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Farm Family of the Year Everett family has a passion for farming

By James Henry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“As a city girl, I didn’t grow up on a farm,” she said. “After Doug and I got married, I saw how everybody helps everybody else on the farm. Tyler and Doug and some neighboring farmers are working together, since we are all done with harvest, to haul grain for some other farmers in the area.”

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

Q&A with the Everett family

By James Henry

standing Hoosier family for its farming efforts and community involvement.

FRENCH LICK, Ind. — While Aaron and Carolyn Everett Indiana Farm Bureau commem- were honored with their son, orated its centennial anniverDoug, and his wife, Nanette; sary, the Farm Family of the and three of Doug and Year also was celebrating 100 Nanette’s adult children, daughyears. ter Sally Steffy and sons Tyler, Everett Family Farms, like with his wife, Brittney, and INFB, was founded in 1919.

Luke, with his girlfriend, Logan Gov. Eric Holcomb joined Glassburn; as well as Nanette’s the Everett family on the INFB parents, Dave and Carolyn State Convention stage Dec. Patrick.

13 at the West Baden Springs Doug’s sister, Linda Hotel in French Lick.

Patneaude, and her husband, The award, presented annuBruce, who are part owners in ally by AgriNews and Beck’s the family farm, and Doug and Hybrids, recognizes an outNanette’s daughter, Abby Nice, AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

Sally Steffy shares a special moment with her grandfather, Aaron Everett.

Their family is the 2020 Indiana Farm Family of the Year.

an optometrist in the Florida Panhandle, were not present.

What was your reaction when you were told your family had been selected as the 2020 Indiana Farm Family of the Year? How did your family react?

Aaron Everett: “We are very excited and honored to receive this award at the 100th anniversary of Indiana Farm Bureau. We are humbled to join the list of outstanding farm families from all over the state who have won in previous years.”

See Q&A, Page A3

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Gov. Eric Holcomb congratulates Indiana Farm Bureau on its 100th anniversary at the INFB State Convention Dec. 13 in French Lick.

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Indiana Farm Bureau President Randy Kron praises INFB members for “always doing the right thing” throughout the organization’s 100-year history.

Gov. Holcomb joins INFB President Kron centennial celebration reflects on past, future

By James Henry

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

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

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

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

Holcomb left early from an event in Indianapolis for his 2020 re-election campaign attended by Vice President Mike Pence, his predecessor as gover-

nor, to participate in the INFB State Convention in French Lick.

“Agriculture is so symbolic to our state’s success story. It’s one in the same. Farmers in Indiana, obviously, were the original innovators, and we’ve continued to innovate,” he said, touting Indiana as the home of the National FFA Center and Headquarters and the National FFA Convention and Expo and its nearly 70,000 attendees, as well as Purdue University and AgriNovus.

With 94,000 farmers and 83% of its terrain still farms or forests and the majority of those farms, more than 90%, still family-owned, Indiana is “leaning in” and leading agriculture — not just in the United States, but across the globe, Holcomb said.

See HOLCOMB, Page A4

By James Henry

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

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

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

“We’ve got a lot to be proud of.”

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

He was interviewed during the Dec. 13 general session

by Indiana native and Purdue University graduate Max Armstrong, who recently was in-

ducted into the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

It’s an exciting time. It seems strange to say that at the end of a year where we’ve been beaten up so much. But there are some things hanging out there that are a cause for excitement and optimism.

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

See KRON, Page A4

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FAMILY FROM PAGE ONE

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

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

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

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

The 83-year-old Army veteran takes minutes of the monthly business meetings and pays the fire department’s bills. Doug is the fire chief, and Tyler is a volunteer firefighter and certified emergency medical technician.

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

“It took a long time for paid fire departments to get out here to the country.”

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

Tyler is the Young Farmer representative for Boone County Farm Bureau. He married Brittney this past summer, and they plan to continue expanding the family farming operation.

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

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

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

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

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

Indiana Farm Family of the Year award winners

1998 — The Kohlhagen family of Jasper County 1999 — The Walker family of Blackford County 2000 — The Bontrager family of Elkhart County 2001 — The Stinson family of Clinton County 2002 — The Ambriole family of Huntington County 2003 — The Schlatter family of Allen County 2004 — The Johnson family of Orange County 2005 — The Perkins family of LaGrange County 2006 — The Bell family of Wayne County 2007 — The Leininger family of St. Joseph County 2008 — The Ring family of Dubois County 2009 — The Minich-May family of Carroll County 2010 — The Mohler family of Clinton County 2011 — The Coy family of Decatur County 2012 — The Hayden family of Lake County 2013 — The Baird family of Washington County 2014 — The Duttlinger family of Jasper County 2015 — The Hadley family of Allen County 2016 — The Clauson family of Fulton County 2017 — The Miller Family of DeKalb County 2018 — The Ramsey Family of Shelby County 2019 — The Wenning Family of Decatur County 2020 — The Everett Family of Boone County

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

Q&A

FROM PAGE ONE Carolyn Everett: “We are happy to see our kids and grandchildren recognized for not only the hard work they do every day on the farm, but also for their community involvement and all the hours of volunteering they all do each year to help our community, county and even our state.”

What is the key to your farm’s success?

Doug Everett: “Teamwork, hard work and low debt are the keys to our success. Everyone involved has special skills and contributes to the overall management and operation of the farm. Carolyn and Nanette are the best referees at times trying to make sure everyone gets along and takes time to listen to everyone else and their ideas.

“Nanette and Brittney both grew up in the city, so they have learned how farming can be an around-the-clock business, especially during harvest season, and we may not eat supper at the same time every day.”

How have you been able to create opportunities for family members to return to the farm, a common challenge for many farm families?

Doug Everett: “With the help of Professor John Kadlec, my senior project when I was at Purdue University was to develop a written operating and transition plan. This was a valuable guide to help me and my father transfer not only financial responsibilities, but also management tasks and the dayto-day decision-making.

“More recently, Tyler was also able to return to the family farm and work full-time after graduating from the John Deere TECH Program at Lake Land College. He has started his own LLC and purchased two semis that are used solely on the family farm, and he saves the farm a lot of money doing most repairs on our farm instead of taking them to the shops in town.”

Tyler Everett: “In the winter of 2013, my dad suggested to me that maybe I should look into being a Beck’s Hybrids seed dealer and that with his help we could become a dealership together. We saw that as a way to become more educated on seed technology to help us make better choices for our farm and for me to build a business with local clientele to help diversify my income.”

How does your family communicate about the farm? Do you have regular meetings? A written business plan?

Doug Everett: “Almost every Sunday, we all go out to lunch together after church and fellowship as a family. We usually talk about the past week on the

Three generations of Everett Family Farms are honored as the Indiana Farm Family of the Year. Pictured are Luke (from left), Doug, Aaron and Tyler Everett.

Doug and Nanette Everett (from left) hold the Indiana Farm Family of the Year plaque with his parents, Carolyn and Aaron Everett. farm and the main things we need to look at for the following week to come. My father always has and continues to make a list of what needs to be done — today, this week and after the next rain. Then, every night or early morning, he usually calls me on the phone and sets up a game plan for the day and what each person will be doing.

“As much as possible, Tyler and I tend to eat lunch together and discuss current tasks and make decisions as needed.

Unfortunately, we do not have a written business plan.”

What is your vision of the farm in the future?

Doug Everett: “Like most farmers, we would like to expand our farming operation and possibly allow our younger son to

Doug Everett is interviewed by Andy Eubank of Hoosier Ag Today at the Indiana Farm Bureau State Convention.

farm full-time. But since we are located on the northwest side of Indianapolis, just off I-65 and near the Amazon warehouse and a growing industrial park, farming in our immediate area is changing fast. Not only is the commercial growth and increased traffic starting to alter the way we farm, but also the availability of land to farm.

“We cannot blame our landlords or neighbors when they sell out to these investment groups that offer eight to 10 times what the land is worth to farm. So, our precious farmland commodity is becoming harder to obtain and even harder to cash flow with some of the cash rents that are being paid by farmers in an effort to just keep what they’ve got right now.

“We must continue to focus

on keeping higher working capital levels and, as a result, make wise investments in machinery and equipment and possibly repair or update what we have.

We have been slow to purchase newer equipment and expensive technology add-ons unless it truly makes us money, not just make things easier.”

Tyler Everett: “My vision of the farm’s future will be for us to continue to be good stewards of God’s great earth that he lets us live and grow on every day. I will also continue to be a frugal and smart farmer with what I’ve been blessed with and to continue to run and grow our farm on the same good morals my grandpa and dad have used for many, many years.”

James Henry

Harry Pearson, president of Indiana Farm Bureau from 1987 to 2001, congratulates Pearson Scholarship Winner Logan Glassburn at the convention.

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HOLCOMB FROM PAGE ONE

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

Holcomb recalled bonding with the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, over agriculture and sports.

“Those discussions are going to bode very well for the state of Indiana as the coming years unfold. He talked about partnering with us. He knew all about FFA. He knew all about our 4-H program and what they need to do to start grooming their young,” Holcomb said. “That’s 1.4 billion people today. It’s a lot more tomorrow. They are growing exponentially.

“He said, ‘We’ve got to make sure that we have the right wellness programs, the right nutrition programs, feeding AGRINEWS PHOTOS/JAMES HENRY programs, agriculture, farming programs — we need your ex- The Lick Creek Band sings “Happy Birthday” next to a giant cake as Indiana Farm Bureau celebrates its 100th anniversary at the INFB State Convention in pertise.’ So, that’s an exciting French Lick. potential and development that we’re going to want to continue “This is a big deal for our “Farmers in Indiana, to birddog.” state,” Holcomb said, eliciting applause as he detailed the first obviously, were the THE NEXT LEVEL dispersion from the state’s $100 Holcomb announced that original innovators, million “Next Level Broadband” Indiana State Department of expansion program.

Agriculture Director Bruce and we’ve continued to “I also want to say thank you Kettler will officially join his innovate.” for everything that you do to cabinet at the start of next year, help us — and this is another elevating the position to sit be- Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb area where we’re aligned — to side him and Lt. Gov. Suzanne attack the, let’s say, exorbitant, Crouch. sometimes out-of-control healthaligned.

“He’s going to be at that table “We’re going to do all we can care costs. We’re going to hit because we are seeking to not to protect local control. We’re this square on come January,” just take our five growing secat the start of the new legislative tors to the next level, but we are going to do all we can to make session, he said, garnering more sure that all of our energy, fuel seeking to prominently promote applause. agriculture, like we have in the and our food production that “You’ve got incredible, trusted, comes right off of your proppast, only to the next level,” he erties can get to market in the earned voices in the state of said.

Over the last three years, most efficient manner possible. Indiana — and we’re going to Holcomb said, Indiana has tri- So, we’re going to continue need you come this short sespled its foreign direct invest- to invest really at an unprec- sion,” he said. “It’s going to take edented level in all of those all of you.” ment.

Holcomb also was applauded “I don’t know of any other ways,” he said. “And, it’s not just state that can say that,” he said. on our highways. It’s not just on when he handed his dues for ELECT, Indiana Farm Bureau’s “We feel like we are just getting rail.”

The governor thanked INFB political action committee, to our momentum.”

Holcomb said INFB’s policy for its strong support of invest- INFB President Randy Kron. priorities, set during a delegate ment and partnerships at the Gov. Eric Holcomb greets Indiana Farm Bureau members as they place memsession in August, and his own local level throughout the state James Henry can be reached orabilia in a time capsule during the INFB State Convention. The time capsule legislative agenda, announced to provide more affordable high- at 815-223-2558, ext. 190, or will be opened in 2069. a week ago in Terre Haute, are speed broadband internet. jhenry@agrinews-pubs.com.

KRON

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

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

FROM PAGE ONE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“By the end of the first year, 81 of the 92 counties had organized and joined Indiana Farm Bureau. By the end of the next year, 65,000 members had joined. So, I think that shows there was a real need to have somebody advocating on behalf of agriculture.”

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

“In 1925, the first woman was elected to our state board of directors. That was Edna Sewell from Benton County.”

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

“As you look through Farm Bureau’s 100 years, every time when there were problems, Farm Bureau has come up and tried to find solutions. That’s what we’ve done — finding solutions

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Gov. Eric Holcomb (left) and Indiana Farm Bureau President Randy Kron are all smiles during the INFB State Convention in French Lick.

was passed unanimously. Farm Bureau was the lead on that. Just think about that time, bringing electricity to our farms. It revolutionized and changed the face and the way we operated. It’s been an important part of who we are — no different than broadband, the issue that we’re fighting right now trying to get everybody on a level playing field.

“Through the years, there’s been a lot of legislation that we’ve been a part of, whether it’s been reform of property tax, or reform of income tax. One of them that I’m really proud of “Agvocacy” is what we talk about and I think helped change agritoday. But the role of advocacy culture quite a bit is our support came along in the early days of and push to get the veterinary Farm Bureau.

“We were advocates from school started at Purdue.” day one, really. There were numerous times we had 5,000 or The need to insure was important 10,000 people at the Statehouse. back in the early days, not too long I read one time 15,000 members into the formation of Indiana Farm showed up to advocate for an Bureau.

“Our members were struggling issue. Sometimes it might be to stop an issue that’s going to be finding insurance to insure their farms, insure their livestock, negative to agriculture.

“We do it a little different their buildings, farm equipment. now. Instead of having 10,000 So, Farm Bureau stepped up. or 15,000 people show up, we Our board at that time was quite use a tool called VoterVoice. It’s visionary and started Indiana an electronic means. So, we can Farm Bureau Insurance. The deliver a couple thousand emails first policy was written in 1935. within maybe hours or within a We’ve been protecting farmers day or two to touch our legisla- ever since then.” tors and let them know what’s You’ve done some heavy lifting, important and tell our story.

“But the face-to-face is still but you’ve had some fun through really, really important. So, in- the years, too.

“I’ve always said that Indiana stead of having the big groups, nowadays we’ll have 10 to 20 or Rural Youth was FarmersOnly. maybe 50 people each and every com before its time, or before we day show up at the Statehouse had the internet. My mom and when they’re in session telling dad met through Indiana Rural their stories. Advocacy is just Youth. My sister and brother-inas important today as it was in law did. It’s a great organization.

There’s a social aspect, but also 1919.” leadership development. It’s a very important part of our hisDuring those first few years of Farm Bureau in Indiana, you didn’t tory.” see much across the countryside The membership growth over the at night, other than the glow of a years has been substantial. In fact, kerosene lantern. Then rural electhis organization reached that trification came along.

“It was in the mid-1930s, the milestone of a quarter of a million rural electrification legislation before everyone else, correct? for challenges and problems for farmers for the last 100 years.

In this case, they had challenges buying inputs.

“So, we started the Indiana Farm Bureau Co-op in 1926.

That way, farmers could bundle their purchasing power and buy inputs better. It also was used on the sale and marketing side.

“The co-op system still exists.

It’s a little different than it was back in 1926. But it’s played an important role of Indiana agriculture over the years.”

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

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

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

“We started the PAC, and I know sometimes that’s a dirty word, but I think it’s important and it’s played an important part. We’ve been successful.

We’ve had a lot of successes because of Indiana AgELECT and our supported candidates. They appreciate what we do. It’s paying back and showing appreciation for what they do for us in helping get positive, strong legislation for agriculture.”

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

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

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

We can’t rest on our laurels. Peer into the crystal ball and give us a look at the future.

“The one thing that I think is going to be very important is making sure we have a unified voice from agriculture. Think back 30 or 40 years ago. All our farms were pretty universal.

We had some livestock. We had some row crops. So, the issues

Indiana Farm Bureau priorities for 2020

n Expand health benefits available to Indiana agriculture. n Limit referenda that burden landowners. n Implement land use planning that protects farms and farmland while promoting rural economic growth. n Protect property rights and local control. n Continue expansion of rural broadband. n Improve assessment uniformity across the property tax base. were the same for everybody, and it was easy to keep a unified voice.

“Nowadays, think about the diversity, from the local to organic to non-GMO. There’s a big array of issues out here. Farm Bureau’s role, the way I see it moving forward, is going to be making sure we have a unified voice. It’s united we stand, divided we fall. If we’re going to remain effective the way we have the last 100 years, we’re going to have to be speaking together.”

Health insurance remains a big challenge for many members. What is Indiana Farm Bureau doing?

“I don’t go to many meetings that somebody doesn’t stop and talk to me about the cost of their health insurance and what their premiums are. Multiple times I get asked, ‘Is there anything Farm Bureau can do? Can you help me? I need help.’

“We’ve done a lot in this last year, dozens and dozens of meetings, hundreds of hours put in trying to do research. We’ve had a consultant help us. Also, we did a survey. There was a lot of great information that came out of that survey. But, to me, there are probably two main factors.

One, the cost of health care is adversely affecting our family farms severely. It’s hitting their bottom line terribly. Two, we have to be able to have a product that gets down to the sole proprietor, the individual.

“We can’t find a product out there or a means to be able to deliver a product that fits within the current legal structure, or framework. It is going to take a legislative change. This is Farm Bureau’s No. 1 priority. We will be in the Statehouse, and we’re going to be trying to make a change to legislation so that we can bring a product that’s more affordable and will get down to the sole proprietor so it can help our family farms.

“This is a big deal. It is going to take a huge effort on our members. The grassroots are going to have to step up. They’ve done it time and time again.”

James Henry

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“While this past year’s conditions are likely top of mind, it’s important to take a longer view and evaluate past performance over several years, as no two years are alike.”

Andy Robinson, Mycogen Seeds Agronomist

Match traits in soybean seed selection

By Andy Robinson

The extreme conditions of the 2019 growing season — including untimely rainfall and planting delays — have farmers focusing on more maturity options, disease tolerance and weed control convenience when considering soybean seed for 2020.

The good news for soybean growers is that there are more trait technologies available than ever before.

The wet conditions experienced this past growing season have farmers looking for varieties with good tolerance to different diseases like frogeye leaf spot and Phytophthora. Many seed varieties are now available that offer tolerance to those diseases, along with new seed treatments to help protect against Phytophthora.

LOOK BEYOND ONE SEASON Analyzing multiyear data related to performance has always been a good measuring stick for making seed selections.

While this past year’s conditions are likely top of mind, it’s important to take a longer view and evaluate past performance over several years, as no two years are alike.

Assess yield data from this past harvest along with previous years to compare how different varieties perform in your area. Don’t get too hung up on what happened in 2019 alone. It will be to your advantage to become familiar with soybean seed varieties that perform well in our area.

Weather is always an unpredictable variable, but yield is usually the most important consideration, followed by standability, especially late in the season. You want to protect your soybeans as much as possible from changing weather patterns.

Taking notes during the season helps you recall specific management or environmental events that may not have seemed all that significant at the time, but likely impacted yield at harvest. Be as thorough as possible and record as much as you can however insignificant you may think an event was at the time.

RESEARCH EACH TRAIT PLATFORM Read the labels and consult with certified crop advisers regarding what each technology offers, including compatible herbicides and state restrictions. Also, look at the variety agronomics.

Document common weeds and diseases on your farm and share the information with your retailer or seed specialist so you can work together on a plan that best matches your specific needs.

In addition to selecting varieties with a history of strong yield performance and tolerance for extreme roller coaster weather conditions, consider an appropriate trait package that will help preserve the genetic yield potential of the variety.

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REGIONAL WEATHER

Outlook for Dec. 20 - Dec. 26

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

Evanston 42/33 South Bend 41/29

Rockford 42/29 Rock Island 43/30

Chicago 42/30

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Southern Illinois: Friday: mostly cloudy.

Winds south 6-12 mph. Expect less than two hours of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average relative humidity 80%. Saturday: clouds and sun. Winds east-southeast 3-6 mph.

Indianapolis 41/28 Terre Haute 41/27

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Today Hi/Lo/W 40/26/c 42/30/c 41/28/c 44/31/c 42/33/c 42/31/c 47/28/c 43/29/c 43/29/pc 42/29/c 43/30/c 41/31/c

Tom. Hi/Lo/W 40/25/c 43/30/pc 40/26/pc 45/30/pc 40/32/pc 40/29/pc 49/29/pc 45/28/pc 44/30/pc 43/28/pc 40/28/pc 42/27/pc

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 43/27/c 44/33/s 43/29/c 52/30/pc 45/34/s 44/32/s 52/30/s 46/30/pc 47/31/pc 44/32/pc 44/31/pc 46/30/c

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Northern Indiana: Friday: mostly cloudy.

Winds south-southwest 7-14 mph. Expect less than two hours of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average relative humidity 70%. Saturday: clouds and sun.

Winds west 7-14 mph.

Central Indiana: Friday: mostly cloudy.

Winds south-southwest at 6-12 mph.

Expect less than two hours of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average relative humidity 85%. Saturday: mostly cloudy.

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: mostly cloudy.

Winds south-southwest at 8-16 mph.

Expect less than two hours of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average relative humidity 75%. Saturday: clouds and sun.

Central Illinois: Friday: mainly cloudy.

Winds south 7-14 mph. Expect less than two hours of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average relative humidity 75%. Saturday: clouds and sun. Winds south 7-14 mph.

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Southern Indiana: Friday: mostly cloudy.

Winds south-southwest at 6-12 mph.

Expect less than two hours of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average relative humidity 80%.

SOUTH AMERICA A front will spread showers and storms from northern Argentina and Uruguay to Parana, SP and MGDS in Brazil this weekend. Rain will reach central Brazil early next week.

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Purdue appoints new department head of agricultural and biological engineering WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — Nathan Mosier, Indiana Soybean Alliance S oy b e a n Ut i l i z a t io n Endowed Chair in Purdue agricultural and biological engineering, has been appointed as the department head after a nationwide search.

“We are thrilled to have Nate Mosier as our new head of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering,” said Karen Plaut, the Glenn W. Sample Dean of the College of Agriculture.

“He has served us well this year as interim head of the department and already has great respect from faculty, staff and students. I am looking forward to his continued leadership of our topranked ABE department.”

ABE’s previous department head, Bernie Engel, was promoted last year to the position of associate

dean of research a nd g r aduat e educ at ion for the College of Agriculture.

Under Engel’s leadership, P urdue’s Dep artment of Agricultural and Biolog ic a l E ng - Mosier ineering ranked as the nation’s top undergraduate school for eight consecutive years — from 2012 to 2019 — and the top graduate program in 10 of the past 11 years.

Mosier earned his bachelor’s degree in biological systems engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His master’s degree and doctoral degree in agricultural and biological engineering were both earned at Purdue University.

Mosier also was a National Science Founda-

tion Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship doctoral fellow in the Innovation Realization Laborator y at the Krannert School of Management.

He joined Purdue’s faculty in 2003.

“There have been a lot of changes and growth on campus since I originally came to Purdue in January 1998,” Mosier said. “I think the common thread is ABE has always been focused on working to solve large and challenging problems. Agriculture sits at the intersection of many complexities.”

Mosier’s research specializes in biofuels, bioprocess engineering and bioseparations. He is the author or co-author of 46 journal publications, seven

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Mosier will lead the de-

partment through upcoming milestones including the opening of a new and renovated $80 million ABE building and the department’s 100th anniversary in spring 2021.

“I’m very excited to move forward with this

opportunity at Purdue University. Though we have a top-ranking agricultural and biological engineering department, we cannot rest on our laurels.

I think that this department is poised to take a real leap forward,” he said.

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INFB recognizes county Farm Bureaus for impact on local communities FRENCH LICK, Ind. — held for award winners at state convention in French ognized the achievements During a special reception the Indiana Farm Bureau Lick, the organization rec- of county Farm Bureaus in 2019.

This year, three counties earned an INFB Impact Award, which recognizes a county Farm Bureau for its programming or initiatives that resulted in a significant impact to the county Farm Bureau or community, or an increase in local influence or clout.

The Impact Awards may be granted in one of three categories: image awareness, membership or mem-

ber experience. This year, three counties are being recognized in the image awareness category. n Decatur County Farm Bureau — Broadband Awareness Public Meeting: Decatur County Farm Bureau organized a meeting for Farm Bureau members and the general public with representatives from the local broadband provider. The meeting was a success for Farm Bureau, as it provided clarity to all

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involved on the issue and reinforced Farm Bureau’s focus on broadband infrastructure. It also facilitated a positive relationship between the broadband service company and the Decatur County Farm Bureau as they embark on a broadband project in the county. n Fayette County Farm Bureau — History of Agriculture-Past, Present and Future: In an effort to honor the legacy of farming in Fayette County during the county’s 200th anniversary, and to educate the community about modern agriculture, Fayette County Farm Bureau created and aired a historical video titled, “History of Agriculture: Past, Present and Future.”

The video was created in conjunction with a local television station and features farmers from the early 1900s and farmers today. n Warren County Farm Bureau — Food Access Assistance: In 2018, the only substantial provider of food assistance in Warren County discontinued service. In an effort to fill this much-needed void for the community, Warren County Farm Bureau launched a food access assistance program. In 2019, with help from Food Finders in Lafayette, Warren County Farm Bureau arranged for a mobile pantry to be present in the community on the third Thursday of each month. The mobile pantry will continue to serve the community in 2020.

Additional, Fayette County Farm Bureau’s “History of Agriculture” program has been selected for an American Farm Bureau Federation 2020 County Activities of Excellence Award. Select members of Fayette County Farm Bureau will travel to the 2020 ABFB National Convention in Austin, Texas, to host a booth at the convention’s trade show, highlighting their program for other county Far m Bureau leaders across the country.

“Indiana Farm Bureau has a rich history of giving back to the community, and we see that still in the work our county Farm Bureaus are doing today to drive positive change for their neighbors,” said Randy Kron, INFB president.

“To see so many county Farm Bureau leaders devoting their time to these creative community programs tells me we’re on the right track as an organization as we move into a new decade.”

At INFB’s state convention, counties who reached gold and platinum status for the County Recognition Program also were announced. INFB’s County Recognition Program was developed seven years ago to recognize contributions to the organization.

Categories for consideration include image awareness, membership experience and membership.

Counties earn bronze or silver status in each category based on predetermined requirements for the program year. If a county received silver status in all three categories, they were awarded gold status.

If a county achieved gold status, attained 100% voting membership and completed at least 30 activities in the goals, they were awarded platinum status. This year, 36 counties achieved gold status and 11 counties achieved platinum status.

The 2019 platinum counties are: n Allen County Farm Bureau. n Crawford County Farm Bureau. n Daviess County Farm Bureau. n Franklin County Farm Bureau. n Huntington County Farm Bureau. n Orange County Farm Bureau. n Sullivan County Farm Bureau. n Tippecanoe County Farm Bureau. n Union County Farm Bureau. n Warrick County Farm Bureau. n Wells County Farm Bureau.

These awards and honors are based on the INFB membership year, which runs from October through September each year.

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INFB honors efforts to grow membership

How does a field of corn become a delicious bowl of popcorn? That story is revealed in the photographic nonfiction picture book, “Popcorn Country: The Story of America’s Favorite Snack,” selected by Indiana Farm Bureau as its latest Book of the Year.

Popcorn subject of Book of the Year FRENCH LICK, Ind. — The 2020 Indiana Farm Bureau Book of the Year is “Popcorn Countr y: The Story of America’s Favorite Snack,” written

by Cris Peterson with photography by David R. Lundquist.

The annual Book of the Year is a part of INFB’s Agriculture in the Classroom program, a grassroots, agricultural outreach program for schoolchildren in Indiana. The book was announced at INFB’s 2019 state convention in French Lick.

Farm Bureau staff and professional educators selected this year’s book to bring awareness to one of Indiana’s top farm commodities, popcorn.

Indiana is the nation’s No. 2 producer of popcorn, behind only Nebraska, growing more than 20% of the U.S. popcorn supply.

A statewide campaign, led by the INFB Women’s Leadership Committee, is underway to promote the book in every county throughout 2020.

“Popcorn Country” explains how popcorn is grown, starting as a seed in the ground. The book also explains the differences between dent corn, sweet corn, flint corn and popcorn, the smallest ear of all the corn varieties.

T he book’s author, Peterson, is the author of 10 children’s books, including “Century Farm: One Hundred Years on a Family Farm,” “Horsepower: The Wonder of Draft Horses” and “Harvest Year.”

She has been honored by dairy and agricultural organizations across the country, both for her writing for children and her contribution to a clearer understanding of farming in the United States.

Peterson lives with her husband on a dairy farm in Wisconsin.

Throughout the year, r e pr e s ent at ive s f r om county Farm Bureaus across the state will visit schools and libraries in their area to read the book aloud and donate it for future use.

INFB representatives also use this opportunity to answer any questions the students have about modern farming in Indiana. INFB’s Ag in the Classroom program also will release a curriculum for teachers wishing to incorporate the book into their class work.

INFB launched the Book of the Year program in 2017 with “The Kid Who Changed the World”

by Andy Andrews, a children’s book about Norman Borlaug, who grew up and used his knowledge of agriculture to create “super plants” that saved the lives of 2 billion people.

The 2018 Book of the Year was “John Deere, That’s Who!” by Tracy Maurer, which focuses on the life of John Deere and his journey from a young blacksmith to the household name who changed the farming industry forever.

Last ye a r ’s b o ok “Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth,” was written by Mary McKenna Siddals and is an alphabet-based story about making earth-friendly compost.

volunteer who signed the highest number of voting members for the organization.

This year’s Premier Performer is Harold Kleine of Allen County.

Kleine is consistently a top performer. In fact, this is the fifth year in a row that he has received the Premier Performer award.

This year, Kleine signed 28 new voting members.

Since 2015, he has signed more 330 INFB members.

Six volunteers, including Kleine, were honored as Top Performers this year.

Those members are:

FRENCH LICK, Ind. — During a reception for award winners at the Indiana Farm Bureau state convention in French Lick, six Farm Bureau members were honored for their efforts to promote membership in the organization.

County Farm Bureaus also were recognized for exemplary membership retention and growth achievements.

The Top Performer award is presented to INFB volunteers who sign 10 or more new voting members during the program year, and the Premier Performer award is presented to the

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Charlie Houin, Marshall County, 23 members; Jan Uhlmansiek, Dearborn County, 19 members; Mark York, Wabash County, 13 members; Karen Duckworth, Morgan County, 10 members; and Susan Brocksmith, Knox County, 10 members.

County Farm Bureaus also were recognized for their efforts in retaining and growing INFB

membership. The District Defender award was presented to county Farm Bureaus who retain 96% or more of the voting members in their county and recruit the most new members.

This year’s winners are: Allen County, District 2; Tippecanoe County, District 3; Huntington County, District 4; Fountain County, District 5; Madison County,

District 6; Sullivan County, District 7; Brown County, District 8; Gibson County, District 9; and Jackson County, District 10.

The Superior Defender award, presented to the county that hit the retention mark and whose volunteer members signed the highest number of new memberships, went to Allen County Farm Bureau.

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Minimal movement in USDA projections

By Tom C. Doran

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue talks about pressing agricultural issues such as trade at the Country Elevator Conference.

Trade ups and downs Ag secretary speaks at Country Elevator Conference

By Erica Quinlan

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

ON PRESIDENT TRUMP “He has an affinity for agriculture that’s amazing, having grown up in New York. I don’t understand it, except for the fact that he loves people who build and grow things. I think he admires the work ethic of those in agriculture that embodies that American spirit.”

INDIANAPOLIS — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue was a keynote speaker at the Country Elevator Conference.

The National Grain and Feed Association hosted the conference in Indianapolis.

Perdue shared his thoughts ON THE FUTURE OF on a variety of topics. Here are AGRICULTURE a few of his opinions: “Even in a time of economic stress like we’ve had in agriON TRADE WITH CHINA culture, I think (young people) “I think both countries want see a better future out there these trade disruptions to end. with technology. They like We do believe the Chinese the utilization of optics and economy has been damaged sensors and doing things in a significantly by that. But, obvi- better way, a more sustainable ously, we have, as well. way. I think they’re going to “President Trump recognized help us learn how to do things that agriculture would bear the better. brunt of any type of retaliation, “I think young people are and that’s been the impetus be- going to teach us how to do hind the Market Facilitation more with less. I’m impressed Program. … I’m optimistic that with the younger generation this will get resolved.” and their ability to think outside the box.”

ON HIS BIGGEST “EYE-OPENER” “We’ve sort of bubble wr- ON RURAL BROADBAND apped ourselves in regulation.

“It’s going to revolutionWhat President Trump has ize the way we farm. We’re done from a deregulatory en- already seeing a lot of that. I vironment has been as helpful believe it has the ability to be for the economy as the tax pol- the most transforming thing icies.” we’ve seen since rural elec-

trification came. … There are also sociological impacts. Why should farm kids in rural areas have to drive to a parking lot to do their homework these days? We need it all across America.”

ON SNAP BENEFITS “I think the law is very clear.

It says able-bodied adults without dependents are allowed 120 days of food stamps to cover the loss of job or bad economy or health issues. In the meantime, since 1996, that law allowed for waivers to be issued where jobs were not available and unemployment was over 10%.

“What states have done is issued waivers in areas where unemployment is as low as 2.5%. The fact is, I believe people who can work are better off working than on a permanent government dependency.

The American dream is not government dependency. The American dream is a job that you can move from and go forward.”

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

Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Quinlan.

‘We’re all in this together’ Kettler welcomes conference to state

“But I also recognize that for folks who are running

By Erica Quinlan a business AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS that supports farmINDIANAPOLIS — Bruce ers, it’s also Kettler welcomed hundreds affecting of visitors at the National you. It’s afGrain and Feed Association’s Kettler fecting your Country Elevator Conference. people and Kettler, director of your employees. We recognize Indiana State Department of that. And we’re all in this toAgriculture, said that it was gether.” honor for Indiana to host the The NGFA was founded in conference.

1896. It’s a non-profit trade as“This membership handles sociation that represents and over 70% of the U.S. grains provides services for grain, and oilseeds that come from feed and related commercial this country — that speaks businesses. volumes about your ability to The organization consists organize and do the things of more than 1,000 companies you do,” he said.

“It’s organizations like yours and 7,500 facilities across the that we need in our industry at country.

At the conference, a time when things are a little Kettler shared his pride for bit difficult. The ag economy Indiana’s diverse agriculture has been tough for a number of years. Very often, that tends industry.

“We’re really proud of our to be focused on the farm.

strong agriculture and rural traditions in the state,” he said. “A lot of times people think of Indiana as they do the rest of the Midwest — just corn and soybeans. But we’re certainly much more than that.

“Because of our corn and soybeans, we have a very strong and diverse livestock industry, as well.”

Kettler said he hopes the state will continue to maintain a healthy climate for agribusinesses.

“We want to make sure the companies that are here are able to grow,” he said. “We’re a very strong pro-business state with a strong tax structure.

“At the same time, we want to welcome other companies into the state of Indiana. We have a lot of work going on to be able to make that happen and several strategies to make sure it happens.”

Learn more about NGFA at www.ngfa.org.

Year filled with challenges

By Erica Quinlan

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

INDIANAPOLIS — When Seth Meyers chats with farmers about the 2019 growing season, he hears a common grievance: “Can 2019 be over yet?”

Meyers, research professor at the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at University of Missouri, said that the year has been filled with challenges for many farmers.

“For the most part, producers are looking forward to closing the book on this season and moving to the next one,” he said. “But there’s a lot going on. Part of what makes producers anxious is all of the uncertainty.

“Trade uncertainty, trade disputes, deal or no deal, African swine fever, small refinery exemptions, other trade deals — there is a lot of uncertainty out there for producers.”

The uncertainties of 2 019 are lay ing the f ra mework for what 2020 w i l l hold.

“When we look at U.S. planted acMeyers res, fa r mers had intended about 92 million to 93 million acres of corn and about 85 million acres of beans,” Meyers said. “They got in substantially less beans, but also a fair amount less corn on what is record prevent plant.

“The two-crop total is down by 11 million acres. These are below trend yields, but still good yields and better than a lot of folks thought we could achieve earlier in the year.”

The big question, Meyers asked, is: What will 2020 look like if farmers have normal

planting weather and normal yields?

“More normal planting and yields would boost supplies and stocks,” he said. “The challenge will be to store it or export it, both of which are likely to bring a lower price.

We’re talking about something along the lines of $3.60 to $3.65 (corn prices) over the coming year.”

“In the absence of a trade deal that pulls more of those beans off, and in the face of African swine fever, we’re talking about soybeans at the farm level more in the range of $8.50.”

“Putting this all together, (I expect) steady to lower prices for most crops, with some improvements, like wheat prices going up from a pretty miserable wheat price.”

Meyers said he expects planting acreage to be similar to what farmers planned to plant in 2019.

MINNEAPOLIS — With the late harvest and over 1.1 billion bushels of corn still estimated to be in the fields, there were rumblings that the U.S. Department of Agriculture would make some production adjustments in its Dec. 10 reports.

Instead, USDA opted to stick with its trend not to make any changes in the December crop production estimates while making minor tweaks in the supply and demand estimates reports with most revisions made on the global balance sheets.

Brian Hoops, Midwest Marketing Solutions president, deciphered the USDA reports in a Minneapolis Grain Exchangehosted teleconference following the release of the reports.

The USDA kept 2019-2020 corn ending stocks at 1.91 billion bushels and soybean ending stocks unchanged from last month at 475 million bushels. Were those moves expected by the trade?

“If there was a surprise in the corn market it was that I was expecting a small increase in corn stocks due to slow demand trends, but USDA has decided to leave ending stocks unchanged and most years they don’t make any changes in December.

“Corn exports are currently at 1.85 billion bushels. I thought they could have been lowered maybe by 10 million to 25 million due to slow exports.

“Soybean sales have been fairly strong this year and they’re on the pace needed to meet the USDA forecast. So, I’m not surprised they didn’t make any changes there, especially when you consider the trade negotiations that are ongoing with China.

“I fully expected USDA to be very conservative in their approach with adjusting U.S. soybean demand based off of their ongoing trade discussions.”

metric tons.

“Argentina soybeans were unchanged at 53 million tons and Brazil soybean production unchanged at 123 million metric tons. That’s something the trade has been closely watching.”

Was there any world data in the report that threw support to the wheat market?

“Supporting the wheat to a small extent is the Argentine wheat production numbers that were decreased to 19 million tons.

That is down from last month, but there are a lot of private forecasters out there that suggest Argentina production could fall even further and Australia wheat is one that we would suggest is probably still overstated at 16.1 million tons of production.

“Last month, Australia was at 17.3 million metric tons, last year at 17.3, and some of the private forecasts are in the 15 million ton range. So, USDA could lower Australian wheat production even further in subsequent reports. Of course, when you lower production, you have less exports, and those exports were lowered, as well, for Australia.

“Canada’s wheat crop was downgraded slightly, as well as their export forecast, and Russia’s wheat crop is actually up a little bit from last month and much larger than levels a year ago.

“What this works out to be as far as world wheat ending stocks is an increase compared to the average trade guess as we didn’t see as much of a production cut as we normally would. World wheat ending stocks of 289.5 million tons is well above the average trade, also above last month and year ago levels.”

What’s the forecast on the world corn and soybean front?

“Corn world ending stocks of 300.6 million tons is over 5.5 million tons larger than the trade guess and much larger than last month by 4.6 million tons.

The only balance sheet that saw “Soybeans world ending stocks much action was on the wheat side. at 96.4 million metric tons is 1 USDA lowered the ending stocks million above the average trade forecast from 1.014 billion bushguess and above last month’s els last month to 974 million this numbers. month.

“That all suggests that the “This would be the fourth conworld has plenty of corn, soysecutive year of wheat ending bean and wheat supplies, and stocks being over 1 billion bushels, until we have some countries but USDA lowered ending stocks. that have some production probImports were down by 15 million lems, whether that be Argentina bushels and exports increased by or Brazil, we’re going to be 25 million bushels to account for awash in supplies and rallies the 40 million bushel reduction. will need to be sold by the trade.

“Total export commitments That’s why we don’t see much in are 605 million bushels. That is the way of movement today to still a slight increase from last the upside for wheat or for corn. year’s 573 million bushel pace.

“These rallies likely to be sold Last year at this time USDA was by producers who are storing a using exports of over 1 billion large majority of their crop hopbushels and had to adjust that at ing that we see higher prices eithe end of the year. ther from a trade agreement with “Exports are now pretty much China or from some crop producin line with the exports from tion problems in South America.” a year ago. I don’t look for the USDA to make any further adWhat impact does the trade talk justments as far as exports go. regarding the United States-MexicoThis is probably our last one as Canada Agreement and China negoour current pace in on par with tiations have on the market moving the current USDA forecast.” forward?

“The USMCA trade agreement The only changes of note in the sup- is not a surprise to the trade. I ply and demand report were made think that’s certainly going to on the global side. What are some help us longer term as far as the highlights from those changes? demand trends go, but as far as “The trade is closely watchshock value it’s widely expected. ing what’s happening in South It’s getting virtually nothing America. Right now Brazil is a from a trade standpoint that is very aggressive exporter of corn. going to move the market one They were forecast to export way or the other. about 36 million tons. That was “It should be pointed out that unchanged in this report.

U.S. soybean sales to all desti“A year ago they exporting nations that are not China are about 41 million tons, so this is actually down substantially from still down from last year, but it this time a year ago. We’re not is likely that their exports will exporting as many soybeans as slow in January and February we want to other countries, as and that could give us an imwell as China. So, I think it’s provement in our U.S. export very imperative we get a trade profile during that timeframe agreement done that allows us before Brazil starts its new crop more export opportunities.” harvest. Brazilian corn production was left unchanged at 101 Tom C. Doran can be reached million metric tons. at 815-780-7894 or tdoran@ “Argentina corn production agrinews-pubs.com. Follow him was unchanged at 50 million on Twitter at: @AgNews_Doran.

Bushels down from last year

By Tom C. Doran

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

WASHINGTON — As anticipated by commodity traders, the U.S. Department of Agriculture made no changes in crop production estimates in its Dec. 10 report setting the stage for next month’s final summary.

The U.S. average corn yield remains at 167 bushels per acre, down 9.4 bushels from last year, and production for grain is forecast at 13.7 billion bushels from 81.1 million harvested acres.

USDA has Illinois’ average corn yield at 179 bushels per acre after hitting 210 per acre in 2018. The average corn yield for Indiana is projected at 165 bushels per acre compared to 189 per acre last year.

The nation’s soybeans are pro-

jected to average 46.9 bushels per acre, down 3.7 bushels from 2018. Production is forecast at 3.55 billion bushels and harvested acres at 75.6 million.

Illinois and Indiana are projected to have average soybean yields of 51 and 49 bushels per acre, respectively. Illinois averaged 63.5 bushels per acre in 2018 and Indiana had 57.5 bushels per acre last year.

Harvest continues to drag out due to weather delays.

In the crop production report’s summary, USDA noted 89% of the corn acreage was harvested

by Dec. 1, 8% beyond the previous year and 9% behind the fiveyear average.

The nation’s soybean harvest was 96% complete by Dec. 1, 1% behind the previous year and 3% behind the five-year average.

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Winter Gardening Sun King 2020 Perennial of the Year URBANA, Ill. — The Perennial Plant Association has announced the 2020 Perennial Plant of the Year. Aralia cordata Sun King is a fabulous high-impact perennial that brings a bold pop of glowing color and texture to the shade or part shade garden.

“Aralia Sun King had been nominated by PPA members again and again over the years.

It finally came out on top this year,” said Martha Smith, horticulture educator with University of Illinois Extension. “Persistence pays off.”

Aralia Sun King also won the International Hardy Plant Union Outstanding Plant Award in 2012.

Native to shady forested areas in Japan, Sun King was “discovered” by plantsman Barry Yinger in a Japanese garden center atop a department store.

This perennial has become a beloved shade garden staple across the country. Bright yellow shoots emerge in spring, then grow to 4 to 6 feet tall and nearly as wide.

Small, cream-colored umbels

of flowers appear in late July and last through September, attracting bees and eventually developing into tiny, dark, inedible berries. Despite Sun King’s stature, it’s very well behaved, with little to no reseeding or suckering.

“Place Sun King where you want height. It is fast growing, filling a background space all season long,” Smith said.

Hardy to USDA zones 3 to 9 — Northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico — it’s hard not to find a place in the garden for this gold-leaf beauty.

PLACE IN PART SHADE To retain its color, place in part shade. If in heavy shade, Smith said the color will become more lime green.

Sun King will tolerate more sun as long as ample moisture is provided. This low-maintenance perennial benefits from a pinching or slight cutback in May to encourage branching.

During long periods of drought, Sun King will suffer if not kept watered. Being herbaceous, it will die back in the fall and re-emerge in the spring.

It is best grown in well-drained soils and benefits from compost being incorporated. No serious insect or disease problems affect it, and deer don’t bother it.

Also called Udo, Japanese asparagus, Mountain asparagus, or Japanese spikenard, young shoots of this plant are considered a culinary delicacy in Japan where they are cultivated in underground tunnels. The flavor is reported to taste “asparagus-like” or “lemony.”

Young shoots are harvested and blanched or pickled. White fleshy roots are eaten as one would consume a parsnip.

Smith said Sun King is terrific in combination with hosta, ferns, and past Perennial Plant of the Year stars such as Heuchera “Palace Purple” from 1991, Brunnnera acrophylla “Jack Frost” from 2012 and Polygonatum odoratum “Variegatum” from 2013.

“It’s a knockout when placed near Acer palmatum ‘Bloodgood’ or other maroon-leaf plants,” she said. “And don’t forget containers — Sun King is bold and beautiful in a big pot.”

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Aralia cordata Sun King is the 2020 Perennial Plant of the Year.

The Perennial Plant of the Year program began in 1990 to showcase a perennial that is a standout among its competitors.

Perennials chosen are suitable

for a wide range of growing climates, require low maintenance, have multiple-season interest and are relatively pest- and disease-free.

2020 All-America Selections Winners

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One of the better-suited hollies for Midwest landscape conditions is common winterberry, Ilex verticillata.

GROWING HOLLY

Plant adds pop to dull winter landscape URBANA, Ill. — Evergreens such as holly, with its bright green leaves and sparkling red berries, add excitement to an otherwise dull winter landscape.

University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Jennifer Fishburn provided insights on growing the winter favorite.

“Holly is the common name for the genus Ilex which has more than 800 species, including both evergreen and deciduous leaved species. Holly plants are a great addition to the landscape, but careful consideration must be given to the planting location. The ultimate size and shape of a mature plant is an important consideration, as the plants need ample space to grow,” Fishburn said.

Evergreen hollies can be planted in full sun or partial shade protected from winter sun and wind. They prefer a moist, organic, well-drained soil with an acidic pH. To keep hollies happy through Illinois winters, Fishburn advises gardeners to select cultivars which are hardy to your zone and to ensure plants re-

ceive ample moisture during dry periods.

Several holly species will provide colorful fruit for three to six months of the year. Fruit persistence depends on the bird and squirrel population in an area. Plants with yellow berries are often ignored by birds or are eaten after red fruits are gone.

Holly plants are dioecious, meaning both male and female plants are needed to ensure fruit production. Only the female produces fruit. It is important to have male and female plants that are closely related and flower at the same time.

“How do you know the sex of a plant? Male and female flowers have different parts.

For some of us, this may be a little difficult to see, so we must rely upon retailers to correctly mark the plants,” Fishburn said.

“Most cultivars have sex-appropriate names such as ‘China Boy.’” Mature plants can be kept at a manageable size and shape by pruning them in late fall or early winter. Prune hollies after they have been established for several years, as new plants resent pruning.

An added bonus of pruning is to collect the branches and use them as holiday decorations.

Holly branches covered with berries look great in an outdoor container or on a fireplace mantel.

One of the better-suited hollies for Illinois landscape conditions is common winterberry, Ilex verticillata. Winterberry is a deciduous holly hardy to zone 3, with good pest and disease resistance.

The rounded leaves will remain on the plant into late fall.

Red berries begin their display in September and can last for several months.

Cultivars vary in height from 5 to 10 feet. This species is a good selection for shrub borders or screening.

Female plant selections with red fruit include “Red Sprite” and “Winter Red.” “Red Sprite” is a shorter cultivar growing 3 to 5 feet tall. “Winter Red” can get 8 to 9 feet tall and wide. A good male pollinator is “Jim Dandy,” a dwarf, slow grower.

“If space permits, perk up your winter landscape with one of these great holly selections,” Fishburn said.

URBANA, Ill. — After the polar vortex of last winter, many are wondering if those cold blustery temperatures will return this season to affect our plants.

According to winter predictions, and University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Bruce Black, this winter should be cold, but with enough snow, plants will be successfully insulated.

“When planning your garden, it is essential to choose plants that can tolerate our cold temperatures and still have blossoms all year long,” Black said.

“After mapping out cold-hardy perennials you currently have planted, begin to think about what new plants could be added to your landscape. A great starting place is the All-America Selections.”

All-America Selections is a nonprofit organization that releases several trialed plants each year as AAS Winners. All-America Selections tests new varieties every year at their 80 private and public trial sites located around the United States and Canada.

Currently, there are five trial locations in Illinois — three northern, one central and one southern.

Independent judges, who are professional horticulturists in geographically diverse areas, evaluate trial entries against comparison plants. The results and observations are compiled and winners are chosen.

For the best plants suited to the area, Illinois residents should look for Great Lakes winners or National winners on the AAS Winners lists. Visit allamericaselections.org.

Six 2020 AAS Winners have been announced, which include four vegetables and two flowers.

They are: Q Cucumber, Green Light F1 (Cucumis sativusvar. Green Light F1): Green Light is a vining cucumber, with a plant height of 80 inches producing 40 3.5-inch sweet and crisp fruits per plant. National Vegetable Winner.

Q Tomato, Celano F1 (Solanum lycopersicum var. Celano F1): Celano is a patio-type grape tomato with a bushy habit, producing uniform oblong sweet fruits. With excellent late-blight tolerance, Celano is considered to be sweet, with a phenomenal yield. Ideal for container gardens, but may require trellising

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Echinacea hybrid var. Sombrero Baja Burgundy.

and some pruning according to the judges’ observations.

National Vegetable Winner.

Q Tomato, Early Resilience F1 (Solanum lycopersicum var.

Early Resilience F1): Early Resilience is a determinate, uniform, Roma-type, great for cooking and canning. Judges noted Early Resilience was very resistant to blossom-end rot and other diseases, and was overall one of the healthier plants and fruits in the trial. National Vegetable Winner.

Q Watermelon, Mambo F1 (Citrullus lanatus var. Mambo F1): Mambo is a round, dark green rinded watermelon averaging 11 pounds per fruit. It doesn’t overripen and yields well in cool, cloudy weather. Judges said it is easy to grow, due to high seed germination rates and healthy vines. Seventy-five days to maturity from transplants.

National Vegetable Winner.

Q Echinacea, Sombrero Baja Burgundy (Echinacea hybrid var. Sombrero Baja Burgundy): Sombrero Baja Burgundy is a beautiful violet-red coneflower that was noted for its hardiness, sturdy branching, and beautiful habit. A great cut flower blooming mid-summer to frost, Sombrero Baja Burgundy is pollinator and bird-friendly and deer-resistant. National Herbaceous Perennial Winner.

Q Rudbeckia, American Gold Rush (Rudbeckia x American Gold Rush): American Gold Rush is a compact, domeshaped black-eyed Susan with narrow 2-inch hairy foliage.

Bred for its resistance to Septoria leaf spot, this July to September bloomer shows no signs of fungus in humid and wet conditions. The blooms are pollinator-friendly and are great as cut flowers. National Herbaceous Perennial Winner.

Take steps to protect woody ornamentals from winter damage URBANA, Ill. — As winter arrives, we all wonder at the temperatures we will have to endure throughout the season.

Fortunately, ornamental plants begin preparing for winter early through a process called cold acclimation. The process is signaled by cooling temperatures and shorter day lengths.

Woody plants adjust to changing temperatures gradually, so that by the time the first frost hits, they are rarely damaged.

However, as winter progresses, especially in harsh years, even the most well-prepared plants can suffer.

“It is usually in the spring when damage that occurred during the winter is noticed,” said Andrew Holsinger, University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator.

For example, flower and leaf buds can die because of low or fluctuating temperatures. This damage can account for a low number of blooms in the spring.

“Cold temperatures can cause a variety of symptoms,” Holsinger said. “Preparing for the worst will hopefully leave you with the best results.”

By following a few basic tips, it is possible to lessen the damage to woody ornamentals.

Q Plant only varieties hardy to your area.

Q Choose sites that match your plants’ requirements.

Q Build your soil nutrition, as proper plant nutrition increases

tolerance to cold injury.

Q Avoid pruning in late summer or early fall to prevent stimulating new growth.

Q Mulching can help retain moisture.

Q Make sure plants are well-watered, especially evergreens, to prevent desiccation.

Burlap has become popular as a decorative component during the holiday seasons indoors.

Outdoors, burlap can be used to wrap plants, or provide a wind

barrier to evergreen woody plants.

Other wind barriers are of benefit when placed in the right location. Generally, winter winds come from the northwest.

“Determining if your plants have been damaged by the cold sometimes takes some investigation. Buds can be opened with a sharp knife to cut a cross-section of the bud’s top. If the bud has become discolored it may have been damaged,” Holsinger said.

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YOUR GARDENING CHECKLIST FOR DECEMBER INDOOR PLANTS AND ACTIVITIES

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If you’ve never eaten a raw cranberry, they are bitter and sour because they have a very low sugar content.

Cranberries require acid bog habitat

B. Rosie Lerner Purdue University Extension

The cranberry plant is native to large portions of the northeastern United States, as well as the West Coast states and por-

tions of Canada.

Cranberry production requires a rather unique acid bog habitat, which restricts its commercial production to just a few states. Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington are the leading producers in the United States.

The ideal soil pH is 4 to 5.5, quite acidic compared to other horticultural crops. A large supply of fresh water and sand also is required.

According to the USDA Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, Americans consume nearly 400 million pounds of cranberries per year, 20% of them during Thanksgiving week.

The U.S. per capita consumption of cranberries is 2.3 pounds, mostly in the form of juice or juice blends.

Cranberries belong to the heath family Ericaceae and are related to rhododendron, blueberry and heather. Known botanically as Vaccinium macrocarpon, cranberries grow on a trailing, evergreen vine.

The common name of cranberry comes from crane berry, so named because the flower is said to resemble the head and neck of a sandhill crane.

Because cranberries initiate flower buds in late summer, the plants need protection for the buds to survive. Thus, cranberry vines are flooded and layered with sand during the winter months to protect them from the cold.

In spring, the bogs are drained. The plants flower in late spring and early summer on short, vertical shoots. The forthcoming fruit take the rest of the growing season to ripen.

Cranberries are harvested in September and October by one of two methods. Most are harvested via a “wet” method, where growers flood the plants and loosen the fruit by machine.

The fruit then floats to the top. Most of these berries are used for processing. Some fruits are harvested for fresh market via a “dry” method, using mechanical comb-like pickers.

Fresh cranberries can be stored for three to four weeks in the refrigerator. In addition to being a source of vitamins C, A and E, potassium and fiber, cranberries have other health benefits, including antimicrobial and antioxidant compounds.

B. Rosie Lerner is the Purdue Extension consumer horticulturist at Purdue University.

Q Check houseplant leaves for brown, dry edges, which indicate too little relative humidity in the house.

Increase humidity by running a humidifier, grouping plants or using pebble trays.

Q Extend the lives of holiday plants such as poinsettias and Christmas cactus by placing them in a cool, brightly lit area that is free from warm or cold drafts.

Q Houseplants may not receive adequate light because days are short and gloomy. Move plants closer to windows, but avoid placing foliage against cold glass panes. Artificial lighting may be helpful.

Q Because growth slows or stops in winter months, most plants will require less water and little, if any, fertilizer.

Q If you are forcing bulbs for the holidays, bring them into warmer temperatures after they have been sufficiently precooled. Bulbs require a chilling period of about 10 to 12 weeks at 40 degrees to initiate flower buds and establish root growth. Precooled bulbs are available from many garden suppliers, if you did not get yours cooled in time. Then provide two to four weeks of warm 60-degree temperature, bright light and moderately moist soil to bring on flowers.

Q Evergreens, except pines and spruce, can be trimmed now for a fresh supply of holiday greenery.

LAWNS, WOODY ORNAMENTALS AND FRUITS Q Prevent bark splitting of young and thin-barked trees,

such as fruit and maple trees.

Wrap trunks with tree wrap, or paint them with white latex — not oil-based — paint, particularly on the south- and southwest-facing sides.

Q Protect shrubs such as junipers and arborvitae from extensive snow loads by tying their stems together with twine. Carefully remove heavy snow loads with a broom to prevent limb breakage.

Q Protect broadleaves, evergreens or other tender landscape plants from excessive drying, or desiccation, by winter sun and wind. Canvas, burlap or polyethylene plastic screens to the south and west protect the plants. Similarly, shield plants from salt spray on the street side.

Q Provide winter protection for roses by mounding soil approximately 12 inches high to insulate the graft union after plants are dormant and temperatures are cold.

Additional organic mulch such as straw compost or chopped leaves can be placed on top.

other tender perennials. In most cases, 2 to 4 inches of organic material such as straw, pine needles, hay

or bark chips will provide adequate protection.

Q Check produce and tender bulbs in storage, and

discard any that show signs of decay, such as mold or softening. Shriveling indicates insufficient relative humidity.

FLOWERS, VEGETABLES AND SMALL FRUITS Q To protect newly planted or tender perennials and bulbs, mulch with straw, chopped leaves or other organic material after plants become dormant.

Q Store leftover garden chemicals where they will stay dry, unfrozen and out of the reach of children, pets and unsuspecting adults.

Q Once the plants are completely dormant and temperatures are consistently below freezing, apply winter mulch to protect strawberries and

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DECEMBER 20, 2019 | B1 Fri., Jan. 3

Fri., Dec. 27

HAMILTON, ILL.: Dealer & Farmer Auction, 9 a.m., Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, 844847-2161.

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ST. ANNE, ILL.: Farm Machinery, 8 a.m., St. Anne Consignment Auction & Equipment Sales, 815-4278350. See p. B1

Fri., Jan. 10

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO: Farm Equipment, 10:30 a.m., Jeff & Marie Fetters, The Wendt Group, 614-626-7653. See p. B1

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

See p. B1 WILMINGTON, OHIO: Farm Equipment, 10:30 a.m., K&C Farms, The Wendt Group, 614-626-7653.

Sat., Jan. 4

GREENVIEW, ILL.: Farm Equipment Closeout, 9:30 a.m., David & Susie Evers, Ron Sanert Auction Service, 217-968-7075.

FANCY FARM, KY.: Estate Auction, 10 a.m., McFarland Farms, James R. Cash, 270623-8466. See p. B1

Wed., Jan. 15

TIPTON COUNTY, IND.: 184.69 +/- Acres in 3 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Legg Hillcrest Farms, Inc. & Kathy Krol Farm, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324. See p. B1

Wed., Jan. 8

WALTON, IND.: Farm Equipment, 10 a.m., Jump Farms, Inc., Craft & Michael Auctioneers, Inc., 574-3618898.

Mon., Jan. 20

HUNTINGTON COUNTY, IND.: 40 +/- Acres, 6:30

p.m., Harrell Family Farm, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324. See p. B1

Thurs., Jan. 23

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

DELAWARE COUNTY, IND.: 126.6 +/- Acres, 6:30 p.m., Richard L. Jolliffe Credit Trust, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324.

See p. B1

Tues., Jan. 28

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

Farm Management, 800424-2324.

Tues., Feb. 4 LINCOLN, ILL.: Farm Equipment, 10 a.m., Dale Lessen Estate, Mike Maske Auction Service, 217-5193959.

Wed., Feb. 19 TERRE HAUTE, IND.: 6 +/- Acres, 2 p.m., Roger & Kathy Sturgeon, Johnny Swalls, 812-4956119.

Multiple Dates SEE AD: Upcoming Auctions & Featured Farms, Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company, Inc., 800-451-2709. See p. B1

Tips for overwintering tropical plants warm months, by the first hard frost they are done for. “In essence, tropical plants are treated as annuals in the landscape, but with a few tricks and some practice, these unique tropical plants can be overwintered and revived for the next year,� said Austin Little, University of Illinois Extension horticul-

URBANA, Ill. — Tropical plants have gained a lot of popularity in recent years as an easy way to add an attractive look to back patios, decks, and containers.

Plants such as mandevilla, alocasia, or elephant ear, and hibiscus are sold at garden centers in containers and, while they offer great interest over the

GOING GOING GONE ESTATE AUCTION Saturday, January 4th, 2020 At 10:00 AM McFarland Farms - The Late Mike McFarland 3725 St Rt 339 North, Fancy Farm, KY Near Fancy Farm - Lowes - 25 Miles SW Of Paducah, KY AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS jamesrcash.com For Pictures & Details

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TRACTORS - EXCAVATOR - DOZER - BACKHOE JD 8235R, MFWD, 1168 Hrs • JD 8285R, MFWD, 1807 Hrs • JD 7730, MFWD, 1762 Hrs • JD 6150M, MFWD, 1129 Hrs w/JD H340 Loader • JD 5085M, MFWD, 2818 Hrs w/JD 563 Loader • JD 4020 Dsl, Show Tractor!, 2861 Hrs • JD 6200, 2841 Hrs ==== Cat 315CL Excavator, “New In ‘06â€?, 3558 Hrs • Cat D5HXL Series II Dozer, Cab • JD 3105E Tractor-LoaderBackhoe, 4WD, Extenda Hoe, Cab, 4965 Hrs • Prime 804 Dirt Pan COMBINE - HEADS - ACCESSORIES JD S660 STS, 1441/1995 Hrs, All Accessories • JD 630FD Hydra Flex Draper • JD 608C Corn Head, 8 Row • Header Wagons • J&M 750 Grain Cart • Grain Augers PLANTING - TILLAGE - SUPPORT EQUIPMENT Kinze 3600 Evolution Series 12/23 Planter, All Accessories • Unverferth 3750 Seed Runner • Great Plains 2410 NT Front Fold Solid Stand Drill • McFarlane RD-40235 RB6 25’ Reel Disc • DMI 2500 3Pt 7 Shank Ripper • DMI 3250 Nutri Placr Hyd Fold Pull 13 Shank Ripper • Two - Sunflower 1434-29 C Flex Discs • Kuhn 4400-32 X Fold Roller, 32’ • J&M TF215 Torsion Flex Crumbler, 32’ • JD 13’ Off Set Cutting Disc • JD 630 Disc, 22’ • Phillips 4505 Rotary Harrow, 43’ • Chandler Fertilizer Buggy • BushHog 10’ Hyd 3PT 6 Way Blade • Woods 6 & 7’ Cutters • JD HX20 Hyd Fold Rotary Cutter • JD 400 Rotary Hoe • Bush Hog Hyd PTO Digger • 1200 Gal Dsl Tank w/Pump • Amco PTO Ditcher • 12’ Pull Box Blade • Loader Grapple • Fence Row Sprayer • Farm Wagon • Loader Forks • Farm Miscellaneous • JD 568 Mega Wide Plus Net Wrap Round Baler • JD 275 Disc Mower • Kuhn Disc Mower • 8 Round Bale Carrier • 4 Basket Tedders • Durabilt 11 Wheel Rake • Round Bale Hay Trailer TRUCKS - TRAILERS- All Good Rubber ‘99 Mack Day Cab • ‘93 Mack CH600 Day Cab • ‘92 Mack Day Cab • ‘88 GMC Brigadier 850 Day Cab • ‘86 GMC Brigadier • ‘15 Harvest Master Hopper, 34’• ‘08 Jet Hopper, 34’ • ‘93 Wheeler Hopper, 25’ • ‘88 Rogers Alumn Dump Trailer, 24’ • ‘88 Int S-2500 Spreader Truck • ‘86 Chevy 1 Ton Service Truck • ‘94 Chevy 4x4 Pickup • ‘75 Chevy C65 w/Bed & Hoist • ‘80 Int Gravel Dump • Phelan Lo Boy Trailer • Bumper Stock Trailer • 20’ Stock Trailer • Tandem 20’ Flat Trailer • 16’ GN Flat Trailer w/Hoist - SETTLEMENT DAY OF SALE!! CURRENT BANK LETTERS A MUST!!

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TRACTORS: CIH MX220, 4x4, 7000 hrs, duals, wts, quick hitch, 2 hyds, new transmission; JD 8200, CAH, 7500 hrs, 2WD, 3 hyds; 1993 JD 6400, CAH, 4600 hrs, power quad, 18.4-38 hrs, 80%, w/JD 620 ldr; Case 2870, CAH, 5300 hrs, 3pt, 1000 pto, quick coupler, 20.8-34 duals, farmer retirement; NH TN65, w/ldr; Case 5240, w/ldr; Deutz DX120; Case 695; IH 656; INDUSTRIAL: 68� Rock/Brush Grapple, 3� sp; 74� Rock/Brush Grapple, 3� sp; 78� Rock/Brush Grapple, 3� sp; 84� Rock/Brush Grapple, 3� sp; 68� Rock Bucket, 3� sp; 74� Rock Bucket, 3� sp; 78� Rock Bucket, 3� sp; 84� Rock Bucket, 3� sp; (2) Tree & Post Puller; Hawz 72� Heavy Duty Brush Mower; (4) Weld on Quick Attach Plates; (2) Receiver Hitch Trailer Movers; (2) Sets of 7’ Pallet Forks; PLANTERS: CIH 900, 8R-30�, end trans, nt combos, sharp; 2009 Kinze 3600, 12/23R, nt combos, 4 spring down pressure, low acres, sharp; JD 7200, 8R-30�, cons frame, liquid fert, JD single disk fert openers, quick fill, vac, poly boxes, nt, sharp; CIH 5400, 15R-15� bean planter, w/Yetter markers, late model, w/CIH 5000 caddy; GRAIN DRILLS: JD 450, 21x7, press wheels, new seed openers; DISKS: CIH 340, 28’, 7.5� sp, 22� blades, single rolling basket, light kit, sharp; CIH 340, 25’, rockflex, 21� blades, 3 bar spike drag, sharp; CRUMBLERS/PACKERS: Brillion XL 32’, ductile rolls, scrapers; 2015 J&M TF212, 26’, green, rolling basket, only done 800 acres; RIPPERS: Landoll 1550, 4 leg, auto reset, 3pt, sharp; MOWERS: Schulte XH1000, 10’, pull type, 540 pto, stump jumpers, chains, hard tires; MANURE SPREADERS: Houle Liquid Manure Tank, tandem axle, w/injector; CORN PICKERS: NI 800 Uni-Harvestor, w/841 husking bed & 846 6R-30� corn head; MISC FORAGE: Stoltzfus 24’ Feed Wagon; LEXION 560R COMBINE, 2WD, 2368 ENG/1409 SEP HOURS; CAT LEXION 12R-30�

CORN HEAD; CAT LEXION F30 30’ GRAIN HEAD; GRAIN AUGERS: (2) Feterl 8� x 30’; TRUCKS & TRAILERS: 2019 Load Trail 25’ Gooseneck Trailer, 9’ hyd tail, new used; MISC EQUIPMENT: Degelman R570 Rock Picker; Baillie’s 20’ Head Cart, 2 wheel, good condition; Remlinger 400 PTO Ditcher, 3pt, demo unit; Allimow 6’ Industrial Mower; . . . with much more to be added before the auction!

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AUCTIONS Upcoming JANUARY

13 – 6 ACRES IN 3 TRACTS. Fulton County (Archibold, OH). Contact 800-451-2709.

15 – 62.973 ACRES. Randolph County, IN. Contact Mark Smithson 765-744-1846.

22 – 70 ACRES IN 2 TRACTS. Whitley County (Columbia City, IN). Contact Ritter Cox 260-609-3306.

23 – 390 ACRES. Pulaski County (Winamac, IN).

Contact Jim Hayworth 765-427-1913 or Jimmy Hayworth 219-869-0329.

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27 – FARM EQUIPMENT. Hicksville, OH. Contact Ritter Cox 260-609-3306.

30 – FARM EQUIPMENT. Plain City, OH. Contact Andy Walther 765-969-0401 or Eric Ott 260-413-0787.

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31 – FARM EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT. Sturgis, MI. Contact Robert Mishler 260-3369750, Eric Ott 260-413-0787, Ed Boyer 574-2157653 or Ted Boyer 574-215-8100.

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Excellent Farmland 184.69 +/- Acres - 3 Tracts Jaret Wicker: 765.561.1737 | John Miner: 765.438.2699

Owner: Legg Hillcrest Farms, INC & Kathy Krol Farm

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CASS COUNTY, IN 82.78 ACRES WITH 82.24 ACRES CROPLAND This tract has excellent soils and frontage on CR 325 South. Call Jim Hayworth at 1-888-8088680 or 1-765-427-1913 or Jimmy Hayworth at 1-219869-0329. (JH41C) CASS COUNTY, MI. 87Âą ACRES with 58.31 FSA acres tillable. Productive land with excellent areas for hunting and fishing. Frontage on Spring Fed Lake.

66’ Easement from Morton Street Call Ed Boyer 574215-7653. (EB12C-MI) NE WHITE COUNTY, IN - 2 GRAIN FARMS These farms have quality soils and high percentage of tillable land. These farms have excellent road frontage. Call Jim Hayworth at 1-888-808-8680 or 1-765-427-1913 or Jimmy Hayworth at 1-219-869-0329.

(JH42WH) LAKE COUNTY, IN. 147.5Âą ACRES with 71.6 cropland acres of which 31.4 acres in CRP. Call Matt Wiseman 219-689-4373. (MWW12L) JASPER COUNTY, IN 160Âą ACRES WITH 143Âą ACRES CROPLAND and 14Âą acres of woods. 9Âą miles northeast of Rensselaer. Call Jim Hayworth 765-4271913 or Matt Wiseman 219-689-4373. (JH/MWW05J) MANY OTHER LISTINGS AVAILABLE

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Good Soils with Open Ditch Outlet Across the Road Jon Rosen: 260.740.1846 | Rick Johnloz: 260.827.8181

Auction Union Twp - Delaware County

January 23rd • 6:30 p.m.

Delaware County Fairgrounds - Heartland Building

126.6+/- Acres Productive Cropland with a Good Tile Outlet in a Good Basis Area

Chris Peacock: 765.546.0592 | Lauren Peacock: 765.546.7359 Owner: Victoria L. Horney Trustee of the Richard L. Jolliffe Credit Trust u/a dated April 18, 1996

Owner: Harrell Family Farm Auctioneer: Russell D. Harmeyer, IN Auct.

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For overwintering tropicals with bulbs or fleshy tubers, wait until the foliage starts to die back after the first light frost, and then lift them out of the soil with a gardening fork.

Trim the leaves down to an inch or so, and let the bulbs dry out for a few days in a shaded area out of the rain. Once they have dried, brush off any extra soil, and they’re ready for storage. A breathable cardboard box is good, but they can also be stored in an open tote or crate.

Store the bulbs in dry peat, wood shavings, or wrap them in newspaper.

Keep the box in a cool, dark place such as a cellar or garage that does not get much above 55 or below 32 degrees.

Bulbs can be repotted and started a few months before the last frost or they can be planted outside when soils warm above 65 degrees.

Tropicals like mandevilla and lantana are woody shrubs in their native range, but can be tricked into dormancy for the winter. Following the first frost, cut back the foliage to about six inches, transfer the root balls to containers and store them in a cool, dark spot next to your alocasia. Water lightly over the winter, every few weeks at most.

A month or so before the last frost, they can be moved into the light and given more water. After the last frost, they can be moved outside to harden off and may benefit from a light application of tropical fertilizer.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 3RD, 2020 AT 10:30AM

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Auctioneer: Russell D. Harmeyer, IN Auct.

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With regard to overwintering, there are three categories of tropical plants: plants that produce big tuberous roots like alocasia, or cannas; tropicals that produce woody stems with fleshy crowns and fibrous roots, such as mandevilla; and soft-stemmed tropicals with fibrous roots, like be-

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Register for the 2020 Indiana Small Farm Conference at purdue.ag/sfc.

For conference attendees registering before Feb. 7, admission is $75 for one day,

$135 for two days and $190 for three days. After Feb. 7, admission prices rise to $90, $162 and $228.

Admission for children age 18 and

younger is $25 for one day, $40 for two days and $50 for three days before Feb. 7. After Feb. 7, youth admission prices rise to $30, $48 and $60.

Workshops, networking at Small Farm Conference DA N VILLE, Ind. — From strategies that can help strengthen Indiana farms to inspired ideas for agricultural audiences of various ages, the Purdue Extension Indiana Small Farm Conference connects producers across the state to expert information and to each other.

The eighth annual conference and trade show will be March 5-7 at the Hendricks County 4-H Fairgrounds and Conference Center, 1900 E. Main St., Danville.

Since 2013, the conference has featured a full slate of programming about diversified farming and local food systems, bringing together novice and experienced smallscale farmers to: n Gain practical, hands-on guidance from leaders and experts at workshops and breakouts. n Join discussions and demonstrations of what’s new and what’s next in small farming. n Attend a trade show with over 50 vendors of equipment, marketing and more. n Network with fellow farmers to cultivate Indiana’s small-farm community.

The annual conference is planned by the Purdue Extension Small Farm Team — an interdisciplinary group made up of representatives from Purdue University’s College of Agriculture and Indiana farmers.

“The Small Farm Team was created in 2004 to reinstate purpose and potential for a portion of the farming population that continued to grow but felt like it didn’t really have a seat at the table,” said Tamara Benjamin, assistant agriculture and natural resources program leader and diversified agriculture specialist for Purdue Extension, and a conference organizer.

“Our work has helped to rejuvenate the small-farm community in Indiana and surrounding states. We’re proud to present a hub at which people in Indiana and across the Midwest can continue to learn, network and improve agriculture.”

New this year is a track of sessions targeted specifically for younger audiences at the conference.

“As we look to the future of small farms, we must take steps to inspire our next generation,” Benjamin said. “We’re excited to engage younger partic-

ipants at the conference through topics of specific interest to them and sessions that help them envision what they can achieve now and for years to come.”

The 2020 Indiana Small Farm Conference begins on March 5 with daylong workshops and tours.

Workshop topics include “Livestock 101: A Beginner’s Guide,” “The Indiana Farmers Market Forum” and “Finding Balance and Growing Your Farm: Holistic Goal Planning for Small Farms.”

Tours include a visit to several of Marion County’s urban agriculture enterprises to learn about products, production methods, challenges and future plans and a tour of This Old Farm and Dandy Breeze Creamery, where participants will observe a blend of livestock production, value-added products and strategic clientele marketing.

Breakout sessions March 6-7 will cover a variety of topics, including vegetable and livestock production, farm management, sustainability, marketing, social media, tools a nd equipment, grazing strategies, CBD and hemp products, community alliances, mental health, high tunnels, and food safety.

Keynote speakers for the 2020 conference are: n March 6 — Jean-Martin Fortier, a farmer, educator and bestselling author of The Market Gardener, which has inspired hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide to reimagine ecological human-scale food systems.

With his wife, MaudeHélène Desroches, Fortier founded Les Jardins de la Grelinette, an internationally recognized 10-acre micro-farm in Quebec, Canada, specializing in organic and biologically intensive vegetable production. n March 7 — Darby Simpson, a Martinsville farmer who will address the ways in which agricultural producers can create operations that works for their lives — and no one else’s — with an emphasis on realities, contexts and profits during the journey.

Fortier and Simpson also will present their own breakout sessions at the conference.

Vendors will display a wide range of agricultural equipment, products and services during a trade show March 6-7.

Calendar DECEMBER CLARK COUNTY Dec. 20 – Produce Safety Alliance Grower Trainings: |9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST, Harrison County Extension office, 247 Atwood St., Corydon, Ind.; safeproducein.com.

JANUARY CASS COUNTY Jan. 9 – Area 8 Indiana Beef Cattle Association & Purdue Beef Meeting: 6:30 p.m. EST, Cass County Fairgrounds, 2281 E Co Rd 125 N, Logansport, Ind.; 574-753-7750.

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

LAKE COUNTY Jan. 7 – Illiana Vegetable Growers Symposium: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. CST, Teibel’s Restaurant, 1775 US Highway 41, Schererville,

Ind.; 219-465-3555.

MARSHALL COUNTY Jan. 7 – Area 10 Indiana Beef Cattle Association & Purdue Beef Meeting: 7 p.m. EST, Christos Banquet Center, 830 Lincoln Hwy E, Plymouth, Ind.; 574-372-2340.

TIPPECANOE COUNTY Jan. 9-10 – Top Farmer Conference: 1 to 6:30 p.m.

EST Thursday, 7:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Beck Agricultural Center, 4540 U.S. 52 W, West Lafayette, Ind.; 765-494-7004; tinyurl.com/ sfjaqwk.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY Jan. 15 – Area 3 Indiana Beef Cattle Association & Purdue Beef Meeting: 6 p.m.

CST, Stoll’s Country Inn, 19820 Castle Creek Drive, Evansville, Ind.; 812-385-3491.

WHITLEY COUNTY Jan. 8 – Area 11 Indiana Beef Cattle Association & Purdue Beef Meeting: 6:30 p.m. EST, Whitley County Ag Museum, 680 W Squawbuck Road, Columbia City, Ind.; 260-2447615.

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CDC updates romaine lettuce alert COLUMBUS, Ohio — Unless you can verify whether the romaine lettuce that’s in your fridge was not harvested from Salinas, California, you should throw it out. That’s per the latest warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which issued an updated food safety alert on Dec. 4.

The alert advises consumers, restaurants and retailers to avoid eating or selling any romaine lettuce grown in the Salinas growing region. This includes all use-by dates and brands of romaine lettuce from the area.

The warning is the result of the recent multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections linked to romaine lettuce from the region. Since Dec. 4, some 102 reported cases of illness in 23 states have been associated with this outbreak, the CDC said.

Some 58 hospitalizations have been reported due to the outbreak, with 10 people having developed kidney failure, although, thankfully, no deaths have been reported, the CDC said.

“We had a similar situation just

before Thanksgiving holiday last year, when Romaine lettuce that was grown in the Yuma, Arizona, agricultural region was implicated in an outbreak,” said Sanja Ilic, Food Safety State Specialist, Ohio State University Extension.

“As a result, all Romaine lettuce was recalled then to prevent illnesses,” she said.

The difference between that recall and the current one this year is that the growers have since been using traceability labels with the origin of the farm, which has helped to narrow down where the impacted lettuce originated, Ilic said.

“Every lettuce head or a package of lettuce you buy should have a sticker stating where it was produced,” she said. “Unless you can see it where it was grown, do not serve it.

“This is important when eating at home, as well when eating out in a restaurant. You can ask your server to verify that the restaurant is not serving contaminated lettuce before ordering anything that contains lettuce.”

This is the fourth time in two years that romaine lettuce has been associated with an E. coli

outbreak. That begs the question, just how does a leafy green vegetable such as lettuce become infected with a pathogen such as this?

If animal feces are in the irrigation water, the field or in the soil in which the lettuce is grown, or if the lettuce comes into contact with water that contains the pathogen, E. coli can be transferred from the feces onto the lettuce.

It also can be spread if a person who carries the pathogen doesn’t wash his or her hands after using the bathroom and then that person processes or prepares food.

It’s important to note that washing contaminated greens doesn’t remove all bacteria, food safety experts say.

While cooking can eliminate E. coli, most people don’t cook their leafy green salads. For that reason, avoidance is sometimes recommended when the source of an outbreak is identified.

Symptoms of E. coli infection can begin as soon as 24 to 48 hours — or as long as 10 days — after eating contaminated food.

Those symptoms include vomiting, severe or bloody diarrhea

More than 100 people across the United States have been infected with E.coli linked to romaine lettuce, according to federal officials. and abdominal pain.

So, if you have — or have had — the affected romaine lettuce in your fridge, you should wash and sanitize the drawer, shelf, or other removable part in your refrigerator where the romaine lettuce was stored.

You can wash the drawer, shelf, or other removable part by hand with hot, soapy water, the CDC says. You can then sanitize

that part using a solution of 1 tablespoon of liquid bleach in 1 gallon of water.

The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and its outreach and research arms, Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center.

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH

Risk of surrogacy at an advanced age

By Dr. Keith Roach

Christmas trees can harbor dormant pests that become active after being exposed to the warm indoor temperatures,

Christmas tree hitchhikers URBANA, Ill. — If you have ever purchased or harvested a living or cut Christmas tree, you may have inadvertently brought in some overwintering pests.

Luckily, any concerns about these pests are unwarranted.

“Yes, it is true that Christmas trees can harbor dormant pests that become active after being exposed to the warm indoor temperatures, but most of these pests will remain on the tree, while only a few might find their way to your windowsills,” said University of Illinois Extension educator Chris Enroth.

If this has been a problem before or if the very idea of bugs on your tree has stirred up your entomophobia, the fear of insects, Enroth said the best means of control is inspecting the tree before bringing it into the house.

While the tree is lying on its side, look up into the tree’s interior from the cut end. Examine and remove egg masses, including those of praying mantis, gypsy moth and bagworms.

Remove bird nests, which can harbor parasites, mites and lice.

Make sure to utilize the mechanical tree shaker, available at most tree lots and farms.

“Chemical sprays should be avoided. Aerosol insect sprays are flammable and should never be used on a Christmas tree,” Enroth said.

Pests that are common in Christmas trees include: n Adelgids — Commonly found on white pine, adelgids are sedentary and will remain on the tree. They are tiny, aphid-like, sucking insects that secrete a cottony wax filament over their bodies. n Aphids — All aphids that hatch on Christmas trees target specific species and will not harm your houseplants. Aphids can be confused for spiders or ticks, but these little guys, at one-eighth-inch or smaller, have only six legs, as opposed to the arachnids’ eight. n Predatory mites — These relatives of spiders and chiggers typically overwinter as adults in trees and become active once you bring the tree indoors.

Predatory mites are tiny and

will likely remain on the tree, feeding on insect or mite eggs, going unnoticed for the entire holiday season. n Praying mantids — A female praying mantis commonly prefers Fraser fir Christmas trees for egg-laying. Females will lay 200 to 400 eggs in the fall.

They will secrete a frothy liquid that hardens around the egg to protect it from the harsh winter.

Once in your warm house, the baby praying mantis can hatch from its egg and will likely then starve. Scout for mantis eggs before bringing the tree indoors. If you find one, cut off the branch it is attached to and place it in an evergreen outside.

These Christmas tree post-harvest pests are rare, occurring in one out of 100,000 cut trees. You may never experience any problems with Christmas tree pests, or if you have, you may never encounter them again.

Remember, if you do have serious insect pest problems on your Christmas tree, you can always take it back to the supplier and ask for a refund or exchange.

What’s killing the oak trees?

By B. Rosie Lerner In 22 years, I’ve had more than a dozen oaks die because of a grub or larvae. Symptoms: First the leaves die and turn brown at the top of the tree. It slowly spreads down the tree until all the leaves are brown and have fallen off.

Then the bark begins to peel away from the trunk, and then it falls off pieces at a time. You can see where it cuts off the water supply to the tree. It spreads from tree to tree, usually the closest to the one affected. It may be nine months total time before the tree dies. I’m sure this is spreading in the forest behind my house.

Our Purdue entomology specialist was able to identify the culprit as a longhorned beetle called red oak borer. The gallery pattern showing right angles and dead ends are distinctive for this species of borer.

As with other kinds of borers,

Red oak borer is a longhorned beetle that attacks live oak trees, causing primarily cosmetic damage to landscape oaks in the form of oval exit holes about one-half inch long in the trunk and piles of wood fibers and frass at the base of the tree. stressed trees are more likely to be attacked. By the time you’re seeing symptoms, it is too late to help that tree.

The best strategy is to protect trees not yet affected by alleviating stress as much as possible, such as irrigating during prolonged dry weather.

Woodpeckers may provide

some biological control, but they damage the bark and wood during their foraging. Remove dead and damaged trees to help reduce overwintering beetle population.

B. Rosie Lerner is the Purdue Extension consumer horticulturist at Purdue University.

Bacteria can get into the bloodstream occasionally in Would you please comment on healthy people. They often common or uncommon issues enter through the mouth, espethat might be expected in a preg- cially in people with poor oral nancy at age 57? I am overall hygiene or with inflammatory very healthy, with no issues other oral conditions, such as gingithan slightly elevated LDL. I have vitis in gums or periodontitis not gone through menopause. I in tooth lining. had four full-term pregnancies, The reason to take antibiotthe last at age 35, after which I ics is to prevent the bacteria had my tubes tied, and no misin the blood from getting into carriages. I asked my doctor two someplace they are likely to years ago if I would have an issue cause harm, such as prosthetic being a surrogate and was told heart valves, joints or stents. there was no reason I couldn’t be, For years, expert groups recbut my current physician told me ommended taking antibiotics that it can be very dangerous at around the time of dental promy age. I am concerned that the cedures. practice is just covering itself The problem is that it’s against any liability. I realize not clear whether antibiotics that this is my decision alone help prevent infection, and it and I would not hold my doctors is clear that antibiotics have accountable, but I’d also like the the potential to cause harm, real truth regarding any potential although the risk of serious issues I would be likely to encoun- problems with a single dose of ter. I appreciate your thoughts. amoxicillin is pretty small. No I admire your willingness study has ever shown a reducto consider being a surrogate. tion in the rate of serious inHowever, the risks of pregfections from using antibiotics nancy in a 57-year-old woman before a dental procedure. are significant.

Further, bacteria are just A study from the U.K. from about as likely to get into the 2016 quantified the risks pretty bloodstream after brushing, or thoroughly. However, of the even after a bowel movement.

233 women studied, only two For this reason, antibiotics to of them were older than 57, so be taken before dental proceyour risks are probably higher dures are reserved for people than the average risk for an at the highest risk, those in older mother in the study, whom an infection would be which was defined here as 48 extremely dangerous. years or older at the date of This includes people with ardelivery. tificial materials in the bloodBefore I go over the risks, let stream, such as prosthetic me point out that one major heart valves, or with repaired risk for older mothers, Down congenital heart disease. syndrome, may not apply, since People with any history of inthe ovum, or egg, you would fection of the heart valves are be carrying would come from at high risk and should receive another woman and it is her antibiotics. age that determines the risk for For people like you, with the fetus. Older mothers also orthopedic hardware, infecare more likely to carry twins, tion after a dental procedure is or more than two fetuses. rare. A joint statement by the Compared with younger American Dental Association mothers, older mothers have and the American Academy a higher risk for: high blood of Orthopedic Surgeons inpressure during pregnancy structed: “In general, for pa— 15% versus 5%; pre-eclamptients with prosthetic joint imsia, also called toxemia — 6% plants, prophylactic antibiotics versus 2%; diabetes during are not recommended prior to pregnancy — 18% versus 4%; dental procedures to prevent hemorrhage after delivery — prosthetic joint infection.”

26% versus 15%; Caesarean However, any given person section — 78% versus 33%; may have underlying surgical preterm delivery — 22% versus or medical issues that may 8%; and admission of the baby supersede these general recto the intensive care unit — 3% ommendations. What remains versus less than 1%. important is maintaining good Miscarriage rate, after 11 oral hygiene and promptly weeks, in women over 55 is treating any dental infections. estimated to be about 10%, compared with 1% in younger The 71-year-old woman from a women. Maternal death is recent column who finds sticking much more likely for older her finger to test her blood gluwomen than younger; howcose too painful to be willing to do ever, that risk is small, less it likely was never told that while than 2 per 1,000 in a separate sticking her finger at the tip is Swedish study of mothers over painful, sticking at the side of the 45. end of the finger is barely painful, if at all. I find myself surprised Overall, these risks are that those who stick fingers for not small. You should think blood at the hospital don’t seem through your risks before to know this either. Shame on making a decision. I’m disapthem. pointed in the lack of advice you received.

There are more nerve endings at the tip of the finger, so I have a stent, but also a knee that is more painful for most. replacement, for which I take four There often is better blood 500 milligram capsules of amoxi- flow on the sides, as well. cillin each time I go to the dentist, Thank you for writing with including just for cleaning. This is this reminder. per my surgeon’s orders. Do you have any information that would © 2019 North America Synd., question the necessity of this?

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If you don’t want to play the antique Christmas board game you own, you can prop it against the wall near your tree. The Christmas scenes of children in the snow and Santa Claus hard at work checking on his toys will add thoughts of the past.

Fruitcake is a traditional British Christmas cake that is full of fruits and nuts and laced with alcohol, usually brandy.

Christmas takes the cake

By Angela Shelf Medearis

My mother made a fruitcake every Christmas to give as a gift for my paternal grandmother. The cake was stored in a corner of the refrigerator for weeks, marinating in an alcohol-infused mixture.

Even though I’m well known for my love of sweets, that green and red candied fruit-studded, boozy brown confection never tempted me.

For a while, fruitcakes fell out of favor, but it seems that everything old is new again, because fruitcakes are making a comeback — as energy fuel for hikers!

“You’ve got a perfect food for a hiker who’s trying to go the distance,” said Brenda Braaten, a nutritionist who also bakes fruitcakes and owns Little Haven Hiker Services in Belden, California.

“You’re close to the same calories per gram in a fruitcake compared to a Snickers bar or a trail bar, but you’re miles ahead on iron, magnesium, cal-

cium,” she said. “The mineral content is higher.”

Old fashioned as they are, though, Christmas cakes are for those of us who love the traditional foods of the holidays every bit as much as the newly invented confections.

And while it’s true that some fruitcakes are hard to love, others are a glamorous and — yes — delicious offering that reflects cherished customs and flavors that have been passed down for generations.

The first Christmas cakes were created in Britain and began life as something else entirely.

Around the 16th century, during the early days of Christmas, a porridge was made to which dried fruits were added.

By the 1800s, with the availability of flour, eggs and sugar, that simple cereal treat transformed into something more sophisticated. Over time, bakers spun the recipes into light and dark cakes, full of dried and candied fruit, or versions containing only nuts.

France’s interpretation of a Christmas cake was a fussy, beautiful Buche de Noel. The recipe differed from tradition because it didn’t contain fruit.

Instead, a sponge cake filled with chocolate buttercream was rolled to look like a Yuletide log. It is still a scrumptious showstopper today.

In America, we have continued making these heritage recipes and added a few of our own. There is nothing that says holidays more than a striking Red Velvet Cake, or a Southern Lane Cake filled with candied fruit sandwiched between light fluffy layers of white cake, or a moist Apple Cake heady with spice, or your favorite variety of Coconut Cake.

Nothing says “celebration” like a slice of Christmas cake, the perfect holiday indulgence.

Angela Shelf Medearis is an award-winning children’s author, culinary historian. © 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

Brenda Braaten’s Fruitcake Servings: 6 to 8 INGREDIENTS 8 ounces walnuts (2 cups) 8 ounces pecans (2 cups) 1/2 pound Brazil nuts (1 1/2 cups) 16 ounces pitted dates 15 ounces dried apricots 12 pitted prunes, halved 4 ounces mixed candied fruits (optional) 1/2 cup raisins 16 ounces maraschino cherries, drained (1 cup) 1 1/2 cup sifted unbleached flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt

flour mixture, stirring gently to combine.

Fill prepared dish, pressing mixture firmly to keep its shape after baking.

Bake for one hour. If fruits are browning too quickly, cover with PROCEDURE foil.

Heat oven to 300 degrees. Grease bottom and sides of a 9 by 5 by Invert cake; peel off paper, turn 3-inch loaf pan. Line with parchment right-side up, let stand on wire rack paper. until cooled completely. When cool, pierce the cake at intervals with Using a large bowl, combine the a fine skewer. Place the cake on walnuts, pecans, Brazil nuts, dates, a plate covered with cheesecloth. apricots, prunes, mixed candied Pour the brandy over the top and fruits, raisins and the cherries. Sift flour, baking powder and salt over the sides. Let stand one hour. nuts and fruits. Toss lightly to coat the Wrap the completely cold cake in fruit and nuts to prevent them from the cheesecloth soaked in brandy, sinking to the bottom of the cake. and again in foil, and store in an airtight container in a cool place for Beat eggs, sugar and vanilla until up to a month for a better flavor. fluffy and light. Pour over nut and 6 eggs 1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 3/4 cup brandy

DONNA’S DAY: CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

Put your stamp on holidays

By Donna Erickson

By Terry and Kim Kovel Christmas board games were popular in Victorian times.

Hundreds of different family card and board games were manufactured and sold. Today they are collectible as complete games or parts.

The box decorated with an attractive Christmas picture of Santa and snow scenes can be propped on a shelf. The board for the game can be framed or hung with removable hooks.

The playing cards often picturing children, Christmas characters or decorations can be displayed in groups or slid under the protective glass top on a table.

A 19-by-10-inch board of “Game of the Visit of Santa Claus” was auctioned for $275

by Soulis Auctions recently. The game was made by McLoughlin Brothers in 1897.

Christmas ornaments, but I’m missing the ornaments for 1998 and 2003. Were any made for these years?

The first ornament in this series was issued in 1993. A different ornament has been issued each year since then, except in 1998 when none were sold because of “transportation problems.”

The 2003 ornament is a snowflake. It’s harder to find than some others, but is available at some online sites. We saw one for $39.99.

I know you should not use boiled linseed oil to polish your wooden furniture, even though that was recommended in my mother’s day.

It gets hard and crystallizes, and it’s hard to remove. But what oil should I use?

Some experts say that you shouldn’t use any type of oil on finished wood not even lemon, We have a wooden board that is linseed, tung or oil-based pol8 by 9 by 1 1/2-inch thick. In the ishes. They often do nothing, center is a 7 1/2-inch round elabo- because you can’t “feed” wood. rately carved design that is 1 inch But the oil can attract dust deep. The design looks like some and create a sticky surface, or sort of house with a figure on each worse. side surrounded by falling leaves.

A finished piece of furniture The bottom and the border have re- should be given a light coat of peating crescent patterns and the paste wax about once a year. inner rim is fluted. We would like to Rub the wax until there is a know what this was used for. shine and no waxy feel. Then, Your mold probably was just dust the surface regularly. made for lebkuchen, a soft ginger honey cake popular CURRENT PRICES in Germany for centuries at Copper chestnut roaster, squat Christmas. Lebkuchen dates pot, round lid with reeded edge, back to 14th-century Germany. openwork collar, flat tapered The earliest was made in handle, loop end, 21 x 9 inches, monasteries, where, long before $40. sugar, bakers kneaded flour and Wine glass, venetian glass, eggs with honey from local bee- deep red and gold gilt, menorah keepers. That gave lebkuchen and star of David design, twist its unique flavor and acted as a stem, marked, Murano, 1950s, 5 preservative.

1/4 inches, $145.

The dough was claylike and Christmas cookie jar, drummers pressed into wooden molds that drumming, around Christmas were delicately carved with tree, Fitz & Floyd, 18 1/2 x 13 pictures that told the stories of 3/4 inches, $245.

Christmas and the saints, like Doorstop, poinsettia, two-tone, St. Nicholas. When trade routes red, green, stenciled pot, 9 3/4 opened, spices were added to inches, $840. the dough, making it more like TIP: Chocolate molds can be it is today. used to make candy and other Lebkuchen is still made party food. Pour melted butter around the holidays, and molds into the mold, put the filled and recipes can be found onmold into the freezer. Take the line. Your mold is probably mold out and unmold the fanfrom the 19th century, and if cy-shaped pieces of butter for clean, there is no reason why it parties. couldn’t still be used. © 2019 King Features Synd., I have a collection of Avon pewter Inc.

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Take a breather in 2020

Whether we’re children or adults, we all like to feel useful and part of holiday festivities.

Now is the time to enlist the kids in some projects.

Stamping is one of the easiest and rewarding. Here are some ideas that can be mixed and matched to put your own stamp on a new holiday tradition.

HANUKKAH NAPKINS First, make a printing stamp.

Draw and cut out a small 1-inch-by-1-inch or larger Star of David from an extra computer mouse pad or foam core.

To make a simple Star of David pattern, cut two triangles out of paper. Overlap the triangles to form the star. Place on the mouse pad or foam, outline the shape with a marker and cut out.

Glue the cutout to a block of wood using strong nontoxic glue or a glue gun.

On a newspaper-covered table, pour silver or white acrylic paint into a shallow dish. With a small brush, paint the star portion of the stamp.

Blot the stamp on a paper towel, and then stamp the design on the outside of a blue cotton fabric or paper napkin.

Continue stamping more napkins, adding paint to the stamp as necessary. If using cotton napkins, an adult should heat-set the paint with a warm iron.

Christmas board games turned into works of art

Custom hand-stamped crafts are a great way to get kids involved in the season of giving.

CHRISTMAS TREE STOCKING Make a stamp as described above in the shape of a Christmas tree. Stamp the design with acrylic paints on a plain purchased or homemade felt or cotton Christmas stocking. When dry, stamp stars to top the trees.

POTATO STAMP Make a stamp with a potato!

Cut a potato in half, and an adult may carve a design on the cut surface with a paring knife. Sop up extra moisture from the potato with a paper

towel before printing. Poke a fork in the opposite side of the potato for a handle to make printing easier for small hands.

If your printers are ambitious, bring out craft paper and print up gift wrap and tags, too. When your paper is dry, wrap your gifts. Accent with bright ribbon.

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

By Matilda Charles I think we can agree that 2019 was a long, tough year. We all know why. Is it time to tune out?

Here are some thoughts on how to have a better 2020: n Turn off the TV now and then, especially those news shows. We’ve been around long enough to have figured out the political stuff years ago. We don’t need to continually have it thrown at us. n If we do want to watch TV, we can flip to PBS, or maybe the History channel or Discovery.

For those of us with Netflix or Amazon Prime, there are plenty of shows, more than we could ever watch. Check out travel videos: wine country in France, narrowboats on the canals in Britain or the scenery in Iceland. n Consider loading up on jigsaw puzzles and inviting a few friends over. New puzzles can be expensive, but Goodwill has them for $3. Put on tea or coffee, turn on some quiet music in the background and talk about anything but politics while you put puzzles together. n Vow to have better nutrition in 2020. It doesn’t have to be a huge overhaul of your diet, maybe just a few small steps.

An extra piece of fruit each day, brown rice instead of white — it can all add up to better health.

The first day of the year can inspire feelings of immense pressure with the often-touted “new year, new me” mentality, but relaxing and going about things at your own pace is pretty great, too.

n Winter won’t last forever.

Eventually spring will arrive and thoughts of planting. Begin now to consider what you might grow: a few pots of flowers outside the door, vegetables in a community space. Make plans. n We need to do something for others for our own peace of mind. Consider signing up for an afternoon each week at the food bank, or walk a small dog at the shelter once the weather warms up.

Just turn off the TV. © 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

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In a small farmhouse, an old man sat alone at his kitchen table, dreaming of the gifts he would like to give his family for Christmas: A new bicycle for the youngest great-grandson; a new car for the great-granddaughter who is the spitting image of her great grandma at 16; a new tractor from the local dealership would be a great gift for one grandson and a new bass boat for the other. For his son and daughter-in-law, a much-deserved vacation to a beautiful Caribbean Island he’d seen on a television program.

The old man had many friends and dreamed of showering them with expensive gifts, as well. His heart was big, but the man did not have very much money. He barely had enough money to pay the propane and electric bill and the feed bill at the local co-op was past due.

As he sat alone at the kitchen table, he envisioned the gifts that he would really like to give. A smile that brought a twinkle to the fading blue eyes came across his face as he dreamed of the surprise and joy his family and friends would express when they received such wondrous things.

In the stillness of the night in that tiny kitchen, the man thought, “I am a happy man and yet I do not have a lot of money or material possessions.”

There are gifts of greater value than the things money could buy.

In the still of the night, the man considered these things and thought about what Christmas really means to him.

He reached across the table and picked up his tattered Bible, worn from years of use. He read scriptures from Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. He choked back tears of joy as he read passages from Psalms, Proverbs and Corinthians.

In the still of the night, laying the Bible aside, the old man pulled a pen from his pocket and began to write the shopping list for those gifts that truly mean the most: Faith, patience, a sense of humor, joy, laughter, hope, trust, integrity, self-discipline, courage, compassion, humility, friendship, music, loyalty, imagination and, finally, love.

No amount of money can buy the most valuable gifts.

When you open your Christmas package to find a new shirt, pair of pliers, smartphone or jewelry, you will be grateful for the gift.

However, these material gifts are not only “things,” but serve as reminders that we matter to someone.

Someone loves us enough to put thought and care into selecting “just the right” gift.

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

After 38 years in journalism, some events still cause shock. Many center on public officials holding private meetings where a “just-us-insiders” intimacy affords all a “better understanding” — read total control — of their policy Farm & Food initiatives.

Sorry, not sorry, but File public policy doesn’t work that way. There’s no room Alan Guebert for secrecy when public officials spend public money to promote legislation affecting the public.

Still, public officials and, too often, journalists, continue to violate that basic rule. On Dec. 9, Politico published a 5,500-word story on how masters of the Big Ag universe met in a “closed-door meeting” last June in a “wood-beamed barn in Newburg, Maryland” to discuss an “issue so politically toxic” that the “guest list was confidential” and “no press was allowed.”

The reason for the secrecy was, in a word, change. The time had come for U.S. agriculture’s “A-list” farm and food leaders, including “three secretaries of agriculture,” to agree that climate change was real and government action was needed to slow its rising impact on agriculture.

But they couldn’t be seen doing it in the open, reported Politico’s Helena Bottemiller Evich. The “veil of secrecy attested to just how sensitive the topic”

By Harwood D. Schaffer and Daryll E. Ray

We first became aware of the most recent contamination of romaine lettuce from a pre-Thanksgiving announcement of a grocery chain that had withdrawn the sale of romaine lettuce because of the E. coli contamination in the Salinas area of California.

The problem of the periodic E. coli contamination of Western-grown leafy greens goes back at least to 2007, when it was found in spinach. In that outbreak, nearly 200 people became ill; half were hospitalized; 31 developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a form of kidney failure; and three died. In 2007, an industry coalition developed measures to prevent future outbreaks.

Despite industry efforts, repeated outbreaks have occurred, the most recent in 2018 and 2019. After last year’s outbreak, the presence of E. coli was found in “a canal that ran adjacent to a sprawling feedlot for cattle near Yuma, although investigators never definitively proved the chain of contamination.”

The withdrawal of product from the marketplace is expensive for growers and grower associations. Grower association rules are currently more stringent than

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federal regulations that will go into effect during the 2022-2024 period.

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, “genetic analysis of the E. coli O157:H7 strains from patients in this current outbreak are similar to strains of E. coli O157:H7 associated with a previous outbreak from the fall of 2017 and the fall of 2018 that affected consumers in both Canada and the U.S.” E. coli are naturally occurring enteric bacteria that are found in the intestines of humans and animals. Most serovars, or strains, are a beneficial part of the digestive process and do not cause illness.

But some Shiga toxin-producing serovars of E. coli like O157:H7 occur in cattle, deer, goats and feral pigs where they are benign. The Shiga toxin produced by these bacterial serovars can cause diarrhea and kidney failure in humans, particularly the young, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems.

Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, or STEC, on food products can be killed by fully cooking the food. This makes vegetable products like lettuce and spinach that are eaten raw particularly vulnerable to transmitting the live bacteria to humans.

Thorough washing can remove STEC; it is easier to accomplish this on vegetables like tomatoes and peas than a head of let-

tuce or a bunch of spinach.

Given the continuing but intermittent problem of STEC contamination of vegetal products, particularly leafy greens, state and federal agencies need to more fully engage vegetable growers, livestock producers, surface water management personnel, healthcare personnel and researchers to identify the vectors by which the contamination takes place.

As various vectors are identified, these same parties need to be included in developing policies to mitigate the identified risk. This undoubtedly will involve the development of rules and regulations by the various participants including state and federal government agencies, including the CDC, the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

While no one likes more rules and regulations, the use of a collaborative process that includes the various parties involved in the STEC problem should go a long way toward reducing resistance to the needed changes. Given the lethal consequences of STEC infections, the public deserves no less than an all-out effort to eliminate this problem. © 2019 Agricultural Policy Analysis Center.

Carrying our farm values into the future We are closing out this year of celebrating our centennial at the American Farm Bureau.

We stand at the start of a new decade and a new century of Farm Bureau.

Many of us are ready for a new year and a new Zippy Duvall season.

Farming is always about looking to the American future with the hope Farm Bureau the next season will be Federation better than the last. I am amazed and humbled by how much has been accomplished through generations of farmers and ranchers working together.

Some years, or decades, are tougher than others, but we have always pressed on with diligence and faith. Here are a few things in farming that I hope never change with the passing years and decades.

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What’s even more troubling than the meeting’s secrecy, however, is its selective guest list. How is it that “about” 100 U.S. farm and food leaders and politicians — who chose not to be publicly seen or heard uttering the two, most dangerous words in American agriculture, climate change — now want to be seen and heard as climate change leaders?

And, if so, why did they first have to meet secretly to get their story straight before advocating — after decades of stonewalling and overt denial — that now is the time for taxpayers to pay them to do the right thing? How about doing the right thing because it’s the right thing to do?

Sorry, not sorry, but the politically powerful groups that sent representatives to the “secret conclave” — including the American Farm Bureau Federation, U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Congress — don’t get to dictate climate change policy anymore. In fact, they’ve been doing that far too long already.

Instead, if they want to join the fight, they should join the ongoing fight-publicly, monetarily and at the ballot box.

What they shouldn’t do is meet behind closed doors to plan how to seize climate change’s high ground, so they can drive the policy that most favors them.

Besides, the high ground is already mostly gone. Yeah, climate change.

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was to these “largely conservative farmers and ranchers and lobbying behemoths” who had engaged in an open, bare-knuckled brawl against climate change’s very existence for decades.

The fact-laden story can be read both as a hopeful, “Hey, we’re in the game now!” piece on how the nation’s biggest farm groups appear ready to tackle climate change and as a lengthy “Hey, where have you been?” history of Big Ag’s foot-dragging and denial.

The foot-dragging angle is far more believable because it happened. The hopeful angle is far less believable because no featured person or group in the Politico piece offers one tangible policy idea to tackle climate change to advance at either the local, state or national level.

In fact, the biggest of the Big Ag masters at the invitation-only meeting, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, couldn’t even say the words “climate change.”

According to Evich, Perdue “did not refer to climate change, or talk about paying farmers for carbon sequestration or offer a list of things his department would do to help.”

Others quoted were equally obtuse in what they were there to do. One noted, “It takes a lot of leadership and a little bit of culture change to talk about it” — “it” being climate change.

Given Perdue’s empty rhetoric, the well-meaning farmer would have been more accurate had he said, “It takes a lot of culture change and a little bit of leadership to talk about it.”

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Our commitment to strengthen our communities is another reason we’re a part of Farm Bureau. We want to advocate for policies and programs that will keep rural America going strong for our children and our grandchildren.

that same story is told on each of your farms and ranches across this great land.

OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR FAMILIES Farming is a family business. It’s no wonder that 98% of U.S. farms and ranches are run by families. Working with my family — first with my parents and brother, then my wife and our children and now even my grandchildren — is the greatest gift I have known in farming.

We have all faced our share of tough OUR COMMITMENT TO FUTURE GENERATIONS days on the farm whether that be rain that won’t come or storms that won’t let Farming gives us the opportunity to up, a truck that won’t start or low prices work out in God’s creation, which rewhen loan payments are due. minds us every day that we are not the But along with the hardship, farm fambeginning and the end of the story of ilies also get to share in the joys of workour land. We always remember that we ing together, bringing in a good harvest are caretakers, and if we take care of the and seeing new life come into this world. land, it will take care of us.

Even if the kids don’t all come back to I am so grateful every day to farm the land that my father and grandfather farmed the farm, there’s a lifelong work ethic and before me, and I can tell you the soil on my love for the land that’ll always be a part of who they are. farm is healthier than ever, thanks to modern practices and new technology.

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Market data Ag game-changers FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 13, 2019

Futures Prices This Last This week week Chg. week CATTLE HOGS DEC 19 122.37 120.20 2.17 DEC 19 60.47 FEB 20 127.55 124.97 2.58 FEB 20 69.50 APR 20 128.20 125.35 2.85 APR 20 76.22 JUN 20 119.42 117.15 2.27 MAY 20 82.70 AUG 20 116.40 114.70 1.70 JUN 20 87.85 OCT 20 117.67 116.12 1.55 JUL 20 87.90

Last week Chg. 61.12 67.55 73.70 79.55 85.82 86.15

-0.65 1.95 2.52 3.15 2.03 1.75

MILK CLASS III DEC 19 19.40 JAN 20 18.03 FEB 20 17.60 MAR 20 17.16 APR 20 16.98 MAY 20 17.03

19.55 18.62 17.85 17.44 17.25 17.23

-0.15 -0.59 -0.25 -0.28 -0.27 -0.20

-2 44 56 70 64 50

SOYBEANS JAN 20 9074 MAR 20 9214 MAY 20 9352 JUL 20 9474 AUG 20 9516 SEP 20 9486

8894 9036 9182 9314 9356 9340

180 178 170 160 160 146

CHICAGO WHEAT DEC 19 5392 5324 68 MAR 20 5324 5244 80 MAY 20 5346 5276 70 JUL 20 5376 5300 76 SEP 20 5434 5362 72 DEC 20 5536 5464 72

K.C. WHEAT DEC 19 4274 MAR 20 4426 MAY 20 4504 JUL 20 4572 SEP 20 4654 DEC 20 4776

4150 4310 4394 4474 4564 4702

124 116 110 98 90 74

BRENT CRUDE OIL FEB 20 65.22 64.39 0.83 64.25 63.39 0.86 MAR 20 APR 20 63.51 62.62 0.89 62.98 62.08 0.90 MAY 20 JUN 20 62.48 61.15 1.33 JLY 20 61.97 61.15 0.82

ETHANOL JAN 20 FEB 20 MAR 20 APR 20 MAY 20 JUN 20

1.375 1.395 1.415 1.446 1.446 1.446

-0.007 -0.007 -0.007 -0.007 -0.007 -0.007

FEEDER CATTLE JAN 20 145.67 MAR 20 146.25 APR 20 148.05 MAY 20 148.60 AUG 20 152.90 SEP 20 153.00

141.55 141.67 143.77 145.07 150.07 150.90

4.12 4.58 4.28 3.53 2.83 2.10

CORN DEC 19 3662 3664 MAR 20 3810 3766 MAY 20 3880 3824 JUL 20 3936 3866 SEP 20 3930 3866 DEC 20 3952 3902

1.368 1.388 1.408 1.439 1.439 1.439

Stocks of Agricultural Interest

This Last 52-wk week week high

ADM AGCO BASF BG CF

45.20 77.03 18.95 55.77 45.14

43.91 45.50 76.59 81.39 18.81 20.98 53.72 60.20 45.34 55.15

This Last 52-wk week week high

CTVA 26.49 25.26 32.78 DD 64.80 63.59 85.47 DE 172.50 165.21 180.48 FMC 99.18 98.42 100.48 MOS 18.63 19.08 33.91

Export Inspections (MIL BU.) This Year Cumulative Cumulative Cml.

week ago this year year ago % diff.

WHEAT 313.810 449.367 13017.29 11032.063 18.00 CORN 481.097 887.581 6531.85 15117.606 -56.79 SOYBEANS 1327.042 926.600 17298.21 14185.018 21.95

Livestock Summary 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

84.03 82.42 110.52 100.50 72.11 72.98 84.18 85.62 217.04 225.18 204.26 208.29 118.81 118.95 188.11 187.74

1.61 10.02 -0.87 -1.44 -8.14 -4.03 -0.14 0.37

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

149.00 137.00 137.00 135.00 132.25

197.50 149.00 170.50 140.25 149.25 138.00 149.25 138.00 147.50 140.00

192.00 184.00 158.00 149.00 146.50

0.00 .50 -3.25 -13.50 -1.00 -8.75 -3.00 0.25 -7.75 1.00

CASH HOGS CARCASS PRICES This week Last week Change National

48.18 46.73 1.45

USDA National Grain Market Review Compared to last week, cash bids for wheat were steady to higher. Corn was mostly higher, soybeans higher and sorghum steady to higher.

Ethanol production for the week ending Dec. 6 was at 1.072 million barrels, an increase of 12,000 barrels a day. Ethanol stocks were reported at 21.81 million barrels, an increase of 1.21 million barrels.

Corn harvested was reported at 92% complete, 8% below the five year average.

For the week ending Dec. 5, an increase of 34.4 million bushels of corn export sales for 20192020 were reported, with an increase of 38.6 million bushels of soybean exports sales, and an increase of 18.5 million wheat export sales.

Wheat was steady to 9 cents higher, Dark Northern Spring wheat 30 3/4 cents lower to 9 1/2 cents higher. Corn was 1 cent lower to 7 cents higher. Sorghum was steady to 3 cents higher.

Soybeans were 14 cents to 19 cents higher.

CORN Kansas City US No 2 truck Yellow Corn was 1 to 6 cent higher from 3.77 3/4-3.84 3/4 per bushel.

Omaha US No 2 Yellow Corn was 5 to 7 cents higher from 3.66-3.70 per bushel.

Chicago US No 2 Yellow Corn was 1 cent higher from 3.83 3/43.86 3/4 per bushel.

Toledo US No 2 rail Yellow corn was 1 cent higher at 3.97 3/4 per bushel.

Minneapolis US No 2 Yellow corn rail was 1 cent lower at 3.40 3/4 per bushel.

OILSEEDS Minneapolis Yellow truck

soybeans were 14 cents higher at 8.59 1/4 per bushel.

Illinois Processors US No 1 Yellow truck soybeans were 15 to 19 cents higher from 9.02 1/49.23 1/4 per bushel.

Kansas City US No 2 Yellow truck soybeans were 19 cents higher from 8.63 1/4-8.83 1/4 per bushel.

Illinois 48 percent soybean meal, processor rail bid was 7.30 lower from 294.20-296.20 per bushel.

Central Illinois Crude Soybean oil processor bid was 1.73 to 2.23 higher from 31.63-31.98 per cwt.

WHEAT Kansas City US No 1 Hard Red Winter, ordinary protein rail bid was 7 1/4 cents higher from 5.38 3/4-5.48 3/4 per bushel.

St. Louis truck US No 2 Soft Red Winter terminal bid was 9 cents higher at 5.92 per bushel.

Minneapolis and Duluth US No 1 Dark Northern Spring, 14.0 to 14.5 percent protein rail, was 30 3/4 cents lower to 9 1/4 cents higher at 6.63 per bushel.

Portland US Soft White wheat rail was steady to 5 cents higher from 5.90-5.97 per bushel.

SORGHUM US No 2 yellow truck, Kansas City was 2 to 3 cents higher from 6.03-6.21 per cwt. Texas High Plains US No 2 yellow sorghum (prices paid or bid to the farmer, fob elevator) was steady to 2 cents higher from 6.29-6.64 per cwt.

OATS US 2 or Better oats, rail bid to arrive at Minneapolis 20 day was 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 cents higher from 2.87 3/4-3.52 3/4 per bushel.

Power company plans more solar farms PERU, Ind. (AP) – A company that provides electricity to dozens of Indiana communities has been working to add at least 17 solar farms to its system, officials said.

The Indiana Municipal Power Agency said it now has 21 solar farms generating electricity around the state and is building more at it aims to have half of its power coming from renewable sources by 2030.

One farm being planned by the company near the northern Indiana city of Peru would cost $19 million and have about 40,000 solar modules on a 73-acre site. That farm could be completed in 2021.

Vice president Jack Alvey said the power agency wants to build a solar park in each of its some 60 Indiana communities where it provides electricity to municipal utilities.

Millennial spending will change businesses

By Martha Blum

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LA SALLE, Ill. — Farmers are in a race for higher yields and lower prices.

“Technology is deflationary because it makes prices cheaper, things more efficient and less labor is involved,” said Kevin Van Trump, CEO of Farm Direction and author of The Van Trump Report. “Just look at TV prices and the same thing happened in the crude oil space.”

The concern for agriculture, Van Trump said, is the rapid advancement in technology is spreading across the globe.

“We use to have the secret sauce, and now they can get on the internet and figure out what we’re doing,” he said. “We’re seeing heavy competition from Ukraine, parts of Western Europe and South America.”

The word that people in the agricultural retail sector are missing is competitive, Van Trump said.

“We need to get out of a commoditized market of growing No. 2 yellow corn,” he said. “If you’re growing a different type of bean for Chipotle, then you’re probably doing OK.” The free market’s job is to crush the highest cost producer.

“Never before have we looked to the U.S. for that,” Van Trump noted. “We had a better average, but now I have friends with $4.50-plus breakeven corn.”

From 70% to 75% of the U.S. economy is based on consumer spending, Van Trump said.

“If you think the pickup truck will be cheaper next month, you’re not buying,” he said. “The Fed’s job is to keep inflation sparked at 2% to 3%, so you go ahead and buy because if consumers hit the brake, the economy tanks and prices tumble.”

It is important to note how the largest demographic sector of the United States is spending their money.

“The baby boomers changed America, and they were the ones that brought in big-box stores and fast foods,” Van Trump said.

“The millennials are bigger than the boomers ever were, so we have to pay attention to the shift that’s about to take place,” he said. “They’re going to change things, just like the boomers changed things.”

Currently, millennials that range in age from 22 to 38 years old are the largest share of the U.S. population.

“By 2020, one out of three Americans

will be millennials, and by 2025, 75% of the workforce will be millennials,” Van Trump said. “Boomers are taking money out of the stock market and millennials are putting money in, so you better know Van Trump what they want.”

The stock market, Van Trump said, tends to rip higher when there is an influx of workers from ages 35 to 49.

“We don’t think this bull market is close to over,” he said. “When the boomers went through that age group, the stock market went almost straight up.”

Millennials want a bigger government, Van Trump said.

“They say they want that because of social unrest and the big dividing line in the U.S.,” he said. “They are afraid that it is getting deeper and with a bigger government that will squash the social unrest.”

Unlike boomers, millennials don’t buy motorcycles, Van Trump said.

“Boomers were the biggest risk takers and millennials are the least risk takers, but they are the closest to their family of any other generation,” he said.

“Millennials don’t like bars of soap, fabric softener, fancy jewelry or big-box stores,” he said. “They don’t spend money on furniture or clothes, but they like experiences and travel.”

Van Trump identified several agricultural game-changers.

“I think farming and climate change is going to get worse,” he said.

“We’ve got to figure out solutions for regenerative farming.”

Lab-grown meat and plant-based meat also will impact the U.S. agricultural industry.

“I’ve heard from numerous kids that have said they buy it because they are against cruelty to animals,” Van Trump said. “It’s costly, but the price is going to come down and they will learn how to make it taste better.”

Van Trump expects global protein consumption will continue to increase.

“So, we’re going to be exporting a lot more pork and beef,” he said.

“One in four people in America live in a community that is committed to 100% clean energy,” he said.

“They are going to press the ag industry hard on this issue.”

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

Consumer spending drives growth

By Martha Blum

and a telling sign the market is expecting uncertainty ahead,” he LA SALLE, Ill. — The United said.

States is in the longest economic exA chart showed pansion in its history. three periods of “We’re in the 126th month of exyield curve inverpansion coming out of the recession sion. in 2008-2009,” said Adam Gaskill, “In each of pricing manager for Compeer those three sceFinancial.

Gaskill narios, we were “Economic expansions don’t die of in a recession old age,” Gaskill said during a presentation at a GrainVantage meeting within three to nine months after a yield curve inversion,” Gaskill said. hosted by Compeer Financial. “We “In late May, early June, we saw the are typically pushed into recession due to shocks to the system or some yield curve invert in the U.S., and sort of imbalance in the system that it remained that way for a couple of months, but it has normalized needs correcting.” lately.”

Over the last two years, Gaskill The stock market is painting a difsaid, GDP growth has been running ferent picture. from 2.5% to 3%.

“Back to 2015, it has been on “As we moved into 2019, we a steady march up,” Gaskill said. started to see it ratchet down to the “There was a correction in late 2% range, and it is projected to be 2008, and ever since, it has set new below 2% for 2020,” he said. record highs every week.”

“The U.S. consumer accounts for The trade dispute with China has about 70% of the U.S. economic resulted in 18 months of uncertainty growth,” he said. “The consumer flowing through the U.S. business has been driving a good chunk of the economic growth the last couple sector, Gaskill said.

“We thought we had a trade deal of years.” in October, which gave us an indiEven though consumers have cation of what might be included in reduced spending over the last year the deal,” he said. or so, Gaskill said, they continue to “It could include stopping, delayspend largely because the employment picture is quite good right now. ing or rolling back existing tariffs, potential access to Chinese financial “The unemployment rate is just markets, intellectual property rights off an historic low, down to 3.5%, and a commitment from China to which is a great number,” he said. purchase $40 billion to $50 billion “The wage growth has been low coming out of the recession, but now of U.S. ag products per year,” he said. it is running at a much better pace “If this happens, it would be a at 3% to 3.5%,” Gaskill said. “This significant increase of what we’ve is leading to a confident consumer, seen over the last several years at $9 and that leads to retail sales, which billion last year, and the peak was have been growing throughout 2019. We saw a slight contraction in $26 billion in 2012,” he said. “So, $40 billion to $50 billion would be September, and then it ticked back nearly double what we’ve seen at up in October.”

Gaskill talked about several models our highest point.”

Both the United States and China that try to predict if there will be a have something to gain from a trade recession during the next 12 months. agreement.

“This model shows there has been “China wants to minimize the an upward march since 2018, and pain they’re feeling from the tariffs,” today it is predicting a 50% probaGaskill said. bility there will be a recession in the “China exports five times more next 12 months,” he said. “This model goods to the U.S. than we export looks at the stock market, and it points to no concerns over recession.” to them,” he said. “This hurts their However, Gaskill said, the United economy far more than it hurts the U.S. economy, but it definitely hurts States is leaning towards a higher agriculture more than the general risk of recession to come, and this U.S. economy.” is largely being driven by factors reSince U.S. consumers are driving lated to business.

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Agriculture continues to make headlines.

Here is some of the latest farm industry news: n “World must reach ‘peak meat’ by 2030 meet climate Commodity to change targets, Insight scientists warn.

In a letter to Jerry Welch The Lancet Planetary Health Journal, they said all but the poorest countries needed to set a time frame for livestock production to stop growing, since the meat and dairy sector is responsible for such a large proportion of emissions.” — CNN, Dec. 12. n “For the first time in U.S. history, a decade will pass without the country falling into a recession. In every decade since the period immediately before the Civil War, the U.S. economy could be relied on to do one thing: tumble into recession.

But the American economy is on pace to defy that trend for the first time in nearly 170 years as it enters the 2020s.” — Business Insider, Dec. 11. n “U.S. regulators are digging into a topic that has been the talk of Wall Street and Washington ever since a controversial Vanity Fair article suggested investors made billions of dollars trading ahead of market-moving news: Are government leaks fueling big profits in the futures market?” — Yahoo. com, Dec. 12. n “In 2019, almost every investment worked. The S&P 500 is up more than 25% and counting. Treasuries also soared.

Oil, gold and corporate bonds all scored double-digit returns.

This year is shaping up to be one of the best ever for investors of all stripes, with nearly every single asset class on track to finish 2019 in the green.” — CNBC, Dec. 12. n “This is now the best bull market ever. The current market boom, which started March 9, 2009, has enjoyed a whopping 468% gain for the S&P 500 through the first day of November, according to The Leuthold Group. This record-long bull run also marks the best-performing one since World War II, the firm says.” — CNBC, Nov. 21. n “Now that people believe inflation is dead, inflationary fundamentals are rising. If stocks, bonds, and the U.S. dollar are overvalued, they are likely to fall. The only asset class that can rise is commodities.” — SeekingApha.com, Oct. 5. n “Can farmers sow their way out of climate change? Nine percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are caused by agriculture. Those emissions are changing the Earth’s climate and amplifying savage weather conditions that have been taking a heavy toll on the nation’s farmers over the past few years. They’ve been battling historically wet conditions over the past year, including massive floods last spring. As a result, over 19 million acres of land were left unplanted in the U.S. in 2019.” — CBS News, Nov. 5. n “Predictions calling for hot, dry weather early in 2020 followed by destructive flooding could cause ‘monumental crop failure’ and easily propel wheat prices at least 40% higher within the next few weeks, analysts say. The unusual weather will probably involve a violent switch from extreme dryness to extreme flooding. In part, that will be driven by the effects of the regular 11-year solar cycle.

The number of spots appearing on the sun’s surface is now at or near its 11-year cyclical low. Now, these blemishes are almost absent, and that occurrence has historically coincided with both cooler temperatures on Earth and extreme weather variations.” — Barron’s, Dec. 13. n “American and global agricultural has dodged a bullet regarding drought-like conditions for 20 of the past 22 years and for five of the past years in a row. I do not believe another bullet can be dodged.

But sometime in late February the markets and prices will carve out a meaningful low and turn higher. It all depends on Mother Nature.” — Commodity Insight, Oct. 25. n “Here’s how China could launch a 10-plus-year ‘super-cycle’ in commodities — one that survives the next global recession. Wells Fargo says that China’s huge investments in infrastructure drove a 12-year commodities boom and that in the future its demand for food could lead to a similar boom in other commodities.” — Business Insider, April 8.

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Livestock ADM opens new Animal Nutrition Technology Center DECATUR, Ill. — ADM Animal Nutrition, a division of Archer Daniels Midland Co., has opened a new Animal Nutrition Technology Center in Decatur.

The facility builds upon ADM’s legacy of innovation in animal nutrition, offering capabilities to enhance customer collaboration and develop fully-tailored nutrition solutions.

The technology center is designed to serve the needs of the broad animal nutrition market, with a focus on ingredient and nutritional solutions development for pet foods, pet treats and aquaculture feeds. It features state-of-the-art technology, including: Q A pilot extrusion facility, fully equipped to run multiple small batches in a single day to assess ingredient functionality in extrusion for use in pet foods and treats and aquaculture feeds.

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“The Animal Nutrition Technology Center was built as a result of ADM’s commitment to research and growth in the animal nutrition space,” said

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Livestock ADM opens new Animal Nutrition Technology Center DECATUR, Ill. — ADM Animal Nutrition, a division of Archer Daniels Midland Co., has opened a new Animal Nutrition Technology Center in Decatur.

The facility builds upon ADM’s legacy of innovation in animal nutrition, offering capabilities to enhance customer collaboration and develop fully-tailored nutrition solutions.

The technology center is designed to serve the needs of the broad animal nutrition market, with a focus on ingredient and nutritional solutions development for pet foods, pet treats and aquaculture feeds. It features state-of-the-art technology, including: Q A pilot extrusion facility, fully equipped to run multiple small batches in a single day to assess ingredient functionality in extrusion for use in pet foods and treats and aquaculture feeds.

Q A pet food culinary kitchen, providing an interactive experience for customers to aid in product development and product performance evaluations.

Q A feed evaluation laboratory with specialized screening, including in vitro and simulated digestion analyses.

Q An enzyme analysis laboratory to support the development of novel feed enzymes.

“The Animal Nutrition Technology Center was built as a result of ADM’s commitment to research and growth in the animal nutrition space,” said

AGRINEWS INDIANA EDITION USPS694-470 ISSN0745-7103 Serving Farm Families Throughout Indiana

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Ryan Lane, ADM Animal “We recognize collabo- lationships and develop- owcase our expertise and serving as a global hub Nutrition North America ration is the cornerstone ed the center with this in further enhance our ca- for research and developpresident. of successful customer re- mind. We’re proud to sh- pabilities with this facility ment.”

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Pride comes from having an ally like Dairyland Seed to bring unending service and support directly to you— whenever and wherever you need it. Are you #DSproud?

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