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Mini-cucumbers show promise at Harvest Fresh Farms

by Jennifer Wagester OAKFIELD, NY — Three years ago, Triple P Farms owner Daniel “Pudgie” Riner teamed up with A.J. Wormuth and delegated greenhouse space for cucumbers. While no one locally was growing cucumbers, all indicators pointed to market potential. The “eat local” movement was on the rise; fresh, whole foods were gaining in importance; and winter cucumber quality was poor as most cucumbers are imported from Canada or Mexico. So Pudgie and A.J. took a chance and formed Harvest Fresh Farms to grow cucumbers.

Year one was all trial and error. Two hundred plants consisting of seven varieties were planted at the start. Minicucumbers, long European cucumbers, and the “slicer” (similar to a field cucumber) were grown in this first batch.

Pudgie and A.J. wanted to find out which varieties grew well in greenhouse conditions and what type of cucumber consumers liked best.

Samples were given to everyone who would try them. Friends and family, produce store managers, farm market customers, etc. were asked for their opinions. Overall, the mini-cucumber proved to be the favorite. Its small size of six inches and thin skin makes it perfect for snacking, slicing for a sandwich, and putting in salad. No peeling is required and the single serving size means no unused portions to bag or wrap to keep fresh.

Once the cucumber type was selected, seedlings were established in 2010 (year two) to cover about 3/4 of an acre of greenhouse space. Little information was available on growing cucumbers in a greenhouse. Cooperative Extension agents were consulted as well as others in the greenhouse industry. Initially, plants were grown in three gallon plastic bag pots. Each pot contained one plant that was fed water and fertilizer by

a drip line. Plant spacing was about one foot in the drip line and two feet between rows.

Cucumber yields were sporadic in a three gallon pot. The plants would produce in high volumes and then rest before producing another batch of fruit. It was determined that a larger root system might be needed to ensure optimum nutrient uptake. In 2011, the pot size was increased to five gallons.

Cucumbers spaced close together did not grow as well as those with more spacing. The row spacing was upped to four feet and plant growth improved.

The plants seemed to need more sunlight than close spacing could provide.

The increased row size also made harvesting easier as carts and other equipment could easily be transported up and down the alleys.

After two years of trial and error, a protocol for managing plant growth is in place. Seeds are started in greenhouse trays and are later transplanted to the five gallon pots. Early flowers are stripped to encourage leaf development.

Once eight big leaves are established, flowers are left to develop into cucumbers. Plastic binder twine and clips are used as a trellis to support the plant.

Regular pruning keeps the plants directing their energy to fruit production.

Powdery mildew is a constant threat.

Resistant varieties are selected, which minimizes spraying. When spraying is needed, greenhouse approved botanicals are used. The short re-entry time of 12 hours is needed to ensure harvesting is not interrupted. Aphids are another big threat to plant production. Baby wasps were introduced as predator insects to reduce aphid populations.

However, the baby wasps did not seem to be effective.

Timing is everything to ensure yields are consistent. Young plants are not yet productive and older plants yield less fruit. Pudgie and A.J. consider a plant

Daniel “Pudgie” Riner and A.J. Wormuth work as a team to successfully grow and market their mini-cucumbers.

Photos by Jennifer Wagester

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Mini-cucumbers are hand sorted and packed six to a tray. They are immediately wrapped to seal in freshness and then placed in the cooler.

Harvest Fresh Farms staff pick mini-cucumbers by hand.

lifecycle to be 15 weeks. They are still in the process of setting a growing schedule that keeps yields up all year long.

This year’s “double cropping” has helped. As cucumbers in one part of the greenhouse start to age, cucumber seedlings are established in another section of the greenhouse. Having a double crop in the lower stages of productivity keeps yields up until the new plants are at full capacity.

Production volume is a big component to successful marketing. For now, Harvest Fresh Farms operates on a small scale and supplies locally owned grocery stores. Larger retailers like Tops and Wegmans also carry the minicucumbers in their local stores. A.J.’s experiences with larger retailers have shown that their product is in demand.

Their biggest challenge is keeping shelves stocked. Tops and Wegmans have been supportive. Harvest Fresh Farms is working with them to increase

production to meet their supply needs.

The mini-cucumbers are marketed under the Harvest Fresh Farms label. To pack the mini-cucumbers for sale, harvested fruit is immediately transported to the packing facility. Six mini-cucumbers are placed on a black foam food service tray. They are then wrapped with clear food-grade plastic. The label is placed on the top or the bottom of the package depending on the retailer’s requirements. Then the final product is placed in a cooler before it is transported to its retail destination. Cucumbers that grow beyond the standard size are wrapped on white foam trays and sold to the food service industry.

At this time, Harvest Fresh Farms employs three people in addition to A.J. and Pudgie. Friends and family members also help out at busy times and on weekends. The company is looking forward to achieving profitability in their third year and hopes to expand in the future.

New York 4-H dairy youth poised for greatness Submitted by Deborah Grusenmeyer, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, PRODAIRY New York State 4-H Dairy Youth teams have had a busy and successful fall for 2011. All year long, young people ranging in age from 9 to 19 are involved in New York’s 4H Youth Development program. These young people, focusing on dairy project animals, have been learning, practicing and participating in county, district and state level events aiming for the opportunity to attend a national or invitational competition.

Young people, 14 to 19 years, representing our State 4-H dairy teams are selected based on their level of skill and performance at our State level competitions, many which are held annually at Cornell University in Ithaca or at the New York State Fair in Syracuse.

Youth participating in 4H animal science focusing on dairy, have a strong interest in all aspects of the dairy industry, dairy production management and the dairy science field. The knowledge and experience gained from these events last a lifetime, in addition to building life skills in communication, networking, decision

making, applying technology, and career and college planning.

The 4-H Dairy Management team competed at the Junior Dairy Management Contest held at the All-American Dairy Show in Harrisburg, PA. This event is an educational activity for both 4H and FFA members.

Participation provides an excellent opportunity to evaluate top quality animals, receive experience in evaluation and decision-making, and demonstrate knowledge and skills in dairy management through the following exercises: dairy cattle selection, linear trait analysis, diseases and bio-security, meats identification and quality assurance of dairy beef, feed management, identification of grains, forages and by-products, facilities, biology of lactation and mastitis, and farm business management.

This well-rounded approach to learning benefits our dairy producers of the future and its infrastructure. The NY 4-H Dairy Challenge team took 1st place honors at the Junior Dairy Management Contest in Harrisburg. The team members were Erik Shelmidine from Jefferson Co., Peter Gartung from Otsego Co., Heidi VanLieshout from Oneida Co.

and Hunter Calyer from Orange Co. Erik was 3rd high individual overall, Hunter was 7th, and Peter was 10th high individual. Cathy Galley, a dairy producer and 4-H Volunteer from Otsego Co. coached the team. Congratulations for an outstanding job.

New York sent three different 4-H dairy cattle judging teams of youth to compete at national/regional contests this past fall. Dairy Judging requires participants to understand the concepts of dairy cow conformation and provide sets of oral reasons for choosing one cow over another. Making a decision and then defending your decision is a life skill learned through dairy judging. The first 4H dairy cattle judging team competed at the contest held at the AllAmerican Dairy Show in Harrisburg, PA. The team members were Miquela Hanselman from Delaware Co., Andy Chlus, Herkimer Co., Heidi VanLieshout, Oneida Co. and Margaret McKernan, Franklin Co. As a whole the team placed 6th, while Miquela was 3rd place individual overall, Heidi 23rd, and Andy 36th.

The second team of 4-H dairy judges, who traveled to Louisville, KY, to compete at the contest

NY State 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Team members competing at the National contest in Madison, WI are from left to right Meghan Vail from Oneida Co., Emma Andrew from Wayne Co., Dr. Doug Waterman, coach, Cassie Stap from Orange Co., and Andrew Reynolds from Orleans Co.

held at the North American International Livestock Exposition were Devon Simpson (8th Individual), Orange Co., Adam Buckenmeyer (10th Individual), Wyoming Co., Danielle Bartlett, Fulton Co., Logan Martin, Cattaraugus Co. The team as a whole took 4th place honors in the contest against 21 other states, and was 7th for oral reasons. Jamie Flint, a dairy farmer and 4-H volunteer from

states. The team worked really hard and left the final match with a 2nd place finish. Instead of the individual question phase we have at our State contest, participants in Louisville take a 50 question written test on Friday Evening and the top 10 individuals on the written test are recognized at the awards banquet. It is very impressive to have all four of our team members in the top five: Casey Porter of Jefferson Co. was 2nd high individual, Jesse Bonin of Columbia Co was 3rd high individual, Justine Bishop of Delaware was 4th high individual, and Katie Oster of Madison Co., was 5th high individual. I am very proud of the team members for their outstanding accomplishments not only taking 2nd at the Nationals, but also the life skill of coming together as a team and the great leadership they each brought to the team. As a coach it is pretty cool to see four individuals from all different corners of New York State come together as strangers on day one and at the end of day two are working together like they have been best friends for years. It is one of those experiences as a coach or a person working in 4-H youth development say to themselves, “this is why we do it”. The team was coached by Matt Young of Ontario Co. and Debbie Grusenmeyer from Cornell University.

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NY State 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Team members competing at the National Contest in Louisville, KY were from left to right front: Matt Young, Coach, Debbie Grusenmeyer, Coach, Jesse Bonin (team captain) from Columbia Co.; Back: Katie Oster from Madison Co., Casey Porter from Jefferson Co., Justine Bishop from Delaware Co.

Wyoming Co. coached the team.

The team members competing at the National Contest held in Madison, WI, in conjunction with the World Dairy Expo were Andrew Reynolds, Orleans Co., Cassandra Stap, Orange Co., Meghan Vail, Oneida Co. and Emma Andrew, Wayne Co. A great success story was made as the team placed 1st, with high individual placing as follows: Andrew 3rd, Emma 6th, Cassie 18th. For the reasons placing; Cassie Stap was 2nd overall, Emma was 4th, Andrew 13th, and giving New York top score for Oral Reasons.

The team now has the opportunity to travel to Europe for the International Competition in Edinburg, Scotland, in late June through early July. This team of outstanding young people will be spearheading fund raising efforts to raise the monies needed for them to have this incredible opportunity. The Harrisburg and Madison teams were coached by Dr. Doug Waterman of Madison, Co. Congratulations to our Harrisburg team placing 6th, the Madison team placing 1st and the Louisville team placing 4th.

NY State Dairy Quiz Bowl Team who competed at the National Invitational 4-H Dairy Bowl Contest held at the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, KY took 2nd honors against 17 other

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Pay price to dairy farmers under S1640, the Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2011 The following price chart illustrates the price that dairy farmers would receive for their milk across the United States if S-1640 was in place. The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture is mandated to adjust the pay price four times per year.

The Class I utilization will vary somewhat when the prices are adjusted.

S-1640 is the only dairy proposal that can tell all dairy farmers the approximate price they will receive for their milk.

The Class II price (now all manufactured milk) represents the national average cost of production. Existing Class I differentials are added to the Class II price to determine the value of Class I milk.

The supply management program

contained in S-1640 does not tell dairy farmers how much milk they can produce, but if there is an over-production of milk, then there will be a penalty charged on the excess milk produced.

We urge all dairy farmers to support S1640 and get it passed into law.

This pricing formula was compiled by Arden Tewksbury, Manager, Progressive Agriculture Organization, to more effectively equalize the prices paid to dairy farmers in the United States.

These figures approximately represent current economic conditions. “Price Paid to Dairymen” reflects the price dairy farmers would receive under S1640. These pay prices will be readjusted four (4) times per year.

Pro Ag can be reached at 570-8335776 or by e-mail at progressiveagricultureorg@gmail.com .

Dairy farmers help support dairy bill I have been a lifelong dairy farmer in Northern New York State. In addition for many years I hauled dairy cows all over the Northeast for hundreds of dairy farmers. During the last several years, I’ve heard nothing but complaints from these dairy farmers regarding raw milk prices and the high cost of operating their dairy farms.

Over and over again I heard these dairy farmers tell me that we need a new dairy bill that would cover their cost of operating their farms! No kidding! Many of us have been attempting for many years to obtain a new pricing formula that would allow all dairy farmers to cover their costs. Oh, I call myself a real strong dairy

farmer activist. I have to say, where is everyone else? Don’t you dairy farmers feel you deserve to have the opportunity to cover all of your costs?

Don’t you realize there is a dairy bill called the Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2011. The bill is identified as S-1640. It was introduced by Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania. (Please don’t be confused by the other bill that Senator Casey introduced called S-1682.)

Believe me, S-1640 is the only bill or dairy proposal out there that uses the dairy farmers’ cost of production to determine the value of raw milk at your farm. (Isn’t it about time?) S-1640 has a milk supply management program.

This program doesn’t tell you how much

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milk you can produce, but in the event there is over-production of milk, then those that over-produce milk may have to pay a penalty on the over-production.

S-1640 also allows a dairy farmer not only to cover their cost of production, but if you operate your farm properly you will be able to realize a profit on your operation. (When was the last time you heard profit?)

I urge all dairy farmers to put your shoulder to the wheel and support S-1640.

Please ask yourself these questions.

1. Do you want a dairy bill that covers your cost plus a profit?

2. Do you really believe the government should be involved in subsidizing insurance programs to cover your cost?

3. Do you really believe that allowing operators of manufacturing milk plants to establish your price is really the way to go?

4. Do you believe that receiving cheese and butter prices electronically

on a daily basis will help your price?

I think all dairy farmers should say NO to processors determining your milk price. You should say NO to insurance programs covering some of your cost.

And you should say NO to continually having your milk prices established by the present system.

Oh, by the way, please remember that S-1640 is the only dairy bill that will not cost the government any money.

Boy, that’s a real twist.

If you want to know what your pay price would be than simply review the pricing chart that Pro-Ag released recently. If you want to review the pricing chart you can call 658-2687 or e-mail at fhagdairyactivist@ridgeviewtel.us You know what, if you don’t get behind S-1640, then please don’t complain to me anymore about your milk prices.

Floyd Hall, Ag & Dairy Activist LaFargeville, NY

Dairy Reform: be careful what you ask for!

The recent in-depth economic analysis by Mark Stephenson of National Milk’s “Dairy Security Act,” which was introduced by Representative Collin Peterson (D-MN), brings to light several unintended consequences that will harm the future of the U.S. Dairy Industry. Stephenson’s analysis shows only a modest reduction in the volatility of milk prices, but a significant decrease in dairy farmers’ revenue. This proposal also has a huge price tag for the taxpaying public, yet is being considered by the “Super Committee” as saving taxpayer dollars.

Congress has a history of making changes to dairy policy that have unintended consequences, such as the dairy price support and product price formulas with make allowances. These programs were well intended, but they remove competition from manufactured product classes and send a signal to our international customers that we will only sell products to them when prices

are high. This approach decreases dairy farmers’ revenue.

I think Senator Robert Casey’s (D-PA) “Dairy Advancement Act” (S. 1682) is a better option for the dairy industry. It cleans up existing policy by removing the dairy product price support program and product price formulas with make allowances and replaces them with a true two-class system, which puts competition back into the marketplace. It sends a clear signal to our trading partners that we will be a reliable supplier of dairy products, while giving farmers the option to use MILC or LGMDairy insurance as a safety net.

Dairy farms are an important part of the local economy, and federal dairy policy needs to align with the real needs and opportunities of the dairy industry.

Sincerely, Clifford L. Hawbaker Dairy Producer and Chairman of the Dairy Policy Action Coalition (DPAC) Hamilton Heights Dairy Chambersburg, PA

U.S.P.S. 482-190

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Cover photo It is important to use straw to keep calves warm during cold winter weather.

Meat Goat Farming for Beginners Managing kidding

by Judy Van Put During the third class on Meat Goat Farming for Beginners, Dr. tatiana Stanton, Cornell Small Ruminant Specialist, covered an important topic in a goat farmer’s role, and suggested that goat farmers take the time to learn and know the stages of kidding when starting a breeding program.

The first step is to quietly observe your does. The doe’s behavior will change; you’ll notice her pawing, acting restless and showing a “nesting instinct” such as gathering straw up, separating herself from others.

When the time is near, you may notice her beginning to dilate. With yearling does, however, it will take longer to dilate than with older does who have kidded before. Try to allow her a place to kid that is quiet and without a lot of interruption, and keep dogs away. Once she starts pushing, the water sac appears or breaks, and the kid may be sighted, while she is draining a little bit of water. In 30 minutes the doe will be in hard labor — if not, she’ll need to be examined. (Note that women of childbearing age should wear gloves if handling newborn kids or lambs, birthing fluids or afterbirths, as goats and sheep can carry toxoplasmosis which can transfer to a human fetus; this can

cause problems with blindness and even mental retardation.)

After about 30 minutes, the first kid will emerge (if not, examine the doe.) If she’s chosen a muddy place in which to kid, put the kid on a clean towel and encourage her to move to a cleaner area by slightly moving the kid on the towel. If you move the kid low (down to the ground) the goat will follow the smell of the kid and she will move onto cleaner area.) As the doe starts to bond with her kid, try to be unobtrusive in handling it, to ensure good bonding between the doe and kids.

If the doe refuses to lick off the kid in extremely cold weather, dry the kid vigorously with towels, rags or clean straw to warm him up and to trigger the sucking instinct. Pay special attention to ears and legs to prevent frostbite. Dip the navel cord in 7 percent iodine; if cord is unbroken, hold cord between your two hands and stretch slowly to break, or let doe break it when she stands up. Then kid will breathe when cord is broken. Make sure the kid’s nose and mouth are cleaned off, and that the kid is breathing and has a warm-to-thetouch mouth. If the kid is not breathing, swing him by the hind legs while supporting his head, and clean the birthing fluids out of his nose/mouth. You can

use a basting or nasal syringe to help.

Rub his ribcage, chest and face vigorously. Record the sex and any abnormalities that may be present, as well as litter size and weights for your farm records.

After another 30 minutes the doe may start to push again and prepare for her second kid. Note that does kidding for the first time may progress through the first stages slower than this, but it is still a good idea to cleanly and carefully examine the doeling if progress becomes very slow or stops.

Watch first-timers to be sure they’re going to nurse. This is very important in cold weather so the kid gets critical nutrition into it. Check on the kids’ activity level (healthy kids will usually stretch when they get up and immediately look for a teat to nurse on) and stomach distention (signs of successful nursing.) If you are unsure that the kids are getting milk, strip the wax plugs out of the doe’s udder and check for mastitis or blind teats. Make sure the doe has easy access to water and forage; watch for milk fever or ketosis.

Observe whether the afterbirth has been expelled (this should happen an hour after the last birth) and whether the doe has a hearty appetite. Administer BoSe shots subcutaneously to kids

or oral dewormers to does if this is part of your routine. If necessary, use coats (made from cutting the ends off of tube socks or sleeves off of old sweaters) warming boxes, warm water baths, heating pads or hair dryers to thoroughly dry and warm kids. If using a heat lamp (not recommended due to fire hazard) be absolutely sure that there is no way it can fall over and cause a barn fire. Try to avoid leaving heat lamps or warming boxes unattended.

Put the doe and her kids into a small pen or “jug” if she is having difficulty bonding to her kids. Tie her up snugly, making sure she cannot jump the wall and choke herself if she is refusing to accept a kid or if you are grafting an orphan kid onto her. Assist the kid to nurse frequently until it is accepted.

Neonatal mortality is greatly affected by your herd’s preventive health management program; your herd’s nutritional program; how adequate your facilities are for the season you are kidding (especially for winter kidding); the litter size and season of birthing; and a bit of luck — and being able to find a ‘quick fix’ if necessary! The use of monitors, such as binoculars, webcams, baby monitors, having the kidding area in a place you can see from your window, and even TV monitors can be of great help during kidding time. Good organizational skills will help save precious time.

Cold weather calf management Sound management practices help calves thrive in cold weather.

Cold weather can cause young calves to use excessive energy. It is stressful and puts their health at risk. But, by thinking ahead and using sound management practices, producers can minimize those risks and help their calves thrive.

Calves, especially

young ones, are using lots of energy growing, fighting off disease threats and building body mass during their first few months of life. When cold weather comes along, they have another demand on that energy: staying warm. If calves don’t have enough energy reserve, the cold will rob the energy that should have gone for growth or

30-day period for inclusion of ag parcels in a certified ag district and if inclusion of the land would serve the public interest by helping to maintain a viable agricultural industry within the district.

The recommendations of the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board to include parcels in an agricultural district are made to the County Legislature, which, following a public hearing will vote to adopt or reject the inclusion of the parcels into an existing agricultural district.

Questions regarding enrollment of parcels into an agricultural districts can be made by contacting Laura Biasillo at Cornell Cooperative Extension, 607-772-8953 or mail to: ATTENTION: Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board, 840 Upper Front St. Binghamton, NY 13905.

translates into more brown fat, which converts directly to heat and helps calves during the first few days of life warm their bodies during the cold weather,” Leadley explained. It also yields better quality colostrum for the newborn calf. He added that calf energy can be stimulated as much as fourfold in newborns simply by making sure they stand up quickly after birth.

Feed more energy during the colder months.

The amount increased depends on how cold the weather gets. Leadley says he generally recommends a 50 percent increase for Western New York winters. In everyday terms, that correlates to feeding three quarts of replacer or milk per feeding twice daily instead of two quarts per feeding. He and many other experts in the field recommend adding grain to the calf’s diet — as early as day two. That also provides a rich source of energy and heat.

“Grain ferments in the rumen, and after about five or six weeks of age, that fermentation is generating a fair amount of heat,” said Leadley.

Shield them from the cold Protect calves from wind or strong drafts that can compound cold temperatures and further deplete energy. Provide places for the calf to es-

If the bedding material accommodates “nesting,” that will further shield calves from the cold. cape the wind, especially chase calf blankets to where they can lie down. keep them warm.

Lying down exposes less Warming their milk of their body to the wind and water is one more than standing up, so it way to keep the cold from consumes less energy. depleting their energy Make sure their bed- stores. We don’t often ding insulates them from think about it, but when the cold. Earth and con- calves drink cold milk, crete are both very cold in replacer or water, their winter months, so pro- body has to warm it to vide an adequate amount 102 degrees. By feeding of dry, comfortable bed- the liquids in their diets ding material that has at close to body temperagood insulating proper- ture, you can reduce ties. Be certain the bed- that drain on their enerding is thick enough to gy. Leadley says it is improvide a three-inch portant to monitor feedbase, when compressed. ing temperatures, espeIf the bedding material cially for milk. An inexaccommodates “nesting,” pensive rapid-read therthat will further shield mometer can be used to calves from the cold. If a quickly check to see that calf has enough straw “as-fed” milk is not too bedding for winter you much cooler than 102 should not be able to see degrees even under winher feet when she lies ter conditions. down, Leadley said. Or, These are just a few you can test the effective- ways that producers can ness of the bedding your- more effectively manage self by kneeling down on the health of their calves it. If your knees feel cold during cold weather. after a few minutes, you Sound management can be sure that a calf practices such as these will, too. If bedding mate- can help prevent the cold rials are less than desir- from robbing calves of able or don’t allow nest- their energy — and proing, you can even pur- ducers of their profits.

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The Broome County Legislature, by Resolution 496 of 2004, established an annual 30-day period during which farmers can submit proposals to include viable land within a certified agricultural district. The 30-day period runs through Dec. 31.

Agricultural districts are designed to encourage the continued use of farmland for agricultural production. Agricultural Districts should not be confused with town-designated agricultural zones, which determine allowable activities.

At the end of the 30-day period, all requests for inclusion are referred to the County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board (AFPB). The Board determines if each parcel submitted for inclusion consists predominately of viable agricultural land

disease resistance.

The average body core temperature of a calf is approximately 102 degrees Fahrenheit. Their “thermal neutral zone’ is bounded by 60 at the bottom and 75 or 80 at the top, according to Sam Leadley, Ph.D., P.A.S., Calf/Heifer Management Specialist at Attica Veterinary Associates in Attica, NY. and editor of Calving Ease, a monthly newsletter for calf raisers. So, for them, it starts feeling cold — and energy starts being diverted away from growing and staying healthy — when the mercury drops below 60 degrees. And, the colder the weather gets, the more energy a calf has to use maintaining that body temperature.

How quickly their energy is depleted depends on how effective the producer’s calf management strategies are. And, that can make the difference between health and sickness …even life and death.

There are basically two avenues for minimizing the drain on energy during cold weather months: (1) bolstering the calf’s energy reserves and (2) shielding the calf from the cold that is draining energy. Here are a few easy ways to accomplish both.

Rev up their energy Set the stage for a high energy start by making sure each calf’s dam has had good nutrition. “That

Between Irene and Lee I wrote that most likely corn that survived the flooding would in effect pick itself up and get back in the race. For the Sept. 12 column, I penned, “New rains, one of which we are getting as I write, will wash away the clay particles to a large extent. If the rest of the growing season is normal (whatever that is), and the growing-degree-days come the way they’re supposed to, corn is quite a forgiving crop.” I concluded that column with: “Let’s take the 2011 harvest season one day at a time, and not wallow in fear and worry. Often those human weaknesses are more debilitating than the curve balls Mother Nature throws at us.”

But I did strongly urge people to test their crops, particularly corn in all forms.

Some folks with advisory responsibilities were a lot more worried that I was about crop quality issues. I felt they had adopted the attitude Chicken Little, who according to the 19th century children’s tale was beaned by a falling acorn and then feared that the sky was falling. Wondering whether I was too nonchalant about floodcaused crop damage, I called Paul Sirois at the Dairy One Forage Lab in Ithaca. As director of that lab, he, more than most people, has his finger on the pulse of crop quality issues.

So yesterday, by phone, he answered a bunch of my questions, and made the following

Crop Comments

by Paris Reidhead Field Crops Consultant (Contact: renrock46@hotmail.com)

Sky didn’t fall Hurricane Irene and tropical storm Lee wrought havoc on a large part of the geography which is called home by our readers. The overall human and economic damage caused by Mother Nature’s misbehavior will take a long time to repair, if ever, in some situations. My sons and I pay taxes on a small parcel of land in Prattsville Township (in Greene County). The village bearing that name suffered more damage per resident than any other local government entity in the Northeast, as the result of century flooding caused by Irene. The fighting spirit evidenced by residents and friends of that village, as they attempt to rebuild their homes and lives, is Olympic-class.

In addition to the human suffering toll caused by the flooding there was the concern regarding flood damage to crops which survived the deluge. I remember the nor’east storm that clobbered Central New York on June 28 and 29, 2006. In our basement we experienced 4 1/2 feet of water, which destroyed our furnace.

Mercifully FEMA replaced our furnace. The depth of water surrounding our house ranged from one inch to 18 inches. A neighbor invit-

ed us to stay in her house, situated on higher ground, until the waters receded.

She shouldn’t have worn shorts that day, because she was bitten by fish as she waded through our front yard.

Neighborhood kids had a blast playing in the water, which was roily with silt and clay, and no doubt petroleum and sewage. As far as I know, none of those kids got sick. There was also concern about flood impact on crop quality. That year there were many quality issues with corn harvested in the Northeast. Standing corn, most of it roughly kneehigh at flood-time, suffered mycotoxin attacks, indirectly, if not directly, caused by the flood. Crop advisors and feed management consultants strongly urged farmers to test their harvested crops. We recommend that normally; in 2006 we often nagged producers to test their crops.

And there were mold and mycotoxins issues. During Fall 2006 and on through 2007 mold-inhibiting and mold-countering products were sold like crazy. When mycotoxins were identified, recommendations ranged from diluting the tainted feeds all the way up to not feeding them at all, depending on the level of contamination.

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comments, based on his laboratory observations of corn crop quality. He qualified his statements by saying these were just his observations, not scientific findings based on carefully designed experiments. He began by saying that 2011 corn silage samples are showing higher ash levels than they did last year. He believes that this likely resulted from silt and clay left by flood waters on the corn leaves next to the stalk. He said that thus far this fall there have been more requests for mycotoxin tests than there were last year, but the mycotoxin levels don’t appear higher than they were on 2010 corn crops, which is good news.

He said that compared

to 2010, this year has shown many more corn silage samples which look much more like snaplage than silage. He attributes this to folks chopping corn much higher than last year so as to leave behind the presumably higher levels of clay and silt found on the lower part of the stalk. He said that this year, more so than last year, crop advisors are recommending that corn be combined for grain then chopped; this move essentially avoids the excess ash problem entirely.

Paul said that while much of Vermont still lacked serviceable roads, following the floods, that state’s Agency for Agriculture, Food, and Markets (AAFM) was actively

addressing the expected crop quality issues caused by Irene and Lee. AAFM strongly recommended that their producers test flood-damaged feeds (in addition to the normal protein, energy, and minerals), for bacteria, molds, mycotoxins, heavy metals, herbicides, other pesticides, and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls).

The last four tests were beyond Dairy One Lab’s capability, and would have to be performed by a very reputable lab in Pennsylvania.

AAFM stopped recommending these more exotic tests when they learned that package’s price tag was around $800. The sky wasn’t falling, but some jaws were.

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by Ann Swanson Learned something new You cannot believe how excited I was this past week when I discovered a neat trick to solve a sticky, messy job. It has always been my job to make the cranberry relish for family dinners. We do not limit our eating to Thanksgiving, but enjoy the condiment frequently with poultry and ham throughout the year.

The original recipe for cranberry relish came from my grandmother so, of course, I make it just as she did. First I grind the cranberries in one of those old-fashioned meat grinders. I always secure the claw to a wooden chair padded with potholders. As I add the cranberries juice builds up in the bowl. As I gradually add the oranges, the juice spills over onto the floor. When the grinding is complete I

have a sticky, messy floor to clean up.

One year I decided to try using my blender to grind the fruit. This works, but it is a very slow process since the top needs to be removed frequently to redistribute the berries. It was not as messy a job, but it took forever just to grind the berries and oranges.

One night just before I fell asleep I had an idea. What if I tried grinding the berries the way I grate cabbage in the blender?

That process is done by covering the cabbage with water and draining the whole thing. When I was ready to make the cranberry relish I put a few berries into the blender with some water. It worked perfectly.

The process was the same for the oranges and the apples. I have changed the original recipe to include apples because I always have

some of them. The packages of cranberries are no longer a pound so I had to make up the difference some way.

I was very happy with my relish and so was the family. I actually made a double batch so that we would have enough. I will no longer dread the process of making the cranberry relish. When it is time to make the relish for Christmas I will do it the new way!

One of the first things I think about when I think about Christmas is the food. The spread has changed throughout the years, but the family always gets together and we always eat.

When I was quite young I used to go to my great-grandfather’s house for dinner. I never knew this greatgrandmother because she died one Christmas Eve when my mother was a teenager. I do have her molasses cookie recipe though.

That is the one I use to make gingerbread men.

My great aunt, Marnie, and another lady, Tena, who lived with them did the cook-

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so we had a house full with just our family and my great-grandfather’s household. Grandma’s house had a small dining room separated from the living room by bookcases. The only time we used the dining room was during the holidays.

Eventually grandpa converted the space to one large room. He moved the book cases/china cabinets to the end of the room. I got to haul out the candy dishes and pickle dishes when we were going to entertain.

When grandma no longer felt able to make the large meal my aunt Mae took over. We all gathered at the house on Liberty Street for our holiday meals. That was convenient for them because my uncle, the police chief, always gave his men the holiday off making that shift his responsibility.

It was easy for him to just drive home to be able to eat.

My marriage brought changes. Since farm responsibilities kept us home at least part of the day, we celebrated with his family. We all gath-

ered at the farm early in the afternoon to enjoy our holiday feast. This family was of Swedish descent so there were traditional Swedish foods. Toward evening the men slipped into barn clothes to go feed the animals. After a pick-me-up supper they went to the barn to milk cows.

Holiday meals are memorable. I can picture some of these times without the aid of photographs. I think of the fun we had playing games while the men did chores. We laughed a lot. Laughter is good for the soul. After the men came back in we had a snack before everyone left for home. I really do not remember much about the food we ate, but I certainly remember the people and the fun we had. There is a lesson here, folks, do not stress about what you are going to have to eat. The most important part is getting the family together and making memories.

Ann Swanson writes from her home in Russell, PA. Contact at hickoryheights1@verizon.net

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ing. I remember the huge wood/gas stove with the warming oven in the kitchen. In my day they had a refrigerator in the kitchen, but an ice box sat in the back room. I do remember the ice man coming with chunks of ice for it.

I remember the dining room table stretched out as far as it would go. I was the first of the great-grandchildren.

There was a special little apron, just for me, in the buffet.

I remember the towel rack in the kitchen with the continuous towel.

The bar hung against the wall and you moved the towel a little when you needed a dry space.

I also remember the drying rack that hung above the cellar door.

Although it folded down out of the way, it was seldom down because something was always drying on it. I actually have the drying rack. I hope to hang it in my craft room to use for drying things.

When Great-Grandpa was too old to host the holiday, my grandmother took over. By then our family had grown

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OAK LUMBER 5/4” rough cut, varying widths - 518-731-1590.(NY) ALLIS CHALMERS B with sickle bar, runs good; New Idea hay rake, works good, $1,500 obo for both. 508-441-9835.(MA) BUTCHER HOGS 200-250 lbs., $175/each; Grass fed holstein steer, approximately 400 lbs., $500 - 585-5546962.(NY) JD 2 row picker, NI 1 row picker, NI 12F stock chopper, NI 3722 manure spreader, 2 Killbros gravity wagons. 315-2199090.(NY) 2005 NH BR740 silage special, net wrap, wide pickup applicator, $7,000; Anderson inline wrapper 4’-5’ bale, good condition, $12,000. 585-202-7768.(NY) 10 REG. Holstein yearlings, out of good cows and top A.I. Sires. 315-9633826.(NY) FARMALL “C”, new battery, restored paint, tires, decals, PTO pulley like new, $1,700 OBO. 716-942-3994.(NY) (2) MIRAFOUNT energy free double hole waterers, $300 each. Dundee. 607-2435739.(NY) WANTED: SMALL SQUARE BALES of good horse hay, 50-60 lbs., 50 mile radius Saratoga County. Call evenings, Bob 518435-5860.(NY)

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ROTO-GRIND MODEL 760 Tub Grinder, good condition, $11,000; Also 30” Maytag gas range, good condition, $200. Dundee 607-243-5370.(NY)

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COLORFUL FREE RANGE Muscovy ducks, females, $6 males, $10 dressed ducks, $2.50 lb. No Sunday Calls, Please.

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HAYBUSTER 10 foot wide seed drill, new 14” cutting coulters, no small seex box, shed kept, new paint, $4,000. 434-2864198.(VA)

2 WELL GROWN BRED HEIFERS vet checked preg. due April 2012 $1,100/each; 2,000 small square bales grass hay $3.50/bale - 716-474-0758.(NY)

PUREBRED German Shepherd puppies, nice markings, parents on prem., born 10/18 first shots and vet checked, $425 females, $400 males. 585-526-4536.(NY)

5 HOLSTEIN HEIFERS, A.I. sired and bred, due Feb.-March, selling because I need room, $1,300/each - 315-7812572.(NY)

WHITE 5100 corn planter, 4 row, $6,000; JD 740 fold up harrow, $950. Ford 142 semi-mount 4 bt. trip plow, $900. 518-8276384.(NY)

KNIGHT KUHN 5135 TMR with scales, excellent condition, $30k new, asking $17k 716-625-9409.(NY)

DRY ROUND BALES, first cut in early July, 4x4 grass hay, stored inside, $25/each.

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REGISTERED BLACK AND WHITE holstein service bull, 2 years old, sired by Primer Red, vaccinated and wormed, $1,000. Fabius 315-677-4013.(NY)

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STANDARD SIZE DONKEYS: 7 year old jack, 6 year old jenny, 6 month old jack, $150/each. Call 7:30pm 315-4299301.(NY)

FOR SALE: 5 CROSSBRED DAIRY Cows that do not fit my seasonal calving window, low grain herd, 315-655-4395.(NY)

5HP ELECTRIC MOTOR SINGLE PHASE 1-1/8” shaft $300; And 3,000lb. three phase electric chain hoist $700 - 585-4020160.(NY)

IH 700, 4 BOTTOM, AUTO RESET PLOW with depth wheel and coulters, $1,450/OBO - 315-536-6027.(NY)

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NEW HOLLAND 40 Whirl a feed blower, 1000 PTO, good condition $1,000 or best offer. Cayuga. 315-406-5015.(NY) MASPORT M5 vacuum pump 270’ conveyor alley haylage ensilage feeder WANTED: Silo scaffold for 24’ silo, also feed grinder 315-865-8162.(NY) NH 28 Blower, good condition $800. 315536-6150.(NY) HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 15 to choose from, 9 months to shortbred. 518-993-4589.(NY) WANTED: Loader, detachable, to fit Hesston 80-66DT 4 wheel drive farm tractor, good condition, can pick up, will consider all makes. 802-236-4917.(VT)

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Anderson Wintle My parents bought our farm on Armlin Hill, near Breakabeen in Schoharie County, NY, in 1958. Always restless and with a dream of owning his own farm, my Dad had already moved us twice in New Jersey. He would buy a few acres, build a new house, buy a few animals, and then sell and move — always trying to get closer to his dream of being a fulltime farmer, his own boss — a truly independent man. He emigrated from Sweden to America in 1926 with the dream of being a farmer, and he worked in factories for nearly 30 years to save enough money to buy one.

We moved on Memorial Day weekend in 1959. I was 9, my brothers John and Peter, were 11 and 16 and my little sister Janice, was 6. My Dad had bought an old truck in which he packed all our belongings. My aunt and uncle accompanied us, driving my Mom and all us kids in her car. It was a long and hot day — unusually hot for Memorial Day — and we were all exhausted after moving everything into our ‘new’ home.

The first summer was filled with exploration and fun. We had 225 acres to explore, including old barns, old home-

steads, deep woods and a creek that ran behind the house. We didn’t have cows that first summer or equipment to take in hay, so our summer was free from chores. My Dad commuted early each Monday to his job in New Jersey and came home again late on Friday night. My mother, never one to be idle, spent her days clearing brush from a barn yard overgrown with weeds and young trees. I imagine she was getting ready for having a herd of cows. I only remember playing in the barn yard, swinging on vines in the overgrown trees and splashing in the brook as she worked. We were seven miles from town, my mother didn’t drive and even if she did, my Dad had the car in New Jersey all week. We were isolated, but we never felt alone.

Not every summer was as idyllic as the first. Eventually my father bought cows and farm equipment and we were all busy farming. As children, it was our job to bring the herd home from the pasture for milking. If we were lucky, we could catch our horse Heidi, saddle her up and ride her to round up the cows. Most of the time she was too smart and elusive to be caught or saddled; it was almost always easier to walk the long hill. My brothers helped milk and I helped clean the cows and carry the milk. The pails were too heavy for a young girl and I spilled too much. I

was very good at scraping the cow flops into the gutter and putting out fresh straw for bedding. We kept our cows and our barn very clean. My parents were proud of their lives as farmers, and respectful of the life and all it entailed.

We all helped to bring in the hay. Our first summer of haying we had little money for equipment and our baler was old and didn’t work well.

I rode on the baler to make sure it tied the knots properly. When it didn’t, I shouted for my Dad. He would stop the tractor and baler and come back to tie the knots by hand. I remember having sun-burned legs, red and itchy from the hay seeds and sun and even itchier eyes from the hay dust. But, that was my job. I think I even liked it a little. I understood it was an important job, and I felt important riding with my Dad. After the first summer, we bought newer equipment and I no longer had to ride the baler. My sister and I rolled the bales into groups, so the truck would make fewer stops to load the hay. As we grew older and stronger, we all helped throw the bales onto the truck. My Dad made small bales, so my sister and I could manage them. My brothers helped by driving, and my mother stacked the truck. She was very careful to stack alternate rows cut side up, so the truck full of hay would ride safely without tipping down the huge hill that was our 35 acre hayfield. Both my parents were

safety minded and weighed all the risks of farming before letting us kids help.

Many times we baled until late at night. “Make hay while the sun shines”, my mother would say. We would be tired and hungry when we got back to the house. Sometimes my mother would cook something hot between hay runs and it would be ready for us when we got back to the house.

Most of the late nights we were almost too tired to eat and a bowl of corn flakes tasted just as good as any hot meal. On the days we were done early, it would be a treat for my Dad to drive us to Partridge Nest in Breakabeen to swim in the creek or to Van’s Dairy Bar in Middleburgh to get an ice cream.

Winters on the farm were hard, especially the first year while my Dad still worked in New Jersey during the week.

Our house was old and cold and drafty. We didn’t have central heat, only a poorly designed woodstove in the kitchen during the first year.

We didn’t yet have our own cut wood, and I remember my Mom trying to gather enough money for even a partial cord of wood. One time, I remember her having exactly $7 and using it all to have wood delivered.

She was afraid my Dad would be angry because it was probably meant for food or farm bills. We kids felt lucky to be in school during the week where we were warm. Thinking back, I imagine my Mom, being the wonderful selfless mother she was, probably burned very little wood dur-

ing the day while only she was home to enjoy the warmth.

The years didn’t seem to go quickly, but I now know they did. We all grew and graduated from high school, going on to colleges and marriages and homes with real heat turned on by the flick of a switch. Our lives grew very different from our lives on the farm. Looking back, nearly 40 years later, I realize what a wonderful gift it was growing up on our farm.

We learned to work hard, mostly without complaining, to ‘make do’, as my mother often said, and to enjoy what we had and each other.

I think and look back fondly with memories of my parents and our farm. Some days, when an open window invites the summer breezes in, and a light rain has left a damp wood smell in my upstairs, I’ll climb the stairs and be taken back to my childhood on the farm. I can close my eyes and hear my parents’ voices quietly talking downstairs in the kitchen. As I lie in bed in my room, I hear the wind rustling the light summer curtains my Mom hung in my room, or I hear the babbling of the brook outside my bedroom window, its sound intensified and illuminated by a layer of ice during the coldest winter weather. I didn’t know it then, but it was a wonderful way to grow up. If I could change time for one day, I would spend just one more day on the farm with my parents and my brothers and sister.

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those purchases at traditional grocery stores, specialty venues, large discount chains, farmers’ markets or even farm-direct stands.

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and 45 percent on fresh vegetables because of efficiencies in crop production as a result of crop protection products. The average savings on food from the use of conventional crop protection techniques for a family of four is 47.92 percent overall.

Goodwin’s research also shows that the use of crop protection products adds $82 billion in increased yield and quality to field, nut, fruit and vegetable crops. Increased crop production from the use of crop protection products results in more than 1 million jobs generating more than $33 billion in wages for U.S. workers, according to Goodwin’s research.

The use of modern crop production tools by farmers also reduces the need for tillage, which cuts fossil fuel use by 558 million gallons per year. And thanks to scientific techniques, farmers now produce four times as much corn and wheat as they did in the early 1900s, without impacting forests or wetlands.

Because of modern agricultural practices and equipment, including satellite and computer technology, methods used to control weeds, insects and diseases today are very precise. Farmers also follow a strict set of regulations and are educated in selecting and applying only those crop protection products allowed by federal mandates.

As Goodwin’s research shows, you can put a very valuable price tag on the economic benefits that American agriculture brings to the checkout counter. It remains a topic worthy of mention, even though for many consumers it has become a basic expectation. But being able to meet that expectation also has helped put other food quality choices in reach for all Americans.

John Hart is director of news services for the American Farm Bureau Federation.

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higher if it weren’t for the efficiency of today’s agriculture and food systems.

Compared to other nations, Americangrown food is affordable. That is a fact that today is often taken for granted — so much so that many scoff at its mere mention. But even in this what-have-youdone-for -me-lately environment, it is still valuable to look at the underlying reasons for the success.

Modern farm families and the methods they use to grow food help ensure U.S. food affordability and quality is among the best in the world. This fact goes far beyond any relief provided at the checkout counter by the redemption of a cents-off coupon.

Foremost among the tools farmers use is a delicate but precise combination of nutrient management, crop protection and advancements in biotechnology.

A precise plan to control insects, weeds and plant diseases allows farmers to grow more food using fewer resources on fewer acres.

Since the 20th century, U.S. farmers have relied on advances in science and technology to meet the food needs of an ever increasing global population. It has been a true miracle of science, but it has also been a miracle of economics.

A new study conducted for CropLife America by agronomist Mark Goodwin reveals the economic benefits of pesticides.

The research finds that American families save 35 percent on fresh fruit

Food safety instruction; new guidelines for food marketers Each year, thousands of people report illness from food borne pathogens. Many of these are caused by critical breakdowns in processing and preparing food products for sale to consumers. While farmers remain conscientious about their role in maintaining food safety, a new set of guidelines for farmers, and other direct marketers of food products has been developed and will be presented to Cooperative Extension educators throughout the state.

The Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) program has provided clear cut guidelines for farmers to follow in production and post-harvest handling to minimize the risk for contamination.

Farmers following these guidelines will have a safe product to bring to market. But there are no standards or guidelines concerning retailing venues where farmers sell their products direct to consumers. How do we maintain environments that enhance the safety of the foods being sold?

The Farmers Market Federation of NY and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County received a Federal State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP) grant from USDA AMS to develop a set of

guidelines for farmers and farmers market managers to follow to ensure that foods being sold in various farm direct marketing outlets will be protected from potential contamination and be safe for consumers. The guidelines present recommended actions to take to minimize the risks of contamination in the retail setting. Looking at such factors as product, display, animals in the marketplace, vendor hygiene, consumer contamination and other factors, the guidelines will help farmers recognize the potential risks and provide recommendations to minimize those risks. They are based on sound science, compliance with current food safety regulations and ease of farmer implementation, and intended to enhance the quality of local agriculture as well as consumer awareness and safety.

To assist farmers in utilizing the guidelines, the project team has developed a full curriculum for Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators and other farm service providers to use in local workshops to train farmers and market managers in assessing the risks in their retail operations and adopting guidelines that will mini-

mize those risks. The curriculum covers farmers markets, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), on-farm markets, agritourism, direct delivery and crisis communications. The curriculum can be found at the Farmers Market Federation of NY website, www.nyfarmersmarket.c om. There is no fee for download and no restrictions on who may download, only that you provide a name and email

address to allow the project team to follow up.

The Farmers Market Federation and CCE Jefferson County will be hosting a series of “trainthe-trainer” workshops to introduce CCE Educators and other farm service providers on the use of the curriculum. Learn how you can help the farmers in your county and region to develop a plan to keep their foods safe in their direct marketing enterprises, keep

their customers safe, and ensure the reputation and vitality of their farm operation. The first of these workshops will be held via webinar Dec. 8 from 11 a.m. to Noon; and again on Dec. 16, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

To register, email Diane Eggert at deggert@nyfarmersmarket.com.

Farmers are encouraged to contact their county Cornell Cooperative Extension office. Ask when they will be offer-

ing the “Food Safety at Direct Marketing Venues” workshops and encourage them to participate in the train the trainer webinars. The workshops will help you keep your customers safe and your farm secure.

For more information, contact Amanda Rae Root at arr27@cornell.edu or Diane Eggert at deggert@nyfarmersmarket.com.

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30-day period for inclusion of agricultural parcels in a certified agricultural district The Broome County Legislature, by Resolution 496 of 2004, established an annual 30-day period during which farmers can submit proposals to include viable land within a certified agricultural district. The 30-day period runs through Dec. 31.

Agricultural districts are designed to encourage the continued use of farmland for agricultural production. Agricultural Districts should not be confused with town-designated agricultural zones, which determine allowable activities.

At the end of the 30day period, all requests for inclusion are referred to the County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board (AFPB).

The Board determines if each parcel submitted for inclusion consists predominately of viable agricultural land and if

inclusion of the land would serve the public interest by helping to maintain a viable agricultural industry within the district.

The recommendations of the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board to include parcels in an agricultural district are made to the County Legislature, which, following a public hearing will vote to adopt or reject the inclusion of the parcels into an existing agricultural district.

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“Conventional wisdom says crossbreeding equals extra pounds and more revenue at sale time, but those assumptions are often too simplistic,” says animal scientist Nevil Speer.

The Western Kentucky University professor recently authored a research paper titled “Crossbreeding: a free lunch, but at what cost?”

Speer’s analysis points to incremental changes in marketing, capital and cost management, and increas-

ingly accurate genetic tools to help explain why long-established research that supports crossbreeding has failed to make a case for profitability.

Why have so many left the beef industry’s last “free lunch” on the table? No doubt, properly planned, well-executed crossbreeding can add maternal benefits and more weaning weight in most environments, but Speer says the qualifiers mean it’s no open-and-shut case.

“If we avoid this topic in animal science, it’s because we don’t have enough training in economics and business.”

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That approach became hazardous as beef consumers grew more discriminating in the 1990s. Commodity beef wasn’t delivering what they wanted, so the industry had to start looking for new ways to meet demand for consistently highquality beef.

“Industry economics began to change toward reflecting the entire value chain,” Speer explains. “That favored production systems that were increasingly responsive to end-user specifications.”

As more research pointed to English breeds’ superior marbling and tenderness, cattle with proven potential for carcass performance became more valuable. Speer says these changes laid the groundwork for a shift in conventional marketing, including more interest in retained ownership at the feeding stage and more emphasis on quality over quantity alone.

Cost, capital management Consolidation continued, and larger operations “have a tendency to move from strictly a weigh-up focus to more specified marketing targets,” Speer says. The ability to fill a semi-trailer leads to more desire for uniformity, and interest in value-added mar-

keting through retained ownership.

“In those scenarios, weight and value are not mutually exclusive,” he adds.

The cowherd represents primary income for only one quarter of beef operations. Labor efficiency is especially critical to those with 200 or more cows, accounting for nearly 40 percent of the inventory.

“One of their most time-consuming tasks is managing the calving females,” Speer points out.

“In an ideal world, they would be observed regularly, but time constraints often don’t allow such luxury.”

That adds emphasis to predictable calving ease.

Higher birth weights may be linked to higher weaning weights, but expected progeny differences (EPDs) can defeat those antagonisms. In any case, the risk of losing a calf-or even a cowat birth verses more weaning weight leans toward the live calf when time and labor are scarce.

Other convenience traits also come into consideration: “I don’t care if you get an extra 50 pounds at weaning,” Speer says. “I think most would agree that nursing one cow through a difficult birth in a snow storm when you have 200 more to think about is just not worth it.”

Genetic progress pays As the use of EPDs has flourished over the past 30 years, the desire for data builds. Angus regis-

trations outnumber those for all other breeds, even the next seven breeds combined.

To that point, Speer says it’s not about the breed, it’s about the precise decisions that come with it: “As long as our industry is hitting the end target and doing that more efficiently, more productively, and it’s profitable, who cares if the animals are black or white or pink or purple?

It just happens to be that Angus has the genetic base to meet consumer demands and the tools to help people drive that forward.”

The Angus database shows progress in performance traits across the board, narrowing the gap that used to produce the prized hybrid vigor. In general, breed differences have diminished.

“The Angus breed caught up with Continentals in terms of growth and performance, so you just couldn’t get the boost you were used to getting in crossbreedingplus the premiums,” he notes. “As the business environment has shifted, the sole pursuit of heterosis is no more tenable than singletrait selection for any genetic trait.”

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Composting & Manure Handling Safe manure handling vital Cases of people becoming ill in Europe from vegetables contaminated with human fecal matter remind producers that handling animal manure safely is important.

“Animal manures contain pathogens that can cause health issues in animals and humans if the manure isn’t managed properly,” says Chris Augustin, nutrient management specialist at North Dakota State University’s Carrington Research Extension Center. “However, the majority of manure management systems can reduce manure microbe concentrations in excess of 99 percent.”

Pathogens survive longer under wet conditions, and excess manure in a pen can dam water. Cleaning pens every few weeks improves pen drainage and reduces odor. Push-

type blades can be used to clean pens; however; these blades can gouge a pen surface and reduce runoff efficiency.

Pull-type scrapers seem to work the best and are less prone to damaging pen surfaces, Augustin says.

Pathogens in field-applied manure may run off into surface waters.

Applying manure 100 feet or more away from surface water can prevent the spread of pathogens.

Augustin recommends producers apply manure to fields used for vegetables and root crops in the fall to allow time for the pathogens to die before spring planting. Producers should use springapplied manure on fields where they grow grains.

Composting manure is a speedy decomposition process. It not only reduces manure volume

and odor, but the temperatures the manure pile reaches during the composting process (in excess of 130 F) kill pathogens and weed seeds.

The pile needs to be turned three to five times during composting. The pile’s heating cycles usually last a week or more. Each cycle must last at least three days to kill pathogens effectively.

Manure spreaders, loaders and compost turners need to be

cleaned and disinfected properly because they come in contact with livestock and manure, and they may harbor pathogens.

“Cleaning and removing material from the equipment is 90 percent of the job, while disinfecting is only 10 percent of the job,” Augustin says.

He recommends producers follow these steps: • Clean the equipment in a designated area away from livestock.

• Remove organic matter because it can serve as an infection

reservoir.

• Power wash the equipment with hot water and detergent. Scrub tight areas with a stiff, hard-bristled brush.

• Allow the equipment to dry before disinfecting it. Wet equipment can dilute the disinfectant.

• Follow the instructions on the product label when disinfecting the equipment.

• Properly wash clothing worn while handling animals because it can be contaminated with and transport pathogens.

Washing clothes with detergent

and drying them at 140 F will kill harmful pathogens.

• Clean footwear with soap and water, then disinfect it. A mixture of 5 tablespoons of bleach per gallon of water works well for disinfecting footwear.

“Manure pathogens can cause health issues, but properly applying manure, cleaning equipment and cleaning pens greatly reduces these issues,” Augustin says.

“These practices are all important to protect our food supply.”

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Teacher and student scholarships available for NOFA NY Winter Conference Are you a middle or high school student interested in exploring a career in farming or agriculture? Would you like to attend the NOFA NY winter conference for FREE? The Northeast Beginning Farmer Project will be providing scholarships for teachers and students to attend the 2012 NOFA NY winter conference to be held in Saratoga Springs, NY. Scholarships will be for Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.

Teachers are encouraged to apply as chaperones for student groups. Bring up to eight students to this wonderful conference for a chance to learn more about the latest projects in organic agriculture, direct marketing, beginning farming, and much more!

NOFA NY’s popular winter conference draws over 1,200 farmers, service providers, researchers and supporters to beautiful Saratoga Springs, NY for 5 days of classes,

lectures, special events, delicious meals, networking opportunities, and fun. Saturday’s exclusive Lunchtime Networking Roundtable for Students & Teachers will offer teachers, students and beginning farmers a chance to talk about farm careers, the challenges and joys of farm life, and opportunities for student involvement in agriculture.

To get an application or for more information, please call Patti Zellmer at CCE Otsego County, 607-547-2536 ext 225, Eileen McGuire at CCE Schoharie County, 518-234-4303, or the Cornell Cooperative Extension Association closest to you.

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The mechanical energy produced by biogas combustion in an en-

gine or microturbine spins a turbine that produces a stream of electrons, or, electricity. In addition, waste heat from these engines can provide heating or hot water for use on farm.

As a fuel, biogas composed of 65 percent methane yields about 650 Btu per cubic foot. Often used when designing systems for the anaerobic digestion of manure, these energy estimates

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced that it will update the methodology to set crop insurance premiums, leading to lower insurance premium rates for many corn and soybean producers in the 2012 crop year. The rate adjustment is based on findings of an independent study and peer review process.

The study is part of RMA’s ongoing effort to improve the methodology of determining premium rates for crop in-

surance.

“We are improving the formulation of our ratemaking methodology, and are moving to establish the most fair and appropriate premium rates for today’s producers,” said RMA Administrator William J. Murphy. “On average, these new rates should reduce corn farmers’ rates by 7 percent and soybean farmers’ by 9 percent. As good stewards of taxpayers’ dollars, we welcome the opportunity to match premium rates more accurately with current risks.”

RMA contracted for a study by Sumaria Systems Inc., which examined premium rates, and the rating process, starting with the United States’ two major commodities: corn and soybeans. RMA then requested an independent expert peer review to provide feedback on the Sumaria study results.

RMA will conduct further review and analysis of the study’s recommendations along with comments and issues raised by peer reviewers, making additional adjustments as warranted and appro-

priate.

Accordingly, RMA is taking action to implement adjustments to premium rates in a “phased in” approach that allows for any further adjustment pending additional analysis of peer review comments.

RMA periodically reviews premium rates and makes necessary adjustments for actuarial soundness, aiming to establish the most appropriate premium rates for today’s producers. The current approach will make a concerted effort to adjust premium rates in a

manner that recognizes the latest technology, weather, and program performance information. Updated data pertaining to prevented planting, replant payment, and quality adjustment loss experience, was also used in determining rates changes.

RMA has released actuarial documents reflecting premium rates and other program information that will be effective for the 2012 spring crop season.

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Ensuring the 2012 Farm Bill works for Pennsylvania

by George Greig, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture The federal Farm Bill has been a vital part of American agriculture for decades, shaping agriculture policy and offering assistance to our farmers when they’re in trouble. This mammoth piece of legislation is up for renewal in September 2012, and already one thing is clear: deciding the bill will be tough.

The bill is the nation’s primary piece of agricultural legislation.

It offers support, development and funding for programs that allow our agricultural commodities to be more competitive in the global market. The farm bill also provides a safety net to help our farmers deal with volatile commodity prices.

Additionally, conservation programs funded through the bill have helped meet regulations related to water quality and environmental requirements.

Up until a couple of weeks ago, consideration of the bill rested on a 12-member debt reduction committee tasked with identifying $1.5 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years.

House and Senate Agriculture Committee leadership prepared and submitted a Farm Bill plan that would have resulted in a $23 billion savings and reauthorized the Farm Bill for another five years. Ultimately, the committee failed to reach agreement on a deficit reduction package, and now that plan is off the table. While we don’t know exactly how the next steps will play out, we do know Pennsylvania needs to stay in the conversation.

Pennsylvania farmers and agribusinesses are the leading economic drivers in our state, and because we rely on these programs, much is at stake. We can’t take for granted that the final outcome will be the best for Pennsylvania.

That’s why Gov. Tom

Corbett offered to Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation recommendations based on input from agriculture organizations from across the state.

Pennsylvania’s priorities for the 2012 Farm Bill include: • Providing risk management tools for Pennsylvania dairy producers, giving farmers a safety net during times of low margins, promoting domestic competition for milk and providing business management tools for dairy producers; • Ensuring the Farmland Protection Program and other working lands programs are kept separate from land retirement programs. Pennsylvania

leads the nation in farmland preservation; • Maintaining funding for the Environmental Quality Incentives, Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Conservation Reserve Enhancement programs; • Preserving funding for the Commodity Supplemental Food, Farmers Market Nutrition, Emergency Food Assistance and National School Lunch programs. These programs provide nutrition education and food to the underserved in the commonwealth; • Continuing funding for block grants such as the Farmers Market Promotion Program and the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program that help direct market

operations and farmers markets get fresh foods into the hands of consumers; • Maintaining funding for the Plant Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention program. This program allocates funds for early plant pest detection and surveillance, threat identification and mitigation and technical assistance; • Continuing support of crop insurance and disaster assistance programs to help Pennsylvania farmers when they need assistance the most, such as the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program and Livestock Indemnity Payments; • Expanding livestock policies such as

Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) and Livestock Gross Margins (LGM) and provide more subsidy funds for LGM dairy projects.

Dairy is the largest sector of the commonwealth’s agriculture industry; and • Continuing to fund Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance (SURE); Livestock Indemnity Payments (LIP); Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP); and the Tree Assistance Program (TAP).

We’ve listened to your requests and have given them to Congress with the full support of our state government, but Congress also

needs to hear from you.

It can be tough to wrap your head around a huge piece of federal policy like the farm bill, but I urge you to study the issues that will affect you. Contact your elected officials and let them know how important our requests are, and remind them of the critical role that Pennsylvania agriculture plays in our nation’s food security.

We have a great agricultural community in Pennsylvania, and with your help in getting these recommendations into the bill, we can ensure that this farm bill will continue to keep agriculture the cornerstone of our state’s economy.

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Taiwan beef promotions bring results While the marketing environment for beef products in Taiwan

has been more challenging this year since the government there

began testing for growth promotant residues, the beef checkoff, through its contractor the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Taiwan has continued to work to regain the confidence of retailers and consumers.

Recent promotions with hypermarket chain R T Mart and supermarket chain Taiwan Fresh show those efforts are

paying off. A top-three chain in Taiwan, RT Mart with its 26 outlets has been a long-term partner with the beef checkoff, so it recently agreed to a two-week joint promotion on U.S. beef.

Under the theme of “U.S. Beef Festival,” the promotion featured boneless short ribs, top blade muscle, chuck short ribs and short plate. As an in-

centive for shoppers, a sea salt gift was added for each purchase over 699 Taiwan dollars (about $23).

The promotion provided desired shortterm results: a 17 percent increase over prepromotion sales levels, reaching 136,400 pounds.

“This is a very positive result given the fluctuating level of imports and consumer

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cautions regarding imported beef,” says Alex Sun, USMEF-Taiwan marketing manager.

The checkoff coordinated a second promotion with a longtime U.S. beef merchant, Taiwan Fresh, which has 40 supermarket outlets in central Taiwan. A loyal partner that has continued to stock U.S. beef despite some negative consumer reactions, Taiwan Fresh conducted its own month-long promotion, featuring chuck flap, top blade muscle, chuck tender, chuck roll, bone-in and boneless short ribs, rib fingers, ribeye, pastrami, heel muscle and eye of round. While not all retailers share their post-promotion sales levels, Taiwan Fresh disclosed that its joint promotion is generating lasting sales benefits. Prior to the promotion, U.S. beef sales levels for the period were roughly 5,580 pounds. During the promotion, they more than doubled to 11,440 pounds. In a sign of growing consumer confidence, Taiwan’s sales of U.S. beef only declined slightly in the following month, holding at 10,780 pounds.

During the promotion, consumers were provided with information on wet-aging techniques as well as information on how to prepare the variety of beef cuts.

“Supporting retailers strategically contributes to maintaining the level of chilled beef imports among importers and allows for more frequent purchases by retailers,” says USMEF-Taiwan Director Davis Wu. “This helps enhance buyer loyalty and helps us in the long run.”

Through the first nine months of 2011, U.S. beef exports stand at 57.1 million pounds valued at $142.4 million – decreases of 6 percent and 5 percent respectively when compared to last year, but showing signs of rebounding in September.

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Many upstate farmers currently receive health insurance through the co-op and the Senators wanted to request that they also be able to access the insurance subsidies, if they are eligible because of their income.

The letter was also signed by Senators Herb Kohl (D-WI), Robert Casey (D-PA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN).

“Farmers are the backbone of many of Upstate New York’s communities, and it is critical that we protect their access to quality health care,” said Schumer. “Many Upstate

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“Farmers have long relied on their cooperatives for insurance and other assistance,” said Gillibrand, the first New Yorker on the Senate Agriculture Committee in 40 years. “I am fighting to ensure that they can still access health insurance through their trusted cooperatives.”

Schumer and Gillibrand pointed out that “in many cases, the benefits provided under these plans have been specifically designed by the farmers themselves to meet a need that was not being met in the general insurance market,” the letter says. “Many of these benefits, for example, such as milk deduction check-off, 24-hour live access to customer service, and special wrap-around options for accident coverage, are very farmer-specific, and unlikely to be offered in the exchanges.”

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The ethanol debate As I stepped outside into the early morning dawn after listening to the depressing news on the radio, I heard an owl hooting away at a distance, probably watching for any movement of its breakfast in the nearby hay field.

Suddenly, a woodpecker began its morning rat-a-tat-tapping, for its early morning meal.

Shortly after, a blue jay’s unique call was heard as it fluttered from tree to tree looking for wild grapes to quench its appetite.

I realized the birds aren’t bothered by all the upsetting news of the day. They just gather food and go about their business.

They must know that our Creator is going to provide for them as he has promised. They don’t even worry about the national budget or the oil prices like we do. They’re lucky.

Have you noticed that the petroleum producers have raised the prices more gradually this time around, unlike a few of years ago when the prices took off like rockets? It reminds me of the story about the frog in the hot water. If you place it in a pan of hot water, it would leap out immediately…But if you put it in a pan of cool water and then turned up the heat gradually, it will just sit there and cook.

The debate of the benefits of ethanol seem to be never ending, depending on which side of the spectrum you are on. We recently received a letter from a retired professional who feels strongly that forest fires and volcanoes are the real culprit when it comes to the cause of carbon emissions, not energy produced from carbons. He said that managing the forests as well as the harvesting and replanting of our trees is a more effective method of controlling carbon emissions and also would increase our oxygen

levels.

He feels that our nation is being bankrupted in search of new technology, which is inefficient and ineffective. We shouldn’t be taking the food out of the mouths of the starving to make this

inefficient fuel. He also believes that if we harvested our oil and coal that we have, we would become more independent and wouldn’t be subsidizing those who would like to see our demise.

There was no mention of conserving our energy, but using everything available to put Americans back to work at all cost. There was also nothing said about the weather extremes we are experi-

encing or who would pay for the food that would ease the world’s hunger.

So I asked a local corn grower some of the same questions. He said that very little field corn goes into food. We use sweet corn in a variety of ways, but we don’t eat much of the field corn.

Approximately 45 percent is used for ethanol, 25 percent goes into feed, and the rest is used for corn

syrup, other corn products, and last but not least what we eat.

As you can see, that debate is a long way from over. But I do wonder if our Creator is setting us up with all this controversial food production, to be able to feed whomever when the time comes that we do need it. As full time farmers, we’re very aware that there seems to be more unsettling weather than when we started 50 years ago.

But it could just be our imagination.

Our preacher made a remark a couple of weeks ago. He wonders what our country would be like if all of our elected officials would seek the advice from the same source that our forefathers did when establishing our country.

For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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2012 Farm Bill update The Congressional Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction was unable to come to agreement on $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction and has adjourned. The failure of the Joint Committee to develop a package of recommendations to reduce the deficit will trigger $1.2 trillion in cuts to domestic discretionary and defense spending, starting in January 2013 under a sequestration process. While the sequestration process is set to be automatic, Congress could act either to block or modify the cut (which has been done in the past).

The American Soybean Association (ASA) strongly supports bipartisan efforts to address our Nation’s deficits in a manner that does not disproportionately cut programs important to maintaining our Nation’s food security and

protecting our natural resources. ASA is disappointed that the Joint Committee was unable to agree on a package that addresses our Nation’s deficits.

Likely because the Joint Committee process appeared headed toward failure, leaders of the Senate and House Ag Committees did not and have not yet released the package of recommendations they had crafted to achieve budget savings from agriculture. Essentially, the Congressional Ag Committees had written a new five-year farm bill within the context of the requirements of the Budget Control Act. The Congressional Ag Committees had earlier committed to the Joint Committee that they would reduce farm bill spending by $23 billion over 10 years. Although the exact breakdown of the cuts was never officially released, $13

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Under the set of recommendations that was leaked last Friday, the Committees reduced spending on farm bill programs by a total of $23 billion, while restructuring the farm program safety net and other programs that are important to soybean producers and others in production agriculture and rural America.

There were a number of positive provisions in the Committees’ leaked recommendations, including streamlined conservation programs, maintained funding for important export promotion programs, and reauthorized key agricultural research and bioenergy programs.

ASA was pleased that a farm-level revenue cov-

erage program that complemented a strengthened crop insurance program was included in their recommendations. ASA believes such a program is an efficient, defensible evolution in farm policy that will better assist U.S. soybean producers in managing price and yield risks.

The farm-level revenue program included in the Committee’s leaked recommendations was very similar to the “Risk Management for America’s Farmers” program that ASA had proposed earlier this fall that would partially protect revenue losses by farmers of soybeans and other program commodities that result from low prices or reduced yields for their crops.

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ASA and other groups — including wheat, corn, barley, sunflower, canola and pulse crops — expressed concern that by raising target prices for some crops close to current market prices and “recoupling” payments to crops actually planted in the current year, the target price program would incentivize producers to base their planting decisions on program payments. Moreover, this program would allow producers to plant and receive target price payments for any crop on up to the total of base acres on a farm. Providing target price payments on production outside a crop’s historical acreage base could cause sharp swings in planting and production that bear little relation to market signals. This would be a reversal of the decoupled nature of the current farm bill’s counter -cyclical payment program.

The target price program included in the Committee’s recommendations would discontinue planting flexibility achieved under the last four farm bills, a key policy which has allowed producers to respond to market signals rather than the farm program.

Before the Agriculture Committees resume work on a 2012 Farm Bill, ASA believes a thorough analysis on the various programs proposed under the Committees’ leaked recommendations for the farm safety net needs to be completed — including the revenue-based program, the Cotton STAX program and the target price program — to determine producer participation levels, program interaction, and the resulting impacts on planting decisions, crop production, market prices, and program costs.

ASA looks forward to working with Agriculture Committees and all Members of Congress as they continue their efforts to reduce Federal deficits and complete the next farm bill.

Source: ASA Weekly Leader Letter for Wednesday, Nov. 23

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All planted and prevented planted acres would be covered under the plan. The program would complement the existing crop insurance program used by most farmers, which ASA strongly supports and believes must be continued.

While ASA was pleased that the farmlevel revenue coverage program included in the recommendations from the Congressional Ag Committees, ASA continues to have major concerns with the target price program that also was included in the Committee’s recommendations. Farmers were to have been able to make a one-time choice to either participate in

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Apply for Livestock Gross Margin: Dairy Insurance Dec. 16-17 The next deadline for filing for the Livestock Gross Margin: Dairy (LGM-Dairy) Insurance is Dec. 16-17. There is currently no announcement of funding levels for LGMDairy for the December application date, but expectations are that the remainder of federal funding for this fiscal year will be assigned to the program.

Federal funding covers both a farmer premium subsidy that reduces the cost of the insurance for producers and covers administrative costs. Farmers should check with their crop insurance agents to ask about actual availability.

LGM-Dairy insurance pays claims when the estimated gross margin is more than the actual gross margin for the enrollment time period chosen by the farmer at the time of purchase.

Saratoga County dairyman David R. Wood in Charlton, NY, milks approximately 900 cows, raises his own heifers, and crops about 1800 acres of owned and rented land. He has used crop insurance for a number of years and recently enrolled in the LGM-Dairy insurance.

In his video presentation on the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYSDAM) website at www.agriculture.ny.gov/AP/Cro pInsurance.html, he admits, “I do not like insurance.

That’s probably why it took me a few years to get into crop insurance.

Once you get in, it offers you some financial security.”

He talks about attending meetings to educate himself about how the insurance coverage could work for his farm. At first he carried just the minimum coverage, later purchasing 75 percent coverage and learning how to di-

vide his fields based on yield production for better protection.

“I started with the minimum of 50 percent coverage, but claims are very unlikely at that level. The next year I increased the coverage, and that has worked very, very well for me. We’ve done well learning how to work with the crops insurance program,” Wood said.

“Farmers need to know that the Livestock Gross MarginDairy insurance is much different than crops insurance. You have more control over the volumes and units covered by the crops insurance. With dairy coverage you can never be sure of your margin. I make my decision on the dairy insurance at the end of each application period,” Wood said.

For farmers interested in learning more about LGM-Dairy, the 70-page “USDA’s Livestock Gross Margin Insurance for Dairy: What is it and How Can it be Used for Risk Management” manual, written especially for NYSDAM by Brian W. Gould and Victor E. Cabrera of the University of Wisconsin, is considered an excellent primer on this relatively new insurance option. The report can be read or downloaded from the NYSDAM website.

The document discusses how gross margins are calculated, how premiums are determined, and expected and actual payment estimates. Milk and feed values are based on future prices from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).

Dairy producers can choose to cover up to a maximum of 24,000,000 pounds of milk production for a year or a portion of it for varying premiums.

Knowing the farm’s feed costs — for feed

produced on-farm and feed purchased is a definite plus for obtaining the coverage that fits one’s farm business.

In a video from the fall of 2010 posted on the NYSDAM website, Robbins Farms and North Harbor Dairy operator Ron Robbins spoke about the potential of the LGM-Dairy insurance as a risk management tool. He said, “We are looking harder (at ways) on the milk side to protect our income.

Our biggest challenge is price volatility. We are looking at ways to take the highs and lows out (of the farm business), using risk management tools to limit some of that volatility.”

Robbins has developed his own tracking system that allows him to see the daily use of ingredients in his mixer wagon compared with monthly milk production and pricing.

He can evaluate total feed costs and margin over feed costs along with other costs of production — labor, fuel, electricity, supplies and insurance — to get a true measurement of overall gross income.

Robbins is encouraging federal legislators to make a solid commitment of funding to the LGM-Dairy program in the next Farm Bill.

“The opportunity exists for the dairy gross margin insurance program to be a great tool for long-term management of the risk of dairying. It puts the responsibility on the farmer to manage risk himself and makes you a better farmer by forcing you to look at your costs. However, the potential of this program to truly be a tool that farmers can use to develop a longterm risk management strategy is dependent upon a solid federal commitment,” Robbins said.

The University of Wisconsin’s website on understanding milk marketing is where Dr. Gould’s LGM-Dairy analyzer is located: http://future.aae.wisc .edu/lgm_dairy.html.

This resource helps the producer calculate the cost of an LGMDairy premium and calculate different levels of coverage. This tool is demonstrated in a recorded webinar by Dr. Gould, which can be viewed at the NYSDAM website (see upcoming events and webinars).

Crop insurance agents can help with the dairy and crops insurance applications process.

Recorded and slide presentations on Livestock Gross Margin: Dairy Insurance by Cornell Cooperative

Extension Small Farms and Organic Dairy specialist A. Fay Benson and crop insurance consultant Charlie Koines are among the resources found on the NYSDAM website. Information about other kinds of crop insurance applicable to dairy farmers, such as pasture, hay and forage crop insurance, and corn, corn silage and soybean crop insurance, is also provided there, with information on insurance programs for fruit and vegetable growers.

Crop insurance is made available by county. The NYSDAM website includes a chart that lists counties where the insurance is available, along with important filing dates. Coverage may

also be available in other counties by written agreement.

If you would like a crop insurance education presentation in your area, contact Sarah Johnston, NYSDAM Crop Insurance Education Program Manager, at 518-4574531 or 800-5544501.

Additional information is found on Dr. Gould’s website at http://future.aae.wisc .edu/lgm_dairy.html, the USDA RMA website at www.rma.usda.gov, and the Northeast Center for Risk Management Education: www.necrme.org. Dr. Gould offers an LGMAnalyzer tool to help farmers evaluate the cost and performance of the insurance at http://future.aae.wisc .edu/lgm_analyzer/.

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State/national partnership key to new beef retail marketing program State beef councils are joining with the national Beef Checkoff Program in support of a new retail beef marketing program that has the potential to significantly increase U.S. beef sales. The checkoff-funded program, called Beef Alternative Marketing (BAM), has identified innovative cutting techniques and marketing strategies for securing beef purchases from shoppers who previously looked elsewhere for nutritious, highquality, size-appropriate proteins.

BAM creates smaller filets and roasts out of beef ribeyes, top loins and top sirloins. These new cuts are thicker than many being sold by retailers, which have been sliced thinner because of larger beef carcass sizes and a retail desire to control package weights. By increasing cut thickness, final product quality is protected. At the same time, smaller portions give consumers the sizes and nutritional profiles they seek.

Many retailers are embracing the program because it capitalizes on the popularity and profitability of middle meats.

BAM includes a complete cutting and marketing program, including retailer training materials, point-of-sale materials, recipes, cooking instructions, charts, photos and instructional cutting posters.

According to Jim Henger, executive director of channel marketing for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), a checkoff contractor, BAM is a perfect product for the times because it allows retailers to offer a product that has a new nutritional selling point, is sized to increase sales and retains the cooking quality of larger steaks. Furthermore, focus groups have shown that consumers not only like the new shapes and thicknesses of the cuts, they are not concerned about higher per-pound costs because there is a lower price per package.

Also important for the

beef industry is that research shows new sales of BAM cuts take nothing away from the sales of larger beef items.

That’s because many consumers who might have shied away from larger cuts, such as women purchasing meat for themselves or their children, appreciate the new sizes and nutritional profiles, and recognized the usefulness of the cuts for both weekdays and weekends.

State support Because they are actively involved in statelevel beef demand-building programs, producers who sit on state beef council boards see the value of this program and have come out to assist in its introduction.

For example, the South Dakota Beef Industry Council (SDBIC) helped fund a nutrient analysis of BAM cuts that demonstrated that seven of the eight BAM cuts meet government guidelines for lean, with less fat and waste thanks to extra trimming. Consumers, in turn, perceive a

greater value from the product’s leaner fat profile.

The research will be used by USDA to update its National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, which is the gold standard of databases for nutrient composition. The National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference is used by researchers and dietitians around the world.

Involving state beef councils is a benefit for national programs, according to David Dick, a beef producer from Sedalia, MO, and chairman of the Federation of State Beef Councils.

“Sometimes they know where to look better than we do (at the national level),” said Dick. “The local focus will get you into those markets that you don’t think about or can’t focus as deeply on.

With state dollars you can be more pin-point.”

The flip side is also crucial. “We really need that expertise that comes in from the national,” according to

OBC’s Heather Buckmaster. “They create the program, then we are able to execute them on a state level. So really having that partnership is invaluable. We’re not all re-creating the wheel.

We’re all spokes in that same wheel.”

“It’s the extension of that state/national partnership,” said Dick. “We all pay that dollar, and 50 cents stays under the control of the state beef council boards. But where the Federation becomes important is where you can do those things that a national program can’t. It’s that reach into the local store, into the local mindset to get that real connect with the consumer to find out why they buy your product.

The state program gives you that connection.”

Value added program sets example The highly successful Value Added Cuts program for chuck cuts, which introduced such cuts as the Flat Iron Steak and the Denver Cut, increased the value of each carcass by $50 -

$70, according to CattleFax, and a Value Added Cuts program for round cuts is expected to add another $20 - $30. Value Cuts helped set the stage for BAM by showing retailers how changes in beef marketing supported by the Beef Checkoff Program could benefit their operations. BAM takes change one step further, helping show retailers how to enhance beef sales and customer loyalty by modifying cutting and marketing within the stores.

Retailers are always looking for additional sales opportunities, so the BAM program caught their attention, even though “change is not something that’s readily accepted in channel marketing,” said Henger.

Part of the acceptance, Henger says, is the beef checkoff’s track record for successfully moving the industry forward.

“We’re finding that BAM is right on track to be one of the more successful checkoff-funded channel marketing programs,” he said.

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During the silent demonstrations, in which contestants were allowed 50 minutes, 4-H’ers were judged on organization, neatness, proper use of equipment and manner of preparing the food. The finished product was also judged on nutritional value, appearance, and taste!

Fourteen junior members (8-12 years) and four senior members (13-19 years) participated in this year’s contest. Junior members included: Jessie McClurg

of Perry; Breanna Mest of Strykersville; Megan Minkel of Strykersville; Abigail Parker of Perry; Leah Parker of Perry; Will Parker of Perry; Abigail Skillman of Arcade; Faith Reinbold of Fillmore; Hannah Spicer of Pavilion; Rebekah Spicer of Pavilion; Alannah Gross of East Bethany; Ethan Heineman of Attica; Emily Kingsley of Pavilion; and Aurora Mysliwiec of Gainesville, along with senior members Preston Skillman of Arcade; Haley Parker of Perry; Stephanie Luders of Bliss; and Jeffery Schenk of Delevan.

Congratulations to junior winners (8 and 9 year old category), Will Parker with his Cauliflower Salad and Leah Parker (10, 11 and 12 year old category) on her winning Apple Walnut Coffee Cake recipe.

For the senior division (13 years old and up), this year’s first place winner was Haley Parker with her Cheddar Cheese Scones.

This year’s participants will be invited to prepare their recipes at the Produced in New York State Foods Presentation at the 2012 New York State Fair in Syracuse!

Judges for the contest were Donna Almeter, Strykersville; and Cindy Parker, Perry; who judged the demonstration portion; and Sara Norton, Portageville; and Rachel Towsley, Nunda, who were the tasting judges.

Congratulations to Wyoming County 4-H Produced in NY State Food Contest winners Haley Parker with her Cheddar Cheese Scones, Leah Parker on her winning Apple Walnut Coffee Cake recipe, and Will Parker with his Cauliflower Salad.

A recipe booklet, containing the recipes 14569. For further information, please from all Food Contest participants, is contact the Wyoming County 4-H Proavailable from the 4-H Office at the Cor- gram at 585-786-2251 or visit their webat http://counties.cce.cornell. nell Cooperative Extension Education site Center at 401 N. Main Street, Warsaw, edu/wyoming/

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4-H recognizes outstanding youth JAMESTOWN, NY — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County’s 4-H Program members have been working together all year.

Saturday special member awards were presented at the 75th Annual 4-H Awards Celebration at Celebration Hall in Mayville.

Achievement is accomplished by becoming an active, responsible, concerned member of today’s society. A 4-H achiever gets involved in numerous activities, tries new projects, participates fully in every aspect of life and succeeds in learning, growing and passing his/her skills and knowledge on to others.

Saturday marked the end of the 4-H year. Many youth were recognized for their accomplishments.

Certificates of achievement were awarded to all members who were reported as completing a 4H project, and submitted year end record portfolios

for the year.

Stepping Stone awards recognize 4-H’ers of any age (including Cloverbuds) for having taken on a new challenge, overcoming an obstacle, stepping beyond familiar territory or demonstrating a positive attitude such as cooperation, patience, compassion, etc.

Cloverbuds from the Stockton Panther Paws 4-H Club were given special awards: Most Helpful - Zachary Wolcott; Most Enthusiastic - Jared Dorman; Most Inquisitive Christopher Bacon; Most Encouraging - Erma Jean Wolcott The Beef Project Champion for 2011 is Sarah Osborne The Heifer Project Champion for 2011 is Sarah Osborne The Rabbit Project Champion 2011 is Alyssa Graziano County Medals are awarded to a 4-H’er who has worked in a project area for a minimum of

three years and has achieved some level of mastery.

Nominations are made by a 4-H Leader or committee member to help insure that all requirements have been met. County Medals can be received more than once in a subject matter area as long as the records show advanced learning involvement and accomplishment for that area. Congratulations to all of the following 4Her’s who received county medal awards.

Rabbit Project: Melanie Walters and Carleigh Seeley Poultry Project: Joseph Thuman and Jacob Steinhoff Horse Project: Monica Buck Dairy Project: Roberta Starceski and Abigail Jantzi Beef Project: Jeffrey Hatch and Sarah Osborne Goat Project: Kate Ewer and Gracie Morrison Sheep Project: Bobby

Leadership training anyone?

Submitted by Leann Green, JT FFA Reporter On Saturday, Nov. 12, JasperTroupsburg FFA members Paige Demun, Brent Green, Kevin Lapham, Thomas Drake, Megan White, Chelsea Carl, Brooke Lewis, Tylor Trumbul and Jacob Seeley traveled to Cornell University in Ithaca, NY to attend the annual Chapter Leadership Officer Training Conference.

The conference began with opening ceremonies where Paige Demun played the Vice President’s part. For the rest of the morning students took part in various leadership workshops such as ‘Calling All Presidents’, ‘Learning To Do,

Doing To Learn’, and ‘Motivation’.

Following the workshops, members attended the Cornell Big Red football game along with members from all over the state. After half time of the game, all in attendance traveled back across campus to take part in a banquet for newly elected National Eastern Region Vice President, Kenny Quick. Kenny is the first national officer from New York that has been elected in the past 15 years and the entire state is proud of him.

The JT FFA members left feeling accomplished after soaking up all the new knowledge from the day to take back to the rest of the their chapter.

Davis Swine Project: Maureen Kibbe and Patrick Kibbe Cake Decorating Project: Clara Moss Quilting Project: Kyrria Huntington Dog Project: Elise Schack and Danyelle Harding Conservation Project: Billy Eskeli Junior Leadership Project: Braden Lesch and Jacob Lesch Leadership Project: Elise Schack and Danyelle Harding Community Service Project: Carissa Peterson Committees and project areas expressed continuing special recognition to the following 4Hers for their dedication, contribution and skills improvement in their respective areas. Congratulations to the following outstanding awards winners.

Outstanding Juniors Beef: Alyssa Crandall; Holly Crandall Clothing & Textiles: Kendra Dorman; Melinda Waag Dog: Catherine Oag; Chance Meeder Food & Nutrition: Jacob Lesch Goat: Anna Talbot Horse: Ashley Crandall, Kendra Hockran Horticulture: Braden Lesch Leadership: Taylor Samuelson Poultry: Billy Eskeli; Katelyn Geirlinger Public Presentations: Alyssa Crandall; Andrea Smith

Sewing: Melanie Walters; Steven Overend Swine: Madison Styers; Makayla Keefe; Elizabeth Comstock Sheep: Steven Overend; Elizabeth Comstock Rabbit: Maggie Jones; Matthew Walters Outstanding Seniors Beef: Rachel Vaillancourt; Sarah Osborne Dairy: Colleen Kimball; Ben Dye; Justin Dye; Kelsey Neckers; Hewitt Meeder Dog: Cristen Lookenhouse; Hewitt Meeder; Mandy Swanson Goat: Nicole Ewer Horse: Jennifer Dahlgren; Danyelle Harding Leadership: Brittany

Woodard; Mandy Swanson; Cassandra Skal Sheep: Matthew Overend Swine: Holly Lehman; Maria Childs; Timothy Manning; Louis Smith Each Year the Foods And Nutrition Committee presents an award in memory of Mary Beightol to an outstanding foods project member. This year’s recipient was Kendra Dorman of the Stockton Panthers 4-H Club.

To learn more about how you can financially support Chautauqua County 4-H or how to become involved in Chautauqua County 4-H you can contact the 4-H Office at 716-664-9502 Ext. 212.

4-H volunteers at New York State Fair

Volunteers, Joan Minde Welch (left) and Joyce Bergerstock (right), Judging Cornell Cooperative Extension Cayuga County 4-H projects in the youth building of the 2011 New York State Fair. Judges volunteer and dedicate many hours toward this effort and are very much appreciated.

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American Angus Association® delegates elected five members to its Board of Directors Monday, Nov. 14 at the 128th Annual Convention of Delegates in Louisville, KY. Elected Board Directors include Chris Sankey, Council Grove, KS; Arlen Sawyer, Bassett, NE; Doug Schroeder, Clarence, Iowa; Darrell Silveira, Firebaugh, CA; and Jim Sitz, Dillon, MT. Sankey will serve his first three-year term on the Board; while Sawyer, Schroeder, Silveira and Sitz will serve a second, three-year term.

Jarold Callahan, Edmond, OK, was elected the American Angus Association president and chairman of the board. He succeeds Joe Hampton, Mount Ulla, NC. Phil Trowbridge, Ghent, NY, was chosen by delegates to serve as vice president and vice chairman of the board. Gordon Stucky, Kingman, KS, will serve as treasurer for the year.

More than 300 elected delegates from 43 states, Canada and the District of Columbia represented American Angus Association members and conducted the business of the Association during the annual meeting and election. The meeting was at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center (KFEC) in conjunction with the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) Super-Point Roll of Victory (ROV) Angus Show.

Jarold Callahan, the Association’s newly-elected president and chairman of the board, most recently served as vice president and vice chairman of the board. Callahan received his undergraduate degree from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College and a master’s

degree in agriculture from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He taught purebred beef production and livestock selection at Oklahoma State University and served as executive vice president of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association before joining Express Ranches in 1996.

As Association president, Callahan will serve as chairman of the Executive Committee and will work closely with all directors to lead the board during the next year.

Callahan succeeds Joe Hampton, who, with his wife, Robin, operates Back Creek, a cattle operation near Mount Ulla, NC, focused on the production of Angus bulls for commercial cattlemen.

Phil Trowbridge, newly elected vice chairman and vice president, recently served as treasurer. Trowbridge received his animal science degree from Alfred State College prior to becoming herdsman at Gallagher’s Angus Farm, where he continues to enhance Angus genetics with Trowbridge Angus. Trowbridge has served on numerous boards on the local and state level and organized the Columbia County Feeders 4-H Club.

Treasurer Gordon Stucky received his bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University and established Stucky Ranch, a family-owned ranching operation near Kingman, Kan. Gordon has served the Kansas Angus Association as district director, board member and as president. He has also served numerous regional and state organizations, including the Extension Council, Farm Bureau and the Kansas Livestock Association.

Soybean Checkoff: demand strong for U.S. soy abroad Federal government figures show U.S. soy continues to be in strong demand among international customers.

Buyers outside of the United States purchased 1.5 billion bushels of whole U.S. soybeans in the latest marketing year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That makes U.S. soy one of the largest agricultural exports. And U.S. agriculture continues to lead all economic sectors with a positive balance of trade.

“Increasing demand for U.S. soy abroad has been the cornerstone of the soybean-checkoff-funded marketing efforts for the past 20 years,” says Jim Call, a soybean farmer from Madison, MN. Call also chairs the United Soybean Board (USB) International Marketing program. “We focus not just on China, but on increasing sales in other international markets, as well.”

“The soybean checkoff helps fund market-building activities like hosting international buying teams and conducting poultry and livestock feeding demonstrations abroad that prove the advantages of using U.S. soy,” Call says.

Additional key soybean export figures for the 2010/2011 marketing year:

• U.S. soybean farmers helped export over 1.5 billion bushels of whole soybeans.

• Soybean meal from over 332 million bushels of soybeans was exported.

• Oil from approximately 290 million bushels of soybeans went to foreign customers.

Soy users in China weighed in as the top international customers of whole U.S. soybeans buying 895 million bushels, up from 825 million bushels during the 2010/2011 marketing year. Other top importing markets for whole U.S. soybeans in the last marketing year include the following: • Mexico – 124.3 million bushels • Japan – 75.2 million bushels • Indonesia – 71.03 million bushels • Taiwan – 55.9 million bushels • Germany – 36.3 million bushels • Spain – 28.6 million bushels • Egypt – 27.8 million bushels • South Korea – 26.3 million bushels • Thailand – 18.6 million bushels The soybean checkoff funds international marketing efforts in more than 80 countries worldwide. These include market development, communications and education.

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2011 Conservation Farm of the Year Each year the Wyoming County Soil &

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2011 Conservation Farm of the Year: Bliss Cattle Company. Pictured Left to Right: Jared Bliss, Ronalda Bliss, Robert Bliss, and Dustin Bliss.

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AEM Sign Award Recipient: Maple Ridge Farm, Town of Java.

farm which has excelled in conserving our soil and water resources by installing Best Management Practices on their farm to prevent soil erosion and improve water quality. This year’s “Conservation Farm of the Year” is awarded to Bliss Cattle Company.

Robert and Ronalda Bliss have five children.

Ronalda is a RN with the Wyoming County Health Department.

The Bliss Cattle Company was established in 1998. The farm is a heifer boarding operation. They house approximately 1000 animals from wet calves to springing heifers.

The Bliss family has been involved in many community organizations including: Farm Bureau, Ag Committee of the Wyoming County Cooperative Extension, Pike Community Church and Wyoming County 4-H. The farm has always taken the responsibility of taking care of our resources. Implementation of conservation practices have been at the forefront. Some of the practices include: Cover Crop Deep Tillage Residue Management Pest Management Ag Waste Storage System Ag Waste Transfer System Fencing for Manure Storage Silage Leachate Collection System

Vegetated Filter Strip Bliss Cattle Company has been an active participate in the Wyoming County Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM) program. They received the “Partnering to Protect Our Environment” award in 2009 for their involvement in the AEM program and have participated in two New York State Agricultural Nonpoint Pollution Abatement & Control

projects in a high priority watershed.

Other farms were honored and awarded with AEM Partnering to Protect Our Environment. Other farms recognized were: • Maple Grove Dairy (Richard Pilc) Strykersville, NY • Walter McCormick, North Java, NY • Sregnuoy Farms, LLC (Gus & Brian Younger), North Java, NY

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2011: The year we would like to forget

by Thomas Kilcer, Certified Crop Advisor 2011 will go down in many farmers’ minds as one of the most frustrating years in their farming history from the standpoint of the beating that nature has thrown at them. Floods, extreme dry, hail, insects, and disease, we have had them all. As I visit farms, the one thing that has struck me is the farmers who are weathering the disasters the best have

focused on, and continue to focus on, the basics. Yes, they had a down year, but they will survive.

You are there to profit selling milk. You need to produce at a price that is less than what you sell it for. The rest of the producers are finally catching onto what we were recommending in the early 1990s; that high forage diets of high quality forage can give you profitability. Dairy maga-

zines are now full of these articles, with some farms successfully supporting high milk on 75 percent forage diets.

They capitalize on the fact that protein and energy from high quality forages cost two thirds or half of the same unit of protein or energy from concentrate. High forage diets are not a guarantee of profit. Profitable, 70 percent plus forage farms, are fanatics on high yielding forage quality. They are also fanatics on cost as cost of those forages depends on you. I had one farm that the most profitable decision was to harvest first cut orchardgrass the end of June and stuff the cows with grain as it was cheaper than his present forage program.

Profitable forage programs are built on the basics. Buildings need good foundations, so do forage programs. Successful high forage feeders test their forage multiple times a year; when was the last time you tested your soil? — three years, five years, never??

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on your fields. I recently took over managing a research farm where we found sulfur was limiting on alfalfa and so our experiment added sulfur – with no resulting increase in yield or quality as happened on the other 10 sites in the state.

That is because the ph was 5.8. Looking at a nice alfalfa field does not tell you what is limiting or how to reach its maximum potential. Only a soil test will do that. It is similar to you trying to feed a high forage diet and not having enough water for the cows — you need to meet the basic needs of the animal and of the crops.

Many farms miss the basics by using sequential monoculture. That is where they grow many years of a row crop (5–8 years corn) and many years of a hay crop (6–10 years hay) on the same fields without switching them. Because the rota-

tion is not written down, this sneaks up on you, removing the profit and increasing the cost of your “profitable high forage” diet. You can easily determine your true rotation by taking the number of acres of rotateable fields and divide it by the number of acres that you seed down. Is the answer 6–7 or 16–17; it affects the yield, quality, and profit.

The other rotation limitation is that it takes effort to implement. This is where that bottom field produces nice corn so we leave it in year after year.

Costs meanwhile skyrocket as we have to buy ever more expensive stacked varieties to control all the pests that attack it. Nutrients get further out of line as manure is poured on in an attempt to maintain yields. Weather seems to take an ever big chunk out of production as it is too wet, or too dry, but rarely just right. Meanwhile the cost of produc-

Multi year corn with three herbicide trips and expensive side dressed nitrogen increases the cost of protein and energy from your forage.

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ing forage has crept up, robbing you of potential profit in high forage diets. Across the road, the upland field is in “alfalfa” for 7–8 years. It is 98 percent alfalfa on 5 percent of the field yet it remains because we are too busy to figure how to get more forage off of it.

In high forage feeding it is a critical basic principle that “SOILS DRIVE THE ROTATION THAT DRIVES WHAT THE COWS ARE FED.” Dr. Chase at Cornell has said he can use any forage as long as it is of high quality. Some farms are all haylage, others all corn silage, most a mix between.

Many are adding the highly digestible winter triticale forage to the mix. The take home message is that you need to individualize your fields to maximize both their production (yield) and their quality in order to have a profitable high forage diet. Rotations start with taking out a sod field, and finish by seeding a row crop back to hay again. NOW is the time to make those decisions.

Sod fields sprayed in the fall can be no-till, zone tilled, or one pass minimum till planted in the spring for a tremendous savings in time, fuel, and soil. In years such as this, it was the difference between a crop and none as the planting window was closed by our increasingly variable weather. For $15 of herbicide and application, less than the cost of moleboard plowing and disking, the sod can be completely killed. The later you wait, the less control you have of the old alfalfa. The next spring the soil is dry, warm, mellow, and loose enough for no till planting. The tough perennials are under control so spring herbicide can be a simple, low cost mix.

The fall is also the time for spreading lime. As you saw in my example above with sulfur, lime is a foundation of your crop program. If there is residue or a cover crop, or a hay field, the lime will not wash off in the winter runoff. The time to put on lime is now.

Basics are not as much fun as the latest wow, gee wiz genetics or additive. It is the fundamentals of farming that will keep you profitable as we go into more variable economics and even more variable weather.

Source: Advanced Ag System’s Crop Soil News, Oct. 2011.

Assemblyman Pete Lopez prepares flood relief legislation, calls for extraordinary session

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Assemblyman Pete Lopez (R,C,I-Schoharie) is drafting new legislation, including a measure entitled the Whole Communities Recovery Act, to help assist New Yorkers get back on their feet after the devastation from Tropical Storms Irene and Lee, and create a framework for future disaster relief efforts across the state. Assemblyman Lopez is also preparing legislation and draft regulatory language that would seek to compel the City of New York and the New York Power Authority to be part of a flood control solution for the Schoharie Valley and communities along the Mohawk River. Furthermore, the Assemblyman is calling on Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders to immediately convene extraordinary session to address the urgent needs of flood victims and their communities.

“Across the state, New Yorkers continue to suffer from the devastating tropical storms and resulting floods.

No region was impacted more than the 127th Assembly District, where residents are still without housing, and businesses and farms continue to struggle,” said Assemblyman Lopez. “Now these communities are faced with massive debt from cleanup, a weakened economy, and greatly reduced tax base. The state must take action now in order to protect the lives and communities at stake.”

Assemblyman Lopez continued, “Recovery is painfully slow, and clearly tied to the availability of outside resources. Yet, I fear that leaving these critical issues unresolved will have a domino effect that will cripple our schools and local governments, and threaten the sustainability of our local economies.”

Assemblyman Lopez’s draft

legislation addresses a variety of concerns facing New Yorkers as they struggle to rebuild from recent disasters. Some of the issues addressed in the Assemblyman’s Whole Communities Recovery Act include: • Grant and Zero-Interest Loan Program for Homeowners: emergency housing assistance grants of $10,000 for rebuilding in place, grants for $30,000 per home in support of improvements that mitigate future damage, and grants for new construction within the community, outside of areas immediately affected by a natural disaster; zero-interest loans would be available to homeowners to refinance existing debt, replace contents as well as rebuild in place or construct new housing; aid levels would be increased for homeowners who engage in flood-proofing or choose to rebuild outside of floodprone areas in the same community; the Commissioner of Housing would be instructed to assess other existing state housing programs to recommend further statutory changes in support of single- and multi-family homeowners or renters impacted by natural disasters.

• Personal Income Tax Credit and Corporate Franchise Tax Credit for Property Taxes Paid by Home and Business Owners Based on Pre-disaster Assessments: provides a one-year state tax credit equal to the excess in property taxes paid as a reflection of pre- and post-disaster property assessments.

• Business Assistance Reconstruction and Employee Retention Grant & Zero-Interest Reconstruction Loan Program: businesses would be offered a grant of $30,000 for reconstruction and working expenses, and an additional $1,000 for such pur-

poses for every employee retained; loans would be offered for up to 30 years and would include refinancing of existing debt; instructs the CEO of Empire State Development to assess other existing state economic development programs to recommend further statutory changes in support of businesses impacted by natural disasters.

• Suspension of State Agency Mandates: would require that any mandate suspension enacted by the Governor following a natural disaster would remain in effect for a minimum of 12 months; state prevailing wage and WICKS requirements would be suspended for a period of 36 months.

• Production Agricultural Assistance Reconstruction Grant and Zero-Interest Loan Program: family farms and other agricultural production businesses would be offered a grant of $30,000 for reconstruction and working expenses and an additional grant of 15 percent of gross cash income based on previous year receipts; loans would be offered for up to 30 years and would include debt refinancing (note: these funds would be in addition to grants and loans for the homestead, which would be eligible under the homeowners’ assistance provisions of the legislation); instructs the Commissioner of Agriculture to assess other existing state agricultural development programs to recommend further statutory changes in support of farms and other agricultural production businesses impacted by natural disasters.

• Municipal/School District Stop Gap Grant and Zero-Interest Loan Program: provides a one year grant of 50 percent of real property tax (RPT) revenues lost as a result of reductions in the

RPT assessment roll as reflected on the taxable status date immediately following the natural disaster. Zero-interest loans would be available for up to 30 years, with amounts contingent on disaster mitigation accompanying reconstruction. Counties would be offered additional zero-interest loans to cover the cost of property taxes owed to other taxing jurisdictions as a result of property tax delinquencies in the year the disaster occurred.

• Municipal Infrastructure Realignment Program: provides priority consideration for municipal water and sewer expansion in cities, towns and villages to encourage growth and development within the municipality’s borders, outside of areas immediately affected by natural disasters; expansion may be initiated on a prospective basis and need not be tied to proposed housing or business projects.

Lastly, Assemblyman Lopez is advancing legislation and proposed language that would modify DEC regulations to establish a Schoharie Watershed Flood Management District which would, among other things, compel the City of New York and the New York Power Authority to be part of a proactive framework aimed at blunting the impact of future high water events in the Schoharie Valley and along the Mohawk River.

In the request for extraordinary session, Assemblyman Lopez is also asking that a number of other bills regarding flood and emergency recovery efforts (many that he is co-sponsoring) be addressed: • A.8647: Establishes the flood assessment relief act of 2011 for the counties of Albany, Broome, Chenango, Chemung, Clinton, Colum-

bia, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Greene, Herkimer, Montgomery, Nassau, New York, Oneida, Orange, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Ulster, Warren, Washington, and Westchester (and similar bills A.8634 and A.8649); • A.44: Enacts the New York state comprehensive flood mitigation grant act; appropriates $5,000,000 therefor; • A.8648: Relates to payments of taxes in installments in certain school districts affected by floods or natural disasters; • A.8654: Requires the state to pay local municipalities’ share of the costs not covered by municipal public assistance from the federal government; • A.8655: Relates to excluding certain emergency expenditures from school district tax levy limits; • A.8643: Establishes a credit for sales tax paid by victims who incurred damage as a result of tropical storms Irene and Lee; and • A.4772: Relates to a program for flood damage to businesses; provides a tax credit for businesses that purchase flood insurance.

“We’ve seen a number of ad hoc programs emerge as a result of Irene and Lee, however our communities continue to struggle,” said Assemblyman Lopez. “While we are thankful to the Governor and his Flood Task Force for their efforts, we need to be more aggressive in addressing still unresolved issues as well as establishing a predictable framework for responding to the needs of our neighbors across the state. It’s time for Albany to put its collective efforts and resources to work in protecting its people now, and in the future.”

National Cattlemen’s Foundation announces scholarship program Scholarships available for students pursuing careers in the beef industry WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Cattlemen’s Foundation is announcing an ongoing initiative to strengthen the future of the beef industry. Together with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the CME Group, ten $1,500 scholarships will be awarded to outstanding students who are pursuing careers in the beef industry.

The 2012-2013 Beef Industry Scholarship is open to graduating high

school seniors or fulltime undergraduate students enrolled at two-year or four -year institutions for the 2012-2013 school year.

Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to a career in the beef industry through classes, internships or life experiences. Fields of study for potential scholarship recipients may include education, communications, production, research or other areas related to the beef industry. Inter-

im Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the National Cattlemen’s Foundation John Lacey said the scholarship program is aimed at helping future industry leaders.

“The Beef Industry Scholarships will help ensure a bright future for deserving students and for the beef industry in the United States,” Lacey said. “Investing in future industry leaders through contributions toward their continuing education is

an important way to develop our industry and our young people.”

All submissions for the 2012-2013 Beef Industry Scholarship must be postmarked or received via e-mail or fax by Dec. 9. To download the scholarship application online visit www.nationalcattlemensfoundation.org. To have an application sent to you or for more information contact Barb Wilkinson at bwilkinson@beef.org or ncf@beef.org.

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Grassworks Weed Wiper • 330, 331 Growers Mineral Solutions • 161 GVM, Inc • 122 H&S Manufacturing • 200, O-1A Hamilton Equipment, Inc • 109 Haybuster / Duratech • 532, 533 Helena Chemical Company • 150 Hoard’s Dairyman • 147 Hotsy of Virginia • 514 Houff Feed & Fertilizer • 130 Huffman Trailer Sales, Inc • O-1 IBA, Inc • 112 IntelliAir • 531B Iva Manufacturing • 300, 301, 302 James River Equipment • 530, O-17 Jamesway Farm Equipment • 214 Kioti Tractor • B, C, D, E, F Kuhn North America, Inc • 529 L Cubed Corp dba Tam Systems • 123 Lancaster Farming, Inc • O-12 Lanco-Pennland • 309 Lar-Lyn Farms, LLC • 511 Lawrence Ag Equipment • 104 Layman Water Solutions • 124 Liskey Truck Sales, L.C. • O-13 MAX, Mutual Aid Exchange • 507 May Supply Company • 120 Mid-Atlantic Irrigation Co., Inc • 101 Miller’s Storage Buildings • O-16 Morris Distributing • 328 Morton Buildings, Inc • 115 Organic Valley • 317 Outback Heating, Inc • 104B Outdoor Furnace Distributing • O-8 Ownby Auction & Realty Co., Inc • 149 P. Bradley & Sons • 121, O-2 PA Country Equipment • 303 PBZ LLC / Crop Care • 104A Pearson Livestock Equipment • O-10 Perma-Column East, LLC • 151, 152 Pioneer Hi-Bred • 129 Quality Craft Tools • G

Recyc Systems, Inc • 339 Restora Life - Natural Way Feeds • 202 Rockbridge Farmers Coop • 148 Rural Community Insurance Service • 140 Ryder Supply Company • 502 Salford Farm Machinery, Ltd • 137 Sanimax • 310 Skyline Roofing, Inc • 312 Southern Farm Supply • 215 Stone Hill Construction, Inc • 527 Sukup / LnR Feed & Grain Sys. • 212 T.A. Seeds • 113, 114 Taylor Manufacturing, Inc • 311 Tech Mix, Inc • 505 The Power Connection • 136 Trissel Equipment • 107 Uncommon USA, Inc • 531A United DHIA • 506 VA Golf Cars Inc • 172 Valley Feed Co • 500 Valmetal Inc • 214 Virginia Bin Service • 512 Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Srvcs • 120A Virginia Farm Bureau • 211 Virginia Simmental Assoc. • 510 Virginia Trailer Sales/Double H Equipment • O-14 Vulcan Materials Company • 513 Waste Solutions Forum • 132, 133 Whitesel Brothers Inc / W.S. SE Gea • 108 Williams Brothers Tree & Lawn Service • 503 Wood-Mizer Products, Inc • O-9 SKID STEER RODEO SPONSORS Virginia Farm Bureau - Diamond Level TROPHY SPONSOR Virginia Farm Bureau GIVEAWAY SPONSORS Camping World of Roanoke VA Golf Cars Inc

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Advance Agra Service, LLC • 508 AIC - Agricultural Instruments Corp • 316 Agco Corporation • 201, O-3 Agri-King • A Agri-SC • 126 Agri-Service, LLC • O-4B Agrotain International • 144 Airgas • 141, 142 American Farm Products • 504 Animat, Inc • 528 Augusta Cooperative Farm Bureau • 127, 128 Beverage Tractor • 100, 102, O-4 Binkley & Hurst LP • 210 C&C Farm Supply • 134, 135 Camping World of Roanoke • 340, 341, O-4A Cargill Animal Nutrition • 145 Channel Bio, LLC • 517 Charvin Farm Ag Plastics • 315 Chemgro Seeds, Inc • 139 Christian Farmers Outreach • 522 CID Attachments, Inc • 203, 204 Cloverdale Supply, Inc • 216 Cobra Torches • 509 Concrete Jack • 156 Conklin Agrovantage • 313, 314 Country Folks Farm Chronicle • 146 Countryside Organics • 138 Croplan Genetics / Neodak Seeds • 518, 519 Cummings & Bricker, Inc • 105, 106 Dew Eze Manufacturing • O-11 Easy Way Cattle Care • 131 Ed Hoover Construction • 534 Emm Sales & Service, Inc • O-2A Farm Credit • 125 Farm Family Casualty Insurance Co • 205 Farmer Boy Ag • 118, 119 Fetterville Sales • 143 First Bank & Trust Company • 163 Fisher Auto Parts • 329 Garber Farms • O-7 GCR Tire Centers • 154, 155 General Fertilizer Equipment, Inc • 103

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack in Asia Pacific region, announces investments in international market development to help sustain demand for American agriculture Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing in approximately 70 U.S. agricultural organizations to help expand commercial export markets for their goods. Vilsack made the announcement during a conference call with reporters from Vietnam, where he is meeting with officials to help strengthen trade relations in the Asia Pacific region.

“Under the Obama Administration, USDA has continued to expand markets for American goods abroad, worked aggressively to

break down barriers to trade, and assisted U.S. businesses with the resources needed to reach consumers around the world,” said Vilsack. “The funding announced [Nov. 6] will ensure that U.S. agriculture remains a bright spot in America’s economy and a driving force behind export growth, job creation, and our nation’s competitiveness.”

USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) allocated $213 million for export promotion activities through two USDA international market development programs: the Foreign Market Development

Program (FMD) and the Market Access Program (MAP). USDA’s international market development programs have had a significant and positive impact on U.S. agricultural exports. An independent study released in 2010 found that for every $1 expended by government and industry on market development, U.S. food and agricultural exports increase by $35.

Currently, the American brand of agriculture is surging in popularity worldwide. Farm exports in fiscal year 2011 reached a record high of $137.4 billion — exceeding past highs by $22.5 billion — and

supported 1.15 million jobs here at home. The agricultural trade surplus stands at a record $42.9 billion. USDA also forecasts that new trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama will add an additional $2.3 billion to the farm economy and support about 20,000 American jobs.

Under FMD, FAS will allocate a total of $29.7 million to 24 trade organizations that represent U.S. agricultural producers. The organizations, which must contribute a minimum 50 percent cost share toward the program, will conduct activities that help maintain or

increase demand for U.S. agricultural commodities overseas. Under MAP, FAS will provide $183 million to 67 nonprofit organizations and cooperatives. MAP participants must contribute a minimum 10 percent match for generic marketing and promotion activities and a dollar-for-dollar match for promotion of branded products by small businesses and cooperatives.

In Vietnam, Vilsack met with representatives from some of the U.S. agricultural organizations benefitting from these programs.

He also spoke with Vietnamese officials and

talked with students at the Hanoi University of Agriculture. Next he will travel to China as part of the Obama Administration’s delegation for the 22nd Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), where he also plans to meet with additional U.S. agricultural organizations benefitting from USDA’s international market development efforts.

For a complete listing on allocations, visit www.fas.usda.gov/mos /Funding/MAP_2011.a sp and www.fas.usda.gov/mos /Funding/FMD_2011.a sp

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CHEMSWEEP to provide safe pesticide disposal in 20 counties HARRISBURG, PA — Agricultural businesses and pesticide applicators in 20 counties will be able to dispose of unwanted pesticides safely and easily in 2012 through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s CHEMSWEEP program.

CHEMSWEEP is offered in different counties each year. In 2012 it will be offered in Armstrong, Bucks, Cambria, Centre, Chester, Clarion, Dauphin, Forest, Fulton, Indiana, Lancaster, Lebanon, L ycoming, Mifflin, Philadelphia, Susquehanna, Tioga, Venango, Wayne and Wyoming counties.

“CHEMSWEEP provides a safe, legal way to dispose of unwanted pesticides,” said Agriculture Secretary George Greig. “Since 1993, the program has helped our agriculture industry properly dispose of nearly 2 million pounds of unwanted or unusable pesticides, helping to safeguard our environment.”

Each year, many pesticide products are discontinued or phased out, leaving growers, commercial establishments and applicators with quantities of potentially dangerous and toxic materials that

cannot be placed in landfills. The unwanted pesticides often become a safety hazard and an environmental concern through long-term storage in barns, garages or other areas.

Licensed pesticide applicators, pesticide dealers and commercial pesticide application businesses in the designated counties are eligible to participate by completing the CHEMSWEEP registration/inventory form that will be direct-mailed. Registration closes March 31.

An independent contractor hired by the Department of Agriculture will collect and package all waste pesticides primarily for incineration at facilities approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

CHEMSWEEP will cover the disposal cost for the first 2,000 pounds per participant. Above that level, participants will be billed at the department’s contracted price.

The program is funded through annual registration fees paid by pesticide manufacturers and applicators. To obtain registration forms or to find additional information, visit www.pda.state.pa.us/C HEMSWEEP .

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Home,, Family,, Friendss & You How to have a healthy diet and celebrate too (NAPSA) — Creating great-tasting holiday treats doesn’t have to mean giving up a healthful lifestyle. A little ingenuity and some wholesome ingredients can go a long way toward continuing to follow a healthy diet and still enjoy traditional baked goods-deliciously.

Baking Ideas To make your holiday recipes healthier, try these tips: • Go with the grains — Use whole grains such as wheat, flax and oats instead of all-purpose flour.

They’re generally gluten- free and can help you meet your fiber needs.

• Bake it without a grain of salt — Reduce sodium in your baked goods with unsalted butter and lowsodium baking powder. A reduced salt intake can lower blood pressure and prevent hypertension, say the experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. When oil cannot be substituted, unsalted butter is one alternative to lower your salt intake; and you can now get a low-sodium baking powder that’s gluten-free and has no trans fats. Plus, although it has less than half the sodium of ordinary baking powder, the new offering from Rumford is a 1:1 replacement and guaranteed to produce light and fluffy cakes, breads, pancakes and more.

• Be fruitful — or at least let your pastries be full of fruit, such as antioxidant-rich pumpkin. You may like to try this healthful twist on a holiday season favorite:

Pumpkin Mandelbrot With Cinnamon Sugar 3/4 cup unsalted butter 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, packed 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 3/4 cup pumpkin puree 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoons cloves 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons Rumford Reduced Sodium Baking Powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Cinnamon Sugar Coating: 1 cup granulated sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a mixing bowl, combine butter, sugars, eggs and pumpkin. Stir in spices, 31⁄2 cups of the flour, Rumford Reduced Sodium Baking Powder and baking soda. Stir in more flour as required to make a stiff but soft batter. Using floured hands, spread dough out on the baking sheet into 2 logs about 3 inches and 6-7 inches long.

Bake 35-50 minutes until the log is set and dry to the touch. Cool well and lower oven temperature to 325°F. Cut into diagonal cookies (about 30 pieces).

Place cookies back on sheet and bake to crisp up cookies, about 20-30 minutes. Cool well and then toss cookies in cinnamon sugar (a paper bag works well, just gently shake to coat cookies).

Makes about 3 dozen.

For more information, tips and recipes, visit Clabber Girl at www.bakingfortheholidays.com or call 812-232-9446.

Set yourself, your family and your guests up for good eating and healthful living by baking up a batch of beautiful cookies that are lower in salt and fat and high in fiber and antioxidants - and make great gifts, too.

Holiday weight-gain myth is bunk, scientists say The common assumption that people put on 5 pounds over the holidays has been studied and actually found to be a myth, according to scientists at Vanderbilt University. In fact, weight gain from Thanksgiving through New Year’s is, on average, closer to three-quarters of a pound to 1 pound.

And while this doesn’t sound as drastic, what typically happens with obesity is that people gain weight slowly and keep it on, said Vanderbilt obesity expert Roger Cone, Ph.D., professor and chairman of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics.

“It’s not just overeating at holidays. We are chronically overeating and under-exercising in this country,” Cone said. “And what happens then is your weight gradually creeps up.”

“If we do become obese, it’s because there is a minor difference between what we are consuming and what we are burning,” he said. “So the trick is to try to match your energy expenditure with your energy intake, to try to control your diet overall and keep it healthy, and to try to up your activity until the two are in balance.”

Obesity leads to health-care costs that are 36 percent higher, on average, and a 77 percent increase in medication costs.

Liz Aleman, Healthy Children’s program manager for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, said obesity is the result of poor choices and behaviors more than genetics and metabolism, which means there is a lot a person can do to fight obesity.

Focus beyond the Thanksgiving table and holiday overeating. The struggle with obesity is year-round.

Tips for healthier eating

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• Drink more water throughout meals to help feel fuller, quicker.

• Be careful with portions (one-half plate should be fruits and vegetables, one-fourth proteins and onefourth grains.)

• Take a long walk after a meal; it is good for digestion and will make you feel better.

• Cook healthy versions of traditional recipes by using resources such as eatbetteramerica.com and mypyramid.gov.

• Use whole grains instead of white for making bread, stuffing and pasta.

• Substitute applesauce for oil when making baked goods such as cookies and cakes.

• Use herbs instead of salt to add flavor to food.

• Adults should exercise 30 minutes a day, which can be divided into 10-minute segments if necessary.

• Use local produce whenever possible. It tends to maintain its nutrients longer than produce that has traveled long distances. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

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AUCTION SECTION and MARKET REPORTS Super Committee’s failure sends Farm Bill Back to square one

by Bob Gray The inability of the Super Committee to agree on $1.2 trillion in budget cuts over the next 10 years has thrown the Farm Bill process into neutral. It now looks like the 2012 Farm Bill will be

completed in the regular way through hearings and consideration of the bill at the Subcommittee and full Committee level next year.

Senate Agriculture Committee

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TRACTORS: Kubota M-120 4WD w/cab & ldr, 2000hrs; '09 McCormick MC 115 4WD w/cab, 168hrs! NH 8560 4WD w/cab 3500 hrs, 140hp; '08 NH TD5050 4WD w/cab; White American 80 4WD w/cab, 2400hrs, Sharp White 270 3400hrs; Nice JD 4450 PS MFWD w/cab - recent overhaul; JD 3155 4WD w/cab; JD 2355 w/ldr; JD 2155 w/ ldr; JD 2440; Kubota M6800 4WD w/ ldr1000hrs; AC 8010 4WD w/cab; Ford 4610 w/ ldr; NH 3010, 1200hrs; (2) JD 4020 dsl-side console; JD 2520 gas- super nice original one owner tractor!

JD3020 PS; Kubota MX5000 narrow; NH 4230 Narrow w/cab; JD 2750 4WD w/ldr; NH6560 HiClearance; Ford 3600 w/cab-1500 orig. hrs; JD 4420 combine w/2 heads, 2500hrs; CaseIH 385 4WD w/ ldr-1800hrs NICE; IH 384 low hrs; Ford 3400 w/ldr; AC 190XT gas; Case 1390; Hesston 980DT; Ford 851; DB 990; IH 656 dsl; MF 265; MF 230; MF 65 w/ldr; AC200; (2) AC 5040; Oliver 1250; JD1010; Ford 8N, 9N, 800; 2000; 3000; JD 1010 w/ PS; Plus many more tractors large and small!!!

COMPACT TRACTORS: JD 4600 w/ldr, 1200hrs; '09 McCormick CT28 4WD w/ldr, like new; NH 1920 w/cab & ldr-low hrs; Kubota B2410 w/ldr & mwr; Bobcat 335 Hydro w/ldr & backhoe; Bobcat 335 Hydro w/ldr; McCormick GX40 hydro-low hours; Kubota BX2200 w/ldr & mwr; NH 1520 w/ldr; Cub Cadet 7234 4WD w/ldr; MF 205; (2) Kubota L175; Kubota L200; Bolens 4WD w/ldr; Economy; CIH 255 w/ mwr; JD 850; Challenger MT 295 4WD w/ldr, 88 hrs, bad engine; '84 Harley Sportster; Woods 7500 backhoe; lots of 3pt implements; & much more.

SALVAGE: JD 7300 SP Forage Harvester 500hrs, fire damage; CaseIH MX 220, fire damage; JD 5460 Forage Harvester, fire damage; 2009 Bobcat V523 Telehandler, fire damage; Kubota M108X 4WD fire damage; more coming in!

INDUSTRIAL: Komatsu 27R excavator, 1800hrs; (2) Teledyne D3600 diesel forklifts; Interstate 9 ton trailer; Vermeer SC2522 stump grinder-low hrs; Caretree 3pt tree spade, very nice; Vermeer front mount tree spade; Bobcat 853 SS w/Hi Flow; Bobcat 743 SS; Case 1825 SS; Kubota L35 TLB; JD 400 TLB; JD 301 w/ldr; JD 450 Dozer; Case 480DLL loader; MF 386 dsl forklift; Johnston 4400 sweeper w/Cummins dsl; Loftness HD 8' flail mwr for skid steer, like new;

Loftness HD trencher for SSL, like new; NH L775 SS; New Lowe SS PHD; Harley rake for SS; Lots more coming in!!

FROM ONE LOCAL OWNER; MF1085; IH384 diesel; Oliver 770 w/ PS & 3pt; Ford 800; Nice NH316 baler w/thrower; NH1465 haybine-like new; NH169 6 star tedder; JD660 rake; (2) steel kicker wgns; Hesston 1095 haybine; 9 ft snowblower; IH710 5x plow; AC 12 ft discs; JD 8200 drill; McFarlane 20ft drags; NH 325 spreader; Gates; etc; FARM EQ: Hesston 545 round baler, like new; Agripac round bale tube wrapper; AG Bag bale tube wrapper Kuhn GF8501 8 star tedder, excellent; Hesston BP25 round bale processor; Krone KR 250D round baler w/netwrap; Claas 62 round baler; Hesston 5530 RB; (2) NH 315 balers; JD 337 & 327 balers; NH354 grinder-mixer; NH 1411 & 415 discbines; Sharp NH 477 haybine; Tomahawk 6060 bale chopper; Durand Wylan 1500 orchard sprayer; Sitrex 9ft disc mower; Fella 7ft drum mower; Kuhn GA4100 12ft rotary rake; Gehl 1285 harvester w/ KP & 2 heads; Great Plains 10ft NoTill drill; NI 3632 tandem box spreader, like new; Excellent Knight 1030 box spreader; Bush Hog 12ft offset disc; Tye 6ft notill drill-never used !;Morra rotary rake; Knight 2170 stationary mixer; 25kw pto alt; Woods 6500 backhoe; JD 4000 14ft disc; Twose ditch bank mower; Moore no-till drill; JD 10ft cultimulcher; Walinga 510 grain vac; Steiner mixer wagon; (3) NI tandem axle spreaders; Hardy 35 ST loader; several other used loaders; Nearly new Shaver post driver; (5) New & Used 3pt snowblowers; England Pellet stove, one yr old; (20+) pcs lawn and garden including Ferris IS 3000; (2) Cub Cadet Zforce; New and old garden tractors, snowblowers etc; (2) large wagonloads of new tractor parts, tools; chain; binders; etc. Lots of bargains-It's Christmas!! Much more by auction day!!!

ANTIQUES: Farmall HV high crop, nut & bolt restoration!! Hand built steam tractor w/1909 Stanley Steamer engine & current boiler inspection; MMG1000 LP gas Wheatland, good original; IH Spirit of '76 garden tractor; Oliver Super 55; JD A on steel; JD Lindeman crawler; JD 60; JD 70; JD M; JD unstyled AR on steel; Case RC; Case CC on steel; IH Super MTA; Farmall 400; (5) Hit & Miss Engines; MH horse drawn spreader; Restored early Farmall H pedal tractor; (2) vintage British bicycles; Much more coming in!

TERMS: Cash or Good Check. Payment in full auction day. List is subject to change. All items sold "as is." 2 Auctioneers bring a friend!! Large items onsite

by Dec 2nd guaranteed to be listed on internet bidding; Consignments accepted 'til 5pm Fri, Dec. 9th. Five percent buyer's premium for internet purchases only.

New Kuhn Knight RC 200 Series Mixers Kuhn North America, Inc., of Brodhead, WI, introduces the fully-redesigned RC 200 Series Reel Commercial mixers.

These mixers provide superior durability and performance, with new advanced options that separate them from the competition. For dairy

and beef producers mixing rations with high percentages of roughages or distillers grain, this new design gives them the ability to efficiently handle a wide range of materials.

The all-new, open-concept Helix Reel option provides faster, more

consistent mixing and improved load leveling with any ration. It allows the operator to work more efficiently and move on to the next batch of feed faster, as a result of quicker unloading and a more complete cleanout. The HeavyDuty Drive option offers

extended life, in even the most extreme use cycles, and gives producers the ability to mix the heaviest feedstuffs. These enhancements, combined with the versatility and low horsepower requirement that are the hallmark of the reel and auger design, put these

new RC models at the head of their class! With truck, trailer and stationary models, and mixing capacities of 500-950 cubic feet, there’s a machine to fit every feeding situation.

Kuhn North America is a leading innovator in the field of agricultural

and industrial equipment, specializing in spreaders, mixers, hay and tillage tools. Kuhn and Kuhn Knight branded products are sold through farm equipment dealers throughout the United States, Canada, and many other countries.

Farm Bill has resulted in a great deal of heartburn among other members of the Agriculture Committees. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), the Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has made it clear he is not on board with the Farm Bill recommendations that were crafted by the two chairs of the Agriculture Committees and their staff.

A number of members of the Agriculture Committees are calling for a “clean slate approach” which would mean starting all over.

And a number of farm lobbyists here in D.C. are saying that all of these negative comments by other Agriculture Committee mem-

bers “reflects the fact they do not have the backing of the rank and file members of the Committee for their proposal.”

In the case of dairy policy there is a package in the form of the Dairy Security Act that was part of the proposal sent to the Super

Committee. Therefore it will be a point of departure in developing a Farm Bill next year.

Source: NDFC Newsletter, Nov. 28

Failure from B1 Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and House Agriculture Committee Frank Lucas (R-OK) have said publicly “that with the failure of the Super Committee their effort has ended.”

The two Committee chairs have not released the framework of the Farm Bill they had prepared for the Super Committee — not even to their own colleagues on the Agriculture Committees.

Obviously this less than transparent process in crafting a

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SALE ORDER (1) Recently fresh 1st & 2nd calf heifers - some milking towards 100 lbs.

(2) Springers & bred back cows due this winter - some w/fancy udders (3) Service age bulls - both registered & grades (4) Close up springing heifers due Dec.-Jan. (5) Bred heifers down to weaned calves All Consignments Welcome Cows - Bulls - Heifers Consigners please provide Sire ID, Birth Dates, Dam’s Records, Current S.C.C., Milk Wts., Etc. Your Business Is Appreciated

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REMINDER: Special Heifer Sale Wed., December 14th

4-H youth receive community foundation scholarship JAMESTOWN, NY — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County’s 4-H Program members were honored Saturday at the 75th Annual 4-H Awards Celebration at Celebration Hall in Mayville, by receiving the Stanley Weeks Scholarship.

Stanley W. Weeks of Jamestown has long been interested in youth and in particular, encouragement of youth activities in the field of agriculture. He established a $10,000 endowment fund with the Chautauqua County Region Community Foundation for the specific purpose of providing monetary awards to young people involved in the Chautauqua County 4-H Program. The awards are given to those 4-H members who have made a significant accomplishment in Horticulture, Conservation, Animal Science or Agricultural Engineering. Congratulations to this year’s Stanley Weeks Scholarship winners Cassandra Skal and Rachel Vaillancourt.

Cassandra Skal the daughter of Matthew and Claudia Skal of Erie, PA, is a freshman at The University of Findlay in Ohio, studying Animal Science and Pre-Veterinary Medicine. She plans to graduate from Findlay with a major and possibly a minor in Western Equestrian or Business Management.

She then plans to attend Veterinary School, graduating with a DVM to open

her own practice and treat both large and small animals. Cassandra was a long time 4-H member in Chautauqua County participating in the Dog, Sheep, Poultry, Swine, Rabbit and Club Projects.

Rachel the daughter of Rick and Cheryl Vaillancourt of Mayville, NY is a freshman at Delaware Valley College in Pennsylvania, majoring in Livestock Management and minoring in Pre-Veterinary Medicine. She plans to attend Veterinary School and graduate to become a large animal Veterinarian.

Rachel was a long time 4-H member in Chautauqua County participating in the Beef, Goat, Rabbit, Dog, and Club Projects.

4-H friends and fellow scholarship winners Rachel Vaillancourt (left) and Cassandra Skal (right).

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AUC TION CALENDAR To Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative or Contact David Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381 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. A group of Jersey & Jersey cross steers. Misc. & Small Animals. 1 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 • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752.

• 12:00 Noon: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033, 585-738-2104.

• 12:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dryden, NY. Calves. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-844-9104 • 12:30 PM: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Misc. & Small Animals. 1 pm Dairy. We now sell Lambs, Goats, Pigs & Feeders immediately following Dairy. Calves & Cull Beef approx. 5-5:30 pm. We will be open the day after Christmas - Business as usual. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-9721770 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, December 6 • 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, 800-321-3211.

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 • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dryden, NY. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-844-9104 • 1:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Calves followed by beef. Dale Chambers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315829-3105 • 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, 585-7382104

Thursday, December 8 • Lebanon Area Fairgrounds, Lebanon, PA. 2 Day Sale. Dec. 8 & 9! Holiday Holstein Sale. Over 400 head of Reg. & Sire ID’d Holsteins. Cows sell on the 8th, heifers on the

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

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

9th. Co-managed by The Cattle Exchange & Stonehurst Farms, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop off only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752 • 9:30 AM: 534 Ashby Ridge Rd., Parkersburg, WV. 2 Major Late Model Rental Fleet Job Completion Auctions. Coulson Equipment. Selling Real Estate at 12 noon. 5 acres commercial land on Interstate 77, Parkersburg, WV. Current appraisal available upon request. Online bidding available.

Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc., 315-633-2944, 315-633-9544 • 12:30 PM: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033, 585-738-2104.

• 1:15 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Dairy Cattle followed by Beef & Calves. Dale Chambers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105 • 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 • 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, 800321-3211.

Friday, December 9 • 9:30 AM: 317 Main St., Danville, NH. Complete Liquidation Retirement Auction for M&D Equipment, Inc. Screening Plants, Rubber Tired Loaders, Crawler Tractors, Tractor Loader Backhoes, Skid Steers, Hydraulic Excavators, Vibratory Rollers, Detachable Gooseneck Trailers, Truck Tractors, Water Trucks, Sander Trucks, Dump Trucks, Pickup Trucks, Tagalong Trailers, Snows Plows & Spreaders, Spare Buckets, Tires,

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Tampers, Small Generators, Air Compressors and much more. Also 34.2 +/- acre Quarry/Gravel Pit. All Town & State permits.

Approx. 1 million yards of material still in the ground. Online bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc., 315-633-2944, 315-633-9544 • 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY. Auction every Friday. Full line of produce, bedding plants & flowers. Mohawk Valley Produce Auction, 518-568-3579

Saturday, December 10 • 9:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Horse Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 9:30 AM: 1755 S. E. Frontage R., Sturtevant, WI. Late Model Earthmoving Equipment, Truck Tractors, Dump Trailers, Equipment Trailers, Campers. Online bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc., 315-633-2944, 315-633-9544 • 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. Featuring Rolling Ridge Dairy Milking Herd Dispersal. 15 Head of Registered Cattle.

Grazing herd with light grain & baleage.

Misc. & Small Animals. 1 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 607-9721770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

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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

AUC TION CALENDAR To Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative or Contact David Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381 • 10:00 AM: 12658 S. Winchester, Calumet Park, IL. Late Model Truck Tractors, Dump Trucks, Construction Equip., Attachments, Support Equip & Dump Trailers. Online bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc., 315-633-2944, 315-633-9544

Wednesday, December 14 • 9:30 AM: Rt. 38 & 38B, Newark Valley, NY. NY Farm & Construction Consignment Auction. Goodrich Auction Service, 607-6423293 www.goodrichauctionservice.com • 10:00 AM: 12601 State Rd. 545 North, Winter Garden, FL. Rental Fleet Construction Auction, Support Equip., Trucks & Trailers. Online bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc., 315-633-2944, 315-633-9544 • 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Calf Sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041, 585738-2104 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Thursday, December 15 • 10:00 AM: 2041 Goose Lake Rd., Sauget, IL. Late Model Cat Rental Fleet Auction.

Construction Equip., Attachments, Support, Trucks & Trailers. Online bidding available.

Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc., 315-633-2944, 315-633-9544 • 4:30 PM: Bath Market, Bath, NY. Special Feeder Calf and Beef Replacement Sales.

Phil Laug, Mgr., Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-776-2000 or 315-427-7845.

Model Truck Tractors, various Equipment Trailers: Walking Floors, Dumps, Drop Decks, Hi-Flats & Expandables. Online bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc., 315-633-2944, 315-633-9544 • 10:00 AM: Canaan, VT. Complete Dairy Herd Dispersal of 500 Head for Bill & Ursula Johnson. Sales Managers, Northeast Kingdom Sales, 802-525-4774, Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892 neks@together.net

Saturday, December 17 • 9:30 AM: 4501 Leipzig Ave., Mays Landing, NJ. Rental Return Auction of Construction, Support Equipment, Attachments, Pickups, Dump Trucks, Truck Tractors, Trailers & More. Online bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc., 315-633-2944, 315-633-9544

Monday, December 19 • Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Monthly Sheep, Lamb, Goat & Pig Sale. We now sell Lambs, Goats, Pigs & Feeders immediately following Dairy.

Calves & Cull Beef approx. 5-5:30 pm. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-8478800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Wednesday, December 21 • 9:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale. Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104.

• 10:00 AM: 3277 Lexington Road Richmond, KY. Secured Creditors Auction: Construction Equipment, Drilling Equipment, Support, Trucks & Trailers. Online bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc., 315-633-2944, 315633-9544

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

Monday, December 26 • Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). We will be open the day after Christmas - Business as usual!

Happy Holiday wishes from The Hosking Family, the Sale Barn crew & Cafe Girls. We appreciate all the business & friends we have made along the way! Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Wednesday, December 28 • 9:30 AM: Tuscaloosa, AL. Large Logging, Construction, Truck Tractors, Dump & Utility Trucks, Support Equipment Auction. Online bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc., 315-6332944, 315-633-9544 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Friday, December 30 • 10:00 AM: 398 Old Schuylerville Rd., Greenwich, NY (Washington Co. Fairgrounds). Rental Returns of New Holland, Kobelco, Cat Construction Equipment, Support, Attachments, Trucks & Trailers. Online bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc., 315-6332944, 315-633-9544

• 9:00 AM: 5253 Rt. 364, corner of Upper Hill Rd., 1 mi. E of Middlesex, NY. Melvin & Joan Bodine Retirement Auction. Farm is sold, selling farm equipment and shop tools.

Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-3961676 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.ht m

Saturday, January 7 • 9:30 AM: Pittsburgh, PA. Very Large Job Completion Auction for Fleischner Excavation. Online bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc., 315-633-2944, 315-633-9544 • 10:00 AM: 3517 Railroad Ave., Alexander, NY. Z&M Ag & Turf Auction. Public Auction Sale of Farm Tractors, Machinery, Landscape, Tools, Lawn Tractor & Mowers. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-2431563. www.teitsworth.com

Thursday, January 12 • Portland, OR. Major Job Completion Auction. Online bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc., 315-633-2944, 315-633-9544

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 610-662-8149 www.leamanauctions.com

Monday, February 6

Saturday, December 31

• Kissimmee, FL. Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, Inc., 419-865-3990 info@yoderandfrey.com www.yoderandfrey.com

• 8:30 AM: Hoover Tractor, Mifflinburg, PA. 5th Annual New Years Sale. Accepting consignments. Fraley Auction Co., 570-5466907 www.fraleyauction.com

• Penn Yan, NY. Farm Machinery & farm smalls plus a few household goods for Ivan & Verna Zimmerman. L.W. Horst Auctioneer, 315-536-0954

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!

NORTHAMPTON COOP. AUCTION Whately, MA • Farmer Owned Since 1949 Livestock Commission Auction Sales at noon every Tues.

Consignments at 9 AM 413-665-8774

ROY TEITSWORTH, INC. AUCTIONEERS Specialist in large auctions for farmers, dealers, contractors and municipalities.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Auctions Every Mon., Wed., & Thurs.

717-354-4341 Sales Mon., Wed. • Thurs. Special Sales

R.G. MASON AUCTIONS Richard G. Mason We do all types of auctions Complete auction service & equipment Phone/Fax 585-567-8844

L. W. HORST AUCTIONEER 1445 Voak Rd., Penn Yan, NY 14527 315-536-0954 • Fax: 315-536-6189

NORTHEAST KINGDOM SALES INC. Jim Young & Ray LeBlanc Sales Mgrs. • Barton, VT Jim - 802-525-4774 • Ray - 802-525-6913 neks@together.net

ROBERTS AUCTION SERVICE MARCEL J. ROBERTS Specializing in farm liquidations.

802-334-2638 • 802-777-1065 cell robertsauction@together.net

Friday, December 16 • 9:30 AM: 935 US 23 North, Delaware, OH (Delaware Co. Fairgrounds). Over 60 Plus Trailers Sell! One Owner Auction. Late

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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

WILLIAM KENT, INC. Sales Managers & Auctioneers Farm Real Estate Brokers • Stafford, NY 585-343-5449 www.williamkentinc.com WRIGHT’S AUCTION SERVICE 48 Community Dr., Derby, VT 14541 802-334-6115 www.wrightsauctions.com

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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

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middlefield, CT November 21, 2011 On the Hoof, Dollars/Cwt No report ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES East Middlebury, VT November 28, 2011 Cattle: 146 Calves: 263 Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75% Lean not well tested; Breakers 7580% lean 72-78; Boners 8085% lean 66-75; Lean 8590% lean 48-67.50.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls 92-125# 75-130; 80-92# not well tested.

Vealers: 100-120# 50-70; 90-100# 55-73; 80-90# 5072.50; 70-80# 50-68; 6070# 30-55.

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COSTA & SONS LIVESTOCK & SALES Fairhaven, MA November 30, 2011 Cows: Canners 38-55; Cutters 56.50-64; Util 66-76.

Bulls: 67-82.

Steers: Ch 119-126; Sel 84-108; Hols. 81-96.

Heifers: Sel 64-88; Hols.

71-84.50.

Calves: 4-110/ea.

Feeders: 28-101 Sheep: 71-84 Lambs: 81-159 Goats: 48-168/ea.

Kids: 34-111/ea.

Sows: 55 Hogs: 51-56/ea.

Feeder Pigs: 34-35/ea.

Chickens: 3-8.50 Rabbits: 5.50-18 Ducks: 7-20.50 * Sale every Wed. @ 7 pm.

FLAME LIVESTOCK Littleton, MA Novembe 29, 2011 Beef Cattle: Canners .30.45; Cuttes .45-.55; Util .65.74; Bulls .65-.80; Steers .70-1.15; Hfrs. .60-.75.

Calves: Growers .70-1.30; Hfrs. 1-1.25; Veal .60-1.05.

Hogs: Feeders 35-70; Sows 40-48; Market 55-60.

Sheep: 70-80 Goats: 80-130; Billies 130175; Kids .30-1.10.

Lambs: 1.20-2 NORTHAMPTON COOPERATIVE AUCTION, INC Whately, MA November 29, 2011 Calves (/cwt): 0-60# 10-30; 61-75# 20-55; 76-95# 2265; 96-105# 30-60; 106# & up 30-65.

Farm Calves: 70-130/cwt.

Feeders: 33-112/cwt.

Heifers: 45-70/cwt.

Steers: 45-62/cwt.

Bulls: 68-75.50/cwt.

Canners: 25-51/cwt.

Cutters: 51.50-67/cwt.

Utility: 68-77/cwt.

Sows: 50.50-52.50/cwt.

Hogs: 66-76/cwt.

Boars: 16/cwt.

Shoats: 79/cwt.

Pigs: 8-45/ea.

Lambs: 130-230/cwt.

Sheep: 57.50-72.50/cwt.

Goats: 40-155/ea.

Rabbits: 1-6/ea.

Poultry: 1-8/ea.

Hay: 5 lots, 2.10-3.60/bale. northamptonlivestockauction.homestead.com HACKETTSTOWN AUCTION Hackettstown, NJ November 29, 2011 Livestock Report: 69 Calves .05-1.32, Avg .66; 50 Cows .40-.75, Avg .59; 8 Easy Cows .13.5-.57, Avg .38; 16 Feeders 300-500# .38-.76, Avg .58; 10 Heifers .49-.81.5, Avg .65; 14 Bulls .53-.75, Avg .65; 7 Steers .55.5-1.10, Avg .79; 2 Hogs .41-.45, Avg .43; 2 Roasting Pigs 15; 1 Boar 25; 2 Sows 11-45, Avg 45; 51 Sheep .40-1, Avg .73; 5 Lambs (ea) 80-90, Avg 84, 82 (/#) .84-2.05, Avg 1.76; 9 Goats (ea) 90-135, Avg 120.56; 26 Kids (ea) 10-132.50, Avg 35.19; 4 Hides (ea) 3-5, Avg 4.50; 2 Llamas/Alpacas 4050, Avg 45. Total 360.

Poultry & Egg Report: Heavy Fowl (/#) .60-3.15; Leghorn Fowl (ea) 3.50; Mixed Fowl (/#) .60; Pullets (ea) 4-5; Geese (ea) 10.5014; Roosters (/#) 1.10; Bunnies (ea) 3.50; Rabbits (/#) 1.75-4.75; Pigeons (ea) 2.50-6.75; Guineas (ea) 35.

Grade A Eggs: White Jum XL 1.65; Brown Jum XL 1.90-1.95; L 1.89; M 1.15.

Hay, Straw & Grain Report: 2 Mixed 2.50-5.60; 3 Timothy 3.40-4.10; 3 Grass 3.60-4.30; 2 Mulch 2.40-3. Total 10.

CAMBRIDGE VALLEY LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Cambridge, NY No report EMPIRE LIVESTOCK MARKET BURTON LIVESTOCK Vernon, NY November 24, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. .75-1.50; Grower Bulls over 92# .801.50; 80-92# .70-1.20.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .60.75; Lean .40-.62; Hvy. Beef .63-.80.

Dairy Replacements (/hd): Fresh Cows 800-1500; Springing Cows 850-1400; Springing Hfrs. 900-1450; Bred Hfrs. 700-1200; Fresh Hfrs. 800-1600; Open Hfrs.

350-900; Started Hfrs. 100400; Service Bulls 4001000.

Beef (/#): Feeders .60-1.

Lamb/Sheep (/#): Feeder .75-1.40; Market .80-1.50; Slaughter Sheep .30-.65.

Goats (/hd): Billies 100175; Nannies 70-115; Kids 20-80.

Swine (/hd): Feeder Pig 20-50.

CENTRAL BRIDGE LIVESTOCK Central Bridge, NY No report CHATHAM MARKET Chatham, NY November 28, 2011 Calves (/#): Grower over 92# 1.05-1.25; 80-92# .65.85; Bob Veal .55-.61.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .66-.72; Lean .60-.66.50; Hvy. Beef Bulls .76-.80.

Beef (/hd): Feeders 98111; Beef Sel 60-79; Veal 89-100.

Lamb/Sheep (/#): Slaughter Sheep .63.

Goats (/hd): Billies 110; Nannies 75-92.50; Kids 4546.50.

Swine (/hd): Hog 110; Sow 35-45.50; Feeder Pig (piglets) 22-27.50. *Buyers always looking for pigs.

CHERRY CREEK Cherry Creek, NY No report DRYDEN MARKET Dryden, NY November 21, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. .70-.90; Grower Bulls over 92# 1.101.65; 80-92# .80-1.20; Bob Veal .10-.72.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .64-.75; Lean .58-.66; Hvy. Beef .68.73.

Beef (/#): Feeders .70-.80; Hols. Sel .82-.94.

Lamb/Sheep (/#): Market .95-1.05; Slaughter Sheep .70-.80.

Goats (/hd): Nannies 77.

Swine (/#): Feeder pig (/hd) 20-25.

GOUVERNEUR LIVESTOCK Governeur, NY No report PAVILION MARKET Pavilion, NY November 21, 2011 Calves (/#): Grower Calves over 92# 1.25-1.50; 80-92# .70-1.25; Bob Veal .10-.45.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .625.755; Lean .575-.65; Hvy. Beef Bulls .76.

Beef (/#): Beef Ch 1.141.215; Hols. Ch .95-.97.

Swine (/#): Feeder Pig (/hd) 47.

BATH MARKET Bath, NY No report FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK AUCTION Canandaigua, NY November 30, 2011 Dairy Cows for Slaughter: Bone Util 54-72.50; Canners/Cutters 42-65.

Slaughter Calves: Bob 95110# 40-70; 80-95# 3567.50; 60-80# 30-65.

Gouverneur

Canandaigua Pavilion Penn Yan Dryden Cherry Creek

Bath

Vernon New Berlin

Cambridge

Central Bridge Chatham

Dairy Calves Ret. to Feed: Bulls over 95# 75-150; 8095# 70-145; 70-80# 65100; Hfr. calves 150-205.

Beef Steers: Ch (grain fed) 110-126; Sel 99.50.

Holsein Steers: Ch (grain fed) 90-108; Sel 80-88.

Hogs: Slaughter US 1-3 65; Feeder Pigs US 103 3051.

Feeder Lambs: Ch 50-80# 175-210; Market Ch 80100# 105-160.

Slaughter Sheep: M 57.50-80.

Nannies: L 75-140.

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

FINGER LAKES HAY AUCTION Penn Yan, NY November 25, 2011 Hay: 1st cut 130-195; 2nd cut 150-300; 3rd cut 215285; 4th cut 210-275.

Straw: 192.50-310 HOSKING SALES New Berlin, NY November 28, 2011 Cattle: Bone Util .60-.72; Canners/Cutters .58-.65; Easy Cows .60 & dn.

Bulls: Bulls/Steers .68-.78.

Calves: Bull Calves 96120# .80-1.42; up to 95# .10-.95; Hols. under 100# 1.

BELKNAP LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belknap, PA No report BELLEVILLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belleville, PA November 23, 2011 Holstein Steers: Sel 1-3 1205-1320# 71.25-75.50.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 62.50-65, lo dress 57-60.75; Boners 8085% lean 57.25-60.25, hi dress 64.75; Lean 85-90% lean 53-55, lo dress 46.7552.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1486-1684# 68-73.50.

Feeder Cattle: Steers M 1 630# 92.50; M 2 650# 80; L 3 Hols. 828-952# 70-71.50; Hfrs. M&L 2 258# 90; Herefords 562# 60; Bulls M 1 860# 80; L 3 Hols. 250# 76.

Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.

Bulls 94-116# 110-152.50, one 170; No. 2 94-124# 77.50-112.50; 88-90# 5060; No. 3 96-110# 50-62.50; 78-92# 30-50; No. 2 Hols.

Hfrs. 90# 100/hd; Vealers Util 72-90# 5-40.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 49-54% lean 280340# 230-240/hd; Sows US 1-3 400# 117.50-135/hd; 550# 225/hd; Boars 260# 95/hd.

Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 1045# 10-34; 65-90# 18-55.

Slaughter Lambs: Ch 2-3 68-96# 140-187.50; 120# 152.50; Ewes Gd 2-3 118146# 80; Rams 156-204# 67.50-92.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 70# 130; Sel 2 40-50# 5090; 60-75# 75-80; Nannies Sel 1 100-120# 100-120.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA November 29, 2011 Slaughter Cattle: Steers Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 14901620# 109-112.50; Ch 1470-1645# 105-108.50; Sel & Lo Ch 1515-1715# 95.50-104.50; Hfrs. Sel & Ch Herefords 1350-1420# 114-124; Beef Cow & Hols.

Hfrs. (all wts.) 105.50109.50.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White & Hols. Hfrs. 75-88; Breakers 70-74; Boners 6573; Lean 65-72.50; Big Middle/lo dress/lights 56-64; Shelly 55 & dn.

Feeder Cattle: Steers L No. 1 485-810# fleshy 8995; one Hols. 1190# 77.50; Hfrs. Hols./Dairy types 9980-1215# 60-90.50; Bulls Hols. 1015-1235# 57.5076.50; one Hereford 1010# 72.50.

Calves Ret. to Farm: Hols.

Bulls No. 1 90-120# 135152; No. 2 90-120# 105137; No. 3 80-100# 75-100.

Swine: Hogs 235-290# 5864; 310-385# 60-65.

Goats (/hd): Fancy Kids 127-137; Fleshy Kids 70120; Small/thin/bottle 1067.

Lambs: Ch 75# 185.

Sheep: (all wts.) 62-100 Sale every Tuesday * 5 pm for Rabbits, Poultry & Eggs * 6 pm for Livestock starting with calves. * Special Goat, Lamb & Sheep Sale for Christmas.

Tues., Dec. 13 @ 6 pm. * State Graded Feeder Pig Sale for Christmas & New Year Fri., Dec. 16. Receiving 7:30 am til 10 am. Sale 1 pm. * Special Fed Cattle Sales Dec. 6, 20 & 27.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA Small Animal Sale November 29, 2011 Rabbits: 2-2.75 Chickens: 1-6 Quail: 2 Ducks: 3-5 Bunnies: 1-3.50 Chicks: .75-1 Pigeons: 3-3.75 Guinea Pigs: .50-2 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 No report EIGHTY FOUR LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Holland, PA November 28, 2011 Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75% lean 77-78, hi dress 79, lo dress 72; Breakers 75-80% lean 72-

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT 75, lo dress 68; Boners 8085% lean 67-71.50, hi dress 73.50, lo dress 64-66; Lean 85-90% lean 62-66, hi dress 65-67, lo dress 59-61.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1420-1650# 75-80; YG 2 1390-2205# 70-72.

Steers: M&L 1 500-600# 127.50-132.50.

Heifers: M&L 1 300# 132.50; 500-700# 108122.50; M&L 2 300-500# 105-115; 500-700# 101108.

Bulls: M&L 1 300-500# 125-137.50, few fancy 152.50; 500-700# 125-135; M&L 2 300-500# 107.50122.50, thin type 127.50; 500-700# 90-95.

Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.

Bulls 90-120# 110-140; No. 2 90-130# 80-102.50; No. 3 85-120# 40-70; Beef 90105# 100-135; Vealers Util 65-120# 25-40.

Sows: US 1-3 535# 54.

Slaughter Lambs: Ch 1-3 60-100# 168-178, few 180; Yearlings 160-165# 110120.

Slaughter Ewes: Util 1-2 140-270# 60-72.50.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 2 55-65# 60-75; 35# 37.50; Nannies Sel 2 117-130# 7580/cwt; Wethers Sel 2 170# 60/cwt.

GREENCASTLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Greencastle, PA No report INDIANA FARMERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION Homer City, PA No report KUTZTOWN HAY & GRAIN AUCTION Kutztown, PA November 26, 2011 Alfalfa: 4 lds, 210-330 Mixed Hay: 13 lds, 160390 Timothy: 4 lds, 215-280 Grass: 17 lds, 160-335 Straw: 6 lds, 150-210 Firewood: 9 lds, 60-90 Clover: 1 ld, 240 Shavings: 1 ld, 70 Oats: 1 ld, 5.50

Mercer

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New Wilmington

Dewart Leesport Belleville Homer City

New Holland Carlisle Lancaster Paradise

Eighty-Four 64.50-68.50, lo dress 54.50-58.50.

Slaughter Bulls: Mon. YG 1 1305-1505# 74-77, hi dress 1430-1835# 81.5090, lo dress 1245-1935# 7071.50; Bullocks 915-1260# 75-78; hi dress 900-1440# 82-90, lo dress 885-1350# 69-72.

Holstein Bull Calves: Mon. No 1 95-120# 145-165; 8090# 100-115; No. 2 95-135# 125-140; 75-90# 70-95# 6075; Util 70-115# 35-65; 5570# 11-25 Hols. Hfrs. No. 1 95-110# 160-200; No. 2 7095# 60-120; Tues. No. 1 95121# 140-157; 85-90# 7080; No. 2 95-115# 137-155; 84-90# 52-60; pkg 74# 32; No. 3 83-111# 40-75; pkg 72# 22; Util 73-107# 12-30; Graded Hols. Hfrs. No. 1 93103# 195-215; pkg 84# 125; No. 2 pkg 93# 202; pkg 83# 120; pkg 74# 65; Non-tubing 70-82# 12-47.

LEBANON VALLEY LIVESTOCK AUCTION Fredericksburg, PA November 22, 2011 Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White 65-75% lean 70-75; Breakers 75-80% lean 64.50-66.50; Boners 8085% lean 58-63; Lean 8590% lean 48.50-53.50, lo dress 45-48.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 95-120# 130-155; No. 2 95-115# 80-120; No. 3 80110# 40-60; Util 70-105# 10-50.

LEESPORT LIVESTOCK AUCTION Leesport, PA November 23, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Sel 2-3 1315-1385# 91-99.50; Hols.

Ch 2-3 1190-1650# 95-99; Sel 1-3 1150-1335# 7680.50.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White 65-75% lean 73.5074.50; Breakers 75-80% lean 68-71, hi dress 71-72; Boners 80-85% lean 62.5067.50, hi dress 69.50-71; Lean 85-90% lean 5661.50, hi dress 61.50-64.50, lo dress 49-54.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1600-1920# 71.50-77.50.

Feeder Cattle: Steers M&L

2 300-500# 74; L 3 300500# 62.50-74.50; Hfrs.

M&L 2 500-700# 95-97.

Vealers: Util 70-110# 1050.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 95-120# 135-160; 8590# 80-100; No. 2 95-130# 100-137.50; No. 3 80-120# 40-80.

Lambs: Ch 2-3 50-70# 172.50-217.50; Sheep Gd 2-3 100-110# 67.50-78; Util 1-3 155-260# 40-55.

Goats: Kids Sel 2 60-65# 93-97.

Feeder Pigs (/cwt): US 1-3 60# 102.50.

Slaughter Hogs: 45-50% lean 220-265# 70-72.

MIDDLEBURG LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middleburg, PA November 22, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1350-1520# 126130.50; Ch 2-3 1065-1430# 120.50-124; 1695# 121; Sel 1-3 1155-1315# 113-115; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 13401460# 105-105.50; Ch 2-3 1225-1655# 98-103; 17051745# 94-95; Sel 1-3 12651380# 94-97.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1160-1220# 123.50125.50; Ch 2-3 1040-1350# 116-120.50; YG 4-5 1275# 113; Sel 1-3 1100-1145# 111-114.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 66-70, lo dress 62-65.50; Boners 8085% lean 61-65, lo dress 56.50-60.50; Lean 85-90% lean 55.50-60, hi dress 65.50, lo dress 50-55.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1075-1840# 72-78, hi dress 1330# 84, lo dress 9051615# 55-73.

Feeder Steers: M 1 370# 125; M&L 2 290-342# 102112; 870-960# 95-107; L 3 Hols. 585-820# 72-81.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 360-490# 115-120; 590# 117; Herefords 600# 72; M&L 2 305-410# 100-117; 670-930# 77-82.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 410485# 117-119; 520# 107; Herefords 425# 92; M&L 2 375-395# 102-105; 740# 92; L 3 Hols. 350# 80; 1005# 77.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 95-125# 130-170; No. 2 95-120# 95-135; 85-90# 80-107; No. 3 95-110# 6080; 75-90# 55-75; Hols.

Hfrs. No. 1 90# 150; No. 2 85-125# 70-130; Beef X 90# 80; Vealers Util 70-100# 1065.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 49-54% lean 263277# 74-76; 285-295# 7275; 335-390# 74-78; 4550% lean 255-285# 71-75; 305-390# 69-74.50.

Sows: US 1-3 415-455# 62-63; 515-635# 59-62.50.

Boars: 350-710# 30-35.

Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 3550# 19-29; 65# 35.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 60-66# 170-205; 7376# 190-192; 115-160# 147-152; Yearlings 145# 112; Ewes Gd 2-3 137205# 60-85; Rams 195230# 72-77.

Slaughter Kids: Sel 1 5560# 122-130; Sel 2 20-40# 40-77; 50-70# 70-100.

Slaughter Nannies: Sel 1 100-130# 87-97; Sel 2 90130# 52-77; Sel 3 80-100# 30-47.

Billies: Sel 1 200# 225.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Martinsburg, PA November 28, 2011 Cattle: 96 Cows: Util & Comm. 63-70; Canner/lo Cutter 62 & dn.

Bullocks: Gd & Ch 78-88 Bulls: YG 1 55-75 Feeder Cattle: Steers 7082.50; Bulls 65-80; Hfrs. 6080.

Calves: 120. Ch 100-115; Gd 60-85; Std 15-60; Hols.

Bulls 90-130# 60-150.

Hogs: 39. US 1-2 75-80; US 1-3 70-75; Sows US 1-3 40-60; Boars 15-42.

Feeder Pigs: 35. US 1-3 20-50# 22-59.

Goats: 80-150 MORRISON’S COVE HAY REPORT Martinsburg, PA November 28, 2011 Alfalfa: 320, 1 ld Grass: 395, 1 ld Mixed Hay: 125 Round Bales: 85 Lg. Sq. Bales: 140

Wood: 60 Hay Auction held every Monday at 12:30 pm.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK, POULTRY & RABBIT REPORT Martinsburg, PA November 28, 2011 Roosters: 4.50 Hens: .25-2.75 Banties: .25-1.25 Guineas: 4 Ducks: 4 Bunnies: 4-575 Rabbits: 7-10 Auction held every Monday at 7 pm.

NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES New Holland, PA No report NEW HOLLAND PIG AUCTION New Holland, PA No report *Next Feeder Pig Sale Wed., Dec. 7.

NEW HOLLAND SHEEP & GOATS AUCTION New Holland, PA November 28, 2011 Slaughter Lambs: Nontraditional markets: Wooled & Shorn Ch & Pr 2-3 4060# 225-243; 60-80# 206237; 80-90# 181-196; 90110# 178-193; 110-130# 165-182; 130-150# 156171; Wooled & Shorn Ch 23 60-80# 168-181; 90-110# 153-168; 110-130# 140155; 130-150# 140-148.

Slaughter Ewes: Gd 2-3 M flesh 76-91; 200-300# 6681; Util 1-2 thin flesh 120160# 66-80.

Slaughter Kids: Sel 1 3040# 86-94; 40-60# 90-109; 60-80# 118-136; 80-90# 122-132; 90-100# 128-143; Sel 2 30-40# 68-83; 40-60# 69-87; 70-80# 88-103; 80100# 93-108; Sel 3 30-40# 38-53; 40-60# 42-74; 6080# 70-88; 80-90# 81-94.

Slaughter Nannies/Does: Sel 1 80-130# 99-114; 130180# 114-129; Sel 2 80130# 88-102; 130-180# 94109; Sel 3 50-80# 58-66; 80-130# 69-84.

Slaughter Bucks/Billies: Sel 1 100-150# 163-178; 150-200# 200-210; Sel 2 100-150# 122-137.

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 .05-.10 lower, wheat sold mostly steady,

barley sold .05-.10 higher, Oats sold steady & Soybeans sold .15-.20 lower.

EarCorn sold steady. All prices /bu. except ear corn is /ton.

Southeastern PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.42-7.05, Avg 6.75, Contracts 5.405.43; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.25-6.83, Avg 5.94, Contracts 5.20-5.24; Barley No. 3 Range 4.70-4, Avg 540, Contracts 4.75; Oats No. 2 Range 4.40-5, Avg 4.63; Soybeans No 2 Range 10.55-10.71, Avg 10.58, Contracts 10.7010.76; EarCorn Range 198-200, Avg 199.

Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.25-6.75, Avg 6.60; Wheat 6.83; Barley No. 3 Range 4.75-5.25, Avg 5; Oats No. 2 Range 3.60-4.30, Avg 3.95; Soybeans No. 2 Range 10.5011.50, Avg 10.74; EarCorn Range 195-220, Avg 207.50.

South Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.42-7.10, Avg 6.77; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.60-6.60, Avg 6.10; Barley No. 3 Range 4-6, Avg 4.92; Oats No. 2 Range 3-5.20, Avg 3.86; Soybeans No. 2 Range 10.51-11, Avg 10.73; EarCorn Range 180-190, Avg 185.

Lehigh Valley Area: Corn No. 2 Range 6.70-7.10, Avg 6.88; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.94-6.70, Avg 6.32; Barley No. 3 Range 4.95; Oats No. 2 Range 4.50; Soybeans No. 2 Range 10.70-10.95, Avg 10.78; Gr. Sorghum Range 5.95.

Eastern & Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.427.10, Avg 6.72, Month Ago 7.10, Year Ago 5.30; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.25-6.83, Avg 6.14, Month Ago 6.38, Year Ago 6.02; Barley No. 3 Range 4-6, Avg 5.05, Month Ago 5.06 Year Ago 3.74; Oats No. 2 Range 35.20, Avg 4.12, Month Ago 4.22, Year Ago 2.63; Soybeans No. 2 Range 10.5011.50, Avg 10.71, Month Ago 11.47, Year Ago 11.30; EarCorn Range 180-220; Avg 197.16, Month Ago 195, Year Ago 133.75.

Western PA: Corn No. 2 Range 5.53-6.50, Avg 6.06; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.15; Oats No. 2 3-4.85, Avg 4.07; Soybeans No. 2 10.42.

PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Weekly Livestock Summary November 23, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 124-130.50; Ch 1-3 118-124; Sel 1-2 111-118; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 105112; Ch 2-3 98-103; Sel 1-2 93-97.

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LANCASTER WEEKLY CATTLE SUMMARY New Holland, PA November 23, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1255-1550# 123.50127.50; Ch 2-3 1115-1520# 119-124; Sel 2-3 11951445# 117-122; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1285-1605# 106112; Hfrs. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1320-1540# 120-126.50; Ch 2-3 1110-1460# 116122.

Slaughter Cows: Prem Whites 65-75% lean 72.5075, lo dress 68-71; Breakers 75-80% lean 69-73, hi dress 73.50-77, lo dress 6266.50; Boners 80-85% lean 65-68, hi dress 69-71, lo dress 62.50-64.25; Lean 85-90% lean 60-64, hi dress

Pennsylvania Markets

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 120-126.50; Ch 1-3 115-122; Sel 1-2 109-114.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 66-73; Boners 80-85% lean 63-68; Lean 85-90% lean 55-61.50.

Slaughter Bulls: hi dress 81.50-90; Avg dress 7481.50; lo dress 65-71.50.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300500# 120-128; 500-700# 124-128; M&L 2 300-500# 100-115; 500-700# 95-114.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-500# 105-126; 500700# 94-116; M&L 2 300500# 95-117; 500-700# 90104.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300500# 109-142; 500-700# 102-127; M&L 2 300-500# 102-132; 500-700# 92-109.

Vealers: Util 60-120# 1050.

Farm Calves: No. 1 Hols.

bulls 95-125# 130-165; No. 2 95-125# 100-135; No. 3 80-120# 40-80; No. 1 Hols.

Hfrs. 84-105# 150-220; No. 2 80-105# 70-165.

Hogs: Barrows & Glts 4954% lean 220-270# 72-77; 45-50% lean 220-270# 73.50-74.

Sows: US 1-3 300-500# 54-59; 500-700# 59-63.

Graded Feeder Pigs: US 1-2 30-39# 126-131; 40-49# 111-127; 50-59# 100-118; 60-89# 100-106; 70-79# 9093; US 2 50-59# 101.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch & Pr 2-3 40-60# 203235; 60-80# 192-214; 80110# 168-200; 110-150# 146-180; Ch 1-3 40-60# 168-204; 60-80# 166-185; 80-110# 160-176; Ewes Gd 2-3 120-160# 72-87; 160200# 63-78; Util 1-2 120160# 62-77.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 40-60# 73-102; 60-80# 100-120; 80-100# 108-134; Sel 2 40-60# 72-88; 60-80# 84-111; Sel 3 40-60# 56-82; 60-80# 66-90; Nannies Sel 1 80-130# 100-114; 130180# 106-121; Sel 2 80130# 88-102; Sel 3 50-80# 58-72; 80-130# 68-86; Billies Sel 1 100-150# 165180; 150-250# 208-222; Sel 2 100-150# 135-150; 150250# 171-186.

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 sold sharply higher and straw sold steady. All hay and straw reported sold /ton. Alfalfa 175-325; Alfal-

fa/Grass Mixed 170-335; Timothy 150-250; Straw 100-170 clean; Mulch 6080.

Summary of Lancaster Co. Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 159 lds Hay, 15 Straw. Alfalfa 200-370; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 120460; Timothy 195-400; Grass Hay 100-400; Straw 170-250.

Diffenbach Auct, November 21, 66 lds Hay, 7 lds Straw. Alfalfa 225-370; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 170450; Timothy 195-330; Grass 190-360; Straw 185250.

Green Dragon, Ephrata: November 25, 42 lds Hay, 2 Straw. Alfalfa 200-350; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 150460; Timothy 210-400; Grass Hay 100-400; Straw 235-260.

Weaverland Auct, New Holland: November 17, 22 lds Hay, 5 Straw. Alfalfa 540; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 155-360; Grass 170.99210; Straw 170-260.

Wolgemuth Auction: Leola, PA: November 23, 29 lds Hay, 1 Straw. Alfalfa 235; Alfalfa/Grass Mix 120-370; Timothy 155-245; Grass 125-235; Straw 170-215.

Summary of Central PA Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 120 Loads Hay, 28 Straw.

Alfalfa 210-330; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 105390; Timothy 215-280; Grass 150-250; Straw 110210.

Belleville Auct, Belleville: November 16, 18 lds Hay, 4 lds Straw. Alfalfa 245-275; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 105220; Straw 135-190.

Dewart Auction, Dewart: November 21, 21 lds Hay, 1 Straw. Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 105-315; Straw 200.

Greencastle Livestock: November 14, 4 lds Hay, 1 Straw. Alfalfa/Grass 137.50142.50; Straw 122.50.

Kutztown Auction, Kutztown: November 26, 39 lds Hay, 6 Straw. Alfalfa 210330; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 160-390; Timothy 215-280; Grass Hay 150-335; Straw 150-210 clean.

Middleburg Auct, Middleburg: November 22, 11 lds Hay, 9 Straw. Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 90-250; Grass 145250; Straw 110-180.

Leinbach’s Mkt, Shippensburg: November 12 & 15, 27 lds Hay, 7 Straw.

Alfa;fa 180; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 130-290; Timothy 152.50-265; Grass 152250; Straw 90-150 clean.

New Wilmington Livestock, New Wilmington: November 25, 18 lds Hay, 1 Straw. Alfalfa/Grass 200-

220; Straw 155.

VINTAGE SALES STABLES Paradise, PA November 28, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1255-1550# 126.50129.50; Ch 2-3 1115-1520# 124-126.50; Sel 2-3 11951445# 116-122 Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1320-1540# 121126.50.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 68-70.50, lo dress 63-65; Boners 8085% lean 62-67 Lean 8590% lean 58-62, lo dress 49-52.50.

Holstein Bull Calves: No. 1 95-120# 120-157; 85-90# 50-100; No. 2 100-120# 80120; No. 3 80-125# 50-75; Util 65-115# 15-50. * Next Feeder Cattle Sale Dec. 9.

WEAVERLAND AUCTION New Holland, PA No report WOLGEMUTH AUCTION Leola, PA November 30, 2011 Alfalfa: 3 lds, 318-345 Mixed: 34 lds, 236-425 Timothy: 5 lds, 243-315 Grass: 10 lds, 221-285 Straw: 6 lds, 222-265 Fodder: 3 lds, 147-175

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Selling All Breeds Of Horses Draft Horses, Ponies, Riding & Driving Horses Saddlebreds, Standardbreds, Morgans & Crossbreds Horse consigned by: Paul Miller, Vernon Beachey, John Hershberger, Tim Weaver, Mel Hoover & draft horses from Marshall Bowersox! ~ 1 load of fresh standardbreds consigned by Emanuel Shetler!

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Also selling new & used saddles & other misc. new tack!

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction Phone # (585) 394-1515!

Announcements Day of Sale take Precedence Over Advertising.

Cash or Honorable Check.

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Auctioneer: Mel Hoover -- AU-003111-L • Mel’s cell phone # 717-989-8050

Ten students in the College of Ag Sciences win internship awards Ronald and Joanne Gimmillaro, of Paoli. A Community, Environment and Development major, Gimmillaro was an intern with Zawadi Fund International in Nyeri, Kenya. She is a graduate of Great Valley High School.

• Jenna Hicks, daughter of James and Danita Hicks, of York. A Landscape Contracting major, Hicks was an intern with Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square. She is a graduate of Central York High School.

• Nate Hinterberger, son of Dr. Steven and Vicki Hinterberger, of Butler. A Biological Engineering major, Hinterberger was an intern with Rich Products Corp. in Buffalo, NY. He is a graduate of Butler Area Senior High School.

• Sara Martucci, daughter of Bryan and Jodi Martucci, of Vanderbilt. A Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences major, Martucci was an intern with the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium in Pittsburgh. She is a graduate of Uniontown Area High School.

• Lauren Taneyhill, daughter of Tom and Margie Taneyhill, of Severna Park, MD. A Community, Environment and Development major, Taneyhill was an intern with the National Wildlife Federation in Annapolis, MD. She is a graduate of Archbishop Spalding High School.

• Philip Wise, son of Dirk and Michelle Wise, of Spring Mills. An Agricultural Science major, Wise was an intern with Butterball LLC in Longmont, CO. He is a graduate of Penns Valley Area High School.

• Amy Yeiser, daughter of Rusty and Gail Yeiser, of Arnold, MD. An Animal Sciences major, Yeiser was an intern with the Center for Dairy Excellence in Harrisburg. She is a graduate of Broadneck High School.

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UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — Ten Penn State students have been selected as College of Agricultural Sciences Alumni Society 2011 Internship Award winners. The award, which includes a $760 stipend, was established to encourage students to enroll in internship courses offered within the College of Agricultural Sciences.

“The Alumni Society recognizes the importance of on-the-job learning experiences to prepare undergraduates for today’s competitive job market,” said Naomi Knaub, the college’s director of alumni relations. “By working as interns, students can establish networks of professional contacts and discover what areas of specialization appeal to them.”

Internship Award winners are chosen on the basis of an internship plan, a final report on the internship, an employer evaluation and a letter of recommendation from the internship course supervisor. The winners are: • Chad Barclay, son of Gary and Nancy Barclay, of Linden. A Forest Science major, Barclay was an intern with the American Chestnut Foundation in State College. He was home schooled.

• Laura Boone, daughter of Glyn and Betsy Boone, of Leola. A Food Science major, Boone was an intern with Lancaster Fine Foods in Lancaster. She is a graduate of Lancaster Christian School.

• Lauren Diebel, daughter of John Diebel, of Morrisdale.

An Environmental Resource Management major, Diebel was an intern with the Department of Environmental Protection in Kersey.

She is a graduate of Saint Marys Area High School.

• Caroline Gimmillaro, daughter of

"FOX HILL FARMS"

JIM AND SANDY HOOPES Retirement Farm Dispersal!

Vegetable-Hay-Grain-Tractors-Implements-Trucks and Trailers (Real Estate offered at 10:15 A.M.)

AND

HOOPES TURF FARM, INC. Discontinuing Turf Farming Sod Harvester-Seeder-Tractors-Truck-Mowers-Sprayer-Irrigation Drainage Machine

ALL SELLING SATURDAY DECEMBER 10 @ 10:15 A.M. (Blizzard Date: Mon. Dec. 12) 1820 Fox Hill Road ULYSSES, (Potter Co.) PENNSYLVANIA 16948

NOTE: Real Estate offered at 10:15 a.m. Sharp! See detailed pictures on our website: www.pirrunginc.com refer to "Upcoming Auctions" then "Upcoming Real Estate Auctions."

EZ Flow gravity box, 6 in. auger, tarp, mounted on JD 1065 wagon running gear; Mayrath 65 ft. 8 in. transport auger, swing out side infeed auger;

HUGE LINE UP Starts Selling App. 10:30 a.m. NOTE: Jim kept a big parts inventory; those new parts will be palletized and sold after their respective counterpart. Jim and Sandy came here in 1981 after 7 years of farming in Chester County. You will find a very well maintained line up of housed equipment! Top End Management!!

SPRAYER-LIME/FERT. LINE-TANKS-PUMPS: Hagie 2100 self propelled sprayer, air ride, 4WD, 1000 gal. poly tank, rinse tank, 75 ft.

(5 section) booms, 5.9 Cummins power, Ravens 460 controller, Ravens GPS light bar, 320/85R34 tires all around, 1880 orig. owner hrs.!; GVM "Tru Trans" 8 ton wet lime/fert. spreader, 30 in. belt, single axle, flotation tires; (1) 6000 gal. and (2) 12000 gal. steel nitrogen tanks with 2 in. valves; (1) 2000 gal. steel water tank with 2 in. valve; (3) mini bulk tanks (app. 200 gal. each) one with some power Max Round Up; (1) 4100 gal. truck mount poly tank with 3 in. valve; (2) 1700 gal. poly tanks with 2 in. valves; (1) 1250 gal. s.s. round horizontal tank on skid, 2 and 3 in. valves; Homelite 3 in. 285 GPM (older) water pump; (3) Honda 2 in. water pumps/hoses;

From the Route 49 turn in Ulysses take Main St. out of town (Main St. becomes Fox Hill Rd), follow 2 1/2 mi. to sale site. From U.S. 6 (Coudersport-Galeton Rd.) take Rte. 449 North 3 1/2 mi. to first hard road "Y" to the right, follow 3 1/2 mi. to site.

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FARM TRACTORS: JD 9200 Articulating, 24 sp. quad. range, 1000 "big" p.t.o., 4 hyd. remotes, 3 pt. hitch, radar unit, 20.8R42 tires and duals all around, 3900 orig. owner hrs.!; JD 7820 MFWD, 20 sp. power quad., left hand reverser, front 3 pt. hitch and p.t.o. plus 1 remote, 3 rear remotes, 3 pt. hitch, 540/1000 p.t.o., 6687 hrs., 16.9x28 front tires, 20.8x38 rear tires; NOTE: this unit offered separately and together, with or without: Agco Hesston 3312 front mt. 12 ft. discbine with "Circle C" crusher rolls (note that this discbine can be converted back to conventional 12 ft. pull type, sells with orig. new tongue); JD 7720 MFWD, 20 sp. power quad., 3 hyd. remotes, 540/1000 p.t.o., 380/85R30 front tires, 20.8R38 rear tires, left hand reverser, just turned 1200 orig. owner hrs., sells complete with 746 loader, joy stick control, and 8 ft. bucket; Stone forks/pallet forks and hay fork sell separately; JD 8100 MFWD, 16 sp. power shift, 540, both regular and big 1000 p.t.o.'s, 3 hyd. remotes, 16.9R30 front tires, brand new 20.8R42 rear tires and axle duals, 4295 orig. owner hrs.; JD 7810 MFWD, 16 sp. power quad, radar, 3 remotes, 540/1000 p.t.o., "power beyond", side hill hitch, 14.9R30 front tires, 14.9R46 rear tires and duals with row spacers, 4495 hrs.; JD 6400 2WD, cab, power quad., 2 remotes, 16.9x38 rear tires; JD 6300 2WD, open station, power quad., 2 remotes, 16.9x38 tires, roll bar, 4138 orig. owner hrs.; JD 4600 4WD tractor, turf tires, quick attach loader with bucket, Sims cab, sells with app. 1000 hrs.; JCB 3185 (200 h.p.) 4WD tractor, cab, 54 sp. up to 42 mph, front p.t.o., 1 remote, 4 rear remotes and p.t.o., 5.9 Cummins engine, 2350 hrs.; JCB 2135 (135 h.p.) 4WD tractor, cab, 54 sp. up to 36 mph, 4 hyd. remotes, 14,000 hrs.; JD Hyguard oil app. 140 gal; JD 15-40 plus 50 oil app 80 gal; (3) JD quick hitches; Suit case weights; Few rear wheel weights; Set of 18.4x42 Good Year long/short bar snap on duals; (4) 20.8x42 spare (take offs) Firestone tires; 9 ft. V-plow for front end loader; Degelman 12 ft. hyd. angle blade; etc!

VEGETABLE HARVEST AND MACRO BINS: Ox Bow Super Jack Bean Harvester only 887 orig. owner engine hrs., Ox Bow VPCII 1800 bean head, and offered separately will be the Pix All HPL 630 sweet corn head, plastic spouts and adj. strippers; (NOTE: This unit is the only item in the auction selling with immediate Seller confirmation. Seller will lease with $50,000.00 down on sale day. Call Mr. Hoopes for details and qualifications); Pic Ryte 12 ft. self propelled spinach harvester customized, 10 bin auto fill bed (also has orig. dump box available); App. 80 Macro "double shuttle" collapsible plastic pallet boxes, 40x48x48 in. deep; TILLAGE: Haines (custom designed and built) 3 bed stone picker (8 ft. wide pickup) hyd. driven, hyd. fold rear boom, all new belted chain; White 588 "on the land hitch" 6-b., 20 in. plow (can be 5-b.), cover boards and spring coulters; Krause 4927 25 ft. transport disc, rear hitch; 25 ft. heavy duty custom built hyd. fold steel land roller!; Brillion 32 ft. X-fold cultipacker; Krause 4515 20 ft. disk/chisel, leveling teeth; Krause 4241HR 42 ft. field cultivator, 400 gal. poly tank, hyd. pump, Ravens monitor, 5 rows of spring leveling teeth; Krause 3 pt. 6-row no till cultivator, side hill hitch; PLANTER-DRILL-AND GRAIN TOOLS: Kinze 2600 12 row 30 in. planter, "NG Plus" Monisom units, Yetter row cleaners, Yetter liquid fert. openers, 4-150 gal. fert. tanks, Dickie John 3000 monitor; Krause 5400 30 ft. grain drill, 6 in. spacings, grass seeder, markers, double disc precision openers; Steinlite grain moisture tester and scale;

HAY EQUIPMENT: Agco Hesston 7444 big square baler (4x4x8) used 4 seasons, outfitted with Hay Boss preservative unit, moisture sensor computer, sells complete with Hesston 7445 accumulator, sells with app. 15,100 lifetime bales; (2) Agco Hesston 3312 conventional pull type 12 ft. discbine used 4 seasons, "Circle C" crusher rolls; NOTE: See other Hesston 3312 front mounted on JD 7820 tractor, listed in the tractor section!

(2) Hesston 1340 conventional pull hydroswing 12 ft. cut discbines both with "Circle C" crushers; Claas Linear 780 V-rake, hyd. adjust. width up to 24 ft. used 4 seasons; NH 617 3 pt. 9 ft. sickle bar type disc mower; Krone 550T (5.50/4x7T) 4 umbrella hyd. fold tedder customized to cover full 24 ft.! Used 4 seasons; Allen 8827 double basket rake, 24 ft. coverage, hyd. drive, rubber mt teeth, electric controls; Alamo 3 pt. 84 in. heavy duty rotary mower; Rhino 20 ft. heavy duty batwing mower, 1000 p.t.o., 6 hard tires; Bridon 440 baler twine; (2) new 50x100 hay tarps; 250 gal. tote hay preservative, 12 volt transfer pump; TRAILERS-TRACTORS-TRUCKS: 2002 Mac 53 ft. 102 walking floor trailer, 10 ft. air ride spread, 6 ft. sides, roll tarp; 1998 Wilkins 45 ft. 102 walking floor trailer, 80 in. sides, 10 ft. air ride spread, roll tarp; 1999 Jet 53 ft. 102 composite (alum. top, steel frame) step deck trailer, beaver tail and ramps, air spread axle, (also has alum. log bunks); 1979 Dorsey 46 ft. step deck, beaver tail and ramps, new wood deck 2010; 1963 Rogers 50 ton hyd. detachable low boy trailer; 1978 5600 gal. s.s. tank trailer, 3 and 4 inch valves; 1963 s.s. 4400 gal. tank trailer, 3 in. valve, new air ride susp. 7 yrs. ago; 1992 Freightliner, Interagal 48 in. sleeper, 10 sp., 425 Cat., dual wet lines, air ride, 550,000 mi.; 1990 K.W., day cab, W900, 15 sp., 425 Cat., Henderickson suspension, full lock rears, wet line; 1986 Autocar tri-axle 17 ft. dump truck, 300 Cummins, 8LL; 1985 IH S2500 10-wheeler, 14 ft. dump truck, DT466 engine, 8LL; 28 ft. flat bed body only with lift gate; BIG BOY TOYS-TOOLS AND MORE: Yale 5000 lb. indoor/outdoor forklift, lp gas, pneumatic tires, 3 stage mast, side shift; Fair 848A 8 ft. heavy duty snow blower, (2) 4 ft. blower fans; Kohler natural gas 30 KW generator, Ford motor, can be 1 or 3 ph, 240 or 480 watt; 2010 Haulmark 7x12 bumper pull enclosed trailer, 2980 GVWR; Benco FRP Haulers 1996 32 ft. enclosed box car trailer, tri-axle, bumper pull, 7 ft. ceiling, storage cabinets, etc.!; 1997 Worthington 20 ft. alum. flat deck tandem axle snowmobile trailer; Lincoln square wave Tig 275 stick and tig welder; Lincoln wire matic 255 mig wire feed welder, also does alum.; I.R. 80 gal. vertical tank 5 h.p. 2 stage comp.; Bishman pneumatic operated tire changer; 30 lb. air greaser; Hyd. hose crimping tools with misc. hoses and ends; Jet floor model drill press, 3/4 in. chuck; Honda 5 1/2 h.p. wheel barrow type comp.; Misc. truck and implement tires; Winpower 35/20 p.t.o. generator on cart; 2005 Honda Rancher 400 4x4 4-wheeler; 2007 JD 6x6 Gator with the bigger diesel engine, 860 hrs., custom hyd. dump box! Plus orig. manual dump box; Reynolds model 140S 14 yard pull behind dirt pan; Custom Built pull behind 6 ft. steel land roller; Kubota F3680 front end mower, 6 ft. cut, 4WD, 36 h.p. diesel, 225 hrs. used 2 seasons; Steiner 230 front end mower, 6 ft. cut, 28 h.p. Kubota diesel, 1200 orig. owner hrs.; "Howard Price Turf Equip" 4WD rotary blade, 10 1/2 ft. cut mower,

hyd. fold wings, (5 ft. front and 2/3 ft. wings) 40 h.p. Yanmar diesel, roll bar; JD LT155 riding lawn mower with 38 in. belly mower; Licensed Kenwood 820 repeater with 30 ft fiberglass antenna 40 watt UHF455 freq. complete with 12 mobile radios and antennas (currently in use)!

For DETAILS on Equipment Selling CONTACT Fox Hill Farms/Jim Hoopes 814-848-9753 Office Jim's Cell 607-738-5970 HOOPES TURF FARM, INC. Preston's equip. will be mixed in with his dad's equip. and sold throughout the day.

Preston Hoopes peaked at 80 acres of sod for local customers then got very heavily involved with the natural gas boom in Northwestern Penna. No longer growing sod, selling will be an excellent line of low hr., well maintained equip. that has been housed! Like his dad's equip., it's NICE! .

Trebro Harvestack Sod Harvester (ser. #HS300) used just 4 seasons, automatic pallet stack, powered by JD 6420 MFWD power quad tractor with 500 orig. owner hrs, 14 suit case weights, 24.5x32 rear turf tires and 16.9x24 front turf tires, like new outfit!!; JD 6420 MFWD tractor, IVT trans., 1584 orig. hrs, 3 remotes, (pictured with 650/65R30.5 rear and 21.5x16.1 front "turf and field" tires and rims which will be sold separately), tractor will sell with new 18.4x38 and 13.6x28 long bar Ag tires!; JCB 520 Loadall 4WD "telehandler", 1285 hrs, 4000 lb. lift cap., pallet forks, 10.5-80-18 tires all around; Bob Cat Versa Handler V518 "telehandler" 3600 hrs., 4WD, extendaboom, 4 wheel steer, pallet forks and bucket, Perkins 100 h.p. diesel!; 2001 JD 4700 4WD tractor, "power reverser", 2820 hrs., 1 hyd. remote, 44x18x20 rear and 27x10.5x15 front turf tires; Miller Pro 500BW tow behind sprayer, 45 ft. hyd. fold booms, adj. boom height, all hyd. operated, 500 gal. poly tank, Ravens 460 monitor, foam markers, rinse tank, single axle, flotation tires; Rotadair RX300 3 pt. "one-pass" complete package pneumatic grass seeder unit with stone bury system and cultipacker!; Brand new Water Wick vibrating drainage machine (nice for athletic fields), 3 pt. hitch innovative hitch system (this is Preston's second machine only been used for demo purposes!); Werner 4822 lg. roll self propelled track type sod installer unit; Dakota model 440 "turf tender" fert. spreader, all hyd. with vibrator, blade, reverse flow belt, on 4 wide flotation tires; Progressive TDR-22 22 ft. row max roller mower, hyd. fold wings, used 2 seasons; Progressive (a little older than above) 22 ft. hyd. wing fold roller mower; 1999 Freightliner FL112 tandem "day cab" truck tractor, C12 engine, 10 sp. trans., air ride, diff. lock rear, wet line, 346,000 orig. mi.; Cadman 4000S Hardhose (4 in. x 1400 ft.) tandem axle, turntable, Honda return motor, cart with Big Gun; Rainway "ring lock" 6 in. x 30 ft. alum. pipe, 110 pcs. (3300 ft); Plus elbows and flex hose; JD 1065 wagon running gear with pipe rack; Berkeley (B4EYQBM) 6x4 pump on enclosure cart, 125 h.p. Iveco diesel power unit, hand primer, 2325 hrs; For SPECIFIC INFO. on Hoopes Turf Farm Equipment Contact Preston Hoopes 814-848-5053 Office OR Preston's cell 570-772-4036 TERMS OF SALE: Honorable checks will be accepted from persons known by and in good standing with either the Auction Company or the Hoopes Family. Unknown Persons shall present, at registration, a currently dated "Letter of Good Standing" from their banker, signed, on official letterhead specifically addressed to the "Hoopes Family Auction, December 10, 2011." Unknown persons with acceptable ID but without a bank letter MUST LEAVE purchase until check clears.

Valid ID required for ALL bidder cards! See PICTURES on website www.pirrunginc.com.

NOTE: Private 1800 ft. landing strip right at sale site! Call Jim Hoopes for coordinates. Larger planes can be met at the Wellsville Airport, call to coordinate travel plans.

Auction Conducted By James P. Pirrung and Associates PIRRUNG AUCTIONEERS, INC. Wayland, New York • Phone 585-728-2520 Fax 585-728-3378 • www.pirrunginc.com Penna. Auct. #AY000205L; AU001672L; AU-000776L; AU005498L.

Winning business plans selected in College of Ag Sciences student entrepreneurship initiative UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — Three winning student teams recently were selected and awarded $7,000 in a businessplan competition held by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

The college has designated entrepreneurship as one of its strategic priorities.

Eighteen teams, comprised mostly of Ag Sciences students, enrolled in the contest named Ag Business Springboard 2011. The first-place team, Baobob Processor

PSU, received a check for $5,000. The team consisted of Immunology and Infectious Disease major Imran Hussain and Environmental Resource Management major Tyler Yost from the College of Agricultural Sciences, and team leader Matt Zellers, Leigh Lesnick and Alyssa Joslin from the College of Engineering.

The winning plan would create a business to develop an affordable means to process baobab plants into flour

and nutrient-rich oil.

Two teams tied for second place and each will receive a check for $1,000.

The BioSpin Fiber Technologies team wrote a plan for a business that would develop a biological nano-fiber fabric from simple starch.

Team members were Food Science major and team leader Lingyan Kong from the College of Agricultural Sciences, Xiang Guo from the College of Engineering and Cindy Lam from the

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FARM & CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AUCTION

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10TH @ 9:30 AM

At Visscher Farm 1400 S. Main St. (Rte. 282) 1 1/2 mile south of exit 62 off Southern Tier Expressway (Rte. 17-future I-86) Nichols, NY 13812 or 20 miles north of Towanda-Wysox, PA via Rte. 187 detours

TERMS: CASH/GOOD CHECK

NO BUYERS PREMIUM

LUNCH AVAILABLE

HOWARD W. VISSCHER & SON SALES MANAGERS AND AUCTIONEER NICHOLS, NY 607-699-7250

enrolled in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

Teams developed and pitched innovative business plans addressing a need in the agricultural sciences.

A panel of judges selected the most compelling business plans.

"In their business plan, students addressed issues such as competitive due diligence, marketing, financial projections and other aspects to make a well-structured argument for their business idea," said Mark Gagnon, visiting assistant professor of sustainable entrepreneurship, who is entrepreneurship coordinator for the College of Agricultural Sciences.

"The Ag Business Springboard 2011 Competition was sponsored

by Earl and Kay Harbaugh, whose generous support also is used to fund a variety of entrepreneurial activities at Penn State."

Gagnon cited several benefits students re-

ceived from participating in the business-plan competition.

"They strengthened their resumes — employers seek students who have competitive, 'real-world' experiences," he said. "And they can take their ideas to the next level and start a company — winners will have an opportunity to connect with potential investors, build their networks and obtain valuable guidance."

Gagnon noted that participating students learned what it takes to pitch a business idea and developed valuable career-building skills.

"Several of the teams that have entered the competition continue to explore their next steps for commercialization," he said.

The business plans developed by teams in the Ag Business Springboard Competition were varied and innovative, addressing needs in food security, renewable energy and agricultural employee health.

Delegates create, revise more than 50 policies during 145th Annual National Grange Convention More than 50 delegates debated and weighed in on about 160 resolutions from Granges throughout the nation during the 145th Annual National Grange Convention held in Tulsa, OK. Of the initial resolutions submitted ranging from internal definitions for membership to large-scale agriculture and rural access issues, more than 50 became National Grange policy through delegate action from Nov. 6 through 10.

Dairy pricing, postal reform and expansion of rural broadband were just three areas in which new policy was adopted.

During the legislating process the delegates worked intensely on updating National Grange policy on several controversial issues such as U.S. Postal Service Reform, the build-out of broadband in rural areas and dairy pricing issues whose regional diversities can prove difficult to reach consensus on.

As the U.S. Postal Service continues to press for Congressional action on needed reforms, National Grange delegates reinforced their support for six-day mail delivery but committed to actively supporting necessary reforms and business model flexibility to preserve the 200-year-old agency that is so vital to rural Americans.

Grange delegates also collaborated to produce a state-of-the-art policy supporting America’s Broadband Connectivity Plan and a new funding

mechanism that will help provide the universal service of high-speed internet to all Americans regardless of where they chose to live.

National Grange President Ed Luttrell said the convention was successful, both in terms of policy creation and fraternal spirit.

“The members of our Order were able to come together and express their views on issues important to themselves and their neighbors in a very poignant manner, work with each other to create policy for which we’ll advocate on the national level, and do so with a mutual respect and in a dignified manner,” Luttrell said.

National Grange Legislative Director Nicole Palya Wood said the actions of the delegates reflects a true focus on the betterment of rural America and quality of life for those in the field of agriculture.

“I am incredibly proud of the diligence of our members to address controversial and regional issues in such a cohesive manor. Congress could learn something from National Grange delegates and how we establish policy on such a wide ranges of issues,” Wood said. “This year we have seen some great movement in the areas of rural broadband buildout, and the preservation of the U.S. Postal Service remains a top priority for the Grange.”

For more information on the National Grange, visit our website at www.nationalgrange.org.

December 5, 2011 • COUNTRY FOLKS West • Section B - Page 11

CONSTRUCTION: JCB 1400 4x4 Backhoe w/ext. hole & cab; Raygo 420 pad foot roller; Yanmar D-50 Mini Excavator; Case 530 tractor loader backhoe; Chipper w/diesel power TRAILERS: 2004 Load King 10T tandem axle dual; tandem axle dual trailer; Tri Axle trailer; 2008 30ft 10T Gooseneck tandem duals; Fruehauf; Transcraft drop deck SKID STEERS: 2007 NH 0185 w/tracks - 1500 hrs.; NH 170; Bobcat 873 turbo; SKID STEER ATTACHMENTS: bale spear; Lowe Auger; Grapple bucket; SS plates; Scarifier; Rock Hound TRACTORS: Case IH CX 60 4x4 w/Great Bend loader "clean"; Ford 3910; Case IH 5130 Maxxum 4x4 w/Case 510 loader; Int 784 4x4 w/2250 ldr.; Kioti LB 1914 4x4; JD 650 diesel w/cab & snowplow; Ford 5000 tractor w/cab & 777 loader; Farmall 560 w/2000 loader; Ford 9N tractor; Int 656 hydro; AC 200 w/cab; Allis Chalmers "B" w/mower, cult & plow; AC 180 gas tractor TRUCKS: Freightliner Conv. Cab; GMC dump truck 5 yd.; 2044 Ford F-150 4x4 - 4 door PU w/140,000 miles EQUIPMENT: NH 790 Forage Harv w/824 corn head; NH 315 baler; NH 310 square baler w/thrower; NH 273 baler plus others; Welger F200 round baler w/Mastercut; Mower Conditioners: Hesston 1014 hydro swing PT7; NH 467; JD 1360 disc w/flails; Manure Spreaders: (2) NH 308 tandem axle scavenger spreader; NH manure spreader w/ double axle & top beaters; NH 155 w/end gate; NI 363 tandem; NH w/top beater; etc.; JD 3 pt blade; rotary mowers; 6' 3 pt rear blade "like new"; cultimulchers; disc; cultivators; plows; chisels; Lucknow TMR Mixer w/scales; Bearcat 1101 grinder mixer; rotary TMR mixer; Grinder Mixer NH 358; (2) Horse Drawn Buggies MISC. "Like New" 9' tall feed bin 6' wide on legs w/discharge auger; "new" 8x8 shed, chicken house, wishing wells, out house; J.D. diesel motor; Cushman front 60" diesel mower w/snow blower; Honda "Big Red" 3 wheeler; 2002 Arctic ZR 800 snowmobile; (4) 250 gallon clean totes; 2x2x6 concrete block; HAY: 10 bales - 700lbs (3x3x8) 1st cutting; plus more to come

Smeal College of Business.

The True Vine Farms team wrote a plan to create a nonprofit organization that would facilitate on-farm experiences for children in distressed home environments.

Team members were team leader Melissa Miller and Amy Hinkle, both Horticulture majors in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

In addition to the monetary prizes, the three winning teams are entitled to receive an introduction to the "Lion Launchpad" for start-up companies, have access to mentoring resources and benefit from additional networking resources within the university's entrepreneurial community.

The Ag Business Springboard Competition was open to all students at Penn State.

Teams, which registered in mid-September, consisted of two to five students, at least one of whom was required to be

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4-H recognizes outstanding leaders JAMESTOWN, NY — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County’s 4-H Program volunteers have been working together all year to provide positive youth development opportunities for the youth in Chautauqua County. Three special volunteer awards were presented at the 75th Annual 4-H Awards Celebration at Celebration Hall in Mayville.

The first of the three volunteer awards was presented in memory of Kazan Mosher. This award was first presented in 1986 following the tragic death of 4-H member, Kazan Mosher of South Dayton.

Contributions which were sent to the Chautauqua County 4H Foundation in her memory were used to establish this award.

The award recipient is chosen each year based on nominations from the club members and leaders. This years’ recipient has shown outstanding, diverse, and dedicated leadership ability to the Chautauqua County 4-H Program.

Wayne McGuire nominated this year’s recipient and provided words of wisdom, reflection and encouragement.

Wayne complimented the Award recipient on her devotion to the youth in Chautauqua County.

Congratulations to Tina Walters for receiving the Kazan Mosher Award. Tina is the organizational Club Leader for Levant Live Wires, secretary of the Rabbit Advisory Committee, and a member of the Youth Development Program Committee.

The Helping Hand Award began in 1988.

This award was created to recognize individuals for the RECENT special efforts on behalf of Chautauqua County 4H. This year we were proud present the Helping Hands Award to Kim Chapman.

As a volunteer for 4-H she has helped in the Rabbit, Poultry, Sheep and Swine barns, always lending a helping hand. Fighting back tears, a senior 4-H member, Cassandra Skal, thanked Kim for her kind heart and willingness to help Cassandra. Cassandra of Erie

PA, has been a Chautauqua County 4-H member for 7 years and thanked Kim recognizing that Kim made it possible for Cassandra to raise Sheep, Poultry and Swine by allowing Cassie to raise the animals at her farm in Bemus Point. Cassandra, who is attending College at The University of Findlay in Findlay Ohio, studying Veterinarian Science, attributes her career aspirations to the experiences she gained through 4-H which were made possible by the helpfulness of Kim Chapman. It is volunteers such as Kim Chapman that help 4-H

succeed in Chautauqua County.

Each year since 1968, the Chautauqua County 4-H has selected businesses, organizations, and/or individuals to receive the “Friend of 4-H Award.”

These people and/or organizations can be given much of the credit for the outstanding 4-H program we enjoy today in Chautauqua County.

The recipients we recognized Saturday continue the tradition of past “Friend of 4-H” winners. Their efforts — donated for the sake of the children — have helped to build and secure a 4H program for today’s

MAPLEHURST LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC. 4428 Rt. 17, Hinsdale, NY MACHINERY AUCTION MON., DEC.

12TH

12:00 SHARP Auction to be held at Maplehurst Livestock Market located at 1421 Kent Rd., Hinsdale, NY (Take Rt. 16 North 1 1/2 miles off Rt. 86) TRACTORS Int. 656 w/loader; Int. 766; Int. 656, gas; NH SL170 skid steer, needs work EQUPMENT Int. 710 4 btm plow; JD 2700 6 btm plow; Allis Chalmers 10’ disc; Oliver 14’ transport drag; Fuerst 3pt hitch fertilizer spreader; Brillion 120 seeder; NH 489 haybine; Deutz 252 tedder; NH 256 rake; NH 782 chopper w/corn and pickup heads; Case IH 8430 round baler; NH 846 auto wrap round baler; 2 Lamco SU wagons on tandem gears; 2 flat rack wagons; blower; Knight 3030 mixer wagon; Knight 2250 mixer wagon, needs work; NH 155 manure spreader; Winpower 50/30 generator, like new; Lowboy tri-axle 21’ trailer; 6 ft back blade; 3pt hitch spear; bucket bale spear; dbl ring tractor chains Also selling 25 beef type cows, mostly black, and 25 feeder calves There are no small items, selling the equipment at 12:00 noon sharp.

For information phone Barry @ 716-557-2266 or Bob @ 716-557-2584

WEEKLY SALES EVERY MONDAY HOSKING SALES - FORMER WELCH LIVESTOCK Weekly Sales Every Monday 12:30 Produce, Misc. & small animals; 1:00 Dairy; **We will now sell lambs, goats, pigs, feeders immediately following Dairy. Calves and cull beef approx. 5:00-5:30PM. Help us increase our volume - thus making a better market for everyone. **We are Independent Marketers - working 24/7 to increase your bottom line. Competitive marketing is the way to go.

Monday, Nov 28th sale - Cull cows ave. .55 top cow .72 wt. 1694 $1219.68, Bulls up to .78, bull calves top $1.42.

Monday, Dec. 5th - Monthly Fat cow & Feeder Sale. A group of Jersey & Jersey cross steers.

Monday, Dec. 12th - Monthly Heifer Sale. Featuring Rolling Ridge Dairy Milking Herd Dispersal. 15 Head of Registered Cattle. Grazing herd with light grain & balage. Most of them fresh within the last 60 days. Some really deep pedigrees represented - Really nice young herd featuring a just fresh Durham from the Elegance family. Fancy R&W Jr. 2 yr. old sired by Roc-Red. General Cochran Farm Dispersal - 83 head of Grade & Registered Holsteins from the Estate of David Hammond, Amenia, NY. 35 milking age cows of which 15 are springing close, 8 bred heifers, 15 yearlings ready to breed, 25 calves. The General Cochran cattle have always gone on and done very well for their new owners. Also 6 semen tanks filled with semen sell. Also consigned a fresh 3 yr. old Registered Brown Swiss from show winning cow family. High quality Grade & Registered consignments welcome - call soon for advertising.

Monday, Dec. 19th - Monthly Sheep, Lamb, Goat & Pig Sale.

Monday, Dec. 26th - We will be open the day after Christmas - Business as usual!!

Happy Holiday wishes from The Hosking Family, the Sale barn crew & Café Girls - We appreciate all the business & friends we have made along the way.

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 our Web site. Call to advertise in any of these sales it makes a difference.

Directions: Former Welch Livestock 6096 NYS Rt. 8, 30 miles South of Utica & 6 miles North of New Berlin, NY. www.hoskingsales.com Call today with your consignments.

Tom & Brenda Hosking 6096 NYS Rt. 8 New Berlin, NY 13411

607-699-3637 or 607-847-8800 cell: 607-972-1770 or 1771

and tomorrow’s youth.

The Friend of 4-H for 2011 went to two very special businesses that helped 4-H and have been very supportive of 4-H for many years.

There charitable donations, helpful staff and continuing support goes above and beyond in many ways. This year we were proud to recognize the Lakewood and Dunkirk Tractor Supply stores for their loyalty to ‘Making the Best Better.’

Each 4-H volunteer was recognized with a certificate indicating their number of years of service. The volunteers listed below received

special recognition for 15 or more years of service.

15 years - Robert Matteson, Bonnie Matteson, Debbie Howard, Debbie Rhinehart, Ann Dubois, Diane Moss 16 years - Barbara Hoyt, Matthew Harper 17 years - Jack Ruch Jr, Tina Clugston, Marlene Martin 18 years - Cheryl Robinson, Mary Lou Bean 19 years - Jane Stornes, Steve Tenpas, Sally Valone, Debbie Caruso 20 years - Jan Schauman 21 years - Roberta (Bert) Edwards 22 years - David Schauman, Nick Frederes

23 years - Dan Crowell, Linda Lanphere 32 years - Suzanne Harper 34 years - Marv Johnson, Joyce Edwards 39 years - Jared Woolley 40 years - Alberta Oonk Clymer, Steve Kimball 51 years - Opal Sprague 4-H in Chautauqua County continues to be a success through the help and dedication of over 150 registered volunteers. To learn more about how you can financially support Chautauqua County 4-H or how to become involved in Chautauqua County 4-H you can contact the 4-H Office at 716-6649502 Ext. 212.

Broome County Real Property Tax Foreclosure Auction 90 - Properties Of All Types - 90 Held @ The Forum Theatre, 236 Washington Street, Binghamton, NY 13901

Saturday December 10, 2011 10:00AM 90 - Properties Of All Types Throughout Broome County And The City Of Binghamton Including Commercial Buildings, Single & Multi-Family Homes, Several Vacant Lots, LOTS OF ACREAGE (Over 450 Acres Vacant Land-Parcels Ranging From Small Lots To 158 Acres), Etc, Oil & Gas Rights Convey To Buyers With All The Properties!!

For Complete Brochure, Showing Dates & Times & More Visit Our Website.

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LARGE PUBLIC AUCTION WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 @ 9:30 AM

TO BE HELD IN OUR YARD AT THE CORNER OF ROUTES 38 & 38B IN NEWARK VALLEY, NY. (19 MILES WEST OF BINGHAMTON, 8 MILES NORTH OF OWEGO EXIT 64 OFF I-86)

Tractors: Ford 8700, 8000, 5000 Nice!, 8n, Major w/ ldr original; Case 2470, 970, 870, 930, LA; IH 695 w/ 2250 ldr, 574, 560 Sharp!, H; JD 2155 w/ JD ldr & backhoe, 1050 4wd; Kubota L3400 198 hrs Like New!, B8200 w/ ldr; Deutz D6806 w/cab; MF 85, IH 1086, JD 1010 Crawler loader, Oliver 1365, MF 1020 w/ mwr (bad trans), Ford 8n TLB, Mitsubishi MT372 compact; White 2-105, 2-85 MFWD, MM G1355 Parts Tractors; JD 2010; AC WD; JDM Machinery: NH 310, 276, 275 balers w/kickers; Vermeer 504C Round Baler; NH 455, 450 & Ford sickle bar mowers; NH 489 & 488 haybines; JD 1470 Discbine; (3) NH 56 Rakes & tandam rake hitch; Pequea TT2000 2* Tedder; RP4 3pt wheel rake; Niemeyer 4* tedder; JD 507 PT mower; Woods Batwing mower; 4'-6' Woods & KK finish mowers; Rotary & Flail mowers; Stalk chopper; NH 357 mixer; 1x-4x 3pt plows; (2) Ford 8' 3pt discs; 3pt & FH backblades; Lime spreader; JD 8300 & IH 510 Grain Drills; Hinson 812 Grain Cart, (12) Gravity boxes (9) w/running gears; JD 443 4R corn head; NH 718 Chopper w/ hay head; New Idea 362 w/ endgate, 207, JD 34 spreaders; Krause & JD Transport Discs; NI 3314 Spreader; NH elevator; New Bale & Bunk feeders, Gates, corral panels; Much more by sale day!

Industrial: Skid Steers: Case 1845C, NH LS190, L553; Cat D4H Dozer w/ Cab; MF 220 Skidder; Case 590 4wd Backhoe ehoe; Case 430 w/ ldr & hyd. belly blade; Eager beaver chipper; Buyers Salt Dog spreader; Harley Davidson golf cart; Case 580B TLB; (2) New EZ Kleen Pres. Washers; Plasma Cutter, 40 ton Press, shop crane, metal lathe, bench grinder, bumper jack, Radial arm saw, new tools & more!; 40+ pieces of New SSL Attachments: Grapple buckets, GP buckets, Forks, Sweeper Broom, Tree Shear, backhoe, bale spears, weld on plates & more! Toys & Shop Tools sold inside heated shop at beginning of auction !

Terms: Cash or good check day of sale, nothing removed until paid in full. No Buyers Premium! All items sold as-is where is. Items subject to change due to daily business, call for particular items. Consignments welcome! Check website for daily updates & pictures. This ad was made 3 weeks in advance there will be more than listed!

Lunch onsite- Loaders & loading dock- Plenty of parking- No Buyers Premium!

Goodrich Auction Service, Inc. Newark Valley, NY

607-642-3293 www.goodrichauctionservice.com

Pioneer Hi-Bred introduces 33 new soybean products for 2012 Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, has added 33 new soybean products to its lineup for 2012 to provide growers improved traits and yield-boosting qualities.

“Pioneer soybean breeders focus on delivering strong agronomic traits paired with topend yield potential,” said Don Schafer, Pioneer senior marketing manager for soybeans.

“Pioneer continues to deliver products that meet growers’ needs on a field-by-field basis,

targeting the right product for the right acre.”

New Pioneer® brand soybean products range from Group 00 through mid-Group V. New varieties with resistance to soybean cyst nematode (SCN) and brown stem rot lead the soybean product lineup for 2012. Also in the lineup are a non-glyphosate resistance variety and four Plenish™ high oleic soybean varieties.

Key products in this year’s lineup include the following: • 900Y61 (RR) is a

new leader well-suited for the northern Red River Valley of Minnesota and North Dakota, and into Manitoba, Canada. It provides Phytophthora resistance with the Rps1c gene, along with outstanding iron deficiency chlorosis and moderate white mold protection. Additionally, it has outstanding harvest standability.

• 92Y75 (RR) is a high-performance product for Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, with re-

sistance to SCN and Phytophthora.

This product also provides good tolerance to sudden death syndrome and brown stem rot.

• 93Y15 (RR), an early Group III product, has resistance to SCN, Phytophthora root rot and frogeye leaf spot.

Additionally, this product displays solid tolerance to brown stem rot.

• 94Y50 (RR) is a mid-Group IV maturity leader with exceptional field emergence and harvest standability across a wide range of

soils including drought-prone. It features SCN resistance and favorable Phytophthora field tolerance.

• 95Y10 (RR), a new leader in early Group V, displays very good sudden death syndrome tolerance plus excellent field emergence and harvest standability. It also provides SCN resistance.

Through targeted contract opportunities, Pioneer offers growers in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan four new Plenish™ high oleic soybean

varieties: 92Y54 (RR), 92Y61 (RR), 93Y23 (RR) and 93Y30 (RR). These Y Series soybeans feature strong agronomic traits and high yield potential for growers. “At Pioneer, we consistently deliver soybean products with traits growers want and need,” Schafer says.

For more information about these varieties and others suited for your area, contact your local Pioneer sales professional or visit www.pioneer.com/soybeans.

NCGA helps chart the future of farmer-led sustainability Recently, NCGA representatives attended a National Initiative for Sustainable Agriculture (NISA) workshop in Chicago to discuss the future of the project with representatives from dozens of other agricultural organizations, food companies, retailers and conserva-

tion groups. During the two-day meeting, participants reviewed existing sustainability initiatives and gathered perspectives from various sectors about the need for a national umbrella organization that brings farmer voices to the sustainability movement.

“NISA aims to develop a roadmap of farm management systems that will help farmers achieve verifiable sustainability outcomes, improve the environmental services and productivity of their farms, help their rural communities thrive and satisfy performance ex-

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pectations of the value chain,” said NCGA Past President Ken McCauley, who attended the meeting. “With efforts focused at the farm level, this growerdriven effort will incorporate a framework of tools and technical information from a wide base of expertise and programs.”

NISA, which is facilitated by the University of Wisconsin, was formed in 2010 with McCauley serving as co-chair of the initiative for the past year. Others taking part in the meeting were NCGA Vice President of Public Policy Jon Doggett and Public Policy Director Rod Snyder.

During the meeting, participants discussed options for moving forward, including the creation of a provisional

board from producer groups and a communications structure for collaborating with all parts of the value chain.

NISA reiterated six guiding principles. They will continue to emphasize farmer participation and leadership, and will work to strike a balance between environmental, social and economic sustainability outcomes. It will remain science-based and establish regional expert groups, leadership and coordination with national relevance.

Finally, evaluation of success will remain data-focused with an emphasis on improvement over time which will be validated with an independent verification process.

Through panel discussions with retailers such as McDonald’s

and Walmart, it became apparent that consumers and the companies interacting directly with them have become increasingly concerned with sustainability over the past decade. Many of these companies have taken steps to purchase only sustainably sourced products and have begun discussions about the sustainability of agricultural goods.

The group also explored how it would interact with other sustainability-focused organizations in agriculture while maintaining relevance by offering an approach and goals unique to NISA and possible future collaborations both with such groups and government agencies.

Source: NCGA News of the Day: Wednesday, Nov. 16

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December 5, 2011 • COUNTRY FOLKS West • Section B - Page 13

• EMPIRE STATE FRUIT & VEG EXPO •

Year-end tax tips for businesses Year-end tax planning is essential for every business.

This year is no exception.

As usual, certain tax law changes may influence taxplanning strategy.

Paul Thompson, EA, ABA, ATA, ARA, Chair of the National Society of Accountants (NSA) Federal Taxation Committee, offers these business tax tips: Purchase New Business Equipment — Under Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Code Section 179, taxpayers can elect to recover part or all of the cost of qualified property, up to a limit, by deducting it in the year it is placed in service.

Business should take advantage of Section 179 expensing this year for a couple reasons.

First, starting in tax year 2010 and continuing into tax year 2011, the maximum Section 179 expense deduction for equipment purchases increased to $500,000 ($535,000 for qualified enterprise zone property) and the bonus depreciation increased to 100 percent for qualified property. Beginning in tax year 2012 however, the Section 179 deduction is scheduled to drop to $125,000 and the bonus depreciation to be reduced to 50 percent and

then be phased out completely.

Increase Loss Deductions — Partners or S corporation shareholders in entities that have a loss for 2011 can deduct that loss only up to their basis in the entity. However, they can take steps to increase their basis to allow a larger deduction. Basis in the entity can be increased by lending the entity money or making a capital contribution by the end of the entity’s tax year.

Issue Corporate Dividends — Reduce accumulated corporate profits and earnings by is-

suing corporate dividends to shareholders, which continue to be taxed at the 15 percent rate through 2012.

Set Up Retirement Plans — Self-employed individuals who have not yet done so should set up self-employed retirement plans before the end of 2011.

“Running a business — especially a small business — in today’s economy is not easy,” adds NSA Executive Vice President John Ams. “These tips are just a few of the many critical pieces of advice that business owners can gain from professional accountants.”

NSA and its affiliates repre-

sent 30,000 members who provide accounting, auditing, tax preparation, financial and estate planning, and management services to approximately 19 million individuals and business clients. Most members are sole practitioners or partners in small- to mediumsize accounting firms. NSA protects the public by requiring its members to adhere to a strict code of ethics and maintain an annual continuing education regimen.

For more information and to locate an accountant in your area, visit www.nsacct.org.

For more information about CCH, visit www.tax.cchgroup.com.

4-H award night a success through sponsorship JAMESTOWN, NY — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County’s 4-H Program had a spectacular award ceremony largely inpart to the dedicated sponsors and volunteers for the event.

Together the sponsors helped present hundreds of awards and provided an exceptional meal for over 200 attendees. 4-H members, volunteers and staff enjoyed an evening of reflection at the

75th Annual 4-H Awards Celebration at Celebration Hall in Mayville.

4-H would like to extend their sincere thanks to the evening’s Emcee, Debbie Caruso, and to those who helped plan and execute the event with decorations, set up, and clean up: Chautauqua County 4-H Teen Ambassadors, 4-H Dairy Program, Tail Waggers 4-H Club, Levant Live Wires 4-H Club.

The fabulous meal was made

possible through the donations of product and preparation by the following sponsors: Maria Manning Mark and Ann Woolley Dave and Jan Schauman Ted and Cathy Card The 4-H Beef Committee Tina Walters Jeff and Kori O’Brien Dean and Jerri Crandall Terri and Pat Walker Thompson Ag John and Kim Thuman

Nancy Johnson Jeff and Kori O’Brien Dean and Jerri Crandall Terri and Pat Walker Lisa Szumigala 4-H Dairy Program The evening’s activities were accentuated by the wonderful presentations by sponsoring clubs and committees.

Levant Live Wires 4-H Club had two presentations, a presentation about the club and its activities from Samarie Waddington and a

presentation about 4-H Fashion Revue from Steven Overend. The Tail Waggers 4-H Club gave a group presentation about their club activities; Hewitt Meeder, Trenton Meeder, Christopher Bajdo and Elise Schack helped with the presentation. The Dairy Program Members also gave a presentation about what they do in the Dairy project; Andrew Miller, Kaitlyn Miller and Bobby Nagel helped with the dairy presentation.

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Samarie Waddington presents to volunteers, leaders and members about the activities of the Levant Live Wires 4-H Club.

Attendees were awarded with prizes and activities form the Chautauqua County Teen Ambassadors. Left to right: Teen Ambassador Coordinator Christopher Manning; Melanie Walters; Kyrria Huntington; Danielle Yotpolis; Alyssa Crandall; Matthew Overend; Steven Overend.

More than a house, a wonderful way of life. 3.5 acres, Kitchen with built in Dishwasher, Stove, Refrigerator/Freezer, Ample Cupboards and Work Island. Dining Area - Living Room adjacent to Den, 3 Bedrooms with 3 Baths. Large, Glassed Sunroom, Outside Deck, Insulated Barn with concrete floor. Oil Hot Water Baseboard Heat.

You owe it to yourself to come and take a look.

Owner will carry mortgage for qualified buyer with down payment. Otsego Lake Privilege.

Contact Owner • 518-568-5115 or Hubbell’s Real Estate • 607-547-5740

Spider plot offers a useful visual tool for agricultural management and education Killing a weed isn’t as simple as spraying herbicide on it when you consider the unintended consequences in agricultural systems.

While the herbicide may kill the weed as intended, it also may contaminate ground and surface waters or kill field edge vegetation that is beneficial in creating a barrier against invading plants. Considering multiple variables and effects of agricultural practices leads to better management decisions.

The current issue of the journal Weed Technology introduces the spider plot — a graphical approach for evaluating multiple variables and

tradeoffs in agriculture. The authors of the article also discuss applying this tool in the case study exercise of an educational workshop.

Unintended effects of an agricultural method — weed control, tillage, rotation of crops, or planting of cover crops, for example — can be difficult to measure. These effects might manifest at a later time or at another site. Multiple variables make a decision less straightforward than it might seem.

If the variables are considered beforehand, better decisions can be made or tradeoffs can be found that minimize potential impacts. Tools

MAPLEHURST LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC. 4428 Rt. 16, Hinsdale, NY 14743

MONDAY, DECEMBER 5TH 55 FANCY HEIFERS

55 real fancy 1st and 2nd calf heifers, hand picked by Barry out of 90 cow dairy. These heifers are AI bred and sired, are housed in tie stalls and stanchions, have a 22,000 lb herd ave., with SCC under 100,000. They are from Keith and Ann Schmitz.

For more information phone Barry @ 716-557-2266 or Bob @ 716-557-2584

that facilitate the conceptualization, evaluation, and visualization of multiple variables can assist in learning.

One such visual representation is the spider plot.

A spider plot contains three or more axes, each representing a variable and sharing a common origin.

Data are plotted on the axes, and data points are connected with a line.

The size and symmetry of the resulting spider web indicates the relative magnitude of each variable and the overall performance of the system.

The spider plot was introduced at an educational field-day workshop attended by farmers, agriculture pro-

fessionals, and students. The activity was designed to illustrate the multifunctionality of cover crops planted to suppress weeds or improve soil quality, showing participants that further variables, such as the type of cover crop, might play a role. The authors suggest the spider plot as a useful tool for weed science education and extension programs.

Full text of the article, “Assessing and Visualizing Agricultural Management Practices: A Multivariable Hands-On Approach for Education and Extension,” Weed Technology, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2011, is available at www.wssajournals.org/toc/wete/25/4

NMPF’s 2012 antibiotic residue prevention manual now available Updated manual, additional materials available online for free The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) announced that it is releasing an updated version of the Milk and Dairy Beef Drug Residue Prevention Manual for 2012. One of the areas of focus for the National Dairy FARM Program™, the residue prevention manual can be found

PUBLIC AUCTION

GOING OUT-OF-BUSINESS AUCTION

online at www.nationaldairyfarm.com.

The Milk and Dairy Beef Drug Residue Prevention Manual is a concise review of appropriate antibiotic use in dairy animals.

The manual is a quick resource to review those antibiotics approved for dairy animals, and also can be used as an educational tool for farm

managers as they develop their on-farm best management practices necessary to avoid milk and meat residues. Additions to the 2012 version include a section on meat drug residue testing, an expanded list of products and risk factors for residues, as well as an updated drug and test kit list. The 2012 manual includes a

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Friday, December 16, 2011 at 9:00AM Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 9:00AM

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Location: Farmersville Equipment, 142 E. Farmersville Rd. Ephrata, PA 17522 Located in the village of Farmersville, PA

500 ml. • $15.00 12 Jars = Free Shipment

Oliver Tractors, New & Used Oliver Tractor Parts, Signs, Toys, Literature, Etc

Ingredients: Peppermint Oil, Tea Tree Oil, Oregano Oil, Menthol, Herbs • ORGANIC SAFE

To Be Sold Friday - New & Used Parts, Toys, Signs, Literature & Manuals: 5 Wagon Loads of New & Used Oliver Tractor Parts, 1 Wagon Load of Oliver Operators & Service Manuals, 300+ Pieces of White & Oliver Literature, 400+ New Toys Including Oliver, White, Allis Chalmers, International & Ford, 50+ New Scale Model Pedal Tractors from 1999-2000 - Various Makes Most NIB, 25+ Reground Oliver Crankshafts, 25+ Rebuilt Oliver Cylinder Heads, Starters, Generators, Alternators, Rebuilt Water Pumps, Carburetors, Power Steering Hydra Motors, Clutches, Sleeves, & Piston Sets, Many More New Original Oliver & White Parts.

Friday’s Auction will be held inside.

Saturday’s Auction will be outside - dress accordingly.

Auctioneer’s Note: After 70+ years in business, Tom Buch of Farmersville Equipment has decided to liquidate the family business due to health reasons. Tom has been an Oliver dealer for many years and has been selling used Oliver parts for the past 25 years. Farmersville Equipment was one of the largest suppliers of Oliver parts in the east. This is an auction you won’t want to miss!

FOR ADDITIONAL PICTURES & DESCRIPTIONS GO TO FARMERSVILLEEQUIPMENT.COM or WOLGEMUTH-AUCTION.COM. Terms: Cash or Check w/Proper ID, full settlement on day of auction.

For specific information contact Tom Buch at (717) 354-2150, his cell phone at (717) 715-2255, or e-mail at tombuch@farmersvilleequipment.com.

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To Be Sold Saturday - Tractors, Equipment & Used Parts: 1962 Oliver 1900A Wheatland. 1960 Oliver 880 Row Crop Dsl w/Helical Gear Pressure Lube Transmission, Power Steering, Power Booster, Power Traction Hitch. 1947 Oliver 70 Row Crop w/Mounted Cultivator. 1954 Oliver Super 55 Gas Tractor. (3) 1855 Oliver Diesel Tractors. 1850 Oliver Diesel Tractor. (2) 1800 Oliver Diesel Tractors. 25+ Oliver Parts Tractors, 25+ Bolens Lawn & Garden Tractors, Wheels & Tires for Garden Tractors, Ford Econoline Pickup, 50+ Used Rear Tractor Tires, 100+ Used Rear Wheel Rims, 100+ Used Oliver Crankshafts, 100+ Used Oliver Cylinder Heads, 50+ Used Oliver Engine Block, 15+ Oliver Gas & Diesel Engines, Starters, Generators, Alternators, Water Pumps, Power Steering Hydra Motors, Hydra/Power & Over/Under Transmissions.

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certificate of participation that can be signed by a producer and their veterinarian to demonstrate their commitment to proper use of antibiotics on the dairy.

“The use of antibiotics in livestock is undergoing increased scrutiny, and this manual will help ensure that veterinary treatments are used appropriately,” said Jerry Kozak, President and CEO of NMPF. The dairy industry is committed to producing safe, abundant, and affordable milk and dairy beef of the highest quality. Healthy animals help make for safe food and disease prevention is the key to keeping cows healthy.

The National Dairy FARM Program was created by NMPF to demonstrate and verify that U.S. milk producers are committed to providing the highest levels of quality assurance including animal care, residue prevention, and other on-farm practices.

The Residue Prevention manual was sponsored by Charm Sciences, IDEXX, and Pfizer Animal Health. No check-off funds were used in the development and distribution of this manual.

For more information on the National Dairy FARM Program, contact Betsy Flores at 703243-6111 or log on to www.nationaldairyfarm.com.

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Dairy Pricing Will Remain the Same For Now Issued Nov. 25, 2011 I learned an interesting fact of dairy life when I first began my career in this industry and that is, when milk prices are down, milk production goes up and when milk prices are up, milk production goes up. That hasn’t changed.

October milk output in the top 23 states hit 15.2 billion pounds, according to USDA’s preliminary estimate, up 2.5 percent from October 2010. Output in the 50 states was 16.2 billion pounds, up 2.1 percent. Revisions subtracted 10 million pounds from the preliminary September estimate, now put at 14.8 billion, up 1.9 percent from a year ago.

October cow numbers stood at 8.48 million head, up 10,000 head from September and 111,000 above a year ago. Output per cow averaged 1,787 pounds, up 20 pounds from a year ago.

California output was up 2.4 percent, thanks to 27,000 more

cows and a 15 pound gain per cow. Wisconsin was up 1.7 percent, on a 30-pound gain per cow, though cow numbers were unchanged.

New York saw a 0.2 percent decline on 1,000 fewer cows and unchanged output per cow. Idaho was up 1.7 percent on 10,000 additional cows but output per cow was steady. Pennsylvania was down 1.7 percent.

Cow numbers were down 3,000 head and output per cow was off 20 pounds, and Minnesota was off 0.1 percent, despite an additional 1,000 cows but output per cow was down 5 pounds.

The biggest increase occurred in Texas, up a whopping 9.8 percent, thanks to 20,000 more cows and an 85 pound per cow average increase, followed by Florida, up 7.9 percent, and Arizona, up 7.2 percent.

The biggest loss was in Missouri, down 1.8 percent, on 2,000 fewer cows and unchanged output per cow, followed by Pennsylvania, and Ohio and Virginia, both down 0.7

percent.

Meanwhile; The Agriculture Department’s latest Livestock Slaughter report shows an estimated 242,800 culled dairy cows were slaughtered under federal inspection in October, down 4,000 from September, but 11,300 more than October 2010. The January to October 2011 dairy cow slaughter was estimated at 2.399 million head, up 98,300 from the same period in 2010.

The cash dairy markets only traded three days this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The 40-pound block cheese price saw another week of losses, closing Wednesday at $1.7875 per pound, down 4 1/2-cents, but still 32 cents above that week a year ago.

The 500-pound barrels rolled 7 cents lower, to $1.80, still 36 cents above a year ago and the fourth week in a row to be above the blocks. Only seven cars of block traded hands on the week and eight of barrel.

Bill Brooks, economist at INTL FCStone, noted in the November 23 eDairy Insider Opening Bell that more cheese has been available in the past two weeks than during the previous month.

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Mielke from B16 Spot butter weakened for the fourth consecutive week, with four cars finding new homes.

It closed Wednesday at $1.61, down 3 3/4-cents on the holiday week, and 6 cents below a year ago when the butter price melted down 22 cents, to $1.67. The butter price has plunged 27 cents in

four weeks.

Cash nonfat dry milk was unchanged on the week, with Grade A holding at $1.45 and Extra Grade at $1.48.

Volatility is here to stay according to Paul DeBriyn, President and Chief Executive Officer, of Minnesota-based AgStar Financial Services.

Speaking in Tuesday’s DairyLine

broadcast, DeBriyn said; “We are in a global economy and there are a whole lot of things that impact it.”

He cited economics, the number of people, and geopolitical issues to name a few. He added that the issues we have today will “resolve themselves,” but warned, “We’ll have new ones so volatility is

probably here to stay.”

He brought out that risk management is an important part of the grains, swine, ethanol, and poultry industries and dairy is making strides in that regard after dairy producers lost a third of their equity in 2009.

Checking the cupboard; the Agriculture Department’s latest

Cold Storage report shows that cheese and butter stocks declined seasonally in October, though cheese inventories remain higher than historical levels, according to the CME’s Daily Dairy Report, and butter holdings remain lower.

October 31 American cheese inventories stood at 614.7 million

pounds, down 3 percent from September, 4 percent below those in October 2010, but 9.1 percent above the five year average for that date, according to the DDR. Total cheese stocks amounted to 1.013 billion, down 3 percent from September, 4 percent below a year ago, but 13.6 percent above the five-year average.

Butter inventories, at 129.8 million pounds, were down 14 percent from September, 19 percent above a year ago, and down 19.1 percent from the average over the 2006-10 period, according to the DDR. eDairy’s Bill Brooks says the butter inventory was higher than expected.

In politics; the Dairy Dairy Report also reported that dairy pricing mechanisms will remain intact for now, as the deadline ran out on the 12-member socalled “Supercommittee” to agree on deficitcutting measures.

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Mielke from B17 Committee leaders on the panel had crafted a new Farm Bill, which reportedly would have incorporated dairy reform based on the Dairy Security Act/Foundation for the Future, but the Supercommittee’s “failure to reach a deal on an overall deficit reduction package effectively ends this effort,” said Representative Frank Lucas (R-OK) and Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).

The two pledged to continue their work to reauthorize food and agricultural policy in the year ahead, the DDR said.

The current Farm Bill expires in September 2012.

Dairy Profit Weekly editor Dave Natzke reports that the Supercommittee had until November 23 to come up with a plan, which had to be approved by a simple majority in both houses of Congress, without amendment, by December 23.

The overall Farm Bill package included $23 billion in cuts over the 10-year period, according to Natzke. Now, however, 2012 Farm Bill debate goes back to square one, although the plan offered to the Supercommittee may serve as the base for restarting discussions.

The next deadline for Congress is January 2013, when automatic budget cuts triggered in the law that created the Supercommittee, in the event of Supercommittee and Congressional failures to work out deficit-reduction plans take effect.

“Most say the automatic cuts are too drastic, especially for Defense,” Natzke wrote. “And, next year is an election year, so any deficit plan developed during the year that makes painful cuts or raises taxes seems unlikely. So, look for this Congress to do what this Congress does best: Pass “continuing resolutions to keep kicking the can down the

road.”

Getting back to the increasing milk supply; growth continues in other parts of the world as well, according to the Daily Dairy Report, which points that, in the third quarter, milk production in New Zealand was 7.8 billion lbs. (+10.5 percent from last year), while production in Australia was 5.2 billion lbs. (+2.2 percent) and output in Argentina was 6.5 billion lbs. (+12.5 percent). EU production was up approximately 2 percent in the Third Quarter.

Looking “back to the futures” combined with the announced Federal order Class III prices, the Class III contract’s average for the last half of 2011 was at $18.72 on September 29, $19.16 on October 7, $18.97 on October 14, $19.12 on October 21, 19.36 on October 28, and $19.54 on November 4. The average for the first six months of 2012 stood at $16.63 on November 4, $16.72 on November 11, $16.78 on November 18, and was at $16.77 an hour before the close on November 23.

Milk production in the Southwest and California is steady to slightly higher, according to the USDA’s weekly update. The Pacific Northwest, Utah and Idaho are near their seasonal production low points.

Production is steady in the Central region and increasing in the East with the increases building from South to North along the seasonal trend.

Class I use was much heavier the week before Thanksgiving with many bottlers at their largest production schedules for the year. Most balancing plants have concluded maintenance projects and are trying to make ready all available silos in preparation for the expected heavy milk supplies over the upcoming holiday week, USDA reported.

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NCGA defends public funding for corn research The National Corn Growers Association actively defended the importance of publicly funded research into corn to a panel of industry stakeholders tasked with discussing the future of federally funded agricultural research programs. Noting that corn is not only the largest crop in the United States but also a major export product, NCGA staff defended against calls to kill public funding for corn research, stressing the

importance of public research that generates ideas, encourages collaboration and confirms the internal findings of private companies.

“Corn is too valuable of an asset to our country for publicly funded research to cease,” said NCGA Director of Research and New Uses Dr. Richard Vierling.

“Halting this important, unbiased source of data would be disastrous for the future of the industry and deeply injurious

to the future of the country. Right now, we still have an advantage in production agriculture. It is an edge we cannot afford to lose in the way we have already lost so many others.”

Vierling participated in this panel discussion during the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service National Project 301 on Plant Genetics Resources stakeholder meeting. Held every five years, stakeholders in-

volved with NP 301, the largest national program in ARS, explored effects budgetary constraints might have upon the program.

In 2010, National Project 302 Microbial Genetic Resources was rolled into NP 301, thus making the project even larger. Now, USDA ARS expect funding levels to decrease by $53 million in the coming year. In response, the agency will close 10 research locations.

Following the panel

discussion, attendees participated in breakout sessions focusing on areas in which the USDA needs to improve. Groups suggested the agency should improve in a number of areas including: fostering greater innovation; improving the nutritional value of crops; improving germplasm; increasing access to high-throughput genotyping and phenotyping; increasing inter agency collaboration; increasing engagement

with the industry; more vigorously pursuing the translational utilization of genomic information; improving data base management, particularly for minor crops; amplifying communications and outreach efforts; providing better training for plant breeders; and, beginning to look for resistant strains of crop for diseases not yet in the United States.

Source: NCGA News of the Day: Tuesday, Nov. 22

Poultry and livestock add money, jobs to national economy The soybean checkoff talks a lot about U.S. soybean farmers’ No. 1 customers — poultry and livestock farmers. But these sectors impact more than just a soybean farmer’s profit potential. According to a recent soybean-checkoff-funded study, poultry and livestock supported 1.8 million U.S. jobs and added $19 billion in tax revenue annually to the U.S. economy.

“It’s important that we maintain and expand animal agriculture in the United States,” said Laura Foell, a soybean farmer from Schaller, Iowa, and a farmer-leader for the United Soybean Board (USB). “It helps grow our U.S. soybean industry but is also a way we can keep jobs here and know we are producing safe and reliable food.”

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pears to be more than just a fad. In fact, the poultry and livestock sectors increased household incomes by more than $4 billion during the last decade alone. Nearly 70 percent of that growth occurred west of the Mississippi River or right on its borders, but trends show growth occurring more evenly throughout the country.

“This study shows the im-

portance of animal agriculture not only to soybean farmers, but also to our local, state and national economies,” adds Foell. “And animal agriculture helps local businesses by purchasing goods in local stores and creating local jobs.”

Poultry and livestock consume 98 percent of domestic soybean meal each year and help increase the value of U.S. soybeans. The checkoff study

showed most recently that consumption equaled 30 million tons of soybean meal, or the meal from approximately 1.2 billion bushels of soybeans annually. To read the full study on the economic impact of animal agriculture, visit http://tinyurl.com/checkoffeconomics.

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Wind as an energy option As both businesses and private citizens continue to look for alternative sources of energy to help the environment, wind continues to generate a back and forth discussion as to its efficacy as an energy solution.

While there are pros and cons to wind, it’s also important to note there are certain myths and misconceptions about wind that can cloud the discussion.

Before discussing the advantages and disadvantages of wind, it’s helpful to examine certain elements of the argument that might be more rooted in myth than fact.

Myths about wind One of the more commonly cited issues surrounding the use of wind turbines to generate energy is their potentially harmful effects on avian life. In reality, wind turbines are much less harmful to birds than felines.

According to HealthLink, a nonprofit organization dedicated to

informing individuals about environmental risks to human health, studies have shown that wind turbines may be responsible for 1.5 to 2 deaths per year in most areas. Cats, on the other hand, are responsible for 8 to 10 bird deaths a year in most areas.

Another myth with regard to wind power is the safety risk of wind turbines should weather turn severe. While this was once a genuine concern, as wind turbine technology has evolved, the safety risk has decreased significantly. Today’s wind turbines are designed to prevent them from being active in severe weather, meaning there is essentially no turbined-related risk to surrounding residents should a storm occur.

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fact that there will be no VEETC between those years. VEETC expires about a month from now, and corn growers and the ethanol industry have long agreed to let it expire and have since stopped fighting for its renewal.

Regardless, we are quite amused that ethanol opponents continue to attack VEETC, even though no one on

our side is fighting for its renewal. We stressed this point as long ago as last September.

On Thanksgiving, it was the Washington Times’ turn to take up the cudgel and beat the already-dead tax credit.

In an editorial full of grievous factual errors, they claimed yet again that VEETC must go.

It’s kind of like when one football team leaves the field and the other team scores a gamewinning victory four plays later. Frankly, we left this game last quarter because there are other, smarter ways to support ethanol, especially in today’s deficitprone political world.

That was part of the reason we and the industry asked for a one-year extension in 2010 — to have time to seek alternatives. We won the game and left the field ...not the guys who will pound their chests and claim victory in a few weeks.

But let’s return to the Washington Times editorial and look at where its writers err.

They say: “Powerful agribusiness interests collect a 45-cent-per gallon tax credit.” In reality, VEETC is a tax

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shave $380 billion from the federal budget over five years. But their $380 billion in proposed cuts included a major error that accounts for more that 10 percent of their suggested cuts — $38.8 billion that they argued the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit would otherwise cost between 2012 and 2016. They conveniently ignored the important

NCGA joins with ag experts for discussion on factors impacting farming’s future Recently, the National Corn Growers Association participated in a roundtable that brought experts from various areas within agriculture to Kansas City for a discussion of upcoming issues that will impact agriculture.

Focusing on issues such as the sustainability of utilizing corn stover as a biofuels feed stock, increasing grain exports from the Black Sea region and the future of ethanol, these discussions helped both the host and participants develop a more comprehensive view of the potential impacts of developing situations.

“By sharing insight into the issues NCGA thinks will influence the national corn industry and exploring the variety of ideas these experts brought

to the table, we are able to create a more comprehensive look at what must be dealt with today in order to create the best possible scenario for our farmers tomorrow,” said Vice President of Production and Utilization Paul Bertels, who represented the organization.

“Each participant brings a unique understanding of their particular field, be it special circumstances faced by growers in Nebraska or Illinois or a detailed knowledge of exports, energy or other related markets that help us piece together the broader picture much as one might a puzzle. With farmers today involved in such a variety of activities and affected by national and international factors at the farm level, it is crucial we pres-

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VEETC from B23 credit for ethanol blenders — who are largely oil companies, not ethanol producers.

Ethanol producers are not the ones who set the price, so this money does not come back to ethanol producers or the elusive “powerful agribusiness interests.”

They call ethanol “an unnecessary and sometimes harmful additive to gasoline.” On the contrary, it is necessary, if you want to wean the country away from foreign oil and toward energy independence, or if you want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or if you want to support the rural economy. They also carefully omit the fact that ethanol is currently just under 10 percent of the nation’s fuel supply.

What would happen to the price of gas or the nation’s economy if fuel manufacturers had to go out and buy 10 percent more oil? And it’s certainly not “harmful,” especially as we move toward more flex-fuel vehicles and the smart and needed Open Fuel Standard. In Brazil, for which the Times has nothing but praise, 80 percent of their cars can run on pure ethanol.

The Times writers say

there is “a diversion of a huge amount of the world’s supply of corn into the production of ethanol.” In reality, ethanol production in the United States consumes just about 3 percent of the world grain supply.

They say “Brazil eliminated its ethanol tariff barriers a decade ago.”

Actually, Brazil in 2010 imposed a temporary moratorium on its tariff, and that moratorium expires at year’s end.

Soon, Brazil will start again imposing a 20 percent tariff on ethanol imports. Also on Brazil, they say “sugar cane is not a food crop; corn is.”

And yet, sugar cane takes up acreage that could go into food crops, could it not?

Let the record show that NCGA and our allies in the ethanol industry have left the playing field on this issue long ago and moved on. Those who continue to play are only showing their own foolishness by not realizing that there is no opponent still on the field and the game was called long ago. It’s time to work together on smart energy policies that promote our domestic economy and energy security.

ent our leadership with the best possible knowledge to use as they develop the policies that guide NCGA.” The roundtable, organized by the ProExporter Network, began with presentations from Doug Karlen of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and Wayne Parman of Jefferies Bach, a global securities and investment banking group. Karlen looked at the sustain-

ability of using corn stover for a biofuels feed stock, concluding that the amount which can be sustainably removed is significantly lower than that laid out in the Department of Energy’s initial Billion Ton Study.

Utilizing information from the DAM project, organized by John Deere, Archer Daniels Midland and Monsanto, he noted that there are many issues with the use of stover as a feedstock for biofuels. These

issues include limited days for stover removal in the fall, increased fertilizer expenses, and the need for variable rate removal.

Parman then discussed a recent surge in competition resulting from increased grain exports from the Black Sea region. Despite a short supply of capital and antiquated farm equipment and elevators, all major grain traders have developed export facilities in this.

Pacific Rim nations such as China, Taiwan and Japan have begun importing Black Sea corn due as it is currently trading at a significant discount to U.S. corn. Raising the question is this “the third Corn Belt”, Parman and several other roundtable participants speculate once capital is invested, the region will continue corn production and expansion of its exporter status.

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Anti-truck groups seek to dismantle successful safety regulation ARLINGTON, VA — In advance of the Nov. 30 hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves questioned the aims of groups pressing the federal government to dismantle a successful regulation.

“Since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration first revised the hours-of-service

rules in 2004, a coalition of advocacy groups and organized labor, abetted by their political allies have tried through lobbying and litigation to undo what has proven to be a successful regulation,” Graves said.

“Since these rules went into effect, fatal crashes involving large trucks are down 32 percent, even as truck miles traveled have increased.

These rules are working, so we have to ask: what part of success troubles these groups?

“It is apparent to us that since these crusaders cannot win an argument on the merits, as shown in analysis after analysis of FMCSA’s proposal, they now are attempting to use our country’s weak economy as a wedge, arguing for this rule simply because it will reduce productivity and create driving jobs,” Graves said.

“What this rule will do, if enacted as proposed, is force fleets to put even more trucks on the road, which elevates the

risk of a crash. ATA will not support rules that create more exposure to crashes for professional drivers or for the motoring public.”

ATA estimates that if enacted, these new rules will reduce productivity by a minimum of 5 percent, which artificially creates a need for at least 115,000 additional trucks to haul the nation’s freight.

These trucks will need to travel an estimated five billion miles to deliver their goods and,

given the most recent crash rates, could lead to an additional 52 fatal crashes, and nearly 900 injury crashes.

“By baselessly cutting the productivity of the industry, these alleged champions of safety will, by forcing thousands of additional drivers and vehicles onto the highway, make our roads less safe,” Graves said. “The highway is our workplace, and we have a vested interest in making it safer for everyone. If compelling evidence ex-

isted that the changes these groups want would increase safety, we would embrace it. However, the FMCSA itself said in its proposal the safety benefits of this rule do not outweigh the costs.

“Rules should be written based on sound data and research, not the theories of outside interest groups. We hope and trust the factual record, and not politics will guide policymakers as they complete their review of this rule,” Graves said.

Nelligan named New York Farm Bureau manager of public affairs ALBANY, NY — Matt Nelligan has been named New York Farm Bureau’s (NYFB) manager of public affairs and associate director for public policy. He will serve as the organization’s spokesperson, interacting with the media on a daily basis and communicating the needs of farmers throughout New York State.

Nelligan was previously the director of legislation for Senator George Maziarz, as well as a regional coordinator for the New York State Senate. He also has a background in education, formerly serving as a social studies teacher in the Guilderland Central Schools District. Nelligan is an alumnus of Siena College and the College of St. Rose, with

a bachelor’s degree in history and secondary education and a master’s degree in U.S. government, respectively.

“I’m very pleased to welcome Matt to our team,” said Julie Suarez, NYFB director of public policy. “Matt’s enthusiasm and professionalism, as well as his diverse experience in public policy and communications, will be a strong asset to our organization.”

In addition to his role as spokesperson, Nelligan will also be responsible for coordinating NYFB’s public affairs program, which will focus on all aspects of the organization’s internal and external communications. He will also assist in the development of programming for FFA student leadership visits to Albany.

honored to be joining their staff,” Nelligan said. “I look forward to utilizing my experience

to enhance the public presence of an already top-notch organization that works to deliver

good public policy for New York’s hardworking farmers.”

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New York Farm Bureau announces the hiring of Matt Nelligan as manager of public affairs.

“New York Farm Bureau is among the most respected associations in our state, and I am

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Kennedy Tractor (315) 964-1161 Williamstown, NY “We Deliver” Ford NH 4630 Heated Factory Cab 55-60HP Dsl, 1800 hrs, dual outlets, clean inside & out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$11,500 4x4 Kubota L3410 Heated Cab 30HP Dsl, “ag tires” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,950 4x4 Ford 2120 w/Loader 40HP Dsl, 1100 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,950 PTO Generators 70/30KW . . . . . . . . . .$2,450 & 50/25 KW . . . . . . . . . .$2,750 Farmi Winches new/used . . . . . . . . . . . .$Call 4x4 Kubota B1750 w/mower deck & Ldr, 20HP Dsl, 800 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,950 3Pt 7’ & 7 1/2’ Snowblowers good variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$Call 4x4 Landini Vineyard 8560F 75-80HP Dsl, 2800 hrs, dual outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,950 Landpride RCR250 10’ rotary mower, trailer type (demo), just like new, (3) gearboxes, 540 PTO (new list $7,400) . . . . .Our Price $5,950 Lots More Tractors & Equipment In Stock

KICKER BALE WAGONS $2,350; 8 & 10 Ton Running Gears, $1,325-$1,500; 20’ Bale Carriers, $2,750. Horst’s Welding, 585-526-5954 KNIGHT 3300 mixer w/Digistar scales, excellent shape.

Call 315-717-7495

Maine To North Carolina December is Here!

Last chance to upgrade and defer 2011 taxes!

Farm Machinery For Sale 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

Skid Steer Attachments •Buckets •Pallet Forks •Bale Spears •Rock Forks •Grapples ~ Call for Price Burkholder Repair LLC

315-536-8446

USED COMBINE PA R T S K & J SURPLUS

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

Custom Roasting and Cooling Your Soybeans,Corn, etc.

At Your Farm or Mill Serving All of NY State

WEILER’S GRAIN ROASTING

(315) 549-7081

LANSING, NY 607-279-6232 Days 607-533-4850 Nights

LACKAWANNA PRODUCTS

Massey Ferguson 814-793-4293

John Deere 5460, 5820, or 5830 Choppers

YOUR SOURCE FOR:

Call 888-596-5329 for Your Subscription

R & R FENCING LLC • • • •

Buying Corn, Feed Wheat & Oats

(315)) 549-82266

Equine Livestock Post Driving Pasture & Paddock Design BRIAN ROSS

Romulus, NY 14541

585-599-3489

WANTED: Moldy or dusty corn for corn furnace. Can haul. Ontario County,NY. 585704-0687

9479 Alleghany Rd Corfu NY 14036 15 Years of Professional Fencing Installations “Quality You Can Trust”

Fencing

Fencing

Sales & Installations Building Since 1981

“Miles of Quality Start Here”

• High Tensile • Split Rail • Misc. Types of Fence • Energizers • Fencing Supplies

“NOW SELLING”

MUST SELL!! CIH 1640 COMBINE w/15’ flex head, good condition, $14,000 OBO. 607-592-1878 NEW AND USED PARTS for New Holland 770, 782, 790, 890, 892, 900, FP230, FP240.

John Deere 3940, 3950, 3955, 3960, 3970, 3975. NEW Horning crop processors.

NEW & USED New Holland baler parts & service. Closed Sundays. 607-243-8151

CORN, RYE, OATS, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, CORN MEAL, DDGS HOMINY, BEDDING, SOYBEAN MEAL, WHOLE COTTONSEED, BEET & CITRUS PULP PELLETS, CORN GLUTEN FEED & MEAL, HOMINY, BAKERY MEAL AND CANOLA MEAL

“NOW BUYING”

WANTED: Small diesel power unit with or without hand clutch. 716-474-3973

CALL (716) 633-1940 FOR PRICES & ASK FOR: DON POWELL BILL SCHMAHL SCOTT SCHULTZ

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

WANTED: Corn Stalk Shredder. Call 315-794-7316

4097 Rt. 34B, Union Springs, NY 13160 RUSTIN WILSON (315) 364-5240

o h lder k r u B Fencing

PARTING OUT 3 cyl. Ford 4000, loader w/large bucket, tires, rims, 505 parts, weights, fenders, 6’ snowblower. 585437-2796 PEOPLE WILL PAY TO HUNT on your land. Earn top $$$ for hunting rights. Call for a FREE quote and info packet toll free 1-866-309-1507 or request at www.BaseCampLeasing.com PRICES REDUCED on all combines in stock. Zeisloft Farm Eq. 800-919-3322

• Steam Flaked Corn • Protein Mixes

• Corn Meal • Minerals

• Energy Mixes • Nutritional Services

Pick-up or Delivery from our Geneva Feed Mill

We Buy All Grains! Call Pat @ 716-992-1111

Quality Services You Can Count On Custom Farming “Since 1995” 50 Mile Radius

HI-CAL Lime & Lime Spreading Electronic Rate Controlling GPS Guidance

Clinton Zimmerman Savannah, NY

315-729-1066 Save Money ~ Call Us

Generators

NOBODY beats our prices on Voltmaster PTO Alternators, Sizes 12kw-75kw. Engines Sets and Portables Available.

MOELLER SALES 1-800-346-2348 Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers FOR SALE: 2009 GT RB800 grain dryer, ready now, delivery anywhere. 877-422-0927 NEW AND USED Grain Dryers: GT, MC, GSI. Call anytime toll free 1-877-422-0927

Free Estimates Anthony Burkholder 607-869-5780 Closed Sundays

Improve Your Farm Efficiency

ALL TYPES OF FENCES Quali Guara ty nteed

FALL DISCOUNTS NOW

Heavy Duty Galvanized Gates Pat O’Brien & Sons For all your feed needs!

Spr ing Lak e Far ms

Custom Fence Building for: Horses, Cows, Goat, Sheep and Deer We Build: Hi-tensile, woven wire, hot coat, split rail and board fences Also, we sell pressure treated or cedar post, fencing supplies and gates

MARTIN’S WELDING

315-531-8672

Fertilizer & Fertilizer Spreading

Cyclops Energizers Made in USA

BOARD • VINYL • WOVEN WIRE • HI TENSILE Serving The Northeast

E&A Fence LLC 518-993-5177

771 St. Hwy 163, Fort Plain, NY

1-800-836-2888 To place a Classified Ad

December 5, 2011 • COUNTRY FOLKS West • Section B - Page 29

CORN, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, RYE, OATS & MANY OTHER MISC. PRODUCTS.

• Posts • Board • Split Rail • HT Wire • Vinyl • Energizers

Empire Farm Fence & Supply

8545 MAIN ST. P.O. BOX 660 CLARENCE, NY 14031 PHONE# (716) 633-1940 FAX# (716) 633-1490

814-793-4293

669-2179

8408 CARNEY HOLLOW RD., WAYLAND, NY 14572

CORP.

PleasantCreekHay.com

New Skid Loader Attachments, Buckets, Pallet Forks, Manure Forks, Round Bale Grabbers, Bale Spears, Feed Pushers, Adapter Plates, Skid Steer Hitch

FOR SALE: Locust Posts, cut to order. For more details, please call 315-398-8002.

Also, tree removal available.

• Livestock Feeds • Ration Balancing • SeedWay Seeds • Crystalyx Products

DAN FITZPATRICK

165, 175, 265, 275, 285 Any Condition

WANTED

Fencing

SHAMROCK FARMS (585) FENCING

WANTED

Farm Machinery Wanted

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

Sell Your Items Through Reader Ads P.O. Box 121, Palatine Bridge, NY 13428

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

A N MARTIN GRAIN SYSTEMS 315-923-9118

Clyde, NY

WE SPECIALIZE IN • Sukup Grain Bins • Dryers • Grain Legs • Custom Mill Righting

• Hopper Feed Bins • Transport Augers • Crane Service • Dryer Service

Hay - Straw Wanted

Hay - Straw Wanted

ALWAYS WANTED

WANTED

TIMOTHY MIXED HAY ALFALFA MIXED HAY

Hay & Straw - All Types

1st, 2nd & 3rd Cuttings Also Small Square Mulch

We Pick Up & Pay Cell 717-222-2304 Buyers & Sellers

Call 4M FARMS 315-684-7570 • 315-559-3378

WANTED

Giorgi Mushroom Company, located in Berks County now buying the following materials:

HAY & STRAW

HAY CORN STOVER STRAW

Trailer Load Lots Janowski Bros.

315-829-3794 315-829-3771

All bale sizes and types, including ROUND BALES, accepted.

Spot Buys or Long Term Contracts Small or Large Quantities Quick Payment Contacts: Kevin Eickhoff 610-926-8811 ext. 5216 keickhoff@giorgimush.com

WANTED

Pre Cut Rye Straw

Allen Hollenbach 610-926-5753 ahollenbach@giorgimush.com

Hay - Straw For Sale

Hay - Straw For Sale

1st & 2nd CUT HAY & OAT STRAW, Large square bales, processed. 716-474-3973

ONTARIO DAIRY HAY & STRAW

Hay For Sale First Cut, Second Cut, Timothy and Alfalfa WE DELIVER

519-604-8683

Low Potassium for Dry Cows

NEEB AGRI-PRODUCTS

519-529-1141

Wet and Dry

Try Selling It In The

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CLASSIFIEDS Call Peg At

STRAW

800-836-2888

519-482-5365

classified@leepub.com

Hay - Straw Wanted

or email

Hay - Straw Wanted

TOP MARKET PRICES PAID For Quality Hay in 2 String Bales Looking for Long Term Supply Paid for On Scale

Also Buying All Grades of Hay and Straw in 2 String or Large Square Bales

Nick Fitzpatrick 845-901-1892 or 845-609-7315

Help Wanted

Commercial Applicator Position Established, successful agribusiness in Western New York is seeking a conscientious, self-motivated individual looking for a career as a commercial applicator. Commercial Applicator’s license preferred, but a Private or Technician license would also be considered. CDL Class A license a plus.

Successful candidate needs excellent communication skills to interact with customers and other employees.

Responsibilities: • Apply crop protection products, fertilizer, and ag lime • Ability to mix, load, and calibrate equipment • Must have good mechanical ability to maintain equipment and perform minor repairs • Accurate record keeping and ability to operate equipment safely and efficiently a must • Willingness to adapt to seasonal fluctuation in workloads (lots of O.T. during busy season) • Shop work or driving position during off-season • Other duties as assigned We offer a competitive compensation package including health, dental, paid holidays and vacation, 401(k) and possible bonus.

WANTED: 1st & 2nd cut big & small squares. 315-363-9105

All inquiries will be kept confidential.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

585-768-8557

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:

Farmer to Farmer

CALL STEVE

Heating

Call for Competitive Prices

TOO MUCH HAY?

Also Square Bales of

Michele Fisher 610-926-8811 ext. 5189 mfisher@giorgimush.com

Lg. Sq. - 1st, 2nd & 3rd Cut

ALSO CERTIFIED ORGANIC

H AY 1st, 2nd & 3rd Cut Hay

302-737-5117 302-545-1000

Quality Alfalfa Grass Mix

HAY SAVER Plus Hay Preservative, 68% Propionic Acid.

87¢ per pound. Product available in Waterloo, NY. Delivery Available. Conoy Ag, Elizabethtown, PA 717-367-5078

Round & Square Bales

50 to 75 Lb. Bales

Help Wanted

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

Horses 8 YEAR OLD light grey 16-1 hand Percheron gelding; broke single, double and rides. Erin C. Lundy 315-4931051

The ideal candidate should have: A strong technical background: BSc, MSc or higher Strong verbal and written communication skills Interest and experience in the animal health or nutrition industries Self-motivated and proactive A valid driver’s license E-mail resumé and cover letter to: mgast@alltech.com

CLOSING DATE: JAN. 1, 2012

Alltech | Pennsylvania 1860 Charter Lane, Suite 203 Lancaster, PA 17601 Fax: 717-393-9774 • mgast@allltech.com

Parts

NEW, USED & RECONDITIONED PARTS FOR CONSTRUCTION & AGRICULTURE Case-JD-IHC Crawlers Case-JD-Ford-IHC TLB’s Case-JD-Wheel Loaders Skid Loader Parts SPECIAL: MultiKey Construction Sets $45

GOODRICH TRACTOR PARTS

Rt. 38 & 38B, Newark Valley, NY

607-642-3293

Parts & Repair

ZERO

BULK TANK REPAIR PARTS For All Makes & Models

MARSHALL ELECTRIC Venice Center, NY adenbrook.com

315-364-8452

Sell Your Items Through Reader Ads P.O. Box 121, Palatine Bridge, NY 13428

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Roofing

ROOFING & SIDING e Metall Roofing g & Siding..

BUY DIRECT – Wee manufacture

ABM M & ABX X Panell - Standingg Seam m - PBR R Panel LOW PRICES - FAST DELIVERY – FREE LITERATURE

A.B. MARTIN ROOFING SUPPLY, LLC Ephrata, PA 1-800-373-3703 N e w v i l l e , PA 1-800-782-2712

Full line Pole Building material. ~ Lumber - Trusses - Plywood.

www.abmartin.net • Email: sales@abmartin.net

Seeds YES WE HAVE SEED CORN Conventional, GT, 3000GT, CB/LL, GT/CB/LL, Viptera, Waxy 866-471-9465 request@gristmillinc.com

Tractors, Parts & Repair

Tractors, Parts & Repair

TRACTOR PARTS NEW & USED

• We Have Over 7000 Parted Tractors • Many Late Models • New & Used Parts • UPS Daily *Nationwide parts locating service*

Anderson Tractor Supply Inc. 20968 TR51 • Bluffton, OH 45817

800-391-5462

PARTS •

Silos, Repairs, Silo Equipment PARTS • PARTS • PARTS • PARTS • PARTS • PARTS

325 ACRE former dairy farm located in Steuben County,NY w/2 houses & barns. Many o p p o r t u n i t i e s w / t i l l a bl e acreage, marketable timber & existing gas well. Mineral rights convey along with current gas lease and wind lease. offered at $698,900.

Call NY Land Quest for more information 877-257-0617 or www.nylandquest.com

Roofing

PARTS • PARTS • PARTS • PARTS • PARTS • PARTS

Real Estate For Sale

PARTS • PARTS • PARTS • PARTS • PARTS

Services Offered

Real Estate For Sale

Real Estate For Sale

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

(607)) 334-97277 Celll 607-316-3758 www.possonrealty.com possonrealty@frontiernet.net David C. Posson, Broker

Richard E. Posson, Associate Broker

Showplace Madison County Dairy Farm with a large modern home 2254 - Neat, Clean, & Turn-key. 220 acre farm, 160 exceptional well drained tillable acres with additional 40+ acres to rent. Balance mostly pasture, some woods. Two story 68 stall dairy barn with attached 80 stall free stall for dry cow and young stock. 3 very nice Morton machinery buildings. Nice 2 story 5 bedroom 3 bath Modern Home. This is truly an exceptional farm that has everything. Great milking facility, room for heifers and dry cows, plenty of machinery storage, and enough supporting lands. Farm recently appraised by leading Ag Bank at close to $550,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $550,000 Cattle, machinery, and feed available

Calendar of Events WEST NOTE: Calendar entries must arrive at the Country Folks office by the Tuesday prior to our publication date for them to be included in the calendar of events. Email: jkarkwren@leepub.com

DEC 8 Commodity Marketing Seminar Berks Co. Ag Center, 1238 County Welfare Rd., Leesport, PA. 8:30 am - 3:30 pm. Contact John Berry, 610-391-9840. On Internet at extension.psu.edu NYFB Foundation Raffle Raffle tickets are currently being sold for $5 each or a book of five for $20. Contact

Jessica Lopez or Sandra Prokop at 800-342-4143.

DEC 8-12 Acres USA Conference & Trade Show Hyatt Regency, Columbus, OH. See website for details.

Call 800-355-5313.

On Internet at www.acresusa. com DEC 9 Growing and Marketing Ethnic Vegetables & Greens CCE of Ontario County, 480 North Main St., Canandaigua, NY. 9 am 2:30 pm. $20/person includes lunch, handouts and expert advice on ethnic vegetable production. Preregistration is required by Dec. 7. Contact CCE of Ontario County, 585-3943977 ext. 427 or e-mail nea8@cornell.edu.

Real Estate For Sale

On the River - Minutes from the Adirondack Park. No Better Location for Roadsidee Sales.

2272 - Located on the Beautiful West Canada Creek. Herkimer County 123 acre Gentleman's Farm. Exceptional soils. 50 acres tillable. Silt Loem. High organic matter and premier vegetable soil. 20 acres of pasture in good fence. Balance woods. Lots of firewood. Awesome hunting.

2 story dairy barn w/65 tie stalls. Enclosed manure room. Side addition for 20 additional heifers. Large drive-in hay mow 10,000 bale capacity.

Good 60x80 machinery building w/8x14 cooler for vegetables. Good 28x48 Greenhouse with water and power. Nice 2 story 3 bdrm home with a large attached 2 car garage. New windows and furnace. Farm is currently used for roadside sales of beef, hogs, and veggies but could be Dairy again. Over 1500 ft of frontage on West Canada Creek. Awesome fishing and kayaking. . . . . . .Reduced from $320,000 to $300,000 m located in Oneida County, NY. Close to 2177 - 662 +/- acre farm 200 acres tillable all in hay, 460 acres of woods and pasture. 2 year round streams, 3 small ponds. Good 2 story Victorian home. 3 large bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. Attached 2 car garage. Very nice home high ceilings, large rooms. Farm has REA power, cheap electric. Nice location, close to the city of Utica. Close to Adirondack mountains. Lots of road frontage. Would make an excellent investment property or for someone who would like to raise beef, make hay. Excellent hunting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $750,000 Owner will consider selling 480 acres with home for $550,000.

2289 - Oneida County Land - 87 acres mostly wooded. Easy to get to from I90. Great recreational property. Close to trail system. Excellent deer & turkey hunting. Nice place for camp, weekend getaway, or year round residence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $120,000 DEC 12 Maple Confection I Workshop CCE Ontario County, 480 North Main St., Canandaigua, NY. 9 am - 4 pm.

This workshop will be suitable for very experienced as well as novice confection makers. Each farm will need to bring one quart of syrup to be used in the program.

The cost is $65/farm for up to two people, includes refreshments, lunch and New York Maple Confections notebook. Appropriate tools for measuring quality of maple syrup will be available for purchase at the workshop. Additional members from a farm can register for $10/person. Pre-registration required. Registration deadline is Dec. 6. To register, send name, address, phone number and check (made payable to Cornell Cooperative Extension), to Cornell Cooperative Extension,

Maple Confections I, 480 North Main St., Canandaigua, NY 14424.

Call 585-394-3977 ext. 427 or e-mail rw43@comell.edu.

DEC 16 New York State Dry Bean Advisory Committee Meeting LeRoy Country Club, 7759 E. Main Rd. (Rt 5), LeRoy, NY. 9:30 am - 3 pm. 1.5 DEC & CCA credits available.

Lunch reservations required

by Mon., Dec. 12. Contact Carol MacNeil, 585-3138796 or e-mail crm6@ cornell.edu.

JAN 5 & 19, FEB 2 & 16, MAR 1, 15 & 29, APR 12 Farm Business Planning Course Ithaca, NY. All classes 6-9 pm. Cost: Sliding scale, $80 - $300 Application required.

Visit www.groundswell center.org for online application. For more information email info@groundswell center.org.

• Sales & Installation • On The Farm Service • A Large Parts Inventory • Willing to Travel for Service Work • 7 Days a Week, Parts & Service • Financing Available

ART TIMMEL

3626 Brown St., Collins, NY 14034 Shop - (716) 532-2040 Eves & Weekends (716) 532-2919

The NEW

SILO Corp.

Arcade, N.Y.

(585) 492-1300 • Precast Bunk Silos 6’x8” to 13’-4” High • Silo Repair Service • Salt Storage Structures

11’ center wall

10’ side wall

13’4” side wall

11’T wall

Tractor Parts FOR SALE: Complete Perkins 354 ci. tractor engine, runs well. 315-420-9359

Sheep TUNIS EWES FOR SALE, Registered, asking $100.00 each. Call Phil 607-382-5806

Silos, Repairs, Silo Equipment

MARTIN’S SILO REPAIR Specializing in Teardown & Rebuilding New & Used Staves Silos • Shotcrete Relining • Distributors • Fill Pipe • Replacement Doors • Roofs • Chutes • General Repair

Will Buy Good Used Concrete Stave Silos SHOTCRETE SERVICE Repair Retaining Walls Strength Existing Masonry Walls Stanley, NY

585-526-6575

NORTHEAST SILO DEMO: Need a cheap, quick & easy way to get your silo down?

Will travel, give us a call. 518568-3560

REPLACEMENT SILO DOORS & HARDWARE AGRI-DOOR Jake Stoltzfus 649 South Ramona Rd. Myerstown, PA 17067

717-949-2034 Toll-free 1-877-484-4104

NEW AND USED TRACTOR PARTS: John Deere 10,20,30,40 series tractors.

Allis Chalmers, all models.

Large inventory! We ship.

Mark Heitman Tractor Salvage, 715-673-4829

Tractors, Parts & Repair FOR SALE: Farm machinery parts and older tractor parts.

DON’s PLACE, formerly Knapp’s. 585-346-5777

Trailers TEITSWORTH TRAILERS: Over 400 in stock now! PJ Goosenecks, Dumps, Tilt Tops, Landscape, Car Haulers, Skid Steer & more.

Best prices, largest selection.

585-243-1563

Trucks 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.

Ready to take you on your next trip. 518-993-2618 Fort Plain,NY

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2256 - Madison County Free stall Operation. 210 acres 160 acres of very productive tillable land. 2 barns with 280 free stalls. Double 10 rapid exit parlor. Large concrete pad for feed storage. Good 2 story 5 bedroom home with 2 baths. Several custom operators in the area for harvesting and planting feed. This farm is turnkey, ready to milk. Good farming area, agricultural and machinery businesses all close by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asking $550,000

Real Estate For Sale

SOLLENBERGER SILOS, LLC, 5778 Sunset Pike, Chambersburg, PA 17201. Poured Concrete silos since 1908, Manure Storage and Precast Products. For Information: Ken Mansfield 717-503-8909 www.sollenbergersilos.com “1908-2008” Celebrating 100 Years

Sell Your Items Through Reader Ads P.O. Box 121, Palatine Bridge, NY 13428

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Trucks

Trucks

Trucks

Trucks

Martin’s Farm Trucks, LLC

Trucks

CALEDONIA DIESEL, LLC TRUCK & EQUIPMENT SALES & SERVICE

Trucks for All Your Needs - Specializing in Agri-Business Vehicles

“The Diesel People!”

585-538-4395 • 1-800-311-2880

2905 Simpson Rd., Caledonia, NY

Since 1982

Just 1 mile south of Route 20 on 36 south

1986 Int. S2554 SA DT466, 210hp, Allison MT653 Auto, Spring Susp, 36,180 GVW, Air Brakes, 14’ Steel Dump, Chute, 103k mi. $8,900 $7,450

1997 East 34’ Push Out Trailer 54” Sides, Spring Susp, This trailer is very straight with very little wear, The cylinder is rusted badly and needs to be replaced $9,500 As Is

888-497-0310

1 (2)) 19855 FREUHAUFF 80000 GALLON N ALUMINUM M TANKS,, on buds, new pump and book kit field spread or nurse. Very sharp!

19900 FREUHAUFF 90000 GALLON N ALUMINUM M TANKER,, On hub piloted with aluminum rims, great on farm fuel storage or roadable, very sharp tank! $12,,000

Call Chuck Hainsworth 585-734-3264

1987 Western Star Southern Truck, No Rust, 300 Cummins, 8LL Transmission, 18,000 Front, 46,000 Rears, Hendrickson Walking Beam Suspension, Double Frame, Cheap! Price To Sell Or Trade

2003 Peterbilt 330 Only 20,000 Miles, 270 HP, Cummins, 6 Speed Transmission, AC, with or without 18’ R&S Steel Dump Body with 2 Way Gate, Like New Priced To Sell Or Trade

(Qty 3) 2004 Freightliner Columbia Day Cabs Cat C-13 425hp, 10 speed, 185” wheelbase, 46,000# rears. $29,900 each

2002 Peterbilt Log Truck Cat C-16, 600hp, rebuilt with 0 miles, 1 year warranty, 18 spd. trans., 22’ log bunk with Prentice 120E-30 loader, 20k front, aluminum wheels. $61,900

1999 Kenworth T800 Daycab, Cat 3406E 475hp, 10 speed, 625k miles, 24.5 rubber on aluminum wheels, Wet line, 211” wheelbase, air ride $24,900

2003 Peterbilt 357 Cab & Chassis Cummins 305hp, Allison Automatic, 20k front axle, 46k full locking rears, 16’ 8” of frame behind the cab, 189k miles. $55,000

2000 Freightliner FL112 Cab & Chassis Cat C10, automatic transmission, 15’ of HD frame behind the cab, 120k miles, auto lube system, 13k front axle, 46k rears. $30,900

2008 Mack Pinnacle CXU613 Daycab 445hp, 18 speed, 364k miles, 14,600# front axle, 46k full locking rears, 222” wheelbase, wetline, polished aluminum wheels. $58,950

Please check our Web site @ www.caledoniadiesel.com

2006 Deere 310G 4x4 Backhoe, EROPS, Extenda-hoe, 2050 Hrs. Excellent Condition $46,950

2002 Mack CH613 Day Cab 460hp, 18 speed, 14,600# front axle, 46k rears, double frame, good rubber, 527k miles. $27,900

John Deere 9500 4WD, 30.5x32’s at 90%, Straw Spreader, 3794 Sep. Hours. $25,500

2006 Deere 450J LT Dozer 1267 hours, OROPS, good U/C, 6 way blade, very clean machine $39,950

2007 Case 621D Wheel Loader, 3045 hrs, GP bucket, JRB coupler, good rubber, cab with heat. $73,950

40-43 ft. Aluminum Grain Hopper Trailers in stock and arriving weekly.

Prices Starting at $22,500

5 Easy Ways To Place A Country Folks Classified Ad

1. PHONE IT IN

Just give Peggy a call at 1-800-836-2888

2002 International 4400 DT466, 250 HP, Exhaust Brake, 6 Speed Transmission, Air Brakes, 33,000 GVW, Southern Truck, Low Miles Priced To Sell Or Trade

1987 Autocar 350 Cummins, 8LL Transmission, 18,000 Front, 46,000 Rears, Hendrickson Walking Beam, Double Frame, Southern Truck, With or Without Inside Outside Rail Roll Off Unit, Work Ready, Cheap!

Priced To Sell Or Trade

ADVANTAGE TRUCKS (716) 685-6757

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The Keystone Farm Show Has More Commercial Exhibits Than Any Other Farm Show In PA! ABS Global, Inc • W-309 ACR Metal Roofing • 128 Adams Building Contractors of PA • W-320, W-321 Adams Supply • W-314 ADM Alliance Nutrition • E-378 ADM - Crop Risk Management • 212 Advanced Biofuels USA • L-209 Advanced Biological Marketing • E-363 Advanced Solar Industries, LLC • 622, 263 Aerotech Ventilation Systems • 288, 289 AET Consulting • 260 Ag Com, Inc & Miller Chemical • E-359, E-360 Ag Essentials • 258, 259 AgChoice Farm Credit • 234 Aggrand Fertilizers • 707 Agpoint Construction Services • 129 Agri Analysis Inc • 621 Agri-King • 126 Agri-Nutrition Consulting, Inc • L-300 Agri-Plastics Mfg • 448 Agri-SC • 209 Agri-Service • O-104 Agri-Trac, Inc • W-330 Agromatic, Inc • 219, 220 AIC - Agricultural Instruments Corp • 532 Albers Dairy Equipment • W-300, W-301 American Farm Mortgage • 713 American Farm Products • 531 Amerseal Tire Sealant • 604 Anderson Group • W-348B Animal Medic • E-373 APC, Inc • 430 Appleby Systems, Inc • 437 Art Farm USA • 236, 237 Atlantic Tractor and Deer Country • W-353 Automatic Farm Systems • 121 AutoVent, LLC • 253, O-109 B&R Distributing • S Bag Man, LLC • 270, 271 Baker Lime • 208 Balsbaugh Insurance Agency, Inc • E-348 Bath Fitter • 703, 704 Beco Equipment • 215, 216 Beiler-Campbell Realtors & Auctioneers • L-306 Benco Poly Film • 211 Bergman Mfg., Inc • 274 Better Bilt Storage, Inc • 138 Binkley & Hurst LP • E-352, O-315 Bio-Vet, Inc • W-313 Bobcat of York • E-379 Boumatic • 120 Brecknock Builders LLC • 616 Brown Bear Corp • 537 Business Lease Consultants, Inc • W-325 CB Structures • 412 CBM Electronic Lighting • L-213, L-214 C.K. Replacement Stalls • E-353A Canns-Bilco Distributors, Inc • W-328, W-329 Cargill, Inc • E-344 Cedar Crest Equipment • 130 Central Petroleum Company (Cen-Pe-Co) • W-351 Channel Bio, LLC • 232, 233 Chase’s Farm and Home (Conklin) • H Chemgro Seed Co • W-323, W-324 Chesapeake Bay Foundation • L-204 CHR Hansen • 535 Claas of America • 102 Clean Cutter Flail & Tiller Blade Co • 419 Cobra Torches, Inc • 218 Conewango Products Corp. • 223, 234 Conklin Company • 715, 716 Country Folks • 720 CPS • 200, 201, 202, 203 Cramaro Tarp Systems, Inc • 413 Crop Care Equipment by Paul B, LLC • 113 CRV • 612 Cummings & Bricker, Inc • E-354 Dairy Marketing Services • E-341, E-342, E-343 Dairy One • E-345, E-346 Dairymaster USA, Inc • E-367 Dauphin Co • 235 Deep Valley Farm • E-357 Dekalb / Asgrow • W-352 DeLaval, Inc • 227B, 228, 229, 229A, 230, 231 Demuth Steel Products, Inc • 278, 279 Dick Meyer Co., Inc • 284 Diesel Pro Inc • 606 Diller Equipment • L-212, O-108 Doeblers • W-339, W-340 Donegal Insurance Group • 411

Dow Agriscience • 213, 214 Dr. Register & Assoc., Inc • W-305 Dryhill Mfg / Twin Valley Farms Service, LLC • 505, 515, 449A DTN - The Progessive Farmer • 220A Dyna-Tech Industries • 250, 250A E&F Ag Systems, LLC • E-311 Ed Hoover Construction, LLC • D Elanco Animal Health • E-334, E-335 Electrocell Technologies • 705, 722 Eli Fisher Construction • 441 EM Herr Equipment • 446 Emm Sales & Service, Inc • E-369, E-370 Energy Systems & Installations • 614, 615 Equipment Service • 442 Esch Mfg • E-375 Everett Cash Mutual Insurance Group • E-356 Evergreen Fence, Inc • W-311 Farm and Land Realty, Inc • L-301 Farm Works Software • 414, 415 Farmco Mfg • O-308 Farmer Boy Ag Supply • 125 Farmer’s Friend • 600 Farming, The Journal of Northeast Ag • 618 Fastline Publications • 610 Feedmobile, Inc - FMI • E-368 Fetterville Sales • H-304 Fisher & Thompson, Inc • 110 F.M. Brown’s Sons, Inc • 409, 410 Franklin Builders • 225, 226 Frontlink, Inc • 417, 418 Fulton Bank • 206 Garber Farms • 503, 451 GEA Farm Technologies, Inc • 104A Genex Cooperative • W-312 Goodville Mutual Casualty Co • E-316, E-317 Great Plains Mfg., Inc • W-348A Gro-Mor Plant Food Co Inc • 127 Ground Water Assesment • E-340 Growers Mineral Solutions • 246 Growmark FS, LLC • E-321, E-322 GVM, Inc • 114 H&S Manufacting Co. Inc • W-354, O-304 Hamilton Equipment, Inc • 445 Hardi North America, Inc • E-371 Harsco Minerals • 536 Hawaiian Moon • 607 Hershey Equipment Co., Inc • 444 Hillside Ag Construction, LLC • W-337, W-338 Hoard’s Dairyman • E-310 Homestead Nutrition, Inc • 285, 286, 287 Hoober, Inc • E-377, O-314 Hoof Trimmers Association, Inc • 269 Horning Mfg., LLC • 501 Hubbard Feeds • L-201 Hubner Seed • H-302, H-303 Hud-Son Forest Equipment • 242, 243 IBA, Inc • E-327, E-328 Idiehl LLC • 700, 701 International Silo Association • L-208A Iva Manufacturing • E-318, E-319, E-320 J&B Contractors • E-305 J&D Manufacturing • 280, 281 J&J Silo Co., LLC • 291 J. L. Gossert & Co. Forestry • E-347 J.S. Woodhouse Co., Inc • 440 Jamesway Farm Equipment • 135 Jaylor Fabricating, Inc • W-349 Jefo USA, Inc • 207 Kamar Products, Inc • E-358 Kel-Krop Enterprises LLC • W-306, W-307 Kencove Farm Fence • W-318, W-319 Keystone Concrete Products • 272, 273 Keystone Group Ag Seeds • E-361, E-362 King Construction • 254, 255 King’s Agri-Seeds, Inc • 403,404 Kubota Tractor, Corp • 123 Kuhn North America, Inc • 100 Kuhns Mfg., LLC • B Kutz Farm Equipment, Inc • I, J, K, L M, N, O, P, Q Lancaster Ag Products • 427 Lancaster Dairy Farm Automation • 502 Lancaster DHIA • W-332, W-333 Lancaster Farming, Inc • H-305 Lancaster Level-Flo, Inc • 118 Lanco Manufacturing, Inc • W-347 Lanco-Pennland • 429 Land O’Lakes, Inc • H-309A Lapp’s Barn Equipment • A Lawn Care Distributors, Inc • 124 Lely USA, Inc • 111

Lira / Kauffman’s Animal Health • E-331 LR Gehm, LLC / CoPulsation • 416 M. Meyers & Associates • 290 McFarlane Manufacturing Co., Inc • O-107 Mahindra USA • 540, 541 Mahoning Outdoor Furnaces, Inc • 222A, 222B Mark Hershey Farms, Inc • 431 Maryland Virginia Milk • E-323, E-324 Martin Limestone Inc • 257 Mastitis Management Tools • 205 MAX, Mutual Aid Exchange • H-300 McHenry Pressure Cleaning Systems • O-311 McLanahan Corporation • E-312 Melvin R. Weaver & Sons, LLC • 527, 528 Mensch Manufacturing LLC • L-215, L-216 Messick Farm Equipment • 105, 106, O-101 Meyer Manufacturing Corporation • O-100 MH Eby, Inc • W-355 Mid-Atlantic Agri Systems • W-346 Mid-Atlantic Seeds • E-364, E-365 Mid-Atlantic Seeds / Cumberland Valley Co-Operative • 251, 252 Mid-Atlantic Waterproofing • 602 Milk-Rite, Inc • E-301 Miller Diesel Inc • E-308 Miraco • E-336, E-337 MM Weaver • 103, O-106 Monty’s Plant Food Co., Inc • W309A Morrissey Insurance • 424 Morton Buildings, Inc • E-332, E-333 Mount Joy Farmers Co-op • 210 Mueller • 119 Multimin USA, Inc • E NASF • W-304 National Farmers Org - NFO • 534 Nachurs Alpine Solutions • 244, 245 New Holland Agriculture • 108, 109 Nextire, Inc • E-380, E-381 NIOSH / NPPTL • 241B North Brook Farms, Inc • W-335, W-336 Northeast Agri Systems, Inc • 122 Northeast Feed • 214A Northeast Stihl • 511, 512 Nutri Linx, LLC • 721 NYCAMH / NEC • 611 O.A. Newton • W-302, W-303 Organic Valley • 401 Outback Heating, Inc • 262, 263 Owens Corning Basement Finishing Systems • 603 Oxbo International • 104 PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) • L-203 PA Dairy Princess & Promotion Services • 624 PA Farm Bureau • 275, 276, 276A, 277 PA Farmers Union • E-309 PA Soybean Board • E-306 PACMA Inc • L-304, L-305 Paradise Energy Solutions • 706 Patterson Farm Maple Products • 240 Patz Corporation • 131 PDM Insurance Agency, Inc • E-326 Pearson Livestock Equipment • O-310 Penn Diesel Serv. Co • E-329 Penn Jersey Products, Inc • E-374 Penn State Agricultural Safety & Health • 241E Penn State University LAL Lab • 241A Pennfield Corporation • 247, 248 Pennsylvania Certified Organic • W-341 Pennsylvania Service & Supply, Inc • 425 Pequea Planter • 432, 433 Perma-Column East, LLC • 438, 439 Petersheims Cow Mattresses, LLC • 137 Pioneer Hi-Bred International • E-349, E-350, E-351 P.L. Rohrer & Bros., Inc • E-300 Plastic Welding • 526 PNC Bank • 407 Poly Excel LLC • 601 Power Pro Equipment • 443 Power Systems Electric, Inc • E-382, E-383 Precise Concrete Walls, Inc • 256 Precision Planting Dealers • W-326, W-327 Priority One • 426 Progressive Pressure Systems • 239 Progressive Publishing • 241 Provita Eurotech Ltd • H-306 Quality Craft Tools • H-301 Quality Milk Production Services • 261 Rain and Hail, LLC • E-315 RCM International LLC • L-202 Red Dale Ag Service • 400 Reed Equipment Sales • W-356, W-357 Reinecker Ag Products • 506, 507 Renaissance Nutrition • 294

Risser Grain • H-307 Roto-Mix, LLC • W-358 RSI Calf Systems • 266, 267 Ruhl Insurance • 402 Ryder Supply Company • E-372 S & I Pump Crete • 278, 279 Salford Farm Machinery, Ltd • W-350, W-350A Sanimax • 436 Schaeffer’s Mfg Co • L-200 Schnupp’s Grain Roasting, Inc • 217 Schulte Industries • C Seedway, LLC • W-342, W-343 Select Sire Power • W-308 Show-Ease Stall Co • 116 Shur-Co • E-307 SI Distributing, Inc • 420, 421, 422 Silo Stop • 708 Silver Stream Shelters • 702 Slaymaker Electric Motor & Supply • E-366 Smucker’s Energy, LLC • 608, 609 Smuckers Meats, LLC • W-338A Sollenberger Silos, LLC • 292, 293 Snyder Equipment, Inc • 423 Stan’s Service Center • L-210, L-211 Steiner • 508, 509 Stein-Way Equipment • 500, 449 Stoltzfus Spreaders • 117 Stor-Loc • 529, 530 Straley Farm Supply • 221, 222, O-102 Stray Voltage Testing • E-325 Stull Equipment Company • 542 Sukup / LnR Feed & Grain Sys. • E-355 Summit Glove Inc / Milkers Helpers • 408 Sundace Vacations • 617 Sunlion Energy Systems • 619, 620 Superior Silo LLC • 118 Susquehanna Bank • 406 Susquehanna Dodge Chrysler Jeep / D.K. Hostetler • 525 Sweitzers Fencing Co • 518, 519, 450 Synagro • 238 Syngenta Seeds • W-344, W-345 SyrVet, Inc • G T.A. Seeds • W-315, W-316, W-317 Tam Systems • E-376 Taurus Service, Inc • W-310 TDL Agritech • F Team Ag Incorporated • E-313 Tech Mix, Inc • 428 The Center for Dairy Excellence • W-331 The Fertrell Co • 533 The Mill • 241C, 241D The Old Mill-Troy • 538, 539 Tigerco Dist. Co • E-353 TM Refrigeration • 268, O-103 Tractor House • 605 Triple-M-Farms • 265 Troop Enterprises & N.T.H. • O-105 Udder Comfort • 204 Uncommon USA, Inc • W-222 Unique Building Systems, Inc • 126A U.S. Farmer • 613 USDA US Dept of Agriculture - APHIS-VS • L-205 USDA US Dept of Agriculture - FSA • L-206 USDA US Dept of Agriculture - NRCS • L-207 USDA US Dept of Agriculture - NASS • L-208 Valmetal, Inc • 136 Van Beek Natural Science • R Vi-Cor • 283 Vigortone Ag Products • 405 Vulcan Materials Company • 227 WA Johnson, Inc • L-302, L-303 Weaver Distributing • E-30, E-303, E-304 Weaver Insurance Group • 249 Weaver’s Toasted Grains LLC • E-330 Wenger Feeds • 227A Wengers of Myerstown • W-351A Westfield Group • W-334 White Horse Construction, Inc • E-338, E-339 White Oak Mills, Inc • 434, 435 Yoderway Buildings, LLC • T Zartman Farms • 107 Zeiset Equipment • 447 Zimmerman Cattle Control by PBZ, LLC • 115 Zimmerman Farm Service, Inc • 504 Zimmerman’s Glasslined Storage • 516, 517, 449B SPONSORS Official Bag Sponsor Sukup / LnR Feed & Grain Sys.

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Tractors: JD 6230 75HP 2WD 145 HRS Cab; Ford 7700 2WD 8392 HRS Cab; JD 2350, Cab; JD 4040, Cab; JD 5420 MFWD; IH 8930, MFWD 8660 HRS Cab; Case MX120 MFWD 2284 HRS Cab; JD 2210 MFWD 504 HRS; JD 302; IH 706; IH 1066; JD 2350; JD 3010; JD 4040; JD 4240; JD 4440; JD 5420, MFWD; JD 7800, MFWD Cab; NH 8240, MFWD; IH 8930, MFWD Cab; Case MX120, MFWD Cab; JD 7700, MFWD Cab; JD 7720, MFWD Cab; JD 2210, MFWD 504 HRS; JD 4100, HYDRO, MFWD 702 HRS; JD 4110, HYDRO, MFWD, 967 HRS; JD 4200, MFWD 217 HRS; JD 2940, MFWD 8591 HRS; JD 4010; JD 4030, Cab; NH TN65, MFWD 2000 HRS; JD 6230, MFWD 80 HRS; JD 6230; Ford 6635, MFWD 2900 HRS Cab; Ford 6640, MFWD 3081 HRS Cab; Ford 7700; White 2-105; JD 5420N, MFWD 3250 HRS Cab; (4) JD 317 skid steer loaders; NH LX465, skid loader, 6' BKT

Combines: Gleaner combine, JD 9500, MFWD Cab 500 SEP HRS; MF 760, MFWD 3800 SEP HRS Lawn and Garden: (8) Zero turn mowers, (15) Lawn mowers Tillage & Planting: JD 1750 6ROW. LIQUID; JD 1750 6 ROW 30" SPNG DRY; UN 225 33' rolling harrow; BR 3130 32' PACKER; IH CRUMBLER 32' SEED BED finisher; JD 200 28' SEEDBED finisher; OT 4900 24' SUPER TRAILER; RC 26' AERATOR; UN 130 15' ZONE builder; JD 4700 60' BOOMS 750GAL SP; JD 348 SQUARE BALER WITH 42 EJECTOR; JD 670 22' OFFSET DISC; JD 980 23' field cultivator; Sunflower 5034 25' field cultivator; Unverferth 130, 6 shank ZONE builder; JD 712, 11 shank CHISEL PLOW; (3) Grain drills; JD 670, 22' OFFSET DISC; JD 980 23' field cultivator; SF 5034, 25' field cultivator; Brillion 28' HC, 28' field CULT; Brillion 144XFOLD, 25' field cultivator; Sunflower 633226, 24' mulch finisher; JD 200 28' SEEDBED finisher; Unverferth 225, 33' rolling harrow; JD

970 28' ROLLER harrow; OT 2000, 33' COIL harrow; Brillion 3130, 32' PACKER; KR 4416-D, 16' PACKER; IH CRUMBLER, 32' SEED BED finisher; Unverferth 130, 15' ZONE builder; Brillion 7shank, 18' RIPPER; JD 200 25' rolling BASKET; IH 800 plow; KR 2860, 9 shank mulch tiller; GL 13 shank, 16'3" mulch tiller Case 9 shank, 9 shank SOIL SAVER; JD 215 15' RIGID; JD 216 16' RIGID HEAD; (11) Corn planters, 6, 12, 16 rows Misc: KN 4063 MIXER WAGON; OT 2-2400 VERTICAL MIXER (2) JD HPX Gators; OT 420, BATCH grinder mixer; Degelman 5700, 12' blade; Clark 450 forklift; RC 26' AERATOR; DG 46/57, 10' HYD ANGLE BLADE; OT 60TX, TRACTOR FORKLIFT; OT 1800, ROLLER MILL; SH RS320, ROCK PICKER; KN 3160, REEL AUGIE MIXER; SZ 5DGD, 5 ton spreader; JD 4700, 60' BOOMS 750 GAL SP OT GBPS500 500GAL PULL TYPE HI MEGA 350 60' 350 GAL 3PT Forage & Hay equipment: HS M-12 28'

MERGER; JD 348 TWINE 540 DROP; NH 575 TWINE 540 1/4 TURNJD 946 13'1" ROTARY; JD 956 14'9" ROTARY; NH 1431 discbine; Kuhn FC313 FC883 mower; Kuhn FC313RF mower; OT 256, round bale processor; OT 806, 3PT BALE shreader; HS M-12, 28' MERGER; NH 56 rake; NH 166, RAKE; OT 918, MERGER; Kuhn 7001, 6STAR 3PTHITCH; Kuhn GA4100TH RAKE; JD 457 round baler; ME 3245, MANURE spreader; Kuhn 8024, spreader; JD 348 SQUARE BALER WITH 42 EJECTOR; JD 348; TWINE 540 DROP; NH 570, TWINE 540RPM KICKER; NH 575, TWINE 540 1/4 TURN; Kuhn 6918, 6 STAR tedder; Kuhn 5001TH GYRO tedder 540RPM; Kuhn GF5001 4 STAR tedder; Kuhn GF8501T, 3PT 8 STAR tedder; AB 28' FEEDER CART; (4) HS 9X18, BALE WAGON TERMS: Full payment auction day, cash, check, MC/Visa or municipal voucher. 2% buyer's fee waived for payment with cash or check.

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2006 Chevy Impala, A/C, PW, PL, CC. 185,573 miles, Tires are approximately 40% wear remaining.

Xerox 3001 Map/Document Printer, JCB 185-65 4x4 Fastrac tractor, Cummins working when taken out of service.

Engine, 3 way steering, 4 remotes, 540 & 1000 RPM PTO, Heat & air, jump seat, 5567 1998 AUDI, V-8 4.2 L engine. 94,590 miles. hrs. 25% rubber.

This vehicle was taken out of service a few months ago - operating condition unknown.

John Deere 310 SE 4x4 tractor loader backhoe, standard hoe w/ quick coupler, Military 3KW Gen-set w/military trailer. tires 50%, 2 stick controls, 3670 hrs.

Gasoline engine, No Title or paperwork.

2003 Ford F-550 Dump/Plow Truck, V-10 Gas, Automatic, A/C, Approximately 79,000 miles, Running boards, Hitch, Frame mounted tool/chain box, 8' Rugby dump body, 9' Western Snowplow, 8' Monroe Stainless sander w/ sander flow control valve.

NORTEL MPR25/MPR15 series single phase -48V, 25A switch mode rectifier Also A.C. Data systems Surge Protection device AND used coax and other wire.

2005 Ford Crown-Vic, A/C, PW, PL, CC. 196,945 miles, Tires are approximately 40% wear remaining.

wear remaining.

2003 Chevy Impala, A/C, PW, PL, CC. 9151,270 miles, Tires are approximately 30% wear remaining.

2003 Ford Explorer 4WD, A/C, PW, PL, CC. 191,700 miles. 4.6L engine, hitch, Steering column parts needed. Tires are approximately 60% wear remaining.

2005 Ford Crown-Vic, A/C, PW, PL, CC. 177,200 miles, Tires are approximately 30% - 40% wear remaining.

1998 Jeep Cherokee 4WD, 6-Cylinder gas, A/C, PW, PL, CC. 159,463 miles, Hitch. Tires are approximately 80% wear remaining.

2006 Chevy Impala, A/C, PW, PL, CC. 174,981 miles, Tires are approximately 40% 1999 Ford F-150 Reg. Cab. 4WD Pickup - 50% wear remaining.

Truck. Gas, Automatic, bed liner. Mileage is unknown. Tires are in good condition.

Murray 100 Amp and Square D 200A Breaker Panel boxes with some breakers, 2000 Ford Expedition, A/C, PW, PL, CC. 83,395 miles, Tires are approximately 50% - Meter box, 100 Amp disconnect switch, 70% wear remaining. Decals, lights, two-way Power supply, 12" Sharp TV/VCR w/remote. radios and other police accessories will be International 404 Utility tractor 2WD. S/N removed.

7040J, Gas, PTO, Heavy Duty Canopy, 5' 2001 Chevy Impala, A/C, PW, PL, CC. 153,819 miles, Tires are approximately 30% MB hydro-turn broom, New PTO driven

hydraulic pump, Rear Tires are 70% - 80% Front 1 at 50%.

2000 International 4900 with Aerial Lift Body AL -50-5 and Chip Box, VIN # 1HTSDAAN2YH267900, odometer reads 45,368 miles, DT 466 engine, MD3060P Transmission, 10R22.5 & 11R22.5 Tires 29,000 GVWR, Wiper motor removed, Aerial Bucket cracked.

Toyota Prius, wrecked, motor, battery, parts ok.

2001 Ford Taurus LX 4DSD, automatic transmission, gas engine, PL, PW, AC, cruise, odometer reads 80,666, AM/FM radio, cloth interior.

2001 Chevy 1500 Silverado regular cab pickup, automatic transmission, V6 gas engine, A/C odometer reads 150K, leaking antifreeze into oil, poor brakes, significant rust.

2000 Dodge 1500 regular cab pickup, automatic transmission, gas engine, odometer reads 131,002.

1999 Chev. 3500 crew cab long box pickup, automatic transmission, gas engine, odometer reads 133,919.