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NODPA’s 11th Annual Field Days

by Troy Bishopp MILFORD, NY — Iowa Organic Dairy Farmer and guest speaker, Francis Thicke, appropriately set the tone for the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance 11th annual field days by quoting Abraham Lincoln’s words: “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

The practical, farmer-driven program started with an enjoyable farm tour in cooperation with the Northeast Organic Farmers Association (NOFA-NY) at Siobhan’s Griffin’s Raindance Dairy Farm in Schenevus, NY. Farmers learned about the 200 acre grazing operation and her cheese production and onfarm processing center along with developing markets for more grass-based products. In conjunction with the tour there was a “reading of the land” session with Troy Bishopp teaching farmers to assess their pastures and soil cover while discussing ways to improve the biological activity of the land through grazing management. There was also a demonstration and conversation of how to properly recycle agricultural plastics with Nate Leonard.

NODPA’s Executive Director, Ed Maltby facilitated the indoor producer meetings held at the Cooperstown Beaver Valley Camp in Milford, NY. The kick-off panel discussion entitled: Demystifying private label milk, was led by Kelly Shea, VP of Industry Relations & Organic Stewardship for WhiteWave Foods and Horizon Organic, George Konovalov, Eastern Division Sales Manager for CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley and Peter Miller, Northeast Regional Pool Manager for CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley who gave an in-depth look at building relationships with retailers and how the private label organic milk issue impacts the pay price and why consumers identify with branded products.

The open format farmer and industry meeting cited many accomplishments and challenges for organic dairy production. The implementation of the “pasture rule”, a 12 percent growth in demand for organic dairy products and bringing new farmers to dairy farming topped the list of optimism while the

high price and availability of organic grains, the pay price to keep up with soaring inputs and regulatory demands of organic production and weather challenges concerned farmers for the future.

Francis Thicke, Ph.D. in Soil Science, Iowa organic dairy farmer, retired National Program Leader for Soil Science for the USDA-Extension Service, former candidate for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and author of “A New Vision for Iowa Food and Agriculture” keynoted the evening’s activities of networking and sharing local food.

His proclamation: “We Peter Miller (L-R), and George Konovalov from Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative need to prepare for and Kelly Shea from WhiteWave Foods and Horizon Organic discuss working with change in agriculture retailers and marketing organic dairy products. based on the end of cheap fossil fuels, the scarcity of and local food systems were spurred from yesteryear fresh water, concentrated markets and society’s con- and we need to bring them to the forefront in the tinued demand for good food and animal welfare.”

21st century. This creates local jobs and rebuilds Through a series of slides and scientific graphs, he communities without losing soil.” said, “America has lost 3/4 of its ecological capital Other pertinent issues explored during the field and with the advent of farming practices since 1940 days and trade show focused on building more has led to a leaky environmental system in regards organic grain capacity, ramifications of the on-going to soil erosion, fertilizers, herbicides and nutrients House Ag Committee Colin Peterson’s (D-MN) draft leaving the land. We are losing two gallons of soil for supply management bill on the organic industry, the every gallon of ethanol we produce.”

2010 Farm Bill, impacts of natural gas exploration His ‘soul’-tion for the future: Harness knowledge, on organic certification, the importance of advocacy think big, eat local, produce farmstead energy and groups in the organic marketplace, planned grazing use an organic grass-based system of perennial for- management and flooding mitigation. ages for feeding animals. He sees agriculture as the The two day event was sponsored and supported leader for prosperity. “Many of the ideas and tech- by Horizon Organic, Lakeview Organic Grain, nologies we are working on today, such as pyrolysis Organic Valley/ CROPP Cooperative, Organic Dairy from biomass, wind and solar energy, grass farming Farmers Cooperative, Green Mountain Feeds, Fertrell, MOSA, NOFA-NY, PA Certified Organic, Acres USA, American Organic Seed, Agri-Dynamics, Dairy Marketing Services, E-Organic, King’s AgriSeed, Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District, New England Farmers Union, Neptune’s Harvest, NOFA-VT, RAPP, Renaissance Nutrition, River Valley Fencing, Recycling Agricultural Plastics Project, Raindance Farm, SARE: Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education, Spalding Labs and the Upper Susquehanna Coalition.

For more information on NODPA contact Nora Owens 413-772-0444 or visit their Web site: www.nodpa.com

The biological monitoring workshop was held at Siobhan Griffin’s Raindance farm.

Photos courtesy of Troy Bishopp, Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District

Minis Too 4H Club raises money for Alzheimer’s Association The Minis Too! 4H club from Cheshire County, NH, once again provided some entertainment recently for the walkers against Alzheimer’s by bringing two of the club member’s horses down for the public to enjoy.

This year, the president of the club wanted to go a step further and formed a team with other club members to join in the walk and fundraise along with everyone else. The club members set a modest goal of $500, but as a

result of their efforts, the Minis Too! 4H club surpassed their goal of $500 and raised a total of $1,200 to help fight against Alzheimer.

Besides raising money for the Memory walk, Minis Too members voted on and donated

$200 of the club’s funds to the Sportsman’s Club in Fitzwilliam to help with their children’s playground.

To find out more about the Minis Too! 4H club or about joining 4H in general call the office at 603-352-4550.

Members of the Minis Too 4-H club who helped raise funds for the Alzheimer Association are, (L-R) kneeling, Tori Fiorey and Chris Cwikowski, and standing, Lizzie Morris, Makayla Lagerberg, Owen Greenwood, Emma Rose Greenwood and Connor Greenwood.

Agricultural Resource Workshop offered BRATTLEBORO, VT — Find out about grants, cost-shares and technical assistance available to agricultural producers and landowners.

Join USDA, UVM Extension and the Windham County Natural Resource Conservation District for an Agricultural Resource Workshop and Open House from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at the Marlboro College Graduate Center, 28 Vernon Street (Route 142), Room 2E, Brattleboro, VT. Join in the discussion of the many programs and services available to the agricultural community, whether you are a large farm or a one-person operation, an agricultural association, landowner or an organization that assists agricultural businesses.

Meet staff and hear about: • Renewable energy and energy efficiency upgrades; • Conservation practices like high tunnels, irrigation, cover cropping, livestock lanes and fencing;

• Low-cost insurance for fruit and vegetable crops, maple sap and hay; • Farm operating, construction and ownership loans; • Low-cost soil and water testing; and • Local wholesale markets for farm products.

Space is limited. RVSP to Farm Service Agency at 802-254-9766 ext.

2 or by e-mail to dana.ruppert@vt.usda.gov . Advance notification is also requested for anyone who needs special accommodations.

The program is free of charge and refreshments will be served.

This event is hosted by the USDA Service Center agencies of Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Rural Development (RD), along with UVM Extension and the Windham County Natural Resource Conservation District.

MONTVILLE, CT (AP) — Strip away the razor wire, chain-link fence and eagle-eyed prison guards, and Corrigan Radgowski Correctional Center in Montville is beginning to resemble the farm that stood there at the turn of the 20th century.

Lily and Nibbles, two donated goats, chew away at the underbrush surrounding the prison. Vegetable gardens inside and outside the fence line are producing hundreds of pounds of vegetables. Chickens squawk in a cedar-post barn.

Warden Scott Erfe said the prison off Route 32 and nearby communities are reaping benefits from the agricultural programs.

While a roadside farm stand is not planned for the near future, he said the work on the gardens and other projects keeps inmates busy, tired and, in some ways, is part of rehabilitation.

“A lot of these guys would never imagine doing something like this on the outside,'' Erfe said.

“They're taking ownership and learning a skill at the same time. Instead of being content doing time, they're asking what they can do. They're already looking forward to next year. Some of these guys are seeing they can do something good with their life.''

At peak harvest time, the inmates have put so much work into the garden Erfe referred to it jokingly as “Better prisons and gardens.'' Aside from learning a skill, inmates are giving back.

This year, the prison produced more than 10,000 pounds of vegetables. Much of it was eaten by the inmates, a welcome fresh addition to their diets.

Nearly 5,000 pounds was donated to local social service agencies in Montville and Norwich. Herbs are used in the prison's culinary arts classes.

Correction officers Joe Schoonmaker and Jason

PENACOOK, NH — The annual fall training for adults and teens interested in positive youth development takes place Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Merrimack Valley High School in Penacook.

Volunteers are being sought to help guide and mentor New Hampshire’s future citizens and leaders. People volunteer with 4-H for many reasons. One benefit is to help make a difference in the lives of New Hampshire’s youth.

As one volunteer stated “I always learn more about a topic as I am preparing to teach it to the kids. 4-H gives me the chance to share some of my passions with children. I enjoy the connection with the University of New Hampshire and the up-to-date information they provide.”

UNH Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Youth Development program has many opportunities for adults and teens on how to work with children. A special three-hour session at the annual fall training will focus on after school care providers. Other workshop sessions include being an effective volunteer leader, teens as teachers, veterinary sciWare estimate the vegetables offset food costs by about $6,000. All the seeds were donated, and there is

ence, healthy livings, working with youth who are disabled, and science.

All 4-H and other youth leaders are welcome. The workshop runs from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and the registration fee is $20, which includes lunch. For more information, contact Extension Specialist Paul Bonaparte-Krogh at 603862-4544 or by e-mail at Paul.BK@unh.edu Working with UNH Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development educators in every county, adult volunteers receive training in issues facing youth, how to teach, how to organize a group or event and a variety of life skill and subject matter topics. In some cases they can receive professional development credits for their 4-H training experience.

4-H volunteers often provide the local connection between the county and state 4-H program, while being that caring adult in a child’s life, outside the family structure. They coordinate local community clubs, after-school programs and short special interest groups, as well as help plan and conduct local, regional, state and national 4-H events.

details of low-security-risk inmates who typically are close to completing their sentences.

The goats are regularly rotated to areas that need trimming.

“It is in some ways a unique concept to engage the inmates in something constructive while at the same time allowing them to give back to the community,'' state Department of Correction spokesman Brian Garnett said.

The gardens are something the department is expanding throughout the agency, in ways getting back to the department's roots when inmates maintained gardens and even operated a dairy farm.

“It's been a very successful year this year,'' Garnett said. “We're contributing to food banks across the state with the surplus. Ultimately we've always sought to be good neighbors to the communities we're in. Corrections does not operate in a vacuum.''

In addition to the food, the prison last year donated 50 cords of wood to local families in need. The wood is cut and split at the facility from trees on the grounds of the prison.

no costs to taxpayers.

“The warden lets you think outside the box.

They're out there working instead of sitting around on their bunks all day,'' Schoonmaker said.

The chickens are producing eggs sold in sandwiches to correctional officers as part of the quality of work life program. The proceeds go directly back to staff initiatives, such as annual picnics or flowers for sick staff.

The garden workers are volunteers. They are weeding, planting, turning soil, planting and harvesting. Old plants are discarded into a compost pile used for fertilizer in next year's crops.

Michael Theriault, 29, of Sterling, one of the volunteers working the garden, said, “It's rehabilitating for us and keeps our minds occupied.''

Theriault and Chris Wojcik, 29, of Mansfield, both said they also recognize their work is helping others out in the community.

“It's definitely a privilege to be out Rhode Island pumpkin tips scales at 1,661 lbs here,'' said Brian Powelson, 42, from WARREN, RI (AP) — A boulder-sized the world record of 1,810.5 pounds, set the New Haven area. pumpkin weighing 1,661 pounds has last year in Wisconsin.

“It's our community, taken top honors at a New England But that's an honor Jutras has held unfortunately, right regional contest, though it fell short of before. His 2007 gourd tipped the now. We're making the world record. scales at 1,689 pounds, setting a the most of it, and Joe Jutras of Scituate sat on his record that held up for two years. we're accomplishing He told the Providence Journal prize-winning gourd after the annual something.''

Southern New England Giant Pumpkin (http://bit.ly/palSwO ) that this year's The animals and Growers' Annual Weigh-off, held at a pumpkin started as a seed on May 1, an outside garden are farm in Warren. and he tended it two or three hours tended by work His pumpkin fell 150 pounds shy of nightly and 10 hours on weekends.

Good gourd!

New agricultural pest discovered in Connecticut NEW HAVEN, CT — A new exotic fruit pest, called the spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii), was first found on a farm in Shelton, CT, on Aug. 19 by Dr. Richard Cowles, an entomologist at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES). Experiment Station surveys have confirmed the presence of this invasive fly in 25 towns in all Connecticut counties. In August and September, it severely damaged strawberries and red raspberries, rendering all or some of these crops unmarketable. We have also documented infestations in blackberries, blueberries, grapes, and many wild fruits in the state.

Of Asian origin, the spotted wing drosophila is related to common fruit flies that hover near ripe bananas and wine. Unlike other fruit flies that attack damaged fruit, females of this invasive species have a saw-like,

egg-laying organ or ovipositor, which enables them to lay eggs in firm, ripening, and otherwise healthy fruit.

Feeding by spotted wing drosophila larvae can completely destroy the fruit in a few days. The adult males are distinctive because they have a single black spot on the tip of each wing. Other fruit flies can have spotted wings, but do not have a single spot on their wings. Scientists reared larvae to adults or used vinegar traps to monitor for this pest.

Found in California in 2008, this small fly has now been reported from at least 18 states ranging from the western coastal states to Michigan, Florida and the Spotted Wing Drosophila Northeast. The spotted wing drosophila can be conPhotograph by Katherine Dugas, CAES. trolled on small fruits with certain insecticide applicadistribution and behavior, and will develop managetions. Scientists at the CAES are investigating the fly’s ment methods.

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Connecticut prison reaps what it sows from farm program

Preparing volunteers for today’s 4-H youth

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Grangers among 125 who visit D.C. to advocate for rural broadband More than 125 farmers, ranchers, teachers, small business owners and others from rural communities and small towns across the country gathered in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 4 as part of a “Broadband WORKS for Rural America” advocacy day. Participants delivered the message to policymakers that increased access to high-speed Internet is a critical component of job creation and economic development, and is necessary to ensuring a prosperous future for citizens living in remote or hard-to-reach communities.

While on Capitol Hill, participants held a press conference, featuring Representative Heath Shuler (D-NC), and met with members of Congress, and the offices of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, calling for policies that promote further expansion of high-speed Internet to rural America. As part of their message, advocates stressed that increased access to high-speed broadband would spur job growth, attract new businesses and allow for the expansion of existing operations, and promote essential social benefits such as distance learn-

ing and remote healthcare services via telemedicine in rural communities throughout the country.

“Lack of access to high-speed broadband Internet puts rural communities across the country at a serious disadvantage,” said Congressman Shuler (D-NC). “Broadband is the great economic and social equalizer of our time, and expanding high-speed internet access to rural America will give more communities the tools they need to create jobs, expand educational opportunities, and improve public safety and health care. Broadband will give small businesses in rural areas a pathway to participation in the global economy and provides the framework for longterm economic growth and stability for years to come.”

Residents from regions all across the United States shared compelling stories about the impact of high-speed Internet while in Washington. For instance, Jon Chadwell, Executive Director of the Newport Economic Development Commission in Newport, Arkansas, spearheaded a project to expand high-speed Internet access to the local industrial park, home to three

businesses that were losing clients due to a lack of access to broadband. As a result of Chadwell’s work to connect the area to broadband Internet, the companies added a total of 325 local jobs in just six years.

“Regardless of location or occupation, the need for reliable, high-speed Internet, both wired and wireless, is something that everyone can agree on.

In rural America in particular, there are acres of opportunity for economic growth, but greater access to next-generation technologies is key to capitalizing on these opportunities,” said Jess Peterson, Executive Vice President of the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association and a lead spokesman for the advocacy day.

“Right now, Americans need jobs, and we need to make sure that all Americans have the tools to create and sustain them. I believe we successfully delivered that message to policymakers this week.”

Some 26 million Americans in largely rural areas across the nation lack high-speed connections to the Internet

and mobile broadband. The advocacy effort, a collaboration of members of the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association, National Grange, Women Involved In Farm Economics (WIFE), local chambers of commerce, farmers, ranchers, small business owners, teachers, and others from across the country, with support from the Internet Innovation Alliance, allowed a diverse range of Americans to personally tell their unique stories about the transformative potential of high-speed broadband to Federal lawmakers.

“The National Grange has been advocating for affordable access to broadband in rural America for a long time,” said Ed Luttrell, National Grange President. “Never before in our efforts have we seen so many diverse organizations, telecommunications companies, and advocacy groups at the same table with the same commitment and vision. I believe the drumbeat of increased access to broadband in rural America has been heard in our Nation’s capital this week.”

Photo courtesy of World Dairy Expo Ben Sauder of Tremont, IL won the Junior Supreme Champion award at the 2011 World Dairy Expo. Sauder’s Junior Three-YearOld Cow, South Mountain Voltage Spice-ET was sired by Golden Elliott Voltage. Britney Hill of Bristol, VT won the Reserve Supreme Champion of the Junior Show with her Four-Year-Old Cow, Ainger Advent Jessa-Red which is sired by KHW Kite Advent-Red.

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USDA agencies announce Grassland Reserve Program sign-up TOLLAND, CT — Jay T. Mar, State Conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and Marsha B. Jette, State Executive Director of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Connecticut have announced that applications will be taken for the agencies’ Grassland Reserve Program (GRP). Deadline to receive applications is Nov. 4, 2011.

According to Jette, “GRP is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance grasslands on their property.

NRCS and FSA are coordinating implementation of GRP – which helps landowners restore and protect grassland, pastureland, and certain other lands, and provides assistance for rehabilitating grasslands.”

“The program will conserve vulnerable grasslands from conversion to cropland or other uses and conserve important grasslands by helping maintain viable farming operations,” said Mar. “With the November 4th deadline approaching, we are urging eligible farmers and producers to apply as soon as possible,” he said. “By accepting GRP applications now, we can develop grassland management plans that help restore and protect grassland and pastureland through rental agreements and permanent easements.”

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Goat farming for beginners class Part 1: Deciding to raise goats multipurpose, providing fiber, meat and milk. They also have very versatile eating habits, being ruminants and eating forages of fairly complex carbohydrates. Goats will thrive as browsers of forbs, broadleaf plants with succulent stems such as dandelions, curly dock, plantain, legumes and grasses; as well as tree legumes such as black locust.

There are disadvantages in raising goats, however, in that they are very labor intensive. For dairy goats, there are many more animals to milk to get the same amount of milk as you would from one dairy cow.

And dairy, fiber or meat goats also require very good fences and/or herding, as they are prey animals and need protection from predators such as coyotes and dogs, and they will also girdle trees and shrubs, and will eradicate brush rather than sustain brush. In addition, most goats are sensitive to photoperiod, which means that they are seasonal breeders; and as goats tend to breed when the days are getting shorter, it can be challenging deciding when best to breed for the meat market.

But as with any farm endeavor, there are always pros and cons involved. One of the major advantages of raising goats is the wide variety of businesses a goat farmer can choose to become involved with, such as: 1. Commercial: a. Many meat goats are raised primarily to sell commercially — the backbone of this industry is slaughter animals. b. There is also a strong market for dairy goats — not only goat milk, but goat cheeses and yogurts are steadily gaining in popularity.

2. Fiber: The fiber industry uses mohair from angora goats as well as cashmere and is prized for its softness. In addition, fiber goats may be marketed for meat as well.

3. Seed stock for goat farming or for show: There is a viable industry that is geared toward selling seed stock to others who wish to get started in goat farming. In addition, showing meat goats is becoming a popular industry, especially for the South African Boer goat breed.

4. Land reclamation: Goats are being used to reclaim old pastures or other areas that have been taken over by weeds and invasive plants.

They are especially effective in eradicating multiflora rose.

5. Family projects: many goats are multi-purpose and can be raised for family uses of fiber, milk or meat.

6. Companion animals: Goats are very gregarious and friendly, and have great recreational use. They have been used as draft or packing animals; therapy animals; and pets. In addition, there is a market for supplying goats that are used as 4-H projects.

7. Training herding dogs: goats can be used for training herding dogs for use on livestock farms.

In order to choose which industry best suits the purpose, a potential goat farmer needs to examine his expectations, taking into consideration some important issues, such as his lifestyle: a person who enjoys taking vacations frequently or having weekends “off” would not be a suitable goat farmer, as goats require daily care, and would not be a good choice for a part-time business. However, a person who enjoys working with people and animals, as well as doing some traveling, might be happy pursuing a career in showing goats, for example.

It’s also important to take into take stock the resources you might have to start out with, such as land, facilities and family labor.

And finally, you should be aware of your financial expectations. Before embarking on a project or business of raising goats, it’s important to research what your costs will be to begin goat farming. Some figures you will need to get good estimates of include: 1. The approximate annual costs of rearing a doe and her kids in your region. What is the price of hay? Feed? What medicines or supplements will be necessary? If you need to construct a barn or build fence, you’ll need to add in those costs as well.

2. What’s average market value of slaughter goats in your area? Which breeds might you decide on that will work best for your farm? Is there a local market for starting goats?

3. What is carrying capacity of your land and facilities? Pasture and forage area will vary and you’ll need to know what to expect from the land you have available.

4. What sort of productivity can you expect from a doe under your farm conditions? Again, with so many variables it’s important to study different breeds of goats and families of those breeds to find what will be most suitable to your situation.

The next column will be devoted to goat breeds, breeding goats and facilities necessary for raising goats.

The Beginning Goat Farming workshop was split into smaller groups; each worked with a goat and learned how to monitor a goat’s pulse, respiration and temperature as well as the goat’s condition and conformaDr. tatiana Stanton, Cornell/New York State Goat Expert presented a Power Point program on tion.

Photos by Judy Van Put Beginning Goat Farming on Friday, Sept. 30, at the CCE of Delaware County office, Hamden, NY.

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by Judy Van Put On Friday, Sept. 30, the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County hosted the first of its four scheduled classes on Beginning Goat Farming.

The day-long workshop was given in conjunction with the Watershed Agricultural Council, which funded the program, and was well attended. The morning session was held at the Hamden headquarters; after lunch the group traveled to Glenanore Farm, Bovina Center, where Mike Noonan hosted a tour of his commercial meat goat farm and provided hands-on learning experiences with his Boer goats.

Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Janet Aldrich welcomed the group and introduced Dr. tatiana Stanton, Cornell University and State of New York’s goat specialist. Dr. Stanton provided an informative and interactive power point presentation to the group, and welcomed question-and-answer sessions throughout. Participants ranged from those just entering the work force who wanted to learn about farming to retired dairy farmers who wished to work with animals again; as well as students who had some farming background and wanted to find a good use for extra land to others who were looking to make some extra money, in many cases to help pay their taxes.

Dr. Stanton told the class that goats are historically one of the most common sources of milk and red meat worldwide. One of the advantages of raising goats over other animals is their small size, which enables them to be easily handled by women and children. Their size also makes them less risky as an investment — as the investment is spread across several animals rather than just one, minimizing losses from illness, flood, etc. In addition, goats are

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USDA and FDA OK Enogen Last month the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration approved a unique genetically modified variety of corn for deregulation, meaning it was given a green light to be marketed in our country with basically no restrictions. The novel variety was developed by a large multi-national corporation headquartered in Switzerland; since every person deserves some anonymity, let me call this corporation Mini-Giant. Corporations are considered (at least in the U.S.) to be persons. And this particular corporation is very big and is home-based in a mini country.

For two reasons, I find it interesting that MiniGiant has developed major corn biotechnology: first, the vast majority of European citizenry resists genetic engineering;

secondly, all of Switzerland grows less corn than one of New York State’s better corn counties (of course, that European nation is roughly the size of Vermont and Connecticut combined).

For a country to host the development of technology which will be used minimally by its own residents could seem a bit hypocritical. But business is business, and that’s one arena in which the Swiss outperform most other nations.

The corn, which is called Enogen, is one of the first crops genetically engineered to contain a trait that influences use of the plant after harvest.

Virtually all past biotech crops have had traits like insect resistance and herbicide tolerance, aimed at helping farmers more than manufacturers or consumers. Thus Enogen is the most prominent one to date to be engineered solely for

industrial purposes.

The corn contains a microbial gene that produces an enzyme that breaks down corn starch into sugar, the first step toward making ethanol.

Ethanol manufacturers now buy this enzyme, called alpha amylase, in liquid form and add it to the corn at the start of production. Mini-Giant says that having the crop make the enzyme for its own breakdown — selfprocessing corn, so to speak — will increase ethanol output while reducing the use of water, energy and chemicals in the production process.

This Swiss company, which is primarily a seed producer and pesticide manufacture, said it would take various measures to prevent the corn from getting into the food supply.

Amylase gets its name because it chemically degrades a sugar called amylose, as well as some other short-chain carbohydrates which are considered starches. In biology any term which ends in -ase, quite consistent-

ly is an enzyme. Alpha amylase is also the main enzyme in human saliva and is also produced by the human pancreas.

Human salivary amylase is critical in the first stages of our digestion; its function is to enable us to consume foods with more starch, i.e., plants. Almost without exception, humans produce more salivary alpha amylase than any other non-ruminant mammal.

I find that pieces of vegetable or grain that get stuck in my teeth will degrade before too long, because of their high levels of starches and sugars.

However, when pieces of meat get stuck, that’s a different story. The muscle tissue in meat consists of highly complicated chains of amino acids, quite immune to amylase. This is when I get out the dental floss.

Few on the American food production scene greet Ecogen with open arms; after all, Ecogen is not marketed as a food: it’s a fuel source first and a feed source second (distillers wet and dried

grains). The novel seeds’ advocates run head-on into environmental zealot groups like Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), and Center for Food Safety (CFS). “This is StarLink all over again,” said UCS’ Margaret Mellon. She was referring to the 2000 incident when a genetically modified corn approved only for animal use got into the human food supply, prompting huge recalls and disrupting American exports. One difference, however, is that unlike StarLink, Mini-Giant’s new corn is approved for food use.

Other alpha amylases are already used in food processing.”

Wa s h i n g t o n - b a s e d CFS said it was preparing to sue. The group had persuaded a court to temporarily revoke the approvals of the biotech alfalfa and sugar beets because the Agriculture Department had not done a full environmental impact statement (EIS). USDA, which has been reviewing Mini-Giant’s application since

2005, has not prepared an EIS for Ecogen. USDA said the corn met the statutory requirements for approval, in that it was not a pest that would harm plants. FDA had earlier found the corn safe to eat.

One non-environmental group actively opposing Ecogen is the North American Millers’ Association (NAMA). They warned that if the industrial corn cross-pollinated with or were mixed with corn used for food, it could lead to crumbly corn chips, soggy cereal, loaves of bread with soupy centers and corn dogs with inadequate coatings.

In a prepared statement several weeks ago, NAMA complained, “If this corn is co-mingled with other corn, it will have significant adverse impacts on food product quality and performance”; moreover, that it could “damage the quality of food products like breakfast cereals, snack foods and battered products.”

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Many in the food industry worry that if the amylase corn is found in food supplies it could lead to recalls or disrupt exports (like StarLink did). Mini-Giant says the amylase is not active when the kernel is intact; it is most active at certain levels of temperature, acidity and moisture found in ethanol factories, but

rarely in factories that make corn starch, corn syrup or corn chips.

Ecogen contains a synthetic gene derived from micro-organisms that live near hot-water vents on the ocean’s floor. This fact makes the enzyme stable at the high temperatures used in making ethanol. Not surprisingly, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) ap-

plauded the corn’s approval by USDA and FDA. What I find intriguing is that most NAMA members also belong to NCGA. The new corn should help lower the cost to produce ethanol, and could persuade more farmers to grow ethanol corn over food corn.

With roughly 40 percent of U.S. corn acreage already devoted to

ethanol production, that type of competition could result in higher market costs for foods made with corn. Earlier this year, the National Pork Producers Council was concerned that we could already face a corn shortage if the 2011 crop was not up to expectations (which it isn’t). Increased world demand and foreign crop shortfalls have al-

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NAMA, which represents 43 companies, including giants like General Mills, ConAgra, and Archer Daniels Midland, emphasized that Mini-Giant’s own data indicated that as little as one alpha-amylase corn kernel mixed with 10,000 conventional kernels could be enough to weaken the corn starch and disrupt food processing opera-

FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE American Farm Bureau Federation

Beware of dire predictions

by Stewart Truelsen Here is a prediction: American farmers and ranchers will be able to feed this nation well into the future if given access to land, water, capital and scientific advances.

If you’d like the prediction to be more specific, let’s say the nation’s food supply will be se-

cure until at least the year 2061.

There’s an excellent chance this prediction will be true, but it’s hardly the stuff books are written about. A prediction like this would only bring a yawn, and the reader would go back to worrying about dire predictions of eco-

nomic collapse or the 2012 apocalypse.

Finally, someone has written a book about expert predictions: “Future Babble” by Dan Gardner. The author claims so-called expert predictions are next to worthless, and we can proba-

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The expert predictions that catch our eye are ones predicting doom and gloom. One such book was “Famine 1975!”

Written by William and Paul Paddock in 1967, the book predicted food scarcities so severe that food aid would have to be cut off from a few nations leaving their populations to

starve. India and Egypt were said to fit this description.

The Paddocks underestimated the Green Revolution and other advances in production agriculture around the world, but they weren’t the only ones. Paul Ehrlich predicted a similar fate when he said, “The battle to feed all humanity is over,” in

his book “The Population Bomb.”

In a 1982 book, “Encounters with the Future,” respected futurist Marvin Cetron and coauthor Thomas O’Toole forecasted that the Soviet Union would invade Australia within 10 years for its natural resources. They missed the part about the Soviet Union crumbling.

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and confident about their predictions despite the fact that Gardner says they have the worst track records. In his words, “Reliable forecasting is a challenge on a par with climbing Mt. Everest barefoot.”

Life is unpredictable and uncertain, but that isn’t as bad as it seems.

Gardner believes an accurate prediction isn’t necessary to make good decisions.

A rough sense of possibilities and probabilities will do fine.

That’s why we can

stick by our prediction that American farmers and ranchers will meet our food needs for at least the next 50 years.

They’ve done it in the past despite all kinds of obstacles and dire predictions. There’s every reason to believe they can do it in the future.

Stewart Truelsen is a regular contributor to the Focus on Agriculture series and is the author of a book marking the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 90th anniversary, Forward Farm Bureau.

www.leepub.com Farm bill proposal builds momentum for dairy policy reform

by John Wilson, Senior Vice President, DFA On Oct. 6, Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Representative Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) introduced the Rural Economic Farm and Ranch Sustainability and Hunger Act (REFRESH), legislation to reform federal agriculture policy. This legislation includes the Dairy Security Act of 2011 authored by Representatives Collin Peterson (DMN) and Mike Simpson (R-Idaho). Under the

leadership of National Milk Producers Federation, the Dairy Security Act has been developed over the past two years by individual dairy producers and numerous dairy groups across the nation, including Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA).

“In recent weeks, Congressional leaders have responded to the urgent need for dairy policy reform. This growing momentum is a positive signal to the dairy industry that change is on

the horizon.

“On behalf of the dairy farmer owners of DFA, I am pleased to extend my sincere appreciation to Senator Lugar and Representative Stutzman for their leadership on this important issue.

REFRESH contains key dairy policy changes necessary to maintain the vitality of the U.S. dairy industry, including options that allow dairy producers to protect their margins and the ability to strengthen exports.”

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Why do we pay attention to expert predictions in the first place?

In “Future Babble,” Gardner gives several reasons. Most people love certainty, so if someone says they know what will happen in the future, it attracts our attention.

We jump to conclusions about the future because we tend to look for patterns where none exist. Randomness and chaos limit our ability to see very far ahead.

We also are attracted to experts who are bold

Fellowship of Christian Farmers Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee recovery effort

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The Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International needs your help coordinating a Hurricane and tropical Storm recovery campaign. Farmers are contacting the FCFI Home Office regarding how to help dairymen with feed and repairs to damaged homes and buildings in New England, New York and Pennsylvania.

FCFI Area Leader, William Brown, Marcy, NY and FCFI Board member and Prayer Guide coordinator, Clark Phillips, North Collins, NY, spent a week in Schoharie, NY, repairing a damaged dairy barn and removing “big” trash items from fields covered with flash flood waters. A team of 11 farmers are describing the damage as that you “have to be here to believe it.”

Would you e-mail or call the FCFI

Home Office to let them know how you and your neighbors are doing? E-mail photos of either Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee damage to FCFI to tell the story to other farmers. Your email address helps to quickly stay in touch with you to organize to help our neighbors in need.

The Fellowship of Christian Farmers Int. is in communication with the Vermont Agency of Agriculture to waive U.S. Custom fees to ship Quebec hay in to Vermont dairies that have lost all hay and corn silage. Hay and silage will need to be shipped in a Tropical Storm Lee hay lift. Your help is needed.

Please contact Dennis Schlagel, Executive Director at 309-530-7004 or email fellowship@fcfi.org

The Fellowship of Christian Farmers Rapid Response team spent four days on the Van Aller Farm in Middleburg, NY. Hurricane Irene dumped 12 inches of rain across the Schoharie Valley Aug. 28 on ground that was already saturated with moisture.

Team members included Clark & Sue Phillips, Ed & Gail Westfall, William and Kathy Brown, Steve Hutton, George Steven, and Jim Wolford. Bill Brown, Marcy, NY, is the Area Leader for the Fellowship of Christian Farmers. Clark Phillips, North Collins, NY, is an FCFI National Board member.

The Fellowship of Christian Farmers Rapid Response team worked at picking up trash left all over the Van Aller farm. Refrigerators were found in standing corn fields.

Firewood and entire trees uprooted were strewn across the farm place. The dairy barn in the background required the removal of cow mattresses and a foot of silt washed into the building. High pressure washers were used to totally clean the barn so new cow mattresses could be installed.

Flash flood water changed the course of the Schoharie River. Ten feet of flood water ran through the Van Aller farm. The farm house sustained basement and first floor damage. Sheetrock “wicked” water up the walls and the furnace had to be replaced. This fall and winter crews will be needed with wiring and drywall skills to rebuild farm dwellings in Schoharie County.

What once was a fertile pasture is now the river bottom of a flash flood tributary of the Schoharie River. Four feet of rocks, silt, uprooted trees, and garbage was deposited on this pasture. “You have to see this in person to appreciate the scale of the flash flooding in Schoharie County,” said FCFI Area Leader William Brown Marcy, NY.

The Schoharie Valley has beautiful fields of corn for grain and silage. Hurricane Irene’s flash flooding destroyed entire fields in the valley by washing out stands of corn or by severely knocking corn down.

Standing corn also had its feed value impacted by silt contamination. Dairymen in the Schoharie Valley need hay, silage and hay to make it through the winter.

The Van Aller farm silos did not sustain damage to silage inside. A Cat endloader was used to load up logs, rocks, and silt onto trucks. The Fellowship of Christian Farmers Rapid Response Team hauled in tools needed to equip the crew. It will take two years to repair all the damage from the Aug. 28 Hurricane Irene. Neighbors helping neighbors is a rural American tradition and Biblical principle that needs to be deployed this fall and winter to assist dairy families going through the devastation of a lifetime storm.

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It’s National Popcorn Poppin’ Month

Witchy Popcorn Balls

Makes: 8 (4-inch) popcorn balls Preparation time: 40 minutes Ingredients: 16 chocolate wafer cookies 3 quarts popped popcorn 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter or margarine 3 cups miniature marshmallows 3 tablespoons (1/2 of a 3-ounce box) lime gelatin dessert mix Green food color, optional 8 chocolate ice cream cones 3/4 cup chocolate chips Orange sugar sprinkles, placed in a small dish Jelly beans, candy corn, licorice string Directions: 1. Spread a sheet of wax (or parchment) paper over a work surface and place the wafer cookies on it.

2. Spray a large mixing bowl with cooking spray and place popcorn inside.

3. In a medium saucepan, melt butter over low heat.

Stir in marshmallows and gelatin dessert powder until marshmallows are melted and mixture is smooth. If desired, adjust color with a drop or 2 of food color.

Pour over popcorn and mix well until coated.

4. Spray hands with cooking spray and press firmly to form into 8 balls. Place balls on 8 of the wafer cookies. Press candy decorations into popcorn balls to form eyes, nose and mouth.

5. Place chocolate chips in a small microwave-safe bowl. Cover and heat for 10 seconds. Stir chocolate to aid melting. Repeat as needed until chocolate is melted and smooth.

6. Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon melted chocolate onto the top of each popcorn ball. Press a few licorice strings into chocolate to form ‘hair’.

7. Dip cone edges into melted chocolate and then into orange sugar sprinkles. Place on remaining wafer cookies to form witches hat. Place hats onto popcorn balls. Allow chocolate to set for about 45 minutes before serving.

8. Serve or seal individually in plastic wrap for storage.

For more simple and tasty popcorn recipes, visit www.popcorn.org

Trick or Treat!

36 million

The estimated number of potential trick-or-treaters in 2009 — children 5 to 13 — across the United States. This number is up about 190,000 from a year earlier. Of course, many other children — older than 13, and younger than 5 — also go trick-or-treating.

Source: 2009 population estimates www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/ar chives/population/cb10-81.html

Last week’s solution

October 24, 2011 • COUNTRY FOLKS New England • Section A - Page 13

The autumn season brings out witches, goblins and ghosts and one of the most favorite celebrations of the year: National Popcorn Poppin’ Month.

For the child in us all there’s also Halloween, but National Popcorn Poppin’ Month is a month-long celebration, which means plenty of time to enjoy America’s most popular “poppable” snack. Grab a handful and you’re helping consume some of the 16 billion quarts Americans eat each year. That’s roughly 51 quarts per man, woman and child.

Popcorn’s popularity is partially due to its irresistible aroma and taste, but it’s also a food that’s long been a part of American culture, associated with good times. Curious kids love watching the magical transformation from a hard seed to soft, fluffy snack while budget conscious parents love its “cheap eats” status. And everyone can appreciate that popcorn is a whole grain, providing carbohydrates and fiber to the diet, and naturally low in fat and calories.

With all those reasons to love popcorn (as if you really needed them) why not scare up this frightfully good treat, compliments of the Popcorn Board (www.popcorn.com).

FARMER TO FARMER MARKETPLACE WANTED: John Deere 175 loader bucket, 72 inch, good condition or will consider entire loader, good condition, please call anytime. 315-697-5348.(NY)

GOATS - Alpine x Oberhasli bucklings and does. $50 to $125. Stafford Springs. 860684-5540.(CT)

WANTED: 4 bottom trailer plow, Oliver or International, trip bottoms, ready to use.

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KATAHDIN sheep 4 are 1 1/2 year old and one is 8 mo., all ewes, $150. each. Ready to breed. 585-394-5814.(NY)

CERTIFIED organic baleage. 80 4x4 round bales. 4th cut alfalfa/orchard grass, $40 each. You haul. Clifton Springs. 585-7717724.(NY)

WEANLINGS: 4 heifers, 3 bulls; various Hereford, Angus, Dexter, White Park crosses. Also, 4 year old White Park bull. 845679-2776.(NY)

WANTED: Round bale feeder or small square bale feeder wagon in good condition, reasonable, leave message. 315-8582508.(NY)

ALLIS CHALMERS D15 series II 3 point hitch, power steering, live PTO, tires good, field ready, good condition, $4,500; 315564-5500.(NY)

OIL FURNACE with hot water heater, 80 acres of woods, makes hunting. Christ Zook, 546 Butler Road, Poland, NY 13431

JD 350B crawler loader, $4,500 OBO; 12x22 carport, $120; 50’ heat cable brand new, $50; hand crank root chopper, $50 OBO. 585-554-6188.(NY)

CASH for farm related sales lit., catalogs, dealer books, signs, thermometers, clocks, aerial photos, my hobby now cows gone.

518-993-3539.(NY)

BELGIAN team, mare’s 6 yr quiet, hitch good, $4,000; 2 yr Belgian gelding, been harnessed, but not hitched, $800. Work Sled, $1,000. 508-865-9860.(MA)

BADGER 950 forage wagon 14’, three beater with roof; Apron extension with three levels, extend a tongue. 10L15 tires.

607-962-1477.(NY)

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SNAP-ON duals, 20.8-38, $1,500; New Holland 1069 bale wagon, vg; F-Series Fort truck cab & hood, $750 VG. 315-3647936.(NY) WANTED: 40 cow Holstein dairy w/low SCC. Need middle of November. 570-2533757(PA) CASE AGRI KING 770 gas, nice shape, tin good, runs great, needs break work, extremely easy fix, call for more. Herkimer.

315-219-6699.(NY)

WINCO Generator, 25,000 Kilowatt Ex. used once, complete with power shaft on trailer, $2,000. 315-344-2232.(NY) PAIR OF wide coverage fenders for IH 06 thru 56 series, Wheatland tractors, $350.

716-773-5333.(NY)

PATZ gutter cleaner, clockwise drive unit with 2 hp motor. Approx. 200 ft. chain, no chute, $3,500. 607-522-5441.(NY)

WANTED: Incubator with option. 585-526-7051.(NY)

HEAVY TEAM harness, large pony to small draft size; Also, free to a good home, haflinger mare. 315-269-6891.(NY)

FOR SALE: Good quality 3x4 round bales hay, never wet, stored inside. Also, John Deere model 45 self propelled combine.

607-225-4516.(NY)

13 HP gas motor, brand new, never started. 845-692-4242.(NY)

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WANTED: Round bale unroller; Also, for sale, JD 46A loader, $950. 315-5368854.(NY)

WANTED: Old oak flat top desk, old oak desk swivel chair, old oak four drawer file cabinet. 315-252-0360.(NY) TWO #430 Weaverline feed carts with chargers, good condition, $1,950 and $1,450; Call 315-536-6027.(NY) REFRIGERATION unit for small walk-in cooler, works good, everything you need, $300; Deer season coming, be prepared.

607-743-3037.(NY) NH 848 RND baler twine and net wrap, $4,200; JD 5525 4x4, power reverse, 12x12 trans straddle mount, $18,500. 315531-3324.(NY) WANTED: Used calf hutches. 315-3653627.(NY)

KNIGHT 3300 feeder wagon, NH 900 chopper with hay head, N-Tech 3500 manure spreader, JD 4240 tractor. 845482-3763.(NY) TRUCKS: 1986 Mack with Allstar grain body 20’; 1994 Int. with unloading wagon and scales. 518-325-5892.(NY) CATTLE Squeeze chute, on wheels, portable factory model, good condition.

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3850 gal Husky manure tank spreader, 21.5L tires; tires good, tank has holes in top; working cond. $2,500 OBO. 585-5265804.(NY) WANTED: Used vinyl house windows, good condition; Also, for sale, 20 big squares Moses Shetler, 5651 Knoxboro Road, Oriskany Falls, NY 13425

WANTED: 18.4x38 clamp on duals, good rubber, preferred. 607-566-2116.(NY)

72” bucket, $650.; 48” pallet forks, $575.; Frontier bale grabber, fits 620 to 740 loaders, $1,800; 315-531-8672.(NY)

OLIVER 1550D, new tires, cab, heat, 5130 hours; Oliver loader, one owner, good condition, $5,350. Leave Message. 607-6385478.(NY)

4x5 Round hay bales, $25, stored inside, $20 outside, 1998 4x4 Dodge V8 1500 pickup, 94K, new front tires, $3,000. 607546-5588.(NY)

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2011 World Dairy Expo a success MADISON, WI —- All of the cattle are back home resting as well as those dairy industry folks that participated at this year’s big event. The awards and ribbons are being brought out of the show boxes, producers are dreaming of how to incorporate newly discovered management tips into their operations and commercial exhibitors are busy following up on the new contacts made while at the event. The 2011 World Dairy will go down in history as a record-setting success.

The Dairy Cattle Show continues to attract elite show cattle fans from around the globe. This year a record 2,587 head of dairy cattle were exhibited by 1,130 exhibitors.

They converged to the show site from 37 states and seven Canadian provinces to vie for the coveted Grand Champion and Supreme Champion titles. Eastside Lewisdale Gold Missy, Grand Champion of the International Holstein Show, was crowned Supreme Champion and was exhibited

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Junior Show Supreme Champion was awarded to South Mountain Voltage Spice-ET, Grand Champion of the Central National Jersey Junior Show, exhibited by Ben Sauder, Tremont, IL. Britney Hill of Bristol, VT won the Reserve Supreme Champion of the Junior Show with her Four-Year-Old Cow, Ainger Advent Jessa-Red which is sired by KHW Kite Advent-Red. The trade show set new

participation levels with 810 exhibiting companies on-site displaying everything needed for dairy cattle management.

First-time Expo companies numbered 130.

Commercial exhibitors represented 28 countries this year.

Total attendance for World Dairy Expo was 68,006 visitors, with 2,699 registered international guests from 90 countries. Visitors from Canada, Mexico, Ireland, China and Germany topped the list of international guests during the

five-day event. Youth contests also set record levels of participation.

The National Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging was won in a very close race by the Cornell University team and Carissa Levash of the University of WisconsinMadison earned the Overall Top Individual title. The International Post-Secondary Contest top team was Modesto Jr. College with one of their team members, Rocco Cunningham topping the Overall Individual ranking. In the National 4-H Contest, New York team won, while Andrew Kern of Minnesota was named the Top Individual Overall.

Over 3,200 FFA members attended World Dairy Expo and many participated in the Cen-

tral National FFA Events.

Babcock Hall Dairy Plant of Madison, WI was named the Cheese and Butter Grand Champion at the Championship Dairy Products Contest and Gifford’s Dairy of Skowhegan, Maine was named Grade A and Ice Cream Grand Champion.

A record 705 entries competed this year in hopes of using the title to promote their dairy product.

The World Forage Analysis Superbowl entries also set a new record with a 43% increase in entries from 23 states. World Grand Champion Forage Producer was Kelli Hinman, Wheatland, WY and Champion First-Time Entrant award went to Bappe Farm, Riverton,

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YET ANOTHER DAIRY REFORM BILL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED Issued Oct. 14, 2011 Don’t look for $20 milk prices in 2012, according to Matt Mattke of Wisconsin based Stewart Peterson. Speaking in Tuesday’s DairyLine, Mattke pointed to the global economy which, he said, has a lot of uncertainty and risk and could be headed into a secondary recession which will limit the upside.

“We saw a couple of months ago what $2-plus cheese did to demand, Mattke said. “Exports dropped sharply in June and July and domestic

demand dropped hard as well.” He said $18 milk “has a shot,” but $17$17.50 is more likely.

On a brighter note, corn prices have softened the last four weeks and is about $2 off the high, Mattke reported. Milk prices have fallen as well so it’s “bittersweet.”

He called on producers to “be defensive in their planning” and “use any rally that might occur between now and the end of the year to get sales in place, pick the tool of your choice, be it forward contracting or put options, use that rally to do it and get a base of protection in place because 2012 has

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a lot of unknowns.”

Cash cheese prices the week of October 10 reversed the previous week’s rally and closed Friday at $1.69 per pound on the blocks, down 7 1/2-cents on the week, and a nickel below a year ago. The barrels also closed at $1.69,

down 9 1/2-cents on the week, and 4 1/4 below a year ago. Eleven cars of block traded hands on the week and 14 of barrel. The NASS-surveyed U.S. average block price lost 1.2 cents, slipping to $1.7475. Barrels averaged $1.7080, down 2 cents.

Jerry Dryer’s October 7 Dairy and Food Market Analyst reported that “conversations with (cheese) distributors suggest more promotional activity is being planned now than was the case just a few weeks ago. At the beginning of the week, cheese prices

were as much as 50 cents below the price levels that prevailed thru the summer.”

Butter wise; Dryer says there’s “very good order flow and more promotional activity in the works. However, there’s

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High-fat holiday products aren’t yet competing for the cream supply and ice cream is out of the picture while milk bottlers and yogurt makers continue to dump cream into the supply chain.”

Spot butter closed October 14 at $1.8350, up 6 1/2-cents on the week, but 35 cents below a year ago. Only one car was sold all week. NASS butter averaged $1.7579, down 5.1 cents. NASS nonfat dry

milk averaged $1.5415, up 2 1/2- cents, and dry whey averaged 60.29 cents, down 0.3 cent.

U.S. dairy exports in the first seven months of 2011 were steady and consistent, according to the U.S. Dairy Export Council’s Margaret Speich in an interview I had with her at World Dairy Expo. Demand has been strong, she said, much of it coming from emerging markets and U.S. cheese exports have been a bright spot. Exports in

the first seven months claimed 5 percent of U.S. cheese production, up from an historical average of 1-2 percent.

Much of the cheese is going to South Korea where USDEC has done a lot of marketing the past 15 years. Speich said “It’s paying off for U.S. dairy farmers,” adding that there’ll be even more potential from free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama, and Columbia which passed the House and

Senate this week.

The U.S. dairy industry needs the world market but Speich warned that “It’s imperative we do what’s needed to continue to be a consistent supplier, not just to the international markets but also to make sure we’re producing the right kinds of things for the domestic market.

It’s part of the environment we operate in and U.S. dairy exporters especially in the last two to three years have

shown more interest in exports, more commitment, and are very active in the export market.”

National Milk’s Chris Galen says the South Korean free trade agreement would be worth about $380 million per year to the U.S. dairy industry and the other two would mean another $50 million in annual sales and generate additional jobs.

Exporting historically meant lower prices to be competitive but that’s

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“Keep in mind,” she concluded, “U.S. milk production has increased 1.6 percent this year and 60 percent of that additional output was exported so we have to make sure that our commitment to export markets stays and really do what’s needed to

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Mielke from A17 make our exports healthy and consistent.”

The free trade agreements drew fire from the National Family Farm Coalition. Board president Ben Burkett stated, “The U.S. alone has lost 300,000 family farmers since NAFTA was implemented, and we don’t expect the lowered tariffs for beef and oranges to offset those numbers in the next 15 years.”

Wisconsin farmer John Kinsman, who met with President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at the White House Rural Forum in Podesta, Iowa, said; “We outlined our concerns about the trade agreements to the President and Secretary Vilsack, but they chose to ignore them. This Administration has, unfortunately, caved to the notion that any trade is good trade.

They abandoned their campaign pledge to revisit our nation’s trade policies, despite the continued loss of familyscale producers and the rural communities behind them.”

Speaking of exports; the Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) program accepted 10 requests for export assis-

tance from Dairy Farmers of America and United Dairymen of Arizona to sell a total of 2.67 million pounds of Cheddar cheese to customers in Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. The product will be delivered through December and raises CWT’s 2011 cheese export total to 74.9 million pounds to 23 countries, the equivalent of 749 billion pounds of milk.

In milk pricing news; California’s November Class I milk price is $20.26 per hundredweight for the north and $20.54 for the south, down $1.24 and $1.23 respectively from October, but $1.55 and $1.56 above November 2010, and equates to about $1.74 and $1.77 per gallon respectively. The drop pulled the 2011 average to $20.68 and $20.95, but both are $3.83 above a year ago.

The Federal order Class I base price is announced

by USDA on October 21.

The Agriculture Department raised its 2011 milk production forecast again in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. USDA blamed herd expansion “at a more

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rapid rate and milk per cow during summer increased more rapidly than expected.” Department bean counters project 2011 output at 195.9 billion pounds, up 200 million from last month’s estimate, and compares to 192.8 billion in 2010. The 2012 estimate was lowered as “forecast milk prices and weakening milk-feed ratios increase the pace of later year declines in cow numbers.” Look for 2012 output to hit 198.4 billion pounds, down 100 million pounds from September’s estimate.

“International prices have been weaker which has put some pressure on butter and cheese prices,” USDA wrote.

Butter and cheese price forecasts were reduced for 2012. NDM prices have also been under pressure from weakening international prices and although the forecast for 2011 is unchanged from last month, the price forecast for 2012 was reduced.

Whey prices were raised for both 2011 and 2012 as demand is strong, according to USDA. The 2011 Class III milk

price forecast was lowered, but for 2012 the higher whey price more than offsets a decline in the cheese price, and the Class III price forecast was raised. The 2011 Class III average is now expected to range $18.15-$18.25 per hundredweight, down from the $18.25-$18.45 expected last month, and compares to $14.41 in 2010. The 2012 average is now projected at $16.30-$17.20, up from the $16.10-$17.10 projected a month ago.

The Class IV price was lowered for both years

due to lower forecast butter and NDM prices.

The 2011 average is now put at $19.05-$19.25, with the 2012 average projected at $16.30$17.30 per hundredweight.

The report also showed 2011 corn and soybean production estimates were reduced about 1 percent from the September projection but corn and soybean price projections were also lowered. The 2011/12 U.S. season-average farm price for corn was put at

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Mielke from A18 $6.20-$7.20 per bushel, down 30 cents on both ends of the range compared to a month ago.

The 2011/12 U.S. season-average soybean price remains in a wide range, $12.15-$14.15 per bushel, down 50 cents on both ends. Soybean meal prices were forecast at $335-$365 per ton for 2011/12, down $25 on both ends of the range.2011 cottonseed production was forecast well below 2010, as was alfalfa and other dry hay.

Milk production levels across the U.S. are following expected amounts, according to USDA’s weekly update.

Northeast supplies are tight for needs in many cases as Class I and II

demand is limiting manufacturing supplies.

Good Class I demand in the Southeast is reported with increased loads being shipped into the region. Midwest milk is adequate for most needs with steady production.

Milk components are slowly increasing. Western production is slowing seasonally, with some upticks in the Southwest as temperatures moderate.

California’s Milk Producers Council (MPC) warned in its October 7 newsletter that milk production in Australia and New Zealand is booming and “hard to not believe the short term milk supply could swamp demand down there, raising the question about

what effect it may have up here.”

Cheese sales are holding up well, here, according to the MPC, “but U.S. economic data continues to indicate the recovery from the greatest economic recession this country has suffered may not get much better soon, and there has been some talk about the economies of France and Germany weakening. Since the U.S. milk producers are beyond the “tipping point” all we can do is hang on right now and wait to see what happens.”

The MPC took the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) to task for its television and print campaign blasting National Milk’s dairy reform proposal. Quoting the

MPC newsletter; “IDFA is saying the roughly 60,000 dairy farmers in the U.S. owed it to our country to sacrifice the billions of dollars in dairy farmer equity by selling our milk at prices significantly less than what it cost to produce it, all in the interest of making low-cost dairy products available to the public.”

“The ironic thing, of course, is that these same dairy product processors were asked to make no such sacrifice in 2009 as they benefited from government policies (the same policies that are now blasted in their advertising campaign) that provide governmentguaranteed make allowances that virtually guarantee company prof-

An IDFA press release quotes Connie Tipton, IDFA President and CEO; “Now we are getting somewhere. The Dairy Advancement Act offered by Senator Robert Casey (D-PA), moves the dairy industry towards consensus on a path forward. Most importantly the bill will not hamstring our industry with a new government program to limit milk supply as does the controversial Peterson proposal. It sets no limits on the ability of dairy farmers to grow their businesses, and offers a safety net without strings attached.”

“Although this bill moves us in the right direction, the unwillingness of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) to compromise and insist on proposals that will constrain the industry by limiting milk supply is disappointing.

NMPF continues to refuse to seek consensus by insisting on the Peterson proposal that forces dairy producers to accept supply controls if they want to participate in margin insurance.”

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its regardless of what price they are paying for their milk.” MPC called the action “Shameless.”

Meanwhile; Senator Bob Casey, (D-PA) has introduced the “Dairy Advancement Act,” at least the fifth bill addressing dairy policy reforms introduced in the past couple of weeks, reported Dairy Profit Weekly editor Dave Natzke in Friday’s DairyLine broadcast. He said details and Congressional Budget Office review are still sketchy, but Casey’s proposal gives dairy producers a choice in risk management tools, allowing them to continue to participate in the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program, or to receive revenue margin insurance through USDA’s existing Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy (LGMDairy) program.

“This bill repeals the Dairy Product Price Support Program; reduces federal milk marketing order milk classes from four to two; and provides low-interest loans to dairy product manufacturers to help them become more innovative,” Natzke said.

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by Hubert J. Karreman Hi Folks, So, it’s getting time to bring the animals inside for the seasonal change towards winter at some point soon. But which animals are we talking about? Certainly the milking cows will be in more as we tend to give them the most attention. But what about the young stock? Often times we let the bred heifers stay outside with a place for them to bed down and be out of the elements and that’s good. But how about the younger heifers? Oftentimes people want to bring them back inside after the grazing season is done for some reason.

But why? That fresh air they have been getting is so much better for them than stale barn air or shared barn air with the milking herd. As a rule, I would say that young stock should not come back into the barn until they freshen since they are at risk for pneumonia if stuck inside all winter with the older animals.

So should we vaccinate animals at this time of year? It’s a common practice to do so. In some ways it is admitting that the indoor liv-

ing isn’t as good as the outdoors on pasture, right? Like I have come to realize, the best vaccination program is one that is based on fresh air, high forage diets and dry bedding and dry bedding and dry bedding. (That wasn’t a typing mistake.) At least that is for respiratory health. Another important way to prevent respiratory problems in stabled animals is to put them outside every day for as long as possible. This allows them to breathe in fresh air just as we like to every day.

Remember that the cattle breeds we have are from northern climates and like temperatures between 20-50°F (-5 to +10 C). There is no need to keep them in when it is 22°F if the sun is shining, there is little wind and the footing is not slippery. On the other hand, the worst possible weather for cattle to be in is when it is raining and barely above freezing. They will lose body condition fast.

If young stock are carrying an internal parasite burden, or if they have poor body condition due to not enough feed and energy intake, they will likely break with pneu-

monia. Young stock with such issues will also break with pneumonia when put inside and especially if the bedding becomes damp and they are in a cinder block or wooden building with windows high above them only. If this is unavoidable, then vaccinating with one of the intranasal vaccines is best as it gives quick protection (within a few days) and will last a few months. I have always liked the idea of the intranasal vaccines if only because they mimic the real way respiratory germs typically gain entrance to the body — through the nose. Otherwise, structures with excellent air movement just above the height of the animals but which allow no drafts at bedding level (such as curtain barns, hoop houses or large super hutches) are great for keeping weaned animals and bred heifers in.

Do we need to vaccinate if we are abiding by the “high forage diet, fresh air and dry bedding” rule? That depends on some factors.

First, what do you want to vaccinate for? Is it the respiratory bugs mainly? If so, read the above

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again.

If vaccinating is for reproductive bugs, then we may want to consider it, depending again on some factors. First, what kind of reproductive problems, if any, have been occurring?

There will always be a few cows that don’t settle easily. What about

cows called pregnant around day 35-40 and then come back into heat a month later? Or actual abortions seen — how many in what size herd and during what time span? In a 50 cow herd, it would not be unreasonable to see one spontaneous abortion over a year or maybe

two if they are far apart.

If you see 2-3 abortions in a 50 cow herd within a month or two, I would start wondering what is going on. Typically, cows that abort at 1-3 months pregnancy may be challenged by BVD, at 4-6 months pregnan-

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Moo from A20 cy they may be challenged by BVD or Lepto and at 6-8 months pregnancy they may be challenged by Neospora.

And if many cows are showing irregular heat cycles or perhaps have been bred but come back in heat not on a 21 day cycle, BVD could be an issue.

Testing of the aborted calf and two blood samples from the cow (at time of abortion and 3 weeks later) will give the best possible information from a lab. Or, if there are no abortions, but irregular heats or cows are not settling, then drawing blood from at least 10 percent of the animals in the herd (testing the problem animals) can reveal what

the problem may be.

While an aborted fetus is looked at under the microscope and samples are taken to identify any bugs that may be present, blood samples from cows are generally checked for antibodies to bugs. Antibodies to bugs like lepto, IBR, BVD and neospora reveal to what degree the cow’s immune system has responded to a challenge from those bugs.

The results are presented as titers. The higher the titer, the more likely the bug causing the titer was involved with the problem. However, if you have a vaccinated herd, those results could be from the vaccine since vaccines mimic natural exposure

and cause the animal’s immune system to respond. This is good for when the animals are truly exposed to the real bug, their immune system is ready to neutralize the challenge immediately. Looking at the titers of animals that haven’t been vaccinated in a number of years is very useful for results showing any high titers will be meaningful since it indicates that the animals have seen the real challenge by the bugs themselves and are reacting to them.

Be aware that trying to vaccinate your way out of a problem may or may not work. It probably is a reasonably good idea if Lepto hardjo is involved as that is diffi-

cult to get rid of it otherwise. But if BVD is floating around in a herd, vaccinating may give a false sense of security.

This is because of a possible Persistently Infected (PI) BVD animal present. These animals are born with BVD and every moment they are alive they are breathing out, peeing out, manuring out, and coughing out live BVD particles into the environment which no vaccine can overcome. These animals must be identified and removed from the herd before any BVD vaccine will work to prevent any such future occurrence.

If vaccinating, using a modified live version is probably the best route

stone barns of the southeastern PA area were originally meant to house no more than probably 15 cows, their young stock, a few horses and a handful of pigs and chickens. Now they routinely house 40 cows, some young stock and a full team of horses. I think it only makes sense that when there is a high density of animals in one area, bugs/germs have it easier to “set up shop” in the animals there.

That’s why routine massive vaccination programs have become so common place in modern agriculture — because of the high concentration of animals in one location, whether it is a 40-50 cow tie stall in a stone barn or a 400-500 cow free stall system. I’m not against vaccines but the best “vaccine” for farm animals will always be fresh air, dry bedding, high forage diets, sunshine and being outside.

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for effective coverage. I have read that some immunologists say giving a modified live vaccine against the respiratory viruses at 6 months of age and then again a month before breeding age may give lasting immunity for life. But I would like to see further studies on that. However, if you think about it, if we get a tetanus vaccine, it is good for 10 years. If vaccinated for measles and mumps, the immunity is nearly life time. So why do people vaccinate cattle every year — probably because the box says so.

Perhaps some studies need to be done for how long titers stay high from vaccines. (Don’t expect vaccine manufacturers to do the studies.)

But remember that the animals’ environment and feed play a much bigger part in staying healthy than vaccines. One thing to think about is animal concentration — what is the optimal number of animals to have for a certain size of land or barn? Now there’s a real question. The beautiful

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Summary of Dairy Advancement Act The Dairy Advancement Act captures the federal policy concerns expressed by the industry at countless public forums held across the United States. This bill takes a refreshing and progressive approach at improved transparency, growing global markets, encouraging new product development and offering safety net options. These issues are important to the dairy farmer milking 60 cows and the dairy farmer milking 6,000 cows, as well as the processors and manufacturers of dairy products.

Many manufacturing plants are designed to produce inventoried commodities covered by the current Dairy Product Price Support Program, not necessarily products that the markets demand. Repealing the Dairy Product Price Support Program saves taxpayer dollars and sends a clear signal to our global trading partners that the United States will be a

dependable supplier of dairy products that are in demand and to clear those inventories even when market prices are low. This bill makes available low interest loans to manufacturers to encourage investment in retrofitting their plants to adjust to this change by focusing on making products that have broader demand. The U.S. dairy industry needs to take advantage of all marketing opportunities by aligning our increasing production with the expanding global opportunities as well as developing new domestic products.

This bill also directs the Secretary to establish a two-class system for classifying milk under the federal milk mar-

keting orders. Simplifying classification with two classes, fluid milk and manufactured products, will allow market forces to work and put competition back in the federal order system for milk used for manufactured products. The competition will result in improved producer revenue and encourage new product development.

This bill also improves dairy price and volume reporting by expanding the reportable commodities and increasing the frequency of reporting to enhance market transparency and to better reflect current market prices. This in turn will improve price discovery.

Since 2002, dairy farmers have benefited from the Milk Income Loss

Contract (MILC) safety net. This bill gives dairy producers a choice by allowing them to continue to participate in the MILC program or to receive support for the Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy (LGM-Dairy) program as a risk management tool

by insuring their margins for future months. Producers may also buy-up coverage on additional pounds of milk at their own expense.

The Dairy Advancement Act aligns federal dairy policy with the global realities of the

21st century. It was developed by listening very closely to dairy producers and experts from all segments of the dairy industry. It simplifies and adds transparency to an overly complex system and gives producers safety net options.

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Reaching 400,000 SCC shouldn’t be a matter of a ruling.

Strive for stellar milk quality with proper udder care, cleanliness, record keeping, appropriate treatment and culling.

Reducing somatic cell count (SCC) on your farm is not just a matter of regulations and rulings — it’s a matter of animal health and good management.

When a proposal to voluntarily reduce the U.S. Grade A Milk SCC limit to 400,000 SCC per milliliter failed at the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments in May, many producers and industry professionals were surprised. The proposal would have put the United States on par with guidelines currently set in the European Union (EU) for milk export limits and was supported by several indus-

try groups. Plus, many groups saw it as a measure to improve the United States’ attention to udder health. While the proposal’s failure means the USDA will have to step in to identify a way to meet the EU standards, producers should continue to implement management practices that improve animal health and milk quality.

“We know that lower somatic counts are a reflection of improved animal health and less mastitis in the herd,” says Linda Tikofsky, Professional Services Veterinarian with Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.

“Whether or not there is a regulation on SCC limit, producers should strive to reduce their SCC for the good of their cows, and their milk check.”

Lowering SCC, improving herd health There are several management practices that contribute to lower SCC: • Improve udder preparation Complete and proper udder prep involves stimulating milk letdown by stripping teats, pre-dipping and wiping teats dry before attaching the milking unit. Always wear gloves, sanitize gloves between cows, and use single-

service paper towels to dry teats. Hang units squarely beneath the cow, and ensure there are no air leaks or “squawks.”

There should be a 60- to 90second delay between stripping and unit attachment.

• Keep cows clean Reducing infection and SCC is easier when cows are kept in a clean, dry environment.

Bedding should be refreshed and stalls groomed frequently.

• Maintain good records Keep track of cows with a history of high SCC and mastitis. A good record keeping system will help when

making treatment and culling decisions.

• Treat those you can, cull those you can’t Repeated treatment of cows with chronic mastitis and high SCC doesn’t make economic sense. “When choosing a mastitis tube, you can optimize the chance for a cure the first time by using ‘the right drug for the right bug.’ It is best to culture clinical mastitis to help you make

this decision; however, if culturing isn’t an option, choose a broadspectrum tube to maximize your chances for a cure,” Tikofsky said.

Consider a single-day treatment for lactating cows like ToDAY®, available from Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., to get cows back in the tank quickly. If treatment does little to improve SCC, consider culling.

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For Records Processed Through DRMS Raleigh 800.496.3344 • www.dairyone.com TYPE TEST

HERD OWNER

B R COW E E YEARS D

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

MAINE

ANDROSCOGGIN-SAGADAHOC HEMOND HILL FARM STEPHEN BRIGGS TWIN BROOK DAIRY LLC R.E.HEMOND FARM INC. EAST LEDGE FARM ALDEN FISHER WATERMAN FARM INC. BOTMA FARM CHRIS & JEANIE LEWIS ALDEN FISHER JOSEPH & VIRGINIA ROSEBERRY LOWELL FAMILY FARM BARKER FARMS INC GOODNOW JERSEY FARM INC CHRIS & JEANIE LEWIS

CUMBERLAND

H H H H H H H H H M H J H J A

69.1 490.0 92.3 303.0 53.9 45.8 61.6 84.4 109.1 25.4 71.8 64.1 100.5 29.9 15.1

26851 1040 3.9 825 3.1 26505 956 3.6 801 3.0 3X 24963 965 3.9 788 3.2 25106 914 3.6 760 3.0 21246 828 3.9 654 3.1 22214 792 3.6 651 2.9 21793 779 3.6 646 3.0 20451 777 3.8 621 3.0 20428 774 3.8 618 3.0 19693 654 3.3 586 3.0 18479 700 3.8 565 3.1 15672 745 4.8 561 3.6 17388 657 3.8 543 3.1 15207 717 4.7 531 3.5 16839 658 3.9 507 3.0

KAYBEN HOLSTEINS HALL C.W. PINELAND FARMS, INC ZACHARIAS PETER BAKER BROOK FARM BAKER BROOK FARM GARY WINSHIP AND FAMILY YOUNG C.E. TRUDY GRAFFAM

DHIR DHIR DHIR DHIR DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR DHI-AP

H H H H H X H H A

77.0 50.0 74.8 41.1 28.2 33.5 48.9 59.8 26.7

25306 23391 21595 22014 19265 18564 18344 18010 16548

941 874 830 811 736 717 683 671 639

3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.9

763 711 664 657 593 563 549 539 509

3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1

DAVIS, JIM & RICK BAILEY HILL FARM JOHN DONALD FARRINGTON, THAYDEN RICHARD COREY MARC BAILEY SHADY LANE FARM TURNER, MALCOLM HERD 1

DHIR DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H H X H

57.9 26.8 76.7 55.3 36.3 56.5 39.4 36.7

21233 20070 20656 19421 19035 19301 15414 17645

828 699 767 788 749 662 690 642

3.9 3.5 3.7 4.1 3.9 3.4 4.5 3.6

685 630 608 598 589 568 528 523

3.2 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.4 3.0

SILVER MAPLE FARMS INC 1 CLEMEDOW FARM SILVER MAPLE FARMS INC 1 PEARSON RICHARD PEARSON RICHARD NICK MICHAUD GAIL QUIMBY PLOURDE, ARTHUR E. JASON & JOY RAY

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP

H H J H X H X H J

121.6 95.8 80.0 100.5 19.1 138.1 76.2 65.1 62.2

26699 23146 19680 21075 16499 19660 18708 18593 15301

977 750 941 914 848 782 784 679 678

3.7 3.2 4.8 4.3 5.1 4.0 4.2 3.7 4.4

812 717 712 678 609 595 568 547 537

3.0 3.1 3.6 3.2 3.7 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.5

RALPH PEARSE & SONS HAWES LINCOLN J NEWBERT, GARY & ANDREA TIBBETTS, BARRY & ELAINE

DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H

33.7 39.2 58.4 52.7

24380 18426 18827 18402

866 729 702 678

3.6 4.0 3.7 3.7

721 581 570 554

3.0 3.2 3.0 3.0

DHI-AP DHIR DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H X H

73.3 101.4 38.0 19.5 23.4

24722 22247 20535 17442 17849

830 845 754 741 680

3.4 3.8 3.7 4.2 3.8

740 3.0 678 3.0 639 3.1 602 3.5 5303.00

DHI-AP DHIRAPCS DHI-AP DHIRAPCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIRAPCS DHI-AP

H H H H H H H H H H

52.6 361.6 615.9 997.3 47.2 208.1 199.6 130.2 169.7 39.6

24987 23239 24076 22452 22330 20699 20655 20001 18501 16540

936 876 878 812 874 758 778 730 738 695

3.7 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.6 4.0 4.2

756 715 712 690 680 661 648 612 610 539

3.0 3.1 3.0 3X 3.1 3X 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3

DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP

H H H X H H H H H H X H J H X

115.6 72.4 263.9 271.3 110.1 402.8 57.7 367.2 60.8 51.8 91.3 47.1 39.2 45.6 41.8

25818 24213 23385 20741 21882 21699 20644 20344 20448 18505 17470 18722 15358 16424 16296

915 848 904 908 916 828 780 794 736 751 717 712 724 622 652

3.5 3.5 3.9 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 4.1 4.1 3.8 4.7 3.8 4.0

772 737 705 701 680 670 619 611 611 568 562 549 536 515 503

3.0 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.1 3X 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2 2.9 3.5 3.1 3.1

THE THOMPSON FARM DHI-AP H 77.9 LARRABEE HAROLD & GALEN DHI-APCS H 481.2 INGRAHAM JOHN W & SONS DHI-APCS H 422.7 KEENE DAIRY DHI-AP H 96.0 CLEMENTS WALTER DHI-AP H 36.6 SCHOFIELD, WAYNE DHI-AP H 26.9 ALAN & SUE HUNTER DHI-AP H 83.0

23564 24095 21292 19793 19696 18755 19358

914 891 872 764 706 734 760

3.9 3.7 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.9

737 706 663 606 589 584 577

3.1 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0

JOHNSON FARM INC. GIRARD,RYAN ALDERWOOD FARM, INC. HIGHLAND FARMS INC DUNN, FRED HARRISON FARM LEARY FARM INC.

22030 21554 20179 17645 19557 18196 17992

850 736 774 877 751 784 667

3.9 3.4 3.8 5.0 3.8 4.3 3.7

714 649 632 621 604 581 526

3.2 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.1 3.2 2.9

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DHI DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR DHI-AP DHIR DHI-AP

KENNEBEC

KNOX-LINCOLN

OXFORD

BISSELL JOHN & CINDY CONANT ACRES INC. KUVAJA FARMS INC KUVAJA FARMS INC LONE MOUNTAIN FARM

PENOBSCOT-PISCATAQUIS SCOTT KEITH VEAZLAND FARMS SIMPSON RON, BETH STONYVALE INC. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE LIBBY LAND HOWARD BROS VELGOUSE FARM,LLC SAWYER WILLIAM & SONS EATON FARM

SOMERSET

DANIEL HARRIMAN DICKINSON FRANK CHARTRAND FARMS INC. CAMBRIDGE FARMS MARK OUELLETTE JR. SOMERSET FARMS L.P DEAN PAINE BOSWORTH FARMS INC. FARRAND CHARLES SMITH ROGER SEVEY LAROY L CONNOLLY JAMES D & MARY JOSHUA CLARK JAMES STROUT GRASSLAND

WALDO

YORK

DHIR DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR DHI DHIR-AP DHI-AP

H H H J H H H

78.2 28.0 69.0 247.9 52.2 45.2 50.1

TYPE TEST

HERD OWNER

CHESHIRE

Top 40 Herds For September B R COW E E YEARS D

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

NEW HAMPSHIRE

WINDYHURST FM PARTNERSHIP DHIR-AP STONEHOLM FARM DHI-APCS STONEWALL FARM DHI-AP SAWYER SHELDON S DHIRAPCS

H H H J

182.4 786.9 25.4 308.8

25846 23927 20771 16545

963 816 754 837

3.7 3.4 3.6 5.1

771 726 630 606

3.0 3.0 3X 3.0 3.7

RITCHIE, GEORGE F. HD2 KEITH DAVID RITCHIE, GEORGE F. HD3 RITCHIE GEORGE F HD 1

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H X A

15.1 212.7 27.3 75.7

23173 19677 16391 15711

727 793 705 584

3.1 4.0 4.3 3.7

738 617 598 522

3.2 3.1 3.6 3.3

FITCH FARM, LLC KNOXLAND FARM INC POMEROY, KEITH E. ALVIRNE SCHOOL FARM

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H

102.4 337.0 77.8 19.5

26309 924 24364 983 22860 842 21502 1011

3.5 4.0 3.7 4.7

788 785 708 664

3.0 3.2 3.1 3.1

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H H X

218.2 61.7 61.5 158.9 77.6 79.5 14.4

25729 25205 23792 23551 22744 20474 18289

949 963 940 875 822 743 798

3.7 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.6 4.4

789 773 731 714 658 641 627

3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.4

BODWELL, H & SONS FERNALD FARM DAIRY, LLC GREAT BAY FARM

DHI-APCS H 245.3 DHI-AP H 181.3 DHI-APCS H 107.9

25240 23730 20291

955 3.8 772 3.1 995 4.2 694 2.9 811 4.0 600 3.0

UNH CREAM UNH RESEARCH HERD SCRUTON'S DAIRY FARM NAUGHTAVEEL FARM

DHI-APCS DHI-APCS DHIR-AP DHI-AP

H H H H

28.7 84.6 255.0 107.6

27142 1049 3.9 831 3.1 26040 997 3.8 795 3.1 24285 911 3.8 741 3.1 23928 867 3.6 734 3.1

LECLAIR GARY D. KEITH KIMBALL JOHNSON, JOLYON BOB & SUE FOULKS BOB & SUE FOULKS ECCARDT FARM, INC. MC NAMARA, PATRICK BOB & SUE FOULKS HOLMES, JEFF AND STEVE

DHI-APCS DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP

H H H H H H H X J

169.9 557.9 37.6 80.0 97.6 109.8 180.1 17.7 61.6

25703 22799 24332 22677 22051 22741 21538 19023 16959

GRAFTON

HILLSBORO

MERRIMACK-BELKNAP HIGHWAY VIEW FARM JONES, MARION & GORDON BACHELDER, KEITH MORRILL FARM DAIRY BARTLETT, A.S.&S.A. GLINES,GEORGE HERD GLINES,GEORGE HERD

ROCKINGHAM

STRAFFORD-CARROLL

SULLIVAN

995 886 917 812 807 836 868 771 766

3.9 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.5

801 729 715 707 701 682 675 664 599

3.1 3.2 3X 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.5

3.6 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.6 4.1 3.9 4.2

760 742 688 684 660 659 646 639 620 599 529 522 519

3.0 3X 3.1 3.1 3X 3.1 3.1 3X 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.3

VERMONT

ADDISON

DEER VALLEY FARM BLUE-SPRUCE FARM INC FOUR HILL FARMS BINGHAM, WILLIAM AND KIM M AND J DAIRY MIDDLEBROOK FARM INC. THOMAS, BRAD AND JILL BLUE-SPRUCE FARM INC SABOURIN, GERARD & JUDY PLOUFFE HILL FARM RANDALL MUNGER BARBARA LADUC PLOUFFE HILL FARM

H 439.8 H 1324.9 H 1499.5 H 69.4 H 310.2 H 176.5 H 172.6 A 51.8 H 95.4 H 39.6 X 70.1 H 45.9 X 17.6

25442 24139 22304 21923 21555 21626 20846 20744 20170 19702 16465 16979 15541

924 866 830 841 782 842 776 782 763 707 679 667 645

DHI-AP H 64.2

28132

949 3.4 862 3.1

263.9 77.8 102.2 48.2

21881 20191 19425 15390

819 791 778 626

QUINTIN, ANDRE

DHI-AP H 375.2

26510

935 3.5 798 3.0 3X

KNOXLAND FARM

DHI-AP H 857.1

25602 1005 3.9 813 3.2

CHITTENDEN

TWIN OAKS DAIRY FARM LLC

FRANKLIN

DHIR-AP DHI-APCS DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-APCS DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

BURT, JASON AND CHRISTINA DHI-AP H FOURNIER INC, RENE & SON DHI-AP X GORT0N, GRANT JOHN DHI-APCS H BERARD, RICHARD DHI-AP X

GRAND ISLE ORANGE

RUTLAND

BOOK BROTHERS MACH FARM, INC. GLEN AND MARTHA HAYWARD GLEN AND MARTHA HAYWARD

WINDSOR

BILLINGS FARM MUSEUM WADE MAXIM

DHI-APCS DHI-APCS DHI-APCS DHI-APCS

3.7 3.9 4.0 4.1

3.8 3.8 3.8 4.3

645 631 603 504

659 654 645 618

2.9 3.1 3.1 3.3

H H H B

118.1 151.3 90.6 14.2

21697 20640 20960 18702

817 789 802 813

3.0 3.2 3.1 3.3

DHIR J DHI-AP J

40.9 71.0

15931 14688

803 5.0 589 3.7 704 4.8 538 3.7

MASSACHUSETTS

BERKSHIRE

MARTHA & ROBERT KILMER JR DHI-AP FAIRFIELDS DAIRY FARM,LLC DHI-AP HIGH LAWN FARM DHIRAPCS MARTHA & ROBERT KILMER JR DHI-AP ZIEMBA, MICHAEL, MARK & TIM DHI-AP TURNER FARMS, INC. DHI LEGEYT, RICHARD & BETTY DHI-AP

H H J J H H H

104.3 239.8 212.0 18.8 177.5 116.1 68.3

22111 21318 16825 16052 19085 19608 17768

WHOLEY COW FARM WHOLEY COW FARM BOYDEN BROS. DAIRY ROBERTSON, CHRIS & BOB MT.TOBY FARM

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H X H H H

41.0 17.5 90.7 90.6 103.2

26623 1008 3.8 828 3.1 22769 1069 4.7 806 3.5 24879 943 3.8 770 3.1 23089 956 4.1 713 3.1 22009 860 3.9 683 3.1

DHIR DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H B H

60.9 229.6 112.0 103.8 130.5 190.9

23050 22833 22544 20239 19524 20603

FRANKLIN

HAMPSHIRE

COOK, GORDON, JR. & HANK LONGVIEW FARM BELDEN, LUTHER A.INC PARSONS, HENRY & EDWARD ALLARDS FARM INC. DEVINE FARM, INC.

893 830 816 762 720 714 737

916 866 870 842 771 816

4.0 3.9 4.8 4.7 3.8 3.6 4.1

4.0 3.8 3.9 4.2 3.9 4.0

694 645 601 585 581 561 552

755 702 692 648 648 637

3.1 3.0 3.6 3.6 3.0 2.9 3.1

3.3 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.1

TYPE TEST

HERD OWNER

B R COW E E YEARS D

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

KOKOSKI, JOHN HD1 COOK, GORDON, JR. & HANK HARTSBROOK FARM

DHI-AP J 93.4 DHIR J 11.3 DHIR-AP H 88.7

15818 14838 16382

837 5.3 612 3.9 734 4.9 560 3.8 669 4.1 515 3.1

POMEROY & SONS PALMER, TERRY MURPHY, TOM

DHI-AP H 71.5 DHI-AP H 152.6 DHIR-AP H 31.3

21977 20363 17735

843 3.8 688 3.1 783 3.8 626 3.1 638 3.6 540 3.0

TULLY FARMS, INC. PICKARD, JAMES & ELEANOR

DHI-AP H 127.4 DHI-AP H 85.3

20114 18458

814 4.0 646 3.2 718 3.9 565 3.1

HERRICK,DAVID SAM RICHARDSON'S DAIRY, INC.

DHI-AP H 94.0 DHI-AP H 160.1

24184 22661

870 3.6 755 3.1 785 3.5 684 3.0

BRISTOL COUNTY

DHI-AP H 19.2

20861

769 3.7 642 3.1

HAMPDEN

MIDDLESEX ESSEX

BRISTOL

RHODE ISLAND

WASHINGTON KENYON, FRANCIS COTTRELL HOMESTEAD

HARTFORD

DHI-AP X 62.5 DHI-AP H 15.0

20463 18165

778 3.8 627 3.1 684 3.8 575 3.2

CONNECTICUT

SMYTHS TRINITY FARM MILLBORNE FARM FUSIEK, D, & COULTER FUSIEK HASTINGS FARM H0USE OF HAYES PERRY, SCOTT COLLINS POWDER HILL FM. COLLINS POWDER HILL FM. MILLBORNE FARM HASTINGS FARM

DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H H X H G J

26.2 22.3 48.4 124.7 75.9 29.0 46.4 40.5 26.2 11.6

22576 22169 21754 20513 19441 19112 17043 17888 16148 15137

833 821 813 799 725 818 724 692 717 717

3.7 3.7 3.7 3.9 3.7 4.3 4.2 3.9 4.4 4.7

689 681 654 636 589 563 560 545 537 534

3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.5

JACQUIER, ROBERT & PETER CHRIS & TODD HANNAN WEIGOLD FARMS LLP FREUND'S FARM, INC. ARETHUSA FARM LLC TANNER T. SUNSET HILL FARM 1, INC. MEADOW RIDGE FARM LLC. JACQUIER, DAVID & MELODY THORN, CLINTON ARETHUSA FARM LLC CARLSON, DOUGLAS J.

DHI-APCS DHIR-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H H H H H H J H

965.1 38.3 88.0 271.9 71.9 147.4 42.3 69.4 422.0 29.0 27.6 61.8

27915 23586 23679 22746 22957 20503 20517 20272 18787 18532 16018 16628

965 914 909 817 975 768 759 809 703 798 866 642

3.5 3.9 3.8 3.6 4.2 3.7 3.7 4.0 3.7 4.3 5.4 3.9

830 736 731 697 675 644 618 609 601 600 577 516

3.0 3X 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.1

DHIR-AP H 152.2 DHIR-AP X 41.7

22657 16043

796 3.5 677 3.0 3X 703 4.4 533 3.3 3X

LITCHFIELD

NEW HAVEN/MIDDLESEX GREENBACKER, C & SNS FM 2 GREENBACKER, C & SNS FM 2

NEW LONDON SPIELMAN FARM RIVER PLAIN DAIRY BLUESLOPE FARM, INC NORMAN, ERNEST R.

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-APCS

H H H H

388.6 52.2 119.8 108.0

21532 20536 18034 16377

861 768 695 613

4.0 3.7 3.9 3.7

690 630 530 512

3.2 3.1 2.9 3.1

BAHLER FARMS INC. BAHLER FARMS INC. UNIV OF CONNECTICUT HYTONE FARM MAPLELEAF FARM, INC SHADOW VALLEY FARM UNIV OF CONNECTICUT SHADOW VALLEY FARM FISH FAMILY FARM

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP

H H H H H H J X J

960.5 969.6 81.0 255.6 227.2 116.0 24.7 46.9 27.9

25956 24410 25893 22937 22323 19182 16303 17001 14748

942 894 897 902 896 705 790 706 717

3.6 3.7 3.5 3.9 4.0 3.7 4.8 4.2 4.9

790 751 742 721 691 584 583 563 530

3.0 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.6 3.3 3.6

DHIR-AP H 110.8 DHI-AP H 137.6 DHIR-AP J 152.4

23195 19609 16504

924 4.0 729 3.1 713 3.6 614 3.1 813 4.9 596 3.6

TOLLAND

WINDHAM

TYLER BROTHERS HD. 2 MAY HILL FARM TYLER BROTHERS HD. 2

3X 3X 3X

3X

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Free trade agreements win Congressional passage; dairy to benefit with greater market access The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) applaud the passage Oct. 12 by the

House and Senate of three free trade agreements (FTAs) with South Korea, Panama and Colombia.

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ident Obama and his trade team, and leaders in both houses of Congress, who worked hard in recent months to make these favorable votes pos-

sible,” said Jerry Kozak, president and chief executive officer of NMPF. “The FTAs will expand U.S. dairy exports and, when fully implemented,

as cheese, whey, skim milk powder, and other dairy products, they also will prevent foreign competitors from taking market shares that the U.S. industry has developed in each of the countries in collaboration with USDEC. “In international trade, unless we continue to move forward, we risk falling behind our competitors,” he said. “These agreements will ensure that, for America’s dairy farmers and processors, export sales will continue to expand, not contract.”

The leaders noted that the agreements are all about giving dairy farmers greater market opportunities and better prices so that more can remain profitably in business. But Kozak also pointed out that it is not solely about bolstering milk prices for producers; it is also about expanding sales and jobs in the dairy processing and transportation sectors. “We estimate that as many as 10,000 additional jobs, both on and off the farm could be created by the Korea agreement alone,” he said.

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will create thousands of export-supporting jobs in the dairy industry,” said Tom Suber, president, USDEC. “We hope that all necessary steps can be taken in the coming months by all four countries so that the agreements may enter into force at the beginning of the year and benefits to the U.S. economy can begin to be felt immediately.”

“The U.S. dairy industry stands ready to assist in any way possible to help ensure that the FTAs take effect as soon as possible,” added Kozak. “Our producers are excited about the new export opportunities that will be realized once the agreements take effect, especially the trade pact with South Korea.

The export gain for dairy from the Korea FTA in the first few years after implementation will be approximately $380 million per year, on average, and the gains from the Colombia and Panama FTAs will add another $50 million annually.”

Suber pointed out that the agreements will not only help expand export sales for such products

DHI TOP 40 FOR SEPTEMBER NAME

Brd Cows

Milk

FAT %

PRO %

* Denotes Herds Milked 3X

Vermont DHIA Country Folks List for the Month Ending September 2011 Following is the September 2011 VT DHIA Top 40 herds of 10 or more animals based on protein pounds in each County serviced by VT DHIA and processed through the Dairy Records Management Processing Center, Raleigh, NC during the calendar month. Rolling herd averages will appear on this list for herds which have chosen the option to have their herd average published and the herd has 12 consecutive tests including components for each test.

CONNECTICUT NEW LONDON BERIAH LEWIS FARM INC. JACK TIFFANY JOHN OSGA STEVE SNURKOWSKI DAVID HYDE REW FARM SANKOW BEAVER BROOK FARM LLC. CATO CORNER FARM

H 362 H 83 H 104 H 145 H 32 H 31 J 13 J 45

26953 1036 3.8 24872 979 3.9 24793 857 3.5 25091 846 3.4 23003 818 3.6 17477 649 3.7 13533 622 4.6 13181 599 4.5

882 790 776 757 713 535 496 477

3.3 * 3.2 3.1 3 3.1 3.1 3.7 3.6

24110 1058 4.4 19005 768 4

686 2.8 * 591 3.1

24800 22670 22663 22698 21785 16571 16824 16502 14830

761 748 727 707 650 620 589 555 503

TOLLAND BRADWAY FARMS INC. HILLSIDE FARM

H 438 H 57

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WINDHAM HIBBARD HILL FARM COATNEY HILL FARM 2 FAIRHOLM FARM INC. VALLEYSIDE FARM LLC ROCK MAPLE FARM 1 COATNEY HILL FARM 1 ROCK MAPLE FARM 1 ROCK MAPLE FARM 1 SELBUORT VALLEY FARM

H 87 H 37 H 205 H 221 H 26 J 105 J 54 X 17 X 73

987 906 845 806 787 822 765 697 633

4 4 3.7 3.6 3.6 5 4.5 4.2 4.3

3.1 3.3 3.2 3.1 3 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.4

BERKSHIRE CRICKET CREEK FARM

B

25

9322

391 4.2

330 3.5

FRANKLIN DARRIDGE FARM HAGER BROS. FARM LLC. HERBERT & ROBERT PURINGTON DAVID DUPREY KAREN HERZIG GUNN STEVE PAUL L WILLIS HAGER BROS. FARM LLC.

H 31 H 141 X 38 H 61 H 46 H 87 H 61 J 15

26662 963 3.6 25050 1080 4.3 22322 888 4 21041 807 3.8 21633 864 4 20164 813 4 18647 759 4.1 16004 859 5.4

790 772 717 654 651 639 599 576

3 3.1 * 3.2 3.1 3 3.2 3.2 3.6 *

23996 25367 22535 21668 17130

783 758 706 681 560

3.3 3 * 3.1 3.1 3.3

WORCESTER CV & MARY L SMITH JR OTTER RIVER FARM LLC JIM & KRISANNE KOEBKE WHITTIER FARMS INC. CHERRY HILL FARM

H 30 H 201 H 80 H 140 H 84

898 860 908 845 702

3.7 3.4 4 3.9 4.1

NEW HAMPSHIRE CHESHIRE VINCENT & CAROL MALNATI

H

80

18434

730 4

561 3

H 204

20446

791 3.9

659 3.2

25779 24968 23436 23006 22560 20053 20031 18537 13092 14706 10662

994 994 944 909 866 767 776 802 631 590 401

3.9 4 4 4 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.3 4.8 4 3.8

809 779 731 717 703 637 627 609 460 433 315

3.1 * 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.5 2.9 3

30513 1009 3.3 27791 1118 4 20857 890 4.3 19101 912 4.8

945 848 679 663

3.1 * 3.1 * 3.3 3.5 *

24305

749 3.1

COOS RICHARD & MURIEL MARTIN

GRAFTON TULLANDO FARM INC. PATCH FAMILY DOUGLAS & DEBORA ERB GRAFTON COUNTY FARM RICH & DOREEN MORRIS JOHN C. PERKINS SCOTT & COLLEEN JOHNSTON PUTNAM WILLIAM & CYNTHIA RUSSELL & MARY HICKS ALLENS FARM LYMAN ROBIE

H H H H H H H H J H H

450 117 76 80 145 136 30 18 51 24 39

MERRMK-BELKNP PINELANE FARM TOPLINE JERSEYS YEATON DAIRY FARM TOPLINE JERSEYS

H 228 X 14 H 96 J 57

ROCKINGHAM STUART FARM LLC

H 243

953 3.9

STRAFFORD-CARROLL ATHMOR HOLSTEINS

H 185

30064 1103 3.7

929 3.1 *

24209 23728 22946 20327 19083 18872 19167 17313 17145

891 849 823 911 832 719 650 843 717

742 708 695 617 587 581 575 567 531

14706

590 4

SULLIVAN PUTNAM FARMS INC. TAYLOR FARM INC. JOHN W. LUTHER EDWARD MACGLAFLIN GREGORY & MARCIA CLARK ASCUTNEY VIEW FMS.LLC TAYLOR FARM INC. GREGORY & MARCIA CLARK GREGORY & MARCIA CLARK

H 495 H 53 H 32 H 466 X 11 H 34 M 14 B 19 M 36

3.7 3.6 3.6 4.5 4.4 3.8 3.4 4.9 4.2

3.1 3 3 3 3.1 3.1 3 3.3 3.1

ORGANIC GRAFTON ALLENS FARM

H

24

433 2.9

NEW YORK MONTGOMERY SKIFF-S DAIRY FARM LLC HOBART & CYNTHIA PICKARD GLEN MEADOWS FARM HOBART & CYNTHIA PICKARD PETERSHEIM SAMUEL & SADIE

H 77 H 33 J 142 J 14 H 83

24242 23042 18485 16892 21544

945 882 828 915 798

NAME

Brd Cows

Milk

FAT %

PRO %

NAME

JOHN & CHRIS NELLIS PHILLIPS & SUSAN FERRY

H 102 J 66

20725 15888

806 3.9 762 4.8

633 3.1 580 3.7

ROLAND & SHONNA HEATH JR. BELANGER LUCIEN & BEVERLY BRIAN & KATHLEEN SOMERS

24625

920 3.7

753 3.1

3.9 3.8 4.5 5.4 3.7

768 752 685 665 644

3.2 3.3 3.7 3.9 3

* Denotes Herds Milked 3X

OTSEGO M. CHARLES EVANS

H

59

TERRANCE & MICHAEL H0AG

H 102 H 112 H 122 H 69 J 105 X 22 X 62 G 33

17970

730 4.1

585 3.3

20262 20936 20002 14826 16041 14053 13622

797 817 741 685 626 582 587

3.9 3.9 3.7 4.6 3.9 4.1 4.3

676 657 607 547 511 457 439

3.3 3.1 3 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.2

29230 1124 3.8 24003 949 4 23398 880 3.8 21559 951 4.4 20290 878 4.3 17764 670 3.8 16509 670 4.1 14364 603 4.2 14292 309 2.2

897 744 722 665 611 534 505 491 253

3.1 * 3.1 3.1 3.1 3 3 3.1 3.4 1.8

WASHINGTON IDEAL DAIRY FARMS TAYLOR & ALAN HENDERSON WILLIAM LUNDY WINDY LEA FARM DON DURKEE SKIFF FARMS INC. ALAIN ETHIER SKIFF FARMS INC. MICHAEL & LOUISE WOODDELL

H H H H H H X B H

925 138 149 151 75 74 44 16 104

RHODE ISLAND KENT KEVIN BREENE KEVIN BREENE THE WOLOOHOJIAN FAMILY

H X G

24 20 10

20023 15083 7960

754 3.8 637 4.2 375 4.7

614 3.1 513 3.4 266 3.3

17434

728 4.2

602 3.5

29274 28090 27769 27761 26714 25432 27229 26754 24428 25041 25057 25287 24943 23831 24525 23946 20540 23479 22204 21669 21662 22296 21143 23253 21827 20804 19485 20285 19723 19401 19408 20243 17186 19907 16299 17268 17998 15732 15859 12937

1097 945 1034 1015 1020 1001 1001 992 885 1034 977 989 929 946 987 872 851 866 837 781 794 869 839 821 735 836 794 801 784 773 766 778 727 785 695 620 640 597 527 629

3.7 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.6 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.7 4 4 3.6 4.1 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.9 4 3.5 3.4 4 4.1 3.9 4 4 3.9 3.8 4.2 3.9 4.3 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.3 4.9

919 906 883 874 829 826 821 818 782 766 764 761 759 758 752 739 716 715 692 674 672 669 665 664 655 644 632 631 615 613 601 598 595 588 550 534 525 493 472 450

3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2 3 3.1 3.2 3.1 3 3 3 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.5 3 3.1 3.1 3.1 3 3.1 2.9 3 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 3 3.5 3 3.4 3.1 2.9 3.1 3 3.5

23621 1011 4.3 22099 884 4 22327 993 4.4 19810 796 4

749 718 694 600

3.2 * 3.2 3.1 3

24664 24041 23718 22700 22932 22362 19828 21434 21473 19846 19208 16921 18404 18074 17540 15000 19078 17705 14870 14454 15425

784 756 754 723 717 677 674 673 662 647 614 597 586 566 564 562 562 549 529 521 512

3.2 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3 * 3.4 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.7 2.9 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.3

WASHINGTON J

43

VERMONT ADDISON VORSTEVELD FARM FARR ASHLEY LORENZO & AMY QUESNEL HERD 1 WAYNE & JEANNINE PARTRIDGE GOSLIGA FARM INC. WOODNOTCH FARMS INC. B DANYOW FARM LLC DAVID RUSSELL TIM & JULIE HOWLETT CHIMNEY POINT FARM L.P FOSTER BROTHERS FARM INC. PHIL & DIANE LIVINGSTON HATCH FARM INC. CHARLES & BRENDA CHARRON BRACE ALEX & MICHELE MARC & NORRIS BRISSON LORENZO & AMY QUESNEL HERD 1 TERRIER LEE BRIAN & CINDY KAYHART MILLBORNE FARM ROBERT & SUZANNE HUNT JEFF & BRIAN TREADWAY JOHN E. & BILLIE JO C. FORGUES KAYHART FARM INC. HANSON STEPHEN & SYLVIA ANTHONY & BARBARA CORREIA HAROLD & ANJE DEGRAAF ARTHUR & JOAN HUESTIS MILES & CHERYL TUDHOPE ORR ACRES FIFIELD JEFF & LISE JEFFREY & OLIVE PHILLIPS MILES & CHERYL TUDHOPE LESLIE RUBLEE JOHN & LISA ROBERTS SCAPELAND FARM KETTLE TOP FARM MARTHA SEIFERT JOHN BUZEMAN DAVID & MELANIE CARMICHAEL

H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H B H H H X H H H H H H H H H H H B H B A H H H J

747 27 888 113 588 291 759 173 518 123 436 371 572 57 152 816 131 36 88 173 320 346 234 202 58 453 137 308 48 98 141 58 37 72 165 55 24 11 72 49

* * * * * * * * * * * * * *

* *

*

*

BENNINGTON RUPERT VALLEY HOLSTEINS WILHELM & KARL STROHMAIER DAVID TOOLEY KEN LEACH

H 320 X 113 H 91 H 65

CALEDONIA WAYSIDE MEADOW FARM LLC ROGER & JOY WOOD PHILIP BROWN DOROTHY & ANGELA WILLSON SCOTCH BURN FARM DON-SIM FARM JAMES W. SEYMOUR ROY & BRENDA PATTERSON KEITH DAY SCOTT LANGMAID HOWARD & JACQUELINE BENNETT LAGGIS BROS. PLYN N BEATTIE BILL & JENNIFER NELSON BILL & JENNIFER NELSON LUCKY HILL FARM MARY KAY & DENNIS WOOD DON LANGMAID LING ARTHUR & SHARON DWAYNE & DEBORAH MARCEAU MARY KAY & DENNIS WOOD

H H H H H H H H H H H J H H X J H H J J X

196 59 55 108 113 174 64 58 68 55 76 434 77 188 11 156 61 52 72 48 16

926 905 910 867 899 780 824 832 864 765 790 786 764 717 786 764 756 654 698 757 733

3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.5 4.2 3.9 4 3.9 4.1 4.6 4.2 4 4.5 5.1 4 3.7 4.7 5.2 4.8

Milk

FAT %

PRO %

16945 16622 12892

653 3.9 620 3.7 579 4.5

489 2.9 478 2.9 466 3.6

21 24 219 41 16 153 18 118 34 139 29

22658 22486 17801 22333 18243 20079 18060 16986 16874 19355 19069

980 915 936 774 864 725 719 744 863 709 668

749 690 672 666 618 611 600 596 594 591 569

H 314 H 26 H 114

24494 21679 19677

901 3.7 821 3.8 820 4.2

H H J

55 47 48

* Denotes Herds Milked 3X

CHITTENDEN

SCHOHARIE SEVEN VIEW FARM SLATEHILL FARM MIKE SWART GEORGE B. WILSON GEORGE & KATHY CRAFT DEB-RAY DAIRY GEORGE & KATHY CRAFT

Brd Cows

MURRAY THOMPSON CREAM BRUCE & MARY TAFT PAT FITZGERALD CREAM NORDIC HOLSTEINS LLC PAT FITZGERALD SHELBURNE FARMS MURRAY THOMPSON NORDIC HOLSTEINS LLC WAYNE BARR

RENSSELAER

THE LAPRISE FAMILY

MASSACHUSETTS

Vermont Dairy Herd Improvement Assn., Inc. 226 Holiday Drive Ste. 3 White River Jct, VT 05001-2089 Phone 1-800-639-8067

H H J H J H B B G H H

4.3 4.1 5.3 3.5 4.7 3.6 4 4.4 5.1 3.7 3.5

3.3 3.1 3.8 3 3.4 3 * 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.1 * 3

ESSEX ROUTHIER & SONS STEPHEN & CARLA RUSSO K. DEAN & CLAUDETTE HOOK

763 3.1 681 3.1 612 3.1

FRANKLIN DAN & SHAWN GINGUE HOWRIGAN HOME FARM MIKE BENJAMIN WYNN PARADEE BERKSON DAIRY BALLARD ACRES REAL & MARY LAROCHE LLOYD DIANE & BRADLEY LUMBRA WRIGHT FAMILY FARM TOM & MARY MACHIA LTD. CARPSDALE FARMS SIMON DEPATIE SIZEN DAIRY FARM DANIEL & KAREN FORTIN HAROLD J. & LAWRENCE HOWRIGAN WARREN HULL & SONS M. D. HOWRIGAN INC. & SON J. & MACCAUSLAND S. WOLCOTT HOWRIGAN HJ & A & LAWRENCE GARY & CRAIG TINKER BEN WILLIAMS BEN WILLIAMS PAUL-LIN DAIRY PARADEE DORA & BRAD CALLAN DENIS RAINVILLE LONGE LLOYD & MARIE PAUL & ANITA MACADAMS GARRY & EILEEN TRUDELL KIRT WESTCOM FLEURYS MAPLE HILL FARM NEIL H. & JOANNE W. DOANE WALTER & DIANE BERTHIAUME

H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H J H J H X J H H X H H H J J X

544 247 558 36 99 220 250 132 547 192 81 119 139 85 281 97 243 23 247 123 47 33 32 76 116 82 40 128 120 35 90 44

26665 1086 4.1 25348 924 3.6 25201 1037 4.1 24596 852 3.5 23379 886 3.8 23341 888 3.8 23836 891 3.7 23556 905 3.8 22024 857 3.9 22421 867 3.9 21234 814 3.8 23055 869 3.8 22141 1144 5.2 21164 795 3.8 20962 854 4.1 21058 817 3.9 21833 961 4.4 16760 775 4.6 20010 760 3.8 17359 838 4.8 19615 761 3.9 17498 730 4.2 15197 727 4.8 16412 654 4 16840 639 3.8 15888 635 4 16140 602 3.7 14562 558 3.8 12656 490 3.9 10734 474 4.4 10228 480 4.7 11150 457 4.1

811 808 774 754 731 730 726 723 695 694 690 687 667 650 648 646 639 623 621 604 599 578 552 519 510 507 491 423 386 373 373 361

3 * 3.2 3.1 * 3.1 3.1 3.1 3 3.1 3.2 * 3.1 3.2 3 3 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.7 3.1 3.5 3.1 3.3 3.6 3.2 3 3.2 3 2.9 3 3.5 3.6 3.2

19068

640 3.4

563 3

22105 17936 9816

898 4.1 693 3.9 409 4.2

677 3.1 539 3 300 3.1

GRAND ISLE J & M LADD FAMILIES FARM

H

75

LAMOILLE ARTHUR & LARRY MORRILL DEBORA WICKART WARREN RANKIN

H H G

38 30 38

ORANGE WALTER & MARGARET GLADSTONE WHITE FARM PINELLO FARM SILLOWAY FARMS ZACHARY FEURY RANDY & AMY FERRIS HARKDALE FARM INC. VERMONT TECH COLLEGE DAVID P. DAVOLL THYGESEN KYLE & JENNIFER KENNETH & LISA PRESTON RANDY & AMY FERRIS PEASE FAMILY FARM & SHIRLEY PEASE TIM & JANET ANGELL ROBERT J HOWE THYGESEN KYLE & JENNIFER OUGHTA-BE-FARM LLP HARKDALE FARM INC. DERRICK & BEVERLY WRIGHT JEFFREY & BETH BAILEY GRAY - WHITE ALLENVILLE FARM ROBERT J HOWE ANTHONY & CHRISTINE BROWN RAY E. CHURCHILL WARREN PRESTON FARM 1 JOSEPH O. ANGELL THOMAS & REBECCA LOFTUS DAVID CHILDS OUGHTA-BE-FARM LLP LLOYD & JASON BAKER DUANE & DALE WILLIAMS M. GARY MULLEN DEAN & TERRI CONANT A. & K. BURGESS HERD 1 CHESTER & SCHEINDEL ABBOT FISK DEBORAH & FAMILY DEAN & TERRI CONANT JAMES WILLIAMS BRANDON BUCOSSI

H H H H H H H H H H H J H J H X J J J H J H J J J H J J J J J H X A H X J X X J

1182 120 246 65 87 15 63 101 39 42 54 56 74 61 29 12 17 82 46 48 33 84 12 43 18 83 44 44 48 45 67 37 27 60 14 55 23 11 30 60

26279 1018 3.9 25858 966 3.7 24801 943 3.8 24527 918 3.7 22943 892 3.9 23259 869 3.7 21615 911 4.2 21823 905 4.1 20392 767 3.8 20357 775 3.8 19248 657 3.4 17338 793 4.6 19451 720 3.7 16847 795 4.7 19446 778 4 18077 761 4.2 17406 779 4.5 15286 807 5.3 16176 758 4.7 18219 714 3.9 15235 753 4.9 18703 718 3.8 14920 733 4.9 15768 751 4.8 14855 681 4.6 17189 633 3.7 14847 718 4.8 14580 672 4.6 14030 661 4.7 14695 706 4.8 13418 669 5 16796 607 3.6 15334 628 4.1 15696 643 4.1 16102 621 3.9 13903 648 4.7 13968 620 4.4 13689 661 4.8 14664 578 3.9 12094 550 4.5

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778 723 723 721 699 695 650

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World Dairy Expo hosts six successful breed sales MADISON, WI — World Dairy Expo brings the best cows and genetics to Madison, WI, each year. Throughout the week, five breed sales were held in the Estrumate Sale Pavilion and one on the colored shavings in the Coliseum.

The sales kicked off with the Top of the World Jersey Sale. The 2011 sale sold 30 lots and averaged $3,315. Family Hill Vindication

Carnegie-ET, consigned

by Ryan Lancaster of Tillamook, OR, was the highest selling lot at $7,500. Carnegie was purchased by Greg Lambert of Campbellsport, WI. The second highest selling lot was the first choice female sired by Tower View Prime Tequila-ET and out of BW Centurion Peggy purchased for $7,100 by Yosemite Jersey Dairy of Hilmar, CA. The choice was con-

signed by Brentwood Farms of Orland, CA. A pick from the flush of Steam-Valley Wilton Magic, consigned by Kurt Wolf and John Cannon of Dyersville, Iowa topped the World Ayrshire Event Sale held Oct. 5. Her dam, SteamValley Wilton Magic Bri, EX-93, is the 2011 World Dairy Expo Grand Champion of the Ayrshire show. She was purchased by Gene Hall,

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chased by Lee-Ann Swiss LLC of DeWitt, IA. The sale ring saw 29 lots and averaged $3,867.24.

Immediately following the Brown Swiss sale was The World Premier Milking Shorthorn Sale.

Ten different animals passed through the sale ring and averaged $3,530. Commanding a top price of $8,500 was Cherrywood Mega Mitzy, cosigned Jacob Achen of Ambia, IN. Mitzy, a Megadeth daughter, was purchased by Brice Peth of Ripon, WI. The second high seller was the first choice female out of three September 2011 daughters from Sunshine Now You See Fireball and consigned by Keith & Donnette Fisher and Hillpoint Partners of Cross Plains, WI. Andrew Laffery, Jr. purchased the choice for $4,000.

Ending the sales on Oct. 6 was the International Guernsey Classic.

Knapps Aaron was consigned by Knapps Guernseys of Epworth, IA. Spring Walk Farm of Big Prairie, OH paid $4,200 for the top lot.

Josey Morris was the consigner of the second highest seller, Miss Crown J IC Jenna Jame-

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Brd Cows

BRUCE & LAURIE PERRON PADDLEBRIDGE HOLSTEINS AGAWAM FARM MICHAUD BARN 2 JAMES & SHARLYN JORDAN JACQUES COUTURE ANDY ANDREWS MICHAEL LACROSS RANDALL DEXTER & ALICE PAMELA HELENEK LEATHER JEREMY & JENNIFER AGAWAM FARM JACK & ANNE LAZOR JONATHAN & JAYNE CHASE ERIC DAGGETT RYAN BROS ANDREW KEHLER LAURENCE LUMSDEN & FAMILY STEELE DON & CATHY LAINI FONDILLER

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3.9 4 4 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.8 4.7 4.3 4.2 5 4.7 4.8 5 3.9 3.6 4.3 4

622 591 584 573 570 543 530 526 509 504 499 475 458 453 449 444 426 423 235 56

3 3.1 3.2 3 3 3 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.2 2.9 3.4 2.9

WOODARD FARM DEREK WILSON WALT MORSE JR. JOHN ARMSTRONG GEORGE CARPENTER JR. VONTRAPP FARMSTEAD

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14911 15709 14112 12480 13165 10111

23010 22667 20881 20296 18875 14626 16236 15264 16835 15200 11805 13846

900 900 732 800 708 607 616 640 629 574 581 538

3.9 4 3.5 3.9 3.8 4.2 3.8 4.2 3.7 3.8 4.9 3.9

736 670 625 622 591 493 488 486 483 474 446 434

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805 773 751 733 691 679 642 635 624 600 580 547 547 542 504

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VERN-MONT FARM LLC MARK RUSHTON AMY & NICK STONE MARK RUSHTON KEVIN HAMILTON PETER MILLER AMY & NICK STONE LILAC RIDGE FARM CLARK FARM LLC WESTMINSTER FARM THE CORSE FARM MALCOLM SUMNER THE PUTNEY SCHOOL JONATHAN WRIGHT

WINDHAM

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LEMAX FARM RHOMAN WAI FARMS MICHAEL & HEIDI DOLLOFF ROBETH HOLSTIENS LLC. RICHARDSON FAMILY FARM DAVID AINSWORTH BASSETT ROBERT P GEORGE MILLER DAVID AINSWORTH SPRING BROOK FARM JAMES S. LEWIS MIKE L CLARK GREEN ACRES MILKING SHORTHORNS JAMES & TINA SPAULDING JR. JAMES & TINA SPAULDING JR. ROYAL TERRACE GUERNSEYS LONE OAK FARM LLP

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Vermont Dairy Herd Improvement Assn., Inc. 226 Holiday Drive Ste. 3 White River Jct, VT 05001-2089 Phone 1-800-639-8067

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GARRY & EILEEN TRUDELL KIRT WESTCOM WALTER & DIANE BERTHIAUME

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775 778 761 779 718 733 751 672 661 706 628 643 648 620 661 512 529 538 515

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628 591 586 578 555 549 547 526 518 516 487 485 473 472 464 398 395 393 371

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757 659 643 631

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591 530 458 453

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739 793 695 699 698 711 643 622 792

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H 48 H 79 J 49 X 130

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DOUGLAS H & SHARON A TURNER CHARLES P. CARRIER FRANK & MARILYN JOHNSON STEPHEN & AMY BOTHFELD MORGAN & JENNIFER CHURCHILL JAMES ACKERMANN WOODARD FARM DEREK WILSON WALT MORSE JR.

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THYGESEN KYLE & JENNIFER ROBERT J HOWE THYGESEN KYLE & JENNIFER OUGHTA-BE-FARM LLP ALLENVILLE FARM ROBERT J HOWE ANTHONY & CHRISTINE BROWN THOMAS & REBECCA LOFTUS DAVID CHILDS OUGHTA-BE-FARM LLP M. GARY MULLEN DEAN & TERRI CONANT CHESTER & SCHEINDEL ABBOT FISK DEBORAH & FAMILY DEAN & TERRI CONANT THEODORE & LINDA HOYT M. GARY MULLEN ROCK BOTTOM FARM JAMES T DOYLE

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ORGANIC TACONIC END FARM

son. She is an Icy Cal daughter from the International Guernsey Show Junior Champion winner in 2009 and 2010, Coulee Crest Chall Jeanie. $3,600 was paid

by Sydney Willingham of Gamaliel, KY. The sale averaged $2,196 on 34 lots.

The sales culminated with the World Class ‘11 Holstein Sale. Seven of the breed’s best cows were lead out on the colored shavings and all had genetics available for purchase in the sale.

Lookout Pesce Magna P Sarah-Red-ET, the number two GTPI red polled heifer in North America, topped the World Classic sale for $82,000, she was purchased by Keller Cattle Sales of Verona, WI. The second high selling animal was a first choice female out of DeSu 199 Chart TopperET, the number one GTPI heifer in the breed.

This first choice female sold for $79,000 and was purchased by Bryhill Farms and TAG Saint of Hyacinthe, QC. The sale averaged $27,295 on 43 lots with buyers from 14 states, four provinces and six countries.

JAMES JR. & TINA SPAULDING JAMES JR. & TINA SPAULDING LONE OAK FARM LLP

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CoPulsation™ delivers as promised because it provides the only gentle full teat massage in the industry. The result is uncompromised teat and udder health delivering superior milk quality from truly happy cows. Healthy cows have the best immune system meaning a lot less veterinary visits and less antibiotics. Basically we provide the only humane way to milk with a machine and open the teats 40% fewer times, stop the milk backwash of teats, eliminate red/swollen teats so you can stop scoring the teats and simply milk the cows. Cows on average will give 1000 to 3000 lb. more per lactation and higher components.

Jr. of Cushing, OK for $9,200. The second high selling lot, Mackayr S Primetime, sold for $8,100 to Norman Boswall and Dave Bergeron of Hammond Ont. She was consigned by Steve McDonald of Princeton, IL. Amongst the 18 lots, the sale featured three World Dairy Expo class winners were sold along with the number three index cow in the Ayrshire breed.

The World Premier Brown Swiss Sale kicked off a busy day of sales on Oct. 6. Topping the sale was Lost Elm PiranhaET, a Power Surge daughter of out the world famous, Lost Elm Prelude Pixy-ET. Pixy is an Excellent 93 2E cow who holds the current Brown Swiss production record with a 365-day record of 65,430 milk.

Piranha was purchased

by Bo-Tex Dairy, Waxachie, TX, for $5,800 and was consigned by Matthew Appler of Clermont, IA. Second high seller of the day was Cutting Edge PS Amber. Also a Power Surge daughter, she was consigned by Kenny Main and Peter Vail, Elite Dairy, of Copake, NY and was pur-

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By George Cudoc

Page 30 - Section A • COUNTRY FOLKS New England • October 24, 2011

Reporting data can be considered the first important step in managing a dairy herd. The second step involves turning that data into information that you can use to more successfully manage your cows. Having the information one piece at a time, although useful, sometimes falls short in evaluating herd management plans and actions. Dairy One members have the option of processing data in a number of ways and at a number of places. Selecting summary-type reports may help you “connect the data dots” and look at important segments of herd management. Let us look at a report that focuses on multiple pieces of information to help you evaluate your transition program.

The DHI-403 report for DRMS at Raleigh is a tool that summarizes transition cow management using a number of measures. The data collected on cows is turned into information and presented in a graphical format. Both large and small herds will find the information useful, and the number of calvings per month will determine if the data is monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly. Each measure used will be on a 100-point scale, indicating the level of success we experience.

Goals are set using benchmark data for the top 10% of herds within a similar herd size range. Five of the measures use information during the period from dry off to 40 days in milk. Two measures use a time period beyond and the graphs may look a bit different. The report finishes with a list of cows that have calved recently and have low production, high SCC, or both. With those cows listed, other stressors that may have played a role are highlighted.

Transition is the time of a cow's life from dry-off date to 40 days after calving. This gives each cow ample opportunity to rebound from the stress she experiences giving birth. Successful transition can be defined as the ability to change a cow from dry status to production at a level equal to or better than the genetic potential that she possesses. The DHI-403 report from the Dairy Records Management Systems (DRMS) focuses on measures to help us evaluate transition.

The first measure we have in this evaluation looks at the number of days dry and the percent of time we achieve our goal of 30 - 70 days.

The current belief is that while we can shorten days dry from the traditional 60 day goal, we must strive to manage for at least 30 days.

Dropping below this threshold is likely to result in a 5% - 15% drop in milk. On the other hand, cows with extended dry periods of more than 70 days may produce 10% less milk. We should strive for 80% or higher success.

The second measure looks at milk produced on the first test day. This milk is used to project the probability that milk will be at least equal to the current RHA milk on a mature equivalent basis.

We can use this to evaluate adequate dry matter intake. Higher milk starts can lead to higher peak milk and higher total production.

The third measure, a butterfat and protein percent comparison on the first test using Fat Protein Ratio (FPR), gives insight to intake, body weight maintenance, and metabolic disorders. A large percentage of the cows should fall between a range of 1.0 and 1.6 using this ratio. Benchmark data says we should see 82% of the cows in this range.

The fourth measure based on first test milk examines success in udder health. High SCC on first test may point to problems with dry cow treatment or dry pen conditions. The percent of cows not infected or a SCC score less than 4.0 at first test is tracked. The top 10% of the industry achieves 80% cows not infected.

Additional information is also included by breaking the herd into new cases, chronics, and cures. New infections are described as cows low at dry off and high at calving. Chronic cows are high at both times. Cures are high at dry and low at calving.

A fifth measure looks at reproduction of the herd. This measure is not as current as the previous measures because it takes longer to be able to evaluate. The time will be different for each herd and is based on what we select for the VWP plus 30 days. Successful transition will prepare cows to be healthy enough to cycle and be bred during this time. The top 10% of the industry achieves 80% plus on this measure.

The sixth measure looks at survival rate, one of the biggest losses on many dairies. Successful transition increases the chance that cows will survive past their first 60 DIM. Not only have the cows that left in the first 60 days not paid for their dry period, but we lose the most profitable period of the lactation at peak milk. It is important to track cows leaving that have salvage value versus those that die with no salvage value. We should strive for 90% or more cows staying in the herd more than 60 days after calving.

The last measure is the percent of cows that go through transition in an unstressed state using some of the 6 measures above, as well as others like calving ease, twins, stillbirths, and abortions. The list provided shows current cows with stressors, and you may be able to still address them.

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AUCTION SECTION and MARKET REPORTS Farm Credit awards $32,000 to Northeast Farm Programs ENFIELD, CT — The Northeast Farm Credit associations and CoBank recently awarded $32,000 to 11 organizations as part of the Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Program. The grants help recipients promote

northeast agriculture, support youth programs and generate a greater understanding of the Northeast’s vital agricultural, commercial fishing and forest products industries among the nonfarm public.

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clude Farm Credit East; Yankee Farm Credit; and Farm Credit of Maine. In partnership with CoBank (Denver, CO), these Farm Credit cooperatives have a long history of supporting farm programs through their Farm Credit Northeast AgEn-

hancement Program.

Since its inception in 1996, Farm Credit AgEnhancement has awarded more than $1.2 million through 468 grants.

Recent grant recipients Individual awards are considered in April, August and December each year. The most recent grants highlight Farm Credit’s ongoing partnership with organizations that make a significant difference in the lives of

people involved in all aspects of agriculture.

• American Farmland Trust will use its $3,000 grant to host a series of forums and workshops to build the capacity of New York land trusts to help new and beginning farmers access affordable farmland and to facilitate the generational transfer of New York farmland.

• A $4,200 grant will be used by Cornell University to support the

proposed Alumni Mentoring Program for LEAD New York, providing several program benefits including improvement of current class member/alumni engagement and interaction.

• A $500 grant awarded to Granite State Association of FFA will support a leadership training event for new FFA members from throughout New Hampshire. This

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Zacharias Holsteins Complete Dispersal Tuesday, October 25, 2011 • 11 AM At The Farm In Falmouth, ME 65 Head Will Sell Plus Equipment & Semen Tank & Inventory Due to the untimely death of herd owner Peter Zacharias, the entire herd will be offered for public sale! For years the "ZACH" prefix has been associated with great Holsteins! Selling will be 13 EX cows (1 @ 94, 2 @ 93, 8 @ 91) and 11 VG cows. 35 head sell backed by EX dams!

Sires include Advent, Aspen, Astronomical, Atlantic, Damion, Finest, Roy, Sanchez & others!

Equipment Selling: Mueller 600 gallon bulk tank; Boumatic milking system, including pipeline, compressor & 5 milking machines; barn cleaner & chain; Kubota M5950 2WD tractor; Gehl manure spreader; grain bin; John Deere 4020 2WD tractor; Fransgard SR3200P rake; New Holland 648 Silage Special round baler; round bale grabber; NH Hayliner 315 square baler; 2 bedding carts; grain cart & hot water heater.

Directions: GPS Address is 31 Eureka Road, Falmouth, ME. From Maine Turnpike (North or South) take the ME-26/ME-100 exit, Exit 53. Turn left on ME-100/ME-26/Gray Rd and go 1 mile, turn right on Falmouth Road. Take 1st left on Winn Road and then take 3rd right on Eureka Road and follow .9 miles to the farm.

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For absentee bidding, contact David Rama at 607-435-0792 or Duane Conant at 207-320-1410.

Sale Managed By Herd Owners Zacharias Holsteins Corrie Zacharias & Family 31 Eureka Road Falmouth, ME 04105 207-797-2355

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event is meant to teach students about agriculture and careers in agriculture, and to help them begin to develop their leadership skills.

• The Long Island Wine Council will use a $1,000 grant to “wrap” a number of trucks that are a daily presence on New York City streets and highways throughout the metropolitan area with promotional advertising.

This advertising will encourage agri-tourism and support for local/state farming.

• $4,000 was granted to New England Green Pastures to support certain agricultural programs at the Big E including the “Outstanding Dairy Farm of the Year” program and the Salute to Agriculture initiative.

• A $1,000 grant to New Jersey Junior Breeders Fund, Inc. will be used to support the New Jersey Junior Breeders and Young Farmer’s Symposium, which is an educational, hands-on experience for those interested in learning more about agriculture.

• The New York State Agricultural Society will use it $4,300 grant to support the 2012 Century Farm Family recognition program which recognizes farm families at the Society’s Annual Agricultural Forum. This program improves public awareness of agriculture in New York.

• The North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (Northeast Region) will use its $6,000 grant to support this 3-

IRIS HILL FARM COMPLETE FARM EQUIPMENT DISPERSAL

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29, 2011 - 11:00 AM HUBBARDSVILLE, NY (Southern Madison Co - from E. Hamilton on St Rte 12 25 mi S of Utica & 25 mi N of Norwich, turn east on Larkin Rd 3 mi to farm.)

TRACTORS: IH 6588 2 + 2 - 170 HP, IH 3388 2 + 2, IH 1466 w/ new 200 HP motor July 2011, IH 1466 w/ cab & new rubber, IH 766 w/ ROPS - tires less than 2 yrs old w/ IH 2350 front end loader (to be sold separate or as unit - buyer's choice) Bobcat 763C skid steer loader ( 500 hrs on new motor ) w/ bale spear, 80" bucket & rock fork attachments.

FEEDING & HARVESTING EQUIPMENT: Kuhn-Knight 5042 Vertical Maxx twin screw TMR mobile mixer - ex, Roto-Press 9 ft silage bagger - 1000 RPM - ex, Case IH 8315 15 ft discbine ex, John Deere 447 round baler w/baleage kit - ex, Kuhn Speedrake SR112 "V" rake - new condition, New Holland 163 4 star hay tedder, Gehl 1075 forage chopper - tandem axle w/ kernel processor,2 row corn head, 7 ft hay head, 2 row snapper head & 2-R corn head for parts, Gehl 1287 tandem axle box manure spreader w/ end gate, Gehl 980 16' tandem axle forage wagon - ex, Miller Pro 5200 16' tandem axle forage wagon on 12 T EZ-Trail gear - ex, Meyers 4516 16' tandem axle forage wagon on 15 T Meyers gear - ex, NH 1000 RPM silage blower, 30 cow feeder wagon, 3 flat rack hay wagons, 2 running gears.

PLANTING & TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: Kneverland BB100 6 btm variable width plows, Case IH 3950 21 ft transport discs - ex, IH 5100 17 run grain drill - ex, Case IH 950 6 row dry air corn planter. OTHER EQUIPMENT: Pronovost 10 ft tandem axle dump trailer - ex, HD tri-axle 18 ft flatbed trailer w/ goose neck hitch, 26 ft tri-axle flatbed trailer w/ bumper hitch, Ingersol Rand portable air compressor w/ jack hammer, American 8.5 HP wood splitter w/ side arm hydraulic log lift - ex.

SALE MANAGERS NOTE: While some of this equipment is not fresh from the showroom, it has all been well kept & maintained and several important pieces are next to new condition. All the tractors and equipment are field ready for high performance.

FARM SHOP CONTENTS: Forney elec welder, 15 T hydraulic press, portable hydraulic boom hoist, drill press, 1/2 T power chain hoist, plus many more power & hand tools, accessories, & the normal misc items. This is a well equipped shop w/ a high volume of good items. There should be something for everyone and it will be a good time to update your shop.

OWNER: Glen Kobler - 315-899-7761. The farm is sold and Glen is pursuing other interests.

TERMS: Cash or good checks. ID required. Nothing removed until settled for. Out of state checks need bank letter of credit made out to sale manager. Loading accommodations available. Please plan on quick removal as new owner is moving in soon.

Good food available. Comfort stations on site.

COL KERRY DART - AUCTIONEER & SALES MANAGER

Hubbardsville, NY 315-750-0366 email colkndart@yahoo.com See www.auctionzip.com for pictures & details.

day event for Ag colleges where dairy students combine into mixed school teams to analyze a dairy farm and make recommendations. This event allows students the opportunity to compete, share and make contacts with dairy industry organizations.

• The Southern Adirondack Fiber Producers Cooperative will use its $1,000 grant to support on-farm workshops, online videos, rack cards to drive traffic to Web site/video, and displays with fact sheet for use at fiber festivals and other

events to raise awareness of fiber quality.

• A $5,000 grant to the University of Massachusetts will support the New England Dairy Travel Course which is a week-long trip for students and faculty of the New England Land Grant Institutions to visit dairy farms and dairy related agribusinesses within a distinct geographical region. The “travel course” introduces Animal Science students to the numerous opportunities that exist within the dairy and agribusiness community.

TRACTORS Case IH 9110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,900 . . . . . . . . Fultonville CAT D4H LGP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,500. . . . . . . . . . Goshen Ford 8N w/Blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 244 J Loaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,900 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 7930 Lease return. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 4010 w/Loader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,800 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 6715 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 8560 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 8630 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 4240 Quad Cab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 5510 w/540 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 . . . . . . . . Fultonville AC CA 2btm/cult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,750 . . . . . . . . Fultonville NH TL90 cab 2WD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,900. . . . . . . . . Chatham AC 200 w/ cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,900 . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 4230 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 5425 w/542 ldr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 5325 2WD/Cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 5325 2WD/Cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,000 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 5065M w/553. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,500. . . . . . . . . . Goshen COMPACT TRACTORS MF 1220 w/mower. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,595. . . . . . . . . Chatham JD 2305 w/ldr & deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,900 . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 110 TLB, w/cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,800 . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 855 w/cab, & loader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,800 . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 2520 w/loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,900. . . . . . . . . Chatham JD 3720 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,900. . . . . . . Clifton Park JD 4400 w/loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,500. . . . . . . . . Chatham Kioti DK455 TLB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000. . . . . . . . . . Goshen Kubota L39 TLB, canopy . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,400. . . . . . . Clifton Park Kubota L5450 loader/backhoe . . . . . . . . $21,000. . . . . . . . . Chatham NH TC45D cab/loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,500. . . . . . . . . . Goshen NH TZ25DA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,900. . . . . . . . . . Goshen Yanmar B50 Excavator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville SKID STEER / CONSTRUCTION 317 Skid steer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,500. . . . . . . . . . Goshen Cat 236 cab, heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville NH L160 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,900. . . . . . . . . Chatham NH L170 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville MOWERS CONDITIONERS NH 477 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,900. . . . . . . . . Chatham JD 925 Moco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,900 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 946 Moco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,500. . . . . . . . . . Goshen Kuhn FC 302 Moco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,500. . . . . . . . . Chatham TILLAGE Brillion Seeder 10’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . Schaghticoke IH 710 4 bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . Schaghticoke IH II Shank Chisel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 1450 4 bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 2000 6 bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 2500 4 bottom plow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 . . . . . . . . Fultonville

• The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets will use its $2,000 grant to support bilingual adult CPR/First Aid training and fire extinguisher use training for Vermont dairy producer families and employees. This program will improve emergency preparedness on Vermont dairy farms and increase the number of farm families and farm employees who are certified in adult CPR/first aid training.

Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Program

• Created: 1996 • Total grant dollars since 1996: $1,241,366 • Total projects supported: 468 • Proposal submission dates: April 1, Aug. 1, Dec. 1 • Contact: Robert A. Smith, Farm Credit East, 2668 State Route 7, Suite 21, Cobleskill, NY 12043 • Phone: 518-2968188 • Send funding proposals to: AgEnhancement@ FarmCreditEast.com • For more information: FarmCreditEast. com/IndustrySupport. aspx

HAY AND FORAGE Claas 870 SPF H w/Heads . . . . . . . . . $169,500 . . . . . Schaghticoke NH 258 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,750 . . . . . . . . Fultonville NH Flail Chopper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville DBL Rake Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $950 . . . . . . . . Fultonville Miller Pro Rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,900 . . . . . . . . Fultonville Miller Pro Rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,750 . . . . . . . . Fultonville Miller 1416 merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,500 . . . . . Schaghticoke Miller 1416 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,500 . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 714 Forage Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,750 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 3960 forage harv., base unit . . . . . . . . $3,800 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 3970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,000 . . . . . . . . Fultonville Gehl 860 w/2R 6’ po . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,950 . . . . . . . . Fultonville Gehl 1470 RB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500. . . . . . . . . Chatham NH 166 inverter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,850 . . . . . . . . Fultonville Pequea Fluffer 81⁄2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville Fahr KH500 Tedder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,200 . . . . . . . . Fultonville Vicon 4 Star Tedder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,200. . . . . . . . . . Goshen Kuhn 500 Disc Mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500. . . . . . . . . Chatham Krone 550 Tedder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,650 . . . . . . . . Fultonville PLANTING / TILLAGE Brillion 18’ Harrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,900 . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 220 disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville Taylorway 16’ disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,500 . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 2500 4 btm hyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 7000 4RH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,550 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 12’ BWA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750 . . . . . . . . Fultonville BALERS NH 326 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,900 . . . . . Schaghticoke NH 316 baler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,500. . . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 335 Round Baler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,850 . . . . . . . . Fultonville Hesston 560. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,500. . . . . . . . . Chatham Hesston Rounder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville MISCELLANEOUS HARDI 210 3pt Sprayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,850 . . . . . . . . Fultonville KUBOTA RTV w/cab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500 . . . . . Schaghticoke POLARIS RAZOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,950 . . . . . . . . Fultonville ARCTIC CAT 650 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,850 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 135 mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 245 loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 840 loader w/643. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,950. . . . . . . . . Chatham JD 6600 combine w/215 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,800 . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 7000 Series 3 pt./PTO, front hitch . . . $4,950 . . . . . . . . Fultonville H&S 125 spreader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000 . . . . . . . . Fultonville Great Bend loader for JD 7000’s . . . . . . . $5,500 . . . . . . . . Fultonville Bush Hog 4 ft. mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $850. . . . . . . . . Chatham 7’Loader blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $875 . . . . . . . . Fultonville Landpride 7’ HD Blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,900 . . . . . Schaghticoke Frontier 7’ HD back blade, hyd Angle . . . $1,850 . . . . . Schaghticoke

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Feb. 1, 2012 is deadline to apply for Fred Stout Experience Awards Persons who have a strong desire to pursue a career in managing and/or marketing Registered Jersey™ cattle are encouraged to apply for the 2012 Fred Stout Experience awards.

The awards are presented annually in memory of Fred J. Stout Sr., Mt. Carmel, IL, a lifelong Jersey breeder and member of the Jersey Marketing Service staff from 1978 to 1997 who believed that the best learning experiences happen in the everyday world.

Two awards will be offered: (1) a minimum 10-week summer marketing internship with Jersey Marketing Service, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, and (2) a minimum 10-week on-farm, structured internship in Jersey herd management. Financial support is provided by a permanent endowment created by friends and colleagues of Fred Stout.

Applicants must have completed their high school education. To apply, submit a one-page résumé listing previous

work experience, skills and other qualifications, plus a separate cover letter stating your ambitions, goals and career aspirations, including plans for achieving them. The letter must also explain how and why the Fred Stout Experience will be of benefit in achieving future goals. A summary of involvement with and interest in Registered Jersey™ cattle is required.

Specify which experi-

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Senior Senate Agriculture Committee member Dick Lugar (R-IN) has introduced a farm bill proposal that includes the dairy policy reforms advocated by the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), a development that NMPF welcomed “as a major step forward in improving dairy policy.”

Lugar, a former chair of the Senate Ag Committee, and Representa-

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Bohnert, Illinois (2003), Allison Waggoner, South Carolina (2004), Dan Bauer, Wisconsin (2005), Aaron Horst, Pennsylvania (2006), Jacob Pieper, Maryland (2007), Katie Albaugh, Maryland (2008), Brady Core, Kentucky (2009), Kim Wilson, Missouri and Ivy Roberts, Florida (2010), and Joseph Fjarlie, Wisconsin and Amy Maxwell, Iowa (2011).

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tive Marlin Stutzman (RIN), a freshman member of the House Agriculture Committee, have jointly introduced a bill they call the Rural Economic Farm and Ranch Sustainability and Hunger Act (REFRESH). This bill would reduce farm program spending by $16 billion, and save a total of $40 billion compared to current policy. A complete bill summary and legislative draft of REFRESH may be found at www.lugar.senate.gov and www.stutzman. house.gov.

For the dairy title of the Farm Bill, the REFRESH legislation includes the key elements of the Dairy Security Act (DSA) of 2011, which previously was introduced in the House as

HR 3062 by Representatives Collin Peterson (DMN) and Mike Simpson (R-ID). The DSA is modeled after the extensive dairy reforms first proposed by NMPF. The DSA itself represents a 20 percent savings compared to the current dairy program budget, amounting to $131 million over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

“We appreciate Senator Lugar and Representative Stutzman recognizing the value of including the principles of NMPF’s Foundation for the Future in their Farm Bill proposal,” said Jerry Kozak, President and CEO of NMPF. “The REFRESH bill, along with the Dairy Security Act in the House, now gives us

the opportunity in both chambers of Congress to push for dairy reforms that will give farmers protection, stability and growth.”

The key dairy policy changes in the REFRESH bill include: replacing the dairy price support (DPPSP) and milk income loss contract (MILC) programs with a voluntary margin protection program that covers 80 percent of the producers’ production history when margins fall below $4 per hundred-weight; giving producers the option of whether to enroll in a market stabilization program; and reforming the Federal Milk Marketing Order system by moving to a competitive pay price.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2011 New Holland TC45A w/16La Loader & Woods 9000 Backhoe, 2000 hrs, Very Good Condition, R4 tires, $17,500

John Deere 4300 Tractor w/430 Loader & 72” mower deck, 955 hrs, Turf tires $14,900

CATTLE ACCEPTED BETWEEN 6:00 AM AND 11:00 AM NO CONSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED AFTER SALE BEGINS

DAIRY & BEEF CATTLE BEGIN AT 11:00 AM SHARP EQUIPMENT TO FOLLOW

New Holland TC34A DA w/240 Loader, HST Trans, 217 hrs, R4 tires, Very Good Condition $16,500

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Applications and letters of support must be postmarked no later than Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 and addressed to Fred Stout Experience, American Jersey Cattle Association, 6486 E. Main Street, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-2362.

They may be sent by email to info@usjersey.com.

Previous recipients of the Fred Stout Experience Award are Tara

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ence (marketing internship, on-farm internship) is preferred, or indicate if you are interested in both opportunities.

Two letters of support are required, one from an active breeder of Registered Jersey™ cattle, excluding immediate family members; and the other from a teacher, mentor or past employer. These must be mailed directly by the supporters to the AJCA

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Monday, October 24 • Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin).

Complete Milking Herd & Bred Heifer Dispersal for Dylan Hunt, Martville, NY. 21 milking age all stages of lactation, 8 Bred Hfrs - bred 2 mos. to springing. Majority of this herd is Ayrshires, 4 Hols. & 2 Jerseys. This is a grazing herd. Also: Complete Heifer Dispersal for Matt Schiavi, Locke, NY. 21 Head: 6 Hols., 5 Jerseys, 10 Jersey X. Most will be due in the spring & have been running with a Jersey bull since June. Another group of Open Hfrs. mostly Jersey X. Dairy starts at 1 pm. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752.

• 12:00 Noon: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-5843033, 585-738-2104.

• 12:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dryden, NY. Calves. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-844-9104 • 12:30 PM: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Misc. & Small Animals. 1:00 pm Dairy. We now sell Lambs, Goats, Pigs & Feeders immediately following Dairy. Calves & Cull Beef approx. 5-5:30 pm. . Tom & Brenda Hosking 607699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com • 12:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Sheep, Goats, Pigs, Horses & Hay. 1:30 pm Calves & Beef. Dale Chambers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105 • 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11, Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairy and Beef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315287-0220 • 4:00 PM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203, Chatham, NY. Regular Sale. Harold Renwick, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 518392-3321.

Tuesday, October 25 • 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY. Auction every Tuesday. Groceries, hay, straw, grain & firewood. Mohawk Valley Produce Auction,

518-568-3579 • 10:00 AM: 12601 State Rd. 545, North Winter Garden, FL. Rental Returns of Late Model Construction, Support Equip., Trucks & Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com • 1:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A, Central Bridge, NY. Dairy, sheep, goats, pigs and horses; 3:30 PM feeders followed by beef and calves. Tim Miller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.

Wednesday, October 26

Thursday, October 27

• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752 • 10:00 AM: 175 Wolf Run Rd., Cuba, NY. Estate of Steve Petzen. Excavating Equip. & Trucks. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563. www.teitsworth.com • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dryden, NY. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-844-9104 • 1:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Calves followed by beef. Dale Chambers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105 • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Milking Herd Dispersal.

Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104 • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Market, 716296-5041, 585-738-2104

• 5:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A, Central Bridge, NY. Calves, followed by Beef. Tim Miller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.

• 5:00 PM: 2105 Ireland Rd., Brockport, NY. Estate of Skeeter Van Marter. Tools & Equipment.

Harris Wilcox, Inc., Auctioneers & Appraisers, 585-494-1880 www.harriswilcox.com

Thursday, October 27 • Moira, NY. Carl & Annabelle Bilow. 85 head of Quality Dairy Cattle. “Super Milk” every year since 1986. Delarm & Treadway, Sale Managers & Auctioneers, 518-483-4106 • Cleveland, OH. Complete Liquidation Cat Construction Equip. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop off only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752 • 12:30 PM: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auction-

B RO U G HT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES Rte. 125, E. Middlebury, VT 05740 Sale every Monday & Thursday Specializing in Complete Farm Dispersals “A Leading Auction Service” In Vt. 800-339-2697 or 800-339-COWS 802-388-2661 • 802-388-2639 ALEX LYON & SON Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc. Jack Lyon Bridgeport, NY 315-633-2944 • 315-633-9544 315-633-2872 • Evenings 315-637-8912 AUCTIONEER PHIL JACQUIER INC. 18 Klaus Anderson Rd., Southwick, MA 01077 413-569-6421 • Fax 413-569-6599 www.jacquierauctions.com Auctions of Any Type, A Complete, Efficient Service philcorn@jacquierauctions.com AUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL 808 Borden Rd., Buffalo, NY 14227 800-536-1401 www.auctionsinternational.com BENUEL FISHER AUCTIONS Fort Plain, NY 518-568-2257 Licensed & Bonded in PA #AU005568

eer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033, 585-738-2104.

• 1:15 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Dairy Cattle followed by Beef & Calves. Dale Chambers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-8293105 • 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11, Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairy and Beef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315287-0220

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BRZOSTEK’S AUCTION SERVICE INC. Household Auctions Every Wed. at 6:30 PM 2052 Lamson Rd., Phoenix, NY 13135 Brzostek.com 315-678-2542 or 800-562-0660 Fax 315-678-2579 THE CATTLE EXCHANGE 4236 Co. Hwy. 18, Delhi, NY 13753 607-746-2226 • Fax 607-746-2911 www.cattlexchange.com E-mail: daveramasr@cattlexchange.com A Top-Quality Auction Service David Rama - Licensed Real Estate Broker C.W. GRAY & SONS, INC. Complete Auction Services Rte. 5, East Thetford, VT 802-785-2161 DANN AUCTIONEERS DELOS DANN 3339 Spangle St., Canandaigua, NY 14424 585-396-1676 www.cnyauctions.com dannauctioneers.htm DELARM & TREADWAY Sale Managers & Auctioneers William Delarm & Son • Malone, NY 518-483-4106 E.J. Treadway • Antwerp, NY 13608 315-659-2407

• 10:00 AM: Mason Facility, 10784 Rt. 19, Fillmore, NY. Annual Fall Consignment Auction. Tractors, Farm Equip., Construction, ATV’s, Classic Cars, Tools, Trucks, Camper, Generators, Boats and Lumber. R.G. Mason Auctions, 585-567-8844 or 585-261-8844 www.rgmasonauctions.com • 11:00 AM: Middlesex Livestock Auction, 488 Cherry Hill Rd., Middlefield, CT. Fall Feeder Cattle Auction. Accepting consignments Fri., Oct. 28 12-6 pm; Sat. Oct 29, 7-11 am. Middlesex Livestock Auction, Lisa Scirpo 860-883-5828, Sale Barn 860-349-3204

Monday, October 31 • Jones Farm, Freindsville, PA. Complete Milking Herd & Bred Heifer Dispersal. 70 Milking age in all stages of lactation, 10 bred hfrs. This herd consist of mostly Holsteins. Low SCC. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Friday, October 28

Tuesday, November 1

• Bloomfield, NY. Bennett Farms Milking Herd & Bred Heifer Dispersal. Bennett Farms, Inc. owners. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-7462226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • Detroit, MI. Large Construction, Agricultural Equip., Attachments, Support Equip. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com • 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY. Auction every Friday. Full line of produce, bedding plants & flowers. Mohawk Valley Produce Auction, 518-568-3579

• Pell City, AL. Truck Tractor & Specialized Trailer Auction. Large quantity of specialized trailers of different configurations: 19 axles, Trail Kings, Liddell, Hobb & others. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com

Saturday, October 29 • Syracuse, NY. Construction, Support, Attachments, Aerials, Trucks & Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com • 20 McCormick Rd., Spencer, MA. Estate of George Adgalanis. 4 Ford tractors, Trucks & Tools, Hay & other equipment. Auctioneer Phil Jacquier, Inc., 413-569-6421 www.jacquierauctions.com • 9:00 AM: 5563 East Main St., Batavia, NY. Empire Tractor Relocation Auction. Farm Tractors, Equipment, Agricultural Parts, Store Inventory, Store Pictures. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563. www.teitsworth.com

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Wednesday, November 2 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Thursday, November 3 • 9:30 AM: Goodrtich Imp., Inc., 7166 St. Rt. 38, Newark Valley, NY. Public Auction. 100+ Flood Units plus more. Goodrich Auction Service, 607642-3293 www.goodrichauctionservice.com

Saturday, November 5 • Canaan Tire, Gandolfo Dr, Canaan, CT. 5 Oliver Tractors, 1989 Ford Service Truck, Tire and Service Equipment, Office Equipment. Auctioneer Phil Jacquier, 413-569-6421 • Delaware, OH. Late Model Rental Return Construction Equip., Aerial Lifts, Attachments, Support Equip. & Camping Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com • Ithaca, NY. New York Holstein Fall Harvest Sale.

The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226

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EMPIRE LIVESTOCK MARKETING LLC 5001 Brittonfield Parkway P.O. Box 4844, East Syracuse, NY 315-433-9129 • 800-462-8802 Bath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .607-776-2000 Burton Livestock . . . . . . . . . . .315-829-3105 Central Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . .518-868-2006 Chatham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .518-392-3321 Cherry Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716-296-5041 Dryden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .607-844-9104 Farm Sale Division . . . . . . . . . .315-436-2215 Gouverneur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315-287-0220 Half Acre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315-258-9752 Pavilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .585-584-3033 FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK 3 miles east of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Livestock Sale every Wednesday at 1 PM Feeder Cattle Sales monthly Horse Sales as scheduled 585-394-1515 • Fax 585-394-9151 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com FRANKLIN USED EQUIPMENT SALES, INC. AUCTION SERVICE Franklin, NY 607-829-5172 Over 30 Years Experience in Farm Equipment Auctions Frank Walker, Auctioneer P.O. Box 25, Franklin, NY 13775 fwalker2@stny.rr.com

FRALEY AUCTION CO. Auctioneers & Sales Managers, Licensed & Bonded 1515 Kepner Hill Rd., Muncy, PA 570-546-6907 Fax 570-546-9344 www.fraleyauction.com GENE WOODS AUCTION SERVICE 5608 Short St., Cincinnatus, NY 13040 607-863-3821 www.genewoodsauctionserviceinc.com GOODRICH AUCTION SERVICE INC. 7166 St. Rt. 38, Newark Valley, NY 13811 607-642-3293 www.goodrichauctionservice.com H&L AUCTIONS Malone, NY Scott Hamilton 518-483-8787 or 483-8576 Ed Legacy 518-483-7386 or 483-0800 518-832-0616 cell Auctioneer: Willis Shattuck • 315-347-3003 HARRIS WILCOX, INC. Bergen, NY 585-494-1880 www.harriswilcox.com Sales Managers, Auctioneers, & Real Estate Brokers HILLTOP AUCTION CO. 3856 Reed Rd., Savannah, NY 13146 Jay Martin 315-521-3123 Elmer Zieset 315-729-8030

AUC TION CALENDAR To Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative or Contact David Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • Ithaca, NY. NY Fall Harvest Sale. Hosted by Cornell University Dairy Science Club. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • 8:30 AM: Gray’s Field, Rt. 5, Fairlee, VT. Public Consignment Auction of Farm Machinery, Construction Equipment, Autos, Trucks, Trailers and small tools. Consignments accepted on Friday from 8 am till noon. C.W. Gray & Sons, Inc., Complete Auction Services, 802-785-2161 • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Please vaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cattle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6 pm.

Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Monday, November 7

Wednesday, November 9 • 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Feeder Sale.

Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104.

• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Thursday, November 10 • Ben K. Stolzfus Farm, Intercourse, PA. Reserved for a major New York Herd Dispersal w/ a BAA of 110%! Co-Managed by The Cattle Exchange & Stonehurst Farms. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

Friday, November 11 • 11:30 AM: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Fall Premier All Breeds Sale. 100 head of quality all breeds sell. Call to participate in this sale. Selections are underway. Call if you

Saturday, November 12 • Madison, NY. Fern Hill Farm II Milking Herd Dispersal. 100 outstanding registered Holsteins sell.

Jack Russin & Family, owners. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • Racine, WI. Late Model Earthmoving Equip., Truck Tractors, Dump Trailers, Equip. Trailers, Campers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Please vaccinate your cattle & bring documentation.

Cattle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am 6 pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 10:30 AM: Jasper, NY (Steuben` Co.). Eggleston Farm Equip. & Machine Shop Liquidation. Nice tools!. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc. 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com

Monday, November 14 • Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin) .

Monthly Heifer Sale. Misc. & Small Animals. 1:00 pm Dairy. We now sell Lambs, Goats, Pigs & Feeders immediately following Dairy. Calves & Cull Beef approx. 5-5:30 pm. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Tuesday, November 15 • Houston, TX. Late Model Construction Equip., Aerials, Forklifts, Support, Trucks & Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com

Wednesday, November 16 • The Pines Farm, Barton, VT. 150th Top of Vermont Invitational Dairy Sale. Free turkey for every buyer! Sales Managers, Northeast Kingdom Sales, 802-525-4774, Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892 neks@together.net • 9:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale. Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm.

Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock

Marketing, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104.

• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Thursday, November 17 • Bow, NH. Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, Inc., 419865-3990 info@yoderandfrey.com www.yoderandfrey.com • 4:30 PM: Bath Market, Bath, NY. Special Feeder Calf and Beef Replacement Sales. Phil Laug, Mgr., Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-776-2000 or 315-427-7845.

Saturday, November 19 • Ledyard, CT (Foxwood Casino). Earthmoving Construction Equip., Aerial Lifts, Forklifts, Support, Dump Trucks, Truck Tractors, Equip. & Dump Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com

Monday, November 21 • Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin).

Monthly Sheep, Lamb, Goat & Pig Sale. Misc. & Small Animals. 1:00 pm Dairy. We now sell Lambs, Goats, Pigs & Feeders immediately following Dairy. Calves & Cull Beef approx. 5-5:30 pm. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Wednesday, November 23 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Wednesday, November 30 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Friday, December 2 • 11:00 AM: 3144 Dalton Rd., Cato, NY. Andrew Dennison Equipment Dispersal. Having sold the cows selling complete line of late model equipment. Hilltop Auction Co., Jay Martin 315-5213123, Elmer Zieset 315-729-8030

Saturday, December 3 • 9:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, Groveland, NY. Special Winter Consignment Auction of Farm

& Construction Equipment, Heavy & Light Trucks, Liquidations & Consignments. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563. www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Please vaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cattle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6 pm.

Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Wednesday, December 7 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Saturday, December 10 • 9:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Horse Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 10:15 AM: Ulysses, PA (Potter Co.). Hoopes Turf Farm, Inc. (Preston Hoopes) Sod Farm Dispersal in conjunction with Fox Hill Farms Retirement Auction at 11 am. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc. 585728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com

Wednesday, December 14 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Thursday, December 15 • 4:30 PM: Bath Market, Bath, NY. Special Feeder Calf and Beef Replacement Sales. Phil Laug, Mgr., Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-776-2000 or 315-427-7845.

Wednesday, December 21 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Wednesday, December 28 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

PA RT I C I PAT I N G A U C T I O N E E R S HOSKING SALES Sales Managers & Auctioneer 6810 W. River Rd., Nichols, NY 13812 Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 005392 Looking to have a farm sale or just sell a few?

Give us a call. Trucking Assistance. Call the Sale Barn or check out our trucker list on the Web site.

607-699-3637 Fax 607-699-3661 www.hoskingsales.com hoskingsales@stny.rr.com

HOSKING SALES-FORMER WELCH LIVESTOCK MARKET Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 008392 P.O. Box 311, New Berlin, NY 13411 607-847-8800 • 607-699-3637 cell: 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com hoskingsales@stny,rr.com

LEAMAN AUCTIONS LTD 329 Brenneman Rd., Willow St., PA 17584 717-464-1128 • cell 610-662-8149 auctionzip.com 3721 leamanauctions.com

KELLEHER’S AUCTION SERVICE R.D. 1, Little Falls, NY 315-823-0089 We Buy or Sell Your Cattle or Equipment on Commission or Outright In Business Since 1948!

MEL MANASSE & SON, AUCTIONEERS Sales Managers, Auctioneers & Real Estate Brokers Whitney Point, NY Toll free 800-MANASSE or 607-692-4540 Fax 607-692-4327 www.manasseauctions.com

Sales Mon., Wed. • Thurs. Special Sales NORTHEAST KINGDOM SALES INC. Jim Young & Ray LeBlanc Sales Mgrs. • Barton, VT Jim - 802-525-4774 Ray - 802-525-6913 neks@together.net NORTHAMPTON COOP. AUCTION Whately, MA • Farmer Owned Since 1949 Livestock Commission Auction Sales at noon every Tues.

Consignments at 9 AM 413-665-8774

Phone/Fax 585-567-8844 ROBERTS AUCTION SERVICE MARCEL J. ROBERTS Specializing in farm liquidations.

802-334-2638 802-777-1065 cell robertsauction@together.net ROY TEITSWORTH, INC. AUCTIONEERS Specialist in large auctions for farmers, dealers, contractors and municipalities.

Groveland, Geneseo, NY 14454 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com

NORTHERN NEW YORK DAIRY SALES North Bangor, NY 518-481-6666 Sales Mgrs.: Joey St. Mary 518-569-0503 Harry Neverett 518-651-1818 Auctioneer John (Barney) McCracken 802-524-2991 www.nnyds.com

TOWN & COUNTRY AUCTION SERVICE Rt. 32 N., Schuylerville, NY 518-695-6663 Owner: Henry J. Moak

MOHAWK VALLEY PRODUCE AUCTION 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY 13339 518-568-3579

PIRRUNG AUCTIONEERS, INC. P.O. Box 607, Wayland, NY 14572 585-728-2520 • Fax 585-728-3378 www.pirrunginc.com James P. Pirrung

WILLIAM KENT, INC. Sales Managers & Auctioneers Farm Real Estate Brokers • Stafford, NY 585-343-5449 • www.williamkentinc.com

NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLE Norman Kolb & David Kolb, Sales Mgrs.

Auctions Every Mon., Wed., & Thurs.

717-354-4341

R.G. MASON AUCTIONS Richard G. Mason We do all types of auctions Complete auction service & equipment

WRIGHT’S AUCTION SERVICE 48 Community Dr., Derby, VT 14541 802-334-6115 • www.wrightsauctions.com

MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION 488 Cherry Hill Rd., Middlefield, CT 06455 Sale Every Monday Lisa Scirpo 860-883-5828 Sales Barn 860-349-3204 Res. 860-346-8550

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• Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin) .

Monthly Fat Cow & Feeder Sale. Misc. & Small Animals. 1:00 pm Dairy. We now sell Lambs, Goats, Pigs & Feeders immediately following Dairy. Calves & Cull Beef approx. 5-5:30 pm. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

want to participate.Brown Swiss Semen selling: 11 units of Wonderment selling - bring your tanks.

Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-8478800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

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WEEKLY MARKET REPORT MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middlefield, CT October 17, 2011 On the Hoof, Dollars/Cwt Calves:45-60# .20-.26; 6175# .38-.45; 76-90# .50.5750; 91-105# .60-.6750; 106# & up .70-.75.

Farm Calves: .95-1.20 Started Calves: .25-.35 Veal Calves: .55-1.25 Heifers: Open .55-1; Beef .60-.91.

Feeder Steers: .85-1; Beef .65-1.10.

Stock Bull: .70-1.20 Beef Bull: .40-1.25 Boars: one at .13 Butcher Hogs: .48-.54 Feeder Pigs (ea): 9 at 57.50 Sheep, ea: 135-150 Lambs, ea: 75-235 Goats, ea: 40-200; Kids 62135.

Canners: up to 60 Cutters: 62-64.50 Utility: 65-70 Rabbits: 5-30 Chickens: 5-25 Ducks: 5-21 ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES East Middlebury, VT October 17, 2011 Cattle: 147 Calves: 268 Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 74.50-82.50; Boners 80-85% lean 60-77; Lean 85-90% lean 4271.50.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls 92-125# 75-120; 80-92# 7780.

Vealers: 100-125# 50-75; 90-100# 60-78; 80-90# 5076; 70-80# 54-75; 60-70# 20-50.

COSTA & SONS LIVESTOCK & SALES Fairhaven, MA No report * Sale every Wed. @ 7 pm.

FLAME LIVESTOCK Littleton, MA October 18, 2011 Beef Cattle: Canners .35.55; Cutters .52-.68; Util .67.80; Bulls .70-.80; Steers 1.10-1.15; Heifers .60-.78.

Calves: Growers No. 1 .70 1.20; Veal .60-1; Heifers .751.10; Other .50.

Hogs: Sows .40-.50; Boars .24.

Sheep: .70-.90; Lambs 1.502.10.

Goats: 75-120/ea; Billies 140-175/ea; Kids 40-80/ea.

NORTHAMPTON COOPERATIVE AUCTION, INC Whately, MA October 18, 2011 Calves: (/cwt) 0-60# 10-34; 61-75# 26-50; 76-95# 5-65; 96-105# 24-60; 106# & up 43-60.

Farm Calves: 70-190/cwt Start Calves: 63-79/c Heifers: 59.50-65 Steers: 57-78/cwt Bulls: 56-80/cwt.

Canners: 10-50/cwt Cutters: 50.50-63/cwt Utility: 63.50-79/cwt

Sows: 50-57/cwt Hogs: 69-70/cwt Shoats: 67/ea.

Pigs: 34-67/ea.

Lambs: 100-185/cwt Sheep: 47.50-130/cwt Goats: 16-195/ea.

Rabbits: .50-15/ea.

Poultry: 1-21/ea.

Hay (9 lots): 2.60-4.80/bale. northamptonlivestockauction.homestead.com HACKETTSTOWN AUCTION Hackettstown, NJ No report CAMBRIDGE VALLEY LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Cambridge, NY No report EMPIRE LIVESTOCK MARKET BURTON LIVESTOCK Vernon, NY No report CENTRAL BRIDGE LIVESTOCK Central Bridge, NY October 18, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. .70-1.50; Grower Bull over 92# .501.70; 80-92# .50-1; Bob Veal .60-.90.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .62-.75; Lean .45-.63; Hvy. Beef Bulls .62-.75.

Dairy Replacements (/hd): Fresh Cows 700-1300; Springing Cows 800-1400; Springing Hfrs. 1000-1300; Bred Hfrs. 800-1100; Fresh Hfrs. 700-1450;l Open Hfrs.

300-800; Started Hfrs. 150300; Service Bulls 400-1000.

Beef (/#): Feeders .60-1.18.

Lamb/Sheep (/#): Feeder .80-1.50; Market 1.50-2; Slaughter Sheep .35-.65.

Goats (/hd): Billies 100-200; Nannies 75-135; Kid Goats 25-80.

CHATHAM MARKET Chatham, NY October 17, 2011 Calves (/#): Grower over 92# .90-1.20; 80-92# .55.75; Bob Veal .49-.57.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .71-.75; Lean .58-.66; Hvy. Beef Bulls .73-.75.

Dairy Replacements (/hd): Started Hfrs. 305.

Beef (/#): Feeders .55-.85; Hols. Ch Steer 69-78.50.

Lamb/Sheep (/#): Feeder 1.80-2.15; Market 1.60-1.90; Slaughter .65-.85.

Goats (/#): Billes 1.30-1.65; Nannies .70-.90; Kids .25.40. *Buyers always looking for pigs.

CHERRY CREEK Cherry Creek, NY October 12, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfr. Calves 2;Grower over 92# .80-1.15; 80-92# .50-1.05; Bob Veal .05-.60.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .60-.69; Lean .40-.61; Hvy. Beef Bulls .68-.73.

Beef (/#): Feeders 400-600# .80-1.40; Veal 200-300#

1.10; Hfrs. .90-.95; Steer .88.93; Hols. Sel .75-.82.

Lambs (/#): Market 1.401.60; Slaughter .40-.50.

Swine (/#): Hog .70; Sow .52; Boar .20.

DRYDEN MARKET Dryden, NY October 5, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfr. calves 1.20-1.60; Grower Bull over 92# 1.10-1.55; 80-92# .75-1; Bob Veal .25-.70.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .66-.77; Lean .58-.67; Hvy. Beef Bulls .68-.75.

Beef (/#): Feeders .82-1.16; Ch 1.03-1.06; Hols. Ch .95.

Lamb/Sheep (/#): Market 1.40; Slaughter Sheep .45.60.

Goats (/hd): Billies 120; Nannies 37.50.

Swine (/#): Feeder Pig (/hd) 44.

GOUVERNEUR LIVESTOCK Governeur, NY No report PAVILION MARKET Pavilion, NY October 10, 2011 Calves (/#): Grower Calves 1.60; over 92# 1-1.40; 8092# .50-1; Bob Veal .05-.40.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .62-.74; Lean .44-.65; Hvy. Beef Bulls .68-.70.

Beef (/#): Ch 1.055; Hols. Ch .88-.94; Sel .78-.83.

BATH MARKET Bath, NY September 29, 2011 Calves (/#): Grower Bulls over 92# .90-1.2250; 80-92# .75-1; Bob Veal .30-.40.

Cull Calves (/#): Gd .62-.70; Lean .55-.63.

FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK AUCTION Canandaigua, NY October 18, 2011 Dairy Cows for Slaughter: Bone Util 56-75; Canners/Cutters 43-68; Bulls dairy HY Util 60-76.

Dairy Replacements (/hd): Open 750-920.

Slaughter Calves: Bobs 95110# 40-67.50; 80-95# 3565; 60-80# 30-60; Vealers (grassers) 250# & up 52-78.

Dairy Calves Ret. to Feed: Bull over 95# 70-132.50; 8095# 65-130; 70-80# 60-70; Hfrs. 97.50-165; Bull calves Ch (grain fed) 99-119; Sel 80-95.

Beef Steers: Ch grain fed 86-99; Sel 75-84.

Hogs: Hogs US 1-3 79-87; Sows US 1-3 51-56; Feeders US 1-3 58-72.

Feeder Lambs: Ch 50-80# 130-142.50.

Market Lambs: Ch 80-100# 160-180.

Slaughter Sheep: M 35-80.

Rams: Ch over 10# 70-90.

Goats (/hd): Billies L 110# & up 95-175.

Feeder Sale October 15, 2011 Beef Feeders: 301-500# 70-136; 501-700# 60-133; 701# & up 53-110.

Gouverneur

Canandaigua Pavilion Penn Yan Dryden Cherry Creek

Bath

Vernon New Berlin

Cambridge

Central Bridge Chatham

Beef Heifers: 301-500# 62134; 501-700# 58-129; 701# & up 51-106.

Beef Bulls: 301-500# 58131; 501-700# 57-125; 701# & up 54-108.

Holsteins: 301-500# 60-78; 501-700# 54-74; 701# & up 52-73.

Bred Replacements: 210870.

Families: 700-980.

FINGER LAKES HAY AUCTION Penn Yan, NY No report.

Hay Fridays @ 11:15. Produce Mon. @ 10 am, WedFri. @ 9 am sharp!

FINGER LAKES PRODUCE AUCTION Penn Yan, NY No report Produce Mon @ 10 am, Wed-Fri @ 9 am sharp.

HOSKING SALES New Berlin, NY October 17, 2011 Cattle: Bone Util .60-.71; Canners/Cutters .58-.65; Easy Cows .60 & dn.

Bulls: Bulls/Steers .60-.66.

Calves: Bull Calves 96-120# .80-1.10; up to 95# .10-.95; Hols. Hfrs. under 100# 1.25.

Goats: up to 150 Lambs: 55-100# 1.30182.50.

Cull Sheep: .58-1.

BELKNAP LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belknap, PA No report BELLEVILLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belleville, PA October 12, 2011 Holstein Steers: Sel 1-3 1350# 80.

Heifers: Sel 1-3 1035-1080# 87.50-92.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75% lean 67.5069.75; Breakers 75-80% lean 63-67.75, lo dress 6061.50; Boners 80-85% lean 58.75-64.75, hi dress 65-67; Lean 85-90% lean 51-58.75, hi dress 59-60.25, lo dress

41.50-50.

Feeder Cattle: Steers L 2 600# 95; Heifers M 1 375# 108; L 2 615-680# 74-90; Bulls L 1 Herefords 305# 90.

Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.

Bulls 95-120# 122-150; No. 2 Hols. 95# 110-115; 85-90# 65-97; No. 3 80-105# 52-75; No. 1 Hols. Hfrs. 95-105# 115-205/hd; No. 2 Hols. hfrs.

75-100# 70-140/hd; BeefX 100# 100.

Vealers: 65-85# 14-47.

Vealers: 65-85# 14-47.

Sows: US 1-3 400-500# 120-145/hd; 600# 195/hd.

Boars: 400# 70/hd.

Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 10-55# 15-38; 60-70# 35-38.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 70-85# 192.50-205; Yearlings 85-130# 100-120; Ewes Gd 2-3 130-160# 95105.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 50-60# 75-105; 65-90# 100135; Sel 2 under 20# 12.5020; 20-40# 25-52.50; 45-60# 62.50-90; Nannies Sel 1 100-150# 85-120; Sel 2 80# 57.50; Billies Sel 1 100# 120.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA October 18, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Ch 12101535# 115-123.50; Ret. to Feed 1060-1160# 102.50104; Hols. Ch 1440-1645# 101.75-106.50; cpl Sel 93.75-97; Hfrs. Ch 1 hd 965# 111.50.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 69.50-77; Boners 64-72.50; Lean 62-68.50; Big Middle/lo dress/lights 56-64; Shelly 55 & dn.

Bulls: 1815-1900# 78-80.

Feeder Cattle: Steers Hols. dairy types 205-485# 67-74; one 1160# 78.

Calves Ret. to Farm: Hols.

Bulls No. 1 95-120# 135145; No. 2 80-110# 105-135; No. 3 75-115# 65-105.

Swine: Hogs 205-295# 6367; Sows 330-575# 54.5064; thin 385-430# 48-51.50; Boners 42-46; Boars 505545# 34.50-35.

Goats: L Nannies 98-132; Small/thin 60-90; Families

115-186; Fancy Kids 120142; Fleshy Kids 78-117; Small/thin/bottle 18-76.

Lambs: Ch 50-75# 180-194; 80-95# 175-187; 100-105# 185-214; 110-115# 168-181; Gd 2 hd 45-70# 155-165.

Sheep: all wts. 77-90; Yearlings 114-150.

Sale every Tuesday * 5 pm for Rabbits, Poultry & Eggs * 6 pm for Livestock starting with calves. * State Graded Feeder Pig Sale Fri., Oct. 28.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA Small Animal Sale October 18, 2011 Rabbits: 2-16 Ducks: 3-11.25 Turkeys: 7.50-24 Canary: 12 Peacock: 26 Chickens: .50-7 Pigeons: 1.50-2.50 Quail: 1.50-2 Cockateils: 20 All animals sold by the piece.

Sale starts at 5 pm.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC State Graded Feeder Pig Sale Carlisle, PA No report DEWART LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET, INC Dewart, PA October 17, 2011 Holstein Steers: 13581394# 91-93; 1448-1526# 96-99.

Cows: Breakers 63.50-66; Boners 51.50-64; Lean 4757.50.

Bulls: 1402-1898# 7076.25.

Feeder Steers: 320-400# 119-125.

Feeder Bulls: L 1 582-794# 86-88.

Calves: 189. Bulls No. 1 94124# 137-152; 84-92# 105132; No. 2 94-120# 122142; 80-92# 70-90; No. 3 94116# 50-85; 80-92# 4070;Hfrs. No. 1 92-98# 180195; No. 2 78-100# 100-160;

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT Util 15-40.

Feeder Pigs: Hogs 275328# 73-75.50.

Lambs: 56-68# 166-167; 72-80# 182-192; 92-114# 152-177; 124-158# 135-171.

Goats (/hd): Kids Sel 1 5060# 85; 80-90# 100-117; 90110# 110-130; Sel 2 50-60# 57-80; 70-100# 82-102; Nannies/Pygmies 70-90# 60-67; Whethers 130-150# 150172.

Hay: 11 lds, 200-800/ton.

Oats: 1 ld, 3.50/bu.

Wood: 2 lds, 72-145/ld.

GREENCASTLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Greencastle, PA October 17, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1346-1470# 121-123; Ch 2-3 1172-1570# 115121; 1632-1706# 113.50119.50; Sel 1-3 1106-1370# 108.50-114; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1592-1690# 102-105; Ch 2-3 1320-1698# 99.50102.50; Sel 1-3 1218-1638# 90-95.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1212# 115.50; Ch 2-3 1126-1358# 108-113.50; Sel 1-3 1032-1296# 101-106.50.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Mercer

Jersey Shore

New Wilmington

Dewart Leesport Belleville Homer City

New Holland Carlisle Lancaster Paradise

Eighty-Four Whites 65-75% lean 73.5076; Breakers 75-80% lean 67-72.50, hi dress 71.75-74; Boners 80-85% lean 63.5068.25, hi dress 69-72.50, lo dress 59.50-64; Lean 8590% lean 58-64, hi dress 64.50, lo dress 52.50-57.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1142-2014# 68-77.50, hi dress 1686# 84.50; YG 2 882-1532# 60.50-70.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 320# 112.50; 542-803# 96-117; M&L 2 424# 115; 524-692# 87-89; Herefords 478-512# 76-92.50; L 3 Hols. 562-694# 78-83.

Slaughter Heifers: M&L 1 315-450# 112.50-119; 522582# 110-111; Herefords 535# 81; M&L 2 286-474# 82.50-114; 640-766# 71101; Herefords 325# 74; 714# 69.

Slaughter Bulls: M&L 1 342-473# 95-115; 552-844# 89-116; M&L 2 386-424# 87.50-100; 730-742# 82-97; Herefords 352# 85; L 3 Hols.

326-432# 74-91.

Holstein Feeder Calves: No. 1 94-126# 137.50-165; 90-92# 105-120; No. 2 94120# 100-140; 84-92# 87.50-107.50; No. 3 78-102# 57.50-90; Hols. Hfr. No. 2 7580# 125; Vealers 65-96# 32.50-55.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 49-54% lean 188-268# 66.50-68; 45-50% lean 248306# 60.50-66.50.

Sows: US 1-3 456# 65.50.

Boars: 300# 36.

Slaughter Lambs: Ch 2-3 50-64# 172.50-210; 70-109# 185-210; 126# 180;Yearlings 102-108# 110-135; Ewes Gd 2-3 86-156# 74-82.50.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 50-65# 120-130; 70-80# 130-165; Sel 2 under 20# 25-32.50; 20-40# 40-52.50; 55# 47.50; Nannies Sel 1 90-140# 77.50-125; Sel 2 90# 69-79; Billies Sel 1 170# 190-205.

INDIANA FARMERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION Homer City, PA No report KUTZTOWN HAY & GRAIN AUCTION Kutztown, PA October 15, 2011 Alfalfa: 3 lds, 165-330

Mixed Hay: 8 lds, 120-350 Timothy: 5 ld, 150-240 Grass: 11 lds, 115-300 Straw: 6 lds, 155-235 Firewood: 2 lds, 95-120 Rye Seed: 5 lds, 14-14.50 Clover: 1 ld, 150 Wheat Seed: 1 ld, 6.

LANCASTER WEEKLY CATTLE SUMMARY New Holland, PA October 14, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Mon. Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1315-1450# 121.50-123.50; Ch 2-3 12151435# 115-121.50; Hols. Hi Sel 1-3 1010-1230# 88.5093.50; Thurs. Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1325-1520# 125-127.50; Ch 2-3 1200-1450# 121-124; Sel 2-3 1020-1295# 116119; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1300-1530# 103-106; Ch 2-3 1185-1575# 96-101; Sel 2-3 1090-1515# 90-93.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1195-1375# 123-124; Ch 2-3 1085-1270# 115119; Sel 2-3 1005-1110# 110.50.

Slaughter Cows: Prem Whites 65-75% lean 7178.50; Breakers 75-80% lean 64-75, hi dress 6977.50, lo dress 65-70; Boners 80-85% lean 62-69, hi dress 66-74.50, lo dress 57.50-62; Lean 85-90% lean 54-64, hi dress 59.50-67.50, lo dress 49-58.

Slaughter Bulls: Mon. YG 1 1110-1820# 78-82, lo dress 1335-1980# 72.50-76; very hi dress 115-121; Bullocks 850-1330# 82-86; hi dress 930-1495# 88-91, lo dress 1060-1285# 75-80; Thurs.

YG 1 1095-1820# 79.50-84, hi dress 85-88, lo dress 7879; Bullocks YG 1 880-1545# 91-96, hi dress 98-103.

Graded Holstein Bull Calves: Mon. No. 1 95-115# 130-152; 80-95# 90-110; No. 2 95-120# 110-125; 85-95# 75-95; No. 3 95-110# 70100; 75-90# 50-70; Util 65100# 25-60; Hols. Hfrs. No. 2 75-100# 185-220; No. 2 7590# 100-140; non-tubing 6080# 15-60; Tues. No. 1 pkg 121# 120; 95-113# 140; 8090# 50-82; No. 2 95-113# 120-138; 74-90# 30-85; No. 3 73-106# 29-57; Util 73103# 12-40; Graded Hols.

Hfrs No. 1 93-102# 245-250; pkg 85# 165; No. 2 83-93#

105-150; pkg 75# 55; nontubing 65-93# 12-50.

Graded Bull Calves: Thurs.

No. 1 pkg 120-128# 137; 94118# 145-159; 86-92# 5560; No. 2 102-128# 135-147; 94-100# 102-110; pkg 9496# 82; 80-92# 50; No. 3 80130# 40-65; 72-88# 20; Util 60-110# 11-40; Hols. hfr. calves No. 1 85-95# 200250; No. 2 85-95# 150-180.

LEBANON VALLEY LIVESTOCK AUCTION Fredericksburg, PA October 11, 2011 Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 64-66.50; Boners 80-85% lean 57-63; Lean 88-90% lean 52-58.50.

Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.

Bulls 95-120# 120-137; No. 2 95-115# 75-100; No. 3 80110# 50-60.

LEESPORT LIVESTOCK AUCTION Leesport, PA October 12 2011 Slaughter Steers: Ch 2-3 1245# 115.50; Sel 23 11301230# 108.50-113.50; Hols.

Ch 2-3 1515-1650# 94.5098.50.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 67.50-73.50; Boners 80-85% lean 62.5066.50; Lean 85-90% lean 5863.50, lo dress 53-58.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1120-1270# 76-84.50.

Feeder Steers: L 3 500800# 56-62.

Vealers: Util 70-105# 15-50.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 95-125# 125-147.50; 85-90# 67.50-80; No. 2 95120# 95-125; No. 3 80-120# 40-75.

Lambs: Ch 2-3 105-110# 172.50-181.50.

Goats: Kids Sel 1 30-40# 72.50-76; Sel 2 20-30# 4051; Nannies Sel 3 50-80# 58; Wethers Sel 1 100-125# 140-141.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 49-54% lean 278# 73.

MIDDLEBURG LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middleburg, PA October 11, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1215-1515# 121.50124.50; Ch 2-3 1145-1490# 114-120; YG 4-5 1365# 112; Sel 1-3 1155-1245# 112113.50; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3

1435-1550# 100.50-104; 1650-1660# 100.50-103.50; Ch 2-3 1245-1515# 98101.50; Sel 1-3 1280-1355# 87-87.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1205-1390# 116117.50; Ch 2-3 1100-1360# 112.50-115.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75% lean 69; Breakers 75-80% lean 6268.50, lo dress 55; Boners 80-85% lean 55-61, hi dress 63-64.50, lo dress 48-55.50; Lean 85-90% lean 50-56, hi dress 57-62, lo dress 4250.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1255-1925# 69-79; hi dress 2035# 85; YG 2 760-1440# 55-68.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 472# 107; 620-700# 83-93; M&L 2 570-650# 77-87; L 3 Hols.

555-630# 60-71.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 380-485# 85-99; 590# 93; Herefords 292-440# 81-89; M&L 2 275# 81; 500-685# 68-80.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 235# 90; 395490# 84-85; 515# 95; Herefords 455# 80; M&L 2 280-428# 82-83; 600# 65; L 3 Hols. 365-470# 56-74.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 95-130# 117-157; 90# 105-112; No. 2 95-115# 90120; 85-90# 72-90; No. 3 75105# 47-77; Hols. Hfrs. No. 1 100-135# 145-165; No. 2 Hols. Hfrs 75# 70-77; Beef X 85# 147.

Vealers: Util 65-115# 20-60.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 49-54% lean 243-275# 71-73.50; 280-298# 72.5072.75; 45-50% lean 238280# 69-71.50; 320-325# 63.50-67.

Sows: US 1-3 320-385# 5359; 510# 51.

Boars: 400-735# 29.5031.50.

Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 55# 33; one lot 105# 77/cwt.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 56-65# 160-192; 70106# 130-167; 115# 152; Yearlings 115# 92; Ewes Gd 2-3 180# 87; Rams 180# 87.

Slaughter Kids: Sel 1 4560# 90-120; 65-75# 112125; Sel 2 under 20# 25; 2040# 40-62; 65# 100.

Slaughter Nannies: Sel 1 110-140# 82-102; Sel 2 100120# 50-78; Sel 3 90-100# 30-50.

Billies: Sel 1 160# 155; Sel 2 120# 110.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Martinsburg, PA October 17, 2011 Cattle: 116 Steers: Ch 104-114; Gd 98103.

Heifers: Ch 102-110; Gd 95101.

Cows: Util & Comm. 60-69; Canner/lo Cutter 58 & dn.

Bullocks: Gd & Ch 76-85 Bulls: YG 1 63-75 Feeder Cattle: Steers 6590; Bulls 60-80; Hfrs. 60-85.

Calves: 67. Ch 85-100; Gd 75-85; Std 15-60; Hols. Bulls 90-130# 60-140.

Hogs: 38. US 1-2 71-74; US 1-3 66-70; Sows US 1-3 4859; Boars 25-52.

Feeder Pigs: 22. US 1-3 2050# 25-52.

Sheep: 40. Gd. lambs 15018; SI Ewes 70-80.

Goats: 30-130 MORRISON’S COVE HAY REPORT Martinsburg, PA October 17, 2011 Grass: 245-260 Mixed Hay: 160.50-170 Rd. Bale: 100 Round Bales: 95-130 Lg. Sq. Bales: 85-125 Straw: 160-190 Wood: 65 Hay Auction held every Monday at 12:30 pm.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK, POULTRY & RABBIT REPORT Martinsburg, PA October 17, 2011 Roosters: 3-4.75 Hens: 1.50-2.75 Banties: .10-1.50 Pigeons: 2-3 Ducks: 4-6 Bunnies: 2-4.75 Rabbits: 4.25-9.75 Auction held every Monday at 7 pm.

NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES New Holland, PA October 6, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1325-1520# 125127.50; Ch 2-3 1200-1450# 121-124; Sel 2-3 10201295# 116-119.

Holstein Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1300-1530# 103-106; Ch 2-3 1185-1575# 96-101; Sel 2-3 1090-1515# 90-93.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1195-1375# 123-124; Ch 2-3 1085-1270# 115119; Sel 2-3 1005-1110# 110.50.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White 65-75% lean 7578.50, lo dress 72-73; Breakers 75-80% lean 72-75, hi dress 75.50-77.50, lo dress 67.50-70; Boners 80-85% lean 64.50-69, hi dress 7074, lo dress 58.50-62; Lean 88-90% lean 60-64, hi dress 65-67.50, lo dress 54-58.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1095-1820# 79.50-84, hi dress 85-88; lo dress 78-79; Bullocks YG 1 880-1545# 91-96, hi dress 98-103.

Graded Bull Calves: Hols.

No. 1 pkg 120-128# 137; 94118# 145-159; 86-92# 5560; No. 102-128# 135-147; 94-100# 102-110; pkg 9094# 82; 80-92# 50; No. 3 80130# 40-65; 72-88# 20; Util 60-110# 11-40.

Holstein Heifer Calves: No. 1 85-95# 200-250; No. 2 8595# 150-180.

NEW HOLLAND PIG AUCTION New Holland, PA No report.

NEW HOLLAND SHEEP & GOATS AUCTION New Holland, PA

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EIGHTY FOUR LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Holland, PA October 17, 2011 Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75% lean 75, lo dress 73; Breakers 75-80% lean 70.50-74.50, lo dress 67-69; Boners 80-85% lean 65.50-69.50, hi dress 70.50, lo dress 61-64; Lean 85-90% lean 61-64.50, lo dress 5860.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1675-2205# 72-75, one to 79; YG 2 1345-1760# 67-71.

Steers: M&L 1 300-500# 131-135; 500-700# 120-132; 1000-1100# 98-104; M&L 2 300-500# 117.50; 500-700# 97-112.50.

Heifers: M&L 1 300-500# 112.50-120, few to 130; 500700# 94-112.50; 700-900# 90100; M&L 2 300-500# 97110; 500-700# 82.50-95.

Bulls: M&L 1 300-400# 132.50-140; 400-500# 120128; 500-600# 109-115, few to 127.50; 600-700# 103106; M&L 2 300-500# 105115; 500-700# 91-97.50.

Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.

Bulls 90-120# 135-165, one at 170; No. 2 90-130# 97.50125; No. 3 85-120# 45-85; Beef Calves 125-225# 85130; Vealers Util 65-120# 2040.

Sows: US 1-3 400# 59.

Boars: 300-400# 22-29.

Slaughter Lambs: Ch 1-3 60-80# 182.50-187.50; 80100# 177.50-189; Yearlings 115-137# 100-157.50.

Slaughter Ewes: Util 1-2 109-125# 69-85.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 50-65# 120-135; 7585# 135157.50; Sel 2 55-60# 92.50107.50; Nannies Sel 1 108# 95/cwt; Sel 3 55# 70; Billies Sel 1 120-140# 122.50/cwt; Whethers Sel 1 130# 105.

Pennsylvania Markets

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WEEKLY MARKET REPORT October 17, 2011 Slaughter Lambs: Non-traditional markets: Wooled & Shorn Ch & Pr 2-3 40-60# 205-235; 60-80# 188-211; 80-90# 184-199; 90-110# 184-198; 110-130# 170-184; 130-150# 168-182; Wooled & Shorn Ch 2-3 50-60# 176190; 60-80# 169-184; 8090# 170-183; 90-110# 169184.

Slaughter Ewes: Gd 2-3 M flesh 120-160# 82-97; 160200# 84-97; 200-300# 7076; Util 1-2 thin flesh 120160# 72-84.

Slaughter Kids: Sel 1 3040# 103-118; 40-60# 116134; 60-80# 128-153; 8090# 141-156; Sel 2 30-50# 66-80; 50-60# 87-101; 6080# 102-126; 80-90# 115130; Sel 3 30-40# 66-80; 4060# 76-91; 70-80# 86-101; 80-90# 94-104.

Slaughter Nannies/Does: Sel 1 80-130# 100-116; 130180# 115-130; Sel 2 50-80# 76-91; 80-130# 82-97; Sel 3 50-80# 53-69; 80-130# 6984.

Slaughter Bucks/Billies: Sel 1 100-150# 152-167; 150-250# 190-196; Sel 2 100-150# 135-150.

NEW WILMINGTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Wilmington, PA No report NEW WILMINGTON PRODUCE AUCTION, INC. New Wilmington, PA No report PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Grain Market Summary Compared to last week corn

sold .15 to .20 higher, wheat sold .20--.25 higher, barley sold .10-.15 lower, Oats sold .05-.10 lower & Soybeans sold .50-.75 higher. EarCorn sold steady. All prices /bu. except ear corn is /ton.

Southeastern PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.80-7.36, Avg 7.08, Contracts 6.55-6.57; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.736.53, Avg 6.10, Contracts 5.97-6.20; Barley No. 3 Range 4.70-5.50, Avg 5.10, Contracts 4.50, Oats No. 2 Range 4-5, Avg 4.50; Soybeans No 2 Range 11.9512.30, Avg 12.10, Contracts 11.91-12; EarCorn Range 200-205, Avg 202.50.

Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.45-7.22, Avg 6.90; Wheat 6.53; Barley No. 3 Range 4.75-5, Avg 4.87; Oats No. 2 Range 3.80-4.30, Avg 4; Soybeans No. 2 Range 11-12.30, Avg 11.67; EarCorn Range 195-220, Avg 207.50.

South Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.40-7.10, Avg 6.65; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.30-6.33, Avg 5.81; Barley No. 3 Range 4.25-5.30, Avg 4.45; Oats No. 2 Range 3-4, Avg 3.37; Soybeans No. 2 Range 12-12.10, Avg 12.05; EarCorn Range 165-180, Avg 172.50 Lehigh Valley Area: Corn No. 2 Range 7.05-7.25, Avg 7.13; Wheat No. 2 Range 7; Barley No. 3 Range 4.85; Oats No. 2 Range 4.50; Soybeans No. 2 Range 11.3512.10, Avg 11.72; Gr. Sorghum Range 7.05.

Eastern & Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.40-7.36, Avg 6.95, Mo. Ago 7.76, Yr Ago

5.55; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.30-7, Avg 6.19, Mo Ago 6.67, Yr Ago 6.34; Barley No. 3 Range 4.25-5.50, Avg 4.73, Mo Ago 4.93, Yr Ago 2.78; Oats No. 2 Range 3-5, Avg 3.91, Mo Ago 4.11, Yr Ago 2.35; Soybeans No. 2 Range 11-12.30, Avg 11.87, Mo Ago 13.34, Yr Ago 11.09; EarCorn Range 165-220; Avg 191.25, Mo Ago 209.71, Yr Ago 126.87.

Western PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.20-7, Avg 6.74; Oats No. 2 3.75-4, Avg 3.91; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.48; Soybeans No. 2 Range 11.85.

PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Weekly Livestock Summary October 14, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 121.50-127.50; Ch 13 115-121; Sel 1-2 108.50113.50; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 100-106; Ch 2-3 94.50-99; Sel 1-2 87.50-93.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 117.50-123; Ch 1-3 112.50-116; Sel 1-2 102110.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 66-73.50; Boners 80-85% lean 62-69; Lean 85-90% lean 54-61.50.

Slaughter Bulls: lo dress 72.50-78, Avg dress 78-84; hi dress 85-88.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300500# 124-141; 500-700# 122-136; M&L 2 300-500# 117.50-131; 500-700# 110124.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300500# 118-133; 500-700# 109-124; M&L 2 300-500#

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Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300500# 124-141; 500-700# 111-130; M&L 2 300-500# 115-126; 500-700# 108-117.

Vealers: Util 60-120# 10-60.

Farm Calves: No. 1 Hols. bulls 95-125# 120-160; No. 2 95-125# 100-145; No. 3 80120# 40-75; No. 1 Hols. Hfrs.

84-105# 150-250; No. 2 80105# 75-150.

Hogs: Barrows & Glts 4954% lean 220-270# 69-76; 45-50% lean 220-270# 6871.

Sows: US 1-3 300-500# 5659; 500-700# 59-63.

Graded Feeder Pigs: US 12 30-39# 121-131; 40-49# 125; 50-59# 120-134; 6069# 110-127; 70-79# 95106.

Slaughter Sheep: Ch & Pr 2-3 60-80# 216-230; 80110# 207-226; 110-150# 194-219; Ch 1-3 40-60# 200216; 60-80# 190-210; 80110# 12-200; Ewes Gd 2-3 120-160# 105-120; 160200# 94-100; Util 1-2 120160# 81-96; 160-200# 8094.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 40-60# 106-133; 60-80# 126-147; 80-100# 146-186; Sel 2 40-60# 76-96; 60-80# 101-127; Sel 3 40-60# 6479; 60-80# 65-80; Nannies Sel 1 80-130# 105-120; 130180# 110-125; Sel 2 80130# 89-104; Sel 3 50-80# 57-71; 80-130# 68-83; Billies Sel 1 100-150# 172-187; 150-250# 204-219; Sel 2 100-150# 139-158.

PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Hay Market Summary

October 17, 2011 Hay & Straw Market For Eastern PA: All hay prices paid by dealers at the farm and /ton. Compared to last week hay and straw sold mostly steady. All hay and straw reported sold /ton.

Alfalfa 175-250; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 160300; Timothy 150-200; Straw 100-160 clean; Mulch 60-80.

Summary of Lancaster Co. Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 104 lds Hay, 15 Straw. Alfalfa 140-360; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 100-360; Timothy 273705295; Grass Hay 100-230; Straw 140-225 clean.

Diffenbach Auct, N. Holland: October 10, 33 lds Hay, 5 lds Straw. Alfalfa 140360; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 140-360; Timothy 370; Grass 175-230; Straw 165-190 clean.

Green Dragon, Ephrata: October 14, 38 lds Hay, 3 Straw. Alfalfa 155-187; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 100-265; Timothy 205-275; Grass Hay 100-205; Straw 115-205 clean.

Weaverland Auct, New Holland: October 14, 18 lds Hay, 7 Straw. Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 145-410; Grass 155210; Straw 170-220.

Wolgemuth Auction: Leola, PA: October 12, 15 lds Hay, 0 lds Straw. Alfalfa 140150; Alfalfa/Grass Mix 120285; Grass 120-210.

Summary of Central PA Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 106 Loads Hay, 12 Straw.

Alfalfa 185-330; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 70-350; Timothy 150-240; Grass 150-300; Straw 135-205

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Belleville Auct, Belleville: September 28, 12 lds Hay, 0 ld Straw. Alfalfa 205-290; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 140-300.

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New Wilmington Livestock, New Wilmington: October 14, 11 lds Hay, 1 lds Straw. Alfalfa/Grass 170190-185.

VINTAGE SALES STABLES Paradise, PA October 17, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1275-1535# 124127.50; Ch 2-3 1250-1480# 118-123.50; Sel 2-3 11951515# 109-115.50.

Slaughter Holsteins: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1235-1595# 103.75-108, few 113-115; Ch 2-3 1330-1635# 96.50100; Sel 1-3 1380-1570# 9092.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1200-1450# 119.50124.50; Ch 2-3 1050-1420# 112-117; Sel 2-3 10501435# 103-109.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 70-73.75; Boners 80-85% lean 62.50-68; Lean 85-90% lean 56.50-62.

Holstein Bull Calves: No. 1 95-120# 120-145; 85-90# 60-80; No. 2 100-120# 80115; No. 3 80-125# 40-70; Util 65-115# 15-40; Hols.

Hfrs. No. 2 75-90# 90-160. * Next Feeder Cattle Sale Nov. 11.

WEAVERLAND AUCTION New Holland, PA October 13, 2011 Loads: 28 Orchard Grass: 1 ld, 185 Mixed Hay: 14 lds, 145-410 Grass: 3 lds, 155-210 Firewood: 2 lds, 110 Corn Fodder: 1 ld, 170.

WOLGEMUTH AUCTION Leola, PA October 19, 2011 Loads: 16 Mixed Hay: 8 lds, 100-245 Grass: 4 lds, 142-202 Straw: 1 ld, 225 Fodder: 1 ld, 132

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DPAC lauded the Oct. 12 introduction of the much-anticipated Dairy Advancement Act by Senator Robert Casey, Jr. (D-PA). Senate Bill

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DPAC from B9 Dairy Product Price Support program, which saves taxpayer dollars and sends a clear signal to global trading partners that the U.S. will be a dependable supplier of dairy products that are in demand and will clear those inventories even when market prices are low. The bill also makes available low interest loans to manufacturers to encourage investment in retrofitting their plants to adjust to this change by focusing on making and marketing products that have broader demand.

“Dairy is the one sector that has really struggled in the midst of a bright economic picture for agriculture,” said Dennis Wolff, a lifelong dairy farmer from Millville, PA, who served as a former state secretary of agriculture and is now a relations consultant for DPAC through Versant Strategies. “The policy decisions being made now by the Senate and House Ag Committees, as they consider their recommendations for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, will be critical to the futures of our dairy farm families.

The Dairy Advancement Act improves market transparency and starts the process of simplifying the milk pricing system.

At the same time it recognizes the need for a modest safety net and for expanded risk management choices for producers.”

“We applaud Senator Casey for introducing the Dairy Advancement Act. Unlike other proposals, which make the system even more complex, this bill calls for reforms that simplify and improve the way our milk is priced,” said DPAC chairman Cliff Hawbaker, a dairy producer from Chambersburg, PA. “As dairy farmers, we are looking for less, not more, government cost and control of our industry. We see the opportunities in the world markets and realize we are part of a world supplyand-demand balance,” observed Duane Hertzler, a dairy producer from Loysville, PA. “We thank Senator Casey for recognizing the importance of the food, jobs, and economic vitality our dairy farms brings to our local communities with a bill that looks at the big picture.”

DPAC notes that while trade agreements open doors for U.S. dairy prod-

ucts, the industry must be positioned to walk through those doors with the products that are in demand. Thus, the Dairy Advancement Act is not only a dairy bill, but also a jobs bill for the economy. It captures the federal policy concerns expressed at countless public forums held across the United States, and takes a progressive approach by improving transparency, growing global markets, encouraging new product devel-

opment and offering safety net options, without invoking supply control and without putting taxpayers at risk for billions in liabilities as in other dairy proposals. These issues are important to dairy farms of all sizes, as well as to processors and manufacturers of dairy products.

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er proposals. Having used LGM-Dairy, I have found that it allows the producer to develop a customized safety net and protect the margin that is relevant to his dairy operation.”

“We support this bill because we believe that

controlling the U.S. milk supply is not the solution. All the evidence indicates that we do not have an over supply of milk relative to U.S. and global demand. Instead, the important task is to be developing products and marketing strate-

gies,” said Dave Forgey, a dairy producer from Logansport, IN. “There is a reported 7 billion pounds of unmet global dairy demand in the world, and that gap is expected to widen. Why would we want to back away from that market with propos-

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“Dairy needs to be part of that bright future. We don’t believe the producers’ interests are best served by sending a signal to the world that we’ll be the country to pullback when margins tighten,” he said. “Instead, we need to build and serve those long term customers by making the right products and marketing them consistently.”

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For Hoffman, the choice is simple: “Make those products here and keep the jobs and dollars here at home. If we can innovate and market our dairy products, we can be very competitive. We just need to unleash our potential as the United States of America.”

“Since DPAC was formed in 2009, we have worked tirelessly on the Cornerstones for Change to give fellow dairy producers a voice in the policy decisions that will shape our futures,” said Alan Kozak, a producer from Millersburg, Ohio.

“We thank Senator Casey for introducing the Dairy Advancement Act and ask the House and Senate Agriculture Committees to consider this fresh approach when making their recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction; or to put the dairy policy discussion through the normal committee process.”

The Dairy Advancement Act aligns federal dairy policy with the global realities of the 21st century. It is a market oriented approach that was developed by listening closely to dairy producers and experts from all segments of the dairy industry. It simplifies and adds transparency to an overly complex system and gives producers safety net options, without restricting their opportunities to manage and grow their businesses for the next generation of farmers and consumers.

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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • New 8x18 Bale Wagon, Steel Sides & Oak Floor, 8 Ton Gear w/11Lx15 Implement Tires, Ready for Field $3,585. *With All Steel Construction .Add $300.

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12 Ton Tandem . . . . . . . . .$1,995.

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•••••••••••••••••• Dry Hill Bale Grabbers Round Bale . . . . . . . . . . $1,150 Heavy Duty Round or Square Bale double piston . . . . . $1,795 •••••••••••••••••• 16’ & 20’ Aluminum Ladder Conveyor w/Belt for Hay or Bag Shavings, 120# w/Motor . .$1,450/$1,550.

•••••••••••••••••• Morra Tedder 17’, Used .$4,350.

New . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,950.

Morra Rotary Rake, Tandem 9’ 3pt. Hitch, New .$4,500.

11’ Pull Type, New .$7,200.

CIH DCX101 Discbine (Same as NH 1411) . . . . . . . . . . .$13,500 CIH SBX540 Baler w/Thrower (Same as NH 575) . . . .$15,500 J&L Hay Saver, Feeders Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CALL Other Sizes Wagons,Tedders, Rakes, Feeders & Gates Available Call SANDY DODGE 668 RT. 12, PLAINFIELD, CT 06374

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FOR SALE: Good quality first cut hay. Fertilizer and wood ash used on fields. $4.50/ bale. 802-254-5069 FOR SALE: Quality first & second cut big & small square bales. Delivered. 315-264-3900 HAY & STRAW: Large or small square bales. Wood Shaving Bagged. René Normandin,Québec,Canada 450347-7714

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DAIRY FARM HERDSMAN WANTED The Lands at Hillside Farms a 65-cow, grass-based/sustainable mixed herd dairy farm, seeks a herdsman with a minimum of 2 years experience with dairy cows and field work. Duties include: milking, feeding, field work, and other barn chores as assigned. Position offers competitive pay and benefits with on-site housing negotiable. The Lands at Hillside Farms is a non-profit educational farm based in Shavertown, PA (approximately 10 minutes from Wilkes-Barre).

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Dairy of Distinction - #2286 - Jefferson County Free Stall Operation.

450 +/- acres with over 200+ tillable acres, large fields, good soils. Partially certified organic. Additional land to rent. Very nice 118 stall free stall barn, patz, TMR mixer, and shuttle feeder system. Dbl 6 milking parlor, 2 good machinery buildings, 2 story barn for young stock. Very nice 2 story remodeled 5 bdrm home plus an additional 2 story 5 bdrm home also included. 2 houses great barns lots of land all close by. . . . . . . . . . . Asking $600,000, farm can be easily made into 2 farms.

Nice Largee Home - #2273 - Jefferson County Gentleman's Farm. 170 acres with 95 acres tillable all in hay. Balance woods and pasture. Some timber lots of firewood awesome hunting. 50 stall 2 story dairy barn plus a 24x30 woodworking shop. Additional barn for machinery and hay. Could be used for additional stock. Beautiful 2 story 7 bedroom Victorian home. Large Rooms very spacious living. This farm would make a nice beef or hay operation. Year round stream for watering cattle. Grows tremendous hay, lots of land close by to rent. Good location close to Watertown, Lake Ontario, and the beautiful Thousand Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asking $324,000

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2284 - Herkimer County 23 acre Gentleman's Farm. 23 acres 15 acres tillable balance pasture. 35 acres additional land to rent close by. Good 2 story 58 stall barn with 28 new stalls. Side addition for 25 head of heifers. Shop and machinery building. 4 run in sheds. Nice remodeled 2 story 4 bedroom 2 bath home. This farm has a very pretty setting. 20 mins south of Utica and Herkimer.

Nice little farm for someone who wants to raise beef, horses or milk a small dairy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reasonably priced at $179,000.

2260 - Price Reduced - Washington County - Near Glens Falls, NY 150+/- acres of land located in Washington County NY. 68 tillable acres 20 in pasture Balance woods. Fields are mostly flat to gently rolling. Land has been recently used to make hay. Excellent deer and turkey hunting. Quiet road. This would make a great private residence all year round. Plenty of buildable sites on this parcel. Within a 1/2 hour to major hospitals. Close to major ski and recreational areas, Lake Placid, Lake George, Lake Champlain, Saratoga Springs and famed horse racing. This is a great parcel of land easy to get to from NYC. Right off the North way.

2307- Herkimer County - 100+/- acres all wooded, good amount of road frontage. Power and telephone. Year round stream. Awesome deer & turkey hunting. Mins from the Adirondack Park. Mins from I90, hour to Albany. This is a very nice area of the Mohawk Valley region. Seller is a retiring dairy farmer from the area. Looking to downsize his land base. Would like to sell before spring. Reduced from $110,000 to $90,000 for this good property. Which is an AWESOME buy anywhere! Make an appointment to see this property soon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $175,000

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OCT 28 Pricing for Profits Farm Products Workshop Portsmouth Country Club, Greenland, NH. 8:30 am - 4 pm. Cost: $20 (after Oct 22, $25). Contact Nada Haddad or Deb Stevens, 603-6795616 or e-mail Deb.Stevens@UNH.edu.

OCT 29 How To Run a CSA (NOFA Massachusetts) Many Hands Organic Farm, 411 Sheldon Road, Barre, MA. 9 am - noon. Cost: $40.

E-mail ben.grosscup@ nofamass.org. On Internet at www.nofamass.org/ programs/extension events/successfulcsa.php How to Run A Successful CSA Many Hands Organic Farm, 411 Sheldon Rd., Barre, MA. 9 am - 12 pm. Tour the field growing areas, hoop houses, farm equipment and CSA

packing area. Register online with a credit card or Echeck at www.nofamass.org. Preregistration is required unless arranged by phone with the organizer, Ben Grosscup at 413-658-5374.

Cancellations will be honored and refunds issued with notice made (except $8 processing fee) by Oct. 19.

Potluck lunch will be shared when workshop ends. Bring a dish to pass. Scholarships may be available for those who need and apply for them. Contact Ben Grosscup, 413-658-5374 or ben.grosscup@nofamass.org UMaine Extension Offers Intermediate & Advanced Sheep Shearing School Pineland Farms, New Gloucester, ME. 9 am - 3 pm. $45/person and includes lunch and reference materials.

Contact Richard Brzozowski, 207-70-4205 or e-mail richard.brzozowski@maine.edu NOV 2 Agricultural Resource Workshop and Open House Marlboro College Graduate Center, 28 Vernon St. (Rte 142), Room 2E, Brattleboro, VT. 9 am - 12 pm. Space is limited - please RVSP to FSA at 802-254-9766 ext. 2 or dana.ruppert@vt.usda.gov.

NOV 4 Maine Dairy Insurance Workshop Workshop and lunch are free for Maine dairy producers. register no later than O c t o b e r 2 8 a t extension.umaine.edu/cropi nsurance or call 207-5813875 or 800-287-0274 (in Maine).

NOV 5 52nd Northland Toy Club Collectible Toy Show Polish Community Center, Washington Ave. Ext., Albany, NY. 9 am - 2 pm.

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NOV 5-6 2nd Annual Fiber Festival of New England Eastern States Exposition,

West Springfield, MA. Sheep Shearing, Workshops, Fleece Sale, Fiber Animals, Demonstrations, Children’s Area, Fiber Fashion Show, Sheep Dog Demonstrations. More than 150 vendors selling raw fleeces, fencing, yarn, clothing, blankets, knitting needles, spinning wheels, shawl pins & brooches, Christmas ornaments, fiber animals, roving, patterns, felting kits, beads & much more. Call 413-205-5011 or aginfo@ thebige.com. On Internet at fiberfestival.org NOV 11-12 It Takes a Region - 2011: Conference to Build our Northeast Food System Desmond Hotel & Conference Center, Albany, NY. Contact Kathy Ruhf, 413323-9878, e-mail kzruhf@ verizon.net. On Internet at www.ittakesaregion.org NOV 11-18 North American International Livestock Exposition Sheep Show Louisville, KY. On Internet at www.livestockexpo.org NOV 17 A Team Approach to Developing Successful Farm Transfer Plans Doyle Center, 464 Abbot Ave., Leominister, MA. 9 am - 4 pm. Designed for professionals who assist, or would like to assist farmers with any aspect of farm transfer or succession plans. Contact Bob Bernstein, 603-3571600.

NOV 29 Working Together to Preserve Farmland Canterbury Community Center, 1 Municipal Dr., Canterbury, CT. 6:30-9 pm.

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Vermont 4-H’ers score high in dairy judging at Big E BURLINGTON, VT — Two teams of University of Vermont (UVM) Extension 4-H’ers participated in dairy judging competition, Sept. 17, at Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, MA, competing against top 4-H’ers from the five other New England states.

Representing the state on the Vermont A Team were Caitlyn Abbott, Chelsea Abbott and Peter Rainville, all from Fairfield; and Ellis Wright,

Enosburg Falls. These 4H’ers were the high overall scorers in the Vermont 4H dairy judging contest in 2010 and also competed at Eastern States last fall.

The Vermont B Team, consisting of the top four winners at the 2011 state dairy judging competition in June, are Kathryn Wright and Brian McGarry, both from Enosburg; Kirsten Breau, Vernon; and Tiffany Tracey, Vergennes. Brooke Aicher, Shelburne, and Sara Ing-

wersen, Addison, were named team alternates but did not compete at Eastern States this year.

High overall individual scorers at Eastern States were Caitlyn Abbott, second; Chelsea Abbott, fifth; and Peter Rainville, seventh. Vermonters also took five of the top 10 spots for highest individual scores for reasons.

Peter Rainville and Chelsea Abbott came in first and second, respectively. Ellis Wright was

fifth, Caitlyn Abbott, sixth, and Kathryn Wright, seventh.

Vermont 4-H’ers finishing in the top 10 in judging classes by breed include: Ayrshire: Chelsea Abbott, second; Peter Rainville, third; Caitlyn Abbott, fifth; Ellis Wright, tenth.

Brown Swiss: Kristen Breau, fourth; Caitlyn Abbott, tenth.

Guernsey: Caitlyn Abbott, fifth; Chelsea Ab-

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Holstein: Chelsea Abbott, second; Kathryn Wright, third; Peter Rainville, eighth; Ellis Wright, tenth.

Jersey: Caitlyn Abbott, fifth; Chelsea Abbott, sixth; Peter Rainville, seventh.

Milking Shorthorn: Peter Rainville, third; Kathryn Wright, eighth.

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Dairy farm workers bill introduced

by Bob Gray Recently Congresswoman Hochul (D-NY) and Congressman Hanna (R-NY) jointly introduced a bill that would allow immigrant workers to temporarily come to the U.S. to work on dairy farms. Their bill, H.R. 3024, entitled the Access to Agricultural Labor Act of 2011, would amend the current H-2A seasonal worker program that does not provide the dairy industry with the opportunity to take part in this program as it is currently operated.

Under the proposed legislation dairy workers would be able to work in the U.S. for extendable periods of three years.

The New York Farm Bureau supports this legislation.

From the federal side it is not clear yet whether or not the E-Verify legislation that was reported out of the House Judiciary Committee will be taken up by the full House and, more importantly, will Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith of Texas agree to adding provisions to his bill that would deal with the needs of agriculture.

Although having the availability of new workers for dairy to be eligible under the H-2A program is important, every dairy producer I talk to about this is most concerned with the workers they already have on their farming operations. Being able to get new workers is important — but if they lose the work force they have in place, for most it would be a disaster.

Source: NDFC E-letter for Oct. 14

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of all members of each team were combined to determine team rankings.

The Vermont A Team earned first place overall in the competition as well as first place in reasons.

The Vermont B Team came in eight overall and fifth for reasons.

To learn more about the Vermont 4-H dairy program, contact Wendy Sorrell, UVM Extension 4-H livestock educator, at 802-656-5418 or 800571-0668, ext. 2 (within Vermont) or by e-mail at wendy.sorrell@uvm.edu .

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