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Table of Contents AGRICULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Stukenholtz Laboratory Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Pressurized Exhaust Kills Burrowing Rodents. . . . . . . . . . . 8 EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 LIVESTOCK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Catch A Ride On The Feed Train® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 MARKETPLACE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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a Ritz Family Publication President/CEO Michael Ritz – mikeritz@ritzfamilypublishing.com General Manager Brenda Stoner – brenda@ritzfamilypublishing.com Office Assistant Kyle Heisey – kyle@ritzfamilypublishing.com Sales Kevin Davis – kevin@farmranchdairy.com Pat Drury – pat@ritzfamilypublishing.com Graphic Design Julia Rehmke – julia@ritzfamilypublishing.com

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AGRICULTURE

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Stukenholtz Laboratory Inc.

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Celebrating 55 Years of Agricultural Testing

n 1970, there were no commercial soil and plant testing laboratories in Idaho. Farmers applied fertilizers based upon educated guesswork. Dr. Dale Stukenholtz and his wife Joyce saw an opportunity to build a business and started a soil and plant testing laboratory and field consulting service based in Twin Falls, Idaho. Dr. Stukenholtz had an unusually diverse background as an educator at the University of Nebraska, an agronomist in the fertilizer industry, and a farmer, and he saw a need for more modern fertilizer recommendations to produce greater yields at less cost. His clients were the growers, so he could make unbiased recommendations that maximized economic return to the farmer. After extensive field research, he developed these improved fertilizer recommendations that quickly became popular with growers and form the basis for nearly all fertilizer applications in the intermountain west area. Stukenholtz Laboratory clients include growers from all neighboring states and several foreign countries including Australia, Canada, Egypt, Russia, Mexico and New Zealand.

Stukenholtz Laboratory provides 1 to 2 day service, including picking up and delivery time, across Southern Idaho from St. Anthony and Grace to Parma and Homedale. Results can be delivered, mailed, faxed, or pulled from the Laboratory’s webpage: www.stukenholtz.com. To improve their service, Joyce and Dale Stukenholtz expanded the laboratory 28 years ago, installed the latest in

computerized instrumentation and quality control, and made it the most modern and well equipped agricultural laboratory in their market area.

Analysis room at Stukenholtz Laboratory Inc.

Critical to the success of Idaho’s most efficient laboratory and largest field consulting firm has been its personnel. Dr. Stukenholtz has had a PhD in Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition since 1964 and his son and Laboratory Manager Paul has nearly completed his own. Consulting agronomists include J.P. Kruckeberg of American Falls, a 46 year veteran of field consulting and the most successful single agronomist in the state, and Bart Kunz. The Laboratory and office staff are equally good.

STUKENHOLTZ LABORATORY Inc. Agricultural Consulting & Testing

• Soil Testing • Irrigation Scheduling • Feed Analysis • Contract Research

• Tissue Testing • Pest Management • Field Research • Grid Sampling

• Variable Rate Fertilization • International Testing • Agronomic and CCA Seminars • Nematode Testing

Contact: Paul Stukenholtz, Consulting Agronomist

Agronomists: JP Kruckeberg, Bart Kunz, Cameron Brower, Antone Christensen, Wess Gibson, Cody McCoy, Kevin Victor

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Pressurized Exhaust Kills Burrowing Rodents

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he H & M Gopher Control PERC® system (Pressurized Exhaust Rodent Controller) uses carbon monoxide from pressurized engine exhaust to kill burrowing rodents such as gophers, ground squirrels, prairie dogs, moles & voles.

Exhaust gas has long been one of the most lethal and least expensive methods to kill burrowing rodents, but until now there hasn’t been an economical, efficient delivery system.

Company owners, Allen Hurlburt and Virginia Massey, said the PERC® system involves a narrow steel wand that is used to probe the burrow and inject pressurized exhaust. The burrow is filled with lethal concentrations of carbon monoxide under pressure. The rodent has no chance to escape or block the burrow.

An internal combustion engine generates the carbon monoxide and drives a compressor pump that pressurizes the exhaust gas to 110 psi in a storage tank. An air hose and a handheld probe inject the gas directly into the burrow without any digging.

The PERC® system is simple to use and safe for the operator as well as wildlife since there is no poison bait or explosion involved. Crop stands are

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not damaged during treatment. No other control method is as effective, efficient, and as inexpensive to operate as the PERC®.

A PERC® system can treat moderately infested alfalfa fields at about 3.5 acres an hour with a single operator. Each probed location requires only about 2-to-3-minute injection times.

Units have been shipped to customers from Southern California to Central Canada, and as far east as Florida. Though most of the market has been with alfalfa growers, orchard and specialty crop growers have also purchased units. The PERC® system is the best solution anywhere burrowing rodents are a problem.

The PERC® system comes in three sizes, the 206, 412, and 620. The 206 and 412 comes as a skid, single axel, tandem axel, or road trailer. The 620 is sold as a skid, tandem axel, or road trailer.

Contact us and we will help you decide what might be right for you.

For more information call toll free (855) 667-5181 or visit the website www.HandMgophercontrol.com and request a quote.

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The Hillco Wrap Twine Remover (WTR) safely removes netwrap and/or twine from round bales and large square bales without the need for the operator to get off the tractor.

The WTR can handle 4’x5’, 4’x6’, 5’x5’, 5’x6’ round bales or large square bales up to 8’.

*Patent Pending

When the bale is ready to be fed the knife and hooks are engaged to cut and grab the wrap. After the wrap is cut the hooks hold onto the wrap. The pressure on the squeeze arms is released.

The arms can be rotated up, out of the way, pulling the wrap off the bale. The bale is then dumped into the feeder. The tractor operator can release the hooks and dump the wrap in a pile outside the pen.

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EQUIPMENT

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Catch A Ride On The Feed Train®

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n his previous career, before becoming a manufacturer, Bob Lutz was a cattle farmer. As such, he was always looking for ways to save time and money and make life a little easier. Since he was running a rotational grazing system to conserve his pastures, he was spending a lot of time moving feed bunks. Thus the dream of the time and labor saving mobile feed bunk system came into existence.

In order for this system to work properly, a special steering mechanism was necessary to cope with the hilly terrain here in northern Missouri. Bob kept experimenting until he came up with the correct formula and put it into action for his own use.

He then applied for and was granted

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a patent on the steering system.

The high quality construction of the Feed Train® mobile bunk led to requests for stationary bunks of the same quality and those were added to the product line. Next we were receiving customer requests for creep feeders and these were designed so that no tools are required for set up, thus avoiding the “lost screwdriver syndrome.”

Customer requests for bulk bin storage followed and two sizes in portable bulk bins were developed – a 1.5ton bin and a 3-ton bin. These sizes are also available as stationary units as well as a 5-ton bin. These bulk bin products are also used as seed tenders. And since most cattle farmers now use ATV or UTV units in their

operations, we have created units for feeding from the seat of your vehicle.

Pull-behind units come in 500- and 1000-pound capacity. And the UTV unit that sits in the back of the vehicle holds 600 pounds. Scales are available for any of these units.

Take a look at our website at www.

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ADVERTISERS INDEX

BG Sales LLC

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Burks Tractor Company

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DMTC Consulting LLC

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Elston Manufacturing, Inc.

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Fairly Reliable Bob's

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Feed Train LLC

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H & M Gopher Control

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Hillco Technologies Inc

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J & B Pipe Structural Tubing Modern Printers

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Northern Ag Mist Sprayers

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R&M Steel Company

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RCO Pest Control Products

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Stukenholtz Laboratory Inc www.stukenholtz.com

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Wilger Inc

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Mineral Max Supplement

ONE PRODUCT FOR ALL LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION

Benefits

Usage Add l gram of mineral max per 100 lbs. of body weight to mineral or feed for any species.

The resulting mix can be fed free choice or inc orporat ed int o complete feeds. For free choice mineral supplementation, use 3-5 pounds of supplement per bag, depending on cow/calf weight.

Storage and Handling Store in a cool dry place.

Product Options 25 lb. box of meal or pellet form.

• Better colostrum • Faster, efficient growth • Better conception rates • Heat abatement • Better overall health

Nutrition Ingredients Corn gluten meal, Dextrose, Dried yeast fractions, Monohydrate, Calcined montmorillonite, Hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate, Calcium, Dried yeast culture, Dried bacillus subtilis fermentation product, Dried bacillus licheniformis fermentation product, Maltodextrin, Vegetable oil, Anise oil, Cinnamon oil, Clove bud oil, Ginger oil, Lavender oil, Oregano oil, Rosemary oil, Thyme oil.

Guaranteed Analysis

Contains live, viable naturally

occurring microorganisms. min 20.00% Crude Protein, min 8.50% Crude Fat, max0.70% Crude Fiber, max 0.50% ADF, min 4.00% Calcium, max6.00% Calcium, min 0.26% Phosphorus, min 0.09% Sodium, max 0.12% Sodium, min 0.26% Magnesium, min 0.50% Potassium, min 0.50% Potassium, min 0.25% Sulfur, min 5 ppm Copper, min 50 ppm Zinc, Iron, min 5400 ppm Manganese, min 250 ppm Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus subtillus, 65 Billion cfu/lb.

Saccahromyces cerevisiae.

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