made with sweet potatoes, milk and cane sugar from the Pelican State.

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Carrying on a Louisiana tradition are Jeff Kleinpeter and his sister, Sue Ann Kleinpeter Cox. They’re in charge of Kleinpeter Farms Dairy, founded in 1913. The company owns and milks 600 Guernseys, Jerseys and Holsteins and buys milk from 20 other dairy farms. The milk is packaged and sold in grocery stores, as is the company’s ice cream.

Helena Parish community of Pine Grove.

Kleinpeter Farms Dairy almost left the family in 1987.

Jeff’s four uncles had a deal nearly inked to sell it to the grocery chain A&P. But the deal fell through, and Jeff’s father, Ben, bought it instead.

A big change did come in 1982. That’s when the Kleinpeters closed the original dairy farm and quit milking.

“The Interstate came through and basically cut our farm in half,” Jeff said. The area grew, and the newcomers “didn’t like smelling the cows anymore, and the manure. It got harder and harder to go to different elds and grow our

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crops, especially with the trafc that was coming along. I remember when we used to walk our cows along the side of the road to move them to different pastures.”

The decision to close the farm and focus on dairy processing and distribution was “tremendously painful,” said Jeff. But with decades of dairy farming in their blood, the Kleinpeters decided to start anew.

A dozen years ago, they bought 1,000 acres, along with bred Guernsey heifers. Today, that farm is at 1,100 acres and is home to 600 Guernsey, Jersey and Holstein cows. That blend of breeds together pro-

duces the avor of milk the Kleinpeters like.

The cows are milked twice a day in a double-12, rapidexit, herringbone parlor. Along with cow transponders for identication, and automatic mastitis detection in the parlor, the farm recently bought a portable ultrasound machine. It lets workers detect pregnancies earlier and nd cows with cystic ovaries.

Jeff is pleased with the herd’s average daily milk production – 64 pounds a day, with a 4.1 percent butterfat test. “That’s outstanding for

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the diversied operation near Baton Rouge lay in dairying.

“We were into many things at the time,” said Jeff. “We were the rst to have a steampowered cotton gin in Louisiana. We had a sweet potato farming operation, with our own dehydration plant right by the railroad track. We shipped sweet potatoes and cotton bales to New Orleans (about 60 miles south), and grew sugar cane, too.”

Early on, the dairy sent cream by rail to New Orleans.

Today, the dairy supplies customers within about a 200mile radius of its processing plant.

Jeff and his sister, Sue Anne Kleinpeter Cox, the chief nancial ofcer, are the fourth generation of the family to own the business. It’s a split operation, with the dairy farm 40 miles away, near the Saint

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BATON ROUGE, La. – Sweet potato pie ice cream?

That’s just one of 55 avors offered by Louisiana’s only ice cream maker: Kleinpeter Farms Dairy.

“It’s unbelievable, but here in Louisiana, you’ve got to understand, we have a different culture for cuisine and food and delicacies,” said Jeff Kleinpeter president of Kleinpeter Farms Dairy. “And we have so many locally grown fruits and other things that we incorporate in our ice cream.”

Louisiana cane sugar is a vital part of all the dairy’s ice cream. Locally grown products like sweet potatoes and Bergeron’s Pecans nd their way into the dessert, too.

Kleinpeter Farms Dairy has been in business in the Pelican State since 1913. That’s when Jeff’s grandfather decided the best opportunity for