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USDA expands insurance options for farmers transitioning to certified organic agriculture Agency says new coverage lowers risk for producers, strengthens farm safety net SOURCE: USDA at the same price as a conventional producer.

But today’s announcement enables producers to insure transitional crops to their contract price (within approved limits).

Producers transitioning to certified organic production can now use the Contract Price Addendum to cover their crops at a higher price than traditional crops. The Contract Price Addendum allows farmers transitioning to organic production to insure certain crops at their contract price rather than the published U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency (RMA) price election.

RMA has also expanded organic premium price elections to 57 crops, up from four in 2011, providing organic producers the option to protect their 2016 crops closer to the market value.

Barley, rice and wheat are among the crops for which organic price elections have been added.

New additions for 2017 will include grapefruit, lemons and oranges.

For example, under the contract price addendum, a producer in Nebraska can use a contract price for millet up to a maximum of $7.34 per bushel (for transitional) or $8.44 (for certified organic production), as opposed to using the existing RMA price elections of $3.67 (for transitional) or $4.22 (for certified organic production). A contract price addendum fact sheet is available online at http://go.usa.gov/cyFGR.

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ASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced a new step to support farmers transitioning to certified organic production, by expanding a crop insurance option to allow producers to purchase insurance coverage that better reflects their product’s actual value. The expanded coverage is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s continued commitment to provide farmers with resources and tools to meet the growing demand for certified organic products. The secretary made the announcement at the White House during remarks to participants at the USDA Market Summit.

“Consumer demand for organic products continues to increase and the industry has experienced remarkable growth, representing more than $39 billion in U.S. retail sales,” said Vilsack. “This growth creates opportunities for farmers and businesses across the country.

Expanding the safety net for farmers wanting to enter the organic market ensures they have the tools and resources they need to meet this growing demand while protecting their operation.”

The organic sector is growing, and certified organic products often return higher profits for farmers. It can take producers three years, however, to transition from conventional to certified organic production. Previously, producers of transitional crops were only able to insure them

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Since 2009, USDA has strengthened programs that support organic producers as they grow, thrive and respond to increasing consumer demand for organic products. Last year, USDA reported that U.S. certified and exempt organic farms sold a total of $5.5 billion in organic products in 2014, up 72 percent since 2008. The U.S. retail market for organic products is valued at more than $39 billion, and in 2014 there were 19,474 certified USDA organic operations in the United States, representing nearly a 250 percent increase since 2002. Worldwide, in 2014 there were nearly 28,000 certified organic operations in more than 120 different countries. More information about USDA’s support under this administration for organic producers and businesses can be found at www.usda.gov/results.

Crop insurance is sold and delivered solely through private crop insurance agents. Contact a local crop insurance agent for more information about the program. A list of crop insurance agents is available at all USDA Service Centers or online at www.rma.usda.gov/tools/agent.html.

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ROOKINGS — When it comes to nutritional management of growing and finishing cattle, the scientific aspects tend to get the most attention. In

“The goal should be to achieve dry matter intakes as close as possible to the cattle’s appetite, while avoiding roller coaster intake patterns,” he said.

truth, feeding cattle successfully is as much art and judgment as science, explained

Dr. Robbi Pritchard at SDSU developed a widely-adopted scoring system to help cattle feeders minimize variation in feed intake and optimize performance.

Warren Rusche, SDSU Extension cow/calf field specialist.

“Judgment is required to balance between over- and under-feeding. Underfeeding limits performance and possibly quality grade,” Rusche said. “While feeding too much increases feed waste, and more importantly, can trigger acidosis, poor performance, and increased death loss.”

What does the research say?

Rusche pointed to a 1996 South Dakota State University research study conducted in which cattle fed all they would eat were compared to those fed just enough so that all the feed was consumed in a 24-hour period.

“They observed that steers fed with the slick bunk strategy had similar average daily gain, but improved feed efficiency compared to the steers fed to appetite,” Rusche said.

He added that there was also more variation in ADG among steers fed all they would eat, suggesting that some steers may have experienced subclinical acidosis from over-consumption.

“Tracking bunk scores and the amount of feed delivered helps identify pens that are right on track, those that should be offered more feed, and those that should be fed less,” he said. “Seeing bunk scores of 0.5 two or three days over a seven to 10 day-period, and scores of zero for the balance of that period, indicates a good balance between high intake to support performance, while minimizing inconsistencies in intake.”

Some guidelines for managing feed deliveries include: • Feed calls should be made at the same time every day.

• Feed should be delivered at the same time every day, ideally within a 15-minute window.

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ROOKINGS — The current low prices of grain crops are adding to planting decision challenges in 2016.

“Reduced prices for corn, wheat and soybeans, the three crops most commonly grown in South Dakota, will make it more important than ever for producers to use best management techniques to reduce risk and production costs,” said Ruth Beck, SDSU Extension agronomy field specialist.

Increasing diversity in the crop rotation is one tactic Beck encouraged growers to consider.

“Diversity can provide numerous benefits — and an easy way to incorporate diversity is by using rotations of both warm and cool season grass and broadleaf crop types.”

Why diversity matters Over the last few decades, Beck said many South Dakota producers have reduced rotational diversity due to market and policy forces.

“At the same time, the availability of technologically advanced inputs, such as glyphosate resistant crops, has mitigated the increased pest pressure that resulted from this approach,” she said. “Today, low commodity prices coupled with the development of pest biotypes resistant to many of the frequently used products makes staying the low-diversity course less attractive.”

Especially troublesome are crop production practices that include only two species with the same life cycle such as both warm-season crops or both coolseason crops, explained Ruth Beck.

“One year away from a crop is often not enough of a break to reduce pest issues,” she said.

Beck pointed to research conducted in South Dakota and Colorado by Dr. Randy Anderson, USDA weed ecologist, which has shown that if producers can rotate out of a crop or crop type (i.e. warm season vs. cool season) for periods of two or more growing seasons, pests that are inherent to those crops are significantly reduced as compared to fields where there is only one year between similar crops.

“For instance summer weeds that tend to germinate in late June and July are often more of a problem in crops like corn and soybeans. Growing small grains would extend the interval between corn crops and soybean crops,” she said.

This could be seen as an integrated pest management tactic. Small grains

would be much more competitive with summer weeds because by the time warm-season weed types germinate the small grain crop would be tall and leafy with an extended root system.

“This would enable it to outcompete the summer weeds for nutrients, water and light, often without the need for an herbicide treatment,” she said.

Those summer weeds that do survive could be controlled as well with a wide variety of herbicide choices after the small grains harvest. Anderson concluded that utilizing diverse crop rotations, can substantially and naturally decrease problem weeds.

Similar benefits can be expected from rotations when considering other pests.

“In fact some researchers attribute the synergism seen from crop rotation to be, in part, attributed to reduced levels of root diseases or other pests specific to a host crop,” Emmanuel Byamukama, assistant professor and SDSU Extension plant pathologist, said.

For instance fields growing corn on corn could have high levels of root and foliar pathogens specific to corn. A three or four year rotation out of corn would reduce those pathogens and other corn specific pests in that field to much lower levels.

Including a small grain in a rotation with corn and soybeans can also provide producers with a window to grow a cover crop.

“Cover crops have been shown to benefit agricultural soils by increasing soil biology, improving nutrient cycling, organic matter and water efficiency,” Beck said. “Cover crops can also provide livestock producers with additional forage.”

Another benefit of small grains is their high carbon content.

Beck explained that including another high carbon crop (in addition to corn) to a crop rotation will make the ratio of high carbon crops to low carbon crops two-thirds to three-fourths.

“This can also improve water efficiency, soil structure and quality, and increase water holding capacity,” Beck said.

The addition of small grains in a crop rotation can also help producers by allowing them to spread equipment and labor over more acres.

“Trading good agronomic practices for short term profit will only increase risk.

Enjoy the short and long-term benefits of keeping diversity in your crop rotation,” Beck said. I

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ROOKINGS — An electronics revolution has transformed traditional farming into a high-tech business. Today’s farmers work with technologies like GPS navigation, automated steering and wireless communications. To stay ahead of these new technologies, farm businesses now can find help from South Dakota State University students who are enrolled in a precision agriculture program.

Seventy-eight students are enrolled in the precision agriculture minor at SDSU. The College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences provides the precision ag coursework for students in its ag systems technology (bachelor of science) program as well as the agronomy program (bachelor of science). According to Van Kelley, agricultural and biosystems engineering department head, approximately 150 students majoring in ag systems technology and 300 agronomy majors will take some type of precision agriculture course during their time at SDSU to help them navigate the new electronics and data management technologies used in farming. These students will be some of the best-equipped graduates entering the ag job market.

Precision ag is currently offered as a minor, but could be a major as soon as fall 2017, according to Nicholas Uilk, ag systems technology instructor. If this occurs, the SDSU bachelor of science degree in precision ag will be the first in the U.S. “We are really excited to roll out this new major,” Uilk says. “We look forward to having a better-prepared student entering the ever-changing precision ag world.”

The goal of the program is to make sure precision ag graduates have a strong

background in agronomy, ag machinery, electronics and data management, according to Uilk. Employers look for students who have an understanding in all four areas. For example, they need an employee who can troubleshoot electronics on machinery, or who understands agronomy when analyzing data.

Potential employment for these students may be at an equipment dealership as a precision ag specialist, with an agronomics service provider, or as an ag mapping specialist, Uilk explains.

Keeping up with the newest technologies can be tough. “Precision agriculture is constantly changing and staying current is a challenge,” he adds. “So we try to keep students knowledgeable on current issues that they will face as they step into the precision ag world.”

SDSU students recently attended two national events to build their knowledge about new technologies. In late January, six SDSU students attended the Precision Ag Innovation Series conference in St. Louis, Missouri. The program focused on how growers and their consultants make the best use of data collected from farm machinery about their crops.

Nine SDSU students attended the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky, held in mid-February. It is one of the largest indoor farm shows with exhibits from most major agricultural equipment and electronic companies. I

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Experts call bison healthy and ‘pretty darn delicious’ Surge in personal health consciousness leads to industry boom

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I n 2 0 1 5 , the price per-pound processors paid ranchers for market-ready bison reached $ 4.2 5 after hovering at about $ 4 per pound since 2 0 1 1 , according to E xecutive Director of the N ational B ison Association Dave C arter. According to the B ison Association, the bison business reached $ 3 3 6 million in retail in 2 0 1 4, and C arter expects 2 0 1 5 figures will show double-digit growth over that figure. “ I t’s being driven by the fact that customers have discovered that not only is bison really healthy and all-natural, but it’s pretty darn delicious,” C arter said. “ There’s a lot of upside potential with bison. I t’s an incredibly nutritious product. I t’s low in fat, high in protein, high in iron and it fits right in with the public’s perception of sustainable food.”

C arter said the industry started to take off in 2 0 0 7 , when many people began to take their first tastes of bison. These people, C arter said, then started looking for more, generating a “ steady growth in the business.”

Deanna N olz , owner of N olz P oor Farm B ison in Sioux Falls, said she and her husband, E d, got into the bison industry when E d started to experience heart problems. “ We started in 1 9 9 2 because my husband had quite a bit of heart trouble, and bison is much leaner and healthier,” N olz said. “ We’ve j ust really lucked out from the industry doing well. I t was never our intent to benefit so much, but it’s been great.”

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Continued from page 14 She added that it is illegal to use growth hormones and antibiotics as growth promotants in bison.

According to the 2 0 1 2 C ensus of Agriculture, the most recent available statistics because the census is taken only once every five years, South Dakota is home to 3 6 of the nation’s 3 ,9 5 3 bison farms, with a total of 2 8 8 bison.

C arter said he expects that number to increase significantly when the next census is released in 2 0 1 7 .

C ontributing to its success, C arter said, is that the bison industry does not intend to compete with beef or other meat.

The average person in the U nited States consumes approximately 5 0 pounds of beef each year and 40 pounds of pork, C arter said. B ut, even with the growth of the business, the average U .S. resident is only consuming .0 8 pounds of bison annually. “ We never want to be a mainstream commodity. We never see ourselves competing

with beef or any other kinds of protein commodities, because we think we have a very special place in the market,” C arter said. “ We can double the siz e of our business and the average person in the the U .S. wouldn’t be eating two-tenths of a pound of bison per year.”

C iting a long list of advantages to raising and selling bison rather than beef cattle, C arter said the most prominent “ bison advantage” is the industry’s willingness to welcome newcomers.

I n the beef cattle industry, C arter said veterans of the industry often furrow their brows at new, young producers j ust starting. “ They wonder if you know what the heck you’re getting into,” C arter said. “ B ut with the bison industry, it’s rare that, even the old-timers who have been in the business for 2 0 or 3 0 years had parents who did the same thing, so they remember their first days. They want to help these new guys not make the same mistakes that they did.”

The low-maintenance lifestyle of the animals is also advantageous.

I n adverse weather, like bliz z ards, bison are equipped to take care of themselves, and don’t typically need extra help finding shelter. And, the animals don’t require human assistance during calving season. “ C alving season in the bison industry is a good time to go fishing, because that mom doesn’t want you anywhere around her when she’s delivering a calf,” C arter said.

N olz said if a person is interacting with a bison calf, it’s important to have access to a vehicle to get away quickly in case of an emergency. “ They’re really protective of their babies,” N olz said. “ They won’t let you get between them and the babies. That’s j ust how animals are, so you have to remember that.”

The main difference, C arter said, between raising bison and beef cattle are the fencing requirements and handling facilities for the animals that tend to get “ rowdy” when being handled. “ When it comes to fencing, yeah, you do need to have good, sturdy fencing for bison, but you don’t have to put in ‘ J urassic P ark’-type fencing. As long as the animals have good feed, good water and the right social mixture, they’ll stay home.” I Large Selection Great Prices

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it easier for small businesses to import components they need to create products

top honey-producing states in the country. While that’s a badge

sold in traditional brick and mortar stores or online venues like eBay and Etsy.

of honor many South Dakotans wear proudly, and rightly so,

Unfortunately, when the ability of American entrepreneurs to send and receive

the United States produces less than half the amount of honey

necessary components or products becomes encumbered by unnecessary costs and

it consumes, which means there’s a lucrative market for foreign competitors to

red tape, it makes it more difficult for their business to grow. With that in mind, my

export their product to the United States.

provision significantly increases the threshold for certain duty-free imports, which

Over the years, I’ve learned a lot about the unfair practice of

reduces complexity and a heavy paperwork burden and gives these

circumventing our trade laws, conducted primarily by

small businesses one less thing to worry about.

Chinese honey producers trying to cheat the market,

Finally, in a victory for both consumers and

a process also known as “honey laundering.”

businesses, accessing the Internet will no longer

In 2011, Richard Adee, a well-known honey producer

from

Bruce,

South

be a taxable event. This is good news for

Dakota,

families and small businesses who currently

testified before a congressional panel I led

pay an access tax on their monthly cable or

about the negative economic effects honey

phone bill. A permanent ban on Internet

laundering has had on domestic producers

access taxes — an effort I’ve championed

and family-run businesses. Thanks to

for years — gives our entrepreneurs and

producers like Richard who told their story and

innovators a greater incentive to not only

kept pressure on lawmakers in Washington, the

continue working toward the next generation

United States is cracking down on these unethical

of connectivity in America, but the next big thing

practices and the importers who knowingly break the law.

yet to be invented. I was also glad to see a provision I

After all, free trade is only fair trade when our trading partners all

fought hard to include that gives states that currently tax Internet

play by the same set of rules.

access four years to prepare for this transition.

These provisions to combat honey laundering, along with several others I

Amid all the seemingly bad news that comes out Washington, D.C., in instances

authored aimed at providing relief to consumers, assistance to small businesses,

like this, it’s nice to share some good news. We’re starting 2016 off on the right

and incentives to innovators, were recently signed into law as part of a larger trade

foot, and I hope we’ll be able to score more victories like these for South Dakotans

enforcement bill, which enjoyed broad bipartisan support on Capitol Hill. It passed

over the course of the year.

— John Thune, a Republican, is one of South Dakota’s U.S. senators. I

the Senate in early February by a vote of 75-20.

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We’ve known for a 100 years that it is not just protein that’s important, but the

amino acids that make up the protein — Eric Berg

Expert examines human diet through

pig research SOURCE: SDSU EXTENSION

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ROOKINGS — No diet has been more analyzed than the human diet. Yet health problems related to diet like obesity, diabetes and heart disease continue to plague Americans. Could the answer to solving the human diet dilemma start with pigs?

The answer is yes, according to meat scientist Eric Berg.

Pigs are an excellent substitute for humans when studying nutrition.

“Like humans, pigs are omnivores and their anatomy and physiology are very similar,” said Berg, a professor at North Dakota State University.

Berg is widely recognized for his meat research, which spans 26 years of work. Last year he was asked to testify at hearings for the USDA Dietary Guidelines Advisory committee at the National Institute of Health.

Pigs and humans have comparable gastrointestinal systems, body composition and nutrient requirements. This makes them much better candidates for human nutrition testing than rats. It also may be better than using humans who confound research trials with diverse genetics, environments, ages, and the inability to follow strict diets.

So Berg has forged ahead on research using pigs to study

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It’s about protein Berg is learning from his research that pigs do poorly when fed a typical human diet that lacks balanced protein.

In fact, pigs fed this diet were stunted and exhibited extra intramuscular fat compared to pigs fed a typical pig diet.

“We’ve known for 100 years that it is not just protein that’s important, but the amino acids that make up the protein,” Berg said. “Corn can be high in protein, but it is low in availability of essential amino acids. We would never just feed corn to pigs, but balance their diet with a legume like soybeans to balance essential amino acids and then add vitamins and minerals.”

Unfortunately, human nutrition lags behind animal nutrition. “We snack ourselves into non-nutrition,” Berg said. “We may have a whole-grain bagel for breakfast and then snack on something else for lunch. As a result, our diet is out of balance.”

The biggest source of balanced protein is meat, including red and processed meat, according to Berg. All the essential amino acids are contained in a serving of meat. I

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ROOKINGS — South Dakota State University Extension faculty and staff will offer a one-day, hands-on Integrated Pest Management short course on March 15 at the SDSU Extension Regional Center at 2001 E. Eighth St., Sioux Falls.

This short course will feature diseases, weeds and insect pests of field crops as well as soil fertility and a climate update.

Disease session: The session will cover common field crop disease identification and pathogen biology (specimens will be provided); Soybean Cyst Nematode biology (soybean plants with cysts will be available for participants to have hands-on experience differentiating between SCN cysts and root nodules); Fungicide Timing and Efficacy; and strategies for effective and sustainable plant disease management.

Entomology session: The entomology session will focus on using integrated pest management to address issues in corn and soybean production. Pests that will be covered include the northern and western corn rootworms for corn and soybean aphids for soybean. Other sporadic pests that can affect corn or soybeans will also be addressed. The program will focus on sampling and scouting techniques, insect identification and pesticide safety.

The weed session will cover weed seedling identification, and selecting nozzles to fit new product options.

Soil fertility session: The soil fertility session will focus on soil health indicators and assessment. During lunch, the SDSU climatologists will discuss the role of climate change in influencing crop performance, pests and diseases.

Continuing Education Units for the certified crop advisers will be available.

“Hometown Banking With Your Neighbors & Friends”

Agenda 8-8:30 a.m. — Check in.

8:30-10:10 a.m. — Field crop disease identification and management, led by Emmanuel Byamukama, assistant professor and SDSU Extension plant pathologist; and Connie Strunk, SDSU Extension plant pathology field specialist.

10:15-11:55 a.m. — Integrated pest management of insects and pesticide safety, led by Adam Varenhorst, SDSU Extension entomology specialist; and Amanda Bachmann, SDSU Extension pesticide education and urban entomology field specialist.

Noon-1:15 p.m. — Lunch/climate update, led by Dennis Todey, South Dakota State Climatologist and SDSU Extension climate specialist.

1:15-3 p.m. — Weed Seedling Identification and Nozzle Selection, led by Paul O. Johnson, SDSU Extension weed science coordinator; and Amanda Bachmann, SDSU Extension pesticide education and urban entomology field specialist.

3:05-4:15 p.m. — Soil Health Indicators and Assessment led by Anthony Bly, SDSU Extension soils field specialist.

4:20-4:30 p.m. — Evaluation.

Registration information: Registration is $35. To register and pay online, visit igrow.org/events/ipm-wintershort-course/.

For more information, contact Emmanuel Byamukama at (605) 688-4580 or Emmanuel.byamukama@sdstate.edu. I

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Poultry farmers still recovering from flu

BY JAKE SHAMA The Daily Republic

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early one year after a deadly avian fl u reached South Dakota, the state’s largest egg producer is still recovering. “ I t feels good to be back on our feet,” said J ason Ramsdell, vice president of Dakota L ayers in Flandreau, South Dakota’s largest supplier of eggs.

A highly pathogenic strain of avian infl uenz a was discovered in Dakota L ayers’ fl ocks last spring, leading to the death of the company’s 1 .2 5 million chickens.

The virus was also found on nine turkey farms in eastern South Dakota, infecting 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 turkeys, according to State V eterinarian Dustin O edekoven of the South Dakota Animal I ndustry B oard.

The last case of avian infl uenz a, or H5 N 2 , in South Dakota was detected on May 2 8 , 2 0 1 5 , O edekoven said, but Dakota L ayers wasn’t able to purchase a new fl ock until N ovember, after cleaning up and receiving clearance from the U nited States Department of Agriculture.

Since then, the egg producer has continued purchasing fl ocks from nearby states and now has about one-third the number of birds at the facility before the outbreak.

The turkey farms have been released from quarantine as well and are recovering.

The first case of H5 N 2 in South Dakota was detected on March 3 0 , O edekoven said, meaning it only took the disease two months to cause the destruction of 1 .7 5 million birds.

O edekoven said the H5 N 2 virus was so deadly because it was a new strain that hadn’t been seen before in the region, so there was no vaccine to protect poultry from contracting the disease. “ B eing an infl uenz a virus, you can think of it similarly to the human infl uenz a viruses. They change quite frequently,” O edekoven said. “ When birds from different areas are gathered together in their different migratory pathways or migratory locations, they exchange germs j ust like people do.”

I n the case of H5 N 2 , N orth American birds interacted near the arctic with birds from C hina, Russia and E urope. The H5 component is considered a E urasian type, and the N 2 component is N orth American. The hybrid virus was easily spread but ultimately showed no danger to humans. “ I t took off like the sniffl es in a preschool class,” O edekoven said.

The H5 N 2 strain was easily passed around the region because although H5 and H7 strains are deadly to domestic poultry, they are typically not fatal in wild waterfowl, which are the typical carriers.

O edekoven said South Dakota poultry farmers were more fortunate than those in states like Minnesota, where poultry farms are located more densely.

The H5 N 2 strain was also found on poultry farms in N orth Dakota, N ebraska, I owa and Wisconsin. About 2 2 3 fl ocks nationwide were affl icted by three strains of avian infl uenz a last year, of which H5 N 2 was primary.

Fewer eggs N aturally, South Dakota egg production took a dip in 2 0 1 5 . E gg-laying birds in South Dakota produced 6 0 3 million eggs in marketing year 2 0 1 5 , which began on Dec. 1 , 2 0 1 4, according to statistics from the U SDA’s N ational Agricultural Statistics Service.

South Dakota egg layers produced 7 5 2 million eggs in 2 0 1 4 and 8 1 4 million in 2 0 1 3 . B etween 6 6 7 and 6 9 8 million eggs were produced each year between 2 0 1 0 and 2 0 1 2 .

N ationwide egg production followed a similar trend. The number of layers sharply declined last year from May to J une when entire fl ocks around the nation were killed to prevent the spread of the virus.

N ationwide egg production followed suit, dropping from about 8 .6 billion eggs in March to about 7 .5 billion in J une.

O edekoven said he thought the price of eggs rose a little due to less supply, but prices of meat from turkeys and chickens actually dropped nationwide.

Although about 5 0 million birds were killed or died due to avian infl uenz a, O edekoven said, the supply of turkeys, for example, rose because international markets refused to buy them, causing the domestic supply to increase even though the total number of live poultry declined. “ I t’s kind of the opposite of what you might think with an outbreak like that,” O edekoven said.

One of the most important things about combating an outbreak is early detection and early response.

— Dustin Oedekoven

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Continued from page 23 Avian and swine fl u outbreaks are always a concern because humans, birds and pigs can contract many of the same strains of infl uenz a. O edekoven said there are 1 6 H types and nine N types, making 1 44 potential combinations, and birds are susceptible to all of them.

Humans and pigs are susceptible to fewer combinations.

Planning ahead O edekoven said there is no way of knowing whether H5 N 2 will pop up again, but a vaccine has been developed in case it does.

The South Dakota Animal I ndustry B oard recommends that poultry farmers increase their biosecurity — the ability to prevent disease — by maintaining good sanitation and not wearing the same boots in waterfowl habitat and in the poultry farm. O edekoven related the recommendations to people washing their hands or covering their mouth when they sneez e.

O edekoven also tells farmers to watch out for higher illness or death rates in poultry and to contact their veterinarians or the Animal I ndustry B oard if they see signs of infl uenz a. “ O ne of the most important things about combating an outbreak is early detection and early response,” O edekoven said.

The Animal I ndustry B oard has identified a few strains of avian infl uenz a in wild birds in South Dakota, including some H5 and H7 types, but no strain has been identified as dominant.

Dakota L ayers expects to be back at full capacity by the end of N ovember. The first fl ock the company purchased came from I ndiana, where a pathogenic H7 strain of avian infl uenz a was recently discovered.

B ut the fl ock was purchased in N ovember — a few months before the fl u was discovered — from a farm that has no signs of infl uenz a. Ramsdell said he doesn’t expect another outbreak, but the possibility of a future outbreak is a concern. “ I t’s always a concern when something in the same state, that close to where our birds were growing, that there was any kind of chance that it might have spread, or even the simple fact that infl uenz a is still out there and is still a possibility of getting into any facility,” Ramsdell said.

Ramsdell said Dakota L ayers will focus on ensuring its biosecurity protocols are “ better than par” to ensure no disease enters the facility again. I

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Estate planning and farm transitions survey offered SOURCE: SDSU EXTENSION

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ROOKINGS — South Dakota farmers and ranchers and their family members are asked to participate in an SDSU Extension survey regarding estate planning and transition planning.

“Your input provides us with the current level of knowledge on the topic and drives the next generation of educational programming in this area,” said Heather Gessner, SDSU Extension livestock business management field specialist.

Gessner explained that planning for that transition is important to South Dakota’s next generation of farmers and ranchers. “The transition of land, equipment, livestock and personal assets to the next generation will occur in every family when the owners pass away. However, it is not an easy topic to think about, let alone discuss with family members,” she said.

Transferring labor responsibilities and management

decisions to a returning heir is also a large factor in a successful transition to the next generation. “This transition plan is usually left to chance and without a definitive plan,” Gessner said.

She added that one of the main reasons families do not get their estate or transition plans written down and implemented is that the parents are unsure of their children’s expectations regarding the estate. “I have worked with many families that do not communicate their plans, so assumptions are made, and I believe many of those assumptions are incorrect,” she said.

Survey says In order to best serve families, SDSU Extension wants to know what the expectations of all family members really are, so they can provide the needed answers and information through estate planning and farm transition conferences.

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To accomplish this, all South Dakota farm and ranch families are asked to complete this online survey. There are sections for the parents (landowners), children returning to the farm, and those not returning to the farm (on-farm heirs and off-farm heirs), as well as the spouses of the children (again both on-farm and off-farm).

The survey is designed to take 30 minutes or less to complete.

To access the survey, copy the address into your Web browser: http://sd-farm-and-ranch-familyestate-and-transition-survey.questionpro.com. I

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Deere cuts profit forecast after farm economy declines

BY MARIO PARKER and SHRUTI DATE SINGH Bloomberg News

eere & Co., the world’s largest agricultural equipment maker, cut its fiscal

time in a row it’s beaten analysts’ estimates. Net income fell to 80 cents a share in

full-year profit and sales forecasts amid a weaker outlook for farmers as

the three months through January from $1.12 a year earlier. That compares with

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they face lower commodity prices and declining incomes.

the 71-cent average of 19 estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

Net income in the 12 months through October will be about $1.3 billion, Deere

“Although Deere expects another challenging year in 2016, our forecast

said recently in a statement, down from a November projection of about $1.4

represents a level of performance much better than we have experienced in

billion. The Moline, Illinois-based company now sees equipment sales falling

previous downturns,” Samuel R. Allen, the company’s chairman and chief

about 10 percent, compared with an earlier prediction they would drop about

executive officer, said in the statement.

7 percent.

Deere forecasts global sales of agriculture and turf equipment will drop about

Like American farmers, Deere faces a third-straight year of falling profit. Farm

10 percent in fiscal 2016, citing negative currency translation. It sees industry

income is suffering as an oversupply of crops and meat depresses prices for

wide agricultural machinery sales in the U.S. and Canada slumping as much as 20

agricultural commodities and farmland. Nebraska’s Creighton University said

percent due to low commodity prices and stagnant farm incomes.

Thursday that about 37 percent of Midwest and Great Plains bank chiefs who participated in a survey saw their local economy in recession.

For the fiscal second quarter, the company’s total equipment sales will be down about 8 percent from the same period a year earlier, it said.

“The need to repair balance sheets and reduce inventories may defer equipment

Given the extent of the commodity slump, Deere’s downward revisions aren’t

demand into 2017,” Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Karen Ubelhart and Anoori

as bad as some investors might have expected, Stephen Volkmann, an analyst at

Kadakia said in a report recently.

Jefferies & Co. in New York, said by phone.

Deere has navigated the downturn by laying off employees at several plants.

“This is a little bit of death by paper cuts,” said Volkmann, who recommends

Its full-time workforce fell to 57,200 at the end of October from 59,600 a year

holding Deere shares. “It’s small incremental cuts. They’re doing a good job

earlier. The company posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings, the 13th

managing what they can.” I

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USDA commits $20M to innovative conservation projects SOURCE: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

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ASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced the availability of up to $20 million in competitive grants through the Conservation Innovation Grants program.

The program aims to spark the development and adoption of cutting-edge conservation technologies and approaches for farmers, ranchers and other landowners.

“The Conservation Innovation Grant program has an impressive track record of fostering innovative conservation tools and strategies,” said Vilsack.

“Successes in the program can translate into new opportunities for historically underserved landowners, help resolve pressing water conservation challenges and leverage new investments in conservation partnerships with farmers, ranchers and other stakeholders.”

Administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, CIG is part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and is designed to focus on innovative conservation projects that promote sciencebased solutions to benefit both producers and the environment. Projects may include on-farm pilot projects and field demonstrations, and are funded to accelerate the transfer and adoption of promising technologies to landowners in order to address critical natural resource concerns.

Since 2009, USDA has invested over $145 million to fund nearly 400 national and regional CIG awards.

The CIG program spurs development of new tools and practices to improve things like on-farm energy and fertilizer use as well as market-based strategies to improve water quality or mitigate climate change.

In 2016, USDA is seeking applications for innovative conservation projects to benefit historically underserved agricultural producers, improve and protect water quality, and demonstrate the effectiveness of public private partnerships for conservation, sustainable agriculture and forestry.

Up to $2 million of this fiscal year’s CIG funding has been set aside for projects targeted to historically underserved and veteran farmers and ranchers, beginning farmers and ranchers, and those with limited resources. In 2015, for example, the Minnesota Food Association was awarded funds to assist with the transfer of proven conservation technologies used in organic systems to historically underserved producers in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and to assist those producers with implementing conservation practices

by addressing land tenure issues and accessing NRCS programs.

USDA is also seeking CIG proposals for projects to stimulate natural resource solutions to protect or improve the quality of ground and surface water. Last year, Tó Łání Enterprises, received a CIG award to conduct a three-year national pilot project to demonstrate the environmental, agricultural, economic and sociocultural effectiveness and benefits of solar energy systems for pumping irrigation water.

The project was designed to encourage the adoption of such systems among Navajo, Hopi and other American-Indian tribes. The early results have been so promising that the solar-powered system has already been adopted by many Navajo farmers.

In 2015, NRCS made eight CIG awards for projects in the burgeoning field of conservation finance and impact investing. For 2016, USDA is seeking projects that develop additional innovative investment strategies that leverage private capital for private lands conservation. CIG funding may be used to help mitigate risk associated with new conservation investment vehicles, through the use of approaches such as first loss strategies, price floors, guarantees, buyer of last resort mechanisms or other credit enhancements. Successful proposals will demonstrate a likelihood of success and clear metrics for conservation outcomes warranting the use of public funds to support risk mitigation strategies.

CIG awards are made through a nationally competitive process. Projects may be single or multi-year, but cannot exceed three years. Projects must involve EQIP-eligible agricultural producers or landowners. At least 50 percent of the total cost of CIG projects must come from non-federal matching funds, including in-kind contributions.

Applications for CIG projects are due by May 10.

More information and a fact sheet summarizing other top CIG projects are available on the NRCS CIG website.

This year’s application process includes two other significant changes: an increase in the maximum award amount to $2 million, up from $1 million in 2015, and a streamlined single proposal process.

Since 2009, USDA has invested more than $29 billion to help producers make conservation improvements, working with as many as 500,000 farmers, ranchers and landowners to protect over 400 million acres nationwide, boosting soil and air quality, cleaning and conserving water and enhancing wildlife habitat. I

Facts about CIG: Authorized by:

2002 Farm Bill Funding Source:

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Annual Funding average:

$20 Million Total Grants Awarded since 2004 (national component):

634 Total CIG Funding since 2004:

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CLUB CONNECT The following is a roundup of events and activities by various FFA and 4-H clubs in the region: Garretson FFA

Hutchinson County

Ed Mueller, chapter adviser, wrote: “One of the activities we did during National FFA Week was to have a petting zoo with donkeys, llamas, sheep, goats, calves, dogs, cats and horses. During the zoo, we sold squares for chicken bingo and chances on goat racing with proceeds going to our Relay for Life team. Goat races were held in the school gym during an assembly following the petting zoo. Each of the four goats was named for a mutant ninja turtle.”

The Kaylor 4-H Club gave 24 fleece blankets and one donated crochet blanket to the Hutchinson County Angel Tree, All About U Adoption Agency in Marion and the Ronald McDonald House in Sioux Falls, according to Mary Ellen Luikens. All of the blankets were donated in the memory of Landon Bueber.

Club members, family members and parents made the blankets at the club’s annual Christmas gathering on Dec. 6. The group also donated food items to the food pantries in Parkston, Tripp and Scotland.

The Kaylor 4-H Club also sponsored a Cancer Luminary fundraiser during the months of July, August and September. Luminaries were sold, decorated and displayed at two local events, Hutchinson County Achievement Days and the Haase’s Pink Ladies Bean Bag Tournament. The club donated $465 to Haase’s Pink Ladies Organization in Kaylor.

This project was a success due to the teamwork of the Haase’s Pink Ladies, Kaylor 4-H Club and parents, Hutchinson County Extension Office, Hutchinson County 4-Hers, Hutchinson County Leader’s Association, The Kaylor Locker, Joyce Diede, Cheryl Nelles, Colleen Jerke, Nola Haase, Pam Vetter, Joel Vetter, Emily Luikens, Sue Asche, Nicole Janssen and everyone who Kaylor 4-H Club President Whitney Fuerst presented the check to Haase’s Pink Ladies President Nola purchased luminaries for their loved Remmers. ones who have been affected by cancer or donated to the event. The club hopes to make this an annual event.

Clay County 4-H According to Julie Fallan, The Meckling Livestock 4-H Club is in Clay County and meets monthly in Vermillion.

“We have a wide range of ages of boys and girls in our club, all the way from a Cloverbud at age 6 to a freshman at SDSU who is in her eleventh and last year of 4-H. Our club focuses on community service; we try to do at least one community service activity each month,” Fallan said.

This 4-H year, the club has delivered Meals on Wheels, rung bells for the Salvation Army, helped with kids’ activities at a local museum, baked muffins for the local Backpack Program on Make a Difference Day, made Christmas cards and valentines for veterans in hospitals and raked the Senior Center’s lawn.

The club also has a float promoting National 4-H Week each year in the USD Dakota Days homecoming parade.

“Our members enter in the full spectrum of project areas for our county and the State Fair; livestock, foods and nutrition, computers and technology, arts and crafts, wildlife and fisheries, citizenship, engineering, safety, leadership skills development, and music/dance, to name just a few,” Fallan said.

Clark County 4-H LEFT: In Januar y, members of the Pleasant 4-H Club from Clark County went bowling and had pizza for its club Christmas party.

Hamlin County 4-H According to Diane Anderson, the Victory Boosters 4-H club is based out of Hazel in Hamlin County. It is a service-oriented club with 28 members.

Lawrence County 4-H • RANGE RIDERS AND CROW PEAK VALLEY RANGERS 4-H CLUBS On Jan. 9, the Range Riders and Crow Peak Valley Rangers 4-H clubs hosted a non-livestock and livestock judging competition at the St. Onge Livestock sale barn.

Judging competitions offer youth an opportunity to learn critical thinking and decision making skills. In addition, for the livestock judging, participants also learn to present an oral explanation of how they judged one class of livestock.

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CLUB CONNECT The Following is a roundup of events and activities by various FFA and 4-H clubs in the region: Continued from page 31 There were 45 participants in the non-livestock j udging event, which consisted of eight classes. After the non-livestock j udging, a free lunch of sandwiches, cookies and chips was served. There were 49 participants in the livestock j udging event. The top three placing seniors ( ages 1 4-1 8 ) in the livestock j udging were Tee McAmis in first place, B ridger G ordon in second place and J ohn Marrs in third place. The top j unior ( ages 1 1 -1 3 ) livestock j udge was L aney Mackaben, with Danika G ordon in second place and K ane G rant in third place. I n the beginners ( ages 8 -1 0 ) , Morgan Mackaben received first place, C assidy E wing came in second and Aliceson Stranberg was third.

The two 4-H clubs appreciate all the people who brought livestock to the event.

Doug and C arol P avel brought goats, C ris and C asey Miller brought feeder steers, Tylee and Taisley Tetrault brought sheep, Tim and Roxie Tetrault brought heifers and N ate and J ayna Fredrickson brought bulls.

The official of the livestock j udging was N ate Fredrickson. St. O nge L ivestock and J ustin and B rooke Tupper provided use of the salebarn.

— Written by J ames Marrs, Secretary, Range Riders 4-H club.

indoor shooting sports. I n the summer, the club meets Thursday evenings for TRAP .

C ontacts are C assandra Swanson at ( 6 0 5 ) 7 43 -5 2 7 0 and Shannon Stubbe at ( 6 0 5 ) 3 1 0 -5 9 6 8 .

• THE COUNTY LINE FLIERS 4-H CLUB The C ounty L ine Fliers 4-H C lub in Hartford collected Food P antry donation items during N ovember and December as a local community service proj ect. These items will be taken to the Hartford Food P antry to help others in need during the winter months. The C ounty L ine Fliers is a youth leadership 4-H C lub in Turner C ounty and meets in Hartford once a month.

RIGHT: Current members of the area club at their recent meeting with their donations collected.

Moody County 4-H Members of the Happy Youngsters 4-H C lub ( Moody C ounty) made more than 40 V alentine’s Day cards to be delivered to Meals on Wheels recipients in Flandreau and C olman.

I n February, members are organiz ing a community-wide diaper drive for the month of February to celebrate V alentine’s Day and the month of sharing love. To get involved, contact G ail G ullickson at j gulli43 @ gmail.com.

LEFT: The Happy Youngsters 4-H Club members with their valentines cards that they made.

Miner County 4-H

• CLEARWATER COUNTRY COUSINS OF MINER COUNTY The C learwater C ountry C ousins of Miner C ounty did several activities in December, according to P aula L inke. Members went caroling at Whispering Winds Assisted L iving C enter as well as the G ood Samaritan N ursing Home. They also collected nonperishable food items for the local food pantry and decorated a tree for the C ourthouse C hristmas tree display.

• HARD TO BEAT GREEN VALLEY 4-H V icki V ining said the Hard to B eat G reen V alley 4-H members made fruit baskets to give to someone in need in the Miner C ounty community at their C hristmas meeting. They also collected items for a Warming Tree that was in the local county E xtension office at C hristmas time.

RIGHT: From left, Jessica Burghardt, Katlyn Steeneck, Logan Hatter vig, William Borgers, Hanna Peterson and Sarah Borgers.

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Pennington County 4-H

• WESTERN 4-H FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE SHOW The Western 4-H Family and C onsumer Science Show will be O ct. 7 -8 in Rapid C ity at the C entral States Fairgrounds.

The show is open to all youth and adults ( 4-H and non 4-H) who are interested in competing in the different events. C ontests include home living, public presentations, place setting, ingredient measuring, bread baking, meat identification, family life photo, scrapbook page, produce identification and j udging, FC S skill-a-thon, FC S j udging contest and Fashion Revue.

The show book will be available late J uly or early August and entries will be due to your local C ounty E xtension O ffice in September. Detailed information about the contest is available by emailing w4hfcshow@ gmail.com or finding us on Facebook.

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• TOWN ’N KOUNTRY KIDS RED CREW 4-H CLUB For their C hristmas C aring proj ect, the Town ‘ N K ountry K ids Red C rew 4-H C lub members made C hristmas cookies and treats and put together goodie plates. Members then delivered the goodie plates to volunteer firemen and E MTs in Woonsocket in appreciation for their volunteer service and dedication. I

C ass Swanson described Sioux L and Youth Shooters as “ A G RE AT club teaching Archery and Firearm safety and skills to area youth.”

From J anuary to April, the club meets weekly on Saturday mornings at Sioux Falls Archers Addiction and Sunday afternoons at the Sioux Falls I z aak Walton L eague for

ABOVE: SYSO members gather at their banquet in Januar y.

ABOVE: LEFT—Volunteer fireman Neil Hiemstra receives a plate of Christmas goodies from Town ’N Kountr y Kids 4-H Club member Evan Ohlrogge. RIGHT—Club members Hope and Xavier Baysinger deliver a plate of Christmas goodies to volunteer fireman and EMT Jim VanDenHemel.

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US wheat, corn, soy extend winning streak on short-covering

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HICAGO — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rose for the fourth day in a row on Monday, with investors scrambling to cover bearish bets they have made on the agricultural sector in recent months, traders said.

“Grain futures are higher across the board this morning, with Friday’s rally attracting follow-through buying amid signs commodities are regaining favor after being shunned by investors over the past year,” Bryce Knorr, senior grain market analyst at Farm Futures, said in a note to clients.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday, March 4th in the afternoon showed that speculators have raised their net short position in all three commodities to the largest on record.

At 10:27 a.m., Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat for May delivery was up 7-1/2 cents at $4.68-1/4 a bushel, the highest for the most actively traded contract since Feb. 18.

Wheat received additional support from some concerns the U.S. Plains’ crop emerging from dormancy earlier than usual due to warm temperatures. The advanced development leaves wheat in that key growing area vulnerable to damage if the weather turns cold again.

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Dry conditions in parts of Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas also added strength to the wheat market.

“The continued very warm and dry conditions will further reduce soil moisture and will increase stress on wheat as spring growth accelerates,” said Don Keeney, senior agricultural meteorologist for MDA Weather Services.

CBOT May corn was up 2-1/2 cents at $3.60-3/4 a bushel while CBOT May soybeans were 6-3/4 cents higher at $8.85-1/4 a bushel.

Slow movement of crops out of Argentina and Brazil due to rain in those key exporting countries added to the strength in both corn and soybeans.

Some traders said that the recent price declines improved prospects for U.S. supplies on the export market.

The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Monday morning that weekly corn export inspections rose to a better-than-expected 953,062 tonnes in the latest reporting week.

Soybean export inspections rose to 1.067 million tonnes, near the high end of market forecasts.

— Additional reporting by Colin Packham in Sydney and Gus Trompiz in Paris. I

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Registration is $25 per person and includes transportation and lunch.

Registration is due online by March 25 at http://igrow.org/store or call (605) 8825140. The Western Iowa Dairy Alliance will be covering the cost of attending for its members who register.

The bus departs from and returns to the Denny Sanford Premier Center complex on the south side of the complex at 1201 West Ave., Sioux Falls, S.D., 57104 (formerly the Convention Center-Arena).

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9:30 a.m. — Tom and Katy VanderWal dairy beef feedlot with hoop structure, Brookings. See their hoop barn and outdoor feedlot and learn first-hand about the ins and outs of building, permitting, neighbor relations and manure handling as the VanderWal’s expanded their dairy beef operation.

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10:45 a.m. — Travel to Sioux Falls Denny Sanford Premier Center.

11:45 a.m. — Lunch, and sponsor recognition, Meeting Rooms 8-9.

12:30 p.m. — Panel discussion. Permitting and public relations if you are considering to build. Panel members include: Tom VanderWal, S.D. Dairy Beef Producer; Brian Waddingham, executive director of the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers; Andy Scholting, Nutrient Advisors; and Gene Tinker, Iowa Department of Natural Resources coordinator of animal feeding operations.

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2 p.m. — Tour Sioux Falls Regional Livestock, Worthing, Brad Klostergaard, manager to discuss buyer perspective on dairy beef animals.

3:30 p.m. — Travel back to Denny Sanford Premier Center.

The hands-on Dairy Beef Short Course and tours are sponsored by the I-29 Moo University consisting of the South Dakota State University, North Dakota State University, University of Minnesota, Iowa State University, and University of Nebraska Extension Services; the Iowa State Dairy Association, the South Dakota Dairy Producers Association, Nebraska State Dairy Association, Minnesota Milk Producers Association and the Minnesota Dairy Initiative.

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