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Lower ear, pod counts ‘I’ state yield estimates reduced

adjusted to account for any potential departures from the normal between now and harvest.”

The report added that planted and harvested acreage estimates

By Tom C. Doran were reviewed for the crops and AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS updated as needed based on WASHINGTON — Surveys available data, including the latfound lower “I” state pod and est certified acreage data from ear counts compared to last the Farm Service Agency. year and the U.S. Department of Agriculture reduced the nation’s INDIANA Corn yields in the Hoosier corn and soybean production forecasts in the Oct. 10 crop State are projected to average 162 bushels per acre, a bushel production report.

The USDA opened the report increase from September and with a caveat that “all fore- 27 bushels lower than last casts are based on conditions year’s yield. Total production is as of Oct. 1 and assume normal expected to be 794 million bushweather for the remainder of the els, down 19% from 2018.

An estimated 5.1 million corn growing season. Data were not

Drought hurts fall pastures

acres were planted in Indiana compared to 5.35 million last year. Harvested acres of 4.9 million acres is 300,000 less than 2018.

If realized, this would be the lowest Indiana corn production since 2012.

Indiana soybean production is expected to total 258 million bushels, down 25% from a year earlier. The yield is forecast at 48 bushels per acre, a bushel below last month and down 9.5 bushels from 2018. If realized, this will be the lowest yield since 2012.

Planted acres are estimated at 5.4 million acres. The anticipated harvested area of 5.37 million acres is 590,000 less than in 2018.

ILLINOIS The Prairie State’s corn planted area is estimated at 10.5 million acres, down 5% from 2018. Harvested area, forecast at 10.25 million acres, is 6% less than last year.

The Illinois corn yield is forecast by USDA to average 179 bushels per acre, down a bushel from last month and 31 bushels less than 2018. Production is projected at 1.83 billion bushels, down 19% from last year.

The state’s soybean yield is forecast to average 51 bushels per acre, 2 less than last month and 12.5 bushels below 2018.

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Higher prices ahead

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Hay bales may supplement livestock needs

USDA predicts reduced corn, soybean stocks

By Ashley Langreck

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MARTINSVILLE, Ind. — Mother Nature is still causing havoc as farmers throughout the state are wishing for more rain to help their crops finish growing.

Chris Parker, a retired Purdue University Extension educator in agricultural and natural resources for Morgan County, said that farmers who are preparing their pastures for fall grazing are going to have trouble if it doesn’t rain soon.

“When it comes to fall pasture, no matter the plans farmers make, unless rainfall occurs pastures will dry up,” Parker said, adding that much of Indiana didn’t even receive a quarter of an inch of rain in September.

Parker said even if producers rotate the pastures they graze, rainfall is still essential for maintaining forages in a pasture. “Cool season grasses like tall fescue will grow well in cooler weather, but only if there is water,” Parker said.

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Learn something new, enroll in 4-H A3 Marion County Farm Bureau donates books A5 Preparing livestock for winter B9 AgriTrucker B7

Farms For Sale B5

Auction Calendar B1

From The Fields A12

Business B10

Lifestyle B2

Calendar B1

Livestock B8

Classifieds B5

Opinion A4

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Soybeans planted on June 10 aren’t quite ready to harvest on this central Illinois farm on Oct. 10. USDA reduced slightly the U.S. and “I” state soybean yield forecasts in its October crop production report.

By Tom C. Doran

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Sen. Todd Young (right) shakes hands with a farmer from Allen County.

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Fighting for farmers Senator discusses trade, harvest

By Erica Quinlan

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HARLAN, Ind. — U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, met with Indiana Farm Bureau members in Allen County Oct. 9.

The roundtable discussion was held at Roemke Farms.

Young heard about the trials facing farmers as a result of a challenging planting season.

Farmers also talked about

creative conservation practices and the need to pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

“As the 10th largest farming state in the country, Indiana relies heavily on agriculture,” Young said.

“This year, adverse weather conditions have significantly impacted Hoosier farmers.

That’s why I’m fighting to ensure our agriculture industry, and Hoosier farmers like Mark Roemke receive the clarity they need from the federal government.”

Young discussed the impor-

tance of farmers receiving access to the right federal tools.

Earlier this year, President Donald Trump authorized the Department of Agriculture to provide up to $16 billion in trade mitigation programs to support farmers.

“As we look to harvest, I stand ready to support Indiana’s farmers however I can,” he said.

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

Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Quinlan.

$16.2M to support veteran producers

By Erica Quinlan

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $16.2 million of funding to support veterans and socially disadvantaged farmers.

Grants will be used to provide training, outreach and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers.

Grants are awarded to higher education institutions, nonprofit and community-based organizations to extend USDA’s engagement efforts. Projects funded under the program include conferences, workshops and demonstrations.

“All farmers and ranchers deserve equal access to USDA programs and services,” said Mike Beatty, director of the USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement.

“2501 grants go a long way in fulfilling our mission to reach historically underserved communities and ensure their

WASHINGTON — Lower marketing year-end supplies reflected in the recent quarterly stocks estimates pushed projected corn and soybean ending stocks down in the Oct. 10 U.S. Department of Agriculture supply and demand balance sheets.

Here are highlights of the report.

SOYBEANS USDA forecasts the 2019-2020 season average price for soybeans at $9 per bushel, up 50 cents from the September estimate. Why? U.S. soybean production is forecast at 3.6 billion bushels, down 83 million, mainly on lower yields.

The soybean yield is projected at 46.9 bushels per acre, down one bushel from the September forecast.

Harvested area was reduced slightly to 75.6 million acres.

Soybean supplies for the new marketing year are forecast at 4.5 billion bushels, down 175 million on lower production and beginning stocks.

With a small increase in soybean crush, ending stocks are projected at 460 million bushels, down 180 million.

Global soybean production is projected at 339 million tons, down 2.4 million tons to a four-year low, mainly reflecting lower production for the U.S. Brazil and Argentina soybean production was unchanged from last month at 123 million tons and 53 million tons, respectively.

With lower global oilseed supplies only partly offset by reduced crush, global oilseed stocks are projected at 109.8 million tons, down 4.6 million.

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An American flag decorates a small-town storefront in Indiana. equitable participation in our programs.”

The 2501 Program was created through the 1990 farm bill to help socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers and foresters, who have historically experienced limited access to

USDA loans, grants, training and technical assistance.

The 2014 farm bill expanded the program’s reach to veterans.

Since 2010, the 2501 Program has awarded 484 grants totaling $119.5 million.

The season average price for corn projected to be received by producers was increased 10 cents from last month to $3.80 per bushel.

Why? Corn production is forecast at 13.779 billion bushels, down 20 million as a decline in harvested area more than offsets an increased yield forecast.

Corn supplies are forecast down sharply from last month on a reduced crop and lower beginning stocks based on the Sept. 30 grain stocks report.

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bushels per acre lower than 2018.

Soybean planted acreage is FROM PAGE ONE estimated at 9.2 million acres with 9.13 million acres to be Planted area of 10 million harvested. Iowa harvested 9.83 acres is 7% less than last year, million acres last year. and harvested area of 9.94 million acres is down 5% from a U.S. U.S. corn production for grain year ago.

Illinois soybean production is is forecast at 13.8 billion bushforecast at 507 million bushels els, down less than 1% from the compared to 666.75 billion in previous forecast and 4% below last year.

2018.

Based on conditions as of Oct. 1, corn yields are expected to IOWA Corn production is forecast at average 168.4 bushels per har2.515 billion bushels compared vested acre, up 0.2 bushel from to nearly 2.509 billion in 2018 the previous forecast but down eight bushels from 2018. in Iowa.

Area harvested for grain is The state’s average corn yield is expected to be 192 bushels forecast at 81.8 million acres, per acre, up one bushel from down less than 1% from the last month’s forecast, but down previous forecast but up slightly four bushels per acre from last from 2018.

The nation’s soybean producyear.

Corn planted acreage is esti- tion is forecast at 3.55 billion mated at 13.5 million acres. An bushels, down 2% from the preestimated 13.1 million of the vious forecast and 20% less than acres planted will be harvested last year.

U.S. soybean yields are exfor grain, compared to 12.8 milpected to average 46.9 bushels lion in 2018.

Iowa’s soybean production per acre, down one bushel from is forecast at 484 million bush- the previous forecast and down els after hitting nearly 550.5 3.7 bushels from 2018.

Area harvested for soybeans last year. The yield is forecast at 53 bushels per acre, down is forecast at 75.6 million acres, one bushel per acre from the down less than 1% from the previSeptember forecast, and three ous forecast and 14% below 2018.

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Exports were reduced 150 million bushels reflecting smaller supplies and U.S. price competitiveness.

Corn used for ethanol is down 50 million bushels based on weekly production data as reported by the Energy Information Administration during September.

Projected feed and residual use increased by 125 million bushels based on indicated disappearance during 2018-2019.

Corn ending stocks for 20192020 were lowered by 261 million bushels to 1.929 billion bushels.

From July to September, Brazil has exported close to 20 million tons of corn, nearly 50% above the previous high for the time period, with large shipments to important U.S. markets such as Japan, South Korea, Mexico, and Colombia.

Global corn stocks, at 302.6 million tons, are down 3.7 million from last month.

WHEAT The season-average farm price for

CROP COMMENTS The Oct. 1 corn objective yield data indicate the lowest number of ears since 2012 for the combined 10 objective yield states, (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin).

Record high yields are forecast for Kentucky (178 bushels per acre) and Tennessee (175).

The October objective yield data for the combined 11 major soybean-producing states (Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Dakota) indicate a lower pod count compared to the previous year. Compared with final counts for 2018, pod counts are down in 10 of the 11 published states.

A decrease of more than 400 pods per 18 square feet from 2018’s final pod count is expected in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, and South Dakota. A record yield of 50 bushels per acre is forecast in Pennsylvania.

Objective yield and farm operator surveys were conducted between Sept. 24 and Oct. 4 to gather information on expected yield as of Oct. 1.

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

National Agricultural Statistics Service’s small grains summary, issued on Sept. 30.

CORN Projected imports were lowered 15 million bushels to 120 (2019-2020 marketing year) million on a slow pace to date.

Total corn supply: 15.944 billion The NASS grain stocks report bushels raised 2018-2019 ending stocks Exports: 1.9 billion bushels 8 million bushels and estimated first quarter 2019-2020 stocks at Feed, residual use: 5.3 billion 2.385 billion bushels, down fracbushels tionally from the previous year.

Food, seed, industrial use: These stocks imply first-quarter 6.815 billion bushels feed and residual use is similar Ethanol and byproducts: to last year.

5.4 billion bushels Annual 2019-2020 feed and Ending U.S. corn stocks: residual use was reduced by 30 1.929 billion bushels million bushels to 140 million but remain above last year’s reSOYBEANS vised 89.8 million.

(2019-2020 marketing year) U.S. wheat exports were lowered 25 million bushels to 950 Total soybean supply: million on reduced competitive4.483 billion bushels ness in international markets.

Seed, residual: 128 million Ending stocks are projected at bushels 1.043 billion bushels, up 29 milExports: 1.775 billion bushels lion from the previous month.

Crush: 2.12 billion bushels World wheat consumption was reduced 1.1 million tons priEnding U.S. soybean stocks: marily on a 0.8-million-ton re460 million bushels duction in U.S. feed and residual use. wheat was reduced by a dime from With supplies rising and use last month to $4.70 per bushel. declining, global ending stocks Why? are raised 1.3 million tons to a U.S. wheat production was record 287.8 million. cut 18.5 million bushels to 1.962 Tom C. Doran billion based on the USDA

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A workshop is being offered to explain the process of applying for grants.

Grant-writing workshops set

By Erica Quinlan

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GREENFIELD, Ind. — Purdue Extension in Hancock County is hosting a grant-writing workshop Nov. 25 and Dec. 16.

The cost of the workshop is $175. Lunch and materials will be provided both days.

State Farm is giving a $50 scholarship to 501c3 participants.

The Beginner’s Guide to Grant Writing Workshop teaches grant writers of all skill levels how to prepare and submit a professional proposal.

The workshop is geared toward those who work or volunteer for nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, community clubs, and local government units and departments.

Participants will learn how to develop ideas for winning grant proposals, identify and work with funding sources, and understand the proposal development, submission and review process.

Professional review of a draft proposal is also included.

“Participants in previous workshops have received millions of dollars in funding, al-

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Grant Writing

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT Nov. 25 and Dec. 16 Hancock County Extension office, 802 Apple St., Greenfield, Indiana.

Cost is $175, which includes all materials and lunch on both days.

Registration deadline is Nov. 18.

Register at bit.ly/BGGWFall2019

lowing them to expand community facilities, purchase needed equipment and increase their services,” said Kris Parker, regional community development educator at Purdue Extension.

Purdue Extension offers this program several times each year at locations throughout the state.

For more information, contact Lais McCartney at 317462-1113 or lmccartn@purdue. edu.

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

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more quality and nutrition to the animals.

Parker said that due to the FROM PAGE ONE lack of pasture growth this season, producers may have to Parker said one thing that consider putting hay bales out producers can do for their pas- in pastures to supplement the tures, despite the lack of rain- forages livestock need. fall, is to get a soil test done, because one should be done once Ashley Langreck can be reached every three years. at 800-426-9438, ext. 192, or Good nutrient content in pas- alangreck@agrinews-pubs.com. ture soils will allow plants to Follow her on Twitter at: grow better, as well as provide @AgNews_Langreck.

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USDA estimates above trade expectations

By Tom C. Doran

into the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s crop production and supply and demand reports in a MINNE A P OLIS – T here Minneapolis Grain Exchangewas skeptical optimism in the hosted teleconference Oct. 10. days leading up to the Oct. 12 crop production and supply/ USDA forecast corn production demand reports in the shadow at 13.8 billion bushels, less than of new bullish, year-end quar- a 1% drop from last month, and terly corn and soybean stocks increased the average yield by 0.2 numbers. bushels to 168.4 bushels per acre.

However, the optimism was The trade expected production of subdued when the U.S. Dep- about 13.684 billion and a 167.5 artment of Agriculture rained average yield. on the market parade Oct. 10, Heesch: “Everyone was looking coming in with lower numbers for a really friendly corn number but not meeting pre-report ex- after the quarterly stocks numpectations. ber that came out on Sept. 30.

As a snowstorm descends on USDA raised the yield a freckle, the northern Great Plains where by two-tenths of a bushel, and planting was late and harvest lowered planted and harvested will be later, questions about the acres slightly. final numbers remain.

“Feed and residual was inFor example, only 22% of creased by 125 million and Nor th Dakota’s corn had USDA lowered ethanol use by reached maturity by Oct. 6, 50 million bushels. Exports compared to the 75% average were lowered by 150 million on that same date. Eight percent bushels. of North Dakota’s soybeans are “That gave us a little lower harvested, well behind the 48% ending stocks number at 1.93 average. Thirty-six percent of billion bushels. (The trade avSouth Dakota’s corn has reached erage pre-report guess was maturity and the average by Oct. 1.784 billion bushels of ending 6 is 80%, while soybean harvest stocks.) is 5% compared to the 36% av“While the report may not be erage. as negative, I think it just wasn’t Ami Heesch, CHS Hedging as friendly as what the market market analyst, spoke of future was looking for which brought crop scenarios and her insight the market down.”

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USDA pegged soybean production at 3.55 billion bushels, a 2% drop from last month, and had an average yield of 46.9 bushels per acre, a bushel drop from September.

Ending stocks were projected at 460 million bushels compared to 640 million estimated last month.

Heesch: “Soybean planted and harvested acres were reduced slightly. We lost about a bushel on the yield and used the friendly ending stocks on the Sept. 30 quarterly stocks report.

“Crush was increased by 5 million bushels and the lower production numbers gave us a lower ending stocks – from 640 million bushels to 460 million – but I think that’s still probably a little bit on the negative side as people were thinking we’d see a lot lower yield number, we’d see a lot less harvested acres, and we’d see a lot lower ending stocks number.”

The all wheat 2019-2020 ending stocks were increased to 1.043 billion bushels from 1.014 billion last month on lower exports and feed and residual use. What is your outlook on the wheat market going forward?

Heesch: “Winter wheat has a 56.9 stocks-to-use ratio. That’s still leaning toward the burdensome side. There was an increase in world stocks and I think that’s

primarily because the European Union production was raised from 151 million tons to 152.

Australia wheat production was lowered to 18 million tons and there are opinions that is going to continue to be reduced to something close to 16 million.

“The USDA said on Sept. 30 that they were going to resurvey the wheat numbers and not publish those until November. At that time there was probably 20 to 25% of the wheat crop to get harvested, and there’s still probably 10% left to be harvested in North Dakota that probably just won’t get harvested. And with the snow coming this weekend, the 10 or 12% left in Montana is probably going to be there for quite a while.

“So, I think we still have an opportunity to see some reductions in the wheat numbers coming up in the November report. I think Australia is supposed to stay dry for the next several weeks also, so we could see some changes in that, too, to kind of help with our spring wheat prices going forward.”

Do you anticipate any further production adjustments by the USDA with a harvest that is further delayed?

Heesch: “With the forecast for the next three weeks, guys are

talking about how much snow they get and whether the can actually harvest the soybeans. So, we are probably up for the possibility of another reduction in harvested acres. Maybe some of the soybeans that come in after this rain and snow are probably a little bit poorer in quality, and maybe they have a little bit of a yield loss on that, although the early soybeans were looking pretty good.

“For corn, I’m not so sure.

There’s been past years where corn has stood in the field all winter, it’s dried down, it’s reached maturity and has its test weight, and by the time spring came along and the ground was hard enough they could harvest it and the corn did fairly well.

“I think some of the corn in the eastern Corn Belt just isn’t there. With around 18 million prevent plant we’re going to see some shortfalls and that probably gets reflected more in abandonment to harvested acres going forward.

“I still think there are some opportunities for corn and soybeans, as well.”

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

Triple-stack soybean options enter market

By Tom C. Doran

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – A pair of triple-stack herbicide tolerant soybeans will be available and a third option is expected for 2020.

Waterhemp, Palmer amaranth, horseweed, morning glory, ragweed and other weeds have become tougher to control as they have developed resistance to herbicides from multiple site-ofaction groups.

Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, and MS Technologies announced the U.S. launch of Enlist E3 soybeans in early 2019.

Enlist E3 soybean trait technology provides tolerance to 2,4-D choline, glyphosate and glufosinate.

MS Technologies and Bayer announced the U.S. commercial launch of LibertyLink GT27 in mid-2018 for commercialization in 2019.

GT27 soybeans are tolerant to glyphosate, glufosinate, and the first HPPD-based herbicide for soybeans. Use of HPPD/ Group 27 herbicide on this product is pending Environmental Protection Agency approval.

Bayer’s XtendFlex soybeans are projected for commercial launch in 2020.

XtendFlex soybeans will be tolerant to glyphosate, dicamba and glufosinate. The commercial release is pending on approval by the European Union. China, Philippines and other relevant export partners have already approved XtendFlex soybeans.

tance to one or several herbicide sites of action.

According to the International Survey of Herbicide Resistant Weeds, the first confirmed report of resistance in Illinois was in 1985 when common lambsquarter was found resistant to atrazine. Multiple resistances were found in kochia samples in Illinois in 1995 and tall waterhemp samples the following year.

Resistance to three sites of action was found in tall waterhemp in Illinois in 2002. Seven years later, samples of tall waterhemp found resistance to four sites of action. Five-way resistance was discovered in Illinois tall waterhemp in 2016.

Since the first findings, other Illinois weeds that have shown at least one instance of herbicide resistance were found in samples including giant foxtail, common cocklebur, giant ragweed, tall waterhemp, horseweed, Palmer amaranth, and smooth pigweed.

The first confirmation of herbicide resistance in weeds in Indiana was found in 1980 when redroot pigweed and common lambsquarter were found to be resistant to atrazine.

As was the case in Illinois, multiple resistances were found in kochia in 1995. Most recently, buckhorn plantain samples in Indiana had resistance to 2,4-D in 2016.

Other weeds documented with at least one resistance in Indiana have included common ragweed, Palmer amaranth, tall waterhemp, giant ragweed, horseweed and giant foxtail.

RESISTANCE HISTORY The need for multiple weed control options is evident when reflecting on the long history of weeds that have developed resis-

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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Women of Indiana Agribusiness seminar

By Ashley Langreck

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INDIANAPOLIS — The Agribusiness Council of Indiana’s seminar series Women of Indiana Agribusiness continues from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Indiana Farm Bureau, Indianapolis.

ACI President Amy Cornell said this year the council decided to launch a seminar series focusing on Hoosier women involved in agribusiness, because they believed there was a need to be filled when it came to teaching and educating women involved in the agriculture industry.

“The seminars provide all the tools, resources and information that women in agribusiness need to be successful in their careers,” Cornell said.

The workshop will focus on teaching women how to overcome common behaviors that hold women back in the workplace.

“Women don’t have to be in agribusiness to attend,” Cornell said, adding that a big part of the

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A group of 4-H members participates in a city beautification project as part of their community service. Every year, junior leaders from around the country volunteer to help out their communities.

Learn something new Now is the time to enroll in 4-H

Jan. 15, 2020. The drop/add deadline for projects is May 15.

The same deadlines apply to Mini 4-H, for students in

By Erica Quinlan kindergarten through second AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS grade.

The program fee is $15 per INDIANAPOLIS — Four-H child, $45 max per family. The enrollment is now open for program fees cover insurance, youth in Indiana. project curriculum developThe enrollment deadline is ment and club enrichment ac-

tivities.

There is no county program fee for Mini 4-H. To enroll online, visit https:// in.4honline.com, or visit your local Extension office.

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

Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Quinlan.

5 reasons to join 4-H 4-H began over 100 ago and has grown into the largest youth development program in the U.S. In Indiana, 4-H can be found in all 92 counties and is delivered through Purdue Extension.

Community clubs, afterschool programs, camps, workshops and special programs are all ways youth can be involved with the 4-H

program.

Here are five reasons to consider joining 4-H. 1. Learn something new. 4-H students can try new crafts and learn skills through projects.

2. Make new friends. 4-H clubs are a great way for children to socialize.

3. Give back to the community.

Teenagers who volunteer through Junior Leaders spend time every year helping others.

4. Develop leadership skills. 4-H gives students the tools they need to become leaders.

5. Have fun. 4-H is a great way for kids of all ages to develop hobbies and use their imagination.

“Women don’t have to be in agribusiness to attend.”

Amy Cornell, president AGRIBUSINESS COUNCIL OF INDIANA

seminars is just to help women in general advance in their careers, whether they are involved in the agriculture industry or not.

The seminar will feature Sally Helgesen, author of the book “How Women Rise,” as well as a top-ranked executive coach at Marshall Goldsmith.

Cornell said the event is open to women of all ages and career levels.

For more information or to register, visit www.inagribiz. org/women-of-indiana-agribusiness-session-four.

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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OPINION

WHAT’S TRENDING These are this week’s most read stories on the AgriNews website: 1. Hemp near harvest: Trials finding answers to production questions 2. Ag art: Silo mural brightens town

3. Charles: Estimated increase in Social Security 4. Triple-stack soybeans near launch

5. Bell: Watch for early signs of corn ear molds

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Ag’s coming heart transplant

Packer profits raise concerns Cattle prices dropped like a rock following the Aug. 9 fire at the Tyson plant near Holcomb, Nebraska. The plant processed about 6,000 head of fed cattle per Rural Issues day, which equates to 6% of the total Cyndi Young- U.S. fed cattle capacity. Many were Puyear shocked that closing a single plant could have that much of a negative ripple effect throughout cattle country.

The whispers I’ve heard for years about packers having too much control over not only the vertically integrated poultry and hog segments, but cattle, as well, became louder and louder in days following the fire.

I’ve heard from so many people who received ridiculously low prices for cattle they sold in the past two months. I’ve personally experienced it, as well.

Prices weren’t so great to begin with, and then this big hit came and knocked the wind out of us all — well, almost all of us. Packer margins spiked in the days and weeks following the fire.

Enter the Western Ag Reporter trade publication and a cattle auctioneer from Montana who called on fellow cow-calf producers and feeders to join in a social media campaign #FairCattleMarkets to get the attention of President Donald Trump.

Joe Goggins said the ever-widening gap between packer profit margins and producer’s price for cattle has raised concern across the countryside. It’s been going on for more than two decades, and it’s past time to do something about it.

Goggins doesn’t claim to have all the answers. He acknowledged that getting rid of packers isn’t an answer, as they are needed. His hope is to get a conversation started so the president understands there is a problem and to get some fairness back in the market.

The campaign got the attention of a lot of cattlemen who were more than happy to participate.

Somewhere along the way, however, other groups with different motives seized control of the campaign and tried to make it their own. #FairCattleMarkets didn’t start out as a promotion for country of origin labeling or as an anti-Beef Checkoff campaign. But it was morphed into that and more.

One of the things I detest about the way laws at the state and federal level are made is the inclusion of non-related additions tossed in so a bill will pass.

Many of us will support whole-heartedly the gist of a bill until we find out what might be “buried” in it. That is what happened to the #FairCattleMarkets campaign.

I have been and will always be a proponent for promotion, research and education funding for the beef industry. I do not believe that an organization with strong ties to Humane Society of the United States should have or expect to have a seat at the table when it comes to deciding anything about production, promotion, education or research pertaining to beef cattle.

I do believe that the National Beef Checkoff could do a better job communicating to those who fund it. I do believe there is transparency and accountability to cattle producers, but I don’t think most of us want to go looking for it.

If government and private estimates are accurate, hundreds of millions of American farm acres will have new owners in the next 15 years.

For example, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Farm & Food the Department of Agriculture’s survey takFile ers and recordkeepers, predicts that 100 million Alan Guebert acres of today’s farmland will be sold by its current owners by 2023.

The American Farmland Trust, a non-partisan farmland conservation group based in Washington, D.C., pegs the turnover rate even higher. It estimates 371 million acres of the nation’s farm and ranchland will change hands in the next 15 years. That’s four out of every 10 acres in private ownership today, claims AFT. One key reason for the coming turnover is the average age of today’s farmers; we — my generation, the Baby Boomers — are getting old. Demographers say today’s youngest Boomer is 55; its oldest, well into their 70s.

While the average age of all U.S. farmers, 57.5, falls on the younger end of that scale, it is accelerating by more than a year every five years, according to the 2017 Ag Census.

As such, it won’t be long before most Boomers will be a fading echo in America and American ag. Don’t worry; we will be a loud echo. According to U.S. Census data, nearly 10,000 Boomers —

including many farmers, some journalists, and, uh huh, column readers — now reach age 65 every day.

Equally noteworthy is the average age of today’s “beginning farmer,” a group the 2017 Ag Census defines as ranchers and farmers with less than 10 years of farming experience: a not-so-short-in-thetooth 46.3 years.

That’s probably why USDA classifies them as “beginning farmers” and not “young farmers.”

Even more striking is state-level data. According to a 2018 Iowa State University study on Iowa farmland ownership and tenure, 60% of that state’s farmland is owned by people 65 or older and 35% is owned by people 75 or older.

Other farmland ownership numbers from the Iowa State study are just as eye opening. For example, 13% of Iowa’s farmland is owned by women over 80 years old; over half of Iowa’s farmland is owned by people who don’t farm; 30% is owned by either corporations or trusts; and 29% “is primarily owned for family or sentimental reasons.”

The Hawkeye State’s numbers are indicative of almost all ag-centered states.

We farm-raised Boomers, it seems, revere farmland whether we farmed it or inherited it, and we tend to hold onto it despite recent low returns because that’s what our families have always done.

For many of our children, however, those softhearted family reasons don’t hold up to hard-nosed business analysis.

Indeed, their lack of affection, interest or knowledge of either farming or farmland provides most of the reasoning behind the coming turnover as we Boomers, lit-

erally and figuratively, retire.

The coming flush of land sales, however, doesn’t mean land prices will cheapen dramatically or that today’s young farmers can expect to buy land more easily in the coming years despite U.S. farmers over age 65 currently outnumbering those under 35 by a stunning 6-to-1 margin.

New, innovative ideas, however, are percolating to bridge the age, ownership, and land tenure gap in rural America.

Several will be showcased Oct. 21 in Red Wing, Minnesota, at the Upper Midwest Farmland Summit.

The convention’s overarching goal is to “help farmers successfully transition their farms both within and outside the family, and to assist beginning farmers to attain affordable land access.”

The gathering — one that should be replicated across farm country for years to come — is sponsored by the Farmland Access Hub. It will bring together farmers, attorneys, finance experts, conservationists and ag marketing professionals to “address these issues and discuss innovative strategies and solutions” now facing both older farmers, as well as aging farm communities.

For aging Boomers, though, it’s an almost bulls-eye shot at immortality, a way to transplant our love for the land and of farming into the hearts and minds of a new, caring generation for decades to come.

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

American Farm Bureau celebrates a century Your American Farm Bureau turns 100 next month, a truly special cause for celebration. All year long, we have been celebrating a century of working together for the men and women who grow our food, fiber and Zippy Duvall energy. This remarkable milestone is a testament to how much stronger we American are when we speak with Farm Bureau one voice.

Federation A lot has changed in 100 years, but farmers’ and ranchers’ most essential needs and concerns have not. Then and now, we need markets for what we produce, labor to grow and harvest it, infrastructure to transport it and fair prices to keep our businesses moving forward.

Thankfully, there is a strong, national organization working for those goals. Founded in November 1919, the American Farm Bureau Federation has given all farmers and ranchers a voice in our nation’s capital.

Because of the decision 100 years ago to establish the American Farm Bureau Federation, farmers and ranchers are represented when Congress works on a wide range of issues.

No matter what they grow or where they grow it, farmers and ranchers come together through Farm Bureau to work for the good of all of agriculture.

On a day-to-day basis, it’s easy to take

Founded in November 1919, the American Farm Bureau Federation has given all farmers and ranchers a voice in our nation’s capital. this organization for granted. It seems as if it always has been here for us farmers and ranchers, and it always will be. But to appreciate something’s true value, you need to imagine how things would be without it.

Without Farm Bureau, we would not have federal programs to provide risk management tools to help farmers and ranchers survive volatile ups and downs in the farm economy. Without this great organization, non-farm interests would drown out the voice of farmers and ranchers.

The American Farm Bureau was the first organization to bring groups of grassroots members to Washington, D.C., to influence their members of Congress in favor of farm legislation. Our Farm Bureau forefathers wrote the book on grassroots advocacy and influence, and we’re still proud of our grassroots structure.

We have been standing firm for farmers since day one. In the early days of Farm Bureau, Congress wanted to recess without voting on a farm bill.

The American Farm Bureau worked with a “farm bloc” of senators and representatives, however, to stop Congress

from recessing until the farm legislation was considered.

With that same passion, we continue to band together across Farm Bureau to ensure that Congress, the White House and federal agencies make our farmers and ranchers a priority.

We in Farm Bureau often say that if there wasn’t an American Farm Bureau, we’d have to create one today. Of course, the reality is we do “recreate” Farm Bureau with each new generation of grassroots farm and ranch leaders.

Each generation determines where this movement will go next, how engaged they will be and, therefore, how effective and influential Farm Bureau will be.

Each generation strengthens Farm Bureau for the next, so that future farmers and ranchers will have a strong, united voice working for them, too.

In an age when it seems that so much is coming and going faster than ever, it is such a blessing to be able to celebrate 100 years as an organization.

Much like the farmers and ranchers we represent, we tend to keep our heads down and hands on the plow here at American Farm Bureau, moving forward with the work that needs to get done.

I’m so thankful for this opportunity to pause and reflect on our organization’s history and the good work we’ve accomplished together. May God bless us with another fruitful century of Farm Bureau.

Zippy Duvall is the president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Cyndi Young-Puyear is farm director and operations manager for Brownfield Network.

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Reading recipe Marion County Farm Bureau donates 800 books to students

By Ashley Langreck AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

INDIANAPOLIS — The Marion County Farm Bureau recently donated more than 800 books to local elementary schools.

“When this project came along it was a match made in heaven for us,” said Farm Bureau President Jack Haefling.

Copies of “Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for Earth” by Mary McKenna Siddals was distributed to five elementary schools.

“The teachers loved them, and the students were thrilled to take them home,” Haefling said.

Haefling said that many of the students immediately started leafing through the books or put them straight in their knapsacks.

“We have donated at a smaller scale, but never at this level. It’s one of our dreams come true,” Haefling said.

Molly Zentz, Farm Bureau public relations manager, said the book is the current Indiana Farm Bureau book of the year.

She said the book explains what goes into compost and how it is made.

Books were presented to students at Hornet Park Elementar y, Brookside School, James Russell Low|ell School, Francis W. Parker School, and Paramount School of Excellence.

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38 139 3784 100 3288

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Southern Illinois: Friday: clouds and sun.

Winds south-southeast 6-12 mph. Expect three to six hours of sun with good drying conditions and average relative humidity 55%. Saturday: a couple of showers and a thunderstorm.

Indianapolis 64/48 Terre Haute 66/46

47 144 3425 75 2880

Anna 69/49

Today Hi/Lo/W 66/49/pc 62/50/pc 66/50/pc 70/55/pc 62/52/pc 64/51/pc 69/46/pc 66/53/pc 69/54/pc 64/50/pc 67/53/pc 68/52/pc

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Central Indiana: Friday: clouds and sun.

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Expect three to six hours of sunshine with fair drying conditions and average relative humidity 60%.

Central Illinois: Friday: clouds and sun; pleasant in the west. Winds south-southeast 8-16 mph. Expect three to six hours of sunshine with fair drying conditions and average relative humidity 55%. Saturday: a few showers.

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Celebrity chefs could reduce foodborne illnesses, study says WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — Foodborne illnesses sicken more than 48 million people in the United States each year, with 128,000 requiring hospitalization and 3,000 dying, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Preparing food using thermometers correctly to ensure that it is cooked well enough to eliminate pathogens and bacteria could save some of those lives.

A Purdue University analysis shows that few people use thermometers, however, if they even know how. One major factor is that they draw inspiration from celebrity chefs, magazines and food blogs that rarely mention the importance of proper temperatures.

“We see that celebrity chefs simply rely on time estimates in their recipes or cut through the meat to show there is no blood or pink. That doesn’t always mean the food is safe, however,” said Yaohua “Betty” Feng, an assistant professor of food science at Purdue, whose results were published in the Journal of Food Protection.

“That affects the behaviors of home cooks and professional cooks.

If their role models aren’t using thermometers, why should they? But if chefs preparing food on television or social media would include the use of a thermometer to ensure the food is thoroughly cooked, it would have an impact on their viewers.”

Feng and Christine M. Bruhn of the University of California, Davis, analyzed 85 studies from over two decades to understand knowledge, attitudes and behaviors associated with thermometer use. Despite it being considered a best practice in home and professional kitchens, thermometer use is low.

In one study, two-thirds of people reported owning a meat thermometer, but less than 20% used it all the time to check the temperature of chicken, and less than 10% used it all the time for hamburgers.

About half of consumers say that thermometers aren’t necessary to check the doneness of egg or meat dishes.

One of the top reasons given is that role models, such as celebrity chefs, rest au r a nt ma na ger s, cookbook authors and bloggers, rarely use temperatures to signify when a dish is cooked completely.

“Use of a cooking thermometer is seldom mentioned in recipes developed for consumers. Printed recipes describe cooking time and oven temperature but rarely list recommended endpoint internal temperature,” the authors wrote.

“A recent evaluation of popular cookbooks revealed that only 8% of the recipes containing raw meat included an endpoint temperature, and in 28% of those recipes, the tem-

perature provided was incorrect.”

Analyses of television cooking programs found that 45% to 75% of episodes do not show use of a cooking thermometer, and only 12% mention the correct cooking temperatures.

Feng also noted that many people are unsure which type of thermometer to buy or how to correctly use them, including where to place the thermometer in the food, the correct endpoint temperatures, proper temperature cali-

bration for the thermometer, and proper cleaning and sanitation. About 95% of people in one study did not clean their thermometers after use.

“We see people check chicken that isn’t done, and then they set the ther-

mometer on a plate or on the counter, contaminating those surfaces,” Feng said.

“Later, they’ll use that unsanitized thermometer to check chicken again, potentially introducing pathogens to the food.”

Some studies monitoring

those using thermometers noted that some cooks did not remove the plastic probe cover before trying to check the temperature of meat. In other studies, cooks believed they could simply tell when food was done.

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Is that avocado brown already? Genetic research could help WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — Avocados are famous for having a frustratingly short period of consumption. They’re hard as rocks for a while and as soon as you try to eat one, they’ve turned to brown mush.

Some researchers are trying to change this by taking a closer look at the fruit’s genes. Doing an analysis of an avocado’s transcriptome, which represents the small portion of genetic code that’s transcribed to RNA molecules, could help researchers manipulate the firmness of the fruit and the rate at which they ripen.

Michael Gribskov, a professor of biological sciences at Purdue University, recently received a Fulbright Scholar Award to conduct research at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá.

Gribskov will study the genes of several economically important Colombian crops, including avocados, cacao and rice, to improve the varieties, ramp up production and potentially increase opportunities for exporting them.

“With genomics and transcriptomics, we’re looking at how an organism’s genes are being turned on and off in response to different things.

In avocados, we want to know how the genes are being turned on and off during the ripening of the fruit,” Gribskov said. “The hope is that this research can be used to develop

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new varieties of fruit that might have different commercial applications.”

Roughly 80% of the avocados U.S. residents consume are imported, with the rest coming mostly from California. Avocados are the second largest fruit export from Mexico to the United States, after only tomatoes. But while the United States and Mexico are sorting out their trade disagreements, other countries are eyeing the opportunity.

For many years, Colombian avocados were distributed only within Latin America because they didn’t have the necessary trade agreements to sell them elsewhere.

Colombia received per-

Avocados are the second largest fruit export from Mexico to the United States, after only tomatoes. mission to export avocados to the United States in January, and now that many of the regulatory hurdles have been cleared, farmers are trying to adapt their product for foreign markets.

Avocados sold in the United States are often of the Hass variety, which is

why they look pretty much the same every time you pick one up at the grocery store.

But closer to where the fruit originated, in southern Mexico, they can actually vary quite a bit.

This diversity is one reason Colombian avocados aren’t sold outside South America, Gribskov said.

Colombian avocados can be as large as a butternut squash and have skin that’s anywhere from purple to green.

People tend to like consistency in their foods, so there’s been some concern about how the different varieties would fare in American stores.

The oils of the avocado provide another avenue for

enhancement. Avocados are unique because they produce oils, unlike other fruit, which produce sugars. Oils contribute to the taste of the avocado, but they can also be used in commercial goods, such as cosmetics and cooking products.

“Because the varieties in Colombia are so diverse, they probably have a lot of different oils,” Gribskov said.

“That affects their taste, but it also affects what kind of different commercial products they could be used in.”

Genomics also can be used to understand the effects of the environment on plant health and human toxicity. Colombian soils

are very fertile, but they’re high in metals such as cadmium and aluminum.

Cadmium is toxic to humans. In plants, it tends to go where calcium would go but doesn’t work as well.

To prevent plants from taking it up, one could manipulate the system in the roots of the plant.

“You could also manipulate the bacteria living in the soil to immobilize the cadmium,” Gribskov said.

“That’s how you make metals non-toxic. If you take away their charge, they can’t move.”

He’ll be looking at cadmium uptake by cacao, which was once an important export crop for Colombia, in the Yacopi region of the country.

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Hutjens presented career capstone award Dairy Shrine selects professor emeritus for highest honor

By Martha Blum AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

MADISON, Wis. — The National Dairy Shrine honored Mike Hutjens with a capstone career award by presenting him the Guest of Honor Award.

This annual award is the highest recognition presented by the Shrine at its annual meeting and banquet held during the World Dairy Expo.

The Guest of Honor Award recognizes a contemporary dairy leader for his outstanding accomplishments and contributions to the dairy industry. “This is pretty humbling,� said Hutjens, University of Illinois Extension dairy specialist emeritus. “Little did I know a Wisconsin farm boy from a grade Holstein herd would end up with an award from the National Dairy Shrine,� he said.

Hutjens was raised on a 300-acre farm near Green Bay, where his family owned a 70-cow Holstein herd. “That was a pretty good size farm in the ‘50s,� he said.

A nd m il k i ng cows during that time was really hard work. “We didn’t have a pipeline so we carried all the milk from 70 cows to a bulk tank,� Hutjens said. “My sister and I weren’t tall enough, so dad built a couple of steps for us so we could dump the milk in the bulk tank.�

Hutjens studied at the University of Wisconsin, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and a master’s and Ph.D. in dairy science. Several mentors were important to Hutjens, including L.H. Schultz, who was his adviser at Wisconsin. “Dr. Schultz always came to work wearing a tie, even when you would take blood from cows, he would wear a tie,� Hutjens said. “A lot of people called him Bud Schultz, but I never did.�

In 1971, Hutjens started his career as the Extension dairy specialist at the University of Minnesota. “That was a tremendous opportunity because at that time Minnesota was the No. 4 dairy state,� he said. “That’s where I learned Extension from powerful Extension workers and a strong dairy faculty.�

The professor became the Extension dairy specialist at the U of I in 1979. “I moved to Illinois and I’ve been here ever since,� he said. “My appointment was 50% teaching and 50% Extension.�

For 20 of the 32 years, Hutjens worked as the dairy specialist he taught online classes. “No other school was doing this when we started,� he said. “Bob Easter who was the department head at that time was one of the reasons we started the class because he thought online teaching was the future.�

Each year, Hutjens taught two classes during the fall semester and one during the spring semester. The class was unique because it attracted three types of students — dairy farmers, veterinarians and college students.

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“One year, a dairy farmer was the top student in the class,� he said. “We took most of our classroom lectures and converted them into 15-minute teaching modules.�

Hutjens has written numerous ar ticles for weekly agricultural newspapers and monthly magazines, including Hoard’s Dairyman, as well as technical bulletins. “Writing for Hoard’s Dairyman opened international opportunities, and I’ve been to 19 or 20 countries,� he said. “I’m getting close to 3 million miles on American Airlines.�

Although Hutjens retired on Dec. 31, 2010, he continues to travel to deliver presentations and write for some of the dairy publications as a professor emeritus at the U of I. Watching students grow has been one of the best parts of his job, Hutjens said. “Many of the students

Mike Hutjens’ portrait is now displayed at the National Dairy Shrine Museum and National Dairy Hall of Fame in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. The University of Illinois Extension dairy specialist emeritus received the Guest of Honor award, the highest recognition presented by the Shrine. that took my classes grew up on the fringes of Chicago or were not dairy kids,� he said. “Yet it was amazing to see all of a sudden it would click and several of those students went to graduate school which

“Little did I know a Wisconsin farm boy from a grade Holstein herd would end up with an award from the National Dairy Shrine.�

is really rewarding.�

Hutjens also treasures working with dairy farmers. “I have discovered whether you’re talking to dairy farmers in China, New Zealand, Canada or Illinois, they are all cut from the same cloth,� he said. “They are totally committed to producing high quality and safe food as economically and sustainable as they can.�

Working with veterinarians also has been a rewarding aspect for the dairy specialist. “This is my 38th year to provide training at the A mer ican A ssociation of Bovine Practitioners conference, where they get hands-on training and applied information,�

Hutjens said. “That includes 20 to 30 veterinarians, and if every one of them works at 40 to 50 farms, look at the reach that has.�

The professor emeritus has received numerous honors recognizing his life-long career working in the dairy industry, in-

Mike Hutjens, professor emeritus UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

cluding a National DHI award, the World Dairy Expo Industry Person of the Year and several recognitions from the American Dairy Science Association. “I also received awards from the Illinois Milk P roducers A ssociation and the Illinois Holstein Association, which come from the dairy farmers, so those are pretty neat recognitions,� Hutjens said.

Hutjens and his wife, Carol, are the parents of ďŹ ve and they have seven grandchildren. “I met Carol during my

senior year at Wisconsin at a Beer Supper at AGR,� he said. “A Beer Supper means the boys provide the beverage, room and music, and the girls brought the meal.�

Careers in education occur in several generations of the Hutjens family. “My mother was a teacher, and our daughter teaches elementary school in Indiana,� he said. “And our granddaughter is working on her Ph.D., and she would also like to be in education, so we have four generations of teachers.�

Hutjens’ portrait now is displayed at the National Dairy Shrine Museum and National Dairy Hall of Fame in Fort Atkinson as the 2019 Guest of Honor award recipient.

For more information about the National Dairy Shrine, go to: www.dairyshrine.org.

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

Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Blum.

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Societal changes impact milk sales

By Martha Blum

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

MADISON, Wis. — A variety of factors impact the amount of milk U.S. consumers are drinking today.

“Milk is consumed in 94% of the houses in the U.S.,” said Paul Ziemnisky, Dairy Management Inc.’s Global Innovation Partnerships executive vice president. “That’s 117 million households, so despite all the innovation launched over the last four years, we still have a significant footprint.”

Of the consumers that purchase milk, Ziemnisky said, 65 million households purchase 33 gallons of milk per year.

“Another 52 million households buy 29 million gallons of milk, but they’re buying five gallons of alternative product,” he said during an educational seminar at the World Dairy Expo.

“These households are explorers that want new flavors and new benefits, so we have to get it to them to keep milk relevant.”

About 4 million households buy plant-based beverages exclusively, Ziemnisky said.

“That’s not our competition,” he said.

Ziemnisky highlighted several factors that are impacting the sale of milk, including societal changes.

“Seventy percent of households in the U.S. don’t have kids, and people are having kids later,”

he noted. “For some households, a gallon of milk is not relevant. They need different forms.”

In addition, many families have changing breakfast Ziemnisky behaviors.

“Consumers aren’t sitting down eating breakfast, so the decline of cereal consumption has driven 25% of milk’s decline,” Ziemnisky said.

“People are eating breakfast sandwiches on the go, and our cheese business is growing because of that.”

DMI has a partnership with McDonald’s that helped the company re-launch the McCafé business.

“Our fluid milk sales are growing in that channel,” Ziemnisky said. “But it hurts us because they’re not at home having milk with cereal.”

The consumption of bottled water and coffee are impacting the sales of milk.

“People are paying $30 to $50 per gallon for premium water and for coffee beverages — $3.99 for eight to 10 ounces,” Ziemnisky said. “So, there’s a lot of opportunity for premiumization of milk.”

During the last decade, he said, flavor and carbonization has driven the growth of water.

“For coffee it’s portability or ready to drink coffee,” he said.

“So, it’s grab-and-go coffee.”

HEALTHY LIVING “Today’s consumers are focused on living a holistic lifestyle,” said Kristiana Alexander, Dairy Management Inc.’s Global Innovation Partnerships director, who also spoke during the seminar.

“That is a lifestyle that emphasizes a connection of your mind, your body and the planet,” Alexander said. “It’s about what’s good for me and my family, for my community and ultimately the earth.”

Alexander said DMI is focusing on three areas of innovation for dairy products — peak performance, sensorial experiences and responsible consumption.

“Because people are focused on a holistic lifestyle, these are not mutually exclusive,” she said.

“So, many products are being launched that tap into multiple consumer needs and multiple trends.”

For peak performance, Alexander said, this means health no longer is the opposite of illness.

“It is an endless journey towards optimization,” she said.

“It includes basic nutrition, enhanced nutrition, gut and brain health and energy.”

Protein is a fixture in diets.

“Year after year, consumers are looking to get more protein

in their diet,” Alexander said.

“Sugar today is the enemy and people are looking to consume less sugar,” she said.

“One area Alexander that gets the green light is when sugar comes from natural sources like products that are sweetened with ingredients like honey, maple or dates.”

Providing enhanced nutrition is all about bringing food and ingredients that people want more of into beverages, Alexander said.

“Digestive wellness is the biggest driver of food and health,” she said. “Fiber is back, and 44% of U.S. consumers are looking to increase their fiber intake, so there’s a 21% average annual growth in products carrying a fiber claim.”

Mental health, Alexander said, is just as important as physical health for consumers.

“They are looking for natural remedies to fight the daily stresses of modern life,” she said.

Examples include natural herbs that counteract stress in the body such as ginseng.

“CBD oil is popping up in food and beverages,” Alexander said.

“The oil is extracted from the plant, and it is used for de-stressing and high anxiety.”

Consumers seek sensorial experiences that make them feel good.

“People want products designed specifically for them,” Alexander said. “People are willing to pay more for access to experiences.”

Floral flavors such as hibiscus, elder flower, lavender and rose now are found in beverages.

“They lend themselves really nicely to dairy because they have a soft, subtle flavor that is not too extreme to your taste buds,” Alexander said.

“As people move further away from the farm, they crave storytelling and education to bring them back to the farm,” she said.

“Storytelling, transparency and knowing where your food comes from is top of mind for consumers because they want to know the origins of the products.”

Since plastic now is a global issue, Alexander said, people are looking for ways to rethink plastic.

“It is about waste reduction, reusing and recycling and thinking of new packaging,” she said.

“We have to think of ways to reinvent plastic.”

For more information about Dairy Management Inc., go to: www.dairy.org.

Martha Blum can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 117, or marthablum@agrinews-pubs. com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Blum.

New products designed with cow comfort in mind

By Martha Blum

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

MADISON, Wis. — Thousands of visitors from the United States and nearly 100 countries from around the world traveled to the World Dairy Expo during the first week of October.

In addition to the cattle shows held throughout the five-day show and educational seminars, the event features a large trade show where companies display a wide variety of products that dairymen use to manage their herds and complete tasks on their farming operations.

Here are a few of the new products on display at the 2019 show.

COW WATERBEDS

BY DCC WATERBEDS SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN WWW.DCCWATERBEDS.COM “We are the world leader in cow waterbed sales,” said Scott Hartwell, territory sales manager for DCC Waterbeds. “Our patent is a two-chamber system, and we’ve been selling waterbeds for cows since 1999, so that’s part of what we’re celebrating this year — our 20th year in business.”

Dairy farms are focused on cow comfort.

“Farmers recognize if they can keep their cows comfortable, the cows should generally lie down more; therefore, they can get better production from their animals,” Hartwell said.

The DCC Waterbeds are available in a variety of sizes.

“The waterbeds come on a roll, and they can be 54 inches wide down to 30 inches,” Hartwell said. “Each stall gets an individual bed, and each has two fill

Samantha Carlson talks about the new EasySwing brushes that come in four sizes and are completely cow-powered and do not require electricity.

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Scott Hartwell kneels on a DCC waterbed that features a two-chamber system. The company is a world leader in cow waterbed sales, and this year is celebrating its 20th year in business. points for the two-chambered system.”

A little bedding on top of the waterbed is recommended for dryness.

“We suggest top bedding materials like rice hulls, chopped

straw or dried shavings,” Hartwell said.

“Many farmers will use lime especially during the hotter, wetter times of the year to try to make sure the cows aren’t at environmental risk for mastitis.”

HUTCH BY CALF-TEL GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN WWW.CALFTEL.COM Calf-Tel launched its 2020 product line at the World Dairy Expo.

“We have a new style of hutch with a plastic extruded base that is folded into the bottom of the hutch,” said Ashley Hansen, associate marketing manager for Calf-Tel. “Previously, our hutches had a pipe base and that pipe can freeze to the ground and pop off,” Hansen said. “To eliminate that problem, we have this extruded base that has flex, but also is rigid, so it will last the life of the hutch and we have hutches on farms that are almost 30 years old.”

In addition, Calf-Tel has introduced a customizer feature on the website that gives dairymen the ability to choose the features they prefer for their calf hutches.

“They can work through a bunch of options to build a hutch that fits their management style,” Hansen said.

Calf-Tel offers indoor calf pens along with the outdoor hutches.

“Last year, we launched our on-line store where we sell a lot of our accessories,” Hansen said. “All calf raisers can use our accessories like bottles, buckets or calf blankets and we Ashley Hansen opens the door of the new Calf-Tel hutch that features an run a lot of specials on the web- extruded base. Dairymen can use a customizer feature on the company’s website.” site to design a hutch that fits their operation.

EASYSWING BRUSHES

BY AGROMATIC FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN WWW.AGROMATIC.NET “New this year is our EasySwing brushes,” said Samantha Carlson, marketing representative for Agromatic.

“We are the first company in the U.S. with brushes that are not electric.”

The brushes come in four sizes and the company recommends installing one brush per 60 cows.

“The brushes are completely cow-powered, and they can be mounted anywhere in the facility,” Carlson said. “You don’t have to run electricity to a specific spot.”

Each ring of the brush is individually replaceable.

“You save on electricity, the initial cost of the brush and on the replacement brushes,” Carlson said. “The brushes keep the cows cleaner, healthier, and the cows use the brushes to clean themselves instead of other things in the barn that they could damage.”

The company offers BOBMAN machines, which can be used for a variety of tasks including sweeping, scrapping, putting bedding back into stalls and pushing feed up.

“They have self-loading feature that makes it a lot easier than getting off the machine and doing it by hand,” Carlson said.

Ryan McPeake explains the Teatwand is an automatic teat sprayer for rotating dairy parlors and it can be used for either pre- or post-spraying udders.

TEATWAND

BY ONFARM SOLUTIONS CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND WWW.ONFARMSOULTIONS.COM Teatwand was first introduced to dairymen 10 years ago in New Zealand.

“We have been in the states for four years, and we have probably over 100 systems in the states now,” said Ryan McPeake, sales manager for Onfarm Solutions. “Teatwand is an automatic teat sprayer for rotating dairy parlors.”

Teatwand goes in and out under the legs of the cows.

“We use the movement of the platform spinning,” McPeake said. “It can be used to clean

the udder as a pre spray or for disinfectant of the teats after milking.”

The Teatwand is a robust product. “Think about how many motions they do in a day,” McPeake said. “Producers like the simplicity of the product, and they can do the repair work themselves if they need to.”

For more information about the World Dairy Expo, go to www.worlddairyexpo.com.

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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ENCHANTED CASTLE Havencrest offers day trip through centuries, countries

By Jeannine Otto AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

SAVANNA, Ill. — It’s difficult to know where to start in describing Havencrest Castle.

The logical place is the entryway of the mansion that perches atop a hill in Savanna. That’s where the tours start on weekends in October and May. “I’ve been working on a fullsize Titanic cherub. That is in the entrance hall,” said Alan St. George, the sculptor and Titanic buff who has owned Havencrest since 1976.

When he and his late wife Adrianne bought the house, they never envisioned that it would become a popular attraction, with visitors making the journey to this Mississippi River town to see the magic that the St. Georges created.

“We never imagined the tours.

It was just our home. We would have our guests to our events but we never imagined opening it to the public,” St. George said.

The two met when he was 13 and she was 15. They married in 1975.

“We had a very long time together, 40 years we knew each other but 31 years of marriage,” he said.

Their love is reflected in virtually every room in the 63-room mansion, from the sculptures that adorn the ceilings and walls, the female figures resembling Adrianne and the male figures resembling Alan, to the more personal touches.

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“These are all the Christmas cards we sent, every year we put out a Christmas card as a way to share what we were doing on the house,” he said.

The rooms also are full of memories, each with a story about the couple who renovated and enlarged the mansion, originally called Hillcrest.

“We had many, many dinner parties in this room. Adrianne loved giving dinner parties. She felt her job was to entertain, to make it a fun event,” St. George said, pausing in the formal dining room with its dark wood, Renaissance surroundings.

The table is set with a complete place setting, as it would have been for one of the St. Georges’ many dinner parties.

In the first major room, the front parlor, he pointed out the birds-eye maple woodwork, original to the house. That woodwork provoked a “pretty healthy” discussion between the St. Georges when they were transforming the mansion into their dream home.

“Adrianne wanted to paint it and do this as the ‘Louis’ room,” he said, referencing the famous “Sun King” of France, who built the Palace of Versailles. “I didn’t because this is really special wood. A carpenter came by and said ‘birds-eye maple parlor, the only one like it in the county.’

After that, she wouldn’t paint it.”

The artwork, from sculptures to the painted ceilings, are the work of St. George, a skilled sculptor and painter. Cherubs,

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The sculptures in the old English themed Great Hall of Havencrest Castle are based on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. flowers, plaques with figures representing each of the four seasons and bearing the likenesses of Alan and Adrianne decorate walls, ceilings and fireplaces.

The painted ceilings also are his masterpieces.

“I worked on the ceiling, it was done in two canvases and then lifted and glued onto the ceiling, the paintings on the walls match it,” he said.

Guests purchase tickets at the visitors center, originally the first home of the Greenleaf family, who started and owned the Savanna Times-Journal newspaper. Francis Greenleaf and his wife Margaret built the 20-room mansion that would become Havencrest, starting in 1899 and finishing in 1901. They called the big house on the hill Hillcrest.

The tours are self-guided, with stops throughout the two floors of the mansion.

The rooms are a throwback to a much earlier time — and that reflects the St. Georges themselves, St. George said.

“She was just like somebody from an earlier time. She wore the dresses to the floor all the time, even in the daytime. That was her style, she loved floorlength dresses. I think she was really a Victorian at heart,” St. George said.

Rooms like the Chinese tea room, the conservatory and the medieval Great Hall offer glimpses into other times and cultures. The Chinese tea room, which is a dramatic departure from the rest of the mansion, is a surprise.

“It’s such a different mood and different lighting. It turns out it’s come to be one of the favorites on the tour. I think because it’s such a departure from the rest of the house,” St. George said.

For the St. Georges, tailoring their mansion was a way to ex-

Alan St. George has opened his home to guests. Havencrest Castle is open to visitors, by ticket only, on weekends in October and May. Havencrest Castle was purchased by St. George and his late wife Adrianne in 1976, when they moved to Savanna. Adrianne died of a sudden illness in 2006. Alan has continued to add to the mansion to memorialize his wife and their years together. plore other lands and cultures.

“It has been a pleasure, since we didn’t travel, to travel this way. To just go from room to room, you can go from France to England to China,” St. George said.

Their renovation and additions also include episodes that any homeowner can relate to.

The conservatory that fronts the mansion and whose windows look out over the streets below that march down to the Mississippi River provided one of those.

When the St. Georges purchased the mansion, they envisioned a Victorian conservatory, with live plants providing green-

ery and blooms year-round as sun streamed in the windows.

“We thought OK, southern exposure. But even though it’s southern exposure, it’s not enough because the oak trees are big now, compared to when the Greenleafs had their conservatory. We didn’t factor that in,” St. George said.

They adapted, though. The conservatory has the soothing sounds of a bubbling brook and the croaks of a frog and chirps of crickets can be heard. Trees and vines and flowers proliferate amid the sculpture that looks aged and weathered.

“We just went with the whimsy. We’ll have a weeping willow that actually weeps. We’ll have electronic butterflies that open and close their wings and stuff that you couldn’t do with live plants,” St. George said.

The newest room to be completed is the ballroom. The massive room is the biggest room in the house and was part of what St. George calls the “grand project.”

“From 1993 to 2005 was the construction but the interiors still go on even now. We’re just finishing the ballroom. It was 10 years just to make all of the lifesized sculptures in it, I have 25 sculptures,” St. George said.

The ballroom, like all of the house, continues with the memories of Adrianne St. George and their years spent together. For Alan St. George, the big mansion on the hill remains and continues as a home and as a monument to the love they shared, that he now shares with visitors.

“I hope she’s all right with it.

I think she would be,” 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.

Making faces comes naturally to Havencrest’s owner

By Jeannine Otto

pany based in Savanna, Illinois, that makes mascot costumes.

“We do every kind of animal.

SAVANNA, Ill. — For Alan St. We’ve got hundreds and hunGeorge, creating the sculptures dreds and mostly what we do is that adorn the ceilings, walls, high school, college and univercorners and alcoves of Havencrest sity mascots,” he said.

Castle came naturally.

He started the business from “My favorite thing is sculphis parents’ home when he ture,” he said. was 19 years old. From there St. George is the founder and he rented a storefront and owner of Facemakers, a comthen moved the business to AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

Oak Park, Illinois, and then to Savanna in 1976.

“We have tigers, bulldogs, hawks, falcons, eagles and more.

They are almost all customized in some way. They start with a basic mascot and then they want us to do something different with it, like a tiger in green or the school’s colors,” St. George said.

The business employs around 10 people and sells the mascot

costumes on a retail basis.

A least two of Facemakers’ creations are very well known to many people.

“We are one of two companies in the world that have a license to make Smokey the Bear costumes with the U.S. Forest Service,” St. George said.

In fact, the company recently filled a large order of the popular fire prevention mascot.

“We just shipped 28 Smokey the Bear costumes to North Carolina, which was the biggest order in our history. Usually we ship one or two at a time,” he said.

The company also has a license to make Woodsy Owl, who used to partner with Smokey the Bear, with the familiar motto of “Give a hoot, don’t pollute!”

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Goat rams through sliding glass door, naps inside bathroom CL E V EL A N D (A P) — An Ohio homeowner never envisioned becoming semi-famous because of a goat butting its way into her home and taking a nap in her bathroom. “This is the most random story in the world,� said Jennifer Keathley, breaking out into laughter.

The break-in happened

Oct. 4 when an escaped male goat from a farm several miles away repeatedly butted against a sliding glass door, breaking into the Keathley family home in Ashland County’s Sullivan Township.

Keathley’s 18-year-old son, Logan, discovered the billy goat in the bathroom when he returned home

from school to find the family’s agitated German shepherd in the driveway, broken glass on the back porch and the house reeking.

Some of the break-in was recorded on the Keathley’s home surveillance camera.

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They eventually grabbed him by the horns and dragged him outside where they secured him in a dog cage.

Keathley put a message out for a missing goat on a community Facebook page and received a reply

with the owner’s name and number. The apologetic owner arrived that evening and, with Keathley’s husband’s help, loaded him onto a livestock trailer for his ride home.

The Keathleys learned their home insurance policy covers damage from bears and deer but not goats.

She said she’s been in touch with the company.

Despite applications of carpet deodorant and urine neutralizer, she said the odor from Big Boy’s urine still lingers.

Asked about her newfound fame, Keithley said: “There’s all these awful stories in the world, people need this.�

Chile’s drought devastates ranchers, farmers PUTAENDO, Chile (AP) — Alfredo Estay stands amid a dwindling herd of cattle, near a dying calf and a malnourished cow unable to stand on its feet due to Chile’s worst drought in more than half a century.

From the region of Coquimbo in the north of Chile to Maule in the south, more than 30,000 head of livestock have died of hunger or thirst, and crops have been lost for lack of rain, according to the agriculture ministry.

Estay has been left with just 80 cows and a handful of calves out of the 180 he had before the drought hit.

“I don’t count them because every day there’s a death,� he said. “I can’t take any more. I don’t have anything to feed them, so the best thing would be to take them to the (barren) mountains so they die there (faster),’ said Estay, who lives in Putaendo, about 65 miles northwest of Santiago, the capital.

His 5-acre peach orchard is barren, as well.

His neighbor, Anibal Henriquez, said he had lost

80 of his 150 cows. “There have been bad years, but it rained a little and grass grew,� he said. “Not now.�

Freddy Moreno, spokesman for the local ranchers’ association, said only 1.46 inches of rain has fallen this year in an area that normally receives 5.1 to 7 inches. The drought also has aected fruit and grain producers in the south and beekeepers in the center of the country.

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From The Fields

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Hoosier wineries dot the Indiana landscape and are a colorful attraction during the fall season.

Husking event complete

point in time where I wished I’d taken a jacket with me. It was A week ago, not easy watching farmers haul I was overload after load by the jobsite, whelmed with but the thought of blowing on the extremely hands to set trusses didn’t sound nice weather fun either. So, we sacrificed and trying to cutting soybeans to set trusses. recover from a Dad helped with rope to guide week of contest the 44’ truss, and luckily the prep. I’m not sure what takes telehandler had enough reach. more of a toll on a person: Now, we have main houses getting ready for a large event, trusses to go. Temperatures or tearing everything down? were expected to drop Friday I spent all of Monday sorting into Saturday — and, of course, through results from the corn they did. Friday was rainy and husking contest and contacting the top three of each class and I cold, and Saturday and Sunday talked to over 80 people to see if were windy and cold. Saturday, I they were interested in attending spent the morning with Richard and Jean Bartmess, discussing nationals. the National Cornhusking After a week of exhaustion, it Contest in Gothenburg, was Tuesday. It was time to return to work. The trusses finally Nebraska. Earlier in the week, arrived. Luckily, the combine ar- we had two practice days, so our rived ahead of the semi carrying top huskers could watch each other. The pie-shaped lands conthe trusses, so they cut a path tinued drying, but if high winds around the house and rolled were to hit, we’d have a mess, them off right where we needed them. As I operated the telehan- so I shelled it out. Corn tested 22% moisture, despite the green dler, I kept thinking, “I wish I was at home cutting soybeans.” I fodder. Sunday, we cut soybeans that average 65 bushels per acre. don’t believe I’ve bounced back yet from the corn husking event, Clay Geyer BREMEN but I didn’t let exhaustion win.

After I got off work, I headed to field to rake hay at 7 p.m. and Corn drying slowly pulled out at 11:30 p.m. and headed home. The air was very Another week has passed crisp and cool. It was at that and here I sit deciding whether

Pesticide rules struggle to keep pace with cutting-edge farms WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — Today’s farms are constantly innovating, relying on cutting-edge technology and bioengineering to control pests.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, however, has struggled to keep pace, becoming rooted in a game of regulatory “whack-a-mole”: W hen one chemical pesticide w ithers, another one sprouts up.

“We don’t regulate pesticides until their risk profiles are clear and fully developed,” said Purdue University historian Frederick Davis, author of “Banned: A History of Pesticides and the Science of Toxicology.”

The cycle began in the 1940s with DDT and, later, organophosphate insecticides, both of which were exposed as harmful in Rachel Carson’s 1962 book, “Silent Spring,” which sparked the modern environmental movement, Davis said.

“There’s a constant shift from a pesticide like DDT,

where the risk profile was well established through the 1950s and 1960s,” he said. “Even though organophosphate insecticides were shown to be highly toxic, they became dominant from the 1970s to the early 2000s. And when their registrations were canceled, farmers turned to neonicotinoids.”

Neon icot i noid s a re sprayed on a variety of seeds and cause plant tissues to become toxic to pest insects, said Davis, the R. Mark Lubbers Chair in the History of Science in Purdue’s College of Liberal Arts. Coming full circle, the chemical builds up in the environment, or bioaccumulates, similar to DDT, though more gradually.

“Neonicotinoids are a class of insecticides that is extremely effective against target organisms and has very low toxicity to most mammals, including humans,” he said, “but they’ve been linked in scientific reports to declines in grassland bird species and honeybees.”

Crop Progress for week ending Oct. 6 Another hot and dry week pushed crops towards maturity as harvest picked up, according to Greg Matli, State Statistician, USDA NASS, Indiana Field Office. The unusually dry week with only spotty rainfall was ideal for fieldwork but kept soil moisture levels well below both the previous year and the five-year average.

The average temperature for the week was 69 degrees, 10.2 degrees above normal for the State. The amount of rainfall varied from none to 0.87 inches over the week.

The statewide average precipitation was 0.34 inches.

There were six days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Oct. 6.

Corn and soybean harvest was underway in earnest last week, particularly on early-planted fields, while some of the late-planted fields were still working their way towards maturity.

Indiana Crop Progress Week ending Oct. 6, 2019 (% completed)

10/6 Last 5-yr.

2019 year avg.

Corn dented 91 100 100 Corn mature 56 94 87 Corn harvested 15 37 29 Soybeans dropping leaves 66 93 90 Soybeans harvested 14 38 33 Winter wheat planted 17 29 25 Winter wheat emerged 3 9 7 Alfalfa hay 3rd cutting 96 100 100

I really accomplished anything this week. We had another good week of harvest. Started the week off with rain, for which we are thankful. The guys have been very busy with some repair work and with rebuilding a tillage tool. That project turned out to be bigger than expected, but also easier than expected.

We have gotten lots of cover crops planted and then got switched to wheat. We are hopeful by the next article we are done with wheat for the spring of 2020. Crops have started to surprise more than expected.

We are finding more out there than we originally had anticipated. No complaints — just kind of in awe with what the good Lord has blessed us with.

Corn doesn’t seem to be drying much, but for now were going to let it try. By late this week, we should be done with beans, or at least with anything that is not still green from replant. After that the sole focus will be harvesting corn no matter the moisture level. It should all be in the mid to low 20s, just not what we would prefer for mid-October.

As we can continue to keep on hammering on with harvest, we need to keep everyone out west in mind. There are a lot of operations out west that have received feet of snow at a time that already were struggling with harvest. While I may not like buying gas for the dryer, that is pretty minor compared to struggling with mud and snow.

Hope everyone has a safe and productive week.

James Ramsey ARLINGTON

Good harvesting week We got rain, 1.4 inches on Thursday night and most of Friday. What a welcome relief.

It knocked us out of the field for the weekend, but we were ready for a rest.

Mark even took a three-hour nap on Saturday afternoon. He is that tired. Plus he got a flu shot, his second shingle shot and a tetanus shot on Friday. It literally wiped him out, but he’s protected for the flu, shingles and cuts.

The fields are really looking bare after a good week overall of harvesting. Farmers were

sowing wheat this week, but it appears that wheat acres are going to decrease significantly in our area. Several farmers are not sowing any wheat for 2020 harvest, including Seib Farms.

This is the first time in the farm’s history that there will no wheat crop.

We had frost over the weekend. It seems incredulous that we went from the high 90s last week to frost this week, but this is Indiana and these things happen. The frost, however, makes harvesting start a little later in the day so the bean plants dry out. The burn ban that had been in place was lifted Saturday.

It was wonderful to see all the National Farmer’s Day pictures and tributes on Facebook this weekend. I especially liked the variety of combine colors in the pictures.

My safety lesson for this week is on getting your medical check up. You need to prepare yourself from what promises to be a wicked flu sea-son this winter.

The best advice for all of us is to wash your hands. Remember to cough and sneeze into your elbow to eliminate the spray of germs to all around you. I hope you have a healthy week.

Sheryl Seib POSEYVILLE

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Auction Calendar

Sat., Nov. 9

Mon., Nov. 4

Tues., Oct. 29 HARMEYERAUCTION. NET: Online Fertilizer, Equipment & Tools

Thurs., Nov. 7

Tues., Nov. 5

Mon., Oct. 28 MORGAN COUNTY, IND.: 621 +/- Acres in 11 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Nancy A. Dorsett & Dorsett Bros. Inc., Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324.

Farm Management, 800424-2324.

WATSEKA, ILL.: 38 +/- Acres, 9 a.m., Sharon J. Gerber Estate, Mike Peterson Auctioneers, 815-432-2494.

PEORIA, ILL.: 300+ Tractors, Trucks & Trailers, 9 a.m., Taylor & Martin, Inc., 800654-8280. See p. B1

CLINTON & FAYETTE COUNTIES, OHIO: Sealed Bid Auction, 694 +/- Acres in 4 Tracts, bids due by 4 p.m.

EST, Keiter Family LLC, Halderman Real Estate &

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

OCTOBER 18, 2019 | B1

CLAY CITY, IND.: 100 Acres, 2 p.m., Donald L. Fields & Brenda S. French, Johnny Swalls, 812-495-6119.

HUNTINGTON COUNTY, IND.: 203 +/- Acres in 5 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Sycamore Ridge Farms, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324.

See p. B1

Auction, bidding starts 10/21 & ends 10/29, Dorset Brothers Inc., Harmeyer Auction & Appraisal Co., 765-561-1671. See p. B1

Thurs., Oct. 24

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WELLS COUNTY, IND.: 90 +/- Acres in 3 Tracts, 10 a.m., Decker Estate, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324.

Mon., Nov. 11 TIPTON COUNTY, IND.: 124 +/- Acres in 2 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Norma L. Stewart Revocable Trust.

Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324.

Tues., Nov. 12 WHITE COUNTY, IND.: 416 +/- Acres in 6 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Horton Farms, Inc., Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324.

Wed., Nov. 13 PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO: 233 +/- Acres, 6:30 p.m., Howard Family Trust, Halderman Real Estate &

Farm Management, 800424-2324.

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The power of engineering, agricultural sciences and computing have been combined to form the new University of Illinois Center for Digital Agriculture.

The center, which was launched Oct. 8 at the CDA Industry Conference, seeks to develop digital solutions to agricultural roadblocks by bringing together agricultural producers, researchers and industries.

CDA is a collaboration between the university’s Grainger College of Engineering; the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences; National Center for Supercomputing Applications; and the Institute for Genomic Biology CDA seeks to leverage Illinois’ historic land-grant pillars of agriculture and engineering and position both to work in tandem towards a digital future.

By combining top-tier programs in both engineering and agriculture, Illinois is uniquely placed to take the lead in such mu lt id i s c ipl i na r y research. This, in turn, allows the CDA to go further than simply deploying and applying digital improvements. Instead, the Center’s focus will be on the collaborative process of researching and developing new digital techniques and tools to address agricultural problems.

In addition to interdisciplinary research, CDA also will launch multiple partnerships with companies

across both agriculture and computing industries, including collaborative research projects, summer internships, and scholarship programs, allowing opportunities for students to flourish in an emerging field-of-study.

A formal industrial-affiliates program will provide member companies with preferred recruiting opportunities, priority for collaborative research and consulting, early access to research outcomes, and licensing opportunities for intellectual property.

More extensive research and development partnerships with individual companies will be a primary goal of the center.

One of the main goals of the center is to bring together teams of faculty, teams of students, spanning both the College of Engineering and the College of Agriculture to do joint multidisciplinary research projects, said Vikram Adve, CDA co-director and computer science professor.

“We also have unique degree programs that bring together computer sciences and crop sciences as well as computer sciences and animal sciences with really give students a deep grounding in both areas and these are unique in the country as far as we know. We’re also launching a master’s degree in digital agriculture which is patterned under those two graduate degrees,” he said.

“Working with industry is one of the main goals for the center along with research and education.”

The CDA’s primary re-

New research aims to optimize farmland use WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — Purdue University professors are questioning what else fertile farmland can be used for with a new multidisciplinary project researching how to improve future sustainability by simultaneously utilizing crop fields for solar electricity production.

Rakesh Agrawal, the Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, is partnering with Mitch Tuinstra, the Wickersham Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Research and professor of plant breeding and genetics in the Department of Agronomy, and faculty from Purdue and Florida A&M University on the research.

“The success of our research will have a profound impact on a sustainable future,” Agrawal said.

“It will remove any potential competition for land between food and energy.

We as a human race will be able to make a smooth transition towards a full earth.”

For the research, 28 300-watt panels and 28 100-watt panels have been constructed in four rows 48 feet in length and 30 feet apart across less than an acre of land in a field north of the Agronomy Center for Research and Education.

Installed in mid-May and standing almost twice the height of a tractor, the solar photovoltaic panels

are intended to generate electricity without inhibiting crop yield.

Research will look at manipulating the solar photovoltaic panels shadows to identify an appropriate installation geometry and operating mode to optimize electricity production without compromising agriculture output thereby introducing the concept of “aglectric” farming.

Agrawal said plants use only a portion of the solar light spectrum for growth, allowing the opportunity to design special solar photovoltaics that allow the necessary light to pass through to the growing plants underneath.

Current solar panels block the sun from reaching the ground, creating a “land competition scenario” that makes it difficult to utilize that same land for food planting and electricity cogeneration using photovoltaics, Agrawal said.

In addition to optimizing land use, Agrawal said the electricity produced by the photovoltaic modules is expected to be used for water management on the farm.

“The availability of the electricity locally on the farmland will enable local water management for irrigation as well as minimize pollution related to discharge of farmland water to nearby aquifers,” he said.

search themes are automaton, data, animals and crops, and people.

Current projects include using computer vision to relieve the crop phenotyping bottleneck, algorithms and methods for simplifying autonomy for field robots, addressing effects of soil and water population on health and rural communities and farmer families, and estimating yield and water quality response functions using on-farm precision experimentation, spatially-intense soil sampling, and hyperspectral imagery.

“We have projects in crops and animal agriculture. We have projects in the human side of agriculture. We have projects on both automation of equipment and data science analysis of the data that’s produced by the equipment.”

“So, they start with non- deg ree cer tif icate programs at both the undergraduate and graduate level. We have joint undergraduate bachelor’s degrees in computer science and crop science and computer science and animal science.

“We are planning a master’s degree in digital agriculture and we’re also reaching out through out College of Education for education in the K-12 sphere and also through our Extension program to do continuing education for the community.”

OCTOBER

CRAWFORD COUNTY Oct. 23, Oct. 30, Nov. 6, Nov. 13, Nov. 20 – Women Managing Cattle: 6 to 8 p.m. EDT, Crawford County High School, 1130 IN 66, Marengo, Ind.; 812-338-5466.

HARRISON COUNTY Oct. 22 – 4-H Awards Banquet and Silent Auction: 5 p.m.

EDT, Harrison County Fairgrounds, 341 S. Capitol Ave., Corydon, Ind.; 812-7384236.

LAKE COUNTY Oct. 19 – Lake County 4-H Family Adventure Day: Noon to 4 p.m. CDT, Edge Adventures at Deep River Water Park, 9001 E. Lincoln Hwy., Crown Point, Ind.; 219755-3240.

Oct. 28 – Beginner’s Guide to Grant Writing: 9 a.m. to

COLES COUNTY, ILL.: 65 +/- Acres Online Only, bidding opens 11/13 @ 8 a.m. CST & closes 11/14 @ 4 p.m. CST @ haldermanauction.com, Charles Ramsey Family Trust & Randall Doty, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324.

Tues., Nov. 19

PUTNAM COUNTY, IND.: 144 +/- Acres in 2 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Jonathan E. Smith Trust, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324.

See p. B1

4:30 p.m. CDT, Foundations of East Chicago, 100 W. Chicago Ave., East Chicago, Ind.; 219-386-5232; bit.ly/ BGGWFall2019.

LAPORTE COUNTY Oct. 22 and 29 – Be Heart Smart: 4 to 5:30 p.m. CDT, LaPorte County Extension office, 2857 W. State Road 2, Suite A, LaPorte, Ind. Oct. 22 – Farm to Freezer to Table: 5:30 to 7 p.m.

CDT, Kingsford Heights Community Building, 515 Wayland Road, Kingsford Heights, Ind. Oct. 23 – Dining with Diabetes: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. CDT, Franciscan Alliance Medical Group, 1225 E. Coolspring Ave., Michigan City, Ind.

LAWRENCE COUNTY Oct. 29 – 4-H Junior Leaders Safe Night Trick or Treat: 6 to 8 p.m. EDT, Lawrence County Fairgrounds, 11261

CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO: 785 +/- Acres in 8 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Bruce, Nial & David Henry, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324.

See p. B1

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

E. US Hwy 50, Bedford, Ind.

PORTER COUNTY Oct. 21, and 28 – Be Heart Smart: 2 to 3 p.m. CDT, Valparaiso Public Library, Room A, 103 Jefferson St., Valparaiso, Ind.; extension.purdue.edu/ porter/article/35256; 219465-3555.

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY Oct. 24 – Indiana CBD Update: 6 to 7 p.m. EDT, St. Joseph County 4-H Fairgrounds, 5117 S. Ironwood Road, South Bend, Ind.; bit.ly/ StJoeCBDUpdate; 574235–9604.

TIPPECANOE COUNTY Oct. 23 – Tree Identification Basics and Field Practice Workshop: 1 to 4:30 p.m.

EDT, John S. Wright Forestry Center, 1007 North 725 West, West Lafayette, Ind.; tinyurl. com/yyaagvlc.

Auctioneer’s Note: Court Ordered Liquidation auction of Fertilizer, Equipment & Tool assets from the Dorset Brothers Incorporated. Preview dates will be by appointment only. Due to the sale of the Real Estate, the bidding of this equipment auction is being extended to the 29th.

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Auction Dallas Township Huntington County

November 7 th - 6:30 P.M. - Andrews Fire Station

203 Acres • 5 Tracts

High Percentage T illable Quality Farmland

November 19 th • 6:30 p.m. • Elks Lodge

785 Acres +/-

8 TRACTS

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Property with Great Recreational Views & Characteristics Open Houses: October 7th 4:30 - 6 p.m. & October 13th 4 - 5 p.m.

Jon Rosen: 260.740.1846 | Pat Karst: 260.224.0415 Owner: Sycamore Ridge Farms

Auctioneer: Russell D. Harmeyer, IN Auct. Lic. #AU10000277 HRES IN Lic. #AC69200019

MIAMI COUNTY, IND.: 158 +/- Acres in 5 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Shinn, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324.

See p. B1

Thurs., Nov. 14

Center for Digital Ag opens Calendar

By Tom C. Doran

Mon., Nov. 18

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AUCTION PEORIA, ILLINOIS

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019 9:00 A.M. • Expo Gardens

Robert McNamara: 614.309.6551 Jim Hanna: 937.725.2908

Owners: Henry (Bruce, Nial and David)

HLS# RDM-12403

Auctioneer: Russell D. Harmeyer, OH Auct. Lic. #2001014575

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Auction Putnam County | Franklin Township

November 14th @ 6:30pm Bainbridge Community Center

QUALITY FARMLAND Gary Bohlander: 144 765.794.0221 +/-

Acres

2 Tracts

Auctioneer: Russell D. Harmeyer, IN Auct. Lic. #AU10000277 HRES IN Lic. #AC69200019

Owner: Jonathan E. Smith Trust and/or successors or assigns

HLS# GDB-12426

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November 18th 6:30 p.m.

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158 Acres 5 Tracts Owner: Shinn

www.taylorandmartin.com IL AUCTIONEER’S NO.: Taylor & Martin, Inc. - Auctioneers, Fremont, NE - 444.000291, Wilson Clem - 441.000192, Tyler Runge - 441.002113, Benjamin J. Reynolds - 441.002148, Justin P. Schultis - 441.002435

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Kelly Allsup, a University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator, said changing just a few garden habits can make a huge difference to butterflies, moths, bees and other beneficial insects that overwinter in the Midwestern landscape.

Allsup said the first habit to break is removing all the fallen leaves from the landscape.

“Leaves provide insulation for overwintering forms of butterflies and moths,” she said. “Also, for some species, it is extremely difficult to distinguish between a leaf and a chrysalis. Black swallowtail butterflies, which dine on your dill, fennel, parsley, or carrots, overwinter as a brown chrysalis that mimics an old fallen leaf.

“Without allowing this caterpillar to make it to adulthood, we would be without these large, shiny, black iridescent butterflies fluttering from flower to flower.”

Howe ve r, a l low i n g leaves to accumulate directly on the grass will kill it. Allsup recommends cleaning up leaves that fall on lawns and leaving any that fall in the garden or

Leaves provide insulation for overwintering butterflies and moths. other, more rustic landscape features.

“If you have experienced disease or insect infestations, though, clean-up may be necessary to reduce future problems,” Allsup said.

The second bad habit?

Cutting back perennial forbs in the fall.

“These plants are still hosting life, despite the browning of leaves from the frost,” Allsup said.

Silvery checkerspot butterflies overwinter as caterpillars in brown skins at the base of their host plants. Black-eyed Susans, coneflower and sunflower are host plants for these smaller orange butterflies covered in black lines, patches and spots.

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flies, carpenter and other bees nest in the pith of stems. The bees are further encouraged if gardeners cut the tips of the stems, making it easier to crawl inside.

Allsup said it is best to not cut back these dead stems until late spring, if at all. Foliage will grow up around the stems.

“When you do so, cut back to 12 to 18 inches and cut the snipped foliage into large chunks and spread around the garden to prevent tossing your nesting bees into the compost pile,” Allsup said.

The third bad habit is trimming shrubs.

To begin with, Allsup said, fall is usually not the time to prune shrubs. And large shrubs like willow could host overwintering red-spotted purple or viceroy caterpillars. These caterpillars overwinter in a hibernaculum, a protective cone that looks like a leaf.

Fourth habit to break: Removing downed trees and logs.

When possible, keep downed trees in the landscape. If it’s not possible to leave the entire tree, keep a few logs for bees and other insects to overwinter or nest in.

Bad habit No. 5? Eradicating weeds from the landscape.

Some weeds are actually very beneficial to butterflies and bees. For example, buckeye butterfly larvae feed upon the common plantain.

Early-blooming weeds like violets and dandelions are crucial for bees in the early spring before trees flower. And blue violets are the food of the great spangled fritillary butterfly.

Caterpillars eat your plants, and butterflies and bees visit the flowers in your garden.

“Be sure to extend that invitation by altering some of your fall garden practices,” Allsup said.

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DONNA’S DAY: CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

This pair of Royal Worcester water carriers sold for $240. They are large enough to be important decorations on a table, but most of your guests won’t realize how important they were to life in a Victorian city.

Water carriers were VIPs

By Terry and Kim Kovel

Everyday life was often depicted in paintings or figurines in the days when photographs were unknown. Familiar workers like firemen, soldiers, farmers or royalty were made from porcelain or metal.

Several important factories, including the Royal Worcester company of England, Royal Dux, Zsolnay, Goldscheider, Hummel, Lladro and KPM, made water-carrier figures of porcelain. Others created bronze figures. They must have had a very important, very familiar job to have been subjects for so many makers.

Most people today do not realize that the water carrier was an important person. Water had to be scooped from a well, then walked to the center of the city or perhaps carried in a cart, where it was ladled into containers held by customers.

There were no wells or piped-in water supplies.

The figures were very similar — usually a pair, a man and a woman, each holding a pouring jug and a large container of water. They were wearing the common clothes of the country.

The woman often carried the water bottle on her head. Each figure was 10 to 15 inches tall, and most were glazed in appropriate colors. A pair of marked Royal Worcester water carriers made in the late 19th century sold for $240 at a Cowan’s auction.

I am trying to identify a table I inherited from an aunt. The table has a paneled drawer, applied panels on the sides and a turned trestlelike base with a shelf. It had an inset leather top that was tattered, and there is an odd drawer hanging underneath. This piece was covered in black tar from years in a basement. I don’t know what is. I think it was part of a home library.

Can you help?

You have a ladies’ work table, probably from the late Victorian era. Sewing or work tables originated in England about 1770 and were used in America after the Revolutionary War. Women gathered in a parlor and worked around a small table with a surface for writing, needlework or other activities. Early work tables were Sheraton or Empire and often made of mahogany. They had a drawer or two for storage.

Later Victorian tables were heavily carved with turned scroll legs. Most had an extra storage compartment under the top — either a cloth sack or a compartment under the central drawer. Ladies’ work tables auction for about $225 to $600.

CURRENT PRICES Silver creamer, repousse, roses, c-scroll handle, S. Kirk & Sons, 4 1/2 inches, $190.

Model plane, wood and metal with red paint, working engine, propeller and landing wheels, 1950s, 48 inches with 5-feet-6inch wing span, $350.

Roseville bean pot, Raymor pattern, lid, elongated handles, 7 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches, $25.

Doulton jardiniere, pedestal, impressed autumn leaves, red, tan, Lambeth, 24 x 14 1/2 inches, $630.

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TIP: The more elaborate the interior fittings for a desk, the more valuable the piece.

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Set aside an area in your home and call it the “Imagination Center.”

Imagination station Artful indoor fun with kids

By Donna Erickson

It’s fall, and winter is on the way — a time to sort, toss and save. Collecting and squirreling away supplies for artful indoor and outdoor fun with your kids in the months ahead can be a creative activity in itself.

If you have space, set aside an area in your home and call it the “Imagination Center: A place to create.” Organize the big stuff in a large bin or box, and smaller “project parts,” like ribbons, buttons and nature finds, along with craftstore items — crayons, paints, brushes, paper and glue — in easy-to-open and -close containers, jars and drawers.

Kids love tools, too, like hole punches, pliers, pencil sharpeners and staplers. And don’t forget stuff from the toolbox and hardware store, like sandpaper, wire, nuts and

bolts.

As you set up your crafty center, think with your children about how you can use ordinary things for something other than their intended use. When you look at your home through another filter, suddenly stuff headed for the recycle bin can take on amazing possibilities: n Plain paper bags for making garlands and holiday wrapping paper. n Buttons and lace off old clothes for decorating doll clothes or for jazzing up a Halloween costume. n Blooper or unused printed family photos for designing personalized cards and posters. n Pine cones outside your door for creating miniature forest people and animals. n Ribbons off opened presents for colorful ties on baked-good gifts. n for stringing, trimming and tying anything. n Milk and juice jugs for birdfeeders. n Egg cartons and yogurt

containers for sorting small stuff. n Tin cans for handy, attractive containers for paintbrushes, colored pencils and scissors.

Once you’ve gathered everything and you’re ready to create and play, you can just dig in; pull out a bin for the large things and a drawer for the little things, and get to having fun.

MAKE BUSY BOXES Put aside a box or two and designate and label with special themes for pretend play. Fill them with items related to the topic as you collect them and save for when friends come by. For example, fill one with items to play “supermarket,” such as play money, empty food boxes and tote bags.

To find more of Donna Erickson’s creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday.com. © 2019 Donna Erickson distributed

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By Monica Nyman Now that autumn is officially upon us, there are countless opportunities to celebrate the season with meals and snacks full of unique flavors.

Choosing locally grown foods will not only taste delicious, but can help save money and support the local economy.

Purchasing dairy, fruits, vegetables and other locally produced foods can amp up your nutrition and support nearby farmers.

Local foods are often more fresh, flavorful and affordable.

The cost-savings is a result of eliminating the transportation expenses, along with additional markups found on foods coming from other states, or even other countries.

Purchasing local foods helps not only support local farmers, but also helps to protect jobs on the farm. In fact, when you choose dairy, you are supporting the 78,000 jobs in Illinois and 111,000 jobs in Missouri created by the dairy industry.

By eating milk, cheese and yogurt, you are getting nutrients necessary for good health and directly helping the local economy thrive.

This season, choose fall flavors that pair well with dairy foods to help meet the required three servings a day of milk, cheese and yogurt. Apple slices with cheddar cheese, raw vegetables, such as broccoli, with yogurt dip and pumpkin spice smoothies are snacks that place the spotlight on seasonal foods while providing much needed nutrients.

The dairy case has endless options for combining the nine essential nutrients of dairy foods with apple, pumpkin, salted caramel and other flavors to remind your taste buds that we have indeed made it to fall.

For dairy-rich recipes or additional information about the health benefits of dairy foods, visitwww.stldairycouncil.org, call 314-835-9668, or email mnyman@stldairycouncil.org.

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Monica Nyman is a registered dietitian and senior nutrition educator with St. Louis District Dairy Council.

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Inga Wing, 11, hangs paper sunprints of nature finds on a line to dry.

Turn nature finds into sunprints

By Donna Erickson

“You know, it makes a fellow think, The shape of you, the shape of me, the shape of everything I see…” begins Dr. Seuss in one of his whimsical, poetic books, “The Shape of Me and Other Stuff.” As the images and rhyming continue, we are happily reminded that everything around us is unique.

The shape of things can become a focus for all ages when you do this stunning sunprint project. This isn’t a rainy day activity — save it for a bright sunny day.

First, enjoy searching for and collecting flat items in nature or familiar small objects around you. Arrange them on a readily available sunpaper product and place them under the power of the direct sun.

Within minutes, interesting shapes will appear like magic — art!

HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED: n A sunny day.

n Gathered flat nature finds such as leaves, ferns and feathers, or objects in your home like a key, toy or lace — anything you want to print in silhouette. n Sunprint treated paper available at art stores and online. n Cardboard and clips or a clipboard. n Plastic wrap. n Flat container such as a 12-inch-by-12-inch baking pan, filled with water. n Clothesline and clips (optional).

HERE’S THE FUN: 1. Choose an item or items to fit the paper. You might want to play with an arrangement on a practice sheet of plain paper the size of your sunprint paper.

2. In the shade, clip the sunprint paper on a piece of cardboard or a clipboard. Arrange items on the paper.

3. Set plastic wrap over the items and put in direct sunlight for about two minutes,

until the paper turns light blue. Or, follow directions on your sunprint paper product.

4. Remove objects and soak paper in water for about a minute. Dry flat or hang with clips from a clothesline. When dry, enjoy your masterpiece.

PROCESSING TIP: I discovered that a teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide in the rinsing water intensifies the blue of the paper.

FOR PRESCHOOLERS: Do a similar activity using basic colored construction paper.

Arrange familiar small objects such as a comb, button, paperclips and so forth on a dark sheet. Leave outdoors under direct sunlight for a few hours.

Remove objects. The fading of the paper will reveal the shapes of the objects.

Make the results a matching game. Set the objects next to the paper and challenge your child to match the images. © 2019 Donna Erickson distributed by King Features Synd.

This perfect combination of warm fall flavors and dairy deliciousness is a great way to kick off the day or to savor a nutritious dessert.

Servings: 6 INGREDIENTS 1 can (14 ounces) pumpkin, chilled 3 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese 1 container (6 ounces) low fat vanilla yogurt 2 cups low fat milk 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 6 teaspoons graham cracker crumbs, optional PROCEDURE Place all ingredients, except graham cracker crumbs, in a blender and blend until smooth.

Pour 1/6 of mixture into glasses.

Top each serving with a teaspoon of graham cracker crumbs (optional).

Nutrition Facts: 150 calories, 3.5g fat, 2.5g saturated fat, 23g carbohydrate, 6g protein, 15% Daily Value calcium

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Lifestyle TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH

Cough syrup routine may be sign of COPD

By Dr. Keith Roach

My daughter smokes. She doesn’t have COPD now, but last spring she had bronchitis and was off work for a week. When she went back to work, she didn’t feel good, and her doctor told her that she had pneumonia in both lungs and wondered why she went back to work. She still takes cough syrup under her doctor’s orders.

Getting someone to quit smoking is a challenge, but perhaps some advice I can give your daughter might help.

The first piece of advice is that a cough necessitating cough syrup on a routine basis indeed might be a sign of COPD. There are two major forms of COPD: emphysema and chronic bronchitis. The definition of “chronic bronchitis” is a productive cough for three months in each of two successive years.

The second piece of advice is that quitting before there are serious symptoms is the best time to quit. Although the body has some ability to recover from the effects of chronic cigarette smoke, there is a degree of permanent damage in long-term smokers.

Quitting greatly slows down the rate of ongoing damage to the lungs and reduces the risk of having lifelong symptoms of shortness of breath and cough.

Quitting smoking will do more good than any cough syrup can.

vitamin D — do not improve health or prevent illness, so I don’t recommend multivitamins anymore. I would encourage a healthy diet with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. Save your money on the vitamin tablets.

I have been taking a multivitamin for years, and now one of my physicians wants me to take a vitamin that has NO vitamin D or calcium.

He just removed kidney stones in two separate procedures. I can’t find any vitamins like that.

I completely agree that people with kidney stones should avoid calcium supplements. The transiently high levels of calcium after taking one cause the kidney to excrete a lot of that calcium, and that can cause a calcium crystal to grow, eventually forming a stone.

Calcium that comes from the diet, on the other hand, does not induce such a spike in blood levels. Also, part of the calcium bonds with oxalate, preventing that chemical — a major part of many kidney stones — from being absorbed. High dietary calcium reduces the risk of stones.

The effect of vitamin D is not as clear. It seems that hav-

I have been on tramadol for 10 years. I am worried that it is or will affect my brain, as it works by changing the way my brain treats pain. I am 76 years old and take two or three a day. I take it for my arthritis.

Tramadol is an opioid pain medication, similar to codeine and others. It may slow down Quitting smoking is one of the most breathing, especially in high important things you can do for your doses. It works by blocking a health. pain receptor — the mu receptor — in the brain. ing low vitamin D is a risk for The brain responds to this by forming stones, so many experts inducing changes in the mu rewill treat low vitamin D levels ceptors, making them less senin people with kidney stones. I sitive, and in many cases reducdon’t know your exact situation. ing the effect of the dose over It may be that your vitamin D time, necessitating higher doses level is normal or high, and you for the same effect. This is one just don’t need supplementaof the reasons that opioids are tion. not good long-term medication The most recent studies have for pain, especially for chronic consistently shown that most of conditions like arthritis. the vitamins in a multivitamin In addition to that fundatablet — with the exception of mental change in the brain,

long-term opiate use increases risk of motor vehicle accidents for drivers, actually can increase sensitivity to pain, is likely to cause constipation and puts people at risk for accidental overdose. These risks increase with higher doses and at older ages; the manufacturer warns to use high doses only with extreme caution for those over 75.

Tramadol comes in a 50-mg dose, but there are extended-release forms up to 300 mg, and I’m not sure what dose you are taking and how worried to be about it. I suspect other medications may work better for you.

The dose you took at age 65 may no longer be appropriate at age 75. I would at least consider an alternative. If so, work with your doctor to slowly reduce the tramadol dosage: Never suddenly discontinue.

Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@ med.cornell.edu. © 2019 North America Synd., Inc.

KITCHEN DIVA

Healthy, natural joint pain relief

By Angela Shelf Medearis

ments a frequent gift to myself.

Being able to move freely My birthday is just around and easily is one of the most the corner. I know that not beimportant keys to quality of life. cause of the date on the calenStretching done properly is a dar, but because of the way my very powerful treatment to enjoints mimic the sound of one of hance mobility, reduce chronic my favorite childhood breakfast pain and promote longevity. cereals when I get out of bed — Another healthy, natural Snap! Crackle! Pop! remedy for joint pain is this I’ve decided that my birthday flavorful recipe for Ginger and gift to myself is to take better Turmeric Tea. Ginger is a natcare of my body and my health. ural anti-inflammatory and anLike many folks my age, I’ve tioxidant that has been known been prescribed a variety of pills to aid digestion and relieve nauand potions to alleviate joint sea. Turmeric contains a compain. Recently, I started looking pound called curcumin, which for more natural remedies. boasts amazing antioxidant and According to the Arthritis anti-inflammatory effects.

Foundation, regular massagApple cider vinegar is often ing of arthritic joints can help used to relieve joint pain by rubreduce pain and stiffness and bing it directly on the sore musimprove range of motion. cle or joint. Those who drink During my research, I discov- it typically mix it with water ered Restore Hyper Wellness and honey to help with the plus Cryotherapy, a health and sour taste, while others simply wellness center founded in take a tablespoon full. Cayenne Austin, Texas, in 2015 by Jim stimulates circulation, boosts Donnelly. The company has metabolism, naturally relieves grown rapidly and now has pain and can have an alkalizing numerous locations around the effect in the body.

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Before you explore any joint I was fascinated by the varipain remedies, be sure to talk ety of treatments that Restore with your physician and keep offers to empower its clients to him or her informed about optimize their mental and phys- changes in your mobility or ical performance and manage pain level. And don’t forget to ailments and illnesses as part of take care of yourself with a lita natural healing experience. tle tea and natural therapy.

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Ginger and Tumeric Tea Servings: 2

PROCEDURE

INGREDIENTS 1 tablespoon fresh grated turmeric, packed, or 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric 1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger, packed, or 1/2 teaspoon ground 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar, or 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 2-3 teaspoons honey, stevia or maple syrup, to taste 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or 1/8 teaspoon cracked black pepper 3 cups water

To a small saucepan, add turmeric, ginger, vinegar, stevia, honey or maple syrup, cayenne or black pepper, and water.

Bring to a simmer (do not boil) over medium to medium-high heat for 3 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat, cover and let the tea steep for a minute.

Set a small strainer over serving glasses and divide between two mugs. If the tea is too strong for you, dilute with more hot/warm water. Store (strained) leftovers in the refrigerator up to 2 to 3 days.

Black-eyed peas are small beans with dark midsections. They’ve been a global dietary staple for centuries due to their environmental toughness and exceptional nutritional qualities, such as high protein and low fat.

Black-eyed peas, please

By Angela Shelf Medearis

Black-eyed peas have had a tremendous influence on both my writing and culinary career.

My first book for children was entitled “Picking Peas for a Penny.”

It was a rhyming story about my mother and my Uncle John picking black-eyed peas for a penny a bushel basket on my grandparents’ farm in Oklahoma during the 1940s.

Black-eyed peas also figure prominently in my career as a cookbook author and chef.

Black-eyed peas, okra, peanuts and sesame seeds, and the oil they produce, are documented contributions from Africa via the slave trade to our American cuisine. I prepared black-eyed peas any number of ways while doing research for my first cookbook “The African-American Kitchen.”

Originally from Africa, black-eyed peas are one of the most widely dispersed beans in the world. It was a nutritious staple in Africa long before it was brought to the American South.

Black-eyed peas are often called black-eyed beans, or China peas — their bushy vines grew wild in Asia. Another name for the black-eyed pea is “cowpea,” as it was used in animal food.

Although called a pea, the black-eyed pea is actually an edible “bean.” Both peas and beans are legumes, and both have edible seeds and pods.

The most common commercial black-eyed pea is called the California Blackeye. It is pale-colored with a prominent black spot. Black-eyed peas are extremely nourishing, both to people and to the soil.

If you’re looking for a delicious way to lose weight and improve your health, here are some reasons to eat more black-eyed peas:

Texas Caviar Servings: 12 INGREDIENTS 2 (15-ounce) cans black-eyed peas, rinsed and drained 1 (15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained 1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded and finely chopped 1/2 green bell pepper, cored, seeded and finely chopped 1 small red onion, finely chopped 2 stalks celery, finely chopped 2 Roma tomatoes, finely chopped 1/3 cup chopped parsley or cilantro leaves 1/2 cup red wine vinegar 2 teaspoons stevia, honey or agave syrup

n Black-eyed peas are a low-fat and low-calorie food. One-half cup of black-eyed peas is generally less than 100 calories and contains about 1 gram of fat.

Their protein helps cells grow and repair and provides energy to your body. n If you need more potassium and usually eat bananas and avocados, try adding more blackeyed peas to your diet. A 1/2cup serving of cooked from dry black-eyed peas contains 239 mg of potassium, and the same amount from a can has 206 mg. Potassium is a nutrient that helps keep your blood pressure at healthy levels, which lowers your risk of heart disease. It also supports the health of your muscles and bones. n Protein also supports most parts of your body, including muscles, skin, hair and nails. One-half cup of dry and cooked black-eyed peas contains 6.7 grams of protein, and a 1/2 cup of canned black-eyed peas contains 5.7 grams. n Black-eyed peas are rich in

1 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce, or more to taste PROCEDURE Combine black-eyed peas, black beans, bell peppers, red onion, celery, tomatoes and parsley or cilantro in a large bowl.

In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, stevia, honey or agave syrup, garlic powder, salt, pepper, vegetable oil and hot sauce.

Pour dressing over black-eyed pea mixture and toss to coat.

Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. Stir before serving.

iron, helping to prevent anemia, which produces fatigue and weakness. Iron helps carry oxygen throughout your body to your organs, cells and muscles. A 1/2 cup serving of canned black-eyed peas has 1.2 mg of iron, while 1/2 cup cooked from dry black-eyed peas contains 2.2 mg. n Black-eyed peas are high in vitamin B9 and rich in folate. Studies show that folate sourced from food can cut your risk of pancreatic cancer by up to 60%. Folate also helps with cell formation and is especially important during pregnancy.

Black-eyed peas also contain thiamine, one of the B vitamins.

If you can, get fresh blackeyed peas; they cook up in no time. But if you can’t get them fresh, then use the frozen or canned variety. Whichever you choose, they’ll be delicious in this recipe for Texas Caviar. © 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

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NOVEMBER 5: 694+/- Acres • **SEALED BID AUCTION ** BIDS DUE NOVEMBER 5TH BY 4 PM EST. CLINTON AND FAYETTE COUNTIES, OH Richland, Wilson and Jasper Twps QUALITY FARMLAND • HIGH PERCENT TILLABLE Contact: Jim Hanna 937.725.2908 or Robert McNamara 614.309.6551 NOVEMBER 7: 203+/- Acres • HUNTINGTON COUNTY, IN • Dallas Twp PROPERTY WITH GREAT RECREATIONAL VIEWS AND CHARACTERISTICS Contact: Jon Rosen 260.740.1846 or Pat Karst 260.224.0415 NOVEMBER 9: 90+/- Acres • WELLS COUNTY, IN • Lancaster Twp FARMLAND • RURAL RESIDENCE • PERSONAL PROPERTY Contact: Rick Johnloz 260.827.8181 NOVEMBER 11: 124+/- Acres • TIPTON COUNTY, IN • Jefferson Twp GOOD FARMLAND Contact: Larry Jordan 765.473.5849 or AJ Jordan 317.697.3086 or John Miner 765.438.2699 NOVEMBER 12: 416+/- Acres • WHITE COUNTY, IN • Monon Twp LARGE FARM WITH EXCELLENT CROPLAND Contact: John Bechman 765.404.0396 NOVEMBER 13: 233+/- Acres • PREBLE COUNTY, OH • Dixon Twp HUNTING • RECREATIONAL • PRODUCTIVE FARMGROUND Contact: Craig Springmier 937.533.7126 NOVEMBER 14: 65+/- Acres • **ONLINE AUCTION** • haldermanauction.com Bidding Opens: November 13th 8 a.m. CST Bidding Closes: November 14th 4 p.m. CST COLES COUNTY, IL • Charleston Twp PRODUCTIVE CROPLAND Contact: Jaret Wicker 765.561.1737 NOVEMBER 14: 144+/- Acres • PUTNAM COUNTY, IN • Franklin Twp QUALITY FARMLAND Contact: Gary Bohlander 765.794.0221 NOVEMBER 18: 158+/- Acres • MIAMI COUNTY, IN • Clay and Washington Twps GOOD FARMLAND • POTENTIAL HOMESITE • WOODS RECREATIONAL LAND Contact: Larry Jordan 765.473.5849 or AJ Jordan 317.697.3086 NOVEMBER 19: 785+/- Acres • CLINTON COUNTY, OH • Union and Wilson Twps HIGH PERCENTAGE TILLABLE QUALITY FARMLAND Contact: Jim Hanna 937.725.2908 or Robert McNamara 614.309.6551

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2009 CIH 5088, 1755 engine hours, 1210 separator hours, excellent $79,500.

217-251-3830

2006 CIH 2208, hydraulic deck plates, new knifes, chains, and sprockets, exc., $12,500. 2012 Drago 8-30” red poly, CIH large throat, excellent, $19,500.

618-562-4819

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(2) JD-6620 COMBINES $4,500/ea.; JD-216 platform, JD-218 platform, $1,750.; $2,000.; JD-643 cornhead, $2,250. Call 217-246-2251

OCTOBER 28: 621+/- Acres • MORGAN COUNTY, IN • Adams and Gregg Twps QUALITY FARMLAND • GRAIN SYSTEM • FERTILIZER AND EQUIPMENT STORAGE • IN A COMPETITIVE FARMING AREA Contact: Jim Clark 765.659.4841 or Charles McCarty 812.480.9560 or Todd Litten 812.327.2466 or Sam Clark 317.442.0251

2004 CIH-2388 AFX rotor, chopper, RT, FT, YM, duals, 4248 eng. Hrs., 3235 sep hrs., $29,500; 2006 1020 30', 3” cut., FFA, $8,500.; 2208 hyd. Deck plates, $7,500, 618-562-4819

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1994 MF-8570 4WD, 2758 hrs., 20' AGCO grain table, U2reel , Schumacher MF-1183 8R cornhead always shedded very well kept, $34,000. 618-830-5194

We specialize in rebuilding corn heads.

• Hardened cutting edge for improved performance.

• Will last 2 to 3 times longer • Half the price of new • Tear downs available

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2009 CIH-8010, AFX rotor, chopper, auto steer ready, 520x85R42's, rears duals, 28Lx26, eng. hr. 2087, thresh hrs. 1397, new cone, clean, $125,000 obo; 2009 CIH-2408, hyd. Deck plates, good cond., $18,500; JD-6600 diesel combine, 4R30” corn head & bean head, $1,750 obo Call 815-249-6276 or 815-674-0720 2009 JD-625F PLATFORM, fresh rebuild Unverferth head trailer, Great Cond., $19,500 Call 309-696-3276 2012 CIH-5088. FT, RT, power fold ext., 2 spd. feeder/ hydro, chopper, Pro 700 mapping, EZ steer auto guide w/FM750.

16xx/12xx hrs.

30.5x32, (currently in use).

Well and always maintained shedded, records available. See Peo. CL for pics. $102,000 OBO; 2012 25' 3020 platform.

Full finger, 3" knife, poly skids, long/short dividers. 700A on front rebuild. $17,500 OBO. Call (309) 635-4162

2013 JD-606C, 1700 ac., Inter meshing rolls, stalk stompers, hyd. Deck plates, auto height sense, $30,500 309-275-3222 635 HYDRAFLEX single hook up, low rock dam, Serial # 1H00635FLA0737802, $17,000; Road Runner-636, 36', $7,000.; Call 309-236-6632 Bill or 309-236-8735 Ed. CASE-1083 CORN HEAD Great shape farmer owned, all Delivery available. poly, $12,500 OBO (217)892-8380 CIH-1020 HEAD 25' good head with carrier $6,500 OBO Call 217-892-8380 CIH-1020, 22-1/2 ft. FULL FINGERED head, good Head and carrier for/aft reel double drive, ran last year farmer owned, moved up to a 25' Delivery available. Call 217-892-8380 CIH-1063 CORN HEAD, hi-tin, water pump bearings, PTO, stompers, Exc., $4,800. Wanted: 25-ft. draper head. 708-921-3484 CIH-2206 CORN HAD, calmers BT rollers, hydraulic deck plate, farmer owned and maintained $15,500 Delivery available, Call 217-892-8380 CORN HEAD JD-843 LTOB, rebuilt, $4,250; (4) DMI 477 side dumps, $3,500, Call 309-275-6145 JD-893 CORN HEAD, hyd deck plates, knife rolls, HHC new sprockets, header chains, trailer, $15,000 (260)437-2566

HERITAGE 12 ROW down corn reel, fit JD-612 corn head, & others, Landoll new chopper reel, fits model 2111-11 coulter chisel, Farmer owned Call 309-224-9186 JD-9770, CONTOUR MASTER, 4x4, high capacity unload, pro drive, 100% field ready, stored inside, 1274 sep., $130,000.

Call 608-548-2040 JD643 CORN HEAD, high tin, $2,000; JD-643 corn head, low tin, oil bath, w/down corn reel, $4,200 Call or text 217-202-6353 LEXION-740 TT 4x4, on tracks, 1990 hours, Contour Master, $143,000. 8R and 30-ft. heads available. Stored Inside. Call 608-548-2040 MASSEY FERGUSON-8570, 1996 Cummins motor, 240 hp, 5220 eng. Hrs., 2982 sep. hrs., very well kept machine, lots of new parts, comes with 2009 Harvestec-4306 corn head, 9750 25' platform, always shed kept. $39,500. Call Matt 309-208-2062 or Doug 309-208-2063

MF-1163 CORNN HEAD; MF860 combine; Also, MF-860 for parts; JD-930 platform & header cart; Call 574-453-0249 MF9116 FLEX HEAD, SCH sickle, $1,000; MF-9120 flex head, SCH sickle $3,500; Call 217-248-8685

B6 Friday, October 18, 2019 BYRON CORN PICKERS, 8420 & 8400, both have duals, 24' elevators, JD head adapters, 309-750-9570 HIGH QUALITY WINTER RYE, cleaned, Germination and Purity Tested, Bulk or Bagged delivery available by pallet or truck load Whitaker Farms, Forest City IL. 309-241-5487 Off Patent GT (Glyphosate Tolerant) Soybeans Different Maturity Ranges available. Treated or nonTreated - Realistically Priced!

Call for details. 618-667-6401, 618-407-3638, 618-407-3637

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TANKS: STAINLESS. PIPE For Culverts 10-inch to 10ft DIA. 618-553-7549, 618-562-4544, www.dktanks.com

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

(2) AG-LEADER IN Command 1200 screen, 6500 receiver, RTK, complete, $11,000 each, Call 815-878-8062 1969 JD-5020 W/ROLL bar and canopy, 18.4x38 tires w/axle duals, 3-pt. hitch, dual hyd., 1,000 rpm., PTO, 12 volt system w/alternator, 140-hp., super sharp, $14,500. (812)204-4587 1971 JD-1020, gas, 3-cyl., 40hp, w/roll bar, 3-pt. hitch, 540 RMP PTO, 8-spd., 4936 hrs., w/5' Bushhog $4,750 Call 812-204-4587

Lebanon, IN (765) 482.2303 Leb. Spray Center, IN (765) 481.2044

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

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

Balzer 3350, vac., exc cond., 217-710-0841, Pana, IL

PAIR OF 14-30 tires on 13” rim, R-1 tubeless tires with tubes, 1/3 treading left, $450. Call 815-383-8067

Pendleton, IN (765) 778.1991

WANTED DAMAGED GRAIN WE PAY TOP DOLLAR!

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

(2) 13x70 FARMKING SAW augers, Great Auger, Great Price, Automated Agri-Systems, Leroy IL Call 309-962-8414

Plymouth, IN (574) 936.2523 Remington, IN (219) 261.4221 Terre Haute, IN (812) 234.2627 Wilmington, OH (937) 382.0941

1981 ALLIS CHALMERS-7080.

Cab, duals, wts,. 4290 hrs.

Good Tires, eng. overhaul 200 hrs. $11,900. (309)256-0794 1995 CHALLENGER-85C, BAREBACK, 4800 hrs., Exc Cond., tracks are rough, $23,000 Call 309-208-2800 1999 CASE-MX240 One owner, 2700 hours, 235 HP, 18F/4R, Powershift, PTO. Super Sharp. $62,500. Call 765-491-0979

Winamac, IN (574) 946.6168 Wingate, IN (765) 275.2270

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www.bigtractorparts.com JD 2007 9220 4WD, new 18.4x46 tires, power shift, auto steer ready, PTO, 3-pt hitch, 3800-hours, like new condition, $118,000. 815-275-0699

Same Day Shipment Perry Equipment, Inc. 115 West 580 North Crawfordsville, IN

QUALITY HAY AND STRAW FOR SALE, big & small squares, delivery available, Call us David 815-685-5344 Mike 815-685-9646

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KUHN HAY TEDDER, 6 baskets, NH SP. 12” hay bine 1999, NH-1029 SP bale wagon, 1.69 bales. Call

(2) LIKE NEW used 6614 & 614 Walinga vacs, 1 reconditioned 6614 Walinga vac, all new parts, Call 815-739-5993

We Repair Baler Knotters on your Farm!

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

Kings Repair, Marshall IN 765-597-2015

New& Used REM & Kongskilde grain vacs. Used Kongskilde 2000, 1000, 500 grain vacs.

Cornwell Equipment, Arthur, IL 217-543-2631

765-362-4495 800-433-8783

LOOKING TO BUY OR SELL FARM EQUIPMENT? 2009 BESTWAY 1200 Sprayer, 80ft. boom, Raven 440 control and Bestway section control, 320/90/R46 tires, little use, exc. condition, $23,000.

309-208-2800.

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2013 HAGIE 120ft aluminum boom, 1200 hrs of use. $31,500 618-562-7550.

2011 KRAUSE 4850 Dominator 18-ft. 11-shank ripper, new frt blades & bearings, like new cond. Call 217-248-2884.

2013 CIH-870 14' 7-shank w/ 7in. Pts. ripper, obc-gang.

Single pt. depth control wear shins, less than 4000 ac worth of use, Exc Cond. $35,000 Call 309-266-2800.

CHISEL – DMI 11-Shank, Very Good Condition. $1,900 Call 309-256-0794 Glenco disc chisel, 9 shank yield builder, $2700.

217-274-0632 GREAT PLAINS turbo till, 30' model 3000TT, serial # GP4833NN, blades & bearing recently replaced, HD frt. 191/2” rear 19-5/8” Exc. Cond., $25,000 Call 815-674-5481

(4) Grain Bins: (2) 5500 Bu. Grain Bins, (1) 10,000 bu. Grain Bin, (1) 3500 Bu. Grain Bin, to be removed buy the buyer. Call 812-215-6898 1997 SA625C, SUPERB energy miser continuous flow grain dryer, quantum dryer control, LP gas, 3-ph., 230V, very reliable, in use now, upgrading, avail.

10-16, $30,000 815-405-9328 3-Acres includes grain elevator w/80ft scales, office, 3 storage buildings & bins, etc.

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

looking for farm operators to run grain carts, chisel plows, etc.

Must have experience and good references.

Call Vern at 217-896-2040 or email to Vernon@candrag.com

MCLEAN COUNTY LAND FOR SALE Price Reduced 86.03 Cropland Acres (Productive A,B,C Soils) 15.02 Timber & Grass Acres; 8.7 CRP Acres 109.75 Total Acres $5,250/Acre Located in Empire Township of McLean County,(Approx ½ Mile North of the McLean-Dewitt County Line) Contact; Cornerstone Real Estate 309-928-9028 or Kyle Kopp Broker 309-275-0524 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

Ag Gypsum for Sale

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

JD 4960 tractor, FWA w/new Remand engine, 1991 .........................$50,000 Maurer 32 head mover, 2010, ......................... $6500 JD 9660 STS combine, '05, .......................... $59,000 '11 JD 30' FF platfr $18,000 JD 12R30” wide 7200 planter w/hyd drive, 1994 .... $13,500 Kilbros 1400 grain cart, 2002 ........................ $12,000

New Steel Storage tanks available Capacity up to 50,000 gal. 618-553-7549, 562-4544 www.dktanks.com

2001 41-FT. WILSON hopper bottom SS front corners in rear, 4 alum. Wheels, brakes 80%, field ready, $18,000. obo Call 309-208-1211.

2001 INTERNATIONAL-4900 HT, 6x4, AR, 16,000 front, 40,000 rear, 22'x72”, Kann grain box, 3-pc. tailgate w/metering, 22.5 tires steel disc, 9 spd., DT 466/250 HP, 37,500 mi., never driven in winter, last of 3, estate.

Call 765-366-2257 Crawfordsville IN.

call for pictures STRIP-TILL BAR, 12-row fold up with dry fertilizer. Older bar would make a great starter unit. $10,000. Call 815-228-8194

2007 PETERBILT 357, Allison auto, Hendrickson suspension, tandem axle, Cummins engine, 161,000 miles, 330-hp., $48,500. 217-924-4405 8-5pm.

500 gallon fuel Barrow on trailer ........................... $2000

309-314-1384,

LIKE NEW CIH-2500 RIPPER, bought new in 2016, NICE, ONLY 500 ac. $8,100. Pictures available Call 309-275-0286

2000 KENWORTH T800, w/areo cab, 220-wb, c10 Cat 380-hp., 10-spd. Auto shift, 4:11 rear end, 724,500 miles, $14,000. Call 309-208-2800

2007 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA 120, Air Ride Susp.; Tandem Axle; 14L Detroit Engine; 12,000 lb Front Axle Weight; 40,000 lb Rear Axle Weight; Very Nice 344,000 Miles, 10 Spd. Trans, $37,500.

217-924-4405 8-5pm.

Welding trlr w/Miller Bobcat welder generator ........ $7000

Used Ag Rain T210C, T200, & B130 water reels. Cornwell Equipment. 217-543-2631

UNVERFERTH ROLLING REEL, model 75, 18-1/2-ft wide, $5,900. Call 765-894-0790 FOR SALE GRAIN Bin Drying System, 42' Shivvers Drying System w/level dry & computer system & Cross Augers, 2 turbo Fans & Burners, 26hp a piece, Call 217-821-6232 for price GSI FLOORING New-Weather: 18' , 21' , 24' Floor. 50% off.

While They Last. Call Place Order.

Brush Enterprises, Bethany, IL 1-800-373-0654 NEW GT RECIRCULATING Batch Grain Dryers. Cornwell Equipment. (217)543-2631

Northern AG SERVICE, INC. 800-205-5751

Wanted: Irrigation Equipment Pipes, Pumps/Travelers.

HOEKSTRA FARMS, LLC. St. Anne, IL. Call 815-427-6510 We Manufacture All Steel Irrigation Bridges! Abbott Fabrication Winamac, IN 574-225-1326 Shop: 574-946-6566

BUY SELL TRADE Tr y

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

1992 GMC Topkick, Cat engine, 10ft bed, new paint, good condition, $7500.

618-528-8744

Iroquois Equipment Bush Hog Dealer

JD 8100 tractor, 2WD, 1997 ........................ $45,000

JD-726 2005 34ft finisher, knock on sweeps 5 bar spike harrow, field ready, nice condition, $23,500.

815-275-0669 LANDOLL-2211-15 DISC CHISEL with rolling baskets, serial # 22K1100241, $30,000 or will trade, Call 309-236-6632 Bill or 309-236-8735 Ed.

Call Heidi or Mark

1979 FORD F80, Louisville Tandem. 429 Gas Motor.

Automatic Transmission, 2 speed differential. 20 foot Omaha Standard Bed and Hoist. Really Clean and Good Truck. PRICED REDUCED 217-454-1995

RETIRING

JD-512 DISC RIPPER, 7-shank, w/rear hitch, disc blades 22”, stored inside, $18,000 Call 765-894-0790 JD-637 32ft Disc; JD 714 disc chisel, good condition, $4500; JD-630 25ft disk, excellent condition, 618-528-8744

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

1975 CHEVY C65, V8 Gas, air tag axle on rear, 8 like new mud tires, alum. Grain sides, cargo doors, hoist, roll tarp, $5,000 obo Call 217-246-2251

JD B 1947, good shape, been refurbished ........ $1800

JD-510 RIPPER, 5-SHANK with heavy 5-bar Remlinger drag, Don Lowery, Morris, IL. 815-383-2588,

DAMAGED GRAIN WANTED STATEWIDE

(2) Brent 744 gravity wagons with dual wheels and fenders.

315/80 x 22.5, red, like new condition, always shedded, $13,900- each. 815-871-3784 2-UNVERFERTH 530 wagonsgreen, roll tarps, brakes on all 4 wheels. Exc. cond. $10,000. ea.

815-674-4091 or 815-674-4640.

2019 KINZE-1051 TRACK grain cart, tarp, scale, hyd. spout, 36'' camo track, like new $78,500 815-383-2097 UNVERFERTH-5000 GRAIN CART, with roll tarp and lights, stored inside, very good condition, $12,900. Call 317-440-9225

Winco Generators.

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

*Fast, low rate shipping.

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

IH 720 6-16 on-land plow, exc cond., ready for the field, $2500.

217-460-0552 JD-2800 6-BOTTOM on land hitch plow, vari-width, $2,500 Call 309-696-3276

SPRA-COUPE 3440, 60-ft. straight PERKINS, booms, 300 gal, foamer, ez guide 250, 1998, 3600 hrs, exc. cond., $12,500. 309-303-1292.

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

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

IH #48, 18ft disc, good tires, good condition, $950. JD 6-Row 36 inch cultivator, rear mount, $300. 217-369-9098

Vermilion Co Illinois Farm

KINZE-400 SMALL 1000 PTO, 23.1x26 tires, always shedded Good Condition. $4,000 OBO. Pictures upon request Call 309-261-6129.

TIMPTE HOPPER TRAILER, 40-ft, $15,000 firm. Also, full stainless steel fenders, $500.

Call 309-275-1219.

SUPERB ENERGY MISER SD250VQ, 3-phase LP, 2038 hours, transport hitch. Call or text (815)545-7766 SUPERB SA-625, 3-PHASE, dual fuel dryer, reconditioned Call 309-392-2454

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2008 WILSON Pacesetter 41'x66” sides, new roll tarp, 11R24.5 tires, alum. rims, SS Back, $18,500. (309)657-1812 2014 WILSON HOPPER bottom.

41x72x102.

High capacity (about 1500 bsl corn).

2 speed gear box on doors.

Good tires and brakes. All aluminum wheels. Fresh DOT inspection. Asking $32,000 obo.

Call 618-691-9182 2016 41-FT. WILSON Pacesetter, DWH, 500 ag hopper, SS rear end and corners, (4) outside alum.

Wheels, steel sub-frame, steel King pin, $27,000. Call 309-208-2800 74 Ford louisville 800 grain truck, nice older truck, roll tarp, tag axle, $5500. 217-274-0632

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B7

Edmunds offers a peek at 2020’s most notable vehicles

By Will Kaufman

The automotive landscape evolves every year, with various brands and models pushing the envelope in new directions.

We’re rounding up the most signiďŹ cant vehicles for 2020, presented in alphabetical order. These are cars, trucks and SUVs that reveal major trends and shifts in the industry.

trucks capable of commercial-grade performance that also oer the comforts and luxury shoppers have come to expect from standard full-size trucks, and their prices have increased to match.

We could have easily picked any competitor from this class, but the Sierra HD is most exemplary of this trend with its 35,500-pound max towing capacity and luxury-oriented Denali trim.

It also showcases some impressive new technology features such as a camera system that lets you see both inside and behind trailers while towing.

2020 CHEVROLET CORVETTE The redesigned Corvette is a revolutionary leap for the quintessential American sports car.

Chevy moved the Corvette to a mid-engine layout — more like a supercar than 2020 NISSAN VERSA a traditional sports car — For 2020, the redein its quest to unlock even signed Versa is ditching its more performance.

Putting the engine behind the seats will signiďŹ cantly change the handling and driving dynamics of the Corvette. The price starts under $60,000.

2020 FORD ESCAPE Ford is discontinuing most of its passenger cars in the United States in favor of SUVs. With only the lackluster EcoSport for company, the newly redesigned Escape has to do the heavy lifting for Ford in terms of small passenger vehicles.

With more standard features, improved technology and better fuel efďŹ ciency — especially with the new hybrid model — the Escape can certainly compete with other compact SUVs. But can it also compete with traditional cars? Are current sedan or hatchback fans ready to make the switch?

2020 GMC SIERRA HD The entire heavy-duty pickup-truck class has been revamped for 2020, with every manufacturer updating designs, cabins, powertrains and technology features.

These are consumer

“cheapest carâ€? crown in favor of a nicer experience and more technology, and that technology makes the Versa signiďŹ cant. For less than $19,000, the Versa can be equipped with a full suite of active driver safety features.

The Versa oers the most comprehensive set of safety features for the lowest price we’ve seen and brings some of these features to the ultra-budget subcompact sedan class for the ďŹ rst time.

2020 PORSCHE TAYCAN The Porsche brand is synonymous with sports cars, so it’s big news that it’s releasing its ďŹ rst all-electric car. The Taycan promises to bring Porschelevel handling and perfor-

mance to EVs, along with robust engineering designed to increase the car’s reliability and longevity.

The Porsche badge is the ultimate litmus test for whether EVs can ďŹ ll all the niches where gas cars dominate. The Taycan is also the ďŹ rst shot across the bow of the Tesla Model S, the car that really launched Tesla into the mainstream.

HONORABLE MENTIONS Not every car can reveal new trends or reshape the automotive landscape, but some cars launched for 2020 are still worth talking about.

Q The 2020 Jeep Gladiator applies the oroad Wrangler formula to a pickup truck body. This go-anywhere crew cab has stirred up a lot of enthusiasm among o-roaders and truck buyers.

Q Last year, the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid proved there’s a lot of untapped demand for fuel-eďŹƒcient SUVs, and for 2020 Honda aims to capitalize on that demand with a new hybrid variant of its popular CR-V. The upcoming Honda CR-V Hybrid promises all the comfort and practicality of the regular CR-V with an estimated 50% increase in fuel eďŹƒciency.

Q Enthusiasts are excited for the reborn 2020 Toyota Supra. The Supra was made in partnership with BMW and relies almost entirely on BMW hardware and engineering. As such, don’t expect any of the Supra’s sportiness to trickle down to other Toyota models. n Finally, the 2020 Kia Telluride came as a huge surprise. It’s not just a practical family SUV, but in higher trims, it also oers an impressive near-luxury experience.

Will Kaufman is a content strategist and news editor at Edmunds.

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

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Alpaca fiber brings shear joy PLYMOUTH, Ill. (AP) — A western Illinois alpaca breeder said she’s found her art through working with the animals’ luxurious fibers.

Lindsey Moore is showcasing the alpacas at her farm in Plymouth during National Alpaca Farm Days. Moore, who owns a total of 53 Suri and Huacaya alpacas, said she first fell in love with the animals’ eyes and personality.

But she also loves the fiber: the soft silky sheen of Suri and the fluffier Huacaya.

“To me, it’s like making a color palette for someone to paint with, but instead they’re spinning it into yarn or felting with it,” Moore said. “It makes me feel good.”

Moore told the Quincy

Herald-Whig that she was responding to a demand for better-priced alpacas in the area when she started breeding alpacas in recent years. Her alpacas sell from $500 to $2,000, but Moore said that other farms sell their alpacas for as much as $12,000.

Visitors to her Little Creek Alpacas property during the recent National Alpaca Farm Days met some of her animals, learned about their fiber, watched spinning and felting demonstrations and bought alpaca textiles.

Alpaca fiber can be processed into yarns for a number of uses including in clothes, toys and rugs.

Shearing takes place once a year, usually at the end of April. The males can produce 5 to 7 pounds

of fiber, and the females yield 2 to 4 pounds.

Moore said alpaca fiber is popular because it wicks moisture, is stain resistant and antimicrobial.

Antimicrobial products kill or slow the spread of microorganisms.

Alpacas will let humans pet them — as long as the humans are patient. Moore describes them as catlike and aloof.

“I tell people the best thing to do is sit in a chair at dusk with a camera or a book, and they’ll come up to you on their own,” she said. “It’s really hard to do, but the first time they come up, try not to rub their neck. Let them sniff you, kiss you. Eventually they’ll let you do the neck rub.

Some let you right away.

Alpaca fiber can be processed into yarns for a number of uses including in clothes, toys and rugs.

Some take forever.”

Rig hauling cattle overturns on highway K ANSAS CIT Y, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a tractor-trailer hauling cattle overturned on a Kansas City highway, causing several other crashes as more than 40 animals broke free.

The rig flipped around 1

a.m. Oct. 10 on Interstate 29 near the Interstate 636 interchange.

Police say another tractor-trailer and at least one car hit loose cattle.

Police say another driver crashed into a police cruiser.

No drivers were injured, but traffic was disrupted for hours as crews cleaned up the mess and rounded up the loose cattle.

Police say several head of cattle had to be euthanized at the scene.

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Preparing livestock for winter

By Ashley Langreck

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BROOKVILLE, Ind. — With Thanksgiving a little over a month away, livestock producers need to start preparing for winter months and colder weather.

Mary Rodenhuis, the Purdue Extension educator for agriculture and natural resources in Franklin County, recently shared some tips for livestock producers to remember as they prepare their herds for the winter months: n Take stock of forages.

Rodenhuis said that livestock

producers need to take stock of how much forage they have and how much they will need to acquire to get their livestock through the winter months. She said due to the crazy growing season this year, especially with hay, there could be hay shortages later in the season.

Producers shouldn’t rely on waiting until the last minute to secure hay for the winter months, but rather should be making plans now. She added that it would probably be a good idea for livestock producers to have a contract for their hay sourcing.

n Test forages. Due to the unusual hay growing season, Rodenhuis said that producers should have their forages tested to check the Rodenhuis nutrient content and quality. The first cutting was delayed which caused the nutrition value of the hay to go down. She said that if the value of the nutrition quality is down, livestock won’t

get as much energy. n Take a body condition score of animals. The Extension educator said that it is always a good idea before severe cold weather hits for livestock producers to survey their herds and to take a body score of their animals.

Livestock that are thinner should be fed extra to try, and get them heavier before colder weather sets in, because that is when the amount of energy a body demands increases. n Be prepared for breeding/ birthday season. Producers need to make sure they go through their breeding check list and

Calcium ratio set for pigs URBANA, Ill. — The amount of calcium in pig diets must be calculated precisely. Too much can decrease phosphorus digestibility and feed intake, leading to lower weight gain in pigs.

Hans Stein, professor in the Department of Animal Sciences and the Division of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinois, and his graduate students have established the optimum ratio of calcium and phosphorus for most pig weight classes.

In a recent Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology article, they complete the picture with a recommendation for 11to 22-kilogram pigs.

“We determined that if phosphorus is provided at the required level of 0.33%, the optimal ratio of calcium to phosphorus is 1.39:1 or 1.25:1 to maximize daily gain and gainto-feed, respectively. To optimize bone ash, which is important for breeding sows, the ratio is 1.66:1,” Stein said. “This is in very good agreement with our previous data from other weight classes.”

Stein’s research team, led by doctoral student Vanessa Lagos, formulated 20 corn-soybean meal-based diets, varying in calcium and phosphorus concentration, and fed them to 640 barrows — average weight 11 kilograms — over 21 days.

Diets were formulated to contain 0.16%, 0.33%, 0.44%, or 0.5% standardized total tract digestible phosphorus and 0.14%, 0.29%, 0.44%, 0.59%, or 0.74% STTD calcium. These values represented 50 to 151% of the STTD phosphorus requirement and 30 to 170% of the total calcium requirement.

By the end of the 21-day trial, at which time the pigs’ average weight was 22.4 kilograms, the researchers were able to determine pig growth performance.

Specifically, they quantified final body weight, average daily gain, gain-to-feed ratio and incorporation of the minerals into bone.

The team also analyzed gene expression patterns and found more leakage of calcium out of the gut when the mineral was fed in excess.

BOTTOM LINE “The bottom line is that it’s very important not to overfeed calcium. We have to know exactly how much calcium is in each ingredient and then formulate mixed diets to make sure we don’t get too much,” Stein said.

“There are some calcium sources in the diet that feed companies may not necessarily be aware of, such as vitamin premixes that use calcium as a carrier. If you add it all up, you can get quite a bit too much.”

Stein added that a European study determined pig diets contain 0.22% more calcium on average than stated on the product label. On the other hand, commercial diets are unlikely to provide excess phosphorus.

It’s not only one of the most expensive nutrients; it also can cause environmental harm when excreted in urine and manure.

The article, “Influence of the concentration of dietary digestible calcium on growth performance, bone mineralization, plasma calcium and abundance of genes involved in intestinal absorption of calcium in pigs from 11 to 22 kg fed diets with different concentrations of digestible phosphorus,” is published in Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology.

are prepared for breeding and birthday season. It is important for producers to keep their eyes on pregnant animals for signs of stress or labor, as well as to make sure they have a supply of straw on hand. Producers should have a supply of straw on hand to keep their lambs, kids and calves warm during the winter months.

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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A prototype demonstrates the circuitry and manufacturing technology being developed for a robotic pill that could give farmers an inside view of the health of each cow by moving among their stomach chambers.

Robotic pills give cows a gut check WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Even cows have emotions and a happy cow is a better milk producer than one under stress. But how do dairy farmers read an individual bovine animal not known for its facial expression amongst a herd of up to 10,000?

Richard Voyles, a professor in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, believes artificial intelligence and robotics could hold the key to giving dairy farmers in-depth data on the status of their herd, including illness or anxiety.

“In crop agriculture, we don’t care about individual ears of corn or grains of wheat compared to an entire field,” he said. “But we care about individual cows or pigs. Each individual animal eats differently and gets sick differently.

“The point is, treating animals well increases productivity by as much as 15%. It’s a substantial increase.”

Voyles is collaborating with engineering and agriculture colleagues at Purdue and two other universities on two research projects to supply livestock and dairy farmers with a wealth of new information about their herds. Both projects received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Unlike a field of corn, it’s hard to determine the health of herd of cows just by flying over them with a drone. With that in mind, Voyles is looking at the problem inside-out using robotic pills ingested by the cows.

The small robots are mobile, allowing movement between each of the four stomach chambers in a cow.

“This is where AI comes in,” Voyles said. “We need to be able to move those robots around so that we have a sense at all levels of what’s going on in there to really understand things.”

The prototypes are larger and made out of polymers, so at this point they do not dissolve in the stomach acids. Such pills would be expected to be passed by humans.

But animals like cows obtain nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a compartmentalized stomach prior to digestion. So solids, instead

of being passed, are regurgitated and chewed again.

Researchers, including animal scientists, are working with Voyles, Voyles looking at new locomotion methodology for the robots. They have to be very low power and rely on external sensing and powering and recharging.

The internal organs of a cow make movement — or simply staying in one of the stomach chambers — a difficult proposition.

“Cow stomachs are constantly experiencing contractions and are moving stuff around as they convert indigestible to digestible protein,” Voyles said.

“We really need to stay inside the stomach chamber because it’s very complex, very stratified. But what happens is the pill always ends up in the wrong place if they are not robotic.”

COLLABORATIVE ROBOTICS LAB Voyles is head of the Collaborative Robotics Lab at Purdue, focusing his research on novel robotic mechanisms, sensors, self-adaptive software and real-time controls.

Initially turned on to robotics during the Three Mile Island nuclear incident as a Purdue undergraduate, Voyles said the connection between engineering theory, real technology problems and engineering solutions excites him from both the Engineering and Engineering Technology perspectives.

Voyles is working with colleagues at Penn State and Virginia Tech to develop a millipede-inspired locomotion system for inside the animals that is inherently safe. He believes the pills, with further development, could eventually have a use in human surgery and wellbeing.

Combined with the robotic pills is the second phase of the work: Developing a body sensor network for entire herds at

a time, offering farmers closer monitoring of the health of the cows at any given time.

The robotic pills could safely connect data out to a collar on the cow which is then broadcast to a network via either cell phone or Wi-Fi signal.

Both the robotic pills and the network research are funded through the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

“They are moving around in large herds so we need to know things like who is coughing and where,” Voyles said.

“Do we need to isolate them, is there sickness involved, do they need medication?”

He said farmers could more specifically pinpoint which cows are sick, reducing sweeping applications of antibiotics to only the animals that need it. The use extends beyond medicine to daily upkeep such as feeding.

Dairy cows are fed at least two times per day, if not more, so there are many opportunities to tweak their diets with vitamins, minerals and other supplements in a natural way.

But farmers need to track individual cows.

“If we use this network to bring the data throughout the farm as a digital fabric back to farmers, they can make decisions and then send that back to things like robotic feeders,” Voyles said.

With this as a foundation, Voyles foresees building extensive networks with various levels of analytics using artificial intelligence and aggregating an animal’s behavior into the herd’s behavior.

Using technology to improve the quality and productivity of animal agriculture goes beyond a business point of view. There is the potential for big global impacts in terms of land and water use.

“Now there’s an important aspect of sustainability in there when you talk about this,” Voyles said. “If you can improve the health and productivity of the animals, you can reduce methane. You can also optimize their water use and land use while improving their well-being.”

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — An official manual for the Beef Quality Assurance program that is both detailed and extensive is now being distributed nationwide throughout the cattle industry.

The manual and the BQA program are both managed by the producer education team at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff.

The 124-page manual addresses topics such as food safety, animal well-being, worker safety and environmental stewardship. It provides specific information to help producers approach management decisions in a way that acknowledges a responsibility to the animals, consumers, the environment and the larger beef industry.

The manual includes the most current set of key practices, guidelines and suggestions for providing thoughtful and responsible cattle management.

A helpful resource for cattle producers and others in the industry, it is the foundation for training and certification programs offered nationally and by many states.

“In the Beef Quality Assurance Program, we have a slogan that the right way is the only way,” according to Bob Smith, BQA Advisory Group chair.

“At the same time, we recognize that no two cattle operations are the same. And no program or manual could ever compile all of the ‘do’s’ and ‘don’ts’ that would completely constitute the ‘right way.’”

Smith said this manual instead outlines a way of thinking for cattle producers — a guideline for approaching decisions with thoughtfulness and care.

He said following the easyto-understand manual will lead to both a stronger individual cattle operation and a more vibrant, respected and robust cattle industry.

The BQA Program is a cooperative effort between beef producers, veterinarians, nutritionists, extension staff and other professionals from veterinary medical associations and allied industries.

BQA PROGRAM GOALS BQA Program goals are to assure consumers that all cattle shipped from a beef production unit are healthy, wholesome, and safe; their management has met Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency standards; they meet quality requirements throughout the production system; and are produced using animal well-being, worker safety, and environmentally-sound production practices.

It has six objectives focused on production standards, data retention, hands-on training and education, technical assistance and maintaining a foundation of continuous improvement and responsible cattle management.

BQA encourages producers to use all reliable sources and information and take actions that will accomplish BQA program’s goals and objectives.

In addition, the BQA recommends the use of common sense, appropriate management skills and accepted scientific knowledge to deliver the highest levels of animal stewardship and the production of quality, healthy and safe products.

To view the new BQA manual or become BQA certified, visit BQA.org.

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Market data FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 11, 2019

Futures Prices This Last This week week Chg. week CATTLE HOGS OCT 19 109.45 107.35 2.10 OCT 19 62.92 DEC 19 112.15 110.77 1.38 DEC 19 69.60 FEB 20 118.05 116.62 1.43 FEB 20 77.05 APR 20 120.20 119.22 0.98 APR 20 82.97 JUN 20 113.12 112.15 0.97 MAY 20 88.50 AUG 20 111.12 110.17 0.95 JUN 20 92.60

Last week Chg. 62.40 67.25 74.47 81.50 87.57 92.12

0.52 2.35 2.58 1.47 0.93 0.48

MILK CLASS III OCT 19 18.64 NOV 19 18.71 DEC 19 17.88 JAN 20 17.10 FEB 20 16.74 MAR 20 16.69

18.31 18.04 17.37 16.83 16.56 16.60

0.33 0.67 0.49 0.27 0.18 0.09

CORN DEC 19 3976 3846 130 MAR 20 4076 3970 106 MAY 20 4126 4024 102 JUL 20 4164 4056 108 SEP 20 4076 4004 72 DEC 20 4100 4042 58

SOYBEANS NOV 19 9360 JAN 20 9504 MAR 20 9610 MAY 20 9684 JUL 20 9766 AUG 20 9786

9162 9302 9406 9500 9582 9614

198 202 204 184 184 172

CHICAGO WHEAT DEC 19 5080 4904 176 MAR 20 5140 4974 166 MAY 20 5184 5026 158 JUL 20 5222 5070 152 SEP 20 5292 5150 142 DEC 20 5410 5282 128

K.C. WHEAT DEC 19 4194 MAR 20 4320 MAY 20 4416 JUL 20 4506 SEP 20 4610 DEC 20 4760

4040 4184 4282 4376 4490 4642

154 136 134 130 120 118

BRENT CRUDE OIL DEC 19 60.51 58.37 2.14 60.12 57.74 2.38 JAN 20 FEB 20 59.60 57.23 2.37 59.23 56.89 2.34 MAR 20 APR 20 58.95 56.64 2.31 MAY 20 58.71 56.44 2.27

ETHANOL NOV 19 DEC 19 JAN 20 FEB 20 MAR 20 APR 20

1.388 1.366 1.362 1.362 1.362 1.406

0.119 0.092 0.092 0.092 0.092 0.092

141.97 141.37 137.70 137.10 138.45 139.30

1.507 1.458 1.454 1.454 1.454 1.498

Stocks of Agricultural Interest

This Last 52-wk week week high

ADM AGCO BASF BG CF

40.46 73.85 17.76 56.21 50.62

40.35 50.17 73.69 80.64 16.92 20.98 56.29 69.30 48.78 55.15

This Last 52-wk week week high

CTVA 26.66 25.89 32.78 DD 65.16 68.15 86.93 DE 170.95 167.69 173.26 FMC 83.75 82.19 92.13 MOS 20.72 19.39 37.37

Export Inspections (MIL BU.) This Year Cumulative Cumulative Cml.

week ago this year year ago % diff.

WHEAT 385.259 448.294 8906.75 7365.932 20.92 CORN 466.521 1452.577 2018.78 5907.650 -65.83 SOYBEANS 1038.988 608.794 4193.45 3579.958 17.14

Livestock Summary % diff.

This Last Year week year

week week ago ago ago Hog Slaughter-est 11000 hd Cattle slaughter-est 1000 hd

2725 2669 2497 2.10 9.13

645 639 647 0.94 -0.31

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

79.28 75.84 150.10 132.62 70.82 68.80 58.69 60.14 215.88 212.00 188.15 187.14 109.08 103.46 170.08 165.27

3.44 17.48 2.02 -1.45 3.88 1.01 5.62 4.81

CASH HOGS, LIVE PRICE This week Last week Change Interior Illinois

39.00

35.00

4.00

Eastern Corn Belt Direct Feeder Cattle Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Kentucky and Ohio Reported sales this week, 2,245; last week, 2,622; last year, 1,722. Demand moderate. Supply included 100% over 600 lbs, 43% heifers.

Feeder Steers Medium, Large 1-2 Avg.

Avg. Delivery Head Wt. Price (FOB) 570 775 135.00 Nov 120 800 132.00 Nov Feeder Steers Medium, Large 2 825 128.00 Dec 290 290 825 126.00 Jan

Feeder Heifers Medium, Large 1 370 700 134.42 Current 70 750 138.16 Current Feeder Heifers Medium, Large 1-2 75 650 135.16 Current 325 750 128.00 Jan Feeder Heifers Medium, Large 2 725 118.85 Jan 135

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

Ethanol production for week ending Oct. 4t totaled 0.963 million barrels per day, a 5,000-barrel increase compared to the week prior. Ethanol stocks were at 21.2 mb this week, a decrease of 1.995 mb.

Monday's crop condition report showed corn at 56% good to excellent, which was 12% less than a year ago. Corn dented was at 93%, 7% below a year ago.

Corn mature was at 58%, 34% below a year ago and 27% below the five-year average. Corn harvested was at 15%, 12% below the five-year average.

Soybean condition was 53% good to excellent, which is 15% less than a year ago. Soybeans dropping leaves was at 72%, which was 18% behind last year and 15% behind the five-year average.

For the week ending Oct. 3, an increase of 11.2 million bushels of corn export sales for 2019-2020 was reported while an increase of 76.9 million bushels of soybean exports sales for 2019-2020 was tabulated. Wheat export sales showed an increase of 19.2 million bushels for 2019-2020.

Wheat was 2 1/2 cents lower to 15 3/4 cents higher. Corn was 6 1/2 cents to 9 cents lower. Sorghum was 15 cents to 16 cents lower. Soybeans were 1 3/4 cents to 13 3/4 cents higher.

CORN Kansas City US No 2 truck Yellow Corn was 6 1/2 to 8 1/2 cents lower from 3.65 1/4-3.72 1/4 per bushel.

Omaha US No 2 Yellow Corn was 7 to 9 cents lower from 3.653.70 per bushel.

Chicago US No 2 Yellow Corn was 7 1/2 to 8 1/2 cents lower from 4.00 1/4-4.11 1/4 per bushel.

Toledo US No 2 rail Yellow corn was 8 1/2 cents lower at

Trio of tools manage nutrient loss

By Tom C. Doran

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

2.13 2.88 2.77 2.05 1.90 1.75

FEEDER CATTLE OCT 19 144.10 NOV 19 144.25 JAN 20 140.47 MAR 20 139.15 APR 20 140.35 MAY 20 141.05

SuperU nets 229 bushels per acre

4.05 1/4 per bushel.

Minneapolis US No 2 Yellow corn rail was 8 1/2 cents lower at 3.36 1/4 per bushel.

OILSEEDS Minneapolis Yellow truck soybeans were 8 3/4 cents higher at 8.70 1/2 per bushel.

Illinois Processors US No 1 Yellow truck soybeans were 1 3/4 to 13 3/4 cents higher from 8.93 1/2-9.08 1/2 per bushel.

Kansas City US No 2 Yellow truck soybeans were 11 3/4 cents higher from 8.48 1/2-8.83 1/2 per bushel.

Illinois 48 percent soybean meal, processor rail bid was 4.90 higher from 309.80-317.80 per bushel.

Central Illinois Crude Soybean oil processor bid was 0.11 points lower from 29.38-29.78 per cwt.

WHEAT Kansas City US No 1 Hard Red Winter, ordinary protein rail bid was 2 1/2 cents lower from 4.83 1/4-4.93 1/4 per bushel.

St. Louis truck US No 2 Soft Red Winter terminal bid was 5 cents higher at 4.78 per bushel.

Minneapolis and Duluth US No 1 Dark Northern Spring, 14.0 to 14.5 percent protein rail, was 13 3/4 to 15 3/4 cents higher at 6.25 1/4 per bushel.

Portland US Soft White wheat rail was 10 cents higher from 5.95-6.00 per bushel.

SORGHUM US No 2 yellow truck, Kansas City was 15 to 16 cents lower from 6.17-6.25 per cwt. Texas High Plains US No 2 yellow sorghum (prices paid or bid to the farmer, fob elevator) was 15 to 16 cents lower from 6.43-6.69 per cwt.

OATS US 2 or Better oats, rail bid to arrive at Minneapolis 20 day was 2 1/4 cents lower to 3 3/4 cents higher from 2.86 3/4-3.40 3/4 per bushel.

Futures Prices compiled by faculty and staff of the Ag Economics Department at the University of Missouri.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — A trio of tools that fit into managing nutrient loss were featured at the recent Midwest Ag Industries Exposition.

One such product, SuperU, was included in four years of field trials conducted by the University of Illinois at 15 locations.

The research looked at 19 different combinations of nitrogen form and timing.

SuperU broadcast resulted in an average corn yield of 229 bushels per acre to lead the other nitrogen forms applied.

“SuperU over that whole fouryear window was the number one ranked treatment among all treatments in that study. It was the highest yielding,” said Tim Laatsch, Koch Agronomic Service technical agronomy manager.

“We’re pretty excited with that because that was a not a study that we funded. It was a publicly-funded study.”

With the highest concentration of nitrogen available in a stabilized, urea-based granule, SuperU contains dual active ingredients of urease and nitrification inhibitors to guard crops from denitrification, leaching and volatilization.

“We manufacture it in our Enid, Oklahoma, nitrogen plant, and so those ingredients are integrated to the granule as the granule itself is being made, rather than being coated on the top, which enables us to push up the concentrations of active ingredients to the point that they’re truly efficacious in the agronomic cropping system,” Laatsch said.

CENTURO Centuro, a next generation nitrification inhibitor for anhydrous ammonia, was added to the Koch portfolio when it received U.S. Environmental Protection Agency registration about a year ago.

“It’s the first nitrification inhibitor registered as a pesticide with EPA in over 40 years. So, we have a truly legitimate product coming to the marketplace designed for both anhydrous and UAN,” Laatsch said.

“It blocks the ammonia monooxygenase enzyme in the soil and holds nitrogen in the ammonium state three times longer before it converts to nitrate.

“ T hat ’s i mportant from a 4R nutrient stewardship standpoint because if we’re holding it back as ammonium we’re not allowing it to convert to nitrate until later Laatsch in the cropping se a son when the plant really needs it. We’re less prone to losing it by leaching and denitrification.”

Three years of Centuro field trials were conducted by the University of Nebraska and University of Missouri. Laatsch said Koch also worked with the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association to evaluate both fall and spring applications of anhydrous ammonia with and without Centuro.

The trials found Centuro increased corn yield by six bushels per acre with fall-applied ammonia and by six bushels with spring-applied ammonia compared to untreated ammonia.

“So, we’re seeing a spring response to the nitrogen stabilizer, as well. We tested in that 2016-2018 window. Those were fairly wet springs and so you would expect a lot of below ground loss and basically it’s telling us that Centuro is doing the job that it’s designed to do,” Laatsch said.

ANVOL A third product, Anvol, a urease inhibitor, received EPA registration this past January.

Anvol nitrogen stabilizer features a patented active ingredient, Duromide, and provides the longest-lasting urease inhibitor protection over a wider range of soil environments, according to Koch Agronomic Services.

“Everyone knows Koch for being the Agrotain people. This is brand new chemistry that we’re bringing to market that performs at a level higher than Agrotain. It’s about a 27% improvement over Agrotain in terms of the window of protection that you get from the product on ether urea or UAN that’s surface-applied,” Laatsch said.

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

Culver’s Thank You Farmers Project donations hit $2.5M PRAIRIE DU SAC, Wis. — Culver’s and its Thank You Farmers Project has raised $2.5 million to support agricultural education since its inception six years ago. So far in 2019, over $400,000 has been raised.

By 2050, the global population is expected to reach 9.8 billion, meaning farmers will have to produce 80% more food than they do today to feed everyone. Money raised through Culver’s supports programs such as FFA and others that are educating the country’s future agricultural leaders.

“We’re facing a turning point in agriculture, and the responsibility to feed a growing population falls on all of us, not just farmers,” said Joe Koss, president and CEO at Culver’s. “Our guests understand this, and that’s why they’ve helped

us to raise money every year to support the future of agriculture.”

In addition to supporting agriculture education efforts, Culver’s is joining the efforts of national organizations in support of agriculture’s future.

Koss is a newly appointed member of the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance board of directors.

USFR A represents farmer and rancher-led organizations and food agricultural partners with a common vision to further our global sustainable food systems.

To learn more about the challenges that the agricultural community is facing in the future, watch USFR A’s “30 Harvests” video, or find out how you can support Culver’s Thank You Farmers Project at culvers.com/thank-youfarmers-project.

Tractor Supply Co. launches Fall Paper Clover campaign BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Tractor Supply Company continues its mission to support youth in their local communities by launching its Fall Paper Clover campaign, a biannual fundraiser in partnership with National 4-H Council to provide scholarships for 4-H members.

The Paper Clover fundraiser provides thousands of dollars each year to offer opportunities for youth to attend conferences, 4-H camps and other developmental programs across the nation. This fall, Tractor Supply is asking for customers to help them reach the $1 million goal by raising awareness of the campaign via social media shares of their paper clover donations with #DonateAMillion.

To participate in the Fall Paper Clover campaign, Tractor Supply customers and team members can purchase a paper clover from Oct. 9-20 at stores nationwide.

Customers also have the opportu-

nity to donate online when making a purchase at TractorSupply.com.

Each donation benefits youth within the state where it was collected, providing scholarships for numerous state level 4-H programs.

Fundraising efforts are sourced for programs and events such as visits to the state capitol to meet with the agricultural department, leadership conferences and camps where attendees can study a range of topics from beekeeping to raising and training animals to forestry.

Since the program’s inception, Tractor Supply and National 4-H Council have generated more than $13 million in their nine years of partnership for the fundraiser. This spring, the program raised more than $917,000 for 4-H programs and students.

4-H clubs are encouraged to contact a Tractor Supply store to participate during the in-store fundraiser. For more information, visit TractorSupply.com/4H.

‘Greatest loss is self-confidence’ Intermarket Magazine in 1985 interviewed Roy W. Longstreet, age 84 at the time.

The interview was reprinted in 2010

by Peter Brandt of Factor Research Services.

Commodity Trading Longstreet was Insight described as “a legendary grain Jerry Welch trader, a pioneer of technical analysis of commodity markets. Longstreet’s specialty was a technical approach known as “analog-year research.”

Longstreet had great insight on the role of emotions in market speculation.” Longstreet also is the author of “Viewpoints of a Commodity Trader.”

Here are my personal recollections of Longstreet from my book, “Back To The Futures” in a chapter entitled “The Greatest Loss Is Self-Confidence.” The chapter was penned on Jan. 15, 1987, and dedicated to Longstreet, better known as “the Chief.”

The opening lines from the chapter: “I was sorry to see Clayton Brokerage close its doors in 1986. I have many memories that I associate with that firm and its founder, Roy W. Longstreet. It was the Chief that hired me to work for him.

“The Clayton Brokerage Company no longer exists. It was absorbed by a much larger company. It is hard for me to imagine such a thing. For years, there were rumors it was for sale, but I assumed that those were rumors and nothing more.

Clayton had been around for so long that I just took it for granted that they would continue to operate.

Obviously, I was wrong.

“In the 1940s, Roy W. Longstreet founded a firm called LongstreetAbbott. This company was formed to offer fundamental market analysis to commercial firms that were interested in the price trends for raw agricultural products.

“Within a short period of time, Longstreet-Abbott was providing research for companies such as Pillsbury, Ralston-Purina, and other industry leaders. Under Mr. Longstreet’s watchful eye and firm grip, Longstreet-Abbott developed into a top notch company in a very short span of time.

“A few years later, Mr. Longstreet went one step further and founded a company named Clayton Brokerage.

He did so because he wanted to offer the public the same high quality fundamental market analysis that many large commercial firms were enjoying.

“Clayton Brokerage was nothing more than an offshoot of Longstreet-Abbott and a product of Roy Longstreet’s ambitions. Clayton became a brokerage house for commercials, hedgers, and the general trading public. Clayton Brokerage was an industry leader for years and years to come.

“There was a time, not long ago, when most commodity brokers and research analysts had roots leading back to the Clayton organization.

Clayton Brokerage had a profound effect upon the futures industry well into the mid-1980s.

“Mr. Longstreet, as an individual, had a significant influence upon the commodity markets in his day. He was held in awe. He was considered a big-time speculator during the 1960s — a real heavy hitter.

“It was said that trading in the grain pits came to a halt the day he visited the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. The floor traders had all heard of him and his exploits, but they had never actually seen him. And when he appeared on the Exchange floor, trading stopped.

“As the company LongstreetAbbott was phased out, Mr. Longstreet founded Clayton Commodity Service. The function of this firm was to provide research for Clayton Brokerage and to conduct business on its own.

“In 1970, I was hired by Mr. Longstreet to work for Clayton Commodity Service, the research arm of Clayton Brokerage. I had the opportunity to work closely with the Chief. He was called the Chief out of respect and admiration. No one called him anything but the Chief. Or, Mr. Longstreet.

“I worked directly under the Chief while I was employed by Clayton Commodity Service. I gained a wealth of knowledge about market fundamentals, trading, and psychology from him.

“Only in later years did I come to realize that such an experience was priceless. The Chief had one of the best analytical commodity minds that I have ever encountered. I realize that more today than I did as a very inexperienced and uninformed 24-year-old.

“The Chief could just look at the markets and all those dancing numbers and tell you where the prices would be six months down the road.

He was something!”

Part II of “The Greatest Loss Is Self-Confidence” is coming next week. Please stay tuned.

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(A) 2016 MF GC1705 23 HP, 34 Hrs.

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(A) 2016 MF 7726 (A) 2014 MF 7622 (A) 2015 MF 6615 (G) 2013 MF 7624 145 HP, CVT, 32 MPH, 1414 Hrs. 215 HP, CVT, 32 MPH, 1996 Hrs. 235 HP, CVT, 32 MPH.,1938 Hrs. 255 HP, CVT, 32 MPH, 615 Hrs.

$82,500

$99,500

$99,500

$125,000

(A) 2015 Versatile 260 260 HP, 568 Hrs

(A) 2018 Versatile 265 265 HP, 115 Hrs.

(A) 2010 MF 8650 270 HP, CVT, 32 MPH, 2981 Hrs.

(A) 2014 MF 8650 270 HP, CVT, 1850 Hrs.

(A) 2017 MF 8735 350 HP, CVT, 32 MPH, 710 Hrs.

(A) 1998 JD 8100 177 HP, 4779 Hrs. Auto Guide

(A) 2002 JD 7810 175 HP, 6503 Hrs.

(G) 2009 JD 9630 530 HP, 4879 Hrs.

(A) 2012 JD 9460R 460 HP, 2070 Hrs.

(G) 2012 JD 9510RT 510 HP, 2415 Hrs.

(A) 2018 Versatile 460 460 HP, PS, PTO

(A) 2018 Fendt 1038 380 HP, 32 MPH, 539 Hrs.

(A) 2018 Fendt 1046 460 HP, 32 MPH, 632 Hrs.

(A) 2011 MF 9695 LTM, 1714/1107 Hrs.

(A) 2016 Case IH 8240 LTM, RWA, 1080/746 Hrs.

$9,950

$115,000

$59,500

$85,000

$149,500

$119,500

$62,500

$109,500

$165,000

$195,000

$195,000

$20,400/ Yr.

(G) 2013 Case IH 500 Quad Trac (G) 2003 Challenger MT765 306 HP, PTO, 3584 Hrs. 500 HP, New Track, 2750 Hrs.

$199,500

$89,500

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(A) 2013 Gleaner S77 LTM, 1334/845 Hrs.

(A) 2014 Gleaner S78 LTM, 1339/871 Hrs.

(A) 2009 MF 9795 LTM, RWA, 1952/1287 Hrs.

(G) 2013 Drago 1230 II 12-30” New Deck Plates

(A) 2014 Drago 1230 FII 12-30” Folding Chopping, New Blades & Chains

(G) 2014 MacDon FD7535 JD 3500 Acres Use

$149,500

$49,500

(A) (G) (A) (A) (A) (A) (G) (A) (A) (G) (A) (A) (A) (A) (G) (G) (A)

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2017 MF 8735, FWA, 350 HP, 32 MPH, 710 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2013 MF 8660, FWA, 295 HP, 32 MPH, 2123 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2014 MF 8650, FWA, 270 HP, 1849 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2013 MF 8650, FWA, 270 HP, 1025 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012 MF 8660, FWA, 295 HP, 1403 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2014 MF 7624, FWA, 235 HP, Dyna 6, 830 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2013 MF 7624, FWA, 235 HP, 32 MPH, 1938 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2011 MF 1652, FWA, 52 HP, Cab, Loader, 1325 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2017 NH TS6.120, FWA, 119 HP, Loader, 325 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2005 Agco DT180A, FWA, 215 HP, CVT, 1715 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2001 Agco DT200, FWA, 235 HP, 3256 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1996 Agco Allis 9675, 2WD, 194 HP, 3110 Hrs., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2003 Case IH MXM130, FWA, 129 HP, 1965 Hrs., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1990 NH Versatile 876, 4WD, 280 HP, 5070 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1995 JD 8100, FWA, 177 HP, 8060 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1990 JD 4955, FWA, 200 HP, 7154 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2009 Challenger MT565B, 2WD, 168 HP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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(A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (G) (A) (G) (A) (G) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A)

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(G) 2014 MacDon FD75-45 (A) 2017 MacDon FD75-45 Case IH Hook-up Lexion or Case IH Hook-up

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2014 MF 9540, LTM, RWA, 1062/663 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2014 MF 9520, LTM, 975/640 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2013 MF 9560, LTM, 1368/945 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2013 MF 9540, LTM, 1346/929 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2010 MF 9695, LTM, 1469/1116 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2008 MF 9895, LTM, RWA, 2229/1601 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2008 MF 9690, LTM, 1817/1275 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2016 Gleaner S97, LTM, 923/602 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2010 Gleaner R66, LTM, 1788/1252 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2010 Gleaner R66, LTM, 2220/1558 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2007 Gleaner A75, LTM, RWA, 2116/1364 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2010 Gleaner R65, 2243/1563 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2014 Drago 8-30”, Cornhead - Case IH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2013 Drago 8-30” Cornhead - Gleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2010 Case IH 3206, 6-30” Cornhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2012 JD 612C, 12-30” Stalkmaster Cornhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2013 JD 640FD, 40’ Draper Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2015 MacDon FD75-35, Draper Header. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Slow planting puts the brakes on Indiana soybean crop

By Jeannine Otto

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

HAUBSTADT, Ind. — A very late planting season in parts of Indiana has put the brakes on the crop and could mean a delayed harvest season.

“Soybean harvest has been kind of slow to get going,” said Matt Parmer, DEKALB Asgrow technical agronomist for southwest Indiana. “Very few soybean fields had the opportunity to be planted in April and May this year. The very few April planted Asgrow AG36X6 products that did get planted were outstanding with yields nearing or topping triple digits.”

Parmer pointed to an extended planting season that reached into what normally would be prime time for soybean growth and reproduction.

“With all of the delays, once

we got some windows in May, we were busy trying to get corn in, so a lot of the soybeans didn’t go in until June. We had a lot of them get planted in July and even had some that went in at the end of July and the first part of August,” Parmer said.

That pushed the growth process back, and Parmer said the question is whether the soybean crop in his area can finish out with lack of moisture.

“Normally I say it’s August rains that make or break a soybean crop, but with the real delay in soybean planting, we were needing a lot of September rains, which we did not get. That is certainly going to hurt the yield potential of some of these later-planted soybeans. September was by far our driest and hottest month of the year,” he said.

With all of the anomalies and one-off events during the 2019

planting year, Parmer said one thing he’s been talking about with growers is being selective when it comes to using data from 2019 to make cropping decisions for 2020.

“I would really, really be selective about what data you use to make some decisions about 2020. It’s going to be real important, when it comes to evaluating data, to remember that sometimes no data is better than bad data,” he said.

Part of that is due to the wide swings in variability in yields due to weather conditions throughout the growing season this year. “We are seeing more variability than I’ve ever seen. We are seeing some levels that are higher than we’ve ever seen, and we’re seeing lows that equal or are worse than the drought of 2012 due to water damage and fertility and nitrogen loss,” Parmer said.

LOOKING AHEAD One thing that Parmer does want growers to consider is their weed control programs going forward into the fall and into the 2020 growing season.

“This was a year that waterhemp was rampant across the Midwest. A lot of those rains kept farmers from executing their weed control plans and so we saw a lot of waterhemp get big fast. In our world, it is public enemy No. 1,” he said. “Weeds rob nutrients, water, sunlight and most importantly yield potential.

Unmanaged weeds also go to seed creating issues for future crops. The flexibility and effectiveness of the Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System was essential to protecting yield, clean fields and waterhemp control in 2019.”

Parmer listed a few tips for growers to consider when they are considering their seed choic-

es for 2020. “When it comes to weed control and picking that trait, I think some of the things they really need to think about: What is the overall genetic yield potential and agronomics of the bean; what is the overall effectiveness of that particular herbicide system and they need to weigh that against the ease of application,” he said.

Getting a handle on weed control now can help growers going into the spring. “We can definitely take some steps this fall to control some winter annuals, so if we can start clean going into the spring, it may give us some more flexibility then,” Parmer said.

Jeannine Otto can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 211, or jotto@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Otto.

This column was contributed by Indiana AgriNews for Asgrow.

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Reading recipe Marion County Farm Bureau donates 800 books to students

By Ashley Langreck AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

INDIANAPOLIS — The Marion County Farm Bureau recently donated more than 800 books to local elementary schools.

“When this project came along it was a match made in heaven for us,” said Farm Bureau President Jack Haefling.

Copies of “Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for Earth” by Mary McKenna Siddals was distributed to five elementary schools.

“The teachers loved them, and the students were thrilled to take them home,” Haefling said.

Haefling said that many of the students immediately started leafing through the books or put them straight in their knapsacks.

“We have donated at a smaller scale, but never at this level. It’s one of our dreams come true,” Haefling said.

Molly Zentz, Farm Bureau public relations manager, said the book is the current Indiana Farm Bureau book of the year.

She said the book explains what goes into compost and how it is made.

Books were presented to students at Hornet Park Elementar y, Brookside School, James Russell Low|ell School, Francis W. Parker School, and Paramount School of Excellence.

Ashley Langreck can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 192, or alangreck@ agrinews-pubs.com.

Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Langreck.

New credit union lends exclusively to farmers UNITY, Maine (AP) — A keep legacy farmers on credit union in Maine said their land” in the state.

Maine Harvest is Maiit’s the first institution of its kind to lend exclusively ne’s 55th credit union. to farmers.

The Maine Har vest Credit Federal Union said it accepted its first deposit last week. The credit union is located in Unity and reINDIANA EDITION ceived its federal charter USPS694-470 ISSN0745-7103 for the National Credit Serving Farm Families Union Administration.

Throughout Indiana The credit union plans Indiana AgriNews is published weekly to offer special loans and for $30 per year by AgriNews mortgages to people who Publications, 420 Second St., work in Maine’s food inLa Salle, Ill. Periodicals postage dustry. A spokeswoman is paid at La Salle, IL 61301. said in a statement the Postmaster: Send address changes credit union will serve to Indiana AgriNews, 420 Second St., more than 1,000 members La Salle, IL 61301.

Copyright 2019, AgriNews and “become a primary Publications, Illinois AgriNews financing sources for over and Indiana AgriNews agricultural 100 small farms and food weekly newspapers. No part of these businesses.” publications may be reproduced in Gov. Janet Mills attended any form or by any means, mechania ribbon-cutting event for cal, photocopying, or otherwise, withMaine Harvest. She said out the express written permission of the institution “will help AgriNews Publications.

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A6 Friday, October 18, 2019

| INDIANA AGRINEWS | www.agrinews-pubs.com

REGIONAL WEATHER

Outlook for Oct. 18 - Oct. 24

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

Evanston 62/52 South Bend 62/49

Rockford 64/50 Rock Island 67/53

Chicago 62/50

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SUNRISE/SUNSET Rise 7:11 a.m.

7:13 a.m.

7:14 a.m.

7:15 a.m.

7:16 a.m.

7:17 a.m.

7:18 a.m.

Decatur 66/50

Quincy 69/54

Springfield Date Oct. 18 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 23 Oct. 24

Peoria 66/53

Set 6:15 p.m.

6:14 p.m.

6:13 p.m.

6:11 p.m.

6:10 p.m.

6:08 p.m.

6:07 p.m.

Champaign 66/49 Lafayette 64/47

Muncie 65/47

Oct 21

New

Oct 27

First

Nov 4

Mt. Vernon 69/46

Vevay 65/44

Evansville 68/47

PRECIPITATION Full

Nov 12

GROWING DEGREE DAYS Illinois Week ending Oct. 14 Month through Oct. 14 Season through Oct. 14 Normal month to date Normal season to date

38 139 3784 100 3288

Indiana Week ending Oct. 14 Month through Oct. 14 Season through Oct. 14 Normal month to date Normal season to date

Southern Illinois: Friday: clouds and sun.

Winds south-southeast 6-12 mph. Expect three to six hours of sun with good drying conditions and average relative humidity 55%. Saturday: a couple of showers and a thunderstorm.

Indianapolis 64/48 Terre Haute 66/46

47 144 3425 75 2880

Anna 69/49

Today Hi/Lo/W 66/49/pc 62/50/pc 66/50/pc 70/55/pc 62/52/pc 64/51/pc 69/46/pc 66/53/pc 69/54/pc 64/50/pc 67/53/pc 68/52/pc

Tom. Hi/Lo/W 71/53/sh 65/51/sh 71/55/sh 72/61/t 64/53/sh 66/52/sh 73/55/t 70/55/sh 71/56/sh 65/51/pc 69/50/s 72/55/sh

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 73/55/pc 65/54/r 72/56/t 75/62/t 64/56/r 65/56/t 75/57/c 70/56/t 72/56/t 64/53/r 67/53/t 72/56/t

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 66/45/pc 63/47/pc 68/47/pc 63/46/c 61/44/c 64/50/pc 64/47/pc 64/48/c 65/47/pc 62/49/pc 66/46/pc 65/44/pc

Tom. Hi/Lo/W 71/54/t 66/56/t 74/56/pc 67/56/t 68/51/sh 68/52/sh 69/52/sh 69/54/t 71/55/t 66/52/sh 71/53/t 72/57/pc

Northern Indiana: Friday: sun and clouds.

Winds south 4-8 mph. Expect four to eight hours of sunshine with fair drying conditions and relative humidity 80% early, 50% in the afternoon. Saturday: a couple of showers.

Central Indiana: Friday: clouds and sun.

Winds south 6-12 mph. Expect four to eight hours of sun with poor drying conditions and relative humidity 90% early, 55% in the afternoon. Saturday: a shower and thunderstorm.

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: Friday: sunny intervals; rain at night. Winds south 8-16 mph.

Expect three to six hours of sunshine with fair drying conditions and average relative humidity 60%.

Central Illinois: Friday: clouds and sun; pleasant in the west. Winds south-southeast 8-16 mph. Expect three to six hours of sunshine with fair drying conditions and average relative humidity 55%. Saturday: a few showers.

Fort Wayne 61/44

MOON PHASES Last

TEMPERATURES

Gary 64/50

Springfield 68/52

East St. Louis 70/55

AGRICULTURE FORECASTS

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 73/61/c 71/59/c 76/62/c 73/60/c 71/58/pc 67/55/t 72/59/pc 73/61/c 76/62/pc 68/56/c 74/61/c 77/58/c

Southern Indiana: Friday: a blend of sun and clouds. Winds south-southeast 4-8 mph. Expect four to eight hours of sunshine with fair drying conditions and relative humidity 80% early, 45% in the afternoon.

SOUTH AMERICA A slow-moving front will lead to scattered rain across the croplands of Brazil from Parana on northward this weekend into early next week. Argentina and Uruguay will be largely dry.

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

Celebrity chefs could reduce foodborne illnesses, study says WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — Foodborne illnesses sicken more than 48 million people in the United States each year, with 128,000 requiring hospitalization and 3,000 dying, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Preparing food using thermometers correctly to ensure that it is cooked well enough to eliminate pathogens and bacteria could save some of those lives.

A Purdue University analysis shows that few people use thermometers, however, if they even know how. One major factor is that they draw inspiration from celebrity chefs, magazines and food blogs that rarely mention the importance of proper temperatures.

“We see that celebrity chefs simply rely on time estimates in their recipes or cut through the meat to show there is no blood or pink. That doesn’t always mean the food is safe, however,” said Yaohua “Betty” Feng, an assistant professor of food science at Purdue, whose results were published in the Journal of Food Protection.

“That affects the behaviors of home cooks and professional cooks.

If their role models aren’t using thermometers, why should they? But if chefs preparing food on television or social media would include the use of a thermometer to ensure the food is thoroughly cooked, it would have an impact on their viewers.”

Feng and Christine M. Bruhn of the University of California, Davis, analyzed 85 studies from over two decades to understand knowledge, attitudes and behaviors associated with thermometer use. Despite it being considered a best practice in home and professional kitchens, thermometer use is low.

In one study, two-thirds of people reported owning a meat thermometer, but less than 20% used it all the time to check the temperature of chicken, and less than 10% used it all the time for hamburgers.

About half of consumers say that thermometers aren’t necessary to check the doneness of egg or meat dishes.

One of the top reasons given is that role models, such as celebrity chefs, rest au r a nt ma na ger s, cookbook authors and bloggers, rarely use temperatures to signify when a dish is cooked completely.

“Use of a cooking thermometer is seldom mentioned in recipes developed for consumers. Printed recipes describe cooking time and oven temperature but rarely list recommended endpoint internal temperature,” the authors wrote.

“A recent evaluation of popular cookbooks revealed that only 8% of the recipes containing raw meat included an endpoint temperature, and in 28% of those recipes, the tem-

perature provided was incorrect.”

Analyses of television cooking programs found that 45% to 75% of episodes do not show use of a cooking thermometer, and only 12% mention the correct cooking temperatures.

Feng also noted that many people are unsure which type of thermometer to buy or how to correctly use them, including where to place the thermometer in the food, the correct endpoint temperatures, proper temperature cali-

bration for the thermometer, and proper cleaning and sanitation. About 95% of people in one study did not clean their thermometers after use.

“We see people check chicken that isn’t done, and then they set the ther-

mometer on a plate or on the counter, contaminating those surfaces,” Feng said.

“Later, they’ll use that unsanitized thermometer to check chicken again, potentially introducing pathogens to the food.”

Some studies monitoring

those using thermometers noted that some cooks did not remove the plastic probe cover before trying to check the temperature of meat. In other studies, cooks believed they could simply tell when food was done.

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