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Ash borer Atrazine invasion measures continues Ag experts have bright ideas reviewed

No relief in sight against tree killer

By Erica Quinlan

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DURHAM, N.H. — Emerald ash borer infestations continued in 2019 and are expected to grow in 2020.

Nate Siegert, entomologist at U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, discussed EAB in a webinar hosted by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

“Presently, we’re at 35 states and five Canadian provinces with known EAB infestations,” Siegert said.

“Several of us around the country have evaluated host susceptibility to EAB since we first detected it in 2002. We’ve used a variety of experimental designs to evaluate host susceptibility.

“What we consistently find across these studies is that North American species of ash are more susceptible than Asian species of ash due to co-evolution of the host and the insect pest. European species tend to be intermediate in terms of susceptibility.”

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Signs of emerald ash borer infestation n Dieback of leaves that starts

in the upper third of the tree. n Vertical splits in the bark. n S-shaped or hair-pin turn shaped channels, often filled by a sawdust like material called frass. n D-shaped exit holes about an 1/8th of an inch long, about the length of George Washington’s nose on a U.S. quarter. n Heavy woodpecker activity.

They may strip the grey exterior bark off leaving light or “blond” areas on the trunk or branches. n Water sprouts at the bottom of the tree’s trunk Source: Purdue Extension

By James Henry

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The past year presented a number of challenges for agriculture. Weather, as it often is, was at the top of that list.

Rain and flooding impacted the ability to get into fields and led to difficult decisions about whether to delay planting or take prevented plant-

ing insurance. Those delays then led to a late harvest.

While weather had significant effects in different areas, nationwide, there were only modest improvements in commodity prices.

Looking ahead, 2020 surely will have its challenges, but also opportunities.

AgriNews asked several experts for their tips to make the New Year successful. Here are their answers:

“I think that one of the most important issues for farmers in 2020 is revenue risk management. I’d encourage farmers to, if they haven’t already done so, prepare a budget for their 2020 crop and take a close look at pricing opportunities provided in the futures market at least one day per week. At the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture, we update our Crop Basis Tool on our website each week, which makes it easy to examine current basis patterns with historical basis levels. The tool can also be used to forecast

basis for future delivery by looking at historical basis levels for the time of year you’re thinking about moving corn or soybeans.

After adjusting for basis, compare available pricing opportunities with the levels you need to achieve your budget objectives. And when you spot profitable opportunities, take advantage of them by initiating sales. If you have storage facilities available, make sure you’re using those to your best advantage by capturing post-harvest basis improvements, futures market carry and simply becoming a better merchandiser of your crop production.”

“I don’t think there is a single ‘right’ advice for every farmer. It will depend on individual strategies and positions.

Given the continuation of relatively low commodity prices, it will be important for farmers to find ways to control costs; however, it is also important to stay abreast of trends and

make investments in productivity enhancing technologies. Low margins for commodity crops will prompt explorations for alternatives — it is important to ensure market access and mitigate price risk when exploring new ventures through contracting or other alternative marketing arrangements.”

James Mintert, director

CENTER FOR COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE

Jayson Lusk, distinguished professor and head

PURDUE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

“There has been a tremendous amount of volatility pertaining to corn and soybean prices in recent months. The recent increase in soybean prices makes it more difficult to determine whether a farm should plant relatively more corn or relatively

more soybeans in 2020. This decision will be particularly difficult in the eastern Corn Belt.”

Michael Langemeier, associate director CENTER FOR COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE

James Henry can be reached at 815-2232558, ext. 190, or jhenry@agrinews-pubs. com.

Crop insurance for hemp

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed interim registration decision on atrazine that includes mandatory spray drift control measures and other label updates.

The proposal is part of the agency’s re-registration review of atrazine, as well as propazine and simazine.

For atrazine, the Proposed Interim Decisions includes the following measures to mitigate aggregate human risk: n Reduce the permissible application rates for use of granular and liquid formulations on residential turf from 2.2 pounds active ingredient per acre to 2 pounds per acre. n Require additional personal protective equipment and engineering controls for certain uses. n Restrict aerial applications to liquid formulations only. n Restrict impregnation of dry bulk fertilizer for use in agricultural settings to 340 tons per worker per day. n Require a minimum water volume of 87 gallons in handgun spray application via backpack spray to spot treatments only and require personal protective equipment.

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Industrial hemp producers now have the option to enroll in a new crop insurance program.

Producers also must be a part of a Section 7606 state or university research pilot, as authorized by the 2014 farm bill, or be licensed under a state, tribal or federal program approved under the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service interim final rule issued in October 2019.

The MPCI provisions state that hemp having tetrahydrocannabinol above the federal statutory compliance level will not constitute an insurable

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cause of loss. THC is the principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis. Additionally, hemp will not qualify for replant payments or prevented plant payments under MPCI. In addition, beginning with the 2021 crop year, hemp will be insurable under the Nursery Crop Insurance program and the Nursery Value Select pilot crop insurance program.

New options for Indiana growers WASHINGTON — Industrial hemp growers in Illinois, Indiana and 19 other states are now eligible for a new crop insurance option.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency announced the pilot insurance program Dec. 23 that will provide Actual Production History coverage under 508(h) Multi-Peril Crop Insurance for eligible producers in certain counties.

Other states included in the pilot program are Alabama, California, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Crop insurance agents can be found at rma.usda.gov.

The MPCI coverage is for hemp grown for fiber, grain or CBD oil for the 2020 crop year.

It is in addition to the WholeFarm Revenue Protection coverage available to hemp growers announced earlier.

To be eligible for the MPCI pilot program, among other requirements, a hemp producer must comply with applicable state, tribal or federal regulations for hemp production, have at least one year of history producing the crop and have a contract for the sale of the insured hemp.

Reduce N runoff with cover crops CHICAGO — One way to control runoff of nitrogen and phosphorus is to have a growing crop on the field.

“That’s why cover crops are so important,” said Gary Schnitkey, professor at the University of Illinois and U of I Extension farm management specialist.

“If we can reduce nitrogen moving from farm fields into water a nd down to the Gulf, we will also reduce t he hy poxia,” Schnitkey said dur ing the Improving Midwest Agriculture and the Environment meetSchnitkey ing. “That is where a lot of emphasis is at right now in Illinois.”

Nitrogen needs to be in the organic form to make it available for corn plants to use, said Schnitkey at the annual Agriculture Conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

“There are two ways we get nitrates, by putting fertilizer down or the soil converts organic nitrogen into inorganic nitrogen which is a process that happens every year,” he said.

If farmers did not add any synthetic fertilizer to fields, there still would be nitrates produced and probably runoff, Schnitkey said.

“Nitrate leaching concerns are the largest in the spring because organic nitrogen has converted to inorganic nitrogen and we’ve put on synthetic fertilizers,” he said.

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the average single appli- Tom C. Doran can be Q Ecological risks would be mitigated by proposing cation rate of 0.95 pounds reached at 815-780-7894 active ingredient per acre. or tdoran@agrinewsto require various spray Atrazine is a widely FROM PAGE ONE drift reduction measures used herbicide that can and by adding a non-tarbe applied before and get advisory statement to Q Prohibit mechanically after planting to control labeling. pressurized handgun applibroadleaf and grassy EPA’s proposed decision cation to sweet corn, macaweeds. Atrazine is a is based on the 2016 draft damia nuts and guava. member of the triazine ecological risk assessQ Require mandatory chemical class, which ment and the 2018 human spray drift reduction meaincludes simazine and health draft risk assesssures, add a non-target propazine. ment for atrazine. advisory statement to Source: EPA EPA will be taking labeling and to adopt a comment on the atrazine, nationwide stewardship propazine and simazine program.

For propazine, the PID sures to mitigate aggregate PID for 60 days after publication in the Federal proposes to cancel the human risk: greenhouse use to mitigate Q Cancel simazine use on Register.

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In addition to cover crops, nutrient runoff also can be impacted by edgeof-field technologies, tillage practices and the timing, rate and form of nitrogen application.

To evaluate some of the economics of these practices, the Illinois Corn Growers Association initiated the Precision Conservation Management project.

“People contributing to this program are farmers and it looks at tillage, cover crops and nitrogen management,” Schnitkey said.

For cornfields, the PCM project evaluated several types of tillage, including no-till, strip till, one-pass, two-pass and two-plus pass.

“For yields from 2016 to 2018, the no-till produced 212 bushels per acre, which was the lowest yield, but it also has a lower cost,” Schnitkey said.

“We’d like to see people move to strip till because it has the advantage of tillage, you’re still getting the environmental benefits and it’s one of the highest for operator and land return.”

The tillage results for soybeans from 2016 to 2018, showed that even though the no-till had

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lower cost, the one-pass system had higher returns than no-till.

“We see no advantage to going to a two-plus pass system,” Schnitkey said.

Farmers in the Corn Belt have several opportunities to apply nitrogen, including in the fall as anhydrous ammonia.

“You can cover acres fast and it can also be part of a strip-till system, but you have increased chance of nitrogen effluent,” Schnitkey said. “It is the lowest cost of applying nitrogen, but you should use an nitrogen inhibitor.”

A nhydrous ammonia also is applied in the spring before planting.

“You may or may not get it on and 2019 was a prime example,” Schnitkey said.

“And once you put nitrogen on in the spring, you need to wait a week before you plant.”

Applying UAN post plant early increases the cost, Schnitkey said.

“It does reduce the chance of nitrogen effluent because you’re putting it on at the time of planting,” he said. “If you’re putting nitrogen on after planting, almost always you have to put some nitrogen on before planting because you want nitrogen there when the plant first starts growing.”

A late application of nitrogen on standing corn is expensive, Schnitkey said, and there is a very short working window to get the

job completed.

“Farmers in Illinois put most of the nitrogen on in the fall, but also put something else on such as DAP or UAN mostly as preplant,” he said. “The fall application is not as low cost as you expect because the nitrogen inhibitor adds cost.”

When selecting a cover crop, Schnitkey said, it is a good idea to pick one that overwinters so it will be growing in the spring to trap the nitrates.

“Our PCM data shows about 10% of the fields were planted with overwinter cover crops and the soybeans had a little higher yield but roughly the same returns,” Schnitkey said.

“We’re seeing a movement towards practices that lower nitrogen losses,” he said. “The lowering of rates may be the most promising and there is also a movement towards split or reduced applications.”

There are known environmental benefits for cover crops, Schnitkey said.

“Cover crops reduce nitrogen moving to water bodies but the economic benefits are less well known,” he said.

Martha Blum can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 117, or marthablum@ agrinews-pubs.com.

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Quality counts

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Report shows ample supply of high-grade corn

By Tom C. Doran AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

WASHINGTON — Late planting, delayed maturation and kernel filling, and late harvest are reflected in the newest harvest quality report, but an ample supply of high quality corn remains for export channels.

The U.S. Grains Council released its ninth annual Corn Harvest Quality Report Jan. 2 based on 623 samples collected from inbound farm-originating trucks at harvest from Aug. 30 to Dec. 3 in 12 key corn-producing stages representing over 90% of U.S. corn exports.

The report provides reliable U.S. corn quality information from farm to the customer based on transparent and consistent methodology. It gives an early view of grading factors established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, moisture content and other characteristics not reported elsewhere.

Results will be shared

by USGC global staff and grower-leaders in a series of crop quality seminars around the world, beginning in Taiwan this week.

It will be followed by the Corn Export Cargo Quality Report in a few months that focuses on export cargo samples and tracks grain quality from the elevator to port.

“Through trade, the council is committed to the furtherance of global food security and mutual economic benefit and, in doing so, offers this report to assist buyers in making

well-informed decisions by providing reliable and timely information about the quality of the current U.S. crop to promote the continuous expansion of trade,” said Darren Armstrong, USGC chairman.

Despite this past growing season’s challenges, USGC projects this year’s crop to be the sixth-largest U.S. corn crop on record at 13.661 billion bushels.

This year’s crop is following the three largest and highest-yielding corn crops in U.S. history.

“The ample supply provided by these consecutive large crops allows the United States to remain the world’s leading corn exporter and accounts for an estimated 28.1% of global corn exports during the marketing year,” Armstrong added.

“As industry stakeholders and international buyers make decisions about purchase contracts and processing needs for corn for feed, food or industrial use, corn quality information becomes critical,” said Kurt Shultz, USGC senior director of global strategies.

“Reports like the council’s crop quality reports prov ide t r a n spa renc y about crop conditions and consistently reinforce that the United States is the world’s most reliable supplier of good quality corn.”

Here are some key findings in the report:

While 89.9% of the samples were above the minimum requirement for U.S. No. 2 grade, this proportion is lower than in 2018 and 2017, when 98.2% and 99.9% of samples, respectively, were at or above the minimum requirement for U.S. No. 2 grade.

Q Higher average broken corn and foreign material (1%) than 2018 (0.7%) and the five-year average (0.8%). While the average is higher than in previous crops, 96.8% of the samples were below the limit for U.S. No. 2 grade.

Q Total damage in the U.S. aggregate samples averaged 2.7% in 2019, higher than in 2018 and the five-year average, but below the limit for U.S. No. 1 grade (3%). A total of 73.5% of samples contained 3% or less damaged kernels.

Q There was no observed heat damage in any samples received.

Q Average U.S. aggregate moisture content in 2019 (17.5%) was higher than 2018 (16%), 2017 (16.6%) and the five-year average (16.2%). This is the highest average moisture observed in the nineyear history of the report and may be the result of historically late planting.

Moisture variability also was higher than the fiveyear average and the two previous years.

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION Q Protein concentration GRADE FACTORS, MOISTURE of 8.3% dry basis was lower than in 2018 (8.5%), Q Lower test weight of 2017 (8.6%) and five-year 57.3 pounds per bushel average (8.5%). than 2018 (58.4) and the five-year average (58.2).

Q Starch concentration

U.S. GRAINS COUNCIL PHOTO

Representatives of the U.S. Grains Council met with potential corn purchasers at a rail yard last year in Mexico to discuss the results of the Grain Harvest Quality Report. USGC staff and farmer-leaders will personally deliver the results of the recent report to Taiwan, South Korea, southern and northern Mexico, Japan, Columbia, Peru, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Cyprus this month. in 2019 (72.3% dry basis) was below 2018 and the same as 2017 and lower than the five-year average (72.9%).

Q The average oil concentration of 4.1% dry basis was higher than in 2018 (4.0%), the same as in 2017 and higher than the five-year average (3.9%).

PHYSICAL FACTORS Q Stress cracks (9%) was higher than 2018, 2017 and five-year average (all 5%), indicating susceptibility to breakage in 2019 may be higher than 2018, 2017 and the five-year average.

Q 100-kernel weight in 2019 (34.60 grams) was lower than 2018 (35.07 g), 2017 (36.07 g) and the five-year average (34.94 g).

Q Average aggregate kernel volume in 2019 (0.28 cubic centimeters) was the same as 2018 and fiveyear average. (both 0.28

cm3) and lower than 2017 (0.29 cm3).

Q Kernel true density averaged 1.247 grams per cubic centimeter in 2019, which was lower than 2018, 2017 and the fiveyear average.

Q The whole kernels averaged 90.8% in 2019, lower than 2018 (93%) and the 5YA (93.3%), but higher than in 2017 (89.9%).

Q Average horneous, or hard, endosperm in 2019 (81%) was the same as 2018 and 2017, but higher than the five-year average (80%).

MYCOTOXINS Q All but one sample, or 99.4%, of the 2019 samples, tested below the U.S. Food and Drug Administration action level for aflatoxin of 20 parts per billion; and 97.8% of the samples tested below 5 ppb.

Q In 2019, 100% of the

samples tested below the 5 parts per million FDA advisory level for deoxynivalenol, the same as in 2018 and 2017. Also, 59.9% of the samples tested below the USDA Federal Grain Inspection Service “Lower Conformance Limit,” a higher proportion than in 2018 and 2017. This increase may be attributed to weather conditions that were more conducive to DON development in 2019 than in 2018 and 2017.

Q One hundred fifty-six of the 182 samples tested for fumonisin, or 85.7%, tested below the FDA’s strictest guidance level for fumonisin of 5 ppm.

Tom C. Doran can be reached at 815-780-7894 or tdoran@agrinewspubs.com. Follow him on Twitter at: @AgNews_ Doran.

Consumer demand driving sustainability agenda

By Martha Blum AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

GLADSTONE, Mo. — Sustainability for the food system is difficult to define.

“Sustainability is more than being green in today’s world,” said Charlie Arnot, CEO for the Center for Food Integrity.

“It includes health and wellness, animal welfare, worker treatment, food waste, packaging, impact on local communities and many more issues that impact people, animals and the planet.”

CFI is a non-profit organization that is focused on helping today’s food system earn consumer trust.

“We’ve identified more than 250 different issues or topics that food system organizations are addressing under the broad umbrella of sustainability or corporate social responsibility,” Arnot said.

“There’s a growing appreciation for the role consumer-facing brands are playing in trying to drive the sustainability agenda,” he said.

“There are interests in sustainability and different groups are trying to harness that interest to capture an opportunity or promote a specific agenda and at times they do so by focusing on a single ingredient, process or practice without accounting for impacts or tradeoffs.”

This can be a challenge, Arnot said, because you can’t impact one variable without having an impact on the overall system.

“The challenge is finding that balance between economics, environment and social interest while being able to work in the sustainable domain,” he said.

Arnot discussed different aspects of a sustainable food supply with Marty Matlock, executive director of the University of Arkansas Resiliency Center, and asked him the following questions.

How would you describe the evolution of sustainability in the food system over the last decade?

“When we began this work about 28 years ago, the focus was reacting to a special interest group demands or concerns, and

we evolved since then to where sustainability is now a strategic focus on safety, security and stability of company supply chains.

“Sustainability is now a boardroom issue and Arnot not just a corporate reputation protection or risk mitigation issue. It’s really about how you put products on the shelf that have value and meaning to the consumers.”

working on biodiversity issues or water quality issues, you’re likely working on food security or other goals that support the sustainable development goals that allows you to tell your story in a way that doesn’t look like a cookie-cutter reaction, but much more honest to your enterprise and the values of your enterprise.”

What do you see as the current pressure points that From the consumer perare most relevant to agriculspective, what’s the current ture? understanding as it relates “Scale in the U.S. and to sustainability?

Europe is our biggest “The consumer is diffichallenge because we’ve cult to define, but in general the consumer is react- experienced 100 years of economies of scale ing to the consequences driving aggregation. of food production being De-centralization of prothe most essential and duction is less efficient expansive of all human and less cost effective activities. Production of because we have more food dominates almost redundant processing, all of our biomes, and it’s packing and distribution such a big and expansive endeavor that the impacts systems around the nation. are evident and unavoid“We have some producable. tion systems in the U.S., “The consumer has to like dairy, that are strugtrust their food supply and rebuilding of trust has gling with the pressure occurred over the last de- to aggregate and increase cade with sustainability as in size. We’re in this moa critical, transparent, sci- ment of dynamic tension ence-driven process to tell between centralization and de-centralization and the story of the agriculbetween concentration tural production process and distribution of our and distribution in a way production systems.” consumers understand.

“With the 250-plus What do you see on the attributes we identified, horizon as the specific chalhow do consumer-facing lenges related to sustainbrands sort through that to develop a sustainability ability and what is the food system doing to prepare to strategy for their organiaddress those? zation?

“Our biggest challenge “Consumer-facing is knowing what’s going companies are in busion out there because it’s a ness to put high-quality, big, complex supply chain. high-value products on We have everything from the shelf at a price conspecialty products that sumers will pay. Safety, are identity preserved all security and stability of the way through to the the supply chain are the consumer to commodkey characteristics, so itized systems where we anything that supports have difficulty with point those characteristics of of origin identification the business proposition because of the level of should be front and cenmixing. It’s not unusual ter in the decision-makfor a consumer product to ing process. have over 100 ingredients, “The 17 sustainable so understanding that development goals from complexity is one of the the United Nations crechallenges.” ates a framework for corporations to map As large companies make their strategies for each sustainability commitments of those goals and by doing so even if you’re not they often count on their

supply chain back to the farmer to meet that commitment, so how are food companies working with their supply chain to plan for the changes needed to achieve the metrics?

“Rarely is a price premium on the table to support changing practices and behaviors to differentiate the supply process.

Therefore, there has to be

other motivations in the market.

“Most of the decisions that affect the sustainability of food and agricultural systems are made across the 700,000 to 900,000 producers in any give sector, and they have local to global consequences. It is impossible to mandate a process that is uniformly

affective across that complexity.”

For more information on the Center for Food Integrity, go to www.foodintegrity.org.

Martha Blum can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 117, or marthablum@ agrinews-pubs.com.

Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Blum.

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Lifestyle DONNA’S DAY: CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

Keeping family resolutions in 2020

By Donna Erickson

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Beth Bays, artist of the hay bale sculpture Will-Hay Nelson, poses for a portrait with her creation in Huddleston, Virginia.

‘On the Farm Again’ Artist creates giant ‘Will-Hay Nelson’ HUDDLESTON, Va. (AP) — Country singer Willie Nelson frequently sings about traveling and seeing things he may never see again.

Chances are he had never before encountered a 15-foot-tall hay sculpture of himself — guitar and iconic pigtail braids included — like the one a Virginia woman recently created.

Huddleston native Beth Bays has been making giant hay bale sculptures for the last eight years. Her most memorable ones include characters from “The Wizard of Oz” and the Virginia Tech Hokie bird mascot.

But her latest work, “WillHay Nelson,” really struck a chord in the community upon its debut in November, Bays said.

“This one seems to be everyone’s favorite by far,” Bays said.

“My cousin joked that I might have to quit now because I’ll never be able to top this.”

Bays ow ns Buckscrape Farms and started making the

sculptures as part of a hay bale decorating contest. The contest ended a few years ago but Bays continues to create new sculptures each year for the community.

Bays said Will-Hay Nelson was easier to assemble than some of her past sculptures, but was more difficult in terms of details, The News & Advance reported. She said she used chicken wire to make the arms and the guitar is made of Styrofoam.

“I also had to make a nose out of chicken wire because Willie has a very prominent nose and I wanted to get that right,” Bays said.

Bays said every year the community gets together and sings songs related to the sculptures.

This year local musician Dave Owens switched up the lyrics to one of Nelson’s songs.

“I changed ‘On the Road Again’ to ‘On the Farm Again,”’ Owens said laughing. “It’s always a good time.”

Nelson saw the viral video of the performance and shared it on his Facebook page. Seems like the hay sculpture may always be on his mind.

Last month’s holiday celebrations have passed, but perhaps one tradition hangs on. How many of us have put into practice the resolutions we shared with others before the stroke of midnight New Year’s Eve? Hmmm, not as easy to accomplish as hoped?

With the flurry of family life, the days slip by, don’t they? But it’s still January, a fresh time to think about those resolutions, maybe reset them and talk with your kids about the possibilities that 2020 holds.

Set realistic goals with action plans you can put in motion.

Write them down, or encourage your kids to express them creatively in drawings.

Consider these ideas for set-

ting family goals. Maybe you have others. Write down or draw them, and may they inspire and encourage you.

EAT DINNER TOGETHER Designate evenings for your family to sit down at the table and share a meal. Get the kids involved with age-appropriate tasks, and get cooking.

Did you get a gadget or appliance for a holiday gift? Don’t stash it away for another day.

Use it together. For example, if you got a spiralizer, look for recipes using fresh vegetables you can transform into fun pasta-like noodles for a healthy start to the year.

EXERCISE TOGETHER Get ready to hop, skip and jump. Find common interests

and commit time to movement — even spontaneously. Did it snow last night? Or, is it raining today? Put on your boots and walk or snowshoe to your local store instead of driving when you need a few groceries.

PLAY TOGETHER Make play a part of every day. Sounds easy and natural, and it is — especially when kids lead the way in finding playful moments. When you return from work and your child has a fun game for you to try, toss your to-do list aside for a bit, turn off your phone and take the opportunity to find silly or lighthearted ways to connect with your child. © 2020 Donna Erickson distributed by King Features Synd.

Creative ways to use holiday photo cards

By Donna Erickson

If you sent holiday photo cards, you probably know from experience that the final image may be stunning, but the production process wasn’t easy.

First comes the search for that photo that tells a story of your year’s highlight. If there wasn’t a wedding, graduation or significant birthday that brought everyone together, the challenge begins, at least for me.

Last fall, when my family was on an outdoor trek, a hiker on our trail took a photo of us poised in front of a breathtaking backdrop. Perfect photo, but… whoops, my eldest son had taken off on a kayak that day. A no-show for the photo.

Combine the group photo challenge with writing that accompanying paragraph that’s funny and informative, but not bragging, finding recipients’ current addresses, buying stamps and doing it all in the busiest time of the year.

I appreciate how my friends overcame the challenges and

Josh Adams, 9, takes photos of the photos on his family’s 2019 holiday cards to add to the contact list in his mom’s phone. their cards arrived in time in my mailbox from all over the world. Tangible gifts of correspondence in an email world. I can’t toss them.

Here are two ways to use and enjoy the cards in the New Year.

Snap a pic for your smartphone contact list: Maybe my circle of contacts and their kids is expanding, or maybe my brain isn’t, but I can always use a little help remembering names and faces. Here’s a trick to help remember, using your smart-

phone and holiday card photos.

Go to your contact list on your smartphone. Tap the name of the key person in the holiday photo on your contact list and tap “edit.” Tap the photo space and take a smartphone photo of the person or family.

Let your school-age child help you out with this fun project.

Talk with him about the people in the photos as you go through and photograph them.

Next, go down the contact page to information fields of names of family members. You can even add birthdays. Make the project an exercise in geography, too. Set a country or world map or globe nearby to locate where the individuals live as you type in their addresses. Click done when complete.

Make a “book” of cards: Punch two holes evenly on the left side of each card. “Bind” them together with office style metal clasping rings. Set out on the coffee table and flip them over one by one to enjoy throughout the year.

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Lifestyle TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH

Is blood pressure too high?

By Dr. Keith Roach

I am a 91-year-old male. When I switched primary care physicians, my new doctor shook his head because my previous doctor had never told me about my low GFR readings and being borderline diabetic.

In the past, I had assumed that if the doctor didn’t mention any low or high blood test results, everything must be OK. I no longer assume: I ask for a copy of the results and question them. The new doctor referred me to a nephrologist. My blood pressure at the time was usually in the 130-140/60-70 range. He told me that for a person of my age, that was too low. He gave me a target of 159/89.

Then on my next visit to primary care, I was told that my blood pressure was too high; I was prescribed losartan. I am testing my blood pressure daily, and the past few days it has been in the 170s. So, what is a good target for my blood pressure? Which doctor is correct?

There is no absolute right answer to your question.

On the one hand, overaggressive treatment of blood pressure in a 91-year-old is unnecessary and may lead to symptoms of lightheadedness, especially upon standing. Other blood pressure drugs may have additional side effects.

On the other hand, a 91-year-old has a higher risk for heart disease and stroke, and in someone with a low GFR reading, a measurement of kidney function, and borderline diabetes, which further increases the risk of heart attack and stroke, most experts would aim for a blood pressure goal that is closer to 120-130/80-85, as long as it isn’t causing annoying symptoms.

I’m not clear why the doctor wasn’t happy with your usual blood pressure, since a level of 130-140/60s seems very reasonable for a man your age if you aren’t having side effects. If 170 is the usual systolic pressure on your new regimen, I would ask about going back to the old one.

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There are different types of flu shots, and some are specific for different age groups.

Flu hits seniors hard

By Matilda Charles

You got your flu shot this year, right? Even though it’s no longer the beginning of the flu season, it’s never too late to get your shot. At this point we’re only in the middle of an elevated-level flu season with months still to go.

Flu hits seniors harder than any other demographic. More of us end up hospitalized and with complications if we get the flu. At least 70% of deaths from flu are seniors.

There’s a special shot for us with three types of vaccine at four times the strength. Our shot contains two A virus strains and one B. I asked my pharmacist, “Why don’t they give us all four vaccine types?” His answer was that decision makers calculate each year which flu three strains will be strongest and

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This year, however, a B virus, which usually comes out in February, was the flu that launched the season.

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Wrap sanitizing wipes around the doorknobs in your home and let them dry overnight. Wash your hands often. And get your flu shot.

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Southern Illinois: Friday: mild with periods of rain. Winds south 6-12 mph. Expect less than 2 hours of sunshine with a 70% chance of precipitation and poor drying conditions. Average relative humidity 85%.

Indianapolis 59/43

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Central Illinois: Friday: mostly cloudy; periods of rain to the east and in the south.

Winds west 7-14 mph. Expect less than 2 hours of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average relative humidity 80%.

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HEMP

FROM PAGE ONE

Under both programs, hemp will be insurable if grown in containers and in accordance with federal regulations, any applicable state or tribal laws, and terms of the crop insurance policy.

The 2018 farm bill amended the Controlled Substances Act to address how industrial hemp is to be defined and regulated at the federal level, and those modifications cleared the

BORER

FROM PAGE ONE

Eastern North American ash species vary widely in their susceptibility to EAB. Research suggests that white and blue ash may weather the EAB invasion, whereas green and black ash are more vulnerable.

“Recently, the Global Tree Specialist Group completed their threat assessment for ash and generally concluded that EAB threatens to functionally extirpate ash in North America,” Siegert said.

“Our eastern ash species were classified as critically endangered due to their susceptibility and proximity to the known EAB infestations in the Eastern U.S.” Nearly 90% of phloem and wood borers such as EAB enter the United States on wood, including solid wood packing material, lumber, logs and other sources.

Emerald ash borers com-

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Southern Indiana: Friday: milder with periods of rain. Winds west-southwest 7-14 mph. Expect less than 2 hours of sunshine with a 70% chance of precipitation and poor drying conditions. Average humidity 95%.

SOUTH AMERICA Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely across northern Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil and Paraguay from Friday into early next week.

Weather (W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow flurries, sn–snow, i–ice

way for the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. to offer policies for it.

The farm bill defines hemp as containing 0.3% or less THC dry-weight basis.

“We are excited to offer coverage to certain hemp producers in this pilot program,” said RMA Administ rator Ma r tin Barbre.

Tom C. Doran can be reached at 815-780-7894 or tdoran@agrinewspubs.com. Follow him on Twitter at: @AgNews_ Doran. monly hitchhike on firewood.

According to Purdue Extension, it’s crucial to avoid moving firewood to new locations.

Not moving firewood not only slows the spread of EAB, but other pests such as gypsy moths and Asian longhorned beetles.

Instead, buy or collect firewood at your destination to protect the places you visit.

It’s also crucial to develop a local disposal plan when removing a dead and dying ash tree.

Dying ash trees are extremely brittle and prone to cracking and dropping limbs on people and property.

Learn more at www. emeraldashborer.info, or ht t ps://ex tension.ent m. purdue.edu/EAB. Erica Quinlan can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 193, or equinlan@ agrinews-pubs.com.

Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Quinlan.

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Central Indiana: Friday: occasional rain; breezy in the east. Winds southwest 6-12 mph. Expect less than 2 hours of sunshine with a 65% chance of precipitation and poor drying conditions. Average humidity 80%.

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Northern Illinois: Friday: low clouds may break; a little rain in the morning to the east. Winds north-northwest 7-14 mph.

Expect less than 2 hours of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average humidity 75%.

EPA approves first pesticide products for hemp

By Tom C. Doran

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WASHINGTON — The first pesticide options for application on industrial hemp recently were approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The EPA OK’d nine biopesticides and one conventional pesticide for the crop. They are products from Agro Logistic Systems, Marrone Bio Innovations and Hawthorne Hydroponics.

Biopesticides are derived from biological ingredients, while conventional products are typically derived from chemical substances.

Registered biopesticides are: n Agro Logistic Systems Inc. Active ingredients: azadirachtin and neem oil. Product type: insecticide, miticide, fungicide

and nematicide. n Agro Logistic Systems Inc. Active ingredients: azadirachtin and neem oil. Product type: insecticide, miticide, fungicide and nematicide. n Agro Logistic Systems Inc. Active ingredients: azadirachtin and neem oil. Product type: insecticide, miticide, fungicide and nematicide. n Agro Logistic Systems Inc. Active ingredient: neem oil. Product type: insecticide, miticide and fungicide. n Marrone Bio Innovations. Active ingredient: extract of reynoutria sachalinensis.

Product type: fungicide and fungistat. n Marrone Bio Innovations. Active ingredient: bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain F727.

Product type: fungicide. n Hawthorne Hydroponics LLC. Active ingredients:

soybean oil, garlic oil and capsicum oleoresin extract.

Product type: insecticide and repellent. n Hawthorne Hydroponics LLC. Active ingredient: bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain D747. Product type: fungicide and bactericide. n Hawthorne Hydroponics LLC. Active ingredient: azadirachtin. Product type: insect growth regulator and repellent.

Conventional pesticide: Hawthorne Hydroponics LLC. Active ingredient: potassium salts of fatty acids.

Product type: insecticide, fungicide and miticide.

These approvals were made possible by the 2018 farm bill, which removed hemp-derived products from Schedule I status under the Controlled Substances Act. The EPA cannot approve pesticide products

for marijuana, which is still listed as a Schedule 1 controlled substance.

The approval was made under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act in time for the 2020 growing season.

Phillip Alberti, University of Illinois Extension commercial agriculture educator, who has been conducting industrial hemp research, welcomed the EPA move, but noted further research is needed.

“While we do not have any research supporting the efficacy, rates, or action thresholds of these biopesticides for use on hemp in Illinois, it is a good first step.

Importantly, research regarding which pests and diseases are of greatest concern, as well as which products are best suited to control them in this region are non-existent as this is a new crop,” Alberti said.

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Water quality challenge

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“Water quality is not the sole responsibility of agriculture, but there is a relationship between the two. Consensus is we must do a better job on water quality issues, and we must invest in it.”

Matt Krueger, executive director WISCONSIN LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION

Investments necessary to make improvements

By Martha Blum AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

CHICAGO — Protecting and improving water quality is an environmental practice impor tant to farmers.

“Wisconsin faces multiple challenges as it relates to water quality and agriculture and that can be extrapolated to the Midwest,” said Matt Krueger, executive director for the Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association.

“Water quality is not the sole responsibility of agriculture, but there is a relationship between the two,” said Krueger during the Improving Midwest Agriculture and the Environment meeting.

“Consensus is we must do a better job on water quality issues, and we must invest in it.”

Wisconsin, known by many as the dairy state, has about 8,000 dairies, said Krueger at the annual Agriculture Conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

“There are 1.27 million dairy cows in Wisconsin that produced 30.8 billion pounds of milk in 2018,” Krueger said.

“Despite the downturn in the dairy industry, it remains a significant econom ic d r iver in Wisconsin, generating $46.6 billion of revenue for the state,” said the executive director of the non-profit conservation association.

Over the past 15 years, Wisconsin has lost about half of its dairy farms.

“We hit a record of 691 dairies closing their door in 2018,” Krueger said.

“Associated to that, we lead the nation in Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies.”

Even t houg h t here has been a decline in the number of dairy farms, milk production continues on an upward trend in Wisconsin as a result of ef ficiency, technolog y, animal he a lt h a nd improved genetics.

“Milk prices are down and some of the reasons include competition from the bottled water industry, other non-dairy drinks and the changing consumer preferences,” Krueger said.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers designated 2019 to be the year of clean drinking water.

“As a result, there has been a lot of statewide discussion about policies and legislation that is still being sorted out,” Krueger said.

“One of the things driving the discussion is the area of the state that has fractured bedrock with fissures and cracks that can serve as direct conduits to ground water,” he said.

“In some cases, there is as little as two feet of soil over the bedrock, and the issue is not just about dairy farmers — there are also leaky septic systems, so this discussion has helped people realize it’s a community issue.”

Farmland loss has been occurring in Wisconsin for many years.

“We lose from 20,000 to 30,000 acres per year, and that has less to do with dairy farms shutting their doors and more to do with urban sprawl,” Krueger said. “A lot of population centers in the state are surrounded by prime farmland.”

About one -third of farmland in Wisconsin is owned by absentee landowners, Krueger said.

“That has implications on stewardship and the level of investment producers are willing to put into their operations,” Krueger said.

Martha Blum can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 117, or marthablum@ agrinews-pubs.com.

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Gehl R190 Open ROPS, Gehl R260 Cab w/Heat & AC, GP 1300-2175 End Wheel GP NP40L-1730 40’, 17 Row, Demo GP MC5109 9 Shank, Joystick, 2 Sp, Power Tach, Std Loaded, . . . . Under $47,000 Drill, 13’, 7.5” Sp, Acre Meter Call Grnd Drive . . . . . . . . . .$20,000 Chopper Wheel & Roller $45,368 Hyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call

SOLD JD 2623VT 30’9”, Hyd Bask, GP 2400TT 19.25” FR Blades, 2014 Great Plains 2400TM Demo GP SD2600 26’, 10” Sp, New GP Turbo Max 12’, 15’, 19”-20” . . . . . . . . . . . . .$36,000 19.5” RR Blades, Great Condition 24’, New Blades, Rolling Reel & Hyd. Disk Level . . . . . .$59,000 24’, 30’, 40’, RR & Harrow. . Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$27,500 Harrow . . . . . . . . . . . . .$45,900

New MacDon C3012CF New Geringhoff PN1230F New Capello 1230F JD, 2015 Claas 1820 Non Chop, 2015 Capello 1820 Chop, 12R30”, Chopping, Folding, JD, 12R30, Folding, JD, End Row Chop, Fold, End Row Augers Call 1500 Ac, Kn Rolls. . $49,900 Rigid, 3500 Ac, Stomp, End Row 3 Sensor Headsight. . . . . . . Call Augers, 4 Sensor. . . . . . . . . Call Augers, Head Cart. . . .$72,000

SOLD 2013 JD 640FD 40’, Stubble MacDon FD70 40’, Been Thru Case IH 2162 40’, Been Thru MacDon FD75, 45’, JD, Thru New 2020 MacDon FD130, Lights, Extra Sickle . . .$45,000 Shop, Field Ready. . . .$45,000 Shop, Field Ready. . . .$45,000 Our Shop, Field Ready $58,000 FD135, FD140, FD145. Call

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Livestock

Purebred livestock group supports youth programs

By Tom C. Doran

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — For over 60 years, the Land of Lincoln Purebred Livestock Breeder’s Association has been supporting agriculture’s future leaders through contributions and scholarships.

The association contributed $1,000 each to the Illinois 4-H Foundation and Illinois FFA Foundation during its annual meeting Dec. 6.

“I thank this group not only for the financial support, but also for being there. I look around the group here and see people

who have helped with our Superior Young Producer Skillathons and our livestock judging, whether it is as officials or hosting a farm visit, it’s been great,” said Dan Jennings, University of Illinois Extension 4-H animal science educator.

Jennings presented an overview of the many accomplishments 4-H members achieved this past year: n The Illinois 4-H livestock judging team was reserve champions at the National 4-H Livestock Judging Contest Nov. 26 in Louisville, Kentucky, held in conjunction with the North American

International Livestock Exposition. n The Christian County 4-H livestock judging team represented Illinois and placed third in the nation among county teams across the nation at the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City, Missouri. n The Illinois 4-H team claimed fifth place at the National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest during the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. n Illinois 4-H members participated in the National 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Nov. 8-9 at Emma Freebairn, Illinois FFA Louisville, Kentucky. treasurer, thanked the Land n The Illinois State 4-H of Lincoln Purebred Livestock Breeder’s Association for its $1,000 donation to the FFA Foundation and its continued support for Illinois youth. livestock skillathon team garnered seventh place in the nation at the national contest in Louisville, Kentucky, during the North American International Livestock Exposition.

FFA FOUNDATION Emma Freebairn, Illinois State FFA treasurer and 2019 graduate of Serena High School, accepted the LLPLBA’s $1,000 donation from Dustin Cruit, Taylorville, vice president of the organization.

Freebairn grew up on a farm near Ottawa where her family raises corn, soybeans, and peas and has a beef cattle feedlot.

She spoke of her experiences on the farm and her appreciation for raising livestock.

“We had a beef cattle feedlot, and I’ve always loved learning everything there was to learn there.

Since a young age I’ve been super interested in it, so it’s no surprise that once I was able to join 4-H I wanted some cattle of my own,” she said.

“I still remember the day I brought home my first three purebred Simmental heifers. Ever since that day, I have been hooked. I love spending time out in the barn washing and grooming my projects, learning just how much hard work and dedication it truly took.”

Freebairn would go on to show her Simmentals at local county fairs and eventually at the Illinois State Fair and regional and national shows across the country.

“Being a part of the livestock industry was where I learned my first lessons in leadership.

Through the show ring I was able to learn how to win and lose gracefully and respectfully. I was able to learn patience for animals as well as a

lot of times people, too, and I learned valuable communications skills through competing and public speaking at livestock judging contests at the Simmental internationals,” Freebairn explained.

“The Land of Lincoln Purebred Livestock Breeder’s Association is full of people who have had many of the same experiences and are passionate about our younger generation. I know that I am thankful for all of these experiences that I was able to have and all of these lifelong learning lessons that I’ve had by truly being raised in a barn.

“I have so much appreciation and gratitude for you. Your contribution to the Illinois FFA Foundation and the 4-H programs are truly appreciated. The blue jackets are the future, and I can tell you that the future is bright.”

“This is the future of everything we do, this is why we’re here and this is why we do it. We feel 4-H and FFA are essential and these are the future leaders of America,” Cruit said.

Tom C. Doran can be reached at 815-780-7894 or tdoran@agrinewspubs.com. Follow him on Twitter at: @AgNews_ Doran.

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AUCTIONS

Classified Ads inside JANUARY 10, 2020 | B1

Auction Calendar Fri., Jan. 10 BUTLER, IND.: Farm Tractors & Hay Equipment, 10 a.m. EST, J&S Farms, Polk Auction Company, 877-915-4440.

MT. AYR, IND.: 110 +/- Acres, 10 a.m. CST, Hodges & Davis, P.C., Jenkins Realtors, Inc., 219-866-5908.

WILMINGTON, OHIO: Farm Equipment, 10:30 a.m., K&C Farms, The Wendt Group, 614-626-7653.

Sat., Jan. 11 FANCY FARM, KY.: Machinery, 10 a.m., Jamie Armstrong, Harris Real Estate & Auction, 800-3804318.

To place your own advertisement, call 800-426-9438

OBLONG, ILL.: Farm Auction, 10 a.m. Central, Keith Boughan, Boston Auctions, 812-382-4440.

Wed., Jan. 15 GREENFIELD, OHIO: Farm Equipment, 10:30 a.m., Estate of Gary W. Cockerill II, The Wendt Group, 614626-7653.

TIPTON COUNTY, IND.: 184.69 +/- Acres in 3 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Legg Hillcrest Farms, Inc. & Kathy Krol Farm, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324.

Mon., Jan. 20 OREGON, ILL.: Ogle County Farmers Consignment,

9 a.m., Janssen Ag Services LLC, Kaufman Auction Service, 815-677-2781. See p. B4 HUNTINGTON COUNTY, IND.: 40 +/- Acres, 6:30 p.m., Harrell Family Farm, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324.

Tues., Jan. 21 PULASKI COUNTY, IND.: 120 +/- Acres in 2 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Carl McCormick & Phyllis McCormick Living Trust, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324.

Thurs., Jan. 23 ELKHART, ILL.: Farm Equipment, 10 a.m., Rick & Vickie Harbarger, Mike Maske Auction Service, 217-519-3959.

WINAMAC, IND.: 150 +/Acres, 6 p.m. EST, Doug & Cheryl Podell, Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company, Inc., 800-4512709.

DELAWARE COUNTY, IND.: 126.6 +/- Acres, 6:30 p.m., Richard L. Jolliffe Credit Trust, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324.

Tues., Jan. 28 CASS COUNTY, IND.: 57 +/- Acres in 3 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Kasch, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324. See p. B4

Mon., Feb. 3 LEESBURG, IND.: Annual Farm Equipment Auction, 9:30 a.m. EST, Polk

Equipment, Inc., 574-4532411.

MARSHALL COUNTY, IND.: 114 +/- Acres in 4 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Arlo M. Secrist Revocable Living Trust (Estate), Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-4242324. See p. B4

Tues., Feb. 4 LINCOLN, ILL.: Farm Equipment, 10 a.m., Dale Lessen Estate, Mike Maske Auction Service, 217-519-3959. See p. B4 MONTGOMERY COUNTY, IND.: 195 +/- Acres in 4 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Runyan-Hollingsworth Farm, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-4242324. See p. B4

Wed., Feb. 19 TERRE HAUTE, IND.: 6 +/Acres, 2 p.m., Roger & Kathy Sturgeon, Johnny Swalls, 812-495-6119.

Tues., Feb. 25 DECATUR COUNTY, IND.: 503 +/- Acres in 8 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Thornburg Farm, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324.

Sat., Feb. 29 BUSHNELL, ILL.: Farm & Construction Equipment Consignment, 9 a.m., Bedwell Farm Equipment, 309-772-2343.

Multiple Dates SEE AD: Upcoming Indiana Auctions, Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844-8472161. See p. B1

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INDIANA REPRESENTATIVE:

Zach Hiner (260) 437-2771

MON., JAN. 20TH @ 10:00 A.M.

EST

HELD AT THE FARM NEAR WABASH, INDIANA (50 MILES NE OF INDIANAPOLIS)

TUES., JAN. 21ST @ 10:00 A.M.

EST

HELD AT THE FARM NEAR REDKEY, INDIANA (50 MILES NE OF INDIANAPOLIS)

DETAILS, PHOTOS & ONLINE BIDDING @:

DETAILS, PHOTOS & ONLINE BIDDING @:

www.SullivanAuctioneers.com

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HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: '04 New Holland TG255 MFWD tractor, 3,268 hours; '73 IH 1066 tractor, 7,209 hrs.; '64 IH 806 tractor; '05 New Holland CR960 combine, 2,387 eng./1,692 sep. hours; '99 New Holland 996 8R30” corn head; '06 New Holland 74C 30’ grain platform; '08 JD 1790 CCS 16/32 planter; New Holland 1411 disc-bine; New Holland BR740A round baler; J&M 825 grain cart; Brillion 7 shank discchisel; Kewanee 18’ disk; IH 24’ field cultivator; Unverferth 26’ rolling harrow; IH model 80 snowblower; Implements & farm support items.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: (2) JD 8235R MFWD tractors, 2,275 & 1,110 hrs; JD 2950 tractor, 9,276 hrs; JD 3020 tractor, shows 5,559 hrs; JD 4440 tractor, 13,716 hrs w/JD 158 loader; JD 9670 combine, 1,904 eng./1,288 sep. hrs; JD 893 8R30” corn head; JD 630F 30’ flex platform; JD 1770NT 16R30” planter; JD 1850 drill w/1910 cart; J&M 875 grain cart; Brent 640 gravity wagon; JD HX15 batwing mower; JD 8300 drill w/grass seed; JD 337 baler w/ JD 40 kicker; JD 726 19’ soil finisher; JD 960 30’ field cultivator; JD 940 cultimulcher; Krause 6900 11 shank discchisel; JD AMS equipment; IH 9100i single axle semi; Hawk Master 24’ hopper bottom trailer; Farm support items & more!

MARK & DENISE MILLER

Zach Hiner

Auction Manager (260) 437-2771

Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC

Toll Free (844) 847-2161 IL Lic. #444000107 | IN Lic. #AC31500022

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Zach Hiner

Auction Manager (260) 437-2771

Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC

Toll Free (844) 847-2161 IL Lic. #444000107 | IN Lic. #AC31500022

EQUIPMENT AUCTION WED., JAN. 22ND @ 10:00 A.M.

EST

FRI., JAN. 24TH @ 11:00 A.M.

EST

HELD AT SULLIVAN AUCTIONEERS’ HUNTINGTON, INDIANA FACILITY

HELD AT THE FARM NEAR GENEVA, INDIANA (80 MILES NE OF INDIANAPOLIS)

DETAILS, PHOTOS & ONLINE BIDDING @:

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www.SullivanAuctioneers.com

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HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: JD 8430 MFWD tractor, 1,995 hours; JD 9530 4WD tractor, 2,313 hours; JD 4955 2wd tractor, 6,537 hours; Gleaner S67 combine, 1,1514 eng./946 sep. hours; Agco 8200 30’ grain platform; Gleaner 3000 8R30” corn head; J&M 875 grain cart; J&M 375 seed tender; White 9800 16R30” planter; Kinze 2600 12/24 planter; Sunflower 4511 disc-ripper; Sunflower 5055 45’ field cultivator; J&M 46’ rolling basket; Sunflower 33’ disk; Nitromaster 7200 17 knife NH3 bar; Hitachi EX 200 LC excavator; IH dresser 175C crawler loader; (3) AG leader Geo Steers; AG leader Integra Screen; AG leader Compass Screen; AG leader Versa Screen; Sterling semi; Ford Aeromax semi; (2) Wilson hopper bottom trailer; Trail King detach lowboy trailer; Plus much more!

CPM LEGACY, LLC: ’14 JD S650 combine, 170 eng./85 sep. hours; ’11 JD 7430 Premium MFWD tractor, 687 hours; Kinze 3500 8/16 planter; J&M 875 grain cart; McFarlane RD4014 14’ reel disk; Blu-Jet AT3000 11-knife liquid fertilizer applicator; Great Plains 1300 3-shank in-line ripper; (2) Killbros 387 gravity wagons; Mayrath MKX100-63 10”x63’ swing-away auger.

JOHN STAHLY

(260) 525-3710

Zach Hiner

Auction Manager (260) 437-2771

Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC

Toll Free (844) 847-2161 IL Lic. #444000107 | IN Lic. #AC31500022

TUES., JAN. 28TH @ 10:00 A.M.

EST

HELD AT THE FARM NEAR VAN BUREN, INDIANA (50 MILES NE OF INDIANAPOLIS)

DETAILS, PHOTOS & ONLINE BIDDING @:

RISNER FARMS: C-IH 5230 2wd tractor w/520 loader, 2,101 hours; ’14 Kinze 4900 24 row 30" planter; Sunflower 1435 29' disk; Bush Hog 12715 15' batwing mower.

CORBAT FARMS: '14 Case-IH 95C MFWD tractor, 677 hours; Ford 545A backhoe loader; Rhino F4-15 batwing mower; '15 Corn Pro 20' deckover flatbed trailer.

CPM LEGACY, LLC ET AL

Zach Hiner

Auction Manager (260) 437-2771

Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC

Toll Free (844) 847-2161 IL Lic. #444000107 | IN Lic. #AC31500022

TUES., FEB 11TH @ 10:00 A.M.

EST

HELD AT THE FARM NEAR MARION, INDIANA (80 MILES NE OF INDIANAPOLIS)

DETAILS, PHOTOS & ONLINE BIDDING @:

www.SullivanAuctioneers.com

www.SullivanAuctioneers.com

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Case-IH 290 Magnum MFWD tractor, 1,475 hrs.; Case-IH 9370 Steiger 4WD tractor, 6,445 hrs.; Case-IH 9170 4WD tractor, 1,589 hrs. on OH; Case-IH 2388 4WD combine, 4,380 eng. /2,905 sep. hours; Case-IH 3408 8R30” corn head; Case-IH 1020 30’ grain head; Brent 772 grain cart; JD 1790 CCS 16/32 planter; Case-IH RMX340 31’ disk; Case-IH 4200 34’ soil finisher; Case-IH 4300 30’ field cultivator; Unverferth 1225 34’ rolling harrow; Unverferth 1225 30’ rolling harrow; Unverferth 2 box seed tender; Peterbilt 377 semi; Timpte hopper bottom trailer; IH 4900 grain truck; And much more!

HIGHLIGHTS: JD 9460R 4WD tractor, 2,574 hours; JD 8295R MFWD tractor, 1,805 hours; JD 6170M MFWD tractor w/JD H380 loader, 612 hours; JD 8130 MFWD tractor, 1,465 hours; JD S680 4wd combine, 1,936 eng./1,345 sep. hours; JD 608C 8 row 30” corn head; JD 640FD 40’ flex draper; JD 1795 CCS planter; JD 2310 soil finisher; C-IH 875 disc ripper; Kenworth T800 daycab semi; (2) Wilson hopper bottom trailers; (2) Freightliner tandem grain trucks w/alum. beds; JM 375 seed tender; UM 3750 seed tender; JD HX15 15’ batwing mower; And much more!

LARRY & JUDI PATTISON Zach Hiner Manager (765) 661-2653 Auction (260) 437-2771

Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC

Toll Free (844) 847-2161 IL Lic. #444000107 | IN Lic. #AC31500022

DETAILS, PHOTOS & ONLINE BIDDING @:

www.SullivanAuctioneers.com

TED OYLER

(765) 661-6363

Zach Hiner

Auction Manager (260) 437-2771

Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC

Toll Free (844) 847-2161 IL Lic. #444000107 | IN Lic. #AC31500022

CONSIDERING AN AUCTION? CALL TODAY!

(844) 847-2161

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Montgomery County • 170A, 165 tillable, near Linden. • 12.99 Ac, 12.79 tillable, 6 miles S of Waynetown.

Newton County • 137.08 A, 130.75 Tillable, 3.7 CRP, W of Brook.

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Tipton County, IN: January 15 • 184+/- Acres - 3 Tracts Contact: Jaret Wicker 765.561.1737 or John Miner 765.438.2699

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Huntington County, IN: January 20 • 40+/- Acres - 1 Tract *ABSOLUTE AUCTION* Contact: Jon Rosen 260.740.1846 or Rick Johnloz 260.827.8181

Pulaski County, IN: January 21 • 120+/- Acres - 2 Tracts Contact: AJ Jordan 317.397.3086 or Larry Jordan 765.473.5849

LaPorte County, IN: January 22-23 • 111+/- Acres - 1 Tract *ONLINE ONLY* BIDDING OPENS 1/22 - 8 A.M. CST & BIDDING CLOSES 1/23 7:30 P.M. CST Contact: Larry Smith 219.716.4041 or Kelsey Sampson 219.608.4341

Delaware County, IN: January 23 • 126+/- Acres - 1 Tract Contact: Chris Peacock 765.546.0592 or Lauren Peacock 765.546.7359

Cass County, IN: January 28 • 57+/- Acres - 3 Tracts Contact: AJ Jordan 317.397.3086 or Larry Jordan 765.473.5849

Marshall County, IN: February 3 • 114+/- Acres - 4 Tracts Contact: Jon Rosen 260.740.1846

Montgomery County, IN: February 4 • 195+/- Acres - 4 Tracts Contact: Sam Clark 317.442.0251 or Jim Clark 765.659.4841 or Gary Bohlander 765.794.0221

167.5± Acres, Vigo County, Indiana • Quality tillable ground with good soils • Excellent road frontage • High volume of woodland acres with potential for recreational use A-15684

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2003 JD-7810, 2320 hrs., MFWD, duals, 740 loader, 3-SCVs, 540/1000 PTO, $87,200. Call (815)405-4020 2004 VERSATILE-2425, 3300 hrs., exc cond., $72,500, OBO retiring. 563-357-4300 2005 CIH-MX285, 6900 hrs., duals, wts. Guidance ready, $52,500 Call 618-407-6875

2008 JD 5525 MFD, 764 hours, cab, 2 remotes, plus loader joy stick, economy pto, 38k, obo.

217-621-6117 2009 CASE-95C UTILITY tractor 4WD 1350-hrs., rear wheel weights, mechanical shuttle, 12-spd. 540/1000 PTO $32,000. obo (618)895-2116 CASE-4890 CAH, 3-pt., PTO, 4 remotes, duals, starts and runs great, $18,000 Call 309-734-2706 or 309-337-2706 JD-7830 MFD, IVT Trans, frt susp., active seat, higher hrs., nice, $42,500 715-574-4561 JD-8285R MFD, duals, frt duals optional, auto track ready, exceptional, warranty, $98,500 Call 715-572-1234 JOHN DEERE-8270R, 2011, 3200 hrs, MFW, IVT, looks like new, always shedded, $119,000. Call 812-483-4899

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2011 7430 Premium FWD w/741 Loader, 2 Hinged Doors, Michelen Tires, IVT- 26 mph- Hyd Front Susp, Moon Roof, F/R shuttle shift, AM-FM Radio, 3 SCV's, 3200-hours, No Feedlot use, always shedded, $107,500.

319-209-0305

Crawfordsville, IN (765) 866.0253 Eaton, OH (937) 456.6281 Georgetown, OH (937) 378.4880 La Crosse, IN (219) 754.2423 Lebanon, IN (765) 482.2303

BIG TRACTOR PARTS ~ Geared For the Future~ STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALISTS 1. We are your source for new & used Steiger drivetrain parts - S.I.9300 2. We rebuild Spicer manual transmissions, Fugi power shift transmissions, dropboxes & axle with ONE YEAR WARRANTY! 3. We now rebuild computer control boxes for Steiger tractors 1982-1999.

800-982 -1769 www.bigtractorparts.com LOOKING TO BUY OR SELL FARM EQUIPMENT?

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Leb. Spray Center, IN (765) 481.2044 Pendleton, IN (765) 778.1991 Plymouth, IN (574) 936.2523

1996 HAGIE-284, Only 2401 hr, 4WD, 80' boom w/triple nozzle body on 15" center, (2) 400 gal. tanks, TeeJet lightbar, AgLeader Edge mon., 5-sec. boom auto shutoff, Exc. tire, Always shedded & very nice $35,000 obo, Text/call 765-426-3914 2009 ROGATOR-1286C, RAVEN Viper Pro guidance, 90' boom, 1200 gal. Tank, 5 sec auto shut-offs, 4130 hrs. good tires, good machine, $52,000.

Call 217-430-4023 2010 HAGIE STS10 Farmer owned, 1241 hrs., SS tank, 90' boom, 275 hp., AWS, AgLeader, Integra, boom shut off, auto steer, w/620-38 floater tires and rims, like new, w/NTB 16 row bar, Clymber injection knives, Optrix variable rate nitrogen sensors. $167,500 573-248-4718 or 573-983-2443

Wilmington, OH (937) 382.0941 Winamac, IN (574) 946.6168

Ag Gypsum for Sale

through Clean Green Soil Amendments, LLC. (309)337-6242 or email cleangreensoil@gmail.com

LS-779039 New Steel Storage tanks available Capacity up to 50,000 gal. 618-553-7549, 562-4544 www.dktanks.com TANKS: STAINLESS. PIPE For Culverts 10-inch to 10ft DIA. 618-553-7549, 618-562-4544, www.dktanks.com

(877)470-3337

Call Heidi or Mark

Northern AG SERVICE, INC. 800-205-5751

WANTED DAMAGED GRAIN

Wingate, IN (765) 275.2270

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We Buy Damaged Grain In Any Condition Wet or Dry Including Damaged Silo Corn At Top Dollar We have vacs & trucks

FOR SALE GRAIN Bin Drying System, 42' Shivvers Drying System w/level dry & computer system & Cross Augers, 2 turbo Fans & Burners, 26hp a piece, Call 217-821-6232 for price GSI FLOORING New-Weather: 18' , 21' , 24' Floor. 50% off.

While They Last. Call Place Order.

Brush Enterprises, Bethany, IL 1-800-373-0654

MILLER self-propelled sprayer, Model 4240, 1000gallon tank, 90ft booms, Ag Leader Integra Monitor, lots of options, 720-hours, like good cond., $160,000-obo. Delivery Possible. 814-322-8090

Remington, IN (219) 261.4221 Terre Haute, IN (812) 234.2627

DAMAGED GRAIN WANTED STATEWIDE

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FARM LOANS. We have the Best term/interest rates avail.

Fixed rates, 5-25 yrs. 618-5282264 c, 618-643-2264, The BelRay Co, Don Welch and Jeff Welch, McLeansboro, IL

WE PAY TOP DOLLAR!

>All Grains >Any Condition > Immediate Response Anywhere >Trucks and Vacs Available CALL FOR A QUOTE TODAY PRUESS ELEVATOR, INC (800) 828-6642 Lincolnland Agri-Energy, LLC Buying Corn Clint Davidson Commodity Mgr 10406 N 1725th St Palestine, IL 618-586-2321 or 888-586-2321

We Manufacture All Steel Irrigation Bridges! Abbott Fabrication Winamac, IN 574-225-1326 Shop: 574-946-6566

REPAIR FLIGHTING Helicoid Super Edge & Sectional. FOR Grain Augers, Dryers, & Grain Carts, Feed Wagons, Mixers, Combines, Sweeps and Stirring Machine. Down Minimum

NEW GT RECIRCULATING Batch Grain Dryers. Cornwell Equipment. (217)543-2631

Same Day Shipment Perry Equipment, Inc.

Generators: used, low hr takeouts. 20KW to 2000KW. Dsl, Propane, Nat. Gas. 701-3719526. abrahamindustrial.com Winco Generators.

PTO portables and eng. sets available, Large Inventory. Albion, IL. Waters Equipment. 618-445-2816

115 West 580 North Crawfordsville, IN

765-362-4495 800-433-8783

www.perry-equip.com

* Tile Lift Pumps * 150 to 15,000 GPM *Electric Motors * *Farm Drainage Pumps * * Generator Sets *

Shoemaker Welding North Liberty, IN

574-656-4412 1994 JD-310D, 4x4, Cab, extend-a-hoe, new batteries & rubber, showing 5,860 hrs., from estate, $15,500 Call 309-734-2706 or 309-337-2706

1998 CAT. D3C, series 3, hydro, cab, 6 way, new batteries, showing 7,581 hrs., $16,500. Call 309-734-2706 or 309-337-2706 NEW HOLLAND-L455 KUBOTA diesel, 2040 hours, new tires, one year old bucket, $8,250. Call 309-238-6445

For sale by owner, 475Ac's, Pope Co., IL 25 mi's NE of Paducha KY Consist of 340 Ac's till. cropland, 25 Ac's pasture, & over 100 Ac's of hard wood timber. 40,000 bu. Grain storage, large barn, large field & exc deer hunting, w/good lease income. Open crop lease for 19, price below appraised value, 618-528-8744

2001 KINZE-3600 16R32, Precision corn meters$ brush meters, Row shut offs, $40,000 obo Call 815-791-6207 2018 White 9924 VE, 24Row30in. w Camso Tracks, Precision Technology, speed tube, Delta Hydraulic Down Force, Keetons, 2-75bu seed tanks, markers, hyd. jack, 20/20 Gen. 3 Flat Screen 10” monitor, Dawn GFX hydraulic row cleaners, copperhead Ag Furrow closing w/reels, corn & bean seed disks, new cond., low acres, $240,000 319-209-0305

Harms Land-Rollers, Brand New! 12 - $6,800, 14 -7,300, 16 - $8,000 , 24 - $14,800, 32 - $17,500, 42-$21,500 Any size Available. 715-234-1993

KINZE 3600-ASD 16-30”, loaded, low acres, 2012, $72,500. Call 563-357-4300

3-ACRES INCLUDES GRAIN elevator w/80-ft. scales, office, 3 storage buildings & bins, etc.

6 miles East of LeRoy, IL $220,000. 309-825-5017

2015 Schulte XH 1500, Series 3, 15' cutting width, tandem axles on main frame and single on wings, laminated tires, small 1000-rpm., pto, 1/4” thick stump jumpers and double safety chains, always shedded, top condition, $18,500.

319-209-0305

20FT MC Stalk chopper, almost new blade, Ser. # 59096, good condition, $5000. 217-493-6108 We Repair Baler Knotters on your Farm!

Service Calls also available for farm equipment! Used Rakes & New Tedders for Sale!

Kings Repair, Marshall IN 765-597-2015

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2009 NECO D16120 Screenless Grain Dryer, 230 volt 3-ph.,with upgraded hp. on motors, NG or Propane, 4' legs, cooling floors, Gravity fill with catwalk, Very Good Condition.

Available Nov. 25th. $65,000.

OBO Owner's # 309-238-6445 Dealer's # 815-878-8770

JD-7000 RECONDITIONED PLANTERS; 4-row 30”, 3-pt, $2,850; 8-row 30” $6,850; JD7200 4-row 30” $3,150. All repainted, NICE, can send pics Call 309-242-6040

5X6 net wrapped Grass hay or large squares of alfalfa for horses and dairy cows. Delivery to your farm. (217)370-4342

1990 CHEVY TOP KICK, 427 engine, 14-ft. Grain box.

Call 815-471-8088 1992 GMC Topkick, Cat engine, 10ft bed, new paint, good condition, $7500.

618-528-8744

New& Used REM & Kongskilde grain vacs. Used Kongskilde 1000 & 500 grain vacs.

Cornwell Equipment, Arthur, IL 217-543-2631

greendrills.com (740)756-4810 Hizey Farm Service LLC

Lacklender 72in Heavy-Duty Brush Cutter for Skid Loader. $1,850. 319-209-0305

1956 JD-620, 3-pt. hitch, fenders, restored, parade ready, $5,700 obo Call 618-344-1134 Retiring: JD 4960 tractor, FWA w/new Remand engine, 1991 .........................$45,000.

309-314-1384, call for pictures

Iroquois Equipment Bush Hog Dealer

Onarga, IL. 815-351-8124 *New/used Bush Hog mowers on hand. *Full line of Bush Hog parts.

*Fast, low rate shipping.

We can help keep your Bush Hog mower running like new!

2015 Thunder Creek ADT 750 UB, loaded with all options and grey color.

Compressor, generator, welder, stadium lightning with solor panel, 100gal.

DEF System, 40 gal Fuel pump, 750 gal Fuel Tank, always shedded, $17.500.

309-209-0305

1999 PETERBILT-378 RED day cab, Cat-C15, 475 hp., great rubber, 850,000 mi. $34,000 Call 309-781-1899 1999 PETERBILT-379 RED day cab, wet kit. Great rubber, Cummins N14, 500 hp, 32000 mi on overhaul, 660,000 mi. $38,000 Call 309-781-1899 2005 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA 120, Air Ride Tandem Axle; 14L Detroit Engine; 12,000 lb Front Axle Weight; 40,000 lb Rear Axle Weight; Very Nice 641,000 Miles, 10 Spd. Trans, $28,500.

217-924-4405 8-5pm.

2000 JD-726 33-FT. 9-in, soil finisher, 5-bar spike tooth harrow, $13,500 Call (815)405-4020 2007 BLUJET SUBTILLER II, 7 shank, low acres, near new cond., $8,900, Buda IL Call 636-887-5431 IH NUMBER 48 18' disc w/cylinder good blades & tires, $1,200 Call 217-369-9098 JD-637 32ft Disc; JD-630 25ft disk, excellent condition, 618-528-8744 M&W 2200 EARTHMASTER, 9-shank on 2' centers, 5 bar harrow, auto reset, non folding, $10,500 Call 815-692-3100

FEED OATS. LARGE quantity available. Bulk bin run at $4. per bu. (32 lbs). 50. bu super sacks cleaned at $5. per bu. Cleaned and bagged in 50-lb bags at $8.

Kewanee, IL. 309-853-7517

2018 J&M LC290 Seed Tender, Long Elevator Conveyor, w/8”belt, tarp, scales and Talc Auger, color tan, and always shedded. $24,500

2007 International 8600, AR, tandem axle, 10-spd. transmission, C13 Cat eng., 167-wb, Nice Truck, $19,500.

217-924-4405 8-5pm.

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Used Zimmatic center pivot 9 tower 1500 ft long, $17,000; Reinke 1189 ft long, $7000.

815-303-3650 Putnam, IL Wanted: Irrigation Equipment Pipes, Pumps/Travelers.

HOEKSTRA FARMS, LLC. St. Anne, IL. Call 815-427-6510

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Calendar JANUARY ALLEN COUNTY Jan. 21 – Creating Pomanders: 1 to 3 p.m. EST, Allen County Extension office, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne, Ind.

ELKHART COUNTY Jan. 14 – Rethink Your Drink Educational Program: 6 to 7:30 p.m. EST, Elkhart County Extension office, 17746 County Road 34 #E, Goshen, Ind.; 574-533-0554.

Jan. 16 – 4-H Shooting Sports Archery Meeting, First Year Members Only: 6 to 8:30 p.m.

EST, Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds, Sheep Swine Arena, 17746 County Road 34, Goshen, Ind.; 574-533-0554.

FULTON COUNTY Jan. 15 – Farm Winter School, Session 2 – Sulfur Recommendations for Crops: 7:30 to 9 p.m. EST, Fulton County Fairgrounds, 1009 W. Third St., Rochester, Ind.; 574-223-3397.

Jan. 22 – Farm Winter School, Session 3 –Indiana State Police, with Trooper Brad Weaver: 7:30 to 9 p.m. EST, Rochester High School Vocational Ag Room, 1 Zebra Lane, Rochester, Ind.; 574-223-3397.

Jan. 29 – Farm Winter School, Session 4 – Agriculture in Afghanistan, with Cindra Chastain and Larry Temple: 7:30 to 9 p.m. EST, Rochester High School Vocational Ag Room, 1 Zebra Lane, Rochester, Ind.; 574-223-3397.

Ogle County Farmers Consignment Auction January 20, 2020 at 9am

LAPORTE COUNTY Jan. 15 – Master Gardener Brown Bag Series: Noon to 1 p.m. CST, LaPorte County Extension office, 2857 W. State Road 2, Suite A, LaPorte, Ind.; mfoell@purdue.edu.

Jan. 17 – Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST, Pinney Purdue Agricultural Center, 11402 S. County Line Road, Wanatah, Ind.; safeproducein.com.

ORANGE COUNTY Jan. 18 – Cow/Calf Improvement Seminar: Selection: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST, Orange County Community Center, 1075 N. Sandy Hook Road, Paoli, Ind.; 812-275-4623.

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY

Creating Pomanders Making orange and clove pomander balls is a perfect wintertime project for any age. Naturally fragrant pomanders of different sizes can be used in crafts, arranged in centerpieces, and hung in windows. The program Creating Pomanders will be from 1 to 3 p.m. EST Jan. 21 at the Allen County Extension office, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne.

Cost is $5, which includes all supplies. Register by calling 260-481-6826.

Auction

Auction Location: Janssen Ag Services LLC 4779 S. Daysville Rd, Oregon IL 61061 Directions: Approx. 5 miles South of Oregon IL on Daysville Rd to site or 7 miles North of Franklin Grove on Daysville Rd. Tractors ~ Equipment ~ Planters ~ Drills ~Wagons Tillage ~ Industrial ~ Trucks ~ Trailers Live internet bidding with Proxibid & Level Contact Sean Janssen for more information on the equipment at 815-677-2781 or email janssenagservices@gmail.com Financing available for qualified buyers through CNH Industrial capital or Ag Direct. A signed credit application & Pre approval before sale day required call Cash Reichling for details. 608-574-4179 Follow us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JanssenAgServicesLLC Go to web sites for complete and pictures www.calkaufmanauction.com or www.auctionzip.com use auctioneer # 28362 Auction conducted by

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Jan. 14, 21, 28 – Dining with Diabetes: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

EST, Howard Park, 219 S. St. Louis St., South Bend, Ind.; 574-235-9604; bit.ly/ diningwithdiabetes0120.

February 3rd - 6:30 P.M. - Bourbon Senior Center

TIPPECANOE COUNTY Jan. 9-10 – Top Farmer Conference: 1 to 6:30 p.m. EST Thursday, 7:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Beck Agricultural Center, 4540 U.S. 52 W, West Lafayette, Ind.; 765-494-7004; tinyurl.com/sfjaqwk.

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Good Soils with Drainage Outlet Running Through Property

Jon Rosen: 260.740.1846

VANDERBURGH COUNTY Jan. 15 – Area 3 Indiana Beef Cattle Association & Purdue Beef Meeting: 6 p.m. CST, Stoll’s Country Inn, 19820 Castle Creek Drive, Evansville, Ind.; 812-385-3491.

Owner: Arlo M. Secrist Revocable Living Trust (Estate) Auctioneer: Russell D. Harmeyer, IN Auct.

Lic. #AU10000277, HRES IN Lic. #AC69200019

HLS# JRR-12462 (20)

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HENDRICKS COUNTY Jan. 14 – SPARKS Sewing Workshop: 6 to 8 p.m. EST, Conference Complex, 1900 E. Main St., Danville, Ind.

JOHNSON COUNTY Jan. 14 – Area 6 Indiana Beef Cattle Association & Purdue Beef Meeting: 6:30 p.m. EST, Johnson County Fairgrounds, 250 Fairground St., Franklin, Ind.; 317-736-3724.

Crash into pond kills two children MISH AWA K A , Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana woman whose minivan plunged into a retention pond, killing two of her three children on New Year’s Eve, missed a curve on an icy road just before that crash, officials said Jan. 2.

Brooke Natalie Kleven, 31, and her 3-month-old daughter, Hendrix Kleven, both remained in critical condition following the Dec. 31 crash, the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s office said.

But the Granger woman’s 4-year-old old son, James Kleven, and her 2 - ye a r - old d a u g ht e r, Natalie Kleven, died at a local hospital, prosecutors said. The county coroner has said both children had drowned.

Kleven was driving her minivan with her three children inside when she failed to negotiate a curve, slid off the roadway and went into the pond near a busy strip mall in Mishawaka, just east of South Bend, prosecutors said.

First responders pulled Kleven and the two children who later died from the vehicle after it had been submerged in the water for several minutes. The infant girl who’s now in critical condition could not be removed until the vehicle was pulled from the water.

Road conditions were slippery at the time, but the cause of the crash remains under investigation, officials said.

The minivan’s plunge into the retention pond drew a crowd of customers from businesses at an adjacent strip mall to the pond’s edge, said William Martin, CEO of Impress Jewelry Creations.

“You know, it’s busy traffic, that curve is terrible, especially when it is as slippery as it is out today,” he told WNDU-TV. “In a time like that you just go back and think about family.”

Exemptions unresolved as EPA finalizes 2020 RFS volumes

By Tom C. Doran AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

Cal Kaufman

Auctioneers Lenny Bryson

Brent Schmidgall

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its final rule for the 2020 Renewable Fuel Standard blending requirements that kept the door open for the continuation of

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Small Refinery Exemptions.

The key elements of the final rule are: Q “Conventional” biofuel volumes, primarily met by corn ethanol, will be maintained at the 15-billion-gallon target set by Congress for 2020.

Q Cellulosic biofuel vol-

January 28th 6:30 p.m.

Cass County Fairgrounds

57+/- Acres 3 Tracts

Good Farmland, Rural Home, Woods & Potential Residential Building Site

DELIVERY AVAILABLE

JD410K

Larry Jordan: 765.473.5849 | AJ Jordan: 317.697.3086 Owner: Kasch

HARRISON COUNTY Jan. 18 – Harrison County Cattlemen’s Association Annual Meeting: 4 to 6 p.m. EST, Talmage Windell Memorial Agricultural Building, 341 S. Capitol Ave., Corydon, Ind. Jan. 21 – Cooking Under Pressure Class: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. EST, Harrison County Extension office, 247 Atwood St., Corydon, Ind. Jan. 23 – Bob Ross Oil Painting Workshop: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. EST, Harrison County Extension office, 247 Atwood St., Corydon, Ind.; 812-7384236.

Jan. 23 – Timber Marketing for Home and Woodland Owners: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

EST, O’Bannon Woods State Park, 7234 Old Forest Road, Corydon, Ind.

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923 2000th Street, Lincoln, IL 62656 (Located 4 miles northwest of Lincoln, IL) Due to the passing of Dale Lessen the below listed farm equipment will be sold on the Lessen farmstead located 4 miles northwest of Lincoln, IL. DIRECTIONS: Travel northwest of Lincoln, IL on Old Rt 121 approximately 3 miles to 2000th street. At 2000th St. travel west 1 mile; the Lessen farmstead is on the left; follow the signs.

COMBINE & HEADS: 2019 JD S760 Combine, S# 1H0S760SCK0805155, Brand New in the Fall of 2019, Expect to have less than 200 engine hours, 2 wheel drive, 520/85R42” duals, 600/70R28 rear, 22.5’ auger, premium cab; 2018 MacDawn FD135 Draper Head, S# 333205-18 (2 season); JD 608C Corn Head, S# 1H608CHCCX745880, 8-30”; EZ Trail 880 Header Transport & EZ Trail 20’ Header Transport; TRACTORS: 2013 JD 8335R tractor, S# RW8335REDD079462, MFWD, 1,530 hrs., 480/80R50 tires, dual, 380/80R38 front, fenders, 4 outlets, Cat 4 18,300 hitch, 60 gal. pump, IVT Trans., ILS suspension, 9L IT4 compliant engine, Premium Command View II cab, 10 front weights, 1,500 lb. inside weights; 2008 JD 8330 tractor, S# RW8330P030394, MFWD, 1,860 hrs., 480/80R50 tires, 380/80R38 front, fenders, Cat 4 15,200 lb. hitch, 60 gal. pump, power shift transmission, Green Star ready, 4 outlets; 1997 JD 8100 tractor, S# RW8100P012551, 2 wheel drive, 4,376 hrs., 18.4-46” tires, 11:00-24” fronts, 1500 lb. wts inside rear, 4 front wts., 3 hydraulic outlets, Deluxe Cab Command Arm; 1995 JD 8100 tractor, S# RW8100P002302, 2 wheel drive, 4,158 hrs., 18.4-46” tires, 4 hydraulic outlets; 1977 JD 4430 Cab Tractor, S#63066R, 2 outlets, 18.4-38” tires, quad range trans., JD 2640 tractor, S# 237070T, 2 outlets, shows 3500 hrs, w/146 loader; JD 5055E tractor, S# 1PY5055ETHH102925, 87 hrs., 9/3trans., ROPS, 16.9-28 rear tires, 2 wheel dirve,7.50-16 fronts; (2) Ag Leader RTK receivers & monitors, sold separately.

TRUCK & TRAILERS: 2013 Chevy HD2500 1GC2KYE88DZ14883, 4x4, Duramax diesel, extended cab, 195,000 miles; 20’, tandem axle dump trailer, 14,000GVW, deluxe tailgate, ramps; small home built mower trailer; WAGONS & GRAIN CART: (2) Kill Bro./Unverferth 1065 gravity flow wagons, roll tarps, S#’s 3176107 & 108, green in color; (2) Kill Bro./Unverferth 1065 gravity flow wagons, roll tarps, S#’s 31760121 & 122, red in color; J & M 875 Grain Cart, S#4866, roll tarp, 30.5-32” tires, camera; J & M gravity flow wagon, 200 bu., light duty gear; PLANTER & SEED CART: 2012 JD 1770NT planter; S# 1A01770MPCM750112, 16-30” planter, Precision clean sweep residue managers, Center fill hoppers, spike closing wheels, insecticide, CCS seed delivery, pneumatic down pressure, 2 row disconnect; EZ load Seed tender, 4 place, 9 hp Honda engine; TILLAGE: DMI 5310, 16 row NH3 Applicator, NH3Equalply delivery system; J & M Torsion Flex TF212 rolling baskets, S# 2545; Aerway F-200, 20’ soil aerator, S#20000229; Blue Jet 5 leg, 3 point sub-soiler, gauge wheels; Krause 2860, 11’ disk chisel w/3 bar harrow; JD 20’ Model 400 rotary hoe, endwise transport; JD 1450, 5-16” plow; MOWERS: Woods Model 180, 15’ batwing mower, S# 1246385, 1,000 rpm, chains, 8 solid tires; Woods BB720X 3 point mower, S#5251009; JD sickle bar mower w/7’bar; Batchtold mower; SHOP RELATED: Oxy-acetylene torch set; 20 ton shop press; Atlas ETC 10 tire machine; ACM 60R car lift; cherry picker engine hoist; AUGERS: M&K 10”x61’ swing away auger w/mechanical hopper; Westfield 8”x30’ hydraulic belt conveyor; Westfield 10”x31’ truck auger w/7.5 hp electric motor; 8”x30’ auger w/electric motor; MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: Hyster S50X fork lift, S# D187U16201W, 3 stage cylinder, LP fuel, 240” reach, 4,250 lb. cap.; Kunz 5’ pull type box scraper, outboard wheels; Allied 8’ snow blower, 540 pto; Used 66x43.00-25” floater tires; (2) 100 gallon diesel transfer tanks, 12 volt; 3 point head mover; floor standing drill press; chop saws; hand held FM radios;

Auctioneer: Russell D. Harmeyer, IN Auct.

Lic. #AU10000277, HRES IN Lic. #AC69200019

HLS# LWJ-12454 (20)

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195+/- Acres 4 TR ACTS

Joe Welch Equipment Caledonia, MN

(507)724-3183 www.joewelcheq.com

GOEBEL EQUIPMENT, INC. Quality Late Model Trucks

QUALITY FARMLAND & WOODED ACREAGE Sam Clark: 317.442.0251 | Jim Clark: 765.659.4841 Gary Bohlander: 765.794.0221

umes for 2020, and thus advanced biofuel volumes, will increase by almost 170 million gallons over the 2019 standard.

Q Biomass-based diesel volumes for 2021 will be equivalent to the standard for 2020, still more than double the statutory requirement.

Q EPA will closely examine the labeling requirements for E15 fuel and move forward with clarifying regulations as needed.

Through this rule, EPA modified the RFS program by projecting small refinery relief to ensure that these final volumes are met, while adjudicating small refinery relief when appropriate.

As proposed, EPA finalized a projection methodology based on the 20162018 annual average of exempted volumes had EPA strictly followed the Department of Energy recommendations of 770 million Renewable Identification Numbers in th-ose years, including granting 50% relief where DOE recommended 50% relief.

“This is our general approach to adjudicating Small Refinery Exemption

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Owner: Runyan-Hollingsworth Farm Auctioneer: Russell D. Harmeyer, IN Auct.

Lic. #AU10000277, HRES IN Lic. #AC69200019

HLS# SFC-12456 (20)

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2019 JD S760 Combine (Brand new in the fall of 2019)

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2007 International 4400 Sharp, “PRE-EMISSION” DT 466, Allison Automatic Transmission, New 20’ KANN Aluminum Grain Bed, Shurlock Tarp, Rear Controls, Price Does NOT Include Any Taxes $69,500

2006 Freightliner Columbia 120

2006 International 4400 Very Nice Truck, “PRE-EMISSION” DT 570, Allison Automatic Transmission, New KANN Aluminum Grain Bed, Shurlock Tarp, Rear Controls. $68,500

Call Bill Lessen (217) 306-4147

Air Ride Suspension, Tandem Axle, Drive Side, 14L Detroit Engine, 12,000 lb Front Axle Weight, 40,000 lb Rear Axle Weight, Very Nice, Low Mile, 14L Detroit, 10 Spd Transmission

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petitions going forward, beginning with 2019 SRE petitions and including 2020 SRE petitions and beyond, we are committed to following the DOE recommendations. By proposing effectively 15.8 billion gallons for 2020 we will ensure meeting our target of 15 billion gallons,” EPA noted in a statement.

Biofuel industry and farm organization representatives refuted EPA’s claims in the ruling and expressed disappointment that the final rule uses a three-year average of DOErecommended waivers as an estimate for 2020 waivers rather than the average of actual gallons waived by the EPA through Small Refinery Exemptions.

Critics said the ruling is problematic because DOE’s projections for the volume of biofuels that will be exempted are often much lower than the actual SRE exemptions.

Between 2013 and 2015, EPA granted no more than eight small refinery waivers per year. The current administration retroactively approved 19 waivers for 2016, granted 35 waivers in 2017 and another 31 in 2018 — ultimately exempting more than 4 billion gallons of renewable fuel obligations over the past three years.

Before the current administration took office, EPA approved between 50% and 62% of the applications. Under this administration, EPA approved 95% of the exemptions requested in 2016 and 2017 and 74% of the petitions in 2018 — after prolonged pushback from key agriculture and biofuel industry stakeholders, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

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More challenges for agriculture in 2020 The best way to begin a new year without feeling overwhelmed by what we don’t know is to start with what we do know.

For exFarm & Food ample, we File know the U.S. Department of Alan Guebert Agriculture’s December World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimate shows that about 14%, or one in seven bushels, of the 2019 U.S. corn and soybean crops will be “carried over” — remain unsold — when the 2020 harvest begins next fall.

While neither amount is historically large, each is large enough — barring some unpredictable man-made or natural event — to keep the lid on both markets through then, guesses USDA. It estimates the average 2019-2020 season price for corn at a rock bottom $3.85 per bushel and, likewise, pegs

soybeans’ season average price at an equally low $8.85 per bushel.

We also know that last year’s awful spring planting weather dropped soybean plantings from 91 million acres in 2018 to 76.5 million acres in 2019.

Given low U.S. prices and forecasted record Brazilian soy production, will U.S. farmers hold 2020 soybean acreage to less than 91 million or will they plant back to 2018’s level?

No one knows.

We do know, however, that today’s revenue — we misname it crop — insurance program will be the key deciding factor.

In fact, the big looming market question now is “Which crop, corn or soybeans, will deliver the best revenue insurance payout in 2020 given the bleak price outlook?”

And, ironically, we also know that some major unknowns could make 2020 a better year than it currently appears. Either of two prominent unknowns — another round of unforeseen government payments like 2019’s trade mitiga-

tion payments or a return to trade normalcy — could do the trick.

Together, though, the combined impact would be a huge game changer. In 2019, for example, the massive trade mitigation payments alone added 24%, or $22.5 billion, figures USDA, to the year’s forecasted net farm income of $92.4 billion.

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has already noted, however, that he “hopes” no trade payments will be needed in 2020. For that to happen, though, he knows China needs to buy pre-Trump levels of U.S. ag exports and the new United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, USMCA, needs to deliver more U.S. ag sales than most trade analysts predict.

Right now, both hopes look forlorn.

First, while China and the United States have a “Phase One” deal in principle, neither has yet to reveal, let alone sign, a detailed written deal to end their bitter, 18-month-old tariff war.

That troubling fact only adds to current speculation that the amount of purchases the White House claims China will make in each of the next two years — $50 billion, or nearly two times China’s previous record buy — are, indeed, unbelievable.

Second, almost every analysis of USMCA shows that any gain in U.S. ag exports to both Canada and Mexico will be so modest that it likely will be unnoticeable.

A 2019 International Trade Commission report claims USMCA, when fully implemented a decade from now, will deliver $435 million, or just 1%, more in U.S. ag exports than the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Worse, that tiny increase shrinks even more when you subtract the expected boost of $80 million in U.S. ag imports under USMCA. After that, the net increase, $335 million, becomes less than rounding error.

The ITC also forecasts USMCA will generate only 1,700 “new jobs in (U.S.) agri-

culture.” Interestingly, that’s almost the exact number of Wisconsin dairy farms, 1,654, that went out of business in the last three years, according to that state’s ag department.

And that’s the good USMCA news. Here’s the bad: In November, USDA predicted Canada’s 2020 per capita Gross Domestic Product will increase a paltry 0.4% while Mexico’s GDP likely will be flat after shrinking 0.8% in 2019.

The USMCA upshot is that neither neighbor will be a bigger buyer next year or in the next decade.

Oh, and we know one more thing: 2020 is a presidential election year. That means, given today’s erratic, parochial politics, everything we know today could be absolutely meaningless by tomorrow morning.

And that means that 2019’s challenges were just a warm-up act for what appears to be an even more challenging 2020.

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By Harwood D. Schaffer and Daryll E. Ray

gered by World War I and the provision of foodstuffs to Europe.

Each of the income peaks occurred because of a sharp increase in exogenous or outside demand.

In each case, there is a sequence of market reactions and consequences that follow a distinct pattern.

Farmers cannot expand the within-year crop production by “adding shifts” like in a manufacturing facility so the price of grains tripled or quadrupled.

Next, euphoria and fear set in. Farmers become euphoric believing that a new era of permanently high agricultural prices has finally arrived. They respond by heavily investing in machinery and by bidding up the price on inputs, especially land.

Others express fear that agriculture cannot keep up with future growth in food demand. This fear sets off a campaign by public officials, input suppliers and agricultural researchers to convince the public of the coming food “shortages” and to promote a massive expansion of agricultural research and technological innovation.

Reinforced by the talk of future shortages, farmers redouble their efforts to increase production and productive capacity.

But the good times do not last. Each time, the government-induced growth in agricultural demand either quits growing, as in the ethanol case, or disappears, as in the international cases.

Agriculture is then saddled with a productive capacity that exceeds agricultural demand at a profitable price.

Agriculture is good at redistributing production among crops, but it is horrible at reducing crop production in total. Since individual farmers provide only a miniscule proportion of total production, they cannot affect commodity prices.

From their perspective reducing production can only reduce revenue. Over time with markedly low prices, production does decline, but by relatively little.

Just as the total supply of agricultural products is, as economists keep saying, price inelastic, so is the demand for food and agricultural products in general — a price decline does not expand the quantity demanded very much.

Besides these periodic disruptions, add the fact that as a rule, U.S. agricultural productivity tends to increase faster than total demand and you have an in-the-nutshell version of why agriculture tends to have chronic price and income problems.

In writing a recent column that focused on changes in state-level net farm income, we noticed that the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agricultural had extended their data extraction tool back to 1929 and provides data in nominal dollars, the prices farmers saw at the time, as well as real dollars, inflation-adjusted dollars.

We usually present data in nominal dollars because nominal dollars are more relatable than inflation adjusted dollars. But inflation-adjusted dollars provide an important comparison standard for analysis and for tracking information across time.

In fact, in the case of net farm income, inflation-adjusted data do a remarkable job of contrasting agriculture’s good times from the not-as-good times.

Clearly during the nine decades between 1929 and 2019, agriculture enjoyed three periods of exceptional prosperity. Very different circumstances underlie these income explosions, yet analytically they are very similar.

In each case, the reasons were not mammoth changes in population or income, or multi-year drastic shortfalls in agricultural production, or the other supply and demand elements that economists usually talk about.

No, in each case the primary cause was a huge increase in the agricultural demand brought on by government action of some sort, either by our federal government or “governments” elsewhere.

The first agricultural income peak occurred during World War II, when the United States was supplying foodstuffs for U.S. European allies and U.S. combat troops fighting to obtain a victory against Axis troops in various theaters of operation – Europe, Asia and North Africa.

T he second pe a k , sharper and shorter than the first, was triggered primarily by the entry of the Soviet Union into the world grain market in response to a significant production shortfall in grains.

The third peak was the period of increasing demand for corn as a result of the adoption of the Renewable Fuels Standard in 2005. This peak was extended by short crops in 2010 and 2011 and a fullblown crop failure across much of the Corn Belt in 2012.

Based on what we know about the 1910 to 1929 period, if USDA-ERS net farm income data were available, a fourth peak in agricultural income also © 2020 Agricultural would be evident, trig- Policy Analysis Center.

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Futures Prices This Last This

week week Chg. week CATTLE HOGS FEB 20 124.72 126.70 -1.98 FEB 20 68.55 APR 20 125.67 127.77 -2.10 APR 20 75.15 JUN 20 117.67 119.10 -1.43 MAY 20 81.40 AUG 20 115.55 116.65 -1.10 JUN 20 87.10 OCT 20 117.75 118.37 -0.62 JUL 20 87.25 DEC 20 120.45 120.65 -0.20 AUG 20 86.45

Last week Chg. 70.57 77.87 84.32 89.72 89.67 88.65

-2.02 -2.72 -2.92 -2.62 -2.42 -2.20

-2.20 -2.13 -1.78 -1.48 -0.87 -0.50

MILK CLASS III JAN 20 16.93 FEB 20 17.02 MAR 20 17.25 APR 20 17.23 MAY 20 17.21 JUN 20 17.32

17.10 17.13 17.28 17.24 17.22 17.25

-0.17 -0.11 -0.03 -0.01 -0.01 0.07

CORN MAR 20 3864 3900 -36 MAY 20 3930 3966 -36 JUL 20 3992 4026 -34 SEP 20 3982 4022 -40 DEC 20 4006 4034 -28 MAR 21 4110 4122 -12

SOYBEANS JAN 20 9304 MAR 20 9414 MAY 20 9552 JUL 20 9676 AUG 20 9716 SEP 20 9694

9294 9414 9552 9666 9706 9680

10 0 0 10 10 14

CHICAGO WHEAT MAR 20 5544 5562 -18 MAY 20 5576 5584 -8 JUL 20 5604 5596 8 SEP 20 5672 5646 26 DEC 20 5764 5734 30 MAR 21 5846 5812 34

K.C. WHEAT MAR 20 4750 MAY 20 4826 JUL 20 4902 SEP 20 4980 DEC 20 5086 MAR 21 5194

4796 4880 4954 5024 5124 5224

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FEEDER CATTLE JAN 20 143.35 MAR 20 142.67 APR 20 145.52 MAY 20 147.02 AUG 20 152.45 SEP 20 153.45

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CASH HOGS This week Last week Change National

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National Grain Market Review Compared to last week, cash bids for wheat were mostly higher, while corn, sorghum and soybeans were higher.

For the week ending Dec. 26, an increase of 20.9 million bushels of corn export sales for 2019-2020 were reported, with an increase of 12.1 million bushels of soybean exports sales, and an increase of f11.5 million bushels of wheat export sales.

Wheat was 9 cents lower to 25 cents higher. Corn was 3 cents higher to 11 cents higher. Sorghum was 5 cents to 6 cents higher. Soybeans were 5 1/2 cents to 13 1/2 cents higher.

CORN Kansas City US No 2 truck Yellow Corn was 3 cents higher from 3.96 1/2-4.01 1/2 per bushel.

Omaha US No 2 Yellow Corn was 6 to 8 cents higher from 3.803.94 per bushel.

Chicago US No 2 Yellow Corn was 4 to 11 cents higher from 4.03 1/2-4.04 1/2 per bushel.

Toledo US No 2 rail Yellow corn was 6 cents higher at 4.14 1/2 per bushel.

Minneapolis US No 2 Yellow corn rail was 3 cents higher at 3.60 1/2 per bushel.

OILSEEDS Illinois Processors US No 1 Yellow truck soybeans were 5 1/2 to 7 1/2 cents higher from 9.50 1/4-9.67 1/4 per bushel.

Kansas City US No 2 Yellow truck soybeans were 10 1/2 to 13 1/2 cents higher from 9.23 1/49.51 1/4 per bushel.

Illinois 48 percent soybean meal, processor rail bid was 4.10 higher from 303.60-305.60 per bushel.

Central Illinois Crude Soybean oil processor bid was 0.96 to 1.11 higher from 34.74-35.74 per cwt.

WHEAT Kansas City US No 1 Hard Red Winter, ordinary protein rail bid was 14 3/4 cents higher from 5.81 1/4-5.91 1/4 per bushel.

St. Louis truck US No 2 Soft Red Winter terminal bid was 12 cents higher at 6.25 per bushel.

Minneapolis and Duluth US No 1 Dark Northern Spring, 14.0 to 14.5 percent protein rail, was 9 cents lower to 6 cents higher from 6.88 1/4-6.93 1/4 per bushel.

Portland US Soft White wheat rail was 5 to 25 cents higher at 6.15 per bushel.

SORGHUM US No 2 yellow truck, Kansas City was 6 cents higher from 6.286.46 per cwt. Texas High Plains US No 2 yellow sorghum (prices paid or bid to the farmer, fob elevator) was 5 to 6 cents higher from 6.546.89 per cwt.

In the decade of the 1970s, grain prices rose sharply because of two main events. The first was what is now called “the great grain robbery.” Second was a of weather isCommodity series sues that provided a Insight tail-wind for prices that lasted into the Jerry Welch ‘80s.

According to Wikipedia, “The great grain robbery was the July 1972 purchase of 10 million tons of United States grain — mainly wheat and corn — by the Soviet Union at subsidized prices, which resulted in higher grain prices in the United States.

Grain prices soon reached 125-year highs in Chicago. In a 10-month span, soybeans went from $3.31 to $12.90 a bushel. Food prices around the world rose 50% in 1973.”

In essence, the grain complex and the U.S. agriculture markets were hit with a one-two punch in the gut in the 1970s. First, was unexpected demand from the Soviet Union and second was several crop disasters brought about by Mother Nature.

Historically, there was no other period in American history that faced such fundamental challenges.

However, we may be facing something similar if China and the United States strike a trade deal with China committed to buy $40 billion worth of U.S. ag products a year for several years, and if climate change impacts crop yields and production anywhere on the globe.

We may be looking at history simply repeating itself.

The following headline caught my attention from Huffingtonpost. com, entitled “2019 was the year the world burned.” The article stated, “Wildfires burned around the world this year from Australia, the Amazon and California. These forest blazes are part of nature, but climate change is making them more frequent and more intense.”

Here are a few statements from the article that are sobering: n “Australia … had the hottest day on record with an average maximum temperature across the country of 107.4 degrees.” n “Seven of California’s 10 most destructive fires have happened in the last four years.” n “Annual rains are coming later and later, while hot, dry winds have helped whip up fires.” n “The Amazon saw more than 80,000 forest fires this year, an increase of 75% from 2018.” n “‘This is not an isolated event,’ a campaigner at Greenpeace Lebanon, told The Ecologist, ‘as 2019 has been a year of unprecedented forest fires from Siberia to the Amazon, from the Canary Island to Indonesia, sending clear signals that our planet is burning and it is time to act like it.’”

And from my weekly column in October, entitled “Dodging a bullet in 2020,” “Over the past few decades, there were three years with horrible weather devastating crops that led to higher prices. Those years were 1983, the drought year of 1988 and flood year of 1993. And do not forget the U.S. planting season this year was so rain soaked, and worse than 1993, the corn and soybean crops were the most delayed seeded in history.

“Recently, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showed May 2019 to be the fourth warmest May in their 140-year database, only behind May 2015 (second warmest), 2016 (warmest) and 2017 (third warmest) and 2018 (fourth warmest). The 20 hottest years on record have all occurred within the past 22 years.

And the past five years in a row have been the hottest and warmest back-to-back years in history, as well.

“I fear 2020 will be hot and dry year the likes of which has not been seen in years. The U.S. is long overdue for drought-like weather conditions to impact the grain and livestock markets. The U.S. has dodged a bullet the past five years amid record-setting heat that simply did not sear the Grain Belt in the key growing months of July and August.

I doubt grain producers will be so lucky in 2020.”

In November, Federal Reserve Bank of New York executive vice president Kevin Stiroh warned in prepared remarks, “that climate change — not, say, asset bubbles created by his employer — is a major threat that risk managers can’t ignore.”

In the New Year and new decade ahead, the odds are high that weather issues will play a major role in determining the values of food stuffs in the United States and across the globe.

My advice to U.S. farmers and ranchers? Be financially prepared for what lies ahead. Do not be left behind.

Get the best and most reliable counsel available. There is no substitute for timely and accurate information.

China’s soybean imports rise after U.S. trade deal BEIJING (AP) — China’s imports of soybeans surged in November following the announcement of an interim trade deal with the United States.

Imports rose 53.7% over a year earlier to 5.4 million tons, according to customs data.

Imports of U.S. soybeans more than doubled from the previous month to 2.6 million tons, according to AWeb.com, a news website that serves the Chinese farming industry.

China cut off purchases of American soybeans, the country’s biggest

import from the United States, after President Donald Trump raised import duties on Chinese goods in a dispute over Beijing’s technology ambitions and trade surplus.

The two governments announced an interim “Phase 1” agreement in October, but have yet to release details.

U.S. officials say it might be signed as early as January.

U.S. officials said as part of that deal, Beijing will buy more American farm exports. Chinese officials have yet to confirm the possible scale of purchases.

Chinese government spokespeople said in September importers were placing orders for American soybeans, but no details of purchases have been announced.

Chinese buyers use soybeans as animal feed and to crush for cooking oil.

Beijing bought more Brazilian soybeans, but no other supplier could fully replace the large scale of American supplies.

That added to the strain on Chinese pig farmers who are struggling with an outbreak of African swine fever that has devastated herds.

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Ag labor coalition seeks H-2A wage relief WASHINGTON — The gover nment-ma ndated wage rate for farmers who use the H-2A program increased Jan. 2, adding more hurdles to an already challenging ag labor market.

The Agriculture Workforce Coalition, which includes the American Farm Bureau Federation, sent a letter to the Senate urging reforms.

A l l ison C r it tenden, AFBF congressional relations director, said the Adverse Eect Wage Rate will immediately increase farmers’ labor costs at a time when revenue for agricultural goods is declining.

“On a national average, we’re seeing a 6% increase.

The AEWR is calculated into different regions, so some regions will see a greater increase than that; other regions will see a slightly smaller increase.

But, overall, it’s going up another 6% while prices that farmers are getting for their commodities continue to be pretty stagnant,� she said.

Crittenden said the coalition seeks legislation that will ensure a level playing ďŹ eld for America’s farmers and ranchers. “We asked the U.S. Senate to come up with a solution that replaces the AEWR

and allows American farms to be competitive. We’re continuing to see an inux of goods imported from other countries where their labor is much cheaper, and that’s driving down the prices for American agriculture goods,� she said.

Without reforms, Crittenden said some farms may go out of business because of the U.S. farm labor crisis. “A lot of farmers are forced to use the H-2A program, which subjects farmers to also paying for housing, transportation and the inated Adverse Eect Wage Rate,â€? she said.

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Official Program

Fort Wayne Farm Show

January 14 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

January 15 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

January 16 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Luncheon Programs January 14 ‘Crop Insurance — What Did We Learn From 2019?’

Brian Frieden, regional director, Risk Management Agency January 15 ‘Corn, Beans & D.C.’ Kendell Culp, vice president, Indiana Farm Bureau Allen County War Memorial Coliseum , 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne, Indiana Free Admission

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Community comes together at Fort Wayne Farm Show FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, located at 4000 Parnell Ave. in Fort Wayne, will host the 31st annual Fort Wayne Farm Show, presented by Tradexpos, Jan. 14-16.

When Jack Thill started the Fort Wayne Farm Show, he envisioned a trade show where the farm community could come together with agribusiness leaders to learn about and compare the latest equipment and products in this ever-changing marketplace.

Now, in its 31st year, Thill’s vision has grown to become one of the nation’s most respected farm shows, attracting qualified attendees — more than 30,000 farmers — from many states.

Fort Wayne Farm Show exhibitors, in about 1,100 booths, present the latest farm technology the industry has to offer along with the area’s largest variety of farm machinery

Last year’s auction raised more than $20,000 for scholarships.

This year’s grand-prize drawing — entrants must be 21 or older to register — is for a 50-inch Toro MyRIDE TimeCutter MX5075 zero-turn lawn mower sponsored

by Harmony Outdoor Equipment, 102 Peckhart Ct., in Auburn. Find the business at Booth 335 during the farm show. equipment, all in one loIn addition to the cation.

Fort Wayne show, Show hours are 9 Tradexpos produces the a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, North American Farm Jan. 14; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Power Show in Wednesday, Jan. 15; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Owatonna, Minnesota, Jan. 16. Admission is free. and the Wichita Farm and Ranch Show and the The Northeastern Topeka Farm Show, both Indiana Soil and Water in Kansas.

Conservation Districts, Visit the Tradexpos along with Purdue Extension, will present ed- website at: www.tradexpos.com. ucational seminars daily.

For more information In support of Indiana’s about the Fort Wayne FFA Scholarship Farm Show, contact Foundation, a fundraisTradexpos Inc., P.O. Box ing auction will be held 1067, Austin, MN 55912, at 1 p.m. Jan. 14 and 15, or call Fred Cline at 800featuring a variety of do347-5225. nated items.

Now, in its 31st year, the Fort Wayne Farm Show has grown to become one of the nation’s most respected farm shows, attracting qualified attendees — more than 30,000 farmers — from many states.

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The Fort Wayne Farm Show, to be presented

by Tradexpos Jan. 14-16 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, will feature daily educational seminars provided by Northeastern Indiana Soil and Water Conservation Districts and Purdue Extension.

by calling Williamson Insurance Agency at 888-399-5276, Ag One Agency at 260837-3080, or the Allen County Soil and Water Conservation District at 260-4845848, ext. 3. n 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.: “Terminating Cover Culp Crops, Weed Control and Sprayer Cleanout” by Fred Whitford, clinical engagement professor, Purdue University.

Tuesday, January 14

Wednesday, January 15

Appleseed Room A — Moderator Crystal Van Pelt of Purdue Extension, Steuben County

Appleseed Room A — Moderator Steve Engleking of Purdue Extension, LaGrange County

n 10 a.m.: “Grain Market Outlook” by Jon Cavanaugh, marketing director, Central States Enterprises Inc.; David Kohli, adjunct professor, Ivy Tech; Ryan Martin, chief meteorologist, Hoosier Ag Today; and Rob Winters, farm director, Newstalk 1190-WOWO. n 11:30 a.m.: “Crop Insurance — What Did We Learn From 2019?” luncheon program in Appleseed Room B by Brian Frieden, regional director, Risk Management Agency. Only 100 meals will be available for this event, sponsored by Williamson Insurance Agency and Ag One Agency Inc. RSVP online at www.bit.ly/FarmShowLunch, or

n 10 to 11 a.m.: “Cover Crop

Interseeding and Soil Health”

by David Brandt, farmer, Carroll, Ohio. n 11:30 a.m.: “Corn, Beans & D.C.” luncheon program in Appleseed Room B by Kendell Culp, vice president, Indiana Farm Bureau. Only 150 meals will be available for this event, and they will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Sponsored by Indiana Farm Bureau Inc. and Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells and Whitley county Farm Bureaus. n 1:30 to 2 p.m.: “Weather Outlook” by Ryan Martin, chief

meteorologist, Hoosier Ag Today. n 2 to 3:30 p.m.: “Grain and Livestock Market Outlook” by Michael Langemeier, professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University. n 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.: “Deeper Dive Into Drones” by Crystal Van Pelt and Bill Horan, educators, Purdue Extension. n 5 to 7 p.m.: “Hemp” by Marguerite Bolt, hemp specialist, Purdue Extension.

Thursday, January 16 Appleseed Room A — Moderator Elysia Rodgers of Purdue Extension, DeKalb County

n 10 to 11 a.m.: “10 Legal Tips for Your Farm’s Future” by Rob Winters, farm director, Newstalk 1190-WOWO. n 11 a.m. to Noon: “How to Make Hedging Work in 2020”

by Lannie Cohen, president, Capitol Commodity Services. n 1 to 2:30 p.m.: “Using New USDA Online Tools: FSAfarm+, Farmers.gov and Client Gateway” by a Farm Service Agency state representative and Joyce Thompson, soil conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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Fort Wayne Farm Show exhibitors, in about 1,100 booths, present the latest farm technology the industry has to offer along with the area’s largest variety of farm machinery equipment — all in one location, the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.

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Directions

The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, the site of the Fort Wayne Farm Show, is located at 4000 Parnell Ave. in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Admission to the Fort Wayne Farm Show is free. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16.

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1ST CHOICE EQUIPMENT 648

AG NATION PRODUCTS 265

AGCO CORP. 337

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AG RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 1244

AGRI FINANCIAL SERVICE C233

3 RIVERS REMODELING LLC 1033

AG SCRIPTS 4-U INC. 1246

360 YIELD CENTER C228 4-L MANUFACTURING INC. C136 A & L GREAT LAKES 73

AGRIDRY LLC / STEP GMS 1211

AG SPRAY 161

AGRIGOLD HYBRIDS 270

AGBAG — GOLDEN HILLS SALES 75

AGRI-KING INC. 1025

AG-CHEM / AGCO 345

AGRI-PLASTICS MANUFACTURING 1231

A T FERREL, CLIPPER, MIX-MILL 1148 ACTION EQUIPMENT 1301 ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEM 946 ADVANCED FARM SUPPLY 175 ADVANCED GRAIN SYSTEMS LLC 643 ADVANCED ROOFING PRODUCTS 1210 ADVANCED TREE TECHNOLOGY 1208 AER WAY / HOLLAND EQUIPMENT LTD. 683 AG CREDIT C429 AG EXPRESS ELECTRONICS INC. 10 AG FOCUS 72

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Grand-prize drawing This year’s grand-prize drawing — entrants must be 21 or older to register — is for a 50-inch Toro MyRIDE TimeCutter MX5075 zero-turn lawn mower sponsored by Harmony Outdoor Equipment, 102 Peckhart Ct., in Auburn. Find the business at Booth 335 during the farm show.

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Exhibitors AGRI-SC FOUR STAR SERVICES INC. 216

BEACHY WEALTH MANAGEMENT 901

AGRO PARTS LLC 567

BEACON AG GROUP C127

AGRO-CHEM INC. 135

BECK’S SUPERIOR HYBRIDS C301

AGRONOMIC SOLUTIONS LLC 928 AGVENTURE MCKILLIP SEEDS C106 AGXPLORE 1105 ALLADIN PRESSURE WASHERS 203 ALLEN COUNTY SWCD / PURDUE UNIVERSITY 814

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ALLTECH CROP SCIENCE 1212

BERGMAN MANUFACTURING 1236 BERNE READY MIX / ST. HENRY TILE 1138 BEST FORAGE LLC 1124 BEST ONE OF MONROE 841 BIG IRON AUCTION CO. C218 BIODYNE-USA C319

BROWN BEAR CORP. 29 BRUSH CREEK SALES & RENTAL 301 BUNGE 535 BUSCHUR EQUIPMENT 545 CADMAN / BARNYARD SUPPLY 683 CALMER CORN HEAD 1224 CALUMET 683 CANVAS SHOP 1112 CAPSTAN AG SYSTEMS C441

CAREY PRECAST CONCRETE CO. BOBCAT OF FORT WAYNE 923 ALMOND GARTEN C201 720 CASE EQUIPMENT BOHL EQUIPMENT, 351 AMAZING GRACE CRANE & MACHINE MISSION / FARMERS FOR 1200 CASTLE WINDOW CHRIST 908 933 BORAL STEELE ROOFING PRODUCTS CATERPILLAR AMERICAN NATIONAL 1345 345 INSURANCE 1140 BORKHOLDER BUILDINGS CENTRAL PETROLEUM & SUPPLY LLC COMPANY / CEN-PE-CO AQUA BLAST CORP. 1102 1313 1314 BRECHBUHLER SCALES CENTRAL STATES BALZER INC. 125 ENTERPRISES INC. 609 218 BRICKWORLD BAMBAUER LOBBY HALL CENTURY TRADING CO. EQUIPMENT LLC 274 635 BROCK MANUFACTURING 543 CFC DISTRIBUTORS INC. BASF CORP. 293 1201 BROOKSIDE LABORATORIES INC. CGB DIVERSIFIED BATHFITTERS C407 SERVICES 809 C233 BROWN & SONS FUEL CO. BAUGHMAN TILE CO. / 644 CGB GRAIN DIVISION DEALEY CHEMICALS C235 56

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Exhibitors CHAMPION HOME EXTERIORS 935

CUSTOM METAL INDUSTRIES INC. 157

E. F. RHOADES & SONS INC. 203

CHANNEL BIO LLC 936

DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA C232

EAST CENTRAL MARKETING 609

DAIRYLAND SEED CO. 255

EASY FARM / VERTICAL SOLUTIONS INC. 1002

CISCO COS. / CISCO SEED 1214 CIS / CROP INSURANCE SPECIALISTS INC. 25 CLARKS AG SUPPLY 1036 CLASSIC COMFORT HEAT / CRETE HEAT INSULATED FLOOR PANELS C112 COLLIER’S FIREPLACE SHOPPE 1114 CONSOLIDATED GRAIN & BARGE CO. C235 COPPERHEAD AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS 1118 COUNTRYMARK 33 CREAMER METAL PRODUCTS INC. 1107 CREATHERM 1326 CROWN BATTERY SYSTEMS 1010 CROWN LIFT TRUCKS 1032 CROWN ROYAL STOVES 851 CUMMINGS & BRICKER 1253 CUSTOM AGRI SYSTEMS 543

DAUGHERTY COS. 179 DAVAUS LLC 920

EASYCHARGE SOLUTIONS 834

DAVE’S DIESEL 32

ECO LOGICAL SOLUTIONS 804

DEALEY CHEMICAL 56

ECODRUM COMPOSTER 59

DEAN FARMS COVER CROP SALES & SERVICE 37

EEL RIVER STEELWORKS LLC 312

DEHOFF INSULATION INC. 1319

EKOTUNING 1042

DEKALB / ASGROW / BAYER CROP SCIENCE 571 DEMCO-MAURER MANUFACTURING CO. 561 DICK SIMS AGENCY CROP INSURANCE 1339 DIGIFARM VBN LLC 48 DMC 643 DMI HITCHES 683 DRAGO INDIANA 647

ELGIN SERVICE CENTER 229 ELLENBERGER BROTHERS INC. C110 F & R BUILDERS 827 F S GROWMARK C318 FARM CREDIT MID-AMERICA 121 FARM WORLD NEWSPAPER 1308 FARMCHAINS.COM 159

FARMCHEM DTN / THE PROGRESSIVE 1242 FARMER 35 FARMER BOY AG C137 DUPONT CROP PROTECTION FARMERS & MERCHANTS 224 STATE BANK C226

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Exhibitors FARMERS BUSINESS NETWORK 55

FREY MANUFACTURING & HALDERMAN FARM DISTRIBUTING MANAGEMENT & REAL 398 ESTATE SERVICES 12 FARMER’S EXCHANGE FRITSCH EQUIPMENT CO. 119 1225 HAPPYFEET ABACO HEALTH PRODUCTS FARMFACT SOFTWARE G S I GRAIN 1136 1027 SYSTEMS INC. 339 HARMONY OUTDOOR FASTLINE PUBLICATIONS EQUIPMENT 214 GEA WESTFALIASURGE 335 INC. FENNIG EQUIPMENT 1054 HAVILAND DRAINAGE 1014 PRODUCTS CO. GERBER AGRI SYSTEMS 18 FERTILIZER DEALER 23 SUPPLY HEARTLAND ENERY USA 503 GET IT TO THE BIN INC. LLC C333 1336 FIBER BY-PRODUCTS 829 GINGERICH HEATMASTER SS CLEANBURN INC. STEELTECH INC. FIRST FARMERS BANK & 835 1336 TRUST 80 GORDON & ASSOCIATES HELENA AGRONOMIC PC CENTERS FIRST BANK OF BERNE 1238 324 C219 GOSHERT INSURANCE HINIKER CO. FIRST FINANCIAL LLC 609 BANK — FARM & RANCH 290 DIVISION HITZER STOVES & C331 GRABER LUMBER MANUFACTURING 826 664 FIRST MERCHANTS BANK C115 GRASSHOPPER CO. HOCHSTETLER GRAIN 671 EQUIPMENT INC. FISHER AGRICULTURAL 61 INSURANCE SERVICE LLC GREAT LAKES SCALE CO. 70 282 HOLDFAST TECH 1141 FLAGPOLES BY GREEN ACRES GROUP UNCOMMON USA INC. LLC HOMAN INC. C343 C123 207 FLEXXIFINGER USA INC. 243 FORD DISTRIBUTING 526 FOREFRONT AG SOLUTIONS C430 FORT WAYNE CLUTCH & DRIVELINE 76 FRATCO C437

GREEN LEAF TECHNOLOGIES INC. C134 GREENFIELD AG / ELITE AG SOLUTIONS C422 GREENMARK EQUIPMENT C229 GROWERS MINERAL SOLUTIONS 549 HABEGGER ACE LUMBER C322

HOMIER & SONS 327 HONDA C200 HONEYVILLE METAL INC. 80 HOOSIERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY 935 HUMA GRO 1142

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Exhibitors HUNTINGTON UNIVERSITY / HAUPERT INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL STUDIES C131

IVY TECH — FORT WAYNE LANDOLL CORP. C220 379 J & B ENTERPRISES 65

LAST GLUE 66

I M O AGRI SYSTEMS 68

J & J AG EQUIPMENT LLC 219

LEAFFILTER NORTH LLC 948

INDIANA AGRABILITY / BREAKING NEW GROUND 919

J & K COMMUNICATIONS INC. C126

LEPP ENTERPRISES 541

INDIANA AGRINEWS 127

J & M MANUFACTURING 259

LEWIS CATTLE OILERS / MB ENTERPRISE 1006

INDIANA CORN MARKETING COUNCIL 31

JANITORS SUPPLY CO. 847

LG SEEDS 129

JET CO. 1005

LIEBRECHT MANUFACTURING / J.P. DRAINAGE SOLUTIONS 286

INDIANA FARM BUREAU INC. 77 INDIANA FFA LOBBY INDIANA IRRIGATION CO. 225 INDIANA OHIO AGRI SERVICE 1111

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The 23rd Indiana Farm Family of the Year is the Everett family of Boone County. Pictured are Luke Everett (from left), Logan Glassburn, Sally Steffy, Doug and Nanette Everett, Carolyn and Aaron Everett, and Brittney and Tyler Everett.

Farm Family of the Year A passion for farming and advocating for ag

By James Henry

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

FRENCH LICK, Ind. — Just like farming, helping others runs in the Everett family’s blood.

The Everetts were honored by AgriNews and Beck’s Hybrids as the 23rd Indiana Farm Family of the Year during the Indiana Farm Bureau State Convention at the West Baden Springs Hotel in French Lick.

Recognized on the convention stage with Gov. Eric Holcomb and INFB President Randy Kron were: Aaron and Carolyn Everett; their son, Doug, and his wife, Nanette; Doug and Nanette’s daughter Sally Steffy and sons Tyler, with his wife, Brittney, and Luke, with his girlfriend, Logan Glassburn; and Nanette’s parents, Dave and Carolyn Patrick.

Between these three generations, the Everetts have a long list of community involvement and share a true passion for farming and advocating for agriculture.

“The more people that are educated in agriculture, the longer agriculture will be sustained in our economy,” Tyler said.

Each year, Doug speaks to the local school’s kindergarten class about farming and welcomes a group of adults to the farm through the Community Foundation of Boone County’s Leadership Academy.

Their farm, founded in 1919, is truly a family operation.

Everyone chips in.

Nanette, who taught middle school and high school home economics classes in Indianapolis, helps load semis in the early hours of the morning.

“As a city girl, I didn’t grow up on a farm,” she said. “After Doug and I got married, I saw how everybody helps everybody else on the farm. Tyler and Doug and some neighboring farmers are

working together, since we are all done with harvest, to haul grain for some other farmers in the area.”

The family members boast a combined 200 years of involvement with 4-H, serving today as club and project leaders, judges and council members. It was in 4-H where Aaron and Carolyn first met.

In addition to 4-H, the family supports FFA by plowing and harvesting the local FFA chapter’s plots, volunteering at the chapter’s annual fish fry fundraiser and judging competitions.

THE GOOD FIGHT The Everetts continue to fight for their rural community in many ways.

Aaron helped start a volunteer fire department in the local area 60 years ago — and still to this day, he, Doug and Tyler are all active volunteers.

The 83-year-old A rmy veteran t a kes minutes of the monthly business meetings and pays the fire department’s bills.

Doug is the fire chief, and Tyler is a volunteer firefighter and cer tified emergency medical technician.

“It’s really neat when people come up to you after the fact and say, ‘Thank you, I don’t know what we would have done without you,’ because for a time, we were the only fire department around here,” Doug said. “It took a long time for paid fire departments to get out here to the country.”

Doug recently was involved in stopping involuntary annexations of farmland and homes by a nearby municipality. He spoke at a Statehouse committee hearing, which led to a new state law limiting the powers of cities and towns to annex land without permission from a majority of the landowners involved.

Tyler is the Young Farmer r epr e s ent at ive for B o one County Farm Bureau. He married Brittney this past summer, and they plan to continue expanding the family farming operation.

They grow soybeans, corn and wheat, working closely with Purdue University agronomists to experiment with different types of no-till drills and search for better weed control methods.

Each member of the family is involved at the First Baptist Church in Lebanon. Aaron is an usher, Doug runs the multimedia and soundboard during services, Nanette is on the Mission Board and led the Children’s Ministry for three years, Tyler drives the church bus to pick up members who can’t drive, Brittney teaches Children’s Church and, occasionally accompanied by his sisters, Luke leads the Praise Band every Sunday.

“We put God at the forefront of everything we do,” Luke said.

“We always help each other out, no matter the task or how long it takes. And, we always spend time together, even when we’re not farming.”

James Henry can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 190, or jhenry@agrinews-pubs.com.

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Animal center planned for Huntington University

By Erica Quinlan AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

HUNTINGTON, Ind. — Plans are being finalized for a new addition to Huntington University’s agriculture program — the Don Strauss Animal Science Education Center.

The nearly 10,000-square-foot structure will house a large flexible pen space and an on-site classroom. It will act as a living learning space for students interested in animal science.

The adaptable space will be equipped to host a variety of livestock.

“The center will provide an outstanding oppor tunity for our students to expand their knowledge of animals as it relates to their key role in the agricultural sector,” said Nate Perry, coordinator of ag operations and external relations at Huntington.

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“The lead gift from Strauss Veal Feeds and Midwest Poultry Services was exactly what we needed to move this dream closer to a reality,” said Sherilyn Emberton, president of Huntington University.

“We still eagerly anticipate forming additional partnerships to make the Animal Science Education Center everything it can be for our students.

“This opportunity builds on our early program success, and doubles down on our efforts to HUNTINGTON UNIVERSITY PHOTO provide a quality experiential A rendering shows what the Don Strauss Animal Science Education Center at Huntington University will look like. animal science curriculum.”

Learn more about the Huntington University Agriculture Services. vations done by our students who had an eye for innovation.

In 1975, Strauss’s entrepre- Program at www.huntington.

His family business started as alongside our faculty will be very rewarding to those majoring in a grain mill and retail store, and neurial spirit called him into edu/agriculture. grew to include feed production, another business: Strauss Veal agriculture.”

The building is named in contract flock management, bro- Feeds. The company sells a liquid Erica Quinlan can be reached feed for veal calves raised in the at 800-426-9438, ext. 193, or honor of the late Don Strauss, kerage accounts and more.

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Governor joins Farm Bureau centennial celebration

By James Henry

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

FRENCH LICK, Ind. — As the representatives from each of the state’s 92 counties walked across the Indiana Farm Bureau convention stage to place an item in a time capsule that won’t be opened again for 50 years, Gov. Eric Holcomb shook their hand.

“You’ve never looked over 100 years better,” he said to the audience of 1,500 people celebrating INFB’s centennial anniversary.

The time capsule will be opened in 2069. It was filled with photographs, newspaper clippings and other memorabilia.

Holcomb left early from an event in Indianapolis for his 2020 re-election campaign attended by Vice President Mike Pence, his predecessor as governor, to participate in the INFB State Convention in French Lick.

“Agriculture is so symbolic to

as the home of the National FFA Center and Headquarters and the National FFA Convention and Expo and its nearly 70,000 attendn Expand health benefits ees, as well as Purdue University available to Indiana agriculture. and AgriNovus.

With 94,000 farmers and 83% n Limit referenda that burden of its terrain still farms or forlandowners. ests and the majority of those n Implement land use planning farms, more than 90%, still famithat protects farms and farmland ly-owned, Indiana is “leaning in” while promoting rural economic and leading agriculture — not just growth. in the United States, but across n Protect property rights and the globe, Holcomb said. local control.

“It’s a real source of pride,” n Continue expansion of rural he said. “I get to brag about that broadband. around the world.”

Holcomb recalled bonding n Improve assessment with the prime minister of India, uniformity across the property Narendra Modi, over agriculture tax base. and sports.

“Those discussions are going our state’s success story. It’s one to bode very well for the state of in the same. Farmers in Indiana, Indiana as the coming years unAGRINEWS PHOTOS/JAMES HENRY obviously, were the original inno- fold.

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“He talked about partnering with us. He knew all about FFA. He knew all about our 4-H program and what they need to do to start grooming their young,” Holcomb said. “That’s 1.4 billion people today. It’s a lot more tomorrow. They are growing exponentially.

“He said, ‘We’ve got to make sure that we have the right wellness programs, the right nutrition programs, feeding programs, agriculture, farming programs — we need your expertise.’ So, that’s an exciting potential and development that we’re going to want to continue to birddog.”

Holcomb announced that Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Bruce Kettler will officially join his cabinet at the start of next year, elevating the position to sit beside him and Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch.

“He’s going to be at that table because we are seeking to not just take our five growing sectors

to the next level, but we are seeking to prominently promote agriculture, like we have in the past, only to the next level,” he said.

Over the last three years, Holcomb said, Indiana has tripled its foreign direct investment.

“I don’t know of any other state that can say that,” he said.

“We feel like we are just getting our momentum.”

Holcomb said INFB’s policy priorities, set during a delegate session in August, and his own legislative agenda, announced a week ago in Terre Haute, are aligned.

“We’re going to do all we can to protect local control. We’re going to do all we can to make sure that all of our energy, fuel and our food production that comes right off of your properties can get to market in the most efficient manner possible. So, we’re going to continue to invest really at an unprecedented level in all of those ways,” he said.

“And, it’s not just on our highways.

It’s not just on rail.”

The governor thanked INFB for its strong support of investment and partnerships at the local level throughout the state

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to provide more affordable highspeed broadband internet.

“This is a big deal for our state,” Holcomb said, eliciting applause as he detailed the first dispersion from the state’s $100 million “Next Level Broadband” expansion program.

“I also want to say thank you for everything that you do to help us — and this is another area where we’re aligned — to attack the, let’s say, exorbitant, sometimes out-of-control healthcare costs. We’re going to hit this square on come January,” at the start of the new legislative session, he said, garnering more applause.

“You’ve got incredible, trusted, earned voices in the state of Indiana — and we’re going to need you come this short session,” he said. “It’s going to take all of you.”

Holcomb also was applauded when he handed his dues for ELECT, Indiana Farm Bureau’s political action committee, to INFB President Randy Kron.

James Henry can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 190, or jhenry@agrinews-pubs.com.

Gov. Eric Holcomb greets Indiana Farm Bureau members as they place memorabilia in a time capsule during the INFB State Convention. The time capsule will be opened in 2069.

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Agronomist shares field management advice

ON HYBRIDS AND PLANT POPULATION “Hybrids are not created

Smith your soil type.”

ON PLANT DISEASE “When we think about disease, tar spot continues to get a lot of coverage when it comes to corn diseases. What we saw this year was that the area of infection is continuing to move south and east from what we saw last year. I was able to find it in central Indiana and Ohio this year.

“That ring of infection continues to spread. As we select

hybrids, we need to make sure we take that tar spot rating into consideration.”

should be thinking about different trait options in our corn systems.”

ON CROP ROTATION “2020 is going to be a little tough when it comes to crop rotations. This year, most of the time corn didn’t get planted where corn was intended. It got planted into drier fields, in hopes of getting the crop in.

“So, a lot of guys, if they were in a corn and soybean rotation, planted corn on corn or beans on beans, because that’s what they were dealt. The question becomes, what will be the rotation next year?

“If we go back to beans again for a third year, we may be in a little bit of trouble. Also, a lot of Indiana growers haven’t had to think about corn rootworm in a while, but if our crop rotation changes and we’re looking at three years of corn on corn, we

ON WEED MANAGEMENT “We had unprecedented prevent plant acres this year. When we think about those acres, typically those didn’t get managed the best for weed control.

“When we think about selecting corn and soybean products for 2020, I think it’s pretty important to consider our herbicide program as maybe one of the first determining factors.

“There are a lot of technologies out there, including Enlist soybeans, in addition to Xtend.

We have Liberty options in corn. We have a lot of different options. This might be a year to explore a different type of herbicide program that really goes after those weeds, because I think this coming year could be a bit of a mess.”

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ON STALK STRENGTH “When we think about stalk strength, it comes from nitrogen availability, potassium availability and overall plant health.

When we progress into 2020, keeping those things at the top of your mind is vitally important to ensure that we keep that stalk strength.

“This year what we found with a later planting season is that fungicides really provided

ON LOWER TEST WEIGHTS “This year’s test weights were lower than average. I think growers across the Corn Belt are being docked for their test weight.

“When we think about 2020, let’s hope we don’t have a similar planting season. Planting those hybrids earlier will be much more beneficial as we’re (hopefully) going to get more of that time frame for grain fill next year.”

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INFB president looks back, ahead at convention

By James Henry AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

FRENCH LICK, Ind. — For 100 years, Indiana Farm Bureau has stepped up.

“The history book shows it, time and time again, what’s made Farm Bureau effective: Our members. It’s the grassroots stepping up when they need to,” said INFB President Randy Kron.

“We’ve got a lot to be proud of.”

Kron looked back — and ahead — during the INFB State Convention at the French Lick Springs Hotel in French Lick.

He was interviewed during the Dec. 13 general session by Indiana native and Purdue University graduate Max Armstrong, who recently was inducted into the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

It’s an exciting time. It seems strange to say that at the end of a year where we’ve been beaten up

so much. But there are some things hanging out there that are a cause for excitement and optimism.

“We got a message about maybe a deal with China being done and then also the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement sounds like it’s going to be voted on in the House. So, this could be a great Christmas present for agriculture. After the year that we’ve just went through, we need some positive news.”

Let’s go back to 1919. It was peacetime in America.

“The First World War had just wrapped up and a lot of young men were returning back home and they had seen the world, they’d had a lot of experiences and they weren’t wanting to come back to the farm necessarily after all they’d seen. The farm community at that time had relied predominately on manual labor, get the crops out, get it harvested. So, it was the start of

the movement to get a little more mechanized and move to some farm machinery.

“Farming’s changed in 100 years tremendously. But there are a few things that stay the same, no matter what. In the history books, I noticed there were several farmers complaining about the high price of farm equipment in 1919. Wouldn’t they be shocked now?”

So, there was a need farmers felt to have a voice in Indianapolis and in Washington, D.C.?

“They had seen the war movement. They had seen how countries work together. They had seen how military branches and just individuals worked together and how beneficial that was. So, it was March 25, 1919, downtown Indianapolis in the Claypool Hotel in Room 369 Indiana Farm Bureau was established.

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“One of the quotes in the book said one of the farmers there said: An organization of farmers, run by farmers, to protect the interest of farmers. I think that pretty well set the stage. That’s who Farm Bureau is. That says a lot.

“Three days after Indiana Farm Bureau was established, the first county Farm Bureau organized and joined. A shout-out goes to Henry County.

“By the end of the first year, 81 of the 92 counties had organized and joined Indiana Farm Bureau. By the end of the next year, 65,000 members had joined.

So, I think that shows there was a real need to have somebody advocating on behalf of agriculture.”

Not long after the organization was formed, women were involved, too.

“In 1925, the first woman was elected to our state board of directors.

That was Edna Sewell from Benton County.”

finding solutions for cha l lenges and problems for farmers for the last 100 years.

In this case, they had challenges buying inputs.

“So, we started the Indiana Farm Bureau Co-op in Kron 1926. That way, fa r mer s cou ld bundle their purchasing power and buy inputs better. It also was used on the sale and marketing side.

“The co-op system still exists. It’s a little different than it was back in 1926.

But it’s played an important role of Indiana agriculture over the years.”

Those were the seminal days when farmers needed to find a way to market crops collectively and join together to buy inputs.

“As you look through Farm Bureau’s 100 years, every time when there were problems, Far m Bureau has come up and tried to find solutions. “Agvocacy” is what we talk That’s what we’ve done — about today. But the role of

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advocacy came along in the early days of Farm Bureau.

“We were advo c a t e s f rom day one, really.

There were numer ou s t i me s we had 5,000 or 10,000 people at the Statehouse.

I read one time 15,000 members showed up to advocate for an issue.

Sometimes it might be to stop an issue that’s going to be negative to agriculture.

“We do it a little different now. Instead of having 10,000 or 15,000 people show up, we use a tool called VoterVoice. It’s an electronic means. So, we can deliver a couple thousand emails within maybe hours or within a day or two to touch our legislators and let them know what’s important and tell our story.

“But the face-to-face is still really, really important.

So, instead of having the big groups, nowadays we’ll have 10 to 20 or maybe 50 people each and every day show up at the Statehouse when they’re in session telling their stories. Advocacy is just as important today as it was in 1919.”

During those first few years of Farm Bureau in Indiana, you didn’t see much across the countryside at night, other than the glow of a kerosene lantern. Then rural electrification came along.

“It was in the mid-1930s, the rural electrification legislation was passed unanimously. Farm Bureau was the lead on that. Just think about that time, bringing electricity to our farms.

It revolutionized and changed the face and the way we operated. It’s been an important part of who we are — no different than broadband, the issue that we’re fighting right now trying to get everybody on a level playing field.

“Through the years, there’s been a lot of legislation that we’ve been a part of, whether it’s been reform

of property tax, or reform of income tax. One of them that I’m really proud of and I think helped change agriculture quite a bit is our support and push to get the veterinary school started at Purdue.”

The need to insure was important back in the early days, not too long into the formation of Indiana Farm Bureau.

“Our members were struggling finding insurance to insure their farms, insure their livestock, their buildings, farm equipment.

So, Farm Bureau stepped up. Our board at that time was quite visionary and started Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance. The first policy was written in 1935.

We’ve been protecting farmers ever since then.”

You’ve done some heavy lifting, but you’ve had some fun through the years, too.

“I’ve always said that Indiana Rural Youth was FarmersOnly.com before its time, or before we had the internet. My mom and dad met through Indiana Rural Youth. My sister and brother-in-law did. It’s a great organization. There’s a social aspect, but also leadership development.

It’s a very important part of our history.”

The membership growth over the years has been substantial. In fact, this organization reached that milestone of a quarter of a million before everyone else, correct?

“Yes, we did. Membership was important from day one. It’s always been a priority. It’s important that we reach out and make sure we are bringing in new members. I am proud to say that this year is the fourth year in a row that we have gained total membership — it’s 262,898 members in this organization.

“Membership is the foundation of who we are. It’s the grassroots. We have a lot of volunteers that go out and ask people to join and be members, and it’s

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important that we have a diverse group.”

Another milestone was in 1983 with the establishment of the organization’s political action committee.

“I think we’re pretty blessed in Indiana. Our legislature and our congressmen and congresswomen have always been fairly supportive of agriculture.

Sometimes we don’t realize how lucky we are here.

“We started the PAC, and I know sometimes that’s a dirty word, but I think it’s important and it’s played an important part. We’ve been successful. We’ve had a lot of successes because of Indiana AgELECT and our supported candidates.

They appreciate what we do. It’s paying back and showing appreciation for what they do for us in helping get positive, strong legislation for agriculture.”

The Indiana Agricultural Law Foundation has come along subsequently. What role does it play?

“We were seeing good legislation being turned upside down through litigation, and we realized there’s no one farmer that’s got the pocketbook or the financial ability that could come and fight lawsuits like this. This is a way to accumulate dollars, volunteer donations from a lot of our members, so that we could help fund precedent-setting cases. There are a lot of different cases that we’ve funded over the years, but probably the most important is how we’ve defended the Right to Farm here in Indiana.

“We’ve got a really good Right to Farm law, but it’s been challenged. It was challenged a few years ago in Gibson County and then just currently right now in Hendricks County at a hog farm. So, we have to be helping to make sure that the good work that we’ve done on the legislative side doesn’t get overturned through the court system.”

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“The one thing that I think is going to be very important is making sure we have a unified voice from agriculture. Think back 30 or 40 years ago. All our farms were pretty universal. We had some livestock. We had some row crops. So, the issues were the same for everybody, and it was easy to keep a unified voice.

“Nowadays, think about the diversity, from the local to organic to nonGMO. There’s a big array of issues out here. Farm Bureau’s role, the way I see it moving forward, is going to be making sure we have a unified voice. It’s united we stand, divided we fall.

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2020 OUTLOOK

More than just trade to worry about

By Erica Quinlan AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

W EST L A FAYET TE, Ind. — According to a nationwide survey of 400 farmers, concerns about the ag economy have shifted since the beginning of the year.

In January 2019, farmers were focused on one main challenge — trade.

By the end of the year, the picture looked a little different.

“Trade was still important, but basically people are concerned about everything,” said James Mintert, director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture at Purdue University, during an outlook webinar.

Regulations, politics, relationships with China and other factors all weighed heavier on farmers’ minds.

“A lot of people thought

if we resolved the trade situation with China, things would go back to normal,” M i nt e r t s a id .

“But I think now people are a little more concerned a nd cog niza nt that there’s more Mintert than just trade to worry about.”

Mintert went on to discuss net farm incomes, which have rebounded significantly since 2016.

“The USDA’s most recent estimate for 2019 is $92.5 billion — about $4 billion higher than their prev ious forecast,” he said. “In percentage terms, it’s almost a 50% increase compared to where we were in 2016.

“The part that some of us are a little bit concerned about is the percentage of

that coming out of the direct government program payments. In inf lat ion-adjusted ter ms, gover nment payments are up about 61% in 2019 versus 2018.

“Part of that is the MFP program payments carried over from ‘18 into ‘19. But a large percentage of net farm income is coming out of those farm program payments. Truthfully, without the increase, we wouldn’t be looking at an increase in net farm income this year.”

Mintert also discussed corn prices, yields, marketing strategies and more during the presentation.

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By Erica Quinlan AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

MARKLE, Ind. — Many prevent plant acres experienced heavy weed growth this year, causing concern for high weed pressure in 2020.

Delayed or missed herbicide applications led to weed escapes. Additionally, floodwaters likely carried weed seeds — meaning growers may have to deal with weeds they’re not used to seeing in their fields.

“We need to consider increasing some of our residual herbicides next year, knowing we have more pressure from this past year,” said Chad Threewits, Syngenta agronomic service representative for Indiana. “That’s one way to combat an increased seed bank.

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either take root in being diligent to 2020 or lay dorcatch up after a mant until future year of poor weed years. control — with “With waterstrong fall burnhemp and mardown programs estail, we worked and strong early really hard the spring burndown last few years to programs. A ny reduce the seed time we can start bank,” Threewits clean in fields, Threewits said. “In one year, we’ll be ahead. we put it right “It’s nobody’s fault except the weather — back, and maybe even we had to plant into weeds. heavier than what we had I think that it will be crit- previously. Especially in ical to get ahead of the areas where it was already weeds next year.” bad.

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Corn farming ‘has a very bright future’

By James Henry

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ST. LOUIS — For Lynn Chrisp, past president and now chairman of the Corn Board of the National Corn Growers Association, the glass is half full.

Using pivot irrigation on a farm established in 1880 under the Homestead Act, Chrisp raises several different types of corn along with soybeans in Hastings, Nebraska.

Farmers have struggled with low prices, trade wars and difficult weather, but there still have been successes to celebrate, Chrisp said.

Farmers are facing a difficult time now, but what do you see on the horizon?

“As tough as this year has been with the historically wet spring and just unbelievable

numbers of acres that were prevented from being planted, which really created an economic stress for our members, it’s probably worth noting over the last year some of the good things that have happened.

“The first week of my presidency in October 2018, the United States-MexicoCanada Agreement was announced as being completed in principle and that was a very welcome announcement.

But as almost everyone knows, almost a year has gone by and we are waiting for the opportunity to get USMCA ratified in Congress. We need to get that across the finish line so that we have certainty in our trading relationships with our important trade partners in Mexico and Canada, our neighbors that supply extremely important

markets that have a day-today impact on the price and economic condition for the farm.

“Within a couple weeks of that announcement, President Donald Trump announced that he was going to instruct the Environmental Protection Agency to start a rule to allow year-round sale of E15 and that was a situation that we and our other industry partners in the ethanol industry have been working on for some time and were really pleased to hear that was going to be undertaken, as well.

“We were disappointed with the results of the first round of the Market Facilitation Program payment, but that improved in April with the second round after the talks with China had collapsed and the administration said that they were going to support

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the farmers in regard to loss of trade opportunities. I think that our membership is much appreciative of that.

“In December, we had the signing of the farm bill that happened in a very expedited time frame in that it was passed and signed in the same year that it was brought up for consideration in Congress, which has rarely happened over the last couple of decades.

Being president in a year of the farm bill signing was an excellent experience and I had the opportunity to be on stage with President Trump and his team and other representatives of the agricultural community, as well, for the signing.

That was a real appreciated opportunity to be able to represent NCGA and our membership in that regard.

“There’s been a lot of good things that have happened.

That rule that I talked about in my first couple weeks of my presidency then for year-round E15 was completed by EPA and announced just right at the first of June, so it was in place for this summer’s driving session.”

So, you can’t control the weather above, but NCGA is impacting what happens on the ground below?

“NCGA focuses every day on our jobs about creating demand because this country is best in its ability to produce successful crops when the weather cooperates and we need to have those markets in order to support our economy so that farmers can get to a point where they are experiencing better bottom lines than what we currently are right now.

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communications department does in making that easy to participate in hearing our voices FROM PAGE 41 on any particular issue as we identify the need to communicate “It’s an exciting situation, with the White House or with the and I would encourage anyone U.S. Department of Agriculture that has an inkling of getting or with EPA on various involved in an association that regulatory issues that are in front really has an opportunity and of us that affects our farming is positioned well to make a operations day to day, it’s an difference to look at spending extremely easy thing to do. It just some time with the corn takes a couple minutes. growers association. I’ve had “The last effort generated an excellent opportunity in thousands of responses both doing so over the last couple of into the White House and the decades and have enjoyed the EPA on the issue that we were opportunity to review some of working. So, it does not take those successes that we have much to be involved in such a today and think that NCGA and way that you can be counted corn farming has a very bright and can be heard. Consider that. future because of all the work “And if you also have an that NCGA is doing.” inkling at improving some of your leadership skills, NCGA is What’s your advice to other farmers really good at providing some to be a part of that change? leadership development programs “On a fundamental basis it to the point where you can get really does not take much time to comfortable in working from a be involved and be in the count leadership position, as well. to make a difference. I will say “I can say that a couple decades that the opportunity these days ago when I was a much younger with electronic communication farmer that I never dreamed I and the good job that our would be in a situation where

I would have devoted as much time as I have to the association, but it has been well worth it and I’ve been glad to step up and supply some of that leadership in conjunction with the rest of the board and our action teams, as well. There’s plenty of opportunities to get involved.”

What will you remember from your term this past year as president?

“I was asked going into my presidential year about a couple of project priorities that I had on my mind that I would like to see some significant progress made. I picked two — low-carbon octane standard initiative, and a year ago we were working through a NCGA task force on the ethanol question as far as future fuels policy. We made great strides in that area and hopefully shortly we’ll have a bill introduced in Congress to try to establish an octane standard for the future.

“The other priority was life cycle analysis because conversations over the last number of years regarding corn farming contribution

to greenhouse gas and the environmental discussion were important for us and we needed that information that established it as a benchmark from a scientific standpoint. We should be in a situation where we’re pretty close on that.”

What accomplishments stand out during your many years of service to corn growers?

“I’ll go back into the mid-2005, 2006 time frame, when we were working on a farm bill and a new concept and through what is now referred to as the Risk Management Action Team. At that time that team started a project that we developed that was referred to as Average Crop Revenue Election. ACRE was a fairly revolutionary idea for Title 1 in the farm bill and set the stage for revenue programs that were in place at that point in time then and subsequently was altered a little bit then and became ARCcounty. Those two programs provided a lot of needed support at times when it was real critical for our membership and was very targeted in its delivery, which

was part of the success of the program.

“Beyond that, I had the opportunity to work with enterprise crop insurance then and equalization of premium support as it was compared to optional units at the time. As all of our membership knows, crop insurance is the cornerstone for our safety net as we continue our farming operations year over year now. Because of those changes, enterprise has grown to be the Risk Management Agency’s No. 1 choice for crop insurance and optional units have declined over the years because of it.

“We also got into a project of GPS harvest data reporting, which is certification of yields and proof of loss capability, utilizing modern technology on our combines and reporting to Risk Management Agency, as well, for certifications. That has been a real positive for our membership, as well.”

James Henry can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 190, or jhenry@agrinews-pubs.com.

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Renewable Fuel Standard top priority for Corn Board

By James Henry AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

ST. LOUIS — Stepping up to serve as president of the Corn Board of the National Corn Growers Association, Kevin Ross plans to share his and other farmers’ stories to grow understanding of agriculture and, in turn, markets for corn.

Ross raises corn using no-till methods, as well as soybeans and alfalfa, and runs a 140-head cow/calf operation with his wife, Sara, near Minden, Iowa.

They hope to pass on the farm someday to their four young sons, Hudson, Axten, Carver and Hollis.

After serving in many other leadership roles, what are you looking forward to most as president of the NCGA? “I’m looking forward to having the opportunity to facilitate

the growth amongst our board as NCGA and have the opportunity to lead the organization that I’ve spent so much time in.

Certainly, it is such a privilege to be able to step into this role.

By doing that, I just hope to represent fellow neighbors and farmers well across the country.

“We’ve had a lot of opportunities to do that in the past, but this is certainly a challenge for me and a challenge for anybody else that would be in this position. But we’ll take these challenges head on and move forward.”

NCGA’s policies come from the grassroots, but you have the opportunity as president to leave your own imprint. What will be your priorities for the coming year?

“We’ve got a lot of different things going on at NCGA right now, as there always is. That’s nothing new for the folks there

and for priorities that growers have for our organization. Right now, we’re still monitoring the small refinery exemptions situation and trying to make sure that the integrity of the Renewable Fuel Standard continues to be upheld. That is paramount in our market structure for corn. So, that’s definitely priority No. 1, to move that forward.

“The second thing that we’ve really got to get knocked off our list really quickly is United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, getting that thing passed. There is a lot of momentum behind it, but there is also a lot of people that haven’t taken a vote on trade ever that are in Congress right now, so we’ve got a little education to do.

“Hopefully, we’re going to be working on moving some future ethanol policy forward. There’s a lot of things that we can to do help augment the future of

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So, we’re going to work hard on that and see what we can do there.

Why should other farmers also take action to make their voices heard?

“I can’t stress enough how one person’s voice can sometimes make the difference in whether or not a piece of legislation goes through. It’s one person’s voice, but it’s really one person’s story that’s what makes the difference, when they make that contact to a legislator, to somebody who’s in D.C. or possibly even a lobbyist. A number of times, it’s possibly an administrator that might have a chance to be at their farm, or things of that nature. We just recently had Richard Corey, who’s the CEO of the California Air Resources Board, on our farm.

“There’s a lot of different

educational opportunities that people can be a part of. They happen to pop up in a lot of different places. It might even be at your local level, too. There’s a lot of those key opportunities that people need to take advantage of and take action, if you will.

“That one voice, that one story, can really make the difference in decisions that are made in agriculture. I think those are key pieces.

“When it comes to leadership, I can’t stress enough the fact that we need to develop leadership amongst our corn organization, but all across agriculture.

People need to understand what we do out in the countryside and on our farms and on our ranches out across the U.S. James Henry can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 190, or jhenry@agrinews-pubs.com.

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Q&A: COURTNEY KINGERY

Farming roots run deep for new CEO of corn, soybean groups

By Erica Quinlan

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INDIANAPOLIS — Earlier this year, Courtney Kingery was named as CEO of Indiana Soybean Alliance, Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Corn Growers Association.

After a thorough search, a farmer-led committee chose Kingery for the position.

She shared her story with AgriNews.

Where are you from?

“I grew up on our family’s farm in rural White County, Indiana. The farm has been in our family for many generations, so my farming roots in Indiana run deep.

“I proudly display in my office a medal that was awarded to my grandfather in 1928 from the Indiana Corn Growers Association when he joined the

What have been the highlights of your career so far?

“I started my career as a grain trader and marketing manager for oilseeds and food ingredients for ADM. Most recently, I led Tate & Lyle’s global Health and Wellness team which worked with food companies to develop better-for-you products.

“We addressed health concerns such as obesity, diabetes, digestive health and food availability. Educationally, I earned a master of business administration from Kutztown University and a bachelor of arts in economics from Hanover College.”

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bean prices.

“We are actively promoting Indiana farm goods through trade missions with foreign buyers, and we’re seeking new uses for corn and soybeans.

“Additionally, we are promoting corn-based ethanol and soybean-based biodiesel with fuel retailers and consumers. Nearly 50% of Indiana’s annual corn production is used by the state’s ethanol industry.

“Also, Indiana’s pork, beef and poultry producers are What are some ways Indiana Corn and Indiana Soybean can help boost the top customer or Hoosier soybean and corn farmers. commodity values?

“International trade, livestock Soybeans and corn serve as a primary feed source for liveand biofuels have the biggest impact on Indiana corn and soy- stock farmers, and we care

about their success, too.”

What do you love about Indiana’s agriculture community?

“The farmers I’ve met so far have been extremely welcoming. I love the positive attitudes of Hoosier farm families. This has been a challenging year for many Indiana farmers; but despite those trials, many remain optimistic about their future.

Our organizations are farmer-led, and I couldn’t ask for better bosses anywhere in the world.”

What is your vision for the future of Indiana corn and soybean associations?

“Externally, on the checkoff side, I don’t believe farmers will see much that is different. The checkoffs will continue to offer research, education and promotional materials to help Hoosier farmers succeed.

“On the policy side, which does not use checkoff dollars, we will partner with others in Indiana’s ag industry to stay in constant contact with our state and federal lawmakers about the issues that impact Hoosier growers.

“We are in the process of writing our next strategic plan. According to the Indiana Department of Agriculture, ag is a $31 billion industry in Indiana.

“About a third of that is from unprocessed commodities sold, so Hoosier corn and soybean farmers are an important part of the state’s overall economy. We will work to protect and grow this industry.”

AErica Quinlan can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 193, or equinlan@agrinews-pubs.com.

Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Quinlan.

Q&A: JANE ADE STEVENS

Stevens reflects on corn, soybean career

By Erica Quinlan AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

INDIANAPOLIS — After 30 years serving Indiana’s corn and soybean checkoff organizations, Jane Ade Stevens retired on Dec. 31 as CEO of the Indiana Soybean Alliance, Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Corn Growers Association.

Stevens reflected on her career with AgriNews.

What’s one of your favorite memories from Indiana Corn and Soybean?

“Opening the Glass Barn and opening the Phenotyping Center at Purdue are among my favorite memories.”

What encouragement do you offer farmers after a difficult year?

“The world’s middle class is growing and that means they want more meat Stevens protein in their diets. The U.S. farmers are best positioned to supply this growing appetite with our efficient corn, soybean, meat, poultry and dairy business. Even though times are tough right now, the outlook for world demand is very positive.

“Farmers are the most positive people on the planet. They know how to weather the storm, be it from Mother Nature or the government. Their

faith, family and friends will get them through this difficult time.”

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What are a couple of accomplishments that you’re proud of?

“I’m proud of helping grow Indiana’s livestock industry, the Glass Barn, the Phenotyping Center at Purdue and helping find new uses for soybeans, such as concrete sealant.”

What’s your vision for the future of the organizations?

“The checkoff programs will continue to build new demand for our corn and soybeans like we have for the last 30 years. There will be new markets with the growing middle class around the world. India and Africa have great potential and we haven’t even begun to work in those countries.”

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Minimize yield-limiting factors for a winning corn crop

By Erica Quinlan

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INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue Extension corn specialist Bob Nielsen shared tips for achieving high corn yields at the Indiana Certified Crop Adviser Conference.

“It’s true that high-yielding corn requires a uniform, healthy crop canopy that can intercept and use about 95% of the incoming solar radiation by the time it hits flowering and throughout the rest of grain fill,” Nielsen said.

“This fact gives us something to aim for.”

Building the solar canopy begins with agronomic choices made prior to planting and continues through the end of the growing season.

“Unfortunately, our choices about these inputs change every year because Mother Nature changes every year,” Nielsen said. “So, it’s not easy, and we

make different choices every year.

“It’s a continual process of making the right agronomic decisions in order to build that solar canopy that’s going to capture sunlight. The effects are going to be season-long.”

Nielsen offered three tips for a winning program: n Improve your agronomic knowledge. Never stop the learning process. n Identify, locate and diagnose important yield-limiting factors; do this as early and often in the growing season as you can.

Crop diagnostics are most successful when you get out there early, when the evidence and signs are still there. n Make sound agronomic decisions based on facts and data, not simply on logic.

The secret to achieving higher yields in the future, Nielsen said, is figuring out why you’re not achieving higher yields now.

“I n ot her words, ident i f y i ng a nd mitigating yield-limiting factors spe cific to individual fields,” he said.

“If you fail to identify and Nielsen diagnose those y ield l i m iting factors, then some of your agronomic decisions will miss the mark and you either waste money on inputs or leave yield on the table, or both.”

The search for yield-limiting factors requires agronomic knowledge and skills.

It takes time and is often difficult.

“Identifying yield-limiting factors is important because we should not be spending money on solutions for problems that we don’t have,” Nielsen said.

Suc c e s s f u l ly ident i f y i n g yield-limiting factors involves walking fields, scouting for problems and taking extensive notes throughout the entire growing season.

Some yield-limiting factors to consider: n Poor soil drainage. n Hybrid performance. n Soil compaction from tillage operations or repeated heavy equipment traffic. n Weeds resistant to herbicides. n Foliar diseases. n Spatially variable nutrient deficiencies or excessively low soil pH. n Secondary or micronutrients.

Yield maps can be road maps to problem areas in a field. Aerial images can also point to problem areas.

Nielsen also encouraged farmers to improve soil drainage where needed and feasible.

Improved soil drainage reduces the risk of ponding and

saturated soils, soil nitrate loss due to denitrification, soil compaction and cloddy seedbeds from tillage of wet soils.

In a nutshell, good drainage enables successful root development and stand establishment of the crop.

Farmers also should put a lot of thought into picking their hybrids.

“Do not underestimate the importance of this seemingly simple decision,” Nielsen said.

“Thoughtful hybrid selection can easily add 20 to 30 bushels per acre to your bottom line.

“Pay attention to hybrid characteristics that relate to stress tolerance. Look for hybrids that consistently yield well across a wide variety of growing conditions.”

Erica Quinlan can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 193, or equinlan@agrinews-pubs.com.

Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Quinlan.

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