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ARC-CO or PLC? Pick the right loss coverage for your farm

By Erica Quinlan

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WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — The deadline to enroll for Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage is March 15.

The programs provide financial protection from substantial drops in crop prices or revenues.

“If you go back to the 2014 bill, most farmers chose the A RC - C O prog ra m for both Mintert corn and soybeans,” said James Mintert, director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture at Purdue University, during a webinar.

“The situation this time is different. For most of you, you don’t want to do exactly what you did in the 2014 bill. You do need to do some additional analysis and think about what you want to do.”

This year, the PLC program is much more competitive for corn, he said.

For folks in the Eastern Corn Belt, the Agriculture Risk Coverage Individual program could fit in some situations.

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State on high alert against ASF

By Ashley Langreck

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I N DI A NA P OL IS — As 2020 gets underway, Hoosier livestock farmers are busy preparing their operations for what they hope is a successful year.

Bret Marsh, state veterinarian at the Indiana Board of Animal Health, shared some insight on what the livestock i ndust r y will hold for producers in 2020.

“I’m excited abMarsh out launching into 2020,” said Marsh, adding that the Indiana livestock industry had a good 2019.

Marsh said that BOAH remains steadfast in its mission to be prepared against ASF as it continues to make its way across farms in Asia.

Marsh said the board continues to work with African swine fever preparedness committees throughout the country to prepare for the consequences of what might happen if African swine fever makes its way here.

See ASF, Page A2

The need for speed Beck’s shares Practical Farm Research data

By Erica Quinlan

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ATLANTA, Ind. — Each year, Beck’s Hybrids releases Practical Farm Research results in an effort to provide helpful data to farmers.

“The PFR program was started back in the 1960s

by Sonny Beck,” said Jim Schwartz, director of PFR at Beck’s Hybrids.

“The genesis of it is that, as funding for landgrant universities continued to decline, he felt like someone needed to fill the gap and provide unbiased

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research on agronomic products and practices — to help generate data to help farmers succeed.”

The PFR team tests products ranging from fungicides to tillage systems. The data is shared in a PFR book and is distributed to tens of thousands of farmers.

High-speed planting was a main research topic in 2019.

“The crunch to get things planted was very limited la st spr ing,” Schwartz said. “One of the technologies we did a lot of research on was on Speed Tubes from Precision Planting.

“In essence, it allows them to plant faster.

Instead of planting 5 miles per hour, maybe they

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can plant 8 miles per hour.

What we learned this year is that basically, yields were the same (at mu lt iple

speeds).

“The new normal for weather is probably abnormal. If we continue to have these rainfalls, and planting windows are narrower, it makes sense to think about these high speed planting options.”

Practical Farm Research also focused on closing wheels in high-speed planting, Schwartz said.

“The faster you go, the

more bounce you’re going to get,” he explained.

“These closing wheels are important.

“One of the things we learned is that you must have row-to-row hydraulic downforce control on your planter in order to plant at high speeds.”

If a product or technique is studied for a minimum of three years and leads to positive yield gains and return on investments, it’s stamped as PFR-proven.

“In other words, these are things we think you should look at or try on your farm,” Schwar tz said.

He shared the top five PFR proven strategies for corn and soybeans. The PFR book goes into detail about each topic.

Top considerations for corn: 1. Planting date.

2. Closing wheels.

3. Starter on both sides.

4. Sidedress nitrogen.

5. Fungicides and timing.

Top considerations for soybeans: 1. Fungicides at R3.

2. Planting dates.

3. Seed treatments.

4. Row width.

5. Seeding rates.

To view the complete PFR report, visit www. beckshybrids.com/pfresearch.

Erica Quinlan can be reached at 800-4269438, ext. 193, or equinlan@agrinews-pubs. com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_ Quinlan.

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‘Dr. Doom’ on demand Hart sees bears ahead, bulls down the road

By Jeannine Otto

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WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — Dr. Doom sees a bit more gloom, but also room — for improvement.

Chad Hart, Iowa State University Extension ag economist and crop markets specialist, has often been dubbed “Dr. Doom” for his sometimes lessthan-cheery outlooks for U.S. agriculture.

For the moment — and

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Beck’s Hybrids performs research trials each year to provide farmers with useful, farmer-focused data.

the next year or so — that title will stick, at least as far as his outlook for U.S. ag is concerned.

“When am I becoming bullish? I’m going to say 2022,” said Hart, speaking at the Purdue University Top Farmer Conference.

Hart’s answer was to an audience member’s question.

Earlier, Hart expressed a decidedly non-doom laden summary of his outlook.

“I’m a short-term bear, a long-term bull when it comes to U.S. agriculture. We’ve been through a rough patch for the last

A Father’s Day gift that keeps on selling

By Jeannine Otto

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‘Dr. Doom’ a k a Chad Hart, an Iowa State University Extension ag economist and crop markets specialist, spoke at the Purdue Top Farmer Conference. few years. It looks like the rough patch will continue at least for the next year or so, but the idea is there are brighter days ahead,” Hart said.

“There is demand that is building for our products. It’s a matter of managing to get to that time.”

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Instead of the next new tie he’ll never wear or the 10th pair of work gloves, this Father’s Day, farmers can give their fathers — or themselves — a gift that really pays: Selling part of their crop when prices tend to be the highest.

“I want you to do this for your father,” said Chad Hart, Iowa State University Extension ag economist, speaking at the Purdue Top Farmer Conference.

Hart talked about seasonal pricing and one of the big challenges in agriculture, which has been the lower crop prices for the last five to six years.

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Hart showed graphs of his work, tracing the average pattern of prices from 1980 to 2018.

“We talked about when you tend to see your highest prices — in April, May and June,” Hart said.

He also showed a graph of when farmers tend to market their crops — not in April, May and June.

“It’s around Father’s Day that we tend to see our highest prices. So, you know the best thing you can do on Father’s Day? Sell some crop. Take advantage of the opportunities,” Hart said.

He also urged farmers not to wait.

“If you think back to 2019, when did we see our highest price?

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ARC-CO FROM PAGE ONE

“Our analysis would suggest that if you have an FSA farm with a 20% production loss in 2019 that could be from prevented planting, reduced yields or a combination of both, then it’s worth taking a look at,” Mintert said.

“If those losses get bigger than 20%, at that point it starts looking attractive. It gets tricky if you’re looking at multiple FSA farms, then you’ve got to consider the averaging of the benchmark revenues across farms. It’s a little more complicated.”

PROGRAM SIGN-UP PROCESS Kaitlin Myers, state agricultural program specialist at Indiana Farm Service Agency, said that the sign-up process consists of three tasks.

1. Yield update: An owner can update PLC yields — October 2019 to Sept. 30, 2020.

2. Election: Election of PLC, ARC-CO or ARC-IC can be completed prior to yield updates — September 2019 to March 15, 2020, for 2019.

3. Enrollment: Once election has been completed, then enrollment takes place — September 2019 to March 15, 2020, for 2019.

“Another important thing to note is that the election and enrollment must be completed by March 15, otherwise that farm will receive a default election,” Myers said.

“The default election is the current election on the farm from the 2014 farm bill. When that default election is made, no payments will be issued on that farm for 2019. Those are the ramifications of not meeting that deadline.”

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Besides staying on high alert against the threat of African swine fever, Marsh said those involved in the livestock industry are staying busy with the animal identification program and registering livestock with a premises identification number.

“Over 67,000 livestock premises have been registered,” Marsh said.

When it comes to the Hoosier dairy industry, Marsh said that

In a nutshell Farm bill decision-making tips 1. Compare updated yields to existing program yields for each crop and FSA farm.

2. Make your program choices: Q Corn and wheat: Start with PLC as your initial program choice and evaluate ARC-CO as a challenger.

Q Soybeans: Start with ARC-CO as your initial program choice and evaluate PLC as a challenger — consider ARC-IC on FSA farms with significant production losses of at least 20% or more in 2019.

So far, very few Hoosiers have completed their applications.

“It’s really important to make your appointment early, get that paperwork done, and if they make an election now and change their mind later, they can always change their election up until that deadline,” Myers said.

The bottom line, Mintert said, is that each farmer needs to crunch numbers in order to find the best option for their operation.

The University of Illinois has a spreadsheet that calculates Agricultural Risk Coverage for County Coverage and Price Loss Coverage payments. Check it out at farmdoc.illinois.edu/crop-insurance.

Learn more about crop insurance options at www.fsa.usda. gov/prog r a m s - a nd - ser v ice s/ arcplc_program/index.

Erica Quinlan can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 193, or equinlan@agrinews-pubs.com.

Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Quinlan. despite a lot of pressure that dairy farmers are facing from the market, there still are 824 dairy farms in the state and 177 of the farms have robotic milking systems in place.

“We continue to work with state 4-H to make sure proper ID is in place on goats and sheep as we launch into the 2020 exhibition season,” Marsh said.

Ashley Langreck can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 192, or alangreck@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_ Langreck.

DOOM

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As some markets grow, others will shrink and one market that is experiencing that is the fuel market, including biofuels.

“Electric vehicles are starting to nibble away on the edges of fuel demand,” Hart said.

Hart pointed the audience’s attention to his home state of Iowa. “I’m from Iowa State, so central Iowa, Ames, dead center of the state. What I’ve been noticing as I travel around the state these days, I actually find a heck of a lot of electric charging stations out in the middle of nowhere, Iowa. There’s this town called Dows, literally 40 miles north of me, it has 150 people in it. It has eight Tesla charging stations in it,” Hart said.

How people use vehicles and how much they use them also has changed and affected fuel demand.

“Probably the biggest change is the generational change in how we use our cars. When I was 16, I got that vehicle to drive away from my parents. Our main job as teenagers was to drive, to burn gasoline,” Hart said.

How teenagers, like Hart’s 17-year-old son, communicate and connect has changed and vehicles are no longer a major

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“It was June. We hit our high water mark right around Father’s Day. It was $4.70 December corn. Anybody know the last time we saw

part of the relationship.

“I know where he’ll be by the time I get home. He’ll be upstairs in his room on his bed with his laptop on, headphones plugged in, screaming at the top of his lungs. Why is he screaming? Because he and his friends are online playing whatever game and trying to coordinate.

That’s how they communicate these days. No gasoline involved,” Hart said.

Those changing dynamics are having an immediate impact on fuel demand.

“We are starting to see the fuel market shrink because a lot of different things are happening, and that is limiting how much biofuels can really grow,” Hart said.

The global demand for U.S. ag products is strong and will remain strong and increase and future demand may come from countries that aren’t even on the radar now as major players for U.S. farm products.

“When you look at the top 10 populations, we always concentrate on China, but I want you to start thinking beyond them, as well. I like to say, in 15 years, we are going to look at India like we look at China today. If you look beyond that, I’m looking at place like Nigeria,” Hart said.

A long w it h popu lat ion growth in places like India

and nations in Africa, incomes also are growing there, making those markets more attractive to exporters.

“Not only do you need those mouths to feed, but more importantly, those mouths have to have dollars. If you are going to trade with those nations, it’s not just that they have to be there, they have to have the money to spend,” Hart said.

When it comes to increasing global demand for protein, Hart said that plant-based proteins could actually work together with the animal-based protein sector to bolster U.S. farmers.

“I see potential for both markets to continue to build and grow. I look at plant-based proteins as an opportunity to help bolster our crop markets right now. One of the challenges we need to get fixed right now, we are basically a bi-culture here, corn and soybeans, where we used to be corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, rice. We used to have a more diversified portfolio. I think the move to plantbased proteins helps us rediversify across a few more crops, which can be helpful to all crop agriculture,” Hart said.

$4.70 December corn before that? It was 2014, so last year, we saw the best price we had seen in five years,” he said.

But even at a five-year high, some farmers still were reluctant to sell, and Hart urged his audience not to follow their example.

“I asked some farmers, what are you doing about that?

You want to know what they told me? Wait for $5. I said what happens when you get to $5? They said I’m waiting for $5.25,” said Hart, who then issued his own throwdown.

“I challenge you — don’t wait,” he said.

Jeannine Otto can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 211, or jotto@agrinews-pubs.com.

Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Otto.

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1,172 acres offered at auction in Hancock County GR EENF IELD, Ind. — Approximately 1,172 acres of farmland and commercial and industrial property in Hancock County, just outside Indianapolis, will be offered in 24 tracts at auction March 4.

The property will be marketed through a partnership of Schrader Real Estate and Auction Co. and Cushman & Wakefield.

The land adjoins the city of Greenfield at Meridian Road,

just off U.S. 40, and includes more than 800 acres of cropland, as well as several buildings suitable for commercial or industrial use.

“The current owner determined this property doesn’t fit with their needs, so they decided to sell it at auction,” said R.D. Schrader, president of the Columbia City-based auction company.

“We will offer the property in tracts, with farmland and commercial/industrial tracts

offered separately. Bidders will be allowed to combine tracts to purchase just the parts that interest them,” he said.

Schrader said the company’s marketing efforts will target farmers, investors, 1031 tax exchange buyers and developers at a local, regional and national level.

Individuals seeking additional information may call 800-451-2709 or visit www. schraderauction.com.

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Ag products included in China trade pact

By Tom C. Doran

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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed the first phase of a trade agreement Jan. 15.

As part of the agreement, China will increase its purchases of American goods and services by at least $200 billion over the next two years, which includes $40 to $50 billion in agricultural products.

Though China has confirmed it will increase its agricultural purchases, it has not publicly committed to a specific dollar amount, or indicated which products it plans to buy.

The document specifies that both China and the United States “shall ensure fair and equitable market access” for businesses that depend on the safety of trade secrets.

Specific measures that will

protect pharmaceutical firms’ intellectual property, govern patents, block counterfeiting on e-commerce platforms and prevent exports of brand-name knockoffs are detailed.

In return, the United States will reduce tariffs on some products made in China, but keep duties the White House has imposed on $375 billion worth of merchandise.

Following the Phase 1 signing, $250 billion of Chinese imports will still be subject to a 25% tariff and $125 billion of Chinese goods will be under a 7.5% levy.

Agriculture-related highlights of the trade agreement include: n China will purchase and import at least $40 billion of U.S. food, agricultural and seafood products annually over the next two years. n China has agreed to streamline the regulatory process by implementing a predicable and

science-based approval method for products of agricultural biotechnology. n China will expand the scope of beef products allowed to be imported, eliminate age restrictions on cattle slaughtered for export to China, eliminate unnecessary cattle traceability requirements and provide for the establishment of maximum residue levels for three hormones legally used in the United States n China agreed to broaden the list of pork products that are eligible for importation to include processed products such as ham and certain types of offal. China also agreed to conduct a risk assessment for the veterinary drug ractopamine, which may be used in U.S. beef and pork production. n China will immediately recognize U.S. Department of Agriculture oversight of U.S. meat, poultry meat and pro-

cessed meat and poultry meat facilities, thereby eliminating any unique registration requirements and allowing imports of products accompanied by USDA certificates. n Through the agreement, China will immediately engage in technical discussions for the import of U.S. live cattle for breeding. n China has agreed to immediately update its list of traditionally-traded feed additive products with 23 U.S. products and to streamline the registration process for feed additives, premixes and compound feed. With regard to distillers’ dried grains with solubles, China has also agreed to speed up license renewal for DDGS manufacturers. n China has committed to streamline the timelines and procedures for registering U.S. dairy and infant formula facilities and products and to pro-

vide regulatory certainty and market stability for products like fluid milk and dairy permeate powder.

“Together we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of economic justice and security for American workers, farmers and families,” Trump said.

“The agreement tears down major market barriers for U.S. food and agricultural exports. China will now welcome American beef and pork, poultry, seafood, rice, dairy, infant formula, animal feed, biotechnology and much, much more.”

The trade deal is the first phase of a comprehensive agreement that will be negotiated with China, according to the Trump administration.

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

Ag leaders react to China trade accord “The structural reforms, particularly those affecting feed grains, agricultural biotechnolWASHINGTON — Major ogy and sanitary and phytosansteps to settle the two-year itary measures — once fully trade war between the United committed and implemented States and China were taken — will hopefully offer lasting Jan. 15 and representatives from impacts beyond short-term agriculture groups joined in commitments to make accelercautious optimism about Phase ated, market-driven purchases.

1 of an agreement.

The agreement, as we underHere’s what they had to say: stand it, will offer opportunities for U.S. farmers to once “We are optimistic that the day again become competitive in will come when we fully restore China and serve our customers our vital trading relationship by addressing retaliatory tariffs between the U.S. and China. I and long-standing, non-tariff can’t underscore enough how barriers to trade.” much long-term trade stability Darren Armstrong, chairman with one of our top customers U.S. GRAINS COUNCIL means to Illinois soybean farmers and the ag industry. We see “While China’s Phase 1 comthis as a sign of brighter days to mitments are welcomed, U.S. come. However, we hope that pork exports continue to be more details emerge on the stasuppressed because of the tus of China’s current tariff on country’s 60% punitive tarU.S. soybeans, which were not iffs. In order to fully capture included in today’s trade deal. the benefits of this deal, we A long-awaited win for the soyneed China to eliminate all bean industry will come when tariffs on U.S. pork for at least the soybean tariffs are fully five years. According to Iowa rescinded, and we are anxiously State University Economist awaiting that announcement.”

Dermot Hayes, if U.S. pork Doug Schroeder, president gets unrestricted access to the ILLINOIS SOYBEAN GROWERS Chinese market, it will reduce the overall U.S. trade deficit “The signing of the China with China by nearly 6%, genPhase 1 trade deal is a signifierate 184,000 new U.S. jobs cant, historic day for the nation’s and produce $24.5 billion in No. 1 soybean producer, Illinois new pork exports all within farmers, who are ready to get the next decade. However, if back to business and gain their the U.S. continues to face 60% profits from the marketplace. punitive tariffs — and a cumuIllinois farmers are ready to lative tariff of 68% — while regain our trading position with our competitor nations are asChina as a result of the signing. sessed an 8% tariff, U.S. pork We are well positioned to fulfill sales will be suppressed as China’s demand of soybeans, China imports more pork from pork and additional commodiother nations.” ties and this agreement provides David Herring, president a pathway for the next generaNATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL tion of Illinois young farmers.

Illinois Farm Bureau remains “The agreement will be a interested in the dollar amount game-changer for the U.S. of agricultural purchases to be beef industry. For many years, made in the coming years by Chinese consumers have been China and the means by which denied access to high-quality those commitments will be upU.S. beef — the same U.S. beef held. We look forward to contin- we feed to our families. Nonued phases of a full-fledged free scientific trade barriers like trade agreement.” the ban on production techRichard Guebert Jr., president nologies, the extensive traceILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ability requirements and the 30-month (Bovine Spongiform “The Phase 1 agreement is great Encephalopathy) restriction news for Hoosier farmers, since have greatly limited our ability China is one of Indiana’s top to tap into growing beef detrading partners. Strengthening mand in China. The removal our relationships with trading of these massive trade barriers partners from around the world gives Chinese consumers access will bring certainty to the market to the U.S. beef they desire, and for many of our farm families it gives America’s cattlemen and and the agricultural industry as cattlewomen the opportunity to a whole. Indiana Farm Bureau provide U.S. beef to a growing remains optimistic and looks for- consumer-base that represents ward to the ongoing discussions one-fifth of the global popuwith China.” lation and a middle-class that Randy Kron, president is greater than the entire U.S. INDIANA FARM BUREAU population.”

Jennifer Houston, president “We are hopeful that this NATIONAL CATTLEMEN’S BEEF ASSOCIATION deal will meaningfully address China’s problematic trade prac“The signing of the trade tices and intellectual property agreement is another positive theft, as well as finally establish some stability for American farm- step towards restoring market ers’ export markets. But given the confidence for U.S. biofuel producers. We’re grateful to U.S numerous deals that have been reached and then breached in the administration officials for their past two years, we are also skep- continued work on securing tical. And without more concrete this trade agreement at such a details, we are deeply concerned pivotal time for our nation’s agthat all of this pain may not have riculture and renewable energy industries. Breaking down trade been worth it. Not only has this trade war cost farmers billions of barriers between our nations will provide a valuable oppordollars worth of sales to China, but it has also bruised our reputa- tunity to restore demand for American biofuel, and we hope tion, making other trading partto soon see biofuels and DDG ners reluctant to work with us. To exports back on the Chinese justify these lasting damages, this deal must deliver more than vague, market. In 2016, China was the unenforceable, short-term commit- third largest export market for U.S. biofuels, but exports were ments — we need real and lasting nearly eliminated due to retalbehavioral change from China, iatory tariffs and trade negotiaand we need reliable and robust tions.” agricultural export markets.”

Roger Johnson, president Emily Skor, CEO

By Tom C. Doran

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

CENTRAL STATES CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PHOTO

Selecting the proper personal protective equipment, including well-fitting gloves and footwear, is important for onfarm safety.

Head-to-toe safety Small actions can prevent serious injuries

By Erica Quinlan

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

PEOSTA, IOWA — It’s always a good time to review safety practices on your farm — including providing the right personal protective equipment for each job.

Charlotte Halverson, clinical director at AgriSafe Network, hosted a safety webinar Jan. 15.

It focused on teaching youth how to choose the right personal protective equipment.

“At the end of the day, what we’re trying to do is assess, and hope to improve, the knowledge of the young people who take part in these activities,” Halverson said.

Head-to-toe safety should be taken seriously. Whether it’s wearing a face mask in a dusty environment or tying your shoelaces tightly, small actions can prevent serious injuries.

“We emphasize the fact that the two-strap masks and respirators are the ones to use,” Halverson said. “The onestrapped masks simply don’t cut it.”

She also encouraged youth to protect their ears.

“Sound is measured in unites of decibels,” she said. “The higher the decibel levels, the louder the noise. Continual exposure to noise levels about 85 decibels may cause permanent damage to hearing.

“Hearing protection devices are labeled with a noise reduction rating. For the best hearing protection, choose protection that has a high noise reduction rating and is also comfortable for you to wear.”

There are many options ranging from ear plugs to earmuffs.

The best choice is one that is worn correctly, Halverson said.

Farmers should also take care of their vision.

“Eye protection is extremely important,” Halverson said.

“Your eyes are so valuable, and once they’re damaged — they’re damaged.

“Select safety goggles or glasses that meet ANSI Z87.1 NIOSH standard, which is stamped on the product or tag. When exposed to the sun, wear glasses that block 99% to 100% of UVA and UVB light.”

Youth should protect their hands by wearing gloves that aren’t too big or small.

“Precautionary labels on pesticide labels state whether waterproof of chemical resistant gloves are required,” Halverson said.

“If gloves don’t fit properly, they can be more of a hazard than a help. If you have young people using equipment, make sure there are gloves around that fit them.”

When it comes to footwear, it’s important to replace shoes as they wear out.

“Well-worn footwear will not have necessary traction on damp or uneven surfaces, resulting in a variety of hazardous slipping injuries,” Halverson said. “Be sure that all laces are tied securely. Rips and tears on shoes increase the risk of entanglements.”

Halverson also encouraged young people to pull back long hair and remove strings from sweatshirts — both of which can cause entanglement.

A g r iSa fe of fer s “Invest in Your Health Trainer Exchanges” in which educators can be certified to train on five AgriSafe modules. The program is targeted for those aged 16-23.

Learn more at www.agrisafe. org/invest-in-your-health-program.

Erica Quinlan can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 193, or equinlan@agrinews-pubs.com.

Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Quinlan.

Time for a quiz

1. What is the best protection against fine agricultural dust particles?

A. A good disposable mask with one strap that goes around your head B. A clean, heavy handkerchief or bandanna tied securely over your nose and mouth C. A disposable respirator with two straps Answer: C. A two-strap respirator. Be sure it has a stamp on it that indicates it is NIOSH-approved.

2. What is the danger zone decibel level that indicates a need for hearing protection?

A. 65 decibels B. 85 decibels C. 100 decibels Answer: B. 85 decibels 3. What should you look for in footwear when working in agriculture? Check all that apply.

A. Comfortable, breathable, lightweight B. Soles with gripping surfaces and able to channel water C. Flat shoes/boots, except when riding horses D. Secure laces E. All of the above Answer: B, C, and D 4. Why are nitrile gloves appropriate for handling chemicals?

A. Some chemicals can soak through cotton and leather B. You can see the green or blue color C. They are thinner and not as bulky Answer: A. The nitrile is a nonpermeable material.

Source: AgriSafe Network

Protective equipment to fit the task

By Erica Quinlan

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

PEOSTA, IOWA — Different types of farm chores involve unique risks.

Choosing the right personal protective equipment can mitigate those risks and prevent injuries.

AgriSafe Network hosted a webinar to address PPE concerns and provide a list of equipment that may be needed for a variety of on-farm activities.

Risk: Organic dust and molds.

PPE: Minimum 2-strap N95 face mask, half face respirator that has been fitted to your specifications and safety glasses.

Risk: Large equipment, such as combines, grain carts or augers.

PPE: Hearing protection, such as ear plugs with Noise Reduction Rating of 25 or above, footwear with good traction, secure shoe laces, no loose clothing that can get caught in equipment, hair pulled back and safety glasses.

with good grip.

Risk: Hand tools.

PPE: Gloves that fit well with good grip, no loose clothing, safety glasses with side protection, hearing protection and respiratory protection as needed.

Risk: Cold exposure.

PPE: Layered clothing, appropriate footwear with good traction, warm gloves that fit well, sunglasses with UV protection and head covering with ear protection. Hydrate with water.

Learn more about personal protective equipment at www. cdc.gov/niosh/ppe, or www. agrisafe.org.

Risk: Large animals.

PPE: Shoes or boots with good traction, head protection and gloves that fit properly

Risk: Heat exposure.

PPE: Sun protective hat, sunscreen with SPF of 30 or more, long sleeved shirts and pants in a cool cotton material or with SPF in them and safety sunglasses with UV protection.

Hydrate with water.

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Illinois $2.2 billion ag export boost ag chief Senate passes trade deal resigns would lead to a small increase in U.S. imports of sugar and sugar-containTHE NUMBERS A U.S. International ing products and dairy Trade Commission report products from Canada, the estimates USMCA would commission concluded. raise U.S. real gross domestic product by $68.2 ANOTHER WIN On the heels of the billion (0.35%) and U.S. employment by 176,000 news that Phase 1 of the U.S.-China trade agreejobs (0.12%).

The model estimates ment was signed Jan. 15, that USMCA likely have agriculture groups celea positive impact on U.S. brated the apparent doutrade, both with USMCA bleheader victories.

“Ever y step toward partners and with the rest USMCA passage is cause of the world.

U.S. exports to Canada for celebration. Trade and Mexico would in- with Mexico and Canada crease by $19.1 billion is a vital part of the mar(5.9%) and $14.2 billion ket for Illinois corn, with (6.7%), respectively. U.S. both countries making up imports from Canada and 25 to 30% of corn sales Mexico would increase leaving the country,” said by $19.1 billion (4.8%) Illinois Corn Growers and $12.4 billion (3.8%), Association President Bill respectively, according to Leigh, Minonk.

“The Illinois Soybean the USITC report.

The combined effect Growers appreciates our of all USMCA provisions senators’ support for the would increase total an- USMCA that ensures marnual U.S. agricultural and ket and trade stability with food exports by $2.2 bil- the second largest export lion (1.1%) when fully im- market for U.S. soybeans and leading export marplemented.

A commission simula- ket for U.S. pork. Reliable tion that considered only access to export markets the effects of the agricul- is critical for agriculture ture market access provi- and the rural economy. sions in USMCA showed We commend members increased U.S. agriculture of the U.S. Senate in votand food exports to the ing in support of USMCA and look for ward to world of $435 million.

USMCA would lead to continuing our valuable small increases in U.S. ex- trade relationships with ports to Canada of dairy Mexico and Canada,” products, poultry meat, said ISG President Doug eggs and egg-containing Schroeder, Mahomet.

“Passage of USMCA products, as well as wheat is welcomed news for and alcoholic beverages.

At the same time, it Hoosier farmers, espefor grading and pricing.

By Tom C. Doran

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

By Tom C. Doran

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — At the request of Gov. J.B. Pritzker, John Sullivan resigned as the state’s agriculture director.

Jeremy Flynn, Pritzker’s chief of staff, will serve as acting director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture.

“Director Sullivan had a long and productive public service career as a state senator, and the governor is grateful for his willingness to ser ve in the administration. Director Sullivan put toget her Sullivan a n outstanding team at the Department of Agriculture, and as a result, the department’s work thrived,” said Emily Bittner, Pritzker’s communications deputy chief of staff.

“However, the governor holds all state employees to the highest ethical standards, and the governor requested the director’s resignation because he is disturbed that then-Senator Sullivan became aware of the existence of the July 31, 2012, email contemporaneously and did not handle it appropriately, including not alerting the inspector general or other authorities.

“The governor’s general counsel (Ann Spillane) has shared all of the information she learned from Director Sullivan with the Office of the Executive Inspector General and offered to share this information with all law enforcement agencies looking into this situation. The administration will continue to assist in the ongoing investigation.”

The email noted by Pritzker’s office was sent by former state lawmaker and lobbyist John McClain of Quincy. As originally reported by WBEZ public radio in Chicago, the email was sent to the thenGov. Pat Quinn administration in 2012 asking for a political favor for state employee and Quincy resident, Forrest Ashby. The email was later forwarded to Sullivan.

McClain was trying to seek leniency for Ashby who was facing disciplinary action at his state job. McClain’s email stated the employee was loyal to the administration and “(Ashby) has kept his mouth shut on Jones’ ghost workers, the rape in Champaign and other items.”

Pritzker’s lawyer became aware of Sullivan’s knowledge of the Ashby case and asked Sullivan whether he received the original McClain message.

“That information led me to conduct a review of my own personal emails from that same period of time,” Sullivan said in the statement.

“My search discovered a forwarded copy of McClain’s July 31, 2012, email reported by WBEZ. I shared this information with Gov. Pritzker’s general counsel.”

Sullivan, who resigned Jan. 12, said he was “well aware” of McClain’s efforts to get leniency for the state worker and that he did not read the July 31 email in its entirety.

“The summer of 2012 was a stressful time for me. I was in the middle of a state Senate re-election campaign as well as preparing for and undergoing cancer surgery in Baltimore, Md.,” Sullivan stated.

Sullivan said that had he read the entire email “my reaction would have been disgust and I would have immediately notified the property authorities.”

“Bottom line: I accept responsibility for what was truly an unintentional oversight and the subsequent inaction,” Sullivan wrote.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate passed a trade deal Jan. 16, revamping the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement.

In an 89-10 bipartisan vote, the chamber agreed to send the United StatesMexico-Canada Agreement to President Donald Trump who is expected to sign it. The House passed the same agreement 38541 in December.

The Mexican government already ratified the agreement and the deal awaits the Canadian government’s approval.

USMCA includes provisions to improve access to markets for farmers and dairy producers, mandates inspections of factories for labor violations, and establishes new digital trade rules.

It also creates stricter regulations for auto part rules of origin and requires at least 40% of the parts for a car to be produced in plants where workers make at least $16 an hour.

Canada will increase quotas on U.S. dairy products, benefiting American dairy farmers by $242 million. Canada also will treat wheat imports the same as domestic wheat

cially considering how challenging 2019 was for agriculture. The trade deal benefits family farms because it brings certainty to Indiana’s trade relationship with our North American partners,” said Randy Kron, Evansville, Indiana Farm Bureau president.

“The USMCA Senate passage is a significant day for agriculture. It is a victory for Illinois farmers and a step forward that is vitally important to Illinois agriculture. This agreement protects valuable trade relationships with our nearest neighbors,” said Illinois Farm Bureau President Richard Guebert Jr., Ellis Grove.

“It makes important improvements for Illinois farmers, providing new market access for dairy products and maintaining the zero-tariff platform on all other ag products.

It will return certainty to the markets as Illinois farmers look for opportunity amid declining farm income levels.”

“T hough USMCA is not a perfect replacement, it does make some important changes to its predecessor. We are particularly encouraged by the inclusion of stronger labor standards, more robust enforcement mechanisms, and better environmental protections.

On top of that, we are pleased to see the partial elimination of inves-

tor-state dispute settlement arbitration procedure, which is the source of many of our aforementioned grievances against NAF TA,” said National Farm Bureau President Roger Johnson.

“That being said, there is still significant room for improvement. This trade deal still doesn’t restore commonsense country-of-origin-labeling, nor does it address import dumping. With that in mind, we urge Congress and the Trump administration to continue working to strengthen trade deals so they better support the success of family farmers and rural communities.”

Lara Moody, The Fertilizer Institute vice president of stewardship and sustainability, said the new agreement “w ill provide the millions of hard-working men and women in U.S. agriculture with a huge economic win and allow them to compete on the global stage by ensuring that markets with our strongest trading partners remain open and fair. Mexico and Canada are two of the United States’ biggest trading partners and together import over 60% of U.S. agricultural goods.”

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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Winter wheat seedings down slightly in 2020

By Tom C. Doran AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates the nation’s second lowest winter wheat acreage on record for 2020.

The agency’s winter wheat seedings report expects 30.8 million acres, down 1% from 2019.

Soft red winter wheat seeded area totals 5.64 million acres, up 8% overall from last year. However, decreases are estimated in Illinois and Indiana.

Illinois’ soft red winter wheat seeded area declined from 650,000 in 2019 to 490,000 this year, a 25% decline.

USDA estimates Indiana’s soft red winter wheat seeding at 310,000 acres compared to 330,000 in 2019, a 6% reduction.

Hard red winter wheat seeded area is expected to total 21.8 million acres, down 3% from 2019.

Planted acreage is down from last year across most of the hard red growing region. The largest increases in planted acreage are estimated in Texas, up 400,000 acres, while the largest decreases are estimated in Colorado, down 250,000, and Montana, 400,000 less. Record low acreage was seeded in Nebraska, 900,000, and Utah, 120,000.

White winter wheat seeded area totals 3.37 million acres, down 4% from 2019. Planting in the Pacific Northwest was ahead of the five-year average pace in Oregon but was behind in Idaho and Washington. Seeding was virtually complete in the region by early November.

Durum wheat seedings in Arizona and California for 2020 harvest are estimated at a combined 70,000 acres, up 9% from 2019 but 41% below 2018.

The USDA noted that seeding of the 2020 acreage was under way in mid-September but was behind the five-year average pace. About a month into seeding, progress was at or ahead of the five-year average for the remainder of seeding the 2020 acreage. Seeding was mostly complete by Nov. 17.

Ami Heesch, CHS Hedging market analyst, said the report concurred with what commodity traders anticipated that “we were going to see a lot lower acreage, which we did.

“We’re planting less wheat but I think we’re still going to produce the bushels even with less of a crop. Over the past few years, we’ve had all wheat at 45 million acres and we still managed at 1 billion bushel carryout. We’re still at a 56.5% stocks-touse ratio for winter wheat

which in my opinion is not a friendly number.”

Heesch noted the USDA in its most recent world supply and demand report lowered Australian wheat production from 16.1 million metric tons to 15.6 million, and lowered Russian production by 1 million tons.

“So, we have some things working for us but I’m also The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 30.8 million acres of winter wheat were planted in the thinking that some of that United States this year. That’s down 1% from 2019 and the second lowest on record. is already factored into the market,” she said.

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

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REGIONAL WEATHER

Outlook for Jan. 21 - Jan. 27

Shown is Tuesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday’s highs and Tuesday night’s lows.

Evanston 22/18 South Bend 24/16

Rockford 18/13 Rock Island 21/15

Chicago 21/16

©2020; forecasts and graphics provided by

SUNRISE/SUNSET Rise 7:15 a.m.

7:15 a.m.

7:14 a.m.

7:14 a.m.

7:13 a.m.

7:12 a.m.

7:11 a.m.

Decatur 27/20

Quincy 29/23

Springfield Date Jan. 21 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Jan. 27

Peoria 24/20

Set 5:04 p.m.

5:06 p.m.

5:07 p.m.

5:08 p.m.

5:09 p.m.

5:10 p.m.

5:11 p.m.

Champaign 26/19 Lafayette 26/19

Muncie 27/19

Jan 17

New

Jan 24

Mt. Vernon 33/20

Vevay 32/17

Evansville 32/22

PRECIPITATION

First

Feb 1

Southern Illinois: Tuesday: plenty of sunshine; cold in the south. Winds light and variable. Expect a full day of sunshine with fair drying conditions and average relative humidity 55%.

Indianapolis 28/20 Terre Haute 29/20

Full

Feb 9

GROWING DEGREE DAYS Illinois Week ending Jan. 17 Month through Jan. 17 Season through Jan. 17 Normal month to date Normal season to date

5 5 3834 0 3333

Indiana Week ending Jan. 17 Month through Jan. 17 Season through Jan. 17 Normal month to date Normal season to date

1 1 3478 0 2898

Anna 34/22

Today Hi/Lo/W 26/19/s 21/16/s 27/20/s 34/25/s 22/18/s 22/15/s 33/20/s 24/20/s 29/23/s 18/13/s 21/15/s 28/23/s

Tom. Hi/Lo/W 38/27/c 35/24/c 39/29/c 40/32/pc 33/25/c 33/24/c 42/29/pc 38/26/pc 41/32/pc 34/22/pc 31/23/pc 40/31/pc

Thu. Hi/Lo/W 43/32/c 40/31/sf 44/34/c 46/41/r 40/32/sn 40/32/sn 44/32/r 42/33/c 43/34/r 39/29/sn 39/27/sn 44/35/r

Indiana Bloomington Carmel Evansville Fishers Fort Wayne Gary Lafayette Indianapolis Muncie South Bend Terre Haute Vevay

Today Hi/Lo/W 29/20/s 27/16/s 32/22/s 28/16/s 25/17/s 25/21/s 26/19/s 28/20/s 27/19/s 24/16/pc 29/20/s 32/17/s

Tom. Hi/Lo/W 42/26/s 37/28/s 42/27/pc 37/25/s 34/22/s 37/26/pc 38/24/s 39/25/s 39/27/s 34/22/pc 40/28/s 42/23/s

Northern Indiana: Tuesday: partly sunny and cold. Winds west-southwest 4-8 mph.

Expect 4-8 hours of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average relative humidity 75%. Wednesday: clouds and sun, except sunnier in the east.

Central Indiana: Tuesday: mostly sunny; cold in the north and east. Winds light and variable. Expect 4-8 hours of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average relative humidity 70%. Wednesday: partly sunny.

For 24-hour weather updates, check out www.agrinews-pubs.com Illinois Champaign Chicago Decatur E. St. Louis Evanston Joliet Mt. Vernon Peoria Quincy Rockford Rock Island Springfield

Northern Illinois: Tuesday: mostly sunny and cold. Winds southwest 4-8 mph.

Expect 6-10 hours of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average relative humidity 75%. Wednesday: partly sunny; however, cloudier to the east.

Central Illinois: Tuesday: plenty of sunshine. Winds southwest 4-8 mph. Expect a full day of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average relative humidity 70%.

Fort Wayne 25/17

MOON PHASES Last

TEMPERATURES

Gary 25/21

Springfield 28/23

East St. Louis 34/25

AGRICULTURE FORECASTS

Thu. Hi/Lo/W 48/34/pc 47/32/c 49/37/c 46/34/c 42/31/c 42/32/sn 44/33/c 46/33/c 47/35/c 41/32/c 46/33/c 51/37/c

Southern Indiana: Tuesday: brilliant sunshine. Winds west 4-8 mph. Expect a full day of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average relative humidity 55%. Wednesday: mostly sunny. Winds south-southeast 4-8 mph.

SOUTH AMERICA Much of Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil will be dry into early next week, while scattered rains are likely from Minas Gerais and Bahia to Mato Grosso in Brazil.

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

Know weed species to improve control Weed seed bank likely increased in 2019 season

By Martha Blum

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

POLO, Ill. — Herbicide systems and weed control will be very important for corn and soybean crops in 2020.

“In 2019, we had prevent plant, beans planted late and when we wanted to spray we couldn’t get in the field so the weeds got a jump on us and that is going to increase our weed seed bank,” said Jon Skinner, Beck’s Hybrids Northern Illinois field agronomist.

“And we saw a lot of flooding, so there was soil movement, residue movement and seed movement,” Skinner said during a Beck’s Hybrids PFR Insight Meeting. “So, this year you may be introduced to new species of weeds on your farm and to some weeds that are resistant that you haven’t had before.”

To cont rol weed s, Skinner said, it is important to know what species of weeds are in the field and if they are resistant to herbicides.

“When we rely on one herbicide family that increases selection pressure on herbicides, so if you’re only using one mode of action to kill a weed, it can evolve and become resistant to that mode of action,” he said.

Weeds are classified into five emergence groups.

“Group O weeds typically germinate in the fall, but have been known to germinate 10 months out of the year,” Skinner said.

“An example is marestail, and it is a moving target because you never know when they’re going to come about.”

Giant ragweed is a Group 1 weed.

“Typically that weed will emerge before corn planting, so if we don’t have a pre-emerge herbicide that has activity on already growing weeds, giant ragweeds can have a jump on us,” Skinner said.

“It doesn’t emerge for very long, so if you start clean with a burndown, come in with a pre-re-

sidual, that will give you mostly season-long control of giant ragweed.”

Waterhemp is a Group 4 weed that doesn’t emerge until after 300 growing degree units. “ You calculate the GDUs from Jan. 1 not from the corn planting date, so it’s about mid-June to early July timeframe,” Skinner said. “That’s about the time a lot of our pre emerge herbicides are wearing off, so we should come in before that and layer in another residual to kill the waterhemp.”

Skinner reported results of data from PFR sites where multiple modes of action herbicide programs were tested.

“If we use a single mode of action as a pre emerge, we got 60% control of waterhemp and by layering in two modes of action, we move that to 89% control,” he said. “If we mix three effective modes of action, we jump the weed control to 97%.”

Competition also can help reduce weed pressure in soybeans which can be accomplished by planting in narrower rows.

“Fifteen-inch rows suffer less from weed pressure for yield reduction versus 30inch rows,” Skinner said.

Another strategy is to plant soybeans earlier, so the crop is growing before the Group 3 and 4 weeds have time to emerge.

Preston Brown, Beck’s Hybrids seed adviser, talked about the challenge farmers are facing with reduced time for optimal planting opportunities.

“O u r pla nt i ng w i ndows over the last five to 10 years continue to get smaller and smaller,” he said. “To overcome that you need to plant more acres in less amount of time or be more ef ficient.”

Seeding with a 16-row planter at 5 mph will result in covering about 17 acres per hour.

“If you use a 24-row planter, that increases your acres per hour by 50%,” Brown said.

“This past year, we tested SpeedTubes from Precision Planting,” he said.

“Our goal is to test a product that can be applied to almost any planter.”

For the test, Beck’s plant-

AGRINEWS PHOTO/MARTHA BLUM

Jon Skinner (left) talks with a farmer during the Beck’s Hybrids PFR Insight Meeting. During 2019, the company tested over 100 products with 102 studies in 11 locations to provide practical data to farmers. A PFR Proven strategy indicates the product or practice will result in a consistent positive return on investment. ed corn with five different passes — a standard seed tube at 5 mph and using a SpeedTube at 5, 7, 10 and 12.5 mph.

As seed goes from the meter to the trench, it

goes through three stages — Stage 1 which is the launch, Stage 2 the falling and Stage 3 the landing.

“We’ve done a really good job with most planters to launch the seeds

well, and we’re pretty good with the landing to put the seeds in the right spot,” Brown said.

“The falling stage is really what Precision is trying to overcome the challenges because when you go faster on a standard unit the seeds can bounce a rou nd a nd a ny time there’s a bounce, the seed won’t land exactly where you want it.”

The SpeedTube, Brown said, has a conveyor belt through Stage 2 that features individualized pockets for each seed.

“This belt runs at a consistent rate as you move to higher speeds from launch to landing to control the seed,” he said.

In the Beck’s trials, Brown said, when comparing the average spacing with the SpeedTube at 5 mph to 12.5 mph, there is

barely a one-quarter inch difference.

“Even though we’re increasing speed two timesplus, we can get really consistent spacing,” Brown said.

“By going from a standard seed tube to a SpeedTube, we saw a 1.7-bushel advantage in corn at 5 mph,” he said. “And we saw a 0.7 bushel advantage at 12.5 mph even as we’re increasing speed dramatically, so SpeedTubes can bring consistent performance.”

For more information about Beck’s Hybrids, go to www.beckshybrids.com, or call 800-937-2325.

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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Advice for beginning farmers at Specialty Crop Conference

By Tom C. Doran AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Lorien Carsey has literally worked from the ground up at Blue Moon Farm.

She began as a farmhand at this 20-acre, certified organic farm in 1999. She left the farm to attend graduate school, returned in 2009 and is now transitioning toward full ownership along with Shea Belahi, former owner of Heirloominous Farm, Urbana.

C a r sey sha red her experiences at the annual Illinois Specialty Crop Conference as part of the event’s new educational tract focusing on beginning farmers.

Blue Moon Farm, Urbana, which focuses on veget able product ion, was co-founded by Jon Cherniss and Michelle Wander in 1997.

The farm has 10 high tunnels, some heated, an insulated and heated pack shed, several walk-in cooler s, outbu i ld i ng s and a heated start house.

It focuses on a diverse range of annual vegetable production year-round and has primary sales to Urbana’s farmers market, Community Suppor ted A g r icult u re, Com mon Ground Food Coop, restaurants and some sales to Chicago.

Cover crops are a main source of fertility and one of the practices to promote soil health. Crop rotation is also a key component of long-term production.

“We are lucky because we have these awesome prairie soils that are forgiving and nutrient rich and we want to take care of that. So, we do a lot of cover cropping,” Carsey said.

“At any given point we have one-half acre in greenhouses, a couple of acres of other structures.

We’ll have about seven to 10 acres in cash crop production and seven to 10 acres in cover crops.”

“Our primary sales are to the Urbana farmers market, which is amazing.

It has an awesome farmers market. It has this 30-year history and everybody comes to it and it cares and supports farmers a lot.

So, we don’t have to do multiple farmers markets, we have to do that farmers market,” Carsey explained. “ We also have an awesome food co-op in our town, and we do a lot of sales through that food co-op. It’s this gift that we have a co-op that actually cares about local sales and devotes a lot of time and attention to taking care of our farmers.

“We do some sales

to Chicago, and we do some sales to restaurants, although we have kind of reduced our restaurant focus in the past couple of years.”

Carsey added they are trying to grow their CSA. “While the Urbana farmers market is so amazing, we do find that farmers market sales are now becoming unpredictable, and we feel like we have to expand,” Casey noted.

“We used to have to rely so much on the farmers market, and we don’t trust it as much as we used to.

Everything is changing in this world, and we’re trying to expand and be able to have strengths in multiple markets.

“We really don’t like to do wholesale because unless you’re able to have guaranteed volume that price point is very bad for us. Our margins are so tight and to have to drop our price for wholesale is a big problem.

“We really want directto-consumer sales. That’s where we’re really going to be able to sustain the farm in the future and how to do that really is our challenge.”

Three employees work there throughout the winter and the farm employs up to 10 workers at the height of the season.

“Annual vegetable crop is all about the labor.

You’re constantly planting

and weeding and cleaning and harvesting. Labor is a huge story. Managing our labor is huge part of how we survive,” Carsey said.

“It’s a mixed bag. We’re grateful ever yday that people are willing to come to our farm and put up with us and do the things that we tell them. Labor costs can swing terribly high, so it’s something we have to pay a lot of attention to.”

Casey provided the following points for beginning farmers: Q Get to know soils. “This is the key to production.

You’re in a relationship with your soils all of the time. You have to know how they’re doing, what

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Five fast facts about Yomar Roman, who was elected National FFA southern region vice president in October at the National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis, Roman’s favorite career development event is livestock judging because he likes being able to interact with the animals.

Back in his native Puerto Rico, Roman is a swine farmer, and he absolutely loves it.

His guilty pleasure is watching cartoons, especially ones that involve animals.

Roman loves to travel, but not necessarily to cities, but rather different pig farms where he learns about different ways to farm.

He loves listening to music, specifically soundtracks to movies, and one of his favorite soundtracks is “The Lion King.”

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takes to hand transplant multiple beds of brassica and if I need to schedule a crew to come out I don’t know how long it’s going to take because I didn’t write it down when we had to do it three years ago. It makes such a huge difference to be able to say in these conditions this is what’s possible. I’m not going to over-hire a crew. I want to hire the right number of crew,” Carsey explained.

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From the Pastures Pretty colors

the ewes were put on last week.

The cows and calves also exHappy New hausted the cornstalk grazing Year! Hope and are now enjoying some everyone had sorghum baleage. Although a wonderful feeding bales is a lot more work holiday. I do not than grazing, I’ve yet to go into usually make the winter very far past mid-JanNew Year’s uary with grazing, so here we resolutions, but go again. I always enjoy the I did give some thought to obsmells that go with hay feeding, jectives for both the farm and and these baleage crops are the mill. One thing my husband even more appealing. Maybe and I would like to improve on some perfume maker could crein the barn is sheep handling. ate a farm aroma that would be Our barn needs some improvea more tantalizing experience ment to make it easier to work than the more common aromas with the sheep when they need associated with the farm. shearing or feet trimming. This We had our first power outhas become more important age last Saturday, so I had to now that it is just us working get the tractor up to the house with the sheep. Should not be and hook up the generator. It major repair, just some changonly lasted about three hours BELVIDERE, ILL. ing gates around. this time and it wasn’t a blizThis year, I would like to zard, so not a bad interruption Winter work do more experimenting with for the first of the winter seaHello from the wool from my sheep. The son. As an old-timer now, I can Graze-N-Grow.

Shetland combined with a little Lambing season recall those winter outages bemohair turned out very nicely. fore generators when watering is upon us, and There are more fibers that are livestock on automatic waterers I can’t rememworth trying with the Shetland. was quite the challenge. And if ber a milder Shetland wool is so nice for heat lamps were needed in the — or muddier knitting. One idea I have is farrowing house, there was an— January. to combine a little Scottish Weather forecasts have not lived other challenge. blackface with the Shetland.

Taking care of animals in the up to their predictions lately, The Scottish Blackface will winter demands effort and dedthank goodness. The 8-inch give a little more strength. ication even with our modern snow forecasted with ice and Experimenting with different conveniences, but it puts food wind on top of that had me colors is a lot of fun. Putting on the tables, both ours and our pulling the ram lambs off their three or four colors together consumers, so it’s worth the rye grazing and into the new makes an interesting yarn. I use hoop shed Cole and I built. They effort. And right now the lamb a color wheel to pick colors that could go back out to the field, market is great, so marketing complement each other. lambs now pays off even more. but we’ll probably get another Another trick is to try to I expect with the sky-high hay forecast that lives up to its pomimic nature. Looking at colors tential. They now share the same prices there will be more flock of tree leaves when they change diet of oat and pea baleage that liquidations for those unforin the fall or the colors of flowers in the spring can be good sources for colors. Beautiful yarns can also be made by using variable levels of dyes. For example, a light blue, dark blue and a medium blue blended together is really pretty. Now my mind is spinning with so many ideas to try. If you have some wool, hopefully you have some great ideas to try, too.

Illinois Lamb & Wool Producers is planning an educational meeting for March 21 at the University of Illinois. Save the date. More information will be available soon.

Happy January — and a good lambing season to those whose flocks are lambing now.

Jane Zeien

tunate enough to depend on purchased hay and with the strong demand continuing we should see these prices hold up throughout the year.

We just sent lambs to two lockers last week for customers and a ewe for our favorite lamb sticks. I wanted to send another ewe for lamb burger, but could not find another open ewe, so we’ll have to wait until after lambing season is over for that.

It has been nice to see some of the beautiful sunrises we’ve had lately, and even the 1- and 2-inch snows have been kind of pretty. It’s too bad those folks in the southern states miss out on some of these simple pleasures, but maybe they’re just spoiled by warm weather. So far, winter has been kind to us, and I hope it continues. I do look forward to frozen ground though. Enjoy the season! Happy trails!

Jim Draper

better quality and the old ewe flock will gain even more on that younger grass. In the past two years, some of this ground has not been hayed or grazed until August or September, so it was very mature when the sheep got to it.

The annual cover crop field has been completely grazed off by the lamb groups, and I’m back to the fescue field that has had an 86-day rest.

I grazed this up to the time I sold off the lambs, which was the third week in December.

Then I brought home the old ewes, turned in the rams — for their Christmas present — and finished grazing the fescue before starting on the baleage. I still have one farmette to graze if I want to take the sheep there, and the weather will decide if I do that. I did graze the flock into the first of the year, but I decided to leave that one farmette for next year SHEFFIELD, ILL. to start my grazing with. So, the sheep are on big round Cleaning up bales of grass baleage and dry Since last grass hay. month, I’ve For a list of upcoming forage played lumbermeetings, go to Midwest Grass jack a lot. We & Forage News at www.midhave cleaned westgrass.com and read their up three farmsteads, and now December and January issue. It has some very good info in it. I it’s my farms’ could list them here, but you’ll turn to get cleaned up. There learn more if you read it yourwas just a lot of brush, downed trees and dead trees that needed self. Expand your mind, and not just your waist, this winter. cut and burned. I am hopeful I can make hay off of some of this Remember 2020 has to be better than 2019. ground next year. I’m thinking if I cut hay early off this ground, Elton Mau then the grass next fall will be ARROWSMITH, ILL.

Ready for something new? Livestock birthing season nears

By Ashley Langreck

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BROOKVILLE, Ind. — As the colder days set in throughout much of the state, livestock farmers are preparing to welcome new life to their farm.

Mary Rodenhuis, the Purdue Extension agriculture and natural resources educator for Franklin County, provided tips for farmers to remember as the livestock birthing season quickly approaches.

“It is really important for farm-

ers to know their livestock and minute differences they might make when they are close to giving birth,” Rodenhuis said, adding that more often than not animals have the tendency to start acting differently when they are approaching birthing. n Keep a close eye on animal once birthing process starts.

Rodenhuis said that once animals go into labor, farmers need to pay close attention to make sure their animals are making progress. She said this is especially vital once the water

bag has broken because they may have to step in and help the mother deliver. It doesn’t matter if it’s a cow that has had three healthy calves in the past, Rodenhuis said it could still struggle if the calf is too big or is backwards in the birth canal. n Make sure fresh, clean water is abundant. Rodenhuis said that once animals start the labor process, it is not uncommon for them to isolate themselves from the rest of the herd.

Due to the laboring mother wanting to be alone, it is im-

portant that plenty of fresh, clean water is accessible because they aren’t going to want to leave their baby to go searching for water. Rodenhuis said that farmers also can give electrolytes or sugar to livestock that are having a hard birth, to help them get up and going. n Animals need a clear dry area that is wind free, and preferably bedded down, to give birth to their young. It is the instinct for animals to isolate themselves when they are birthing, so farmers should make sure there is

enough space in the barn for mothers to get away from the rest of the herd to give birth.

Rodenhuis said farmers may want to consider locking pregnant animals up in the barn until they give birth because once born, the baby calf is vulnerable to the wind and cold.

Ashley Langreck can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 192, or alangreck@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_ Langreck.

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Chris Cox Booe & Marty Ratcliff (Sarah Warner Farm), Allen Auction & Real Estate, 765-585-0116.

Tues., Jan. 28

Thurs., Feb. 13

CASS COUNTY, IND.: 57 +/- Acres in 3 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Kasch, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324.

Mon., Feb. 3 LEESBURG, IND.: Annual Farm Equipment Auction, 9:30 a.m. EST, Polk Equipment, Inc., 574-4532411. See p. B1 MARSHALL COUNTY, IND.: 114 +/- Acres in 4 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Arlo M. Secrist Revocable Living Trust (Estate), Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324.

Tues., Feb. 4

NEW PARIS, IND.: Annual Late Model Ag & Construction Equipment Auction, 8:30 a.m. EST, Polk Auction Company, 877-9154440.

LINCOLN, ILL.: Farm Equipment, 10 a.m., Dale Lessen Estate, Mike Maske Auction Service, 217-5193959. See p. B2 MONTGOMERY COUNTY, IND.: 195 +/- Acres in 4 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., RunyanHollingsworth Farm, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324. See p. B2

Mon., Feb. 10

ROCKVILLE, IND.: 195 +/Acres in 3 Tracts, 6 p.m.,

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HALDERMANAUCTION. COM: Online Only, 37.15 +/- Acres Bartholomew County, bidding opens 2/12 at 8 a.m. & closes 2/13 at 4 p.m., M3 Farms LLC, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324.

PRINCETON, IND.: 204 +/Acres in 7 Tracts, 7 p.m.

EST, Frank & Marlene Brittingham, Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company, Inc., 800-451-2709.

Tues., Feb. 18

MONTICELLO, IND.: 245 +/Acres in 2 Tracts, 12 Noon Eastern, Brad Neihouser, 765-427-5052.

NEWTON COUNTY, IND. & IROQUOIS COUNTY, ILL.: 948 +/- Acres in 10 Tracts, 6:30 p.m. CST, BushDowell Trust, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324.

See p. B2

Wed., Feb. 19

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

Thurs., Feb. 20

WABASH COUNTY, IND.: 77 +/- Acres, 6:30 p.m., MAR-ROW Trust, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324. See p. B2

Mon., Feb. 24

BOONE COUNTY, IND.: 157.83 +/- Acres in 2 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Fred-Rick Farm

Inc., Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324. See p. B2

Tues., Feb. 25

R. Swift Family Trust, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324. See p. B2

DECATUR COUNTY, IND.: 503 +/- Acres in 8 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Thornburg Farm, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-4242324. See p. B2

Sat., Feb. 29

Thurs., Feb. 27

Sat., March 7

HALDERMANAUCTION.COM: Online Only, 18.13 +/Acres in 3 Tracts LaPorte County, bidding opens 2/26 at 8 a.m. CST & closes 2/27 at 4 p.m. CST, Lindborg Dairy LLC, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324.

See p. B2 VERMILION COUNTY, ILL.: 95 +/- Acres in 3 Tracts, 6:30 p.m. CST, Walter

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

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PARIS, ILL.: Multi-Consignor Farm Retirement Auction, 10 a.m., Henry Setzer Farms, Phil Landes Farms, Tucker Wood Auctions, 217-822-2386.

Sat., March 28

OXFORD, IND.: 46th Annual Benton Central FFA Auction, 9 a.m. EST, Benton Central FFA, 765-884-1600, ext. 2164.

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Ag director reects on whirlwind year

By Tom C. Doran AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — 2019 began at the Illinois Department of Agriculture with a rush to have industrial hemp rules and applications in place for the growing season, then came the oods, delayed or prevent planting and dicamba issues. The year concluded with preparations for legalized marijuana.

Director John Sullivan, who retired Jan. 13, reviewed the whirlwind year that was his ďŹ rst at the helm to open the Illinois Agricultural Legislative Roundtable Jan. 8 hosted

by Illinois Farm Bureau.

Here are some highlights of the director’s report: ON DICAMBA The number of o-target complaints or dicamba and other products ďŹ led with IDOA rose from 350 in 2017 to 550 in 2018 and 950 last year. “Our goal was to try to bring the number of complaints down. After a lot of discussion and input, I made the decision to make the cuto date to apply dicamba June 30. I thought that was going to help our situation and hopefully bring down the number of complaints,â€? Sullivan said. “What happened this year was the weather. In about the first week of June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture came out with their planted acres report and said that 49% of Illinois’ soybeans had been planted. The weather ďŹ nally straightened out and a lot of soybeans ďŹ nally got put in the ground.

“My concern was as those soybeans grew and it’s time to spray, we were going to be looking at late June, early July. I was hearing from a lot of folks, a lot of producers about a request to extend the application date past June 30. “I made the decision to extend the application date as director, and I take full responsibility for it. I extended the application date to July 15. I will tell you as I stand here today, it was the wrong decision that I made as it turned out. “The last week of June had the highest temperatures we saw for the year.

It was, I think, 98 degrees June 28, June 29, the humidity was very high, and had a lot of product been sprayed that last week of June, we still would have without a doubt in my mind had an increase in the number of complaints.

July was also hot and humid, and the number of complaints went up.�

A f ter meeting w ith producers, agribusiness owners, commercial applicators and other stakeholders, Sullivan set new dicamba label restrictions for 2020. “I made the decision to set June 20 as the cuto date to apply dicamba,â€? he said. “It will not be extended.â€?

In addition, it cannot be applied if the air temperature at the ďŹ eld at the time of application is over 85 degrees, or if the National Weather Service’s forecasted high temperature for the nearest available location for the day of application exceeds 85 degrees.

ON INDUSTRIAL HEMP O n l i ne ap plications were made available May 1, a nd in the first 24 hou r s, IDOA received over 200 applications for about 5,000 Sullivan acres permitted to grow hemp.

At the end of the year, IDOA had received about 900 permits for growers and processors, including over 150 processor licenses and about 22,000 acres were permitted. “I knew we could grow it, but the concern I had is what are we going to do with it once it’s grown.

Who’s going to process it? When we started this venture there were no processors in the state, but we are making some gains on that,� Sullivan said. “The hemp industry is still in its infancy stages and has a long way to go.

I think we’ve really just scratched the surface as far as the potential uses and production. We’re getting geared up for another season of applications and permits and the challenges that will bring.�

ON COVER CROP PROGRAM A bout 1. 5 m i l l ion acres in Illinois did not get planted in 2019, and Gov. J.B. Pritzker called Sullivan in June to ďŹ nd ways to IDOA can help farmers with the challenges at hand. “I threw that question out to the department sta and one came back to me and said there were all of those acres that didn’t get

planted this year and what if the department oers an incentive program to put cover crops on those prevent plant acres,�

Sullivan said.

C ove r c r op s keep the weeds down, control erosion and probably most importantly help reduce nutrient loss. “We identiďŹ ed $500,000 in our budget, and we offered a program that would provide a farmer with a $5 per acre incentive to plant cover crops on those acres.

In less than two weeks, that money was allocated.

It was quite amazing,�

Sullivan said. “We’re thrilled with the amount of interest we had in the cover crop program.

I think we could have easily doubled the acres if we had the resources to do it.�

IDOA had allocated $300,000 for a 2020 cover crop initiative for after harvest acres, and within 10 days after the program opened, all of the money had been committed to applicants. “The two most eective things that we can do to reduce nutrient loss are no-till and cover crops. I think we have a tremendous opportunity with cover crops to help to reduce nutrient loss here in Illinois and across the country,â€? Sullivan said.

ON RURAL BROADBAND “The General Assembly passed a capital bill that included $420 million for broadband service across the state. That’s a phenomenal number. I thought

if we could get $50 million, that would be huge.

Missouri has been working on doing something similar to what we have done here for the last ďŹ ve or six years, and last year, they had $5 million to work with,â€? Sullivan said. “The Broadband Advisory Council was created by legislation two years ago, but had never been brought together and organized. We organized it. They will be working to administer the program and to allocate the dollars over the next ďŹ ve to six years. “I’ve been told by people that I respect in that industry that the money that the state has combined with the federal dollars and also combined with the providers themselves, we can have the opportunity in the next ďŹ ve to six years for anyone in the state that wants highspeed internet service it can happen. I’ve been told that that is very possible.â€?

ON LEGALIZED MARIJUANA “Regardless about how you feel about it, I look at it this way: The Department of Ag mostly is a regulatory agency and we were authorized by statute to oversee, administer, permit, create the applications, write the rules and regulations for adult use marijuana with regard to craft grow, processing or infuser and transportation,â€? Sullivan said. “We have a small bureau, Medicinal Plants Bureau, which was the original bureau when medicinal marijuana was passed ďŹ ve or six years ago. Now in addition to medicinal, that bureau has taken on indus-

trial hemp and has now taken on adult use. We are in the process of recreating that bureau, and our desire is to make it into a division because we’re going to need a lot more sta to help oversee the program.�

There were 77,000 transactions the ďŹ rst day adultuse marijuana became legal with revenue the ďŹ rst week of about $11 million.

Under the medicinal program, IDOA also is responsible for the 21 cultivator centers currently in the state regulating them and making sure they follow all of the rules of safety and law enforcement.

IDOA opened the application process Jan. 7 for cannabis infuser, transporter and craft grower licenses.

ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY “The dynamic of the Illinois General Assembly is changing. The chairwoman of the Illinois House Agriculture and Conservation Committee is Rep. Sonya Harper from the South Side of Chicago.

I don’t know if she has any farms in her district, but I doubt it. She’s a wonderful lady. We have a really good working relationship with her,� Sullivan said. “I’ve visited her district. She’s been out to the Department of Ag. We want to make sure that we can educate those individuals who are further and further removed from the farms so that they understand the challenges that we face. “Tom C. Doran can be reached at 815-780-7894 or tdoran@agrinews-pubs. com. Follow him on Twitter at: @AgNews_Doran.

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By Ashley Langreck AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

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Grower hopes to go to pot

By Kim Shute SHAW MEDIA

HENNEPIN, Ill. — MidAmerican Growers is cashing in on one of the most ancient crops known to man with its recent switch to hemp production.

In addition, the business operators gave a presentation to the Putnam County Board, requesting to get involved in growing marijuana at some point after recreational use became legal in Illinois on Jan. 1.

The Granville facility, formerly known as Color Point, is now the world’s largest indoor hemp production facility. The golf carts and bicycles used by workers to get around the 3.6-million-square-foot facility illustrate just how vast the operation is.

They can’t give public tours, due to security concerns, but President Anne Hyde gave the NewsTribune full access to tour the facility to better understand what’s going on with the former bedding plants grower.

FIRST HEMP IMPRESSIONS Upon enter ing, the brightly lit offices and Christmas decorations look like any other upscale office. Down a corridor to the greenhouse entrances, however, a different picture starts to emerge.

You can smell it before you see it, the rich, earthy aroma of cannabis is unmistakable. It’s jarring for someone experiencing it for the first time.

The smell is illicit, and confronted with an overwhelming, clothes- and hair-staining amount of it makes one look around nervously waiting for an authority to approach.

That’s not happening here.

Instead, a row of employees, clad immaculately in white, many of them with masks over their mouths and noses, hand processes the harvested hemp under a vast array of skylights.

Though hemp and marijuana both are cannabis plants, hemp does not contain detectable amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the chemical that produces a high in the user. Instead, hemp produced at Mid-American is used for the burgeoning cannabadiol market.

CBD, commonly in oil form, is used for many medical purposes including pain relief and anxiety treatment. Hyde said it’s anticipated CBD will be a $7 billion market next year in the United States alone, so it made perfect sense for them to make the switch.

The Granville facility uses a proprietary method of processing, hand-trimming the harvested plants to remove flowers from the stalks. Machines further trim the plants, but Hyde said they’ve found that people are more efficient for the initial trimming which also yields a better product.

Hemp is a fast-growing plant, with a 12- to 16-week growth cycle, so they’re

Where does the product go?

Mid-American Growers President Anne Hyde said the finished products are sold locally as much as possible. They sell wholesale to dispensaries and to manufacturers alike.

Peat from bogs in Canada is imported to grow the hemp.

Hemp, unlike marijuana, can be transported across state lines.

Mid-American currently employs 192 full-time employees.

It takes twice as many employees to produce marijuana compared to hemp.

There are 32 growers on staff.

Chemicals cannot be used in hemp production, so Mid-American has a biological program in place, growing special plants and bugs that grow alongside the hemp.

able to produce four cycles per year from seed to harvest. It’s a precise process — plants are grown, cut off at the stalk to hang dry, bagged, stored, weighed, processed then reweighed to make sure nothing is missing, Hyde said.

“We’re going above and beyond regulations for security and accountability here,” Hyde said. “This is an extremely high-tech facility. It made perfect sense to use to switch from producing over 300 varieties of bedding plants to a mono-crop.”

Hyde said very little was required to convert the operation from mass producing flowers for the various holidays and garden centers to hemp production.

They already had a tracking system in place so advanced that should a Home Depot receive a different pallet of plants than expected, they knew precisely how to pinpoint what went wrong and correct it.

This translates to a smoother operation for working with a plant that requires strict regulation.

The biggest changes they had to make were security related, Hyde said.

“We really want to set the bar here,” she said.

“We haven’t had anyone from the community express any concerns with

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Prepare for frost seeding of pastures

By Martha Blum

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FREEPORT, Ill. — Frost seeding is a great option for improving existing pastures or waterways.

“We’re only four to five weeks away from frost seeding time,” said Laura Lant, agronomist for Midwest Grass & Forage.

“Frost seeding can be done without tearing up pastures with tillage.”

During late winter farmers can broadcast species like clover or grass over pastures to thicken the stand and improve production.

“It is an effective way to increase the pasture whether you want to keep it in pasture for the three to four years or you just need it to tie you by for a few months or until fall,” the agronomist said during a presentation at the Northwest Illinois Agronomy Summit, hosted

by University of Illinois Extension.

Some forage species work better than others for frost seeding.

“Clovers are the most common and probably the most economical,” Lant said.

“Adding a legume will

produce nitrogen, so that is very beneficial for yields and fertility of any grasses out there,” she said.

“If you need something for one year, consider annual ryegrass, Italian r yegrass, Frosty Lant clover or some of the red clovers.”

After the 2019 growing season, where many farmers planted forages on prevent plant acres or for emergency hay needs, Lant said there may be limited supplies of some seeds.

“Make sure you’re plan-

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In advance of the Jan. 1 legalization of recreational marijuana, many Illinois businesses geared up to get into the cannabis business. what we’re doing here now because we’ve always been a good community partner.

“But we’re hoping that people seeing just how high-tech and regulated everything is here it will ease any worries.

“This isn’t your uncle throwing up a hoop-house and growing pot in his back yard. This is a very sophisticated operation, and we’re doing it the right way.”

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS As a grower, Mid-American has always strived to be a good community partner, Hyde said. They’re

currently working on setting up farm partnerships, though the details aren’t yet ready for a public announcement.

“It only makes sense though,” she said. “We are right here in farm country.”

Additionally, there’s a possible partnership with Illinois Valley Community College in the works to add a program for those who may want to go into the business. Hyde said most growers have a background in agriculture or horticulture.

Additionally, Mid-American is hoping to partner with Marquis Energy for oil extraction.

WHAT ELSE IS IN THE WORKS? Hyde said it only makes sense that Mid-American would add marijuana to its grow operation come Jan. 1 when it becomes legal.

“We have to be nimble and able to react to the market,” she said.

They’ve already approached Putnam County Board, and Hyde said she doesn’t anticipate any issues from the board regarding the request.

Board Chairman Steve Malavolti confirmed they’re working on zoning, having already set in place the tax the county is allowed to assess from any cannabis-related businesses.

Hyde said they’ll seek a craft grower license which allows between 5,000 and 15,000 square feet for cultivation. That, she said, can be adjusted by legislation as needed.

Should their license be granted, something she also anticipates will go smoothly, Hyde said they’ll need to consider adding jobs. The plants have to be grown, stored and processed separately due to regulations.

“We hope to go as big as possible,” she said. “But right now it’s kind of up in the air. Everything about this is so new so how it goes depends on how things play out with the licensing.”

ning ahead for t hose sooner rat her than later,” she said.

W it h l it t le snow cover this year, Lant said, farmers have an opportunity to do some scouting of their pastures and hay fields.

“If you were questioning some hay fields last year, do some scouting and then revise your plan of what you’re going to need this year,” she said.

“K now ing that hay prices have gotten high at auctions, in central Illinois we’ve got some guys who aren’t livestock producers who plan to put in a hay field or two to capitalize on that market.”

Lant encourages farmers to plant improved genetics when reseeding or renovating pastures.

“All too often I see guys go cheap and skimp on pastures species,” she said.

“They’re using products like Kentucky 31 that were developed in the 1930s and ‘40s and I don’t think anyone here would plant a corn hybrid or soybean variety from 2010 let alone something 50 or 60 years old.”

A lot of innovations have occurred in forage seed production.

“You may have to spend $10 to $15 more per acre, but see if that makes sense for your operation” Lant said.

“Along with improving your systems and higher yield, you may find things like red clover with less hair that’s going to dry down quicker for dry hay or you may find a fescue that has a soft leaf and more palatable,” she said.

There are options for livestock producers who think they may be short on feed early in the spring.

“Fortunately, we’ve been able to have cows on stalks in a lot of places to help prevent this,” Lant said.

“If you did get cover crops in, grazing Triticale, cereal rye or annual ryegrass in the spring is a great option to keep feed costs down.”

Another option is to plant something in late February to early March like a forage oat or forage pea.

“That can be accomplished for $25 to $30 per acre and can really help to tie you over until you get to the summer annuals,” Lant said.

“Last year, we sold a lot of summer annuals to folks who had never tried them before because of prevent plant and that really depleted the seed supply,” she said. “Teff seed produced in 2019 was planted in 2019, so there will be some seed shortages this year.”

Therefore, Lant said, it is important for farmers to plan ahead and work with their seed suppliers early.

“It’s not a desperate situation, but you need to make sure you’re focusing

ahead this year more than normal,” Lant said.

“If you have livestock and have never tried summer annuals, we encourage you to pick one and try it,” she said. “Teff grass is great quality and great for a beginner because you don’t have livestock health issues with prussic acid like some of the other summer annuals.”

However, Teff grass can be a challenge to get established.

“You need to drill it about one-eighth of an inch deep, so if you have the equipment, it is a great option for high quality dry hay,” Lant said.

Sorghum-sudan, forage sorghum, sudangrass and millets are good options, Lant said, because they produce high tonnage and high quality forage that is very cost effective to produce.

“The downside for the sorghum-sudan family is they have a risk for prussic acid poisoning,” she said. “To avoid that, be sure you’re cutting above 12 inches, or after a frost, wait seven days before turning livestock out.”

For more information about Midwest Grass & Forage, go to www.midwestgrass.com, or call 309837-1820.

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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WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — Building on its highly successful inaugural 2019 conference, Purdue University will host the second annual Microbiome Symposium May 11-13.

The symposium will investigate the application of data science in the study of microbiomes and how experimental data and computational data can be leveraged to learn more about microbiome systems.

“Given Purdue’s strength in computer and data science, I am excited for the emphasis on bioinformatics and data science at this year’s symposium,” said Timothy Johnson, assistant professor in the Department of Animal Sciences and a conference organizer.

“I hope that the meeting can identify current computational needs in complex biological systems that can be answered by the collaboration between microbiologists and computer scientists.”

James Hamblin will kick off the three-day event on the evening of May 11 with a keynote speech that is open to the public.

Hamblin is a staff writer at The Atlantic and host of the video series “If Our Bodies Could Talk,” including a three-part miniseries in which he explored the relationship between human health and the microbiome in personal hygiene, food and pharmaceuticals.

May 12 and 13 will feature numerous speakers addressing topics at the forefront of microbiome research and data science, a student poster session, networking and professional development opportunities.

Conference speakers include: n Greg Caporaso, associate professor at Northern Arizona University and co-director of its Pathogen and Microbiome Institute. n Kelly Wrighton, assistant professor at Colorado State University. n Andy Benson, professor at the University of Nebraska’s Food for Health Center. n Amy Willis, assistant professor at the University of Washington and co-principal investigator of the Statistical Diversity Lab. R e g i s t r at ion op en s in February. Follow @ P u r dueM ic r ob e s a nd #PAMS2020 on Twitter for upcoming information on the symposium.

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Lifestyle ANTIQUES & COLLECTING

KITCHEN DIVA

Can’t stomach breakfast? Try these options

By Angela Shelf Medearis

This unusual light, a Lucerne whale oil lamp, is made of brass and is silver plated. It gives the light from a small burning flame. The unusual shape coaxed a bid of $242.

A whale of a lamp

By Terry and Kim Kovel

Many 18th-century lamps used oil to get light. If whale oil was not available, the lamps could use olive oil. The oil was kept in a reservoir, usually metal, that had three or four burners with wicks.

Several were needed to get enough light.

A group of these lamps also had reflectors on a pole, usually shaped like a moth with spread wings.

The pole held the needed tools, wick cutters, wick picks and snuffing caps, and could raise and lower the reflector to direct the light.

Many were made of brass to withstand heat, and silver was added for decoration where it would not melt. This late-19thcentury silver- plated lamp that burned fat has it all — a silver-plated reflector brass pole, tools, moth reflector and a finial.

I have a 1967 Barbie and Ken wedding set in the original unopened — but not perfect— box. It was made by Mattel. How do I get information on the value of this set, and how could I sell it?

Quite a few Barbie bride dolls have been made since Barbie was introduced in 1959. Your wedding set is the 1964-1965 Barbie Wedding Party Gift Set (No. 1017) by Mattel.

It is a set of four dolls dressed in wedding finery, which originally sold from about $14 to $20.

The set includes a bubble-cut Barbie doll (with blond, brunette or titian hair) in the outfit called “Bride’s Dream” (No. 947); a painted-head Ken doll (in blond or brunette) in “Tuxedo” (No. 7897); a Midge doll (with brunette or red hair) in “Orange Blossom” (No. 987); and a Skipper doll (with blond, brunette or red hair) in “Flower Girl” (No. 1904).

The set came with a wire stand for each doll and a pillow with a wedding ring on it, which was exclusive to this set.

Many Barbie and friends gift sets were offered between 1960 and 1974. Some were department-store exclusives.

When found “mint in the box,” they are some of the priciest and hardest- tofind Barbie items.

Theriault’s, an auction company in Annapolis, Maryland, specializes in auctioning dolls and often sells Barbie and accessories. A wedding set like yours sold at Theriault’s for $1,100 in 2009.

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Doctor’s stool, metal, round leather seat, nail back trim, adjustable, baluster post, scroll legs, steel castors, 1920s, 28 x 13 inches, $1,700. © 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.

Maybe you’re one of those people who can’t stomach the thought of a meal the first thing in the morning, or maybe you’ve become accustomed to running on vats of coffee instead of a healthy breakfast. Sometimes traditional breakfast foods sound kind of blah. Who made the rules on breakfast foods anyway?

The next time you’re in a rush or can’t get excited by traditional breakfast staples, try some of these ideas that will make even the most die-hard breakfast hater’s tummy rumble.

DRINK YOUR BREAKFAST The perfect pourand-go option, smoothies are a great, easy-to-stomach choice for breakfast.

If you’re a multi-tasker, you’ll love the idea of drinking your breakfast as you commute to work or to school. Keep your freezer stocked with frozen fruit and vegetables like spinach and kale for quick and easy prep.

GO NUTS Nuts are such a deliciously healthy protein, and so simple, too. Grab a handful of almonds, walnuts or pistachios to snack on; spread a couple tablespoons of almond or

peanut butter on toast, waffles or apple slices; or eat peanut butter straight from the jar with a spoon.

meal. You may be pleasantly surprised.

EMBRACE THE CARBS When the carb-monster strikes in the morning BITE-SIZE ENERGY demanding a box of doCookies for breakfast? nuts, try healthy breakYes, please! Nut butter, fast breads or muffins oats, ground flax seed, instead. Who has time to chocolate chips and a little honey rolled into bite- bake in the morning, you ask? Nobody! Bake a loaf size balls make heavenly little bites of energy that’ll of your favorite breakfast fuel your morning. Best of breads or a pan of muffins on the weekend. You can all, they’re no-bake and take less than 10 minutes slice the bread and freeze it or freeze the muffins to make. Make some ahead and store extras in after they’ve cooled.

Then, just warm up a the refrigerator for up to slice of bread or a muffin a week. in the morning and get on with your day.

DIP INTO BREAKFAST Prefer tangy over sweet FATTEN UP YOUR MORNING in the morning? Try eatWho doesn’t love deliing hummus. Like nuts, hummus is quick, healthy ciously creamy avocados?

I like to mash an avocado and full of protein and good fats to start your day in a bowl with a little olive oil, lemon juice, salt the right way. Eat it with and pepper and spread pita chips, baby carrots, snap peas or celery slices it on toast. Avocado is full of healthy fat and for some extra vitamins. will keep you satisfied throughout your busy GO GREEK morning.

Yogurt’s thicker, creamier, more delectable cousin, LUNCH OR DINNER FOR Greek yogurt is an excellent source of calcium and BREAKFAST Try munching on someprotein. Add a drizzle of thing out of the ordinary, honey and or some fresh like this quick but hearty blueberries or raspberries pizza that works for lunch, to plain Greek yogurt dinner or as leftovers for for an extra nutritional breakfast. You can even punch. Even if you’re not a fan of yogurt, give Greek use half a bagel or half an English muffin as the base yogurt a try the next time you need a quick morning if you don’t have time to

Quick and Easy Pizza INGREDIENTS 1 cup unbleached allpurpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt 1/4 cup marinara sauce Favorite toppings like breakfast cuts — natural hickory smoked Canadian bacon, ham, pepperoni and vegetables — spinach, kale, bell peppers, mushrooms and so forth.

make the pizza dough.

With tons of options for every taste and appetite, there’s no excuse to skip breakfast. So, next time you’re running out the door, grab one of these delicious portable options and be ready when hun-

1 cup part-skim mozzarella cheese 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese PROCEDURE Heat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Stir in the Greek yogurt and roll the dough out onto a parchment papercovered baking sheet. Shape into a circle.

Spread the marinara sauce on the dough, leaving a 1-inch border for the crust. Sprinkle the toppings and cheeses on top. Bake for 25 minutes or until light brown and melted.

ger strikes.

Angela Shelf Medearis is an award-winning children’s author, culinary historian and the author of seven cookbooks. © 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Lifestyle DONNA’S DAY: CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

Bundt pans give form to winter ice lanterns

By Donna Erickson

Ice is nice — especially when you create a warm welcome to your home with a creative, icy greeting on a dark winter’s night. From popular snowball-size ice candles to large blocks, they all sparkle and glow to line a pathway to your front door.

Easy for me to say, I know, since I live in snow-covered Minnesota, where it’s usually below freezing all winter long.

But I proved that I could light the night and create an ice luminary in a moderate climate when I invited friends to our California cabin recently.

Two days before the party, I rooted through cupboards in search of a Bundt pan. I then filled the mold with water

and let it freeze in our freezer.

Before friends arrived the next evening, I popped the beautifully shaped “ice lantern” out of the mold, set it on a rimmed tray — to catch melting ice — and placed it on the front porch step with a lighted votive in the inside cavity.

Once guests arrived, oohing and ahhing with “How did you make that?” queries, I brought it inside for a magical buffet centerpiece. Although it was partially melted by evening’s end, another luminary was prepping in the freezer for another night.

If you have a Bundt pan hiding in your cupboards, bring it out and make ice lanterns with your kids.

The price is right with this enjoyable craft — your

only cost is water and candles.

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Q Water “Happy Brrrrr-thday” Q Votive or small pillar idea: If you live in snow candle country, make two Bundt Q Citrus slices, floral greens, sticks and so forth pan ice lanterns to create an ice cake. Go outside (optional) and stack them on top of Q Food coloring (opone another, with snow tional) spread like icing in-be1. Fill the pan with water tween layers. Top with to within an inch of the pretend candles nestled rim. Wedge in floral obin snow. “A slice of ice, jects between the sides of the pan, if you wish. Small anyone?” objects, such as plastic fish, add whimsy. Or, add To find more of Donna Erickson’s creative fama drop of food coloring.

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Use a Bundt pan to make an ice lantern with your kids

SENIOR NEWS LINE

You’re never too old to learn some new things

By Matilda Charles

There’s something to be said for continuing to learn as we get older.

Not only does it keep our brains active, but sometimes learning new things is just plain interesting and fun.

I’ve made a goal of learning or investigating at least one new thing per month this year. Here are

some ideas: Q New Authors: Librarians have a “what to read next” reference book resource that offers suggestions about what authors someone might like based on previous books they’ve read. Tell a librarian what author you’ve enjoyed, and you’ll get suggestions for others to try. If there isn’t a library near you, you

can do this online. Go to www.whatshouldireadnext.com and put in the name of one author you like. It will list several books by that author.

Click on one and suggestions will appear below.

Q Foreign Language: If you spoke a foreign language as a child or just took the required two years in high school, how much do you remember?

Duolingo (www.duolingo. com) is a great, free online tool with exercises tailored to you. There are 35 languages to learn!

You can study online or on a phone app. If you get serious, you can pay $6.99 per month to remove ads, but you don’t need to.

Q New Tech Skills: Our senior center has a weekly tech hour where a knowledgeable geek from the

college comes in to solve any computer problems and answer how-to questions. I’ll be going at least four times to ask about photo-editing software with the goal of learning to manipulate photos I’ve taken.

Q Try Some New Things: Shop at the new grocery store in the next town.

Knit something that isn’t a scarf. Sample an exotic

Looking for a few good SOYBEAN FARMERS Applications Now Being Accepted Represent your district.

We need leaders like you.

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• Be engaged in the growing of soybeans in the last two years.

• Certify ownership or share ownership and risk of loss of soybeans.

• Fill out director expectation statement and return it to ISA. (Director expectation statement must be returned by March 6, 2020.)

To learn more about serving as an ISA Director, or to receive a director expectation statement, go to www.indianasoybean.com/elections or call the ISA office at 1.800.735.0195.

The election will be held June 2020. Election ballots will be distributed by mail in May.

Funded with Indiana soybean checkoff dollars.

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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH

Is overexercise cause of knots in the back?

By Dr. Keith Roach

My wife is 69 and in very good health, exercising at least two hours a day. She has suffered from “knots in the back” for over 10 years.

It is extremely painful, often bringing her to tears. It comes on suddenly at any time of the day or night, and lasts hours, days and occasionally weeks. She has been to several physicians, whose recommendations are to “live with it.” She has tried chiropractic, massage therapy, prescription and OTC painkillers, stretching and home massage, all to no avail. I cannot see the knots, but I can feel a tightness when I attempt to rub them out, which usually does nothing. A glass of wine is the only reliable relief, and it lasts only a few hours. Is there any recourse to this condition?

I am sure you and your wife must be frustrated.

The fact that it comes on suddenly, can be felt as tightness and gets a bit better with alcohol makes me strongly suspect she is having muscle spasms.

These most often come on in the legs and feet, but they can affect the back, too.

Two hours a day of exercising sounds like a lot, and she may be overexercising some muscles, while possibly not exercising others. This can lead to imbalances in muscle strength.

Another common problem stemming from exercising is inadequate stretching. Stretching is the first place to start for many people with muscle cramps.

A physical therapist or physiatrist may be of immense benefit, and your wife should explain in detail what her exercise regimen is. We are taught

likely.

In absence of detailed knowledge about her exercise regimen, I’d recommend she try backing off a bit, maybe using ice after exercise, stretching the back under supervision and trying a hot bath or shower before bed.

In general, slouching, looking at screens all day, not exercising, exercising too hard, and clenching because of stress may cause people to feel like they have knots in their backs. To get rid of them, stretching, ibuprofen, and icing the area can sometimes help. to think carefully of the mechanism of injury, and I am concerned the exercise may be that injury.

Abnormalities in electrolytes — blood salts, especially potassium, sodium, magnesium and phosphate — are only

rarely the cause, although many people write me that they have been helped by taking one or more of these. Primary muscle diseases, side effects from medications and inadequate hydration are possible, but also un-

I am a 78-year-old who runs 15 to 20 miles per week, with prostate gland enlargement and reduced urinary frequency with occasional use of Advil. As a runner, I have been reluctant to make ibuprofen a daily regimen because I have read that inflammation is part of the body’s response to tissue damage, which is crucial to the healing process and is important for muscle growth.

When ibuprofen’s anti-inflammatory effect reduces symptoms, does it affect the healing process also? Can you comment on the pros and cons for runners?

Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@ med.cornell.edu. © 2020 North America Synd., Inc.

Succession planning workshops

Bacon Bar and Brunch ISA and ICGA host legislative breakfast Jan. 29 INDIANAPOLIS — For a second consecutive year, the Indiana Corn Growers A ssociat ion a nd t he Indiana Soybean Alliance Membership and Policy Committee will feature the smoky smell of bacon to bring together lawmakers and farmers for its annual legislative breakfast from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Jan. 29 at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.

Dubbed the Bacon Bar and Brunch at the Statehouse, the event will offer several varieties of bacon for free to those who attend. Because soybeans and corn are primary food sources for Indiana livestock, the bacon symbolizes the economic relationship between Indiana’s livestock producers and the state’s corn and soybean farmers.

“Many of us still own a diversified farm that features both row crops and livestock,” said ICGA President Mike Beard, who raises hogs along with corn and soybeans on his farm near Frankfort.

“Livestock is the No. 1 customer for Indiana corn and soybeans. What is good for livestock producers is also good for soybean and corn growers.”

Last year’s Bacon Bar and Brunch connected more than 200 farmers, stakeholders, representatives and senators to have valuable, one-on-one discussions about agricultural policy issues. Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch also attended.

This year’s event holds similar expectations.

With each new year, though, a new set of potential laws and regulations grab the attention of ICGA and M&P staff. This session’s concerns include: n SB 184 — Nonprofit Agricultural Organization Coverage. n HB 1119 — Regulation of Pesticide Use and Application. n SB 99 — Study Committee on Invasive Species. n HB 1039 and SB 217 — Inspection of Petroleum Products.

“This is just a brief sampling of the types of issues we will discuss with lawmakers during the breakfast,” said M&P Chairman Mike Koehne, who grows soybeans and corn on his farm near Greensburg.

“A s t he nu mber of farmers continues to decline, it has become even more important for us to speak about the issues that affect our farms. We, as farmers, have more knowledge of these issues than anyone else. It is our responsibility to take care of our livelihood for generations of farmers to come.”

The event is free, but registration is recommended.

Visit w w w.indianasoybean.com/bacon to register.

High-dose ibuprofen was shown to inhibit muscle protein synthesis following weightlifting exercise. This led to a suspicion that it might impair the gains in muscle strength that are made with exercise.

However, a Canadian study showed that moderate doses of ibuprofen — 400 mg after exercise — did not impair muscle growth or gains in strength.

Using ibuprofen for occasional muscle soreness or for the purpose of reducing prostate inflammation should not adversely affect your performance in running.

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No screening tests for bile duct cancer

By Dr. Keith Roach

and eyes, generalized itching, dark urine and A family friend has just light-colored stools. been diagnosed with bile Abdominal pain, fever duct cancer. She is a breast and weight loss are cancer survivor and is 75 other symptoms. years old. The tumor is said Cholangiocarcinoma to be the size of a quarter, is not a disease that’s and it was discovered after amenable for screenshe complained of hearting. It is rare in North burn symptoms. Are there America. It is more comscreening tests that could mon in East Asia, where have detected the condition there are screening probefore the heartburn symp- grams. toms? Are there things Further, the available that she could have done to screening tests, such as avoid the cancer? My family blood tests and imaging members are frightened studies, are not very senand want to avoid her consitive, meaning the tests dition. will miss cases. And they are not very specific — a Cholangiocarcinoma, positive result on the cancer of the bile ducts, screening test does not is a rare cancer that is, necessarily mean cancer. unfortunately, associated For these reasons, with a high mortality screening is not currently rate. There are no symp- recommended for people toms in most people until at average risk, although it is advanced. it may be considered in Since the cancer is in people at high risk, such the bile ducts, the most as people with primary common symptoms are sclerosing cholangitis, a caused by obstruction chronic liver disease that of the bile ducts: jaunputs people at high risk dice, or yellow in skin for cholangiocarcinoma.

Other risk factors for cholangiocarcinoma are mostly beyond a person’s control: other liver diseases, parasites and genetic conditions.

There is some evidence that obesity and diabetes increase the risk of this cancer; however, it does no good for you or your friend to look backward. Never blame the victim.

She should concentrate on getting treated.

I don’t have enough information to comment on her prognosis, but the fact that it was diagnosed early — apparently before obstruction of the bile ducts — and with a tumor only the size of a quarter, are favorable.

Treatment may include surgery and chemotherapy, before or after surgery.

I have a friend who is a longtime user of diet soda pop. A year ago, she was diagnosed with colon cancer and spots on her liver.

She is taking chemo again now. She continues to consume diet soda, which concerns me because I have heard of possible adverse effects of artificial sweeteners. How would you advise her? I hesitate to say anything, since she might be getting more unsolicited advice than she wants already.

I think that artificial sweeteners are unlikely to have had any role in causing her cancer in the first place, nor in her treatment or risk of recurrence.

It’s more important for her to stay hydrated during chemotherapy, and she should have what is easiest for her — and if that’s diet soda, that’s fine. Even if water is the best choice, I completely agree with your thoughtfulness: Now is not the time to give unsolicited health advice. © 2020 North America Synd., Inc.

WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — The Purdue Extension Succession Planning Team will offer the workshop “Farming Together: Enhancing your worth as a farm business partner” this winter.

The two-night program will guide family farm operators on planning the transition of their business to the next generation. Participants will learn how to enhance human resource management, develop an understanding of key financial aspects, gain legal knowledge from local attorneys and build their own personal roadmap to succession planning.

Paige P ratt, professional speaker and farm t r a n sit ion faci l it ator, will present on the first night of the workshop.

Her presentation “Farm Family Transitions: The Good, The Bad and The In-Laws” will include her personal experience from her family’s farm transition and how the topics of leadership, financials and communication need to be incorporated at each operation.

The second night will feature local speakers addressing questions and participants will be guided through supplemental materials, resulting in a succession planning roadmap.

Local attorneys also will discuss legal issues associated with different life stages.

Dates, times and locations are as follows: n Jan. 30 and Feb. 12, 6 p.m., Hendricks County Extension Office, 1900 E. Main St., Danville. n Jan. 30 and Feb. 13, 6 p.m., Hancock County Extension Office, 802 Apple St., Greenfield. n Jan. 30 and Feb. 13, 6 p.m., Kosciusko County Extension Office, 202 W. Main St., Warsaw. n Jan. 30, 5 p.m., and Feb. 25, 6 p.m., Spencer County Youth & Community Center, 1101 E. CR 800 N., Chrisney. n Jan. 30 and Feb. 26, 6 p.m., Allen County Extension Office, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne. n Jan. 30 and Feb. 26, 6 p.m., Purdue SEPAC Farm, 4425 County Road 350 N., Butlerville. n Jan. 30, 5 p.m., and Feb. 27, 6 p.m., Jasper County Library, 208 W. Susan St., Rensselaer. n Jan. 30 and March 12, 6 p.m., Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, Vigo County, 4803 S. 7th St., Terre Haute.

Cost is $50 for the first four family members and $10 for each additional member. Registration information can be found at www.cvent.com/d/ghqwjy.

Contact Kelly Heckaman at 574-372-2340 or kheckaman@purdue.edu with any questions.

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Newton County, IN and Iroquois County, IL: February 18 • 948+/- Acres - 10 Tracts • Contact: John Bechman 765.404.0396 Wabash County, IN: February 20 • 77+/- Acres - 1 Tract Contact: Jon Rosen 260.740.1846 or AJ Jordan 317.397.3086 or Larry Jordan 765.473.5849

Decatur County, IN: February 25 • 503+/- Acres - 8 Tracts Contact: Michael Bonnell 812.343.6036 or Dave Bonnell 812.343.4313

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Vermilion County, IL: February 27 • 95+/- Acres - 3 Tracts Contact: John Bechman 765.404.0396

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Montgomery County, IN: February 4 • 195+/- Acres - 4 Tracts Bartholomew County, IN: February 12-13 • 37+/- Acres - 1 Tract

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100.88¹ Acres, Vigo County, Indiana • Excellent location just south of Terre Haute and very near Highway 41 • Productive Soils • Ample road frontage A-15692

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263¹ Acres, Vigo County, Indiana • High volume of woodland acres with potential for recreational use • Quality tillable acres with productive soils • Great location near Terre Haute A-15700

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250 GESTATION STALLS, solid rod 7/8� 6' 10�x23� wide, easily adjusted dimensions, $65.00; (50) 16� wide 304 SS farrowing feeders flip w/headgates, $75.00; (50) 42�

304 SS flip nursery feeders, $40.00 Call 630-518-2744 Princeton, IL.

2009 Balzer 8500 Eliminator boom tank, Tri-axle, vacuum load, raven controller, slurry discharge, hyd manifold, 7 knife dietrich bar. Farn use, no sand, $78,500. 815-440-1686

DELTA TRAILERS & LOW PRO HOG TRAILE R S 6-1/2 tall, 16 long, 2 axle brake & spare tire, Starting at $5,495. Wackerline Trailers Sandwich,IL. 815-786 2504 wackerlinesales.com

Case IH 3408 corn head, always shedded, very good condition, $19,700-obo.

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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.

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2000 JD-726 33-FT. 9-in, soil finisher, 5-bar spike tooth harrow, $11,500 Call (815)405-4020

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Contact Don (815) 257-6082 WOODS-BW126 SINGLE Wing Mower (10-ft.) Very Good Condition $7,400. Contact Don (815) 257-6082

2006 DMI NH 30' ST250 field cultivator, spring tine harrow, w/rear hitch, $13,500 obo Call 812-242-0701 2014 KRAUSE 8000-25 25' Excelerator Vertical Tillage Tool 0-5 Degree Adjustable Angle Good Condition (269)449-8358 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

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2004 VERSATILE-2425, 3300 hrs., exc cond., $72,500, OBO retiring. 563-357-4300

5X6 net wrapped Grass hay or large squares of alfalfa for horses and dairy cows. Delivery to your farm. (217)370-4342 QUALITY HAY AND STRAW , limited quantity of 1st and 2nd cut, big & small squares, delivery available, Call us David 815-685-5344, Mike 815-685-9646

1995 JOHN DEERE-750 no till drill 20' wide 2 point hook up 7.5 spacing Dawn HD markers has seed tube sensors with monitor $16,900 obo Call 260-367-1895

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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.

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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 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, some warranty, $94,500 Call 715-572-12344

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Wanted: Irrigation Equipment Pipes, Pumps/Travelers.

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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

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 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

(2) 1983 Meyer Morton 450 continuous flow grain dryers, 30-hp 3-phase fan, very good condition, simple design, well maintained, need to move! $4500-each. Or $8000/pair, offer.

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B.F. Goodrich rolls into ag tire market

By Jeannine Otto AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A tire brand best known for o-road vehicle tires is rolling o road again, this time into farm ďŹ elds.

B.F. Goodrich announced two new farm tires, B.F. Goodrich Implement Control, as its entry into the farm tire market. “This is just the start for B.F. Goodrich farm tires,� said David Graden, operational marketing manager for Michelin Agriculture for the United States and Canada.

Graden announced the inaugural offerings, the IF 280/70R15 farm tire, which is the equivalent of the 11/L15 farm tire and the IF 320/70R15, equivalent to the 12.5/ L15 tire.

The new tires are Increased Flexion tires, said Graden, meaning that they can handle 20% more weight at the same pressure versus a standard radial tire, or they can carry the same load as a standard radial tire at 20% less air pressure. “This is the first B.F.

License plate cameras for parking tested BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University has started a yearlong test of using license plate reading cameras for parking regulation enforcement on its Bloomington campus.

The project that began in November involves a camera mounted on a vehicle and comes as campus oďŹƒcials plan a switch from hang-tag parking passes to a system involving license plates registered by the parking permit holder. “It’s not really a pilot to evaluate if we want it,â€? campus parking operations manager Amanda Turnipseed said. “It’s to ďŹ gure out how to do it the most eďŹƒcient way and with the least amount of hardship on our end users.â€?

Parking officials will consider issues such as how to track whether more than one vehicle registered to a permit are on campus at the same time and how to account for multiple people sharing a permit.

License plate readers are already used for parking enforcement in some cities and at other universities. Purdue University has been using such a system for a couple years, Turnipseed said.

Information collected from license plate scans only will be used for comparisons with IU’s parking database and analysis to help determine what the university will ask potential vendors to provide when bids are requested. IU also is testing a ďŹ xed-camera system mounted at the entryways of two permit-only parking garages. “We’re not storing any of this data because it will not be utilized for enforcement purposes,â€?

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Special prosecutor sought in attack after bus fatal sentence ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — A special prosecutor should be appointed to determine whether a northern Indiana woman will be charged in an attack on a woman who had just been sentenced in a crash that killed her three children at a school bus stop, county prosecutors said.

Fulton County prosecutors asked a judge in a ďŹ ling Jan. 9 to appoint a special prosecutor because they cannot be unbiased in deciding whether Brittany Ingle should be charged in the Dec. 18 attack on Alyssa Shepherd. It unfolded after Shepherd was sentenced to four years in prison in the deaths of Ingle’s three children.

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in our production systems, aren’t we? We are kicking out more stuff,” Kerns said.

Kerns also noted a lack of adequate finishing spaces for the increased numbers of young pigs being produced.

“Have we increased our finishing spaces commensurate with our production on our sow farms?

Probably not. In general, we are probably not doing that. How much available finisher space do we have right now? This is a space constraint, and a space constraint is a result of productivity. We are a victim of our own success on the pork production side of it. Congratulations, you guys are part of a growth industry — and it’s killing your price. That’s where we sit right now,” Kerns said.

But Kerns, who spoke at one of the last big pork conferences before the calendar turned over to 2020, urged the audience to hang on.

“If you held your breath this long in the hog market, I’m going to ask you — just a little bit more,” Kerns said.

He predicted that 2020 could bring better news for producers.

“Once we get after the new year, the second week in January, pushing the weight distributions in the hogs and pigs report and pushing them forward. The whole balance of power, in my opinion, shifts and turns on its head after the first of the year,” he said.

Kerns pointed to those weight distribution numbers from the hogs and pigs reports in the second-

and third-quarter 2019 hogs and pigs reports.

“Is the packer going to have pigs falling in his lap in February? Or, is he going to have to fight his neighbor down the road for the privilege of your pigs? The pork producer holds onto that rein for about six months and then they start falling back. You are going to have your day in the sun and there are a lot of things that are going to play out between now and then, in the first six months of 2020, to kind of protect our interests as we roll forward here,” Kerns said.

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DANVILLE, Ind. — With a gentle reminder that just a single announcement could stop the good times rolling, now and going forward, in the U.S. pork industry, Joe Kerns offered some tips for U.S. pork producers to position themselves to take advantage of what Kerns said will be a hopeful — and hopefully profitable — 2020 for the producer side of the U.S. pork industry.

“We get ASF and everything is out the window. We are going to have to liquidate a huge chunk of the industry,” said Kerns, president of Kerns and Associates of Ames, Iowa, speaking to producers at the recent Midwest Pork Conference in Indiana.

Barring that, Kerns offered some ideas for profitability going forward.

Q Get off the matrix. “I hate a cost-of-production contract. If you are on a cost-of-production contract, get off it because it’s not going anywhere.”

Q Adjust your system.

“Grid is also very important once we hit

“We get ASF and everything is out the window.”

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profitability. You want to right-size your system.”

Q What’s old will be new again, with a return to some basic production principles. “Average daily gain will come back into play, in the absence of ractopamine, specifically.”

Q Family matters.

“Genetics are coming back into play.”

Q Red lines could pay.

“The packer likes his Duroc animal. That Duroc animal can eat its way through a lot of difficulty.”

Q Share the blame. “The packer is not your friend, but it’s our fault. We are simply overproducing pigs at this time, relative to shackle space” Q Hope for change. “That worm will turn over probably early in 2020.”

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois is the Land of Lincoln — but the state also makes a pretty good baby pig delivery room and nursery.

“The biggest growth came from Illinois,” said Altin Kalo, a senior analyst with Steiner Consulting Group in Merrimack, New Hampshire.

Kalo spoke during a media conference call sponsored by Pork Checkoff. The call followed the release of the fourth-quarter 2019 U.S. Department of Agriculture Hogs and Pigs Report.

Illinois grabbed the spotlight for having the largest growth in the size of the state’s swine breeding herd in the fourth quarter of 2019.

“Are we going to see more hogs during this time frame? You look at the size of the breeding herd right now and the answer to that would be yes,” said Kalo, referencing the U.S.

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“We want to get back on the same level playing field we were enjoying before the metal tariffs. We look at that as sure, that was an opportunity we had before, but there is also an increased opportunity,” Herring said.

He r r i n g s a id his Christmas wish would be for the USMCA to get voted on and passed before the end of 2019. While he didn’t get his wish, he emphasized that passage of the USMCA continues as a priority into 2020.

“I hope it gets ratified and completed because the trade we enjoy with Mexico and Canada is so important,” Herring said.

The NPPC officials applauded the “early harvest” trade deal with Japan that was announced in 2019.

“With Japan, we were losing market share in Japa n. So, before the administration created this early harvest — and I ca n’t applaud t hem enough for it — we were going to, in five or six years, really be down in exports to Japan and it is our largest value market.

From a pork producer’s perspective, I am really excited that we are back on a level playing field,” Herring said.

Giordano agreed that

the early harvest deal was a boost for the U.S. pork industry.

“I know it is unusual for the U.S. to do an early harvest-type deal, but I will tell you, for the pork industry, this was a huge priority for us,” Giordano said.

The other top priority — and continuing concern — for the U.S. pork industry is African swine fever. The disease, for which there is no current, available vaccine, has ravaged pig herds throughout Asia and Southeast Asia.

Herring said ASF is the issue that keeps him up at night.

“It is probably the one issue that I have the least control of on my farm,” Herring said.

He expressed the sentiments of many of his fellow pork producers when he acknowledge all the work in prevention, detection and biosecurity that has been done at the national and state levels — but questioned if there is more that can be done.

“We are very proud of that so far. Are there things we can do going forward? Every day we’ve got to get better at it because the world has changed for pork production,” Herring said.

breeding herd as of Dec. 1, 2019, which stood at 6.461 million head of sows and gilts, up 2.1% from a year ago and higher than the pre-report expectations, which had that number up 1.6%.

Kalo noted that the growth came from states that aren’t known for having large breeding herds.

“When you look at where that growth has come, it has come in some states that are not the largest hog producing states.

They are large, but not the largest,” Kalo said.

Illinois had a 105% growth in its breeding herd numbers from the same time a year ago, with 590,000 sows and gilts on hand as of Dec. 1, up from 560,000 a year ago and steady with the last quarter, which also was at 590,000.

The market hog herd numbers in Illinois were down from the same time last year, at 4.760 million, down from 4.840 million the same time a year ago.

Illinois pork producers had 275,000 head of sows and gilts farrowing in the September -November time frame. They intend to farrow 270,000 in the December-February time frame, a sharp increase from the 254,000 farrowings the same time a year ago.

March-May farrowing intentions were at 275,000 head of sows and gilts farrowing, steady with the same number of actual farrowings a year ago.

The June-August intentions were at 280,000, another marked increase over the actual farrowings the same time a year ago, which were 265,000 litters.

The September-November Illinois pig crop was 3.011 million, an increase from the 2.982 million a year ago.

Illinois producers also increased their productivity, with 10.95 pigs saved per litter in the SeptemberNovember period versus 10.65 a year ago.

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Nick Giordano may have been speaking for not only U.S. pork producers, but every other sector in the country that has been impacted from the trade war with China — and hopeful on the Phase 1 trade deal with China.

“We are excited. But we’ll see,” Giordano said.

He is the vice president and counsel of global government affairs for the National Pork Producers Council. Giordano and other NPPC staff and board members discussed the organization’s priorities for 2020 in a late 2019 conference call.

Trade tops NPPC ’s “to-do” list for 2020, and NPPC President David Herring hinted that the New Year could see the organization taking a more aggressive stance on completing trade agreements.

“They say defense wins championships. Frankly, when it comes to trade, we’re tired of playing defense and hope 2020 is a year of progress built on strong offensive performance,” said Herring, a pork producer from Lillington, North

Carolina.

Giorda no ex pla i ned one part of that strategy by explaining the NPPC’s “ask” when it comes to the tariffs currently levied on U.S. pork exports to China.

“Our ask and we are going to continue to ask because we believe this is in everybody’s best interests. China has to manage food price inflation. There is a massive protein deficit in the world. It’s in their best interests. We’re asking not just for the punitive tariffs to come off, but for the WTO (Most Favored Nation) tariff to be temporarily suspended for at least five years,” Giordano said.

The World Trade Organization MFN tariff is 12%.

However, China imposed tariffs on U.S. products, including U.S. pork, following President Donald Trump imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from other countries.

Those retaliatory tariffs on U.S. pork total around 72%.

The other major title game for the U.S. pork industry is the United St a t e s - Me x ic o - C a n a d a Agreement, which will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.

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DAN VILLE, Ind. — What’s the key to thriving for U.S. pork producers in the age of African swine fever?

Be the last one standing — and there’s every reason for the U.S. pork industry to do just that in 2020.

“If you are the last one to get ASF, I think you win the game and I think that’s where we sit right now,” said Joe Kerns, president of Kerns and Associates, an agricultural risk management firm based in Ames, Iowa.

Kerns, a self-described “homer” in the corner of farmers and livestock producers, gave an optimistic outlook to an audience at the Midwest Pork Conference in Danville.

But along with the positive news, Kerns also pointed out some inconvenient truths for U.S. producers.

One big misstep? A bit of irrational exuberance about what the catastrophic and still largely unknown hog losses in China due to ASF would mean for U.S. hog prices.

“We had very unrealistic expectations. We got a little pie eyed when we started talking about what China might mean because if any aberration is going to occur, it’s a great big number,” Kerns said.

Using the examples of what porcine epidemic diarrhea virus meant for hog prices, Kerns said analysts and producers took those numbers — and went up.

“The only other market that we had was PEDv back in 2014. The U.S. represents about 10% of world production. We lost about 7% of our production that year, and we took prices over $130, so that’s our market,” Kerns said.

Producers and analysts did the math and liked what they saw.

“So, we start going, huh, China is 50%. If they lose 50%, and I put this on a curve, so that’s futures like $600, isn’t it? Yeah. So, suddenly $95 December hogs didn’t look so bad, did they? And that was a mistake, that was a huge mistake we made early on,” Kerns said.

From an input side, Kerns outlined a scenario that looks positive for U.S. producers going forward with supplies of corn and soybeans plentiful and cheap, even with weather anomalies in different areas.

“If there’s a corn crisis in the U.S. in a regionalized area where we’ve had some production issues, it’s regionalized. It might be county by county or state by state, but it is not the whole United States and it is certainly not the world. We’ve got plenty of corn across the world,” Kerns said.

Kerns wore his homer hat as he talked about lower crop prices and the benefits for animal agriculture.

“The bottom line might be the most important one; cost of production, according to the Farm Credit System, is $4.05 per bushel. We have been losing money on the agronomic side inside of agriculture for the last five or six years. Is this good or bad for the pork producer?

It’s good. I don’t like it that we are beating the snot out of all the corn farmers in the process, but if we are just taking a look at our own selfish interests, this is good. We’ve got them right where we want them, and they are not getting away either,” Kerns said.

He doubled down with his outlook on the U.S. ethanol industry and corn demand there as “a toothless tiger.”

“I would contend that we didn’t need an ethanol policy because I’m a homer and I like putting corn where God intended it, into an animal, not into a fuel tank,” Kerns said.

down. The Canadians have done a much, much better job,” Kerns said.

In November 2019, China lifted its suspension on Canadian imports of pork and beef. In June 2019, China suspended Canadian pork imports after ractopamine residue was found in a shipment of pork from Canada and after fake import certificates were found by Chinese authorities.

While ractopamin is legal and allowed in Canadian production, as it is in the United States, Canada has the Ractopamine-Free Pork Certification Program.

Kerns also pointed out that the U.S. industry and hog prices are being hampered by their own success.

“We have great herd health, we have great productivity that’s rolling through and we are selling way, way too many pigs on the spot market. Why do I sell pigs on the spot market? Because I want to? Or, because I have to?

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But Kerns didn’t spare punches for the pork industry.

Even with a possible future major demand for U.S. pork to China, Kerns cited the case of U.S. soybeans as a warning to the pork industry.

“You think we were a little too reliant on one market? Might that be a little bit of a hint for the pork producer, if we get jut a little too reliant on one market? Because what market am I going to rely on? I’m gong to talk China, but we’re going to call it the whole Pacific Rim,” Kerns said.

Kerns pointed out that the United States has and will have competition in the Asian markets from its neighbor to the north, Canada, due to Canada complying with the production requirement s, specifically eliminating the use of ractopamine in pork.

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It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1980s

By Harwood D. Schaffer and Daryll E. Ray

In this post-holiday season and with apologies to Perry Como and the Fontaine Sisters who sang the Christmas standard “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,” we’d like to make an unrhythmic play on the song’s title.

As we read news stories coming from around farm country and speak at meetings of farm organizations, it seems to us that “it’s beginning to look a lot like” the early stages of a serious farm crisis that could well mirror the farm crisis of the 1980s: increasing number of calls being received by farm crisis hotlines, a clear upswing in farm bankruptcies, a steep decline in net farm income and most worrisome of all is the increase in farmer suicides.

In December, Harwood was invited to speak at a public meeting the Land Stewardship Project held in New Ulm, Minnesota.

This meeting was planned by veterans of the farm crisis of 40 years ago who believe that farmers need to establish an agenda to get out in front of the troubles currently facing agricultural areas of the country.

They recalled the American Agriculture Movement’s Tractorcade that brought farmers from all across rural America to gather on the National Mall to raise awareness of the precipitous 49% decline in net farm income between calendar years 1973 and 1978.

Some told of the establishment of farm crisis hotlines in the early ‘80s. Others spoke of the organizing that it took to lobby the Minnesota Legislature to establish a farm debt mediation process for farmers who were being foreclosed on because they did not have enough income to make payments on all their debt.

All recalled the loss of farmers who felt shame over the possibility of losing a farm that their grandfather had shepherded through the Great Depression.

The meeting organizers contacted us because they believed that the only solution to the growing crisis is a farm program that provides a price and the Agricultural Policy Analysis Center/Texas Farmers Union proposal is the only proposal out there that can solve the farm price/income problem without resorting to an indefinite extension of the massive Market Facilitation Program probably under a different name.

Farm programs that establish a floor price on agricultural commodities are called supply management programs. Traditionally those programs were established

by New Deal Democrats with the support of rural Republicans.

At present, support for supply management programs exists only across a slice of Democratic legislators.

The goal in making the invitation was to familiarize the audience with some of the supply management mechanisms that would allow farmers to receive their income from the marketplace instead of the mailbox — in this electronic age, direct deposit from the federal government’s till to the farmer’s bank account.

In addition to its support of farm prices — thus farm income — the APAC/TFU proposal would enable farmers to undertake land management practices that the Land Stewardship Project has encouraged since its inception. Care of the land and the farmers who derive their livelihood from it are two sides of the same coin.

Brexit boxing in U.K. farmers Events, like stars, can at times align just enough for you to glimpse your destiny.

If you’re lucky, that sneak peek is the Farm & Food critical break you need for File success; if you’re unlucky, Alan Guebert the starry view spins off into the universe unseen.

Farmers in the United Kingdom got that peek after the June 2016 vote that approved Great Britain, Scotland and Northern Ireland’s exit — or Brexit — from the ruleheavy, bureaucratic European Union. The glimpse wasn’t exactly pretty, but U.K. farmers, tired of EU rules and restrictions from Brussels, favored Brexit by a large majority.

Last December, that vote was reaffirmed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s sweeping Conservative Party win in national elections. A week later, Parliament set Jan. 31 as Brexit’s “leave date.”

It also gave Johnson wide latitude to negotiate bilateral trade deals with both the 28-nation — soon to be 27 —

EU bloc and the U.K.’S closest ally, the United States.

Johnson announced he’d have trade treaties with both — claiming a U.S.-U.K. deal will lead the way — in place by Dec. 31. It was brash talk for the straw-haired wunderkind who rose from mayor of London to the toast of London in just three years.

It was, however, exactly what U.K. farmers and manufacturers wanted to hear.

But talk, even in proper English, is cheap and Johnson’s unrealistic timetable didn’t address U.K. agriculture’s two, key concerns: What will he do to ensure farmers aren’t shut out of European markets — that gobble up 60% of current U.K. ag exports — while also protecting domestic markets against cheap food imports even as trade negotiations proceed?

U.K. farmers should be concerned, writes Joe Stanley, a “third generation arable and beef farmer” in Leicestershire, in the Jan. 14 issue of Farmers Weekly, an authoritative U.K. farm publication.

“According to official statistics,” he notes, “16% of farms made losses between 2014 and 2017. A quarter of farming households live below the pov-

erty line, 61% of farm income derives from direct payments and 86% of total farm profits consist of CAP support.”

Those last two points are buckets of cold water on what farmers now want Parliament to provide to stay even with their soon-to-be competitor neighbors who continue to float on the EU river of Common Agricultural Policy, or CAP, payments U.K. farmers are about to give up.

What will they do? What would you do it if, like those farmers, 86% of your farm’s total profit vanishes Jan. 31?

Facing that cliff, why exactly did U.K. farmers heavily favor Brexit?

Because, Stanley explains, those very same figures represent an unwelcome, crippling dependency: “…many farmers live a desperate existence, kept afloat only by the current level of support from the CAP.” And, under CAP, “The price we receive for a tonne of wheat hasn’t changed since the 1980s, yet the percentage of disposable household income spent on food has fallen from 30% to 8%... This is a terrific achievement — borne by the overdrafts of farmers.”

As such, Stanley surmises, the real problem isn’t the EU

or its CAP; “It’s public demand for ever-cheaper food.”

Exactly, but jumping out of CAP with no alternative in place is either a supreme act of faith or an extreme act of foolishness. Prime Minister Johnson has promised to step into the breach, Stanley wryly notes, with a new program to “end direct support for farmers, replacing it with as-yet-amorphous — but much reduced — ‘public money for public goods.’”

Right now, however, Johnson’s promises are political fog. Worse, a trainload of trouble is headed his way. A Jan. 10 analysis by Bloomberg Economics shows Brexit has cost the U.K. economy $170 billion already and, by year’s end, that cost will rise to a staggering $260 billion.

That means sometime in June, Brexit’s opening costs to the U.K. will surpass its net, 47-year contribution —- about $230 billion — to the EU. After that they’re in uncharted space searching for stars to show them a way home.

Farm & Food File is published weekly through the U.S. and Canada. Source material and contact information are posted at www.farmandfoodfile.com.

Harness the power of winter planning As the leader and CEO of the farm, part of our responsibility lies in thinking ahead about the farm’s future and making clear Darren Frye plans for that Water Street desired future.

Winter is the Solutions right time to be working on these business plans.

Sometimes leaders might hesitate to engage in planning for the next crop year. They might feel they don’t have all the results and numbers from the previous year yet or want to have the data in hand before making any decisions.

Maybe the farm leader has made plans in the past, but then felt those plans weren’t as relevant as the year progressed. Circumstances changed and then the plan became less useful, so the process of planning was also useless. Or, was it?

The truth is circumstances around farm business plans are always going to shift and change. But that doesn’t mean creating a plan isn’t useful. In fact, I believe the act of making marketing and financial plans for your farm operation is one of the most important

things you can do as a leader.

WHERE THE POWER LIES n In how you think. When you work with an adviser for the farm who helps bring together the different aspects that impact your farm business — think financials, logistics, crop insurance, marketing and more — they walk alongside you through the process. They make helpful suggestions because they know your business on a deep level. The planning process can reveal valuable information about your operation and how to make it more successful. n In more flexibility. It might seem like a business plan that’s created before a crop year starts would just end up getting “thrown out the window” at some point. But the best plans are dynamic and build in more flexibility and options for the different scenarios that can arise throughout the year.

Thinking about a variety of scenarios ahead of time brings more choices in the moment when you’re faced with a decision point. n In greater business-savvy. As the farm’s leader and CEO, you’re the one communicating with lenders and landlords, and other suppliers and partners who need to know where the operation is going.

Creating detailed financial and marketing plans for your

I believe the act of making marketing and financial plans for your farm operation is one of the most important things you can do as a leader. farm business can make you a smarter, more business-savvy farm leader. You’ll be more comfortable conversing with lenders and presenting them with detailed plans. In turn, that increases their confidence and belief in you as a business leader.

A NEW VIEW Overall, 2019 was a challenging year. I think the key is to take what we can learn from it. As you move on to 2020, here are three ways to use what you learned in the past year as a springboard to move forward confidently.

1. Know you made it through.

First, consider that you persevered during one of the most challenging years in farming in recent memory. Now, when you encounter challenges in the future, you can remember how you were able to persevere in the face of challenge in 2019 and survive. You’ve

done hard things in the past, and you can take that with you into 2020 knowing that you’re probably even more capable now because of what you’ve gone through.

2. Assess where you’re at now.

It might seem tough to look at where the farm is at financially, but it’s key to have a good handle on the numbers as you continue to make plans for 2020. This might also be a good time to evaluate your process around marketing and merchandising plans. How were you able to adjust and adapt your plans as the markets and your farm’s situation changed?

Were your plans flexible in the face of changing conditions? What do you need to look at for 2020? You can talk more about this with our market advisers.

3. Think strategically for the future. During challenging years, thinking further into the future can become more difficult if you feel like you’re in “survival mode.” The farm’s leader and CEO must create a vision with the farm’s key stakeholders for where the farm is heading and then put steps in place to make it happen. Your plan will help guide your decision-making throughout 2020 and beyond.

Darren Frye is president and CEO of Water Street Solutions.

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Business

Market data New-found demand in China deal FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 17, 2020

Futures Prices This Last This

week week Chg. week CATTLE HOGS FEB 20 126.35 127.42 -1.07 FEB 20 67.67 APR 20 127.25 127.95 -0.70 APR 20 74.10 JUN 20 119.20 119.77 -0.57 MAY 20 80.70 AUG 20 116.77 117.27 -0.50 JUN 20 87.35 OCT 20 118.90 119.40 -0.50 JUL 20 87.95 DEC 20 121.75 122.00 -0.25 AUG 20 86.80

Last week Chg. 67.25 74.12 80.72 86.17 86.92 85.97

0.42 -0.02 -0.02 1.18 1.03 0.83

MILK CLASS III JAN 20 17.01 FEB 20 17.43 MAR 20 17.62 APR 20 17.51 MAY 20 17.48 JUN 20 17.58

17.03 16.98 17.31 17.32 17.31 17.43

-0.02 0.45 0.31 0.29 0.17 0.15

36 26 16 -2 0 0

SOYBEANS MAR 20 9296 MAY 20 9430 JUL 20 9554 AUG 20 9592 SEP 20 9580 NOV 20 9604

9460 9590 9710 9750 9722 9746

-164 -160 -156 -158 -142 -142

CHICAGO WHEAT MAR 20 5704 5644 60 MAY 20 5712 5664 48 JUL 20 5704 5682 22 SEP 20 5756 5736 20 DEC 20 5836 5820 16 MAR 21 5902 5880 22

K.C. WHEAT MAR 20 4942 MAY 20 5014 JUL 20 5092 SEP 20 5174 DEC 20 5284 MAR 21 5390

4946 5022 5096 5172 5274 5374

-4 -8 -4 2 10 16

BRENT CRUDE OIL MAR 20 64.85 64.98 -0.13 APR 20 64.03 64.25 -0.22 MAY 20 63.32 63.63 -0.31 JUN 20 62.65 63.02 -0.37 JUL 20 61.97 62.39 -0.42 AUG 20 61.43 61.86 -0.43

ETHANOL FEB 20 MAR 20 APR 20 MAY 20 JUN 20 JUL 20

1.344 1.364 1.386 1.409 1.409 1.409

0.005 0.012 0015 0.008 0.008 0.008

FEEDER CATTLE JAN 20 145.35 MAR 20 145.00 APR 20 147.87 MAY 20 149.45 AUG 20 154.87 SEP 20 155.95

147.60 147.45 150.05 151.20 156.30 156.97

-2.25 -2.45 -2.18 -1.75 -1.43 -1.02

CORN MAR 20 3892 3856 MAY 20 3952 3926 JUL 20 4010 3994 SEP 20 4002 4004 DEC 20 4026 4026 MAR 21 4124 4124

1.349 1.376 1.401 1.417 1.417 1.417

Stocks of Agricultural Interest

This Last 52-wk week week high

ADM AGCO BASF BG CF

45.25 74.76 17.84 56.06 46.14

43.95 47.20 73.79 81.39 18.23 20.98 55.66 59.65 44.77 55.15

This Last 52-wk week week high

CTVA 28.30 28.35 32.78 DD 61.56 59.71 85.47 DE 176.20 173.43 180.48 FMC 100.00 98.00 101.95 MOS 21.87 20.62 33.91

Export Inspections (MIL BU.)

card close to their Finally, a trade vest! deal between the I view the United States and China trade deal China has been as “new-found signed and in demand.” By any theory, it should measure, Chinese be beneficial to demand for a wide both countries. variety of food According to AgWeb.com. “In Commodity stuffs is bullish and great news an agreement for U.S. farmers signed Wednesday Insight and ranchers. at the White Jerry Welch How bullish the House, China trade deal actucommitted to ally is remains to be seen. importing at least $12.5 And with climate change billion more agricultural issues on the horizon in goods this year than in the coming years, it will 2017, rising to $19.5 bilonly take a bit of a problion next year. China will lem in a growing season also “strive” to purchase anywhere on the globe to an additional $5 billion send grain and livestock a year in farm products. prices to much higher That could get total purlevels. chases next year toward Senate Finance the $50 billion mark.”

In the trade deal China Committee Chairman has promised to buy a va- Chuck Grassley of Iowa stated loud and clear the riety of goods from each day of the trade deal that major industry. Those major industries are man- American farmers and ranchers bore the brunt of ufacturing, agricultural, the trade war pain for the energy and services. In past two years. American agricultural, they are committed to buying; soy- agriculture has been suffering greatly the past few beans, pork, beef, wheat, years but now things look jams and jellies, corn, to improve going forward. flour, cotton, horses and Of course, the pain honey. Of course, depending on market conditions, in recent years for U.S. agriculture is not nearly other ag-products may be as horrific as what took bought. Obviously, what place in the farm crisis of is actually bought, how the 1980s. From Iowapbs. much bought and when org: “During the 1980s, needed is top secret and farmers in the United only known by China.

And they are playing that States were confronted by

an economic crisis more severe than any since the Great Depression. Many of those who relied on agriculture for their livelihoods faced financial ruin. The epicenter of the downturn was in the Midwest, but the effects quickly rippled to other areas where agriculture played a prominent role in the local economy.”

To learn more about the farm crisis go to; http:// www.iowapbs.org/mtom/ classroom/module/13999/ farm-crisis.

In my book, “Back To The Futures” in a chapter entitled “News & Views I”, I published a piece from the Aug. 2, 1989, issue of the St. Louis Post Dispatch. The article was years after the farm crisis had ended and written tongue-in-cheek accompanied by a wink. Here is what published.

Last Will of Mr. Farmer I leave: To my wife, my overdraft at the bank... Maybe she can explain it.

To my banker, my soul...

He has the mortgage on it anyway.

To my neighbor, my clown suit... He’ll need it if he continues to farm as he has in the past.

To the ASCS, my grain bin... I was planning to let them take it next year anyway.

To the county agent, 50

This Year Cumulative Cumulative Cml.

week ago this year year ago % diff.

BRIEFS

WHEAT 473.960 550.798 15395.55 13491.790 14.11 CORN 460.307 1013.970 9062.14 19488.213 -53.50 SOYBEANS 1136.304 1100.334 22956.16 18409.917 24.69

Wilbur-Ellis launches innovative fungicide

Livestock Summary % diff.

This Last Year week year

week week ago ago ago Hog Slaughter-est 11000 HD 2574 2695 2488 -4.49 3.46 Cattle slaughter-est 1000 HD 631 640 626 -1.41 0.80 MEAT PRICES This week Last week Change Pork Cutout Bellies Loins Hams Yld Gr 3 Choice Beef Select Beef 5-Mkt Fed Cattle Live 5-Mkt Fed Cattle Carcass

72.14 72.63 92.49 88.10 67.81 67.85 67.46 68.16 213.99 210.38 213.45 206.84 124.00 124.00 199.07 198.64

0.49 4.39 -0.04 -0.70 3.61 6.61 0.00 0.43

OKLAHOMA CITY This week Last week Change FEEDER STEER Low High Low High Low High 4-5 Wt Mf 1’S 5-6 Wt Mf 1’S 6-7 Wt Mf 1’S 7-8 Wt Mf 1’S 8-10 Wt Mf 1’S

157.00 138.00 137.00 134.00 131.50

206.00 153.75 .50 3.25 10.50 183.50 140.00 169.25 -2.00 14.25 170.50 137.00 151.50 0.00 19.00 156.00 135.00 150.00 -1.00 6.00 145.50 125.00 .75 6.50 -1.25

CASH HOGS CARCASS PRICES This week Last week Change National

51.37 50.48 0.89

Eastern Corn Belt Direct Feeder Cattle Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Kentucky and Ohio Reported sales this week, 1,363; last week, 2,130; last year, 1,305. Demand moderate. Supply included 100% over 600 pounds, 95% heifers.

Feeder Steers Medium, Large 1

Avg. Avg. Delivery Head Wt. Price (FOB) 73 685 141.93 Current

Feeder Heifers Medium, Large 1-2 64 775 129.10 Current 539 725 119.65 Mar 335 725 124.30 Apr

Feeder Heifers Medium, Large 1 285 675 131.00 Feb

USDA National Grain Market Review Compared to last week, cash bids for wheat was mixed, while corn, sorghum and soybeans were lower.

For the week ending Jan. 9, an increase of 30.9 million bushels of corn export sales for 2019-2020 was reported, with an increase of 26.1 million bushels of soybean exports sales, and an increase of 23.9 million bushels of wheat export sales.

Ethanol production for the week ending Jan. 10 reported an increase of 33,000 barrels per day to 1.095 million barrels a day.

Ethanol stocks increased 0.544 million barrels at 23.0 million barrels.

Wheat was 31 3/4 cents lower to 10 cents higher. Corn was 2 3/4 cents to 9 3/4 cents lower.

Sorghum was 14 cents lower.

Soybeans were 8 3/4 cents to 20 1/2 cents lower.

CORN Kansas City US No 2 rail White Corn was has no comparison from 4.00 1/4-4.12 3/4 per bushel.

Kansas City US No 2 truck Yellow Corn was 2 3/4 to 7 3/4 cents lower at 3.85 1/2 per bushel.

Omaha US No 2 Yellow Corn was 6 to 7 cents lower from 3.663.77 per bushel.

Chicago US No 2 Yellow Corn was 7 3/4 cents lower from 3.87 1/2-3.88 1/2 per bushel.

Toledo US No 2 rail Yellow corn was 7 3/4 to 9 3/4 cents lower from 3.93 1/2-3.98 1/2 per bushel.

Minneapolis US No 2 Yellow corn rail was 7 3/4 cents lower at 3.45 1/2 per bushel.

OILSEEDS Minneapolis Yellow truck soy-

beans were 8 3/4 cents lower at 8.85 per bushel.

Illinois Processors US No 1 Yellow truck soybeans were 17 1/2 to 20 1/2 cents lower from 9.24-9.34 per bushel.

Kansas City US No 2 Yellow truck soybeans were 14 1/2 to 19 1/2 cents lower from 9.01-9.19 per bushel.

Illinois 48 percent soybean meal, processor rail bid was 0.20points lower from 300.60301.60 per bushel.

Central Illinois Crude Soybean oil processor bid was 1.61 lower from 32.53-33.28 per cwt.

WHEAT Kansas City US No 1 Hard Red Winter, ordinary protein rail bid was 10 1/2 cents lower from 5.69 3/4-5.79 3/4 per bushel.

St. Louis truck US No 2 Soft Red Winter terminal bid was 6 cents higher at 6.36 per bushel.

Minneapolis and Duluth US No 1 Dark Northern Spring, 14.0 to 14.5 percent protein rail, was 21 3/4 to 31 3/4 cents lower from 6.40 1/4-6.80 1/4 per bushel.

Portland US Soft White wheat rail was 5 to 10 cents higher from 6.20-6.25 per bushel.

SORGHUM US No 2 yellow truck, Kansas City was 14 cents lower from 6.08-6.17 per cwt. Texas High Plains US No 2 yellow sorghum (prices paid or bid to the farmer, fob elevator) was 14 cents lower from 6.25-6.61 per cwt

OATS US 2 or Better oats, rail bid to arrive at Minneapolis 20 day was 3 1/2 cents lower to 3 1/2 cents higher from 3.29 1/2-3.55 1/2 per bushel.

bushels of corn to see if he can hit the market... I never could.

To the junkman, all my machinery... he’s had his eye on it for years.

To my undertaker, a special request. I want six implement and fertilizer dealers for my pallbearers.

They are used to carrying me.

To the weatherman, rain and sleet and snow for the funeral, please...

No sense in having good weather now.

To the gravedigger...

Don’t bother. The hole I’m in should be big enough.

Were the past two years trade war with China as bad as the farm crisis of the 1980s? No. But moving forward, the financial fate of U.S. farmers and ranchers will improve.

Such a view is not much of a surprise because the title of a past column I penned was entitled, “Far Better Times Ahead.” I ended that column by stating, “The combination of unexpected demand from China and climate change will spawn historically volatile markets with a decidedly bullish bent.”

Check out my twice a day newsletter by dropping me a line commodityinsite1@gmail.com.

Remember, there is no substitute for timely and accurate information.

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LUMOS SOLAR PHOTO

Companies are moving toward installing more double-sided solar panels, such as this one functioning as the canopy of a Shell gas station in Atlanta, Georgia. A new formula reveals exactly how much more electricity double-sided panels can generate compared to conventional single-sided panels, helping to better inform how the panels are designed.

Solar power from ‘the dark side’ unlocked in new formula WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — Most of today’s solar panels capture sunlight and convert it to electricity only from the side facing the sky. If the dark underside of a solar panel could also convert sunlight reflected off the ground, even more electricity might be generated.

Double-sided solar cells are already enabling panels to sit vertically on land or rooftops and even horizontally as the canopy of a gas station, but it hasn’t been known exactly how much electricity these panels could ultimately generate or the money they could save.

A new thermodynamic formula reveals that the bifacial cells making up double-sided panels generate on average 15% to 20% more sunlight to electricity than the monofacial cells of today’s onesided solar panels, taking into consideration different terrain such as grass, sand, concrete and dirt.

The formula, developed by two Purdue University physicists, can be used for calculating in minutes the most electricity that bifacial solar cells could generate in a variety of environments, as defined by a thermodynamic limit.

“The formula involves just a simple triangle, but distilling the extremely c ompl ic at e d phy s ic s problem to this elegantly simple formulation required years of modeling and research. This triangle will help companies make better decisions on investments in next-gen-

eration solar cells and figure out how to design them to be more efficient,” said Muhammad “Ashraf” Alam, Purdue’s Jai N. Gupta Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Alam and co-author Ryyan Khan, now an assistant professor at East West University in Bangladesh, also show how the formula can be used to calculate the thermodynamic limits of all solar cells developed in the last 50 years. These results can be generalized to technology likely to be developed over the next 20 to 30 years.

The hope is that these calculations would help solar farms to take full advantage of bifacial cells earlier in their use.

“It took almost 50 years for monofacial cells to show up in the field in a cost-effective way,” Alam said. “The technology has been remarkably successful, but we know now that we can’t significantly increase their efficiency anymore or reduce the cost. Our formula will guide and accelerate the development of bifacial technology on a faster time scale.”

The paper might have gotten the math settled just in time: Experts estimate that by 2030, bifacial solar cells will account for nearly half of the market share for solar panels worldwide.

Alam’s approach is call-

ed the “Shockley-Queisser triangle,” since it builds upon predictions made by researchers William Shockley and Hans-Joachim Queisser on the maximum theoretical efficiency of a monofacial solar cell.

This maximum point, or the thermodynamic limit, can be identified on a downward sloping line graph that forms a triangle shape.

The formula shows that the efficiency gain of bifacial solar cells increases with light reflected from a surface. Significantly more power would be converted from light reflected off of concrete, for example, compared to a surface with vegetation.

The researchers use the formula to recommend better bifacial designs for panels on farmland and the windows of buildings in densely populated cities.

Transparent, doublesided panels allow solar power to be generated on farmland without casting shadows that would block crop production.

Meanwhile, creating bifacial windows for buildings would help cities to use more renewable energy.

The paper also recommends ways to maximize the potential of bifacial cells by manipulating the number of boundaries between semiconductor materials, called junctions, that facilitate the flow of electricity. Bifacial cells with single junctions provide the largest efficiency gain relative to monofacial cells.

DENVER — Wilbur-Ellis Co., a recognized leader in precision agriculture, crop protection, seed and nutritional products, announced the launch of Romeo, a new and innovative fungicide.

Exclusively distributed

by Wilbur-Ellis, Romeo is a preventive biofungicide that functions the same way vitamins work for humans.

Romeo enables plants to develop pathogen-fighting compounds to prevent development of those pathogens into disease.

By introducing plants to a non-living fungus, Romeo signals plant pathways to enable the production of plant internal responses which can then effectively prevent disease development.

Because of its propensity for synergy with other active ingredients, Romeo can be used as a foundational component, allowing for more robust disease-management programs that incorporate other products. In addition, Romeo is organic-farming ready — it’s an all-natural product that leaves behind no residue.

“We have been evaluating many biofungicide candidates in field trials over the past few years, and this product clearly stands out in its level of consistency and efficacy in powdery and downy mildew management programs,” said Wilbur-Ellis Key Actives and Biopesticides Portfolio Manager Jesse Rosales.

HELM Agro US hires sales manager TAMPA, Fla. — HELM Agro US Inc., a global manufacturer of high-quality crop protection and fertilizer products, announced the hiring of Jeff Krieger as regional sales manager for the East Corn Belt.

In his new position, Krieger will be responsible for crop protection product sales and supporting the company’s distributor, retailer and grower networks in the states of Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Krieger brings 30 years of experience in agronomic product sales to the HELM organization.

Recently, Krieger was a territory sales manager for Beck’s Hybrids. Prior to that, he held sales positions with Sipcam Agro U.S. and Syngenta.

“Jeff is a great addition to our sales team, especially as new corn and soybean solutions get added to our crop protection portfolio,” said Aaron Locker, vice president of sales for HELM Agro US.

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(A) 2017 MF 7714 140 HP, Dyna 4, 129 Hrs.

(A) 2014 MF 7622 215 HP, CVT, 32 MPH, 2002 Hrs.

(A) 2014 MF 7624 235 HP, 26 MPH, 858 Hrs.

(A) 2016 Versatile 260 260 HP, 309 Hrs

(A) 2018 Versatile 265 265 HP, 129 Hrs.

(G) 2013 JD 6115D 115 HP, Loader, 1565 Hrs.

(A) 1996 JD 8100 177 HP, 6953 Hrs.

$85,000

$115,000

$49,500

$99,500

$149,500

$89,500

(A) 2015 MF 8730 (G) 2014 MF 7624 235 HP, CVT, 32 MPH, 808 Hrs. 295 HP, CVT, 26 MPH, 1222 Hrs.

$115,000

$135,000

(G) 2015 Versatile 375 375 HP, PTO, PS, 893 Hrs.

(A) 2018 Versatile 460 460 HP, PS, PTO, 99 Hrs.

(A) 2019 Versatile 610DT 605 HP, PTO, 60 Hrs.

(G) 1996 JD 8200 200 HP, 6880 Hrs.

(G) 2002 JD 7810 175 HP, 5255 Hrs.

(G) 2011 JD 8335R 335 HP, PS, ILS, 3459 Hrs.

$155,000

$47,500

$59,500

$259,500

$59,500

(A) 2009 Challenger MT565B (A) 2012 Challenger MT645D (A) 2015 Challenger MT665E (G) 2006 Challenger MT765B 320 HP, PTO, 3 PT, 2150 Hrs. 320 HP, 32 MPH, 1046 Hrs. 168 HP, 1806 Hrs. 270 HP, 32 MPH, 2148 Hrs.

$395,000

$145,000

(G) 2018 Fendt 1038 380 HP, 32 MPH, 688 Hrs.

$55,000

$89,500

$135,000

$109,500

(A) 2013 Gleaner S77 LTM, 1138/772 Hrs.

(A) 2016 Gleaner S78 LTM, RWA, 970/650 Hrs.

(A) 2009 Case IH 6088 LTM, 2118/1459 Hrs.

(G) 2014 MF 9540 LTM, 1456/1008 Hrs.

$165,000

$265,000

(G) 2007 Kinze 3800 SDS 24-30”, No-Tills

(A) 2007 Case IH 1200 16-30”, Residue Mgrs.

(A) 2008 Case IH 1250 16-30”

(A) 2009 White 8186 16-30”

(G) 2011 White 8824 24-30”

$145,000

$49,500

(G) (G) (A) (A) (A) (G) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (G) (A) (G) (G)

$99,500

$215,000

$35,000

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2012 MF 8660, FWA, 295 HP, 1507 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2013 MF 8650, FWA, 270 HP, 1065 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2013 MF 7624, FWA, 235 HP, 32 MPH, 1938 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2017 MF 7715, FWA, 150 HP, Dyna 6, 750 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2015 MF 6615, FWA, 150 HP, 32 MPH, 1585 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2017 MF 5712SL, FWA, 130 HP, Loader Ready, 529 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . .

1997 MF 261, 2WD, 60 HP, 537 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2017 NH T6.120, FWA, 118 HP, Loader, 370 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2013 Versatile 310, FWA, 310 HP, 2212 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2015 Versatile 260, FWA, 260 HP, 357 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1990 NH Versatile 876, 4WD, 280 HP, 5070 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1989 NH Versatile 846, 4WD, 230 HP, 5138 Hrs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2013 JD 6115D, FWA, 115 HP, Loader, 1565 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

355,000 135,000 105,000 109,500 109,500 99,500 89,500 82,500 75,000 12,000 69,500 89,500 115,000 39,500 37,500 49,500

(A) (A) (A) (G) (A) (G) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (G) (A) (A) (A) (A)

$35,000

$295,000

(A) 2017 MF 9545 LTM, 739/491 Hrs.

USED COMBINES

$59,500

2016 MF 9545, LTM, 807/560 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2014 MF 9560, LTM, 1517/990 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2013 MF 9540, LTM, 1531/1041 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2013 MF 9520, LTM, 705/467 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012 MF 9540, LTM, 1482/959 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012 MF 9520, LTM, 1341/1014 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2011 MF 9695, LTM, 1714/1107 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2009 MF 9795, LTM, RWA, 1952/1287 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2008 MF 9690, LTM, 1825/1229 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2016 Gleaner S97, LTM, 923/605 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2014 Gleaner S78, LTM, 1339/871 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2010 Gleaner R66, LTM, 2220/1558 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2008 Gleaner A85, LTM, 1918/1312 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2007 Gleaner R65, LTM, RWA, 2355/1631 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2006 Gleaner R65, 2324/1611 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2003 Gleaner R65, LTM, 2883/1789 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

245,000 165,000 145,000 135,000 135,000 119,500 105,000 99,500 89,500 235,000 165,000 95,000 79,500 75,000 67,500 62,500

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Sales: Rodger Burton, Brandon Stewart, Paul Kuhns

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Sales: Brent Scott, Roger Mishler, Ben Kuhns

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