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Hugh Chester-Jones (507) 835-3622 chest001@umn.edu Michael Donnelly (507) 332-6109 donne099@umn.edu Marcia Endres (612) 624-5391 miendres@umn.edu Brad Heins (320) 589-1711 hein0106@umn.edu Jose Hernandez (612) 625-4731 jahernan@umn.edu Kevin Janni (612) 625-3108 kjanni@umn.edu Laura Kieser (952) 466-5306 torb0022@umn.edu Noah Litherland (612) 624-6789 lithe003@umn.edu Jim Paulson (320) 234-0438 jcp@umn.edu Randy Pepin (320) 732-4435 pepin019@umn.edu Jeff Reneau (612) 624-9791 renea001@umn.edu Craig Roerick (320) 255-6169 roer0040@umn.edu Jim Salfer (320) 203-6093 salfe001@umn.edu Chuck Schwartau (507) 536-6301 cschwart@umn.edu Julie Sievert (507) 237-4100 schu0944@umn.edu

October is re safety month

Fires can be devastating to farm businesses as well as farm families.

The U.S. Fire Administration reported that between 1996 and 1998, there were an estimated 20,000 res each year on U.S. agricultural properties. Agricultural res are responsible for nearly 50 civilian injuries, 25 fatalities, and $102 million in property loss each year.

According to the Farm Safety Association, the leading cause of agriculture res is open ame caused by candles, matches, bonres, sparks, static electricity, friction, welding and equipment. Other causes of res may include natural resources such as spontaneous combustion and lightning.

By Laura Kieser U of M Extension

How res burn The elements necessary to create a re are fuel, heat and oxygen. These elements constitute the re triangle. Removal or control of one element will remove or control a re hazard.

Fire classes and re extinguishers • Class A – Combustibles such as wood and paper textiles, where a quenching, cooling effect is required.

• Class B – Flammable liquids, gasoline, oils, fats and paint, where oxygen exclusion or ame interruption is essential.

• Class C – Live electrical wiring, motors and appliances, where non-conductivity of the extinguishing agent is crucial.

• Class D – Combustible materials, magnesium, sodium, and potassium.

It is important to know the classes of res and choose appropriate re extinguishers for your farm. Fire extinguishing equipment can be classied into two types; portable and xed. A portable, ABC rated re extinguisher is most practical for agricultural use, capable of extinguishing Class A, B or C res. Also, be sure to have large enough extinguishers on hand and have them placed where they are easily found and reached when needed.

Control of re hazards Cut down and remove weeds and brush from around buildings.

In buildings, check for accumulation of dust, feathers, cobwebs and other potential combustibles. Reduce and keep unneeded items that will burn away from heat. Arrange shops and barns so that ammables are safely away from ignition sources. Use approved electrical installations including proper fuses or circuit breakers, waterproof outlets, enclosed electric motors and similar equipment in any buildings that are cleaned periodically with high-pressure equipment.

Inspect all wiring and electric motors and appliances for exposed wires, broken insulation, improper grounding and incorrect installations.

Motors should be cleaned and oiled (if necessary) each season, and pulley belts should be in good working order. Check LP gas and fuel oil systems for leaks and unsafe installations.

Minimize hazards on site Strictly enforce a no smoking rule inside buildings or areas where ammable materials are stored and from shipping or receiving areas where boxes or other containers can easily start a re. Keep ammable liquids away from open ames and motors that might spark. Never smoke when refueling.

When transferring ammable liquids from metal containers, connect the containers to each other and ground the one being dispersed from to prevent sparks from static electricity. Clean up spills right away and put oily rags in a tightly covered metal container. Change your clothes immediately if you get oil or fuel on them.

Flammable liquids should be clearly marked and stored in approved containers in well ventilated areas away from heat and sparks. Keep above ground fuel storage tanks at least 40 feet from buildings.

Store compressed gases in a secure upright position, away from heat sources in an outdoor location. Store different gases separately and full cylinders apart from empty cylinders. When heating with propane, keep 100-pound cylinders at least 15 feet away from heaters; keep large tanks at least 25 feet away.

Machinery Re-fuel machinery with care. Watch for and repair leaks in fuel lines, carburetors, pumps and lters. Keep engines properly tuned and timed to avoid backring and exhaust systems in good condition to avoid sparks. Keep machinery properly lubricated to minimize friction.

Welding Always have a re extinguisher on hand when welding or soldering.

Watch for molten metal as it can ignite ammables or fall into cracks and start a re that might not erupt until hours after the work is completed.

Use portable cutting and welding equipment in clean work areas.

Keep ammables at least 35 feet from a hot work area. Be sure other tanks and other containers that have held ammable liquids are completely neutralized and purged before you work on them.

Spontaneous combustion Many materials under certain conditions heat spontaneously. Store vegetable and animal oils and paints or linseed-soaked rags in sealed containers in cool, well ventilated areas away from other combustibles.

Avoid storing wet hay and check stored hay for warm spots. If hay temperature is noticeably warmer than when it was put in, watch it closely. If the temperature reaches 175 degrees F, get the hay out or divide it into small, shallow stacks.

Watch for silage danger signs such as heat, release of moisture, vapor or steam, smoke, or a charred tobacco smell. A ne chop permits the material to be packed more rmly in both trench and upright silos.

Also, a silo designed to be sealed should be kept closed, except for loading or unloading.

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Pricing cornstalks

With a short hay crop in some parts sider. The N, P, and K content can vary of the country, corn stalks might nd with growing conditions. If I’m pricmore use as a feed resource as well as ing based on N-P-K content, I might for bedding this year. I don’t know if have the material tested for nutrients that will make a higher price for corn and moisture. How much of the N, P stalks because and K in the crop residue will be availthere are probably able to the crop? I don’t have very good a lot of corn stalks answer for that. If I were buying corn in elds across the stalks or soybean straw, I might back country relative to off some on an N-P-K value because of the potential use. this uncertainty. How much of the N, P, If it costs more to K is needed on the eld the crop residue do the work, that is coming from or going to? A soil test probably means helps to answer that. If phosphorus soil prices go up ac- tests are very high, I wouldn’t be buycordingly. We’ll ing much phosphorus fertilizer, and the

By Dan Martens see what happens phosphorus in crop residue might have U of M Extension in the market place. less value to me accordingly.

If you have I might look at the value of corn use for corn stalks beyond what you stalks in the market place. If someone bale on your own land, it’s better to talk is baling corn stalks and selling them, with other corn growers now rather than and I could buy them already baled waiting to see what happens to show up for $15 or $20 or $25 per bale – then I in the market later. We have pretty good might subtract what I think it costs me eld drying conditions now. We should to bale them and what makes it worth consider moisture variations across my time to bale them at the neighbors, elds and be careful to wait for mois- and what’s left is what I might be willture in stalks to dry down to a safe level ing to pay the neighbor. Hauling costs for baling. might be a factor too.

Pricing corn stalks might be based The same general concepts apply on bedding value compared to other as we think about soybean straw, small options. Corn stalks are usually not as grain straw and other crop residue mategood at absorbing moisture and making rial taken off elds. This process might a good bedding pack compared to good involve weighing some bales, along small grain straw. The price might be with testing for nutrients and moisture based on comparing feed value where if these factors are part of calculations. they are used for feed. This might be done by comparing Wh When you’re ’ using i ration costs when using corn stalks with other ingredients to thumb rules and general balance the ration – compared to the cost of rations using hay guidelines, it’s always good to or other roughage feed mate- make practicial use of your rial.

Landowners who consider own common sense... selling corn stalks off the farm are sometimes thinking about I think hi k a value l per bbale l or a value l per the value of nutrients like nitrogen (N), acre ultimately is based on thinking phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) that about weight and quality factors. I are being taken off the farm. Sometimes might buy butter by the case or by the they work out agreements to bring the box, but it’s probably based on what I same amounts of N-P-K or dollar value assume or know about the weight and back to the farm in the form of manure. quality.

It’s not easy to put a value on the orSometimes I like to look at a couple ganic matter component. of different approaches to looking at the One of the nutrient management value; and if I see some numbers in a charts I use says a ton of corn stover, similar kind of range, I’m more conon a dry matter basis, might have 22 dent about how things are turning out. pounds of nitrogen, 8 pounds of P2-O5 When you’re using thumb rules and phosphorus, and 32 pounds of K2-O general guidelines, it’s always good to potassium. We can check N, P and K make practical use of your own comprices at a local fertilizer store and esti- mon sense and observation skills and to mate a value. Phosphorus fertilizer has keep your own brain plugged in. With a nitrogen component as with an 18- any estimates, measurements or testing 46-0. I deduct the value of the nitrogen that’s done, what counts at the end of from the phosphorus product based on the day is a price that a buyer and seller the nitrogen product I use – to get the agree on-based on what makes sense to value of the phosphorus in the fertilizer. them in meeting their needs and goals.

There are some variables to con-

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