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Optimizing winter grazing

by Sanne Kure-Jensen Do your animals lose weight each winter? Does your milk production drop significantly?

Do you spend big bucks buying and serving high quality hay for your animals? Dr. Darrell Emmick has 30 years experience researching the most effective grass and forage blends helping dairy farmers and beef ranchers maximize animal health, yield quality and quantity and hence, profits.

On Oct. 26, Dr. Emmick shared this expertise with a group of ranchers and agricultural service providers at the University of Rhode Island’s Peckham Farm. He has been promoting pasturefeeding, even when popular thinking urged confined feeding in barns. Outdoor grazing with stockpiled feed can save up to 75 percent in labor costs and yield a larger, healthier animal.

Considerations for winter grazing 1. Think about spring/summer/fall grazing: “Good winter grazing starts with great summer grazing,” Dr. Emmick said. In the northeast there are usually seven months of active growth and five months of winter feeding. On average a 1,000 pound animal needs 26 pounds of feed per day.

Careful animal rotation through fields significantly affects grass growth and grazing quality. Moving animals to new paddocks every day or two yields nearly triple that of leaving animals on a space

until it is completely grazed down.

Ideal grazing heights are 6” to 8”. Once a field is allowed to get to 12”, 14” or even 16”, it is better to harvest that pasture for hay. It is time to move the animals when the grass height is down to 3”.

2. Land resources needed: Each animal needs one acre for spring to fall grazing and another acre for winter grazing. Well drained soils with gentle slopes are best. Never graze animals on slopes greater than 20 percent or you’ll face high risks of injury to the animals, the land and to handlers. Since cows prefer going across steep slopes, they will eventually wear terraced paths leading to soil erosion and potential water contamination.

Orientation makes a difference. Graze animals on south and west facing slopes on warm days in spring and fall.

North and east facing slopes are typically cooler and most productive in summer. Save the fields with highest productivity in summer and early fall for use as winter forage.

3. Animal health: “Pay attention to your animals. They can handle heat, humidity, rain, cold and wind. They have fur coats after all,” said Dr. Emmick.

Beware the combination of rain, wind and cold; animals are susceptible to hyperthermia just like we are. Graze on northern slopes in mild weather and protected valleys on windy raw days. Wait to graze on wet areas until the

Dr. Darrell Emmick, former State Grazing Land Management Specialist with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service in New York State, shares his expertise.

Photos by Sanne Kure-Jensen

Twenty ranchers and agricultural service providers attended Dr. Emmick’s “Optimizing Winter Grazing” workshop at the University of Rhode Island’s Peckham Farm.

ground has frozen.

When Nor’easters drop more than 12” of snow, Dr. Emmick recommended plowing or shoveling away an area to teach young sheep about the food hiding below the snow.

For cows, you will need to do this when snow levels exceed 18“. You should only have to do this once a year for new animals. Be sure there is fresh water available (not frozen).

Watch the animals and bring in a feed trough for other food if needed.

Over time the nutritional value of stockpiled forage declines. Energy is lost fastest; dry matter breaks down slowly and protein declines more gradually. New calves born in December and January will need supplemental feeding to help them develop properly.

4. Species selection: Be sure to select grasses and legumes adapted to grazing. Most legumes break down fairly quickly after frost and should be grazed first. Ideal grasses for winter grazing offer strong fall growth, persistent nutrition and remain standing in snow. Dr. Emmick does NOT recommend tall fescue as a part of any summer grazing pasture blend. It is okay as part of a winter grazing blend.

Dr. Emmick’s ideal yearround blend contains orchard grass, timothy, reed canary grass and red clover. This works well for spring/summer/fall grazing and holds up well for winter forage. Ideal summer grazing seed blends include orchard grass, birds’ foot trefoil and a blend of white and red clover.

Recommended winter forage: Remember to rotate animals within a pasture. If grazing is limited to less than three days in one spot, losses due to trampling can be reduced from 70 percent to 30 percent.

This can increase the grazing days by as much as 40 percent per season!

After the first frost when growth stops, graze the legume fields with alfalfa, birds foot trefoil, red and white clovers. When these fields are finished, graze the grass and legume blended fields. Finally, in February or late winter, move to the all grass fields with tall fescue, orchard grass and perennial rye grass.

Dr. Emmick reminded us to gradually shift from stored hay to spring field grazing so the animals’ intestinal flora has time to adjust. Spring grazing should be started early, as soon as the ground has thawed enough for safe maneuvering. Be sure to rotate paddocks often. The early grazing will slow the otherwise explosive spring grass and legume growth.

Cows use their senses to select foods as we do; they look, smell and feel using their vibrissae (facial whiskers) to evaluate potential bites. The plants’ top 3” are the softest, most tender and most nutritious and are generally eaten first.

Annual alternatives like brassicas, kale, turnips, rape, cereals, rye, oats wheat and corn stalks were discussed.

Dr. Emmick said these alternatives were okay for late fall/early winter forage but

were more costly than their return in value by far. He strongly recommended sticking with a perennial and legume forage blend with supplemental feed only as needed.

Bloat was discussed with Dr. Emmick and the audience reporting only one death in their combined experience.

Compare this with an acceptable loss of 10 percent in factory farming, barn-fed operations.

Pasture Health and Reseeding a Pasture: Be sure to perform a soil test every three years and especially the year before reseeding. Adjust pH as needed. Dr. Emmick recommended applying lime and/or fertilizers “with rain chasing you around the field after the last grazing or haying in August.

Apply up to 50 pounds N per acre. Diminishing returns do not justify following recommendations as high as 100 pounds per acre.” Fields with more clover will need less added N. Poultry manure will also reduce the need for added N. Invasive plant management is best done by mowing just as plants bloom, before they set seed or in late August for most woody species.

Dr. Emmick is not a strong advocate of frost seeding. He says “while some have better luck with frost seeding than others, it is a hit or miss proposition at the best.” A better low cost seeding strategy is to use the “plop and stomp method” and let your livestock tramp the seed in the ground.

No frost required.

Halloween horse show draws witches, owls and cows

Star Poulin, age 4, is riding Daisy Pony owned by Up North Stables.

Photos by Bethany Dunbar while.

“Once I pay for the ribbons and things, all of it’s going to ARK,” said Julia Gregory of Missisquoi Valley Arabians.

“Just a wonderful reason to get together on a horribly awful day.”

The first snow of the season had covered the area the night before, but the horse show and costume parade carried on inside the arena.

The chess pieces are Krissy Gregory leading her horse, Carter, ridden by Elisabeth Anderson and Chelsea Lunan.

These royal witches are Aleena Gravelin (riding Maple Sugar) led

by Abigail Paulauskas.

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by Bethany M. Dunbar and said they are wonderful NEWPORT CENTER, VT — pets.

A young Halloween owl, a cow “Pit bulls are an example of complete with milking tolerance in action,” he said. machine, royal witches, a “There’s nothing wrong with devil, and three chess pieces pit bulls; it’s the people they were some examples of cre- hang around with.” ative costumes at a horse In the case of Jake, he was parade at Missisquoi Valley found by someone at the Arabians on Oct. 30.

Derby Village Store when he The stable has put on a jumped into her car with her Halloween show for a few young children. He had been years, but this abandoned on is the first time the coldest day the effort was in February. combined with Claire Silver, Up North staa horse and “We’re so grateful ble in Holland. dog trainer of These two sta- for all the support Up North bles and a few people have shown.”

Stables, said it entries from turned out that individuals in Jake had the surround~ Bob Hamilton extreme sepaing area made ration anxiety for some lively and would competition. chew up a About 25 ridhouse, car or ers competed in 36 classes crate if left alone for very long. ranging in difficulty from lead He was adopted out twice and line classes to advanced equi- brought back by people who tation and jumping. could not deal with him.

The show was put on as a The third home was the benefit for Animal Rescue of charm as Alison Patenaude, the Kingdom (ARK). The idea who was judging the horse was inspired by Jake, a show on Sunday, took him brindle colored pit bull terrier. home.

Jake was clearly enjoying all Silver said separation anxithe extra attention Sunday, ety is not always something although he didn’t seem that can be changed with thrilled about the clown hat training — in the case of Jake and shook it off repeatedly. he needed a home where he “We’re so grateful for all the would not have to be left support people have shown,” alone for very long. This is the said Bob Hamilton, one of the case with the extended founders of ARK. Hamilton Patenaude family as he goes lives in East Montpelier but to work with one member of used to live in Holland, VT. He the family or another almost is the author of a column every day. The family also has about pets called, “Ask Annie.” a horse stall where he can He owns a rescued pit bull stay if he has to be alone for a

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Stockpiling forages to extend the grazing season

by Katie Navarra Purchasing winter feedstock is the biggest expense on any dairy farm.

Stockpiling forages can extend the grazing season and cut costs up to 20 percent. Setting aside pastures to grow and accumulate forage for use at a later time extends the grazing season into October, November and December, a time when farmers typically purchase silage or forages for feed.

The eOrganic webinar, Stockpiling Forages to Extend the Grazing Season On Your Organic Dairy, led by Laura Paine, an Organic Agriculture Specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture explained how stockpiling forages is beneficial to livestock farms as well as provided strategies for successful stockpiling.

Stockpiling to reduce expenses On average hay production costs $70-$90 per ton. When hay is purchased it costs up to $90-$140 per ton. The cost of pasture production on the other hand is close to $14-$40 per ton. “It is always cheaper to let cows do the harvesting,” Paine explained, “the rationale for stockpiling forages is economics.”

Farms that stockpile forages strive to even out pasture use throughout

the entire year. “Cool grasses spurt 5060 percent of growth from April to June,” she said. But pasture growth from October to December is also feasible. “Anything to help spread that (growth period) over the year is better,” she said.

Nutrients needed The impact of Nitrogen and water is significant on potential yields. “1 to 1.5 tons of dry matter can be produced without Nitrogen or water. 1.8 to 2.7 tons can be produced with Nitrogen fertilizer,” she explained, “and 2 to 2.5 tons can be produced with Nitrogen fertilizer and water by irrigation or natural sources.”

The challenge for an organic farm becomes the source of Nitrogen.

“Organic Nitrogen sources can include manure, compost and fish based fertilizers,” she explained, “there is no research on the effectiveness of these types of Nitrogen fertilizer and spurt of growth for stockpiling.”

Creating an effective nutrient distribution system is also critical. The most useful fertility management technique for stockpiling is to use the animals themselves as manure spreaders.

“Moving the herd to a new paddock every 12 hours provides better nutrient distribution,” she noted.

Cover photo by Sanne Kure-Jensen Dr. Darrell Emmick, an expert in effective grass and forage blends, speaks with a group of ranchers and agricultural service providers Oct. 26 at the University of Rhode Island’s Peckham Farm.

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Nutrient cycling can be affected by management techniques to provide more uniform distribution. “Feed the herd on the pasture and provide their minerals on the pasture,” she explained, “provide water on pasture and make the paddocks square.” Each of these methods encourages the herd to move around and more evenly spread their manure. “Avoid single trees that always attract animals and lead to a buildup of manure, avoid sharp angles or narrow areas in a pasture and limit the herd’s access to surface water,” she also suggested.

Pasture and species selection Tall fescue and orchard grass stand out as the best grasses for stockpiling because they have more growth in the fall compared to other grasses and their upright waxy leaf help it maintain a high quality. “Tall fescue can bring animal health issues because of endophytes,” Paine pointed out, “there are endophyte free fescue options, but they do not perform as well.”

Alfalfa and birdsfoot trefoil are the strongest legume choices. However, these grasses do not hold up as well in stockpiling because of significant leaf loss over the winter. Upright alfalfa performs better compared with grazing alfalfa because the plant can hold itself up under snow and other climatic conditions. Clover species may not be the best option for stockpiling because these grasses lose a lot of leaves and dry matter between short time of frost and when the cattle are actually put on the pasture.

Timing The ideal time to begin stockpiling is late summer (August) to allow the grasses time to rest and regrow until the first frost. “Forage mass and quality is maintained by cold, dry weather,” she added. Stockpiling can also be done in the summer, but the quality can be affected by the warmer, humid weather.

A study from Western Canada showed that the start date influenced the total yield. “The later you go in the season the less forage accumulation across all species,” Paine said. When

stockpiling started July 15th, 2.54 tons per acre of dry matter with 12 percent crude protein and 62.5 percent of digestible protein was produced. However, waiting until Aug. 15th yielded 1.68 ton per acre, with a 14.4 percent crude protein and 67.5 percent digestible protein. “Look at the type of livestock you have and determine if you are going for quality or tonnage,” she suggested.

Land needed Drawing from experiences in her home state of Wisconsin, Paine offered suggestions on the number of acres needed to successfully stockpile forages. “As a rule of thumb approximately two acres per AU (AU=animal unit= 1,000 pounds of animal) for pasture and hay for 12 months,” she said, “assume 3 percent of the animal’s body weight is needed for dry matter intake per day of pasture, likely to be supplemented with silage/grain.”

Based on the assumptions above a 1,200 pound cow needs about 36 pounds of dry matter per day or 1,080 pounds per month.

A herd of 100 cows weighing 1,200 pounds each would need approximately 54 tons per month. “At 1.2 tons per acre you would need to stockpile 45 acres for one month of grazing,” she said. It can be difficult for farms that buy forage to set aside enough land for stockpiling. However, if the farm is producing forage on its own property, enough land should be available for stockpiling when specific management techniques are implemented.

Why stockpile?

Stockpiling takes advantage of the second growth period of cool season grasses. With proper management strategies grazing into October, November and December is possible and if implemented can save the farm significantly on expenses.

The benefits are not limited to dairies. Other types of livestock operations, including beef and sheep, can benefit too. “With good management and the right conditions it can make a good alterative,” she concluded.

UNH’s risk management workshops continue New Hampshire farmers want to know what strategies they can use to reduce business risks while balancing farm and family life.

UNH Cooperative Extension, continuing its risk management workshop series from prior years, with support from USDA Risk Management Agency, is holding a field Crop meeting in Westmoreland on Nov. 15, providing a crop management update with a review of risk management programs and on-farm research. If you can’t make it Nov. 15, this workshop is repeated Nov. 16 in Concord and Nov. 17 in Bath.

These sessions will provide an overview of on-farm research projects over the last year, including herbicide trials to manage bedstraw in hayfields, and evaluating small grains as forage crops.

Also on the agenda are nitrogen management in corn, focusing on midseason nitrogen checks and use of the corn stalk nitrate test, dealing with

flood-damaged crops after Tropical Storm Irene, and pest management in alfalfa.

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Crop Comments

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Itchy powder season Organic standards require growers not to spray synthetic pesticides to deal with pests.

Cultural methods reduce or prevent many common apple problems, but pesticide sprays are sometimes still required.

U.S. organic standards, spelled out in the National Organic Program, permit growers to use certain low-toxicity chemicals without jeopardizing their organic certification. Home growers can also use these pesticides to produce better results. Lets start with copper.

According to Ohio State University, copper compounds work well against most apple fungus pests. They stay on the crop for a relatively long period, allowing growers to avoid repeated spraying. Avoid using large quantities of copper pesticides or spraying in cool, wet weather, as this increases the risk of copper damage to plant tis-

sues. Common copper pesticides include copper sulfate — bluestone or blue vitriol — and copper sulfate with lime, or Bordeaux mixture.

Copper hydroxide (CuOH) is recommended to fight potato blights, early or late, or both… I don’t recall. But as soon as blight signs are evident, apply the treatment.

Which means to have the CuOH powder… I believe it’s grayish-white… on hand, so as not to waste valuable time, thus delaying the much-needed treatment for your potatoes, and even tomatoes.

Most of us believe in forgiveness. But forgiveness is a word, which, if Phytophthera infestans (blight’s causative organism) could speak, would not be part of the pathogen’s vocabulary.

Another pest control category is vegetable derivatives.

Common among these are garlic and hot pepper extracts, useful in home gardens for repelling animals and

pest insects. According to Cornell University, these methods don’t work well against most major apple pests, but may provide some repellent activity against birds, deer and other animals. These substances are low in toxicity, but require regular application of concentrated formulas. Garlic has medicinal properties: alternative medicine enthusiasts say that it replicates one of the cycline drugs, I believe Aureomycin.

Fed to milk cows excessively, garlic can cause a false drug positive reading in bulk tank samples. People who eat lots of garlic need to be sure they’re not taking other blood thinners. Mosquitos prefer the blood of non-garlic eaters over the blood of garlic eaters.

That makes sense, since garlic worn around one’s neck is said to repel vampire bats.

Sulfur pesticides, including lime-sulfur, work against powdery mildew, scab and other fungi, as well as some insects. Sulfur-containing pesticides have an unpleasant smell, similar to rotten eggs. When lime is present, the compound may also be caustic.

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Another natural pesticide category is activated clay. Spraying apple trees with kaolin clay results in an unattractive appearance but prevents insects from feeding and breeding. Kaolin clay is relatively inexpensive, and so nontoxic that it’s used as a food additive. Kaolin is effective against plum circulio, lesser appleworm, codling moth, and a range of leafrollers and leafhoppers. It is unlikely to poison bees, but may harm some beneficial insect species after repeated application. Clay is messy (think about how

mud sticks to your boots) and requires extensive cleaning after harvest.

Birds dust themselves so as to get rid of insect pests. Insects hate the tiny dust particles which irritate their soft cuticles, through which some of their respiration occurs. Elephants even suck up dust with their trunks and exhaust it, as they exhale, blowing it all over their huge bodies, to chase away insects, just like the birds do. Diatomaceous earth (DE) is a type of activated clay, but it’s actually

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that’s what the basic DE particle looks like. To tiny insects, encountering DE is as harsh on them as you or I running into barbed wire again, and again, and again.

Often I recommend using DE to counter lice and even mange mites during the dead of winter, when these tiny sixleggers and eight-leggers make life terribly miserable for livestock. When you apply it to the back of affected animals, be

sure not to breathe the dust; preferably wear a mask when dusting cattle with DE. I would like to digress and comment on copper, not as a pesticide, but as a coagulant. In high school biology and again in college zoology, I learned that copper is critical in the clotting of, you guessed it, blood.

Without copper, if I remember correctly, fibrin, and fibrinogen, will not form. Absent these two

highly complex compounds, there is no coagulation. No coagulation…

I need go no further.

Except one time I was moving 50 pound bags of minerals with a crude home-made hand-cart. I set a small plastic pallet on the “fingers” of this implement. I knew not to drop a bag of mineral on the pallet, so I lay it down carefully. But I did drop the second bag on the first… bad idea. The top of the hand-cart

bounced forward so that its flat center piece hit me in the forehead, but with a corner. The sensation was basically a dull sting. Another scar on my head, no problem, since I already have plenty. I looked for a leaky copper sulfate bag, remembering the coagulation trait of this element. I found a small pile of beautiful blue crystals on the mineral warehouse floor. (Think of the lovely blue color

resulting from contacting a penny with flame.) I rubbed the crystals on the gash in my forehead.

The bleeding stopped immediately. Then the searing pain kicked in. If I’d looked hard around the warehouse, I could have likely found some spider webs, which also have clotting properties.

And even if they caused great agony upon contacting the wound, they would have hurt less than the copper sulfate.

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the skeleton of the single-celled organisms called diatoms. The best way to envision what a DE particle looks like under a microscope is to consider a “jack”, i.e., what a kid plays with (or at least played with when I was little)… when he or she has a ball with jacks. A “jack” has (or had) six points; take away two of them. Then spread out the remaining four, equally through three dimensions, and

Stubborn economy, hours-of-service changes top list of concerns in annual trucking industry survey The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research institute, on Oct. 17 unveiled its list of the top ten critical issues facing the North American trucking industry.

The state of the economy tops the list for the third consecutive year in ATRI’s survey of more than 4,000 trucking industry executives. The complete results were released at the 2011 Management Conference and Exhibition of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) meeting in

Grapevine, TX — the nation’s largest gathering of motor carrier executives. The ATRI Top Industry Issues report also solicited and tabulated specific strategies for addressing each issue.

The proposed changes to federal commercial driver Hours-of-Service rules caused that issue to climb in this year’s survey to the number two spot. In contrast to concerns over the economy, a driver shortage is affecting parts of the industry, causing that issue to rise to the third position on the list.

While many stakeholders believe that the impacts of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s CSA (Compliance, Safety, Accountability) program may be a contributing factor to the driver shortage, a growing understanding and acceptance of CSA led it to drop two places to number four on the list.

The ATA-commissioned survey results and proposed strategies will be utilized by the ATA Federation to better focus its advocacy role on behalf of the U.S. trucking indus-

try and ATA Federation stakeholders.

“ATRI’s annual survey of industry concerns provides ATA, and all of trucking, a blueprint for identifying the top issues we need to take up with our elected leaders and policymakers across the country,” said ATA Chairman Barbara Windsor, president and CEO of Hahn Transportation Inc. “As we navigate these increasingly challenging times, it is critical for our industry leaders to advocate for policies that make it easier for them

Trucks to deliver life’s essentials safely and efficiently,” ATA President and CEO Bill Graves said. “In order to be effective advocates, we must base our arguments in sound research and in common sense. The results of ATRI’s survey not only give us the tools to do that, but should serve as a wake-up call for policymakers nationwide.”

ATRI is the trucking industry’s 501(c)(3) notfor-profit research organization. It is engaged in critical research relating to freight transportation’s essential role in maintaining a safe, secure and efficient transportation system.

A copy of the survey results is available from ATRI at www.atri-online.org.

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NFU: Senate Ag Appropriations Bill a step in the right direction WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed the agricultural appropriations bill by a 69-30 vote: “The passage of the Senate ag appropriations bill is a step in the right direction towards reducing our nation’s deficit while avoiding some of the more damaging cuts.

“We have maintained that agriculture will do

its part to help reduce the deficit. The bill represents a 15 percent reduction in ag funding levels since Fiscal Year 2010. That is still larger than many other departments, but better than the 26 percent cut passed in the House appropriations bill earlier this year.

“NFU was also pleased that the Senate did not include a policy rider to defund the completion and implementation of

the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) rule. The GIPSA rule will help restore fairness to the livestock market and ensure that independent producers are not at the mercy of large packers.

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by Steve Suther It takes so many plants to make a stand, cows to make a herd and drops to make a rain.

Before turning that herd out to pasture, you look for enough plant mass to support their grazing. If you’re watching a couple of bred heifers for a month, you might as well be watching 20 or 30.

These examples relate to what I like to call “critical mass,” or enough to make a difference. I don’t use the term in a precise way, just kind of adapted from two fields.

In nuclear physics,

that tipping point is the divide between sustaining a chain reaction and fizzling out. In sociodynamics, it’s the threshold number of people in a group that can make something happen by their exchange of ideas.

There’s always water vapor in the air, but you don’t notice it unless it is either practically devoid and uncomfortably dry, or getting closer to moderately abundant and rain.

A few people may not be able to create a movement or a brand, and their efforts could fizzle out. But with just the right dy-

namics, they can spark an exchange of ideas that leads to something with sustained power.

Back to the farm or ranch, with a given stocking rate and climate, a certain amount of land supports a cowherd large enough to justify facilities, lead you to try new marketing alternative and care about profitability. If you try to do too much with poor planning or management, your enterprise can go “supercritical.” Or that could refer to what folks are saying down at the feed store.

Once you arrive at a threshold or realized goal that brings the change you were hoping for, good things should keep happening as long as you can manage the dynamics.

The beef industry pursued a quest for critical mass in the area of adding value to underuti-

lized cuts. When meat scientists pulled the teres major muscle out of the chuck and realized how good it was, that alone would not bring about the cascade of added value to end meats that we have today.

It took a producerfunded and sustained effort in locating other cuts worth fabricating from the chuck. That made it profitable for packers to change the way they process beef and pass some of that back to the ranch.

Maybe you picked up on the unusual terminology I used to discuss humidity, a comparison to marbling in beef.

Above the Choice/Select border, you find just enough to deliver a pretty good steak, most of the time. As you try beef with lower marbling scores like “practically devoid,” you notice

Beef something missing: flavor. At that level, beef demand can fizzle out.

When it reaches a critical mass in the mid- to upper Choice grade, the marbling and tenderness that comes with it sustains a consistently great eating experience for millions of consumers.

Quality grade in U.S. beef has been on the rise for the last few years, and studies show demand for it has been increasing, at the expense of Select and lower quality beef.

Cattle genetics have improved, getting near that critical point in many herds where a whole new world opens up. It isn’t just about adding more land and cows or even pounds of beef. Herd managers have read the market

signals and the bull catalogs and chosen bulls that add predictable marbling to their herds, which now produce 80 percent, 90 percent, even 100 percent Choice or better beef. Increasingly, they participate in ownership, data feedback and premiums.

And the market wants more, judging by the recent $50-per-hundredweight spread between Prime and Select beef.

When premium Choice was only 15 percent of the mix, and Prime 1.5 percent, they could be ignored. At double that ratio, the quality movement has reached a tipping point and long-term profitability could spread through the beef industry like a cascading chain reaction.

DNA test for gain, grade available soon Value-based tool will help commercial producers better select, manage Angus cattle A new DNA test for marbling and post-weaning growth will soon help cattle producers better hit the high-quality beef target. The tool, set to debut in early 2012, will be made available under a development agreement between Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI) and Pfizer Animal Genetics, the companies announced.

Exclusive marketing rights are reserved for Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB), in line with the company’s continuing effort to increase the supply of cattle for the brand. AGI and CAB are subsidiaries of the American Angus Association.

The test is being designed for use on highpercentage, commercial Angus cattle sired by registered bulls, according to AGI President Bill Bowman. “It should provide a valuable tool to increase the precision of selection decisions at the ranch, as well as differentiating value for the feedlot,” he said.

Test results will take the form of an index, which is being finalized this fall, said Mark McCully, CAB assistant vice president for supply.

“There have been lots of advancements in the purebred cattle industry utilizing DNA for selection,” Bowman said.

“But this will be the first test at a price point that

is economically feasible for commercial cattlemen. The American Angus Association, its subsidiaries and Pfizer Animal Genetics are excited to partner on bringing this technology to market for the users of Angus genetics.”

Scott Bormann, business director, Pfizer Animal Genetics, says the development of this product is another example of the strategic partnership between the companies.

“We appreciate the American Angus Association and its affiliates continuing to foster innovation in the field of genetic evaluation,” Bormann said. “The forward-thinking collaboration should result in a DNA test that helps continue to advance genomic use and application, the Angus breed, as well as meet consumer demand for high-quality beef.”

McCully noted what are expected to be popular uses for the tool.

“This is going to allow for more accurate replacement heifer selection and targeted management in feeding Angus cattle,” he said. “With demand for high-quality beef at an all-time high, commercial cattlemen will soon gain a greater ability to identify those cattle most able to access premiums in that marketplace.”

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Building the beef industry with composite cattle Lipsey. “Open herd book breeds — such as Charolais, Simmental, Chianina, Gelbvieh and Maine Anjou — typically consider 7/8 blood animals as purebreds. Closed herd book breeds such as Hereford and Angus don’t accept other breeds, which keeps a certain level of predictability in cattle relative to certain traits.”

Lipsey, who has a lifetime of experience in the cattle industry, says when the American Simmental Association recognized that purebred seedstock will perhaps become less popular, and composite, or crossbred seedstock may become more popular in the future, they created a division called SimSolutions so that Simmental owners could breed to other breeds. However, the association found that almost all the composite Simmental cattle are Simmental x Angus. “We real-

ized that it really wasn’t going to be Simmental x Hereford, or Simmental x Shorthorn,” said Lipsey.

“It was going to be Simmental x Angus (both black and red). When we recognized that, we trademarked the SimAngus™ name. The overwhelming proportion of all composite crossbred seedstock are SimAngus™ — it is wildly popular across this nation.”

The growing popularity of composite cattle such as SimAngus™ is the result of cattle breeders recognizing the value of hybrid vigor. “We get two things with cross-breeding,” said Lipsey. “We get hybrid vigor, or heterosis, which is crucial — it keeps us alive. Heterosis gives us fertility and longevity on the maternal side. The other thing we get with crossbreeding is when two breeds are combined in a smart and wise way, we get the best of both worlds. For example,

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Charolais x Angus steers or Simmental x Angus steers are extremely popular. They have the best traits of Angus, and the best traits of Charolais or Simmental.”

Lipsey says that although any animal that is 7/8 or higher Simmental can be registered as a purebred Simmental, more members are breeding SimAngus™ to SimAngus™ and stopping there. “Breeders often refer to ‘stabilized’ SimAn-

gus™ which means multigenerational SimAngus™ (half to half),” he said. “The semen companies know that the data on such crosses is solid, and they know they can sell the product. The downstream industries — feedyards and packing plants — love to process cattle that have less waste fat and still have marketable characteristics.”

Cross-bred composite seedstock are perfect for small beef herds in states

Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) president Ben Eggers, left, presents the 2011 BIF Pioneer Award to Jerry Lipsey, American Simmental Association. The award was presented to Lipsey at the organization’s 43rd annual meeting and research symposium in Bozeman, MT. The Pioneer Award recognizes individuals who have made lasting contributions to the improvement of beef cattle, honoring those who have had a major role in acceptance of performance reporting and documentation as the primary means to make genetic change in beef cattle.

Photo by Troy Smith, provided courtesy of www.BIFconference.com

such as New York and Pennsylvania, says Lipsey. “The reason the cross is so popular for small herds is that you can go back with a halfbred bull on half-bred heifers, and pretty soon your entire herd is halfhalf, which is just what the feedyards, sale barns and packing plants love to buy,” he said. “It really adds value to the herd.”

Using A.I. helps spread the diversity even more because breeders can use elite bulls that have high accuracy. “These bulls have so many progeny, and even though many of them are long dead, there’s a lot of semen stored. They can add huge value to herds.”

Composite cattle will benefit farmers and ranchers, and in the end, consumers. “We can keep heterosis in the cow herd and blend the breeds properly,” said Lipsey.

“We can build cattle that grow fast, use feed efficiently and produce carcasses that are relatively lean and have great marbling. It’s a win for the beef business, a win for the farmers and ranchers across the nation, and a win for consumers.”

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by Sally Colby Composite cattle, the planned mating of two pure breeds that have desirable traits to create a new breed, might be part of the answer to revitalizing the beef industry.

Dr. Jerry Lipsey, executive vice president of the American Simmental Association, says that the concept of planned crossbreeding isn’t new. “Animals such as chickens, pigs, turkeys have been bred as composites for quite a while, as have crops such as corn, soybeans and wheat,” he said. “We don’t plant purebred corn or wheat, we plant crossbreds.”

Lipsey noted that the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) in Clay Center, Nebraska began testing the science of composite seedstock around 1980.

“We’ve become comfortable with the term ‘purebred’, regardless of how that term is defined,” said

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Brett Denny As we approach the holiday season, many people begin thinking about gifts for their loved ones. If you or a loved one is in need of new computer equipment (a computer for running PCDART or a handheld for runing PocketDairy), here is our annual guide to buying hardware.

New Computers (for PCDART) New computer requirements have gotten much simpler over the years, to the point where almost any new computer will run PCDART, but there are still a couple of things to consider: Windows PCDART runs on Windows computers, including the newest release Windows 7. It won't run directly on an Apple/Mac, although in some cases (with the right software and hardware) it is possible to run Windows on some of those machines.

There are two types of Windows 7 computers available today - 32-bit and 64-bit. The vast majority of new computers are shipping as 64-bit systems and will work fine with PCDART. However, if you are running other older hardware or software (Palm handhelds, old printers, and some electronic milking systems), 64-bit computers may not be compatible.

Modem In the northeast, dialup internet is still the only option for many people.

While you don't actually need internet access to use PCDART, you will need - at minimum - a phone line and a modem.

If you're one of the lucky few that have high-speed internet, then a modem is a non-issue, but for the rest of us, if your new computer does not come with a built-in modem then be sure to purchase an external "USB Modem" separately.

Printer If you're purchasing a new computer, you may do well to purchase a new printer at the same time.

If you plan on using an

older printer, be sure it will work with the newest version of Windows.

Memory / Processor Any new computer will have more than enough horsepower to run PCDART - memory and processor speed are pretty much irrelevant today.

If you will be using the computer for more than just PCDART, be sure to know the requirements of the other software you'll be running. A good general rule of thumb is to have a minimum of 2 GB of memory (RAM) for computers running Windows 7 computer just so the computer itself runs reasonably well.

Most new computers come with at least 3 GB these days and while more is usually better, unless you are really heavy user, you probably won't need more than 4 GB. Laptop / Desktop Laptops offer portability, which is great if you are moving the computer between the barn and the house frequently, but portability comes with tradeoffs. If the computer will be in a dusty environment, a laptop - with its compact design and less ability to dissipate heat - may not be your best option.

Desktop computers typically have more open space inside them and are somewhat less prone to over-heating. Many desktop computers are also easier to work on if parts need to be replaced in the future.

Whichever option you choose, be sure to keep it as clean and dust-free as possible.

Handhelds (for PocketDairy) PocketDairy has become an invaluable tool for many producers who appreciate having their herd records always athand wherever they are.

PocketDairy can run on dedicated handheld devices as well as some smartphones (see below).

There are currently three varieties of handheld devices that will run PocketDairy: SmartPhones (Android) DRMS released the Android version of PocketDairy this fall to much acclaim, winning the Dairy Herd Management Innovation Award for one

of the top 10 most innovative products of 2011.

As an initial release, PocketDairy for Android is currently lookup-only, although basic input will be available in early 2012. It will run on nearly any Android device (both phones and tablets) running Android version 2.2 or newer. Android devices are available in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and prices.

A promising new device is the Samsung Galaxy Player which comes in 4" and 5" models and is priced at $230 and $270, although since it is new it will take some time before we know if it holds up well in barn environments.

PocketDairy does not run on other smartphones such as the BlackBerry or iPhone, although it will run on some Windows-mobile phones (see below).

Palm Palm handhelds were the first platform for which PocketDairy was designed and are are still in use by many producers throughout the northeast.

Unfortunately, Palm stopped making their handheld units a couple of years ago and aside from leftover stock in places like Amazon.com or used devices on eBay, they are almost impossible to find.

A new manufacturer, Aceeca, recently began building devices that are similar to Palm handelds and may provide an option for users looking for a familiar PocketDairy interface at a low price.

While we have not used any of these devices ourselves and can't speak to their quality or compatibility, they look promising and appear to be priced right. You can find their devices on http://www.aceeca.com.

Note that Palm device do not work on 64-bit versions of Windows, which is what most new computers are shipping with today.

PocketPC and Windows-Mobile SmartPhones PocketPCs are Windows-based mobile devices and run the newer versions of PocketDairy.

PocketDairy on PocketPC provides the most fea-

tures and options for high-end users and are well suited to larger herds that may have had trouble running PocketDairy on Palm devices in the past.

The only major player in the PocketPC market today is Socket who makes the "SOMO 650", a somewhat "ruggedized" handheld that usually prices between $600 and $700.

If you don't need a dedicated handheld device, some smartphones run Windows-mobile as well and may be used with PocketDairy. Be aware that the newest Windows Phone 7 will not run PocketDairy - look for phones running Windows mobile 5.x or 6.x. The device must also have a touchscreen.

As always, if you have any questions about purchasing new hardware for the holidays (or at any other time of year), please don't hesitate to give us a call!

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B.J. And the Coyote

from the memoirs of a career "milk tester" Linda Crossman

barn and mentioned it to the dairyman. B.J. saw it at exactly the same instant and exploded into a belly to the ground run toward the coyote. The coyote saw B.J. Coming, turned tail and beat feet out of sight over a little hill with B.J. gaining on him with every stride. Both animals disappeared out of sight into the shallow gully.

The dairyman grabbed the rifle that was leaning in the corner of the barn and leveled the barrel out through the open window in case he could get a shot at the coyote.

In just a few seconds, we were able to make out two forms racing back up out of the gully toward the barn at the speed of light. The dairyman called out, "Atta boy, B.J. bring him just a little closer." And closer they came....except as they got close enough to be clearly seen, B.J.,

with his tail clamped firmly between his legs was in the lead and hot on his golden heels came the coyote. The dairyman whistled to B.J., as if he needed to be urged to run faster... took careful aim at the coyote and touched "Bessie" off.

The unholy sound it made was more than deafening and being basically inside the barn, it reverberated around in the structure like a bunch of free rolling bowling balls in a submarine. I had not heard a sound like that before nor have I since!!!

Neither had the heifers apparently, as it scared them out of their minds.

They began kicking at anything and everything and yanking backwards....their neck chains held and they all decided to drive forward and try to crawl under the tie rail. The old style milk meters disintegrated into dozens of pieces and the machine claws went flying in several directions.

One of the longer milk hoses had become looped around a

heifer's neck and the tension adjustment hook had caught in the neck chain of the heifer next to her, effectively tyeing them together.

About now B.J. blew through the barn door at warp speed, did a quick assessment of his options and instantly decided his chances were better with the coyote, made a "U" turn and vanished back out the door.

After the dust settled, most of the pieces and parts were found and we were able to stop laughing, we all compared notes. No one was sure of the exact sequence of events and everybody's version of what had just happened was a tiny bit different, but every person who witnessed any part of the mayhem, agreed that it was probably not a good idea to shoot from inside the barn next time.

And B.J.?? You might think with his "scaredy cat" nature that experiencing such a traumatic series of events would have turned him into a completely neurotic dog

afraid of his own shadow, but it had the exact opposite effect on the "King." He may have figured that he had experienced and survived the scariest possible chain of events that could ever happen to him and the reason that he had survived was because he truly was the "King of the World". Or maybe he just simply ran so fast escaping the coyote that he ran out from in under that yellow streak. To my knowledge, he never showed a smidgen of fear or timidness again for all the rest of his long and royal life.

The coyote, untouched by "Bessie's" bullet, was heard later that same night telling the moon all about the crazy events of earlier in the evening. Although he was seen several times over the next few weeks sitting at the edge of the pasture easily within B.J.'s sight, the King would gaze out the barn door in the direction of the coyote but always "pretend" not to see him.

Go figure!!!!!

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B.J. was a full of himself, over confident young Golden Retriever, who saw himself as much more than the average farm dog and more like the self-appointed King of the World.

Trouble was, B.J. had a slight character flaw.....it was quite a wide streak the same color as his golden yellow coat. It didn't take a lot to turn B.J. from a "Billy bad boy" into a " Sally sissy pants".

Milking was nearly finished that summer evening as dusk fell across the pasture. B.J. had been doing his stifflegged Kingly style strutting around in the barn carrying things he shouldn't have had from one place to another begging for somebody to

throw something for him to bring back. He was definitely bored and showing it every way he could think of. He finally wandered out the back door of the barn to enjoy the evening air.

The milking machines were on the last three cows,,,,a trio of particularly goosey first calf heifers. The dairyman was barely holding them together by talking to them calmly and telling them they were going to be fine as long as they just stood quiet and kept their feet on the floor.

It was hot and the windows were out of the barn for ventilation, and as I waited for the first of the heifers to finish milking so I could collect the sample and record her milk weight, I was looking out the window.

In the rapidlyfading light I could barely see a coyote trotting along in the pasture parallel to the

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BENCHMARK MILK PRICE DROPS $1.04 Could Selling Dead Corn Stalks Help?

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The Agriculture Department announced the October Federal order Class III benchmark milk price Friday at $18.03

per hundredweight, down $1.04 from September, $1.09 above October 2010, and equates to about $1.55 per gal-

lon. The decline pulled the 2011 Class III average to $18.25, up from $14.36 at this time a year ago and an anemic

$1.88 per pound, up 10 3/4-cents on the week, and 40 cents above that week a year ago. Good demand for barrel pushed the price above the blocks, to $1.92, up 15 1/4-cents on the week, and 41 cents above a year ago. Only five cars of block traded hands on the week and six of barrel. The NASSsurveyed U.S. average block price slipped a half-cent to $1.7226 and barrel averaged $1.7411, down 0.1 cent.

Cash butter headed down Friday, reversing four weeks of gains, and closed the week at $1.8325, down 4 3/4cents, and strangely 4 3/4-cents below a year ago when it plunged 30 1/2-cents on the week for no real clear discernable reason. Sales for Halloween week amounted to eight carloads.

NASS butter averaged $1.8290, up 2 1/2cents. NASS nonfat dry milk averaged $1.4872, down a penny, and dry whey averaged 62.38 cents, up 0.3 cent.

Milk is being channeled to the churn and the dryer. September butter production was reported at 138 million pounds, up 3.5 percent from August, and a whopping 21 percent above October 2010, according to USDA’s latest Dairy Products report.

Nonfat dry milk and skim milk powder output totaled 139.5 million pounds, up 10 percent from a year ago.

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$10.72 in 2009. The Class IV price is $18.41, down $1.12 from September, but $1.26 above a year ago.

The NASS cheese price averaged $1.7471 per pound, down 11.2 cents from September. Butter averaged $1.7893, down 19.9 cents. Nonfat dry milk averaged $1.5109, down 3.3 cents, and dry whey averaged 61.52 cents, up 2.3 cents.

The November Class III futures contract was trading late Friday morning at $18.89 and December at $18.40, which would result in a 2011 average of $18.32, up from $14.41 in 2010 and $11.36 in 2009.

California’s October 4b cheese milk price was $15.78 per cwt., down 55 cents from September, but 12 cents above October 2010, and $2.25 below the comparable Federal order Class III price. The 4b price has trailed the Federal order Class for 13 months, ranging this year from a low of 8 cents in February to a high of $3.07 in August. The Golden State’s 4b price average now stands at $16.41 but is still $3.15 above the level at this time a year ago.

The 4a butter-powder price is $18.29, down a dollar from September but $1.64 above a year ago. Its 2011 average now stands at $19.15, up $4.48 from 2010.

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Mielke from 17 American type cheese output, at 337 million pounds, was down 3.2 percent from August, and 4.2 percent below a year ago. Total cheese production hit 867 million pounds, down 0.2 percent from August, and 0.6 percent below a year ago.

I wrote about declining fluid milk sales last week but this week we learned that June to August sales were off 1.5 percent from a year ago, according to USDA and California data. August sales were up 0.9 percent but it’s only the second positive month in the last 21, according to the CME’s Daily Dairy Report (DDR). Year-todate sales were down 1.5 percent from last year and down 2.9 percent from two years ago.

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Mielke from 18 day’s DairyLine. Texas was up substantially, he said, while California slowed some due to output per cow being down as high feed and hay prices and lower milk prices took their toll.

He also believes the growth in cow numbers has slowed so, if milk production gains stay around 1.5 percent or less, milk prices might be a little stronger than the futures are portending, the high $16s, maybe the low $17s, he said.

Cropp admits prices could be stronger as some predict but the market is “very sensitive.” He listed some positive developments; the new free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama, and Columbia; South Korea particularly. The truck dispute with Mexico has been resolved and cheese tariffs were removed.

Stronger exports and holding production in check prices could mean stronger milk prices than we’re now forecasting, Cropp concluded.

Offshore the New Zealand season continues strong, with milk deliveries still running about 4-5 percent above year ago levels and Aus-

tralian milk receipts are around peak levels, and if not now, within the next few weeks. The forecast continues for increased milk production for the current season but not nearly as optimistic as New Zealand.

The September U.S. Consumer Price Index for all food is 230.6, up 4.7 percent from September 2010, according to the latest data. The dairy products index is 219.4, up 10.2 percent from a year ago. Fresh whole milk is was up 13 percent; cheese, up 10.2 percent; and butter, up 9.2 percent.

Commercial disappearance of dairy products in the first eight months of 2011 totaled 131.2 billion pounds, 1.2 percent above the same period in 2010. Butter was up 10.9 percent; American cheese, up 0.8 percent; other cheese, up 4.7 percent; NDM, down 3.1 percent, and fluid milk products, were off 1.5 percent.

Meanwhile, the bottom line isn’t improving on the farm. Profitability declined for the third month in a row as milk prices fell faster than feed costs. The Agricul-

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was $11.12, down just 35 cents from September. Corn dropped 45 cents, to $5.92 per bushel, and soybeans lost 30 cents, slipping to $11.90.

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ton, and that left income over feed costs of $8.78 per cwt., down 85 cents from September. The DDR points out that, over the last 10 years, the IOFC averaged $9.09 per cwt.

Bill Van Dam, of California’s Alliance of Western Milk Producers, gave some perspective on whey in his recent newsletter, writing that

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Mielke from 20 “In a very interesting switch, dry whey prices in the U.S. are higher than prices in the export trade.

However, marketers of dry whey understand that it is important to maintain market share and, for now, are willing to sell to the export market at prices below what they can get from domestic markets.

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In dairy politics; we learned of a new study from two dairy economists, reported in Wednesday’s DairyLine

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farm income across all sizes of dairy farms.” He said this new look suggests the reforms could lower the U.S. all-milk price by 92 cents per hundredweight and lower cumulative net farm operating income 32 percent to 48 percent.

He also quoted a press release from the Professional Dairy Business Association in Wisconsin, where one of the authors concluded that “the proposal would

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cause small farms to leave the dairy industry at a faster pace than without the program.”

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A National Milk press release questioned the “selective and simplistic interpretation of new dairy legislation by organizations opposed to the Dairy Security Act.” At issue are government costs of the program and speculation as to how many dairy producers would participate in DSA’s safety net provisions.

National Milk CEO Jerry Kozak said “these contrary findings clearly illustrate the challenges associated with simplistic attempts to communicate results from complex economic modeling,” adding that “assumptions about how producers will respond to the program is highly uncertain.” See www.nmpf.org for more details.

Top executives of six of the country’s biggest dairy exporters have written members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction expressing opposition to the DSA. They outlined what they consider to be the “negative effects the act would have on domestic and global dairy markets,” according to an IDFA press release, and said it has no place in deficit-reduction talks.

The bill is expected to be part of the recommendations submitted by House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders to the supercommittee for inclusion in the debt-reduction bill.

In another news item this week the IDFA and Organic Trade Association (OTA) declared victory after the state of Ohio agreed to drop its regulations for so-called “absence claims” on dairy product labels. Dairy Profit Weekly editor Dave Natzke reported in Friday’s DairyLine that the action comes more than three years after those organizations filed a lawsuit against a 2008 regulation covering milk and dairy products labeled as rbST -or bovine growth hormone-free.

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Mielke from 21 dairy processors’ First Amendment rights and consumers’ rights to know regarding food production. Proponents of the rule said the labels implied product quality or safety differences which did not exist.

I have often read about and even written about the gap between “city slickers” and “country folk” but that gap was greatly evidenced to me this week as I visited a local nursery in town that was selling dead

corn stalks for $4.95 each! Sure hope they were “organic.”

Now if city slickers can be convinced to buy water in a bottle and dead corn stalks, there just has to be a way for the dairy industry can get them to consume more milk and dairy products.

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Made in USA

by Stewart Truelsen “Made in USA” are three words you won’t see very often on items sold by major retailers.

It’s so true of consumer goods that a store in upstate New York is making a name for itself by selling only items made in the United States.

The Made in America store has been so popular that buses on the way to Niagara Falls are stopping at Elma, NY, so tourists can visit. The owner proudly tells shoppers that he has carefully researched everything he sells and all items are 100 percent made-inAmerica products.

The fact of the matter is that if you want to buy products made in this country you don’t have to drive to New York.

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If you shop at one of the major discount retailers for consumer goods, the numbers tell a much different story.

Nearly 36 percent of personal expenditures for clothing and shoes are for products labeled “Made in China.” American-made clothing and shoes account for just 25 percent of all purchases.

A separate report by the Toy Industry Association found that 90 percent of children’s toys are made in China.

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It turns out that Lesotho is an impoverished African nation where several major clothing companies have set up assembly operations because labor is so cheap.

Globalization and technology have caused the loss of many factory jobs in the United States. Things we used

FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE to buy that were made with American hands are now made by foreign hands or aren’t made with human hands at all, but robots. Some call this progress, others call it unfair and few think it will change.

As Americans we sometimes take food for granted. We’ve never had a major food shortage, and we can choose from an infinite variety of safe, affordable food. But, it is not just that we take food for granted. It’s that we take American food

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American Farm Bureau Federation for granted.

We may accept buying a pair of jeans stitched in Lesotho, but would we feel the same about purchasing food from there?

It’s doubtful we would.

The locavores who insist on locally produced food would have an even bigger problem accepting it.

At a time when so many consumer goods are imported and some Americans are even leaving the country to save money on dental work,

surgery or prescription drugs, we need to be thankful for American agriculture and support the efforts of farmers and ranchers.

Our homegrown food supply is an important economic strength and an envy of the rest of the world.

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

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Farm Credit working with United Way — Farmers hurt by Irene and Lee encouraged to apply ENFIELD, CT — Farm Credit East announced on Nov. 4 that it has joined with CoBank, Yankee Farm Credit and United Way of the Greater Capital Region to provide financial assistance for farm families hurt by the Irene and Lee disasters. The Farm Credit organizations will be providing donations of up to $500 to aid farm families during the holiday season.

Farm Credit East and CoBank have each committed $100,000 as seed funding for this effort. In addition, Farm Credit employees will also be making individual contributions to the fund.

United Way has agreed to receive the funds and work with Farm Credit

East in distributing the funds to farm families hurt by the disasters.

Farmers that are interested in receiving support from the Farm Credit East Cares initiative can submit an application online at FarmCreditEast.com or visit a local Farm Credit East office. In order to facilitate payments by midDecember all applications need to be received to Farm Credit East by Nov. 26. The actual amount of the grants provided to the farm families will depend on the number of applications and the amount of total funds raised, with the cap being $500 per farm. To be eligible a farm must have had $10,000 in damage or

crop losses. This initiative covers the states of New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

“Many hardworking farm families have suffered tremendously as a result of the Irene and Lee disasters. It will take years for many of these families to recover,” said Bill Lipinski, CEO of Farm Credit East. “We are pleased to join with CoBank and United Way to provide this support to help families have a better holiday season.”

“These grants are not intended to help cover business losses — that is the role of insurance and support from FEMA, USDA and state government. We just want folks

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“At United Way, we know that the best way to help people in need in our communities is to work together. It’s what we call living united,” said Brian T. Hassett, President and CEO, United Way of the Greater Capital Region.

“We’re grateful to Farm Credit East for selecting us as their partner, and grateful to our local communities for coming together to help their neighbors in need.”

As a lender, Farm Credit East is working with customers impacted by the disasters. Efforts vary depending on each individual situation, but include loan

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“We are very appreciative of the efforts of United Way to work with us to facilitate this initiative”, said CEO Lipinski.

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to know we care and hope that they can be positive during the holidays,” said Lipinski.

“These funds are available to all eligible farmers in declared disaster areas in the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire — these funds are not restricted to Farm Credit customers.”

“Supporting agriculture and rural communities is a core part of the mission of CoBank and the Farm Credit System,” said Bob Egerton, Eastern Region President for CoBank. “We’re extremely pleased to be joining with Farm Credit East, Yankee Farm Credit and United Way to help

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To Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative or Contact David Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381 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, 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, 315-2589752.

• 12:00 Noon: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033, 585738-2104.

• 12:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dryden, NY. Calves. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 607844-9104 • 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 607-699-3637, 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 315-287-0220 • 4:00 PM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203, Chatham, NY. Regular Sale. Harold Renwick, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 518-392-3321.

Tuesday, November 15 • Houston, TX. Late Model Construction Equip., Aerials, Forklifts, Support, Trucks & Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com • 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY. Auction every Tuesday. Groceries, hay, straw, grain & firewood. Mohawk Valley Produce Auction, 518-568-3579 • 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, 800-3213211.

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, 802-5254774, Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-6268892 neks@together.net • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-2589752 • 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-

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• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-3941515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dryden, NY. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-8449104 • 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. Regular sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104 Thursday, November 17 • Bow, NH. Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, Inc., 419-865-3990 info@yoderandfrey.com www.yoderandfrey.com • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop off only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-2589752 • 12:30 PM: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033, 585738-2104.

• 1:15 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Dairy Cattle followed by Beef & Calves.

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,

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• 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: Fillmore Fire Hall, 20 S. Genesee St., Fillmore, NY. Toys, tools, electronics, collectibles, closeouts, household goods & more. R.G. Mason Auctions, 585-567-8844 www.rgmasonauctions.com Friday, November 18 • 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY. Auction every Friday. Full line of produce, bedding plants & flowers.

Mohawk Valley Produce Auction, 518568-3579 • 11:30 AM: Spencer Farm. Complete Holstein Dispersal for Arvo Rautine. 130 head of AI sired freestall cattle. 65 milking age, ave. 70#/cow. DHI RHA 22,484.

65 head of youngstock from newborn to springers. SCC 163,000. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com 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

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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 tion Co., Jay Martin 315-521-3123, Elmer Zieset 315-729-8030 • 7:00 PM: School, Rt. 39, Geneseo, NY. Geneseo Farm Toy Show Auction. Boy Scout Troop 4070. 250 excellent farm toys. For information contact Doug fHarke at 585-243-3882 or e-mail dherke@rochester.rr.com. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-396-1676 www.cnyauctions.com / dannauctioneers.htm 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, 585394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Monday, December 5 • 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 607699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-9721770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com Wednesday, December 7 • Newport, VT. Complete Dispersal of Registered Holstein and Registered Ayrshire herd for Agawam Farm. Sales

Managers, Northeast Kingdom Sales, 802-525-4774, Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892 neks@together.net • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-3941515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Saturday, December 10 • 9:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY. Horse Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585394-1515. 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. 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com Monday, December 12 • 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, 607847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.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, 585-3941515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Thursday, December 15 • 4:30 PM: Bath Market, Bath, NY. Spe-

cial Feeder Calf and Beef Replacement Sales. Phil Laug, Mgr., Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-776-2000 or 315-4277845.

Wednesday, December 21 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-3941515. 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, 585-3941515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Saturday, December 31 • 8:30 AM: Hoover Tractor, Mifflinburg, PA. 5th Annual New Years Sale. Accepting consignments. Fraley Auction Co., 570-546-6907 www.fraleyauction.com Saturday, January 7 • 10:00 AM: 3517 Railroad Ave., Alexander, NY. Z&M Ag & Turf Auction. Public Auction Sale of Farm Tractors, Machinery, Landscape, Tools and Lawn TractorMowers.

Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563. www.teitsworth.com Friday, January 20 • 12:00 Noon: 73 West First Ave., Windsor, PA. Public Auction of Windsor Meat Market. Operating business wit retail meat sales & custom slaughtering. Leaman Auctions, 717-464-1128 or 610662-8149 www.leamanauctions.com Monday, February 6 • Kissimmee, FL. Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, Inc., 419-865-3990

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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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 607699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-9721770 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, 585-3941515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Friday, November 25 • 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY. Public Christmas Auction, Black Friday. Mohawk Valley Produce Auction, 518-568-3579 Saturday, November 26 • 10:00 AM: Galeton, PA. Jackson Stables Retirement Dispersal. 2 tractors, farm machinery, butcher items, mechanical & woodworking tools, dozer, backhoe, horse, feeder cattle, lots of tack, Trail King 1200 bandsaw & lots more.

Fraley Auction Co., 570-546-6907 www.fraleyauction.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, 585-3941515. 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 Auc-

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WEEKLY MARKET REPORT MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middlefield, CT November 7, 2011 On the Hoof, Dollars/Cwt Calves:45-60# .10-.16; 6175# .18-.20; 76-90# .22-.25; 91-105# .30-.35; 106# & up .37.5-.40.

Farm Calves: .55-.81 Started Calves: .20-.26 Veal Calves: .55-1 Heifers: Open .60-.90; Beef .58-.86.

Feeder Steers: .60-1; Beef .55-.75.

Stock Bull: .60-1 Beef Bull: .55-.80 Boars: one at .10 Butcher Hogs: .65-.75 Feeder Pigs (ea): 30-55/ea.

Sheep, ea: 55-105 Lambs, ea: 50-190 Goats, ea: 50-160; Kids (ea) 40-65.

Canners: up to 61.5 Cutters: 62-66 Utility: 67-70 Rabbits: 5-40 Chickens: 3-55 Ducks: 3-9 ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES East Middlebury, VT November 7, 2011 Cattle: 143 Calves: 271 Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 70-74.50; Boners 80-85% lean 64-71.50; Lean 85-90% lean 48-69.50.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls 92-125# 65-120; 80-92# not well tested.

Vealers: 100-102# 50-65; 90-100# 45-65; 80-90# 3564; 70-80# 31-62; 60-70# 26-46.

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

FLAME LIVESTOCK Littleton, MA November 8, 2011 Beef Cattle: Canners .25.45; Cutters .45-.58; Util .58.71; Bulls .60-.77; Steers 11.10; Heifers .60-.75.

Calves: Growers No. .601.25; Veal .60-.75; Heifers .70-1.

Hogs: Roasters 40-110/ea; Market 65-75/ea; Sows .40.50.

Sheep: .60-.80; Lambs 1.25-2.10.

Goats: 100-150/ea; Billies 100-210/ea; Kids 45-140/ea.

NORTHAMPTON COOPERATIVE AUCTION, INC Whately, MA November 8, 2011 Calves (/cwt): 0-60# 5-24; 61-75# 11-45; 76-95# 1365; 96-105# 14-60; 106# & up.

Farm Calves: 70-120/cwt.

Start Calves: 30-50/cwt.

Feeders: 20-105/cwt.

Heifers: 25-47.50/cwt.

Steers: 64/cwt.

Bulls: 65-82/cwt.

Canners: 15-50/cwt.

Cutters: 51-63/cwt.

Utility: 65-75.50/cwt.

Sows: 14-53.50/cwt.

Boars: 23/cwt.

Pigs: 13-54/ea.

Lambs: 40-165/cwt.

Sheep: 10-85/cwt.

Goats: 15-155/ea.

Rabbits: .50-6.50/ea.

Poultry: .50-21/ea.

Hay: 13 lots, 2.50-5.70/bale. northamptonlivestockauction.homestead.com HACKETTSTOWN AUCTION Hackettstown, NJ November 1, 2011 Livestock Report: 61 Calves .20-1.55, Avg .79; 38 Cows .47-.78, Avg .64; 10 Easy Cows .01-.55.5, Avg .37; 15 Feeders 300-500# .45-.94, Avg .74; 5 Heifers .64-.89.5, Avg .72; 12 Bulls .63.5-.94, Avg .82; 19 Steers .60-.96, Avg .74; 1 Sow .45; 15 Sheep .30-1.75, Avg .97; 131 Lambs (/#) 1.25-2.40, Avg 1.96; 36 Goats (ea) 25145, Avg 86.75; 27 Kids (ea) 21-130, Avg 67.009; 1 Hide 26; 3 Alpacas 10-26, Avg 19.33. Total 403.

Poultry & Egg Report: Heavy Fowl .50-1.55; Pullets (ea) 4-4.50; Geese (ea) 1623; Bantams (ea) 1; Roosters (/#) 1.50-1.70; Bunnies (ea) 3.75-4.50; Ducks (ea) 1.50-9..50; Rabbit (/#) 1.752.85; Pigeons (ea) 2.255.50.

Grade A Eggs: White Jum XL 1.60; Brown Jum XL 1.90-1.95; L 1.89; M 1.14.

Hay, Straw & Grain: 15 Mixed 2.60-6.40; 7 Grass 3.20-4.60; 2 Mulch 2.70-3; 1 Oat 5. Total 25.

CAMBRIDGE VALLEY LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Cambridge, NY No report EMPIRE LIVESTOCK MARKET BURTON LIVESTOCK Vernon, NY No report CENTRAL BRIDGE LIVESTOCK Central Bridge, NY No report CHATHAM MARKET Chatham, NY November 7, 2011 Calves (/#): .90-1.15; Grower over 92# .85-1.20; 80-92# .60-.75; Bob Veal .50-.58.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .67-.70; Lean .58-.64.5; Hvy. Beef Bulls .77-.80.

Beef (/hd): Feeders 50-95; Hols. hfr. 60-65.

Lamb/Sheep (/#): Market 1.20-1.65; Slaughter Sheep (ea) 55-68.

Goats (/#): Billies 1.802.40; Nannies .85-1.

Swine (/#): Feeder Pig .37.40.

*Buyers always looking for pigs.

CHERRY CREEK Cherry Creek, NY No report DRYDEN MARKET Dryden, NY November 2, 2011 Calves (/#): Grower Bull over 92# 1.20-1.65; 80-92# .70-1.10.; Bob Veal .20-.32.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .64-.75; Lean .55-.66; Hvy. Beef Bulls .66-.70.

Beef (/#): Feeders .60-.85

Gouverneur

Canandaigua Pavilion Penn Yan Dryden Cherry Creek

Bath

Vernon New Berlin

Cambridge

Central Bridge Chatham

GOUVERNEUR LIVESTOCK Governeur, NY No report PAVILION MARKET Pavilion, NY October 31, 2011 Calves (/#): Grower Calves over 92# .95-1.325; 80-92# .725-0.875; Bob Veal .30.475.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .62-.75; Lean .46-0.625; Hvy. Beef Bulls .595-.79.

Beef (/#): Hols. Sel .70-.87.

Lamb/Sheep (/#): Market 1.10-1.675; Slaughter Sheep .55.

BATH MARKET Bath, NY Npvember 1, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. 1.25; Grower Bulls over 92# 11.25; 80-92# .70-1.05; Bob Veal .20-.40.

Cull Calves (/#): Gd .67.76; Lean .55-.66; Hvy. Beef Bulls .71.

FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK AUCTION Canandaigua, NY No report FINGER LAKES HAY AUCTION Penn Yan, NY No report Produce Mon. @ 10 am, Wed-Fri. @ 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 November 7, 2011 Cattle: Bone Util .60-.80; Canners/Cutters .58-.65; Easy Cows .60 & dn.

Bulls: Bulls/Steers .68-.81.

Feeders: Steers .80-1.08; Hfr. .73-.98; Dairy .53-.74.

Calves: Bull Calves 96120# .80-1.30; up to 95# .10-.95.

Jones Dairy: Top Milking Age 1150; Top Bred Hfr. 1275.

BELKNAP LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belknap, PA No report

BELLEVILLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belleville, PA No report CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA No report Sale every Tuesday * 5 pm for Rabbits, Poultry & Eggs * 6 pm for Livestock starting with calves. * Special Fed Cattle Sales Nov. 29. * State Graded Feeder Pig Sale Nov. 18. 1 pm.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA Small Animal Sale No report 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 November 7, 2011 Cattle: 256 Heifers: 1066-1218# 113115.50.

Cows: Prem. White 71.7574.25, hi of 83.50; Breakers 68-71.50; Boners 65-68; Lean 60-64.75.

Bulls: 1082-1638# 7377.50; hi dress 1308-1954# 80-81.50; one 2230# 74.50.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 306392# 125-136; 396-562# 122-136; M&L 2 314-477# 107-118.

Feeder Heifers: 292-492# 106-117; 496-630# 98-112.

Feeder Bulls: 318-446# 123-132; 504-608# 112121.

Calves: 134. Bulls No. 1 94124# 140-162; 84-92# 75105; No. 2 94-120# 110135; Hfrs. No. 1 92-106# 130-165; Util 25-60.

Goats (/hd): Kids 40-50#

70-85; Nannies Sm. 45-75; L 85-105; Billies Sm. 70-115.

Feeder Pigs: 23. 15-25# 15-23/hd.

Hogs: Boars up to 336# 29; up to 302# 69.

Hay: 15 lds, 100-340/ton.

EarCorn: 3 lds, 200205/ton.

Straw: 1 ld, 280/ton.

Firewood: 6 lds, 42-85/ld.

EIGHTY FOUR LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Holland, PA November 7, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Ch 2-3 1180-1220# 116.

Slaughter Heifers: Ch 2-3 1080-1160# 116-117.50.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 72.50-74.50, lo dress 67-68; Boners 8085% lean 67.50-71, hi dress 72-74, lo dress 65.50-67; Lean 85-90% lean 62.50-67, hi dress 68-69, lo dress 60.50-62.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1100-2155# 74-79, few hi dress 80-82; YG 2 10302150# 67-73.50.

Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 132.50-140; 500-700# 117.50-121; M&L 2 500700# 98-106; L 3 500-700# 60-69.

Heifers: M&L 1 300-500# 112.50-127; 500-700# 107110; 700-900# 93-95; M&L 2 300-500# 106-102.50; 500700# 90-105.

Bulls: M&L 1 300-500# 125-142.50, few 150; 500600# 125-127.50; 600-700# 99-112.50; M&L 2 300-500# 112.50-117; 500-700# 94110.

Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.

Bulls 90-120# 120-145; No. 2 90-130# 100-115; No. 3 85-120# 52.50-82.50; Vealers Util 65-120# 22.50-35.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 45-50% lean 320# 77; Boars 250# 27; 715# 20.

Slaughter Lambs: Ch 1-3 60-80# 179-205, few to 215; 100-125# 162-180; Yearlings 117-145# 95-140.

Slaughter Ewes: Util 1-2 115-205# 72.50-82.50.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel

1 60# 117.50; 70-85# 130155; Sel 2 45-61# 70-82.50; 75# 87.50; Nannies Sel 2 90# 87.50; 123# 80/cwt.

GREENCASTLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Greencastle, PA November 7, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1324-1566# 122126.50; Ch 2-3 1218-1592# 115.50-121.50; Sel 1-3 1152-1502# 108.50-114.50; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 14541602# 102.50-105.50; Ch 23 1408-1614# 97-102; Sel 1-3 1388-1520# 90-96.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1136-1370# 118123.50, one 127; Ch 2-3 1186-1378# 113-118.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 68-73.25, lo dress 65-68; Boners 8085% lean 63-69, hi dress 68.50-71.25, lo dress 58.2564.50; Lean 85-90% lean 58.50-64.50, hi dress 6570.50, lo dress 53-58.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1234-2076# 72-77, lo dress 998-1692# 61-73.25.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 430# 127.50; 520-524# 117.50122.50; Herefords 392-494# 100-112.50; L 3 Hols. 5421148# 73-79.

Slaughter Heifers: S 1 330# 112.50; M&L 1 409440# 100-119; 570-723# 99-113; Herefords 448728# 92.50-96; M&L 2 227292# 90-117.50; 339-456# 90-117.50; 516-717# 77105.

Slaughter Bulls: M&L 1 390-497# 102.50-122; 528678# 90-120; 794-894# 8590; M&L 2 284-490# 75-95; L 3 Hols. 356# 61.

Holstein Bull Calves: No. 1 94-128# 135-166; 92# 110115; No. 2 94-118# 105-140; 84-92# 75-105; No. 3 94118# 70-105; 76-90# 62-75; Hols. Hfrs. No. 2 72-94# 80155; Vealers Util 56-94# 1965.

Sows: US 1-3 434# 48.

Slaughter Lambs: Ch 2-3 44-64# 185-212.50; 74-93# 185-190; 110-124# 182.50-

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT 210; Yearlings 132# 160; Ewes Gd 2-3 102-156# 62.50-85.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 25-40# 87.50-90; 50-60# 95-112.50; 65-90# 97.50125; Sel 2 20-40# 50-80; 4565# 70-92; Nannies Sel 1 100-170# 110-122.50; Sel 2 90-140# 77.50-105; Billies Sel 1 140# 175; Sel 2 130# 112.50.

Pennsylvania Markets Mercer New Wilmington

LEBANON VALLEY LIVESTOCK AUCTION Fredericksburg, PA No report LEESPORT LIVESTOCK AUCTION Leesport, PA November 2, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Sel 1-3 1380-1455# 109.50-114.50; Hols. Ch 2-3 1350-1505# 98.50-104.50.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 65.50-68, hi dress 69-70; Boners 8085% lean 62.50-66.50; Lean 85-90% lean 58.50-62, lo dress 53.50-57.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 hi

NEW HOLLAND PIG AUCTION New Holland, PA No report

Belleville Homer City

New Holland Carlisle Lancaster Paradise

Eighty-Four dress 1395# 82.50.

Feeder Cattle: Steers L 3 Hols. 373-453# 72-77.50; 530-757# 59-70.

Vealers: Util 70-110# 35-65; 55-65# 10-30.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 95-120# 140-157.50; 85-90# 117.50-122.50; No. 2 95-130# 130-145; 80-90# 75-100; No. 3 80-120# 70130.

Lambs: Ch 2-3 60# 200; 130# 188; Ewes Gd 1-2 135-175# 94-95.

Goats: Kids Sel 1 30# 6067; 60# 137.50; 100# 187.50; Sel 2 under 20# 32.50-42.50; 70# 130; Nannies Sel 2 80-100# 115-125.

Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 2545# 65-80.

MIDDLEBURG LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middleburg, PA November 1, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1290-1580# 123.50127; Ch 2-3 1230-1505# 118-123; 1580-1685# 117.50-119.50; Sel 1-3 1085-1360# 111-116; Hols.

Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1275-1535# 103-109; Ch 2-3 11051615# 97-102.50; Sel 2-3 1315-1645# 86-91.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1180-1435# 119.50122.50; Ch 2-3 1105-1235# 114.50-118.50; Sel 1-3 1090-1350# 105-111.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75% lean 71-74; Breakers 75-80% lean 6469, hi dress 70.50-71.50; Boners 80-85% lean 60-65, lo dress 58-61; Lean 8590% lean 53-58, lo dress 48-53.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1095-1905# 75-79.50, hi dress 1250-1520# 80.5088.50, lo dress 1570# 72.50-73.50; YG 2 11001630# 66.50-69.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300500# 118-132; 500-700# 112-118; M&L 2 500-700# 81-90; L 3 Hols. 300-500# 65-77; 500-700# 75-82.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-500# 98-110; M&L 2 300-500# 80-95; 500-700# 70-72.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300500# 110-127; 500-700#

102-120; M&L 2 300-500# 86-110; 500-700# 84-89.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 95-120# 130-157; 8090# 75-120; No. 2 95-115# 90-120; No. 3 95-125# 5077; 75-85# 47-60; Hols.

Hfrs. No. 1 80-100# 155165; No. 2 75-105# 130135; Vealers Util 65-110# 17-60.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 49-54% lean 265-285# 82-85.50; 45-50% lean 255290# 80-83; 300-325# 7176.50.

Sows: US 1-3 300-500# 5558; 500-700# 59-63.50; 700900# 59.50-60.50.

Boars: 305-530# 33-35.

Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 1530# 15-28; 40-50# 30-33; 60-70# 65.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 40-60# 180-197; 6080# 195-227; 80-100# 207237; 100-140# 150-185; Sheep Gd 2-3 120-235# 82100.

Slaughter Kids: Sel 1 5070# 97-102; Sel 2 30-40# 40-47; 40-60# 67-75; Sel 3 20-40# 10-30.

Slaughter Nannies: Sel 1 80-130# 92-127; 130-180# 110; Sel 2 80-130# 80-97; Sel 3 80-130# 50-77.

Billies: Sel 1 100-150# 122152; Sel 2 100-150# 110112.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Martinsburg, PA November 7, 2011 Cattle: 119 Steers: Ch 108-115; Gd 90105.

Heifers: Ch 105-112; Gd 85-100.

Cows: Util & Comm. 64-70; Canner/lo Cutter 62 & dn.

Bullocks: Gd & Ch 74-85 Bulls: YG 1 67-80 Feeder Cattle: Steers 80105; Bulls 70-100; Hfrs. 7590.

Calves: 108. Ch 100-110; Gd 70-90; Std 15-60; Hols.

Bulls 90-130# 70-140; Hols.

Hfrs. 90-130# 75-150.

Hogs: 79. US 1-2 80-85; US 1-3 75-80; Sows US 1-3 3065; Boars 22-48.

Feeder Pigs: 41. US 1-3 20-50# 15-55.

Sheep: 60. Ch Lambs 170-

190; Gd Lambs 140-165; SI Ewes 60-80.

Goats: 40-140.

MORRISON’S COVE HAY REPORT Martinsburg, PA November 7, 2011 Alfalfa: 225-290 Alfalfa/Grass: 215-275 Grass: 120-275 Timothy: 200-215 Mixed Hay: 125-215 Round Bales: 60-90 Straw: 230-295 Wood: 60-70 Hay Auction held every Monday at 12:30 pm.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK, POULTRY & RABBIT REPORT Martinsburg, PA November 7, 2011 Roosters: 2-4 Hens: .50-1.50 Banties: .50-1.25 Pigeons: 2 Ducks: 4 Bunnies: 1-3.50 Rabbits: 8-13 Auction held every Monday at 7 pm.

NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES New Holland, PA November 3, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1260-1520# 122126.50; Ch 2-3 1175-1465# 120-124; Sel 2-3 11501320# 112-118.

Holstein Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1260-1610# 103-110; Ch 2-3 1390-1620# 94-99; Sel 2-3 1135-1325# 86-92.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White 65-75% lean 7276.50, hi dress 78.50-83; Breakers 75-80% lean 6872, hi dress 73-76; Boners 80-85% lean 65-68, hi dress 68-71.50; Lean 88-90% lean 60-63, hi dress 63-66.50, lo dress 55-59.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 9351395# 88-92; lo dress 9401625# 82-86; hi dress 9301385# 98-106.

Graded Bull Calves: Hols.

No. 1 110-128# 122-130; 94-108# 135-139; 86-92# 60-80; No. 106-128# 120127; 94-104# 135-143; 8092# 55; No. 3 100-130# 65100; 90-98# 50-65; 72-88#

NEW HOLLAND SHEEP & GOATS AUCTION New Holland, PA November 7, 2011 Slaughter Lambs: Non-traditional markets: Wooled & Shorn Ch & Pr 2-3 40-60# 227-235; 60-80# 202-224; 80-90# 192-207; 90-110# 179-194; 110-130# 181196; Wooled & Shorn Ch 23 40-60# 179-193; 60-80# 165-183; 90-110# 165-176.

Slaughter Ewes: Gd 2-3 M flesh 120-160# 82-97; 160200# 76-88; WF 120-160# 83-98; 160-200# 79-94; Hair Sheep 120-160# 80-94; Util 1-2 thin flesh 120-160# 6681; 160-200# 60-68; WF 120-160# 74-89; 160-200# 69-84.

Slaughter Kids: Sel 1 4060# 95-126; 60-80# 118145; 80-90# 136-149; 90100# 156-164; Sel 2 30-40# 74-89; 50-60# 86-101; 7080# 100-114; Sel 3 30-40# 40-53; 40-60# 48-70; 60-80# 62-84.

Slaughter Nannies/Does: Sel 1 80-130# 112-126; 130-180# 116-131; Sel 2 80-130# 100-114; Sel 3 5080# 69-84; 80-130# 76-91.

Slaughter Bucks/Billies: Sel 1 100-150# 145-160; 150-200# 173-180; Sel 2 100-150# 119-134.

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 steady to .05 higher, wheat sold steady to .05 lower, barley sold steady to .05 higher, Oats sold .05-.10 lower & Soybeans sold steady. EarCorn sold steady to 2 higher. All prices /bu. except ear corn is /ton.

Southeastern PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.96-7.46, Avg 7.21, Contracts 6.01-6.03; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.876.86, Avg 6.32, Contracts 6.01-6.50; Barley No. 3 Range 4.70-5.90, Avg 5.51, Contracts 4.75, Oats No. 2 Range 4.25-5, Avg 4.58; Soybeans No 2 Range 11.43-11.58, Avg 11.51, Contracts 11.52-11.58; EarCorn Range 200-208, Avg 204.

Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.85-7.40, Avg 7.06; Wheat 6.65; Barley No. 3 Range 4.75-5, Avg 4.87; Oats No. 2 Range 4.30; Soybeans No. 2 Range 11.2511.80, Avg 11.31; EarCorn Range 195.

South Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 7-7.30, Avg 7.09; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.80-6.70, Avg 6.16; Barley No. 3 Range 4.25-5.30, Avg 4.95; Oats No. 2 Range 34.25, Avg 3.62; Soybeans No. 2 Range 11.31-11.65, Avg 11.48; EarCorn Range 195.

Lehigh Valley Area: Corn No. 2 Range 7.10-7.44, Avg 7.29; Wheat No. 2 Range 7.15; Barley No. 3 Range 4.95; Oats No. 2 Range 4.50; Soybeans No. 2 Range 11.40-11.92, Avg 11.59; Gr. Sorghum Range 5.95.

Eastern & Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.757.50, Avg 7.15, Mo. Ago 6.68, Yr Ago 5.77; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.95, Avg 6.51, Mo Ago 5.95, Yr Ago 6.56; Barley No. 3 Range 4.25-6, Avg 5.10, Mo Ago 4.89, Yr Ago 3.17; Oats No. 2 Range 3-5, Avg 4.11, Mo Ago 4.03, Yr Ago 2.61; Soybeans No. 2 Range 11-11.80, Avg 11.46, Mo Ago 11.05, Yr Ago 11.58; EarCorn Range 180-210; Avg 199.50, Mo Ago 190.50, Yr Ago 135.

Western PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.21-7, Avg 6.56; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.77; Oats No. 2 3.75-4.75, Avg 4.10; Soybeans No. 2 Range 11.46.

PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Weekly Livestock Summary November 4, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 123-127; Ch 1-3 117123; Sel 1-2 111-117; Hols.

Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 103-110; Ch 2-3 97-103; Sel 1-2 9196.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 117.50-122.50; Ch 13 113-118.50; Sel 1-2 105111.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 65.50-71.50; Boners 80-85% lean 63-68; Lean 85-90% lean 55.50-61.

Slaughter Bulls: lo dress 69-75, Avg dress 79-88; hi dress 89-106.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300500# 118-132; 500-700# 109-125; M&L 2 300-500# 102-122; 500-700# 80-90.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-500# 110-125; 500700# 99-112.50; M&L 2 300-500# 95-107; 500-700# 93-105.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300500# 125-137; 500-700# 102-120; M&L 2 300-500# 100-115; 500-700# 89-105.

Vealers: Util 60-120# 10-60.

Farm Calves: No. 1 Hols. bulls 95-125# 120-160; No. 2 95-125# 90-130; No. 3 80-

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LANCASTER WEEKLY CATTLE SUMMARY New Holland, PA October 28, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1260-1540# 122-126; Ch 2-3 1175-1490# 117124; Sel 2-3 1150-1445# 112-118; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 23 1235-1610# 103-110; Ch 2-3 1225-1630# 94-102; Sel 2-3 1135-1325# 86-92; Hfrs.

Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1200-1450# 117.50-121.50; Ch 2-3 1010-1380# 114.50-117.50; Sel 2-3 1050-1435# 109113.

Slaughter Cows: Prem Whites 65-75% lean 7076.50, hi dress 76.50-83; Breakers 75-80% lean 6672, hi dress 72-76, lo dress 62-65; Boners 80-85% lean 64-68, hi dress 68-71.50, lo dress 58-62; Lean 85-90% lean 59-64, hi dress 64-70, lo dress 51-59.

Slaughter Bulls: Mon.YG 1 1320-1855# 77.50-83.50, hi dress 85-89.50; lo dress 7075; 1970-2160# 67-74; Bullocks 935-1305# 79-85; hi dress 90-97, very hi dress 104-110; lo dress 71-75; Thurs. YG 1 935-1395# 8892; lo dress 940-125# 8286, hi dress 930-1385# 98106.

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INDIANA FARMERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION Homer City, PA No report KUTZTOWN HAY & GRAIN AUCTION Kutztown, PA November 5, 2011 Alfalfa: 1 ld, 230 Mixed Hay: 200-530 Timothy: 230-280 Grass: 260-330 Straw: 150-250 Firewood: 85-125

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20-40; Util 60-110# 15-30.

Holstein Heifer Calves: No. 1 85-115# 170-175; No. 2 75-105# 50-110; Jersey Xbred 65-105# 50-80; nontubing 60-80# 15-35.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT

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120# 50-100; No. 1 Hols.

Hfrs. 84-105# 150-200; No. 2 80-105# 60-120.

Hogs: Barrows & Glts 4954% lean 220-270# 70-74; 45-50% lean 220-270# 6769.

Sows: US 1-3 300-500# 5657; 500-700# 59-61.

Graded Feeder Pigs: US 12 30-39# 99-137; 40-49# 79-90; 50-59# 90-100; 6069# 91-100; 70-79# 75-90; US 2 30-39# 40-70; 40-49# 65-86; 50-59# 89; 60-69# 59-88.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch & Pr 2-3 40-60# 227242; 60-80# 226-241; 80110# 218-237; 110-150#

183-226; Ch 1-3 40-60# 210-227; 60-80# 191-220; 80-110# 172-205; Ewes Gd 2-3 120-160# 106-120; 160200# 88-102; Util 1-2 120160# 85-100.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 40-60# 125-155; 60-80# 155-193; 80-100# 180-219; Sel 2 40-60# 94-132; 6080# 139-152; Sel 3 40-60# 65-90; 60-80# 78-86; Nannies Sel 1 80-130# 145-160; 130-180# 165-180; Sel 2 80-130# 122-137; Sel 3 5080# 89-104; 80-130# 110125; Billies Sel 1 100-150# 210-225; 150-250# 230245; Sel 2 100-150# 170185.

PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Hay Market Summary 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 steady. All hay and straw reported sold /ton. Alfalfa 175-250; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 160-300; Timothy 150-200; Straw 100-160 clean; Mulch 60-80.

Summary of Lancaster Co. Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 172 lds Hay, 27 Straw. Alfalfa 195-300; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 145-500; Timothy 180-360; Grass

Hay 160-400; Straw 150230.

Diffenbach Auct, N. Holland: October 31, 61 lds Hay, 12 lds Straw. Alfalfa 250-290; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 155-500; Timothy 180-360; Grass 190-400; Straw 175-230.

Green Dragon, Ephrata: November 4, 31 lds Hay, 8 Straw. Alfalfa 240-290; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 145-330; Timothy 247-310; Grass Hay 170-265; Straw 162215.

Weaverland Auct, New Holland: November 3, 19 lds Hay, 5 Straw.

Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 150270; Straw 150-185.

Wolgemuth Auction: Leola, PA: November 2, 61 lds Hay, 2 lds Straw. Alfalfa 195300; Alfalfa/Grass Mix 185370; Timothy 197-355; Grass 160-315; Straw 180215.

Summary of Central PA Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 89 Loads Hay, 18 Straw.

Alfalfa 200-275; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 100530; Timothy 270-300; Grass 190-335; Straw 137.50-305.

Belleville Auct, Belleville: November 2, 16 lds Hay, 2 lds Straw. Alfalfa 275; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 182-345.

Dewart Auction, Dewart: October 31, 15 lds Hay, 1 Straw. Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 100-398; Straw 280.

Greencastle Livestock: October 31 & November 3, 9 lds Hay, 4 lds Straw. Alfalfa/Grass 130-170; Straw 137.50-142.50.

Kutztown Auction, Kutztown: November 5, 12 lds Hay, 4 Straw. Alfalfa 230; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 200530; Timothy 230-280; Grass Hay 260-320; Straw 165-250 clean.

Middleburg Auct, Middleburg: November 1, 17 lds Hay, 2 Straw. Alfalfa 200; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 120330; Timothy 290-300; Grass 250-335; Straw 180240.

Leinbach’s Mkt, Shippensburg: October 29 & November 1, 20 lds Hay, 5 Straw.

Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 110258; Grass 190-220; Straw 160-178 clean.

New Wilmington Livestock, New Wilmington: November 4, 12 lds Hay, 1 ld Straw. Alfalfa/Grass 140185; Straw 170.

VINTAGE SALES STABLES Paradise, PA November 7, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch &

Pr 3-4 1185-1520# 127-130; Ch 2-3 1190-1495# 122.50127; Sel 2-3 1195-1445# 114-121.50; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1460# 111; Ch 2-3 1460-1590# 99.50-105.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1175-1340# 122.50126; Ch 2-3 1010-1380# 116.50-122.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 67-70.50, hi dress 71.75-73; Boners 8085% lean 60-66.50; Lean 85-90% lean 55.50-61, hi dress 61-64, lo dress 4852.50.

Holstein Bull Calves: No. 1 95-120# 120-157; 85-90# 50-60; No. 2 100-120# 85120; No. 3 80-125# 40-70; Util 65-115# 20-50. * Next Feeder Cattle Sale Nov. 11.

WEAVERLAND AUCTION New Holland, PA November 3, 2011 Loads: 30 Orchard Grass: 3 lds, 155270 Grass: 4 lds, 105-235 Straw: 5 lds, 150-185 Oats: 1 ld, 3.50/bu.

Firewood: 5 lds, 50-135 Corn Fodder: 1 ld, 135.

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Celebrate with flavorful fillings November is infamous for stuffing — whether we’re fluffing our nest in anticipation of winter or filling our bellies with a harvest of savory flavors. Beef isn’t typically associated with stuffing, but Certified Angus Beef ® brand Chef Michael Ollier has created several rich and tasty beef dishes that will have you stuffing steak — and yourself — in no time.

Flank Steak Roulade features an economical cut spread with a mixture of walnuts, parmesan cheese, garlic and herbs, sun-dried tomatoes and arugula.

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Stuffed manicotti with red pepper sauce Prep Time 45 minutes Cook Time 45 minutes 1 1/2 pounds Certified Angus Beef ® 80/20 ground chuck 8-ounces manicotti (14 pieces), cooked 2 minutes less than package directions 3 red bell peppers 15-ounce can tomato sauce 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium onion, diced 3 banana peppers, seeded and diced 8 ounces (approximately 2 cups) shredded asiago & mozzarella cheese blend 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley 1/3 cup chopped calamata olives (optional) 1. Using tongs, charred peppers over open stove flame. Turn frequently to get a uniform blackened and blistered skin. Allow to cool, remove stem and seeds and place in a blender, leaving skins on. Add

Flank steak roulade

tomato sauce, puree and set aside.

2. Simmer onions in olive oil until soft, 2-3 minutes. Add ground beef and simmer until no pink remains, breaking to small pieces as it cooks, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a mixing bowl. Stir in banana peppers, 1 1/2 cups of cheese, salt, parsley and olives.

3. Preheat oven to 350° F. Spread a third of sauce in a large rectangular baking pan. Stuff each manicotti with beef mixture, line in pan and cover with remaining sauce. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for thirty minutes. Remove foil, top with remaining 1/2 cup cheese and bake an additional twenty minutes until bubbly. Allow to set for five minutes before serving.

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Bake the day of, adding ten minutes to cook time.

Serves 6 Nutritional Information per Serving: 575 Calories; 29g Fat; 12g Saturated Fat; 106mg Cholesterol; 42g Carbohydrate; 4g Dietary Fiber; 38g Protein; 12396mg Sodium; 32% daily value Iron (based on 2,000 calorie diet).

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Flank steak roulade 2 to 2 1/2 pound Certified Angus Beef ® flank steak 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar 8 ounces chopped walnuts, about 1 3/4 cups 5 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese 1 tablespoon minced garlic (2 cloves) 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes 2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt 1/2 cup olive oil 2 cups loosely packed baby arugula 8 ounce jar sun-dried tomatoes, packed in olive oil 2 teaspoons dried rosemary, hand crushed 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper Butcher’s twine 1. Butterfly flank with the grain to 1/4-inch thick, yielding about an eleven by fourteen inch rectangle.

Place in a shallow baking dish with balsamic vinegar. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.

2. In a food processor, pulse together walnuts, 3

tablespoons parmesan, garlic, red pepper flakes and one teaspoon salt to the consistency of coarse cornmeal. Add olive oil while blending to make a paste; set aside.

3. Preheat oven to 450° F. Remove flank, pat dry & lay flat on a cutting board. Layer with walnut paste, arugula and sun dried tomatoes. Roll and tie roast to the 11-inch length. Season the exterior evenly with remaining 2 tablespoons parmesan, 1 teaspoon salt, rosemary and pepper. Set in roasting pan with rack, uncovered.

4. Roast for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 325° F and roast an additional sixty minutes for medium rare. Allow to rest 10 minutes before slicing, two slices per person.

Serves 4-6 Nutritional Information per Serving: 748 Calories; 54g Fat; 9g Saturated Fat; 110mg Cholesterol; 18g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 48g Protein; 926mg Sodium; 24% daily value Iron (based on 2,000 calorie diet).

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AC 8018 4WD, not pretty but runs OK! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,750 NH 8160 4WD, ROPS, Canopy, 100 HP, LH Reverser, Frt Tires 70%, Rear Tires New . . . . . . . . . . .Was $25,000 NOW $22,000 JD 2750 4WD w/Cab, 7200 Hrs., Good Tires, Nice Looking Tractor w/JD 240 Loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$18,500 JD 2155 2WD w/New Woods 720 Loader, 6 Ft. Bkt, 2 Remotes, Canopy, Nice Unit! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$13,500 ‘06 Landini PowerFarm 105 4WD w/New Alo Q30 Loader, ROPS, 2 Hyd., Warranty, 99 HP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$35,000 Ford TW25 Series 2, 4WD, Runs Good, Good Tires, but has Water in Oil! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,500 IH 1086 w/Cab, 4600 Hrs., Great Buy! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9,750 New 2011 McCormick X10-55 4WD Tractor w/Cab, AC, 55 HP, Special Cash Deal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25,000 Landini PowerFarm 105 2WD, Cab, 99 HP, Very Low Hours, w/Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25,000 MF 383 2WD, 200 Original Hours, Looks New . . . . . . . .$20,000 Claas 62 Round Baler, 4x5, Good Condition Includes 2nd Baler for Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,500

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518-284-2090 or www.macfaddens.com 1998 INTERNATIONAL TOWMASTER on 4700 air ride chassis with DT466, 275hp engine, 6 spd. Allison auto. trans., good paint w/perfect interior & air seats. Nearly new Michelin tires & brakes, 25,000 lb. 5th wheel hitch.

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G E N T L E M A N ’ S FA R M : Extended Lease. Good for hunting, cattle (not for dairy), horses, sheep. Fields, meadows, woodlands on 109 acres. 1 hour west of Albany, NY. Modern house, 3-car garage, 2-barns, working farm. Rural setting with panoramic views, on paved road. $1,500/Mo. plus utilities, security first and last month.

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1st CUT SMALL SQUARES, $3.00/bale; 2nd cut square, $4.00/bale. 1st cut round, $30.00/bale; 2nd cut round, $40.00/bale. Accessible to tractor trailers. Mike Quinn, Middlebury,VT 802-388-7828 1st CUTTING DRY Round Bales; also 2nd cutting baleage. Delivery available.

315-794-8375 300-FIRST CUT dry wrapped round bales, asking $40.00 per bale, cut June 20th. 802748-4667

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RECONDITIONED 4-6-8R 7000 and 7200 planters. Also, one and two row sweetcorn, vegetable, pumpkin planters w/JD Max-Emerge. FrameMount no-till coulters. Custom b u i l d p l a n t e r s . Pe q u e a Planter, 717-442-4406

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ALFALFA BALEAGE & dry round bales. Burgundy Brook Farm, Palmer, MA 413-283-4395, 413-374-9238 AMARAL FARMS 1st & 2nd cutting good quality hay, round silage bales 4x5. Call 860-576-5188 or 860-4506536 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

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A N MARTIN GRAIN SYSTEMS 315-923-9118

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Dairy Apprentice Apprentice sought for a 42 cow grass based Jersey operation.

We currently bottle our own milk. A full scale creamery will be operating by Jan. of 2012 processing our milk into butter, cream, yogurt and cheese by our award winning cheese maker John Miller.

Appleton Farms a 1000-acre farm in Ipswich, Massachusetts, is owned by The Trustees of Reservations, a nonprofit land conservation organization. The farm supports hayfields, woods, wetlands, and a Community Supported Agriculture produce operation. The farm is conveniently located near several towns, beautiful beaches, and the commuter rail to Boston.

Responsibilities include milking, feeding, cleaning and management of the dairy facilities, assisting with herd health, caring for 100-200 laying hens, and other farm related tasks as needed.

Compensation: Includes stipend and a private room with shared living 3 miles from the farm.

Position available: Nov. 1, 2011 and will last 10-12 months.

To apply, contact Matt Lombard, Livestock Manager at 978-356-5728 or by e-mail at mlombard@ttor.org

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Alltech is currently looking for a Territory Sales Representative with a strong dairy background for Pennsylvania. Alltech sales people are highly motivated professionals who provide a natural link between marketing, research and the customer. Alltech ranks among the top 10 animal health companies in the world. The company has experienced consistent growth since it was founded in 1980. Headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, Alltech has a presence in over 110 countries with distributors around the world.

Today it employs 2,600 people and growth continues at a rate of 20 percent.

Key responsibilities include: Regularly visit our industry partners (feed companies, consulting nutritionists, veterinarians, producers, government agencies, etc) across the territory to manage existing relationships while cultivating new relationships Drive sales by identifying customer needs and finding solutions Attend industry events and tradeshows to showcase Alltech in a positive, professional manner

The ideal candidate should have:

CLOSING DATE: JAN. 1, 2012

Rensselaer County, Troy, NY

THREE SETS of draft size bob sleighs with approximately 5’6”x14’ beds. All in excellent conditions. Erin C.Lundy 315-493-1051

NEW, USED & RECONDITIONED

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TEAM of 7 & 8 year old black Percheron 17 hand geldings, Team of old style black 10 year old Percheron mares 16-3 hands and just under 2000 lbs. each. Both teams are well broke. Also, 15-3 hand 6 year old black Percheron gelding and 17 hand plus, spotted draft gelding. Both are broke to harness and saddle. Erin C. Lundy 315-493-1051

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FARM - 57 +/- acres, 2 ½ miles to Colgate University in the village of Hamilton, New York The farm is composed of 15 +/- acres of woodland with the remainder fields and pasture. Restored 4/3 bath house dated circa 1850 - 1880. Two barns circa 1850. Machine shed. Everything in very good condition. Beautiful views from property. Stream. Marketable timber. Potential building lots, great investment potential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$395,000

POSSON REALTY LLC 787 Bates-Wilson Road Norwich, NY 13851

(607) 334-9727 Cell 607-316-3758 www.possonrealty.com possonrealty@frontiernet.net David C. Posson, Broker

BATES CORPORATION

Richard E. Posson, Associate Broker

2304 - Oneida County Dairy Farm 140 acres, 80+ acres tillable well drained very productive soils right behind the barn, flat to gently rolling fields. An additional 86 acres tillable close by available to rent. Nice remodeled 2 story dairy barn with 86 stalls. Tunnel ventilation. Nice barn to work in. Attached 74 stall free stall barn w/large bedding pack and pens for calves. Barn has a manure pit for 3 month storage. 2 large machinery buildings. Good 2 story 5 bdrm home and 2 bdrm mobile home for hired help. This is a good turn-key operation.

Owners are retiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $450,000 2308 - Oneida County - 258 acre dairy farm, 80 acres tillable, good well drained flat ground all in hay. Balance woods and pasture. Nice 56 stall 2 story dairy barn, enclosed manure room, 2" pipeline milking system. Big mangers, high ceilings, nice barn to work in. Good 2 story remodeled 6 bdrm, 3 bth, new kitchen and bths; a very well maintained home. 3 out buildings for machinery storage and young stock. Year round trout stream. Excellent deer and turkey hunting. Would make a nice farm to milk a small dairy or would be excellent for beef or horses. Lots of additional land to rent for little or nothing. Nice area to live, hiking, skiing, and snow mobile trails close by. Farm is priced to sell, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Askiing $429,000 That's $1662 per acre with good buildings 2297 - Exceptional Home and Buildings. 87 acre Gentleman's Farm located in Western, NY. Located mins from beautiful Lake Erie. 20 acres in field and

Phone 315-292-1104 See details at www.hamiltonfarm.info Real Estate For Sale Real Estate For Sale

pasture, balance woods. Some timber, lots of firewood, and awesome hunting.

Very nice 2 story 36x70 barn. A very nice 40x80 machinery building with 16ft high ceilings, power and water, a multi-use building. Remodeled 2 story 3 bedroom home. Drilled well, good water, and lots of it. Nice setting, fairly quiet road. This farm would make a nice farm to raise a few beef, or horses. Very nice woods for trails to ride, lots of deer and turkey. Would make a nice farm to raise a family or retire too. Close to schools and shopping. 30 mins to Lake Erie and public boat launch. Great Fishing and Boating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Owners are asking $300,000 for this very nice well-kept farm . . . . . .O 2279 - Madison County Gentleman's Farm. Close to Brookfield, NY and renowned horse riding trail system. 18 acres of land mostly in fields and pasture. 2 story dairy barn with 46 tie stalls. Good 40x60 machinery building.

Additional 2 story barn with side addition for young stock and machinery storage. Fairly new 24x36 2 car garage with room for lawn mowers 4 wheelers and snow mobiles. Good 2 story remodeled farm house new roof windows siding furnace. Drilled well lots of good water. This farm would make a nice little horse or beef farm. Close to the Brookfield trail system. Mins to schools, shopping, and ag related businesses. Priced to sell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $140,000. This iss a great buy on a nice little farm 2265 - Good Buy! 220 acres, 20 acres open mostly pasture, balance woods.

Phenomenal deer and turkey hunting. Large beaver pond, ducks and geese. Good 2 story dairy barn with power and water. Easy to get to from I81. Priced to sell . . .Asking $200,000 Owner will consider financing for qualified buyer 2289 - Oneida County Lan nd. Located on a quiet road. 87+/- acres, mostly wooded. 1300ft road frontage. Easy to get to from Rt 90 Thruway. Great 4wheeling and snow mobiling, close by trail system, awesome deer and turkey hunting.

Nice place for hunting camp, weekend getaway, or year round residence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $120,000 Gas Potential - Near Cortland, NY. 138 acres 60 acres open pasture and tillable land, balance woods. Road frontage on 2 quiet roads. Close to the beautiful Finger Lakes, I81. Gas rights included. This is a great investment property would also make a nice place to build and live. Raise horses or beef. Ithaca, Cortland, Syracuse, with shopping. schools, hospitals, all close by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $250,000

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www.demereerealty.com • demeree@ntcnet.com #1 - UNIQUE PROPERTY with much potential & lovely views of the valley - 400 rolling acres, some lg. fields, nice woods & pasture land - Restored & elegant Victorian home - 11 lg. rooms with victorian period decor is a step back in time - 130 yrs. old & in VG condition - 4 Bdrms., lg. LR, DR, Fam. rm. - nice library & 3.5 baths - lg. bay windows upstairs & downstairs - attached 2 car garage - patio area - also carriage house in entrance to 120x36 ft. dairy barn - 72x25 ft. mach. shed & attractive tree lined entrance to property - A MUST SEE FOR BUYERS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY . . . . . . .$898,000 #16 - CERTIFIED ORGANIC - 175 ACRES NEAR LITTLE FALLS WITH ACREAGE ON BOTH SIDES OF ROUTE 5S - 90 acres tillable the rest woods and a pond - has great views of the Mohawk Valley. It is located one mile from the AMISH SALE BARN THAT HAS AN AUCTION AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $350,000 #20 - Well-kept country property w/12.7 A. - 8 rm., 3 bdrm., 2.5 baths, brick ranch home in VG condition - 2 rec. rooms in basement - also central air - 30x36 ft. unattached garage & lg. paved driveway - tall pole barn is 54x96 ft. w/20x20 ft. heated, insulated office & half bath - 2 wells, spring & creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$249,000 #71 - Hobby farm with 8.2 A in nice quiet location - 2 story post & beam 7 rm. home mostly remodeled - attached garage - also 40x80 ft. pole barn with 36x60 ft. addition & water irrigation pond for veg. gardens is stocked w/bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$130,000 #266 - Nice hobby farm w/35 acres - 10 tillable, 22 pasture & 2 woods - good 6 rm., 3 bdrm. home w/new roof & vinyl siding has oil hot air heat & full cellar - also 64x36 ft. 2 story barn w/high ceilings, new electric service & good upstairs storage area - year around creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$160,000 REDUCED TO $150,000 C-40 - Hobby/dairy farm on 70 A. of gravel soil, 40 A. pasture, 30 A. woods - 52 tie stalls, 3 lg. pens, 2” pipeline, 5 units, 800 gal. tank, tunnel ventilation, mow conveyor, 2 Patz barn cleaners, 8 ton grain bin, 16x40 & 16x60 silos w/unloaders, tiled mangers, concrete barnyard, 50x80 pole barn & outbuildings all w/concrete floors, water & electric - nice 7 room, 3BR, 1 bath home - new outside wood furnace, inside oil furnace, drilled wells & spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $260,000 C-67- 3.75A Adirondack Park Waterfront Property, one quarter acre developed with year round camp, remainder wooded undeveloped area, located on motorless Lake Edward. The pleasant one-story house is fully furnished with three rooms, one full bath, full cellar, new forced air furnace and new chimney, enclosed porch, tiled well, line phone, and septic. All in a private setting at the end of a dirt road. Great investment property. A nice waterfront location at a modest price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $199,000

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NOV 11-18 North American International Livestock Exposition Sheep Show Louisville, KY. On Internet at www.livestockexpo.org NOV 12-14 Maine Farm Bureau Association, 60th Annual Meeting & Trade Show Point Lookout Resort, Northport, ME. 10 am registration opens. Call 800-639-2126 or e-mail jjennings@maine farmbureau.com.

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.

UNH Cooperative Extension Field Crop Meeting Bath Congregational Church, in Bath, NH. 10 am - 2 pm. Registration starts at

9:30 am. Presentations on managing bedstraw, evaluating small grains as forage crops, nitrogen management in corn, dealing with flooddamaged crops, pest management in alfalfa, insurance programs for crops and dairy cattle, weed ecology and weed management. Registration is $15/person. Pre-registration is appreciated by Nov. 9. Contact Heather Bryant, 603-787-6944.

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On Internet at www.farmbased education.org JAN 14 NOFA 25th Annual Winter Conference Worcester State University, 486 Chandler St., Worcester, MA. Contact Cathleen O’Keefe, e-mail wc@ nofamass.org. On Internet at www.nofamass.org/con ferences/winter/index.php JAN 18 Southeast Agriculture Mediation Workshop: Conflict Resolution Skills The Carver Public Library, 2 Meadowbrook Way, Carver MA. 6-8 pm. Call 508-2952212 ext. 50 or e-mail balexander@semaponline.org On Internet at http:// semaponline.org.

JAN 20-21 16th Annual VT Grazing & Livestock Conference Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, VT. Featuring local, regional and national speakers on multiple species grazing management & production.

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On Internet at www. uvm.edu/pasture JAN 22-24 The National Mastitis Council (NMC) 51st Annual Meeting TradeWinds Island Grand Resort, 5500 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach, FL. For dairy professionals from around the world to exchange current information on udder health, mastitis control, milking management and milk quality. Call 727-3676461.

On Internet at www.nmconline.org JAN 25 Vermont Sheep & Goat Association Annual Meeting Barre, VT. Contact Jane Woodhouse, 802-592-3062.

JAN 27 & 28 4th Annual Winter Greenup Grazing Conference Century House, Latham, NY. Please contact Tom Gallagher at tjg3@cornell.edu, Lisa Cox at lkc29@cornell.edu or Morgan Hartman at blackqueenangus@yahoo.com for more information and to get on the mailing list for registrations. Contact Lisa Cox, 518-765-3512.

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